Rant in C Major

Idiot of the Week

2012-02-13T12:58:00.001-05:00

Andrew Breitbart

"BEHAVE YOURSELF! YOU ARE FREAKS AND ANIMALS! STOP RAPING PEOPLE!"

Andrew, you are one crazy bastard!

Funny Because it's True

2012-02-09T09:05:00.002-05:00

Conservatives are Plain Stupid

2012-02-09T08:59:00.002-05:00

After weeks of reading the comments from the troll who tries to get past my comment filter, I have (re)realised an important point: conservatives are stupid and incapable of any rational dialogue. While you can't fix stupidity, you can surely outnumber it and it's time for liberals to take this country back from these stupid idiots who pretend they have a rational opinion.

Idiot of the Week

2012-02-07T22:20:00.002-05:00

Susan G. Komen Foundation
While they deserve praise for their work in fighting breast cancer, dissing an organization that helps women is not a good idea. Even though they reversed the decision on Planned Parenthood, I think the damage is done. Anti-choicers are destructive people and because of a few bad choices, a great organization could fall as a result.

Groundhog Day

2012-02-02T07:43:00.000-05:00

Mitt Romney saw his shadow, that means 2 presidential terms of not caring about poor people.

Idiot of the Week

2012-01-30T12:22:00.002-05:00

Indiana

Gov. Mitch Daniels says he is ready to make Indiana the 23rd right-to-work state as soon as a bill reaches his desk.

It shouldn't be called "right-to-work", that is Orwellian. It should be called, "anti-right-to-unionize" because it will make it harder to form a union. The war on unions will continue until something is done. But night is darkest before dawn, it will get worse for unions before it gets better and it will get better. The labor movement was born out of hostile times and I have hope that it can survive this latest anti-union onslaught. If not, the US is headed for bad times for workers. Without unions there to constantly push for freedoms, slowly businesses and governments will erode those freedoms the labor movement fought for. Does anybody really want that to happen?

And another thing, I put "Indiana" as the idiot and not Daniels or the Republicans who drafted the bill for a reason. When the people in the state keep voting for anti-union Republicans, don't be surprised when they vote to bust unions, the voters should share some blame. Ditto for other states with strong union membership who elect Republicans. When you sleep with the anti-union dogs, don't be surprised when you wake up with anti-union fleas.

Joke

2012-01-24T10:03:00.001-05:00

How do you know that liberals invented the Wii?

Because if a conservative invented it, it would have been called a "Mii."

Romney is a "Rich Fuck"

2012-01-22T11:45:00.002-05:00

Fresh off his defeat in South Carolina to that Fat Fuck Newt Gingrich, I think I need to make a point about Mitt Romney to just add insult to injury. Romney is one of those types of rich people who I would describe as a "rich fuck." You know how in 2008 when McCain forgot how many homes he owned and that showed how elitist he was? Well, Romney has those moments every day like saying how he likes to fire people or makes a 10,000 dollar bet or says that corporations are people. Most of his fortune came from his vulture capitalist business Bain (not the Batman villain) Capital. Essentially his entire fortune came from being a parasite. A lot of rich people make money for better or worse by at least being somewhat productive, not Romney. Romney is an elitist, greedy, parasitic, rich fuck. He is the worse kind of rich person and he would make a terrible president.

Idiot of the Week

2012-01-22T11:39:00.002-05:00

Keystone Pipeline Supporters

Ha ha! The president did the right thing, let's all just hope that the decision is permenant and the pipeline is never built. The harder it is to access fossil fuels, the sooner it will be that we totally get off fossil fuels for good. Ha ha! :-P

Happy 39th Birthday!

2012-01-22T11:35:00.001-05:00

To Roe vs Wade, the decision that liberated millions of women.

Idiot of the Week

2012-01-16T19:23:00.003-05:00

Glenn Beck

I'm still angry at him for his attempt to defile the King legacy by speaking at the Lincoln Monument; never forgive, never forget. And my post from last MLK Day still holds true.

(Un)presidential Quote Part 2

2012-01-15T10:21:00.001-05:00

"18, 19-year-old kids make stupid mistakes all too often and that's what's occurred here."-Rick Perry

A stupid mistake is spilling a glass of water or cutting yourself shaving. Pissing on a corpse on camera is criminal.

Happy Birthday MLK!!!!!

2012-01-15T09:01:00.001-05:00

Quote of the Day

2012-01-14T10:28:00.001-05:00

"While we can't do much to stop bad things happening to good people, we can do more to stop good things from happening to bad people."-Albert Cirrus

Billboard Reading

2012-01-11T22:35:00.001-05:00

A person is driving down a road outside a city and they read all the billboards describing what is in the city. They see a sign for a mall and say, "They have a mall!" They see a sign for an amusement park and say, "They have an amusement park!" They see a sign for a zoo and say, "They have a zoo!" The next sign they see is old and hasn't changed in a while. The sign is mostly white and the faded message is incoherent. The person reads it and says, "And they have a Republican Party!"

(Un)presidential Quote

2012-01-09T19:59:00.002-05:00

"I like being able to fire people."-Mitt Romney

Great presidents give us quotes like "Four score and seven years ago...", "Ask not what your country...", or "The only thing we have to fear...", not "I want to be able to fire your ass!"

