BURGER SCOOT

  • The Little (Fickle) Drummer Boy

    The Little (Fickle) Drummer Boy

    When I was a kid, I used to listen to the teenager who lived on the corner playing his drums. To my adolescent ears, Ray Hotchkiss sounded accomplished, but he probably wasn’t the next Charlie Watts–just a teenager good enough to create and maintain a rhythm. After hearing Ray a few times and seeing Ringo… Read more

  • “In a Just Society, Every Day Would Be Labor Day” – Eugene V. Debs

    On Labor Day, there’s perhaps no one better to read than Eugene V. Debs. Here’s his 1903 Labor Day message, never before republished, in which he … Eugene V. Debs: In a Just Society, Every Day Would Be Labor Day Happy Labor Day, everyone. Here’s a short speech from Eugene V. Debs. Read more

  • The Triple: Third Time’s a Charm

    The Triple: Third Time’s a Charm

    I recently found two identical business cards while cleaning up my dresser top’s seemingly perpetual mess. The cards read Golden Senior Softball Club of Sacramento. I remembered picking up one card a year ago and the other about a few months ago. I vaguely recalled being interested in playing softball last year but never got… Read more

  • Observations From the Reformer (the first and probably the last): Crash & Burn & Embarrassment

    Observations From the Reformer (the first and probably the last): Crash & Burn & Embarrassment

    Besides left-wing politics, writing, reading, and the two original subjects of this blog: scooters and Sacramento area hamburgers, this blog has sometimes seemed more like a blog on yoga than anything else. My interest in yoga lasted about seven and a half years. This blog has featured about 80 posts about yoga or something my… Read more

  • Tax the Rich (Bastards)!

    Of all the political topics that get me riled up, besides the “man-madeglobal warming is a hoax,” I think the myth that taxing the rich is a badthing pisses me off the most. I’m going through a blogger’s dry patch. It’s like writer’s block, but it’s more like a lack of inspiration to post anything.… Read more

  • Better Late Than Never

    Smedley Butler turned against what would later evolve into the military-industrial complex after helping create it. General Smedley Butler (Right) with Major General John A. Lejeune in camp at Frederick, Maryland in 1922. (Bettmann / Getty Images) Smedley Butler Helped Build American Empire. Then He Turned Against It. I remember reading Smedley Butler’s 1935 War… Read more