September 7, 2011

Deep Throat II: Rick Perry Eats a Corndog in Front of a Painting of a Naked Man

September 7, 2011September 9, 2011 Jon Ponder

Rick Perry, a corndog and a painting of a naked man Update: It has come to our attention that a bunch of “scientists” have theorized that this photo of Rick Perry enjoying a corndog in front of a painting of a naked man is fake. Here is our position: We do agree that the science is not settled on this. But the idea that we would decide whether the photo was photoshopped based on scientific theory that’s not settled yet, to us, is just nonsense. After all, just because you have a group of scientists that have stood up and said here is the fact, Galileo got outvoted for a spell.

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Perry Cut Texas Volunteer Fire Departments’ Funding 75%

September 7, 2011 Buck Banks

75%

Amount that Texas volunteer departments had their funding cut, from $30 million to $7 million. There are 879 volunteer fire departments in Texas; 114 are paid fire departments, while 187 departments are a combination of volunteer and paid. Volunteer departments usually fight the state’s wildfires.

Hightower Calls Perry a ‘Goober’

September 7, 2011 Buck Banks

He puts the ‘goober’ in gubernatorial.

— Texan talk radio host Jim Hightower, on The Last Word, describing Texas Gov. Rick Perry as actually fairly “testy” and “thin-skinned.”

Bachmann Exhorts Tea Party Cultists to ‘Take Out’ Opponents a Year Before Hoffa Said It

September 7, 2011September 7, 2011 Buck Banks

An Author’s Regrets

September 7, 2011 Buck Banks

When Rick Perry wrote “Fed Up,” he was in quite a snit.
He fancied himself some kind of New Age federalist.
But now that he’s out on the campaign,
He’s having to sidestep and back-pedal and reframe.
Says Rick, “If I’da know’d I was gonna run, I wouldn’t have written it!”

Perry Signals He’s Going After Romney in Debate Tonight

September 7, 2011 Buck Banks

There is no one who’s gonna be sitting on that stage who has the record of job creation I have. There’s one in particular who’s created jobs all around the world. While he was the governor of Massachusetts he didn’t create many jobs.

— Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), quoted by Politico at a town hall in South Carolina, previewing his line of attack against Mitt Romney at the upcoming debates.

Obama to Substantially Reduce Number of Troops in Iraq

September 7, 2011 Buck Banks

3,000

The number of U.S. troops the Obama administration has decided to keep in Iraq at the end of the year, marking a major downgrade in force strength, Fox News reports. “Senior commanders are said to be livid at the decision, which has already been signed off by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The generals on the ground had requested that the number of troops remaining in Iraq at the end of the year reach about 27,000.”

Giuliani Explains Why He would Lose a GOP Bid for Prez

September 7, 2011 Buck Banks

I’m simply not that conservative on social issues, and I’m not willing to change just to become president.

— Rudy Giuliani, speaking at the National Press Club.

Bush Still Living a Rich Fantasy Life

September 7, 2011 Buck Banks

I don’t spend a lot of time psychoanalyzing myself. I just know that when you’re the leader of an organization, you’ve got to be resolute, compassionate, and you’ve got to know what you need to do. And I knew what we needed to do.

— Former President George W. Bush, reflecting on his presidential legacy in a Time interview on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Flashback 1987: Ron Paul Trashes Ronald Reagan

September 7, 2011September 7, 2011 Jon Ponder

Big Government libertarian Rep. Ron Paul of Texas released an attack ad this week against his intra-state rival, Gov. Rick Perry.

Paul has been running for president off and on for a quarter of century, but, according one-time Paulestinian Dave Weigel at Slate.com, this is the first attack ad ever released by a Ron Paul campaign.

The Paul campaign’s attack ad pointed up Perry’s support in 1988 for Al Gore, who ran as a conserva-Dem in the primaries that year. The Perry campaign fired back by releasing the text of Paul’s letter from the same presidential cycle explaining that he was leaving the Republican Party to run for president on the libertarian ticket. Included in his rationale was his disappointment in the policies and performance of Pres. Ronald Reagan:

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Day: September 7, 2011

Deep Throat II: Rick Perry Eats a Corndog in Front of a Painting of a Naked Man

Perry Cut Texas Volunteer Fire Departments’ Funding 75%

75%

Amount that Texas volunteer departments had their funding cut, from $30 million to $7 million. There are 879 volunteer fire departments in Texas; 114 are paid fire departments, while 187 departments are a combination of volunteer and paid. Volunteer departments usually fight the state’s wildfires.

Hightower Calls Perry a ‘Goober’

He puts the ‘goober’ in gubernatorial.

— Texan talk radio host Jim Hightower, on The Last Word, describing Texas Gov. Rick Perry as actually fairly “testy” and “thin-skinned.”

Bachmann Exhorts Tea Party Cultists to ‘Take Out’ Opponents a Year Before Hoffa Said It

An Author’s Regrets

Perry Signals He’s Going After Romney in Debate Tonight

There is no one who’s gonna be sitting on that stage who has the record of job creation I have. There’s one in particular who’s created jobs all around the world. While he was the governor of Massachusetts he didn’t create many jobs.

— Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), quoted by Politico at a town hall in South Carolina, previewing his line of attack against Mitt Romney at the upcoming debates.

Obama to Substantially Reduce Number of Troops in Iraq

3,000

Giuliani Explains Why He would Lose a GOP Bid for Prez

I’m simply not that conservative on social issues, and I’m not willing to change just to become president.

— Rudy Giuliani, speaking at the National Press Club.

Bush Still Living a Rich Fantasy Life

I don’t spend a lot of time psychoanalyzing myself. I just know that when you’re the leader of an organization, you’ve got to be resolute, compassionate, and you’ve got to know what you need to do. And I knew what we needed to do.

— Former President George W. Bush, reflecting on his presidential legacy in a Time interview on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Flashback 1987: Ron Paul Trashes Ronald Reagan

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“They’ve invested heavily in AI labs. They’ve invested heavily in data centers. So, the first family has a financial stake in this industry, and as a result, the president of the United States is compromised.”

— “Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence because of his family’s investments in the industry,” NewsNation reports.

— Jane Haman

“We’re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.”

— Jared Kushner, quoted by CBS News, on the lack of progress in Gaza.

Numerati

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.

$184 million

50%

38%

31%