Archives for: February 2009
Republicans: Kill The Conservatives
As I've said repeatedly, Republicans are NOT conservatives.
They have abandoned traditional "conservative" values and pulled radical right fringe elements into the Republican party for the sake of votes. Religious freaks, anti-gay freaks, gun freaks, a… more »
Why Republicans Love Joe The Plumber
He's as nuts as any of them.
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Republicants Have A New Buzz Phrase: "Tea Party"
The Christian Science Monitor reports on some right-wing zealots who gathered to protest the economic stimulus bill. They've latched onto the phrase "Tea Party".
Many protesters expressed a sense that basic American freedoms of life, liberty, and the pu… more »
Republicans Glad To Be Rid of Bush But They Still Don't Get It
American Conservative Union chairman David Keene, speaking at the National Press Club:
The chairman of the American Conservative Union slammed former President George W. Bush's record on government spending and urged his fellow conservatives to return t… more »
How The Wall Street Unemployed "Suffer" Through The Mess They Created
This is simply mind-boggling:
After eight years in finance, Jessica Alberti, 32, said she abandoned her work on emerging markets at a major New York hedge fund in October when people were losing so much money that she now has trouble finding sufficient… more »
The Party of "NO" Loves Corporate Media
The Senate bill: Allow D.C. representation in the House.
Republican amendment: Gut the FCC's "Fairness Doctrine" (which, as you many know, has been a Republicant hot button for some time--they fear Limbaugh might have to broadcast alternate views).… more »
Afghanistan: Time To Rethink?
Interesting video worthy of consideration:
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Website: RethinkAfghanistan.com more »
Further Proof The Republican Party Is Now A Fringe Group
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will be assembling Thursday for their annual drool-fest.
This illustrates exactly how deranged and detached from reality these idiots are:
- One of their guest speakers: Joe The Plumber.
- Other ev… more »
Big Business Prepares To Fight Obama. (And an example of how they lie.)
From RepublicansMustDie.com:
The "Wall Street Journal" reports that Big Business is preparing to fight President Obama's plans, which may impact their bottom line.
Here's an example of how Big Business (and Republicans) lie, twist, distort, to deve… more »
Israel Refused To Allow Macroni Into Its Palestinian Concentration Camp
I heard about this recently on an NPR interview with one of the "U.S. lawmakers" cited in the following story. He said the Israelis were refusing to allow shipments of macaroni and lentils (humanitarian aid) into Gaza. When asked why, he said the Israel… more »
Jindal on Volcanoes: The height of ignorance
If he ever wants to be president, Bobby Jindal ought to learn a bit about other parts of the country, and stop making stupid pronouncements.
Read about it here. more »
Texas "Sex Ed": Why We Don't Want Republicans In Charge of "Education"
What a bunch of dimwits:
The overwhelming majority of Texas schools use scare tactics and spread myths in place of teaching basic sex and health information that students can use to protect themselves and others, according to a report released Wednesda… more »
Liberal Media Bias? Study Shows It's The Opposite
A visual analysis of television presidential campaign coverage from 1992 to 2004 suggests that the three television broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS and NBC -- favored Republicans in each election, according to two Indiana University professors in a new bo… more »
Krugman: G.O.P. Is The Party of Beavis and Butthead
And that is an excellent description of Republicants.
Read Krugman's blog comment more »
Why Bobby Jindal is as nuts as all Republicans
Did you see President Obama's address to Congress?
Great, wasn't it?
Isn't it wonderful to have a president who doesn't talk like Elmer Fudd and Irwin Corey all rolled into one?
Bobby Jindal ("up and coming Republican star") presented The Party of N… more »
It's Beginning To Look Like A Steep Downhill Slide
So much for "free market economics":
The government faced mounting pressure on Monday to put billions more in some of the nation?s biggest banks, two of the biggest automakers and the biggest insurance company, despite the billions it has already commit… more »
Senator Shelby Revives The Birth Certificate Fiasco
You recall it: Right-wingers spewing saliva as they screamed, "Obama is not a U.S. citizen"!
It didn't matter that the birth certificate fiasco is long dead.
Republicants hang onto it like a dog hangs onto a piece of rawhide.
(The Republicants also… more »
Iraq's widows - another part of the Bush legacy
There are an estimated 720,000 widows in Iraq.
The Iraqi government can't, or won't, help most of them.
Some turn to "temporary marriages" (sex), some must turn to prostitution, some beg or dig through garbage.
>Read about it more »
The Cost of War. Iraq-$1 Trillion. Afghanistan-?. Nobody's Bitching. America? No! Say the Republicans
Given all of the hand-wringing of late by Republicans about "fiscal responsiblity", I'm surprised the topic of The Cost of Iraq hasn't arisen.
Military spending for Iraq has exceeded $650 Billion.
