Yesterday, we found out that Sarah Palin is going to go to work for FOX.

Man…didn't see that one coming.

From July 3rd, last year…The Reverend on Sarah Palin's surprise resignation of her governorship….

Upon further consideration…."could be more effective outside of government"…..I think, translates into…'I can cash in my instant-celebrity chips right now.'

Bet we see her on the teevee soon, possibly with her own program.Teevee celebrities make way more money than governors.

Sarah is like the glove that fits the hand of FOX. Nothing kinky, mind you……but FOX's material is basically incoherent and silly, like Sarah and the things she says…..you know, like this….

Life is too short to compromise time and resources… it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: "Sit down and shut up", but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out. And a problem in our country today is apathy. It would be apathetic to just hunker down and "go with the flow".

Nah, only dead fish "go with the flow".

Remarkable, isn't it?

Not quite as remarkable as knowing that the modern Republican Party's choice for president in 2008, John McCain, picked a running mate to be, theoretically, a heartbeat away from becoming the president of the world's only superpower,….who didn't know much of anything about anything…..

I fondly recall the comment threads when I was told by conservatives……repeatedly……that Ms. Palin was more qualified to be president of the U.S. than Mr. Obama. Good times….those.

The entertainment outlet, Fox News, employs numerous women similar to Mrs. Palin. Those women are attractive, like Sarah, but don't know much of anything either, just like Sarah. What do you think the chances are that Fox will tart-up Mrs. Palin, like they do their other fembot teleprompter readers…in order to capture more of that, you know, horny 19-54 male audience?

No matter……I will guarantee you that Mrs. Palin will continue to play that victim card she carries around with her all of the time.

Palin exploited her children for political gain and then whined when the media asked questions about her family. Palin used the main media to gain notoriety, but when media asked her questions, she complained that the media was biased and unfair. Palin's 1/2 term governorship in Alaska coupled with her few months exposure as McCain's running mate was all Sarah needed to launch a lucrative national-celebrity career on the teevee,…but she continully whined and moaned, feigning victimhood, if anyone ever pointed out her transparent opportunism.

"And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make."

Only Sarah of Arc has been victimized, no one else like her has ever experienced anything like what poor Sarah has had to put up with. She, alone, makes history with the wretched way she was treated by….Katie Couric and Charles Gibson….you know, asking questions and all.

Palin has been treated so unfairly, unlike anyone ever before has been treated, really….she had no choice but to quit her low paying job as governor, and go get a new, much, much higher paying job with FOX. See how badly that "liberal" media and those "socialist" Democrats treated Sarah Palin. See what they made Sarah do?

I can't imagine Sarah's mental pain and anguish, after being treated nearly as badly as the Lord she worships was treated….to then have to be paid huge sums of money for sitting in front of a teevee camera……how much can one woman and mother take?

Is there any doubt, whatsoever, that Mrs. Sarah Palin is American conservatism's first 21st century female martyr?

Finally….what do the following have in common….Fox News, Glenn Beck, Michelle Bachmann, and now, Sarah Palin?

Answer: All four exploit the incoherent Tea Party movement for personal fame and fortune.

Conservatives…..you are being had.

Sarah is returning to where it all started for her……

The United States is a uniquely exceptional country in the world and always has been. Take the former Soviet Union as an example of how superior the US. is. The Soviets were silly enough to allow communist authoritarians to rule over them. The U.S., on the other hand, is a much more advanced society in which only corporate oligarchs can be our authoritarian rulers. The U.S. is a Christian nation and the former Soviets were only godless atheists bound for hell.

The Soviets were foolish enough to invade Afghanistan in 1979 where they experienced a nine year quagmire of futility, and then left in 1989, not able to complete their mission of defeating the cave-dwelling Mujahideen. It is widely held that the Soviets foolish adventure in Afghanistan led directly to their disintegration as a superpower.

The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and are still experiencing a quagmire of futility 8 years later in what has been declared an attempt to defeat a medieval-Islamic group called the Taliban.

See? We're superior to the former Soviet Union. We're smarter. We don't make the same mistakes the godless atheists did.

The issue before the new American President is what to do now as we start our 9th year of quagmire. Having appeared 13 times so far this year on the Villager Sunday teevee morning shows, President John McCain, unelected but entitled to make our military decisions because….well…just because…..had this to say yesterday to Obama as 31 congressional members met with the elected President Obama to exchange ideas on our Afghan quagmire…..

Mr. McCain told the president that “time is not on our side.” He added, “This should not be a leisurely process,” according to several people in the room.

A few minutes later, Mr. Obama replied, “John, I can assure you this won’t be leisurely,” according to several attendees. “No one feels more urgency to get this right than I do.”
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After the meeting, Mr. McCain warned against any middle ground. “Half measures is what I worry about,” he said. Citing the Bush administration’s experience in Iraq, he added that half measures “lead to failure over time and an erosion of American public support.”

