One of the impediments to dealing with Rethug loonies is that they have decided that making shit up is equal to researching and using facts.

It isn’t entirely their fault. Our media’s obsession with sound bites that distort the truth is an early part of this trend. Our inability – or plan for some – to not teach our kid’s history, science, well, anything doesn’t help. So now, people with bullshit conspiracy theories, lies, and misinformed half-truths can make categorically wrongheaded assumptions and not feel compelled to back down from them even when confronted with the truth.

I mean, seriously, when the facts are not on your side, you need to admit that there is at least another side of the story. At the most, you need to be able to admit you are wrong.

This is something I did note see modelled by the GOP yesterday. When confronted with facts that proved them wrong, they just spouted their lies louder and with more voices. Pathetic.

(h/t to Ned for the link)

If you believe the polling, this is what disgruntled Massachusetts voters want to bring back.

In short, we as a nation spent way too much time on stupid people and their stupid issues.

Amen. Let’s try to avoid that in the future.

Reposting in it’s entirety because I’m too flabbergasted at the stupidity of people to come up with anything coherent.

I’ve been trying to figure out why the establishment press is so anxious to defend Fox News Channel, considering how Fox News Channel is dedicated to bludgeoning them as being “liberal” and “in the tank” for the president. After all, they didn’t go after the Bushies when New York Times reporters were kicked off Air Force One or when Helen Thomas was booted to the back of the press room. Why defend Fox News Channel?

The best conclusion I can reach is that by defending Fox News Channel, they’re attempting to further dispel the false perception of a liberal bias. It’s the same reason they self-consciously overcompensate on other aspects of the news — lopsided panels, repeating wingnut conspiracy theories and so forth.

So they’re willing to defend a network that hates them for the sake of seeming not liberal. In other words, they’ll defend wingnut conservatism in order to distance themselves from liberalism.

And people still think there’s a liberal bias?

Hey! Crazy People!

Here are some Mayans who want you to put down the crack pipe and stop stocking up for Armageddon or the Rapture or Shaken Yak Day or whatever the hell you are doing.

The world isn’t ending in 2012, so sayeth the actual Mayans themselves.

Now stop with the crazy talk!

I tried to resist but I can’t help but link this: visit People of WalMart to see all our degenerate countrymen in all their glory.

Damnit Robert, I blame you for this.

You know, I realize I’m getting old. I live in a place where everyone is damn near half my age so my perspective on life is really getting screwed out of proportion. They are necessarily bad kids, it’s just, well, we were ALL idiots in our early twenties, right?

So here is a story about two teenage girls who got lost exploring their local storm drain system. Which, I’m going to give them credit for because they easily could have been slacking at the mall.

So they get lost, have great cell coverage and don’t call the cops. Instead, they update their profiles and then sit around for seven hours waiting for someone to put it all together for them.

We’re doomed, folks.

These are pretty bad.

This will give you a nice visual as to the difference between 70,000 angry, racist, treasonous hypocrites and an imaginary group of 2 million groups of said incestuous mouthbreathers.

Along with “intelligent design”, hatred of science, fear of biology, and disdain for literacy, yet more proof that you can’t trust Republicans with education. They can’t even do math for shit.