[Stephen Colbert] does, however, have one earnest convention agenda, provided he
wangles sufficient access: “We want to find out actual information
about Republicans. We want to know where the pods are, where they’re
grown, and we want to photograph them before they’re harvested.” Just
kidding.
– “Covering the Convention for Laughs,” NYTimes
Recently, whenever I’ve tried to talk about the Democratic candidate
for President, I’ve forgotten his name. Putting aside my general
inability to recall names, this is a Bad Thing. David Brooks writes succinctly about Kerry’s lack of passion, or conviction, or anything:
Most people take a certain pride in their own opinions. They feel
attached to them as part [...]
Thanks to runoff and other pollution, for the second straight year
clams are dying in mass numbers in Narrangasett Bay. Hopefully this
won’t affect the catering for our wedding.
Kerry states that he would have voted to authorize Bush to invade Iraq even if he had known what he knows today.
If Kerry is being “subtle,” he’s gone one step too far. Among
Congress’s Constitutional duties is the power to declare war. Kerry is
not only morally wrong to stand by his decision to authorize war, but
wrong [...]
Transcript of an online chat with Rob Corddry, a Weymouth native, last week on Boston.com. (Yes, I was on vacation).
jess:
Q: Lately my husband and I are getting all of our news from Daily Show. Do you have favorite news sources?
Rob_Corddry:
Let me tell you all to stop getting your news from The Daily Show. We [...]