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Dear Carl
You know what you are when you hold disgusting, bigoted beliefs because your religion tells you to? You’re a disgusting bigot. Thanks for the opportunity to clear that up. BTW, I saw this comment on Facebook this morning: People will … Continue reading
A one-sentence rant
Carl Paladino is a loathsome shit.
Embracing the Crazy
(A Political Rant with a bit of rude language) Here in New York, we have a gubernatorial election coming up in which the Republicans have, as they’ve done in races for various offices all across the country, nominated a complete … Continue reading
National Read a Qur’an Day
In response to the right-wing lunatic (is there another kind?) in Florida who plans to celebrate the 9-11-01 anniversary by burning as many copies of the Qur’an as he can, I will on that day post a photo of myself … Continue reading
Wow, it’s like 2003 all over again!
Seen in the comments thread here: Patriots were for the war, Traitors were against it. Wow. I haven’t heard that kind of rhetoric since the grandest days of warblogger chest-thumping. (The source is one of Alan’s stalwart lunatic right-wing commenters.)
How dumb are we?
Here are two Google Maps shots of Lower Manhattan: In the course of all the idiotic folderol regarding the “mosque” that’s proposed for Lower Manhattan — which the idiots refer to as the “Mosque at Ground Zero”, because well, it’s … Continue reading
Summing up….
This makes it all pretty clear: (via)
On that Mosque near Ground Zero
Setting aside the glorious way in which this subject prompted America’s Idiot-In-Chief, Sarah Palin, to live right up to her rep for being the single most empty-headed person in America’s public life, I have to note that I grow tire … Continue reading
IOKIYAR
Let me get this straight: Republicans are allowed to swear like sailors when they feel the need, but if a Democratic President says the word “ass”, well, let us retire to the fainting couch! Well, that makes a ton of … Continue reading
Finally
Thank you, Mr. President, Speaker Pelosi, and all the principled as well as opportunistic Democrats who made this happen. And suck it, teabaggers.



