The Walkout

We missed this one: Those sorry European nations that decided they'd show us up by attending the U.N. Racism Conference got an actual taste of what they came for - courtesy of Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spouting off about Israel being a racist nation (Happy Birthday Israel!!!) - and, then, those same sorry European nations decided we might know what we've been talking about and left. Good for them.

Suckers.

Hat Tip: Neocon Express

"It's Sheer Stupidity." -- Senator Chuck Shumer

"The idea Obama had no knowledge of what was happening with his own plane is nonsense. It's just not plausible."

-- Jammie Wearing Fool, telling us the White House "knew that sending two fighter jets and Air Force One to buzz ground zero and Lady Liberty might set off nightmarish fears of a 9/11 replay, but they still ordered the photo-op kept secret from the public" - and, then, continuing to talk like a wise guy - and not a Jammie Wearing Fool.

Apparently, The Ocean Levels Are The Same, Too (He Said He Would Fix All That Soon,...)

"Apparently, the Obama election will not instantly rehabilitate the U.S."

-- The Editors, making it pretty clear they ate the brown acid, at The Los Angeles Times.

It's O.K., Phil: Go Take A Shower

"I am embarrassed I ever wrote anything for HuffPo, which is now a cesspool of misleading misinformation. Funny though; I still get people asking me 'What’s the harm in believing in things that aren’t real?'

What’s the harm?

Polio.

Smallpox.

Pertussis.

Mumps.

Measles (with possibility of encephalitis and permanent brain damage).

Hib.

Death.

Death. That’s the harm. The antivax movement, the people who promote homeopathic water, the people who want you to poke you with needles… they are peddling nonsense that doesn’t work. And worse, when they convince someone that their fantasy is correct and the entire scientific and medical establishment is wrong, that person will be denied treatment that may actually do some good.

These folks may honestly care about others, and may be honestly trying to help. I’m sure that’s,...sincere.

But sincerity doesn’t make you right."

-- Phil Plait, one of the better online scientists out there, who - unlike most other online scientists - is admitting he's been sleeping with the enemy, and now feels dirty with regret, like he'd been caught practicing Bad Astronomy.

Forget Amma: America's Got It's Own "Hugging Saint" - And He Comes With More Cowbell!!!

He's even from Los Angeles!

More "Change" Than You Know What To Do With

"The best way to help the suicidal is to keep them from reaching that point,...What other people think changes with the culture. Today’s scapegoat can be tomorrow’s comeback kid. As one of my favorite bumper sticker says, 'No condition is permanent.'"

-- Helen Smith, thinking she's being deep - and getting a lot of nepotistic publicity (which is just the kind of thing that depresses us) since she's the wife of the Instapundit - when, in truth, she's barely scratching the surface of TMR's male angst, as Dr. Helen.

"What other people think changes with the culture", huh? Well here's a partial list of some "change" we'd like to see so we can stop reaching for the revolver:

Tell "the culture" to stop listening to psychics.

Tell "the culture" to stop selling homeopathy.

Tell "the culture" to stop doing yoga, and get back to good ol' physical workouts without any "spiritual" mumbo jumbo embedded in or near it.

Tell "the culture" to stop tripping on Global Warming and get back to work.

Tell "the culture" to stop having affairs.

Tell "the culture" to stop applauding Britney, Madonna, Paris, Lindsey, celebrity culture, etc.

Tell "the culture" to stop looking for gurus to run our lives.

Tell "the culture" to stop listening to idiots like Oprah, Shirley McClaine, Silvia Browne, Rhonda Byrne, John Grey, and anyone else into Self-Help or NewAge bullshit.

Tell "the culture" to stop tripping on vaccinations as a cause for autism or listening to dummies like Jenny McCarthy.

Tell "the culture" to stop "alternative" medicine altogether.

Tell "the culture" to stop simple-mindedly "believing" and start thinking for a real change.

Tell "the culture" to stop applauding liars.

Tell "the culture" to stop assuming that the only way to be cool is to oppose rationality, mainstream culture, or using projection against Christianity.

Tell "the culture" to stop all cults, large or small, popular or otherwise - we can start with Scientology, and The Landmark Forum, and work sideways.

Tell "the culture" to stop tripping on race as an answer, or hinderance, to anything. Actually, just stop tripping on it.

Tell "the culture" to stop worrying about what the rest of the world thinks of America and, once again, allow those of us in "The New World" to go on doing our new thing in our own new way. It worked pretty well before.

