Recent Posts Tagged With 'Democrats'

• Around the Hill (6/26): Personal Edition!

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 21:26 in politics, global warming, Republicans, Democrats, climate change, congress, tyranny, featured, White House, dennis kucinich, interns, round-ups

  Happy Friday! Here's what happened in politics this week....

• I Can Has Ultimate Power?

  Posted on Saturday June 20th, 2009 at 18:58 in politics, Republicans, Democrats, New York City, corruption, chaos, new york state senate, tie, clowns, new york post, pedro espada

  BEN THEODOR (Washington, DC) I truly hope that our younger readers have been following the Shakespearean comedy that is the New York State Senate power struggle.  It’s a beautiful, textbook-worthy lesson in how state government works – ...

• Revisionist History

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 18:46 in politics, Republicans, Democrats, socialism, Barack Obama, cold war, congress, cuba, gop, ronald reagan, revisionist history

  I am truly flattered by the GOP sometimes.  I write a couple blog articles about their obsession with the  term “socialism,” and now it seems like they are trying to apply the label as much as possible.  For whatever reason, members of...

• Violent Headlines Draw Attention… Explosions!

  Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 16:11 in politics, internet, entertainment, Democrats, media, Barack Obama, Middle East, international, egypt, Osama Bin Laden, diplomacy, rambo

  BEN THEODOR (Washington, DC) I probably don’t have to remind any of you that President Obama recently left the country to tour several countries in the Middle East, culminating with a major address to the Arab people in Cairo.  You would have ...

• GOP Senator Threatens Armageddon

  Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 12:39 in politics, Republicans, Democrats, congress, cowboys, nuclear war, al franken, norm coleman, john cornyn, election day, presidential election ´08

  BEN THEODOR (Haverford, Pennsylvania) We all take so much for granted in this world.  For example, when we wake up in the morning, we know that there are two senators to represent all of us in Washington, DC.  But there are many in this world who g...

• Firing CEOs is Just Part of the Job

  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 18:43 in politics, entertainment, Democrats, baseball, Barack Obama, gm, New York Mets, Jon Stewart, chrysler, tenacious d

  BEN THEODOR (Haverford, Pennsylvania) Some people may have been surprised yesterday by the announcement that Rick Wagoner, chairman of General Motors, was stepping down.  Of course, the fact that the CEO of a failing company resigned might not catch...

• Twitter and the Fall of Man

  Posted on Sunday February 22nd, 2009 at 22:54 in politics, entertainment, Republicans, Democrats, shameless self-promotion

  BEN THEODORE (Haverford, Pennsylvania) For some reason, the web application Twitter has taken off recently.  Despite its eerie similarity to Facebook status updates, everyone seems to be tweeting lately.  In fact, Shaquille O’Neal actually de...

• We’re Dancing in New York City

  Posted on Tuesday November 4th, 2008 at 23:19 in politics, Democrats, President, Barack Obama, election, presidential election ´08

  DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York) NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York) You did it. It’s been almost twenty months since the junior senator of Illinois announced the commencement of his Presidential campaign. It’s been four years and three m...

• About Tuesday

  Posted on Sunday November 2nd, 2008 at 16:55 in Democrats, america, Barack Obama, election, presidential election ´08

  DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York) We were at Break Out The Oreos try not to get too preachy in our writing; we like to poke some fun, make our point, and pack it up. There are, however, times that merit the momentary suspension of wit in order to bet...

• Liveblogging: Obamacain at Columbia University

  Posted on Thursday September 11th, 2008 at 14:43 in republican, Republicans, Democrats, Democrat, Presidential Election, Columbia University, liveblogging, presidential election ´08, obamacain

  DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York) That’s right, folks! We’re going to be attempting our very first liveblogging experiment during tonight’s ServiceNation event at Columbia University featuring Democratic and Republican Presidential ...

• Stop Talking Now, Part One.

  Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 12:06 in education, Republicans, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, chicago, hawaii, alaska, michelle obama, public education, punahou, hyde park, aaron sorkin

  DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York) Welcome back, everybody! And yes, we know that we’re a week and change late on returning from our hiatus, but things were kind of busy. We hope you’ll forgive us, and, in compensation, would like to treat...

• Still On Hiatus

  Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 03:34 in Democrats, Joe Biden, Housekeeping, nomination, hiatus, democratic national convention, presidential election ´08

  DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii) That’s right, we’re still gone until September 1st. In the meantime, Break Out The Oreos recommends paying attention as the dust settles after last night’s finale to the Democratic National Convention...

• Lessons In Whining, Straight From The Pros

  Posted on Thursday August 14th, 2008 at 14:35 in Democrats, Hillary Clinton, congress, nomination, bill clinton, democratic national convention, presidential election ´08

  DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii) When this half of Break Out The Oreos was a child he often attempted to pout or whine his way into getting what he wanted–that new toy, one more cookie than was the limit, another hour of sleep, you know the dril...