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October 18, 2010

AP: "Productive" Congress Gets No "Respect" From Ungrateful Voters
— Ace

They can't get enough of this basic idea, can they?

The public panned it. Republicans obstructed it. Many Democrats fled from it. Even so, the session of Congress now drawing to a close was the most productive in nearly half a century.

Not since the explosive years of the civil rights movement and the hard-fought debut of government-supported health care for the elderly and poor have so many big things Â— love them or hate them Â— been done so quickly.

Yeah, let's examine that second possibility -- "hate them" -- a bit further. Perhaps it will shed light on this mystery.

We're the ones supposedly pushing a "simplistic" message of "hate," and yet every time they're about to lose, they have one go-to idea: The American public is either crazy, stupid, or racist.

I'm sorry, are there nuances hidden in that idea that I'm missing? Is that a message of respect?

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1 I thought this was a parody piece by ap.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at October 18, 2010 08:40 AM (xRcKp)

2 The public panned it. Republicans obstructed it. Many Democrats fled from it.

(Let's not focus on the relatively few people who actually wanted "it.")

Posted by: AP at October 18, 2010 08:40 AM (BP6Z1)

3 The dogs don't like the dog food. Marketing 101. Duh.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at October 18, 2010 08:41 AM (Snu7z)

4
Notice the editorialized laundry list of democrat accomplishments. As if they are accomplishments . Notice the glaring lack of editorial balance and how the AP omits the hazardous by-products of said legislation. The by-products that somehow voters understand but the writers of the blind faith pro-D AP do not.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 18, 2010 08:41 AM (0fzsA)

5 One Congress' "Productive" is another nation's "Destructive".

Posted by: t-bird at October 18, 2010 08:41 AM (FcR7P)

6 He gets us. Obama really gets us.

Posted by: Pentane Against Colonialism at October 18, 2010 08:41 AM (yZe/r)

7 The question is, "Productive of what, exactly?"

We have an answer to that: Disaster.

Just so we're all on the same page.

Posted by: Dianna at October 18, 2010 08:42 AM (qrFCz)

8
It's amazing how they completely dismiss all criticism.

After a while, most sensible would ask themselves, "Is it me? Maybe it's me. Maybe I am wrong."

Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 08:42 AM (gM4zK)

9 Even the AP is catching on. The wave is over.

Posted by: Greg, Paul and Hank at October 18, 2010 08:43 AM (Snu7z)

10 The history of the Maobama presidency is already written by the Agitprop Media, with detailed histories to follow from academics. To wit, it was a Great Leap Forward on par with the New Deal. A profile in courage worthy of Mt Rushmore.

Posted by: Chad feldheimer at October 18, 2010 08:45 AM (gwAVb)

What was the line they used a week ago?

"Obama gets no credit regardless of how many bills he passes."

Working hard is hardly a virtue when you have no idea what should be done.

Posted by: Have Blue at October 18, 2010 08:45 AM (mV+es)

12 Isn't that an Onion piece?

Posted by: Mr Pink at October 18, 2010 08:45 AM (27Mpr)

13
I swear it reads like The Onion. The ap is depantsing themselves.

Posted by: Dang Straights at October 18, 2010 08:45 AM (fx8sm)

14 I was productive, too. Where's my respect?

Posted by: Stalin at October 18, 2010 08:45 AM (zDAlI)

15 He gets it. Obama really gets us.

Posted by: Kenyans Against Colonialism at October 18, 2010 08:45 AM (yZe/r)

16 I'm willing to give congress total credit for their "accomplishments." And by "credit", I mean "contempt".

And by "give [them] total credit" I mean, "vote them the hell out."

Posted by: Farmer Joe at October 18, 2010 08:45 AM (z4es9)

We're the ones supposedly pushing a "simplistic" message of "hate," and yet every time they're about to lose, they have one go-to idea: The American public is either crazy, stupid, or racist.

I'm sorry, are there nuances hidden in that idea that I'm missing?

Angry. Whenever Dems lose the voters are angry and throwing a temper tantrum.

Posted by: Ed Anger at October 18, 2010 08:46 AM (7+pP9)

18 After a while, most sensible would ask themselves, "Is it me? Maybe it's me. Maybe I am wrong."
Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS)

Oliver Cromwell suddenly springs to mind.

"I beseech ye, brethren, in the bowels of Christ, consider that you may be mistaken."

Oh, well. Nothing like realizing a ruthless dictatorial personality had better perspective than the elected representatives of the people.

Posted by: Dianna at October 18, 2010 08:46 AM (qrFCz)

19 The American public is either crazy, stupid, or racist.

Who does the AP expect to buy their product, again? Or have they been secretly assured of getting federal funding?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 08:47 AM (Vz9lf)

20
The propaganda mill keeps churning.

More stories about the extemism of the Tea Party.

More tv guests knocking the Tea Party.

Don't hesitate for a moment to consider their positions. Vilify them. Demonize them. Destroy them.

Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 08:47 AM (gM4zK)

21 Don't read the bills, it slows down production!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at October 18, 2010 08:47 AM (FcR7P)

The public panned it. Republicans obstructed it. Many Democrats fled from it. Even so, the session of Congress now drawing to a close was the most productive in nearly half a century.

Unbelievable. Shoving multiple crap sandwiches down the throat of an unwilling citizenry counts as productivity? Jesus on a pogo stick. These assholes didn't even read the shit they "passed."

Reading the list of "accomplishments" performed by this congress reads like liberal's wet dream:

_Making college loans more affordable.

_The Cash for Clunkers program that helped rejuvenate the auto industry.

_New consumer protections for credit card users.

_Making it easier for women to challenge pay discrimination.

_Increasing federal regulation of tobacco products.

_Cracking down on waste in Pentagon weapons acquisition.

_Making attacks based on sexual orientation a federal hate crime.

_Giving businesses tax incentives to hire unemployed workers.

_Tax credits for first-time homeowners.

Cocksuckers.

Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at October 18, 2010 08:47 AM (E0EDC)

23 Sorry, OT but being in Clownifornia I'm tearing my hair out over GOP prospects here. Can the Clownifornia GOP be any more stupid in their marketing? You know what happens if you go to the official CA GOP website and download a voter guide? You choose your county and they download a pdf guide... that's fifty fucking megabytes in size. Are you kidding me? Seriously? It should be less than one MB. It's not a fucking video.In fact, at the time of this writing, they cannot even manage to download a tenth of this overweight document without their servers stalling. I've tried three times and I still cannot get the fucking guide. It's not my connection, I've checked. Just depressing. This state is boned so royally it has become a fossil.

