WARNING: The text of H. R. 3687 will infect your soul, curve your spine and keep the country from winning the war. 108th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3687 To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE … Continue reading “H. R. 3687”
Category: Politics
You Might Be A Republican If…
From Tina’s Shark Tank: You Might Be A Republican If… (Author unknown) You think “proletariat” is a type of cheese. You’ve named your kids “Deduction one” and Deduction two” You’ve tried to argue that poverty could be abolished if people were just allowed to keep more of their minimum wage. You’ve ever referred to someone … Continue reading “You Might Be A Republican If…”
Class Warfare!
From Al Franken’s Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right: Anytime a liberal points out that the wealthy are disproportionately benefiting from Bush’s tax policies, Republicans shout, “class warfare!” In her book, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century, Barbara Tuchman writes about a peasant revolt … Continue reading “Class Warfare!”
GI Joke, Part II
(via Blah3.com ) Yet another Miserable Failure action figure: G. I. Joke
Miserable Failure Project: Fallout
First of all, it wasn’t my idea – I learned about it from blah3. Looks like Old Fashioned Patriot was the one who started this. (I did play a roll in making it work, though) Traffic to this site has increased by at least an order of magnitude (WOO-HOO!) I’ve had to temporarily disable comments … Continue reading “Miserable Failure Project: Fallout”
The Republican Catechism
(via Musings of a Philosophical Scrivener…) Things you have to believe to be a Republican today: Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you’re a conservative radio host. Then it’s an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery. The United States should get out of the United Nations, … Continue reading “The Republican Catechism”
Yet Another Example of Bill Frist’s Hypocrisy
While reading Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, I came across this bit about our favorite cat killing senator, Dr. Evil Bill Frist: But mainly it was Coleman’s proxies who played it dirty. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) ran an ad called “Pork” that … Continue reading “Yet Another Example of Bill Frist’s Hypocrisy”
Dennis Kucinich gets a few Karma Points
I’m still a Dean supporter, but I’ll give Dennis Kucinich credit for this: OK – this probably doesn’t mean anything to you unless you grew up in Cleveland during the ’70’s.
George W. Bush, Coward
(via Musings of a Philosophical Scrivener…) BUSH: CLAP ME OR NO EU SPEECH: GEORGE Bush pulled out of a speech to the European Parliament when MEPs wouldn’t guarantee a standing ovation. Senior White House officials said the President would only go to Strasbourg to talk about Iraq if he had a stage-managed welcome. A source … Continue reading “George W. Bush, Coward”
Relative Popularity of the Major Presidential Candidates’ Web Sites
Based on Google’s “Reverse Links” Search. Candidate Web Site Number of pages linking to Howard Dean Dean for America 7,010 George W. Bush (aka Miserable Failure) GeogeWBush.com 2,640 Dick Gephardt Dick Gephardt for President 2,050 John Kerry JohnKerry.com 1,840 John Edwards John Edwards 1,300 Carol Moseley Braun Carol Moseley Braun for President 948 Joe Lieberman … Continue reading “Relative Popularity of the Major Presidential Candidates’ Web Sites”