Teaglodytes find someone even dumber than Trump

It ain't easy, but when it comes to finding the bigger asshat,
US folk are better than anyone in the world at one-upmanship.

The david brooksie meme

h/t to Driftglass, whose image this is:


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Take a Ride with Rick

On the Oxy Express:

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A pharmacy manager counts out the correct number of pills to fill a prescription in Miami.

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March 2, 2011

Florida is the epicenter of a prescription drug abuse epidemic. Each day in communities from Jacksonville to Fort Lauderdale, thousands of doses of powerful narcotics like oxycodone are dispensed in pain clinics — storefront operations also called "pill mills."

When he started at the Broward County Sheriff's department 30 years ago, Al Lamberti says, the department was raiding crack houses and busting junkies.

"Nowadays, the drug dealers are working out of strip malls," he says.

Lamberti heads the sheriff's office in a county that includes Fort Lauderdale. It's a city that has become a destination, not just for spring breakers, but also for addicts and drug traffickers.

"We have more pain clinics than McDonald's," he says. "They're taking their toll."

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Florida does have a prescription drug database. After years of lobbying by law enforcement, the state legislature passed a bill last session to create one. It just didn't provide money to pay for it. A private foundation stepped in and began raising funds for the database.

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he is opposed to a prescription drug database because it is an invasion of privacy.

But recently, Gov. Rick Scott has come out foursquare against it. Scott hasn't said much about why he wants to kill it. When pressed at a recent news conference, he said: "I believe it's an invasion of privacy and...it appears that the money's been wasted."

Lamberti recently joined a dozen federal, state and local law enforcement officials at a news conference held to announce a major crackdown on Florida's pill mills. It was a series of busts, from Palm Beach to Miami, that included more than 20 arrests and the seizure of more than $22 million in cash, exotic cars and real estate.

Generations of Macks Insist on being Illiterate!

Representative Connie Mack of Florida plans to propose an amendment to Congress that would eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

http://don411.com/don411/blogs/entry/Representative-Connie-Mack-of-Florida-plans-to-propose-an-amendment-to-Congress-that-would-eliminate-the-National-Endowment-for-the-Arts-NEA-

Dude, read a book, broaden your torpid mind.

Red Alert from Red State Bonehead

Creative Loafing offers a helpful perspective on Rich Swier and his minions.

The stage is set for the day’s main event. Dr. Richard Swier, editor of local conservative blog Red County, will have his chance to appeal the decision of a district advisory committee that denied his “request for reconsideration of instructional material,” a formal complaint originally filed on April 25. Swier sought to have the textbook World History: Patterns of Interaction removed from the school curriculum, believing that it unfairly favors the religion of Islam over Christianity. more...

Famed Asshat Maneuver

Update: Joe Wilson is your pre-existing condition.

Congressman Wilson is widely known as the voice who shouted "you lie" during President Obama's address to the joint session of Congress on September 9, 2009 regarding Healthcare reform.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wilson_(U.S._politician)

Can we simply stipulate

who's not for debate on healthcare - but with this lot?

