This week dumb da dumb dumb, dumb

FOX News (always a contradiction in terms) said about Chuck Hagel that one of the sources of his funding that he has not disclosed formerly is an organization called "friends of Hamas", pretty sinister sounding indeed. This originates from a question by a Daily News reporter named Dan Friedman. The "great one" Stephen Colbert said that Friedman called a Republican aide on Capitol Hill with a question, since he was attempting to dig up dirt and asked if Hagel had given a speech to... the 'Junior league of Hezbollah' .."or "Friends of Hamas" feeling "no one could take seriosuly the idea that such organizations even exist". He was asking the question satirically!!!  So again the contradiction Fox .... News. And as Steven said what else is Chuck Hagel "hiding"?

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Many states are weighing whether gun owners should be required to carry insurance umbrellas in case of accidental or intentional self-defense shootings. Nelson Lind a professor of Constitutional law and the Second Amendment at George Mason University school of law made a pretty salient remark. He said "if this were done, the private insurance market would quickly and efficiently make it prohibitively expensive for people with a record of irresponsible ownership of guns to possess them legally". The opposite of that would be dumb da dumb, dumb, dumb.

Ayes to the Newt

We have to give Newt Gingrich credit for two great remarks on the Sunday talk show circuit. First in intellectual political awareness he compared the Democrats to a Super Bowl team and Republicans to a mid-level college team. And secondly he said regarding their political strategy to connect with 311 million people, "if your airplane flies into the mountain you may consider getting a better radar system."

This weekend fun fun, fun fun, fun

On "This week" two military "experts" George Will and Newt Gingrich talked about the importance of possible Pentagon budget cuts in the coming sequester, if it happens. What's fun fun fun fun is that so far what these men have shown is that the only thing they know about the military is that they want to be in it, as they had numerous draft deferments between them. In fact when Newt Gingrich said he is a "deficit hawk" we now realize that in the new Republican dictionary "deficit" equals "chicken".

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Marco Rubio's rebuttal to Barack Obama outside of being factually challenged, is strategically challenged as well. Nowhere did he talk about our #1 ally in the Mideast and the only true democracy there, namely Israel. This surprised us, as Sen. Rubio is from the state of Florida and we hear rumors there's an old Jew or two that maybe retired there.

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 At the state of the union address, where traditionally the Supreme Court justices -all nine of them-attend, there were three absences. They were (surprise surprise) justices Alito, Thomas and Scalia, whatever level of class these men are purported had... it's not a supreme level.

America's worst investments

A dance studio for the Chassidim.

Republican exit polls

 Gov. Bobby Junedale said Republicans had to stop being the "stupid party", Bill Maher said they had to stop being the "crazy party" but we have a different take here at real FOX News. With thanks to Dick Gregory we learned the following from the exit polls in the November presidential election; 60% said the income tax rate should either go up on all Americans or those with incomes above $250,000. 59 percent said abortion should be legal in all or most cases and 65% said that illegal immigrants should have a legal status. Maybe being the "stupid party" or the "crazy party" has simply resulted in they're being the "wrong party". This is sad, because America needs two correct parties at least on basic issues and fairness, which the conservative movement (i.e. the Republican Party) have historically been on the wrong side and  sadly almost every single time. Aside from not being the party of the present they're barely the party of the recent past.

This week in political dumb dumb da dumb dumb

At a political speech this weekend in Wyoming, Dick Cheney eviscerated President Obama's choices for Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense. What's fascinating to us is that Mr. Cheney has as many draft deferments avoiding service in Vietnam, five (5) as nominees John Kerry and Chuck Hagel have purple hearts. Does this  make them automatically qualified? No, but it certainly brings to mind one of the most truly trusted homilies: consider the source. And based on Mr. Cheney's record for policy and non service to this country there's really none there.

America's worst investments

The Starbucks franchise at Brigham Young University

American sniper, American culture, American irony

Chris Kyle had a best-selling book called "American sniper", and a sniper he was. He served four tours in Iraq and is one of the most decorated snipers in our military. But the American culture and the American irony caught up with the American sniper in Texas this past week, and at a gun range of all places. The survivor of the high-risk combat succumbed to the fatal American gun cultures, as he was shot dead by an individual who happened to be a former Marine, and someone it was believed that Mr. Kyle was counseling on his struggles with PTSD. Again our culture makes sure everyone has access to a gun, but you dont have access to mental health counseling which claimed another victim in some ways the least likely and in some ways the most ironic. What we don't get to say is who could see it coming....

The smartest people in America

This week's honoree is Carly Fiorina. From the time to she took over as CEO of Hewlett-Packard until the time she left, the stock dropped  almost 50% in value and SHE received a $40 million severance package. She truly is one of the smartest people in America. Stay tuned for more such self servers in America.