Author Archives: The Ass

Do you think maybe China’s a b…

Do you think maybe China’s a bit bemused by American protests of the Olympic torch? Human rights abuses!? Anyone heard of Gitmo? Abu Ghraib?

Posting my own rules for damn …

Posting my own rules for damn startups… from the user’s perspective. http://tinyurl.com/ypcsab

Rules for Startups… from the user’s perspective

After reading Jason Calacanis, Michael Arrington, and Mark Cuban’s so-called rules for startups, I figured we’d had just about enough out of the big boys. Here follows the Sufferable Ass’s rules for startups from the user perspective. Heed them or perish. Dude, if you’ve got a product, don’t make me pay for it. I mean, [...]

I’m steaming live right now. C…

I’m steaming live right now. Come warm your hands over me!

Rather than a pledge, how ‘bou…

Rather than a pledge, how ‘bout we compel oversight to uphold the Constitution, making legislators law breakers if they don’t?

What is the whole effing point…

What is the whole effing point of the three tier process of choosing delegates? Why can’t we just have direct voting?

Hullo? Is this thing on?

Hullo? Is this thing on?

Y’know, I love Tom Petty as mu…

Y’know, I love Tom Petty as much as the next ass, but are there really no big post-80s musical acts that will return Paul Tagliabue’s calls?

Honorary Ass: Comptroller General of the US, David Walker

According to the Financial Times, David Walker, tha Comptroller General of the United States, is warning that if certain steps aren’t taken soon, America’s on a collision course with history. Drawing parallels with the end of the Roman empire, Mr Walker warned there were “striking similarities” between America’s current situation and the factors that brought [...]

Community Standards versus Free Speech: A Primer for the Clueless

There is an argument popping up like a noxious weed, espoused on the net on this page and elsewhere (here, and here, and here and plenty of other places, besides), that boils down to this: Don Imus’s right to free speech has been trampled, and that’s an outrageous assault to our American values. With all [...]

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