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Check out this video. It's a perfect example of my frame of mind when I talk to commenters over at TSM.

And some here.

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Absolutely!

I don't talk enough about religion on here. That really needs to change. After all, I now have become good friends with THREE (count 'em, 3!) evangelical ministers. Most of you know that I am a believer in Jesus Christ as our savior and I think He, in guiding me on this path towards these three folks, is teaching me a lesson.

No...I'm not going to become an evangelical conservative. I know plenty of you are disappointed:) What he is trying to tell me, I think, is to check my bias at the door of His temple. I've always found the evangelicals to be restrictive, narrow minded, intolerant, and ignorant. The issue of homosexuality has always been the biggest dynamite stick. But there are times like this when I am happy to be proven wrong.

One of EM friends, a pastor from Missouri, sent me this link on Face Book the other day. It's something I have been saying for years.

In creating works of art, you are exercising your own freedom of expression, a freedom many people do not experience because they are bound by religious customs and unwritten codes and rules

So wonderful and true. But how does this relate to God?

The creative process is something God went through and goes through in the creation of our exposition, the very planet we live on.

When you create a piece of art, you are experientially understanding God.

Art matters, so keep creating, even as God is creating, for your pleasure and for His.

These are just the best bits from the post so please go and read the whole thing. I was pretty stunned that he forwarded this to me as I've always seen the evangelical conservative as being pro-censorship when it came to being creative and artistic...especially if those expressions were in any way, in their view, against the will of God.

I am proud to say that I was wrong. Perhaps there is hope after all. Hope through creativity and artistic expression...nice!

Never Owned

I get a lot of lip on here about how I am "owned" by some of the commenters here and all of them over at TSM. Given what has happened in the last few months, I'm curious....in what reality do they reside?

A few months ago, I was told by many members of the Cult that Toyota was the model for running a car manufacturer. Toyota doesn't have to deal with all the "socialist bull shit" of Detroit and President Hussein. Apparently, they don't deal with quality control as well.

This is but one example of the constant whining I hear about the "free market" and if government just stayed out of the business of private industry (see: turn the other way when we fuck people over and laugh all the way to our third vacation home), all would be well. Private industry can take care of itself and needs very little regulation or oversight (see: already happening). The free market is wonderful and all who earn profit are Christ like. All who are remotely critical of private industry and/or call for sensible oversight and regulation are communists who hate Jesus and want to send us all to re-education camps.

That is, of course, until private industry royally fucks up and comes crying to the government for help. And that's just what we have now with BP, Haliburton, and Transocean.

Of course, I could write post after post about how there needs to be more regulation but they will get me nowhere. It doesn't fit with Ayn Randian Cult narrative. Thus, we will always have 30-40 million people that will NEVER believe that private industry can fuck up this badly. Instead, I'm going to take a different tack.

I submit that whenever the come to Jesus moment arrives for those who worship the free market, they are fucking cowards. They will wiggle and squirt to deflect blame and not take any responsibility (as we see now with the testimony in front of Congress) ultimately ending up begging for help from the government they rip whenever they get the chance.

Believers of Ayn Rand can ignore reality all they want, as we see in nary a post regarding BP or Toyota at TSM, but sooner or later it's going to bite them in the ass. Actually, I would say a Jaws like chomp. When that happens, watch them fall all over themselves...yelling...that the government (see: Help Me, Daddy!) needs to help out with greater vigor. We've seen it already as some Cult leaders are saying that this is "Obama's Katrina."

As always, I'm willing to be proven wrong. So, what do you say, Ayn Rand zombies? Are you and the executives of BP going to roll up your sleeves and start cleaning oil off of fish and birds?

Or are the cleaners going to be the people you deride as tree huggers bent on destroying us all in the flames of fascism/communism/socialism?

Hmmm?

That's (Not) Racist!

The topic of affirmative action has come up again in comments and, as it usually does, made me chuckle. Bring up affirmative action in a group of conservatives and be prepared for an onslaught of wordy squirts. They will scream and stomp their feet about how liberals are racist because they support quotas...screwing themselves into a monumentally deep chasm of denial of their own racism. They completely fail to see that the reason why affirmative action laws were made in the first place were to insure that non whites got the same opportunity for education and jobs as whites. Back in the day, people didn't want niggers and chinks working at their place of business or going to their schools. So, they wouldn't hire them and thus we started to see these laws.

