Voter Fraud Is Real!

Republicans finally get their wish. Actual proof of voter fraud!

Now, if only they would fucking stop doing it.

Obama Has Destroyed America!!

It is still amazing to me how easily people can completely ignore the world around them in order to push a Party talking point.

Here’s another of the “discussions” I find myself getting into on Facebook. I haven’t had one of these in a while and it was fun.

Names are changed.

Enjoy…

Grey Poupon

Pardon me, but have you seen this lovely, humanizing photo of Mittington R. Moneyfucker?

Suppressing For Freedom

There’s a Teabagger group called the Voter Integrity Project. They’re going state-to-state, county-to-county and handing in lists of hundreds of thousands of names that they demand need to be purged from voter rolls to prevent fraudulent voting due to various reasons including voters are deceased or have changed address.

Newsiness

This is an ad created by GING-PAC. GING stands for “Government Is Not God.” It ran in 19 newspapers in these swing states: Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iowa.

Skullduggery

I tried to think of a word that best describes Romney’s campaign. It is Skullduggery: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.

Just some more things and whatnot. So much fucktardery happens on any given day that it’s difficult to narrow the topics. I try to be minimum in summary with maximum in information.

Enjoy…

Brain Farts

These bits just kept popping out of my brain all week. So I did what I do and wrote them down.

For the 100th time.

Enjoy...

Plutocratic For The People

We all know he only says whatever he thinks people want to hear in order to get what he wants because his only value is money and power. He’s got money, all that’s left is ruling America. I’m pretty sure as he stands in front of a room full of multi-millionaires just like himself, this is as close to the truth as we’ll ever hear from this sociopath.

#September Seventeenth

Much of today’s angertainment

will deal with the Middle East.

Much of it will, but some of it will not.

Whatever the case, I hope you’re entertained

and the lessons won’t soon be forgot.

Enjoy…

Flotsam & Jetsam

I wish I could put together more single-topic rants. But it's tough to keep up with all the right-wing bullshit. At least I get to put in random, amusing, non-political tidbits in these multi-topic posts. They keep my water below boiling point.

Anyway, enjoy...

"The Conservative Factor"

Question: What is the difference between the Republican Party and a religious cult?

Answer: The Republican Party is better funded.

Thorium, Indium, Potassium

If any of you who watched any of the Republican convention last week possess even a fraction of a percent of a functional brain, you are fully aware that almost the entire shindig was nothing but lie after debunked lie. Debunked or not, Republicans continue to vomit them from their lie-holes with glee. Politically, people have always tried to argue their point around the edges of reality. That’s expected. But the Republican Party of today has now fabricated an entirely fictitious universe and condemns those who dare expose their lies. This and more.

Enjoy…

Linkin' Blog

This post will be mostly links to other articles and videos. Am I being lazy? No. They’re just a bunch of topics I would normally link to in a regular post. But by the time I get around to covering all the topics, these links will be out of date. Or, they’re links that cover a topic as well or better than I could. Or, they’re miscellaneous. Or, I’m being lazy.

Don’t worry, I’m still angry at right-wing fascism masquerading as patriotism. And I will continue to metamorphose my accumulated anger into your education and entertainment.

So, here you go.

Enjoy…

Play Ball!

Pick your team and root for them. No matter what.

Randomosity

Some more random goodness.

Enjoy…

Just Some Stuff

This one’s a quickie – unless you read and watch all the links contained herein. But even then, it's still shorter than my usual posts.

Exciting side note: I just figured out how to embed HTML code. Now, if I only knew what that meant. All I know is, I don't have to post links to pages with videos that aren't on YouTube anymore. I can just post the video directly. Ah, technology.

Enjoy…

Hodge-Podge of Thoughts

Not all of this stuff is political. Hey, I warned you that might happen from time to time.

Enjoy…

2nd Amendment Ludicrocity*

I originally wrote this one a little over a year ago when NRA lobbyist, Wayne LaPierre was at yet another CPAC convention claiming that Government policies kill people, not guns. And the Teabagger Party was eating it up like it was a deep fried stick of butter covered in powdered sugar and chocolate sprinkles. It was shortly after U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot at a public meeting, resulting in six deaths.

