Glenn Beck, Super Genius

Why do we continue to watch beck? For the same reason we continue to watch Wile E. Coyote. Both are perceived as evil (the coyote is, after all, just trying to eat), both keep coming up with more and more outlandish means to accomplish their ends, both are not taken seriously by their main adversaries (the only time the road runner even acknowledges the coyote is when he has to step out of the way), and both of them are doomed to failure.

And so we can't turn away. They keep trying, they keep failing, and we keep watching that failure, every party wondering who among them will be the least persistent and eventually give up.

Unlike the coyote (who somehow can afford - and find for purchase - rocket skates, but not a cheeseburger), Beck wants you to watch - that's his purpose. The more outrageous he gets, the more people go, "oh no he di'int," and tune in.

And unlike the emaciated coyote, Beck knows where his next meal is coming from.

(via Salon.com: Progressives are like slave owners; and LA Times: Slavery was a liberal cause.)

Lost Generation

You simply must see this video. I came across it through friends on Facebook.

While listening to the message, it's easy to be blown away by the way in which it's presented. Technical and editorial feats aside, go back and listen to the message.



Reminiscent of "Wear Sunscreen," ("Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young" written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997, not Kurt Vonnegut) I suspect it'll be the subject of more than one graduation ceremony.

Vote already, dammit! This is why "reform" will never happen.

Kidney stones are passed easier than health care reform. This is why I can't stand the Democrats. They're trying to compromise, and the Republicans want only capitulation. They want [i]nothing[/] done that doesn't heap more profit on private insurers.

clipped from www.huffingtonpost.com Mike Enzi, Gang Of Six Republican, Admits He's Simply Blocking Health Care Reform Mike Enzi, one of three Republicans ostensibly negotiating health care reform as part of the Senate's "Gang of Six," told a Wyoming town hall crowd that he had no plans to compromise with Democrats and was merely trying to extract concessions. He assured conservatives that his presence was delaying health care reform. "If I hadn't been involved in this process as long as I have and to the depth as I have, you would already have national health care," he said. Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, said that he would support passing health care with a simple majority if it became clear the GOP wasn't serious.