Idiots With Guns by Zina Saunders

The Constitution  of the United States not only guarantees the right to bear arms to intelligent, sane ordinary people, it also promises that any nut with a trigger finger has the right to own an  assault rifle. Some of us think this philosophy is absolutely crazy, but every time we citizens try to make our voices heard in Washington, we get drowned out by the NRA and the folks who make big bucks from selling guns and ammo to folks who should not even be allowed to play with matches.

Only in America, my friends and fellow-countrymen, where in the name of freedom we give any crackpot  the right to pack heat, do we have the most gun related murders and suicides in the world-- but  Yeeee Haw  we got our freedoms, yessirree. The freedom to feather one's own nest with  big $$$$ at the expense of the nation seems to trump everything else-- at least in Washington.  We are, after all, the largest munitions manufacturer and have the largest war machine in the world.  There are lots of profits to be made and many hungry political mouths to be fed.

Zina Saunders does wonderful satirical videos. You can check out her YouTube Channel for others, but here's one on America and the attitude of at least some of its gun owners. 

 

 



Ginsu Romney Slices, Dices and Cuts Any Way You Want

The Romney does it all and Zina Saunders tells you all about it.What would you expect to pay for the amazing Romney. It not only slices, dices, and cuts both ways every time, it can also suck up to any idiot with a checkbook and is a world class dog trainer.

 I love Zina Saunders. She has a razor sharp mind and a rapier tongue herself. Watch the video. You'll see what I mean

Sign of The Times

The one thing both Democrats and Republicans can agree on is " term limits" or to put it more bluntly,  throw the bums out after an agreed upon number of terms of elected office. Elected office should not be a lifetime sinicure.

We have presidential elections every four years, but members of Congress can serve until they drop dead  Some  are still working on Capitol Hill when they should be drooling into their oatmeal in an old folks home. ( Strom Thurmond leaps to mind)    It is definitely time for a change.

Come to think about it, I think they feel the same way about this in the MIddle East and Russia. It sure looks that way from where I sit. Power belongs to the people, not to the politicians.

Maybe, it's time for a world-wide change.

H/T   NewsBusters.org on Facebook 

The Official GOP Campaign Button

A tip of  my oh so liberal and progressive hat to  This Week  for this fabulous cartoon. This is just perfect and I am wondering why nobody is mentioning Jon Huntsman on a button or anywhere else. 

He's the only Republican candidate who makes any sense..... oh, right-- maybe that's the problem.

Never mind.   Have a nice week-end

Debt Ceiling Sing-A-Long At Camp Wee-No-Budge

Yes siree-- the deal has passed the House and, no doubt, it will pass the Senate before the Tuesday deadline with much fanfare, and the Debt Ceiling drama written by the Tea Party Theater Company will finally be over (at least for the moment) and we can all get back to worrying about jobs and mortgages.

So, let's join the happy Tea Party campers around the campfire at Camp Wee-No-Budge where they are toasting marshmallows and roasting the powerless. Grover Nordquist is strumming his guitar to the delight of  John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Michele Bachmann.

Oh yes, and the lyrics are printed  below the video so don't be shy. Feel free to join right in.

H/T to  Zina Saunders. She is a genius! She does these video editorials weekly for Mother Jones. Aren't they great?  Pass the marshmallows please, and try not to worry too much. OK?

THE WORDS TO THE SONG

 

We are out to screw the country, there’s no doubt
We are out to screw the country, there’s no doubt
If we bring a big disaster we’ll get elected so much faster
And our enemy Obama will be out.

There is nothing we wont do to get our way
There is nothing we wont do to get our way
We are betting a depression, will win us the next election
And our corporate cronies promise they will pay!

If you lose your job and house who gives a damn
If you lose your job and house who gives a damn
We’re hoping that it makes you madder and you’ll vote out Ol' Obamer
And we’ll be on top to push the latest scam

We’ll protect our corporate Masters, come what may
We’ll protect our corporate Masters, come what may
We’ll keep their tax breaks bulging cause our mission is indulging
All our corporate buddies, who we must obey

Lower taxes is our permanent refrain
Lower taxes is our permanent refrain
We don’t care who might get hurted just as long as we have skirted
Any taxes our contributors disdain.

So sink the economy is what we say
So sink the economy is what we say
The more destruction that we wreak on all the poor and sick and weak
The more we think we’ll win the next election day.

