© Jerry Holbert I’d like this comic even better if the money bags sitting behind the Congress character was the money thrown at Congresscritters by lobbyists (like all the money they get from the MPAA, the Chamber of Commerce, and other organizations pushing the SOPA and PIPA bills). To their credit, most Internet companies have […]
“Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary last night. See, this is proof that even the multi-millionaire son of a multi-millionaire can beat the odds and run for president of the United States.” – Jay Leno “The thing I don’t like about Romney is that he’s not funny. For a while, the […]
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert continue to not coordinate the activities of their super PAC. And make fun of our totally bizarre and corrupt election laws: The Christian Science Monitor says it is all completely legal. In addition, Colbert’s super PAC is running a new ad in South Carolina, encouraging voters to vote for Herman […]
I won’t be posting any articles on Wednesday, in support of the Internet strike against PIPA and SOPA. Meanwhile, go read this article by Andrew Sullivan “How Obama’s Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics”. It is brilliant.
On Wednesday, several major internet sites are going on strike. So if you try to access Wikipedia, Reddit, Craigslist, The Oatmeal, Boing Boing, Mozilla, MoveOn, or hundreds of other sites, you may be out of luck. Some sites, including Google, ArsTechnica, TechCrunch, WordPress, and Wired, have a notice on their main page, but will allow […]
Legislator co-sponsoring a bill requiring drug testing for welfare recipients — Normal Republican tactics. Same legislator getting arrested for DUI — Normal Republican hypocrisy. When arrested, the legislator was driving his gold four-door Jaguar XJ8 — Priceless. What makes this even more ironic is that when the Republican bill to require welfare recipients to be […]
© Tom Tomorrow This would explain a lot. Even in the best of times, politicians (like diplomats) have an uncomfortable relationship with the truth. There is a certain tension between a politician’s need to follow the wishes of their electorate, and the need to actually, you know, lead. But Mitt Romney seems to be especially […]
Call me crazy, but the fact that Jon Huntsman couldn’t get any traction at all with Republican voters and is now dropping out of the race, shows how bankrupt the Republican party has become. It is ironic that the day Huntsman announced he was withdrawing from the race was the same day he was endorsed […]
I’ve often wondered why nobody calls out the Republican party for claiming to be the party of small government. It isn’t like there isn’t plenty of data to refute this claim. We have long known that the federal deficit has increased dramatically more under Republican presidents than Democratic ones, but Republicans could just claim that […]
“Fidel Castro declared that a robot would do a better job as president than Barack Obama. After hearing this, Mitt Romney thanked Castro for his endorsement.” – Conan O’Brien “Mitt Romney says he understands the middle class, and that he knows it’s not easy keeping a roof over your family’s heads — as well as […]
The super PAC formerly run by Stephen Colbert and now run by Jon Stewart has released their first political ad, which it will air in South Carolina this week. And it is a doozy: I love the use of John Lithgow as the narrator (who recently played a serial killer on TV). You should also […]
I remember when I was young, it was not uncommon for some people to say things that were racist, even out loud in public. The civil rights movement managed to make it unacceptable for people to be explicitly racist, but it didn’t get rid of racism itself. Those people just found more socially acceptable ways […]
[by Dean Obeldallah, reprinted from CNN] Stephen Colbert — host of “The Colbert Report” and unabashed right wing radical — is now considering running for President of the United States of America. Simply put: Colbert must be stopped! He is an existential threat to our way of life and to the exceptional nature of our […]
© Matt Bors In 2003, Rick Santorum warned that the Supreme Court using the right to privacy to strike down laws against having gay sex in your own home would essentially mean you also have the right to bigamy, polygamy, and incest. I actually have some sympathy for this viewpoint (even though I don’t agree […]
I think I predicted this! I’ll post the video of his announcement from tonight when it becomes available later, but until then you can read a transcript here. Colbert said “I am proud to announce that I am forming an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the president of the […]
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