Just a quick rundown on some crap that should be pointed out more and isn’t.

Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee can’t handle the truth when it is laid out by the President of Pakistan. You know, our ally.

State Senator Kim Hendren of Arkansas decided it would be cute to refer to Senator Chuck Shumer of New York as “that Jew”. Granted, that kind of talk is probably accepted in close door sessions of Republicans nationwide, but seriously….

The Washington Times thought it would be cute to run an article concerning school violence in Chicago and attach a picture of the Obama girls to it.

You know, the kids that haven’t been Chicago school students since…um…their father became President? To only message to infer here is that they’d like the girls shot dead.

Representative Tom Price is another of those Republicans who think that exploratory drilling off our coasts can make up for not buying Saudi oil or some such, says we can create 36 million jobs by doing so. One, there is no guarantee the oil is out there. Two, it will take over a decade to really pump any oil or gas we *might* find. Oh, and three, we currently employ less than 200,000 people in the oil and gas industries.

Last up, the costs of our stupidity. The Taliban has taken to waterboarding captured American soldiers. They swear it is legal and useful based on the opinion that WE said it was legal and useful.

Thanks for endangering our troops assholes!

I’ve been rough on Paul Begala. Not that he cares, but I do.

Prior to becoming a raging Clintonite, he used to make a lot of sense. His pal James Carville didn’t but Jimmy has always been more about finding the cogent needle in the haystack of madness he unleashes. Basically, Jimmy is a lost cause trying to ass kiss his way back into relevancy. Begala is the sane component of that duo.

So, here is his detailed, coherent, and rational argument against the madness of Dick Cheney.

Honestly, anyone taking the side of Dick in this argument, should probably be taken out back, waterboarded 183 times, and then asked again what they think. I imagine these chickenhawks might be changing their minds when faced with reality.

Rethug Conservatives love the Putin Russia.

Don’t believe me?

They love a police state under the rule of an all powerful military and intelligence community.

They love bombing anyone they want with impunity (re: Chechnya, Georgia, etc.).

They love having a big energy conglomerate (i.e. Gazprom) work without any government restrictions and constantly padding politico’s pockets and having it’s own small army. Imagine Exxon with Blackwater/Xe as it’s strong arm.

They love bigotry, especially government sanctioned homophobia. The linked article focuses on a couple that wanted to get married and were denied, just like Republicans get wet about whenever they think about it happening here in America.

So, sure, some Dems would like the US to be a tad more socialist. Not the president, but they are right about some liberal types.

However, it seems the conservatives in our nation would love to fall over themselves to emulate post-Soviet Russia ala Putin style. It completely seems to be right up their alley.

Once you get past the bullshit bias in the write-up, this is a very common-sense and conventional definition of what being a liberal is.

That said, does ANYONE truly know what being a conservative means today?

Also, how pathetic do you have to be to create your own version of an encyclopedia because reality has proven you wrong at every turn?

This is a pretty good read on the value of at least trying to foresee the unintended consequences of your actions. You know, maybe if Bush had surrounded himself with non-Yes men, he might not have screwed our country up as bad as he did.

Then again, I’m pretty sure that was inevitable.