tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65011777131317510482024-03-18T21:42:48.273-07:00The New Diseasegomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.comBlogger451125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-55547113119327993122011-12-25T10:35:00.000-08:002011-12-25T10:35:46.625-08:00Buy Me!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/files/2011/11/money-shower-460_1208206c1.jpg" /></div><br />
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As of this moment, my <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fshar.es%2FWgz7I&h=MAQGmeaDXAQF5HRicTJ9GuAAoVs-yqkhBi9qnm4g8UyfdNg">personal political endorsement</a></b> of any presidential candidate, any party, is now for sale. <br />
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The bidding starts at $999,999.00. Bidding ends when I decided I've raked in enough dough to get off the couch.<br />
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The "winning" candidate will receive: A nod in said candidate's general direction, a knowing wink when candidate's name is mentioned, a slow nod of approval with overly large smile if asked "Do you support 'Candidate X'?" and a "Like" of candidate's official Facebook page.<br />
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Let the money shower commence!gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-84222809119898157502011-12-04T07:40:00.000-08:002011-12-04T07:43:49.094-08:00Really?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4-vFwQHKcqnayyJZZVN8ZnEFteKXxfJg5-U_tzWLwRDmkg8Qu2FCCEmgUf3wyqSWs8KIY7_5qhDQxV7TDywAy-4SpT1Vf0BVt1Uhzyy0HVHJxCNpod4xQtYInU5rLBh-jkC5Byo8Dg/s1600/klingon-proverb-klingon-star-trek-demotivational-poster-1233948171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4-vFwQHKcqnayyJZZVN8ZnEFteKXxfJg5-U_tzWLwRDmkg8Qu2FCCEmgUf3wyqSWs8KIY7_5qhDQxV7TDywAy-4SpT1Vf0BVt1Uhzyy0HVHJxCNpod4xQtYInU5rLBh-jkC5Byo8Dg/s400/klingon-proverb-klingon-star-trek-demotivational-poster-1233948171.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
A handful of government officials secretly colluded with basically the nation's entire financial sector to receive secret loans for $7.7 trillion fucking dollars. SEVEN POINT SEVEN TRILLION FUCKING DOLLARS.<br />
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I may be wrong but I think that looks like this:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">$7,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000</span><br />
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Close enough for government work, as my Grandpa used to say.<br />
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Should we have hearings? Demand investigations? Crap ourselves silly?<br />
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I have only one suggestion: drag every single CEO and government official culpable in this corruption out of their offices by the hair, pepper spray them in the face, hit them in the ribs and along their spines with billy clubs, cuff 'em, throw 'em in a police van for ten hours, make 'em piss and shit themselves, put 'em in a filthy, overcrowded jail without representation, food or medicine, parade their degraded faces all over the media, mock them on national television, slap enormously out of proportion bail on them and finally kick 'em out on the street. Without their jobs.<br />
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<b>Then tell 'em to take a bath and get a job.</b><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My response.</b></div>gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-20479110703991093482011-11-22T12:34:00.000-08:002011-11-22T12:34:20.809-08:00It's Willie Time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4wMGvE5Jisbl8H2-p-TamcogQWNgmjHYqhVbCiJ9oezk-kqzJOlJRfZOALVDA-pruxmKFUMj5RVwyXZ-jdqfZ11HgGZZGTEXAqF9VGi1DvvktncTz_r3RptPhYsLsgtuYPtEihpUPQ/s1600/GroundskeeperWilly.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4wMGvE5Jisbl8H2-p-TamcogQWNgmjHYqhVbCiJ9oezk-kqzJOlJRfZOALVDA-pruxmKFUMj5RVwyXZ-jdqfZ11HgGZZGTEXAqF9VGi1DvvktncTz_r3RptPhYsLsgtuYPtEihpUPQ/s1600/GroundskeeperWilly.gif" /></a></div><b><br />
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<b>Newt: You are so distanced from reality that you don't know what a janitor does, do you? Here's a reality check: </b><br />
