…for the hopelessly stupid; the branding of the contagion has begun. There are three contenders so far:
- Pork producers and those fearful that people are really stupid don’t like it being called swine flu (h/t Dan)
- The Israeli government find even a reference to pork offensive (why are desert religions so weird?) (h/t TA)
- Michelle Bachmann, the everful font of stupidity from Minnesota blames it on the Democrats, and will doubtlessly opt for naming it after them as soon as the next synapse pair fires.
Sigh. Doug is right – stupid should hurt, immediately and a fucking lot.
Blevkog 
Why are wickedly cold and depressing countries so nice and civil? Hey, I think we have discovered a new form of racism! Woohoo!
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I also maintain that stupid should come with a disfigurement of some kind, as a warning to the rest of us.
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Maybe it does, already. It would explain all the baseball caps. Badum bum!
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I just watched the Bachmann video (everything interactive is firewalled at work) and I have a question. How the fuck does she get through doors and around corners on her own? Thundering christ but that woman is smart as a sack of hammers, isn’t she? It’s all to the good I suppose. As long as the media keep trotting her out for some pig ignorant and proud of it commentary then the less chance the rest of the world has of having to endure another 4-8 years of the republicans turning everything they touch to solid shit. People like Bachmann make a great rallying point for anyone with non-republican concerns like justice and honesty.
I apologize for the ranting tone but it’s now an instinctual thing when Bachmann says anything. It’s good to get it out of the way early I guess.
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If you like Bachmann for that superiority feeling her intellect gives you (which is also why I like Michelle Malkin), you’ll love this: http://www.dccc.org/page/content/bachmannwatch
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I was going to point out that the last swine flu episode was in ’76, when Gerald Ford was President but then I realized that in BachmannWorld, Ford was a Democrat.
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