Michelle Bachmann as Mrs Potato Head

OK I know this is a cheap shot but really, Michelle Bachmann  and Sarah Palin just beg to be made fun of.  We are not talking serious candidates here, but we are talking comic relief. So here is just one more  video editorial by the ever creative  Zina Saunders  on Bachmann and the count-down to Iowa.

It's things like Michelle Bachmann and Anthony Weiner's weiner that keep us all laughing and not thinking about  oh let's see, possible bankruptcy in Greece,  horrendous  bloodshed in the Middle East, and what will happen if the Congress can't reach some kind of compromise on raising the national debt ceiling.

Oh dear, let's get back to Mrs Potato Head and a few laughs.

Michelle Bachmann All Christian-y And Bright

Now that Michelle Bachmann has thrown her hat in the ring, the right wing can breathe easy knowing that the "kill a Commie for Christ", God's on our side, Christian-nation mythology of American Exceptionalism has found its Joan of Arc

Zina Saunders, is a genius whose editorial video cartoons are gems of irony.  Her original hymn to MIchelle Bachmann from the Evangelical Right Wing, Jesus loves America crowd,  hits the nail right on the head.  Just what did we fight the  Civil War over, anyway? Refresh my recollection, will ya?

If you appreciate the irony of  Michelle Bachmann's version of American history vs. the real thing, you are gonna love it. Have a look.The words to the hymn are printed below the video so feel  free to sing along:-)

Lyrics

Here we cringe in terror of
The darkness that began
Two years ago when Satan’s army
Marched across our land

Our nation has a sacred mission,
Jesus tells us so,
No commie pinko socialist
Should ever run the show

"Repent!" we cried, "You blasphemer!
Your plan is plain to see
You want to make our kiddies gay
And turn us muslim-y!"

We fought him in state houses
We fought him on the Hill
We cried and lied and kicked our feet
About his healthcare bill   

And so we here beseech you, Lord,
To save us from this fate
Our nation should be Christian-y
And not the devil's state

O look! What doth approacheth!
A vision fierce and bright!
A smile so big and bite-y,
So itchy for a fight!

She it is will leads us!
She's Jesus-y, alright!
It’s Bachmann to the rescue,
All Christian-y and bright.

H/T  Mother Jones

Edwards and Schwarzenegger Head to Head

Sometimes a re-captioned picture is worth more than a thousand words.  This one breaks the bank. Can't stop laughing and just had to share. Democrat, Jon Edwards ( of the five hundred dollar haircuts) and Republican, Arnold Schwarzenegger,(aka The Spermanator) may be on opposite sides of the political fence, but they are brothers under the skin.

Just so you know, Republicans don't have a monopoly on men behaving badly, nor do international investment bankers. Boys will be boys no matter what side of the aisle they sit on, and so will politicians.

Major H/T to  Dump A Day where I found this and Anomaly100 who sent it to me

A New Job for Donald Trump

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What They Are Saying About Scott Walker in Wisconsin

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This sign posted on a theater marquee near Madison, Wisconsin says it all. It went up last week and is even more apt after Scott Walker and his cronies rammed through their union busting legislation and declared it law today, in spite of a pending court case. Starting April 21st,  union dues will no longer be deducted from the paychecks of state employees but the slack will be taken up by the deductions for health insurance that will be taken out. Ouch!

Here's how the Associated Press press release put it earlier today;

Republican lawmakers pushed through passage of the law earlier this month despite massive protests that drew up to 85,000 people to the state Capitol and a boycott by Democratic state senators. Opponents immediately filed a series of lawsuits, and a hearing on one was scheduled Tuesday.

The judge in that case had issued a restraining order barring Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette from publishing the law, typically the last step before it takes effect.

But at the request of a Republican Senate leader, the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau posted the law on the Legislature's website Friday. Republican Gov. Scott Walker's administration and the Justice Department led by Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said the posting put the law into effect Saturday and work to implement it would begin immediately.

Along with removing most of public employees' collective bargaining rights, the new law requires them to pay more for their health insurance and pensions, which amounts to an 8 percent pay cut.

For people who say they care about the Constitution, this is pretty strange behavior and the people are going to be pissed-- and not just in Wisconsin, either.The blowback on this is going to be more than signs on theater marquees.

