Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Texting Ban: Government Will Seek Penalties For Commercial Drivers Who Text While Driving


Fine them? FINE THEM?? How about impale them? If you're texting while piloting uber-tons of freight down a highway where our kids are busing to school - or our parents are driving to church - you deserve the ultimate penalty.
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Rand Paul, Kentucky Senate Candidate, Says Seatbelts Shouldn't Be Required


What are the stats for auto caused injuries in New Hampshire? That might shut somebody up...
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Tea Party Leader: We Should Abolish Social Security


I have nothing but contempt for the new wave of intellectual buffoons of the right. They are freaks and are on TV only because they are freaks, saying things that gall us, surprise us, threaten us, and embarrass us as Americans - but because they cause good ratings for the carnival workers we now call talking heads, we are doomed to watch them over and over... until some day in the future when benevolent alien creatures see our plight and put us out of our misery.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Dr. David P. Gushee: Christian Convictions And The Health Care Law

Dr. David P. Gushee: Christian Convictions And The Health Care Law: "I believe that extending health care access to every American was always the right goal and reflects the moral commitments of the Christian faith. Any way one might come at this issue morally, the answer was always the same: health care as a human right; as an aspect of compassion for our neighbors; as doing to others as we would have them do to us; as a dimension of basic justice; or as an aspect of the kingdom of God, one of whose characteristics is healing of the sick. Everything points in the same direction. I therefore find incomprehensible those Christians who are cavalier about a society with fifty million people lacking adequate access to health care."

Obama Humor: Comedian-In-Chief

Obama Humor: Comedian-In-Chief: "'People think of humor as being frivolous. But it's not. It's just a different kind of wisdom.'" - actor Larry Miller

Jon Stewart Returns And Rips Conservatives For Violent Health Care Fallout (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart Returns And Rips Conservatives For Violent Health Care Fallout (VIDEO): "'Sarah Palin has a dream...and in that dream, you have a gun.'"

Monday, March 29, 2010

A Better Way - Brian McLaren

Brian McLaren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In one interview, he explains, 'We were taught to expect the return of Christ very soon, which entailed the destruction of the earth as we know it, with some new beginning on the other side, a new beginning characterized by radical discontinuity with this history. To care about earth's long-range future, then, became an act of unfaithfulness to God and the Bible. To invest in the earth's long-term survival seemed like a "humanist" thing to do. Thankfully, some Christians found ways to counteract this attitude of abandonment toward the earth and its history even within the 'left behind' interpretive framework, but others of us still weren't satisfied."

I am way intrigued by this guy's ideas.

Japanese Architects Win 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize (PHOTOS)


Some of these designs remind me that I have a real hard time with a lot of contemporary architecture. I might have said modern, but that would be incorrect; this is not modern but rather a continuation of something found by students in the shards of what used to be an education embracing a world where art and ideas matter.



I want buildings that know my importance; not some hive for things like me.
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James O'Keefe, Co-Defendants Expected To Plead Guilty To Lesser Charges In Landrieu Break-In


I hope not! I'm just reading the youthful fuhrer hair and the asymetrical smirk. I've seen this guy in lots of movies from the 1930s...
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An Open Letter to Victoria Jackson

She became the first woman brain donor many years ago, saving the life of a large calico cat that is still out there somewhere - cracking darn good jokes.
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Eric Erickson On Past Controversial Statements: 'I've Definitely Had To Grow Up' (VIDEO)

Eric Erickson's Controversial Statements: "describing outgoing Supreme Court Justice David Souter as the only goat fucking child molester to ever serve on the Supreme Court."

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Drunk Man Arrested For Trying To Resuscitate Dead Possum


exactly... back in the day, if I didn't keep a 10 foot distance from Cuervo, at 2 a.m. I was damn likely to crawl 3 lanes out for just the right opossum.
About Stupid Criminals
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James O'Keefe, Co-Defendants Expected To Plead Guilty To Lesser Charges In Landrieu Break-In


Some faces you can read; some you can't. I'd explain further, but every time I try, my comments are moderated out of existence.
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Obama Passover Seder: How The White House Seder Came To Be Tradition


Goosebumps... This feels like "the good news" more than anything I've heard about recently. What a richly wonderful event for this and future presidents, and for the country. I am so thrilled at the choices Obama is making.
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Op-Ed Columnist - The Rage Is Not About Health Care - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Columnist - The Rage Is Not About Health Care - NYTimes.com: "How curious that a mob fond of likening President Obama to Hitler knows so little about history that it doesn’t recognize its own small-scale mimicry of Kristallnacht. The weapon of choice for vigilante violence at Congressional offices has been a brick hurled through a window. So far."