Thrown in a few billion for Veterans-related expens… more »
Political Psychology - The Politics of Fear
We lived through The Politics of Fear with the Bushies.
It was Bush's primary campaign tactic in 2004: Fear.
"When the smoking gun becomes a mushroom cloud"
Here's a scholarly article that discusses politicians' use of fear.
It's related to Austral… more »
The Hypocrisy of Republicans (Haley Barbour)
After Katrina, Mississippi's governor Haley Barbour managed to obtain nearly $24 BILLION in federal money to rebuild. His preference for spending the money? Rebuild the casinos. Let the working class fend for themselves.
Under the Department of Housin… more »
Army Recruiter Suicides
The Army had ample evidence of low morale and poor leadership at the Houston Recruiting Battalion from internal investigations and inspections dating back to 2006, roughly three years before a brigadier general's report uncovered the same problems at the… more »
About Helping Prevent Foreclosures
The slope-headed right has been doing a lot of screaming lately about helping people avoid foreclosure. In the low-IQ brains, you see, people facing foreclosure are all (or largely) themselves responsible for their situation.
It's unfortunate these r… more »
Britain Bans Fred Phelps
Well bully for the Brits:
The British government has banned Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper from entering the United Kingdom.
The Phelpses, whose protests at military members? funerals in the U.S. have prompted lawsuits and legislat… more »
Obama Is Bringing Palestinian Hamas Terrorists To America!
Currently circulating on the web, primarily amongst the lunatic fringe (the right wing) is this or some close variant:
By executive order, President Barack Obama has ordered the expenditure of $20.3 million in migration assistance to the Palestinian re… more »
Inside The Meltdown
Last night PBS's Frontline aired "Inside the Meltdown".
If you haven't seen it, you can view it online here. more »
Right-Wingers Stage Pathetic Obama Protest
Apparently, a local right-wing radio station in Mesa, Arizona, encouraged listeners to assemble with signs of "what you want" to protest the economic stimulus bill. It looks like 20 or so showed up.
Here are a couple of pics showing how ignorant they… more »
Gitmo detainees released and return to terroism? Much of it is bullshit.
I saw an interview with this guy on a television program.
He says the claims about released Gitmo detainees returning to fight the U.S. are greatly exaggerated (i.e., Republican "truth").
A prominent law professor is charging that the Defense Departm… more »
Repbulican Rep. Michelle Bachman: She's Nuts
See for yourself how the Republican bullshit machine operates.
Here's some more prime-time Bachman:
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How The Right-Wing Misrepresents, Distorts, and Lies
I saw this posting online:
Subject: Republicans
I am following in the steps of Leonard Abbess Jr. (gave his employee's $60 million dollars out of his own pocket) and Chene Thompson. I am worth well over $25 million dollars, and my family is well take… more »
Panel Says Torture & Abuses Undermine Values in U.S.
Of course, we've known this all along:
An international group of judges and lawyers is warning that systemic torture and other abuses in the global "war on terror" have "undermined cherished values" of civil rights in the United States, Britain and othe… more »
Why "The Party of NO" is wrong about tax cuts
Republicants view "tax cuts" as the preferred economic stimulus.
One of their political talking points about the economic stimulus bill: "Not enough tax cuts".
Republicants, you must understand, live in a world comprised of Big Business and the rich.… more »
Starbucks and Unionization
Here's an interesting article at the Seattle P-I about Starbucks and unionization. A couple of excerpts:
The Starbucks Workers Union is part of the Wobblies, the nickname for the Industrial Workers of the World union. The IWW doesn't operate like tradit… more »
Commanders in Iraq Challenge Petraeus on Pullout Risk
CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I) Commander General Ray Odierno have submitted assessments of Iraq combat troop withdrawal plans to President Barack Obama based on the premise that his 16-month withdrawal plan… more »
Why Right-Wingers Call It "The Liberal Media"
In a study at Berkeley, researchers examined how the reader's political prejudice influences what he/she reads.
If you agree with it, it's "fact".
If you disagree with it, it's "The Liberal Media":
"Findings that support our political beliefs are se… more »
Barack Obama Avenue
On Presidents Day, Opa-locka, Fla., became one of the first cities in the United States ? if not the first ? to have a street named after President Barack Obama.
And it may be just the beginning of change coming to the city. The commission wants to re… more »
Why We Hide Our War Dead
The Bush administration hid coffins of returning war dead from public view. Of course, Bush was not the first.
They do that to ensure that the public doesn't become angry about the price our soldiers pay for their decisions.
President Obama and the… more »
Republicans: Determined, Dense, Dumb
California is facing an extraordinary budget crisis.
The state, nearly out of cash, has laid off scores of workers and put hundreds more on unpaid furloughs. It has stopped paying counties and issuing income tax refunds and halted thousands of infrastr… more »
Bush Lawbreaking: Accountability Ahead?
