You and your wife agree to name your baby girl Ava Grace. It’s your job to write the name on the forms. Instead of giving the nurses the forms with ‘Ava Grace’ written in, switch them out with ones that name your baby ‘Sarah McCain Palin.’ Also, don’t tell your wife you did this until later. Muuuch later.
Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.Tag: Things that are ridiculous
The Very Definition of Irony
Posted by – 10/14/08
Can you spot it?
It’s the sign on the right. Absolutely hilarious…
Belmont's Debate Results?
Posted by – 10/7/08
That’s about two hours of my life I’ll never get back. Seriously. The deep sleep into which the candidates nearly forced me would have definitely been worth it. Nobody won, except perhaps the fact checkers, who will now enjoy a much deserved respite. Nothing to be fact checked; nothing new was said.
“Hey Senator, I’m going to ask you a very specific question. Could you please answer it?”
“You know what? I’d like to, but I see you mentioned the words ask, specific, and answer, and I think I’d like to respond to those instead. You see, it’s time the American people got answers from their government for the specific questions they ask…”
Which candidate? Doesn’t matter, apply it generously to either. Both of them picked out key words from questions, and proceeded to answer by using their generic stump speech regarding those key words.
I’m supremely disappointed, and I think it’s mostly because it was the first presidential debate ever held in Tennessee, and it was at my alma mater. I don’t know why I was expecting more. Given the history of debates in this election cycle, it was foolish to do so. Seems kind of like so many Americans’ strangely unwavering faith that the government will be the fix to all their problems, despite stark historical evidence to the contrary.
Anyway, hopefully someone in the world will do something insane here in the next day or so. I’m not sure I can handle the media rattling on about that debate for very long. The debate itself was painful enough.
UPDATE: Good to know I’m not alone on this. Perhaps this means that no reasonable person will even be talking about who won, who lost. Can I even hope for that?
Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.UPDATE II: Wow, looks like I got my wish for someone doing something insane. And much sooner than I thought.
NES pulls Office Space stunt
Posted by – 10/6/08
Awesome. So, Nashville Electric Service has apparently begun rounding up our electric bills and sending the proceeds to charity. “Change for Charity” they call it. I love it when the higher-ups are generous with other people’s money. More at Post Politics.
Biden wants to reduce principal on mortgages?
Posted by – 10/3/08
Did I really hear Biden correctly last night? Of all the gaffes, missteps, and exaggerations from last night, I’m not hearing anyone discussing this one.
Number two, with regard to bankruptcy now, Gwen, what we should be doing now — and Barack Obama and I support it — we should be allowing bankruptcy courts to be able to re-adjust not just the interest rate you’re paying on your mortgage to be able to stay in your home, but be able to adjust the principal that you owe, the principal that you owe.
Any financially minded people want to clear this up for me? Am I way off base here and Biden is actually referencing a well researched position on possible fixes for this crisis, or did Joe Biden just make the wild recommendation that bankruptcy courts be able to change the amount owed on a house? Does that apply for any kind of debt? Can I get some of that action?
Pelosi's speech, livened up!
Posted by – 9/30/08
Sometimes it’s nice to take a step back, breathe, and have a good laugh. Enter Stinson, his surprising header photo, and the sarcastic commentary he’s added the Pelosi crap sandwich she gave the House today before the bailout vote.
Note to anyone who might ever want to persuade: deriding the very people whose support you desire doesn’t usually end well.
Florida Congressman to Quit Pretending He's Not Racist
Posted by – 9/25/08
What is it about Sarah Palin that causes so many on the left to absolutely lose all sense of reality? Like this:
“If Sarah Palin isn’t enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention,” said Hastings. “Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through.”
Yeah, Jews and Blacks! I hear the McCain-Palin camp have a bill just waiting in the queue that’ll introduce mandatory lynchings! So, you just think this through!
PETA to Ben & Jerry's: Use human milk
Posted by – 9/24/08
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow’s milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman.
What? This story is definitely 6 months and 9 days early.
You have GOT to be kidding me
Posted by – 9/10/08
And more from the well-spoken left:
South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate “whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.”