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The prankster who impersonated David Koch in a phone call with Wisconsin governor Scott Walker resurfaces in this priceless anti-Walker ad, "Standing up to Scott Walker":

Posted 11:59 AM by Scoobie Davis

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A car window sticker I saw today was blue and white and had the words "State Penn"

Posted 9:20 AM by Scoobie Davis

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Good news for the Scott Walker recall petition drive.

Posted 8:31 AM by Scoobie Davis

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I just finished Michelle Goldberg's book, Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism. It's good but scary.

Posted 7:54 AM by Scoobie Davis

An Open Letter to Genevieve Wood of the Heritage Foundation

Dear Ms. Wood,

I saw you on the PBS public affairs panel show To the Contrary the other day. The topic of discussion was drug testing of welfare recipients. You defended the practice by pointing out that your employer, the Heritage Foundation, had required you to take a drug test as a precondition of employment.

When I heard this, I thought, “What the fuck is the deal with that?!” I mean, did some Heritage Foundation lackey actually stand over you and watch you piss in a jar? That’s really kinky (albeit an unerotic, creepy type of kink).

However, the issues run deeper. Why would a phony think tank that exists for the sole purpose of producing pseudo-scholarly position papers that support right-wing talking points (see postscript) need to have its gravy train riders drug-free? Rush Limbaugh was able to competently deliver wing-nut boilerplate even though he was taking enough hillbilly heroin to keep the entire state of Kentucky stoned to the bone. Providing phony research for the hard right must be the easiest gig on God’s green earth. For fuck’s sake, it’s petty for Heritage to deny its operatives an opportunity to take the edge off their feelings of existential angst when they’re cooking the data to argue that the tax code has given the top one percent of income earners a raw deal over the past 30 years.

Also, when I watched you on TV, you seemed to be wound up way too tight. You could use some weed. Do a few bong hits, loosen the corset, unclench your sphincter muscles, and pop in a Harold and Kumar DVD. You’ll feel better.

Sincerely,

S


Postscript: Candid Statement about the Heritage Foundation’s Real Agenda by Burton Pines, Vice President for Research for the Heritage Foundation: “We’re not here to be some kind of Ph. D. committee giving equal time. Our role is to provide conservative policy-makers with arguments to bolster our side.”

Posted 11:46 AM by Scoobie Davis

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Eric Alterman, "Next Stop on the GOP Crazy Train: 'Newtsville'":

In their new book, The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age, Randall Stephens and Karl Giberson explain the nature of intellectual insularity of so many in this world, in which “the teachings of dubiously credentialed leaders are favored over the word of secular experts in the arts and sciences.” Considering the example of evolution, they write, “Anointed leaders convince their followers to reject evolution by undermining the credibility of the scientific community. The resulting widespread distrust of the scientific community—often portrayed as atheistic, anti-religious, ideological—undermines the credibility of everything the scientific community says, including its conclusions about climate change, the dangers of fracking, the importance of ecosystems, the need for vaccinating children, and so on.”

The authors describe “what amounts to a ‘parallel culture,’” where people like alleged “historian” David Barton (whose formal education consists of a degree in religious education from Oral Roberts University) and psychologist James Dobson (tennis team captain at what is now Point Loma Nazarene University) proffer phony-baloney history lessons that distort almost everything professional historians know to be true about America’s founders.

Reporters representing reliable media outlets are supposed to defend the discourse from the virus of this ignorance. But for a variety of reasons they no longer do so. Part of the explanation can be found in the foolish willingness of so many reporters to treat Fox News, Drudge and various talk-radio hosts as respectable voices in the debate without regard to their motives or qualifications. A second, no less significant problem is the tendency of even the most sophisticated political reporters to treat the entire process as a contest between rival teams and ignore the substance of their arguments and policies, as if politics were simply a spectator sport with fewer (and perhaps crazier) fans than the Mets or the Red Sox.

