Ground Control Didn't Kill Major Tom, Communism Did.

Strapped for time again, I'll try to get a longer post in later today.

Guiseppe Fratelli, you can inform your mother that microwaves and cell-phones really don't cause cancer. I think we've been telling her for years, but here's another reminder.

The Wall Street Journal says Capitalism Saved the Miners. Well, duh! Everybody knows that the commies like to let their stranded men in subs die of starvation/asphyxiation. And who could forget the story of Major Tom, the Soviet cosmonaut who's circuit died when something went wrong and then he couldn't hear anything and is presumably dead. Ground Control, don't take it too hard, it's not your fault... it's communism's.

Chris Matthews: If those miners were Teabaggers, they'd be dead! You know, just in case you had forgotten what a turd that guy is. He proves once more that he doesn't understand a thing about how Tea Partiers perceive the world, so I'll let Allah correct him.

Where to begin? Is he suggesting that tea partiers are so committed to the “every man for himself” ethos of individualism that they oppose on principle any form of mutually beneficial cooperation — especially between desperate miners or, say, U.S. troops trapped in a survival situation? Does he not get that the reason most conservatives want less government is because they believe that people’s lives will improve that way — i.e. that liberty is a means to the end of maximizing welfare, which sort of cuts against the “tea-party miners killing each other” scenario? Does he at least understand that small government does allow for some government, and that fiscal conservatism fully allows for charity for people in need — like, say, a few dozen men trapped in a hole half a mile down? What the hell is he talking about here?

The punchline: Given his past rhetoric about scabs, if there’s anyone you wouldn’t want to be trapped in a mine with, it’s Richard Trumka. Refuse to play by his rules and you might just get your head cracked open.

David Brooks and Gail Collins talk about Obama in the NYT. David Brooks wins (don't try to tell me that you can't "win" a conversation, 'cause I do it all the time). Gail Collins talks about semi-suicidal Democrats. I guess I'd be pretty suicidal too, if my messiah turned out to be a standard Windy City politician.

Finally: Hong Kong McDonalds offers wedding packages now! And don't worry, all you brides to be, about missing out on the great food because you're too busy with all the guests. Your happy meal won't decompose or go bad for up to 6 months!

Doctor: "Yeah... my bad." Doctors, like human beings, also sometimes make mistakes. Needless to say this is pretttttttty bad, poor fellah.

New Medal of Honor game is as realistic as the ads claim. The Story Behind Medal of Honor. Pretty crazy, maybe I'll have to get it.

Oh really? WaPo: Study Finds Very Few Racist/Anti-Obama Posters at Tea-Party Rallies.

A new analysis of political signs displayed at a tea party rally in Washington last month reveals that the vast majority of activists expressed narrow concerns about the government's economic and spending policies and steered clear of the racially charged anti-Obama messages that have helped define some media coverage of such events.

It's not like I've been saying this for months... and those messages that "helped define some media coverage of such events," influenced the WaPo's coverage of Tea Partiers. I'll consider this an apology of sorts, 'cause lord knows I won't do any better.

Now they tell us: So... like, uh, this new healthcare is going to cost more for seniors. Maybe if they'd read the bill...

Perhaps these guys named their site after me. Hat tip to el Padre, Dad the Viking, who has been writing some excellent posts recently about "Deatheaters". Check it out, even if you're not a Harry Potter fan, because it has greater implications than just the fate of young british Wizards.

Hehe. Pretty funny, now next time make that happy with Barack Obama and I'll give you the ultimate props. You know how his relationship is with the TOTUS (Teleprompter of the United States).

Alright, I've got to go, expect another post later in the day.