- Jan 19, 2010
POSTCARDS FROM THE BUNKER New Year Edition;
A CONSERVATIVE --FAMILY VALUES-- NEWSLETTER, FOR CONSERVATIVES ONLY, About Conservatives, ....By Conservatives.
With your Host / editor HERB KISSELL - saluditorian of my prison GED class!
Hustlin' Corn Nuts for Jesus
The Conservatives motto : "There is always something you should fear, and we
are the only ones that can keep you safe."
"Anything less than the entire truth is just a lie."
Mission : The mission of Postcards from the Bunker is to inform and educate
certain misguided individuals (and you know who you are) regarding:
a.. Defending The Constitution
the key insight that liberation begins in the individual's own mind, and
that techniques of propaganda, persuasion, and brainwashing program individuals
to create prisons for themselves in dutiful submission to their political,
economic, and religious overlords.
Leadership quote : "Thank you all for coming". Ronald Reagan -our Leader-
A CONSERVATIVE --FAMILY VALUES-- NEWSLETTER, FOR CONSERVATIVES ONLY, About Conservatives, ....By Conservatives.
With your Host / editor HERB KISSELL - saluditorian of my prison GED class!
Hustlin' Corn Nuts for Jesus
The Conservatives motto : "There is always something you should fear, and we
are the only ones that can keep you safe."
"Anything less than the entire truth is just a lie."
Mission : The mission of Postcards from the Bunker is to inform and educate
certain misguided individuals (and you know who you are) regarding:
a.. Defending The Constitution
the key insight that liberation begins in the individual's own mind, and
that techniques of propaganda, persuasion, and brainwashing program individuals
to create prisons for themselves in dutiful submission to their political,
economic, and religious overlords.
Leadership quote : "Thank you all for coming". Ronald Reagan -our Leader-
“It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people”
And now, Todays top news from the Conservative Bunker
And now, Todays top news from the Conservative Bunker
BREAKING NEWS:
Sagittarius To no avail, you will once again pray exactly 223 times for God to heal you of your lifelong obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Procrastination: Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.
Upset about "Kenny" dept:
Long you live and high you fly, but only if you ride the tide; balanced on the biggest wave, you race towards an early grave.
"Psychic Friends network fails to predict it's own bankruptcy."
"I was reading a book about Osama bin Laden, and it was written by his son, and according to the son, in the book about his father, the kid claims Osama bin Laden was a cruel parent. Gosh, you think you know somebody. But the book is written by bin Laden's dumb son, Osama W. bin Laden." –David Letterman
Glenn Beck HonoredTopped every year-end “Worst” list.
A Republican is someone who can't enjoy his privileged position unless he is certain that somewhere, someone is in excruciating agony. I Love OCD
Congress Expected to Pass Bill
To Help Curb Distracted DrivingWith last-minute rider denying federal funds to distracted drivers who seek abortions.
To Help Curb Distracted DrivingWith last-minute rider denying federal funds to distracted drivers who seek abortions.
"It's been reported that an 8-year-old boy from New Jersey is on the government's airport watch list because he has the same name as a possible terrorist. So, it's been a really bad week for little Skippy bin Laden." –Conan O'Brien
"I’m a middle-of-the-road kind of guy. I want the Democrats out of my pocket
and Republicans out of my bedroom. The one word I would use for what’s going on
in Washington is embarrassing." - RON VAUGHN, who provides health insurance
to his 60 employees at Argonaut Wine and Liquor in Denver.
and Republicans out of my bedroom. The one word I would use for what’s going on
in Washington is embarrassing." - RON VAUGHN, who provides health insurance
to his 60 employees at Argonaut Wine and Liquor in Denver.
However, for Americans it's all about branding, what you call a thing, that's important. Call a six-ounce block of corn sugar with sunflower seeds and raisins stuck on the outside an "Organic Energy Bar" and by god, you have natural food right there on the 7-Eleven shelf.
