Quote of the day

Another good one I found on Facebook:

"Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself ‘Pro-Life’."

-- John Fugelsang
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GOP commitments

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Now here's a quote for you!!!

Oh, my goodness. This is world class snark; yes it is:

‎"Calling Obama the 'Food Stamp President' because he came into office during a recession is like calling George W. Bush the 'Planes Crashing Into Buildings President'."

- Bill Maher
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Well, that's politics....

"The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."

-- P.J. O'Rourke
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A rather sane assessment:

Good point:

Something about Congress

Here's a quote offered by one of my facebook friends:

"In 2010, just as the president and his administration managed to lift their heads above the brim of the ditch in which their predeceesors had dumped the country, We, The People elected the most retrograde, brick-stupid, poo-flinging monkeyhouse of a House of Representatives in the history of the Republic."

-- Charles S. Pierce

I'm not actually sure I can add anything edifying.
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Definitely a good one

“New Rule: Someone has to tell Francesco Schettino that embracing a callous policy of “every man for himself” doesn’t make you a sea captain. It makes you the Republican nominee.” -Bill Maher


(A tip of the hat to Lisa over at All Hat No Cattle.)
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Fair question

Oh, people. Brace yourselves for this one!

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Quote of the Day (IMHO)

Just look at this:

“I did not think I lived a good enough life to see Newt Gingrich as the Republican nominee,” the 30-year House veteran [Barney Frank] said. “He would be the best thing to happen to Democrats since Barry Goldwater ... It’s still unlikely, but I have hopes.”

Hey, I'm not sure he's right about this but I rather like the way he said it anyway.
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Heartbreaking

For this to happen is wrong, wrong, wrong. And any person who possesses even a marginal degree of human decency knows it:

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Ha!

Oh, m'goodness!  (Some of the lyrics are a bit difficult to make out but you can definitely get the gist of it.) Many thanks to my friend Stephie Patterson for posting this on facebook!

And in response...

A sincere tip of the hat to Tracie Holladay.

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Yes

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The reality of the situation

A facebook friend named Mark Manley said the following today:

"In America, we’re supposed to have one person, one vote. But in reality, corporations have more than a single vote. They rig the system in their favor because they essentially buy elected officials."

This is really tragic, people. Utterly tragic.
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Newt Gingrich = King David?????

Okay. Here's the name of the article I want you to know about:

"Why Is There So Much God in Our Politics? The Religious Right's Theocratic Plan for the 2012 Election"

And here's the passage that caught my attention and really disgusted me:

“Maybe the guy in the race that would make the best president is on his third marriage,” Steve Deace, a prominent Religious Right leader in Iowa, recently mused to writer Michelle Goldberg of “The Daily Beast” website. “How do we reconcile that?”


One way is to do what Deace did and compare Gingrich with King David, the Old Testament figure who committed adultery with another man’s wife but later repented.


“I see a lot of parallels between King David and Newt Gingrich, two extraordinary men gifted by God, whose lives include very high highs and very low lows,” Deace added.

Well, what can I say but good grief. Good, good grief.
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