Jan 30, 2009

Surgery Today

Won't be posting.

I'm having minor surgery and plan on being medicated.

You should be medicated, too.

Jan 29, 2009

Blago Out Blagoed By Alan Rosenberg

Well, the President of SAG was basically overthrown by a bunch of idiots. Public civil war during negotiations = bad idea.

So, now Rosenberg has decided to do something that is almost beyond words.



HEY, EVERYBODY LOSES!

Shoe Thrower Gets Statue

Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the dude who threw his shoes at Bush, has had a statue built in his honor.



I especially like the people laughing in front of the statue. It was built in Saddam's hometown, Tikrit, so they may have a grudge or two.

But still, it's awesome.

Blago Skips Some Important Stuff

Love him.
"They want to impeach me ‘cause I went to Canada in defiance of the FDA, in my first term, to get cheaper prescription medicines for our senior citizens so they can afford both their groceries and their medicine. That’s an impeachable offense, the people reelected me on that. They were also impeach the governor of Wisconsin, the governor of Kansas, the governor of Vermont, and why not expel John McCain and Ted Kennedy too because they worked with me on the issue of re-importation of prescription drugs."
Yes, that is why you are being impeached. Cheaper drugs. You are also being impeached for making puppies cuter. And for making cheese tastier.

Blago!

Hamas Wants To Be Pals

Hamas is looking to branch out, start over.

Senior officials in the Islamic group Hamas are indicating a willingness to negotiate a deal for a long-term truce with Israel as long as the borders of Gaza are opened to the rest of the world.

"We want to be part of the international community," Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad told The Associated Press at the Gaza-Egypt border, where he was coordinating Arab aid shipments. "I think Hamas has no interest now to increase the number of crises in Gaza or to challenge the world."

You should start with a bake sale!

Forgive me if I don't believe you. It's got something to do with all the rockets and suicide bombs over the years.

Jan 28, 2009

New Internet Thing

Someone took Digg, Reddit, Yahoo, Google News, etc. and wrapped them all into one.

It's from some guys called MySpace, whatever that is.

Veritocracy.

New Favorite Congressman


I'd like to introduce you to Democratic Representative Alan Grayson.
Rush Limbaugh is a has-been hypocrite loser, who craves attention. His right-wing lunacy sounds like Mikhail Gorbachev, extolling the virtues of communism. Limbaugh actually was more lucid when he was a drug addict. If America ever did 1% of what he wanted us to do, then we’d all need pain killers.”
Just keep calling him a drug addict and it will continue to undermine his voice. He's the only draft dodging, four time divorced, drug addict, millionaire who speaks for the everyday man, as far as I know.

And, Grayson, bring that goatee back, bitch! The bottom half of your face looks like it belongs on a bear.

We Have A New Word

I quite enjoy this one. It was created by Dan Savage and celebrates the awesomeness of young Christianity.

Saddlebacking: sad•dle•back•ing \ˈsa-dəl-ˈba-kiŋ\ vb [fr. Saddleback Church] (2009): the phenomenon of Christian teens engaging in unprotected anal sex in order to preserve their virginities

After attending the Purity Ball, Heather and Bill saddlebacked all night because she’s saving herself for marriage.
Exceptional.

Obama Tries To Play Nice With Demons

This is just stupid.
In an apparent effort to appease House Republicans, President Barack Obama has stripped funding for birth control from the $825 billion stimulus package.
Thank God. If American needs anything, it's more children born into poverty.

I wonder how that concession to Republicans worked out?
While GOP lawmakers said they appreciated Obama's visit, their leaders urged a "no" vote because of the bill's price tag. "All it does is burden our kids and their kids with more debt," said House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio, citing a non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimate that the plan would add $347 billion in interest on the national debt over 10 years.

Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., said there could be as many as 10 to 15 Republicans supporting the package, but added, "If I had to bet, I would bet zero."

We call that a "fail" where I come from (I come from the Internet).

Experience Momentary Joy

Good news!

A slew of huge writedowns in asset values as well as plummeting oil and natural gas prices pushed ConocoPhillips to a $31.76 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2008, reflecting adjustments forced by poor market conditions amid the global recession.

Ha! Suck it bitch!

However, excluding the one-time charges, unprecedented triple-digit crude prices in the first nine months of 2008 led the Houston-based company to an annual profit of $16.4 billion, or $10.66 per share, up from $15.15 billion, or $9.21 per share, in 2007.

Motherfucker!

Jan 27, 2009

Joaquin Phoenix Is Too Actory

I love a good pull a prank on the country as much as the next guy. But, if you're going to try to pull a huge Kaufmanesque prank, you kind of have to keep your mouth shut.
Joaquin Phoenix’ recent antics—wild, matted hair and beard; shambolic partying; proclaimed intentions to give up acting for rapping—have had some fans fearing he might be going crazy. His shambling three-song rap debut, at a Las Vegas nightclub on Jan. 16, only solidified the feeling. But they needn’t have worried: Entertainment Weekly’s Hollywood Insider blog reports the two-time Oscar nominee may be “perpetrating an elaborate Andy Kaufman-style hoax,” all filmed by his friend and brother-in-law Casey Affleck for a faux documentary to “lampoon pompous actors and punk the media.” Phoenix told a source, “It’s a put-on. I’m going to pretend to have a meltdown and change careers, and Casey is going to film it.”
Actors just can't shut their pie holes.

FAIL.

This Sums It Up Nicely.


Big version that you can actually read.

I Am Salivating

Please give. A lot.

This thing will never be president. Ever. She's dumb and pretty much a bitch. That's a bad combo. America will never elect a mean girl.

So, dumb all the money into this hole you can, right wing.

Republican Economics Lesson

How to deal with morons:

REP. MCARTHY: Refurbishing a building, putting new grass down in a mall. That doesn’t create buildings. That doesn’t creates jobs.

O’DONNELL: Really? I would think you have to hire somebody to put the new sod down on the National Mall.

They should be treated like the mentally handicapped.

Uh Oh

Bad thing.

In the first known case of what may be transmission of the Ebola virus from a pig to a human, a pig handler in the Philippines has tested positive for a strain of the virus, world health officials and the Philippine government announced Friday.

But the strain — Ebola Reston — is not known to be dangerous to humans, and the worker, who was infected at least six months ago, is healthy, officials said.

