A Little Photoshop Fun, What the Hell.

Someone Let Green Eagle loose on the computer again, and the naughty bird has been having his way with it.

First up, I saw this bumper sticker for sale on a wingnut website the other day:




Here's another one that I thought they could sell, which should also be popular among their followers:







What do you think? It's brief and to the point, and I believe it's something they ought to consider.

Now, my next delight comes as a result of the news that former CNN racist jackass Lou Dobbs may be planning to run for president. Knowing how much it costs to run for President, and feeling fairly certain that large donors are not going to be casting wads of money at his feet, Green Eagle thought he would help poor Lou out, with some campaign assistance in the form of a poster, designed to epitomize the nature of his campaign. Pretty much sums it up, huh?

Wingnut Wrapup

Here we go:

Pam Geller, Atlas Shrugs: "Obama kisses the bloody fists of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed"

By putting him on trial for mass murder. Not really a kiss I'd like to get, but maybe Pam is just a lot more horny than I am.

Erick Erickson, Red State: "Newsweek is declaring war on Sarah Palin. The magazine that has given up all pretense of objective news coverage and now caters to an ever shrinking Upper West Side Elite is making Palin the cover of Newsweek (PDF)...Does This Mean Newsweek Stands in For the Nazis?"

Erick, Erick, Erick...Really. Putting her on the cover of their magazine is not really like shipping her off to a death camp. I would have thought that even you could see that. Guess not, huh?

World Net Daily: "Send Chuck Norris to the troops for Christmas"

Great idea. One way ticket only, I hope.

Joseph Farah, World Net Daily: "So where is the birth certificate? ... Petition signups are stagnant. Contributions to the billboard campaign are down. Sales of our documentary, "A Question of Eligibility," the primer for understanding this issue, are down significantly. Do you get the picture? It's time to step up the pressure, not back off. I can't carry this burden alone."

I'm sorry that you are so disappointed, but at least you're not carrying the burden alone, Joseph. You still have Orly.

Yerevad Kochar, American "Thinker": "While interviewing people on the streets of L.A. and N.Y. for a documentary about the Civil War, we came to the staggering realization of how many people assumed that Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat"

Wonder why that is, Yerevad? Think about it. Maybe the reason will dawn on you.

Kevin McCullough, Town Hall: "NYC to Obama: No You Won't"

A great two page article about how upset New Yorkers are about Obama's decision to try Khalid Sheik Muhammad in New York. Really, only one thing could have made it any better. That would have been if he had quoted a single New Yorker who agreed with him. Yup, despite the headline, the article was really about Kevin saying "No You Won't." He apparently couldn't find a New Yorker to support him. I guess New Yorkers just aren't the bunch of whining crybabies that you are, Kevin.

Didn't stop him, though, did it?

Pam Geller, Atlas Shrugs: "Muslims Riot Across France"

After a soccer game. Next time Manchester United loses, I am sure Pam is going to treat us to an article titled "Anglicans Riot Across England."

Clarice Feldman, Pajamas Media: "Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial Will Be a Three-Ring Circus"

Oh boy! Will there be elephants? Can I have some cotton candy?

World Net Daily: "Obama revives talk of U.N. gun control"

No he doesn't, of course. But that didn't stop World Net Daily from making it their lead story today. You go there, guys.

Astute Bloggers: "OBAMA'S TREATMENT OF 9/11 AS A CRIMINAL ISSUE RATHER THAN AN ACT OF WAR SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TREASON"

A new low in the standard for what should be considered treason. Try reading the constitution some time, Astute guys. It states pretty clearly what treason is, and it doesn't include "putting people on trial for murder." By the way, I know it would cut into your cheeto budget, but do you think you could get a new keyboard that didn't have a broken caps lock key?

And now some awards: First, the award for the most pathetic scandal attempt of the day:

Astute Bloggers: " WHAT IS IT ABOUT THOSE CHAIRS?
ARE THEY "BLACK POWER CHAIRS"?
AND WHO'S THE "UNCLE TOM" WITH MICHELLE?
AND WHERE'S HER SPEAR?"













Yes, it's a major scandal that Michelle Obama once, long ago (judging from the photo) sat in the same kind of chair that Huey Newton once sat in. A "Black Power Chair." That should be enough to charge her with treason too, right?

And finally, in my favorite category, the Grand Award for Projecting Our Failures on Others:

Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit: "Liz Cheney: Whoever Leads GOP in 2012 Will Have to Undo the Damage From Obama’s Disastrous Policies"

You gotta laugh.

A Great Moment in Right Wing Lies

Here is something I rarely do: I am going to reprint a right wing blog post in its entirety. It is from a not particularly extreme blog I check out daily, and no, I will not identify it or link to it. You'll just have to trust me on this one:

"LEFTISTS ANNOUNCE KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED DEFENSE FUND
They've just started a KSM Defense Fund.

