The office of President-Elect Barack Obama (boy, that has a great ring to it) officially launched change.gov today to serve as a bridge from the cataclysmic failure that was the Bush administration to the new Obama administration.

Barack Obama is an agent of change but he cannot bring change alone. If people really want to turn this country around it will take a mass social movement from the ground up. There's no other way it's going to happen.

Change.gov promotes open government and invites all to share your ideas for change. This is unprecedented in American politics. An incoming administration has basically just put a bottomless suggestion box out for all of the country to use.

"When you choose to serve -- whether it's your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood -- you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That's why it's called the American dream."

Additionally, there's profile information about President-Elect Obama, Vice President-Elect Biden, and the upcoming administration. Plus the Obama-Biden Agenda is laid out -- everything from revitalizing the economy, ending the war in Iraq, providing health care for all, protecting America, renewing American global leadership, and more...

You can even apply for a job!

Back in May I wrote about Westboro Baptist Church and their incessant picketing of funerals and disregard for, well, EVERYONE. Now it looks like they're at it again....

Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket the funeral of Madelyn Payne Dunham -- Barack Obama's late grandmother.

WBC is so despicable even Sean Hannity thinks they go to far. Hannity told Shirley Phelps-Roper, the daughter of WBC founder Reverend Fred Waldron Phelps Sr., "You are a sick, soulless, twisted human being."

She just laughed it off.

The BBC's Louis Theroux recently showcased the hatred of Westboro Baptist Church in an hour-long exposé. The full video is available online and I thought I'd share it with y'all. With more and more "moderate" Republicans loosing their seats in Congress, religious extremists like this could be the future of the GOP.

Following John McCain's concession speech last night, the ironic choice of music playing in the background was the theme to Crimson Tide by Hanz Zimmer. If you've seen Crimson Tide then you know that it's a film about an old, about to retire white Navy captain (Gene Hackman) and his young and inexperienced black Executive Officer (Denzel Washington). They butt heads and fight but in the end Denzel's character is right and ultimately wins.

Just saying...

Move over Joe The Plumber....

Ed O'Neill reprises his role as Al Bundy from Married with Children in Barack Obama's most brilliant campaign ad to date. Ed O'Neill probably falls in the tax bracket where he wouldn't get a tax cut, yet he endorses Obama. Further proof that Obama is the right choice.



How much will you save under the Obama-Biden tax plan? Find out here.

What's up with the background of TPM this morning? Are they turning over the entire site to one single advertisement, in this case PBS' Frontline? Can we expect a full background advertisement for Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2: Electric Boogaloo should that atrocity ever get made?

Do tell...

"He must support terrorists! You know, uh, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. And that to me is Obama."

Al Jazeera exposes what the American mainstream media won't. This report clearly showcases the scary and dangerous racism that lurked at a Sarah Palin rally in Ohio, but really it lurks at many of the McCain/Palin rallies. These are the people who yell out things like "Terrorist!" and "Kill him!" whenever someone mentions Barack Obama's name.

It's sad but ignorance abounds in many places of America, not just Ohio. Hell, several of the people in this video could easily be one of my relatives from Louisiana. By stoking hate and fear, these racists are no different than their middle eastern counterparts. Yes, these people are terrorists, too. They don't seem to have the intelligence to appreciate such delicious irony.



Is it just me or does the man who says Sarah Palin is "full of light" remind you of someone?

Send this video to everyone you know. It is the most comprehensive collection of the lies and deceit being passed around by John McCain.

(noun) \ ˈpal•in•ˈdrōn \

1. A dull and uninteresting person hopelessly, blindly devoted to another person, cause, or trend for superficial reasons unknown.

2. An oblivious lemming who undermines his or her own human individuality by willfully acquiescing to authority; one who goes with the flow and lacks his or her own free will.

3. An emasculated stay-at-home father and/or husband who has no sting and gathers no honey.

After watching the RNC last week, I thought I'd share with you the first ever Republican Chatroom Debate that I hosted last October.  All of your favorites were there: Romney, Huckabee, Giuliani, Thompson, Ron Paul, and a little known candidate named John McCain.

Enjoy....


As we all know, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to find themselves in a chatroom. That’s why here at Megorious we thought why not get them all in a chatroom and ask the tough questions.  So that’s exactly what we did.  This is the first in what I can only hope will be a series of chatroom debates with the Republican presidential candidates.  Today’s debate topic will be terrorism.

