55 Funniest Signs From the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

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One of my favourites.

There are just too many good ones to share here.

I am Voting Republican This November

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Demon Sheep

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I think it's official now: the Republicans have lost their minds.

I have been in denial.

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My friends have been trying to convince me that America is actually a fascist country, which I have been denying. Until now.
Due to the recent decision that allows unlimited corporate "donations" to political campaigns, McDonald's claims that they are going to have the power to pick the next president with their "You Pick the President" promotion. While I have not been able to verify this via other news outlets, I am going to keep an eye out. Even if it's a joke, I would not at all be surprised.

Vote for this guy... so he can take away your rights.

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George Hutchins is a Republican running for Congress in the 4th North Carolina District in 2010. On his website, which could easily win The Worst Website In the History of the Internet (the only ones I have seen that could tie belong to white supremacist groups and/or conservative Christians), he specifically asks people of all colours to join his campaign:

"GEORGE HUTCHINS INVITES ALL BLACK, WHITE, SPANISH, AND ASIAN U.S. VOTERS TO JOIN US !!"

No, I did not change the formatting. Then further down the page, there is this lovely little tidbit:
"This POISON TREE, is the "Social Engineering" located within the so-called 1964 Civil Rights Act, to the U.S. Constitution."
But what is this "social engineering" of which he speaks?
"Social Engineering," includes FORCED DIVERSITY, FORCED RACIAL INTEGRATION..."
That's right, he is against desegregation and yet simultaneously expects the votes of the people he wants to marginalize.

Jerusalem elected a secular mayor!

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"Residents of Jerusalem chose a secular businessman to lead one of the world's most revered and complicated cities, putting an end to five years of ultra-Orthodox Jewish control, election results showed Wednesday.
At the end of a divisive campaign, Nir Barkat, a former paratroops officer, promised to be a mayor for "all of Jerusalem's residents," including the city's large ultra-Orthodox and Arab populations.
"I stand here and express my thanks for the great honor I have been given to serve as the mayor of Jerusalem, the capital of Israel and the heart of the Jewish people," the 49-year-old Barkat told jubilant supporters as he claimed victory at a pre-dawn celebration.
Final results released by Israel's Interior Ministry showed that 52 percent of the city's voters supported Barkat. His opponent, veteran ultra-Orthodox politician Meir Porush, received 43 percent."

Chambliss Laments Not Getting ‘Our Folks’ Out To Vote

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"COLMES: Why do you think you’ve been unable…[to] close the deal with the people of Georgia in terms of what happened on Election Day?
CHAMBLISS: Well, listen, we have, for the first time in the history the our state, a 30-day advanced vote period, and let’s give the Obama people credit. They did a good job of getting out their vote early. There was a high percentage of minority vote, and I am tickled to death that as many Georgians as did examined their right to vote. That’s what make our election process the envy of the whole free world, but we weren’t able to get enough of our folks out on Election Day."

I can't believe he said that.
Reminds me of some of the crap on the KKK's website. I would post a direct link, but probably the saddest thing I have read all day is that their site is having problems due to high traffic volume.

Why I shouldn't watch Bill O'Reilly

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"Exit polling shows most Obama voters supported him because they are worried and
angry about the economy. That fear overrode ideology, Obama's dubious associations, and his very liberal voting record. So there is no question Americans want Barack Obama to concentrate on improving the economy first and foremost.
With a very unpopular Bush administration and disaster for Americans who honestly invested in stocks and bonds, McCain had only one chance to win: become a crusader for the folks, promise to punish those who have perpetuated this massive financial fraud. But Senator McCain would not take that position. So he lost to a man who simply ran on one word: change. Yes, but what kind of change?"
Yes, Obama managed to hypnotize us all with the word "change" and didn't actually have a plan. He has nothing about the environment, safely pull us out of Iraq, security, tax breaks for the average American, and certainly nothing about women's rights.
I know I really shouldn't watch O'Reilly, but I can't help it.