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"A <b><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/22/newt-gingrich-janitorial-work_n_1107833.html">janitor's job</a></b> is also more dangerous than most American occupations -- and hardly fit for children, according to the Labor Department's description of the work. Janitors, it notes, 'may suffer cuts, bruises, and burns from machines, handtools, and chemicals. They spend most of their time on their feet, sometimes lifting or pushing heavy furniture or equipment. Many tasks, such as dusting or sweeping, require constant bending, stooping, and stretching.'"<br />
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Not to mention cleaning up the vomit of sick children. Custodial work is hard goddamn work. I know because I did this for a living once upon a time. It's back breaking and exhausting and requires more skills than the average person can believe.<br />
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How many kindergartners can sweep, mop and wax a classroom floor? How many first graders can prep, prime and paint anything? How many second graders can repair minor plumbing and electrical problems? How many third graders can shampoo carpets? How many fourth graders can safely move a 50-gallon drum of toxic cleaner? How many school children can work second shift to do all this work because most of it can't be done during school hours?<br />
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Finally: How many Newt Gringrich's are willing to work one hour as a janitor?<br />
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<b>The answer to all of these questions is: NONE. Especially the last.</b><br />
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Confession: I've been waiting 20 years for Newt to publicly show what a truly despicable person he is. It's been worth the wait.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-11159435616468483982011-11-04T09:55:00.000-07:002011-11-04T09:55:47.165-07:00Just Say "Jesus" First<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7StO3k3wPyUdFq3VCUntBIU_4fMfvVVYxauNCWJ0XPlq4C5MZx6Y19pinRNjMmNgl3Vv60k-V8zodBX8i8YnJV8b5Bc-EQ9y6b1X_zpXDwPj78gYLYYk7IZxSgLEKp2_QzLxQlqKfow/s1600/bullyingisbad.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7StO3k3wPyUdFq3VCUntBIU_4fMfvVVYxauNCWJ0XPlq4C5MZx6Y19pinRNjMmNgl3Vv60k-V8zodBX8i8YnJV8b5Bc-EQ9y6b1X_zpXDwPj78gYLYYk7IZxSgLEKp2_QzLxQlqKfow/s1600/bullyingisbad.png" /></a></div><br />
Mmmm, kids, mmmm, bullying is bad, you know. So don't bully anyone, okay? <b><a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/michigan_republicans_give_anti-bullying_bill_a_mor.php?ref=fpb">Unless you say "Jesus" before you bully them</a></b>. Then it's okay, because that's, like, your religious belief and it's okay then. Just say "Jesus" before you beat the gay kid in the locker room. Just say "Jesus" before you make the fat girl kill herself. Just say "Jesus" before you dump the pig's blood on the fake prom queen. Then it's okay. Oops. I forgot to say "Jesus" before I wrote this. But it's okay to say it at the end too. "Jesus." Yeah, that's good.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-64016579450836680932011-09-22T19:10:00.000-07:002011-09-22T19:10:31.540-07:00Elizabeth the RiveterBeen a long time, kids. Sorry. But Elizabeth Warren said the most goddamn fuckin' amazin' shit thing in American political history since Reagan barfed out "Trickle down! Trickle down!"<br />
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But this is a good thing.<br />
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So I made her a little present.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope she likes it.</div>gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-29600741376073606962011-03-03T15:53:00.003-08:002011-03-03T15:53:52.509-08:00On Wisconsin!<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="400" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1-CwStgDZeM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-70097810563460038812011-02-11T14:52:00.000-08:002011-02-11T14:52:00.941-08:00Oh, Wisconsin!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDphYRWSHrh7kQNS8VpZtcawbZ1TZNpot9dSq8hdxgKPq3r8fXEn5XIoczKGPim43QsBS7Jaq7fawBmdMX7NksbG6PzYzRRP8GyGbR_inwHYfH7o2QGtxV3NT8Ve5ePVw7SxDzpYJr-Q/s1600/killbuckykill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDphYRWSHrh7kQNS8VpZtcawbZ1TZNpot9dSq8hdxgKPq3r8fXEn5XIoczKGPim43QsBS7Jaq7fawBmdMX7NksbG6PzYzRRP8GyGbR_inwHYfH7o2QGtxV3NT8Ve5ePVw7SxDzpYJr-Q/s400/killbuckykill.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>My home state pride in Wisconsin has slipped again. First they stupidly vote out Sen. Russ Feingold, a true progressive hero and a voice of sanity in the Senate. <br />
