December 16, 2009

Troglodyte Florida Repugs Send Fancy Electronical Xmas Card

December 16, 2009December 28, 2009 Buck Banks

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Just in time for the holidays Florida’s Republican Party trots out another example of idiocy that makes one wonder how these mouth-breathing knuckle-draggers can stay in power in Tallahassee. Wait! Don’t answer that!

You’d think from the way party boss Jim “Big Jim” Greer talks, this here is like the first-ever electronical seasons’ greeting card. I suppose nobody sends Republicans Blue Mountain greeting cards, eh? If they did, then Jimbo would probably know better than to include a disquisition on postal statistics in a greeting card.

Oh, and if these guys really wanted to be more eco-friendly they’d all tie plastic bags over their heads and reduce their carbon imprint to zero.

And of course they cap off their hi-tech card with a nasty little visual for good measure.

Friends,

I am pleased to present the Republican Party of Florida’s first electronic holiday card.

Today, Monday, December 14, 2009, marks the Postal Service’s busiest mailing day of the year, with more than 830 million pieces of mail entering the system. This quantity represents an increase of more than 40 percent in the average daily volume of 583 million pieces of mail, and in total the Postal Service will deliver 16.5 billion cards, letters and packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.

In an effort to become a more eco-friendly organization, the RPOF decided to continue the good will and holiday sentiment offered by a traditional card by creating an electronic holiday card, which RPOF subscribers can forward on to Republicans and other supporters across the state and around the country.

On behalf of the entire RPOF staff, we wish you and yours a wonderful Christmas and a happy holiday season!

Regards,
Jim

Verbatim

December 16, 2009 Buck Banks

Our Democratic friends are about to walk off a political cliff here.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the New York Times, on trying to pass health care reform without any Republican support.

Did Oral Roberts Fail Another of God’s Ransom Demands?

December 16, 2009December 18, 2009 Trish

God recently called Brother Oral Roberts home, this time seemingly free of charge. No attempts to fund-raise his way out of heaven were involved; the 91-year-old faith healer and televangelist went without asking for contributions.

The colorful Roberts will be missed, if only for his ability to make us smile. Claims of raising the dead, the aforementioned incident in which he told donors God would call him home if he didn’t collect $8 million, visions inspired by 900-foot Jesus, and repeated rumors of mishandling money have kept us snickering for years.

His legacy will live on in the form of Oral Roberts University, an institution the holy man founded in his native Tulsa that his biographer, David Harrell Jr., said allowed Roberts to “flirt” with respectability. Roberts is also survived by two of his four children and fellow faith healer, Benny Hinn.

Get up and walk, heathen!

Day: December 16, 2009

Troglodyte Florida Repugs Send Fancy Electronical Xmas Card

Verbatim

Our Democratic friends are about to walk off a political cliff here.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the New York Times, on trying to pass health care reform without any Republican support.

Did Oral Roberts Fail Another of God’s Ransom Demands?

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

Numerati

1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.