Bill Richarson supports Obama, both his supporters don’t care.

Bill Richardson, the man who gave Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel a run for the lowest vote getter, is throwing his support to Barack Obama.  Snooze…

Dems having trouble raising money for convention.

 With their donors being tapped and tapped again, Democrats are having trouble raising the money needed to cover the cost of their convention in Denver.  This isn’t surprising considering both remaining campaigns keep having to go back to the donor well for more cash to continue the fight.

Considering how many billionaire liberals there are, this could be a sign of trouble ahead depending upon who the nominee is.  This poll that says 1 in 5 Democrats whose choice is not the nominee will vote for McCain is great news for us and something liberals have no idea how to tackle.

Douchebag of the week – Barack Obama.

It had to happen sooner or later, someone in the media was going to take a look at Senator Obama one morning before they put on their rose colored glasses and see that there is more going on than pretty speeches and a million dollar smile.  It almost happened when his wife said she was finally proud of her country for the first time in her life, er, adult life, but then they quickly put the glasses on and all was right in their world.  Now they’ve been forced to look at him in a semi-critical light and he’s lost a bit of his shine.

It’s not just the Jeremiah Wright stuff, though his refusal to simply say “Wow, that’s messed up.  I do not and have not ever thought that way, that stuff’s crazy,” and instead take us on a tour of all the sins people who are dead committed before most of us were born as some sort of weird justification for Wright’s rants.  Forgive the Star Trek reference here, but it’s almost like we’re Klingons and the son is responsible for the sins of the father.  Stupid, and missed the point.

It’s also his revelation that he was a lot closer to the disgraced Tony Rezko than anyone knew, which is actually about political corruption.  Sure, this is also the fault of the media, but we’ve already blamed them.  The guy helped him buy a house through some shady dealings and just NOW we find this out?  Sure, the media has focused on the Wright stuff instead of this because this would actually hurt him more, but that just means it’s ammo for the general election, so good.

And let’s not forget his back room blocking of re-votes in Florida and Michigan.  Sure, that increases the odds of John McCain winning in November, but still, that’s pretty cowardly.  He could easily agree to a re-vote, but it would risk his lead, could tarnish his armor, might allow 2 of the largest states to have a say in who their party nominates.  Can’t have that!

Add to that his running away from any tough interviews (have you seen him on Meet the Press lately?) and complete, cowardly boycott of Fox News (he wants to bring people together, just not those people who watch Fox News, they don’t count) and you’ve got the makings of a major league douchebag!

So congratulations Barack Obama, you have arrived.  For all these reasons and more, YOU are the Douchebag of the Week!

News of the Weird, News of the World, News of…Whatever!

In our never ending attempt to bring you the news from around the world that you may have missed, here is another bit of the written version of the famed last segment of our podcasts.

Story #1

Gambling is, well, a gamble, that’s why it’s called gambling, and while ATM machines seem like gambling sometimes, what with their fees and all, this ATM in northern England was anything but a gamble.  For several hours, as long as the cash lasted, it gave out double the money by mistake.  Needless to say, it attracted a crowd.  The company that owns the machine said that it appeared the machine had malfunctioned.  You think?

Story #2

Here’s a bit of advice for thieves looking to make a quick getaway – don’t forget to take your kid when you run out of the store.  Better yet, unlike this idiot in Amsterdam, don’t bring your kid with you if you’re planning on committing a crime.

Story #3

If you want to keep something safe and secret, here’s a bit of advice – make sure it doesn’t end up in the trash on a public street.  Canadian officials are probing how plans for their new secret headquarters for their anti-terror unit ended up in the trash, found by a passer-by.  We suspect they were thrown out because they didn’t have anything to do with hockey or beer.

Story #4

You might think our election process is getting odd, but that’s nothing compared to what they’re seeing in Taiwan.  Candidates for President are running ads with hamburgers, fried chicken, men urinating, and much more.  While it sometimes feels like our elections are in the toilet, at least they aren’t literally…yet.

Story #5

We’ve all heard stories of how certain people insure parts of their body they’re famous for for millions of dollars, right?  Well, this one takes it a bit far, in our opinion.  A wine maker and taster in Bordeaux, France, has insured his nose for $8 million, just in case he were to ever lose his sense of smell.  First, how could you prove he’s lying if he claims he lost his sense of smell?  (We could come up with some fun tests.)  Second, is his policy void if he picks it?  Couldn’t that be like suicide if he did it too hard?