LGF Pages: mr.fusion http://littlegreenfootballs.com/pages/mr.fusion User-submitted links and diaries of interest, from Little Green Footballs en Copyright 2015 Little Green Footballs http://littlegreenfootballs.com Tue, 22 Sep 2015 09:00:47 PDT PPP: 30% Of GOP Say Islam Should Be Illegal -- 21% Not Sure mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

New poll from Public Policy Polling shows that a majority of the "strict constitutionalist" party, the GOP, either believe that the world's second most common religion should BE ILLEGAL, or aren't sure whether or not it should be legal.

Ladies and gentleman, your 2015 Republican:

From PPP:

Trump's probably not hurting himself too much with his negativity toward Muslims either- only 49% of Republicans think the religion of Islam should even be legal in the United States with 30% saying it shouldn't be and 21% not sure. Among Trump voters there is almost even division with 38% thinking Islam should be allowed and 36% that it should not.

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Conservatives Called Obama "Vindictive," But Now They're Praising Trump mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

When Jorge Ramos was kicked out of the Trump event two days ago, Conservative media immediately circled the wagons, denouncing Ramos as a "heckler" and "activist"...certainly not a reporter. The standing ovation given to Trump by those on the right for sending Ramos "back to Univision" was silly and so I thought to myself, "how did they react when Obama did the same thing? How did they react when he didn't even go anywhere as far as Trump did (the Major Garrett/Iran episode when the nuclear deal was first announced)?"

Well...they acted about as you would expect. Like the hypocritical false victims that they are:

HotAir on Obama kicking the Washington Times off of his campaign plane in 2008:


HotAir on Trump:

When reporters first started huffing about this on Twitter, it sounded as though Trump had booted this guy out of the room for doing nothing more than asking him a question he didn't care for, an ominous sign from a would-be president who's building a reputation for holding grudges. But that's not what happened. Ramos, true to form, simply stood up and started grandstanding about deportation as Trump tried to call on another reporter. He's the most shameless amnesty shill in American media and makes no apologies for it; his advice to colleagues in journalism is "Don't be neutral. Neutrality is for referees in a football game."

In perhaps the most stunning example of this sick hypocrisy, here's Fox News and an article titled "Major Garrett Dares To Ask Obama About Americans Still Held In Iran And Liberal Media Freaks Out":

That's the bizarre disconnect encountered by CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett when he interrupted the Obama Iran deal press conference with, well, journalism. Garrett stood up and asked Obama, "why you are content" to leave those four people behind in Iran, unaided by American diplomacy?
You would think Garrett dropped the "N" word.

So Fox was probably equally outraged at the treatment of Trump towards Ramos, right? Here's the Fox News article written by Howard Kurtz titled, "Why Jorge Ramos Crossed The Line In Confronting Donald Trump:"

If Jorge Ramos looked like an activist disrupting an event the other night, perhaps that is no accident.

The Univision anchor has devoted much of his career to crusading on the issue of illegal immigration. And he clearly wanted to force a confrontation at Donald Trump's Iowa news conference.

Anyone who buys Ramos' claim that he was just a reporter trying to ask a question hasn't watched the tape carefully enough.

In October of 2014, Democratic Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen kicked Breitbart's Matthew Doyle out of a campaign event. Here's how he reported on that:

It is highly unusual for a political campaign of either political party to kick a congressionally credentialed reporter out of an open press campaign event. It is normal for campaigns to ask partisan political operatives, like media trackers-people who work for campaigns or other political operations filming footage and gathering other information on their political opponents to be used against them-to leave, but reporters are a different story.

And Breitbart writes on Ramos in an article titled "Jorge Ramos Is A Ridiculous Activist:"

The mainstream media is circling the wagons right now, defending Univision and Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos for heckling Republican presidential contender Donald Trump at an Iowa press conference Tuesday night. Calling him the Spanish-language Walter Cronkite, the destination press is doing everything in its power to present Ramos as having the upper hand in the illegal immigration debate. Politico declared "Trump Meets His Match In Jorge Ramos" and the Los Angeles Times apparently wants Trump to apologize.

