tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135576732024-03-13T19:47:57.909-04:00The TruffleCity girl. Music lover. Loves flowers, swimming pools, and cute kitty cats.The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-4123450610752463632010-07-11T21:11:00.000-04:002010-07-11T21:12:10.053-04:00Because Sunday night isn't complete sans Shatner<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D-yy2URAYqU&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D-yy2URAYqU&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-90945365722874366812010-07-11T11:06:00.002-04:002010-07-11T11:09:28.360-04:00From the "reality check" department<a href="http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2010/07/09/grow-up-and-get-over-it-folks-your-fantasies-werent-obamas-promises/">Karoli's</a> response to the Eric Altermans and Jane Hamshers. Worth reading.The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-45212104990161574122010-07-10T23:43:00.002-04:002010-07-10T23:46:37.657-04:00We're the ones we've been waiting for, and all thatVia <a href="http://bluewavenews.com/2010/07/10/van-jones-these-are-the-days-of-hope-and-heartbreak/">Blue Wave News</a>, Van Jones' speech at the Campus Progress National Conference, which rang true to this cautiously optimistic liberal. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/07/van-jones-rails-against-t_n_638225.html">More from Mr. Jones, via HuffPo:</a><br /><br /><blockquote>We are trying to build a pro-democracy movement in a country that, at least for eight years, was run by [inaudible] authoritarians. And it is not going to be easy. But I tell you, the most important thing I can say is... We feed the fearmongers. We feed the politics of division, by giving it so much attention and letting it fill up the space in our mind. We have to feed the hope. This country is an extraordinary -- I get choked up -- this is an incredible, beautiful country...<br /><br />That little idiot box off in the corner trying to depress you and make you feel like this is a horrible country and everybody believes evil things about the president... it is just not true. Cut it off, just cut it off and walk down the street and talk to real people in this country. They are sophisticated. They are wise. They don't know exactly what to do but they are open to being engaged. That's the country we live in. and my hope about your generation is that you will take a lot of this chatter a lot less serious.</blockquote>The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-50161218220250242192010-07-10T23:01:00.002-04:002010-07-10T23:03:46.915-04:00QuestionNext time a teabagger blithers about spending and deficits, won't some nice journalist ask if he supported Bush--and, if so, whether he did anything to speak up against Bush's spending?The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-39515052922204810692010-07-10T22:56:00.002-04:002010-07-10T22:59:57.647-04:00But what about the angry stupid white vote?Some Jan Brewer-type yahoos have come up with a brilliant idea: Deny citizenship to native-born children of illegal immigrants! Screw that 14th Amendment! Who needs it?<br /><br /><a href="http://blanksslate.blogspot.com/2010/07/modest-proposal-compromise.html">Jonathan Blanks</a> has an even better idea.<br /><br /><blockquote>As you may recall, beginning in 1860, millions of Americans renounced their citizenship and took up arms against their former country. Their deeds, through direct confrontation or diseases brought on by wartime conditions, ended up in the deaths of over 300,000 loyal Americans--100 times the number killed on September 11, 2001. By the logic outlined above, that treason should be recognized and all the descendants of those who took up arms, aided their traitorous comrades, or participated in the government of the insurrectionists should have their citizenship revoked as they are progeny of traitors. They owe their heretofore recognized citizenship to the birthright. That is, of course, unacceptable.<br /><br />These descendants often still fly the flag of treason and commemorate their forebears' disloyalty in numerous ways. Thus, the combined legislation should include the confiscation and destruction of all property bearing the treasonous flag, including but not exclusive to real estate, monuments, clothing, transportation, and music--so we can once and for all rid the nation of "Freebird."<br /></blockquote>The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-28335818044899880982010-07-10T22:54:00.002-04:002010-07-10T22:54:51.840-04:00Blondie break!Always loved this song and band. Remember "American Bandstand"?<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KXewIR7Y7cc&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KXewIR7Y7cc&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-61716335467441106212010-07-07T22:14:00.005-04:002010-07-07T22:53:50.020-04:00Terry Savage, Clueless MoronChicago money columnist <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/business/savage/2464546,CST-NWS-savage05.savagearticle">Terry Savage</a> has written the most unintentionally hilarious column of the year thus far.