With Republican-controlled legislatures in several states poised to ban the teaching of history in their public schools, and replace it with a requirement that students read Reagan speeches, we are reminded that, “Conservative contempt for academia has long been established” and “a[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’
March 2nd, 2015 - 4:24 pm § in Politics
GOP Rep: “Some Call Them Mothers”
Republicans have a way with words, don’t they? What I mean is, did God put Republicans in this world on a bet with someone to see how many people they can piss off? Huffpo reports, “A pregnant woman is just a ‘host’ that should not have the right to end her pregnancy, Virgini[...]
Radical Republicans: Inhofe
Faith-based reasoning is intrinsically anti-science: U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is a staunch critic of climate science and in line to become one of America’s most powerful voices on environmental policies. Inhofe is expected to chair the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works[...]
February 27th, 2015 - 1:59 pm § in Politics
GOP lacks appeal to youths
If this photo and chart are indications, the GOP will be in big trouble when all the angry old white men die off. (Hat tip to Daily Kos) Photo: Thin attendance at a CPAC youth voter outreach session. [...]
February 26th, 2015 - 8:35 pm § in Politics
Scott Walker denies comparing labor protesters to ISIS
Which, of course, means he did. You don’t have to take my word for it; here’s the video clip of him doing it: http://youtu.be/95KgWRwC-Vk He certainly did. But afterward, CNN reports, “Walker told reporters he wasn’t making a direct comparison.” Of course he wasn’[...]
February 26th, 2015 - 8:20 pm § in Politics
Ben Carson is a hyperventilating bloviator
Ben Carson is running for the GOP presidential nomination. Hey, this is America; everybody’s welcome, and the more, the merrier! I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have an ordinary American citizen, instead of a professional politician, in the White House — although the [...]
February 26th, 2015 - 1:40 pm § in Politics
GOP legislator finds cure for cancer
Michele Fiore, a Nevada state legislator representing part of Las Vegas, believes the FDA is repressing effective cancer treatments like this one: If you have cancer, which I believe is a fungus, and we can put a pic line into your body and we’re flushing with, say, salt water, sodium cardonate [s[...]
Whackjob congress critter urges constituents to spy on neighbors
Newly-elected congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI), already famous for his jackassery as a state legislator, told constituents at a town hall last week to keep an eye on what their neighbors are purchasing with food stamps when they’re in the grocery store. To stop fraud, you know. I’m pret[...]
FACEBOOK: Is Torture Justified?
This thread began with a post from The Ave on Giuliani’s bizarre attack on Obama. The comment thread expanded to a very thoughtful discussion of torture and of the US commitment to Israel. Mirel Goldenberg Stephen Schwartz. How you obtain information from a detained fanatic terrorist? How [...]