go whoopi! bill o' reaaaallly strikes again

found this on huffington post and had to share it... Whoopi Knocks O'Reilly Over Helen Thomas Comment: "If You're Gonna Do Humor, Learn How To Do It"

During an appearance on Bill O'Reilly's show Tuesday night, Whoopi Goldberg criticized the Fox News host for calling longtime White House reporter Helen Thomas "the Wicked Witch of the East" last week. O'Reilly, who previously spent a good amount of time on air defending his remarks as well as his impression of Thomas, asked the "View" co-host "do you have a beef with me of some kind about Helen Thomas?" Goldberg responded by saying she found the remark out of character for O'Reilly and that while he insisted it was just a joke, it would have helped if he actually knew how to be funny.

Watch the clip:

whoopi is the best!

here's the original clip of bill o'reilly doing what he does best...being an asshole!

obama vs. mc cain dance off!!

this might be the fucking funniest thing i've seen in a damn, long time!
with all the craziness of the election its kind of nice to just sit back, take a breather and laugh!


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electrify the world!

Obama revels in Powell endorsement and cash mountain

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (AFP) — Barack Obama profited Sunday from the coveted backing of former secretary of state Colin Powell and a jaw-dropping cash haul entering into the final fortnight of the epic White House race.

The Republican Powell, the first African-American to serve at the apex of the US military as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the 47-year-old Democrat would be a "transformational president."

Powell carries the burden of his role in promoting the Iraq invasion. But his endorsement was still a stinging rebuff to Republican candidate John McCain, 72, and could help sway swing voters and military veterans.

His backing came as the Obama campaign announced a fundraising take of more than 150 million dollars last month, demolishing its previous record of 66 million set in August.

The gigantic treasure trove is enabling Obama, who enjoyed a 10-point lead in Sunday's Gallup tracking poll, to hit McCain even harder with a nationwide advertising blitz before the November 4 election.

Addressing a carnival-like rally of more than 10,000 supporters here, Obama said he was "beyond honored and deeply humbled to have the support of General Colin Powell."

The Illinois senator said the Fayetteville area of North Carolina, home to the giant Fort Bragg army base, knew something about military heroism.

"And this morning, a great soldier, a great statesman, a great American has endorsed our campaign to change America," he said.

"And he knows, as we do, that this is a moment where we all need to come together as one nation -- young and old, rich and poor, black, white, Hispanic, native American, Republican and Democrat."

Powell, on NBC program "Meet the Press," said Obama had "met the standard" to be commander-in-chief "because of his ability to inspire" all ages, ethnic groups and political persuasions.

McCain remained a friend, Powell said while launching a hard-hitting critique of the Republican's rightward lurch, his haphazard response to the US economic crisis and his choice of Sarah Palin as vice presidential nominee.

Powell said that Obama, in contrast, had emerged looking presidential with a "steadiness, an intellectual curiosity, a depth of knowledge" in his approach to the financial tumult.

The nation's first black secretary of state added that victory by the mixed-race Obama in two weeks would make all Americans "proud," not just African-Americans, and would "electrify the world."

Speaking on Fox News Sunday, McCain said he had "always admired and respected General Powell."

"We're long-time friends. This doesn't come as a surprise," the Arizona senator said, touting his endorsement by other former secretaries of state including Henry Kissinger, James Baker and Lawrence Eagleburger.

McCain also defended automated "robo-calls" unleashed by his campaign in at least 10 swing states, insisting charges that Obama is a closet radical who would subvert democracy were "legitimate and truthful."

The tenor of McCain's campaign, whose robo-calls also accuse Obama of supporting the killing of babies born alive in abortions, was bitterly decried by Powell along with anti-Muslim discrimination in Republican circles.

Obama said the campaign would "probably get uglier" as it climaxes but stressed his own focus on issues such as the economy and Iraq and said: "We've got to have a line that we don't cross."

McCain renewed his condemnation of Obama's economic policies as "socialism." Obama said McCain backed tax cuts for wealthy corporate bosses "who've been making out like bandits."