Posted by: George Orwell at October 18, 2010 08:48 AM (AZGON)

24
Notice the AP doesn't mention anything about our 1.3 trillion dollar deficit.
Not one word about the wonderfully described legislative accomplishments that are, in reality, tax-payer funded redistribution schemes that will hurt the economy more than help.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 18, 2010 08:48 AM (0fzsA)

25 This diseased fucking notion that passing legislation constitutes an "achievement" has got to go.

Does the legislation affect the nation well or poorly- that is the only "achievement" which matters, and on that score Oshithead and his posse of nitwits have failed miserably.

Posted by: Waterhouse at October 18, 2010 08:48 AM (KF/Jh)

26 My apologies for my seeming ingratitude, Democrats. Thank you for the bruises and you may keep the stool samples.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 18, 2010 08:49 AM (NWIaB)

27 Normally I swing Republican, but I have to admit, the AP makes some very good points here. Sorry to say Democrats will keep both houses and then the voters are going to create a third house and give it to them, too.

Posted by: Relatively Common First Name at October 18, 2010 08:49 AM (zDAlI)

28 I wonder what language they'll use when Obamacare is repealed. Somehow, I suspect "productive" won't be in their vocabulary.

Posted by: Methos at October 18, 2010 08:49 AM (Ew1k4)

29 They actually think just because congress passes a bill, it is automatically "productive." They just do not get it. By the way, I can't fucking stand lena jawbroski.

Posted by: Dan at October 18, 2010 08:49 AM (1jzSs)

30 It really is amazing. The echo chamber is airtight tp these people. Nothing comes in. They live in an alternate reality.

Posted by: Olliander at October 18, 2010 08:51 AM (6uiF7)

31 A little analogy: when the same people keep breaking into your home, beating you severely and robbing you time after time, it's unusual to say "wow, those guys are sure productive."

The beating/ robbing is pretty much how I feel about the government right now.

Posted by: shibumi at October 18, 2010 08:51 AM (OKZrE)

32 19 The American public is either crazy, stupid, or racist.

Who does the AP expect to buy their product, again?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 12:47 PM (Vz9lf)

You rang, wingnuts?

Posted by: Archie Bunker at October 18, 2010 08:51 AM (BP6Z1)

33 Who does the AP expect to buy their product, again? Or have they been secretly assured of getting federal funding?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 12:47 PM (Vz9lf)

Like a turtle humping a shoe, they simply know no other way.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 18, 2010 08:51 AM (zDAlI)

34 Posted by: George Orwell at October 18, 2010 12:48 PM (AZGON)

Its taken you this long to realize that the CA GOP party is out of its gourd?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 18, 2010 08:51 AM (z1N6a)

35 "Productive" hahahahaha

I don't think that idiot knows what that word means.

Posted by: Vic at October 18, 2010 08:51 AM (/jbAw)

I can't recall who said it (Napolean, Talleyrand, or perhaps one of Napolean's marshalls) but there was a great line about rating subordinates.

Take your people and rate each person on a two axis scale, intelligence and industriousness. You can always find work for the ones who are lazy and stupid, the intelligent and hard working make good managers to lead them. The intelligent and lazy will always go far, but whatever you do you must get rid of the industrious and stupid. For they have no clue what needs to be done and the drive to do it regardless.

Posted by: Have Blue at October 18, 2010 08:51 AM (mV+es)

37 This is how they think. They're so smart, so well educated, so forward-thinking, why doesn't everyone acknowledge their superior intellects? Why aren't they the ones reaping rewards, but instead those crass fools who don't share their ideas and experiences, and instead of constructively enabling and empowering people, do crass things like...like...build things? Or make money?

God help us, we've put the megalomaniacs in charge.

Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at October 18, 2010 08:52 AM (GBXon)

38 OT - Megyn Kelly just teased that she would be talking about the Bielat heckling incident on her show comming up at 1300.

Posted by: Have Blue at October 18, 2010 08:52 AM (mV+es)

39 Read the underlying article by Jim Abrams for an alternative universe view of the world. Vietnam? Not the Dems fault (JFK and LBJ were republicans?). Civil rights? The GOP hates civil rights, and only the more intelligent and just Dems made it happen...it goes on and on. I guess I'm so stupid I never realized how stupid I was. Too stupid to read AP stories, too stupid to subscribe to any leftist newspapers, too stupid to watch the MFM on the tube... ...But smart enough to vote. I cannot wait to hear more about what a racist I am. I'm really looking forward to the grieving Juan Williams tell me all about it on election night. I hope the drinking games are not so intense that I pass out early, but it's a chance I'm willing to take.

Posted by: cali grump at October 18, 2010 08:53 AM (hL0k8)

40 I wonder what language they'll use when Obamacare is repealed. I don't know what language, but I'm sure the term "racism" will appear in there somewhere.

Posted by: carin at October 18, 2010 08:53 AM (xBrqg)

41 More stupid voters, I guess. From Gateway:

Republican Van Tran is tied with far left democrat Loretta Sanchez in CaliforniaÂ’s 47th district.
Obama carried the district in 2008 by 22 points!

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 18, 2010 08:54 AM (ruu60)

42 Who does the AP expect to buy their product, again? Or have they been secretly assured of getting federal funding?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 12:47 PM (Vz9lf)

Newspapers. So they are just playing to their audience.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 18, 2010 08:54 AM (z1N6a)

43 They're so smart, so well educated, so forward-thinking, why doesn't everyone acknowledge their superior intellects?

I'm laughing at the superior intellect.

Posted by: James "Tea Party" Kirk at October 18, 2010 08:54 AM (Ew1k4)

44 The CA GOP is struggling mightily to convince me to stay home. I knew the state party was retarded, but this is retardation in hyperspace.

Posted by: George Orwell at October 18, 2010 08:54 AM (AZGON)

45 Keep it up MFM. You keep dancing on your own dick, now do it with golf spikes.

Posted by: maddogg at October 18, 2010 08:54 AM (OlN4e)

46 I was pretty amazed to see this want not an opinion piece when I saw it pop up on yahoo news - and was hoping we would have a thread on it.

The State Media has been in the tank for Obama/Perlosi since day 1, but this is ridiculous.

Even so, the session of Congress now drawing to a close was the most productive in nearly half a century.

Now stop to think about the use of the word "productive" here. Unemployment is around 20%. The deficit is around $2T. The debt is approaching $14T. This is productive? I'd call it objective failure.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 18, 2010 08:54 AM (7BU4a)

47 #36 - It was a Russian general. I need to look it up, though.

He's been quoted in almost every book about Stalin, and you'd think I'd remember him.

He suggested getting rid of the "active-stupid" immediately, as they're dangerous.

Posted by: Dianna at October 18, 2010 08:54 AM (qrFCz)

48
This diseased fucking notion that passing legislation constitutes an "achievement" has got to go.

Fits perfectly with the mindset 'we have to do something.'
That was their argument during the health care reform debabte: even if this bill isn't perfect (or sucks), we have to do something!

Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 08:54 AM (gM4zK)

49 If this "session of Congress now drawing to a close was the most productive in nearly half a century," why is there no budget and many missing appropriations bills for the current fiscal year.

Posted by: Jose Extranjero at October 18, 2010 08:55 AM (tE8FB)

50 Love him or hate him, that Stalin really got shit done.

Posted by: maddogg at October 18, 2010 08:55 AM (OlN4e)

51 Republican Van Tran is tied with far left democrat Loretta Sanchez in CaliforniaÂ’s 47th district.
Obama carried the district in 2008 by 22 points!

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 18, 2010 12:54 PM (ruu60)

I told you the Vietnamese were going to try to steal my seat. You can't trust those people!!!

Posted by: Loretta Sanchez at October 18, 2010 08:55 AM (7BU4a)

52 Hey, you know who was really productive? Adolf Hitler. Not since the years of enslavement to the Egyptians have so many "big things" happened to the Jews. Love him or hate him, even our Jew-controlled banking system, media and entertainment industry have to agree: the guy got a lot of "stuff" done. Sugartits.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 18, 2010 08:56 AM (NWIaB)

53 A cough that makes you hack up a phlegm ball is also called "productive".

Posted by: MayBee at October 18, 2010 08:56 AM (WetPl)

54 If this "session of Congress now drawing to a close was the most productive in nearly half a century," why is there no budget and many missing appropriations bills for the current fiscal year.

Posted by: Jose Extranjero at October 18, 2010 12:55 PM (tE8FB)

Perhaps they mean productive in the same since Obama was in college? Namely snorting coke and eating fritoes?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 18, 2010 08:56 AM (7BU4a)

55 They said that Idi Amin Dada was productive too.

Posted by: Jose Extranjero at October 18, 2010 08:56 AM (tE8FB)

56
22 - You got it.

The Laundry List/ Democrat Wet Dream - reality check:

_Making college loans more affordable.

How? by making tax payers pay more. OK!

_The Cash for Clunkers program that helped rejuvenate the auto industry.

Wrong. The stimulation only lasted as long as the program, then it was back to reality.

_New consumer protections for credit card users.

Making sure people who make bad personal financial decision have easier access to more irresponsibility .. Bravo! Bad bankers!... bad bankers..!

_Making it easier for women to challenge pay discrimination.

Huh? What year is this? Women have more jobs than men right now. But, OK!

_Increasing federal regulation of tobacco products.

Like there's not enough now? Keep smoking, America - it pays.

_Making attacks based on sexual orientation a federal hate crime.

Layers! Lawyers.

_Giving businesses tax incentives to hire unemployed workers.

OK - all while most business are terrified to hire anyone new because of looming tax hikes and ObamaCare uncertainties.

_Tax credits for first-time homeowners.

Fannie and Freddie! Barney Frank!

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 18, 2010 08:57 AM (0fzsA)

57 Republican Van Tran is tied with far left democrat Loretta Sanchez in CaliforniaÂ’s 47th district.
Obama carried the district in 2008 by 22 points!

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 18, 2010 12:54 PM (ruu60)

Gimme back my seat!

Posted by: Bob Mel Gibson Dornan at October 18, 2010 08:57 AM (BP6Z1)

58 44 The CA GOP is struggling mightily to convince me to stay home. I knew the state party was retarded, but this is retardation in hyperspace. Posted by: George Orwell

This time, it won't work.

I'm glad someone else noticed, though.

Posted by: Dianna at October 18, 2010 08:57 AM (qrFCz)

59 52 Hey, you know who was really productive?

Adolf Hitler.

And organized too! The records in the concentration camps we top notch. And he didn't even have to use a teleprompter!

/Please do not tell Herr Hussein about this, it will give him ideas.

Posted by: shibumi at October 18, 2010 08:58 AM (OKZrE)

60 They said that Jeffrey Dahmer was productive too.

Posted by: Jose Extranjero at October 18, 2010 08:58 AM (tE8FB)

Yes, because trillions more in debt, a health insurance mandate (with rising premiums, 4 million jobs lost, and "cash for clunkers" (I love the assertion in the article that C4C revived the auto industry) is "productive"

Surreal.

Posted by: Jay at October 18, 2010 08:58 AM (zz1BZ)

62 Normally I swing Republican, but I have to admit, the AP makes some very good points here. Sorry to say Democrats will keep both houses and then the voters are going to create a third house and give it to them, too.

Posted by: Relatively Common First Name at October 18, 2010 12:49 PM (zDAlI)

I told you I was going to create more jobs!

Now, who wants to get paid to smear croc jelly on my feet?

Posted by: Barack Obama at October 18, 2010 08:58 AM (7BU4a)

63
This has to be a reprint of a DNC newsletter.

Posted by: Dang Straights at October 18, 2010 08:59 AM (fx8sm)

64 All this productivity talk is giving me ideas for my next groundbreaking column!

Posted by: Tom Friedman at October 18, 2010 08:59 AM (BP6Z1)

65 #36 I found an attribution:

I divide my officers into four classes; the clever, the lazy, the industrious, and the stupid. Each officer possesses at least two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments. Use can be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy however is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations. But whoever is stupid and industrious is a menace and must be removed immediately! - Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, from Truppenf�hrung, a German WWII era field manual.

Now, Napoleon did have the quip that an army of lions led by a rabbit is inferior to an army of rabbits led by a lion.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 18, 2010 08:59 AM (z1N6a)

Hey, you know who was really productive?

Adolf Hitler.

Someone in the comments section of this monstrosity pointed out that Stalin was productive too...

Posted by: Jay at October 18, 2010 08:59 AM (zz1BZ)

67 50 Love him or hate him, that Stalin really got shit done. Posted by: maddogg

Badly, and with maximum body count.

Posted by: Dianna at October 18, 2010 08:59 AM (qrFCz)

68 Congress passed an $814 billion economic stimulus package soon after President Barack Obama took office, tapping a staggering sum of money to avoid a full-blown depression. Democrats have trumpeted the gains from that effort, but know it's not enough for restive voters. "Americans still see themselves in a ditch," said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.

Don't you just love that underlying assumption - that Suckulus actually did something?

Americans still see themselves in a ditch because we are still in a ditch, Hoyer!

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 18, 2010 08:59 AM (9hSKh)

69 I quit reading AP articles a long time ago. Since they changed the name to American Pravda

Posted by: robtr at October 18, 2010 08:59 AM (fwSHf)

70 Never forget: The MFM is our biggest enemy. If they were silenced, the Leftards wouldn't stand a chance. The MFM must be crushed, mocked, humiliated, broken.

