Archive for October, 2009

Fun with mashups

October 23rd, 2009 by admin


I put together this short video because I’ve been thinking about political caricatures, and how important they are to American politics. One of the first was drawn by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 to urge American independence. Here it is:
Pretty tame compared with some more recent ones, huh?
I’ve noticed with the current spate of Obama-as-[insert your [...]

Proud to be an American

October 6th, 2009 by admin


At a meeting of conservative activists, this was their reaction upon hearing the news that we had lost our bid to host the 2016 Olympics:

I guess I’m old-fashioned. I thought that real Americans rooted for their country, no matter what they felt about the President. Did the people who hated Roosevelt secretly root for the [...]

Representative Grayson Donates Spinal DNA to rest of Democrats

October 1st, 2009 by admin


Florida freshman Democrat Alan Grayson described the Republicans’ health care plan on the floor of the House.