President-elect Obama is paying tribute to Lincoln's journey to Washington: On Jan. 17, Obama and his family will start the day with an appearance in Philadelphia, where they will board a chartered...
The Train to Washington
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Author - Bob Cesca
Oh Really?
This headline made me laugh: Pelosi lays down the law with Rahm Of course the Speaker is allowed to say and do whatever she wants when it comes to working with the new administration. But we're...
What's the Prize?
Still trying to figure out how showing solidarity with a man who physically accosted the president will actually help anyone. But if you want to do something with your old shoes, send them here. (Yes...
Morning Awesome
Tears for Fears - "Head Over Heels" Literal Video Version
Something Ridiculous…
...at the end of a crazy day of blogotubing. Here's what everyone on my Christmas list is getting: No. This isn't real. But dare to dream -- it turns your hat into another pocket! (h/t Josh Dobbin's...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery and shoes. Tonight! The cable news people are still all about the taint.
Soles For Souls
Photo: 'philliefan99' / Flickr. A homeless man on 13th Street in Washington, DC. Here's a decent charity that works exclusively to collect and distribute shoes to people in need. Soles for Souls. In...
Bad Idea
This. I'm feeling really out of the loop on this thing -- even though I have a profound and well-documented disdain for President Bush. What is anyone winning by mailing shoes to the White House...
How Can I Change The World…
...If I Can't Change Myself? by Lee Stranahan There's a local story in Los Angeles about a restaurant called El Coyote. The manager and part owner there is a Mormon and she gave $100 to the Yes on 8...
WTF?
Senator Leahy stood up to the Joker, but yet he's caving to Karl Effing Rove and the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee by postponing the Holder confirmation hearings? Therefore, to accommodate...
The Legacy Project Continues
President Bush lying: “I never said the Taliban was eliminated.” Oh really? Via Think Progress: September 2002: “The Taliban’s ability to brutalize the Afghan people and to harbor and support...
Attack of the Shoes
I'd like to clarify and an expand on a few points about the shoe throwing incident because I'm clearly in the minority here in my opinion that throwing shoes at the president is wrong. I don't think...
The Obama Logo Design
There's no doubt the brilliantly designed Obama "O" logo became one of the most recognizable brands in the country if not the world. Here are some of the actual designs that didn't make the cut. This...
The Shoes
My record for disliking President Bush should be kept in mind when I say: This was awful. First, anything resembling an attack on the president is scary. The "man" aside, he's still the President of...
Morning Awesome
U2 - Cole Porter's "Night and Day" From the 1990 Red, Hot + Blue AIDS benefit album
My Quiet McRevolution
by Lee Stranahan, cross-posted at LeeStranahan.com I know that there are million reasons not to frequent McDonald's restaurants. There are nutritional reasons. There are political reasons. There are...
Sunday Night Thread in America
Open thread for your Sunday night blogotubing.
Merry Christmas. You're Fired.
Photo: Jeff Kowalsky/European Pressphoto Agency Cindy Spisak with Douglas Yandura after she was laid off Friday from a Chrysler plant in Detroit. (New York Times) Sincerely, The Senate Republicans...
Afternoon Awesome
Khoda by Reza Dolatabadi. Over 6,000 individual paintings were created over two years to make this beautiful animated short.
It's A Wonderful Life
Like Oliver, I watched it for the gazillionth time last night and I don't mind saying that it never, ever sucks. But this year, considering the events of the last two months, it was remarkably...