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The crowd of revelers at the national Cinco de Mayo celebration salutes the American press for their moment-by-moment media reporting on the massively deadly swine flu pandemic.

Posted by bystander | May 7, 2009 | 06:53 am | Permalink
 

* The "Open Borders" protest turnout was a bit less than Harry Reid had hoped.

* Rumor had it that the holiday commemorated the sinking of a boatload of Hellman's.

* Cinco de Mayo = victory of Mexicans over French in 1862. Big deal, everyone's defeated the French!

* Album Cover: Phil Music and his Tijuana Pit Band, featuring Monty Zuma.

Posted by Bithead | May 7, 2009 | 07:23 am | Permalink
 

Say tarbender .....

Obama's latest attempt at diplomacy with Iran (pictured), was met with: We'll get back to you.

Posted by Elmo | May 7, 2009 | 07:23 am | Permalink
 

Now that the Yankees lowered seat prices, it only amounted to a few more filled seats.

Posted by elliot | May 7, 2009 | 07:31 am | Permalink
 

With criticism from the right growing stronger, and even a tiny crack appearing in MSM uniformity (gasp). President Obama finds that hailing a spaceship, and hitching a ride back home, somewhat harder than he first thought.

Posted by Elmo | May 7, 2009 | 07:37 am | Permalink
 

"Throw 'im the old bean ball!"

Posted by rodney dill | May 7, 2009 | 07:53 am | Permalink
 

Rumor had it that the holiday commemorated the sinking of a boatload of Hellman's.

I thought it was a new clinic with five physicians

Posted by rodney dill | May 7, 2009 | 07:56 am | Permalink
 

Job seekers have already started gathering after the official announcement that "Qatar and Cuba ... launched a joint $75 million project to create a five-star resort on the Caribbean island" which should be completed in 2015.

Posted by Maggie Mama | May 7, 2009 | 08:05 am | Permalink
 

Just by observing the Cinco de Martins, it's a given they've had at least Cinco de Mayos, cinco de Mojitos, and cinco cervezias fria.

Posted by Maggie Mama | May 7, 2009 | 08:12 am | Permalink
 

...and two loaves of bread.

Posted by rodney dill | May 7, 2009 | 08:16 am | Permalink
 

JD's Mom - "There's my son. As a teen, he experienced unrequited, all-consuming love at first sight. After that, well, he became weird with many likeminded friends."

Posted by Rachel Edith | May 7, 2009 | 08:57 am | Permalink
 

Democrats post another photo of illegal immigrants doing a job that Americans won't debase themselves to do, root for the Marlins.

Posted by mpw280 | May 7, 2009 | 09:07 am | Permalink
 

ashton kutcher (aplusk) (in black) - "heyyyyy twits ... at the game ... really f'ed up ...

Posted by Hodink | May 7, 2009 | 09:08 am | Permalink
 

The rest of the Marlins fans were sold to other teams at the end of last season.

Posted by Stormy Dragon | May 7, 2009 | 09:18 am | Permalink
 

Is it just me or are these Obama rallies waning?

'Get me more white people, we need more white people.'

It would appear that the 5 brothers from the Mayo family are in the stands today.

The New York times reported record crowds came out to support Obama with the reporter on the scene saying the crowd was so large he wouldn't even want to begin to estimate its exact size.

The swine flu has spread from Mexico and hit the US sports scene hard, killing 495 out of 500 fans at a recent Marlin game.

The Obama economic recovery team felt things were going so well that they took the afternoon off to take in a ball game.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | May 7, 2009 | 09:35 am | Permalink
 

Obama's easing of the Cuban embargo didn't increase the fan base as much as MLB had predicted.

Posted by William d'Inger | May 7, 2009 | 12:29 pm | Permalink
 

Trying to increase ratings, MSNBC tries to copy the NBC morning show format, including the outdoor segment.

Posted by KVC | May 7, 2009 | 05:43 pm | Permalink
 

Mexicans, fearing deportation, want to be perceived as lighter-skinned Anglos, so they sit in the "bleachers".

Mexicans protest US interference by claiming "squatters rights" in the cheap seats.

Posted by John425 | May 7, 2009 | 05:59 pm | Permalink
 

How many runs? They've all got the runs, that's why the seats are all empty!

Posted by Cowboy Blob | May 7, 2009 | 08:12 pm | Permalink
 

Cinco de Morons

Posted by charles austin | May 7, 2009 | 09:30 pm | Permalink
 

Soy un perdedor, we're all losers baby...

Posted by charles austin | May 7, 2009 | 09:30 pm | Permalink
 

And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly for a white guy.

Posted by charles austin | May 7, 2009 | 09:33 pm | Permalink
 

Damn, now there are baseball games that Americans won't do.

Posted by charles austin | May 7, 2009 | 09:35 pm | Permalink
 

Vote for Pedro.

Posted by charles austin | May 7, 2009 | 09:36 pm | Permalink
 

A vote for me .... is a vote for change.

What happens at Ray's Hell Burger, stays at Ray's.

The newly reconstituted Obama Supreme Court, gets underway.

Posted by Elmo | May 8, 2009 | 03:07 am | Permalink
 

Although Attorney General Holder testified before Congress that Gitmo fanatics would not be released in the US, some people suspect that it has already happened.

Posted by Maggie Mama | May 8, 2009 | 06:17 am | Permalink
 

Obie accepts his People's Choice Award, for Best New Dictator.

Posted by Elmo | May 9, 2009 | 03:42 am | Permalink
 

Colonel Mustard, in the West Wing, with a teleprompter.

Posted by Elmo | May 9, 2009 | 05:23 am | Permalink
 

When the stadium blasted "ICE, ICE, baby" over the P.A. system, the stands cleared out.

Posted by RT | May 9, 2009 | 11:17 pm | Permalink
 

Though dropped from the FBI's ten most wanted list, decades ago. Director Meuller said he was encouraged none the less, by recent sightings of the Frito Bandito.

Posted by Elmo | May 11, 2009 | 01:13 pm | Permalink
 

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