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Obama Is A Weak Leader: A Generic Republican Interview
Do you ever feel like another blogger has occupied your brain? Well I certainly did when I read this guest post by the brilliant List of X one of my very favorite blogging buddies. Please send him a...
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One Born Every Minute
Just today I realized that I really am a good person. Nice. Law-abiding. It’s true. Because somehow today I did not live out my longest held fantasy. One that I’ve wanted to enact since childhood. I...
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Immoral Dilemma
You guys know that I take voting seriously. I believe in it with every fiber of my being, actually. it’s not just that if you can’t be bothered to show up and vote that you lose your right to...
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Dilemma Resolved
First, thank you all who read my post Immoral Dilemma and offered words of comfort, advice and all manner of expressions that showed that my bloggin’ buddies really get me! To anybody who didn’t read...
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HE is Pissed
It finally happened. God woke up and got pissed. He realized that there is a whole group of fanatical jerks, using His name to bash just about anybody else who believes that there is an important role...
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Did I Miss a Contest?
It’s John’s fault. Not long after we started dating, John got me hooked on contests when he won one. A free, all expenses paid trip for two to the UK in 1986! Seriously! It was right after the...
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Self Protection for the Gun Control Crowd
My husband John believes that the whole reason that the NRA is bat-shit crazy about getting everybody guns is so that bit by bit, everybody will become afraid enough of their own shadows and/or that of...
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Not One More
Maybe you’ve seen this before. Maybe you haven’t. But it is worth watching. It is worth seeing again. We do everything we can to protect our kids from possible dangers. Except when it comes to...
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The Wrong Mascot
One of the drawbacks of living in the DC area is elephants. As you probably know, the elephant is the symbol of the GOP. Frankly, that makes me really blue. OK, bluer. I am a Democrat and I love...
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Worth Dying For. Worth Actually Doing
You may have noticed that I’ve been unusually quiet lately. In fact, I’ve hardly told you to get your but out to vote at all. It’s not that I don’t care; I do. Deeply. Elections Matter. So here I am....
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End Gridlock and Buy A Bridge
Have you heard the latest? Well, maybe you should put down that beverage — I love making liquid come out of your nose, but only when I’m brilliantly funny. This is funny in that “You know folks are...
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Hiding in Plain Sight
If you haven’t seen this bit from John Oliver’s new show, you should. You should watch it before Tuesday’s election, and then again periodically, just so you remember what I keep telling you. That...
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Longing for Dick
It was while commenting on Doobster’s post, Art Imitating Life or Life Imitating Art, that I realized that the unthinkable had happened. It’s true. Doobster made me look back, and I thought of the...
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Louie Gohmert for Speaker!! YES!!!
Have you heard the exciting news? Representative Louis Gohmert ((R-Where Else But F’ing Texas) is challenging Rep. John Boehner for Speaker of the House of Representatives. “Why?” you ask, “Elyse, you...
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Pretty Please?
Until this morning, I’ve been dreading 2016. Politics, to me, is a spectator sport. And so the idea of Hilary (ho hum) v. Jeb (ho ho ho) sounded like it was going to be about as much fun as cribbage....
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Portable Self-Defense
Many years ago when I lived in a not terribly safe neighborhood in DC, two work colleagues/friends of mine were discussing safety precautions to be used in case we were ever assaulted. “I heard that if...
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TRIFECTA!
When I studied humor writing, I was taught something called “The Rule of Three.” As the second deity in my holy research trinity, Wikipedia, says: The rule of three is a writing principle that suggests...
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Out of this World Facepalm
Sometimes, even a die-hard Democrat and respecter of smart people everywhere like me can’t believe what I hear Republicans say. But, of course, with YouTube, I get to See and Hear all kinds of things....
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One Good Thing I Can Say
Today, I rise in support of the Gentleman from Missouri. This morning, when I received a challenge from my friend Mark of Exile on Pain Street, well, I wasn’t sure I was up to it. I tried, really i...
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