But things are different now. No doubt, there still are plenty of people who discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, or skin color. As I mentioned yesterday, if you are one of these people, chances are that you are a Republican. More than likely, you are one of the people I mention above who scream and stomp their feet about how it's liberals, not conservatives, that are racist because of affirmative action.

A funny thing happened, though, on the way to equality. There is a small but growing number of liberal organizations in liberal states that have figured out a much better way to combat racism. The states of California, Michigan, and Washington, certainly not known as conservative strongholds, have banned school admissions and hiring practices based on gender, race or sexual orientation. At first glance, this may seem like an affirmative action ban. It's actually not.

In fact, it's fucking brilliant.

In each of these states, it is now ILLEGAL to not hire someone because they are black, for example. People must hire other people solely based on their qualifications and nothing more. So if the Acme Warehouse in Tacoma, WA refuses to hire someone who is black, they are subject to state prosecution. They have to prove that they have hired the most qualified candidate if any issue of racial bias comes up. In essence, they are forced to look past skin color and that's exactly the way it should be.

Schools and universities must admit students based on their grades and test scores alone. California schools noticed no drop off whatsoever of non white admissions after this law was enacted. Kids work hard and they get into school. That's just the way it should be but that's not even the best part.

The best part is that liberal organizations in these states have figured out a way to eliminate yet another "tap into your inner rage" issue from the Cult and render it moot. By hiring the best possible person for the job, there is nothing with which to have a ten year old temper tantrum. Yea!!! (clap clap:)) And anyone that won't hire Spics at their place of business is going to get a rectal probe by state authorities.

So, Notes From the Front is calling on all states to enact similar laws. Make it illegal to not hire someone based on their gender, sexual orientation, or skin color. Hire the best possible people for each job. Admit the hardest working students.

And show the Cult that their narrow vision is getting even smaller.

News On The March!!!

Big doings across our country today...

First of all we have the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Stevens. I guess I'm wondering how someone without any bench experience should be on the SCOTUS. Add in the fact that she is going to have to recuse herself from over 90 percent of the cases the SCOTUS hears in the next year because she is now solicitor general of the United States.

As expected, both sides are all uptizzy about her nomination. The left wanted Wood, a more liberal judge, and thinks that Kagan was too much of a champion of Bush era executive power issues. The Cult thinks she's a liberal activist judge who wants to kill their babies, take away their guns, and send them to re-education camps so nothing new there.

My view is that she's just OK. I think he would've done better with Garland or Wood. The fact that they both have bench experience and could actually hear cases and rule on them make them better choices. I think President Obama had other factors in mind.

Moving out west I see that the GOP purity test has been given to Bob Bennett of Utah and he has failed. Voting for TAARP and trying to solve the health care issue with Ron Wyden added together means exile from the Cult. Doesn't he know that the golden glow of the free market would've easily solved the health care issue and the government always fails? What a fool. More and more, we are seeing the move further to the right on candidates from the GOP. Again, I must ask, how does that translate to victory when it's the middle of the country that decides elections?

I am still holding steady at 17 pick ups in the House and 5 in the Senate for the GOP in the fall election. That number could fall, however, if we see statements from Harry Reid's challenger in Nevada, Sue Lowden, similar to her solution to the rising costs of health care. Lowden said that "bartering is really good" to "get prices down in a hurry," and even urged people to "go ahead and barter with your doctor."Lowden subsequently doubled down, saying that in the old days, people traded chickens for health care, adding: "I'm not backing off of that system."

Finally...this just in...99 percent of the GOP are not racist. At least, that was what was asserted to me by all of my conservative friends after Bill Maher's recent comment on This Week on ABC.

Not all conservatives are racist but if you are racist, chances are you are probably a Republican.

True, indeed, Bill. Why is it so hard for them to admit this? The titanic level of denial is amazing to behold. The Democrats have a much longer history of racism in this country. As soon as Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act, however, Nixon employed his southern strategy and now all the former Dixiecrats are Republicans. It's not particle theory, folks. Take a look at this map.

See the giant concentration of RED in the Dixie states? That's where the people live who don't like black people and they all vote Republican. They are the base. So, please, stop insulting my intelligence and playing games. Maher is right. If you are a racist, chances are you don't like President Obama (he's black) and you are a Republican.

File this under: NO SHIT...which is where it fucking belongs.

Mystery Solved

For the longest time I have wondered where conservatives like Tim Pawlenty get their economic advice. Now I know.

