Glenn Beck's website, "The Blaze," featured an article titled "Can You Pick Out the Flag Gaffe on Obama's New 'Julia Site?' We Did."

The article points out that the proper way to display the American Flag when it flanks a podium is for it to be on the… Read full post »

Dick Clark, the iconic host of American Bandstand died today at age 82.  As people rightfully applaud him for his huge contribution to American pop culture, it should also be noted that Dick Clark was a first-class prick to do business with.  How do I know this?  He stiffed me for… Read full post »

Glenn Beck has not yet announced this but he will soon roll out his latest venture, to be called GBTV (Glenn Beck TV).

Details of the upcoming media platform are not known but Beck's childhood friend and trusted employee, Robert Shelton, is criss-crossing the country, possibly to secure advertising c… Read full post »

Donald Trump, the iconic businessman, king of the really shitty comb-over, and pretend presidential wannabe, gave an interview today to FOX News' Greta Van Susteren, and exposed himself to be either a moron or a liar... or both.

The latest to join the "Silly Putty Bandwagon," filled with 90 IQ Obama… Read full post »

There are three certainties in life:  Death, taxes, and every single GOP presidential aspirant will identify themselves as a "Reagan Conservative." 

Ronald Reagan, the unparalleled icon of today's conservative movement, achieved his God-like status in spite of pragmatic, moderate policy… Read full post »

Glenn Beck is dead wrong about the lessons to be learned from Frank Capra's classic 1946 movie, "It's A Wonderful Life."

On his Fox News TV show Beck portrays himself as a sentimental kind of guy with a deeply rooted belief in the greatness of America's past, even if the… Read full post »

What if Christine O'Donnell, then a 17 year-old high school student, had once told a boy that she already had a prom date, but the truth was that she was holding out in the hopes that Billy Johnson would invite her.  I can see the headline now.

"O'Donnell Lied, Held… Read full post »

Ginny Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, left Anita Hill a voicemail asking her to apologize for "what she did with her husband."  The full text of the voice mail follows:

"Good morning Anita Hill, it’s Ginni Thomas. (I) just wanted to reach across the airwaves and… Read full post »

It's 5:30 in the morning and I'm already on the road.  I hate being up this early.  It's unnatural if you ask me. It's still dark out for Christ's sake.   What are all of these delivery trucks doing lined up at the grocery store?  Oh, so that's how the stores… Read full post »

It's been widely reported that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will soon leave to run for mayor of Chicago.  The White House is said to be unhappy with the timing of Mayor Daley's announcement that he will not seek reelection, but they should be thrilled. 

Emanuel's reputation as… Read full post »

The controversy surrounding the proposed "Ground Zero Mosque" in Manhattan has brought attention to the severe shortage of available sacred grounds in the United States.

Sure, we have several Civil War battlefields, Pearl Harbor, the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the 9/11 farm in Pennsylvania, a… Read full post »

Lady Gaga holds more sway in our society than Barack Obama does, at least according to the frequency that their respective names show up under some basic Google searches.

To demonstrate the bizarre randomness of people's curiosity all you have to do is to begin to type something, anything, in… Read full post »

Note:  Arnie Englestad is a very real person but neither "Arnie" nor "Englestad" is his real name.  Mom's real name is mom.

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Dear Mom,

I'm not sure if you'll get this letter because:

a)  You passed away thirty-eight years ago.

b)  The… Read full post »

Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle is about to deliver something that would have been unthinkable a few weeks ago:  The reelection of Harry Reid. 

Mrs. Angle believes that all abortions, regardless of circumstances, should be illeg… Read full post »

The Texas GOP recently approved a platform that would ban oral sex in the "Lone Star State." 

From the "2010 Texas State Republican Party Platform."

Texas Sodomy Statutes –  We oppose the legalization of sodomy. We demand that Congress exercise its authority granted by the U.S. Const… Read full post »

This is a rewrite and repost from last Father's Day.

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In 1968 pop-artist Andy Warhol proclaimed that, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes."  My father, Tom Fallihee, had this come true, although he didn't live to enjoy (or… Read full post »

The time may have finally arrived for God to at least start thinking about taking an early retirement.

Newt Gingrich was asked last week if he would seek the presidency in 2012 and he smugly replied, "That will be up to God, and the American people." 

The American… Read full post »

Google has had many remarkable achievements in their brief history, but there is one potential application, that if properly developed, could permanently leave both Microsoft and Apple in the dust.

Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Google Voice are all outstanding products, but the missing pie… Read full post »

The new health care law's individual mandate is a conservative idea, or it was until President Obama embraced it. Of course if Barack Obama endorsed an anti-flag burning amendment we would likely witness tea parties, complete with red, white, and blue bonfires, from Pocatello, Idaho to Pensicola, F… Read full post »

Imagine this scenario. 

It's Friday afternoon.  The CEO of a worldwide, multi-trillion dollar bank is sitting in his office thinking about an upcoming Irish golf vacation, when his most trusted assistant bursts through the door.

"Sir, we have a major problem."

"Make it fast, I've got a pl… Read full post »

I've written several posts bashing Glenn Beck but today I'm actually feeling a small amount of empathy for him (I'm sure it won't last).

When you cut through his outright lies, misstatements, and dangerous hyperbole you'll… Read full post »

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in awhile and GOP Congressman John Boehner is no exception.

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Spending the day listening to one Republican after another complain about how Congress should vote against the health care bill because "the American p… Read full post »

According to Stefan Sirucek of The Huffington Post, Sarah Palin gave herself a hand in last night's Tea Party speech.

Apparently she used crib notes, written on her hand, during the scripted Q&A session.  The notes appear to say, "Energy," "Taxes," and "Lift American Spirit."

I went through… Read full post »

President Barack Obama, hoping for a legislative victory that might jump-start his stalled domestic agenda, was stunned to learn that the Senate failed to pass his "Ice Cream Is Good," non-binding resolution. 

The final vote was 58 No, 42 Yea, with seventeen Democrats joining all forty-one Repu… Read full post »