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April 21, 2014

Tom Cotton Ad Blasts Mark Pryor's Claim That Service in the Military Gave Him a "Sense of Entitlement"
— Ace

Cotton already had big advantages over Pryor, but this ad just adds to those.

Oh, and Dick Blumenthal sort of cut an ad, too. Inadvertently. See below.

Connecticut Senator Dick Blumenthal was cutting some kind of ad or statement about trains -- I'm sure this involves taxpayer money and subsidies -- and just as his aide saying "Safety, as you know, is paramount," an oncoming train nearly hit Blumenthal, because he was standing too close to the edge of the platform.

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Understated. I like that.

Plenty of humor. I like that also.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Let the Warmth of Spring Grow your Rage at the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2014 12:32 PM (hLRSq)

Another firsties!

Up twinkles!!!!!!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Let the Warmth of Spring Grow your Rage at the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2014 12:32 PM (hLRSq)

3 Lighten up, Cotton!

Posted by: EC at April 21, 2014 12:33 PM (GQ8sn)

4 I'm a douchebag's douchebag.

Posted by: Mark Lyor at April 21, 2014 12:33 PM (Dwehj)

5 In a sane world, he would win by 80%

Posted by: SH at April 21, 2014 12:33 PM (gmeXX)

6 Makes me like him even more. Good God he must terrify Democrats. A young, honest, conservative Senator?

Democrat tears sustain me.

Posted by: TCott at April 21, 2014 12:34 PM (epWQP)

7 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 12:34 PM (PYAXX)

8 people are going to like that

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 12:35 PM (zOTsN)

9 I wonder is the RNC looking to run similar ads in every market where there is a Republican vet running against a Dem?
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The Republican party should be taking every stupid think Dems say and using it against the party as a whole but...they don't....

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2014 12:36 PM (78TbK)

10 In a sane world, he would win by 80% Posted by: SH at April 21, 2014 04:33 PM (gmeXX) Voter fraud is a great equalizer!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 12:36 PM (o3MSL)

11 Yeah, you know those military folks. They really feel entitled. I mean, the gall of those people thinking they should get *paid* for putting their lives on the line for us! Oh, and then there's the free health care we give them- for life in some cases. I mean, you'd think they thought they'd *earned* it or something. Career politicians, on the other hand, they're the epitome of self-sacrifice and humble servitude.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 12:36 PM (PYAXX)

12 I'm picking Cotton.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 12:37 PM (LJ7Ze)

13 Solid ad. I like it. I heard there was some rule about appearing in military gear in political ads. I don't mind, but are they gonna attack him for doing that?

Posted by: DarrenODaly at April 21, 2014 12:37 PM (fmKA/)

14 unlike the hardscrabble life Pryor has led Pryor was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to the former Barbara Jean Lunsford and former Governor and U.S. Senator David Hampton Pryor seems like he knows something about entitlement projection much?

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 12:37 PM (zOTsN)

15 The Republican party should be taking every stupid think Dems say and using it against the party as a whole but...they don't.... Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2014 04:36 PM (78TbK) The fact that they don't do this is de facto proof that there is indeed a GOP establishment.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 12:37 PM (o3MSL)

16 Voter fraud is a great equalizer!
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So is bribing people with the Treasury.

If the government was no longer allowed to pay people for nothing - either explicit handouts or do nothing jobs - how many votes would D's get?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2014 12:37 PM (78TbK)

17 Military men always feel entitled, but they have lived under socialism and seen how it works ... and they love it.

Posted by: SH at April 21, 2014 12:38 PM (gmeXX)

18 Brings a whole new meaning to "Cotton on the road-side/ Cotton in the ditch..."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 12:38 PM (PYAXX)

19 >>Career politicians, on the other hand, they're the epitome of self-sacrifice and humble servitude. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 04:36 PM (PYAXX) I know! You know how dangerous it is to ignore bright yellow lines? Trains can come out of nowhere! Unrelated, did you know that they very often are seen following tracks?

Posted by: AMDG at April 21, 2014 12:38 PM (eFytx)

20 Trains can't swerve. Dammit.

Posted by: huerfano at April 21, 2014 12:38 PM (bAGA/)

21 I would love to hear the response from the drill sergeant the first time he's called an "uncle tom".

Posted by: Warthog at April 21, 2014 12:38 PM (WDySP)

22 missed it by > < this much!

Posted by: the train what shoulda hit Blumenthal at April 21, 2014 12:38 PM (JtwS4)

23 Ooh! I can play officer and a gentleman??

Posted by: Anderson Goo-per at April 21, 2014 12:38 PM (NpXoL)

24 his father, the former state senator, campaigned for him The seat had been held by David Pryor, who actively campaigned for his son. yes he knows entitlement

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 12:38 PM (zOTsN)

25 No matter how many times I watch the train clip, Blumenthal doesn't get nailed by the train. I want my money back.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 21, 2014 12:38 PM (DrWcr)

26 Yeah, you know those military folks. They really feel entitled.
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Hey, I once had a corpseman tell me it was an entitled man. Or maybe it was enlisted, but what the hell does that even mean?

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 21, 2014 12:39 PM (78TbK)

27 In June 2007, before the annual Arkansas Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson dinner, Pryor announced his endorsement of his colleague Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), who served as First Lady of Arkansas for 12 years, for the President of the United States. Pryor noted the ability and competence of Clinton as a Senator and former U.S. First Lady yes Pryor knows entitlement

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 12:39 PM (zOTsN)

28 You know, they paint that part of the platform yellow FOR A REASON.

Posted by: Warthog at April 21, 2014 12:39 PM (WDySP)

29 I dunno, I heard that the military's a big socialist breeding ground.

Posted by: joeindc44 at April 21, 2014 12:40 PM (FQLT3)

30 What do you suppose that big yellow painted area is about? I guess it must be reserved for dipshit senators that want to cut political ads.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2014 12:40 PM (IN7k+)

31 What are yellow section for? Must be for I to stand in! What says sign on ground? Can't read because covered with feet!

Posted by: Big Dick Blumenthal at April 21, 2014 12:40 PM (pgQxn)

32 You know, they paint that part of the platform yellow FOR A REASON.
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Hey, I thought we painted red lines to warn people not to go there.

