Monthly Archives: December 2010

You got that, right? After doing everything he could in his Speak N Spell attack on the voters who wrote in Lisa Murkowski’s name in that Alaska race, “Miller wasn’t raising any federal issues that he needed to resolve,” said the Federal Judge. Continue reading →

this obscure Christmas joke that either provokes gales of laughter or strenuous shaking of the head and “I don’t get it.” Continue reading →

South Carolina explained why they were starting the Civil War, although that nomenclature would not be universally adopted to this very day, with Southern Revisionists calling it “The War of Northern Aggression” in their textbooks for generations, and thence to claim it was not about slavery, but, instead, States’ rights and Tariffs. Continue reading →

Most of you remember the terror, and how it began. Sheerest chance that the invaders appeared at that time of year, or that they arrived at Pismo Beach, California at a shopping mall. Most of it’s been declassified now, so I can fill in the spots you don’t know. Continue reading →

I wrote this during the amazing Summer and Fall of 1985, when I wrote two books, two screenplays and a slew of short stories and essays in my Hollywood office, in what turned out to be Walt Disney’s original studio. (OK: He originally started in his garage,which was two blocks down the street. I used to walk by it, nights.) Continue reading →

For you prospective employers (Mark’s looking for a job): He’s not just a media critic, however; Mark Williams has also been known to channel the political views of the dead. Continue reading →

Well, if you get inside Haley Barbour’s head about what “doesn’t mean diddly” you can understand why he might feel that way. On the other hand, if you obtain that understanding, you can also understand why Barbour represents the worst — and ruling — passions of the current KKK, er … CCC … er, GOP/Tea Party…. Continue reading →

Remember what Velvet Revolution said in 2008, the day after Michael Connell died in one of those light plane crashes that seem to be so popular with enemies of the Bush Putsch…. Continue reading →

And I want you to recall that Mark Williams left the Tea Party Express over an incredibly ill-advised pseudo-Lincoln bit of writing, and consider how Lloyd Marcus is flagged in both cases, and I think you have a window into a certain way of thinking. Continue reading →