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Then they elect a crazy man as Governor whose first job is to throw away billions in government money and Wisconsin's chance to have high speed rail connecting it's largest cities with the rest of the country.<br />
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Now: Crazy man woke up and decided to<b> <a href="http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20110211/OSH0101/110211116/Walker-says-he-won-t-negotiate-with-unions-ending-collective-bargaining-rights-blasted-as-naked-power-grab">roll back worker's rights about a century</a></b>.<br />
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Putting the National Guard on call to quell any possible unrest his decision may cause, new Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has decided to strip collective bargaining rights from almost all state employees, including (and especially) teachers.<br />
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Taking a cue from despots and tyrants everywhere, he is already threatening physical action by armed forces if there is any public unrest over his decision which he hopes to ram through the Republican-controlled state legislature.<br />
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I hope you're happy, Wisconsin. You get what you vote for and right now you got a tin-pot dictator who wants to destroy a century of labor progress and turn Wisconsin into a worker's hell, especially if you work for the state.<br />
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My one hope - massive and immediate strikes by all concerned. Shut the fucking state down and show the power of labor. Just do it, Wisconsin! Just do it! Kill, Bucky, kill! (Obvious Mario Bava reference, eh?)gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-40975255490411844582011-02-06T09:19:00.000-08:002011-02-06T09:19:38.154-08:00Gone But Not Forgotten<b><a href="http://www.americanpolitics.com/20020319Hersh.html">The Gipper is dead! Love live The Gipper!</a></b><br />
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Much is being written on both sides of the fence right now about Reagan's legacy. I remember it as a divisive legacy that helped foster the culture-war mentality of the right, worked tirelessly to crush unions and the middle class, promoted corporate welfare over welfare for the poor, built huge national debt, aided and abetted right-wing terrorist death squads which killed men, women, children and even nuns in the name of democracy, made ketchup a vegetable and brought covert religious agendas into the heart of Washington.<br />
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Pretty much shit for a legacy, I think. The only good thing to come out of the Reagan years was the upsurge of underground art and literature and music that I've always felt was a reaction to the conservative blanket Reagan tried to throw over the country.<br />
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So long, Ron. You're not missed.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-30279286220406709762011-01-27T17:35:00.000-08:002011-01-27T17:35:51.993-08:00Long Time, No See<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I ain't dead. Just sleeping until I'm needed by the Republic, in a mountain cave protected by magic unicorns and giant all-seeing sunflower guardians, like all good liberals in waiting.<br />
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Actually, I decided to stop blogging and started doing shit. I got involved in real, on-the-ground politics last October right around the time of my 499th post on this blog. Did a bunch of phone banking and door-to-door canvassing and handing out leaflets and stuff I never thought I'd do. Talking to people on porches was fun. Lots of really neat people out there. Even helped organize a progressive political rally. Gave a speech at it too. Fuckin' weird, eh?<br />
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But it was fun. It felt good to get off the couch and get the hell out of the house and actually do something. And I've kept doing things since. Not going to go into details, but I'm pretty busy and just seem to be getting busier all the time, working on local politics and issues of importance in my town, trying to help out with my community's hunger needs and just plain hoping to make the little world I live in with my family a better place.<br />
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So, kids, if you're bored, feeling aimless, don't know what to do, here's my idea. Get out of the basement, maybe take a shower but at least put on pants, go outside, blink a while - that hot bright thing in the blue thing is the sun, in the sky - walk around the block or down the street and see what's happening. I'm sure there's something that needs doing. I bet you can help do it.<br />
