August 07, 2010
— Ace Just got back from The Other Guys.
The end credits are Michael Moore-ish in amassing statistics that make capitalism look bad, but mostly they're about... TARP and its beneficiaries, especially Goldman Sachs. Which I notice are none too popular with conservatives either.
So I'm going to call this attempted liberal messaging, which mostly kinda failed, because a lot of populist minded conservatives will find the overall thrust of it agreeable. Even if it is, ultimately, intended as an indictment of capitalism, conservatism, and Bush.
So, putting aside that warning about bias:
One of the funniest movies in a long, long time. Like, the funniest movie since MacGruber six months ago. No, but really, it's funny. (So was MacGruber, in fact.)
It's a Will Ferrell movie, so as always if you don't like him (as many don't), this isn't for you. If you do, though-- hysterical.
And Mark Wahlberg's funny too, as a perpetually-angry thick-witted thug. Quite a stretch for him.
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Best line ever by Wahlberg.
Posted by: Darth Rove at August 07, 2010 03:00 PM (GfYt/)
Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at August 07, 2010 03:01 PM (C45Uw)
Pass until I can watch it for 5 bucks. Maybe.
Are we forced to see Ferrell's flabby body in this one?
Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 07, 2010 03:02 PM (IRwVS)
Austrian theory represent.
Posted by: Evil Red Scandi at August 07, 2010 03:02 PM (khet/)
Best line.
Blah Blah is not here right now, they are out cracking walnuts with their man mind.
Here
Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at August 07, 2010 03:04 PM (C45Uw)
Posted by: Doc at August 07, 2010 03:04 PM (MYT77)
Posted by: Darth Rove at August 07, 2010 03:05 PM (GfYt/)
If I'd ever direct a film with Mark Wahlberg, there would have to be a scene where Wahlberg and another character are listening to Marky-Mark and the Funky Brunch and Wahlberg would be forced defend that band from the other character's harsh critique.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 07, 2010 03:05 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at August 07, 2010 03:06 PM (ndlFj)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 03:06 PM (0UfIS)
Dude, your a comic, not a brain surgeon. Make us laugh, forgot our troubles and then cash your check and shut up.
Posted by: Mallamutt at August 07, 2010 07:02 PM (OWjjx)
I also sing and do the hokey-pokey. Is that OK?
Posted by: Will Ferrel at August 07, 2010 03:06 PM (v1gw3)
GD, what is with the Mayflower puppet Bachmann ad? It gives me the creeps.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 07:06 PM (0UfIS)
Posted by: Howdy Doody at August 07, 2010 03:07 PM (v1gw3)
Honestly though ace, how many movies are made anymore that are openly biased like that?
If we quit watching them on that score we would all quit watching movies period.
Its when they get to the Michael Moore level of teh stupid that we have to throw up the hands. The entire purpose of the movie is commie propaganda.
You can get that for free just by turning on NBC.
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 03:08 PM (/jbAw)
Think only your Frat brothers would laugh with you.
You ate Graham Crackers out of another man's ass?
[they were never laughing with you]
Posted by: garrett at August 07, 2010 03:09 PM (UWGou)
Posted by: eman at August 07, 2010 03:09 PM (PyMkZ)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at August 07, 2010 03:09 PM (wd0Iq)
Will Ferrell indicting capitalism. I suppose he has no investments and gives all his money to USC.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 07, 2010 03:10 PM (IRwVS)
...and admit it, Ace.
You bought the ticket to 'the Other Guys', but you snuck in to see 'Step Up 3D'.
Posted by: garrett at August 07, 2010 03:10 PM (UWGou)
Posted by: GarandFan at August 07, 2010 03:12 PM (XaWFq)
Posted by: mbruce at August 07, 2010 03:12 PM (Fr8N6)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at August 07, 2010 03:12 PM (hsBue)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at August 07, 2010 03:13 PM (kJXs1)
Posted by: eman at August 07, 2010 03:13 PM (PyMkZ)
Posted by: ChicagoJedi at August 07, 2010 03:14 PM (WZFkG)
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 03:15 PM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at August 07, 2010 07:13 PM (kJXs1)
Gabe would never create such an insensitive title. Then again, he was brought in, in part, to combat the east coast bias.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 07, 2010 03:16 PM (IRwVS)
I have mixed feelings about Wahlberg. Uneven actor, although he sometimes hits it out of the park (Boogie Nights, The Departed), and when he does, it's great stuff.
