It's stupid to have an "officiating priest" at the inauguration.  It's really stupid to have that officiant be Rick Warren.  Must we start throwing sops to the Rubeligious Right already?

www.slate.com/id/2207148/

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/12/07/1207bushinside.htmlRead more... )

I thought it would take longer for Republicans to assign blame for McCain's defeat, but I guess the wheels have been in motion for a while:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/palin-didnt-know-africa-i_n_141653.html

When Carl Cameron ( Read more... )

YESSSSSSSS!

This is too funny not to share...

http://wonkette.com/403920/jesus-people-pray-that-false-idol-will-save-gods-economy

That's right... that's a GOLDEN COW in that photo.  Somebody anoint Ashcroft with Crisco and get him down here,

Copy this sentence into your LiveJournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by those who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow ( Read more... )

I definitely need more evidence, but oh MAN, does this strike a chord for me.

The Washington Post printed this article on Monday, describing a study conducted at Yale about the effects of misinformation on people's minds:  http://www. ( Read more... )

It would have been hilarious, if it weren't for the fact that this woman is still a serious contender for the Vice Presidency of the United States of America.  (By "serious", I mean that a lot of people will vote for her, not that she's an informed or sensible choice ( Read more... )

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card

The best is, of course, Karl Rove.  Someone should just follow him around with a camera all the live-long day.

...Palin's a book-banning, earmark-addicted Alaskan secessionist who wants Christian Creationism given equal time alongside evolution in public schools.  (No doubt she wants all other religious creation myths given equal time, too.  The CFSM can really get behind this one.)

Worse than Dan Quayle?