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 21, 2014 12:40 PM (78TbK)

33 You tie the train you lose.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Let the Warmth of Spring Grow your Rage at the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2014 12:41 PM (hLRSq)

34 Demonrat nearly done in by high speed rail.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 12:41 PM (LJ7Ze)

35 Pryor is Christian.[35] He was featured in the 2008 Bill Maher documentary Religulous, in which he tells Maher that he could believe in Young Earth creationism,[36] yet he also sees evolution as a feasible idea.[37] He states at the beginning of the interview that he is an Evangelical Christian. He also states that he believes in the Rapture, and that "You don't need to pass an IQ test to be in the Senate".[38] According to author Jeff Sharlet, Pryor is affiliated with a political organization called the Family. Sharlet quoted Pryor as stating that through the Family he "had learned that the separation of church and state was a sort of secular exaggeration" and that "Jesus did not come to bring peace. Jesus came to take over."[39] wow its funny he did not get the full Akin wonder why

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 12:41 PM (zOTsN)

36 That second video is priceless: apparently, no one in it understands physics.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 21, 2014 12:41 PM (0HooB)

37 Doesn't the guy driving that train know who I am!?

Posted by: Mark Pryor at April 21, 2014 12:41 PM (PAplM)

38 The trains have become sentient! They are now trying to take out our leaders! Now, if only we can help the senator and others like him reposition himself closer to the edge next time...

Posted by: Snow Soul at April 21, 2014 12:42 PM (i6DlM)

39 How long before the media begins to praise Blumenthal for his courage in the face of death?

Posted by: kathysaysso at April 21, 2014 12:42 PM (6H6o8)

40 this is the second video I've seen in a week showing some dipshit getting brained by a train, I smell a NYT's Style section piece on the hot new fad...

Posted by: joeindc44 at April 21, 2014 12:42 PM (FQLT3)

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 12:43 PM (oMKp3)

42 oops

Posted by: Mark Pryor at April 21, 2014 12:43 PM (PAplM)

43 Pryor took over the Senate seat that was occupied by his dad four years earlier. The man is an expert on entitlement.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 21, 2014 12:44 PM (8ZskC)

44 That is a good ad. Pryor is fucking leftard carrion.

Posted by: maddogg at April 21, 2014 12:44 PM (xWW96)

45 In a sane world... Oh, just stop right there...

Posted by: t-bird at April 21, 2014 12:44 PM (FcR7P)

46 and just as his aide saying "Safety, as you know, is paramount," an oncoming train nearly hit Blumenthal, because he was standing too close to the edge of the platform. The Yellow Zone is for trains running into Senators only. Do not stand in the Yellow Zone unless you are a United States Senator trying to be hit by a train. Still wondering if this wasn't some payback by the aides. Sure, sure, stand that, it's all good.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 21, 2014 12:44 PM (mf5HN)

47 if it weren't for entitlement, Pryor would just be another Arkansas ambulance chaser at best

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 12:45 PM (zOTsN)

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:43 PM (oMKp3)

The only restriction I know of is no political activities while in uniform.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Let the Warmth of Spring Grow your Rage at the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2014 12:45 PM (hLRSq)

49 Perhaps that restriction applies to live appearances at political events while in uniform, as opposed to still photos of a historical or factual nature I quite frequently see political ads with the politician-in-question's service photo featured. I'd guess that, yes, show pictures of yourself in uniform in an ad is okay, while wearing your uniform to a rally would not be.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 12:45 PM (PYAXX)

50 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 21, 2014 04:44 PM (mf5HN) If only it had been a through (non-stop) high speed rail train!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 12:45 PM (o3MSL)

51 Another foot and the camera would have been wearing that guy, along with the walls, ceiling, walkway. Bug on winshield time.

Posted by: maddogg at April 21, 2014 12:46 PM (xWW96)

52 Connecticut Senator Dick Blumenthal was cutting some kind of ad or statement about trains -- I'm sure this involves taxpayer money and subsidies -- and just as his aide saying "Safety, as you know, is paramount," an oncoming train nearly hit Blumenthal, because he was standing too close to the edge of the platform. --- Dick would probably be at home in a Sergio Leone production. Eli Wallach recounts how he was nearly killed multiple times while filming The Good The Bad And The Ugly, which ranged from a stair on a train nearly taking his head off to nearly drinking acid by accident because the set dresser was using the same kind of bottle as a popular Italian soft drink that Wallach was drinking.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 21, 2014 12:46 PM (APuJ7)

53 The Yellow Zone is for trains running into Senators only. Blumenthal thought the yellow zone was like those special parking spaces at Reagan National Airport that they set aside for the exclusive use of the Ruling Class.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 21, 2014 12:47 PM (8ZskC)

54 When I was a young idiot living in NYC I would stand really close to the subway tracks with my back to the approaching train for the adrenaline rush as it blew past.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at April 21, 2014 12:47 PM (JtwS4)

55 Blumenthal is already a zombie that's why he didn't fear the train

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 12:47 PM (zOTsN)

56 Cotton is an embarrassment to the Republican party.

He has a sense of humor, made a marvelous attack ad that doesn't seem nasty, and is exactly the kind of guy most people would invite into their homes for a beer.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 12:47 PM (QFxY5)

57 53 The Yellow Zone is for trains running into Senators only. Blumenthal thought the yellow zone was like those special parking spaces at Reagan National Airport that they set aside for the exclusive use of the Ruling Class. --- Jane, don't give me that Yellow Zone shit again.

Posted by: LAX Speaker Announcer at April 21, 2014 12:48 PM (APuJ7)

58 I'm wearing you.

Posted by: The Train at April 21, 2014 12:48 PM (LJ7Ze)

59 Cotton and his staff are working this race hard. I got a solicitation call from the campaign a couple of weeks back. In New Mexico.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at April 21, 2014 12:48 PM (XrGnJ)

Dickhead Blumenthal can't even get a sign to stand up on an easel and almost gets nailed by a train at the same time.

Our betters.

Posted by: Cheri at April 21, 2014 12:48 PM (G+Wff)

61 Entitled politician doesn't seem to think that the BIG YELLOW LINE WARNING YOU TO STAY THE HELL BACK FROM BIG FAST METAL THINGS WHICH CAN KILL YOU applies to people of IMPORTANT office.

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at April 21, 2014 12:49 PM (A1Dcl)

41 13 Solid ad. I like it.

I heard there was some rule about appearing in military gear in political ads.

I don't mind, but are they gonna attack him for doing that?
Posted by: DarrenODaly at April 21, 2014 04:37 PM (fmKA/)

Perhaps that restriction applies to live appearances at political events while in uniform, as opposed to still photos of a historical or factual nature. I'm not sure.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:43 PM (oMKp3)

Note that the future Senator Cotton and Sgt. Norton are in regular clothes at the beginning of the ad?

