Matt Taibbi – “Conservatives Have Their Worst Week Ever” (2013)
The always insightful Matt Taibbi, from his Rolling Stone blog, dated Jan. 23rd…
Have Republicans, and the right wing in general, ever been more disjointed? More confused? More incapable of getting out of their own way?
Watching America’s political conservatives try to counter-maneuver opposite Barack Obama’s re-inauguration over the course of the last week has been an incredible comedy – like watching the Three Stooges try to perform a liver transplant on roller skates.
Let’s review the basic timeline. First, Political Media, a conservative action group, decided to try to make an appeal to win the hearts and minds of Americans everywhere by declaring January 19th – previously known as Martin Luther King Day, to the rest of us – to be “Gun Appreciation Day.”
They solicited hundreds of sponsors and sought to get 50 million people to sign a goofball petition (written in the style of the Declaration of Independence, with a plethora of “Whereas…“–es… Why do gun people insist on trying to use 18th-century syntax?) against the “tyrannical governments” that were out to take their guns. “Gun Appreciation Day” would also involve gun shows and other local events all over the country, meant as a counter-balance to the candle-toting gun control protests that were springing up over last weekend in anticipation of Obama’s inauguration and the rumored plans for new gun legislation. Read the rest of this entry »
Prince – “Rock and Roll Love Affair” (TV – 2012)
Live on The Jimmy Kimmel Show Oct. 23rd, Prince performing his latest single…
The Beat Patrol 