“How can 2,000,000 blacks get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps when 200,000 couldn’t get out of New Orleans in 85 degree temps with four days notice?” This question was posed in an email sent out by Florida Republican State Committeewoman Carol Carter of Hillsborough County. She later sent out this […]
Month: February 2009
Shorter Verbatim Glenn Reynolds, circa 2004: “TODDZILLA ASKS: ‘Where is everybody going to Spring Break? Daytona? Guantanamo Bay?’ Well, there are some similarities…” Hah
It’s really too bad that the Yankees aren’t dumb enough to follow this kind of advice. And yet, the competition remains stiff.…Kaufman: “One of these days, there’s going
You know, if you want to argue that the internet has made American politics “considerably ruder, cruder, and more paranoid than it used to be,” you’d do well to find a better totem of our lost virtues than the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates. Leave aside the obvious fact that the major subject of their argument — […]
Jethro Tull robbed again! See, it’s a meta-joke about the irrelevance of the Grammys that I’m the millionth person to make a 20-year-old joke. It’s like the Oscars, I guess — t
Apparently there is now a self-described wingnut answer to Doonesbury. I dunno, I think it makes me miss the crudely drawn cartoon duck reading Glenn Beck transcripts. Maybe they should start smaller,
Always remember that the free market is always vastly more efficient and less wasteful than government: New state gift disclosures show it cost Liberty Legal Institute and the two law firms working with it $185,000 to represent six Alaska legislators in an unsuccessful lawsuit to halt their colleagues’ “Troopergate” investigation. The legislators listed a $25,000 […]
In these dark hours, nothing lifts the spirit like a good swine- and throat-rape-themed manifesto. Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they
The key to diplomacy is to tell lies plausible enough that the listener isn’t embarrassed: A foretaste of what would be in store for President Hamid Karzai after the election of a new American a
In light of recent developments, I would like to reaffirm my support for and complete loyalty to the Colonial government, its legitimate civilian leadership, and its duly appointed military commanders. Oh, and permanent alliance with the Cylons is a really, really good idea. That is all.
I’ve often remarked that the New York Times non-news sections too often present the implication that their audience is made up primarily of multimillionaires. One of the worst examples I can rec
My hopes for sanity between Russia and the US may have been premature: The United States will pursue a missile defense plan that has angered the Kremlin, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Saturd