Thursday, Stephen Colbert, the host of Comedy Central’s satirical news show “The Colbert Report,” learned that his native state of South Carolina had denied his application to appear on the state’s primary ballot as a candidate for President of the United States. Colbert, who officially announced his candidacy on his own show on October […]
The only, and I mean only, slightly pleasurable part of the wildfire disaster that has now destroyed almost 500,000 acres in Southern California is watching Arnold Schwarzenegger flip on the Terminator switch and take matters into his own hands. People like me, who do not reside in California and thus do not rely on […]
Bobby Jindal, the 36-year-old son of Punjabi immigrants, was elected governor of Louisiana Saturday becoming America’s first Indian-American governor. The conservative Jindal received 53% of the vote and when sworn in to office in January, will take the reigns of a state still devastated from Hurricane Katrina two years ago. Despite the fact […]
Bush Meets with the D.L., on the D.L.
This is how much China hates the Dalai Lama. So much that when the Tibetan spiritual leader met with President Bush Tuesday in Washington, what we can assume was the most important meeting between two people anywhere in world, there was not a single reporter or cameraman in sight. A day before the […]
On Monday presidential hopeful John McCain suggested that he would have trouble voting for a Muslim for president. The stumbling senator explained to reporters that since America was founded as a Christian nation, he preferred America to have a Christian leader. McCain said while campaigning in New Hampshire, “I just have to say […]
What’s China Got To Do With It?
Howard W. French filed a story in Friday’s International Herald Tribune illuminating the relationship between China and the bloody protests in Myanmar this week. While it seems as though Burma has been a ticking time bomb for some years now, is it unclear whether what we have witnessed over the past few days — […]
China Pulls Sexy Ads Ahead of Congress
For those not familiar with China’s governmental procedure, every five years the highest body within the Communist Party gets together in Beijing to discuss Communist Party policy and changes to the Party’s leadership. This is called the National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 17th meeting of this body occurs next […]
Florida Student Zapped at Kerry Event
Disaster struck Monday when senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry visited the University of Florida campus to have a dialogue with students. One thing that bugs me are these “dialogues” that American political figures have with “the people.” A dialogue, according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is “an exchange of ideas or […]
China Hacks Pentagon Computers
The Financial Times reported Monday that China’s military had hacked the computer system of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates in June and that in general, China engages in the world’s most advanced cyber-terrorism. According to the report, the Pentagon was forced to shut down its system for more than a week in order to […]
Bill Maher on the ‘Crap from China’
After a three-and-a-half-month hiatus, Bill Maher’s left-leaning political program “Real Time” returned to HBO Friday night. And while Bill normally spends the hour skewering conservatives and boasting of his sexual prowess, this week Bill dedicated the most cutting segment on his program — the final “New Rule” — to the Chinese-made toy recall. […]