Posted by: rd at April 21, 2014 12:49 PM (N7QgG)

64 I wonder if this A-Hole can open an umbrella?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 12:49 PM (LJ7Ze)

65 Tom Cotton has an Obama look alike in the ad as well is just another fine touch. Good job!

Posted by: Cheri at April 21, 2014 12:49 PM (G+Wff)

66 And that, my friends, is the difference between the left and the sane. If that had been a republican senator on the tracks, every single leftist would be railing about how disappointed they were that he was not killed. It must be difficult being the most moral person in the room.

Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at April 21, 2014 12:50 PM (avEon)

67 You have to stand in the Yellow Zone to find out what it is.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at April 21, 2014 12:50 PM (8ZskC)

68 Dick "Dick" Blumenthal almost got run over by a train just like that one in Vietnam, didn't he?

Posted by: Furious George at April 21, 2014 12:50 PM (yFb77)

69 You can't campaign in uniform or use uniformed personnel in your ads, but showing a photo of yourself while you were in the military is okay

unless They done gone changed it

Posted by: Abdullah Abdullah at April 21, 2014 12:50 PM (JyjXt)

70 Somebody tell Blumenthal that the dashed lines on the highway are 'Paramount Safety Zones'.

Posted by: t-bird at April 21, 2014 12:50 PM (FcR7P)

71 I wonder if this A-Hole can open an umbrella? I rather doubt it. He appeared to be struggling mightily with that easel. Wind: how does it work?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 21, 2014 12:51 PM (0HooB)

72 Ohhhh nice Barrel save.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 21, 2014 12:51 PM (mf5HN)

73 Damn..... missed....

Posted by: Choo Choo Biden, drivin that train... high on cocaine... at April 21, 2014 12:51 PM (84gbM)

74 Pryor was only up by 3% on April 8th. Wonder where the race is now. I would think your basic Arkansas voter would find this prince of privilege pretty obnoxious calling a military man entitled

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 12:52 PM (zOTsN)

75 Hey, this easel thingy is missing a leg.

Posted by: Dick Blumenthal (D) Saigon at April 21, 2014 12:52 PM (8ZskC)

76 Is it me, or does Tom Cotton look 12 in that ad? Well, maybe 18.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 12:52 PM (PYAXX)

77 Solid ad. I like it. I heard there was some rule about appearing in military gear in political ads. I don't mind, but are they gonna attack him for doing that? Posted by: DarrenODaly at April 21, 2014 04:37 PM (fmKA/) He's not on active duty anymore. It's kosher. OhÂ…am I allowed to say "kosher"? I denounce myselfÂ…just in case.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 12:52 PM (yz6yg)

78 Tom Cotton? As in picking cotton? As in The Olde South?

Come on people, do the math.

Posted by: MSNBC at April 21, 2014 12:53 PM (5UteM)

79 Drill Sergeant Uncle Tom is more like it!

Posted by: Pick an MSNBC Host at April 21, 2014 12:53 PM (eKZp1)

80 Is it me, or does Tom Cotton look 12 in that ad? What? Where?

Posted by: Hairy Reed at April 21, 2014 12:53 PM (8ZskC)

81 Soon, rd. Soon.

Posted by: The Barrel [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 12:53 PM (yz6yg)

82 Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 04:52 PM (yz6yg) We should check with our resident Anti-Semitic Jew- CBD. He'd know if anyone would.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 12:53 PM (PYAXX)

83 He forgot to say, "Oh Long Johnson". Therefore? -MemeFail

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 21, 2014 12:53 PM (lq3Ak)

84 @76 Is it me, or does Tom Cotton look 12 in that ad? ________________ He's 12, and he's a very nice boy.

Posted by: Harry Reid at April 21, 2014 12:54 PM (yFb77)

and just as his aide saying "Safety, as you know, is paramount," an oncoming train nearly hit Blumenthal, because he was standing too close to the edge of the platform.

If only someone was holding his hand out the window?

THWACK!

Wasn't Blumenthal making up stuff about his military career?

Posted by: rd at April 21, 2014 12:54 PM (N7QgG)

86 Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 04:52 PM (yz6yg)

I'm the anti-Semite around here...and don't you forget it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 12:54 PM (QFxY5)

87 13 Solid ad. I like it.

I heard there was some rule about appearing in military gear in political ads.

I don't mind, but are they gonna attack him for doing that?

Posted by: DarrenODaly at April 21, 2014 04:37 PM (fmKA/)

++++

I would guess that the rule is a military one that applies to people currently serving in the military. I can't imagine they have much say once you are out.

But, that's just me guessing.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2014 12:54 PM (IN7k+)

88 I think I can, I think I can...

Posted by: Train making another try at April 21, 2014 12:54 PM (PAplM)

89 He's not on active duty anymore. It's kosher.

OhÂ…am I allowed to say "kosher"?

I denounce myselfÂ…just in case.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 04:52 PM (yz6yg)

That's cultural appropriation, H8R!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 21, 2014 12:54 PM (DrWcr)

90 I'm the anti-Semite around here...and don't you forget it. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (QFxY5) Can I get a ruling there?

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 12:54 PM (yz6yg)

91 Blumenthal took quite a bit of wind from that passing train. Purple Heart-worthy? #topicsforMSNBC

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at April 21, 2014 12:55 PM (XrGnJ)

92 Wasn't Blumenthal making up stuff about his military career? --- Yes. In other Blumenthal history, he bragged in a debate about all the business he brought to Connecticut in his time as AG. When pushed by opponent Linda McMahon to name one job he created, his brain locked up and he spaced out.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 21, 2014 12:55 PM (APuJ7)

93 I'm starting to think that high-speed bullet trains could present certain safety issues.

Posted by: SH at April 21, 2014 12:55 PM (gmeXX)

94 Too bad Sgt. Norton didn't break out into an R. Lee Ermey imitation. That would've been all kinds of awesome.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 21, 2014 12:56 PM (0HooB)

95 I think the people deserve someone who knows their way around a den of thieves...

Posted by: Mark Pryor at April 21, 2014 12:56 PM (FcR7P)

96 I'm the anti-Semite around here...and don't you forget it. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (QFxY5) Every time I think about that thread, I giggle.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 12:56 PM (oMKp3)

97 C'mon you evil haters! Let Saigons be bygones.

Posted by: Dick "Dick" Blumenthal at April 21, 2014 12:56 PM (yFb77)

98 Over at Hot Air, Ed notes: "Update: Matt Lewis calls this a Â“home run,Â” and offers three reasons why it works..." But he left off a very significant fourth reason: Arkansas, letÂ’s be frank, has a checkered history when it comes to racial harmony. And with the incessant race-baiting coming from Democrats in recent years, conservatives are being painted as racially intolerant or at best insensitive. But as this ad shows, Cotton is not only friends with a black guy, but also comfortable being subordinate to a black guy. I think a lot of Arkansas blacks (15% of the population) will see this ad and suddenly feel a lot more comfortable about possibly voting for Cotton, as it demonstrates that he is not a racist, as the progressive race-baiters try to claim.

