What's Mallard raving about today?
The VA, Endoscopes.
Given the number of times Mallard mentioned the scandal at the VA and Walter Reed during the Bush Administration, it's shocking (just shocking) to me that care at the VA is suddenly on his list of concerns, now that President Obama is in office.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
That damned Comparison
What's Mallard raving about today?
John Brown.
I will accept the comparison between John Brown and the man who shot Dr. Tiller. Both were murderers who engaged in terror tactics. The justice or injustice of their cause makes no difference.
I would be reasonably sure that anti-slavery rhetoric did come in for blame, and perhaps some some of it deservedly so, although I am not a historian of the period or subject.
On the other hand, unlike John Brown, we know the terrorist who killed Dr. Tiller is that he was subject to a 24x7 stream of "mainstream" commentators on television, using eliminationist rhetoric to reduce their political adversaries to sub-human status. Historically, the use of such rhetoric has incited, and continues to incite,misguided fanatics who put rhetoric into action.
John Brown.
I will accept the comparison between John Brown and the man who shot Dr. Tiller. Both were murderers who engaged in terror tactics. The justice or injustice of their cause makes no difference.
I would be reasonably sure that anti-slavery rhetoric did come in for blame, and perhaps some some of it deservedly so, although I am not a historian of the period or subject.
On the other hand, unlike John Brown, we know the terrorist who killed Dr. Tiller is that he was subject to a 24x7 stream of "mainstream" commentators on television, using eliminationist rhetoric to reduce their political adversaries to sub-human status. Historically, the use of such rhetoric has incited, and continues to incite,misguided fanatics who put rhetoric into action.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
That damned Need
What's Mallard raving about today?
Mallard Fillmore, Washington DC, Democrats.
Yes, Washington needs you now more than ever, because, you know, it's so hard to find someone in Washington who is willing to mindlessly regurgitate Right Wing Talking Points and be generally dishonest.
Hopefully this marks the final self-gratification strip on this topic.
Mallard Fillmore, Washington DC, Democrats.
Yes, Washington needs you now more than ever, because, you know, it's so hard to find someone in Washington who is willing to mindlessly regurgitate Right Wing Talking Points and be generally dishonest.
Hopefully this marks the final self-gratification strip on this topic.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
That damned T-Shirt
What's Mallard raving about today?
President Obama, People.
I think this guy should become a recurring character. He can be the official stand-in for "Most People" in all of Mallard's straw arguments.
President Obama, People.
I think this guy should become a recurring character. He can be the official stand-in for "Most People" in all of Mallard's straw arguments.
Friday, June 26, 2009
That damned Roll
What's Mallard raving about today?
President Obama, Apologies.
It's fairly amazing to me that various Water Carriers for the Republican Party can go on and on and on and on in this manner about President Obama's speech in Cairo, and then they have the temerity to wonder why only the fringe 20% of Americans approve of the Republican Party.
It almost seems like a vast conspiratorial sociology experiment designed to find the limits of how many people will continue to follow an ideology, no matter what it represents.
President Obama, Apologies.
It's fairly amazing to me that various Water Carriers for the Republican Party can go on and on and on and on in this manner about President Obama's speech in Cairo, and then they have the temerity to wonder why only the fringe 20% of Americans approve of the Republican Party.
It almost seems like a vast conspiratorial sociology experiment designed to find the limits of how many people will continue to follow an ideology, no matter what it represents.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
That damned Ankle
What's Mallard raving about today?
Sonia Sotomayor, Bill O'Reilly.
Who would have thought that Mallard could bring together his full-throated hatred of Sonia Sotomayor, for reasons which have never actually been made clear unless you credit his charge that she is a racist, and his full-throated defense of Bill O'Reilly, inciter of domestic terrorists?
I do hope that Mallard and his friends who are controlling the GOP message continue on this way, however. For all the bleating about Sotomayor being a racist and the GOP the party of tolerance, Latinos seem to be coming to a different conclusion.
Sonia Sotomayor, Bill O'Reilly.
Who would have thought that Mallard could bring together his full-throated hatred of Sonia Sotomayor, for reasons which have never actually been made clear unless you credit his charge that she is a racist, and his full-throated defense of Bill O'Reilly, inciter of domestic terrorists?
I do hope that Mallard and his friends who are controlling the GOP message continue on this way, however. For all the bleating about Sotomayor being a racist and the GOP the party of tolerance, Latinos seem to be coming to a different conclusion.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Those damned Fans
What's Mallard raving about today?
President Obama, Bill O'Reilly, The Media.
Talk about status-quo...Mallard Fillmore's relationship to fact remains tenuous at best.
