“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
Today’s quiz concerns your knowledge of politics. Select the best answer.
This politician sows seeds of hatred by claiming the other political party sows seeds of hatred.
Adolf Hitler, German community organizer
Joseph Stalin, Russian community organizer
John Lewis, U. S. Representive
In this city, a peaceful demonstration supporting a national hero is met with hostile reaction:
Berlin, 1933
Gdansk, 1981
New York [...]
Posted in Humor on Oct 7th, 2008
NBC took some flack earlier today for removing a post that trashed Democrats (and others) for the bailout and associated runup.
They’ve reposted it, removing some text that could cause legal issues. Here’s the edited version:
SNL is not exactly fair and balanced, but it is nice to see them throw the right wing a bone.
Posted in News, Technology on Oct 4th, 2008
No, this is not an appeal to urge you to vote for McCain/Palin.
Although you should.
Rather, it’s about the Website VoteForTheMILF.com, which some said was a domain owned by JohnMcCain.com.
It wasn’t. And isn’t. Owned by the McCain campaign, that is.
For the uninitiated, a “MILF” is a term popularized by the movie, American Pie. It means, “mom [...]
Posted in News on Sep 11th, 2008
Financial Times reports that some Democrats are concerned about the Obama campaign.
A Democratic fundraiser for Congressional candidates said some planned to distance themselves from Mr Obama and not attack Mr McCain.
“If people are voting for McCain it could help Republicans all the way down the ticket, even in a year when the Democrats should be [...]
Posted in Politics on Sep 6th, 2008
Nothing.
That’s what the TV ratings for Democrat and Republican Conventions mean.
Unless you believe in trends. More about that in a minute.
If you look at the Nielsen ratings for the Democrat Convention, 1960-2004, and compare them to the Republican Convention ratings, 1960-2004, you’ll see that, for those 12 conventions, half the time, the party with the [...]
Someone taped … and RedState posted … former DNC chair Don Fowler running his mouth, laughing about a hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast the same day the Republican Convention starts:
“The hurricane’s going to hit New Orleans about the time they start. The timing is — at least it appears now that it’ll be there [...]
Posted in Politics on Mar 18th, 2008
A lot of politicians get blasted for flip-flopping on issues.
Former President George Bush (R) can testify to that. Remember the flak he caught for saying “no new taxes,” before he gave in to the Democrats in Congress and let a tax increase through?
Senator John F. Kerry (D-MA) can testify to that, too. Remember how much [...]
Posted in Politics on Mar 17th, 2008
Surrender Monkey Hillary Clinton shows her surrender pose.
Desperate in her struggle to win the Democratic nomination from that upstart Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), Senator Hillary Clinton (D-IL-AR-DC-NY) appealed to the defeatists that control her party’s base by saying the U.S. “cannot win” the war in Iraq.
Ignoring the reduction in violence, ignoring the universal appraisals of [...]
Posted in Politics on Mar 11th, 2008
Seems that Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) has spurned Senator Clinton’s (D-IL,AR,DC,NY) suggestion that he take the Vice Presidential slot on the Democratic ticket.
This seems to make sense, on the face of it. His rejection, that is.
Obama leads Clinton in the delegate count.
Obama leads Clinton in the popular vote.
Obama has won more states than Clinton.
But Obama [...]
The New York Times … among other news outlets … is reporting that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has been caught in a prostitution ring.
Spitzer is a Democrat, which really doesn’t mean anything, since sexual misconduct isn’t the domain of one party or another. Prostitution has been around a lot longer than Democrats and Republicans.
But [...]
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