There's only one problem with that: Jorge Ramos is ridiculous.

I could go on and on like this probably forever, but you get the point.

It's really quite interesting. They say Trump was correct to kick Ramos out of the event because he had an agenda, wasn't neutral, was an activist. Yet these are all self-proclaimed "conservative" media reporters that are the first to admit that they have an agenda, aren't neutral, are fighting for their causes.

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Republicans Sneer At Obama's Perceived "Narcissism" -- So Of Course Trump Is Their Frontrunner mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

The conservative love for Donald Trump is puzzling on many levels, but the incredible hypocrisy shown in denigrating President Obama as the "narcissist-in-chief" while embracing Trump as the standard bearer is utterly staggering.

What's really been bugging me is the sneering criticism President Obama has received from the right - not always the "far" right either - for his perceived "narcissism." I've been wanting to write a page on this for several days, but just haven't been able to think of a clear way to make the point.

I guess the best way is to show the disgust conservatives have shown with Obama's perceived "narcissism" -- while completely ignoring actual narcissism for their current frontrunner

In 2014, Charles Krauthammer criticized the president on the Hugh Hewitt show, as reported by Politico:

Conservative columnist -- and former psychiatrist -- Charles Krauthammer took time Monday for presidential couch analysis, saying President Barack Obama is not manic but, rather, a narcissist who "talks like the emperor, Napoleon."

"So I decided when I left psychiatry never to use my authority. But let me just say as a layman, without invoking any expertise, Obama is clearly a narcissist in the non-scientific use of the word. He is so self-involved, you see it from his rise," Krauthammer said Monday on "The Hugh Hewitt Show," according to a transcript.

Here's an entire segment of the Rush Limbaugh show titled, "Iran Deal Is All About Obama's Narcissism," from just 5 months ago:

The Iranians know this guy better than he knows himself. They know he cannot ever admit error. He's a narcissist. It's impossible. In his own mind he can't ever be wrong. In his own mind he cannot ever have screwed up. In his own mind he cannot ever have made a mistake. And so no matter what happens, no matter what happens to this deal, if it continues to get torn apart, Obama will do anything, any concession to keep it alive because he can never arrive at the point where he would have to admit that it's a bad thing to have done.

And as evidence of this "narcissism," they point to how many times he used the words "I" in speeches:

Here's George Will:


Krauthammer again:

I mean, count the number of times he uses the word I in any speech, and compare that to any other president. Remember when he announced the killing of bin Laden? That speech I believe had 29 references to I - on my command, I ordered, as commander-in-chief, I was then told, I this. You'd think he'd pulled the trigger out there in Abbottabad.

How about a Daily Caller article criticizing Obama as "narcissist-in-chief?"

But one thing that has bothered me is the president's narcissism. Indeed, perhaps not surprisingly for a man whose principal accomplishment before becoming president was to write two autobiographies, Obama has seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time talking about himself on these trips. And it's not just Obama, but the First Lady, too.

...and now Donald Trump is leading - or more appropriately crushing the competition - in the Republican primary. They are truly a remarkable bunch.

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Why Is Fox News Denying Racism Was Motive In Charleston? mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

In the hours and days following the shooting in Charleston, Fox News pundits, nearly in unison, rushed to deny that racism played any role in the act of terrorism.

Fox's Steve Doocy called it "extraordinary" that this would be classified as a hate crime. Fox's Martha MacCallum suggested that "diversity" was a contributing factor to the shooting. Brian Kilmeade asked if it was the shooters hatred of Christian churches that led to the shooting.

Larry Wilmore on The Nightly Show went after this far better than I ever could


I can't really wrap my head around the motivation here. Why is Fox News, and therefore right wing America, so worried that this shooting was racially motivated?

