I guess Bush and company were hoping that Congress wouldn’t read this thing and just say, ok here is your 700 billion dollars Mr. Decider. Then when Congress actually read the proposal and had issues and questions, the administration was like you guys need to pass this like yesterday otherwise people will be eating rats off the street tomorrow.

Then after it became clear that Congress would not simply roll over for Bush, he became willing to make some concessions (like adhering to the constitution for a change). So given the magnitude of the event, Bush kinda felt compelled to come out and try to explain how everything got all screwed up.

Bush’s tone was interesting, much more mellow than some of his previous addresses on big events like RAH, Scary Terrorists, RAH, 9-11, RAH, Mass Destruction, RAH, Dick Cheney eats babies, RAH. Don’t get me wrong, he still does a good job of trying to scare us shit less, the tone was just down a notch.

Though I’m confused because John McCain said the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

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Wow, this whole not talking about actual issues in the presidential race has even trickled down to Ralph Nader. Here is Nader spending 2:30 minutes complaining to his bird “Cardozo” about why his latest presidential bid isn’t getting enough media coverage. His possible solution, which he mutters along with other psycho drivel is that perhaps he should dress up as a panda.

Please pass this video along so that “Cardozo” can become the next presidential celebrity. On a side note, why the fuck is this guy running for president again?

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In case you missed it last night here is President George-John “Insane in the Membrane” BuCain endorsing the real change, “country first” candidate. You know, the one that voted with itself 90% of the time.

Probably the best thing Bush could have done for McCain would have been to come out and endorse Barack Obama.

But notice how John McCain wasn’t at the convention last night when Bush was speaking and how we never see them together these days. Is it possible that they, in fact, really are the same person now!?!

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Here’s an interesting little video highlighting McCain’s wandering eyes while Sarah Palin was introducing herself to America. Nice touch with the fiddling of the wedding ring Johnie! Oh well, this isn’t the first time John McCain has used a former beauty queen to elevate himself to higher power.

McCain met his current wife Cindy at a cocktail party while married to his other former beauty queen (but then crippled) ex-wife Carol McCain. It only took one meeting with Cindy to realize that she was the gal of his dreams, one that could help make him a senator of Arizona. And it only took one meeting with Alaskan hockey mom Sarah Palin to realize that she could make him president.

It’s too bad they didn’t converse a little more though, perhaps McSame would have realized that the abstinence education supporting Palin has a pregnant 17 year old daughter. Luckily the kids are planning to get married, whether they like it or not.

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Oil Companies? Oil Speculators? Irresponsible consumers? Irresponsible governments? Nope, according to this new John McCain ad, there is only one person to blame for $4 a gallon gas and that is Barack Obama.

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Holy crap, I had to watch about two minutes of this clip before I realized this was real and not a joke. Here’s a terribly wonderful infomercial from 1994 about “mastering the internet”, featuring Napoleon Dynamites brother’s doppelganger and filmed in Florida, of course.

Did you know that in 1994 there were 10,000 people using Al Gore’s internets?-”And in the next decade that number is expected to go up by 50%.” Wow, he really goes out on a limb with that projection. I mean seriously, he really thought that 15,000 people would be on the internet by 2004? Yeah sure, and the United States government would owe billions to China!

Anyways, speaking of mastering internets, John McCain admits he is starting to learn. In a recent New York Times interview, McCain said that for now, his staffers open the internets for him but says “I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself.”

Wow, McCain simply must pick up these wonderful video tapes about mastering internet tubes. If he did he would have access to powerful tools, such as finding out the weather in Dallas…in just 10 minutes. So George BuCain, what are you waiting for? Call today!

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Less than 200 days to do! So ok, that’s still like 1,999 days too long but what the hell can you do? At least the end is near…Dance George dance!

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Holy cannelloni! It’s a spicy meataball! The Italian Club of Seattle has come out and criticized this political ad put out by the Washington State Democratic Party as being “racist.”

The ad against Washington state gubernatorial candidate and Italian American Dino Rossi (R) portrays him as having some shady business connections, pretty standard in politics. Problem: the ad is set to the theme song of The Sopranos!

Come on, at least it’s a good song and it’s not like it shows anyone getting whacked. It only implies people are getting whacked.

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This is Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary talking about Ryanair’s plans for transcontinental flights. In economy you’ll be able to fly dirt cheap, but they’ll be no frills, so you’ll have to bring your own oral sex. To compensate, business class seats will be very expensive because they will include blow jobs. So screw you Virgin Airlines!

And wow, while American air travel continues to get suckier and suckier by the day, Ryanair plans to literally get you sucked while you fly.

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For decades George Carlin entertained us with his scathing critiques on politics, religion and the fun little nuances of society. Throughout his very long and extremely successful career, he was able to shed light on so many of life’s absurdities while being hysterical and sometimes even touching.

You would be hard pressed to find comedians who work in the field of political and social comedy and satire who have not been at least somewhat inspired by Carlin. How could you not? The man started his comedic career in the 1950’s, was the first host of Saturday Night Live in 1975 and was still working successfully up until he died.

This clip from some of his latest work is not his funniest, but in typical Carlin fashion it’s very poignant for the times. Some criticized parts of Carlin’s later work for being especially combative and pessimistic, to which Carlin replied “Scratch any cynic and you’ll find a disappointed idealist.”

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