Posted by: zombie at April 21, 2014 12:56 PM (mizYg)

99 I'm the anti-Semite around here...and don't you forget it. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (QFxY5) Can I get a ruling there? Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (yz6yg) Ruling: Completely and totally hilarious

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 21, 2014 12:57 PM (mf5HN)

100 Biden must have been lying about taking the train all the time no way he could have survived the lure of the yellow line, like a bug to a porch light

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 12:57 PM (zOTsN)

101 I would guess that the rule is a military one that applies to people currently serving in the military. I can't imagine they have much say once you are out. Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (IN7k+) Funny you mention thatÂ…. Depends on his commission type and source. It's possible he can be subject to some provisions of the UCMJ (applies to officers only) all the way up to age 55. Even when retired. LikeÂ…the one about using disparaging terms about the President. Which I myself, of course, would never do...

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 12:57 PM (yz6yg)

102 I bet Tom a Cotton lived better in the army than some congressman do.

Posted by: Jim Moran at April 21, 2014 12:57 PM (Aif/5)

103 Wasn't there a Senator from around those parts with a freezer full of greenbacks?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 12:57 PM (LJ7Ze)

104 I'd like to come out as pro-Semite.

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 21, 2014 12:57 PM (5UteM)

105 Every time I think about that thread, I giggle. Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:56 PM (oMKp3) It'll stop being funny shortly after my losing a fight with a chest-of-drawers and shortly before ace banning himself from his own blog.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 12:58 PM (PYAXX)

106 Which I myself, of course, would never do... Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 04:57 PM (yz6yg) Of course not, what with being a humble keeper of quiet mien such as you are.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 21, 2014 12:58 PM (mf5HN)

107 100 Biden must have been lying about taking the train all the time no way he could have survived the lure of the yellow line, like a bug to a porch light Love that mental picture.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 12:58 PM (oMKp3)

108 Depends on his commission type and source. It's possible he can be subject to some provisions of the UCMJ (applies to officers only) all the way up to age 55. Even when retired. --- Funny how Petraeus' behavior, which was likely found out via NSA domestic snooping, was still covered by UCMJ once he was head of the CIA.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 21, 2014 12:58 PM (APuJ7)

109 Posted by: Dr Spank at April 21, 2014 04:57 PM (5UteM) Me, too. Especially the female, bikini-clad, assault-rifle toting kind.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 12:59 PM (PYAXX)

110 The Yellow Zone. Shit. I'm standing in the Yellow Zone. Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle.

Posted by: Dick Blumenthal (D) Saigon at April 21, 2014 12:59 PM (8ZskC)

111 >Can I get a ruling there?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (yz6yg)<

I was there when a troll called CBD an anti Semite. Word.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 21, 2014 12:59 PM (sjdRT)

112 I'm starting to think that high-speed bullet trains could present certain safety issues. We just have to figure out how to protect engineers from idiot politicos. Stronger windows, perhaps.

Posted by: t-bird at April 21, 2014 12:59 PM (FcR7P)

113 Wasn't there a Senator from around those parts with a freezer full of greenbacks? Posted by: Boss Moss Louisiana, William J. Jefferson

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 12:59 PM (zOTsN)

114 Of course not, what with being a humble keeper of quiet mien such as you are. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 21, 2014 04:58 PM (mf5HN) Indeed. Tea, my Queen?

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 12:59 PM (yz6yg)

115 CCR: Cotton Fields Back Home ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd4S8FGoEJU

Posted by: Adriane... at April 21, 2014 12:59 PM (qoKTg)

116 105 Every time I think about that thread, I giggle. Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:56 PM (oMKp3) It'll stop being funny shortly after my losing a fight with a chest-of-drawers and shortly before ace banning himself from his own blog. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 04:58 PM (PYAXX) See, this is why I come here. This, and the gin recipes.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 12:59 PM (oMKp3)

117 103 Wasn't there a Senator from around those parts with a freezer full of greenbacks? --- That would be House member "Dollar Bill" Jefferson, Dumbass-LA, representing New Orleans.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 21, 2014 01:00 PM (APuJ7)

118 It that had been Biden doing that spot I can't help but think he would have turned around and gotten his empty head knocked off by the train, then spent the next 3 minutes running in circles flapping his arms.

Posted by: maddogg at April 21, 2014 01:00 PM (xWW96)

119 Thank you, Bannion. *sips delicately*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 21, 2014 01:00 PM (mf5HN)

120 I was there when a troll called CBD an anti Semite. Word. Posted by: Muad'dib at April 21, 2014 04:59 PM (sjdRT) QuestionÂ… Did the troll call CBD an anti-semite because he was not a self-loathing Jew? Jus' checkin'

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 01:00 PM (yz6yg)

121 It'll stop being funny shortly after my losing a fight with a chest-of-drawers and shortly before ace banning himself from his own blog. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 04:58 PM (PYAXX) Now, now, now, don't be heartless.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 21, 2014 01:01 PM (mf5HN)

122 So the black guy in the ad picks Cotton?! RACIST!!!

Posted by: Dang at April 21, 2014 01:01 PM (MNq6o)

123 >>QuestionÂ…

Did the troll call CBD an anti-semite because he was not a self-loathing Jew?

Jus' checkin'

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 05:00 PM (yz6yg)<

The troll's logic was, um, difficult to follow.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 21, 2014 01:02 PM (sjdRT)

124 102 I bet Tom a Cotton lived better in the army than some congressman do. Posted by: Jim Moran at April 21, 2014 04:57 PM (Aif/5) If Cotton wins, I want to pay him minimum wage, plus a million dollar per year bonus for every year he and congress pass a balanced budget that does not exceed 19% of GDP.

Posted by: jwest at April 21, 2014 01:02 PM (u2a4R)

125 11 Career politicians, on the other hand, they're the epitome of self-sacrifice and humble servitude. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 04:36 PM (PYAXX) And they deserve a huge pay raise for it too!

