Monthly Archives: June 2010
Racist Palin Blasts Anti-Semite Thomas But Gives Anti-Semite Coulter A Pass
Palin/Coulter Hybrid
That crazy racist Sarah Palin just cannot seem to keep her foot out of her mouth. When reporter Helen Thomas exposed her anti-Semitic feelings last week by saying Jews should “get the hell out” of Israel and “go home” to countries such as Poland and Germany, Palin was quick to go on the offensive to criticize (deservedly) Thomas. She quickly tweeted on Twitter,
Helen Thomas press pals condone racist rant? heaven forbid “esteemed” press corps represent society’s enlightened elite;Rest of us choose truth
Now aside from the fact that her tweet is another example of incomprehensible Palineese, isn’t it interesting that Palin is appalled by racist rants from liberals but not from conservatives. As you might remember, Palin’s silence was deafening when conservative Ann “the Man” Coulter said we should just throw Judaism away and they should become Christians. Where was Palin’s outrage at the anti-Semitic remark from that conservative guy?
Then again, this is just another example of Palin’s modus operandi. Remember her screaming fit when Rahm Emmanuel referred to certain activist liberals as “retards” and her dismissive defense of Rush Limbaugh for repeatedly using the same term?
What else could we expect from an uneducated, confused racist like Sarah Palin. Remember, Palin is the person who said, “So Sambo beat the bitch!” when she heard that Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. For those of you that are not familiar with this particular episode in Sarah “Plain and Stupid’s” life, pour youselves a stiff drink and read this story (here).
In honor of the troops, please click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with the song parody.
Lola song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRopmfinsWk
COULTER
(sung to the Kinks song “Lola”)
I saw her once last week on the Fox network
Where the hosts are lame and the guests are worse like Ann Coulter
She is a revolter
A big Adam’s Apple and masculine hands
She has the curves of a flagpole and a set of big huge molars
M-o-l-a molars mo-mo-mo-mo molars
Well I’m not the world’s most perceptive bloke
But she is a lady that I wouldn’t dare poke
That Ann Coulter co-co-co-co Coulter
Well I’m not dumb but I can’t understand
Why she walks like a woman but looks like a man
That Ann Coulter co-co-co-co Coulter co-co-co-co Coulter
Well she sat right next to Hannity
And then was on Bill O’Reilly
They saw mascara on her eyes so blue
But I swear those guys didn’t have a damn clue
Well I don’t know if they are into men
But the next night on Fox she was on there again that Ann Coulter
Co-co-co-co Coulter co-co-co-co Coulter
Coulter co-co-co-co Coulter co-co-co-co Coulter
I changed the station
M-S-N-B-C
Re-luct-ant-ly
I then turned back to Fox
Then I was convinced she was a he
Well I don’t know what ol Rush Limbaugh thinks
But I like women when they don’t have dinks like Ann Coulter’s
Co-co-co-co Coulter’s
She says that her wisdom sells her books
It’s gotta be somethin’ cuz it ain’t her good looks that Ann Coulter
Co-co-co-co Coulter
I took a closer look at Hannity
Now I’m not really so sure that he’s not a she
But this might be the Republican way
A sex change is good cuz then you’re not gay
Well I’m not the world’s most masculine man
But I’m never gonna take it right up the can
From no Mann Coulter
Co-co-co-co Coulter co-co-co-co Coulter
Coulter co-co-co-co Coulter co-co-co-co Coulter
Would You Like A Little Oil In Your Tea?
Feel a little stupid now?
How about you folks?
We know you do
Has anyone noticed how little we seem to hear from those pesky Tea-Baggers since the Gulf oil rig disaster. Remember those crazies running around with their tri-cornered hats and “Don’t Tread On Me” flags while railing against an activist government? Remember when Tea-Baggers were all the rage as they vowed to “take back the government” in the upcoming elections? Well, a funny thing happened on the way to their coronation. The BP oil spill actually illustrated the need for an activist government.
