Archive for September, 2009
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Progressive Utopia.
You’ll never guess what happened after the premiere of Michael Moore’s latest anti-intellectual screed Captalism: A Love Story. Following the Premiere, Esquire shuttles many of the attendees straight down to SoHo to the opening of The Esquire Apartment – a fully decadent penthouse where every square inch is paid for by a luxury sponsor. Hot [...]
If He Doesn’t Dance to MC Hammer This Season, I Will Be Sorely Disappointed
I give Tom DeLay all the credit in the world. It takes an enormous amount of confidence (and a real sense of self-deprecation) to get on national television, light-years outside your comfort zone, and subject yourself to the enormous buckets full of crap you know are going to get thrown your way. But, you know, [...]
Skewing the Results
It’s becoming increasingly common for legislators to add polls to their official websites and Washington’s Congressman Brian Baird is no exception. It’s hard to say why they bother when the results are of little value and so easily manipulated. Because of his deep and abiding respect for his constituents and their opinions on the issues, [...]
The ACORN Pimp-Slap of the Week
In all the blog posts that have been written about the ACORN scandal that is growing faster than a population of Tribbles on an Everest of triticale, no one has written a pair of lines better than the ones Smitty wrote in his Weekly Rule 2 Mega-Roundup. This, folks, is your ACORN Pimp-Slap of the [...]
Saturday Morning Seventies!
Are you in the mood for a little music this morning? I know I am. It’s been a long week and I could use a little bit of cutting loose. Let’s unwind with a couple of my favorites from the 70s, why don’t we?
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