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Half Of All Nonfinancial Firms That Defaulted Last Year Were Backed By Private Equity: CJR


The greedy little world of private equity is a public menace. Scratch at this just a little bit and you'll find a whole bunch of bad players that have made major fortunes by carving away at the wealth of our nation. It is a scam, and if karma really exists, its players should go down in flames. For a perfect picture of what this is about, unfurl the financial history of Mitt Romney and you can see how America's prosperity is being routinely stolen by unsavory players.
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James O'Keefe, Co-Defendants Expected To Plead Guilty To Lesser Charges In Landrieu Break-In


Cecil B. DeMint could make a great Nazi caper movie with this guy - he's a perfect gem from Central Casting - the rabble-rouser's asymmetrical face, the young fuhrer hair, and the crazed courage to break-and-enter and clear the temple. Attention progressives: we're supposed to notice this guy, take warning, and get organized.
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Jesus, Reconsidered


Beyond the Sixline Narrative: "'God revealed in Christ crucified shows us a vision of God that identifies with the victim rather than the perpetrator, identifies with the one suffering rather than the one inflicting suffering'"...

...'"The view of the cross that I was given growing up, in a sense, has a God who needs blood in order to be appeased," McLaren says. "If this God doesn't see blood, God can't forgive.'

McLaren believes that version of God is a misreading of the Bible.

'God revealed in Christ crucified shows us a vision of God that identifies with the victim rather than the perpetrator, identifies with the one suffering rather than the one inflicting suffering,' he says.

McLaren says modern evangelicalism underplays that Jesus — who spent most of his time with the poor, the sick and the sinners — saved his wrath primarily for hard-core religious leaders."

This is helpful.

Palin, McCain Rally In Arizona (VIDEO): GOP Is 'Party Of Hell No'

Palin, McCain Rally In Arizona (VIDEO): GOP Is 'Party Of Hell No': "Palin proclaimed that the Republican Party isn't the party of no -- 'we're the party of hell no!'"

AT&T Plans $1 Billion Charge For Health Care


Gad! Americans are screwed over by business far more often than by their government, and they have a better chance at justice dealing with their government than with a business. Facts, and better yet - everyone knows this to be true; well, almost everyone. It's clear to me that the people who think as you do got us into this mess, almost killed American automaking, and may have ruined the financial underpinning of almost every aspect of life - we don't even know yet. And millions are in hardship because of all this. And all you see is "lack of intiative"...???
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Friday, March 26, 2010

STANFORD Magazine: May/June 2008 > Planet Cardinal > Broadcaster Rachel Maddow

STANFORD Magazine: May/June 2008 > Planet Cardinal > Broadcaster Rachel Maddow: "“I kind of feel like I make this bargain with my listeners,” she says. “I earn myself the right to talk about really heavy stuff by balancing it with the goofy stuff.”"

Eric Cantor: Bullet Shot At VA Congressman's Office Was 'Randomly Fired,' Police Say


Nice try righties. Nice try media, trying to be "balanced" - like in "both sides are doin' it."



Nobody but fools are fooled by that ridiculous assessment. The GOP is glorious sweetmeat for the media - delivering great headlines and outrageous statements around which to wrap a non-story.
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FLASHBACK: In 2008 Debate, Romney Seemed To Support National Insurance Mandates

FLASHBACK: In 2008 Debate, Romney Seemed To Support National Insurance Mandates: "MODERATOR: 'You seem to have backed away from mandates on a national basis.'

ROMNEY: 'No, no, I like mandates. The mandates work.'
Credit Sargent for this catch, because, as he suggests, the DNC seems to have missed this!"

Vets Group Apologizes To Dems For Saying They 'Betrayed' Troops


Farr and Edwards did good. The amount of dissing of democrats going on in the country is repulsive - and returning fire is totally overdue. And push these deluded VFW righties - fat with benefits that millions would crawl miles to get - into the light so that everyone can see and hear these hypocritical, uninformed and selfish men.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

"The Dignity Of My Priesthood"


I just can't get my head around all of this. It is astonishing that this has been going on and on and on for decades - maybe for eons! It is absolute, undiluted evil.

