They need to eat less anyway.

The backlog in processing food stamp applications has once again attracted the attention of the Austin American Statesman, where I came across this editorial. The topic holds my interest since it's one of the few news stories that I can relate to based on first-hand experience, and because it involves one of my pet peeves, the obsession of conservatives with privatization of public service programs.

Unfortunately, if the people making policy decisions in Texas gave a shit what the AAS editorial board thought, the problem probably wouldn't exist to begin with.

Heads up

Thanks to this nifty blog, I'll be able to watch for the latest viral internet chain letter circulated by the lunatic fringe. As Falkenberg points out, the really troubling thing is that the crazies actually believe chain letters can be used to persuade the gullible, and they're right.

I'm trying to decide if conservatives are a bigger problem when they're running things or when they're not.

Damned liberals

This lady sums up my problems with left-wingers better than I can sum them up myself. Liberals (and by extension, Democrats) are only tolerable as an alternative to conservatives (and by extension, Republicans). If liberals ever learn to organize and unify as effectively as conservatives can (and do), they might be politically formidable.

Obama gives FNC the EMF ?

Conservatives will always find something to whine about. This time, the DMN editorial board is pissing and moaning because Obama didn't go on Fox News talk shows Sunday. In my opinion, that may have been the smartest move he's made in weeks. I doubt if there are 800 people in the country who watch FNC and also hope Obama's administration will succeed in achieving its goals, so fuck 'em.

Skid marks in Skidmore ?

Thank God for Wonkette.com, which is where I stumbled upon this gem. The historical society in Skidmore, Texas operates this museum, see, and they accept no government funding of any kind because they're Texans, see, which means they're unique in all the universe, especially when it comes to rugged independence. This museum has one drawback, though. It's only open from 3:00-5:00 pm on Sundays. Damn, can you imagine the lines you'd have to stand in to gain entry to that tourist attraction ? But the right-wing blog redstate.com thinks the Skidmore museum should set the example for the rest of the nation. Reason number 54,886 why I am not now, never have been, and never will be a rightwinger.

Dowd pins it down

Mo Dowd's column in the NYT is pretty good.

When Obama was elected with a comfortable popular vote and EC majority, it would've been nice to believe that America had changed in some radical way. In reality, about 46 percent of the voters weren't having any of it, and by constantly behaving like shitasses for eight months, the Limbaugh/Fox News crowd have some of the marginal Obama supporters starting to doubt themselves over their vote last year. I have enough family ties to anti-Obama conservatives that I had no illusions about what he'd be up against.