Stopping by Fayetteville's "Cape Fear" barbecue restaurant, Obama was accosted by 54-year-old shop worker Diane Fanning, who yelled "socialist, socialist, socialist -- get out of here!"

Fanning refused to shake Obama's hand when he offered it, and she told reporters that Powell was a "RINO" -- Republican In Name Only.

Other customers were more welcoming of Obama as he foraged for votes in North Carolina, which last voted for a Democratic presidential hopeful in 1976 but which like other Republican "red" states is now very much in play.

Furniture salesman Mike Long, 33, said he had been less than 50 percent likely to vote for Obama. But after discussing health care with the candidate, he was now "98 percent" certain.

tina fey does it again!

it's amazing to me...she only had two days to rehearse and she nailed it better than sarah palin did...that is true comedic genius...maybe tina fey can write a movie about palin..a comedy of course

check out this clip and enjoy the fantastic facial expressions by none other than queen latifah in her cameo as ifill....good stuff!
saturday night live should thank palin for their obvious upswoop in ratings since tina fey came back on board haha

an anti gay rights ticket

i got this from an email from the progress report today!

An Anti-Gay Rights Ticket

During an interview with the Weekly Standard last month, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was asked if he would rule out choosing a running mate simply because he or she is "pro-choice." "I think it's a fundamental tenet of our party to be pro-life but that does not mean we exclude people from our party that are pro-choice," McCain said. However, McCain would not extend that line of thinking to his treatment of gays, having previously stated that he would not consider New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg for vice president because he is "pro-gay rights." Indeed, ultimately McCain bowed to the hard right of his party, choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) as his running mate, solidifying the Republican Party's presidential ticket as one that has no interest in and little history of promoting gay rights. But that hasn't stopped the campaign from trying to offer symbolic olive branches. Last month, top McCain aide Steve Schmidt told the Log Cabin Republicans that they are "an important part" of the GOP and that "over time" more equality for gays "will be reached." Yet the record belies the rhetoric. While McCain opposes gay marriage and civil unions, supports "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) and is against gay men and lesbians adopting children. Palin's positions are even more radical, having said this week she believes that homosexuality is a "choice."

MARRIAGE, UNIONS AND ADOPTION: In an attempt to pay lip service to the LGBT community, McCain has said that he opposes a U.S. constitutional amendment banning gay marriage (despite having once said he supports on) in favor of pushing the issue to the states. But at the same time, he also has offered support for constitutional amendments in Arizona and California banning gay marriage (55 percent of Californians oppose the measure. In fact, in 2006, McCain said that if state courts find bans on gay-marriage unconstitutional, then he would support a federal consitutional ammendment. McCain has also consistently said he is not in favor of civil unions for same-sex couples but during the general election campaign season, he has tried to soften his position. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres last May, McCain reiterated his stance against gay marriage but pandered and said, "[P]eople should be able to enter into legal agreements." Moreover, last July, during an interview with The New York Times, McCain declared that he opposes gay adoption even if it means that children are left in orphanages. McCain's campaign, proclaiming to speak for the candidate, backtracked and said McCain would support gay adoption if there were no alternative. But one week later, McCain reiterated his original position.

AGAINST BROADER RIGHTS: After turning down an interview with the Gay History Project earlier this month, McCain recently provided written answers to the Washington Blade, a gay publication based in Washington, D.C. Referring to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), McCain said he supports only the "concept" of non-discrimination in the hiring of gay and lesbian people, but not actual legislation because, he said, "[W]e need to make sure legislation doesn't lead to a flood of frivilous lawsuits or infringe on religious institutions." In fact, in 1996, McCain was among those voting against the EDNA which failed to pass the Senate by a single vote and in November 2007, McCain reiterated his opposition. McCain also opposes expanding rights to gays in the military. Citing the opinion of "military leaders", last year he said the policy of DADT is "working" and that "it would be a terrific mistake to even reopen the issue." Yet Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said recently that the military is ready to repeal the policy. Seventy-five percent of the public supports gay serving openly in the military. The Pentagon has dismissed thousands service members under DADT, including many with key specialty skills such as training in Arabic.

