The former Monty Python star on Sarah Palin: It’s like a nice-looking parrot, because the parrot speaks beautifully and kinda says ‘aw shucks’ every now and again, but doesn’t really have any understanding of the meaning of the words it’s producing, even though it’s producing them very accurately. Cleese also apologizes to fellow Python star [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Perils of Palin: John Cleese edition
Posted in WM_archive on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yinzer Pirates
Posted in WM_archive on October 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
FromPunditKitchen From my home town!
Made me cry
Posted in WM_archive on October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yeah, it doesn’t take much, but this one pushes a button or two in that Field of Dreams kinda way. My dogs greeting me after returning from 14 months in Iraq Hat tip Daily Dish.
Connie Talbot sings … and she's seven!!
Posted in WM_archive on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, in the “how does that voice come out of that person” category, here’s Connie Talbot. She’s seven. Yikes!!! I love her cover of this Dolly Parton tune: But this video of her first appearance on Britain’s Got Talent is more of a tear-jerker: Connie lost out to Paul Potts (who I also thought was [...]
Perils of Palin, part three
Posted in WM_archive on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While I’m a big fan of Keith Olbermann’s, I kinda think his special comments have gotten a bit tired and self-important. That said, his recent comment re Palin and her recent actions (bringing up Ayers and Rev. Wright) is spot on, if a bit long. The money quote? … there is the sheer blessed stupidity [...]
Made me laugh
Posted in WM_archive on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saw this and laughed: Saw this and laughed harder! Courtesy FAIL Blog.
Perils of Palin, part deux
Posted in WM_archive on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has occurred to me that, if Obama wins in November, historians may look back and theorize that one of the reasons was that the McCain campaign just didn’t understand the Internet. Not just in a Bush “I use the Google” or Ted Stevens’ tubes kind of way, but in a meaningful, fundamental way. How [...]
Homer Simpson tries to vote for Obama
Posted in WM_archive on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My favorite part: This doesn’t happen in America! Maybe Ohio, but not in America!
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