The World's Laziest Journalist will skip this week's transvestite story. (Is that story that most folks, even those in the liberal San Francisco Bay Area, find boring and thus want it banished from the airwaves, an example of managed news?) Are any American pundits asking if the failure of the TSA screenings indicates that the actual purpose of the hassle is to wean Americans on to fascism?
Since Saturday June 6 will be the 71st
anniversary of D-Day, we need to ask a question: "If the soldiers who were killed in WWII were
fighting for The Four Freedoms, does it show disrespect for their sacrifices if
Sen. Lindsey Graham rolls his eyes when the concept of fighting for America's
liberties, is mentioned?"
[Note from the photo editor: Pot, pizza and psychedelic tie-die t-shirts can always be lumped together in the San Francisco Bay Area and hence legitimize this week's photo illustration.]
Some analysts are baffled by the fact that Republicans, who
were very enthusiastic about invading Iraq and Afghanistan, seem willing to
renege on their promise to take care of wounded veterans by denying them access
to medical marijuana to treat PTSD.
Since many pundits ignore the controversy over the use of pot treatment, any suggestion which attempts to explain why the Republicans continue to endorse the restrictions on the use of cannabis sativa rather than approve its use, we will (speculation alert!) offer our unique explanation.
The fable of the scorpion and the frog was used in two movies. It was told in Orson Welles' "Mr. Arkadin," and also in "The Crying Game."
A scorpion wanted to cross a river. He asked a frog if he could hitch a ride. The frog vehemently objected saying: "When we get in the middle of the river, you will sting me and we will both drown." The scorpion used his highly developed debating skill to convince the frog to ignore his objections to the proposal. The scorpion hopped on the frog's back and they began to cross the river. When they got to the middle of the river, sure enough, the scorpion stung the frog. The perplexed frog asked the scorpion why he had broken his promise and thereby signed both of their death warrants. The scorpion's response possibly explains the Republicans' attitude and provides us with the column's closing quote: "Because it's in my nature!"
Now the disk jockey will play the Platters 1958 hit "Smoke gets in your eyes," "Puff the magic dragon," and Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson's new song "It's all going to pot." We have to go see if the film rights to the "Smoke" book have been sold. Have a "Go Warriors!" type of week.
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