Archive for the 'World War II' Category
World War II Veterans Are Awesome
Posted on May 29, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Auschwitzgate, World War II, veterans, wingnuts | Leave a Comment
Sorry to do another post on the whole Auschwitz/Buchenwald thing; I know some of you would probably prefer I ignore it from here on out. I promise, this one is much lighter and hopefully funny. The story is courtesy of Sadly, No!
One of the troglodytes in wingnutland was not satisfied with knowing the name of [...]
When I Said Before That I Spent The Day Obsessing Over Stupid Shit, This Is Mostly What I Meant
Posted on May 28, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under FOX News, Holocaust, World War II | Leave a Comment
If this is true, FOX News has gone way past the line of… advocating war and torture? Wait, scratch that. This is definitely par for the course for FOX News, but it hits me on a personal level and makes me want to break things.
This morning on the program Fox and Friends, one of the [...]
Simple Rule: Don’t Try To Score Points By Claiming To Remember The Holocaust Better Than Someone Else
Posted on May 28, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, World War II | Leave a Comment
That Auschwitz/Buchenwald thing yesterday really pissed me off. Before I went to bed, I caught this post from John Aravosis noting Jake Tapper’s excellent response to the mainstreaming of the non-story. Reading it really made me feel a bit better. I was especially pleased to see Tapper specifically call out the Post’s Michael Dobbs for [...]
Stupid Wingnut Explosions
Posted on May 27, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Memorial Day, World War II, wingnuts | 3 Comments
The nuttier conservatives have been up in arms all day because Barack Obama, during a Memorial Day event, made a passing reference to an uncle who served in the United States armed forces during World War II. Here’s what the senator said while attempting to discuss our mental health care obligations to our veterans:
“I had [...]
