Who Wants To Be America's Next Top Republican Dumbass?

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Bravo to the bloggers! This week's hot blog topics: draft or no draft? The answer depends on the Republican answering the question; which Republican president is really surprised, scared and sad? Facial recognition software knows the truth; Rudolph Nineelevenani's WTC love nest revealed; mad scientist or superhero: is there a guerilla librarian in a bookstore near you? Hey, Ernie Fletcher (R- KY), cry me a river, asshat!; The Departed: was Rove's rush to the door due to an Abramoff tip? All this, plus DUers Nomad559, LiberalFighter and spindoctor rock my world. Enjoy!

With TV networks flooding the airwaves with single-elimination contest shows, it's no wonder that the current crop of Republicans trying to claw their way to the top of the (dung) heap is so mesmerizing: it's hard not to watch the Republicans eat each other the way those wannabe models, chefs and interior designers feast on the foibles of their fellow contestants, especially when asked to defend their actions by the judges...

Draft? What Draft?

Remember Nixon's secret plan to win the war? All Spin Zone has married the words of the new (cough) war czar and the words of Bush and the words of Darth Cheney:

You know, that's a national policy decision point that we have not yet reached…I think it makes sense to certainly consider it, and I can tell you, this has always been an option on the table…

- Gen. Douglas Lute, Bush regime war czar, 8/10/2007

Now, forget all this talk about a draft. We're not going to have a draft so long as I am the president.

- George W. Bush, , POTUS, 10/9/2004

Cheney said President Bush wanted to stay on the offensive with a global military solution to terrorism, but he called draft rumors "a myth that John Kerry is peddling."

So much for traditional family values marriage. Marrying those answers would be plaiin old polygamy, wouldn't it? And Rs wouldn't lie just to get ahead, would they? Pardon me while I puke. Ready for more lies? Of course, you are... Because you can handle the truth. But don't forget what Deep Throat told us: "These guys aren't very bright." Need proof? Just...

Thank A DUer!

Thanks to Nomad559 for posting this graphic from Old American Century:


And major kudos to LiberalFighter for this post, detailing how alerting Common Cause to the felonious actions of a Republican mayoral candidate can lead to and indictment on multiple charges. Here's a snippet:

It was the Republican power brokers in Allen County that questioned and revealed the violation after their candidate lost in the primary.

The Allen County Election Board then requested documentation from Kelty and a hearing was later convened to determine the outcome. The makeup of the Election Board: Allen County Clerk by virtue of their office (Republican); member appointed by the Republican County Chair; member appointed by the Democratic County Chair. Kelty was represented by James Bopp Jr. He was involved in the 2000 Florida recount. Result of the hearing... 2 - 3 along party lines of course.

Next day I contacted Common Cause of Indiana requesting information on how to file charges. Never did file charges. Common Cause ended up doing it as a result of my inquiry.

You're my superhero, LiberalFighter!

Finally, a million thanks to spindoctor for posting about (and linking to) the fascinating world of modern facial-recognition software results for one "surprised," "scared" and "sad" George W. Bush:

Visual Recognition Analysis: President Bush is surprised, scared and sad

What do the people like about President Bush? Well, he comes across as tough, secure and happy.

Dutch and Romanian scientists have developed software that will analyze facial muscles and link them our six basic emotions. From there it can be determined how someone is really feeling. It's an interesting development from many perspectives. They have for instance determined that somewhat sad looking Mona Lisa with her mysterious smile is really feeling quite happy in the picture.

More information and some examples can be found here.

Much more fun is analyzing President Bush. I don't know where the picture below was taken or what the subject matter was, but let the numbers speak for themselves.