Dear Mr. Obama

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Please don't fuck up.
Sincerely,
Brendar the Barbarian

Silverton, OR elects transgender mayor

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"Plenty of politicians reinvent themselves, but few do it quite like Mayor-elect Stu Rasmussen.
Rasmussen has been a fixture in Silverton politics for more than 20 years, and had twice before been mayor of the small city 45 miles south of Portland. Those terms, however, were before Rasmussen began earing dresses and 3-inch heels in public, receiving breast implants and beginning to transitioning.
Silverton has made Rasmussen the country’s first openly transgender mayor, according to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a group that works to help openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people win elected office."

Screw the poor

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During the recent election we've been hearing about the middle class this and the middle class that, from both sides. They don't even mention the poor. They might as well have said, "Screw the poor, nobody really cares about them anyway!"
And now that even the middle class is being affected by the economic crisis, they don't know how to cope. But us poor people, we at least are used to being screwed.

Focus on the Family compares Obama victory to Nazi bombing.

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"The spirit of Winston Churchill was alive and well on Tuesday night at Focus on the Family Action headquarters.

You may recall that in the most desperate days of World War II – when Great Britain was being pounded daily by Hitler’s Luftwaffe – that Winston Churchill called on his countrymen not to despair from danger but to rise to the challenge. […]

As our incredible team of staff members watched the election results pour in on Election Night, an amazing thing happened that Churchill might have recognized. Despite some sobering disappointments, there was no mood of despair and no “bunker mentality.”"

Need I even say anything? I hope not because I am speechless. via Think Progress

Well, at least they can admit it.

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"In an interview with the Washington Times, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)– who is the policy committee head for the House GOP— said of the conservative movement: “We’re rock bottom.” He added, though, that losing has its advantages. “We are now free to start thinking again, acting again, and doing the right thing by what our constituents and our country need.” "
Am I the only one who's afraid to ask what they have been doing instead of thinking?

Sexism reigns once again

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I came across a political cartoon that got me to thinking. I can't find it again, but I will describe it to you. Obama is standing in front of the White House and turns to wave at a man and a woman hiding in the shadows of some trees. Next to them are signs pointing away from Obama, labeled with such things as "slavery," "segregation," and "Jim Crow laws." The man is standing and waving back, as if in brotherhood while the woman sits next to him.
First, let me say that I think it's wonderful that we have a person of colour as our president-elect, and as I've said before, I don't think that it will have an effect one way or the other upon his potential performance. But I am disappointed that a person of colour became president before a woman did. Let me explain before you jump down my throat.
In short, it says that, "Yes, we are overcoming racism." Huzzah! At the same time it is an indicator that we have not yet overcome sexism. I know that there are all sorts of reasons why Hillary Rodham Clinton did not make it, but I am not referring specifically to her. Why haven't there been more acceptable options? Why was she our best female candidate? Yes, we should vote for their positions on the issues, experience, and plans for the future and not for external bits and pieces such as skin colour or genitalia. But obviously not everyone does.
Evidently women, particularly those of colour, are only acceptable as a demure, tame First Lady. While watching the post acceptance speech hug-a-thon, one of my male friends denigrated the clothing choices of Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain (although I do have to agree that the green was eye-watering). I turned to him and asked, "Why should it matter?" He answered, "It doesn't, but they will be skewered for it." My feelings are, unsurprisingly, that it doesn't matter. If you even comment on it one way or another, you are still making it an issue.
And who did not see this coming? I do agree that choosing Palin was an extremely poor choice on McCain's behalf, if a highly politicized one in an attempt to win those of us who have ovaries.

Math is hard.

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The title of an article on Daily Kos read, "OR-Sen: Maybe Northwesterners Just Count Slowly?"
Unsurprisingly, I take umbrage with such a statement, particularly because machines do the counting. The news (KATU/KATV/whatever local show was on) last night said the issue wasn't necessarily that the ballots were longer. In fact, I distinctly remember mentally comparing the length of this ballot to the first and only one I have ever voted in which was last election. They were the same. The issue was that one of the machines was malfunctioning. Not in the sense of someone was tampering with them, but rather that it had stopped working and all of the ballots that had been fed through that one had to be run again to ensure that they had been counted properly.
Democrat Jeff Merkley did win.