After all, KSM was "arrested" without a search warrant, he was not read his Miranda rights, and his "confessions" were only a result of torutre.

He's just a garden-variety Muslim arrested for being anti-Bushitlerhaliburtoncheneymcchimpy.

Honorary Chairs for the event:

Sean Penn, Oliver Stone, Danny Clover, Susan Sarandon and Rosie O'Donnell.

The event is co-sponsored by the CCR, the ACLU, CODE PINK, J-STREET, ACORN, the SEIU and the Democratic National Committee.

Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Dr. Zawahiri and Shekih Osama Bin Laden will address the crowd via satellite.

With a special written appeal by KSM HIMSELF!

All proceeds to benefit the KSM Defense Fund and to pay for his defense by Ramsey Clark, Lynn Stewart, and Eric Holder.

They will prove that 9/11 was an inside job.

This is why Obama is dithering in Afghanistan: the real criminals are in Crawford!"

Yes, if you made it this far, you read that right. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, the ACLU, ACORN, the SEIU and the Democratic National Committee are joining together with Osama Bin Laden to try to free Khalid Sheik Mohammad. I reprinted this in its entirety so you can see that there is not one shred of an indication that this story is not true, and not one clue that its authors see it as some kind of satire. I will stick my neck out so far as to assert with utter confidence that the purpose of this article, and others like it, is to fool as many of the ignorant as possible, while maintaining some ground to claim that it was just a joke if it gets any attention.

There you go. Is there any lie too big for them to tell?

David Broder- Where Did This Guy Come From?

The "Dean of our National Press Corps," providing us with one more example of why our country is so totally screwed:

"It is evident from the length of this deliberative process and from the flood of leaks that have emerged from Kabul and Washington that the perfect course of action does not exist. Given that reality, the urgent necessity is to make a decision -- whether or not it is right."

Can anyone really be this stupid? Or is Broder lending his voice to the demands that Obama cave in and do what the wingnuts and neocons want, even though they know it will only lead to further disaster?

"The cost of indecision is growing every day."

Really, David? How? And how does that cost compare to the cost of doing the wrong thing? I'm thinking Iraq here. And Katrina. And turning the economy over to Wall Street thieves. And allowing our health care to become secondary to the profit of a few hundred CEO's.

What in God's name do you think the cost of making the wrong decision is, David? Or are you so invested in Obama's failure, as a sort of victory for your beloved, if nonexistent "bipartisanship," that you will do everything you can to force him to fail?

Cowards on the Right

Glenn Greenwald hits the nail on the head, with his comments about the right's panic at the idea of bringing Khalid Sheik Muhammad to New York for his trial:

"As always, the Right's tough-guy leaders wallow in a combination of pitiful fear and cynical manipulation of the fear of their followers. Indeed, it's hard to find any group of people on the globe who exude this sort of weakness and fear more than the American Right.

It is, however, noteworthy that the position they advocate -- it's too scary to have normal trials in our country of Terrorists -- is as pure a surrender to the Terrorists as it gets."

Not much more to say, is there?

How Long Will This Take?

I see that the guy who shot the soldiers at Fort Hood seems to be paralyzed from the waist down, due to being shot by the people who apprehended him.

Any predictions about how long it will be before we hear phony wingnut stories about how left-wingers are protesting this as an act of police brutality?

I'm guessing Pam Geller, tomorrow. Let's see.

A Little 9/11 Truth

I don't remember ever linking to a book review before, but this one, from Jacob Heilbrunn at the New York Times, is such a great summary of facts that I urgently recommend it to you. As so often, I was led to it via Atrios. It concerns the truth about the Bush Administration's catastrophic response to the 9/11 attacks:

"Preoccupied with building a costly missile defense system to counter a spurious menace from Russia and with maintaining “full spectrum dominance” over the rest of the globe, most Bush administration officials blithely ignored the danger emanating from the caves of Afghanistan, where Osama Bin Laden and his acolytes plotted against America. Confronted by a small group of mostly Saudi nationals armed with box cutters, the central nervous system of the country’s defense agencies went into a state of cataleptic shock...

...efforts to reconstruct the tragedy itself were, at best, resented and, at worst, impeded by the sprawling defense bureaucracy and the Bush administration, both of which had much to hide.

Perhaps nothing perturbs Farmer more than the contention that high-ranking officials responded quickly and effectively to the revelation that Qaeda attacks were taking place. Nothing, Farmer indicates, could be further from the truth...

...both Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Vice President Dick Cheney, Farmer says, provided palpably false versions that touted the military’s readiness to shoot down United 93 before it could hit Washington.