PALIN'S 'CHOICE': In an interview with CBS News's Katie Couric this week, Palin revealed that she believes that being gay is a choice. "One of my absolute best friends for the last 30 years who happens to be gay," she said, adding, "She is one of my best friends who happens to have made a choice that isn't a choice that I have made." Yet all major mainstream medical and mental health professional organizations have concluded that homosexuality is not a chosen lifestyle. The American Psychological Association states that "most people experience little or no sense of choice about their sexual orientation." But Palin's poor record on gay rights issues doesn't end there. In 2006, Palin reportedly said she "can't defy" the state court's ruling that Alaska "couldn't deny spousal benefits to the same-sex partners of public employees" but also said that she would support a ballot initiative that seeks to deny those benefits, and she supported her state's constitutional amendment to ban gay-marriage. Palin's church, the Wasilla Bible Church, also takes the position that homosexuality is a choice. In fact, it has sponsored a conference by James Dobson's Focus on the Family to help gays "overcome" their homosexuality through prayer and covert them into heterosexuality. These programs are opposed by every major medical association.

palin is a post turtle

this is absolutely brilliant, funny and definitely scary...i can't wait for the debates on thursday night! i've never wanted to watch someone fail so badly before in my entire life!

i got the following from fellow facebooker desmond cadogan...thank you!

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President . The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle.' Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.
The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle.'
The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. 'You know, she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.'

a new letter from michael moore

The Rich Are Staging a Coup This Morning ...a message from Michael Moore


Friends,

Let me cut to the chase. The biggest robbery in the history of this country is taking place as you read this. Though no guns are being used, 300 million hostages are being taken. Make no mistake about it: After stealing a half trillion dollars to line the pockets of their war-profiteering backers for the past five years, after lining the pockets of their fellow oilmen to the tune of over a hundred billion dollars in just the last two years, Bush and his cronies -- who must soon vacate the White House -- are looting the U.S. Treasury of every dollar they can grab. They are swiping as much of the silverware as they can on their way out the door.

No matter what they say, no matter how many scare words they use, they are up to their old tricks of creating fear and confusion in order to make and keep themselves and the upper one percent filthy rich. Just read the first four paragraphs of the lead story in last Monday's New York Times and you can see what the real deal is:


"Even as policy makers worked on details of a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, Wall Street began looking for ways to profit from it.

"Financial firms were lobbying to have all manner of troubled investments covered, not just those related to mortgages.

"At the same time, investment firms were jockeying to oversee all the assets that Treasury plans to take off the books of financial institutions, a role that could earn them hundreds of millions of dollars a year in fees.

"Nobody wants to be left out of Treasury's proposal to buy up bad assets of financial institutions."

Unbelievable. Wall Street and its backers created this mess and now they are going to clean up like bandits. Even Rudy Giuliani is lobbying for his firm to be hired (and paid) to "consult" in the bailout.

The problem is, nobody truly knows what this "collapse" is all about. Even Treasury Secretary Paulson admitted he doesn't know the exact amount that is needed (he just picked the $700 billion number out of his head!). The head of the congressional budget office said he can't figure it out nor can he explain it to anyone.

And yet, they are screeching about how the end is near! Panic! Recession! The Great Depression! Y2K! Bird flu! Killer bees! We must pass the bailout bill today!! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

Falling for whom? NOTHING in this "bailout" package will lower the price of the gas you have to put in your car to get to work. NOTHING in this bill will protect you from losing your home. NOTHING in this bill will give you health insurance.

Health insurance? Mike, why are you bringing this up? What's this got to do with the Wall Street collapse?

