zombie karl marx

The real irony of Karl Marx, of course, is the extent to which he’s been embraced by the right and used as a sort of political bludgeon applied routinely to the eyes, ears and skulls of a constituent base that couldn’t pick the guy out of a lineup.

The next time I satirize the Republican party’s ridiculous obsession with Marx, I’ll depict a decrepit elephant swinging a zombie horse through hordes of short-sighted children.

young republicans

Trying to imagine what my response to a munchkin McCain or a pint-sized Palin might possibly be if I were to come face to face (or more likely face to about knee) with one during the course of tonight’s annual candy harvest… I had a hard time coming up with anything positive to say. As it went, I decided not to say anything at all… and do something at least marginally more productive to commemorate the recent intersection of politics and paganism.

alan greenspan: standup comedian

In his recent testimony before congress, Mr. Greenspan came clean:

“I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interest of organizations, specifically banks and others, was such as they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders.”

Hmm… so greed is an ineffective check on bad behavior? Curious.

Video of the statement is available here.

old sam pennybags

“WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.”

-Two time Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Major General Smedley D. Butler