Obama speaks of being “shellacked” at press conference today
Posted on 03. Nov, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in Politics
President Obama discussed the outcome of the mid-term elections, among other things, at a press conference today. The President said that he was humbled by the “shellacking” the Democrats took at the polls on Tuesday. So far, however, the President is not being petty about the outcome: he also said that he was ready and [...]
Jon Stewart on the “Perpetual Panic Conflictinator”
Posted on 02. Nov, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in Politics
The recent joint Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear brought out an unexpectedly large crowd of 215,000 this weekend; the rally was originally expected to attract roughly 60.000 attendees. At the time, Jon Stewart jokingly said that there were more than 10 million people there; when informed of the actual [...]
Juan Williams fired for nervousness
Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in Politics
Is it outrageous for the National Public Radio to fire Juan Williams for something as small as “nervousness”? Not if that nervousness is inspired by Muslim people on airplanes, and if it’s made public on television. That’s right; Williams has been fired by the NPR for saying that Muslims on airplanes makes him nervous. The [...]
Jon Stewart says “Restore Sanity” rally is not anti-Glenn Beck
Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in Politics
Appearing on Larry King’s show, Jon Stewart talked about his response to Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally, the upcoming “Restore Sanity” rally, but said that his rally was not meant to be anti-Glenn Beck. Stewart stressed the point that the rally would be very similar in tone to the Daily Show: humor mixed with a [...]
President Obama to appear on “The Daily Show”
Posted on 20. Oct, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in Politics
Prior to the upcoming mid-term elections in November, President Barack Obama is slated to appear on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show”. Is he doing so in order to make Steve Colbert jealous? Not according to the President himself, who says that he is appearing on the show to attract a younger generation of supporters. I’m [...]
Jimmy McMillan’s “The Rent is Too Damn High” Party
Posted on 19. Oct, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in Politics
On first reading the title of this article, one’s first instinct would probably be to think that Jimmy McMillan is hosting a celebration or protest of some kind in honor of the rent being too damn high. On the contrary, McMillan’s party is not the kind where you bring your own beer, but rather, it [...]
The beginning of the end for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Posted on 12. Oct, 2010 by Bulls Eye! in Politics
U.S. district Judge Virginia A. Phillips has come down on the side of suspending the controversial DoD policy. In a released statement, Phillips ordered the DoD to, “immediately to suspend and discontinue any investigation, or discharge, separation, or other proceeding” related to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Other websites are reporting on the magnitude of this [...]
Does Carl Paladino have some closeted issues with sex?
Posted on 12. Oct, 2010 by Bulls Eye! in Politics
Here are the facts, folks, broken down the way I see them. 1) He goes on the offensive, claiming that Andrew Cuomo, his opponent in the upcoming race, had extra-marital affairs. (Let me remind you that Paladino has admitted to fathering a child with his mistress….has he never heard the old adage that the pot [...]
The Unfriendly Prime Minster
Posted on 08. Oct, 2010 by Bulls Eye! in Politics
Little man syndrome or angry man syndrome is a common “affliction.” But, Stephen Harper has taken his “angry man” issue to a new level. Where did all of this hatred – not just anger, but true HATE – come from??? In his work, there is a palpable hatred of central Canadian Liberalism and an amazing [...]
Idea Of Government Licensing Internet Proposed By Microsoft To Prevent Malware Attackes
Posted on 07. Oct, 2010 by Tony Valencia in Politics
The Government Licensing Internet idea proposed by Microsoft may be the next technological measure to prevent unwanted errors and malicious attacks. The government licensing to access the internet would detect computers that are at risk of harming the world wide web. Once the computer is detected, it would not be able to access the internet until it [...]