It has everything to do with it. This so-called "collapse" was triggered by the massive defaulting and foreclosures going on with people's home mortgages. Do you know why so many Americans are losing their homes? To hear the Republicans describe it, it's because too many working class idiots were given mortgages that they really couldn't afford. Here's the truth: The number one cause of people declaring bankruptcy is because of medical bills. Let me state this simply: If we had had universal health coverage, this mortgage "crisis" may never have happened.

This bailout's mission is to protect the obscene amount of wealth that has been accumulated in the last eight years. It's to protect the top shareholders who own and control corporate America. It's to make sure their yachts and mansions and "way of life" go uninterrupted while the rest of America suffers and struggles to pay the bills. Let the rich suffer for once. Let them pay for the bailout. We are spending 400 million dollars a day on the war in Iraq. Let them end the war immediately and save us all another half-trillion dollars!

I have to stop writing this and you have to stop reading it. They are staging a financial coup this morning in our country. They are hoping Congress will act fast before they stop to think, before we have a chance to stop them ourselves. So stop reading this and do something -- NOW! Here's what you can do immediately:

1. Call or e-mail Senator Obama. Tell him he does not need to be sitting there trying to help prop up Bush and Cheney and the mess they've made. Tell him we know he has the smarts to slow this thing down and figure out what's the best route to take. Tell him the rich have to pay for whatever help is offered. Use the leverage we have now to insist on a moratorium on home foreclosures, to insist on a move to universal health coverage, and tell him that we the people need to be in charge of the economic decisions that affect our lives, not the barons of Wall Street.

2. Take to the streets. Participate in one of the hundreds of quickly-called demonstrations that are taking place all over the country (especially those near Wall Street and DC).

3. Call your Representative in Congress and your Senators. (click here to find their phone numbers). Tell them what you told Senator Obama.

When you screw up in life, there is hell to pay. Each and every one of you reading this knows that basic lesson and has paid the consequences of your actions at some point. In this great democracy, we cannot let there be one set of rules for the vast majority of hard-working citizens, and another set of rules for the elite, who, when they screw up, are handed one more gift on a silver platter. No more! Not again!

Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com

P.S. Having read further the details of this bailout bill, you need to know you are being lied to. They talk about how they will prevent golden parachutes. It says NOTHING about what these executives and fat cats will make in SALARY. According to Rep. Brad Sherman of California, these top managers will continue to receive million-dollar-a-month paychecks under this new bill. There is no direct ownership given to the American people for the money being handed over. Foreign banks and investors will be allowed to receive billion-dollar handouts. A large chunk of this $700 billion is going to be given directly to Chinese and Middle Eastern banks. There is NO guarantee of ever seeing that money again.

P.P.S. From talking to people I know in DC, they say the reason so many Dems are behind this is because Wall Street this weekend put a gun to their heads and said either turn over the $700 billion or the first thing we'll start blowing up are the pension funds and 401(k)s of your middle class constituents. The Dems are scared they may make good on their threat. But this is not the time to back down or act like the typical Democrat we have witnessed for the last eight years. The Dems handed a stolen election over to Bush. The Dems gave Bush the votes he needed to invade a sovereign country. Once they took over Congress in 2007, they refused to pull the plug on the war. And now they have been cowered into being accomplices in the crime of the century. You have to call them now and say "NO!" If we let them do this, just imagine how hard it will be to get anything good done when President Obama is in the White House. THESE DEMOCRATS ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS THE BACKBONE WE GIVE THEM. CALL CONGRESS NOW.

miss alaska '84?

this is hysterical!





this is hysterically frightening!

obamarama tonight @ nowhere

tonight at nowhere bar come support the next president of the united states with only a $5 suggested donation at the door while having an amazing time with friends and maybe make a new one...nowhere is the place to be on saturday nights!

i haven't gotten a chance to see the debates yet but hope to as soon as possible...i djed at the dugout last night and then had a wonderful time teaching couture runway to my dear friend dale (haha) at mr. black. thank the lord up in heaven for the internet!

letterman stood up by mc cain

i've always loved letterman...now i am in love with him!


