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Archive for September, 2008

How did she get up there?

Sep 29th, 2008 by Joe Newman | 5

Yeah, yeah, you’ve heard this one before except with George W. Bush, Bill Clinton or Barack Obama’s name in the place of Sara Palin. You’ve got to admit, however, this version is pretty damn funny. And if you haven’t seen Palin’s “Little Miss Sunshine” performance at the 1984 Miss Alaska contest, the HuffPo has the [...]

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McCain is a maverick but he’s no Miss Congeniality

Sep 27th, 2008 by Joe Newman | 5

John McCain obviously doesn’t understand. Or wait, maybe he does understand but only when it comes to him not being Miss Congeniality. Because, you know, it’s a well-known fact that he’s a maverick, who also happens to be a sheriff but not the new sheriff in town because, well, he’s old. And cranky. Lucky for [...]

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What’s a few billion dollars between friends?

Sep 26th, 2008 by Joe Newman | 4

So I considered suspending my blog and offering my services to Congressional leaders to help them hammer out a sensible solution to our looming economic disaster. But they didn’t really seem interested in what I had to say. So screw ‘em. I decided to march to the White House to protest the $700 billion bailout, [...]

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Brother, can you spare some ice?

Sep 23rd, 2008 by Joe Newman | 154

This strange scene on the National Mall is one in a series of street art installations that have popped up around Washington, D.C. in recent weeks. I haven’t actually seen one in person but I was on the Metro the morning one of these sculptures shut down a station because officials thought it might be [...]

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