There you go, straight from the horse's mouth: What exactly is up with that whole lipstick/pig thing. Perhaps next time, he'll use the ol' "silk purse from a sow's ear" analogy, and avoid the lipstick debacle altogether (although if he took that route, the Palin/McCain camp would probably say he was threatening to cut off [...]

OK, enough of the Sarah Palin crap … Obama might have only been talking about McCain's policies when he said "lipstick on a pig," but I'm not. I'm talking about McCain's entire candidacy … and as far as I'm concerned, that's all Palin was: Lipstick for a pig of a presidential candidate. And it's not [...]

OK, so I'm on my way to work the other day, and I turn on NPR "Talk of the Nation" (usually an interesting take on mainstream news, or stories you don't hear about elsewhere) … and they're talking about John fucking Edwards' big affair/illegitimate baby bullshit scandal, with (this is the good part) the "Executive [...]

A true genius, in my book. A man who had his head on straight, and his priorities well sorted. The world needs more people like George Carlin: People who are willing to tell it like it is, other people's sacred cows be damned. Take some time to watch some of his stand-up routines, and make [...]

… if public schools taught anything resembling history—Or, American Exceptionalism is a crock of shit. American schools are shit at teaching anything resembling an in-depth study of history. Of course, to a certain extent, any nation's schools are going to teach history from their own bias and perspective, but after meeting and talking with people [...]