Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

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Baby boomers: Born to be wild? Or ...

Bored…Tubby…Mild!
by Walt Handelsman
Click on image for animated toon.

Get your Motrin ready, Head out on a treadmill. The heating pad is warming, In case your herniated disk kills. We’re aging Boomers but refuse to show it, I just got implants and a tummy tuck. A triple bypass and two knee replacements, Getting old really sucks! I just took Viagra, Both the kids are out late. I’ll go get some Merlot, Let’s hope it won’t inflame your prostate. We’re Baby Boomers! The original rebels, Used to smoke pot but now we drink green tea. We tripped on acid, now we have acid reflux, We’re in the AARP! We were spoiled, pushy, wild, But now we’re bored, tubby and mild. We used to get so high, Now they call us spry!!! Bored…Tubby…Mild! Bored…Tubby…Mild!

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McCain's YouTube Problem

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A Comedic Giant... Gone

Sadly, the world is now a less funny place...

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Carlin's Seven Words

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Carlin on Religion

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George Denis Patrick Carlin
1937-2008

I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

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Making News...

Okay, so, this bird walks into a store...

A seagull in Marinette, Wisconsin has developed the habit of stealing snack chips from a neighborhood convenience store. The seagull waits until the manager isn't looking, and then walks into the store and grabs a snack-size bag of cheese Doritos. Once outside, the bag gets ripped open and shared by other birds. The seagull's shoplifting started early this month when he first swooped into the store and helped himself to a bag of Doritos. Since then he's become a regular. And he always takes the same type of chips. The Manager thinks it's great because people are coming to watch the feathered thief make the daily grab and run, and that's good for business, and especially since customers have begun paying for the seagull's stolen bags of chips because they think it's so funny. However, the Manager did say, "This is Wisconsin , and if that seagull starts to grab a 6-pac to go along with the Doritos, I may have to put a stop to it."

With thanks to my colleague, Brian Wolf, for forwarding this story along to me.

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The Fool on the Hill

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The Gravity Express: 42 minutes to anywhere

A 7,964 mile deep hole:

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Cats on a treadmill

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No St. Patrick's Day would be complete without...

... the potato song:



Happy Birthday, Frank!

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For St. Patrick's Day, 2008...

... an Irish DUI test:

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Third-Tier Pundits, Part 5

Goldberg Can't Explain His Own Book
by: Sam Boyd

The following clip of Jonah Goldberg being interviewed on the Daily Show should, I submit, convince anyone that Jonah Goldberg doesn't have any idea of what he's talking about. He gets numerous opportunities to explain why liberals aren't fascists and instead he just randomly combines words. I mean when the first thing you say when someone asks you why you think liberals are fascists is that the New Republic supported Mussolini in the 1920s you've made it clear that you don't actually have any evidence. This also just reinforces my point from the other day. Goldberg doesn't give a damn about fascism. He just wants to convince everyone that progressives are evil opressive racists and if that involves saying the environmental movement is fascist because some Nazis liked organic food then so be it. Equally damning is this Michael Ledeen review. Ledeen is a hard-right political scientist and pundit, but he's also an actual expert of fascism. His critique is all the more devastating because he so clearly didn't want to have to write it. The not-in-anger-but-in-sadness tone is incredibly effective.

NOTE: Excerpts from the Michael Ledeen review, mentioned above, can be found in my thread, Third-Tier Pundits, Part 4.

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Fight the bully

NoSavage.org

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Homosexuality is an attack on the American Family

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Happy New Year!

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Irrefutable Proof: We Did Not Go To The Moon

Or: Fighting stupidity with stupidity.

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Festivus, Part One

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Rudy's Latest Ad

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Fox News Porn

For more information visit Fox News Porn dot com.

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Mr. Bean's War On Christmas: Nativity Battle Division

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Bob Schieffer’s Commentary On Pat Robertson, God And Rudy Giuliani

Original post on Crooks and Liars

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Wake-up Cat!

Cat owners can certainly appreciate this...



...just don't let your cat watch it!

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We Didn't Start the Fire

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The Face and Reality of "Compassionate Conservatism"

And there’s one more point that should not be forgotten: ultimately, this isn’t about the Frost parents. It’s about Graeme Frost and his sister.

Song For Graeme Frost
(from Corrente Boldy shrill....)

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Meanies And Hypocrites
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Friday, October 12, 2007; Page A17

From the article:

Conservatives claim to be in favor of stable families, small businesses, hard work, private schools, investment and homeownership. So why in the world are so many on the right attacking the family of Graeme Frost? ----- Most conservatives favor government-supported vouchers that would help Graeme attend his private school, but here they turn around and criticize him for . . . attending a private school. Federal money for private schools but not for health insurance? What's the logic here? Conservatives endlessly praise risk-taking by entrepreneurs and would give big tax cuts to those who are most successful. But if a small-business person is struggling, he shouldn't even think about applying for SCHIP. Conservatives who want to repeal the estate tax on large fortunes have cited stories -- most of them don't check out -- about farmers having to sell their farms to pay inheritance taxes. But the implication of these attacks on the Frosts is that they are expected to sell their investment property to pay for health care. Why? Oh, yes, and conservatives tell us how much they love homeownership, and then assail the Frosts for having the nerve to own a home. I suppose they should have to sell that, too. ----- All the conservative attacks on a boy from Baltimore who dared to speak out will not make this issue go away. (read the entire article)

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Op-Ed Columnist
Sliming Graeme Frost
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: October 12, 2007

From the article:

All in all, the Graeme Frost case is a perfect illustration of the modern right-wing political machine at work, and in particular its routine reliance on character assassination in place of honest debate. If service members oppose a Republican war, they’re “phony soldiers”; if Michael J. Fox opposes Bush policy on stem cells, he’s faking his Parkinson’s symptoms; if an injured 12-year-old child makes the case for a government health insurance program, he’s a fraud. Meanwhile, leading conservative politicians, far from trying to distance themselves from these smears, rush to embrace them. And some people in the news media are still willing to be used as patsies. (read the entire article)

Adobe Acrobat copy of Meanies And Hypocrites and Sliming Graeme Frost

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Senator Craig, Really!!?!

glumbert - Senator Craig, Really!!?!

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Young Republican Chickenhawks on YouTube!

Generation Chickenhawk
by Max Blumenthal
Web site: http://www.maxblumenthal.com/

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Courage, Leadership and Humility

With thanks to This Modern World for originally posting this video.

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Can You Find The Phony Soldiers?

Click here for original post and more images on Corrente (Boldly shrill...)

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Ancient Technical Support

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The Conservative Value of Hating Our Troops

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Feline Technical Support

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Next Up: The Seed Corn

With thanks to Corrente (Not Your Typical Mealy-Mouthed Ad) for posting this.

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Preview: No End in Sight

This past Monday I posted a review by Roger Ebert of the new documentary No End In Sight.

Here is the trailer for this highly recommended and much anticipated movie:

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Rogers Cadenhead on Today

In anticipation of tonight's The Dark Side:

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YearlyKos 2006 featuring Tom Tomorrow

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Sparkman and the Blinkster! by Tom Tomorrow

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Plan 9 from Inside the Beltway by Tom Tomorrow

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Dick Cheney '94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire

In this interview from April 15th, 1994, Dick Cheney reveals the reasons why invading Baghdad and toppling Saddam Hussein wouldn't be a great idea. He also stipulates that "not very many" American soldiers' lives were worth losing to take out Sadd