“President Obama had a 24-hour vacation on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Some Republicans are attacking him for not staying longer. They have a point. President Bush used to vacation for weeks at a time.” – Jimmy Kimmel “The president was there to promote tourism in the Gulf. He even jumped into the Gulf to […]
© Jen Sorensen Personally, I’m not sure there is much left to be destroyed.
[from Jason Mustian] In fairness, we’ve been building ‘ground zeros’ near Iraqi mosques since March 2003. UPDATE: Really great rant on this issue over at The Daily Beast, titled “America has Disgraced Itself”. I would try to excerpt it, but you really need to read the whole thing. It is fairly short and to the […]
© Ruben Bolling Question: what’s the difference between democracy and mob rule?
“Everyone is talking about Steven Slater, the flight attendant who cursed at a passenger, grabbed two beers, and slid down the escape slide, in what may be the best resignation ever. In fact he’s so good at quitting, they’re thinking about making him the next governor of Alaska.” – Jimmy Kimmel “It could be the […]
“A JetBlue flight attendant cursed out passengers, grabbed two beers, slid down the chute and took off. The pilots were furious. Those were their last two beers.” – Jay Leno “This flight attendant really went crazy. The good news: terrorists are now afraid to fly.” – Jay Leno “Levi Johnston is planning to run for […]
“A federal judge in California struck down Proposition 8, saying it was unconstitutional. Gay couples can now get married in the state of California. Remember when women used to say the best ones were either gay or married? Now they can be both.” – Jay Leno “It’s a big week for gays. There’s the gay […]
As long as we are going to have down-in-the-mud politics, at least it should be funny!
© Matt Davies I received an email from one of my readers with the following comment: I had a thought today when hearing one of the Republicans talking about how the tax cuts for the top brackets need to stay the same was because keeping the tax cut would allow them to create jobs. But […]
“It’s been more than 24 hours since the court struck down California’s ban on gay marriage, but celebrations in San Francisco have been postponed until Friday. Well, there was a rerun of ‘Glee,’ so they had to wait. ” – Craig Ferguson “A judge in California overturned the state’s gay marriage ban yesterday. Don’t get […]
[reprinted from The Writer’s Almanac] It was on this day 98 years ago that the word “grassroots” made its debut as a political term. On this day in 1912, Senator Albert Jeremiah Beveridge of Indiana was on stage at the Progressive Party Convention when he proclaimed: This party has come from the grass roots. It […]
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