But every time I see him on screen with a gun in his hand, it pisses me off. Because he's a fucking FELON. In possession of a firearm, which is piling up felonies on felonies......if it were some regular no-name schmuck, of course.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2010 03:16 PM (P9+0W)
In general, almost all of Will Ferrell's are funny in concept. The problem is they don't get fleshed out and the main idea behind it gets old pretty quickly into the movie.
The guy was hilarious on Saturday Night Live, but he didn't have to carry it for the full show and he had writers backing him up. He's been the same character over and over again for years, which would still be okay if he had the writing to support it, but it's clearly not there.
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 03:16 PM (NALrv)
That's pretty bad for the movie biz when it's cheaper to buy the blu-ray than go see the movie in the theaters.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 07, 2010 03:17 PM (c0A3e)
Libertarian is teh ghey!! *points and discriminates*
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 07, 2010 03:18 PM (5Xf3c)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at August 07, 2010 03:19 PM (xO+6C)
Well, think about it, isn't that the proper place for them?
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 03:21 PM (NALrv)
Damn, I knew it has been a while since I went to the movies but does it now cost $25.00 for a ticket?
That's about what the average blu-ray cost now.
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 03:21 PM (/jbAw)
Will Ferrell is a overflowing bucket of fail. Is he still doing his manchild shtick? Haven't been to the theaters in over a year, I bet another (at least) will pass before I do end up going.
Posted by: Sam at August 07, 2010 03:22 PM (Cxsey)
You know what movie is fucking funny? Trading Places. Why watch some new dreck when I can watch Trading Places over and over?
Also - Trading Places was the zenith of Al Franken's career.
Posted by: Alec Leamas at August 07, 2010 03:22 PM (hVc5X)
The only people who seem to find Will Ferrell funny are tweener girls and gays. Never known a normal guy who thought a damned thing he did was humorous.
Just my opinion, and hey: your mileage isn't going to fucking vary. It is what it is.
Posted by: Velociman at August 07, 2010 03:22 PM (Q8mEH)
Posted by: eman at August 07, 2010 03:23 PM (PyMkZ)
That's about what the average blu-ray cost now.
Oops, my mistake. It doesn't cost that much yet, although some movies are getting around $20 a ticket if you go see it in 3D.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 07, 2010 03:23 PM (c0A3e)
That's about what the average blu-ray cost now.
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 07:21 PM (/jbAw
We have a theater here, state of the art, offers a ticket and all you can eat popcorn/pop for 12 bucks.
Still haven't been to it though. I like movies but I prefer to watch them at home. No brats, loudmouths and other distractions.
Miss out on the theater experience though. Trade offs I guess.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 07, 2010 03:24 PM (IRwVS)
I have to go see a man about a horse. Literally.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 07, 2010 03:25 PM (5Xf3c)
Posted by: ace at August 07, 2010 03:25 PM (VINPA)
Posted by: eman at August 07, 2010 03:26 PM (PyMkZ)
But.. there is a dearth of movies right now.. I might take the recommendation of our dear leader and try it.. convincing the wife is another thing..
As long as we're talking movies.. Inception has a big YES from me and Salt was just plain fun.. be ready to suspend just about everything and just have a good time with this movie..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 07, 2010 03:26 PM (Do528)
Such as hearing bratty teenagers tell you to "fuck their tits" when you ask them to shut their mouths during Paranoiac Activity?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 07, 2010 03:27 PM (c0A3e)
Miss out on the theater experience though. Trade offs I guess.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 07, 2010 07:24 PM
Threatre experience? Overpriced tickets and snacks that you need to take a mortgage out to get? Sitting in sticky seats while the clueless assholes behind you flap their lips non-stop while your feet stick to the floor? I'll pass. Most of the dreck coming out of Hollywood now is not worth watching even if they showed it to me for free.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 07, 2010 03:28 PM (yQWNf)
Posted by: eman at August 07, 2010 03:28 PM (PyMkZ)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 07, 2010 07:27 PM (c0A3e)
Something like that. Heh.