MEGORIOUS has entered the chat.
RON PAUL has entered the chat.
MITT ROMNEY has entered the chat.
MITT ROMNEY: ASL?
MIKE HUCKABEE has entered the chat.
JOHN MCCAIN has entered the chat.
MEGORIOUS: I’d like to welcome all of those who found the time in their busy schedules to attend this, the first ever Republican Presidential chatroom debate.
FRED THOMPSON has entered the chat.
FRED THOMPSON: Sorry I’m late.
FRED THOMPSON: I was napping.
MITT ROMNEY: OLD!
FRED THOMPSON: Where’s Rudy?
MITT ROMNEY: I think he had to get a divorce.
MEGORIOUS: We’ll start without him…
MEGORIOUS: Do you believe you could do a better job than the Democrats in preventing another 9/11-style terrorist attack on the United States?
FRED THOMPSON: yes
RON PAUL: yes
MITT ROMNEY: yes
MIKE HUCKABEE: yes
JOHN MCCAIN: no
JOHN MCCAIN: I mean yes
JOHN MCCAIN: LOL
MITT ROMNEY: WTF?
MEGORIOUS: Do you believe the election of Senator Hillary Clinton as president would increase the chances of the U.S. being hit by another 9/11-style terrorist attack?
RUDY GIULIANI has entered the chat.
RUDY GIULIANI: 9/11
RUDY GIULIANI: Sorry I’m late.
RUDY GIULIANI: 9/11
MEGORIOUS: Welcome Mayor Giuliani. We were just discussing Senator Clinton.
RUDY GIULIANI: CUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!911
RUDY GIULIANI: Being the first lady doesn’t make her qualified to be President.
MEGORIOUS: She has been a senator for many years now. Some might say that you are under-qualified to be President having only been a mayor.
RUDY GIULIANI: But I was mayor of 9/11.
RUDY GIULIANI: on 9/11
RUDY GIULIANI: LOL
RUDY GIULIANI: 9/11
RUDY GIULIANI: I was there when those towers fell. You might even say I was on those planes.
RUDY GIULIANI: Actually wait, don’t say that.
RON PAUL: WTF?
RUDY GIULIANI: 9/11
MITT ROMNEY: If I could interject here for a minute….
MITT ROMNEY: Hillary Clinton is not fit to run this country. She’d be better suited in a more controlled position.
FRED THOMPSON: Yeah…as one of your wives.
MITT ROMNEY: fuck you grandpa
JOHN MCCAIN: May I say something?
MITT ROMNEY: NO!
FRED THOMPSON: No.
FRED THOMPSON: You may not.
RON PAUL: Seriously guys show some respect.
RON PAUL: He was a POW.
MITT ROMNEY: LOLZ
MITT ROMNEY: POW!
FRED THOMPSON: BAM!
MITT ROMNEY: ZOINK!
RUDY GIULIANI: 9/11’d!
MITT ROMNEY: OMG U R soooooooooo annoying
MITT ROMNEY: Hey Rudy, UR wife left her bra at my place last night.
FRED THOMPSON: Which one?
MITT ROMNEY: Which bra?
FRED THOMPSON: No, which wife.
JOHN MCCAIN: Are you sure it wasn’t his bra?
MITT ROMNEY: LOLLERSKATES!
MITT ROMNEY: You just got PWNED.
MITT ROMNEY: by a POW
MITT ROMNEY: POWNED!
RON PAUL: odfhgdsfgfigfsdagretfgvndsfajlkberopg
MITT ROMNEY: oh nos!
MITT ROMNEY: Ron Paul’s mad again.
RUDY GIULIANI: I’m scared.
RUDY GIULIANI: Hold me.
FRED THOMPSON: faggot
JOHN MCCAIN has left the chat.
MITT ROMNEY: LOL.
MITT ROMNEY: McCain left.
FRED THOMPSON: Maybe he was taken prisoner.
MITT ROMNEY: LOL
RON PAUL: Not cool.
RON PAUL has left the chat.
FRED THOMPSON: Is it just me or is that Ron guy nuts?
MITT ROMNEY: It’s just you.
MIKE HUCKABEE has left the chat.
MITT ROMNEY: Mikey left.
RUDY GIULIANI: Who was that guy?
MITT ROMNEY: I think he’s governor of Wal*Mart or something.
FRED THOMPSON: retards
FRED THOMPSON: nap time
FRED THOMPSON has left the chat.
RUDY GIULIANI: hello?
RUDY GIULIANI: anyone?
RUDY GIULIANI: 9/11?
MITT ROMNEY: I think it’s just us.
RUDY GIULIANI: oh.
RUDY GIULIANI: wanna cyber?
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Here's one of TPM Horse's Ass: Someone does a damn good John McCain impersonation.  I guarantee this is the funniest thing you’ll hear all day.

