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      2011     May     November

      November   2011                                   2011 Top       Top of the page

    Monday, Nov. 28, 2011

    Obama: I’m A One-Term President

    With the 2012 presidential race having already kicked off, President Barack Obama signaled his defeat only after a few months in office. ...



      May   2011                                   2011 Top       Top of the page

    Saturday, May 14, 2011

    Why Smallville’s Finale Sucked

    Do you know what burns my bacon? Smallville’s 2-hour series finale was so totally disappointing that it was like watching a Star Wars movie without the Jedi using their lightsabers. ...



      2010     May     June     July     August     September     October     November

      November   2010                                   2010 Top       Top of the page

    Wednesday, November 03, 2010

    Tea Party Needs To Move Forward

    Because of the large efforts of the Tea Party, the Republicans who survived the organization’s “layoffs” succeeded in gaining the House and nearly gaining control of the Senate. ...

    Saturday, November 06, 2010

    Olbermann Should’ve Been Suspended For Other Things

    It’s like Christmas came early for conservatives and Republicans: Liberal giant Keith Olbermann has been fired! ...

    Monday, November 15, 2010

    Should Cindy McCain Keep Mouth Shut On DADT?

    Thanksgiving is going to be so interesting and entertaining at the McCain household after the Republican senator’s wife appeared in an ad criticizing the government’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy ...



      October   2010                                     2010 Top       Top of the page

    Tuesday, October 05, 2010

    U.K. Global Warming Ad’s Bloody Violent!

    Do you know what burns my bacon? When environmentalists use scare tactics to scare the ever-living carbon coal out of people to protect the planet! ...

    Tuesday, October 05, 2010

    Rick Sanchez’s Wife Gives Lame Excuse For ‘Bigot’ Rant

    Former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez’s wife blames her husband’s “exhaustion” when he called Comedy Central funnyman Jon Stewart a “bigot.” ...

    Thursday, October 07, 2010

    Dems Blaming Obama To Win Election?

    Some Democrats are so desperate to win the mid-term elections and retain their white-knuckle hold on Congress that they’re stabbing President Obama in the back ...

    Monday, October 11, 2010

    Obama Uses Racism, Scare Tactics? Why Not!

    While President Obama was trying to fire up apathetic voters in Philadelphia last night, he said that Republicans are hoping that “black folks” would be staying home on Election Day ...

    Monday, October 11, 2010

    I’m A Racist? Who Knew? Not Me!

    You know, if you ever want to be a political columnist, you’re going to need a few things besides the standard of researching and writing your topic: You need to have a thick skin, a cool head, and being a masochist helps a lot too ...

    Sunday, October 17, 2010

    Will WikiLeaks Release Iraq Secret Documents?

    Do you know what burns my bacon? That WikiLeaks is allegedly going to release top secret U.S. documents about the Iraq war, possibly today ...

    Friday, October 22, 2010

    Backlash For Juan Williams, But Not For Anti-Semitism?

    While some are decrying former NPR’s news analyst Juan Williams’ comments about Muslims, there isn’t a lot of big media attention or criticism thrown at Muslim college professor who calls Zionism a “hydra-headed monster” that needs to be destroyed ...

    Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010

    WikiLeaks Assange Can’t Take The Heat?

    Irony raised its ugly and humorous head as the editor-in-chief of the whistleblower Web site, WikiLeaks, Julian Assange couldn’t withstand the same scrutiny that he has given the U.S. government for so long ...



      September   2010                               2010 Top       Top of the page

    Tuesday, September 28, 2010

    FOX News Beats Competition In More Ways Than One

    What’s worst than having FOX News and Bill O’Reilly beating the pants off of the liberal competition? When no one knows who the top liberal commentators are! ...



      August   2010                                     2010 Top       Top of the page

    Sunday, August 01, 2010

    Memo Shows No Transparency Over Illegal Immigration

    This just burns my bacon. Apparently a draft memo from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shows that the Obama administration is considering plans to stop deporting illegal immigrants. Too bad we can’t deport these pro-illegal immigrant politicians ...

    Tuesday, August 03, 2010

    What Will Happen To Iraq?

    While many conservatives hope to see President Obama fail in everything he does, the reality is this is the same vicious, spiteful hate that liberals had for former President George W. Bush. And we can’t have that same vile now with Iraq ...

