Some people are content to shoot themselves in the foot the old-fashioned way. Others insist on using an automatic.

I was going to stick with my usual strategy of just picking out something weird from the week to comment on, but with so much stupid shit going down, I can't pick just one. So without further ado:


1: In an event that, at this point, we all know about, Rep. Joe Wilson had a teensy little outburst at President Obama's speech last night. Now, I have no problem with him disagreeing, and I have no problem with him making it known publicly, but there's a time and place. Further, the claim that Obama was lying was more than a little out of line, since the specific portion of the speech he objected to is confirmed in section 246 of the bill currently making its way through the House. In fact, the bill outright states that affordability credits will not be provided to illegal immigrants.

A good friend put it best: "I'm one for revenge, so a well timed, lingering fart by Al Franken during a Mitch McConnell filibuster seems in order."

Adding to the fun, though, is the fact that since this little exchange, Wilson's opponent, one Rob Miller, has received massive - and rapidly climbing - campaign contributions. (See HERE or HERE) When you consider his strong track record of poorly-considered outbursts, I'm going to recommend the GOP muzzle him before he takes down the entire party.

For more fact-checking of his claims, go HERE


2: A couple of weeks back, Glenn Beck went off on this group of ostensibly "militant" group of young black men, as seen here (relevant part starts around 1:10):



Now, however, it's been revealed (not by Beck, of course) that this oh-so-dangerous junior military was, in fact: a group of high-school step dancers rehearsing. No, seriously, check it out:



If you check out the (many, many) videos on Youtube of this, you'll see that wearing camo pants is pretty common for things like this. Hardly the high treason Beck claims to fear. Honestly, I've always thought he was at least bright enough to hide the racist crap, but lately, he's just waved it out for all to see.


3: Speaking of waving things out for all to see, this one has much less relevance to real politics, but it was so damn funny that I had to include it. Apparently, Sacramento assemblyman Michael Duvall (married w/ 2 children) has been found to be in bed with a lobbyist. Not surprising on its own, but when you consider that it's literal, things get more interesting. For added fun, it was discovered when ol' Mikey didn't realize his lapel mike was on and talked about the affair to a colleague. Quite vividly, in fact! Some choicer excerpts:

"She wears little eye-patch underwear <...> So, the other day she came here with her underwear, Thursday. And
 so, we had made love Wednesday--a lot! And so she'll, she's all, 'I am going 
up and down the stairs, and you're dripping out of me!' So messy!"

"So, I am getting into spanking her. Yeah, I like it. I like spanking her. She goes, 'I know you like spanking me.' I said, 'Yeah! Because you're such a bad girl!'"

Honestly, if Wilson needs a muzzle, this idiot needs something else entirely. For the entirety of the story, go read the article HERE. For even more entertainment, here's the news story, complete with audio clip:




EDIT: I know I've gone on long enough, but Jesus, this stuff just keeps on coming:
So, Sean Hannity says, "[Obama] said tonight that insurance executives are bad people." Okay, not true, but whatever. But then he immediately shows a clip of Obama stating, "Insurance executives don't do this because they're bad people; they do it because it's profitable." Hannity's not even bothering to hide the fact that he's full of crap on this one!