"A few days ago," Minnesota Gov. Pawlenty related, "I was having breakfast with my wife, my 91-year-old mother-in-law and daughters, 17 and 13. On TV there was a news report about the financial situation in Greece. Out of the blue, my 13-year-old said, 'This is going to be us pretty soon.' I almost dropped my fork. This is an eighth-grader."

Wow. Awesome. A 13 year old girl is now an economic adviser for a GOP 2010 Presidential hopeful. That certainly explains quite a bit.

It's not surprising, though, that she thinks this as it has been a major talking point from the Cult over the last few weeks. Using FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) while simultaneously unleashing a load of wordy squirts, conservatives of our land have decided that Greece's economic woes are just a foreshadowing for what is going to come here...aka this:

















Of course, many Cult followers are under the impression that Greece is a socialist/communist/fascist country. In fact, it is a parliamentary republic. Israel is another example of a parliamentary republic. Yet another would be South Africa.

Per the usual vitriol, the reason given by the Cult that Greece is having so many financial problems is due to the commie run spend machine that runs their country. While there is no doubt that spending was a problem, there was nothing communist about it. In fact, one of the main reasons why there was such a crisis of confidence in the Greek economy was their complete failure to impose any sort of discipline on tax collections. When only 300 people report having swimming pools on their taxes out of the 16,000 that actually have them, one has to wonder where the Greek government gets their income.

Ironically, young Ms. Pawlenty is right about one thing. We should be worrying about Greece but not because we will become them someday. We ARE them right now in the sense that our economy is global. This is a tough nut to crack for the Cult who, on the whole, wish that "fir-ners would leave us alone with their pinko faggot ways." We are all in this together now, folks, and trying to isolate ourselves economically from the world is just plain stupid. China learned that lesson quickly and look where they are today. If someone farts in the Federated States of Micronesia and Wall Street doesn't like the smell, my IRA is going into the shitter. And this would be because, even more ironically, Wall Street is run by a group of people who have the emotional maturity of a 13 year old girl.

Now, I know many of you are wondering...what about all that spending? Well, take some time and research the historical tables on spending, debt, and deficits located here at the White House web site. Table 1.2 shows deficit spending at 14.8, 30.8, 23.3, and 22.0 percent of GDP for the years 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945 respectively. During that time, we defeated the greatest army the world has ever seen and after that time we had the biggest boom in our country's history. Our deficit spending for last year was 10.9 and will be 11.2 percent for this year...both still considerably lower than any of the WWII figures.

Examine the federal debt in Table 7.1 for the same period and compare it to today. In 1946, we had a federal debt of 126 percent of GDP!! At the end of 2009 we were at 83.4. Certainly, this is high but consider the post war years and examine the decline. It took us five years just to get back to where we are today. And that time was considered an economic boom with virtually no one screaming about us becoming "like Greece."

We've weathered far worse than this, dear readers, and we still have our Triple A credit rating. We're not going to become like Greece and even a 13 year old can see the difference between our two countries...assuming, of course, that the 13 year old has not been programmed by the Cult.

The Cult In Action

Check this video out.



Apparently, Mr. Fitzpatrick thinks that President Obama has no legal right to be president. In addition, he thinks that Mr. Pettway has no legal right not to convene a grand jury in Monroe County, Tennessee to indict Mr. Obama. Because I know there is NO WAY any of this is racist, I'll leave that angle alone. Plus, the story gets even better.

After this video was released, Darren Huff "rose up" and demanded Fitzpatrick's release. Huff got in his truck -- emblazoned with the Oath Keepers logo on the side -- and drove to Monroe County with a Colt. 45 and an AK-47. Huff made it clear that he was armed and that he planned to go to the courthouse and arrest county officials -- who he called "domestic enemies of the United States engaged in treason"-- in order to turn them over to state police to put in jail. Not surprising, Huff had no success in arresting any Monroe County officials. Perhaps they were busy helping out with the flooding in other parts of the state (see: something that actually matters in reality as opposed to psychoville).

The next day, however, Mr. Huff starting talking about his experience in a broadcast. Huff said he told the county troopers: "I can probably think of five different ways to Sunday that you guys have violated [your] oath," by stopping him and trying to temporarily confiscate his weapons. "So the reality is I could place you under citizen's arrest for doing this. But we're trying to play nice here."

