Never Give Up, Never Surrender!

Commander-in-Cheese, John “Peter Quincy Taggart” McCain says he will “Never surrender” his fantasy world…

Our Server Sucks. . .

What’s wrong with this picture? One of these monkeys is not in his grave. Dear Visitors, If you’re reading this, well you’re lucky. Our server access has been getting bumped as often as thirty minutes every hour for a couple weeks; this means we can’t work online and you can’t see the work when you want to. We’re moving to …

The Real Audacity of Hope

Andy: “. . .That’s the beauty of music; they can’t get that from you. Haven’t you ever felt that way about music? Red: I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it, though. Didn’t make much sense in here. Andy: Here’s where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don’t forget. Red: Forget? …

“Pander Bear” McCain Does Sturgis

John “Pander Bear” McCain trailered into the Sturgis Bike Rally today. STURGIS SD — Appearing in an unusual pastiche of “biker” raiment, Senator John McCain gave a live performance Monday at the Buffalo Chip Campground in front of several hundred intoxicated and bemused bikers. With the sound of automatic weapons fire reverberating in the background from the camp’s newest feature— …

Bumper Sticker Blues

I had delivered my wife to DIA for an early morning flight, and was headed back to Boulder. The cruise control was nudging 75 in the 70 mph zone, the sun was bathing the front range in a soft bright white, and morning cirrus were already stretching their tails eastward; like most of mid-July Colorado, we could really use a good …

McCain’s Lack ‘o Vision Thing. . .

  . . . It’s Jesus Himself, come to anoint Senter Obama! Because He would rather we lose our war than Obama lose the election! Yeah, that’s the snark we’ve been waiting for. The Vision Thing Ever wonder how the old dude sees anything? How many 80 year old curmudgeons do you know that don’t wear bifocals? Yep, McBlink has …

“The One”

From John Tomasic. Asked for comment on the media attention Obama was drawing for his trip, McCain simply said “It is what it is.” But [Elizabeth] Bumiller writes that she got a less-resigned reaction from McCain’s entourage. McCain’s comments were mild compared with the bleak mood and frustration on the part of his advisers, who have taken to referring to …