Republican Highlights of the Last Two Weeks

The latest Republican great idea is to shut down The Department of Homeland Security and blame it on the Democrats. Sounds like a plan. * * * * * * * It's a real shame that the only person likely to ever be punished for lying about Iraq will be Brian Williams. Dick Cheney, George W. Bush -- nothing. Even Oliver North who accomplished a coup d'etat during the Reagan years with the Iran/Contra arms deal, has a television show of his own. I do have to admit, though, that I thoroughly enjoyed Brian's memoirs about his trip to the moon with Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11. * * * * * * The Republicans appear to be in an internal battle for who will control the future of the Republican party and possibly the nation: the richest 1/10th of 1% of the country or the stupidest 1/10th of 1%. And it's a close call. And they've got many of both, but there is perhaps one candidate who can bridge that gap between the wealthiest and the stupidest better than anyone - Donald Trump. The man is both a complete ignoramus and filthy rich. * * * * * Fresh off an anti-vaccination debacle which not surprisingly corresponds with a national outbreak of measles, Republicans are now weighing the value of traffic signals v. freedom in urban city centers. "Religious freedom not to stop is guaranteed in the Constitution," said one. "And we should not be restricted to a particular lane of traffic either. Who's to say which direction a lane of traffic should go? Only God. We'll be suing the President just as soon as those other lawsuits get thrown out." * * * * * Adding to the Republican nonsense about measles and freedom, one (Thom Tillis) has come out against regulations that say restaurant workers must wash their hands after using the bathroom....... * * * * * * Republicans are now accusing President Obama of engaging in "trickle-down economics" which has hurt the middle class. Are you kidding me? * * * * * * And in the I can't believe it even more department, a Montana Republican apparently has proposed legislation to ban women from wearing yoga pants in public. * * * * * I can't take it anymore...........