Ah, Hypocrisy. Where Would the GOP be Without You? cont'd

The vocal opponent of health-care reform in the U.S. steered largely clear of the topic except to reveal a tidbit about her life growing up not far from Whitehorse.

“We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada,” [Sarah Palin] said. “And I think now, isn't that ironic?” more

Most of the times Republicans make my head hurt.  When it's Sarah Palin I just want to drown the stupid bitch out of pity for her and sanity.  Here she so clearly contradicts her own rhetoric and is utterly oblivious to it.

The Lou Dobbs Problem

The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic. The truth is, that it is not the Jewish banking conspiracy or the grey aliens or the 12 foot reptiloids from another dimension that are in control. The truth is more frightening, nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.

- “The Mindscape of Alan Moore” (2003) via uncertain times