Post Archive
August 2009
Famously Facebooked: Rep. Patrick McHenry Edition
Facebook Status Awesomeness: Patrick McHenry: Much has happened since I started a long month of townhalls … So, MJ isn’t really the father of Blanket? And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you do it.
Twitter Spoils Election Results [What’s Next?]
Some Germans are not pleased with the Twitter bird. German politicians warned of a "damage to democracy" on Monday after exit polls for three state elections were leaked on Twitter, the second time in recent months results have appeared ahead of time. Future headline: Twitter Ruins Christmas. Santa Pissed.
Famously Quoteworthy: Don’t Shoot!
Sen. Jim DeMint on running for President: "I wouldn’t get out of my driveway without my wife shooting me in the back. You’ve got to find somebody who’s smart enough to be a great president but dumb enough to want to be president. Right now, I think I’m still too …
Hyper Hill
Soldier [short homecoming ] Therapy Needed [District chic ] Lessons [from Love ] Ghost Bike [removed ] DC Traffic [girls ] Online [on-air ]
Just When You Thought the IRS Wasn’t Cool
If you’re like us and spend Friday nights getting really excited about filing your 2009 taxes, do we have a treat for you. The Internal Revenue Service recently announced the availability of video and audio products to help taxpayers take full advantage of the 2009 tax provisions in the American …
What Do Arlen Specter and Brett Favre Have In Common?
Besides their love of prune juice and early dinners … Non-aficionados of football may not fully appreciate the significance of Favre’s act of betrayal, and the drama it has produced. To put it in political terms, Favre’s going to the Vikings is worse than, say, Arlen Specter becoming a Democrat. …
Happy Monday Morning
Enjoy the nice weather this week and remember: everything is possible for him who believes.
That’s What He/She Said
This is what happens when you’re a TV anchor and there is nothing of interest to report. [The Double Entendres Of August]
Colonel Sanders Recently Spotted Giving Out Secret Recipes
A tipster recently spotted Colonel Sanders giving out secret "new media" recipes on UStream . But does he Twitter?
Famous Friday [Round Up]
Jennifer Crider is taking some time off, Rob Bluey turned 3-0, Katie Harbath is getting her NRSC 2.0 on, Chris Cooley is our life coach – but Tanner Cooley is still playing hard to get, Mark Penn glamped his way into a little Wall Street Journal controversy, Kara Sidone and …
Charlie Crist Picks Poker Buddy To Warm His Seat
Are you serious, Chuck? Earlier this week we posed this question: Will Charlie Crist Pick His Poker Buddy? The post was more of a joke than anything else. We even suggested other front runners included: His favorite cashier at Piggly Wiggly Mickey Mouse The next person that walks into his …
Dear New Media Strategies: Are You Hiring?
If there is a company [of their size] out there that knows how to have more funny , we’d like to know. We hear their Facebook fan page is outrageous.
Famously Searched: Toe Jam
We get visitors from all walks of life here at FamousDC. Some come by way of friend. Some from Facebook. Others from Twitter. A lot return daily, while some, strangely enough, find us through Google using search terms like this. Welcome. If you’re not, follow us on Twitter.
Your WTF of the Week: You Can’t Say That
A former? GOP candidate in Idaho recently joked about hunting him some Obama. After an audience member shouted a question about "Obama tags" during a discussion on wolves, Rammell responded, "The Obama tags? We’d buy some of those." Rammell, a veterinarian and former elk rancher from Idaho Falls, said his …
It’s Like Facebook, But For Awesome People
Republicanville is a new social network for, you guessed it … [Republicans] Republicanville is otherwise known as: Match.com for people who have ever purchased Sarah Palin gear. A chat forum for everything Vineyard Vines. Where good ideas are retweeted, and then never heard from again. Where the average attention span …