Tea Party Republicans

Well, your cousin isn't cut out for leading the Rs, is he?



Those who ARE R party "leaders" will tell you what they believe in: marketplace anarchy, carte blanch for the rich, hating Muslims and people whose skin are browner than theirs, "the ends justify the means," etc. They really do believe "in" a lot of things.



The "smart" ones have law degrees, electrical engineering degrees, etc., and can perform many highly-detailed jobs extremely well and sound lucid when speaking. But when it comes to thinking all the way through a large social problem, understanding all the sweeping scope of variables, considering historic analogues, and arriving at a reasonable, logical conclusion - they are quickly overwhelmed and devolve into slogans, sound bytes, and irrational, scary tantrums.



They all scare the crap out of me. The only thing scarier is the thought that Obama might continue to try to appease them into the foreseeable future. Clinically insane people may make for interesting carnival freak show attractions. But while trying to solve the most imposing problems we've ever faced, they are a totally unnecessary distraction.
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Mileage Tax Considered By Obama Transportation Secretary LaHood

Good start. However, I'd only agree to it if my non-stop screeching for a moratorium on new highway construction is heeded.



Others have commented about the need to get things under control before levying this tax. True enough on that front. The assertions that this is 'communist' are flat ridiculous. The more you use the highways, the more you should pay. That's not pinko, it's reasonable. And it encourages an end to unsustainable sprawl development and forces us to confront the problems in urban/industrial/commercial centers where people will start to gravitate.



Building new highways means more highways to maintain and repair in the future (i.e. MORE taxes). We don't need new highways. We need people with more patience, better mass transit, flexible work schedules, and a general realization that the fantasy suburban life is truly just a fantasy whose curtain has just come down.
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Wait ... Didn't Michael Steele Just Say My Parents Never Had Jobs?

There's no need to be getting angry or offended by what steele says.



I'm not a psychiatrist, but I have to believe that he and the rest of the general leadership of the repug party (and many of their die-hard apostles) are mentally challenged.



I don't intend to be mean about it. But the pure, unadulterated stream of nonsense spouting from the palin and steele and boehner and mcconnel, et. al. is a mountain of evidence that can't be ignored.



For a long time I thought the vast majority of their hierarchy were just vicious and greedy, finding ways to milk the system for their personal gain. But I've come to realize now that most of those people are gone (guess they're full?) - and are replaced with this crew of cartoon characters who I can hardly believe are able to minimally function in a civilization without assistance.
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