politics

I am so glad that politicians are finally using YouTube to connect with their constituents. I mean, for years we had to wait until commercial breaks to see all the awesome 5-minute attack ads. But thanks to technology and Internet-savvy Republicans, the wait is over.

Today’s fine piece of Monty Pythonesque work comes from Carly Fiorina, a Republican candidate for the Senate in California. Do yourself a favor and watch this all the way through.

You’ll probably think it’s a joke. But it’s not. Because there is nothing funny about politics. This is the real FCINO campaign. What’s FCINO you ask? It’s an acronym that stands for Fucking Crazy…something, something, something. I can't remember the rest.

[via Buzzfeed]

I don't want to get into a whole thing here.  This blog is a comedic take on the Internet, not on politics.

But I am glad a new generation of kids is entering into our country's political discourse.

I'd like to believe that somewhere out there is a car that has "PRO-LIFE 4 THE LULZ" written on the side of it.

[via Reddit]

Maybe I'm biased because I'm in California, but Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't just the most famous governor in the world. He's also the most famous person in the world. But I could be wrong. Leave your answers in the comments.

Here's where I found the original question. There are plenty more stupid questions where that came from.

Today is Ohio Congressman, perennial Presidential candidate, and all-around short dude Dennis Kucinich's 63rd birthday.

The event is being celebrated on his website with a happy birthday greeting on the front page under "Latest News."

If you click through, visitors have the opportunity to access a "Print version of this document."  This link will bring you to the very… um… official looking document that is reprinted above.

Seriously, guys?  This is the best you could do for the Congressman's birthday.  I mean, I know the big 6-3 is no major milestone, but couldn't you spruce that document up a little bit?  Maybe use a graphic that has been created during Kucinich's lifetime?

As far as birthday cards go, this thing is barely even fridge worthy.  I realize we want to cut government spending, but live a little, will ya?!

Maybe a nice Photoshopped pic of Kucinich sitting in the oval office would be a fun birthday gift?

This week's unclaimed domain:

EnoughingtonPost.com

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I don't care if it has 22 million visitors and more backlinks than anyone. I don't care if Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton have written there. I've had enough of the Huffington Post.

Here are some potential concepts for EnoughingtonPost.com:

• A mock-up of the Huffington Post homepage style that actually links to Drudge Report items instead.
• A single-serving site that randomly redirects you to a print newspaper subscription order form.
• A J.Lo movie fan site.
• Or, just buy it and forward it to the Tosh.0 Blog.

Last week, I cheated. The unclaimed domain name was just too good. I couldn't let it enter the hands of some traffic-hoarding fool. So, I posted the unclaimed domain, gave it 45 minutes, and then pulled the trigger myself. I'm a domain name junkie, too! I'll get something on tmzzzz.com this weekend.

Vid or it didn't happen! Above: Proof that Senator Al Franken can draw a map of the United States entirely from memory. This clip is getting more coverage on the political blogs today than health care. Is it really that impressive? It seems that senators are so characterless and out-of-touch that all they have to do is draw the United States to be entertaining. Granted, this stunt was pulled at a state fair, where even agriculture is entertaining.

[via BuzzFeed]

Edited — thanks Pete.

The prospect of a public option in America's healthcare system has the whole internet abuzz. It's been reduced to death-threats between friends on Facebook. Admittedly, I have used the same line of thinking to argue against other political movements, and I feel that it is satisfactory:

• Just because Saddam Hussein runs your country, does not mean you deserve to have Saddam Hussein run your country.
• Just because you can get a low-emissions vehicle does not mean you deserve to get a low-emissions vehicle.
• Just because you haven't been waterboarded, doesn't mean you deserve to not be waterboarded.

[via Digg]

The web is dependent on hyperlinks to keep users from manually entering sometimes daunting URLs. This new political party just has a really clever flier that features their domain name — that way, people will remember their site on the street and visit it later.

If you actually fell for this: Welcome to the Internet. And if you read this far: Do not go to that site.

[via Indecision Forever]

This behind-the-scenes clip of President Obama swatting a fly during an interview has been passed around the web newsies for the past 48 hours.

If our commander in chief is going to slap a fly, that’s how I’d like to see him do it — just like it's a North Korean nuclear weapons test.

The president continued: "Now, in the future, low-income flies like that one will be covered by a public healthcare option."