Ever since Barack Obama and his zombie army stole the presidency from its whiteful heir (again), he's been acting like he was legitimately re-elected—even going so far as to begin planning a second inauguration.
Despite not having won a Bush-like mandate, Obama seems determined to make House and Senate Republicans break their solemn vow and raise taxes on the job-creatingest Americans.
This is most likely part of his secret plan to divide the country and redistribute it to the moochers who voted for him; and it's so crazy it just might work!
If the GOP doesn't wake the fuck up, soon, they may come to look back on the "War on Christmas" as a happy holiday.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA); Roundtable: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Julianna Goldman (Bloomberg News), Helene Cooper (New York Times), Bob Woodward (Washington Post) and Lawrence O’Donnell (MSNBC).
Face the Nation: Co-Chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Alan Simpson (R) and Erskine Bowles (D); Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker (D); Roundtable: Major Garrett (CBS News), Joe Klein (TIME), Michael Gerson (Washington Post) and Norah O'Donnell (CBS News).
This Week: Fiscal Cliff Roundtable: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ); Politics Roundtable: George Will (Washington Post), Democratic Strategist James Carville, Republican Strategist Mary Matalin, Paul Krugman (New York Times) and Republican Strategist Matthew Dowd.
Fox News Sunday: Sen. (D-NY); Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN); Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren; Roundtable: Bill Kristol (Weekly Standard), Mara Liasson (NPR), Fomer Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Republican Strategist Ed Rollins.
State of the Union: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde; Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK); Stephen Moore (Wall Street Journal); Jackie Calmes (New York Times); Mark Zandi (Moody's Analytics); Dana Bash (CNN); Reliable Sources: Mike Wise (Washington Post); Christine Brennan (USA Today); Callie Crossley (WGBH); Erik Wemple (Washington Post); Jake Tapper (ABC News); Ron Fournier (National Journal).
The Chris Matthews Show: David Ignatius (Washington Post); Kelly O'Donnell (NBC News); John Harris (Politico); Michelle Caruso-Cabrera (CNBC).
Fareed Zakaria FPS: Former Secretary of State James Baker; President of the Anderson Cancer Center Ronald DePinho.
Up with Chris Hayes: Dan Savage (It Gets Better Project); Neera Tanden (Center for American Progress); David Cay Johnston (Reuters); Mike Pesca (NPR); Avik Roy (Forbes.com); Author David Cullen; Survivor of the Aurora, CO Shooting Stephen Barton; Joan Walsh (Salon.com).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: a report on the record-setting number of false confessions obtained by Chicago police (preview); rare footage of the plowshare tortoise, a species endangered by poaching and habitat loss (preview); and, an interview with actor Hugh Jackman (preview).
On Comedy Central...
Jon Stewart took Senate Republicans to task for voting against the ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The Daily Show
Monday: Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson
Tuesday: Actress Laura Linney
Wednesday: Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker (D)
Thursday: Actress Kristen Stewart
And Stephen Colbert examined the problems that a decline in violent crime poses to the Republican party.
The Colbert Report
Monday: Recording Artist Diana Krall
Tuesday: Author Malcolm Gladwell
Wednesday: Actor Mandy Patinkin
Thursday: Simone Campbell (Network, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby)
This week in religion...
Having failed to pass a bill requiring the teaching of "intelligent design" last year, Indiana state Sen. Dennis Kruse (R) had a completely new idea.
"If a student thinks something isn’t true, then they can question the teacher and the teacher would have to come up with some kind of research to support that what they are teaching is true or not true."
Kruse said he won't try again to pass legislation that would allow schools to teach religious-based views on how life was created.
This, he said, "will be a totally different approach. It won't mention religion. It won't mention creation. It will just basically try to establish truth in our public schools."
Meanwhile...
A Subway franchise owned by Rep John Fleming (R-LA) refused service to a Muslim couple.
"She asked me point blank 'Are you Muslim?' and I said, 'Yes, I'm Muslim,' She said 'We can't serve you' and locked the door from inside when my wife was still inside the store," Husain said.
The situation quickly escalated and Husain ended up calling 911. So did a Subway employee. At some point before police arrived, however Husain said the employee unlocked the door and let his wife leave but also made it clear they should take their business elsewhere.
An officer with the Shreveport Police Department arrived after that. Both Husain and a department spokesman said the officer initially patted Husain down to check for weapons. But spokesman Cpl. Marcus Hines said the officer eventually determined the situation was much ado about nothing. Department records show the officer didn’t even file a report.
And, finally...
A Texas pastor is preparing his congregation for some Biblical retribution.
In Texas, where it's legal to carry guns into any church without a specific no-firearms policy, Heights Baptist in remote San Angelo began offering concealed carry classes in June. The class was a response to security concerns among congregants.
"We're about 150 miles from the border with Mexico and we’re very unsure about our insecure borders — about what’s coming into our cities," Pastor James Miller told NRA News. "Personally, I feel more secure that should our worship time be interrupted by a life-threatening intrusion, that we would at least stand some kind of a chance in stopping either a mass killing or terrorizing experience."
What could possibly go wrong?
- Trix