Bad Deeds for 1-25-2011

 

Right Wing “Profit” Says Massive Bird Kill Was Result of Repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” – Have you been wondering about those thousands of birds that fell from the sky in Arkansas on New Years Eve? According to “respected prophet” and Religious Right rising star Cindy Jacobs, the event which some have playfully dubbed the “aflockalypse” was the result of … wait for it … the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy getting repealed. I wish I was kidding. You really have to see this.

In the video Jacobs says, “what happens when a nation makes a decision that’s against God’s principles?” Well, often what happens is that nature itself will begin to talk to us – for instance, violent storms, flooding.”

Although she didn’t mention it, I suspect that repeal of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” also caused her to wear that blue leopard outfit she has on in the video.

 

Michele Bachmann Says Founding Fathers Were Responsible for Abolishing Slavery – Speaking at an event sponsored by Iowans For Tax Relief, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said the United States was founded on racial and ethnic diversity and that the founding fathers were responsible for abolishing slavery. She only missed it by about 100 years. [And which U.S. President wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?]

 

Texas Governor Rick Perry Railed Against ‘Bailouts’ on Same Day He Requested One – On the same day “Texans for Rick Perry” launched their “No Government Bailouts” campaign, Perry himself was lining up with the rest of the states asking for billions in federal funding from President Barack Obama’s Recovery Act. Texas faced a $6.6 billion budget deficit in the 2010-11 fiscal years. To fill that gap, the state took $6.4 billion from the Obama administration and declared their budget gap covered, freeing up the Republicans who dominated the legislature to run on their fiscal responsibility.

 

Texas Has Nearly Double the National Average Percentage of Children Who Go Without Health Insurance – Elderly, women and men in Texas all doing much worse than the national average.

Regards,

Jim