Newtown First Responders Speak

Brace yourself:

But nothing, no amount of training, could prepare them for what they found next, inside those two classrooms.

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This (by young friend Sawyer!) should be given a shrine in Canberra. Aussie children should be made to sing along with it every school day.

Phil Mickelson is a Horrible Human Being, III

Oh, dear, someone's trying to clean up a mess.

''Finances and taxes are a personal matter, and I should not have made my opinions on them public,'' Mickelson said in a statement released Monday night. ''I apologize to those I have upset or insulted, and assure you I intend not to let it happen again.'

Translation: "People smarter than me pointed out that allowing people to know how much of an asshole I really am could cost me money. And I love money more than the smiles on the faces of children. Please don't hurt me."

Fellow PGA golfer:

''He definitely showed a lack of sympathy for the plight of a lot of people, unemployed and all that sort of stuff,'' Geoff Ogilvy said. 

Yep.

Part I here. Part II here.

Thom's note to anyone who cares

More than 58,000 Americans, most of them young, died in the Vietnam War. The overwhelming majority of them died violent deaths.

Rocker and professional tough guy Ted Nugent was not one of them. He was lucky, I guess.

When I think of Ted Nugent, I can't help thinking about those 58,000 Americans killed in Vietnam.

P.S. Here are the names of several American women who died in the Vietnam War.

Golfer Phil Mickelson Is a Horrible Human Being, II

I wrote yesterday about PGA golfer Phil Mickelson threatening to stop playing golf, leave California, and/or maybe even leave the U.S. because he feels he pays too much in taxes.

Excerpt:

Phil Mickelson has a net worth of about $180 million.

Phil Mickelson owns a $60 million gulfstream jet.

That's all you really need, isn't it?

The Christian Science Monitor has the story today.

I just wanted to add one more thing to this:

“The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that more than 50 million Americans struggle against hunger. Of those, more than 17 million are children,” Aiken said.

Phil Mickelson - you are a horrible human being. You really are.

Golfer Phil Mickelson Is a Horrible Human Being

PGA star golfer Phil Mickelson is bitching about taxes. I mean really bitching. (More here.)

Phil Mickelson has a net worth of about $180 million.

Phil Mickelson owns a $60 million gulfstream jet.

If Phil Mickelson were taxed 95% on his $180 million dollars, he would still have $9 million.

Or $225,000 every year for the next 40 years. More than 97% of all Americans right now. And mountains more than the tens of millions who work their asses of and still worry about feeding the kids - or getting them health insurance. That's if he were taxed 95% on all his money.

Phil Mickelson - you suck. My God, you suck.

P.S. I love the end of that interview: "[no response]". Yeah, I bet not.

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Update: Read the exciting Part II of how Phil Mickelson is a horrible human being right over here. And Part III!

If You Think the Sandy Hook Killings Were a Hoax You're Mentally Ill

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