Political Insider

By Not-Ready-for-P.I.-player

September 21, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

Apparently you didn’t make it up past midnight, because almost half the jokes in Weekend Update were about the economic crisis. But then, they weren’t as good as this McCain cold open.

By Silly Me

September 21, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this

The Pope: a Dogma Whisperer?

Editorial stolen from the New York Times and Greenspan’s book: The banning of short selling is dangerous. The only path to clear valuation of securities is short selling, (Greenspan), and without it, then an artificial bubble could occur.(NY times)

The underlying worthlessness (sic) of the bad debt instraments has not changed with this bailout.

Determining the true asset value of each block of bad debt is a pipe dream.

More corruption, more bad money after bad money is like giving a patient a sugar pill instead of the antidote. (sic)

The history of our economy has been a cycle of boom and bust, boom and bust. With this bailout desperation, a natural cycle becomes an unpredictable loose cannon which may have been set into destruct mode by innopportune tampering by corrupt representatives of the frightened gentry and the dumb-founded smart-monied.(sic)

This is more a conspiracy to hoard the wealth in this new war of the haves and the half-wits.

We only have to add BlackWater Mercenaries and we are in H…E…Double Hockey sticks, my friends.

The Death of Reaganism. Oh, did Reagan die? The Death of Conservatism. So what? The death of the America Dream? That died with abraham, martin and john.

But the death of the American Experiment at the hands of foreign owned defense contractors, (the military industrial complex that Ike warned us about), now THAT deserves mourning.

boo hoo

BlackWater Mercenaries will shoot us down in the streets like dogs, you will see that happen, for I have climbed the corporate ladder and I have looked over the glass ceiling, and I have SEEN the market’s top. I’ve SEEN the intrinsic value of our greed, and it has a tail and horns and prances around drunk in a crotchless red body stocking and a cape…..(hic)

By Edward

September 21, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

The sad thing is the GOP is probably kicking themselves for not thinking of these ads themselves. I’m sure they have some with just as much “truthiness” in them lined up, however.

By Silly Me

September 21, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this

Obama/Biden 08: Even if it’s true that politics makes for strange bedfellows, it’s nice to have a chocolate on the pillow.

By CEO

September 21, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

I too have clawed my way up the jagged trail where the private suite opens the kingdom is mine I created the glass sealing for you mere stupid mortals to peak at, you will always be poor you need me I create I imagine I am the straw that stirs the drink go back to your pleather coach the games on it will allow you to escape reality

By cnote

September 21, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this

Anyone see where Al Frankin, Democrat Candidate for US Senate, helped to write the McCain spots for Saturday Night Live…just a slight conflict of interest there.

Of course Obama gets a free pass from all the late night comedy shows. Although he would be easy to write jokes on, he makes Erkel, from the show Family Matters, look like James Bond.

The shows are all too afraid to say anything negative about him.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13684.html

By jeed

September 21, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

By cnote

Of course Obama gets a free pass from all the late night comedy shows. Although he would be easy to write jokes on…

The baby is crying, “it’s so not fair!” Please. Unfortunately for McCain-Palin, the jokes write themselves. Comedians like to focus on what is hilarious, hence, more jokes on McCain.

By Silly Me

September 21, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

Obama/Biden 08: Even if politics does make strange bedfellows, it’s kinda nice to have a chocolate on the pillows.

By LD

September 21, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this

I always get a chuckle when it comes to liberals writing about conservatives. It’s kinda like an atheist writing an opinion piece on God….makes about as much sense, too.

BTW, didn’t SNL go off the air like 10 years ago? Oh wait, just the funny parts did…..

By cnote

September 21, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

Trust me the jokes on Obama and Biden are easy enough to write. Biden walks around permanently with his foot in his mouth, and there is all kinds of directions to go with his “Obama is clean” comment. Or the fact Obama is a mega nerd and Biden thinks he’s some kind of boxer.

Obama would be easy to mock as he comes across as a complete moron in unscripted interviews. It has nothing to do with comedians looking for what is funny. I’m able to laugh at plenty of jokes about Republicans, but lets be honest: the reason none of the late night comedians will touch Obama is the crying of racism that will be started before the skit is even finished.

By Silly Me

September 21, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this

The Forgotton Sermon

By the Forgotten Messiah

Today’s sermon is about revenge: Don’t. Forgive instead. B quick 2 4give.

B quick 2 4give. You don’t know all the facts. You could be the wronging party.

Look at the AIG bailout. Congress must forgive the corrupt, the bankrupt, and the abruptly inept. They must look past the Liar Loans, the Ninja Loans, the Pirate Loans, and the people at every level of the transaction who committed and then fell victim to their own fraud, perjury, deception, and greed. Confess, America, and for your penance, you must say “no” to two credit card offers, three no- money-down auto leases, and then drive past 5 ATM machines without withdrawing any cash. Now go and sign no more.

B quick 2 4give. History is full of unnecessary revenge.

Look at the Garden of Eden. The snake could simply have been a grocer trying to market the apple. He going to say whatever it takes to sell that apple. “Oh, you’ll be a genius if you eat this apple, you wont die, au contraire mon frere, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. It’s good for you.” Forgive the snake, even if he offered terms or discount coupons to Eve.

The snake could also have been a student who was trying to impress his teacher, Eve. Eve was the first snake whisperer, perhaps.

Forgive the snake, even though Christian lore has the Virgin Mary crushing the snake with her heel at some point in the ecclesiastical fulfillments of supernatural prophesy… I guess she couldn’t forgive the snake. Perhaps Mary was the first dog(ma) whisperer. (sorry).

No, my brethren, in a word, B quick 2 4give.

By funky chicken

September 21, 2008 3:51 PM | Link to this

peeps need 2 chill, get out-ta each others grill, stop calibrate and enlightenment for we all need to lighten up

By MaryAlice

September 21, 2008 10:43 PM | Link to this

Check out this funny skit from snl….. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVeFVtcdSYY

By dylan w/o the dead

September 22, 2008 2:32 AM | Link to this

cnote I highly doubt they are worried about racism screams I think you are just missing the jokes that are made about obama and the truth that mccain is giving alot of fodder. btw where are these interviews of obama sounding stupid? I follow politics very closely and I think I have missed these please send me a link to them I would love to see for myself.

By SpaceyG

September 22, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

Does Boo Hoo have a blog?

By All Hogwash

September 22, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this

“Oh, I get it. I quit, but I get it.”

The GEICO Neanderthal would be proud of these equally senseless advertisements that will never be seen, unless the liberal press (read AJC) gets ahold of them.

By diddy

September 22, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

Who cares who got laughed at or who got jokes written about them. Lets focus on the issues and who has the best economic plan.

Obama wins hands down.

By diddy don't know diddly

September 22, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

diddy, if you think Obama has a plan for anything, you are sadly mistaken. Obama is an idiot and a liar.