“Sure, it’s not 1985 right now, but who knows what tomorrow will bring?” – Homer Simpson Despite this week’s rejuvenation of Reverend Wright mania there really is very little left to be said about either the Democratic or Republican presidential nominating contests. On the Blue side Hillary Clinton continues to roll the dice on long [...]
Archive for April 2008
Gun Jumping
I Trust Hillary Clinton
Denver: City of Love
A Semi-Serious Question
Pour Some ’Tussin on It
“Thirty cases of cough syrup, sign here.” – Delivery Man “Ah, ha ha, I got hooked on the stuff in the service.” – Moe the Bartender Nobody really knows what’s going on with the economy but there have been enough scary signs lately that it is a focus of concern for a lot of people. [...]
1901: An Oil Odyssey
“Boss, I had an idea to lighten up my image. A special feature: Films I Have Loved.” – Jay Sherman “Okay, but this better not be a list of arty foreign films that nobody gives a crap about.” – Duke Phillips On Tuesday There Will Be Blood was released for home video. That sentence is [...]
Questions, Quandaries and Quagmires
“Chat away, I’ll just amuse myself with some pornographic playing cards.” – Mayor Quimby General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker testified before the Senate yesterday. Today they’re going to the other side of Capitol Hill for a similarly pointless day of trying to say as little as possible. Petraeus and Crocker are up on [...]
Iraq, Episode XI: A Failure by any Other Name
“Rocky “V”, that was the fifth one! So Rocky five, plus Rocky two, equals Rocky seven, Adrian’s Revenge!” – Bart Simpson As with most things Iraq related, the reaction to the recent fighting in Basra would be extremely funny if it was just another domestic American political soap opera instead of a war that kills [...]
Credit Where Credit Is Due
“I now call to order the first meeting of the ancient mystic society of . . . No Homers.” – Number One Bush the Younger was in Ukraine yesterday and he was extending his support to the idea that Ukraine (and Georgia) should be permitted to begin joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. I have [...]
“Stewie, uh, any parting words?” – Ed McMahon “Um, you know I . . . I got beat, pure and simple.” – Stewie Griffin The hand wringing and teeth gnashing that followed Hillary Clinton’s victory in Pennsylvania last week was as predictable as it was pointless. Take a look at the headlines (you don’t need [...]