Mike McCready

Here’s something you might be interested in: I’ve been silent recently due to being deep within a couple of projects. One is a new project at Platinum Blue and the other is a new web platform created by my friend Marcos Cuevas that is about to launch. It’s called Layers and it will be in private beta […]

At first, I was outraged that the mainstream media wasn’t calling the Republicans on their outright lies. Then you finally did when the lies become so blatant they could not be ignored. Now I’m outraged that you won’t stop talking about how smart it was of the Republicans to use lies to distract our attention. What […]

George Carlin liked to say, “When you’re born, you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front-row seat.” He had an important impact on 20th century America. His “Seven Dirty Words” routine was central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which […]

The hard economic times in Spain have been making the major news media in the US. Here are two reports from NBC news. The first one is from tonight’s broadcast. It’s about the truckers’ strike. Here in the US we’re having a hard time coming to terms with $4.00 for a gallon of gas. […]

OK, now I’m just being silly. Someone please take this camera away from me!! No, seriously!

See this entry on The Huffington Post. Of this whole Scott McClellan affair there is one fact that particularly stands out to me. In order to raise the argument that Scott McClellan may be disgruntled the mainstream television media is pointing out that he was “forced out” of the White House back in April 2006. […]

Have you seen the new ad the DNC is going to run against McCain today? Apparently the Democrats are calling McCain out and they may be doing it today in order to take advantage of network and cable news coverage of the Pennsylvania Primary. It doesn’t sound like the DNC has the coin to […]

In Spain the government collects value added tax (VAT) on exchanges between retailers and consumers. It’s similar to the sales tax in that it’s an indirect tax that is collected from someone other than the person who actually bears the cost of the tax (namely the seller rather than the consumer). This is gripping […]

This was recently sent to me. It’s a rendition of “Carry On Wayward Son” by Kansas on an organ. I know. But watch it and you’ll see what I mean! Amazing Young Organ Player Rocks Out - Watch more free videos

José Luís Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain’s recently re-elected Prime Minister has announced that his cabinet will, for the first time in history, be made up of more women than men. Of the 17 cabinet members nine are women. Zapatero is a self-proclaimed feminist and his previous cabinet sported an equal number of both men and women. Most […]