"Sarah Palin made her debut as a Fox News analyst. They finally found a job that she's not under-qualified for." –David Letterman
Greatest hero ever George W. Bush has disgraced his father, and now he gets to be Bill Clinton’s latest ex-president pal! They will travel to Haiti to… hmm what’s a tired Bush joke thing for this… they will CLEAR ALL THE BRUSH! from Haiti’s streets. HAHAHHA, it’s what Bush used to do in Crawford! Clearing Brush is the only thing he did good & right in 8 years.
England: Pensioners Burning
Books for WarmthDickens, Michener, Gibbon most popular
Books for WarmthDickens, Michener, Gibbon most popular
According to Steve Schmidt, Sarah Palin said her choice as VP nominee was part of God's plan. Apparently, God has a great sense of humor.- Will Durst
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
Conservative Moonbat Flies up to Mothership. It's sort of a reverse "Birth of Venus" by Botticelli only accompanied by Yakkity Sax. Palin's already parroting the Fox "News" approved mantra, having posted on the network's website, "I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at Fox News. It's wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news."
"Sarah Palin is joining Fox News. The new slogan is 'hair and unbalanced.'" –David Letterman
A report says Tiger Woods is undergoing rehab treatment in a sex clinic in Mississippi. Which means when he gets out, he will only be having affairs with his immediate family members.- Laugh Lines
Fox Anchor Brit Hume: Tiger Woods Should Convert to ChristianityAnd become a Republican.
J.P. Morgan Chase is reportedly going to reward its employees with bonuses totaling $9.3 Billion. In order to try to make it look more palatable to the average American, the bonuses will be handed out as $500,000 gift cards to Wal-Mart.- Laugh Lines
Conservative political icon Sarah Palin plans to attend the Feb. 14 Daytona 500.
The former governor of Alaska and 2008 running mate of Republican candidate John McCain requested credentials to attend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock-car race.
The former governor of Alaska and 2008 running mate of Republican candidate John McCain requested credentials to attend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock-car race.
David Letterman's Top Ten Highlights of Sarah Palin's First Day At FOX News
10. Ruined office floor by drilling for oil.
9. Detached a retina from winking at the camera.
8. Got confused -- thought she signed with QVC.
7. Pistol-whipped three guys who called her "Tina."
6. Released a statement saying she won't follow Leno.
5. At lunchtime, Todd picked her up driving snowmobile through lobby.
4. Sad to learn there was no actual fox to hunt.
3. Hosted a "Fire Dave" roundtable.
2. Actually found a place with more white people than Alaska.
1. Announced plans to run for President in 2010 .
10. Ruined office floor by drilling for oil.
9. Detached a retina from winking at the camera.
8. Got confused -- thought she signed with QVC.
7. Pistol-whipped three guys who called her "Tina."
6. Released a statement saying she won't follow Leno.
5. At lunchtime, Todd picked her up driving snowmobile through lobby.
4. Sad to learn there was no actual fox to hunt.
3. Hosted a "Fire Dave" roundtable.
2. Actually found a place with more white people than Alaska.
1. Announced plans to run for President in 2010 .
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Haiti
Haiti
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However, for Americans it's all about branding, what you call a thing, that's important. Call a six-ounce block of corn sugar with sunflower seeds and raisins stuck on the outside an "Organic Energy Bar" and by god, you have natural food right there on the 7-Eleven shelf.
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The implied villains were -- who else? -- those dirty liberal baby killers. Instantly, abortion rights had become the meeting's main theme. All it took was one well-inculcated hot button word -- abortion. My people, white working class Virginians, had responded right on cue.
Few of them could be called political types by any stretch -- most of whom would normally have been home stuffing their pie holes and waiting for the winning lottery number on TV. However, they had shown up at the behest of local Republican businessmen, the Chamber of Commerce and fundamentalist pastors, who in turn were orchestrated by health care industry lobbyists and public relations firms. And so by golly, tonight America was gonna hear the genuine, bona fide, straight-from-the-horse's-mouth unadulterated opinion of the common man! Just as soon as they were all instructed as to that opinion.
