Wednesday, November 24, 2010
“Sarah Palin says she’s going to run for President in 2012. 2012. Donald Trump said he’s going to run for President in 2012 against Sarah Palin. Nice to know there will somebody equally unqualified.” – David Letterman “Now that would be some presidential race. You’ve got Donald Trump and Sarah Palin and the debates. Get […]
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The US airport security chief pleaded with Thanksgiving travelers to not boycott full-body scans this Wednesday, warning that would only “tie up people who want to go home and see their loved ones.” “Just one or two recalcitrant passengers at an airport is all it takes to cause huge delays. It doesn’t take much to […]
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
© Tom Tomorrow Letter from Congressman Rush Holt to the TSA Administrator.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
© Nate Beeler Obama defended the use of the new full-body scanners, while public opinion is starting to turn against the use of the new machines. And security expert Bruce Schneier claims that the new machines won’t catch anybody. In fact, even the manufacturers of the machines say that they would not have caught the […]
Monday, November 22, 2010
“The Situation from ‘Jersey Shore’ just shot a PSA with Bristol Palin about safe sex and abstinence. Wait, they wanted to do a PSA about not having sex and getting pregnant and they chose The Situation and Bristol Palin? Who’s doing their anti-drug campaign, Lindsay Lohan?” – Jimmy Fallon “By the way, if he gets […]
Sunday, November 21, 2010
[From Saturday Night Live] Two economists have come to an interesting conclusion about the new body scans and aggressive pat-downs. If people forego travel by air because they don’t want to be seen naked or groped, and instead drive during the upcoming holiday seasons, then more Americans will die because driving is mile-for-mile much more […]
Sunday, November 21, 2010
“The New Oxford Dictionary has declared Sarah Palin’s word ‘refudiate’ to be the 2010 Word of the Year. Palin was honored and said she would do her best to ‘dismangle’ the English language.” – Conan O’Brien “Over 5 million people tuned in to watch the premiere of Sarah Palin’s new show on TLC. It was […]
Saturday, November 20, 2010
© Glenn McCoy “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Ben Franklin. UPDATE: Here’s a case where the TSA arrested someone for taking off too many clothes.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
[by Geechee Girl, reprinted from Smoke Rings, Coffee Stains, with permission. Thanks Leslie.] I’ve been pretty vocal about the new TSA “security” procedures lately and how against them I am. I’m sure the next time I fly will be be “interesting” because of it. Heck, I was vocal about it when it first started changing, […]
Friday, November 19, 2010
© Clay Bennett Unfortunately, the same thing applies to Medicare and the defense budget.
Friday, November 19, 2010
“This will be a rough week for President Obama. He’s got a lame duck Congress, he has to pardon a turkey, he has to eat crow, and the Chinese just flipped him the bird. It’s been a fowl week.” – Jay Leno “President Obama’s picture book for kids is coming out. That’s when you know […]
Friday, November 19, 2010
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll provides an interesting view into the minds of Americans. Several polls in the past have shown that a majority of Americans want to cut the deficit, even during hard economic times. However, when asked how they would cut the deficit, 70% were against making any cuts to programs […]
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Esquire Magazine put together a commission to balance the budget. You may not agree with all their decisions, but at least they did it. If you want to skip to the detailed results, they are here. They did it with a combination of sensible spending cuts with a small amount of tax increases.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
“Sarah Palin has a new show. She takes viewers all around Alaska, and shows them where she water-boarded Levi Johnston.” – David Letterman “A show with Sarah Palin? Did we run out of Kardashians?” – David Letterman “John McCain makes an appearance on Palin’s show. He wasn’t scheduled, he just wanders through.” – David Letterman […]