Who's Responsible for the Debt

From the Washington Post, Who raised the debt ceiling?:

"Since 1980, the debt ceiling has been raised 39 times. It was raised 17 times under Ronald Reagan, four times under Bill Clinton and seven times under George W. Bush. Congress is currently in a contentious debate with the White House on whether to raise the ceiling by the Aug. 2 deadline, which would make the fourth raise under Obama.

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Local Business Shout-Out: Navarre Beach Fishing Pier, 8579 Gulf Blvd, Navarre Beach, 850-936-1794, the gulf's longest fishing pier.


Follow-up: Was it déjà OJ all over again?,


Fact-free fantasies: don't be duped by the Birthers, including our very own Pastor Dred Scott (you may remember the infamous Dred Scott decision of 1857, which asserted that African Americans were "beings of an inferior order" who "had no rights which the white man was bound to respect." That ruling declared that African Americans could never be U.S. citizens and therefore could never be President), and

Wonder what the deniers have to say about the heat wave, or the drought;


Local and regional: hasta la vista beach booze ban, until next time, grab your guns, Evers (R-NRA) is having town halls, surprise surprise surprise NOT, another investigative report by another Fl newspaper about local events here in NW Fl, Florida's bridge to nowhere is broke, school district lawsuit update, ransom paid, lawsuits dismissed, and hello globalization, good-bye jobs, Clearwire jobs headed overseas, that makes two county employers, Lumber 84 in the Santa Rosa County Industrial Park is closing;


National and international: I'm waiting, where's the balanced budget, don't hold you breath because the Republi-CONs Con the Tea Party, there'll be no $100 billion budget cut, and let's admit the obvious, the Republi-CONs are not serious about deficits, and remember, we went from surplus to debt, Republi-CON style,

Phoney deficit hawks

Call the Republi-CON bluff on the debt and the deficit,

Is the debt ceiling constitutional?,

To balance the budget, end tax expenditures, better known as tax deductions, which amounted to about $1 trillion in 2009,

Beware unintended consequences of government shutdowns, like no beer, ("Minnesota may just be the [minor league] version of the major league crisis to come in Washington if debt talks fail"), Bachmann's opinion to the contrary,

To balance the budget, do nothing

Name that Florida Republi-CON,

Another Republi-CON tax myth bites the dust,

Will the Naive-ocrats play the chumps again, and accept McConnel's "Pontius Pilate Pass the Buck Act of 2011"?

Let play you choose: who gets paid (and who doesn't),

Let's play the Republi-CON game of 'spot the contradiction', can you explain the Republi-CON contradiction as regards the economy, the debt ceiling, or deficits, or national security, or health care costs, or or even jobs

Who is your favorite 2012 GOP candidate, or do you have a favorite not-yet-a-candidate?, or none of the above,

President Sexpot?

CSI dog poop,

Giving new meaning to navel gazing,

Another Republi-CON myth buster, no the government isn't banning incandescent light bulbs

Racial and gender desegregation, equal opportunity for working-class families, single-payer universal health care, excellent child care and educational opportunity, and salaries that limit income inequality. Name that beloved American socialist organization,

Health care lawsuit update,

Big brother is watching you,

and 'The Great Stagnation' and our broken political system;


Fun stuff: questions a dog might ask God, did you ever wonder . . ., the liquid nitrogen burger, paraprosdokians, the Y Generation, Husband Day Care, and cute little cats in 'It Could Be Worse';

and

Donate to a good cause: help the friends of a former instructor at the Naval EOD school at Eglin Air Force Base, Gunnery Sgt. John Hayes, who was detachment company gunnery sergeant from June 2007 to June 2010 and taught several courses and was recently wounded in Afghanistan.

I'll discuss anything, but expect a no mercy take down if you are a shrieking hatemonger of right-wing rhetoric and partisan hackery, pandering to fear, anger and hatred, because the truth sure makes it hard out there for the party pimps.

So tune-in, call-in, but only if you can handle the truth and some ass kickin' discussion of politics and current events.

Republi-CON Hypocrisy, Cont.

"Confused about the position of Congressional Republicans on the economy?" Or the debt ceiling, or deficits, or national security, or health care costs, or or even jobs? Play the Republi-CON "game of 'spot the contradiction'" Read The New York Times, The Opposing Party.

Giving New Meaning to Navel Gazing

"The human navel should be designated as a bacterial nature reserve, it seems. The first round of DNA results from the Belly Button Biodiversity project are in, and the 95 samples that have so far been analyzed have turned up more than 1,400 bacterial strains. " Read the Washington Post, Scientists find a rich array of unknown bacteria in human navels.

Is It Déjà OJ All Over Again?

UPDATE V: "A creepy lawyer, a greedy juror, a crazed observer. What a show." Read The New York Times, A Sordid Cast Around Casey Anthony.


UPDATE IV: For a follow-up on last weeks show, read The Daily Beast:

Why Casey Anthony Was Acquitted, and

What Casey's Defense Got Right, which compares the Anthony case to the murder trial in Italy of Amanda Knox.

UPDATE III: Why did the jury find Casey Anthony not guilty to the exclusion of and beyond a reasonable doubt? Would you?

