Squirrels have a Liberal Bais

Of all the stupid I’ve talked about on this site, Intelligent Design has to be right up there as far as the top in stupid ideas.

Intelligent Design is merely Biblical Creationism with a few scientific terms misapplied to give it the look of a scientific theory. It’s like how that guy in college will throw out big words with no idea what they mean and wonders why everyone laughs at him.

There is no real theory behind Intelligent Design they only attack what they see as weaknesses in Evolution. Their favorite example is irreducible complexity, saying something is so complex it can’t be reached in smaller stages.

The argument goes like this:

What is the use of a half-wing (like on a flying squirrel)? Since only having half a wing wouldn’t benefit a creature (like how the flying squirrel gets no benefit from being able to travel from tree to tree and avoiding predators) there must be an intelligent hand guiding the process so that birds are able to fly.

If the theory of evolution were true we would see animals (like the flying squirrel) that are in some intermediate stage of evolution and have carved out a niche for themselves at a level between walking and flying (like the flying squirrel).

What about the flying squirrel? Squirrels are hippies, have a well-known liberal bias and are part of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy, so who would believe them.

I don’t make the Lies, I just make fun of them.

Image Stolen from LeftBanker

“On former Sen. Fred Thompson’s radio show, former lieutenant governor of New York Betsy McCaughey said that the House’s proposed health care bill contained a provision that would institute mandatory counseling sessions telling seniors how "to do what’s in society’s best interest … and cut your life short." House Minority Leader John Boehner made a slightly more measured statement, warning that the same provision "may start us down a treacherous path toward government-encouraged euthanasia if enacted into law."

Factcheck.org http://www.factcheck.org/2009/07/false-euthanasia-claims/

I guess Republicans think President Obama is going go around and tell every senior citizen to drop dead of something.

What the bill really says is that doctors will be paid if they help people make living wills, and for an effective living will to work it takes a Doctor to help; even a lawyer who specializes in medical issues would have a hard time making a living will that accurately expresses a persons wishes over when to end their life.

Living wills are tough things, You have to decide when you personally feel life isn’t worth living.

If you are a devote Catholic that’s easy. Use any and all measures to keep blood moving in your body even if it only prolongs your life by a few seconds or else you’ve committed a sin.

For the rest of us, and this includes most Catholics, it’s not so easy. When you want someone to stop taking extreme measures to save your life is a deeply individual choice.

For instance I’ve stated that I don’t want to be a drooling vegetable. That will help the doctors somewhat but not completely, What if I’m in coma and have a small chance of recovery? How long should I be artificially kept alive, what percentage of chance of recovery should I set as the cutoff for the doctors to stop trying?

These are things that can only be determined by meeting with a doctor beforehand to let the doctors know after I can’t say anything what my wishes are.

The funny thing this part of the bill is designed to make this very individual decision, something between you and your doctor and keep the government out that decision. Something that these same people are claiming Healthcare reform will limit.

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Another funny objection to Healthcare Reform I’ve heard (This isn’t a lie, just a statement from ignorance) is:

“Why if I’m making $250,000 a year should I care if 50 million don’t have health insurance?”

Speaking as someone who used to make that I can tell you why, and do it parroting Brad Pitt’s speech in “Fight Club.”

“We (uninsured people) are the people who cook your food when you go out, we hand you your change when you buy something, we are the independent contractors you hire like the stripper at your private meetings, we are the hooker (sorry escort) that your wife hires as a birthday gift, we are the people who clean your Jacuzzis, we people you come in contact with everyday.

“If you allow us to become breeding grounds for disease, no amount of money will shield you from it. Diseases don’t care how big your bank account is or what type of car you drive. To them one host is as good as another and if you let them spread, they will seek you out.

“In other words: Don’t Fuck with us!”

I think that answers the question.

Somebody I missed, or no fun at funerals.

I have to thank Teresa over at teresamerica for pointing out a really stupid group I’ve forgotten to make fun of.



No, Not them. Fred Phelp’s group is so idiotic that any attempt to make fun of them would give them more credit than they deserve.

Nope, it’s the conservatives that troll the Internet and say that somehow this group is a bunch of liberals.

Now I do understand how conservatives would want to distance themselves from Phelps even those that believe 9/11 and Katrina were God’s punishment for Gays and Short Skirts, have to look at Phelps and say, “Dude, you’re an idiot.”

But trying to pin that group onto liberals takes a feat of mental contortion that I can’t even begin fathom.

If you want to do some strange mental contortions try equating Kittens to Hitler:



Thanks “Cats That Look Like Hitler” for that image.

Or, try to imply that Hollywood is against guns.





I wonder you would try to imply that?



At least then we can see that the alternate reality you live in intersects the real world at some small point and is merely a tangent existence to our own, that could possibly be calculated using differential geometry in n-dimensional Euclidian space.

But trying to pin Fred Phelps to liberals puts your reality somewhere out there that is beyond the edge of the observable universe.