Are you serious?

The Tea Party could be here to stay. I like it!! It's divisive and that is what we need in the GOP. I'm not being snide, I'm being honest. My minority in being liberal is a dead horse that I've completely annihilated but I've been genuinely floored by the insanity and ignorance in our country, my community, and in my circle of friends, family, and acquaintances. In the race for Alaska's senate seat, the GOP candidate who was considered a shoo-in, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, is trailing Joe Miller who is backed by the Tea Party and Sarah Palin. That is actually frightening! The extreme behavior and platforms that the Tea Party have been pushing is truly alarming. Many of ther residents of the state of Alaska has shown themselves to be willing to take a look at what Sarah Palin's agenda really is. I've watched the disillusionment and anger of some Alaskan residents at being abandoned by her as Governor. Realizing that she QUIT being their governor and taking her dog and pony show for shallow celebrity. Maybe they think back to the embarrassment of her interviews with Couric and Gibson (among others) that established the fact that she was completely unqualified for VP but drove home that her motives are questionable. She QUIT! She used her children to sell herself, she failed her state and she stole money from the GOP and the tax payers. But she's proving to have some determined sycophantic followers and she's doing it for her own selfish purposes. She doesn't represent the needs of the Alaskan people, she doesn't support the Constitution unless it suits her. She certainly violated several of Kathleen Gustafson and Billy Sullivan's rights in Homer Alaska.

The Republican Party has some very good people who seem genuinely ashamed of the behavior of the antics of the extremists. In fact, many have tried to distance themselves from some of the crazier people and their movements. More and more these extreme wingnuts are showing that their problems don't lie in the government as a whole, but with President Obama. Today I read about a newer movement and I wonder WHY doesn't this disturb more people? Starting with the one I read about today, I'm going to list some of these groups and what their agenda is:

Thirteenthers: They seem to be okay with the part of the 13th Amendment that banned slavery, but they want to reintroduce an amendment from 1810 stating that no one holding a public office that is bestowed a title of nobility. This mean that President Obama must step down because he won the Nobel Prize. Apparently unbeknownst  to those of us who HAVEN'T won one, the recipient is crowned King of Norway too! *Sarcasm, in case no one picked up on that* This appears to be mostly Iowa.
Tenthers: This one isn't so bad. I understand the mistrust of "big government" and this is about letting states govern themselves. Problem with that is that I don't want Utah's state leaders making my choices for me. Sheesh, if they had their way, Arizona could shoot Latinos on sight! Texas and Alaska would secede, but that could have it's up sides, as well.
Birthers: Talk about a dead horse!!! President Obama started snowing us at birth. Orly Taitz lost that one!
Teabaggers: I think I've covered that, but they are normally uneducated, racist, people with too much time on their hands.
Glenn Beckites: People who believe the rantings of a man that is a complete boob. This will probably become a religion because self proclaimed prophets are frowned upon by the faith whose members made him a wealthy man.
Foxtards: People who watch and believe a cable news network that isn't bright enough to let them Republican party BUY their favor, they are unfair and unbalanced and they paid the GOP to boot!


I may think of more later. I'm pretty POSITIVE I'll think of more :)

More on Fox owned government.

Fox News has become home to the crazier folk that bring ratings if not news. Sarah "I'm a really stupid quitter" Palin has her own platform there (along with a show on the Discovery Channel where she will be sharing the parts of Alaska that AREN'T ashamed of her very existence (mark your calendar for the upcoming episode featuring the OTHER MOTHER OF THE YEAR: Kate Gosslin! What a treat. Dr. Laura is going down like a circus clown for dropping the N-word 11 times on her radio show so she's likely a shoe in for a Fox show. Really Fox News equals intolerance.

UPDATED FoxPAC: Fox News' corporate parent gave Republican Governors Association $1 million

August 16, 2010 5:52 pm ET by Matt Gertz

Bloomberg News reports today (h/t Daily Kos' KingOneEye) that News Corp. -- the media giant which owns Fox News and The Wall Street Journal -- has donated $1 million to the Republican Governors Association, the GOP organization that helps coordinate Republican gubernatorial campaigns and pays for independent ads in support of their candidates.