See page 76 of the Florida Criminal Jury Instructions. We'll discuss the case today.


UPDATE II: Do you support "'Caylee's Law' [which] would make it a felony for parents or caregivers to not report the death of a child to authorities -- accidental or otherwise -- within one hour. It also would make it a felony for guardians to not notify law enforcement of the disappearance of a child within 24 hours"? Read USA Today, 'Caylee's Law' online petition builds interest after verdict.


UPDATE: Did Nancy Grace's obsession with the Caylee Anthony case to pull "down huge ratings," contribute to Casey Anthony's acquittal? For an interesting perspective, read the Detroit Free Press, Did Nancy Grace assure Tot Mom Casey Anthony's acquittal?

Do you think that "the jury in the Casey Anthony trial was made up of the only 12 people in the entire United States who didn’t feel as though they already had enough evidence to pass judgment on Casey Anthony." Read the Washington Post, Does it matter if Casey Anthony was innocent?, which notes that:

"Casey Anthony will be joining the dark second circle of malign celebrity, whipped about by strong winds from Mary Kay LeTourneau’s Hot For Teacher Club Nights to O.J. Simpson “If I Did It” book parties. It’s almost inevitable at this point. For every three indignant screams on Twitter expressing the desire to club her and bring “street justice” against her, there are several expressing the desire to go clubbing with her.

Justice? Injustice? It’s a show, and we didn’t like the ending."

President Sexpot?

"Sarah Palin hasn't jumped into the race for the White House (yet), but she believes the prize is there for the taking." She also says that she "can win a national election." Read Newsweek, Palin Plots Her Next Move.

But before you vote, you might want to review the cover shoot poses and consider whether she has the 'presidential look.' Here is a sneak peek:

Hello Globalization, Good-Bye Jobs

Recent GDP "numbers solve the mystery in the labor market. This isn’t about confidence or uncertainty or regulations or any of the other bankshot explanations we’ve been using to explain why unemployment seems stuck even as the economy rebounds. The economy isn’t rebounding. Demand isn’t returning. And without demand, there can’t be jobs." Read the Washington Post, The recovery-less recovery.

Just part of the Republi-con war on the middle class.

Republi-CONs Are Not Serious About Deficits

UPDATE: "The often-used storyline that Republicans are desperate to balance America’s books is false, and so is the one about the GOP and the Democrats both being prisoners of their ideological extremes." Read The Daily Beast, The GOP’s False Fiscal Narrative.

"Not to steal Bill Maher’s schtick, but new rule: if you’re not willing to consider tax increases, you’re not serious about deficits. Full stop. Just as rigid pacifists aren’t credible on national defense and dogmatic Christian Scientists are rarely consulted on health-care policy, a politician who has made an ideological vow to refuse to even consider tax increases is not interested in reducing deficits -- and that’s true no matter how often they say the word 'deficits.'" Read the Washington Post, Has the GOP really taken taxes off the table?

The 'Low-Down, No-Good Godawful' Bailout Worked (For the Banksters)

"The bailout of the financial system is roughly as popular as Wall Street bonuses, the federal budget deficit or LeBron James in a Cleveland sports bar. You hear over and over that the bailout was a disaster, it cost taxpayers a fortune, we didn’t really need it, it didn’t work, it was a failure. It has become politically toxic, which inhibits reasoned public discussion about it.

But you know what? The bailout, by the numbers, clearly did work. Not only did it forestall a worldwide financial meltdown, but a Fortune analysis shows that U.S. taxpayers are also coming out ahead on it — by at least $40 billion, and possibly by as much as $100 billion eventually. "

Read the Washington Post, It was a low-down, no-good godawful bailout. But it paid.

Thank God we saved the Banksters, but why?

In America, Make War, Not Love

"[W]hat sense does it make to forbid selling to a 13-year-old boy a magazine with an image of a nude woman, while protecting a sale to that 13-year-old of an interactive video game in which he actively but virtually binds and gags the woman, then tortures and kills her?" Read The New York Times, Sex and the Supremes.

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Local Business Shout-Out: Milton Quality Bakery, 6727 Caroline Street, Milton, FL, Phone 850-623-3676, a family-owned business that has been satisfying sweet cravings for more than 40 years.


Follow-up to fact-free fantasies: don't be duped by the Birthers, including our very own Pastor Dred Scott (you may remember the infamous Dred Scott decision of 1857, which asserted that African Americans were "beings of an inferior order" who "had no rights which the white man was bound to respect." That ruling declared that African Americans could never be U.S. citizens and therefore could never be President), who does the devil's work and supports Middle East dictators, he also cites the Bible for his sexist beliefs, I suppose he supports slavery;


Local and regional: it's a Blue Angel's weekend at Pensacola Beach, and school district lawsuit update, ransom paid, lawsuits dismissed;


National and international: I'm waiting, where's the balanced budget, don't hold you breath because the Republi-CONs Con the Tea Party, there'll be no $100 billion budget cut, and let's admit the obvious, the Republi-CONs are not serious about deficits, and remember, we went from surplus to debt, Republi-CON style,

