I think I had the Visigoth’s first album from the ’70s.

The shape of our world:

Rupert Murdoch brings in Joel Klein to oversee investigation

The zany antics of the GOP and our more ethically-challenged Dems are fun to watch sometimes. But, as alluded to, we may be headed for a dystopian society where oppression, poverty, and militarism in our streets are the norm. I have 5 grandchildren, ages 7 mos. to 11 yrs and I fear for their futures.

Perhaps Dr. Marcus Bachmann should step up and discipline these barbarians.

Unless you believe they were just born that way.

A few hours of discipline in Dr. Bachmann’s prayer closet can cure just about anything, I’m told. Ostrogoth or dreaded Hun, he’s ready. Now he just has to lure them in there — and get Medicaid and Medicare to pay for it. Win-win.

The part that I don’t get is people wrecking buildings at closed state parks. Isn’t that doing the bad guys’ work for them, destroying things provided for the public to use and enjoy? They should be wrecking buildings at the state capital with politicians inside them.

There was actually a piece about the Murdoch phone tapping thing at MSNBC.com yesterday evening. Still nothing about Minnesota being shut down but then we can’t let the United States of Somalia look bad, can we?

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the vandals in Minnesota are teabaggers.

Good morning, pups. It’s Bruni and Kristof this morning. Ms. Collins is still on book leave. In “In an Earthbound Era, Heaven Has to Wait” Mr. Bruni has a question: Will the final voyage of Atlantis just be the end to NASA’s space shuttle program, or to optimism itself? Mr. Kristof also has a question in “Taxes and Billionaires:” Are Congressional Republicans really just trying to protect ordinary American businesses or billionaire fund managers? I think we all know the answer to that one…

Here they are.

The coffee and tea are ready, the cold drinks are in the fridge, and I’ve got banana pancakes for breakfast. I’m feeling particularly brain dead this morning, so I’m just going to shuffle off to the kitchen for more tea. Have a great day.

Dr. Bachman has a prayer closet? If so, he will be the only evangelical to follow the advice of Jesus and pray there rather than on the Tee-Vee

Maybe Minnesotans will be forced into piracy on the Great Lakes.

He’s so far in it he plays flute duets with Mr. Tumnus.

Home ported at Frostbite Falls no doubt. The Potsylvanian Navy will have to increase patrols.

It’s been fun, but I have to go and wait in line at the VA clinic.

Captain T-Paw “Wrongway” Peachfuzz may yet save the day. Of course, he did more than his part to make this mess, but look — TotMom!

Alto Texas fired its police force

Does this remind anyone else of the 1980s jokes about how shitty life was in the soviet union?

armstrong williams;

Meanwhile, a president elected in a modern-day landslide, who vowed to embark on a new era of governing, could go down in history as one who promised so much yet delivered so little.

he has a gift for understatement, allow me to fix;

” Meanwhile, a president elected in a modern-day landslide, who vowed to embark on a new era of governing, could go down in history as one who promised so much yet delivered so little as the worst president in history, the president who caused the problem by re-newing a right wing scheme designed to lift middle class assets and hand them over to the wealthy, marketed as “bush tax cuts”, creating an image of debt that does not exist and could not exist had he listened to his advisers concerning said “tax cuts”, obama will almost definately go down in history as an even worse president the bush”

there, I think that might cover it all

I know obama has staff reading progressive blogs, I wonder if they’ve told him yet we would rather a republican elected as a republican in office then him

I wonder if he knows there will be progressives actively campaigning for his republican opponent

Why do you think he’s trying to raise $1B? He knows his base is gone, he knows that all the surrendering he’s done has not made him popular on the GOP side of the asle (which probably confuses him), and his only hope is to shave a narrow victory using the center and the slightly left of center. Who are already skeptical of him.

Boxturtle (when the best reason he can give is “The other guy would be worse”….)

I have grandchildren, too. And I’m horrified at what the Galtian overlords [h/t Atrios] are setting up for them.

Why are there no handcuffs on the Murdochs, the Blankenships, the bonus babies gambling recklessly with our children’s futures?

Where are the jobs marches on Washington?

the hope he has is the fact that the republicans NEED him in office if they want to continue taking our assets and assigning them over to the uber class

I believe they will do whatever it takes to get obama back in office

time will tell

Why are there no handcuffs on the Murdochs, the Blankenships, the bonus babies gambling recklessly with our children’s futures?

because republicans with wealth and power know no law

in case you didn’t know it, law and regulations are evil!!!!!!

Where are the jobs marches on Washington?

we have sadly learned that marches, tens of thousands and more, no matter how grand are simply not covered by corporate media when that march furthers a progressive cause

on the other hand, marches with tens of fives get tons of coverage if they promote a corporate ideology

I have zero grandchildren & never will as I fear for ‘their’ future and have for decades…

The LumpenProles never attack the Evil Ones. They know the Evil Ones are expecting it and are ready to fight back.
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The vast majority of the oppressed would become Oppressors if given half a chance.
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The heavy lifting of a society is always done by a minority of smart, balanced people. When they’re too-heavily outnumbered by fornicating mouth-breathers*, the whole thing collapses.
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*See the intro to the otherwise useless film ‘Idiocracy.’