Friday, July 11, 2008 – Because that’s what we do here. Stay tuned for a witty description of the contents, to follow.
Update, July 30: Well, this update is a little bit late. OK, it’s 19 days late. We have been “dealing with issues,” as people say these days when they want to wrap themselves in a convenient, non-specific excuse and get on with life.
This issue of the Olde Rag contains an intemperate rant inspired by the Republican fervor for filling the continental shelf with oil rigs. It paints top figures in the Executive Branch as incompetents rejected by the oil industry, and useful only as wrecking balls aimed at the environment. To make the paper as offensive to liberals as it is to conservatives, we cite a former Reagan administration official to buttress our argument. Between the lines we give our colleagues in the more profitable regions of the news racket a few kicks in the slats for repeating passing along, straight-faced, the whoppers being spread by proven liars.
For a change of pace, we throw in a paean to an old friend, Valerie Cunningham, for her recent receipt of a national honor. On the inside, we reveal why serious purveyors of curly sweet-potato fries rely on Milwaukee power tools, and the Flag Police bust the U.S. Postal Service.