Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention war hero?) John McCain

I seem to be getting a lot of first time visitors to the site lately… and a lot of them hit the wall around page 3. So I thought I’d make it a little easier for people to find the older stuff by putting together a very unscientific list of the top posts (based on page views, number of comments, ones that I think really help make my case, and ones that I just thought were funny)… and here they are:

Assorted Diatribes
Ageism
A day in the life of a middle-class Republican

Books
The Grapes of Wrath

Codes
The Zip Code

Discoveries
Oil in the desert
Penicillin

Foods
The York Peppermint Pattie
The Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
Cheerios

Images
A McCain campaign banner ad I wish we’d see
McCain goes after the youth vote
“Caption this photo” contest

Organizations
Mensa

People
Cindy McCain
Larry Flynt
Keith Richards
Ronald Reagan
My Mother
91% of America

Products
The Slinky
Scrabble
Duct Tape

Videos
McCain loses it on birth control issue
McCain says that his age is an issue

The Pill is younger than John McCain.

According to WebMD, the Searle drug company received FDA approval for Enovid - the first birth control pill - in 1960…. about 24 years after McCain was born and about a year before Obama was born.

People often squirm when they learn that they realize that they forgot to use birth control. Want to see someone squirm even more? Watch McCain’s reaction when confronted about the fact that insurance companies cover Viagra but he voted against requiring them to cover birth control.

I particularly like the parts where he says “I certainly don’t want to discuss this issue” and “I, I, I don’t know what I….” - not to mention the pregnant pause (pun intended) when asked for his opinion on the subject.

The computer is younger than John McCain.

This was probably the single most popular suggestion I’ve received since I started the blog. I never used it because the computer is a seemingly modern invention and there was nothing terribly shocking to me about it being younger than McCain. (Although, to be fair, I did learn that it’s not nearly as recent an invention as I had assumed.)

What IS shocking is that we’re on the verge of electing a President that not only freely admits he doesn’t know how to use one but who almost relishes in his luddite-ness. (Remind you of anyone?)

Now, don’t get me wrong. I don’t want my President to actually be using a computer. I’d like to think that he has more important things to do than check email and look at Vietnamese porn. I would, however, like him to have a passing familiarity with the technology that affects the lives of, I don’t know, everyone!

I’m sorry - call me ageist if you must but if this isn’t proof-positive that he’s out of touch, I don’t know what is.

Plutonium is younger than John McCain.

Teflon is younger than John McCain.

Teflon is inert to virtually all chemicals and is considered the most slippery material in existence.

DNA is younger than John McCain.
OK, that’s not entirely true. The discovery of the DNA Double Helix by Crick and Watson and the first accurate model of DNA structure is what’s younger than John McCain.
But he’s still really old.
(Thanks, Jesse.)