Feb 9th, 2012
The better...
In response to the vile campaign urging JC Penney to drop Ellen DeGeneres as a spokesperson simply because she is gay, an effort which even Bill O'Reilly likened to McCarthyism, CEO Ron Johnson has made a statement affirming the company's loyalty to her:
"We stand squarely behind Ellen as our spokesperson and that’s a great thing, because she shares the same values that we do in our company. Our company was founded 110 years ago on The Golden Rule, which is about treating people fair and square, just like if you treated yourself. And we think Ellen represents the values of our company and the values that we share."
The worse...
Rick Santorum reacted to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals striking down the odious Prop 8 by comparing them to "the Soviet Union." Seriously.
Showing posts with label bigotry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bigotry. Show all posts
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Yes, Buchanan Really Said It
August 2nd, 2011
A couple of e-mails have come in expressing, shall we say, incredulity regarding my assertion that Pat Buchanan referred to the President as "your boy" this evening. Well, here you go.
A couple of e-mails have come in expressing, shall we say, incredulity regarding my assertion that Pat Buchanan referred to the President as "your boy" this evening. Well, here you go.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Raising Cain
June 13th, 2011
by F. Grey Parker
Brian Beutler has a fun piece this morning over at TPM:
"Not since the first head-to-CPU contest between Gary Kasparov and Deep Blue has the world waited so breathlessly for the kind of battle of the minds we're likely to witness Monday evening."
It is very disappointing to see that Gary Johnson, the two term Governor of New Mexico has been excluded from tonight's show. Frankly, his answers in the previous FOX News "debate" regarding the role of the military, the size of Pentagon budgets and the responsibility of government to adhere to the basic protections guaranteed under the Bill of Rights made me sit up and take notice.
by F. Grey Parker
Here they come. The Republican Presidential "contenders" will be duking it out tonight in front of the American people in the second debate of the season.
We can expect most of the afternoon to consist of "expert predictions" and "reading the tea leaves" which is amusing considering that the lineup is, for the most part, an utterly unpredictable collection of irresponsible rabble-rousers who don't stand a chance.
Brian Beutler has a fun piece this morning over at TPM:
"Not since the first head-to-CPU contest between Gary Kasparov and Deep Blue has the world waited so breathlessly for the kind of battle of the minds we're likely to witness Monday evening."
It is very disappointing to see that Gary Johnson, the two term Governor of New Mexico has been excluded from tonight's show. Frankly, his answers in the previous FOX News "debate" regarding the role of the military, the size of Pentagon budgets and the responsibility of government to adhere to the basic protections guaranteed under the Bill of Rights made me sit up and take notice.
I guess we can't have that sort of "sanity factor" potentially marring tonight's festivities.
Here's the line-up: Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), Newt Gingrich, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), and of course the new darling of FOX, Herman Cain.
Let's be honest. The real draw tonight is Cain. Not even Rep. Bachmann looks crazy or unqualified in comparison to the Pizza King's series of pronouncements over the last month. You find that too bold a statement?
Then you haven't been paying attention. Last week, Herman Cain made the most amazing proposal for security on the southern U.S. border I have heard in my adult lifetime.
Here's the line-up: Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), Newt Gingrich, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), and of course the new darling of FOX, Herman Cain.
Then you haven't been paying attention. Last week, Herman Cain made the most amazing proposal for security on the southern U.S. border I have heard in my adult lifetime.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Smearing Maddow
June 10th, 2011
F. Grey Parker
Tucker Carlson likes to pretend he's a journalist. Which would be amusing if he weren't taken as seriously as he is. The latest exploitation of the "Weinergate" debacle is an attempt to tarnish MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. Here's the "story:"
After publishing a love-link to Andy which includes video of Breitbart gleefully showing his cameraphone-pic of Weiner's actual naked weener (allegedly), Carlson began a series of near breathless "UPDATES." It would seem that Tuck was trying to re-cast the net, so to speak. Why just continue to humiliate Weiner when you can also attack the most prominent LGBT commentator in America, Rachel Maddow?
The first "UPDATE" involving Maddow sought merely to embarrass her.
F. Grey Parker
Tucker Carlson likes to pretend he's a journalist. Which would be amusing if he weren't taken as seriously as he is. The latest exploitation of the "Weinergate" debacle is an attempt to tarnish MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. Here's the "story:"
After publishing a love-link to Andy which includes video of Breitbart gleefully showing his cameraphone-pic of Weiner's actual naked weener (allegedly), Carlson began a series of near breathless "UPDATES." It would seem that Tuck was trying to re-cast the net, so to speak. Why just continue to humiliate Weiner when you can also attack the most prominent LGBT commentator in America, Rachel Maddow?
The first "UPDATE" involving Maddow sought merely to embarrass her.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Steve Grant Confirms Hitchens... Unintentionally
Dec 12th, 2010
With the much deserved buzz swirling around Christopher Hitchen's brutal take-down of The Tea Party in the latest issue of Vanity Fair, it was with a mixture of stunned bemusement and genuine alarm that I read Steve Grant's latest piece of unreasoned insanity over at "The Tenth Amendment Center."
As Hitch so plainly argued:
"There is an old Republican saying that “a government strong enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take away everything you have.” This statement contains an essential truth that liberals have no right to overlook. But it is negated, not amplified, if it comes festooned with racism and superstition."
Now, only days later comes Grant with passages like these:
"In order to understand the origins of the tea party movement in the Bible we must start near the beginning." emphasis mine
And:
"God promised Abram’s (sic) descendants financial wealth, national stability, and a host of other promises in the years to come."
And, just to make sure you don't misunderstand his message, Grant drives it home:
"I believe the current Tea Party movement is ordained by God. As you rise up with others to reclaim our nation, you too will have your place in history. It’s our turn now. Let’s go forward for God."
Read them again, just in case the resultant spit-take followed by face-palm made you wonder if you were being put on.
Therein lies the core of the TP movement: God made the Tea Party because God loves the accumulation of wealth.
I'll leave it with this from Hitch:
"I don’t remember ever seeing grown-ups behave less seriously."
As Hitch so plainly argued:
"There is an old Republican saying that “a government strong enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take away everything you have.” This statement contains an essential truth that liberals have no right to overlook. But it is negated, not amplified, if it comes festooned with racism and superstition."
Now, only days later comes Grant with passages like these:
"In order to understand the origins of the tea party movement in the Bible we must start near the beginning." emphasis mine
And:
"God promised Abram’s (sic) descendants financial wealth, national stability, and a host of other promises in the years to come."
And, just to make sure you don't misunderstand his message, Grant drives it home:
"I believe the current Tea Party movement is ordained by God. As you rise up with others to reclaim our nation, you too will have your place in history. It’s our turn now. Let’s go forward for God."
Read them again, just in case the resultant spit-take followed by face-palm made you wonder if you were being put on.
Therein lies the core of the TP movement: God made the Tea Party because God loves the accumulation of wealth.
I'll leave it with this from Hitch:
"I don’t remember ever seeing grown-ups behave less seriously."
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