Precisely.
(Source: early-onset-of-night)
Benghazi—now in easy to swallow pill form! The Universal Cure for Right Wing Ailments! (Must be washed down with a tall glass of bullshit).
My state (South Dakota) has done much to limit abortion.
It’s a very anti-choice state.
It’s worked, too. Abortions have been going down and down here. They are half what they were 20 years ago. Women have to jump through a lot of artificial hoops made up to make getting an abortion difficult—mandatory counseling, waiting period, forced to look at sonograms, etc. We try to fuck with their fragile heads as much as possible around here. So far, though, we’ve drawn the line at shoving medicial instruments into their vaginas. So far.
Today in the local paper, they are lamenting the rise in unwed pregnancies in the state. Lulz.
It seems that unwed, single mother pregnancies have gone up and up, kinda like how abortions have been going down and down, only backwards.
It’s a real head-scratcher, I’m tellin’ ya.
The people lamenting this, of course, say a bunch of tired crap about how important mom-and-dad traditional families are, but mostly they’re worried about what all these little babies are going to cost. You see, a great many, if not the majority, of these single unwed mothers are poor and are seeking and getting help from the state.
And that’s expensive.
Anne Hajek, one of our state legislators, wants to know, and I quote, “Who pays the bill?”
Gee, I wonder, Anne. Another real head-scratcher.
Linda Schauer, state director for the anti-choice group Concerned Women for America, said, “It appears that perhaps a woman in South Dakota in an unplanned pregnancy is more likely to give birth and raise her own child.”
She also noted that the sky was blue, mountains tall, and rocks hard.
But isn’t this the whole point of passing laws designed to be mean and intrusive, to limit abortions? Since the Supreme Court won’t let a state ban abortion outright, states have to make getting an abortion so difficult and uncomfortable they’re practically banned anyway.
So now we have all these little babies who need state assistance. Schauer says we need to make sure the parents take care of them.
With or without the help of the community, Schauer? Help from the wider community in which a person lives is usually derided by conservatives as “welfare” or “entitlements”. According to conservatives, not only MUST you carry that baby full term, you have to fend for yourself with it after it’s born, amiright?
Whether or not you are pro- or anti-choice, we should all be pro fucking baby once the damn thing is born.
(Source: early-onset-of-night)
Whatever happened to the Secession Movement?
I miss those wacky bastards!
Now we’re back to politics as usual, with conservatives arguing tiredly against the same old shit as they continue to fade further and further into ultimate irrelevance.
I miss the anger and utter shock, the crazy pronouncements of doom for America. At least those guys were interesting. There was that brief moment of soul-searching which resulted in absolutely nothing learned, then back to the grind.
How the hell am I supposed to write about politics in this environment?
Jesus.
Unless idiot control includes background checks. I mean, why would we want to find out if some people are idiots?
The woman who got shot in the face is a bully. Ok.
Why is it suddenly forbidden to criticize someone (who did use emotional, unreasonable bullying tactics) just because they were shot?
That doesn’t make her any more or less deserving of criticism hon. Her actions are what we criticize and I have no interest in blocking her from censure because of the shooting in Tucson.
It’s not forbidden to criticize her, sweet’ums. Calling her a bully is a comical stretch, something only people who believe their own bullshit would buy. That’s all I was commenting on. It’s simply more hysterical whining from the right, who are now positioning themselves as faux victims more and more.
I wasn’t commenting on the gun debate. I don’t give a shit about the gun debate. This is America and we have fetishized guns and violence, so what’s to debate? We love that shit here and those kids in Newtown are simply sacrificial lambs to our love of death, violence, war, and especially guns.
God bless America!
"Sarah Palin is now the guy who hangs out in the high school parking lot showing off his car—five years after he graduated."
