And what a horrible time to be sick it was. I missed so much and, because of that, you missed so much. Because I'm your only source for news. Right?
...Right?
Anyway, rather than make empty promises about how I'm going to catch up on all that stuff, I'm just going to quickly recap the things I would've written about had I not been sleeping away my illness. Buckle your seat belts, people.
1.) Rush Limbaugh
Not 48 hours after my last post in which I criticized him for his remarks towards Danica Patrick, Rush Limbaugh dug himself a deeper grave when he called Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute." The day after that, he insisted that if women want the taxpayer's to pay for their contraception, then we (I assume he means himself there and not the taxpayers as a whole) "should get something out of it." That something being internet videos of said women having sex. As numerous groups, sites, and individuals have pointed out, Rush Limbaugh has absolutely no idea what he is talking about at any level. I won't get into that myself, but I urge you to cross reference what he said with actual facts. The results will surprise you. Also, Limbaugh has since lost more than one hundred sponsors from his show. I sincerely hope that this marks the end of Limbaugh's hold on shitty talk radio as well.
2.) James Inhofe
An actual living, breathing senator of the United States of America declared that global warming is a hoax, so sayeth the Lord. "Well actually the Genesis 8:22 that I use in there is that 'as long as the earth remains there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night.' My point is, God’s still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous." You know what's outrageous, senator? The fact that you represent this country. You're basically saying that science, as well as basic ideas like "cause and effect," are nonsense. Seriously. Who voted these fucking idiots in?
3.) Missouri House of Representatives Advances Anti-Discrimination Bill
...For gun owners. Oh, good. Because when I woke up this morning, I was thinking that people with guns have been discriminated against for far too long.
4.) Andrew Breitbart
To me, his death was irrelevant. That's not to say that I feel sorry for his family's loss, as well as for a death that came far too soon. But apparently Breitbart had in his possession video taped evidence that would connect President Obama to *insert scary group here*. When he died, several right-wing groups immediately suspected foul play and accused the Obama Administration of having Breitbart killed. Despite the fact that Breitbart's own family shared the cause of his death without too much hesitation. Oh, and the video taped evidence that Breitbart assured us would bring down the Obama Administration? It was released, despite his death. It was of Obama hugging the first black tenured professor at Harvard. Scary stuff. As ThinkProgress reports, PBS's Frontline program aired the same "damning" footage days before the 2008 election. Whoops.
5.) Sarah Palin
My favorite Alaskan girl. We go way back, her and I. She was one of the first posts I ever wrote on this blog. I put forth the hypothesis that she is really Predator from the alien action movies. I think it was to prove a point. I'm not really sure. What I am sure of is that Palin accused President Obama of wanting to "go back to before [the days of the Civil War] when we were in different classes based on income, based on color of skin." First of all, we are in different classes based on income. Two, really. Poor and wealthy. The middle class is pretty much gone at this point. Second of all (and more importantly), if President Obama wanted to return us to the days where classes were based on the color of our skin, wouldn't that be a bit of a step back for him? How does this rhetoric even make sense? For the love of all that is right in this world, please shut the fuck up.
6.) Mitt Romney
He's still trying to get everyone to like him, and he's still showing that he can't relate to anybody but his wealthy friends. I'd be more excited talking to a saltine and a gallon of off-white paint than I would be voting for Romney. I'm sure it would be a stimulating conversation. If he wins the delegates, Republicans will back him, but not enthusiastically. It's obvious to a lot of people that Obama will be in the White House for four more years.
7.) Wisconsin GOP
After the wave of anti-governor sentiment washed through the capital, the state GOP made sure to let their constituents know that they were listening - by boarding up all the doors and windows. The GOP in the state assembly voted to amend the state constitution in order to make it harder for officials to be booted out of their office. This really pisses me off. Instead of listening to what the voters were saying (i.e. "You aren't doing your fucking job and we don't want you making laws for us anymore"), the politicians in the capital changed the rules to keep their jobs and to continue doing their dirty business. Hey. Guess what? You're there because people voted you in. If they want you out, one way or another, you're coming out.
8.) Rick Santorum
Someone dug up an interview back from 1994 in which Santorum claimed that, "Moms raising children in single-parent households simply [breed] more criminals." He also, according to ThinkProgress, introduced legislation during his second term as congressman that would have denied welfare benefits to mothers who could not name their child's father. Asshole.
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