I also like being able to pause the movie. The sound of people eating and drinking in an otherwise quiet room irritates me as well.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 07, 2010 03:28 PM (IRwVS)
The end credits are Michael Moore-ish in amassing statistics that make capitalism look bad, but mostly they're about... TARP and its beneficiaries, especially Goldman Sachs. Which I notice are none too popular with conservatives either.
So I'm going to call this attempted liberal messaging, which mostly kinda failed, because a lot of populist minded conservatives will find the overall thrust of it agreeable. Even if it is, ultimately, intended as an indictment of capitalism, conservatism, and Bush.
You gotta respect Will Ferrell and Michael Moore for following through on their anti-capitalist stance and living lives of total collectivist frugality. Remember when Michael Moore announced that he was giving his entire fortune to charity? Remember when Will Ferrell sold his mansions and cars, moved into a one-room apartment, and started riding everywhere in a donkey cart?
These are the finest men who ever breathed.
Posted by: Llarry at August 07, 2010 03:29 PM (vW888)
Posted by: Beto at August 07, 2010 03:29 PM (H+LJc)
@Mallamutt
Very good deal.
The only movie I have liked that Will Ferril in was Wedding Crashers.. His character was just fucking crazy..
Big time. His best role in quite some time. I like him more when he is a sidekick, not a lead dog.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 07, 2010 03:31 PM (IRwVS)
Posted by: Pat Caddell at August 07, 2010 03:33 PM (xO+6C)
That's me. mainly it used to be because I could smoke at home while I watched but I quit smoking and I still don't go to the actual theater.
I have a 53" plasma and a set of Infinity 18" studio monitors and a pair of 8" Panasonic speakers in the rear.
That is good enough for me. I can pause the movie any time I want to go get another beer or go get rid of one down the hall.
I can do all that while renting the blu-ray for 5 bucks. only thing I give up is waiting 6 months for the disk to come out.
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 03:33 PM (/jbAw)
Big time. His best role in quite some time. I like him more when he is a sidekick, not a lead dog.
Posted by: Delta Smelt----------------
Yup..
In the old days, they would never in a million years put a schmuck like Ferrel into a lead role.. Now, if they get a so-so laugh on Saturday Night Live, they have a 10 pic movie deal..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 07, 2010 03:33 PM (Do528)
Posted by: Bikermailman at August 07, 2010 03:35 PM (dIE9+)
Posted by: Velociman at August 07, 2010 03:36 PM (Q8mEH)
Best deal around here is one of the old fashion drive ins. $8 per adult (kids under 13 - free). 2 movies a night. Bring your own stuff in. Usually showing new releases (last weekend we saw Despicable Me and Grown Ups).
16 bucks for 4 of us for 2 movies. Or its 24 for 5 for 2 movies if the oldest is not working or doing something on her own.
Posted by: Mallamutt at August 07, 2010 07:28 PM (OWjjx)
They put in a new drivein in Lubbock about five years ago. Micro FM transmitter so you can listen through your car stereo. $6 for the two movies, you can bring your own, or the food there is actually affordable. Some people bring recliners in the pickup bed and grills. Best part? A local kid, maybe 25 yo, new Tech graduate had the idea, it's been a rousing success.
Posted by: Bikermailman at August 07, 2010 03:38 PM (dIE9+)
Posted by: Vic
---------------
Vic,
blu-ray costs $2 bucks more per month on Netflix now.. the delivery and return times on these suckas are phenomenal.. check it out.. So for $12/month you get as many movies as you can watch (blu-ray or DVD) with the pipeline time..and in addition as many movies that you want from their instant streaming list, which is growing every day.
My blu-ray player has netflix streaming support.. but you can use a computer, or a Wii or PS3..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 07, 2010 03:38 PM (Do528)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 07, 2010 07:33 PM (Do52
Problem dude?
Posted by: Molly Shannon Superstar at August 07, 2010 03:38 PM (IRwVS)
The only movie I'm up for is The Incredibles II. The fact that there isn't an Incredibles II in the theaters RIGHT NOW says a lot about the utter dreck coming out of the studios nowadays.
