Archive for May, 2008
Larry Johnson Is Cuckoo-Bananas
While I’ve been busy crank-calling idiots like Joe Lieberman, my brother Ray has been busy antagonizing another member of the cuckoo-bananas brigade: Larry Johnson and his Flying Monkeys at No Quarter, a site that should probably be renamed “No Ethics” or “No Sanity”.
Larry, who’s decided that John McCAin would be a better president than Obama, [...]
National “Suck on This” Day
Via Atrios, today we celebrate National “Suck on This” Day, memorializing when foreign policy super-genius Tom Friedman opined… well just watch:
I think it [the invasion of Iraq] was unquestionably worth doing, Charlie.
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We needed to go over there, basically, um, and um, uh, take [...]
RIP, Harvey Korman
Harvey Korman: 1927-2008
Read More..>>Excuses, Excuses
Writing in Atlanta Journal Constitution (via the Stinkquirer, Jay Bookman is all about making excuses. According to Jay, it’s not the media’s fault America was lied into war: it’s the voters’ fault:
But here’s the hard part: Much of what is now being said of Bush and his administration can also be said of [...]
The Big Difference: Specter v. Casey
UPDATED BELOW
As regular readers are surely aware, I have a fairly consistent and contentious relationship with my two senators Arlen Specter and Bob Casey, thanks to my nearly daily calls to their offices to complain about this, that, or the other thing. Sometimes I place these calls simply to be an asshole: when my [...]
Read More..>>Fun With Joe Lieberman’s Office
Riiiing….riiing….
“Hello, Senator Lieberman’s office.”
“Hi my name is Brendan Skwire. I’m calling from out of state. Listen, I hear Senator Lieberman’s catching an awful lot of flack for headlining an event for John Hagee. He’s the controversial pastor that McCain is distancing himself from, the one who says that Jews brought the Holocaust on themselves, and [...]
Bill Monroe: Body and Soul
Body and Soul
One of Bill’s most powerful performances.
Jimmy Martin
I’m disgusted with the Clintons but on vacation in Texas, so fuck ‘em and their douchebag supporters.
Instead, here’s some Jimmy Martin, documentaries and videos.
Drink Up and Go Home
Tennessee
Read More..>>Police Fired for Beating Suspects
Last week, there was a truly wretched incident in Philadelphia’s troubled history. Following the unacceptable and disgusting murder of Sgt. Steven Liczbinski, police in an unrelated incident pulled over a car filled with individuals suspected in a triple driveby, pulled the suspects from the car, and administered an uncalled for beating. Although Police Commissioner [...]
Read More..>>Phone Call to Arlen Specter
The news of Senator Kennedy’s cancer hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday. I am typically hostile and caustic to politicians, but there is one major exception: I love Ted Kennedy. I think he’s perhaps the greatest sitting senator of my lifetime. His tireless efforts on behalf of the poor, those [...]
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