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The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 375


The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 375

October 19, 2009
Hangin' With The Taliban Edition

This week the Hate America First Crowd (1) kicks it up a notch, Michael Steele (3) is living dangerously, and Neil Cavuto (6) explains the economy. Don't forget the key!



The Hate America First Crowd extreme Obama hating

Two weeks ago, in Idiots 374, the Hate America First Crowd made it to number one on the list after celebrating and cheering when it was revealed that America would not host the 2016 Olympics. "For those of you ... who are upset that I sound gleeful, I am. I don't deny it. I'm happy," said Rush Limbaugh. "Please, please let me break this news to you. It's so sweet," said Glenn Beck.

Well this week the Hate America First Crowd is back, thanks to the announcement on October 9 that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize for his outreach to the Muslim world and his efforts to avoid restarting the Cold War (which would be in full swing right now under President John McCain).

To those who say a Nobel is too much too soon in Obama's young presidency, "we simply disagree ... He got the prize for what he has done", said the committee chairman, Thorbjorn Jagland.

Jagland singled out Obama's efforts to heal the divide between the west and the Muslim world and to scale down a Bush-era proposal for a missile shield in Europe.

"All these things have contributed to - I wouldn't say a safer world - but a world with less tension," Jagland said.

(snip)

"Alfred Nobel wrote that the prize should go to the person who has contributed most to the development of peace in the previous year," Jagland said. "Who has done more for that than Barack Obama?"

While various world leaders and other Peace Prize winners were quick to congratulate Obama, one or two Republicans offered some words of warning to their pals on the right. For example:

Mike Huckabee is advising his fellow Republicans to temper their criticism of President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize award.

In a posting on his blog, the former GOP presidential candidate writes that members of his party must be careful their comments don't sound like "right-wing whining."

So... how did that work out?

"Let me give you my rundown on this Obama Nobel Prize. First of all, he has to turn it down -- because it is such a joke -- that he'll turn it down and it's the only way for him make a win out of this. Only his arrogance will stop him from doing it. But I can guarantee you that there are people that are saying right now, you got to turn it down, you got to turn it down, you got to turn it down. ... So I believe that's what he'll do. I mean -- I can't say -- his arrogance is so incredible." -- Glenn Beck

"Thoughts on what? The moon invasion? The new season of 'The Office?' Or the joke that the Nobel folks just became?" -- Todd Harris

"The magazine I edit, The Weekly Standard, features a Parody each week. We had a pretty good one ready to go today (the magazine closes Friday). But now we'll have to scrap it. Instead, we'll do something we do occasionally, and publish a Not a Parody instead. And for that we'll simply reproduce the headline, 'Barack Obama Wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.'" -- Bill Kristol

"It's hard to know quite what the right response would be, but it would probably require a self-effacing show of humility (including declining the prize) that our president may not even be able to fake, let alone actually exhibit." -- Yuval Levin

"I think that everybody is laughing. Our president is a worldwide joke. Folks, do you realize something has happened here that we all agree with the Taliban and Iran about, and that is he doesn't deserve the award. Now that's hilarious, that I'm on the same side of something with the Taliban, and that we all are on the same side as the Taliban." -- Rush Limbaugh

Phew, good job they were careful to make sure their comments didn't sound like right-wing whining. So to recap... Olympics not held in America: Hooray! American president wins Nobel Peace Prize: Booo!

Of course the knee-jerk Hate American First reaction by the right-wing wasn't entirely unexpected. Perhaps more disturbing was the negative reaction by many in the mainstream media, who despite supposedly being in charge of reporting the news, reacted as if they were completely oblivious to the utter disdain with which the rest of the world viewed America while George W. Bush was president.

Here's one quick example of the positive benefits to America of the Obama administration's outreach and international leadership:

The United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to the star power of President Barack Obama and his administration, according to a new poll.

It climbed from seventh place last year, ahead of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan which completed the top five nations in the Nation Brand Index (NBI).

"What's really remarkable is that in all my years studying national reputation, I have never seen any country experience such a dramatic change in its standing as we see for the United States for 2009," said Simon Anholt, the founder of NBI, which measured the global image of 50 countries each year.

But to be fair, I guess the MSM has far more important things to concern themselves with right now.




