Republi-CON Oink, Oink Hypocrisy

First, "relentlessly assailed the Democratic stimulus efforts as a package of wasteful 'trillion-dollar spending sprees' that was 'more about stimulating the government and rewarding political allies than growing the economy and creating jobs.'"

Next, quietly ask for a share because "the project would create jobs."

Read the Washington Post, Republicans, Democrats who criticized stimulus wrote letters seeking funds.

Nothing new here. Read:

Republi-CON 'Less Government' Hypocrisy

Local Republi-Con Fiscal Conservative Hypocrisy

Oink, oink:

Funding Terrorism

"When the American taxpayer is inadvertently financing the Taliban, it’s time to review our strategy in Afghanistan." Read The New York Times, Tea in Kabul.

At Last, a Cell Phone for Seniors!

If you don't get it, you are too young.

The Republi-CON Party of Terrorist

UPDATE II: Read Huffington Post, Christine O'Donnell Tells GOPers: 'I've Got Sean Hannity In My Back Pocket'.

Actually, she's got that bass ackwards.


UPDATE: BTW, the Saudis are hypocrites like the Republi-cons. For example, a "Saudi prince on trial for allegedly killing his assistant in London." At trial:

The jury also heard evidence that the prince is homosexual and was a client of gay sex workers during his time in London.

The murder itself, Laidlaw said, had a sexual element.

The prosecutor outlined the findings of the post-mortem examination, which revealed the ferocity of the violence Abdulaziz had experienced. It included beatings to the face, swelling and bruising of the brain, and fractured ribs and neck. There were also signs the victim had been bitten on the face, ears, and arm, which, in Laidlaw's words, carried an "obvious" sexual connotation.

First Hedgehog News bought a stake in the Republi-CONs when parent News Corp. donated $1 million to Republican Governors' Association. Then News Corp. contributed $1 million to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "the business lobby that has been running an aggressive campaign in support of the Republican effort to retake Congress." But more shocking, "every major contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination who isn’t currently holding office and isn’t named Mitt Romney is now" on the payroll of Hedgehog News.

Hedgehog News owns the Republi-con party.

And who owns Hedgehog News

"Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal owns a 7 percent stake in News Corp . . . making him the largest shareholder outside the family of News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch." As a result, Hedgehog News does the bidding of the Saudis and censors its broadcasts so as not to offend the bosses.

And it is no secret that "Saudi Arabia is hub of world terror," funding Islamic 'charity' organizations that are "hotbeds of anti-Western, and especially, anti-American, indoctrination."

Ergo, the Republi-cons are the party of terrorist.

It's Déjà Bircher All Over Again

Paranoid politics is nothing new. Read The New Yorker, Confounding Fathers, The Tea Party’s Cold War roots.

There's no denying the power of fear, anger and hatred,

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Topics:

Follow-up: TBD;

Local and regional: health care lawsuit, the first loss for the states;

Nation and international: free speech, can you say anything?; quickie told ya so, help reelect Obama, vote Republi-CON; how do you know when a Republi-CON is lying?; watch what you wish for, you might lose your job; Republi-CON nirvana -- everyman for himself (pun intended); Economic Mess for Non-Dummies, the movie; W. v. H. who was worse; it's not the GOP it's the RPT (Republi-CON Party of Terrorist); welcome to the age of everyman for himself; exposing Republi-CONism; U.S. has a sad history of religious intolerance; DC road rally, who wants to go; test your religious hypocrisy; and sed quis custodiet ipsos cutodes;

Fun stuff: Foot Loose, a mash up of dance clips; Not So Little Red Wagon; did ya'll take the Yankee or Dixie Quiz; and how big is your pumpkin?

and

Donate to a good cause: this month support Pace FL's Woodbine United Methodist's Ray Of Hope Wheelchair Ramp Ministry, as reported recently at the Pensacola News Journal, Ramping it up: Pace church makes wheelchair ramps for people in need.

I'll discuss anything, but expect a no mercy take down if you are a party hack 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 some ass kickin' discussion of politics and current events.