In light of the most recent mass shootings by American-born and bred terrorists at the Batman movie premiere in Colorado and the Sikh Temple a week later in Wisconsin and the gun people continually proclaiming, “Now is not the time to discuss gun control,” after every mass shooting, I felt the need to post it now. I’ve also added some new info. This may seem choppy in thought at times, but I’m aggravated and I’m trying not to curse so much. So give me a fucking break.

Enjoy…

Oh, FOX. You Lying Liars Who Lie.

Yeah, they’re at it (I was going to say ‘again,’ but that would imply they stop every now and then.) still.

I Didn't Build That

And neither did you.

An Open Letter to Victims

An open letter to all the victims and their families and friends of mass shootings:

Columbo-esque

Oh. Just a few more things…

TBF: Stupid Fucking Asshole Edition

I limited this collection of idiocy to around 2,000 words. You should thank me.

Hey, it’s got pictures!

Enjoy…

It's the Denial of Truth, Stupid

My good buddy, Mark simply posted a link to a Mother Jones article about the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. There are tons of charts explaining everything and more links in the article leading to more charts. Simple, straightforward. In its unbiased reporting, it even shows how rich Democrats in Congress voted unanimously to extend the Bush Tax Cuts for rich people.

Enter: Kathy. I forgot that the facts which contradict Republican fantasies are the equivalent of lies.

Enjoy…

What the What?

OK. So, this website put up an article about how FOX “News” uses selective editing in the way they manipulate their “reporting.” It was a good article, showing what FOX said and juxtaposing that with the full transcript of the actual interview. Naturally, FOX edited out the parts that contradict the Roger Ailes anti-liberal mandate.

Since I had done a blog post about that very same thing several months ago, I posted a link to it in the comments section.

Then, the troll showed up. Since I often read the comments sections of articles I read, I’ve seen this nitwit before. I think you may have an idea of what transpires next.

Enjoy…

Louisiana Devolution

Hey, remember when I told you Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed a bill that funneled large sums of public education money through vouchers into the private school Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) program? The program that teaches that since the Loch Ness Monster exists, it is proof that the theory of evolution is a fraud and creationism is real?

The Affordable Fear-Mongering Act

The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was upheld by the Supreme Court. Republicans are not the smiley happy bumble bees they usually are.

As Andy Borowitz puts it, “Congress passed the law, the President signed it, and the Supreme Court upheld it. So it must be repealed.” – Republican logic

Here are my quick thoughts. Enjoy...

Papiere, Bitte.

Or, in this case, "Documentos, por favor."

The Supreme Court knocked down three of the four provisions before them regarding the Arizona “Papers, Please” SB 1070 bill. The one they left in place was the provision that police could ask to see the identification of anyone AFTER THEY ARE ARRESTED. The racial profiling, pre-arrested, show-me-your-papers part of SB1070 was struck down. No matter what nut-job Republican Governor Jan Brewer and FOX “News” says.

The Left seems to think they scored a big victory, seeing as how 75% of the provisions were struck down. The Right seems to think that they scored a big victory, seeing as how the Supreme Court upheld the provision that police are able to arrest “illegals,” which they already could anyway.

What’s the reality of the situation?

Multitudinous Matters

It’s amazing all the shit that happens in only a matter of a couple days. And this only scratches the surface of the surface.

Enjoy…

Friggin' Rainbows and Unicorns

I bet you were just wondering what was pissing me off today, weren’t you?

Enjoy…

PolitiFiction

Florida is illegally purging voter rolls before a Presidential election in order to allegedly weed out non-citizens (why does this sound familiar?). Republican Governor Rick Scott is suing the Department of Homeland Security so he can gain access to a database to help the state continue with its illegal purge. Florida is violating the National Voter Registration Act and the Voting Rights Act with this illegal purge. The Department of Justice is suing Florida to stop this unlawful conduct. Governor Scott is not stopping. However, the 67 Florida Election Supervisors in charge of purging the rolls have unanimously told Governor Scott to go fuck himself since massive amounts of people on the faulty purge lists have been confirmed US citizens. The Supervisors are no longer continuing the illegal purge; many have reinstated previously purged names. The Supervisors, thirty of whom are Republicans themselves, believe Governor Scott is in violation of Federal law, or at least wish to wait until the court cases between the state of Florida and the Federal Government are resolved.