Rush Limbaugh racism loser

After Rush's last attempt to break into the world of professional football ended in calamity (he resigned from his broadcasting job at ESPN after suggesting that Donovan McNabb is overrated because he's black) you'd think that the man with the golden microphone would shy away from the gridiron. But when you've got $400,000,000 burning a hole in your pocket, what better way to say "No it's not your imagination, I really am this rich" than to own an NFL team?

And so it was that last week Rush Limbaugh announced his intention to purchase the St. Louis Rams as part of a consortium of buyers. "It's a dream to own part or all of a National Football League team," he'd said back in July.

I must say, it was a real shame Rush had to watch that dream explode and crash to the ground in flames last week.

Maybe it was the opposition from the head of the players union that derailed Limbaugh's bid. Maybe it was the players themselves who said they would refuse to play for a "flat out racist." Or maybe it was Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay saying "I myself couldn't be in favor of voting for him." Or the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's opinion that "divisive comments are not what the NFL is all about."

Probably not though - I mean, all Rush said was that Donovan McNabb is an affirmative action quarterback. Okay, he did also say in 2007, "The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips," but that was, um, just a term of endearment. No, I think we all know who is really responsible here...

Conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh lashed out at NFL union leader DeMaurice Smith, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and the media a day after being dropped from a group trying to buy the St. Louis Rams.

(snip)

What happened to him was an illustration of "Obama's America on full display," the commentator said.

Ah yes, of course. Don't worry though - the dittoheads have got Rush's back. Check out tsquare over at RedState.com:

Earlier this evening, as most of you now know, one of our own, Rush Hudson Limbaugh, while taking withering fire, crashed and burned.

Tonight, Rush is no longer 'just' a radio personality.

Tonight, Rush is no longer 'just' a NFL owner denied

Tonight, Rush is us. And we are him.

Tonight Rush became the metaphor for all of us... every man woman and child in this great nation of ours.

The enemy of this great nation, the enemy of you and me, Rush's enemy... those on the left, inside and outside of this nation abhor success... and when faced with it will destroy it... by any and all means possible.

We all have our dreams in life... such as they might be. Rush dreamed of being an owner in the NFL.

Tonight the left proved that they will stop at nothing to end our dreams. Our dreams of success and happiness devastate their need to dominate and control you and me... and well everything and everyone.

(snip)

Tonight a light went out... a dream died... it died from political correctness

Tonight we are under withering fire, we on the right those in the middle,

Tonight our values are under withering fire, those thoughts ideas and dreams that made this great nation are under withering fire

Will your light of your dreams be next?

Will my dreams be next?

Tonight... We Are All Rush Limbaugh

Really? You're all thrice-married pill-popping corpulent racist draft dodgers?

That explains a lot.



Michael Steele obstructionist dumb

The reigning RNC champion Michael Steele appeared on Fox News last week to discuss health care reform. Apparently Steele wants us all to get in the room and have a Rodney King moment followed by a common sense bottom up approach. Whatever that means.

But never mind the fact that Steele spent the first part of the interview talking about bipartisanship and the last part of the interview bragging about how he's doing everything he can to obstruct reform - the big moment came when the interviewer suggested that the "health care train has left the station with the president at the wheel and Republicans better jump on board." Quick as a flash, Steele's lightning wit exploded across the screen. "Well I'm the cow on the tracks," he declared.

Congratulations Michael! That analogy is so stupid, even the Fox News anchor felt moved to point out that a 1,300 pound cow is "not much of a match" for a 1.5 million pound train.

Just to clarify:


I wonder which one will come out on top?

Later in the week Michael Steele presided over the relaunch of GOP.com which was, by all accounts, a disaster. Actually, it was a real shame that the site kept crashing every five minutes because it meant most people didn't get a chance to witness Steele's new blog, which was called - and I'm not joking - "What Up?"

Apparently the answer to the question posed by the title of his blog was "Not much," because the next day the blog had been renamed to "Change the Game." The single entry so far asks the pressing question "Why are you a Republican?" which has generated some pretty amusing responses such as, "What is Michael Steele and the GOP going to do to prevent another debacle like our last Presidential election, where a loser candidate was chosen by out-of-state liberals voting in Republican primaries?" and, "I took part in the March on DC 9/12, it was the greatest day of my life," and, "Michael? Did you read the emails I sent to you as Chair of the GOP? Did you?"

This is my current favorite:

Posted by Nate Viss on 10/16/2009 2:24:55 AM

Michael, your post is still called What Up on certain pages, check with your IT guys....

