Archive for April, 2009

A Modest Proposal

Filed in National by on April 21, 2009 15 Comments

Mr Cheney, I hereby challenge you to a test of torture.  Over the course of a few days, I will have trained professionals administer enhanced interrogation techniques to you.  You will be subjected to nothing stronger than we have subjected the detainees that we have held in the War on Terror to.  You will be […]

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Really, I’m Okay With This

Filed in National by on April 21, 2009 33 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present the “new” Republican Party. Cheney Gingrich Cantor Jindal Palin Limbaugh Boehner Beck Bachmann Steele This line up works for me! *There are plenty more names to add to this list. I have simply chosen the most vocal and most recognizable to the average voter.  Pretty sweet.

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I hope, honestly, he goes to hell to pay for his sins.

Filed in National by on April 21, 2009 6 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6LtL9lCTRA[/youtube] 57 seconds in…”This government does not torture people.” “The American people expect their government to take action to prevent them from further attack.” Greatest. President. Ever. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHSQJ-OlY2g[/youtube] “Nobody predicted anyone would have flown airplanes…” 2:03 “I don’t get hurt because we don’t torture.” 2:29 “Everything we did was..was legal opinions behind it”  (wow, stunning […]

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‘Bulo’s Top 10 Republican Targets for 2010-#5

Filed in National by on April 21, 2009 21 Comments

9th Representative District-Dick Cathcart, House Minority Leader Democratic insiders will tell you that no one ran a more disappointing 2008 campaign than Becky Walker against Dick Cathcart. Her entire campaign should be a case study on how not to take a second run at somebody. OK, you’ve convinced him, El Somnambulo will provide a brief […]

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More Dishonesty on the DHS Extremists Reports — Part II

Filed in National by on April 21, 2009 14 Comments

I want to be really clear about why I don’t think that these Threat Assessments are as threatening to run-of-the-mill wingnuts as they are so very eager to claim. Let’s start with what the US News and World Report wrote back in 2005 n the occasion of a SPLC report on right wing terror: In […]

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QOD

Filed in National by on April 21, 2009 8 Comments

What would you like the QOD to be? For the next several Days I will be using the Questions you post as QOD’s. Allowing you to discuss with us and others pressing questions you have…or not pressing too. Anything is on the table.

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Poll: Favorite Stooge?

Filed in National by on April 21, 2009 45 Comments

Discuss.

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Key Obama Official Buys Fusion Hybrid…from Sheridan Ford!

Filed in National by on April 21, 2009 8 Comments

Tres cool. Delaware’s own David Plouffe, who as you all know was Presidential Campaign Manager for Barack Obama and is now a senior advisor to the President, purchased a Ford Fusion Hybrid this weekend at Sheridan Ford on the Kirkwood Highway. The Fusion is apparently a fave of the Obama Administration (Memo to Joe Sheridan: […]

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Miss California Brings On The Stupid

Filed in National by on April 21, 2009 23 Comments

… Or, given her stunning answer, perhaps her country of California wants to secede as well. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOa_9ftwlbM[/youtube]

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Late Night Music Video: Be Your Own Pet – The Kelly Affair

Filed in National by on April 20, 2009 0 Comments

A song about the cult classic movie “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls”. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSZYSlBNGrw[/youtube] everybody here parties all the time; everybody here’s got sex on their minds

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Late Night Oddity: How To Be A Cougar

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h/t adchick

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The GOP Has Got Nothing: Delaware Edition

Filed in National by on April 20, 2009 9 Comments

The DE GOP’s thought leader says…. The biggest impediment to a country’s success is abusive and corrupt governments. Of course he is talking about George Bush right? If the rival thought leader in the DE GOP wrote THIS about John Atkins, I’ll eat my hat.

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Uhhhhh, run that by me again Mary?

Filed in National by on April 20, 2009 8 Comments

Perhaps embyros prefer to be used in cell research Many have been stored, will not be used, and subsequently will be destroyed. If these embryos are sentient and have a soul, is it possible that they might prefer to be used in the search for cures for some of the most miserable diseases suffered by […]

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