Taxes on The Rich Help The City

May 7th, 2010

NYC Mayor Bloomberg must implement taxes on plastic surgery, psychoanalysis and faux art careers. Don’t worry Mike, The Rich and their Scions won’t leave town. Nowhere else pretends they’re So Important!

Profiling is diversity

May 5th, 2010

Yikes! I was profiled as a Goldman Sachs employee!

National Day of Hypocrisy: May 5th

May 5th, 2010

Coming a day before the National Day of Prayer, the National Day of Hypocrisy is a reminder to have a reality check about religions in public life.

Ramping up Paranoia

May 3rd, 2010

Just returned from a weekend of foraging for ramps in the Catskills. Hundreds of these wild leeks are here. Come and get them. They’re far better than listening to the media’s latest paranoia campaign.

Broadway escapes ‘The Bomb’

May 2nd, 2010

First time a Broadway ‘bomb’ wasn’t blamed on actors or critics.

What’s with these young Republicans?

April 29th, 2010

Gary Johnson, Republican former New Mexico governor, libertarian, ‘fiscal’ tea partyer says he wants to legalize marijuana to end drug cartel wars, end $70 billion in unnecessary law enforcement. What’s with these Republicans? Sounds like a trick!

We always pay for corporate ‘mistakes’

April 29th, 2010

Who’s paying for the US Army’s oil spill cleanup in the Gulf? Look in the mirror!

Artists, Governments and War

April 29th, 2010

I’ve come to the conclusion artists love art the way governments love war. Both art and war give us power, meaning and money in their making. Difference is governments support both. I’ve met few artists who support war.

Aryan Zone… Danger for All!

April 28th, 2010

I blame McCain for not running against his state’s racism and idiocy. He knows better. Or has Sarah Palin finally gotten to him? Can’t you hear her, “John, you need us racists to win again!” BTW, Arizona’s etymology: Aryan Zone.

Goldman Sachs Wants to Help Greece…

April 27th, 2010

Goldman Sachs offers to bail out bankrupt Greece in exchange for new Goldman Sachs world headquarters on Mount Olympus. Wall Street is getting too hot for these Masters of the Universe. And from the sounds of it, Zeus needs an investment banker who makes money.