Thursday, February 25, 2010
“We’re finding out a lot about Joe Stack. That’s right, Joe the Suicide Bomber, the guy who flew the plane into the IRS office building in Texas. Boy, I knew teabaggers were mad, I didn’t know they had an air force.” – Bill Maher “And now the authorities are trying to determine whether this is […]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
While the media is busy with their favored narrative about the teabaggers, covering tea party events with “hundreds” of protestors, they have completely ignored protests in support of health care reform, like this one with thousands of protestors in NYC. Or this eight day march from Philadelphia to DC of Insurance Company Survivors. Is it […]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
PolluterHarmony.com is a satiric “dating” site that plays matchmaker between big polluters, lobbyists, and the politicians who love them too much. They’ve produced some hilarious fake ads, like this one about how they found sweet romance for Senator Lisa Murkowski: Polluter Harmony is a project of Polluter Watch. From their site: When we launched Polluterharmony, […]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Glenn Beck talks completely crazy at the CPAC conference. Beck goes on and on about the evils of “progressivism” like “income taxes” and “spending” and finishes up disclosing how he learned about these dangers: “I educated myself. I went to the library and books are free.” I’m sorry, but I can’t believe that Beck is […]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Will the conservatives will get their undies tied up in knots over this? (This was sent to me in an email. If anyone knows the original source, please let me know so I can credit them. I did find a french version, but I’m not sure it is the original.)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Leonard Nimoy looks for the Democratic Party, and ends up discovering the truth about why they can’t get anything done: By Ted Rall and David Essman.
Monday, February 22, 2010
© Steve Breen Even Obama pointed out that many Republicans are hypocritically claiming the stimulus bill is bad, while simultaneously trying to take credit for projects that the stimulus bill funded in their districts.
Monday, February 22, 2010
“Spring training started. And the Phillies, look out for the Phillies. They get this guy, Roy Halladay, the best pitcher in all of baseball. But listen to this, the Mets, very competitive. You know who they signed? They signed that guy who threw the shoes at President Bush.” – David Letterman “President Obama has announced […]
Sunday, February 21, 2010
A reader forwarded this email that has been making the rounds of the tinfoil hat crowd: Does this photo of President Obama in the Oval Office convey anything to you about his attitude? Would you speak with the Chief of Staff, your Chief Economic Adviser, and your Senior Adviser with your feet up on the […]
Sunday, February 21, 2010
“Here’s something to really get excited about. The Winter Olympics: here we go. And, of course, earlier tonight, the opening ceremonies up there in Vancouver. I always enjoy the parade of nations that hate the U.S. Isn’t it nice?” – David Letterman “The Winter Olympics are under way in Canada. Skiing, snowboarding, ice-skating, these are […]
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Animation from Political Irony reader Allen Mezquida.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
In the last presidential election, Dubya was so toxic that the Republicans didn’t even want him to come speak at their national convention. But I guess Mitt Romney has decided to rehabilitate him. In a speech yesterday at the CPAC convention, Romney said: I am convinced that history will judge President Bush far more kindly […]
Saturday, February 20, 2010
“It’s Presidents’ Day, ladies and gentlemen. Three-day weekend for most people. Remember President George Bush? Every weekend was a three-day weekend for him.” – David Letterman “Happy Presidents’ Day, everybody. On Presidents’ Day, we celebrate America’s presidential history by enjoying a great deal on mattresses.” – Craig Ferguson “I think it was President Kennedy who […]
