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Caught Between a Rock and a Hardy-Har-Har Place: Tom Tancredo’s address at the Teabagger’s (LOL!) Convention included a timely admonition that citizens should be required to pass civics and literacy tests before being allowed to vote.
Apparently Mister I Pity the Fool Who Can Think! T(ea) doesn’t realize that the very people he was speaking to are those who, under his proposal, wouldn’t be permitted to vote at all. I can only assume that in his zeal for said voter reform, he failed to see the No Amnety, Inglich as Offical Languge, Gov’t Hands-Off my Medicade signs this particular audience is famous for.
One question remains: Is Mr. Tancredo for or against the Pubic Option?
Beyond the Palin Let’s face it, folks. There’s no one on earth who makes you want to simultaneously yell STFU and please keep talking! like Sarah Palin. The eagle-eyed Sarah can see Russia, but apparently can’t see the buildings that have been erected on her own property – the ones she hasn’t paid property taxes on.
Sarah’s latest idiocy-de-jour is a call for the firing of Rahm Emmanuel for using the word “retarded” – a word she finds offensive and loathsome when uttered by a Democrat. But when screeched by the likes of Rush Limbaugh – well, not so much.
My only concern here is who’s minding the store. Should Putin rear his ugly head above Alaska, who will protect us now that Sarah is busy elsewhere?
Note to Putin: Should you decide to invade the US by way of Alaska, your forces can always hide out in one of Sarah’s cabins – apparently even she doesn’t know they’re there.
From the You-Can’t-Make-This-Shit Up Department: According to a recent article by Karl Rove, “In truth, the president met with congressional Republicans to talk about the stimulus package … What occurred was a photo-op, not an exchange of ideas. Democrats at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue were scornful of Republican input.”
Well, right off the top, you gotta figure that when Rove starts a sentence with “in truth”, it’s time to wrap yourself in plastic sheeting and duct tape, so as to prepare for yet another landslide of BS from a man who wouldn’t recognize “the truth” if it landed on an aircraft carrier under a Mission Accomplished! banner, smirking and heh-hehing, its down-under junk prominently displayed for all the world to see.
Said Karl: “Framed as an opportunity for the president to hear from the other side, Mr. Obama's real aim was to portray Republicans as obstructionist and boost his own public standing in the process.”
Note to Karl: An “exchange of ideas” requires actual ideas on both sides, and the GOP’s idea – which consists wholly of let’s-not-agree-with-anything-Obama-says – doesn’t quite cut it. While it’s truly admirable of you to credit Obama with portraying Republicans as obstructionists, the real credit belongs to the Republicans themselves – who require little help in this regard.
(Almost) as Eye-Poppin’ as a photo of Michele Bachman (Turnip-Head in Overdrive): Early results from a Daily Kos/Research 2000 survey beg a response from the other side of the aisle, to wit:
63% of Republicans think Obama is a socialist.
That number is comprised of 42% who admittedly don’t know what a “socialist” is, and 21% who think it means the Obamas attend way too many parties.
Only 42% believe Obama was born in the United States.
Only forty-two percent of Democrats believe that Dick Cheney was ever born at all, as opposed to being hatched in a test-tube, the result of a scientific experiment gone terribly awry.
53% think Sarah Palin is more qualified than Obama to be president.
53% also think Conan-Leno is a small country in the Middle East – and are concerned that the current skirmishes there will escalate into the use of nukular weapons.
23% want to secede from the United States.
An overwhelming majority of the citizenry are more than willing to give them a lift to the airport.
73% think gay people should not be allowed to teach in public schools.
Seventy-three percent of gay people believe that Republicans are too stupid to be taught anything – especially why NOT to vote for Republicans.
31% want contraception to be outlawed.
Good idea – because thirty-one percent of the country apparently believe there just isn’t enough stooopid to go around. If the stooopid aren’t forced to procreate, just where will the future GOP base come from?
39% of Republicans want President Obama to be impeached.
Surprisingly, more than thirty-nine percent of Democrats agree that a president who invades a foreign nation based on lies about WMDs, who allows an American city to drown while he’s on vacation, who advocates the use of torture to – oops! Sorry, wrong president ………………. nevermind.
Self-styled investigative journalist James “Dude, Where’s My Credentials?” O’Keefe has now offered more reasons for being in Senator Mary Landrieu’s office than the average tenth-grader has for not handing in his homework assignment. While his “reasons” have been many, “The dog ate my press pass” still tops the list as of this writing.
In a related story, Fox-TV announced the addition of a new reality series, ”The Dog Ate My Journalism Credentials”, to its roster of shows skedded to air in November 2010. Being as the series could potentially include the entire news staff of CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC – and Fox-NEWS as “The Beaver” – auditions for a place on the program threaten to rival those of “American Idol”. Good luck to all of the contestants – and may the best media whore win!
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