Former DNC national chairman Don Fowler got caught speaking his mind to South Carolina Congressman John Spratt during a flight: "The hurricane’s going to hit New Orleans about the time they start. [laughter] The timing is ... at least it appears now that it’ll be there Monday. That just demonstrates that God’s on our side. [laughter] Everything’s cool." Oops! Did he say that out loud? In front of someone's cellphone camcorder? Yes, he did. He apologized later, but the nature of the man's character has been revealed. He's a douchebag.
And this is hardly news, but Michael Moore engaged in a similar bit of douchebaggery on the eve of Hurricane Gustav, too. He told MSNBC that the arrival of Gustav near New Orleans on day one of the Republican convention was "proof that there is a god." Stay classy, dude.
John McClain says you need $5 million to be rich. Taken out of context, as the quote has been, I have to agree. You can make $5 million one time and still not be rich. By the time you are done with taxes, you do not have enough money to retire comfortably, and if you cannot retire comfortably, you aren't rich. Not yet, at least.
Only in America can a man fail to report $75,000 in income because he doesn't understand the tax consequences of his rental property transactions, and yet still chair the congressional committee that writes America's tax laws.
New York's governor says that the reason the GOP made fun of Barack Obama's experience as a community organizer has nothing to do with refuting the Democrat's mockery of Sarah Palin's experience as a small town mayor, it's their way of using "code" to call Obama black. Because we all know that there are a small number of racists in this country who hate blacks, and don't know Barack Obama is half-black, but they'll figure it out if we just keep repeating the message that he was a community organizer.
Perhaps Sarah Palin doesn't know everything there is to know about Freddie Mac and Fannie May, but perhaps that's because they aren't funding her career the way they are for Barack Obama.
Here's the brilliant new take on Sarah Palin, brought to us by the South Carolina Democratic party chair: "Her primary qualification is that she didn't have an abortion." That's the kind of insightful analysis that wins elections, right?
Keith Olberman's douchebaggery has finally cost him a job. I think of Olberman as a goofus sportscaster along the lines of Hacksaw Hamilton. Perhaps he'll soon be relegated to that position again.
Last month, when a judge denied Reggie Bush's motion to compel arbitration in the [felon] Lloyd Lake lawsuit, a bunch of trolls started celebrating and guaranteeing that Reggie Bush would have to testify at deposition by September 9. None of them have ever litigated a case with an arbitration claim to it. If they had, they would have known that an order denying arbitration is immediately appealable. And that Reggie Bush losing that motion to compel arbitration meant a certain appeal and a stay of the civil case. The defendants had 60 days to file that appeal, but they didn't wait nearly that long.
I loved this headline: "Washington president asks fans to lay off Willingham." Washington fans respond: Dude, Willingham should have been laid off two seasons ago."
This is the coolest sports website I've found in a long time. Pollstalker. It sounds a bit gay, but it's awesome. Among other things, it keeps track of which AP voters have their heads up their asses. Jon Wilner and Scott Wolf are among the worst.
Finally, Vince Young has problems. He won a national title at Texas in arguably the best college football game ever played. He was selected near the top of the NFL draft and was a starting quarterback as a rookie. He won the offensive rookie of the year award. He has earned millions of dollars playing a grownup version of a little boy's game. But ... people booed him last week. So he's hurting, inside and out, says his mama. We should all be thankful we don't have problems like that, huh? Shame on all you people who booed Vince Young last week. Instead of "boo", what you should have said is "boo f*cking hoo."
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