Tag: obama

• Smoking and Obama Kill?

  If you’re wondering do other nations villify us  as much as we do them, witness this poster seen recently in Moscow. It says, “Smoking Kills More People than Obama does.” When I’m done laughing, all I can think is: yeah, well–that’s all fine and dandy and cute and funny, Russia–but ask yourself this: are your…

  JunkChuck

  February 24, 2016

  Commentary

  barack, corrupt, evil, obama, putin, smoking, vladimir, wealth

• Craw-Stuck By Netanyahu Visit

  Not awestruck, but craw, as in “stuck in my….” Judging from my personal Facebook page, there is a loudly enthusiastic minority of Americans who have whipped themselves into feverish, Dervish-like fervor over the visit of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his address to Congress. Not coincidentally, I noticed a flush of fawning articles on…

  JunkChuck

  March 4, 2015

  Commentary

  america, boehner, congress, iraq, israel, kerry, likud, netanyahu, obama, usa

• Elizabeth Lauten & The Obama Girls

  I suppose most of you–among the American contingent, at least–have by now heard about Elizabeth Lauten’s ill-considered, vile attack on President Obama’s teen-aged daughters, Sasha(16), and Malia(13).  I’ve been busy with family for the past three days, so I’m a little late to the game, but I had to take an opportunity to say my…

  JunkChuck

  November 29, 2014

  Commentary

  barack, children, elizabeth lauten, evil, liar, malia, michelle, obama, pray, sasha, scandal, turkey

• Immigrants Stealing “Our” Jobs?

  I’m enjoying the sputtering protestations of simpleton would-be patriots in the wake of President Obama’s discussion of his plans to address immigration issues here in the USA.  At base is the outrage that, after 6 years of the legislative branch refusing to allow any relevant, useful legislation to even be debated, the President is threatening…

  JunkChuck

  November 24, 2014

  Commentary

  illegals, immigration, jobs, mexicans, obama, tea party, teabagger

• War Is Cruelty, And You Cannot Refine It

  Excuse me a moment while I alienate all the southerners reading this blog…. This is General William Tecumseh Sherman on scenic horse ride through Georgia–I got in a bit of a kerfluffle with a southern stranger on Pinterest last year after I pinned the image to the right on the photo saving site, along with…

  JunkChuck

  September 28, 2014

  Commentary, Journal, Quote

  america, bumper stickers, bush, confederate, hate, northern, obama, patriotic, patriotism, racism, rebel, redneck, salute, sherman, southern, union

• John Boehner & His Executive Order Fetish

  This post isn’t about my politics, mind you, but I do want to get my biases out front–I’m worse than a Liberal, I’m a Rational.  The closest analog I’ve been able to find is Teddy Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party, but that’s hardly a good fit.  You haven’t heard of us yet, much, but you will. …

  JunkChuck

  August 1, 2014

  Commentary

  boehner, democrat, executive orders, fox news, obama, republican

• Link: Why should poets engage with ‘ordinary people’?

  This article caught my eye the other day, another discussion about poets, poetry, and audience–specifically, is poetry a marginalized art form because poets are largely snobbish and write to impress each other, rather than writing towards a broad audience?  It’s an interesting debate–if I was forced to pick a side, I’d have to go with…

  JunkChuck

  June 25, 2014

  Commentary, Poetry

  coleridge, obama, pastoral, poetics, poetry, poets, romantic, rules, wordsworth

• The President Needs a Make-Over

  While I was devoting considerable energies into not nodding off during the State of The Union Address last night, Mrs. Junk remarked on how odd it was to see President Obama’s suddenly graying hair.  As a guy who has seen his own hair take a sudden flight towards white–I’ll be in Santa country by the…

  JunkChuck

  January 29, 2014

  Uncategorized

  ?uestlove, barack, basketball, bush, clinton, contra, cool, fonz, fonzarelli, grecian formula, grey, greying, hair, iran, make-over, mature, obama, old, Questlove, reagan, Roots, star trek, the fonz, wonky

• The State of the Union is COLD

  Mrs. Junk and I watched President Obama deliver yet another State of the Union address last night, though I did so with mixed emotions due to the President’s inconsiderate preemption of one of the three hours of television I most enjoy each week–Person of Interest. I’m interested in politics and have very strong opinions that…

  JunkChuck

  January 29, 2014

  Commentary

  #personofinterest, cold, conservatives, liberals, obama, of, of interest, person, politics, State, the, union