Author Archives: JumpyPants

Will There Be A McDonald’s At Ground Zero?

Posted on 08/16/2010 at 12:36 am by JumpyPants

Posted by John Christian Plummer Or a shop that sell cigarettes? Because I can read, and thus I know that more Americans die of arterial damage and lung disease every year than are killed by Muslims praying to Allah. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, Environment, Epic Fail, International Relations | 10 Comments

Real Issues Vs. Nonsense

Posted on 08/13/2010 at 10:43 am by JumpyPants

Posted by John Christian Plummer Anchor babies and terror babies and Obama birther theories and Louie Gohmert’s talkathon rages are nonsense. Sorry, they just are. I know there are some human lives hanging in the balance in these pretend issues. … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | 10 Comments

Victory for Dialogue

Posted on 10/09/2009 at 7:43 am by JumpyPants

Posted by JumpyPants The President won the Nobel Peace Prize. The scale of this honor is hard to measure, but he’s only the third sitting president to do so. The first was Teddy Roosevelt, and the second Woodrow Wilson, who … Continue reading →

Posted in President Obama | 7 Comments

Connecting the Dots

Posted on 10/03/2009 at 1:09 pm by JumpyPants

Posted by JumpyPants The President today connected two big dots: Health Care Reform and Job Creation. “…reforming our health insurance system will be a critical step in rebuilding our economy so that our entrepreneurs can pursue the American dream again … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Healthcare, Iraq, Jobs | 4 Comments

David Letterman Has Sex and Health Care

Posted on 10/02/2009 at 7:20 pm by JumpyPants

Posted by JumpyPants I was driving past the Ed Sullivan Theater a few hours ago looking for a parking space, and on literally every one of the 8 corners near the theater was at least one camera crew. Yes, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Healthcare, The Media | 8 Comments

Props to David Brooks, Egad

Posted on 10/02/2009 at 10:23 am by JumpyPants

Posted by JumpyPants When I went to sleep last night dreaming of Max Baucus and Blanche Lincoln cast in a production of Sartre’s No Exit that would run non-stop for the rest of their natural (sic) lives, I had no … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The Coward Rick Santelli Defends AIG Bonuses

Posted on 03/17/2009 at 12:00 pm by JumpyPants

No, really. He did. Today. Yep. This from the patron saint of the tea bag revolution. You know what? Come to think of it, the Sons of Liberty should’ve put the finances of the East India Company into perspective, too. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy | Tagged , , | 9 Comments

The Obama Recession

Posted on 03/17/2009 at 11:05 am by JumpyPants

Whoops! The number of new housing projects that builders broke ground on in February rose sharply, defying economists’ forecasts for yet another drop in activity. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that construction of new homes and apartments jumped 22.2 percent … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Beck’s Audience Can Read?

Posted on 03/17/2009 at 10:09 am by JumpyPants

David Frum: The audience for Beck’s Friday night special were each given copies of two books. One of them was Cleon Skousen’s Five Thousand Year Leap. Skousen, who died in 2006, is one of the legendary cranks of the conservative … Continue reading →

Posted in The Media | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Beck’s Ratings

Posted on 03/17/2009 at 8:36 am by JumpyPants

They’re saying that Glenn Beck’s ratings on FOX News Channel are good, as opposed to Glenn Beck’s formerly sucky ratings on Headline News. Nevertheless, I have a complicated theory to explain this. Here goes: If you say deliberately outlandish and … Continue reading →

Posted in The Media | Tagged , | 13 Comments

Morning Awesome

Posted on 03/17/2009 at 6:00 am by JumpyPants

Leprechaun sitings in Mobile, Alabama. The perennial classic. Share

Posted in Morning Awesome | Tagged | 3 Comments

The Beck Files

Posted on 03/16/2009 at 9:38 pm by JumpyPants

Glenn Beck and his punch-me face are plagiarizing conspiracy theories from the X-Files. I’m not making this up. WARNING: watch the video clip from FOX & Friends at your own risk. Beck massaging his balls just before the commercial break … Continue reading →

Posted in The Media | Tagged , , | 17 Comments

What’s Wrong with this FOX News Clip?

Posted on 03/16/2009 at 9:23 pm by JumpyPants

Give up? That Biden bit wasn’t from a “recent” event. It was from the campaign. In September. Oh, and Biden was quoting John McCain. Here’s the full quote: Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that’s why John McCain could say with … Continue reading →

Posted in The Media | Tagged | 8 Comments

No Wait!

Posted on 03/16/2009 at 8:17 pm by JumpyPants

This is the Doof Quote of the Day: “We are cooling. We are not warming. The warming you see out there, the supposed warming, and I am using my finger quotation marks here, is part of the cooling process. Greenland, … Continue reading →

Posted in Open Thread | Tagged , , | 24 Comments

Cable News: Wrong Again

Posted on 03/16/2009 at 7:14 pm by JumpyPants

Is President Obama doing too much? Pew Research Poll: Trying to address too many issues at once – 35% Focusing on too few issues – 4% Doing about right – 56% Share

Posted in The Media | Tagged , | 4 Comments