THE SCARIEST STORY EVER TOLD

Our government is being controlled by money-hungry, socially-challenged, racist, bigoted, homophobic, sexist, hypocritical, war-mongering extremists.

BOO!

F*CKY F*CKER F*CKERTON

Well, he's gone and dun it now, folks! He's officially become the little wooden boy of the GOP.

Caricature by John Brown at News from Babylon

Our poor pathetic excuse for a leader has signed into law a bill authorizing the construction of 700 miles of fencing on the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

And after all his soapboxing this past year on guest worker programs, too. Such a shame. [tsk, tsk] And so unfortunate that it's during an election year.

I wonder what could have changed his mind?



And such a strange coincidence, I know, what with the Republican Party at such a high risk of losing Congress and all.


Courtesy NewsCopy NewYork

Oh, well, the Great Wall of America should fix everything.



Unless otherwise noted, all photos are courtesy of AP.

NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE (IF ONLY IT WERE THAT SIMPLE)

People are so, so sad. And a little scary. And so unbelievably warped.

Melissa McEwan, a regular blogger at Shakespeare's Sister, recently posted an article on AlterNet about two seemingly disparate incidences linked by one common thread -- hatred (isn't it always, though?):

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog takes a look at two recent news stories about discrimination against members of the LGBT community. In the first, a transgendered woman in Minneapolis is having a hard time getting a taxi, because Muslim drivers are refusing her business based on her being transgendered. In the second, a gay couple was refused service by a landscaping company, because they "choose not to work for homosexuals."

Steve's noticed a curious disparity in conservatives' reactions to the two stories.

All sorts of right-wingers -- Daniel Pipes, the folks at Free Republic, the folks at Little Green Footballs -- came to the transgendered person's defense. But when the gay couple spread the word to friends and acquaintances about the Garden Guy and recommended taking gardening business elsewhere (and some people suggested it might be illegal discrimination), why, right-wingers were incensed!

...So, if Allah tells Muslim cabbies that transgendered people are icky, that's bad. But if Jesus tells the Garden Guy that two gay homeowners are icky, that's wonderful. And even telling gay friends that the Garden Guy hates their sex life is jackbooted thuggery and makes the Baby Jesus cry.

Do I have it figured out now?

Pretty much.

And for my part, I'm sitting here thinking, what the hell was a gay couple doing trying to hire a straight gardner in the first place?

THE BLOGOSPHERE'S ALL ABUZZ WITH THE BIG LIE

"But which big lie?" you ask, justifiably confused by such an irresponsible generalization when the superfluity of falsehoods and fabrications have so obviously begun to muddle up the windows of the glass tower that it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack at this point.

So, allow me clarify. THE lie of the week is this one: THE STAY-THE-COURSE LIE (watch the video), in which our dear shrub not only backpeddles like a clown with two broken ankles, but then pathetically cocks his head like a puppy in yet another lame-ass attempt to garner sympathy or pity or a nice meaty treat.

In a nutshell:

STEPHANOPOULOS: James Baker says that he’s looking for something between “cut and run” and “stay the course.”

BUSH: Well, hey, listen, we’ve never been “stay the course,” George. We have been — we will complete the mission, we will do our job, and help achieve the goal, but we’re constantly adjusting to tactics. Constantly.

Hmmm...so "we've never been stay the course," huh? But ThinkProgress did just a little mild investigating to (lo and behold!) uncover a few shiny trinkets that apparently only Georgie-boy didn't remember ever saying:

BUSH: We will stay the course. [8/30/06]

BUSH: We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. [8/4/05]

BUSH: We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We’re just going to stay the course. [12/15/03]

BUSH: And my message today to those in Iraq is: We’ll stay the course. [4/13/04]

BUSH: And that’s why we’re going to stay the course in Iraq. And that’s why when we say something in Iraq, we’re going to do it. [4/16/04]

BUSH: And so we’ve got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course. [4/5/04]

Oh, that any of this really mattered.

Hat tip, Shakes.