JABbering Stooge

Via TBogg:

Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA) who is the Chief Deputy Assistant Night Manager Trainee Whip has a great idea to jump start the moribund Republican party. Employ the boundless American ingenuity that has given us the electric light, the automobile, and beer bottle labels that turn blue to let you know the beer is cold. So Eric has set up the Solutions Factory where yokels American Patriots can share their vision of the Republican Renewal.

And where might one find this ball of offal? Why right here. Let’s look at some of the proposals:

Truth Pravda in Media

Require media personalities - reporters, talking heads, debate moderators - to disclose/display their own stance on issues they’re reporting on or discussing. For example, when doing a story on Iraq, there should be a caption indicating whether the reporter is pro- or anti- regarding the war blindly parrot only pro-Republican goodfacts.

Standard fare wingnuttery, so far. Let’s see some more.

No Naming of Public Property After Self

I propose congress be prohibited from sponsoring any bill which includes any provision for naming a program, entitlement, street, highway, bridge, sewer (well, okay, we’ll leave that one in) building, monument, community, tree, insect, vegetable, asteroid, comet, planet, and/or anything else after a sitting senator or congressman and for up to 25 years after leaving office. Further, no community or local, county, state or federal government body may name any of the above mentioned items after a sitting senator or congressman and for up to 25 years after leaving office. Why tempt them with free advertising?

That…actually sounds halfway decent. Maybe we could tweak it just a little…

Perma-ban on Naming Everything That’s Nailed Down (And Even Most Stuff That Isn’t) After St. Ronnie The Red-Ink Raygun

That oughta do it - for both that “solution” and the rest of the site. The stupid starts to burn after a while.

Ann at Feministing brings news of the “latest” trend in plastic surgery Nigerian Letter Scams. Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce…T3h G-Sh0t!!!111!!111!!1!!!1!!1!

Ann aptly describes the procedure as “what you get when you cross labiaplasty with the myth of the vaginal-only orgasm” - a myth that anyone with a basic understanding of reproductive biology - particularly the *gasp* evolutionary factors involved - could debunk in a heartbeat. And if that isn’t enough to set one’s misogyny radar blinking red, there is apparently a long list of increasingly nasty-sounding side effects, including “urethral injury,” “hematuria,” “local tissue infarction and necrosis,” “possible hospitalization for treatment of complications,” “lidocaine toxicity,” “reactions to medications including anaphylaxis” and “allergy to collagen material.” Not to mention “serious injury” or “other risks or complications.” (Such as death, maybe?) Makes me wonder why any woman in her right mind would want to do it. Seems like high-tech genital mutilation to me. Logic would dictate that the mere existence of this sort of procedure should set off all the right-wing strawfeminists who are constantly crusading against female genital mutilation in the Muslim world. Oh, wait. That’s right. This procedure is aimed at “good Christian women” seeking desparately to provide sufficient non-faking satisfaction for their Commanders, and thus is okay in the wingnut mind.