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I am the Angry Left. But if I was in Congress I’d still be polite.
Posted by Greg Laden on November 22, 2011 We know that the right wing revels in stupidity; Willful stupidity and well practiced stupidity are thought to be the way elitist anti-populous tax-the-middle-class Republicans capture support from the masses. Seems to work rather well. But increasingly this trope of (ig)noble ignorance is being supplemented by large doses of mean spirited in your face angry…
Why do Republicans hate America and the Earth?
Posted by Greg Laden on November 19, 2011 This is a bit long but you will benefit from watching all of it. It gets extra hot at 31:30. I love the look on that woman’s face at 31:38 and again at 31:47. LOL. This particular member of congress, Don Young from Alaska, needs to get unelected. Frank J. Vondersaar seems to be the…
I am Iowan. I am barn.
Posted by Greg Laden on August 15, 2011 I’ve known very few real Iowans. I know people who live there now but are from the Twin Cities, but I’ve only met a handful of native Iowans. One of them is a dear friend, most are only vague acquaintances. Six of them were landlubbing pirates of no value to humanity whatsoever.1 But I’m sure…
Republicans and Sanity
Posted by Greg Laden on July 13, 2011 The twain shall never meet. Below the fold. Not work safe. Do not be drinking coffee. Sex with demons!
Minnesota AGW Denialist Jungbauer Disembowled by Respected News Anchor Don Shelby
Posted by Greg Laden on July 11, 2011 I woke up this morning and the world was slightly different than it was the night before. Well, it probably always is a little different each day, but there are certain times when you notice this. I’m not talking about the bits of siding, roofing, and trees scattered about the landscape because of the very…
Bachmann, Anti-Vax, Bradley Dean, Ed LIberty Watch, share bed
Posted by Greg Laden on June 9, 2011 There’s nothing wrong with like minded people forming coalitions and working together to achieve similar goals. That’s what everybody does. But when you look at who is doing what to and with whom, it is revealing. Unsurprisingly, probably presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has ties to “Kill the Gay’s” preacher Bradley Dean, the Anti-Vax movement, and…
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I’ll write you a Rapture-check
Posted by Greg Laden on May 24, 2011 It didn’t really occur to me that anyone actually believed that the world was going to end the other day. Honestly. I had assumed that some crazy preacher made the claim, that it was being used to scam the gullible here and there, but that almost no one was really taking it seriously. But, in…
America could be smarter. But if not, at least admit that it is not.
Posted by Greg Laden on March 8, 2011 My one time friend Robert Church, the artist, would carry 48 cents in his pocket wherever he went: A quarter, a dime, and the rest in nickles and pennies. Then, when some moran would complain about the NEH … this was the days of the Maplethorp maneno … he would pull the 48 cents out…
When will this madnes end?
Posted by Greg Laden on February 23, 2011 If you live in Georgia, and have a miscarriage, you will be investigated, if recently introduced legislation is passed. The bill proposed … … by House Republican Bobby Franklin would make abortion the legal equivalent of murder and require miscarriages to be investigated by authorities. … Franklin’s bill would classify the removal of a fetus…
Sarah Palin Hates Lactation
Posted by Greg Laden on February 22, 2011 Or is it just that she does whatever Mistress Bachmann tells her to do? My friend Aseem recently said to me that John McCain may be the USA’s greatest villain for unleashing Sarah Palin. My response: Perhaps, and Michele Bachmann is a great villian for leashing Sarah Palin. I do find it interesting that Palin…
Fear, Loathing and Misogyny in the Upper Midwest
Posted by Greg Laden on February 18, 2011 Two local stories you might be interested in from my neighborhood. First, a girl high school wrestler advanced yesterday but was beaten today in the state tournament in Iowa. Why is this interesting? Well, first, this is not a girl wrestling on a girl’s team. It is a girl wrestling on the regular team which…
Olive Skinned? Republican Rep Connie O’Brien has your number!
Posted by Greg Laden on February 16, 2011 Wanna know what tabagging racism sounds like? Go to about 2 minutes, listen through 4 minutes or so. Back story at Think Progress
The US House has just voted to repeal the health care reform law
Posted by Greg Laden on January 19, 2011 The U.S. House of Representatives voted 245-189 to repeal President Obama’s health care law. I’m sure I’m speaking to the converted here, but if you happen to live in a US Congressional district with one of those representatives who voted to repeal this law, I’d like to pass on one whopping big “Fuck You” for…
Sarah Palin Responds to Crosshairs Maneno
Posted by Greg Laden on January 12, 2011 First, watch this:
Racist Teabagger Interrupts Patriotic Event in Congress
Posted by Greg Laden on January 9, 2011 She can be heard screaming “Not Obama, Not Obama, Help us Jesus.” … or at least it is so reported.
