The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog
I don't drink the Kool-Aid. For Anyone.
50 Years of Life, a Retrospective: Part 1
As I head toward that benchmark, arriving four weeks from yesterday, I’m going to have a little bit of fun making some lists. You may think my lists funny, stupid, ridiculous; I don’t care, it’s my life, hence my lists. Some will be more serious, and others will be very light fare. I commence with…
Rand Paul and the Tea Party Movement
Rand Paul, Republican Senate candidate from Kentucky, has become one of the “poster children”, of sorts, for the Tea Party movement. It’s not surprising, of course, that the media paints the Tea Party as a bunch of fringe kooks—we’ve come to expect such tripe from the lapdog media over the years. Disclaimer: are there kooks…
Giving it Away
The Giving Pledge is a new movement founded by mega-billionaires to give away sizeable chunks of their fortunes to charity. Good for them. It is a little funny—and sad—that in the AJC article, Ted Turner feels compelled to state the exact amount of his contributions, and to call the giving of them “one of (his)…
Why We Will Lose the "Gay Marriage" Debate
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this one, it would seem, is over. Not immediately, and maybe not even with the eventual first decision of the Supreme Court (right now, I think that the loony judge’s decision overturning Prop 8 would be overturned at the level of the Supremes; new Justice…
So the World's Most Selfish Quarterback is Retiring…
Yawn. Who knows? He loves pulling this nonsense, dragging along people silly enough to give a rip. Notable points from the ESPN piece: “Favre has waffled on retiring every summer since 2002.” Here’s a man who seriously needs to get over himself. More importantly, “The Vikings didn’t pursue a trade for Donovan McNabb and declined…