Posted by: Tsewj at April 21, 2014 01:02 PM (qquBe)

126 So the black guy in the ad picks Cotton?! RACIST!!! Posted by: Dang Dang wins all the internets today collect your winnings at the window

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 01:02 PM (zOTsN)

127 The troll's logic was, um, difficult to follow. Posted by: Muad'dib at April 21, 2014 05:02 PM (sjdRT) Troll logic. There's an oxymoron if there ever was one.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 01:02 PM (yz6yg)

128 I bet there's a law in CT against blocking a train platform.

Posted by: Dang at April 21, 2014 01:03 PM (MNq6o)

129 101 I would guess that the rule is a military one that applies to people currently serving in the military. I can't imagine they have much say once you are out.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (IN7k+)

Funny you mention thatÂ….

Depends on his commission type and source. It's possible he can be subject to some provisions of the UCMJ (applies to officers only) all the way up to age 55. Even when retired.

LikeÂ…the one about using disparaging terms about the President.

Which I myself, of course, would never do...

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 04:57 PM (yz6yg)

++++

Suppose Cotton gets elected to the senate. Theoretically, he could still be restricted in the way in which he is allowed to criticize the president?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2014 01:03 PM (IN7k+)

130 The troll's logic was, um, difficult to follow. Ya, he was a little like hector, except without the brain power and sophisticated charm.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 01:03 PM (oMKp3)

131 The sad fact of it all is that Blumenthal's lifeless, parted out, and comically flattened corpse would still win in Connecticut.

Posted by: Jaws at April 21, 2014 01:03 PM (eKZp1)

132 Suppose Cotton gets elected to the senate. Theoretically, he could still be restricted in the way in which he is allowed to criticize the president? Posted by: Anon Y. Mous no he is out

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 01:04 PM (zOTsN)

133 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 21, 2014 05:01 PM (mf5HN) You're right. A troll calling CBD an anti-Semite will stop being funny *long* before ace banning himself from the blog does. Especially since that particular incident will never not be funny.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 01:04 PM (PYAXX)

134 Suppose Cotton gets elected to the senate. Theoretically, he could still be restricted in the way in which he is allowed to criticize the president? Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2014 05:03 PM (IN7k+) HmmmmÂ….I'd pity the JAG who tried to push that line of thought. But yes, I suppose, theoretically. thunderb is the token former JAG here. Perhaps she has a comment.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 01:04 PM (yz6yg)

135 Downside: The very word "Cotton" has racial overtones in Arkansas (and elsewhere where cotton was grown in antebellum days). Slaves were imported to Arkansas for the very reason of picking cotton. The phrase "get your cotton-pickin' hands off me!" was a racist insult when it first originated, because "cotton-pickin'" was a colorful euphemism for "black," since only black hands picked cotton. It may sound ridiculous, but minor (and factually irrelevant) little details like that DO influence votes. To take it to a more extreme level to prove my point, say there was a vastly better candidate running in a racially mixed state, but his legally given name was Lynch Coons. He'd lose, despite his qualifications. "Cotton" may not be that bad, but even if it's only 1% as bad, that's 1% fewer votes he'll be getting.

Posted by: zombie at April 21, 2014 01:05 PM (mizYg)

136 Dang wins all the internets today

collect your winnings at the window Posted by: thunderb

It's a key chain. I got a key chain. *holds up small key chain for everyone to see*

Posted by: Dang at April 21, 2014 01:05 PM (MNq6o)

137 I think I just heard a coyote outside my house. I didn't think they howled so much so early in the day. Maybe it's a wolf.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 01:05 PM (oMKp3)

138 "And they deserve a huge pay raise for it too!" If they balanced the budget under 19% of GDP they would deserve a huge pay raise.

Posted by: jwest at April 21, 2014 01:05 PM (u2a4R)

139 Blumenthal is a fool! It cracked me up!

Posted by: Carol at April 21, 2014 01:05 PM (gjOCp)

140 It's a key chain. I got a key chain. *holds up small key chain for everyone to see* Posted by: Dang at April 21, 2014 05:05 PM (MNq6o) It's the talking Phil Rizzuto key chain, isn't it?!?! I knew it!!

Posted by: George Costanza [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 01:06 PM (yz6yg)

141 since only black hands picked cotton.

I don't think that was ever true, no matter how much our progg race 'bater betters want to believe it.

Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 01:06 PM (ZKzrr)

142 Suppose Cotton gets elected to the senate. Theoretically, he could still be restricted in the way in which he is allowed to criticize the president? The collective First Amendment pertains here. Or whatever, we'll get it figured out for you.

Posted by: The MFM at April 21, 2014 01:07 PM (FcR7P)

143 Johnny Cash picked cotton.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 01:07 PM (LJ7Ze)

144 I think we're overlooking the racial subtext here. I mean, come on. His last name is COTTON. Slavery, anyone? Could you be any more obvious?

Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at April 21, 2014 01:07 PM (avEon)

145 I doubt that Blumental has ever been on a train platform in his life. If so it was as a student or youngster.

THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY PAINT THE EDGE YELLOW! Mr. Senator.

What's also funny is that it was an Amtrak train and not the Metro.

And they set up too close to the edge.

Want to bet some railroad workers were giggling in the background somewhere just hopin' for one of them to do something stupid?

I would've considered an award to the engineer as Blumenthal is another Democrat know nothing idiot who thinks us plebes need his super smart guidance. Yet this turkey doesn't know enough to
a) listen for a train
b) stay away from the edge
c) ask when the trains come through

All questions any normal person who's ever ridden public transport would know to ask or know about.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at April 21, 2014 01:07 PM (JS0vr)

146 "Cotton" may not be that bad, but even if it's only 1% as bad, that's 1% fewer votes he'll be getting. Posted by: zombie

Both my parents are white and picked cotton when they were kids. In the south. So did my grandmother and all her siblings. Also white. Song of the South was a cartoon, not a documentary.

Posted by: Dang at April 21, 2014 01:08 PM (MNq6o)

147 134 Suppose Cotton gets elected to the senate. Theoretically, he could still be restricted in the way in which he is allowed to criticize the president? Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2014 05:03 PM (IN7k+) HmmmmÂ….I'd pity the JAG who tried to push that line of thought. But yes, I suppose, theoretically. thunderb is the token former JAG here. Perhaps she has a comment. Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 05:04 PM (yz6yg) Constitution trumps the UCMJ.... thus the Speech and Debate clause wins...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 01:08 PM (84gbM)

148 132 Suppose Cotton gets elected to the senate. Theoretically, he could still be restricted in the way in which he is allowed to criticize the president?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

no

he is out

Posted by: thunderb at April 21, 2014 05:04 PM (zOTsN)

++++

I know he's out. But, Sean Bannion was saying the UCMJ applies to some retired officers. I quoted him in the part of my comment that you snipped.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2014 01:08 PM (IN7k+)

149 141 since only black hands picked cotton. I don't think that was ever true, no matter how much our progg race 'bater betters want to believe it. Posted by: HR Well, you're right, but I think the implication of the original insult was that picking cotton was the lowest type of work, deemed only suitable for black hands; for whites to do it (when necessary) was thought of as demeaning.

