Partial Birth Abortion

We wonder if this topic might not trump the war in Iraq during the 2008 election campaign. Not likely, but it’s a possibility. This is a topic that may create a defining moment for both Republican and Democrat candidates in the run up to the election. The court has signaled that it may be ready for a test of Roe v. Wade. Round one goes to the unborn.

Tags: satire, sarcasm, political cartoons, health, politics, zz

Al Qaeda Surrenders Under Pressure from Democrat Pull-Out Bill

(BAGHDAD) — Al Qaeda in Iraq today announced it would cease all martyrdom operations, bombings, kidnappings and attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces just a day after the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate sent a bill to President George Bush that sets a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq.

“Under orders from our supreme ruler, Usama bin Laden, we announce our complete surrender and ask for mercy from our triumphant conquerors,” said an unnamed spokesman on a prerecorded audio statement released on al-Jazeera and CNN. “We are defenseless in the face of the Democrats’ aggressive pull-out schedule — Allah be praised.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi plan a trip to Baghdad next week to receive the surrender documents from an al-Qaeda emissary who has committed to meeting them in a public marketplace for the historic ceremony.” — as reported by Scott Ott / ScrappleFace

Tags: politics, sarcasm, satire, zz

Cowardly Bush Fails to Show for Democrat Debate

ScrappleFace » ‘Cowardly’ Bush Fails to Show for Democrat Debate:

(SATIRE) — President George Bush is a ‘coward’ for failing to appear among the eight Democrat presidential candidates at last night’s debate at South Carolina State University, according to several top Democrat operatives.

While candidates at the debate mentioned Mr. Bush some 25 times during the 90-minute MSNBC-televised event, Mr. Bush declined to make an appearance to defend himself against their accusations.

The White House neglected, this morning, to offer a substantive reason for the president’s absence from the forum at which he, and his policies, were a main topic of discussion.

“The president is not seeking a third term,” said Acting White House Press Secretary Dana Perino. “He offers no apology to the hundreds of Democrats in the auditorium at South Carolina State, nor to the dozens of viewers watching on MSNBC.”” — as reported by satirist Scott Ott / ScrappleFace

Tags: satire, sarcasm, politics, zz

AFC Thumbnail Gallery V 3.1 for Bloggers

Create dynamic and scalable image slide shows with IMG Thumbnail Gallery Flash component. This is a very nice low cost flash gallery package we give it a recommend rating. – OpenWeb Staff

Advanced Flash Components (AFC ) has been dedicated to developing the slickest Flash Components which combine enhanced functionality, maximum customization, and superior design. Their goal is to simplify Flash development for webmasters by providing “tools” for web application enhancements. Constant innovation and improvement is one of their core goals. With the help from the Flash community and valuable feedback from our users, they have been able to continually improve their components’ style and usability. Currently AFC is one of the fastest growing Flash Component developers on the web today and we highly recommend them. If you are looking to add some slick flash graphics to your site, check this package out!

From their site:

IMG Thumbnail Gallery Flash component is a fully customizable and scalable tool for displaying dynamic slide shows. Component supports XML, RSS 2.0 as well as direct data input. All of the component properties can be modified to seamlessly integrate with your project.

- Macromedia V2 Component Architecture
- Custom Buttons (new in 3.1)
- Advanced Image Scaling
- Extended Font Support
- Fully Scalable
- Adjustable Skin Color
- XML Support
- RSS 2.0 Support ( Flickr feeds )
- Custom transition settings
- Preloader
- Slideshow mode
- Custom thumbnail size
- Flash 8
- Free Updates

VISIT THEIR DOWNLOAD SITE HERE TO SEE IT AND GET MORE DETAILS — Very Slick!

Tags: blogware, software, flashware, web design, zz

My Daddy the Exotic Dancer

One day a fourth-grade teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living.

All the typical answers came up — fireman, mechanic, businessman, salesman, doctor, lawyer, and so forth.

However, little Justin was being uncharacteristically quiet, so when the teacher prodded him about his father, he replied,

“My father’s an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off all his clothes in front of other men and they put money in his underwear.

Sometimes, if the offer is really good, he will go home with some guy and stay with him all night for money.”

The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some exercises and then took little Justin aside to ask him, “Is that really true about your father?”

“No,” the boy said, “he works for the Democratic National Committee and is helping to get Hillary Clinton to be our next President, but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of the other kids.”
— Hat Tip: megitt33

Democratic Candidates Fail to Jet Pool To Reduce CO2 Emissions

Newsday.com: 2008 Candidates Rely on Private Jets: “

WASHINGTON — A flock of small jets took flight from Washington Thursday, each carrying a Democratic presidential candidate to South Carolina for the first debate of the political season.

For Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden, it was wheels up shortly after they voted in favor of legislation requiring that U.S. troops begin returning home from Iraq in the fall.

No one jet pooled, no one took commercial flights to save money, fuel or emissions.

All but Biden, who flew on a private jet, chartered their flights — a campaign expense of between $7,500 and $9,000.

