“Only geeks sit in the front seat, from now on you sit in the back row. And that’s not just on the bus, it goes for school and church too.” – Bart Simpson “Why?” – Martin Prince ”So no one can see what you are doing.” – Bart Simpson “Oh, I think I understand. The [...]
Archive for February 2008
The Back of the Bus
Posted 27 February 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in 2008 Election, Fourth Estate, John McCain, Systems Analyst, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with diesel fumes make everyone light headed, I thought we were friends!, Saint McCain of the Quotations, the Super Bowl of politics
The Downside of Experience
“In light of these new facts, of which I now realize I was largely aware, I must take action.” – Mayor Quimby Of the three remaining presidential hopefuls, Barack Obama is generally considered to be the least experienced. In at least one way that is empirically true; he is fourteen years younger than Hillary Clinton [...]
Posted 24 February 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in John McCain, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with McCain sure likes his skinny blondes doesn’t he?, no smell lingers worse than under-cooked bullshit, not just a river in Egypt, of icebergs and tips, the prime sin
A Clinton Victory Scenario (Seriously)
“Being myself didn’t work. Being someone else didn’t work. Maybe I just wasn’t meant to have friends.” – Lisa Simpson I have learned to be very respectful of Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president. Throughout last year I thought her campaign was a paper tiger. I figured the political media, compelled to do full time campaign [...]
Posted 20 February 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in Barack Obama, Democratic Presidential Primary, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with desperate times call for desperate measures, Go Barack Go!, it ain’t over ‘til it’s over, it’s probably over though, Longhorns and Buckeyes are fickle saviors, unsolicited advice makes me feel dirty
Racial Judo
“All this time I thought these little crackers had turned racist, when actually they were so not racist that they didn’t even make a separation of black and white to begin with.” – Chef Whether or not he ends up the Democratic nominee, Barack Obama has already proved one thing: at least as far as [...]
Posted 17 February 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in Barack Obama, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with can’t we all just get along?, everybody’s a little bit racist, Go Barack Go!, if everyone says it’s not about race then, it’s definitely about race, racism is bad mmkay?, stereotypes are fun!
Fear Is Hope’s Natural Companion
“What if something goes wrong?” – Marge Simpson “What if. What if I’m taking a shower and I slip on a bar of soap…oh my God, I’d be killed!” – Homer Simpson After what was essentially a tie last Tuesday there was much speculation that the Blue nomination wouldn’t be decided even after all fifty [...]
Posted 13 February 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in Barack Obama, Democratic Presidential Primary, Hillary Clinton, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with Dune references rarely work that well, For Whom the Bell Tolls references always work well, Go Barack Go!, Hillary might want to think about at least cracking 40%, tie games are un-American, Warizona is not a word
Perfect Pitch vs Tone Deaf
“I can’t tell you how excited Rod Stewart is about this millennium concert. He’s gotten a little older but you’re gonna see how much he can still rock.” – Rod Stewart’s Manager Barring a serious medical complication, and at his age it’s a real possibility, John McCain now has the Republican nomination sewn up. Mitt [...]
Posted 10 February 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in Barack Obama, Democratic Presidential Primary, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Primary, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with bring me the head of Mitt Romney!, give the people what they want, Go Barack Go!, Matlock for President, scaring the shit out of people didn’t work in 2006, see what I did there with that "Red scare" thing?
Democracy Theater
“Ripoff!” – Abe Simpson “We paid for blood!” – Hans Moleman Democracy is a strange thing isn’t it? At its core it is utterly simple, every member of a group gets one vote and whichever position garners the most votes wins. The end. In practice, of course, it is a bit more complex. Last night [...]
Posted 6 February 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in Barack Obama, Democratic Presidential Primary, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Primary, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with Go Barack Go!, Go John Go!, if it made sense it would be less fun, the lost are of effective scheduling, tie games are un-American
Please Don’t Watch Election TV, It’s What They Want
“Early reports indicate, and these are very preliminary, that one of the fighters is a giant lizard.” – Kent Brockman This Tuesday half of the states united will, in one manner or another, indicate their preference for party presidential nominees. It is the closest we’ll come to a national moment of political decision until November. [...]
Posted 3 February 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in Democratic Presidential Primary, Republican Presidential Primary, The Art of the Possible, The Vast Wasteland
Tagged with a pox on all their houses, anyone want to play basketball or chess on Tuesday?, maybe I’ll go to a bar instead, patience is still a virtue isn’t it?, TV sucks