    Tuesday, August 03, 2010

    Fighting Health Care Reform

    Not only is it nice to see an elected official going after health care reform, it’s even nicer that a judge agreed to a lawsuit against the forced law that the majority of Americans didn’t want ...

    Tuesday, August 10, 2010

    Mr. President: Show Us Your Birth Certificate!

    Mr. President, please do this country a huge favor and show us your birth certificate! ...

    Wednesday, August 11, 2010

    ‘I Want Your Money’ Needed Much Earlier

    There’s a great documentary coming out this fall about Obamacare, wasteful government spending, and other Democratic shenanigans. The only problem? It’s only six months too late to do any good ...

    Thursday, August 12, 2010

    Harry Reid Uses Dirty Tricks

    Since Harry Reid is nearly neck-and-neck with Tea Party favorite Sharon Angle in the race to retain his U.S. senate seat in Nevada, he did the only thing he could do: Hitting below the belt ...

    Monday, August 16, 2010

    Take A Chill Pill Over Muslim Cultural Center

    Is there room for a Muslim cultural center only a few blocks away from Ground Zero? Sure there is, but it’s a little too soon to break out the Muhammad bobblehead dolls ...

    Thursday, August 19, 2010

    Is Obama Losing His Voter Appeal?

    There’s a reason why old Harry Reid is making a clearer, firmer stand regarding the Ground Zero mosque than President Obama has done — The president’s approval rating is so low who wants to be associated with him, especially if you’re in a tight race to keep your job in Nevada? ...

    Tuesday, August 24, 2010

    ‘Maverick’ McCain? Not Likely

    John McCain knows how to endure, either in Vietnam or on the political battlefield. And that’s why he’s wearing his Mr. Conservative suit in his re-election race ...

    Wednesday, August 25, 2010

    McCain Beats Anti-Incumbency Wave

    Do you know what doesn’t burn John McCain’s bacon? He just beat his most vicious political challenger ever: Anti-incumbency ...

    Friday, August 27, 2010

    Gay GOP Friend: Mehlman Wrong

    Do you know what burns my bacon? Some conservatives and even gay-rights activists are upset that Ken Mehlman, former Republican National Committee leader, didn’t come out sooner in his political career. And a vlog on why the media has to report on Mehlman's coming out ...



      July   2010                                           2010 Top       Top of the page

    Thursday, July 01, 2010

    Obama’s Immigration Reform Speech Meaningless

    While everyone is wetting themselves with excitement over President Obama’s speech today regarding immigration reform, he didn’t really say anything ...

    Friday, July 02, 2010

    Rev. Wright, Mel Gibson — As Racist As Ever

    Do you know what burns my bacon? Rev. Jeremiah Wright and actor Mel Gibson are back in the news for alleged racist comments ...

    Friday, July 02, 2010

    Steele’s Talking His Way Out Of A Job

    Do you know how hard it is to talk when you put your foot in your mouth? Just ask Michael Steele ...

    Tuesday, July 06, 2010

    Priorities Needed For Lawsuit Against Ariz. Law

    The Obama administration has slapped a lawsuit against Arizona’s controversial illegal immigration law. Nice to see the administration is doing everything it can — of helping illegal immigrants ...

    Thursday, July 08, 2010

    Justice Department Accepts Certain Forms Of Racism?

    The U.S. Justice Department is accepting certain forms of racism. Who said bigotry isn’t diverse? ...

    Saturday, July 10, 2010

    Obama Admin. Isn’t Deporting Illegal Aliens

    Do you know what burns my bacon? The Obama administration is going after companies who hire illegal immigrants, but it’s not deporting them ...

    Wednesday, July 14, 2010

    Barefoot Bandit Groupies Are Idiots

    Do you know what burns my bacon? The Barefoot Bandit has more than 80,000 friends on Facebook.

    Are you kidding me? You mean to tell me that 19-year-old Colton Harris-Moore is an Internet sensation ...

    Saturday, July 17, 2010

    Atheist Makes Atheism Into Religion

    If you open up a dictionary and looked up religion, you just might find a picture of an atheist ...

    Monday, July 19, 2010

    Modern Japan Is Like Old America

    Do you know what burns my bacon? How America is not what it's like from the 1950's in terms of work ethics when it comes to our jobs, especially the most minor ones ...

