Monthly Archives: March 2010

Facts About A Palin Presidency

This is cringe worthy as a thought but hilarious to read.

Some I found funny:

“God will tell President Palin to invade Canada in order to save Canadians from universal health care insurance.”

“Holding true to the tenants of the TEA Party movement, Sarah Palin vows to repeal the nation’s many unearned and undeserved entitlement programs, starting with the Bill of Rights.”

“Sarah Palin is serious about limiting the size of government, and plans to do her part by quitting halfway through her first term.”

“Palin will not allow ‘government death panels’; instead, she will force poor people to die without the intervention of the state.”

Bonus entry:

“Sarah Palin will sign an Executive Order changing the official name of the Presidency of Barack Obama to the “Socialist Hope-y Change-y” era, infuriating Texas state school board officials, who will then be forced to approve history books which admit that Obama was ever actually in fact President.”

Nine Christian Militia Members Charged With Seditious Conspiracy, Attempted Use Of WMD | TPMMuckraker

Onward Christian (bigoted, racist, anti-American) Soldiers!

Many sources on this, but Talking Points Memo has got a good lead on this.

So far, nine “Christian” militia members have been charged with sedition. More on their activites, including videos advocating armed revolt.

NPR is covering the story, complete with pro-militia commenters. You know, “violence = free speech” and other insane conservative BS. (Want any proof NPR has been taken over by the lunatic right? Read this crap.)

Juan Cole does a more rational job in covering the dangers of this round in the militia movement.

Rachel Maddow has some info on this and continues on the blog with other related stories.

Here is the local Detroit News article, with some tongue-in-cheek followup concerning the group’s name.

And, since this is probably the tip of the iceberg, more on how this is just the beginning of a trend of hatred by so-called Christians.

News: Pres. Signs H-Care Insurance Mandate-212 Years Ago! – Paul J. O’Rourke – Open Salon

All that Tea Bagger talk about how it’s supposedly unconstitutional to mandate that people get health insurance? Yeah, um, tell that to the original “socialist” President, John Adams, who made all sailors – even the private company employed ones – sign onto the plan.

Seeing as he had some say into the original framing of the Constitution, I think he had a better sense of what is or is not constitutional than your average racist southerner. Right?

Joe the Plumber goes off on McCain, says he ‘screwed up my life’ – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room

Joe the (unlicensed/tax cheat/wife beater) Plumber now says he was used and is pissed about it.

Alright, let’s look at this. First you asked Barack Obama about the possibility of how much taxes you would have to pay if you magically started making millions a year owning your own business. Seeing as you were pulling down something in the mid-40k range at the time, it was a big stretch. Then McCain, grasping for anything, put you on stage across America. You were on TV. You got to lie to millions. Hell, you were even some form of war reporter.

I’d saw you made the most of a situation you’d have NEVER gotten into by being a Klucker-looking lying sociopath. And now you’re bitching about it?

Go away Joe. You bother me.

So my brother just forwarded me this e-mail… : politics : reddit

From Reddit, a self post regarding some scare tactic treason babble email a guy got from his brother. Read it, it is instructive of how bizarre of conspiracy theories the hard reich wing can come up.

In the comments however, is the following gem:

– comment by takatori:

You know, that gets me thinking. I mean, it’s all so clear if you just think it through.

* Glenn Beck’s initials are G.B. He supports the Republicans.
* Republican President George Bush’s initials are G.B. He used to snort cocaine.
* Gary Busey used to (still does?) snort cocaine, and his initials are G.B. He’s crazy.
* A lot of crazy people live in England, which is part of Great Britain. Its initials are also G.B.
* Great Britain is where Karl Marx died. His initials are K.M.
* Kilometers are abbreviated as “KM”. Kilometers were used in the Soviet Union.
* The Soviet Union based its economy on Karl Marx. Its initials are S.U.
* The United States’ initials are U.S. The opposite of S.U.

Do you see what this means? Fill in the dots, people!

Glenn Beck supports–George Bush’s–crazy plan–to reunify with Great Britain–convert to the metric system–bring back Karl Marx–and the Soviet Union–in its opposite–the United States.

Don’t you people see? Glenn Beck … (sorry, I’m getting little emotional)…

Glenn Beck … IS A COMMUNIST!

Also in the comments, the ONLY US President to take guns out of the hands of it’s citizens….is George W. Bush.

Minuteman Leader: When I Said To Come To The Border Locked And Loaded, I Didn’t Mean Locked And Loaded | TPMMuckraker

Minuteman Militia racists are “shocked” when they call for their minions to come to the border “locked and loaded” and said racist mob shows up armed to the teeth.

Looks, it’s bad enough you are bigoted pricks who don’t trust the civilian and military to properly protect this nation. It is worse when you naively don’t believe your own press and are confused as to why the worst parts of our society listen to your hateful directives to the letter.

If you are going to be that stupid, be silent. Your words are going to get people killed.

The 2010 Census: Stepping Out Of The Big White Box : NPR

While neither Puerto Rico nor Iranian, I can totally get the gist of this article.

I mean, I’m pretty light skinned, but you can obviously tell I’m not full Anglo. And it bugs me to fill out forms as “white” when I sure the hell aren’t getting the full white boy treatment in this world. I’ve got a chip on my shoulder for sure, but I didn’t put it there myself.

Or, as the article puts it:

“When I was applying for college, I actually looked for the box to mark Iranian,” he muses, “and I went to my counselor and I said, ‘There’s no Iranian box’ and they go, ‘Well, you’re white.’ I go, ‘What do you mean I’m white?’ I took all the insults growing up — camel jockey, towel head, all this other stuff — and all I had to say was, ‘Dude, I’m white!'”

How Obama moved in for the kill | Peter Hartcher

As we all knew, no matter how much it frustrates us, Barack Obama is playing a completely different political game than anyone else. We have health care reform – and a GOP knocked back on it’s heels – BECAUSE of his strategy.

“By calling a modern politician like Obama a communist, the Republicans have invited eye-rolling and alienated the most important voters – the persuadable ones. And Obama gets to appeal to a sense of fairness.”

– Jim Loftus, Democratic political consultant

We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, Now you get mad!? | Daily Kos

Just some concerns for the Tea Bagging ilk on why they were cool with Bush and Cheney driving the nation into the ground but now want violent revolt over equal pay for women and health care for our most needy citizens. Is this “compassionate conservatism” at work or just good ol’ fashioned Republican Racism?

You didn’t get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.

You didn’t get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate
energy policy.

You didn’t get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed.

You didn’t get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.

You didn’t get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.

You didn’t get mad when we spent over 600 billion(and counting) on said illegal war.

You didn’t get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq.

You didn’t get mad when you found out we were torturing people.

You didn’t get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.

You didn’t get mad when we didn’t catch Bin Laden.

You didn’t get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.

You didn’t get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans, drown.

You didn’t get mad when we gave a 900 billion tax break to the rich.

You didn’t get mad when the deficit hit the trillion dollar mark.

You finally got mad when the government decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, are all okay with you, but helping other Americans…oh hell no.