The Republican Manifesto

NFTOS is enjoying the holiday off, so enjoy a blog from our friends at Open Scandal


There are five basic precepts that, individually or collectively, contribute to the birth of a Republican Party ideologue. They will tell you that it involves limited government, low (or, preferably, no) taxes, rugged individualism and a “free” market environment which demands the lack of governmental oversight and the ability of workers to organize. Within these parameters lies the black heart and soul of a socially responsible Republican (conservative, libertarian).

But, in reality, there are five conditions that might give birth to this sort of person and no one person needs to possess more than one of these conditions (although they often share several).

1. You are super rich. You are a bona fide member of the nouveau riche, admittedly a meritocrat, but nevertheless part of the one or two percent of the global population with resources the other 99 percent can only imagine (and not fully). You are globally financed and hardly nationalistic. You see four people climbing out of abject poverty in India and one American falling out of the increasingly fragile middle class due to chronic unemployment and see this as acceptable. In reality, you have moved the sources of your sickening wealth to countries where the government knows how to control its workers. It is 21st century exploitation but you define it as competitive market and blame the exploited worker for his failures.

2. You are a devout Christian. This means that you are so full of religious dogma and superstition that it consumes you from your ass to your eyeballs. You can no longer perceive cause from consequence and obliterate the lines separating facts from fiction. Socially this translates into an inability to recognize human suffering whenever your church (or personal belief system) decides it is anti-god. Abortion, contraception, homosexuality, legalization of pot, the so called “war” against Christmas, liberals, progressives, Marxists, Nazis, socialists, anti marriage groups, ACLUs are just some of the issues and beliefs that cause you to froth at the political and social mouth. You are a climate change denier but you see transubstantiation as “proof” that god exists. Often, you can wax poetic about creationism because magic is a far superior alternative to accident.

3. You vehemently oppose social programs. Welfare is the bane of your existence. You see this as a program that guarantees poverty and is responsible for crime, reprehensible social values and slums. It is only given to the poor. Welfare given to the rich is called subsidies and is not the same thing. Head start and education in general leave you suspicious because you know only socialists are teaching these days. This leads to trouble later on. Social Security and Medicare fall into the category of social programs, too. Of course, you realize that these programs may one day (or perhaps already are) vital to your own survival. But you know these benefits are extended to illegal immigrants and people who have never worked a day in their lives. Even when shown that this isn’t the case you revert to # 2. The lines between fact and fiction are indecipherable and you tend to believe the hate mongers at Fox News.

4. Your own educational background is suspect. This means that even if you attended a school of higher education it was probably a trade school. Literature, philosophy, humanities, social and political science are foreign subjects. Your defense for this is to talk louder, wrap yourself in a flag and blame everything on liberals in government. At night, you sit down to mindless sitcoms or reality shows. If you’ve read a book since high school it was either romantic fluff or it was written by Bill O’Reilly or Sarah Palin (and then you skipped huge parts in the middle). If I went to the bathroom in your house I would find nothing to read except the toothpaste box. Your dearth of education is palpable and leads to prejudices such as the one implicit with # 5.

5. You are a white supremacist. This doesn’t mean that you run around with a sheet over your head (but it might!), it means that you tend to distrust people of color, latinos, even white foreigners with accents. You are highly suspicious of languages other than English and demand that people in this country speak English. You believe that “native” born Americans are exceptional (ask Karl Rove) and that god put you here in the US because you are exceptional. Illegal immigrants should be shot as they cross over our borders. President Obama, in Rush Limbaugh’s tortured lexicon is a “half-ican”. Limbaugh is your natural hero as he fits into every category presented here.

Somewhere in here stands the issue of guns and a perky, if misconstrued understanding of the Constitution. Yesterday I read a conservative who felt that constitutionally our government should not fix roads or bridges or worry about infrastructure because it isn’t in the great writ. He goes on to say that “James Madison wrote in 1817. . .” I’d already read enough.

Ron Paul claims that guns are necessary to prevent our government from becoming tyrannical. That’s why our founders wrote the second amendment. Obviously he sees this as superior, or at least equal to, the ballot box. Sharron Angle, who but through the grace of a poorly organized Republican effort, was defeated in Nevada, suggested that the second amendment was an acceptable route to take when the ballot box doesn’t yield acceptable results. Conversely, and tongue in cheek, Rachel Maddow suggests that if redress of grievances (ie tyranny) is the real objective interpretation of the second amendment, then everything should be on the table. That means from machine guns to privately owned nukes.

Antonin Scalia interprets the “equal protection clause” to pertain to white men only. Samuel Alito (and others) interpret corporations as people. The Republicans proposed 42 amendments to the constitution last year alone, leaving one to wonder precisely which constitution these people revere? The spirit and intention of the real one or the religiously tainted, plutocratic, white supremacist mush that pollutes the air waves and the printed page all too often.

The right to bear arms and freedom of speech are the hobbyhorse for republicans.

I hear there’s an auction next door with assault weapons and religious icons, really cheap. But first I have to accost my children for not having given their children good Christian names and for not voting for a real American hero like John McCain. Satire is a wonderful gift and it should be shared.


NFTOS

LIGHTER SIDE OF NFTOS

In light of recent events, we at NFTOS thought it best to leave the readers with a little humor for the weekend.


Enjoy and we'll see you right back here Monday.

























NFTOS

Glenn Beck and Faux News "Has Been Responsible For At Least Three Thwarted Assassination Attempts"

UPDATED 16:25pm

What does the tea party moniker stand for? Armed rebellion, right? This has been a theme of the Republican candidates and of Sarah Palin since 2009.

History lesson #1: The Boston tea party was a nonviolent economic statement against the Stamp Act. They threw tea in the water, not one gun was involved.

Gregory Giusti, Charles Wilson, and Byron Williams have all acted out violence, and often these men referenced the incendiary and often violent rhetoric spewed by Faux News and it's myriad of radical extreme republican views. This vitriol, rhetoric, and banter is said to be a motivating factor, if not the inspiring factor, in these men's actions.


BYRON WILLIAMS:

On July 18, 2010, Byron Williams was stopped by California Highway Patrol and engaged in a shootout with law enforcement. He later said he was on his way to murder individuals at the Tides Foundation and ACLU.

