A perfectly reasonable fear.

Erik Rush Suspects Obama Will Classify Christians as 'Mentally Ill and Ship Them Off to an Asylum'

In the area of mental illness, given the administration’s totalitarian bent, this could mean an era of atrocities galore. . .
In the case of those who pose the most dire threat to Obama’s designs – Christians – these will certainly be targeted. After all, who more demonstrably epitomizes mental instability in the eyes of the Marxist atheist than those who commune with and rely upon that which is unseen?


Ironically, anyone who actually believes this should be classified as mentally ill and shipped off to an asylum.

The Tea Party Apologizes

(Via TPM)

Tea Party Group Apologizes To Karl Rove

Tea Party Patriots said that a fundraising email sent out Tuesday showing a manipulated photo of GOP operative Karl Rove wearing an S.S. uniform was a mistake that the organization "did not know about or approve." 

"We apologize to Mr. Rove. While we may have strong disagreements with Mr. Rove on the future of conservatism, we want to be clear this imagery is absolutely unacceptable and are working to ensure this type of mistake doesn’t happen again," read the statement.

Oh, of course. Of course that sort of thing can't be tolerated. You can't go around comparing people to Nazis.



Even though you have serious disagreements with Karl Rove, Nazi comparisons are really beyond the pale.



Obviously the Tea Party can't allow itself to be associated with people who make these sort of outrageous comparisons.




It really goes without saying that Nazi references are unacceptable. A classy organization like the Tea Party is obviously above that sort of thing.




Apology accepted!




And so on. . .




etc. . .

World's Most Horrible Teacher Still Employed as Teacher, Still Horrible.

'Gays don't have a purpose' says special-ed teacher

Speaking in favor of an anti-gay prom in Indiana, a special education teacher adds fuel to the fire with homophobic comments

16 February 2013 | By Jean Paul Zapata

 

She actually made those comments on Feb.  12th and as far as I can tell, she has yet to face any disciplinary action.

Indiana!

 

 

'Homosexual students come to me with their problems, and I don't agree with them, but I care about them,' Medley continued. 'It's the same thing with my special needs kids; I think God puts everyone in our lives for a reason.'

Because obviously being gay is a handicap, just like a learning disability. It's a kind of sexual dyslexia!

When asked whether she believes gay and lesbian people have a 'purpose',  [And what kind of an asshole even asks that question?] Medley said: 'No, I honestly don't. Sorry, but I don't ... A gay person isn't going to come up and make some change unless it's to realize that it was a choice and they're choosing'.

I'm not even sure what she's trying to say in that last sentence, but it is apparently something along the lines of "gay people are bad and darn it, they just won't choose to be un-gay!"

Change.org has generated more than 18,750 signatures on a petition calling for Medley's termination. However, Medley has been defended by Northeast School Corporation Superintendent Mark A. Baker  who said she was practicing her First Amendment rights to free speech.
"These comments were expressed during a Sunday community meeting at a local church and at no time was she representing the Northeast School Corporation"


Except that this was apparently a meeting of teachers, parents, and assorted busybodies who were in favor of banning gay & lesbian students from the Sullivan High School Prom. So, clearly she was speaking as someone affiliated with the school.
According to My Wabash Valley.Com:
Several parents, students, and others who believe gays should be banned from the Sullivan High School prom met Sunday at the Sullivan First Christian Church.
"We don't agree with it and it's offensive to us," said Diana Medley.

I don't know where these folks get the idea that anything that bothers them can be banned. You know, there are people who find Christianity offensive, what with its sexism, homophobia, and all-around anti-sex attitude. Should those folks be able to bar Christian teens from school functions?

Their idea is to create their own separate...traditional prom. Students say there are several others from their high school who agree, but are afraid to take a stand.
"If we can get a good prom then we can convince more people to come and follow what they believe," said student Kynon Johnson.
And now they want everyone to know where they stand.
"We want to make the public see that we love the homosexuals, but we don't think it's right nor should it be accepted," said a local student.

And if that's not love, I don't know what is! Who you are is completely wrong and unacceptable, we're going to have a "good prom" and you're not allowed to come. Luv Ya!



Of course, there are those who find this kind of bullying heroic:

"Christians have always been prepared for a fight. Jesus gave us armor for the front, not the back; we're not running anymore," said Bill Phegley with Carlisle Church.

Yeah! You, the vast majority, are no longer going to run from. . . wait. When were you ever running? You think it's courageous for the majority to come together to shun the minority? And you're going to act like it's the gays that have been somehow pushing you around?
And some idiot right-wing talk show host has chimed in with this (via MPS)

Everything is so upside down in our society now and right and wrong have completely switched where what is really wrong is to say you shouldn’t have two boys allowed to go to the high school prom.

 




Yes. Yes it is really wrong to say that. Glad to see you've come to your senses and. . .Oh, wait. You're being sarcastic, aren't you?

