(via Eschaton) State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri’s official religion (soul stealing registration may be required): Missouri legislators in Jefferson City considered a bill that would name Christianity the state’s official “majority” religion. House Concurrent Resolution 13 has is pending in the state legislature. Many Missouri residents had not heard about the bill until Thursday. … Continue reading “Missouri Republicans: Unclear on the concept”
Category: Politics
How much more of this incompetent boobery can we take?
Tape: Bush, Chertoff Warned Before Katrina In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans’ Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage. Bush didn’t ask a single question … Continue reading “How much more of this incompetent boobery can we take?”
For those of you keeping score at home…
(via Eschaton) This port deal was approved unanimously by a board on which Donald Rumsfeld sits. Rumsfeld claims he was unaware of the deal until after it was approved unanimously. The administration didn’t do the legally mandated 45 day investigation. Secret terms of the deal include provisions which allow them to escape standard legal scrutiny. … Continue reading “For those of you keeping score at home…”
Deadeye Dick gets an apology
(from the welcome to Bizarro World dept.) (via Eschaton) Shooting victim apologizes to vice president: I remember hearing this on the radio on my drive home from work today — it was truly a WTF moment…
Faux News wins battle for Deadeye Dick interview
Fox News wins battle for Cheney interview: Fox News scored a significant get with the first post-accident interview with Cheney. Because it was the only interview Cheney planned to do on the subject, correspondent Brit Hume said on air Wednesday afternoon: “I felt some obligation to ask as many of the questions as … others … Continue reading “Faux News wins battle for Deadeye Dick interview”
Deadeye Dick
Cheney accidentally shoots hunting companion: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally wounded a companion with shotgun pellets on a weekend quail hunt in Texas, his office said on Sunday. Cheney’s companion, Harry Whittington, 78, was listed in stable condition after being brought in on Saturday night, said Yvonne Wheeler, a spokeswoman for the … Continue reading “Deadeye Dick”
Bush administration pro-science? I don’t think so…
(via Bad Astronomy Blog) From the February 4, 2004 issue of the New York Times: In October, for example, George Deutsch, a presidential appointee in NASA headquarters, told a Web designer working for the agency to add the word “theory” after every mention of the Big Bang, according to an e-mail message from Mr. Deutsch … Continue reading “Bush administration pro-science? I don’t think so…”
This Really Sucks
Looks like Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants want to seriously ruin the internet by “developing strategies that would track and store information on our every move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the scope of which could rival the National Security Agency.” And if that wasn’t bad enough: Under … Continue reading “This Really Sucks”
Wow! Mallard Fillmore can actually be funny…
Check out: Gipper, the Talking Points Duck
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion
(printed by fortune in one of my terminal windows today) A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider godfearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods … Continue reading “A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion”