The American Spectator

Current Wisdom

Current Wisdom

By Assorted Jackasses from the June 2009 issue

The Herald
(Sharon, Pennsylvania) 

On the howl page of a great American daily, echoes of the Obama economic plan, also known as the Economics of the Magic Wand:

Why would anyone be against American taxes being spent on ourselves; isn’t this why we pay taxes?

As long as the pork and earmarks mean my tax dollars are spent here in the U.S.A., I don’t care what the earmarks are. If it means family breadwinners aren’t getting laid off then spend, spend and spend.

When the economy is doing bad give us lots of pork barrel spending. When the economy is good then cut out the pork from the bills and budget.
(March 10, 2009)

New Republic

A carefully researched feuilleton on the friendship and co-conspiracy of former FBI director Louis Freeh and Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Esq. reveals mysteries of etiquette and gourmandizing that bring back memories of dinner at the London home of Madonna:

A friendship soon blossomed. Bandar would drop by Freeh’s office, where he alone was permitted to smoke cigars. Freeh, in turn, would visit Bandar at his McLean, Virginia compound, which featured a 38-room home and a 12-bedroom dormitory for staff. On visits to the kingdom, Freeh would dine with the royals. At one dinner in Riyadh, Freeh recalls how “the elegant Saudi ambassador”—that would be Bandar—“reached his well-manicured hand into a roast baby camel’s rump, drew out a fistful of meat, and deposited it on my plate—a great honor.”
(May 6, 2009)

The Hill

Zoological notes for the solons of Washington, D.C., deposited in the pages of Capitol Hill’s newspaper of record:

Ali Wentworth, actress and wife of ABC’s “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos, doesn’t hold back. During her weekly appearance on Oprah’s “Friday Live” last week, she revealed that she and George were recently caught having “marital relations” by their 6-year-old daughter, Elliott.

When Elliott asked, “Daddy, what are you doing to Mommy?” Daddy was temporarily speechless, but Wentworth responded brightly, “Daddy’s just tickling me.”

The subterfuge didn’t last, though, because the ABC newsman, who quit his White House spinning job years ago and now uncovers (if that’s the right word) the truth, corrected her, saying, “We’re making love.” Wentworth has talked frankly about sex on the “Friday Live” show.

Last October she discussed pornography and sex addiction in light of actor David Duchovny’s stint in rehab. Wentworth told viewers she’s fine with porn, but would not be fine if her husband visited an X-rated Internet chat room. That would be cheating, she claimed.

“I like it,” Wentworth said of sex. “I don’t love it. I don’t need to have it 10 times a day. I’m happier with a Klondike bar sometimes.”
 (April 14, 2009)

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