IF YOU AIN'T PISSED

... you ain't alive.

I have built a better mousetrap!

So why the fuck hasn't the world beaten a path to my door?

The truth

is...

I suck.

And so do you.

But, unfortunately, many of you don't realize it.

And that has made all the difference.

Wha thu fu?????

WTF ever happened to bloggy apps that allowed us to pile on when we found MOST RIGHTEOUS TRUTH out there^TM?

How can I echo the bold, righteous words of my brothers like A SILBER if you don't let me link to them?

I am terribly put out. And you can quote me.

FAUX NEWS SUCKS

...the others merely tease the head of Government's dick.

WAR --- HUH! (Good God y'all)...

WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?

Uh... absolutely big bucks for the Masters of War^TM that pull the strings of their Washingtonian marionettes. Raytheon! O! Raytheon! How many millions per kill did'ja make for the recent fusillade of Tomahawks in our newest and bestest war for Freedom^TM and Peace^TM and Good Shit Like That^TM in Libya? Even if ya kill't nobody, how much did'ja make? And even if ya kil't only women and children an' suckling babies, how much did'ja make? What will the quarterly report say? Will the shareholders weep or rejoice? And if they weep, will it be for the slaughter of innocents or for the loss of earnings? And if they rejoice - well, how can any human being with at least a shard of their soul left stand with those who rejoice in the death of innocents?

Never underestimate the depravity of humankind when real money is on the line.

No deal

But, gentle readers, you surely know by now that no such deal with God is in the offing.

So, what do we do - those of us with a soul inside this carcass we call a body- to stop this inhumanity (much of which is happily wrought by our "exceptional" nation)?

Simple.

WITHHOLD YOUR SUPPORT.

NO donations to Dems, those traitorous, sociopathic scumbags.
NO political action on behalf of ANY Democrat.

And...

LIGHT CANDLES in support of the DEATH of every single mother-fucking tea-bagging, hypocritical republican on the face of God's green earth... but pray for the souls of all who are yet within the reach of God's grace...

I jest, but I wish I didn't.

If you ain't pissed, you ain't awake.

If I only could

I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
(You'd) be runnin' from the man
(You'd) be runnin' from all hope
(You'd) be runnin' to that building
With no hope at all...

The Triumph of the Ill

Ah, how Leni Riefenstahl would laugh!

First they came for the white collar unions
And I said nothing because, although I sported a white collar, I wasn't in a union
Then they came for the skilled workers and their unions
And I said nothing, cause, I was, like, not a UAW member, y'know?
Then they came for the ILGWU
And I said nothing, because, hey! I ain't a woman, and garments are for fags, no?
Then they came for the public sector employees
And I said nothing, 'cause those lazy bastards get paid more than I do! WTF up widdat?
Then they came for the burger flippers at MacDonalds
And I said nothing, 'cause who cares how little them burger flippers get paid, long as we get our Big Macs, eh?
Then they came for me
And I was too fucking fat and lazy to be moved... so they shot my sorry ass.

A different take on DADT repeal

...different and a bit cynical.

While there is no doubt that DADT repeal is a hard-fought victory, I can't help but wonder why, given the usual right-wing obstructionism encountered by the forces of "progress," the bill managed to pass. I find it hard to believe that the virulent homophobes in Congress suddenly sprouted bleeding hearts and were thus moved to do the right thing. Could it be that the military-industrial-security-financial complex finally realized that "full spectrum dominance" requires as many bodies as they can get their claws on?

LGBT Americans can now die openly fighting criminal wars launched on false pretenses. But they still can't get married.

I stand with Brad

You should too.

More links:

The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention
Bradley Manning's health deteriorating in jail, supporters say
Getting to Assange through Manning
"Bethink Yourselves!": An Ancient Voice Raised Against Modern Evil

Bradley Manning is a US citizen, yet he has been kept for months in solitary confinement under conditions that we would call torture if an enemy were responsible for such treatment. All without being tried or convicted of anything. All because he blew the whistle on America's war crimes.

The man is a hero who deserves our gratitude, admiration, and support.

Landmark Tax Law!

And the landmark reads, "Hell, this way."

It is perhaps appropriate that Shailagh Murray, aka the Devil Incarnate, shares the byline.

Back on the air

Having lost all hope of accomplishing anything worthwhile through the various overlord-approved outlets for non-threatening political action, I have decided that returning to this blog is essential for my continued sanity. What little there is left of it.

Mad

Kill Bill, or "Failure is Success"

Eric Arthur Blair^*, where are you now that we need you?

I just received the following email from OFA:

Fred --

If we don't pass health reform, millions of Americans will be trapped in a broken status quo, unable to pay their bills or see a doctor when they need one.

More and more employers will drop coverage for employees. And Medicare and Medicaid will blow a hole through our budget.

There's too much at stake to not get this done. That's why OFA supporters have made 849,856 calls to Congress in support of health reform since August.

And that's why today, with the Senate locked in last-minute negotiations, our goal is to hit one million calls.

Can you help? Please call your senators now and help us "ring in reform." Then click here to let us know you called.

The only relationship the 2,074 page disaster called the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (or whatever they're calling it today; in any case it's H.R. 3590) bears to "reform" is that it's the kind of school these corrupt bastards in the Senate should be forced to "attend." Oh, and they should take President "Hope and Change" with them. Call my Senators and ask them to help what? "Ring in reform?!?" Ring this, motherfuckers!

