Had the Chilean miners truly subscribed to the tea party view of the world, they would have first rejected any rescue attempt as a big government bailout, perpetuating the moral hazard problem of miners who went underground knowing full well the risks of their actions! Then, having refused rescue, they would also have ruled out collective action to survive, since …
Are Americans really dumb enough to swallow anything just because it comes in a familiar package? If you wanna taste the ruse, you must click it. • If men would maintain their freedom, they must, after having chosen their charter of liberty, provide for its wise, intelligent, and fearless interpretation to the end that there may be prevented: 1. Usurpation …
Ghostbuster’s Gozer the Traveller taking the form of the dreaded Gangrene Gingrich Not much time for writing today, so forgive this extensive cut and paste job, which pretty much covers the arguments surrounding 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich‘s latest lurch to the right to capture what’s left of the party’s base, aka the Teabaggers. HuffPo’s Sam Stein has the headline …
Billboard in Mason City, Iowa, by the North Iowa Tea Party I hope someone puts this on a handheld sign and brings it to Glenn Dreck‘s big Teabagger love-in in Washington, D.C. next month. Billed as “Restore Honor”, the rally is to be held at the Lincoln Memorial on the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have A …
If teabaggers were basketball players, they would be tops in the category of ball management. (Warning: Thinking about this too hard may be bad for your psychological health.)
“I have never considered myself a POW maverick”– John McCain Apparently, Senator John McCain (Rethug- AZ) is ditching his carefully cultivated image as a maverick because it brands him in Teabagger eyes as someone who won’t adhere to a rigid party orthodoxy. In a related story, Usama bin Laden released a new audio tape denying that he is, or ever …
Teabaggers threatening violence against health insurance reform That we are now firmly involved in what Jacques Ellul called the irreversible, integration/activation phase of a 30 year long corporatist propaganda campaign was on full display today at the nation’s Capitol. Hundreds of highly agitated Teabaggers, whipped into a frenzy by the demigods of right wing radio and television and a few …
