3.06.2009

Political cartoons of the week

There's a joke in there about Rush being a political cartoon without being drawn. But I'm too adult to make it.







Very, very ungood

The economy lost 651,000 jobs in February. 104,000 Construction Jobs… 168,000 Factory Jobs… 40,000 Retail Jobs... 180,000 Professional And Business Service Jobs … 78,000 Temp Agency Jobs... 33,000 Leisure and Hospitality Jobs

That's 3.3 million in the last 6 months.

Unemployment is 8.1%, a 25-year high.

We had ALL best be pulling for the stimulus to work.







3.05.2009

Stewart and Colbert go for the throat

Jon Stewart, fresh from being blown off by CNBC's resident screaming Lord Of the Flies populist Rick Santelli, fires back at Santelli and his network and burning them down.

"If only I'd followed CNBC's advice, I'd have a million dollars, provided I'd started with a hundred million dollars."



Meanwhile Stephen Colbert takes aim at Fox panic-meister Glenn Beck and his hysterical (in both senses of the word) doomsday scenarios. Instead of GLENN BECK'S WAR ROOM, Colbert takes us to the Doom Bunker. GHOST MALLS! HILLBILLY HEROIN!!! And FOG!!!

Peabody #2 anyone?




I can't make fun of this

Really.  This is just sad, what he's done to himself.

Announcing a concert in London today, the press got their first chance in several years to photograph Michael Jackson.  Just a pity.







News bloopers

Onacounna I need a laugh




National news bloopers

3.04.2009

Rush lies: Dems wanted us to lose Iraq

Dave Neiwert of Crooks and Liars is challenging a Limbaugh meme from his beer hall speech at CPAC.  Limbaugh, trying to pull the "you did it first" line of reasoning 4th graders use, said"

Limbaugh: Did the Democrats want the war in Iraq to fail?

[Crowd shouts:] Yeah!

Limbaugh: Well, they certainly did. We were in the process of winning the war and the last thing they wanted was to win. They hoped George Bush failed.

That's a bald-faced lie.  And Neiwert is demanding proof:
I'd like to challenge Hannity, or Steele, or Limbaugh, to search the public record to find any leading Democrat -- congressman, senator, talking head, or otherwise -- who ever said: "I hope George Bush fails in Iraq."
Where is it? We're waiting.

Waiting....

Waiting....

Are you SURE you want Rush as the face of your party?

You only need to watch the first 2:55 of this video to get a sense of the true nature of this fat, bloated, drug addict.

He mocks Michael J. Fox - who was campaigning for Claire McCaskill - and the effects of his Parkinsons. He MOCKS him. Watch. Be disgusted. And then tell me why this assclown should represent any party, any group of people or be allowed to act is if anything he says is a serious commentary on anything.

He is not a serious leader, and any Republican who thinks he is plays with the future of the GOP. Of people under 40, only 11% of Americans like him. He is listened to by rich, older white men. This gives me hope. This is a blip in time.

3.01.2009

Kanye West, Chris Brown and Rihanna are all idiots Chris Brown and O.J.

...and which of them is the biggest idiot is a coin flip.

Let's start with Kanye:

Taping an episode of VH1's Storytellers, Kanye had the following Homeric recitation to make:
"Can't we give Chris (Brown) a break? ... I know I make mistakes in life … Michael Jackson, amazing. Michael Phelps, amazing ... He's a real fuckin' person; he makes mistakes … O.J. Simpson, amazing. Is he not? What he did, when he did, what he did. Was he not amazing though?"
Oh no, he did-uhnt! Oh yes, he did.

Sure, O.J. might have an anger management problem, but only murdered TWO people. And it was all on ONE night. But he ran with that ball amazing well for a decade. That's gotta at least be a wash, right? No?

Now to Chris Brown. This is easy... here's Rihanna on Grammy Night. Sometimes you've gotta tell 'em twice, right Chris?



So why is the battered woman an idiot? Because SHE TOOK HIM BACK. 

Oh no, she did-uhnt! Oh yes, she did. 

Nice message to the girls who made you rich. Look for her next single "Self-Esteem Ain't Worth a Shit". I've got an idea for the album cover.