Oh Michael Steele, will you ever not fail?



Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol excessive spin hypocrisy

Look out! Liz "Spawn Of Darth" Cheney is teaming up with Bill "I've Never Been Right About Anything" Kristol to form a new organization called "Keep America Safe." Oh great. Now I feel so much safer.

Last week the group released a web video which, according to ABC News, "attacks the president's policies on missile defense and the CIA interrogation probe, and mocks him for not making a faster decision on strategies in Afghanistan." Because apparently what we need to Keep America Safe is a president who goes with his gut, shoots from the hip, and asks questions later. Now why does that sound familar?

Of course the group comes complete with all the usual up-is-down black-is-white reality-bending nonsense that the neo-cons love to dabble in. For example:

On Afghanistan, the video's tone grows sarcastic: "Not enough time for a decision, but plenty of time for Letterman, golf, a beer summit, more golf, vacation, and a visit to Copenhagen."

Hmm, bashing the president for taking a vacation are we? Okay, I'll play.

1) Which president was on vacation when he ignored a briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined To Strike Inside United States" a month before 9/11?

I'll give you a clue: it was this guy.


2) Which president decided not to interrupt his vacation when Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast?

I'll give you a clue: it was this guy.


3) Which president made 149 trips to Camp David and spent all or part of 487 days there? I'll give you a clue: it was this guy.


4) Which president spent an additional 490 days hanging out on a ranch in Texas? I'll give you a clue: it was this guy.


5) Which president broke the all-time record for most days on vacation - with three and a half years left to go in his second term? I'll give you a clue: it was this guy.


Final bonus question: which president would Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol like to cover in honey and lick clean?

No clues this time.



Neil Cavuto excessive spin

Earlier this year conservatives repeatedly asserted that the stock market collapse was all Barack Obama's fault. (Some even managed to blame Obama for the economic mess before he was inaugurated.)

So, now that the Dow has climbed 3,500 points and last week topped 10,000 again, what do our friends on the right have to say for themselves?


Ah, of course.



Robert Lowry batshit crazy

You almost have to feel a bit sorry for the GOP these days - its public image is in the gutter thanks to the teabaggers and wingnut radio hosts that are steering the party.

It's a good job then that the Republican Party has a whole slew of fresh new up-and-coming candidates ready to run in 2010, whose class and judgment are sure to win over the voters.

Some images from the Southeast Republican Club gathering at a gun range could prove incendiary.

(snip)

One of the shooters at the Tuesday evening event was Robert Lowry, a Republican candidate hoping to unseat U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston. Lowry's target had the letters "DWS" next to the silhouette head.

Lowry said he didn't know who wrote Wasserman Schultz' initials on his target, but said he knew they were there before he started shooting. He initially described it as a "joke," but after answering several questions he said it "was a mistake" to use a target labeled "DWS."

Uh... ya think?



Keith Bardwell racism dumb

Speaking of extremist nutjobs, here's a story from last week that almost defies belief. Let's meet Louisiana justice of the peace Keith Bardwell as he takes us all the way back to the 1950s.

A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

(snip)

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."

Thank goodness someone is looking out for hapless multiracial children who are doomed to failure from birth.


But to be fair, there is a reasonable explanation for all this. "I'm not a racist," said Bardwell. "I just don't believe in mixing the races that way." Oh, well that's okay then. He completed the list of racist cliches by adding, "I have piles and piles of black friends."

Uh-huh. Stacked in the basement?



Orly Taitz batshit crazy

In Idiots 373 I noted that Birther-In-Chief Orly Taitz had been threatened with a $10,000 fine by a federal judge who was sick of her batshit lawsuits. Well there was some bad news for Orly last week - Judge Clay Land did indeed slap her with a fine... for $20,000. Ouch!

According to Talking Points Memo:

Reached on her cell phone by TPMmuckraker and informed of the $20,000 fine imposed on her by a federal judge this morning, Birther attorney Orly Taitz responded, first, with laughter.

"So he didn't recuse himself?" Taitz asked, after letting out an extended, nervous-sounding chuckle.

Still defiant after months of legal wrangling and, by our count, three written denunciations by federal district court Judge Clay Land, Taitz said she had absolutely no plans to pay the $20,000 fine.

"Are you kidding? Of course not," she said, asked whether she planned to send a check. "This is a form of intimidation."

Jail it is then!