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Clown Car Express: Santorum Says Climate Change Scientists Are Just Like Flat-Earthers mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum is not the first person to do so, but during his first official even in Iowa he compared scientists convinced that the climate is changing to people who once believed the world was flat:

One man stood up during the event's Q&A portion, expressing concern about climate change. Addressing it, the audience member said, should be an imperative to Christians commanded by the Bible to be stewards of the Earth.

"I always have problems when people come up and say the science is settled," said Santorum, winner of the 2012 Iowa caucuses. "That's what they said about the world being flat. When someone says the science is settled you're not a scientist, because scientists never say the science is settled."

Some might say that those who once denied the spherical shape, or scientifically proven fact, that the Earth is round are much more like those who deny the scientifically proven fact that man is the cause of climate change....but that may take some thought and introspection I suppose

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Bigoted FL GOP Proposes "Religious Exemption" Law For Adoptions mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

The state of Florida has finally taken steps to strike down its unconstitutional gay adoption ban, so hateful, bigoted, spiteful Florida Republicans are doing what hateful, bigoted, spiteful people do -- working to institutionalize hate, bigotry and spite:


On Thursday, the House Health & Human Services Committee approved a plan "to allow private child-placing agencies to object to performing, assisting in, recommending, consenting to, or participating in the placement of a child if a placement violates the agency's written religious or moral convictions or policies." Twelve Republicans voted for, six Democrats against.

In addition, the proposal specifically states any agency that denies placing a child in a home on religious or moral grounds is protected from losing its license, public grants or contracts and the ability to participate in government programs. Similar proposals have been introduced in the Michigan and Alabama houses.

Yes, these Republicans believe that children are better off in an orphanage than living in a home with a couple who loves them. This is what happens when you don't show up to vote.

Equality Florida noted:

Families could be excluded for racial, religious, political, gender, sexual orientation or marital status reasons, among others.

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Our National Nightmare Of Healthy School Lunches May Finally Be At An End mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

Of all the idiotic outrageous outrages out there, I think this one chaps my hide more than any of the others. I think the reason why is that there is absolutely no reason for it other than pure irrational hatred for our President.

I know that we're all familiar with the military leaders who have called our children "too fat to fight." There's the economic impact of obesity rates. And then there's the fact that the First Lady's "Let's Move" campaign is actually showing positive results.

But that doesn't matter to today's GOP. Any and everything that the Obama's put forward policy wise must be opposed and the fight for healthier children is no exception:

As the opening bell sounds for the 114th Congress, don't be surprised to see GOP lawmakers take on school nutrition. The $1.1 trillion omnibus this month included provisions to allow states more flexibility to exempt schools from the Department of Agriculture's whole-grain standards if they can show hardship and to halt future sodium restrictions

But that was only the opening salvo in the long-running fight over new reforms championed by first lady Michelle Obama.

Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee, has been leading the charge on school lunch, along with Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), a key member of the Senate Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee. But their cause is about to be picked up by the House Education and Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), and the Senate Agriculture Committee, chaired by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), as they begin work to reauthorize the law governing school nutrition programs.

Yes, today's GOP -- the most do-nothing bunch of representatives we've ever had in Congress -- have decided to band together in the fight for fatter children. If it wasn't so sad and pathetic it would be absolutely hilarious.

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Author Of GOP Autopsy: Obama Is A Socialist mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

The Hill:




The number 2 "recommendation" from the autopsy:


More of an observation than a recommendation, but that's neither here nor there.

Wonder if Barbour actually read the report he helped to author?

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Take A Tour Of Marco Rubio's $675,000 'Working Class' Home mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

While Sen. Rubio's lip smacking and water gulping is getting the bulk of the coverage one line from his SOTU response stood out to me more than others. Below is the text of Rubio's claim of living in the same "working class neighborhood" that he grew up in.

Tampa Bay Times


One thing I'll say about Marco....he's got some serious onions. For those of you who don't know this is the same guy who had to answer for charging up to $5,000 to his state party credit card for new flooring in this "working class" home. Seriously I could not believe he brought this up. Here's his so called "working class" home that he recently put on the market for $675k. He put this on the market because he plans to permanently move his family out of the state he represents and to Washington DC, but I digress.


