You’re Next, MAGA Seniors!!
Now that Trump has ' Muskrat' using his chainsaw on this and then that within the federal government, beware MAGA seniors. This writer sat in a coffee shop right before…
Philip A Farruggio
The Christmas Lesson
Funny how so many ‘ so called’ Christians kneel and perform such pomp and circumstance every December 25th. All the beautiful Christmas decorations and wonderful seasonal songs are in fitting…
Let Us Eat Cake!
They attribute the famous quote ' Let them eat cake' to Marie Antoinette, Queen Consort of King Louis XIV of France. Apparently, she was told that the peasants did not…
UNComfortably Numb!
Sailing back listening to Pink Floyd's classic Comfortably Numb.The mood of melancholia is mixed with a musical yearning for something seemingly out of my reach. As the song ends I…
Onward White Christian MAGA Soldiers!!!
The 1960 Stanley Kramer classic film ' Inherit the Wind' is a must see for everyone, especially our young middle and high school students. This film focused on the 1925…
It’s All Right Ma… I’m Only Bleeding!
Many thanks to Bob Dylan's great song of the same name. What rankles me is how so many of my friends, neighbors and acquaintances seem to accept how far down…
Our Only Hope: Socialism!!
The embedded mainstream media, owned by this Military Industrial Empire, has made Socialism synonymous with Communism. That makes the ( sadly) dumbed down public think of the old Soviet Union…
They Trick Us And Move On
Sitting here watching, for the umpteenth time, the Jonathan Demme directed remake of The Manchurian Candidate. Early on in the film the Denzel Washington character says to his troubled former…
Collateral Political Damage
Anyone remember the late ' Not so great' Donald Rumsfeld explaining about killing innocent civilians in our phony wars as ' Collateral Damage'? Then fast forward to today's election cycle…
Whatcha Gonna Do About Me?
Lyrics You poisoned my sweet water.You cut down my green trees.The food you fed my childrenWas the cause of their disease. My world is slowly fallin' downAnd the airs not…
Time to Take Off Those MAGA Hats
To all those working stiffs or retired ones, listen to the latest interview between one mega billionaire and another 'Wanabee' billionaire. Working class heroes Trump and Musk took time out…
Same Ole PTA
One has to listen to Jeannie C Riley's 1968 Harper Valley PTA to get the essence of what this MAGA movement is doing to our education system. Jeannie C said…
Prison… Without the Barbed Wire
We look at those poor souls in Gaza, living in what many call The Outdoor Prison. We here in America are fortunate to have avoided such a fate. Yet, there…
On a Night Flight to Phoenix, 1988
This writer has been a student of the Holocaust since childhood, with my Poem/Plaque " Never Again" in the Wiesenthal Holocaust museum in Los Angeles. I recently found out, through…
Blowin It!!!
The fascist Republican Party keeps throwing out daggers, whether it be on a woman's right to choose, worker's rights ( Imagine, they would like to cut beyond recognition FDR's National…
The New MAGA MAGAZINE!
Baby boomers like this writer remember how great MAD Magazine was in the 60s and 70s. Funny funny funny! The satire was tremendous. Well, children, we have a new satirical…
Memorialize the Pawns, Arrest the War Criminals!
The Korean Civil war, which like that one in Vietnam, was never a declared engagement by our government. No, they were both part of an imperialist plan by the Military…
Pull Down Their Trousers!!
First we need to get the ' Right ( meaning ' Left' ) people in government. What needs be done is for the public to finally, in mass, understand that…
Action, Reaction
The Physics guys know it best that for ' Every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'. Well, I guess those who lead us don't know a rat's ass…
The Kindness of Strangers?
I was channel surfing last evening and watched the Supreme Court's new case concerning homeless encampments etc. What got me was how the government's lawyer kept explaining how the homeless…
The Empire Owns Us
In today's America there is no need for a contract for millions of my fellow working stiffs. With many states like mine ( Florida) having 'Right to work laws', unions…
Dead End America
Documentary film maker Marc Levin made a 'must see ' film entitled Class Divide (2015) about the gentrification of the West Chelsea area of Manhattan ( 23rd street around 9th…
War! What Is It Good For!?
The 1969 song sung by Edwin Starr, War, What Is It Good For, captured the dark and terrible essence of the USA's Vietnam debacle: War Edwin Starr (War) h'uhYeah!(What is…
How to Blow an Election
Boy oh boy, the Neo Con Democratic Party sure knows how to dismantle things. Think of this: They had the right wing Republicans on their heels with the Dobbs decision…
Oskar Schindler Would Be In Gaza
Remember Steven Spielberg's blockbuster film ' Schindler's List'? In it Oskar Schindler, an ambitious Czech businessman, has his epiphany in Krakow, Poland during the German occupation. Schindler came to Krakow…
It’s Not Personal… Just Business!
Just watched a 2020 documentary entitled ' Dirty Money' that covered a slew of scams perpetrated on American consumers. The segment on Scott Tucker really got my goat. Here's a…
The ‘Good Old Days’ ( Compared to This)
Baby boomers like this writer usually reminisce about past days, replete with the great music ,sports and styles we enjoyed. Yes, growing up in ' The garden spot of the…
Hitler Would Be Proud!
It has become sacrilegious to ever use Adolph Hitler in any comparison of a current political person or group. Sorry children, but we need to give careful scrutiny to our…
Who Cares? I Got My Gadget Here!
