Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'georgebush'
March 7, 2008
Most people, when finding out after surgery that their anesthesiologist had given them Sodium Pentathol prior to their operations because the doctors wanted "to find out something about the patient," and that as a result, they spoke for twelve minutes straight to the surgeons and scrub nurses, possibly revealing embarrassing or incriminating secrets about themselves, would have sued the hell out of the anesthesiologist, the surgeon, and the hospital. Deb Margolin, however, wrote a......
Continue Reading "Phillyist Reviews... O Yes I Will"December 2, 2007
The cold weather - and holiday festivities - descended upon Gothamist. The Rockefeller Christmas tree was lit, Broadway stagehand finally ended their strike, and NASCAR decided to run their victory lap through Times Square. There were disturbing photographs revealing the working conditions in which many city manholes are produced and ninjas were also a hot topic, either robbing homes or entering into alibis. But the city was really rocked by how Rudy Giuliani's visits......
Continue Reading "Across the Ist-a-Verse"October 15, 2007
Ah, what I wouldn't give to be the average George Bush supporter at this very moment in time. If I could, then I could delusionally ignore what I have just seen and pretend like everything is all right with "the home team." Yes, the Eagles just thoroughly dominated the overmatched Jets! Yes, there are WMDs hidden behind one of the flat-screen TVs in Saddam Hussein's palatial domain that just haven't been found yet! Yes, voting......
Continue Reading "Eagles Diary: Celebrate the Mediocrity!!!"February 15, 2007
Yesterday was President's Bush first press conference this year. If you missed the conference and you haven't read about it, you can read the transcript here. Since I am a teacher, I had the day off yesterday, so as I was casually changing the channel, in my pajamas, I began to notice that every channel had President Bush on. Boy, was I pissed—he was ruining my daytime television romp. Before I switched to my......
Continue Reading "What He Said"October 11, 2006
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Rumor is that Gamestop and EB will begin accepting pre-orders for the Nintendo Wii later this week. If the lines at Gamestops and EBs for the beginning of PS3 pre-ordering yesterday are any indication, you might want to get there early! Oh, and don't forget to pick up some accessories. We would be remiss if we did not present to you......
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