Author Archives: oddmanout215

Is Mueller an enigma or just a Republican?

Posted on July 23, 2019

I got back from the vet — one of the swamp cats needed hyperthyroid medicine — and found Swamp Rabbit at my shack, complaining about how badly the mainstream media had handled news of the Mueller report even before the … Continue reading →

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Al Green’s impeachment song is a flop

Posted on July 17, 2019

I was in the little shack behind my main shack, rooting around for a rusty old window fan. Swamp Rabbit was in the main shack, watching the rerun of a cable news story from last night. “It’s Al Green, check … Continue reading →

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Dems have one job. Will they screw it up?

Posted on July 12, 2019

We were on the porch at my shack in the Tinicum swamp. “Swine was all I could swipe at the SuperFridge,” Swamp Rabbit said as he placed a few hot dogs on my hibachi. “Couldn’t even steal no sardines.” I’m … Continue reading →

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The Fourth of July as a campaign event

Posted on July 6, 2019

“Did you see this story?” I asked Swamp Rabbit before reading aloud from the online Washington Post: Unlike [Barack Obama’s] Clean Power Plan, which never took effect because of a Supreme Court decision, the Trump administration is not setting specific … Continue reading →

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Talking head disses AOC for telling the truth

Posted on June 28, 2019

I’d just got back to the swamp after a shopping trip to Philly. Swamp Rabbit was in my shack watching MSNBC’s Chuck Todd badmouth U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez for using the phrase “concentration camps” to describe ICE detention centers that … Continue reading →

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Bomb Iran! Oops, my bad, never mind

Posted on June 22, 2019

Swamp Rabbit fed the last of his sardines to the swamp cats as I ended my rant about the state of the nation with a quotation that’s been in the news: As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, … Continue reading →

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Plastic bags in the Mariana Trench

Posted on June 14, 2019

Swamp Rabbit and I were working a “food truck festival,” an event where humans gather in a big outdoor space for the sole purpose of pigging out. A news story from a few weeks back came to mind as I … Continue reading →

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