Obamessiah
We know that Obama is just like any other human being, only perhaps more flawed. Aside from being your average bright law school grad, he smells bad in the morning (or so his wife says); he speaks his...
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I want to be a woman
I was watching Monty Python’s Life of Brian the other day (an impulse buy Mr. Bookworm made at Costco), and was much struck by the scene below, in which one of the characters announces that he wants to...
View ArticleAnd now for something completely silly
If you have a passing familiarity with both the original Star Trek and with Monty Python, this one’s for you:
View ArticleOther than all that, what has Paul Ryan ever done for us?
Within seconds of Romney’s announcement that Ryan would be his running mate, the chatter started. Democrats expressed delight, because they see Ryan’s stance on Medicare as one they can use to portray...
View ArticleMichelle Obama turns her young married life into a Monty Python sketch
The moment I read about Michelle Obama’s bathetic (and heavily embroidered) description of her poverty-stricken years with the young prep school and Ivy League graduate, Barack Obama, I knew instantly...
View ArticleHey, kids! It’s Obama’s theme song
I am indebted to Danny Lemieux for reminding me about this little bit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It does perfectly sum up Obama’s “Syria week.” Incidentally, according to BuzzFeed, there...
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Another “Monty Python was prophetic” moment — the lumberjack edition
We’ve already discussed here how Monty Python was prophetic when it came to transgender issues — although the guys didn’t realize that their point of view (“you’re barmy”) would be increasingly illegal...
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Dear Democrats: Stop projecting your racism onto Trump
If you’re looking for racism in the immigration debate, look to the Democrats who are projecting against Trump’s race-free words their own vile race hatred. Democrats still think the same way; they...
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Elizabeth Warren as imagined by Monty Python
Watching Elizabeth Warren boast about her “plan” for Mitch McConnell shows she has a doppelgänger in the Monty Python universe — John Cleese’s Anne Elk. Do you remember how, during last week’s debate,...
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