This recent environmental disaster caused by private BP (does that stand for “Biblical Proportions”?) has put the Tea-Baggers in that uncomfortable position of being between a rock and a hard place. It has become absolutely clear that a lack of strict governmental regulation (which the Tea Party advocates) of deep water oil drilling allowed a private industry to take safety shortcuts which ultimately caused the oil spill that is now devastating the Gulf Coast states. In other words, in this instance the stated objective of the Tea Party has proved to be detrimental to the health (both personal and economic) and safety of American citizens.
For the past two years Tea Party activists have been vehemently criticizing the Democrats’ and the Obama administration’s penchant for what they consider to be over-regulation of the private sector. Despite an unsustainable health care system, they opposed any federal remedy. Despite the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, they opposed the federal stimulus package aimed at jump-starting the economy and getting people back to work. And most vividly of all, they opposed regulation of the oil industry based upon environmental concerns by means of celebrating Sarah Palin’s mantra of “Drill Baby, Drill!”.
Since the oil spill occurred some of the newly crowned leaders of the Tea Party movement have made some ridiculous statements in an attempt to address the situation. For instance, Kentucky Senate nominee Rand Paul refuses to blame BP for the disaster. He simply refers to it as “an accident”. Paul has also called President Obama “un-American” for his efforts to hold the British owned oil company accountable for its negligence. Nevada Senate nominee Sharron Angle has actually called for the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency. Wildest of all, Sarah Palin, the ex-quitting half-term governor of Alaska, has blamed the environmentalists for the oil spill and has blamed the slow remedy and clean-up on Obama because she claims he is in the pockets of the oil industry.
The Tea Party’s non-regulation message and moonbat crazy pronouncements however, are no longer resonating with the American people. As the Boston Globe pointed out on Thursday, “According to a CBS News poll, a majority of Americans now oppose offshore drilling, and nearly two-thirds say Obama should be doing more to stop the spill. This desire for more aggressive government action is the antithesis of the Tea Party ethos.” Additionally, the Boston Globe revealed that a Washington Post/ABC News poll this week revealed that half of Americans hold an “unfavorable impression’’ of the Tea Party, up from 39 percent in March.
Turn out the lights Glenn Beck, the party’s over.
Please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with today’s topical song parody.
Garden Party song link: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x89fev_ricky-nelson-garden-party_music
TEA BAG PARTY
(sung to the Ricky Nelson song “Garden Party”)
I went to a Tea Bag party hoping to make some brand new friends
But they became my enemies, those right wing racist men
When I got to the Tea Bag party, they all looked the same
That really surprised me, and no one had a brain
But its all right now, I learned my lesson well
You see, ya can’t please everyone, so ya got to please yourself
Crazies there from miles around, mostly with white hair
Locals brought their shotguns, there was hatred in the air
‘n’ over in the corner, not to my surprise
Sarah Palin sportin’ F-me pumps while just winking her eyes
But its all right now, I learned my lesson well
You see, ya can’t please everyone, so they can go to hell
Lot-in-dah-dah-dah, lot-in-dah-dah-dah
Told them they were so wrong, Glenn Beck is insane
Drill Baby, Drill’s stupid, and Palin is to blame
I said Rand Paul is crazy too, best not drink his tea
Then I told them things about Michele Bachmann they would not believe
But its all right now, I learned my lesson well
You see, ya can’t please everyone, so they can go to hell
Lot-dah-dah-dah (lot-dah-dah-dah)
Lot-in-dah-dah-dah
Someone opened up a closet door and donned a white pointy hood
Punching his railroad ticket to Hell and just the way he should
If you’re goin’ to a Tea Bag party, I wish you a lotta luck
Bring a misspelled sign, use racist slang and drive a pick-up truck
But its all right now, I learned my lesson well
You see, ya can’t please everyone, so ya got to please yourself
Lot-dah-dah-dah (lot-dah-dah-dah)
Lot-in-dah-dah-dah
But its all right now, I learned my lesson well
You see, ya can’t please everyone, so ya got to please yourself
Sarah Palin Says, “Call Me”
"Operator, please connect me with reality. It's urgent!"
