Andrew Sullivan posts an exchange from Rush’s show where you can see how crazy he’s gotten.  Look, I remember hearing the guy at a friends house pretty regularly as a kid, and he’s always been crazy.  But, you know, it was a mild kind of crazy – or at least that’s all my young mind could pick up on.

This shit is real crazy son.  Subtle crazy, but still crazy.

I don’t see how he can have any pretense at being any kind of serious commentator, or even a serious Republican…but maybe he’s ok with that.  Maybe he’s incredibly self aware and the entire thing is an act almost beyond the bounds of Colbert to satirize.

Comment #1 on the root link:

So this guy is NOT a republican because he doesn’t want the US to torture people? OK Rush. Once again, proving to the world, you’re an idiot.

I think it should be obvious by now…but people still adore the guy.  Is it just because they are angry?  Are they clinging to whatever presents itself?  I mean, there’s always going to be that fringe, but the Right fringe is getting BIG.  Is it bigger than the Right itself these days?

Sounds like a good argument for a 3rd political party finally…Dems/Reps/Trolls ftw.

I think that says enough.

Plainclothes police officers beat and attempt to kidnap a 12 year old girl.  Father charged with assaulting police officers for trying to stop 3 men from dragging his daughter into a van.

ARE Y O U F U C K I N G K I D D I N G M E?

This is probably the worst “stupid cop” (not to mention racist) I’ve heard in years, and these guys should be locked the fuck up.  I hope the family gets a LOT of money from the city/cop shop and those cop lose their jobs and (as some commenters suggested) get flagged as sex offenders.  Let’s see how they like having their lives ruined.  That poor girl.

[edit: For the sake of blog courtesy, I found the story here.  It is also on digg...so MAYBE it will make it to the mainstream media.  I hope so. ]

This was a step past absurdity for me.  (Summary: people are offended at the word “retard” in a movie, and that movies SATIRICAL portrayal of Hollywood’s attempt to Orally Oscarize itself via actors portraying retards in movies).

Money quote:

The studio arranged screenings around the country for disability advocates yesterday and last Friday. “I came out of it feeling like I had been assaulted,” said David Tolleson, executive director of the Down syndrome group, who saw it last week. “I counted 16 uses of retard, not counting imbecile, moron and idiot.”

WAIT.  Holdthafuckatrukkaminnite. Backup. You want me to stop saying idiot, imbecile & moron?  Nevermind that I’m still holding on to retard – you can’t have that!  How am I supposed to describe someone that is an idiot, imbecile or moron, or acts in a way that is idiotic, imbecilic or moronic? … Fucking reactionary morons.  This is almost as dumb as Guiliani’s son suing Duke over being kicked off the golf team.  Almost, but not quite.

Neverminding that they obviously missed the point of satire, the word “retard” is not going away.  I’m sorry.  Mentally handicapped/retarded/imbecilic/WHATEVER people are different than non-retarded people in a very measurable and functional way.  We’re not talking about the imaginary differences that racists see, we’re talking about actual, functional differences in living and quality of life/etc.

Just like people are not going to stop using the word “fat” to describe well, fat people.  Look I’m sorry to all the whiny bitches who can’t handle having their flaws (sorry, but being mentally handicapped is the textbook definition of a flaw) mocked, or used to mock others.

Oh, one more thing, since these folks are all up in arms and joining together to fight for “rights” for the disabled and all that.  I’ll put it in bold and all caps.  YOU DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO BE MADE FUN OF (in general, in specific can be a different story).  Sorry.  Oh, you want special treatment?  Hmmm.

I think I’m failing in my attempt to eloquently present what I’m trying to say here, but what else is now.  Let me try one more time:

*Comparing someone to someone of lesser physical/mental capability is always going to be an insult.  Insults are often an integral part of jokes.
*Mentally handicapped people have lesser physical/mental capabilities – that’s not something you can sue out of the world.
*Therefore, people will taunt other people by referring to them as names used for the mentally handicapped.  Just like if someone is running/performing some physical function slowly you may jokingly compare them to a physically handicapped or fat/overweight person.

Do you expect to legislate/protest insults out of the American collective conscious?  Because frankly, that’s what you’re attempting here….which is part of why it’s so stupid.

Yes, I know this may be the post that forever damns my future political career but look, I’m all for rights for the disabled, but no group has a right not to be made fun of.  This is not hate speech, which you do have a right to be protected from to various degrees..  Sorry.  It may be cruel, but that’s life.  Buck up crybabies.

Also, keep in mind that no one in specific is being insulted.  I’m sure someone with a retarded family member would take offense to that person being specifically insulted, but to be insulted by the word “retard” being used as an insult is just ignoring reality.

I’ll post again whenever I finally see the movie (I’m guessing after it hits Netflixx), maybe at that point I will be so offended by what I see I’ll change my mind, and call myself shortsighted for writing this.

But I doubt it.

So yeah, I pull into the other lane and go around him.  He gives me a dirty look.  SERIOUSLY?

Jesus people, you wonder why drivers get annoyed with you?  Don’t be a goddam jackass.

SRSLY!??

Let me get this straight:

• I’m spending extra time filtering out my TRASH, and carrying out 4 bins instead of ONE.
• I’m PAYING you to pick up this stuff which you are then going to SELL for more MONEY?

Now you want me to WASH my TRASH?

No sir, chainsawfuck you very muchly.

Anything you don’t take out of my bin, will go straight in the trash. It’s not like any of that shit is really dirty anyway.  Sure, some has some baby food left in it…but that’s really about it.  Oh, I’m sorry, did you want me to spend hours of my time peeling the goddam labels off too?

Nevermind that parents should be able to give their children alcohol if they want (although 7 might be a bit young), but this a was a fucking accident.

At least they got their son back & their lives weren’t destroyed, and at least the people involved admitted what they were doing was stupid.  But it could have been much worse.

You know, you hear these random horror stories, and you know it happens every so often at least…but it’s still always painful to hear about, especially as a parent.

I have no idea what the alternate solution would be, aside from people not being such fucking pansies and  making sure the people that work at these places have actual degrees and some kind of oversight.  I have no idea what’s in place now.

Yeah, so I’ve got a lot of nothing but annoyance.  Bummer that.