The Teachable Moment Goes Down

The “teachable moment” promised by president Obama which the hapless MSM dubbed teh Beer Summit has gone into the history books without so much as a footnoted burp. Fortunately— or not— some press monkey was thoughtful enough to bring a parabolic mike to the sidelines where the White House corralled the press core after an initial mingle moment, and has produced this remarkable transcript of the event.

Breaking News: Sarah Quits Quitting (UPDATED)

Immolation Of Sarah Palin During A Session Of Unsupervised Self-Reflection WASILLA, ALASKA  [C.U. News] Responding to an emergency call at the Palin estate in Wasilla late last night, county firemen forced their way into a locked den and found what they believe are the ashy remains of Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor. “It was a really weird scene,” said …

This Week In Teh Crazy (7-25-09)

Appearing more diseased and deranged than usual, the defacto head of the Rethuglican party, Bloviator Rush Limbaugh, sporting a positively motivational 65mm hole in his forehead, stunned “inspired” dittoheads by repeatedly plunging a Nazi Air Force officer’s sword through his thorax. “Now,” explained The Blove, “this would kill your average Obamabot-pantywaist liberl; but as you can see, I remain unfazed.”

“There Is Absolutely No Plan”

Ex-governor and potential leader of the free world, Sarah Palin made it clear: “I cannot express enough there is no plan after July 26. There is absolutely no plan.”

Some Updates

The Goldman Borg to Obama: You will be assimilated Two Goldman Sachs related items. The first involves Goldman’s continuing takeover of the financial levers of power of the executive branch of the US government, a subject I’ve covered here and here. This week President Obama appointed Goldman’s Vice-Chairman Robert Hormats to the State Department as its undersecretary for economic, energy and …

Have Another Hit: Of Self Esteem…

Yeah, we might like to ascribe this level of inarticulate vapidness to a drug; but I’m afraid not.

Compassionate Conservative Emergency

Oh yes we are. Sonoran Alliance: Named a ‘rising star’ by the Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call, only three years ago, U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn has quickly earned a renowned reputation as one of America’s most articulate and engaged political leaders. But you must see and hear this “articulate and engaged” “rising star” for yourself: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_xnUVrJx1I&feature=channel[/youtube] The National Journal described …