Posted by: George Orwell at October 18, 2010 08:59 AM (AZGON)

71
Meanwhile...in France....

those stupid socialist assholes are protesting & striking over the proposal to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.

Have they learned nothing from Greece?

Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 09:00 AM (gM4zK)

72 It used to be that the sounds of revolutionary cries were aimed at an out of control government, lately I've been thinking that it's probably going to be aimed at an out of control MFM first.

Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Pro Debate Team at October 18, 2010 09:00 AM (eCAn3)

#36, 48, I'd always heard it ascribed to Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, chief of the Prussian General Staff all the way through Germany's unification.

BG Cooke was sometimes wrong about things like that, but very very rarely.

Posted by: SGT Dan at October 18, 2010 09:00 AM (QUuUE)

74 I'm here a week now... waiting for a mission... getting softer. Every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Charlie squats in the bush, he gets stronger. Each time I looked around the walls moved in a little tighter.

Posted by: Loretta Sanchez at October 18, 2010 09:00 AM (E0EDC)

75 Producing mountains of debts that we make the private-sector conservatives pay off. What's not to love?

Posted by: APravda at October 18, 2010 09:00 AM (FcR7P)

76 Normally I swing Republican, but I have to admit, the AP makes some very good points here. Sorry to say Democrats will keep both houses and then the voters are going to create a third house and give it to them, too.
Posted by: Relatively Common First Name at October 18, 2010 12:49 PM (zDAlI)

--Who knew snapdragon was a common first name?

Posted by: logprof at October 18, 2010 09:00 AM (BP6Z1)

@36

German.

Posted by: maddogg at October 18, 2010 09:00 AM (OlN4e)

The Cash for Clunkers program that helped rejuvenate the auto industry.

I would love for the propagandist writing this to provide proof of that.

Posted by: Jay at October 18, 2010 09:00 AM (zz1BZ)

79 We moved you from that filthy hole in Africa, gave you jobs, a place to live and free food. What else do you ungrateful bastards want?

Posted by: Slave Traders at October 18, 2010 09:01 AM (IhQuA)

80 That Great Leap Forward was one of the most productive political agendas we've ever seen.

Posted by: The Associated Press at October 18, 2010 09:01 AM (QKKT0)

81 49 If this "session of Congress now drawing to a close was the most productive in nearly half a century," why is there no budget and many missing appropriations bills for the current fiscal year.

Posted by: Jose Extranjero at October 18, 2010 12:55 PM (tE8FB)

LOL... yeah... they were so productive that they did not do their PRIMARY job, of funding the Government.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 18, 2010 09:01 AM (AdK6a)

82
Have they learned nothing from Greece?

Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 01:00 PM (gM4zK)

--Yeah, raise hell to shake down the Germans.

Posted by: logprof at October 18, 2010 09:02 AM (BP6Z1)

83 Thanks for finding the attribution!

Posted by: Dianna at October 18, 2010 09:02 AM (qrFCz)

84 those stupid socialist assholes are protesting & striking over the proposal to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. Have they learned nothing from Greece? They have nice islands for a long holiday. We get six weeks by law, fuckers.

Posted by: The French blindly marching into insolvency at October 18, 2010 09:03 AM (AZGON)

85 those stupid socialist assholes are protesting & striking over the proposal to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.

Have they learned nothing from Greece?

They learned that if you burn enough shit, the Germans will bail you out.

Posted by: Methos at October 18, 2010 09:03 AM (Ew1k4)

#65, Napoleon cribbed that one from Alexander the Great.

As for the German source of the quote, wonder if he cribbed it or if BG Cooke was wrong.

Posted by: SGT Dan at October 18, 2010 09:03 AM (GgXZc)

Yep. Gotta agree. Most productive since the last administration that couldn't let a crisis go to waste in order to advance the chains on their socialist agenda.

I really... really... hate... effing... socialists.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 18, 2010 09:04 AM (RkRxq)

88 Soon the AP will be telling us about chocolate rations going up.

Posted by: George Orwell at October 18, 2010 09:04 AM (AZGON)

89
"The American public is either crazy, stupid, or racist," and unable to recognize a great piece of ass when they see one, especially a red headed vamp who will swallow.

Posted by: Maureen Dowd, Presidential Knob Gobbler at October 18, 2010 09:04 AM (v1gw3)

90 Hey France, how about we wipe out your debt in exchange for all your women under 40?

Easy-peasy. Everybody wins.

Posted by: China at October 18, 2010 09:04 AM (BP6Z1)

91 I had to drink two liters of laxative in five hours to prepare for a colonoscopy a few weeks ago. I was incredibly productive for the entire day, and my output was very similar in appearance and odor to the product we've gotten from this Congress.

Posted by: Cicero at October 18, 2010 09:04 AM (QKKT0)

92 Stop the racist democrats.

Ryan could use some funds for those able to help.

www.frazierforcolorado.com/

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 18, 2010 09:05 AM (ruu60)

93 Harry Reid is right President Obama is just like the Chilean miners: http://tinyurl.com/2v4hxcn "It was like the Chilean miners, but he, being the man he is, rolled up his sleeves and said 'I am going to get us out of this hole,"Â This analogy has legs, you have no chance GOP once this quote goes viralÂ ha ha

Posted by: palin steele at October 18, 2010 09:05 AM (pvcLk)

Same planet, different worlds.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 18, 2010 09:06 AM (3jxR/)

95 Megyn Kelly just called the Chandra Levy killer an "illegal immigrant".

Posted by: Vic at October 18, 2010 09:06 AM (/jbAw)

28--they're not worried about repeal because they know:

1-the opposition is weak; and

b-the 52% are still out there

Posted by: les grossman at October 18, 2010 09:07 AM (K/USr)

97 When a bull produces too much bullshit, i have the vet visit, not reward the bull for being productive.

Posted by: Penfold at October 18, 2010 09:07 AM (1PeEC)

98 96 Megyn Kelly just called the Chandra Levy killer an "illegal immigrant".

Posted by: Vic at October 18, 2010 01:06 PM (/jbAw)

I thought her case was unsolved.

Posted by: logprof at October 18, 2010 09:08 AM (BP6Z1)

99 Dick Harpootlian on Fox now mad at the DNC for "abandoning" SC but all he can do on Fox is spread more lies about Nikki Haley.

Posted by: Vic at October 18, 2010 09:08 AM (/jbAw)

100 But, but, but ... we passed a lot of bills! And, yes, even one Republican vote is sufficient to declare a passed piece of legislation "bipartisan".
BTW, modesty has prohibited my saying so, but I passed a lot of gas over the past twenty-two months and I demand some major league gratitude, you ungrateful whelps!
* taps foot impatiently * I'm waiting ...

