The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

In a recent Rolling Stone  interview, the following was written: "...executive editor Eric Bates told Obama that he had asked his six-year old if there was anything she wanted him to say to the president ... She said: 'Tell him. You can do it.' Obama replied: 'You know, kids have good instincts. They look at the other guy and say, 'Well, that's a bullsh**ter, I can tell.'" Of course, upon hearing about this, many in the conservative community said things such as the following: "That's really presidential..." "What a good way to set an example for the children..." "I've never heard a president utter such a word in an interview before..." "It takes one to know one, Mr. President..." "Just like what you've been giving us for four years?" That's right. Barack Obama is the first president in the history of our country to use what is coined a swear word. No other president has ...

While most feel Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney got pummeled in last night's debate, he did leave the fourth and final debate on a bit of a high note - the man only lied 24 times in 41 minutes of speaking - an average of once every 1 minute 43 seconds). That makes last night's performance the most honest by the Romney/Ryan ticket this debate season. So, congratulations to Mitt for that fine performance. Without further ado, though, here's a list of the lies Romney told last night, followed by some fact-checking by one Igor Volsky and my wisecracks. 1) “Syria is Iran’s only ally in the Arab world. It’s their route to the sea.” Volsky: "Romney has his geography wrong. Syria doesn’t share a border with Iran and Iran has 1,500 miles of coastline leading to the Arabian Sea. It is also able to reach the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal." So it now appears as if Mitt isn't a whiz when it comes to math, history, geography, smiling or laughing. 2)...

Courtesy of fact-checker Politifact.com and some nerds with time on their hands, a study was just released which showcases that of the two tickets in this year's presidential election, the Republican one is far less honest than the Democratic one. Unlike many I know, I won't just stand by my talking point. I will back it up with evidence. I know - there's a shocker, right? If one isn't familiar with Politifact.com, they separate their honesty grades in the following six categories: 1) True (completely true), 2) Mostly True, 3) Half True, 4) Mostly False, 5) False and 6 ) Pants On Fire (a statement that went above and beyond even just calling it completely false). Since President Obama has been in office for going on four years, he and Biden have a much greater number of overall grades - 505 at this point, whereas Romney and Ryan have a collected 223 such grades. To this point, of all 505 Obama and Biden statements that have been graded by the site, 227 of them are...

I would like to congratulate Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. In his first debate, he told 27 lies in 38 minutes - an average of one every 1 minute 24 seconds. In the Vice Presidential debate, Romney's running mate Paul Ryan told 24 lies in 40 minutes - an average of one every 1 minute 40 seconds. Last Tuesday night, Romney took the gold through the first three debates when he told 31 lies in 41 minutes - an average of one every 1 minute 19 seconds. So me of the following headlines could be seen in articles around the web last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning with regard to Mitt Romney's fibs at the debate: "Presidential Debate: Romney Lied 31 Times" "Romney's 'binder full of women' story was a lie" "Public taking greater notice of Mitt Romney's lies" "All False statements involving Mitt Romney" "Romney the Liar" Without wasting any more precious time, here are the 31 lies Romney told...

To my surprise, Republican Vice Presidential candidate and part camel Paul Ryan didn't outperform Mitt Romney in terms of lies during his performance at the Vice Presidential debate last night. While Romney was recorded to having fibbed 27 times in 38 minutes of speaking (an average of once every 1 minute 24 seconds), Ryan lied 24 times in 40 minutes (an average of once every 1 minute 40 seconds).  Some of the following headlines could be seen in articles around the web last night and this morning with regard to Paul Ryan's fibs at the debate: "Paul Ryan's 5 Biggest Lies of the First Half of the Vice Presidential Debate" "Paul Ryan Malarkey on Full Display During Vice Presidential Debate" "Three Lies From Paul Ryan" "Ryan's biggest debate lie" "Paul Ryan plays fast and loose with facts" Without wasting any more precious time, here are the 24 lies spewed from Ryan's lips last Thursday night, followed by ...

How does one go about meeting a person? Oh, let me count the ways. Work. School. Church. Vacation. Through friends. Through family. Through friends of family. Through friends of friends. Restaurants. Bookstores. Clubs. Bars. Concerts. Parties. Personal ads in the paper. Personal ads in magazines. Telephone services on commercials. What did I leave out? The Internet. Online dating seems to be more popular and accepted than ever. There are even online dating sites that are receiving their fair share of airplay on the radio and also on television. Numerous books have been written about online dating, mainly the how-tos (dummy's guide) or success stories. Unfortunately, all the stories I've heard and experienced in the online dating world have not been so positive. Initially, it seemed like a good way to start a relationship with a person. Since they're not right there with you, conversation has to be made. Two people can then find similarities, commonalities and get a good...