Shocker: Only 1.38 percent of Fox News’ primetime viewers are African-American.

Well, seeing as African Americans represent about 14% of the American population, on its surface this figure would appear to be shockingly low...

Until you were forced to actually watch Faux News for a while and realize that it is totally racist and biased, and garners its huge ratings by appealing to the lowest common denominator of this country's white majority....

Cops Destroy $1.7 Billion Worth of Weed in California Bust

What a total waste of taxpayer money....

Shouldn't these dudes be fighting terrorists or stopping burglaries or something?

As if this is going to stop America's insatiable, growing demand for marijuana....

A total waste.

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In Florida Politics, Cash is Still King

I'm convinced that a trained chimp could win major office in this country--if that chimp spent $100,000,000 on television advertising, that is.

Said pollster Peter Brown: "If there was any doubt that enough money can make a political unknown into a front-runner, the Democratic Senate primary and the Republican primary for governor should lay them to rest. Both Greene and Scott have come from nowhere to hold double-digit leads with just a little more than three weeks until the voting."

Gee, do you think we have a problem with campaign finance in America??

Jeb Bush Says No to 2012 Run

But let's be clear here, Jeb Bush will one day run for president--most likely in 2016 after Obama is finishing up his second term...

And quite possibly at that time his opponent will be Hillary Clinton.

Question:  Can America survive another Bush in the Oval Office??

Senate GOP Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 2010

Video: Jewish Settlers, Palestinians Clash in West Bank

Are these people really all that different from one another?  Two arms, two legs...same God--

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GOP Dark Horse Thune Preps for 2012 Run

You might not yet be familiar with the name John Thune just yet, but trust me in a year you will be...and every Tom, Dick, and Harry political prognosticator will be trumping him as the next POTUS...

I mean, the guy looks like a President, doesn't he??

Handsome, young, telegenic--and not all that weird, especially by today's wingnut GOP standards, Thune could very well wind up being Mitt Romney's running mate for the 2012 race.

YouTube: Brawl Breaks out at Manhattan Restaurant

GOP Palace Intrigue: Boehner, Cantor Jockey for Position in House as Election Nears

So it's pretty clear now that the Republican party is literally sizing up the drapes for their new leadership offices in advance of this November's midterm elections...

Cantor is the young, Jewish (there aren't many in the GOP) hotshot up and comer who many see big things for.  Boehner is is the party stalwart who spends his time in DC bars and saloons and the tanning salon....

Putin Roars Into Bike Fest

Stones Set to Retire?

As they lyrics to one of their tunes says, "Time waits for no one...."

Clearly age is catching up to these guys--maybe not for Mick, but certainly for Keefe.

We all get old.

Shocker: Karl Roved Orchestrating Political Hit Job

Looks like Bush's Brain is at it again....you might feel like taking a shower after reading this piece--

Kentucky Senate Race Tightens

Lots of people have just written off the Democratic party for the 2010 midterm elections....

I'm not so sure--

Congressman: Fox News ‘piggish character assassins’

 I mean, Fox News is not a real news operation. It's an ideological hatchet machine and they should be ashamed for carrying that kind of crap without checking it out.

Well said, Congressman....

Crist Leads in Florida

If he winds up taking this Senate seat, this would be a huge upset and a huge win for the country...

Crist is a moderate voice of reason in an increasingly polarized American society--

Palin's "Refudiate" Tweet on Mosque Near Ground Zero Draws Fire

The woman is a total, utter numbskull.  A total buffoon.  An international American embarrassment.  A joke.  A bad joke..,..

And tens of millions of American voters would have had her a heartbeat away from the presidency last time around--

What does that say about the USA?  A society in decline ala the Roman Empire??

Bloomberg for President Chatter Won't go Away

And, of course, as this article indicates, he is doing absolutely nothing to make the gossip go away.  As the great politician that he is, why would he?  He's been a fabulous mayor of New York City for going on 10 years now...But, alas, the quote below by him pretty much sums his chances up...Which is unfortunate for the country...

"I'm pro-choice. I'm pro-gay rights. I'm pro-immigration, I'm pro-gun control. I believe in Darwin," he said. These views are anathema to many in a Republican Party that is increasingly conservative and laced with fundamental Christian beliefs.

Oh yeah, and he's not married, either...that chick on the right is his girlfriend--

Hayworth Increasingly Desperate in Race Against McCain

In a battle between two angry white men, it appears that John McCain will come out the victor in Arizona against J.D. Hayworth.

