Tidbits and Cat Treats — Selfish Pigs Edition

By Sniffles

As Michelle Obama urges graduates at George Washington University to keep doing unto others, here are some examples of Republicans doing the exact opposite which we just have to share.

We cats note with interest that many folks hailing from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are considering class-action lawsuits against BP, Halliburton and the other corporate cretins responsible for the horrific Gulf oil spill. Don't get us wrong — we're not against gouging those business behemoths for some of their ill-gotten gains. But we just can't believe that all those uber-patriotic red states are hiring (Democratic, no doubt) trial lawyers to demand socialist compensation from good capitalists like BP. The nerve!

Speaking of the oil spill — and the coal-mine tragedy in West Virginia last month — we're certainly seeing a lot of Richard B. Cheney's "never-regulate-private-industry" chickens coming home to roost, aren't we? Have we all noticed how silent he and his famous-for-no-reason daughter have been since these disasters occurred? And why are the media not raising the specter of the secret Cheney energy task force of 2001? It seems to us cats that the promises Cheney made to industry executives behind closed doors nine years ago are, unfortunately, all too apparent now.

Remember when John McCain embarrassed himself during the 2008 campaign by saying "We are all Georgians now"? (You could almost hear the murmur that swept the country in response: "What's that about?") Now, the famous quitter from Alaska has trotted out a new version. Visiting America's new Nazi Germany to show support for its despicable immigration law, Sarah Palin said, "We are all Arizonans now."

Palin does nothing that doesn't contribute her ultimate goal of self-aggrandizement. Knowing that she's merely on a PR tour, and not a serious political mission, we cats would merely like to say: Pardon us, ma'am — but you are a pimple on the face of racist America, and include us out.