Idiot of the Week

2012-01-09T10:19:00.002-05:00

Raheem Morris

While I should have picked Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum, it's important as a sports fan to call out a terrible coach every once in a while, especially when you are a fan of that team. From 10-6 to 4-12 is a huge drop. Most teams can blame it on injuries or tough schedules, but the Bucs had no excuse for losing the last 10 games of the season. The defense was terrible and the penalties and turnovers were worse. Those kinds of things are the fault of the coach and Morris was a bad coach, the Bucs deserve better.

One Year Ago Today

2012-01-08T11:06:00.002-05:00

A right-wing fanatic open-fired in a grocery store in Tucson killing 6 and wounding many others including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. She has since made a remarkable recovery and I hope she runs for reelection. We can't let conservatives win, this incident has inspired me as a liberal and has waken me up more to the ugliness of the other side. Here is my reaction a year ago. It's as true today as it was last year. Keep the victims in your thoughts and help me continue to fight the right-wing, or they would have died or suffered in vain.

Quote of the Day

2012-01-02T18:22:00.002-05:00

"Authoritarianism is a two-sided coin. We know authoritarians support bad laws, but they also oppose good laws. Conservatives also support bad laws and oppose good laws, that is why conservatism is authoritarian in nature."-Albert Cirrus

Idiot of the Week

2012-01-02T11:48:00.003-05:00

Republican Presidential Candidates

The Iowa Caucus is tomorrow and power-hungry Republicans have been beating each other up over who wants to lose to Obama for months. So much dirt has come out about each one and I don't think they will have enough strength to make it to November. Obama is the real winner tomorrow.

Another Reason to Thank Liberals

2011-12-31T15:22:00.002-05:00

Increases in minimum wages.

Washington will be the first state to require a minimum wage of more than $9 an hour when it joins seven other states on Sunday in automatically adjusting salaries to keep up with inflation.

More than a million low-wage U.S. workers will see their hourly pay go up after the adjustment but many will remain mired in the ranks of the working poor in a country where nearly one-in-six live below the poverty line, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics.

Based on a typical 2,000-hour work year, the wage increases that take effect on New Year's Day in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington translate into annual salaries for minimum-wage workers of between $15,280 and $18,080.

Remember, this is to keep up with inflation. As prices go up, so should salaries. Businesses would never do this on their own, they need liberals in the government and at the polls to constantly force them to do the right thing. So to workers making minimum wage: your welcome.

Patriot of the Year

2011-12-30T21:44:00.003-05:00

Yes the award should go to the protesters around the world and in the US, but the award usually goes to one or in one case two people. I think one person inspired patriotism the most and that person is:

Elizabeth Warren

She announced that she is running for the great Ted Kennedy's old seat in Massachusetts being held by Scott "look at me I drive a truck" Brown. But she made a great point this year and it is worth quoting:

"There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there—good for you! But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for."

So thank you future Senator Elizabeth Warren, 2011's award goes to you!

Quote of the Day

2011-12-29T06:30:00.001-05:00

"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."

-Anne Frank, speaking like a true liberal.

Idiot of the Week

2011-12-26T10:12:00.002-05:00

Politi"fact"

This is really awful. Politifact, which is supposed to police false claims in politics, has announced its Lie of the Year — and it’s a statement that happens to be true, the claim that Republicans have voted to end Medicare.

Politifact has turned into the "Ministry of Truth", the only truth is what they say is true.

Global War"on Christmas"ming

2011-12-25T10:47:00.002-05:00

Fewer white Christmases.

Looks like they are becoming rarer elsewhere in North America too, according to a recent analysis of weather records by Environment Canada. Researchers examined data from 1964 to 2009 and found that the chances of more than 2 centimeters of snow on the ground on December 25th had declined by a quarter.

Our grandchildren maybe asking us "what is snow?" someday. I wish I was wrong about the whole global warming thing, but science says the Earth is warming and that's all that matters. What we need to do is eliminate fossil fuels altogether and go with alternative fuels instead.

Better World

2011-12-25T10:46:00.003-05:00

Idiot of the Week

2011-12-19T11:18:00.002-05:00

Jerome Isaac

Overnight, a 47-year-old man smelling of gasoline went into a police station and implicated himself in Gillespie's death, Browne said. The suspect, Jerome Isaac, told police he set her on fire because she owed him $2,000 for some work he had done for her, Browne said.

What a terrible asshole, I hope he rots in jail forever!

Bill Hicks Day Quote

2011-12-16T19:24:00.002-05:00

I posted this a year ago and I post this today on Bill Hicks Day.

The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we … kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.
-Bill Hicks

Happy 50th Birthday William Melvin Hicks!

2011-12-16T05:44:00.002-05:00

Romney and the KKK

2011-12-15T20:39:00.003-05:00

Romney is in trouble.

It's the type of coincidence every politician dreads. On Tuesday, political commenters reported that one of Romney's go-to campaign catch-phrases, "Keep America American," was a central theme of Ku Klux Klan publications in the 1920s, and served as a rallying cry for the white supremacist group's campaign of violence and intimidation against black Americans, as well as Catholics, gay people and Jews.

I for one doubt any coincidence, just about everything Republicans do and say is a racist dog whistle to racists.

Of course the folks at MSNBC have turned into pussies.

MSNBC issued a formal apology to Mitt Romney on Dec. 14 after a report during the morning broadcast that compared a slogan of the presidential candidate's to a slogan used by the Ku Klux Klan.

