Break Out the Obituaries: Ted Kennedy
August 26, 2009 – 10:00 pm | Comments

BOTO salutes the Democratic Party’s greatest soldier and the heart of the liberal movement, Ted Kennedy, who passed long before his time. We need him now as much as ever. Read more »

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Article Archive for February 2009

Twitter and the Fall of Man
February 22, 2009 – 11:54 pm | Comments
Twitter and the Fall of Man

BEN THEODOR (Haverford, Pennsylvania)
For some reason, the web application Twitter has taken off recently.  Despite its eerie similarity to Facebook status updates, everyone seems to be tweeting lately.  In fact, Shaquille O’Neal actually declared his … Read more »

BOTO Goes Viral!
February 16, 2009 – 9:59 pm | Comments

DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York)
That’s right! Here’s where you can find us around the interwebs:

On Facebook–be sure to “fan” us!
On Twitter–be sure to “follow” us!
On Technorati–be sure to… eh, whatever.
On BlogCatalog–do you guys even … Read more »

Vote Batman – A Politician That Actually Fights Crime
February 13, 2009 – 12:34 am | Comments
Vote Batman – A Politician That Actually Fights Crime

BEN THEODOR (Haverford, Pennsylvania)
Given Arnold Schwarzenegger’s successful term as Governor of California, it seemed inevitable that more actors would begin lining up to run for high office. Apparently convinced that a former Batman actor can rise to … Read more »

It Could Always Be Worse
February 11, 2009 – 8:04 pm | Comments
It Could Always Be Worse

BREE DOERING (New York, New York)
As a resident of Alaska, I’m well aware that the wooly-eared stiff-shirts in Washington tend to forget everything that isn’t on a map of the US.  In the midst of frightening … Read more »

At Forward, the Five-Three Freshman From Fairbanks, Alaska…
February 9, 2009 – 7:05 pm | Comments

DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York)
While you still have the unfortunate image of a Break Out The Oreos basketball team in mind, we’d like to introduce the newest member of our writing staff: Bree Doering. … Read more »

Wherein Nicole Extols the Many Virtues of Watchmen
February 9, 2009 – 12:44 am | Comments
Wherein Nicole Extols the Many Virtues of Watchmen

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
Hello, interwebs!  It’s quite good to be back.  Absent a more eloquent reintroduction, the redheaded member of the newly expanded writing staff is about to kick off her segment with … Read more »

The Good, the Bad, and the Idiotic
February 3, 2009 – 2:36 am | Comments

DEVON GRANDY (New York, New York)
Break Out The Oreos is beginning its oft-promised, nary-delivered comeback! We’ll go into the changes that are happening all around us in a later post, but for now we’ll turn … Read more »