Monthly Archives: February 2009
Citipoop: Greasing the Weill
From the New York Post: Just weeks after Citigroup averted total collapse with a $45 billion shot in the arm of taxpayer cash, the bank jetted its former CEO and his family on one of its corporate jets to a … Continue reading →
Filed under Barack Obama, Corporate greed, Corruption, Democrats, humor, movies, parody, politics, Scandals, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as bailout, banking, Citigroup, Claire McCaskill, economy, Golden Parachutes, Sandy Weill, SEC, Vikram Pandit, Wall Street
Personal Fouls-Sports Night at the Raisin!
From Business Week (January 30): So much for bipartisanship…10 days into the President’s term and it’s over. Only the tiniest signs of inter-party mixing and mingling exist. We’re not talking the stimulus bill here. We’re talking serious stuff: the President’s … Continue reading →
Filed under 2008 election, Advertising, Arlen Specter, Barack Obama, Democrats, humor, John McCain, Jon Kyl, Marijuana, movies, Olympics, parody, politics, Republicans, Scandals, snark, Sports
Tagged as Arizona Cardinals, Bob Casey, Clifford Boxham, football, Kurt Warren, Michael Phelps, Pittsburgh Steelers, Superbowl, Wheaties
House of Cards
From The Washington Post (January 30th): The unanimous vote by House Republicans against President Obama’s stimulus plan provided an early indication that the GOP hopes to regain power by becoming the champion of small government, a reputation many felt slipped … Continue reading →
Filed under Barack Obama, Chimpy, George W. Bush, humor, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, movies, parody, politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Senate, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Bobby Jindal, Charlie Crist, economy, Haley Barbour, Jim Douglas, Mark Sanford, Medicaid, National Governors Association, Republican National Committee, stimulus, Tim Pawlenty
Welcome to the Rethuglican Circus–It’s the Small Tent to the Right
From Adam Serwer at The American Prospect: In some ways, the race for RNC chair was terribly predictable. [...] I predicted that if Obama won, the monochromatic GOP would be desperate to field an RNC chair with a black face, … Continue reading →
Filed under 2008 election, Barack Obama, humor, movies, parody, politics, Racism, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Adam Serwer, Barack the Magic Negro, Center for American Progress, Chip Saltsman, Katon Dawson, Ken Blackwell, Michael Steele, Paul Shanklin, Republican National Committee, RNC