There is no comparing, it's equating, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE KKK SAID! If racism and bigotry is ever going to be stopped, racists and bigots must be exposed. And shame on Mitt Romney for the slogan and MSNBC for apologizing for being right.

Dropped the Ball

2011-12-15T20:38:00.000-05:00

I was going to post some stuff on Bill Hicks this week, but I forgot to post it. I will post stuff tomorrow, sorry Bill.

Note

2011-12-12T11:56:00.002-05:00

Depicting a picture of Obama who has a black dad and a white mother of being a "half black, half white" skunk makes you a racist. Please don't try to justify this, just accept the "racist" label.

Idiot of the Week

2011-12-12T11:13:00.001-05:00

Pancreatic Cancer

Hicks died of pancreatic cancer in 1994 at the age of 32.

This week will be a tribute to the comedian Bill Hicks, RIP.

Idiot of the Week

2011-12-05T13:20:00.002-05:00

Herman Cain

Looks like the HUMAN SHIELD against racist accusations for Republicans has quit before the primary. I honestly thought he was going to stay in longer, but he quit Saturday. In retrospect, did anybody really take his candidacy that seriously besides the few crazies out there? I mean 9-9-9? What the fuck? Not knowing about Libya? Creepy aide who smokes? "Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan?" China will get nukes? Let's not forget his Islamophobia. Of course then there is the sexual harassment while he was in charge of Godfathers Pizza (mafia connection too?). And let's not forget his lack of political experience. The same people who say Obama was not in office long enough are perfectly fine with Cain. His highest office was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City 1995-1996. He also ran unsuccessfully for other offices.

Now that he has quit, it will pave the way for either Romney, Gingrich, or Perry. I'm still hoping for Perry because he is the weakest of the three at the general election level, but I believe can win over most the Republican bases. But whoever it is will be beat by Obama and despite his flaws needs to be reelected.

Great Cartoon

2011-12-02T13:01:00.002-05:00

Funny because it's true. To be nice to the rich, I think they should only pay what they paid during Nixon: 70%. Obama's 40% is only a drop in the bucket.

Quote of the Day

2011-12-02T13:00:00.000-05:00

"'Let the free market decide!' It did decide, it decided to send elected officials to Washington to tell the market what to do."-Albert Cirrus

The Big 50 is Coming Up!

2011-12-01T05:43:00.001-05:00

Not for me, another 23 years, but for the late comedian Bill Hicks who I have dedicated this blog to. He would have been 50 years old on December 16th.

Barney Frank is Retiring

2011-11-28T11:25:00.001-05:00

Farewell.

Frank is one of the greatest Congressmen of the past couple of decades, it would be sad to see him leave.

Idiot of the Week

2011-11-28T10:50:00.004-05:00

The pepper spraying cops at UC Davis

This kind of shit can not be tolerated.

And to my troll in Crystal River, I know you didn't like my comparison of the Occupier protesters to MLK and the civil rights protesters. Well, both groups fought/are fighting for justice and were/are getting brutalized by the police. So my comparison holds up. I wish for the safety of every protester fighting for the good cause.

New Term

2011-11-27T11:58:00.002-05:00

In global warming, the melting of the icecaps actually leads to some areas getting colder as a result. I have thought of a new term to describe this phenomenon:

"Snowball warming."

I love it!

Idiot of the Week

2011-11-21T08:22:00.001-05:00

Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez

Just because they haven't been given the attention, teabaggers are still violent people and are a threat to America. Another violent teabagger behind bars.

Joke

2011-11-20T10:20:00.001-05:00

Why can't Herman Cain win most of the votes?

Because of the Herman Antitrust Act.

Occupy Movement, My Generation's Greatness Moment

2011-11-20T01:26:00.003-05:00

Every generation has had its moment of greatness, why is my generation any different? My grandparents had the defeat of Germany and Japan, my parents had civil rights and the hippy protest of the Vietnam War, and now my generation (Generation Y/Millennials) has its greatness moment: the Occupy Movement. For the past 30 years, right-wing policies have slowly eroded good government laws and regulations and now corporations have too much power. The Occupy Movement which started at Wall Street is in its infancy and has potential for real change. Of course like all great movements, there will be rabid right-wing pushback. But there's one thing the great movements in history have that they don't have: being right. Haters will hate, so let them, just as long as the good guys win at the end. To my peers in the Occupy Movement: get ready to make history!

Idiot of the Week

2011-11-14T12:41:00.004-05:00

The Penn State Football Program

Sick bastards. Of course if people can get arrested/fired for engaging in/covering up child molestation, can we also do that to people who try to cover up the truth about global warming? We can only hope.

The Real Tea Partiers

2011-11-13T09:57:00.000-05:00

Armistice Day

2011-11-12T10:41:00.002-05:00

This is a day late, but it's important to remember that 11/11 marked the end of war in 1918. It's important for the anti-war movement to reclaim this day as an anti-war special day. We need to fight for world peace and oppose war whenever it occurs. War should only be a last resort and even then we should attempt to stop it from starting in the first place.

Idiot of the Week

2011-11-07T09:37:00.002-05:00

Herman Cain

The dude sexually harassed a few women a while back, lied about it, and is now targeting those who oppose him, what an asshole. I'll have more of a take on Cain later.

