The Daily GOP Ignominious

There is an old saying, “Acquirng education and skills does not provide intelligence”.  Three perfect examples of such follow:

Orly Taitz

Orly Taitz Newt Gingrich attended a campaign event on Monday of this week. He unfortunately agreed to attend an event for too close to our nation’s walking advertisement for reestablish of aid for the mentally challenged to the State for mental cases.  He ran into Taitz! Huffington Post-Politics After answering concerns about the state of his campaign following a slide in recent polls and primary contests, Taitz came forward, suggesting that the birther issue could provide a “boost” to his candidacy if he made it a hallmark issue. “Somebody who wouldn’t be good enough, who wouldn’t be certified to pick tomatoes or clean bathrooms is sitting in the White House,” Taitz told Gingrich, reportedly to a mixed reception from the largely Tea Party audience.  “That’s a project you should pursue,” Gingrich responded. He went on to say that with ongoing economic issues and other mismanagement he saw in the president’s agenda, he had “enough issues to debate Obama about.” The really sad part of the entire interaction was not Taitz’ inane drivel.  Gingrich continued hope for having opportunity to debate President Obama is revealing. It is also Ignominious! Rush Limbaugh Attacks women, contraception, the Democrats and life! On Tuesday he used his radio show as a platform for “Solyeny Green” like the world is doomed protestations,,. His scorn was in response to last week’s (and the week before) Susan G. Komen’s organization killing decisions to following conservative doctrine vs. showing empathy for women in need.  Huff Post-MEDIA (selected excerpts)

He was reacting to recent developments surrounding birth control, which have included Komen’s funding cut for Planned Parenthood and the Obama administration’s mandate requiring all employers to cover contraception for workers. 

“Why is contraception so important that it must be paid for by somebody else?” he demanded to know. He asked why contraceptives are “a must-have” in comparison to toothpaste, hotel rooms or a car.

“Why are so many people afraid of birth?” he wondered.

” (Planned Parenthood is part of ) “……a money-laundering operation for the Democrat party” and that the organization “is rolling in dough” from providing abortion services. 

“So why would the Democrat party want to make sure that there aren’t any pregnancies?” 

 “Could it be that Democrats fear kids?” 

 ”I mean, they are aborting their own people. The vast majority of people having abortions are Democrat voters.”

Relevance please, or better yet, someone please provide a profile of the average Limbauigh listener.  Some producer/director in Hollywood is seeking a profile for their next horror film.


Ignominious or No?




Liz Trotta (Fox News pundit/idiot)

Have you ever heard, seen or smelled anything so very ignorant?

Ignominious

…and the Band plays on…..

..at Peace

Volume please (But not loud)

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Maddow on Politifacts (Round Two)

…..get a great big “Pants” on Fire”

As a writer who has used Politifacts for articles and for fact checking, I will admit that this second Maddow disclosure on Politifacts has chased me away from the site.   Follow this one closely if you have not already view the segment.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Well, after that viewing it does not take much to place Politifacts in perspective.  Either the newspaper which runs Politifacts has a political slant they now pursue (Alas, Susan G. Komen), or they have unsupervised interns working the “Truth Indicators”.  In either case, Politifacts has drop to the viewing level of Fox News.

Plutocracy… Bill Moyers and Alternet.org

Bill Moyers and  and Michel Winship have published an article about what is a growing US Plutocracy. I refer to the ‘uber’ wealthy people who are benefiting from a ‘tragic’ Supreme Courts Citizens Decision.    Yes, I took a couple of liberties in the previous sentences.

First,  I mentioned “….uber wealthy people how are benefiting from….” If you do not realize the significance of “having your man/woman in the Oval Office, you should not be allowed to register as a voter based on extreme naivety (in a light hearted sense).  Second,  I wrote, “tragic” Supreme Court.  The make-up of our US Supreme Court is clearly the result of far too many conservative administrations.  I have frequently opined that the Court is, but the result of years of ‘stacking’ by conservative Administrations. It is currently stacked to the point of many years to come of a conservative majority.  Rulings such as Citizens United should serve as an expectation  for our future, and at the same time a caution for voters as we move forward through the 21st Century.   The nation can ill-afford and another Scalia, Thomas, or Alito.  Voters be aware!

