Wingnut ideology rejects facts since those don’t back up the faith-based mantra. Guess history and science are just a test, to see if the sheep can reject fact-backed knowledge in favor of dogma when that’s favorable to their Great Leaders.

Gingrich press secretary Rick Tyler’s demented “minions of the literati” rant deserves a “Faces of Meth” award. Dude’s hallucinating.

Rachel did a job on this last night,wonderful Newtertainment;
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show

I, for one, welcome my literati masters.

Teeth

Why limit it to a “pundit’s chair?” Think big, like Secretary of Education.

Good morning, Ruth. Rachel was pretty polite, and I should cut Rick Tyler some slack, too. If I had to be Newt’s press secretary looking at a day explaining Callista’s $500,000.00 Tiffany charge card, I’d be doing drugs and saying bizarre stuff, too.

Anyone who agreed to take on Newt after his being ejected for ethics charges after shutting down the gov’t in his first turn around the track, with a few torrid affairs/marriages on the side, should have sharpened up on his tricks way ahead of time. imho

Good morning all,

Does it say something about the political system that this is the cream rising to the top to run the country , the best of the best.

More like the losers from student council that never got over it.

Are all these republicans home schooled or private school educated, if you can call it that being educated .

Good morning, pups. It’s Collins and Kristof this morning. In “The Year of Living Adulterously” Ms. Collins has a question: Is there something about being a leader of the family-values party that makes you want to go out and commit adultery? She doesn’t seem to understand that IOKIYAR, or that hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug… Mr. Kristof, in “Getting Smart on Aid,” says for decades we’ve had a lot of hot air about how best to help fight global poverty. Now we have field-tested results.

Here they are.

The coffee and tea are ready, and I’ve got toasted Thomas’ English muffins with lots of butter and your favorite jam. Now that I’ve got some homemade chicken broth after slow cooking 2 chickens for chicken salad I think over the weekend I’m going to have a stab at making vichyssoise. It’s lovely, refreshing stuff in the hot summer, so I hope I can find/tweak a recipe that we like. Have a great day.

Newt torrid ? Please, not enough coffee to imagine that !

Cream rising to the top or the effect of rot, like dead fish rising? Sorry, this bunch is the dregs.

Torrid isn’t quite the same as Hot.

Speaking of teabaggers, South Park explained them last night. As good a theory as any I suppose.

Now that Bibi and the Big Zero are to have a heart to heart. There is this news about the American Empire and their ME satellite

Once again, for those who still does not know the real intentions of Israel, it announced plans to build 1500 homes in Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem, an indication that Israel is shifting away from peace and heading towards right wing and radicalism.

The latest announcement by the so called The Jerusalem Housing and Planning Committee which was published by the Israeli channel 10 on Wednesday evening said that this committee will finalize the plans of 1500 homes in Bisgat Zaiv and Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem on Thursday.

This is a clear message to the Palestinians, Arab states as well as the US and its President Obama whom we and Israel got used of him surrendering to the Israeli arrogance when it comes to the settlements issue.

Thanks Marion, seems that Family Values are all about the old line about ‘keeping it in the family’, like the crazee aunt in the attic.

It really is tooo early in the morning for this stuff…I do however really like the Collins’ Question.

Missed it, got link?

Here ya go.

Good morning all.

I try to script the Newt and Callista thing in my head like James Taggart and Lillian Rearden, but without the redeeming features.

I have a somewhat European view of these peccadilloes but I do get offended by the damned hypocrisy.

Thanks, that’s pretty awfully funny. I watch too much serious stuff.

It reminds me of working for a short, fat, ugly, old, totally brilliant Senator Yarborough, who had women following him around outrageously flirting so much it made us all laugh.

Gotta take a break from the serious stuff now and then.

Bob Woodward on Morning Joke. What an asshole!

Cannot bear that group.

This ridiculous information would be trivial except this charlatan is the ahistorian of choice for Republican Presidential candidates putting tri-corner hats in place of their consciences.

I’m waiting for a Koch-funded, on-line, perhaps even free, Tea Party University — with courses in History and Constitutional Law.

What classified secrets did Woodward reveal this morning?

That he can’t grab his ass with both hands. Oh wait, that’s not a secret.

‘perhaps even free’

you mistake their intentions.

He was hinting that the bond vigilantes would be really pissed if the “apparent” budget cuts now being considered did not turn out to be “real” cuts.

Yes, at first they would be free. Then, of course, they would charge what the free market will bear.

Wow. He must be really tired carrying all that water for the MOTUs so early in the morning.

I suspect that the initial scary advertizing blitz would assume you’d be frightened into paying up front.

It’s hard work.

But someone has to do it.

If they could talk right-wing employers into hiring on the basis of “competencies” earned on-line at TPU (Tea Party University), they could bypass the traditional education pipeline entirely.

Of course, Barry is in the process of destroying the traditional pipeline.

The new word is “trillions.” You’re not serious anymore with “billions.”

Could, but most managerial types putting up investment dollars would want some assurance of real competency, at least as back-up.

Not if they can rely on the USG to bail them out of their misdeeds. Think Wall St.

Swim is up.

If nobody is making their own way profit-wise, there’s no tax dollars to suck up, tho.

The U.S. still has plenty for the rich to raid before we get to that point.

That’s why the wingers are proposing to sell the gold in Ft. Knox, n’ Utah.

David Barton and his crew, aka Liars for Jesus.

I like to think I’m a Christian albeit an imperfect one, but I’ve pretty much quit associating with The Church. If Jesus had a grave He’d be rolling over in it because of the things said and done in His name. Bigotry, avarice and hate aren’t fruits of the Spirit. Whether we are believers or not, we should know better. In truth, the things that are best about Christianity are things good people believe regardless of their faith or lack of it. They are the things that help us live together in harmony, but only if we don’t pervert them. Hypocrisy will be the death of this country. I’m afraid I may live long enough to see it.

Thanks for that link, Ruth!