McCain, of course, used to be an interesting swing voter in the Senate, before morphing into a hard right GOP partisan to win this election--

Photo: Rachel Maddow in High School

I did a little digging after reading this story.  Rachel Maddow, of course, is an open Lesbian....

Burger King Parking Lot In Oakland Is The Venue For One Of The Most Disturbing Things You'll Ever See (UPDATE)

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Politico Handicaps 2012 GOP Field

This pretty much sums up things as they stand now--two long years before the nomination will be decided...

Romney--barring a disaster, will probably be the nominee. Unfortunately he is literally the GOP version of Al 'Tree' Gore: devoid of authenticity, personality...or 'realness'. I've called Romney an Android before--if you cut him white stuff might bleed out.

Kind of like the old 'Data' character on Star Trek.

There will undoubtedly be a 'darkhorse' candidate to emerge that the media will fall in love with before eventually destroying--Mitch Daniels of Indiana perhaps...someone like him.

But the smart money has always been and remains on Android Romney--

YouTube: Is The Tea Party Movement Racist? Judge for Yourself!

Foreclosures Hit Record High

Question: do tea-baggers and right wingers blame the government somehow for borrowing too much to buy too expensive houses and then having the banks that lent them the money take their house away?

Just wondering...

Jagger Gives to His Old Grammar School

BBC - Sir Mick Jagger visits his old school in Dartford

Sign of The Times: Queen Forced to Sell Property to Raise Cash

Let's not forget that the Queen's entire existence and her and her extended family's lavish lifestyle is entirely funded by the British taxpayer--making her arguably the nation's largest welfare recipient...

And the minor fact that she did nothing at all on her own merit to justify her exalted status or wealth, except for being born.

By the way, what do you think is going through Philip's mind in the picture above??

YouTube:Sarah Palin Makes Bill O'Reilly Look Sane

tens of millions of Americans were cool with Sarah Palin serving a heartbeat away from the presidency....

Freak Right Wing Iowa Fringe Group Puts up Billboard Comparing Obama to Hitler, Lenin

Deep thinkers, this group....

Palin supporters, no doubt--

Shots Fired in 2012 Obama/Romney Proxy Battle

The smart money is on Mitt Romney winning the GOP presidential nomination next time around, and he's trying to do to Obama what every Republican candidate does against their Democratic opposition---tar them as being weak and indecisive on foreign policy.

This particular effort, however, seems to have been clumsily conceived and poorly executed.

Of course, the smart smart money is still on Obama comfortably winning reelection in 2012--

Drunk Australian Injured Trying to Ride 16ft Crocodile

Common Charles Darwin theory would suggest that this man has no business still being alive--

Gingrich Mulls 2012 Presidential Run

Let me be clear here:  Newt Gingrich stands a 0% chance of ever being elected president--but that minor fact doesn't seem to matter to him at this point....

A hyper partisan, nasty, ideologue, let's not forget Gingrich has been married three times and left his last wife for an intern...while his wife was in the hospital recovering from cancer....

Let's hear it for Conservative family values!!

British Man Finds $5 Million Worth of Ancient Roman Coins

Hard to believe that shit like this exists, often just a few feet underground. Just sitting there, for 1,800 years!!

YouTube: Audio of Mel Gibson Racist Rant

Video: Harry Reid, in Race of His Political Life, Interviewed

YouTube: Paul the Octopus Picks Spain to Win World Cup

Nevada Senate 2010: Reid Hits Angle on Jobs

Jon Stewart Rips Fox News For Their Fear Of Muslims (VIDEO)

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YouTube: Sarah Palin Releases "Mom Awakening" Video

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Politicians Increasingly Blowing Off Media, Fearing Unscripted Moments

This is an interesting article.  With the advent of YouTube and the ubiquitous smartphone capable of recording or taping anything spontaneously, politicians are increasingly going into their shell--petrified of getting caught saying or doing something that could wind up on the Internet, go viral, and doom their election prospects.

What the voters are left with, then, is propaganda--merely the message or image the politicians' image makers and political consultants want them to portray to the public to get them elected.

It's really a case of technology leading us backward, not forward....

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, 2010

Nevada Fireworks: Angle Threatens to Sue Reid Over Old Website

This is pretty funny stuff.  Sharron Angle is the tea party candidate who is running for Senate in Nevada.  She reminds many of Sarah Palin.

If her goal was to absolutely maximize the amount of attention possible on this particular issue, she has succeeded magnificently.

YouTube: 'The Tillman Story' Trailer

Presidential scholars: Bush is the worst president of the modern era, bottom five of all time.