Phoney deficit hawks

Call the Republi-CON bluff on the debt and the deficit,

Is the debt ceiling constitutional?,

To balance the budget, do nothing

Name that Florida Republi-CON,

Another Republi-CON tax myth bites the dust,

Who is your favorite 2012 GOP candidate, or do you have a favorite not-yet-a-candidate?, or none of the above,

Is it déjà OJ all over again?,

CSI dog poop

Racial and gender desegregation, equal opportunity for working-class families, single-payer universal health care, excellent child care and educational opportunity, and salaries that limit income inequality. Name that beloved American socialist organization,

Health care lawsuit update,

Big brother is watching you,

and 'The Great Stagnation' and our broken political system;


Fun stuff: questions a dog might ask God, did you ever wonder . . ., the liquid nitrogen burger, paraprosdokians, the Y Generation, Husband Day Care, and cute little cats in 'It Could Be Worse';

and

Donate to a good cause: help the friends of a former instructor at the Naval EOD school at Eglin Air Force Base, Gunnery Sgt. John Hayes, who was detachment company gunnery sergeant from June 2007 to June 2010 and taught several courses and was recently wounded in Afghanistan.

I'll discuss anything, but expect a no mercy take down if you are a shrieking hatemonger of right-wing rhetoric and partisan hackery, pandering to fear, anger and hatred, because the truth sure makes it hard out there for the party pimps.

So tune-in, call-in, but only if you can handle the truth and some ass kickin' discussion of politics and current events.

Cheer Up Tuesday -- Morning Muster

From an email:

Ensign Montgomery was holding morning muster.

"Jackson?"
"Here!"

"Kibbey?"
"Yo."

"Stephens?"
"Present, sir."

"Robbins?"
"Yes."

"Seeback?"
(Nothing)

"Seeback?!"
(Still nothing)

"Dammit, Seeback!"

The Chief quietly tells the Ensign,

"Turn the paper over, sir."

Independence Day Quiz

"The 4th of July is the time when we celebrate our nation-- a time to reflect on the freedoms which we believe are not granted by our government, but are self-evident rights for all humankind. Time for the Independence Day Quiz which asks, 'How much do you really know?'"

Good luck!

Class Today at NoBullU on WEBY

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NoBullU will broadcast today from 4:05 to 6:00 p.m. at 1330 AM WEBY and on line.

Topics:

Local Business Shout-Out: TBD.


Follow-up to fact-free fantasies: don't be duped by the Birthers, including our very own Pastor Dred Scott (you may remember the infamous Dred Scott decision of 1857, which asserted that African Americans were "beings of an inferior order" who "had no rights which the white man was bound to respect." That ruling declared that African Americans could never be U.S. citizens and therefore could never be President), who does the devil's work and supports Middle East dictators, he also cites the Bible for his sexist beliefs, I suppose he supports slavery;


Local and regional: Garcon Point bankruptcy, and fair winds and following seas to Mark O'Brien;


National and international: I'm waiting, where's the balanced budget, don't hold you breath because the Republi-CONs Con the Tea Party, there'll be no $100 billion budget cut, and let's admit the obvious, the Republi-CONs are not serious about deficits, and remember, we went from surplus to debt, Republi-CON style,

Phoney deficit hawks

Call the Republi-CON bluff on the debt and the deficit,

Is the debt ceiling constitutional?,

Name that Florida Republi-CON,

Another Republi-CON tax myth bites the dust,

Pining for laissez-faire land, move to China, where, "[o]ver the past two and a half years, thousands of workers, villagers and children have been found to be suffering from toxic levels of lead exposure",

Still seeking "a country with low taxes, little regulation and traditional family values, I have the perfect place for them. Body armor suggested",

Who is your favorite 2012 GOP candidate, or do you have a favorite not-yet-a-candidate?, or none of the above,

Republi-CONs and their fantasy economic plans,

Keep America great: spend, cut, tax and invest, and stop Chinese trade cheating,

Just 113 days til the new and improved judgment day, again,

Racial and gender desegregation, equal opportunity for working-class families, single-payer universal health care, excellent child care and educational opportunity, and salaries that limit income inequality. Name that beloved American socialist organization,

Health care lawsuit update,

Big brother is watching you,

and 'The Great Stagnation' and our broken political system;


Fun stuff: questions a dog might ask God, did you ever wonder . . ., the liquid nitrogen burger, paraprosdokians, the Y Generation, Husband Day Care, and cute little cats in 'It Could Be Worse';

and

Donate to a good cause: help the friends of a former instructor at the Naval EOD school at Eglin Air Force Base, Gunnery Sgt. John Hayes, who was detachment company gunnery sergeant from June 2007 to June 2010 and taught several courses and was recently wounded in Afghanistan.

I'll discuss anything, but expect a no mercy take down if you are a shrieking hatemonger of right-wing rhetoric and partisan hackery, pandering to fear, anger and hatred, because the truth sure makes it hard out there for the party pimps.

So tune-in, call-in, but only if you can handle the truth and some ass kickin' discussion of politics and current events.

Phoney Deficit Hawks

The debt ceiling has been raised 70 times during the last 60 years. How many times did Reagan raise the debt ceiling?

Health Questions

From email:

1. If walking/cycling is good for your health, the postman would be immortal.

2. A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water and is fat.

3. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years.

