Saturday, August 29, 2009

Adios . . . .


I shed my tears today for the passing of the 3rd Kennedy boy -- Teddy. I'm certain my conservative detractors will guffaw and slap knee at the thought of that. That's ok. They're entitled to their self-loathing misery.

Anyhow, in my young years, I studied alot about JFK and the Kennedys and I came to have a healthy, albeit, guarded respect for them. Like all human beings they were flawed. Some were downright immoral on their own terms on occasion. But in the end, when you are as old as I am and you look back and contemplate the whole picture of their deeds --- I cannot say my respect has wavered. And what cemented that view was an examination of the Bush family brothers and their life works ---- which amounts to absolutely fucking nothing that ever benefited anyone but friends, family and business partners.

So in that vein --- Teddy --- Goodbye old friend. Was glad you were on the good side.



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Friday, August 28, 2009

Huckleberry

2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee suggested during his radio show, "The Huckabee Report," on Thursday that, under President Obama's health care plan, Kennedy would have been told to "go home to take pain pills and die" during his last year of life.

"[I]t was President Obama himself who suggested that seniors who don't have as long to live might want to consider just taking a pain pill instead of getting an expensive operation to cure them," said Huckabee.

One thing is for certain -- if Huckleberry decides to make another run for President in 2012 he definitely has the one essential character trait which all aspiring Republicans are required to have to advance within their party -- he's a shameless fucking liar.

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Friday M-Vloggin' - - with Taking Woodstock

I'm convinced that if I had been born 10 years earlier, I would have been at Woodstock in 1969. Having the heart and soul of a 60's hippie is difficult to deal with at times in this day and age, but all that matters to me is that at the moment of my departure from this earthly domain, I'll have no regrets for the life I've lived and the beliefs I've held.

Another movie I'm looking forward to seeing in the coming weeks.




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Thursday, August 27, 2009

They'd really like to follow through on it is my guess . . .


More Republicans with sneering, wink-wink, nudge-nudge "jokes" about killing Obama.

As I asked in a previous post -- are there any decent conservative/Republicans left? Not one?


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Bowling for Sicko Fahrenheit Capitalists . . .

Say what you will about Michael Moore and his politics, but I can't think of anyone else that has the balls to take on this country's powerful elites and the moneyed interests like the NRA (Bowling for Columbine), Bush and Cheney (Fahrenheit 9/11), the Health care/insurance industry (Sicko!) and now the Wall Street thieves --- and not back down.

Looking forward to this movie.





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Fucking enough already!!!



This is how absurdly batshit insane the Republican party has gotten folks.

They are now sending out surveys to their supporters and constituents which insinuate that if a Democratic-backed health care reform plan passes, Democrats might very well deny medical treatment to GOP registered voters.

To me, this kind of dishonest desperation is a clear indication that the GOP is not on the side of every-day working Americans, whether they be Republican, Democrat, Independent, conservative or liberal. All they care about is saving the asses of the multi-millionaire salaried CEO's of the big Pharma and Health Insurance industries. Those are the only constituents they truly give a flying fuck about.

I gotta tell ya -- if any of my conservative friends or family members are truly of the belief that they might be denied medical treatment based on their voter registration as Republicans -- you need psychological counseling quick -- providing of course if you have insurance and if that insurance covers such mental health treatment. Good luck with that.

Anyhow -- after some contemplation -- I have an idea for another survey question the GOP can and should ask:

It has been suggested that most modern conservatives are a bunch of fear-mongering, war-mongering, religiously insane, hate-spewing, ignorant, gullible, sexually repressed closet perverts and moral cowards, prompting fears that widespread knowledge of such a reality might cause still semi-sane people to view the Republican party as an imminent danger to Democracy and America's future existence. Does this possibility concern you?

[_] YES

[_] NO

[_] I WATCH FOX NEWS AND I'M A BLITHERING IDIOT - I DON'T KNOW




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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Doh! Gop style . . .


Oh my! Another Republican politician appears to be vying for Michele Bachmann's undisputed heavyweight title of "Most Ignorant Fucking Bitch on the Planet." I can't imagine any better way for the GOP to make inroads with minority voters than this. Bravo!

By Tim Carpenter
Created August 26, 2009 at 6:50pm
Updated August 26, 2009 at 10:50pm

U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins offered encouragement to conservatives at a town hall forum that the Republican Party would embrace a "great white hope" capable of thwarting the political agenda endorsed by Democrats who control Congress and President Barack Obama.


I'm shocked I tell you. Just shocked!!


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Sigh . . . . . . .