The KKK and Obama

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I couldn't help it. I was dying to know what the Ku Klux Klan was thinking about Obama being our first African-American president-elect. It was so sad, it was actually funny.
"What will it mean for those who are being disenfranchised from the very nation purchased by the blood of their forefathers? It could mean an awakening of our spirit and blood. Every time the television shows an image of Obama it will be a reminder that our people have lost power in this country. We actually lost that power 40 years ago, but with a white president people would go to sleep thinking at least white people were still running things."
Um, what about the Native Americans whom the white Europeans raped, pillaged, and murdered? This was their land before it was ever ours. And we are not a white nation. We have no special superiority. There's a reason why our Constitution states that all people are equal.
"We have said that there is a growing subtle hatred for our people. "
These people have no idea what real discrimination is.
"As more and more non-whites come into this country the hatred for the founding people will grow."
Yes, African-Americans hate the founding fathers because they were white men. And that's why Obama referenced them in his acceptance speech. (Actually, I think it's the little slavery issue that they had a problem with, but I could be mistaken). Ku Klux Klan

I really am turning into my mother...

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because I seem to be one of the few who is touting respect and basic courtesy towards Republicans, in the same way Obama has. I have left an internet forum or two because even though the rules clearly stated "Be Nice," they insisted on referring to Republicans as "Repugs" and other unpleasantries.
A friend of mine complained that a mutual friend and Republican had McCain and Palin plastered all over her profile. I said to him, "Last time I checked it's called MYspace and she has that right." If I find it annoying, I am certain that she found my excessive liberal and anti-McCain posts equally so.
We are all tired of how we have been treated as non-citizens and unpatriotic for the past eight years. Yes, it is nice to be on the winning side. But it doesn't mean that we should stoop to their level. No, we don't like it when people steal our yard signs so we shouldn't do it back to them. If you disagree with someone, don't resort to personal attacks and namecalling. Back it up with facts. I have friends and family who are Republican, and sometimes we just have to agree that we have vastly different views. We both care for America, we just have different ways of going about it.
I am practicing what I preach. As I mentioned above, I posted extensively on Myspace and at least one of my friends on there is a Republican. Let's call her L. She did not respond to any of my posts, not even to refute any of my anti-McCain/Palin articles. When L began to post pro-Republican/anti-Obama articles, I commented fairly heavily with refutations and clarifications. Pretty soon, I stopped. L had not been doing any of that to me. Instead, she let me be. I realized that it was hardly fair to attack her posts without provocation. Today, rather than gloating, I sent her a short and simple email conveying understanding and mutual hope.
In short: be gracious and nice to people. We know what it's like to be attacked for our political beliefs, and they are people, too.
If you don't, I will turn this car around!

Not my President?

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I heart Steve. His intelligence makes me feel like an idiot some days. He was ranting and raving about a local College Republican saying she wanted to print up some "Not My President" t-shirts.

I disagree. I couldn't blame her. After all, we did it for Bush, they have every right to do so in kind. But I would say to this young woman to at least give Obama a chance. Let him prove himself. As for being anti-Bush vs. anti-Obama, I have this to say: a tiny, highly questionable margin with lots of discrepancies vs. Obama's overwhelming victory? Think about it.

The new face of politics.

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"A US Congressman, the Oregon Secretary of State, the sheriff of Dallas County and two members of the Orleans Parish School Board are among more than 70 openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender candidates who won election to public office in the US yesterday.
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, a group that financially support LGBT candidates of all parties, endorsed a record-breaking 111 candidates in 2008 and more than 70% of them have won their races...
Kate Brown became the first openly LGBT Secretary of State in the US, and the second-highest ranking elected official in the state of Oregon. Brown is openly bisexual."
I didn't know about Kate Brown, and am pleasantly surprised.

Where McCain went wrong...

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1. His policies and histories were virtually completely instep with Bush's.
2. Choosing Palin. (Need I say more?)
3. Being out of touch with Americans and the economy.

In short, pretty much everything.