January 2009
4 posts
When can we start hating Obama? Soon?
I have to admit, the Angry Czeck feels a bit anchorless without former President George W. Bush to kick around. You could always count on George to make a ridiculous administrative appointment, or endorse a juicy anti-Constitutional piece of legislation, or remain frustratingly mute in the face of major crises. George made anger easy. More still, he made Republicans tantalizing can’t-miss targets...
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In the 1980s, Everybody Solved Crimes But Me
In the Angry Czeck’s award-ignored post, Four Times? Really?, I made a brief but penetrating allusion to Street Hawk, a show that left a vivid imprint upon my memory. To my surprise, I discovered that very few of my peers remembered Street Hawk, the 1980’s rip-off of Knight Rider. When I was but a young and only Mildly Aggravated Czeck, there were only four television stations at my...
The Angry Czeck's 1st Ever MLK Day Post
The Angry Czeck was enrolled in junior high school when the concept of Martin Luther King Day was finally given serious consideration by Congress. The idea created a great deal of conversation among my classmates. At the time, I hadn’t given MLK Day much thought. We are a nation of days. Columbus Day. Lincoln’s Birthday. Earth Day. Secretary’s Day. Pirate Day. Adding King to the calendar seemed...
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New Years Resolutions. For You.
The Angry Czeck realizes that he’s arriving a little late to the cockfight with a New Year’s Resolutions Post, but I had a damned hard time coming up with suitable changes to make in my life. Should I give up carbs? Read more books? Try a new haircut? Then I realized that it would be far easier for you to change for the Angry Czeck, than for the Angry Czeck to change for you! I’m perfect. You’re...