“Fiscal Conservative” Tea Partier Owes Over A Hundred Grand in Child Support

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Hypocrisy is unspeakably distasteful to me.

I think that’s most of my problem with the whole Tea Party movement.  The gist of what they’re saying sounds logical to those who aren’t educated in the ways of politics, and they use that logic to prey on the ignorant.

Their M.O. is to make themselves sound like an average citizen struggling to get by, and John Q. Minimum Wage has no idea that most of the Tea Partiers are extremely wealthy.  They collect the votes of people with legitimate financial struggles in order to put plans in place that will protect their fortunes, often at the cost of us low or middle class citizens.

It’s sickening.

Which is why I’m always kind of excited when Tea Partiers are caught with their financial pants down.  It gives me hope that the misguided people following them in droves will see the light.

Congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois, he who has accused Barack Obama of “spending like a drunken sailor”, allegedly owes well over $100,000 in back child support.

For those of you unfamiliar with the child support concept, there is a standard …

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American “Prime Suspect” to Feature Subtler Sexism than Its British Counterpart

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NBC is set to premiere its own version of “Prime Suspect” starring A History of Violence‘s Maria Bello. Prime Suspect was originally a British program that aired occasionally (as is the way of British TV) from 1991 to 2006 with Oscar-winner Helen Mirren breaking in the enormous shoes that the bland Bello is being asked to fill. The show revolves around a female detective navigating her way through a male-dominated police force and, of course, investigating crimes like a boss.

In the original, Mirren’s character was constantly faced with workplace harassment from her male peers, an aspect of the show that the NBC showrunners seek to keep, just to a subtler degree. After all, one …

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Attacking a Female Politican for a Carbon Tax Probably Isn’t Sexist

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What you see above is supposedly evidence of a sexist attack on Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, in reaction to her introduction of a new carbon tax. The cake-maker, Senator Nigel Scullion, won the contest and proceeded to make a political speech denouncing Gillard and her new tax. Keep in mind that this is the same country where last year’s Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, was accused of sexism because he commented on a reporter’s ridiculous outfit.

When people asked about the violent nature of the cake — namely that a crocodile is shown eating the country’s leader, Scullion had this to say:

“The croc wasn’t eating Julia – she was just taking her new pet, Porosus Chttp://zeldalily.com/wp-admin/post-new.phparbontaxiae, for a walk. I matched her emerald shoes with her lime tunic and got her hair just right. Everybody thought it was very tasteful.”

However, one witness said:

“It was a political rant about the carbon tax. Everybody was squirming.”

So what, exactly, is sexist here? The violent imagery? While that might be distasteful, and certainly childish and definitely poorly-done (I’m dying to see how bad the other cakes were in comparison), I …

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No One Should Be Held Back From Their Dreams Over a Headache–Even Michele Bachmann

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It’s no secret that I’m not exactly a fan of Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.  In fact, I find her pretty much repugnant … and, quite frankly, at least a little bit dangerous.

That being said, I deplore inequity in any way, shape, or form, and I find recent criticism of Bachmann, who suffers from migraines, to be … well, pretty much repugnant.

Fox News contributor Dr. Marc Siegel recently weighed in on the left wing’s implication that Bachmann is unfit for a possible presidency because of her headaches … and I have to say that I agree with him.

Along comes Michele Bachmann, a migraine sufferer, one of millions (approximately 28 million in the U.S.). The left wing media …

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