People want to disparage this whole thing as not a “real” issue – present company included. But what it says about America circa 2011 is very real.

And now that the mass ignorance of the Republican Party has been confirmed yet again, who wins? Why, Republicans of course!

It’s come to this in America.

Glenn Beck comments on the new passport form, which may go into effect for people who don’t have birth certificates:

“Why don’t you just put nipple clamps on Americans over this?”

Actually, the proposed “biographical form” is intended for those people who are unable to provide the usual proof of citizenship required for a US passport – namely, a birth certificate, consular report of birth abroad or naturalization certificate.

Not that we needed more empirical evidence that proves Republican voters are a bunch of wackadoos, but…

I guess “takes one to know one” will be the next proclamation.

Today’s installment of Republicans Are Totally Not Racist At All Nope pays tribute to Kansas state rep. Connie O’Brien, who has zeroed in on a foolproof way to identify undocumented immigrants:

Rick Perry totally owns the Texas secessionist vote.

It’s certainly been a week of whack in the land of Conservatardia, and it’s only Monday. Yeesh.

There is still enough energy left in the wounded serpent that is the Southern Strategy to lash out in a furious flowering of poison to corrode our moral fiber. The question is whether the corporate interests that back this strategy in order to keep their taxes low (or non-existent) will finally forsake the oncological, selfish model of capitalism for the more civic-minded one that prevails in Europe and elsewhere.