While making a broader point in a NYT piece, Timothy Egan points out that Rick Perry's record of answered prayers sucks. Perry signed three consecutive days of prayer for rain into law and Texas is still drier than the Sahara. It's like I always say, the only difference between prayer and doing nothing is intent. Maybe we might want to look into electing someone who's interested in actually governing, rather than a really lousy sorcerer who's ongoing plan seems to be to keep asking his cosmic buddy for favors that said cosmic buddy never delivers.
And, in other news from the rightwing and batshit crazy; Sen. Jim DeMint believes that most Americans are anti-American.
A conservative circuit court rules that the individual mandate in heathcare reform is unconstitutional. This ruling may not carry a lot of legal weight done the road, because it hinges in part on an extremely stupid argument; that all new programs are automatically unconstitutional.
Tim Pawlenty agrees to come to your house and cook you dinner or mow your lawn. That's info I could've used about an hour earlier.
NYT reports that more and more "well-known economists, financial analysts and corporate leaders, including some Republicans," are speaking out against Republican economic policies as anti-growth and a case of bad prioritizing. Let's hope that more media notice that "Republican economics suck!" is not an opinion, but objective fact.
S&P continues to fault Republicans for the downgrade. The latest; default-denialism -- of the Michele Bachmann variety -- shows that a significant portion of elected officials (i.e., the GOP) can't be trusted to manage the nation's debt.
Another point that's not opinion, but objective fact: last night's GOP debate was an embarrassing panderfest.
Finally, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann are already battling it out to see who will become the King or Queen of the Crazy People.