Hide your pigs. No, wait. Hide your children. Unless you don't like them, then just run up into the hills. We'll tell you when it's safe to come out.

Dear Ebola, please don't become airborne.

Thank you, Stop All Monsters.

Jan 26, 2009

Shocking Shitstorm Update

Wholesale liquidators going bankrupt. That's about as fucked up as it gets.
You know things are bad when wholesale liquidators -- companies that sell goods for companies that are going out of business -- are themselves going out of business

When we first started to outline the dimensions of this economic depression back in 2006, we did not foresee the extraordinary rate of economic decline we are experiencing today. Processes we expected to take months to transpire are happening in a matter of weeks. Nor did we imagine the range of businesses that are now getting caught up in this disaster. Usually a retail sales collapse starts at the luxury end of the market and slowly works its way down. Not this time. A document sent to us is indicative. A recent bankruptcy court filing by a wholesale liquidator. That's right, a company that sells goods for companies that are going out of business is filing for bankruptcy protection.
I believe the official economic term for this is "a fuck pie."

Soon you'll be eating your pets, then your shoes, then your toenails.

You should all be reading iTulip.

We Miss You


Dude, you haven't said anything stupid in over a week. What's up?

Suck It NBC

I'm not a fan of NBC. I know, it's crazy to not like the people who brought us Knight Rider 2008, My Own Worst Enemy, The Bionic Woman and prime time Leno. It shocks me just to write that sentence.

The good news is NBC is taking a hit on the Super Bowl.

A week before Super Bowl XLIII, NBC is still in “active negotiations” to sell its last few commercial spots.

That’s why some advertising wags are calling Super Bowl 2009 the Economy Bowl.

This close to game time, it’s unusual to have any of the 67 time slots unsold.

The network, which will show next Sunday’s game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, had no trouble getting takers for its record-high $3 million-per-half-minute spots — before Labor Day.

After that, sales fizzled along with the economy.

Fuck 'em.

What About A Throne Made Out Of Boys?

Citigroup wants us to storm their building with pitchforks and murder them. That's how I interpret their getting a $50 million jet.
The French-made luxury jet seats up to 12 in a plush interior with leather seats, sofas and a customizable entertainment center, according to Dassault’s sales literature. … There are just nine of these top-of-the-line models in the United States, with Dassault’s European factory churning out three to four 7Xs a month.

Why should I help you when what you write will be used to the detriment of our company?” replied Bill McNamee, head of CitiFlight Inc., the subsidiary that manages Citigroup’s corporate fleet, when asked to comment about the new 7X.

They need to be punished severely to understand. Like Marie Antoinette severely.

Israelis Killed The Hamas Lions, Too

Hey, why not just kill everything?

The Gaza Zoo reeks of death. But zookeeper Emad Jameel Qasim doesn’t appear to react to the stench as he walks around the animals’ enclosures.

A month ago, it was attracting families - he says the zoo drew up to 1,000 visitors each day. He points at the foot-long hole in the camel in one of the enclosures.

“This camel was pregnant, a missile went into her back,” he tells us. “Look, look at her face. She was in pain when she died.”

Around every corner, inside almost every cage are dead animals, who have been lying in their cages since the Israeli incursion.

Qasim doesn’t understand why they chose to destroy his zoo. And it’s difficult to disagree with him. Most of them have been shot at point blank range.

Nice work. Stay classy, Israel.

Jan 25, 2009

Sarah Palin No Longer Exists

Well, this is a weird way to find out someone died.


Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had only words of praise for his former vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, this morning on "Fox News Sunday."

When asked if he regretted choosing the Alaska governor as his running mate, McCain said Palin had re-energized the Republican Party.

"I think the world of Sarah Palin," McCain said. "I'm pleased to have known her."
Yes, she was awesome. We were all blessed to have known her.

Hey! This Is Not Good News!

Here's a question: What happens when Saudi Arabia gets tired of the US treating Israel like it's a baby in a papoose?

A senior member of Saudi Arabia's ruling family has warned the US that it needs to change attitudes over the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former Saudi intelligence chief and former ambassador to the US, said a failure to alter policies could threaten links.

The prince said ex-President George W Bush had left a "sickening legacy" in the Middle East.

He accused the US of contributing to the killing of Gazans.
Okay, but we're still going to need your oil to stay really cheap and stuff. Cool?

Blago! Gandhi! What's the diff?

Rod "Blago" Blagojevich opened his word hole again and shit just came spilling out. In an interview with NBC Rod explained what he thought of when the charges came down.
As Dec. 9 unfolded, Blagojevich told NBC, "I thought about Mandela, Dr. King and Gandhi and tried to put some perspective to all this and that is what I am doing now."
Fucking A right. He's one of the greats! I remember when I was arrested for drinking in public in college, I immediately thought about Buddha, Harriet Tubman and St Francis of Assisi. That really helped me put it into perspective.

Blago!

Jan 24, 2009

Chalk Up Another Dead Kid For Jenny McCarthy

Jenny McCarthy's campaign against vaccinations is going very well. She believes childhood vaccinations cause autism, even though studies have not concluded this is so. Another kid died this week because of idiots like Jenny McCarthy.
A childhood illness that has mostly been curbed through vaccinations has killed one child and sickened four others in Minnesota, health officials said Friday.

The five children were infected with a bacterial infection known as Hib: Haemophilus influenzae type b.

Three of the affected children had not received any vaccinations, including the 7-month-old who died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Hold your head high, Jenny.

Jan 23, 2009

My Top Ten Movies Of 2008 (Adjusted)

I have seen a few more movies and made adjustments accordingly.

1) Slumdog Millionaire

2) Happy Go Lucky

3) The Wrestler

4) In Bruges

5) Punisher: War Zone

6) The Fall.

7) Speed Racer

8) Wall E

9) Doubt

10) Step Brothers

Finally, Drunken Negro Cookies Are Here

Hold On To Your Asshole



So, that's good. Right?

Obama Explains How This Works To Republicans

This is hilarious. Obama has a meeting today with Congressional leaders about the stimulus plan. Apparently he explained some shit to the GOP kids.
President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who's in charge of these negotiations. "I won," Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation.
Weeeeee.

No Shit

To me, this seems obvious. To others, it will produce massive confusion.
Monty Python started a YouTube channel with tons of their sketches streaming for free. The included links to their DVDs at Amazon. The result was a whopping 23,000% increase in sales.
Um. Yeah. If you introduce people to stuff, they will want more and most people don't mind paying. It's when you wage war with them that they go for free.

