I submit to you two quotes that help express my outrage at what happened in Connecticut today. "Guns don't attack children; psychopaths and sadists do. But guns uniquely allow a psychopath to wreak death and devastation on such a large scale so quickly and easily. America is the only
Category: Americans are stupid!
Don’t kid yourself-a lot of people really believe it.
Facebook sentiments are a rather inaccurate measure of public opinion to be sure. But if the views of my more conservative Facebook friends are any measure-all of the people who are pronouncing Romney’s campaign “dead” based on his rather infamous “47 percent of the country is irresponsible” remarks, are acting
Continue readingPeople would rather vote against themselves than do what is right.
One of the things that amazes me, about the milblog commenting class-is how much they opposed decent human fairness, while they themselves benefit a lot from government largesse. Its not that the "entitlements" are undeserved-but its the selfishness with which they begrudge others the same benefits. I've struggled to find
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I am posting this post by my Candian Counterpart in its entirety. Its worth reading-every word-because it effectively lays to rest just about every bullshit argument we here from the ranting herd of ill-informed Fox News viewers. Take it away, Skippy Stalin: Even more troubling that the modern conservative shift
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I have a lot I would like to write about. I just have no spirit or energy to do so. I've been busy at work getting ready for a meeting next month. And at home I have been dealing with S.O.'s increasingly frivolous views of life and doing her womanly
Continue readingThe Liars Club
Is that group of increasingly reprehensible bloggers who make up the "professional right wing blogosphere". (Membership names listed below). Besides the fact that they generally have their facts wrong-they are just about universally a group of douchbags loathsome group of people to be around. Their blogs are essentially interchangeable, fact
Continue readingCompare and contrast……..
I am back here in the Whining States of America for a short while-for personal business-before returning to the fray on the other side of the Atlantic. Coming back to the US after a prolonged period of living someplace else always provides a good opportunity to showcase the ways America is
Continue readingLie back-and think of England…….
You Godless harlots. John Cole has hit on the latest example of just how stupid a certain segment of America really is: Here is the Republican Governor of PA sharing some advice with women who will be forced to have an unnecessary ultrasound before having an abortion: Gov. Tom Corbett
Continue readingShe looks kinda familiar to me……
Like someone, you might have met at Impanema or Peyton Place in Singapore. ( If you need a geography lesson-go here.) Actually, I take that back-this woman is not nearly as sincere as some of the women in the Country Western Bar-and that is saying a lot. James Fallows sums
Continue readingThe 50 worst places to get your news.
Regardless of your political persuasion. The list that is given below is a rogues gallery of misinformation, diatribe, uninformed commentary, factually inaccurate reporting-and general all around mean spiritedness that can be found in the civilized word. When you hear someone saying, ” I was just reading or watching (fill in
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