tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106026932024-03-06T21:53:19.665-06:00UncommonSenseNotes and Observations on the Post-Satirical AgeUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.comBlogger2466125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-32095356686663790892010-01-11T05:50:00.004-06:002010-01-11T06:15:38.339-06:00GoodbyeRegular readers of this blog (all twelve of you!) will have noticed that posting has been irregular at best over the past several months. I wish I could say that there is some significant reason for the lack of long, well-thought out entries, but the simple truth is that I haven't had much to say. I can't count the number of posts that I have left unfinished over the last year. In order to UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-86664644667420913742010-01-07T19:13:00.004-06:002010-01-07T19:17:07.622-06:00Sanitarian NapkinsActual sign in a public restroom in New Orleans City Hall."Thank you for your..."? What? Attention? Deposit?UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-84983090429988114712010-01-07T08:23:00.001-06:002010-01-07T08:24:42.769-06:00The Ladies' ManHe knows what you need.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-50833511362248197362010-01-06T13:54:00.003-06:002010-01-06T14:01:58.667-06:00Holocaust Museum shooter James Von Brunn diesFrom the Washington Post:Holocaust museum shooter has diedUPDATE: James W. von Brunn, the man charged in the Holocaust Museum shooting, has died in a prison hospital, his lawyer says.More from Salon.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-75507412921768051302010-01-06T08:47:00.001-06:002010-01-06T08:49:51.058-06:00Twitter through the agesLOL!!!!11!1!!!UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-46287280234581878822010-01-02T09:19:00.002-06:002010-01-02T09:42:33.335-06:00What an @$$holeRush Limbaugh, who went to the hospital with chest pains last week, says there's nothing wrong with health care in the United States.Limbaugh was admitted to Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu on Wednesday afternoon after he experienced chest pains while vacationing in Hawaii. According to Limbaugh, doctors could not determine the exact cause of his pain.The right-wing talk radio king used the UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-75647852784913075612009-12-23T19:51:00.003-06:002009-12-23T20:01:42.107-06:00CNN Poll: Americans prefer Democratic policiesEmbedded video from CNN VideoCNN:Despite the bruising battle over their health care reform proposals, congressional Democrats have maintained an advantage over their Republican counterparts on one key measure, according to a new national poll.A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday indicates that a bare majority of Americans, 51 percent, believe that the Democrats' policies UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-30511723662989234232009-12-22T08:07:00.003-06:002009-12-22T08:16:46.307-06:00All about da BenjaminsMichael Steele is get'in paid!!!Michael S. Steele, Republican National Committee chairman, is using his title to market himself for paid appearances nationwide, personally profiting from speeches with fees of up to $20,000 at colleges, trade associations and other groups - an unusual practice criticized by a string of past party chairmen. […]"Holy mackerel, I never heard of a chairman of either UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-967735255086182942009-12-18T12:51:00.002-06:002009-12-18T12:55:15.086-06:00What English sounds like to non-English speakersThis is weird and hilarious. UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-88614773803492734132009-12-14T13:57:00.002-06:002009-12-14T14:01:31.713-06:00DisgustingAbsolutely disgusting with no redeeming value, comedic or otherwise.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-18388019634673731282009-12-14T12:02:00.005-06:002009-12-14T12:59:16.399-06:00Lieberman“I know that some in the party have differences with Joe," Senator Obama said, all but silencing the crowd. "I'm going to go ahead and say it. It's the elephant in the room. And Joe and I don't agree on everything. But what I know is, Joe Lieberman's a man with a good heart, with a keen intellect, who cares about the working families of America."- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, March 30,2006So, UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-72804025807623742552009-12-08T13:58:00.001-06:002009-12-08T14:02:25.636-06:00Conservative Fauxtrage over Reid remark shows no sign of abatingThe conservative hissy fit over Harry Reid's "slavery" remark continues to build toward the highest pitch.From Nevada to Washington, calls were mounting Tuesday for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to apologize for comparing opponents of health care reform to supporters of slavery. The antagonistic comment, made on the Senate floor Monday, came at a sensitive time for health care reform, UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-58624762807018359902009-12-07T11:16:00.002-06:002009-12-07T11:20:15.160-06:00Poll: 'Tea Party Tops GOP on Three-Way Generic Ballot 'This is enough to keep you awake at night if it's your job to get Republicans elected to congress.Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being a Republican. In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-44526178354753880792009-12-04T07:43:00.001-06:002009-12-04T07:45:41.963-06:00Unemployment drops to 10.0%Still horrible, but less horrible than it was.U.S. job losses slowed sharply in November and the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined, in a sign the labor market is finally starting to heal as the economy recovers.Nonfarm payrolls fell by just 11,000 last month, slowing down from a downwardly revised 111,000 drop seen in October, as the recovery encouraged companies to retain workers, the UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-38701620046984405302009-12-03T17:12:00.004-06:002009-12-03T17:31:29.801-06:00Blue Dog Bayh gets GOP challengerFormer Republican congressman John Hostettler is challenging Blue Dog Sen. Evan Bayh by caricaturing him as a wild-eyed, Harry Reid-loving, tax-raising liberalsocialistfascist.In a YouTube video, Hostettler repeatedly ties Bayh to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, blaming the pair for what he calls a failed economic stimulus package. “Hoosiers need real jobs created by real companies that are UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-9015163922210178012009-12-02T19:11:00.005-06:002009-12-02T19:34:20.859-06:00WIRED: 'Feds ‘Pinged’ Sprint GPS Data 8 Million Times Over a Year'Wired's Threat Level blog picks up the Sprint Nextel story with new information from the company about the significance of the "8 million" figure cited by its Electronic Surveillance Manager.According to the company, law enforcement authorities used a Sprint Nextel web portal to initiate 8 million "pings" to cell phones, which allowed officials to track the owners' locations. The company says UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-85573003959121091622009-12-02T06:49:00.007-06:002009-12-02T07:01:28.908-06:00Sprint Nextel letting law enforcement use its GPS to track millions of customers' locationsDo you feel safer yet?"[M]y major concern is the volume of requests. We have a lot of things that are automated but that's just scratching the surface. One of the things, like with our GPS tool. We turned it on the web interface for law enforcement about one year ago last month, and we just passed 8 million requests. So there is no way on earth my team could have handled 8 million requests from UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-41571111558588514482009-12-01T14:01:00.007-06:002009-12-01T14:17:55.761-06:00'Zombie Reagan raised from grave to lead GOP'In 2007, I wrote that maybe the GOP would have better luck nominating a picture of Ronald Reagan for the 2008 presidential race (And with what we know now, they probably wouldn't have done much worse than they did).The Onion goes a step farther.Nice Bobby Jindal cameo, by the way.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-86415228928901137222009-12-01T12:34:00.003-06:002009-12-01T12:43:35.484-06:00Pawlenty gets his licks inMinnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty isn't as forgiving as Bill O'Reilly, apparently.The right-wing talker let Mike Huckabee off the hook for the alleged crimes of a man Huckabee granted clemency. Pawlenty wants GOP primary voters to know he would nevah do such a thing.Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty became the first likely GOP presidential candidate to criticize Mike Huckabee's pardon of a suspected UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-60989655315527547082009-12-01T09:45:00.004-06:002009-12-01T10:47:21.472-06:00O'reilly lets Huckabee off the hook, demonizes judgesBill O'Reilly invited "Fox News Analyst" Mike Huckabee onto Da Factor to let him push back against the growing scandal over his having granted clemency in Arkansas to the man suspected of killing four police officers in Washington state.O'Reilly began the segment by listing two recent offenses Maurice Clemmons was accused of. O'RIELLY: "The man had been charged with assaulting a police officer UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-67331857318436509972009-11-26T10:44:00.005-06:002009-11-26T10:58:15.673-06:00Happy ThanksgivingI am thankful for my salvation. Thank you, Jesus.I am thankful for my wife and sons. No man could ask for more abundant blessings.I am thankful that I was born an American citizen. This is a great country. The right wing doesn't seem to agree. I don't know why. Give thanks, people! Did anyone you love get eaten by a wild animal this year? Were we invaded by a hostile foreign power? No? Then, giveUncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-76292841753950446452009-11-25T08:56:00.003-06:002009-11-25T08:58:10.609-06:00'Thin Blue Line' Image Credit: NASAThe thin line of Earth's atmosphere and the setting sun are featured in this image photographed by the crew of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-129 mission was docked with the station.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-90978508693087685262009-11-25T07:56:00.002-06:002009-11-25T08:00:53.984-06:00So, ACORN didn't steal the election after all?ThinkProgress: After conceding, then unconceding, then conceding, then unconceding, Hoffman now concedes.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-54100579825374179082009-11-20T15:33:00.004-06:002009-11-20T18:43:23.363-06:00Fewer people love Sarah Palin today than they did yesterdayEpic FAIL as Sarah Palin leaves her fans literally out in the cold as they wait for her to sign their copies of her book.Risky stuff. Palin obviously fancies herself an elite celebrity who only has to talk the talk for the rubes, but they will be happy to remind her that she is nothing without them. Memo to Sarah: You don't expand your fan base by demonstrating utter contempt for the ones you UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10602693.post-24388080223108906062009-11-19T19:05:00.002-06:002009-11-19T19:07:41.136-06:00Palin supporters try and fail to articulate a reason why they like herThey reject any and all evidence that conflicts with their view of their heroine.They're a lot like Palin that way.UncommonSensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379825500821110104noreply@blogger.com0