Stephen Colbert to Run for President

By JAKE COYLE - 2 days ago

NEW YORK (AP) - Stephen Colbert announced his candidacy for president on "The Colbert Report" on Tuesday night, tossing his satirical hat into the ring of an already crowded race.

"I shall seek the office of the President of the United States," announced Colbert on his Comedy ( Read more... )

"Voters unhappy with Bush and Congress""Bush's job approval rating fell to 24 percent from last month's record low for a Zogby poll of 29 percent. A paltry 11 percent gave Congress a positive grade, tying last month's record low ( Read more... )

I took Lisa and Patrick to the airport this morning and when we walked out the door at approx. 4:50am Stasha came outside to say hey. Our conversation went as follows ( Read more... )

- So although today started off with rather west coast-ish weather, it has dramatically improved and it is now bright and sunny outside. This did a lot to improve my mood and has made me realize that I need to appreciate these types of days while I still can because they are going to begin to be few and far between as that cold, icy bitch Winter ( Read more... )

Why couldn't I have had healthier relationships in the past so that I'd know what to do now? Dysfunction is no model to follow, but it’s the only thing I know. Damn... that cycle is really hard to break. *sigh* Blame it on Daddy ( Read more... )

from my conservation text:

"We live in a world where 1 billion people have health problems because they do not get enough to eat and 1.7 billion worry about health problems from eating too much."

"The $40 billion Americans spend each year trying to lose weight is 1.7 times more than the $19 billion per year needed to eliminate undernutrition and ( Read more... )

Zunny showed me this and she was right... I exploded. Awesome concept for a video and an awesome song.

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Last night I went to the Texas State Fair with Austin. It was the first time for both of us and we had a splendid time. One of the first things we did was ride the ferris wheel. This was no ordinary ferris wheel, though. It's a monster of a thing and had to be about 10-15 stories high. We were fortunate enough to be sat in our little "cage" (for ( Read more... )

"Have too many Americans become gullible, ill-informed idiots who have elevated feelings over facts and replaced critical thinking with a blind sense of trust for authority? I'm not trying to be insulting here; I'm just trying to figure out Rudy Giuliani's poll numbers.

Four years ago Tucker Carlson asked Britney Spears on CNN, "A lot of ( Read more... )