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But that doesn't mean I'm done here. This is post 500. I bet I'll get to 1000 someday. Besides, with all the crazy coming out of the woodworks right now in the Republican party, I'd be nuts to stop doing this!<br />
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See ya soon, kids! Take care.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-7899626274221105692010-10-15T09:57:00.000-07:002010-10-15T09:57:10.330-07:00Where's My Unicorn?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZC_hPyhJ8EY49r24UOgSv0b6Ci7jmXo0LlXVprGCp67hKRl_-Sn70EkufayjCIiZVmtaEtd24_oLqbxuMJINGKsov-AKqqWvDdR0PcSh3yPqiQShLbAHTOE_AZEGJMHMTYR3Qke7Fw/s1600/FantasyPinkTheUnicorn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZC_hPyhJ8EY49r24UOgSv0b6Ci7jmXo0LlXVprGCp67hKRl_-Sn70EkufayjCIiZVmtaEtd24_oLqbxuMJINGKsov-AKqqWvDdR0PcSh3yPqiQShLbAHTOE_AZEGJMHMTYR3Qke7Fw/s1600/FantasyPinkTheUnicorn.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<b>The Political Gospel According to Sarah doth say:</b><br />
<blockquote>"[Democrats] act like they're permanent residents of a unicorn ranch in fantasyland if they really think they're gonna be able to turn it around with the liberal policies they have to continue, and you know, it's pixie dust."</blockquote>Unicorn ranch? Where the fuck is this? I want my goddamn pink fuzzy unicorn and I want it now!!!<br />
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What else are they holding out on us? Jetpacks? Woolly mammoth dishwashers? And they also got pixie dust? <br />
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Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! I'm quitting the secret Democratic Fantasy Party immediately if I don't get my unicorn by secret Intertube mail within one hour. One hour, you heard me. Unicorn-holding out bastards.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-68840495603536378802010-10-13T13:59:00.001-07:002010-10-13T13:59:46.728-07:00Who? Me? Tea Party?Ultra-billionaire David Koch claims that he has never been involved in the "tea party" movement, never met anyone involved in, doesn't even know what tea is, apparently.<br />
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But...<br />
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Gosh, that must be an animatronic robot ghost clone monkey of David Koch presiding over a meeting of national reps from the "grassroots" Tea Party that he's never heard of. <br />
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Somebody catch that clone!gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-87736514821704116102010-10-08T12:34:00.000-07:002010-10-08T12:35:46.827-07:00Mr. Law & OrderCheck it out!<br />
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And, tomorrow, David Vitter is going to turn himself in for having illegal sex with prostitutes. He's going to bring his own rope and ask that he just be lynched right away because he can't stand for anyone who breaks the law to go unpunished!<br />
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What a guy.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-19211226065878555012010-10-06T13:53:00.000-07:002010-10-06T13:53:18.006-07:00Oh Noes! They Haz Brown Faces!No, no, no - the Tea Baggers are not a bunch of sick racist bastards! Why won't anyone listen to me? Why?<div><br />
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</div><div>Oh, that's why. Sorry. My bad.</div>gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-55079301436074094462010-10-04T10:12:00.000-07:002010-10-04T10:14:27.886-07:00Burn, Baby, Burn!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>PROBLEM</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The New Republican Vision for America: Pay-to-Play!</b></div><br />
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House burning down? Did you pay your fire bribe? <br />
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Armed robbery at your gas station? Did you pay off your local cops?<br />
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Kids want an education? Mbwahahahahahaha! What? Really? Mbwahahahaha! (Oh, you're not kidding?)<br />
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There are two visions for America - one in which the general welfare is provided for all by all of us and another in which only those who can afford it have access to...well...everything.<br />