The pedophile priest asks Ratzinger - the future Pope - that he be allowed to "live out the time that I have left in the dignity of my priesthood." And the wish is granted. This is sickening.

The Catholic Priesthood has bankrupted itself and has absolutely no dignity to confer on any priest any longer. This is as revolting as it gets.

Republicans Condemn Violence, Threatened Democrat Not Satisfied


Boehner has absolutely no credibility with me on any issue. I see a dangerous man - a dedicated bomb thrower who would lead people to violence. Those who don't see this are also dangerous.
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Jim Bunning Is Undead

Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Jim Bunning: I'm Very Much Alive: "'I apologize if my comments offended Justice Ginsburg,' Bunning said. 'That certainly was not my intent.'"

No problem, Jimmy. Your confusion is understandable, as it's clear that you've been dead for some time, or should have been.

Horse Feathers


He's got feet of clay, and I wager that Americans will not like it when they find out. Groucho Marx described it well: "The blood rushes from the head to the feet, gets a look at those feet and rushes back to the head again."

Yup, I'm going back to the head again, and wash my hands of even thinking about Romney as an American president.

Mafioso Magic

Are We Naive Idiots For Thinking Business Can Be Anything But Greedy?: "John Maynard Keynes had it right when he likened short-term investing in the stock market to betting on the result of a 'beauty contest.' The skill needed to succeed in that is to be good at forecasting who other judges (investors) would find most beautiful -- not to be a good judge of actual beauty."...

..."The obsessive pursuit of short-term profits and a higher share price tomorrow led capitalism badly astray. Business leaders and investors alike were seduced by the idea -- known in academia as the "efficient market hypothesis" -- that the current share price told you all you needed to know about the value of a company. As it turns out, it tells you very little, other than about the state of mind of investors." - from 'The Road From Ruin' by Matthew Bishop

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Big Fucking Jackass


Oh don't get us started on THAT topic!

HuffPo comment moderation suffers from the same fatal flaws as does China's censorship concept - vast discrimination and quite human mistakes, yet it will not go away and it will always infuriate many of us commenters. I could go on and on and on... we all could.

Wyden: Health Care Lawsuits Moot, States Can Opt Out Of Mandate


If any state wants to find a better way, I am all for it, and I would be rooting for new ideas to emerge and for new strategies to become evident.



This would also result in finding out who the "Oh yeah, let's fix healthcare" phonies really are.
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Cosmic Rays may be Causing Unintended Acceleration in Toyotas

This Is Where I Sit Up And Listen: "Like a story line straight out of a George Lucas film, reports are surfacing that cosmic rays may be responsible for the dangerous cases of unintended acceleration that have spurred the recall of millions of Toyota vehicles."

John Magee, Irish Bishop, Resigns, Apologizes To Abuse Victims


There once was a girl named Sinead...



Next time a shaved-headed woman grabs a stage and points out a monstrosity not wholly visible to many, we should effin pay attention - she might be an envoy.



Though she was nearly stripped and abandoned for her crazy bravery, Sinead O'Connor was right before most of us even new what was wrong. I'm just sayin...
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Proving A Negative

Lawyer, his experts call Toyota systems 'deficient': "'The only way is to design the system so any fault that occurs can't lead to catastrophic failure,' he says."

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Tom Shales Viciously Reviews Christiane Amanpour, ABC Responds


Oh, poor Tom. Christiane Amanpour is in the rarest of constellations, and you can't just walk into the Pantheon of that constellation and start dissing its Gods without a certain risk of losing altitude - maybe even your place in things. It doesn't bode well for this typist that he doesn't know this.
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'A Big F---ing Deal': Biden's Health Care Reform F-Bomb On Live TV (VIDEO)


Knowing how Obama welcomes decorum, and how historically impressive was the moment, Biden chose to fart. I see that others feel differently, but for me there's nothing to like about that moment.
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"Over The Internet; Life, Romance"


"I'd rather live in Google than live in China"

Stanley Bing's instant classic... so Neuromancer.

"I realize that I'm rooting for the underdog here, at least in terms of military might. The Chinese have millions of soldiers, with guns and rockets and bombs and everything. Google has nothing but Sergey, Larry, Eric and a cadre of some 10,000 souls in uniform and ready for the coming engagement. China has clever weapons, like poisoned toothpaste. Google doesn't. So time will tell who will prevail in the end. One thing is for sure. Nobody's ever made any money betting against Google."

