Tasteless

More on the story here. Talking Points Memo | Republican Outreach I didn’t think the Texas GOP could sink lower than those phony purple heart band-aids they handed out in 2004. Boy was I wrong. And there are still five months left.

Obama/Kennedy vs. McCain/Goldwater

If John McCain is running for George W. Bush’s third presidential term, as Democrats have suggested, Barack Obama is campaigning for John F. Kennedy’s second term. Obama/Kennedy vs. McCain/Goldwater | Salon Normally this is the type of political article I despise. Debate by analogy mixed with historic revisionism and a touch of baseless speculation. But… Continue reading Obama/Kennedy vs. McCain/Goldwater

China wants hotels to filter Internet

The Chinese government is demanding that US-owned hotels there filter Internet service during the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, US Senator Sam Brownback has alleged. From Computerworld – US senator: China wants hotels to filter Internet Once again reality beats the Onion to the absurdist headline. Keep in mind that US companies like Yahoo, Google,… Continue reading China wants hotels to filter Internet

Gilligan’s Food Network

If Gilligan’s Island was remade for the Food Network. Gilligan’s Island Food Network Thurston Howell III Emeril Lagasse Lovey Paula Dean Ginger Giada De Laurentiis Marianne Rachael Ray The Professor Alton Brown Skipper Mario Batali Gilligan Bobby Flay

Clinton, Obama and McCain on WWE

Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain will appear on World Wrestling Entertainment’s live “Monday Night Raw” (8-11 p.m. EST on cable’s USA network) but instead of smacking each other down, they separately will deliver some wrestling-themed stumping in taped messages before Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary. The Associated Press: Clinton, Obama and McCain on WWE’s… Continue reading Clinton, Obama and McCain on WWE

Obama, get ready for the Clinton rules

And as Barack Obama should have learned during the debate’s first 45 minutes, if not before, the same fuzzy but obsessive focus on “character” that plagues Bill and Hillary Clinton will be turned on him with equal or greater ferocity by those who once claimed to admire him. He is now subject to the “Clinton… Continue reading Obama, get ready for the Clinton rules

Worst. President. Ever.

Bush has established himself as the torture president, the basis for his invasion of Iraq has been exposed as a fraud, the Iraq War itself has gone disastrously, the nation’s network of alliances has faded, and the economy has gone into a tailspin-not to mention the bungled handling of relief for victims of hurricane Katrina.… Continue reading Worst. President. Ever.