September 29, 2013

My nominee list for this week's Top Ten Conservative idiots list is already 17 people.

And it's only Sunday here in China. It may be 50 by the time I publish on Friday.

I remember the Top Ten being funny, and I try. . .but look at what the GOP has become, folks.

Try as you can, these people aren't really funny anymore.

September 29, 2013

The Kansas Board of Education Just Got Sued for Promoting the Teaching of Evolution

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/09/27/the-kansas-board-of-education-seriously-just-got-sued-for-promoting-the-teaching-of-evolution-in-science-classes/


No wonder we've become a low IQ population!

September 28, 2013

US troops won't get paid during shutdown: Pentagon

Source: Yahoo News

Washington (AFP) - The US military's nearly 1.4 million troops will stay on the job in the case of a government shutdown but they will not get paid, the Pentagon said Friday.

And if Congress fails to agree on a new budget measure by the close of the fiscal year on Monday, September 30, "roughly half" the Defense Department's nearly 800,000 strong civilian work force would be placed on unpaid leave, top officials said.

The war effort in Afghanistan and other high-priority missions would not be affected but most training and a range of maintenance work would be cancelled if Congress remains deadlocked, according to the Pentagon's top financial officer Robert Hale.

"We wouldn't be able to do most training, we couldn't enter into most new contracts, routine maintenance would have to stop," he told reporters.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/us-troops-wont-paid-during-shutdown-pentagon-190746122.html

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Way to support the troops, Republicans.

September 27, 2013

Top Ten Conservative Idiots of the week

[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Where's my shovel Edition[/font]

Looking at the world right now, we are left wondering; since the Grand Old Party has lost its mind, will it continue losing elections. Shutdown Republicans (1) show a massive divide in the unity of their party, Sarah Palin (4) insults her employers, Gundamentalists (5) love their guns more than the military or mother nature, the NCAA (8) proves money trumps principles and Harry Binswager & Bob Benmosche (9) show us how oppressed the Upper 1% truly is. And as always, don't forget the key.

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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Shutdown Republicans (with emphasis on Ted Cruz)[/font]


Oh, this week was fun in the Senate. . .and this will be a very long opening entry, so get your reading glasses. We start with everyone's favorite president Barack Obama telling Republicans to grow up. Well, not really grow up, but to. . .well, yeah to grow the hell up fast. And by grow up, he means “stop running the country like you want it to be destroyed if you don't get your way.”

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"It's time for these folks to stop governing by crisis," Obama said, according to a transcript released by the White House Press Office, "and start focusing on what really matters: Creating new jobs, growing our economy, expanding opportunity for ourselves, looking after our children, doing something about the violence out there."

Obama adamantly insisted that any effort by Republicans to defund Obamacare is bound to fail.

"We will not negotiate over whether or not America should keep its word and meet its obligations," he said. "We're not going to allow anyone to inflict economic pain on millions of our own people just to make an ideological point."

Smack, meet down. Beautiful development of a backbone from P-res #44. Grow up, do your jobs and accept that you LOST!!! I like this. But, leave it to Republicans to completely miss the boat on this. See, they think they American people support them, and that the American people think their tactics are the bee's knees and that the American people will blame Obama for the Republican let government shutdown they are preparing us for. What would surprise Republicans would be this poll;

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And this GOP run poll that show the American people think their tactics leave a lot to be desired.

[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#F4E0E0; border:1px solid #E8C0C0; box-shadow:-1px -1px 3px #C66666 inset; border-radius:0.6em; margin:0.5385em 0em 0em 0.5385em;"]In a national survey of 1,000 registered voters done July 31 and August 1, the question, from pollster David Winston, said, “Some members of Congress have proposed shutting down the government as a way to defund the president’s health care law” and asked respondents whether they favored or opposed that plan.

Overall, 71 percent of those surveyed opposed a shutdown, while 23 percent favored a shutdown. Among Republicans, 53 percent opposed, versus 37 percent who favored.

I think people can file these polls into the “wow. . .really, you needed a poll to show how insanely stupid the GOP's plan to shutdown the government truly is?” file. Next poll will probably be “Kittens: cute or adorable.” Expect at least 5%-10% of unsure, undecided voters.

But, to the House Republicans, polls mean nothing and the views of the American voter mean nothing because their owners want Obamacare killed, so they voted 230-189 (with two dumbass DINOs voting with them) to defund Obamacare, making this the 41st or 42nd time they're tried to kill the law. Of course, this is DOA in the Senate and Obama as already threatened veto. But, hey. . .the GOP needs to continue Koch sucking or else their heroin. . .I mean campaign contributions, will dry up.

However, when it comes to shutting down the government, no one comes to mind more than Senator Ted “Booze” Cruz (R-WTF). He hates Obamacare. . .he hates everything Obama does. He probably can't stand the man personally. . .so, he's on a crusade with a few other teabagger senators (Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Ron Johnson, etc) to stall and destroy. Recently he went on Fixed Noise Channel and told House GOP to remain firm while basically telling Senate Republicans to grow a set of balls and fight Obamacare, even if it means destroying the country.

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He's going to filibuster. Oh, this should be good. . .BTW, did I mention that as soon as his fellow GOP Senators found out he would be with Chris Wallace on Fixed Noise, they sent unsolicited opposition material and asked Fixed Noise to skewer him.

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Can you imagine the shock on Chris Wallace’s face when he got his usual weekly talking points, and they targeted a Republican instead of a Democrat? That is an earth shaking event at Fox News. It should be noted that Wallace did exactly what the Republican establishment wanted during his interview with Cruz. He went out of his way to prove that the Texas senator’s plan was destined to fail. Chris Wallace may or may not have used the opposition research that he was provided, but he definitely did everything he could to kill support for the Cruz/DeMint defund Obamacare movement.

There isn't enough popcorn in the world for this show. BTW, why is a political party sending a “fair and balanced” news channel material to slam someone? Isn't that what a propaganda mill receives? Hmmmm. . . .

Still, Booze Cruz when on his filibuster. 21 hours of Ted Talk, but no one learned anything. Enthralling TV, I am sure. Sorry, most people missed it. Ted Cruz only thinks he's important. He's as much a small timer as the Ohio Tearduct, John of Orange. Some highlights.


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At hour 8, Cruz said he has no doubt President Obama sleeps well at night because he is committed to his principles, which Cruz argued are deeply harmful.

At hour 11, Cruz noted that most senators were sleeping through his all-night filibuster-like speech on the Senate floor. "It’s a late night. I’m going to venture to say most members of the United States Senate are home in bed, asleep, while America lives the nightmare."

At hour 15, Cruz took a swipe at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other senators who rejected his defunding strategy. "This is the first time since I’ve been in the Senate that I’ve seen Senate Republican leadership whipping a vote … so that Harry Reid can turn around ... and fund ObamaCare and gut the House resolution."

At hour 18, Cruz likened his struggle to the rebel alliance fighting against the "Empire" in Star Wars. At this point, he did his best Darth Vader impression, saying "Mike Lee, I am your father."

Star Wars fans around the country were both offended and laughing, since apparently Booze Cruz doesn't realize that Darth Vader was the villain and trying to convince Luke to join the Dark Side. I'll let the joke settle in while I deal with Trekkies complaining that Booze Cruz isn't Darth Vader. . .he's part of the Borg.

We know the Democrats think Cruz is nuts. What do Republicans think? 2008 GOP Nominee John McCain, you're first.

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“He fucking hates Cruz,” one McCain aide told the magazine. “He’s just offended by his style.”

At the time, McCain had publicly referred to Cruz and other Republicans as “wacko birds.”

Well, he's a maverick anyway. And senile too. Let's get a younger GOP member, maybe someone in the House that would support defunding Obamacare. 2016 Presidential Candidate and Long Island Wac-a-doodle Peter King, you're next.

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No more influence. The media rumbles that he may run for President in 2016. . .but Peter King is just a northeast Republican. . .they are practically Democrats in the Northeast. Let's look at someone from the “real” America. Okay, TN Senator and nebbish do-nothing Bob Corker, what do you think?

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“The reason you don’t want to send a bill over to the House, who could possibly put in place some very good policies for us here, is that you want the American people and the outside groups that you’ve been in contact with to be able to watch us tomorrow,” Corker said to Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), two Tea Party-affiliated lawmakers.

Corker accused Cruz and Lee of playing to the cameras after Lee balked at a request to accelerate the process for considering a stopgap spending bill that also would defund ObamaCare.

And that was from the floor of the United States Senate. Doesn't seem Booze Cruz has a lot of support. Don't worry, if he is the nominee in 2016, the GOP will fall behind him to kiss his ass and tell Americans that in 2013, they were just joking,

Time to call Orville Reddenbacher. . .we need stock in popcorn futures.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Starvation Republicans[/font]


The GOP loves wars. Blowing up brown people is something they like. Iraq, Afghanistan, Grenada, Panama, Libya, Viet Nam. . .you got some brown people, tell them to watch out. To quote George Carlin.

The GOP also loves wars at home too. War on women, war on science, war on education, war on labor, war on rape victims. . But it's time go back to the tried and true GOP war. . .the war on those over-privileged and shiftless lazy poor people. . .the ones that if they didn't get the food stamps or welfare, the oppressed upper class would be successful.

Congressman Kevin Cramer decided to use Facebook to try to smack-down someone and use Jesus to back up his idea that poor people need to be kicked even when they are down.

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Ummm. . .don't let 'em eat cake? Let 'em eat dirt! Very Christian, Kevy. . .you realize that quote from the bible was talking about FARMING and not not being able to find a job. Scumbag! BTW, most of the people receiving food assistance are the elderly, children, the disabled, and the working poor. Three of those groups can't work. . .the 4th group is. Asshat!

But Cramer was just quoting the Bible. . .one of his “Buddies” in the House, TN. Representative Stephen Fincher took it one step further: He specifically mentioned Jesus.

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Recently Rep. Fincher said: "The role of citizens, of Christianity, of humanity, is to take care of each other, not for Washington to steal from those in the country and give to others in the country."

Okay. . .apparently Jesus is on speed dial of every Republican hack in the world. Then, we have Ken Blackwell (2004 Ohio election thief and current member of the Family Research Council) saying cutting off poor people from food assistance is the good Christian thing to do.

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As Right Wing Watch notes, Blackwell went on to tell the Christian Post that there is “nothing more Christian” than massive cuts to food stamps, and called food aid programs the “plantation of big government.”

Still trying to find where this is in he Bible. Someone want to help me. I can't seem to find it. Who would Jesus left starve death? Someone want to show me that from the old or new Testament? Next war for the GOP might be “war on Ted Cruz.”

But, what makes this even more poetic is that, according to MSN, five of the poorest states in the country (where food assistance would be most common) are Deep Red States.

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Poorest states:
5. Kentucky
4. Alabama
3. West Virginia
2. Arkansas
1. Mississippi

Time for those people to re-elect the people who are helping them remain poor. All because Obama will take your guns, accepts gays and something about God. . .even though the proof is the GOP couldn't give a shit less about God.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]John Kaisch[/font]


This economic recovery from the results of Bush's Great Economic Toilet Flush and Reagan's Great Economic Insanity (long term effects of Reaganomics) leaves a lot to be desired. The country is in stagflation, job growth is not producing anything more than McJobs and people's wages are completely depressed.

However, a few states are showing promise of pulling out of it. First, Minnesota.

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W2G, Minnesota. Can anyone do as well? How about you, Maryland?

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"We're not done — we still have a lot more work to do," Gov. Martin O'Malley said in an interview. "This is a milestone, not mission accomplished."

W2G, Maryland. Two deep blue States are pulling out of this. Maybe others will follow the lead. Ohio, run by John Kaisch. . .how are you doing?

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The Census Bureau reports that Ohio's poverty rate stayed steady at 16.3 percent in 2012. It was just a slight change from the 16.4 percent rate in 2011.

Hmmm. . .not good. Where are the jobs, teabagger Johnny? You were slamming Obama for years on Fixed Noise. . .what are you doing? Can't your buddy, the Ohio Tearduct, help you get those jobs? Probably not. . .he's drunk on vacation right now.

What makes this even worse is the next time of the article.

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Economies hate GOP policies. To quote Bill Clinton: “In order to live like a Republican, you need to vote for a Democrat.”

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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Sarah Palin[/font]


Welcome back to the list, Gidgot! The Alaska Step-ford wife is back grifting her way through American politics at Fixed Noise, bashing everyone she doesn't agree with and using as much inane banter and drivel as she can. This time, she might have crossed the line.

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That sounds logical to me. Republicans, toe the line or get out! Simple. . .it's their mantra. But wait, wait. . .her bosses and her network spent last Sunday dissecting Booze Cruz and really laying into him. Is that fat slob Roger Ailes “gutless?” How about Sean Hannity, Steve Douchey, Bill O'Reilly, Brit Hume, Chris Wallace and Brian Kilmeade?

I wonder how Rupert will like being called gutless, since he owns the network that skewered Booze Cruz hard. Is that a pink slip I see in the future for Caribou Barbie?


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Gundamentalists[/font]


Deep down, gundamentalists realize that their guns are an important part of their psyche. They are willing to divorce their wife than give up their gun. Gun nuts love to use the same tired talking points and memes to defend themselves, and Wayne “Good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns” LaPierre is king of the hill among those brainless lunatics.

The NRA kingpin went back to his [http://presspass.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/22/20636650-nras-lapierre-calls-for-more-armed-personnel-after-navy-yard-shooting?lite|tired meme] on NBC and sounded as pigheaded as he normally sounds.

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He called the Navy Yard a military facility that was “largely left unprotected.”

He's going to stick to the Good guys with guns vs. bad guys with guns line until the end. God in heaven, has the United States turned in a fucking Die Hard movie? Or is this the time of Wyatt Earp?

Not to be outdone, National Rifle Association lobbyist Tony Makris decided to one up Mr. LaPierre in his love affair with guns. But he decided to show his love for just guns in another country.

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Well, nothing like killing endangered species to show how much of a man you are. Please continue with this. What did Elmer Fudd do next?

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The joke writes itself, but it just seems a little odd that NRA shot and killed the symbol of the Republican Party. While I am not happy with the death of a real elephant by an NRA idiot, the death of the Republican Elephant by an NRA idiot is poetic justice.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Joe Manchin[/font]


Normally, the Top Ten is for Republicans and conservatives. But there are wastrels in the Democratic Party too. Joe Lieberman, Zell Miller, Ben Nelson. . .and now that they are gone, West Virginia DINO Joe Manchin has stepped up to the plate.

The topic. . .Obamacare. Seems he will side with Booze Cruz on Obamacare to avoid a government shutdown. When asked by Bloomberg news his opinions on voting on implementing the individual mandate of the ACA, DINO Manchin cames out with this doozy.

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Wow, if that isn't talking out of both sides of your mouth. Claiming to be a Democrat, than doing everything in your power to undermine the Democrat in the White House. However, he was not done. On Thursday, Manchin expanded on his beliefs to destroy Obamacare.

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“I have always opposed the individual mandate, and I continue to have concerns with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the cost and choices West Virginians will have in the health care exchanges," Manchin said. "That being said, I do not believe that this issue should be used to shut down the government, and I will not vote to shut down the government. We need to work together as Americans to solve these problems so we can get our economy back on track and create American jobs.”

Wrong answer, Senator. Maybe you need to learn how to lead, rather than be a turncoat. Next up for Manchin. . .he will sit on the back bench and do nothing while voting against everything the Democrats want. Maybe he was good in West Virginia state politics. As a replacement for Robert Byrd, he's a miserable failure.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Allen West[/font]


Back from oblivion is everyone's favorite Florida ex-Congressman, Allen West. We haven't heard from Uncle Ruckas is a while. He's been too busy working in floor. . .until now. He is leaving his job.

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You called a Jewish woman a JAP? Seriously. . .look, Ruckas. . .let me tell you something. You're not Jewish. You do not have the right to make Jewish jokes. You don't have the right to bad mouth anyone. I'm white. . .I do not have the right to drop n-bombs. My wife is Chinese. She does not have the right to drop anti-American crap on me. It's just that simple. You don't call a Jewish woman a JAP.

But that's not all Ruckas did.

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Yes, because telling someone to shut up is just the height of maturity. I don't believe Ruckas is leaving his job willingly. I think he was told “resign with face or get fired in disgrace, your choice.”

Hell, the voters of his district said the same thing when they voted him out of office. This seems to be a running theme in West's life. Open mouth, insert foot, lose job!

Keep it up, Allen!


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]NCAA[/font]


Jerry Sandusky molested boys at Penn State for decades. Joe Paterno and Penn State did everything in their power to cover it up, hide it and forget about it.

Then the scandal erupted. Sandusky is in prison. The President of Penn State resigned and Joe Paterno retired, but died in a state of disgrace and shame. Because of their actions, the NCAA levelled massive penalities on Penn State, showing that they will not stand for any of this illegal and down right disgusting behavior from any school NCAA university. Until now.

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The announcement comes 14 months after NCAA president Mark Emmert levied the historic penalties in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Penn State had faced a cap of 65 scholarships starting in 2014, but instead will have 75 scholarships in 2014, 80 in 2015 and the full allotment of 85 in 2016.

The reason for this is very simple: money. Penn State is a powerhouse in the NCAA football ranks. They make the NCAA lots of money. To punish them is slitting their own throats and robbing them of a team that makes them money. It would be the same if the NFL did the Cowboys what the NCAA did to Penn State.

Money trumps principles. Who cares if Penn State aided and abetted Sandusky's violation of children? Penn State makes us money. Time to forgive, and quickly forget.

There is no joke here. This is sick avarice at its worst, and blazing hypocrisy at the least.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Harry Binswager & Bob Benmosche[/font]


The WSJ and Forbes are financial magazines. As such, they are supply-side supporting, Milton Friedman loving business oriented publications with the Gordon Gecko philosophy: “Greed is Good.”

Harry Binswager writes for Forbes and came out with an op-ed piece that screams pitchforks and axes by the populace. Entitled “Give Back? Yes, It's Time For The 99% To Give Back To The 1%,” Binswager, with a complete straight face, tells those in the underclass that they need to give more to the upper class. I am not making this up!

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Let’s begin by stripping away the collectivism. “The community” never gave anyone anything. The “community,” the “society,” the “nation” is just a number of interacting individuals, not a mystical entity floating in a cloud above them. And when some individual person–a parent, a teacher, a customer–”gives” something to someone else, it is not an act of charity, but a trade for value received in return.

There is indeed a vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity: the Internal Revenue Service. And, at a deeper level, it is the monstrous perversion of justice that makes the IRS possible: an envy-ridden moral code that damns success, profit, and earning money in voluntary exchange.

An end must be put to the inhuman practice of draining the productive to subsidize the unproductive. An end must be put to the primordial notion that one’s life belongs to the tribe, to “the community,” and that the superlative wealth-creators must do penance for the sin of creating value. And Ayn Rand is just the lady who can do it.

Paragraph one. . .he trots out the vague Marxist line and says wealth is exploitation. No, moron. Wealth is not. . .how it is attained could be. Simple: Wealth earned while raising the ones around you will warrant little complaint. Wealth earned by damaging those around you. . .that's what bred Marxism to begin with.

Paragraph two. . .Now he's channeling Robert Nozick from Harvard. The intrinsic value of input and output argument. Following this logic, no man has rights to a child since the mother carries, delivers and nurses the baby. Her labor is worth more to the child and the time it took the man to impregnate her. This is a false conclusion.

