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Too Many Monkeys, Not Enough Bread »

By Steve_in_KC on Jan 26, 2012 in Current Affairs, Humor, Satire | View Comments

I love Monkey Bread! Do you know what Monkey Bread is? I’d never heard of it until last year, then my wife brought home a box of Monkey Bread that you can pop into the microwave and four minutes later enjoy a little taste of Heaven! Mmmmm… Monkey Bread! It’s just a big pull-apart cinnamon [...]

The Balance of Power Is A See-Saw »

By Steve_in_KC on Dec 28, 2011 in Current Affairs, Humor, Satire | View Comments

DISCLAIMER: Sarcasm and satire ahead! Sometimes simple math can play tricks on your mind. For example, in the United States Senate there are 100 seats. If they are split by one seat (or one vote), there’s a difference of 2. 50/50 becomes 49/51. A split of two votes makes a difference of four: 48/52. It’s [...]

Belaboring The Obvious »

By Steve_in_KC on Dec 22, 2011 in Current Affairs, Humor, Satire | View Comments

Here’s your winning ticket for 2012: Romney/Paul. It seems obvious that Jon Huntsman would make a good president, maybe a great one, but he may get muscled out. Newt Gingrich would make a bold president, perhaps a strong one, but he scares too many people when his mouth runs amok. Plus, he converted to Catholicism at [...]

The Obama Exit Strategy »

By Steve_in_KC on Aug 2, 2011 in Current Affairs, Humor, Satire | View Comments

“Hope is the thing with feathers,” Emily Dickinson wrote in a famous poem, likening it to a bird “that perches in the soul.” And indeed, “Hope” is in the air, soaring aloft on the winds of “change” once again blowing through Washington as we fly headlong into another stormy presidential campaign. The hope I’m referring [...]

Chris Matthews’ Trip To Crazy Town OPEN THREAD »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 9, 2011 in Chris Matthews, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Greta Van Susteran, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Misogyny, Satire, Sexism | View Comments

Okay, you know it is bad when other journalists, and frequent guests, are talking about how nutso Chris Matthews has become. What seemed to prompt this outspokenness on their part was the attempt by Matthews to pin the Weiner scandal on Weiner’s WIFE, as if it was her fault her husband is an unethical, perverted, [...]

“O’Bama? Oh, Puh-Lease!” »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 25, 2011 in Arrogance, Bamboozling, Current Affairs, Democrats, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Hoodwinking, Media Bias, Medicare, PM Gordon Brown, Pandering, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Satire, United Kingdom | View Comments

That is the headline of this entertaining, and accurate, assessment of Obama’s Ireland visit by James Delingpole, “O’Bama? Ph, Puh-lease!“. Many of us saw his visit there as overblown, but only someone in the UK could pull this off: Ah Bejaysus and Begorrah! Oi’ll be swearin’ boi the auld shrine to the Vorgin with the [...]

What The Hell Is Wrong With These People? Updated »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Apr 22, 2011 in Current Affairs, Hate Speech, Humor, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Media, Blogs, Sarah Palin, Satire | View Comments

Update below the fold. I know, I know, that can cover a wide variety of issues, and these days there seems to be no shortage of ones that would merit such a response. But in this case, I am referring to Jack Stuef at Wonkette writing a particularly egregious piece directed at – wait for [...]

Congressional Humors Spawn Comic Cottage Industry (& Open Thread)_ »

By Linda Anselmi on Feb 15, 2011 in Current Affairs, Health Care, Humor, Satire | View Comments

* Bumped Up * My eyes honed in like laser beams at the Breaking News. President Obama’s advisor, and MIT economist, Jonathan Gruber was (via AP): “…turning to comic books to help make the pitch for the administration’s embattled health care law.” [snip]…”[with] a defensible text that is fact-based.” Wow! A comic book telling truths about healthcare. Incredible! Brilliant!! [...]

Birthers! Truthers! Mama Grizzlies! Tea Partiers! »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jan 27, 2011 in 9/11, Censorship, Crime, Current Affairs, Daily Kos, Death Threats, Gun Control, Huffington Post, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, New York Times, Obama's Thugs, Sarah Palin, Satire, Washington Post | View Comments

* Bumped Up * (Or the more offensive, homophobic term for Tea Partiers.) Crosshairs! Targets! The list could go on of the labels attached to groups of people or concepts by the media when they want to discount, demean, belittle, discourage discussion, demonize a group, or frame the issue how they want it to be, [...]

Goodbye To 2010, And Dreams For 2011 »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Dec 21, 2010 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Humor, Joe Biden, President Barack Obama, Satire | View Comments

As the holiday season continues, here are a couple of videos just for fun. Good ol’ JibJab has composed a great synopsis of 2010 in this funny (and too true) video:

A Message To The Media From Sarah Palin »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 27, 2010 in Barack Obama, Bloggers, Campaign Gaffes, Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, MSM, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Media, Print, Media, Television, North Korea, Obamaisms, Satire | View Comments

Well, the MSM is at it again – jumping on the slightest little blip by anyone but Obama. We saw this time and time again with Hillary Clinton, especially when she exaggerated her flight into Bosnia. Oh, the media was like a dog with a big ol’ juicy bone – they just could not, WOULD [...]

Is “California The Lindsey Lohan Of States”? »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 9, 2010 in Barbara Boxer, Barney Frank, California, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Gavin Newsom, General Election, Nancy Pelosi, Satire | View Comments

Yes, it is according to former Californian (and still Birkenstock-wearer), Allysia Finley, in this Wall Street Journal piece, “California Is The Lindsey Lohan Of States.” This is her assessment after the recent election. I must say, she does make some good points in this article: [snip] After enjoying ephemeral highs and spending binges, you suffer [...]

We’re Number Eleven! We’re Number Eleven! Woohoo! Open Thread »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 25, 2010 in Bush administration, Current Affairs, Economy, Education, George Bush, Messiah, President Barack Obama, Satire | View Comments

Well, at least according to Newsweek, that is. Yes, the brain trust at Newsweek have decided that the US ranks eleventh in the world. Why? Well, I bet you can guess if you think about it for a minute. Give up? This headline by Brent Baker at Newsbusters will make it clear, “Newsweek Ranks U.S. [...]

Maxing Out The Race Card? Open Thread »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 11, 2010 in Barack Obama, Congress (House & Senate), Congressional Black Caucus, Corruption, Crime, Current Affairs, Democrats, Republicans, Satire | View Comments

Two prominent members of the House of Representatives, Charlie Rangel, and Maxine Waters, are both facing a number of Ethics charges. Both are fighting these charges, and Rep. Waters has also intimated these charges are based on race, not any wrong doing on her part. Yeah. Okay. I am sure it will not surprise you [...]

Defense Secretary Gates To Gays, “Stay In The Closet!” OPEN THREAD »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 1, 2010 in Commander in Chief, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Dept. of Justice (Obama), DoD, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Pentagon, President Barack Obama, Robert Gates, Satire | View Comments

The military policy, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” has been in the news a good bit of late, including a recent story that some Democrats do not want to wait for the study Obama proposed to conclude December 1, conveniently after the election. Well, they might as well stop trying. This story just out (h/t to [...]