President Obama went into the Lions Den today and took questions from Republican members of Congress. The end result? The Lions got mauled...
The GOP is reportedly now regretting allowing this exchange to be televised and it's no wonder. As member after member of the GOP caucus tried to trot out talking points , the President calmly destroyed them with facts. The biggest take away for the Republicans?
Reality is not their friend...
Friday, January 29, 2010
Go see Avatar. It's driving the Conservative Nutjobs out of their minds...
Apparently James Cameron's mercenaries are a little too Blackwater-esqe, and their mining company employer strikes a little too close to home for Haliburton fans.
Awwwww... poor little wingnut teabaggers are scared of the big lefty pro-environment digital cartoon?
Good.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Hey there kids! It's the President Obama State of the Union Drinking game!
NOTE: The Huffington Post in no way encourages binge drinking. This is the comedy section. If you actually drank as much as we suggested you would die, so do not do that.
| EVENT | INSTRUCTIONS |
|---|---|
| Obama says "let me be clear" | Do one shot |
| Obama says "change isn't easy" | Do one shot |
| Obama says "make no mistake" | Do one shot |
| Obama says "Let me be clear, change isn't easy, make no mistake." | He's screwing with you to get you drunk, so five shots |
| Joe Wilson yells something | Do two shots |
| Obama yells back | Finish the bottle |
| Obama says "jobs" | Do one shot, two if you're unemployed |
| Obama says "health care" | Do not drink, you will not be given a replacement liver |
| Nancy Pelosi claps like a seal | Do one shot |
| Nancy Pelosi becomes a seal | STOP DRINKING FOR THE LOVE OF GOD |
| Obama mentions Bo | Put beer in your dog's water bowl |
| Michelle Obama wears a slinky dress | Go immediately to the HuffPost Style pagefor close-ups |
| Joe Biden nods-off/laughs inappropriately/starts talking before the speech is over | Do three shots |
| Obama uses the term "Congressional leadership" | Do two shots carefully as all that laughing will make it difficult to swallow |
| Obama says he's "fighting for you" | Do one shot, two if you believe him |
| Obama mentions Haiti | Text “Haiti” to the number 90999 and donate $10 to the Red Cross |
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
This pretty much sums it up...
Dear President Obama & The Democratic Party...
Would you PLEASE grow a pair!
Would you PLEASE grow a pair!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The Sanctimonius Marriage of Ingorance and Hate that is , Pat Robertson.
Sometimes it is hard to know where to even begin....
For decades the "Reverend" Pat Robertson has been on television spewing the most ridiculous, insane, blashphemous bile. Claiming nothing less than to be God's political spokesman. To list all of the demented ramblings of this lunatic here would take months, perhaps even years to fully chronicle. But who could forget one Pat's greatest hits from his Gospel According to Crazy. Here in his famous role of backup singer for the equally blasphemous nut job Jerry Falwell...
So once again the rest of us in the reality based community are left scratching our heads in horror and disbelief at what this sad, bitter bigot says while claiming to be a Man of God.
It long past time for this pathetic bitter and sadly demented old man to be taken aside, given something soft to chew and put to bed. The only "higher calling" Pat Roberson is interested in serving, is himself.
For decades the "Reverend" Pat Robertson has been on television spewing the most ridiculous, insane, blashphemous bile. Claiming nothing less than to be God's political spokesman. To list all of the demented ramblings of this lunatic here would take months, perhaps even years to fully chronicle. But who could forget one Pat's greatest hits from his Gospel According to Crazy. Here in his famous role of backup singer for the equally blasphemous nut job Jerry Falwell...
Amazingly enough, blaming Americans he simply didn't like for the attacks of 9-11, wasn't loony enough for Pat Robertson. This weeks horrific earthquake in Haiti has given us yet another glimpse into the hate fueled dementia that Pat Robertson claims to be his faith in God.
As Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said "well over" 100,000 people may have died in the natural disaster, Robertson took to the airwaves Wednesday on his cable tv show and said that the country has been "cursed by one thing after another" since they "swore a pact to the devil." But before giving us that delightful explanation of why Haiti had suffered an earthquake, he first pontificated on how this horrible natural disaster, which may end up claiming thousands of lives, was in fact a "blessing in disguise" for the people of Haiti.
As Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said "well over" 100,000 people may have died in the natural disaster, Robertson took to the airwaves Wednesday on his cable tv show and said that the country has been "cursed by one thing after another" since they "swore a pact to the devil." But before giving us that delightful explanation of why Haiti had suffered an earthquake, he first pontificated on how this horrible natural disaster, which may end up claiming thousands of lives, was in fact a "blessing in disguise" for the people of Haiti.
So once again the rest of us in the reality based community are left scratching our heads in horror and disbelief at what this sad, bitter bigot says while claiming to be a Man of God.
Lets be clear. Pat Robertson is not a Christian. Oh he is very good at claiming to be. But there is very little coming out of his mouth, that bears any relation to the words of Jesus Christ. Pat Robertson's religion is in fact, Pat Robertson. Pat is a dedicated disciple of his own bigotry and opportunism. Pat Robertson’s one true God is the money and conservative political power, that peddling hatred has earned him over the years.
It long past time for this pathetic bitter and sadly demented old man to be taken aside, given something soft to chew and put to bed. The only "higher calling" Pat Roberson is interested in serving, is himself.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
2010... Welcome to the...uh... Future??
Wow... 2010. How did that happen? I remember sitting in elementary school in January 1980, Our teacher asked the class to share our "predictions of what what we thought life and the world would be like in the year 2010.
We all had the typical "kid answers"; flying cars, cities under the sea and on the surface of the moon and suborbital fights that would get you from New York to Tokyo in twenty minutes. Basically life in 2010 would be one big episode of "The Jetsons".
Then in 1983 the consumer electronics industry was going to put the future in the palm of our hands!... Well, sort of....
That next year in 1984, Hollywood did for 2010 what it had done for the year 2000 sixteen years earlier. With the 'sequel' to "2001 A Space Odyssey", "2010 The Year We Make Contact" gave us a less fanciful , but none the less fantastic image of what awaited mankind at the dawn of the 21rst Century's second decade. Space shots to Jupiter, colonies on Mars and the ever present talking computer to do our work for us.
A good friend of mine who was with me in that classroom 30 years ago, recently lamented how much the reality of 2010 didn't match our predictions. I told him, when you compare just how different life is now in relation to technology , it really is remarkable. He wasn't all that convinced. So I reminded him of the computer games we used to play when we were kids, on my old Apple computer. I remember that machine well. It was my first "real computer". It was an Apple IIe. When my Dad brought it home I was in awe. This was machine that was going bring "the future" right to me...
Now I carry in my POCKET a Blackberry that costs a fraction of what that machine did, and can do more than 10 of those machines ever could. Pretty amazing when you think about it.
Granted, we don't have flying cars that take us to floating cities and shopping malls, but I am typing this blog entry on a netbook computer on a wireless network, while having a Skype video chat with Eric in London. So 2010 may not be the Jetsons or the year we "Make Contact" but all in all, it's shaping up to be the start of a pretty cool decade.
Happy New Year ,and New Decade Everyone!
We all had the typical "kid answers"; flying cars, cities under the sea and on the surface of the moon and suborbital fights that would get you from New York to Tokyo in twenty minutes. Basically life in 2010 would be one big episode of "The Jetsons".
Then in 1983 the consumer electronics industry was going to put the future in the palm of our hands!... Well, sort of....
That next year in 1984, Hollywood did for 2010 what it had done for the year 2000 sixteen years earlier. With the 'sequel' to "2001 A Space Odyssey", "2010 The Year We Make Contact" gave us a less fanciful , but none the less fantastic image of what awaited mankind at the dawn of the 21rst Century's second decade. Space shots to Jupiter, colonies on Mars and the ever present talking computer to do our work for us.
A good friend of mine who was with me in that classroom 30 years ago, recently lamented how much the reality of 2010 didn't match our predictions. I told him, when you compare just how different life is now in relation to technology , it really is remarkable. He wasn't all that convinced. So I reminded him of the computer games we used to play when we were kids, on my old Apple computer. I remember that machine well. It was my first "real computer". It was an Apple IIe. When my Dad brought it home I was in awe. This was machine that was going bring "the future" right to me...
Now I carry in my POCKET a Blackberry that costs a fraction of what that machine did, and can do more than 10 of those machines ever could. Pretty amazing when you think about it.
Granted, we don't have flying cars that take us to floating cities and shopping malls, but I am typing this blog entry on a netbook computer on a wireless network, while having a Skype video chat with Eric in London. So 2010 may not be the Jetsons or the year we "Make Contact" but all in all, it's shaping up to be the start of a pretty cool decade.
Happy New Year ,and New Decade Everyone!
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