I can't tell you how many albums I've bought because the groups music was up for free on You Tube. Now You Tube has taken that music down, which means I won't be buying as much music. WIN!

Blago Opens His Stupid Hole

Kick-ass Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has finally figured out what his arrest reminds him of. Pearl Harbor.
"December 9 to my family, to us, to me, is what Pearl Harbor Day was to the United States," Blago told the Associated Press. "It was a complete surprise, completely unexpected. And just like the United States prevailed in that, we'll prevail in this."
Dude, now I get it. Thanks for making me understand what's going on with you. I just went through a personal Battle of Little Bighorn. I forgot about an audition and my agent was upset, which is very much like the death of Custer and his troops.

Blago!

Our Future War With Pakistan: Update

This is exciting! Obama is keepin' on with the keepin' on! Future war with Pakistan full steam ahead!

Two suspected U.S missile attacks killed 18 people Friday in Pakistan just east of the Afghan border, security officials said, the first such strikes since the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

At least five victims were identified as foreign militants, an intelligence officer said.

The strikes, which hit two districts of the lawless region where al-Qaida militants are known to hide out, are the latest in a barrage of more than 30 since the middle of last year.

Yay!
Pakistan's pro-U.S. leaders had expressed hope Obama would halt the attacks, which have reportedly killed several top al-Qaida operatives but triggered anger at the government by nationalist and Muslim critics.
And no. See new boss/old boss/same as....

Jan 22, 2009

Why Horribly Old People Shouldn't Breed

Example one: Larry King.

KING: Bob, my — in that regard, my younger son Cannon, he is eight. And he now says that he would like to be black. I’m not kidding. He said there’s a lot of advantages. Black is in. Is this a turning of the tide?

WOODWARD: Well, maybe.


Yes. Your eight-year-old wants to be black, so black is cool. Also, shitting in your pants is cool. As is "playing robot."



Go crawl into a death hole you creepy old man. (No, I don't know what a death hole is, but it sounds reasonable).

Diane Sawyer Has A Pal Named Scotch

Apparently Diane Sawyer showed up on Tuesday drunk. And they decided to put her on the air anyway.



Delightful! Professional!

Bye, Fucker.


Not exactly nice of Obama and Biden, but reasonable.

War Criminal Speaks Out For Regular Criminal

This is nice. Dick Cheney still has Libby's back.
"Scooter Libby is one of the most capable and honorable men I've ever known," Cheney said of his former chief of staff. "He's been an outstanding public servant throughout his career. He was the victim of a serious miscarriage of justice, and I strongly believe that he deserved a presidential pardon. Obviously, I disagree with President Bush's decision."
Um. No you don't. If Scooter was pardoned, he could be subpoenaed, brought before Congress and would be unable to take the 5th. For you, this is all good. He's the patsy. He's your bitch. He took the fall for your illegal activities.

Now go sit back in your villain chair and think up horrible things to do during retirement.

State Department Goes Apefuck

It seems they like the new boss.



Remember that happening when Condi took over? No? I wonder why.

These are State Department professionals basically losing their shit because they know a non moron is back in charge. What a complete disaster Bush was.
The reaction of State Department employees as Hillary Clinton arrived this morning apparently bears comparison to the liberation of Paris at the end of World War II.

There are great hopes for Hillary at State. I met last week with a number of career State Department employees and was surprised when one said she was looking forward to the “Glinda Party” next week. I asked her: if Hillary was Glinda, the Good Witch of the South from the Wizard of Oz, did that make Condoleezza Rice the Wicked Witch of the West?

“You’re on to it,” she said.
Everybody hated them. Everybody.

Bestest Candidate Nominee

It's not often you find a guy who claims he wanted to be a politician because, well....
But Dawson hasn’t erased concerns about his Southern background. And more recently, his opponents have sought to damage his candidacy by circulating information about remarks he made at the University of South Carolina in 2003. In his comments at a seminar there, Dawson described his entry into politics as a reaction against 1960s-era school busing policies, telling students: “Government reached into my life and grabbed me and shook me at the age of 15.”
Dude hates integration and he's apparently proud to say so.

Stay classy, GOP.

Jan 21, 2009

Might Want To Cancel That Trip To Chihuahua

Um. This is not good.

The incident came as 16 other people were also killed in Mexico's northern state of Chihuahua in attacks the authorities believe are linked to the country's drug wars.

"Hitmen cut off commander Martin Castro's head and left it in an ice cooler in front of the local police station," said a statement issued by the state justice authorities.

His head was left in the town Praxedis with a message from the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel.

The police commander was abducted on Saturday, along with five other police officers and a civilian, only five days after starting his job.

Six bodies in police uniforms bearing signs of torture and gunshot wounds were found on Monday in a street in the state capital, Chihuahua, officials said.

Message received. Cool if we just grab the head and go?

South Pretending Like Black Guy Is Not President

I feel like something else happened yesterday. Shit. What was it? I just can't remember...

Vacation On The Red Sea

Israel military officers are being told not to go to Europe because they may have, sort of, committed war crimes.

IDF officers intending to travel to Europe, whether for business or pleasure, have been advised to contact the Judge Advocate General's Office prior to leaving Israel; and some may be instructed not to leave the country.

The advisory has been issued following Israel's concern that international arrest warrants may be issued against officers who were involved in the Israeli offensive in Gaza on charges of war crimes.

Other than that, good job!

Harry Reid Opens His Tard Hole

This idiot really needs to go. Today he explained how awesome lobbyists are.
“And there’s nothing wrong with that,” said Reid. “And Obama will be meeting with them too.” When asked to clarify his remarks, given Obama’s promises to change that part of Capitol culture, Reid responded that lobbyists are part and parcel of the job.

“People should understand that lobbyists, per se, are someone’s father, mother, son, daughter,” said Reid. “They work for a living.”

Strange position to take. Those poor lobbyists are just working for a living. Hmmmm

The Democratic leader’s sons and a son-in-law have worked as lobbyists.

The man is a filthy anus.

Obama Kicks Bush In The Teeth

Besides the inaugural speech yesterday, in which Obama explained to the country how Bush had done everything wrong and how he was going to do it right, the new White House just threw up a web page slamming Bush.
The new White House website unveiled by President Barack Obama’s team Tuesday includes a shot at former President Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina.

