Cross-posted at America is an Obamanation!
Archive of entries posted on December 2009
Obama Blames “Right Wing Extremists” for Failed Terror Attack
KAILUA, HAWAII (AP) – Taking a break from his Hawaiian vacation, President Obama addressed the issue of the failed airliner bombing attempt over Detroit by saying that “right wing extremists” were to blame.
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“As Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out,” said Obama, “the system works. As President, I’ve done everything in my power to support and encourage ‘man-caused disaster’ attacks on American soil – from not using the ‘T’ word, to treating alleged violent attacks by people of certain religions as criminal nuisances. Judging by the Christmas incident in Detroit, I’d give the system a good, solid B+.”
“Unfortunately,” continued the President, “a right-wing extremist interfered with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s freedom to exercise his religion, and prevented him from fully expressing his opinion about America’s recent vicious attacks on the peaceful land of Yemen. Let me be clear – this sort of repression of universal rights will not be tolerated by this administration. We won’t put up with it from Fox News, and we sure as hell won’t put up with it from some stinking Dutchman. Rest assured that Jasper Schuringa will be held securely in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility pending an appearance before a full military tribunal.”
Under new directives ordered by the Obama administration in the wake of the tragically failed attack, passengers on US domestic and international flights will be prohibited from having pillows, blankets, or “any other material or device” which might be used to put out a fire and interfere with an “enthusiastic expression of political opinion or zealous religious activity”.
Moonbat of the Decade
Ready or not, tomorrow night marks the end of not just the year, but the decade. Yes the old whatchamacallits (the oughts? the zeros? the o’s? the nils? the nothings?) will end and the tens will arrive, but before that happens, lots of people will create useless lists of things both good and bad from the past decade.
“But what about me?” You might ask, “I want to help make a useless list, too!”
Well, here’s your chance to vote for your choice for Moonbat of the Decade in several categories, so why not contribute your own voice to someone else’s “decade” list and feel a little better about yourself:
1) Celebrities
2) Blogging
4) MSM (News)
6) Politicians (International)
And last but not least, to cleanse the palate:
Remember, vote early and vote often… just like a good little Democrat would! (And death is no excuse not to vote!)
Just a Coincidence
Bookmarked this story a while back:
“A remote-controlled dinosaur robot worth about £60,000 has been stolen from Australia’s “Walking with Dinosaurs” show in Guadalajara, event organisers said”
And now Frank’s “on vacation”.
My guess is that Janet Napolitano hired him to make a system that ACTUALLY works.
lolbama! Part 30
This week, That One. Next week, terrorists. Submit for either at lolterizt@gmail.com
Meanwhile, pass ’em around, spread the love, and if you make your own, don’t be shy about dropping a link to your pics in the comments. The more, the merrier.
NOTE TO READERS: Hovering your mouse over the picture activates closed captioning for the l33t-speak/txtmsg impaired.
From Basil of IMAO & Basil’s Blog:
[bragging rights if you don’t need to click this reference link]
From Robert:
My favorites from the submissions using last edition’s uncaptioned picture:
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From Darrel of Pi Are Squared:
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From Rev. Right of America is an Obamanation!:
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From Stodda43 of Frisk a Liberal:
This week’s uncaptioned picture for you to play with:
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#1: When creating lolbama! pictures, please caption with either black or white text, as colors like red and yellow tend to blur badly when I compress the images.
#2: Standard image size for these posts is 350px wide by whatever high. If you can have your images 350px wide before you caption them, I won’t end up shrinking your captions into illegibility when I re-size the images.
MAKE YOUR OWN: The free lolbuilder from I Can Has Cheezburger.
STYLE NOTE: Short captions are usually better. Your goal is 10 words or less, with humor value tending to increase exponentially as the number of words approaches 1.
Send your submissions to lolterizt@gmail.com and – if they aren’t obscene (IMAO is a PG-13 site) and don’t suck too terribly bad – I’ll post them for you. Remember to include your name (and blog URL, if applicable) so I know who to thank.
2009 Year End Blow Out — All Links Must Go!
Okay, boys and girls, time for another tasty McNugget of goodness from the worldwide web.
JibJab has done it again with a hysterical look back at the year that just was. Enjoy!
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It’s A Wonderful Link!
