I just had an addition put on my house and a bathroom renovation. The bathroom ended up worse than what I started out with. The contractor was soon dubbed Mr Stupid Lying Lazy Fat Fuck. He ruined everything he touched.

Everything.

The work started in April (one room addition, one tiny bathroom renovation) and was to be finished by August. He SWORE it would be finished by July. We said "August will be fine."

We fired him in November.

We are now interviewing people to finish another bathroom renovation (we refused to allow Mr Stupid Lying Lazy Fat Fuck near this bathroom after seeing what he'd done to the other bathroom). So far, we fired one contractor before he even started because he would not show up for meetings. He kept calling and changing the meeting time. We kicked him off our property when he showed up 3 hours early for a meeting and we were still in bed.

The second contractor came in at an offer more than twice what is humanly necessary, considering we've already bought the tile, the tub, the shower, the vanity, the sink, the toilet, and the room is half kitted out. He wants $20,000 in labor. Of that, $6,000 is in plumbing fees. We called another plumber whose estimate was half as much.

So who do you believe? Everybody has their hand out; everybody swears they're on the level. "Suuure, you can pay half for plumbing, but what are you getting? Junk!" I dunno. I paid Mr Stupid Fat Lazy Lying Fuck a passel of money and I got junk.

I think I'm going to buy the bargain priced junk instead of the premium priced junk this time.

Everybody lies and there is no protection for the consumer. Mr Fat Lazy Stupid Lying Fucker is off on another job, making someone else's life miserable..

Or was that homework for a different online magazine?

In the last election the GOP Party of No showed itself to be a minority regional party. I'm guessing that those few Republicans who were able to hold onto their seats are from places where there is heavy Limbaugh listenership.

It would be interesting to see a Limbaugh Map (like the Madoff Map at http://www.madoffmap.com/ ) showing where his audience concentrations are strongest. Then target the areas of light Limbaugh listenership which have GOP reps and go get 'em.

And the party of no says: no.

(Stamping feet) NO NO NO NO NO!

Any further questions?

Surprise ensues!

This is my meme for the month. The GOP is the Party of No. Everytime they block Obama, the explanation should simply be "The Party of No says: no."

And they mean it (stamps feet). NO NO NO NO NO!

Did anybody see near the number of Democrats run for the cameras when they were the minority party? Every Republican in the house and senate and their grandmothers are stampeding off the floor straight into a barrage of cable TV cameras to express their "disappointment."

Awwww,, awe you disappwointed you dint get what you wanted? Paw babies! Look! Look maw-mmy. Look how disappwointed they awe! Oooh, they so mad. They awe so cute when they awe mad! Kootchy koo koo koo.

Was it that Democrats didn't have the gumption to run to the cameras denouncing the GOP when the Democrats were the minority? Or was it that the cable networks didn't send cameras to capture their dissent?

Where?

Not in my world.

Hair is hair, no matter who it belongs to.

We all make choices about what to do with our hair -- if we can afford it.

People dye their hair, they cut it, they straighten it, they make it curlier, they iron it, they condition it, they shampoo it, they spray it, they oil it, they shave it, they braid it, they add extensions, they put in hair plugs, they tease it, they feather it, they pick it out, they obsessively stare at their split ends, they hate it, they envy others' hair... whatever.

That's not a loaded subject, it's what sells the magazines you see in doctor's offices and salons.

Abortion is a loaded subject.

at the same time they site poddy mouthed insult comics like Taibbi?

-- amosduncan

Taibbi has an iPod in his mouth?

It was the feeding at the trough of the insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry and then pretending he was going to reform health care.

It was playing the game of being a lobbyist without calling himself a lobbyist. Putting one over on the public. "Me? A lobbyist? No. My wife.. yeah, she's a lobbyist, but that's ok." (Anyone remember when it didn't used to be ok?)

If it was only the tax thing, Daschle would have been confirmed. UNLESS his name was Thomasina Daschle and he was a she. She wouldn't have been confirmed. No ladies with tax troubles, please. That's just too much.