Under the “agenda” portion of the site regarding Katrina, it reads: “President Obama will keep the broken promises made by President Bush to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. He and Vice President Biden will take steps to ensure that the federal government will never again allow such catastrophic failures in emergency planning and response to occur.”

“President Obama swiftly responded to Hurricane Katrina,” the statement on the site continues. “Citing the Bush Administration’s ‘unconscionable ineptitude’ in responding to Hurricane Katrina, then-Senator Obama introduced legislation requiring disaster planners to take into account the specific needs of low-income hurricane victims.”
Snap.

This might be a fun four years.

Jan 20, 2009

Thankfully, This Is Not Your President


It feeds on hamsters.

Totally Non-Partisan

Bush Receives Proper Sending Off



I did enjoy the commentators surprise that Americans would boo a war criminal.

It's just poor form to boo war criminals. Could you imagine someone booing Pinochet? Just wrong.

Demcrats Dropping Like Files.

Well, at least they made it long enough to see Obama pick up the magic ring (0r whatever it is).
Ted Kennedy was taken out of the Statuary Hall luncheon after suffering an apparent seizure -- a few minutes after Sen. Robert Byrd was removed in his wheelchair under the supervision of medical personnel.

Byrd was conscious and had been having trouble eating, according to a witness.
Thanks for ruining the party.

Evil Learns To Roll


Apparently his legs could no longer support all that heinous.

Rock Lives Again

May I present insane rock star Mark Gormley



It is very intense.

24 - A Show About Whining

24 used to be a show about a guy torturing people to get information. Now it is a show about people telling people who don't like torture that torture is awesome, without the torture. It'd be like if John McClane spent all his time in Die Hard explaining to Hans why terrorism is bad, instead of kicking the shit out of the terrorists.

It's a show with a complex. It is now a defensive, whiny show. And you're not going to believe this, but the guys who want to torture are always right and the ones who want to follow the law are dumb suits who just don't get it. Because when I turn on the tv, I want to be lectured about how awesome it is to commit war crimes.

Just fucking torture people and shut the fuck up. I like my war crimes sans the moral dilemma.

Jan 19, 2009

Gump Or Button? You Be The Judge..


And this tool is up for awards.

Um. Can We Do That Differently?

This is one of the worst commercial ad placements ever.



Yummy!

Make It Not So

Holy shit.
Just three years ago the award-winning actor was fighting off female admirers - however he caused serious fears for his wellbeing as he made a made a disastrous hip-hop debut in Las Vegas at the weekend.

Sporting a scraggly beard, long hair and ripped trousers, Joaquin - who announced his retirement from acting in October - looked a state as he bobbed along the catwalk 'performing' three hip-hop tracks from his forthcoming album.

I just assumed it would be a shitty rock band, but this tool is going to go down in flames all my his lonesome, out on the stage, with just his words. Epic failure.

Look forward to the day you come crawling back to acting, Joaquin.

And, yes, there's a video in the link. I just couldn't bring myself to post it.

Jan 16, 2009

Caifornia Closing Up Shop

Don't forget to turn out the lights.
Reporting from Sacramento -- State Controller John Chiang announced today that his office would suspend tax refunds, welfare checks, student grants and other payments owed to Californians starting Feb. 1, as a result of the state's cash crisis.

Chiang said he had no choice but to stop making some $3.7 billion in payments in the absence of action by the governor and lawmakers to close the state's nearly $42-billion budget deficit. More than half of those payments are tax refunds.

The controller said the suspended payments could be rolled into IOUs if California still lacked sufficient cash to pay its bills come March or April.

"I take this action with great reluctance," Chiang said at a news conference in his office. But he said that without action to close the deficit, "there is no way to make it through February unscathed."

The payments to be frozen include nearly $2 billion in tax refunds; $300 million in cash grants for needy families and the aged, blind and disabled; and $13 million in grants for college students.
I can't wait until some welfare recipient steals my car because he needs food.

Hey, Republicans, I'd rather pay a few taxes than not have, you know, anything.

Grover Gets His Crybaby On

Grover Norquist is a shocking idiot. Hold on, there's more.

He has a great understanding of taxes and the effects they have on people.
NORQUIST: The other tax cut you could do is cutting the corporate rate. The U.S. corporate rate is 35 percent; the European rate is 25 percent. Obama is a more international guy, so we should be close to the European average. We’ll stop torturing people, we’ll stop torturing corporations, and that will make us more like Europe.
See? Torture is like taxes. Having your eyes pulled out with a spoon is the same as paying an extra 10% in taxes.

I guess we should tax terrorists instead of torturing them. Although, that might be too cruel.

We Need To Get More Exploitation Up In This Bitch

You know what the world needs? More sweatshops.

Nicholas D. Kristof
Mr. Obama and the Democrats who favor labor standards in trade agreements mean well, for they intend to fight back at oppressive sweatshops abroad. But while it shocks Americans to hear it, the central challenge in the poorest countries is not that sweatshops exploit too many people, but that they don’t exploit enough.
Seriously. How the fuck is the world supposed to become a better place if we don't increase exploitation? Let's get on it, people.

And when were done with that we need to bump up rape a bit. It's totally lagging.

Jan 15, 2009

A Blind Retelling Of Star Wars

A girl who has never seen Star Wars explains the plot.

Love this.

This Is A Terrible Ad

I don't know what US Airways is thinking.


I'm totally not interested in water landings.

UPDATE: Oops. That's a plane crash. Into the Hudson. About 10 minutes ago.

Birds took it down. MY GOD, BIRDS HAVE TURNED ON US!

Red Dragon Alert

Oh, dear. The Red Menace from the East is coming on strong.
China overtook Germany to become the world's third largest economy yesterday after revising its figures for output growth. The Chinese economy has grown tenfold in three decades and grew 13% rather than 12% in 2007, Beijing said, putting it behind only the United States and Japan in terms of gross domestic product.
We're all going to be using chopsticks soon! Hide your dogs!

Obama Learns Something About Assholes

Obama thought it would be a great idea to create a stimulus plan both Democrats and Republicans could enjoy. Unfortunately, he neglected to take into account the fact that Republicans are insane ideologues. He forgot their ruinous policies led to this economic disaster and that they would like to continue driving the car off the cliff.
Obama's stimulus package is on track to pass before the Presidents Day recess in mid-February. But it is increasingly doubtful that he will pick up the 80 Senate votes he had hoped to win in the first major legislative test of his presidency. Instead, the bill is likely to pass on the strength of the Democrats' majority.
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said Wednesday that prospects for bipartisanship in the stimulus debate rapidly were eroding.

