in the wise words of c-3po:
“thank the maker.”
-srd
Entries tagged as ‘politics’
epic win of the week: “he’s got a gun!”
November 4, 2008 · 1 Comment
Categories: politics
Tagged: awesomeness, epic win of the week, obama, politics
on pumas and the such
November 4, 2008 · 1 Comment
if there’s one thing that bothers me more than anything else in this campaign, it’s the so-called pumas (party unity my ass). i’m not entirely sure if more than five of them actually exist, but they claim to be hilary clinton supporters (ie democrats) for john mccain. there’s a ton of blogs out there dedicated to them, my favorite to troll being hillbuzz. but if you actually take the time to read hillbuzz (it’s entertaining in an o’reily factor sort of way) you might come to the same conclusion i have.
these people aren’t democrats, not by a long-shot. allow me a minute to explain through the subtle act of analogy.
if were to tell everyone, over and over again, that i was straight, but now i like to fuck dudes, would i still be straight? if i went around espousing the gay lifestyle, started going to margaret cho concerts, bought a turquoise bracelet, and put a rainbow sticker on my white prius, but continued to tell everyone that i was straight, would i still be straight? now, of course, i am not in any way positing that homosexuality is a choice. nor am i equating it to voting for john mccain (i wouldn’t insult my gay friends like that). what i am saying is that at some point, the pumas will have to come out of the closet, look themselves in the mirror and say “i’m here, i’m republican, no more capital gains tax!”
know they-selves, pumas. being republican isn’t a sin, especially seeing as republicans tend to think everything else is.
-srd
Categories: politics
Tagged: hillbuzz, o'reily factor, politics, pumas
douche of the week
October 24, 2008 · 1 Comment
introducing a new friday feature here at my ironic mustache: the douche of the week award. and the innagural award goes to none other than ashley todd. yesterday, drudge reported a disturbing story involving a mccain staffer getting mugged and then disfigured by an obama supporter. shocking, i know. here’s a picture of ashley todd, the 20-year-old who was allegedly attacked by 6’4″, 200 lb black man who “wanted to teach her a lesson for being a mccain supporter” by carving a “B” into her cheek:
looks pretty rough, right? in the blogosphere, the right-wingers immediately used the incident to condemn every obama supporter and the left-wingers called it a hoax. it was the talk of the internet, until people started realizing what you’re probably realizing right now. the “B” is backwards, as if done in the mirror. and something about her story just didn’t add up. why would the mugger return to attack her further after looking at her bumper sticker? what about the camera on the atm? turns out, she made up the entire thing. so, ashley todd, for being not only an idiot, but also an attention-starved racist, i grant you the coveted “douche of the week” award for friday, october 24, 2008. congrats!
-srd
Categories: politics
Tagged: ashley todd, douche of the week, mccain, news, obama, politics
“are you deliberately trying to lose this election or is this coincidental?”
October 20, 2008 · 2 Comments
the big news this weekend was colin powell’s endorsement of barack obama for president. but as the washington post points out, the most important part of his statement was his call to reject islamophobia, which was been allowed to run rampant throughout this campaign. from powell’s statement:
“I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say, and it is permitted to be said. Such things as ‘Well you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.’ Well the correct answer is ‘He is not a Muslim, he’s a Christian, he’s always been a Christian.’ But the really right answer is ‘What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?’ The answer is ‘No. That’s not America.’ Is there something wrong with some 7-year old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she can be president? Yet I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion he’s a Muslim and he might be associated with terrorists. This is not the way we should be doing it in America.
“I feel strongly about this particular point because of a picture I saw in a magazine. It was a photo-essay about troops who were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. And one picture at the tail end of this photo essay was of a mother in Arlington Cemetery and she had her head on the headstone of her son’s grave. And as the picture focused in you can see the writing on the headstone. And it gave his awards, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, showed that he died in Iraq, gave his date of birth, date of death. He was 20 years old. And then at the very top of the headstone, it didn’t have a Christian cross, it didn’t have a Star of David. It had a crescent and a star of the Islamic faith. And his name was Karim Rashad Sultan Khan. And he was an American, he was born in New Jersey, he was 14 at the time of 9/11 and he waited until he can go serve his counrty and he gave his life.”
contrast that with this hilarious footage care of npr outside a mccain rally:
god bless america.
-srd
“iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii just wanna tell you how i’m feeling.”
