Great Moments In Latent Racism On Cable TV, Part XXI

Lou Dobbs, who is as racist as the day is long, is mostly successful in covering up his ugly, nativist prejudice on his CNN show by dressing it up as populist "I'm for the common worker" rhetoric. There are a few choice moments, however, when Lou's xenophobia and raging racist tendencies get the better of him and he can't help but unleash the truth. Like this episode, where as he's explaining how sick he is of black people telling him what he can and can't talk about, he comes this close to using the term "cotton-picking"



Hahaha....CNN's advertising slogan for the Lou Dobbs Nativist Hour should be "Lou Dobbs - fighting for your right to say 'nigger' since 1980"

Cheers to the Washington Nationals fans

who know how to greet a war criminal when they see one:



(from last night's Opening Night game at Nationals Park in Washington D.C.)

Almost as funny as the Smirking Chimp getting showered with rightfully-deserved boos was that the guy who was originally supposed to catch the first pitch, Paul LoDuca, was quickly replaced by the team manager, Manny Acta. Why, you may ask, was the team catcher yanked from what is the traditional responsibility of, you know, catching? Well, it may have to do with LoDuca being mentioned 37 times in the Mitchell Report on steroid abuse in professional baseball. So, to avoid the spectre of one drug addict pitching to another, they put in the manager....hooray!

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You've been Rick Rolled!!!

I Want Barack (Jay Jay French version)

Say what you will about the Presidential candidates....only my man, Barack, could inspire the founder of Twisted Sister to rework one of his greatest hits into a campaign song. While it's no "Obama" by Motorhead, it's damn close

What a Dick

"I kill puppies for fun"

As if we needed any more proof that the current Vice-President of the United States is a soulless, heartless asshole, this four-heart attack, five-deferment chickenhawk douchebag decided to crawl out from his sewer kingdom and open his yap about the disaster of a "war" he's mired this nation in and, specifically, who bears the biggest burden of a debacle that just crossed the 4,000 U.S. death milestone. Sayeth Sith Lord Cheney:

"The president carries the biggest burden, obviously," Cheney said. "He's the one who has to make the decision to commit young Americans, but we are fortunate to have a group of men and women, the all-volunteer force, who voluntarily put on the uniform and go in harm's way for the rest of us." (emphasis mine)

I'll give you a minute while you pick your jaw up off the floor. THE PRESIDENT? Fucking President Bunnypants bears the biggest burden of this shitpile? I thought this prevaricating bastard couldn't top himself when he claimed, in 2003, that we would be "greeted as liberators" in Iraq, but this takes the goddamn cake. Or even his mind-numbingly evil line last week, when he responded to a reporter's question thusly:

CHENEY: On the security front, I think there's a general consensus that we've made major progress, that the surge has worked. That's been a major success.

REPORTER: How does that assessment comport with recent polls that show about two-thirds of Americans say the fight in Iraq is not worth it?

CHENEY: So?

Nay....these were mere coming attractions before this week's gutter pronouncement. And notice how he not only works in the ridiculous plea for sympathy for a criminal president who has sent 4000 men and women to their deaths, but he also works in the standard neoconservative meme that "hey, these saps volunteered". When this coward racist shitstain was dutifully reminded that some 58,000 soldiers, Air Force members, and Marines have been on multiple deployments and have been sent back to Iraq because of the stop-loss policy — an involuntary extension of a service member's enlistment contract, Sith Lord Crashcart vomited up this rationale:

"A lot of men and women sign up because sometimes they will see developments... For example, 9/11 stimulated a lot of folks to volunteer for the military because they wanted to be involved in defending the country."

Ah yes, what would a Bush administration PR stunt be without a reminder that 9/11 died for your sins, or something along those lines. I think the presidential campaign/5 car pileup of Rudy Giuliani is ample proof that the American public will not be swayed by venal opportunists standing in the street yelling "9/11!!! 9/11!!!!".

We are, however, stuck with this flabby jackass and his monkey helper in the Oval Office for 10 more months. One hopes a quick and lethal impeachment can be achieved in half that time before this boorish clown gives another interview about how hard this war is on the President.

Soon to appear with Supply-Side Jones or Death Penalty McGee on the GOP Dream Ticket....

I found this charming story on crooksandliars.com....apparently, a strawberry farmer in Idaho who's angling to replace the soon-to-retire Senator Widestance aka Larry Craig (he of the airport men's room arrest for soliciting), isn't content to let his advertising or his stump speeches make his case for him. No....this man of the earth, this heartland champion of "traditional" conservative values is going that one extra step to show the voters that he means business...



and that he's completely batshit insane. You see, Marvin Richardson is legally changing his first name so that he will appear on the ballot as "Pro-Life Richardson"




"A Senate candidate has legally changed his name to Pro-Life and will appear on the ballot that way this year, state election officials say.

As Marvin Pro-Life Richardson, the organic strawberry farmer from Letha, 30 miles northwest of Boise, was denied the use of his middle name when he ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2006 because the state’s policy bars the use of slogans on the ballot.

