It’s hard to understand why Dinish D’Souza is called one of the prominent thinkers of the American Right, when he writes absolutely amazingly dumb things like this: Notice something interesting about the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings? Atheists are nowhere to be found. Every time there is a public gathering there is talk of God and divine mercy and … Read More
Blaming The Victim
Well, so far from the right wing punditry, we’ve learned where to lay the blame re: yesterday’s mass shooting. The list, as I wrote in an earlier post, includes the teaching of evolution in schools, English as a collegiate major, foreigners in general, abortion, and co-ed dorms. Now add the most insidious spin: the shootings could have been prevented by … Read More
Imus In The Mourning
So Cheryl says to me that Imus has a constitutional right to say whatever he wants. She’s right; of course he does. The First Amendment says that the government cannot impinge on your freedom of speech. However, freedom of speech does not mean you are free from the consequences of your speech. If your 8 year old son or daughter … Read More
Ain’t Just Imus
Media Matters looks at the racism, bigotry, misogyny, and general ugliness of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly and others.
Columnist Kaye Grogan Heavily Hits The Sauce
The thing I love about reading conservative columnist Kaye Grogan is that you can just tell that’s she’s sitting there with glass of bourbon at her computer-side, as she rambles on about, well — you’re never really sure. Last week’s column was a diatribe about money raised in presidential elections. We’ll join her somewhere in the middle (her second drink, … Read More
Nathan Tabor, Criminologist
You may have heard the story from Florida about those two 10-year-olds and an older teen who brutally attacked a homeless man. Nathan Tabor thinks he knows why the kids did it: (1) They weren’t allowed to pray in schools; (2) they thought that killing was okay, because abortion is legal. Seriously, that what Nathan says.
Dear CNN
Just because a shooting happened in your building, doesn’t mean it is "breaking news" to the rest of us.
Malkin’s Manifesto
So wingnut Michell Malkin has written a "mini-Turner Diaries of batshit post-9/11 anti-Muslim paranoia", which she calls a "John Doe Manifesto". Big on bravada and even bigger on prejudice, it is a how-to guide to justify every bigot’s anti-Muslim fear. Let’s break it down, shall we? Dear Muslim Terrorist Plotter/Planner/Funder/Enabler/Apologist, Oh, why so formal, Michelle? You do not know me. … Read More
The Sympathy Surge
Leave to the vile right-wing radio morons to suggest that John Edwards is using his wife’s battle with cancer for political ends and to garnish votes. Rush Limbaugh, who suggested a few months ago that Michael J. Fox was exaggerated his disease for political effect, said yesterday about the Edwards press conference: Now, this suggests to me that, look, let’s … Read More
“Feminism Destroying America”
So says Chuck Baldwin, Founder-Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida and vice presidential nominee for the Constitution Party in 2004: When one searches to find the causes for America’s rapid deterioration, there is no shortage of suspects. However, my thirty-plus years experience as a pastor, counselor, and researcher has convinced me that there is no greater threat to … Read More
Fox News Doesn’t Understand The Law
Take a look at this graphic from Fox News yesterday: The caption reads: "Libby Convicted On 4 Counts But Was There Even A Crime?" This shows the level of stupid thinking (as well as propagandazing) that one sees every day on Faux News. Yes, Hannity. There was a crime. Perjury is a crime. Obstruction of justice is a crime. Making … Read More
Ann Coulter (Finally) Goes Too Far … Even For Conservatives
Here’s a short clip of what Ann said at CPAC on Friday: Yup, she called John Edwards a "faggot", using that word. Progressives like me are used to this sort of vile from Coulter, but this time, the outrage is coming from the right as well. And with good reason. This was a forum for conservatives and their presidential nominees, … Read More
Gibson: People Who Think There’s Too Much Anna Nicole News Are “Iraq Snobs”
Wonkette: Fox News tool John Gibson is disgusted by Anderson Cooper’s “news-guy snobbery,” because the handsome CNN anchor keeps reporting on stupid Iraq!Bravely defending the constant cable-news coverage of a fat drug-addict porno gal’s death, Gibson told his radio audience that Cooper is just trying to be a fancy snob with all this “U.S. troops killed every day” stuff, which … Read More
Conservatives Are Not Funny
Most political comedians are liberal. Political comedy shows (e.g., The Daily Show) have a liberal bent. Irked by this fact, Fox News has come out with its "answer" to The Daily Show — a weekly show called "The Half Hour News Hour". It premeiers Sunday night, but some previews have been made available. In this one, the opening of the … Read More
On Darwin’s Birthday
From Shelley The Republican blog: Today is Darwin’s birthday and liberals will probably celebrate by having gay sex to prove how “evolved” they are. Touche. Well, you got all us liberals pegged there. Here at Shelley The Republican dot com we think it’s high time that this Darwin fella finally stayed dead the way he oughta and keep his theories … Read More