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Our Man in America on hiatus

August 9, 2010

I have not posted here for a while now and I want to send you my sincere apology. I have been working on a more serious blog -- not that I don't take the business of humor writing seriously. Last week a launched The African Record, a blog dedicated entirely to discussing issues...

‘Mockingbird’ retard Boo Dudley to succeed Hayward at BP

July 27, 2010

In an apparent effort to plug the gushing pie hole that is the Obama Administration's greasy oil dump on the Gulf of the Mexicans, BP's deadbeat parent company Bullshit Petroleum appointed Boo Dudley, the creepy, retarded guy from Harper Lee's true novel,...

American Race Relations 101: Racism vs White supremacy

July 22, 2010

Prof. Our Man in America wrote this last year, inspired by Lou Dobbs' anti-immigrant campaign. Since Shirley Sherrod's firing has gotten America talking race again, I think it is relevant today. If you like this lesson, forward to 10 friends of a different...

If you are mean and can’t write consider becoming an editor

July 21, 2010

Tell me if this note from the editor or the humor section of an esteemed magazine makes any sense: We're sorry to say that your piece, "Rules of Engagement,"...

Will Kenya’s Tea Party Constitutionalists prevail?

July 15, 2010

“Democracy, rights and accountability” are buzzwords that mean absolutely nothing if they are not explained. Dear God, why do I feel that someone is going to translate “democracy” as...

World Cup: Dutch avoid heart stoppage in stoppage time

July 6, 2010

Uruguay put a last-minute show so scary it gave this Kenyan Dutchman more heart stoppages in stoppage time than Dick Cheney has had since 1492, when he discovered America....

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