Sarah Palin is blowing her own horn once again. The on again, off again part time Fox News guest host and reality television show host feels she should be consulted about the Gulf oil rig disaster. You heard that correctly, the former ex-quitting governor of Alaska believes that the President of the United States should telephone her for advise.
Yesterday, she utilized the sophomoric medium of FaceBook to criticize the Commander in Chief and to offer him her assistance. She appears to be outraged at the fact that Obama has not spoken directly to BP CEO, Tony Hayward. Obama told NBC Tuesday that he has not spoken with Hayward because “when you talk to a guy like a BP CEO, he’s gonna say all the right things to me – I’m not interested in words, I’m interested in actions.” Palin’s FaceBook response?
further proof that it bodes well to have some sort of executive experience before occupying the Oval Office,
Palin then claimed that Obama should call experts that lived through the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, including herself. She said,
We’ve all lived and worked through the Exxon-Valdez spill. They can help you. Give them a call. Or, what the heck, give me a call. Based on my experience working with oil execs as an oil regulator and then as a Governor, you must verify what the oil companies claim – because their perception of circumstances and situations dealing with public resources and public trust is not necessarily shared by those who own America’s public resources and trust.
To a certain degree Palin is correct, “you must verify what the oil companies claim – because their perception of circumstances and situations dealing with public resources and public trust is not necessarily shared by those who own America’s public resources and trust.”, and that is precisely why the President does not feel the need to listen to Hayward’s “perception of circumstances”. Apparently, Palin is also unaware that experts from across the globe (including a few from Alaska) are being consulted by the Obama Administration on a daily basis. It is easy to understand how Palin would be ignorant of this fact in that she only watches Fox News and therefore only receives a limited amount of factual information mixed in with talk of Communists, Fascists and Nazis. Perhaps she does not understand that the President is not interested in the opinion of a half term governor who quit under the pressure of ethics based attacks.
Palin’s overinflated description of her Exxon Valdez experience should also be questioned. After all, fifty days after the Exxon spill occurred, Palin was not exactly involved in plans for remedying that disaster. In fact, she had only earned her bachelor’s degree two years earlier and was busy eloping with her high school sweetheart. Indeed, it was not until 1992 when Palin first held public office in the lowly position of the Wasilla (Alaska) City Council. Not exactly oil industry expertise.
Palin actually never dealt with the oil industry in any capacity until 2003 when she she accepted an appointment to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which oversees Alaska’s oil and gas fields for safety and efficiency. Although she had little background in the area, she said she wanted to learn more about the oil industry, and was named chair of the commission and ethics supervisor. She quit that position in 2004.
To put things in chronological perspective, the jury verdict in Exxon v. Baker occurred in 1994. This was nine years before Palin even sat on the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and long before she had any real knowledge about the industry. Thereafter, the Exxon case went through a series of appeals culminating in the US Supreme Court decision in 2008 to drastically reduce the damages award. Palin played no part in the litigation at any time. In short, Sarah Palin has no expertise in the field of oil spill clean-up or the litigation necessary to enforce it.
Barack Obama knows this, so don’t wait too long by the phone Sarah darling. Now run along and play while adults deal with the Gulf oil spill crisis.
Please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have way more fun singing along with today’s very topical song parody.
Today’s song contemplates President Obama actually calling Sarah Palin for advice.
867 – 5309 (Jenny) song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBHJqtgo8RA
867 – 5309 (SARAH)
(sung to the Tommy Tutone song “867 – 5309 (Jenny)”)
Hey!
Sarah Palin, who can I turn to?
