slavery
MLK Jr. Honored By Statue Built By Unpaid Chinese Laborers
The dedication of the new Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial has been postponed due to God’s impending wrath upon the East Coast, but hey, at least this gives us time to reflect upon the fancy new monument and all the crazy controversies surrounding it! Early on there was of course the obligatory “Shouldn’t they have [...]
Confederate Memorial Is Lone Alabama State Park To Avoid Funding Cuts
It is hard times, hard choices in Alabama, where legislators have been forced like in many other states to slash funding for their state parks and historical monuments because of priorities, etc. “But who will think of the trees and the history?” Eh, no one, next question. “But who will think of the racists?” OH [...]
‘Anti-Porn Pledge’ Michele Bachmann Signed Also Noted Benefits of Slavery
Last week tragic illiteracy victim Michele Bachmann signed a “Marriage Vow” pledge thing to stand up for Guantanamo Bay torture victim “straight-people marriage” with all the usual Jesus tools like hate for gays, Islam and porn. WE ARE GOING TO PRAY that Bachmann did not actually bother to read this thing she signed and then [...]
Pawlenty’s Kindergarten: Sharing Is ‘Socialist’ & Slavery Helps Capitalism
Dull turd Tim Pawlenty actually did do something dingbatty enough to qualify him for the second tier of the Republican presidential candidates: He put some fringe-right nutter from the Bush Administration in charge of the Minnesota public school curriculum, and this educational terrorist installed a board of fundamentalist homeschoolers and extremist libertarians who then decided [...]
MN State Senator: Integration ‘Ruined’ Minneapolis But He Still Likes Blacks
Let’s just do the direct quote thing: “The system is broke. My best friends are minority. They think integration is foolish. It’s a ploy. It’s to get more money.” Minnesota state senator Dan Hall, R-Burnsville. He says he graduated with a sixth-grade reading level, so god only knows how much worse it would be if [...]
Hot New Trend: Working Actual Professional Jobs For Free, As ‘Interns’
As America and the Entire Industrialized World dips into the second act of our 21st Century Greatest Depression, workers and employers are developing new skills to cope with the complete lack of money. In the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office, for example, about a hundred actual qualified lawyers have worked in the “reserve” program, meaning [...]
Rand Paul Being Mean To Henry Clay Made McConnell Walk Off Senate Floor
Last week, America’s back-alley ophthalmologist senator, Rand Paul, delivered his first speech on the Senate floor. It wasn’t about freedom. It wasn’t about disgusting eye diseases. It was about himself. Paul contrasted himself with famous historyman Henry Clay. According to Rand, he will not make compromises ever, because when Henry Clay did, SLAVERY kept happening [...]
Steve King Stands Against Reparations (Discrimination Settlement)
Steve King and Michele Bachmann bravely stood up to Big Discriminated Black Farmer on the House floor last night, arguing against the Pigford II and Cobell settlements, which provide for the government to pay claims to black farmers against whom it once discriminated. According to Steve King, in an artful flourish, these payments are merely [...]
South Carolina Republicans Have Fun Slavery Dress-Up Party
The National Federation of Republican Women had a board-of-directors meeting in South Carolina over the weekend. Which means that it was the perfect opportunity to have a cocktail party called “A Southern Experience” at the Charleston Country Club, complete with two black people hired to play slaves or something and pose with guests. As you [...]
Michele Bachmann Is Feeling Super-Slavey
What is more slave-y than a whining white lady from the suburbs of Minnesota? NOTHING, nothing at all. [YouTube]
Michele Bachmann Is Your New Emancipation Proclamation
When will you people realize that American Congresslady Michelle Bachmann (R-Gumdroptopia) is always right? The liberal Internets are currently going nuts over this latest gem of a Michele Bachmann moment, in which she discusses her knowledge/philosophy of slavery.
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