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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Yo, Glenn Beck, don't let the screen door hit ya' where the good Lord split ya'

Today, Glenn Beck pulled the curtain down on the televised lie-fest show of his on Fixed News. To quote Dr. Evil, "boo friggin'-hoo." Glenn Beck is a fake, a phony, a creation of his own perverted imagination. Think about it. He's been wrong or "performed" wrong about everything. But I only have room for 5.
  1. Beck brought Democratic Representative and Muslim Keith Ellison onto his show and didn't miss an opportunity to be “politically incorrect.” Though the host claimed he was not being accusatory, he challenged Ellison's religion: “Prove to me you are not working with our enemies.” Ellison wasn't upset by the charge, though—the Minnesota congressman laughed in response.
  2. Orson Wells is spinning in his grave over Beck's misappropriation of Mercury Radio Arts for the title of his production company.
  3. He's a Mormon. Sorry, Utah, but your "religion" is a cult and you haven't gotten the memo about that whole separation of church and state thing yet, really?
  4.  The 9/12 Project/the Restoring Honor Rally. The 9/12 Project blossomed from Beck's "We Surround Them" campaign, segments of his show asking to bring back government accountability. In 2009. After the end of the administration of Shrub, who couldn't even spell the word if you spotted him 5 syllables. The Restoring Honor rally was a bunch of white guys bitching about government while mixing church and state like the good Mormon he is.
  5. My favorite: Reich's Marshall Von Beck. Arguing with idiots is easy ... when you are one.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Texas Governor Rick Perry vs. The United States of America


"The problem with those who choose received Authority over fact and logic is how they choose which part of Authority to obey. The Bible famously contradicts itself at many points (I have never understood why any Christian would choose the Old Testament over the New), and the Koran can be read as a wonderfully compassionate and humanistic document. Which suggests that the problem of fundamentalism lies not with authority, but with ourselves."
                                                                                                   The late, great, much missed Molly Ivins
 
Texas Governor Rick Perry continues to flirt with throwing his 10-gallon hat into the ring, right there next to Michele Bachmann's tinfoil one. His list:
  1. On Aug. 6, Perry will host "The Response" at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Having decided that America's problems are too big for mere mortals to handle, Perry has turned to the Book of Joel, Chapter 1, verse 15, which says the only solution is a "sacred assembly" to convince sinners to turn to God, "with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning." Church. State. What's the dif?
  2. Earlier this month, Perry signed a bill in the Texas Leg that would reduce the state's family planning funding from $111 million to $34 million, then gave the decision on which agency gets how much to the state Department of Health. And Planned Parenthood is the lowest priority.
  3. Since he took office in 2000, the state of Texas has executed more than 200 people. That's number one in the country. But, he's anti-abortion. Life, scmife.
  4. In April 2009, Perry endorsed a resolution supporting state sovereignty, under the argument that such authority is reserved by the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution. On April 9, 2009, Perry said, "I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our State. That is why I am here today to express my unwavering support for efforts all across our country to reaffirm the States' rights affirmed by the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our State from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union."
  5. Perry is known for his opposition to gay rights, opposing all legal recognition of same-sex marriages. He condemned the United States Supreme Court decision in Lawrence vs. Texas, which struck down a Texas sodomy law, saying he believed the law to be "appropriate".