Not so strangely, as with the fraudulent purge in 2000, the lists overwhelmingly contain registered Democrats and minorities, who statistically vote Democratic.

In honor of this current, blatant (and ever-continuing) voter-suppression of Democrats by Republicans, here is the 'PolitiFiction' post I promised you in my “Fruits of "Illegal" Labor” post.

Enjoy…

This 'n' That

Random musings. Some more detailed than others. Depends on my level of concern. Or my level of anger. However you want to see it.

Enjoy…

Fruits of "Illegal" Labor

OK. I’ve been letting you off easy lately. It’s been about six weeks since my last a tête-à-tête post. They’ve been just me blathering on all by myself for far too long. Consider that remedied… 

All I did was make a teensy little factual statement (rant). Richard would have NONE of that.

Yes, Richard’s back. He makes more post mortem appearances than Tupac. Post “de-friended” appearances, that is.

Booting undocumented workers from America isn’t nearly as simple an issue as Republicans want. That’s probably why they also boot all facts surrounding the issue as well. Not to mention inventing a few of their own in the process.

Do I still have to warn you that these are lengthy? Names changed bla de blee bloo.

Enjoy…

Cults of Intolerance

I’ve been sitting on this one for a little while because I didn’t really know how to begin. This religion-influenced ignorance burns me the fuck up. Organized religions are nothing more than cults of hate and intolerance. All organized religions.

 

“But, Bill,” you might argue, “Religious people are good people. Don’t single out the extremists as the norm.”

“No,” I reply, “Religious people are not good people. They are hateful, intolerant people and consistently use their holy books as an excuse to spread their own ignorance, hate and intolerance. That is their norm. There are no religious people who are good, however, there are good people who are also religious. There is a big difference.”

Mr. Hooper

This episode of Sesame Street first aired Thanksgiving day, 1983. I was just shy of 12 years old. Yes, I saw it then. And I would be lying if I didn’t admit to occasionally watching Sesame Street now. There is still no better show – aimed toward any demographic – on television.

An event sort of recently happened that instantly reminded me of this lesson and this blog presents me with a forum in which I can share it with you. It's amazing all the things I've retained from this show.

I do not mean to infringe upon any copyrighted material. I will gladly remove this partial transcript if asked to do so by Sesame Workshop. Know that it is presented out of love and respect.

Please enjoy…

The Gay Agenda

BEWARE!

Society is in danger!

Danger, I say!

F U

This one's to all the assholes out there: Fuck you.

Enjoy...

Music Break!

These entries will all be accompanied by a topic-related music video. 
I want my, I want my, I want my TBFTV.

Thanks, MTV!

Enjoy…

Speaking Softly

I love Joe Biden. His gaffes are generally the harmless type. The sort an off-color uncle or oblivious grandfather would make. Never that much of  'a big fucking deal.'

On Thursday, April 26, while speaking at New York University about President Obama’s foreign policy, he managed to once again “pull a Biden.” He told the crowd that Obama has a big stick.

In honor of Vice President Biden, here’s something I wrote a little over a year ago about Obama’s big stick.

Enjoy…

Mitt Romney is a Threat to America

"Oh, c'mon. You're being a bit melodramatic now, aren't you?"

No. I'm probably understating the fact if anything.

May Day Mini Rant

Oh, just some thoughts for this warm, sunny May first.

Enjoy...

The Times, They Are A Changin’

Here’s a little rant from last year. Republicans had recently shifted into high gear taking as much money from working people and giving even more tax breaks to millionaires. They haven’t let up since.

I felt the need to express my frustration in a cartoon.

Enjoy…

Shallow Thoughts, etc.

Just a few thoughts on the current state of the Union, etc.

Enjoy...

Guns: FACT.

