Tea Partiers accost president

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This dude’s name is Ryan Rhodes. He’s lucky he didn’t find himself face down on the hay bale, sucking straw, with a secret service officer on either side.

He was rude. There is a protocol for speaking to the president. It is based on years of tradition and custom. The woman on Ryan’s left was just as bad. Real patriots honor our traditions.

Additionally, they were stretching the truth. Saying that someone took something hostage is not calling them a terrorist. There is too much of that illogical thinking going around these days. Vice President Biden was not the offending party. Bottom line, it was wrong. It was the equivalent of the reporter throwing the shoe at President Bush. Totally unacceptable.  This might be 15 minutes of fame he does not want.

Michele Bachmann Ain’t Nothin’ But a Hound Dog with the facts

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Poor Michele. She tries so hard and is “All Shook Up.”  She needs to fire her fact checking staff. She is living proof that “Fools Rush In.” Elvis’s birthday was January 8, 1935. He died August 16, 1977. Oh Michele, “Don’t Be Cruel! ”  You just confused the first hello with ” The Last Farewell.”  This was definitely not the day to wish The King a happy birthday. 

It’s better to make these gaffes after the primary. Then only one set of political enemies make fun of you. Now both Democrats and Republicans will have a field day at Bachmann’s expense.  I expect that Michele will want to “Make the World Go Away” after the ribbing she will get from this one.  She and her Blue Suede Shoes had better stay out of the south. 

So poor Elvis is the Honky Tonk Angel rather than the birthday boy.  Better luck next time, Michele.  And fire your fact checkers.  You will thank me later.

Rick Perry speaks ill of the Fed

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Rick Perry arrives in Iowa and immediately stepped in it by speaking ill of the Fed, an independent, non-political agency.  He continued his offensiveness by suggesting that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke would be treasonous if he printed more money.  He furthered his comments by saying:

“If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y’all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treasonous in my opinion.”

Eeeewwwwwww….Rick Perry.  Just swagger that smart-ass mouth right on back down to Texas.  He must have had one too many corn dogs once he got off the plane to start up talk like that.   Mr. Shock Jock himself needs to learn that stuff doesn’t fly once he leaves Texas. 

Perry didn’t stop there.  He went on to say he’s running to restore military ‘respect’ for the presidency.  He should know better, as a veteran, that one doesn’t speak ill of the commander in chief while uniform.  There are clear rules about that sort of thing, speaking of treason. 

Stewart claims Ron Paul treated like 13th floor in a hotel

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Jon Stewart blasts the media for leaving out #2 guy in the straw poll–Ron Paul.  He got just a couple hundred votes less than Michele Bachmann who has dominated the media attention. 

Stewart says he is being treated like the 13th floor in a hotel.  According to Stewart, Ron Paul is the real deal and he is being ignored.  Watch as Jon Stewart proves his point.

Amoeba infection caused boy’s death

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A nine year old boy has died of  an infection caused by amoebas    according to the Richmond Times Dispatch:

Her [Dr. Keri Hall]  department received results from an autopsy Friday that confirmed the cause of death as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, which is caused by Naegleria fowleri. She said the amoebas, which swim up the nose and enter the brain, live in freshwater bodies around the world.

Hall’s department has not tested area lakes, ponds and rivers where Christian spent time with a fishing camp the week before his death. Her department will “probably” do testing at various ponds and lakes in the region, but she said she doesn’t know when the tests will be conducted and doesn’t expect the sampling to be “particularly helpful.”

The amoebas are particularly prevalent in shallow, still water during warm weather. But since Christian died, temperatures have dropped, and the amoeba population likely has fallen off as a result, Hall said.

The parents said that the child had attended a fishing camp for children.  The Virginia Health Department might not ever learn where the child picked up the fatal amoeba.  The department advises against swimming in ponds and lakes or anywhere the water is not moving. 

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