Last night, in a special vote to replace the seat left vacant by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D), the Ninth Congressional District of New York elected Bob Turner, a Republican. Anyone who thinks this bodes badly for Obama in 2012 in engaging in wishful thinking. While it is true that the New York Ninth District typically leans Democratic, it should be … Read More
And The Anti-Gay Amendment Passes The NC Senate
Predictably. But North Carolina state senator Doug Berger (D) got in some good words. He compared the state’s proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage to Nazi Germany during this afternoon’s debate. “I believe that if we pass this motion to concur, we are essentially putting a pink triangle into our state constitution,” he warned: BERGER: In Nazi Germany, some of you may not … Read More
Jon Stewart Channels What I Was Saying…
… the other day. He notes that 9/13/01 was the day we stopped being unified, and the day when the political right started dividing us as a nation once again. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Coming Soon – The Daily Show Remembers 9/13/2001 www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog … Read More
Michelle Bachmann Kills Little Girls
I poke fun at her a lot, but her stupidity has an evil streak. To explain, I'll have to put in some background. HPV is an acronym for human papillomavirus, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls “the most common sexually transmitted infection.” Some twenty million Americans carry the virus and there are about six million new cases … Read More
With 10.1% Unemployment In North Carolina, The NC Assembly Gets To Work
From the AP: Ten House Democrats voted with nearly all Republicans in favoring of putting on May’s primary ballot a question that would make marriage the only domestic legal union recognized in this state. The bill passed 75-42 — above the 72 needed for any constitutional change — and is now headed for debate Tuesday in the Senate. A similar three-fifths majority … Read More
Pants On Fire!
I didn't see the GOP debate last night, but apparently it was a lie-fest. They lied about each other; they lied about Obama. But this has to take the prize: Rick Perry says the 2009 stimulus 'created zero jobs' Texas Gov. Rick Perry criticized President Barack Obama's new jobs plan during a Republican presidential debate Sept. 12, 2011, saying his … Read More
Country First? Nah….
So Obama rolled out a job program last week and urged Republicans to get behind it. There wasn't a lot to complain about relating to the jobs program. So Republicans should be behind it, right? Let's find out: House Republicans may pass bits and pieces of President Barack Obama's jobs plan, but behind the scenes, some Republicans are becoming worried about … Read More
9/11 Plus Ten: Are We Done With That?
I'm not one for anniversaries of significant historical events. Hell, I'm not one for birthdays and anniversaries of significant personal events. But I realize that, at least in the public sphere, anniversaries serve as a nice point for us as a society to look back and reflect, hopefully impassionately, at key moments from our collective past and how, if at all, … Read More
Shorter Aaron Worthing
Shorter Aaron Worthing of Patterico's Pontifications: Monica Lewinsky is totally to blame for the fact that people like me can't pass up the opportunity to scold and/or mock her, even now.
Supporters of Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment in NC Use Lock And Key To Show How Marriages Are Consummated
House Speaker Pro Tem Dale Folwell (R) held a press yesterday alongside ultra-conservative ministers who argued against civil marriage by maintaining that homosexuality is prohibited in the Bible. One of those ministers, Rev. Johnny Hunter, said that sexual acts between two people of the same gender are “immoral and unnatural.” Using a lock and key, Hunter explained that only heterosexual acts allow … Read More
Famous Plays In Space
BY CHRISTOPHER GENO A Midsummer Night’s Dreamby William Shakespeare (HELENA enters stage right while LYSANDER and DEMETRIUS, who have both been enchanted by the magical nectar of the love-in-idleness flower, vigorously pursue her.) LYSANDER: … (LYSANDER weakly reaches toward HELENA.) HELENA: … !! (DEMETRIUS grabs his chest in pain. HELENA sheds a tear that boils away in the cold vacuum of space.HERMIA floats in limply upstage.) A Streetcar Named Desireby Tennessee … Read More
Teabaggers To The Rescue!
Problem: Texas wildfires! Is It Serious?: The worst in Texas history. The wildfires, which can now be observed from space, move incredibly fast, as this video from the Texas Park & Wildlife people shows: Have these fires been around for a while? Oh yes, this is wildfire season – it's been going on for months. But thank God for … Read More
Bad Things Are Not Supposed To Happen Where There Are Pancakes
… but it did: At least eight people have been shot at a Carson City, Nev., IHOP restaurant by a suspect believed to be carrying a semi-automatic weapon, the Nevada Appeal is reporting. The shooting happened just before 9 a.m. local time and at least four helicopters have been called to the scene, the Appeal reports. Bet you the guns were legal, too.
Right Wing’s Pearl-Clutching Faux Outrage
So the right wing has its collective panties in a twist over a Labor Day speech that Teamsters President James Hoffa Jr. delivered in Detroit. Here's the quote from the speech that conservatives are whining about: "Let's take these son of a bitches out and give America back to America where we belong! Thank you very much!" And here's the context of … Read More