91% of Americans are unhappy with Congress’ performance. That means that only 9% approve. This sad state of events led Senator John McCain to tweet that this meant they were “down to paid staffers and blood relatives.” Senator Lindsay Graham, one of the few...
Google’s Prescient Suggestion About Romney?
Slate’s Peter Fulham observed that when you type “Romney Can Win” in a Google search bar, you get a rather surprising suggestion besides the “normal” search results. By now, it’s pretty obvious to everyone that Romney is the Republicans’ second...
Dummy vs. Idiot: Learning Through Insults
I admit it, I am the not-so-proud owner of 3 Dummy books. My first one, “iMac for Dummies,” was purchased after I took the PC to MAC plunge several years back. Although Mac products are supposed to be so easy even a child can use them (I read that somewhere), I figured since I...
Cain Is Definitely…Not Able
Back in May, Commentarista featured an article, Cain…But Able?. In said article, Cain’s credentials and fitness to become our country’s next president were questioned. If you’re too busy to read that article, let me summarize the article’s conclusion for...
Steve Jobs: A Hell Of A Job
For the last 48 hours I’ve been, mostly sitting on my hands and staring at a blank screen, wondering if I should write something about Steve Jobs. Let’s face it, what could I possibly say about Jobs that hasn’t already been said in the two days since the announcement of his...
Do Parental Controls Need To Be Revisited?
Did you ever think you would hear the words pornography and Sesame Street in the same sentence? Well, now you have. That’s thanks to hackers who, on October 16th, turned the YouTube Sesame Street page into a porno site for the 20 minutes that it took for the site to be taken...