    Wednesday, July 21, 2010

    Stupidity, Hypocrisy Over Sherrod Affair

    The political caca hit the fan this week for the Agriculture Department and the NAACP when former official Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign over her past racism. And Andrew Breitbart from BigGovernment.com gets hit on the head too ...

    Friday, July 23, 2010

    Obama Has Jumped The Gun In Media Culture Too

    While President Obama is blasting the media for his own administration’s failings for jumping to conclusions without knowing all the facts regarding the Shirley Sherrod Affair, it wasn’t too long ago that he did the same thing when he said police “acted stupidly” in arresting Henry Louis Gates Jr. ...

    Tuesday, July 27, 2010

    Please Arrest Illegal Immigrants During Protests

    Here’s a message to local and state law enforcement in the great state of Arizona: Do know you the pro and con protests being planned when the controversial illegal immigration law starts on Thursday? Do you think you can actually arrest the illegal immigrants who might be attending? ...

    Saturday, July 31, 2010

    Huffington Post Protects Al Gore

    Nice to see that The Huffington Post, the liberal’s answer to The Drudge Report, is all about doing honest, objective journalism. NOT! ...



      June   2010                                           2010 Top       Top of the page

    Thursday, June 10, 2010

    Can Harry Reid Survive The Tea Party?

    America will now see just how strong the Tea Party is when they go up against a Democratic heavyweight like Harry Reid ...

    Monday, June 14, 2010

    When Democrats Attack

    It turns out that Democrats can be just as thuggish as Republicans. Who knew? ...

    Monday, June 14, 2010

    Ted Kennedy Death Threats? Big Deal!

    Do you know what burns my bacon? People who are honestly shocked that Ted Kennedy was allegedly involved with sex parties and had death threats against him ...

    Tuesday, June 15, 2010

    Arizona Bill To Sink Anchor Babies

    Arizona’s controversial illegal immigration law has been a hot-button issue for awhile now and it was needed to deal with people who came into the U.S. illegally. But denying birth certificates to U.S.-born of illegal immigrant parents? ...

    Wednesday, June 16, 2010

    Gen Y + A.D.D. = Crappy Vlogs

    Do you know what burns my bacon? When people make vlogs (video blogs) on YouTube and they feel the need to be cool to have 30 different cut shots of the same thing ...

    Friday, June 18, 2010

    Obama Admin Plans To File Lawsuit Against Arizona Law

    Despite finishing its research of Arizona’s controversial illegal immigration law, the Obama administration plans to file a lawsuit against it, according to none other than Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. So get your heads down because it’s going to be a fight ...

    Sunday, June 27, 2010

    Poll: Democrats Are Screwed!

    A new poll shows that Democrats have a lot to worry about come this November, as many will be fighting to maintain a foothold in Congress ...

    Monday, June 28, 2010

    Biden Calls Shop Owner ‘Smartass’

    While walking into a frozen custard shop looking for ice cream, Joe Biden used a colorful metaphor to describe the shop owner when he said the vice president didn’t owe him anything for the custard if he just lowered taxes.

    The metaphor? Smartass ...

    Tuesday, June 29, 2010

    Russia’s Our Enemy Again! Hooray!

    It’s nice to have the Russians as our enemies again. After it was announced that 11 people were arrested in a Russian spy ring and trying to infiltrate U.S. policymaking circles, I thought to myself, “It’s great to have Russia as a bad guy again.” ...



      May  2010                                           2010 Top       Top of the page

    Saturday, May, 29, 2010

    Breakout The Party Hats …

    What Burns My Bacon is finally up and running. Thank you all for your patience. It hasn’t been easy re-designing the blog that takes a shot at stupidity ...

    Saturday, May, 29, 2010

    Weekend Protests Over Ariz Illegal Alien Law

    Do you know what burns my bacon? People willing to ignore the fact that illegal immigrants broke the law when sneaking into America and not protesting about it ...

    Monday, May, 31, 2010

    Happy Quit Facebook Day

    Do you know what burns my bacon? People taking part in Quit Facebook Day because some users of the popular social network had their information sold to third parties by the company ...



      2009     September

      September   2009                             2009 Top       Top of the page

    Saturday, September 12, 2009

    Comment On Blogs Blast It!

    Do you know what burns my bacon? Blogging networks ...



      2008     March     April     June

                    July     Aug.     Sept.       Nov.     Dec.

