Teabaggers on Parade

Remember the tea parties-- those well orchestrated " grass roots" gatherings orchestrated by lobbyists and attended by right wing riff raff? Remember those oh so sincere, all American teabaggers carrying signs that could make you laugh or cry-- or both?

Here's an internet album of stupid tea party signs and the teabaggers who believe them along with some sardonic captions by yours truly. In all cases I've linked to the original source of the image.

Have a laugh or get out the kleenex:-)

Oops. Don't look now, but Medicare IS socialized medicine

How do you spell racist?


LMAO--'nuff said :-)


Muslim and Marxist both start with "m" but that's about all they have in common. Did these folks flunk seventh grade or something? At least they can spell


huh?

Learn to Spell!


Fair and balanced?? yeah-- sure and I'm the tooth fairy

Stay tuned for more from the lunatic fringe. They're planning more teaparties once the weather warms up. Kinda makes you feel all warm and fuzzy and proud to be an American, doesn't it?

There's An App for the White House

Listen up political junkies. Now you can check every press release and every blog post that comes out of the White House. The Obama White House is so totally wired that last week it rolled out a new app which can be downloaded for free from the iTunes App Store Now your iphone or itouch can be an instrument of political activism.

No matter where you are you can check in and check out what's going on. Streaming video means you can be part of White House video conferences, check out the daily press briefings, and listen to Obama speeches whether you are in the office on the train or relaxing on the beach. No need to miss next week's State of the Union and no excuse to either.

Check out Robert Gibbs demo here

The Meaning of Massachusetts

This morning, I was going to write about the hand wringing and speculation going on in punditville about the Republican victory in Massachusetts.

I was looking at what other Obama- friendly bloggers had to say on the subject and came across a blog that said just what I was thinking. Here's the link.

Go read what the Dispassionate Liberal has to say. He says it so well

Pat Robertson Voodoo Doll on Ebay

I came across a footnote to yesterday's Pat Robertson post that's too good not to share. A Pat Robertson voodoo doll is being auctioned off on Ebay right now, with 100% of the proceeds going to Haiti earthquake relief. Here's a quote from the listing to whet your appetite

"Ever wanted to cause Pat Robertson a massive headache? give him back pain? jab him in the crotch? Of course you have! Well then BID NOW to own your very own pysical representation of the dark, dark soul of Pat Robertson."

Talk about doing well by doing good-- not to mention the irony of being able to stick pins in Pat Robertson while helping survivors of the disaster. I love it! Get on over to Ebay and check it out. Here's the link.

Check out Paliban Daily where I found this story too. It's a fascinating website that tracks the doings of the Christian Right.

Pat Robertson Does It Again

Good old Pat Robertson is once again suffering from Christian foot in mouth disease. The guy who in the 1980's declared that AIDS was a punishment from God for homosexuality, and more recently observed that Hurricaine Katrina was God's vengence on a decadent American society which tolorated divorce, adultery and homosexuality has done it again.

In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the 80 year old Robertson commented on his Christian Broadcasting Network, that the quake was the result of a" pact with the devil" made by the Haitian people two hundred years ago in order to throw off the yoke of colonialism.

Not only does he have his facts and his history a bit skewed, he is once again presuming to know the will of the Almighty. It is true that a slave rebellion which began in 1793 ended in 1804 with the establishment of Haiti as the first republic in the world ruled by former slaves of African descent. As for the " pact with the devil", I suspect this is a rather fanciful reference to a voodoo ceremony said to have been performed at the start of the revolt asking God( not the devil) to assist in driving out the French.

It absolutely stuns me that Pat Robertson, who claims to be a Christian, can possibly cheapen the impact of this natural disaster by saying, as he did, that the earthquake just might be " a blessing in disguise." He seems to see it as a kind of divine slum clearance plan.

Can you believe that Pat Robertson once wanted to be President of the United States? What a relief that God had the good sense to keep him out of the White House.

The First Day of the New Year

Happy New Year and Happy new decade everybody. On this first day of January, let's let Abba play us into 2010 with their song that kind of says it all.