Entries from February 2009

February 28, 2009

Apocalypse Now?

Rachel Maddow talks to Left Behind authors Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye who dismiss the conviction held by some whackaloons that Obama is the anti-Christ on the grounds that he’s “not popular enough”… concluding instead, that he’s merely preparing the ground for the End Times by ushering in an era of global Communism. Yep, no [...]

February 28, 2009

Leader of the (C)PAC

Here’s corpulent comedian Rush Limbaugh, the interim leader of the Republicanistic Party, telling dittoheads and other “conservatives” at the CPAC in Washington that “conservatives love people.” Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Sure, Rush. Whatever.

February 28, 2009

Right-Wing Nuthouse

I can’t post a Tweet, so I’ll just tell you that right now I’m watching the interim leader of the GOP, Rush Limbaugh, delivering a tub-thumping stem-winder to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). I’m sure we’ll have hilarious videos in fairly short order.
In the meantime, from a commenter at Think Progress: [...]

February 28, 2009

Kill the “Zombie Banks”

This segment from Friday’s Bill Moyers Journal is definitely worth watching. Robert Johnson, former managing director of Soros Fund Management and an expert in emerging markets, believes the government’s approach — which he calls “drip intravenous capital injection” — wastes taxpayer money and won’t solve the financial crisis. The Obama administration’s approach, Johnson argues, is [...]

February 28, 2009

Where’s the Outrage?

You might think that, being as passionately concerned about accountability and transparency as they are (not to mention inherently suspicious of “big government” schemes), the Bloggin’ Tories would be somewhat perturbed regarding Stephen Harper’s amazing new $3 billion stimulus “slush fund” (or as I’m going to call it henceforth, the “mini-Stim”)…
After all, one can [...]

February 27, 2009

Real Time: New Rules

Are Americans in danger of becoming “a little people… a silly people”?

“Folks this is not a drill. This is the real thing. Our booze cruise has hit the iceberg… and I don’t want it to sink. We all need to get involved and learn how to do things and make [...]

February 27, 2009

Conservatives Biggest Porn Consumers

Here’s something that will totally not surprise you. According to a recent study by the Journal of Economic Perspectives, “conservative” or so-called “red” states spend most on pornography.
Eight of the top ten porn-consuming states gave their electoral votes to John McCain in last year’s presidential election – Florida and Hawaii were the exceptions. [...]

February 27, 2009

Twitter Shmitter

Gawd, here’s another wretched invention that’s destroying civilization. I suspect that clinical psychologist Oliver James is probably correct when he suggests that “Twittering stems from a lack of identity” and guesses that the typical “follower” is likely to be “someone who is young and who feels marginalised, empty and pointless.”

p.s. Hey [...]

February 27, 2009

Future Shock

I’m not sure whether to be impressed or disturbed by a 13 year-old channeling Barry Goldwater.

Update: Here he is addressing the CPAC today. Urgh. The kid is a scary freak.

February 27, 2009

Kenneth (the Page) Jindal

Wickedly funny YouTubers can do anything!

Fun Fact: According to Jindal family lore, Piyush (his real name) chose to re-brand himself “Bobby” inspired by the sitcom character Bobby Brady after watching The Brady Bunch television series at the age of four.