Archive for the 'humor' Category


Stephen Colbert on the Gas Tax Holiday

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Sorry to harp on the gas tax holiday so much, lately, but this is hilarious:

The Principles of Economics Rap Song

Monday, February 25th, 2008

If you’ve ever wanted to learn about economics by listening to rap, then you are in luck. You can now listen to “Demand, Supply” by Rhythm, Rhyme, Results: a very catch rap about a very interesting subject. On an awesomeness scale from one to ten, this is clearly an eleven.

From: Greg Mankiw’s Blog.

Colbert on Gore’s Energy Use

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Humor: Stephen Colbert digs through Al Gore’s garbage to see how wasteful he really is. Amusing.

Funny Global Warming Video

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

 ”Ignoring Global Warming won’t make it go away.”

More on Gay Marriage [link]

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Anti-gay marriage amendments have been quite successful in various states.  I’ve never understood why… that is, until now.  The Top 10 Reasons Gay Marriage Should be Illegal explains it all.  My favorite reason was:

05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of marriages like Britney Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

In all seriousness, I’m still waiting for someone to send a guest article to gimme-five justifying an anti-gay marriage stance.  Please send something to george AT gimme-five DOT COM so we can have some debate about the issue.  Anyone?