Everything Is Different Now

A tipster points us to this ad (via Gawker) from CollegeClick TV, a website with college tips and statistics, which says:

Barack Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983 and from Harvard Law School in 1991. Michelle Obama graduated from Princeton University in 1985 and from Harvard Law School in 1988. From the Bush League to the Ivy League. Education is the power to change.

The ad even has some Photoshopped ivy creeping up the front of the White House. As all of you astute readers have undoubtedly picked up on, however, still-President Bush has bona fide Ivy cred too, having graduated from Yale undergrad and Harvard Business School.

Come to think of it, actually, Bill Clinton and George Senior were Ivy grads also.

Lesson: The respective successes or failures of a given president have little to do with his Ivy background. Also: Maybe stick with Unigo for now. Read the rest of this entry »

Dubya Gets Stoned, And It’ll Cost You Ten Bucks To Watch

Yeah, okay, maybe my title is a little bit misleading here, but it's late, and it's only effin' Monday, so deal with it, kidlets.  Anyway, W., The long-awaited prequel to the Obama movie feature film about everyone's favorite Yale grad, is coming out on October 17th.  Just what we need to look forward to, right?  Even more Bush.  The film is directed by Oliver Stone and stars John Brolin as George W. Bush.  After the jump, check out the trailer, where the opening sequence has bizarre aspirations toward Coyote Ugly, George W. Bush makes his Yale hoodie look bad-ass, and George Senior epically proclaims, "Are you chasing tail?  Driving drunk?  Who do you think you are, a Kennedy? You're a Bush--act like one."  So, what do you guys think?  Excited about the film or not?  Let us know in the comments.

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