A hefty-sized portion of U.S. politics (or, to be fair, politics in any country that so much as flirts with the concept of democracy) is, for the folks running for office, about convincing the citizenry that, whoever you are, you can identify with commoners. The rest? Well, that’s mostly spent on making said suckers believe [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 22, 2008
‘Cause the Editorial Staff Here at Um Observes With the Perspective of a 6 Year-Old
So. Just in case this hasn’t yet been pointed out: Anyone notice how the Web 2.0 section of Barack Obama’s campaign web site is called MyBO (scroll down a little, it’s on the right)?
Apparently none of their super-duper web designers has–or, presumably, someone would have raised a stink. (Zing!)
August 21, 2008
Op-Cred?
We here at Um like to pride ourselves on our ability to make something out of nothing. Indeed, in these times of ever-increasing demand for content, we’d assume that this skill is a must-have for anyone interested in writing anything that could be described as timely and original.
But this? This is crap. And though we’re [...]
August 13, 2008
Don’t Fuck Up
The ever-slacking editorial staff here at Um would like to urge those of you that live in Boston to go see this on Friday night.
Seriously. Don’t fuck up.
Our friends at the Washington City Paper offer you this preview of the version of the show that’s happening in D.C.
Seriously?
Don’t fuck up.
