Mar

24

Blago Radio is On the F-in Air!

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Tune in tomorrow to the EIB Network (“Excellence in Bribery”) to hear new host Rod Blagojevich: Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has a new gig — as a radio talk show host. WLS-AM program director Bob Shomper says Blagojevich will be on the air on the Chicago station Wednesday morning, taking calls from listeners, telling [...]

Mar

24

Notre Dame Installs ‘Touchdown Teleprompter’ for Obama Commencement

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President Obama is scheduled to deliver the commencement address at Notre Dame in May. As a result, the White House contacted the university and requested a couple of modifications. If you’re attending the speech and have been to Notre Dame before, you’re probably used to seeing “Touchdown Jesus” at the stadium: For what the White [...]

Mar

24

Ground Control to Major Colbert: Why the Government Rarely Allows ‘Write-In’ Votes

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Have you ever been voting and wished you could “write in” a name? Normally they don’t allow that. Why? Because the government can’t control the results as easily, as NASA just found out: NASA’s online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won. The name “Colbert” [...]

Mar

23

Upside to the Budget Crunch: Jimmy Carter Welcome Center May Close

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A Georgia shrine to Jimmy Carter, better known as “The House that Stagflation Built,” may be closing unless somebody can quickly compose a strongly-worded letter to the Georgia State Government: On the outskirts of Jimmy Carter’s ancestral home, miles from the nearest interstate, sits a state shrine to Georgia’s native president. The Plains Visitor Information [...]

Mar

23

People Let Me Tell Ya ‘Bout Barack’s Best Friend

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Redstate has a very touching tribute to Barack’s best friend, including a video that will being a tear of hope and change to your eye. Click on the picture of Obama’s bestest pal prompting him into a bad habit to go check out Redstate’s emotional homage:

Mar

23

The Real Downside to Hi-Def TV

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Politicians are really worried about the switch away from analog television and to digital high-def. No, not because so many of their constituents aren’t ready for the change, but because politicians’ faces aren’t ready: They mandated the nation to transition to digital television, yet some members of Congress may be having trouble making the change [...]

Mar

23

Monday’s Column: The AIG Red Herring

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If you are running out of a bank you just robbed carrying a big bag of money, and the police are coming, what’s one of your options? If you can find somebody who’s carrying their own bag, you point at them and yell “stop the thief!” Then everybody starts chasing that guy. At least, that’s [...]

Mar

22

Comic Relief: Obama Highlights ‘Special Needs’ Cabinet Members

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From our friends at The Nose on Your Face: Seeking To Ease Special Olympics Flap, Obama Points To Special Needs Cabinet Members “Look, some of my best friends are retarded,” the President said yesterday, “and I think any intellectually honest person who looks at my cabinet appointments– the very people I surround myself with–can see [...]

Mar

22

Taking the Bait on AIG: The ABC’s of Fury

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Bus tours of AIG execs homes to foment anger and backlash against the entirely wrong group of people? Nice. Congratulations, Congress and President Obama — most people are taking the bait. The government’s plan is brilliant in its conception and execution. Spend years and years doctoring the educational system in the country so people are [...]

Mar

22

New Column, Sunday Edition

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At The American Thinker today I have a column that winds from Obama to Bush to Hitler to Palin to the Special Olympics to bowling and back again. Give a read to “Who’s Hitler Now?” for the whole story. I have some things to try and get written before the Michigan State game starts this [...]

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