Category Archives: Politics

Republican Heroes – Amid swine flu outbreak, racism goes viral

A whole gaggle of Republican talking heads for ya. You know the GOP mantra: “When in doubt blame/bomb a brown person”. They are really on their game this time around.

More on the radio dickweeds that are jumping with both feet into the hate pool.

My “favorite” of this ilk is unknown tool Jay Severin, who has a litany of racist slurs. Careful Michael Steele, you might find yourself out of a job if this windbag gets any more traction.

Yeah, I know that not ALL Republicans are racist: just most of the elected ones. And apparently all of the ones on radio. Look, if you don’t want to be labeled with such a wide brush as being the Bigot Party, MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY TO ELECT PEOPLE WHO AREN’T HATEMONGERS!

Just a thought anyway.

Republican Hero: Rep. Virginia Foxx, Rethug, No. Carolina

It isn’t enough for Republicans to hate gay people.

It isn’t enough for them to deny them basic civil rights.

It isn’t enough to deny them to right to express their love of another by joining their lives together.

Nah, it isn’t even enough to smear their names once they’ve been horrifically executed.

Nope. To be a proper Republican. To be one who represents other Republicans in our nation’s capital, you have to diminish the death of an average American citizen, and the repeatedly offer fake apologies for saying the hate-filled shit you believe in.

Apparently she, and others of her ilk, forgot the “with liberty and justice for all” bit.

Do Unto Others….

According to a recent Pew poll, 54 percent of Talibangelicals support torture.

Turns out that so-called Christians have no problems torturing people. I would further surmise that they probably get wood even thinking about using thumbscrews on a Muslim.

I’m not theologian but I am damned sure Jesus Christ would reject these idiots immediately. Then again, seeing as these are the same folks who watched the snuff film known as “The Passion of the Christ” about a dozen times or more, he probably already knew they were deranged.

To be fair, non-evangelicals mostly did not support torture for any reason. Too bad their voices aren’t heard in our national discourse.

And you wonder why I avoid going to church.

Don’t Mess With Texas … Get Rid Of It : NPR

Can’t say I’m having a hard time agreeing with this commentary.

There is already a group out there called Please Secede who have an online petition up. They just want Texas out of the Union, no more, no less.

Plus, 48% of Texas Republicans WANT to secede.

I’ll say it again: LET THEM!

Nate Silver looks at how to divide Texas into five states. Three of them full of lunatics, one proudly Dem and one full of Austin citizens who would likely vote the Red out of their part of the map.

That said, let the bastards go if they want to leave so bad. Once I can hire a Force Recon unit to escort my family into that hellhole, Gabriel can visit his relatives again.

Shakesville: Rank (and File) Bigotry

Today’s Read This comes from a blog that tells Republicans that by appealing to hated and bigotry, they hatred and bigotry is what they get. You know, you reap what you sow. If you actually read those bibles you are thumping all the time, you’d know that.

And what are they sowing? Well first the Million Militia March, which wants to have a bunch of heavily armed anti-government treason bunnies and have them run amok on the Washington Mall.

You know, probably end up shooting up some gay couples, some non-white children, all good Republican values.

In Oklahoma City, a teabagger is arrested for offering to behead any police officers who might have arrested him during the Tax Day Double Entendre.

More on the nationwide problem that the few rational Republican politicians increasingly have with their bigoted Talibangelical supporters.

GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness

If anyone dies in this country from the swine flu, you can blame the GOP. They cut the last bit of funding for pandemic supplies that Bush had originally ordered from Obama’s stimulus bill.

It is no surprise that Karl Rove was at the head of the “let’s screw the safety of our nation” crowd. It is only slightly more surprisingly to find Maine’s Senator Gail Collins in the same boat. Indeed, to earn her vote for the stimulus, killing pandemic preparedness funding was one of her conditions. And one she is truly proud of.

Here are some sensible items concerning the flu.

Honestly, I do not think we’ll see much dire consequences of the swine flu, but it is good to know we have a government that is trying to be prepared and trying to inform the public without starting a riot. And if it weren’t for the backstabbing Fifth Columnists, we might even be more ready.

Meanwhile, in jackass conspiracy lands, Glenn Beck thinks this is all made up instead of a government being responsible. I kind of get his point as he’s never seen a Republican administration that isn’t playing games with people’s lives or has any ethical moral fiber to actually care for American citizens. This whole concept confuses him.