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Drowning in Deficits

© Matt Wuerker

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Is this their best example of a left-wing liberal judge?

As soon as a judge threw out California’s Proposition 8, which banned gay people from marrying, as unconstitutional, then conservatives (you know, the same people who claim to love the constitution) started calling the judge names. They used words like “extreme judicial activism”, “judicial tyranny”, and “left-wing liberal judge”. What’s really funny about this is […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have apparently broken up again, less than a month after announcing their engagement. Bristol called it off faster than you can say, ‘Mom, put the gun down.’” – Jimmy Kimmel “It was announced that Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have broken up. These two have called it quits more times […]

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This cartoon isn’t funny

© Ted Rall

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Late Night Political Humor

“Do you know that $8.7 billion of our money has gone missing in Iraq? I didn’t even know they had a Goldman Sachs over there.” – Jay Leno “Three convicted murderers escaped from a prison in Arizona. The governor told the people, ‘Don’t worry, all three murderers are American citizens.’” – Jay Leno “Snooki from […]

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Missouri proves they are state of health industry tools

Missouri voters passed a proposition rejecting the federal mandate to purchase health insurance by a close-to three-to-one margin: The citizens of the Show-Me State don’t want Washington involved in their health care decisions. Because the corporations are doing such a good job of it. There is little doubt that their proposition will be invalidated by […]

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Future Scandals of the Far Right

© Tom Tomorrow Déjà vu all over again!

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Late Night Political Humor

“President Obama is going to be on ‘The View.’ Who says this guy isn’t willing to confront radical extremists?” – David Letterman “President Obama said he had a good time on ‘The View,’ and that the ladies on the show talk a lot less than Joe Biden.” – Jay Leno “Arizona’s immigration law went into […]

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Nothing can elude us!

© Matt Davies The government has built a national security and intelligence system so big, so complex and so hard to manage, no one really knows if it’s fulfilling its most important purpose: keeping its citizens safe. – Washington Post Meanwhile, Republicans are still coming up with petty excuses for blocking the confirmation of Obama’s […]

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Full Disclosure

Now that the Citizen’s United decision opened up the floodgates so corporate money can be poured into political campaigns, Democrats have been trying to require that political ads disclose their funding sources, but they have been blocked by Republican filibusters. © Joel Pett

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Late Night Political Humor

“President Obama is in town for an appearance on ‘The View.’ He probably won’t get a word in edgewise, but he said he’s used to it. He lives with his mother-in-law.” – David Letterman “President Obama is going on ‘The View’ to talk about the economy. Later on, he’ll go to ‘General Hospital’ to explain […]

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Protect the Sanctity of Cat Ownership

A beautiful take on the whole issue of gay marriage, from a comment left on the website for the 2012 California Marriage Protection Act: I fully support your righteous cause. Please consider supporting mine as well. Please support my petition to change the Constitution to define pet ownership as only the relationship between people and […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“An American named Bob Dudley is BP’s new CEO. Nice to see an American taking a job from a foreigner for once.” – Jay Leno “BP CEO Tony Hayward is being sent to a project in Siberia. He wants to go to a part of the planet that hasn’t been ruined yet.” – David Letterman […]

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No Deficit of Hypocrisy!

© Lee Judge Republicans are using the deficit to attack Obama and the Democrats, but they don’t actually care about the deficit. When asked how they would cut the deficit, their only ideas are to go back to the economic policies of the Bush administration. In fact, every Republican voted against Obama’s balanced budget law. […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Leaked documents show that Pakistan has been taking American money and using it to fund the Taliban. The Pakistanis are denying it, and they’re like, ‘The Taliban bought those iPods with their own money.’” – Craig Ferguson “The founder of WikiLeaks just released 91,000 classified documents about the war in Afghanistan, and he said he […]

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