The stereotype of Republican’s being a bunch of stuffy old men (or comic book super villains to some liberals) was shattered at the Republican National Convention.

The Republicans, despite trepidation about nominee John McCain, are fired up and ready for the campaign against Barack Obama.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani summed up the Republican stance by comparing the election to the hiring process. He called the American people ‘the boss’ looking at the resumes of two potential employees and asked us whom we would hire based on their resumes. Giuliani acknowledged Hillary Clinton, agreeing with her statement about how the President needs to be ready for the call at 3:00 am. Read More »

As I write this, the Republican National telethon Convention has officially started. Following Obama and the Democrats, the Republicans began their convention Monday–albeit hindered “because of hurricane Gustav.” But convention coverage has barely broken the exhilarating stranglehold of natural disaster in the mainstream media. Those silly bastards just can’t shut up about the hurricane(s), something that affects only a small portion of the national population. And while it might seem like some small tragedy–and somehow unfair–that the Repubs won’t get as much coverage as the Democrats, don’t be fooled.

This is the best bit of stratagem by the Republicans since Newt Gingrich and the spooge-stained dress. While the 24-hour news channels focuse on the impending doom of Hurricane Gustav and incoming Hanna, McCain and “friends” have taken the opportunity to release some of the most damning information about the Palin pick, saving them countless voters-worth of embarrassment. Here are all the reasons Gustav, Hanna and the rest of the storms are good for the Republicans this week, very good… Read More »

We all know that Russia has been f**king up in the last few months. This ridiculous business with Georgia during the Olympics (pretty convenient timing if you ask me), the angry comments made towards the NATO countries while discussing the cease fire and paranoia about anti-missile defenses in ex-soviet States has the whole country giving off a ‘mad scientist/GI JOE villain’ vibe.

All of that aside, there is one thing that cannot be denied. Russian Prime Minister Vladdy Putin is one bad mother. He likes to fly in fighter jets, he’s a judo black belt, loves to fish shirtless and now he’s into hunting Siberian Tigers. What’s that, you say? Those are endangered? No worries, Vlad is only hunting them to aid in the tranq/tag/release effort to protect these animals. He has, apparently, found the perfect way to attract women. Manly sensitivity. Read More »

Well, this election is certainly shaping up to be crazy as f**k! With McCain’s pick of Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential choice and the historic presidential run of Barack Obama as the first black nominee of a major party in the Western world, no matter the outcome, history will be made. And all bets are off.

Will Obama turn out new voters in unprecedented numbers? Will Palin solidify the Republican base? Nobody yet knows. But what we do know is that whatever the outcome, it’s going to be interesting!

Who do you think will win the presidential election?

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(photo credit: Pat Keegan, The Freckled Finger)

Once thought a longshot, Republican Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is now on a plane to potentially stand at McCain’s side. We have received some great insights from interns that we know who work at some real publications.

If Obama had tapped (politically speaking) Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney would be the VP bid to try and match her fund-raising firepower. Since Joe Biden is in, the Republicans can now pick a female VP and look (and this is a direct quote), “progressive in the ever-changing political landscape where all citizens have equal representation and a global voice.” Gosh, I wish I could write pretty like that. Read More »

If so, I can’t find it.

So Obama is done giving his speech, and I am flipping between MSNBC with Chris Matthews/Keith Oberman and FOX.

If Matthews and Oberman were any more up Obama’s ass - they would have been covered in sh*t. FOX on the otherhand, might has well have been burning pictures of Obama and were tearing apart every vocal inflection he made.

What ever happened to impartial news reporting? I remember growing up and feeling that I could believe anything the news people reported, because there was this integrity of impartial news reporting. Those days are gone.

If you were to flip, as I am right now, you would think the reporters watched 2 completely different speeches. You can’t argue the fact that Obama is a great public speaker, but why not simply highlight the points he made? No, of course not. Everyone needs to give their 2 cents as to what they took away from him.

But Keith Oberman? Really? Dude, you were on SportsCenter…please stop. Tell me what you think about Favre moving to the Jets, don’t interpret political language and positioning.

That was exhausting just to watch.

Tonight, two of the Democrats’ most vocal and vicious speakers will take the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. First to speak will be former President Bill Clinton, followed by vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden.

While it’s still up in the air what President Clinton will say in his speech (which wasn’t pre-approved by the Obama campaign), chances are he’ll come out swinging for his party and Barack Obama. Because he hasn’t said much leading up to the convention, this first-appearance of the general election campaign, I predict, will be used to lay the hurt on John McCain and his attacks in a way only a popular former President can do. Read More »

We think so. Not that our word is worth jack - we know chicks, boobs, liquor and sports…and we know them well. However, given the recent sh*t storm of the Russian/Georgian conflict, even we knew this was coming.

Let’s go down the list of necessary qualifications: Biden has been known to cross partisan lines in the past (Check) ; He has more international experience than almost every other senator (Check); He is an older white guy that redneck southerners can say they voted for (Check); He is not Hillary Clinton (question mark).

On paper and in person, Joe Biden could be the smartest Vice-Presidential pick in recent history. Anyone who listens to him talk thinks back to the days of old school leaders, not politicians or beaurocrats. The question is now, will it be enough. McCain’s “Straight-talk Express” is driving him right back into the race, and if he announces his VP soon, we can have ourselves a pretty decent race on our hands.

As our lives become more and more reliant on the internet, it’s hard to keep track of all the things on the you, well, want to keep track of. But no more!

Iterasi.com, a newly launched site/plug-in/add-on, allows you to record whatever websites you like, which are then saved to your Iterasi account page. But it’s way more than just a simple bookmark.

When you save a site, it saves the entire page to your archive. That means all the links, cookies, everything works the same as it does if you’re simply go to the site. Plus, you can enter in tags when saving the site that will triger Iterasi to record the site every time posts with those tags appear.

This allows you to track stories that you are interested in, and have access to blogs (like this one) after their articles disappear into the abyss that is “previous entries.” If you run your own Site, you can use Iterasi to keep track of competetor sites, and extend your researching abilities. This is the beginning of bookmarking becoming obsolete.

Check out a full video tour of Iterasi.com here!

Musician LeRoi Moore, saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band and one of its founding members, died Tuesday afternoon. According to a statement released on his website, the death was caused by unexpected complications from an ATV accident he sustained at the end of June earlier this year, at his house in Virginia.

From the Website:

LeRoi Moore Announcement

LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, August 19, 2008, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles from sudden complications stemming from his June ATV accident on his farm near Charlottesville, Virginia.  Moore had recently returned to his Los Angeles home to begin an intensive physical rehabilitation program.

Tom Muzquiz

RCA Music Group Publicity

J Records / Arista Records / RCA Records

Is it just me, or is everyone dying all of a sudden? Well, it has to happen sometime, but some old age for warning seems, at least, reasonable–that’s all I’m sayin’.