When the bombs in London went off last week, I suspected that the bombers were likely taking out their anger over the Iraq war. The suspicion is over; it is now, for all intents and purposes, established fact. Shahzad Tanweer, the 22-year-old son of a Pakistani-born affluent businessman, turned to Islam, the religion of his [...]
Archive for November, 2011
It doesn’t bother me that he has thyroid cancer. It doesn’t bother me has just been hospitalized for a “high fever.” It doesn’t even bother me that he might be constantly shitting himself. What bothers me is that Captain Old Balls here might have no fucking clue where he is, and even if he still [...]
Want to erect a statue of the founder of the Ku Klux Klan on your own dime and property? I won’t try to stop you, but I would think that you might want to keep it from being completely ass ugly just for the sake of defying the stereotype that Confederate partisans are moronic rednecks. [...]
In case you missed it, Henry Kissinger was back in the news this month (sort of) for calling former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi “a bitch” in 1971. Because this very well might be the last time Kissinger makes any headlines before his death and ultimate exaltation in the media, I thought it might be [...]
This is a fifth gallon bottle of Jim Beam rye. Never drink it. I made that mistake on the Fourth and have been paying for it since. After the last shot, I ran outside and proceeded to projectile vomit over everything. According to a friend the vomit stank up the outside for hours afterwards; horrendous. [...]
Over the past few Independence Days, I have noticed a marked growth in the amount of ridiculous fireworks packaging. Accordingly, this year I decided to feature some of the funniest fireworks I have encountered. Interestingly, they are all made by Brothers firework company. Road Rager First up, we have the Road Rager. What exactly road [...]
On this Independence Day, the Rough Ol’ Boy welcomes you to his brand new blog. If one feels the need to categorize the contents of this blog, it will probably be most similar to the now defunct Decadent West, and will consist primarily 0f the Rough Ol’ Boy and his cohorts’ fulminations on politics, popular [...]