Williams Wanted To "Start A Revolution" By "Killing People Of Importance At The Tides Foundation." On July 18, 2010, Byron Williams, a convicted felon, engaged in a shootout with police after being pulled over on I-580 in California. Williams was heavily armed, wearing body armor and wielding "a 9mm handgun, a .308-caliber rifle and a shotgun." After being taken into custody, Williams reportedly told investigators that "his intention was to start a revolution by traveling to San Francisco and killing people of importance at the Tides Foundation and the ACLU." [San Francisco Chronicle, 7/21/10]

Williams' Mother: Son "Was Upset" With "The Way Congress Was Railroading Through All These Left-Wing Agenda Items." The San Francisco Chronicle further reported that Williams' mother, Janice Williams, described her son as "angry at left-wing politicians" and at "what's happening to our country." The Chronicle further reported: "Williams watched the news on television and was upset by 'the way Congress was railroading through all these left-wing agenda items,' his mother said." [San Francisco Chronicle, 7/19/10]

Williams: "The Things" Beck Exposed "Blew My Mind." During an interview with reporter John Hamilton after his arrest, Williams said: "I would have never started watching Fox News if it wasn't for the fact that Beck was on there. And it was the things that he did, it was the things he exposed that blew my mind. I said, well, nobody does this." Williams continued: "You need to go back to June -- June of this year, 2010 -- and look at all his programs from June. And you'll see he's been breaking open some of the most hideous corruption. ... A year ago, I was watching him, and it was OK, he was all right, you know? ... But now he's getting it." [Media Matters, 10/11/10]

Williams Was Driven By Belief In Conspiracy Theories That Have Been Pushed By Beck. Hamilton wrote that in one letter to him, Williams "repeatedly cites Beck when discussing the Soros-Obama-Petrobras story and insists I check out Beck's 'June' shows." Hamilton continued:

In his letter to me, Byron writes: "I have been praying for a media advocate; one, to make people aware of why I'm in here (public opinion could help me), and two, to make people realize that corrupt killers are in power, and want re-election! I was also fearful that this issue would be 'burried.' "

Byron writes, "You want to know about Soros and Tides, yes, Glenn Beck is doing very well uncovering his wickedness, check his 'June' programs for 'Petrobraz', also look into 'DiscoverTheNetworks.com.' "

Byron also writes that "very good information regarding 'Petrobraz' can be found in Glenn Beck's 'June' shows, where he accurately covered the Obama-Soros-Petrobraz-Chicago (Crime Inc.) connections for several days. It's all true."

Byron adds that he "found allusions to the Horizon disaster as a 'false-flag' operation in Alex Jones 'Info.Wars.com' and 'PrisonPlanet.com.' "

"Think like a conspiracy theorist," Byron tells me during the interview. "Except don't use the word 'theory.' Because the conspiracies are not theories. The official report is the lie; the conspiracy is the truth."

Byron says he thinks Beck has improved in recent months. "I don't think he's a natural newscaster, you know what I mean?" he says. "I look at it more like a schoolteacher on TV, you know? He's got that big chalkboard and those little stickers, the decals. I like the way he does it." [Media Matters, 10/11/10]


CHARLES WILSON:

Beck Linked With Stoking "Fears" That Caused Charles Wilson To Threaten Murray

In October 2010, Charles Wilson was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for threatening Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) with "violence" in phone calls to her office.

Wilson Said He "Want[ed] To fucking Kill" Murray Because Of The Passage Of Health Care Legislation. In an April 6 article, Politico reported that Wilson "allegedly called Murray's office on numerous occasions" saying that she " 'had a target on her back,' and 'I want to fucking kill you,' according to court documents." Politico also reported that Wilson "allegedly told undercover FBI agents that he carries a concealed firearm with a permit, and said he was 'extremely angry' with the passage of health care legislation." The article continued:

Wilson Relative: Wilson's Threats Occurred Because He "Was Under The Spell That Glenn Beck Cast." A relative of Wilson said in publicly available documents filed in federal court that Wilson's "fears were grown and fostered by Mr. Beck's persuasive personality" and that Wilson's actions occurred because he "was under the spell that Glenn Beck casts.


GREGORY GIUSTI:

Faux News Inspired Gregory Giusti To Repeatedly Threaten To Destroy Pelosi's Home

In December 2010, Gregory Lee Giusti was sentenced to a year and nine months in federal prison for threatening to destroy former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home if she voted in support of the health care reform law.

Giusti Admitted To Making "More Than 30 Phone Calls" Threatening Pelosi Not To Support Health Care Reform. The Associated Press reported in April 2010 that in one recorded call, "Giusti said, 'if you pass this freaking health care plan don't bother coming back to California cause you ain't gonna have a place to live,' according to a transcript of the message included in an amended complaint." The AP added: "Officials said the caller often recited Pelosi's home address and said if she wanted to see it again, she should not support the health care overhaul bill that since has been enacted. Giusti left at least two recorded messages containing threats involving one of Pelosi's residences in Northern California, according to the complaint." [The Associated Press, 4/8/10]

The AP further reported that Giusti "told investigators he had phoned Pelosi about a half-dozen times, called her a witch and said he did not like her 'pushing the health care bill down the people's throats,' the complaint stated." [The Associated Press, 4/8/10]

Giusti's Mother Blamed Fox News For Her Son's Actions. During an interview with the local San Francisco ABC affiliate, Giusti's mother, Eleanor Giusti, stated that Fox News was a factor in her son's actions. She stated:

ELEANOR GIUSTI: Greg has -- frequently gets in with a group of people that have really radical ideas and that are not consistent with myself or the rest of the family and -- which gets him into problems. And apparently I would say this must be another one that somehow he's gotten onto either by -- I'd say Fox News or all of those that are really radical, and he -- that's where he comes from. [ABC's San Francisco affiliate, KGO-TV, 4/7/10]

Fox News CEO Roger Ailes says he put the word out at Fox to “tone it down” and make arguments “intellectually” with less heated rhetoric. “You don’t have to do it with bombast.”(if Faux and Co. where not engaging in this type of journalism, why issue the memo to "tone down"? Just like if Plain wasn't guilty of inciting anger then why take down the web page filled will targets marked for democrats?) We all know why. A spade is a spade, know matter how hard you try to camouflage it. Go back 5 years and listen to every radio and TV show Beck has done from then to today.

