Possibly the stupidest bumper sticker that I’ve ever seen

By The Incredible Hoelker, June 30, 2009 under Culture, News | 3 Comments

Driving home from the gym today, I was behind a car that had a bumper sticker that read “No More World Drama, Vote Obama”.

I know it’s meant to be hyperbole and I understand that Obama has higher approval ratings in foreign countries than George W. Bush did or John McCain probably would have had, but has Obama saved us from world drama? I don’t think folks in Iran, North Korea, Iraq or Honduras would agree (and that’s just in the past month).

Until Obama finds a way to bring democracy to Iran (and dismantling their nuclear weapons program), stop North Korea from developing nuclear arms, quell violence in Iraq and allow Honduras to have a government that is not authoritarian, then I’ll believe that Obama can actually stop world drama.

Obamas, salt of the Earth, getting nothing done

By Joe L-E, June 17, 2009 under News | No Comments

First Lady Michelle Obama Holds Food And Nutrition Event In WH Garden

The Obamas were incredibly unimpressive today, but what else is new.

Drudge led off the day with a funny headline noting that Michelle’s White House garden seems to be on steroids, considering that it has already bloomed.  What’s more offensive than that is the horrendously long speech she gives to go along with it.

Despite the impressive showing, Michelle’s act of being one with nature would be outdone by Barack. Continue Reading »

Just in case you thought Old Media wasn’t dead yet

By Joe L-E, June 16, 2009 under News | No Comments

Unrest Continues After Iranian Presidential ElectionsIt took several hours before the lovable losers in the mainstream media even realized that people in Iran might actually be a tad upset about the “election” last week. This came about because of a combination of a few things:

  1. The media was smart enough to realize right off the bat that Obama wasn’t picking up on the story, so they had no reason to play it up.
  2. The media also recognized how terrible it would look for the Obama Doctrine to show that even Iranians don’t see Ahmadinejad as a legitimate leader while Obama courts him as aggressively as better than he does with our actual allies like Germany and the UK.
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