NEW YORK (AP) — "Late Show" host David Letterman treated John McCain's decision to cancel an appearance on his talk show more like a stupid human trick than the act of a statesman. The Republican presidential candidate said he was halting his campaign activities Wednesday, citing the need to deal with the nation's financial crisis, and called Letterman to drop out of the show's late-night lineup.
On the air Wednesday night, Letterman assailed McCain's rationale and, with prickly humor, questioned whether the nominee — now trailing in some polls — was in trouble. "This doesn't smell right," Letterman said. "This is not the way a tested hero behaves. Somebody's putting something in his Metamucil." McCain spokeswoman Nicole Wallace said Thursday that the campaign "felt this wasn't a night for comedy." "We deeply regret offending Mr. Letterman, but our candidate's priority at this moment is to focus on this crisis," Wallace said on NBC's "Today" show.
Letterman called McCain "a true American hero" but told his viewers: "This is not the John McCain I know, by God. It makes me believe something is going haywire with the campaign." Instead of suspending a campaign, Letterman said, a presidential candidate should go to Washington to deal with a crisis and let his running mate shoulder the burdens of politicking. "That's what you do. You don't quit. ... Or is that really a good thing to do?" Letterman said, a reference to McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
"What's the problem? Where is she? Why isn't she doing that?" he asked.
Letterman later asked: "Are we suspending it because there's an economic crisis or because the poll numbers are sliding?"

Making matters worse for McCain, his replacement was MSNBC's "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann, a constant critic of the Arizona senator. McCain told the CBS show that he was immediately flying back to Washington, Letterman told his audience. Then Letterman showed a TV feed of McCain being made-up for an appearance on news anchor Katie Couric's "CBS Evening News."
"Doesn't seem to be racing to the airport, does he?" Letterman said. "This just gets uglier and uglier." As McCain spoke to Couric, Letterman shouted at the feed: "Hey, John, I've got a question. Do you need a ride to the airport?" Letterman later said: "We're told now that the senator has concluded his interview with Katie Couric and he's now on Rachael Ray's show making veal piccata. ... What are you going to do?" CBS is a division of CBS Corp.

huge anti-palin rally in alaska!

i hope this gets world wide press. the biggest rally in alaskan history took place recently and it was anti-palin! that's got to speak encyclopedia volumes! here are some pics with some really creative and deviously funny folks and their signs. enjoy!

gina gershon as sarah palin

as if i didn't love gina enough already...this video seals the deal! un.fucking.believable!!!!

See more Gina Gershon videos at Funny or Die

sarah palin naked

this article is by michael seitzman of the huffington post. it is no holds barred and completely brilliant! i want to shake his hand....enjoy!

Sarah Palin Naked
by Michael Sietzman
posted 9/11/08

She said "nucular." Twice.

I realized three things tonight. For one, if you are a McCain/Palin/Bush voter, you and I do not have a difference of opinion. We have a difference in brain power. Two, she really is as ignorant as I feared. And, three, she really is kinda hot. Basically, I want to have sex with her on my Barack Obama sheets while my wife reads aloud from the Constitution. (My wife is cool with this if I promise to "first wipe off Palin's tranny makeup." I married well.)

Now, I want to be clear and speak directly to those of you who LOVED that Palin interview. You're an idiot. I mean that. This is not one of those cases where we're going to agree to disagree. This isn't one of those situations where we debate it passionately and then walk away thinking that the other guy is wrong but argued well. I'm not going to think of you as a thoughtful but misguided person with different ideas who still really cares about the country and the world. No, sorry, not this time. This time, if you watched those interview excerpts and weren't scared out of your freakin' mind, then you're mentally ill, mentally disabled, or mentally disturbed. What you are NOT is responsible, informed, curious, thoughtful, mature, educated, empathetic, or remotely serious. I mean it.

But I like to think that anyone can change.

Stop voting for people you want to have a beer with. Stop voting for folksy. Stop voting for people who remind you of your neighbor. Stop voting for the ideologically intransigent, the staggeringly ignorant, and the blazingly incompetent.

