Git Edumacated!

Here's today's howler, via Balloon Juice: Alaska Gov. Winky You Betcha is rejecting about 45% of the Federal stimulus funds. The largest share of the funds Winky is rejecting? Funds for education. From the brainiest governor of them all.

After all, "we don't need no education, we don't need no thought control. . .hey! teachers! leave them kids alone" would be a good campaign song for 2012.

(photo: one smart kookie, er, cookie)

The Party Of Stupid

While some Rethuglican members of Congress are taking credit in their States for federal money that they voted against in the stimulus package, reports are circulating that some Rethuglican Governors might refuse Federal economic recovery funds. That should go down well with independent and middle class voters in states like Texas, Louisiana, and South Carolina, where Rethug governors Perry, Jindal and Sanford rule. No tax cuts, no infrastructure projects, no upgrades to schools, no aid for unemployment insurance, etc. The Grand Obstructionist Party has been called the "party of no", but the "party of stupid" seems apt in these instances.