Indecision Forever

The Indecision '09/'10 Political Porkcake Calendar: October - Jesse Jackson

TheInDecider — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:52:25 +0000

I'd let him cut off my nuts anytime he liked…

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Canadian PM Stephen Harper Caught Pocketing Body of Christ

Dennis DiClaudio — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:46:27 +0000

I'm really, really disappointed in Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. I think this kind of behavior is completely offensive and beneath him…

Seriously! What's he doing at a Medieval ceremony celebrating ritualistic sacrifice like that? He doesn't need to pretend to believe in that kind of childish superstition.

It's not like he lives in America.

When in Rome Do as the Roman President Does

Matt Tobey — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:38:32 +0000

Barack Obama at the G-8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy…

There goes my hope that we had our first gay president.

The Onion: New Live Poll Allows Pundits to Pander to Viewers in Real Time

Dennis DiClaudio — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:21:21 +0000

I'm pretty sure they already have this technology going over at Morning Joe…

George Washington Was Reverse-Influenced by Sarah Palin's Courage

Matt Tobey — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:59:16 +0000

Paul "The Smartest Man in the Universe" Whitfield has just published something very interesting on Investors' Business Daily (and it only took him a week of intense thought to come up with it)…

In 1754, Lt. Col. George Washington quit the Virginia militia, an obscure fact that now seems a bit more interesting in the wake of Gov. Sarah Palin's resignation in Alaska.

You know, now that I think about it, Benjamin Franklin wore glasses… just like Sarah Palin!

And Abraham Lincoln was known for his penchant for breathing oxygen… just like Sarah Palin. They're practically the same person!

(via Andrew Sullivan)

Dylan and Ethan Ris' Triumphant Return to the Series of Tubes

Dennis DiClaudio — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:18:47 +0000

Dylan and Ethan Ris — old friends of ours and two of the most savant-ish wonks I've ever met — are back online and covering D.C. politics, and this time on their very own brand new website, The Earmark.

I already added it to my RSS reader. (Thank god; I can finally get back to plagiarizing them.)

Political Addictionary's There Oughta Be a Word - Al Franken

Addictionary — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:58:26 +0000

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GraphJam: What Politicians Do

Dennis DiClaudio — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:05:06 +0000

This graph seems to be neglecting the time spent yelling talking points over other politicians on cable news shows…

Iowa Rep. Steve King Won't Let Slavery Deface Our God-Given Buildings

Mary Phillips-Sandy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:01:44 +0000

Fresh off a stint defending Iowa from a scourge of gay people doing the Macarena, principle-packed Representative Steve King has taken yet another bold stand, this time in Washington, D.C.

You see, the other day the House voted on a bill to hang a plaque in the Capitol Visitors Center, but not just any old plaque, a plaque that would "acknowledge the role that slave labor played in the construction of the United States Capitol." Is Representative Steve King going to sit back and let something like that be screwdriven into the United States Capitol?

No he will not…

The [399] "Yes" votes spanned the ideological spectrum, from Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann [Ed. note: !!!!] on the right to Maxine Waters and Dennis Kucinich on the left. The one vote against: Rep. Steve King (R-IA).

That's right! Iowa, high-five yourself! Your Representative Steve King is the only person in the entire House of Representatives who's brave enough to say "Nah, don't think so" to one plaque, four screws and fourteen decades of grappling with the most horrifying period in American history!

Because of Jesus, you see, because of Jesus. King's official statement on the vote:

"Last night I opposed yet another bill to erect another monument to slavery because it was used as a bargaining chip to allow for the actual depiction of 'In God We Trust' in the Capitol Visitors Center. The Architect of the Capitol and liberal activists opposed every reference to America's Christian heritage, even to the extent of scrubbing 'In God We Trust' from the depiction of the actual Speaker's chair in the U.S. House of Representatives. [...] Our Judeo-Christian heritage is an essential foundation stone of our great nation and should not be held hostage to yet another effort to place guilt on future Americans for the sins of some of their ancestors."

Little tip for Rep. King: next time you speak out against a wall decoration to commemorate thousands of American slaves who suffered and died while constructing the very institution to which you have (for whatever reason) been elected, MAYBE you should consider avoiding certain phrases.

Like "foundation stone" and "held hostage," for example.

Howard Dean Is Excited About His Colbert Report Viral Video

Matt Tobey — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:30:40 +0000

Governor Howard Dean taped a web-exclusive video backstage at The Colbert Report recently, and it's going to be huge. It's going to be more viral than Keyboard Cat and SARS combined.

When you woke up this morning, you might have thought this could be the day you see Howard Dean name-drop Digg.

Certainly you may have wondered if this would possibly be the day he shouts out Boing Boing or Videogum or Nah Right.

But I'll bet dollars to donuts, you didn't guess you'd hear Howard Dean utter the words "Street Boners and TV Carnage" today. I always thought that would happen on a Tuesday.

The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm / 10:30c.