Buy Or Don’t Buy

Bobby Jindal is the governor of Louisiana. Last night, he gave the official Republican rebuttal to Obama’s it’s-not-called-the-State-of-the-Union-but-who-are-we-kidding:

Fun things to compare Bobby Jindal to:
-Kenneth Parcell
-Mr. Rogers
-A second-grade teacher
-A magical elf
-Sarah Palin
-The “Forrest Gump” theatrical trailer
It’s so easy, anyone can do it! Post your own in the comments!

I hate to get all Lou Dobbs up in here, but I’ve been reading about a little mentioned provision in all of these ‘Economic Stimuli’ bills floating about. It’s called the ‘Buy American’ Act, and it states that the US should favor American made products in all federally subsidized projects. With all the [...]

Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a member of the editorial board of the San Diego Union-Tribune and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is also an idiot.
In his latest bit of commentary for CNN.com, he criticizes some of the excess spending that the Democrats have tacked on to the $819 billion economic stimulus bill.
I’d [...]

While most of the time George Bush’s jokes were on him, or about him, but mostly unintentional; now, we got Obama! He makes jokes, not about himself so much, but about situations. He’s got zingers! He rolls with the punches! He’s a cool dude!
After the latest “Oopsies” (the inaugration flubbing), people were crying foul play, [...]

Selling more tickets than you actually have available is common practice for the airline industry, because usually not everybody shows up. (Although I was thisclose to being stranded alone in Amsterdam one day last March because for once, everybody did.) It kind of sucks, but sometimes you can get a free upgrade to [...]

Chief Justice John Roberts only has one job: administering the oath of office to an incoming President. (Well, that and determining that a state must notify a homeowner before selling his property to satisfy unpaid taxes.) And today, he did it wrong:

All I know is, Stephen Breyer wouldn’t have messed up like that.
[Hattip: TPM]

Yeah, I’m sure he’s a great guy. Yeah, I was endeared by the Oliver Stone biopic movie ‘W’. But remember way back in like 2003 when most of the civilized world wanted this man’s head on a platter? Sure, five or six years is enough to chill some people out. Forgiveness [...]

Let’s say you want to celebrate the inauguration. Let’s say you want to do it by purchasing a large cardboard cutout of Barack Obama, preferably one where he’s smiling and looking agreeable. That way you can imagine he’s laughing at one of your jokes, or appointing you Commerce Secretary or inviting you to play touch [...]

I don’t know why I felt so compelled to blog about this. I’ve never watched Dancing with the Stars; nor will I ever. I’m not a fan of John McCain. But any opportunity to de-frost robotic arm-candy just grabs my attention.
Cindy McCain started talks with producers to appear as a dancer on the show. She [...]

Bush made his farewell address and who cared? I was more focused on the Office coming on than his speech. In fact, I forgot he’d be going on NBC to address the nation one last time. And I don’t know what to think.
1. Good riddance. Gosh. He’s outta here. (GWB: an overall don’t buy)
2. No [...]