Nov
12
2009
Tonight’s Irony Alert
Posted by Texas Betsy in Current Events, Politics, Relaxed Politics, Right Wing Idiots, US Politics
OK, who is surprised by this?
The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”
Congressional repigs, on the other hand …..
A spokeswoman for the National Republican Congressional Committee – the campaign arm for the House Republicans – said it does not include coverage for elective abortions in its employee insurance policy.
“The policy does not cover abortions unless the life of the mother is in danger,” the NRCC spokeswoman said.
According to several Cigna employees, the insurer offers its customers the opportunity to opt out of abortion coverage – and the RNC did not choose to opt out.
via Politico
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This has been another example of “do as I say, not as I do”, or fine for me but not for thee. Also known as IOKIYAR.
Fuck these people sideways with a 2×4. Really. Why are they always screeching about smaller government, unless there’s sex involved? Then they wanna be all up in your business. Piss off, GOP
fyi, OxyClean is the best for whites. I use 2 scoops dissolved in hot water and then let the clothes soak in that for awhile. Run it the rest of the way through and then wash again with soap and warm water. Sparkling whites, even those that have been worn by little boys to play in the dirt. The dirtier the clothes, the longer the soak.
Now, if we could only soak the Repugs.
Way off topic …..
Re: the lou dobbs thing.
A friend of mine just wrote:
Opinions anyone?
@ Texas Betsy:
@ Texas Betsy:
I think Lou Dobbs was rumored to be contemplating a run in the 2004 races. Just make sure the TPM retrospective stays alive (and the Media Matters stuff). But I think it goes nowhere. He is a doddering old fool and today’s young, discerning teabagger is looking for something like a young Magnum, PI; or maybe that hot brunette at Hooters.
@ Lea:
Which would mean at least 2 extra loads every day. This is why I got a front loading washer. I can stuff a metric shit-ton of clothes in there, put in the soap and voila! Done!!
Yeah, but that would require me to actually sort the laundry according to colors
@ gordon:
I am still giggling over the visual of you lecturing the cows while they ignore you. Are there neighbors near enough to see this sort of thing, and do they wonder about your mental state?
Is it just me or does this bebe get even cuter with each passing week?
@ Texas Betsy:
Squeee!!!! That baby is a cutie! And in addition, he seems to have the coolest collection of stuffies on planet Earth. When the big kid was a wee babe I used to put him in his bouncy chair on the dining room table. But it didn’t last too long, as he would start kicking his fat little legs and I worried he’d bounce himself right onto the floor.
I’ve decided it’s much more fun to enjoy other people’s bebehs. You can coo and cuddle them, and then when they get pissy you give them back to their mommy
OMG! Just found four little reece’s peanut butter cups left over from my Halloween stash!
@ madmommy:
No neighbors near enough to hear the eloquence of my lecture on the bovine courtesies due to their illustrious benefactors.
As to wondering about their neighbor’s mental state – hey, this is a really small town! What else is there to do?
@ Texas Betsy:
Don’t you just love it when that happens? You think you’re down to a couple boxes of Dots and a Tootsie Roll, and then-Huzzah!! Reeces
I am about to dump what is left of our candy stash. All the good stuff is gone (I don’t know who ate all the chocolate, must have been the kids!) and the bowl is taking up room in the fridge.
@ gordon:
Do groups of people suddenly go silent when you approach them? Dude, you might be the town nutter-the cows are probably spreading rumors right now 
Speculating on the mental health of one’s neighbors is standard small town fare the world over. There’s always one nutter everyone talks about at the local store
‘Evening Bumz. Finally done with all my chores. Delivered my Habitat plans, and took Bucky to the dogwash. Only cost $15!!! (I think she undercharged me. Dogs over 100 pounds are supposed to cost $17.00) Then we stopped by to see Charlie, one of Bucky’s dog friends at the Orchid Shop. Came home with a carload of orchids to give away to my club. (and some for me to keep, too) I made dinner during KO. Then during Rachel I had to help Mr. Gnome load his reels with new line. He and Gnome-son are going to the coast tomorrow to go
@ madmommy:
I just found some peanut M &M’s that Mr. Gnome had not eaten yet!