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After the Town Hall Meeting, Boucher could go back to Washington and show Congress proof that working class voters in his district like things the way they are. That they like being screwed by the insurance rackets and prefer medical bankruptcy to affordable health care. Once again my people, the great unwashed and unlettered, were sicced like dogs on challengers to the status quo. A cheer went up from American news consumers out there dining on the spectacle and hyperbole of it all. "By god Helen! The common citizen, the working guy, the little guy is standing up to Big Gubbyment about taxes. Says he ain't gonna take it anymore!"
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They say that if you put a chameleon on plaid it goes nuts. I dunno. But imagine what could happen if the Democrats were not sharing the same corporate industrial sheets with the Republicans. (Imagine what they could do to that old shape-shifting whore Lieberman! Otherwise, it's only a matter of time until Lieberman shows up grinning alongside Dale Robertson at some tea party stomp, assuming Robertson manages to remain useful to the lizard pack long enough.)
But we know the truth. And the truth is that the same pack of greaseball oligarchs have done it again. Managed to slip the schnickle to the proles – again. Because in the big picture, the one where the money is counted (and money is the only thing that counts in capitalism's big picture) they own the game and make the rules.
As George Orwell said, some truths are just too big for people to face.
Viewed from down here in a different neighborhood, here in Jalisco, Mexico, the picture doesn't look so big. In fact, it looks like your standard garden variety racketeering. The same shit on a red white and blue bun called American politics. But served up with teabags this time around.
by Eric Boehlert |
Not content with its lapdog coverage of President Bush over the past decade, the Beltway press has adopted a new, super-soft way to deal with Bush's former vice president, Dick Cheney, as well as GOP media star Sarah Palin. Journalists have set aside what had been decades' worth of guidelines and embraced special new rules for how Cheney and Palin get treated.
In a word, it's stenography.
That's how too many scribes have covered Cheney and Palin in recent months, allowing them to dispense tightly controlled pieces of information, which journalists then trumpet as breaking news. And yes, the trend is unprecedented in modern day American politics.
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Your democracy at work dept:
SEC keeps AIG bailout information secret until 2018. Taxpayers will be kept in dark about mysterious "Maiden Lane III."
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Your democracy at work dept:
SEC keeps AIG bailout information secret until 2018. Taxpayers will be kept in dark about mysterious "Maiden Lane III."
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Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday
by Bill in Portland Maine
Wed Jan 13, 2010 at 06:36:38 AM PST
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE...
Time Flies When You're Bamboozling the Country
As of yesterday, five years have passed since George W. Bush's justification for the Iraq war officially turned to dust:
The hunt for biological, chemical and nuclear weapons in Iraq has come to an end nearly two years after President Bush ordered U.S. troops to disarm Saddam Hussein. The top CIA weapons hunter is home, and analysts are back at Langley. ...Four months after Charles A. Duelfer, who led the weapons hunt in 2004, submitted an interim report to Congress that contradicted nearly every prewar assertion about Iraq made by top Bush administration officials, a senior intelligence official said the findings will stand as the ISG's final conclusions and will be published this spring.Asked if the ISG had stopped actively searching for WMD, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said today: "That's my understanding."
The reaction from Commander Codpiece, who a year earlier became personally involved in the search:
Bush has expressed disappointment that no weapons or weapons programs were found.
But he was still able to smile at his second inauguration eight days later, confident in the knowledge that he had successfully defeated Satan's agents of the Apocalypse, Gog and Magog. So we won’t exactly leave Iraq empty-handed next year, will we? And, as Fox News analyst Sarah Palin is quick to point out, we did capture the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks: Saddam Hussein.
But look at me, just rambling on, rehashing the past. Let me relinquish the blog to a few of my friends so they can get a word in edgewise:
"My colleagues, every statement I make today is backed up by sources, solid sources. These are not assertions. What we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence."
---Colin Powell, United Nations Speech
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"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us."
---Dick Cheney
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"We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat."
