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Monthly Archives: August 2009

Why the Public Option Sucks

Monday, August 3, 2009

Well, technically, this cartoon is about single payer (not the public option), but it is still funny. © Mike “Gimpy” Stanfill

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Late Night Political Humor

Sunday, August 2, 2009

“Yesterday, of course, on Fox News commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. Well, to be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people.” – Conan O’Brien “Big kegger at the White House tomorrow. Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. will be […]

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I’ve got health insurance and I don’t give a damn about the 47 million suckers who don’t

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Hilarious opinion piece by Jonathan Alter in Newsweek. A few choice quotes: I’m with that woman who wrote the president complaining about “socialized medicine” and added: “Now keep your hands off my Medicare.” That’s the spirit! It seems fair to me that cost-cutting bureaucrats at the insurance companies—not doctors—decide what’s reimbursable. After all, the insurance […]

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Attention Deficit News Disorder

Sunday, August 2, 2009

An interesting article in Open Salon talks about how television news has changed since the days of Walter Cronkite. News then: News now: Not only does the screen visually assault you with information, but pundits talk over each other, rant and yell. And we wonder why children these days aren’t learning simple manners and don’t […]

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House Arrest

Sunday, August 2, 2009

© Clay Jones

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Modern Politics Handles a Real Crisis

Saturday, August 1, 2009

© Ruben Bolling

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Late Night Political Humor

Saturday, August 1, 2009

“President Obama, of course, everyone knows, has invited Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates and the police officer who arrested him to the White House for a beer. Of course, this could be trouble, because the last time Obama got a few beers in him, he bought General Motors.” – Conan O’Brien “You know about the […]

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The Best “New Rules” EVER!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Bill Maher on the Birthers and related topics:

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