Comic figure takes serious turn.

All right. It's not funny anymore. Michele Bachmann's insanity has reached pathetic levels. Now she has this fantasy that Obama is going to have the government adopt the children who have crossed the border and put them in hospitals to experiment on them. That's loony bin talk. That's paranoia-plus. This woman is so filled with non-Christian hate, with racism and bigotry that her fantasies about our president are getting out of hand. Sadly the lazy media, who doesn't care how sick anyone is, allow her to rave and air her bizarre scenarios. So they will probably allow her to broadcast her delusions until the day they take her away.

Another publishing fraud.

How stupid do publishers think Americans are? They are constantly publishing bios supposedly written by celebrities who wouldn't be able to write an essay, much less a full book. Now a headline says that
George Bush Jr. has finished his latest "masterpiece", a biography of his father. What a joke. George Bush is not a painter and he certainly isn't a writer. The publishing industry is the greatest offender of deceptive advertising. This is the latest fraud. Fortunately for George, America has millions of gullible Republicans. They bought his fake war, why wouldn't they buy his fake book?

America's youngest scam artist.

I find it infuriating that Comcast, in promoting the movie Heaven is for Real describes it as a true story. Heaven is for Real is a brilliant, money-making scam dreamt up by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent and is no more based on fact than The Wizard of Oz. The scam, which began with a best-selling book supposedly tells about a visit to heaven of Todd Burpo's four-year-old son, Colton. Happy to oblige his con-man father, Colton testified to all kinds of ethereal cliches that were sure to be believed by fantasy-hungry Christians. And while the lies kept rolling out, the money kept rolling in. The book was so popular with gullible magical thinkers that it was soon made into a successful movie, bringing still more riches to the highly imaginative grifter, Todd Burpo. Most disappointing to me is that an actor I once admired, Greg Kinnear, was not only willing to star in this film, but agree to perpetuate the fraud that this doughy little Nebraskan (Dorothy already had dibs on Kansas) actually visited heaven. But, of course, the Colton clan would have been exposed and embarrassed immediately if the news media and entertainment industry weren't so eager to perpetuate the scam and refer to this absurd invention as a "true story".

Alabama calls this a gift from God.

America has far too many Christian politicians who think our country should be governed according to their religious beliefs. Forget the fact that this country was based on separation of church and state. Forget the fact that Christianity is just magical thinking based on a Johnny-come-lately collection of fables. Forget the fact that there are many other even older religions who might want a piece of the superstition pie. And just accept that religion is unproven, divisive, and distracting from the real problems that come with science and nature. The latest madness is that the State of Alabama (surprising nobody) are pushing back against the new Environmental Protection Agency standards limiting carbon emissions from coal-fire plants. Why? Because they feel that the policy flouts the Almighty's will by regulating a God-given resource. See, Christians can twist religion any way they want to suit their needs. You'll notice that they didn't agree with the limits because it would make God's green earth greener, more beautiful, and more fruitful. When you invent a god who will never speak for himself, you can get him to endorse anything.

It seemed like forty days.

Noah is a splashing bore. I didn't expect it to be brilliant, but it was boring, absurd and joyless. The first thing I noticed were all the fabrics. Every character has a different weave, and style. Where did they order all these fabrics. And what designer created those "dreary-chic" fashions? I certainly didn't see one loom or needle. You would think somebody in the Noah family would be wearing an animal skin, but no. Then, of course, there were the nice haircuts and trimmed beards, never too thin, never too thick. How much belief are we supposed to suspend?  The original Noah story is ridiculous enough, but Director, Darren Aronofsky, has taken it to new heights of  incredulity. He even added laughable creatures called Watchers, which are clumsy giants made out of rocks with inner electric systems that light up their eyes like jack-o-lanterns. Jennifer Connelly looked anorexic, Russell Crowe looked overfed, and the rest of the family just looked confused. Oddly enough there was no speaking God, who must have really been a prick to curse the earth with such barren landscape and nothing but toil. He didn't even perform any interesting miracles. The only thing that came close was when Anthony Hopkins (Methuselah)  made the barren Emma Watson fertile.  (Why doesn't it bother devout Christians to know that according to their bible, we would all be products of rampant incest?) I will never understand how a company can spend millions of dollars, hire name actors and hundreds of extras  enlist talents in every field, build sets, sew costumes, write a score and, one assumes, hire a talented scriptwriter, and then end up with 147 minutes of crap like this. To add insult to injury, this dull film featured two  awful songs: one an insipid lullaby sung twice during the tedium, and the other a slow-moving melody tossed in over the closing credits in hopes of an Academy Award nomination. Good luck with that!