Conservapedia batshit crazy

You know how fundamentalist Christians believe that the Bible is the inerrant word of God? Well it turns out that God made one or two minor blunders. But don't worry - it's nothing the wingnuts can't fix.

The good people over at Conservapedia (which is just like Wikipedia except facts are replaced with bullshit, see Idiots 281) have started the "Conservative Bible Project," an effort by conservative ideologues to remake the Bible in their own image. They write:

Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations. There are three sources of errors in conveying biblical meaning are, in increasing amount:

* lack of precision in the original language, such as terms underdeveloped to convey new concepts introduced by Christ
* lack of precision in modern language
* translation bias in converting the original language to the modern one.

Experts in ancient languages are helpful in reducing the first type of error above, which is a vanishing source of error as scholarship advances understanding. English language linguists are helpful in reducing the second type of error, which also decreases due to an increasing vocabulary. But the third -- and largest -- source of translation error requires conservative principles to reduce and eliminate.

Jesus wept. Or did he? Let's face it, a real man like Jesus probably wouldn't have displayed such girly emotions. Let's change it to "Jesus hopped from one foot to the other firing his six-guns in the air and hollering 'Yee-haw!' (John 11:35)"

Conservapedia goes on to note ten guidelines which a "fully conservative translation" must satisfy, including "not dumbing down the reading level, or diluting the intellectual force and logic of Christianity" and "preferring conciseness to the liberal style of high word-to-substance ratio; avoid compound negatives and unnecessary ambiguities."

As Rod Dreher at Beliefnet.com points out, "how are you going to abide by the conservative mandate to avoid 'dumbing down' Holy Writ while at the same time avoiding big words liberals use?"

Good question Rod. Is the answer "By going insane?"



Team Sarah dumb

And finally, despite her plummeting approval ratings, Sarah Palin's biggest fans are determined to make sure she remains a player in Washington. Take Team Sarah for example, a group of citizens "dedicated to advancing the values that Sarah Palin represents in the political process." Let's pause for a moment while that sentence sends little chills up and down your spine.

I would tell you more about Team Sarah but the whole thing is awfully secretive - I clicked on the link which said "Want to learn more about Team Sarah? Go to About Us," and ended up at a password protected page. Membership is "by approval only" and I don't think I'd meet their standards. But something pretty big must be going on behind the scenes there - why else do they need all the security precautions?

Actually, it turns out that becoming a member of Team Sarah isn't that difficult, and what's going on behind the scenes may not be as earth-shaking as you think. The Political Carnival reported last week that one of their "spies" had forwarded a call to action sent out to Team Sarah's members. It read in part:

The next few days are CRITICAL in deciding how our health care system will be structured. If you're upset by what has been proposed, NOW is the time to join us on the Team Sarah Health Care Bill Review Board.

(snip)

NOTE: The Phone Bank Blast – Mon., Oct. 12th, 2009 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm EDT

Light up the phone lines before Tuesday's vote by the Senate Finance Committee!

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and let YOUR SENATORS know your thoughts, particularly if they serve on the Finance Committee. Please call ONLY your senators.

What a great plan! It's a bit of a shame that Monday October 12 was a federal holiday and therefore nobody was around to see the Capitol switchboard lighting up, but I guess it's the thought that counts.

The Top 10 will be back in two weeks, on Monday November 2. See you then!