I can't fathom there having been a worst one...however, I'll leave it up to the scholars--

Richards Set to Blast Jagger in Autobiography

This looks like its going to be a good read--

YouTube: Racy Russian Airline Advertisement Stirs Controversy

Story here

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The First Photo of a Planet Outside Our Solar System

If this doesn't stop and make you ponder things...

YouTube: Portland Police Revisit Gore Sexual Harassment Case

Neocon William Kristol Asks GOP Chair Michael Steele to Resign in Scathing Open Letter

William Kristol is a founding member of the Neocon cabal and is considered one of if not the intellectual leaders of today's American conservative movement.  Michael Steele, of course, is the horse's ass current chairman of the Republican National Committee...
A Letter to Michael Steele

BY WILLIAM KRISTOL

July 2, 2010 12:12 PM

Dear Michael,

You are, I know, a patriot. So I ask you to consider, over this July 4 weekend, doing an act of service for the country you love: Resign as chairman of the Republican party.

Your tenure has of course been marked by gaffes and embarrassments, but I for one have never paid much attention to them, and have never thought they would matter much to the success of the causes and principles we share. But now you have said, about the war in Afghanistan, speaking as RNC chairman at an RNC event, "Keep in mind again, federal candidates, this was a war of Obama's choosing. This was not something that the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in." And, "if [Obama] is such a student of history, has he not understood that you know that's the one thing you don't do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan?"

Needless to say, the war in Afghanistan was not "a war of Obama’s choosing." It has been prosecuted by the United States under Presidents Bush and Obama. Republicans have consistently supported the effort. Indeed, as the DNC Communications Director (of all people) has said, your statement "puts [you] at odds with about 100 percent of the Republican Party."

And not on a trivial matter. At a time when Gen. Petraeus has just taken over command, when Republicans in Congress are pushing for a clean war funding resolution, when Republicans around the country are doing their best to rally their fellow citizens behind the mission, your comment is more than an embarrassment. It’s an affront, both to the honor of the Republican party and to the commitment of the soldiers fighting to accomplish the mission they’ve been asked to take on by our elected leaders.

There are, of course, those who think we should pull out of Afghanistan, and they’re certainly entitled to make their case. But one of them shouldn't be the chairman of the Republican party.

Sincerely yours,

William Kristol

USA Economy on the Mend: Unemployment Rate Drops

Which, of course, is bad news for the GOP and the Republican party.  Unfortunately, what's good for the American people and the American worker...is bad for the hyper partisan (Rush Limbaugh dittohead/Karl Rove acolyte) wingnut..


It might be slow and painful, but it's now pretty evident that the American economy is recovering from the catastrophic Bush Jr. recession of 2008...


Something the American voter might want to think about when they pull the lever this coming November is what I believe is one of the truest, tried, and tested adages of American politics...


If you want to live like a Republican, you'd better vote Democrat.

Mel Gibson on Tape Calling his Baby Momma a "Cunt" and a "Whore"

Hmmm.  He's also reportedly on tape saying she deserves to be raped by 'a pack of niggers..."

Wasn't Mel Gibson supposed to be really devout and religious??

Selective Blindness: Today's 'Conservatives' Conveniently Forget that Reagan Raised Taxes 6 Times in 8 years

You mean Saint Reagan the Conservative icon?  Was really a 'tax and spend' liberal??  You see it's an either or question.  Black and white.  You're either for us, or against us.  Obama sucks.  You either raise taxes or you don't.    Wait a minute, Rush Limbaugh never told me this!?  WTF?????!!!



At a public hearing of the commission, Simpson said that one of the “myths, and the misconceptions, and the distortions and, as one president said, the plain damn lies” promulgated by the right is that Reagan didn’t raise taxes when the situation called for it. As Simpson pointed out, he most certainly did:

Let’s just disengage ourselves from the myth that Ronald Reagan never raised taxes. He did. And here are four big ones. So I hope this will clear the air for some of the groups today. In 1982, the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act, that rolled back about a third of his ‘81 tax cuts, raised corporate tax rates, and to a lesser extent income tax rates. Raised taxes by almost one percent of GDP, which at that time was the largest percentage in peacetime increase ever. 1982 gas tax increase, 1983 Greenspan commission raised payroll taxes…Then there was the 1984 deficit reduction tax…Then there was the Railroad Retirement Revenue Act, Consolidated Omnibus Budget of ‘85…So there were a lot of them. Just thought I’d throw that in.