<br /><br />First a question: What is up with these people named Savage? They think that just because they have a unique surname, they have to turn it into a lame-o brand or slogan. There is Dan Savage, of the Savage Love column. There's Michael Savage and his Savage Nation (which sounds better than Weiner Nation). And Terry Savage, for some reason, ends every single column of hers with "That's the Savage Truth." As if adding her surname makes it truer.<br /><br />The Savage Truth, alas, is that she is one screwy individual. Okay. You could chalk it up to the heat, which makes people a bit crabby. But the incident I'm about to describe took place in what was presumably an air-conditioned car. So what's her excuse for getting mad at little girls?<br /><br />See, Ms. Savage was riding along with her brother and his fiancee in a tony Chicago neighborhood. They came upon three girls who, with their nanny, were at a lemonade stand. Ms. Savage's happy fantasies of mini-capitalism were destroyed when the girls announced they were giving the lemonade away. Not selling it. No sir. <span style="font-style:italic;">Giving it away.</span> These aren't little capitalists. They're--gasp!--<span style="font-style:italic;">philanthropists</span>!<br /><br /><blockquote>"No!" I exclaimed from the back seat. "That's not the spirit of giving. You can only really give when you give something you own. They're giving away their parents' things -- the lemonade, cups, candy. It's not theirs to give."</blockquote><br />Earth to Terry. Ever heard of getting your parents' permission to do stuff? <br /><br />Now, as I mentioned, this was a wealthy neighborhood. These little girls have a nanny. Which means their parents have plenty of money to spend on cups and candy and lemonade. Oh, and Terry? <span style="font-weight:bold;">DUH.</span><br /><br />Oh, but the fun continues. <br /><br /><blockquote>"You must charge something for the lemonade," I explained. "That's the whole point of a lemonade stand. You figure out your costs -- how much the lemonade costs, and the cups -- and then you charge a little more than what it costs you, so you can make money. Then you can buy more stuff, and make more lemonade, and sell it and make more money."</blockquote><br />Meanwhile, one of the little girls turned to her nanny and said, "Why is the mean lady yelling like this?" And the nanny explains that maybe the mean lady is visiting from one of those homes where people go when they can't take care of themselves very well.<br /><br />At this point, the brother really should've told Terry to STFU. Instead, he took a strawberry lemonade from the kids and no doubt left Terry seething. See, for Terry Savage, this is a sign of a big, big problem: People want something for nothing. And, like a yoga master on uppers, she's twisted and contorted herself, trying to connect free lemonade to a larger point about there being no such thing as a free lunch.<br /><br />Terry, Terry, Terry. Let me suggest something that you, in your "Capitalism, HO!" frenzy, didn't consider. The little girls may have been taught to be grateful for the things they have. They may actually have friends whose parents have lost their jobs and whose nice, well-kept homes were foreclosed. Their friends and neighbors may be really hot because they don't have money for air conditioning. So they decided to do something nice by giving their neighbors free lemonade to cool off.<br /><br />It's called <span style="font-style:italic;">charity</span>, Terry. I thought capitalists were big on charity. Since you're a money expert, you know that charity can be beneficial to rich people since they can write it off on their taxes. Or maybe rich people just want to share the wealth. No offense, Terry, but one of those girls could become the next Brooke Astor or Melinda Gates. I imagine years from now, their names will be emblazoned on plaques in libraries and parks and hospitals, and they'll chuckle over you, the mean, clueless lady who bawled them out for being nice.The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-55982226636195015802010-07-02T19:29:00.001-04:002010-07-02T19:33:00.583-04:00This I firmly believeForget Bobby Jindal. Lindsey Graham is truly the GOP's answer to Kenneth the Page.The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-33414853109104599842010-07-01T22:29:00.003-04:002010-07-01T22:30:25.843-04:00No. Just NO.<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/30/fox-news-advocates-s.html">Now, Fox Chicago suggests that Chicago get rid of its public libraries.</a> As a librarian's daughter, I have a two-word response to this: Up yours.<br /><br />(Via <a href="http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/">Badtux</a>.)The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-84760310248147202592010-07-01T22:22:00.002-04:002010-07-01T22:26:59.364-04:00Crybaby conservative alert!Wingnuts are mad at Joe Biden for using the word <a href="http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/07/01/unreal-gop-anger-over-blitzkreig-is-predictable-bs/#comments">"blitzkrieg."