Dec 21, 2010
Dec 18, 2010
Fucking Over The First Responders
Here's a nice little screed from Shep Smith on Dumb Fux News about being outraged because Congress failed to get the votes to set up a special fund for addressing the healthcare issues of hundreds of first repsonders on and after 9/11.
He really gets into it, and he even gets Chris Wallace to go along with him (a bit), but notice that neither of them ever makes it plain that it's REPUBLICANS who are hanging it up. Both of these guys repeatedly say "they" or "politicians", but never "Republican". They know (because Frank Luntz has taught them so) that when they're talking about 'politicians doing bad things", the rubes are so well conditioned that they will always infer either "Democrat", or that the Dems are implicit in the evil deed, and so it's all the Dems' fault somehow anyway. No honor and no soul.
He really gets into it, and he even gets Chris Wallace to go along with him (a bit), but notice that neither of them ever makes it plain that it's REPUBLICANS who are hanging it up. Both of these guys repeatedly say "they" or "politicians", but never "Republican". They know (because Frank Luntz has taught them so) that when they're talking about 'politicians doing bad things", the rubes are so well conditioned that they will always infer either "Democrat", or that the Dems are implicit in the evil deed, and so it's all the Dems' fault somehow anyway. No honor and no soul.
Dec 16, 2010
Attack On The SPLC
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a definitive source of information regarding organizations whose names and mission statements often sound innocuous or even righteous, but are actually intent on causing real harm to real people, usually in the name of some greater purity or higher calling.
SPLC recently added Family Research Council to their list of hate groups, citing FRC's slander against LGBT's and the language of violence. (see article)
FCR is trying to strike back. One avenue is this ad posted at Politico:
Here's a quick tho't for somebody like Tony Perkins: If you could stop being a bigoted asshole, people could stop calling you a bigoted asshole.
SPLC recently added Family Research Council to their list of hate groups, citing FRC's slander against LGBT's and the language of violence. (see article)
FCR is trying to strike back. One avenue is this ad posted at Politico:
Here's a quick tho't for somebody like Tony Perkins: If you could stop being a bigoted asshole, people could stop calling you a bigoted asshole.
Dec 14, 2010
Sweet Redemption
When we were kids, my dad had a bunch of old 78's (some of which he'd acquired while stationed in Hawaii at the end of WWII). Anyway, the Spike Jones version of Hawaiian War Chant was a favorite. My older brother somehow got permission to take the record to school, and on his way home, he dropped it and it broke. I remember the icy scorn heaped upon him by the whole family for what seemed like months. It's possible my dad held that grudge for years.
After waiting a very long while and coming back to do the search many times on YouTube, I finally found it. And I gotta tell ya, listening to it now, I'm thinkin' we should've let my brother off the hook right from the start - for the obvious human reasons - but really, the thing just sucks. I guess I can smile at the sheer goofiness, and I can certainly relate to the feeling for the loss of an important memento, but damn. This was not worth makin' a fuss over.
Hawaiian War Chant --Spike Jones
After waiting a very long while and coming back to do the search many times on YouTube, I finally found it. And I gotta tell ya, listening to it now, I'm thinkin' we should've let my brother off the hook right from the start - for the obvious human reasons - but really, the thing just sucks. I guess I can smile at the sheer goofiness, and I can certainly relate to the feeling for the loss of an important memento, but damn. This was not worth makin' a fuss over.
Hawaiian War Chant --Spike Jones
The Tax Cut Fight
Austen Goolsby explains it all.
Look guys, I really wanna go along, and I really wanna believe the prez is worth the effort. So this is a pretty good pitch, but I'm still wondering if it's real or if it's just a pitch. Maybe I've been more affected by the 8 years of abuse under the Jr Bush administration than I'm ready to admit. Dunno.
I think the biggest flaw in the argument here is that Obama can make the case against the top 2% tax cut in 2012. If the economy gets better, the Repubs will have no problem saying it got better because they forced Obama to take their deal, and that we can't possibly raise taxes now that things are finally getting better. And remember, Repubs don't need facts - they'll just make shit up, and the rubes will happily follow.
Look guys, I really wanna go along, and I really wanna believe the prez is worth the effort. So this is a pretty good pitch, but I'm still wondering if it's real or if it's just a pitch. Maybe I've been more affected by the 8 years of abuse under the Jr Bush administration than I'm ready to admit. Dunno.
I think the biggest flaw in the argument here is that Obama can make the case against the top 2% tax cut in 2012. If the economy gets better, the Repubs will have no problem saying it got better because they forced Obama to take their deal, and that we can't possibly raise taxes now that things are finally getting better. And remember, Repubs don't need facts - they'll just make shit up, and the rubes will happily follow.
Dec 13, 2010
One Smart Cookie
Fareed Zakaria is my kinda Conservstive - one with a living thinking brain in his head.
Christie Todd Whitman
A Repub worth considering. Considering for what I don't know exactly, but she was way too "liberal" to survive in Jr Bush's administration, so she qualifies for a little love at least.
Dec 11, 2010
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