Paragraph three. . .now I see where he's coming from. It has nothing to do with labor. This is an anti-tax piece. If the IRS is gotten rid of, there would be no taxes. So if the IRS was abolished, the moral code that damns success, profit and earning money would end. Libertarian fantasy that Ayn Rand would love.

Paragraph four. . .let's look at this. This is social Darwinism at its finest.

But this obtuseness is nothing compared to Bob Benmosche, AIG's CEO. He has a complaint that the attacks on AIG bonuses during the meltdown were similar to lynching black people in the Deep South.

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“Now you have these bright young people (in the financial-products unit) who had nothing to do with (the bad bets that hurt the company.) … They understand the derivatives very well; they understand the complexity. … They’re all scared. They (had made) good livings. They probably lived beyond their means. …They aren’t going to stay there for nothing.

The uproar over bonuses “was intended to stir public anger, to get everybody out there with their pitch forks and their hangman nooses, and all that–sort of like what we did in the Deep South (decades ago). And I think it was just as bad and just as wrong.

No AIG executive was seen hanging from a tree, Bobby. Sorry, your analogy sucks.

After he was done burping his bullshit, Benmosche called up Congress and told them he would provide them steak, vodka, caviar and hookers if they would make AIG above the law. Legislation is still pending.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Republican Homophobes[/font]


And finally, what Top Ten list would be complete without Republican gay bashing.

CASE STUDY #1: Colorado lawmaker Ken Lambert.

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Klingenschmitt said that the problems all started when Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signed the civil unions law earlier this year.

“There are no waivers or provisions for any contrary thought, whether it’s religion or people’s expression of their own morality,” Lambert explained. “It completely suppresses basically any ideas.”

“It’s a mind-control experiment by the majority party, the Democrats here in Colorado, to force everybody — including children in schools, everything else — under penalty of law to believe in homosexual marriage,” he added.

Yes. . .the big bad gay people want to use Democrats to make us all gay, decorate our homes and march in gay pride parades. Then we'll be brainwashed to listen to Lady Gaga and Cher while watching “Too Wang Foo, Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar” or “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.” Because we know that gay agenda is all about turning straight people gay.

I never realized how powerful being gay was. The way Republicans make it sound, LGBT citizens are almost in demi-God, Superman status.

CASE STUDY #2: Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador

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Yes, let's overturn the 14th amendment of equal protection under the law and bring back the unconstitutional DOMA. Because, we all know, if two LGBT people get married, straight marriages will end the next day, walls will collapse, building will topple. . .human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

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The constitution does not protect discrimination under the 14th amendment. It does allow “full faith and credit” meaning if you are married in one state, another state MUST accept it. It also says that Congress can do anything “necessary and proper” to enforce current law. DOMA is not the law. Go back into your cave, buddy.

So, according to Kent Lambert, Democrats are brainwashing people to become gay so we can have Raul Labrador work to get legislation passes that turns gay people into second and third class citizens because “gayness is icky.”

When will these men who hate gay people so much. . .just finally come out of the closet?

See you next week!

September 25, 2013

Life in China #5

Okay. . .time to educate those wanting to come to the Middle Kingdom about the culture and life that those stupid tourist books never talk about.

Today's lesson: The Supermarket Nightmare!

The nightmare of a Chinese supermarket is one of legends. Other than the fact that there are too many people and not enough space, most people decide to leave their brains at the door as they walk in.

Let's first play the game "who's the moron who?"

1: Who's the moron who decides it is perfectly acceptable to have six year old children go through the loose candies and chocolate with their dirty hands so they can eat them without paying?
2: Who's the moron who thinks it is perfectly acceptable to argue with someone over whose piece of Aloe is bigger and fresher?
3: Who's the moron who thinks it is acceptable to lick and sniff fruit while you're buying it?
4: Finally, who's the moron who thinks that blowing snot rockets, smoking under no-smoking signs and hocking loogies in a confined area are all good ideas?

If you guessed most of the people that go to the supermarket I go to, you are correct.

But that's not the only fun. Apparently, no one here understands the concept "be aware of your surrounding." It is physically impossible to walk in a straight line in a supermarket here. There are too many road blocks:

1: Here's comes the north going Zak and nothing will stop them from going north.
2: Oh good. . .someone stopped in the middle of the walkway to answer their phone. . .and by answer, I mean screaming into it at full decibel.
3: Now, there 20 something girls are walking three abreast, hand-in-hand, at the speed of smell.
4: Someone stopped in front of me again. . .only this time he (and it's always a man) looks confused as to where he is supposed to go next. So he moves a step left, stops, goes back to where he was, moves a step right, stops. . .then pulls out his phone and screams into it "Dear wife, where do I find the fruit?" WHEN THE GUY IS STANDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE PRODUCE SECTION!!!
5: Great. . .someone decided to cut the lanes in half by putting a large pole in the middle of it.
6: Get these God damn boxes out of the walkway! And tell your little brat to stop pulling the arm hair off my forearm before my dinner becomes "leg of pain in the ass kid."
7: Now we have two people blocking the way by arguing over what they want for dinner. Fish and rice. . .or fish and noodles. And what fish to get! Look, you people here eat all freshwater fish. . .it is tasteless garbage. Choose one, kill it and get moving!
8: Finally, to end my misery of shopping, I need to find things I can't find. Bad idea. . .normally, when a foreigner asks a Chinese person anything, the response is "I don't know," "I don't understand" or they just ignore you and laugh at you.

Supermarkets are pretty much the same. Huge beauty section (gotta make insecure girls even more insecure), huge produce section, small meat section. . .a deli where the food is rapidly prepared and made mostly of flour, oil and cabbage, a frozen section that consists of 10,000,000,000 forms of the same thing: Mantou, steamed buns (bao zi) and dumplings.. . .six rows of candy. five rows of soft drinks. . .and a liquor section that would make any alcoholic happy all day.

What doesn't a Chinese supermarket have? Variety. . .all are the same style, format, layout, size and all have the same shit in the exact same place. The BeiGuo in Shijiazhuang is the same as the SuGou in Nanjing as is the Auchuan in Suzhou and the Carrefour in Yangzhou. Nothing changes. Same shit, same crap. . .same prices. . .same place.

So, after dealing with road blocks, noise, idiots and too many people, it's time to leave and go into the queue.

We all hate the line. It's normal. There are a million things I would rather do than stand on line. . .setting myself on fire, cutting off my big toe and eating glass are three of them. But we all have to.

In the western world. . .and in Korea when I lived there (and other Asian countries I've been to in the six years I've lived in East Asia), standing on line is a simple process.

1: Find a queue.
2: Stand there, usually behind someone
3: Move forward when you can.
4: Scan, bag, pay, leave.

Simple four step process. Not here.

1: Queues have no set direction. At the end of the impulse items, the line forks into two lines and people will soon fight with each other as to who will go first. Only the loudest and most obnoxious woman wins because the man just stands there like he's been beaten by a brick for thirty years.
2: Stand there, but don't do anything. Because someone will normally cut in front of you to ask a question while putting their things down so they can go next. And don't look for the clerk to say "excuse me, this person was next. Please wait your turn." Wait your turn is foreign concept here. But it fun screaming at them in Chinese about how rude they are, how their parents were terrible and why they shouldn't have children if they don't know common courtesy. It's not done out of anger. . .it's done to steal face. Public shame works so well here.
3: Move forward and get read to scan, but don't be in a hurry. Now it's time to argue over the price and try to get discounts. No, I am not making that up. The bills is 380RMB. . .can I pay 250RMB for everything? Urge to kill rising fast!
4: Time to scan the food, while the clerk looks at what you buy, laughing and snickering at you, saying "only foreigners would buy this shit." Remember, I don't know Chinese. . .so when I tell him only a foreigner will stick a foot up his ass for being rude, again. . .public shame works.
5: One thing I like is plastic bags cost money. IT's a way to get people to use reusable bags. IT's a good idea. . .except every place else, everything is double bagged when you buy it in plastic bags. Oh well, at least they try. Oh, and there is no bagman. . .bag your own shit, just like Korea.

Now you get to leave after paying. . .but not before some old woman comes up to you and tells you that you bought too much food and you need to eat less because all foreigners are fat and overweight. Then she begins to tell you how to shop. Urge to kill near maximum level.

After shopping, I am exhausted. . .and done dealing with Chinese people for a few hours.

September 24, 2013

Did Obamacare lower the cost of Stupid Pills? If so, the GOP seems to have bought alot of them

this week.

Stupid Pills, Asshole cream and Moron gel caps.

I have never seen so much shit spoken by these people in my life.

September 23, 2013

So, the GOP has finally backed themselves into a corner they can't escape

If they shut down the government, they lose the majority in the House in the next election.

If they don't, the teabaggers will primary them and they may lose their power in the primary since most teabaggers don't get elected.

And the only people that lose: Those not in the upper 1%.

September 22, 2013

Chinese TV shows in a nutshell. . .Jiangsu and Hunan TV

1: Girls either over-emote or looks like they are stoned
2: Men stand around looking confused.
3: Talking, talking, talking, no action, talking.
4: Girls spend 20 minutes screaming.
5: Girls spend 20 minutes crying
6: Exposition is our friend
7: After the show, nothing happens.

And I have to deal with this everyday.

September 22, 2013

Treatment of a new completed Period Piece screenplay. Curious what people would think.

I just finished a new screenplay on the 760CE Yangzhou Massacre in China during the waning days of the Tang Dynasty during the An-Shi Rebellion.