4. A tortoise doesn't run, does nothing ..yet lives for 450 years.

Name That Florida Republi-CON

He "describes himself as a fiscal conservative, arguing that 'all taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects must be wise investments.' But he has pulled strings in Washington to get special consideration for [this pet] project. . . [spending] years badgering federal agencies, bullying state officials, blocking Amtrak naysayers and trying to bypass federal restrictions to build support and squash opposition to the commuter line."

However, this " 61-mile commuter rail project . . . ranks as one of the least cost-effective mass transit efforts in the nation.

With a price tag of $1.2 billion at completion, the rail line is expected to serve just 2,150 commuters a day when it starts operating in three years. It will not link to the Orlando airport or Disney World, among the region’s biggest traffic generators. Florida’s governor is even considering killing the project, worried that local government officials will rebel if they have to cover any shortfalls at the fare box.

But the so-called SunRail project has survived, at least so far, a testament to the ability of one congressman to help push through hundreds of millions of dollars in federal spending, even at a time of deep concern over ballooning federal deficits.

[He is] "chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has spent years badgering federal agencies, bullying state officials, blocking Amtrak naysayers and trying to bypass federal restrictions to build support and squash opposition to the commuter line. . .

But skeptics question whether [his] real goal is to give a taxpayer-financed gift to CSX, the freight rail giant and a generous Mica campaign donor, which would get $432 million for its tracks and for upgrades to tracks it owns elsewhere in the state."

Read The New York Times, A Congressman’s Pet Project; a Railroad’s Boon.

Fishing vs Fornicating

From an email:

No matter how much whiskey you've had, you can still Fish.

You don't have to hide your Fishing magazines.

It is perfectly acceptable to pay a professional to Fish with you once in a while.

The Ten Commandments don't say anything against Fishing.

If your partner takes pictures or videotapes of you Fishing, you don't have to worry about them showing up on the Internet if you become famous.

Your Fishing partner doesn't get upset about people you fished with long ago.

It's perfectly respectable to Fish with a total stranger.

When you see a really good Fishing person, you don't have to feel guilty about imagining the two of you Fishing together.

If your regular Fishing partner isn't available, he/she won't object if you Fish with someone else.

Nobody will ever tell you that you will go blind if you Fish by yourself.

When dealing with a Fishing pro, you never have to wonder if they are really an undercover cop.

You don't have to go to a sleazy shop in a seedy neighborhood to buy Fishing stuff.

You can have a Fishing calendar on your wall at the office, tell Fishing jokes, and invite coworkers to Fish with you without getting sued for Fishing harassment.

There are no Fishing-transmitted diseases.

If you want to watch Fishing on television, you don't have to subscribe to the Playboy channel.

Nobody expects you to Fish with the same partner for the rest of your life.

Nobody expects you to give up Fishing if your partner loses interest in it.

You don't have to be a newlywed to plan a vacation primarily to enjoy your favorite activity.

Your Fishing partner will never say, "Not again? We just Fished last week! Is Fishing all you ever think about?"

Another Republi-CON Myth Bites the Dust

"[W]hat we’ve seen over the past 30 years is that lower marginal tax rates have not led to particularly impressive economic growth, labor markets or revenues. Growth was actually more impressive back when marginal tax rates were higher." Read the Washington Post, Tax rates and economic growth in one graph.

Hedgehog News is 'the New England Patriots of Lying'

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Class Today at NoBullU on WEBY

Listen to the voice of wisdom and reason in a wilderness of partisan rhetoric -- No political insanity, no conservative hypocrisy, no liberal foolishness -- Just straight talk, straight at you, and that’s no bull!!

NoBullU will broadcast today from 4:05 to 6:00 p.m. at 1330 AM WEBY and on line.

Topics:

Local Business Shout-Out: TBD.


Follow-up to fact-free fantasies: don't be duped by the Birthers, including our very own racist pastor, who does the devil's work and supports Middle East dictators;


Local and regional: another article about FL State Sen. Greg Evers, and his corporate overlords in the billboard industry, and another proposal to ban booze at the beach, and fair winds and following seas to Mark O'Brien;


National and international: I'm waiting, where's the balanced budget, don't hold you breath because the Republi-CONs Con the Tea Party, there'll be no $100 billion budget cut, and let's admit the obvious, the Republi-CONs are not serious about deficits, and remember, we went from surplus to debt, Republi-CON style,

Call the Republi-CON bluff on the debt and the deficit,

Pining for laissez-faire land, move to China, where, "[o]ver the past two and a half years, thousands of workers, villagers and children have been found to be suffering from toxic levels of lead exposure",

Still seeking "a country with low taxes, little regulation and traditional family values, I have the perfect place for them. Body armor suggested",

Who is your favorite 2012 GOP candidate, or do you have a favorite not-yet-a-candidate?,

Republi-CONs and their fantasy economic plans,

Keep America great: spend, cut, tax and invest, and stop Chinese trade cheating,

My virtual strip search, the terrorist is dead, but will he still win thanks to the Republi-CONs?

