Category Archives: Rants & Raves

The Associated Press: AP source: Census worker hanged with ‘fed’ on body

This may turn out to be something else, but at the moment we’ve got a dead census worker hanging from a tree in Kentucky with the word “Fed” either drawn, painted (or carved?) on their chest.

Last I checked, it was the GOP harping about the Census Bureau and making people fear them.

Yes, these are the birds coming home to roost that were spoken of before. You speak angry anti-government speech and some inbred jackass is going to eventually take it as marching orders.

Like I said, I could be wrong here, but I suspect this might unfortunately be the beginning of an ugly, violent trend.

Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog! Go!: Southern Pride

Bob Cesca points out a few good trends regarding the falling appeal of the GOP.

He also links to a quality Frank Rich opinion piece, but also points out the obvious problem in believing what people think versus what they feel:

The thing the Democrats should always bear in mind is the American people’s uncanny knack for shooting themselves in the foot. Americans will choose the wrong leaders for the wrong reasons in spite of themselves. They’ll vote for crazy Republicans if the crazy Republicans appear to be “stronger” than the other guys. And the consequences will be predictably tragic. It’s the Democrats’ game to lose.

Be happy you are on the right side of the argument, but be afraid that there is a deep well of racism, fear, and stupidity and the GOP knows damn well that this resource ain’t ever going away. Sadly, dumb, frightened bunnies keep giving these idiots election victories when they have no reason (in all that word’s forms) to win.

Girls Trapped By Storm Update Facebook Instead Of Dialing 911 | NowPublic News Coverage

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.

Think Progress » Tea Baggers Who Feel They’re ‘Taxed Enough Already’ Gripe About Inadequate Service In…Public Transit

Hypocrites.

A Texas Representative “palling around with terrorists” last Saturday is sent a letter to the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority complaining about a lack of resources available for his anti-government mob.

That’s right, the tea baggers who hate the government spending money on anything except shiny planes to bomb brown people are bitching that they had to take a cab because the Metro was too busy.

Oliver Willis points out that it wasn’t that busy and one of his commenters really nailed it.

Haha, so a Texas Congressman using his government position used government stationery to send a letter through the U.S. Postal Service to complain to the government about how there was a lack of government-provided services at a protest against the government.

“It’s like they take pride in being ignorant”

– August J. Pollak