Sticking with the gun theme of the last two posts, here’s a good one from six months ago. My ever-so-eloquent ex-dance partner, Richard, had a problem with me calling out the NRA Executive VP for shitting out a pile of lies. And as we all know, guns are always right, so I’m the asshole.

When Wayne La Douchebag proclaims Obama has a secret plan to take away everyone’s guns if he’s re-elected based on the fact that he’s only relaxed gun laws, that is NOT fear-mongering. It is “the truth.”

Republicans seem to have a problem with the definition of certain words. Like ‘fact’ and ‘truth.’

Enjoy…

When Victims Attack!

Part 2: Liberal Welfare Kills

Part 2 is going to be a little different. There’s no real need for me to add comments since this is pretty much just between Bobby and me. I answer all his posts directly anyway. I will do it occasionally, but not as much as in past posts.

You will notice I often point out that what he keeps saying has nothing to do with the Treyvon Martin case and try to steer it back. But Bobby won’t have it. He wants to talk about racist Liberal welfare programs only. He never explains how welfare programs are only Liberal and aimed only at keeping black people down, but just that they are. And I’m stupid for not accepting it.

I apologize if the conversation circles back around on itself a few times. That happens when you insist something to be true without any proof and it’s the only thing you have to say so you keep saying it. And your only defense being the absolute denial of  any contradictory facts. I tried to edit it down, but it’s like trying to cut all the lines of fat out of marbled beef. It’s impossible and you would lose the flavor anyway.

Names changed bla bla bla.

Enjoy…

When Victims Attack!

Part 1: Evidence? Who Cares?

I find it amusing when people who only watch right-wing news have the balls to proclaim they know what the left-wing news is talking about. How would they know? They never, under any circumstances, ever watch it. Oh, I get it. Limbaugh and Hannity tell them what liberals are saying. Of course that’s how they know! And Limbo and Hannity would never lie to push their agenda.

Here is a very long “discussion” about the Treyvon Martin case. One of I’m sure many going on in America where the gun-totin’ Constitution-loving Republicans unquestioningly support the stalker with the gun over the kid with the Skittles – regardless to all contrary facts.

I’m going to break this one up into two parts. There’s sort of a natural break point where my buddy Richard pushes his eject button and bails out of the conversation. Fear not, true believers. He has a worthy successor.

The names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty – and all the shady characters in between.

Enjoy…

A Killer Waste of Breath

Oh, boy.

These Facebook “discussions” I get myself into really do pile up quickly. I put many of them on the back burner until I can revisit them later. Often, a reason will pop up and spur me to finally post an old one. This particular reason popped up six months later – to the day.

This time, a new discussion was similar to an old one, so I glued them back-to-back in this post for two reasons:

1) A common theme – murder

2) The same misogynistic dim-wit is my muse

The names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty – and all the shady characters in between. Normally, I would correct the spelling, but in this case it lends to the authenticity and production quality of this episode.

Enjoy…

Women Are Stupid

Did that title grab your attention?

My other buddy who defriended me on Facebook makes another appearance this go around. Yeah, Gomer is pale in comparison to Richard, but he holds his own here. It’s not logical and it’s quite ignorant, but he sure is holding it.

OxyContin addict, Rush Limbaugh, in his ever-loving misogynistic way, attacked some women the other day – you may have heard about it, and Gomer, the ever-loving right-wing lemming decided to follow suit.

A friend posted a link to an article, and a Facebook dialogue ensued.

Already pissed off at this unending attack on women by Republicans, I was not particularly kind or patient with my responses to Gomer. In fact, I was spreading my sarcasm as thick (and delicious) as peanut butter.

The names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty – and all the shady characters in between. I did not correct spelling. It lends to the production value.

Enjoy…

Stinking Pile of Poo

Wow. This shit piled up quick.

Enjoy…

Whatta Dogma-roon!

So, Republicans and Teabaggers, maintaining that the ideal behind the separation of church and state is not expressed in the constitution, keep trying to introduce laws prohibiting Sharia Law from taking over America. Sharia is the religious laws in the Islamic Qur’an. This is something that has not even once come close to ever happening in America. Nor is it able to.

Let me explain…

Fascism?

