By now even people on Mars heard last week’s news that current presidential candidate, former speaker of the house, and forever shitty human being Newt Gingrich’s SECOND ex-wife came forward to say that towards the end of their marriage, Newt wanted an open marriage. Now of course it may not completely surprise people that a…
Category: Larger Editorials
Larger Editorial: Inside the Internet Blackout…A Little More Gray Than You Might Think
For those that might not be aware, several large websites (like Wikipedia) participated in an “Internet Black Out” yesterday as part of a protest against two bills circulating through congress that they think could hurt internet freedom and encourage censorship. The two bills are known by their catchy acronyms “SOPA” and “PIPA.” But don’t let…
A Special, Unflattering Q and A With “The Obamas” Controversial Writer Jodi Kantor
Immediate Disclaimer: I didn’t get to exclusively interview her (and probably wouldn’t break my back trying to as everything she could tell you is in her book…which in effect is available for free on Google) but I did attend a special Barnes and Noble Q&A/book signing that she did last night in Manhattan. I thought…
2011 Was a Great Year For the World (Whether The World Realizes It or Not)
I can’t think of a year in recent memory that offered so much and got recognized for so little. This year, people’s moods were generally pretty down thanks to a sluggish worldwide economy and dismal U.S. jobs numbers. [Of course, it doesn’t help that one of the two U.S. political parties tried to milk every…
How Obama Can Turn a Shitty Economy to His Advantage
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a million times (just depending on how much I watch Chris Matthews’s show): “The economy is Obama’s achilles heal.” “Unless Obama gets this economy under control, he’s toast.” “Republicans will hammer Obama on jobs and think that will be their ticket to a win in 2012.” “No…
Larger Editorials: Alabama’s Shifting Attitudes Towards Gay Marriage
Occasionally, I get asked why I don’t talk about issues that relate to homosexuals more often. The argument usually goes “Surely, there is enough material to write about gay marriage in one of the most homophobic states in the country.” And of course there is, except for two things: 1. I haven’t met that many…
Larger Editorial: Mitt Romney’s Not an Idiot, He Just Plays One On TV
By now we’ve all gotten to know Mitt Romney so well, that it surprised me this week when I discovered that I really know nothing about him. The single largest criticism of Romney is that he’s a flip flopper, a phoney, an artificial mannequin who will say or do anything to get elected. In other words:…
Larger Editorial: In the Audience For The Colbert Report
Tonight, I talk about what it’s like to be in the audience for The Colbert Report just like I did for The Anderson Cooper Show and The Daily Show just to complete this unofficial name dropping trilogy. Surprising probably no one, The Colbert Report audience experience is virtually identical to The Daily Show (I recommend…
Larger Editorial: The Infuriating Media Coverage of Occupy Wall Street
By now, it’s almost like shooting fish in a barrel for people to criticize the mainstream media. I mean, they please virtually no one. Liberals don’t like the MSM (which sounds like something you don’t want in your Chinese food) because they stubbornly refuse to cover stuff like the Wisconsin union protests. Conservatives such as…
Larger Editorial: Inside The Wall Street Protests
I guess now we finally know what to do to get the media to cover liberal protests (unlike their deadbeat duties in NOT covering the Wisconsin protests). Just pitch them outside Wall Street and then the Wall Street-run media will have no choice but to cover them. They’re now covering this particular protest because it’s…
Larger Editorial: Why Michelle Bachmann is a Red Herring to Distract From Rick Perry
Of all the presidential candidates this year or the last fifty years, I don’t think there’s been a single one to be mocked as extensively as Michelle Bachmann (keep in mind that Sarah Palin isn’t actually a candidate for anything but media whore). And sure, I don’t think much of her myself, which is the…
Weiner’s Old Seat Goes Red, Why Dems Need to Stop Eating Their Young
So two days ago, “disgraced” New York Congressman and electric public speaker Anthony Weiner’s seat went to its first Republican inhabitant since the 1920’s. Now of course theories are flying fast and loose as to why that is. Republicans say it’s because people are tired of “Obamacare” which I can assure you that’s not it….
Larger Editorial: The Great Lie Behind Libertarianism
So these days it seems like every loudmouth in the right wing is a self styled Libertarian. The most adamant debaters we’ve had on Red State Vs. Blue State were “Libertarians” which they insisted were vastly different than regular Republicans, even if they don’t disagree on anything except possibly the legalization of marijuana, and some…