Apparently this is what passes for "conservatism and the conservative media" these days:

One right-wing radio screecher labeling the human victims of Hurricane Katrina as "debris".

Another conservative puke not even waiting for rigor mortis to set in on Ted Kennedy's body before he's gleefully gloating over his death.

Other right wing spokespeople are accusing Obama of wanting to euthanize the elderly and babies and of urging returning war veterans to kill themselves.

You really have to wonder whether or not there are any sane, decent people remaining who consider themselves conservatives. If there are, they sure as hell are condoning the worst elements of their movement with their muted failure to rebuke these insane, repugnant party spokespeople.

I suppose in the end I just need to look at the bright side -- the GOP's seemingly perpetual descent into madness can only equate to a hastening of their demise as a major political force in the country -- and that can only result in a more moral, compassionate and intellectually gifted future America.


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Let the Teachers Teach and the Preachers Preach --- SEPARATELY!



5:27 p.m. EDT, Tue August 25, 2009

By Sally Holland
CNN

ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) -- American children aren't necessarily getting smarter or dumber, but that might not be good enough to compete globally, according to numbers cited Tuesday by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

The National Center for Education Statistics found U.S. students placed below average in math and science.

He noted a special analysis put out last week by the National Center for Education Statistics that compares 15-year-old U.S. students with students from other countries in the Organization for Economic Development.

It found the U.S. students placed below average in math and science. In math, U.S. high schoolers were in the bottom quarter of the countries that participated, trailing countries including Finland, China and Estonia.

According to the report, the U.S. math scores were not measurably different in 2006 from the previous scores in 2003. But while other countries have improved, the United States has remained stagnant.

In science, the United States falls behind countries such as Canada, Japan and the Czech Republic.

So who needs to learn about all that boring math and science stuff anyway? I mean, especially when there is so much useful earthly knowledge to be pumped into kid's heads straight from the Holy textbook itself -- the Bible.

That great, pious state of Texas (and they aren't the only ones) recently adopted a bill mandating all Public high schools to offer "elective" courses on the Bible. That action in and of itself doesn't necessarily portend nefarious motives, except when you realize that this legislative mandate applies ONLY to the Christian Bible.

Not that I would approve of this either, but it really is telling to note that there exists no equivalent mandate of elective courses to study the world's other religious texts such as the Talmud, Q'uran, Tao Te Ching, Confucian Analects, the Bhagavad Gita, LaVey's Satanic Bible, Dianetics, The Book of Mormon, Eastern Orthodox Bible, Wicca, or Atheist/Agnostic.

Only the Christian Bible. Gee -- I wonder why that is?

The religionists "claim" that indoctrinating of young, impressionable minds is not taking place in these public classrooms, but unfortunately, and predictably, cases have already been reported of just such a thing occurring. And as to the people performing the "oversight" of such practices they will be the same people who have promoted it and I don't believe for one nanosecond that there is an honest expectation that a fair review of proselytizing claims will take place.

It's not enough that these religionists have their tax-free businesses (churches) on every corner in our communities. It's not enough that they send their foot soldiers around knocking on people's doors trying to pressure and "convert" those who don't believe or believe differently. It's not enough that they parade around publicly beating their chests about how their biblically inspired "moral values" are superior to everyone elses. Noooo -- now they also want to extend the tentacled reach of their superstitious hogwash to brainwash the minds of children other than their own.

Well I say -- keep your damn religious teachings out of publicly financed classrooms! Respect the wisdom of the concept of church/state separation. Allow our nation's children to focus on learning the critical knowledge and skills that they will absolutely need to succeed in life and help America compete in a 21st century global economy. If you want to brainwash your own kids outside of the sphere of public education, that's fine by me -- but that is precisely what your churches and your own homes are for.

The Robert Ingersoll quote at the beginning of this post pretty much sums it all up for me on this subject.



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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Fox's Shep Smith dares to tell the truth . . . Punctures the Mavericky Maverick's Balloon

Oops! Someone in the Fox News management chain appears to have neglected to share the daily "Lie, Obfuscate and Distort" talking points memo with Shepard Smith. Lol.

Undoubtedly someone from Grandpa McCain's office will be calling up Roger Ailes to do some bending of ear.




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The conservative gift that keeps on giving . . .

El Rushbo is fearful that Obama is after his penis.

I always suspected Limpballs was one of those Larry "wide stance" Craig kind of Republicans. Never thought he'd admit as much on the national airwaves though.






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Majority of Americans Believe Health Care Reform 'Myths'

I and Bill Maher have already addressed the reason(s) for this pathetic situation. And since Bill Maher is much funnier and more famous than I am, I'll let his viewpoint carry the day.






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