Bono at the inauguration.

I've been meaning to blog about this for a while. Bonos whole '4 boys from the North-side of Dublin' really irked me, we slagged it off a bit on the show but I couldn't quite put my finger on exactly what it was that bothered me. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that they were , it was Bonos comments that were the rub. Any way while I was trying to figure out how to articulate what I was thinking, Shane Hegarty nailed it in the Irish Times

Wanna buy a Shepard Fairey?

I think these are going on sale on Jan 30th, reckon they'll be gone in a flash!

Failing that just make one of yourself over at Obamicon.me

And not so nice, California.

In Barack Obama's acceptance speech he declared the following

"It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States Of America"

That's pretty uplifting stuff, and I'll admit that like many I shed a tear, and felt a surge of hope.

Unfortunately, while the Californians were electing a President, they were voting on some other stuff too. One thing in particular was to overturn Proposition 8, that's the court ruling that allowed Gay people to get married in the state of California. Alas, this is no longer possible, Californians voted to overturn the proposition and void all the marriages that have taken place over the last few months.

"young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans" are a long way from being equal Americans.

And by the way, folks, the Irish aren't big on equality either.

Nice One, America

The Ice President

A while ago Matt Damon made these comments about Sarah Palin and College Humour went off and made this video, I don't know how I missed it but I did, have a look it's hilarious!

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Sarah Palin booed at Hockey Game

Gotta say I feel sorry for her kids.

Palin As President

Want to know what it would be like if Governor Sarah Palin was the President of the United States?

Check this out!

Republicans and their supporters

Una put a pretty interesting take on the American republican supporter here, here's another example.

Polls for the US elections

For anyone tracking the US Presidential elections there is a pretty good time line on the BBC website here, and a nice breakdown of which way each state is going here

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin strikes again

Took this from Una, Tina Fey has reprised her role as Sarah Palin in this Saturday Night Live spoof interview. Amy Poehlers Katie Couric is just as funny as Tina Feys Palin

Sarah Palin - Target Woman

A Republican Hurricane

American Prayer!

One For The Road brought this to my attention, I wonder if it will have an impact, and if so, what kind?

Bye for now Hilary

"I endorse him, and throw my full support behind him. And I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me"

Ellen talks about the elephant in the room.

Ellen had John Mc Cain on her show and asked him about that oh so thorny issue Gay Marriage (insert appropriate scary music here)

I love her final comeback!



PS I'm still rooting for Hill Dog, but any democrat will do!

Running up that Hill

She's still in the race!

George Bush Sings Sunday Bloody Sunday

Hilary Clinton is still in the race.

Go Hil Dog
Whoop.

Bitch Is The New Black!

Got this from Una.

About time there was a positive viral video about Hilary.

Who says race isn't an issue?

The much lauded Super Tuesday has come and gone and the only thing it really determined was that I make some pretty fabulous pancakes - actually probably the BEST EVER pancakes.

Republican Mitt Romney, has dropped out leaving John Mc Cain to battle it out with Mike Huckabee for the Grand Old Party nomination .
Though there has been a lot of heat around Obama and Clinton and how close the race is between them, Mc Cain has been trundling along securing a lot of support and being...well...kind of inoffensive. I've got to admit, this is starting to worry me.

The thing is that the Democratic vote is split down the middle, and a hell of a lot of energy has to be spent between now and decision time. The unfortunate reality is that closing in on the actual presidential election half of the democratic voting public are going to experience huge disappointment as their chosen one, Clinton or Obama, fails to make the cut. The winning nominee is then faced with trying to win over voters who up until the eleventh hour, were hoping and praying they wouldn't be running. After all that, will enough democrats take to the polls, come election day? You see, if Super Tuesday had been the deciding factor, disappointed Obama fans, or disappointed Clinton fans, whichever, would have a whole heap of time to get over themselves and focus on getting a democrat back in the Whitehouse. There's going to be a lot of election fatigue out there.
Meanwhile, there's Mc Cain, with all that time to look presidential and......well.....ornery (that matters to Americans I think)

So, I'm wondering, Maybe Mc Cain??

Meanwhile, I think Scroobius Pip wrote this for Christocrat Huckabee and Morman Mitt.