Archive for the ‘Quickie’ Category
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Fox is outraged, outraged they tell us, at Newsweek! The magazine put Sarah Palin's face on the cover of the current issue, and the commentators at Fox are incensed because it is totally unfair to Palin. What's the complaint? THE PHOTO IS NOT RETOUCHED! It shows Sarah Palin's actual face ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Campaign News, Current Affairs, Election News, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Miscellaneous, Politics, Quickie, Republican, Right Wing Nut, Sarah Palin, candidates, media | 8 Comments »
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
On the lighter side, a friend sent me this link from an RCP story - the clip is a spoof of an interview with an Australian official about an oil tanker wreck that really happened last year.
Posted in Environment, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Miscellaneous, Quickie, Video and Animation, humor, satire | No Comments »
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Does anyone on BIO live in the Raleigh, NC area? My sweetie is taking me on vacation there next month, and it's fun to meet online friends face to face, the way we had a chance to get together with Ken Grandlund on a trip to San Diego a while ...
Posted in BIO, Contributors, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Miscellaneous, Quickie | 6 Comments »
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
The NJ state Republican web site was running a banner slogan saying "Obama Loves America like OJ Loved Nicole" - boy, that's the kind of political discourse that elevates the process. Who, them racist? No "oh my God, it's a scary black man!" theme there. Subtle as a flying mallet, ...
Posted in 2000 Presidential Campaign, Agenda, Campaign News, Current Affairs, Election News, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Miscellaneous, Obama, Politics, Quickie, Race, Republican, Right Wing Nut, conservative, media | 8 Comments »
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Thinking about the meaning of Independence Day... maybe I'm weird, but I've always wondered about people taking pride in something they had no part in accomplishing, whether that's who their ancestors were or winning the Revolutionary War. Maybe it has to do with confusing different definitions of the word "pride", ...
Posted in America, General, Miscellaneous, Patriot, Quickie, Rhetoric | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 16th, 2008
I know this holds true in my house. Parenting is equal opportunity, a partnership, and a part of our lives we wouldn't trade for anything.
The unheralded result of women entering the workforce, thanks in large part to family planning, has been the rise of the real family man and the ...
Posted in Quickie, Science | 6 Comments »
Sunday, June 17th, 2007
Hey... this is my first one of many but I just want to Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's on BIO.
It's been a great first 10 months of fatherhood. The best experience of my life...
Posted in Quickie | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
On a trip to Great Britain, George Bush had a meeting with Queen Elizabeth. He asked her, "How does one manage to run a country so smoothly?"
"That's easy," she replied, "You surround yourself with intelligent ministers and advisors."
"But how can I tell whether they are intelligent or not?" ...
Posted in General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Quickie | 1 Comment »
Friday, May 18th, 2007
Vice-President Dick Cheney's attorneys told a federal judge Thursday that the Cheney is legally akin to the president because of his unique government role and has absolute immunity from any lawsuit.
But U.S. District Judge Bates interjected that only the President has the "unique" immunities. And by 'president' one must assume ...
Posted in Current Affairs, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, IDIOT, Legal News, Miscellaneous, Politics, Quickie | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Here's one for the pro-gun crowd. In Illinois, apparently there is no age limit for obtaining a state Firearm Owner's ID Card.
According to Illinois state law, anyone who wants to own or purchase a firearm needs to get an FOID card. And even though you can't legally buy a gun ...
Posted in Current Affairs, Gonzo's Grab Bag, IDIOT, Miscellaneous, Quickie | 13 Comments »