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If Republicans and Tea Bag crazyfucktards take control of Congress next month, look for the end of America as we know it. Unless you got the cash.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">SOLUTION? GET OFF YOUR ASS AND VOTE!</span></b></div>gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-27142897233005291382010-09-30T10:28:00.000-07:002010-09-30T10:28:35.774-07:00Feel My Pain? No Thanks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23h_7k04p56NdZudunIBV0DIT-tuuZDMoknWX59ntHmCJO09WAQpZosGeS2IYimKSCTfmc5F1T2BdTYrPd0HGFDvmfK8-apzL19kHEf_ZOvJFd9HhzOxAvcU0JTrmkLJLktvHhgQiFw/s1600/bill-clinton-woot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23h_7k04p56NdZudunIBV0DIT-tuuZDMoknWX59ntHmCJO09WAQpZosGeS2IYimKSCTfmc5F1T2BdTYrPd0HGFDvmfK8-apzL19kHEf_ZOvJFd9HhzOxAvcU0JTrmkLJLktvHhgQiFw/s320/bill-clinton-woot.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I really hate Bill Clinton. Hated him while he was President, hate him just as much now, even when he's out purportedly stumping for Obama's policies. More like stumping for his own publicity - he's an attention whore of a high degree. Hate him, yes sir, totally hate him.<br />
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Plus, I've never understood the kind of thrall in which he holds so many, especially in the media. The other evening, Chris "Man-Crush" Matthews was drooling about Clinton and bemoaning Obama's inability to be just like Clinton, to get out and emote and slobber and lie about "feeling our pain"! I wanted to feel my fist against Matthews throat before he was done.<br />
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Obama, praise be, ain't Clinton. Let's get that straight. Obama ain't perfect, either. I'm not 100% thrilled with every policy direction Obama has taken since January of last year, but for only the second time in my life I feel like this country has a President that thinks before he acts. (Carter was the only other in and I'll always be pro-Carter, no matter how much the Right trashes him, imperfect as he too was as a President). I'll take Obama's measured, thoughtful way over Cowboy George's shoot-the-country-in-the-foot-from-his-hip approach or Clinton's smarmy Demo-Publican touchy-feely bullshit any day. And don't get me started on that bastard Reagan!!!!<br />
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Obama is also the hardest working President we've had in generations. He has accomplished an incredible number of legislative feats in the last year, even working against the Party of No. Bush didn't get as much done in eight years as Obama has in less than two, unless you take into account his plunging of the nation into a recession, squandering a trillion-dollar surplus on tax cuts for the wealthy and starting multiple endless wars as accomplishments. And Obama keeps going, despite the opposition, despite the idiocy, despite having to spend way too much of his time fixing his predecessors fuck-ups.<br />
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Dang. I didn't mean to go full-bore about Obama. Just wanted to smack Bill Clinton down when I started. Hate that bastard, really hate him.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-62729439297654026362010-09-29T11:53:00.000-07:002010-09-29T11:53:23.056-07:00He Just Doesn't Get It (And He's Not Getting Any Either)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqco1W8nO_MDTIbJ3q-IH7VTGEsGbXXVeYHAVA2gelp3YtVyWpNmjMgJqF6IUwkVyxll18Ob5btENgzoMdrfznmwciUIMHQDHF1mKNPYfk2qWMbzuaKVVWBhLxoGvI5hqPwNdXmNeYfg/s1600/okeefe_and_giles-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqco1W8nO_MDTIbJ3q-IH7VTGEsGbXXVeYHAVA2gelp3YtVyWpNmjMgJqF6IUwkVyxll18Ob5btENgzoMdrfznmwciUIMHQDHF1mKNPYfk2qWMbzuaKVVWBhLxoGvI5hqPwNdXmNeYfg/s1600/okeefe_and_giles-300x300.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Sometimes, I found the absolute and total hypocrisy of the right funny as hell. I don't yell, I laugh. Here's the perfect example - James O'Keefe, the lying piece of human garbage that destroyed ACORN with his doctored video tapes (and the complete cooperation of the traditional media and Congress), thought he'd do the same thing with CNN. This time around, <b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/29/okeefe.cnn.prank/">his plan</a></b> was to seduce and sexually blackmail a female CNN reporter who was doing a story on him and other members of the fringe right-media. But it all blew up in his face.<br />
