Entries from Katy Oliver : Bean There tagged with 'politics'
Quote of the Month
"I closed the curtain...I said now we're voting...I put it in the machine- it looked like a shredder."-Bill Cosby to David Letterman, re: his voting experience on November 4th, 2008Funny because IT WASN'T A SHREDDER!!! YAY!!!...
Colbert Report Tonight, 8.27.08
How great was Stephen Colbert's interview with Mike Huckabee?Did you catch it? The best part was not when Huckabee admittedhow strong Obama was, but when he admitted that race was not theultimate issue. Oh, and also, the tribute to Tubbs...
RIP Tim Russert
Tim Russert, host of Meet The Press suffered a fatal heart attack Friday. He was just 58. Russert was at work at the NBC Studios in Washington, D.C., when he went into cardiac arrest. "He was an institution in both...
What It Is
Well, it sure seems like a while since I've been here... Because we are in between casas, we are busier than usual and the schedule is skewed. It is what it is. One thing we need to mention: Fat Tuesday/Super...
Sad and Disturbing
Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally, aides said. "The surgeons confirmed that she has been martyred," Bhutto's lawyer Babar Awan said. A party...
Stephen Colbert For President, Really?
Yesterday Colbert threw his hat into the Presidential ring. Is he serious? If he actually plans on following through...well, umm, he could be a formidable force because he has a following, and he has no fear! He may be trying...
They Can't Take This Victory Away From Us
Climate change campaigner Al Gore and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Congratulations to Al Gore! His office has issued this statement (from an email): I am deeply honored to receive...
Love Is...Never Scared!
We were revisiting Chris Rock's "Never Scared" from "The Black Ambition Tour" and it's still sooo relevant. Maybe even more now than before...He truly resonates. He's revelatory, smart and funny! He's such a genius. He's up there with Bill Hicks!...
Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, Tonight on Daily Show
Brilliant, right?!...
"Iraq Me Dave Petraeus"
To the tune of Rock Me Amadeus, the Daily Show shrewdly and brilliantly created the segment "Iraq Me Dave Petraeus" and we absolutely insist you click here and watch it right now!...
It's the Questions...Don't Hesitate to Debate
Have you seen the Second Edition of Loose Change?*Have you seen the Original Cut of Loose Change?Won't you please watch the Original Cut of Loose Change? *I had a hard time finding the "part 2" of the 2nd Edition! Way...
David Lynch on 9/11
"David Lynch Goes Public With 9/11 Questions Film director is disturbed by unanswered questions Film Director and cult icon David Lynch has gone public with concerns he has over the official government story of the September 11 2001 terror attacks....
REMEMBER TO REMEMBER!!! Applying Our Shared Mixture of Media Experiences (think: Britney, Gimme More!), Tragedy and Terror (We All Get Perpetual War War War)...And At least Consider Considering This...
We like distractions probably more than most, but we also can't NOT get serious about the way our world is depicted in the media...Especially now... *************************************************** Tragedy's Legacy Six years of 9/11 as a license to kill It evokes a...
REMEMBER TO REMEMBER!!! Reflecting on 9/11: The People, The Pulverized Steel, The Propaganda, The Politics, The Profiteers, The President...And So Much Pain...Revisiting the Worst and the Best of US
My way of paying tribute to those who died on 9/11...* I was in Oklahoma, just outside OKC, on the morning of September 11, 2001, when my mother called me and told me to "turn on the tv." I will...
REMEMBER TO REMEMBER!!! Consider Considering...
KEEP REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED... KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS AND QUESTIONING THE ANSWERS... ************************************************* America's Number One Collapse Expert Thought WTC Bombed FDNY commander said south tower implosion "too even" to be caused by jet fuel...
D'oh No
(thanks CS)...
"In Favor Of The Sheriff"
"Finally the truth comes out. I've been practicing law for 37 years in Los Angeles. I've talked to lawyers, judges, and prosecutors. No one has ever heard of anybody being treated like the way they're treating Paris Hilton...Go check on...
