Saturday, September 5, 2020

ABOUT JOHN CHUCKMAN

John Chuckman is former chief economist for a large Canadian oil company. He has many interests and is a lifelong student of history. He writes with a passionate desire for honesty, the rule of reason, and concern for human decency. John regards it as a badge of honor to have left the United States as a poor young man from the South Side of Chicago when the country embarked on the pointless murder of something like 3 million Vietnamese in their own land because they embraced the wrong economic loyalties. He lives in Canada, which he is fond of calling “the peaceable kingdom.”

John’s writing appears regularly on many Internet sites. He has been translated into at least ten languages and has been regularly translated into Italian and Spanish. Several of his essays have been published in book collections, including two college texts. He has published a book, The Decline of the American Empire and the Rise of China as a Global Power, published by Constable and Robinson, London. John also writes book reviews.

Apart from his writing since retiring from the oil industry, John has taught university courses in economics, done a good deal of private tutoring, served as a professional newspaper restaurant reviewer (he likes cooking), followed his favorite hobby of photography, and created a popular family of image blogs on the Internet.

John may be reached directly at:  formersouthsideboy@gmail.com

SOME INTERNET SITES FROM JOHN CHUCKMAN:


CHUCKMAN'S PLACES ON WORDPRESS: FEATURING THE BELOVED URBAN VILLAGE OF SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: TORONTO NOSTALGIA

CHUCKMAN’S MONTREAL

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORD PRESS

CHUCKMAN'S KODACHROMES ON WORDPRESS: JOHN AND BOBBY LONG AGO

CHUCKMAN'S PORT STANLEY

CHUCKMAN'S BAYFIELD

CHUCKMAN'S GODERICH

CHUCKMAN'S ILES DE LA MADELEINE (MAGDALEN ISLANDS)

CHUCKMAN'S ART

CHUCKMAN'S ROBOTS

CHUCKMAN'S GALLERY OF GROTESQUES

CHUCKMAN'S CARTOON COMMENTS

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: 1920s ARCADE CARD BEAUTIES – THEIR CHARM AND GRACE AND WHIMSY

CHUCKMAN'S WORDS ON WORDPRESS: POLITICAL ESSAYS

CHUCKMAN'S WORDS ON WORDPRESS: COMMENTS FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS

CHUCKMAN'S MISCELLANEA OF WORDS

CHUCKMAN'S NON-SPORTS TRADING CARDS OF THE 1950S VOLUME 01 (OF 4 VOLUMES)





ME, ROUGHLY: THE DECLINE IS SO RAPID NOW

WHAT YOU WILL FIND ON JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GALLERY OF GROTESQUES: POLITICAL SATIRE AND HUMOR, THE DARK SIDE OF FAMOUS PEOPLE, PHOTOS THE MIGHTY MUST REGRET, POLITICAL COMMENTARY, LIES AND HYPOCRISY IN HIGH PLACES, SNAPSHOTS OF POWER'S MURKY SWAMP, AND JINGOISM UNDER SPOT LIGHTS - YOU MIGHT CALL IT THE VIRTUAL MADAME TUSSAUD'S CHAMBER OF POLITICAL HORRORS - IT IS UPDATED WHENEVER NEW VIABLE CANDIDATES ARE FOUND - THEY ARE IMAGES WHICH TELL A STORY WITHOUT ANY WORDS ALTHOUGH I HAVE CAPTIONED THEM

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: TRUMP – IF DONALD JR ISN’T HIGH ON COCAINE HERE, HE SURE IS DOING A DAMN GOOD IMITATION OF IT – IT SEEMS ANY REPROBATE OR CRIMINAL IS WELCOME TO STAND UP AND OFFER A HEARTFELT TESTIMONIAL ABOUT FINDING ”THE CHOSEN ONE” – OLD COLLEGE ASSOCIATES HAVE SAID DONALD JR WAS ALWAYS DRUNK IN SCHOOL AND HE WOULD PASS OUT IN SOMEONE’S ROOM, PEEING IN THEIR BED – HE ABSOLUTELY LOATHED HIS FATHER YET HERE HE IS PRAISING HIM TO THE SKIES – DID DEAR OLD DAD SECURE A LIFETIME STASH FOR HIM, MAYBE FROM CONNECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN?


Thursday, June 4, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: BIDEN - JOE - MONTAGE OF SLEAZY BEHAVIOR AROUND LITTLE GIRLS - AND THEN THERE ARE THE FEMALE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE ASSIGNED TO HIS PROTECTION BECAUSE HE SWAM IN THE NUDE IN FRONT OF THEM - AND WE HAVE A CREDIBLE ACCUSATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT BUT HE REFUSES TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH THE WOMAN HERSELF SUGGESTED TO CLEAR IT UP - AH, DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA


JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: TRUMP – DONALD AND THE BIBLE – THIS CERTAINLY IS IN THE RUNNING FOR THE TITLE OF MOST GROTESQUE PHOTO EVER – FIRST, WE KNOW TRUMP IS COMPLETELY IRRELIGIOUS – SECOND, THIS CHEAP STUNT WAS STAGED IN THE MIDDLE OF A NATIONAL CRISIS – WELL, IF YOU ARE TRUMP, ANY CRISIS TAKES A BACK SEAT TO POLITICS: HE WANTED HIS EVANGELICAL MOB TO SEE THAT “THE CHOSEN ONE” AND GOD WERE IN CHARGE TOGETHER – THE SMALL PARK BETWEEN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THIS LOCATION FIRST WAS CLEARED BY PARK POLICE TEAR-GASSING SOME ENTIRELY PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS - TRUMP WAS THEN SURROUNDED BY HI-TECH MACHINE GUNS FOR HIS BRIEF BRAVE WALK TO THE CHURCH USED AS STAGE SET (WITHOUT PERMISSION) – I BELIEVE THIS MARKED THE HERO’S FIRST MOMENTS OUTSIDE THE UNDERGROUND WHITE HOUSE BUNKER IN TWO DAYS – THE IMAGE RESEMBLES A SCENE FROM “THE BLUES BROTHERS” ON THEIR “MISSION FOR GOD”


Friday, December 15, 2017

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: HALEY - NIKKI IN HER BEST BOOTS WITH A RUSTED HULK SHE SAYS IS AN IRANIAN MISSILE - CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT COST TO SHIP THIS HULK FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO MOUNT ON DISPLAY? - BUT NIKKI NEVER STINTS IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM - WELL, TO MY MIND THAT'S PRETTY CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE - CLEARLY IRAN SHOULD BE BOMBED TOMORROW IF NOT SOONER



WORLD-RENOWNED AMERICAN MISSILE EXPERT, NIKKI HALEY,
POINTS OUT SOME THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF AN IRANIAN
MISSILE - JUST SO HER AUDIENCE DOESN'T CONFUSE THIS HULK 
WITH AN OLD NYC SEWER MAIN PIPE    



NIKKI USED THE OCCASION TO SHOW OFF A PAIR OF HER BEST 
NEW KNEE-HIGH SUEDE BOOTS



BEFORE SHE LEFT, SHE TOOK A QUICK STROLL DOWN THE CATWALK
SO THE BOOTS COULD BE SEEN BY ALL THE CAMERAS 





Wednesday, May 17, 2017

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: MAY - BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER - THIS IMAGE OF THERESA CAPTURES QUALITIES NOT SEEN IN MOST PHOTOS WHERE SHE RESEMBLES A BARBARA PYM CHARACTER WITH A FRESH HAIR-DO - HERE IS SOMETHING DARK AND SNEAKY WITH DEMONIC TOUCHES - JUDGING BY HER PROMISES TO CONTROL THE INTERNET AND TEAR-UP HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND LEGALIZE FOX-HUNTING AGAIN IF ELECTED WE ARE INDEED SEEING THE INNER THERESA HERE


JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: HALEY - NIKKI IS THE MOST RECENT IN A LONG LINE OF AMERICAN BIGMOUTH KNOW-NOTHINGS APPOINTED AS UN AMBASSADOR - IT LIKELY REFLECTS AMERICA'S RESPECT FOR THE UN TO SEND SUCH FOLKS THERE - SHE'S A WORLD BEATER IN HER CLASS THOUGH - SHE NEVER STOPS POKING FINGERS AND PREACHING WHILE UTTERING A UNIQUE BLEND OF IGNORANT THREATS AND DOWNHOME BROMIDES - WHERE DOES AMERICA GET SUCH PEOPLE? - IS THE MELTING POT EXPERIMENT A PROVEN FAILURE?

NIKKI IN FULL PREACHER MODE
                   
NIKKI AT MACHINE-GUN SELF-IMPROVEMENT CLASS

NIKKI STUNNED BY BEING BOOED AT THE UN
WELL, THAT DOES HAPPEN WHEN YOU
SPEAK LIKE A FOOL TO A CROWD OF EDUCATED ADULTS

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HOLLANDE - FRANCOIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY POMPOUS ASSES - HERE HE STANDS RIGIDLY IN THE RAIN AS IF TO PROVE SOMETHING ABOUT HIS CHARACTER - AND JUST LOOK AT THAT JACKASS SIGNATURE - HE'S ALL EGO AND VERY LITTLE CONTENT FITTING HIS ROLE AS AMERICA'S FRENCH-SPEAKING HOUSEHOLD HELP - FRANCE HAS FINALLY HIT BOTTOM WITH THIS GUY IN ITS LONG PLUNGE FROM DE GAULLE'S GRANDEUR AND INTELLIGENT INDEPENDENCE
















JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ROYAL FAMILY - 1933 PHOTO OF THEM BEING COACHED BY FATHER IN THE FINE POINTS OF NAZI SALUTE - ODD TO SAY THE LEAST - BUT IN THE 1930s THE TRUTH IS HITLER WAS WIDELY ADMIRED IN THE WEST AND WE LIKE TO FORGET THAT - ODD TOO THAT RUPERT MURDOCH'S OUTFIT WOULD RUN THIS - NOTHING BIG HAPPENS WITHOUT THAT DICTATOR'S APPROVAL - WHAT'S GOING ON THERE IS THE BIG UNANSWERED QUESTION


JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BUSH - JEB RESEMBLES A STARTLED DEER IN HEADLIGHTS - HE EXPLAINS HOW HE "MISSPOKE" WHEN HE SAID TOO MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT ON WOMEN'S HEALTH - WHAT IS MISSPEAKING ANYHOW? SAYING WHAT YOU REALLY THINK? HOW A MAN OF HIS AGE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE SUCH A POLITICALLY DUMB STATEMENT IS BEYOND ME - I USED TO THINK HE WAS THE SMART ONE COMPARED TO BROTHER GEORGE - BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEEP VEIN OF STUPIDITY IN THAT FAMILY