Vote for someone smarter than you. Vote for someone who inspires you. Vote for someone who has not only traveled the world but who has also shown a deep understanding and compassion for it. The stakes are real and they're terrifyingly high. This election matters. It matters. It really matters. Let me say that one more time. This. Really. Matters.

future t-shirts

it's been a while since i've posted some future t-shirts...so here ya go

disturbing...very disturbing

got this from a myspace friend's blog. his name is pulchritudinous...

this is just purely appalling and should be more than enough to destroy any chance palin might have had....but unfortunately this probably won't get splashed across every newspaper like it should....i'm actually feeling nauseous right now



Palin, "Yes, I charged Rape Victims $300 to $1200 for Their Rape Kits. So what?"




Wasilla Police Billed Sexual Assault Victims for Their Own Rape Kits
08Sep08


Of all of the things I've learned about Sarah Palin in the last week and a half, this has got to be the most disturbing. While Sarah Palin was serving as the Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the city charged victims of sexual assault between $300 and $1200 for their own rape kits. A rape kit is a sexual assault forensic evidence kit, used to collect DNA that can be used in criminal proceedings to assist in the conviction of those who commit sex crimes. The kit is performed as soon as possible after a sexual assault or attack has been committed. It is usually humiliating and uncomfortable for the victim–imagine enduring that and then paying $1200 just so that the criminal who assaulted you might be caught.

Taken from the Frontiersman… Please note that the Governor who signed the new law preventing sexual assault victims from paying for their own rape kits was a Democrat, Tony Knowles. And please share with any woman you know who might be voting for John McCain and Sarah Palin.

'Knowles signs sexual assault bill
Published on Monday, May 22, 2000 9:00 PM AKDT
JO C. GOODE / The Frontiersman / May 23, 2000

ANCHORAGE - Gov. Tony Knowles recently signed legislation protecting victims of sexual assault from being billed for tests to collect evidence of the crime, but one local police chief said the new law will further burden taxpayers.

The governor signed House Bill 270, sponsored by Rep. Eric Croft, D-Anchorage, outside the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) exam room at Alaska Regional Hospital. In attendance at the signing were members of victims advocate groups, law enforcement agencies and legislators.

The new law makes it illegal for any law enforcement agency to bill victims or victims insurance companies for the costs of examinations that take place to collect evidence of a sexual assault or determine if a sexual assault did occur.

We would never bill the victim of a burglary for fingerprinting and photographing the crime scene, or for the cost of gathering other evidence, Knowles said. Nor should we bill rape victims just because the crime scene happens to be their bodies.

While the Alaska State Troopers and most municipal police agencies have covered the cost of exams, which cost between $300 to $1,200 apiece, the Wasilla police department does charge the victims of sexual assault for the tests.

Wasilla Police Chief Charlie Fannon does not agree with the new legislation, saying the law will require the city and communities to come up with more funds to cover the costs of the forensic exams.

"In the past we've charged the cost of exams to the victims insurance company when possible. I just dont want to see any more burden put on the taxpayer," Fannon said.

According to Fannon, the new law will cost the Wasilla Police Department approximately $5,000 to $14,000 a year to collect evidence for sexual assault cases.

"Ultimately it is the criminal who should bear the burden of the added costs," Fannon said.

The forensic exam is just one part of the equation. "Id like to see the courts make these people pay restitution for these things," Fannon said.

Fannon said he intends to include the cost of exams required to collect evidence in a restitution request as a part of a criminals sentencing.

Palmer police chief Laren Zager said that to his knowledge, no sexual assault victim has ever been billed by the city of Palmer for an exam to collect evidence of a crime. Zager, who has been police chief since January, said he would never expect a victim to be burdened with the cost of a police investigation.

"I'm prepared to pay every dime in an investigation. As long as I am chief, I would never bill a victim," Zager said.

The new bill would also make law enforcement agencies that are investigating a sexual assault responsible for the costs of testing victims for sexually transmitted diseases and emergency contraception.