Thursday Travesties

I have to lump a bunch of stuff together here – I’ll try to find some GOOD news as soon as I can.

#1

So Mikey did it after all.

So he managed to get his fraud “Delete Online Predators Act” (HR 5319) passed in the House by an overwhelming margin (410-15).

These are the fifteen Democrats who opposed the bill:

Rep. Conyers, John [D]
Rep. Grijalva, Raul [D]
Rep. Hinchey, Maurice [D]
Rep. Honda, Michael [D]
Rep. Kucinich, Dennis [D]
Rep. Lee, Barbara [D]
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D]
Rep. McDermott, James [D]
Rep. Payne, Donald [D]
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice [D]
Rep. Scott, Robert [D]
Rep. Serrano, José [D]
Rep. Stark, Fortney [D]
Rep. Watson, Diane [D]
Rep. Woolsey, Lynn [D]

These fine people have my eternal gratitude and respect, as opposed to every other idiot in that pitiable governmental body that didn’t have enough common sense to understand what was going on (it’s about going after the “social networking sites,” people!!).

And it’s interesting to me that, even though Rep, John Dingell spoke out against the bill, he voted for it anyway (another repellent moment in Democratic cowardice).

Fitzpatrick couldn’t care less about keeping our kids safer. If he did, he’d appropriate more funding for online enforcement, among other things. No, this should have been called the “Let’s Shield Schools And Libraries From Legal Action In The Event That Something Terrible Happens To One Of Our Kids At Those Places” Act.

Patrick Murphy addressed this issue here, by the way, in a manner that showed a lot more intelligence and common sense.

I can’t remember where I read this comment, but someone said that, just because a child could be attacked in a classroom, should we now pass a law preventing them from having to go to school?

And in the sad event that this bill is actually passed in the Senate and signed into law, let us await the inevitable court challenge that will lead to its nullification (of course, Saint Mikey will have already grabbed his headline for another campaign ad, which is probably the only thing most people will remember).

#2

Cause, meet effect (take a deep breath first, if you can).

#3

And you KNEW a list like this wouldn’t be complete without Crazy Curt, right?

It seems that the reality-challenged 7th district U.S. Congressional Repug representative is upset with Joe Sestak because Joe allegedly wore his U.S. Navy uniform to a political campaign event.

Uh, no. Joe wore his naval uniform to a Memorial Day service, as documented here.

Rocco Polidoro, a Republican (!) co-chair of Veterans For Sestak, had this to say:

"Given Curt Weldon's terrible record on veterans issues – from voting against full retirement and disability for all veterans to voting for a budget that cut veterans' healthcare by over $13 billion – it's hardly surprising that he's once again demeaning the service given to this country by a veteran. Admiral Sestak is a cut above Curt Weldon and this nonsense. Maybe if Curt hadn't spent so much time chasing down WMD in Iraq and had actually paid attention to the needs of our veterans, he wouldn't be in a position where he'd have to try to demean a service member by swift boat attacks against someone who has served this country with such honor and distinction."

Yep.

Update 7/28: Taylor Marsh of HuffPo has more.

#4

I read this story and got a crazy idea (typical, I guess).

Mr. President, how about if YOUR DAUGHTERS enlisted in the U.S. Army and volunteered for Iraq, assisting in this further fool’s errand to try and stem sectarian violence which rages unabated in that country?

(By the way, Shaun at Kiko’s House is all over this.)

I mean, I’m always hearing this rap from all of these so-called “law and order” types about how serving in the military straightens out young men (and women too…let’s be fair) who have problems with authority. Well, isn’t that the case here? After all, Lyndon Johnson’s sons-in-law served in Vietnam, so there is a precedent, and as far as I know, they were “straight arrows,” to their credit.

I believe your daughters have shown a bit of “growing up” more recently, Mr. President, but if you’re going to “talk the talk,” then you, as leader of our military, should “walk the walk” too.

And who knows? Maybe it would motivate you enough to care about the consequences of your actions, including the horrendous grief no doubt faced by this family as a result of your illegal war.

Are these two funerals of our service people that you will finally decide to attend?