Two Truths About Conservatives

2011-11-06T10:07:00.002-05:00

Over the past few weeks, I have been thinking about how conservatives are still trying to destroy the world and I've come up with two truths about them:

A. Conservatives are the bad guys (and liberals are the good guys). I've explained The McClane Reply before and the more and more I think about it, the more it makes sense. While liberals aren't perfect, they are better than conservatives. I have yet to come up with a single issue in which conservatives are better than liberals. And I'm not saying that because I'm a liberal, I'm saying that because it's true. If you just stand back and look at the issues and where each side stands, there is no debate. Conservatives are pro-militarism, liberals are pro-peace. Conservatives are pro-corruption, liberals are pro-justice. Conservatives are pro-theocracy, liberals are pro-separation of church and state. Conservatives are pro-pollution, liberals are pro-environment. Conservatives are for the greedy corporations, liberals are for the unions and workers. Conservatives are racist/sexist/homophobic/xenophobic/bigoted, liberals are pro-tolerance. Conservatives are authoritarian in nature, liberals are libertarian in nature. Conservatives promote ignorance, liberals promote education. The list goes on. Politics is not a sport, it's not about cheering for your favorite team. One side is the obvious good guy and the the other side is the obvious bad guy. And no matter how much you hate another sports team, they aren't as bad as conservatives. So with that said, why would anybody want to be conservative? I think it's a combination of nationalism, power, fear, and stupidity that causes people to become conservatives. But also part of it has to do with the next truth.

B. Conservatives will say or do anything to get power. I have gotten into enough online debates with conservatives and have read and seen enough of their propaganda to know that conservatives live in an alternative reality where truth, decency, and reason don't matter. Conservatives will lie, cheat, smear, name call, project, threaten, steal, or whatever will make them win and brainwash people. And they have mastered the art of projection, pretty much everything they say about liberals is true about themselves. They will call liberals racists and fascists even though that is projection. And they don't care, this is because conservatives are bullies. And when you call them out for it, they bully you more. Bullies don't stop being bullies, they continue to bully because, well, they are freaking bullies and don't know any better. And conservatives will project and call liberals the bullies when we try to fight back. And because of this, conservatives will "win" debates and elections when logic, truth, and reason would have made the more liberal side win. And you don't see this from liberals because liberals try to be decent when it comes to debate. Well, nice guys usually finish last. And when liberals do fight back, they are met by another enemy, the "both sides are bad" crowd. Michael Moore has been called the "Limbaugh of the left", which is like calling MLK the "black George Wallace." There is no equating those on the left with those on the right, liberals are the good guys, conservatives are the bad guys. Deep down most Americans are liberals, the recent 99%/Occupy rallies reminds us that economically most Americans aren't millionaires or billionaires and they benefit overwhelmingly from liberal policies that help the poor and middle class. But conservatives still get elected and they get into office and screw the people who voted for them. Again, conservatives will lie and claim that those economic policies that help the rich will "trickle down" and help the less-wealthy, which is a load of crap. They will then blame Obama and the Democrats for the problems that they created. But conservatives don't give a levitating crap about the truth, they want to win and damn you if you stand in their way.

Conservatives will do this until liberals take a stand, fight back, and "take their toys away." Of course in the process of fighting back, conservatives will whine and claim that we are persecuting them and taking away their rights even though they want to persecute and take away our rights. But remember one thing, liberals are the good guys and conservatives are the bad guys, and liberals have justified righteous indignation.

Sunday Hicks

2011-11-06T10:01:00.000-05:00

"The whole point is about mediocrity, but as I look around me I understand that some of you aren't going to get it."-Bill Hicks

Remember, Remember the 5th of November

2011-11-05T23:03:00.000-04:00

Rant in C Major is back!

Hiatus Post

2011-09-29T07:47:00.000-04:00

LOL!

Another Hiatus

2011-08-28T09:09:00.001-04:00

I have gone on hiatus from this blog zillions of times, but I am going to do it again to get my life in order. I'll be back maybe after my 27th birthday.

-Albert Blue Cirrus

Never Forgive, Never Forget

2011-08-28T08:52:00.002-04:00

A great injustice was committed a year ago today and we have to remember it and never forget when one of the worst men in modern history smeared the great name of Martin Luther King by spreading a message of hate and intolerance at the Lincoln Monument. That man is Glenn Beck and every year on this date I will call out that fucker and his ethically challenged ways. Never forgive, never forget.

91 Years of Women's Suffrage

2011-08-26T14:45:00.002-04:00

Women got the right to vote on August 26, 1920 and on this day we have to remember that every great social victory like the right to vote in US and world history has been in spite of the conservatives of the day. Nowadays it's the gay rights movement that is center stage in the fight against the great injustice known as conservatism. Because if we don't continue to battle conservatism, we will start to lose our freedoms and we don't want that. Happy 91 years!

Maxine Waters=American Hero

2011-08-24T07:31:00.003-04:00

I love this woman.

“I’m not afraid of anybody,” Waters said at the summit in Inglewood, Calif. “This is a tough game. You can’t be intimidated. You can’t be frightened. And as far as I’m concerned, the ‘tea party’ can go straight to Hell.”

I would personally use the term "teabagger", but that's alright. We need more brave politicians to stand up to the teabaggers and their corruption. I'm proud that Maxine Waters is in congress. Maybe this is the thing that will turn the tide of the war against the teabaggers and I smell victory!

Idiot of the Week

2011-08-23T08:22:00.002-04:00

Me.

