The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Today is the 36th anniversary of the theatrical release of the Big Kahuna of cult classics – The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It did poorly when first released in 1975 and was almost headed for oblivion when someone got the bright idea to run it at “midnight movie” screenings. With a few months fans began [...]

Sue, Sarah, sue!

Sarah Palin Threatens to Sue ‘Rogue’ Book Publisher Sarah Palin’s family attorney John Tiemessen has written a letter to Maya Mavjee, the publisher of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, that Palin may sue her, the company, and the book’s author Joe McGinniss “for knowingly publishing false statements” in his book released [...]

M-m-m-my Sirota!

Dave Sirota is bugfuck nuts full of shit CDS: First and foremost among these is the fact that President Clinton was not “enthusiastically re-elected,” as Harris-Perry well knows. When Clinton triangulated against his liberal base with NAFTA, welfare reform and “don’t ask, don’t tell” (among other issues), he faced just as vociferous liberal criticism as [...]

Clap for Tinkerbama

David “Eat shit and vote for Obama” Atkins: Progressives are rightly furious with the President over what he has done–and perhaps more importantly, what he has not done over the past two years. But the reality is that from now until November 2012, the President is not going to be able to accomplish much of [...]

They got the attention they wanted

I don’t know what’s dumber, the bake sale or the reaction to it: Controversy erupts over Campus Republicans bake sale plans Campus Republicans at the University of California Berkeley have cooked up a storm of controversy with their plans for a bake sale. But it’s not your everyday collegiate fundraiser they’ve got in mind. They’ve [...]

“I’m Not Sure Who the President Was Talking To”

Dear Maxine: If you want to see some O-love you gotta quit letting him walk all over you. He takes you for granted because he can. Try playing hard to get. Don’t promise him your support. Make him earn it.

Flashback – A History Lesson

There has been a lot of  Bill-bashing lately so I thought I’d pull this one out of mothballs: “Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.” – Winston Churchill “Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it again next year.” – Beulah Limekiller, History Teacher, Elmore Blight [...]

You say you want a revolution

You Can’t Have a Revolution in the U.S. Without Engaging African Americans I have been looking at the recent events at Wall Street, and there’s one thing that is conspicuously absent, the African American presence. African Americans are the most heavily exploited demographic in the United States, 56% live in ghettos, 1 million are in [...]