Progressive Piles On Beck

Jon Stewart Turns Glenn Beck's Anti-Progressive Ranting Upside-Down to Warn of the Coming FOX Theocracy: Glenn Beck: "I'm not saying that believing there should be a minimum standard for how much lead is in our paint might lead to the government having the right to sterilize and kill Jews. I'm not saying that that might be the case. I'm saying that's the case."

This is too good to be true for the Piltdown Patriots at FOX, so the ETA for Beck's demise has been revised again by lead Foxpackers.

FlyOnTheWall.com Decision: Banks Convince Court To Pull Down Hot Stock Tips For Ordinary Investors


Small investor alert: you've been tooled! Judge Cote is wrong, and it's unsettling that she actually may not have fathomed what was clearly at stake - or worse, did and her decision was based on some other consideration not now evident.

Jim DeMint: Health Care Bill 'Must Be Repealed,' Plans To Introduce Legislation


Ok, so then you'll immediately dis-enroll my 24 year-old son? Explain to me how I let you do this - I think I missed that part.



DeMint and these other throwbacks look almost demonic this morning, snarling into the air, hoping for hardship for others, praying for the demise of help for those truly in need of world-class, not Adam Smith-class, healthcare.
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Howard Fineman: Losing It?

Uh Oh! - Howard Fineman: Obama 'Comes From Nation Of Long-Distance Runners': "President Obama, who comes from a country of long-distance runners and was one,' Fineman said.

Sunday night, Fineman also compared Obama to the 'long distance runners of Kenya.'

Olbermann ended the segment by correcting and making light of Fineman's comment. 'You just said the President comes from a nation of long-distance runners; you mean he's descended from,' Olbermann said. 'Otherwise the headline is 'Fineman: Birther.' Howard Fineman, of MSNBC, Newsweek, and Birther Weekly.'"

That's like saying that Bush, descended from Germans, "comes from a nation of gassers and torturers.", so he knows how to go that extra step for victory.

I worry that Fineman may have inadvertently joined the "Moths That Can't Get Enough Flame" club.

Republicans Scoff At Frum's Thesis, Demand More Obama Opposition


What? McCain says, "There will be no cooperation for the rest of the year."

...uh, as opposed to all the coorperation so far this year?

Excuse me, but the grouchy bomber's GOP had 8 years to think of some healthcare plan. They planned to do squat, pursued nada, and achieved zilch.

They be scoffin...

Republicans Scoff At Frum's Thesis, Demand More Obama Opposition: "'There will be no cooperation for the rest of the year,' he said. 'They have poisoned the well in what they've done and how they've done it.'" - John McCain, on the ground in Arizona

As opposed to all the coorperation so far this year.

This is how the boy wonder wants to come off for the next few cycles - a grouchy rodent.

They had 8 years to think of some healthcare plan. They did nada.

Google China FALLOUT: Google's Exit Angers China


I am happy as a clam to see this moving in this direction.



Google may or may not be driven by jerks, powered by greed, and hypocritical at the core, but as an American corporation, they are playing with exciting, realtime history, doing what a gigantic for-profit business never does - hang the whole enchilada way out over the edge for the sake of an ethical principle.
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Google China FALLOUT: Google's Exit Angers China

Google China FALLOUT: Google's Exit Angers China: "'China says Google breaks promise, totally wrong to stop censoring.'"

I am happy as a clam to see this moving in this direction. Exciting.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Google Fucks China In The Ass

Google routes users around Chinese censors: "“Google strayed off the playbook.”"

Google is God !!!! I am so, so fanning Google !!!

China can bite me.

Google tries to route users around Chinese censors | Technology | Los Angeles Times

Google tries to route users around Chinese censors Technology Los Angeles Times: "“Google strayed off the playbook.”"

Bart Stupak: Abortion Foe Calls Health Care Resistance A Sign Of 'Courage'


Gee, it's March 21st, and I guess your hero has won. Congrats pal, but darn, I sense that you are misunderstood... and are losinge on many counts. No pity here; you were against people and pro theory; always a bad position to take.
About Health Care
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The GOP Favorite "Baby Killer"


Huh ? "Members have a right to make an idiot of themselves once without being exposed."

Is Obey losing chips or what. He thinks we have to put up with the bonehead comments of over 400 poltical animals before we get to shut them up?

