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Florida GOP: The word "uterus" is "inappropriate for children and other guests."

Hell hath no fury like a vagina scorned.

The GOP is scared of your crotch, ladies.  I’m serious.

Last week, during a debate on Florida legislation that would prevent union dues from being automatically deducted from government paychecks, Scott Randolph (D-Orlando) used his time during floor debate to call the GOP out on their hypocrisy.  He pointed out that the GOP is staunchly “small government” when it comes to business, but “big government” when it comes to the little guy and their own pet interests — like lady parts.

At one point Randolph suggested that his wife “incorporate her uterus” to stop Republicans from pushing measures that would restrict abortions. Republicans, after all, wouldn’t want to further regulate a Florida business.

Apparently the GOP leadership of the House didn’t like the one-liner.

They told Democrats that Randolph is not to discuss body parts on the House floor.

“The point was that Republicans are always talking about deregulation and big government,” Randolph said Thursday. “And I always say their philosophy is small government for the big guy and big government for the little guy. And so, if my wife’s uterus was incorporated or my friend’s bedroom was incorporated, maybe they (Republicans) would be talking about deregulating.

It’s not like I used slang,” said Randolph, who actually got the line from his wife. He said Republicans voiced concern about young pages hearing the word uterus.

“I think it’s a sad commentary about what we think about sex education in the state,” he said.

He’s right.  We all know that.  According to the Teabilly Doctrine, the government should be teeny-tiny when it comes to regulating big business.  But when it comes to lady business, the government is so fucking big that I wouldn’t be surprised if the military starts forcing women to quarter soldiers in their vaginas.

IT COULD HAPPEN.

::ahem::

Here’s what Katie Betta, the Florida GOP spokeswoman — woman! – had to say: (DANGER! SCARY VAGINA AHEAD!!1)

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Tiki Barber is Tryin' to Call it a Comeback

What a Giant jackass.

Rememeber how Tiki Barber up and left his wife when she was eight months pregnant for a 23-year-old NBC intern?  And remember how Tiki got fired from NBC and then was unable to pay his divorce settlement?

Well, he has filed papers with the NFL so he can play teh footballs again.  Why?  Because he’s broke, son:
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South Dakota Wants to Make it Totally Cool to Murder Abortion Providers

What the–?!

I have no words:

A law under consideration in South Dakota would expand the definition of “justifiable homicide” to include killings that are intended to prevent harm to a fetus—a move that could make it legal to kill doctors who perform abortions. The Republican-backed legislation, House Bill 1171, has passed out of committee on a nine-to-three party-line vote, and is expected to face a floor vote in the state’s GOP-dominated House of Representatives soon.

“The bill in South Dakota is an invitation to murder abortion providers.”

The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Phil Jensen, a committed foe of abortion rights, alters the state’s legal definition of justifiable homicide by adding language stating that a homicide is permissible if committed by a person “while resisting an attempt to harm” that person’s unborn child or the unborn child of that person’s spouse, partner, parent, or child. If the bill passes, it could in theory allow a woman’s father, mother, son, daughter, or husband to kill anyone who tried to provide that woman an abortion—even if she wanted one.

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Can We Impeach Clarence Thomas Yet?

Or maybe, just add another justice or five to SCOTUS (of my choosing, obvs)?

Clarence Thomas is useless.  We all know it.  He hasn’t spoken in Court in five years.  Not one question.  Not one “Say that again?”  Not one “Do you smell that?”  Not one “Asphinctersayswhat?”

He just sits there — silent in his black robe — like a non-ambulatory ninja.

Well, as it so happens, he might be is a crook also, too: Continue reading

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Ronald Reagan Hagiography: The Clothes Have No Emperor

So he would have been 100 years old — so what?  He was still a disaster — as this book will remind you — so let’s stop fellating him already.

Ken Layne’s Wonkette post convinced me to check out Paul Slansky’s e-book called The Clothes Have No Emperor.  I’m about one hundred pages in, and it’s fantastic.  It’s essentially a timeline of the Reagan years broken down into bite-size pieces.  (You can read portions for free here — you’re going to want to buy it.  Trust.)

