I've been stockpiling outrageous stuff -- and believe me, if you aren't outraged you haven't been paying attention lately.
Let's kick it off with FAUX News' terrorist worshipper Glenn Beck and his guest, Michael Scheuer, hoping Osama bin Laden will succeed in detonating a "major weapon" on American soil to make government "do the right thing."
The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States. ...Only Osama can execute an attack which will force Americans to demand that their government protect them effectively, consistently and with as much violence as necessary.
Beck seems downright sad as he opines that bin Laden -- who is still at large because of George W. Bush's failure -- probably won't inflict such death and destruction on America.
They not only hate freedom, they want Americans to die so we'll be willing to give up our freedoms. Crazy anti-patriots, for sure.
When powerful private sector companies cause major national and global problems, the "moderate" solution is to give those who caused the problem hundreds of billions of dollars. Crime and reward. Through a conservative-moderate alliance, it is the system of government under which we live, even in the era of the Democratic trifecta.
Damn! Health care, climate change, financial crisis -- this theory fits our current reality to a T!
And why is this a problem? Presumably because it cuts into the obscene profits of Big Insurance. An even better question is "Why do our elected officials see this as a problem?"
You need 65 votes? You need 100? You need more than both houses of congress and the White House? You need more than that? TOUGH. Nobody said we could get to 60 and we got there for you, so there you are, on a silver platter, is everything you need. If you can't work with that, well then, my God, Harry, I don't know what to tell you. Possibly you need some therapy. I can recommend an excellent woman who will sit you down and tell you, like the sugar-high five-year-old you are, that the world is not fair and we do not get everything we want so on balance let's work with what we've got. What's that? You don't want to appear partisan? You want to grant deference to Republicans? You want to make sure the American people don't perceive you as MEAN? Let me clue you in to something, Harry. The American people like it when you're mean. They get off on it. They think it's funny when the weaker political kid gets kicked.
The American people know, and surely to God Harry Reid understands, that politics is a non-violent substitute for violent physical war. It's serious, no quarter offered nor given, business. We got you the 60 votes. Now use them wisely and well and feel free to twist those arms as hard as you need to. This is the time to demonstrate that Democrats have a vision for the future and can GOVERN EFFECTIVELY. That's the path to your durable Democratic majority, Harry, not this wishy-washy corporatist stuff Ben Nelson is pushing.
My amused disdain was never in the sincere attempt at something “new” by Obama, it was in the ancient political knowledge that opposition parties will…not…let…you pull it off, it seals their fate to oblivion. When Obama proclaims a new way forward free of all the old rancor of the past he’s telling the Republicans: come with me, brothers, as I build one of the greatest Presidency’s of all time that buries you politically for two generations.
On July 30, conservatives are 'going Galt,' named after Ayn Rand's famous character John Galt from her novel Atlas Shrugged, and thus refuse to show up for work. They plan to 'call in conservative.' ... If this means businesses lose billions of dollars on that day, fine. If this means that travel will be disrupted, good. If this means communication systems are crippled, so be it. Can you imagine the number of conservatives that work in various sectors of the economy who simply will not work on July 30? ...There are more of us than there are of them. We can shut this country down if we so choose. ...They need conservative employees, who tend to be the most reliable and conscientious. And, it must be stated that some will probably lose their jobs. Thus, your participation is a matter of great sacrifice.
Seriously delusional people. Go! Please! And don't let the door hit you on the way out. Somebody else will be happy to have your job -- and nobody will have your back since you're all proudly non-union.
Shameless liar, then and now. Republicans have shamelessly cloaked themselves in "character," "honesty" and "Christian values" in order to win elections, but they felt no requirement to actually live up to their promises -- it was just an effective tactic to pull the wool over the eyes of voters. How much longer will we be fooled by these charlatans pretending to be holier than all the rest of us?
That's actually a good thing. It means we can continue to be the Big Tent party and agree to disagree on some points. It also means that Democrats in conservative districts can part ways with the leadership if they need to in order to bloster their re-election chances. On that note, I will be very interested to see how Texas Congressman Chet Edwards fares in 2010 compared to Alabamians Bobby Bright and Parker Griffith. Edwards represents an even more conservative district but he has stuck with his party (presumably voting his conscience) far more than Bright or Griffith, who not only vote with Republicans but often regurgitate Republican talking points to explain their votes.
8. Speaking of Griffith, he'll have opposition from far right County Commissioner Mo Brooks next year. Brooks is the perfect opponent to bring disgruntled liberal and progressive voters back to Griffith in November 2010.
Do they want health care legislation to "explicitly exclude" coverage for birth control too? How about Viagra? And if they're going to deny abortions (which are legal) to poor women, perhaps they should include funds for government orphanages to feed, clothe, house and educate those children after birth? Bobby Bright (Blue Dog, AL-02) signed the letter, of course.
Why did so many skilled veterans of the Republican Party—long regarded as the more adroit team in presidential politics—keep loyally working for her election even after they privately realized she was casual about the truth and totally unfit for the vice-presidency? Perhaps most painful, how could John McCain, one of the cagiest survivors in contemporary politics—with a fine appreciation of life’s injustices and absurdities, a love for the sweep of history, and an overdeveloped sense of his own integrity and honor—ever have picked a person whose utter shortage of qualification for her proposed job all but disqualified him for his?
OK, my outrage closet is pretty clean for the moment. What's in yours?
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