Archive for December, 2008

McCain making sense

Behold! John McCain actually made sense for once when he offered his two cents in opposition of the automakers’ bailout.

George W. Bush has approved the bailout of $17 billion this morning. Barack Obama is supporting the bailout and the President’s decision. It’s strange that McCain would disagree with Bush and Obama, maybe he’s just having an “opposites” day.

Read all about it after the break!


Read the rest of this entry »

Cheney approved CIA’s torture tactics

“Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he was directly involved in approving severe interrogation methods used by the CIA, and that the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should remain open indefinitely.” – Greg Miller, LA Times

Read about Cheney’s confession after the break!


Read the rest of this entry »

Pinpointing the failure of a donkey (Video)

Keith Olbermann nicely summarizes the major failures of George W. Bush over the last 8 years in this short five-minute clip*!

(*Unfortunately, we are unable to provide the video of Mr. Bush’s small and medium-sized failures, as such a video would last for 43 days, 16 hours and 52 minutes, and is impossible to upload to even the biggest server in the world.)

Read ahead for the video!


Read the rest of this entry »

Bringing aid to the weakest among us

Click here to show/hide the flash player.


Act 1: Holes in our socks – Slate
Act 2: Big finance and the Big 3 – Maron v Seder
Act 3: Ruining our children’s future – Ring of Fire
Act 4: Economic crisis traced to bounced check – The Onion
Act 5: Limbaugh discovers “unfairness” – Conceptual Guerilla
Act 6: Down go the newspapers – Daily Show
Act 7: Pentions for auto workers – Maron v Seder
Act 8: Christians pray for money to a false idol – The Young Turks
Act 9: The end of food – On the Media
Act 10: Being a leader is more than nice shoes – Unger Report

Music:
More and More – Capitan Hollywood Project
Super Mario Brothers 2 – Estradasphere
Nothing Better – The Postal Service
The Postal Service - Give Up - Nothing Better
Keepsake – State Radio
State Radio - Peace Between Nations - EP - Keepsake
Cry – James Blunt
James Blunt - Back to Bedlam - Cry
Take it or leave it – The Strokes
The Strokes - Is This It - Take It or Leave It
Dance with me – Orleans
Orleans - Still the One - Dance with Me
The Silvery Light of a Dream – The Apples in Stereo
The Apples In Stereo - Tone Soul Evolution - The Silvery Light of a Dream, Pt. 2
Hungry like the wolf – Duran Duran
Duran Duran - Rio - Hungry Like the Wolf

Find source links and Digg this episode after the break!

Read the rest of this entry »