Rush, the big fat bastard, on WABCSpewing propaganda forth while popping his O.C.Little Chippy Saltsman loves that bastard Rush,Distributing a parody containing his fat fluff. oh! Rush, the big fat bastard, on WABCSpewing propaganda forth while popping his O.C.Rush, the big fat bastard, on WABCSpewing propaganda forth while popping his O.C. Together they conspired to […]
Sex Ex Abstinence
Once in a while, two stories hit the news together and you wonder why they aren’t being told as one by the media. Today, those two stories are the birth of Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston and the results of a scientific study of teenage virginity pledges. In case you couldn’t guess from the name ‘Tripp,’ […]
Christmas Present to Myself
I’m giving myself a Christmas present this week: a vacation from blogging. It’s not that I’m tired of doing all the research, linking, writing, and coding. In fact, I like blogging for these very reasons. But there’s a monster growling in my head, and I have put off feeding him for way too long. For […]
Torture Serves Politics, not Intelligence
Torture is wrong, and there ends the moral argument against it. For while this truth is unimpeachable, it doesn’t settle the matter. Humans do all kinds of wrong things for expedient reasons. Now that the Vice President has bluntly acknowledged his role in approving torture for the War on Terror, it’s time for an equally […]
Parody Power
One of my favorite bloggers, Bob Cesca, has done me the tremendous honor of posting my song parody on his front page. For me, this is a bit like a nod from the Pulitzer committee. It’s not a prize, exactly, but a deeply appreciated gesture of approval from a past master of invective. I feel […]
Taint Funny, McGee!
As many bloggers have pointed out, Blagojevich’s crime isn’t what he was trying to do, but how he tried to do it. All politicians trade favors for support, but this was naked salesmanship. Blagojevich was trying to auction Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder. The word ‘politics’ comes from the same root as ‘polite;’ […]
The Other Shoe
There’s a joke they have told in Baghdad for a thousand years. It never gets old to them. It’s the tale of a man who came home to his apartment drunk every night. He would take off his shoes and throw them one at a time into the corner, where they always landed with a […]
The Shoe Incident
Junior’s ‘legacy project’ was destroyed over the weekend by a pair of shoes. In case you’ve been living in a cave, here’s the video: There are some liberal bloggers out there expressing concern at the sight of such disrespect to the office of president. I suppose it’s a credit to them that they would worry […]
Dear Senator Shelby
Senator, you’ve been all over cable news lately. I’ve spotted your sound bites delivered from behind your microphone at Detroit bailout hearings. You’ve been waxing rhapsodic about the foreign auto plants in Alabama, and lecturing Detroit for not being innovative enough. Now you’ve joined your fellow Republican senators to block the bailout bill. The last […]
Letter to the Times Daily
This letter ran today in the Times Daily. It’s a response to a classic of hooplehead wisdom from a Mr. Jimmy Wayne Cosby. (Don’t serial killers go by all three names?) Wayne Cosby has a habit of using the president-elect’s middle name whenever possible; turnabout is fair play. To the Editor: Recently, Mr. Wayne Cosby […]
The word is ‘Taint’
Illinois governor Blagojevich wanted to sell Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder. Obama wanted him to give the seat to (horrors!) a qualified statesman. “They’re not willing to give me anything except appreciation. F**k them,” Blagojevich said. But somehow, this leaves the president-elect “tainted?” Just 24 hours after this scandal broke, there are already […]