To be sure, you’ll always find a few malcontents in any crowd. But it’s worth keeping in mind that this isn’t some Tea Party rally. It looked to be made up of donors and more policy-oriented folks. Yet the claim that Obama is a “domestic enemy” was well received, and Cantor’s dismissal of it provoked audible groans from at least a few of the attendees.

By GottaLaff

I tweeted Ed a thank you for this earlier:

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Ed had no patience for Heritage Foundation Guy’s being evasive and in denial:

“You are the problem, Ernest…. It’s not happening on both sides… This is how the righties operate. They can’t even give good commentary without attacking.”

By GottaLaff

Now children, let’s go back and review what we’ve been missing:

Men rode dinosaurs so that they could hunt better. And besides, they made great companions when the wife was busy birthing cavedwellerettes.

There is no such thing as separation of church and state. That’s a crazy myth that some Marxist commie made up.

Always use your position to exploit and indoctrinate children, and then accuse the first African American president of doing the same when he’s encouraging good work habits and responsibility:

After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday voted to approve a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the role of Christianity in American history and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light.

The vote was 11 to 4, with 10 Republicans and one Democrat voting for the curriculum, and four Democrats voting against.

And children, above all else, be fair and balanced:

The board, whose members are elected, has influence beyond Texas because the state is one of the largest purchasers of textbooks.

Remember children: The whole church and state thing? Pffft!

The conservative members maintain that they are trying to correct what they see as a liberal bias among the teachers who proposed the curriculum. To that end, they made dozens of minor changes aimed at calling into question, among other things, concepts like the separation of church and state and the secular nature of the American Revolution.

“I reject the notion by the left of a constitutional separation of church and state,” said David Bradley, a conservative from Beaumont who works in real estate. “I have $1,000 for the charity of your choice if you can find it in the Constitution.”

Bias? What bias?

They also included a plank to ensure that students learn about “the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s, including Phyllis Schalfly, the Contract With America, the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority and the National Rifle Association.”

To be fair, the Black Panthers and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “nonviolent approach” will get some print space, too. That’s some concession, huh?

Today’s lesson: Little children asked, and received, their own little raptors for their birthdays. And if they were extra special good, pet nanshiungosauruseseseses… eseses…es.

Sunday’s lesson: Jesus had dinosaur stables back when saddling up a brontosaurus was in vogue. He loaned his herd out to anyone who needed a ride to the nearest crucifixion. He was socialistic that way.

By GottaLaff

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My pal Allen McDuffee has a post up about “Rush’s own party that’s looking for opportunities in Haiti.” And then scrubbing the word “oppotunities” from the Heritage Foundation’s website. Not appalled enough yet?

Here’s a sample:

The post, written by one of its fellows, Jim Roberts, showed one of the more calloused reactions from within the Beltway.

Here was the original introduction which has since been removed:

In addition to providing immediate humanitarian assistance, the U.S. response to the tragic earthquake in Haiti earthquake offers opportunities to re-shape Haiti’s long-dysfunctional government and economy as well as to improve the public image of the United States in the region.

Forget relief. Opportunities are to be had, according to Roberts.

There’s your tease. Here’s the whole story.

By GottaLaff

Your Daily Dose of BuzzFlash, via my friend, Mark Karlin:

Sure enough, the right wing Heritage Foundation — who, along with the American Enterprise Institute, is a favorite of the “respected” RWNJs –wrote a convoluted defense of the 30 GOP Senators who claimed that not interfering with Halliburton/KBR and other leeches on the government was more important than holding them accountable for preventing rape in the workplace. [...]

So now we are discussing the vast right wing infrastructure created over three decades supporting rape. If you are a woman, how can you vote Republican? It’s a question of backing a party that enables rape, period, whatever specious defense they cook up. [...]

I guess if you’re in the GOP, rape and racism are as American as apple pie and a noose.

Didn’t they used to lynch black men for just looking at a white woman the wrong way?

Please read the whole thing here.