Day: October 14, 2011

One Florida Lawmaker’s Dream: To Make Executions Horrific Again

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lethalinjection
Not nearly violent enough

If you’ve ever wished there were some way to make state-ordered executions more violent, one Florida state representative feels your…

Well, anyway, Rep. Brad Drake has filed a bill in the upcoming state legislative session to do away with lethal injections and instead provide death by electrocution and firing squad. Yes, I did say, “firing squad.”

Drake, R-Eucheeanna, said the idea came to him after having a conversation with a constituent at a DeFuniak Springs Waffle House…

What, I ask you, could go wrong when a Republican representative brainstorms legislation with the guys and gals at the Waffle House?

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Rick Perry Called by God to Run for President

Buck Banks

We have been brutalized and beaten up and chewed up in the press to where I need this today. We are being brutalized by our opponents, and our own party. So much of that is, I think they look at him, because of his faith. He is the only true conservative — well, there are some true conservatives. And they’re there for good reasons. And they may feel like God called them too. But I truly feel like we are here for that purpose.

— Anita Perry, reflecting on the “rough month” her husband, Rick Perry, has endured on the campaign trail, NBC News reports. She likened her husband’s decision to run to encountering a “burning bush,” a reference to the Biblical story of Moses receiving a sign from God.

Limbaugh: Romney’s No Conservative

Buck Banks

Romney is not a conservative. He’s not, folks. You can argue with me all day long on that, but he isn’t… This isn’t personal, not with what country faces and so forth. I like him very much. I’ve spent some social time with him. He’s a fine guy. He’s very nice gentleman. He is a gentleman. But he’s not a conservative.

— Rush Limbaugh, on his radio show, not doing the current GOP frontrunner any favors in the upcoming primaries.

Perry’s Wife Not Clear on the Concept of Unemployment

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He resigned his job two weeks ago because he can’t go out and campaign with his father because of SEC regulations…My son lost his job because of this administration.

Anita Perry, wife of Gov. Rick Perry (Tex. – GOPvangelical), responding sympathetically to a voter at a South Carolina diner who told the Perrys he is working as a handyman since losing his job. Griffin Perry resigned as an investment advisor at Deutche Bank to hit the campaign trail with his dad.

Scott Gives Himself Do-Over on Jobs Promise

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I could argue that I don’t have to create any jobs. I just have to make sure we don’t lose jobs.

Gov. Rick Scott (Fla. – GOP/Tea), explaining why he shouldn’t be held to his campaign promise to create 700,000 new jobs on top of projected growth in Florida. Scott has focused — like most tea party Republicans who campaign on jobs — on issues like drug testing applicants for public assistance, gutting environmental protections, restricting access to voting, and micromanaging public education.

Philosophizing at Occupy Wall Street

Buck Banks

They tell you we are dreamers. The true dreamers are those who think things can go on indefinitely the way they are. We are not dreamers. We are awakening from a dream which is tuning into a nightmare. We are not destroying anything. We are only witnessing how the system is destroying itself. We all know the classic scenes from cartoons. The cat reaches a precipice. But it goes on walking. Ignoring the fact that there is nothing beneath. Only when it looks down and notices it, it falls down. This is what we are doing here. We are telling the guys there on Wall Street — Hey, look down!

— Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, speaking at Occupy Wall Street.