---Donald Rumsfeld
Interesting how the tea party crowd never organized a rally or hoisted a protest sign taking aim at this massive waste of human life and taxpayer money. I guess they were too busy shopping.
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Over the next year - before Sarah Palin quits to run for President by popular demand - she will have amassed a resume perhaps thousands of dumbass Fox News video clips which are sure to make Democrats swoon in delight... And make absolutely no difference to much of anything here in the United States of Duh.
The real driving force behind Republican politics has been proven time and again over the past generation. It's not that "beer" thing exactly, but stupid people want to vote for someone they know is just as stupid as they are.
Proof in the pudding:
The real driving force behind Republican politics has been proven time and again over the past generation. It's not that "beer" thing exactly, but stupid people want to vote for someone they know is just as stupid as they are.
Proof in the pudding:
Ronald Reagan
Dan Quayle
George W Bush
Sarah Palin
And who have Republicans despised the most?
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
Drug cartel issues grisly warning
Mexico man's face skinned and stitched onto soccer ball in threat to cartel.
Mexico man's face skinned and stitched onto soccer ball in threat to cartel.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc_-L4fyLUo
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I am somewhat of a cheap Neanderthal in that my PDA (Personal Data Assistant) is a $.77 paper pocket notepad from Wal-Mart and a free pen from my local realtor. The backup system for appointments is the free calendar from my local bank which hangs in my kitchen by my fridge. Not exactly high tech, but it works very well for me --- and it has for years.
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"Forever Wild Program" Isn't Really Forever |
The incredibly successful "Forever Wild" program, authorized by constitutional amendment in 1992, is up for renewal or it will expire in 2012.
Money to support the program, which has preserved 72 tracts totaling 205,408 acres, comes mainly from the Alabama Trust Fund - aka Alabama's Savings Account. More than 99% of this lan is open to the public for use in recreation, hunting, and other activities. The land protection also supports environmental goals such as clean water by protecting watersheds from logging and development.
As the Montgomery Advertiser recently editorialized:
Until recently, such a renewal would have been considered a slam dunk. After all, it was approved in a referendum in 1992 by 83 percent of the state's voters, and it is widely recognized as highly successful.But now the politically powerful Alabama Farmers Federation is considering the possibility of trying to divert the public money that now flows to Forever Wild to instead pay farmers not to develop their privately owned land.
This is a bad deal for Alabama's citizens, environment, quality of life, and even tourist dollars coming into the economy. For instance, the Alabma Birding Trail, established in 2005, has proven far more popular than expected:
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by Bill Quigley |
One. Allow all Haitians in the US to work. The number one source of money for poor people in Haiti is the money sent from family and workers in the US back home. Haitians will continue to help themselves if given a chance. Haitians in the US will continue to help when the world community moves on to other problems.
Two. Do not allow US military in Haiti to point their guns at Haitians. Hungry Haitians are not the enemy. Decisions have already been made which will militarize the humanitarian relief - but do not allow the victims to be cast as criminals. Do not demonize the people.
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A month or so ago I watched news footage of some fat guy being interviewed inside his the three car garage of his $300,000 cardboard house. The poor fellow was about to lose his bass boat, and maybe his home too. From the looks of it, I'd say the bass boat was a Ranger X520. Now these babies start at $45K, not to mention the $30K for the four wheel drive usually seen pulling. Looked like it was sitting on a 20-plus foot Hurricane boat trailer, another $4K or $5K. My wife, who was watching the show with me, turned and said, "What class is this man supposed to be in?"
"I don't know, they say middle class." "Hmmm. Whatever it is, we've never been members."
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/26098
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/26098
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Special NUTCASE Pat Robertson dept: & Rush too!
The Never-Ending Horror of Pat Robertson
What's Pat Robertson doing? Writing horror stories in the blood of innocent victims of a monstrous natural occurrence -- again.
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Go to Hell, Pat Robertson: Haiti Needs Help, Not Stupidity
Your 'theological' nonsense is revolting. Don't speak for Haiti, and don't speak for God. You never had much credibility -- but now it is all gone.
