(Vote for your favorite Boehner caption here!! - promoted by lamb12)

The finalists are in!  As always, chosen by a combo of votes and whim of your humble editor.

Scroll down to vote.  Here's the final 10:

1. Even Tiger Woods is jealous of how many people this golfer has screwed.
2. Hole 18...Par 5...Wow, this is a tricky one! You have a dogleg left going around the growing tent city of unemployed people!
3. "The golf course is the only place that I can beat Obama honestly and legitimately. But that's only because he isn't allowed into most of the private clubs that I play at."
4. If you experience A "Boner" for more than 4 hours. Contact your mental health dept. You may have "Corprocon" Brain damage.
5. "It wasn't too long ago that colored folks like me weren't even allowed at this country club."
6. He didn't touch it, so no stroke for the Boehner.
7. Never trust a politician or a brain surgeon with a good tan!
8. I'm a little tea cup, crazy and proud listen to my rhetoric it's vapid and loud When the Dems propose stuff I start to shout I very seldom even know what it's all about!
9. Ohio 8th Congressional District voters: It's time to use your Mulligan
10. Debbie, the wife of John Boehner, is quoted as saying "Yes, even after years of playing with his balls and club, John still can not get it anywhere near the hole. And, he looks goofy as Hell any time he tries."

(Okay, entries are in!  Tabulating finalists.  Stay tuned... - promoted by leftake)

It's contest time! In the spotlight this week, John Boehner!  Speaker wannabe, orange-hued, aka, "Jack Boner."  

$20.10 for the most creative caption for this picture!  Give your best captions right now, and... on Monday the 30th, we'll choose the top 8. These will be deterimined on the basis of who has the most "4" ratings, but... your humble editor reserves the right to choose a few extra, on the basis of merit and your humble editor's whim (and consultation with his co-editors, of course).  

The top ones will then be put up to a vote. Just the top ones, using that dandy polling feature we've got. Top vote getter by Wednesday the 1st at 5pm is the winner!

Go ahead, have fun!  (Picture Source)

Thoughts on who the next victim should be?  

Discuss.  

Not sure who he is, but this is friggin hysterical.

Honestly, you ask yourself how stupid these guys are, and the answer keeps coming back as, "even MORE stupid than you thought!"

According to our friends at Daily Kos:

CNN is reporting that Proposition 8 has been ruled unconstitutional and has been overturned.

A victory for equal rights.

Adam B will have an in-depth look at the ruling later today. 

 

If this is confirmed, all I can say is... THANK GOD!  Seriously, if two consenting adults want to get married, who's right is it to get in the middle of that?  Who cares if it's two people of the same gender?

Besides, speaking as a straight male, I've always owed a debt of gratitude to gay men for taking themselves and other men off the market, and leaving more women for me!  I mean, seriously, the time I spent  as a single man in San Francisco... I think it was the best dating time I ever had!   

Seriously, if this is confirmed, it's a big step forward.  And a long overdue one.  

How cool is that?

We think that seat -- and the status and legitimacy it confers -- should to NPR.

And 10,000 of our closest friends agree.  

Spread the word!  We don't want to give Fox an honor. Unless their reporter wore a clown nose, in which case we'd consider it.  But that aside, is their any doubt that NPR is WAAAAAAAAY more deserving of this?  

Here they are!  The 12 finalists for the best new title for Bush's new book.  Vote below, and we'll pick a winner this Friday.

And might I say, there were some GREAT ones.  This was the toughest finalist selection process I've had so far.  I relied mostly on votes, with preference for earlier ones (and number of votes), but... threw in a couple on the basis of whim, creativity, etc.).  Oh, and where things were close, I flipped a coin. Otherwise, we would've had 25 finalists!

Without further ado, here they are:

1. "Delusion Points"
2. "The Mind Of A Child... The Power Of A God"
3. "See Dick. See Dick run the Country."
4. "Bad Decision Points: Misunderestimation of a War Criminal"
5. "Presidenting for Dummies"
6. "Curious George Goes to War"
7. "Crime and Punishment: How I Enjoyed One and Avoided the Other"
8. "A Convenient Lie"
9. "Weapons of Mass Deception"
10. "Gorge's buk: A Fagt Frei Akount of a Preziduncy"
11. "WTC, WALL STREET MELTDOWN AND WAR: The most catastrophic 8 years in US History."
12. "How to screw several hundred million people with a sore Dick" 

Click below to vote!

