Category Archives: Newpapers

Tea Party Populists

April 21, 2010   Culture, Economy, Media, Newpapers, Politics

100421boklores1The Tea Party can’t catch a break with the left. A New York Times survey last week found that Tea Partiers are richer and brighter than most. Previously dismissed by the smart set as hicks, the Tea Party is now dissed by E.J. Dionne for practicing a “populism of the privileged”.

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Tiger’s Happy Place

April 14, 2010   Celebrity, golf, Media, President, Sports, Symbols, tiger woods

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The good news is Tiger says he doesn’t exploit women anymore. The bad news is he exploits his dead dad in a recent Nike commercial. The spot brought to mind another truly mythical golfer with self-control issues – Happy Gilmore. Happy channels his father figure, Chubb, in that movie’s final scene (fast forward to the 3:22 mark).

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Easter Bunny

April 2, 2010   Economy, Government, health insurance, Holiday, Symbols

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To Your Health

March 26, 2010   democrats, health insurance, Politics, republicans, Symbols

100327boklores1Who among us doesn’t get death threats? Here’s Frank Rich fuming about goons hurling venomous slurs at Congressmen. Here’s Andrew Breitbart , with video, asking what goons, what slurs?

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Zorba

March 26, 2010   bailout, budget, Dollar, Economy, Government, Symbols

100325bokloresI’ve had this one sitting around in my sketches file for a while. Zorba the Greek isn’t a household name these days. But with the Greek economy sending the Euro crashing this week and the Germans left to pick up the pieces well… as Dieter would say, now is the time on Sprockets when we dance.

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