--EarlG
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   It's so good to see Team Sarah live down to their name.  EFerrari   Oct-19-09 12:52 AM   #1 
   Go on Conservapedia  alp227   Oct-19-09 02:18 AM   #8 
   We need a version of this suitable for making into political leaflets. n/t  Ian David   Oct-19-09 12:57 AM   #2 
   Leaflets...  Cubanamama   Oct-19-09 10:30 PM   #36 
      I know. n/t  Ian David   Oct-20-09 12:34 AM   #39 
   Reading this is like having a most satisfying dessert!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-19-09 12:59 AM   #3 
   It really is delicious! Thank you. KnR. n/t  Kind of Blue   Oct-19-09 09:22 AM   #18 
   And yet another fantastic read  johnnie   Oct-19-09 01:32 AM   #4 
   Rush and Tsquare  Kibitzer 2006   Oct-19-09 02:08 AM   #5 
   In Regard to Michael Steele:  Oldtimeralso   Oct-19-09 02:14 AM   #6 
   A "Rodney King moment?"  BobTheSubgenius   Oct-19-09 02:15 AM   #7 
   Conservapedia is no better  Betty Karlson   Oct-19-09 02:49 AM   #9 
   I find myself captivated by some of the comments on Steele's blog entry  LTR   Oct-19-09 03:15 AM   #10 
   Is it wrong that I have  skyounkin   Oct-19-09 03:30 AM   #11 
   Just don't mock anything you don't know anything about  Betty Karlson   Oct-19-09 07:41 AM   #15 
      I really, really, fucking doubt it.  pattmarty   Oct-19-09 08:20 AM   #17 
      Makes that "Word of GOD" thingy a bit - ahhh - BULLSHIT!!! Right?!!!  TankLV   Oct-19-09 11:03 AM   #22 
         Why yes,  Betty Karlson   Oct-19-09 11:13 AM   #23 
            Betty, you're going to have to deal with a lot of  liberalhistorian   Oct-19-09 11:19 AM   #24 
               Well, let us be forgiving, then.  Betty Karlson   Oct-19-09 11:43 AM   #26 
   They're all thrice-married pill-popping...  Beartracks   Oct-19-09 03:31 AM   #12 
   And people were worried there wouldn't be anything to say after Obama was elected!  annabanana   Oct-19-09 06:02 AM   #13 
   Someone gave them water and fed them after midnight this week.  Scully   Oct-19-09 04:32 PM   #31 
   Your kid old enough to get Idiots back to being weekly yet, EarlG?  nxylas   Oct-19-09 06:07 AM   #14 
   train wreck is a good analogy for the whole lot of them  la_chupa   Oct-19-09 08:07 AM   #16 
   The difference being that with a train wreck, you'd be worried about the people on the train  nxylas   Oct-19-09 10:00 AM   #19 
      good point  la_chupa   Oct-19-09 02:53 PM   #29 
   The "Bush recovery"..?  Grins   Oct-19-09 10:21 AM   #20 
   Should be called  svpadgham   Oct-19-09 11:32 AM   #25 
   I never weighed in on the Peace Prize.  svpadgham   Oct-19-09 11:02 AM   #21 
   It is easier .... for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven  JPZenger   Oct-19-09 01:09 PM   #27 
   I'll bet that cow Michael Steele would move....  BRB_TheFireball   Oct-19-09 01:27 PM   #28 
   That comment is even more interesting after checking out your myspace page.  Tunkamerica   Oct-19-09 10:54 PM   #37 
   Vacations???  MyOwnPeace   Oct-19-09 03:00 PM   #30 
   Christ ! I can see Palin being that stupid, but didn't any of her followers notice that?  Rozlee   Oct-19-09 05:41 PM   #32 
   I thought that she didn't have no more followers.  BluDemocratGirl   Oct-20-09 06:02 AM   #41 
   #4  ejbr   Oct-19-09 05:45 PM   #33 
   #4- let not forget that W *did* come off vacation to sign the Schiavo legislation  underpants   Oct-19-09 06:30 PM   #34 
   Seriously...  Cubanamama   Oct-19-09 10:28 PM   #35 
   Cows With Guns  PSzymeczek   Oct-19-09 11:16 PM   #38 
   I like the banner  moonbatmax   Oct-20-09 12:40 AM   #40 
 
EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 12:52 AM
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1. It's so good to see Team Sarah live down to their name.
lol
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alp227 (286 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 02:18 AM
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8. Go on Conservapedia
and you'll see some of their users have a userbox saying "This user will vote for Sarah Palin, rising Republican star, in 2012!" Shows how intelligent Palin's voting base really is.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 12:57 AM
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2. We need a version of this suitable for making into political leaflets. n/tUpdated at 5:48 PM
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36. Leaflets...
Brilliant suggestion!
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Oct-20-09 12:34 AM
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39. I know. n/tUpdated at 5:48 PM
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3. Reading this is like having a most satisfying dessert!
Yum, yum.

Thank you!

:9


K&R

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Kind of Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 09:22 AM
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18. It really is delicious! Thank you. KnR. n/t
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4. And yet another fantastic read
And funny as hell. Thanks again.
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Kibitzer 2006 (77 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 02:08 AM
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5. Rush and Tsquare
To “tsquare” (some vague reference to a “right” angle? Maybe a Free Mason?):
Tonight our values are under withering fire...
Yep, bigotry is under withering fire, I’m pleased to say.
Will your light of your dreams be next?
My dreams are doing fine :).
Will my dreams be next?
I hope so, given what they appear to be.
Tonight… We Are All Rush Limbaugh
Well, I’ll agree with you there, but I wouldn’t brag about it if I were you.

