rubenation's Top 3 Scumbags of the Week

When I started this feature, I acknowledged that Chimpy, our ever-clueless Commander-in-Chump, could head my weekly list of those who've done the most damage to the republic just about every week. Well, the little Bush-shit had himself quite a week, committing a near act of treason by calling his potential successor an appeaser while on foreign soil addressing a foreign legislative body (for the record, Israel is NOT the 51st state and people have gone to prison for spying on the U.S. for Israel). But I'm going to uphold my tradition and instead go with the ever-clueless Mayor of the Big Easy as my top dog this week:

1). Ray "Hard-Rain's-a-Gonna-Fall" Nagin (D-reelected by dimwits). The bald portrait of pure incompetence now claims he was kidding when he suggested giving homeless folks a one-way bus ticket out of town. I have to admit, my sympathy for the pain and suffering of that beleaguered city went down a notch when this bozo was reelected. He makes Marion Barry look like Michael Bloomberg.

2). Kevin "History is merely a talking point" James (wingnut talk show host). Instead, I'll nail this asshole for defending Bush's "Obama is an appeaser" remarks and comparing him to Nevil Chamberlain if only to because when asked by Chris Matthews WHY the hapless Chamberlain was an appeaser James had no fucking clue.

3). Mike Norman (bar owner and subhuman racist scum). This is the guy who raised a controversy by selling the Obama '08 t-shirts with an image of Curious George on them. If this is the best the wingnuts can come up with, the junior Senator from Illinois will enjoy an FDR-like landslide this fall.

Till next week, peace out!

rubenation's Top 3 Scumbags of the Week

Time once again for the three individuals/entities who did the most damage to the republic during the past seven days. This week we start out with another in the long list of scumbag Bush political appointees:

1). Scott J. "my job is to do the opposite of my job" Bloch - United States Special Counsel. Most people probably aren't familiar with this weasel. He's the U.S. government official charged with investigating, among other things, retaliation against whistleblowers. The FBI raided his offices this week for apparently, among other things, retaliating against whistleblowers. Hopefully, the next time the Feebs show up at Mr. Bloch's office it will be with a pair of handcuffs.

2). Heath "I'm just as bad a Congress-critter as I was a Quarterback" Shuler (D-detached from reality). Seriously, for an NC Democrat to endorse Hillary the day AFTER the North Carolina primary he's got to either really hate America or just be terminally clueless. I'd bet on the latter.

3). Congressional Democrats - (D-spineless) - for passing a housing bailout bill that rewards the greedy and the clueless at the expense of those of us who pay our bills on time. If Chimpy vetoes this monstrosity as he's promised to, it will be the first time in 7 and 1/2 years I've agreed with ANYTHING he's done.

Well, that's it for now. Till next week, peace out!

rubenation's Top 3 "Scumbags of the Week"

Slow posting week as I was out of town for much of the time. Yet it was another banner week for the asshats who continue to do all they possibly can to undermine the nation. Here is this week's top 3:

1). Rep. Elton Gallegly (Congresscritter, R-CA). Normally, this moron is just another anonymous slimebag in the House Republican caucus, but this week he opened his mouth and revealed himself to be so much more. Seems that in the middle of a national energy emergency Rep. Gallegly is none too happy about a new House rule which would force him to give up his taxpayer funded Ford Expedition for a greener, more fuel efficient car like a Prius. "A Prius isn't made in the United States," Gallegly complained. Hey, Ive got an idea, Congressman: if you want to continue driving your gas hog and setting a poor example for your constituents, why don't you just pay for it yourself like working people have to do?

2). Tim "Conventional Wisdom Zombie” Russert (mainstream media hack). Russert was apparently responsible for banning Ariana Huffington from all NBC "News" programs after she criticized his lack of journalistic ethics in her new book. This is yet another example of how Russert has become THE most pompous windbag polluting the airwaves these days.

3). Reverends Hagee, Wright, et al (psychotic, egomaniacal religious "leaders"). How about if we all just agree that not only does religion have no place in a Presidential campaign, but all Presidential candidates should steer clear of "spiritual advisers" and seeking endorsements from reactionary bigots who hide behind their pulpits?

rubenation's top 3 "Scumbags of the Week"

Time once again to name the Top 3 individuals or entities that did the most damage to the republic during the past seven days. This week we start with the man most responsible for putting Chimpy in the White House:

1). Supreme Court Justice Antonin "Get Over It" Scalia. As part of his continuing campaign to be remembered as the worst Supreme Court Justice in American history, Scalia was quoted this week saying, "get over it," in response to a question about the results of Bush vs. Gore. So, we the people are supposed to just forget that the Scalia court trumped a half-million vote Al Gore majority to usher in the worst President in American History. In your dreams, asshole.

