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Posts Tagged ‘travel’

Sarah Palin’s School-Aged Children Conduct Important State Business!

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

International diplomat.Everybody is very ANGRY with Sarah Palin for spending tens of thousands of hard-working Alaskans’ tax dollars flying her daughters to various conferences and putting them up at the Ritz and then saying they were there on “official duty” to cut ribbons and stuff. And yes, this is pretty fucking lame, particularly given that there are plenty of governors in America who do not drag their kids along to every association dinner they’re invited to and instead take advantage of a wonderful American invention called “the babysitter,” or even an old throwback called “a spouse.” But that’s not the real outrage! MORE »


Government Announces It Might Do Something Eventually

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

reasons to hate flyingAir travel’s been fucked up for a while and the government is part of the problem. From refusing to let us in with contact lens solution (did anybody else try finding a bottle of 3 oz or less right after the ban and have to try more than 3 stores?) to making us remove our shoes on rainy days to dicking around with the air traffic controllers to having a variety of stupid regs that contribute to full airplanes sitting on runways for hours without food, the government is not helping us. But, now they’re going to try! They promise!

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BREAKING: OH NO PEOPLE OF MIDDLING IMPORTANCE ARE STUCK IN LAMESVILLE

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

amtrack.jpg“I told you we shouldn’t have taken the Old 97″ (Mark Lennihan - AP) MORE »


Rumors on the Internets: Gee But It’s Great To Be Back Home

Friday, April 7th, 2006

* Bush pines for his Crawford crib. [HuffPo]
* Tell Congress exactly whose house America is. [PowerLine]
* Looking for a split-level in a good school district with minimal air raid attacks? Check out a liberal democracy. [Dean's World]
* Move to Massachusetts and break your legs. Don’t cost nothin’. [Q and O]
* Or stay home; can you really afford not to? [Boi From Troy]


Business As Usual

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

themoreyouknow.jpgA Wonkette Operative and former lobbyist directed our attention to the planned vote restricting the use of corporate jets by members of Congress. The rule, propsed by Russ Feingold and MAVERICK RENEGADE Senator John McCain, would require that our Reps and Senators actually pay to travel on the Corporate plane. MORE »


Not Going Anywhere

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

The Wall Street Journal reports today that House Speaker Dennis Hastert is proposing to


National Lampoon

Friday, November 11th, 2005

Most days I refuse to open my blinds let alone leave the apartment. And then you have these


Linen N’ Things

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

White House reporters have noted Laura Bush


What Makes W. Run?

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

The AP sits down and tries to reckon with how much gas is involved in keeping President Bush in motion, what with the limos, the Crawford pick-up and that big Air Force plane he tools around in. The White House releases no official fuel-consumption figures for POTUS, but it does seem to add up: MORE »