	Alabama		Richard Shelby	Republican	Methodist	Alabama Senate; U.S. House (AL-7)	Alabama (BA, JD)	1987	1934
2		Alabama		Jeff Sessions	Republican	Methodist	State Attorney General	Huntingdon College, University of Alabama	1997	1946
3		Alaska		Lisa Murkowski	Republican	Roman Catholic	Alaska House of Representatives	Georgetown, Willamette	2002	1957
3		Arizona		John McCain	Republican	Baptist[1]	Military, U.S. House	U.S. Naval Academy[2]	1987	1936
1		Arizona		Jon Kyl	Republican	Presbyterian	Attorney, U.S. House	Arizona (BA, JD)	1995	1942
3		Florida		Mel Martinez	Republican	Roman Catholic	U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Florida State (BA, JD)	2005	1946
2		Georgia		Saxby Chambliss	Republican	Episcopalian	U.S. House	Georgia, Tennessee	2003	1943
3		Georgia		Johnny Isakson	Republican	Methodist	U.S. House (GA-6)	Georgia	2005	1944
3		Idaho		Mike Crapo	Republican	LDS	Idaho State Senate, U.S. House (ID-2)	Brigham Young, Harvard Law	1999	1951
2		Idaho		Jim Risch	Republican	Roman Catholic	State Senate Majority Leader, Governor of Idaho,Lieutenant Governor of Idaho	Idaho	2009	1943
1		Indiana		Richard Lugar	Republican	Methodist	Mayor of Indianapolis	Denison, Oxford	1977	1932
3		Iowa		Chuck Grassley	Republican	Baptist	Iowa House of Representatives, U.S. House (IA-3)	Northern Iowa (BA, MA)	1981	1933
3		Kansas		Sam Brownback	Republican	Roman Catholic	U.S. House (KS-2)	Kansas State, Kansas	1996	1956
2		Kansas		Pat Roberts	Republican	Methodist	U.S. House (KS-1)	Kansas State	1997	1936
2		Kentucky		Mitch McConnell	Republican	Baptist	Jefferson County Executive	Louisville, Kentucky	1985	1942
3		Kentucky		Jim Bunning	Republican	Roman Catholic	MLB Baseball player, Fort Thomas City Council, Kentucky State Senate, U.S. House (KY-4)	Xavier	1999	1931
3		Louisiana		David Vitter	Republican	Roman Catholic	U.S. House (LA-1)	Harvard, Oxford, Tulane	2005	1961
1		Maine		Olympia Snowe	Republican	Eastern Orthodox	Maine House of Representatives;Maine Senate; U.S. House (ME-2), First Lady of Maine	Maine	1995	1947
2		Maine		Susan Collins	Republican	Roman Catholic	Deputy State Treasurer	St. Lawrence	1997	1952
2		Mississippi		Thad Cochran	Republican	Baptist	U.S. House (MS-4)	Mississippi (BA, JD)	1979	1937
1		Mississippi		Roger Wicker	Republican	Southern Baptist	U.S. House (MS-1)	Mississippi (BA, JD)	2007	1951
3		Missouri		Kit Bond	Republican	Presbyterian	State Auditor, Governor	Princeton, Virginia	1987	1939
2		Nebraska		Mike Johanns	Republican	Roman Catholic	Mayor of Lincoln, Governor of Nebraska, US Secretary of Agriculture	St. Mary's University, Creighton University	2009	1950
1		Nevada		John Ensign	Republican	International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	U.S. House (NV-1)	UNLV, Oregon State, Colorado	2001	1958
3		New Hampshire		Judd Gregg	Republican	Congregationalist	Governor, U.S. House (NH-2)	Columbia, Boston University	1993	1947
3		North Carolina		Richard Burr	Republican	Methodist	U.S. House (NC-5)	Wake Forest	2005	1955
3		Ohio		George Voinovich	Republican	Roman Catholic	Mayor of Cleveland; Governor	Ohio, Ohio State	1999	1936
2		Oklahoma		Jim Inhofe	Republican	Presbyterian	Oklahoma House of Rep; Oklahoma Senate; Mayor ofTulsa; U.S. House (OK-1)	Tulsa	1995	1934
3		Oklahoma		Tom Coburn	Republican	Baptist	Physician, U.S. House (OK-2)	Oklahoma State, Oklahoma	2005	1948
2		South Carolina		Lindsey Graham	Republican	Southern Baptist	U.S. House (SC-3)	South Carolina (BA, JD)	2003	1955
3		South Carolina		Jim DeMint	Republican	Presbyterian	U.S. House (SC-4)	Tennessee, Clemson University	2005	1951
3		South Dakota		John Thune	Republican	Evangelical Christian	U.S. House (SD-At Large)	Biola, South Dakota	2005	1961
2		Tennessee		Lamar Alexander	Republican	Presbyterian	Governor; U.S. Secretary of Education	Vanderbilt, New York University	2003	1940
1		Tennessee		Bob Corker	Republican	Presbyterian	Mayor of Chattanooga	Tennessee	2007	1952
1		Texas		Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Episcopalian	State Treasurer	Texas (BA, JD)	1993	1943
2		Texas		John Cornyn	Republican	Church of Christ	State Attorney General	Trinity University, St. Mary's University,Virginia	2003	1952
1		Utah		Orrin Hatch	Republican	LDS	attorney	Brigham Young, Pittsburgh	1977	1934
3		Utah		Robert Foster Bennett	Republican	LDS	businessman	Utah	1993	1933
2		Wyoming		Mike Enzi	Republican	Presbyterian	Mayor of Gillette; Wyoming House of Representatives; State Senate	George Washington, Denver	1997	1944
1		Wyoming		John Barrasso	Republican	Presbyterian	State Senate	Georgetown (BS, MD)	2007	1952

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