Category Archives: What Are Conservatives Smoking?

NFL to Rush: Do Not Want

Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 by Keith

It amuses me to no end that the NFL, a bunch of rich white men who buy and trade strapping black athletes for fun and profit, do not want to let Rush Limbaugh into their little club because he’s too … Continue reading →

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This Can Only End Well

Posted on Monday, October 5, 2009 by Keith

PZ Myers alerts us to a new mission of sorts for those wacky kids over at Conservapedia*: The Bible is suffused with liberal bias. A lot of the Old Testament isn’t bad, but the New Testament, when Jesus makes the … Continue reading →

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How Exactly Does One Have a Bloodless Military Coup?

Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 by Keith

That’s just one of the mysteries of this NewsMax article by John L. Perry, outlining the wingnut wet dream of taking care of “the Obama Problem” with a military coup. For those just joining us from their summer hibernation in … Continue reading →

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I know I Am But What Are You?

Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 by Keith

So, the aide to Rep Coburn (R- Flatland) stands up in front of a group of yahoos at the Values Voter Summit (a sort of swap meet for creationists and Birthers) and tells them that, “All pornography is homosexual pornography, … Continue reading →

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‘Scuse me While I Whip This Out

Posted on Monday, August 24, 2009 by Keith

This has gotten way out of hand. The Birther nonsense was amusing at first, in a surrealist, after dinner game sort of a way. “The president is a secret Muslim from Kenya!” has Andre Breton’s fingerprints all over it. That … Continue reading →

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Save Us, Crystal Dragon Jesus, You’re Our Only Hope!

Posted on Monday, July 27, 2009 by Keith

Remember V? The miniseries form back int he fabulous 80′s, where lizard people in prosthetic masks came to Earth, imitating Nazis so they could steal our water? Seems they’ve gotten a darker and edgier reboot. You can read a summary … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Legalizes Gay Marriage!

Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2009 by Keith

And for real, not like California’s implicit, we’ll-have-to-go-the-whole-way-eventually-but-not-today kinda way. New Hampshire did it right and just laid it all out there, joining such bastions of saniy and modern living as Ohio Iowa* and the Sims 3 game. That’s right, … Continue reading →

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California Legalizes Gay Marriage!

Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 by Keith

As John Scalzi points out, the California Supreme court’s decision today, recognizing Prop 8 as legit, effectively legalized gay marriage. All Prop 8 does now is put a (temporary) cap on the number of gay marriages that the state can … Continue reading →

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The Socialist Revolution Started 30 Years Ago, Apparently

Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 by Keith

From John Quiggin over at Crooked Timber comes this article about how at least 33% of Americans under 30 think Socialism is just dandy. Which is interesting for a number of reasons, very few of them having to do with … Continue reading →

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No Bye, No Aloha

Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 by Keith

These tough economic times are hard on everybody but there’s a special flavor of suck to loosing your paying job as a conservitive blogger to Joe the Plumber. And not Just Joe doing your job for half the pay but … Continue reading →

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