But Ailes in his infamous wisdom draws the line at any suggestion the "passion" of Fox News hosts had anything to do with the shooting spree in Arizona that left six dead and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded: “That is just bullsit,” he told Russell Simmons in an interview posted to the music mogul’s website.

At the very least, the nonsense that oozes from Faux News and Glenn Beck et al feed and stir the foamy froth of the rapid pit-bull, and all it takes is a daily dose of Becksitan asking for chaos an anarchy to set the pit-bull pendulum in motion.

Loughner in this case may be the exception rather than the rule, but the jury is still out as his facts are just not there yet. But in the same breath, Giusti, Wilson, and Williams fall into the criminal statistical category as having been association to extreme, radical, right-wing ideology which is filled with whatever conspiracy theory Beck and Faux News have devised or concocted for the day.



When speaking on extreme political rhetoric, logical, coherent humans don't believe anyone is actually saying hate speech made Jared Loughner release his insanity, what those with half a brain are saying is it creates an atmosphere where its inevitable that someone will get hurt , there is no connection between matches and gasoline, but put them together and what happens.

The violent rhetoric is desensitizing the nation to political violence .Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.

Many whom reside of the right side of the fence continue to refute that their party holds any responsibility for hate crimes in America, but yet today NFTOS provides you with three serious assassination attempts which at the end of the day are associated to Ailes and Beck.


As unfortunate as it is, these are the facts and they are indisputable!


NFTOS

"BLOOD LIBEL"

A commentary by Editor-in-Chief Roger West

**CAUTION THIS BLOG HAS ADULT LANGUAGE**

If you haven't heard by now Sarah "snowbilly" Palin is now the "victim".

Today via Facebook the half Governor posted a narcissistic video claiming that America has it wrong, and political pundits are guilty of "blood libel".

A pretty "ballsy" move to say the least. In her woe is me speech today Palin trying to clear and rid herself of guilt or any wrong doing, failed to say "hey maybe I was wrong" to post gun sights on Democratic politicians, which may or may not have been a variable in the Tucson massacre.

Readers should not be shocked that Sarah maintains the "all about me" mentality, as this genome or DNA structure is the mainstay of the tea bag.

While most of the video was more republican "who me" attitude, we at NFTOS feel that two lone words in Palin's diatribe cut like the 31 bullets sprayed by the lunatic Jared Loughner.

"BLOOD LIBEL" is as bad as the "n" word. For Palin to use this choice of vocabulary means she either dropped out of high school, or she is just a spineless diabolical evil kobold. Nothing is more incendiary than this type of verbiage. If she was trying to purport her intelligence by using such terminology, she failed miserably, maybe if she thought before she spoke, or maybe if those handling her thought first, then maybe they would have chosen a better choice of words.

These inflammatory, grotesque, vile words, cost thousands of Jews their lives.

BLOOD LIBEL - Blood libel (also blood accusation) refers to a false accusation or claim that religious minorities, almost always Jews, murder children to use their blood in certain aspects of their religious rituals and holidays. Historically, these claims have–alongside those of well poisoning and host desecration–been a major theme in European persecution of Jews.

The libels typically allege that Jews require human blood for the baking of matzos for Passover. The accusations often assert that the blood of Christian children is especially coveted, and historically blood libel claims have often been made to account for otherwise unexplained deaths of children. In some cases, the alleged victim of human sacrifice has become venerated as a martyr, a holy figure around whom a martyr cult might arise. A few of these have been even canonized as saints, like Gavriil Belostoksky.

In Jewish lore, blood libels were the impetus for the creation in the 16th century of the Golem of Prague by Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel. Many popes have either directly or indirectly condemned the blood accusation, and no pope has ever sanctioned it. These libels have persisted among some segments of Christians to the present time.

We have said this a million times if not once, freedom of speech has consequences, and in the hands of the ignorant or less intelligent, it is just as dangerous as Jared Loughner toting a gun.

 Freedom of speech also has limititations... for instance, I cant say fire in a crowded theater ~ in the same breath extreme gun toting republicans should not be able to rant "lock", "reload", and be "armed and dangerous" in political theaters or gatherings.

While Palin's choice of words are reprehensible in their own right, the kick in the ass, or the oppps I really fucked up moment, better yet, the foot-in-mouth disease moment is, hold on to your hats here readers, as this is very disturbing and disgusting -

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is JEWISH!!

As if the through and through bullet wound was not enough!

BLOOD LIBEL is not common in rebound video grievances, and never is it used in such generic political rants. BLOOD LIBEL is very specific in where its intent is to be made!

No matter how you slice this story, Palin is either an idiot of epic proportions, or she is as callous as Adolph Hitler himself. Insensitive is an understatement! Stupid, absolutely, moronic also seems suitable verbiage for Palin.

She certainly had a fit (and she was entitled) when those senseless journalist attack her mongoloid child, this type of nasty rhetoric by Palin is know different!

Whether Palin had a brain fart moment, or knowingly placed BLOOD LIBEL verbiage in her pity me speech is irrelevant. Stupidly is no excuse for comments like this, especially from a woman whom has visions of owning the right to nuclear key codes. There is no doubt this last expedition by the snowbilly solidifies her never getting to the oval office, that is unless she chooses to take the five cent White House tour.

Palin got caught in the political storm by a "maverick" whom needed a pretty face to aid his deflating presidential candidacy. Palin was just in wrong place at right time. She is out of her element in this arena, and these last few days have showed us how far out she really is. Truly she was just a pretty face, and to this blogger that's a stretch.

An old Paul Harvey quote so eloquently fits here, "gonads are certainly useful for their purpose, but the are no substitute for brains"!

If the crosshair fiasco didn't require an apology, (one could question why did she immediately remove the sights from her Sarah PAC website) then certainly this cretinous, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dirty, disgraceful, disreputable, ignominious, loathsome, low-life, mean, no-good, pitiful, shameful, slimy, sordid, vile, worthless, wretched, comment does!