For not coming up with an idiot of the week.

Sometimes it's really hard with all the idiocy that is going on in the world to narrow it down.

Idiot of the Week

2011-08-15T09:04:00.002-04:00

Rick Perry

Do you know what is better than Obama facing Romney or Bachmann? Obama facing "Bush 2.5." I always wished that Obama would spend more time blaming the economic problems on Bush and now he is given an early Christmas present. There is no mistaken, Perry is Bush's caretaker as governor and he will bring back Bush era incompetence back to the White House.

The "Bidenization" of Democratic Labeling

2011-08-07T00:18:00.003-04:00

Michael Kinsley said that "A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth." Joe Biden has been known for saying lots of crazy stuff, some true, some stupid. But whether or not Biden really called teabaggers "terrorists", the cat is out of the bag and I think it's time to examine that claim not as an ad hominem, but as a legit term for Republicans/conservatives/teabaggers.

For example, look at all that shit that went down last week over raising the debt ceiling that almost led to the country defaulting. Even then, it still damaged the economy and took attention off other matters. Yes Obama should have unilaterally raised the ceiling himself by citing the 14th Amendment, but then again Republicans shouldn't have stood in the way either. They forced through trillions of unnecessary cuts without fancying raising taxes. That IMHO is the definition of terrorism, economic terrorism.

Let's not forget that they support violence and religious extremism that are a part of terrorism, so the pieces are all in place for us calling them "terrorists" (or "tearrorists/All Whita" if you will.)

So now that they are officially terrorists, what do we do? Should Obama just make the Republican Party illegal as a terrorist organization or should we collectively simply not negotiate with them, work to vote them out of office, and treat them like shit as if they are terrorists? I guess we should do the latter and hope for the former.

Boiling Egg on their Faces

2011-08-06T23:59:00.003-04:00

I'm back from vacation and damn it has been a hot summer across the country...unusually hot. Yes, it gets hot in the summer, but it has been record heat. 100+ degree temperature has been the norm for large areas of the nation outside the desert areas of California, Arizona, and Nevada. It got over 110 in areas of Oklahoma! The past ten years has seen record highs and lows. Record floods and droughts. Record hurricanes and tornadoes. Record snowstorms and ice melts. Record diseases and famines. Et cetera. Man made global warming is a fact and that needs to be shouted in the face of every global warming denier on Earth. All of them (especially my "friend" in Crystal River) have boiling eggs on the faces!

And as a side note, Oklahoma is the home of James Inhofe, one of the biggest deniers in the Senate. The fact that they are receiving some of the worst heat proves that sometimes you get what you vote for. If one state has to suffer through 110 degree heat, I would rather have it be that state than a blue state full of smart people.

Idiot of the Week

2011-08-06T23:58:00.002-04:00

Republicans

I hate them all, screw them!

Thursday Hicks

2011-07-21T06:38:00.000-04:00

Play From Your Fucking Heart!!!!!

Idiot of the Week

2011-07-16T10:37:00.002-04:00

Rupert Murdoch

I find it funny that after all these years of us on the left saying how Murdoch is a bad person, this phone-hacking scandal comes out and now everyone is saying that he is a bad guy. Maybe people should listen to liberals more and when we say someone is a bad person early on, you shouldn't be surprised when a giant scandal like this blows up in their face.

Manateabaggers

2011-07-14T12:11:00.002-04:00

Like I've always said, conservatives hate hu-manatee.

Everybody knows what the tea party members oppose. High taxes. Big government. Obama's health care plan. High-speed rail.

Now, for at least some local tea party members, there's one more to add: manatee protection.
A Citrus County tea party group has announced that it's fighting new restrictions on boating and other human activities in Kings Bay that have been proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"We cannot elevate nature above people," explained Edna Mattos, 63, leader of the Citrus County Tea Party Patriots, in an interview. "That's against the Bible and the Bill of Rights."

I can't make this shit up, there are people who really believe this.

Tea party members are far from alone in opposing the new rules. The Crystal River City Council and Citrus County Commission contend the new regulations will be bad for the local economy.

There must be a lot of stupid crazy idiots in the Crystal River area, there's a nuclear power plant in the area and it must rot their brains somehow. But semitious kidding aside, why would further manatee protection be bad for the economy? Much of Crystal River's economy is ecotourism to you know, SEE THE MANATEES. You would think the people there would want there to be more manatees, not fewer. Unless the economy issue is just a cover and these people really just hate manatees and other endangered species.

One more little gem:

Mattos said she enjoys showing off the manatees to her grandchildren, but she had little use for the Save the Manatee Club, explaining, "If some of these environmental movements had been around in the days of the dinosaurs, we'd be living in Jurassic Park now."

Now they are just being retared. Dinosaurs died off millions of years before humans, this would only make sense if you believe humans and dinosaurs existed at the same time...oh wait.

Awesome News!

2011-07-12T10:56:00.001-04:00

Alan Grayson is running for congress again!

I'm so fucking excited! :-)

Idiot of the Week

2011-07-11T06:12:00.002-04:00

Michele Bachmann

An Iowa Group called “The Family Leader” is circulating a Pledge to the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates, which Michele Bachmann has signed, that states that homosexuality is a choice, a sin, and a public health risk, that porn should be banned, and that Sharia Law should be rejected.

Another fascist idiot trying to take away our freedoms, but at least she's open about it.

Happy Birthday Fucker!