 I feel for these Christian kids who are in a prom or kids who are at this high school who say, ‘you know something, do we have to go down this road?’ Whether the homosexual activists like it or not, and I know this isn’t politically correct to say this,
 but not everybody wants to see that. 

 

Well, Jeezus, nobody wants to see this, but what can you do?

And your rights to be who you are and love whom you love are obviously not as important as the fact that some insufferable prig might be bothered by seeing two boys dancing together.





 I know that that’s offensive to the activist crowd, they want us all to see it, they want us all to approve of it, they want us all to call it blessed and okay and rejoice and have parties and throw confetti in the air over this whole thing

Or, they may just want to live their lives without constant harassment and belittlement and condemnation from asswipes like you, but you know,
tomato, tomahto!

But the fact of the matter is it’s a moral issue. You will always have Christians who will disagree with this and why should the rights of the activists trump the rights of Christians?

And there it is, the victim card! You knew it was only a matter of time. Listen radio nut, your Christian rights aren't being violated. No one is telling you that you can't attend the dance. No one is telling you that you can't bring the date of your choosing. Just because someone else's rights get recognized, that's not a diminishment of yours. I know you're used to being treated like the top dog, but rights are not a zero-sum game. Everyone can have rights without you losing yours.

 Also, shut up you horrible person.
 

Seven PsychoCats

Who cares about Marco Rubio's drink of water?

 
So he got thirsty. So what? Isn't the relevant topic here that he gave maybe the stupidest speech of all time?
 
 
Because he starts out with standard right-wing boilerplate like
 
More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back.
More government isn't going to create more opportunities. It's going to limit them.
 
Which you expect from any Republican, and which are presented as if they were obvious facts with no evidence required. But then he goes on to talk about how his neighbors depend on Social Security and Medicare (big government programs) and how "Medicare, is especially important to me. It provided my father the care he needed to battle cancer and ultimately die with dignity. And it pays for the care my mother receives now."
 
And he used the Federal student loan program to be able to attend college, but for you, government is bad and will hold you back and blah, blah, blah. . .
 








And perhaps the stupidest sentence anyone has ever said
 
"When we point out that no matter how many job-killing laws we pass, our government can't control the weather – he accuses us of wanting dirty water and dirty air."
 
So when we make a stupid claim, the President in your imagination says something that in real life he didn't say? The government can't control the weather. What an asinine thing to say. The government can take measures to limit the amount of damage that human activity is doing to the climate, but they can't "control the weather" so why bother? And I don't recall the President saying that you want dirty water and dirty air, but you actually make a pretty good case for that like a minute later when you say: "God also blessed America with abundant coal, oil and natural gas. Instead of wasting more taxpayer money on so-called "clean energy" companies like Solyndra, let's open up more federal lands for safe and responsible exploration."
 
So, fuck clean energy, let's dig more coal - hey, why do you think we want dirty air? 
Actually, nobody thinks that you "want" dirty air. We think that you just don't give a damn whether or not it's clean as long as your donors are making lots of money.
 
And while we're on the subject of energy policy:
 
 "If we can grow our energy industry, it will make us energy independent, it will create middle class jobs and it will help bring manufacturing back from places like China."

Really? Being energy independent will cause manufacturing companies to say "forget paying Chinese slave laborers $2 an hour in shit conditions, now that the US is drilling for more oil, I say we move the factory back to Ohio and pay people a middle-class wage!"
 
 




And re: taxes
"Raising taxes won't create private sector jobs.  And there's no realistic tax increase that could lower our deficits by almost $4 trillion."
Well, first of all, no one said that raising taxes would create private sector jobs. Me going jogging every morning won't create any private sector jobs, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't do it. I mean, I'm not going to, but I should. And come to think of it, I'm going to use that rationale when my wife suggests I get a bit of exercise occasionally: "but honey, that won't create any private sector jobs!"
As to the tax increase, I seem to recall a time when we had no deficit, when we had in fact, a budget surplus. Hmm, what was it that happened to change all that?

 



Oh, right!

 
I could go on, but it doesn't get any less stupid. Marco Rubio, or whoever wrote his rebuttal speech is a goddamm idiot. And that's what should be relevant not the drink of water.
 
Although, now that Rubio has tweeted out a picture of a bottle of Poland Spring water, I do wonder if maybe that wasn't a bit of product placement.

 

Are they a donor?

 



Oh, and also this was weird:

"I needed water, what am I going to do" Rubio told me this morning on "Good Morning America" while pulling out a bottle of water and taking a sip. "God has a funny way of reminding us we're human," he said.

Um, most people don't really need a reminder that they're human, Senator. We're usually well aware of our humanity.



PS It's always worth noting that Marco Rubio voted against renewing the Violence Against Women Act.