Hat-tip to Lordrag of DelphiForums.

The Republicans have long used a variety pithy, childish and rude methods in order to prevent actions that ultimately help the nation and prove their own policies and methods of governing are inadequate.

Today is no exception. Watch this, from Media Matters:

That's not "serving the people" and it's also neither respectable nor proper decorum for representatives of the people.

It's just plain objectionable. Rude, crude, childishly immature and a waste of our nation's time, money, resources and national trust. Here's the longer compilation, courtesy ThinkProgress:

This, above all, is evidence that the Republican party of today serves no end but their own, honors nothing about the foundations of good government and cares not one whit for their constituents nor the people of the United States. Over the preceding twelve years they've carefully cultivated this culture of corruption, hypocrisy and frivolous disregard for the tenets of our government; they do not deserve to be called "representatives" nor should they ever be allowed back into the hallowed halls of government anywhere in the nation.

I hope and pray that for the sanctity and preservation of mature, reasonable discourse in the pursuit of a government of, by and for the People that none of those who participate in such disrespect and disruption are ever re-elected again.

The current Republican leadership in Congress is a disgrace to the nation, and a blight on our government and our reputation in the world.

Disgraceful.

Not sayin' all of them need it but...

Clearly some of them do:

Ya think? Some of them may need some work on The Pledge of Allegiance, as well:

I am thinking it is about time to update my post on "Documenting Bushvilles"
as there have been some more recent reports of more of them and the previously documented ones still growing. And, perhaps some may want to particiapte in a larger collaboration effort focusing on the broader issues surronding the problems? Little wonder this is still going on and unresolved with the ongoing Bank Fraud and Financial Terrorism.

And little wonder why some people were offended by this song during the Bush years. I buzzed that Newshoggers post at Buzzflash and Crooks and Liars were right to send people to what may seem to most like a little off the cuff filler post. To myself? It hits pretty close to home.

A lot of Americans are in a world of hurt out there right now. Some
of them, for simply being naive enough to buy into the "Bush/GOP
ownership society", are currently residents of Bushvilles.

Parts I and II of Brad Friedman's report from the christening of the second wave of teabagging that has striked stricken struck set out across the country from this departure in Southern California.

Brad allows teabaggers to make their point (which is his point) in a very effective way: repeated invitations to enunciate, for example, the list of freedoms taken away under the Obama Administration, left embarrassing voids or the trailing ellipsis. 

This is a reminder of what the former Administration said -- just look around and see where that got us, and the size of the mess it created for the current Administration, for the nation and for the world:

Isn't it time for a little accountability, some legal investigation and some accountability?

Obama nailed the GOP pretty solidly here:

It's good advice: Grab a mop, GOP.

BENEATH THE SPIN • ERIC L. WATTREE

As I sat back last night and watched president Obama speak before the joint session of congress, I was delighted to be able to say to myself, now that's the man I voted for. He spoke with eloquence, he addressed every relevant issue, and he was inspirational - but most importantly, he spoke with the kind of strength that the American people expect of their leaders.

Folks may have noticed a brief surge in spam hitting the site -- ideally, we've been catching it soon enough to delete it and block not only the abusive user accounts, but also block the IP addresses of the abusers.

Hopefully, we'll stop being used as a potential launching point for some folks' attempts at SEO black-hat dominance. In the meantime, we'll continue to report the IPs of the abusers and the sites they're pointing to, hopefully doing more damage to their attempted income stream than they're doing to our front page and comments.

Anywho -- two final points:

1. We've re-implemented the WYSIWYG editor; if you want to use it, then select "Enable rich-text" from the bottom of the Body content box when creating a new commentary. Hat-tip Roxy for figuring that out.
   
2. A bit of history, containing a blatantly frank assessment of today's Republican Party by Harry S. Truman (Hat-tip ca democrat of DailyKos):
   

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   Well, I have been studying the Republican Party for over 12 years at close hand in the Capital of the United States. And by this time, I have discovered where the Republicans stand on most of the major issues.
   
   
   
   Since they won't tell you themselves, I am going to tell you.
   
   
   
   They approve of the American farmer-but they are willing to help him go broke.
   
   
   
   They stand four-square for the American home--but not for housing.
   
   
   
   They are strong for labor--but they are stronger for restricting labor's rights.
   
   
   
   They favor a minimum wage--the smaller the minimum the better.
   
   
   
   They indorse educational opportunity for all--but they won't spend money for teachers or for schools.
   
   
   
   They think modern medical care and hospitals are fine--for people who can afford them.
   
   
   
   They approve of social security benefits-so much so that they took them away from almost a million people.
   
   
   
   They believe in international trade--so much so that they crippled our reciprocal trade program, and killed our International Wheat Agreement.
   
   
   
   They favor the admission of displaced persons--but only within shameful racial and religious limitations.
   
   
   
   They consider electric power a great blessing-but only when the private power companies get their rake-off.
   
   
   
   They say TVA is wonderful--but we ought never to try it again.
   
   
   
   They condemn "cruelly high prices"--but fight to the death every effort to bring them down.
   
   
   
   They think the American standard of living is a fine thing--so long as it doesn't spread to all the people.
   
   
   
   And they admire the Government of the United States so much that they would like to buy it.
   
   
   
   Now, my friends, that is the Wall Street Republican way of life.
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Have a Happy Hump Day.

This is an Open Thread.

Posted at the Examiner. Crossposted at the Daily Kos. Posted here because GreyHawk asked, and cuz I like you guys. :)

I wrote an article over the weekend entitled "Republicans' ODD Behavior Part 1" for the Raleigh Examiner, using examples from the health care debates. It's quite long, so I'll just excerpt it below. If nothing else, it's fun snark for a Sunday afternoon (though the conservatives responding to it in the Examiner comments facility don't seem to get the humor...).

A couple of nights ago, I watched Jane Hamsher, the founder and publisher of the progressive website Firedoglake.com make a startling statement. She was a guest on The Rachel Maddow Show and was speaking about the fact that members of the congressional progressive caucus had drawn a line in the sand regarding the need for a public option, “after it became clear that Rahm Emanuel and Max Baucus were trying to deal a public plan away to the AMA, the hospitals, Pharma in exchange for keeping the money out of Republican coffers in 2010.”  I stopped my DVR and replayed this portion of the interview a couple more times to make sure that I had heard her correctly. It all started to make sense. It made me think about the healthcare debate in a different way. I realized that this debate is not about us – the American people. It is about politics pure and simple.

Promoted. Here's another thoughtful piece from Hello Dolly Llama, originally crossposted on 2009-08-09 22:46:02 -0400 from the blog Hello Dolly Llama. -- GH

The Fall of the American Republic