"We never planned to ilmpeash the preshident."

I am told that when most alcoholics get the DTs, they see little green snakes or, worse, armies of roaches. Apparently the nation's leading lush sees absurd conspiracies. For the past month, we've seen all kinds of moronic Republicans, Palin, Boehner, Ernst, more,  yapping about impeachment, creating incredible lies about the president, and, of course, pushing the already-established Zombie Lies. Now Boehner insists that,"The whole talk about impeachment is coming from the president's own staff and coming from Democrats on  Capitol Hill." I'm guessing that the Republicans, always slow to recognize disasters saw how unpopular and absurd their impeachment plans were are trying to back off. Having no real imagine, one of them must have come up with this ridiculous story that,"We have no plans to impeach the president...It's all a scam started by the Democrats." Boehner's final word on the subject, from what I have been told was, "hic".

God help us, another Sarah.

It appears that the very butch, helmet-haired Joni Ernst, the Republican senate nominee in Iowa, shares something in common with Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. She's also stupid. She recently made quite a stir with her belief that states can nullify Federal laws, which, of course, they cannot. Not that this will hurt her in any way. The tried and true Republicans seem to have endless tolerance for misspeaks, malapropisms, and misinformation. Intelligence is not something they demand from their senators or representatives. Far more important is how devoted any office seeker is to magical thinking of the Christan evangelical type, how much do they love guns and hate blacks, and most important how much do they resent having that uppity Barack Obama in the White House. Ernst has already proven herself on all these subjects, her recent confusion about facts is just the icing on the cake.

Red State Soon to Lose Red Planet Gov.

Voters in Florida absolutely should elect Charlie Crist as their next governor. Not only because he's so obviously the better candidate, cares more about the residents of the Sunshine State and is not tainted by insane politics and criminal activities, but for a much more logical reason. It is obvious that the State of Florida cannot be run effectively by a Martian. The cold-blooded Rick Scott has shown that he has not real understanding of humans, and has constantly erred in his attempt to make them behave in ways that are alien to them. He doesn't understand sympathy, empathy, goodwill, or any other human emotions. He proved that when he resigned as Chief Executive of Columbia/HCA amid a controversy over the company's Medicare billing. The company admitted to fourteen felonies and agreed to pay the federal government over $600 million.  Was Rick responsible at all? Of course not! Still it is not good policy to have an alien running an Earthly state. We'll all be able to breathe a sigh of relief once Charlie takes office and Rick has rocketed his way home.

"If at first you don't succeed...."

All merchandisers pay attention! Sarah Palin, in yet another vain attempt to remain relevant,  has announced she is about to launch her own membership-supported channel. She encourages her fans (all those mentally disturbed bigots across America) to check out this new online community so they can help her build it. How is this of any value to you? Because it doesn't matter what you're selling: a fraudulent weight loss pill, worthless stock, a chance to communicate with the dead, an elixir that guarantees eternal youth, if you can get her mailing list you'll be rich. Because anyone who subscribes to the Sarah Palin channel will buy absolutely anything.  But make sure you act fast, because any venture of Sarah Palin's is short-lived, either because she quit right away or, more often, because it was a complete and total failure. Now you may think my choosing this photo was unkind. But I assure you, Ms. Palin looks a lot more like that these days than she did when she was destroying any chance McCain had for the presidency.

"Oops.Did I say that out loud?"

