Tag: Current Affairs

According to a special on the ABC network, 9-11 happened because Bill Clinton was preoccupied with a sex scandal. I hope the authors of history books migrate toward that opinion. It would make 8th grade a lot more entertaining, especially since 9-11 will probably lead to WWIII between radical Islam…

Today I heard on the news that Michael Jackson is going to open a leprechaun themed amusement park in Ireland. Seriously. If you don’t believe me, go Google yourself. Let me pause for a moment while your brain connects the dots. Michael Jackson… accused but never convicted of child molesting……

My favorite story of the week is about Pope Benedict inadvertently insulting Islam in a speech. He quoted a Byzantine emperor who called Islam “evil and inhuman” but made it clear that it wasn’t his own opinion. In response to being labeled evil and inhuman by a dead Byzantine emperor,…

It’s time for the 2006 annual Dilbert Weasel Awards! This is your opportunity to publicly embarrass the weasels that desperately deserve it. I’m looking for nominees. In a few days the nominees will be posted on Dilbert.com for the world to vote on. After the voting, United Media and I…

If you wonder why I keep blogging on these “unfunny” topics despite all the begging to stop, it’s partly because my hit count goes though the roof when I do, and partly because the comments are fascinating to me. People asked me if I ever changed my opinions based on…

There’s something very Dilbertish about the problems in the Middle East, in the sense that the root problems are based on absurdity, the leaders are incompetent, and the people who are just trying to mind their own business are getting screwed. It’s a lot like your job. What the region…

I was watching Benjamin Netanyahu, the hawkish ex-prime minister of Israel, getting interviewed on Bill Maher’s HBO show, Real Time. I’ve been watching Netanyahu on the news for years. He’s obviously very smart, articulate and clearly in the loop. Here are a few things he said in the interview. 1….

One of the most popular mysteries about this blog is why I enjoy getting people so worked up while concealing my own opinions in layers of deniable sarcasm. Dilbert Blog reader Glenn Acheson accidentally answered that question with his comment yesterday: “Reading some of the comments to your blog always…

One of the reasons I do this blog is to learn at the feet of the good and wise people who leave comments. For the benefit of future generations, here are some of the nuggets of wisdom I have acquired by reading the comments over the past few days. 1….

Have you ever noticed that the heads of state that oppose the United States are always crazy? Take the Iranian President Ahmadinejad for example. He believes 9/11 might have been orchestrated by the U.S. government. That makes him either certifiable crazy or possibly French. Ahmadinajad also believes that if he…

I know from the comments to this blog that most of you are against the idea of appeasing Iran. Your thinking is that if we back down on any of our demands, then sometime next week the United States will be a smoldering crater. You can’t give those evil empires…

Today in the news there’s an accusation that a Polish spy was working in the Vatican during Pope John Paul’s days before the Iron Curtain fell. It seems to me that spying on the Pope would be the best job you could ever have. You could make up all of…

I’ve noticed that whenever Americans are criticized by residents of other countries, I find myself agreeing. Don’t get me wrong – I love my country and I think every other country sucks way more than America does. But when someone calls America arrogant, I have a hard time disagreeing. We…

I read in the news that the Chinese police are cracking down on the practice of hiring strippers for funerals. Seriously. Strippers for funerals. Villagers believe that the more people who attend the funeral, the more honored the dead person is. And naked women bring in the crowds. I can…

My prior post was a thought experiment where I described a crazy-ass backwards strategy for dealing with Iran. The point wasn’t that it would work – I’m no expert in foreign affairs – but rather that it could help illuminate some flaws in our current way of thinking. Let’s take…