Posted by: mrp at August 07, 2010 03:38 PM (HjPtV)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 07:35 PM (0UfIS)
Brad Steyn (I think), Rodney Carrington, Bill Engvall
Posted by: Bikermailman at August 07, 2010 03:39 PM (dIE9+)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at August 07, 2010 03:39 PM (wd0Iq)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 03:40 PM (0UfIS)
Posted by: Miss Fluffy McNutter at August 07, 2010 03:40 PM (xMSXs)
Similar set up and first movie watched was "The Lion and the Darkness"
Dog pissed the floor because she was sure there was a horrible beast in the house.
Posted by: Beto at August 07, 2010 03:40 PM (H+LJc)
Posted by: Bikermailman at August 07, 2010 03:41 PM (dIE9+)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at August 07, 2010 03:41 PM (wd0Iq)
I just haven't been in to the streaming movie stuff yet. Supposedly my player will do that as well. It does have a Cat5E connection on the back for hooking it to the LAN. I just haven't bothered.
I guess I am still old fashioned or just plain old.
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 03:42 PM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 03:43 PM (0UfIS)
Nice.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 07, 2010 03:44 PM (9PzaA)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 03:45 PM (0UfIS)
The last movie I laughed at like that was Enchanted, a Disney kid movie. The scene with her cleaning the kitchen parodying Snow White with pigeons and cockroaches was too much.
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 03:45 PM (/jbAw)
I still laugh at this.
Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at August 07, 2010 07:41 PM (C45Uw)
Yeah but you have to admit that was about the only funny party of that movie.
I was really disappointed. I never did see the one he did about the ABA or the ice skating deal, hope they were better than the much hyped Ricky Bobby.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 07, 2010 03:45 PM (IRwVS)
Bob Hope was a conservative comedian.
The funniest comdeian is a leftist metrosexual. Barack Obama
Posted by: robtr at August 07, 2010 03:46 PM (fwSHf)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 07, 2010 03:46 PM (NuAIL)
abort, abort! ABORT! It's like trying to get her to watch The Three Stooges. (And I've never had graham crackers despite what Garrett says!)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at August 07, 2010 03:46 PM (ndlFj)
Unfortunately I don't get to really crank it up like that unless the wifey is not at home.
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 03:46 PM (/jbAw)
Posted by: robtr at August 07, 2010 03:48 PM (fwSHf)
I've been pretty faithful in my determination to make certain that I am in no way funding either the wallets or the soapboxes of those with whom I cannot (will not) agree. Farrell, unfortunately, is rapidly approaching that threshold.
Long ago added to the pile are Michael Moore, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Larry David. Others are right on the verge. You no longer have to be a Nielson family to contribute to the ratings, and ratings are that industry's equivalent of votes.
Now, having said that, I have to admit that my principles are a bit tattered as I've yet to kick the Alec Baldwin habit.
Damn you, Alec, and your damnable talent!
Posted by: jmflynny at August 07, 2010 03:51 PM (uZhHY)
Hey lacey, back when they were in your favorite boy band, did you like Marky Mark better, or Donnie?
Now the really hard question: your favorite Wahlberg, or Justin Bieber?
Posted by: FUBAR at August 07, 2010 03:51 PM (LPL4Z)
You do understand that the entertainment industry is largely a self-selecting community of liberal douchebags who become actors, musicians and comics because they don't want to work for a living?
Of course you don't.
But to answer your question, I'll take any of the commenters here over Hollywood. Funniest bunch of jackwagons on the intertubes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2010 03:52 PM (P9+0W)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at August 07, 2010 03:54 PM (wd0Iq)
Hey lacey, back when they were in your favorite boy band, did you like Marky Mark better, or Donnie?
I forget.
Which one was the Calvin Klein model? You remember that right?? You had that poster hanging on your ceiling when you were 14.
'Good vibrations', huh?
Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 07, 2010 03:55 PM (KIKCN)
I'll save my money and bide my time for The Expendables.
Especially, as one of you astute morons mentioned, when an Errol Flynn marathon is on for free.
Posted by: The Q at August 07, 2010 03:57 PM (pfStM)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at August 07, 2010 03:58 PM (hsBue)
Stand-up, or actors? There's a couple of Hollywood conservatives who used to star in sit-coms...
Lately I'd rather read than watch TV, which reminds me--has anyone seen/heard Mark Steyn lately?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 07, 2010 04:00 PM (9PzaA)
I was gypped. I turned that on after I saw the post to see and Robin Hood was about to go off. Don't like the rest of them.
