Randi Rhodes: So Be It

Heard the latest quip from John Boehner? “In the last two years, under President Obama, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs. If some of those jobs are lost, so be it.” (video below) So be it? I don’t know who writes this stuff for him, but I suspect they must be secretly on the DNC payroll. Maybe that was the merlot talking. If so, somebody needs to get the merlot on the distribution list for the talking points. Boehner was talking about the effect of GOP budget plans on federal employees. Well, to all those people who keep asking “Mr. Boehner—where are the jobs?” I think they’re buried in a crawlspace under John Boehner’s house. If this is the Republican attitude on jobs, maybe there is a chance for Donald Trump to be their presidential nominee. It actually fits for them to have a candidate whose catchphrase is “You’re Fired.” Meanwhile, Boehner is pushing for a totally unnecessary and wasteful $3 billion defense program that benefits his home district. I guess if pork barrel money for John Boehner’s district explodes the federal deficit… well, so be it.

Hour One Guest: Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) on Boehner's remarks, the looming threat of government shutdown, and life under GOP House rule.

Every time you think Glenn Beck has gone completely insane, he manages to go even further crazy. Beck is the Ferdinand Magellan of going crazy. One of these days he’s going to circumnavigate the loony globe. Not satisfied with his forced marriage of communism and Islam, now Beck has thrown MSNBC, CBS, MTV, and Google into the mix for a veritable paranoia orgy. Beck says “Maybe we should start watching those networks a little bit and seeing what their news coverage is like.” MTV? Really? I’ve seen their news coverage. It’s mostly about Justin Beiber. Is he in on this? Glenn, PLEASE do not start watching MTV. There is no telling what kind of bizarre conspiracy theories a mind like yours would come up with when exposed to MTV. My God, look what happened when Charles Manson listened to the Beatles!

Hour Two Guest: Eric Boehlert from Media Matters with the latest conservative media craziness and his report, Fox News Insider: "Stuff Is Just Made Up"

Oh, and Glenn also warns his listeners not to use Google. “Google is pretty deeply in bed with the government.” You know what this means… Glenn Beck is coming up with his own search engine, probably one that uses chalk. That’s all we need—a search engine that makes connections like Glenn Beck does. Every single search would just lead back to ACORN, George Soros, or Woodrow Wilson.

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