Go to Hell, Pat Robertson -- and the sooner the better. Your 'theological' nonsense is revolting. Don't speak for Haiti, and don't speak for God. Haiti is suffering a catastrophe and you offer silliness at best, and racism at the worst. Haiti was the first island in the Western hemisphere to overthrow slavery and white oppression -- this is what you call a pact with the Devil? God's heart is breaking with this tragedy, and ours should be too. You never had much credibility -- but now it is all gone.
That is enough time spent on you. Let's get back to thinking how we can call upon all of the goodness in our traditions and in our country to help the people of Haiti.
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Pat Robertson’s PR man, Jeebus, has issued a Statement further proving that Pat Robertson is one of the foremost thinkers of our time: “On today’s The 700 Club, during a segment about the devastation, suffering and humanitarian effort that is needed in Haiti, Dr. Robertson also spoke about Haiti’s history. His comments were based on the widely-discussed 1791 slave rebellion led by Boukman Dutty at Bois Caiman, where the slaves allegedly made a famous pact with the devil in exchange for victory over the French. This history, combined with the horrible state of the country, has led countless scholars and religious figures over the centuries to believe the country is cursed.” And your Wonkette has discovered (”copy-pasted from a real blog”) more informationproving that Haiti has in fact been “cursed” since its evil black slave rebellion — not so much by Magical Satan Powers, but by its real-world vehicle of terror: Debt. MORE »
The appalling state of the country is a direct result of having offended a quite different celestial authority — the French. France gained the western third of the island of Hispaniola — the territory that is now Haiti — in 1697. It planted sugar and coffee, supported by an unprecedented increase in the importation of African slaves. Economically, the result was a success, but life as a slave was intolerable. Living conditions were squalid, disease was rife, and beatings and abuses were universal. The slaves’ life expectancy was 21 years. After a dramatic slave uprising that shook the western world, and 12 years of war, Haiti finally defeated Napoleon’s forces in 1804 and declared independence. But France demanded reparations: 150m francs, in gold.For Haiti, this debt did not signify the beginning of freedom, but the end of hope. Even after it was reduced to 60m francs in the 1830s, it was still far more than the war-ravaged country could afford. Haiti was the only country in which the ex-slaves themselves were expected to pay a foreign government for their liberty. By 1900, it was spending 80% of its national budget on repayments. In order to manage the original reparations, further loans were taken out — mostly from the United States, Germany and France. Instead of developing its potential, this deformed state produced a parade of nefarious leaders, most of whom gave up the insurmountable task of trying to fix the country and looted it instead. In 1947, Haiti finally paid off the original reparations, plus interest. Doing so left it destitute, corrupt, disastrously lacking in investment and politically volatile. Haiti was trapped in a downward spiral, from which it is still impossible to escape. It remains hopelessly in debt to this day.
So the lesson is that France was the deal-making counterparty (”Satan”) in this pact. Yet another reason never to trust those gay commie bitches.
(Pat Robertson is an awful, terrible human being.)
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& Rush is even worse dept:
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Carbonite[Limbaugh voice overs]
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Life Quotes 1-800-670-5433
Select Comfort 763-551-7460
eharmony
300 N. Lake Ave., Suite 1111
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media@eharmony.com
626.795.4814
FAX 626.585.4040
Inverness Medical (maker of stresstabs)
51 Sawyer Road
Waltham, MA 02021
1-800-899-7353 weekdays, 8 am. - 6 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Onstar
1-800-947-AUTO
Hotwire Corporate Headquarters
333 Market Street, Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94105
advertising@hotwire.com
1-877-HOTWIRE (468-9473)
415-343-8400
Sleep Number Bed
1-800-438-2233
The Neptune Society of Northern California
Stewart Enterprises
12070 Telegraph Road ..107
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Oreck Upright Vacuum Cleaners
Oreck Corporation
100 Plantation Road
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123
Online contact form
1-800-289-5888
Mid-West Life Insurance Company of Tennessee
9151 Grapevine Hwy.
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Phone (800) 733-1110
(web banner ads on rushlimbaugh.com)
AutoZone Inc.
