Lawless Ted

Once again, Ted Cruz is spouting out anything that comes to mind – whether or not it's true; whether or not it even makes sense. He calls Obama "lawless" in faulting Obama with the Central American children crisis. Anything that goes wrong is the president's fault in the eyes of the Republicans, but especially Cruz. In the case of this influx of immigrants, Obama is simply following a law put in place by none other than George W. Bush, which permits the entrance of unaccompanied minors from countries other than Canada or Mexico. The constant ignoring of the facts by Cruz is amazing.

Here's one such fact Cruz seems to have forgotten: In the case of these kids crossing into the U.S. from Mexico, the law permits a president to address the problem without having to wait for Congress to change Bush's law. In fact, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., has asked President Obama to do just that – to return the children to their respective native lands. (The irony of a Republican calling for Obama to perform an act of Executive Action amid cries from the same party about Obama's alleged overreaching is just too fucking rich for words.) Anyhow … once again, it's the hypocrisy from the right (not the lying, to which the nation has become accustomed) that is so astounding. And 'ole Ted Cruz is the lead offender. It's because of this that I've thought it would be interesting to break bread with Cruz if only to give him a chance to rationalize all of these off the cuff, out of left field statements he makes – these hot button, Gingrich-like streams of venom he likes to spew out. Of course, in his case, the proverbial bread would be a tortilla, right? Or maybe traditional Canadian back bacon.

Because let's remember: Ted Cruz is not a full-blooded American, having been sired by a Cuban and born in Canada; a problem if one wants to be President of the United States. (This, per Article II, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution.) Yet, Cruz, in breach of the law, thinks he's qualified – technically qualified – to be president.

Lawless Ted marches on.

Hobby Lobby Rules!

After 238 years, almost to the goddam day, we've come full circle – back to the country we were before we were actually a country. Back to the time when a religious faction not only ruled the land but actually governed the people. That would be King George III – the same guy against whom we declared war on the premise of the separation of church and state. But with the Hobby Lobby ruling, after almost two and a half centuries, we've come full circle, back to a place in time where the wants and whims of a particular religious attitude trump the laws of the land. And make no mistake about it: The Affordable Care Act is the law. A law – like any law – that can only be altered through the proper legislative process. Ideally. But not, seemingly, any more. Not under the U.S. Constitution as we know it today, as it is interpreted by a majority of deranged Supreme Court justices for the purpose of appeasing the fanatical firestorm faith. 

Well, sorry, fruitcakes everywhere, but you don't get to adjust a law to suit your own particular peccadillos, even religious ones. That's because we're still supposed to be a land ruled by laws; not religious degrees; no matter if we're ruled by a multi-branch government or a parliament or a king.

Of course, what this is REALLY about is not Obamacare, but Obama. These people who call themselves Christians are filled with such hate for the current president, they're happy to violate the constitution just to make a point. Of course, the hypocrisy is obvious: They don't want to be told what to do, but think it's their place to tell the "rest of us" what to do. Jesus … they want to eliminate contraception, but they're too stupid to realize that such a move will only lead to MORE abortions – which are still legal.

Thanks, Monica

Within a few short weeks, Eric Cantor is gone and Monica Lewinsky is back. Fucking amazing.

With last night's primary news accounted for in full, the biggest shock is easily the disposal of Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Ah, yes, Mr. Cantor has come and gone, a victim of his own hubris, greed and insanity. His plan was to pump up the troops – these new troops – and lead them in an overthrow. The only problem was that not even Cantor was crazy enough for this new bunch and they ended up overthrowing the wrong guy; Eric Cantor himself, rather than the guy he'd originally set his sights on – President Barrack Obama.

So Eric Cantor is gone. And Monica Lewinsky is back; on the cover of the new Vanity Fair, inside of which, she is asking to be forgiven so that she might start over – 15 year later. Uh-huh. Just think what she gave us …

Because Monica actually thought she was going to be moving into the White House, poor Al Gore had the specter of herself and Bill and a fouled blue dress and a smelly cigar hanging over him. There could have been hope, but unfortunately, Gore himself didn't have the balls or guts to deal with it properly.

So thank you, Monica, for giving us George W. Bush. And Dick Cheney. And 9/11. And two unnecessary wars.

So Much For Cruz Control

Just when we thought we were safely locked into Cruz Control, that greasy little weasel, that spurious tick Ted Cruz has raised his ugly head again. And now this past November – just two months ago – seems like two decades ago. November 2013. Just one year removed from the re-election and re-affirmation of an incumbent president by the majority of the people, as it were – two weeks after the conclusion of a screw up that shut down the government, and in doing so, seemed to shut down (hopefully for good?) the guy who engineered that shut down – Ted Cruz.

Sadly, it's not to be; Ted "The Creep" Cruz is back, mouthing off about this week's State of the Union address, making himself look and sound like an even bigger asshole (if that's possible) and putting at risk more moderate Republican who, if are not guilty by association, are guilty by negligence.

This guy ain't LBJ; can't anyone in the GOP shut him up and shut him down?

Has there ever been a politician more hated by his own party?

In the latest Cruz-credited piece in the Wall Street Journal (the placement of such no doubt funded by the Koch brothers), Cruz deems the Obama administration as an Imperial Presidency. But Cruz more than anyone has touted the idea of an Imperial Government, with all three branches being dominated and operated as extensions of the Tea Party – the sort of single-thought governing process that Karl Rove has been praying to his tattered photo of Lee Atwater for all these years. Then they REALLY wouldn't have to worry about actually delivering solutions, much less ideas, on Healthcare or Immigration.

Yes, Cruz complains about an imperial presidency, but the fact is that Obama has done nothing outside the law. If Cruz wants to scrap the Affordable Care Act, he should follow his own advice of staying within the law by following the proper legislative steps. And if he thinks Obama leads the pack in executive orders, he'd better think again – Obama isn't even close to Reagan, while also trailing Clinton and Bush the Junior.

For the likes of Cruz who have been so worried about Obama's impending dictatorship (five years in the making and counting!), I often wonder what they thought of Dick Cheney's Fourth Reich?