The Ten S***tiest States in America. All “Republican”. Coincidence?

No, not at all a coincidence. The numbers prove it: anywhere Repubs run things, life sucks for 99% of the people. And it’s hard numbers here, Gentle Reader, not “feelings”:

In order to review well-being at the regional level, the OECD used only objective data in its report, rather than existing survey data. Brezzi noted that current international studies that ask people for their opinion on important measures of well-being often do not have enough data to be broken down by region.

For example, one of the nine measures, health, is based on the mortality rate and life expectancy in each region, rather than on asking people if they feel well. Similarly, another determinant of well-being, safety, is measured by the homicide rate rather than personal responses as to whether people feel safe where they live.

The results show: the redder the state, the more religious cray-cray they have in government, the more Repubs in power…well then, the more loudly that state will suck. Case closed. Repub policies are a recipe for failure.

Don’t vote for Repubs. Vote AGAINST Repubs. Unless, of course, you LIKE poverty, dead kids, s***y streets and crap in every aspect of your life. Because it has been proven that Repubs will give you just that.

Mr. Blunt and Cranky

Lying Sack of S*** of The Week: Reince Priebus

The man must think we don’t have an Internet. “Republican” National Committee chair Reince Priebus would have you believe that he is appalled, just appalled with the notion of self-deportation, oh yes, how very appalled indeed. Click the link to see how appalled he claims to be. There is just one little problem: he signed off on the concept in the latest “Republican” party platform. Whoops.

He can call self-deportation all kinds of nasty names, but he himself blessed this plank:

“”We will create humane procedures to encourage illegal aliens to return home voluntarily, while enforcing the law against those who overstay their visas.”

That is to say, have people choose to deport themselves. Or, put another way, self-deportation.

Hey, RNC Reince: I’d be appalled to tell you to “wear s*** on your head”; so here is a Crown O’ Polished Turds for you. See, totally different, right?

Mr. Blunt and Cranky

Lying Sack of S*** of The Week: John Boehner

Little Johnny has earned his Crown O’ Polished Turds the week, yes he has indeed. By pretending to negotiate with the President, and then bailing out when an agreement was imminent; then “trying” to pass a “Republican” Plan B bill that had no chance of becoming law; then giving up and claiming that the House was a victim, and that the Prexy should do the Speaker’s job; and then coming back to DC after saying he wouldn’t; yes, this farrago of lies alone would easily qualify anyone for LSoSoTW honors.

But Mr. Boehner wasn’t done lying yet, nosirreebob; yesterday he said he was “waiting for the Senate”; as soon as they gave him a bill, he would consider it.  Of course, the Senate sent the House a bill on  November 30^th, and the Speaker has refused to allow it to come to the floor.

So, John-Boy, we’re supposed to believe you now? Somehow, that seems like a really bad idea.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we present to you John Boehner, the last Lying Sack of S***  of The Week for 2012.

Mr. B & C

Lying Sack of S*** of The Week: Bitchy Mitchy McConnell

Or maybe he’s just plain crazy. Assuming he’s not, Mr. Blunt and Cranky hereby bestows this week’s Crown O’ Polished Turds upon the misshapen dome of the current Senate Minority Leader, the whiny-arsed bitch that is McConnell.

And how did he rise to the top of the heap in a week that had some truly epic lies told? The “distinguished gentleman” accused a polling firm (and perhaps the Prexy, too, by proxy) of making up poor approval ratings to hurt his future re-election chances.  Really. Not kidding. Use the Googlicious thingie to see for yourself.

Getting bad poll numbers could, indeed, indicate that one’s chances of being re-elected are not as good as one might hope. But instead of paying attention to data and seeing what he could do to improve his rating, this man chose to create a bizzarro conspiracy theory so as to distract from the facts. He should remember that even The Great and Powerful Oz couldn’t make the old “distraction trick” work.

Yo, Mitch the Bitch, we can see through your curtain of lies. Wear your COPT behind it, why don’tcha?

Mr. B & C

Lying Sacks of S*** of The Week: Climate Change Deniers

Mr. Blunt and Cranky heard something remarkable today: shall he share it? Why yes, yes he shall: 97% of scientists actively working and publishing in the field of climatology agree that man-made global warming is an established fact. Ninety-Seven Friggin’ Percent. When was the last time you saw that kind of unanimity among humans on any topic? Hell, there’s not that much agreement on the validity of the moon landings.

If an international group of contentious, contumacious brainiacs can agree on Global Climate Change, we should treat it as a fact.  That means that anyone who bleats and blathers against the facts is a liar, because they choose to ignore reality and spew falsehoods.

“Oh, but Cranky One,” we hear you cry, “they are entitled to their opinion”. To which the response must be, “facts don’t give an armadillo’s fart about opinions”. Americans have gotten waaaaay too tolerant of fools and liars, and too invested in the silly-arsed, school-of-fluffy-bunnies-and-magical-rainbow-ponies  notion that everyone’s opinion is of equal value and deserves equal time and consideration.  Sorry, but that is not the case.  Some people simply have more information about a given topic than others, and their knowledge is worth more than the opinions of the ignorant.

This writer might opine that that all the gold in Fort Knox belongs to him, but he’d get a rude shock if he tried acting as if that opinion were true. Try having an “opinion” on gravity. Or how hot that stove burner is. Or how sharp a crocodile’s teeth are. No matter what you may believe, you’ll be bruised, burnt or dismembered when you encounter reality.

Climate change deniers are causing great harm because of their lies, and the first step in solving the problem is to call them out as the liars they are. Not “mistaken”; not “presenting a minority view”; not “stating an opinion”; no, these are liars. They should be forced to wear their Crowns O’ Polished Turds in public, the better that we may know to ignore anything that comes out of their mouths.

Monday: Reasons conservatives should acknowledge Climate Change and work to reverse it (yes, there are such reasons).

Mr. B & C

Lying Sack of S*** of the Week: Josh Mandel

Sorry to all of you who wanted Romney to win again, but Mr. Blunt and Cranky has got to give it up for Mandel’s mad lying skills this week.  Romney is a worthy contender who already has a few trophies of his own, but check out Politifact to see why Young Josh is the clear winner:

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/josh-mandel/

Mandel has only 15% of his statements that were rated as “true”, which means that 85% of what comes out of Joshie-Boy’s mouth is at least partly a lie. Nearly a quarter were rated as “pants on fire” lies. Hell, Nixon couldn’t even match those numbers.  

This guy Mandel is a living refutation of the statement that says “there are no ex-Marines”. Hate to say it, but that is just not the case. Even if the Marines don’t disown lying scumbags like this one, he is not deserving of the label “Marine”. Not any more: he has no integrity, no regard for the citizens he swore to serve, and absolutely no moral code at all.  Josh Mandel should have his rank, ribbons, and veteran’s status taken away for what he is doing today. He is a disgrace to his family, his state, his country and the Corps.

Usually we award a Crown O’ Polished Turds to the LSoSoTW: in this case, we’ll just hand him some unpolished horse-apples to eat. Given the stuff that comes OUT of his mouth, he should find the taste familiar.

Mr. B & C