As we have all seen the Republicans hate and detest Barack Obama. For no actual reason, you understand, other than the fact that he's part African-American. And also, of course, because he's smarter, classier, and more charming than any of them. McCain hates him because Obama won the election. Mitt hates him because Romney lost the election. (Think about it.) Issa hates him because Issa is full of hate in general, and suffers from the inferiority of being a car thief and arsonist. Others like Ryan, Cruz, Boehner, etc. have their own sick reasons to hate Obama. And because they feel so much animosity, they constantly create what Bill Maher calls "Zombie Lies'. These are accusations against our president, which are quickly disproved but remain as Republican talking points. They are a perfect example of how little the Republicans think of the average American's intelligence. The funny thing is they could probably get away with some of their lies if they spaced them out over time, and tried to make them appear as legitimate responses to timely events. But the trouble was they had a real asshole in their ranks, Mitch McConnell, who was so stupid that he let the cat out of the bag the very first day when he proclaimed that they, the GOP, wanted Obama to be a one-term president. Thus every act following that idiotic and malicious comment was super-transparent.

SS

In case anyone was wondering if the Steve Scalise, the incoming House Majority Whip was as much of a moron and racist as the old one, the answer is yes. This Louisiana bigot has refused to take impeaching President Obama off the table. Well so much for hoping that somebody nonpartisan and reasoning took that role.

A good towel spot.

I think this is a very cute and effective commercial, except for one word. The towel fairy says, "Do you really want a towel that can hold a bowling ball." A funny line. But it would have been much more effective, is she had said, "Do you really need a towel that can hold a bowling ball." What was the copywriter thinking when "need" creates a much more effective sales pitch against Bounty.

A bad towel spot.

I don't get this spot. Here we have an obnoxious kid who, instead of drinking his chocolate milk, is using a straw to make it bubble all over the counter. And his mother says, "When we're having this much fun..." I wonder what other messy or destructive behavior she thinks consistitutes a great time.

Always his own man.

These days it seems like celebrities are dying in their 80s who I didn't think were nearly that old. . It shows how fast time is passing without us noticing. One recent death, at 86,  didn't seem all that tragic to me at the time. But then I started to read the bio of the actor and was amazed at how much I liked him. Sadly he was a completely different person than I would have pictured. I would have guessed he was a John Wayne Republican, super macho, not terribly intellectual, and not a person of outstanding character. And I would have been wrong on all counts. The book The Garner Files has been a revelation. James Garner was a life-time liberal, and a modest, honest, hard-working actor who was married to actress Lois Clarke for 57 years.  In his memoir, he mentions such heroes as Adlai Stevenson and Barack Obama, and reveals the petty side of such such famous right-wing icons as Steve McQueen, Charlton Heston, and Ronald Reagan. I'd give you some of the highlights, but if you're a Democrat, you should read the book.

"You decide."

There were two equally important headlines on HuffPost today. Both had equal weight. Both shared an importance to the average American. And both will have consequences down the road. So it is hard to know which headline is more significant: "Boehner Pushes for Impeachment" or, "Walmart's Ice Cream Sandwiches Don't Melt In the Sun."

"Meow. Meow. Meow."

Today HuffPost headlined a nasty attack on Hillary Clinton filled with what Bill Maher calls "Zombie Lies", which are disproven attacks that do not die. HuffPost only gave one name on the piece: Sullivan. There was no second name, so I am assuming with was written by the bitchy British queen, Andrew Sullivan. He couldn't have been more catty if he were at a cocktail party across the room from Ms. Clinton, chatting with his equally piss-elegant pals. Among his whines was that "The Clintons are still self-pitying money-grubbers." Naturally he said nothing about the monies they give to charity or the personal time they devote to worthy causes. He's obviously jealous of their speaking fees.  There's no point in listing his other carps about the Clintons, the highly admired Clintons. What Sullivan did in this article was reveal more about his own cattiness, bitterness, blindness and childishness than provide any information about our next  president. Whenever I read articles by bitchy Brits who have decided to do their back-fending in the United States, I am reminded of Aunt Pittypat's comment in Gone With The Wind: "How did they get in?"

"Lesh impeash the preshident."

There are so many more productive ways John Boehner could use his time, rather than wasting it on this phony, destined-to-fail, last-ditch-attempt-to-lynch-Obama impeachment charade. Like what? Well he could attend AA meetings and try to come to terms with his alcoholism.