P.O. Box 2198
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Phone (901) 495-7185
Fax (901) 495-8374
investor.relations@autozone.com
Citracal - Mission Pharmacal
Bennett Kennedy - Citracal Product Manager
Mission Pharmacal
P.O. Box 786099
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Phone:(800) 531-3333
Blue-Emu
1-800-432-9334
Link
Lumber Liquidators
Toll Free: 877-645-5347
Select Comfort 763-551-7460
eharmony
300 N. Lake Ave., Suite 1111
Pasadena, CA 91101
media@eharmony.com
626.795.4814
FAX 626.585.4040
Inverness Medical (maker of stresstabs)
51 Sawyer Road
Waltham, MA 02021
1-800-899-7353 weekdays, 8 am. - 6 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Onstar
1-800-947-AUTO
Hotwire Corporate Headquarters
333 Market Street, Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94105
advertising@hotwire.com
1-877-HOTWIRE (468-9473)
415-343-8400
Sleep Number Bed
1-800-438-2233
The Neptune Society of Northern California
Stewart Enterprises
12070 Telegraph Road ..107
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Oreck Upright Vacuum Cleaners
Oreck Corporation
100 Plantation Road
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123
Online contact form
1-800-289-5888
Mid-West Life Insurance Company of Tennessee
9151 Grapevine Hwy.
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Phone (800) 733-1110
(web banner ads on rushlimbaugh.com)
AutoZone Inc.
P.O. Box 2198
Memphis, TN 38101
Phone (901) 495-7185
Fax (901) 495-8374
investor.relations@autozone.com
Citracal - Mission Pharmacal
Bennett Kennedy - Citracal Product Manager
Mission Pharmacal
P.O. Box 786099
San Antonio, TX 78278-6099
Phone:(800) 531-3333
Blue-Emu
1-800-432-9334
Link
Lumber Liquidators
Toll Free: 877-645-5347
Character matters Rush Limbaugh Biography
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Rush Limbaugh says Do not donate to Haiti, brought to you by Carbonite
If you doubt that crap personality is the driving force behind conservative politics, look back to your childhood. I’ll bet a dollar to a doughnut that every one of your friends and acquaintances who was an asshole then, is a conservative today
Please keep in mind that Rush Limbaugh makes these statements WHILE 10s of thousands of people are dying, almost half of which are children and all of which are Black.
Rush Limbaugh does the voice overs for his sponsor Carbonite
The first day of the tragedy Rush Limbaugh attacked President Obama for reacting too soon to the earthquake, claiming he only did so for political reasons. Limbaugh also had to inject the words "light skinned" into his filthy game.
The first day of the tragedy Rush Limbaugh attacked President Obama for reacting too soon to the earthquake, claiming he only did so for political reasons. Limbaugh also had to inject the words "light skinned" into his filthy game.
Rush Limbaugh tells his audience that donations to the Red Cross made through the White House will not get there (the President of the United States will steal it), but also that your name will be added to the socialist mailing list. He also added that donations are not necessary because we already donate through income taxes.
Rush Limbaugh does the voice overs for his sponsor Carbonite
But the coup de grace was when a caller to the show "April" took him to task for his comments. As he does to anyone who disagrees with him, he hung up and her and THEN called her names, in this case he told her "You've got tampons in your ears."
Has Limbaugh finally gone too far?
Of course not! Carbonite will run even more ads voiced over by El Rushbo! More listeners will tune in to say FINALLY they have someone who voices their opinions when no one else will! Gosh...
Rush Limbaugh presents the attitude, the politics, the ideology and above all the SHIT PERSONALITY of the KIND OF PEOPLE who listen to his show, his Dittoheads, who are of course REPUBLICANS.
Rush Limbaugh does the voice overs for his sponsor Carbonite
Character Matters, the Rush Limbaugh Biography...
