Stupidity from Rush Limbaugh

(via Think Progress)

LIMBAUGH: But he’s not black. Do you know he has not one shred of African-American blood? He doesn’t have any African — that’s why when they asked whether he was authentic, whether he’s down for the struggle. He’s Arab. You know, he’s from Africa. He’s from Arab parts of Africa. He’s not — his father was — he’s not African-American. The last thing that he is is African-American.

Kenya is not an “Arab part of Africa.” Something a typical dittohead is too stupid to figure out on their own.

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YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED

(from the this post probably belongs here dept.)

(via All Spin Zone)

Dear [your name goes here]:

I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.

I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion USD. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you.

I am working with Mr. Phil Gramm, lobbyist for UBS, who (God willing) will be my replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a former U.S. congressional leader and the architect of the PALIN / McCain Financial Doctrine, you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. As such, you can be assured that this transaction is 100% safe.

This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred.

Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I receive that information, I will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the funds.

Yours Faithfully,

Minister of Treasury Paulson

Friday Random Ten: 2008-09-19


NameArtistAlbumGenre
1. Opus 1Terry Bozzio + Metropole OrkestChamber WorksRock
2. Brazilian Rhyme aka Ponta de AreiaEarth, Wind & FireAll ‘N AllR&B
3. StrangerPretty & TwistedPretty & TwistedAlternative & Punk
4. FantasyEarth, Wind & FireAll ‘N AllR&B
5. Alfa WavesBilly CobhamThe TravelerJazz
6. Hollow YearsDream TheaterFalling Into InfinityMetal
7. One Of Our SubmarinesThomas DolbyThe Golden Age Of WirelessAlternative & Punk
8. Look At Their WayWall Of VoodooCall Of The WestAlternative & Punk
9. Hope FailsHoward ShoreThe Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The KingSoundtrack
10. Panic AttackDream TheaterOctavariumMetal

John McCain ‘invented the BlackBerry’

(John McCain ‘invented the BlackBerry’)

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the Republican presidential candidate’s economics guru, was being grilled about Mr McCain’s qualifications for addressing the current crisis in the markets when he made the claim.

He cited the senator’s experience and leadership of the US Senate Commerce Committee, saying it placed him at the intersection of a number of economic interests, including the telecommunications industry.

And when pressed on Mr McCain’s achievements on the committee, Mr Holtz-Eakin pulled out his BlackBerry personal digital assistant and declared: “You’re looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create.”

John McCain is so out of touch with America his economics adviser says he deserves credit for creating the Canadian company that invented the Blackberry. Message to Republicans: it’s American entrepreneurship our President is supposed to encourage. — Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt, Think Progress

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Senator Kit Bond: Authoritarian Asshole

(WIL WHEATON dot VOX)

I’m not here to say that the government is always right, but when the government tells you to do something, I’m sure you would all agree that I think you all recognize that is something you need to do.
— Sen. Kit Bond (R-Missouri), explaining why his fellows had to lock arms with him and grant telecom immunity.

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