Tell "the culture" to stop with this never-ending '60's bullshit and immediately begin teaching critical thinking in our nation's schools so they'll never fall for stupid shit like that again.

Tell "the culture" to stop acting like empty statements that don't mean anything are worthy of consideration. This goes double for anything that's related to Buddhism or Transcendental Meditation.

Tell "the culture" to stop electing NewAge "messiahs" with no credentials - except reading political manuals dedicated to Satan - as president.

Tell "the culture" to stop by Panda Bear, M.D.'s blog.

MACHO!!!

"The conservative Washington Times quoted 'sources close to the vice president' complaining that Palin felt marginalized by the 'macho culture' of the White House."

-- Walter Shapiro, imagining what "The First 100 Days of John McCain" would've looked like, because they're into Politics Daily.

Thank You, President Obama: Now "RUN!!!"

And Now: A Message From The Always-Anti-Racism And Totally Progressive American Left

Of course, in keeping with their message, they committed an act of mass suicide after this display was presented,...

Not "Hip" But "Hypocrisy" (And Ug-ly!!!)

It seems celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has learned a thing or two,...Everyone who owns a computer or television set know how he insulted Carrie Prejean, Miss California, calling her response “awful,” “the worst in pageant history” when, during the final round of this year’s Miss USA pageant, she said she believed “marriage should be between a man and a woman.”  Incidentally, she holds the same position on marriage as does the President of the United States.

Shouldn’t he then call the Democrat’s stand an “awful” position?

Of course not. That (D) after Obama’s name renders him immune from criticism for taking the same stands which might earn a tongue-slapping for a Republican (or Republican-appearing pageant contestant).

From Jehuda on the Rhetorican, we learn that “Perez Hilton is giving Obama a pass for his anti-gay marriage stance.“ On CNN’s April 26 “Reliable Sources,” while justifying his insults “just part of the vernacular he uses on his Web site,” Hilton tried to explain away Obama’s opposition to same-sex marriage because the Democrat, he claims, “believes gay and lesbian couples should have the same rights that heterosexual couples [have].”  Actually, he doesn’t.  The President believes we should have “equivalent rights.”

While Hilton is outraged that Miss Prejean tells him (as he puts it) that he’s “a second-class citizen” who doesn’t “deserve the same rights that heterosexuals get,” he rewrites Obama’s rhetoric so he doesn’t have to criticize the Democratic President.  She, he believed, spewed “hate” while Obama gets a pass for saying nearly the exact same thing she has.

-- Gay Patriot West, going for a threefer - Obama, The Democratic Party, and Perez Hilton - which is the job of a Gay Patriot.

Zen And The Art Of Stupid Shit

"The Dalai Lama is yet another jerk finding a silver lining in the financial crisis."

-- Amy Alkon, not exactly grooving on this whole NewAge thing in a crisis - SINCE THIS WHOLE NEWAGE THING IS THE CRISIS - and even though she's called The Advice Goddess.

And, oh man, we love this:

There was Melanie Strickland, 48, a substitute teacher from the Joshua Tree area. Moments after the Dalai Lama left the stage, she was reciting large portions of the teachings -- nearly verbatim -- over her cellphone to a friend.

"The key is to rise above thoughts of pain and anger," she told her friend, "and focus on the here and now between those thoughts. See?"

Yes, rise above how your child is hungry for dinner, but you can't quite afford it because you and your husband are both out of work. Do your best, 'kay?

Yea, If Bush Did This,...

"In Jersey City, where I work, was in a mini-panic. Fire alarms pulled, buildings were evacuated. People were running down the streets. I heard it was worse in New York,...My gosh, if Bush did this, Rosie O’Donnell would be laid out prostrate on Broadway right now to protest."

-- Michael Grubbs, making us so proud we've finally got a president who can pronounce "nuclear" correctly, for the Instapundit.

Nothing Up My Sleeve - PRESTO!!!!

"Councilwoman Edith Childs had such high expectations. She followed the election of Barack Obama with mounting expectation and rode the slow trajectory of disappointment to its still-plunging depths. Slowly it dawned on her that Obama had no box of magic tricks in his repertoire,..."

-- Richard Fernandez, being quite sympathetic to a delusional politician - who should be wildly beat about the head for putting us all in this situation - preferably with The Belmont Club.