David Rees saved my life. Really. Reading Get Your War On made me realize that life will go on, even if I have to drink a fifth of bourbon under my desk in the middle of the afternoon just to make it through the day. (I never did that, btw, it's a reference to a Get Your War On comic. So don't worry, Mom!) ((When I started reading it I'd been ( Read more... )

Dear Mr. Bartlett,

Choke on a dick.

Sincerely,
The American People

[Bartlett] said he had no regrets about the Iraq war and he believes Bush's low approval ratings were the result of making tough terrible1 decisions.

"Sometimes when you lead push the country into meaningless, endless, and poorly executed wars you do difficult things, that ( Read more... )

Also, Claire is watching American Idol in the living room ( Read more... )

So the Chairman and CEO of Fox News thinks it's funny that a Democratic candidate for President of the United States has a name that sounds something like "Osama." I'm laughing my ass off over here, seriously. Here's what the CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF THE FOX BROADCASTING NETWORK had to say recently in a speech (these were prepared remarks ( Read more... )

What could possibly be in my e-mail that they would serve up this ad?


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Does anyone really care about the 300 million mark for population? I mean, with the margin of error in the census, we could have reached 300 million 2 years ago. Coupled with the number of undocumented immigrants chillin' from sea to shining sea, it's highly likely that we reached 300 million 5 years ago ( Read more... )

Yay for literal interpretations of biblical epistles! This is surely a great step forward in the leveling of the playing field, in the removal of the glass ceiling, in the equality of the sexes!

Yay America!

July 12, 2006

U.S. Terror Targets: Petting Zoo and Flea Market?
By ERIC LIPTON

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/washington/12assets.htmlWASHINGTON, July 11 - It reads like a tally of terrorist targets that a child might have written: Old MacDonald’s Petting Zoo, the Amish Country Popcorn factory, the Mule Day Parade, the Sweetwater Flea Market ( Read more... )