I wrote the bulk of this one year ago. It is a comparison between Fascism as proposed by Mussolini in his Doctrine of Fascism written in 1932 and the Republican Party in America as it currently stands in 2012. I was reminded of this rant since the topic of Fascism came up (albeit by me) during the conversation I had in a recent post titled, “Manufactured Outrage,” on 28 February. Please give it a perusal if you haven’t already. Personally, I find the conversation posts to be more interesting than my mono-perspective rants.

I’ve been calling Republican ideals Fascist for a while now. But I’m not doing it in the ignorant, baseless, moronic, fear-mongering way that Republicans proclaim anything not right-wing extreme to be Marxist, communist, Muslim, anti-Constitutional, anti-Christ, Kenyan, no birth certificate, illegals. I base what I say on actual, researchable facts.

But tell me, is my ‘Republican Fascism’ hypothesis wrong?

The problem with not speaking in bumper sticker-length phrases for small minds to comprehend is that this one’s quite lengthy, so make a pot of coffee first.

Enjoy…

Racism: It's What's For Dinner

I’m pretty sure the title gives a good enough set-up for this rant.

Enjoy…

Good 'n' Plenty

Just a few more incidentals running around in my head.

Enjoy…

Manufactured Outrage

I told you in my 14 February post, “Preconceived Reality," to stay tuned for another post about a self-aggrandizing soldier. Though, he isn’t just self-aggrandizing, he’s downright dis-fucking-respectful. And quite shameful to boot.

Other than that, this one’s fun. I lay out a bunch of facts, only to be rebutted with, basically: Nuh-uh. You’re a liar and I’m a soldier, so I’m awesome.

If you’ve been following my blog, you may have noticed a pattern in the Republican thought process. It never varies and is absolutely amazing. I explain it in my last response of this thread.

The names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty – and all the shady characters in between.

Enjoy…

Fun, Fun, Fun!

More random bits of fun.  New levels of insanity, folks. Republicans are really working hard at making America the land of the mindless and the home of the stupid. Go ahead, sing it. I know you want to.

Enjoy...

Fantasy Island Doctrine

Here’s an oldie from when the Arab Spring began almost a year ago. The short discussion started out with a simple misquote that turned into a hoax, which then took a hard right toward fantasy.

The plane, boss! The plane!

Don’t get me wrong, fantasy is fine when you’re roll-playing – either in bed or with Dungeons & Dragons. Just not when dealing with real-world issues. Real-world fantasy can occur when you start from a pre-determined political outcome and attempt to forcibly fit it to your party’s goals. Instead of simply following the truth. Wherever it leads.

The names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty – and all the shady characters in between.

Enjoy…

Shameless Self-Promotion

When not bitching about politics, my day job is to sculpt toys and collectibles. Been doonit nigh on twenny year now. Sorry, that was my ‘old prospector’ voice. He appears every now and then. I have no control over him. That was the first time he showed up in print, though.

Anyway, here are a few reviews for a pair of model kits I sculpted for Fairbanx Models. The models are companion pieces to the old plastic Aurora Model kits of the 60’s. Please buy them. The Fairbanx ones, not the Aurora ones. I’ve already been paid for my work, so I’m not promoting the purchasing of them for personal gain. Wouldn’t mind if you did Fairbanx a solid, though.

Enjoy…

Preconceived Reality

This is another fine example of fact versus fantasy.

After using facts and logic, I’m told I was twisting the truth and providing no facts. This Republican style of pure denial of anything they don’t agree with is a fucking amazing thing to me. I know there have been studies on this subject, but holy shit. It’s like their eyes and ears are just physically unable to process the words and sounds that they don’t like. It’s as if the facts only exist in some ultraviolet and ultrasound environment undetectable to a Conservative’s sensory perception.

Christ.

To be fair, he never says he’s a Republican. But it’s pretty evident from where he gets his opinions told to him. After reading this, decide for yourself.

The names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty – and all the shady characters in between.