Anyone remember the unelected President McCain chiding the genuinely-unelected President Bush about "half-measures" or "leisurely" approaches to Afghanistan when the genuinely-unelected President Bush was defrauding America into a new war of choice? Anyone?

More President McCain after the meeting….

McCain warns: "There's been this argument that the threat now is not Al Qaeda … The fact is, we all know that if the Taliban come back, Al Qaeda will come back. And they will come back in Afghanistan and they will come back in Pakistan."

The unelected President McCain's speciality is military strategy and foreign policy….and when it comes to those specialities, McCain is really, really smart. As Digby points out from this report….

The Taliban now has a permanent presence in 80% of Afghanistan, up from 72% in November 2008, according to a new map released today by the International Council on Security and Development (ICOS). According to ICOS, another 17% of Afghanistan is seeing ‘substantial’ Taliban activity. Taken together, these figures show that the Taliban has a significant presence in virtually all of Afghanistan.

President McCain: "if the Taliban comes back"…..umm, Maverick, they're back. And what of al-Qaeda whom Johnny Mac said emphatically, "will come back", if, you know, the Taliban comes back?

Petraeus, May 10, 2009….

The head of U.S. Central Command said Sunday that Al Qaeda is no longer operating in Afghanistan, with its senior leadership having moved to the western region of Pakistan.

McChrystal, Sept.9, 2009….

"I do not see indications of a large al-Qaida presence in Afghanistan now," McChrystal told reporters at the Dutch Defense Ministry, where he met military officials.

NSA Chief, James Jones, Oct 6, 2009….

He said that according to the maximum estimate, al-Qaida has fewer than 100 fighters operating in Afghanistan without any bases or ability to launch attacks on the West.

Whatever the Villager Choir and the Just Say No GOP Chorus have been, and will be, singing near term about al-Qaeda coming back if the Taliban comes back……it simply is not so.

There may be legitimate reasons to continue to strike at the skeletal remains of al-Qaeda inside Afghanistan…..but the "return of the Taliban" is not one of them.

We need to remove as many troops from Afghanistan as soon as we can, even if the Afghanis choose to support the already-returned Taliban. Our mission was to destroy the al-Qaeda network. We've made great progress towards fulfilling that mission.

We won't do any of that, of course, because we, unlike the former Soviets, are uniquely exceptional. Even when we make tragic mistakes, we don't. So, expect the same hew and cry from the neo-conservatives and the same braying from the military-industrial complex supporters in Congress…..and a continuation of a no-end-in-sight quagmire in Afghanistan accompanied with loud cheerleading about how we're "going to win."

America has been involved in imperialistic-minded interference in other nation's governments and elections for as long as I can remember. It's what we do. And I suppose that helps in understanding why America's leading neo-conservatives, senators like Lindsey "Huckleberry" Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (ASSH*LE-CT) have been calling for U.S. interference in the Iranian election dispute. Old habits are difficult to break.

Watch Graham and McCain explain how it's our duty to interfere with other countries. First 2 minutes….

McCain…"America's position in the world is one of moral leadership. And that's what America's all about."

America's "moral leadership" in Iran, over oil, in the 1950's led directly to the dysfunctional Islamic government in Iran today. America's "moral leadership" in Iraq during the 1980's led directly to the rise of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, which led to more American "moral leadership" in the crime and quagmire of today's occupation of Iraq. America's "moral leadership" in Afghanistan during the 1980's led directly to the establishment and strengthening of Bin Laden's extremist group, al-Qaida.

If that's "moral leadership"…..what the hell would immoral leadership look like?

Set aside the 50's and the 80's "moral leadership" for a moment. How has that leadership been on display the last 8 years? America now admits to having savagely tortured detainees held in secret gulags around the world….and reserves the right to continue doing so. THAT'S what America is all about.

America attacked the nation of Iraq, without just cause, and still occupies it today with U.S. military troops and bases. Hundreds of thousands were killed, millions displaced. THAT'S what John McCain calls "moral leadership."

And don't forget that the shameless neo-conservative, John McCain, wanted to spread that American "moral leadership" to the country of Georgia when it was in a dispute with Russia. "We're all Georgians, now", McCain ridiculously insisted.

America's "moral leadership" has been on display in Latin and South America and southeast Asia, and many other places, as the U.S. attempted to mold the world in it's image against the wishes of the people being molded. It's what we do. Meddle in other countries affairs. THAT'S what America is all about.

This messianic mentality, this triumphalistic attitude, is hated by the people of other countries. This "moral leadership" is seen by others for what it actually is…..the mindset and actions of a bully always seeking to get it's own way.