I need an expert that I can talk to
Your oil expertise is the stuff of folklore
I got your name and number on the wall
Sarah, I’ve got your number
I will drop you a line
Sarah, I’ll call your number
867 – 5309 (867 – 5309)
867 – 5309 (867 – 5309)
Sarah, Sarah you’ll defeat BP
You’re not too bright and you lack a real degree
I should have called you before
But I lost my nerve
Only you can save our nation
Of that, I am sure
Sarah, I’ve got your number
And I can spare the dime
Sarah, I’ll call your number
867 – 5309 (867 – 5309)
867 – 5309 (867 – 5309)
I got it (I got it), I got it
I got your number on the wall
I got it (I got it), I got it
“For a good time “
“For a good time call”
(solo)
Hey!
Sarah, don’t change your number
I need your feeble mind
Sarah, I’ll call your number
867 – 5309 (867 – 5309)
867 – 5309 (867 – 5309)
Sarah, Sarah please give us a clue
(867 – 5309)
For the price of a dime I can always turn to you
(867 – 5309)
867 – 5309 (867 – 5309)
867 – 5309 (867 – 5309)
5309 (867 – 5309)
5309 (867 – 5309)
5309 (867 – 5309)
(repeat to fade)
Palin Opponents Say, “Fill Baby, Fill”
If you're stupid and you know it, make a fist!
In a blistering response to former ex-quitting governor of Alaska Sarah Palin’s FaceBook posting that environmentalists are to blame for the Gulf oil spill disaster, a new FaceBook group has emerged. The group is known as “1,000,000 People Who Want to Plug the BP Oil Spill with Sarah Palin“. The FaceBook page description reads as follows:
Sometimes, disaster calls for thinking outside the box. A radical departure from the norm, if you will.
And sometimes, the ability to shift your view, to change the paradigm, to think far beyond the conventional wisdom, gives you the opportunity to alter more than one mistake and give dual purpose – in other words, killing two birds with one stone.
Now, we have been presented with the opportunity to not only plug the worst oil spill in U.S. history, but also the opportunity to finally find a purpose for Sarah Palin the erstwhile former Vice-presidential candidate and current $100,000 a gig convention speaker.
Ms. Palin’s “Drill Baby Drill” showed her drive and initiative, and we have no doubt that when we hit one million people, she’ll show her resolve, and take one for the team, doing what no one else on earth has been able to do – stop the BP Oil spill disaster by allowing herself to be the plug that ends the 798,000 gallon-a-day leak that threatens to destroy our coasts.
Help stop the BP Oil leak!
They also offer T-shirts, mugs and tote bags for the cause. The motto: Don a swimsuit. Become a hero. Save the Planet!
Please do this great nation of ours a service and sign-up for this page.
In honor of the troops, please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with today’s topical song parody.
Pretty Woman song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rlB_q6lJ5A
PETTY WOMAN
(sung to the Roy Orbison song “Pretty Woman”)
Petty woman, cannot take the heat
Petty woman, with her Twitter tweets
Petty Woman, I don’t believe you
Can tell the truth
No other crook’s as good as you
Mercy
Petty woman, that’s our Sarah P.
Petty woman, and her Glenn Beck buddy
Petty woman, and her other pal, Hannity
They all work for Fox TV
Petty woman, winks and smiles
Slutty flight attendant style
Petty woman thinks she’s “mav’ricky”
Petty woman will not say
What convention speeches pay
Petty woman speaks in Palineese
We will read you
FaceBook tonight
“Drill Baby-Baby”
You’re not too bright
Petty woman and “First Dude” guy
Built a fence that is, ten feet high
Petty woman, just go away
OK
Joe McGinniss can still see your ways
He sees your rabid foam of hate
You’re such a sorry sight
But wait, Joe now can see
Sarah Palin’s on TV
Yeah, she’s there on Fox TV
O-oh
Petty Woman
Monday Night Music Byte (McCartney Blasts Bush)
McCartney at historic Fenway Park, Boston 2009.
Tonight’s Music Byte will dispense with the usual historical narrative of the featured artist. Sir Paul McCartney needs no introduction. Over here at the Blast-Off however, we like him even more this week.
