Drain Clogs – 06-30-2010

DailyKos is having words with their pollster Research 2000, who they are accusing of fabricating data. Research 2000 is pushing back by declaring DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas will face “criminal sanctions”. I guess that’s better than releasing your raw data to prove you didn’t just make stuff up…oh, wait, no it’s not. Way to look… Continue reading Drain Clogs – 06-30-2010

Compassionate Conservatism at work

Robert Byrd (D-WV) died recently, leaving behind a distinguished political career that included many achievements among them being the longest serving senator, the President pro tempore of the United States Senate four times, United States Senate Majority Leader twice, and Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.  Byrd was a powerful socially conservative democrat who you… Continue reading Compassionate Conservatism at work

Drain Clogs – 06-29-2010

Idaho GOP joins Texas and Montana in being crazy: The convention’s platform calls for a radical overhaul of the federal government. One proposal is a Tea Party favorite, calling for the repeal the 17th Amendment, which provides for the direct election of Senators instead of the original system of them being selected by state legislatures.… Continue reading Drain Clogs – 06-29-2010

Drain Clogs – 06-28-2010

Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) has died. Our condolences to his family. For a complete obituary, TPM has the best one I have seen (from the AP) Arizona Governor Jan Brewer thinks all illegal aliens are drugrunners. But she’s not-racist! 24% of Americans are unsure if Barack Obama was born in America. I am sure all… Continue reading Drain Clogs – 06-28-2010

Wingnut Web – O-Bomma-geddon Edition

So Resistnet becomes more and more paranoid as the inmates take over the asylum. Things go from bad to scary when someone posts the latest conspiracy theory about how Obama is gonna seize all our guns in scenarios that sound amazingly like the one in the White Nationalists’ Holy Bible, The Turner Diaries. This leads… Continue reading Wingnut Web – O-Bomma-geddon Edition

Same strategy in Afghanistan

Which is to say none, really.  Keeping in mind the bankruptcy of the “safe haven” argument, let’s see what government officials and the press have to say about changes after McChrystal’s embarrassing exit. LA Times A debate over the administration’s war strategy is already underway, as Democratic and Republicans lawmakers clashed Sunday over whether Obama… Continue reading Same strategy in Afghanistan

Drain Clogs – 06-25-2010

The Great Terrorist Babies Plot! – Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) is dumb. “I talked to a retired FBI agent who said that one of the things they were looking at were terrorist cells overseas who had figured out how to game our system. And it appeared they would have young women, who became pregnant, would… Continue reading Drain Clogs – 06-25-2010

Drain Clogs – 06-24-2010

Kansas Republican Kevin Yoder doesn’t have children, so he hired fake ones, and then also hired lobbyists and executives to play working folk. I guess maybe Yoder can say he’s creating jobs or something… Bristol Palin is horrible….at acting California has a Whooping Cough epidemic. I am sure it has nothing to do with crazy… Continue reading Drain Clogs – 06-24-2010

Dumb Conspiracy Theories – The Soros-BP Shuffle

The internet is awash with ridiculous conspiracy theories, because many people on the internet have some sort of mental issues. Shocking news, I know. What is fun is reading some of the conspiracy theories, because they are usually more interesting than the latest schlock on the shelves at Borders. Thanks to the magic of Resistnet,… Continue reading Dumb Conspiracy Theories – The Soros-BP Shuffle