Senator Jeff Merkley for this. But, many mosque opponents argue, just because it can be built does not mean it should be. They say it would be disrespectful to the memories of those who died on 9/11...
Author - Bob Cesca
Republican Bailout for the Wealthy
As we're all aware, TARP -- the bailout signed by President Bush -- is one of the primary targets of tea party Republican screeching. They also bitch about the stimulus, but I think many of them tend...
Whoops! Fox News Investor Funded Park 51
In the above photo, we see Saudi Prince Al-Waleed with Rupert Murdoch. It turns out that the #2 shareholder in NewsCorp helped to fund Park 51. POW! ...the Kingdom Foundation, al-Waleed's personal...
Worst Person
New York gubernatorial candidate and tea party favorite Carl Paladino for this: Paladino laid out several plans that included converting underused state prisons into centers that would house welfare...
Jihad
They hate us for our freedom anti-constitutional screeching. Islamic radicals are seizing on protests against a planned Islamic community center near Manhattan's Ground Zero and anti-Muslim rhetoric...
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U2 - "Even Better Than The Real Thing"
The Screeching, Fire-Eating Mob
This video is disgraceful and makes me ashamed to be an American. Here we see a throng of ignorant fire-eaters protesting against Park 51 and subsequently accosting an African-American man who made...
McConnell Plays the Southern Strategy
Mitch McConnell leaves some wiggle room for the crazy people: "The president says he's a Christian. I take him at his word," McConnell told Meet the Press host David Gregory. This statement leaves...
In Which I Take the Bait
I realize that Republican memes like this one are intended to bait Democrats. But okay. I'll bite. The Republican National Committee has taken to calling Obama "the Clark Griswold president," a...
Virginia Socialism
Governor Bob McDonnell (R-Haircut) is ballyhooing Virginia's $403 million budget surplus as a victory for fiscal discipline and conservative principles. Conservative principles like this: ...last...
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Ultravox - "One Small Day"
Ground Zero is Enormous!
Evidently the hallowed ground reaches across the country. Moreover, groups of Americans have been protesting the construction of mosques in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and...
Something's Fishy About This
This sounds eerily like the effort to discredit Daniel Ellsberg. Sweden has cancelled an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on accusations of rape and molestation. The Swedish...
A Good Sign for the Future of America
Sarah Palin can't sell tickets to her word salad performance art -- in Florida. "An Evening of Hope with Sarah Palin," an event featuring the former Alaska Governor, was supposed to be a minor...
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MST3K Saturday - "Stranded in Space"
Herculean Appetites for the Diverse and Bizarre
Via Yglesias, Gallup runs the tally of weird things Americans believe in. So the Muslim rumor is relatively mild in comparison to most of these things. Humans are pretty gullible, all things...
Hallowed Ground Defiled!
Fun fact about the current Burlington Coat Factory building: Muslims have been praying in the building for nearly a year, a fact that has got lost in the noise of the protests. IEEEEEEEE!
Beck's War on Darwin
Here's Glenn Beck and his morning zoo sidekicks repeating their theory that Charles Darwin is the father of modern racism. A few points on this. First, when discussing historical figures from 150...
The Mosque at the Other Ground Zero
Specifically, the mosque inside the Pentagon -- less than 100 feet away from the impact site. Why does the Pentagon hate America? ht Media Matters
Is Fox News a Terrorist Command Center?
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