--Kibitzer
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6. In Regard to Michael Steele:
I have experienced being in the cab of a locomotive that hit 14 head of cattle. It didn't even slow us down but made a mess that really made it very slippery to get off the locomotive and the windshield wipers were almost useless in cleaning the glass. It was just a bunch of thumps in the night!
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7. A "Rodney King moment?"
Sure, Richard....can we help you with that? Lie on the road and we'll happily beat you within an inch of your life. Perhaps you had something else in mind?

I use the word "mind" rather hesitantly.

Thanks, as always, EarlG. Always a pleasure.
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Betty Karlson (204 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 02:49 AM
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9. Conservapedia is no better
Than any of the existing creative rewritings of the Holy Bible. Fit the Scripture to your worldview, because fitting your worldview to the Scripture has become too difficult. Ugh!
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LTR (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 03:15 AM
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10. I find myself captivated by some of the comments on Steele's blog entry
Particularly this one:


Posted by Allie Allison on 10/16/2009 8:41:22 AM

P.S. - Let me know if you need a speachwriter, as I lost my job 10 months ago!

:rofl:
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skyounkin (462 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 03:30 AM
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11. Is it wrong that I have
never read the bible, and that I am an atheist- but I can't wait for the conservo-bibble to come out?

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Betty Karlson (204 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 07:41 AM
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15. Just don't mock anything you don't know anything about
And feel free to compare the actual Bible with this falsification project. Maybe the differences will strike you as odd, and make you see things from (for instance) my point of view.
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pattmarty (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 08:20 AM
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17. I really, really, fucking doubt it.
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 11:03 AM
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22. Makes that "Word of GOD" thingy a bit - ahhh - BULLSHIT!!! Right?!!!
Edited on Mon Oct-19-09 11:06 AM by TankLV
I just love it when, in their moments of disconnect with reality and everything that they themselves have ever said, they PROVE that what they have ever said is all just CRAP!!!

So, just to get this straignt, since THE WORD OF GOD is always THE WORD OF GOD, especially like things for, say, GAYS &, WOMEN'S EQUALITY, EXCEPT when they say is has all been the WORD OF "Liberals"...

Just like their position(s) on STATES RIGHTS!!!
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Betty Karlson (204 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 11:13 AM
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23. Why yes,
that would be another way of posting my objections to the falsification project. Even if one might avoid some of your capitaled expletives.
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liberalhistorian Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-19-09 11:19 AM
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24. Betty, you're going to have to deal with a lot of
arrogant religion-bashing on here, as I've discovered as a Christian. I don't mind people who don't share my beliefs, and I don't go around trying to shove them down people's throats or insisting that the government do so as well. However, we are often not accorded the same courtesy on here. I don't care if you don't believe, but you don't have to be so arrogant, smug and dismissive about it.

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Betty Karlson (204 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 11:43 AM
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26. Well, let us be forgiving, then.
Given the pain and distress certain self-proclaimed "Christians" have given the world, it's only to be expected we would encounter some pained souls. It's too easy - both for them and for us - to cross the line between enthousiasm and dismissive arrogance. So I try to be moderate about it.

That being said, I actually percieved some common ground between me and the expletives-using gentlemen. I hope they saw it as well.

Last but not least, it's nice to meet you, Mr/ Miss Liberal Historian. Glad to see some more people of faith enjoying a jab at Conservapedia.
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Beartracks (819 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 03:31 AM
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12. They're all thrice-married pill-popping...
corpulent racist draft dodgers... WITH $400,000,000 TO SPARE ON THEIR DREAMS.

:eyes:
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-19-09 06:02 AM
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13. And people were worried there wouldn't be anything to say after Obama was elected!
Clearly, his election has prompted the RW loonies to greater & greater heights of delusion.
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Scully (7 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 04:32 PM
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31. Someone gave them water and fed them after midnight this week.
And people were worried there wouldn't be anything to say after Obama was elected!

