Okay, so I realized something a few minutes ago.

Why do television manufacturers make commercials for their televisions and try to show us how awesome the picture is on their television? Think about it for a moment: if my television is a piece of shit, I can't see how awesome your television is, and if my television is capable of allowing me to ( Read more... )

"In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the ( Read more... )

I guess the networks are desperate for SOME sort of story with drama, namely the filibuster-free status of the Senate ( Read more... )

John McCain possibly just delivered the greatest concession speech in history.

Across the country, people who claim the economy as their key issue are voting for Obama at about a 55-45 clip.

Obama, whose primary faults -- indeed, the only faults which are truly critical here as opposed to merely mudslinging bullshit, save perhaps his antagonism toward the Second Amendment and the fact that he's the candidate for one of the ( Read more... )

The Philadelphia Phillies are World Series Champions, and I couldn't be happier for them ( Read more... )

In yet another stunning act of governmental intervention in the free market, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. called for a takeover of the New York Yankees late Tuesday night."This action might be unprecedented, but it is also necessary to avoid the complete collapse of our nation's most successful and treasured sports team," Paulson said ( Read more... )

A few years ago, I posted this. A commenter elsewhere reminded me of it, and I decided to revisit things and update it somewhat. Besides, there's actually been some substantial turnover in the ol' FL since then anyway.

( I'm up to 27 now, plus 11 corollaries. )

In the wake of AIG's bailout by the Fed, I'd like to present to you the new Manchester United jerseys.