"The air is coming out of that balloon," Thune said. "To attract Republicans, they lose Democrats. It is a very difficult needle to thread. They are discovering that the goal [of an 80-vote majority] is unrealistic. He got so much push-back from his own people."

House Republican leaders have set up a working group to draft their own stimulus proposal focusing on permanent, across-the-board tax relief. And the Republican Study Committee, a group of about 100 conservative House Republicans, unveiled a bill Wednesday that contains a series of tax cuts, including reducing all personal income tax rates by 5% and cutting the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%.
Welcome to Washington. Now do what grown ups do and tell the extremist Republicans to go fuck themselves. Just peel off the moderates.

Israel Continues With Plan For Extreme Failure

Epic fail.
Israel hoped that the war in Gaza would not only cripple Hamas, but eventually strengthen its secular rival, the Palestinian Authority, and even allow it to claw its way back into Gaza.

But with each day, the authority, its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, and its leading party, Fatah, seem increasingly beleaguered and marginalized, even in the Palestinian cities of the West Bank, which they control. Protesters accuse Mr. Abbas of not doing enough to stop the carnage in Gaza — indeed, his own police officers have used clubs and tear gas against those same protesters.

The more bombs in Gaza, the more Hamas’s support seems to be growing at the expense of the Palestinian Authority, already considered corrupt and distant from average Palestinians.

Fucking idiots.

Rick Sanchez Removes Joe The Plumbers Asshole

Holy shit.



Hilarious.

Jan 14, 2009

There Is Something Worse Than Hamas

Years ago, Israel's policy was to isolate Fatah and harm the Palestinians that pledged allegiance to Arafat. Huh. How'd that work out? There is now something much worse than Fatah. It's called Hamas.

So now, Israel has decided to isolate Hamas and try to push Palestinians away from the extremists. Guess what? There's something worse than Hamas: Salafism.

Salafists think Hamas are a bunch of chickenshit pussies. They have an even more strict, puritanical interpretation of Islam. Some guy named Osama bin Laden and a few cats in a group called al Qaeda are Salafists.

Salafists are said to be pouring into the Gaza, with the understanding that this is their moment. They bring with them the battlefield knowledge of Afghanistan and, especially, Iraq.

In these theaters, of course, access to Israeli targets already is assured, and so the emphasis of the newly arrived mujahideen and a number of in-place Israeli Arabs seems to be to build a foothold from which Salafism can be preached and have a chance to grow among the populace.

There have been anti-Israeli operations conducted by Salafi groups in Gaza - such as the Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam) - but the attacks have not been major, and the Salafis appear to spend just as much time fighting with their erstwhile Islamist colleagues in Hamas.

Uh oh. Think of Fatah as Democrats, Hamas as Republicans and Salafists as neo-cons.

So far, Hamas has done what it can to keep the Salafis under control. They know the ultra-radicals are just waiting to take over Hamas’ position of leadership. “They are traitors,” Abu Mustafa says of Hamas. “Compared to us, they are Islamism lite.” […]

The group’s greatest sin, says Abu Mustafa… is its effort to bring Islam and democracy together. “Hamas represents an American style of Islam. They have tried to curry favor.” Which is not such a bad thing for Abu Mustafa and his Salafis. “Hamas is like a block of ice in the sun,” he says. “Every minute they get smaller — and we get larger.”

This is going to be one of those "you reap what you sow" kind of moments for Israel.

Always A Dick

Bush is such a shocking asshole. Here's a little story from Dick Armey to illustrate my point.
For all the years he was president," Armey told me, "Bill Clinton and I had a little thing we'd do where every time I went to the White House, I would take the little name tag they give you and pass it to the president, who, without saying a word, would sign and date it. Bill Clinton and I didn't like each other. He said I was his least-favorite member of Congress. But he knew that when I left his office, the first schoolkid I came across would be given that card, and some kid who had come to Washington with his mama would go home with the president's autograph. I think Clinton thought it was a nice thing to do for some kid, and he was happy to do it." Armey said that when he went to his first meeting in the White House with President Bush, he explained the tradition with Clinton and asked the president if he would care to continue it. "Bush refused to sign the card. Rove, who was sitting across the table, said, 'It would probably wind up on eBay,'" Armey continued.
Hate.

Hollywood: Shockingly Stupid

Why not remake Karate Kid? Huh? Now, who can we get?
Jackie Chan is in negotiations to star in the remake of 1984 hit movie The Karate Kid, according to reports.

The martial arts star would take on the role of mentor Mr Miyagi, industry newspaper Hollywood Reporter says.

The character was made famous by Pat Morita in the original film franchise and earned him an Oscar nomination.

Jaden Smith, the son of Hollywood actor Will Smith, has already been cast as the boy to be mentored by the martial arts expert.
Thank God those Smith kids keep getting breaks. I can't imagine how hard their life is and I understand talent is inherited.

And Jackie Chan! Wow, what a horrible fucking idea!

Lottery Fail

This is such a fucked up story. Yet at the same time, it reveals the cyclical nature of sex offenders.

There was a strange lottery held in Alaska. The charity Standing Together Against Rape held the lottery to raise money and give a large chunk of change to a sexual assault victim. The winner would receive $500,000.

I guess someone forgot to read a sex crimes book or two, because it turns out a lot of pedophiles were victims.
An Alaska lottery held to raise money for a group that helps sexual abuse victims had a surprise winner: a convicted sex offender.

Alec Ahsoak, who according to the state sex offender registry was convicted in 1993 and 2000 for sexual abuse of a minor, came forward Saturday with the winning ticket for the $500,000 Lucky Time Pull Tabs jackpot.
Yay?

UPDATE: I got the story wrong. That's exciting! I thought the lottery was for victims of sexual assaults, but anyone could have won. How fucked up would it be if they only allowed sex victims to enter a lottery? How would they determine who was a sex victim? What the fuck is wrong with me?

And the "winner" met a pipe.

The man who won the state's first half-million dollar lottery was attacked on a downtown street this afternoon with a tire iron or metal pipe, according to Anchorage police.

Police say Alec Ahsoak, 53, was attackedat about 3:30 p.m. when a man, accompanied by two women, approached him to ask if he was the man who won the $500,000 jackpot.

