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…
Philip A Farruggio
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…
Revelation.. Not Revolution!
One definition of revelation is: A surprisingly and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made in a dramatic way. This is what many of my fellow working stiffs need…
Anger, Yes Fascism NO!!
Let's cut to the chase OK? All working stiff Americans are living within an empire. As the late President Eisenhower warned, and he should have known because he served it:…
Ignorance of Their Evil
Many readers of this piece will most likely take issue with me on my premise. We look at, or look back at instances of evil acts or evil beliefs, and…
Suckers for the Super Rich!
This writer has loved professional football and baseball my whole life. Going with my father, little baseball glove in hand, to watch Dem Bums at Ebbets Field in the…
Caught in the Draft ’73
One surmises that the volunteer military system devised after the Vietnam debacle erases what had transpired before. Perhaps we all need to revisit that terrible era, when phony US incursions…
DeSantis ’24: Inherit the Wind!
Living here in ' Death Valley' AKA Florida one can see the results of having a governor like Captain Ron as I label him. One can go back to Weimar…
Not Enough Fezziwigs
An annual tradition, since my childhood, has been to watch the 1951 film classic A Christmas Carol starring Alastair Sim. In the film Ebenezer Scrooge, played by Sim, is…
The Fault Dear Brutus Part 2
Lovers of real American history should recall the words uttered by the late, great newsman and newscaster Edward R. Murrow about Senator Joe McCarthy. During the height of the…
The 2nd Most Deadly Pandemic
Let's put Covid aside and address the 2nd most heinous ( yes, I use that term) and deadly epidemic facing us all. This disease had always, it seems, been around…
The Mega Rich Have It Made!!
There are less than 1% of Americans who earn over $5 Million per year. They are taxed at the same top rate ( 37%) as those earning approximately $ 600k…
So Many Are So Thankful
There are so many out there that would take a few moments to be thankful this holiday. Where shall I begin? All the tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands…
(Un) Comfortably Numb
Kudos to Pink Floyd and their 1979 classic ' Comfortably Numb' for inspiring me to write this critique. With the news that it looks like the Democrats will continue to…
Farruggio for President 2024
Allow me to announce my candidacy ahead of the current front man for this empire. Don is three years older than me and light years behind me intellectually and spiritually.…
Spectators
Well, if you have any sense of the climate of this American culture, you will realize just how far down the rabbit hole we have fallen. As a baby boomer…
Elevator to Hell
There has to be a heaven, if only by process of elimination. You see, if there is a hell then there has to be the antidote, heaven. To this writer,…
“…… And Wearing a MAGA Hat!”
The great 20th Century writer Sinclair Lewis put it best: "When Fascism comes to America it will be carrying a cross wrapped in a flag." Well, this writer now adds…
Hurricanes R Us!!
One can only empathize with those poor souls on the SW Gulf Coast of Florida who were devastated by this hurricane. Imagine losing your residence, possessions and perhaps your life.…
Open Letter to the MAGA Crowd
I actually come into contact with many of you folks all the time. When I get car repairs, need a plumber or handyman, or go to a store, most of…
Alone in a Crowd!
Did you ever get the strangest feeling while in a crowd of people... some who you actually know, that you are ' All Alone'? Before someone reading this dismisses such…
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