The loudest voice, piercing through the debate over health care is unquestionably sure “privatization is always better.” Because Republicans (who are in the government) will readily tell you – the government never does anything right. Which explains why the most popular people in their Grand Old Party no longer hold any personally “taxing” jobs in… Continue reading →

Sarah Palin hates the media and all the smarty people in it. All the people who have been keeping track of her track record and annoying her “message” with evidence and actualities, she hates them. She hates them all so much her revenge was on the Friday of a three-day holiday weekend (when many members… Continue reading →

When the photos of Private Lynndie England of the 372nd Military Police Company at Abu Ghraib in Baghdad, abusing and humiliating prisoners came to light in 2003, I gleefully and instantly used her name as a punchline. As a writer and a comedian, I did my part in securing her name in pop culture. I… Continue reading →

The ‘silent majority’ has to shut up. No seriously, they do. In order to be a silent majority they have to first – wait for it – be silent about something. And the current group that claims this title while planning and touting a “FNC Tax Day Tea Parties” or Tax Day Tea Party, is… Continue reading →

In June of 2006, nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh on his way back from the Dominican Republic, was caught with a prescription bottle (not in his name) filled with the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. By fall, 2006 Details Magazine pronounced that ”˜Limbaugh’ was the new slang for the drug. As in, “I just popped… Continue reading →

Let’s look into the future. Not the one with all the projected bread lines. Let’s look into the non-economic hysteria future – say five years from now. Maybe we’re in a second Obama term. Either way, we’ve had some time to reflect on Bush years. He’s quietly tucked away in his Dallas whites-only suburb –… Continue reading →

This is also posted at Huffington Post. Is political comedy in trouble? Will there be no funny in the future with an Obama administration? Is Barack Obama bad for comedy? Disregard all the non-comedians’ fears that Saturday Night Live will go the way of Circuit City. Ignore all the yammers about how Barack Obama is… Continue reading →

This is cross posted at Huffington Post. The left-wing has to stop being upset about the right-wing using Barack Obama’s full name. Last Monday, there was a Lee County sheriff in Florida introducing Sarah Palin at rally. The event itself was a like pep rally for a losing lineup, chanting about team spirit as the… Continue reading →

This is also posted at Huffington Post. In the post-debate, post-partisan, postpartum, postmortem by those that think about stuff, those vilified media types, it was a pretty clear consensus of what happened on that stage in St. Louis last week: Sarah Palin did well because we all know she’s not too bright. It’s like she… Continue reading →

This is cross posted at Huffington Post. There has been a slow trickle of online clips from Katie Couric’s interview with Sarah Palin. Like water torture they’ve come out night after night. Drip. Drip. Drip. Each progressively more ridiculous than the last. It’s like CBS didn’t want to release the entire interview all at once… Continue reading →

 This is cross posted at the Huffington Post. “History has shown that in times of real trial, elected officials rise to the occasion.” -President George Bush’s address to the nation September 24, 2008. John McCain suspended his campaign until an agreement can be reached in Congress about the proposed bailout of the financial system. He… Continue reading →

This is cross posted at Huffington Post. When I endure a really, really bad movie ”” I like to watch the director’s commentary on the DVD. I do. It’s my way of looking for an explanation of why total crap is made, marketed and landing in my DVD player. Call it morbid curiosity. In extreme… Continue reading →

This piece was also posted on The Huffington Post. The Grand Old Party has been fervently defending Senator John McCain’s choice for Vice President, first-term Alaska governor Sarah Palin. The spokespeople have been synchronized. And the tactic is instead of answering questions — ask them. And when you ask them — throw in an ‘implication… Continue reading →

This was in the LA Daily News and The Beast. Maybe it’s another Clinton running for president or maybe its American Gladiators being back on television or maybe it was the late night monologue jokes during the writer’s strike ”” but I’m suffering from some déjà vu. It’s all sounding vaguely familiar ”” I’ve seen… Continue reading →