by admin | Sep 11, 2013 | History, politics
Yep. I went there. I love the Pledge. I love my country. Two days after high school graduation I was standing at attention with my head shaved and my sphincter clenched as a DI roared at me. That’s how much I love my country. But “Under God” should not be there. It...
by admin | Aug 1, 2013 | Fuck This Guy, government programs, politics, Society, tin-foil hats
Hello and welcome to “Fuck This Guy” a new series that we at Ink & Bourbon are pleased to bring you. This will update weekly, unless we really feel the need to post more often, which seems likely. For our inaugural entry, I have selected Tea Party darling and...
by admin | Apr 18, 2013 | Doomsday, politics, tin-foil hats
Gold is falling. And I’m riding a delightful wave of Schadenfreude. I wondered just why I was so happy at their misfortune, so I though long and hard about it. And it ties into my psychology, philosophy and pretty much everything I hold dear. First, I’ll admit up...
by admin | Apr 16, 2013 | EMS, Mr Sunshine, politics, Society, tin-foil hats, war
Boston is my city. I’ve lived all my life within an easy half hour drive to the Hub. Except at rush hour, when it’s an easy two or three hour drive. I have close family living in the city proper. All my life, going “into town” meant Boston. I still say “hahbah” for...
by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Being Irish, History, politics, Society, war
Do not speak ill of the dead, we’re told. Why not? The dead are beyond the reach of my slings and arrows. More dangerous, to my mind is the whitewashing of misdeeds done by the recently deceased. I will agree that Westboro Baptist style celebration at the death of...
by admin | Jan 15, 2013 | guns, politics, tin-foil hats
The biggest single problem with guns in this country is that we are unable to have a conversation about them that doesn’t degenerate into bumper stickers.Now, I’ll say up front, I like guns. I like the feel as the weapon settles in the hand, I like the noise and the...
