December 2008
“I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror.”
– The tragicomic Alberto Gonzalez
“Fuck Saddam. We’re taking him out.”
– George W. Bush, to several Senators and NSA Rice, in summer 2002. This Vanity Fair article is great.
“Better than your bowling.”
– Some lady, on Obama’s golfing
via randomonium:
Even though I voted for Obama and supported him throughout the primaries, I’m growing ever more melancholic as we approach Inauguration day.
The Bush policies did give us some great fashion trends.
For a while, it seemed the thumbs up in latex gloves was making a permanent comeback.
Shortly after that crazed simmered, we saw kids all over the world wearing their underwear on...
Tripp Easton Mitchell (Palin) Johnston →
State of Denial →
It is easy to believe that we are in a new, post-partisan, happy time, where all that remains to be done is to look forward and grin and shape a new tomorrow. The reality is not so simple. Countless lies were told in the past eight years. Countless crimes were committed. We can count the lives lost and the dollars spent as a result. We must make a conscious effort to do so in order to make sure...
“Obama’s attempts to escape the press may become an enduring part of the...”
– Some bitch at MSNBC crying a river about how Obama sometimes avoids the press. This is compared to the super-accessible 43rd President? Shut the fuck up, media.
Liberalism On The March →
Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say FDR, the Democratic father of the big government New Deal who led the country to victory in World War II, was the better president of the two. But 40% say Reagan, the Republican champion of small-government conservatism and the winner of the Cold War, was a better president.
SHUT THE FUCK UP, DONNY! →
A South Philadelphia man enraged because a father and son were talking during a Christmas showing of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button took care of the situation when he pulled a .380-caliber gun and shot the father, police said.
The Whisperers →
Without evidence, it is often alleged that Josef Stalin once quipped that “a single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” Regardless of the accuracy of the attribution, it is this concept that sums up the logic and the emotion of The Whisperers.
“We’re bacon people.”
– Michelle Obama, on bacon (via alcaniglia)
Back To Where It All Began →
It is ten degrees out in Iowa, and snowy. One year ago, I was here to help Barack Obama win the caucus. This year, I’m just home. It is the first time I have been back in this bedroom since I hung an Obama doorhanger here on January 3. It is hard to believe it has been a year.
“President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office using the same Bible...”
– Inauguration Press Release
“Rembrandt was a great artist. His brother Murray, on the other hand, Murray...”
– Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) on Caroline Kennedy
“If he wants to diminish the office of vice president, that’s obviously his...”
– Dick Cheney, on Biden’s promises not to be a fucking lunatic as VP
Top Bush officials could face legal jeopardy →
The United States, like many countries, has a bad habit of committing wartime excesses and an even worse record of accounting for them afterward. But a remarkable string of recent events suggests that may finally be changing—and that top Bush administration officials could soon face legal jeopardy for prisoner abuse committed under their watch in the war on terror.
The "Detroit's A Loser" Myth →
“We shouldn’t bail out companies that build cars nobody wants.” You hear that one a lot when it comes to floating the Detroit 3. Now that the initial $17 billion bailout is done, a lot of folks are making a face like they just ate a lemon. To them, the White House has acted as a Kremlin bailing out a Trabant. But the inconvenient truth is GM, Ford and Chrysler build a lot of really...
“Because membership in a church is an outgrowth of accepting the Lordship and...”
– Rick Warren, hatin’ in the church’s official policy statement.
13% of Americans Should Be Shot
Which Single Story Did You Follow Most Closely?
Debate over bailout of auto cos 24% Condition of U.S. economy 24 Arrest of IL Gov. on corruption 14 FL discovery of Caylee remains 13 Obama's appointments and agenda 10 Current situat./events in Iraq 5 Other 3
Reassuring: 'Inauguration planners perplexed by... →
“Thank you for counting my vote!”
– Written on a MN ballot cast for Franken. The Coleman camp claimed this was an identifying mark and tried to have it thrown out. Assholes.
Levi Johnston's mother hit with drug charges →
Area Woman Becomes Republican Vice Presidential... →
Via Randomonium
Guruchild: i hate those ricer hs kidsthat think they're cool fucking powering out this 4 banger from the 90s
and as they tear off you see all this black and blue smoke pouring out their exhaust
thats like if you see a hot chick across the room then you walk up and realize she isnt sitting
shes handicapped
gg
NYT To Become First to Put 'Opinions' on the... →
Via Randomium
me: what should i do for new years
Zac: party on mlk and malcolm x
just you and a 40
and I guess some popeyes
me: lucky
its there on the corner
Zac: i know, you showed me on google maps one time
liquor store and a popeyes
and I think a pawn shop if I'm not mistaken
me: what a nightmare
Zac: what should be on that corner is a boot store
and a boot strap store
and a fitness center
and a popeyes
me: hahahahahha
“Didn’t do a very good job of it.”
– George W. Bush, on changing the tone in Washington
me: Senator,
I hope someone is held accountable for this waste of equipment and poor planning? Need I say more?
Respectfully,
[Constituent]
me: yes, you do, because i have no idea what the fuck youre talking about
Miguel: actually he doesnt
your boss knows exactly what hes talking about
me: like serouisly, what do i do with this
Miguel: prob throw it in the 500 dollar recycling bin you have in the copy room
me: hahahaha
“I am a fierce advocate for equality for gay and lesbian Americans.”
– Barack Obama, defending picking evangelical douchebag Rick Warren for the Inauguration invocation. Riling the left is politically useful since it helps build centrist credibility before riling the center and right with good legislation, but Rick Warren is still a douchebag.
Do You Think The U.S. Is In A Long-Term Economic Decline, Or Is Its Economic System Basically Pretty Solid?
- Now 2/1 5/96 Long-term decline 63% 49% 46% Basically pretty solid 34 47 51
Would You Support/Oppose New Fed. Spending Of Up To $700B On Construction Projects And Other Programs To Try To Stimulate The Economy?
Support 65% Oppose 32
me: On this score, Ezra Klein points out one potential problem with the Vilsack appointment: He's from a state heavily dependent on corn subsidies.
Dustin: is it better or worse than the southerner who peed in a cup and is dependent on the subsidies that actually pay out instead of corn subsidies that are counter cyclical and haven't paid out for years
me: ethanol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 no food for fuel
Dustin: funny how gas and corn prices have drop but food prices have jumped and the packages have gotten smaller. I hate the GMA
me: i read an interesting thing about how assholes in europe demadning OMG NO FRANKENFOOD!! are destroying africa because they wont grow gm food there on acount of europe, or something
Dustin: isn't all food pretty much geneticly modified at this point
me: yould think so. also, dogs -- no longer wolves! FRANKENDOGS.
Dustin: pugles, chugs -- ITS UNNATURAL
me: hahahaha
SPACE!: Tough Decision Looms on Space Shuttle's... →
“I was group C, so I had a middle seat.”
– Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), recalling the early days of the campaign when he was forced to fly Southwest Airlines (Arizona Daily Star).
“It sucks. I used to be governor of New York.”
– Eilot Spitzer, asked about his columnist gig at Slate’s holiday party, held in a bar that used to be a “massage parlor” called “Happy Ending” (“Daily Intel”).
“I think we are putting together the best basketball-playing Cabinet in American...”
– President-elect Obama after announcing his selection of Arne Duncan, chief executive of the Chicago public schools, as his Education secretary today.
“I still think we’re a right-of-center country.”
– George W. Bush, still not getting it
