(via August J. Pollak) Things Howard Dean can do to look more “presidential”: Announce proudly that no president has ever done as much as him for human rights. Dress up in a crotch-accentuating flight suit and land a jet on an aircraft carrier. Brag repeatedly about a sub-standard college grade point average. Get arrested for … Continue reading “Some Advice for Howard Dean”
Category: Politics
Trent Lott is a Hypocrite
(via Eschaton) THEN: “Any appointment of a federal judge during a recess should be opposed.” — Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) opposing the appointment of an African American judge, December 2000 NOW: “Judge Pickering’s record deems this recess appointment fully appropriate.” — Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS), 1/17/04 Honestly, is anyone really surprised by Lott’s blatant hypocrisy?
Compassionate Conservatism in Action
(via Blah3.com) Check out the hate mail Margaret Cho has received concerning her MoveOn appearance.
Another George W. Bush Joke
In my email today: Three Texas surgeons were playing golf together and discussing surgeries they had performed. One of them said, “I’m the best surgeon in Texas. A concert pianist lost 7 fingers in an accident, I reattached them, and 8 months later he performed a private concert for the Queen of England.” One of … Continue reading “Another George W. Bush Joke”
Irony Overload
ACLU defends Limbaugh’s privacy in prescription drug case: The Florida ACLU filed court papers Monday supporting Limbaugh’s argument that state investigators violated his constitutional right to privacy when they seized his medical records in November to investigate whether he violated drug laws when he purchased prescription painkillers.
H. R. 3687
WARNING: The text of H. R. 3687 will infect your soul, curve your spine and keep the country from winning the war. 108th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3687 To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE … Continue reading “H. R. 3687”
You Might Be A Republican If…
From Tina’s Shark Tank: You Might Be A Republican If… (Author unknown) You think “proletariat” is a type of cheese. You’ve named your kids “Deduction one” and Deduction two” You’ve tried to argue that poverty could be abolished if people were just allowed to keep more of their minimum wage. You’ve ever referred to someone … Continue reading “You Might Be A Republican If…”
Class Warfare!
From Al Franken’s Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right: Anytime a liberal points out that the wealthy are disproportionately benefiting from Bush’s tax policies, Republicans shout, “class warfare!” In her book, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century, Barbara Tuchman writes about a peasant revolt … Continue reading “Class Warfare!”
GI Joke, Part II
(via Blah3.com ) Yet another Miserable Failure action figure: G. I. Joke
Miserable Failure Project: Fallout
First of all, it wasn’t my idea – I learned about it from blah3. Looks like Old Fashioned Patriot was the one who started this. (I did play a roll in making it work, though) Traffic to this site has increased by at least an order of magnitude (WOO-HOO!) I’ve had to temporarily disable comments … Continue reading “Miserable Failure Project: Fallout”