Media Matters has confirmed Bloomberg's report using publicly available IRS filings. We also found no evidence of corresponding donations to the Democratic Governors Association in the current political cycle. News Corp. wants Republicans elected to office, and they're willing to spend money to make it happen.

According to the article, News Corp. is actually the RGA's "biggest corporate donor." Bloomberg suggests that News Corp. has made these donations due to their opposition to "proposed federal rule changes that would weaken the position of its Fox network in negotiations with cable companies," stating that "Governors may have a stake in the issue."

Whether or not that is the case, this large corporate donation to the GOP underscores News Corp.'s role as an appendage of the Republican Party.

UPDATE: Politico's Ben Smith has received the following quote from a News Corp. spokesman: "News Corporation believes in the power of free markets, and the RGA's pro-business agenda supports our priorities at this most critical time for our economy." They're not trying to hide it anymore. As the coverage of its media outlets indicates, News Corp. supports the Republican Party's platform. It's just now started putting its money where its mouth has long been.

Sixteen months ago, we drew attention to Fox News Senior Vice President Bill Shine's characterization of his network as the "voice of the opposition." Ever since, we've been demonstrating how the network has been living up to his words.

In September, we defined Fox News as a conservative political organization, noting that the network had been openly advocating against the Democratic Congress and White House through extreme promotion of anti-government rallies, witch hunts against administration officials, and by urging their audience to call Congress and the White House to protest Democratic policies.

In October, we revealed the revolving door between the Republican Party and Fox News Channel, with a number of former Bush administration officials, former and potentially future GOP presidential candidates, and Republican strategists on Fox's payroll and airwaves.

In November, we chronicled Fox News' promotion of Conservative Party congressional candidate Doug Hoffman, New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie, and Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell in the run-up to the November 3 election. We also noted how Fox News hosts and analysts spent Election Day promoting their candidacies.

In January, we documented Fox's campaign for Scott Brown; in February, we pointed out the network's advocacy for fellow Republican Senate candidates Marco Rubio and Mark Kirk.

In April, we showed how Fox News hosts and contributors have raised millions of dollars for Republican candidates and causes in the 2010 election cycle. We also pointed out that in recent years, at least twenty Fox News personalities have endorsed, raised money, or campaigned for Republican candidates or causes, or against Democratic candidates or causes, in more than 300 instances and in at least 49 states.

And now we have Fox's parent company donating $1 million to elect Republican gubernatorial candidates. Are there still people who doubt that Fox is just an arm of the GOP?

Okay, a recap.

So Fox News, owned by News Corp. is a NEWS CHANNEL. Sarah Palin, and Glenn Beck, both have shows on Fox News yet neither are newscasters. Or politicians but I digress.. Jon Stewart is a comedian on Comedy Central and yet in less than 10 minutes he can clear up pure insane crap that spews from Warrior Who Hears From God (or just batpoop crazy voices in his head) Glenn Beck.

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Soooo.. Vacation is over.

I haven't blogged for awhile. My heart hasn't been in it. I was considering making a separate blog toned down so I could share it then I remembered that this blog has never been about sharing. It's for my personal need to fight against the out of touch stupid people around me. I've decided to open it up BECAUSE of the people around me. It's not going to be a shocker that I'm opinionated, liberal, maddened, and painfully blunt. So, it is what it is.

I got the call I've been waiting for but half dreading a few days ago. I will be campaigning again soon. Actually I will be working security at Democratic events and voting. Yeah THAT sounds wise! I'd get in a smack down at CHURCH if I gave into my urge to fight back. I'll be calling again soon. But ONLY for candidates I believe in.

Prop8

Prop 8 overturned! I can't say I'm sorry to see it happen, because I have the church vs. politics or whatever it is about me that is sooooo different than most people I know.

I'm happy that couples who have been denied constitutional rights on a morality judgment (and exactly who is it that is morally superior?) can finally be married.

And yes, I AM still Mormon. Active and in good standing :)