Howdy, chums. Here's what I'm thinking: I'm thinking that not a week has gone by since the dawn of the internets that something dumb -- something really, really stupid -- hasn't been put onto the web in the name of some kind of far-out right-wing agenda. In fact, I'm thinking that not a week goes by in North Carolina without some fringer testing the bounds of logic and good taste. I'm thinking that there's so much dreck out there in our good North State alone that I'm thinking about taking it on myself to separate out the weak from the crap. That's where the Twincie comes in.

It's pronounced like the tastycake. Otherwise, "TWINCIE" would spell "tweensie", and that would be stupid. And it stands for "This Week In North Carolina Internet Extremism", or maybe "This Week In North Carolina Idiotic Excess." Or roll your own.

I had been thinking about giving this week's award to one Ogre (that's his name) for one of his patented frothing libertarian rants. This time it's the minimum wage, which (guess what?) he hates.

But that's not enough to get a Twincie. I mean, we don't give these things out to just anybody! There has to be something nutty, something so out there that only a poor, benighted soul, blinded by anti-social idealism, could come up with. Ogre, wanna take it from here?

Why not make a minimum wage of $100,000 a year? Simple, there is no logical reason. Any argument against a minimum of $100K could be used against $6.15.

Huh. So I guess that if Ogre had $100K (and judging from the look of his site, he doesn't), he'd swap it for my $6.25. I mean, if they're logically equivalent and all...

Oh, and those few people who are making minimum wage just got taught a valuable lesson: they can get more money for doing absolutely NOTHING if they just rely on government.

Yep, those fat and lazy wage slaves are kicking back on their big pile of money having a good laugh at you and me. If only we understood how to turn $6.25 into 100 large like good old Ogre! I'm pretty sure that this dreck is worthy of a Twincie.

Or I was, until I read this tiny little post from the North Carolina Republican Roundtable:

Great quote:

"Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200 and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?"
- Peg Bracken

All together now:

Because tax cuts come from Republicans, and you're not in the top 1% of American earners. No Tax Cut For You! Moron.

So here's to you, NC Republican Crapflingers; here's your Twincie and congrats!

PS: If you know of an online news or commentary source that might deserve a Twincie of its own, leave me a comment. I don't want to leave anybody out! Right now I'm reading Ogre, the NC Republican Whatevers, NC Rumors, and The Chairman. Except the Chairman isn't playing anymore, because he thought that the NCGOP would want to give him a real job, but he knew it wouldn't happen with some of the crap he'd written available on the web -- sorry, did I get sidetracked?