Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

So many bastards, so little time.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

In my day, never was longer.

Find someone who loves you the way trump and maga love traitors.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

Be a wild strawberry.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

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

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

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

Petty moves from a petty man.

Finding joy where we can, and muddling through where we can’t.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

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Shocking

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I am absolutely shocked. It appears that legislation attempting to suppress free speech violates the 1st amendment. Who woulda thunk it:

A federal court Friday struck down most of a ban on the use of large corporate and union political contributions by political parties, casting into doubt the future of the campaign finance law that was supposed to govern next year’s high-stakes presidential election.

The court also ruled unconstitutional new restrictions on election-time political ads by special interest groups and others. It barred the federal government from enforcing them and all other parts of the law it struck down.

Just a big fat in your face and I told you so to every moron who was in favor of this hideous legislation. I am still pissed at Bush for cynically signing it.

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Open Question

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I have an open question about Rick Santorum. Is it scarier that:

A.) He was so stupid that he ran his mouth like this, without realizing the firestorm he would create.

B.) He might actually be a full-fledged bigot.

I would argue A, because bigots are pretty predictable. You never know what stupid people will do. And that is scary.

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Who Cares?

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This is the dumbest thing I have seen in a long while:

Senator John F. Kerry said yesterday that he will stop declaring that his first speech on the floor of the US Senate highlighted his support for the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights, a recollection he has learned is not true.

As he has campaigned for the presidency, the Massachusetts Democrat has on numerous occasions stated that his maiden speech as a senator was about abortion rights. Kerry did so last month before a group of women in Des Moines, as he pledged to nominate only supporters of abortion rights to the Supreme Court.

But the Congressional Record shows that Kerry’s first speech in the Senate, on March 19, 1985, was made in opposition to President Reagan’s push to build 21 MX missiles.

File this under who gives a shit. This is the kind of stuff that just simply turns people off to politics. This is not a lie, this is not a sign of acharacter flaw, it was just a lapse in memory. It infuriates me when the press does this about people I like- it still infuriates me when they do it about people I don;t like. Isn’t there something else that those column inches could have been used to discuss? Something, you know, worthwhile? Maybe the Boston Globe should start reading blogs to find out some important things to look into. I would suggest Talk Left, Instapundit, Tacitus, Sullivan, or Yglesias as a starting point.

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Paranoia, Will Destroy Ya

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Loyalty Day seems to me to be a stupid holiday whose time is long since past, but it is not evidence of the Bush/Cheney/Ashcroft cabal forcing us to become uber-patriots. Although the White House did release this press release:

Ours is a Nation of people who demonstrate their patriotic loyalty through service to our country. Whether born on American soil or abroad, Americans appreciate patriotism and loyalty to our country. President Woodrow Wilson said, “Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.” Americans affirmed this sense of loyalty for their homeland during and following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Brave rescuers died while saving others.

Here is a Clinton release:

“Loyalty Day” is an occasion on which we reaffirm our allegiance to our country and our devotion to the ideals on which it was founded. Our government “by the people” respects and protects the natural rights and freedoms of all citizens, without favor, and deserves our abiding fidelity.

For more than 200 years, people from around the world have immigrated to America, bringing their dreams and aspirations to a country that prides itself on its democratic ideals. There is no greater testament to the success of our system of governance than people’s desire to be a part of the great American experiment. Our Founders designed that system on the principles of individual liberties and rights of self-determination. Our Nation stands as a beacon of hope for all those who embrace these ideas.

Hold onto your Third Reich analogies, Dems,as this is the history:

While the concept came into being quite early in the ’30s giving rise to various functions, it took until 1949 to proclaim the observance of Loyalty Day. And this was when forty nine states and territorial governors joined in. Thanks to the efforts of Senator Karl Mundt of North Dakota and Representative James E. Van Zandt of Pennsylvania. In May 1, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower made it a day of national observance.

The always reasonable and wise Tacitus states it best:

Wow. Um. So, happy Loyalty Day!

I’m trying, but I can’t justify this.

It seems harmless, pointless, and worthless to me.

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I Am At A Loss

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I don’t know how to even begin to deal with quotes like this:

Right Wing blogger John Cole of Balloon Juice, who has described ‘Mohammed’ as a hero, while considering the masses of Iraqis cannon fodder, would like to know if I have changed my mind about Mohammed.

Apparently, ‘left wing’ blogger Mac Diva likes to put words in my mouth- I have never thought of Iraqi citizens as cannon fodder. IN fact, as I was in favor of the war, there is a firm argument to be made that I may care more about the Iraqi people than Mac, who would prefer they had remained under Hussein. Mac’s obvious response will be- “I think Hussein was a monster too, but war is worse.” Which, of course, means the Iraqis would have remained under Hussein. Regardless, I wouldn’t make that argument anyway- I am assuming Mac cares about the average Iraqi- I am not sure why she does not extend the same benefits to me, except that it helps to prop up the rhetorical straw men that are the foundation of her argument. It is easy to create an argument (albeit, a poor one) when you run on the basic premise that your political opponent is an evil hater.

Not content to leave it at this smear alone, Mac does some stream of consciousness editorializing about the young child Ali, who is now limbless because of an errant bomb:

Cole can continue trying to hoist the opportunist Mohammed onto a pedestal. I will continue to hope for Ali’s recovery.

Is the left this sick? Are they this blinded by their own hate? Can’t you celebrate what Mohammed has done, and still be hopeful for Ali’s recovery? I am. You should be able to do both, as well, Mac.

Are Democrats really not only the ‘Glass is half full’ party, but the ‘Glass is half full, too small to begin with, held by the wrong person, and I don’t like what is in it’ party?

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Worst Censors Ever

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For all the oppressive censorship going on, why is it I can’t make it through a newscast without having to hear a Tim Robbins update? Are we members of the VRWC the worst censors ever? At any rate, Keith Olbermann tonight on MSNBC announced that Tim Robbins hired a press agent to deal with all the negative hits he has been taking because of his outspoken views. For free, I am going to provide Tim some sage advice:

“Shut up. The only words I want to hear you speak should be written by someone else, and hopefully under the direction of someone genius, like the Coen brothers, or Robert Altman.”

It really is that easy, Tim. You are an amazing actor- you have been in several of the greatest movies ever made. But I don’t care about your politics. Stick with what you know. And with that, I am going to go flip between the West Wing and the Hudsucker Proxy.

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