Archive for category: Politics

Do you feel more secure?

July 9, 2004 | I Kid You Not, Politics | By: Mark VandeWettering

With many crack federal agents like this, don’t you feel safer at night? Isn’t harassment of people necessary in our post 9/11 world, especially when it happens to them rather than us? I mean the Supreme Court has already given law enforcement an open license to request anyone’s ID, requiring only the flimsiest of pretenses. […]

God’s Will

June 6, 2004 | Politics | By: Mark VandeWettering

Let’s hope that it’s God’s will to put a Democrat in the White House come November.

D-Day

June 6, 2004 | General, Politics | By: Mark VandeWettering

Today is the sixtieth anniversary of D-Day: the date when the Allies of World War II began their invasion of France to defeat the Axis powers in Europe. It is without a doubt one of the most spectacular battles of all time, and represents probably the single greatest achievement of logistics in warfare ever. It’s […]

Who will Kerry choose to be VIP?

May 31, 2004 | Politics | By: Mark VandeWettering

John Moe weighs the pros and cons of some possibles on mcsweeneys.net. I particularly like the idea of choosing Clinton, if only to see the heads of Republicans twist themselves clean off their bodies.