Light Posting and Why

Sorry I haven't posted more this week. I am having some health problems and family problems. I don't want to go into details at this time here.. I will explain all to a few in a private email.

I have had some tests run and am following up with my doctor..

I can't sit at the computer for very long due to swelling of my legs.

I also have been taking my 84 year old uncle to the dentist. Yes, I still have to do that...lol

Thanks for understanding and I will try to get another post up later today.

Have a great day and See you later...

Right in America Around the Bend?

Last week was a banner week for the right side of America. They aren't dealing well with being out of power and having a black man in the White House.

But we knew that, part of that started when they realized he was going to win, way back last year. They attacked everything about him, actually when it became obvious he was a serious candidate and even had a chance of coming in close to second to Hillary. Because, NO ONE could beat Hillary. Especially not a black man named Barack Hussein Obama.

But he did defeat Hillary and then went on to defeat McCain, war hero, POW, and become the 44th President. That's when the heads of the people on the right side of America exploded.

It seemed this week things got just a little more over the top than usual. Maybe it was the loss of two of their rising stars, in Ensign and Sanford, when they both admitted to having affairs, that caused Beck and Limbaugh to go off their rockers just a bit more this week and say some pretty extraordinary things.

Rush was all about hoping for this to happen this week, but not in a good way. Listen to this if you can stand it.



Yeah, that's right, Rush is all for a Coup here in America, for us having an overthrow of the Government and someone violently taking back the country and putting someone else in charge.. Not sure who he wants in there.. Maybe him.. Oh, I got it..

That's why Palin resigned Friday.. He had it all planned out.

Then the next day he tried to say that the President was not praising the troops and that he didn't support the troops and said he had sought the defeat of the troops in Iraq.

Then on July 1, he said this, "This is Barack Obama, who led from the United States Senate his party into doing everything he could to ensure the defeat of the U.S. military. ... This party was doing everything it could to impugn and dishonor the military."

As David Neiwart from Crooks & Liars says and I quote:

This thread of commentary clearly is pushing toward a single thought -- to push people in the armed forces into seeing Obama as a usurper and traitor, just like the Honduran president, and toward the idea that a similar military-based removal of him from office might be justified.

Keep in mind that Limbaugh is only of only four pundits still broadcast daily on Armed Services Radio, so our men and women in uniform are getting fed this garbage on a daily basis. (And Wes Clark was right: It is well past time to take him off.)

Limbaugh in fact is picking up on sentiments already circulating on the right. Larisa Alexandrovna at AtLargely picked up on the chatter going on at various right-wing blogs after Honduras coup, pointing in particular to the Gateway Pundit's commenters, who posted such items as the following:

I am sure I missed part of his comments, but you get the gist of it. These are just from 3 days this week, when he was promoting a Coup to overthrow the President.

Next we come to Glenn Beck and his guests. First is Michelle Bachmann. She has been on his show numerous times. Lately her big thing is the census.

Of course she has also been on lately about Cap & Trade or the ACES bill which just passed the House, which Beck used to point out the 8 republicans as Traitors and put up their phone numbers so everyone could call them and threaten them for voting for it.

But the topper for Beck this week was when he had a former CIA agent on with him.. yes, a great America loving, patriotic, former CIA agent named Michael Scheuer. His great claim to fame was he served as the Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station.

That just makes what he had to say on the show with Beck even more strange. Watch this.



It is actually hard to believe someone would come right out and say they wanted the US to be attacked in order to help us or save us or something. I am not quite sure I get the reasoning behind it. But that's what he said. Like I said, its been a hell of a week for the right side of America. And by right, I sure don't mean the CORRECT.

Jon Stewart took it on and gave his take on it too. At least someone in the "media" is paying attention. You would think something this outrageous would get the attention of someone, but nope, not a soul said a word. So, here is Jon Stewart:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Osama bin Laden Needs to Attack America
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Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Jason Jones in Iran

Anyway, these are just a couple of things I have noticed.. I am sure there are more out there, but these caught my eye. Meanwhile, the "MEDIA" is busy giving the Obama Administration trouble about calling on a blogger at a presser, possibly picking questions for the Town Hall on Health Care the President had and we have this nonsense going on and no one says a word.

Matt Osborne did a great write up about the media and their nonsense stories today at his place. You should check it out.

So, let me know what you think, and what stories you have seen, what is making the wingnuts head explode in your neck of the woods?

Happy 4th of July, Happy Birthday America!

Happy Birthday America! The President wants to talk to you and wish you a Happy Birthday too.

He can say it much better than I, so rather than me say much this week, I will just say, here is your President.

Stephen Colbert Re-Report in Iraq

Stephen shows more about his "vacation" in Iraq. Some of the takes that didn't make the original shows. I thought this was great and think he could probably do another two or three weeks worth of this.

I have another post I am working on about some things but this will keep you occupied..lol

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Re-Report - Lost Treasures of Babylon
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Where is the Outrage Now? Is this Disrespecting Our Flag?

You have to see this from ShowMeProgress, They have decided to take on the Governor from the north, no I mean way north.

It seems she is using the flag as a prop in a photo shoot she did. And it is not very respectful. According to a blurb on MSNBC, and I didn't catch exactly what was said, this is illegal, but it is questionable as to whether it is the photographer or Palin who would be in trouble. Looks like both to me, she should know better, as a government official, but I am not sure. I will update if I hear more later.

The picture in question is one of a series used in the feature article in Runner's World and can be found here.

As you can see from the picture, she is standing next to a bar stool and leaning on a flag. The flag is draped over the stool and not hung like it should be.

Remember during the campaign, all the flack over the flag pin or lack thereof..or the hand over the heart during the playing of the National Anthem, and how that was being less than patriotic..

Now, we have Palin trying to show off her runners physique, all the while demanding everyone take her serious draped over the top of the flag, disrespecting it. Then trying to challenge the President to a race..

Then, after we see this picture of her on the flag, comes this video released by someone in Sarah PAC, then later denied by them.



You tell me.. what are they up to here.. of course this version isn't quite as bad as the first one they came out with. The first version of this video was even more disgusting and demeaning to the President.

This woman who seems to think she is already in a run for higher office, when she can't even take care of the people in her state is failing big time.

She is now potentially facing charges for violating the flag and if she keeps up, she is going to have more than the 18 ethics charges in Alaska against her.

Stay classy Sarah.

h/t Bob Cesca & Andrew Sullivan

Andy Cobb Gives his Take on Mark Sanford, Too Funny

Here is the best take on Mark Sanford yet, from the great Andy Cobb. He really lays it out there and makes the points very well. It is funny and great at the same time. Not only does he say everything that needs to be said but he points out the hypocrisy of it all.

Just watch and enjoy the mastery of Andy Cobb as Mark Sanford.



Thanks to Phil Munger for finding this one.

In Introduction to Our 60th Senator, Suck This Republicans

How many of you can do this? How many republicans can do this? I really don't know very many people who could do this at all.. even naming the 50 states is a problem for most people.

Watch and be proud of our newest Senator. Oh and Pawlenty did sign the certificate late yesterday evening. So, all that is needed is for him to be sworn in. Yippee!!!