Fraternity brother @jonathanclark has been tweeting about some political advertisements from Alabama where he went to grad school. I’m not sure if these are real or some sort of joke. The best one is embedded, the others can be found below.
Found this today, very thought provoking:
When some Americans believe the current president is a communist cult leader trying to brainwash the nation’s schoolchildren, and other Americans want the last president to be dragged off his ranch in handcuffs, it is time to reassess the state of our union. So may I make a modest proposal. There is a way to end the bitter bickering over health care, affirmative action, abortion, religion in the public square, taxation, torture, and the proper role of government. It is called secession. Yes, I know: Splitting the U.S. into two nations is a bit extreme. But extremism in the defense of America is no vice. And since we’re already segregating ourselves by what we watch, listen, and read, why not go all the way?
Think of the possibilities. In a new nation fashioned out of the current red states-call it, for the sake of argument, Limbaughland-the federal tax rate would be cut to 10%, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security would be abolished, abortion would be illegal, gays would be closeted again, and Christianity would be the official state religion. Anyone could buy any kind of gun, no questions asked. In the current blue states, which we will call ObamaNation, the federal tax rate would top out at 90%; all employers would institute quota systems for minorities, women and less-abled persons; and you’d get your health care form a single-payer system like Canada’s. Fast food and guns would be banned, while gay marriage and marijuana would be legal. Voila! No more rancor, leaving only one remaining problem: What would we all feel so aggrieved about?”
-William Falk, editor of The Week
I just saw this picture for the first time, I suspect it is really old. I find it very funny.
I realize I am posting a ton of videos, but I have been traveling a lot lately. I will be in LA for the weekend enjoying 70 degree weather.
$825 Billion is a ton of money. I found this graphic which shows a the breakdown of where that money is going. I had to edit it to make it fit on the blog, but since I found it on tinyurl I have no idea who the original author was.
Update: Moved the graphic to the second page, it was way too big for the front page.
It would be nice if we could, at the very least, have a renewed educated discourse on this topic. Somehow I don’t see that happening.
Obviously this news is a little old. I didn’t think I would post anything about this until I saw the video below. It is from some British show, where the host gets his two guests to read through part of the script they found on the internet. Here is a news story about the production. This whole thing keeps getting funnier.
Update: For those of you who are even more curious, TMZ has posted video and pictures which you can find here. Obviously NSFW.
I love stuff like this. Below are a few of my favorites.
Plato: For the greater good.
Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability.
Oliver North: National Security was at stake.
The country has spoken, but did we make the right choice? Some decisions show incredible social progress. Case in point, nationwide, 9 out of 10 marijuana ballot initiatives passed. On the other hand, Alaska has decided to go ahead and re-elect Ted Stevens, even though he was recently convicted of seven separate felonies. He can’t vote, but he can still run for office? Some good decisions, some bad.
Barack Obama was elected overwhelmingly. It was over by 11pm Eastern and I got to go to bed on time. He has inspired so many people, as you can see in pictures or in the form of a flash game. He even inspired The Onion to come up with a very clever headline.
We selected the lesser of two evils, but isn’t the lesser of two evils still evil? I’m happy with how it ended up given our realistic choices, but I would obviously prefer to have had real choice. I think it is pretty obvious what my choice would have been. Even if you disagree with everything I have said thus far, there is one thing we can agree on. It is about time George’s time came to an end.