Probably not the wisest move in Mr. Huff's career as this broadcast got the attention of the FBI who said he had the means and intent to cause violence (see: no shit). They have since placed him under house arrest.

I predict we are going to be seeing a lot more of this in the next two years especially if the GOP sees minimal gains in the midterms as I predict they will. The question is how much of it has to happen before I get a conservative on here to say, "OK. Our side is worse. We do have a problem."

Where Exactly?

There's still much chatter on the Right about how President Obama has "failed" to help out regarding the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico. It's quite obvious they are trying to find a Katrina like event at which they can stomp their feet and point.

Setting aside the amusing fact that any mistakes Obama makes won't erase the enormous errors made by all levels of government during Katrina, isn't the Right all about strict interpretations of the Constitution these days? Answer: Yes. They scream about health care not being a right nor being commerce. They howl about spending, taxes, and states rights. Now, they are letting loose huge volleys of the wordy squirts about the federal government not doing enough to contain this oil spill.

But where exactly in the Constitution does it say that falls under federal power? Make no mistake, I think the federal government (who is US b to the w) should be helping out but that's because I'm not hyper paranoid about them. So, to the ones that champion the Constitution and think our government should help in the oil spill, what section of the Constitution details this responsibility?

All Politics Are Local (and mine blow ass).

A few weeks ago, I sat in the auditorium at the MN-03 Congressional District Convention and watched 83 Democrats vote for a fucking health care lobbyist to be their endorsed nominee to run against Erik Paulsen, the Republican who currently represents my district. Jim Meffert beat Maureen Hackett 83 to 72 and will face Mr. Paulsen in the fall election. Dr. Hackett would've had an uphill battle against Paulsen but certainly was quite a contrast to him. Meffert offers no real contrast to Paulsen and will be buried by GOP money and bullshit. He also used to peddle health care to the government for a living so I'm wondering just how far those 83 people had their heads up their asses.

Equally moronic is the Democrat's choice to run for governor in our state: Margaret Anderson Kelliher. Kelliher is the speaker of our state house and has a few ethical issues. She's also pretty far left and, in our state, that's a bad thing if you are running for governor. We like our gubnatorial candidates moderate and independent. Not to mention the fact that she's...well...fat. What kind of an image does that project to people when she talks about health care, specifically preventative medicine? The mayor of Minneapolis, R.T. Rybak, would've made much better choice. He had the youth and energy within and behind him and would've likely beaten either of the GOP choices.

The GOP decided on the "Old White People Paranoia" candidate, Tom Emmer who recently suggested that our state should throw out most federal laws and effectively secede from the union. I'm having a difficult time trying to figure out how moving farther to the right makes you a winnable candidate. The other candidate, Marty Seifert, would've cleaned up and won against Kelliher but alas, he was not pure enough. So, in our governor's race, I'm seeing another independent victory if the candidate has even a quarter of the charisma of former governor Jesse Ventura.

Essentially, I'm pretty pissed off. The Democrats had a golden opportunity to win back a seat in the US Congress and elect a Democratic governor. They will sadly have neither now and it's largely due to group think. They sit around and convince themselves that their candidate is the best in their little bubble but they never think about the general public and its mood. MN-03 is 50 percent independent and votes for moderates who are distinctive. That was Maureen Hackett and she had the best chance of winning. Every four years they put up the absolute worst fucking candidate for governor and scratch their heads after they lose wondering what went wrong. Well, they had a good candidate in Mayor Rybak and they fucked up...AGAIN!

Any protestations by people like myself, who are fairly active in the party, fall on deaf ears which makes the whole thing even more frustrating. One would think that yet another loss would change their minds. It won't.

Because you can add dumb and blind to the triad of idiocy that is the Minnesota Democratic Party.

Silly, Silly Cult

I figured it was only a matter of time before it cropped up in comments and now that I have received a few emails I might as well put up a post about it. The Cult is now comparing President Obama's response to the oil spill to President Bush's "response" to Katrina.

Setting aside the fact that they are two completely different situations (see: people died in Katrina and act of nature as opposed to act of a private corporation), I have to wonder what all the fuss is about. I was under the impression that when it came to private industry, the government shouldn't interfere. This accident was the fault of BP and shouldn't they shoulder the responsibility free from government meddling? Perhaps they (along with the Cult) should use their free market ideals inspired by Ayn Rand and clean up the spill. After all, the government only fucks things up more and will eventually enslave us in re-educations camps.

