Archive for the ‘ Politics ’ Category

Keep Your Politics Off My Pigskin!

Why Punditry, Politics and Pigskin Don’t Mix Am I the only one who is utterly astonished by the news that Bill O’Reilly will interview President Obama during the Superbowl festivities? Great! The interview absolutely no one has asked for, airing during the worst possible time! Maybe it’ll be good for ratings; I honestly don’t know. [ READ MORE ]

The Obama Blame Game, a la Spinal Tap

Why is it that every time I hear President Obama make reference to “George Bush” or “the last eight years” I immediately think of this? (Scrub to 0:49 for the relevant bit.) Just right. Obama has taken the stage, and is under the hilarious delusion that the crowd is still booing the opening act. Enough [ READ MORE ]

Palindromatic Video? “Lost Generation”

Yep, it’s possible. Nope, not “Palin dramatic” video, though this is a bit dramatic for me. But it’s a nice piece of film, in the sense of its cleverness-ousity: For the learning impaired, a palindrome is that which reads the same backward as it does forward. Though this isn’t technically true of this video, the [ READ MORE ]

Smile, You’re on Candid Camera

We’ve heard this bromide many times before, but this latest episode reinforces — nay, proves — it. You cannot hide from the “media” anymore…the social media, that is. Helen Thomas has a 100-year career (or so) as a White House correspondent, and it all goes poof in an INSTANT, thanks to a homemade video shot by [ READ MORE ]

The Comcast Conundrum

Can you think of another company that has the best product in its category but is so reviled by its customer base (and potential customer base) that it’s also an industry whipping post? I was watching T.V. last night, only to come upon a commercial in which I learned that Comcast “guarantees” the best service [ READ MORE ]

Congratulations, America

We just became Europe. “We believe that the tax will cost us somewhere between $5 million and $10 million a year,” says Richard Packer, Zoll’s chairman and chief executive officer. “Our profit in 2009 was $9.5 million.” That would be a devastating blow. Zoll employs about 1,800 people. Roughly 1,600 of them are in the [ READ MORE ]

Facebook Lists

Are you tired of seeing someone you barely know, but who is a Facebook friend (colleague, co-worker or associate), trying to convince you that either Sarah Palin or Barack Obama is the devil through clever Facebook posts? Do you tire of seeing distant acquaintances post photos of their puppies or babies ad nauseum? Are you [ READ MORE ]

Coexist?

Here’s an interesting takedown of that now famously impish “Coexist” bumper sticker: An excerpt: C wants to kill E, X, T, and (by implication) O. If they achieved the world they wanted, I and S would also no longer exist. O doesn’t allow for effective resistance or defeat of C. E stands in direct opposition [ READ MORE ]

A Banner First Year

2009 ends on another high note for the Obama administration: 1.) Horrible attempted terrorist attack fails on Christmas in Detroit. 2.) Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary proclaims, “The system worked.” 3.) Obama, who couldn’t be bothered on vacation to take a break from golfing and address the situation head-on, later has to clean up Napolitano’s mess [ READ MORE ]

Faith, the Miracle Dog

I’ve been a little light on blogging lately, but this should more than make up for it. If this doesn’t inspire you, nothing can… Dogs rule[ READ MORE ]

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