http://eltentwelve.com This is the part where I catch your attention Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:59:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Accidents, “oopsies,” no-nos, faux pas --- call it what you like, but a gaffe’s a gaffe. We’ve never been closer to the interesting change that will happen with the United States government.  With that, just before November 4, let’s take a moment and look back at the good times --- the ... http://eltentwelve.com/funny/top-5-political-gaffes-during-the-campaigns/ 11/4 could mean the best or worst time to be an American.  But if worse comes to worst --- here are a few things we could look forward to. November 4.  It won’t be just another Tuesday --- it’d become the determinant for the rest of our futures, as citizens, performing ... http://eltentwelve.com/rant/worse-comes-to-worst-situations-post-114/ With Halloween ‘round the corner and the elections following shortly after that, and, well, I’m afraid of a lot of things. For Halloween to come and have trick-or-treaters parading around as miniscule versions of candidates, asking for my candy?  That’d be too much!  Well, this year, I think I’ll have to ... http://eltentwelve.com/funny/a-political-halloween/ The image of McCain almost-slipping, with raised hands and tongue out?  It’s currently one of the most emailed images in Yahoo!, and has spawned several ‘shopped images. Guess I’m not alone in thinking that there are just parts of politics that are hilarious.  One that deserves mention is last week’s debates.  ... http://eltentwelve.com/funny/top-5-photoshopped-images-of-mccains-slip/ Politics … in video games?  Unheard of! Well, until recently, that is --- you’ve probably heard about Obama ads popping up INSIDE video games.  To me, that sorta sounds like he’s reaching for the younger voters, invading their video games.  It’s the equivalent of your mum asking you to teach her ... http://eltentwelve.com/bizarre/if-i-could-put-politicians-in-video-games/ “Uh oh.”  Freudian slips.  Faux pas.  Gaffes.  Call them what you will, a slip-up is a slip-up, candidate or not. This far on the road to the White House, what haunts candidates isn’t what their opponents are saying --- the people get to decide who’s saying what they think is right ... http://eltentwelve.com/funny/top-5-political-gaffes-so-far/ Did anyone see the debates last night? While it made several viewers sleepy --- it made me hungry. Think about it --- if Obama and McCain were campaigning to be my meals, then they’d probably be fighting each other out on my menu. Listening to them, I couldn’t help but ... http://eltentwelve.com/funny/3-hamburgers-that-the-candidates-remind-me-of/ Even if McCain's P.O.W. story or Ms. Palin's looks melt hearts, their not gonna be getting my vote.  Here's a couple of alternative places to live in, if, and only IF they do make their way to the White House. Machu Picchu, Peru - From Wikipedia: 7,000 feet above sea level and ... http://eltentwelve.com/rant/3-places-to-hide-out-in-if-mccainpalin-win/ Saw this image on another friend's blog.  Check out Rorschach's objectivist comment --- which is pretty astute. What rocks my socks off is how this is a mini-comic based on a cartoon appearance based on an actual comic! A special guesting of Alan Moore on the last episode of The Simpsons had ... http://eltentwelve.com/funny/watchmen-babies/ Is Damien Rice on the verge of collapse?  What's wrong with his wiki page? Damien Rice (born December 7, 1973) (died September 16, 2008) was born in Dublin, Ireland, to George and Maureen Rice and was raised in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. [1] He was also a distant relative of ... http://eltentwelve.com/music/is-damien-rice-going-the-way-of-us-investment/