“A Washington Post columnist is proposing February be a Sarah Palin-free month. You know a better month? November 2012.” – Jay Leno “As you know, just another huge snowstorm back east. It completely shut down Washington, D.C. It’s like the tea party’s dream come true. Mother Nature did what they couldn’t.” – Jay Leno “This […]
© Clay Bennett Jon Stewart has a funny clip on the changing American position on the situation in Egypt.
© Ed Stein I love the fact that Ed Stein includes insightful commentary about his political cartoons on his blog. Here’s his comentary for this cartoon: It will be interesting, to say the least, to see how far the spontaneous popular revolution in Tunisia will spread through the Arab world. Will it stop in Egypt, […]
“Last night, President Obama gave the State of the Union address. Vice President Biden called it a great speech. House Speaker John Boehner called it a real tearjerker.” – Jay Leno “The theme of President Obama’s State of the Union address was ‘Win the Future.’ It was much more inspiring than the original theme: Beat […]
© Tom Tomorrow Coming next, a world without cognitive dissonance!
“Tonight Democrats and Republicans paired up and sat next to each other. Fifty-five years after Rosa Parks we finally integrated Washington.” – Jimmy Kimmel “For the State of the Union address last night, Republicans and Democrats sat next to each other, instead of on opposite sides. The press called it ‘date night.’ How come they […]
On John Huntsman, the former Republican Governor of Utah, whom Obama appointed to be ambassador to China, and who is considering a run for president in 2012: “I’m sure that him having worked so well with me will be a great asset in any Republican primary.” – Obama “It’s also good to see Jon Huntsman, […]
“A court has ruled that Rahm Emanuel is not legally allowed to run for mayor of Chicago, which in Chicago I believe means he won.” – Stephen Colbert “A Chicago court ruled former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel can’t run for Mayor of Chicago. However, according to Chicago law, he’s free to purchase […]
© Jack Ohman I’m heading off today on a business trip to a city in the middle of the big freeze. Forecast is for ice, snow, and below zero temps. Wish me luck!
What could be more American than football and the Superbowl? Ironically football — as practiced in the US — is socialist. Now, this doesn’t mean I’m promoting socialism. I’m a hard core capitalist and I believe in free enterprise. But I’m also pragmatic enough to realize that there are situations where free market capitalism doesn’t […]
© Clay Bennett Once upon a time, about 50 years ago, we had higher taxes and spent it on things like education and space exploration, which led to the technology and products we enjoy today. But now, a majority of high school biology teachers don’t even teach evolution, ranking us 34th out of 35 developed […]
© Jen Sorensen I am continually impressed that the Tea Party has gotten so many people to protest against their own interests.
© Glenn McCoy There seem to be three possibilities for the general riots in Egypt: Mubarak crushes the dissenters, the dissenters force Mubarak to reform the government, or (like Tunisia) Mubarak leaves Egypt. What will happen, or even what would be best for Egypt, is anyone’s guess.
“Obama is huge in the polls these days. His popularity is soaring. Even conservatives are coming around. 30 percent of them now believe Obama deserves a Green Card.” – Bill Maher “It was quite a sight to see Obama next to President Hu. Obama has a Nobel Peace Prize in his basement, and Hu has […]
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