Posted by: ya2daup at October 18, 2010 09:08 AM (UzjcV)

101 So this piece fell under AP's "News" category. Can you imagine what official commentary sponsored by the AP will be like henceforth? Probably a cross of the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf.

Posted by: George Orwell at October 18, 2010 09:08 AM (AZGON)

102 I hope we can still stay friends.
Posted by: America

Bad approach. When you break up with someone, salt the earth and never look back.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 09:08 AM (Vz9lf)

103

I thought her case was unsolved.

Posted by: logprof at October 18, 2010 01:08 PM (BP6Z1)

Now they have a serial rapist in custody.

Posted by: Vic at October 18, 2010 09:09 AM (/jbAw)

104 well, I do hate them, and I believe that's the first true statement I've read in the AP in quite a long time.....

Posted by: the Butcher at October 18, 2010 09:10 AM (8g9qq)

105 Cash for Clunkers made older used cars more expensive. You know, the kind of cheap cars that the working poor absolutely depend on. No biggie.

Posted by: lauraw at October 18, 2010 09:10 AM (APijA)

106 Harry Reid is right President Obama is just like the Chilean miners:

http://tinyurl.com/2v4hxcn

"It was like the Chilean miners, but he, being the man he is, rolled up his sleeves and said 'I am going to get us out of this hole,"

This analogy has legs, you have no chance GOP once this quote goes viral ha ha

Posted by: palin steele at October 18, 2010 01:05 PM (pvcLk)

I have no idea whether this is a sockpuppet or the actual dum dum.

Either way, it's freakin' hilarious.

Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at October 18, 2010 09:10 AM (E0EDC)

107 Harry Reid is right President Obama is just like the Chilean miners

I was thinking Cleveland steamers.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 18, 2010 09:11 AM (zDAlI)

108
Drudge has a lot of "angry Obama" pics up. He's got an awesome job. So easy.. read the RSS feeds.. pick up some crazy stories.. pick some serious stories.. pick a couple of funny pics of Pelosi or Clinton or Obama. Done for the day.

Posted by: IreneFingIrene at October 18, 2010 09:13 AM (JNqU9)

109 I'm gonna miss Hairy Reed, like a boil on the ass.

Posted by: maddogg at October 18, 2010 09:13 AM (OlN4e)

110 Speaking of the "productive" getting no "respect," The VFW is going to shut down the PAC that made all those ridiculous endorsements of anti-war Democrats.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at October 18, 2010 09:13 AM (Snu7z)

111 Harry Reid is right President Obama is just like the Chilean miners He got himself into a deadly hole along with his co-workers, and relied on the charity of others for rescue. And he also had a mistress on the side?

Posted by: George Orwell at October 18, 2010 09:14 AM (AZGON)

112 I've seen more balance in a DNC press release than in this "report" ...

Posted by: Jeff at October 18, 2010 09:14 AM (A3tpD)

113 112 Speaking of the "productive" getting no "respect," The VFW is going to shut down the PAC that made all those ridiculous endorsements of anti-war Democrats.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at October 18, 2010 01:13 PM (Snu7z)

--About time.

Posted by: logprof at October 18, 2010 09:15 AM (BP6Z1)

114 Speaking of the "productive" getting no "respect," The VFW is going to shut down the PAC that made all those ridiculous endorsements of anti-war Democrats.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at October 18, 2010 01:13 PM (Snu7z)

Yeah well fuck them it's too late. I already went down and and told them to stick it.

Posted by: robtr at October 18, 2010 09:15 AM (fwSHf)

115

I'm gonna miss Hairy Reed, like a boil on the ass.

C'mon! I know I'm not exactly pleasant, but there's no need to get all insulting about it.

Posted by: Ass Boils Everywhere at October 18, 2010 09:15 AM (E0EDC)

116

Bad approach. When you break up with someone, salt the earth and never look back.

Maybe you can clear this up for me, Heather. Why do women always cut their hair after a breakup?

Posted by: Soona at October 18, 2010 09:15 AM (HsoiQ)

117 Okay, I'm actually starting to worry about this now. The MSM and the Dems are so far into denial of reality I find myself wondering what they've got up their collective sleeve.

I mean, it seems almost impossible that they could be this ignorant of the truth and/or deranged. So is all this happy-talk and bogus poll results setting up for a massive vote fraud operation?

And if so, what do we do about it? Watching the polls doesn't matter if they're just inventing results out of whole cloth. All our talk about torches and pitchforks is, frankly, just talk.

I wonder if we need to start setting up alternative lines of communication, and reaching out to governments beyond the U.S. which might support a pro-democracy movement here . . .

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 18, 2010 09:15 AM (Z+rhq)

118

I have no idea whether this is a sockpuppet or the actual dum dum.

Either way, it's freakin' hilarious.

Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at October 18, 2010 01:10 PM (E0EDC)

--I can't tell either: It used capitalization, but also a run-on sentece.

I agree it's funny as hell though.

Posted by: logprof at October 18, 2010 09:16 AM (BP6Z1)

119 Not since Kaiser Wilhelm I have so many big things been done so quickly-the military rebuilt, German prestige restored-and yet the Jews hate it.

Posted by: Der Stuermer, c. 1937 at October 18, 2010 09:16 AM (5aa4z)

120 I have no idea whether this is a sockpuppet or the actual dum dum.

I think there's be more fanfare if it was the actual dum dum. Or like a post from ace explaining that he had lifted dummy's ban because our current trolls are just not up to the task.

Posted by: Methos at October 18, 2010 09:16 AM (Ew1k4)

121 112 Speaking of the "productive" getting no "respect," The VFW is going to shut down the PAC that made all those ridiculous endorsements of anti-war Democrats.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at October 18, 2010 01:13 PM (Snu7z)

Shitheads losing their jobs. Obama will count them as jobs he created and saved, and this time I could give a shit.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 18, 2010 09:16 AM (RkRxq)

122 Hey Donkeys, if we're stupid, how come all the dumpy broads are liberal? Hey O', if you're so smart, why'd you marry the bitch with the giant fat ass? If you need me, I'll be back in bed having wild sex with my gorgeous, conservative, crazy Italian wife.

Posted by: cali grump at October 18, 2010 09:17 AM (hL0k8)

123 110 Drudge has a lot of "angry Obama" pics up.
Posted by: IreneFingIrene at October 18, 2010 01:13 PM (JNqU9)

Funny, they look like "raving Obama" or "losing it Obama" to me

Posted by: ya2daup at October 18, 2010 09:17 AM (UzjcV)

124 I wonder if we need to start setting up alternative lines of communication, and reaching out to governments beyond the U.S. which might support a pro-democracy movement here . . .

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 18, 2010 01:15 PM (Z+rhq)

WTF?