You got a government that is run by a Two Party con job. You have one side that borders on outright fascism, if not a return to Germany circa 1932.…
‘You’re a Regular RIOT Donald!’
For Baby Boomers like this writer The Honeymooners television show was right on. One of Jackie Gleason's funnier quotes was when, as Ralph Kramdon, he gave it to his wife…
Happy MAGA Year!!
Disappointing that many of you loyal Trump and Republican MAGA supporters don't understand history. I could ( and may very well do so) create a whole standup comedy routine on…
Age of Anxiety… Again!
Students of American history realize that we as a people have experienced quite a few ' Ages of National Anxiety'. Looking back but within 110 years or so we know…
Send In the Clowns…
They’re already here! Being a baby boomer this writer has consistently looked at those who lead us as mostly ‘ Clowns’. This goes in spades for those who run our…
From Hitler’s Lips… Resonating Well Now!
Politics has always been, as Mark Twain put it : " The last refuge of scoundrels." It seems that, in super rich controlled American politics, it's simply selling the public…
It’s Not Capitalism… It’s MONEYISM!!
Here it is from an old college buddy and confidante of mine, J D. This former progressive talk radio host and socialist thinker nailed it with his commentary on things…
Not So Gentler Lebensraum
Imagine, as a 12.5% proud Jewish baby boomer, how outraged I am at what's been transpiring in greater Israel. If one studies the history of that region, the real history,…
Trick or… TRICK!!
Halloween is for kids and crazy pranksters. The little kids show off their costumes and get nice treats... except for the maniacs out there who like to put needles inside…
Womb less Babies Don’t Count!
So, they put the oxymoron of a ' Constitutional Lawyer' into the US House of Representatives Speaker's Chair. Mike Johnson, looking so nerdy with his too neat attire , is…
Arsenal of Democracy… or Hypocrisy?
This baby boomer loves his country... but rarely the leaders, movers and shakers. For 50 years I have been calling small businesses nationwide, speaking with so many fellow citizens. The…
Leaderless!
Can you imagine that after my generation either was pushed into the Vietnam phony war or pushed into the streets to get us out, we have arrived at this,…
The Futility of Feudalistic Democracy
First thing first: If you want to know what is going on in the world, especially the political world, do NOT turn on the boob tube. And that is what…
Wake Up Working Stiffs
Ironic how so many who say they worship Jesus as their Lord and Savior forget all that he taught: If we have food and covering, with these we shall be…
Bordellos R US
In a play on words the ' US' in my title can mean the ' Us' being we here in the USA. Get it?…
The Real ‘ Rent Scoundrels’
Having spent the first 40+ years of my life paying tribute to landlords, this writer knows the crime of it all. I am not referring to the system of '…
Tired of the BS?
Well, this writer may have failed 40 years ago at a standup career. Now I plan to use this new piece as fodder for another attempt to be in front…
The Past Is Prologue
Just viewed, for the first time, the 2012 ESPN documentary 'Ghosts of Ole Miss' written by Wright Thompson and directed by Fritz Mitchell. The film covered the 1962 segregationist riot…
Comfortably Numb… On Jesus Radio!
{As a preface to this column, this writer has been an adherent of the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda. Thus, I believe wholeheartedly in the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, and…
White WASP Fright Never Dissipates
The only real difference between white extremists of today and their cousins 100 years ago is ' Who are we discriminating against?' In 1920 Congressman Albert Johnson of…
Left Out: As Good As It Gets!
For all those out there like this writer who consider themselves to be socialists, we are like the Jack Nicholson character in Joseph Brooks' 1997 film As Good As It…
Beer, Burgers, Bangs & Flag Worship
It used to be, to this baby boomer, that July 4th was reserved for barbeques and fireworks. We were kids back in the 50s and early 60s, before Vietnam, and…
If I Didn’t Laugh I Would Cry
The late great spiritual teacher Louise Hay taught that resentment is terrible for one's health. She said to ' Release' from resentment as a daily exercise. This writer does agree…
It’s Always About Protecting Our Children
Ever notice how all those right wing groups of mothers are so concerned about keeping their little kids safe from seeing and hearing what they deem as perverse? As a…
Farruggio for President 2024
Since my governor, Fascism Forever Captain Ron as I call him, just announced for President , allow me to jump into the fray. Of course, I have not much of…
This is NO Democracy!!
I just love it when all the media political pundits and talk show hosts ( News Talk?) throw out that word Democracy. You don't have to go to a ranch…
How Stupid ( or Sneaky) Are The Democrats?
Being an anti empire, anti war Socialist this writer has had countless inner dilemmas concerning the Jackass party. As far as their counterparts, the Republicans, well, they are as close…
Stranger in a Strange Land
I wonder how many of you reading this agree with the above? In order to best fit this narrative you have to be someone who dismisses this current economic, financial…
Is the Jackass Party Stupid or Controlled… Or Both!?
As an informed citizen who has disdain for the Two Party/One Party Scam, I have spun towards the ' Lesser of ' party if only to save my nation from…
Radio Fatherland!!
The Nazis loved to prime the pump with their rituals to keep the ' natives' hyped up. They had their mass rallies with hundreds of thousands attending. They had those…
20 Years and Nothing Has Changed
It was the morning of March 19th, 2003 and this writer was up early. I was eating a bowl of Cheerios as I turned on the boob tube. I can…
Mercy Mercy Me!!
Marvin Gaye said it best in his hit song ( written by him) : Whoa, oh, mercy mercy me Oh, things ain't what they used to be, no no Where…
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