Katie Couric asked ‘irrelevant’ questions

Sarah Palin has said that she was, “kind of annoyed,” by the questions that Katie Couric asked in the now-famous going-down-in-flames interview, because they were irrelevant to the state of national security and getting the economy back on track.

So what exactly DID Couric ask about? Here they are (from CNN):

The economy and national security, focusing in particular on the congressional bailout package, the mortgage crisis, John McCain’s record on regulation, the war in Afghanistan, hunting terrorists in Pakistan, Russia, Iran, Syria, Israel and the role of the United States in the world.

But don’t fret! She was completely fine when Couric finally DID ask her a question that she knew something about:

“But I think the one question that I answered that everyone could agree on, it maybe shows where my heart is… too is, she asked me this relevant question: What was my favorite movie? And I said ‘Hoosiers!’”

Everyone groan together, please.

Tags: Elections, Headline

McCain and Obama joke around for a bit

Ah, finally some goodwill out of these campaigns. Obama and McCain were at a fundraiser and absolutely roasted each other (and themselves) for one night.

Kudos to both of them for being able to laugh at themselves.

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The best thing to do right now is PANIC

Yep, even our great and accomplished leader George Bush has said so.

“My fellow Americans, the time for running aimlessly through streets while shrieking and waving our arms above our heads is now,” Bush said. “I understand that many of you are worried about your economic future and our situation overseas, and you have every right to be. Yet there is only one thing we as a nation can do in times like these: give up all hope and devolve into a lawless, post-apocalyptic, every-man-for-himself society.”

I’m so glad that I get all my daily news from The Onion.

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Sarah Palin does wonderfully at interviews.

Now I didn’t get to see the Charlie Gibson interview yet, but I just got to see the CBS interview with Katie Couric, and lemme tell ya– she’s quite interesting in her interview skills. Cyclical logic, stumbling over even moderately ‘tough’ questions, inability to field questions, and repeating a through-line again and again, hoping that the interviewer will just drop an issue. Where have we seen that before?

Anyway, I’m not going to blame her shortcomings on McCain– he seems like a smart guy. I may not agree with some of his politics, but overall he’s a whole lot better than some of the field that was running against him. (Guiliani, Thompson, Romney, etc.) I just think he just made a colossal blunder in picking a running mate that doesn’t bolster his decision making skills at all.

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Japan totally missed The Matrix.

That’s the only thing I can think of for them continuing head-first into hardcore advances in robotics. Not that I don’t think it’s pretty frickin sweet, but come on man! They’ll take over and kill all humans! Watch movies!

Actual quote taken from the MSNBC article:

“Robots are already taken for granted in Japanese factories, so much so that they are sometimes welcomed on their first day at work with Shinto religious ceremonies. Robots make sushi. Robots plant rice and tend paddies.”

Stop with the infatuation with Japanese school girls and Hello Kitty already!

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Longhorn fries anyone?

You all may have heard of calf-fries, Rocky Mountain oysters, and the other vague names for the dish where ultimately, you eat bull testicles. For all of those who are reeling in disgust right now, just know that yes, people eat that and much worse around the world. Lamb brain or iguana anyone?

Anyway, apparently a guy walked in to an Oklahoma City bar and committed a heinous crime in the state of Oklahoma– he wore a Texas Longhorns t-shirt. So well this is exactly the type of crime that requires vigilante justice– street justice– or perhaps even a CITIZEN’S arrest. So what did Allen Michael Beckett do? He grabbed the felon’s BALLSACK and wouldn’t let go until it tore off and blood dripped down his legs.

You smell that? That’s the smell of intelligence and freedom of expression in Oklahoma.

Or maybe it’s the UT fan shitting his pants after realizing that his balls had to be restitched on with 60 stitches. Yum.

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Who said the BBC was clean??

“He had just produced a litter of puppies with a bitch that had a single nose.”
-taken from a BBC article about a rare dog with two noses

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