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I don't know what to laugh at more. Is it the whole high school sophomore idea of the great seduction which involved a floating pleasure palace, sex toys, hidden cameras and more or is it O'Keefe's delusion that he was attractive enough to seduce a woman. Any woman. Anywhere. Without paying her upfront. And she'd still turn him down and leave with his money.<br />
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James O'Keefe is a sexual predator, deeply misogynistic and with an over-inflated ego that will someday yet be his downfall. Maybe this is the time. Let's hope the judge revokes his probation from his last attempt at illegal wire-tapping and B&E. Let's hope he goes behind bars. Maybe some of his sex dreams will finally come true then.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-63182592471719742512010-09-22T13:02:00.000-07:002010-09-22T21:17:48.497-07:00SPOILER ALERT!!!If, like me, you enjoy a good alternate history yarn, I'm sure you were on pins and needles for the November 9 release of what has been touted as a total blockbuster in the genre:<br />
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Sadly, after receiving an advanced copy, I have to explode the hype. Read on but be aware of spoilers, kids.<br />
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Evidently, the plot is about a fictional President of the United States during a time of great crisis and many threats to the nation's identity and very survival. In it's one really good twist, the author claims to be this same President and is presenting the novel as a memoir. Shades of Norman Spinrad and <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Dream">The Iron Dream</a></b>, eh?<br />
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Anyhoo, this President Bush* enters the Oval Office without winning either the popular vote and with a spurious electoral count but is somehow magically installed by the Supreme Court (like that'd ever happen!) Immediately, he begins planning war upon Iraq, ordering his advisors to create a plausible reason for an invasion. Luckily for this President's insane desire to destroy peace in the Middle East for generations and the novel's plot, terrorists attack the United States during the President's first year in office. This gives Bush all the excuse he needs to wage unlimited war on multiple fronts in both Iraq and Afghanistan while also creating secret prisons and torture camps and ramrodding legislation through Congress designed to strip American citizens of their basic liberties in the name of freedom. Unbelievably, the Congress and the American people just go along with all of this, cowed evidently by the massive fear campaign the President creates with the help of his truly evil Vice President, Cheney. (The invention of Cheney is the one good point in this otherwise crap novel; he is evil through and through and how the author created such a villain will forever be a mystery as his main character, himself, is as forgettable as yesterday's news).<br />
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I'm not going to give away too much more of the story, though I will tell you that amazingly (and evidently through nefarious means) this President Bush wins a second term in office. Even more amazingly, without possibility of sequel, this President Bush does absolutely nothing to capture the terrorists responsible for the original attacks on the United States! Overall, the plot is ramshackle, hard to digest, harder to believe and make it barely worth giving the book a look-see when it hits your local library, let alone buying a copy. Total fantasy - and not even a good one!<br />
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As for the style, let's just say it reads like it was ghost-written. By a real ghost.<br />
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And from our Just For Laughs Department, we present a pic of the author snapped at this year's Comic-Con where he COS-played as his alter-ego, Gorgeo the Elf-Mage. The photo is author-submitted and I'm pretty sure he had a lot of fun with Photoshop. Yikes! Who does he think he is?<br />
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* I'm wondering if the author is trying to play off the real President Bush - remember him, the guy who beat Clinton in '92 but left office in disgrace after, well, you know all about it and it's just too sordid to repeat here.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-62705529506344976952010-09-21T13:57:00.000-07:002010-09-21T13:57:01.890-07:00No More War! No More War!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimr_GaJu5rbd9njw0FrznE9x7cLM02L-cYIMhfffnPqH80Liymr6doV4yQ8uE2JnxXbj8ZIWOyFKw3f7okqCIq5Q4IWguTxhc0oGmoz3bJiGSACE3oDmf-4h5ohauVjvLd8ySvBcO3eQ/s1600/B+hippy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimr_GaJu5rbd9njw0FrznE9x7cLM02L-cYIMhfffnPqH80Liymr6doV4yQ8uE2JnxXbj8ZIWOyFKw3f7okqCIq5Q4IWguTxhc0oGmoz3bJiGSACE3oDmf-4h5ohauVjvLd8ySvBcO3eQ/s400/B+hippy.JPG" width="395" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>[Above: John Boehner at Woodstock]</b></div><br />