Oink.

Scalia recently said "The Supreme Court isn't political." And Scalia isn't porcine and highly opinionated.

"There's a small hotel..."

I used to like planning vacations. Not any more. It's become too greedy, competitive, and complicated. Today I tried to reserve a hotel near Busch Gardens in Tampa. There were dozens, and they all had the same phone number. I like to talk directly to a hotel not some commissioned phone sales person in Denver, if not India. But that's no longer possible. More and more businesses are refusing to reveal their telephone numbers. I hate to think what would happen if you were desperate  to reach the front desk of a distant Hyatt that has hidden its phone number. But hotels today are not only secretive, they're liars. Or at least they have service centers lie for them. Many of the hotels I checked out advertised they were at Busch Gardens, but after closer interrogation, none of them were. Apparently five miles away is now considered across the street. I finally gave up dealing with the Debbies and the Scotts with their chipper attitude and corn-fed accents and decided that I will look for a hotel when I arrive. At least then I'll be dealing with people who actually work there.

Fallling for the call-back.

I love it when companies like Comcast, Walgreen's and others ask for your feedback. They usually request it with a line like, "We'd welcome your feedback. If we can call you back within five minutes of your finishing this call, please press one." Then you press one and within five minutes you get a return call. But it isn't, in any way, interested in your feedback. At least not in what you really think. It's always a recorded message that only allows certain responses that are designed to never let them know what's really wrong with their lousy company. You almost never finish the "If we are beyond wonderful, press one. If we only almost incredible, press two." inquiry. Well, I won't fall for that again. Although one is always suspicious that if you don't agree to the call-back, you will wait much longer than those who do.

Monster.

How can any American look at this face and not feel revulsion, shame, and anger.  To think that by some strange circumstances this moron was our president for two full terms. To think that we gave this evil and amoral fool the power to send our citizens to war, to waste our fortune, to wreak havoc in our name among innocent men, women, and children. To think that we allowed him and his evil playmates to play war games with living human beings and walk away from their destruction with no punishment, not even a reprimand. I am astounded that angry citizens aren't surrounding his home with shovels,  pitchforks and torches as they did with the Frankenstein monster, who was not one millionth as evil as
this monster.

Liar. Coward. Fraud.

John McCain has moved from being a cranky, war-mongering old fool, to a lying sack of shit. He recently told Fox News Greta Van Sustern, "The self-pity that Obama continues to exhibit is really kind of sad, really." The truth is that Obama is not evincing any self-pity and that McCain creates this accusation out of whole cloth because of his racism and jealousy. More and more I find it easy to believe the rumors that McCain was not all that noble a prisoner of war. He is not reflecting any true character that suggests that he was once ever brave, decent, and honest. So where I once wondered why this man slipped from being such an admirable human being, now I realize that he never was of any real value in the first place.

Quoting the insane.

I don't understand how racist remarks by insignificant bigots is news. There are many people out there who hate Obama, almost solely because he's black. These same racists invent all kinds of crimes of which they insist our president is guilty, though he is not. It's nuts, but it's not news. Today the non-story is that Stephen Steinlight, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Immigration Studies told the Highlands Tea Party in Florida that impeaching Obama didn't go far enough, that he should be "drawn and quartered." Think about what an insane comment that is. Drawn and quartered means having your body ripped into four bloody sections. Is this the comment of a sane man? No. Then why is any news source publishing the comments of an insane man?

She can't be serious...

You've got to admit the Republicans have a good sense of humor. For instance, this week, Michele Bachmann asked why the media hasn't inquired if she will run for president. Hilarious! The idea that this jiggy-eyed bimbo racist who has a distorted sense of American history, is terrified of lesbians, yet is married to someone who can only be perceived as a closet case, would have a chance of being elected is falling-down funny. Obviously there is something in the water of Minnesota's 6th Congressional district that resulted in this weirdo getting and staying in office, but the rest of the country and even the leading Republicans see her for what she is: a ninny.

Out in the open.

