So when Beck butchers science in the name of advancing some conservative talking point, MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan schools the class clown. This video sums it up.
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Soldier 1: "How you going to go back to the civilian world?"
Soldier 2: "I have no idea."
One in ten House Republicans calling it quits
With Thursday's announcement that Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) will not seek re-election in his Miami-area district, the number of Republicans not running for re-election to the House now amounts to more than 10 percent of the House Republican caucus, compared to less than five percent for Democrats.
Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post notes that the total number of House Republicans set to retire or seek other office is now 18, or slightly more than 10 percent of the 178 seats the GOP holds in the House.
By comparison, Roll Call's list of departing lawmakers shows that only 12 House Democrats are retiring, or slightly less than five percent of the Democrats' 255 seats.
The numbers are a little more even in the Senate, where five Republicans -- Kit Bond (R-MO), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Judd Gregg (R-NH) and George Voinovich (R-OH) -- are retiring or seeking other office.
Four Democrats -- Roland Burris (D-IL), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), and Ted Kaufman (D-DE) -- are also leaving the Senate.
The MSM would have you believe Democrats "are dropping like flies" and both Houses of Congress are flipping, but more than twice as many GOPers are not coming back.
"China’s government on Tuesday unveiled its most detailed survey ever of the pollution plaguing the country, revealing that water pollution in 2007 was more than twice as severe as official figures that had long omitted agricultural waste."
I wonder what "agricultural waste" is? Nothing like animal shit in your water.
Notice the satire in my post? Sarah Palin thinks it's OK to use, like Rush Limbaugh did, words like "retarded" as long as they are in satire. For someone who traipses Trig around for photo ops and applause lines, it's all about how "retard" helps you and hurts your opponent. Oh, the subtleties of partisan retardedness.
Thank you, Rep. Murtha, for your courage in standing down those who equated opposition to the war to treason, and for showing what "support the troops" should always mean.
"Representative John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, a gruff ex-Marine who was one of the most hawkish Democrats in Congress but who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, died on Monday in Arlington, Va. He was 77."
Elected in 1974, Mr. Murtha’s death came two days after he became the longest-serving congressman in Pennsylvania history, his office said, surpassing the record of Joseph M. McDade.
RIP.
"Corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires ... they are not themselves members of 'We the People' by whom and for whom our constitution was established." -- Justice John Paul Stevens, in his Citizens United dissent.Source: http://www.realitychex.com/
"I think, kind of tougher to, um, put our arms around, but allowing America's spirit to rise again by not being afraid to kind of go back to some of our roots as a God fearing nation where we're not afraid to say, especially in times of potential trouble in the future here, where we're not afraid to say, you know, we don't have all the answers as fallible men and women so it would be wise of us to start seeking some divine intervention again in this country, so that we can be safe and secure and prosperous again. To have people involved in government who aren't afraid to go that route, not so afraid of the political correctness that you know -- they have to be afraid of what the media said about them if they were to proclaim their alliance on our creator."Verbal diarrhea from a half-wit who uses her religion to gain political power at a staged event in front of 600 rubes. That's Republican "grassroots": who can be the biggest religious fanatic in a room full of hand-picked religious fanatics.
Written on her hand, high school style:
"Energy"
"Budget [crossed out] (Cuts)"
"Tax"
"Lift American spirits"
Mocking the President for using a teleprompter then writing a cheat sheet on your hand?
Check the video at 47 seconds:
Was she told in advance of the questions she would be asked, one of which was what would be you priorities if you were elected president? Now think about this: she had to write on her hand her priorities as president.
Her fans could care less. The village idiot runs the show. Ignorance is bliss.