“TOM, WE’RE GONNA’ GIVE FURLOUGHS TO ALL THE REPUBLICANS IN JAIL ON CORRUPTION CHARGES, AND LET ‘EM WORK ON CHAIN GANGS, WHERE THEY CAN FINALLY DO SOME GOOD FOR THIS COUNTRY.”  

 

 

“WHAT WE’VE GOT HERE …. IS FAILURE TO COOPERATE.”

—————————————————————————–

BLOGWORTHIES:

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on Rezko, the Illinois Governor and Obama’s Senate Replacement.

Norm Jenson with The Sunday Funnies.

Dan Kurtzman’s Political Cartoons of the Week.

Advice from Dude with ‘Tude: Financial Trouble? Just Lie To Kids About Christmas.

“UNLIKE MY BOOK ‘THE OUTLIERS,’ MY THEORY IS THAT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION NEEDED ONLY TEN MINUTES TO BECOME EXPERT AT SCREWING UP THE WORLD. THAT’S WHY ALL IT TOOK WAS FOR US TO BLINK, AND WE REACHED THE TIPPING POINT TO ARMAGEDDON.”

[Some background on the Gladwell 10,000 Hour Rule.]

—————————————————————————–

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on the “Blame Obama” Cry if Mumbai Terror Attack Occurred on January 21st.

Madkane on the outgoing outaw: Dear Bush, Doesn’t Your Brush Need Clearing?

Dan Kurtzman on “Giving Thanks for Bush.”

“HERE’S WHERE I GO INTO THE FOUR-CORNER STALL.”

“WOLF, UNDER THIS ARGUMENT, BUSH AND CHENEY HAVE ALREADY DESTROYED THE CONSTITUTION, SO HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY RELY ON THAT SAME CONSTITUTION TO CLING TO POWER?”

“I DECIDED TO GO WITH ONE OF THE FEW REPUBLICANS WHO COULD ACTUALLY SURVIVE THE ‘VETTING’ PROCESS WITHOUT FLEAS.”

“LISTEN, ABE, IF YOU HAD BROUGHT BILL AND HILLARY INTO YOUR TENT, YOU’D NEVER HAVE GOTTEN ANY SLEEP.”

“LET’S FACE IT, THESE GENTLEMEN HELPED END A CIVIL WAR, WHILE IF OBAMA PICKS TOO MANY CLINTONITES, IT MIGHT JUST RE-IGNITE THE ONE WE HAD IN THE 90′s.”

“I’LL ACCEPT THE POSITION, ON THE CONDITION, THAT I WON’T MEET WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS.”

“JUST BY ASSUMING OFFICE, WE’LL HAVE REVERSED THE MOST EGREGIOUS POSITION OF ‘ASSUMING THE POSITION’.”

—————————————————————————————-

More serious thoughts on the Reversal of Bush Actions, via One Good Move, and Lisa Casey on real Bye-partisanship.

Speaking of reversal of positions, BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on Joe Lieberman: From Mensch to Schlimazel in Just Eight Years. And Madkane has Ode To “Traitor” Joe Lieberman. 

Political Cartoons of the Week, via Dan Kurtzman.