Brunch Before...
Before Ava's birthday party, we headed over to my parents' place on the Quinnipiac River for a brunch...Among the guests~ my Aunt Ann (in the middle, next to my mom, BCO, and like BCO, sporting a pair of one-of-a-kind KatyO...
Still Something To Shout About
KO, Pro-Choice Rally, Washington DC, 92/93...
George's Globe
KO was just kicking around the fact that Chris Dodd's intention to run for President hasn't come up in any of my posts yet...Today seemed like as good a day as any to get into it, but then I got...
Wounded Joke
This might've been a funny joke if told via tipsy talk at a dive bar after a long night of depressing- if not intellectual, heated- debate about our current political institution. In its current manifestation, however, I can't help but...
Won't Back Down
Some choice excerpts from Matt Taibbi's article for Rolling Stone: That Iraq Report? More of the Same The great Baker-Hamilton crock: A classic bullshit-cloud in the proud tradition of congressional "studies"These guys know how to spread their legs for campaign...
Good Enough, Smart Enough, and...BUMPED!
Is Al Franken gunning for the Senate in '08? If you believe his interview on the Colbert Report (preceded by a sweet jab or two at Rush Limbaugh), the answer is totally affirmative... Hey, the "Colbert Bump" works wonders, baby!...
Pretty F-n Awesome!
Ummm, yeah...it's a fleeting moment...but Joe definitely lets the "F" bomb slip out! KO doesn't care about profanities, but...KO loves funny! live! on tv! Joe always delivers the funny/not funny (seriously) with a smile... (Source: C&L...please go to C&L and...
Spin Rummy! part 3
ONE OF THE GREATEST QUOTES EVER!!! "Seriously though Donald~ now YOU'RE paying the price for OUR foolishness... the world didn't deserve you~ You're like our Van Gogh~ except your canvas is the Earth and instead of brushes, you're using uranium-tipped-bunker-busters......
Spin Rummy! part 2
My eco-terra-ist brother Tricky always jokes about "clear-cutting" his face when he shaves...It's so totally perfect that Matt at BrandSpankin' has warmongering (and newly resigned) Rummy waging war on his facial hair! Nicely done Brando! (BrandSpankin')...
Spin Rummy!
Yet another way to make your voice heard~ go to DealBreaker! Vote! Be counted! Ha!(DealBreaker)...
The Political Process
Regarding Election Day: Thought you might be interested in some political updates...because you are here for me and that is never for a moment lost on me... and...well, I link you, I really really link you! *CNN~ Results/Breakdown of Power...
Some Things are Still the Same
Happy Friday-before-the-Election, y'all!!! We country!!! This song~ much like KO~ NEVER gets OLD & ALWAYS remembers!!! Genesis "Land of Confusion" (YouTube ain't 100% dead...yet)...
Pop Politics
Vintage Overheard...
Lest We Forget
From the pen of Larry Gelbart, writer of MASH, TOOTSIE, OH GOD, FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, CITY OF ANGELS, etc.~ (thanks CS) *********** For Election Day - Lest We Forget Iraq Iraq Iraq Abu Ghraib...
How Many Bodies Are We Talking About Boehner?
"I think Donald Rumsfeld's the only man in America who knows where the bodies are buried at the Pentagon..."(from C&L)...
Failure Is Not An Option!!!
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A Real Page Turner
Boy oh boy, that Mark Foley sure is good fodder...haha Long Live The Daily Show! ....... He's totally about to be an awesome "ripped from the headlines" episode of SVU... (C&L said it first)...
With All Due Respect
This may be the funniest f-ing clip ever of the most popular fug on Fox. Can't. Stop. Laughing. It's. Too. Funny. (thanks C&L) Be sure to check out this piece from C&L about Clinton "crazed" on Fox! Also...here is Ned...
School for Scoundrels, part 2
Hopefully we all know there is nothing wrong with questioning authority. In fact, questioning authority is natural. When you are a kid and your mom tells you to brush your teeth you might whine, ask why or rebel and use...
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