— Rachel Maddow
![Tea Partiers Boycotting Fox NewsThe boycott centers around Fox’s lack of continuous coverage of the attack on the diplomatic consulate in Benghazi, Libya. In fact, one of the key demands is at least one segment per night on the 2012 attack that left four people dead.The boycott’s web presence, Benghazi-Truth, a blogspot, reads “Conservatives are conservative because they are smart… By whining loudly about Benghazi without the kind of hard-hitting investigative reporting that brought down Nixon over Watergate, what we are seeing from FOX IMO is smoke and mirrors.”Although the website’s writer is clearly not averse to internet shorthand, demonstrated by the use of ‘IMO’, he would be better served by inserting hundreds, if not thousands, of ‘LOL’s and ’ ;D ‘s.The boycott organizers want Fox News to become a “right-wing CBS.” To “break news”; “break information”; and “break politicians”.Especially Barack Obama, who, as the History Channel recently showed in its mini-series “The Bible”, is actually a young Satan.Fox News’ ratings have been in the tank. Viewership is now at pre-911 levels. Perhaps viewers have become a little turned off by the propaganda muzak the channel plays that consistently fails to live up to reality. This was especially apparent in the last presidential election when the channel trotted out poll after poll showing Romney tied and in many cases ahead of Obama. Additionally, all of its pundits predicted a close and in some cases a handy Romney win. Or perhaps the viewers are just plain dying off (the average age of a Fox News viewer is 73).Whatever the case, the boycott seems to have had little effect, except on the participants themselves, who are all jonesing bigtime for the steady stream of hysterical conservative bullshit that Fox News usually pushes.“I am having withdrawal. I do like Fox News,” said Kevin Avard, a former state lawmaker in New Hampshire who is participating in the boycott. “I have been going to CNN and to Headline News just to get some kind of fix. I usually probably only watch them once or twice a year.”Stan Hjerlied, 75, of Fort Collins, Colorado said “If I want news, I go to Breitbart News and Drudge and I can find all the news I need, very quickly.” He also said that he may have “kicked the [Fox News] habit” for good.Donnie Farner, a chimney sweep from Pennsylvania, said that staying away from Fox News is harder than he realized. Farner runs a website, Proud Conservative, which sells right-wing products like “Liberals Are Friggin Idiots” t-shirts and bumper stickers which read “Ten Out of Ten Terrorists Recommend Voting Democrat.”“Fox is everywhere,” claimed Farner. “If you are on Twitter, you click on a link, chances are it might go through Mediaite or Drudge, but it ends up at Fox because Fox originated the story.” He said he then quickly clicks away.The boycott was scheduled to run from Thursday to Sunday.share on Facebook](http://25.media.tumblr.com/0e90721b3aa867f23877694a1c62a019/tumblr_mk6tuoQlQ01qar86bo1_500.jpg)
Tea Partiers Boycotting Fox News
The boycott centers around Fox’s lack of continuous coverage of the attack on the diplomatic consulate in Benghazi, Libya. In fact, one of the key demands is at least one segment per night on the 2012 attack that left four people dead.
The boycott’s web presence, Benghazi-Truth, a blogspot, reads “Conservatives are conservative because they are smart… By whining loudly about Benghazi without the kind of hard-hitting investigative reporting that brought down Nixon over Watergate, what we are seeing from FOX IMO is smoke and mirrors.”
Although the website’s writer is clearly not averse to internet shorthand, demonstrated by the use of ‘IMO’, he would be better served by inserting hundreds, if not thousands, of ‘LOL’s and ’ ;D ‘s.
The boycott organizers want Fox News to become a “right-wing CBS.” To “break news”; “break information”; and “break politicians”.
Especially Barack Obama, who, as the History Channel recently showed in its mini-series “The Bible”, is actually a young Satan.
Fox News’ ratings have been in the tank. Viewership is now at pre-911 levels. Perhaps viewers have become a little turned off by the propaganda muzak the channel plays that consistently fails to live up to reality. This was especially apparent in the last presidential election when the channel trotted out poll after poll showing Romney tied and in many cases ahead of Obama. Additionally, all of its pundits predicted a close and in some cases a handy Romney win. Or perhaps the viewers are just plain dying off (the average age of a Fox News viewer is 73).
