Good Old Neon

Liberals were consistently mocked for a.) believing the Administration would ever engage in the use of torture (and then, when it was proven true, the right changed tactics, either by defending its use, or calling it some other thing), b.) for raising questions as to the veracity of both the WMD evidence, and claims related to Saddam’s capabilities and motives – all of which turned out to be….bullshit. And yet here we are again, with republicans making shit up – death panels – that status of Obama’s citizenship – etc, i.e. – making ridiculous claims, which, unlike those levied against Bush,

Nat Hentoff casts his lot with the crazies. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/20/i_am_finally_scared_of_a_white_house_administration_97969.html And, though unrelated - as many suspected, it appears as though the Bush White House was using that handy color coded threat alert system for political gain. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/21/ridge.terror.level/index.html (So called)Conservatives express their outrage: **cricket - cricket - cricket** Edit: Here, they apologize to those all those “crazy” liberals who suspected the alerts had more to do with politics,

I did little research into the author of both these articles, and sure enough:

Yes, in fact he is. As is RNC Chairman Michael Steel, who, it seems, cannot seem to allow himself to admit that the "death panel" discussion is a fucking farce - or maybe he actually does believe in death panels, along with faeries and unicorns and leprechauns. From Andrew Sullivan: RNC Chairman Michael Steele Is Not Willing To Say That Death Panel Rumors Are False I don't want to spend all week writing about death panels. Writing about something that doesn't exist is tedious, and I realize that by giving further attention to the subject I am possibly just playing into the intended tra

You might be right. What are the odds on me getting a dozen of those Sno Cones?

And sure enough, as if on queue… Democrats Alienating Themselves From Voters? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,540600,00.html Snippet: HANNITY: What do you make — I'm watching Barney Frank and it doesn't really surprise me. And he's got a very safe district. But the arrogance, the condescension, you know, the battling with the voters. Something's changed and I can't quite pinpoint what it is. I've never seen voters attack this way. Have you? Now, if I’m not mistaken, Hannity et al had a field day mocking folks who compared their lord and savior, George Bush to Hitler, yet now that

Your brother is a socialist – is what he is. Duh, you need to read 1984, and then you need to read the bible through a lens that incorporates everything you’ve just gleaned from 1984, then, and only then, will you see Americorps for what it truly is, a re-education camp/socialist making factory. Or, as is probably the case with Bachmann, you could just read the cliff notes to both, and then conflate the two in your mind’s own blender. In any case, Death to Goldstein.

And 48% of those respondents strongly agree that they were being hit-on by their respective poll-er.

You son of a bitch.

Seriously, now, don’t get me wrong, I loved my grandparents and all, dearly, but lets just cut the shit here and speak the truth, most elderly folks are downright dull, they complain too much, eat with their mouths open, and sometimes, they even smell funny - which is why, if they were alive today, I’d want them dead. And to ensure the Death Panel hums merrily along with the utmost efficiency, with no room for error, I’m going to go ahead and advocate that all newborns be stamped with an expiration date – 74.5 years in the future for men, 82.7 years for women. And as an added incentive, ins

More news that might make you re-think your decision to not stick your head in a microwave, thereby erasing your map: 45% Of Americans Believe, Falsely, That Obama Will Create Death Panels There is much to discuss in NBC's new health-care poll, but this part jumped out at me like an army of flesh-eating zombies: Forty-five percent think the reform proposals would allow the government to make decisions about when to stop providing medical care for the elderly. There is, of course, no reform proposal that will do any such thing, and the fact that 45% of Americans believe otherwise is re

Barney Frank says what needed to be said. "On what planet do you spend most of your time?" Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., is known as one of the more outspoken and combative members of Congress. So it should probably come as no surprise that during a heated town hall meeting in Dartmouth, Massachusetts on Tuesday, Frank dismissed a critic of the Obama Administration with some of the most memorable lines made during the entire healthcare debate. At the meeting, numerous protesters carried signs depicting President Obama with a Hitler-style mustache. When one such female protester asked Fran

Dickishness supplements Ryan’s oeuvre the same way that food stamps supplement a welfare recipient’s pantry. I’m a fan of Whiskeytown, and Heartbreaker is top shelf, but much like the Ramen Noodles that just fucking dominate the menu of many a poor folk, most of what he’s recorded since contains very little of anything I’d consider nourishing.