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Marco Rubio: Tea Party Darling, Hope Of The Republican Party, Climate Change Denier mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

Republican Senator Marco Rubio's (Member of the Senate Committee On Commerce, Science, & Transportation) recent comments about climate change have slid under the radar and they shouldn't.

For a guy that represents a state with 1,197 miles of coastline to just throw up his hands and say there's nothing we can do anyway is quite embarrassing for any Floridian. As the article below cites, current projections show that in the next 100 years some of the most beautiful parts of the state he represents, the Florida Keys, will be completely underwater if nothing is done. Second, that someone who denies all science pointing to man's role in this sits on the Commerce, Science and Technology Committee is an absolute outrage. It goes to show what happens any time you vote for any Republican. Doesn't matter how rational or reasonable the guy you are voting for may be (and there are precious few of those left in the GOP), a vote for any Republican is a vote against facts, truth, and science.

But, I think there is a larger fundamental issue here - it shows just how ridiculous the GOP talk of "rebranding" really is. I don't think Sen. Rubio really believes that man has absolutely nothing to do with the temperatures we are seeing, the rapid fire storms of the century, or the melting of the polar ice caps. As the article below points out, in his early career he embraced capping carbon emissions and alternative energy technology. I highly doubt that he truly is a young Earther. But I do believe that he knows his political career as a Republican would be completely over if he acknowledged that the universe we live in is billions of years old or that there are steps that can be taken to curb climate change. He needs the rubes to make phone calls, donate money and knock on doors for him in 2016. The Republican base is made up of people who refuse to acknowledge science - whether it's because of their religion, their hatred of Al Gore, or just willful ignorance - no Republican can move up the ladder without catering to those folks.

How can you rebrand when that would mean you lose your entire base? You can't, and the Republican Party knows it.

Tampa Bay Times

While much of the Washington news media were fawning over Sen. Marco Rubio's knowledge of rap music (Tupac over Biggie, he says), his remarks questioning global warming at an event Tuesday drew more serious discussion.

"First of all, the climate is always changing. That's not the fundamental question," Rubio said when asked at a BuzzFeed event if global warming is a threat to Florida. "The fundamental question is whether man-made activity is what's contributing most to it. I understand that people say there is a significant scientific consensus on that issue, but I've actually seen reasonable debate on that principle."

Rubio, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, went on to question if government could do anything to address the issue, whether it would be too costly or ineffective if other countries do not do the same.

"The United States is a country; it's not a planet," he said.

Phil Plait, an astronomer and author, rebutted Rubio in Slate, saying there is no debate among the scientific community. "The truth is, our poles are melting. Nine of the hottest years on record have been in the past decade. Even a study funded by the oil magnate Koch Brothers found the Earth is warming up," he wrote.

"So, oddly enough, I take exception to what Senator Rubio said. There is no longer reasonable debate. All we see is denial. And the time for debate is long since past anyway; the science is in, and it's sound science. I'm tired of politicians equivocating and hemming and hawing about global warming. We need to stop fiddling while the world burns, and start putting out this fire."

Studies have shown global warming would indeed threaten Florida, with rising sea levels bringing flooding, that could cause widespread property damage, saltwater intrusion and other problems.

Under current projections, the Atlantic Ocean would swallow much of the Florida Keys in 100 years, the Miami Herald reported last year, citing a scientific study. Miami-Dade would become a chain of islands.

Rubio, who recently declined to GQ to say how old the Earth is — "I'm not a scientist, man" — has taken on stances that find a comfortable home in his party.

But on climate change, as with other issues, he was once more open to science. During his time in the Florida House, he embraced a plan to develop guidelines to limit carbon emissions and suggested Florida could be a leader in developing alternative technologies.

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Get Baker Acted, Keep Your Gun mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

Tampa Bay Times

TAMPA — John Judd Thomas came to the attention of law enforcement last March, when he fired six shots from a 45-caliber handgun in his Seminole Heights home.