It's all working out.

thanks for the catch arthur.

Jan 13, 2009

In Case You Forgot, Ryan Seacrest Is A Douche



High-fiving a blind guy.

Epic fail.

Joe The Tool Mideast Tour Update

Joe has his shovel out and he's digging the deepest tard hole we've seen in quite some time.
WURZELBACHER: You don’t need to see what’s happening every day, that’s my personal opinion, you don’t have to share it. ut, you know, okay, you don’t have to see, you know, 800 dead, 801 dead. It’s like they drill that in your head. … They want you to sit there saying there are so many people dying. You know these are large, these are numbers, you know I don’t want to take away from that. Let me, uh, think about how to say that again. Just essentially, they keep drilling it into your head, newscast after newscast after newscast.

I think the military should decide what information to give the media and then the media can release it to the public. I don’t believe they need to be in the front lines with soldiers, I don’t believe they need to, uh, you know, be bothering the military for information or for access to certain areas.
Joe's your everyday, common man who happens to believe strongly in military dictatorship. Dude would LOVE Burma.

Tennessee Republicans Get A Beat Down

Sometimes God doesn't like crazy religious nuts and he embarrasses them.

The Tennessee State House was all set to install there first Republican speaker in ages, when Democrats pulled a switcharoo. The crazy Republican actually brought his Bible to the vote, which he was going to be use in his swearing in ceremony. Instead, it was used to catch his tears.
AMAZING! Acting in a clandestine pact, the 49 Democrats in Tennessee’s House shocked Nashville just one hour ago by nominating and then voting en masse for Kent Williams (a moderate Republican from Elizabethton in Carter County) for Speaker to lead the 99-member chamber. The official Republican nominee, Jason Mumpower (a wingnut from Bristol in Sullivan County) was left speechless, clutching the family bible that he had brought in preparation for taking the Speaker’s oath of office. This is HUGE!
The R’s had promised bans on gay adoption and fostering, new concealed weapons laws, new constitutional limits on abortion, new anti-immigrant legislation, and mandating the teaching of “intelligent design” in public schools. Because the Tennessee House operates under a strict committee system and the Speaker appoints all committee chairs, though, it is unclear whether Republicans will be able to get any of these measures to the floor of the House.
I believe the kids call this pwned.

Sorry, Mumpower, but God didn't want you to run things this time. God doesn't like you.

We Are Israel's Bitch

This is pretty amazing.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel said Monday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had been forced to abstain from a United Nations [cease fire] resolution on Gaza that she helped draft, after Mr. Olmert placed a phone call to President Bush. "I said, 'Get me President Bush on the phone,'" Mr. Olmert said in a speech in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, according to The Associated Press. They said he was in the middle of giving a speech in Philadelphia. I said I didn't care: 'I need to talk to him now,'" Mr. Olmert continued. "He got off the podium and spoke to me." ...
Mr. Olmert claimed that once he made his case to Mr. Bush, the president called Ms. Rice and told her to abstain. "She was left pretty embarrassed," Mr. Olmert said, according to The A.P.
Shocking and pathetic. A little country telling us what to do. Good leadership.

Tough Road Ahead For Douchebags

Time to feel sad for America's poor, little lobbyists. They were so used to running the show under W, but now the door seems to be closed.
K Street veterans report a shocking new reality.

Top business officials accustomed to red-carpet treatment in the Bush White House say they must stand in line in the cold outside transition headquarters along with people they don't recognize, waiting to be cleared to meet with Obama staffers they don't know and who don't always appear to understand their issues. One veteran business official lamented that the only Obama official he has recognized so far is former Environmental Protection Agency Director Carol Browner — along with lobbying foes for labor and environmental organizations he has seen milling around or standing in the queue.


"We were part of the team" during the Bush transition, reminisced another top K Street player. "The business lobby was not pro-Obama," he acknowledged. "And for good reason, if you look at the campaign rhetoric."
Sucks to be America's #1 problem, doesn't it?
"You get your five-minute elevator presentation," said one top industry lobbyist who said his meetings have been devoid of meaty discussion. "They say nothing. It's a pure note-taking exercise. Will they be able to say they reached out? Sure."
I totally don't feel for you.

It's weird to see something very right happening.

Failure: Empty Chairs Edition

Apparently, George Bush and company were expecting a large throng of reporters for his final press conference yesterday.
Further complicating his last-minute legacy rehabilitation: Nobody seems to be paying attention. The White House had high expectations for yesterday’s final, historic news conference. “ONE CORRESPONDENT PER ORGANIZATION,” proclaimed the bulletin sent to reporters. “STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR NON-SEAT HOLDERS.”
And no scalping! Anyone with counterfeit tickets will not be allowed in.
But when the appointed hour of 9:15 a.m. arrived, the last two rows in the seven-row briefing room were empty, and a press aide told White House interns to fill those seats.
Oh, right. Nobody gives a shit about you - and that includes the people who are paid to give a shit about you.

Jan 12, 2009

Stronger Than Gay!

Ken Blackwell is the former governor of Ohio. He is famous for stealing the 2004 election for Bush and being a general douchebag. Now he wants to be the Republican National Committee chair, which means he is required to say many, many stupid things.

Example #1:

"I've never had to make the choice because I've never had the urge to be other than a heterosexual," Blackwell said, "but if in fact I had the urge to be something else I could have in fact suppressed that urge."

I understand, Ken. I've never had the urge to be a zombie, but if I did have the urge, I would suppress the shit out of it. I would totally not eat brains. Maybe kitties, but not brains.

Good luck with your eternal struggle against reality.

Obama Rips Into A Bag Of Lies

Obama started lying about Iran back on the campaign trail, so why stop now that he's won? Apparently, Iran is trying to get nukes, at least according to Obama this weekend on ABC.
Iran is going to be one of our biggest challenges and as I said during the campaign we have a situation in which not only is Iran exporting terrorism through Hamas, through Hezbollah but they are pursuing a nuclear weapon that could potentially trigger a nuclear arms race.
Yeah, about that nuclear weapon thingy. We have 16 intelligence agencies here in the US of A and they don't think so.

We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program.

Uh oh. That's a big fucking lie, then. Big, fat, dangerous lie. New boss same as the old boss. Thankfully George Stephanopolous is a well researched journalist and called Obama on the blatant lie.

