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Yeah, What He Said...

Frustration over the imbecilic anti-gay marriage rantings of rightwingers from Daily Kos:

This is why I have come to thoroughly despise this entire debate. Because it is not earnest, it is not thoughtful, it is not anything but the tin-eared rantings of bigoted, dull-minded twerps who know they don't like same sex marriages being recognized, but can't rustle up so much as even the slightest actual, substantive non-God-says-so argument against the thing. 

Jesus Saves...

...so that he can afford a Porsche.

Virginia and The FBI

Early last year, Virginia's state legislature tried to impose a medically unnecessary vaginal probe as a requirement prior to obtaining a constitutionally protected abortion.  Only national media attention forced a reconsideration by Governor McDonnell and the legislature, resulting in a "compromise" requirement for an external abdominal ultrasound followed by an optional probe.

Early this year, Virginia's Senate Republicans rushed a party-line vote to redistrict many Democrats out of office despite the fact that Virginia had just redistricted following the 2010 census.  They had to rush the debate (only 40 minutes) and vote (20 to 19) because one Senate Democrat, civil rights lawyer Henry L. Marsh III, was attending President Obama's inauguration 90 miles away in Washington, DC and the temporary Republican majority would not last long.  Did I mention this vote took place on Martin Luther King Day?

And by early next year, Virginia could be celebrating a decision to move the headquarters of the FBI to the state, along with the 10,000 jobs and millions in federal tax dollars that would bring. 

Something needs to be done to prevent the nation's top law enforcement agency from moving its headquarters to Virginia, a state that still celebrates confederate generals Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson with a state holiday.  Apparently treason, seccession and defense of slavery are still honored causes in Virginia.  Which makes it less surprising that Virginia continues to fight a rear-guard action against equality for gays and lesbians, especially against same-gender marriage.  While Virginia's neighbors to the north, Washington, DC (home to the current FBI HQ) and Maryland (the other possible home of any future FBI HQ), both recognize gay marriage, Virginia is still in the thrall of old-fashioned bigotry.

Follow this link to the website We The People to register your opposition to moving the FBI to the Capitol of the Confederacy.  If enough people sign the petition (http://wh.gov/mvrH) before February 18, 2013, the Obama Adminsitration must issue a formal response.

Remember, unlike in Virginia, every vote counts.  

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On The Other Hand...

Republicans have long claimed that President Carter was an abject failure because he ordered American forces to attempt a hostage rescue in Iran but the rescue attempt collapsed because of botched execution at the desert staging area.  President Carter, Republicans seem to claim, was completely responsible for the failure of the mission -- not the equipment failures, not the on-the-ground mistakes, not the inadequate training of the troops.

Yet Republicans now assert that President Obama can claim no responsibility whatsoever for the success of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.  President Obama, Republicans claim, merely did what any president would have done by ordering American forces to attempt to kill or capture bin Laden and beyond that he was just a bystander.

The "any president would do it" claim is, of course, refuted by the public statement of then-president George W. Bush that he didn't know where bin Laden might be hiding and didn't really care because he didn't consider bin Laden such a big deal.

The only thing consistent about the Republican position is their dishonesty.

Upcoming Republican Convention Speech

In the original German...

Brave Newt World

In addition to buying lots of expensive jewelry and leasing private jets, Newt's efforts to single-handedly revive the US economy include teaching children the value of work, particularly poor children.

The mainstream media, as is typical for elite followers of Saul Alinsky, have ridiculed Newt's brilliant plan.  In response, Newt has put his words into action and has established several entrepreneurial companies to kick-start this economy into high gear.


Newt's Janitorial Services Company:

Newt's Demolition and Construction Company:

Newt's Private Security Guard Company:

Newt's Textile Mill (based in South Carolina!):

Yelling "Fire!" in a Crowded Primary

You can take the boy out of prep school, but you can't take the prep school out of the boy.  Try as he might, Mitt Romney simply can't connect with average Americans.  He has claimed that, despite his privileged upbringing as the child of a millionaire, he often worried about getting a pink slip.  He also claims that he is currently unemployed despite his annual income of perhaps $26 million.  Those absurd lies are his attempts to "relate" to the unemployed and middle class voters.

His latest awkward moment came during his attempted explanation as to why he believes forcing insurance companies to compete for your health care dollars is a good thing.  Yet instead of simply saying that, Romney declared that “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.”  Double ouch!

More on Mitt

What is Mitt Romney's problem with the truth?  All politicians shade the truth but Romney puts it into total eclipse.  He lies about his positions and his beliefs.  He lies about his past and his future.  He lies about his lies.

Yet this prissy egomaniac is the frontrunner and likely Republican nominee for president.

In a year like this all the Republicans need is a competent individual willing to tell people the truth every once in a while.  Obama wouldn't stand a chance against a sane alternative who could break with Republican orthodoxy and at least appear to actually mean it.

That alternative is decidedly not Willard M. Romney.

Truth in Acronyms

Mitt Romney is the president of 

Corporations Really Are People (CRAP)

Ron Paul is closely associated with 

Libertarians for Individual American Rights (LIAR)

Rick Santorum is the spokesman for 

Leadership On Ways to Inhibit Queers (LOW IQ)

Newt Gingrich is the head of his one-man fan club 

People Into Gingrich (PIG) 

Michelle Bachmann is a proud member of 

Faith And Godliness Herald American Greatness (FAG HAG)

Sarah Palin dedicates all of her time to 

Getting Republicans Elected Every Day (GREED)

Ringing In The New Year

President Gingrich

If Newt Gingrich is our next president, Americans will need to learn how to spell schizophrenia.

Hurricane Hits Pat Robertson's Home

Virginia Beach -- An angry God declared He was fed up with millionaire self-promoter Pat Robertson and hurled a hurricane directly at Robertson's valuable properties in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  "I tried to warn him with an earthquake earlier in the week but the son-of-a-bitch just won't take a hint" said the Creator of the Universe.  "But Let's face it, My aim just ain't what it used to be with natural disasters so I figured I couldn't miss with a hurricane, right?  I even had it pass over Robertson's house on Saturday, which is usually My day off."

Despite these obvious signs of God's wrath at fake christians, Robertson has continued to blame such Divinely inspired disasters on gays, liberals, and poor people who won't send him money.  When informed of God's personal displeasure with Robertson's unholy hucksterism, Robertson fired back with a warning, yelling "Who the Hell does He think He is, messing with me like that?   If He keeps this up I will buy heaven and kick His ass out!"

Robertson has a message for God