Archives: February, 2009

Garafalo: Rush Limbaugh Is a Self-Loathing Narcissist
Jon Ponder | Feb. 28, 2009

Janeane Garafolo, in rare form, psychoanalyzes Rush Limbaugh on MSNBC’s “Countdown” with Keith Olbermann.
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Hate Group Leader Dobson Resigns, Once Said SpongeBob Recruited Children to Be Gay
Jon Ponder | Feb. 28, 2009

Video: Researcher Carol Gilligan calls Dobson’s use of her research to criticize gay parenting “completed distorted and unfounded”
James Dobson, founder of the virulently anti-gay group Focus on the Family, announced late on Friday that he is stepping down.
Dobson is perhaps most famous for once claiming that the cartoon character SpongeBob Squarepants was being used [...]

Video: Bearden Apologizes for Skipper’s Death, Is Sentenced to Life
Jon Ponder | Feb. 28, 2009
Jindal Admits Statement in GOP Response to President’s Speech Was False
Jon Ponder | Feb. 27, 2009

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s performance delivering the Republicans’ response to Pres. Obama’s address to Congress last week was widely panned, even in his own party. Now he has revealed that an anecdote he used to illustrate his party’s belief that government regulation is deadly was false:
Remember that story Bobby Jindal told in his big speech [...]

Study: Utah Leads Nation in Online Porn Purchases, Sales Higher Nationwide in Religious Areas
Jon Ponder | Feb. 27, 2009

A study of the online porn purchases nationwide by Harvard Business School uncovered something surprising (or maybe not). Residents of right-wing religious areas purchase more porn than those in liberal areas:
States where a majority of residents agreed with the statement “I have old-fashioned values about family and marriage,” bought 3.6 more subscriptions per thousand [...]

Topics: Congress, GOP Hypocrisy

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Bearden Found Guilty in Murder of Ryan Skipper
Jon Ponder | Feb. 27, 2009

Joe “Smiley” Bearden, one of two men accused of killing Ryan Skipper, a gay student, was found guilty of second degree murder today in a courtroom in Bartow, Florida. After deliberating for two days, the jury also found him guilty of grand theft of an automobille, tampering with evidence, receiving stolen property and accessory to [...]

Topics: Fox News, Ohio

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Five States Whose GOP Govs May Refuse Stimulus Are Among Most Dependent on Federal Dole
Jon Ponder | Feb. 27, 2009

In the annals of political hypocrisy, it’s hard to imagine examples more egregious than the sight these days of Republicans in Congress racing to the cameras to kvetch about government spending. Now they’re for fiscal responsibility? Now?
Interestingly, the five state that pay the most in taxes while receiving the least in federal spending are more [...]

Topics: GOP Hypocrisy, Swiftboating

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Quote du Jour
Trish Ponder | Feb. 27, 2009

“Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: ‘Great God, grant that twice two be not four.’”
— Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883), novelist and playwright

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OC GOP Mayor Caught Sending Racist Email about Obama
Jon Ponder | Feb. 26, 2009

Despite its reputation for liberal politics and embracing diversity, California is also home to bastions of ignorance and racism. Not coincidentally, these so-called “red counties” are invariably dominated by the Republican Party.
For example, during the election last year, Diane Fedele, the president of Chaffey Community Republican Women Federated in inland Riverside County, sent an email [...]

Topics: Congress, Fox News, Racism

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When Our Elected Twits Twitter …
Buck Banks | Feb. 26, 2009

Hotline has a new publication called Word on the Tweet that gathers the Twitter musings of elected officials and reproduces them, misspellings and all. What better time to start this new “service” than on the night of President Obama’s address to Congress? Read ‘em and tweep.
Last night’s speech by Pres. Obama may have been the [...]

Topics: Congress, Fun Stuff, Pandemic Watch

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