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Monthly Archives: December 2012

Such a Meaningless Waste of Lives

© Brian McFadden What other horrible and frightening things will happen when we legalize the demon weed? Let’s find out!

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Next Steps

© Matt Bors Obama may have won the election, but that is not the end of the story. We have to keep up the pressure on all our politicians — not just Obama but Congress too — to do the right thing. For example, right now a strong majority of Americans want the Bush tax […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“They spotted Mitt Romney at Costco. One day you’re running for president of the United States. The next day you’re shopping at Costco for giant jugs of mayonnaise. While you’re at Costco, go ahead and return that Oval rug you ordered” – David Letterman “Mitt Romney got a job at a Marriott hotel. President Obama’s […]

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Balance

© Tony Auth Republicans have already broken Grover Norquist’s pledge by offering to close tax loopholes, so why are they so dead set against letting the Bush tax cuts for the rich expire? Those tax cuts were never supposed to be permanent, and there are many wealthy people who think their taxes should go up. […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Mitt Romney is going back to work. Romney is joining the board of directors at Marriott hotels. See, who says President Obama can’t create jobs? There’s one right there.” – Jay Leno “Mitt Romney has a new job. He’s going back to work. He got a job at a Marriott. When you’re at the front […]

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Another Cliff

© Stuart Carlson Former Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole came to the Senate floor in a wheelchair last Tuesday to make a personal appeal for lawmakers to ratify a UN treaty to protect the rights of the disabled. Even Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) said that veterans he had visited “expressed without reservation that their lives […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“The Obamas have decorated the White House with 54 Christmas trees. It’s all part of their ‘For the last time, we’re not Muslim’ campaign.” – Conan O’Brien “While he was in Pennsylvania on Friday, President Obama said that he’s been keeping his own ‘naughty and nice list’ of lawmakers. Then Biden was like, ‘Great, now […]

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break

I’ll be traveling for a week, so posts might be a bit spotty. Hopefully, you have a real life to enjoy while I’m gone. 🙂

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When I worked as a CEO, it was exactly like this

© Ruben Bolling I’m not sure when people started treating the end of a company as if it were the death of a friend. The “Hostess” brand, along with Twinkies and the rest of their brands, has likely been passed from company to parent company without you even noticing it. I’m sure some other company […]

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The Final Frontier

Great (and short) blog post from George Takai — “Tax Me, Please“.

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Late Night Political Humor

“Mitt Romney had lunch today with President Obama. The White House is calling it a near-beer summit.” – Jay Leno “Today Mitt Romney had lunch with President Obama. It was an awkward moment when the bill came and Obama only offered to pay 47 percent.” – Conan O’Brien “President Obama and Mitt Romney had lunch […]

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A Fiscal Cliff of Metaphors

© Matt Bors Will politicians take a sound bite out of the $#!* sandwich?

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Ad placement

I’m still shaking my head about this one. Can’t decide if it was intentional or accidental.

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The Signal and the Noise

Public interview with Nate Silver at Google: It’s long, but even just watching the first part is interesting.

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Irresponsible Reporting

From Michael Grunwald in Time Magazine. Finally someone called them out on this: It’s really amazing to see political reporters dutifully passing along Republican complaints that President Obama’s opening offer in the fiscal cliff talks is just a recycled version of his old plan, when those same reporters spent the last year dutifully passing along […]

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