The article is published on Alternet.org: Moyers: “Meet the Shameless Plutocrats Choking What’s Left of Our Democracy”. 


Moyers’ fair and balanced reporting certain leads to ending the article with an appropriate ‘shot’ at the president.  President Obama recently asked that progressive donors (obviously the wealthy) donate to Super Pacs (i.e., Priorities USA Action ).


Isn’ t it a sad state of affairs that the nation’s highest court, authorized the foundation of a growing Plutocracy in the United States of America.  Either a Left lean or a Right lean, it still sad. It is impossible to fathom the ‘Crafters of the US Constitution” (some call them Founding Fathers) accepting the Citizens United Decision as within  the confines of what the Right likes to call strict interpretations of the Constitution.

FOX News: The anti-global warming broadcast network

Changes in ice thickness (in centimeters per year) during 2003-2010 as measured by NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites, averaged over each of the world’s ice caps and glacier systems outside of Greenland and Antarctica. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Colorado  › Full image and caption› Related animation

Did you know Earth’s Himalayan region is not suffering the same ice melting as other ice covered regions? Example Greenland is shedding its millenniums ice formations. The melting is contributing to rises in Earth’s sea levels. A recent  extensive research project and subsequent study have yielded data that Earth’s land ice has shrunk drastically over the past few years. 


MediaMatters reported yesterday on the findings of a major University of Colorado climate study. The Madiematters article relates to, yes, Fox News’ continued misrepresentation of scientifcc data. One can only hope Fox News staffers simply do not understand scientific data and related reports. The opposite scenario, however is more typical.  Fox News is reporting on global warming as it reports on other issues the network feels supports progressive thought. The network seems to take empircal data and turns the data over to ‘behind-the-scenes’ spin doctors for creative and “obtuse” reporting from a conservaite angle. In other words they approach certain news coverage like, “….this cannot be, our managers and producers have a differing slant.”  I offer one case-in-point recent reports from Gretchen Carlson and, of all people, Dick Morris, about Fox New’s reports of ‘doctored’ jobs numbers for January 2012.  Yes, we know, plug  me in, pay me, and give me a camera with a microphone, and watch me work.



Shauna Teel of MediaMatters wrote a compelling article titled: Polar Opposites: Fox News and Science. Teel begans her article as follows:

Once again, a scientist has had to correct a Fox News distortion after the network’s flagship nightly news program misrepresented a study to claim ”the Earth’s polar ice is melting less than previously thought.” Dr. John Wahr, who helped lead the research, said via email that Fox’s coverage is “misleading” and “inaccurate.” 

The research from the University of Colorado Boulder — the “first comprehensive satellite study of the contribution of the world’s melting glaciers and ice caps to global sea level rise” — found that the land ice shrunk by nearly 150 billion tons every year between 2003-2010 (mostly from Greenland and Antarctica), adding 12 millimeters to sea level rise.

Mind you the broadcast was not some Hannity or O’Reilly biased propaganda reporting;  the broadcast was the Fox News evening ‘flagship’ telecast.  If you want to watch, here it is….. (I spared my brain the insult and respected for my time. I did not watch the video)

http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/pl55.swf




Basically, the University fo Colorado study revealed data indicating rapid ice melting in Earth’s Polar regions. The study also included comparison data of another glaciered region of Earth: the Himalayas.


Teel continued…..

While the study found that glaciers in the Himalayan region were melting less than ground-based estimates had indicated, Professor Wahr said “our estimate of polar ice loss is roughly the same as previous estimates,” contrary to Fox News’ report. Wahr observed that Fox seemed to believe that the Himalayas are located at the Earth’s poles. They are not.  

Speaking to The Guardian last week, Wahr said: “Our results and those of everyone else show we are losing a huge amount of water into the oceans every year … People should be just as worried about the melting of the world’s ice as they were before.”

The creative ‘hooks-people’ over at fox news used that very moment for Baier to use that all familiar ‘Come back after the break teaser’.


A recent university studied published poll data which indicates Fox News viewers are generally less informed on issues than most television news network viewers.


Huffington Post- MEDIA

Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don’t watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Is there any doubt as to why Fox New viewers may suffer from ‘information starvation’?   NASA has a good reputation for getting it right!