Frank (all praise be upon him) has asked me to post here again temporarily while he stumbles about in his typical post-Christmas drunken stupor, pummeling hippies and monkeys with the brand new set of Elin Nordegren* golf clubs he received from Santa.
Since I haven’t had time to prepare any original material yet, I figured I’d do the typical lazy blogger bit and just post some links to worthwhile stuff from elsewhere on the web to hold your interest so you don’t get depressed by the lack of posts here of late, give up on the site and stop reading IMAO, choosing, instead, to start spending your time doing more constructive things, thus costing Frank valuable zombies from his Internet Army and causing him to suffer a major setback in his plans for world domination.
First up, if you haven’t seen it yet, go read Iowahawk’s new take on a cherished Christmas classic, It’s A Wonderful Bill
Here’s a taste to whet your appetite, my little ginger snaps:
Scene 15: A bridge outside Bedford Falls. George, breathless, peers dead-eyed into the icy river 100 feet below.
GEORGE BAILEY
I… I wish I was never elected!George swings his leg over the side of the bridge, but he is tackled by a kindly old stranger
CLARENCE
Phew, that was a close one, George. I thought for sure you were a goner!GEORGE BAILEY
Who… who are you? How did you know my name?CLARENCE
Well that’s a mighty interesting question, Senator Bailey. I guess you could say… well, let’s say I’m sort of your protector. Clarence is the name. Clarence Odbody.GEORGE BAILEY
You mean some kind of guardian angel? From heaven?CLARENCE
Yessir, straight from lobbyist row on K Street. But I’m not an official angel as yet. Before I can earn my wings I have to stop you from this fool idea of yours. Honestly, George — political suicide? It’s just plain sinful.GEORGE BAILEY
Did you see that crowd? Have you seen my approval ratings? This town would have been better off if I had never been elected.CLARENCE
Stop saying such a thing! Do you really feel that way George?GEORGE BAILEY
I, I, I, I… yeah! Well, see, yeah! See.CLARENCE
Alright George, I’ll grant you your wish. But you may not like what you see.
Go and read the rest, you’ll thank me later.
More links to come. And, if you’re really, really good, maybe I’ll whip up something original while I’m here, too!
Merry (belated) Christmas, you wonderful old building-and-loans and Happy New Year to you all… in jail! Go on home, they’re waiting for you!
[*Edited 12/29/09 11:15pm cst to correct an error. Thank you, BadgerHawk!]
New Airline Restrictions
Another day, another terrorist, another airplane.
Also, another passenger having to do all the work of subduing this turd. You’d think by now that every airline flight would include at least one non-Muslim ex-Special Forces guy with a loaded Glock and a bellyful of unresolved anger management issues.
In response to this latest attack, the airlines have vowed to keep America safer by… randomly inconveniencing passengers:
Passengers on a flight from New York to Tampa Saturday morning were also told they must remain in their seats and couldn’t have items in their laps, including laptops and pillows.
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said […] the measures “are designed to be unpredictable, so passengers should not expect to see the same thing everywhere.”
Um… ok… the guy’s got explosives in his underwear, so they take away… pillows… and laptops.
Now passengers can’t nap and they can’t play Solitaire. People are going to start blowing up planes out of sheer boredom.
But if the goal is irritated passengers, I might as well offer some helpful suggestions:
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* In-flight movie: An Inconvenient Truth. Added bonus – the audio track has a half-second lag
* Stewardesses who speak only Lithuanian.
* Have the Captain actually turn off the NO SMOKING sign, but if someone tries to light up, announce that it’s Opposite Day.
* Hire undercover midgets to scream, cry, and kick the back of people’s seats.
* Smallpox infected blankets
* Overhead Thunderdome compartments – “Two bags enter, one bag leaves”.
* Airsickness bags not changed unless full
* Hitting stewardess call button triggers playing of “Poker Face“. Endless loop. No “off” option.
* People not paying attention during the safety lecture will be beaten with the demo seatbelt.
* Safety lecture now includes directions for putting out flaming Muslim underpants.
Any other theories on what changes the airlines will make?
My Christmas Present for You
It’s a special Christmas column at Pajamas Media: “Have a Merry Government-Regulated Christmas”.
Enjoy and be merry!
Merry Christmas!
