The office of President-Elect Barack Obama (boy, that has a great ring to it) officially launched change.gov today to serve as a bridge from the cataclysmic failure that was the Bush administration to the new Obama administration.
Barack Obama is an agent of change but he cannot bring change alone. If people really want to turn this country around it will take a mass social movement from the ground up. There’s no other way it’s going to happen.
Change.gov promotes open government and invites all to share your ideas for change. This is unprecedented in American politics. An incoming administration has basically just put a bottomless suggestion box out for all of the country to use.
“When you choose to serve — whether it’s your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood — you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That’s why it’s called the American dream.”
Last night on Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday, Will Ferrell reprised his role as The Decider and endorsed John McCain (Darrell Hammond) and Sarah Palin (Tina Fey).
Back before she was named John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin admitted during an interview on CNBC that she didn’t know what the job of vice president consists of, and even asked “What is it exactly that the VeePee does?” After her nomination, that video came back to haunt her.
During the vice presidential debate with Joe Biden earlier this month, Palin claimed she was just joking during the CNBC interview. Well, it turns out that she wasn’t joking. Sarah Palin really has no idea what the vice president does. Perhaps what’s most disconcerting about Palin’s lack of knowledge in regards to the office that she seeks is the fact that she was stumped by a third grader.
On Monday Sarah Palin sat down for an interview with NBC affiliate KUSA. At the end of the interview Palin was asked a write-in question from local 3rd grader Brandon Garcia: “What does the vice president do?” Palin got the answer wrong.
As The Decider would say: “Is our children learning?” Watch and weep:
While The Decider ogles Olympic volleyball players in China, a fucking war is raging between Russia and Georgia. Not that we here in America would know seeing as how sex and scandal always outsells despair and anguish. Georgians are literally begging for America’s help and telling the story of a great betrayal by the West. Someone must have told them that our military is busy securing delicious oil.
The following horrific images you won’t see on CNN or Fox News. I found them via a Live Journal I couldn’t even read. They are not for the faint at heart. (graphic depiction of war)
Jib Jab always has great election year videos. This one’s no different. The song’s kinda catchy, plus it’s nice to think about the day The Decider leaves the White House. Oh, happy, happy, joy, joy.
Not to be outdone, the GOP had their own video made to scare the shit out of all of us. It looks like a bad parody of 24, a show they obviously didn’t study very well.
Earlier, I posted some thoughts regarding the appearance of John McCain and Mike Huckabee, in particular this unflattering picture. For some reason it really got me thinking outside the box. As a result, all sorts of satirical ideas popped into my head. I began to amend said post when it started to become something entirely different. I wasn’t just thinking outside the box, I dove right inside to find a prize.
WARNING: The following is chockfull of morons, Mormons, oxymorons, and hell, maybe even oxy-Mormons. Know that when I use a term such as “left” when referring to slanted Republicans, I use it in the most righteous since of the word. At the same time, remember that an ironic phrase like “moderate republican” is merely an anagram for “a truce imponderable.” Suspend all logic or turn back now.
George W. Bush’s final legacy begins today. On behalf of my children, and my children’s children, I’d like to personally thank all of the uninformed who not only voted for the retarded tyrant in 2000 but also those who reelected him in 2004. Without you, it couldn’t have been done. And yet all of you will remain uninformed and vote for the next guy, whomever it turns out to be, even though you probably couldn’t name a single candidate.
On days like this, I’m haunted by the sound-bites I’ve heard from friends of mine; in particular this one: “I don’t even know who’s running. But I’m going to vote for the Republican.”
The silver lining, if there is one to our economy crashing, is that recession will hit these people the hardest. The Germans have a word for the way this will make me feel: Schadenfreude.
This morning The Decider said that Congress “wasted time” when it came to appeasing the majority of Americans who want an end to the Iraq war. How dare they!
The House of Representatives has wasted valuable time on a constant stream of investigations and the Senate has wasted valuable time on an endless series of failed votes to pull our troops out of Iraq. And yet there’s important work to be done on behalf of the American people.
The Decider doesn’t remember what he got in his Econ. 101 class in college. At a press conference this morning, Bush was asked the following question:Do you think there’s a risk of a recession? How do you rate that?
His response: You know, you need to talk to economists. I think I got a B in Econ 101. I got an A, however, in keeping taxes low and being fiscally responsible with the people’s money.
“Keeping taxes low and being fiscally responsible with the people’s money”? What college offers that class? Not even Emerson offers that class. But wait, it gets better. According to his college transcripts, George W. Bush received grades of 71 and 72 in Economics — a grade that “would correspond with a C-.”
A little bit of economic background might come in handy considering what the Bush administration has done to our economy.
In case you missed last night’s CNN/YouTube debates where The People were allowed to ask the candidates questions, you can watch the recap of all 39 questions and responses online.
Meanwhile, during today’s White House press briefing, when asked if the President watched last night’s debates Tony Snow responded with, “I don’t think so. I don’t think he’s big on YouTube debates.”
Such a preposterous notion that The Decider would be interested in what The People have to say…
Apparently those who are against the war, those who want out of the war, those who question the war - a number that amounts to 70% of the country - are responsible for the war’s failure. Oh, and Senator Clinton too. In a letter to the Senator, Undersecretary of Defense Eric Edelman attacked criticism of the war.
Premature and public discussion of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq reinforces enemy propaganda that the United States will abandon its allies in Iraq, much as we are perceived to have done in Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia.
Bush administration officials unveiled a bold new assertion of executive authority yesterday in the dispute over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys, saying that the Justice Department will never be allowed to pursue contempt charges initiated by Congress against White House officials once the president has invoked executive privilege.
Someone obviously didn’t pay attention in his high school American History class.
Last week’s recap went back five or six hours to remind us that Bierko was the original bad guy up to no good. I guess we all got carried away with the sketchy President and his inability to blow his own brains out. Man, what a powerful scene that was. The music was great and Gregory Itzin’s performance was perfect. I knew he wouldn’t do it though. Logan has no spine. Killing himself would have been the easy way out. Lucky for him, Miles called at the last second. Did you hear Miles’ voice when the President told him that he would be taken care of? I bet that snide little weasel creamed his pants. “Would you like me to intervene?” Oh man….
Next week: The last two hours of 24 until January
**24 will start roughly 20-30 minutes late tonight so that The Decider can talk to the American folk. Adjust your DVRs accordingly.