Palin receives "asshat" of the year award, and we are only 12 days in!



NFTOS

THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO TEA BAG

**Caution, Videos contained in this blog are of adult nature and are not intended for little ones under the age of 18**



TEA BAGS AND HEALTHCARE

What they really know!



TEA BAGS, ARE THEY REALLY RACIST?


Bill Maher on Tea Bagging








ARE TEA BAGS ANGRY?






LEARN TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE




A POEM DEDICATED TO TEA BAG CENTRAL AKA FAUX NEWS



TEA BAGS VERSUS SCIENCE
"Science is not to be trusted, only we @ Faux News are to be trusted"



TEA PARTY VERSUS MATH




TEA BAGGING DEFINED BY A TEA BAGGER




FINALLY TEA BAG SPIN FROM MSNBC

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Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

While the above videos are both funny and graphic, they provide us with the full spectrum of really how off keel and extreme they republican tea party movement folks really are.

Anderson Cooper of AC360 was quoted saying "its hard to talk when your tea bagging", and that term resonates and reverberates strongly between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Yes indeed Anderson, tea bagging is a mouthful.

"Tea baggers" terminology is for the followers of Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Sarah Plain, Instapundit, Joe the Plumber, and other miscreants who cannot stand big government spending when liberals are in power, but yet somehow they couldn't find the time to protest big government spending when their party was in power. They adopted the name because they liken their hypocritical "Tea bagging Party" protests to the original Boston Tea Party.

They have created a hilarious backronym for "tea" to use as their slogan: "taxed enough already".

It is unclear whether any relationship exists between the sexual definition and the republican party definition. Probably so, as most tea baggers would, in fact, teabag one of the leaders mentioned above, thus is the strength of the personality cult that started it.

The above videos explicitly explain why we at NFTOS will not be tea bagging anytime soon.


NFTOS

To Control Or Not To Control

Gun control has never been at higher pitch than today, and Gun violence in the United States is an intensely debated political issue in the United States.

Yesterday we discussed why the extreme right needs to pipe down the venomous vitriol. The massive shootings in Tucson was a festering pimple ready to pop.

We also disclosed other reasons for this shooting, while the angry nut cases from the right certainly own their portion to this tragedy, guns and how they are managed is another.

First off let me say I am both a proponent of the right to bear arms and the constitution, but both are not free of errors and or flaws.

Words, policies, and personal Rights, all have consequences.

The constitution while a phenomenal document has flaws. It was written when a time was different. And in some cases time has passed the document by. Republicans cling to this document like it was there soul. If Americans where as loyal and resolved about the bible like they where with the constitution, halleluiah all the worlds woes would be gone. Certainly we can agree (if your a progressive) that gun laws need to be modified.



Human rights is clearly defined in the First Amendment. For the less than educated republican, here is the first amendment:

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law "respecting an establishment of religion", impeding the free exercise of religion, infringing on the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment has been interpreted by the Supreme Court as erecting a separation of church and state.

Freedom of assembly, sometimes used interchangeably with the freedom of association, is the individual right to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests. The right to freedom of association is recognized as a human right, a political freedom and a civil liberty.

The second amendment goes like this:

The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights. "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

Where does the rubber meet the road with regards to guns and control?

Right's - While the gun slinging republican is screaming about their right to bear arms, we in our infamous wisdom forget that Congresswoman Giffords had rights' as well, that right, a part of the first amendment that enabled her to gather at corners, That right we speak of, "the freedom of assembly". So the congresswoman and 20 others lost their right, and in some instances lost their lives so that others had the right to carry a weapon for mass murder. Some how the scales of justice didn't equalize here.

Most Americans are a after-the-fact, downstream, reactionary society, three terrible qualities for success. If businesses, space flight, and military troops used these methods of operation, they wouldn't be in existence.

We can know longer sit idly back and allow congresswomen and precious nine year old daughters to die in vain, in the "right to bear arms" vain.

Some astonishing facts about guns:

Guns were used in 12,632 homicides in 2007, comprising over 40% of all gun deaths, and nearly 69% of all homicides.

On average, 33 gun homicides were committed each day for the years 2002-2007.7

Regions and States with higher rates of gun ownership have significantly higher rates of homicide than States with lower rates of gun ownership. Where guns are prevalent, there are significantly more homicides, particularly gun homicides.

For the five point seven year run (2001 -2007.7) that's 72,002.4 deaths.

Costs of Gun Violence

Firearm-related deaths and injuries result in estimated medical costs of $2.3 billion each year – half of which are borne by U.S. taxpayers.

Once all the direct and indirect medical, legal and societal costs are factored together, the annual cost of gun violence in America amounts to $100 billion.

Gun Ownership
Americans own an estimated 270 million firearms – approximately 90 guns for every 100 people.

Gun Crimes
In 2007, nearly 70% of all murders nationwide were committed with a firearm.

In 2007, 385,178 total firearm crimes were committed, including 11,512 murders, 190,514 robberies, and 183,153 aggravated assaults.

Wikipedia also has a plethora of information on Gun Violence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States

There are a variety of ways of dealing with the problems caused by guns in society, and legislation is one of the methods most commonly used.

Attempting to legislate for the complex realities of gun-related violence is a daunting task. The ideal gun control measure would be one that would "prevent all crime and violence involving guns without interfering with their legitimate use in contemporary life." In reality, the best we are likely to achieve is to reduce the problems caused by the illegitimate use of firearms while "minimizing the restraints on the legitimate uses of guns".

Constantly we continue to debate the efficacy and constitutionality of federal regulation of firearms and ammunition. Various federal laws have been enacted since 1934 to promote such regulation.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, data from 1987 to 1992 indicate that in each of those years, roughly about .01% used guns to defend themselves, yet republicans maintain the need for the weapons as a means of self-defense. Your chances are greater for being struck by lightning than for you to use your weapon in self defense.

It should be noted that no right is absolute, even those supposedly granted by God and guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.

NFTOS' has a proposal for a rational gun control system:

Although we would personally like to see as many civilian-owned guns eliminated from mainstream society as possible, we realize that this is not a politically realistic goal. Thus, we present our own plans for gun control that we would consider a valid compromise. Perhaps policy discussions can start from these.