Violent words can lead to violent actions: Joyce Kaufman
Posted by Greg Laden on January 9, 2011 The racist tirade, which shockingly invokes the words of Margaret Meade, starts around six minutes into this violence inciting speech by a talk show host I’d never heard of before.
Rush has what he wants, the rest of you can go to hell
Posted by Greg Laden on December 7, 2010 I am ashamed that this individual is a member of my own species. Well, maybe he isn’t. Who knows. It gets really bad around 2:30. Hat Tip Ed
What Was Republican Rep Hackbarth Doing in the Planned Parenthood lot with Binoculars and Loaded Gun?
Posted by Greg Laden on November 25, 2010 Tom Hackbarth is from Cedar, Minnesota and is a veteran member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. The district he represents is just north of where I live (I’m near 113th and the southern border of Hackbarth’s district is 181st) and overlaps with Michele Bachmann’s congressional district. Hackbarth is a Republican and has been re-elected…
Why the Minnesota Gubernatorial Recount Matters Nationally
Posted by Greg Laden on November 22, 2010 The recount process for the Minnesota Gubernatorial Race starts this week. The national political significance of this recount is simply not as great as the Senatorial recount two years ago. That recount determined the balance of power in Washington, sort of. It also determined the insertion into the Senate of someone clearly destine by his…
Muslim vs. Moslem
Posted by Greg Laden on November 14, 2010 The question recently came up as to whether the term “Moslem” (as opposed to “Muslim”) is considered insulting or somehow anti-Moslem*. More specifically, I made the claim (though I did not put it this way exactly at the time) that “Moslem” was a dogwhistle signifying teabagging anti-Obama racist scumpuppies. I have since been told by…
Republican takeover of the House is much worse than you may have thought, no matter how bad you thought it was
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2010 I am speaking of Representative John Shimkus, R-Ill, and the truly astonishing words he uttered before Congress demonstrated in a video that is constnatly being trolled off Google and YouTube by those who don’t want you to see it: Source and more information here. If God’s Word is infallible, unchanging, and perfect, then dinosaurs did…
Truths and Consequences
Posted by Greg Laden on November 9, 2010 There are two reasons that the Republicans “won” the house and took more senate seats. One of them was made clear last night at dinner. Our waitress was funny. She started out a little funny-strange, then went to funny-ha ha, and I left the restaurant liking her and wishing more people were mostly like her.…
Did you know that this is the year of the Republican Woman?
Posted by Greg Laden on October 29, 2010 That’s what they say.
21st Century Politics in America
Posted by Greg Laden on October 27, 2010 The following composite image represents what the Tea Party stands for. It is the image of the Libertarian movement, like it or not. It is what today’s Republican Party stands for. It is what you get if you don’t vote next Tuesday.
Tim Profitt Issued Summons, Whines
Posted by Greg Laden on October 27, 2010 Rand Paul’s henchman, alleged assailant Tim Profitt (“The Stomper”) has been summoned before a judge on assault charges . Profitt has started whining about his safety being in danger and claims to have received numerous death threats after he and his buddies wrestled an unarmed woman to the ground and stomped on her at a…
Rand Paul Rally Head Smasher was Local Campaign Coordinator
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2010 The man who stomped on the head of a woman at a Rand Paul campaign event has been identified, and it is a person close to Paul and involved in the campaign. He was one of several campaign workers who seemingly premeditated the attack, part of which was recently caught on videotape. Assailant Tim Profitt,…
This is our future if the teabaggers take over
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2010 Rand Paul Thuggery
Posted by Greg Laden on October 26, 2010 In light of this recent story of Rand Paul reporters wrestling a woman to the ground and stepping on her head, I decided to post this political campaign note from Jack Conway’s campaign, because it contains parallel (and rather disturbing) information:
“If I had a gun, I’d come after you, you SOB.”
Posted by Greg Laden on October 25, 2010 That’s what one of my fellow Minnesotans, a gun-nut proto-teabagger, said to Paul Wellstone after he was elected to the Senate, and was busy opposing Gulf War I. There were many other threats as well, once again demonstrating that right wingers are often rude, sometimes violent, and always obnoxious. This comes up now because Paul…
Teabagging Terrorists step up attacks on Latino progressive Democratic candidate
Posted by Greg Laden on October 22, 2010 This story has been more or less in the background for some time, as the receipts of envelopes containing swastikas, cat food, and shit sent by right wing extremists is fairly run of the mill. But the latest envelope from what appear to be white supremacist teabagging terrorists sent to Congressman Raul Grijalva’s office appears…
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