“I have two grandchildren — Maggie is 11, Robert is 9. I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America, by the time they’re my age they will be in a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists and with no understanding of what it once meant to be an American.”
–Newt Gingrich

Methinks Mr. Gingrich does not know the definition of the word atheist. It’s really not possible for an atheist to be a radical Islamist or for a radical Islamist to be an atheist. Not … possible. Not without changing the meaning of the word atheist, anyway. Does he think atheists only disbelieve in his particular flavor of god? That’d be a pretty stupid thing for someone with any education whatsoever to think.

This guy is supposed to be one of the Republican Party’s powerhouse intellectuals, but I gotta say, if he doesn’t know that someone who holds a belief in ANY god isn’t an atheist then he’s less intellectual than most middle school students.

I actually can’t wait for the 2012 Presidential run to start. I am expecting comedy gold the likes of which even god himself has ever seen. It will also be interesting to see if America is stupid enough to elect one of these morons.

Needless to say, copyright is not some magical status automatically applied to anything you create simply because you have created it. You can claim copyright on something, but without the paperwork to back it up… waaaaaah.

Well … noooooo. Actually, copyright is, in fact, a magical status automatically applied to anything you create the moment you create it, simply because you have created it.

They say that there are two books that can change a teenager’s life, “The Lord of the Rings” and “Atlas Shrugged”.

-One is a childish fantasy with black-and-white morality, unbelievably perfect heroes and perfidious, ugly villains which leads to an unhealthy obsession and an emotionally stunted adult life.

-The other is about elves, hobbits, orcs and a magic ring.

“George W. Bush did an incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom…”
–Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) YouTube clip

I first saw this on Olbermann last night, but since I don’t trust Olbermann to be any more less full of bullshit than I do any other TV talking head, I wanted to wait until I could watch the whole interview at the Today Show web site and verify for myself that Perry had said it and hadn’t corrected himself a millisecond later before I posted about it. In short, I do like some context with my soundbites. Well, Perry did indeed say exactly what the quote says he did, and the fact he’d said something coming extremely close to the truth never even crossed his apparently pea-sized brain. He just moved on to the next talking point. He’s got his script down, except for the little Freudian slip.

Also, Perry can just keep bleating on and on about how he’s not running for President, and I will continue to not believe him. Perhaps not President, but maybe Vice-President? I would almost be willing to bet large quantities of money we see his name in the hat for some sort of White House run. Bush used to insist he was never going to run for President too, and well … he did, didn’t he? Trust me, Perry would LOVE to be President, and he would thoroughly and totally suck at it (just as he sucks at being governor).

“I have heard (from people who keep horses and cows) that the reason horse corrals are round is because horses don’t understand corners. Evidently they hug the perimeter while they’re left to their own devices, and when they get to a 90 degree angle they just stop. If it’s a continuous round pen, they can follow the edge forever. Cows have no such problem.”

Horses are not stupefied by corners. Horses are not stupid.

There are reasons corrals are round. Read about those reasons here.

I will now be getting on with my day. Much to do, and then I need to RANT.

AB: Are you recording this?

JO: If you want, I can record it, I usually don’t record it unless I’m trying out a new position or something really kinky though. I have the camera set up though, so we can do whatever you want, whatever you feel comfortable with.

AB: Is this a gag?

JO: Abbie, I’m not really into S&M, so I don’t have any toys like that…

AB: No, is this a joke, are you kidding?

JO: Oh, I’m sorry, I thought you were talking about S&M, what do you mean is this a gag?

AB: You can’t be serious, I’m married.

JO: Abbie, there’s never going to be a right time for you and I. There’s only right now. We have to make the most of the time we’re given, and we’re being given right now.

AB: Are you serious?

JO: I’ve never met a woman like you, one who had the drive, ambition, and the same creative power, the same creative juice. We’re the same person Abbie, we’re meant to be together. I’m serious because my heart is serious.

What could that possibly be? If you guessed it’s a script for the latest James O’Keefe (of Acorn Pimp infamy) “caper” … you guessed correctly!

His plan to bring down CNN involved a boat, fuzzy handcuffs, dildos, romantic 80′s music, hidden cameras, and CNN’s Abbie Boudreau, who James apparently believes would fall under the spell of his incredible animal magnetism and domineering sexy manliness rather than behave like any normal adult woman would when confronted with a person like James and a scenario such as a very small sailboat (seriously – tiny) full of sex toys, lube, and condoms … say, kicking him in the balls and walking away immediately (or at the very least, rolling her eyes and walking away immediately).

Fox News is being silent on the matter, as I would fully expect, as are most right-wing news outlets and blogs. I’m sure once they have a well-spun story that somehow turns it all around and makes dear James look like a hero of conservative journalism, we’ll be hearing from all of them. I await the entertainment that will provide.

Seeing as he’s on probation after that whole Senator’s office “caper” … I would think proof that he’d recorded a phone call in Maryland without informing the second party he was recording (illegal there) might put his precious freedom in jeopardy. He can’t plead ignorance of that fact either, seeing as the last post on Twitter (dated yesterday) points to a news story about the legality/illegality of recording people in Maryland.

At the very least, it would be nice if his extensive 15 minutes of fame were over. He no longer seems like a stupid, immature, young right-winger and a whole lot more like a dangerous sociopath. Not that there’s much difference between those two things these days, as far as I can tell. It would be doubly nice if he’d take Andrew Brietbart with him.

“That’s why I want to challenge every restaurant to offer healthy menu options and then provide them up front so that parents don’t have to hunt around and read the small print to find an appropriately sized portion that doesn’t contain levels – high levels of fat, salt and sugar.”

“It could mean serving 1 percent or skim milk. Or you could make healthy sides like apple slices or carrots the default choice in a menu and make fries something customers have to request – which would hurt me deeply – I’m a fry lover.”
–Michelle Obama

And they interpret it as this:

“The government wants to ban selling fries with hamburgers?!?!?!”
–name redacted to protect the ignorant

Seriously, they do not live in reality or comprehend English, do they?

“I’d like to hear Barack Obama come out and renounce Lucifer. I don’t recall hearing him do it.”
–Jerome Corsi

I’d prefer he renounce Cthulhu. Compared to Cthulhu, Lucifer is a wimp.

Also, seeing as I don’t recall ever hearing Jerome Corsi renounce Lucifer (or Cthulhu), I have to assume he is in league with the devil himself.

The level of stupidity in this country continues to escalate to all new heights. Alas, it appears the stupidity is becoming a worldwide problem, so there’s no use moving to some other country. Seeing as we don’t have a space program designed to get me off this rock, I guess all I can do is hope the coming New Dark Age (of Utter Stupidity) holds off until I am dead. Because I am in a pessimistic mood this morning, I’m just going to guess it won’t, and I’ll have the “pleasure” of living my golden years in an intellectual wasteland that was once a thriving human society. Woe is me.

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
–Frank Herbert, Dune

1. Check facts. Check facts. Check facts.

2. Verify authenticity of sources, and develop trusted sources.

3. Locate and consume original source of information.

4. Do 1, 2, and 3 before becoming outraged or passing it on.

Those these sound like they would only apply to journalism and politics and the internet, I apply them to just about everything in life. I find them useful, and I wish more people would use them. Especially people in journalism and politics … unlike all the people currently embroiled in the Sherrod drama.^†

1. † Especially the Obama Administration. Their overwrought and hasty reaction to a clip of an edited video tape has made them look completely stupid.