Posted by: robtr at October 18, 2010 09:17 AM (fwSHf)

125 As the great Walter Duranty once said: "You wanna see productive? Check out these Soviet farms. Productive. As. Fuck. And then you've got these ungrateful Ukrainians pretending to starve and die. They don't appreciate shit, obviously." Or words to that effect.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 18, 2010 09:18 AM (NWIaB)

126 I think there's be more fanfare if it was the actual dum dum. Or like a post from ace explaining that he had lifted dummy's ban because our current trolls are just not up to the task.

Posted by: Methos at October 18, 2010 01:16 PM (Ew1k4)

fuck you

Posted by: Jimmy Joe, archie bunker and George W Bush at October 18, 2010 09:18 AM (BP6Z1)

127 I've got a hunch that the NRA will have to drop some of their one issue tunnel vision view of things in the near future and take in a little wider field of vision.

Posted by: maddogg at October 18, 2010 09:19 AM (OlN4e)

128 I suppose someone dispensing a lot of crap could be called "productive"...

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at October 18, 2010 09:19 AM (fxACH)

129 Okay, I'm actually starting to worry about this now. The MSM and the Dems are so far into denial of reality I find myself wondering what they've got up their collective sleeve. The opposite thing frightens me. Even Rush noted today how many in the MFM and even Barry himself in that NYT article are already making excuses for losses that haven't happened yet. This rush to soap each others' backs on the right and the gloom on the left makes me think November will not be so victorious. Sort of like in the equities markets, when the sentiment is universally bullish, the bear is just around the corner.

Posted by: George Orwell at October 18, 2010 09:19 AM (AZGON)

130 Or like a post from ace explaining that he had lifted dummy's ban because our current trolls are just not up to the task.

Hey!

Posted by: BMXHemorrhoid at October 18, 2010 09:19 AM (5aa4z)

131 Speaking of the "productive" getting no "respect," The VFW is going to shut down the PAC that made all those ridiculous endorsements of anti-war Democrats.

I'd love to see just one ad showing some Dem bragging about the VFW 'endorsement' followed by the news the VFW PAC was being disbanded for its endorsement choices.

Posted by: Methos at October 18, 2010 09:19 AM (Ew1k4)

132

I wonder what the AP's favorite flavor of pudding is.

Posted by: California Red at October 18, 2010 09:21 AM (smPb6)

133 I'd love to see just one ad showing some Dem bragging about the VFW 'endorsement' followed by the news the VFW PAC was being disbanded for its endorsement choices.

Heh. The Dems endorsed by VFW are the first known cases of somebody getting syphilis from a hummer.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at October 18, 2010 09:21 AM (5aa4z)

134 Mao's Great Leap Forward was very productive - producing lots of low quality steel, shoddy infrastructure projects, and many, many deaths.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 18, 2010 09:22 AM (9hSKh)

135 If the Dems are confident because they know the election results have already been printed up, then I'm absolutely serious about looking for foreign help. We might need it. I'm not being defeatist here -- I'm certainly going to vote and volunteer for GOTV efforts locally. But if there's a wave of "surprising" Democrat victories, then I'm through with electoral politics. If the Democrats destroy democracy then it's time to use something else.

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 18, 2010 09:23 AM (Z+rhq)

136 Elderly and poor. Go F yourself AP. Obamacare affects ALL OF US. Stop Lying to bring about the glorious socialist dawn.

Posted by: DavidM at October 18, 2010 09:23 AM (R/e5b)

137 I got hold of some bad fish the other night and had an extremely productive evening on the toilet. However, surprisingly I don't view the experience as a happy one.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at October 18, 2010 09:23 AM (Baf0e)

138 138 If the Dems are confident because they know the election results have already been printed up, then I'm absolutely serious about looking for foreign help. We might need it. I'm not being defeatist here -- I'm certainly going to vote and volunteer for GOTV efforts locally. But if there's a wave of "surprising" Democrat victories, then I'm through with electoral politics. If the Democrats destroy democracy then it's time to use something else.

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 18, 2010 01:23 PM (Z+rhq)

You want us to monitor your elections?

Posted by: United Nations at October 18, 2010 09:23 AM (BP6Z1)

139 Methos, whatever do you mean? Raykon will get his feeling hurt, well, just as soon as someone explains it to him, or he comes out of his latest coma or wherever he goes when he disappears for periods.

Posted by: maddogg at October 18, 2010 09:24 AM (OlN4e)

140 Maybe you can clear this up for me, Heather. Why do women always cut their hair after a breakup?

If you're going to be looking for a new man, you need cute hair.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 09:24 AM (Vz9lf)

141 Don't call me stupid.

Posted by: crazy racist at October 18, 2010 09:25 AM (g4J4S)

142 Don't call me racist.

Posted by: stupid crazy at October 18, 2010 09:25 AM (g4J4S)

143 Seriously -- how would one get in touch with Mossad, or India's intelligence service? Those are about the only other countries that seem to give a fuck about actual democracy nowadays.

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 18, 2010 09:26 AM (Z+rhq)

144 Contempt as an election strategy? Worked better in '08.

Posted by: chicagorefugee at October 18, 2010 09:26 AM (gmdCJ)

145 The MSM and the Dems are so far into denial of reality I find myself wondering what they've got up their collective sleeve.

Um, listen to any liberal talk about Islam or, to the opposite extreme, Global Warming. They really are that separated from reality and the consequences of their actions. The best part is that they didn't really believe they needed to have their cheating operations applied as far and wide as this election would require, so whatever they do will be easier to spot.

Posted by: Methos at October 18, 2010 09:26 AM (Ew1k4)

146 Don't call me crazy.

Posted by: stupid racist at October 18, 2010 09:26 AM (g4J4S)

147

<i>the hard-fought debut of government-supported health care for the elderly and poor have so many big things </i>

Utter bullshit. Medicare passed with large majorities.

Posted by: TallDave at October 18, 2010 09:27 AM (/s1LA)

148 I was watching Cashin In this weekend which had Julian Epstein(Clinton Buttboy) stating that programs like C4C helped address the structural unemployment in the auto industry. Unfortunately, the host did not ask him to explain what he meant. Why even invite these people on your show if you don't challenge their assertions?

Posted by: directionally challenged guy at October 18, 2010 09:27 AM (V+DKx)

149 The public wasn't thrilled with our most productive sessions, either

Posted by: The Reichstagg at October 18, 2010 09:28 AM (HLGCA)

150 go ahead, trash the miners America knows what true heroism is. and that if Obama were in that mine he'd be their LEADER, thats what a leader does. he would DIRECT the drills and recuers from beneath the ground, let the GOP stand around and be the party of no, we'll see whose cheering when the first man comes out lol

Posted by: palin steele at October 18, 2010 09:28 AM (pvcLk)

151 This Congress, productive? They don't know from productivity.

It is to laugh.

