The Day I Learned about Snake Handlers...the Religious Kind by Michael Bama Katt Oh the things you'll find on Facebook that will tear the scab clean off a deeply repressed memory. When I was a warehouse foreman/traffic manager at the sawmill back in Tuscaloosa, I'd borrow people from the plant sometimes when too much had to get out in one day. One of them was usually … [Read more...]
I Needed a COVID-19 Test after Watching the “Imagine” Video, Just to Rule Out Coronavirus
I Needed a COVID-19 Test after Watching the "Imagine" Video, Just to Rule Out Coronavirus by Michael Bama Katt Spouting your no better or more well-informed than anyone else's opinion while accepting an award that's going to be worth millions to you for playing the grown-up version of cops & robbers and cowboys & Indians is one thing. You can watch that if you enjoy … [Read more...]
“Duty to Retreat” Laws Turn the Victim into the Criminal
"Duty to Retreat" Laws Turn the Victim into the Criminal by Michael Bama Katt America's future can look a little bleak sometimes, like we've got some grubby days comin' up, tough times we'll have to pull hard to get through. But every once in awhile I'll catch a small but significant sign that maybe that's not true at all. Maybe we're already completely and irretrievably … [Read more...]
Biological Warfare: Media’s Transformation of Politics into Hysterics
Biological Warfare: Media's Transformation of Politics into Hysterics by Michael Bama Katt You better fear politicians and the media a hell of a lot more than you fear that goddam flu. It amazes the hell out of me they've managed to convince some of the smartest people I know that Republicans can't grasp the danger of the virus spreading here AND that they're using the … [Read more...]
Bring Back Civil Discourse, the Alternative Sucks
Bring Back Civil Discourse, the Alternative Sucks by Michael Bama Katt I've got a pretty atavistic moral compass. Maybe I see the deep past through rose-colored hindsight, but that's the interpretation I bring with me. Maybe it wasn't as fair as I remember, but I use it to be as fair as I can. On any big issue of the day - any Us vs Them thing - I'm not going to get into … [Read more...]
According to Bernie, There’s No Room at the “Table of Brotherhood”
According to Bernie, There's No Room at the "Table of Brotherhood" by Michael Bama Katt Fuck you Bernie. You can pander your little commie heart out for all I care, but you better find a different way in. I've lost way too much to fighting skinheads and other assorted ragtag clusters of racists over the years. ACTUAL racists, genuine hate-fueled bastards … [Read more...]
Bouncer Diplomacy: “You’re 86’d, Get the !@#$ Out Now”
Bouncer Diplomacy: "You're 86'd, Get the !@#$ Out Now" by Michael Bama Katt I'm a lifelong red-blooded, rock-ribbed, God-fearin' flag-wavin', gun-totin' military-raised swamp rat outta Alabama who's also been a working actor for 45 years. That can be a lonely dollar; there haven't been but 8 of us in recorded history and none of us lived at the same time. So I'm usually … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Peacekeeper: A Professional Bouncer’s Role in Managing Violence
The Ultimate Peacekeeper: A Professional Bouncer's Role in Managing Violence by Michael Bama Katt If you know anything about human nature at all - and even if you don't, even if you're brand new to our little planet here - you've known THIS day was coming since the welds started cracking some time back. It was inevitable. Feed some people's sense of entitlement and teach … [Read more...]
Declare “Open Season” on the Proglodytes…By Appreciating What We Have, Including Each Other
Declare "Open Season" on the Proglodytes...By Appreciating What We Have, Including Each Other by Michael Bama Katt We gotta do something we don't do much anymore. We gotta band together to choke out a common enemy, and we gotta do it soon. This splinter group, that for lack of a better name I call the "proglodytes", is relatively young. I first noticed it popping up in the … [Read more...]
Whether Pro-Gun or Anti-Gun…Know the Facts Before Deciding
Whether Pro-Gun or Anti-Gun...Know the Facts Before Deciding by Michael Bama Katt I don't have a problem with people who who disagree with me. No, seriously. I was taught you're not much of a man if you can't be around people who see the world through a different filter, and that you sure must not think a lot of your values if you're afraid to have them challenged. No … [Read more...]
