Monthly Archives: April 2011

StevieslawSnipit: The Low-life in Corporate America

Posted on April 14, 2011 by stevieslaw

In a corporate world in which the Pennsylvania DEP would clearly issue a gas fracking permit to drill right beside—let’s say—the only oasis to supply water to the desert city of wishyouwerehere, before being asked, Smokey and I were still … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged agribusiness, Florida, fracking, investigative reporting, Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania DEP, smokey diamond, The Jungle, Upton Sinclair | Leave a comment

Stevieslaw’Splainittoyouoncemore: Detaxing the Rich and the Corporate.

Posted on April 13, 2011 by stevieslaw

With school boards, elected local officials, mayors and governors across the nation getting set to fire your neighbors, relatives and friends, the hardheaded among us are asking once more why the very rich are paying at the lowest tax rate … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged black humor, bush tax cuts, family value, gas extraction, GE, Marcellus Shale, Ronald Reagan, smokey diamond, trickle down economics, trickle miracle | Leave a comment

Newsbriefs You May Have Missed: Fracking for the Foreign Market, or Where Have All the Good Excuses Gone?

Posted on April 11, 2011 by stevieslaw

Today we learned from Lou Kilzer and Andrew Conte, writing in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (about the Marcellus Shale), that foreign companies are buying up “significant shares of these drilling projects and making plans for facilities to liquefy and ship more … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged budget cuts, education, extraction tax, foreign investment, Marcellus Shale, Patrick Henderson, republicans, smokey diamond, teachers, tom corbett | Leave a comment

Stevieslaw: Cousin Myron and the Tax Code.

Posted on April 10, 2011 by stevieslaw

I’m sure you all recognize my cousin Myron by now, aspiring author, GED diplomaer, trickster and idiot savant—with not so much savant. Myron, as you must recall is a whiz with numbers and anything related to numbers. He called me … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged accounting, black humor, Close Enough Accounting., cousin myron, family value, IRS, tax code | Leave a comment

StevieslawInsight: Politics, Language and the Government Shutdown

Posted on April 8, 2011 by stevieslaw

We are fast approaching a government shutdown, during which the only people whose lives will not be affected are those we elected to draw up, debate and pass a budget. Ogden Nash had a lovely poem entitled, “It’s Always When … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged Barack Obama, birthers, black humor, dog latin, donald trump, family value, government shutdown, Harry Reid, John Boehner, Kenya, Nevada, Ohio, pig latin, smokey diamond, ubbi dubbi | Leave a comment

StevieslawLighternote: Glenn Beck to Step Down. Myron to Get GED.

Posted on April 7, 2011 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw has learned from the Washington Post that super-patriot Glenn Beck—the only remaining survivor of the constitutional convention—will step down from Fox News. This is big news at Stevieslaw—even bigger perhaps then the news that my cousin Myron will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged 3d tv, black humor, elected officials, family value, Fox news, glenn beck, government shutdown, newt gingrich, smokey diamond, soldiers, the bachelor | Leave a comment

StevieslawTip: Surviving a Government Shutdown

Posted on April 6, 2011 by stevieslaw

Smokey Diamond attended a town discussion last night about the potential government shutdown and what we, as citizens, might do to protect ourselves. The meeting began with a frank discussion of what the Federal Government and its elected members do. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged bottled water, canada, federal government, Fox news, fruit loops, gasoline, government shutdown, iraq, Libya, pakghanistan, scotch, smokey diamond | 1 Comment

StevieslawGoGetYours: Planning Your Stock Profile for the Republican Century

Posted on April 4, 2011 by stevieslaw

I sat down this morning to write a protest letter to Rep. Glenn Thompson about drilling for gas in the Delaware River Basin. Instead, I started to laugh. Is it possible to find a better way to waste your time … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged black humor, bottled water, cancer, cruise missiles, Delaware river basin, family value, Glenn Thompson, global warming, Libya, smokey diamond, stock market | 2 Comments

StevieslawWeCanOnlyDream: The Church of the Flaming Koran

Posted on April 3, 2011 by stevieslaw

Terry Jones and followers to head to Pakghanistan Smokey Diamond got the scoop from Terry Jones today about his plan to move his church and followers to a hillside just outside Kandahar. Diamond admitted, “I wore a NASA style EVA … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged bible, bigotry, black humor, Dove World Outreach Center, eva suit, family value, Koran, NASA, pakghanistan, smokey diamond, Terry Jones | Leave a comment

Stevieslaw: Filing the Short Form

Posted on April 2, 2011 by stevieslaw

I was going to spend today doing my income taxes, but I couldn’t control my typing. Every time I set out to enter StevieslawInc into my new tax software, my fingers would type something else —ge, ge, ge, ge, ge…sorry, … Continue reading →

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