October 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment
if you watched last night’s debate on msnbc, you may have noticed chris mathews getting rick-rolled. care of gizmodo:
i also caught a banner endorsing nixon’s head for president. if anyone has a screenshot of that, please send it my way.
-srd
Categories: politics · the internets
Tagged: futurama, politics, rick-rolling, the internets, vp debate
it’s sad when all tina fey has to do is read a transcript to make fun of you
September 30, 2008 · 1 Comment
i just read this over on cnn.com regarding recent criticism of sarah palin and my jaw dropped:
In defense, Republicans say the complaints are coming from “intellectual” conservatives — not Main Street Republicans, who they insist love the “hockey mom,” from Alaska, as Palin describes herself.
“These are the folks that really have responded to the candidacy of a McCain-Palin ticket. These are the folks that are showing up in huge numbers, tens of thousands, to the rallies,” Leslie Sanchez, a CNN political contributor, said.
intellectuals?! we don’t need no stinkin intellectuals with their “education” and “insight” and “critical thinking” and what not. we’re the republican party. take your fancy-ass, jew-learning back to new york where it come from, ya’ hear? go marry a book, queers.
-srd
Categories: politics
Tagged: politics, sarah palin
“it’s an african militia, kids with submachines. it’s a conflict diamond on your bride to be.”
September 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
next to maybe “when the president talks to god” by bright eyes, this has got to be one of the better protest songs of the last few years. enjoy.
-srd
Categories: music · politics
Tagged: kevin levine, music, politics
it’s spelled d-e-s-p-e-r-a-t-e.
July 30, 2008 · 1 Comment
here’s john mccain’s latest ad:
political affiliations aside (i’m an obama supporter), this is just a terrible ad for a few reasons. first, the beginning has absolutely no correlation to the end. obama is popular. ok. gotcha. also, he doesn’t want to drill for oil in america or offshore. ok?
more importantly, the ad really just doesn’t make sense. conceptually, the idea is sound. ”obama enjoys a rockstar status and is over-hyped by a lot of standards, but he lacks substance.” so show a boyband or the beatles or michael jackson, not britney spears or paris hilton. people hate britney and paris. they’re only celebrities cause they’re trainwrecks. people don’t chant “paris! paris!” at her “events.” it shows a gross disconnect with america sentiment.
epic fail, mccain. epic fail.
-srd
Categories: politics
Tagged: advertising, mccain, obama, politics
“please don’t interrupt me.”
July 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment
ladies and gentleman, i present vh4′s own alison go (aka skunkgal) on the larry elder show throwing down on behalf of us blue-staters. the other dude is a total douche. yaf are the assholes who chalked really offensive things such as “clinton caused 9/11″ all over umich on the two year anniversary of the attacks. real classy folks.
ya done good, ali. ckc for life.
-srd
Categories: friends · politics · tv
Tagged: news, politics, umich
sweetiegate ’08!
May 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
barack obama calls a reporter from fox news “sweetie.” there’s a lot of very important, world-changing implications here. first, she works for fox news. she got off pretty light with sweetie. second, i don’t think the comment is so much sexist as it is condescending, the female equivalent of “buddy” or “chief” or “gaylord.” it’s kinda dickish, but it’s also kinda funny.
but the real issue is, when did it become ok just to tag “-gate” at the end of any word to name a political scandal? i wish there was a term for this kind of lazy usage of the english language. for now i’ll go with the old standby: retarded.
“I’ve met many chocoholics but I’ve never seen any Chocohol. We’ve got an epidemic – people that don’t understand the rules of word endings… they’re probably over-workahol-d.” -demetri martin
-srd
Categories: politics
Tagged: demetri martin, fox news, obama, politics, retarded
“who are the patriots? the la-li-lu-le-lo?!”
May 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
so i was gonna post about the obama rally yesterday, which was pretty cool and the first time i’d seen a presidential candidate in person since the ill-fated al gore incident of 2000, but i don’t really have much to say about it other than it was kinda cool, i was really far away, and really hungry the whole time. also, here’s a picture of one of my coworkers in a silly green shirt right behind him:
but what i’m really excited about is metal gear solid: 4, which is about a month away still. i mean, i have it tattooed on my arm, but i might just have to pick up one of these too:
i figure this way i can be a huge nerd and a bluetooth jackass at the same time. ladies, one at a time please.
updated: just for the hell of it, a sweet mgs4 trailer:
-srd
Categories: politics · technology · video games
Tagged: metal gear, never getting laid, obama, politics, video games