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How Do You Know When a Republi-CON is Lying?

That begs the question, when does a Republi-con not lie to win election?

Read the Washington Post, Rove, Chamber ads widely debunked as false or misleading, which outlines the "scope of the dishonesty and distortion that's flowing from the conservative side . . . a massive disinformation campaign flooding airwaves across the country that could change the outcome of major races and shift the balance of power in Congress, funded by money from undisclosed sources, justified with still more falsehoods and disinformation. "

Is W. The Worst

UPDATE VI: $10+ T national debt, $1.2 T deficit this year, 2.6 M jobs lost in the last year swelling the ranks of the unemployed to more than 11 million people, failing economy, mortgage crisis, incompetent leadership, overstretched military, an unnecessary and disastrous war, politicized government, torture as government policy, Chinese ascension, Russian resurgence, oil addiction (did I miss anything). How soon we forget. Read CNN, Was Bush better president than Obama?

How will history judge George W. Bush's presidency?

Bush certainly has no regrets. Read Washington Post, Regret-Me-Not and watch the interview at Camp David by ABC's Charles Gibson.

There has even been an Oxford-style debate of the proposition "Bush 43 Is the Worst President of the Past 50 Years," in which Karl Rove defended Bush.

See also NPR, Is Bush The Worst President Of The Past 50 Years?

And answer the poll on the right and tell me what you think.

UPDATE: A Wall Street Journal poll (question 27), when asked to compare Mr. Bush with the past several presidents, two percent of respondents said he was one of the best; 18 percent said he was better than most; 30 percent said he was not as good as most; and 48 percent said he was definitely worse than most.

UPDATE, Part II: Certainly some Iraqis aren't happy with Bush. During Bush's surprise visit to Iraq in December, an Iraqi journalist denounced Bush as a 'dog' and threw his shoes at the President, an insult in Islamic society. (You might remember Iraqis beating the statue of Saddam with shoes after it was toppled 5 years ago.)

UPDATE, Part III:






UPDATE Part IV:






































Somebody should have told Bush that the President of the United States takes an oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

UPDATE V:



















Don't forget to vote in the poll.

Exposing Republi-CONism

UPDATE III: And there is also the family values (NOT) of Arizona House candidate Ben Quayle, a/k/a Brock Landers, the fictional sidekick to porn star Dirk Diggler in the film "Boogie Nights,", and real-life son of former vice president Dan Quayle


UPDATE II: Lest you forgot, there is also the serial adulterer, now Republi-con South Carolina gubernatorial candidate. Read the Washington Post, Blogger details alleged tryst with SC gov nominee.


UPDATE: First a candidate who loves pornographic emails while lecturing about family values and cashing rent checks from gay clubs, now a candidate who enjoys wearing Nazi attire. Who will the Republi-con nominate next? Read The Atlantic, Why is This GOP House Candidate Dressed as a Nazi? and the Washington Post, Candidate rejects criticism of Nazi uniform.

Nobody is a better Republi-Con Myth Buster by mocking the Republi-CON created reality than Stephen Colbert. Watch as he keeps fear alive and explains why America should fear Muslims:

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
The Word - It's a Small-Minded World
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election March to Keep Fear Alive

And he wants the little one to grow up Republi-con, with suggestions for new coloring book to teach kids Tea Party values, such as Christine O'Donnell's Masturbation Alternatives and Down on the Farm with Carl Paladino, which cites his "racist and pornographic emails, some of which featured bestiality videos":

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
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Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election March to Keep Fear Alive

Judge for yourself, view the emails if you dare (<-WARNING: this link contains extremely graphic material). And don't forget his roast of Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner.

Restore Truthiness

UPDATE II:



If you can't be there, watch it live on Comedy Central or streamed live online.


UPDATE: Not one but two rallies.

First, the Rally to Restore Sanity, where "rational people will gather on the National Mall in DC to spread spread a timely message -- take it down a notch for America":

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Rally to Restore Sanity
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

And if that is too serious for ya, there is the March to Keep Fear Alive, "to fight Jon Stewart's creeping reasonableness and to restore truthiness":

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
March to Keep Fear Alive
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election Fox News

Who wants to make a road trip to DC in late October?

