Racism, Propaganda, And Health Care Reform

An attendee at today’s teabagger protest on the D.C. Mall In the never-ending triumph of form over substance, politics over policy, and emotionally charged food fights over actual debate, the MSM occasionally interjects some reality into their coverage of complex issues like health care reform. Example in a moment. Take the issue du jour— fictional health care insurance for non-documented immigrants, …

Congressman Wilson’s Wingnut Credentials

During the run-up to the invasion of Iraq and the debate over whether Saddam Hussein had re-constituted his WMD program, a photo surfaced showing him in a friendly and fateful 1983 meeting with Donald Rumsfeld. The Daily Mail wrote a contemporaneous article about how the US supplied various chemical weapon precursors to Saddam in advance of his US sponsored war …

You Lie!

Despite his new status as hero to the reptard right wingnut casserole, Joe Wilson’s seemingly courageous act of career-ending stupidity was really an act of cowardice; for what he really wanted to yell was this: “FUCK YOU YOU ARROGANT SOCIALIST NIGGER!”

Contempt In A Free-Floating Void

The simple, snark-free truth is this. There is so much wrong with the way life and culture are currently valued, lived, and experienced in America today by a huge, backward looking minority, that irony and snark must per force ooze from every pore of our collective bag of national skin until we free ourselves from its grasping claws.

SHUT THE FOX UP!

Attention FOX News Advertiser,

I am writing to inform you that I will not purchase your products as long as you advertise on FOX News.

FOX News does not broadcast news, it broadcasts Republican propaganda— lies, hatred, and incitement to violence— including violence against American citizens, Democratic leaders, and President Obama.

Think You Have Problems?

Recent polling shows more Americans are buying into the health care myths being propagated by right wing radio, the insurance giants, and people like originalmetalchik, who recently started making her own videos. Standard disclosure warning: You will never get this time back, and it would be a better use of it to, oh, say, sweep the kitchen floor, or nod …

On What Planet Do You Spend Most Of Your Time?

Let me get this straight: A LaRouchie stands up at a town hall meeting and demands to know why a Congressman who happens to be Jewish and gay (two categories of people who were mercilessly murdered by Hitler’s goons) is supporting President Obama’s “Nazi” health care reform proposals… And all Fux News can complain about is how rude Barney Frank …