2011-07-06T09:40:00.002-04:00

George W Bush turns 65.

Some people are outraged over Casey Anthony getting a "not guilty" verdict, but there is one man in Texas who did a lot worse and is celebrating his 65th birthday in freedom. His name is George Walker Bush and he started 2 wars, lied, tortured, wiretapped, allowed cities to be flooded and terrorized, destroyed the economy, and stole an election. If you are outraged at Anthony, multiply that outrage by a million at the last president, a free man.

And the 2011 Darwin Awards Goes to...

2011-07-05T20:07:00.002-04:00

Motorcyclist crashes in helmet law protest, dies

A bare-headed motorcyclist riding in protest of New York state's helmet law crashed, struck his head on the roadway and died from his injuries, state police said on Sunday.

Philip Contos, 55, was riding among a large group of motorcyclists staging an organized protest ride in western New York near Syracuse against the state law requiring all motorcyclists to wear helmets.

It's sad that he died, but he was an idiot. A lot of people die in the act of doing something great, but this was a stupid act, so he is no hero. I hope his death will be a warning to other stupid dumb idiot morons on the road to be safe.

Happy Birthday America!

2011-07-04T19:05:00.000-04:00

235 and still alive!

Seven Years Ago Today

2011-07-03T20:00:00.002-04:00

On July 3rd 2004 I went to see a patriotic film about a man who loves America and will go as far as to question the current regime about their war and their attack on our freedoms. That man was Michael Moore and his movie was Fahrenheit 9/11. I still have the ticket stub from that day and I can't wait for Moore's next film!

Idiot of the Week

2011-07-02T09:54:00.004-04:00

Fuck Yeah!

Glenn "Chalk Full of Nuts" Beck is an insane piece of shit, I can see him self-destructing beyond all recognition in the near future. Until then he won't fully go away and will have his cult following who will remain violent and fascistic to the end. Although Beck never reached the media following of Rush Limbaugh, the GOPiate of the Masses, Beck was very much like the American Joseph Goebbels of his day by spewing propaganda on Fox. So yes he is gone from Fox, but he will still be that cancerous tumor ready to spread throughout the body. So I'm hoping that this is the beginning of the end career-wise for Beck, so fuck you you right-wing sack of ferret piss!

Birthers=Even Bigger Idiots

2011-06-30T20:55:00.003-04:00

Birthers sue Esquire for satire piece.

Joseph Farah--who runs the World Net Daily website and a related book imprint--and Jerome Corsi, author of "Where's the Birth Certificate? The Case That Barack Hussein Obama Is Not Eligible to Be President," held a press conference in Washington, D.C., yesterday to announce that they have filed a lawsuit against Esquire magazine and its owner, Hearst, over an satirical article by Mark Warren published last month.

"This was a serious mistake by Mark Warren and Esquire for which they will pay dearly," Larry Klayman, lawyer for the plaintiffs, said. "It was obviously calculated with malice to destroy not just the book and its sales, but the reputations of Mr. Corsi and Mr. Farah."

When you think these people can't go any lower, they do. First off, "where's the birth certificate?" I think Obama already answered that with "here it is!" Second, if you are going to sue someone for losing money, don't sue Esquire, sue Obama for fuck sake. His exposure of his full birth certificate undermines your entire book, so he is the sole reason your book will lose money.

But this is a moot point, Corsi and Farah are just idiots, along side every birther out there. If rational thought didn't prevent them from writing the book in the first place, it's not going to prevent them from suing to get some money out of the deal. And this is by the way as frivolous as you get when it comes to lawsuits, something I thought conservatives opposed. If there is any justice, the judge will throw this case out before Esquire spends a penny defending themselves.

"There was nothing stating that it was satire."

Just in case I get sued, I'm labeling this post "satire" to protect myself from the stupid idiot goon squad.

Vox Day=Racist Asshole Part Zillion

2011-06-29T09:20:00.004-04:00

Vox Day keeps proving that he is a racist asshole.

Another round of Let's Play Guess the Race

See this is a game that conservatives play. They mention a crime and make a big deal out of the fact that the paper doesn't report their skin color and claim that there is some sort of "political correctness" at play. And the trick is to make the reader assume that the people in question are all non-white because if they were white, they wouldn't just be called "unruly teenagers." So in Vox's eyes, unless the skin color is stated, you just assume they are non-white. Very clever, not.

One seriously wonders who the morons in the media think they are kidding.

Look in the mirror you racist asshole.

Funny Headline of the Day

2011-06-28T17:24:00.002-04:00

Fed official: Biggest banks put ‘future of capitalism’ at risk.

Are Wall Street mega-banks so powerful and sprawling that they threaten our entire capitalist system? That's the claim being made by one top Federal Reserve official.

In a speech at New York University Monday, Thomas Hoenig, the president of the Kansas City Fed, argued that the biggest and most complex banks are "fundamentally inconsistent with capitalism."

That is the definition of capitalism, big corporations robbing the little guy and getting as big as possible. Big banks are suppose to do that in a capitalist system, how is that putting capitalism at risk? That is like saying that Bin Laden while alive tried to put the future of terrorism at risk by planning 9/11.

