Posts Tagged ‘wackos’

Restoring Honor: the video

Posted: 31st August 2010 by Brant in politics
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From the Glenn Beck‘s “America is a religion” rally this past weekend.  I think it does speak for itself.

Image via Wikipedia In his op-ed in today’s New York Times, Frank Rich notes that three individuals, all mega-rich, provide the core funding for the ultra-right in this country, including the tea party. The three people:  Rupert Murdoch and the brothers David Koch and Charles Koch. The Kochs combined are richer than all Americans except [...]

Political quote of the day

Posted: 25th August 2010 by Brant in culture, politics
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Cover via Amazon We’ve been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture. – Ray Mummert, a pastor in Dover, Pennsylvania, quoted by Charles P. Pierce in the article Greetings from Idiot America. Pierce is the author of the book Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free. (Via [...]

This is really incredible to me. But it appears that the number of Americans who believe President Obama is a Muslim continues to grow. The number of Americans who believe — wrongly — that President Obama is a Muslim has increased significantly since his inauguration and now account for nearly 20 percent of the nation’s [...]

Image via Wikipedia Compare these two statements from President Obama regarding the so-called mosque at ground zero: Friday: As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. And that includes the right to build a place of worship and a [...]

A Republican reaction?

Posted: 6th August 2010 by Brant in politics
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Here is a concrete example of how the far right Republicans will respond in this electoral year the demise of Proposition 8 in California. Blatant, no-holds barred, God-fearing homophobia. A TV advertisement by a Georgia Republican running for Governor.  Will anyone in the party stand up for equal rights, other than the noble Ted Olsen.

President Obama remains opposed to same-sex marriage, bit claims to support equal rights for gay citizens. Here is a statement from David Axelrod: The president does oppose same-sex marriage, but he supports equality for gay and lesbian couples, and benefits and other issues, and that has been effectuated in federal agencies under his control. Axelrod [...]

The summit of idiocracy

Posted: 5th August 2010 by Brant in fun, politics
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Yes, this a real candidate for Tennessee governor.

Political quote of the day

Posted: 30th July 2010 by Brant in culture, politics
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Unmarried women, 70% of unmarried women, voted for Obama, and this is because when you kick your husband out, you’ve got to have big brother government to be your provider. – Phyllis Schlafly, prominent conservative, and opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment, speaking in Troy, MI.

Political quote of the day

Posted: 26th July 2010 by Brant in politics
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Will you tell those dumbasses at the Tea Party to stop asking questions about birth certificates while I’m on the camera? – Ken Buck, Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Colorado, on the birthers.

Political quote of the day

Posted: 14th July 2010 by Brant in culture, politics
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Because he was smart enough to die in 2010, there is zero tax liability on the estate tax. – Senator Jim Bunning, R-KY, commenting on George Steinbrenner’s shrewd decision to die this year.

The chupacabra is real

Posted: 14th July 2010 by Brant in culture
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Or maybe not. You decide. More on the chupacabra from The Awl.

Political quote of the day

Posted: 8th July 2010 by Brant in politics
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I think that two wrongs don’t make a right. And I have been in the situation of counseling young girls, not 13 but 15, who have had very at risk, difficult pregnancies. And my counsel was to look for some alternatives, which they did. And they found that they had made what was really a [...]

It would be so much fun to watch what he comes up with next. (via Wonkette) Update: And Wonkette has already discovered so much more about this guy.

Rampant socialism

Posted: 8th July 2010 by Brant in culture, politics
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Terry Savage, in a column posted in the Chicago Sun-Times, rises up in righteous indignation because some little girls are giving away lemonade to total strangers. Why isn’t their behavior cute and giving? Because it flies in the face of sound economic policy. There should be a charge for everything! This is what is wrong [...]