The 76-year-old, who told police he has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, said he was shooting at "rats as big as squirrels.'' He seemed "mentally unstable," officers said, telling them he "could shoot a cop with all he has been through lately."

Police held Thomas under the Baker Act, a state law that allows for the temporary detainment of someone who may be a danger to themselves or others. They took two of his guns and drove him to a mental health center in east Tampa.

On Wednesday, Thomas went to the Hillsborough Circuit courthouse to get his guns back. He had filed a petition and, according to Hillsborough County rules, needed only a judge's okay.

"I don't see any reason why they wouldn't," he told a reporter.

He was right. After a hearing that lasted about five minutes, Administrative Judge Claudia Isom said Thomas could have his guns.

Two other men who had been detained under the Baker Act also got their guns back Wednesday after quick hearings. Like Thomas, they have no felony record. None of their guns was used in a crime. None had ever been involuntarily held for mental health treatment longer than 72 hours, the maximum duration of a Baker Act detainment.

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Matt Drudge - No Longer Holding Back mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

Here's a screen shot of the current main headline on Drudge

And here's the story the headline links to:


It's a pretty standard movie review. Not sure why Drudge decided to write the N word over and over and over again....and put it in quotes under a picture of a pretty wasted looking Quentin Tarrantino. I think it's pretty reasonable to believe the headline, suggesting a direct quote, and then the picture suggest that Quentin Tarrantino went on a Michael Richards-style rant.....only there's nothing like that in the story. Here's the part of the review that deals with the use of the N word:

Quite naturally, given the historical setting, the N-word gets a heavy workout, by whites and blacks alike. But much more forceful is the cruelty dispensed by the Southern whites, both as punishment and whim; attack dogs are unleashed on one man, Mandingo fighters (in an homage to the unforgettable 1975 Mandingo) battle to the death in a beautifully appointed drawing room for the wealthy's amusement, a woman is locked naked in a metal 'hot box,' genital mutilation is arranged for a man and much more

That's it. Actually, it's just that first half sentence.

Also, notice the sub headers at the top. A "flashback" to Spike Lee using the N-word and maybe kinda sorta making an anti-semitic remark. Jaime Foxx saying that he was called the N-word as a kid (Is that really worthy of a headline???)

I guess I saw this and was just shocked. I know I shouldn't be, but I was.

It actually kind of reminds me of the break with historical accuracies in Inglorious Basterds. Tarrantino killed Hitler in that movie because he just wanted to kill Hitler. Looks like Drudge just wanted to see how many times he could drop the N-bomb on the most visited right wing blog on the internet.

In my opinion this is race baiting at it's worst. It's insulting, offensive, unhinged, gratuitous lunacy.

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The Unabashed Liar Running For President Releases 'Apology Tour' Ad mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

Call me crazy....but if you're going to accuse your opponent of going on an "Apology Tour," shouldn't you provide video of an actual apology taking place? Shouldn't there be at least footage of an "apology" in the ad?

Instead we get this:

Saying Obama went on an "Apology Tour" does not make it so. This level of deception and dishonesty just turns my stomach. The only reason this guy has any chance at the Presidency is not because he is qualified -- it is because a segment of the population hates Barack Obama with every fiber of their being. Irrational hatred could give us a President that will say anything, at any time, regardless of whether or not there is even an ounce of truth to it.

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Did Romney Cheat During The Debate? mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

Certainly looks that way to me. Judge for yourself:

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Louisiana Schools - Teaching Your Kids That Dragons Were Real mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

Mother Jones goes through the text books so you don't have to:


Under Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher program, considered the most sweeping in the country, Louisiana is poised to spend tens of millions of dollars to help poor and middle-class students from the state's notoriously terrible public schools receive a private education. While the governor's plan sounds great in the glittery parlance of the state's PR machine, the program is rife with accountability problems that actually haven't been solved by the new standards the Louisiana Department of Education adopted two weeks ago.

