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

Teen birth rates highest in most religious states – Kids and parenting- msnbc.com

Go figure.

You tell kids that sex is a sin and that contraception is evil and they’ll chuck out plenty of unplanned babies. There actually is a cause and effect relationship between stupidity, mythology, and procreation.

Some day I hope this country embraces the concept of an educated public as a good thing. But not if we’re overrun by dumbed down conservative bastards.

Think Progress » School district that barred students from hearing Obama will bus them to Bush speech.

For some reason I hadn’t followed up on this, but what the hell.

The same Arlington school district who thought it would be too dangerous for students to watch President Obama has no issue throwing the same kids on a bus in the middle of the day to go hang out with George Bush and a bunch of cheerleaders.

THAT will teach them responsibility! Idiots.

Patrick Swayze: A career in clips from Dirty Dancing to Ghost to Donnie Darko | Film | guardian.co.uk

The more we all collectively talk about it, the more I realize how many films Swayze did and what a variety of roles he had.

I know all the talking heads focus on Dirty Dancing or Ghost, but he really covered a lot of different genres. And, you know, I really can’t remember a time anyone ever spoke ill of the guy. That’s not a bad legacy to leave.