Photo by Larry Steagall of the Kitsap Sun
We at Pensito Review applaud the wit and toast the resourcefulness of Art Conrad, Bremerton, Wash. His Xmas display makes him a defacto commander in the War on Xmas.
Art Conrad, who owns the home and put up the display, said the commercialization angle is the number one impetus […]

Karl Rove put his book project up for auction among the big publishing houses in New York in mid-November. According to Crain’s New York Business on Dec. 17, a month passed with no offers:
It would be comforting to think the marquee imprints refused to do business with Rove because he betrayed a secret government operation […]

The Last Six Presidents Have Been Blue-Eyed
- But Will the Trend Continue in ‘08?
Every president since Nixon — Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush II — has had blue eyes. Why? One theory has it that our presidents’ eyes turned blue around the same time that color televisions became ubiquitous.
Among this years’ candidates, […]

More signs that Republicans are giving a pass to Rudy and Mitt and reverting to the GOP primogenitor status quo, which means it may be John McCain’s turn, after all. In New Hampshire, where McCain beat George Bush by 20 points in 2000, American Research Group’s tied with Romney:
Losing New Hampshire to McCain would be […]

Republicans’ approval of Pres. Bush’s handling of the economy dropped 20 percentage points in the last month, according to American Research Group:
It suggests a wave of financial insecurity among Republican voters and could be a portentous sign of weakness inside Bush’s base.
45 percent of Republicans disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling […]

“Out upon merry Christmas! What’s Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer…? If I could work my will,” said Scrooge indignantly, “every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ upon his lips should be boiled with his […]

We love your comments, especially when you agree with us. When you don’t…not so much.
But we really love it when you agree with us and turn us on to cool things. Thanks to joreko, whose comment on a post about the Iowa caucuses and the Electoral College did both.
Here we are, nearly eight years later, […]

Talk about your unintended consequences. A new poll shows that Oprah Winfrey’s public efforts on behalf of Barack Obama are turning off both younger and older women.
A Lifetime/Zogby poll of women shows that of those 18 to 29, almost a third said they were less likely to support the Illinois senator because of the Oprah […]

Here we go again. Another Clinton supporter is zinging first and apologizing later. As Hillary’s competition grows stronger, it’s getting to be a daily occurrence.
This time the zinger is former presidential candidate and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey. The zingee, once again, is Barak Obama.
Load your words much, Bob? “I like the fact that his […]