For one, of the 119 (mostly Christian) participating schools, Zack Kopplin, a gutsy college sophomore who's taken to Change.org to stonewall the program, has identified at least 19 that teach or champion creationist nonscience and will rake in nearly $4 million in public funding from the initial round of voucher designations.


My personal favorite:


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Ya Know What's Just Like Pearl Harbor & 9/11? Contraception Mandates mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

NBC News







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TBT Investigation: 'Stand Your Ground' Defense Used Constantly And In Ways No One Expected mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]

Tampa Bay Times






Among the findings:













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Right Wing Hatred Of Sandra Fluke mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]


To be honest, I don't know if Politico is to be blamed for this. There's no real reason to delete these comments other than the deep seething hatred for this woman, Sandra Fluke, who had the absolute gall to testify before Congress.

I don't know. Maybe it's just that it's Friday and I'm a little worn out.....I read this site a lot, and reader comments are pointed out from time to time on the main page and I've never really been all that surprised by what I've read. There's been some racist vulgar stuff from other sites posted here but it's never really shocked me.

But this was just shocking to me for some reason. You can just feel the hate dripping from your monitor as you read it. These are from the first 20 comments out of more than 1200 from a story about President Obama's call to Sandra Fluke.

If you want to go and spread your legs to everything that moves fine, I don't care; just don't think you have the right to make ME pay for it. Personal responsibility is blasphemy to liberals; how pathetic.


Any woman who spends that much on birth control in a single year is either a $lut or very bad with money. Either one doesn't need her fellow taxpayers subsidizing it.


Is it insulting to remind this whore that if she can get into law school, she should be able to pay for her own rubbers and pills? Is it more important to her to screw herself into a coma or get a degree?

Whatever happened to "Hands off our bodies!", anyway? Now the sluts want US to pay for it? Is she afraid she won't be able to afford to screw her professors anymore for an easy A?


Doesn't the Commander in Chief have anything better to do than call a Georgetown slut to assuage her feelings?

What did he tell her? "Don't worry, It's OK, you can still sleep around and I'll make those mean taxpayers pay the bill"???


Ms. Flake, if you are having $3000 worth of sex during your college career, you are a slut. If you can't stand the heat, you best stay out of the political kitchen. I shouldn't have to pay for you to sleep around. And having seen you, there is NO way you're having that much sex.


She demands that taxpayers and rate/service (insurance premium) payers that they need to pay thousands of dollars annually for her expensive sex life by paying higher rates for insurance where the higher rates forced on people by insurance in turn forced on insurance by government are redistributed to fund her sex life. Typical socialist or communist Democrat calling it their "right" to steal someone else's right, including their private property, to serve themselves.


Try Planned Parenthood, Ms. Flake. They give it away free.

...and in all fairness, this was quote #20

I sure hope that rush gets to spend some quality time with breitbart really soon.

I just can't believe it. And to top it off.........am I missing something? When did "they're making me pay for contraception through higher taxes!" become part of the equation? Hasn't this whole thing been about whether or not the government can make religious places of business include contraception in their health insurance plans? Or am I just injecting too much reason? And do they not realize it doesn't matter how many times you decide to have sex you still take the exact same amount of contraception? Ugh

Well.......thank God it's Friday......time to knock a few back and get on some modern warfare

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Did Barack Obama Assasinate Andrew Breitbart? mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]


That is all.

P.S. In case you're wondering why this is necessary:


Conspiracy in the comment section

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Why 2 Years Of Tax Returns From Mitt Isn't Enough mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]


'These business leaders in South Carolina are an important part of our country's economic engine,' said Mitt Romney. 'But they can't afford four more years of an over-taxing, over-spending, over-regulating Obama Administration.

Tonight during the debate Mitt Romney said that he would release his last two years of tax returns. That is nowhere near enough.

