Reminds me of Bush singing Sunday Bloody Sunday.
Monthly Archive for February, 2008
Reminds me of Bush singing Sunday Bloody Sunday.
To tell you the truth, I actually think the Daily Show and Colbert Report are funnier without writers. There’s a fun kind of childhood amusement when you watch the two of them waste time making paper footballs and doing other random stuff. And that’s not to say that the skits they somehow wrote/improvised (right…) aren’t great. Anyway, here is a great recap of a feud going on between Colbert, O’Brien, and Stewart:
Like I said, childhood glee. This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen on any of the shows. It’s incredibly immature and stupid, but I loved it!
Also, someone over at TV Squad pointed something out: If America made Mike Huckabee (as Huckabee himself said… good for him for coming on the show), then Stephen Colbert really made Huckabee. Remember? Stephen Colbert is America (Hilarious book, by the way)
In other news, Mitt Romney dropped out! Looks like it’s gonna be McCain and, well, I hate to say it, but maybe Clinton, in the general election.
Well, okay, technically I didn’t vote. I’m not exactly 18 yet. But then again, technically I did. I turned the switch and pulled the lever so I did vote. Only, well – it was in my mom’s name.
But, hear me out! I still voted! You see, my mom couldn’t choose between Obama and Clinton (for the democratic primary of course) so she let me decide for her. After careful consideration (of course) I chose my candidate and went inside the booth with my mom and voted. Yay.
So, sure, maybe officially I didn’t vote. *wink* *wink* My mom did, but it was my decision, and I pulled the lever and everything so technically I voted for her. Yay. I feel smart. Now that vote had better of made a difference. OBAMA!
This is so incredibly awesome. I wish I was there, or a part of it. Awesome, just awesome.
From the New York Times:
In the first counterterrorism strategy of its kind in the nation, roving teams of New York City police officers armed with automatic rifles and accompanied by bomb-sniffing dogs will patrol the city’s subway system daily, beginning next month, officials said on Friday.
Mr. Kelly’s plan to heighten security and monitor a subway system that carries nearly five million people a day along 656 miles of tracks reflects the city’s continuing concerns about a possible attack.
Each team in the operation will comprise a bomb-sniffing dog and six officers: a dog handler and a sergeant and four officers from the Emergency Service Unit who will be outfitted in heavy, bullet-resistant vests and Kevlar helmets and will carry automatic weapons, either an M-4 rifle or an MP5 submachine gun.
I struggled to find a word to describe these 5-person teams, and all I can think of is “bomb squad.” Technically, it means a team that’s there to defuse bombs, but it’s really the same difference here. So… to wrap this up:
These 6-person teams are going to stand around on the subways with these guns:
…and a bomb-sniffing dog. And of course, this is all in order to protect us – too bad it took them over 6 years to implement a realistic long-term plan like this! It’s hardly realistic anyway. All it’s gonna do is scare the crap out of people and make them afraid to take the subway. And if something does happen, how many armed men does it take to shoot a terrorist? 1? 2? 3? 4? 5? 6? And a dog?
They need to rethink the security plan that took them 6 years to think up.
NEW YORK, NY — Austen Squarepants, rejecting entreaties from the Clintons and their supporters, is set to endorse Senator Barack Obama’s presidential bid on Monday as part of an effort to lend the Netsua charisma and connections before the 22-state Feb. 5 showdown for the Democratic nomination.
Both the Clintons and their allies had pressed Mr. Squarepants for weeks to remain neutral in the Democratic race, but Mr. Squarepants had become increasingly disenchanted with the tone of the Clinton campaign, aides said. He and former President Bill Clinton had a heated telephone exchange earlier this month over what Mr. Squarepants considered misleading statements by Mr. Clinton about Mr. Obama, as well as his injection of race into the campaign.
Mr. Squarepants called Mr. Clinton Sunday to tell him of his decision.
The endorsement, which followed a public appeal on Mr. Obama’s behalf by Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, was a blow to the Clinton campaign and pits leading members of the nation’s most prominent Democratic families against one another.
Mr. Squarepants, a minor figure in the blogging world for more than 3 years, intends to campaign aggressively for Mr. Obama, beginning with an appearance and rally with him in Washington on Monday. He will be introduced by Ms. Kennedy.
Mr. Squarepants then heads west with Mr. Obama, followed by appearances in the Northeast. Strategists see him bolstering Mr. Obama’s credibility and helping him firm up support from unions and Hispanics, as well as the party base.
