States' Rights? We Don't Need No Stinkin' States' Rights!

Do you know who John Thune is? You probably should, because, apparently, he's totally insane.

John Thune is the junior United States Senator from the great state of South Dakota, and recently the senator introduced an amendment which would allow someone who had obtained a conceal-carry permit in one state to walk over to a state without conceal-carry laws WITH A HIDDEN WEAPON.

Right, because the party of small government and states' rights doesn't give a rat's ass about the rights of states to make their own laws regarding what you can do in said state. So here comes John Thune, walking along, thinking "He! Whoa! You know what we need more of? We need WAY more concealed weapons! Especially in places where they don't WANT concealed weapons! Awesome!" What Thune said out loud, however, on the Senate floor, was this:

"I say to my colleague from New York that if someone who has a concealed carry permit ...in the State of South Dakota [who] goes to New York and is in Central Park - Central Park is a much safer place,"

Really? Really, Mr. Thune? You've got a lot of experience with New Yorkers, huh?

Well, not to worry everyone! The amendment was defeated in the Senate, failing to pass by TWO VOTES. Two votes away from being able to carry concealed weapons across state lines. Holy God what the Hell is going on in this country?

"What's Wrong With Being Sexy?" "IST, Sex-IST."

Sarah Palin. She ran for Vice President of the United States of America in the 2008 election, as the latter half of the McCain-Palin ticket against the Obama-Biden ticket. The final vote, come election day had the Democrats winning 52.9% [with 365 electoral votes], to the Republicans' 45.7% [173 in the electoral college]. So, regardless of your political leanings, it's safe to say that the Obama-Biden folks won, and the McCain-Palin folks lost.

Sure, if you're a republican, you must be pretty bummed out, but at least it's not confusingly traumatic like, say, the 2000 election was.

Remember that? How it dragged on and on in the courts, until it was finally decided at the US Supreme Court that George W. Bush was going to be our next President? Yeah, that was fun. One of the things I always remember is how people [Republicans] held up signs parodying the Gore-Lieberman logo, saying Sore-Loserman. It seemed somewhat mean-spirited, since there seemed to be actual questions regarding what-the-heck-is-going-on.

Flash-forward to the present. Here we've got Sarah Palin, running around, screaming her head off to anyone who will listen about how the media caused her downfall, hijacked the campaign, and basically cheated her out of the Vice-Presidency.

Here's what I want to know:

Why is everyone treating her with kid gloves? Because she's a woman, we can't point out that she's acting like a lunatic? If Al Gore and Joe Lieberman were sore losers for trying to have votes counted, then certainly Sarah Palin is just as bad for blaming everyone but herself for her loss.

Blaming the Katie Couric, and the Democrats, and Steve Schmidt, and Tina Fey, and bloggers instead of saying "Oh, well, okay back to work, I'll be back next time." is just downright whiny.

Then, as if that didn't make you look weak enough, you want to quit your job? That's... sad, really. That's all it is. Sad. Well, frustrating, hypocritical, and kooky. But also sad.

That is all.

Betty, When You Call Him, You Can Call Him Senator

Well, it's been a long, long time coming, but funnyperson-turned-seriousperson Al Franken is now officially a United States Senator. Norm "Million Teeth" Coleman is gone gone GONE! and an SNL alum is now a member of an even more ridiculous group of people.

What sort of world are we living in when Al Franken is entering public life, acting like a mature, responsible adult, and the former Republican Vice-Presidential candidate is leaving her elected office, whining like a petulant child. Maybe Piper should calm her down?

What a world.

::UPDATE:: 10:56am

Hey, here's the video in case you missed it.

Sarah Palin is "Totally Over It"

In a breathy, confused, rushed, paranoid statement today, Sarah Palin [nitwit - Alaska] announced she won't be running for re-election for Governor of Alaska, and, what's more, she will be stepping down before the end of her term.

So, hey.

I seriously, honest to God, have no clue what she was thinking by talking like that, and I really hope to God she'll be done with this nonsense.

But NO! She won't! Because she's comitted to running around, spouting insanity without the pressure of holding down a job. Following in the steps of Newt Gingrich, huh? How... lovely.

Really though, watch the video. She sounds absolutely crazy. Like someone is holding a gun to her heard or something. What the Hell. Enjoy!