I used to have a lot of admiration for the Daily Show research staff (I still do), with what ease they seem to find damning clips of Hannity, Beck, et al saying truly idiotic things. But it’s actually pretty easy. All you have to do is read the newspaper.

It seems Rush “I’m not a caver” Limbaugh has been dropped by the group looking to buy the St. Louis Rams. I will now quote my local paper, quoting Limbaugh: “This is not about the NFL. It’s not about the St. Louis Rams. It’s not about me… This is about the ongoing effort by the left in this country, wherever you find them, in the media, the Democrat Party, or wherever, to destroy conservatism, to the prevent the mainstreaming of anyone who is a prominent as a conservative… Therefore, this is about the future of the United States of America and what kind of country we’re going to have.” Read the rest of this entry »

The Chief Justices are deciding right now whether the Mojave Cross should be allowed to stand on government ground, or if it constitutes a violation of the second amendment. (Go read about it here.)

The argument goes that the cross is a war memorial, and the challenge from the pro-cross camp is that it honors all war dead, not just Christian war dead. Damned absurd, of course, but I’d like to address something a little more basic:

How does a few tons of concrete in the middle of the desert honor anybody? Honor? What is honor? Read the rest of this entry »

I have an idea. Let’s stop calling them “conservatives.” Let’s stop calling them “right-wing,” or anything else that has the connotations of a political philosophy. Let’s call them “Republicans,” and by doing so let’s recognize the word is a team name only, no different than calling them The Elephants or the GoP.

Because they don’t vouch for any kind of political ideal anymore. They are strictly anti-Obama. Whatever Obama wants, they’re opposed to, regardless of what it means. You know people like this—ask them who their favorite football team is, and they’ll say “whoever’s playing against the 49ers.” Or the Yankees. Or the Lakers. Read the rest of this entry »