Send In The Clowns (Update 1)

President Chimpy cries out for help The term “free market” seems to be code for a Darwinian, survival of the fittest FU mentality. The “greed is good” mantram of the Reagan years has, under George W. Bush, gone into overdrive, precipitating  a worldwide economic meltdown. Here is what the most incompetent and reviled president in US history had to say …

The Divine Miss P: Running With God

Sarah Reagan vies for control of the Republican Party Thanks to the legacy of the failed Bush presidency and the electoral landslide it produced for the Democrats, the Republicans are convening in Miami today to figure out wtf to do next. No doubt returning to the glory days of the Reagan Administration will be a major theme. But not even …

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Arianna Huffington writes in her blog today: On or about December 1910,” Virginia Woolf wrote, “human character changed.” We can be much more specific: “On November 4, 2008, just after 11 pm Eastern, America changed” (human character remains rather intransigent). The change was driven by two things: our country’s remarkable capacity for regeneration, and Barack Obama’s remarkable ability to tap …

Banner of Michael Now In The Oval Office (Updated)

Republicans whiners like David Frum are already complaining that Obama is “muscling his way into power.” If he had anything to do with the choice of the rug in the Oval Office seen in the picture below published by CNN , it’s definitely alright with us. Obama and Bush confer over the Banner of Michael *Compare to the Urantian Sojourn …

Scarborough Drops The F-Bomb

“My wife is going to kill me” Joe Scarborough, the conservative host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, was describing Barack Obama‘s new Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel‘s bedside manor this morning and shocked his fellow bobble heads by describing him as routinely flipping people off and saying “Fuck you.” Oops. No doubt the Bushies will delight in handing the commies at …

Republicans Eating Their Own, Update V

The Wasilla Hillbillies As Sarah’s gleaming White House carriage turns into a rotting pumpkin, this edition of Republicans Eating Their Own comes with the revelation that Sarah spent a wee bit more than $150k on clothes for herself, First Dude, and their adorable kids. Newsweek reports that: “…Palin’s shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. …