Posts Tagged ‘Righteous Indignation’

Lip-Schtick

Yesterday, at a campaign event in Virginia, Barack Obama employed an old southern colloquialism to describe Senator McCain’s assertion that he is now the candidate of change. Here is what Obama said:
“John McCain says he’s about change too, and so I guess his whole angle is, ‘Watch out George Bush – except for economic policy, [...]

John McCain, Flag Thief

Today McCain supporters distributed 12,000 mini American flags at a rally in Colorado Springs. They claimed they “rescued” the flags from Obama’s acceptance speech in Denver were they found them in the trash. What?! They were just going to throw away flags! That’s not change you can believe in!
Shortly after the news broke, the DNC [...]

Oh NYPD Why!

What a great little item from yesterday. The City of New York finally settled a lawsuit over a 2003 incident where the NYPD rounded up 52 protesters who were demonstrating against the (then) impending War in Iraq:  

They were charged with blocking pedestrians, but videotapes show that at their most annoying, they might have slowed [...]

James Garner: No, I’m the original Maverick!

Dear John McCain,
In your latest campaign ad you claim that you are the original Maverick. What kind of bullshit is that?
Maverick my chapped old-man ass! Ask anyone and they’ll tell you. I was the original Maverick! I’ve was a Maverick back when you where just another asshole in danger of failing out of Annapolis! [...]

Somebody is giving away Free Tibets?

His Holiness, The 14th Dalai Lama is speaking tonight at Radio City Music Hall. For those of you not currently stalking me, that’s right across the street from my office. It’s probably Radio City’s biggest event since that Sex and The City premiere that I also totally didn’t get invited to.
When I went out to [...]

R.I.P. George Carlin (NSFW)

May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008
Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits.
We’ll miss you George.
Update: Cynic’s Party has a fitting tribute:
George Carlin is irreplaceable, and our species will get dumber faster now that he’s gone.
They continue in signature Cynic’s Party fashion:
George Carlin would have kicked Ron Paul in the balls before beating him senseless [...]

Overly Over (Almost)

I have been yelling and screaming (mostly to myself) about how ludicrous Hillary’s “popular vote” claims are. A fair estimation (Iowa, Nevada, Washington & Maine haven’t released any popular vote totals) puts Obama up by something like 44,605 votes. Granted, that’s not a terribly huge margin, but it does shoot a pretty big whole in [...]

Sexism, Racism and Presidential Politics

2008 has taught us a lot, but mostly it has taught us about ourselves. For instance, we have learned that all Hillary Clinton supporters are racists, all Obama supporters are sexists, and Republicans just hate everyone, even their own nominee.
But did you know that all Americans are actually jerky sexist racists?How else can you explain [...]

Why is the popular vote so unpopular?

Hillary Clinton wants you to know that she has won the popular vote. She has even gone as fas as to evoke Al Gore by saying that we Democrats should not allow an election to be snatched away from the candidate who has won the popular vote. This would be a provocative argument if it [...]

Brooklyn Gets Really Real

I’m not as familiar with my biblical plagues as I once was, but I think this one comes somewhere between disease on livestock and unhealable boils. Yep, The Real World is coming to Brooklyn.