Posted by: zombie at April 21, 2014 01:09 PM (mizYg)

150 They need Gates like Amusement Parks around the Trains.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 01:09 PM (LJ7Ze)

151 What would have been funny is if someone on the train had stuck their hand out of the window at face height.

Posted by: maddogg at April 21, 2014 01:09 PM (xWW96)

152 The phrase "get your cotton-pickin' hands off me!" was a racist insult when it first originated, because "cotton-pickin'" was a colorful euphemism for "black," since only black hands picked cotton. Actually, it was much more a classist insult, since only "low" people picked the cotton. Yes, for the big plantations that was slave labor, but there were lots of small farms even back then. And, although I live in TX, and not AL, I've never heard anyone- black, white, blue, or green, who thought "cotton" had "racial undertones."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 01:09 PM (PYAXX)

153 Constitution trumps the UCMJ.... thus the Speech and Debate clause wins... Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 05:08 PM (84gbM) Â….as long as he's standing in the well of the Senate. Interesting question though.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 21, 2014 01:09 PM (yz6yg)

154 THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY PAINT THE EDGE YELLOW! Mr. Senator. But it didn't prevent me from standing there. Our infrastructure is failing!

Posted by: Sen. Bloomin' Idiot at April 21, 2014 01:09 PM (FcR7P)

155 Posted by: zombie at April 21, 2014 05:05 PM (mizYg)

In what fairyland do you live in where black people vote for conservatives?

Plus in this day and age it is upwards of 90% if the opposing nominee is black.

Not that they're racist or anything.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at April 21, 2014 01:10 PM (JS0vr)

156 Can that train have a do-over?

Posted by: Peregrine Took, extremely extreme extremist at April 21, 2014 01:10 PM (42ZAm)

157 Johnny Cash picked cotton. So have I. It's fun if you don't have to do it to survive.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 21, 2014 01:10 PM (0HooB)

158 The look The feel Of cotton The fabric of our lives ..... Heck, they built a whole ad campaign around cotton. How negative could it be?

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 01:11 PM (oMKp3)

159 for whites to do it (when necessary) was thought of as demeaning. Posted by: zombie

Um, bullshit. See 146. It was easy to get the work, you got paid and it wasn't all that hard by the standards of manual labor in those days.

Posted by: Dang at April 21, 2014 01:12 PM (MNq6o)

160 Posted by: maddogg at April 21, 2014 05:00 PM (xWW96)
----------
I have to admit, I laughed out loud at that mental image.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at April 21, 2014 01:12 PM (+hPIb)

161 for whites to do it (when necessary) was thought of as demeaning. It was, but not because "it was only fit for blacks." Rather, for the same reason there is the exchange in the play "The Importance of Being Ernest" "I prefer to call a spade, a spade." "*I* do not even know what a spade is." It has always been the habit of the rich "gentry" to look down on "menial" laborers. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson may want people to believe that the term "Cotton" has "racial undertones," but they're just about the only ones.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 01:12 PM (PYAXX)

162 Both my parents are white and picked cotton when they were kids. In the south. So did my grandmother and all her siblings. Also white. Song of the South was a cartoon, not a documentary. Posted by: Dan OK, obviously I generalized, but I was referring to the assumption behind the phrase; also, your ancestors which you describe were picking cotton AFTER the Civil War, when slave labor (obviously) was no longer available. After 1865 is when whites mostly began to pick cotton in significant numbers. Before the war, picking cotton was mostly (not universally) considered slave work.

Posted by: zombie at April 21, 2014 01:13 PM (mizYg)

163

And I'm just going to leave this here.

http://is.gd/U0r1wU

Dentist hoping to clone John Lennon with dental DNA

A Canadian dentist is hoping to clone John Lennon by using DNA extracted from one of the singerÂ’s teeth, The Week magazine reports.

Michael Zuk, who paid $33,000 for the molar at a 2011 auction, told a British TV interviewer that he is currently sequencing the BeatleÂ’s DNA, and thinks scientific advances will soon allow him to convert that genetic information into stem cells, and eventually into a reborn Lennon.

Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 01:13 PM (ZKzrr)

164 Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 05:13 PM (ZKzrr) Oh, gawd. Then they'll *never* stop playing that song. You know which one I mean...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 01:14 PM (PYAXX)

165 Before the war, picking cotton was mostly (not universally) considered slave work.

Pretty sure that's not true, either. Shit-tons of poor white people in the antebellum South, including my ancestors; plantation owners were a very very small percentage of the white population.

Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 01:15 PM (ZKzrr)

166 ...scientific advances will soon allow him to convert that genetic information into stem cells, and eventually into a reborn Lennon. **** Who will go on to win the 2034 Boston Marathon.

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 21, 2014 01:16 PM (MKpBT)

167 Having picked cotton as a kid, I would agree that I would have to be hungry to stand out in the heat and do it for a living. Hot, sweaty, grinding work.

Posted by: maddogg at April 21, 2014 01:16 PM (xWW96)

168

Wasn't Petraeus hammered for boinking the bimbo WHILE he was an Army Officer? It came out when he was in the CIA, but the crime was committed as an officer in Afghanistan.

Sort of like being "extradited" back to the Army?

Posted by: rd at April 21, 2014 01:16 PM (N7QgG)

169 What would have been funny is if someone on the train had stuck their ~~hand~~ 2X4 out of the window at face height.

Posted by: Aviator at April 21, 2014 01:16 PM (3rrMW)

170 And, although I live in TX, and not AL, I've never heard anyone- black, white, blue, or green, who thought "cotton" had "racial undertones." Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. Must be a regional difference: Out here in academia-California, the word "cotton" is considered one of the top ten "racist dog whistle" terms, right behind "rope" and "watermelon." Of course, this list is compiled by white progressive professors who have never been east of Lake Tahoe.

Posted by: zombie at April 21, 2014 01:16 PM (mizYg)

171 And, although I live in TX, and not AL, I've never heard anyone- black, white, blue, or green, who thought "cotton" had "racial undertones." Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It.

Same here. My best friend when I was a kid lived on a cotton farm that his dad and uncle worked. They were white BTW. They were proud to be cotton farmers. They'd be offended with this "racial undertones of cotton" BS.

Posted by: Dang at April 21, 2014 01:17 PM (MNq6o)

172 Every time I think about that thread, I giggle. Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:56 PM (oMKp3) That and ace accusing baldilocks of being racist against African Americans.

