There must be some scientific correlation between hot weather and Rushpublic loonitude. Last summer they nearly popped their collective neck veins screaming and hollering and over shouting public officials at town hall health care reform meetings.

Then we have a gubernatorial candidate accusing Americans of hiding behind the Constitution (!!), only to be preceded by the wackydoodles who want to perform Amendmentectomies.

Oh noes! You know what this means, don’t you? Constitutional death panels!

Asked during an MSNBC interview about many Republicans’ calls to repeal the portion of the 14th Amendment providing citizenship to any person born in the United States, Rendell said the idea will likely turn off many independent voters. [...]

“If I’m an independent and I look at [GOP Gov.] Rick Perry saying Texas is going to secede from the union, and now I hear the Republican Party saying repeal the 14th Amendment — which has done so much good for the country — I’m beginning to worry that these guys are cuckoo.

“Not all Republicans – there are plenty of good ones – but there are a lot of people who are nuts in there,” he said.

By GottaLaff

What a great mom:

There’s nothing more patriotic than teaching your kids how to shoot a president. Or does “Obamas” mean his whole family? Maybe she was referring to future Obamas, meaning, what? Future black presidents?

Add her to the list of violent Tea Bagger gun crazies who hide behind the flag.

Child abuse isn’t part of that “Family Values” thing, Mom. And IMHO, training your kids to use firearms specifically to ready them for “Obamas tomorrow” is child abuse. Be proud.

Mommy Dearest’s profile (click on image to enlarge):

H/t: Dynamo_Diva

By GottaLaff

Louie’s a real case study in nutballitude. He just can’t seem to grasp that thing called.. oh, what’s that word… Oh yes: reality. (follow that link)

Here he goes again. A video-o’-wackydoodle. However, little does he refer to the fact that:

[T]he bill “very clearly” does not fund abortion. [...] The bill creates a clear firewall between public and private money, going even beyond current law. Moreover, pro-life organizations like the Catholic Hospitals Association have endorsed the bill, and pro-life Congressmen like Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI) and Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA) agree that the bill does not use tax-payer dollars to fund abortion.

Louie was right. He did bring an abortion to show them. He brought an abortion of the truth, thus having committed the very act he so condemns.

Which makes him today’s official Rushpublic Hyp. O. Crite.

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

I cannot fathom how these people can be so shortsighted. It’s beyond comprehension. Do they not realize that all that money they’d supposedly save won’t do anyone any good if nobody is around to spend it?

Republican politicians and conservative activists are launching a ballot campaign to suspend California’s landmark global-warming law, in what they hope will serve as a showcase for a national backlash against climate regulations.

Supporters say they have “solid commitments” of nearly $600,000 to pay signature gatherers for a November initiative aimed at delaying curbs on the greenhouse gas emissions of power plants and factories until the state’s unemployment rate drops.

GOP gubernatorial candidates and Tea Party organizers paint the 2006 law, considered a model for other state and federal efforts, as a job-killing interference in the economy. Talk radio is flailing at what John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, drive-time hosts on Los Angeles’ KFI-AM (640), call “the global-warming final solution act” promoted by “fascist, Nazi” officials.

“We are on fire,” said Assemblyman Dan Logue (R-Marysville), a sponsor of the proposed initiative. “People are calling from all over the country. This will be the most intense campaign the state has seen in 50 years.”

“We are on fire.” Hey Dan Logue, so is the planet.

The measure would halt proposed regulations until the state’s jobless rate dips to 5.5% or below for a year. That’s a level that California has not seen since 2007.

This is mind-achingly stupid. California’s habit of governing via ballot initiative needs to be broken. Schwarzenegger* is proof of that.

*To be fair, he’s fighting this campaign. I’ll give him that.

By GottaLaff

This fits the Rushpublics to a tea:

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The State of the Union as seen by the GOP: Just another “You lie!” opportunity.

H/t: Dave Weigel

By GottaLaff

Today’s Quickie:

Thom Hartmann on the Radio Machine just now, commenting on the Rushpublic hysteria over the news that some of the 9/11 suspects will be tried in the U.S. court system:

“They’re hysterical because a criminal is going to show up in criminal court and get the death penalty.”

Period.

That was today’s Quickie. Was it good for you?