Archive for October 1, 2008

Best Table Tennis Rally Ever

I’m tired of embedding stuff. Here’s the link.

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Homer Simpson Tries To Vote for Obama

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This Month in Polling

Sept 5, 2008
OBAMA SUPPORTER: “Yaaaaaay! He’s going to win!”

Sept 15, 2008
OBAMA SUPPORTER: “Noooooo! He’s going to lose!”

Sept 25, 2008
OBAMA SUPPORTER: ”Yaaaaaay! He’s going to win! And nothing can possibly change during the next 35 days.”

The Near Future
AIDE: “Obama is crushing us in the polls. We need to do something.”
MCCAIN: “Fine. Bring him in. Bring in…The One.”

Aide gulps and makes a call. Door opens.

REV WRIGHT: ”Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my rag time doll…”

MCCAIN laughs evilily.

MCCAIN: “Palin-Bot!”
ROBO-PALIN: “Yes, Senator?”
MCCAIN: “Escort the Reverend to an appropriately large megaphone.”
ROBO-PALIN: “But the economy is…health care reform…job umbrella you know…ERROR ERROR.”
MCCAIN: “Can somebody reboot her?”

(For the non-polling obsessed, see Intrade.com for Obama’s stock price over the past month).

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The Past Three Days of the Bailout Debate, Summarized

PUBLIC: “THE BAILOUT SUCKS! NO BAILOUT!”

NEWS: “The House rejected the bailout 207-226. The Dow dropped 778 points.”

PUBLIC: “DO SOMETHING! PASS THE BAILOUT!”

Meanwhile, in Congress:

DEMOCRATIC LEADER #1: “The bill barely lost. What do we do to get 10 more votes?”
DEMOCRATIC LEADER #2: “Well, we could vastly improve the bill, losing some Republicians but getting more Democrats on board. Or we could make it a lot worse, getting more Republicians to support it so we won’t be blamed as much if it doesn’t work.”
DEMOCRATIC LEADER #1: “Do you even have to ask?”
DEMOCRATIC LEADER #2: ”To incompetence!” [clink]

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Photo Roundup

Do two photos count as a roundup? And one of them is an illustration, not a photo. You tell me.

Message for Wall Street

Vote Bear

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