      March   2008                                         2008 Top       Top of the page

    Thursday, March 13, 2008

    Honors Student Suspended Because He Bought Candy

    Once again, school officials are not as bright as they appear to be ...

      April   2008                                         2008 Top       Top of the page

    Monday, April 28, 2008

    Intelligent Design In The Classroom?

    Funny man and economics guru Ben Stein’s documentary, “EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed” has once again shined the limelight on intelligent design and if it should be allowed to be taught in the classroom ...



      June   2008                                         2008 Top       Top of the page

    Tuesday, June 10, 2008

    Stereotypes And Hypocrisy

    Because for the most part, when we talk about race, we talk about stereotyping. And we all know that stereotyping is wrong, but there is truth to it. Yes, it’s a generalization that has some truth to it ...

    Friday, June 13, 2008

    Stupid Teachers Strike Again

    Last month, school officials at El Camino High School and highway patrol officers decided to use their lack of collective wisdom and lied to students that several of their peers died in car accidents ...

    Friday, June 20, 2008

    Tis The Summer Season …

    Yes, very much like a bastardized version of Punxsutawney Phil, as soon as it gets hot, these people poke their heads out and scream that it’s man’s fault for a heat wave. Never mind the fact that it’s summer and it’s common ...



      July   2008                                           2008 Top       Top of the page

    Wednesday, July 2, 2008

    Hating Reality TV

    When the “reality” TV show “Survivor” came into our lives in 2000 and similar shows followed, I told a friend that I couldn’t wait for this fad to be over with ...

    Friday, July 11, 2008

    Voting Goes To The Dogs

    Do you know what burns my bacon? Idiot voters who only support a candidate for stupid reasons ...

    Wednesday, July 16, 2008

    Barbie's S&M Headline Misleading?

    Do you know what burns my bacon? Media sensationalism just to sell a few newspapers and extreme Christian groups that try to suck the fun out of life; so yeah, there’s a double-bonus of bacon burning in this edition’s column ...

    Tuesday, July 22, 2008

    Muslims Outraged Over Puppy?

    Do you know what really burns my bacon? Diversity. Let me clarify that. I hate how we’re told we’re supposed to be accepting to other people’s cultures, but these same cultural people don’t do the same ...

    Friday, July 25, 2008

    Women Having Sex With Teens? No Big Deal!

    Do you know what burns my bacon? When some people are honestly shocked and outraged when some teen-aged boy has sex with a woman and actually feel this will scar the kid for life ...

    Monday, July 28, 2008

    Body Language Experts Should Zip Their Lips On Candidates

    Do you know what burns my bacon? People who put too much attention to insignificant things like a presidential candidate’s body impression ...



      August  2008                                     2008 Top       Top of the page

    Thursday, August 7, 2008

    No Mercy For Killers

    Do you know what burns my bacon? Death row inmates who complain that the method of their execution is cruel and unusual ...

    Thursday, August 14, 2008

    No More North Pole? Run For Your Lives!

    This burns my bacon and it has nothing to do with someone driving a huge SUV ...

    Wednesday, August 20, 2008

    Stopping Men From Staring At Girls?

    A 20-year-old Eastern Kentucky University girl was enjoying a Sunday trip at the mall when she was asked by a security guard to leave because older women ...

    Tuesday, August 26, 2008

    ‘Tis NOT The Season

    Do you know what burns my bacon? I’ve seen Christmas advertisements already and it’s not even September ...



      September   2008                             2008 Top       Top of the page

    Tuesday, September 23, 2008

    Watching Sports With McCain, Obama?

    This burns my bacon. A poll found that people would rather watch a football game with Barack Obama than John McCain ...

    Saturday, September 27, 2008

    China’s First Spacewalk, Who Cares?

    China makes it's first spacewalk. Why celebrate something that everyone else has already been doing? ...



      November   2008                               2008 Top       Top of the page

    Monday, November 3, 2008

    Campaign Brings Out The Ugliness In People

    Sadly, most presidential campaigns strongly bring out the ugly bias in voters and supporters of the candidates, but this election year, it just seems more so ...



      December  2008                                                       Top of the page

    Wednesday, December 31, 2008

    We Need A Hero?

    A few foolish comic book fanboys, with their love of spandex, have decided to don superhero costumes and patrol the streets to protect citizens by making the bad guys stop in their tracks and wet themselves from laughing too hard ...