The only nice thing one can say about Ted Nugent is that his racial rants and obvious bigotry are right out there for everyone to see.  They were certainly obvious to the Coeur d'Aline Tribe in Idaho this week. They were offended enough to cancel Nugent's August 4th concert at their casino in Worley, Idaho,  and good for them. Hopefully more and more venues will cancel the concerts of this pathetic and angry hatemonger. (Pity so many Republicans, unlike Ted, are able to hide their equally rancid racism.) The irony is that if Nugent were a decent human being, he might have had a better career. He's talented and not bad looking. I chose this photo not for the way he looks, but the insane way he thinks. 

A very shameful history.

I take Aleve. But I'm not sure I should. It may not be any more effective than similar low-cost medications. And it certainly doesn't last for 12 hours. I never believed that claim, despite all the commercials. Why not? Because the Bayer Corporation are and always have been liars. In their commercials for Bayer Aspirin, for instance they constantly suggest that Bayer Aspirin, and no other, can prevent or stop a heart attack. Bull. And their commercials claim, "My doctor put me on a Bayer regimen." I doubt that any reputable doctor would put a patient on a brand-name aspirin that's far more costly than a generic that's just as effective. I have always disliked the Bayer Corporation, not only because they are present-day liars, but because they were the manufacturer that provided the chemicals to exterminate the Jews during World War II. For some reason, not many people seem to know this very important historical fact.  Today, they are still killers, a leading company in making garden sprays, anti-flea medications, chemicals for fumigating homes, and, of course, medicines like Aleve.  And all come at  a very high price. I like Aleve, mostly because of the bottle, but I think as a matter of principle I should, and will,  stop buying it or any other Bayer product.

Great guys. Great dogs.

The most attractive, charming and desirable men on television are not on any tv sitcom or drama, they are not the host of any reality show, and they are certainly not on the The Bachelorette. They are, in fact, on Beneful dog food commercials. Whoever casts or directs these spots has an unerring eye for  really great looking guys with winning personalities. And the dogs are great, too!

Sniping again.

A recent article had the headline, "Rand Paul Mocks Obamas for Wanting Daughters to have Minimum Wage Jobs." It occurred to me the secret word was mock. Republicans spend a lot of their time mocking. This instead of praising, achieving, doing or making something, anything, happen. Randall is a particularly pissy mocker since he generally bases all his snarky comments on a lie or half-statement. I know he wants to be perceived as a strong, masculine leader. Then why does he keep doing things that present him as petty, snarky, little bitch?

Dave is obsessed with gay men.

Who is producing these white, gray-helmet-haired, uptight Republicans who are terrified of sex, unless it's with a hooker.  The latest priss is Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema who suggests that homosexuality is perverse and ruining America. He writes, "Families are the most important element in a nation. Sexual perversion ruins a nation." Interesting that he's so pro-family, yet he's been married for forty years and only produced three children. Since he's anti-birth control among so many other things, one must assume he didn't care all that much for sex with his wife. And while he's not busy making babies he's obsessed with homosexuality. He writes book on it. Preaches about it . Seems to spend a lot of time thinking about it. Hmmm. Any time I hear of an allegedly "straight" man who is obsessed with the elimination of homosexuality, I assume it's because he wants temptation out of his way.

A bitter, boring, belligerent, bloviating bastard.

Is there any way to shut this old fool up? He doesn't actually give his opinion on anything. He just tries to find the best way to vilify President Obama. Why can't this turkey just drink his Mylanta, grab a bottle of bourbon, admit that he lost the election to a much better man, and quietly go back into his cave?

Note: It's also time we stopped treating this person as if were a hero during his captivity. There is enough evidence to show that John McCain was hardly a honorable POW and may have even been much less than that. Do some research before you give them grump any more credibility.

Why is it every time a giant dies, the moronic media cite some minor aspect of their brilliant career. So it is with Elaine Stritch, a legendary singer and actress who has had achievement after achievement. Yet
HuffPost and I am sure many other news outlets will also have a comment as idiotic as this:
"A five-time Tony award nominee, who was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995, Stritch was also a fixture in TV and movies and perhaps most recognized for her role as Colleen Donaghy, the mother of Alec Baldwin's character Jack Donaghy, on 30 Rock." 
Elaine Stritch is not most recognized for that sitcom role. Anyone who knows anything about the American theatre will know that Stritch had a long and distinguished career, starred in many Broadway musicals and straight plays, and was the subject of two successful documentaries. She also appeared in movies and sitcoms.

