Walter Cronkite, the man who informed us in tears that John F. Kennedy had died, the man who giddily like a school boy told us of the first man to walk on the moon, the man who got his start reporting from the London Blitzkrieg, has died at the age of 92. Cronkite became the standard [...][...]
Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’
July 6th, 2009 - 9:37 am § in News, O-Bitch-uaries
Robert McNamara Dead
Robert McNamara, the man who almost single-handedly created the Vietnam War, has died at age 93. McNamara was the subject of the 2003 documentary The Fog of War, which not only chronicled the Vietnam War, but also held up a mirror to the Iraq War. Under his tenure as Secretary of Defense, more than [...]
Mr. Cheney’s Super Magical Phantomorgasmical Torture Tour
That lovable shotgun-to-the-face ex-Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney is at it again, touring the country with his ragtag fleet of misfits, selling his tonics and potions on the teevee like the snake oil salesmen of days gone by. But this time he isn’t selling yellow cake uranium or “[...]
An Open Letter to Maggie Gallagher, President, NOM (National Organization for Marriage)
Dear Maggie: I wanted to write you to thank you for your latest effort to protect opposite marriage from the icky gay. This newest campaign uses our most precious resources—already born and usually neglected children—to hammer the dangers of the same marriage home to everyone, who may not being[...]
Blanca’s Stimulus Plan
Now that the House has finally passed a stimulus plan–thankfully without a single Republican vote–it is time for Blanca to introduce her own stimulus plan. Out of character, this particular stimulus plan has everything to do with the economy and nothing to do with sex toys. For years our[...]
Jews Are Allowed to Protect Themselves–Just Not At My Country Club
The Jews in Israel are protecting themselves from a vicious attack by the Gazans, which has resulted in the shocking number of 20 or so Israelis being killed. Every day the evil Gazans fire rockets, which would get them thrown out of 4-H or the Boy Scouts for shoddy workmanship, at Israeli territor[...]
George W. Bush Kept Us Safe
As the final term of Commander Guy comes to a close next week, it is time to look back on the last eight years. No matter how you feel about the most amazing President in the history of the world, whether you agree he was the best thing to happen to this country since [...][...]
A Look Back at Blanca’s 2008 Predictions
One year ago today, Blanca made some gutsy predictions for 2008. Many thought Blanca was crazy for placing her reputation on the line like this. But I always figured if I was royally wrong, I could just go back and change the original posting, to make it look like I was right all [...][...]