1. A national system for registering guns and ammunition. Part of the reason New York City has stiff gun laws and high gun death rates is that anybody can go from New York to a state with less restrictive laws, get a friend who lives in the state to buy the guns for them, and take those guns back to NYC. (Yes, I am aware this is illegal, but it happens.) First, a national system would prevent this by scaring those "friends" into not buying the guns legally and selling them illegally, for if the guns are used in an illegal crime, that person can be held accountable. Second, a national system would be more helpful in tracking crimes after they have happened, to bring the perpetrators to justice.

2. Instant background checks on people attempting to buy guns or ammunition. Brady is still patchwork, and does indeed have its flaws in tracking felons. Felons and ex-cons should not have access to weapons, and many misdemeanors and juvenile crimes should also count against a person's record.

3. Stiffer sentences for gun crimes. This has been the position of the NRA for quite some time, and it is certainly one with which we agree.

4. Gun education. Many guns are involved in accidents that could easily have been prevented by a little care or forethought. Perhaps gun purchasers should be required to take lessons in gun safety, at the purchaser's expense. Again, the NRA has long been a proponent of gun education.

5. General education. Study after study has concluded that there is a direct correlation between lack of education and violent crime. Every dollar spent on education now will prevent countless dollars worth of crime damage in the future. Think of all the private and public funds used to pay for gun violence -- hospital bills, funerals, insurance bills, the actual cost of buying firearms. Now invest that money in education, and watch the crime rate drop.

6. Hand grip ID tagging. This is technologically probably still in the future, but it would be a good goal to work for. The theory is, each gun is "registered" to one's person palm prints (the legal purchaser of the gun), and only that person can fire that gun. If another person tries, the gun simply will not fire. Thus, stolen guns become useless, and cannot be used to harm anybody in the course of a crime. Biometrics is used everywhere and certainly has a place with weapons.

7. Ammunition coding which allows police to trace and solve crimes.

8. End gun-show loop hole

9. Limit ammunition capacity

These nine steps towards gun control are only the beginning. Much work is needed to be done, and until we do so, any further death that is a product of gun violence is on our hands.

** Gun information provided by Legal Community Against Violence.**



NFTOS

Many Places To Point Fingers

gWith the recent mass murder and attempted assignation of Congresswoman Giffords and other Federal officials this past Saturday, we at NFTOS find the blame all around us.

Being a alumni of the University of Arizona (Class of 85) I have never been more prouder of both my second home (Tucson) and the universities medical center. Bar none both top shelf entities.

While every township, county, State, city, metropolis in the Unites States has is share of lunatics, what transpired this past weekend in Tucson is an ever present threat in our society. Why is that?
Four main issues seem to come to the forefront:

1. Extreme political vitriol
2. U.S. Gun Laws and the lax thereof - for later blog
3. How the US deals with the lunatic - for later blog
4. Parental (supervision, child raising, monitoring)

NFTOS fully believes that these above issues in their order are the reasons for the shooting that occurred in Tucson.



National temperament, political discourse, political climate, all contribute to the incendiary volatile political arena we now see today.

Gifford's herself in March 2010 spoke to MSNBC about the Sarah Palin (crosshair) webpage. Certainly a full circle moment for Gifford's.



Clearly Jared Loughner's intent was to first assassinate Congresswoman Giffords, and while the right-wing's violent rhetoric is not directly responsible for the tragic shooting in AZ, the current political rhetoric has reached an unacceptable level. Yet, the right-wing media has consistently downplayed its displays of violence toward Democrats, portraying Democrats who received threats following the health care vote as overreacting or lying, while also downplaying the significance of protesters who attended rallies and events while armed.

Follow this link to see a plethora of gaseous, unstable, inciting "freedoms of speech" blurted by right-wing extremist. http://mediamatters.org/research/201101100003

Right-Wing has media mocked concerns about violent rhetoric during health care debate and once the health bill {obamacare} passed, Democrats saw a increase rise in threats and here is a example: http://mediamatters.org/research/201101100005

Queen tea party activist Dana Loesch posted today this rhyme, reason and justification for the Sarah Palin "crosshair" posting. http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/01/09/the-difference-between-purveyor-symbols-and-crosshairs/

Whether the symbol is or is not a crosshair is irrelevant, and we wouldn't expect the uneducated Loesch to know any better. Not surprising to NFTOS Dana's response is yet more denial from right-wing extremism. "Apologize" really Dana?! We have posted a myriad of times a email to Dana Loesch explaining that her hate and anger would on day cause innocent deaths. That days has come to Dana.

NFTOS has emailed both Glenn Beck and Dana Loesch regarding one, the email in question, two asking both to either tone down the garbage talk or either resign their positions on air.

This would be just a start as Faux News itself daily regurgitates hate and discontent toward progressives.

Glenn Beck, Sharon Angel, Sarah Palin, Allen West, Dana Loesch, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, frequently encourage the "old west" mentality.

Extreme GOP Vitriol started or gave birth around the time of the ACORN issue. Andrew Breitbart and company (Biggovernment and bigjournalism) have been the leaders of political discourse, and vitriol. (Visit their website and read some comments as see for yourself http://bigjournalism.com/). Breitbart and Co are also not exclusive to trouble and controversaries.

At the end of the day whether all the hate and discontent distributed from Faux and any of its by products are responsible for the tragedy in Tucson are inappurtenant and inapropos.

When did debate and political differences turn to hate, violence, and mayhem? Why are republicans so angry? Why do they incite anger and then turn the other cheek, or completely ignore the ramifications of the fruits of their labor.

We do not intend to ignore the other 'issues' listed above. Gun control and controlling the insane are just as important as quashing the "hate freedom of speech" of the right.

I have predicted this tragedy or one like it since day one of this blog, some 8 months ago.

There is literally 100's of thousands of videos, soundbites, and information regarding the vitriol from the right. We choose only to post a smattering of some of the most disgusting from camp right wing. Our staff combed 18 hours of video alone today. Why is there so much out there? Because it actually exists, so for those of the right to refudiate it is utterly riduculous!

