Current Events

It's rather telling that after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the international community responded with an outpouring of support and concern...

...yet after Monday's earthquake in China that's (so far) killed 15,000 and left hundreds of thousands homeless, the response of most American citizens is a collective "whatever."

[Updated 5:08pm] A few thoughts on the continuing bruhaha over Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's former pastor and ever-popular subject of the mainstream news media echo chamber:

Okay, I've been holding my tongue on the escalating war-of-the-words between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but I gotta break my vow of silence for this one.

Proving beyond any doubt that politics makes strange bedfellows, here's the matchup I never, never, ever would've expected to see...

The insensitive question of the day:

So the big political story this week is the revelation that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was caught soliticiting high-priced prostitutes (sorry, "escorts") for sex. This item is guaranteed to grab headlines for at least a week, as it features the irresistible combination of titilation with hypocrisy (Spitzer was a former Attorney General who busted prostitution rings).

I don't know about the rest of you, but right now I'm feeling rather sorry for John McCain.

Much to my surprise (not), there are some yaboos still obsessing over the "leaked" photo of Barack Obama wearing traditional Kenya garb from a trip to Africa a few weeks ago. One of the favorite tactics of the yaboos is to claim that the photo shows Senator Obama wearing his father's "tribal outfit," I presume because of some bizarre attempt to imply that Obama isn't really an American and/or to associate him to the negative aspects of Kenya.

To those folks I have to ask -- if you're going to go around trumpeting Obama dressing up from his father's side of the family, why not give equal time to his mother? Why aren't you waving around photos of Obama dressed up in his mother's culture?

Here, I'll help you out. Ladies and gentlemen, a photo of Senator Barack Obama wearing his mother's cultural costume:

[Updated 12:36pm, February 26] Another day, another bushel of election controversy...

[Updated February 21, 9:55am] So the latest Circle Of Outrage™ today apparently started on Monday, when Michelle Obama -- wife of presidential hopeful Barack Obama -- addressed a rally in Milwaukee and said:

Since I babbled a bit about John McCain last time, it seems only fair to give a bit of attention to the Democratic candidates. As if either of them cares what some geek on an obscure web site thinks...

I haven't said much so far regarding the 2008 Presidential election primaries. This is not out of neglect, but simple cynicism; come November, we'll walk into the voting booth and have to choose between a bottle of either Democra-Cola or Repubi, with nary a 7-Up or Dr. Pepper in sight. And as we make our choices, that little sniggering voice in the back of our heads wonders if we'll get stuck with another disasterous New Coke instead.

If you're a regular follower of the "Stuff You Should Read" blurbs on this site, you probably saw that link to a New Republic article the other day about Presidential hopeful Ron Paul's racist-filled newsletters.

Well, CNN contacted Paul about those newsletters today, and his response is a knee-slapper of a doozy:

So according to the news, Al Qaeda has invited journalists to submit questions for their Top Guy #2, Ayman al-Zawahri, in a sort of 21st century virtual interview.

With the pansy-assed limp-wristed corporate-controlled jokers we've got passing for journalists these days, here's the one question that's sure to be conveniently overlooked -- even though it should be the first out the gate:

So I was just moseying around the internet when I came across the following amusing news article:

Dueling headlines:

Okay, so let me get this straight:

1. The Spanish-language television network, Univision, had to cancel a forum for Republican presidential candidates because all but one of the hopefuls chickened out of the event.

[Updated 1:35pm] In light of Idaho Senator Larry Craig's arrest for soliciting sex in a public men's bathroom (ewwwwwww), it'd be all too easy to make jokes about closeted gay Republicans and their penchance for "water sports." Heck, we could just dust off those Mark Foley jokes and have them circulated inside of 10 minutes.

For those who haven't seen it yet, Newsweek has an in-depth article on the ongoing hunt for Osama Bin Laden -- y'know, the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks, the Mr. "Dead or Alive" that President George W. Bush promptly ignored in his rush to invade Iraq instead.

In light of the tragic collapse of Missouri's 35W bridge, I wonder -- once again -- why Republicans love to brag about how they're slashing government to the bone and drowning it in the bathtub, then...

Don'cha wish American media outlets had the andkosh to print stuff like this?