Posts Tagged ‘foreign affairs’


McCain is Wile E. Coyote

I believe that either today or tomorrow — and I’m not privy to his schedule — Sen. Obama will be landing in Iraq with some other senators” who make up a congressional delegation, McCain told a campaign fund-raising luncheon.

First John McCain goads Barack Obama into visiting Iraq. Then, according to Reuters, John McCain leaks the timing of Obama’s Iraq visit. The same John McCain who had argued that the press reporting his son was serving in Iraq would make him a target.When asked whether this was another example of his foreign policy expertise, McCain couldn’t reply, as he was busy ordering a giant anvil from ACME. 


Iranians show USA how it’s done

See this, America? This is how you respond to stolen elections.


What English Sounds Like to Foreigners

According to Buzzfeed, “German Composer Adriano Celentano wrote this song in 1972 using a made up language designed to sound like English.” Play the video below. I think it’s probably dead-on.

I always wondered what I must sound like to people who don’t speak English, but I always assumed there’d be less harmonica and polyester.