© Matt Bors You can see Obama’s speech on Libya here and here. UPDATE: Jon Stewart on Obama’s speech.
“Hillary Clinton said that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is engaged in ‘theater.’ Which explains the new strategy to defeat him: casting him as the lead in ‘Spider-Man: the Musical.’” – Jimmy Fallon “No one can agree on how to spell Gadhafi’s name. He’s like the Hanukkah of dictators.” – Jimmy Kimmel “According to reports, Khadafy […]
Back in 2007, when now VP Joe Biden was campaigning for the presidency, he was asked the following question: QUESTIONER: I have a great fear that say you’re elected as the nominee of the party. Next August sometime during the summer, Dick Cheney and George are going to bomb Iran. BIDEN: Legitimate concern. QUESTIONER: What […]
© Jen Sorensen How can people who claim to be against the “nanny state” be for anti-abortion counseling? If they are actually trying to protect people, then it would make more sense to require counseling before you order a drink in a bar, but don’t have a designated driver.
“We now have wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. They call it a ‘theater’ of war but this is a multiplex.” – David Letterman “A problem for our military in Libya is that they can’t tell the rebels from Gadhafi’s military. The U.N. has now declared that the war be fought as ‘shirts vs. skins.’” […]
Ian Murphy, the guy who crank called Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker posing as billionaire conservative activist David Koch, is running for Congress. I’d say “seriously” but even though he is seriously running for Congress (he has filed and everything) there is nothing serious about his campaign video. Personally, I hope he wins.
© Jeff Danziger General Electric had profits of over $14 billion in 2010 and yet paid no taxes. In fact, they received a tax benefit of $3.2 billion. Now that’s corporate welfare! How does GE do it? By hiring former treasury officials to work in their tax department, and by aggressive lobbying to get tax […]
© Matt Wuerker My only issue with this comic is that Obama never said he was anti-war. He said he was against stupid wars. So the question is whether what we are doing in Libya is stupid or not. Time will surely tell.
“We’re at war? Again? Don’t we already have two? Wars aren’t like kids, where you don’t have to worry about the youngest one because the other two will take care of it.” – Jon Stewart “Remember when President Obama said we can’t fight two wars and vowed to change our policy? Well, he did. Now […]
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has become something of a celebrity, but he seems to have jumped the shark. What else can explain how a simple arrest of a man suspected of the fowl crime of cockfighting somehow required the use of armored vehicles, including a tank. And the Sheriff had no reason to believe that […]
Bob Herbert is retiring after writing a column for the NY Times for 18 years. The entire column should be read, but here are a few choice quotes: So here we are pouring shiploads of cash into yet another war, this time in Libya, while simultaneously demolishing school budgets, closing libraries, laying off teachers and […]
© Mike Luckovich While I support the intervention in Libya, and I particularly approve of the fact that it is authorized by the UN and the Arab League, I still think Obama did a full flop on it.
Glenn Greenwald hits the ironic nail on the head when he points out that the US Justice Department has a double standard for dealing with leaks of classified information. On one hand there is Bradley Manning, rotting in solitary confinement, and Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, who some US politicians say should be assassinated. On the […]
The new president of the Marshall Islands has a problem on his hands. The rising global temperature is causing sea levels to rise, which threatens to obliterate his country. Which is a real downer. His solution is unorthodox. By executive order, he has legalized the use of cocaine, “the real thing, uncut and pure, the […]
© Lee Judge Of course, we only attack countries that have oil.