The observant politician.

Adam Kwasman is a Republican running for Congress in Arizona. One of his qualifications is that he's very observant. So when he saw a passing bus full of children on Tuesday near a housing facility for undocumented minors, he did what any good Republican would do. He posted a picture of it with a stern warning that this was against the law. He later described the fear in the children's faces, but still insisted that we must enforce the border against such crossings. The only problem is that the bus was carrying local school children to camp. And rather than looking fearful, they were all laughing and taking pictures with their iPhones. Usually any action by the boneheaded Republicans is depressing. This stupidity was hilarious.

Not a suicide...a murder.

Why are so many junior- and senior-high school students such evil, malicious bullies. This week a 14-year-old boy committed suicide because some sadistic worthless teen-ager videoed him in the boy's bathroom. The video was put on the Internet by that creep or an equally evil one and led to constant bullying of this innocent young boy. It happened at University High School in San Diego but this kind of sick bullying goes on everywhere. The parents of the dead boy are suing and I think they deserve every penny they can get. If it were up to me these creepy, nasty, soulless zombies who are guilty of this kind of evil prank or are just plain bullies should be tossed into prisons with adult convicts. And I doubt it there are many cases where the monster's parents are completely blameless.

Which is witch?

They certainly look alike. Except even if Tonya Harding did what they accuse her of, and she denies it, she still wouldn't be as reprehensible and as thoroughly repulsive as Liz Cheney.

An obscenity that starts with f and ends with g.

The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded seven—count them seven—small earthquakes in central Oklahoma in the span of 14 hours. Gee, there's been an increase of earthquakes in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas lately. Isn't that where they're doing so much fracking? Golly, I hope these temblors don't interfere with their important work. I mean you can imagine how disruptive and vexing these annoying quakes can be when you're busy drilling for oil and gas by hydraulic fracturing. Hmmm. I wonder if there's a connection. Nah. 

Cheney event interrupted.

When protesters interrupted an event featuring the Cheney clan, rightly calling the old bastard a war criminal, Lynne Cheney started giggling showing you just how serious she is about all the war dead, and Liz Cheney started chanting illogically "Four more years." I want to thank all those protesters for taking the trouble to ridicule this satanic family.

Caught being himself.

It seems that a Congressman is asking a Fox News commentator to resign because he used a racial slur. But that's ridiculous. If you asked everyone at Fox who is racist to resign, you would have to close down the network. I think their coverage of Obama is proof enough of how they feel about African Americans, so it's no surprise they would refer to the Chinese as Chinamen, and you can imagine what other racial slurs are flying around that hotbed of hatred.

That sinking feeling you chose the wrong movie.

One of the "news" articles in the HuffPost today reported that "Bill Hader got fired for spoiling the end of Titanic."  I don't really see how that's possible since the film was spoiled by its very script. Okay so, as an usher, he revealed to these young women patrons that the boat sank, Leonardo became an ice cube, and the old lady selfishly tossed her priceless ice into the sea rather than donating it to charity. But the film was so riddled with ridiculous scenes those revelations are merely, well, the tip of the iceberg.

P.S. Why doesn't Huffington Post know that titles are italicized as I have done with Titanic, which they, for some reason, put in quotes, as they do with all movie titles?

Rolling blunder.

This Texas motorist with the TRAMEL plate has found a way to announce to the world that he is a racist moron who knows nothing about politics and chooses to know nothing about Obama's many contributions to his country. I think he needs one more sticker:  I CAN'T SEE OUT OF MY BACK WINDOW.

Pants on fire.

"I did not set fire to Steal Stopper in 1982." Darrell Issa

Don't look so surprised.