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 04:00 PM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Pat Caddell at August 07, 2010 04:01 PM (xO+6C)
Okay I just finished reading the dempression food challenge thread.
Yikes. I'm not feeling so hot all of the sudden.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 07, 2010 04:04 PM (KIKCN)
If a comedian's conservative, he usually won't come out as one until he's past the prime of his career. Dennis Miller and Drew Carey are more libertarian, but they'd count as rightwingers.
Bob Hope was a conservative comedian.
Never gets old:
Link
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 04:06 PM (NALrv)
About the Boy Scouts booing Obama... that's just disrespectful and horrible... ha... just kidding.. it's so awesome and gives me Hope for the future.
Posted by: IreneFingIrene at August 07, 2010 04:12 PM (i7iy+)
Dennis Miller sold out to the dark side.
The Drew Carey Show?, I don't know, he had a knack for hiring the great improvs.
Bill Murray is another great improvisation actor.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 04:14 PM (0UfIS)
Posted by: robtr at August 07, 2010 04:17 PM (fwSHf)
?
"The Drew Carey Show?, I don't know, he had a knack for hiring the great improvs."
Forget the Drew Carey Show, watch Whose Line is it Anyway?
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 04:17 PM (NALrv)
Why is that, I thought most of it was funny as hell.
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 04:17 PM (/jbAw)
Posted by: eman at August 07, 2010 04:23 PM (PyMkZ)
Why is it so great? Why do conservatives love war so much? Is it that beautiful? Why do men (?) love war (air craft) so much?
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 04:24 PM (0UfIS)
I want your money. This could be beautiful.
Somebody is getting smarter.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 07, 2010 04:26 PM (yT8z7)
I mean, he can't be serious.
Posted by: eman at August 07, 2010 08:23 PM (PyMkZ)
That pasty white draft dodger has totally lost it. He see's racism under his bead. 58% of the people according to CNN have some questions about Obama's birth, 35% which are democrats and 58% independents and Matthews calls them all racists.
That can't be too good for business.
Posted by: robtr at August 07, 2010 04:26 PM (fwSHf)
Will Ferrell's humor appeals to that part of us that is still an obnoxious teenager. He makes me laugh. Sometimes.
My kids (obnoxious teenagers) both like him, but my oldest was sorta 'meh' about "The Other Guys" (they went to the matinee yesterday).
Ferrell is funny and over the top in most things he does, but it is pretty much the same thing, over and over. He was funny in "Blades of Glory", just because it ridiculed figure skating and the Olympics (which is filled with pretentious boobs). And it had Craig Nelson (who appears to be coming over to the Right as he gets older).
The ending sounds like "Fun with Dick and Jane". the more recent Jim Carrey version. That ripped on corporate takeovers, etc. Had a lot of that crap in the credits.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch says... at August 07, 2010 04:29 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 08:24 PM (0UfIS)
Because they scare little freaks like you. We like to watch your knees shake as you pee in you diaper.
Posted by: robtr at August 07, 2010 04:29 PM (fwSHf)
Why is LIBTARDARIAN such a cock sucker??
I'll take 'becaues Obama likes it too, for $200, Gus Alex'.
Libertarian = raygun right??
Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 07, 2010 04:30 PM (FV6Bk)
Lets cut national defense by 80 percent.
Lets cut the police force by 80 percent (after eliminating most drug laws)
What do you say? Is that funny or what?
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 04:34 PM (0UfIS)
....i gotta go stock up on some heart-attack pills, my steelers got a tuff season comin up....
.......i mean i really cant see how europeans are so fucking thrilled about their football.....first regular season NFL games here is like its own little holiday. i wonder, does the average euro soccer fan feel that way when their season opens?
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 04:34 PM (m+HVS)
The whole movie sucked. Kidman was OK but not great, and Ferrel basically ruined the movie. He played the part of a guy playing the part of Will Ferrel. He was major suckatude.
That was the last movie I watched with him in it.
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 04:35 PM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 04:37 PM (0UfIS)
i dont know its like.....to me,....its like the guy TRIES way too hard....cant watch that.
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 04:37 PM (m+HVS)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 08:34 PM (0UfIS)
Nah let's leave the two things we depend on government to do, protect the country and protect us from crime and cut all the other bullshit.
