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Quote of the Day: News Corpse

He's a pig. Image from source, News Corpse

There's a fantastic site out there that deconstructs FOX "News" and its like-minded conservative media outposts, called "News Corpse." Things I only aspire to are accomplished at the News Corpse site. Today, I found a particularly pithy quote, and I had to share it.

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"And speaking of hyperbole, notice the Fox Nation headline saying that “Limbaugh Shatters Obama Into a Million Pieces.” Really? Because the last time I looked Rush is still hosting an AM radio program with an audience of self-described “dittoheads” and Obama is the leader of the free world."

Read more at: NewsCorpse.com

Noted Douchebag Andrew Breitbart Crashes Netroots Convention

He really is scummy, I don't care how much you might like his guerrilla tactics.

What Happens in Vegas: Donald Trump Drops F-Bombs

And the crowd. . .eats it up? This wasn't his only one either. I tell ya, my prediction that Donald Trump's media whoring would peter out may have been premature. But the big mucky-mucks in GOPistan must be scheming to get this colossal douche off the stage. He is without redeeming qualities. You know how they say, "he's classy with a 'k'"? The Donald doesn't even have that much class.

Breitbart and the Wingnut Right

Image from Washington Independent

Okay, I think this will be my last post about the faux outrage story about Shirley Sherrod for a while, unless something really newsworthy and interesting happens. But I wanted another perspective on the asshattery that is Andrew Breitbart.  In the early days of the blog, I used a few of his posts in excerpts, not realizing what a douche nozzle he is.  I'm a one-man show for the most part, doing this as a hobby. I don't have the power to break a story, or invent one like Breitbart does.  Hell, I didn't even know the Netroots convention was here in my backyard until yesterday!  So here is a more informed opinion of a guy who should be run out of business by this latest fabrication, but won't be.

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Fooled Again by Breitbart and the Wingnut Right

There's nothing shocking or surprising about the latest Andrew Breitbart scam in which he released selectively-edited video of an African American USDA worker, Shirley Sherrod, and accused her of racism against a white farmer couple, the Spooners. That's not to suggest we shouldn't be vigorously talking about it. We absolutely should be. But the most outrageous aspects of the story are fairly typical of everyone involved: Breitbart, the so-called "liberal" news media, Democrats, Fox News Channel and all points in between. . .

Read more at: Huffington Post

Photo of the Day: Sean Hannity is a D*Bag!

Love. It.

Found at: Joe.My.God.

"Christian" Group Supports Uganda's "Kill the Gays" Bill?

Image from Advocate.com

For several weeks, The Rachel Maddow Show--and almost nobody else--has been reporting on the so-called "kill the gays" bill out of Uganda. The bill would imprison gay people for years, or even life. Worse, in some cases--those deemed to be "aggravated homosexuality"--the sentence would be the death penalty. Some of the stranger aspects of the bill, is that it would also jail people who just knew of gay people, but did not report them to the government. And, should a gay Ugandan decide to escape the draconian law by leaving the country? They would still have to worry about extradition and imprisonment if they showed signs of teh gay in a different country!

You'd think that even the most homophobic bigot on the planet would casually back away from this one, or just clam up, no matter how pleased this sort of bill might make him. You'd be wrong. While several right-wing politicians have tacitly denounced the bill, and some evangelicals (who are likely partially responsible for its creation) have distanced themselves as well. But not everyone thinks of this bill as a bad thing.

If you visit an uber-"conservative" site like FreeRepublic, you'll find good "Christians" who are delighted by this bill. You'll find some that think it'd be a swell idea here. But that's a semi-anonymous message forum. Nobody would want to attach their name to a piece that seems to be on board with a kill or imprison for life bill for gay people, would they?

Yes they would. And they would do it while bringing up NAMBLA. And George Soros. And scare quotes (you know, like the ones I put around "conservative" and "Christian" above, though mine are sarcasm quotes). They put the scare quotes around the words gay, gay rights, civil rights, homophobic, transgender, and gender identity. So, I'm excerpting a little here to show you what a "douche nozzle" the "writer," Cliff Kincaid is.

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Media Homosexuals Bash Uganda's Christians

The Washington Post editorial page has now joined lesbian MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow in blasting the government of Uganda for considering a law to protect children from homosexual predators and the dangerous public health impact of the homosexual lifestyle. Despite its moderate views on some foreign policy issues, the Post has always come down firmly on the side of making homosexuality into a special right that should be protected and even glorified by governmental institutions. Now it wants to impose that view on Uganda's mostly Christian population. . .

Read more (if you wanna get really "steamed") at the ironically named: Right Side News

An Open Letter to Hardcore Conservatives

Right now, hard core conservatives--and by that, I mean of the Free Republic variety--are doing a happy dance for a couple of reasons. One of those reasons is the Senate vote for the new FISA bill, which provides retroactive immunity for telecom companies who broke the law for George W. Bush. One of the others is that the Congress issued a subpoena to Karl Rove, and he ignored it. . .and left the country. And of course, they are crowing because the Congress currently holds a meager 9% approval rating in the polls.

To the Freepers and their ilk, these are big victories. What I'd like to ask them--though I do not expect cogent answers--is, what is so great about these victories? Is it merely that you won, in your minds? Unlike most of you, I don't see politics as a football game or contest; us vs. them, or me vs. you. Each of these issues has shades of gray, or nuance, if you will. Let me break it down for you, with the following questions. . .

- What did the new FISA bill do to "protect" us that the old one didn't accomplish?

- What public good does it serve to give the telecom companies retroactive immunity?

- Do you believe that if you've got nothing to hide, is it OK for the government to spy on you?

- If Barack Obama is elected, will you be comfortable with his new, expanded powers?

- Warrantless wiretapping actually started long before 9/11. Did you know that? Does it matter?

- Karl Rove alleges that Bush didn't know anything about some of the things Rove is being subpoenaed for. How then can he claim executive privilege?

- Would you be so forgiving if Karl Rove was working for a Democratic President?

- Is lawbreaking OK, as long as it is done by "your side?"

- Almost half of the House and Senate are made up of Republicans. Have you considered that in your jubilation that Congress holds a 9% approval rating?

- If Barack Obama is elected, and his administration does things that you think are worthy of impeachment, what exactly do you intend to do about it? Are we in for "Socks the Cat," "Vince Foster" and "Troopergate" type idiocy again? After all the Bush Administration has done (and has gotten away with)?

- If members of a Barack Obama administration are subpoenaed to appear before Congress, will you stand silently by if they just refuse to show up?

I could go on for days, but I'll end it here. I'm seeding the labels section of this post with words that I hope will attract a few conservatives. A few are incendiary, and only intended to bring you here, so please, address the questions and not those words. Thank you.