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Evangelical Ugliness Directed at the Pope

October 1, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 1174 Views 0 Comments Pope Francis, Krazy Kristian Kooks, Teabangelicals, Facebook

Unless you live under a rock, you know the Pope visited the US last week. There was much hope that this Pope might further soften the exclusive tone of Catholic doctrine as espoused by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and while never moving to change doctrine, he did give several speeches indicating that he believed the Church’s emphasis needs to move away from culture war issues to caring for the poor and taking care of our planet. This, of course, set the hair on fire of many of America’s evangelical wing. When Ratzinger was Pope, they had a friend in Rome, but now the two branches of Christianity seem to be, once again, going their separate ways.

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Dark Ages in America: Now?

September 1, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 2179 Views 1 Comment Dark Ages, Republic, Education, exploration, evolution, Creationism, Climate Change

In the previous century, America, through public and private cooperation and investment built an unrivaled infrastructure. We became the country that invented the things of a new and exciting world, and we built those things. We put in place a social safety net. We weren’t perfect, but we tried, and We looked to the future with excitement and anticipation, but today, we seem to be in a rush to go backwards as far and fast as possible. We fear everything, and demand absolute security, and think it can be found in some nostalgic past.

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Rep. Steve King, Talking Lawnmowers and The Baker Act

July 31, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 1261 Views 0 Comments Congress, Steve King, bigotry, Lawnmowers, hate, Talking Lawnmowers, Iowa

It worries and embarrasses me the idiocy I see in too many of our elected officials, and making it worse is the knowledge we elect them, and keep re-electing them. Evangelicals and Conservatives, especially Republican conservatives seem to try to out-stupid each other, and the rhetoric has simply crossed a line, especially on the gay marriage issue. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa[they should be really proud]) provides a ton of grist for the stupid mill, and I think his latest, were he anyone else, would qualify him for a Baker Act petition.

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Louie Gohmert and Troop Massages

October 28, 2014 B. John 367 Views 1 Comment texas, military, Louie Gohmert, Stephen Colbert, Greeks, Massages

It is incredible that even the folks in Texas keep electing Louie to the U.S. House. The guy is truly beyond absurd nearly every time he opens his mouth, and he’s been opening his mouth again with some strange word salad about gays in the military, the Greeks, and massages. As usual, Stephen Colbert sends up the crazy as only he can.

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Louie Gohmert-History Professor

July 11, 2014July 10, 2014 B. John 1296 Views 0 Comments Pancho Villa, Terrorists, Louie Gohmert, Border Security, Islamic

Well, you had to know it wouldn’t take long for Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas, naturally) to earn our Daily Douche award. (I can imagine Louie becoming the reigning champion.) So Louie, ever obsessed with illegal aliens, now has a solution for the child refugees fleeing the drug wars in their Central American home countries. Louie thinks we should invade Mexico just like John Pershing did in pursuing Pancho Villa (so successfully).

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More From the Uhmerikah Front

February 5, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 514 Views 0 Comments Abuse, catholic church, Darla Rodriguez, United Nations, U.N., Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio shared a link to a National Review article about the U.N. report on the Catholic Church’s worldwide problem of child abuse. The report, not surprisingly seems to be in favor of said child abuse, and is indignant that the U.N. would have the gall to call out the Catholic Church on its many abuses. Since he’s provided the link on his Facebook page, I have to assume Marco supports that view.

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Who’s Really Entitled

October 30, 2013 B. John 494 Views 0 Comments medicaid, Social Security, Entitlements, Safety Net

The topic of the cognitive dissonance amongst far-right conservatives has been on my mind a lot lately, and was brought to a head a week or so ago in a discussion on Facebook with someone I went to high school with all those many years ago. The point of view of the tea-baggers seems to be that they are entitled to government benefits, but everyone else who ever gets help is a freeloader (a taker).

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To GOP: Can I Burn Down Your House?

October 4, 2013 B. John 304 Views 0 Comments Judd Legum, Think Progress, Government Shutdown, republicans, twitter, Tea Party

This might be one of the funniest, and most appropriate tweets I’ve ever read. It’s by Judd Legum, the Editor-in-chief at Think Progress. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Tea Party/Republican intransigence summed up any better.

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Poor Congressman Needs $200k per Year to Feed His Family

September 19, 2011August 10, 2015 321 Views 0 Comments Subway, John Flemming, UPS Stores, Talking Points. Class Warfare, GOP

You heard me right. Rep. John Flemming (R-LA) says that he can’t afford to pay any more taxes because his net income from his business is only a little over $600k per year. He needs $200k to feed his family (it must be some whopper of a family), and that means he has only $400k left. But he sticks to the GOP talking points. We can’t have class warfare, and I’m guessing he’s probably right. He has $400k to buy bullets, and what’s left of the middle class can’t afford them.

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The Jokes WriteThemselves for Senator Franken

July 20, 2011September 29, 2018 B. John 1235 Views 0 Comments Hate Groups, HHS, Marriage, focus on the family, DOMA, Al Franken

The Senate today held hearings on the Defense of Marriage Act. There were a lot of poignant moments, but Senator Al Franken may have pulled off one of the best exchanges of the day. Franken is a smart guy, and these idiots from the hate organizations need to not sell him short. They may get away with making shit up with other Senators, but not much gets by Sen. Franken.

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A Congressman Speechless?

April 16, 2011September 5, 2012 B. John 258 Views 0 Comments Joe Crowley, Speechless, The Poor, Good Guy

You gotta hand it to Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY). He’s got a very creative way of pointing out the hypocrisy and lack of concern for the “lesser of these” of the Republicans in Congress. Go Joe! is all I can say. I can’t think of a better way to tell them.