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Monthly Archives: June 2010

How to Run Your Family like a Corporation

© Ruben Bolling What is it with the current swarm of corporate CEOs who are running for political office? Didn’t we learn our lesson after Dubya promised during his campaign to run the government like a business? If Tony Hayward weren’t British, I’m sure the Republicans would be trying to nominate him for the presidency. […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Yesterday during a press conference, BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg caused some controversy when he said BP cares about the ‘small people.’ Part of his new strategy — plug the hole by digging himself into a deeper one.” – Jimmy Fallon “These British Petroleum guys can’t do anything right. The chairman of BP, Carl-Henric Svanberg, told […]

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It’s only being a parasite when other people do it

This guy has to be a winner in the “do as I say, not as I do” contest. David Jungerman of Raytown, Missouri posted a large sign on a semi-truck along a major highway. The sign reads: Are You A Producer or Parasite Democrats – Party of Parasites However, a quick check of a farm […]

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Environmental Truth is Stranger than Science Fiction

© Tom Tomorrow

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Late Night Political Humor

“Last night, President Barack Obama spoke from the Oval Office about his plan to clean up the oil spill. Did you folks get a chance to see it? Yeah. Well, I’m glad that problem’s behind us.” – David Letterman “Last night, President Obama delivered a prime time address on the oil spill. He said his […]

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The New Right-Wing Noise Machine

© Tom Toles I’m sure most patriotic right-wing Americans don’t even know what a Vuvuzela is, since they would never be caught dead watching anything but American Football. But if they use their trunks instead, that will be even better, since it will grow every time they say something!

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The Whup-Ass Chronicles

[This is another story from Fred Wickham that I’m reposting. See his site for more.] On January 20th, 2008, a truckload of Whup-Ass was delivered to the White House. The pallets sat unbroken for nearly eighteen months until today, when President Obama had Rahm Emmanuel bring a box into the oval office. “How do we […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“President Obama was in the gulf region again today, having lunch at a local seafood restaurant. Horrible timing. A clam coughed up a tarball.” – David Letterman “President Obama also ordered a lemon-lime snow cone on the beach. A little awkward. Obama was like, ‘Forget the oil spill for a minute. Can we figure out […]

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The Shakedown

© Jim Morin First, Obama meets with BP and gets them to set up a $20 billion fund to help people whose livelihoods were damaged by the Gulf oil spill. Second, Republican Congressman Joe Barton apologizes to BP in a Congressional hearing, saying: I’m ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday. I think […]

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Hey buddy, can you spare a job?

© Tony Piro So, which one would you hire?

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Late Night Political Humor

“How about that oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. And you know, the oil slick is going everywhere. So the next time somebody lands on the Hudson, it won’t be that big a deal.” – David Letterman “The White House said today that BP is moving up its timeline for containing the oil by […]

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Another Reason to Love Rachel Maddow

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A Real Kick in the Pants

© Steve Sack We never learn.

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Repeal The Chicken Tax!

This isn’t recent news, but it is so hilarious that I just had to write about it. A friend of mine really wants to buy a Volkswagen camper van. The only problem was that VW stopped selling them in the US in 2003, despite the fact that that they have remained so popular that a […]

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Still Pressing the (Sn)Ooze Button

© Dan Wasserman When will we wake up? We directly subsidize things that cause us irreparable harm. We spend trillions of dollars killing people so that we can fill up our bloated SUVs. We must have a tin (Sn) ear.

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