The progressive party of peace and love, the Gaia-loving hippies of Congress, won a major battle today. A battle in the war against war.<br />
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Yes, Republicans came out loud and strong today and spoke with a strong voice against war and the military industrial complex, hallelujah, hallelujah! Voting to deny money to the nation's military, Republicans (and a few crazy Democrats!) turned their backs on our soldiers and the nation's defense. Never before has the peace-wing of American politics had such a significant victory! Maya Angelou is crying in her beer right now, crying with joy.<br />
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<b><i>Kudos! Bravo! Go, soul sisters!</i></b><br />
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And make sure you slam that damn door shut on your way out. Don't want teh gays gettin' in here. They might want to redecorate the place. Or join the Army, God forbid.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-52865528309039544402010-09-21T06:58:00.000-07:002010-09-21T06:58:24.835-07:00What They Do When We're Not LookingI read the headlines on <b><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/9/21/903746/-More-details-on-voter-suppression-plot-in-Wisconsin">Daily Kos</a></b> about <b><a href="http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt_and_politics/blog/article_7166d5ea-c52a-11df-8e68-001cc4c002e0.html">voter fraud</a></b> in <b><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/103398539.html">Wisconsin</a></b> and I feared greatly for our democracy. Ohmigod, I thought/screamed, ACORN is back! Images of happy non-white voters legally expressing themselves at the ballot box filled my head - oh, the horror, the horror!!!!<br />
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But now I feel better. This time - unlike the imaginary last time - it's just Republicans, Tea Baggers and similar filth planning in detail to subvert the electoral process in Wisconsin, disenfranchise minority voters and rig an election.<br />
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No biggie. Because, as we all know,<i><b> It's Okay If You're A Republican!!!!</b></i><br />
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Or a white rich male. Same diff.<br />
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What's the name of that Metallica album that always comes to mind at times like these? Hmmm....<br />
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To the anti-Obama, Teabagger-types who've left comments denying racism in their movement, please see the above.<br />
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If you don't care to watch the video, it shows a man in an Obama mask on a float full of Teabag crazies (note the well-lettered signs, a dead giveaway). <b>And "The President" is whipping a young white male</b> wearing a t-shirt (again, hand lettered) identifying him as a "Future Tax Payer."<br />
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Nope, no racism here. None at all. Just move along. Got a lynching to go to after the parade, doncha know. <br />
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Do Teabaggers not support their local t-shirt and sign shops? Don't they like helping out local businesses? They prefer buying posterboard and Sharpies at Walmart? Is it part of their therapy sessions to do craft projects?<br />
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And I think the collective age of the folks on that float is actually older than the Universe.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-40231656174912918542010-09-02T13:14:00.000-07:002010-09-02T13:14:53.777-07:00One Good Thing About RepublicansThey say (they, of course, being America's beloved Van Patten family), that if you can't say something good about a person, you shouldn't say anything at all. Or some kind of crap like that.<br />
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And today I finally figured out something good to say about Republicans: You can always tell when they are up to no good.<br />