For Mom and Pop Tammy, a world without chain stores,

Just 120 days til the new and improved judgment day, again,

Speaking of judgment day, Republi-CON religious hypocrisy

Racial and gender desegregation, equal opportunity for working-class families, single-payer universal health care, excellent child care and educational opportunity, and salaries that limit income inequality. Name that beloved American socialist organization,

The Middle East mess and the hope for democracy, and Christians and Muslims clashing in Egypt, Syria attempting to crush its democracy rebellion and Palestinians climbing over fences into Israel — the best we can do now is manage the unavoidable and avoid the unmanageable, time for a serious peace policy combined with a serious energy policy, and he may be dead, but will he still win thanks to the Republi-CONs?,

So you don't believe in global warming, then explain what happens to 35 gigatons of CO2 each year,

The health care industry bottom-line, the reason Republi-con want to repeal the new health care law, the nation’s bloated annual health-care tab would swell by more than $4 billion" after a company raised the price of a medicine from $20 to $1,500 per dose, and bad news for health care law opponents,

and 'The Great Stagnation' and our broken political system;


Fun stuff: questions a dog might ask God, did you ever wonder . . ., the liquid nitrogen burger, paraprosdokians, the Y Generation, Husband Day Care, and cute little cats in 'It Could Be Worse';

and

Donate to a good cause: help the friends of a former instructor at the Naval EOD school at Eglin Air Force Base, Gunnery Sgt. John Hayes, who was detachment company gunnery sergeant from June 2007 to June 2010 and taught several courses and was recently wounded in Afghanistan.

I'll discuss anything, but expect a no mercy take down if you are a shrieking hatemonger of right-wing rhetoric and partisan hackery, pandering to fear, anger and hatred, because the truth sure makes it hard out there for the party pimps.

So tune-in, call-in, but only if you can handle the truth and some ass kickin' discussion of politics and current events.

Keep America Great: Stop Chinese Trade Cheating

"China uses unfair trade practices to wage war on our manufacturing base, [and] the American economy is the big loser." Read the Los Angles Times, How China unfairly bests the U.S.

Keep America Great: Spend, Cut, Tax and Invest

Where is the "candidate who could run in 2012 and deliver the shock therapy to the corrupt, encrusted, two-party duopoly now running the show in America.

Such a Third Party would have a simple agenda: 1) Inject a short-term stimulus. 2) Enact Simpson-Bowles. 3) Shrink our presence in Afghanistan. 4) Raise automobile mileage standards. 5) Impose a gasoline tax to pay for a massive increase in government-supported scientific research and a carbon tax to pay for new infrastructure and stimulate clean-power innovation."

Read The New York Times, 100 Days.

Humor to Make You Smile

From an email:

1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't.

2. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.

3. I work hard because millions on welfare depend on me!

4. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.

5. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.

6. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

7. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.

8. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

9. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.

10. I'm not a complete idiot -- some parts are missing.

11. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.

12. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning medicine.

13. God must love stupid people; He made so many.

14. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.

15. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.

16. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

17. Being "over the hill" is much better than being under it!

18. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up.

19. Procrastinate Now!

20. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?

21. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

22. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

23. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!

24. They call it PMS because MadCow Disease was already taken.

25. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead.

26. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory.

27. Ham and eggs. A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

28. The trouble with life is there's no background music.

29. The original point and click interface was a Smith and Wesson.

30. I smile! because I don't know what the hell is going on.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Republi-CON Religious Hypocrisy

"Whether the topic is hair length, celibacy, when life begins, or divorce, time and again, the leaders most opposed to gay marriage have demonstrated an incredible willingness to consider nuances and complicating considerations when their own interests are at stake." Read CNN, Bible condemns a lot, so why focus on homosexuality?


More proof that you don’t need to base opinions and decisions on sentences taken "at random from a 400-year-old English translation of a group of ten tangentially related Middle Eastern texts transcribed from Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic oral histories".

Did You Ever Wonder . . .

From an email:

Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety-one?

If 4 out of 5 people suffer from diarrhea... does that mean that one out of five enjoys it?

Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?

If people from Poland are called Poles, then why aren't people from Holland called Holes?

If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a racecar is not called a racist?

If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, then doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP? ?

Do Lipton Tea employees take 'coffee breaks?'

What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered what do Chinese mothers use. Toothpicks?

Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?

Is it true that you never really learn to swear until you learn to drive?

If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?

Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?

Did you ever notice: When you put the two words 'The ' and 'IRS' together, it spells 'THEIRS'?

Questions a Dog Might Ask God

From an email:

Dear God: Is it on purpose our names are the same, only reversed?

Dear God: Why do humans smell the flowers, but seldom smell one another?

Dear God: When we get to heaven, can we sit on your couch? Or is it still the same old story?

Dear God: Why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not ONE named for a Dog? How often do you see a cougar riding around? We do love a nice ride! Would it be so hard to rename the 'Chrysler Eagle' the 'Chrysler Beagle'?

Dear God: If a Dog barks his head off in the forest and no human hears him, is he still a bad Dog?

Dear God: We Dogs can understand human verbal instructions, hand signals, whistles, horns, clickers, beepers, scent ID's, electromagnetic energy fields, and Frisbee flight paths. What do humans understand?

Dear God: More meatballs, less spaghetti, please.

Dear God: Are there mailmen in Heaven? If there are, will I have to apologize?

