The Other Side of My Mouth

Are Conservative "Reporters" Batshit Stupid

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:43:00 +0000

I wonder if Politico "reporter" Donovan Slack and local Racine wannabe gauleiter, Fred Dooley, went to the same School of Stupid?

If you recall, back during the last presidential election, Dooley made the fantastic claim that the Obama campaign and the Democratic Party were breaking election law and, horrors, cheating, because of their claim you could bring a registered voter to the polls to vouch for you, enabling you to vote. It was "reporting" at its finest. Even RedState (an extreme right Völkischer Beobachter-type blog) picked up on his story.

A "story" it certainly was because if Dooley had done even a cursory investigation of Wisconsin election law he would have found his claims untrue. Rather than admit his mea culpa like a man, he zapped the post, rendering it past tense.

Now onto Donovan Slack (I wonder if she had Jessica McBride as a teacher).

Anyway, Slack discovered something interesting during President Obama’s visit to unionized Masterlock. Gasp, next to the America flag was a flag for the local Wisconsin 1848. Hilariously, this “reporter” wrote that we now knew where Obama’s sympathies laid.

Aside from the obvious (Obama is a Democrat, dumbass) if our intrepid “reporter” had investigated a bit more she would have found that the flag was actually the Wisconsin State Flag, not the flag for a local union.

In true “conservative” fashion, Politico zapped the post.

'Nuff said.

Rethug Rappers Offend Everyone

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:29:00 +0000

Here is a video from CPAC - you know the "big tent" Rethuglican clambake where one can be introduced to all sorts of interesting people like white supremacists, misogynists (is dad29 there I wonder?), homophobes, Joseph McCarthy wannabees, and white rappers with no talent who think using the word "knickers" in place of that more inflammatory word (rhymes with jigger) all Rethugs secretly think we should all be able to use with impunity. One attendee (black gentleman) leaves. Listen to the comments directed at him as he leaves.

Oh, those funny rethugs. This line in the comments was classic.

The thing that kills me about the conservative mentality, particularly as often expressed by their younger male co-hort, is their need to steal and co-opt the symbols of oppression to burnish their martyrdom and unfounded feeling of victimhood.

I seem to recall Patrick Dorwin of Badger Blogger attended one of these in the past, or was it that Egg guy? Could be wrong, though it would not surprise me. Remember, too, this is the party Rick Esenberg (shill extraordinaire) supports. Right on, Phil.

I Support These Traditional Rights

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:25:00 +0000

... and so does Ellen DeGeneres. Commenting about a statement by the misnamed group "One Million Moms" that JC Penney continuing to keep DeGeneres as a spokesperson will cost the company traditional values shoppers, DeGeneres said:

"I usually don't talk about stuff like this on my show," she confessed. "But I really want to thank everyone who is supporting me, and if you don't know me very well, if you're just watching for the first time or maybe you are just getting to know me, I want to be clear. Here are the values that I stand for: I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. That's what I stand for."

"Oh, also I believe in dance."

Public Union Members Are Taxpayers, Too

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:20:00 +0000

I'm confused by the continual ranting of the right about taxpaters rights, and the blame heaped on public union members. Excuse me, are they not taxpayers too? Just another example of conservatives trying to take away the rights of others.

Santorum back in the Hunt?

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:55:00 +0000

Just when I thought the world could not get any weirder, former senator (soundly defeated I might add when seeking re-election) Rick Santorum actually won three caucuses and has, for the moment, returned the Republican presidential nomination process to "up-for-grabs" ... again.

Lest anyone forget, he really is the more frightening of the remaining candidates. Why? Because of inane comments like this tweet he sent after Prop 8 (anti-gay marriage) in California was reversed: "7M Californians had their rights stripped away today by activist 9th Circuit Court judges. As president I will work to protect marriage."

Huh?

I'm trying to figure out what rights were stripped away. Straight people can still get married. No one is being forced into gayness or into gay marriages.

It amuses me that the only rights the near-Nazi right embraces are those it continues to lose, in this case the right to oppress others.

Oops

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:21:00 +0000

The preceding post incorrectly labeled Fred Dooley as the author of the dumbass post about President Obama's comments at the National Day of Prayer breakfast. The post was actually written by a contributor, Golfing Granpa. Still a nitwit, though.

In any case, I apologize. For Mr. Ethically-Challenged (Dooley) this is how you correct a mistake, not by zapping it away.

Fred "Christian" Dooley Shows His Dark Side ... Again

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:09:00 +0000

“Christian” Fred Dooley, perhaps the largest hypocrite among local righty blogs, has decided that his version of Christianity is superior to our president’s. In his epistle, Dooley claims that President Obama got it completely wrong when he quoted Luke 12:48 at the National Day of Prayer breakfast.