Farmer scrutinizes F.A.A. and Norad rec­ords to provide irrefragable evidence that a day after a Sept. 17 White House briefing, both agencies suddenly altered their chronologies to produce a coherent timeline and story that “fit together nicely with the account provided publicly by Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz and Vice President Cheney.”

Go read it all. It's well worth it, and I suspect the book is too. It is vital that we see that the truth of this sorry chapter in our history, brought to you by the Republican party, is not forgotten, and that we do not allow conservatives to overwrite the truth of their despicable performance the way they did with the Vietnam war, or the criminal and treasonous behavior of their great Saint Ronald Reagan. We have paid a terrible price for the unwillingness of Democrats to stand up to Republican abuse and state the simple truth about our recent history. I, for one, am not willing to let it happen again.

Wingnut Wrapup

Again I want to point out that it has taken me two days to compile what would have been a mediocre single day's output of wingnut garbage just a few months ago. I don't mention this as a joke. A lot of what is going to happen in the next few years seems to depend on how long these people can maintain their ignorant rage. Right now, there are some good signs that they are losing the battle, but it sure doesn't take much to get them started again.

Kevin Fobbs, Renew America: "Magic Mirror on the Wall, who is the fairest one of all?" was uttered by the wicked Queen in the 1937 Walt Disney animated movie 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The question which many have speculated over was whether or not this movie's focus on the dark side of magic acted perhaps as a springboard for reliance on other-world forces to forecast the truth? Or was the future set into motion by a reliance to turn away from faith and God and toward occult or then ever-growing spiritualist movement?"

Yes, serious speculation about the overwhelming, earth destroying evil which has emanated from a Disney Cartoon. Heaven help us if Kevin ever finds out about Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Steve Kellmeyer, Renew America: "Why the left loves Islam- On the surface, it seems a great mystery. Why would the leftist liberals who embrace abortion, homosexual rights, pornography, free love, sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll find Islam so endearing?"

Steve, maybe they don't love Islam. Maybe that's just one more slimy racist lie that you guys made up all by yourselves. When you look at it that way, it all starts to make sense, doesn't it?

In fact, given that you are the guys who hate abortion, homosexual rights, pornography, free love, sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll, and all the other things radical Muslims hate, maybe you are the ones that are really like Al Qaida and the Iranian Shiites. I'm putting my money on that one.

Renew America: "Liberal media 'whitewashed' evils of communism, new study documents"

A new study by Brent Bozell, who brought us half of the ugly Republican smears of the last couple of decades. I wonder what they mean by the word "study," anyway.

Chuck Baldwin, Renew America: "Look at the heroes of liberal historians and who do you find? Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Roosevelt. Not by accident, these same historians will extol the virtues of Hammurabi, Alexander, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon. All these men have one thing in common: they were responsible for expanding (either by force or fraud) a centralized government."

What? The same people who like FDR like Julius Caesar and Napoleon? And I love the idea that Hammurabi was a big government liberal. How stupid do they think people are?

Oh, wait- they're talking to the teabaggers. I get it now.

So here's a big issue on the right today- the decision to actually give Khalid Sheik Mohammed a trial. I could have provided you with dozens of specimens of wingnut lunacy on this issue. I decided to stop with three:

James Gaylean, Red State: "The Criminal Justice System Is Not The Proper Place To Determine Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s Fate"

No, but apparently a torture chamber, where he was waterboarded 160 times, is. Real American thinking there, James. But you still have a long way to go to catch up to the real masters:

Erick Erickson, Red State: "What do Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of the September 11th terrorist attacks, and uninsured 20 year olds have in common? In Barack Obama’s America, they both go to jail — but the terrorist has to be convicted first."

Okay. Let's get the little part of this out of the way first. Of course the thing about the uninsured 20 year old going to jail is a lie. That goes without saying. Now, on to the other part. Erick, maybe this has escaped your attention, but Khalid Sheik Mohammed was captured in March, 2003. He's been in our custody ever since- six and a half years. In what sense did he have to be "convicted first" before we put him in jail?

Let me answer that question myself: In no sense. Not surprising, but both halves of Erick's comparison were lies.

Pam the Stupid, Atlas Shrugs: "Obama Reduces September 11th Act of War on America to a Law Enforcement Issue"

Whereas you guys are much happier to keep it as a matter of torture and revenge. I'll stick with law enforcement.

Alan Keyes, World Net Daily: "Do we Americans still care to be free?"

Probably not if it involves having to listen to you, Alan. But thanks for asking.

