HE’S THE PRESIDENT, IT’S HIS JOB!!!! “A month and a half after the spill began, 69 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll rate the federal response negatively. That compares with a 62 negative rating for the response to Katrina two weeks after the August 2005 hurricane.” Why hasn’t Barack Obama appeared in front [...]
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Idiot Connecticut Senate Candidate Loves To Tell Stories Of His Tour In Vietnam, Even Though He Was Never There
Posted in Politicking, The End of the World, War, tagged Democrats, election season, liars, Richard Blumenthal, The Senate, Vietnam on 05/18/2010 | 1 Comment »
A MINOR DETAIL, OF COURSE: From the New York Times: “At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life. “We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,” Mr. Blumenthal [...]
When They Said “You” Can Keep the Insurance You Have, They Really Meant “Men”
Posted in Health, Lawmaking, Politicking, The End of the World, Wingnuts, tagged abortion rights, healthcare reform, women's rights on 05/17/2010 | Leave a Comment »
In this week’s health care initiative fail news, the health care overhaul that Democrats fought to pass into law, and abortion opponents (unsuccessfully) fought to block, is now being employed by said anti-abortionists to limit abortion coverage by private insurers. See? This is why crazies always win – they’re clever motherfuckers. Apparently, “an obscure part [...]
Mark Sanford Trying To Rekindle Sexin’ Relationship With Argentine Paramour…
Posted in Politicking, Sexytime, Wingnuts, tagged Argentina, Mark Sanford, old flames on 05/13/2010 | Leave a Comment »
…BY PUBLICLY ANNOUNCING TO REPORTERS THAT HE’S TRYING TO REKINDLE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS ARGENTINE PARAMOUR: Gov. Sanford of South Carolina told reporters on Wednesday that he spent last weekend in Florida with his ex “side piece” trying to resuscitate their goings on. And we quote: “As a matter of record, everybody in this room knows [...]
Posted in Lawmaking, Politicking, Racisms, Sexist, Sicknesses, The End of the World, tagged fun with laws, take that normal people!, USA! on 04/29/2010 | Leave a Comment »
HEY READ THIS THING! It’s all about the psychotic but funny legislation that is coming to pass in our “great” nation, just in the last two years. We are wacky and racist and sexist and sad. Hooray! [TPM Livewire]
California Rep Thinks We Should Round Up U.S Citizens And Deport ‘Em
Posted in Politicking, Racisms, The End of the World, Wingnuts, tagged Duncan D. Hunter, illegal immigrants, jesus h. christ, Mexicans!, Real Americans, tea parties on 04/29/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Republican Representative Duncan D. Hunter is a Real American. It is in his soul. Yup. In the barren recesses of his aortic valve, a baby bald eagle squawks for Liberty. How do I know? I just do. Okay? Oh, and because he said so. Hunter (R-Calif) was out Tea Partying last week or whatever, when [...]
Michael Steele Has Stopped Trying
Posted in Politicking, Wingnuts, tagged black people don't vote so whatever, Michael Steele, real talk, republicans, yeah son on 04/22/2010 | Leave a Comment »
We haven’t posted about Michael Steele in forever, which is sad because, well it’s obvious why that is a sad thing. BUT! Money Mike was speaking for Depaul University students on Tuesday, and was asked this simple question: “Why should an African-American vote Republican?” BOOM: “You really don’t have a reason to, to be honest [...]
Virginia Governor Loves To Celebrate That Time The South Fought To Uphold Slavery
Posted in Politicking, Racisms, The End of the World, Wingnuts, tagged Bob McDonnell, celebrate the confederacy!, jesus christ, Virginia is for lovers...of slaves on 04/07/2010 | Leave a Comment »
APRIL IS CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH, AND THEY WILL BE PARTYIN’ LIKE IT’S 1859: I mean, what could be more patriotic than a month-long remembrance of fighting against your own country, the United States of America, in a war to maintain and uphold the profits of slavery?? Oh but it was about other things too! Mmmhmm [...]
Oh So You Know Who Else Is A Quitter?
Posted in Lawmaking, Politicking, tagged Charles Rangel, quitters on 03/03/2010 | Leave a Comment »
CHARLES RANGEL Of COURSE! Yes, the House Rep. of rent-controlled apartments and probable tax evasion fame, has “temporarily” resigned his post as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, while his ethics are investigated. Well, you won’t find much in terms of ethics while investigating Charles Rangel. Zing! [Roll Call]
Posted in Politicking, tagged David Paterson, NY politics, scandals on 02/26/2010 | Leave a Comment »
YEAH SO NEW YORK GOVERNOR DAVID PATERSON IS SET TO ANNOUNCE TODAY HE WILL NOT RUN FOR REELECTION IN NOVEMBER: But he won’t resign. So sad, this news, because he was a shoo-in! [NY Daily News]
Stimulus Working, But For Whom?
Posted in Economy, Lawmaking, Politicking, tagged death, doom, Economy, jesus h. christ, some package you got there, Stimulus on 02/17/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Despite the NY Times’ and Joe Biden’s claims that OF COURSE the stimulus has been successful, MoJo (thankfully) reminds us that this is only part of the picture. According to a report by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, many of the employment gains from the $787 billion American Reinvestment and [...]