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 21, 2014 01:17 PM (a8eFL)

173 Take two after we get the Senator some clean undies...

Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at April 21, 2014 01:17 PM (Z7PrM)

174 You know which one I mean...Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 05:14 PM (PYAXX) **** Nope, I can't imagine which one you mean.

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 21, 2014 01:18 PM (MKpBT)

175 It may sound ridiculous, but minor (and factually irrelevant) little details like that DO influence votes. To take it to a more extreme level to prove my point, say there was a vastly better candidate running in a racially mixed state, but his legally given name was Lynch Coons. He'd lose, despite his qualifications. "Cotton" may not be that bad, but even if it's only 1% as bad, that's 1% fewer votes he'll be getting. It never works the other way tho'. I watched Howie Kurtz last night and there was a woman on from "the root" website. A Black racist slum if I've ever seen one. The panel was discussing the Bundy ranch coverage. The root woman said it made sense to cover it because the Bundy supporter demographic was the one that resists the growing racial diversity in America. Socially acceptable talk for "Older White people are all racists."

Posted by: Daybrother at April 21, 2014 01:18 PM (XtLTM)

176 Of course, this list is compiled by white progressive professors who have never been east of Lake Tahoe. As mechanics/plumbers/electricians everywhere say: "Well *there's* yer problem." Yeah, I don't think progtarded professors in CA would know real racism if hosed them down and set dogs after them.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 01:18 PM (PYAXX)

177 he is currently sequencing the BeatleÂ’s DNA, and
thinks scientific advances will soon allow him to convert that genetic
information into stem cells, and eventually into a reborn Lennon.

Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 05:13 PM (ZKzrr)

Maybe they can isolate the section of genetic code that made him a complete asshole.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 21, 2014 01:19 PM (DrWcr)

178 Of course, this list is compiled by white progressive professors who have never been east of Lake Tahoe.

Can't wear cotton, because racist.
Can't wear polyester, nylon, acrylic, because petroleum.
Can't wear rayon, because trees.
Can't wear leather or wool, because animal rights...

Linen? Is linen OK?

Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 01:19 PM (ZKzrr)

179 It'll stop being funny shortly after my losing a fight with a chest-of-drawers... Let me guess, you were moving said CoD and one of the drawers lept out and tagged you violently. Am I right? I didn't hear this story.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/s][/i][/b][/s] at April 21, 2014 01:19 PM (2hTlI)

180 Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 05:13 PM (ZKzrr) /20 years and millions of dollars later... Hey.... wait.... Lennon had Hispanic Features/????

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2014 01:20 PM (84gbM)

181 Am I right? I didn't hear this story. Posted by: bonhomme at April 21, 2014 05:19 PM (2hTlI) Nope. Bent over to pet my dog (in the dark). Met the corner of the chest of drawers about half-way down.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 01:20 PM (PYAXX)

182 I wonder how much one of Mark David Chapman's teeth would go for?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2014 01:21 PM (LJ7Ze)

183 Linen? Is linen OK? Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 05:19 PM (ZKzrr) Only if it's undyed/unbleached.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 01:21 PM (PYAXX)

184 Maybe they can isolate the section of genetic code that made him a complete asshole.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 21, 2014 05:19 PM (DrWcr)

Or at least keep him from being attracted to someone like Yoko Ono.

(which probably was just plain old narcissism. I mean look at them. They look like twins facially)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at April 21, 2014 01:21 PM (JS0vr)

185 Am I right? I didn't hear this story. Posted by: bonhomme at April 21, 2014 05:19 PM (2hTlI) Worse, he tried to sneak up on it and it got the first shot it.

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 21, 2014 01:21 PM (a8eFL)

186 Can't wear cotton, because racist. Can't wear polyester, nylon, acrylic, because petroleum. Can't wear rayon, because trees. Can't wear leather or wool, because animal rights... Linen? Is linen OK? Posted by: HR Clothes? You heteronormative patriarchal racists still insist we wear clothes???? BODY FREEDOM FOR ALL! FIGHT BIG FABRIC!

Posted by: zombie at April 21, 2014 01:22 PM (mizYg)

187 124 102 I bet Tom a Cotton lived better in the army than some congressman do. Posted by: Jim Moran at April 21, 2014 04:57 PM (Aif/5) If Cotton wins, I want to pay him minimum wage, plus a million dollar per year bonus for every year he and congress pass a balanced budget that does not exceed 19% of GDP. Posted by: jwest at April 21, 2014 05:02 PM (u2a4R That's what I love about jwest, hes pretty damn good at spending others money as well as his own.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 01:22 PM (HVff2)

188 Linen? Is linen OK?

Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 05:19 PM (ZKzrr)

Hemp of course.

What are you...a Moron?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 01:22 PM (QFxY5)

189 Linen? Is linen OK?

Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 05:19 PM (ZKzrr)

It's made from flax plants, so I'm sure it's Gaia-rape or something.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 21, 2014 01:22 PM (DrWcr)

190 Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 05:19 PM (ZKzrr)

That's Egyptian isn't it?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at April 21, 2014 01:22 PM (JS0vr)

191 It's (picking cotton -ed bonhomme) fun if you don't have to do it to survive. Is it? Isn't it stoop labor, often in a hot field, and aren't the cotton plants scratchy?

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/s][/i][/b][/s] at April 21, 2014 01:23 PM (2hTlI)

192 172 Every time I think about that thread, I giggle. Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 04:56 PM (oMKp3) That and ace accusing baldilocks of being racist against African Americans. Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 21, 2014 05:17 PM (a8eFL) Oh my gosh!! Hahaha! I had forgotten about that one! I was so embarrassed for him. LOL

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 01:23 PM (oMKp3)

193 ace accusing baldilocks of being racist against African Americans.

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 21, 2014 05:17 PM (a8eFL)

Tongue-in-cheek?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 01:24 PM (QFxY5)

194 >>he is currently sequencing the BeatleÂ’s DNA, and thinks scientific advances will soon allow him to convert that genetic information into stem cells, and eventually into a reborn Lennon. Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 05:13 PM (ZKzrr) Maybe they can isolate the section of genetic code that made him a complete asshole. Posted by: Insomniac Or perhaps the chunk that made him think there was anything attractive about Yoko Ono.

