Owner: how far from the pack have you strayed? URL:http://thingsthatarenotwrong.blogspot.com/ Join Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:33:03 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: the observations of a somewhat well-educated and curious student of american history who reads and views more media than he really should. all of that, and hopefully he is able to bring the funny every now and then. Site statistics:Click here
who wants to be a senator? 2007-06-13 09:25:00 yep, the death of sen. thomas (r-wy) has left the already troubled gop in more trouble...apparently, nobody wants
the seat. so, the gop turns to the next logical step (other than alan keyes), they post a want ad on the wyoming gop website. just think of it...."you could be the next senator from our country’s least populous state, thus living out your dream of having a ridiculously disproportionate amount of power in an ostensibly representative democracy!"
the iphone is a liberal, san francisco values loving threat 2007-06-12 07:46:00 ahhh, nice to see the ipod ads reminding us of those days last november) when we thought that nancy pelosi was going to take over the government and get us out of iraq...memories. this opens the floodgate of "iphone hates america, freedom, god, unborn babies, etc." jokes...or maybe steve jobs just thinks (and rightly so) that you'r rather rub your finger over nancy pelosi than...um (think of republicans in the news...)...alberto gonzalez or scooter libby. also (comments via wonkette.com):- If we don't defeat the Macs on the desktop we'll have to fight them in our pants pockets. - I bet you didn't know that the iPhone, when pressed against a pregnant woman's belly, performs abortions too. Ah, technology today...- I'm assuming a Conservative Handheld would have a monochromatic screen (since everything is black and white), no networking functions (it's a unilateral gadget, dammit!), garbles all input and output, is slow, and crashes all the time. Ergo, an Apple Newton! Read more:threat
best (and most appropriate) use of devil's fingers ever 2007-06-11 12:53:00 at least his fingers feel the need to confess to the bulgarians that he's the devil...i wonder if it smells of sulfur still in bulgaria? bonus points for anyone who gets that chavez reference.
justice waaaaaaaaaaaaay delayed 2007-06-20 09:58:00 with a quick scan of CNN and MSNBC, you may think that the only news has to do with paris hilon or a missing white pregnant lady in ohio, but it's funny when you look at what's making headlines in britain:Next month James Fowler is expected to be charged in Alabama with the 1965 killing of Jimmie Jackson - which triggered the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march famously attacked by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma...Federal authorities in the US are under pressure to make a final effort to bring unsolved race crimes from the civil rights era to trial after a 71-year-old former Ku Klux Klansman was found guilty of charges over the 1964 deaths of two black teenagers.James Seale was convicted on Thursday of kidnapping and conspiracy in the killings of Henry Dee and Charles Moore, who were found dead in the Mississippi river after they went missing while hitchhiking. The federal jury heard that the teenagers had been brutally beaten before being dropped into the river tied Read more:delayed
mike gravel: keeping the dems interesting 2007-06-18 10:33:00 yep, the crazy due from alaska is back making the democratic primaries 'bearable' thanks to his antics. first, it was the hilarious youtube "rock in pond" video:now, it turns out he's been hitting the d.c. gay bar scene. i cannot wait to see what this dude does next...please oh please let him hang around the race for a while...i may even sit through another whole debate to see what comes out of his mouth...or at least watch the highlights, that is. one can only take so much chris matthews. Read more:interesting
dunce-cap nation of retards 2007-06-25 14:06:00 the new newsweek has a piece on just how misinformed americans are. more people know who won american idol than who the chief justice of the supreme court is. oy. wonkette had some salient comments on the article:How dumb are Americans? A fifth of you think most of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq, which makes sense as 41% of you think the September 11, 2001, attacks were an Iraqi military operation. An elite 11% were able to identify the chief justice of the Supreme Court.If you’ve wondered who could possibly approve of Dick Cheney, it is likely the same 10% who believe the American or British empires predate the Roman Empire, or the 8% who chose “sports utility vehicles” as the one thing that definitely does not contribute to global warming. Read more:nation
the commuter-in-chief 2007-07-03 07:36:00 wonkette on the libby commutation:Number of pardons Bush has granted: 113, less than any president in a century.Number of pardons Bush has denied: More than 1,000.Number of commutation requests Bush has denied: More than 4,000.Commuting Cheney’s henchman’s prison sentence right after the bail appeal is denied by the U.S. Court of Appeals: Fuck you, America!
operation commando eagle 2007-07-01 17:48:00 the latest iraq operation is "operation commando eagle"...or as the stephanie miller show has been calling it, "operation eagle without underpants."
mitt romney hates puppies 2007-07-01 17:40:00 forget the fact that he can't go one week without changing his mind on some issue, he does stand firmly on one issues: his hatred of puppies
. on a family vacation drive in 1983, the following happened:"Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family’s hulking Irish setter, in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon’s roof rack …. Tagg Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon, keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble. ”Dad!” he yelled. ”Gross!” A brown liquid was dripping down the back window, payback from an Irish setter who’d been riding on the roof in the wind for hours."who sticks their dog in a cage on the roof of their car? this can only mean one thing...i will now be forced to refer to him as mitt griswold.