In fact, I remember a commenter over at TSM by the handle of Unix-Jedi who told me that the federal government shouldn't be expected to do anything. What could they possibly do anyway?

Oh, Charles....

Governor Charlie Crist made it official yesterday and left the GOP. This move has thrown the Florida Senate race into quite a state making it essentially a three way tie.

One would think that this would be the year to be GOP. History shows us quite clearly that the first election after a new president traditionally means losses for the part occupying the White House. While I still think there will be some losses, the GOP is basically fucked and this whole Crist thing shows us why.

The Cult is basically running the GOP now with any moderate Republicans cowering in fear of losing any power they have. Let's recall rule #1 of the Cult.

1. Quickly withdraw into the group and distrust the outside world.

You can always tell if someone is in the Cult or not when they start to turn on their own. Crist is not to be trusted, they say, because he isn't pure. He makes decisions based on what he thinks is best or the right thing to do. According to the Cult, any decision that does not strictly adhere to their belief system is completely wrong and said person making the decision is a heretic.

Remember this other characteristic of the Cult?

3. Have their own vocabulary

Anytime you hear someone say something like "Crist is RINO (Republican in Name Only)" or "He doesn't pass the purity test" then you know that they are in the Cult and they have their own vocabulary.

So, I'm still wondering how the GOP can win MORE votes if they continue to drive people who are more moderate away from the party. It makes no sense to me but neither does their overall ideology which, in addition to being borderline psychotic, has no practical application in the world today.

Again, I must ask, if the GOP does not see significant gains this fall, what does that mean?

All Is Forgiven

It's quite a world we live in, folks. Apparently, I can waltz over to North Minneapolis, find an African American, call them a "nigger," and then if they call me a racist, they are the ones that are at fault.

That's basically what happened to British PM Gordon Brown. In a campaign stop, he listened to a woman complain about Eastern Europeans coming in and taking over. Still mic'd, he called her a bigot. The world press is now saying he made a gaffe and he has been falling over himself to apologize. In fact, they have made this woman out to be a victim and now she has her own PR person.

Am I missing something here? The woman was a bigot and he called her on it. Who the fuck cares? And why is any of it his fault?

The same bullshit is happening here. Call someone a racist and you are immediately worse than them. Better still, they are now completely innocent! All is forgiven. The ass hat machine of the Cult will be up your ass with a tweezers and before you know it, the bigots are the victims. Trot out Al Sharpton and then the party really gets started with hate, anger and rage crowd.

Fucking beautiful.

The Rove

I'm not embarrassed to admit that it's taken me awhile but I think I've finally figured out a key tactic employed by the Cult. It is my hope that this will end, once and for all, the titanic and monumental level of frustration that is felt by those of us who call them on their insane bullshit. I call this tactic The Rove. Obviously named after Karl, here's how it works.

To the left is a photograph of my bald head. As we can all clearly see, I am folically challenged. Now, I want you all to imagine me walking up to a man with a full head of hair and shouting, "Hey!! Baldy!!! Nice chrome dome...can I brush my teeth in that gleaming reflection that is your giant melon?!!!?"

What would his first reaction be? What would yours be if you witnessed me doing this? At the very least, he and you would be flabbergasted. I'm obviously the one who is bald, not the Fabio dude with a full head of hair. It makes no sense whatsoever.

And that's just what debating a Cult member is like. They attack you with what is, in fact, their greatest weakness. They scream about the Constitution yet actively deny rights to a large percentage of our population. They decry government intervention, accusing President Obama of being a fascist, and yet support the AZ immigration law, extreme intervention in the name of national security as well as cheering jingoistic nationalism. They accuse President Obama of being a racist and preaching hate speech when they do it on a daily fucking basis.

In short, they are completely full of shit.

Even here in comments, we see it played out. I don't "talk about the issues" or "examine key points of legislation" even though I do all the time. All I do is call the right "Nazi homophobes" even though I just recently wrote about being completely wrong about Reagan. I am "unbending" and "refuse to see the facts" yet I have recently concluded that my ideas regarding good capitalism are woefully outdated thanks to Jim Manzi.

Look closely at the people who lean right here who post in comments. Have they changed their mind about ANYTHING? Will they ever admit that they are wrong about something? One would hope so, given the facts, but I'm not holding my breath.