It's quite clear that our Democrat-controlled Congress (a wholly owned subsidiary of [fill in the name of a Fortune 500 company - any one will do]) has finally gotten to where it wanted to go all along: so far up corporate America's ass that it can see Dick Armey's feet. The pitched battle between the two parties was all for show, nothing more than drama and posturing to gin up political passion and bring in the Benjamins. How our luckless (D) leaders must envy their (R) counterparts! The (R)s flaunt their egomania and their base laps it up; the (D)s, on the other hand, must fake humility and pretend to be concerned for the hoi polloi^**.

What really depresses me, however, is not the all-too predictable behavior of our self-interested elected officials. It's the prospect that, in spite of the fact that the HCR bill is little more than a thinly disguised giveaway to the for-profit health insurance monopolies, OFA will no doubt hit its one million call goal. And that, not all that long ago, I would have been one of the 150,144 that got them there.

^*That would be the name what George Orwell's mum and da gave 'im.
^**Speaking of pleonasms, yes, I realize that translates to "the the many."

Of douchebags and Democrats. Oh wait...

...that's a pleonasm.

Slurpees of mass destruction

Hooda thunk? For 20 years, clandestine al Qaeda cells have been meeting and secretly plotting the destruction of Our Way of Life^TM in the back offices of 7-Elevens across the land...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

In remarks about domestic security threats, Rep. Sue Myrick of Charlotte said, "Look at who runs all the convenience stores across the country". . .

Myrick’s comments came during a speech to the conservative Heritage Foundation last week about what she called Americans’ lack of readiness to deal with future terrorist attacks. During a question-and-answer session, she spoke about danger within the country.

"You know, and this can be misconstrued, but honest to goodness (husband) Ed and I for years, for 20 years, have been saying, 'You know, look at who runs all the convenience stores across the country.' Every little town you go into, you know?" . . .

We have not yet invented suitable language to do such stupidity justice.

The Spinelessness Scam

As one who has often complained, along with may others in the blogosphere, about the inveterate invertebrate behavior of elected Democrats, I must confess that I have been in denial.

How so, you ask?

Well, it's like this.

I have weighed the conventional wisdom concerning the putative spinelessness of our "more and better" Democratic leaders and have found it wanting. Is it credible, I asked myself, that so many driven, hyper-ambitious men and women - men and women who clawed and brawled their bloody way to the top of the electoral food chain - would suddenly go all weak in the knees at the thought of being called bad names by the other side? And that in the face of relentless criticism from the party rank and file? And not just once or occasionally, but consistently?

No.

What, then, is the explanation?

I believe it is this: "spinelessness" is simply a clever cover for the fact that the Democratic agenda is really the same as that of the GOP, to wit, to keep their corporate owners happy. Republicans, you see, can wear their inner sociopaths on the outside and the GOP base will see it as a badge of honor; Democrats must at least feign empathy in order to get elected and keep their constituents off balance. Dems would much rather cop to the lesser offense of spinelessness (or haplessness, the other excuse that gets trotted out when spinelessness won't do) than plead guilty to their real crime: unbridled self interest. Just like the other guys (with far too few exceptions).

That's it. It was right there in front of me all this time, but I refused to see it. Fool me once; shame on you. Fool me 12,347 times; I fucking deserve it.

No more.

Word to Barney Frank: The planet is LV-426

Wonkette : ‘After 8 years of a president sent by God to lead the American people and rescue us from the horrors of 911 and Islamo-fascists, it now boils down to this?’

Yesterday your Wonkette took its turn to write about the “hot new Internet article,” this thing from Townhall, about how Michelle Obama’s mother Marian Robinson has been practicing Satanic witchcraft — or “witchcraft mumbo-jumbo,” as Barack Obama calls it — inside the White House. The author of this important piece of investigative blog journalism, however, was not pleased with your editor’s dissection of the article. She has sent us an e-mail with complaints and makes a number of provocative political arguments.

Ripley: "...we landed at Townhall.com..."

Company Bitch: "...and found something never encountered on more than 50 known worlds: a creature that gestates inside a living conservative host - these are your words - and has concentrated stupid for blood."

All you need to know about the healthcare debate

All the teabaggery surrounding health care can be summed up as follows:

"Ah ain't lettin' the gummint take mah money an' give it to no ni**ers!"

This is the kernel of all wingnut diatribes against "Big Government."

The truth will out

There are those who seek to know the truth
And those who seek to still it.
True seekers ponder what is sooth
While killers try to kill it.
In numbers great
Or numbers small
The killers seek to smash it all
For hatred's sake
For mammon's call
The killers work as those in thrall
To powers dark
In towers tall.

What towers, you ask?
Well, shit
Who amongst us hasn't seen
The glistening tower
Known far and wide as
The Newscorp Building
In New York
That bastion of decadent liberalism?
Rupert Murdoch has his minions
Jerk him off as he gazes upon
His great, naturalized-American colossus.
And Mellon Bank?
No towers have they?
Nay.
Those rich-ass motherfucker have towers to spare.

But what watchman in what tower watches out for the rest of us?
None, I fear.
So
It behooves us
To look out for ourselves.
And our brothers and sisters.
And remember
Inasmuch as you have befriended my family
My brothers
My sisters
Aunts and uncles
Cousins, no matter how many times removed
You have befriended me
Saith the Lord.

Because the day will come
When the truth will out
And every evil deed in every dark corner
Will be exposed by the light of truth.

Lord!
Hasten that day
Even though it will mean that all of us
Regardless of race
Skin color
Creed
Political connections
Net worth
Will face the Supreme Judge.

Selah.