June 25, 2008

GOODNIGHT, GEORGE

Hector Alamo, Jr.
George Carlin is dead. The man who brought you "shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits" has "passed away," "expired," or if you like, "experienced a terminal episode." The one guy who could make a Catholic doubt the Good Book died of heart failure this past Sunday at the age of 71.

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June 10, 2008

PRIDE, A WONDERFUL FRUIT

Hector Alamo, Jr.
I was watching George Carlin’s latest HBO special, It’s Bad For Ya, and he brought up something I feel like bringing up here. Actually, the point he brought up has two parts, but both parts center on the same issue: the nature of American patriotism.

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June 5, 2008

WAR IS OVER (IF YOU WANT IT)

Hector Alamo, Jr.
Peace is good. That’s something we can all agree on. Freedom is also good. That, too, is something we all general understand. The world is a much smaller place. Again, this is something more of us are beginning to realize.

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June 2, 2008

IN THE LAND OF CANAAN

by Hector Alamo, Jr.
It’s a small piece of land covering 8,522 square miles, a territory not much bigger than New Jersey. Yet this tiny scrap of desert has been the most highly contested strip of real estate in the history of mankind.

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