Obama’s Minions: What now?
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Archive for the 'HUMOR' Category
By Way Of Noting…
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008…that the staff of The Onion won’t be missing their target of the past eight years, George W. Bush, nosirreebob…:
Oh, God, no,” says feature editor Joe Garden. “It’s been a nightmare trying to figure out what to do with him [in the paper].” From the Onion’s standpoint, Barack Obama’s nomination and his rock-star celebrity were good news, “simply because he has people interested in politics, which lets us satirize something people care about,” says Garden.
…I have been meaning to ask for quite a while – isn’t it time to start satirizing The Onion?
Is it just me, or have they been phoning it in for the past year or two?
Cheneys to host Bidens on Thursday
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Party On Wayne. Party on Garth.
Friday, November 7th, 2008[Cliff Clavin] “Ahhhh, it’s a little know fact Nawm, that uh, America does not have a two party system. There is actually to date quite a few political parties. Truth be told, this year I voted for the Cool Moose candidate, a Mr. Bill Winkle.”[end Cliff Clavin]
To wit:
| AC | A Connecticut Party |
| AF | American First Coalition |
| AH | American Heritage Party |
| AI | American Independent Pty |
| AK | Alaskan Independence |
| AN | American Constitution |
| AM | American |
| BD | Builders Party |
| BT | Boston Tea |
| B | Better Schools |
| BR | Buchanan Reform |
| CC | Concerned Citizens |
| CE | Centrist Party |
| CF | Citizens First |
| CM | Cool Moose |
| CN | Constitutional |
| CP | Concerns of People |
| C | Conservative |
| CS | Constitution |
| CL | CT for Lieberman |
| DC | DC Statehood Green Party |
| D | Democrat |
| E | End Suffolk Legislature |
| FA | Fair |
| FE | Free Energy Party |
| F | Fusion Independent |
| FR | Freedom |
| Fr | Friends United |
| FB | Farmers & Small Business |
| FS | Freedom Socialist |
| FV | Family Values Party |
| GC | Green Coalition Party |
| GN | Greens No To War |
| GR | Green |
| G | Grass Roots Party |
| HC | Healthcare Party |
| HP | Home Protection |
| HQ | Heartquake ’08 |
| IA | Independent American |
| IF | Independent Fusion |
| IL | Independent Grassroots |
| I | Independent |
| IN | Independence |
| IT | Integrity Party |
| IP | Independent Party |
| IR | Independent-Progressive |
| IC | Ind. Save Our Children |
| L | Liberal |
| LO | Looking Back Party |
| LA | Labor and Farm |
| LB | Libertarian |
| LF | Long Island First |
| LM | Legalize Marijuana |
| LU | Liberty Union |
| LP | Liberty Union/Progressiv |
| MJ | Marijuana Party |
| MM | Make Marijuana Legal |
| MN | Mountain Party |
| MR | Marijuana Reform Party |
| NA | New Alliance |
| NE | Nebraska |
| NH | No Home Heat Tax |
| NL | Natural Law Party |
| NT | No New Taxes |
| NO | No |
| NP | Non-Partisan |
| ND | No Party Designation |
| OB | Objectivist |
| OE | One Earth |
| OP | Open |
| OT | 128 District |
| AO | Other |
| PC | Pacific |
| PN | Pacific Green |
| PP | Patriot Party |
| PA | Pacifist |
| PH | Personal Choice |
| PE | Petitioning Candidate |
| P | Party of Ethics & Tradit |
| PF | Peace and Freedom |
| PJ | Peace and Justice |
| PL | Pro Life Conservative |
| PO | Populist |
| PG | Progressive |
| PR | Prohibition |
| PS | Preserve Our Town |
| PT | Property Tax Cut |
| PV | People of Vermont |
| PW | Protect Working Families |
| R | Republican |
| RS | Resource Party |
| RC | Randolph for Congress |
| RJ | Restore Justice-Freedom |
| RM | Reform Minnesota |
| RF | Reform Party |
| RD | Republican Moderate |
| RL | Right to Life |
| SC | School Choice |
| SL | Socialism |
| SS | Save Seniors |
| SE | Socialist Equality |
| S | Save Medicare |
| SO | Socialist |
| SU | Socialist USA |
| ST | Star Tax Cut |
| SF | Student First |
| SW | Socialist Workers Party |
| BL | The Better Life |
| T | Tax Cut |
| TC | Tax Cut Now |
| TG | The Go |
| TL | Term Limits |
| TS | Timesizing |
| UC | United Citizen |
| UN | Unaffiliated |
| U | Unenrolled |
| UD | United |
| TX | U.S. Taxpayers Party |
| UY | Unity |
| VT | Veterans Party |
| GS | Vermont Grassroots |
| V | Voice of the People |
| VP | Voters Rights Party |
| WC | Working Class Party |
| WF | Working Families |
| WN | West Side Neighbors |
| WP | We the People |
| WV | Workers for Vermont |
| WW | Workers World |
| YS | Yes |
Rum: The Other White Meat
Monday, October 27th, 2008
As in Pork that is.
As Congress debated the historic financial rescue package on Oct. 3, the world economy was hanging in the balance. The House already had rejected Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s emergency $700 billion banking bailout plan. The Senate, hoping to get the House to relent, added $110 billion in “sweeteners” and sent the bill back.
One of those sweeteners jumped out at Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio). It would permit Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to pocket $192 million in federal excise taxes collected from rum-makers in those territories.
“Madam speaker, the Senate’s response to the House rejection of the Paulson plan was to add more spending. So we got tax breaks for rum,” Kaptur said from the well of the House. “You’ve got it right. R-U-M.”
This is an outrage! I rarely drink rum. If this were Brandy or Single-Malt Scotch, I would be in full support. Rum (save 151) is a waste of taxpayer dollars!