"A key line in George W. Bush?s defense against war crimes charges has weakened with the disclosure that an internal Justice Department watchdog has concluded that the legal advice, which cleared the way for Bush?s policies on torture and other abuse of… more »
Bush Propaganda Site Has Counterpart
The website 43alumni.com, ostensibly a place for Bushies to sing the praises of W(anker) now has a counterpart: 43Victims.com more »
Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy's Mother Gets New Lawyer
Sherry Johnston, mother of Levi (Bristol Palin's baby daddy) has been charged with selling drugs. She had been defended by a public attorney but is now represented by "one of the busiest defense attorneys in Anchorage, [who] has represented high-profile… more »
Republican representatives claiming CREDIT for economic bill!
Honest to god!
Some of those crazy Republicants are now BRAGGING about the bill they all voted against!
It should work this way:
If you voted no, no money to your state.
Oppose it? Fine: We won't force the money on your state.
Obama needs to fin… more »
Republican Attack Machine Eats Its Own
As has been reported, many Republicant governors have favored President Obama's economic stimulus package. Their state budgets are strained, state employees face layoffs or reduced hours, schools face financial problems.
In other words: The governors… more »
British Students Protest Israel's Murders in Gaza
If you've read much non-U.S. (corporate-owned, pro-Israel) media, you're aware of atrocities committed by the Israelis in Gaza.
British students have staged uprisings in protest:
Around the UK, thousands of students have occupied lecture theatres, o… more »
Judd Gregg Backs Out: Prefers Life Among the Borg
Today's news includes numerous stories about Judd Gregg declining Obama's offer to become Commerce Secretary.
Why?
Well, according to Gregg, he realized that to be "part of a team but not 100 percent with the team" was an untenable position. (source:… more »
Newspapers Are Dying: Is That A Bad Thing?
For some time, newspapers have been cutting costs, laying off people, reducing paper size, and now some are talking about eliminating one or two home delivery days each week.
The newspapers, of course, have been proclaiming the end of the world as we… more »
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska): Is She A Two-Faced Republican?
This article at CNN describes the suffering being endured by starving rural Alasakans.
Emmonak resident Nicholas Tucker wondered if others were feeling the impact, so he broadcast an inquiry via VHF radio, one of the common ways to communicate in the v… more »
Upcoming Deaths At Gitmo?
Another one of W(anker)'s gifts that keep on giving: Gitmo.
What a fucking disgrace.
...Mohamed, 31, is dying in his Guant?namo cell and that conditions inside the Cuban prison camp have deteriorated badly since Barack Obama took office. Fifty of its… more »
Boycott Chevron - They're Fucking Assholes
If you're at all familiar with the situation in Nigeria, you know that Big Oil is pumping oil there, enriching some Nigerian crooks, and the citizens are being screwed.
Some of those citizens sued Chevron because of an incident some years ago at an oi… more »
KBR wins contract despite criminal probe of deaths
Your government at work:
Defense contractor KBR Inc. has been awarded a $35 million Pentagon contract involving major electrical work, even as it is under criminal investigation in the electrocution deaths of at least two U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
source:… more »
Racists Threaten To Abandon Republican Party
On the RNC's election of a black man (Michael Steele) as chairman:
Extremists view Steele?s election to the helm of the Republican National Committee as a betrayal by the party that many considered, in their words, ?the lesser of two evils.? On blogs an… more »
Michael Steele Continues To Promote Failed Republicanism
Steele (the new RNC chairman) told George Stephanopoulus that infrastructure jobs are no good because an infrastructure job (for example, a road-building project) eventually ends. He says government jobs are not jobs (he says they're "work", not "jobs").… more »
This Is Your Economy On Republicanism
From Nancy Pelosi's blog:
What 3.6 Million Jobs Lost Over 13 Months Looks Like
I've modified the labeling slightly:
So about that economic stimulus plan the Republicants have been fighting:
According to Paul Krugman ("What the centrists have wr… more »
Republicans Just Don't Get It: Help Big Business, Screw The People.
Banks failing?
Republicants are quite willing to give them hundreds of billions.
People failing?
Tough shit, according to the Republicants.
The House puts greater emphasis on helping states and localities avoid wide-scale cuts in services and lay… more »
The Limbaugh-Led Republicans
It appears unlikely that President Obama will experience much success in any effort to promote bipartisanship.
He tried to work with Republicans on the stimulus bill and was snubbed.
Republicants publicly express appreciation to Obama for his efforts… more »
The Pentagon: Spending Billions on Propaganda?
This is incredible:
As it fights two wars, the Pentagon is steadily and dramatically increasing the money it spends to win what it calls "the human terrain" of world public opinion. In the process, it is raising concerns of spreading propaganda at home… more »
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