Logline: When running from Hell, paradise can become a Hell.
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As Moses Ben Levi, a successful metal-smith (silver and gold) and jewelry artisan and educated scholar, sits down at his home with his wife, Sarah, and six children for first Seder of Passover, a large mob of Islamic citizens begins to form on the outskirts of the Jewish community. Moses begins the dripping of the wine out of his glass to mark the ten plagues that befell Egypt. As he dips his fingertip into the wine, the mob descends upon the Jewish community. What follows can be described as nothing less than brutality and horror on a small scale. Houses are looted, businesses are ransacked, looted and burnt to the ground, men are dragged from their homes and beaten, women are gang-raped and murdered, children are taken and kidnapped for sale into slavery and holy relics are desecrated, violated and destroyed. The police sit back and watch the Jewish dhimmi brutalized. Any that beg for help are beaten to death by the police for lying about Islamic citizens.

Moses, realizing the town is under attack, grabs his family and begins to shuttle them into the street to find safety anyplace he can. As he gets his three youngest children and wife out of the house, the Persian Muslims break in his door and begin to destroy everything. His oldest son, Yehuda, breaks from his father to fight off the Muslims and protect his family, only to be cut down with swords and beaten to death. Moses watches in horror, but turns to get the family that is still alive to safety.

They flee through the streets of Kufa, running from the rampage that is all around them. Moses pushes his family through backstreets and alley, looking for anything he can use to save his family. He notices a few camels and begins to put his children on them to ride away, in violation of Persian law. However, as he puts his wife on the camel, arrows are shot at them, hitting his wife six times and she falls off the camel, dead in his arms. Her body falls on his, knocking him to the ground. As he struggles to get his wife's body off of him, Moses feels something hard hit his head and he is knocked out cold. As he fades into darkness, he hears the screams of his five children, screaming for their mother and father fade away and grow fainter and fainter. Moses, knocked out, lies on the ground with his dead wife dripping blood on him.

The next day, looters start searching the bodies of the dead for any valuables left behind, stripping the bodies of all clothing, even ripping out golden filling in teeth. One looter takes the clothing off Moses's wife and begins to rifle Moses's body, which jars him back awake. The looter, scared, loots Moses's silver “hand of God” necklace and runs away. Moses pushes his wife's dead body off of him and, while covered in blood, begins to yell the names of his five still-alive-but-missing children. His search discovers nothing, except being told all the children are gone.

He returns to his home to see Yehuda's body. He holds it in his arms and begins saying the Mourner's Kaddish. He buries Yeduda and his wife together in their front yard and mourns the seven mounds of soil before him. He tears his shirt to signify traditional Jewish mourning and sits shiva for a week in mourning. He does not bathe, shave, read. Moses sits and barely eats. During his sitting Shiva, his rabbi that survived, Moshe Herzl, pays a Nichum Aveilim (Shiva call) to Moses. They talk about their life in Persia and their second class citizen status. They reminice about Moses' children's Bar Mitzvah and Bris.

Moshe, through Moses's questions and demeanor, realizes Moses is having a crisis of faith. Moshe begins to spout Jewish religious ideas to Moses, who rejects all of them, cursing God and the Heavens for allowing this misery to befall his family and friends. Moshe tells him God is not to blame. Moses screams that if God didn't prevent it, he enabled it, that people praise God when good things happen, but it is wrong to blame him when he allows bad things happen to his children. Moses says he would never do to his children what God has does to his. Moshe takes Moses to the burnt out Temple and, with a tefillin, begins to pray, something Moses can't bring himself to do. Moses says he needs to leave the misery behind, telling Moshe that he will follow this trail that brings spices to Persia from the east and that maybe the place he ends up will not be as miserable as Persia. Moshe asks how he will get there. Moses says he hid most of his valuables and money in places no one but his family would know.

Sure enough, the day Moses leaves, Moses has new everything and huge amounts of paper money and silver and gold in locked crates. Moshe asks Moses if this is what he wants. Moses nods and get into the caravan. Moshe says he will pray that Moses finds his peace with God in this new place. Moses simply shakes his head and the caravan starts off. Moses asks the caravan leader where he will end up. The caravan leader, Shimon Lieber, says a place of fine fabric, spices, food, jewels and the most beautiful woman he has ever seen in his life. There is a montage of over a map showing the caravan leaving Kufa and going along the old Silk Road through northern Iran, Afghanistan, Kashmir, the Khyber Pass, into the Uyghur Empire and into Chang'an.

The caravan stops for the night in the Imperial Capital of Chang'an (modern day Xi'an) in order to purchase more provisions, pay the taxes and tolls needed to continue and register the foreigners into the realm. Shimon greets the Imperial soldiers in the traditional way, speaking, writing and reading the native language flawlessly. Moses watches from inside a wagon. Shimon returns and tells everyone they will be in this city for one night and that they will be shuttled into a hotel specifically for foreigners so they can be protected and watched.

At the hotel, Shimon takes everyone in. Moses stands in awe of the calligraphy, paintings, decorum and dress of the people in the hotel. The porters offer him a hot drink, which Moses declines, until Shimon tells him he must accept the drink and to not worry, it is kosher tea. Shimon informs everyone to pay him, because he is the only one with money for this land. After the formalities of the hotel are concluded, Shimon informs everyone that they are not to leave the hotel for any reason. There is a large meeting at the Imperial Palace between the Emperor and the warlords from the Southern part of the Empire. Chang'an is under a sundown curfew and people in this “realm don't show much mercy or tolerance to outsiders that break their laws.”

That night, Moses tries to read his Torah, pray to God and write in his diary. He tries to sleep, but cannot do it. He stares out the window and sees flickering lights in the distance, but thinks nothing of it. As he daydreams, an image of Sarah appears on the bed, sitting and looking at Moses. Moses apologizes for failing to protect them and leaving them behind. He tells his wife he doesn't know how to find their children and hopes they are dead, rather than what he was told happened to them. Sarah forgives him and tells Moses he has tormented himself for long enough. He needs to burn the candle and let the family go, something Moses says he will never do.

From outside, Moses hears the banging of a loud bell. He looks outside and see assassins running from Imperial soldiers. Arrows shoot down on the assassins and the streets fill up with soldiers yelling “kill the traitors.” Instantly, the assassins are surrounded. Faced with death, the assassin yell “death the Xuanzong” and kill themselves. The soldiers pounce on the dying assassins, cutting them to ribbons.

Moses watches this unfold in front of him in horror. He runs to the door and locks it. He closes the window, jumps into bed and starts praying to “the God of Isaac, Abraham and Jacob to allow him to live through the night.”

The next morning, the welcoming feeling of Chang'an has changed into an almost push out the door by Imperial soldiers. Moses looks at Shimon and begins to tell him what happened the previous night. Shimon puts up his hand and tells him not to speak of such things in public. Moses protests, but Shimon tells him it's best Moses forget the things he saw. Besides, Shimon informs Moses that power struggles are common in this part of the world. Nothing ever comes out of it and the place only gets stronger.

The caravan continues the montage journey from Chang'an, down the Huang He and into Jiang'nan, stopping in the city of Guangling (modern day Yangzhou).

As the caravan arrives in Guangling in 755CE, Moses steps out and is instantly awestruck by the beauty of the city. Canals, rivers, flowers and trees populate the area. Parks where he sees strange looking people doing strange things (Chinese chess, flying kites, caligraphy, tai chi) fill Moses's eyes and be believes he has found the Garden of Eden as described in the torah. As he disembarks, the Chinese people around him, dressed in strange clothing, stare at Moses, look at him funny and point at him. They speak a weird, new language Moses does not understand. Shimon informs Moses that he has arrived at Moses's new home, shakes Moses's hand and wishes him luck, telling Moses the people in this part of the world a very warm, welcoming and gentle.

As all of Moses's belongings are put on the ground and Shimon pulls away to continue the caravan to Canton (modern day Guangzhou), many Chinese come out and begin picking up the bags and chests left on the ground. Assuming he is being robbed, Moses begins pushing the Chinese men from his belonging. There is a massive communication mistake as the Chinese men are only looking to help the new foreigner to get where the foreigners in Guangling live. After being pushed away, the Chinese men walk away, upset and angered, saying the foreigner is on his own because he is rude and thoughtless. Moses is ignored and sees no one that looks like him. He stays standing on the side of the road with all his belongings until nightfall.

As dusk comes, more people come out on the street to eat and play, ignoring the rude foreigner that does not respect their culture and ways. As Moses watches, he sees a simplistic way of life that he has never seen before. Watching the spinning tops, the tai chi, the chess, the music playing, children playing cuju, Moses relaxes a bit and begins let his guard down.

As he watches, he leaves his belongings and walks to a road side noodle maker making dinner for people. Extremely hungry and very thirsty, Moses sits down to have people point and look at him. Some grab his clothes and wonder why he is dressed the way he is. Others try to grab his yarmulke and put it on, only to have it fall to the ground because they do not know how to wear it. The noodle maker asks Moses if he is hungry. Moses points to the food and makes a motion as though he wants to eat. The men look at him puzzled and mock him for being simple and insane.

From behind him, someone speaks the weird language forcefully and the noodle maker quickly starts making La Mian (hand pulled noodles). Confused, Moses turns around to see a very old Chinese man standing behind me. The man speaks in Farsi, something Moses picks up almost instantly. Moses says he is not Persian, but Jewish. The man smiles wider and starts speaking Hebrew. Moses realizes he just found a friend. Moses asks the man to sit and sees the other men give this old man a huge deal of respect. The old man introduces himself as Zhang Gui（张贵 , a local scholar and sort of a go-between for the foreigners and the locals in Guangling. As the food is put down, Moses asks if the meat in the dish is pork or beef. Zhang Gui says it is pork and tells the noodle maker to make it again with beef or lamb because the foreigner is forbidden to eat pork. The noodle maker picks the pork out of the noodles, replaces the meat with beef and puts it down again. Moses stands up and says he cannot even touch the table because treif has touched it and the table is unclean. This is an insult to the noodle maker to tells the rude foreigner to get out of his shop.

