Robertson: “God Even Angrier with Chile than Haiti” – The Desperate Blogger – Open Salon

This is funny.

Not so much the story, though that’s entertaining. What is hilarious is that people are taking this story seriously. Yes, it’s satire. It is made up.

The same folks pissed that they were duped should really be asking themselves how they believed this. Is it so well written that they were hoodwinked? I mean, I like the article but no.

The real answer is that Pat Robertson is such a reprehensible shitheel that you can’t help but believe he uttered things like:

“If I had to guess, I’d say it must have to do with Chile’s persecution and attempted prosecution of their great former leader, and a personal hero of mine, Augusto Pinochet – who, it should be noted, had never been convicted of a crime when the Lord called him home three years ago.”

And I’m sure the Talibangelicals will create the “Christian” form of a murder fatwa for the author once they get together and rub their two collective brain cells together and gin up another bad idea.

Jim Bunning Repeatedly Blocks Unemployment Benefits Extension, Tells Dem ‘Tough Shit’

Senator Jim Bunning basically tells 1.2 million unemployed people “tough shit” by blocking a bill to give them benefits. Why? I mean, other than he’s a Republican?

Well, he has a policy reason, but mostly he was pissed off that he couldn’t watch a University of Kentucky basketball game.

Yeah, that’s just the kind of leadership Kentucky deserves. Idiots.

Editorials & Opinion | Don’t confuse them with facts | Seattle Times Newspaper

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)