</a> "Waaaaaaah! He's bein' mean an' comparin' us to Nazis!"<br /><br />On that note, a music break.<br /><br /><object style="background-image:url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/G7FdJajqxmU/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G7FdJajqxmU&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G7FdJajqxmU&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br /><br />Note: I interviewed Tommy Ramone once. Kewl dude. He now plays bluegrass and looks like a hippie. 'Tis true!The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-27017608661112787752010-06-20T14:19:00.002-04:002010-06-20T14:22:01.246-04:00Prog blog time!It's early 1970s German R&B/prog outfit Frumpy, fronted by the incredible Inga Rumpf. Ms. Rumpf has had a nice, long career as a band frontwoman and a solo artist but remains unknown, alas, in the US. Seriously, it's weird being one of six people in the US who've heard of her. Her more recent output is R&B rather than prog. And I love R&B, so...<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BDUQN0Chl-M&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BDUQN0Chl-M&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-31608288317201887472010-06-18T23:55:00.003-04:002010-06-18T23:57:14.021-04:00Some perspective, pleaseYes, President Obama isn't perfect. Yes, he should just close Gitmo already. Yes, it would be great if he'd act on his campaign promise of more transparency in government. But c'mon, people, he's not another George W. Bush. A quick comparison of their administrations will show this. Criticize the guy, sure, but let's not pretend it's still 2005, hear?The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-74783599626140476842010-06-18T23:52:00.001-04:002010-06-18T23:54:31.885-04:00For those who can't stomach Final Placement and Brokencyde......here's William Shatner's interpretation of the Harry Chapin classic "Taxi." How did this clip go unnoticed for so long?<br /><br /><object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/dBWOmHUvKBw/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dBWOmHUvKBw&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dBWOmHUvKBw&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-38578475004808229722010-06-16T22:06:00.003-04:002010-06-16T22:06:41.251-04:00A new motto"Loony left" and "moonbat" are now synonyms for "proven right all along."The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-38297500720015299962010-06-15T20:18:00.009-04:002010-06-17T20:18:32.201-04:00Sarah Palin, Victim FeministSarah Palin's latest quest to find something to stand for has led her to call herself a feminist and talk about "mama grizzlies." Why feminists don't simply laugh their asses off is beyond me. Oh, I know why--it's because somehow Palin's new schtick has earned her a <span style="font-style:italic;">Newsweek</span> cover story, which means that Very Serious Media People are supposed to take it seriously. <a href="http://jezebel.com/5561371/alternative-newsweek-covers-starring-sarah-palin">Jezebel</a>, at least, is having fun Photoshopping said <span style="font-style:italic;">Newsweek</span> cover.<br /><br />Let's leave aside the part about Palin making Wasilla's rape victims pay for their rape kits. And her stand on abortion. (Here, I should emphasize that I believe it's possible to be a feminist and oppose abortion. It would be really cool, however, if Feminists for Life and their ilk would push contraception, work to make adoption easier, and promote responsible, realistic sex education. It would also be helpful if they'd admit that the days of botched abortions are not an era any woman would want to revisit. But I digress.)<br /><br />The truth is that if--IF!--you accept that Palin is a feminist, you have to admit that she's exactly the kind of feminist that her fellow conservatives have always claimed to loathe: a victim feminist.<br /><br />Starting in the 1990s, some would-be pundits--feminist and otherwise--starting dividing feminists into "good" and "bad" camps. And the so-called victim feminists were in the "bad" camp. Women weren't supposed to whine. Women weren't supposed to complain about the patriarchy. Women weren't supposed to discuss sexual assault or similar crimes or misogyny in general, because, uh...that was too victim-y. Or something like that. It was the newest schtick for right-wing feminist-haters: simply howl, "Stop whining!" <br /><br />So who do they embrace as a new conservative Republican feminist role model? A professional victim who hides behind a "maverick" facade. <a href="http://juneauempire.com/stories/122009/loc_537591017.shtml">She lied about threats to her daughters.</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA_FlpnYNaI">She whined about <span style="font-style:italic;">Family Guy</span>.