I know, Obey is trying to be gracious. But here's a late flash: the current GOP is deaf, unsane, and not a whit interested in changing. So just take your favorite conservative out for a martini, but don't forgive him on behalf of the house - and on my nickel.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Tea Party Protests: 'Ni**er,' 'Fa**ot' Shouted At Members Of Congress


The debasement of the teabaggers is automatic - their character demands it, and they perform it willingly and steadfastly, spurred on by a GOP that would steal that energy for it's own purposes. Maybe they'll leave some money on the dresser, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

The Neon Lights...

“BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE” enters development … headed to Broadway!:
Last month, we inked a deal and accepted an undisclosed sum of money to develop “BATE” for Broadway (& possibly for film) with Alan Levy’s 7000 Gypsies Productions. Next month, PAUL meet’s with writers to lay the foundation for expanding his Hugo nominated sci-fi opus which created the modular band concept known as JEFFERSON STARSHIP, 40 years ago."

Drug Companies Shrug Off Criminal Penalties As Profits Balloon


This is so overwhelming for our culture that we don't even know how to think about it all. Witness the fact that there are a scant few comments on this topic - yet zillions of us are right this moment taking some BigPharma drug that may or may not do a bit of good beyond fattening the bank accounts of people we probably should arrest.



If anyone thinks the good guys are in charge and we're not surrounded by crooks - let us know which Canadian drug your taking.
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Become a Foxpacker and Whoop It Up For Ignorance


When President Bush showed up with bash marks and scabs on his face - and it was more than once - nobody at CNN or MSNBC challenged him for a urine test for alcohol, did they? But Fox will challenge Obama to prove his breakfast had enough fiber and that his shoe laces are tied.

There are 2 paths for the conscious American: become a Foxpacker and whoop it up for ignorance or, (2) think.

It Will Find You

This is actually difficult to explain, but "Precious" is a surpassingly fantastic movie.

It is also a difficult movie. I hated the first 1/2 hour - almost viscerally. This is a loser world; these are losers - LOSERS, and the "mom" - wow! She is the lowest ever. Almost everything about this whole world is breathtakingly bleak and repulsive and unfixable.

But this movie really does something fantastic - it takes your mind and carefully brings you into a deeper thicket of humanness. I don't even remember how it happened. But it really did and it is an unexpected and unusual surprise.

Oh, and if you know anyone who has any "mom" issues, this movie will touch that base.

(one final note - Mariah Carey has a role and she is perfect - blew me away; didn't know it was her until the credits.)

Geraldo and Baier At Odds


...and it should be the last interview. Fox is a carnival for psychos and all those carny workers are conning American's out of their soul. Nobody should listen to that stuff.

Fox warns us that there's a bad idea moving across the land - like a mist. I shudder to think where this is going to end up.

Geraldo Criticizes Bret Baier For Obama Interview (AUDIO)


It was a new milestone in low-life history, in my view.
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Pope Slams Irish Church Over Sex Abuse Scandal, But No Mention of Vatican Responsibility


We don't really need to get any deeper into the General's thoughts. He's one of those that cause great hardship for a whole bunch of people that were put here by a much higher ranking authority.



Good luck at the gates, pal.
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Mitt Romney: Kill Health Care Later 'By Not Funding It'


Arch evil or bonehead moron? The choice is bleak and there's evidence for both. But he certainly is high on the list of the most enervating politicians in the GOP. What it boils down to is that I have no sense that this is a great man, but rather a frightened one who could bring down the nation.
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Jobs Is On The Way

Boot Camp 3.0 Plays Nicer with Windows: "Apple has realized over the past few years that neglecting the majority of computer users is probably a bad idea. Even though Steve Jobs put it best, saying 'It’s like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell,' referring to iTunes on Windows."

Nation's Largest Hispanic Advocacy Group Opposes Reform As Is


Great. No healthcare reform bill - nice move. Now what you got? Oh, I see, you don't have a plan past lunch. Well, that's not good enough now, and you know it. Nothing will happen until the bill is passed and the process of negotiation begins. That's when it will be possible to argue with some sanity - not with hyperbole like our stupid comments.
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Crooks

Hannity Freedom Concerts A 'Scam,' Blogger Says: "Moreover, despite written assurances to donors that all money raised would go directly to scholarships for kids of the fallen heroes and not to expenses, has begun charging expenses of nearly $500,000 to give out just over $800,000 in scholarships."

