Balloon Juice - I lied. My connection is

I lied. My connection is better. Check out this great skewering of the chowderheads who wrote in the Guardian last month. Way to go, Will Warren.

Good ladies, sirs, fear not: your names will stand
Forever where you choose: amid the band
That shy away from this, your nation’s fight:
Your hands are clean, your consciences are light.

Dear sirs and ladies, consciences like yours
Should not be marred by nasty things like wars,
But polished and preserved above the fray,
Forever just as spotless as today.

You mark your course with certainty and pride,
You trumpet setting base concerns aside,
You see your moral duty clear: to flee
The messy work that keeps your nation free.

The raids prevented, bombers caught or killed,
Will not be in your names, as you have willed.
Your names will not be carved on honored wall,
But lie forever in some different hall.

Go read the whole thing.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

You cannot shame the shameless.

Let me file that under fuck it.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

How stupid are these people?

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

People are complicated. Love is not.

One way or another, he’s a liar.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

I lied. My connection is