The President had this to say: “And when I talk about shared responsibility, it's because I genuinely believe that in a time when many folks are struggling, at a time when we have enormous deficits, it's hard for me to ask seniors on a fixed income, or young people with student loans, or middle-class families who can barely pay the bills to shoulder the burden alone. And I think to myself, if I'm willing to give something up as somebody who's been extraordinarily blessed, and give up some of the tax breaks that I enjoy, I actually think that's going to make economic sense.

"But for me as a Christian, it also coincides with Jesus' teaching that 'for unto whom much is given, much shall be required.'"

Fred’s reply is indicative of the blackness of his heart. “Apparently sitting under the teachings of Rev Wright all those years the Emperor was never taught that applying scriptural principles REQUIRES they be applied in CONTEXT. The context of Luke 12:48 is very clear that it has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with taxes. It is a discussion about the responsibility of "managers" to be good stewards of what they manage - be it people or money - and to handle it as though the manager's superior may return from a long journey and expect to see that the manager has handled the affairs of the superior properly while he was gone.”

I happen to agree with the President. In this life there are those more blessed than others. Don’t you think that a fair and just God would apply the principle of "to whom much is given, much is required" with perfect fairness? Yes, the President did tie this to his ideas of tax fairness, but so what? What today is less Christian than the gulf between the wealthy and the poor?

Fred the “Christian” would do well to think twice before accusing someone else of a lack of context considering his racist views on the stimulus package ("Got my stimulus package in the mail today. It contained watermelon seeds, cornbread mix, and ten coupons to KFC.").

Though I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. KKK members said they were “Christians” too.

It Was the Monkey's Fault

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

I'll bet Tennessee State Senator Stacy Campbell and Dad29 would agree on just about everything the other conjures. Both are a couple of homo-hating slugs.

I bet the man-love that would pour out from an imaginary meeting of these two protozoans would overwhelm the sewer system.

Maybe There is a God

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:53:00 +0000

Rick Santorum comes closer to calling it quits. One can hope, though as Republican nominee he would almost certainly have handed the election to President Obama.

Conservatives and the Politics of Racism

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:36:00 +0000

I was reading Leonard Pitts' column about Newt Gingrich and his embracing what Pitts' called "practicing the politics of racism." Gingrich is especially good at this as are local conservatives, especially bloggers (remember Fred Dooley and his stimulus package). It was this final paragraph that really caught my attention. Pitts' recounts a parable that was shared with him by a student of his.

A rich white man sits with a poor white man and poor black man at a table laden with cookies. The rich white man snatches all the cookies but one, then turns to the poor white man and says, 'Watch out for that darky. I think he wants to take your cookie."

Channeling Fred Dooley and Charlie Sykes?

Damn Poor People

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:18:00 +0000

This paragraph is too good. From Sadly No! finally comes the real reason why the Democratic Party and the poor are so at odds. It's because libs support public transportation and you know what that will lead to ....

Whoomp, there it is: the mac and cheese argument. Air-conditioned public buses will make the poor want to stay poor forever because they can get on an air-conditioned bus anytime they want and luxuriate their lives away rather than working hard to buy their own air-conditioned car. If you made all poor people walk to work, every single fucking one of them would be richer than the Koch Brothers in just a few months.

If only I had known. It all makes sense now.

More Voter Fraud Exposed

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:02:00 +0000

Maybe they had a point all along.

Voter Fraud Exposed

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:46:00 +0000

Finally.

Dooley Jumps in it Again

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:53:00 +0000

Everybody's big, fat clown, Fred Dooley, leaped into the fray over the video of alleged minors signing recall petitions. He titled his post "Recall petition fraud? Everywhere. Democrats don't give a damn about doing this legally." Of course, as usual it wasn't true. Now that it's been discovered that the girls were actually of age, do you think Fred will recant and admit his mea culpa?

Hah!

Sounds like the time he claimed the Obama campaign was violating Wisconsin election law. Where did that post go? Zap!, down the electronic circular file.

To be fair, Fred is not the only conservative blogger to jump on this. However, he's my favorite.

Signed Petitions

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:48:00 +0000

Signed recall petitions for Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch today. Can't wait for this tyranny to be overthrown.

Fred Dooley for President

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:10:00 +0000

Could he be any worse than the group of nitwits now competing for the ~~Republican~~ Teabagger nomination?

"Got my stimulus package in the mail today. It contained watermelon seeds, cornbread mix, and ten coupons to KFC."

Okay. Maybe.

Veteran's Day Redux

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:11:00 +0000

Here is a post, reproduced, I wrote some time ago for Veteran's Day (edited somewhat).