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Orly Taitz, Head Of Birther Movement,To Run For CA Secretary Of State


Back in pre-insane America, I would be laughing and joking about this apparition attempting to run for public office. Now I fully expect that she could win because the new rule is that there are no rules. Everything that can happen, happens - like Bill Murray said in Ghost Busters: "Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!"
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Netanyahu's Brother-In-Law Says Obama Is An Anti-Semite, Hates Israel


"We are a nation dating back 4,000 years, and you in a year or two will be long forgotten. Who will remember you?"



Hagai Ben-Artzi's disgusting comments really offend me. I had no idea that the wrong people were now in charge of that 4000 year old culture.
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Nation's Largest Hispanic Advocacy Group Opposes Reform As Is


Bonehead move by the National Council of La Raza. If you want to be hated and lose the support of millions of people whose support you need, then do what you are doing. It's called stupid by some, but evil by others. I just know that I'll never forget it and I will do payback whenever possible. If you want to be the poster kids for killing healthcare reform, then do what you are doing. And if Luis Gutierrez from Illinois wants to pull this kind of slimy move, then he has ended his career.
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Nation's Largest Hispanic Advocacy Group Opposes Reform As Is


Gad ! It's like Land of the Living Dead or something. These currs are barely conscious and the whole country has to wait until they blow their brains out with handguns, or until they run out of clichés, bumper-stickers and felt-tip pens.



From my vantage point, teabaggers are the most repulsive and dangerous know-nothings in America today.
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Obama On Fox News: Accuses Bret Baier Of Interrupting, Two 'Going At Each Other'


Bret Baier showed the world some unbelievable ugliness with this encounter. When Foxpackers act as this low rider has acted, can anyone doubt that America is barreling down the wrong road?
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

J.D. Hayworth Doubles Down On Men-Marrying-Horses Claim (VIDEO)


Years ago it was clear that Hayworth is hitched to a dark star. Nothing has changed except that he is legion.
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Rep. King Calls For Velvet Revolution Against The Government


I guess we're supposed to pretend like he isn't speaking at the edge of treason. We seem to let the teabaggers do and say anything they want - like they're our special-needs citizens, though the only thing special is how most of them look related.
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Middle Class Losing Health Insurance Faster Than The Rich Or Poor


I noticed this also - along with the disproportionate number of postal employees, and it makes me quite angry. The hypocrisy and selfishness makes these people's arguments inconsequential, insulting, and worthy of nobody's respect or consideration.
About Health Care
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Job Takes Toll On Geithner


Geithner Ages Oddly - Rachel Maddow Asks 'Where Were You?': "That's why we proposed to take that authority away from the Fed, and give it to an agency where the people wake up every day, and they think about one thing, which is how to protect consumers."

Texas Republican Gohmert: Demons Have Invaded The Capital


Demons. Yes, of course, that makes perfect sense. Tooth fairies are way out of control, too, but I'll betcha the real problem with this guy is that his skull is a wind tunnel. I'm just sayin'...
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Monday, March 15, 2010

Microsoft Workers Hide Their iPhones From Management


Now he wants to crush my iPhone. Ballmer must have an admirer - maybe many, but I would not be one of them. He can dance across a stage unlike anything on earth - part wonder-hog, part John Galt's real estate agent, but when it comes to projecting image and value, he just keeps on dancin', swinging a club at things in front of him. Sorry Steve, you'll have to settle for pantloads of money - respect, not so much.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Prius Recall: Runaway Prius Story Of Owner James Sikes' Questioned In New Report

"The findings raise questions about "the credibility of Mr. Sikes' reporting of events," said Kurt Bardella, a spokesman for California Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee that is looking into the incident."...

..."The brakes on the Prius also did not show wear consistent with having been applied at full force at high speeds for a long period, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing three people familiar with the probe, whom it did not name. The newspaper said the brakes may have been applied intermittently."...

..."The memorandum obtained by The AP said when investigators placed the Prius up on a lift, they found the driver side front wheel well was dislodged and the brake pads were worn down. 'Visually checking the brake pads and rotor it was clearly visible that there was nothing left,' the memo said."

This is an outrageous allegation about Sikes - way too preliminary - sounds like Issa is trying to ruin this guy. If Issa is wrong, he should be sued.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

House Votes For Ethics Committee To Re-Open Eric Massa Investigation


You sound far too civilized to still be walking around. This is the New America, man, don't you realize that civility and thoughtfulness are quaint jokes - fools gold from the past?

Drive carefully and have lots of kids... :)