Until the extreme right tones down the second amendment old west carry em and shoot em up mentality, then we as a society can only expect those with less than half a brain cell to be angered and act upon that anger.

Unequivocally "freedom of speech" has its ramifications, and until we learn that all "unalienable rights" come with severe consequences when they are abused, then and only then shall we become the "United States"!


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DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN SHOT!

BREAKING NEWS: EDITED 21:28 1/8/11

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Here is a copy of an ad that Giffords opponent ran. Very, Very disturbing. Caution when viewing!

Here is Sarah Palin encouraging or inciting as well!

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was critically wounded today in a shooting at a Tucson, Arizona, Safeway store. At least 11 other people were injured, officials say. The hospital says Giffords is in surgery for a gunshot wound to the head.


This is the very anger and discontent that Dana Loesch {pictured below}, Andy Breitbart, Glenn Beck and other extreme tea bags encourage!

We have posted this email from photographer Steven Treusdell to Dana Loesch. Here it is again for about the 50 time via NFTOS:

{Our researchers came up with this quote from a left wing friend of Loesch's (which honesty astonishes the bloggers of NFTOS that she has Democratic pals). Quoting photographer Steven Treusdell who has no problem calling out dear Dana... "You have the character of a hate radio DJ down pat," Truesdell wrote in an e-mail to Loesch in October. "Your continued rise in this arena will be fun to watch. You have the aggression, the looks, and the vocab to go far in 'Hate broadcasting' and right wing idolatry. Do be careful though, one day the outrage you urge in others will turn to violence and innocent people will die in your name. This is assured. That is a lot to live with, even when one has Religious righteousness and a fervent belief in their absolute rightness. I hope when that day comes you can live with the results of what you have sown."}

"Republican National Temperament" is completely out of control! Its fine to disagree with parties, but to take things to this level, Dana Loesch and Glenn Beck need to be held accountable, PERIOD!

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WHAT"S THIS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

BREAKINGN NEWS:

OBAMA CREATES MORE JOBS IN ONE YEAR THAN G.W. BUSH DOES IN EIGHT

This morning, the Labor Department released its employment data for December, showing that the U.S. economy ended the year by adding 113,000 private sector jobs, knocking the unemployment rate down sharply from 9.8 percent to 9.4 percent — its lowest rate since July 2009. The “surprising drop — which was far better than the modest step-down economists had forecast — was the steepest one-month fall since 1998.” October and November’s jobs numbers were also revised upward by almost 80,000 each. Still, 14.5 million Americans remain unemployed, and jobs will have to be created much faster in coming months for the country to pull itself out of the economic doldrums.


Responding the jobs report, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) noted that President Obama and the Democratic Congress have created “more jobs in 2010 than President Bush did over eight years.”

Indeed, from February 2001, Bush’s first full month in office, through January 2009, his last, the economy added just 1 million jobs. By contrast, in 2010 alone, the economy added at least 1.1 million jobs. This chart, produced by Pelosi’s office {which was created from data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics}, demonstrates the difference between the Bush administration and the Obama administration on jobs:

As the Wall Street Journal noted in the last month of Bush’s term, the former president had the “worst track record for job creation since the government began keeping records.” And job creation under Bush was anemic long before the recession began. Bush’s supply-side economics “fostered the weakest jobs and income growth in more than six decades,” along with “sluggish business investment and weak gross domestic product growth,” the Center for American Progress’ Joshua Picker explained. “On every major measurement” of income and employment, “the country lost ground during Bush’s two terms,” the National Journal’s Ron Brownstein observed, parsing Census data.



With the graph above we would love to see tea bag central debunk these real facts! These are the facts that the extreme right would rather you not know about. These hard facts once again depict how much balderdash, baloney, bilge, bunkum, claptrap, crap, tea bags distort and twist with regards to the current admins work.


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No Rhyme Or Reason, Republicans Just Make It Up As They Go

nThis blog piggybacks yesterdays reading of the constitution by the house of representatives.

We at NFTOS are amazed at the below Maddow snippet! Cleary the right is oblivious to what's right and wrong, and clearly they just make up {expletive} fecal matter as they go.

Rachael starts out with the constitution and how the right skirts and omits sections of the constitution. (which we depicted in detail yesterday prior to this Maddow release) While this alone is disturbing, the further facts in her segment regarding the republicans and their platitudinous, bromidic, hypocritical, ways make us here at the West Media Group want to regurgitate!

We at NFTOS hashed out whether to dissect Rachael's segment, or to let it speak for itself. Editor-in-Chief Roger A. West made the decision at the horseshoe ( meeting desk for news room execs) to allow the video to run without commentary.

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Upon further review, we will leave this small comment. After seeing this video whether right of left, any and every American should be livid at this mentality! Bottom line, the malfeasance of the republican party is unacceptable! "Cut-as-you-go", "open rule", repeal Obama care to a tune of $230 Billion dollars, cut spending, but don' pick a program to cut, "pledge to America", "constitutional citation". Can we really take a republican at their word?!

We at NFTOS title the tea bags "the know-nothings" for a reason, {like we needed further ammunition}, this video segment solidifies the nail in the coffin for the tools of the right!

"Two house republicans were not present inside the chamber. Congressman Pete Sessions and congressman Mike Fitzpatrick. Where were they? Attending a Mike Fitzpatrick swearing-in ceremony somewhere else in the capitol. If you are not officially sworn in, you are not an official member of congress. Despite the fact they were not technically congressmen because they skipped the swearing in, in favor of a party that was about the swearing in, Mr. Sessions and Mr. Fitzpatrick went on to pass votes in the house. Mr. Sessions even presided over a rules committee hearing when he wasn't technically a member of congress. Why did they think this was okay? Reportedly and I'm and quoting here, the pair watched the swearing-in on television from the capitol visitor center with their hands raised. Raise your hand at the TV? You can't get sworn in by a TV. You have to be there in person. If you could become a congressman by raising your hand at the TV, everyone simultaneously watching c-span yesterday and reaching for something on a high shelf or waving to a friend would be a congressman right now. The two not yet really congressman who faked their swearing-in had to be properly sworn in after the fact today. The first 33 hours in power is not going well today. These are self-inflicted things. republicans carefully laid out these rakes on the floor inside the front door. They've been stepping on them one after the other since they got in."...............