CNN reports, President Obama on Wednesday awarded McCartney the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song – a lifetime achievement award given by the Library of Congress. Upon receiving the award, McCartney deadpanned, “After the last eight years, it’s great to have a president who knows what a library is.” Don’t you just love it? Even an English (albeit of Irish descent) musician recognized George W. Bush’s lack of eloquence and was not afraid to comment about it on American soil.
One person unfortunately was not amused. House Minority Leader John Boehner (pronounced, “Boner”) is demanding an apology from the music legend. Boehner said,
I hope he’ll apologize to the American people for his conduct which demeaned him, the White House and President Obama.
Actually Mr. Boehner, the remark did not demean McCartney, the White House and President Obama. It only demeaned George W. Bush. So, take that!
Please enjoy tonight’s video clip. By the way, the drummer is from Arlington, MA.
Bobby Jindal “Bells” Gaffes Again
You remember Bobby Jindal, don’t you? He was the once and future rising star of the G.O.P. before he delivered his party’s embarrassingly sophomoric response to President Obama’s February 2009 address to Congress. Suddenly thereafter, Jindal was persona non grata to the Republicans.
In an effort to redeem himself in the eyes of the G.O.P., Jindal continued to rail against the President’s stimulus package. He went so far as to proclaim that his State of Louisiana would not accept stimulus funds from the federal government. Of course he lied. Indeed, Jindal even posed in photographs with those big checks as he doled the federal funds to his constituents (see below).
Jindal proudly distributes stimulus funds.
Well, he’s b-a-a-a-a-ck! Nonetheless, in his newest attempt to redeem his image, Bobby Jindal “Bells” has stepped in it again. Ever since the Gulf oil disaster off the coast of his state, Jindal has been shaking his fist at BP and the federal government’s inability to stop the river of oil poisoning the Louisiana coastline and wetlands. His anger at BP is understandable as that company is solely responsible for both the spill and its clean up. But why is he angry at the federal government? Jindal, after all, is one of the biggest conservative proponents of a limited and hands-off federal government. He favors the limited regulation that actually triggered this disaster and yet he now wants his state to be bailed out by Big G.
Yet that is not all that Jindal wants. He claims to be outraged at those responsible for the oil rig disaster yet he is also criticizing President Obama’s moratorium on future off-shore drilling until a safer means of production can be guaranteed. In other words, baby boy Bobby wants to have his cake and eat it too. He wants to capitalize on his outrage at the disaster and yet he simultaneously wants to enable the disaster perpetrators to continue their unsafe practices. Bobby Jindal speaketh with forked tongue.
Please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with today’s song parody.
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4XEbwyvxPc
TINFOIL KEEPS FORMING ON HIS HEAD
(sung to the B.J. Thomas song “Raindrops keep Falling On My Head”)
Tinfoil keeps formin’ on his head
Bob Jindal’s the guy who can’t remember what he said
Boy, what a dimwit
That tinfoil keeps formin’ on his head, it keeps formin’
Jindal’s been sitting way too long in the sun
He won’t admit it but he needs those Stimulus Funds
Just to keep his job
That tinfoil keeps formin’ on his head, it keeps formin’
And there’s one thing we know
This Jindal guy will cheat me indiscreetly
It won’t be long till Bobby J. implodes completely
Tinfoil keeps formin’ on his head
It’s hard to believe that he’s Louisiana born and bred
Whining constantly
Yet, Bobby still wants to play the game of complainin’
He just can’t see
He’s a spoiled crybaby
(musical interlude)
It won’t be long till Bobby J. implodes completely
Tinfoil keeps formin’ on his head
There’s no chance his state will ever emerge from the red
Not with Bobby J.