And you have to do something about it in your first year.

Media! See: Iraq War.

Joe The Tool Mideast Tour Update

This guy is an epic moron.
JOE: The story here is people are being killed and the media’s slanting it and trying to make it Hamas is, uh, as far as, that Israel’s being bad. Do you believe Israel is bad?

REPORTER: Do I believe it?

JOE: Yeah, do you?!

REPORTER: I’m Israeli, so…

JOE: So answer the question!

REPORTER: No, I don’t think Israel is bad.

JOE: Do you think Israel has every right to protect itself?

REPORTER: Yeah.

[pause]

JOE: You do?!

REPORTER: Yeah.

JOE: Have you said that on air?

REPORTER: I’m just a reporter.

Way to take it to those reporters, Joe. Journalists, if they are professional, as expected to include their opinions and bias in every piece.

And please don't pay attention to what he said a couple of days ago.

JOE: They’re supposed to bring the news to you unbiased. They’re supposed to actually report it and then let you make your opinion.

ROGER L. SIMON: What do you think you can provide that a seasoned journalist can’t?

JOE: What I can provide are actual real questions and get real answers. I’m not talking manufactured answers, I’m not talking soundbites…And uh, not giving it any kind of slants. That’s how news is supposed to be reported. Somewhere along the line they forgot that. As opposed to a commentary from them.

Please, make it stop. Please.

Bush Goes Out Angry and Stupid

Bush held his final press conference today. It didn't go well. Take his answer to a question about the dismal government response to Hurricane Katrina.
BUSH: You know, people said that the federal response was slow. Don’t tell me the federal response was slow when there was 30,000 people pulled off roofs right after the storm passed...30,000 people were pulled off roofs right after the storm moved through. That’s a pretty quick response. Could things have been done better? Absolutely, absolutely. But when I hear people say the federal response was slow, then what are they gonna say to those chopper drivers? Or to the 30,000 that got pulled off the roofs?
Um. The chopper drivers weren't the ones who allowed thousands to sit in squalor for five days without food and water.

Also, you are a monster.

Jan 11, 2009

Joe The Plumber Calls It Like He Sees It

Unfortunately, he sees it like a moron.
"I'll be honest with you. I don't think journalists should be anywhere allowed war. I mean, you guys report where our troops are at. You report what's happening day to day. You make a big deal out of it. I-I think it's asinine. You know, I liked back in World War I and World War II when you'd go to the theater and you'd see your troops on, you know, the screen and everyone would be real excited and happy for'em. Now everyone's got an opinion and wants to downer--and down soldiers. You know, American soldiers or Israeli soldiers. I think media should be abolished from, uh, you know, reporting. You know, war is hell. And if you're gonna sit there and say, 'Well look at this atrocity,' well you don't know the whole story behind it half the time, so I think the media should have no business in it."
Um. Yeah. That fucking freedom of the press is such bullshit. Cough, Constitution, cough.



Thanks for wearing your best T-shirt.

Jan 9, 2009

Get Your Great Depression On!

It's amusing to watch the news peoples speak about the unemployment numbers as if they are real. Since LBJ, presidents have been fucking with the number of unemployed. Everyone seems to understand that the official number of unemployed is a load of shit. They do not count people who have used up all of their unemployment benefits. They just kind of go away. Last month alone, 380,000 people were dropped of unemployment rolls. Poof! Gone!

Yay!

Reagan was pretty devious about fudging the numbers, but Clinton was by far the worst.

During the Great Depression unemployment was around 25%. So what is it really today? How about 16%? That's a depression, bitches.
Figures collected for Reuters by John Williams, from the electronic newsletter Shadowstats.com, suggest that, while we are not there yet, the comparison is not as outlandish as it might initially seem.

By his count, if unemployment were still tallied the way it was in the 1930s, today's jobless rate would be closer to 16.5 percent -- more than double the stated rate.

Hmmm, smell that? It's socialism creeping in.

Or it could be the very delightful 11%
However, some economists, including Kenneth Rogoff at Harvard University, now say joblessness could top 11 percent. Under Williams' methodology, that picture might look much more like the Great Depression.
Either way, it's not 7 fucking percent and we are all going to die.

Who To Hate

It is far to figure out who to dislike intensely these days. So many choices. Today, I narrow it down for you a bit.

Here's a mash up of Google Maps and Prop 8 donors some crazy hippy made.

Israel Needs Some New PR Guys


That can't be helping.

We Win!

It feels weird to be living during a year of such incredible achievement.
With the loss of 2.6 million jobs—including 1.9 million in the past four months alone—last year turned out to be the worst year for employment since 1945, the Labor Department reported Friday morning.
How kick ass it that? If we all pull together, I think we can break the record
The U.S. economy shed 524,000 in December, notching the unemployment rate to 7.2% (11.1 million people), the highest in 16 years. "It's going to be devastating in terms of consumer confidence and spending," said one economist ahead of the report's release. "The next couple of months will be dismal."
I love dismal.

Jan 8, 2009

Bestest Ever?

Harry Reid Is An Awesome Republican

Majority Leader Harry Reid has to go. He's a shocking idiot with a huge list of failures. Let's just take a look at the past couple of weeks:

He's stood up to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and refused to seat Roland Burris - with zero legal standing to do so. In return, Blago leaked reports of his conversation with Reid in which Harry said no to all the black possibilities and yes to the white ones. Now, he's realizing he has no legal standing to stop Burris and is slowly backing down. Oh, and that little mess gave Republicans the ability to block Al Franken from being seated - possibly for months. Then, he sat back while Senators Feinstein and Rockefeller talked shit about Obama's choice for head of the CIA.

Now, he's talking out of his ass and making some spectacularly stupid comments.

Democrats must be “very, very careful” to avoid overreaching and will not rubber-stamp President-elect Obama’s policies, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday.

In an interview with The Hill, Reid said it is essential for Obama and congressional Democrats to work closely with Republicans in the new Congress. He added that 2009 is very different from 1993, the last time Democrats controlled both Congress and the White House.
The Democrats are two seats from having a filibuster proof Senate and Reid want to play nice with the bully who beat the shit out of them for years and ran the country into the shitter. Fucking amazing.

And, on the same day, Reid said convicted felon and ex Republican Senator Ted Stevens should get a jail pass.

The Majority Leader thinks former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens shouldn't face jail time for his seven-count federal conviction last year.

"My personal feeling, you guys, I don't know what good that [would do]... He was a real war hero too, you know. He's been punished enough."

Members of Congress, he added, had long been used to not disclosing gifts until the rules had been tightened. And he said the 85-year-old Stevens simply did not adapt to those changing rules.

"It's a different world we live in, and Stevens did not understand that," Reid said.

Right. A lawmaker should not have to keep up with the laws.

Time to toss this pro-life, gun loving, Mormon out on his ass.

Hey, They Do It!

Israel is slowly becoming their enemy.
Amnesty International said on Wednesday that both Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters are endangering the lives of Palestinian civilians – including by using them as human shields.

“Our sources in Gaza report that Israeli soldiers have entered and taken up positions in a number of Palestinian homes, forcing families to stay in a ground floor room while they use the rest of their house as a military base and sniper position,” said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme. “This clearly increases the risk to the Palestinian families concerned and means they are effectively being used as human shields.”
This is really not going to end well for Israel. There is no end game.

Jan 7, 2009

Holy Fucking Shit

This is just...I don't know...what...my God...



I mean...can someone....I....fuck...

Let's Fucking Not

Apparently Congress is preparing a "non-binding resolution" supporting Israel's goals in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the U.S. House of Representatives majority leader, told JTA he was looking at such a resolution, which is being drafted in the office of Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

“Certainly it would not demand a cease-fire,” Hoyer said. “It would speak to the conditions that would justify a cease-fire. A cease-fire is not a just cease-fire when it’s just Israel” holding fire.

Be sure to put something in there about how much we dig the blowing up of schools and the killing of a family of 60.

And be sure not to focus on the one or two problems currently facing some country called America.

Jan 6, 2009

Like A Classic Drunk, Bush Forgets Two Days Ago

I am one of those people who think Bush has been drinking long and steady throughout his presidency. He has seemed pretty on top of it throughout his "I'm not going to be president anymore" tour. He sort of flubbed today, however.

Two whole days ago Bush said his greatest domestic achievement was trying to privatize Social Security. That was a weird thing to say because it was a huge, epic failure. Most people wouldn't say an epic failure was their shining moment, but Bush is a tool, so it's not so surprising.
On domestic policy, Bush was asked if he made progress in some areas for which he hasn't and probably won't get credit. Topping his list was his unsuccessful drive in 2005 to reform Social Security. Bush said his effort showed it's politically safe to campaign on changing Social Security and then actually seek to change it.
But today, he said this.

THOMAS: And biggest do-over? Knowing everything you know now, what would you have done over again?

BUSH: I probably, in retrospect, should have pushed immigration reform right after the ‘04 election and not Social Security reform.

Dude, you should totally get together with yourself and get your story straight.

Seriously, he is a fucking moron.

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Chase Manhattan Decides To Anally Rape Me

So, I've been a Chase Credit Card holder for years. I've never missed a monthly payment and have a balance on my business card. Again, I've never missed a payment. Ever.

So, how does Chase treat a good customer after they receive their government bailout? How about doubling my monthly payment?

When I inquired about this sudden change, I received a form letter...
We consistently review our business practices to ensure that we provide valued services and remain competitive in the business. As noted in your Cardmember Agreement, we may change the terms associated with your account and will notify you of the change in writing in accordance with applicable law.
Oh, so you fuck up and I have to suffer for your ineptitude? Good to know you got your bailout money and are using it to help kill the economy. I don't think that's why all you big banks got the cash.
Our records indicate that a Change in Terms notice was sent to you in November 2008, which advised of the addition of an Account Service Fee and a change to the required minimum payment for your account, effective as of your January 2009 billing statement.
OH! Hey, thanks for answering a different question. I didn't ask if you informed me, I asked "why?"
Please note that the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) on your account is not changing and you may continue to take advantage of the promotional APR currently in effect on your account.
OH! I can increase my balance! How awesome is that?!!?
We realize how hectic life can be and we would like to help you simplify your life with the convenience of Paperless Statements.
Sure, why not try to sell something to a disgruntled customer after you just rammed your fist into his ass? Actually, I use both paperless and paper statements. I think that's better in case I ever have an IRS audit. But that's just me, thinking wisely. And let's be honest, you just want to cut down on your overhead. At this point, I just want to cause you pain, so it's not going to happen.

Look, I can totally handle the increase. My balance isn't that high, so it's not a big increase. That's not the point. The point is many people can't and the banks were given money to loosen credit up. This would be the opposite. This will mean people have less money to spend and the economy will get worse.

I consider this to be a very bad sign of things to come.

I can't wait to receive a form letter response to my last message:
Consider me a very dissatisfied customer. But continue taking government money, running your business into the ground and punishing good customers for your blatant ineptitude.
Good times.

Republicans Continue Down Path of Lunacy

Remember Terry Schaivo? The awesome vegetable lady Republicans turned into a political pawn. Remember how America was against the politicization of the family matter?
Americans broadly and strongly disapprove of federal intervention in the Terri Schiavo case, with sizable majorities saying Congress is overstepping its bounds for political gain.

The public, by 63 percent-28 percent, supports the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube, and by a 25-point margin opposes a law mandating federal review of her case. Congress passed such legislation and President Bush signed it early today.

That legislative action is distinctly unpopular: Not only do 60 percent oppose it, more -- 70 percent -- call it inappropriate for Congress to get involved in this way.
That was a huge fail for Republicans. So, why not bring it back upObama has nominated Thomas Perrelli for the number 3 spot at the Justice Department. Thomas just happened to be one of the lawyers who represented Michael Schiavo - the man who wanted to take his vegetable wife off life support.

Now it's get even time. The lunatics are pushing Congressional Republicans to bring up the Schiavo case during Perrelli's hearing.

Andrea Lafferty, executive director of the Traditional Values Coalition, derided Mr. Perrelli's selection as "just another death-peddler Obama has added to his list of nominees." She said he's earned the nickname among pro-lifers of "Piranha Perrelli" for his work on the case.

Tom McClusky, vice president for government affairs at the Family Research Council, said several end-of-life issues could make their way to the federal level in the next four years and having Mr. Perrelli at the department means pro-life causes would have a tougher time winning those debates.

"If the Justice Department isn't going to do anything about it, the states, what's to stop them from cases like Schiavo and even worse cases," Mr. McClusky said.

Oh, please, please, go after the death merchant.