That way we could put you to work picking fruit and send all the illegals back home. Deal?
Posted by: robtr at August 07, 2010 04:37 PM (fwSHf)
Lets cut the police force by 80 percent (after eliminating most drug laws)
What do you say? Is that funny or what?
Would the people who take us over make us pay more or less in taxes?
Cuz' I could kinda go for a Cyrus in The Warriors scenario.
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 04:38 PM (NALrv)
Which one was the Calvin Klein model? You remember that right?? You had that poster hanging on your ceiling when you were 14.
'Good vibrations', huh?
Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 07, 2010 07:55 PM (KIKCN)
On the ceiling? Never occurred to me. But I'll bet it occurred to a certain teeny-boppin', big-hair-sprayin', crappy-90s-music-lovin', love-of-my-life vixen who shall remain nameless.
And I'd be willing to bet there was more vibratin' going on in this nameless vixen's room than in mine.
Posted by: FUBAR at August 07, 2010 04:38 PM (LPL4Z)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 04:39 PM (0UfIS)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 07, 2010 04:39 PM (yT8z7)
Good old fashioned 80s style action fest that won't take itself too seriously. And it's gotten decent prelim review FWIW. Looking forward to it.
Posted by: brak at August 07, 2010 04:40 PM (9LV2Q)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 08:39 PM (0UfIS)
It really was, it sounded beautiful too, the sound of freedom.
Posted by: robtr at August 07, 2010 04:41 PM (fwSHf)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 08:41 PM (0UfIS)
I would pay some pretty serious money to see you in a gun fight with an F 18.
Posted by: robtr at August 07, 2010 04:42 PM (fwSHf)
In the old days, they would never in a million years put a schmuck like Ferrel into a lead role.
You bet, mister!
Posted by: Jerry Lewis at August 07, 2010 04:43 PM (TGmQa)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 04:44 PM (0UfIS)
I'd never thought of it that way before...that's a beautiful way to put it.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 07, 2010 04:44 PM (9PzaA)
I don't like paying for your military.
I don't like paying for your police.
Strap on a gun and take care of yourself.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 04:46 PM (0UfIS)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 08:41 PM (0UfIS)
Yeah, but see I want to join one of the cool gangs. I mean, let's face it. A lot of the gangs in The Warriors were pretty gay. Sure, you're armed, so who gives a shit--but if I'm free to express myself, I'm not going to go around wearing no shirt and leather accessories much less a Yankees uniform.
If I'm going to wear something slightly eccentric in a post-apocalyptic gang-controlled city, it's going to be a full suit of armor (or at least a steel breastplate) with a black cape and a machine gun. Plus I want a flame thrower. Sure, everybody will hate me, but who will fuck with a guy with a flame thrower?
The world is mine.
Or China's.
Which I'm sure would lead to a libertarian paradise.
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 04:50 PM (NALrv)
Every interview I've seen with McKay shows that McKay can barely contain his leftist rage. He'd do something funny and clever and then immediately follow it up by wishing some right-winger gets cancer and dies, ha ha. He seems like an amazingly angry, unhappy guy -- but maybe I just saw him (several times) at some personal low-point. That or he just can't resist using what camera time he gets to ram his politics down your throat.
Posted by: huh at August 07, 2010 04:51 PM (+ABdJ)
Speaking of shitty movies...down at the Piggly Wiggly they have a machine where you can rent a movie for a buck. After a day of sweating my sack off doing yardwork, I went down and got the light-hearted, guy bonding comedy flick called Hot Tub Time Machine.
I had to stop after about 30 minutes because it was so brain-bleedingly bad. When I took it back, I kicked the machine for letting me waste $1.06 (with tax) on that piece of shit
Posted by: beedubya at August 07, 2010 04:52 PM (AnTyA)
Why is it that when you libs mention at all the idea of cutting spending, the VERY FIRST THING you want to cut is national defense? Why? Why are you get such a goddamn stiffy wanting to cut the military?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 04:53 PM (Pm5H8)
Glen Reynolds is going nuts with photoshops today. Earlier he put one up of Worf Antoinette and now he's got King Obama up.
He's usually pretty mellow, I think Obama has finally pissed him off.
