Please Cut the Crap!

Right Wing Idiot(s) of the Day for March 25, 2009

This one was a little too easy today... I don't even need an introduction.

Fox News

Yes, that's right. The entire channel seems to be having a major meltdown. They're usually bad, but the last 24 hours seems to have reached a new low.

Yesterday on the Noise, dingbat Gretchen Carlson started propagating the talking point, when she was interviewed Obama's press secretary, Robert Gibbs:

Dingbat: ...one of the interesting things that came up yesterday in the news, Robert, was the fact that maybe some of this executive compensation would spill over to other publicly traded companies. So, in other words, executives who work at institutions that are not receiving taxpayer dollars -- that your administration may, in fact, put a cap on their salaries as well.

Gibbs: Well, look, there are not plans to do something broad like that. The president has always believed that shareholders in a company ought to have a nonbinding say on the CEO pay of somebody in a company. I think that's a common sense rule and regulation that allows and empowers shareholders to have a say in what makes sense.

Right Wing Idiot of the Day for March 24, 2009

I didn't have a lot of time today, and I was really wondering if I was going to get a chance to post this today.

Then, just about three minutes ago, someone sent me a link to the following, and the choice was easy...

Our Idiot of the Day is a woman I used to actually have some respect for at one time. In fact, she's one of those right wingers whom I don't believe is actually a right winger, but just says stupid shit just to gain attention for her career.

But today, she went over a really serious line, and this one deserves an apology.

Today's Right Wing Idiot of the Day is....

Barney Frank Calls Scalia a "Homophobe" Frank's Right As Usual!

Seriously... you have to love Barney Frank. He seems to be one of the few Congressional Democrats who just says what he thinks, without running it through a "political expediency" filter.

In a recent interview with the gay news Web site 365gay.com, Frank called Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (why has he not been impeached? Do we have no standards?) a "homophobe." He was discussing gay marriage and his expectation that Supremes might eventually have to decide on whether the federal government should be allowed to deny recognition to same-sex marriages.

"I wouldn't want it to go to the United States Supreme Court now because that homophobe Antonin Scalia has too many votes on this current court."

Click the link to see the video and my commentary:

Right Wing Idiot of the Day for March 23, 2009

Look, folks; there is no doubt this person is deranged. There is also no doubt she will be featured on this blog more than a few times in the future. But this time, she’s gone over a very serious line, and it’s time to rein her in.

There is no contest for our Right Wing Idiot of the Day, who is… who else?

Because There Just Isn't Enough Right Wing Radio Already...

Apparently, The owners of the Washington Right Wing Moonie Times want to do for radio what Fox News has done for television news.

This is from this morning's Washington Right Wing Moonie Times:

The Washington Times will launch a syndicated radio show later this spring, dedicated to the newsroom's investigative reporting and accountability journalism, Executive Editor John Solomon said Sunday.

The three-hour morning show will feature investigations by The Times, exclusive interviews with national newsmakers and discussions with reporters from The Times newsroom.

The move is part of an overhaul of The Times' products started last year, including a redesign of the Web site and newspaper, as well as new online videos, podcasts and mobile updates.

"I think the goal here is to take what we've done so successfully in print and translate it to radio," Mr. Solomon said. "The concept is that when you tune in in the morning, it's not going to be yesterday's news."

Talk Radio Network, home to such nationally syndicated talkers as Laura Ingraham and Michael Savage, will carry the show.

This has to be nipped in the bud, folks...

Great Series on the 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Our buddies at BuzzFlash have begun a great series on what happened when the Exxon Valdez created one of the worst non-natural environmental disasters in history. Hard to believe it's been 20 years since I willingly bought gas from Exxon. I think I've stopped at Exxon about a half dozen times in 20 years, and only because my car was running on fumes, and it was my only choice. I still avoid them, much as I avoid Wal-Mart.

Anyway, check out their series here...

We Now Reveal Our Right Boob... of the Week...

We started it as a homage to Janet Jackson, and her incredible impact on the Super Bowl years ago.

Our feeling was, as nice as her right boob was, the public was too distracted to see the real Right Boobs out there spewing forth crap every day.

But we had to take a break for a while. But with a new president, and a new attitude in the country, it's time we started actually burying the right wing, once and for all. They still have far too much influence.

This week's choice for Right Boob was not easy to come up with. I mean, there is a treasure trove of bullshit to dig through every single day, and it's really difficult to whittle it down to just one.

This week, however, the choice was easy, possibly even predictable, although I doubt it. Our Right Boob wasn't big enough on any particular day to showcase it, but every day, Our Right Boob added the right wing idiocy.

And so, be sure to keep the children away, because without further ado, we reveal...

Our Right Boob of the Week...