Illustration via ETHAN PERSOFF* BY WILLIAM C. HENRY So the leader of the haven’t-done-a-goddamn-thing klan is gonna sue the President for actually getting something done because the leader of the haven’t-done-a-goddamn-thing klan wants to make it look like he and the klan are actually doing something regardless of how maliciously racist and/or utterly moronic that something may be. Confused? Don’t be. The only “something” Boehner wants to get done is to pile another layer of elephant dung on a black President in order to shore up the Republican base’s intolerance and divert attention away from the party’s ongoing abhorrent Congressional do-nothingness. While the overall storyline of this immorality play entails […]

  BY WILLIAM C. HENRY Sure, I know it’s a question I’ve kicked around for years, but in light of Rep. Kantor’s election loss I’m willing to ask it yet again if only for its pure “irritation” effect. This time let’s direct it specifically to the real dolts within the Republican establishment (on the other hand, I suppose that description could aptly designate anyone within the Republican establishment these days), those hard-right oracles of lies, injustice and the un-American way; those so-called “influential” conservative media know-it-alls who profess to have all the answers so long as the questions don’t rise above the red-neck line. […]

  BY WILLIAM C. HENRY Screw you! We got ours. Get your own. So spews the Republican leadership, and the major American corporations that keep them like Don Sterling f*ck toys, as they continue to defecate on any and all Democrat attempts to raise the standard of living of America’s working poor. Meanwhile, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer fires her just hired (15 months on the job) COO and provides him with a $58 MILLION severance package! You know, it’s sh*t like this that makes one wonder just how far this American plutocracy of ours is willing to go to prove it’s the most selfish, middle-finger-up-the-ass-of-the-less-fortunate, […]

  BY WILLIAM C. HENRY  Can anyone give me an update on how the native Americans are making out in their negotiations with the federal government on getting their original land holdings returned? Yeah, that’s what I figured — about as well as today’s Palestinians are progressing with getting THEIRS back. But I guess that’s how it goes when the land in question was originally doled out to the ancestors of its present occupiers by no less a grantor than Jehovah himself. One could almost be forgiven for thinking all of this is simply a bad dream were it not, in fact, such a completely despicable […]

  BY WILLIAM C. HENRY The next time you hear pissing and moaning — from your mouth or others’ — about the plutocratic state of U.S. politics, you might want to ask the bellyacher(s) about their voting record. If the answer turns out to be “seldom or never cast ballots,” you have just spotlighted the person(s) responsible for drowning the American dream. And just to be certain there’s no confusion: I’m not just saying they’re PART of the problem; I’m saying that each and every one of them ARE the problem! Statistics show that if Liberals/Progressives lose a preponderance of elections […]

Illustration by POASTERCHILD BY WILLIAM C. HENRY Question: Do you think it’s good for the American “democracy” to have 10% of its citizens own 75% (and growing more disparate by the minute) of its wealth? I’d prefer to direct this question to the leader of the Republican party, but of course there isn’t one. So far the selection process is only in the I-hate-everything-Obama-likes-more-than-you-do stage which still leaves that most pinnacled of all plutocratic dunce caps searching for a head. So, for the present I guess I’ll have to settle for addressing my query to all of those grand old dragons vying for the cone-shaped hat. Your phony “trickle ‘up’” economics and […]

  BY WILLIAM C. HENRY Come gather round children wherever you roam, it’s that time again, when the high and the mighty get what they have comin’: poetic justice for all. Vladimir Putin – 20 years house arrest at 1800 Market St., San Francisco, CA, USA Chris Christie – Placed in stocks between lanes at New Jersey entrance to George Washington Bridge until his BMI drops below 25. John Boehner – Until inauguration day, 2017, must exclaim loudly “Hell yes you can!” whenever questioned about any Democrat proposal. Mitch McConnell – From now on the ONLY utterance he’s allowed when […]

  BY WILLIAM C. HENRY Familiar with Common Core? Don’t fret. It’s not altogether necessary that you be acquainted with all of its intricacies and implications in order to appreciate this contrarian’s point of view, but for the sake of your children and grandchildren I HIGHLY recommend that you become so ASAP. And when you do, please keep in mind that regardless of all of Common Core’s promised furtherances and rewards, this purported “earthshaking advance” in education has in large part been promoted and designed by individuals and corporations that stand to reap considerable financial gain through its implementation. With […]

Illustration by BEN HEINE BY WILLIAM C. HENRY When did Republicans elect to delete the term “compromise” from their lexicon? When did they resolve to bar words like “cooperation” and “consensus” from discussion? When did they decide to excise words like “reasonable” and “equitable” from their collective mind-set? When did they engender such callousness toward sentiments like “compassion” and “empathy”? In fact, when was the last time you heard terms like “common good” or “shared sacrifice” roll from the tongue of a McConnell, a Boehner, or any other current member of America’s Right Wing elite? Have today’s Republicans become so […]

  BY WILLIAM C. HENRY Have you been following this latest push for “freer” markets and longer yachts for the prime beneficiaries? It’s been dubbed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and it’s all the rage among the one- and two-percenters. Word has it that leaked details already have top yacht builders like Lurssen, Feadship, and Oceanco champing at the helm, and big-time PR firms like Edelman, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, and Ogilvy snapping up all available Indulgences (it’s rumored that demand for corporate reputation protection and enhancement services will rise like a Bay of Fundy tide once the truth about the TPP comes […]

Illustration by MARIO PIPERNI BY WILLIAM C. HENRY Senator Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz returned to Texas recently to pick up a clean white sheet and rummage for more dry timbers and kerosene. Having been run out of Washington with pointed hat in hand, it must have felt especially good to be welcomed home by some 600 of his crimson-naped faithful all decked out in their finest Sunday-go-to-meeting stars and bars.  Okay, I’ll come clean. I detest Ted Cruz, just as I detest all political deceivers, thieves, racists, bigots, hypocrites and phonies. But because Cruz has earned himself such a special […]

  BY WILLIAM C. HENRY Corporate mogul with a tax law you don’t like? Not to worry. What has been labeled the “holy grail of tax dodges” is at hand — and this one’s guaranteed to tickle the imagination of even the most quintessential corporate welfare queen. Here’s how it works: 1) Pump a hefty portion of that tax money you’re so otherwise reluctant to part with into the tanks of the corporate jet and take off in search of an overseas patsy on whom to lavish some more of it convincing him to sacrifice his corporation to the greater […]