Redeye's Week in Review~The good, the bad, and the ugly

Uh, you know how the gop used our grief over 911 to take us war based on dead wrong iIntelligence, spy on us without a warrant and terrorize us with color coded Terra Lerts? Well guess what...this same gop was blocking, yes blocking, the passage of a bill to provide relief for 911 first responders. Have they no shame?

It only took nine years, but finally in the lame duck session of Congress — before the Democrats go back to minority status in the House next month — enough Republicans got on board to pass a bill providing health care and other relief for the first responders to America’s worst ever terrorist attack on September, 11, 2001.

I wonder what Alabama's two Senators have against the START TREATY. Strike that, I know.

While a large bipartisan group of senators handed President Obama a third victory in the lame-duck session of Congress Wednesday when they voted to ratify a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, Alabama’s two Republican senators voted against it, which comes as no real “surprise, surprise,” as Gomer Pyle would have said.

Perhaps reflecting the somewhat racist anti-Obama sentiment of corporate leaders and conservative Republican constituents in their home state, both of Alabama’s Republican senators, Richard Shelby of Tuscaloosa and Jeff Sessions of Mobile, mouthed off about the deal.

“I don’t believe the American people overall would feel that this administration’s number one priority, although despite what they say, is the security of this country,” Shelby told a Newhouse reporter in Washington, D.C. What informed readers might wonder is this: Does he mean the security of the country? Or the financial security of Shelby and his supporters in the military-industrial complex in Alabama?

“They want to negotiate treaties,” Shelby scoffed. “And a lot of people in the negotiating, I believe, might be a little soft on security and defense.”

Right. Or, perhaps they have a different philosophy. Maybe they see that keeping track of and reducing nuclear weapons makes for a safer world, rather than continuing to spend the trillions it takes to keep the escalating arms race economy “growing.”

It's Christmas, so what color is the Terra Lert? Is it still Orange? Are your ducks tapped? Is your watta bottled?

Christmas Eve is a very exciting travel day because it’s one of the busiest, most insane times to attempt to get on a plane. Plus, the weather is guaranteed to be pretty horrible because it’s winter. Also, there’s horrific stress as millions of people try to get across the country at the last possible minute because Christmas Eve is both the official start of the Yuletide Family Gathering and a regular work day. Terrible all around! Luckily we have the Homeland Security clown theater troupe, “TSA,” to come up with some random bullsh*t to ruin whatever hasn’t been ruined by common crowds and weather.

This week saw a sea to shining sea of white supremacy on display

After all, the Republican Party has been pursuing a "Southern Strategy" to squeeze every last African American out of the GOP since not long after the white citizens councils were first established more than half-a-century ago. And Barbour moved quickly to quell any potential long-term trouble, unlike Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott back in December 2002. Lott blew it off when a then-obscure 30-year-old blogger with the moniker of Atrios kicked off a firestorm over the Senator's public declaration that the country would have been better off if diehard segregationist Strom Thurmond had been elected President in 1948. Within three weeks he had resigned his post as Senate Majority Leader.

LiA is taking a much deserved vacation and they've asked readers/contributors to post some of LiA's the greatest hits the past. Since my user name was rendered disabled this week because I dared "carp" and "whine" about being discriminated against, here is one of my favorite blast from LiA Christmas past.

I learned factually incorrect information about Democrats and/or Democratic candidates will be forcefully refuted and corrected on this blog no matter who provides the information. Take heed, Karl Rove style politics will not be tolerated here.

I would like to take this time to thank readers, lurkers and commenter's, good, bad and ugly for your support this year and to wish you and yours peace and happiness in the coming year, despite the fact the gop infused, media enabled, tea party has taken control of our city, state, local and national government. Lord help us.

Oprah Winfrey said she's not worried about Sarah Palin being the president because she believes in the intelligence of the American people. Uh, Oprah, never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. They just handed the keys to the house to the same people who burned it down then blocked the fire truck. Remember?

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