Andy Borowitz is the funniest guy on the web. Rabid Dog Briefly Mistaken for Tea Party Candidate Receives Standing Ovation at Missouri Rally JEFFERSON CITY, MO (The Borowitz Report) – A rabid Doberman Pinscher jumped on stage at a Tea Party rally in Missouri on Labor Day and barked at the crowd for nearly [...]
Philip K. Howard was on The Daily Show last night. I remember his book, “The Death of Common Sense”, when it came out, but didn’t read it. I could say that this is irony made manifest, that a show on Comedy Central is bringing light to issues of governance, while cable television shows avoid it. [...]
“The Civil War isn’t tragic.” So says Ta-Nehisi Coates. He also says: It’s really simple for me. One group of Americans attempted to raise a country on property in Negroes. Another group of Americans, many of them Negroes themselves, stopped them. As surely as we lack the ability to see tragedy in violently throwing off [...]
My reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden was recorded as a comment on the Facebook page of my niece. ”They say you should only speak good of the dead. Osama bin Laden is dead. Good.” Dailykos has reactions from 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls. The most statesmanlike of the bunch? Trump. “I want to [...]
John Stossel is a douchebag. This is a ‘debate’ between Ron Paul and a black guy who looks and acts like President Obama.
President Obama works the crowd at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Funny stuff. Seth Meyers rocks it.
I became an atheist while sitting in Sunday School one Sunday about 40 years ago. It was a scary thing, this step that I took. I vowed then that I would not try to convert people to my way of thinking, unlike what I did when I was a Bible believer. I made that decision [...]
There is one guy in the Senate who is willing to tell the truth. The Daily Show – Exclusive – Bernie Sanders Extended Interview Pt. 1Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook The Daily Show – Exclusive – Bernie Sanders Extended Interview Pt. 2Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political [...]
David From was a speechwriter for President Bush, fils, and all around well known conservative. Here is a taste of what he has to say today. Speaking only personally, I cannot take seriously the idea that the worst thing that has happened in the past three years is that government got bigger. Or that money [...]
I loves me some West Wing. C & L has a great clip up about President Bartlett and an open microphone. Then this follows in the post: Conservatives’ vision for this country is dark, dystopian, and deeply pessimistic. Sounds about right.