Tough to fathom creation of 'Goode Family'

Yes, making fun of people who shop at a market not unlike Whole Foods is pretty easy. Same goes for hybrid car drivers, liberals who tear themselves up over what to call minorities, recycling, etc. Too easy, really.

Skewering the holier-than-thou can be hilarious, but joke after joke, episode after episode, it all gets a little too predictable. The Goodes ask WWAGD - What Would Al Gore Do - but of course they do, right? All of this was done essentially in reverse with "King of the Hill," and to better effect.

Letter writer says sarcastically: “Don’t take a tray at one of Northeastern’s dining halls. Al Gore will smile upon you from his private jet.” | GORE LIED

Apparently the busy-body, do-gooder, “nattering nay-trayers” are creating quite a kerfluffle at Northeastern University over “a virtually costless, incredibly convenient amenity”, i.e. the humble lunch tray.

A dead child every 30 sec vs. ???????? « Green Hell Blog

So it sounds like you’d want an effective tool for combating a disease that kills a child every 30 seconds, right?

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Waxman: “I certainly don’t claim to know everything that’s in this bill”

A less-than-amusing sequel to last night’s mildly amusing speed-reading display. As much as I like to goof on that “Thomas Paine” character, the fact that government has now decayed to the point where congressmen feel safe openly admitting that they don’t know what they’re voting on suggests a civic breakdown in need of emergency repair.