The most disturbing thing about this quote is the date.
Americans for a better tomorrow…tomorrow.
Kurt Schlichter, the rape-apologist victim-blamer seen in this video, is easy to get a rise out of and if there’s one thing that pisses him off it’s an atheist.
Let him know how that makes you feel. He can be tweeted here: @kurtschlichter
BOEHNER JOKES WOMEN HAVE ABORTIONS OUT OF CONVENIENCE | House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) joked that women decide to have abortions because they find their pregnancies inconvenient, during his address at the Values Voter Summit this morning. “Like I told you, I have 11 brothers and sisters, my mother had us one at a time,” Boehner said. “I’m sure it wasn’t convenient for her. But I’m glad they’re all here.” (ThinkProgress)
[There’s a name for people like you Boehner, I believe it’s douchebag.]
You know the common thread I notice with Republicans? They’re not good at telling jokes. They’re funny alright, they’re funny the way your school principal is funny when he uses outdated slang to appear hip.
“Yo, cool dudes, have you considered hangin’ out at the happening student government club meeting this afternoon at 3:30? Bring along some pals, your best gal, the whole gang!”
But their actual attempts at humor, not funny, remember when Fox News tried to make its own Daily Show? Commence eye-rolling. McCain’s joke: Wouldn’t it be hilarious to start a nuclear war with a Middle East dictatorship!? Wouldn’t that be hilarious?! Cain’s Jokes: Let’s electrocute Mexicans, lol! Limbaugh: Hey, guyz, Obama is a magic NEGRO, amirite? Dennis Miller: Globildy Guk, blah, blahbity boo, insecure-strict-father-model-attitude, blooblippity blong. And now John Boehner.
Here’s the thing, Repugneticans, you’re a bunch of bible-humping, minority-insulting, privilege-denying, southern-strategist, machismo, humorless creeps. You think you’re views are being marginalized, you’re goddamn right because you’re a bunch of fucking bigots and nowhere is it more apparent than in your sad attempts at joke telling. Shut your fucking mouths.
Somebody had to stand up for poor old Bill O’Reilly after the news got out that copies of his book, Patriots and Pinheads that he sent to soldiers in Afghanistan ended up being burned instead of read. That someone ended up being Stephen Colbert on this Thursday’s edition of The Colbert Report
Troops in Afghanistan call Bill O’Reilly a “bigoted twerp.” SUPPORT THE TROOPS!
THIS IS THE COLBERT REPORT!
““I’m going to make sure that Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart don’t occupy the space of comedy alone.””—
Glenn Beck, on his post-Fox News plans
I can’t wait for this.
You mean he wasn’t already in comedy?
Oh, I’m so happy there’s going to be another attempt at right-wing humor so I can watch it fail miserably and be roundly loathed by all of America. Then we can bury it in the plot next to pandering ninny Brad Stine, the unbearable 1/2 Hour News Hour and the wreckage of Dennis Miller’s incoherent rambling.
Check out this awesome sticker ILoveBender sent me. We met at the Rally to Restore Sanity in D.C. over the summer and she said I absolutely needed this sticker she picked up. Thanks, Em, I love it. (for those not in-the-know, TFN is the Texas Freedom Network who fights on behalf of public school students and teachers against the Christian right’s invasion). Now I just have to figure out where to display it. Car? Amp?
On this day when my anger is getting the best of me, see my profanity-laden twitter feed, and you’re probably feeling the same way, it’s important to keep in mind our values as rationalists. Here’s Jon Stewart’s speech. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, restore your sanity. Reflect upon Jon’s wisdom when wondering where we go from here.