Zhang Gui takes Moses to his belongings and asks him if he can pay people one yuan each to help him go to the foreigner section of town. Moses says all he has his gold and silver. Zhang Gui takes twenty small pieces of silver and asks people if they want to make a little money. The men all take Moses's belongings and start walking with them toward Guyun River (古运河 . Moses and Zhang Gui get onto Zhang Gui's horse and cart and ride up toward the river, where Zhang Gui reveals himself to be a very wealthy landowner.

Zhang Gui drops Moses off at the house of Shumel Coen, Guangling's Jewish rabbi. Shumel, his wife Golda and eight children great Moses and invite him in for dinner and drink. They invite Zhang Gui into their home, but he says he has an appointment to make with a woman names Gao Xu Liu (高小娜 and cannot be late. As everyone walks into the house, Shumel's oldest son, Yitzak Coen, smiles and looks at the ground. Zhang Gui laughs and motions for the young man to come in. Making sure his father does not see him, Yitzak jumps up and joins Zhang Gui on the wagon.

The next day, with the help of Zhang Gui and Yitzak, Moses buys himself a small house on the banks of Guyun River, converts his gold and silver into money that can be spent in China and, with the help of his Zhang's four sons, sets up his smithing shop with all his tools, artifacts and handmail jewelry and gold and silver items. As they work, Zhang's wife, Luo Jin Li (罗金丽 and his daughter, Zhang Chu Chu (张楚楚 arrive, bringing food and drink for the men. Moses looks at Chu Chu and instantly feel an attraction. She is young, beautiful with long hair and alabaster skin. As her brothers start talking about the girls they want to know and marry and how they are every woman's dream, Chu Chu begins to put them in their place, castigating their egos and telling them they aren't as perfect as they believe. Moses watches this exchange and asks Zhang Gui if all women in China acted similar to his daughter. Luo Jin Li tells him only if the men are too stupid to realize how stupid they are. Zhang Gui takes exception, with his wife telling him his job is to make the money, her job is to run the house and he has a problem with her opinion, he can always visit Gao Xu Liu or go hungry.

That night, Moses finishes placing his items throughout his house, nails his mezuzah to the outside of his front door, places his fingers on it and kisses his fingers. He closes the door and looks at his house, claiming it is a good house, but lamenting it is missing one thing to make it complete. He looks at the table and sees a wrapped painting. He picks it up, unwraps it and sees a portrait of his wife, himself and his children. He picks up a nail and a hammer and puts the portrait over his bed. He looks at it and sits in the sofa. He takes off his Yarmulke and looks at the ground. He sits motionless, looking at the portrait and holding his Yarmulke.

One Shabbat night, Moses walks from his home toward the Temple. He meets a group of Persian Muslims sitting around a table smoking a hookah on the street. The Persians see Moses and call him over, using rather violent, anti-Semetic phrases. Moses ignores it. The Persians laugh that there is another dhimmi running around in this place and that the entire city is ruining. Moses turns around and is about to speak when all four stand up and start pushing and intimidating the old man. The Chinese watching it start insulting the Persians, telling them they should respect the elderly man and not hurt him. One Chinese man gets into the way between Moses and the Muslims, only to be pushed do the ground. Instantly, a flock of Chinese men come out to protect one of their own. When that happens, a middle aged Muslim man comes out and starts castigating the four Persians, ordering them to go away and go home. They look at Moses and scream that the dhimmi started the problem. The middle aged man, Mohammed Al Bashir, screams he will stop it. Mohammed turns to the man who was knocked down and asks if he is okay. The Chinese man says he is fine, but is going to the hospital to make sure and doesn't feel he needs to pay it. Mohammed tells the four men to empty their pockets, which they do. The Chinese man takes all the money on the table and says that should pay for the doctor. The four men leave and Mohammed turns to Moses, introducing himself as the Imam of Guangling. Moses shakes his head and tells Mohammed that he wants nothing to do with him or his people and to leave him be. Mohammed, insulted, demands an apology. Moses says when his people apologize and make amends for what they did to him, he will consider it. Mohammed yells that this is the reason he will always be dhimmi, in which Moses says that Mohammed will always be treif.

Moses works in his store, allowing the Chinese, Hindus, Zoroastrians and Chinese into his shop, but kicking out the Muslims every time they come in. However, as he works more with Zhang Gui, it becomes apparent that Moses is burying his pain and his life in his work. He works to learn Chinese culture and language with Zhang Gui and his sons, he learns how to cook with Chu Chu and begins to learn how to shop and live with Yitzak.

From the beginning, most Chinese shied away from Moses due to the reputation he developed his first day in Guangling. However, as time passes, his shop becomes a local hangout as Moses is kind, warmhearted and generous to everyone. He gives food to those who are hungry, he give money to those who need it and he does a lot of jobs for free or at cost, especially if the person coming into his shop is poor and cannot pay.

Throughout Guangling, there is rumbling of a rebellion against the Emperor. The people don't think much of it, except that they have heard stories of a rebellion General, Tian Shengong (田神功 , that has been ordered to go through Jiang'nan (modern day Jiangsu/Anhui/Jiangxi province) to pillage and rob in order to bring Jiang'nan to its knees for the rebellion. One such story is dictated by a middle aged man in front of Moses's shop, where he tells of a battle in Du Liang Shan (modern day Lianyungang) where Tian Shengong's army butchered the Imperial army, then turned on the population, executed them, stole everything the army could and burned anything that could not be taken. Most listen with interest, but know Du Liang Shan is far away and no one will bother them in Guangling.

Chu Chu asks her father if she can work with Moses in his store because he is not good at keeping track of his money. Being educated, Zhang Gui agrees, realizing that Moses has feelings for his daughter and that a good wealthy foreigner that will not leave might be better than a Chinese man like him that goes to bordellos.

Chu Chu begins to work in Moses's shop, taking care of the books, cooking for him and learning his language while teaching Moses hers. She begins to show Moses the sports and games of China archery, (which Moses picks up quickly) and horseback riding (which Moses comes to realize is not something that should be outlawed). Moses, for the first time in his life, feels accepted by those outside his faith. But, as the weeks turn to months, Moses becomes more and more despondent as loneliness has sunk in. He does not know how to move forward with Chu Chu or even if she wants to do something, so he feels deep down, that he will not be able to love and have a family again. Rejecting his Jewish roots and wish to become more like his new people, he throws away all his Jewish clothing, shaves his face and begins speaking more Chinese and being less with the foreigners. When Shumel sees this, he tells Moses that whatever is forcing him to reject the person he is, God will lead him in the right path. Moses looks at his family in the painting and tells Shumel there is no God. With that, Moses severs all ties with the foreigners.

As Moses's depression gets worse, Zhang Gui approaches him and asks if he would like to join him for a night of singing, dancing, drinking and fun. Assuming he will go to Zhang Gui's house, Moses accepts, but instead of going to Zhang Gui's home, they go to a large manor owned by a beautiful, middle aged woman, Gao Xu Liu. Inside the home are many beautiful girls that singing for men, dancing for men, debating the politics of the day and are being escorted to private rooms. Moses is shocked and almost leaves, but Gao comes out, takes his hand and tells him that Moses is more than welcome because she's heard many good things about him and any friend of Zhang Gui is welcome in her home. Zhang Gui looks at Gao and tells her to bring out the special girls. Gao claps her hand and six of the most beautiful women walk out to the floor. Zhang looks at Moses and tells him two are for him. Moses says this is against his beliefs. Zhang says this is China and Moses needs to adapt. Moses sighs, looks at the six and chooses the tallest girl, Snowflake (雪花 and the youngest, Apple (苹果 . Zhang tells Gao he will pay for everything.

Moses walks into a private room with the two girls and they giggle and laugh. Surprising him, the girls can speak his language. Instead of getting naked, Moses looks at the ground and the girls begin talking to him. He reveals himself to them to be a passionate, good man with a huge heart. They sense something is wrong with him and ask him what bothers him. Releazing he never burned his Yahrzeit Candles, Moses tells the girls he needs to get things off his chest. The girls sit and listen.

From inside the man room, a rather young Chinese man with an entourage enters the room. He is given instant respect. This is Fang Gang Qing (方刚庆 , the oldest son of the most influential and wealthy family in Guangling. He sees Gao and Zhang Gui speaking and walks over to them. Zhang Gui has an instant dislike for Fang and Gao feels a bit of antipathy as well, informing him that his father got him out of trouble last time, but if he does what he did to another girl in her house, he will be banned and the part of him that makes little “bunnies” like him will be removed while he sleeps. Fang laughs and asks for the special girls. Four of them come out, but the two he really wants (Snowflake and Apple) are missing. Furious, he demands to know where the girls are.

Moses is wrapping up his story and the girls are quietly weeping, telling Moses that is the saddest story they ever heard. From his love of family and deep devotion to them, he has legitimately seduced them, even if it is completely unintentional. The two girls ask him how long has it been since a woman touched him. Moses answers not since it family was taken away. They lay down Moses on the pillows and tell him to relax and do nothing. Moses says they do not have to do anything if they do not want to and he is not forcing them. Snowflake looks at Apple and tells Moses they aren't being forced. They want to be his first to help him recover his lost and broken heart, as they remove their dresses, exposing their flawless physiques. As the two girls crawl on top of Moses, the door flies open and the mood snaps. Fang stares at his two desire girls, pulls them out of the room and looks at Moses, screaming foreigners do not belong in this place. Moses stands up, looks at the two embarrassed girls and thanks them for everything. Fang screams that foreigners only steal from good Chinese people and that Moses needs to go back from where he came.

