Month: January 2009

Jude, Stupid Republican Tricks2 Comments

Ben Shapiro Is An Asshole

Ben Shapiro, undated file photo. I know this really isn’t news, but Ben Shapiro is an asshole. What’s he done lately? Good question. Bear with me. After extolling the benefits of virginity (and remember–some choose abstinence, while others have abstinence thrust upon them), writing some shitty books, losing his job as a lawyer, and hitting the wingnut welfare circuit, Ben Shapiro, aka the Virgin Ben, has decided to try his hand at–wait for it–entertainment criticism! That’s right. I love shit like this. A 24-year-old with no life experience or knowledge of art as an entertainment critic? It gives me so … Continue reading Ben Shapiro Is An Asshole

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“You’re not a columnist. You’re a reporter who writes long…”

If there’s a reason I’m pissed today, it wasn’t because I’ve got dental insurance, supplemental dental insurance and flex spending and STILL dropped $1,500 at the dentist for the Missus and I (and she’s nowhere near done, but nicely stoned on codeine upstairs). It’s because ofthis Bill Simmons magnum opus. In the middle of this thing, Simmons pulls out a reader comment where the guy accused him of irresponsible journalism for something Simmons wrote in a column regarding QB Phillip Rivers and the F-bomb. The writer chastised Simmons for not doing his homework on Rivers and how Rivers is religious … Continue reading “You’re not a columnist. You’re a reporter who writes long…”

Stupid Republican Tricks

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession With The Freeperati – March Of The Mental Midgets

Morning, all – It’s been an interesting week at FR. Their usually speedy pledge drive is crawling along, and a weird sort of apathy has fallen over the joint.

An evangelical icon is getting about as much respect as their formerly-who-they’d-like-to-have-a-beer-with ex-decider.

Red State seems to be stealing all their thunder.

Caribou Barbie hasn’t winked at their collective libidoonce!

Let’s get suited up and investigate this strangely quiescent hive-mind, shall we?

First up –WhenSaxby Chambliss blows you off for being too whacko…‏

Recieved an answer from Saxby Chambliss on birth certificate issue.
Office of Saxby Chambliss | 01/05/2008 | Autumnraine
Posted onMonday, January 05, 2009 4:03:24 PM byautumnraine
Thank you for contacting me to share your concerns over President-elect Obama’s citizenship. I appreciate hearing from you.
Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution states, “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.” President-elect Obama demonstrated his citizenship during his campaign by circulating copies of his birth certificate, which showed he was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.
On December 8, 2008, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case filed by a New Jersey attorney, Mr. Donofrio, regarding President-elect Obama’s citizenship. Unlike many of the lawsuits regarding President-elect Obama’s citizenship, which claim he was really born on foreign soil, Mr. Donofrio’s case concedes that President-elect Obama was born in Hawaii but contends he still held foreign citizenship at birth. Mr. Donofrio’s lawsuit argues that since President-elect Obama’s father was a Kenyan citizen and therefore subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of President-elect Obama’s birth, then Obama was a British citizen at birth and not eligible to be President of the United States.
Another attorney, Mr. Berg, has filed a lawsuit regarding President-elect Obama’s citizenship and is waiting to hear whether the Supreme Court will take up the case or not. A federal judge in Eastern Pennsylvania threw out Mr. Berg’s lawsuit in October, saying he lacked legal standing to bring the challenge since he could not show he faced individual harm even if he could prove his claims about President-elect Obama’s citizenship. The judge did not get to the merits of the case. Mr. Berg is appealing the standing issue to the Supreme Court.
If a person is born in the United States, a certificate of live birth issued where one is born is sufficient proof of U.S. citizenship. The certificate, confirmed by the Hawaii Department of Health as authentic, shows that President-elect Obama was born in Hawaii.
If you would like to receive timely email alerts regarding the latest congressional actions and my weekly e-newsletter, please sign up via my web site at: http://www.chambliss.senate.gov . Please let me know whenever I may be of assistance.

To: autumnraine
“President-elect Obama demonstrated his citizenship during his campaign by circulating copies of his birth certificate, which showed he was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.” Is this true?

3 posted onMonday, January 05, 2009 4:06:51 PM byavacado
To: autumnraine
Every single one of these we get from FReepers who write are pretty much identical. I wonder if they all have a form letter they are using.

