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You've heard about it before: The Peter Principle, aka "fuck up and move up" in Corporate America. (Come on, you know you've said it.) There are some immediate examples that may come to mind for you, or perhaps not, depending on your level of consciousness, and age. Nowhere are the examples more prevalent than in politics. Michael Brown, Former FEMA director - "Heckuva job, Brownie" - lost his job in September 2005 after his...

Speaking of Afghanistan, with nothing but bad news coming out of there lately, I find the timing of the announcement of these "previously unknown" and "newly discovered" mineral deposits just a little too convenient. Mostly because they are neither previously unknown nor newly discovered. Sounds to me like a good excuse reason for us to stay indefinitely. "The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously...

Get your xenophobia on at the "God Bless Arizona Tour" courtesy of local talk radio blowhard Michael Berry, (He still has a job after his "I hope somebody blows up the mosque" comment?):God Bless Arizona TourNEWS RELEASEFor Immediate Release:                                                         For Further InformationContact: Liz Foley, Media Director 832-877-5263  June 4, 2010                                                                             Houston Tea Party Society, Katy Tea Party, North Houston Tea Party Patriots and the God Bless Arizona Tour rally to support the Orlando...

Those of you that pay attention to baseball already know this story. For those that don't follow the sport allow me to set this up. Indulge me please. A perfect game is the rarest thing in baseball. By different accounts, baseball either began professionally in 1871 or 1877 depending on your point of view. The National League opened play in 1877. The National Association was short-lived and began play in 1871. The first perfect games...

As many of you know, sometimes I deviate from the herd and go my own direction. Sometimes I do this purposely and others in search for comments. This time is a little bit of both. Yesterday, Astrogirlkel told us about the recent SCOTUS changes to the Miranda rules. The general consensus (with two dissenting opines) was that this was a not so subtle erosion of our civil liberties. I disagreed some, but not go into...

I realize it was a rerun, but I saw The Colbert Report last night where Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, came on and argued for the legalization of marijuana. This is an issue I haven't tackled yet and since I know nothing about plugging any holes, I thought I would try my hand at this. Instead of going the usual route, I thought I would go with a couple of personal stories and the...

It's a little too early to celebrate Festivus, but I feel the need for some pre-Memorial Day airing of grievances. As Frank Costanza said, "I got a lot of problems with you people." Well, maybe not YOU people, unless you're guilty of one of the following offenses, but people in general. Here goes:1. Put down the damn phone and drive. My job requires me to do a lot of driving in and around Houston, and...

Alright, get your minds out of the gutter. It was just a catchy use of words to get you to look. One of the guys I wrote columns with in college wrote a similar column, but I thought I would make this more reader interactive and since it is fairly close to Friday, I thought this would serve as a humor piece. First, before I go too far let me define what a societal boner...

Being a bird owner I kind of have a soft spot for birds, and when I see photos like these coming out of Louisiana I run a range of emotions.Sadness, followed by anger (like punch Tony Hayward in the face anger) followed by frustration at not being able to do anything about it. Since I can't get close enough to Mr. Hayward, I found the web site for the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)...

(Warning: While the following is somewhat connected to politics, it is in reality nothing more than a convenient excuse for an admittedly superficial male to post a photo of a beautiful (and I mean bee-yoo-ti-ful) young woman in a swimsuit. If that type of thing offends you, please stop here and do not scroll down). There is some controversy from some of the usual suspects on the far-right surrounding the crowning of Rima Fakih, Miss...