..........Family Values.

Mark Souder, a Republican congressman from Indiana, has announced that he will resign his seat over an affair with a female aide. Souder is a former House staffer who was elected to Congress on a "family values" platform in the Republican takeover of 1994. He won a tough contested primary challenge last week, 48 percent to 33 percent, and his Democratic opponent in the general election, Tom Hayhurst, held Souder to 54% of the vote in 2008.

"I believe that Congress must fight to uphold the traditional values that undergird the strength of our nation," Souder says on his official website. "The family plays a fundamental role in our society... I am committed to preserving traditional marriage, the union of one man and one woman."

Wow, this was a lazy post. Is it not a given that Republicans are far from what they claim to be? Conservative? Family oriented values?

.........."I want my country back!"

It’s been the battle-cry as teabaggers take to the streets with their misspelled, angry signs. But back to WHAT?

While George W. Bush was in office, the median household income declined, poverty increased, childhood poverty increased even more, and the number of Americans without health insurance spiked. Oh well, at least it can't have been as bad as when that murdering rapist Bill Clinton was in office, right? Wrong.

Under Clinton, the median income increased 14 per cent. Under Bush it declined 4.2 per cent. Under Clinton the total number of Americans in poverty declined 16.9 per cent; under Bush it increased 26.1 per cent. Under Clinton the number of children in poverty declined 24.2 per cent; under Bush it increased by 21.4 per cent. Under Clinton, the number of Americans without health insurance remained essentially even (down six-tenths of one per cent); under Bush it increased by 20.6 per cent. But… but… Bush kept us safer! Well, except for that whole September 11th thing! And the anthrax attacks! And the time he partied while Katrina wiped out thousands!

..........okay, check this out.

There were three Republicans and four Democrats on a large lifeboat and lost at sea. Each person has provisions for three days. The Republicans decide not to share and that they will only eat what is theirs. They worked for it and; therefore, the provisions belong only to them. The Democrats decide that the best way to survive would be to take a small portion of everyone's provisions and use it as bait for fishing. With that, the Democrats theorize they could all survive longer if everyone pitched in an amount of bait based on their food intake, they could catch some fish, and share in the good fortune. The plan worked. The Democrats used the bait, caught some fish, and everyone who chose to take part in the plan got along just fine. The Republicans, on the other hand, ate their own provisions and ran out in three days. The boat was spotted and everyone was rescued in six days. The Democrats recounted their ordeal and how they worked together to survive. The Republicans were just hungry and complaining about "those damn socialist Democrats".

..........man's best friend!

Because a cat wouldn't put up with this.

..........spelling is obviously not a priority in Rightwingnutia.

What if stupid people lived in and made up the overall population of the strongest country on the planet? Oops!

..........welcome to Rightwingnutia.

What is Rightwingnutia, you ask? Well, simply speaking, it's a land were all the extreme right-wing nut jobs reside and push their message of hate throughout America. It's a land where compromise and free thought is discouraged. It's the land created by Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Glenn Beck. To see what I'm talking about, check out this link; and click onto some of the supporter sites: http://www.teapartyexpress.org/. All hail to the Party of No!

..........big business continues to screw Americans to the floor boards!

AIG's new CEO started his job by taking two weeks off. Oh, and by graciously accepting a $7 million salary: Benmosche, 65, who started yesterday as CEO and president of the bailed-out company, will leave for about two weeks, according to one of the people, who declined to be identified because the plans were private. Mark Herr, an AIG spokesman, said the New York-based firm wouldn’t comment on CEO travel. “It’s probably not a propitious time for an incoming CEO to begin with a vacation,” said Steven Seiden, president of New York-based executive recruitment firm Seiden Krieger Associates. Seiden said that while the absence won’t hurt the company’s financial position, “from a public relations standpoint it’s probably not the wisest thing to do.” BOTEITG Comment: American society will not survive. At some point, we will be the victims of ourselves and cease to exist. Our political system has failed us to the point of being unable to reach compromise worthy of the American Dream. Collapse will occur - it's just a matter of time. Well, our Founding Fathers had good intentions.

..........Glenn Beck's 912 followers in desperate scramble to stop hemorrhage of sponsors.

As the uberpatriot’s weepy hate-a-thon on Faux continues to bleed corporate sponsors, his ovine acolytes heed the call --
Yesterday eight more companies, including retail giant Wal-Mart, dropped sponsorship of Beck's program. That makes over 20 companies that have pulled their advertising from Beck's show in the past 2 weeks. Rather than apologize or stop spewing divisive hate speech, Beck seems to be responding by tapping his vast, creepy army of "912" followers to wage a counterprotest. Joining Wal-Mart in hating America: GMAC Financial Services, Roche Pharma ,Progressive Insurance, Best Buy, Sanofi-Aventis, CVS, Travelocity, Geico, ConAgra, (Radio)Shack, Men’s Wearhouse, State Farm, Sargento Cheese, and Procter & Gamble.