Daily Archives: October 12, 2008

A Great Comedian You Might Not Know: Steven Wright

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

One of the most promising young comedians of the 1980s was Steven Wright, but he only put out one album: I Have a Pony. Roy of Hollywood, an iconic late night hippie FM radio DJ for KPFK in Los Angeles, used … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged comedy, English, hippies, humor, i have a pony, jokes, kpfk, language, literature, poetry, roy of hollywood, steven wright | 2 Comments

Who Is Barack Obama, John?: What McCain Giveth With His Far-Right Hand, He Taketh Away With His Left

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Eh, which message is coming from the real John McCain?

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, hypocricy, Joe Biden, John McCain, Michelle Obama, musical chairs, New Mexico, Sarah Palin, Sermon on the Mount, the author of confusion | Leave a comment

Flip-Flop: Is Obama a Sinister Terrorist—or a Decent Family Man?

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

McCain’s having a bit of message incoherence:

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America, Barack Obama, John McCain, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Politics, Sarah Palin, terrorism, Young Goodman Brown | 2 Comments

Great Mashup: Sinister “Who is Barack Obama?” Ad Opening Followed by McCain’s Conciliatory Rally Response

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

What McCain giveth with his far-right hand, he taketh away with his peace-making left hand:

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Colorado, confusion, flip-flop, John McCain, Nevada, Ohio, Politics, propaganda, Sarah Palin, Virginia | Leave a comment

Countdown to Obamageddon Begins: In EXACTLY 100 Days, the Bush Presidency Will End and the Obama Presidency Will Begin

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

October 12, 2008 (today) marks the beginning of the 100 day countdown to the end of the Bush presidency (January 20, 2009). And if Obama wins on November 4, we’ll see the beginning of his presidency. For right-wing hysterics, January 20th, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged armageddon, Barack Obama, bush presidency, End Times, George Bush, history, John McCain, obamageddon, Politics, Sarah Palin | 1 Comment

Ignorance is Base: McCain-Palin Base Voters Speak Their, Er, Minds

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Democrat, feminism, fundamentalism, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Politics, racism, Republican, right wing, Sarah Palin, sexism | 1 Comment

Nobody Around Him Objects: A Man Holds a Racist Obama Monkey at a McCain-Palin Rally—but When a Camera Focuses on Him He Slips It to a Kid in the Crowd

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, feminism, John McCain, monkeys, North Carolina, Ohio, Politics, racism, Sarah Palin, stuffed animals | 6 Comments

Obama Sticker on Your Car? No Parking

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Democrats, discrimination, injustice, John McCain, Politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin, segregation | Leave a comment

The Poetry of Human Rights. Yes We Can.

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, Barack Obama, Ben Franklin, feminism, gay marriage, George Washington, literature, poems, poetry, Thomas Paine | Leave a comment

No More Torture: See Here a Gorgeous and Moving Declaration of Human Rights. This is What the Obama Era Will Feel Like. We’ll Recover Our Better Selves, Both as Americans and World Citizens

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Colorado, Florida, freedom, human rights, John McCain, Ohio, Politics, Sarah Palin, Thomas Jefferson, universal declaration of human rights, US Constitution | Leave a comment

Image of Obama Campaign in the Heart Center of an Ohio Town

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Image source: BrettMarty.com

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America, Barack Obama, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Ohio, patriotism, Pennsylvania, Politics, Sarah Palin, yes we can | Leave a comment

Ever Given Yourself Over to Someone—or Something—That You Wish You Hadn’t? John McCain Did—to the Right Wing of His Party. But Now There’s Palinex, The Morning After Pill for Political Impulsivity

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Democrats, election 2008, Joe Biden, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Politics, Republicans, rush limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity | Leave a comment

Forbes Magazine Says That a US CITIZEN, Inside the US, Was Given GITMO-Style Torture on a Military Base, and Was Literally Driven INSANE. What’s Happened to Our Constitution Over the Past Eight Years? No 5th Amendment Protection Against Torture? No Habeus Corpus Rights for a US Citizen?