@ madmommy:
Round heah, madmum, we call that “‘centreck”, which is short for “excentreck”. And it don matta how ‘centreck he is, he ain’t never dun no hahm to me.
It’s actually an advantage of living in an isolated area with a tough climate. Someone is “OK” if you’re reasonably sure he’ll help pull your car out of a ditch in a blizzard.
@ gordon:
Hey, I’d take that all day long compared to some of what I deal with every day. Hardly a day goes by that the theme from “Deliverance” doesn’t run through my head at the sight of some toothless, greasy haired, beer bellied redneck
@ gordon:
Gordon that sounds downright civilized.
Does anyone know if comedy central offers transcripts for Colbert?
@ gordon:
@ madmommy:
@ Texas Betsy:
Makes me homesick.
I guess with the mild climate of the South, more vermin survive.
Time for bed, goodnight all!
@ madmommy:
Maybe I can get up early enough to get lots of orchid work done before the greenhouse heats up. Or maybe the sun won’t come out and it won’t be a problem! 
I am thinking along those same lines
(Kinda quiet around here tonight. Where is everybody?)
Sleep well gnome and madmom.
Off to find myself a bed.
off topic: Texteen is singing Queen in the shower. Oops, back to the Beatles. What decade was this kid born in?
@ Texas Betsy:
That’s kind of embarrassing. No one in my family sings in the shower! 
G’night Bumz.
Had junkado for Kidlet1, bought a new printer, went to bank, junkado for Mom & Dad, grocery store – so just ate a bit and catched up. I’m sure the boycow was sorry for messing up the bale, but problem is a very short short-term memory.
Deliverance…
I am still suffering after watching that movie. Glad I don’t have to see folk like that every day. We gotz some like that in middle of nowhere Nevada… 
repugnants – do as I say, not as I do; don’t confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up; do as you’re told and speak when spoken to; ask no questions, just do.
root of all evil.
Lou Dobbs – idjit, stoopid, arrogant BHA (big headed asshole) who thinks he’s is the bestest person anyone could want to have telling or showing or doing for ‘em.
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g’night MM, Gnome, Betsy – sleep tight, sweet dreams of cookies!
Good evening, bumz.
Irony, indeed! As mm said, IOKIYAR.
Both Stewart and Colbert had reactions to DObbs leaving. Both quite different.
Stewart on Stupak, et al’s argument that they shouldn’t have to have their taxes used for something they opposed: It’s $20 to go to the zoo; you can’t say here’s $18.50, I don’t like zebras.
Stewart also reacted to Hannity’s apology for the misleading tape for the Bachman rally.
Was a good antidote for my earlier meeting.
gnome de plume wrote:
proof of global warming – my mom ‘n dad always used to say that the cold climate and horrendous winters in the Upper Midwest kept out the riffraff and the vermin. Michelle Bachmann is proof that global warming is letting vermin survive up here
@ newdealfarmgrrrlll:
Hope all is set for your eye surgery.
Time for me to head off to bed. Night, all who are still here.
@ sharonlee:
G’night.
Ed Schultz today likened it to the war – saying that since I don’t agree with or want the war or it is an unnecessary war – then that means I don’t have to pay the taxes that would pay for the war.
Simple logic.
One thing that I notice in the photos of President Obama walking through Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery is the symbols on the marble markers. Here isa page of the authorized emblems.
I also found the original story by James Meek that includes a photo of President Obama meeting James Meek and added it to the post. It is the first linkie, and I also added the one photo. There are others in his original story.
Morning Bumz! I didn’t get up and at ‘em as early as I wanted. Oh well. It’s a nice cool foggy morning here. That is an interesting list of authorized emblems, Pellora. I have no idea, what some of those emblems are. Interesting that they even have a symbol for atheists.
That is something I wouldn’t have thought of!
Hi honeys. I have had an eventful morning so far. Dropped the kid at school and then noticed smoke coming from the steering column of my 10 yr old Saturn. Smoke got worse so I pulled over, got out. Called 911. The fire department comes very quickly when they think a wheelchair user is in a car that may have an engine fire. Oy!
I’m at work, car is at the shop, and all is calm, but I have about 10 more gray hairs than I did when I woke up.
Betsy, I believe you could do without eventful mornings. Have you called your insurance company?