For about 20 minuets back in like, 1991, Courtney Love exhibited a sort of trashy sort of attractiveness - the Kinderwhore look. She was pretty in a way my 20 year old brain found irresistible. With that said, I always considered Babes in Toyland’s Kat Bjelland to be just way more desirable.

The New Yorker has published an excerpt from Dave Eggers’, The Wild Things. http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2009/08/24/090824fi_fiction_eggers

This review of Atlas Shrugged pretty much hits the nail on the head: Aside from the "Groundhog Day" repetitiveness of the book's theme and its bloated length, the only other minor complaints I have about the book is that Rand's style sucks donkey cock and the story and characters lick donkey 'taint. Her characters are all allegorical, the romances in the book would make a soap opera writer cringe, and the dialogue makes David Mamet's seem organic in comparison. link - http://www.parmistan.com/atlas.shtml

That would be wonderful. Rather than a splash of fruit flavor, could I perhaps get it doused with two or more oz. of hard liquor? And you know how some of them have little gumdrops down there at the bottom for you, as sort of like a reward for all your hard work, well, rather than a gumball, could mine may have like, 4 Percocets waiting for me? I'll be back in a few with a Fed Ex account number.

This: Cable news polls might not reflect public opinion so much as the ability of viewers to repeat the ideas they just heard. is exactly the problem. I’m at work, and cannot watch the video, but that little byline says it all – and that’s true for both democrats and republicans. Critical, independent thought is now rarer and more difficult to come by than that supposedly extinct giant assed woodpecker Sufjan Stevens is so damned fond of. Republicans are against it because they’re supposed to be against it, democrats are for it because they’re supposed to be for it, and the majority of ind

I’m becoming more fond of the idea that maybe we shouldn’t offer an opinion or respond to polls unless we know at least a little bit about the subject we’re being asked to comment on. I, myself, haven’t actually conducted a poll, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that the percentage of Americans that have either read, or at least taken a good hard look at the proposal hovers somewhere in the neighborhood of, like, 2% - with a margin of error of + or – 2%.

Yeah, well, that’s because the government it taking away our brains, and replacing them with cantaloupes – aka – socialism. Edit - Or, maybe your brain is being tapped to fund an even larger collective hive mind, and your hard earned resources are being used to fund the brain of some dumb ass – but again, aka – socialism.

Aw shucks, it's mutual (though I'm more of a red pepper man). You should change your username from Speed Racer to Really Fast Douche Bag, douche bag.

If one wants to be listened to and/or taken seriously, they first have to agree to debate within the parameters set forth by reality. You cannot simply make shit up, example – death panels, and then go on to argue against a bill that in no way shape or form proposes, endorses or even has the slightest inkling of interest in actually even remotely fucking considering, on the basis that passing said bill will result in metaphorical gas chambers. You’re free to do so, but from where I’m sitting, you’ve just sequestered yourself in a cage from which no one will have any desire to hear what you hav

I'd like to see what the numbers would look like if people were asked their feelings regarding a nationalized tax payer funded healthcare system. This poll appears to tell us little more than that folks do not approve of the way the bill is being handled, and not the particulars.

Durden? Mr. Tyler Durden?

And you know this because you’ve actually sat down and discussed this initiative with the majority of constituents? Politicians would be wise to ignore those who believe we are on the cusp of creating government sponsored death panels – in all matters, not just those that relate to healthcare. The debate has been hijacked by morons, morons who, if asked, probably couldn’t even tell you what, exactly, maketh “socialism” so downright evil – they’d probably just point to Russia or like, Rocky IV or something. Sometimes, and this, I think, is one of those times, constituents need to be told to jus