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Undecided voters…

Ran into this David Sedaris link/quote about “undecided voters” in the comment section over at Digby (credit to “victoreador”):

To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the [...]

Social Darwinianism Dilbert style…

Tack on:

And a pony…

Just sayin’…

We are so stupid…

From The Christian Science Monitor:

In the moments before the F-16 fighter jets were summoned, the crew of Frontier Airlines Flight 623 feared that a passenger’s frequent and unusually long trips to the aircraft lavatory on Sept. 11 were a sign that a potential terrorist plot was underway.

Later, when the plane had landed in [...]

Krugman gets his alien invasion…

Her name is Irene.

UPDATE:

For those of you who don’t get the joke.

UPDATE 2:

Or maybe not. Gawd, when did we become the stupidest f-ing country in the world?

Politicians…

When I think of politicians, I think of the first frame (though the 3rd is also it tack on):

I know Scott Adams is pissing off the Feminists, but sometimes Dilbert, particularly if you work in a corporation, hits the mark.

Ah, America…

10% of us lack jobs and 16% of us lack health insurance, but hey:

even Dunkin’ fucking-Doughnuts has a drive through.

Gotta have your priorities I guess.

The definition of a “Real American”…

Is a person who thinks they’re better than other people because they’re not one of “those people” who think they’re better than them…

That is, according to Sarah Palin of course…

Get it?

Is that with or without?

Ok, I think I’ve finally figured out the difference between Democrats and Republicans when it comes to how they treat us “unwashed masses”. The end is the same, but it’s either K-Y: with (Democrats) or without (Republicans). Regardless, you’re still going to wake up sore.

Wiki Commons – The Tube

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Am I not important or what!?

I got this in my email:

To: “Blah Blah” <blah.blah.blahr@blah.blah.com> Subject: Tim Geithner, George Soros, Sheila Bair, & Larry Summers – Oct 15/16th Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:23:34 -0400 From: “Argyle Executive Forum” <mergenyc@argyleconferences.com>

Argyle Executive Forum is pleased to partner with The Economist on The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering occurring in Manhattan on October [...]