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Which of these two wankers is the biggest hypocrite? They are on opposite sides of this issue, yet both manage to be incredible idiots at the same time.

"I don't think it abused separation of powers," Frist said on "Fox News Sunday." "I think there's allegations of criminal activity, and the American people need to have the law enforced." "No House member, no senator, nobody in government should be above the law of the land, period."

"The Founding Fathers were very careful to establish in the Constitution a separation of powers to protect Americans against the tyranny of any one branch of government. They were particularly concerned about limiting the power of the Executive Branch," Hastert said in a statement. "I expect to seek a means to restore the delicate balance of power among the branches of government that the Founders intended."

Can either of these two morons extend a simple concept to the behavior of the Chimperor?

How many hypocritical statements can you find in the following answer?

Q Thank you. Alana Foster (ph), Westport, Connecticut. Speaking of oil-producing countries that are not friendly to the United States right now, I'm very concerned about what's going on in Venezuela and Bolivia and all, the coalition of Hugo Chavez. I wondered what your strategy was going to be, or what you're working on in that respect.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. I am going to continue to remind our hemisphere that respect for property rights and human rights is essential for all countries in order for there to be prosperity and peace. I'm going to remind our allies and friends in the neighborhood that the United States of America stands for justice; that when we see poverty, we care about it and we do something about it; that we care for good -- we stand for good health care.

I'm going to remind our people that meddling in other elections is -- to achieve a short-term objective is not in the interests of the neighborhood. I will continue to remind people that trade is the best way to help people be lifted from poverty; that we can spend money -- and we do in the neighborhood -- but the best way for there to be growth is to encourage commerce and trade and prosperity through the marketplace.

I want to remind people that the United States stands against corruption at all levels of government, that the United States is transparent. The United States expects the same from other countries in the neighborhood, and we'll work toward them.

We'll continue to work with forces like the Central -- countries like the Central American countries, where we passed a free trade agreement called CAFTA, to remind the people in that area that relations with the United States will be beneficial to their people. There's a lot of things we're doing.

Thank you very much. I'm concerned -- let me just put it bluntly -- I'm concerned about the erosion of democracy in the countries you mentioned.

I just had to point out this post by John Aravosis at AmericaBlog. If I were a real blogger, this is exactly the kind of post I'd hope to write.

We're now taking the hysteria over the war on terror and turning it into a rather disturbing and familiar war against another race. George Bush and the Republican party have so terrorized the American people, made them so full of fear and hate, that the American people are starting to take it out on the "others" in our society, with the very happy collusion of our government...

What the hell is going on in our country? How can the majority of Americans not see what we're becoming, and what we've already become? ...

What in God's name have George Bush and the Republican party done to our country?

You can read it in it's entirety by clicking below, but why not just go here?

but I had no idea:

Catholic schoolteacher axed for in vitro babies

[UPDATE: Always check your links. The original link was to a video clip, and it doesn't work here on this site. I cannot fine a link to the original headline, either. But the link doesn't really matter, anyway. I was just amused by the mental image of wingnuts chopping up a teacher because she wanted a baby. In reality, she was just fired, so I guess she was lucky.]

Actually, it could mean one of two things. Someone got axed for participating in an in vitro fertilization pregnancy. Or somebody took a teacher's babies using a redneck surgical technique. Take your pick. They're both horrifying.

I’m a bit of a complainer. You know, you write a few letters to the editor, whining about how we’re torturing people, and you get labeled. Because of that, I've been told several times over the years words to the effect of "If you don't like it, why don't you move?"

For me, that is the most asinine statement a person can make. It is the opposite of a well-reasoned argument. If I were on the same intellectual plain as these geniuses, I could easily respond with “Well, if you don’t like my complaining, then why don’t you move?” A stupid response, to be sure, but no more stupid than its predecessor.

The Boston Globe just reported that George Bush has attached over 750 signing statements to the bills he has signed. The signing statements generally state that whatever law he is signing doesn’t apply to him, if he feels like ignoring it. This is probably why he has never vetoed anything. The veto would be a public rejection of the bill, and he prefers to secretly ‘veto’ bills by exempting himself. And the laws that he holds himself above are not limited to national security. Here's the money quote:

Posted by Hollis:

Now that gas prices are approaching nearly $3 a gallon nationwide, I find it particularly inane that Republicans leaders (Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert) are up in arms about price gouging and market manipulation and are calling for the Bush administration to investigate. Afterall, this is the party that gave tax breaks to oil companies last year! I supposed this is simply a clever way to draw attention away from the fact that the Republicans have continually shown favoritism to oil companies that are now so profitable that they’ve become increasingly unpopular with the American people. I suppose it’s reasonable for Republicans to deduce that since they are the party in power, they will be blamed.