Geek Soap Box

I stayed away from opining on the entire Shirley Sherrod/Andrew Breitbart fiasco because it felt like a convoluted mess where all sides emerged tainted by association with it — the Obama Administration, the NAACP, the right-wing blogosphere, and the mainstream media alike.  Well, that and because I am extremely lazy and unmotivated to blog more [...]

Hi, my name is Ted. If you are reading this Web site, you probably already know me. If not, or even if you do, allow me to reintroduce myself. Like I said, my name is Ted, and I am a member of the working poor. You don’t hear a lot about us in the mainstream [...]

It’s no secret, dear reader, that I blog lately with about the same frequency as appearances of the asteroid Apophus. Fortunately, I have buddies such as the Cranky Conservative to pick up my slack and churn out content that usually matches what I would have said anyway with far greater frequency and intellectual quality. Heck, [...]

“I, [name], do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God.” It’s a simple and elegant turn of phrase, actually, and succinctly sums up the essence [...]

Wow, I completely missed this until alerted to it by Paul’s comment in the post below.  Did President Barack Hussein Obama really have the audacity to refer to limited-government, fiscally responsibly activists as “tea baggers” — a very real and grotesque sexual slur — and only a short while later lament the lack of civil [...]

I’m not sure exactly what it was that led me to the point of purchase.  Maybe it was the hype and nostalgia emanating from the Cranky Conservative’s site.  Maybe it was the relatively brief number of matches featuring an interesting array raw in-ring talent.  Maybe it was just that I, also, needed the closure of [...]

While on vacation this past week, I happened to become involved in conversation with an individual of, shall we say, a different political persuasion.  Now, this is rarely a big deal for me; growing up and living my entire life in a supermajority left-leaning region, I know how and when to pick my fights and [...]

The story of Joseph Stack is a tragedy, of an extremely confused and disturbed man who sought to terrorize innocent civilians and employees of the government in the interests of his own sick, twisted agenda.  It’s also, paradoxically, a tale of incredible fortune and serendipity. Unfortunately, it also seems to be an opportunity for partisans [...]

I could see the smoke from miles away on the Whitestone Expressway, a thick acrid black shroud of destruction tearing its way through a commercial strip in my hometown Jackson Heights.  In the aftermath, it would turn out to be a  four-alarm fire of questionable (or at least “unknown”) cause and all storefronts on the [...]

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution clearly states: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be [...]

With so-called comprehensive healthcare reform all but passed in the United States Senate, it seems certain that our nation will soon nationalize a major segment of our economy and place it under strict, socialist government control.  I will spare you for now a thorough discussion on the merits and demerits of such a system, aside [...]

Fresh off the humiliating election of woefully over-matched President Barack Hussein Obama — accompanied by nearly filibuster-proof majorities for the Democrats in both houses of Congress — this year’s Election Day turns our focus to more local, personal roots, as several notable contests are underway in both the Empire and Garden states.  These campaigns, though, [...]

If you ever wanted a clearer picture of the perils of one-party ideological rule in a jurisdiction, look no further than the continued reign and candidacy of New York’s own Napoleonic Mayor, Mike Bloomberg. Mayor Mike, as he likes to be called, was a lifelong Democrat until political expediency (avoiding a crowded primary battle) saw [...]

(Inspired in large part thanks to a similar post on The Cranky Conservative…) – It’s hard for someone as humble as me to admit it, but turns out I was way ahead of the curve in declaring President Barack Hussein Obama the Anti-Christ: a solid nine percent of the residents of the fine state of [...]

A post in two parts: I remain forever amazed at how little the politically devout actually know about marketing and messaging their platforms to the larger masses.  Without question, politics inspires a certain form of relentless passion in engaged individuals, but that passion often creates a sort of “mandatory call to action: you must agree [...]

We live in a world unlike any other witnessed before by human civilization.  Unparallelled prosperity (current recessions notwithstanding) and access to information have left us with the entire world at our figurative fingertips.  No piece of knowledge is beyond a Google or Bing click away, and news from the farthest corners of the planet feel [...]

I usually read Hope n’ Change mostly to chuckle at its pithy, on-point cartoon critiques of the follies plaguing the current presidential administration. Today’s content, though, chills my bones and makes me ponder terrible thoughts. And though the media keeps saying that the (ahem) former terrorists will be in Palau’s “custody,” the men will NOT [...]

Apparently, my fair and jealous New York City had quite the week while I basked in the warm and inviting glow of the California sun.  For starters, after years of controversy and repeated postings by your humble author, Department of Finance Commissioner Martha Stark resigned from her position.  Hopefully, the halls of the fine revenue [...]

Three interesting little tidbits from the world of celebrities and gossip that I’m too lazy to post individually: Gwyneth Paltrow has underway a campaign to fill the earth with smelly, greasy-haired pregnant women.  Apparently, according to an article in the rail-thin Madonna BFF’s online magazine allegedly authored by the celebrity herself, the magical elixir known [...]

The Mets may have had a fairly lousy and eventful offseason, but Alex Rodriguez has not exactly been the picture of quiet dignity these past few months, either. First, A-Rod abandoned his wife Cynthia for a flaccid affair with his “soulmate” — an aging, skeletal whore you may have heard of named Madonna. Then, his [...]

I have been remiss if I have not mentioned my deep and undying love for the tidbits emerging from The Yankee Years, Joe Torre’s tell-all expose revealing the hated Bronx franchise for all of its sordid mess. First came the revelation that his teammates referred to Alex Rodriguez as “A-Fraud.” Now comes wind of Roger [...]

Philosophically, I am very apathetic towards imposing term limitations upon elected officials at any level of the government. For starters, limits should not even be necessary; the fine men and women called to serve high office should come from all walks of life, perform their civic duty, and then want to return to their prior [...]

Apparently, the artist/actress/musician — and I use all of those terms in a purely ironic fashion — Madonna is no fan of Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin. MADONNA better not take her act to Alaska. At one point during the US kickoff of her “Sticky and Sweet” tour at the Meadowlands Saturday night, the [...]

As Barack Hussein Obama’s campaign slowly spins down the slop-sink drain of history, his sycophantic supporters on the left in the world of celebrity have become increasingly unhinged. It started with the Queen of All Women Herself, Oprah Winfrey. You would think that someone who has so shrewdly positioned herself as the spokeswoman and representative [...]