New Hampshire State Representative Nancy Elliott Gets To The Bottom Of This Buttsex Business
Posted in Lawmaking, Politicking, tagged butt sex, gay marriage, Nancy Elliott, New Hampshire on 02/12/2010 | Leave a Comment »
“We’re talking about taking the penis of a man and putting it in the rectum of another man and wriggling it around in excrement. And you have to think, would I want that to be done to me?” Well, now that you mention it… anyway… interesting she’s not hating on two chicks going at it. [...]
Even Fox News Readers Are Like, ‘Yeah, The Tea Baggers Are Fucking Terrible’
Posted in Internet, Politicking, Racisms, The End of the World, Wingnuts, tagged crunching the numbers, Fox News, important things, new polls, teabaggers on 02/10/2010 | Leave a Comment »
HAHA: Here is the latest Fox News online poll thing, which confirms that the teabaggers will kill and consume us all sometime tomorrow, because of black people, ACORN, and socialism. [Fox News]
Posted in Politicking, Wingnuts, tagged Alabama, dicks, hooray, Richard Shelby, updates on 02/09/2010 | Leave a Comment »
RICHARD SHELBY (R-AL) LIFTS HOLDS ON OBAMA SENATE NOMINEES: But he sure got everyone’s attention about whatever Alabama earmark bullshit he was anglin’ for, yessiree! [The Hill]
Update #2! Richard Shelby Responds: ‘Barack Obama Loves The Terrorists, That’s Why’
Posted in Politicking, The End of the World, Wingnuts, tagged dear terrorists: please bomb Alabama, earmarks, Obama Administration, Richard Shelby, the terrorists have won maybe...wut? on 02/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
JESUS H. CHRIST: Alabama Senator Richard Shelby’s office has finally confirmed to TPMDC that Shelby has in fact placed a hold on the President’s nominees because “blah blah blah … national security concerns … blah blah blah.” Those gosh darn terrorists are always ruining things for Americans, aren’t they? His spokesperson had this to say: [...]
Alabama Senator Blocks Obama Senate Nominations Because ‘Who Does This Guy Think He Is, President Or Some Shit?’ [UPDATE!]
Posted in Lawmaking, Politicking, Wingnuts, tagged Alabama, earmarks, Jim Crow era switcheroos, president Obama, Richard Shelby, Senate nominations on 02/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
STORY SEEMS CRACKER-Y, LET’S INVESTIGATE: Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has taken the historically unprecedented step of blocking all of President Obama’s Senate nominations, fueling speculation he is a) issuing the blanket hold on all the president’s nominees until his earmarks are approved, and b) he’s a smoldering asshole. (Shelby has been curiously mum on both [...]
France to Partially Ban Burqas
Posted in Lawmaking, Politicking, World News, tagged burqas, France, laws, Muslims, Religion, sexism, women's rights on 01/26/2010 | 1 Comment »
Under proposals from a cross-party Parliamentary Commission in France today, Muslim women face a ban on full veils on French transport and in other public services by the end of this year. MPs predicted that a law outlawing burqas or other face covering in state services could very well pass into law within months in [...]
Barack Obama Says Weird, Dumb Thing To Diane Sawyer
Posted in Politicking, The End of the World, tagged dumb things to say, libtard blues, president Obama, USA! on 01/26/2010 | Leave a Comment »
UMM?? “I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.” Yeah, just like the great one-termer … and … uh … that other guy. What, the fuck is he even talking about? Methinks Our Barry is having himself a sad. [ABC News]
Posted in Health, Lawmaking, Politicking, The End of the World, tagged compromises, health care reform, hope and change, Nancy Pelosi on 01/21/2010 | Leave a Comment »
HEALTH CARE BILL? WHAT HEALTH CARE BILL?? Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today “I don’t see the votes for [passing the Senate bill] at this time.” Well, there goes that whole reform thing. It was a novel idea, for about 5 seconds there. [Talking Points Memo]
United States Puzzled, Confused Over Their Corrupt, Puppet Government In Afghanistan Exhibiting Reluctance To Fight Graft
Posted in Politicking, The End of the World, Traveling to the Foreigns, War, World News, tagged Afghanistan, bribery, not wars on drugs, USA!, wars on 01/21/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Not News: According to the latest official report released on Tuesday by the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime, kickbacks are Afghanistan’s second biggest income generator, accounting for 23 percent ($2.5 billion) of the country’s gross domestic product. US and international officials, of course, are stunned at the pervasiveness of corruption, and the unwillingness of [...]
Your Government Is Now Openly, Legally Available For Bribery
Posted in Economy, Lawmaking, Politicking, tagged bad rulings, bribery, financing laws, the supreme court, USA? USA? on 01/21/2010 | Leave a Comment »
THIS SHOULD WORK OUT PRETTY GOOD: Just this morning, the Supreme Court overturned a 20-year-old ruling that prohibited corporations from using their profligate profits to support candidates and pay for campaign ads, officially declaring consumerism and capitalism the law of the land. And because the American political consciousness/system isn’t already trivial and subjective enough, now [...]