The Romney campaign has tried to paint President Obama as some crazy tax and spender. And let's be honest about it, it's not just the Romney campaign, but the entire Republican Party that's living under the illusion that their taxes have never been higher. But is that true? Of course not, and my theory is that never in Mitt Romney's life in the top 1% bracket has he ever paid less in taxes.

That's what I want to see. I want to see the difference between the tax rate Romney paid under Bush, Clinton and Obama and I want to see if the Republican argument that our job creators aren't job creatin' is because they are overtaxed.

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Stephen Colbert Op-Ed: We've Narrowed The Exact Value Of Sanctity - Somewhere Between $200K & $400K mr.fusion Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]


As a proud son of South Carolina I must address recent unsubstantiated rumors published in The State that I, Stephen Colbert, tried to buy the naming rights to the 2012 Republican primary. First, never trust anything in a newspaper — except this column, and possibly 'Mallard Filmore.' And second, these outrageous and scurrilous rumors border on libel, even if they are, technically, true. I don't want to talk about it.

Here's what happened:

I have what's called a super PAC — a political action committee that can receive unlimited funds to spend on political speech in unlimited quantities. About three months ago, I heard that local officials in South Carolina were suing the state political parties over who would pay for the upcoming presidential primary. The GOP said they would pay a big chunk of the cost, but insisted the taxpayers pick up the bulk. State and local officials said this private primary should be paid for entirely with party funds. And Gov. Nikki Haley said, 'It's a great day in South Carolina!'

Enter Colbert Super PAC.™ South Carolina has two state mottos. (It's always good to have a backup, in case one motto goes missing for days at a time with the motto of Argentina.) The first is 'Animis opibusque parati' — 'Prepared in mind and resources.'

For this all important first-in-the-South primary, the Palmetto State was not prepared in resources, but Colbert Super PAC was.

So I called up the South Carolina GOP and said, 'How much cash would you have to raise to keep your promise to counties? Off the record; I'll never tell a soul.' They said, '$400,000.'

I said, 'I can cover that. No strings attached.'

Of course, I can't offer that kind of no-strings-attached-money without getting something in return. I told them I wanted the naming rights to the primary, and a non-binding referendum on the ballot. If they weren't prepared to horse trade for these two requests, they should never call me back.

Well, they didn't call me back. They got on a plane and flew to New York to make the deal. Because money talks, B.S. walks, and $400,000 flies business class.

We hammered out a contract over barbecue. Colbert Super PAC would pay up to $400,000 directly to the state and counties to defray the cost of the election. In return, the primary's official name would be 'The Colbert Super PAC South Carolina Republican Primary.' This name would appear on all press releases, official notices and signage, including the debates. We would finally raise democracy to the same level as the Tostitos™ Fiesta Bowl and Kardashian™ weddings.



( ) Corporations are people.

( ) Only people are people.

The GOP agreed to everything. The referendum was immediately requested, approved by the election commission, and even printed on sample and military absentee ballots. I had counted all of my chickens and was just waiting for them to hatch. Then the unthinkable happened — the activist judges of the S.C. Supreme Court ruled that the counties, not the GOP, would be responsible for funding the primary. And, in what I can only see as a personal attack on corporate persons, they ruled that all non-binding referenda be struck from the ballot.


Desperate, I reached out to the S.C. Democrats, who agreed to file a request to reinstate the referendum. That's when the S.C. Republican Party withdrew their generous offer to sell me what they weren't paying for. They told the press that my requests, 'were considered but were declined,' because they, 'were concerned about the sanctity of the primary election.'



Which brings us to South Carolina's other motto: 'Dum spiro spero' — 'While I breathe, I hope.' Well, South Carolina counties, you can stop breathing now — your hopes have been answered.

Colbert Super PAC will cover the counties' $500,000 shortfall. In return, I ask for only two things: that you support the Democrats' petition to get my referendum back on the ballot, and that you grant me the pre-negotiated naming rights, which, I think we can all agree, you now own. To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, 'You paid for that microphone!'


On Jan. 21, together, we can Make a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow.™

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