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[ Posted Saturday, August 18th, 2007 – 06:00 UTC ]
Archive of Articles in the "Humor" Category
Petraeus' Pig Lipstick
[ Posted Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 – 12:09 UTC ]
There are two parts to the Petraeus-is-trustworthy spin: that he's competent and knows what he's doing, and that he's not political and not partisan. But when you examine the evidence, this fantasy falls apart.
A Frivolous Summer Column On Science Fiction
[ Posted Monday, August 13th, 2007 – 17:18 UTC ]
Almost without exception, whenever space ships (large or small) are shown in space, the viewer is put at a distance, listening to engines rumble, weapons PING or ZAP or CHOW-CHOW-CHOW, and explosions satisfyingly go BOOM! This needs to end.
A One-Act DC Summertime Tragedy
[ Posted Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 – 03:00 UTC ]
Farce returned his attention to her handbag. Digging past the outrageous wads of bills, he found two objects at the bottom. He pulled the first out. It was a gigantic medieval shield, something a knight in full armor would carry into battle. He pulled it out by its straps, and slowly turned it over to reveal the text of the Constitution on the face of it. He noticed right away that in the midst of the Bill of Rights, the Fourth Amendment had indeed been blacked out. Crudely spray painted on top of it in blood red letters was the phrase: "In Gonzales we trust."
Where Is H. Ross Perot When You Need Him?
[ Posted Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 – 15:32 UTC ]
Enter a quirky Texan with a lot of money to spend named H. Ross Perot. He forced the issue into the campaign in a big way. He started renting television time in half-hour chunks and giving what were essentially infomercials on the subject of the deficit. He forced Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush to confront the issue. And he also got almost one vote in five on election day.
Bush / Brown Photo Caption Contest
[ Posted Monday, July 30th, 2007 – 15:53 UTC ]
