So there's a good reason The Gentlewoman from the 5th district NC wants to eliminate a progressive tax. She is the richest NC member of the House of Representatives and she wants to keep all her money for herself! She has profited quite well from her government job.

So check out this power point presentation designed for Republican fundraisers. Very boring until you get to slide number 29 when we discover just how the Republican party sells its brand. With fear, a sense of entitlement and privilege, and promise of access. It's really no secret, but still rather shocking to see it stated so blatantly.

When we get to slide 30 we see how they plan to use an entirely empty and meaningless catch phrase to arouse emotions and inhibit rational thought. And then - slide 31- it is all laid out, comparing President Obama to the Joker, Nancy Pelosi to Cruella de Ville- pure smear marketing.

What a bunch of crooked bums. They got nothing worthwhile to sell so they sink to the bottom of the barrel to scrape up the dirt.

Oh my, this gem from South Dakota is too funny. People who can't spell, use the English language correctly, or understand the basics of the scientific method are trying to design curricula for science classes.
I counted at least 3 grammatical errors. How many can you find?
They want to teach astrology in school?
Carbon dioxide is the gas of life? Tell that to the Cameroon villagers who suffocated to death when a giant gas bubble of carbon dioxide belched out of their lake.
They think our planet is getting cooler despite the fact that all measured data clearly shows the opposite?
What a group of clowns.

I have a new hero. Thank you Anthony Weiner for standing up for what is right for this country and for all Americans.

Torture, slavery, feudalism and other medieval horrors...

So there is a proposed amendment to the 2010 intelligence bill that would officially make torture illegal, and mandate punishment for any representative of the US military who commits torture. Evidently this is controversial among Republicans in the house. I never could have imagined, when I was learning civics in junior high, that my country would openly justify the brutal, barbaric, behavior we have seen this past decade. I know it used to happen, but at least people who did it were properly ashamed and hid it as best they could. Will slavery be the next to return? How about indentured debt slavery? That would be a great compromise. It would solve the problem of all those people who can't pay their mortgages and also the servant problem for the rich folks who can't find decent help. We need another Fox TV program to make acceptable in the eyes of the general public.

Thank God for the rescue?

Thank God?
It's a classic story. The poor woman has been buried under the rubble of her collapsed house for five days and when she is finally dug out, alive, she cries out her thanks to God for saving her life. Wasn't it God who sent the earthquake? And wasn't it human beings who, at great risk to themselves, actually saved her? If she really does believe that God saved her, what about the thousands who suffered for days before they died? Did God not give a hoot about the others?
What a weird kind of faith that is. It's not very nice if you ask me.

Rush Limbaugh (faugh) is a nasty vicious little demagogue. He is nasty because of his personal habit of hypocrisy, preaching family values with his 3 divorces and pill-popping past. The image of him going on Caribbean vacations with suitcases full of viagra is just too disgusting to pursue.
He is vicious because he uses his power and platform to foment hatred and meannness. He spews meanness like a playground bully while his sycophantic followers huddle in his gargantuan shadow like a Greek chorus. He is little because his aspirations are small, pitiful, to disrupt and destroy unity in this country. He fits the definition of a demagogue exactly, using hatred and fear to elevate himself and gain power and money.
What a creep.