MY AMERICA IS BIGGER THAN YR AMERICA

ITEM [via the ever-vigilant lorilori ]: You’ve probably seen this, but just in case you were out mowing the lawn or something when this came over the wire, this is worth repeating:

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann claimed on Friday that Barack Obama and his wife Michelle held anti-American views and couldn't be trusted in the White House. She even called for the major newspapers of the country to investigate other members of Congress to "find out if they are pro-America or anti-America."

Well, of course Bachmann has always been nuts. And I suppose it’s good news that calling for loyalty tests for Congress is not viewed favorably these days.

The thing is, we’ve been here before, from General John Ashcroft’s insistence that dissent is (kinda sorta don’t make me say it) treason to conservatives demanding the execution of Bill Keller.

More importantly, it’s not just about some lone dingbat Congressperson. Bachmann was basically riffing on Sarah Palin’s “I likes the Pro-America parts of America” b/w “Obama hates America because he thinks it needs fixing and pals around with Terrorists” line. It’s pretty hard to miss the message there, especially when you apply the Junior Bush Either/Or view of the world that Palin favors: Pro-Obama = Pro-Democrat = Anti-America = Pro-Taliban (or, you know, whoever).

And her ticket is pulling at least 40% of the vote. And at least some of them are people like this:

I'm just saying.

This is not yr country,

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THEN ... A SURGE OF EVIL MENACE!

Sometimes I suspect this is how certain conservative Americans feel 24 HOURS A DAY.

Not that I’m generalizing or anything.

Here comes the evil,

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DOLEMITE IS MY NAME AND F***ING UP MOTHERF***ERS IS MY GAME

So Rudy Ray Moore is dead.

Which probably means nothing to you unless yr a fan of really bad (and very funny)  blaxploitation classics like Dolemite, The Human Tornado or Disco Godfather.

Which I am.

Granted, Moore’s sense of humor – much like low-budget B-movies in general – isn’t for everyone, and sometimes even by my own decadent standards he overdoes it. But I have to respect anyone who built up his career by selling his comedy albums (and later videos of his movies) out of the trunk of his car. He's also arguably the person who taught Samuel L Jackson the proper and most effective delivery of the word "motherfucker".

Class.

Kung Fu Cinema has a nice collection of RRM movie trailers for you to admire (most if not all of which are NSFW in one form or another). Here’s the one for Dolemite.

So bad I kick my own ass twice a day,

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DEMENTIA 13! PART 03: NO ONE'S GOING TO EAT YR EYES

No Halloween countdown playlist should be without the walking dead, so here’s the funniest zombie song I know: Jonathan Coulton’s “re: Your Brains”. With gratuitous gory zombie footage!

Have fun spotting the different zombie films used.

Braaaaaaaaaaains,

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