This Is Why We Should Never Sign Treaties
Did you know we signed this thing called the Outer Space Treaty? Here’s what Wikipedia says about a part of it:
The Outer Space Treaty represents the basic legal framework of international space law. Among its principles, it bars States Parties to the Treaty from placing nuclear weapons or any other weapons of mass destruction in orbit of Earth, installing them on the Moon or any other celestial body, or to otherwise station them in outer space. It exclusively limits the use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes and expressly prohibits their use for testing weapons of any kind, conducting military maneuvers, or establishing military bases, installations, and fortifications (Art.IV). However, the Treaty does not prohibit the placement of conventional weapons in orbit.
Basically, this has been ratified by everyone except a few countries whose space programs consist of a fifty dollar telescope.
So no nuclear weapons on the moon. We can use conventional weapons, which I guess means we can hit the moon with a sword. Not very impressive.
Here’s the thing, though: What if we need to declare war on the moon? The treaties wants us to use the moon for peaceful purposes, but that seems to assume the moon is peaceful. I argue it is not and must be dealt with.
We’re going to have to break this treaty. The only way you can legally break a treaty is to challenge all the countries who signed it to a contest of strength and beat them. The traditional contest is log throwing. We need to practice.
Light Bulb Change
Q. How many Al Gores does it take to change a light bulb?
A. None. He’ll warn others of the impending doom if the light bulb isn’t change, but he won’t lift a finger himself.
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MAN: If that light bulb goes out, it will get dark in here.
AL GORE: If you don’t change that light bulb, the arctic will explode and the moon will eat us.
MAN: I’m not sure that’s right.
AL GORE: The Science! is settled!
MAN: Are you a scientist?
AL GORE: In an alternate universe I’m a scientist.
MAN: I’m not sure that’s right.
AL GORE: Your children will all die if you don’t change this light bulb.
MAN: I’m not even sure it’s about to go out.
AL GORE: When will you be sure? When the light bulb prompts trees to come alive and build nuclear weapons?
MAN: If it’s such a concern to you, why don’t just change the light bulb.
AL GORE: Now you’re just distracting from the issue! We don’t have time to argue about this! You need to change the light bulb now! If you delay any further, the earth will flip upside down making Australia king of the world!
MAN: I’m not sure that’s right.
AL GORE: You’re a denier! You’re a crazy person! I’m going to bite you in the eye!
MAN: You don’t seem well.
AL GORE: This is what capitalism leads to! Light bulbs in threat of going out everywhere! We need more government controls to force people like you to change light bulbs!
MAN: If you try and force me to do anything, I will punch you in the nads.
AL GORE: You hate Science!
MAN: I’m not sure what the ranting and ravings of guy who majored in government and had a C average has to do with science.
AL GORE: I’m very smart!
MAN: I’m not sure that’s right.
Reverse Psychology
Have the Republicans tried reverse psychology to get more supporters for freedom. They could be like, “Democrats are right, freedom is too scary and too much for the American people. We need to face reality and get rid of these freedoms.”
And everyone will be like, “Uh-uh! I can handle freedom.”
And the Republicans will be like, “Nah. We don’t want to burden you with that. Let’s just do what the Democrats say.”
And everyone will be like, “No! Never do what Democrats say! Push them down wells!”
Just a strategy to think about come 2010. If that election year isn’t a slaughter of monumental proportions, then I’m labeling the Republicans a failure.
Links of the Day
From Rev. Right of America is an Obamanation!:
The Gore Effect – illustrated
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The First Nobel – The Ultimate Progressive Winter Solstice Celebration Album
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Just go there to enjoy his Christmas banner. Very festive.
In case you don’t recognize the guys to the right of the Grinch Obama, here’s the relevant clip from “The Year Without a Santa Claus“.
And if you’re wondering… no, there’s no way to get that song out of your head.
Random Thoughts
So far, no one has payed me to blog, but I have gotten some lucrative offers not to blog.
I’m tripping billies with my cool shoeshine.
If we find aliens and they ask what we call our moon, they’re going to think we’re morons. Shouldn’t we have named it by now? No one has a child and just calls him “the child” throughout his lifetime. How did that happen to the moon?
And what if the alien has his own name for his star? I’m too used to calling it “GJ 3021” to switch now.
I like a bacon cheeseburger because it’s nice to know at least two separate animals died to satisfy my hunger.