In 1988 James Moseley went through a bitter divorce in his home state of Georgia. His estranged wife, Bette Roberts had accused him of rape in an attempt to secure custody of their two children. At the trial, the jury found the wife’s claim not to be credible, her ex-husband was acquitted. However when Moseley… Continue reading
The Land of the Terrorized
One bright spring morning I was in traffic attempting a left turn at a light without a turn signal. The car in back got stuck waiting behind me. It’s perfectly legal to do what I was doing. I had my blinker on, this is how we do it in a civil society, utilize laws. The… Continue reading
The Birther Movement: Beyond Unreasonable Doubt
The first encounter I had with what is now commonly known as a “birther” was right after the 2008 election. It was with one of my family members: “Obama wasn’t even born in this country,” she-who-will-remain-nameless proclaimed. “No, you’ve got it mixed up. McCain wasn’t born in this country,” I said. “He was born in… Continue reading
Firefighting in the 1800’s: A Corrupt, Bloated, Private For-Profit Industry
The loudest voice, piercing through the debate over health care is unquestionably sure “privatization is always better.” Because Republicans (who are in the government) will readily tell you – the government never does anything right. Which explains why the most popular people in their Grand Old Party no longer hold any personally “taxing” jobs in… Continue reading
Attention Media: Sarah Palin Hates You, You Betcha!
Sarah Palin hates the media and all the smarty people in it. All the people who have been keeping track of her track record and annoying her “message” with evidence and actualities, she hates them. She hates them all so much her revenge was on the Friday of a three-day holiday weekend (when many members… Continue reading
LA Marathon for the LA Weekly
Ruining the L.A. Marathon Preachers pressured City Hall to change it. Now the race faces uncertainties By Tina Dupuy Published on June 16, 2009 at 9:15pm The L.A. Marathon has never been world-class. The course is hilly and winds through the ugliest parts of the city, a festival of blights. It’s gone through three owners… Continue reading
I Think I Owe Lynndie England an Apology
When the photos of Private Lynndie England of the 372nd Military Police Company at Abu Ghraib in Baghdad, abusing and humiliating prisoners came to light in 2003, I gleefully and instantly used her name as a punchline. As a writer and a comedian, I did my part in securing her name in pop culture. I… Continue reading
Pasadena Weekly Piece – We’ve Captured That Woman!
Babies & Bibles At Glendale’s Avenues Pregnancy Clinic, women go in for a pregnancy test and come out fearing eternal damnation By Tina Dupuy 04/16/2009 I’m sitting in a generic-looking clinic waiting room. The space is clean. Empty. Quiet. The all-purpose art on the walls matches the neutral-colored couches. A receptionist at the office window,… Continue reading
Hey, Tax Day Tea Parties — your ‘grassroots movement’ can’t have corporate media sponsorship
The ‘silent majority’ has to shut up. No seriously, they do. In order to be a silent majority they have to first – wait for it – be silent about something. And the current group that claims this title while planning and touting a “FNC Tax Day Tea Parties” or Tax Day Tea Party, is… Continue reading
LA Weekly and the Octomom
Octomom as Reproductive Lightning Rod Do the prolife and prochoice sides in L.A. finally agree on something? By Tina Dupuy Published on April 01, 2009 at 7:03pm Nadya Suleman is our local, single, unemployed, plastic surgery””enhanced welfare mother of 14, many of them “special-needs” children. Her story is straight out of Brothers Grimm, and by… Continue reading
Finally, The 12 Toughest Decisions by George W. Bush
Former President George W. Bush was in Calgary this week, in his first foreign visit as a former head of state. There, he announced the subject of the book he will be writing. It’s about the 12 toughest decisions he made in office. Title suggestions? “I Was The Decider.” “War and Piece” or “If I… Continue reading
What Was I Thinking? reading this weekend
I have an essay published in the book, What Was I Thinking?. You can check it out on Amazon here. I will be reading my essay this Sunday, the 15th of February at Border’s Books in Westwood at 3:30 PM. Stop by and say hi! Borders Books 1360 Westwood Boulevard on the second floor Sun…. Continue reading
Limbaugh: Viagra for the Grand Old and Aging Party
In June of 2006, nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh on his way back from the Dominican Republic, was caught with a prescription bottle (not in his name) filled with the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. By fall, 2006 Details Magazine pronounced that ”˜Limbaugh’ was the new slang for the drug. As in, “I just popped… Continue reading
Welcome to George W. Bush Camp
Let’s look into the future. Not the one with all the projected bread lines. Let’s look into the non-economic hysteria future – say five years from now. Maybe we’re in a second Obama term. Either way, we’ve had some time to reflect on Bush years. He’s quietly tucked away in his Dallas whites-only suburb –… Continue reading