The Rove essentially betrays a complete lack of knowledge on a particular issue combined with an eight year old stubbornness. It is an easy way to deflect serious thought on an issue and propel it into a realm devoid of facts, logic, and reasoning. To be fair, I think many of them don't even know that they are doing this. They are trained to say these things and really know no other way.

But there are those who do know and now that I have finally figured out this little tactic, I have noticed that my frustration level is at an all time low if even present at all.

I've conquered a mountain, folks. I'm surprised it's taken me this long but I'm certainly not perfect. Now that I can simply reply with "Ah...the Rove" instead of pulling those few hairs left on the top of my head (see above photo) out, I am free to focus on bigger and brighter pastures:)

Barely Making It

How many of you have been watching the Hanks/Spielberg series "The Pacific?" I just watched Part Seven last night and it was devastating. The last two episodes have centered around the Battle of Peleliu which was one of the worst (if not the worst) battle of the war. They make the first 20 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" seem moderate if not mild.

So, today, I find myself missing my grandfather who passed on April 1, 2008 at the age of 92. I need to review the transcripts that he made awhile back about his experience in the Pacific Theater from 1942-1945. I think he was at Peleliu but I'm not sure. I really want to create a great living history unit ( a la Tomlinson) and center it around this particular phase of the war using his words. He was a combat engineer whose chief mission was to sneak behind enemy lines and map out terrain so the guys could navigate easier.

I also need to make a trip to Target and buy the econo-pack of Kleenex. The last two parts have left me bawling pretty much for the solid hour and I'm not ashamed to admit that I am barely making it through each chapter.

The Cult's Prayer

Check this FaceBook page out.

It's essentially a group of 1, 143, 914 people that are praying for Barack Obama to die. Why?


















But what they are actually thinking is this Cult Delusion.


















I suppose I could try to prove that none of this is going to happen but that won't stop this one million plus group from believing that their lives will be better if President Obama is dead. Check out the comments on the page's wall. Real nice.

I'm trying very hard to compare these people to the Bush haters but it's not even close. The film, Death of a President, was more of a fake documentary in the style of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds. The hate, anger, and fear in these people is at an all time high. I still contend that the GOP is going to reap minimal gains in the fall. Combine this possible outcome with passage of financial reform, immigration reform, and energy legislation (with a dash of Cult leader fervor from Palin, Limbaugh, Bachmann, and Beck) and what's going to happen?

Cletus McYokel and his pals decide it's time to rope them a socialigger.

The List

We've been hearing a lot in the news lately about how the federal government has violated the US Constitution. The essential gripe of many of these people who are saying this is that laws should be left up to the states. I submit that it is actually the states that are in violation of the Constitution in several ways. Here's one of them.

The Constitution is very specific about the kind of laws states can make. Take a look at Amendment XIV, Section I

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

It seems pretty clear to me. The following states are in absolute violation of this amendment:

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• Nevada
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
  
• Washington
• Wisconsin
  
• West Virginia
• Wyoming

That's 42 states, folks, that will not recognize that all citizens have equal privileges under the law. How have they done this?

In one form or another, they have all banned same sex marriage and, as a result, citizens who are in same sex relationships do not have the same rights that married people do.

So, if you hear people screaming on the news about their Constitutional rights being violated, ask them about this list. See if they can justify what is clearly a violation of their rights.

Of course, many of these people, in addition to thinking we still live in the year 1867, think that the amendments to the Constitution stop at ten:) Oh, wait. That would mean we still live in the year 1794.

My bad.

Two Words

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the "Show Me Your Papers, Jew" bill into law yesterday making it perfectly legal for police to stop any "Mexican looking" person on the street and ask for papers. If they don't have papers on their persons at all times, off to the gulag!

To any of you hypocritical douche bags who are whining about "fascist states" under Barack Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi, I have one question for you: Why are you supporting the creation of one?

And two words for you:

"Fuck" and "Off."

Give This Man A Microphone

The United States military has formally charged Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin with failure to follow orders. Lakin has refused to report for a tour of duty to Afghanistan because he thinks that President Obama was not born here. He says he will report for duty when President Obama produces a birth certificate.

Not supporting our troops in Afghanistan, specifically by not giving them medical aid in the case of Lakin, is now being cheered by the Cult as a show of mental fortitude. Lakin has been making his rounds on the right wing talk show circuit and being lauded by notable felons like G. Gordon Liddy and Oliver North. I say that he should be given a speaking slot at the GOP convention this fall.

