Anger Trumps Enthusiasm

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Thursday October 21, 2010 · 12:17 PM PDT

2010/10/21 · 12:17

I've heard repeatedly over the last few months how the Republican electorate is more "enthusiastic" about voting, how the Tea Party has "energized" the GOP voters, how the generic polls show more support for the Republican candidate that the Democratic one. I've listened to pronouncements of doom for the poor dispirited Democratic voters, how the Democratic base is lagging in enthusiasm and is not likely to make a big showing at the polls, how enthusiasm is such a big determinate in both voter turnout and the chances of winning. I've listened to the talking heads predict a Democratic rout, forecasting that the Democrats sit home in a funk on election day, while legions of crazed, white senior citizen teabaggers mob the polls, and elect nutcases like Christine O'Donnell and Sharon Angle to the Senate.

I say that that is not necessarily the case. I say unto thee, nay. I say, in fact, HELL NO!

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Friday February 12, 2010 · 12:08 PM PST

2010/02/12 · 12:08

OK, admission here: I've been a comics reader, with assorted interruptions, since I was five. So this latest news struck me as grossly unfair:

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Thursday December 31, 2009 · 9:57 AM PST

2009/12/31 · 09:57

Outstanding achievements in human political endeavor for 2009, compiled by this not-so-humble blogger:

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Monday October 19, 2009 · 10:47 AM PDT

2009/10/19 · 10:47

From Bruce Schneier's Crypto-Gram newsletter, comes a report on the appearance of the world's first "ass bomber":

Nobody tell the TSA, but last month someone tried to assassinate a Saudi prince by exploding a bomb stuffed in his rectum. He pretended to be a repentant militant, when in fact he was a Trojan horse: "The resulting explosion ripped al-Asiri to shreds but only lightly injured the shocked prince -- the target of al-Asiri's unsuccessful assassination attempt."

For years, I have made the joke about Richard Reid: "Just be glad that he wasn't the underwear bomber." Now, sadly, we have an example of one.

Finally, a new excuse for delayed flights!

Bachmann: "I'll Run For President If Called By God"

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Monday August 17, 2009 · 12:09 PM PDT

2009/08/17 · 12:09

This is so crazy that it even tops my "Michele Bachmann Is A Stupid & Crazy Bitch" list: the nuttiest congresscritter in D.C. says she'd run for president if God tell her to. In an interview with the rightwing rag World Net Daily, and as also reported by TPM, Bachmann (R-Wingnut) said, when asked if she'd run for the highest office in the land:

"If I felt that's what the Lord was calling me to do, I would do it," she answered. "When I have sensed that the Lord is calling me to do something, I've said yes to it. But I will not seek a higher office if God is not calling me to do it. That's really my standard.

"If I am called to serve in that realm I would serve," she concluded, "but if I am not called, I wouldn't do it."

Michele, that's not God calling you, that's your cell phone's new ringtone. God is the one telling you to STFU.

"In the Name of God, go" *

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Wednesday July 29, 2009 · 9:28 PM PDT

2009/07/29 · 21:28

Glenn Beck. Lou Dobbs. And Rush Limbaugh, most of all. I've listened to their hate-filled screeds on & off for years (always keep an eye on your enemies), but with their latest rantings, they've gone over the top, far beyond the limit of "polite" political discourse, or political rabblerousing...

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Tuesday June 16, 2009 · 10:26 PM PDT

2009/06/16 · 22:26

I have a close friend with some serious health problems right now. He's been healthy as a horse all his life, but now he's nearly blind from a (thankfully) benign brain tumor. He's also without health insurance; as a financial services professional, he's recently been turned out on the street with thousands of others who also were recently employed in that industry. An operation to remove the tumor and hopefully restore his sight is scheduled for later this week; we're all praying for a successful outcome.

What I want to know is,

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Thursday June 11, 2009 · 10:41 PM PDT

2009/06/11 · 22:41

You'll remember that Department of Homeland Security report back in April, that predicted a rise in rightwing extremism. Remember how the wingnuts went berserk, crying how the report slandered good, honest folks like themselves? They forced DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to apologize not once, but twice! Well, it looks like they were right, and damn all the wingnut howling that happened at the time.

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