I remember staying with Nana at her home in Appleton shortly after Grandpa's death at the age of 82. It was September 1978 or so. Nana and I were foraging through some items when I found an old uniform. I asked Nana if this was Grandpa's. She said it was his WWI uniform and beckoned to me to try it on. It was a little tight, but it fit! I was 22 at the time and pretty skinny. It was cool to know that my Grandpa and I were about the same size back in our youth. (The picture on the left is of Grandpa in his uniform around 1930.)

I spent a lot of time at my grandparents as a child. My Dad was working hard to feed a growing family (it would become five eventually). We (usually Kelly and I) would often stay with Nana and Grandpa for a week or so at a time during the summer.

I didn't mind. I loved visiting. I enjoyed puttering in the backyard with Nana, picking raspberries, blueberries, apples, pears, dodging the bees, etc. The gathered fruits would later become the filling for pies; the aroma of these just-baked pies filling the house and wafting out the backdoor to the yard where I could be found building miniature cities with hand-smoothed expressways in the gravel driveway.

I remember evenings sitting on the floor in front of Grandpa's lap. He'd peel apples. It was a wondrous experience for the grandkids, watching Grandpa maintain one - long - continuous - peel. Then he'd present slices to each of us kids from the flat side of the paring blade.

I especially liked going with Grandpa to the driving range to practice hitting golfballs. He was an excellent golfer. He had seven hole-in-ones (I've had one, using an old iron of his) and he shot a 79 at Reid Municipal Park in Appleton at the age of 79. Pretty remarkable.

I'd also go out with Grandpa on the course. I was his caddy until my teen years. I had a blast with Grandpa's old buddies and on occasion was even allowed to hit a golfball.

Even when I was finally allowed to golf, Grandpa insisted I never keep score. Nonetheless, in my adult years it's been a goal of mine to break 80. I've hit 80 six times, but have never made it past. I once needed only to bogey the last hole do break 80. It's been a source of frustration. Grandpa must have known something.

Grandpa's service for our nation consisted of being drafted in September 1918. He trained in Alabama and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in December 1918. He never made it to Europe to actually fight in the war-to-end-all-wars and was discharged in in early 1919.

His only child, my Dad, enlisted in the Marines in January 1945 at the age of 17. He trained in the Carolinas and then transferred to California. In October 1945 he sailed from Washington; visiting Japan and the Philippines. He was discharged in 1947.

He later decided to joined the priesthood. Fortunately he changed his mind before his final vows; I'm thankful for obvious reasons.

Over the years I've tried in my own way to fill my Dad's shoes, though I've insisted I wasn't. We've clashed as Son and Dad often do. I'm sad to say that our relationship has not always been the best.

Recently, I sent an email to him asking he stop sending me any more of those thoroughly debunked anti-Obama emails that were cruising the Internet. After explaining how this latest email was false, I asked whether he had any sense and would he please stop or I would have to block his emails. I wish I had not done that.

Earlier this summer while tossing a ball around with my Son, I noticed how difficult it was to throw with any sort of pace. The distance I could throw a ball had also diminished. But I kept at it even though I knew I would be sore the next day. I thought of my Dad then. He used to set up as catcher and let me throw fastball after fastball. They were not very fast. I tried out for Little League and the first pitch I threw was hit over the centerfield fence. But Dad kept catching and encouraging.

So I keep catching and running after my Son's errant throws. I help him with his homework and I try not to take it personally when he argues with me or gets sullen, as teenagers are wont to do regardless of the generation.

I've been a fortunate person. I had the chance to know my Grandpa and had a Dad who worked and stuck around to care for his family. There are too many children missing that. Because of their efforts, I've turned out fairly all right. I have three kids now. In addition to my teenage boy, I have two beautiful daughters.

I wonder if my Dad has an old uniform lying around? Despite our differences, I bet we were about the same size once, too, in our youth.

Saturday Thoughts

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:37:00 +0000

On rare occasions I purchase the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel just to see what's going on. Three items from the Nov. 11 edition made enough of an impression for me to comment (And no, I'm not providing links. It was the print version. Look them up yourself.)

The Petulant David Clarke
The first was a story about a federal lawsuit filed against the sheriff of Milwaukee County, ~~Republican~~ Democrat David Clarke. Sgt. Rich Graber has alleged his constitutional rights were violated in the suit.

What bothers me is Graber claims Clarke went on an expletive-filled rant during a meeting with Graber. Clarke admits using profanity. Really, how long should Milwaukee put up with this clownish buffoon? Clarke is like a toddler that throws a tantrum if it doesn't get it's way, often flying to Charlie Sykes to tell his side of the story, which usually is filled with lies. And, in the business world, how long do you think a supervisor would last if the Human Resources Department discovered this sort of behavior?

