Some Thoughts For Your Morning

- It seems that Republicans are trying a new gimmick when it comes to cutting spending and bringing down the deficit. A new online project called YouCut is designed so that voting public can suggest what spending to cut from specific areas. Nevermind that the average American that would use such a social networking site has little to no idea what they are talking about ( most Tea Baggers want to do away with everything from the FDA to Department of Education ) but do you honestly think that Republicans are going actually act on anything that is suggested? Guess this is another example of how the GOP completely lacks any plan of their own.

- Modern day theologian Glenn Beck has apparently been having conversations with the voice in his head that he claims is Jesus. It seems that The Son Of God doesn't want Cap and Trade. I'm quite curious as to what Beck's Jesus thinks about bearing false witness to they neighbor. And where in the Constitution does it say anything about what Jesus does or does not want?

- Seems that in light of Sarah Palin's endorsement of Carly Fiorina that GOP candidates are opting out from appearing at fundraising events with her. I don't think it's too much of a far reaching statement, but the fractioning of the modern conservative movement ( and the GOP as a whole ) is more evident now than it ever has been.

- It's rather troubling when seeing poll results like this. I'm quite skeptical of any poll that makes such a broad determination regarding any piece of legislation that the public at large has been misinformed of. And while Pew Research has been a reliable polling agency for many years, I feel that the results shown indicated that many of the near 1000 that were polled don't seem to understand the far reaching implications of Arizona's fascist stance on this issue.

- I still don't get it. If S.E. Cupp is really an atheist, why did she write a book about how the "evil, liberal, media" is destroying religion? It just doens't make sense - unless it's all just a charade. Regardless of her motives, she gets taken to the woodshed by Cenk Uyger in the linked interview.

- Arizona is getting a lesson in "free market capitalism" that they likely won't forget anytime soon. The conservative mantra of "choice and competition" isn't exactly playing in their favor on this front, as the boycott of the state is showing a loss of millions is tourism dollars. Even the GOP didn't want to have their convention there.

The Real Palin Derangement Syndrome

I've stated this many times, but it bears repeating again - conservatives love pretty, gimmicky, things. And when this is pointed out, conservatives suddenly think that those speaking against them are enshrouded in some cloud of fear.

S.E. Cupp love to use this schtick all the time.



Any reasonable person with a partially functioning brainstem can easily see that Palin is not a figure to be feared. At best, she's a thorn in the side of the conservative movement, continually making the caricature, cartoonish, image of the movement she is apparently trying to "lead" all the more real.

Recently, Oliver Willis posted on Twitter about this imagined "fear" that people like Cupp love to talk about. He stated that liberals and progressives fear Palin about as much as Brer Rabbit feared the briar patch.

That pretty much sums it up.

And Bill Clinton Is Responsible For My Grandmother's Cancer

You have to wonder why conservatives keep demanding apologies from people when they are never going to accept them anyway.



S.E. Cupp seemed all too ready to give Hannity a handjob as she twitched and shrieked about how "outraged" she was that Barack Obama didn't stop what he was doing to tell David Letterman that his joke was in poor taste and probably shouldn't do it again.

They were jokes. Get over it.

Of course, people will say that "children" of politicians should be off-limits in discussions. I'll buy that. But, when you use your family for political gain, when you treat your children as set dressing for every photo-op that you can possible work your way into, when you attempt to create the aura of purity and Christian good will all while forcing your 18-year-old, unwed-mother to tell kids that "sex is bad, mmm'ka" what would you expect to happen?

People like David Letterman make their living off taking the piss out of people. There are far worse things that have been said and are going to be said. And he's already apologized, clarified, and done what was "proper" in order to rectify this non-issue of an issue.

But conservatives sure do love the red-meat moments.

They would rather create this elaborate scene where they are consistantly the victims of every slander, every smear, attack, and it's always the "liberal media's fault".