Dear God: Let me give you a list of just some of the things I must remember to be a good Dog.
1. I will not eat the cats' food before they eat it or after they throw it up.
2. I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc., just because I like the way they smell.
3. The Litter Box is not a cookie jar.
4. The sofa is not a 'face towel'.
5. The garbage collector is not stealing our stuff.
6. I will not play tug-of-war with Dad's underwear when he's on the toilet.
7. Sticking my nose into someone's crotch is an unacceptable way of saying 'hello'.
8. I don't need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm under the coffee table
9. I must shake the rainwater out of my fur before entering the house - not after.
10. I will not come in from outside and immediately drag my butt across the carpet.
11. I will not sit in the middle of the living room and lick my crotch.
12. The cat is not a 'squeaky toy' so when I play with him and he makes that noise, it's usually not a good thing.

P.S. Dear God: When I get to Heaven may I have my testicles back?

Cheer Up Monday

This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine version:

A Short Love Story

From an email:

A man and a woman who had never met before, but who were both married to other people, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a trans-continental train.

Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, they were both very tired and fell asleep quickly, he in the upper berth and she in the lower.

At 1:00 AM, the man leaned down and gently woke the woman saying, 'Ma'am, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet to get me a second blanket? I'm awfully cold.'

'I have a better idea,' she replied 'Just for tonight, let's pretend that we're married.'

'Wow! That's a great idea!', he exclaimed.

'Good,' she replied. 'Get your own damn blanket.'

After a moment of silence, he farted.

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Topics:

Local Business Shout-Out: TBD.


Follow-up to fact-free fantasies: don't be duped by the Birthers, and why do Republi-CONs lie?, it explains our Friday sycophants, but why do they still do the Devil's Work and Supporting Middle East Dictators;


Local and regional: TBD;


National and international: I'm waiting, where's the balanced budget, don't hold you breath because the Republi-CONs Con the Tea Party, there'll be no $100 billion budget cut, and let's admit the obvious, the Republi-CONs are not serious about deficits, and remember, we went from surplus to debt, Republi-CON style,

Damn middle class jobs, Republi-CON Polly wants a tax cut

Call the Republi-CON bluff on the debt and the deficit,

Pining for laissez-faire land, move to China, where, "[o]ver the past two and a half years, thousands of workers, villagers and children have been found to be suffering from toxic levels of lead exposure",

Still seeking "a country with low taxes, little regulation and traditional family values, I have the perfect place for them. Body armor suggested",

After the CNN candidate special, who is your favorite 2012 GOP candidate, or do you have a favorite not-yet-a-candidate?,

Republi-CONs and their fantasy economic plans,

Is the real Weiner story really about narcissism, or men in politics? (Female politicians rarely get caught up in sex scandals. Women in elective office have not, for instance, blubbered about Argentine soulmates (see: Sanford, Mark); been captured on federal wiretaps arranging to meet high-priced call girls (Spitzer, Eliot); resigned in disgrace after their parents paid $96,000 to a paramour’s spouse (Ensign, John); or, as in the case of Mr. Weiner, blasted lewd self-portraits into cyberspace.)

Colbert explains how "Weiner's sadly delicious sordid saga proves that Democrats don't share Republican values . . . at least Republican Chris Lee was trying to get some action. Republican politician are man enough to hit that thing Ensign, Vitter, even when it is a gay scandal, they're not tweeting love letters, they're tearing up an airport bath rooms until someone calls the cops",

And Sarah's family vacation, where you can also watch Palin strings together "random string of words" to explain history and Colbert helps prove "that Paul Revere could have ridden a horse while ringing a bell and firing multiple warning shots from a front-loading musket",

My virtual strip search, the terrorist is dead, but will he still win thanks to the Republi-CONs?

Just 127 days til the new and improved judgment day, again,

Racial and gender desegregation, equal opportunity for working-class families, single-payer universal health care, excellent child care and educational opportunity, and salaries that limit income inequality. Name that belove American socialist organization,

The Middle East mess and the hope for democracy, and Christians and Muslims clashing in Egypt, Syria attempting to crush its democracy rebellion and Palestinians climbing over fences into Israel — the best we can do now is manage the unavoidable and avoid the unmanageable, time for a serious peace policy combined with a serious energy policy, and he may be dead, but will he still win thanks to the Republi-CONs?,

So you don't believe in global warming, then explain what happens to 35 gigatons of CO2 each year,

The health care industry bottom-line, the reason Republi-con want to repeal the new health care law, the nation’s bloated annual health-care tab would swell by more than $4 billion" after a company raised the price of a medicine from $20 to $1,500 per dose, and bad news for health care law opponents,

and 'The Great Stagnation' and our broken political system;


Fun stuff: the liquid nitrogen burger, paraprosdokians, the Y Generation, Husband Day Care, and cute little cats in 'It Could Be Worse';

and

Donate to a good cause: help the friends of a former instructor at the Naval EOD school at Eglin Air Force Base, Gunnery Sgt. John Hayes, who was detachment company gunnery sergeant from June 2007 to June 2010 and taught several courses and was recently wounded in Afghanistan.

I'll discuss anything, but expect a no mercy take down if you are a shrieking hatemonger of right-wing rhetoric and partisan hackery, pandering to fear, anger and hatred, because the truth sure makes it hard out there for the party pimps.