</a> <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/11/13/2009-11-13_thought_katie_was_her_fan_you_betcha_i_was_surprised_by_teams_goof_palin_sez_in_.html">She blamed other people for the epic fail that was the Katie Couric interview.</a> She's against everyone. Everyone's out to get her. She is hopelessly thin-skinned. She is, well, victim-y. <br /><br />Such a figure might find kindred spirits among other right-wingers with delusions of victimhood. However, conservatives are, once again, trying to have it both ways.<br /><br />And, come to think of it, Palin's victim schtick is kind of strange and pathetic when you consider all the hatred, vitriol, and misogyny faced by Hillary Clinton for decades. Even an anti-Hillary group called Citizens United Not Timid (note the acronym). <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051403090.html">Marie Cocco</a> breaks down the woman-hating garbage flung at Clinton on the presidential trail. Much, much nastier stuff than a botched TV interview. <br /><br />There are smart, hard-working, respectable Republican women. Some have, unlike Palin, actively supported women's rights. Case in point: Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Back in the 1970s, when she was a Texas state representative, she and Sarah Weddington (the attorney in Roe v. Wade) worked to prevent the publication of rape victims' names. Or Maureen Reagan and Betty Ford, who were both outspokenly pro-ERA and pro-choice. <br /><br />In the meantime, Palin remains utterly devoid of intellectual curiosity. It's cool that she claims to be a feminist. Perhaps now conservatives will stop being afraid of the word. However, Palin should also explain her idea of what feminism is. And if she gets tangled in her words, hopefully she won't blame the interviewer.<br /><br />Correction: It was <span style="font-style:italic;">Vanity Fair</span> that gave Precious Princess Palin's <span style="font-style:italic;">Newsweek</span> cover the Photoshop treatment, not Jezebel.The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-58540245407617552962010-06-15T20:12:00.002-04:002010-06-15T20:18:05.736-04:00Yikes! Something worse than Final Placement!Seriously, I have finally found one of those bands that's really, truly unlistenable. Besides Nickelback, of course. <br /><br />The band in question is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8F5YSA1Oz0">Brokencyde</a> (it's supposed to be pronounced "broke inside"). The only people who know about this band are commenting on how terrible they are. They're not even lovably bad like <a href="http://www.shinebyfinalplacement.com/">Final Placement</a>. For one thing, there probably will never be an online petition to get Brokencyde to play SXSW.<br /><br />Click if you dare.The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-90606940559259410492010-06-13T22:47:00.003-04:002010-06-13T22:50:31.845-04:00Somewhere, a wingnut's head just explodedGWB's daughter, Barbara, <a href="http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0613/bush-daughter-health-right-everyone/">supports health care reform</a> AND is glad the health care bill was passed. Something tells me Chris Wallace won't invite her back any time soon. I have a mental image of Wallace screeching, "Get me Liz Cheney next time!"The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-16206754079165963032010-06-13T22:31:00.002-04:002010-06-13T22:39:58.015-04:00Crybaby conservative alert!The Kentucky Senate race is looking to be fuuuuuuuun. Now, Rand Paul is <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/08/rand-paul-complains-of-in_n_604185.html">complaining about liberals</a>. Yes, according to him, liberals are displaying "intolerance." <br /><br />Just for once, I'm going to dispense some advice to one of these people: Stop whining. Mr. Paul, you were on the Rachel Maddow Show and Ms. Maddow gave you an opportunity to explain yourself. You dodged her questions, and it was really cringe-worthy. <br /><br />If you can't handle it, go back to eye surgery.The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-85634632580775677802010-06-13T09:11:00.001-04:002010-06-13T09:11:39.298-04:00The lighter side of environmental disaster<object style="background-image:url(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/zt617zYAbng/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zt617zYAbng&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zt617zYAbng&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-75611796990978884852010-06-12T23:20:00.002-04:002010-06-12T23:24:50.348-04:00The latest installment of Wingnutz Iz FunneeFrom <a href="http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/06/12/it-was-all-a-dream-about-tennessee-2/">Balloon Juice</a>, a story involving a teabagger trying to free another teabagger from jail and conduct a citizens' arrest. Actually, <a href="http://thecommanderguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/birther-2nd-amendment-enthusiast.html">Commander Guy</a> has the whole, complete story. Oh yeah, and the perpetrator of this wingnut jail break informed law enforcement in advance.