6 posted onMonday, January 05, 2009 4:15:03 PM bymnehrling
To: autumnraine
Thank you,
I basically got the same letter and posted it a few weeks ago. The punk’s (Saxby Chambliss) team messed mine up when they tried to send out a massive spam reply. All they macro language was in the email.
I really wish I hadn’t wasted my vote on him.

11 posted onMonday, January 05, 2009 4:21:55 PM byFreeAtlanta (Join the Constitution Party)
To: FreeAtlanta
We are turning into a Banana Republic.

12 posted onMonday, January 05, 2009 4:23:28 PM byunkus
To: autumnraine
What a craven coward Chambliss has turned out to be! After all the work conservatives did to help him win the runoff, this is the garbage he sends out. No shame whatsoever.

16 posted onMonday, January 05, 2009 4:45:47 PM byScanian
See? I told you. Not even calls for Chambliss’s blood, or how the kerning was all messed up or anything.
Maybe they’ll cheer up if there’s some Palin-related material?
Levi “hockey” Johnston relief coming in five – four – three – two – one…

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Happy Democrat Photo2 Comments

Happy Feingold Photo: Talk HARD

Russ: Not here, Mr. President-Elect, the cameras are on!Harry: Why does Feingold get all the hot ass around here? Because he’s just that good: Feingold’s letter calls the president-elect’s attention to a September hearing of the Constitution subcommittee entitled “Restoring theRule of Law,” at which more than three dozen historians, law professors and advocates — includingJohn Podesta, now a key player in the transition process — testified. Out of that hearing came a series of recommendations for steps the new president can and should take to renew the rule of law: 1.) Close the facility atGuantanamo Bay. 2.) Ban torture … Continue reading Happy Feingold Photo: Talk HARD

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Quitting Time Booster Shot

Double the Booster, double the fun… I had half of this written last week when I got the urge to do the1984 Orange Bowl posting. Having been sufficiently cowed for trying to sneak that in before heading to the MIL’s house, I parked this one and figured I’d add to it. Consider this the old and the new news on your QTBS: The Missus readthisand noted that “Tripp” (phonetically trip) means to fall down and that seemed to be a pretty good indication of what happened to Grandma Sarah. Me? I was wondering if Easton was a middle name choice … Continue reading Quitting Time Booster Shot

So Called Liberal Media6 Comments

The Blood of Journalism Drips From My Walls

Good God: That’s Stella “GUESS WHAT? I knew that Susan Sher, vice president for legal and governmental affairs and general counsel at the University of Chicago Medical Center, would be joining the White House staff as associate counsel,” Stella Fosterwrites today, “but I was asked not to say anything.” I remember when forgetting who you worked for was a firing offense. “I’ve been getting that a lot lately from the inner chosen ones asking me not to report things. I wonder why? . . . especially since I and my boss, the late Irv Kupcinet, always reported only favorable things … Continue reading The Blood of Journalism Drips From My Walls

Current Affairs3 Comments

Looks like someone has a case of the Gannett-sies…

If newspaper journalism gets in your blood, sometimes, you have to be willing to give some of it back to the paper. I learned this when I was 21. If you haven’t readA’s book yet, let me give you the thumbnail version of what I mean. In college, our newspaper was in critical condition. We’d re-launched after a seven-month shutdown and we were always about a parking ticket and a busted wax machine away from going belly up again. The money wasn’t coming in as fast as we needed so that we could pre-pay our printer and keep the presses … Continue reading Looks like someone has a case of the Gannett-sies…

So Called Liberal Media10 Comments

Oh, Sweet Baby Carrot Jesus, I Just Killed Journalism Again

ViaBMunchon Twitter, hither come some morons that don’t know how to do research: Some journalists are questioning how long print can sustain itself. “The dailies are in big trouble,” says Tony Ortega, the editor of the Village Voice, based in New York. “It appears that they’re now in a death spiral and it’s stomach-turning to watch. Good journalists are being jettisoned every day as companies watch their ad revenues dwindle and printing costs rise.” In response to the current crisis, some organisations are looking at new business models. One of these is the non-profit model. “We’re already starting to see … Continue reading Oh, Sweet Baby Carrot Jesus, I Just Killed Journalism Again

