Posts Tagged ‘Sarah Palin’
Tea Party Stewing Over Captain America Slight
Issue 602 of Captain America finds the title hero investigating a right-wing anti-government militia group called "the Watchdogs". Hoping to infiltrate the group, Captain America and his African-American sidekick The Falcon observe an anti-tax protest from a rooftop. The protesters depicted are all white and carry signs adorned with slogans [...]
Palin Going Rogue and Running on Fumes
I tried to ignore the former Alaska governor. I didn't say a word when she quit her job last July. I didn't say anything sarcastic when she and David Letterman went round and round. But now I think she needs some advice. She's on her book tour for "Going Rogue", she's been on Oprah, and now all the hoopla is cooling so she's looking for [...]
Happy Birthday to Us
12 months and we're still alive and kicking, I'm not sure what to make of the last year. We've seen a global economic meltdown, the cancellation of Jon & Kate Plus 8, the election of a Black U.S. President, the birth of singing sensation Susan Boyle, the flame out of Sarah Palin, the introduction of the leopard print Snuggie, the death [...]
Teabagging- The New American Pastime
At first it was funny... now its just pathetic that this manufactured thrust of the headless Conservative movement has latched on to teabagging. How outside the mainstream are they that they proudly talk about their teabagging prowess? Ok to be fair these are the same people who thought the Village People were straight, that the world is only [...]
My Governor is Better Than Yours
Yes, members of his own party hate him. But come on, you have to envy my governor. He doesn't have to pander to the media or bow before the alter of Rush. Sure his approval ratings in his own state have hit new lows, but has yet to embarrass himself on the national stage. Esquire astutely pointed out that Schwarzenegger is governing 12% of [...]
Sarah Palin… Calendar Girl?
Last minute gift ideas…how about a 2009 Sarah Palin Calendar. Its perfect for the right winger in your life who thinks that Governor Palin is the Obi-Wan Kenobi of the Grand Old Party. As far as being the future of the party, she might to keep the news from Alaska on the more positive side. She can start by screening potential beaus [...]
E/I Programming – One to Grow On
You wouldn’t know it from scanning your TV Guide, but the FCC mandates that local televisions stations air three hours a week of what is called E/I programming. The E/I stands for Educational and Informational programming. The E/I mandate stems from the Children’s Television Act of 1990. Congress figured that if broadcasters were using [...]