Nah, we weren't worried about not having anything to say, we were worried about not having anything (anyone) to MOCK :silly:
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nxylas Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 06:07 AM
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14. Your kid old enough to get Idiots back to being weekly yet, EarlG?
Just asking.
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la_chupa (275 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 08:07 AM
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16. train wreck is a good analogy for the whole lot of them
and much like a train wreck I just can't seem to stop watching
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nxylas Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 10:00 AM
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19. The difference being that with a train wreck, you'd be worried about the people on the train
Whereas with the Republican meltdown, the only appropriate response is laughter.
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la_chupa (275 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 02:53 PM
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29. good point
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Grins (470 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 10:21 AM
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20. The "Bush recovery"..?
I remember when slovenly fat ass serial adulterer, failed former speaker and attention whore, Newt "Runaround" Gingrich said of Clinton's economic boom that Clinton had only implemented Reagan's economic plan. Yeah. Yeah! That's it! It was Reagan's plan all along!

They never stop lying and making up shit.


"Democracy depends on you and that is why our troops are willing to die for you. So how about, in honor of the American soldier, ya quit making things up?” - Another Repuke congenital liar
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svpadgham (306 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 11:32 AM
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25. Should be called
"Recovery from Bush."
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svpadgham (306 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 11:02 AM
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21. I never weighed in on the Peace Prize.
But in my opinion the fact that President Obama didn't enact martial law and have every tea-bagger and/or birther euthanized (even though they deserve it) is worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize.
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JPZenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 01:09 PM
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27. It is easier .... for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven
Here's an excerpt from the new editted conservative Bible, after they delete the liberal Commie pinko words:

"It is easier .... for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven"
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BRB_TheFireball (32 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 01:27 PM
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28. I'll bet that cow Michael Steele would move....
if he saw the engineer of the train eating a bag of Oreos.
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 10:54 PM
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37. That comment is even more interesting after checking out your myspace page.
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MyOwnPeace Donating Member (84 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-19-09 03:00 PM
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30. Vacations???
Earl,
As usual, an outstanding list - each one worthy of going on a "rantpage" - but I really start hurting my fingers slamming the keyboard when I get to reading about B**h and his "vacations!"
Talk about being asleep at the wheel - absent from the helm - or any other phrase you want to use for being a complete f**k-up at your job!!! :grr: :grr: :grr:

Also, while we're talking about people taking time away from work, I'd like to add my name to the list who would like to see the "Top 10" return to weekly! :fistbump: :fistbump:
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Rozlee Donating Member (134 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 05:41 PM
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32. Christ ! I can see Palin being that stupid, but didn't any of her followers notice that?
(sigh) I guess I keep forgetting how things work in the bowels of the Matrix, but aren't it's masters supposed to be intelligent? Palin and the RW are really shooting themselves in the foot. Outside of the Faux "News" milieu, the rest of the country views them as a bunch of buffoons.
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BluDemocratGirl (167 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Oct-20-09 06:02 AM
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41. I thought that she didn't have no more followers.
LOL
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ejbr Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-19-09 05:45 PM
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33. #4
To quote one of my favorite pundits, Cenk Uygur, "ELBOW FROM THE SKY!" (referencing the old wrestling move where someone's clock gets rocked.

nice job Earl!!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 06:30 PM
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34. #4- let not forget that W *did* come off vacation to sign the Schiavo legislation
but we aren't supposed to talk about that weeks long embarrassing exposure of the news media now are we?
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Cubanamama (2 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-19-09 10:28 PM
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35. Seriously...
...I nearly laughed myself into a hernia at #3. *wiping eyes* "I'm the cow on the track"??? LMAO! Despite the fact that I know these aren't made up, I cannot believe how stupid these reichwing fvckwits are-- and they still have followers! Well, at least they're good for a rollicking belly laugh. Thanks, EarlG...this blog is such a welcome respite. Please don't ever stop!
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PSzymeczek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-19-09 11:16 PM
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38. Cows With Guns
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moonbatmax (206 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Oct-20-09 12:40 AM
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40. I like the banner
Reminds me of this one:



2) Tonight... We Are All Rush Limbaugh
Hell, why not? He's got most of your mass, and all of your money.

You know, I could just imagine the whole wingnut consortium
coming together like a fleet of space cars to assemble...
RUSHTRON!

And now, I'm wishing I hadn't.


3) Technically, I think the cow comes out on top.
Of the train.
As it comes crashing back to earth.


4) Is that Dubya summing up his golf game?
Or his ultimate legacy?

Does anyone have a shot of him actually taking a swing on the links?
I have an evil use for a good one, even if the idea is a little dated...

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