Cuz he don’t believe in funds for good job re-trainin’
Or equal pay
There’s no hope for LA
Sunday Morning Coffee (or Tea) – 40
Just a few noteworthy news satellites that have been careening around the blogosphere this week…
BREAKING NEWS: This week’s episode of “Racists On Parade” features South Carolina Republican state Senator Jake “You Can Call Me Don” Knotts. Last week he made racist slurs against both President Barack Obama and Republican gubernatorial candidate (and alleged adulteress) Nikki Haley when he said,
We already got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion
Wow, do these racist southern Republicans ever know when to shut-up? Then again, Knott’s racism and big mouth should land him frequent guest host appearances with Glenn Beck and Sean Hannitty on Fox News.
THIS JUST IN: This week’s episode of “Republicans Caught With Their Hands In The Cookie Jar” features Jim Greer, former head of the Florida Republican Party. Last week, Greer was indicted on six felony charges: organized scheme to defraud, money laundering, and four counts of grand theft. Seems Greer developed a scheme to take money from the Republican Party for his personal use. Isn’t it amusing when the crooks steal from the crooks?
BREAKING NEWS: This week’s edition of “A Film Clip Is Worth A Thousand Words” features Chris Matthews and his exposure of both Michele “Moonbat-Crazy” Bachmann and Rand “Racist” Paul. Please enjoy…
THIS JUST IN: This week’s edition of “Stupid Is As Stupid Does” features Alaskan BPepublican Representative Don Young who exposed his ignorance while downplaying the Gulf oil spill disaster. Young said,
This is not an environmental disaster, and I will say that again and again because it is a national phenomena.
- You would think that an Alaskan would know a little something about environmental disasters. After all, that state suffered the effects of both the Exxon Valdez and Sarah Palin.
BREAKING NEWS: This week’s edition of “Catch Me Now I’m Falling” features not only Glenn Beck, but the entire Fox News network. Neilsen ratings for May reveal Glenn Beck, [h]as lost -26% of its total viewer audience. Neilsen ratings show Fox News declines were also substantial when comparing May to the their recent peak at beginning of the year (January 2010), with the network’s audience falling off by 20-35% every hour of the day in the demo except “Fox and Friends,” which was down -8% and their 1-3p block which fell -15%. FNC’s M-F primetime audience dropped by -26% in total viewers (2.17m vs. 2.95m) and -30% in the demo (554k vs. 795k)….Other double-digit demo losses included the 9a hour (down -22%), 10a (-21%), 11a (-27%), Noon (-28%), Studio B/Smith at 3p (-28%), Cavuto at 4p, (-29%), Bret Baier at 6p (-24%), Fox Report/Smith at 7p (-29%), O’Reilly at 8p (-30%), Hannity at 9p (-35%) and Greta at 10p (-29%).
Let’s hope that the nation’s news viewers are finally smartening up.
In honor of the troops, please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with today’s song parody.
Let Em In song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe990JYsbNo&feature=related
LET FOX IN
(sung to the Paul McCartney and Wings song “Let ‘Em In”)
Someone’s sniveling on the tube
Somebody’s startin’ to yell
Someone’s sportin’ new boobs
Somebody reeks of hair gel
Do me a favor,
Change the channel and let Fox in
Ooh yeah
Someone’s not “fair and balanced”
Somebody’s missing brain cells
Someone’s psyche is imbalanced
Somebody’s wearing pastels
Do me a favor,
Change the channel and let Fox in
Yeah ,yeah, yeah, let Fox in
Neil Cavuto, O’Reilly
Glenn Beck and Hannity
Huckabee and Sarah Palin
Change the channel and let Fox in
Yeah
(musical interlude)
Neil Cavuto, O’Reilly
Glenn Beck and Hannity
Huckabee and Van Susteren
Change the channel and let Fox in
Oh, yeah
Someone’s talking to Newt Gingrich
Somebody’s starting to shout
Someone called Hillary a bitch
Somebody’s starting to pout
Do me a favor,
Change the channel and let Fox in
Ooh yeah ,yeah, let Fox in, let ‘em in now
Doo doo doo doo da doo doo
Doo doo doo da doo da
Neil Cavuto, O’Reilly
Glenn Beck and Hannity
Huckabee and Sarah Palin
Change the channel and let Fox in
Oh, yeah
Someone’s sniveling on the tube
Somebody’s startin’ to yell
Someone’s sportin’ new boobs
Somebody reeks of hair gel
Do me a favor,
Change the channel and let Fox in
Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The Upside Down World Of Sarah Palin
Coming soon to a theatre near you!!!
One has to wonder if Sarah Palin, the former ex-quitting Governor of Alaska lives in an alternate universe. A place where white is black, up is down and truths are lies. The most recent example of Palin’s bizzaro existence was revealed through last week’s bevy of FaceBook postings and Twitter tweets.
Palin took to those sophomoric forms of communication to….are you ready for this?….blame the environmentalists for the Gulf oil spill disaster. Consider Sarah’s twisted logic for a moment. She believes that the people who desire to protect the earth and its delicate ecosystem are to blame for the oil rig disaster that is polluting the ocean and southern shoreline while killing unknown numbers of animals. Utter nonsense of course, but what can you expect from the confused woman that labeled living wills and durable powers of attorney as “death panels”?
Let’s take a look at her FaceBook rantings, shall we?
Extreme deep water drilling is not the preferred choice to meet our country’s energy needs, but your protests and lawsuits and lies about onshore and shallow water drilling have locked up safer areas. It’s catching up with you. The tragic, unprecedented deep water Gulf oil spill proves it.
Radical environmentalists: you are damaging the planet with your efforts to lock up safer drilling areas. There’s nothing clean and green about your misguided, nonsensical radicalism, and Americans are on to you as we question your true motives.
Just a little Sarah Palin dittie to start your day. Remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along.
Born In The USA song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oVzHm_S0-A
BORN IN GOOD OLD AK
(sung to the Bruce Springsteen song, “Born In The U.S.A.”)
Born in an Idaho town
When my parents looked at me they could only frown
My dad he had a job that he sure did hate
So he loaded up the truck and we left the state
I wish I was…
(chorus)
Born in good old AK
Born in good old AK
Born in good old AK
Born in good old AK
We moved to the town of Wasilla
A bland place sort of like vanilla
I became a man killer
A temperament like Godzilla
Born in good old AK
Born in good old AK
Born in good old AK
Born in good old AK
I was soon running for the VP
John McCain said I was so “mavericky”
He bought me shoes and a real fine dress
Then he kicked me straight off the “Straight Talk Express”
Born in good old AK
Born in good old AK
Born in good old AK
Born in good old AK
I went back to state 49
Acted as if the whole place was mine
I did bitch, I did whine
Committed more than one ethics crime
I did the acts but I won’t serve the time
Up on the North Slope where the oil does flow
I cut some deals oughta make me some dough
Next thing I did write a book
You can make a lot of dough when you’re a crook
Born in good old AK
Born in good old AK
Born in good old AK
I’m a lipstick wearin’ pig in the U.S.A.
Born in good old AK
I’m a pocket hockey momma in the U.S.A.
Born in good old AK
(fading)
Torturer In Chief Rears His Ugly Head
This week former Decider in Chief, George W. Bush admitted (finally) that his administration ordered the illegal torture of detainees. On Wednesday, while speaking at the Economic Club of Grand Rapids, he said he has no regrets about authorizing the controversial waterboarding technique to interrogate terrorist suspects and wouldn’t hesitate to do so again. His exact words?
Yeah, we waterboarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, I’d do it again to save lives.
Problem number one with Bush’s assertion is that the waterboarding of Mohammed did not save any lives. Indeed, it likely only produced misinformation. As the Los Angeles Times reported last summer, the torture only resulted in misinformation:
Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed told U.S. military officials that he had lied to the CIA after being abused, according to documents made public Monday. The claim is likely to intensify the debate over whether harsh interrogation techniques generated accurate information.
Mohammed made the assertion during hearings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he was transferred in 2006 after being held at secret CIA sites since his capture in 2003.