Time to mock the Republi-CON created reality, support the Restore Truthiness rally, because "[t]here's no way to have a logical public discussion with the teabaggers. The best we can do is mimic them."


P.S. Don't know what Truthiness is? Then watch this:

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
The Word - Truthiness
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election Fox News

And nobody is better at mocking the Republi-CONs than Colbert. Remember his roast of Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner.

Everyman for Himself

UPDATE II: Banksy might blame them all.

Watch the graffiti artist and provocateur's take down of corporate greed and labor out sourcing by the corporation that owns the Republi-con party, 20th Century Fox, in this opening scene of the MoneyBart episode of The Simpsons:




UPDATE: What is to blame for the rise in income inequality? Technology changes, globalization, industry deregulation, the decline of unions, social changes that make income inequality acceptable, or increased corporate power? Read the Washington Post, The costs of rising economic inequality.

And vote in the poll.

How much money is enough, and when do greed, ambition, and betrayal of friends, partners and principles harm society in the long term?

"The film about Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, can be viewed as a cautionary tale or something to applaud." Read The New York Times, Film Version of Zuckerberg Divides Generation.

And consider that a society where it's everyman for himself would be a brutal, ugly place to live.

Not So Little Red Wagon

Now this is a Radio Flyer:

Test Your Religious Hypocrisy

Another test of your religious literacy:

Which holy book stipulates that a girl who does not bleed on her wedding night should be stoned to death?
a. Koran
b. Old Testament
c. (Hindu) Upanishads

Which holy scripture urges that the "little ones" of the enemy be dashed against the stones?
a. Book of Psalms
b. Koran
c. Leviticus

For the answers, read The New York Times, Test Your Savvy on Religion.

Religious fanatics are all alike, they emphasize the best parts of their own religion and vilify the worst parts of any other.

Foot Loose

A mask up "of dance clips from almost 40 movies from dance movies to comedies, from Fred Astaire to Micheal Jackson," set to the tune of Kenny Loggins - Footloose. Enjoy, as you try to name the clips (list below):




Did you recognize these movie clips: "Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, White Nights, Perfect, Saturday Night Fever, Blue Skies, Pulp Fiction, High Fidelity, Clerks 2, American Pie, Billy Elliot, Footloose, True Lies, Grease, Honey, Phantom of the Opera, Step up, Step up 2, Moonwalker, West Side Story, Moulin Rouge, Mary Poppins, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Strictly Ballroom, Happy Feet, Singing in the Rain, Fame, Fame2009, Save the Last Dance, Mamma Mia, Mask of Zorro, Coyote Ugly, Wild Hogs, Get Smart, Airplane, A Knights Tale, High School Musical, and Austin Powers"?

For the Pimps of Fear, Anger and Hatred

UPDATE: The U.S. has a sad history of religious intolerance. "The protests against Park51 closely mirror Protestant opposition to the oldest Catholic church in New York State, the pastor says." Read The New York Times, 200-Year-Old Echoes in Muslim Center Uproar.

The article reminds our most 'pious' ones that on "Christmas Eve 1806, two decades after the church was built, the building was surrounded by Protestants incensed at a celebration going on inside — a religious observance then viewed in the United States as an exercise in “popish superstition,” more commonly referred to as Christmas. Protesters tried to disrupt the service. In the melee that ensued, dozens of people were injured and a policeman was killed."

Religious fanatics are all alike, they emphasize the best parts of their own religion and vilify the worst parts of any other.

"Test your religious literacy:

Which sacred text says that Jesus is the “word” of God? a) the Gospel of John; b) the Book of Isaiah; c) the Koran.

The correct answer is the Koran. But if you guessed the Gospel of John you get partial credit because its opening passage — “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God” — is an implicit reference to Jesus. In fact, when Muhammad described Jesus as God’s word, he was no doubt aware that he was affirming Christian teaching.