McCain's Voicemail to Palin Leaked to Press

My friends, John McCain, seen here yelling at a cloud, was born on August 29, 1936.  He turns 72 today.  The Republican candidate for president is also scheduled to announce his vice presidential running mate today.  Coincidence?  Mayhap McCain wants to divert attention away from his age and the fact that, if elected, he would be the oldest President to ever take office.  

Happy Birthday, John McCain.  I hope you have a good one no matter which of your many, many houses you decide to celebrate in.  Don't party too hard and get too drunk -- you'd hate to get belligerent and call your (second) wife some dirty word that rhymes with punt.  Oh, and don't forget to take your Ambien before going to bed.

Chris Matthew's Giant Fucking Head® interviewed two ignorant, irrational Hillary Clinton supporters "who didn't like how the democratic process played out" and are now vowing to vote for John McCain.  They didn't like how the democratic process played out.  They actually said those words.  These people are beyond sore losers.  They are haters of democracy, enemies of the state. 

What made it even worse was that they took a page from Fox News playbook and peddled the Obama is a Muslim lie.  Classy.

I kept waiting for Chris Matthews to head-butt these two women.  The circumference of his head could cover the area.  It's like two birds with one stone.  Or rather two PUMAs with one giant fucking head.

Following the insanity, a young Obama supporter calmly articulated a completely rational rebuttal, only to be drowned out by PUMA Pride. 

Watch it.

According to ABC News’ deliciously titled Political Punch Blog, the Secret Service has been dispatched to the (singular) Biden residence to “assume the immediate protection” of the Senator from Delaware.  Of course no official word has come yet.

NBC News is reporting that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine are out.

As far as I know Joe Biden only has one house.   Not eight.  Or ten. He’d probably remember how many if asked, too.

If Obama does indeed pick Biden (mayhap his first official presidential act?) then that shows he can and will make the right decisions as President.

I can’t think of anything better than Joe Biden as Barack Obama’s running mate.  He’s the best and most qualified man or woman for the job.  He comes from the same hardworking background as Obama.  He not only packs the experience, and would make a great President himself, but he’s brutally honest, too — a rarity in a politician.  He wasn’t afraid to call out Rudy Giuliani at a debate earlier this year:

And the irony is, Rudy Giuliani, probably the most underqualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency, is here talking about any of the people here. Rudy Giuliani… I mean, think about it! Rudy Giuliani. There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence — a noun, a verb, and 9/11. There’s nothing else! There’s nothing else! And I mean this sincerely. He’s genuinely not qualified to be president.

Try the Barack Roll, it's delicious.  Much better than the Rick Roll.

Why is it every time a conservative pundit or columnist makes an attempt at humor they fail miserably?  (Hello, Anne Coulter.)  Do their frontal lobes lack the humor-processing pathway, thus rendering them incapable of successful satire?  Fox News tried out its own conservative version of The Daily Show but failed due to lack of viewership and, oh what’s that other thing — comedy!

Maybe their comedy quandary originated from jealousy.  It’s a little like Middle Child Syndrome, but instead of being in the middle, they’re on the right.  When people who desire to make others laugh simply cannot succeed, they become bitter and disillusioned.  They cling to guns and religion and lame quips they obliviously assume are clever.  Perhaps what’s most pitiful is that they don’t even realize it; they just assume the audience lacks a sense of humor.  Conservative humorists — an oxymoron if there ever was one — can’t be Stephen Colbert because, whether they realize it or not, Colbert is making fun of them and their warped belief structure.  That’s why he’s funny.  You can only laugh at something that’s tongue-in-cheek if it’s clever. It’s a textbook case of thinking people are laughing with you when they’re actually laughing at you.

Howie Carr’s column from the Boston Herald “Newspaper” — “Test: How to Tell if You’re a Moonbat” — is a fine example of a botched attempt at humor.  It’s basically a lump generalization and somewhat offensive stereotype of liberals, especially those that reside in Massachusetts, as observed by the conservative right.  The clinker is not meant to be taken seriously but it’s also nowhere near clever.  The delicious tragedy and poetic irony is that Carr isn’t quick enough to understand that he’s not even too clever by half.  His delirious sense of self-satisfaction and accomplishment should suffice.  Poor little fella.

The fact of the matter is that people like Howie Carr and Anne Coulter think they’re funny, while people like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert know they’re funny.  The sad part is that those who think they’re funny don’t know the difference.

For those that don’t know, moonbat is to a liberal as wingnut is a conservative.  The difference here is that moonbat is not recognized as a word in the English language.  Wingnut, however, was recently added. I guess the “liberal media” extends to dictionaries now, too.