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DADT, economy, GOP, Keith Olbermann, Michael Bloomberg, MSNBC, Muslims, Oklahoma, Sarah Palin, Sharia law, teabaggers
Yep, I have chosen Oklahoma as the state which had the most idiotic voter choice of the entire nation! I am stumped as to what the trophy should be. . .nothing too erudite, since the locals wouldn’t understand. After all, they are D U M B.
Didn’t hear? Okay. Well the fine folk of the Sooner state decided to do its bit to fight terrorism. It placed on the ballot a bill that would prevent a judge in Okie from using Sharia law as the basis for deciding a case.
Yeah. I know, Al Qaeda is shaking in its boots and we are all certainly a good deal safer for them having the backbone to stand up tall and face the possible fatwa that might follow. ‘
It seems that they went a tad far, also barring any judge from using any “international law” as well. Newt, their trusted guide in this matter apparently approved. The amendment to the Okie Constitution passed with a lovely 70?% of the electorate, numbering nearly 700,000 folks. I bet you had no idea there were that many morons in Oklahoma huh?
Since the Ten Commandments come from another nation, legal experts now wonder whether the so-called Judeo-Christian principles are now unconstitutional in Oklahoma. Also, the majority of American jurisprudence, which is admittedly based on English Common Law.
Apparently there are no lawyers in the state of Oklahoma, who could step forward and explain these simple facts to the flatlanders of the plains. Stay tuned for further updates and Okies require homing devices to find their way home from work.
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It has become apparent to me from this mid-term election, that some woefully nutzo stuff is going on in Merika. So it has fallen to me to begin a new series called, “What IS Going on in (state).” With people moving all over the place, I figure you need to know what you may be getting into. So I’m gonna give you the low-down skinny on our fifty fine family abodes. I hope by the end, to have offended everyone, so stay tuned!
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I didn’t expect the fun to start so soon. Referring to the Teabuggers and their new “heft” in Congress. It seems they are feeling their oats as they say, and making them demands upon the party regulars. They are demanding things, and not acting at all like the neophytes they truly are. Even the Turtle has been forced to say “whoa there Nellie” to the uppity youngsters representing the oh-so-stupid old white men’s anger club.
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We’re happy to report that Keith Olbermann is returning on Tuesday night according to the Salon. There are lots of rumors about why Keith was treated differently than Joe Scarborough who did the same thing. There are issues about the Comcast takeover, the new CEO and net neutrality wafting around the Internet tubes. Not sure how it all plays out. Ezra Klein gives his opinion here.
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I guess I’ve vacillated between appreciating and admiring Obama’s “civilized” behavior with the opposition. But frankly, I’m inclined to “call a spade a spade”. I suppose that is no shock is it? I am continually tired of so many of our leaders being “politically correct” and side-stepping the truth. So I was might glad to hear Michael Bloomberg say this:
“If you look at the U.S., you look at who we are electing to Congress, to the Senate, they can’t read,” he told the newspaper while in Hong Kong attending a summit.
“I’ll bet you a bunch of these people don’t have passports. We’re about to start a trade war with China if we’re not careful here — only because nobody knows where China is.”
You can appreciate how angry the far right it. They put it all down to elitism of course, but Bloomberg has said the truth. These folks are simplistic and have little or no understanding of political realities. They will be giving the GOP fits, that we can be sure of.
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Funniest tweet I saw yesterday, was Sarah (there are corpses more intelligent than her) Palin promising to give her opinion on Bernanke’s decision to buy up 600 billion in long-term treasury securities. She inferred that it was printing money out of thin air. Yes folks, and tomorrow I’ll give you a run down on the intricacies of high-particle physics at the Hadron facility as regards the Boson particle. If you don’t believe me, here’s the tweet:
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Two things I’m getting really upset about. One is that there is a strong likelihood that Obama is gonna cave on letting the Bush tax cuts expire for the rich. Every poll I’ve seen suggests that the voters are in favor of this, so I have no clue why he is doing it. But I’m thinking he is gonna do it.