The GOP Remembers

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The Manitoba Herald Goes Viral

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The Manitoba Herald was a Canadian newspaper that had a short life.  It was published only from January to August of 1877.  But, "Google " Manitoba Herald " and you'll find an article, supposedly  by one Clive Runnels, about the influx of American liberals to Canada, that has gone viral on the internet over the last few months.  It's a spoof, of course.  What is almost as funny as the article is that many sharing it via blogs and emails credit it to Clive Runnels of the Manitoba Herald with a straight face. Google " Clive Runnels" and you will find there is no such person. Ah well.  That's fact checking on the internet for you...or maybe it is just the Rush Limbaugh, Fox News," truth is what you want it to be and reality doesn't matter " factor.

The piece is clever and never let it be said that liberals don't have a sense of humor. And even though most of us are not over-educated tree-hugging, latte sipping snobs, any more than all tea partiers are ignorant, racist red-necked slobs, we can all laugh at  humorous stereotypes, can't we?.  Oh wait...... never mind.  Here's the spoof just in case you haven't seen it.

Canadians: “Build a Damn Fence!"
From The Manitoba Herald , Canada ; “Reported" by Clive Runnels

The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The recent actions of the Tea Party are prompting an exodus among left-leaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, and to agree with Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck.

Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, animal-rights activists and Unitarians crossing their fields at night. "I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield , whose acreage borders North Dakota . The producer was cold, exhausted and hungry. He asked me if I could spare a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have any, he left before I even got a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?”

In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. He then installed loudspeakers that blared Rush Limbaugh across the fields. "Not real effective," he said. "The liberals still got through and Rush annoyed the cows so much that they wouldn't give any milk.”

Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons and drive them across the border where they are simply left to fend for themselves."  A lot of these people are not prepared for our rugged conditions," an Ontario border patrolman said. "I found one carload without a single bottle of imported drinking water. They did have a nice little Napa Valley Cabernet, though."

When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have been circulating about plans being made to build re-education camps where liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and watch NASCAR races.

In recent days, liberals have turned to ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have been disguised as senior citizens taking a bus trip to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans in powdered wig disguises, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior citizens about Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney to prove that they were alive in the '50s. "If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we become very suspicious about their age." an official said.

Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage and are renting all the Michael Moore movies "I really feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't support them." an Ottawa resident said. "How many art-history majors does one country need?"

Week-End Cartoon

This Week does a wonderful weekly roundup of political cartoons you should check out. This one just begged to be reblogged.

I've still got my fingers crossed that Obama knows what he's doing

Have a great week-end everybody

Week-End Video to Make You Laugh

With a tip of the hat to Gilbert & Sullivan and another to  Cogitamus, the fabulous blog where I found this delightful satirical goodie, I give you the laugh you need  if you are beset by electioneering from both left and right, sick of the tea party, and just about ready to throw in the towel.  Tah-dah  !!!

Test-Drive A Conservative

If I can stop laughing long enough I'll tip my packrat's hat to Mike Stanfill, the clever cartoonist who runs farleftside.com where I found this cartoon. Check it out. It's full of cheeky, left-leaning fun.

Scary News Twenty Four and Seven Worldwide

No wonder we all feel like the world is going crazy. Perception = reality. Now, what cable news networks could they possibly be talking about hmmmmmmm? Let;s see, how do you spell Glenn Beck?


H/T to This Modern World

Tea Party Hand-Puppets

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Something to think about over the long, Labor Day Week-end

Obama Throws A Barbecue

I love political satire. I really do. This video with Obama as grillmaster at a  backyard barbecue  is a hoot-- a political metaphor for the ages.  My favorite line?  " IN Europe EVERYBODY has potato salad"

Go ahead. Watch it. You'll see what I mean

Political Quote of The Day

Don't know what her politics are, but her handwriting needs a little work. 

The sign, however, carries a powerful message. The text is hard to read, scrawled as it is on a piece of brown cardboard box, but here's what it says: 

"Politicians are like condoms. They give you a sense of security while you are getting screwed. "

Ahhh that is deep, very deep, dontchathink? Stop laughing-- this is serious :-)

A tip of the hat to White Trash Politics for this one.Click on the link to read the original post

The World According to Us

We not only know we're #1, we also think we are intelligent, educated, modest and fit to lead the world. And hey, Europe-- look at what we think of you:-)

In case you were wondering, that's why Sarah Palin thinks that living between Canada and Russia gives her foreign affairs expertise. Our world view also lets us imagine that we have the best healthcare system in the world..

Well, sometimes you just gotta laugh and this is one of those times. Click on the map to enlarge it.


hat tip: Barry Ritholtz