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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

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 →

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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

StevieslawGuesstheRest: Making Environmental Protection Less Confrontational in Pennsylvania

Posted on April 1, 2011 by stevieslaw

The story so far(from the CDT, 4/1/11): “Oil and gas inspectors policing Marcellus Shale developments in Pennsylvania will no longer be able to issue violations to the drilling companies they regulate without first getting the approval of top executives.” GuesstheRest: … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged black humor, DECP, DEP, family value, food safety, gas industry, Glenn Thompson, Marcellus Shale, smokey diamond, tom corbett | 2 Comments

Stevieslaw: Oh, To Be In Salem When Republicans Are There.

Posted on March 31, 2011 by stevieslaw

Our local newspaper, the CDT, quotes wire sources for the report that Republican lawmakers are asking the IRS to investigate the AARP, to determine whether or not they should retain their tax exempt status. The lawmakers claim that AARP stands … Continue reading →

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StevieslawExclusive: Scooping the Fox News Poop.

Posted on March 28, 2011 by stevieslaw

Michelle Obama practices Chavezism Our intrepid Smokey Diamond reports that Fox News will air an exclusive today that strongly links Michelle Obama to the Venezuelan Socialist Dictator Hugo Chavez. “I felt there was an inordinate amount of travel to Caracas by … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged alcoholism, Chavezism, flat earth, Fox news, global warming, Hispanic, Hugo Chavez, Michelle Obama, obesity, smokey diamond | 5 Comments