Comments on: They Just Lie

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:34:45 +0000

They oppose things just to be contrary. It’s just ignorant.

By: oldwhitelady

oldwhitelady — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:11:30 +0000

Yes, that's pretty much the way I see it, too. .-= ´s last blog ..Friday Cat Blogging - Can't remember this cat's name. =-.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:14:59 +0000

In reply to hipparchia. That is of course a possible expansion. There are several that come to mind as the result of military service, although "F" tends to refer to a single word among vets.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:25:20 +0000

Verbing weirds language. but makes it fun, too. but Joe Lieberman (CFL) he's a compact fluorescent lightbulb? who knew?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:46:06 +0000

He was a D when Al Gore, for whatever obscure reason, selected him as a running mate in 2000. He lost in the primary because people realized he wasn’t actually a human being, but too many D’s supported him anyway. The “traitors” who supported him are the so-called leaders of the current party.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:31:08 +0000

A possibly useless fact: the Democratic Party, led in the effort by Jane Hamsher, managed to "primary" Joe Lieberman the last time around. ("Primary" has been verbed. Verbing weirds language.) Revoltin' Joe promptly formed his own party, Connecticut for Lieberman, and managed to win against D and R alike in the general election. So he is not Joe Lieberman (D) but Joe Lieberman (CFL). Personally, I'd be willing to see him caucus with someone else... Likud, maybe. .-= ´s last blog ..In Honor Of Marcy Wheeler =-.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:37:48 +0000

Let them expose themselves for the bigots they are to ensure that no woman or person of color ever considers voting for them.

After they discredit themselves, we can start on the Dems, especially those of a “blue dog” hue, and make it known they are next for the dust bin of history.

As Lieberman and Specter prove, a D after your name doesn’t automatically make you a member of humanity.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:14:34 +0000

“Amazing. One really can’t make this sh*t up!” – Kryten

When we’ve got today’s GOP around, why would we need to make it up? 🙂

In one of his objections to Sotomayor this morning, Sessions referred to her Puerto Rican origin. He spoke of it in a separate clause, associating her with some other Puerto Rican, using a tone as if he were saying “un-American” instead. The racism and ethnic bias of the GOP becomes more open and unapologetic every day. Why are Democrats allowing them to get away with it? what is the value in other senators’ displaying collegiality toward such unmitigated bigots?

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:12:58 +0000

Funny you mention that “the Senate has become a cesspit of ignorance”…

I was reading this at C&L where, straight from the ‘Twilight Zone’, we have:

Republican efforts to roadblock meaningful health care reform take on the fantastic and bizarre at times, and this example of Theatre of the Absurd is no exception. MyLeftNutmeg, a Connecticut blog, puts their silly manoeuvres into perspective:

This is a revealing moment from Monday’s markup of the health care bill in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee that illustrates the level of procedural obstruction Senate Republicans are willing to rise to in order to impede its progress and in the hopes of killing its momentum.

At the opening of Monday’s hearing, Sen. Dodd asked Sen. Enzi (R-WY), the ranking Republican on the committee, if he would agree to accept by unanimous consent a total of 64 Republican amendments. After a whisper from an aide, Enzi, a little perplexed and not a little embarrassed, refused to allow the 64 Republican amendments to be accepted, lowering his voice to mumble, “I think some of our members want votes on some of those.”

Dodd’s visible exasperation and disbelief is priceless.
…

Senate Republicans Block Own Amendments on Health Care Bill

Amazing. One really can’t make this sh*t up!

By: Badtux

Badtux — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:37:44 +0000

Sessions and Graham crackers were behaving in so obnoxious a way that you know the only reason they weren't wearing bedsheets and hoods was because their normal evening wear was out at the cleaners. I for one applaud the Republican Party's attempts to become the Party of the KKK Belt, and welcome those Hispanics who formerly voted Republican to the Democratic Party. - Badtux the Snarky Penguin .-= ´s last blog ..Bastille Day =-.