hippiechick wrote: 

I am Christian so it is not bullshit to me. Although Sen. Inhofe is not the most likeable of characters...

 Jack_Jefferson wrote: 
I'm of Jewish heritage so it's all bullshit to me

 hippiechick wrote: 
And these A-holes at Faux News are always pointing out that liberals don't have a right not to be offended and that they should grow thicker skin.  I'm so sick of this BS every year from Thanksgiving to Xmas.

Last week, if you recall, Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla) had some emotions because of that time he could no longer participate in a Tulsa parade because they had named it the "Holiday Parade Of Lights." This forced Inhofe into a position where he would have had to validate other holidays of other people who practice other religious faiths. Despite the fact that the parade remained Christmased-out to the max, and had always welcomed Tulsans of all stripes to celebrate their particular holidays, Inhofe had to travel almost fifteen miles in order to find a parade that had the name "Christmas" in it in order to ride his horsey, which is some of the worst religious persecution ever meted out to humans.

Per Alex Seitz-Wald at Think Progress, Inhofe went on Fox and Friends this morning to continue to have emotions over this minor inconvenience he forced himself to face for no good reason:

CARLSON: So, what you're saying is, that it's not like you're not tolerant of other religions. ... What you're saying is — what a lot of people are saying in our society right now — which is if we're supposed to be tolerate of all these other religions, which pretty much everyone accepts, why does it always seem like Christianity is the one to take the boot?

INHOFE: They're the ones to get the hit. ... I think there are a lot people of other faiths who wonder also, why do they always pick on the Christians?

There can be no doubt that Inhofe's personal struggles do not in any way cheapen the suffering of other Christians, such as, say...the congregants of the Our Lady of Salvation Church of Baghdad — which was attacked by terrorists just over a month ago. Right? I mean, Christians are so terribly picked on, in America. Next you'll be telling me that Christians aren't allowed to worship in some parts of Lower Manhattan, or something.

5 Right-Wing Scumbags Bankrolling Dangerous (and Plain Weird) Conservative Causes

 kurtster wrote: 

The question is: who is dumping the material on Wiki? We know US Army Private Bradley Manning provided the first document dump. Is he behind the latest dump? We know he partnered with a group of left wing hackers in Cambridge, MA on the first dump

 cc_rider wrote: 
stoppit.  yerkillinme.

Well, thanks to wikileaks, it seems that Glenn Beck was right about a few more things besides gold.

 BasmntMadman wrote:
 
Obtuse, that's me.

 cc_rider wrote: 
Hmmm...looks like you're trying to say something...and I probably agree with a lot of it...

 BasmntMadman wrote: 
Wait, what are you trying to say? Do you mean that politicians are out of touch with the plight of most Americans? That wealthy people have no idea what most of us go through to get simple things like dental exams and checkups? Are you trying to say that wealthy people in general, and politicians in particular, do not care about the vast majority of working Americans?

 BasmntMadman wrote: 
We (taxpayers) pay $10,000/year!!! for these assholes to have insurance.

DO I HAVE INSURANCE???? NO!!!!! CAN I GET INSURANCE???? NONE THAT I CAN AFFORD!!! F*cker!

Rep.-elect Harris snagged in health care flap

This asshole is about as far-right as they come.  He launched attack ads against conservative Republican opponents in primaries, accusing them of being...gasp...liberals. 

Now this piece of trash wants HIS bennies now that he's in Congress.  He can't understand why there's a whole month before he receives his health care plan!!   Yet he's part of the crowd who complain the loudest about Congress receiving extravagant health care benefits.

And his comment that he doesn't know of any employers who don't offer health care benefits immediately shows how utterly out of touch he is.  Andy, baby, try taking an hourly job in the service sector - medical benefits don't start for a freakin' YEAR, and dental for two.  Schmuck.

Some of the Faithful are trying to put a positive spin on this episode - Harris was just trying a publicity stunt to focus attention on Congressional health care benefits.  That theory blows up when you consider his comment that the private sector offers insurance immediately.  He's saying that the private sector coverage - at least to professionals - is better than Congress'.

Won't this nonsense ever stop?

Leo Berman, Texas State Legislator, Introduces 'Birther' Bill

 hippiechick wrote: 
Problem is he wasn't speaking to "real" Hasidim.

Agendas of Paladino and Rabbi Meld

In fact, Mr. Levin is not, strictly speaking, a Hasid, though he wears the familiar black hat and coat of those who are. “I’m the next closest thing to Hasidic,” Mr. Levin said, “an amalgam of right-wing yeshivish and Hasidic.”

What Mr. Levin did have was a pure devotion to conservative politics unmatched by more prominent Orthodox rabbis, many of whom preach traditional values in shul but are highly pragmatic when it comes to picking politicians to endorse, backing winners and those most likely to deliver resources to their communities.

 hippiechick wrote: 
To be fair, in some areas it would be an improvement. Of course, in other areas it could have dire consequences, life-threatening even, so I don't think we should roll that die.

Carl Paladino may not have many people sticking up for him after his anti-gay remarks before a group of Orthodox Jews on Sunday, but he has at least one supporter: Ann Coulter.

Speaking to Bill O'Reilly on Fox News Monday, Coulter said she felt the need to come to the Republican's defense after it seemed everyone else had stopped backing him.

"I think someone on this network should ," she said, calling Paladino a "great warrior" who wants to lower taxes.

Asked about the specifics of the speech — in which Paladino warned against letting children be "brainwashed" into thinking homosexuality is an "equally valid or successful option" — Coulter said the candidate was just giving his socially conservative audience the red meat it wanted.

"He's speaking to Hasidim...it's like going to Chicago. You say, 'Go Cubs,'" she said.

Mitch McConnell Open To A Government Shutdown, Joe Miller Says

 kurtster wrote: 

and treated with more respect...