happy belated birthday, Barbie...

i'm sorry i couldn't resist. i guess i'm starting to feel better...

no one could make this stuff up...

i can't say anything else about this. if it were a t.v. show it would have won numerous Emmy awards. it would have been turned into a movie by Jack Black or Adam Sandler, but they too could never have written this stuff.

the Tsar certainly does give a new and definitive definition of the word clown.

no to mention the word obfuscation...

this is priceless, or maybe Payless...

I'm not going to insult you by including the now (in)famous shoe tossing video. It's been played to death and the clueless smile on the Tsar's face when it was happening was priceless.

BUT, Rude Pundit has a great idea as a followthrow...

This morning, the Rude Pundit decided to honor the efforts of Muntader al-Zaidi, the Iraqi shoe-tosser, by taking out a raggedy old pair of sneakers, putting them in a Priority Mail shipping box, helpfully provided by the United States Post Office, and shipping them to President George W. Bush at the White House. He included a note that read, "This is a farewell kiss from the American people, you dog."

Now there have been many actions suggested over the years on sending messages to the current regime in Washington, but this is not only unique it could possibly help some homeless people in the D.C. area, if the White House realizes that they could do something good for the first, errrr last, weeks in office!

you can get all of the information at the link to Rude Pundit.

thanks to Crooks and Liars for the heads-up...

a little late...

by a couple of months, i'd say...