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That's a nice thing to say, right? It's a compliment, I think.<br />
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How can you tell? Just let them tell you themselves. For instance, if a Republican starts screaming about vote fraud and voter intimidation, then of course he or she is involved in vote fraud and voter intimidation. It's like a cherry on top of a poisoned Sundae when it also involves racism! <br />
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Watch this and then <b><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glenn-w-smith/possible-arson-tied-to-ri_b_698315.html">read this</a></b>. These fuckers will stop at nothing to win. They will commit arson, threaten minorities, lie lie lie lie lie and lie again. Fucking Nazis, that's all they are.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-18874911930058077212010-09-02T11:38:00.000-07:002010-09-02T11:39:36.108-07:00How to Beat Republicans in One Easy Lesson<br><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Lesson One - </span></b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Thus ends today's lesson. Amen.</b></div>gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-90084247496083470052010-08-31T09:30:00.000-07:002010-08-31T09:30:56.560-07:00Dance Like This and You'll Be All Right!<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PklKed5FIr0?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PklKed5FIr0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />
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Had some great fun this past weekend with a mysterious visitor from the North. Beers, laughter, BBQ, music, fun. Also hit the junk shops for old vinyl and scored a couple of mint Stanley Brothers LPs. Boy howdy! That's good shit, good shit indeed.<br />
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Pardon me for indulging my <b><a href="http://www.jethroscasino.com/">inner hillbilly</a></b>.gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501177713131751048.post-24177772920067241412010-08-30T11:07:00.000-07:002010-08-30T11:08:56.615-07:00Faking History<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBepn5PoUy7lYEhdvff1NrM4tOlrugyqh8abz2zALy0n7Traq82VOCBkaKiLUx8YyFw_MCmxxn3jC3h-jZLHvEkwL4wnIp-yc6cxLrxrDpYrgBpdsieeKtl-etFnPoXWTT8sgYOWUfMg/s1600/fakewashingtonquote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBepn5PoUy7lYEhdvff1NrM4tOlrugyqh8abz2zALy0n7Traq82VOCBkaKiLUx8YyFw_MCmxxn3jC3h-jZLHvEkwL4wnIp-yc6cxLrxrDpYrgBpdsieeKtl-etFnPoXWTT8sgYOWUfMg/s320/fakewashingtonquote.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Lying about everything, but especially about history, is a specialty of Glenn Beck.<br />
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</div><div>For example, one of his favorite "expert" guests is the bogus American historian David Barton, perhaps the one individual most responsible for all of the current lies about the Christian origins of our nation. Barton is as sleazy as they come, constantly editing historical documents to suit his own needs and taking them out of context to support his phony supposition that our nation was founded as a Christian nation by Christian leaders, amen, the end.</div><div><br />
</div><div>[For the best expose of Barton, check out Chris Rodda's <b><a href="http://www.talk2action.org/user/Chris%20Rodda">awesome column</a></b> over at Talk to Action where she regularly takes the hammer to liars and fools. Her <b><i><a href="http://www.liarsforjesus.com/">Liars for Jesus</a></i></b> is a great antidote to the kind of Christian nation myth the conservatives have been upchucking for the last decade plus.]</div><div><br />
</div><div>And now these lies have even filtered down to the level of t-shirt handy aphorism, as seen above. The religious right loves this George Washington quotation - they use it all of the time to support their fantasies about our history. But...but...it's <b><a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Washington">a lie</a></b>.Washington never said this. It's not in any of his speeches or letters or any other documents from his life before, during or after his Presidency. And they'll never admit it. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Above is a pic from Beck's Saturday Godapalooza in DC. I hear Jesus returned, flew above the crowd and personally endorsed Beck as his mouthpiece on Earth. Oh, no, sorry, that was a dove shitting on his head. Same difference. Except doves and shit are real and Jesus ain't.</div>gomonkeygohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388208407977661175noreply@blogger.com2