Is Hurricane Irene made worse by global warming? Environmentalist Bill McKibben thinks so. Needless to say, the people who think snowfall in the winter disproves global warming (i.e., dumb people) are unconvinced. Global warming denial is a religion with these people and they'd point and laugh at "global warming alarmists" if the average temperature on Earth was 120 degrees. Meanwhile, 2011 is on track to be the most expensive year in history, in terms of weather -- $32 billion at the end of June. And that's not even including the costs of heating and cooling. So clearly, absolutely nothing unusual is going on.
With Eric Cantor holding federal emergency disaster relief hostage to more spending cuts, the time has come to point out that this is just plain immoral. Would Cantor hold back funding if we were attacked by a foreign army? I'm going out on a limb and saying no. So explain to me what the big fucking difference is here. Luckily, Louisiana Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond is there to call Cantor out. If Democrats don't make Cantor's "let them drown, so we can afford tax cuts for the rich" policy a major focus in the next few days, they're really dropping the ball. People need to see that the Republican Party in no way represents their interests. This is beyond shameless and in a saner, more moral world would mean the end of Cantor's career. Seriously, this is the sort of over-the-top evil that the clownish villain pulls in bad comedies. You expect them Duke boys to show up any time in the General Lee and foil the plot.
While we're at it, throw Ron Paul out with Cantor.
Michele Bachmann has a great idea; lower our minimum wage to match our competition overseas. Want to make sneakers for a few bucks per 12 hour shift, like those lucky workers in China? Vote Bachmann!
Qadaffi's mercenaries call it quits.
Super-patriotic hater of federal government Rick Perry goes to the feds with his hand out again.
Finally: with the MLK Memorial finished, it's a good time to revisit the right's "Martin Luther King was a Republican" meme. Guess what? He was no Republican.
