Shorter Jonah Goldberg

Ken AshfordForeign Affairs, Immigration and Xenophobia, Right Wing Punditry/IdiocyLeave a Comment

"America, fuck yeah!" UPDATE:  Sorry, I can’t just leave it at that.  In this thinly-veiled "liberals hate America" article, Goldberg writes this: The dirty, embarrassing secret is that this sort of multiculturalism has made Europe a wellspring of Islamic radicalism and terrorism, but America’s Muslim community has remained overwhelmingly peaceful. Why? Well, if the answer doesn’t lay in President Bush’s … Read More

Christian Conservatives Have The Right To Hate

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Convicted Watergate felon-cum-evangelist Chuck Colson has a few thoughts about ENDA: Imagine you own a small business—let’s say a donut shop—and you have an employee who is late for work everyday and is rude to customers. When you fire him, he claims it is really because he is gay—and sues. Well, if you fired him because he is late and … Read More

Ann Coulter’s New Book

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A quote from it: “I am the illegal alien of commentary. I will do the jokes that no one else will do.” Setting aside her atrocious politics, there is a reason why "no one else will do" her "jokes". They’re.  Not.  Funny. Take the title of the books itself: If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans. Now ask yourself: … Read More

Reid’s Resolution To Condem Rush

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Last week, right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh declared that soldiers who support American withdrawal from Iraq are "phony soldiers". Today, Majority Leader Harry Reid gave a seven-minute speech on the floor of the Senate condemning Limbaugh and calling on his colleagues — both Democratic and Republican — to sign a letter of disapproval to the CEO of Clear Channel. He … Read More

Michael Medved: “Six Inconvenient Truths About The U.S. And Slavery”

Ken AshfordHistory, Race, Right Wing Punditry/Idiocy4 Comments

Michael Medved thinks that America’s involvement with slavery is hyped.  Seriously.  And he’s here to set us straight with an offensive little bit of revisionist history. He lists "six inconvenient truths about the U.S. and slavery" in attempt to convince you, the reader, that — "Hey! Slavery was no biggie!" In his preface, he opens with this: Those who want … Read More

“Phony Soldiers”

Ken AshfordIraq, Right Wing Punditry/IdiocyLeave a Comment

Followers of the news know that for the past couple weeks, while war raged in Iraq and U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians died, the Senate spent weeks debating a resolution to condemn an a newspaper ad — the MoveOn ad which read "General Patraeus or General Betray Us"?  And amazingly, the Senate ended up condemning a pun, some concluding that … Read More

0% = Success

Ken AshfordRight Wing Punditry/Idiocy, Sex/Morality/Family ValuesLeave a Comment

This editorial made me laugh.  It’s entitled "Groundbreaking study affirms "gays" can change".  It’s written by Matt Barber, who serves as the Policy Director for the social conservative group Concerned Women For America. [You would be right to ask, "What is Matt Barber — a guy — doing as policy director for Concerned Women For America?"  We don’t know the … Read More

Another Kaye Grogan Treat

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My favorite right-wing columnist has another rant up.  Yay! Scandals and national security . . . don’t mix That’s the title.  I like how she builds the suspense with the use of ellipses.  "Scandals and national security" . . . what?  Make strange bedfellows?  Live together in perfect harmony?  No, dear readers.  They "don’t mix". What we desperately need in … Read More

Educating Marie

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Marie Jon Apostrophe: The ACLU and their progressive, secular lawyers are well-known for crucifying Christ afresh whenever they can. Uh, Marie?  Here are only a few of the things that the ACLU has been up to lately: Rhode Island ACLU filed an appeal in federal court on behalf of an inmate who was barred from preaching during Christian religious services, … Read More

I Can’t Believe My Tax Dollars Pay This Guy’s Salary

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Dr. Mike Adams, Townhall columnist and moron: Welcome to UNC-Wilmington! My name is Dr. Adams and you are enrolled in CRJ 105 (Introduction to Criminal Justice). If you are in the wrong class, please get up and leave now – unless you’re majoring in Women’s Studies in which case you would be ostracized for leaving now. And, by the way, … Read More