Mourning In America

NRO asswipe John Derbyshire finds something to celebrate in the ecological and economic catastrophe unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico in an article titled No We Can’t. After citing a controversial entry from The Oil Drum concerning the consequences of a “down hole” breach in the well casing, a distinct possibility, he indulges the most perverted display of schadenfreude I’ve …

Let Them Eat Fake (Update)

Rachel Maddow lists the fake news that shapes the wingnut world Climate gate, the ACORN scandal, death panels, President Obama’s fake birth certificate, his evil plan to repeal the second amendment and even prevent people from going fishing, the plan to hire thousands of armed IRS agents to enforce health care reform– all bull, as Rachel politely puts it. Other …

Terrified Beyond The Capacity For Rational Thought (Updated)

Newt Gingrich as the avenging Sumerian god, Gozer the Traveler In their devastating November 4th defeat at the hands of an inexperienced, junior senator from Illinois, the Rethuglicans are in desperate search of a leader, someone that can match the intelligence, boldness, charm, and overwhelming popularity of Barack Hussein Obama. While their own humiliated presidential candidate, the anachronistic John McCain …

Why I Love Michelle Bachmann

Michelle Bachmann bravely reporting from behind enemy lines Over the last thirty years, the Ruling Class has funded right wing Republican think tanks to perfect the art of political propaganda. Ronald “the Great Communicator” Reagan was the perfect choice to kick off this new media era. During his acting career, Ronnie use to broadcast fake-live baseball games by reading ticker …

George W. Bush Liebrary

Controversial sculpture highlights the Bush Liebrary courtyard. (Click) DALLAS — The “Mission Accomplished” Sculpture Garden Annex to the George W. Bush Liebrary® was dedicated this week on the campus of Southern Methodist University, in a very brief ceremony honoring the achievement[s] of the outgoing chief executive.  The Annex is a publicly funded project which apposed the building of an oxymoronic …

Republicans Eating Their Own (Updates 1, 2, 3)

Circular firing squads has generally been a behavior attributed to Democrats, but as the McCain campaign implodes, the Rethugs are giving them a run for their money… Update 1: Chris Buckley Is Down Wit Da Obama Man Buckley’s Son Leaves National Review October 14, 2008, 2:16 pm By Patricia Cohen Christopher Buckley, the author and son of the late conservative …

Urantian Sojourn Magazine

Pursuing The Right: Inside this Week’s Urantian Sojourn Magazine Oooh you’re so jaded! Not the neocon “right,” you silly jelly beans, but the real “Right,” as in the Right Stuff.~ This week’s headliners tell the story of real love between the Obamas, the kind of love that we all search for; real love, given freely, without conditions. The Love that …