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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Late Night Political Humor

“Welcome to the first episode of ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.’ I have been getting so much encouragement. In fact, just before I went on, Rush Limbaugh called me up and said he wants me to fail.” -Jimmy Fallon “Well, let’s see what’s going on in the world. It was this week in 1854 that […]

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I’m Sorry, Rush

Following the recent rash of apologies to Rush, the DCCC has conveniently created a website that helps you create your own apology to Limbaugh. Join the ranks of prominent Republicans who offended the almighty rush and lived to regret it. It is very interesting how this whole Rush thing is working out. As a commentor […]

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Conservatives, in their own words

Jon Stewart sums up the CPAC convention, using conservatives’ own words. Hilarious.

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Corporations don’t have Fingerprints

On the road to ruin the US is traveling, one of the more significant milestones has to be the legal decision that corporations have the same legal protections as real people. As Cecil Adams points out, the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment has been used more often to protect corporations than the former […]

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Why Rush Limbaugh is a Dick

John Hummel’s blog gives an excellent argument as to why Rush Limbaugh is being a dick when he says he wants Obama to fail.  I’ll paraphrase his argument by giving a slightly different (and shorter) example: Let’s say you’re someone who became addicted to smoking before the health problems were known, who develops lung cancer. […]

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Estate Sale

© Matt Wuerker Major newspapers continue to go out of business.

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Suddenly

© Lee Judge

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How to Look Like a Conservative

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The GOP Logo – Remixed

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“I do want Obama to Fail” – Rush Limbaugh

At the CPAC conference, Rush repeats that he really does want Obama to fail. Conservatives cheer. Or as Paul Reiser put it: How come way back when, when the Dixie Chicks casually commented that, on the night our former president declared an unprovoked war, that they felt, at that moment “ashamed to be from Texas,” they […]

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Heckuva Job, Bobby

© Kevin Siers

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Red State = Red Light State?

A new study published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives finds that areas in the US that are more conservative or religious than average tend to purchase more online pornography than average. Or as the author of the study puts it “Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the […]

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