Moses walks out of the house, with Zhang Gui following a couple of minutes later. Zhang Gui informs Moses who Fang is and that he has powerful friends and a lot of power. Moses tells Zhang Gui he never did something like that before and to not think poorly of him. Zhang Gui tells Moses he has more respect for Jewish men than he had before because Moses is the first man, not boy, that went to Madame Gao's home. Moses tells Zhang Gui that he thinks he has fallen in love with his daughter since they work so closely and that he knows Zhang Gui will not approve due to the huge age difference. Zhang Gui tells Moses that not only does he approve, but he will pay for the entire wedding when the day comes, so long as Zhang Gui gets free jewelry for his wife and his favorite girl at Madame Gao's home.

Moses begins to realize, looking at his torah, that God does work in unusual ways. That night, he gets on his knees, pulls out his torah, looks at the portrait of his wife and talks to Sarah and God. He tells him he is ready to let Sarah and the children go. That he will never forget them in his heart, but he needs to move on. He tells Sarah he has mourned her everyday for six years. He has sacrificed a life with someone special to keep her memory and almost turned his back on God because of what happened. But he knows he is Jewish deep down and that tonight, with the girls at Madame Gao's, he burned his Yahrzeit Candle. He opens his Torah and says the Mourner's Kaddish one more time and begs God for his forgiveness.

The next day at his shop, Moses works with gold all day, crafting something and not wishing to be disturbed. Throughout the day, people that normally sit outside the shop begin to talk about this rebellion that has started in the north of the country and that the Emperor had fled Chang'an to Sichaun. People begin looking at this as a chance for change and a chance for poor people to finally get their due. Inside the shop, Chu Chu listens to the people talk. She tells them that this rebellion by the An family and the Shi family (安家，史家 will fail because the Emperor's forces are too strong. When she finishes talking, Fang walks up and smiles at Chu Chu, revealing there is an existing relationship between the two. Chu Chu tells Fang she didn't know he returned, to which Fang says he knows all about the rebellion because he knows from the farmers outside Guangling that Tian Shen Gong is rapidly approaching Guangling to take Jiang'nan from the Tang and that, because the Emperor was broken and fleeing, Tian will show even less mercy than the has in the past. He looks around at all the foreigner owned shops and restaurants, sneering that when Tian arrives, the entire landscape of Guangling will change and the leaches will be thrown into the river with rocks wrapped around their necks and that the people of Guangling need to embrace Tian in order to save their own lives.

Moses comes out of his workroom and calls Chu Chu in. Fang yells at her, telling her she is a traitor for working for people who rob from China for their own wealth. As Chu Chu leaves, Fang begins to stir up anti-foreigner xenophobia to a deaf audience. As he walks away to a nearby Chinese owned eatery however, two young boys, Li Ze Qiang (李泽强） and Liu Lei (刘磊 that listened run after him, telling him the foreigners were plaguing China and caused the Emperor to run away because they weakened him.

Inside the shop, Moses professes his love for Chu Chu, tells her that her father has approved of it, gets down on his knee and tells her he spent all day working on the gold ring in his hand and that he would be honored if she accepted his marriage proposal. Overwhelmed, Chu Chu is speechless. She looks at the ring and sees an engraving, but cannot read it. Moses tells her it means “My bright shining star.” Chu Chu asks why a star, why not a flower, to which Moses replies stars are beautiful and last forever. Flowers die after a few days. Moses slides the ring on her left hand and asks Chu Chu again. She agrees and they run out to the street, with Chu Chu saying she's getting married. Women come out to congratulate her and the men shake Moses's hand, telling him that he will make her proud. However, Fang sees this and becomes enraged, screaming that foreigners have destroyed China and letting one marry a Chinese girl will destroy everything they hold dear. However, no one listens.

That night, Moses invites Shumel to his home for dinner with Zhang and his family to announce the wedding. Shumel says he cannot accept a Jewish man marrying a non-Jewish woman. IT is an abombination and a sin. This engenders a hostile response from Zhang Gui, who demands to know why the rabbi insults his daughter in front of him. The rabbi states it is Jewish law that Jews only marry Jews. Moses tells Shumel that the wedding will happen without the Jewish community or with it and this dinner was an attempt to reconcile with his wrong words about God. Shumel says the pain Moses felt for the loss of his family was understandably why he questioned God, but that a Jewish man marrying a non-Jewish woman is an affront to everything holy. Incensed, Zhang Gui stands up to hit Shumel, but Luo Jin Li stops him, only to slap Shumel in the face, telling him he was a foreign devil and that Fang may be right about foreigners. Moses asks if she means all foreigners, then asks Shumel to leave, telling him he tried to reconcile, but he will not sacrifice his loving future for God, Jews or anyone. He and Chu Chu will marry without or with Jewish support.

The next day, Li and Liu that joined Luo stand on the street screaming against the evils of foreigners and what foreigners have done to weaken China and keep the Chinese poor and hungry. While the educated and the wealthy ignore the rabble rousing, the poorer, less educated Chinese begin to believe it. Within Guangling, slow changes begin. Anti-foreigner posters and writing show up on the doors and windows of foreign owned businesses, foreigners are robbed and mugged on the street, people who were were friendly with foreigners begin to turn their backs on their former friends. Businesses are vandalized with anti-foreigner propaganda. The final straw being a manufactured fight between a Persian Muslim and a Chinese boy in which the Muslim takes a swing and hit the Chinese boys, knocking him backwards so the Chinese boys smashes his against a pointed metal barrier, killing him. Instantly, without warning, Guangling descended into anti-foreigner riots, led on by Fang who feeds the flames. Zhang Gui works quickly to try to calm the riot, but the propaganda is too great. The Chinese burn businesses, loot the stores and begin to march toward the foreigner settlement. Only armed police hold them back. Fang targets Moses's shop personally, telling Li and Liu that he will destroy all foreigners because Moses robbed him of his prize. Fang, Li and Liu ransack the shop, take all valuables and raze it to the ground.

Suddenly, all foreigners are ostracized. Laws are passed due to Fang's influence to keep all foreigners in their area. Their businesses are confiscated. Their assets are frozen. Laws are passed similar to the laws of Persia dealing with the dhimmi. Moses realizes his Garden of Eden has become a living Hell, but now is powerless to leave. Fang keeps saying that the army of Tian Shen Gong will be in Guangling within the month and that 760CE will be the year China destroys all foreign oppression and greed. The poor take up arms.

One night, while sitting alone in his home, Chu Chu sneaks in to see Moses. Moses tells her she is risking her life to see him. She tells Moses Fang cannot hurt her or her family because of the power they have in Jiang'nan. Chu Chu tells Moses that she loves him and she stayed away in order to keep him safe, but the longer she was away, the more she wanted to be with him. Chu Chu confides that Moses is the most gentle man she ever met and she would die to keep him safe. She said her father has everything set. The boat down the canal to Chang Jiang will be ready the next night. Zhang Gui will pull most of Moses's money and put it in a chest. Moses and Chu Chu will take the boat in the canal to Chang Jiang and row across the river to Jin'Ling to get married. From there, they will return to Guangling and no one can hurt or touch Moses again because of the family's protection. Moses asks why can't it happen tonight. Chu Chu says the armies outside of Guangling are blocking everything. Nothing in and nothing out. There will be battle between the rebel army and Tian Shengong's army. When the battles happens, everyone will be distracted and Moses can escape safely. Moses professes his love for Chu Chu and tells her it's been seven years since he's been intimate with a woman. Chu Chu stands up, undoes her dress and as it hits the floor, tells Moses that he is her husband and if all they need is a piece of paper making it official, why should he wait any more? Moses picks up Chu Chu and carries her into bed.

The next morning, the gates of Hell open as the Battle of Guangling commences. The Tang army outnumbers Tian Shengong's army and strength in numbers proves too much for Tian to overcome. However, inside Guangling, the peasants that took up arms in the riots, lay waste to all law enforcement and anyone they believe can physically fight against them. With the threat of attack gone, the gates of the city open and the armed peasant attack the Tang army from behind. In a well designed trap, the Tang army is cut to ribbons and, at the gates of Guangling, Fang meets with Tian, offering him the city's loyalty and devotion to the rebellion. Tian rallies his troops as the sun sets over Guangling to tell Guangling they have been liberated from the oppression of Xuanzong, that the Tang made their misery and poverty possible by allowing in all the foreigners that sponged and leached off of the Chinese like parasite. He tells his troops that he is in charge and it is time to rid China of all the foreign leaches. With that, the peasants and the troops run through Guangling, finding every foreigner they can find, killing and beating the men to death, attacking and beating the women and stabbing any child they can find. The four Persians that attacked the Chinese man at the beginning are pulled from their homes and stabbed repeatedly in the street. Foreigners are attached to horses and dragged to their death. Chaos and carnage litter the streets.

Chu Chu runs into Moses's house and tells him they have to leave now. Moses grabs his clothes, gets dressed and runs out the door. What follows is a race against time to get to the boat that is supposed to get them Jin'Ling. Moses hears the screams of horror and death all around him, bringing memories back to him of his family's last night on Earth.

After getting through the city, Chu Chu and Moses see the boat and the chest on the boat. Zhang Gui is nowhere to be found. As Chu Chu and Moses get to the boat, Moses hears a Chinese man yell there's one trying to kidnap a girl. Instantly, seven Chinese men with bows and two with maces converge on Chu Chu and Moses. Moses hides Chu Chu behind him. Fang comes out and looks at Moses, telling him he should have married one of his own and announces that the girl with Moses will marry the foreigner, thus is a traitor to China and deserves to die with her foreign lover. The men begin to converge and Moses looks at Chu Chu, asking her if her father planned for this. Without warning, Chu Chu runs away from Moses, screaming the foreigner kidnapped her, she never knew him and runs to Fang begging him to protect her from the foreign rapist. Fang hurries Chu Chu out of “danger” and Moses, a broken man, falls to his knees and tells the Chinese to do their worst, because he died seven years ago.