I do want to give special notice the way in which Mallard Fillmore advocates de facto appeasement toward domestic terrorism based on the grounds that the victims are "fans" of an entirely legal procedure which he abhors.
Otherwise, you'd think he might feel obligated to point out that the Bush Administration DHS report on Right-Wing Extremism, which he decried so fervently, turned out to be prescient.
President Obama, Bill O'Reilly, The Media.
Talk about status-quo...Mallard Fillmore's relationship to fact remains tenuous at best.
I do want to give special notice the way in which Mallard Fillmore advocates de facto appeasement toward domestic terrorism based on the grounds that the victims are "fans" of an entirely legal procedure which he abhors.
Otherwise, you'd think he might feel obligated to point out that the Bush Administration DHS report on Right-Wing Extremism, which he decried so fervently, turned out to be prescient.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
That damned Blame
What's Mallard raving about today?
Bill O'Reilly, The Media, Handguns.
Right. Let's worry about how this affects Bill O'Reilly and the handgun rather than the victim of terrorism and his family.
Bill O'Reilly, The Media, Handguns.
Right. Let's worry about how this affects Bill O'Reilly and the handgun rather than the victim of terrorism and his family.
Monday, June 22, 2009
That damned Apology
What's Mallard raving about today?
President Obama, Apologies.
I wonder what it is like living in a world in which it is inconceivable to consider the possibility of ever having made a single mistake
President Obama, Apologies.
I wonder what it is like living in a world in which it is inconceivable to consider the possibility of ever having made a single mistake
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
That damned Foundation
What's Mallard raving about today?
Sonia Sotomayor, Wisdom.
The last person from whom you'd want to take advice on either wisdom or what you should say is Mallard Fillmore.
For example, a wise waterfowl would realize that, by the time he started bleating about this incident, it would have long since played itself out.
Sonia Sotomayor, Wisdom.
The last person from whom you'd want to take advice on either wisdom or what you should say is Mallard Fillmore.
For example, a wise waterfowl would realize that, by the time he started bleating about this incident, it would have long since played itself out.
Friday, June 19, 2009
That damned huh?
What's Mallard raving about today?
Democrats, Racism.
Democrats filibustered Miguel Estrada because he was too Conservative. This makes them Democrats, by my calculation, not racist.
Unless Mallard want to stipulate to the following: Republicans who did not vote for Barack Obama because he was too Liberal are racist.
Democrats, Racism.
Democrats filibustered Miguel Estrada because he was too Conservative. This makes them Democrats, by my calculation, not racist.
Unless Mallard want to stipulate to the following: Republicans who did not vote for Barack Obama because he was too Liberal are racist.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
That damned Filibuster
What's Mallard raving about today?
Democrats, Republicans, Racism.
Te recap:
Democrats did not like Miguel Estrada's judicial philosophy and decided to filibuster his nomination because they knew that there was chance he could get nominated to the Supreme Court, in part because he was Hispanic.
Republicans do not like Sonia Sotomayor, although the only reason we know of to date is because one quote in her history suggests that she believes here Latina history could give her wisdom which people without her background lack. This, according to Mallard, is racism.
Also, according to Mallard, these two cases are equivalent.
Enjoy yourselves in the comments.
Democrats, Republicans, Racism.
Te recap:
Democrats did not like Miguel Estrada's judicial philosophy and decided to filibuster his nomination because they knew that there was chance he could get nominated to the Supreme Court, in part because he was Hispanic.
Republicans do not like Sonia Sotomayor, although the only reason we know of to date is because one quote in her history suggests that she believes here Latina history could give her wisdom which people without her background lack. This, according to Mallard, is racism.
Also, according to Mallard, these two cases are equivalent.
Enjoy yourselves in the comments.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
That damned Justice
What's Mallard raving about today?
President Obama, Sonia Sotomayor
So, I am not going to go so far out on a limb to say Republicans won't succeed with this line of attack. After all this is the Party which has managed to actually cause people to debate whether torture is sometimes OK.
That said, I am not sure how exactly you are going win the argument that the first Black President and the first Latina nominee to the Supreme Court are both racist.
Not that I really want to dissuade the Republicans from pursuing this strategy if they are really hell bent on reaching the same levels of approval among Latinos as they currently have among Blacks.
President Obama, Sonia Sotomayor
So, I am not going to go so far out on a limb to say Republicans won't succeed with this line of attack. After all this is the Party which has managed to actually cause people to debate whether torture is sometimes OK.
That said, I am not sure how exactly you are going win the argument that the first Black President and the first Latina nominee to the Supreme Court are both racist.
Not that I really want to dissuade the Republicans from pursuing this strategy if they are really hell bent on reaching the same levels of approval among Latinos as they currently have among Blacks.
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