Monthly Archives: February 2012

Today’s Quote: The Father of Modern Conservatism on Christopublicans

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Rick Santorum’s ‘Gifts from God’

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Mr. Stupid Runs For Senate

In a party chock full of assorted lamebrains and knuckleheads, Republican ex-Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Michigan stands out as someone ‘special.’  I’ve seen him speak on television:  the man is founding-fathers-were-all-Christian-zealots, liberals-caused-the-Bush-2008-crash, Sharron-Angle dumb.  Now he’s cranking out racially-tinged and … Continue reading

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Scenes from a Republican America: Birth Control Pills

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Today’s Music: “Shake, Rattle and Roll”

Big Joe “Boss of the Blues” Turner was a Kansas City blues belter who started out in the 1920’s at the age of 12 playing in K.C. dives and, by the ’30’s and ’40’s, was performing with a whole host of … Continue reading

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Bill Hicks’ Last Words, Written Feb. 7, 2012

{Republished from Fishink, August 28, 2011] Bill Hicks wasn’t a stand-up comic like Jerry Seinfeld, and he didn’t tell jokes; he used spike-in-the-eye satire to make his philosophical points, and he told the raw truth as he saw it, which … Continue reading

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The Republican Trilemma

Anyone with a realistic eye has observed the Republican Party’s devolution over the past 40 years from a serious political organization to a risible collection of deluded theocrats and dimwitted bigots led by sharp-eyed bunco artists exploiting the first two … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: Epicurus

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Fox Lies When Called on Its ‘Christian Values’ Hypocrisy By Obama

It’s painful to laugh this hard, but when Fox News, owned by an immoral old viper like Rupert Murdoch, damns Obama for quoting Jesus while letting innumerable Republican pinheads use their screwy idea of Christianity to push peevish hatreds, inane … Continue reading

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Today’s Quote: Hypocrite

But ‘hypocrite’ isn’t really strong enough for what’s going on in politics today.

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