Posted by: Pol Pot at October 18, 2010 09:28 AM (g4J4S)

152 143 If you're going to be looking for a new man, you need cute hair.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 01:24 PM (Vz9lf)

Now I'm confused: the previous man liked un-cute hair or you'd rather not continue to cater to his taste?

Posted by: ya2daup at October 18, 2010 09:29 AM (UzjcV)

153 I feel your pain Obama!

Posted by: Hugo Chavez at October 18, 2010 09:29 AM (V+DKx)

154

Maybe you can clear this up for me, Heather. Why do women always cut their hair after a breakup?

If you're going to be looking for a new man, you need cute hair.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 01:24 PM (Vz9lf)

So, you're admitting that once a woman has her man, the grooming stops. Hmmmm.

Posted by: Soona at October 18, 2010 09:30 AM (HsoiQ)

155 For the Record: I have more respect for Billy the Exterminator than Congress, or the Pres.

Posted by: Pelvis at October 18, 2010 09:31 AM (LlaBi)

156

Yeah, let's examine that second possibility -- "hate them" -- a bit further. Perhaps it will shed light on this mystery.

hah

Posted by: rdbrewer at October 18, 2010 09:31 AM (8Ma0a)

157 146 Seriously -- how would one get in touch with Mossad, or India's intelligence service? Those are about the only other countries that seem to give a fuck about actual democracy nowadays.
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 18, 2010 01:26 PM (Z+rhq)

Not sure this is the best way, but if you made some very public threatening remarks about prominent leaders in these two countries, I'm sure they'd show you some lovin' ...

Posted by: ya2daup at October 18, 2010 09:31 AM (UzjcV)

158 @137 Kratos

OT, but I am reading Mao's Great Famine (Dikotter is the author) right now. Someone, probably Monty, but i don't have time to check, had put up a post on that book a few weeks/month ago.

Posted by: Penfold at October 18, 2010 09:31 AM (1PeEC)

159

So, you're admitting that once a woman has her man, the grooming stops. Hmmmm.

Posted by: Soona at October 18, 2010 01:30 PM (HsoiQ)

Just like guys stop covering up belches and such.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 18, 2010 09:32 AM (z1N6a)

160

How do we measure success in legislation?

Volume!

Posted by: Congressional Democrats at October 18, 2010 09:32 AM (sOtz/)

161 "Republicans obstructed it."

Except Dems have a huge majorities in the Senate and the HoR (catchy 'nym, eh?). Must have been Boehner's Jedi mind tricks, and McConnell's ... errr, um, ah, ...

Posted by: kcs at October 18, 2010 09:33 AM (/8qpd)

162 This Congress has done GREAT things!

Posted by: John Hurt in the wand shop talking to Harry Potter at October 18, 2010 09:34 AM (sOtz/)

163 *laugh*

you'd rather not continue to cater to his taste

This. Of course, the one time I cut my hair for spite, I had to wear a hat for two months...

But I stand by my original "salt the earth" post. If you don't, they keep coming back to screw up your new life. Dump the Democrats and change our phone number.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 09:34 AM (Vz9lf)

164 I just heard that FOTUS is here/coming to my town today. Explains why my dog and cat are acting strangely.

Posted by: Tami at October 18, 2010 09:34 AM (VuLos)

165

143 Maybe you can clear this up for me, Heather. Why do women always cut their hair after a breakup?

If you're going to be looking for a new man, you need cute hair.

Yep.

Posted by: EZB at October 18, 2010 09:35 AM (Ty06w)

166

How do we measure success in legislation?

Nationalize everything!

Posted by: Hugo Chavez at October 18, 2010 09:35 AM (V+DKx)

167 159 ... Billy the Exterminator ...
Posted by: Pelvis at October 18, 2010 01:31 PM (LlaBi)

Clean, well-spoken Louisianan who knows his stuff ... he'll do. Donnie, his mother, on the other hand, is a meddlesome piece of work.

Posted by: ya2daup at October 18, 2010 09:35 AM (UzjcV)

168

Just like guys stop covering up belches and such.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 18, 2010 01:32 PM (z1N6a)

But trapping a chick under the covers with a full-blown skunk fart will forever remain the standard of conduct for manly-men, but not the faggy metrosexual Shep Smith types.

Posted by: Charlie Crist at October 18, 2010 09:36 AM (v1gw3)

169

Now I'm confused: the previous man liked un-cute hair or you'd rather not continue to cater to his taste?

Both, plus you're moving into a new chapter of yoru life so you change as much as you can to forget a negative past.

Posted by: EZB at October 18, 2010 09:37 AM (Ty06w)

170 Mallamut, I think you mean 22 years ago.

Posted by: Hugo Chavez at October 18, 2010 09:39 AM (V+DKx)

171 If you're going to be looking for a new man, you need ~~cute hair a pushup bra and round heels.~~

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 18, 2010 09:40 AM (NWIaB)

172
Posted by: Have Blue at October 18, 2010 12:52 PM (mV+es)

Uhhh, you lost me at "Megyn Kelly just teased".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 18, 2010 09:40 AM (P9+0W)

173

Just like guys stop covering up belches and such.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 18, 2010 01:32 PM (z1N6a)

We just fart and belch real polite-like when we're courtn' the women folk.

Posted by: Soona at October 18, 2010 09:41 AM (HsoiQ)

174 ace deleted one comment of mine Sunday but got scared after I called him an asswipe plus he's knows Im right also Harry Reid made the comparison between the miners and Obama, good move because it makes the president look modest not saying it himself. the dems have figured out all the angles just wait and see until November

Posted by: palin steele at October 18, 2010 09:41 AM (pvcLk)

175 163 @137 Kratos

OT, but I am reading Mao's Great Famine (Dikotter is the author) right now. Someone, probably Monty, but i don't have time to check, had put up a post on that book a few weeks/month ago.
Posted by: Penfold

It's excellent. Check his bibliography, particularly if you're comfortable in other languages than English - which I'm not. I think there's a lot of extra material, there.

Posted by: Dianna at October 18, 2010 09:42 AM (qrFCz)

176 Dammit.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 18, 2010 09:42 AM (NWIaB)

177 Shameless propaganda.

Posted by: King Friday at October 18, 2010 09:42 AM (wyMrZ)

178 Excuse me, Mr. Obama, who is the slurpee sucker?

A pic you can't miss!

Posted by: momma at October 18, 2010 09:43 AM (penCf)

179 177 15 days. Stay turgid, my friends.
Posted by: the most interesting voter in the world at October 18, 2010 01:37 PM (S5YRY)

"Turgid" is a little to earthy; "tumescent" on the other hand ...

By the way, great quotes for the most interesting man in the world. Perhaps the most interesting ewok in the world deserves similar plaudits and accolades.

