Archive for April, 2008

The President Needs A Magic Wand

This explains his total failure. Sort of. As in, not at all.

Redskins Cheerleaders Cause Crisis In India

What’s the matter with India?
The Washington Redskins cheerleaders were brought in to show India’s cricket fans how to shake their pompoms — but not everyone was impressed.
The New Delhi team said Wednesday it was switching its cheerleaders for a band of drummers. Mumbai politicians have forced theirs to cover up, saying their performances were lewd [...]

“I think people in America are tired of this stuff. “

If John Kerry had said this in 2004 we would be discussing his re-election now. But I’m glad he said it on MSNBC today.

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The “Experts”: ESPN Draft Edition

Grog say Havertini a steal in third round!!!
One of the great things the world of the Internet and blogs has brought us is a large needle with which to deflate the self appointed experts in the press. This deflation usually occurs by researching what they say. In this case ESPN’s draft experts did no better [...]

New Hulk Trailer

Looks nice, but not OMG WOW.

More Guns, More Guns

Because you know nothing is better with our national parks than gun toting jackassery.
The Bush administration formally proposed Wednesday to scrap a longtime ban against bringing loaded weapons into national parks and wildlife areas.
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced the beginning of a 60-day public comment period on the proposed update to the nation’s gun regulations.
Under [...]

Leading, Not Pandering

That’s the big difference between Obama and Clinton/McCain on this gas tax issue. It’s also the sort of thing I want from a president after so long.

Tim Russert Vs. Criticism Of Tim Russert

NBC’s Washington bureau chief has banned Arianna Huffington appearing on any NBC shows discussing her new book because she criticized him for his obvious stupidity. Sad.

Bill O’Reilly’s Dept. Of History Rewriting

According to Bill, “we didn’t invade Iraq”. Really. REALLY.

John McCain’s 100 Years In Iraq: MoveOn Edition

Cue the whining.

GOP Bigot Eruption: Michelle Malkin On How Obama Dares To Be Black

Michelle Malkin made her name calling every hispanic a terrorist or declaring that it was right to intern Japanese Americans during WWII, and now she’s decided to join the rest of the bigoted GOPers in attacking Barack Obama for being black. Her latest syndicated column is titled “Jive Talk Expressk“. The column is most of [...]

links for 2008-04-30

Even puppets diss Ben Stein

The Great Unbundling: Newspapers & the Net -Britannica Blog

John McCain’s Out Of Touch Health Care Plan: Pray

In case you were wondering that in the midst of all the drama on the Democratic side of the aisle it was possible for the Republican party to remain brain dead on the seminal issues of our time… wonder no more.

Sen. John McCain on Tuesday rejected calls by his Democratic opponents for universal health coverage, [...]

RNC Echoes Conservative Blogs, Looks Even Dumber Than Usual

So today the RNC pushed out a press release falseley claiming that the DNC had used Iraq footage from Fahrenheit 9/11. The funny thing is, that was the more sedate of the charges as the first round insinuated that Dems had received it from terrorists (from Michelle Malkin, naturally). RNC Chairman of the moment Mike [...]

GOP Bigot Eruption: Tony Zirkle’s Love Of… Nazis. Yes, Nazis.

This is the sort of thing you let dance on its own.
Tony Zirkle, who is seeking the Republican nomination in Indiana’s 2nd District, stood in front of a painting of Hitler, next to people wearing swastika armbands and with a swastika flag in the background for the speech to the American National Socialist Workers Party [...]

Did John McCain Get An Illegal Campaign Contribution From A Foreign National?

Questions swirl.
A US campaign watchdog has accused presumptive Republican president nominee John McCain of violating election laws by accepting campaign contributions from two prominent Londoners.
At issue is a fundraising luncheon held in March at London’s Spencer House, during McCain’s swing through the United Kingdom. An invitation to the event lists Lord Rothschild and Nathaniel Rothschild [...]

Tom Tancredo Wants Border Fence Built North Of The Border

Tancredo is so aftaid of Hispanics he wants to put American soil on the other side of his wall. Idiot.
Republican Tom Tancredo supports the border wall. The U.S. representative attended the hearing in Brownsville yesterday.
During the hearing, he told the Brownsville landowners, “I suggest that you build this fence around the northern part of your [...]

Nooooooo

Alan Keyes was unable to get the Constitution Party nomination for president. This can only mean one thing.
The Keyes Party.
WHERE DO I SEND MY DONATION?

Republican Recession Watch: Confidence Drops, Home Values Drop

Clearly this is good for out of touch John McCain.
Americans’ confidence in the economy continued to plunge this month as their homes lost value at the fastest rate in two decades, according to reports released on Tuesday.
The data suggested that the housing slump was far from a recovery and the job market might continue to [...]

Hugh Hewitt’s Morphing Opinion On John McCain

“Hack” is almost a charitable term.