So tune-in, call-in, but only if you can handle the truth and some ass kickin' discussion of politics and current events.

Paraprosdokian

From an email: The term means a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation. For example: "Where there's a will, I want to be in it," is a type of paraprosdokian.

Ok, so now enjoy:

1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.

3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. Evening news is where they begin with 'Good Evening,' and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

10. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.

11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.

12. Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, 'In case of emergency, notify:' I put 'DOCTOR.'

13. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

14. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.

17. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

18. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

19. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

20. There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.

21. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

22. You're never too old to learn something stupid.

23. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

24. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

25. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

26. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

27. A diplomat is someone who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip.

28. Hospitality is making your guests feel at home even when you wish they were.

29. I always take life with a grain of salt. Plus a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila.

30. When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.

Why Do Republi-CONs Lie?

Because, "bias, lack of logic and other [irrational] flaws that pollute the stream of reason are . . . social adaptations that enable one group to persuade (and defeat) another. Certitude works, however sharply it may depart from the truth. . . Truth and accuracy [are] beside the point." Read The New york Times, Reason Seen More as Weapon Than Path to Truth.

This explains why it is a complete waste of time to argue with a Republi-con.

Republi-CONs and Their Fantasy Economic Plans

Pawlenty’s economic "plan isn’t optimistic. It isn’t a bit vague. It’s a joke. And I don’t know which is worse: The thought that Pawlenty knows that and went forward with this pandering, fantasy-based proposal anyway, or the thought that he doesn’t know it, and he really thinks this could work." Read the Washington Post, Tim Pawlenty’s fantasy economic plan.

The Terrorist is Dead, But Will He Still Win Thanks to the Republi-CONs?

UPDATE III: "Ten years after the terrorist attacks downriver made security checks commonplace, a tea party of sorts is brewing on the Hudson, as boaters and marine businesses complain bitterly about being stopped too often and questioned too closely by officers wearing flak jackets and holstered pistols — many of them on the lookout for terrorists." Read The New York Times, Security Checks on Boaters Disrupt Idyllic Life on the Hudson, which reports on the experience of one boater who said "One time I got stopped four times in one day. It feels like every agency and municipality on the Hudson has a boat, and they’re all out there trying to justify themselves by finding someone doing something wrong. It’s just gotten out of control."


UPDATE II: "Bin Laden really did a number on all of us. . . the Arab states, America and Israel — all of whom have deeper holes than ever to dig out of thanks to the Bin Laden decade, 2001 to 2011, and all of whom have less political authority than ever to make the hard decisions needed to get out of the holes." Read The New York Times, The Bin Laden Decade


UPDATE: Republi-cons continue the big lie theory regarding the usefulness of torture, but don't believe it. Read the Washington Post, John McCain to Bush apologists: Stop lying about Bin Laden and torture.

OBL "had a strategy that we never bothered to understand, and thus that we never bothered to defend against. What he really wanted to do — and, more to the point, what he thought he could do — was bankrupt the United States." Read the Washington Post, Bin Laden’s war against the U.S. economy.

And all because Republi-cons exaggerated the threat posed by OBL. Read the Washington Post, How we get risk wrong.

NAIVE-ocrat and Republi-CON Family Values Hypocrisy, Cont.

UPDATE V: Colbert explains how "Weiner's sadly delicious sordid saga proves that Democrats don't share Republican values":

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UPDATE IV: Colbert "admires the fiscal discipline it takes to resist launching a federal investigation of Anthony Weiner's groin":

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UPDATE III: "The young woman who was sent a lewd photo from the Twitter account of Rep. Anthony Weiner says she doesn’t think the New York Democrat was hacked, but that he may have been trying to send it to a porn star with a similar name." Politico, Seattle student: Weiner photo meant for porn star.

I'm sure his wife is happy to hear that.


UPDATE II: For more on Weiner's pickle, read the Washington Post, 'Weinergate' theory: private photo, public embarrassment.

Maybe his staff should consider "'congressional control software.' Motto: 'Know with certitude what your member’s up to.'" Read the Washington Post, Track your teen lawmaker.


UPDATE: There must be something in the water fountains in Congress. Read The Daily Caller, #Weinergate: Married congressman’s Twitter account shares lewd photo.

Gingrich, Sanford, Souder, Ensign, Craig, Foley, Vitter -- now Chris Lee. Read the Washington Post, Rep. Chris Lee (R-Craigslist).

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Damn Middle Class Jobs, Republi-CON Polly Wants a Tax Cut

UPDATE: "Who benefits from economic stagnation?" Read The New York Times, Rule by Rentier, which notes that "[c]onsciously or not, policy makers are catering almost exclusively to the interests of . . . those who . . . lent large sums of money in the past, often unwisely, but are now being protected from loss at everyone else’s expense."

As I said in February 2009, tax cuts are not the answer, this downturn won't be over 'til the fat lady gets a job.

And today's jobs report and other recent dismal economic data shows the results of a pivot away from jobs to other concerns." Read The New York Times, The Mistake of 2010, which points out that:

"[T]he original 2009 Obama stimulus was enacted, some of us warned that it was both too small and too short-lived. In particular, the effects of the stimulus would start fading out in 2010 - and given the fact that financial crises are usually followed by prolonged slumps, it was unlikely that the economy would have a vigorous self-sustaining recovery under way by then.

