TagsTagsWilliam Kristol’s article claiming that the Obama administration was planning to support an anti-Israel resolution at the UN was rapidly spread throughout the wingnutsphere, with the requisite expressions of outrageous outrage, rage, and more outrage. And once again, it’s a bogus story. The White House is sharply denying a claim by ...
Outrage, Outrageous Outrage, Nontroversy, Barack Obama, Israel, Gaza, Mavi Marmara
I swear, I’m having a very difficult time keeping up with the Outrageous Outrages lately. They’re gushing out so fast from the bottomless Well of Outrage that I’m worried the blowout preventer is going to fail, contaminating a huge area with long-lived Outragium and necessitating a massive government effort to ...
Outrage, Outrageous Outrage, Nontroversy, Memorial Day, Patriotism, Arlington
The wingnut blogosphere is fuming and hissing with outrage over this story today: Students Kicked Off Campus for Wearing American Flag Tees. What? They were kicked out of school just for wearing US flag clothing? Outrage! But as usual with these trumped up nontroversies, there’s a bit more to the story. Is ...
Outrage, Outrageous Outrage, Nontroversy, Flag, Cinco de Mayo, Bigotry
Republicans Need to Grow a Sense of Humor. Yes, you’ve read correctly. To all of you GOP types playing the “offended” card on a daily basis... Prepare to have your feelings hurt, because according to my carefully calculated research... Republicans need to shut up and laugh a little. To which ...
GOP, Republican Party, Outrage, Humor, David Letterman, Wanda Sykes, Barack Obama
Our outrage of the morning: the Department of the Navy has given Congressman John Murtha a “Distinguished Service” award. Yes, that’s the same John Murtha who accused the Haditha Marines of being murderers without evidence, before their trial, then refused to apologize when all charges against them were dropped. Here’s a ...