Readers we just can't make this stuff up. To know the republican is to love them.


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They Can Read, But Can They Comprehend?

It is unclear this hour whether Republican House Representatives will read the constitution today as if they wrote it, or as if they own it.


As we blog, house republicans intend to skip those little amended clauses, like the part about slaves being three--fifths of a person.

Progressives have seen an opening, and they relish the incoming tea party republicans ideology to forced House Representatives to read aloud from the constitution - the proof that their ideas about the constitution are wrong. This ongoing reading is embraced by the new speaker of the house, but was originated by tea party nut-jobs with the intent of these founding father worshippers who think that today's reading will somehow part the seas for their vision of the country to emerge.

Republicans might be in for a shock today, that is, if they even understand the words they will read. The ability to understand the constitution relies on the ability to understand words and that ability is by no means certain, especially with the hear no evil, see no evil ideology of republicans.

Mr. Boehner himself said last fall that we always hear members talking about swearing an oath to represent their constituents, when in reality the only oath we take is to the constitution.

Right now, at least, they hear the words of reality. What they will learn about the constitution, will they see the founders' original intent, for if they do, they may be surprise.

After ten years of the founding fathers' original plan, the articles of confederation which let the states run the show, was trashed, the thing substituting the constitution to create a stronger central government with powers was left both vague and specific.

Governmental power specifically is to raise your taxes and then to spend it on pretty much whatever the government wants. The power to regulate commerce across national borders and across state borders, the power to write the rules of naturalizing citizens, the federal power has even more power to ensure voting rights.

The 17th amendment took away the power of state legislatures to elect U.S. Senators adding to existing constitutional limits on the states, no separate foreign policies, no state currency, no taxing goods to or from other states and the list goes on.

During the mid-term elections we learned that many "tea party" extremist lack the very fundamentals of understanding the basics of the US Constitution. O'Donnell, Bachmann, ( Bachmann teaches Constitution understanding to newly elected tea bags) Angel, struggled daily while on the campaign trail with regards to the United States Constitution.

Most educated Americans learned the constitution in 6th grade, or at least by the time they graduated high school most had a firm understanding of the document. Apparently republicans missed these classes when given.

224 years ago, the U.S. Constitution was born, giving Americans the freedoms that they hold dear, the freedoms that men and women have died to defend.

And yet, despite its brevity (slightly more than 7,500 words, compared to the roughly 77,000 words of the first Harry Potter book) very few republicans know about the document which is the cornerstone of their way of life.

According to a recent survey by the National Constitution Center of 6000 republicans, 58 percent know that Bill Gates is the father of Microsoft, but only 2 percent know that James Madison is the father of the Constitution. About 64 percent of respondents know that “The Club” protects against car theft, but just 25 percent understand that the Fifth Amendment protects important legal rights. A whopping 59 percent can name the Three Stooges, while 41 percent can name the three branches of government.

And yet the republicans want to read the document today, which commences the first day of work for the 112th congress.

Republican Ignorance exists everywhere. I witnessed this lack of understanding recently when I was standing in line at a tea party movement event where a woman who objected to the gatherings policy of searching purses and backpacks. She indignantly told a organizer that her purse could not be inspected, citing the Fourth Amendment’s protection against illegal searches.

She did not know that, in general, the Fourth Amendment does not apply to private organization – only to governments. The tea bag organizer has a right to require a bag search.

Her mistake must be forgivable when you consider that even President Obama cannot get it right. During his first State of the Union address, Mr. Obama said, “...we find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we’re all created equal.”

Those words are great ones, BUT they are in the Declaration of Independence.

During his speech last year before the Conservative Political Action Conference, talk show host Rush Limbaugh said, “We believe that the preamble to the Constitution contains an inarguable truth that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, freedom and the pursuit of happiness.”

Again, that’s the Declaration of Independence.

There is no good reason for the Constitution to be misquoted or misunderstood. Its genius is its simplicity. In slightly more than 7,500 words, it lays out the framework for the greatest way of life and most just legal system in the world. And its 39 courageous signers, in their wisdom, handed the nation’s ordinary citizens tremendous power. But never absolute power.

The Constitution is smart enough to not trust the president, either Democrat or Republican. It eschews dictatorship, laying out a tripartite government. It safeguards justice. The Constitution pioneered the do-over, allowing for amendments dictated by the will of us, the people.

If not for the First Amendment, you might not be reading this blog. And every champagne toast should begin with a nod to the 21st Amendment. All are grateful for the 19th Amendment, which came too late but arrived just in time, giving many the right to vote.

So, today, as the newly sworn in representatives read the document, we at NFTOS leave you the preamble to the United States Constitution:

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”......................

NFTOS Post Script: Hopefully today is the day that the republicans finally understand the words and intent of our forefathers, and hopefully they will leave the document alone and not amend everything that doesn't align with their less than idiotic ideologies.

Reading is fundamental, and reading comprehension is a level of understanding of a writing which appears to be removed from most republicans, especially when the topic is the United States Constitution.

Everything not of the republican way is not "unconstitutional"! Hopefully this class of tea bags has more intelligence than we progressives give them credit for. Otherwise we are in for a long two years.

NFTOS might suggest to Ms. Bachmann's and her constitution classes; Use the teaching strategy/technique called SQ3R, which stands for Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review. Certainly America will be a better land if done so.

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REPUBLICAN BELIEFS

Things Republicans Believe   


Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.

The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.

Government should relax regulation of Big Business and Big Money but crack down on individuals who use marijuana to relieve the pain of illness.

"Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India.

A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation.

Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.

The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.

Group sex and drug use are degenerate sins unless you someday run for governor of California as a Republican.

If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.

A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, then demand their cooperation and money.

HMOs and insurance companies have the interest of the public at heart.

Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism.

Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.

Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.

A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.

Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.

The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's driving record is none of our business.

You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can tell states what local voter initiatives they have a right to adopt.

What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.

Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.

