The Current Media Distraction

For the umteenth time, No, Clinton DID NOT do it too. It’s amazing how easy it is to get total bullshit into the national discourse. Read the link, or the post below. Better yet, some insight from Stephen Colbert.



Five Stages of being a typical Republicunt from Mahablog

You’ve no doubt heard of the five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance). I’ve come to realize something like that goes on among righties whenever a new Republican scandal washes ashore. I propose that the five stages of reaction to a scandal are:
1. Ignoring

2. Belittling

3. Blaming the Media

4. Evoking Bill Clinton.

5. Boredom
That last stage allows the sufferer to return to stage 1 and ignore the issue. Also note that righties don’t necessarily go through these stages in order or even one stage at a time.

And if that doesn't work, we add:

6. OHHH MAAHHHH GAAWWWWWD! THE TERRORISTS ARE GOING TO KILL US ALL!!!! (Like THIS)

7. Look at the shiny object!

The Rude Pundit provides an example:

Here's some of the stuff that was blocked out on Mohammed's brand new, attorney-firing distraction of a confession:

Ten Other Things Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Claims Responsibility For:

1. The long delay between seasons of The Sopranos.

2. Telling his captors to use more electricity on his left testicle for that is the way Allah makes him hang.

3. George W. Bush's re-election.

4. Those Head-On commercials. Terrorism in its purest form.

5. Sneezing on that CIA agent after a particularly long waterboarding session. And the agent's ensuing sniffles.

6. That burnt flavor in every cup of Starbucks coffee.

7. Splattering urine on the Koran after being tossed naked, shivering, and wet into a 50-degree cell and needing to take a piss really bad.

8. An upsurge in white t-shirt sales with a concomitant decline in back waxings throughout the Muslim world.

9. Ishtar.

10. American pride, man, American pride.

I wonder if he took credit for Katrina, for outing Plame, and for firing all those Federal Attorneys too.

Clinton Says Some G.I.’s in Iraq Would Remain

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton foresees a “remaining military as well as political mission” in Iraq, and says that if elected president, she would keep a reduced military force there to fight Al Qaeda, deter Iranian aggression, protect the Kurds and possibly support the Iraqi military.

She's toast. It's anybody but Hillary now. One month she calls for immediate withdrawal, next month she plans to stay forever.

But then again, no matter who gets elected the next President, we are not leaving Iraq. The oil companies are negotiating contracts. The candidates are getting their donations. The price of gas is near record highs. We occupy the largest oil reserves on the planet. American companies are reaping record profits in Iraq and we have built massive PERMANENT military bases. Our government is owned by corporations and AIPAC so the will of WE THE PEOPLE matters not to them, so don't expect much from any party more than tough talk.

I'm NOT going to bother watching the Five Minutes Hate network news tonite because it will be all about the torture induced confession that the government has had for quite awhile, but made it public now to change the subject.