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Around the Hill (6/26): Personal Edition!
Happy Friday! Here's what happened in politics this week....
Don’t Cry for Yourself in Argentina
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford “spent the last five days crying in Argentina.” Confused? Don't worry, we're here to help....
I Can Has Ultimate Power?
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
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...
Congressman Goes Hunting for Commies
BEN THEODOR (Haverford, Pennsylvania) Students of history may well remember the case of Senator Joe McCarthy, who initiated a witch-hunt for Communist Party loyalists within the federal government. His exploitation of Cold War fears is often refere...
GOP Senator Threatens Armageddon
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...
GOP Becomes the Party of “That’s What She Said”
BEN THEODOR (Haverford, Pennsylvania) It may have surprised some C-SPAN viewers on Thursday to discover that their regularly scheduled budget negotiations suddenly became entertaining (just in time for May sweeps, too). And for a Republican Par...
Twitter and the Fall of Man
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...
Dispatches From The Fake America
DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York) So you may or may not remember Sarah Palin’s extolling of the “real America”–you know, where “folk” are “hardworking,” “very patriotic,” and “pro-Amer...
Links for Your Monday!
DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York) So we haven’t been writing, but we’ve sure had a lot on our minds! Visions of an America under Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin headbobbing on SNL. SNL somehow creating something hilarious from something stupid....
Sarah Palin On Ice!
DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York) We here at Break Out The Oreos are good New Yorkers–we boo our Republican mayors, salivate over sexy corruption scandals, and remain moderately aware of our hockey team (go fuck yourselves, Islanders). So it sh...
Ack!
DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York) We know, we know, we know–we’re sorry we haven’t been publishing! Turns out this whole school thing is actually kind of time-consuming at times. To assuage your hunger and our guilt, we will do some...
Liveblogging: Obamacain at Columbia University
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.
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...
George Carlin Would Disapprove
DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii) Dear readership, there are times when snarkiness and humor simply don’t come to the Break Out The Oreos writing staff; these times are not frequent, as we would not be very good at our jobs if they were. This however...
Douchebaggery Roundup (with dessert!)
DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii) Break Out The Oreos has noticed a particularly abundant quantity of both douchebaggery on the interwebs of late. A quick rundown follows. Karl Rove, an already notable and well-established douchebag due to his role as ...