I think voters should see that, despite the fact that a birth certificate has been produced several times and that it doesn't matter if he was born in another country (he can still be a US citizen), this is how a "true patriot" is defined by the Cult.

That would be one who stands strong in his beliefs regardless of the facts.

News on the March!!!

From the ROTFLMFAO desk we have this story:

Kenya Throws Down On Tea Partiers: We Got Your 'Real Tea Party' Right Here!

As most people know, many people in the Cult think that President Obama wasn't born in this country and thus has no legal right to be president. Even though the state of Hawaii has confirmed the fact that he has been born here many times and one actually does not have to be born here to be a citizen, they still can't accept it. So, this would be why we see all the "Go back to Kenya" stuff coming from the Cult rallies.

What many people probably don't know (and in yet another hilarious bit of irony), Kenya is the world's #1 tea exporter. So, Kenyans have decided to hold their own Tea rally on Tuesday April 27th in Washington DC. I guess there will be a buffet, tea pairings, and some tea lea readings. The last one is sure to elicit cries of satanic worship from our very own (Christian) version of Al Qaeda. Everyone is welcome. Here's the invitation:) Bring the kids!

In a related story we have this (fake?) story from the Onion.

Like Hell I'm Going To Let Some Black President Help Me Pay For Dialysis

Just who does this Afro-American occupant of the highest office in the land think he is, anyway? Look, I've got nothing against black people, but some of them act like the whole world owes them something. For example, important government subsidies on my dialysis.

Obama needs to know that there's still one American willing to watch his body drown in its own deadly internal toxins rather than have long-overdue reform crammed down his throat.

Seriously, when Obama's done drumming up support for legislation that might allow me to see my daughter graduate from college and prevent me from dying before my 50th birthday, what's next on the agenda? Will he try to keep my life's savings from evaporating in a stock market that operates free of serious governmental oversight? Is there any aspect of capitalism run amok that this guy won't tamper with?

And now from the WTF desk...

Democrats Top G.O.P. in Fund-Raising for Midterms

According to party figures, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised nearly $10 million in March compared with $8 million for the National Republican Congressional Committee. House Democrats ended the first quarter with $26 million in the bank compared with $10 million for House Republicans.

In the Senate, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee raised $6 million and had $17 million in the bank, while the National Republican Senatorial Committee took in $5.1 million and had $15 million available to spend.

I was under the impression that I was supposed to be "afraid" of the elections this fall and that the Cult was going to take back both houses of Congress. How can this be when the Democrats have beat them in fundraising? Boy, that sure does have to suck for a group of people that worships money the way they do. And that means that the Democratic base is energized.

What now, Cultists?

Oh, I know. Let's defend the financial institutions that nearly destroyed our country with hair brained schemes, say it was all the government's fault, and call President Obama a Marxist.

Show Me Your Papers, Jew

I am beginning to regret being as nice as I was on Sunday in my column entitled "The Hitler Checklist." Honestly, I only went about 60 percent at the Cult for their obvious Nazi-like tactics. With the near certain passage of the new immigration bill in Arizona, I'm going to add in the extra 40 percent.

BLK wrote in comments in that post that the Cult has certain code words they use that are similar to the ones the Nazis used in the 1930s and 40s. Here was his comment.

Uses overt or covert racist messages and code words. For example,

• "Real Americans" = "conservative white Americans"
• "welfare queens" = "unwed black mothers"
• "illegal immigrant" = "any Mexican"
• "states rights"="we should be able to segregate blacks into inferior schools, discriminate against anyone we want and not pay federal taxes".

His "illegal immigrant" definition is right on target considering the new AZ law. The legislation, which has yet to be signed by Gov. Jan Brewer, would make it a crime to be in the state illegally and require law enforcement officers to check the legal status of those they suspect are undocumented.

Basically that means that the police can ask for the papers of any non white person in AZ and be within their full legal rights. Any Time. Any Place. Instead of "Show me your papers, Jew" it's "Show me your papers, wetback."

Of course, this doesn't seem to be a problem for the millions of Tea Partiers marching all over the country and protesting the "fascist" takeover of our government by the Marxist Barrack Obama. One would think that they would have a problem with what is clearly the SAME tactic used by the Nazis. But no...

Oh no.

Why?

Well, it's a bunch of fucking spics...that's why.

I hope Mexican Americans in Arizona turn out in droves on November 2nd and send John McCain, who is in full support of this bill, to the Shady Acres retirement home.