I was all ready to wax political on Levi's visit to the Tyra Banks show and how since, according to young Levi, Sarah Palin let him and her then 16-17 year old daughter Bristol share a bedroom in her house- her family values may not be the fundies think they are.

I also pondered writing about Rush's exodus from Sodom and Gomorrah- (I mean NYC of course.)

But then she came to me like a right wing, angel of absurdity. Ahhhhh Lovely Michelle Bachmann. In a blaze of insanity she again burned my laptop screen with the nuclear heat of her stupidity.

Seems like Michelle has decided that community service in exchange for college assistance is like a re-education camp. Yup. that's right- asking our young people if they want to volunteer to give back to their communities in AmeriCorps and then helping those same young people with money for college is like a communist re-education camp.

WOW! That was even stupider than last weeks fomenting revolution in support of rampant corporatism and cronyism.

Here's the quote of the day for me (from Bachmann was on KTLK April 4 );

It's under the guise of -- quote -- volunteerism. But it's not volunteers at all. It's paying people to do work on behalf of government. ...

I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically correct forums.

If you are a glutton for punishment you can listen to the full interview here.

Do you think she's heard about the ROTC Program? Or is assisting people with college money for joining the military like "It's okay if you are a republican" I guess we need a new one, It's ok if it is for the pentagon.

Well, you know she has a lot of time on her hands because everything is going so well in her district that she doesn't have to worry about anything. It is all unicorns and roses in the Minn. 6th- so she has time to foment and foam at the mouth. It is understandable- her house is in order-- so why not fix everyone else?

Oh wait-- No it isn't.

Turns out that Michelle's district leads her state in foreclosures and she is actively working against legislation that would help her constituents.

Trouble in the Sixth-- to the north of the Twin Cities, the 6th district, represented by Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann, had the most foreclosures of any of Minnesota’s eight congressional districts, with an estimated 5,227 in 2008. Her district also had the highest rate of foreclosures as a percentage of households, at 1.80 percent, nearly that of the city of Minneapolis at 1.85 percent.

The situation was similar in 2007, when, according to a Housing Link study, Bachmann’s district had a higher foreclosure rate than the rest of Minnesota and the rest of the country.

But Bachmann’s record in Congress is not one of a representative whose district faces such a crisis. Bachmann hasn’t authored or sponsored any legislation to assist homeowners facing foreclosure, but she has co-sponsored 14 bills to restrict abortions and 5 to promote Christianity in government.

Bachmann voted against five key foreclosure relief bills, including the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act... From Andy Birkey At the Minnesota Independent.

As Atrios said today;

Deep Thought
When my house gets foreclosed I'll probably be pretty happy if there's a reeducation camp I can go to.

Michelle Bachmann-- the gop gift that keeps on giving.

By the way, here's what AmeriCorps is up to in Michelle's own State.
National Service in Minnesota.

More than 35,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 85 national service projects across Minnesota. Serving with national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, these citizens tutor and mentor children, coordinate after-school programs, build homes, conduct neighborhood patrols, restore the environment, respond to disasters, build nonprofit capacity and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, the Corporation for National and Community Service will commit more than $22,800,000 to support Minnesota communities through three national service initiatives

If you want to see what goes on at that evil re-education camps in your state or neighborhood- by all means check out AmeriCorps today.