Daily Archives: June 8, 2009

Grand Old Terrorists

“When left-wing extremists burn down a ski lodge or free lab animals, they’re called eco-terrorists and they’re investigated and prosecuted under terrorism laws. When a right-wing extremist kills a doctor, he’s charged with murder.”

– Reddit comment on Scott Roeder only being charged for murder

I find it bizarre that you can perform an assassination in this country and only be up for murder charges. That is, only if you are doing the bidding of the Talibangelical terrorists. Call this what it is: terrorism, and go after the people that motivate, fund, and support these freaks.

This crap doesn’t belong in America and the less Roeders and McVeighs we have in this country, the better off we’ll all be.

Meanwhile, a lawyer in Philly cheers on a mob of vigilantes who beat up a guy accused of rape. Oh, yes, they beat up the wrong guy. I heard this at lunch and was sickened to see this crap.

Look, 24 is a pornographic torture lovers show. It is FICTION. And hey, I enjoyed watching Boondock Saints but I’m pretty sure I’d move out from anywhere that used it as a basis for a justice system.

I don’t get conservatives and their hatred of due process, of their need to torture and kill regardless of the facts. And they have the balls to call themselves patriots? Maybe if they stop using the Constitution as asswipe and read their bibles instead of using it as a coffee table prop, they’d realize how wrong they are.

Parents Pulling the Plugs on Williamsburg Trust-Funders – NYTimes.com

Oh look!

Yet ANOTHER! New York Times article on how we’re supposed to feel bad for all those poor widdle trust fund babies who are suddenly being cut off by their newly broke parents.

And gasp! Some of them have to WORK! A whole EIGHT HOURS A WEEK!

THE HORROR!

I am getting really damned tired of these stories on the rich suddenly having to face reality. I know I shouldn’t even link you to them, but dear lord these are just awful, awful people. They should be lined up so we can laugh at them and mock them.

To date, none of the stories I’ve linked describe people who give anything of value to our society. Maybe “roughing it” will aid in doing so. Otherwise, what benefit does it provide to try to elicit pity from us? It obviously doesn’t work for me, and I can’t imagine a lot of folks it would get a tear from.

Psst…GOP. The racists are in your mirrors every morning.

“Rush Limbaugh is in the news. Last week, Rush Limbaugh said that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was a racist. But this week, Rush says he may support her. Yeah. Limbaugh says that he can’t support Sotomayor until he’s 100% sure she’s a racist.”

– Conan O’Brien

You really gotta hand it to these Rethugs. The circular logic is painful to behold.

Here is what Okies think of the Sotomayor nomination:

I am SO glad I don’t live there anymore.

Well done.

Land deals in Africa and Asia: Cornering foreign fields | The Economist

I read this alarming story on how the Chinese and some Arab nations are buying up farm land in the poorest nations on Earth.

Aside from the obvious abuses of the land (I refer you to any farm bought out by an ag giant here in the US), you are looking at foreign government control of another sovereign nations resources. It kills innovation and crop diversity outright. Basically, if the US bought the Amazon to be clear-cut for wood paneling the world would be justifiably pissed off. This isn’t much different than that.