The Jaycee Dugard story gets even stranger
Could the sicko who kidnapped Jayce Lee Duggard have somehow thought that keeping her prisoner stopped him from being a serial killer? That’s the implication of a story in the Times of London, which also reports that the poor woman has had to explain to her daughters who their “father” is. (Yeesh). Read more
Libya’s Qaddafi to party like a rock star … and rub Lockerbie fams’ noses in it
From the Times of London
Texas makes a run at Arizona for America’s most embarrassing state
George w. Bush made Texas embarrassing (and Florida, too) ... then Arizona and its gun nuts stole the crown. Now, Texas wants it back.
A few hundred Texans want out of the union, so they rallied on the Capitol steps this weekend to demand that Rick Perry, the current governor/president of Texas, follow through on his promise to quit this scurvy union and press on to the cause of FREEDOM! Some of the protesters even defended their “right as citizens” to secede “under the Constitution” … which didn’t even make their heads spin.
For these fine specimen of right wing fortitude, there will be no easy peace with the ni — I mean the usurper in the White House. No, it’s war, WAR I say! Which would be followed by a brand new Republic of Texas, with no taxes, no regulations to stay the loving hand of capitalism, no gun laws, no “public schools” with their “evolution” and “science” malarkey… no gov’ment whatsoever, and therefore, true freedom! Of course, that would also mean no police force, no army, no fire department, no public hospitals, no protection from Mexican drug gangs overrunning the border (which would no longer be patrolled by the evil United States and its taxpayer-funded Border Patrol,) and no more federal dole should another natural disaster strike (in fact, they’d have to plead for humanitarian assistance the way, say, Sri Lanka might…) But no matter! Texans will press on! They’ll live off the land! Hunt and grow their own food! Breed their own teenaged girls without no damned, devil’s contraception (sorry, did I type that out loud???) and get their healthcare the way the founding fathers of this great, wicked union whose constitution they adore (except for the election parts) intended: through prayer, charity and leeches!!! And finally … FINALLY they’ll get the government off their backs!!! You know? I’d almost like to see the U.S. let them go, and see how they make out (so long as we seal the border so they can’t get back in…) Watch and learn:
Onward! Now, how can we get them to take Arizona and Kansas with them…?
Glenn Beck: keep fighting the powr powar oh, whatever…
More proof that the current brand of “conservatism” — unlike the variety practiced by, say, William F. Buckley — is for stupid people. Today’s exhibit, the actual, truly, best Glenn Beck video EVER (replacing the former best Glenn Beck video ever…) in which he attempts to create an anagram:
And as you know, there’s nothing more evil than oligarhy.
Scarizona
***UPDATE: TPM reports the Secret Service is keeping an eye on “Pastor” Anderson and his gun-toting parishioner, Chris Broughton (who has now joined Anderson in wishing the president dead, but who unlike Anderson, has not renounced using violence himself, to make it happen.)***
With its “open carry” gun laws and penchant for breeding militia members (and their afficionados), not to mention unhinged, false “pastors“… it seems Arizona has an image problem. The state’s tourism board is worried, especially after Arthur Frommer, founder of the legendary travel books, advised skipping the gun crazy state where people find it helpful to pack heat at political meetings where the president is nearby (the response from outraged gun nuts was predictable.) I’m with him. Of course, if the wingers think “libs” won’t set foot in Arizona, it will make them hopping mad, and they’ll vow to pour into the state, guns in the air, waving ‘em like they just don’t care, which should do wonders to clean thing up for Arizona’s tourism officials. (ahem.)
Bill Moyers cold cocks ’spineless’ Dems, counsels the POTUS
It hurts, but it needed to be said. A few highlights of Moyers (an LBJ press secretary and 30-time Emmy Award winner) as he appeared on Bill Maher’s show:
… “too many Democrats have had their spines surgically removed.”
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Town hall incoming!
There will be protests tomorrow at yet another tedious healthcare town hall meeting, this time at Hialeah Hospital, featuring not just John McCain, but also the eyebrowless wonder, Mitch McConnell. Should be good blogging (if it happens)… Sez the Herald:
An e-mail from Fred Frost, president of the South Florida AFL-CIO, to union members urged them to go Tuesday afternoon to Palmetto General to protest an event that Frost said will be led by Senators John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, and Mitch McConnell, the party’s leader in the Senate.
A hospital spokeswoman said she would have no comment before Monday afternoon.
The union e-mail, however, claimed to know details: “Both senators will be talking about healthcare reform with a hand-picked audience of doctors and health insurance executives. We need a huge turnout for this event!”
Letters suggest Lockerbie bomber’s freedom hitched to oil deal
Did the UK push the Scottish government to free the convicted Lockerbie bomber on behalf of British Petroleum? Signs point to maybe. Read more
Weekend wrap: Kennedy laid to rest
It was a heck of a weekend for television, topped by the moving, well orchestrated remembrance and funeral for Senator Ted Kennedy. Highlights of Saturday’s memorial: Read more
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