Ben Quayle is Not Funny [video, politics]

Ben Quayle, Dan Quayle's son and Republican Representative from Arizona, is not funny. At all. His speech at the annual Congressional Correspondents' Dinner last week is cringe-worthy.



So is his infamous campaign video, in which he says "somebody needs to knock the hell out of Washington" andcalls Obama "the worst president in history" while staring into the camera with his famous deer-in-headlights expression.

Ben also admitted to being a frequent poster on TheDirty.com, using the pseudonym "Brock Landers" from the film "Boogie Nights" and posting his intentions to find a "hot chick" and other fratboy-ish things.

To satisfy my nostalgic pang for the decade of my birth, here is dear old dad Dan Quayle's 1980 senate bid campaign ad.

Senator Feinsten & Meth [drugs, politics]

San Francisco's own Dianne Feinstein has been active for the LAST decade and a half combating the meth epidemic.

In the mid-nineties California was declared a "source country" for methamphetamine by the DEA; Feinstein introduced the Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996, signed into law by President Clinton in October of 1996 to help curb the spread of the drug.

Feinstein and Jim Talent authored this article that appeared on April 30. 2005 in the Washington Post entitled, "A Remedy for the Meth Epidemic." On September 9, 2005, the Senate approved the Feinstein-Talent Anti-Meth Bill.

On October 12, 2010, President Obama signed the Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act, adding to the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2006, which was authored by Feinstein as well.

More:

Senate votes to double fines and jail time for cannabis candy & "candy-flavored" meth.

The twin epidemics: HIV and methamphetamine.

Oregon's solution to the meth problem here.

Republicans vs. Democrats: Television! [tv]

What do the right and left prefer, television-wise?

Real World Boston Star Sean Duffy Elected to Congress [pop politics]

Sean Duffy, a former star of MTV reality show Real World Boston, has been elected to Congress in Wisconsin as a Republican.

Marijuana Economics: Prop 19 [SF events]

Tonight at the Commonwealth Club, 7:30pm.

via SF Weekly:

From where we sit, it looks like a done deal. Marijuana will be legalized sometime within the next ten years. Certainly, the industry as it stands is preparing itself for change. Uh, not that we would know anything about it. Tonight at "Marijuana Economics: Prop 19," the heavy hitters of the current bid for legalization sit down and discuss the actual facts of the matter. Richard Lee, the author of Proposition 19, the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, is in the "pro" seat. Tim Rosales, the campaign manager of the No on Prop 19 outfit, is in the "anti." And somehow, somehow, Beau Kilmer of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center is thought not to have a position, but rather a lot of information.

Al Qaeda: Now in English! [propaganda]

Great news! You can now read propaganda from Al Qaeda in English! It's a magazine, and it's called "Inspire!"

It even includes a section on "how to make a bomb in kitchen of your mom" and "what to expect in jihad." Fantastic!

Sarah Palin Compares Her E-mail Hackery to Watergate.

David Kernell, the 20-yr-old University of Tennessee student who hacked into Sarah Palin's e-mail, has been convicted of computer fraud and obstruction of justice.

Palin, in a true moment of self-aggrandizement, compared it to Watergate.

via her Facebook page:

"My family and I are thankful that the jury thoroughly and carefully weighed the evidence and issued a just verdict. Besides the obvious invasion of privacy and security concerns surrounding this issue, many of us are concerned about the integrity of our country's political elections. America's elections depend upon fair competition. Violating the law, or simply invading someone's privacy for political gain, has long been repugnant to Americans' sense of fair play. As Watergate taught us, we rightfully reject illegally breaking into candidates' private communications for political intrigue in an attempt to derail an election."

crazy conservatives

that's right folks, your eyes didn't deceive you- 42% of republicans think our president was born OUTSIDE of the US.

really?

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