Idiot Savant Krysta Sutterfield
This woman appears to have no other talents than to wear her toy holster around in public. She walked into a Brookfield church in 2010 (a very liberal church) openly wearing her toy, was arrested, and in a settlement after the incident, received $7,500. Now she's been arrested for loitering, prowling and resisting arrest -- armed again, of course. She must be short of money.

New Berlin Resident is Dumb
And finally, from the Letters section comes Maggie Brieske of Brookfield. She suggests new strict voting rules for recall elections. Well, only one actually, but let's not let her grammar get in the way. She suggests that only legitimate voters of both parties be allowed to vote.

I'm not sure what that means, but it apparently has something to do with the fact, she claims, the people spoke when Scott Walker was elected governor. How she is so sure of this amazes me. I voted and I certainly did not speak for Walker (another popular conservative talking point is the taxpayers voted for the boy king, but I pay taxes too).

Anyway, she is so refreshed, she claims. She writes, "It is refreshing to see someone in a public office actually walk the walk of what he promised in his campaign." Really. So that comment Walker made about "dropping the bomb" (referring to his union-busting scheme) was just a funny.

Sorry, Maggie. If Walker is recalled will you move to Illinois? Please.

Another Idiot Christian Conservative Running for Office

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:11:00 +0000

When, if ever, will conservatives get it. Apparently not yet in Kentucky (and the case can be made for "never" in Wisconsin). Anyway, Kentucky GOP governor hopeful, David Williams, had this to say about his opponent, Govenor Steve BeShear, sitting down and joining a Hindu religious cermony at a groundbreaking ceremony.

“I just brought to people’s attention that it’s rather odd that a governor that wouldn’t stand up for Bell County’s schools ability to say a prayer before a football game and didn’t want to call a Christmas tree a Christmas tree, he wanted to call it a holiday tree, and when he was attorney general didn’t want to post the Ten Commandments, climbed down in a pit and to do a Hindu prayer,” Williams said.

Let me repeat this again (it's been said countless times): The groundbreaking ceremony was private. It had no relation to government interference by religious groups. Saying a prayer at a public school football game, or not posting the Ten Commandments in a public building are entirely different from accepting a request to sit in on a religious celebration put on by a private firm which happens to be based in India (a largely Hindu nation).

Oh by the way, according to TPM, the plant represents a $180 million investment, and is expected to create 250 jobs in Kentucky.

Williams also suggested he was just doing his part in supporting Christianity, because you know, everyone is down on Christians these days. Except for the 2.1 billion who "claim" they are Christians, more than any other faith in the world. Those poor, downtrodden Christians.

Local Conservative Bloggers Lose Their "Black Friend"

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:28:00 +0000

I know this is a bit late, but the ramifications of the departure of James T. Harris on our local conservative bloggers has been overlooked.

No longer will they be able to look you in the face (or type in your face) that they are not racists because they have a black friend. I know Fred "Deep South" Dooley will be especially at a loss. But I can't help but worry about the state of others like Bruce "I'll run you over with my Lexus" Redenz, and Patrick "I eat a lot of feral cats" Dorwin. That racist statement they are all bound to make will no longer be softened by their admission of black friendliness.

Sorry, you have to meet a black person to consider him/her a friend. Just assuming Herman Cain likes you because he says he's a conservative, is not enough.

I've been thinking about this and without looking at the Badger Blogger site, I would bet their "groundbreaking coverage" of the Nazi get-together in West Allis not too long ago would consist of this, "Black thugs disrupt peaceful gathering." Just imagining.

God Does Have a Sense of Humor

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:19:00 +0000

From New York Magazine comes word that God has endorsed the presidential aspirations of Herman Cain, Rick Santorum and Michelle Bachman ... all at the same time. I wonder if they know?

Meanwhile, God's punishment continues to rain down on Wisconsin in the form of that pillar of salt, Scott Walker, and his little sodomites.

AFP Members are Dicks

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:41:00 +0000

From Crooks and Liars: Americans for Prosperity has been plastering homes in a section of Detroit with fake eviction notices. Meant to startle a spokesman for the Koch-funded group said.

Talk up low.

What Condiment to Use

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:22:00 +0000

Well, I guess the only question remaining for Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is what to put on that wiener. Will it be ketchup, mustard, relish, a combination of all three or only two ....?

[offstage whisper]

What? Not that kind of wiener? Really?

Never mind.

FleeBibler

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:31:00 +0000

I'm not a believer (though born Catholic, ugh) but I thought Paul Ryan fleeing the scene from a young man trying to give him a Bible and gently reminding him of the Christian ideal of caring for the poor hilarious.

h/t Crooks and Liars

If Elected ...

noreply@blogger.com (Other Side) — Mon, 30 May 2011 14:43:00 +0000

... would she make it through one term?