There's an undercurrent throughout American political thought which sees the U.S. as the nation that god, himself, has raised up to do his bidding. Because of such thinking, many Americans deceive themselves into believing that all this "moral leadership" that McCain talks about, no matter how abhorrent, no matter how bloody, is god's will…..that no matter how we interfere or who we interfere with….it is always the right thing to do, because we are America, god's new chosen people….and as McCain said, "moral leadership is what America is all about."

Many of today's Republicans are just itching to spread that "moral leadership" to the streets of Iran.

Watch the first minute of the following video featuring the StraightTalker, John McCain,…..

"My constituents are REALLY angry," losing presidential candidate, John McCain, said yesterday. "When they see this type of corruption taking place, with the misuse and corruption of their tax dollars that they work so hard for. Yeah, they're angry, and I'm hearing from them by the thousands."

Last November, McCain heard from tens of millions of Americans who didn't want him as their president, choosing Barack Obama instead.

Looking to find his pre-2008 presidential campaign mojo, which had always kept his base, the media, under a "straight talk express" voodoo spell, the Arizona senator returned to his old ways, as Chris Cilizza stated cynically, yet correctly….

"I love the return of the old John McCain, the more 'in sadness' than 'in anger' tone that he has."

John McCain is oh-so-sad

John McCain is sad and angry, and his constituents are REALLY angry.

About what?

The $410 billion Omnibus bill. The bill has already passed in the House and awaits passage in the Senate. Which explains yesterday's faux-anger theater by the "sad" John McCain.

What is the Omnibus bill? The Politico…

The giant measure covers more than a dozen Cabinet departments and represents unfinished business from last fall, when Democrats and the Bush administration were at loggerheads over domestic spending.

What "unfinished business?" What "loggerheads over domestic spending?"

November 18, 2008, CongressDaily…

Federal government programs are being funded through a continuing resolution (CR) Congress approved in late September that expires March 6. Democrats opted to fund the government through a CR after President Bush said that he would veto any appropriations bills topping the levels recommended in his fiscal 2009 budget.

During debate on the CR Sept. 25, House Appropriations Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., said Bush sought to cut $14 billion from domestic programs, including research funding at the National Institutes of Health and low-income aid for home heating. Rather than capitulate, said Obey, "we would kick the can down the road … so that if we have a president that will negotiate" some of that funding could be preserved.

The Reverend is aware of the GOP's extremely low approval ratings, now somehwere around 24%, and I am also fully aware of the recent Wingnut War skirmishes provoked by the Comedien-King. John McCain is too.

What can a disapproved-of political party facing a Comedien-King-led insurgency…..do? Attempt to distract us away from their embarassing and ugly insurgency, an insurgency which has already wounded the GOP's in-title-only leader, the hip-hopper, Michael Steele…baby.

Why do I call McCain's, and the GOP's, "anger and sadness" over the Omnibus bill, a distraction?

John Heileman of New York Magazine, on Hardball….

"This stuff is such small potatoes compared to the stuff that's on the president's agenda."

The Omnibus bill amounts to $410 billion. It should have been passed last fall. Of the $410 billion, only $7.7 billion consists of earmarks. That is less than 2% of the total bill. Less than 2%. Additionally, those less-than-2%-of-the-total bill earmarks are transparent. Americans have easy access to discover the who, what, and where in those earmarks. Furthermore, those transparent, less-than-2%-of-the-total bill, earmarks will stimulate economic activity and job growth in the states that receive them.

That is what the "straight-talker" calls "corruption." That is what John McCain is so angry and sad about. Small potatoes, small ball.

Some of McCain's former base, main media, however, were quickly re-hypnotized by the small potatoes, straight-talking, voodoo-anger-and-sadness, theater.

Chris Matthews' fell immediately under the phony spell….

"Don't you think the DOW would stop dropping if we had a president who would stop signing pork bills?"

"Let's listen to John McCain, I think he has a really good point here. He lost the election. I don't think he lost this argument."

"Well,….you guys are cynical. I don't care if he lost the election, he's right on this one."

Once re-hypnotized, revisionism is never far behind…

"The argument made this past campaign was that we had irresponsible spending the last eight years."

Perhaps this was "the argument" conservatives and Republicans were having amongst themselves, as they sought, in predictable deathbed-confession style, to finally distance themselves from the hated Bush-Cheney regime. But I'm sorry Angry Johnny and Re-Hypnotized Chrissy….earmarks never, ever were "the argument" of the last election cycle.

Yes, we all know the GOP is angry…and sad. Angry and sad because they have become a pathetic minority, without power, without new ideas, and continually ravaged now by the insurgency led by Comedien-King.

But….. Republicans, could you at least spare us the embarassing, imbecilic, "we're mad" theater? It's all just so transparently stupid.