Federal Election Commission rules allow candidates to pay only the equivalent of first-class fare to fly on private jets owned by corporations or other special interests. But a Senate ethics bill approved earlier this year would require senators flying on corporate jets to pay full charter rates. The legislation must still be reconciled with a House bill and has yet to become law.

Several senators running for president are abiding by it anyway, either paying charter cost or avoiding corporate jets altogether, as Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain have done. Dodd pays full charter rates when he flies on private planes. The Clinton and Biden campaigns did not immediately explain their policies.”

Bush Rope a Dope Strategy

ScrappleFace » Bush Suggests More Targets for Congressional Probes:

(SATIRE) — White House sources say President George Bush has given Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi a list of administration officials who would make good targets for Congressional probes as part of Mr. Bush’s strategy to keep Democrats preoccupied with investigations and thus distracted from implementing their legislative agenda.

The news of the Bush strategy comes as Congressional committees have called for additional testimony from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice over the pre-Iraq War claim that Saddam Hussein sought uranium from Niger, and from Justice Department deputy Monica Goodling, over claims that the Bush administration fired eight political appointees for political reasons.

Unnamed administration sources say the president is “pleased as punch” with the way ongoing probes of his appointees have delayed implementation of the Democrats’ “tax and spend agenda.”

“George Bush is already shaping up to be the most effective lame duck president in American history,” said one unnamed source. “Who would have thought it could be so easy to stymie the Democrats. It reminds me of Muhammad Ali’s rope-a-dope tactic.””

Add Flash Games To Your Website or Blog

Interested in adding arcade style flash games to your website or blog to encourage visitors to stick around? If so you can now download entire collections of arcade style flash games from OpenWeb Downloads.

These game packs have been tested, categorized, packaged and made available for immediate digital download at several sites. You can find them over at OpenWeb Downloads and also at PayLoadZ . Over 300+ flash games are available in several convenient low priced zipped downloads.

The Shooting Arcade game to the left is a typical example. You can demo them all over at their site. Simply register at the OpenWeb Downloads Arcade and check them all out and have some fun at the same time! We loaded three others in our right margin that you can play as well. Pretty slick!

Each of the basic download packs for blogs contains 90+ flash games (in .swf format) including its respective thumbnail (.gif) along with an instruction guide (.pdf) explaining how to configure them so your visitors can play them right on your site just as in the Shooting Arcade example above. [Basic Game Inventory Listing (.pdf)] Special Packs are also available for vBulletin Arcades and Nuke Arcades which now include install scripts for formal arcades. These games will also run on your website, blog or off line on your PC or laptop.

If you have access to a server you simply upload all the files in the pack and then link to them in a post, in a special area in your margin, (see our right margin as an example) or anywhere else on your site that you choose. If your server host (ISP) doesn’t allow file uploading FileCrunch provides a free file hosting option which anyone can use. Very sweet! Flash games right on your blog! Increase your visitors and your traffic and get them to stick around!

Saint Harry Reid Predicts Victory

Democrats predict they can win Iraq vote: “Democrats predicted the bill would pass, albeit narrowly, while Republicans said setting a timetable on the war would hand a victory to terrorists.

Several House members said they would not try to block the bill negotiated with the Senate in a bid for party unity despite their desire for an earlier, binding withdrawal date.

‘We need to claim victory for our soldiers,’ said Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Texas. ‘They have done their job. It’s time to bring them home now.’

The House vote scheduled Wednesday comes as the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, and other defense officials try to convince lawmakers that a timetable would push Iraq into chaos. Bush’s promise guarantees a historic confrontation with Democrats emboldened by last year’s election, which handed them control of Congress.

‘For the first time, the president will have to be accountable for this war in Iraq,’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., said Tuesday. ‘And he does not want to face that reality.’

The $124.2 billion bill would fund, among other things, the war in Iraq but trigger the withdrawal of troops beginning this fall. It sets a nonbinding goal of completing the pullout by April 1, 2008.”

Gee I’m Bushed

Even his old man realizes that the country has been bush-wacked. Commenting on Larry King, the former President indicated he sensed that the country may need a break. God save us from Jeb! Another “good man” in the wrong time and place. Nuff is enough of the Kennedy’s, Clinton’s and the Bush’s.
CNN.com - CNN Political Ticker:

(WASHINGTON) — Former President George Bush told CNN’s Larry King Monday that the electorate may be experiencing ‘Bush fatigue.’

And it may be the reason his son, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, is sitting out the 2008 presidential election, the 41st president said.

‘There’s something to that — there might be a little Bush fatigue now,’ former President Bush told CNN’s Larry King when asked if he agreed with a recent assessment from GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney that Jeb Bush would currently be a frontrunner for the Republican party’s presidential nomination if his last name wasn’t Bush.

But the former president predicted his youngest son may enter politics again in the future.

‘I hope that Jeb, who left office looking good, is not through with politics,’ the elder Bush said. ‘ I think he’s a good man, most other people think that, a man of principle. And I think he’s got a future.’” Read More