Dumd

http://wonkette.com/417619/dumb-hick-mosque-haters-cant-even-spell-ground-zero

"America’s differently-abled freedumb fighters tend to have trouble spelling the dumb shit on their signs and banners, but this particular piece of visual evidence also calls into question their comprehension of the supposedly Hallowed Ground of the WTC site. Is it truly a “monument to terrorism”?"

Idiots are controlling the national agenda.

Is President Obama a Muslim?

Article VI of the U.S. Constitution:


"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States"

Enough said.

Think? No Thanks!

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“You don’t need freedom of speech if you let Jesus think for you.”

Yep.

Who Would Jesus Hate?

Image via WikipediaAmerica, a land established on values of individual and religious freedom, live and let live, right?
Wrong. America is a land of intolerent bigots that not only disrespect but hate and wish violence on those different from themselves.

http://cbs4.com/local/burning.quran.outreach.2.1867754.html

"Gainesville officials denied a burn permit for a church that plans to burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
. . .
"In an e-mail sent out Wednesday, the church said, "City of Gainesville denies burn permit – BUT WE WILL STILL BURN KORANS."


This "Christian" church doesn't even respect and recognize American law - their own local authorities, much less the Bill of Rights, or even the concept of private property.


This is why we have a Constitution with inalienable rights.  Because the people do not respect, or even want, a free society.  There is required a Constitutional framework, above the laws people enact, or would like to enact, to resist the people's ever present push toward theocratic dictatorship.

Instead of using 9/11 and a new community center in New York as an opportunity to highlight the freedoms America stands for, the people use it as an opportunity to show the pent up hate, fear and bigotry that is their true religion.


They will not change.  They won't ever stop.  In the end, the people will win and bring society into a new middle ages.

Broken

This is why democracy doesn't work:

http://pewresearch.org/databank/dailynumber/?NumberID=1057

"Only a third of Americans (34%) correctly say the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was enacted by the Bush administration. Nearly half (47%) incorrectly believe TARP was passed under President Obama."

The economic collapse brought on by 8 years of Republican policy is the most significant trouble of our time. An entire generation is permanently impacted, and America as a nation is likely now in irreversible decline.

This decline is not because of the TARP program, which was an act of panic and desperation. The decline is due to years of massive tax cuts for the wealthiest and for large business, the shifting of jobs overseas - as a policy, the gutting of regulation, and massive, unproductive, Republican spending, in particular on two completely unfunded, open-ended wars.

It's almost comical to be reminded that Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy was itself an economic stimulus plan put in place short after he took office and intended from the beginning to expire - even they knew it was unsustainable.

And people cheered. All the way, right over the cliff.

But since Americans are so completely intellectually unable to follow current events, they will likely elect Republicans again, and do even more harm to themselves. This time though, they've made things so bad that the nation itself is a risk.

But people can't think. They can't learn from experience. Enough Americans are completely unable to reach a reasoned conclusion based on facts, that the country has no future. The great experiment is a failure. They will get the future want they want and deserve.

Breaking News!

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No, not the overturning of California's proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage... This is huge!

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0730/Monkeys-hate-flying-squirrels-report-monkey-annoyance-experts

Monkeys hate flying squirrels!

Bob Ingil On The Tea Bags

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"I sat down, and they said on the back of your Social Security card, there's a number. That number indicates the bank that bought you when you were born based on a projection of your life's earnings, and you are collateral. We are all collateral for the banks."

http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/08/bob-inglis-tea-party-casualty

It's well worth reading what Bob Ingil has to say. It's pretty clear that either the Republican Party is finished, or the nuts that they now depend on will win elections and the US is finished.

The Republican Party Today

Here's some southern politics for you....

http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-07-06/handel-oxendine-plagued-their-past

It's old vs. new.
Here you have a classic old-school, corrupt, southern politician (is that redundant?) running against the "true conservative" insurgent tea-party-type; a woman in this case, endorsed by Sarah Palin no less, that is now desperately lying in attempts to cover up that she's a lesbian.

Comedy.
Really sad comedy.

One of these two fine examples of southern citizenship is very likely to be the next Governor of the fine state of Georgia.

This is America

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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/11/knotts-censured/

Last week, South Carolina state Sen. Jake Knotts (R) came under fire for calling President Obama and Nikki Haley, his party’s nominee for governor, “a raghead.”

. . .

In response to the censure, Knotts said he “could care less” and would not resign. In a separate interview, he said the censure was “all politics,” and warned that libertarians had “infiltrated” the party. He said he had not called Haley to personally apologize, and that the “press has given Nikki Haley a free ride.” When a reporter asked where the press had failed to hold her accountable, Knotts said, “have you ever asked her if she believes in Jesus Christ as her lord and savior and that he died on the cross for her sins? Have you ever asked her that?”

Shirt

This is simply the best zombie shirt, ever.

http://www.threadless.com/product/2059/The_Horde

Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana

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"We’ve got to be completely focused on defending this coast. The cost—the difference between keeping this oil out and having this oil in this wetlands, it literally could be life or death for many of these species."

-- Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/5/20/headlines

Interesting how concerned he is isn't? Meanwhile...

"In 2006, Jindal sponsored the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act (H.R. 4761), a bill to eliminate the moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling over the U.S. outer continental shelf. A poll taken while the bill was being debated, showed that 73% of the U.S. public supported the measure. Jindal argues that 30-40% of oil reserves of the United States are near the Louisiana coast and increased drilling would reduce American dependence on foreign oil.^[109] This prompted the watchdog groups, Republicans for Environmental Protection as well as the nonpartisan League of Conservation Voters to rate him among the lowest in Congress in 2006."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jindal#Environmental_issues_and_offshore_drilling

"The House vote was a huge victory for Pombo, two Louisiana lawmakers — Republican Bobby Jindal and Democrat Charlie Melancon — and Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., who spearheaded the drive to lift the moratorium."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201703,00.html

Seeing Bobby Jindal in the news talking about this issue is one of the most disturbing things about the BP oil spill.

Bobby Jindal is the face of the contemporary Republican Party.

Education

Image by wstera2 via Flickr

http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/18/tea-party-ignorant-taxes-opinions-columnists-bruce-bartlett_3.html#

"Whatever the future of the Tea Party movement in American politics, it's a bad idea for so many participants to operate on the basis of false notions about the burden of federal taxation. It only takes a little bit of time to look at one's tax return to see what one is actually paying the Treasury, calculate the percentage of one's income that goes to taxes, and compare it with what was paid last year and the year before."

There's a big flaw in this argument - part of the strategy is to make sure no one knows enough arithmetic to actually do this. Seems to be working...