Well, that’s one way to make sure nobody sees the Emperor naked, I suppose… (h/t lee)

…in this case, not the least because it posits an America where the Obamas exist outside of the federal government. Of course, to truly buy into the thought experiment, one must pretend that Billy Ayers and his cabal of dirty influence peddlers wasn’t responsible for building — and then championing — the perfect postmodern candidate, an Other carefully framed to meet the expectations of pop-culture fetishists and superficial diversaphiles who

What do you mean, ‘do I fully support the President’? Of course I do. What, do I look unpatriotic to you? Seriously, it’s not my flag pin, is it? Because I can definitely lose that if, like, needs be…

Byron York, Washington Examiner: Republican strategists have a problem. The scale of what President Barack Obama proposes to do to the American economy is so enormous, so far-reaching and so potentially disastrous that the opposition party is having a hard time describing it. “How do you translate the numbers into something that people can grasp to represent the broader problem?” a Republican pollster asked in a recent conversation. John Boehner,

Norm MacDonald — one of the edgiest and most talented comedians since Kaufman (and before Mitch Hedberg) roasts Clinton and the Dems at the 1997 Correspondents Association Dinner. Part 1: Part 2:

But if you want to witness the disgusting spectacle of Stacy McCain milking Carrie Prejean’s breasts for every precious link, feel free.

Driving back from dropping Aidan at school, I heard Peter Orszag, Director of the OMB, interviewed. Three things really stood out, for me. The first was that, in recounting his recent sit-down with health care execs, he stated that massive savings could be realized by eliminating “unnecessary tests and procedures” that add nothing to patient health. It’s true that there are probably tests and procedures that are unnecessary on occasion,

In late April, marketing professor at the University of Georgia, shot and killed three people near downtown Athens, then dropped his kids off at a neighbor’s house. Yesterday, a cadaver dog found his body in a nearby woods. One of his hobbies had been poetry, some specimens of which he posted at the website of the American Marketing Association. Here’s a sample: B-School ARC:Etc.:Arts:Marketing as Life: sailing on the accountancy

At Salon: Watching Sykes, I was so pleased. I thought: My God, there’s never been a better match for Limbaugh. He’s an entertainer and a comedian – I despise him, but every once in a while he’s funny – and he’s regularly off color; Sykes is all those things while, in my opinion, funnier and less cruel. But let’s be honest: We had comedian and entertainer v. comedian and entertainer.