Posted by: Aviator at April 21, 2014 01:24 PM (3rrMW)

195 Cotton probably views his service and candidacy as about much more than just himself. Pryor, on the other hand, probably really is stuck on egotism and the Will to Power and therefore interprets reality partly or mostly in those terms.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 21, 2014 01:24 PM (9W+0f)

196 Linen? Is linen OK? Plantation owners sometimes wore white linen suits. Racist!!!

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/s][/i][/b][/s] at April 21, 2014 01:24 PM (2hTlI)

197 Nope. Bent over to pet my dog (in the dark). Met the corner of the chest of drawers about half-way down. The first person who invents furniture that chirps when you're about to run into it will be a zillionaire.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/s][/i][/b][/s] at April 21, 2014 01:25 PM (2hTlI)

198 Of course, this list is compiled by white progressive professors who have never been east of Lake Tahoe. Posted by: zombie

And there you have it. They probably have racial ideas about corn dogs and chicken fried steaks too.

My dad always told a story of a kid who he picked cotton with one day who told him he'd get paid more if he put rocks in his cotton sack. (They paid you after weighing your cotton sack.) My dad was always proud he didn't give in to the temptation.

Posted by: Dang at April 21, 2014 01:26 PM (MNq6o)

199 Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 05:23 PM (oMKp3) 2 days of 70 degrees, I believe Spring has sprung. Hope so the beard came off.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 01:26 PM (HVff2)

200 193 ace accusing baldilocks of being racist against African Americans. Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 21, 2014 05:17 PM (a8eFL) Tongue-in-cheek? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 05:24 PM (QFxY5) I don't think so. IIRC, it was one of those threads. Ace was rolling and I don't think he realized who he was addressing.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 01:26 PM (oMKp3)

201 Plantation owners sometimes wore white linen suits. Racist!!! Posted by: bonhomme at April 21, 2014 05:24 PM (2hTlI) *** Well, the Beatles sometimes wore Lennon suits. (I have no idea what that even means)

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 21, 2014 01:27 PM (MKpBT)

202 And, although I live in TX, and not AL, I've never heard anyone- black, white, blue, or green, who thought "cotton" had "racial undertones." Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 21, 2014 05:09 PM (PYAXX) You're not listening carefully enough, H8R!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 21, 2014 01:27 PM (o3MSL)

203 And it's also about the Culture War and kyrocracy. Cotton represents an/the antagonistic faction and way of life as far as Leftism is often concerned.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 21, 2014 01:27 PM (9W+0f)

204 199 Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 05:23 PM (oMKp3) 2 days of 70 degrees, I believe Spring has sprung. Hope so the beard came off. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 05:26 PM (HVff2) We had Easter brunch out on the patio. It was glorious!!

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 01:27 PM (oMKp3)

205 Wait, what's wrong with corn dogs?!

Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 01:28 PM (ZKzrr)

206 The Like-Me/Not-Like-Me dichotomy which makes a fragmented, dysfunctional society so wonderful.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 21, 2014 01:28 PM (9W+0f)

207 Well, the Beatles sometimes wore Lennon suits.

Gein-a-riffic.

Posted by: HR at April 21, 2014 01:29 PM (ZKzrr)

208 90 I'm the anti-Semite around here...and don't you forget it. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (QFxY5) Can I get a ruling there? Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (yz6yg CBD is the anti-Semite. CBD and one other poster say so. Personally, I think he has great recipes.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 01:30 PM (HVff2)

209 And Pryor probably does also view himself as a natural aristocrat, and therefore feels ... entitled to rule.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 21, 2014 01:30 PM (9W+0f)

210 I don't think so. IIRC, it was one of those threads. Ace was rolling and I don't think he realized who he was addressing. Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 05:26 PM (oMKp3) Yeah, Baldilocks had written about here theory regarding the left's desire for a race war. Ace picked up the quote later on but it was unsourced. And he was in a bit of a PC mode that day looking out for Moby's

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at April 21, 2014 01:30 PM (a8eFL)

211 204 We had Easter brunch out on the patio. It was glorious!! Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2014 05:27 PM (oMKp3) Johnsonville Grillers, Onion rolls, home made potato salad etc....That's what the kids wanted for Easter Dinner. Glad to oblige.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 21, 2014 01:31 PM (HVff2)

212 >>>Wasn't Blumenthal making up stuff about his military career?

Posted by: rd at April 21, 2014 04:54 PM (N7QgG) <<<

yes, but being CT, he was able to deflect it. He did the draft pirouette to finish school (not dissimilar to Clinton's efforts) and then got a slot in the Marine Reserve in 1970.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 21, 2014 01:31 PM (RhQvZ)

213 When Cotton first went into the military he wrote some opinion letters that landed him in the crosshairs of several leftist media outlets. He was accused of being a fictional person invented by the Right Wing conspiracy. Powerline ran a thing on it. Of course once K0S and MM or whoever were shown to be complete scum sucking liars as well as wrong they all apologized. Yeah.

Posted by: Daybrother at April 21, 2014 01:32 PM (XtLTM)

214 Funny thing, cotton is a common crop in some parts of CA's San Joaquin Valley. I lived across the street from a cotton field there for about a year in the 70s.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 21, 2014 01:33 PM (TIIx5)

215 Cotton. Yup, racist dog whistle.

Posted by: Chris Matthews and his Racist Decoder Ring at April 21, 2014 01:34 PM (j0wOO)

216 New one up. Everyone's over there. Mostly talkin' and stuff.

Posted by: Dang at April 21, 2014 01:35 PM (MNq6o)

217 Yup, racist dog whistle. Posted by: Chris Matthews and his Racist Decoder Ring at April 21, 2014 05:34 PM (j0wOO) Yeah, in order to get the best, most authentic commentary on the Black Experience in America, I go to the pasty guy who's whiter than a turkey sandwich with mayo and swiss cheese, a side of cottage cheese and a glass of 2% milk.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 21, 2014 01:38 PM (TIIx5)

218 Maybe they can isolate the section of genetic code that made him a complete asshole.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 21, 2014 05:19 PM (DrWcr)

------------------------------------------------

Also enhance the musical gene so he can actually write some good music.

Posted by: Soona at April 21, 2014 01:38 PM (cu9Nx)

219 >>>168 Wasn't Petraeus hammered for boinking the bimbo WHILE he was an Army Officer? It came out when he was in the CIA, but the crime was committed as an officer in Afghanistan.

Sort of like being "extradited" back to the Army?

Posted by: rd at April 21, 2014 05:16 PM (N7QgG) <<<

I think that is right, but iirc the investigation originated with the FBI and they also found that odd groupie network in Tampa.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 21, 2014 01:56 PM (RhQvZ)

220 I have a man crush on Tom Cotton. (Does that make me ghey?) It's almost forty years since I have lived in Arkansas (Fayetteville high class of 74) but he is getting a check.

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at April 21, 2014 02:37 PM (vjRKK)

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