Apr
22
Earth Day Open Thread
Filed Under Global Warming, PC, Politics | 28 Comments
Let this meeting of the Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Appreciation Society come to order… Eco scam zillionaire Al Gore has written “Reflections on Earth Day” (I’ll reserve my opinion of Gore’s hero Rachel Carson for another day). I mention the Goracle because he helps me get right to the point of why I hate Earth Day [...]
Apr
10
Miss Universe to Allow Transgender Contestants
Filed Under Culture, PC | 6 Comments
Good news for any of you guys who have been pulling for the Miss Universe pageant to feature more contestants who look like RuPaul and J-Nap: With newly inclusive pageant rules, transgender women can now aspire to the Miss Universe crown. The Miss Universe Organization announced Tuesday that it will allow contestants who were not [...]
Mar
20
Time Once Again to Play ‘Imagine if a Republican Celeb Did This’
Filed Under Celebrity Idiots, PC, Politics | 7 Comments
Hey, it’s funny and acceptable if white Hollywood liberals participate in it: Time to play “imagine if a Republican did this”: Video footage obtained by The Daily Caller shows Hollywood screen legend Tom Hanks and Eagles musician Glenn Frey at a 2004 fundraising auction, playfully interacting with a white man dressed as an African native, [...]
Mar
19
TSA Pat-Down of the Day
Filed Under Nat'l Security, PC | 12 Comments
The Daily Mail says this was recorded at Chicago’s O’Hare airport. The three year old boy is in a wheelchair because of a broken leg and trying to get to Disney World, but he won’t be hijacking the plane today thanks to crack security. Not this time, Junior Jihadi: You know, kid, for a hundred [...]
Mar
17
Kathleen Sebelius: Bully is as Bully Does
Filed Under PC, Politics | 4 Comments
This just in from the Federal Department of Counter-Productivity and Mixed Messages… Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius screened a Cartoon Network anti-bullying video for some middle school students recently. The video instructs kids not to call others names like “stupid,” “fat” and “jerk.” Sebelius was asked what people should take away from the [...]
Mar
9
Rush Limbaugh Derails Sleep Train’s Attempt to Start Advertising on His Show Again
Filed Under Business, Media, PC, Politics | 32 Comments
Shortly after the Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke (pronounced “Fluck”) flap started, one of Rush’s west coast advertisers, Sleep Train, released a statement: “As a diverse company, Sleep Train does not condone such negative comments directed toward any person. We have currently pulled our ads with Rush Limbaugh.” Sleep Train soon discovered that turnabout is fair play [...]
Mar
6
Eric Holder is a Very Confused Attorney General
Filed Under Law, PC, Politics | 15 Comments
***** Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder said that terror suspects — even US citizens — should not be afforded protections under the US Constitution: In his most forceful defense yet of the Obama administration’s use of lethal force against U.S. citizens linked to terrorism, Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that the Constitution does not [...]
Mar
6
Cave-Watch: Number of Businesses Pulling Ads from Limbaugh Program Now a Dozen
Filed Under Business, Media, PC, Politics | 16 Comments
It seems to me that a company that caves to the demands of people notorious for wanting everything for free isn’t really doing itself any favors in the long term. But the number of companies doing just that is growing: The furor over Rush Limbaugh‘s controversial comments directed at Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke [...]
Feb
16
Army Orders Soldiers to Wear ‘Pregnancy Simulators’
Filed Under PC, Politics, War | 12 Comments
Seriously? CAMP ZAMA, Japan – The Army is ordering its hardened combat veterans to wear fake breasts and empathy bellies so they can better understand how pregnant soldiers feel during physical training. This week, 14 noncommissioned officers at Camp Zama took turns wearing the “pregnancy simulators” as they stretched, twisted and exercised during a three-day [...]
Nov
4
Obama Administration Opposes Adding FDR’s D-Day Prayer to WWII Memorial
Filed Under PC, Politics, War | 4 Comments
Is it time to vote these people out yet? Yeah, I know, nothing should surprise me anymore, but still… The Obama administration is opposing congressional legislation to add President Franklin Roosevelt’s D-Day prayer to the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. At a House hearing Thursday, Robert Abbey, director of the Bureau of Land [...]