<br /><br />I guess it's more exciting than standing around with misspelled signs.The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-29155270899423064092010-06-12T19:18:00.001-04:002010-06-12T19:19:08.909-04:00My personal theory re tea partiersThey use "socialist" and "Communist" as euphemisms for "uppity Negro."The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-16868734243774136262010-06-06T16:47:00.001-04:002010-06-06T16:47:24.751-04:00I totally heart this bandMudhoney, "Good Enough."<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/opWRrmnj-SQ&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/opWRrmnj-SQ&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-66120196994305014312010-06-06T16:21:00.003-04:002010-06-06T16:43:13.067-04:00Crybaby conservative alert!<span style="font-weight:bold;">"After the last eight years, it’s good to have a president that knows what a library is."</span><br /><br />That's Sir Paul McCartney, after accepting a prize from President Obama. All of a sudden, the wingnutosphere remembered that insulting the president (specifically, the one before Obama) is ANTI-AMEHRIKIN! <br /><br />This is very amusing, given that right wingers have been trying to forget GWB even existed since, I dunno, 2007. <span style="font-style:italic;">They even kept him away from the 2008 Republican convention.</span> After all, Bush-bashing had become a universal past-time, indulged in by everyone from comedy writers to <a href="http://thetruffle.blogspot.com/2007/03/even-mayans-hate-bush.html">Mayans</a>. <br /><br />Now, all of a sudden, in a sudden rush of 2003-style faux outrage, right-wing politicians and pundits are mad at McCartney. <a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37350">John Boehner</a> whined to <span style="font-style:italic;">Human Events</span> about it (and lots of commenters joined in the whining). <span style="font-style:italic;">Human Events</span> reporter Connie Hair tried to buff GWB's scholarly credentials by pointing out his Harvard MBA (thank heaven for legacy admissions, eh, Connie?). <br /><br />It's really important to give these crybaby conservatives a reality check--because, seriously, these people couldn't kidnap a clue at gunpoint. From <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/06/04/boehner_buried_paul">Salon</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote>It is practically universally acknowledged by objective observers, and by many right-wing admirers of the former president, that George W. Bush is, to put it charitably, intellectually incurious. Being an unintellectual regular-guy was <span style="font-style:italic;">part of his political appeal</span>.<br /><br />Hippie '60s musician Paul McCartney, whose famous band championed a number of left-wing radical causes, made a joke about how he was glad to have a liberal intellectual as president instead of a conservative anti-intellectual....<br /><br />"Beatle disrespects conservative politician" is pretty "dog bites man."</blockquote><br />Via <a href="http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/06/06/epic-waaaah/">Balloon Juice</a>, a tantrum from a former Cheney staffer. And <a href="http://alicublog.blogspot.com/2010_05_30_archive.html#2106156540302243072">Roy Edroso</a> has compiled more hissy fits.<br /><br />Me, I wish Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann would follow up with additional outrage. That would be fun.The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-31073654552863637102010-05-30T20:33:00.004-04:002010-05-30T20:40:37.301-04:00Things that make me doubt God's existence<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/30/dio.memorial/index.html">Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church still exist and are still acting like evil, soulless ghouls.</a> No, wait, that's insulting to evil, soulless ghouls. Picketing Ronnie James Dio's memorial service? Well, given that these freaks usually target soldiers' funerals, RJD is in very good company.<br /><br />I really hope that Ozzy Osbourne is able to outlive Fred Phelps. I hate to imagine what will happen if he goes first.<br /><br />Of course, if God DOES exist, maybe a bunch of angry Dio fans will kick the crap out of these people. Gah, they're so repulsive.The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13557673.post-8124035326647673092010-05-28T15:50:00.001-04:002010-05-28T15:50:35.080-04:00Reason #905 I miss '90s musicGarbage, "Stupid Girl."<br /><br /><object style="background-image:url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/1N29vkIT3eo/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1N29vkIT3eo&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1N29vkIT3eo&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>The Trufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.com0