politics and government
i bet they kicked him in the karachi
when they caught him. the pr guy for al-quaeda, adam gadahn was arrested over the weekend. wanted for a number of crimes. he was nabbed in karachi, pakistan as part of the big push to catch al-quaeda operatives–there was a $1M bounty on his head. gadahn moved to pakistan in 1998, took part in a [...]
this is why we’re #18
as you may have heard, the u.s.a. used to be the best in secondaryeducation but as of 2008 with the us education system was ranked 18 of 36 countries–we have a 75% high school graduation rate compared much lower than other countries like south korea (their’s is 93%). the result of a less ‘edumacated’ nation [...]
at least she can read
sarah palin told chris wallace on this sunday’s fox news sunday “It would be absurd to not consider what it is that I can potentially do to help our country.” this coming from the woman who was the keynote speaker at the tea party convention this weekend. for those of you who didn’t want to [...]
you betcha
former governor sarah palin delivered her speech to the conservative tea party convention over the weekend. she addressed many issues–the 9/11 mindset settling in to america; obama’s hopey-changey stuff (she also called him out for being smart and professorial); transparency (or lack thereof); the movement of the tea partyers; and the magic that is massachusetts.
if [...]
maybe they were just tired
defense secretary robert gates testified to having a “high-level working group” in place to work on an implementation plan for repealing dadt
lunchtime brain teaser: what’d he say?
check out this picture of p.o.t.u.s. with secretary of the treasury tim geithner. geithner has been under the gun recently for his coziness with the banks. watch the video below to see mr. geithner’s most recent interrogation by congress and then tell us what you think the president whispered in his ear.
image courtesy of getty [...]
‘redneck loser’ wasn’t a category
the transportation security administration (tsa) is like the your super-wealthy and perpetually drunk old uncle jojo at thanksgiving. as much as you try to avoid him, you have to humor him when he gets you in his sights. i woulda thought that after the failed christmas underpants bombing, the tsa would cleaned up [...]
