July, 2010 archive
NAACP 1, Teabaggers 0 0
I am colored too.
I am pink.
And I am a member of the NAACP. I was late, but I finally joined.
And, well, you know, the NAACP is correct.
Teabaggers suborn racism.
They are merely the latest manifestation of the Republican Party’s odious Southern Strategy.
I’m a Southern Boy. I know the damned code, for God’s sake.
Video via Oliver Willis.
More BP FAIL? (Updated) 0
Mithras reports.
Gosh, I hope he’s wrong. But the track record indicates that Buccaneer Petroleum pretty much can’t find its rear end with both hands.
And John Boehheadner wants no more regulation.
The Republican Party–the Party of “Thank you, Mistress, may I have a please have another.”
Furrfu.
Addendum, a Day Later:
So far, holding on.
Dustbiters 0
The FDIC starts its weekend barbecue:
The FDIC is hungry tonight:
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Mainstreet Savings Bank, Hastings, Michigan
Olde Cypress Community Bank, Clewiston, Florida
Turnberry Bank, Aventura, Florida
Metro Bank of Dade County, Miami, Florida
First National Bank of the South, Spartanburg, South Carolina
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Polite, maybe (though I truly do not think that courtesy flows from the barrel of a gun), but not necessarily very bright.
Making the Poor Poorer 0
Republican Economic Theory does not work and play well with facts. Follow the link and read the whole thing. From the Neiman Watchdog:
(snip)
. . . California professor, G. William Domhoff of Santa Cruz, looks at the increasing concentration of wealth rather than income. By 2007, he reported, only 20 percent of the people owned 85 percent of the wealth in the United States. When he looked at pure financial wealth (leaving out the value of your home), the top 20 percent had a 93 percent share, leaving only seven percent for the rest of us.
One more time, Truman was right.
Not a Refreshing Sugary Summer Drink 0
Thoreau defines Kool-Aid, as in “drank the Kool-Aid.” His summary. Follow the link for his reasoning:
Cuccinelli: Still Hedging His Vets 0
The U. S. Navy Vets charity, which appears to be fraudulent, appears to have disappeared in all but name. (Details at the link below.)
Bobby Thompson, the “founder,” has disappeared (Fiji, anyone?). The Roanoke Times reports that the only one of the listed 85 board members to be found has resigned, and the outfit’s Ohio lawyers are petitioning to be released from representing it (once a court proceeding starts, lawyers who are on record as representing a client usually cannot just quit, because it often means the court proceeding must be delayed so the new lawyers can get up to speed).
Even the telemarketers have jumped ship.
Every other Virginia politician fooled by this outfit has given his or her U. S. Navy Vets campaign contribution to charities known to be legit, given that the contributions were likely made with funds donated to help veterans, not to help political campaigns.
Everyone except the Attorney General, charged with enforcing the law:
Wonder what he intends to do with the interest on that escrow account.
Kook-kook-a-choo.
It Is an Oily Slope 0
A Jacox Elementary teacher who anointed students with “holy oil” in the classroom has resigned.
School officials say she may have performed inappropriate religious practices during her three years with the division.
Clearly, this conduct was over the line. It is not the place of state employees–and public school teachers are state employees–to be performing religious rites while on the job.
It also sounds seriously creepy.
When I attended Catholic Church, which I did for 18 years of marriage to a Catholic, I felt a little odd getting anointed with oil on the one or two high holy days in which Catholics do that, but I was there through my choice, so it was quite okay. When in Rome and all that . . . .
It’s the second or third incident of teachers’ inflicting their religious practices on students to hit the news in the year or so since I started frequenting these part.
Long story at the link.
QOTD 0
George Carlin, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
We will never be an advanced civilization as long as rain showers can delay the launching of a space rocket.
Multiple Count Indictment 0
Via the Booman, see the Bill of Particulars.
Distracted Driving 0
Bad idea: sexting behind the wheel.
Stray Thought 0
The “middle” is not between Republicans and Democrats.
The middle is where the Democrats are. Republicans have left that building.
Republicans vs. Reality 0
In this corner, Republicans, who claim the stimulus did not help save or create jobs.
In this corner, reality:
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
According to Republicans, jobs are out there:
“The key story here is the extreme uncertainty over the near-term path of claims as a result of the annual retooling shutdowns, which throw the seasonal adjustments into chaos,” Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics LLC in Valhalla, New York, said before the report. Shepherdson projected claims would drop to 420,000.