At least for another day we are having unseasonably warm, dry weather. Forecast is for rain tomorrow (but at least with higher temps it is not snow
).
My day will be broken with a long lunch at which my siblings and I will be celebrating two birthdays.
@ Texas Betsy:
Insurance company? Why?
@ Texas Betsy:
Sometimes if it is a fluky thing, it is actually covered by your policy.
@ gnome de plume:
The emblems are for a real variety of *religious* beliefs. I just happened to notice that in the photos of Obama at the cemetery, that there were different signs on the marble, which made me wonder.
I believe the Atheist and Wiccan (Fallon, Nevada airman’s wife fought for this inclusion, I believe) emblems were added after lengthy lawsuits. So I assume others were already being allowed, or those lawsuits allowed in other emblems.
I like the humanist one. I’m amused by the two at the end which can’t be shown for copyright reasons. Buh?
@ peanutbutter:
interesting for lack of a better word for it.
Saw that. So how would you have one on a monument? A letter to the copyright holder asking for permission in specific use. I found it
I like the humanist one also. Remember that quiz that was here some time ago – about where you were in your beliefs – a number of us were *secular humanists*.
The atheist one bugs me a little because of the underlying assumption that religion is inherently opposed to science and that science is inherently the enemy of religion. Just because it’s true for some instances (who could forget Galileo’s fate?) doesn’t mean it’s per se true across the board. In reality, science has nothing whatsoever to say about religion itself because science doesn’t address faith (in its ideal application, of course). Religion isn’t suppose to address literalism either because it’s about *faith* — believing without proof.
Meh.
@ peanutbutter:
I had a problem with that, too. It’s a good thing I don’t have to choose an emblem for me or one of my own.
Of course my emblem would be puppies, kitties and orchids.
Yeah, a puppies emblem is good
I thought it was wierd. Atheists are not only about science – they just don’t believe in *a Creator*. The emblem was maybe designed by a person of faith. It would be the understanding problem. What would happen if an Atheist was commissioned to design an emblem for some religion? Besides the uproar, I’m sure there would be differences.
I would like some emblem that shows multiple animals – I guess I’d just have the marble engraved with lots of different animals and plants of Nature. My name would be little and tiny to not distract from the art! Not planning on a marble slab though, so it’s a moot point.
I just heard on the radio news that there is discussion of research of alcohol energy drinks
On its face, how can an alcoholic energy drink be a good thing?
OK, I am going to head back to the orchid ranch with another load of my orchids.
Betsy, I left you another odd nature post to use whenever.
g’morning Bumz!
no work today! I’m going to a Dem fundraiser this evening with my mom and one of my aunts. Franni Franken is the featured guest … she’s awesome. When we elected Al, we got two for the price of one
she’s a wonderful activist woman in the Sheila Wellstone vein. My high school buddy who insisted i go is the MC – i may be in line for an embarrassing shout out 
ndfg, have fun at the Dem event.
Did you all notice that the RNC has changed its insurance policy. Gotta keep those women pregnant.
sqeee! *farmgrrrlll lets out a muffled shriek* my closing is set for 11/30/09!
the final hurdle is FHA approving the house. The private inspector didn’t turn up major problems like the first house, so i’m cautiously hopeful this is actually gonna go thru.
The major drawback is me being dragged kicking and screaming to the forefront of hipness. “Mid Century Modern.” blerggity blergh. I want to stay an unhip old DFH restoring a victorian or craftsman home.
Altho the original cabinet pulls and the original hall & entry light fixtures are to die for! Piccies will be forthcoming.
@ newdealfarmgrrrlll:
for FHA hoops.
Hooray.
At least you are in mid-century modern. Just keep focusing on the cabinet pulls and light fixtures.
Hi honeys.
Fixing the car (switch where the turn signal meets the steering column) was nearly $200. Ugh.
Texteen’s new shoes and dress shirt (youth group events all weekend) were on sale at Ross.
Mazel tov on the house stuff NDFG!
@ Texas Betsy:
Does “tight” mean good in TeenSpeak?
It’s Friday. It’s Friday. Off from the office. No alarms on Saturday.
Will try to catch up with Foodie Friday later.
gnome de plume wrote:
exactly