Feb

29

Headline of the Day

Filed Under Media, World News | 17 Comments

The headline of the day comes to us courtesy of the ever-observant New York Times: ***** ***** Nothing gets by these people! (h/t Atlas)

Feb

29

NFL Season Opener Moved Up a Day to Accommodate Obama Acceptance Speech

Filed Under Politics, Sports | 5 Comments

To be fair, the NFL also moved the 2008 season opener to a different day so it wouldn’t interfere whatsoever with John McCain’s acceptance speech. What? Oh, nevermind. From CBS News: National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Tuesday that the NFL is holding its opening game of the 2012-2013 season on Wednesday, September 5 [...]

Feb

29

Well It’s About Time: Gitmo Detainees Get New $750,000 Soccer Field

Filed Under Nat'l Security, Politics, War | 12 Comments

Wait, Gitmo’s still open? From Fox News: At a time of record deficits, a new soccer field for detainees at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay is just getting the finishing touches — at a cost of $750,000 to taxpayers. The project was the highlight of a tour Tuesday of the detention camp for reporters at [...]

Feb

28

Republican Who Teamed Up With Ted Kennedy to Pass Health Care Bill Used as Model for Obamacare Accuses Santorum of Working With Democrats in Michigan; Update: Michigan Watch

Filed Under Politics | 28 Comments

Update: I was going to start a new post for this but it might fit here better as an update. Mitt Romney has won Arizona, which was not unexpected, but Michigan is tighter. With 45% of the vote in, Romney is up 41% to 38%. I’ve seen numbers from the heavily Democrat areas, mainly Oakland [...]

Feb

28

Celebs Didn’t Want to Talk Politics at the Oscars?

Filed Under Celebrity Idiots, Politics | 15 Comments

Most of the “stars” at this year’s Academy Awards were curiously shy about talking politics. Why? Could it be that in the past few years they’ve gotten exactly what they begged for and now realize it ain’t so great? PETA activist James Cromwell and uber hypocrite Michael Moore didn’t disappoint, however. I’m partial to the [...]

Feb

27

Obama to Replace Biden with Chevy Volt on 2012 Ticket

Filed Under Business, Humor, Politics | 50 Comments

Sorry Joe, but something’s got to be done: And the best part is that Obama is allowed to count the $10,000 tax credit as a campaign contribution. The new VP has already paid for himself. The campaign trail this summer just got a lot more fuel efficient. Look for the new VP to be coming [...]

Feb

27

Jesse Jackson: Show Your Love and Appreciation to Obama for Being the ‘Food Stamp President’

Filed Under Economy, Politics | 13 Comments

A while back the White House denied Newt Gingrich’s charge that Obama is the “food stamp president,” a title they instead tried to bestow upon, you guessed it, George W. Bush. According to Jesse Jackson this past weekend, Team Obama should wear the title as a badge of honor. Transcript from Newsbusters: Say, it’s an [...]

Feb

26

Perfect: ‘Inconvenient Truth’ Director to Make Short Film About Obama’s First 3 Years

Filed Under Politics | 17 Comments

Give the Obama campaign credit for realizing that to make a movie about these past three-plus years will require a director who is comfortable working in the myth, fantasy, science fiction, true crime and disaster genres: With Hollywood gathering this weekend for the 84th Academy Awards, President Barack Obama has recruited Oscar-winning documentary director Davis [...]

Feb

26

Karzai: Put US Troops on Trial

Filed Under Politics, Religion, War | 6 Comments

So is it pretty much time to bring all of our troops home and let Karzai fend for himself? The administration was looking to speed up the timetable for a pullout anyway, and things like this will help rush that along: (CNSNews.com) – Three days after President Barack Obama dispatched his ambassador to Afghanistan to [...]

Feb

26

Flashbacks to a Time Forever Ago When High Gas Prices Were the Fault of White House Policies

Filed Under Economy, Politics | 13 Comments

I’m only 45 years of age but I don’t think I’ve ever felt older than I have these past few weeks. Suddenly I’ve turned into one of those “I remember back when…” people who reminisces about how things used to be “back in the day.” What makes it bizarre is that “back in the day” [...]

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