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Okay, so I'm not exactly blown away by Obama. He's still pretty right wing, but that's typical US politics. The idea of accusing him of being a 'socialist' just because he wanted to offer the poor a slightly better healthcare deal is such a joke. I seriously don't get some of the rhetoric in America:
"Hey, how about we make the public schools better?"
"FREE education? Are you some kind of a SOCIALIST or summat? Subsidise home schooling 'cause that'll help the people who actually pay INCOME TAX, otherwise we'll know that you're really some kind of Communist Nazi Hitler Guy."

So yeah, anyway, the Republicans seemed to go more absurdly right-wing than ever. I remember when we all thought George W Bush was ridiculous, but he's looking like a fairly moderate Republican by comparison to the new stars of the GOP. So thank goodness that the latest ultra right-wing satire-fodder didn't actually get elected. (I'm sorry if this sounds insulting, but I could totally believe there were enough Americans stupid enough to elect that guy.) I think liberal Americans need to demand more of Obama, but with an opposition like that I don't think they are going to get very far because, hey, who else are you gonna vote for?

So um, congratulations, I guess?

Anyway, so far so depressing (albeit with a pretty large sigh of relief, admittedly), but there's a silver lining! The election may have been one long slog somehow managing to be in equal parts boring and terrifying, but it did mean that we could get this video from a rapid Republican-supporting youtube lady. And Filmdrunk has the perfect accompanying pic (which I hope shows up below, but the Filmdrunk article is here just in case).

"FACEBOOK! TWITTER! ALL tools of the left!"

Without further ado, here's the crazy "Butterscotch lady" video. (Contains a lot of swearing btw.):
(video link - embedding disabled unfortunately)

Mirrored video here (hopefully this embed will continue working...):

(Via Ms Daisy Cutter)

The Colorado shooting was on the 20th July. 3 weeks and 3 days ago.
The gunman attacking a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin was on the 6th August. 1 week ago.
Now just today there's been an attack on A&M University in Texas and at least two people, including a police officer were killed (not to mention those injured).

But naturally it's not too hard to find some moron saying how silly the libruls are to bring up gun control....

"When will liberals learn that it’s possible to confront a horrific event and mourn the loss of life without politicizing? In responding to this shooting and so many others in this way, the Left disgraces itself and belittles the victims and their loved ones. There is a time for gun policy discussion; this isn’t it."

Yeah, because the last thing a victim of gun crime would want was NOT TO BE SHOT.

If not now, then when will the ridiculous amount of gun crime in the US be worth discussing?

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Meanwhile a firm believer in the constitution has been arrested for carrying a large arsenal of weapons into a cinema showing of The Dark Knight Rises "for self defence". After all, we know from gun advocates that the best way to deal with the threat of a shooting is to be armed yourself, right?:

"They asked to search the bag, DiSanto said, and inside found a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic handgun, two loaded magazine clips and three knives. Police said Smith was carrying another knife on his person.

"Smith told the off-duty officer he was carrying the gun and knives for protection, to protect himself and other moviegoers, said police, who took him into custody. A search of Smith’s home turned up more weapons, including rifles, shotguns and survivalist gear."

I'll leave Filmdrunk's sarcastic response to speak for itself:

What a miscarriage of justice. I’m sure those 80 people felt way safer knowing there was a pilled-up Army dropout survivalist armed to the teeth with knives strapped to his man tits there to protect them. I’m telling you, this country’s going down the sh*tter.

... DAMN YOU, OBAMA! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET DEATH PANELS FORCE PEOPLE TO GAY MARRY EACH OTHER!

"The family should be left to resolve it on their own," Biondolillo said. "Or private enterprise - private companies can contact the family and say, 'We heard you were hitting your kids. Can you stop that?'"

(Further Explanation Here)
(Via Ms Daisy Cutter)

A recent article by 'Miz Daisy Cutter' does not actually have much in the way of comments, but what she says strikes me as very odd (and, to be honest, uncharacteristic of her). She provides a video of a programme called 'On The Map' presented by Avi Lewis.

Daisy Cutter's blog entry

You Tube video

Above the embedded media she writes:

"...because you do not know what is not to have freedom. I haven't."

Below she writes:

"Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 1. Avi Lewis, 0"

In case anyone is confused by Daisy Cutter's quotation with its triple negative (I certainly had trouble understanding it from the quotation alone) it works as follows in context. She (Ayaan Hirsi Ali) knows what it is like not to have freedom and the interviewer (Avi Lewis) does not. It seems a bit odd that Daisy Cutter is praising Hirsi Ali for pretty much claiming that Lewis 'hates freedom'. (Surely Daisy Cutter would not buy into that kind of Fox News rhetoric?)

It wasn't obvious to me that Hirsi Ali won the debate (if indeed, there was a winner or loser). Where I was particularly horrified was where she was claiming that if Muslims really didn't like their situation in the US they would leave, as if the fact that Muslims had not gone as far as fleeing the country meant that they had no cause for complaint. I wonder whether that means that no atheists are really discriminated in the US either, since they too have not decided to leave the country.

Atheist Blog Original source of video

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