The Toll of Tolerance

As if we needed any more evidence of what a clueless, malicious idiot Charles Krauthammer is, here's a little quote from his Washington Post column today, pointed out by Steve M. at No More Mr. Nice Blog:

"Have we totally lost our moral bearings? Nidal Hasan (allegedly) cold-bloodedly killed 13 innocent people. His business card had his name, his profession, his medical degrees and his occupational identity. U.S. Army? No. "SoA" -- Soldier of Allah. In such cases, political correctness is not just an abomination. It's a danger, clear and present. "

For the benefit of Mr. Krauthammer, and all of the other malicious hatemongers that we are forced to listen to every day, I present the following scorecard:

Price of being too tolerant of Muslims: 13 dead American Soldiers

Price of indulging in our mindless hatred of Muslims: 5,000 dead American soldiers and half a million dead Iraqi civilians.

Even a dimwitted habitual liar like Krauthammer should be able to add that one up.

A Shining Example

With great pleasure, I link to this story in the Los Angeles Times this morning, about an American company that is thriving in world competition, through the apparently bizarre combination of insisting on maintaining high quality and turning out products that consumers around the world actually want. It all seems so simple, doesn't it?

Below, one of their products, made in 1968 (like the one I bought in a pawn shop long ago) and formerly owned by someone named Hendrix.

Bye, Lou

Breaking News from the world of Pseudo-Journalism, from the New York Times:

"Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views have made him a TV lightning rod, said Wednesday that he is leaving the cable news channel effective immediately."

What a loss, huh? For those of you who don't speak media language, in this case, the term "lightning rod" can be roughly translated as "lying racist prick."

“I’m considering a number of options and directions,” Mr. Dobbs added. "

Want to take a guess how many of those "options" involve Fox News?

"CNN indicated that it would name a replacement for Mr. Dobbs on Thursday morning."

I hear that Gollum is available.

"Mr. Dobbs met with Roger Ailes, the chairman of the Fox News Channel, in September. At the time Mr. Dobbs was viewed as a potential hire for the Fox Business Network. But a Fox spokesperson said Wednesday, “We have not had any discussions with Lou Dobbs for Fox News or Fox Business.”

No discussions with Dobbs. Well, then, I must be wrong. After all, if the information came from Fox News, it must be true, right?

Well, good luck, Lou, wherever you end up. I'm sure it will be much more comfy, one rung closer to Hell.

Wingnut Wrapup

A few treats, just to remind ourselves that, even though they've lost their moxie these days, they still haven't lost the stupid:

Town Hall: "With memories of NY-23 fresh in the minds of conservative activists, the fight over California’s GOP Senate nominee to potentially unseat Barbara Boxer has turned into a game of “who is conservative enough?”

You go, Republicans. We over here on the left love good news. Maybe David Duke is still available.

John Stossel, Town Hall: "The U.S. House of Presumptuous Meddlers"

i.e. The U.S. House of People who Pass Legislation. Wake up, John- that's their job. Of course, I don't remember you referring to the last Republican congress, when they were working as fast as they could to ruin the economy, as presumptuous meddlers. Funny, that.

David Solway, Pajamas Media: "Bush Is a Liar, Obama Is a Savior: The Rhetoric of Propaganda"

The rhetoric of truth, David. Stuff that in your fat, stupid mouth.

Rick Moran, Pajamas Media: "Should the GOP Help the Democrats Govern?"

Oh, no! Why would they ever do that? Why don't they help the Pakistanis and the Chinese and the Taliban instead? What would ever make you think that the opposition party has a responsibility to help govern? Far better for them to try to wreck the country, like they are doing now. Thanks for setting things straight on that issue, Rick.

Robin of Berkeley, American Thinker: "When Our Military is Attacked, Obama is a Nowhere Man"

First, Robin, our military wasn't attacked. Several members of it were murdered by a lunatic, whatever his motive. That is a crime, not an act of war. Now, the President was with the families of the victims. Apparently, to you, that is "nowhere." Shows what you really think of the military.

Ed Lasky, American Thinker: "Now the GOP are sexist pigs"

Now? NOW? As far as I can remember, they were always sexist pigs. It's sort of a GOP thing.

Stephen Spruiell, National Review Online: "Unholy Union- Why is SEIU boss Andrew Stern the White House’s most frequent visitor?"

What, you liked it better when it was the Friends of Jack Abramoff?

And now on to award time. First the finalists for the minuscule certificate for "Synthetic Scandal Least Likely to Take Hold:"

World Net Daily: "Dark secrets of AARP finally exposed to light"

Carol Gould, Pajamas Media: "Why Do So Few Immigrants Wear Poppies for UK's Remembrance Day?"

And now, the nominees for the Grand Award for Projecting Our Failings On Others:

Dick Morris, Town Hall: "The Myth of the Moderate Democrat"

Ben Shapiro, Town Hall: "There's nothing more offensive to the memory of those who die while serving our country than using them as props for a nonassociated political cause. Yet that is precisely what both the Army and our president have done repeatedly since the terrorist massacre of 13 American troops at Fort Hood."

No comment needed. Winners will be announced...probably never. Who cares. See you soon.