Political Humor, Intentional And Otherwise

While entertaining myself with the comments uttered by incompetent and clueless DC politicians I stumbled across a rather amusing piece which related the current government shutdown debacle in the context of professional wrestling. First, the entertaining and/or enlightening comments:

Irony

i*ro*ny

• a. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.
• b. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity.

A Tea Party Republican senator, while engaging in a desperate 21-hour long "look at me, pay attention to me" bid for attention, read into the Congressional Record the literary work of a liberal writer. Not just any literary work but one that's all about trying something new and finding out that it's good.

The Catholic Flip-Flop On "Fetuses Are Human, Too"

Hypocrisy at its finest, courtesy of Catholicism. Surprise! These would be the same people who fight to criminalize and outlaw abortion with zero exceptions after having had one (or more) themselves. The same people all too happy to blame school shootings on "the removal of God from our schools" while ignoring the fact that God didn't protect the tens of thousands of children sodomized by priests for centuries in his own house. The same people who conveniently forget that church shootings happen more frequently than school shootings. Now a Catholic health care system has taken this "we're exempt from our own rhetoric" policy to a whole new level.

Hypocrisy And The Individual Mandate

Since the passing of Obamacare the biggest point of contention raised by Republicans has been the Individual Mandate that requires everyone to have health insurance. This is somewhat puzzling to me, I simply can't understand the rationale behind the vehement opposition to a policy that was created and championed for 20 years by their own party. Yes, the individual mandate is of Republican origin, was a key point of their own health care reform attempts and has been a key point of their reform policy since 1989. I wonder how many conservatives are even aware of this fact.

We Love Our Troops More Than You Do!

I was recently involved in a witch hunt "discussion" centered around a fabricated news story accusing President Obama of sending our troops into hostile territory with no bullets for their guns. Mind you this story was not taken from any news site, only from personal blogs run by far right extremists who will do or say anything to discredit anyone not sharing their exact beliefs. Facts and truth need not apply.

Video: Republican Deficit Hawk Hypocrites.

No explanation needed, the title says it all. If you need more detail the 5 minutes and 21 seconds of common sense in this video should provide all you need.