January 2010
#60: FEMA
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“Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job. The FEMA Director is working 24 – they’re working 24 hours a day.” - Former President George W. Bush
When you’re called the “Federal Emergency Management Agency”, it’s not difficult to imagine what your job entails. When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, it was clear that FEMA couldn’t manage an emergency at all. The agency moved slow...
#61: Bros
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Taking their name from “brothers”, bros are a diverse group of desperate males currently populating American college parties and fraternities. They can be found attempting to increase their Facebook friend total by attending pretty much every gathering in existence. But don’t be fooled by the Axe spray and limited vocabulary, these mongrels have been known to be aggressive...
“All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please...”
– Conan O’Brien, during his last taping of the Tonight Show.
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#54: Japanese Internment
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Throughout our history, problems of civil rights and racism have always been issues that have damaged our reputation. One of the more notable examples of prejudice against minorities was during World War II. For all our talk of constitutional protection, when things go crazy in this country, the government does some fucked up shit. A great example of this is President...
“What do peacocks dream about when they take a little peacock snooze? Do they...”
– Ed Helms (via taylortallegra)
#52: Wardrobe Malfunction
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If you were following the news after Super Bowl XXXVIII, you would have thought that Janet Jackson’s nipple-shielded breast was going to bring about World War III. Years have passed, and at this point it really doesn’t matter who was to blame for the “indecent exposure”, but what matters is that after all the sexual liberation and progress made in this country, a half a...