American Athens

From George Washington’s Farewell Address, on this, his birthday (or at least the celebration thereof):
The unity of Government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace […]

Reading Darren Rovell’s Sports Business Blog at ESPN.com this evening I stumbled across something that sums up the priorities of the current wielders of federal power. Darren writes (sub. req., although if you ask I’ll give you my password for it):
According to USA Today, the federal government levied a larger fine on CBS ($550,000) for […]

Well, I’m sure everyone’s home from work, so it’s not exactly a weekend-prep thing now, but here you go nonetheless (Video w/sound, from TalkLeft). And, no, it has nothing to do with Vice President Dick Cheney going Aaron Burr on a brother. I have refused comment on the subject and will continue to do so. […]

… and tell the Catholic bishops of Massachusetts that they can’t have everything they want. Just over a week after the House and Senate caved to the demands of — mostly — the Catholic Church concerning the release of financial records for religious institutions with more than $500,000 in revenue, Gov. Mitt Romney and […]

When Deval Patrick captured two-thirds of the delegates at state-wide caucuses two weeks ago, I wasn’t too surprised. Progressives and activists are the usual contingent at those events, and Patrick is the closest thing to a progressive candidate for Governor in this election. Soon after, Suffolk released a poll that had Patrick close within 8 […]

Because I love sports, specifically baseball and basketball (I can take or leave the rest), I tend to roll through fifteen or twenty sports blogs a day (sad). Most of these are devoted to Major League Baseball generally, and the Red Sox specifically. There are a couple NBA-centric places I make it a point to […]

I remember Boston in the early 90s. I remember both of my parents didn’t like to go downtown, though they made trips to the Aquarium and Science Museum for my benefit. Numerous initiatives and programs enacted by City Hall are often credited with making a difference in the pervasive violence of that era, as well […]

While we all dig out our from 18 inches of snow, there is a hint of warmth over the horizon, an omen of spring in the offing. As anyone who knows me is well aware, I loathe winter. This weekend’s blizzard, then, was not a welcome visitor, and I am ecstatic that it has left […]

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Yes, it is Friday again and since everyone in the American Athens community is too busy (lazy), to post anything real, here’s a link to the smallest video game in the world, enjoy.

I was going to post the G.W. Bush Superbowl ad that was rejected by ABC, but the site that posted it was told to remove it for legal reasons. So, here’s a little weekend entertainment of poorly drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines entitled: spamusement.

Sorry for the layoff, if anyone’s out there, but I have yet to get reacquainted with doing things other than staring at my computer. Hopefully, I’ll have adjusted by Monday. I’ll figure it out. Meanwhile, here’s a sitting US Senator posting on DailyKos:
I’ve seen some strange things in my life, but I cannot describe the […]