Life Is Good... So Stop Complaining, Damn It!

There is nothing to worry about, Gloomy Guses: No need to concern yourselves with Fleischer and Rove or even the Republican wingnut candidates; Don't even worry about Michigan's open primary shenanigans or the lies about how much better the economy is under Republicans; Forget Limbaugh's comedy routines; Ignore Ann Coulter's skank ratio; and don't let Super Tuesday's delegate count bother your beautiful mind. And whatever you do, don't pay any attention to what bloggers and DUers have to say. However...

If you skipped the blogs this week, here's what you missed: Karl Rove and Ari Fleischer are back, and they're acting like... well, themselves; Daily Kos might've won the Michigan Primary; Limbaugh presents his new spaaaade and ho(e)down; The Skank Queen gets out-Skanked; and, the Feb. 5th Super Tuesday map is an eye-opener... Holy Delegate Count, Batman! All this and much more. Plus, DUers lame54, Hepburn, Horse With No Name, and Vickiss rock your world! Enjoy.

By The BushCo Numbers

This week's Math class story problem comes from http://righthandthief.blogspot.com/2008/01/wheres-your-money.html">Your Right Hand Thief:


Well, did you guess why the BushCo economy "looks" so good? Of course, you did. The Wall Street Journal loves it some Gee Dubya Bush*t, doesn't it?

A Tribute To Wingnut Candidates

Jonestown's on a roll this week, with these great Gimme* caps (*explanation: "Gimme one uh them caps") for Republican wingnut candidates:


The pics are funny, and the commentary is even funnier.

Let's Talk About Race

Not "the" race. Just race. Actually, it's a way better topic when Chris Rock talks about it. Here's an oldie but goody, posted by List Of The Day this week.

Now, lets talk about The Race. ElectoPundit has posted a YouTube video from last year, which seems brand new... except for the Rudy 911ani ending:

Do these two Clinton/Obama supporters look (or sound) vaguely familiar? At least, there's a truce this week in honor of Martin Luther King. As for Rudy 911ani, Dependable Renegade reports that...


Oooh. I'm so scared.

This Is Not The American Terrorist You're Looking For

Did you catch this virtual front page at The Huffington Post this week?


Big news in BushCo's war on terror, right? Wall-to-wall coverage, right? Tailor made for FOX salivating, right? Wrong.

Ellen at News Hounds notes with a heavy sigh how Hannity and Colmes completely ignored the 42-count indictment of former Congressman Mark Deli Siljander, even though FOX presented one of their McCarthyesque "There are radical Islamists infiltrating our government" showcases a few short days ago. Can you guess why FOX ignored this major story?


That's right. KKKarl Rove is back, and FOX News's Got Him! Now, isn't that more important than wasting time on a Republican's 42-count indictment on terror-related charges? Don't you trust FOX? Hey! Rove isn't the only sleaze bucket crawling out of the shadows this week...

Ari Fleischer Lies; Ari Fleischer Eats Crow

Well, that's what happened. How else would you describe Fleischer's latest appearance on Larry King Live, where he insisted that Romney accidentally forgot to include George W. in his list of great Republican presidents... then confirmed during his next appearance that Romney omitted George W. on purpose? Atrios writes:


I have to disagree with the "poor Ari" part. Fleischer is no Brutus, and George W. is certainly no Cassius. No sympathy. For Ari. Ever.

Thank Kos! Mitt Wins Michigan!

What do you get when no Dem delegates are currently in play, the primary is an "open" one (trans. no party registration required), and you want to mess with Republicans? If you're like Markos Moulitsas Zuniga (Daily Kos), you urge your readers to vote for the Mormons' favorite son, Mitt Romney. Wired.com has the details, along with this great graphic:


Hm. Mitt actually won in Michigan. Maybe Kos has more power than anyone ever imagined. Or maybe not. Who knows? The Michigan results are unverifiable at this point; however, Undeniable Liberal (at WTF Is It Now?) admits to following Kos's advice:


By the way, Kos is known as "the great Orange Satan." Speaking of name calling...

Limbaugh, The Spade, And The Ho(e)

Crooks and Liars has the transcript and the audio of Rush "Oxy/Viagra Boy" Limbaugh's newest so-called parody of Barack Obama. Listen carefully as Rush says, "spaaaaaaaaaaade," then pauses for emphasis. Parody, my ass. "Barack The Magic Negro" was just the beginning.

Life Is Good! (As Long As You Don't Think About It)

DCup, posting at http://fairlane.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/where-i-consider-putting-my-head-in-the-oven-only-to-discover-its-electric-and-i-forgot-to-pay-my-electric-bill/">Jonestown, describes life in the BushCo era to a T, in a post called, "Where I Consider Putting My Head in the Oven Only to Discover It's Electric and I Forgot to Pay My Electric Bill." Here's a snippet:


Sound familiar?

Think Pink: What Feb. 5th Looks Like

From Bartcop (Thurs-Friday, Jan 10-11, 2008, Vol 2096 - The Sharing Stick):


DUH Question: Does Chris Matthews Have A Problem With Women?

According to Your Right Hand Thief, the answer is simple: Uh, yeah. Enough said.

Out-Skanking The Skank Queen

Warning! Rude Pundit-level graphic language ahead! The sensitive among us should immediately move their cursors to the far left of this text and scroll down to the word, "Whew!" For those familiar with the rude one's... um, style, we now continue.

No one has ever out-skanked the Skank Queen (aka Ann Coulter) quite like The Rude Pundit. This time, the rude one even out-skanks his skankiest anti-Coulter rant. If you thought this was an impossible task, consider the last paragraph of Rude's rant on Coulter's editorial obit for her late father:


Whew! That was harsh.

Imagine what a joy it must be to get paid to edit Coulter's crap.

Thank A DUer!

Thanks to lame54 for posting a link to his outstanding YouTube video tribute to Democraticunderground.com.

Great job, lame!

Thanks to Hepburn for posting this toon:


And thanks to Horse With No Name http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2702533&mesg_id=2702533">for posting this prescient poll:


Thanks, DUers.

I planned to conclude this week's column with some pretty high and mighty platitudes, namely how important remaining ever vigilant is to our universal wellbeing, yada yada yada. Then, I read DUer Vickiss' reply to Horse With No Name's poll question, and I realized how simple the answer is: "We witness for those without voices." Would life, indeed, be good if we could ignore the daily barrage of wingnut corruption, stealth vote stealing, and Pure D hatred of 75% of the American public?

Ignorance may be bliss, but I've never known a truly happy ignorant person. Have you?

-- Delilah Boyd

Hilarious....

And


Heartbreaking...


Thank you.

Those are some purty caps. Good enough for wearing to megachurch.

and in this country, Republican corporations do most of the vote counting . . .

I might live in Germany, but I think my browser scroll on the right, like it did when I was in S.F. I'm not sayin, im just tellin ya.

Awesome TTCI as usual.

i not only got some good laughs but, i found a couple of cool new websites. the du movie was priceless.