The next week, Chu Chu goes to the river looking for Moses, praying against hope he got out. However, when she gets to the river, she sees the chest broken open and looted, and Moses' body face down in the river with numerous arrows in his body caught on a rock protruding out of the water. She pulls his body from the river, holds it and begs him to forgive her. Zhang Gui comes down to the river and sees his daughter and Moses. He looks at Chu Chu and tells her he did his best. Moses was a good man and didn't deserve this. Chu Chu tells her father she turned against Moses to save her own life. Zhang Gui tells her when war comes, people do things they later regret. He tells her that after the battle was over, Tian lied to Fang and turned on the city, executing Fang first. Zhang Gui tells Chu Chu that Tian took everything they had.

Chu Chu tells her father she ran and hid until she heard nothing, that this day is the first she has seen the sun in seven days. Chu Chu asks her father if he still loves her. Zhang Gui says her cowardice cost her a lot and shamed the family because a good man died, but family is forever. Chu Chu looks at her father, kisses him and tells him that she needs to be with her husband. Chu Chu picks up a rock, holds it in her hands and jumps in Guyun River, inhaling water as she sinks, instantly drowning herself, enabling her and Moses to live forever in death.

The movie ends describing that between 50,000 and 80,000 foreigners were killed in the Guangling massacre. The Lu Anshan Rebellion eventually failed and was destroyed in 763 after eight years of warfare, but the toll on the Tang Dynasty could never be repaired. Anti-foreigner sentiment continued in China for the next 125 years, culminating in the massacre of 120,000 foreigners in Panyu (modern day Guangzhou) in 879CE. Two hundred years after the Guangling massacre, the Tang Dynasty collapsed into the Liao Dynasty in the north and the Song Dynasty in the south after a short civil war period. Relations with foreigners greatly improved over the next 300 years during these two dynasties until China was conquered by the Mongols in 1271. At that time, an Italian explorer, an honored guest of Kublai Khan, came to China and, 24 years later, introduced Chinese spices, culture, goods and food to a new group of people. And the circle begins again.

The reason was done completely in Yangzhou, which is three hours by train from where I live. The names of city are the names at the time and the event happened exactly as I have written in my piece.

Any comments?

September 20, 2013

Top Ten Conservative Idiots of the week

[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Shut It Down Edition[/font]

Well, it's Friday in China. Happy Mid-Autumn festival to all the Chinese people here on DU. I am eating my moon cake in Suzhou and giving you all the new installment of the Top Ten list. Let's see who made the cut. John Boehner (1), the lightweight, is our hands down favorite, the GOP Election Clown Car (3) is beginning its put-put down the highway, Pat Roberston (7) gets his knickers in a twist and Phil Gingrey (10) redefines chutzpah. And as always, don't forget the key.

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Now comes the meltdown of all time. See, Obamacare and the ACA really makes the GOP go apeshit. Why? Because Obamacare and the ACA will make health care cost less, will cost less than projected, and may cost Americans as little as $100 a month. We can't have that. Big Pharma, Big Insurance companies and Big private medicine lobbyists need the gravy train. Less cost and more options is bad for the bottom line.

Enter the Ohio Tearduct! John Boehner (R-Primary Challenge) has gone “all-in” to kill the ACA, even if it means running the national and international economies into the ground. According to Business Week:

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Great! Another government shutdown. . .more downgrading of the US economy. . .more economic upheaval. Which means the do nothing Congress will have done something. . .but I would have wanted them to keep doing nothing because when they do something, they screw everything up worse.

John of Orange continues his Obama bashing by accusing Obama of not “talking to” or “negoitating with the GOP.” For those who don't understand that meme, I will explain: “Obama, you will do everything we want. If you don't, we will accuse you of being partisan and unwilling to compromise. We will not compromise. You must.” Usually, Obama caves under this pressure. Not this time over the ACA and Tearduct won't have that. So he fearmongers to the anti-Communist Cold War hangovers.

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Okay. Working with international leaders to stop a despot from killing his own people in his vain attempt to keep power = bad. Working with selfish national leaders so they can use this to usurp the president and take over again = good. I see how it works. Thanks for the leader in “How to be a complete fucking asshole,” Johnny. I'll give you some vodka and orange fake tan spray so you can feel good about yourself.

But, John of Small Timer Status has support. Enter teabagger demi-God and avid water drinker Marco Rubio (R-Waterboy).

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Uhh.. .what? Obama is threatening to shutdown the government? Since when? According to whom? And can I get some of that good weed you're smoking, Marco? Since no one who isn't hi would say or believe such drivel.

But Obama came out swinging hard. Just look at this smackdown MMA style on the Congressional Republicans, including reminding them of something the GOP told us for eight years after 2000: “GOP, you lost the election. Get over it!”

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"It passed both houses of Congress. The Supreme Court ruled it constitutional. It was an issue in last year's election and the candidate who called for repeal lost," he said to applause. "Republicans in the House have tried to repeal or sabotage it about 40 times. They've failed every time."

He went after Republicans for suggesting they might risk a government shutdown or debt default if Obama refuses to defund or delay the implementation Obamacare. "Some Republicans in the House of Representatives who are promising to shut down the government at the end of this month if they can't shut down the Affordable Care Act," he said. "And if that scheme doesn't work, some have suggested they won't pay the very bills Congress has already run up."

Smack. Pow. . .he called them extortionists! This is language I want my president using against these hypocritical choads.

Obama finished with one statement that says it all.

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Don't hope too hard. You know they will.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Dave Carney[/font]


Wendy Davis. You know the name. You know what she's done and what she's doing. Guess what. Our favorite Texas woman since Ann Richards and Molly Ivins (I miss them so much).

DU's favorite Texas Lege member was first deciding on whether she would run for Texas Governor, which caused a huge surge in her fundraising coffers and exposure. . .but finally she announced she will run for two offices. Someone Texans can be proud of could be their next governor, since Rick Roll is finally leaving to go where secessionists like to go: obvilion.

But, it didn't take long for the Texas GOP to start throwing the mud at her. Enter Dave Carney. He's Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's top adviser. We will learn more about Mr. Abbott in the coming months, but one thing I can tell you now: He really hates gay people.

Anyway, back to Carney. According to this mensa member, Wendy Davis is “”too stupid to be governor.

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He seriously said that.

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— Dave Carney (@granitewinger) September 12, 2013

Let's examine this. For six years, Texas had the Global Village Idiot and dry drunk George W. Bush as governor. For the past thirteen years, they have had Rick Perry, super-genius, as their governor. And the GOP is saying Wendy Davis is too stupid. Sexist, stupid and just plain moronic. Good luck Wendy. You have our support here.

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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]2014/16 GOP Clown Car[/font]


I love election season. The pandering, the stupid. . .the “who can out fascist each other in the GOP primaries.” It's a fun time. I remember at a GOP debate for president the candidates being asked if they didn't believe in evolution to raise their hands and I believe six out of the fourteen did (including Sam Brownback, Mike Pence, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee). As people who watch politics as much as we do, that has to make you cringe, cry and laugh all at the same time.

So, let's look at the clown car update for this week:

1: In the 2016 presidential election, two names are leading the pack now. I know it's early, and it's New Hampshire, but Iowa and New Hampshire (and South Carolina) are always important as building blocks. So, who is leading leading the pack now?

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Paul got 20 percent of the GOP primary vote to Christie’s 19 percent in the Public Policy Polling survey released Wednesday. In third, at 14 percent, was former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte came in fourth in her home state, at 12 percent, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz followed at 10 percent, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan tied at 7 percent.

Chris the Rotund and the Kentucky Rug Doctor lead the pack; for now. I'm surprised “Carnival” Cruz isn't doing better, but I don't expect a Canadian to do well running for American president. But, look own low Rubio is. Don't worry, he'll do something stupid, blame Obama and shoot up in the polls.

2: More from New Hampshire, and this time, we've got more than just stupid, we have sexism and extreme stupid. Former NH state senator Jim Rubens is looking to get Jeanne Shaheen booted from office on election day. Probably won't happen, she's polling really high and the people loved her as governor too.

Anyway, Rubens decided the best way to take down Shaheen is to blame women for workplace violence. Granted, this is from 2009, but. . .hey, the GOP uses things that are thirty years old against us. This is only four.

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God damn women. Go back into the kitchen where you belong. . .make my dinner and make my babies! And that 19th amendment. . .GONE!!! Expect a bunch of really “funny” jokes to come out about this guy. . .jokes about black eyes and chains in the kitchen. I'll let Gene Wilder say it for me:

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3: Expect more tears from the Ohio Tearduct. As I quickly mentioned in the #1 entry, John-boy has a primary challenge.

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Gurr told the paper he decided to run against Boehner after he backed U.S. military action in Syria.

"It was a tipping point," Gurr said. "I'm not a big fan of getting involved in the internal politics of another country."

Gurr went “grrrr” when he heard Boehn-err wanted to go to w-arr. Get the popcorn.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Brent Girouex [/font]


Time to throw up, folks. In Iowa (sorry, Iowa. . .need to mention you guys again), there is a guy named Brent Girouex. He is an Evangelical, pentacostal pastor at the Victory Fellowship Church in Council Bluffs in charge of helping gay boys “find the light of Jesus” and give up the gay. Well, I will say he was a pastor.

He had a novel way of getting the gay out of people. . .he believed in raping the gay away.

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Who would Jesus molest? Seriously. . .you're raping boys because it's all in Jesus's name. Hey, at least you prayed while you were raping boys, scumbag. We wouldn't want anything weird going on while you did this to at least twelve boys.

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What he told police is just sicker.

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I just lost my lunch on that comment. This guy deserves to be locked up for years. What is his prison term?

