Category Archives: Politics

Leahy Slams Alito For ‘Under Oath’ Testimony To Committee

The problem with conservatives is that they often make oaths or promise things and then conveniently forget it when the moment comes to be ethical or just keep their word. Senator Patrick Leahy calls out Samuel Alito for basically lying to Congress during his confirmation hearings.

Why this is relevant today of all days is that Justice Alito went all Joe Wilson last night and broke decorum by editorializing during the State of the Union speech. Check it out:

What a turd. You are supposed to be above party bickering. That said, given said body’s response to weigh in on, much less ever bother to hear, Bush v. Gore pretty much says everything you need to know about the current Supreme Court.

Steve Inskeep Must Have Lockjaw : NPR

If you feel the need to grimace while being amused by hypocrisy, this is the interview for you.

In it, NPR’s resident NeoThug basically gets on his knees and services The Orange Man, John Boehner.

Other than bearing that asshole’s children, I am really not sure what other service Inskeep could have done for him. And I am really, really, REALLY tired of NPR giving the GOP an open mike to air their bullshit without even once questioning their words, motive, intent, or honesty.

Seriously, it’s always, “let’s criticize the Dem plan without even the courtesy of a sound byte” and then give the conservative point of view without filter, analyze, or even the obvious outright “you’re kidding me, right?” response it usually deserves.

Want to know why I still refuse to donate to NPR and kinda want to kick myself for doing so? Start with Steve Inskeep.

Garrison Keillor – Salon.com

Meanwhile, one-sixth of our population is without health insurance, and Republicans have decided that defeating Mr. Obama is more important than the welfare of 50 million Americans: Let them die and decrease the surplus population and be quick about it.

Garrison Keillor still has some fight in him. Good man. Here is his assessment on the true face of the GOP.

We need more voices calling out the Republicans for being the opportunistic cretins they are.

Hold The Hallelujah: The Perils Of Rifles And Religion : NPR

The best rejection of the Talibangelical company trying to kill our soldiers by linking them with the Conservative Crusade comes from Marine Benjamin Busch. Give this a read and you’ll know what I mean.

This is what I’d like all Americans to be like. What we want all our soldiers to be like. And, more importantly, what you’d actually want our nation’s Christians to be like, instead of the angry bigoted hate-filled cretins many of them seem to be.

Sidebar – Justice John Paul Stevens Voices Frustration With Recent Decisions of Supreme Court – Series – NYTimes.com

This nation is really going to miss John Paul Stevens when he finally retires from the bench. Not that the Talibangelicals will realize it, but seeing as thier justices just sold us out to China, they might look back on him differently.

Here is a good article on him and his thoughts on recent decisions by the Court.

Bauer: Furor over comments won’t change stance – TheState.com

This week in “compassionate conservatism”:

“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed.

“You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that. And so what you’ve got to do is you’ve got to curtail that type of behavior. They don’t know any better.”

That’s South Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer on why he thinks needy people are like stray animals. And yes, he’s running for governor.

Suddenly I understand why the Palmetto State was fine with keeping a hypocrite and scumbag who sleeps around with his wife in office.

The irony here, as with most things Republican, is that Bauer used to be on a reduced school lunch system as a kid.