Idiot of the Week

2011-06-26T18:19:00.003-04:00

Homophobes (no link needed)

The marriage equality vote must piss these people off. As gays and lesbians get more freedoms, the homophobes will become more and more isolated. The one thing that I hope will come from this is the death of the conservative movement. Conservatives, especially social conservatives rely on there being a large chunk of ignorant and bigoted people to pander to and as my generation (Generation Y) becomes overwhelmingly tolerant and accepting, this will make it harder for conservatives to recruit more. Conservatives on the other hand will have an easier time recruiting corporate conservatives, aka the pseudo-libertarians which liberals need to start counter-recruiting.

New York, Then America

2011-06-25T18:01:00.004-04:00

Congrats on New York for legalizing same-gender marriage and while this is a victory, New York is only a battle. When civil rights were given to blacks, it was a national thing and that was why it was a huge victory. While certain types of segregation ended in many areas of the country prior to the sixties, it wasn't a full victory until it was ended in parts of the south. Gays can marry in a few blue states, but it should be legal everywhere. And gays and lesbians shouldn't stop their fight until they can legally marry in the middle of Utah, Alabama, or Oklahoma without fear of retaliation. When that day comes, gays and lesbians will have won the war.

Very Sad

2011-06-21T08:54:00.001-04:00

Ryan Dunn dies in car accident.

He was an American hero, RIP.

Anti-Union Liars

2011-06-19T10:54:00.002-04:00

If you need another example of how far big business thugs will go to suppress unionization, look at what they did at Target.

Waddy said some store employees were told the store could close or that they could be replaced if they voted for unionization. The store also rented vans, manned by security guards, to take the employees to work to vote, she said.

"There was a serious level of tension in the store and, obviously, the company ran a really aggressive campaign," Waddy said. "A lot of people were taken aback by the fact that they thought the store was going to close."

It goes to show that the anti-union thugs can only win through lies and intimidation. I also found this quote interesting:

"At Target, it has always been our goal to have a culture where our team members don't want or need union representation," Derek Jenkins, Target senior vice president of stores in the northeastern United States, said in a statement.

Translation: "We know unions are good for employees, but we don't want to admit it because it's bad for our corporate masters. We will treat the employees good enough so that they don't complain, but not good enough to equal that of what they would get if they were unionized. So we will lie to them."

The best revenge is success and one day union membership the United States will return to what it was over 30 years ago.

Saturday Hicks

2011-06-18T17:42:00.001-04:00

The door is a jar.

Idiot of the Week

2011-06-17T23:23:00.003-04:00

Mitt Romney

“I should tell my story,” Mr. Romney said. “I’m also unemployed.”

This bastard has over 100 million dollars, is this some sort of cruel joke?

Shit Romney doesn’t belong anywhere near the White House, especially with that elitist mentality. Let’s do Romney a favor and keep him “unemployed” in 2012 so he can continue to tell that stupid line.

Sometimes I think I’m too nice to Republicans and conservatives.

More Bad News for Palin

2011-06-15T21:49:00.003-04:00

Representative Giffords released from hospital.

Palin has had a bad week. First she fucked up the Paul Revere story, then she had her emails released, and now the victim of her cross hair map is still alive and improving. I wouldn't be surprised if this causes her to not run for president.

I continue to wish Mrs. Giffords a speedy recovery, not too many people are that lucky.

Quote of the Day

2011-06-14T22:37:00.002-04:00

"We will not be free until we stop feeling sorry for those who have too much freedom."-Albert Cirrus

Idiot of the Week

2011-06-11T21:01:00.001-04:00

Anthony Weiner

It's sad for me to put his name on the idiots list, but he is an idiot for his shit.

Quote of the Day

2011-06-09T22:13:00.002-04:00

"Politically, I consider myself a moderate...a moderate between the left and the far-left."-Albert Cirrus

Great Link

2011-06-09T20:25:00.002-04:00

The 7 Types of Republican Idiots

Since everyone of them is an idiot, they all fall into at least one category.

Idiot of the Week

2011-06-06T06:14:00.001-04:00

Sarah Palin

What a stupid idiot dumb-dumb moron!

RIP Doctor Kevorkian

2011-06-03T09:17:00.002-04:00

Dead at 83

The dude helped euthanize terminal patients in pain and for that, he became a political prisoner. If you don't agree with his methods, that's your opinion, but he undeniably helped his patients end their suffering. He is a hero and will be missed.

On Memorial Day, Thank Also the Anti-war Protesters

2011-05-30T21:03:00.002-04:00

While the US has fought a few good wars, we have also made a few mistakes and by mistakes I mean conscious efforts to create a bloodbath. While it's important to honor the dead from the good wars, it's almost as important to honor those who protested the wars.

During Vietnam we had the hippies and I believe their political pressure was enough to bring an early end to the war which would have lasted several more years. Not only would have been countless millions of more Vietnamese and Cambodian deaths, but 10,000's more American deaths. Thankfully the hippies saved their asses and we should be thankful for that even if they aren't going to get the praise they deserved.

Today we have Iraq and Afghanistan, the heroes at Code Pink and other anti-war groups are busy ending the war and hopefully those wars will die down before more slaughter happens. I think along side Memorial Day and Veterans Day we should have a separate specialday to honor the anti-war movement.

If it wasn't for the anti-war movement, more dead would have been mourned today than needed. Thank you for your service to this country!

Idiot of the Week

2011-05-29T00:36:00.002-04:00

Boston Bruins.

Fuck you assholes! Tampa Bay will take its vengeance out on the Red Sux! 16 more meetings with the Rays, I doubt Boston can win 10 of those.

