Jerome Corsi redefines logic

Tea Party activist Jerome Corsi is a Tea Party activist. He’s also active on right-wing sites like World Net Daily. And lucky us, he came to Oregon!

While here, Corsi insisted that atheists want to legalize same-sex marriage so that the government could crack down on Christians. Because, logic.

“Our founding fathers knew that if we went this direction, there was no more moral compass and you won’t be able to explain to your children — you’ll have to face the fact that we lost holding the line on one of the most principle issues in the Bible, and that is sex is not about fun. If you want to have fun, read a book, go to a movie. Sex is about the procreation of children. It’s a sacred responsibility that is meant by God to have men and women commit their lifetime to children.”

How can these atheists be stopped? Corsi’s solution is to “shut the government down.” Because, logic!

Five Ways the Republican Party Sucks

Kevin Drum points out some simple truths about the current government shutdown. Here are five of his points about the GOP effort to deny affordable health care to American citizens:

1. Democrats have already agreed to fund the government at Republican levels. 

2. Democrats in the Senate have begged the House to negotiate over the budget for the past six months, but Republicans wanted to wait until they had either a government shutdown or a debt ceiling breach as leverage, something they were very clear about all along. 

3. Republicans talk about compromise, but have offered nothing in return except to keep the government intact if they get their way. 

4. The public is very strongly opposed to using a government shutdown to stop Obamacare. 

5. A government shutdown is likely to seriously hurt economic growth. 

So, which is it?

“This isn't some damn game!”
—House Speaker John Boehner 

“We’re going to win this.”
—Senator Rand Paul (Republican, Kentucky), talking to Mitch McConnell on a hit mike. (Of course, we know who's losing—this eight-year-old cancer patient who can't get treatment with the FDA shutdown.)

Ever see a drunk stagger around a dark room?

“We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is.”

—Representative Marlin Stutzman, Republican, Indiana.

See, now you're just breaking my heart.

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Sequestration Impact: Wyoming Courthouse May have to be sold

Rob DenBleyker has a note of sympathy.

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