Guy Smith | January 31, 2007
One can hardly blame the people of Venezuela for being confused on matters political and realpolitik parlance. After all, they have had 26 different constitutions in their history, which averages a new constitution every 7-8 years. That’s enough to make Karl Marx’s head implode.
The collective inanity of Venezuela’s decision today to legislate a [...]
Guy Smith | January 25, 2007
IBM recently unleashed unto an unsuspecting public a new tool that allows anyone to upload data sets, and then allow the world to visualize and comment on the meaning of the data. Many Eyes has the perverse provision of allowing people to view data in ways the media and other informational gatekeepers do not [...]
Guy Smith | January 23, 2007
Some random observations from tonight’s Presidential State of the Union pep talk:
Balanced seating: Bush says one national priority is to balance the budget, and the new House Speaker Nancy “Smiling Eyes” Pelosi leaps to her feet along with the rest of Congress. When Bush adds “without raising taxes”, her nipped and tucked ass stays firmly planted. This [...]
Guy Smith | January 17, 2007
Ron Seybold, former newspaperman, great writer, and the first editor insane enough to pay me for my prose, came to the San Francisco Bay Area. Ron and I caught up on our suspect life and times. Among other nefarious activities, Ron Seybold is conducting writer’s workshops back in Austin, Texas.
We invested some of our visitation [...]
Guy Smith | January 11, 2007
News broke a while back that a young, southern trailer cookie, who had strutted her way into both the Miss America title and the wet dreams of middle aged men, had been seen doing many unAmerican-beauty-queen things, such as dope and other women.
Who cares?
But a cheesy cheesecake story has never deterred the media or those well [...]
