The Philadelphia Phillies are the World Champions

There is much to say about this. Library shelves of things to say about this. I have lived in Philadelphia since 1982, and this is the first time The Fightin' Phils have climbed all the way to the top.

I will undoubtedly post something about what this means, but now isn't the time for palaver. The Philadelphia Phillies are the World Champions of Baseball. Click here to hear what it sounded like as the Phils brought it home to Dirty Franks at 13th and Pine last night.

John McCain's soul has left and gone away

Eight years ago, the Republican South Carolina primary was a mudfest of Karl Rove dirty tricks, with John McCain as the bitter victim. The lesson he took away was to embrace the dark side. In this podcast (click here), we see that Senator McCain has not yet hit bottom.

Push Back

As we near the end of this Presidential campaign, the Republicans have begun to stoop lower than many thought they could. Last week, the McCain campaign released a press release entitled "Barack Obama's Friend Tried To Kill My Family." They have been using rumors started by the worst and most repulsive of provacateurs as talking points. In the podcast today (click here), I detail the truth about some of these rumors, the kind of people behind these slurs, and why Obama can't respond in kind, even if the real questionable associations are those of John McCain and Sarah Palin.

In my podcast I discuss Andy Martin, and as loathe as I am to do it, below is a link to the sleazy Fox News report that last allowed this man with the soul of a cockroach on the air:

"Monty Python Could Have Written This"

We should all, of course, be amazed that a lot of Americans don't get this....

Eight Years

Eight years ago, our country had an uncertain but hopeful future. In the attached podcast recording (click here), I wonder on what these eight years or Republican rule have done to our country, and how the Right has done exactly what they said to each other they would do. The Republican Party in the United States, these soulless men, have pledged themselves to be enemies of the United States Government. They don't even bother to hide their agenda at all anymore.

Why should they bother? Half of the American people reliably respond to the fear and the hate and the lies. Every time.

The View From The Crosswalk

This has been kicking around with me for a while. One of the best things about living in Philadelphia is that it's pretty darn pedestrian friendly. Or at least the layout is. The Philadelphia drivers, as always, are another story (click here). I know it's difficult to pilot tons of speeding deathmetal safely, but some people don't even seem to be trying.

Yes, there are bad pedestrians. But just trying to safely navigate the sidewalks and crosswalks of Philadelphia is getting tougher. And, even if the film Repo Man is right and the more you drive the less intelligent you get, sometimes you've got to repeat the basics. Sarcastically, if need be.

A driver told me on my bike the other night that bicycles belonged on the sidewalks, which we all know is illegal. That exchange didn't go well, but that's a story for another time....