Frank Rich has a stunningly good editorial today in the New York Times. I highly commend it to your attention. In it, he says something that I’ve been saying for weeks: Barack Obama’s opponents always underestimate him. What’s more, his supporters do as well. AM I crazy, or wasn’t the Obama presidency pronounced dead just days ago? Obama had “all […]

Wow. For the first time in…forever…Joe Scarborough gets it. Totally gets it. SCARBOROUGH: Chuck, it has been a difficult process. We’ve been very critical of the process. It seems sloppy. It seems that the White House has been off their game. … And then we see a poll like the Gallup Poll that came out yesterday that makes me think […]

Not much to add to the spot-on commentary by Rachel Maddow except to say I would add John “the Douchebag” Boehner to her list of Republicans that are intentionally and harmfully standing in the way of America’s recovery by playing partisan politics to the hilt. And then they blame the president for not being “bipartisan”. This is good and the […]

There was a LOT of talk after last year’s Rothbury Festival that it wouldn’t happen again. The guy who owns the ranch where it was held was in all sorts of legal/bankruptcy trouble, etc. But, it looks like things have cleared and Rothbury is ON! If you’d like to read my review of Rothbury, you can find it HERE. My […]

Mrs. E has put together an AMAZING slideshow using her own photos (with a few of mine) and music and recordings we made during our trip. It’s 20 minutes long but I think you’ll enjoy it. Grab a beverage and enjoy… (Click the image below and it will take you to a new page where you’ll need to hit the […]

University of Michigan mechanical engineering professor John Hart has downsized our president. He’s nanosized him, in fact. In the picture below, each Obama face is only 500 microns wide. According to Hart’s website: Each face is made of approximately 150 million tiny carbon nanotubes; that’s about how many Americans voted in the 2008 presidential election. I wonder if the AP […]

With the appointment of Steven Chu to head the Department of energy, a Nobel Laureate and emminent physicist, Science returned to the White House after a long hiatus. I’ll show how revolutionary the concept of a scientist in this position is in a minute. But first, as we welcome Science back into the White House, formerly invited there by our […]

I love this. The guy is geeky-brilliant, uber-wealthy, and has a gigantic heart. Bill Gates’ campaign to wipe out malaria just took a funny step forward. LONG BEACH, California (AFP) – Microsoft founder turned disease-battling philanthropist Bill Gates loosed mosquitoes at an elite Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference to make a point about the deadly sting of malaria. “Malaria is […]

Sometimes other giraffes just get on your last God-damned nerve. I’m just sayin’…

The GOP (Gratuitous Obstructionist Pissants) are blowing gaskets left and right over the stimulus package being promoted by President Obama and his team. They go on and on and on about how horrible it is. “Research to stop STDs???!” they scream. “Funding the arts???!” they bellow. “Refurbishing the National Mall???!” they yell. “This is just one big pork barrel of […]

Remember when I wrote about how Shepard Fairey totally stole a photographer’s work? This one? Turns out that Manny Garcia was an AP photographer when he snapped the photo and the AP owns the rights to the image. They aren’t happy about the situation. The AP says it owns the copyright, and wants credit and compensation. Fairey disagrees. “The Associated […]