Posts with the tag humor

Bailout Satire

Mike W, Tulsa+ — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:17:20 EDT

[This satirical e-mail frames the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout as a Nigerian 419 scam. The author is unknown. ]

Dear American:

I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.

I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you.

I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator, you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. This transactin is 100% safe.

This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred.

Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I receive that information, I will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the funds.

Yours Faithfully,

Minister of Treasury Paulson

Change According to McCain

Liz — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:48:11 EDT

This cartoon by Tom Toles says it all and it reminds me of the power of humor. Maybe Obama and Biden need to tap into humor more to get their points across to low information voters. Humor says a lot in a few words. As long as the humor is true, we like it. However humor that is not true (not based on fact) is mockery and sarcasm and that is rarely funny or an effective tool for convincing others. Humor that is not based in truth is little more than a format for hatred. More often than not it flies back in the face of the messenger.

The Iraq War is Over- Did We Win?

Steve Wilson — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:05:21 EDT

Time to pull all troops out Mr. Bush. The UN mandate allowing US presence runs out on December 31, 2008.

The is no Status of Forces Agreement that will allow US troops to legally remain there. Condi say an agreement is close. But the Iraqi Parliament has insisted on vetting any agreement and you know
they can't possibly approve it by year end, especially when there is no agreement yet to approve. My guess is that the US Congress will want to approve it if the Iraqi Parliament gets to. And if you force the Iraqis to accept an agreement on your terms...how can you say they are anything but a puppet government? How does that square with them being a sovereign democracy? No, Mr. President, the jig is up. You gambled and lost. Game over.

And what possible motivation do you have to direct Condi for asking the Iraqis to let us stay longer? They are the ones arguing for us to leave.

What National Security reason are you going to make up now? No WMDs. No Sadam. Surge has worked...LOL. You can't say its for the oil because we would have enough of our own if we just drilled deeper and faster and longer especially now that the polar ice caps are melting and there must be oil there too right?

And John McCain, how are you going to spin this for your campaign? You said that we couldn't leave unless Iraq was a stable democracy that was an ally in the war on terror. And the troops can't be proud to come home if they didn't win. Since Iraq seems to be much friendlier with Iran than with Israel, I think you are dreaming the impossible dream.

So did the US win the War in Iraq?

My opinion is that when you send US troops on missions that were never in our national interest, the only way you win is by terminating that mission. Kind of like VietNam.

OK Arius, give me your best shot. I know not everything above is totally accurate...but close enough.

Tax and Spend Liberal Democrats

Flashfyre — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:54:03 EDT

This cartoon by Steven Greenberg (Ventura County Star) is so enjoyable. An "inconvenient truth" for Rove, Cheney and the other core imbeciles of the Republican Party.

So what do you do with a WMD

Jim Hart — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:29:38 EDT

It's been a long time since we talked about WMD's. But since John McCain & shrub both said they existed in 2003, and since they never have been found, I thought a little instruction might be handy, just in case a small nuclear device shows up on your doorstep.

Does John McCain even understand what MONEY is?

D. Tree — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:26:19 EDT

One of the best things about getting my monthly subscription to Rolling Stone, other than the no-holds-barred political journalism, is reading the latest installment of Get Your War On, a brilliant comic strip by David Rees.

So after taking a couple weeks off from PB, I thought I'd start some new posts with a little tidbit from this month's issue of Rolling Stone (sorry, only text posted since this comic is not online yet):

Picture this: 3 office workers sit around a break room table, conversing and having coffee. Here's what they are saying to each other:

Woman 1: Did you see that John and Cindy McCain are carrying more than $200,000 in credit card debt?

Man: Goddamn, I knew they loved the Iraq War, but I didn't realize they were paying for it themselves.

Woman 2: McCain admits he doesn't "understand economics." Do you think it's possible he doesn't even understand what MONEY is?"

To enjoy more of David Rees' insightful humor, please check out his website here, and thanks to all the hard working Democrats out there doing their best to help us win this historic election!

Best,
D. Tree

Stop Whining Baby (A Song Parody)

Democrat in Philadelphia, PA — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:19:19 EDT

I wrote a song parody this morning on the Gramm subject. I've been
toying with the idea in my head of having a small choral group that
could sing song parodies for community theatre. I thought we could
call them The Beachhead Boys, in honor of McCain's own Bomb Iran hit.
Here are the lyrics to "Stop Whining Baby" (to the tune of Don't Worry
Baby, by the Beach Boys).

Stop Whining Baby (Sung to the Tune of Don't Worry Baby)

Well debts been piling up around me
Oh, since I lost my last job.
Food prices rising
and I'm thinking
Something's really gone wrong.

But I turn on TV,
and Phil Gramm looks at me,
and he says stop whining baby
stop whining baby
stop whining baby
cause it's all just in your head

I guess I should've kept my mouth shut
when I started to cry about my car.
It's just with oil prices so high
even down the streets a drive too far.

But Phil Gramm's sure no dope,
he fills my tank with hope
when he says stop whining baby,
stop whining baby
stop whining baby
cause it's all just in your head

Oh and when the banks foreclose our homes
we'll tell them what we've learned from you,
and how we're voting for McCain
because we're sure that he has learned it too.

We'll tell them that you said,
our debts just in their head,

and they should stop whining baby
stop whining baby
stop whining baby
Phil and John are doing alright.

lyrics by Nick Feden

stupid person of the day!

annie b (mcliberal) — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:56:42 EDT

last awarded to a stupid australian, today's honor goes to an american! and a texan to boot!

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/051408dnmetitch.f81a31c3.html

eek! johnnie mac on "saturday night live"

annie b (mcliberal) — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:20:48 EDT

this is all getting outta control! he'll NEVER be as funny as huckaboodledoodledoo was.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24599482/

things younger than john mccain

annie b (mcliberal) — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:25:33 EDT

this is ageist. and really funny. and since mccain is the enemy, i figure it's fair game.

http://www.thingsyoungerthanmccain.com/?m=200805

another sunday funnie!

annie b (mcliberal) — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:56:45 EDT

a sunday funnie!

annie b (mcliberal) — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:16:16 EDT

one of my favorite coffee mugs

annie b (mcliberal) — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:44:30 EDT

any unhappy clinton supporters out there?

annie b (mcliberal) — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:40:19 EDT

feeling a little less than chipper today? indiana not quite the blow-out we hoped for? lost a little spring in your step?

come on, don't be blue!

i know just what to do!

times are tough? life is hard?

how about a huckaboo christmas card?

oh huckaboodledoodledoo! we miss the laughs!

DICK's grand theft

annie b (mcliberal) — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:21:26 EDT

sunday not-so-funnie part deux

annie b (mcliberal) — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:56:02 EDT

sunday not-so-funnie

annie b (mcliberal) — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:24:39 EDT

a saturday funnie!

annie b (mcliberal) — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:26:48 EDT

the power of prayer

annie b (mcliberal) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:43:16 EDT

mcdummy auditions for next career!

annie b (mcliberal) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:37:53 EDT

sadly he does not realize that his presidency has been the cruellest joke in the history of time. see mcdummy start his next career as a stand-up comic (god knows he failed dismally as a stand-up guy!) at the white house correspondents' dinner. oh yeah. there's video.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4732250