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Forbes magazine, printing an AP report, says that: A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a U.S. military brig, according to documents … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 5th amendment, America, Barack Obama, Constitution, George Bush, gitmo, habeus corpus, history, John McCain, Politics, Sarah Palin, torture | 1 Comment

Palin is Once Again a No-Show on the Sunday Morning Programs. And She Still Hasn’t Done a Press Conference

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Sarah Palin might find herself president if Republican John McCain wins this election, and dies in office. And she clearly doesn’t believe in basic democratic openness, transparency, and accountability. She won’t testify at hearings into her behavior in the troopergate … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Colorado, democracy, freedom of the press, John McCain, Ohio, Palin, Politics, Sarah Palin, the fourth estate | Leave a comment

John McCain as Prince Hamlet: To Insinuate that Obama is a Terrorist, or to Not Insinuate that Obama is a Terrorist, That is the Question?

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

John McCain is getting LOTS of contradictory advice these days. Here’s what the NY Times (today) says is dividing Republicans in Colorado: [N]o subject has more divided Republicans than the one that has been a matter of disagreement in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Colorado, Hamlet, Joe Biden, John McCain, literature, Ohio, Politics, Sarah Palin, Shakespeare, Virginia, west virginia | Leave a comment

“Being Gay is Wrong”: A Georgetown University Medical Student is Accosted by Two Muslims for Being Gay, Is Told That He Would Be Stoned if He Was in Their Country of Origin, and Is Then Assaulted, According to a DC Police Report

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

An incident of religiously motivated anti-gay violence occurred in Washington DC this week, according to the Washington Blade: Two men who identified themselves as Muslims were charged with assaulting a gay man in Georgetown after one of them said gay … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged atheist, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, gay marriage, gay rights, georgetown, Islam, James Dobson, Judaism, lesbian, Muslim | Leave a comment

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Daily Archives: October 12, 2008

A Great Comedian You Might Not Know: Steven Wright

Who Is Barack Obama, John?: What McCain Giveth With His Far-Right Hand, He Taketh Away With His Left

Flip-Flop: Is Obama a Sinister Terrorist—or a Decent Family Man?

Great Mashup: Sinister “Who is Barack Obama?” Ad Opening Followed by McCain’s Conciliatory Rally Response

Countdown to Obamageddon Begins: In EXACTLY 100 Days, the Bush Presidency Will End and the Obama Presidency Will Begin

Ignorance is Base: McCain-Palin Base Voters Speak Their, Er, Minds

Nobody Around Him Objects: A Man Holds a Racist Obama Monkey at a McCain-Palin Rally—but When a Camera Focuses on Him He Slips It to a Kid in the Crowd

Obama Sticker on Your Car? No Parking

The Poetry of Human Rights. Yes We Can.

No More Torture: See Here a Gorgeous and Moving Declaration of Human Rights. This is What the Obama Era Will Feel Like. We’ll Recover Our Better Selves, Both as Americans and World Citizens

Image of Obama Campaign in the Heart Center of an Ohio Town

Ever Given Yourself Over to Someone—or Something—That You Wish You Hadn’t? John McCain Did—to the Right Wing of His Party. But Now There’s Palinex, The Morning After Pill for Political Impulsivity

Forbes Magazine Says That a US CITIZEN, Inside the US, Was Given GITMO-Style Torture on a Military Base, and Was Literally Driven INSANE. What’s Happened to Our Constitution Over the Past Eight Years? No 5th Amendment Protection Against Torture? No Habeus Corpus Rights for a US Citizen?

Palin is Once Again a No-Show on the Sunday Morning Programs. And She Still Hasn’t Done a Press Conference

John McCain as Prince Hamlet: To Insinuate that Obama is a Terrorist, or to Not Insinuate that Obama is a Terrorist, That is the Question?

“Being Gay is Wrong”: A Georgetown University Medical Student is Accosted by Two Muslims for Being Gay, Is Told That He Would Be Stoned if He Was in Their Country of Origin, and Is Then Assaulted, According to a DC Police Report

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