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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Floats Secession As Possible Response To Health Care Reform.–Think Progress headline, 2/22/2010

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Of course, this follows the Texas governor’s
moronic discussion of the same. 
Patapsco Creek Jack came up with a solution.

“What would be fun is if contemporary America found its Sherman and sent him and three divisions into certain states and Congressional districts.“
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Images: (1) via iacmusic.com (2)by Matthew Brady via civilwargazzette.wordpress.com […]

“I think if we’d abolished the IRS back when I first advocated it, he wouldn’t have a target for his airplane.”–United States House Representative Steve King (R-IA) quoted in Think Progress, 2/22/2010.

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Do you think Steve favored collecting these
during his younger days?

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Here is the story.
Images: (Rage For Men) lh4.ggpht.com via menspulpmags.com; (Mars Attacks Card) via runningwithscissors.com; (Man’s Life & Men Today) via normansaunders,com (steve in) #1 i.ytimg.com via dipity,com; #3 nvia outragedpatriots.com; #4 Jeff Malet @ maletphoto.com;

I like him better as Al Smith, but wearing a thirty-pound tunic is the price one pays to celebrate Halloween.

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Rep. Steve King: Obama Will Make America A ‘Totalitarian Dictatorship’
On Saturday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) gave little-noticed remarks at Sioux City’s West High School during an appearance by Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK). King went beyond the traditional right-wing talking points — which brand Obama a “Marxist” who adheres to “socialism” — and said that he […]

“A lot of them couldn’t communicate with the people they were getting the mortgage FROM,” he said.

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Hey, Fred. Even in your brand of English,
a preposition should not end a sentence.
Nevertheless, Freddy the Sloth is unaware that
many legal immigrants don’t speak the lingo. 
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Thompson’s got trouble in River City
Iowa has become central to his GOP campaign as he’s slid to asterisk status in New Hampshire. Challenges include lackluster polling, energy and […]

Hillary offers more of the same sleaze–only in pants suit instead of cowboy boots.

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

November 25, 2007, 8:42 am
In Iowa, Clinton Is Pressed on Murdoch
By Patrick Healy
FORT DODGE, Iowa – The curious relationship between Hillary Rodham Clinton, presidential candidate, and Rupert Murdoch, media baron, flashed briefly before the eyes of Iowans on Saturday night during a Clinton campaign event.
A woman in the audience rose to ask Mrs. Clinton […]

It takes a pillage.

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Clinton Camp Admits To Planting Questions
ABC NEWS BLOG
November 09, 2007 9:06 PM
Eloise Harper Reports: The Clinton campaign has admitted to planting questions in Iowa. They have confirmed that a campaign staffer approached a student to ask Sen. Clinton a question about global warming during a campaign stop at a biodiesel plant in Newton, Iowa, […]

Well, I’ll be dipped in…

Monday, October 29th, 2007

In an statement which shocked voters, presidential candidates and the news media, Iowa Secretary of State H. Bifter Herkemayer announced that the Iowa caucuses have already occurred. Mr. Herkemayer noted that the continued movement of states’ primaries as a means of gaining meaning forced his hand.

“Yep, we held it yesterday morning,” he said at a […]

Some photographs from the FRED THOMPSON EXPERIENCE…

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

On Stump, Low-Key Thompson Stirs Few Sparks
New York Times
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: October 4, 2007

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Doug Mills/The New York Times

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AP photo
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Image: AP photo via Huffington Post; (computer image) Vanderline via Boston Globe

Does anyone remember that Bob Barker once hosted Truth or Consequences?

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

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(Eric Thayer/Reuters)
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Republican hopefuls wade into terrorist strike debate
By Kay Henderson2 hours, 31 minutes ago

Republican presidential contenders waded into a Democratic foreign policy row on Sunday, and argued over how far the United States should go in striking terrorist targets abroad.
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, running for the Democratic presidential nomination, said last week he would […]

On those occasions when this blog breaks a story first, it is a function of dreams, humor and paranoia.

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

On September 6, 2006, I had foreseen the realm of
KIDZ ‘n KILZ.
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July 17, 2007
Mascot for Hamas TV Show Is a Mouse No More
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
JERUSALEM, July 16 — Hamas television, which was criticized for a Mickey Mouse-like character named Farfur who spouted anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish nostrums at children, has replaced the mouse […]