“CBS News is reporting that President Obama has decided to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Obama says it’s all part of his plan to finally deliver on the campaign promises made by John McCain” – Jimmy Fallon “NASA’s been on a campaign to ease people’s fears about the end of the world in 2012. […]
Our Chairman, Who Art At Goldman, Blankfein Be Thy Name. The Rally’s Come. God’s Work Be Done On Earth As There’s No Fear Of Correction. Give Us This Day Our Daily Gains, And Bankrupt Our Competitors As You Taught Lehman and Bear Their Lessons. And Bring Us Not Under Indictment. For Thine Is The Treasury, […]
“The health-care reform bill has passed by the House. Well, that was easy. And you know what that means, it’s just one step away to being defeated by the Senate.” – David Letterman “Now it gets tricky because the bill goes to the Senate, where Senator Lindsey Graham vowed it would be dead on arrival. […]
An article in the NY Times points out with stark evidence what everyone already knows — our politicians are bought and paid for by large corporations and their lobbyists. More than a dozen lawmakers — both Democrats and Republicans — gave speeches that were written (sometimes wholly) by lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the […]
© Clay Bennett It isn’t officially released until Tuesday, but a pre-release fact check of Palin’s new book indicates that it should really be placed in the “fiction” section of bookstores. UPDATE: The Republicans who worked with Palin during the presidential campaign are calling her book “total fiction“. UPDATE 2: On the eve of the […]
“Yesterday at the White House, President Obama met with Native American tribal leaders, and they gave Obama the Indian name, ‘He Who Cares.’ Isn’t that nice? That’s nice. Yeah. Then, they gave Vice President Joe Biden the Indian name, ‘Big Chief Running Mouth.” – Conan O’Brien “President Obama hosted a conference of all the Native […]
The Republicans have been making a big stink about the health care bill paying for abortions. But Politico has found that the insurance plan that the Republican National Committee offers to its employees pays for elective abortions. Their health insurance company, Cigna, says that the RNC has the option of not covering abortions, but has […]
“During a speech, President Obama embarrassed his daughter, Malia. Did you hear about this? Embarrassed his daughter Malia by revealing that she recently got a 73 on a science test. Yeah, yeah, then Malia embarrassed him by asking him how the governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey turned out.” – Conan O’Brien “During his […]
First, Sean Hannity does a segment on Michelle Bachmann’s healthcare protest, but sneakily shows video of a much larger protest from last summer, assuming its viewers aren’t quite bright enough to figure that out. Second, The Daily Show catches the lie and exposes it. Third, (amazingly) Hannity gives a sort-of apology on his program for […]
“You’re here on a very special night, ladies and gentlemen. The entire balcony here at the Ed Sullivan Theater tonight is filled with defeated Democrats. Yeah, buddy!” – David Letterman “Not a good night for President Obama. He lost elections in Virginia, New Jersey and not doing too good in Afghanistan either. In fact, political […]
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