Enjoy…

Catholic Condom-nation

Apparently, Obama is waging another war. This time against religious freedom. If I believed the deliriously extreme over-reactions of the political right, Obama wages war on average of three times a week. He’s been in office approximately 156 weeks. Wow. President Obama has waged nearly 468 wars on the American people. I guess I should start building a secret bunker under my house before he gets me.

What the hell am I talking about? Read on, fellow information-seekers…

Sunday Sundries

Just some more random observations and such.

Enjoy...

Mythical Beasties

You know the guy the Republicans say they are running against? 

The guy who made the economy worse. The guy whose policies are destroying jobs. The guy who increased taxes. The guy who doled out the most food stamps ever. The guy who gives everyone else your money. The guy who decreased the military. The guy who's weak on defense. The guy who's weak on fighting terrorism. The guy who's weak on immigration.

Observation Post

This is just another post of random observations I've made going back the last two months or so.

Enjoy...

True Lies

OK. I know I’m a little late to this topic, seeing as how the war in Iraq is over (until next time), but I recently found myself falling down the YouTube rabbit hole. This topic was not the subject of my research. I went searching for 80’s techno-pop music – and somehow ended up on Bill O’Reilly videos. The last one being of Billo the Clown berating a 9-year war veteran because he didn’t agree with Bill’s loaded question.

As is proven time and time again, Bill O’Reilly is a stupid fucking asshole.

Keystone Republi-Cops

Republicans in Congress attached an arbitrary deadline to the payroll tax bill last November – which had nothing to do with payroll taxes. It required President Obama to make a decision on whether or not to approve the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline within two months. The State Department expressed it wouldn’t have the time to conduct environmental impact studies and find viable alternate routes. 

Are You There, Ralph? It's Me, Tim.

I wrote this supplementary to my previous Tim Tebow post (“Ralph Is Not A Vengeful God” – January 4, 2012) because Jesus himself directly told me to. And you can’t say otherwise – you just have to have faith that I’m telling you the truth.

Corporate Personhood

If corporations are people, then they must have done these things…

Circumventing Reality

President Obama appointed Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during congress' winter recess. He did this because in the Republicans' usual manner of putting party before country, they blocked every effort to this appointment in the past. And stated they will continue to do so until the Consumer Protection Bureau's power is whittled down to pointless. Because they don't want people to be protected from corporations' and banks' ability to squeeze every last fucking penny from you using hidden fees, predatory lending and 400% interest rates on payday loans. Follow the profits.

Ralph Is Not A Vengeful GoD

This blog about Tim Tebow was originally in the neighborhood of 300 words. But the longer I sat on it, the larger it grew. I’m posting it now before a continuing incubation period creates an uncontrollable monster impervious to pain and empathy. It’s already almost five times larger than planned.

Enjoy…

Happy Whateverthefuck!

Oh, for the life of Brian. Stop fucking pretending there's a war on Christmas. There is none. No matter what FOX “News” falsely promulgates every single fucking year. Take a walk up your block. Count the amount of homes with Christmas decorations compared to ALL the other celebratory ideologies put together. Christmas: one bazillion. All others lumped together: one. Chances are, there’s a Jewish family on the block somewhere.

Our Kenyan-Born President

“Donny the Clown” Trump was recently spouting again that Obama wasn’t born in America. I guess he wanted to stir up some more extreme right-wing stupidity before his awesome classy debate that everybody would certainly fight to be in since he’s the most important person in the world – well, at least in his dead-squirrel-covered mind. What? It was cancelled due to complete lack of interest by everyone except the second biggest ego in the world, Newt Gingrich? And the most pathetic sack of shit, Rick Santorum?

Don’t Google ‘Santorum.’

I’m inspired to post this Facebook rant from February.

Enjoy...

Filibuster Me? Filibuster You!

These subjects were originally going to be the next two entries in my “¡Vete a la Chingada, los Republicanos!” series, but more and more words kept coming out of the tips of my fingers. And since they have the ‘filibuster’ commonality, my brain then decided on doing some research. And my fingers typed some more.

Then a little bit more.

Here is the result. Enjoy…

A New Pair for the President?