(Tabulating finalists now... stay tuned...    (update - crap this is hard!  Lots of great ones this time) - promoted by leftake)

It's contest time! George Bush is about to come out with a new book, with the title, "Decision Points." But surely we can do better than that, right? And so...

$20.10 for the most creative BETTER title for his book! Go ahead, get creative, have fun, and post your favorite better title in the comments below. Give your best captions right now, and... on Tuesday Wednesday the 20th, we'll choose the top 8. These will be deterimined on the basis of who has the most "4" ratings, but... your humble editor reserves the right to choose a few extra, on the basis of merit and your humble editor's whim (and consultation with his co-editors, of course).

The top ones will then be put up to a vote. Just the top ones, using that dandy polling feature we've got. Top vote getter by Wednesday Friday at 5pm is the winner!

Go ahead, have fun!

Folks, good news from your humble editor/fearless leader... For all of you who have suffered through my posts, I am proud to announce that you can take this suffering to a whole new, much longer level, because...

I just got a book deal!

Thanks so much to everyone who sent good words, vibes, etc., during the pitching process.

Stay tuned for more, but in a nutshell, it's about using the internet for creative marketing and buzz building, and suffice to say, Facebook will play a big role in it (just an FYI, since I know so many of you good folks came here via the FB activism efforts).

Sometimes life just dishes out the metaphors in supersized portions!

Beach-goers in Maine had an unexpectedly close encounter with former President George H.W. Bush when his fishing boat ran aground. Bush can often be seen piloting his 38-foot boat off the coast of Kennebunkport. This time, the Fidelity IV ended up stuck on Gooch's Beach for several hours. 

Happy Bastille Day, everyone!

 And hey, let's piss off the wingnuts and trolls who pop by, by doing the following...

Post your reasons why you LOVE France!  Go ahead!

So if you've been hanging out at Left Take, or on any of the gazillion Facebook activism pages we run, you've no doubt seen the name "CREDO."  These are the folks who support something like 90% of the activist efforts we do, and they rock. 

And so... if you are thinking of getting an Android phone, or switching your cell phone service in general, you absolutely, positively should check out http://LeftPhone.com, and consider CREDO as your provider. 

Why? Here's the skinny...

This was a tough call between Suze and Lamb, so... f it, I think we go with both.  I mean, they're both great, both long-time members, and... this will take us to four guest editors (plus of course, your humble Fearless Leader).

Let's give it a shot.  I might ratchet us back to a smaller amount in September, but... for now I'm going to follow the smart example of Markos over at Daily Kos, and err on the side of extra guest editors in the summer, when people tend to not write as much, not be around for stretches, etc.

Besides, if it sucks, we can always cut back.  But... I don't think it'll suck, do you?  ;)  

"Glenn Beck" + "American Hero" = 28,800 results.

"Glenn Beck" + "Assclown" = 53,500 results.

Discuss.

(Okay, last chance for nominees and input.  (And I must say, Fearless Leader is strongly inclined to go with the sentiment of picking a woman.  It just makes sense...)   - promoted by leftake)

1) I like the guest editor thing.  As much as I love the sound of my own voice, I'm digging diversifying the front page, the choices re: promotion, etc.

2) I'm digging the editors we have now (and Dmondom, good to have you back), and if they're up for it, I'd like to have them stay as guest editors until Labor Day.  

3) I'd also like to add a third guest editor, for a few reasons -- one, it's summer, and the rest of us will have vacations, etc., to deal with, in addition to the normal stuff that interrupts life.  And two, I think Kos started off with three (possibly 4?) additional guest editors the first time around, years back, and it seemed a nice blend.

So.... here's what I need from you folks.  Nominees for the next guest editor!  Yes, it's okay to nominate yourself, and yes, it's okay to argue passionately why you or someone else should get it.   My own two cents, I'm a big fan of humor and creativity, and would like to see that factor in.  But... I'm an even bigger fan of writing that engages, gets people commenting, recommending, etc.  

So... go ahead, throw out your nominees, and... I'll decide whether to hold a vote, or just pick in a dictatorial (but benevolent) fashion.   :D    

Fearless Leader has been coordinating two moves -- home and office -- so apologies for slacking off the last few days!  

Also, I've been working on a ramped up action component for us, something to help us ramp up the activism quotient.

Stay tuned, it should be fun.  Actually, strike that -- it MUST be fun, or hey, what's the point?  I mean, no reason we can't take action and have fun at the same time, right?  :D