Category: Political Cannon Fodder

Ahoy! Stupidity abounds in Capitol Hill and the blogosphere. Let’s watch!

Dear Senator Specter: I love you!

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Republican Senator reminds Atty General Gonzales ‘President does not have a blank check’

Can I get a HELL YEAH!
Checks and balances, baby! That’s why the power is split in three equal parts in our government.

I can’t express how much this all makes me nervous. I was under the impression that the CIA and the FBI have “watchlists”. They know who the badguys are, they’re keeping tabs on them. So why is this “Surveillance Program” so urgent and vital to the War on Terror?

Now to all the sheep in this country that reason all their rights away with “Go ahead, I’ve got nothing to hide! Nyuk! Nyuk!”. Chew on this:

Specter told Gonzales that even the Supreme Court had ruled that “the president does not have a blank check.” Specter suggested that the program’s legality be reviewed by a special federal court set up by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Gonzales then panicked, sputtered more pre-fabricated talking points, rhetoric about how the sky is falling and freaked out as this curveball wasn’t covered in his cue cards from the White House…

So I ask our Federal Government the same question… why not run it past the Federal Court and check it for legalities?

You have nothing to hide, right?

The Muslim World Needs a Chill Pill

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Photo: Adel Hana/AP
There’s no defending this shit …

You know…

I really want to believe that these militants are a small minority in Islam. I really do.

Fact of the matter is, I *KNOW* no matter what I think of our current policies in the U.S…. No matter how idiotic I find the current administration in the White House…

I wouldn’t last five minutes in that region without someone wanting to make a video of my beheading. All for simply being an American.

Why should I give anyone a level of understanding or sympathy they would never give me?
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Finally… Something political worth talking about!

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Now Wulfgar’s and Rabid Sanity’s posts are worth discussing!

For too long the right and left wing in the blogosphere has reduced the other side with straw men and caricatures. You know, right wingers are nazis and left wingers are traitors. Enough already! I became a registered independant back in 2002 because I couldn’t take this partisan bullshit.

I’ve also seen time and time again someone critical of the Bush administration get instantly shut up when asked the question: “Well, you complain a lot… but what is YOUR solution to the problem?”

So here you have an intelligent discussion by intelligent people that clearly respect each other’s views… and unlike many right/left sites, they actually want to HEAR what the other side has to say.

KUDOS TO THE BOTH OF YOU!
The old adage “You’re either part of the solution, or you’re part of the problem” immediately comes to mind.

Me? I’m part of the “I’m tired of all the bullshit” brigade. 😀

Let us make MLK in OUR image, after our likeness

Posted on by Eric Brooks
“Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.”
-Malcolm X
“Be that change you want to see in the world.”
-Ghandi

Dr. Martin Luther King
Usually on this day, I can look all over the web and someone, somewhere is reshaping Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. into a supporter of their cause. You name it. He’s for/against the Iraq War, he’s suddenly a vegan and a card-carrying member of PETA, he’d join the fight for gay marriage.

Frankly, I doubt the last one. As a man of the cloth, I’d imagine his view of homosexuality would be very much the same as any religious figure… I *DO* see the parallels, and this is a matter of Civil Rights and equality… and even in his own words “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” ring true in this case.
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Saddam offers “soul” to Arabs

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(My initial thought when reading that headline was “he has a soul”???)

Saddam says he’d offer his life for Arab cause
In letter, ex-dictator would sacrifice “soul, very existence” to end occupation

AMMAN – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has said in a letter he would sacrifice himself for Arab nationalism and to end foreign occupation.

He’s kidding, right? This is the same guy that talked his head off right up until the Iraq War… then went into hiding until soldiers pulled him up from a spider hole six months later looking like a derelict??!!?

I mean, look… my views on the Iraq War aside, this guy is a douchebag.

Yeah, we armed him to fight Iran. We installed the Baath party in the 60’s and he’s been on the CIA payroll ever since, and he was “our” douchebag.

But he’s still a douchebag.

He has long praised Palestinian militants waging suicide attacks against Israeli targets.

See what I mean?

I would have preferred a CIA Op putting a bullet in his skull (and his crazy ass sons) rather than launch an illegal war… but either way, I find it hard to feel sorry for this guy.

WAAAAAAAAAH, Saddam!
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My Gerbil is Hitler!

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“As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.”
– Godwin’s Law –

First there was the “Bush = Hitler” protest signs, long before that was the clever knickname for Senator Clinton (“Hitlery”), and now everyone from Pat Robertson to Sen. Santorum is comparing the fillibustering Democrats to the Nazis…

Like Anton LaVey says in his books, “Simply put: Good is what you like. Evil is what you don’t like”.

Everyone is Hitler these days. That teacher who gave your child detention is Hitler, those spammers putting comments in your blog is Hitler… hell, that little bastard paperboy who keeps tossing your newspaper in puddles has GOT to be Hitler, right? Who else would do such a thing?

You’re all wrong.

You know who IS Hitler?
My gerbil. I have proof.

Sure. Look at him innocently running on his wheel, nibbling on his water bottle. I know he’s secretly plotting world domination and exterminating 55 million people.

You aren’t fooling anyone, fucker.

Hooray for Sexy Cheerleading !!!!!

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A Houston Texans cheerleader dances during the Texans' Week 8 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

A Houston Texans cheerleader dances during the Texans’ Week 8 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
(Robert Laberge/Getty Images)

“Sexy cheerleading bill” appears dead in Texas
Senate says it’s not likely to take action on legislation this year

WOOOO HOOO!!!! What a wonderful time to be a man and a sports fan!!!
(OK, well I don’t watch too many sports… but I know this is an important part of it!)

Have you ever SEEN some of the women that scream “Exploitation”?

Woof! Woof!

You will never see a beautiful woman picketing against bathing suit competitions or cheerleading. They know it’s all part of the power and allure that these women hold over men.

The feminists that want it stopped… you really don’t want to see them in a string bikini. Trust me.
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Pro-Lifers not told what to think of "Morning After Pills" yet?

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False Pregnancy – Who really wants to debate the morning-after pill?

“Why the silence? Because from a strategic standpoint, it’s a stinker of an issue for pro-lifers. In recent years, they’ve gained the upper hand by focusing relentlessly on late-term fetuses that look like babies.”

I love it!
Abortion can be argued to a certain degree because a life is involved. The Pro-Life crowd hasn’t figured out how to argue about “Morning After Pills” yet without looking like they’re trying to meddle in someone’s life. (Which we all know they are!)

I wish my life was as uncomplicated as those that have all the time in the world to concern themselves with other people’s sex lives… don’t you?

Boob-O-Vision

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(I’m reprinting this from a discussion board because I’m too lazy to write a new post)

Another fascinating revelation (well for me, anyway), I’m currently reading “The Devil’s Notebook” and stumbled across an interesting factoid: Anton LaVey hated television.
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