Second, there is increasing rumor that DADT is going to be cut from the appropriations bill. We understand that Levin and John (No Honor Here) McCain are working to do just that. Utterly disgusting if it happens. It’s insane because even polled Republicans come out in favor of killing DADT.
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Oh, a post at Walking in the Shadows is available for your perusal. And we will be bringing you a first installment in our new series: “What IS going on in (state). Stay tuned.
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Existential Ennui 
I’m not surprised that Obama plans to punt DADT and extend tax cuts for the wealthy.
On most issues he and McCain are about the same. The last election was about style, not substance.
Thomas I’ve noticed you are really unhappy with Obama. Surely he didn’t do all he claimed he would, but then they never can. Still he has done a powerful lot. I think he’s not communicating his plans as well as he should. Never would I put him with McCain who just follows trends as to what will get him elected. He has no principles as all.
Sherry, I’m deeply sorry at having been gone so long. Between health, volunteer work, and the blog, I’ve been just plain hammered.
May I suggest that Oklahoma already has the trophy they deserve? It’s their Republican government.
The wages of their sin is being Teabuggered. 😈
Off topic, the online petition I promised to replace Harry Reid is now up.
Tom, was no intent to pout about your absence. I know you have been both busy and ill and thought you might have missed my comment. Can’t for the life of me figure out what the problem is.
I agree Okla has got what it deserves.
Thanks for the petition. Not sure how I feel about it frankly. Reid’s public persona is certainly not good, but I’m not convinced he isn’t doing the right things behind the scenes. I suspect he doesn’t act alone in any of this, but is in communication with the WH and House
Sherry, I never took it as a complaint. I just misses being here.
The anti-Sharia measure was surreal. I’m less afraid of Sharia than I am of oppressive policies from our own Religious Right, frankly!
I heard about Olbermann returning to the airwaves — yay!
Ahab, I totally agree. These people are plainly idiots
What a fantastic post! I look forward to your Stoopid’s guide to the US, a travelogue of terror. And Sarah Palin, getting ready to comment on the economy and the Fed’s decision! Yes, like Barbie weighing in on metaphysics. I’m going to spend these coming two years alternately laughing hysterically and sobbing hysterically.
so glad you liked it. Thought i had answered this post, but I think it didn’t kick in. I know what you mean though, it should be a fun, sad two years leading up to the big show.
I’m curious to see a breakdown of the voting in Oklahoma, which is (for better or worse) the state of my birth and two decades of my life.
I think that many people in Oklahoma and also in other southern states have a perception that their preferred way of life is coming to an end. Also, I think that perception is correct on a minor level, but not to the crisis level which it has been elevated by fear mongering. It use to be that race was a determining factor in the south, and it remains one of many facets of life there. For the past several years, however, I’ve watched a new division emerge along religious lines. Basically, Christianity — but only from certain denoms — is considered the most defining feature of a person, how you decide upon trust and respect.
Now there is surely a minor group of people in Oklahoma who lash out against this way of thinking, but they are only viewed and portrayed as those who want to “secularize” and/or change and/or destroy all practices of faith. How exactly do you compete against that?
That is why you’ll see Okies running about with their chests puffed about being free from “foreign influences” and “the gays,” while their infrastructure crumbles around them. When you point out that it isn’t necessarily good to have bridges fall into rivers or sewer systems incapable of serving a whole community, they just look at you as an idiot who can’t understand how “God will provide.”
Lynda, Oklahoma only won by a hair, since Iowa and it’s treatment of the justices here ranks high in my estimation. It took me a couple of days to get over my anger.
I’ve been thinking about fundamentalism again, and have come to some interesting theories which I may share in a day or two. I don’t think there is any way to reach them frankly unless you do an intervention, person by person. Not likely. If they would keep it to their own group and segregate themselves as they used to, then I wouldn’t care, but meddling in politics is causing us all such awful problems now.