On Monday, 12/5, President Obama said, regarding Republicans trying to stop the continuation of the payroll tax cuts for hardworking taxpayers*, "Now, I know many Republicans have sworn an oath** [to lobbyist, Grover Norquist] never to raise taxes as long as they live. How could it be that the only time there's a catch is when it comes to raising taxes on middle class families? How can you fight tooth and nail to protect high-end tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans and yet barely lift a finger to prevent taxes going up for 160 million Americans who really need the help? It doesn't make sense."

The Republican response to this statement was (predictably) that these tax cuts need to be paid for.

No More Immunity Shots

Massachusetts has filed the first major lawsuit against the nation's biggest banks for unfair and deceptive foreclosure practices.

In the past, banks just negotiated a minuscule settlement (bribe) to cover up their illegal practices. This lawsuit will end that.

Spin Cycle

Republican expert language manipulator, Conservative pollster and top FOX contributor Frank Luntz has now entered the Occupy Wall Street fray. 

Horse Meat Horse Shit

Ok. There's some horseshit (heh) going around about President Obama making horse meat legal for human consumption. Let me clear up this lie.

Thought Bomb

Again, a bunch of things quickly piled up in my brain. To dole them out one-by-one would take too much time. So, I'm opening the bay doors and releasing them all at once.

Enjoy...

Bullshit, Inc.

I can't quite recall how many times I've pointed out how FOX "News" lies all the time about everything. Somewhere between 1 and 1,000. But let's go there again...

Mirror, Mirror

Do I live in some sort of self-contradicting universe where what is, simultaneously isn’t?

Corporations are America

The Occupy Wall Street movement is a little over two months old. Relatively still an infant as far as protest movements go. At this point, the targets of this protest movement should still not be concerned. Comparatively, women still did not have the right to vote, blacks were still segregated, Vietnam was still in full swing, hell, there were still slaves for decades and decades and decades. Even alcohol was still legal – the only Constitutional amendment that ever took away a right. None of the people opposed to these movements were concerned.

And as far as I know, the LGBT community still has a long battle ahead regarding civil rights equality...

No Sympathy For The Devil

You know why the rest of the world is not only sympathetic toward, but also joining America in #Occupy? Because, I think for the first time since the 60's/early 70's, they see the same thievery and brutality exhibited by the American government toward its own citizens as they see regularly in their own countries. They see America much like their own countries in that our oppressive rich and arrogant 1% is very much like their oppressive rich and arrogant 1%. Solidarity among the citizens of the world.

In my humble opinion.

And even though the "main stream" media seems to miss all these "main stream" events, we have the internet revolution to fill in...

Self-Restraint

We all have Facebook friends that are really just casual acquaintances. When they post something stupid, I usually ignore it. Because contrary to popular belief (mostly my own), I do not go looking for battles (mostly).

Sometimes, I type something out and catch myself before hitting 'enter.' Then I delete my response.

Here is one such instance...

You Lie!

Originally posted on Facebook 2/7/11

I saw a political cartoon the other day that was blatantly biased. It pissed me off.

As an artist myself, I usually enjoy political cartoons. No matter which party it favors, I can appreciate the talent and effort behind its creation.

If it’s honest…

Fact vs. Truth

Being biased is usually fairly innocuous. Bias toward a sports team can lead to a beer gut and yelling at the TV. Bias toward a comicbook superhero can lead to being a nerd and a 40 year-old virgin. Bias toward a political party can lead to, well, yelling at the TV.

However, being biased to an extreme, just like anything in its extreme form, can be dangerous…

Strafing Run

Normally, I have either lengthy rants or lengthy discussions to post. Here is a collection of short points all laid down in rapid succession.

Take cover.

Don't worry, they're just words.

Enjoy...

I Know You Are, But What Am I?

It’s always fun to see Republicans get angry at things Democratic politicians do, but not angry at Republican politicians for doing the same exact thing. Especially when Republicans did it first.

It’s also always fun to listen to Republicans accuse Democrats of playing the “Blame Game” and insist it doesn’t matter how something happened – when Republicans are at fault. Then immediately blame Obama or Clinton or Carter for things that Bush and Reagan and Ford did.

The names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty – and all the shady characters in between.

Enjoy…