Posts Categorized: Politics

Piracy is never romantic, Jack Sparrow be damned

Piracy, banditry, or any other self-serving tag line you want to apply to thieves in the act of burglarizing intellectual property (IP) is never romantic, or audacious, or heroic, Jack Sparrow with his bandanna, earrings and self-effacing grin be damned. Recently, Julie Andresen started a discussion on Google+ entitled “What are your thoughts on content piracy?” She got over thirty comments with opinions varying from “piracy is great,” to one advocating a personally administered penalty of “trans-anal evisceration.” Most of the heat came from a handful of the respondents, who purported to be listening but obviously were not hearing one another…. Read more »

An open apology to my wife concerning females in male locker rooms

Baby, please let me explain. It was just an article I wrote because of the episode with the Jets and the female reporter that was in the news.  I didn’t really mean it the way you took it.  You know how I get sometimes.  And, no, I don’t really want to interview Anna Kournikova while she’s showering.  I was just kidding.  Besides I don’t have the proper press pass. Me and the guys were down at Hooters having a few beers and watching the game when the subject came up about that hot attractive female reporter who wanted to interview… Read more »

Concerning female reporters in male locker rooms

Females reporters in a male locker-room? Are you kidding? Hello! Is anybody home? Yeah?  Well, there are many male reporters would like to interview Anna Kournikova while she’s showering too. Let’s get real here. The New York Jets got into some unwarranted trouble a while back when a female reporterette entered the Jets locker-room after practice to conduct an interview. She was whistled at and called a “bonita senorita.”  The media reported the story and the feminists got all in a twitter. You have fifty-some sweaty guys coming off the field with their testosterone all pumped up and in walks… Read more »