Posted by: ya2daup at October 18, 2010 09:43 AM (UzjcV)

180 Not sure who Susan Estrich's plastic surgeon was but damn, however it was, if there is a Nobel Prize for plastic surgery, that person deserves it.

I hope he didn't mess with her crazy eyes. That's her best feature.

I'm still convinced that Estrich is actually Harvey Fierstein in drag. The voice is a dead giveaway.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 18, 2010 09:44 AM (P9+0W)

181 #37: They're so smart, so well educated, so forward-thinking, why doesn't everyone acknowledge their superior intellects? Why aren't they the ones reaping rewards[...]
Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs

"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."

To "time" and "chance" I would add "galactic stupid".

Posted by: jwpaine at October 18, 2010 09:45 AM (g4J4S)

182 Actually women cutting their hair after a break up is counter-productive (there's that word again).

Most men like long hair on a woman.

Posted by: Vic at October 18, 2010 09:51 AM (/jbAw)

183 "The American public is either crazy, stupid, or racist," and unable to recognize a great piece of ass when they see one, especially a red headed vamp who will swallow.
Posted by: Maureen Dowd, Presidential Knob Gobbler

You swallow? Damn, I may have to re-evaluate my entire opinion of you.

Posted by: jwpaine at October 18, 2010 09:57 AM (g4J4S)

184

We just fart and belch real polite-like when we're courtn' the women folk.

Posted by: Soona at October 18, 2010 01:41 PM (HsoiQ)

That's right. Instead of 120 decibel foghorn earthshakers we just ease the farts out in squeaks. It's cuter that way.

Posted by: ErikW at October 18, 2010 10:01 AM (Zlwx3)

185 Well, yeah, the Khmer Rouge were "productive", too, during Year Zero. And yet, the Khmer people -- those who survived -- don't seem grateful or supportive, either...furious

Posted by: furious at October 18, 2010 10:03 AM (3bo9E)

186 Obama to appear on Mythbusters

The jokes write themselves . . .

Posted by: filbert at October 18, 2010 10:03 AM (smvTK)

187 Productive, in the same way as John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy

Posted by: phreshone at October 18, 2010 10:07 AM (1AnxB)

188 Passing legislation is not the same as actually doing something.

Posted by: kansas at October 18, 2010 10:12 AM (mka2b)

189

#175. <i>Volume!

Most pages passed by a Congress.

Heaviest legislation passed by a Congress.</i>

Like Sheldon J. Plankton on 'Spongebob', who believes speaking loudly makes him appear more intelligent....furious

Posted by: furious at October 18, 2010 10:15 AM (3bo9E)

190 OT: After all this time, I just figured out why we call ourselves "morons." It's because the Left is full of idiots, which makes us geniuses by comparison. Bitter, clinging geniuses.

Posted by: jwpaine at October 18, 2010 10:15 AM (g4J4S)

191 The most productive Congress evah, to, um, not pass a budget.

Posted by: Urquhart at October 18, 2010 10:21 AM (lhkyO)

192 Step 1: You all are defective [ie, "crazy, stupid, or racist", bitter clingers, etc.] Step 2: Defectives must be "caaaared for." By us Progs. Cuz we know better. See? Simple. *nudge*nudge*

Posted by: Cass Sunstein at October 18, 2010 10:22 AM (l1oyw)

193 The Obama Administration passed the "All Americans Will Have Their Assets Liquidated And Given To President Obama" Bill during the first two years of his presidency, and voters remain inexplicably upset at the progress. It would seem Americans refuse to appreciate Mr. Obama's thoughtful vision...

Posted by: The MFM and the AP But Mostly the MFM... and the AP at October 18, 2010 10:23 AM (swuwV)

194 Most productive? If someone takes several craps a day, does that make them "productive" too?

Posted by: Grayson at October 18, 2010 10:32 AM (LGTQ4)

195

Most productive? If someone takes several craps a day, does that make them "productive" too?

A lot of little craps? Or big craps? At journalism school we learned to look beyond the superficial part of the story. There's real math and science involved here, skippy.

Posted by: The MFM at October 18, 2010 10:36 AM (QKKT0)

196 I'd love to see just one ad showing some Dem bragging about the VFW 'endorsement' followed by the news the VFW PAC was being disbanded for its endorsement choices.
Posted by: Methos

Tom Perriello, D-VA. He has been running it for a couple of weeks. The local press hasn't had anything on the VFW PAC and won't.

Posted by: MrCaniac at October 18, 2010 10:37 AM (aaULJ)

197 Productive? No. Prolific? Yes.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at October 18, 2010 10:38 AM (iXYhK)

198 Productive. You keep saying that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

Posted by: evil libertarian at October 18, 2010 10:44 AM (IQo5y)

199
I'm sorry, are there nuances hidden in that idea that I'm missing?

Of course. You're just an Ewok, you know. Nuance and subtlety aren't in your vocabulary.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at October 18, 2010 10:44 AM (1hM1d)

200 Hey there! Don't forget I'm productive too!

Posted by: Peter North at October 18, 2010 10:48 AM (2g2ex)

201

the session of Congress now drawing to a close was the most productive destructive in nearly half a century.

The weeping, bitching and finger pointing of the MFM is on par with the Democrat Party. Oh wait..they are one in the same thing

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 18, 2010 10:53 AM (1Jaio)

202

Why do the Dems and their media mouthpieces think that enacting a bunch of really bad laws should be viewed as a good thing?

What do they think we are, stupid? (Don't answer that, I'm being facetious... of course, they think we're stupid. It worked in 2006 and 2008, almost worked in 2004.)

Posted by: Marty at October 18, 2010 11:03 AM (xWFCX)

203
Even so, the session of Congress now drawing to a close was the most productive in nearly half a century.

By the AP's criteria, Katrina was the most productive storm of this century.

Posted by: Brown Line at October 18, 2010 11:11 AM (VrNoa)

204 Yes, Congress has been "productive." It produced the world's biggest dog-end, and wants to be praised like a toddler who's learned to "go potty."

But hey, they've been productive.

Are these people really this stupid? (Yeah, I know.)

Posted by: Beverly at October 18, 2010 11:15 AM (ecy+T)

205 I had this "productive" cough that brought up all this yellow crap. Productive like that?

Posted by: kansas at October 18, 2010 11:28 AM (mka2b)

206

Gary Condit was an illegal immigrant?

Only in California would they elect murdering illegals to Congress

Posted by: The Q at October 18, 2010 12:05 PM (pfStM)

207 Well, yeah. And diarrhea could be considered "productive". And projectile vomiting. And a festering boil. All of which produce the same thing as this congress has. Crap, puke, and fetid pus.

Posted by: antisocialist at October 18, 2010 01:00 PM (Rwudm)

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