Archive | February 2009
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vindication is mine
Those who watched my old pal accept the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay last Sunday probably thought my contempt was grounded in jealousy. He acquitted himself well, sorry to say. Maybe he’s changed. Maybe not. *What newly minted Oscar winner brought his golden statuette to the clubs last night, hitting up West Hollywood’s OBar? One [...]
more stupid shit
Some “natural living” advocates want you to switch to cloth toilet paper. They claim there is no odor, but would you trust a hippie with hygiene? The reusable wipes come in four different designs: Understated, Solids, Juvenile and, I kid you not, Fun and Funky (pictured). My mother always said you can tell a lot about a person by what [...]
a nation of idiots
Any optimism I have regarding the future of this country is tempered by stories like this: iFart and Pull My Finger, the two gladiators, joined the App Store at around the same time, and both achieved some success. iFart eventually pulled ahead, but through some underhanded tactics, like using the phrase “pull my finger” in [...]
meanwhile, from the left …
Everyone hates centrists. A group of liberal bloggers said it is teaming up with organized labor and MoveOn to form a political action committee that will seek to push the Democratic Party farther to the left. Soliciting donations from their readers, the bloggers said they are planning to recruit liberal candidates for challenges against more [...]
the lowest common denominator party
Two influential conservatives acknowledge what’s been obvious for some time: If you want to get a sense of how unserious and ungrounded most Americans think the Republican Party is, look no further than how conservatives elevate Joe the Plumber as a spokesman. Blame Hannity. Much as their blind loyalty discredited the Right, perhaps the worst [...]
aw shucks, gov. jindal
What he said was overshadowed by how poorly he said it. Did he think he was addressing a bunch of second graders?
“beyond cutting-edge”
New Republican National Committee President Michael Steele said recently, “[W]e need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets.” Everyone, it seems, but gays. GALLAGHER: Is this a time when Republicans ought to consider some sort of alternative to redefining marriage and maybe in the road, down the road to civil unions. Do you [...]
perhaps john boehner will take up beatboxing
Yeah, this will work: Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele plans an “off the hook” public relations offensive to attract younger voters, especially blacks and Hispanics, by applying the party’s principles to “urban-suburban hip-hop settings.”
