© Matt Bors Despite the fact that I find this comic pretty funny, I have to admit that it does make me feel better that Obama was actually listening to people and doing research when coming to the decision about what to do in Afghanistan. Could you imagine the same thing from the previous occupant? […]
Saturday, December 5, 2009
The news media has been reporting on something they are calling “ClimateGate” — some internal emails from the Climatic Research Unit in England that were hacked and leaked. Some climate change skeptics are claiming that these emails prove that climate change is bogus. Hardly. I’ve looked into the emails and the code, and there just […]
Saturday, December 5, 2009
According to an article in the NY Times, The Dallas Morning News has restructured its management so that news editors now report directly to the executives who mange ad sales. According to the Times this “overturns longstanding traditions in American newspapers aimed at shielding news judgments from business concerns.” Does this make you want to […]
Saturday, December 5, 2009
“After three months of will he or won’t he, the president went on all the major networks and NBC to finally reveal what he is going to do about Afghanistan. And for critics who say Americans haven’t sacrificed for these wars, well, they have now. Because last night, the president’s speech actually preempted the annual […]
“After months of deliberation, our president, President Obama, tonight revealed his much-anticipated plans for Afghanistan. Turns out he’s decided to pave it over and make a Wal-Mart out of it.” – Jimmy Kimmel “Some people are upset about President Obama’s prime time speech tonight because it bumped ABC’s airing of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ or […]
Conservatives Republicans have decided that the world must be remade to match their ideology. First they proposed a “purity test” — a ten-point checklist of conservative positions. In order for a candidate to receive funding from the national Republican Party, they must be able to prove that they support at least eight items on the […]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
© Jen Sorensen Next we’ll be hearing that the whole Tiger Woods brouhaha is a publicity stunt.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
So this week, the Senate was supposed to start debating health care reform, but arcane Senate rules are allowing Republicans to bring the Senate to a grinding halt. In fact, Senator Judd Gregg just sent out a memo to the Republicans with 15 parliamentary techniques that can be used to shut everything down. The Republicans […]
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Two days ago, conservative blogger Charles Johnson posted “Why I Parted Ways With The Right” — a concise explanation of why he “won’t be going over the cliff” with the American right-wing-nuts. He names names, including a list of fascists, racists, bigots, white supremacists, homophobes, misogynists, anti-science luddites, anti-govermnent lunatics, conspiracy theorists, and promoters of […]
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
“Did you hear about that uninvited couple who crashed the state dinner at the White House? Unbelievable. They even had their picture taken with Vice President Joe Biden, which is kind of radical because Biden was also an uninvited guest.” – Jay Leno “The Secret Service is in a lot of hot water after what […]
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
What’s the number one threat to marriage? Gays? Hah! Clearly, the biggest threat by far to marriage is divorce. In the USA, 48% of all marriages end in divorce. Not to mention the terrible things that divorce does to children. So if you really want to save marriage (and unless you hate families) the solution […]
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Just what they need to resurrect their party! From The Onion.