Extra-credit question: Which sacred text has this to say about the Hebrews: God, in his “prescience,” chose “the children of Israel … above all peoples”? I won’t bother to list the choices, since you’ve probably caught onto my game by now; that line, too, is in the Koran."

Read The New York Times, The Meaning of the Koran.

The truth sure makes it hard out there for the party pimps.

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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!!

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Topics:

Follow-up: oil spill claim BS, a server at Angus steak house gets $10,000;

Local and regional: Happy 200th Birthday to the Republic of West Florida;

Nation and international: free speech, can you say anything?; does Obama win in 2012 by losing in 2010; watch what you wish for, you might lose your job; the tea party, how it's become just a Billionaires’ coup camouflaged a populist surge; it's not the GOP it's the RPT (Republi-CON Party of Terrorist); welcome to the age of everyman for himself; who wants to go to DC for the rally to expose Republi-CON-ism; Palin told ya so and Keynes told ya so; and sed quis custodiet ipsos cutodes;

Fun stuff: Lingerie Football, is it a sport?; did ya'll take the Yankee or Dixie Quiz; and how big is your pumpkin?

and

Donate to a good cause: this week support Pace FL's Woodbine United Methodist's Ray Of Hope Wheelchair Ramp Ministry, as reported recently at the Pensacola News Journal, Ramping it up: Pace church makes wheelchair ramps for people in need.

I'll discuss anything, but expect no mercy if you are a party hack 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 some ass kickin' discussion of politics and current events.

And remember: I'm still God's favorite Gulf Coast talk show host, just ask the capped well!

Keynes Told Ya So

Think Keynesian economics is bunk. Not China. "No country has taken better advantage of free trade than China, with its controlled currency and strong industrial policies, including huge public investments in renewable energy technologies." Read The New York Times, What Would Keynes Say Today?

Another told ya so!

The Yankee or Dixie Quiz

To find out how much Southern blood your speech shows, take this test.

Ya'll come back ya hear!

So Long Suckers!

"The Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP [its legal authority expires on Sunday], may have staved off financial disasters, but it treated too gently the people who presided over the disaster, an economist writes." Read The New York Times, TARP, the Long Goodbye.

Taxpayers were suckered big time, but don't believe those Republi-con fairy tales denying blame for the mess.

Will Crist Win?

UPDATE VII: More than a month til election and "Rubio commands a double-digit lead among likely voters in Florida's U.S. Senate race, harnessing a split among Democrats over their nominee Kendrick Meek and independent Gov. Charlie Crist." Read The Associated Press, Rubio leads Crist big in Fla. Senate race.


UPDATE VI: More on those Florida Republi-CON fiscal CONservatives. Read the Sarasota Herald Tribune, Senate hopeful Rubio plagued by money problems and the Sunshine State News, Audit Nails Charlie Crist, Jim Greer For 'Inappropriate' Spending.


UPDATE V: "Florida's three-way Senate race between former state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R), Gov. Charlie Crist (I) and Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) is one of the marquee contests of the 2010 election cycle.

It also appears to have moved in Rubio's favor since the Aug. 24 primary and, as a result, we are moving the Senate contest from "toss up" to "lean Republican".

Read the Washington Post, Florida Senate race moves to "Lean Republican".


UPDATE IV: "Gov. Charlie Crist is the man in the middle in Florida's high-stakes race for the Senate, a candidate without a party whose hopes of moving from Tallahassee to Washington depend on his ability to fend off a squeeze play from his Democratic and Republican rivals. " Read the Washington Post, Florida Senate race starts without a clear favorite.


UPDATE III: Support is dwindling for Crist. Read the Pensacola News Journal, Crist losing ground in Senate race, poll shows.


UPDATE II: Who will Crist's opponents be? Read the Pensacola News Journal, Poll: Scott, Greene lead in races.

It would be ironic if he rode the national anti-incumbent, anti-establishment wave to D.C.


UPDATE: The title says it all. Read Reuters, Crist leads 3-way Senate race in Florida.

As I said before, Crist's decision to run as an Independent might be a wise move. Read the Washington Post, Will Charlie Crist be Florida's Arlen Specter?