What Happens in Vegas: Tax Day Tea Party a Dainty Affair

Image from source, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Yeah, I said "dainty." I'm sorry, that's what I think of when I think of "tea parties," a little girl's pretend soiree in the backyard.  And the recent tax day tea bagger rally in Las Vegas doesn't seem to have been much more than that.  Sunset Park, it should be noted, used to be the annual site of the Las Vegas Gay Pride celebration, which drew around 10 times the amount of people as the tax day thing. And this was years ago, when our population was smaller. Feel free to throw back the "dainty" at me in a slur if you want, but our crowd could've kicked this crowd's ass.

Anyway, I'm only getting around to this story on the weekend because, frankly, it didn't make much of a buzz here locally. That isn't too surprising given the tiny crowd, but isn't this allegedly "grass roots" movement supposed to be formidable?  More and more, I'm thinking the tea baggers are as much "booga-booga" as the PUMAs (Party Unity My Ass) who threatened to shut down Barack Obama's victory out of their Hillary Clinton-supporting spite.

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Conservative Nevada candidates tap Tea Party ire

Read it at: Las Vegas Review-Journal

The United States Seven Deadly Sins of America

After the liberal talk radio network Air America Radio expired, my usual routine of listening to The Ron Reagan Show at the end of the day was over. So, while seeking out something else to provide background noise, I stumbled upon The Karel Show, on Green960 out of San Francisco (I have to do this on the computer, as there are only conservative talk radio stations in Las Vegas). I recognized Karel by his picture, but I'd no real idea who he was.

It turns out he's a long-time California radio personality, and a writer, and has something of a tumultuous employment history. His program is at turns entertaining, off-putting, funny, irritating. . .I'm really not sure what to make of it yet. The production values seem kind of low, like they're still working the kinks out, and Karel himself--an out gay man who makes no bones about it--is rather mercurial. But when he has a point, he really has a point.

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A Sinful Nation

. . .on a recent Saturday afternoon [I] found the Brad Pitt/Morgan Freeman movie Se7en on IFC. I've seen the film a few times, but it's so well acted and directed that out of the 546 channels it seemed the best option.

Well, that was a bad idea. Because as I watched the film and watched Kevin Spacey's killer kill his way through these medieval constructs I realized that these seven "deadly" sins are not only no longer "sins," but have replaced the very fabric of our nation. America is "Guilty!" as charged of almost every one. . .

Read on at: Huffington Post

John McCain Says He Didn't Love America!

Photo from Huffington Post

You know, when Barack Obama said we were entering the "silly season," he really wasn't kidding. Months ago, Michelle Obama said in a speech that during this campaign she was "really proud" of America for the first time. Her mistake was saying "first time," but nobody believes she meant that prior to this year she hated America.

It's faux outrage. A short grouping of words to latch onto like they were engraved into stone with maximum malice. Nonetheless, to this day right-wingers like Sean Hannity paraphrase it daily. It's more than silly, it's disingenuous and stupid. It plays in Peoria though, and that is what really stinks.

But did you know that John McCain once made a very similar statement? And his issue wasn't "pride" it was "love." He didn't use to love America! Can you believe the evilness in this man's heart? Heh. Of course I'm being sarcastic. I don't believe that McCain once hated America. But this remark should be repeated right back every single time the Michelle Obama quote is thrown out.

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McCain says he didn't love America before the age of 31

Yes, John McCain has repeatedly stated that he didn't love our country until he was captured as a POW during Vietnam. Here's what McCain said in March on FOX:

"I didn't really love America until I was deprived of her company."

Then there's McCain in 1999:

"It wasn't until I was deprived of her company that I fell in love with America."

Read more at: AmericaBlog