Congress2 Comments

How Short Attention Span Theater Works To Our Advantage

In about thirteen days nobody’s going to even remember the name ofGovernor Tit Clown or for that matter Give ‘Em Head Harry (tm whoever thought that one up), because that’s how loud and bright the awesome of Barack Obama’s inauguration will be. We’re all gonna be talking aboutMichelle’s dress, I mean, come on. A. Continue reading How Short Attention Span Theater Works To Our Advantage

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Hackery wreaks havoc @ Soapblox: Pam’s Blend and other Dem blogs hit

Soapblox, the server that hostsPam’s House Blendand the 50 State “Blue” Democratic activist blogs was shut down last night by the Asta La Vista hacker group. A partial list of the blogs taken down: Blue Hampshire Blue Jersey Blue Mass Group MN Campaign Report My Left Wing (site loads w/o diaries) Never in our Names Swing State Project West Michigan Rising Apparently not every server at Soapblox was hit. However, while some of the Soapblox blogs are still up, and Pam and others seem to have just come back online, according to the following post, it looks like Soapblox’s Paul … Continue reading Hackery wreaks havoc @ Soapblox: Pam’s Blend and other Dem blogs hit

Law/Justice2 Comments

Negative Imagination

As she often is, liprap is right. She’s right to ask for our silence, that we don’t do the easy thing, don’t let our mouths start to churn out the familiar sound bites after we read the awful story about how Ja’Shawn Powell‘s short life ended. Because God knows that’s a natural reaction, the urge to make sense, explain, or even to soften the heartbreak of such a thing, but liprap’s right to point out that this is not what’s needed at the moment. We may need it but Ja’ Shawn’s mother Daniella Powell most certainly does not. In her … Continue reading Negative Imagination

Terrorism3 Comments

Column: Shut Up, Alberto

You morally tone-deaf jackass: Coburn said he ought to quit his job. I can see why Gonzales was so hurt. Why, it’s just like he spent the past four years walking point in Fallujah and came home with fewer limbs than he left with. It’s just like he saw all his friends die in pieces around him. It’s just like he will spend the rest of his life haunted by the images that passed before his eyes. It’s just like he came home in a box covered with a flag, to a family that will never see his beloved face … Continue reading Column: Shut Up, Alberto

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Let’s show these prehistoric Massholes how we do things in Debris Town

After deciding to close and sell a number of churches in recent years, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston is now being held hostage. Parishioners in five of its closed churches are … refusing to leave! That’s right, they’ve decided to “occupy” some of the closed churches to prevent the Archdiocese from selling their longtime places of worship. Impudent scum! Don’t they understand that these properties need to be liquidated to help pay for recent, ahem, legal settlements? Do they think the Catholic Church is made of money? Afront page article in today’s New York Times describes the scene as … Continue reading Let’s show these prehistoric Massholes how we do things in Debris Town

Congress6 Comments

In Honor of Norm Coleman Being a Losing Loser Who Lost

Let us all remember his crowning achievement, his upside-down apotheosis, the Bolton confirmation hearings: When I was a prosecutor, we used to say on closing arguments, I’d stand in front of the jury and I’d say, You know, you got to watch out for the rabbit out of the hats trick. And what happens is that the defense would come in, they got a hat, a magician’s hat, and they got lots of rabbits, and they go running around. And they hope that one member of the jury chases one of those rabbits and takes their eye off the goal, … Continue reading In Honor of Norm Coleman Being a Losing Loser Who Lost

Jude, Stupid Republican Tricks7 Comments

Hey, Jagoff

Oh no! The Red State Strike Force! I’m quaking in my boots, someone get me some clean underwear, whatever will we–oh, I just can’t keep this up. Some people make it their goal to place themselves beyond parody. If you know anyone like this, point that person to Erick Erickson at Red State–he will show that person the way. I swear to god, I am not making this up. blockquote> If you are interested in being a part of the Army of Redstate Activists in your state, please fill out the form below. We’ll post this on a regular basis. … Continue reading Hey, Jagoff

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The New Orleanian of the Year award goes to…

Activist-Blogger Extraordinaire Karen Gadbois! (*Mel Allen voice*)Well how about that?Richly deserved, richly deserved. I daresay with fifty Karen Gadbois’ on your team, you could rule the universe. —Submissions for theTitle Contest: Thinking of England didn’t help He called me The Reader An Overview of My Accomplishments asGang Czar (vol 1) Continue reading The New Orleanian of the Year award goes to…