Posted 9:02 AM by Scoobie Davis

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Fox News Dumbasses: Study finds that Fox News Viewers know less than people who don't watch any news

Posted 8:23 AM by Scoobie Davis

In a little over 2 weeks, Ann Coulter hits the half-century mark
Just a reminder

Posted 9:50 AM by Scoobie Davis

Keyword Searches People Used to Get to This Site
Every once in a while I put up a list of odd keyword searches that people use to get to this site (I do this based on my Statcounter stats). The last time I posted a list is here). Anyhow, here is the list of Google searches:

Is Amway a devil company? [The answer is "yes" ]
10 reasons democrats hate Fox News
is jeffrey kuhner a moonie
fred ricart curling iron up his butt by wife
erik prince amway
callista bisek old pictures
moonies are fucking idiots
marianne ginther
Tammy Bruce nude
michael+savage+quack
jeffrey kuhner birth control
rumors the Clintons are in league with satan
kellyanne conway implants
is marianne ginther alive?
fred ricart net worth
sean hannity dirty secret
rush limbaugh sean hanity relationship
robert kiyosaki amway
stewie curse out peter
ms michele fucking
sun myung moon net worth
why do liberals hate fox news? [answer is here]
ann coulter see through top [come on, Coulter turns 50 next month]
paul ryan miami of ohio transcripts
did rush limbaugh ever admit to homosexual experience?
fox news deconstruction

Posted 8:37 AM by Scoobie Davis

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James O'Keefe's buddies turn on him.

Posted 9:23 AM by Scoobie Davis

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This year's fake "War on Christmas" season has begun. Also, check out my on-air conversation with Bill O'Reilly about the War on Xmas.

Posted 9:43 AM by Scoobie Davis

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Nate Silver on the hurdles that Newt Gingrich faces in his quest for the GOP nomination. Also, check out my hilarious on-air conversation with Sean Hannity about Gingrich's habit of trading his wife-for-the-time-being in for a new model every few years.

Posted 9:05 AM by Scoobie Davis

When in Doubt, Blame the "Democrat [sic] Machine"
Read Eric Kleefeld and Alex Pareene on Herman Cain's attempts to blame his troubles on liberals.

Posted 10:41 AM by Scoobie Davis

The Anti-Union Robocall from Pat Boone (Ohio Issue 2)
A relative of mine in Ohio received a robocall from Pat Boone urging a yes vote on the anti-union Issue 2 ballot referendum. Boone has been an advocate of Amway and has emceed events for the Reverend Sun Myung Moon.

Posted 9:04 AM by Scoobie Davis

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Stephen Colbert on Rush Limbaugh and racism. Also, this is one of my many posts on Limbaugh's racism.

Posted 8:42 AM by Scoobie Davis

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Paul Waldman on the right's definition of racism:

1. The primary victims of racism are white people.

2. The most vicious form of racism is when a white person is falsely accused of being a racist.

3. On rare occasions, a black person can be a victim of racism, but this only occurs when a prominent black conservative is criticized for, well, for pretty much anything. In that case, the criticism can only be motivated by the racism that liberals feel in their hearts, unlike conservatives, who all believe in the equality of all people.

Posted 9:50 AM by Scoobie Davis

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David Weigal on the three arguments Republicans are using to the defend Herman Cain.

Posted 9:28 AM by Scoobie Davis

Playboy’s College Issue (i.e. my opportunity to increase hits to this site)
The November issue of Playboy is the college issue. The main pictorial is “The Girls of the Southeastern Conference. There are a lot of babes in the SEC. The pics are hot.

Based on the photographs, my top pick is Ashleigh Drew of Arkansas. First Runner-up: Liza Benson of Tennessee. Second Runner-up: Tori Tate of Tennessee. Third Runner-up: Tessa Fowler of South Carolina; Fourth Runner-up: Tatum West of Arkansas

Honorable Mention: Jessica Bentley, of Florida; Lisa Marie, Nina Valerie of Georgia; Goldy Cass of Mississippi State; Kassidi Olaes, Maggie Taylor and Brooks Lee of Mississippi; Jackie Pines, Johnna Dominguez, and Alex Sanders of Alabama; Kimberly Vires of Kentucky; Rachel Timmens of Vanderbilt; Jordan Reese of Arkansas; Sophia Beretta of LSU; Liliana Cook, Haley Ann, Kylee Noel, Brandy Evans, and Kaitlyn Ryan of Auburn; and Faith Melissa Lansford of South Carolina.

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Posted 10:03 AM by Scoobie Davis

New Jack T. Chick Tracts and Crusader Comic Book
The Chickster is at it again with two new comic tracts: 1) "The Awful Truth," another Catholic-bashing tract and "Your Big Moment," a knockoff of "This Was Your Life" in which the protagonist is an African-American woman.

There's a new Crusaders comic book titled "Jesuits." The artwork is by long-time Chick Publications artist Fred Carter. The entire comic book isn't online but a sample is here. Chick puts the fun in fundamentalism.