lying libby drops the quarter mil 2007-07-06 09:30:00 how much you wanna bet he tries to deduct this from his taxes? the odds are just as good that he'll become the new justice foxspert. Read more:quarter
cause they can only win if they cheat 2007-07-09 09:59:00 like we still needed any proof...dateline: tallahasseeInternal city memos show the issue of Republican "vote caging" efforts in Jacksonville's African-American neighborhoods was discussed in the weeks before the 2004 election, contradicting recent claims by former Duval County Republican leader Mike Hightower - the Bush-Cheney campaign's local chairman at the time."Caging" is a longtime voter suppression practice by which political parties collect undeliverable or unreturned mail and use it to develop "challenge lists" on Election Day.The contradiction comes to light as the U.S. Justice Department continues to consider a June 18 request from two U.S. senators for an investigation into potential illegal voter suppression tactics in Duval County three years ago. A department spokeswoman said last week that the request is still being reviewed.all this talk of caging makes me think of another person in the news: scooter libby...and a famous passage from his novel, the apprentice:At age t
'nsync creator faces 130 years in prison 2007-07-13 09:18:00 stup ...and no, it's not for subjecting our ears to such musical classics such as "bye, bye, bye," "i drive myself crazy," and "(god must have spent) a little more time on you." while those would be worthy of at least a few years in the pokey, this lou pearlman fellow (apparently also responsible for those backstreet boys) is in trouble for other reasons:Former boy-band impresario Lou Pearlman, known for launching 'N Sync and Backstreet Boys, refused on Wednesday to enter a plea to fraud charges in an alleged $100 million swindle.Pearlman, who left the United States in January ahead of the federal charges and was caught in Indonesia using the alias A. Incognito Johnson, was ordered held without bond pending a future hearing."In order to not waive any jurisdictional issues that may arise, I will stand mute, Mr. Pearlman will stand mute as to the indictment," his lawyer, Fletcher Peacock, told Judge Donald Dietrich during an arraignment in US District Court in Orlando. now if only he c Read more:creator
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cause eating your friends can be delicious and high in fiber 2007-07-18 11:33:00 Other Cereals From the Makers of Kashi's "Good Friends."BY DAVID WOLINSKY- - - -Strictly Platonic O'sLet's Get a Divorce Honey Nut CheeriosWe're No Longer Speaking Give Me Back My Blender Nut ClustersPrenuptial Wheat CrispsI'm Having Your Bastard Child Reginald Grainfest Read more:eating
cheney officialy becomes president 2007-07-20 13:52:00 via wonkette.com's dept. of we kinda saw this comingWe are officially doomed. Tony Snow just announced that Dick Cheney is taking over as president, officially this time, as George W. Bush is being shipped off to “Camp David” to “have his ass checked out for cancer.” Say good-bye to Dubya. Yes, you hated him, but soon you’ll be missing him.They’re putting Bush “under amnesia,” according to the Associated Press bulletin that just hit the wires. And that will be different how, exactly, than a regular day for Bush? We assume they mean he’s going to be knocked out with drugs … and that he’ll never awake.
president bush hates children...or at least insured ones 2007-07-22 08:07:00 from today new york times editorial:President Bush is threatening to veto any substantial increase in spending for a highly successful children’s health program on the bizarre theory that expanding it would be the “beginning salvo” in establishing a government-run health care system. His shortsighted ideological opposition would leave millions of children without health insurance at a time when medical costs are soaring.The president’s ire was provoked by a bipartisan bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee last week that would expand the so-called State Children’s Health Insurance Program, a joint federal-state effort that, over the last decade, has substantially reduced the number of uninsured children in the country. The program, known as S-chip, seeks to cover children whose family income is too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to afford costly private coverage. It is due to expire on Sept. 30 unless Congress reauthorizes it.... Read more:least
lou has lost it...but does he still hate mexicans? 2007-07-23 23:14:00 so, do the illegal immigrants get to take part in your hug, too, mr. dobbs?it's the "not a scientific poll" part that just kills me.
washington post spend 700+ words on hilary's cleavage 2007-07-29 13:42:00 really? so she wore a slightly low-cut top on the senate floor. so fricking what?"With Clinton, there was the sense that you were catching a surreptitious glimpse at something private. You were intruding -- being a voyeur."next week, hilary's legs...could someone tell the post to try and cover, oh, i don't know, the NEWS!!!
can i get a retroactive discount on my history degree? 2007-07-29 13:35:00 "ok son, we will pay for you to go to college, but only if you major in one of the cheap departments."from the new york times:Starting this fall, juniors and seniors pursuing an undergraduate major in the business school at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will pay $500 more each semester than classmates. The University of Nebraska last year began charging engineering students a $40 premium for each hour of class credit.And Arizona State University this fall will phase in for upperclassmen in the journalism school a $250 per semester charge above the basic $2,411 tuition for in-state students. Such moves are being driven by the high salaries commanded by professors in certain fields, the expense of specialized equipment and the difficulties of getting state legislatures to approve general tuition increases, university officials say. Read more:degree
file under: better late than never 2007-07-30 20:41:00 via the national journal:Washington Democrat Jay Inslee plans to introduce articles of impeachment against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday, House sources confirmed. The House needs only a simple majority to impeach Gonzales -- an entirely probable scenario. In order to convict, or expel, Gonzales, a two-thirds vote is required in the Senate. That's a little trickier to predict, but judging by the AG's performance on the Hill last week, certainly not out of the realm of possibility. Bush has used vetoes to stymie every congressional effort to change course in Iraq and increase funding for embryonic stem cell research. He would not be able to reverse a congressional impeachment of a Cabinet member, however. Impeaching Gonzales would not only hand Bush a major professional failure -- the removal of the nation's first Latino attorney general -- but could actually hit the infamously loyal president where he lives. Bush has barely flinched at the constantly swelling Read more:better
mitt is for universal health care...if you live in lebanon. take that, michael moore! 2007-08-03 15:01:00 yep, if you want free health care under president romney, no problem...all you have to do is move to lebanon:“Did you notice in Lebanon what Hezbollah did? Lebanon became a democracy some time ago. And while their government was getting underway, Hezbollah went into southern Lebanon and provided health clinics to some of the people there and schools. And they built their support by having done so …. That kind of diplomacy is something that would help America become stronger around the world and help people understand that our interest is an interest toward modernity and goodness and freedom for all people of the world.”
old man stevens throws a nutty at cnn's dana bash 2007-08-02 08:53:00 first off, something of substance actually happened in the situation room. now, if that wasn't news enough, what happened was sen. ted "bridge-to-nowhere, the internet is a series of tubes" stevens got a little, um, crazy with reporter dana bash. stevens, the far-too-long-time alaska republican, had his house raided recently over suspected shady dealing he had with an alaskan oil company. he had been avoiding reporters all day, but ms. bash caught him in a stairwell...and this followed:SEN. TED STEVENS ®, ALASKA: I put out a statement and I’m not saying anything to anybody beyond that statement.BASH: Can you say, sir, why the federal agents went to your House or what they took?STEVENS: Can you understand English? That’s the only statement I’m going to make.BASH: I do understand that sir, but obviously this is a very important issue, when federal agents and IRS agents come to the home of a U.S. senator.STEVENS: I understand you’re recording this, but I told you aga Read more:throws
ahh, more funnies via facebook 2007-08-06 20:44:00 rudy giuliani's daughter, caroline giuliani, is down with obama, or at least she is according to the 17-year-old's facebook profile. from slate.com:"On her profile, she designates her political views as "liberal" and—until this morning—proclaimed her membership in the Facebook group "Barack Obama (One Million Strong for Barack)." According to her profile, she withdrew from the Obama group at 6 a.m. Monday, after Slate sent her an inquiry about it."also, she's interested in "random play" and "whatever i can get." sounds like she's got san francisco values, all right. well, she must get it from her matrimonially expereiced dad.
democrats cave. yet again.... 2007-08-05 09:48:00 really? the dems are so fearful of being called "weak on terror" or whatever, they caved to the bush administration on its warantless wiretapping bill.House Approves Wiretap MeasureWhite House Bill Boosts Warrantless SurveillanceThe Democratic-controlled House last night approved and sent to President Bush for his signature legislation written by his intelligence advisers to enhance their ability to intercept the electronic communications of foreigners without a court order.The 227 to 183 House vote capped a high-pressure campaign by the White House to change the nation's wiretap law, in which the administration capitalized on Democrats' fears of being branded weak on terrorism and on a general congressional desire to act on the measure before an August recess.The Senate had passed the legislation Friday night after House Democrats failed to win enough votes to pass a narrower revision of a statute known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The original statute was enacted
another reason why the 2nd amendment is a stupid-ass amendment 2007-08-08 16:49:00 via msnbc.com:CINCINNATI - A woman shot and killed a panhandler who asked her for 25 cents, police say.“He asked her for a quarter,” Police Chief Tom Streicher said. “That’s apparently all there was to it.”Donald Francis, who police believe was homeless, stood outside a gas station late Monday asking people for money. Geraldine Beasley had complained about Francis to someone else, and when he approached her she pulled out a gun and shot him, police said.Francis, 44, died at the scene.Beasley, 62, was charged with murder and on Wednesday was ordered held in lieu of $500,000 bail, according to court documents. Her attorney, Mass Ionna, told Municipal Court Judge Fanon Rucker that his client has mental issues.Beasley’s court record dates back 15 years with traffic charges, eviction cases and civil judgments both for and against her. She was fined in 2003 for improperly transporting a loaded gun after officers found one in her van.
darth cheney should have taken his own advice 2007-08-12 18:46:00 from a 1994 interview, the vice president to be says, amonst other things, that overthwing saddam and invading iraq would lead to a quagmire.
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