At a recent gathering in the St. Regis hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. Jewish Republicans addressed the fact that there are no Jews in the House or Senate. The defeat of Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, has left the Republicans with no Jewish representation for the first time in more than a half-century. But who's surprised? Republicans don't like blacks, Hispanics, women, non-Christians, or gays so why is anyone surprised that they are also anti-Semitic? This is why I find the idea of so many recent Jewish Republicans annoying. As history's most persecuted people, I would expect them to belong to a liberal, welcoming party not one that is bigoted and repressive.

The GOP's leading narcissist.

Of all the arrogant lines I have heard in my lifetime, Marco Rubio's "I can beat Hillary Clinton" takes the proverbial cake. The nerve of this balloon-headed twerp to think he has a chance against someone as popular and experienced as Hillary Clinton. As a Miamian, I would say Rubio is not regarded that highly here so you can imagine how well this braggart will do throughout the rest of America. He says, I would ask her the question, "You were a secretary of state during the first four years of the Obama administration. Name one significant foreign policy achievement, now of after you left." The very fact that he doesn't recognize her achievements during that time shows you how blind and unwilling he is to do so. He goes on to complain about current world problems which might not be problems if he and the other Republicans got off their fat, lazy, racist asses and actually contributed something to the government who is paying them so well do do absolutely nothing.

The Last Comic Standing

There's still talk about UFOs. Some people believe that dinosaurs lived in biblical times. And there's talk that Willard Romney may run for president again. GOP strategist (strategist?) Kevin Madden, a senior advisor in Romney's losing campaign, says that many believe of Romney, "...he would have been a very effective president and that he has been proven right on so many issues." Why would an ineffective campaigner be an effective president? Why would a proven liar make a acceptable leader? And what exactlly was he proven right on? Romney is a clown, a comic, a joke. He's awkward, prissy, obsequious and misinformed. I would hold of on the Romney for President posters.

The apple that fell far from the tree.

The news says that Luke Russert is having a bad day. Apparently he's unpopular with much of young Washington, D.C. And recently he made several gaffes. One was interrupting an interview to announce with sophomoric enthusiasm the latest LeBron James news. The other to give his unwanted opinion on fighting drugs.  (stop using them).  So what if he's having a bad day? He's had nothing but good days since 2008, when he was 22 and given a position with NBC for the sole reason that everybody loved his recently dead father. Luke will always be the poster boy for nepotism.

Give me a break.

I wasn't aware that there was a tv series called Masters of Sex, an absurd title for a ridiculous show about Masters and Johnson, pioneers in sexuality. In order to make this silly series, Masters and Johnson would have to be sexually attractive, as they are. But the real M & J were not exactly hot, which makes the entire series rather peculiar. Why can't I accept that there is no reality in television?

He makes Elmer Fudd look like Einstein.

I don't know who this cue-ball Louie Gohmert is. But he sure sounds like an idiot. Since he's from Texas, our most gullible state, I'm not surprised that he's a religious nut who thinks that atheists are fools. His supposition is that we believe that "nobody plus nothing equals everything." Stating this he gets that self-satisfied, sanctimonious look on his moronic face. We are just as amused to realize that zealots believe that "Someone in six thousand years created everything." Since Earth is 4.54 billion years old that means that their someone took a hell of a long time to show up. So more correctly Louie Louie, I would say say that "some things evolved into everything over time without any anybody."

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It's time for the who gives a $#$% Emmy nominations.

Just read the list of Emmy nominees. First of all I didn't know that Orange is the New Black is a comedy series. I thought it was a serious drama about women in prison. Hmmm. But after reading the list, I have several opinions, which shouldn't surprise anyone.  Here are some. There are two many damned awards. It seems like everybody should be walking away with something, like those grade school kids who all get some kind of recognition. I think the judges only watch popular shows. I don't watch that much commercial tv, and I knew all those names. That says to me that less popular shows lose out because these judges only want to watch the hits.  The judges also only go with favorites. Yes, Jim Parsons is brilliant and essential to The Big Bang Theory, but everyone in the cast does a great job, and in many ways some are far more versatile than Jim. Mad Men has sucked for the past two seasons. Judges seem to favor crime, murder, rape, drugs, and bloodshed. In short, the judges are very narrow and unsophisticated  in their choices. But it's the Emmys so who cares? If I were giving the awards and they could go to any series, my choices would The Last Tango in Halifax, Call the Midwife, Death in Paradise, Mr. Selfridge, Endeavour and Scott and Bailey. But I'd have a real hard time deciding the best actress award between Suranne Jones, Lesley Sharp, and Nicola Walker, all brilliant.