As a child of the eighties, I remember not liking Reagan (it was a reflexive reaction having been raised by sociofascist hippies) but I was a little fuzzy on all the details.  I remember watching the Iran-Contra hearings, and being annoyed that it was interrupting General Hospital – hey, I was like 10 years old.  Anyway, this book fills in those fuzzy details, and after reading only a chapter, one gets the grave sense that the history of this man’s presidency was being re-written as it was happening.  It’s disturbing.

From the website for The Clothes Have No Emperor: Continue reading

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Georgia Republican Bobby Franklin: You say you’re a rape victim? Uh-uh — not so fast. Prove it!

Fuck these people. Seriously.

Fresh off the heels of the Republican effort to redefine rape, Georgia Republicans have begun their latest assault on women1: Representative Bobby Franklin (R-GA) has introduced a bill to change the state’s criminal and civil codes so that victims of rape, stalking, and domestic violence can no longer be called “victims” but must be called “accusers” until the defendant has been convicted.

Let that sink in for a minute.  If your brain hasn’t exploded already, proceed with caution.  I make no guarantees about the intacted-ness of your grey matter upon reading the rest of this post.

The downgrading of “victim” to mere “accuser” applies only to rape, as far as I can tell.  If you’ve been mugged, or robbed, or defrauded, you’re still a victim.  (And poor you, by the way.)  If some person has violated you sexually without your consent, however, you’re just an accuser: we don’t quite believe you yet; we need to know how much you had to drink; we need to determine whether you were wearing slutty boots, fuck me heels, or booty shorts; we also need to know whether or not you’re just saying you were raped because he didn’t call you the next day.

According to the language of the bill, its purpose is: Continue reading

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The Daily Show: Rape? Rape-rape? Rapish?

I meant to post this a couple days ago.

You’ve probably already seen it, but if you haven’t, Kristen Schall attempts to explain the GOP’s scheme to redefine rape:

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The GOP has already backed away from this full on assault against women, but has yet to explain why the fuck they thought it was a good idea in the first place.

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Glenn Beck Focuses Crazy Eyes on 78-Year-Old CUNY Professor

R.I.P. Civil Discourse. We hardly knew ye. ::pours malt beverage on curb::

Glenn the Batshit is at it again.  This time he’s spinning tales about 78-year-old CUNY professor Frances Fox Piven, charging her with “intentionally trying to collapse the economic system”:

On his daily radio and television shows, Glenn Beck has elevated once-obscure conservative thinkers onto best-seller lists. Recently, he has elevated a 78-year-old liberal academic to celebrity of a different sort, in a way that some say is endangering her life.

On Jan. 5, 2010, Glenn Beck delivered one of several attacks on Richard Cloward, now deceased, and his wife and collaborator, Frances Fox Piven, who wrote about ending poverty.

Frances Fox Piven, a City University of New York professor, has been a primary character in Mr. Beck’s warnings about a progressive take-down of America. Ms. Piven, Mr. Beck says, is responsible for a plan to “intentionally collapse our economic system.”  Her name has become a kind of shorthand for “enemy” on Mr. Beck’s Fox News Channel program, which is watched by more than 2 million people, and on one of his Web sites, The Blaze. This week, Mr. Beck suggested on television that she was an enemy of the Constitution.

She must be stopped before she destroys these united states!  Seize her!

Except the basis for his crazy is an article written by Piven and her husband back in 1966: Continue reading

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Rush Oxybaugh Mocks POTPRC Hu Jintao [UPDATED]

You can’t spell “klassy” without “assy”

Yesterday, I heard about Limbaugh mocking Chinese culture, and like most people I brushed it off. Getting outraged at Rush Limbaugh depletes my outrage resources, and I only have so much to expend.  Thankfully, however Betty Cracker1 (RACIST!) over at Rump Roast put together this little video featuring a claymation Limbaugh.  It makes the video a lot easier to watch, which isn’t saying much since it’s pretty fucking offensive.

Needless to say, Limbaugh is as much of an asshole as he always is, and blesses us with a 17 second imitation of The Chinese Language. It’s offensive, yes. But what’s really embarrassing is how long he goes on:

Thanks for taking Rush out of the picture, as it were, Betty.  Watching Limbaugh sweat and gesticulate like a crazy person is the stuff nightmares are made of.

UPDATED!

Here’s Colbert’s take on it:

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