New Names for the "Tea Party"

2011-05-26T09:09:00.002-04:00

While I still like calling them "teabaggers", I have three new names for them:

1. Koch Suckers (as in serving the Koch brothers)

2. The TP (as in they are full of crap)

3. All Whita (the tearrorist organization)

I like number 3 the most.

Jared Loughner Not Going on Trial

2011-05-25T20:56:00.002-04:00

The reason they give us:

U.S. District Judge Larry Burns ruled that Loughner, 22, described by his own legal team as "gravely mentally ill," was incapable of understanding the proceedings against him and assisting in his own defense.

He cited the conclusions of two experts, a forensic psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist, that Loughner suffers from schizophrenia, disordered thinking and delusions.

Or maybe they didn't want Jared to walk into the court house yelling, "Sarah Palin for president!"

Idiot of the Week

2011-05-22T09:45:00.003-04:00

There were a lot to choose from, Newt Gingrich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Herman Cain, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, these assholes, but the idiot who takes the cake is:

Harold Camping

Sorry dude, but all that end-of-world talk for yesterday was useless. We are still here you wacko!

The McClane Reply

2011-05-14T17:44:00.002-04:00

From the movie Die Hard 2:

Gen. Ramon Esperanza: Who are you?
John McClane: A cop.
Gen. Ramon Esperanza: A cop?
John McClane: Yeah. One of the good guys. You see, you're one of the bad guys.

This type of mentality reflects what I think when it pertains to politics. I have said that everything good that has ever happened in history has come from liberal ideology, now it's time for that to reflect our government and policy. Liberals are the good guys and conservatives are the bad guys, period. When it comes to the environment, peace, social justice, safety, economic justice, education, health, equality, and all our freedoms, liberals own a shutout on who is right on the issues. Conservatives on the other hand are responsible for all that is wrong and it is getting harder to deal with them.

In Die Hard 2, McClane blew up Esperanza's plane, but I don't think liberals should resort to violence against conservatives (even though conservatives might resort to violence against us.) The best revenge is success and liberals need to start taking control of every aspect of government, local, state, and national. We need to start acting tough towards conservatives, we need to call them names, and call out their lies. We need to call them racist, sexist, homophobic, bigoted, anti-environmental, insane, stupid idiots who love war and hate peace.

They are the bad guys and we are the good guys.

Of course when we start to fight back, there will always be those who start with the "both sides" crap. They will say that we are being the "Rush Limbaughs of the left." Of course this is stupid. To say that would be like calling Martin Luther King the "black George Wallace." There is no moral equivalence between the ethically challenged right and the left for calling them out on their crap and making the world a better place. Any "both sides" concern trolling should be ignored because liberals are the good guys and conservatives are the bad guys.

Repeat: liberals are the good guys and conservatives are the bad guys. Liberals are the good guys and conservatives are the bad guys. Liberals are the good guys and conservatives are the bad guys. Liberals are the good guys and conservatives are the bad guys. Liberals are the good guys and conservatives are the bad guys. Liberals are the good guys and conservatives are the bad guys........

(Return of the) Idiot of the Week

2011-05-14T09:40:00.002-04:00

Indiana

People have no right to resist if police officers illegally enter their home, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a decision that overturns centuries of common law.

Remember, conservatives want more of these fascists in our court system.

No Wonder Obama Took so Long to Show his Birth Certificate

2011-05-06T14:42:00.002-04:00

He had priorities.

(Thanks to Crazyfolks)

Sorry, No Dead Pictures for You!

2011-05-04T17:21:00.001-04:00

Decent people 1 Necrophiliacs 0.

OSAMA IS DEAD!!!!!

2011-05-02T07:18:00.002-04:00

Congrats to Obama and to America for finally having closure. But to be honest, I would have rather had a trial than Osama being killed. I assume there was a fight and Osama died in the middle of the battle. And this took place in...uh...Pakistan?

So while Osama is out of the way, I was hoping for an arrest and trial for Bush and Cheney for war crimes, but IMHO that doesn't seem like a reality, but I'm a dreamer and I'm not the only one.

Sunday Hicks

2011-04-24T12:06:00.000-04:00

Easter

Happy Earth Day!

2011-04-22T08:53:00.000-04:00

Let's make every day Earth Day.

Wednesday Hicks for 4/20

2011-04-20T10:45:00.001-04:00

Mandatory Marijuana

I don't smoke pot myself, but I do think it should be legal.

I'm Too Nice to Republicans/Conservatives

2011-04-12T21:17:00.006-04:00

Every day I say to myself, "are these people really that bad" and then I read this and I want to puke.

A surprising number of Mississippi Republicans say interracial marriage should be illegal, according to a recent survey.

Researchers from the Public Policy Polling of Raleigh, N.C., conducted a survey in late March, its results show 46 percent of GOP voters in Mississippi believe interracial marriage should be illegal, 14 percent were undecided.

If you add in the 14 percent who are undecided, that's a 60% majority. Sorry, being undecided is no excuse, either you support it or oppose it; there is no gray area. And opposing interracial marriage is a hardcore racist issue, not one of those "they may or may not be racist for saying that" type positions.

If Mississippi is an example of what we can see nationally from Republicans and conservatives, I am right, these people are racists. I would love to see someone try to defend this. Or just ignore it and say "la la la, we aren't racist!"