Rush Limbaugh does the voice overs for his sponsor Carbonite
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And here come these two "respected" men, one a spokesman for a segment of a major political party and the other a "man of God" who preaches to millions of followers; here they come to foul the air even as it reeks of blood and desperation.
It is not the first time for these two, either. The last two disasters to befall the United States - the attacks of September 11 and Hurricane Katrina - were followed like pilot fish by the same sort of wretched hate and racism from these same two men.
It is a free country, and the likes of Limbaugh and Robertson have every right to say what they think into as big a microphone as they can find. But we are as free as they are to drive them from the airwaves with pressure on the stations that broadcast them and the sponsors who support them. Let us flex that freedom and drive these two gargoyles from the body politic. They are the scum of the earth, and there is no merit in allowing their inclusion in the national conversation to continue.
They are free to say it. We are free to shout them down. The time has come.
by William Rivers Pitt |
Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, GOP luminaries Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh have once again waded into a catastrophic tragedy with all the care and concern of hammerhead sharks unleashed into a fish tank full of orphans. For those not yet in the know, the dynamic global response in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti was accompanied by comments from Robertson and Limbaugh that would be unutterably sickening if they were not so completely predictable. To wit:
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by David Swanson |
If a group of dedicated scholars, attorneys, journalists, and activists had tried to generate a comprehensive list of impeachable offenses committed by George W. Bush as president, and only 35 of them had been introduced into Congress, one of the many discarded ones, in rough and overly detailed form, might have read something like this:
In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution "to take care that the laws be faithfully executed", has both personally and acting through his agents and subordinates, caused the United States of America to kidnap, imprison, intimidate, coerce, threaten, confine, abduct, and carry away the elected, constitutional President of Haiti, and his wife, a U.S citizen, in violation of United States statutes, to wit:
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by Bill Quigley |
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Why does the US owe Haiti Billions? Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State, stated his foreign policy view as the "Pottery Barn rule." That is - "if you break it, you own it."
The US has worked to break Haiti for over 200 years. We owe Haiti. Not charity. We owe Haiti as a matter of justice. Reparations. And not the $100 million promised by President Obama either - that is Powerball money. The US owes Haiti Billions - with a big B.
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And yesterday, President Obama told the bankers that received the bailout money that instead of fighting these new regulations and fees, they should simply consider meeting their responsibilities. Well that’s a good strategy. To the guys that screwed us out of billions of dollars, let’s appeal to their sense of honesty and fair play. Well, that’ll work.- David Letterman
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Democracy is a bad idea, I tell you. Granted, we’ve never really tried it. From Jefferson to our current bumbling mutant, the trick has been to let people think they have power without really trusting them with it. For a long time we had rule by a high-WASP elite that actually had some sense of noblesse oblige, tempered by sufficient corruption to keep them in gravy. The Roosevelts for example. You can disagree with their policies, but they weren’t penny-ante pickpocket proles with learning disabilities.
Today we get grasping zeros who would embarrass a trailer park in Arkansas. Ah, but they are of the people, and don’t make anyone feel inadequate. In everything that counts, which means involving money, we have rule by corporations, through legalized corruption far more lucrative than Latin America could dream of.
I have a theory that countries deserve what they get, at least when it’s internally generated. Belgium didn’t deserve to be overrun by Germany, but Belgium didn’t elect Hitler. It’s going to be a funny eight years.
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George Will argues that the Constitution prohibits a mandate in any health care reform bill. And while it's refreshing to see Conservatives suddenly care about the Constitution again, Will is as qualified to make this argument as he is to address climate change.
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Every stream and river in
Submitted by Madhoosier
nuclear generating plantcoal fired generating plant that is so polluted that even boating is prohibited least the water might get splashed on somebody. Northwestern Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline is one of the planet’s most industrialized areas even though the steel industry is much smaller today than it was 30 years ago. It too is a highly polluted zone.Here’s a link to the third article of the series, the rest are on Counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.org/higgs12292009.html