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Are you fucking kidding me? Why not just give the guy a God damn medal? “The State of Iowa presents you, Brent Girouex, with this medal of commendation for trying to rape away gayness in young boys. Now, there's a boy scout camp. Enjoy your summer.” I am not making light of this or a joke out of it. This is repulsive and the justice system that allowed it is broken beyond repair.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]George Zimmerman[/font]


Oh, I am sick of seeing this asshole's name. Yes. He is an asshole. Grade A, Prime cut, board certified asshole. George Zimmerman got away with murdering an unarmed black kid and now walks away like he's above the law. . .because he is. And he has apologists to say how great he is. Even ones that are completely racist to the core.

His biggest sycophant is some guy named Frank Taffe. Let's look at what this jackass has done and said recently.

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Won't you think of the poor rottie? So, let me get this straight. He can kill a black kid armed with iced tea and candy. . .and threaten violence against his wife, who is divorcing him, because he wants the family dog. And that's not “pretty vindictive?”

Further on in the article:

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Okay, you were invited. You could have said “no, I do not want to be associated with racists and bigots. . .but since Frank is one. . .he went on the show and podcasts racism.

However, not all people in Lake Mary are feeling comfortable with innocent Georgie around. Apparently, some thing he is a ticking time bomb.

Police Chief Steve Bracknell had an email exchange with one of the residents of Lake Mary.

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“Zimmerman is a Sandy Hook, Aurora waiting to happen,” the resident, Santiago Rodriguez, told Bracknell in his first email, seeking an explanation for why Lake Mary officers did not charge Zimmerman.

“Your reference to Sandy Hook … I agree,” Bracknell replied.

If your department didn't fuck up the investigation and if the DA's office cared enough about a black kid's life to do their job correctly, then justice would be served and the ticking time bomb would be in prison where he belongs.

Sorry, Steve. The next person this guy shoots, the blood is also on your hands.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Tom Corbett[/font]


Pennsylvania governor and one-term loser Tom Corbett has done is absolute best to destroy the state and allow his behind-the-scenes handlers (Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers) to make as much money off the state as possible.

He is about as right wing as they come. He, like Scott Walker, Rick Scott, uber-loon Jan Brewer, “Howdy Doody” Bobby Jindal, and Hairpiece Rick Perry, has worked to kill Obamacare in their states by doing things to inhibit, restrict or flat out deny the implementation of it, including suing to get it overturned.

All that changed this week. Corbett now loves him some Obamacare.

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Corbett declared in February that Pennsylvania wouldn't open Medicaid to more poor people under the law, but he will reverse that position and support a version of the expansion, Lancaster Online reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources. Corbett will make a Medicaid announcement soon, two Corbett aides confirmed to PoliticsPA.

He was against it before he was for it? Staying the course and all that Republican shit is now dead. I wonder why this idiot (along with Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad) changed his mind. Maybe because his approval ratings are in the shitter.

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By another barometer, Corbett's job performance measurements have skidded to a new low, with only 16 percent of the poll's respondents rating Corbett as an "excellent" or "good" governor through his first 30 months in office. That was a drop from 25 percent in May.

Hmm. . .I smell a lot of governorships changing hands soon. Wisconsin, Ohio, Maine, Florida, Texas, Arizona. . .now Pennsylvania. Enjoy your one term, teabag governors. . .then welcome to the shit heap of history.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Pat Robertson[/font]


A few things really make conservative go batshit crazy. Gun control is one. We just had another mass shooting, this time in Washington DC. The shooter heard voices, had a CCW permit and apparently had high security clearance. . .but the NRA will claim that now is not the time to discuss gun control.

Abortion is another one because, to conservative, all life is sacred. . .except for muslims, OB/GYN doctors that perform abortions, criminals and people they disagree with.

A third is homosexuality. Gay people make conservative feel all icky inside. . .not porn movie lesbian action. They think two women kissing is hot, depending on whether or not the women are pinup models.

Pat Robertson is no exception, except he masks his homosexual hatred (I don't like homophobia, because phobias are fears) Apparently, according to “Pat,” Marion believes that gay people wear rings that cut the hands of people in order to spread HIV and AIDS to everyone. As we all know, just touching someone with HIV passes it to good, straight Christians. And we also all know that gay people are vicious, disease. This is just too good to pass up, so I am going to post all of the sound bytes. Click the link for the video. It's entertaining watching someone in a skid purposely continue to do things to make the skid worse.

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“What to say if you’re driving an elderly man whose got AIDS? Don’t have sex with them,” Robertson said, “unless there’s a cut or some bodily fluid transmission, I think you’re not going to catch it.”

Okay. . .he's not doing too badly here. HIV is a bodily fluid transmittable disease, mostly through blood, but almost sex (though is is more likely to happen with blood contact than sexual fluid contact, according to the WHO). Continue, reverend.

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Umm. . .what? The gay community has put in laws? They have that power to usurp state legislatures? They can make laws like that. Good. . .next step. LET THEM MARRY then, Pat!

The bigotry continues. It is at this point that the host realizes that Pat is in a tailspin and his klan hoods are showing, so he attempt to steer the conversation away from the good Reverend's anti-gay conspiracy theory. No such luck

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Does he have proof of this? I bet your ass he doesn't. . .and I bet your ass he pulled this out of his ass to spout it to the dumbasses in his audience that lap it up like heroin to a junkie.

Despite all their best efforts, CBN could not censor the racism. Oh, the power of the internets.

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Epic fail, folks. It's still there. Maybe Pat should join Glenn Beck and Alex Jones. We need more crazy, unfounded conspiracy theories out there.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]David Vitter[/font]


Louisiana diaper pervert and hooker user David Vitter is back again. This time, more brazen and dumber than ever.

It is too stupid to spend a lot of time on. . .but here's the jist. Because the Democrats investigated his use of hookers, he wants Democrats investigated for attempted bribery because of a proposal to deny lawmakers's employer contributions for their federal health benefits in the new health exchanges under Obamacare if there is “probable cause” that the lawmaker solicited prostitutes. Vitter got his diaper in a twist.

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Quite a stretch there, David. Luckily, the two Democratic Senators Diaperboy mentioned, Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid told him where he can tell his next hooker where to stick it.

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“Senator Vitter’s charges are absurd and baseless,” said Reid spokeswoman Kristen Orthman. “This is nothing more than Senator Vitter’s desperate attempt to change the subject from his previous ethics issues.”

They are a lot nicer than I am. I would have told him. . .don't like it, stop using hookers, asshole. Oh, and piss off too!

Funny how that simple solution eludes David Vitter.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Eric Cantor[/font]


This man is rapidly becoming someone that makes my skin crawl every time I hear his name. Him, Paul Ryan and the rest of these “young gun” Republicans.

Cantor has never found a government program that benefits people, save the MIC, PIC and Big Pharma/business/industry, that he didn't want to destroy. Because it's his priority, the House, mostly along party lines with some Republican defections, voted 217 – 210 to slash $4B from the SNAP program. This only helps one in every seven Americans buy food and eat.

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Food stamps have for decades been part of farm legislation. But House leaders separated the food and farm programs after the bill's June defeat and passed a farm-only bill in July. The Republican leaders, led by Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, then crafted the separate food stamp bill in an effort to appease conservatives who have been aggressively pushing for cuts to domestic food aid.

Tea baggers want the cuts to be deeper? So more American starve and go to bed hungry? What heart do these people have?

Added to that, this slash and burn shit on SNAP is one of Eric Cantor's priorities and you have greed, avarice with a heaping side of scumbag. Ayn Rand would be proud.

As soon as this passed, Eric Cantor then jacked off on his picture of John Galt, strangled a kitten, kicked a baby down the stairs and set fire to a homeless person, laughing and saying “if you were rich, I wouldn't do this to you, peon! Now DIE QUICKLY!!!”


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Phil Gingrey[/font]


And finally. . .(sigh). That odious piece of flith, Saxby Chambliss (that morphed Max Cleland's face into Osama Bin Laden's in 2002 to defeat Cleland in the 2002 Georgia Senate race) is retiring and going away. Goodbye, fucktard.

The three top morons looking to replace him are Paul Broun, who is apparently a “doctor” of some kind. . .Jack Kingston, who is apparently completely brainless. . .and Phil Gingrey, who has balls as big as church bells and brains the size of church mice.

While whining to lobbyists in a closed door session (gotta love people who tape these things. Smart phones are awesome), Gingrey complained about his Congressional salary being too small.

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NRO's Jonathan Strong reports that Gingrey said that staff may not make a lot of money on Capitol Hill, “but in a few years they can just go to K Street and make $500,000 a year. Meanwhile I’m stuck here making $172,000.”

Apparently, $172K is not enough to live on. That's $14,333 a month gross. That's almost as much as one in seven Americans on the SNAP program that Gingrey voted to slash. Nice huh. I make $81K a year teaching, but I had to leave the United States to get that. This piece of shit can't survive on his salary, the perks he gets (free health care), his franking privilege, the lobbyist buyoffs, free trips, steak and vodka. . .come on, think of the poor Congressmen and Senators that slave from Tuesday to Thursday to work in Congress. With all the lights and cameras. . .and don't forget, all that vacation time.

And Gingrey only make $172,000 a year. I'm crying. Literally crying. Not for him. . .but for the voters in his district that keep electing this obtuse asshole who complains about his salary, when their average salary is only $49,000. Actually, according to the same article, Gingrey makes $174K a year, not $172K. So he's stupid, greed, ignorant and a liar. Perfect replacement for Saxby Chambliss.

All I can say to Phil Gingrey is if you don't make enough, resign and find a job where you do. You said K Street. . .why not be a speed bump on K Street? It would fit your intelligence level.

Better yet, do what the Ohio Tearduct will do. Blame your pitiful salary on Obama and threaten to shutdown the government until your salary is seven figures. Wait. . .that would give him ideas.

See you next week.