Michele Bachmann Newsweek Cover Looks Like Charles Manson on Life Mag

Michele Bachmann with that crazy look in her eyes. And Charles Manson with that same look in his eyes.

The only difference is, a person can sometimes have a substantive conversation with Charlie. Maybe that's why they gave him a Hollywood Star.

Ronald Reagan's Remains Buried At Sea ctd

Orchiolum, an astute reader and insightful writer, commented:

Looking forward to the story about the shark found wearing a Reagan mask. 

Rick Perry Is George W Bush...On Steroids...Don't Forget

Jonathan Blundell

Rick Perry looks like George W Bush. He smells like George W Bush. Perry prays like Bush, and he executes human beings like Bush. So don't forget, Rick Perry is George W Bush.

Eric Draper

Joshua Green writes about Rick Perry:

"If he runs, he'll be a strong candidate," [Dr. Richard] Land told me. "He's a charismatic figure. I think about him on stage with the other candidates and he'll stand out. He's not a wallflower. But the most interesting question for me is whether the country is ready for somebody who looks and sounds like George W. Bush on steroids."

London Police Chief Calls In Captain America To Quell Rioting

DEAR DIRTY NEWSWIRE

The London police chief said he hated to burden America with the out of control rioting, but the U.K.'s police force simply could not handle the violent protesting -- so he's called in Captain America. There has been no word yet from Captain America on whether or not he will go fight the right-wing London extremist protesters, but his fans worldwide say the superhero is simply unable to ignore genuine cries of help.

"We obtained Captain America's cell number from the Pentagon after we went through an hour of security procedures, and we did get the superhero on the phone. I asked him if we could borrow him for a day to quell the protests in London. He couldn't give us an immediate answer because he was busy holding up the Dow Jones, but he said he'd think about it."

London is burning, has been the most interesting phrase of the evening, other than the Dow Jones is going down down down.

Texas governor Rick Perry expressed distaste at London's request for Captain America's help. "Why don't they ask God for help?" he asked journalists, "because Captain America isn't really real."

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Donald Rumsfeld Is A Celebrity ctd

Dragon Girl sent me a private email:

Ummmm.......who is CELEBRITY GOBBLER and why does she seem to fucking love you and hate you? I'm suspicious and concerned. My nose is finally back to normal so we can like hang out again? ps. Is her nose better than mine? 

Read about my friend Dragon Girl, featured in Dragon Girl's nose falls off after sniffing flesh eating cocaine

 

Donald Rumsfeld Is A Celebrity: It Doesn't Matter if He's Tortured Non-Celebrities

It is disgusting and utterly irresponsible that Adam Michael Luebke would call Donald Rumsfeld an extreme questioner and a torturer and the fact that he included a picture of a noose is preposterous. In Luebke's typical cynical voice he as usual damns a very highly-respected individual and political celebrity, Rumsfeld, without truly knowing anything about what he is writing.

If you must know more about Celebrity Gobbler, please read my work.

Donald Rumsfeld, former Defense Secretary and American patriot, is truly a celebrity, and for that alone he deserves only praise. Celebrity Gobbler has time and time again written about how all celebrities will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but not one non-celebrity will be saved on Judgment Day.

The logic is so simple that even non-celebrities can understand it: Jesus was a celebrity, and Jesus was sent to Earth by God. Therefore, all celebrities on Earth have been sent here by God, and like Jesus, it is to Heaven they will again return.

There is nothing Donald Rumsfeld can do to avoid going to Heaven and that includes the fact that he authorized the torturing of non-celebrities because there are very few Iraqi (or Middle Eastern) celebrities. If a country cannot churn out a decent number of celebrities, that country deserves to be invaded by one that can. This world does not need more non-celebrities.

He's Not a Torturer, He's an Extreme Questioner: The Rumsfeld Torture Lawsuit Upheld

Freedom is untidy, Donald Rumsfeld once said about the chaos in Iraq. I'm not sure the 26 million Iraqis felt the same way about their country being invaded by American troops and blown up by missile attacks. But Rumsfeld has always been some kind of political rockstar, and that means he can say really stupid, awful things about very real and dangerous situations.

Now the bastard has been stuck with a very real torture lawsuit by two Americans who claim they were tortured by American forces after they "blew the whistle" on alleged illegal activities done by their contracting company.

From the Huffington Post:

The ruling Monday from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago a rejects arguments that Rumsfeld should be immune from such lawsuits for work performed as a Cabinet secretary.

Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel claim they were tortured in 2006 after blowing the whistle on alleged illegal activities by the contracting company. They say they were subjected to sleep deprivation, blasting music, hunger and various threats.

