The Local Crank

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Just a simple Cherokee trial lawyer, Barkman has been forcing his opinions on others in print since, for reasons that passeth understanding, he was an unsuccessful candidate for state representative in 2002. His philosophy: "If people had wanted me to be nice, they should've voted for me."

Friday, September 12, 2008

One Day More...

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Monday, June 23, 2008

In Memorium (NSFW)




Thanks, George.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Suddenly, It All Makes Sense Now...

...America's TRUE unsung heroine.

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Ahmadinejad Invites U.N. Inspectors to Search for Homosexuals

From the always-funny Borowitz Report.

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Sunday, September 23, 2007

World's Favorite Insta-Legislature! Watch 'em Bloviate!


From the Great and Powerful Kos. Pretty damned funny.

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Friday, September 07, 2007

The Global War on Zombies




So just where DO the candidates stand on the Zed Menace? Hat tip to Lawyers, Guns & Money.

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Friday, August 31, 2007

Okay, That Was Funny

Heartbroken Bush Runs After Departing Rove's Car, from the Onion.

This, too:

Democratic Mob Censures Bush in Effigy.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The Only Thing I Will Say About Paris Hilton...

...is that Jon Swift says it much better than I ever could.

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

At Last! The Cure for Republican Amnesia!



Ask your representative today!

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Thursday, March 08, 2007

From Our Readers...

...this classic:

How many members of the Bush administration does it take to change a light bulb?
The answer is 10:

1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed;
2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed;
3. One to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb;
4. One to tell the nations of the world that they either favor changing the light bulb or support darkness;
5. One to give a billion-dollar no-bid contract to Halliburton for the new light bulb;
6. One to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a step-ladder under the banner "Light bulb Change Accomplished";
7. One administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail how Bush was literally "in the dark";
8. One to viciously smear #7;
9. One surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a strong light bulb-changing policy all along;
10. And, finally, one to confuse Americans about the difference between screwing in a light bulb and screwing the country!

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Friday, December 22, 2006

Latest Polling Results

From the Borowitz Report, "Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to admit that they were naughty, while Republicans were more likely to claim that they had been nice, only later to be found out to have been naughty." Figures.

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Thursday, October 19, 2006

Sadly, This Is Probably the Best Solution Yet Proposed


U.S. Cedes Control of Iraq to Jerry Bruckheimer
Megaproducer to Guide Nation's Transition to Disaster Film

From the Borowitz Report

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Monday, July 10, 2006

The Voice of Unreason

From the Borowitz Report...

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Bush Orders National Guard to Protect Approval Rating

From the Borowitz Report.

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Monday, February 27, 2006

Its Logical Conclusion

From Tom Burk at Opinions You Should Have...

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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Official Decoder Ring!

From Katrina Vanden Heuvel via The Huffington Post ("Delivering the opinions of self-important rich liberals since May 9, 2005"), your very own Rosetta Stone to the President's State of the Union address.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

State of the Union

"ALL IS WELL!!!"


Yeah, that's pretty much what it reminded me of.

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