(SALEM, Ore.) - A high level Pakistani diplomat has been rejected as Ambassador of Saudi Arabia because his name, Akbar Zib, equates to "Biggest Dick" in Arabic.
What the hell, California? I'm gone for four years and you've fallen completely apart. You're bankrupt, you re-elected a washed up b-grade actor as governor, You lost Pete Carroll, and now you're treating Carly Fiorina as a serious candidate for the Senate?
The same Carly Fiorina whose chief claim to fame is that she did such a bang-up job running Hewlett-Packard that the board demanded her resignation after 6 years?
The same Carly Fiorina that hired private investigators to spy on HP executives?
The same Carly Fiorina who Portfolio Magazine listed as one of the 20 Worst American CEO's of all Time?
That Carly Fiorina? The one who was John McCain's senior financial advisor? That one?
Look at this ad Ms. Fiorina is running on the interwebs:
It's kind of long for a campaign ad, but it's worth watching through to the end. It is without a doubt the most bizarre ad I have ever seen for a political candidate. Apparently it has something to do with sheep vs. pigs (sheep are the good guys, I think) aith weird religious overtones. The bad sheep is knocked off his pedestal by a bolt of lightning, and scary devil music plays behind most of the ad. The voice-over guy is the epitome of moral outrage. He might as well be yelling "You, Tom Campbell (the bad sheep) You have done this! You have angered the gods with your fiscal impurity! You have brought this curse down upon us! Come, let us cast lots to see whom we will burn at the stake!"
My favorite part is when the voice-over guy talks about the wolf in sheep's clothing. They make no effort to disguise the fact that what they are showing onscreen is actually a human man in a sheep outfit. He's wearing wingtips, for God's sake!
Also, the bad sheep has glowing red eyes. So I guess he's the sheep devil or something. Anyway, all in all, this is the weirdest ad I have ever seen that didn't come from Japan.
According to professional prude and bigotry enthusiast Tony Perkins, the reason we have to keep Don't Ask / Don't Tell is. . .
You know, what the president has done is he has urged the Joint Chiefs to make a change at a time of war, undermining, potentially, our nation's security and the effectiveness of our military, and quite possibly opening the door to the draft once again, because we've seen that there are men and women who do serve in the military who have expressed reservations about staying in the military if this change comes about.
Yep, we need to keep them queers outta the military or else there's a-gonna be a draft!
And according to character assassin and falsehood buff Saxby Chambliss,
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) expressed his concern that repealing the rule would pave the way for allowing "alcohol use, adultery, fraternization, and body art" in the military
Because currently, you know, all members of the military are teetotalers, and none of our troops has tattoos or other-than-marital-sex. I mean, I assume. I've never been in the military, but I figure Gomer Pyle, USMC probably had it about right.
Although, come to think of it, I do remember seeing something in the paper about soldiers drinking. . . . .
hmm, well now I don't know what to think. . .
Anyway, I guess I owe the righties an apology. All this time I thought you were against gay people serving in the military because you think gayness is icky and maybe contagious, and you have the maturity of ten-year olds, but now I see you have perfectly legitimate reasons for your fear of military gaiety.
From the increasingly irrelevant Atlanta Journal Constitution:
A bipartisan prescription for national health care reform
By Newt Gingrich and Andrew Von Eschenbach
Okay, so the actual op-ed piece itself is not really important, although you can read it here if you're interested. It's pretty much what you would expect, vague, meaningless suggestions like "make healthcare more affordable," and "make healthcare more available," and (swear to God) "Make healthcare more appropriate." So, basically do nothing and let the free market work its fucking bullshit magic or whatever, but that's not really the point.
Here's the point.
I know who Newt Gingrich is, but I had no idea who this Andrew Von MC Escher guy was, so I looked at the bottom of the piece, where they explain who the authors are and I found this:
Newt Gingrich is the founder of the Center for Health Transformation. Dr. Andrew Von Eschenbach is former commissioner of the FDA and senior strategist at the center.
Yeah, that's right. The AJC's idea of bi-partisan means Newt Gingrich and a guy who works for Newt Gingrich.
Goddamned liberal media!
Pathetic. And they wonder why newspapers are dying.