Grrrrrr.

Poor Darrell Issa. He can't get a conspiracy theory on track no matter how had he tries. It's almost not worth being a totally partisan unqualified dick. He furrows his brow, he curls his lip, he contorts his face into the most disapproving of grimaces, he scolds, he whines, and it's aways the same—no go! How could a man who got away with stealing cars, committing arson, and betraying business partners be so impotent in Congress?

"And you say you were sober at the time."

I have to admit, I am very surprised at the popularity of tattoos. I can't imagine ever getting a tattoo, even a small one. To me it's like wearing the same article of clothing every day of your life. As a child only men had tattoos, usually of an anchor, a rose, or the word "mom".  But lately we have full Biblical verses (I avoid those people), photographs, movie logos, tattoos of every kind. While many of them are sported by disreputable looking people, obese cyclists, teens with parents who are far too lenient, and Goths, many others can be seen on the legs, arms, necks and above the buttocks of average looking people.The above photo is very interesting because, A. the tattoo is not, and B. this guy is very attractive (at least his face is). Now why would he want to spoil his looks with this idiotic tattoo?

Put your money where your mouth is.

Now that these buffer zones have fallen at abortion clinics across the country, more and more woman will be afraid to have abortions. So here's what I'd like to see. Persons outside the clinic collecting money for all the babies that the mothers really couldn't afford to have, but are being forced to give birth to by these supposedly "caring"people. If they care that much, let them prove it with a generous donation to aid the babies they "saved". My guess is you will find that these arrogant, sanctimonious hypocrites will not be willing to part with any significant amount of money. These are insignificant losers who have found the one cause where they can feel superior. I suspect many of them couldn't care less about saving an infant's life so much as being part of a protest and venting the vitriol they feel in what they consider to be a noble outlet for their hate.

The puff of the Huff.

Once again The Huffington Post has gone off half-cocked with an incomplete, and I find, suspicious story. In it, they point out that Chelsea Clinton is making big money with speaking fees. While not in the league of her parents she makes upwards of $75,000 per engagement and does many free events. They add that she donates all the money to the Clinton Foundation and slyly comment that, "The speaking circuit has proven a lucrative income source for the Clintons. Bill Clinton, who began give paid speeches shortly after leaving the White House in 2001, has earned upwards of $100 million for his speaking engagements.  Hillary Clinton followed suit after leaving the State Department in 2013 and is reported to make over $200,000 per speech." While Huffington reports  that much of they money they earn is donated to the Clinton Foundation, they do not make it clear how important a charity that is. The foundation's statement is, "We convene businesses, governments, NGOs, and individuals to improve global health and wellness, increase opportunity for women and girls, reduce childhood obesity, create economic opportunity and growth and help communities address the effects of climate change."  Either HuffPost doesn't know how to complete a story or they wanted to suggest that all that money went into the Clintons' pockets.

Earth has rings, just like Saturn.

Generally I consider all Republican politicians morons, but I'm finding it hard to believe that one of them is really as stupid as this recent news item reports.  It seems that Kentucky state Senator Brandon Smith recently asserted that man-made climate change is scientifically implausible. His evidence is that Mars and Earth share exactly the same temperature. First of all, even if that were true, I don't really know what that would prove. But of course the average third-grader knows it isn't true. While earth has an average temperature of 57 degrees Fahrenheit, Mars is a teensy bit colder at 81 degrees below zero. Amazingly Smith is the owner of a mining company called Mohawk Energy, which must have been left to him by a somewhat smarter relative.  Like most greedy GOPs, he is against the new carbon emission regulations from the EPA which obviously have caused him to lose all reason if he ever had any. It's a pity that before he made this humiliating statement, he didn't ask about the temperature on Mars from fellow Republican, Florida Governor Rick Scott, who I am convinced is a Martian.