⇒ Palin is sainted? I think my irony-meter blew a fuse

Is it sarcasm? Serious? I just don’t know! A letter today to the Omaha paper goes to show that Poe’s law is a bitch: I think Republican presidential nominee John McCain blew Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama out of the water when he chose America’s Joan of Arc–Sarah Palin–as his running mate. As governor of [...]

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⇒ The Communists are Coming!

Kearney, Nebraska, is considering adding a 1% restaurant tax to raise revenues to support development to aid tourism. I haven’t read enough about the proposal and what it’s going to fund to have an opinion on the proposal, and I can’t say I really care about Kearney’s tax squabbles. However, I can definitely enjoy the [...]

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⇒ Facts, always the first to go

I love the letters to the editor written by the real crazies. The ones that talk about Osama Bin Laden’s vacation plans and then conclude with “read your bible.” I’m not too worried that these people vote, because that would require leaving their homes. And without the protection of their tin roof the satellites would [...]

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⇒ “Palin adds gravity to ticket”?! WTF?

Remember in 2000 when commentators complimented the choice of Dick Cheney to be Bush’s VP because they felt he added gravitas to a ticket with a two-term governor at the head? Yeah, hindsight is hilarious. If the Grand Island Independent wanted to catch my eye, well they certainly succeeded. Today’s editorial entitled “Alaska’s Sarah Palin [...]

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⇒ Hail Mary and Pass the Votes

I can always trust columnist Cal Thomas to provide a laugh, particularly when he writes on the issue of church and state. Or, as with his most recent column, Democrats and church and state. The op-ed covered a wide range of topics with the general theme being that Democrats will never succeed at getting votes [...]

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