2). The Democratic Primary Voters of Pennsylvania (D-idiots). Not content with eight years of incompetent elitist nepotism in the White House in which the working class and middle class have gotten royally screwed, the Dem voters in the Keystone State voted for four more years of more or less the same thing.

3). John "Let's Bulldoze the 9th Ward" McLame. Mr. Old-Man-Shakes-Fist-at-Cloud just seems to outdo himself every week in sheer out of touch-itude. First there was the proposal to destroy the nation's highways by eliminating the gas tax, there there was his off-the-cuff suggestion to raze the worst hit area of New Orleans. Now we know what he really meant by his new War on Poverty pledge.

Till next week, peace out.

rubenation's Top 3 Scumbags of the Week, All Press Edition

Yes, it is time once again to call out the three individuals or groups who caused the most damage to the republic during the past seven days. We have an all "media watchdog" edition this week, proving once again that only thing the corporate media watches out for in America these days is its own self interest.

1). Charlie "Newsreader" Gibson and George "I Wanna Be a Serious Journalist When I Grow Up" Stephanopoulos. Worst. Presidential Debate Moderators. Ever. Granted, the bar wasn't set too high, but these two dopes still managed get far underneath it. When future historians debate just how our early 21st century political and media culture became so infantile, they'll use a video of this debacle as exhibit one.

2). David "I'm Just as Arrogant on TV as I am in Print" Brooks. The New York Times's 3rd worst columnist (after Kristol and Friedman) took to the airwaves to defend Gibson, et al. And thusly does The Old Grey Lady reaffirm its motto changeover to "All the News that's Full of Shit."

3). W. Dean Singleton, Chairman of the Associated "Press". The latest scumbag to publically conflate "Obama" and "Osama," and perhaps the first to have the guts to do it to Obama's face. If you think these incidents represent innocent mistakes, then you don't realize just how much of a threat to the status quo represented by the so-called "villagers" Obama actually is.

rubenation's top 3 "Scumbags of the Week"

Yes, time again to call out the three individuals or organizations who did the most damage to the republic during the past seven days. We start this edition with Chimpy's favorite enabler among the U.S. military.

1). General David "Don't Call Me Westy" Petraeus. Remember all the hysteria over the Moveon.org ad referring to General Betray Us? Well, that's exactly what this miserable political excuse for an empty uniform has done. Chimpy immediately seized upon the General's BS testimony in front of Congress to justify continuing his immoral war unabated so he can (he hopes) hand it off to John "Hundred Year War" McCain next year.

2). The U.S. "Profiles in Cowardice" Congress. For sitting back yet again and scarcely uttering a word of protest as the war's newest cheerleader blew a big fat raspberry at it.

3). Secretary of State Condoleeza "Always Fail Upwards" Rice. For having the absolutely galling audacity to allow her name to be thrown around as McCain's possible Veep choice. She's already been the worst National Security Adviser in American history (for doing nothing to prevent 9/11) and the worst SecState in American history (as she showed again by criticizing Jimmy Carter this week for attempting to conduct, you know, diplomacy). If she does in fact get the nod, it will be just one more example of how accountability and competence means nothing to Republicans.

rubenation's Top 3 "Scumbags of the Week"

Missed last week because I was out of town, and thus I didn't get a chance to skewer James Carville for his Judas comment. Nevertheless, in this week's edition of the three people who have done the most damage to the republic in the last seven days, we start with Carville's puppet masters:

1). Billary (tandem Presidential candidates, D-in name only). Hey there, working class, still think Hillary can possibly relate to your ever-worsening problems? I've got 109 million reasons to argue otherwise. Sure, the Clintons aren't the first ones to ever to ching-ching-ching cash in on their public service, but selling out to corporate America to the tune of a cool hundred mil in just seven years is truly staggering. And to think we were once outraged by the 100 grand Hillary made on the futures market when she was Arkansas's first lady.

2). Angelo "Do Not Pass Go" Mozilo - CEO of Countrywide Mortgage and recent federal detainee. The feds, in their ever endearing Keystone Kop manner, finally caught up with one of the leading architects of the Subprime Mortgage debacle. May many more such arrests soon follow.

3). Kurt L. "Don't Call Me Roger Smith" Darrow - President of Lazy-Z-Boy Furniture. When asked about his company's plans to ship hundreds of jobs to Mexico, this asshole said: "We regret the impact these moves will have on the families and lives of those employees affected and greatly appreciate the contribution of each employee and thank them for their years of dedicated service." I say, no more pussyfooting around. Moving American jobs out of the country in a time of recession should be a treasonous offense.