The 112th congress is now in session, get used to the above rule of thumb. Tea bags now rule the roost, and {"Smoke em if you got em"} Johnny "Tan Man" Boehner has his nasty repugnant tobacco stained fingers on the gavel.

They are not rude, they are Republicans.
Good  Luck America, your going to need it!

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SOUTHERN POLITICS

The deep South is rising again. Unfortunately, this paradoxical, self proclaimed group of conservative ‘rebels’ have left the rest of us confused and torn between laughter and fear. Recent events have done nothing to quell the fires circulating around these political crack heads. I present the following as proof.


Arizona is the first case scenario. Its new immigration law, written, like most reactionary documents, between paroxysms of fear and loathing, attempts to rid the Arizona borders of illegal aliens. However, it also emboldens every Sheriff Bumpkin to over reach a tad and prosecute those found without ‘papers’, profile everyone who ‘doesn’t look right’, and generally terrorize any minority lacking blue eyes and blonde hair. It is a dangerous law in that it disrespects the human element and vilifies the very constitution that most Arizonians presume they hold sacred.

Secondly, in Georgia, home of many of the most delirious politicians available to the United States, a new law has sprung up denying the US Government (or any State government, presumably) from implanting heretofore unqualified and indistinguishable microchips upon the human body for any purpose, but especially for the purpose of control (again, presumably, real or imagined), tracking, research or even protection of said body. The legislators who initiated this chicanery of a law even presented a woman of undeniable humanness who claimed that the Department of Defense implanted a microchip into her vagina for just the most evil of purposes. Of course, no such chip was ever presented as evidence, but why let a great conspiracy story pass by due to a lack of evidence. That’s how conspiracies tend to roll in Georgia.

Speaking of conspiracies, note Rep. Paul Broun, coincidentally also of Georgia, who this week called a press conference to denounce the Obama administration, which he says plans to initiate and fund a private army answerable only to Obama. This will lead to dictatorship “just like Hitler”, Broun said. Then he will come for the guns. It’s all as plain as day. I consider this man a terrorist, not just a fool.

Finally, in my beloved Virginia, has arisen a old controversy centered on that old rebel calling card, the confederate flag. Legislators here could not muster enough courage at county City Halls to remove a flag which not only costs this state millions of dollars in economic terms (Most large assemblies seeking a compatible place to hold conventions, sports events, displays and even some developers will not come here due to this flag), but also repulses huge numbers of tourists (by which this state depends), and actually causes real psychic pain to certain minorities whose ancestors suffered under this flag.

There are large numbers of real progressives in the South, but in reality they are muffled and even silenced by the jackals who call themselves conservatives and Christians. Believe me, they are neither.

An array of crazy Republican talking points has been sold by the massive Republican Spin Machine until widely believed by many uninformed citizens. Essentially these political lies can easily be debunked by simple applications of common-sense and logic.

You can probably file this under things that are not surprising but nonetheless disheartening: Southern, white Republicans are the people shaking their heads as they shut their eyes tightly and cover their ears.

They have problems with many things. They think earth is thousands of years old, not billions. They believe dinosaurs walked the earth concurrently with man. And now tectonic plates don't shift and the puzzle piece-shaped continents of the world were never, in fact, as one. You know, Pangaea.

This information is according to one of the endlessly entertaining Daily Kos polls that examined belief and non-belief in continental shifting by political affiliation and region.
The head-shaking results:

7 percent of Republicans apparently think the continents are fixed and there never was a Pangaea.

37 percent of Southerners believe this whole tectonic plate thing is hooey! (The other regions fell into the teens and twenties)

30 percent of white people believe this scientific fact we all learned in grade school is unadulterated commie BS. (Blacks, Latinos and others numbered in the teens)

Below are definitions segregated by translations that differ by region, For this instance we will supply supplemental translations – one for Northern Republicans (NR) and one for Southern Republicans (SR).


If you are by chance a Southern Republican and can’t read, then please skip our blog or ask someone to read this to you.

911 -Emergency services line to be used in case of, … an emergency.

NR Translation – What you use to complain about traffic.

SR Translation – Rally cry that rich white folk use to enlist your children in the army to protect their oil pipeline investment.

Community- A group of people that share common interests and are affected similarly by issues.

NR Translation – Your immediate family and fellow members of your secret college society. However it might include your illegitimate children fostered with your undocumented nanny.

SR Translation – All the trailers on your loop.

Community Organizer - An individual whose actions raise the quality of life for your community.

NR Translation – The “bleeding heart liberals” that make life better for your unwed teenage pregnant daughter.

SR Translation – The gal passing out checks at the welfare office.

Conservative -
NR Translation – Making it appear that you believe in lower taxes while you run up the national debt and pad your pockets with the money you cut from social programs.

SR Translation – Going to mega churches to listen to drug addict ministers tell you that being a gay is a sin. Google Ted Haggard.

Crusades -
World History – Two hundred years of military campaigns to gain and retain Christian control of the Holy Land.

US History – Two hundred years of propaganda campaigns to gain and retain Christian control of the US Government.

Death Panels -
What Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich think the 2011 Health Care bill will create. Before this context, the term was used mostly to describe the cowardly redneck that sits outside National Parks to shoot starving animals as they leave in search of food.

Deficit - Basically, when you have less money than you need to pay the bills.

NR Translation – This is what you let Democrats worry about.

SR Translation – The amount you have to borrow form the payday loan place to pay rent after you went too crazy at the local Walmart.

Family Reunion -
NR Translation – Where you try to show off how much more successful you’ve been investing in Halliburton than your cousin Mary.

SR – Where you meet your next baby’s mama.

News -
The regular reporting of presumed factual information so that the public can be made aware of current events and the state of affairs. You might find “news” in publications such as Wall Street Journal, CNN, C-SPAN, BBC, etc. You will not find news on Faux News Channel.

Surplus -
For Southern Republicans, this is best described as the amount of cans of pickled okra that you have left over from last year, when you start this years harvest. This is a good thing. (Also, see Deficit)

Truth - A statement that can be proven to be accurate.

NR Translation – It doesn’t matter as long as you settle out of court.

SR Translation – You know that feeling that you get when the cartoon on the cheesy puffs commercial tells you his product is the best. Yeah, he wouldn’t lie to you.

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