Politics
Sarcasm & Vitriol
The enormity of the suffering and absurdity of the federal government’s response is beginning to sink in. Some are turning to sarcasm:
Two images transposed by mrfurious, President Bush posing with a new guitar given to him while he was visiting a San Diego Airforce Base the day after Katrina hit New Orleans. The original photo [...]
Chirac mocks British cuisine, UK fights back by stealing Olympics
Nothing like a good international rivalry to brighten up your morning paper and the French politicians can always be counted on for a good zinger every now and then. Chirac’s latest off the cuff remark overheard by a reporter at the French paper Liberation was well-timed right before the G-8 summit being held in Scotland.
“We [...]
The King of San Francisco
As we were driving through the city Tyler asked who lived in the majestic building that is known as the City Hall. I said that the Mayor of San Francisco worked there but he didn’t know that term, “Mayor.” I said that the Mayor was someone who ran the city.
“Oh, so the king of San [...]
The Great Debate
Had the great debate between George Bush and Saddam Hussein actually taken place in 2003 here’s how it would have gone down:
Tuesday February 25, 2003 - The United Nations
Tony Blair, moderator: Welcome to the first televised debate between George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein, live from United Nations headquarters in New York. We will [...]
Care Package
We sent a care package to a friend’s cousin who is on the front lines in Iraq. Ramen noodles, socks, chapstick, note paper and some letters from the kids. We don’t necessarily support the political reasons for the war over there but we do want to show our support in some way and connect with [...]
FCC and Doraemon
This is old news but Terrie Lloyd, who’s always good a picking up tidbits for his excellent email newsletter “Terrie’s Take” highlights the striking resemblence of the new FCC mascot, “Broadband” to Doraemon, the cartoon every Japanese kid knows by sight. Turns out the publisher of Doaemon, Shougakkan, is going to take legal action but [...]
Show me the money
We just got our absentee ballots from New Jersey today. We didn’t think we really should register to vote as we didn’t have a fixed address yet and now I hear that the race is going to be real close in NJ so I’m more than happy to throw my vote down where it might [...]
isbushwired.com
The blogosphere is on fire about the strange lump on the back of Bush’s suit during the first debate with detailed video analysis looking for proof that George was channelling Karl Rove via a wireless transmitter. There’s even an entire site dedicated to the debate about the debate which goes into great detail.
Who knows what [...]
Can there be two “internets”
Watching the second presidential debate and just caught another verbal slip to go with the “mexed missages” post from the first debate.
When questioned about the prospect of a draft, President Bush said, “I hear there are rumors on the internets, that there is going to be a draft for the military.” This is the [...]
Fear Monger
How do you win an election when you’ve driven up the national debt, sent 90% of the active military into harms way to neutralize weapons that don’t exist, and ostracized yourself from the world community by ignoring them and mis-pronousing the names of their leaders.
Why you scare the bejezus out of the electorate, that’s what!
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