The mind boggles

MTV shoots new season of Real World/Road Rules reality show.

MTV destroys rainforest and pristine beach to build set and house crews.

Did I forget to mention that MTV does a lot of "Be Green" and "Go Green" marketing?

Pro-life politicians for abortion!

Well, yeah, this is no real surprise.

But you really have to love it. Especially when the local "Right to Life" chapter whose endorsement you were seeking publishes this:




Of course, I think all of these people are off-base, but the in-fighting, the sunlight on the wingnut hypocrisy, everything about this story is just delicious.

(h/t Jezebel)

More GOP follies

Morals!!!

GOP judge arrested for DUI. Wearing a dress. Which, for normal people, who cares? About the dress part, I mean.


GOP anti-porn crusader! With, natch, child porn on his computers. Little League coach, too...

In which John Cole goes apeshit

Yes. Fucking yes sir...

Backstory:

Robin Prosser, a Missoula woman who struggled for a quarter century to live with the pain of an immunosuppressive disorder, tried years ago to kill herself. Last week, she tried again. This time, she succeeded.

After her earlier attempt failed, Prosser wound up in even more trouble after investigating police found marijuana in her home. She used the marijuana to help cope with pain.

That marijuana charge was eventually dropped in an agreement with the city of Missoula, and Prosser had reason to rejoice in 2004 when Montanans passed a law allowing medical use of the drug.

She was a high-profile campaigner for the Montana Medical Marijuana Act, and like others, she was dismayed when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that drug agents could still arrest sick people using marijuana, even in states that legalized its use.

Cole:

I have had a couple drinks, so let’s be blunt (pardon the pun)- and this goes out to anyone, of any political persuasion, anywhere, who had a problem with this woman using marijuana to alleviate her pain (especially the alleged “conservative” federalists who can’t handle the thought of states making their own drug laws):

Go fuck yourself. To death.

I am tired of being patient with you nannies and your stupid self-serving rules and your slippery slopes and your bullshit and your need to be tough on crime and your earnest concerns about society. Mind your own business, get your own house in order, stop fucking interns and little boys and cheating on your wives and on your taxes and being found dead wearing two wetsuits with a dildo shoved up your ass. Just mind your own damned business, and let people do what they must to deal with their own screwed up lives, and let people handle their pain the best way they can.

I am sick of the bullshit. Life is hard for most people out there, and damned near impossible for people in chronic pain. Quit making it worse, you allegedly compassionate sons-of-bitches.

Really, get over it.

I understand "image" and "marketing" and all that shit, but it really pisses me off that the media have been instructed to stop calling Georgia @ Florida the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party." And the media comply (well, except for a couple ESPN radio guys).

You can call it whatever you want, it doesn't change the fact that there are 100,000 people there, 90,000 of whom have been, um, partaking in the enjoyment of libations?

This phoniness will be the death of America. Just look at the last 6 years...

Reality check: people drink. Also? People fuck. Sometimes, people drink then fuck. It's a beautiful thing.

So... all you fundies, tight-asses, prudes, and kill-joys? Are you listening? Just get over it. Get over yourselves. In fact, why don't you just joins us, and enjoy your lives?

Weekend Linkdump

There was a lot of great stuff out there this week, and I got nuttin'. I have a couple posts in draft form, but until they're finished, here you go:

Chris Dodd rocks.
Five greatest alcohol stories.
That "press conference" FEMA held about the wildfires? 100% fabricated. Just the way wingers like it.
Pizzas of death.
Even Republican "diplomats" don't want to go to Iraq, so they're conscripted or fired.
John Edwards is the man.
Wingnuts explain how they love children, but they just don't want to insure them.
The best motherfucking "Lost Pet" sign ever.
Chris Dodd rocks some more.
A really funny collection of blog posts that went nowhere.
The "War on Christmas" is starting early this year. DAMN are winguts gullible and stupid.
A depressing interaction with the deli clerk.
The looming real estate disaster looms larger and larger.
Best. Caption. Ever.
Michell Malkin flecks some spittle at a company suspected of fraud, because it's owned by George Soros. Wingnuts flock right behind her. Unfortunately, she didn't take 5 minutes to discover that Soros sold the company (after turning it around completely) to to some Republicans. Who obviously couldn't maintain that level of success, so they did what Republicans do. Namely, resort to fraud. Too funny.


And this. Holy shit, this...

The Ten Most Dangerous Organizations in America, according to Family Security Matters:

10) ThinkProgress
9) Muslim Student Association
8) CodePINK
7) American Civil Liberties Union, National
6) Family Research Council
5) Center for American Progress
4) League of the South
3) MoveOn.org
2) Universities and Colleges
1) Media Matters for America

The most dangerous organization in America is one that watchdogs the media? Telling, that.

Ok, one more...

Please pay attention, those who wish to preach to others...

Glass houses and all.

Johnny Cash is my hero.