By the beginning of 2010, it was already obvious that these concerns had been justified. Yet somehow an overwhelming consensus emerged among policy makers and pundits that nothing more should be done to create jobs, that, on the contrary, there should be a turn toward fiscal austerity.

This consensus was fed by scare stories about an imminent loss of market confidence in U.S. debt. Every uptick in interest rates was interpreted as a sign that the 'bond vigilantes' were on the attack, and this interpretation was often reported as a fact, not as a dubious hypothesis.

For example, in March 2010, The Wall Street Journal published an article titled 'Debt Fears Send Rates Up,' reporting that long-term U.S. interest rates had risen and asserting - without offering any evidence - that this rise, to about 3.9 percent, reflected concerns about the budget deficit. In reality, it probably reflected several months of decent jobs numbers, which temporarily raised optimism about recovery.

But never mind. Somehow it became conventional wisdom that the deficit, not unemployment, was Public Enemy No. 1 - a conventional wisdom both reflected in and reinforced by a dramatic shift in news coverage away from unemployment and toward deficit concerns. Job creation effectively dropped off the agenda.

So, here we are, in the middle of 2011. How are things going?"

More proof of the Republi-con double-dip recession.

Too Many Old People?

UPDATE: To control health care costs, should we limit health care for those over 80? Read the Washington Post, A new approach to dying.

Are there too many old people? For the Soylent Green solution, read ThinkProgress.org, How To Run America Like a Business: Get Rid Of All The Old People.

But consider "a less-modest proposal. The opposite of 'fewer old people' is 'more young people.' There's a straightforward way to make more young people, of course, but it's best that the federal government doesn't involve itself in it. Slightly less straightforward, but more proper for policymakers to consider, is allowing more young immigrants to come to America." Read The Washington Post, How to run America like a business.

Too Good Not to Share

From an email:

Sarah's Family Vacation

UPDATE II: Watch Palin string together "random string of words" to explain history and Colbert helps prove "that Paul Revere could have ridden a horse while ringing a bell and firing multiple warning shots from a front-loading musket":

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UPDATE: "Sarah Palin joins Donald Trump at one of New York's historic monuments, the Times Square Applebee's":

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Will she save us?

Who knows, right now, Sarah is taking the family on a for-profit vacation, and giving the country a little Republi-con history lesson:

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The Liquid Nitrogen Burger

"To produce the best burger, one needs advanced scientific cooking techniques, a former Microsoft executive says." Read The New York Times, Could Liquid Nitrogen Help Build Tasty Burgers?

Republi-CONs Con the Tea Party

UPDATE IV: Republi-cons con the Tea Party "while reassuring Wall Street that it's political theater":

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As he notes, raising the debt ceiling is so "2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and twice in 2008."


UPDATE III: Republi-cons promised $100 billion in budget cuts this year, then they reduced the cuts "to perhaps $50 billion to $60 billion." In the end, they were only able to propose cuts of $32 billion.

The Tea Party has been conned, and Rand Paul knows it. Read ABC News, Rand Paul Says Republicans 'Aren't Maybe Brave Enough' to Tackle Deficit.


UPDATE II: A Pledge to America, "the manifesto House Republicans published last September, included the promise, “We will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone. . . [But on Tuesday Republi-cons reduced "their goal to perhaps $50 billion to $60 billion." Read The New York Times, Republicans Lower Goal for Cuts to Budget.

No more blamin Obama!


UPDATE: "At the moment when it seemed as if Bachmann [and the Tea Party] fringe would have to be welcomed into the fold, establishment Republicans pushed her back." Read Slate, The GOP's Michele Bachmann Problem.

The civil war continues: Republi-CON establishment v. Republi-CON rage.

Don't let them tell you otherwise, "[i]n Washington, it's business as usual." Read the Washington Post, Forget Tea Party rhetoric - pork barrel politics is back.

The Republi-CON "Not Intended to be a Factual Statement" and "Misinformation" Propaganda Industry

UPDATE III: Palin joins the Republi-con "not intended to be a factual statement" campaign. "She spent half an hour the other day chatting with Fox News’s Greta van Susteren. . .

Much of the interview consisted of fluffy stuff, but every so often van Susteren diverted into asking about policy issues. Palin responded with her trademark style of making broad assertions with only a shaky command of the facts. Read the Washington Post, Sarah Palin collects a bushel of Pinocchios on her bus tour.


UPDATE II: "Gingrich's epic press release that has D.C. buzzing":

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BTW, Designer Jon White turned the press release into an illustrated poem:




UPDATE: Newt joins the Republi-con "not intended to be a factual statement" campaign. From the Washington Post:

After a Republi-con lied in a Senate budget debate, his office "explained that it was 'not intended to be a factual statement.'" Read CNN, Colbert vs. Kyl and spread of 'misinformation'.

And "WorldNetDaily's [editor-in-chief] Joseph Farah explains the journalistic standards at his Birther news website." Read Salon, Right-wing publisher: We run "some misinformation".

All part of the Republi-con fear, anger and hatred political campaign.