Author - Bob Cesca

Blogging

The Soundtrack

Just for fun, and inspired by Chez's Dead Star Twilight soundtrack, I created an iTunes "soundtrack" for this here blog. Basically it's a collection of songs that I dig, as well as tracks that have...

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Torture

Torturing An Innocent Man

Former Guantanamo detainee Lakhdar Boumediene to ABC News: Boumediene described being pulled up from under his arms while sitting in a chair with his legs shackled, stretching him. He said that he...

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Healthcare

Save The Criminals!

The main "gripe" about a public health insurance option: [C]ritics argue that with low administrative costs and no need to produce profits, a public plan will start with an unfair pricing advantage...

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Wingnuts

Un-American

Washington Times editor emeritus, Wesley Pruden, on the president: He is our first president without an instinctive appreciation of the culture, history, tradition, common law and literature whence...

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Racism

Worst Person

New York Post reporter Jennifer Fermino, who wrote this: BLING TIME FOR PREZ By JENNIFER FERMINO President Obama was awarded Saudi Arabia's highest honor yesterday -- an elaborate gold necklace and...

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Wingnuts

Domestic Terrorist Plot

Scott Roeder says there's a larger plot to kill more women's healthcare providers. Will Joe Scarborough call for Roeder to be waterboarded until we learn the extent of the conspiracy? Or will he, you...

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The Media

Taking A Piss

I caught this gigantic hunk of bullshit on television today. Try not to swallow your tongue when they get to the "observe the basic rules of civility" part: Fox News and Fox Nation, with their one...

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Healthcare

Recession-Proof Stock Tips

Did you know Altria and other tobacco stocks are very good investments during a recession? Because poor people and addicts will continue to buy cigarettes, even if they can't afford them. One of many...

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Quote

Dick Quote of the Day

"When I did a Twitter about her, having read what she said, I said that was racist — but I applied it to her as a person. And the truth is I don’t know her as a person. It’s clear that what she said...

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The Media

The Gingrich Script

Newt Gingrich is on Face the Nation this morning. For some reason. Gingrich doesn't hold any elected office currently and he doesn't have a book he's promoting right now. He hasn't done anything...

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The Media

Breaking News!

This should be fun: The U.S. Army confirms that Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” has arrived in Iraq to tape a week of shows. Stephen Colbert is inescapable future of...

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Economy

Economic Girly Men

They never learn: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said today that he would like to see such “radical” proposals come out of a commission now studying an overhaul of the state’s tax system. The governor...

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