By MInTheGap on Aug 7, 2008 in News and Politics | 0 Comments
As predicted, the late night jokesters are beginning to pick up the elitist refrain:
"Of course, Obama’s supporters got him his usual birthday gift of gold, frankincense and myrrh." –Jay Leno
It seems like between this and “change” Leno, at least, is actually trying to poke fun at him:
"And Barack Obama now says he is open [...]
By MInTheGap on Aug 7, 2008 in News and Politics | 0 Comments
Funny. This was filmed back in May and yet seems appropriate today:
By MInTheGap on Aug 6, 2008 in News and Politics | 2 Comments
When I was studying History of Civilization back in college one of the things that I noticed was that leaders of times passed had interesting names. These names were not ones that they claimed (though one could make the argument that Charlemagne could have picked “Charles the Great”) because of the way the names [...]
By MInTheGap on Aug 6, 2008 in News and Politics | 2 Comments
A few weeks ago the news was awash with the idea that Sen. Obama was impossible to make fun of. Many late night comics were out saying they just couldn’t find anything that was that funny—or that they felt their audiences could laugh at.
Then Obama went overseas.
It was supposed to be a “win” for [...]
By MInTheGap on Aug 6, 2008 in News and Politics | 2 Comments
Part of being able to be free is knowing the truth about gas prices:
Hat Tip: SayAnything
By MInTheGap on Aug 5, 2008 in Culture and News | 5 Comments
If you’ve read here for any length of time, you will know that I have many different opinions on boycotts. Sometimes I have promoted them. Sometimes I’ve explored it Biblically in context that there is always something sinful being promoted. Sometimes I’ve used it as a springboard to talk about different topics. And recently [...]
By MInTheGap on Jul 2, 2008 in Culture, Family and Politics | 4 Comments
Bill Clinton has done parents all over the United States a favor. You see, parents everywhere were unable to control their child’s nutrition, especially when it came to what they ate in school.
He saw the need—some kids were buying snacks that were high in fat with their lunch or snack money, and since we [...]