The lawsuit describes such practices as torture and alleges Rumsfeld personally took part in approving the methods for use by the military in Iraq.

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In the spirit of Rumsfeld's killer linguistic ability, let's just say that the former Defense Secretary isn't a torturer, but he is, instead, an extreme questioner. I hope this lawsuit is plenty untidy for Rumsfeld. 

THE QUEEN OF RAGE - Michele Bachmann Graces Newsweek Cover

David Shankbone

Newsweek is calling Michele Bachmann the "Queen of Rage", but she seems pretty happy and complacent to me, although I've heard she can give a wicked thumper of a sermon featuring the Wrath of God and Big Government politics while casually tearing apart a stack of flapjacks at a quiet diner in Iowa.

But is she really the Queen of Pissed? See Dirty Political Confessions: I gawdam love this country!

The Huffington Post reports:

The cover shows Bachmann standing against a stark blue background, looking directly into the camera with a wide-eyed expression. The headline advertising the magazine's story reads, "THE QUEEN OF RAGE."

"Rage" is a word that doesn't appear in Newsweek's actual profile of Bachmann, though author Lois Romano does criticize what she calls the "radical" nature of the Tea Party that Bachmann champions.

Conservative websites are already crying foul over the cover, with some saying it makes Bachmann look "crazy" and one blogger asking, "Can anyone really say with a straight face that the mainstream media is not totally biased against conservatives?"

The Infamous S&P Credit Downgrade: Blame it on continued Republican policy?

Joe Weisenthal notes an interesting line in the S&P's full report detailing the infamous US credit downgrade:

Compared with previous projections, our revised base case scenario now assumes that the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, due to expire by the end of 2012, remain in place. We have changed our assumption on this because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise
revenues, a position we believe Congress reinforced by passing the act.

America's Credit Rating Downgraded to AA+ ctd

"Markets will rise and fall. But this is the United States of America. No matter what some agency may say, we've always been and always will be a triple-A country." -- said Pres Obama

And collectively, America thought, Bullshit! 

Washington's Debt Crisis: Slouching Toward A Double Dip

Robert Reich writes that Washington is obsessed with the wrong question(s) concerning the country's debt crisis and offers a figurative situation:

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Imagine your house is burning. You call the fire department but your call isn’t answered because every fire fighter in town is debating whether there will be enough water to fight fires over the next ten years, even though water is plentiful right now. (Yes, there’s a long-term problem.) One faction won’t even allow the fire trucks out of the garage unless everyone agrees to cut water use. An agency that rates fire departments has just issued a downgrade, causing everyone to hoard water.

While all this squabbling continues, your house burns to the ground and the fire has now spread to your neighbors’ homes. But because everyone is preoccupied with the wrong question (the long-term water supply) and the wrong solution (saving water now), there’s no response. In the end, the town comes up with a plan for the water supply over the next decade, but it’s irrelevant because the whole town has been turned to ashes.

Read Reich's entire article Slouching toward a double dip, for no good reason 

Alex Wagner is my favorite political reporter

Alex Wagner is so sweet and charismatic that she's become my favorite political news reporter. She's beautiful and speaks with an unnerving elegance, and she's also a really good person. Or so it seems. She was the Executive Director of Not On Our Watch, which is an organization focused on stopping mass atrocities and human rights violations.

That's pretty good. The best I can do is give a dollar to every other homeless person in downtown Los Angeles. They're always happy to get that dollar. I used to only give quarters.

Alex also shares a surname with a famous (notorious) composer who wrote three hour long operas. You may have heard of him. Dick Wagner.

Ms Wagner is an MSNBC contributor, and has also appeared on CNN, the BBC, MTV, and VH-1. Sometimes I catch Chuck Klosterman talking on VH-1 about Guns 'N Roses, and he's usually wildly waving his arms as he hurries to weave into one point three separate talking threads.

Alex has also been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.

My 'love' for Wagner stems from catching her on one of the shows from one of the networks listed above. She's a joy to listen to and watch on TV. Her smile is disarming, and her gaze is as soft as OSHO's gaze was. She is a girl I'd take on a proper date.

Read Wagner's work at Politics Daily

See also, Car Wreck Series

Devendra's A Sight To Behold

My homeless friend Johnny played this song for 27 people on Hollywood & Selma:

There seems to be very little proper universal Godly justice in the world, but for the three minutes we listened to Johnny sing Devendra, our hearts swelled and we imagined most things in life were OK. At first only Lyle Shove-It and I were listening to the opening chords of Banhart's song, but soon three people stopped to listen, and seconds later the crowd formed --from Associated Content

Read how I first met Johnny -- LA Weekly Makes Great Toilet Paper and is also a pretty good read