Whatever the case, the boycott seems to have had little effect, except on the participants themselves, who are all jonesing bigtime for the steady stream of hysterical conservative bullshit that Fox News usually pushes.
“I am having withdrawal. I do like Fox News,” said Kevin Avard, a former state lawmaker in New Hampshire who is participating in the boycott. “I have been going to CNN and to Headline News just to get some kind of fix. I usually probably only watch them once or twice a year.”
Stan Hjerlied, 75, of Fort Collins, Colorado said “If I want news, I go to Breitbart News and Drudge and I can find all the news I need, very quickly.” He also said that he may have “kicked the [Fox News] habit” for good.
Donnie Farner, a chimney sweep from Pennsylvania, said that staying away from Fox News is harder than he realized. Farner runs a website, Proud Conservative, which sells right-wing products like “Liberals Are Friggin Idiots” t-shirts and bumper stickers which read “Ten Out of Ten Terrorists Recommend Voting Democrat.”
“Fox is everywhere,” claimed Farner. “If you are on Twitter, you click on a link, chances are it might go through Mediaite or Drudge, but it ends up at Fox because Fox originated the story.” He said he then quickly clicks away.
The boycott was scheduled to run from Thursday to Sunday.
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Will the Supreme Court choose the wrong side of history?
They will be hearing arguments on two gay marriage issues, California’s Prop 8 and DOH! MA, the Defense of Marriage Act. Prop 8 bans marriage equality in California, though it is on hold while the Supremes review it. DOH! MA defines marriage as being between a man and a woman at the federal level, but is pretty much irrelevant because the Obama Administration is not enforcing it.
The Supremes are tilted right and could really make a bone-headed move here, but I don’t think they will. By upholding these two laws, they would be flying in the face of history and overwhelming public opinion. They KNOW this. These are 8 very smart people (excluding, of course, Scalia). Rarely, if ever, has the Supreme Court ruled against very obvious historical trends and/or the broad public opinion behind them—even when, ideologically, it may wish to do so.
Leading up to them hearing arguments on these two cases, all kinds of marriage equality shit has happened, putting even more pressure on them. A Republican, Rob Portman (R-OH) came out in favor of it. Hillary Clinton came out in favor of it on Monday.
Golly gee, Hill, are you sure you’re not rushing into anything? Haha.
Also on Monday, Republican Party leaders admitted that the party’s stance on marriage equality is driving away young voters.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, which represents thousands of pediatricians, only this morning took a firm position in support of gay marriages in a policy statement drafted by two Boston doctors.
Polls of every kind show the majority of Americans support marriage equality, especially younger people. If you look at the polls, though, it isn’t just younger people anymore. Support in every age group is growing, even among the +65s.
When the Supreme Court is tilted left, it tends to be innovative and bold. When tilted to the right, as it is currently, it nudges the brakes cautiously. I highly doubt, however, that they will slam them to the floor. That’s my prediction anyway.
But even if they do, though, it doesn’t really matter. The stone has been pushed to the top of the mountain and is now rolling down the other side on its own. Anybody who stands in the way is simply going to be bowled over.
Tim Tebow is maybe cooler than I thought
Tim Tebow is a football player who is a Christian. He isn’t afraid to be all public about being a Christian either, which makes him, kinda, uncool in this day and age. He holds all or most of the opinions about how to interpret the Bible that standard fundamentalist group-think expects.
In fact, he is so much of a Christian that he agreed to speak at First Baptist Church in Dallas at the end of this month. On March 31st, the mega-church will be opening a new $130-million dollar campus in Dallas, making the bank-like name ‘First Baptist Church’ unsurprising. Tebow’s speech was to conclude a month-long grand opening of the ostentation.
But Tebow changed his mind, mainly because it came to his attention that the CEO of First Baptist Church, Robert Jeffress, is an angry, hate-filled boil of a little man festering on the ass of Jesus Christ Himself.
Officially, Jeffress is the pastor of First Baptist Church, but when you head such a giant corporate church that swims in rivers of cash, it’s more appropriate to think of him as a CEO.
Why, I bet like most massive American corporations, they don’t even pay any taxes!
Anyway, Jeffress hates people who disagree with his view of Christianity. He is right and you are wrong. He has said that Islam and Judaism came from “the pit of hell”. He has said that Catholicism is “a counterfeit religion”, despite the fact that his brand of Christianity, Protestantism, considers itself New-and-Improved Catholicism. He has said that Mormonism “is a cult”, which is what you call a religion you don’t agree with, especially if they don’t have a lot of members.
Like most fundamental Christians, Jeffress has interpreted the Bible in such a way as to justify his bigotry against gay people, but he’s even more of a dick about it, saying that homosexuality and pedophilia are “linked” and that “70% of gay people have AIDS.”
Jeffress is just an all-around hateful clown and when Tim Tebow found out about it, he cancelled his speaking engagement. Clearly, he doesn’t want to be associated with such a backwoods, cousin-porking hillbilly (intellectually speaking).
So kudos to you, Tim. I believe God actually did help you complete this pass.
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Sexy Halftime Beyonce
So I’m listening to Sandy Rios In The Morning. Right wing radio. I love it. Some people watch orange New Jersey-ites vomiting on beaches. This is my prurience.
Poor Sandy was just flabbergasted at how “slutty” Beyonce was. Yes, she used the S word. Also, the R word (“reprobate”).
I didn’t see the Superbowl, nor the halftime show, but now I wish I did. “What is this doing to our men and boys?” Sandy wondered.
Easy. Massive world-wide wood, Sandy. And don’t forget our gay and bi females out there: massive world-wide moisture.
After lamenting about how sexy Beyonce was during her performance, she ran down a list of “decent” black women, like Whitney Houston (“at first”). She talked about how Whitney once sang the National Anthem in a sweatsuit, which I guess is the American burqa. Mariah is now ok, but “she was really slutty at first”.
Finally, she brought a white woman into the discussion: Miley Cyrus, who, being white, isn’t a slut, but is “using her sexuality to enhance her talent when she doesn’t need to.”
“Why?” Sandy Rios asks.
If you’re unfamiliar with this clown’s show, let me tell you she is perpetually questioning, flabbergasted, surprised, and amazed at all the crazy, crazy liberalism around her. The entire gist of her show is just: SMH! OMG! Whine! Whine!
Like a lot of right wing whack jobs, Sandy Rios thinks she’s a Christian—or pretends to be. American fascism has been hidden in Evangelical Christianity, causing a rejection of Christianity in general. Say what you will about Satan, the Father of Lies, but he’s no a dumbass.
But the thing Sandy Rios doesn’t realize is that Beyonce is IN the Bible. Oh, yes, IN IT. In the Song of Songs, chapter 7, there is a passage about Beyonce, a woman born thousands of years after it was written.
I posted it before.
Beyonce is a gift from God, so shut up Sandy Rios In The Morning. Go find another couch to faint onto.
“Another sacrificial lamb. Liberals need to realize that children must die for the 2nd Amendment, just like Jesus did for our sins. I’m pro-life, but only up until birth then it’s guns and war, guns and war. More guns are the only answer. Arm these little children with guns so they can defend themselves against crazies with guns. Arm their teachers as well. And attach holsters with loaded pistols to the sides of buildings, every ten feet. More guns are the answer, so even more guns are even more the answer. And this is too a Christian nation!” Blahblahblah…
Jeez, Michelle. Don’t you realize that if you don’t cover up one of your tits with your hand whenever a certain brightly-dyed piece of fabric is displayed you hate this entire country, what it means, and all that it stands for? Do you even understand the meaning of the phrase “empty gesture”? How about “groupthink”? I know you’re a highly educated woman and way smarter than the minorities who voted against your husband, but I bet you can’t even explain to me what it means to fetishize something. You have no idea what the true definition of idolatry is and you totally suck at conformity.
Go back to Chicago. You are not American.
