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Saving Ourselves Through Sarcasm
With the 2008 presidential election on the horizon, it's time to get active and keep our wit about us.
Humor is an essential aspect of our political dialogue/diatribe, and the humor defense mechanism is well-documented throughout history. While he didn't invent political cartooning, Benjamin Franklin's 1974 Join, or Die image about colonial unity was used to support colonist involvement in the French and Indian War. And although Franklin's cartoon is not explicitly pro-war, it does succinctly illustrate the need that colonists felt they had to defend themselves at the time. On the other side of the globe in 1810, Francis Goya's The Disasters of War illustrated another danger to the people--endless international agression. With humor being used to battle both tyranny and ennui, it has a significant impact on our political discourse.
Find Bush Kittens and other images at Some of Nothing.
Liberals We Laugh At
Republicans just aren't funny
- SamSederShow.com | Reporting for the Majority
- Sam Seder is the best liberal radio personality out there. He's had 3 different shows on Air America and has mastered every one (although his latest show--Seder on Sunday--is a bit over-produced). He's fiercely logical and fiercely funny. And he was one of the first radio personalities to feature bloggers regularly. In other words, Seder has used humor to attract listeners and then has helped change the way we communicate about politics. Well done!
- Bill Maher - Politics on The Huffington Post
- Everyone (or almost everyone) knows about Bill Maher on HBO, but he's also a great blogger. As we've seen on the Huffington Post, Maher is almost as funny in print as he is on the teevee.
- Molly Ivins: AlterNet Columnist
- Molly Ivins may be gone, but her great work and wit are here to stay. She has some amazing editorials. If only there were more like her!
- Tom Tomorrow
- Tom Tomorrow brings a bit of the cartoon funny to politics. He takes some easy shots but also brings new wit to some old ideas. Enjoyable.
- Jesus' General
- "Gen. JC Christian gives us God's own take on current events. The General is not a homosexual."
Jesus' General is a great parody blog that highlights Republican idiocy in a big way. - Rox Populi
- Great funny blog and great links to lots of other great funny blogs!
Sometimes Funny
Not Always Liberal
- New York Times Laugh Lines
- The editors of the Week in Review think they collect the best political humor on the web. You can be the judge of that.
- Home | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
- The Onion, America's Finest News Source, is an award-winning publication covering world, national, and * local issues. It is updated daily online and distributed weekly in select American cities. (aka biting sarcasm--fair and balanced)
- Political Humor - Jokes Satire and Political Cartoons
- Daniel Kurtzman is a pretty good source for political humor and political cartoons (updated daily with jokes, cartoons, satire, videos, and funny news).
- CartoonStock - 100,000 Cartoon Pictures and Political Cartoons.
- Cartoon library, fully catalogued and searchable, download cartoon pictures and political cartoons. Browse and buy cartoons for publishing, presentations, on-line rights and merchandise or commission new artwork.
- Funny or Die - Politics Videos
- YouTube for comedy. Funny or Die offers funny videos featuring celebrities, comedians, and you. This is the political channel.
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Official Website | Current Events & Pop Culture News, Comedy & Fake News | Comedy Central
- The Daily Show website offers an expansive archive of Daily Show footage. The site is a bit quirky but good stuff can be found.
Jon Stewart Shoots Unfriendly Fire
and the gang at Crossfire gets theirs
Stephen Colbert Goes all Truthy on Bush's A--
Bush is now afraid of bears (or col-berts)
Speech at the White House Correspondent's Dinner (2006) p1
Stephen Colbert - Speech at the White House Correspondent's Dinner in 2006.
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Sam Seder and Max Blumenthal get put on terrorist watch list by republican conventioners
Both Sam and Max highlight Republican hypocrisy in these funny videos in which they each get kicked out of a different Republican convention. The question is...who wins the funny boot? (note: Max kind of cheats with the great quote from Tom Delay about how abortion is bad because reducing unwanted births increases the need for the US to import cheap labor from out-of-country)
Great Stuff on CafePress
amusing liberal expressions
Bush's Last Day Dinosaur Dark T-Shirt
This image speaks volumes about the Bush administration (and even Republicans, in general). Between their revisionist history through creationism, unhealthy reliance on fossil fuels, and cowboy attitude, they want to take us all the way back to the mesozoic age.
Price: 22.99
Funny Politics: Gannon Rove Postcard Note Cards (P
Nobody misses Karl Rove like Jeff Gannon does. These Rove letters help to capture Karl's true legacy before it slides down the memory hole.
Price: 12.99
Funny Politics: Symfundiosis (Bush, Bin Laden) But
symfundiosis: an interdependent relationship between fundamentalists, wherein one cannot exist without the other; see Bush, bin Laden.
Price: 3.24
Today's Liberal Agenda Rectangle Magnet
Do Republicans really think this about liberals, or do they just develop their own warped image to use as a tool to push their own agenda? hmmm...
Price: 4.09
Other Political Humor Lover Lenses
(say that 3 times fast)
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the daily show
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In America (The Book) Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writing staff offer their insights into our unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and exploring the reasons why concepts like "One man...
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Bill Maher Fan Lens
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Political commentator and comedian Bill Maher is the host of HBO's Real Time. Find links to Bill Maher's Web sites and learn more about this astute communicator's work and ideas on this lens.
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Some of Nothing
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Some of Nothing is a for-profit organization that tries to make good in the world by designing good stuff. We're small right now, but we're growing like you wouldn't believe. Our mission in the world is to "dispense karmic justice." What d...
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Political Humor
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The moment the first human strode to the front of a group and proclaimed "I'm in charge, here," there was undoubtedly some other human in the back of the group snickering to his friends about their new leader's odd regional accent and hyper...
New Del.icio.us Bookmarks about Politics
New Flickr Photos
Reality-based community humor. Real images of real funny.
Mostly Political Humor
I Am America (And So Can You!)
It's Colbert so it's got to be good.
Amazon Price: $17.81 (as of 10/06/2008)
Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
Being from Bush Country, Molly has a lot to say and a lot of twang to say it with.
Amazon Price: $10.40 (as of 10/06/2008)
F.U.B.A.R.: America's Right-Wing Nightmare
Sam Seder loves Republican hypocrisy.
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/06/2008)
Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
Very funny. Very informative.
Amazon Price: (as of 10/06/2008)
Unfunny But Informative
for the serious deconstructor
How to Decode Political Images
An interesting exercise to help us all learn how w more...0 points
http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2004/june/audio/dn20040622.ra&proto=rtsp&start=23:49.6
A must-hear interview of Bill Clinton by Amy Goodm more...0 points
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
It's all in the name. They study political graphic more...0 points
propaganda critic: index of site dedicated to propaganda analysis
Propaganda Critic: Propaganda analysis site inspir more...0 points
Media Matters
A great site dedicated to highlighting media bias more...0 points
Arrested Development (tragically cancelled) as Political Satire?
aka a more meaningful use of the guestbook feature
Many have noticed but few have discussed the Bush Administration satire apparent throughout Arrested Development (3ish seasons of brilliant television). What do you have to say about it?
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Graceonline
Satire is an artform much enjoyed--and indulged--before the era of super-fast flickering screens and 6-second sound bites. Nicely done lens. Posted March 09, 2008 |
Frame your Response
in the form of a question?
Do you have any humor to add? Funny political people/places/events/hairstyles? What's stopping you?