Now, though, officials in the Idaho secretary of state’s office say they have no choice because Pro-Life is his full and only name. He says he will run for the highest state office on the ballot every two years for the rest of his life, advocating murder charges for doctors who perform abortions and for women who obtain the procedure."

Wonderful....as if the poor voters in Idaho hadn't had enough egg on their faces with their longtime Senator trolling for dick in a Minneapolis airport restroom. Now, they get to gaze at a ballot with a grown man who's defaced his own name to make an insane argument. C'mon...who the hell isn't "Pro-Life"? Other than zombies, Sylvia Plath and the Bush Administration (at least when it regards pro-Iraqi and pro-U.S. troop Life)? What he meant to change his name to (or would have, if he had any balls) would be "Anti-Choice" Richardson. Because the extremist wing of the anti-choice movement, which includes farmer Richardson and James Kopp (assassin of Dr. Barnett Slepian), doesn't give a shit about life or children or the sanctity of being or any of that....they only care about imposing their 12th century views and morals on women in the 21st century and you bet that includes preventing women from exercising choice about their health and bodies. These clowns want to control every uterus in the land and turn women back into breed mares.

"If I save one baby's life, it's worth it."??? Hey asshole, how about adopting a newborn? Plenty of them to go around that need loving homes....lots of different colors and creeds too!

4,000

I read the news today, oh boy:

"BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000. The grim milestone came on a day when at least 57 Iraqis also were killed across the country. "

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I'm jetting off to Niagara-On-The-Lake in a few hours for a getaway weekend with the GF, so enjoy this David Bowie clip from his classic era - "Oh You Pretty Things"

You Should Be Dancing.....Yeah!

It's mid-March and that can mean only one thing....it's now the only time in the year that I give a shit about basketball of any kind - NCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship. 64 schools of varying talent and reknown will vie for the most coveted prize in all of collegiate sports. Since neither of my teams are in it this year (Syracuse and Maryland), I have no rooting interest, nor any clue who is favored. Yes, I can read seedings on a bracket, but how can I divine which will be the shocking upsets, the titanic games which will render the favorites with a crushing early defeat and reward a small, upstart school with the dream of a lifetime?

Fuck it....I'm taking North Carolina by 9 in the title game.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

courtesy of the Leprechaun Brothers:

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In honor of our ex-governor, I quote from the book of Big Daddy Kane:

"Well, it's Friday night, ain't a damn thing funny

Bitch better have my money!"

and here's "Hey Big Spender"from Sweet Charity

(Chita Rivera is the shit, BTW)

Never Give A Saga An Even Break

Some of you may recognize this post's title as the alternate name to Mel Brooks' timeless sendup of Westerns, Blazing Saddles (1974). I've been thinking a lot about that film, particularly with this week's revelation of Governor Spitzer's extracurricular activities. He evokes, for me, another Governor - Governor Le Petomane from the film. He's a buffoon - constantly chasing his buxom secretary and running around with "GOV" painted in white on the back of his jacket. I don't know if Governor Le Petomane ever floated the idea of wagon licenses for illegal immigrants or busted Howard Johnson for only offering one flavor of ice cream, but it seems that he and Governor Spitzer shared the same sweet tooth for the ladyfolk.

The Blue Mistake Loses Its Dance License....Awwwwww

Good news for those of us in the "I Hate The Goddamn Blue Mirage Faux-Ultra Lounge Bullshit" Club....it seems this abortion of a bar got its dance license taken away after hosting an all-ages party. Just the type of genius thinking that has endeared the Blue Mistake to all its neighbors.

Can we ask for one more act of benevolence and mercy and get this shithole closed down permanently?

Gov. Spitzer Involved In Prostitution Ring.....or, Holy Shit, He Did WHAT?!!

I've been let down by so many politicians, I've lost count. I told myself, time and time again, don't get emotionally involved with a campaign....you're bound to end up disappointed and betrayed.

That's why I'm approaching the breaking news that Governor Eliot Spitzer is "involved" in an online prostitution ring with some surprise, a little shock, but not a lot of sorrow. I thought he was a good man of integrity and seriousness and would do great things for both the state and Western New York....but, alas, not to be. Another politician hoisted on his own petard, too self-involved and caught up in the hubris to keep it in his pants and do the work of the people who put him in the Statehouse. Color me meh.

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A little electronic funk, courtesy of Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney from Macca's 1982 album Tug of War. The duo's big hit that year, of course, was the execrable "Ebony and Ivory", but this song reveals what aural delights could have been mined from a Wonder-Macca combo.

What's That You're Doing

Kiss of Death

King Midas in Reverse

Congratulations to Sen. John McCain, who wrapped up the Republican nomination this week. Unfortunately for him, he also picked up an 800-lb. albatross around his neck in the form of the Worst President Ever.

Let's look at that man-love in super close-up: