by Calickizzle Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 01:21am
Once a year at CPAC, a bunch of angry white people get together to yell and complain about things they know nothing about. Granted, I’m not on the ground so I can’t provide first-person eyewitness, but according to Thom Hartmann, who worked radio row at the conference, he spent his time “looking at a sea of white people.”
CPAC has been described by the Washington Post as the “preeminent gathering of conservative activists,” and so I was eager to hear some of this mythical “conservative common sense” I keep hearing so much about, but yet see succeed in any manner. Unfortunately, with the conference now wrapped up, it appears that the amount of substance contributed at this conference could fit into a 140-character post on Twitter.
Nah, scratch that. Probably more like half a Tweet, 70 characters followed by a string of hashtags, such as: #obamasucks #nobama #wheresthebirthcertificate, etc. etc. You know, the extent of wit as provided by conservatives…
by Calickizzle Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 02:50pm
Seriously. Someone want to send Michael Steele a few copies? That way they could look up the word ‘bipartisanship.’
Responding to President Obama’s request to have a health-care summit and hash out legislation that combines preferred ideas from both sides of the ONLY if the President agrees to their demand to withdraw the legislation passed by both the House and the Senate off the table, along with the possible threat of reconciliation?
Yeah, that’s pretty much throwing off any and all pretense of attempting bipartisanship, at least from the GOP side.
Not sure if the GOP is worried about becoming irrelevant due to their political posturing and amandnat refusal to address the pressing needs our country faces. For some reason, I doubt it.
by Calickizzle Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 01:27pm
Thank you for preventing the appointment of Erroll Southers to head of TSA, leaving the security of our nation’s airways leaderless during this critical time. One can only imagine how the security of our nation’s airports would be in the hands of unionized “lifer” professionals, with full benefits and a high incentive for a high performance. Instead, I feel much more comfortable knowing that the security of our nation’s airports lie in the hands of under-paid, no-benefits transitional workers who seek little incentive except finding a better job that could provide for their families. So, kudos Senator! Its quite clear that you hold the safety of airlines in high importance- or you would if you actually flew them opposed to lobbyist-provided corporate jets.
And a thank you also needs to go out to the 108 House Republicans who voted against the $4 billion of “wasteful government spending” in the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill that would have gone towards updating and improving, including $1.1 billion for explosives detection systems. Thank you for being so concerned about the safety of our money as opposed to, you know, our actual physical safety.
by Memeticdrool Friday, November 6, 2009 at 07:00am
An auspicious 1 year anniversary later, this week has been the most telling week of the demise of the “conservative” movement since November 4th, 2008.
First, we can look to Sarah!?!?! for touching off, just as she did in 2008, the unparalleled level of media frenzy (this time in the NY 23rd race) that could only end in conservative tragedy.
by Calickizzle Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:06pm
Bwahahahahahahaha!
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. I was just reading over the alternative health care bill released today by the GOP, and I find it quite hard to keep from guffawing and chortling.
Give me a sec….
Okay, so, in a continuing effort to not be taken seriously, today House minority leader, the ever-orange John Boehner, released the GOP’s version of a health care bill. Now, this is only after months of the minority using obstructionist tactics while cat-calling from the sidelines as the Democrats shepherd legislation through the various committees, resulting in HR 3962- the Affordable Health Care for America Act- a comprehensive piece of legislation that addresses the systemic problem of health care reform.
by Calickizzle Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 03:59pm
After months of standing on the sidelines and only engaging with obstructionist tactics, House minority leader John Boehner is finally- FINALLY!- set to release the GOP health insurance plan. Or, to be more appropriate, their “un”-insurance plan.
The primary goal of the plan is not to increase access for those who lack coverage, but to reduce costs for those currently insured. As such, despite Boehner’s past rhetoric to the contrary, the GOP plan will deny those who have pre-existing conditions. Other aspects of the GOP’s soon-to-be released plan include such steps that will have negligible impact on costs, such as allowing the purchase of insurance over state lines, allow small business to band together to purchase insurance at cheaper rates, and limit legal malpractice lawsuits.
by Calickizzle Monday, October 12, 2009 at 01:55pm
Last August, ThinkProgress reported that Max Pappas, the vice-President of FreedomWorks, the corporate lobbying group that engineered the AstroTurf tea-bagging pity-parties, was engaging in friendly conversation on CSPAN with a caller from the the Council of Conservaitve Citizens (CCC). The CCC is a far-right bigoted racist group, founded by a longtime white power activist and are far from showing their undying love for the Untied States, instead claiming that the U.S. is a “European country.” Given an opportunity to reject the repugnancy of this individual who was calling in to tell Max that he was a “true patriot”, Mr. Pappas instead reveled in the praise that the CCC caller was showering upon him. Max’s flirtation with the right-wing fringe went contrary to a suggestion from a veteran Republican who called in to tell Max to “wrap these people down.” Indeed, Max vocally dismissed the idea that FreedomWorks would distribute an email telling their passionate followers to “calm down.”