“I make up stories,” Mohammed said, describing in broken English an interrogation probably administered by the CIA concerning the whereabouts of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. “Where is he? I don’t know. Then, he torture me,” Mohammed said of his interrogator. “Then I said, ‘Yes, he is in this area.’ “
Mohammed also appeared to say that he had fingered people he did not know as being Al Qaeda members in order to avoid abusive treatment. Although there is no way to corroborate his statements, Mohammed is one of the militants whom the CIA repeatedly subjected to the simulated-drowning technique known as waterboarding. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cia-detainee16-2009jun16,0,316330.story
Problem number two with Bush’s assertion is that he directly contradicted his previous assurances to the American people that “We do not torture”. If Bush is trying to conclude that waterboarding is not torture, he is wrong. U.S. Code section 2340 defines torture as follows:
(1) “torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control;
immobilizing the victim on his or her back with the head inclined downwards, and then pouring water over the face and into the breathing passages. By forced suffocation and inhalation of water, the subject experiences drowning and is caused to believe they are about to die. {See,White, Josh (November 8, 2007). “Waterboarding Is Torture, Says Ex-Navy Instructor“. The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/08/AR2007110802150.html. Retrieved on December 17, 2007.}
Conservative columnist, Christopher Hitchens voluntarily experienced waterboarding twice in 2008. He lasted 12 seconds the first time and 19 seconds on the next attempt. Of the experience, he said,
There is a common misconception that waterboarding simulates the sensation of drowning, but you are to all intents and purposes actually drowning.if waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture. Believe me. It’s torture. {SeeHitchens, Christopher (August 2008). “Believe Me, It’s Torture“. Vanity Fair. http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/08/hitchens200808. Retrieved on April 17, 2009.
It is also worth noting that both John McCain and Mike Huckabee defined waterboarding as torture during their respective 2008 campaigns. It seems obvious that McCain knows a little bit about the subject of torture.
It would appear obvious from a reading of both definitions and from Hitchen’s description that waterboarding is torture. Furthermore, the United States has a past record of prosecuting water torture as a war crime. In 1947, a Japanese civilian who had served in the Japanese military as an interpreter was convicted for, among other things, committing water torture. The alleged water torture was specified as consisting of “forcing water into {the} mouths and noses” of two prisoners. http://www.2008electionprocon.org/pdf/asano_case.pdf . Sounds a lot like waterboarding, doesn’t it? So, let’s not let former Bush administration officials and Fox News sycophants get away with denying that it is torture and it is illegal.
Next, we must deal with the justification for waterboarding on the basis that it yielded valuable intelligence. Forget it. This is a red herring of an argument. If waterboarding is torture and therefore a criminal act, it matters not what valuable information was gleemed therefrom. The United States is a nation of laws. As an example, consider this scenario. Larceny is an illegal criminal act. Inasmuch as the U.S. Government’s computer systems seem to get hacked on a near daily basis, it would be quite valuable for the government to acquire a more sophisticated security system. It would be illegal, however for the government to acquire such a system by means of simply stealing it from say Microsoft. Indeed, the United States justice system would prevent or redress just such an action.
OK then, now that we’re finished with that, let’s have some fun with a song parody…
F Troop link: http://www.televisiontunes.com/F_Troop.html
BUSH TROOP
(sung to the television theme of “F Troop”)
The dawn of the Iraq War was near
When coincidentally
Cheney and Bush got the limits pushed
And commenced torturous brutality.
The methods employed often maimed and killed
Which pleased Cheney’s vicious group.
The waterboard trick both chilled and thrilled
Nobody was appalled they were called Bush Troop.
With testicle bites and really bright lights
Their victims sure took a lickin’
From draft dodging war hawks
Who are just chickens.
When killing and maiming get them down
They know their morale can’t droop.
As long as they own old D.C. Town
They are sure to resume with a bang and a boom
Bush Troop.