Posted by: robtr at August 07, 2010 04:54 PM (fwSHf)
The arms...I laughed so hard I woke up the cat.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 07, 2010 04:55 PM (9PzaA)
I don't like paying for your police.
Well I don't like paying for your trips to the free clinic. Get your own needles.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 04:55 PM (Pm5H8)
Now I do notice that Predators is playing at the local cheapo theater - should I see it?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 04:56 PM (Pm5H8)
Liberals and Libertarians both want it. Let people take care of themselves. I can. Give it a try, as you can also.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 04:57 PM (0UfIS)
Speaking of shitty movies...down at the Piggly Wiggly they have a machine where you can rent a movie for a buck. After a day of sweating my sack off doing yardwork, I went down and got the light-hearted, guy bonding comedy flick called Hot Tub Time Machine.
I had to stop after about 30 minutes because it was so brain-bleedingly bad. When I took it back, I kicked the machine for letting me waste $1.06 (with tax) on that piece of shit
really? It came recommended to me - yeah it's bad, but funny-bad, not bad-bad. I haven't seen it myself though.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 04:57 PM (Pm5H8)
What if, other people not being able to take care of themselves, I take money from them in order to do that for them?
Or, since I'm a man of principle, what if other people do that, get rich, and then hire fighters to mess with me?
Then I'll have to band together with a bunch of other people to fend them off.
But we'll all have to pay for it somehow.
So, essentially we'll group into our own organizations, one competing against the other to either mess with them or keep from being messed with.
Eventually these groupings could encompass thousands or millions of people.
Admit it, I see this a big problem.
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 04:57 PM (NALrv)
Right like you can fend off an entire invasion by yourself. Bullshit. I ask again, why is it that when you do want to cut spending, as rare as that sentiment is, why do you immediately jump to the idea of cutting the military? Aren't there approximately 29,437,023 other government programs that might also be considered for cutting?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 04:59 PM (Pm5H8)
and men are hardwired for machinations, movement, invention, defense, fighting....all because of our hunter-gatherer days......duhhhhh....
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 04:59 PM (m+HVS)
Oh, so you believe in the right to keep and bear arms?
Riiiiiiiiiiigggghhhhhtttttt.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2010 05:00 PM (P9+0W)
Admit it, I see this a big problem.
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 08:57 PM (NALrv)
Good point, you could call those groups armies or something.
Posted by: robtr at August 07, 2010 05:01 PM (fwSHf)
---so go try and chill in somalia for a week, bet ya wont make it three days....well, ok two days...
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 05:01 PM (m+HVS)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 08:57 PM (Pm5H8)
No,no,no...not funny bad. It's using a splintered popsicle stick as a catheter bad. It's waking up to Helen Thomas and she asks you for more oral love bad
Posted by: beedubya at August 07, 2010 05:01 PM (AnTyA)
Invasion you stupid fk, we have nukes. No one will invade us.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 05:01 PM (0UfIS)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 05:01 PM (Pm5H8)
BRAIN BLEACH....STAT.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2010 05:02 PM (P9+0W)
But you said cut the military. Gee, guess who takes care of the nukes. Oh and nukes wouldn't have helped us on 9/11, nor in eliminating the Taliban either.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 05:03 PM (Pm5H8)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 09:01 PM (0UfIS)
Which is why the rest of the Middle East has been so polite to Israel over the past five decades.
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 05:03 PM (NALrv)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 08:57 PM (0UfIS)
No, you don't want to pay for our police and military. But when you need either one, they damn well better be there to help and protect you.
There are grown-up libertarian arguments. You might try finding them. Start with Reason. The magazine, I'm not asking you to do anything you don't know how to do.
Posted by: FUBAR at August 07, 2010 05:04 PM (LPL4Z)
Riiiiiiiiiiigggghhhhhtttttt.
Yeah, apparently he's the only pro-nuke, pro-RKBA liberal in existence.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 05:04 PM (Pm5H8)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 09:01 PM (0UfIS)
Not if we don't pay for them. I'm tired of paying for your nukes.
Posted by: FUBAR at August 07, 2010 05:05 PM (LPL4Z)
---the military represents authority in their world view, and they represent conflict. which libs cant handle efficiently . all the talk of 'i can protect myself' is utter crap, theyd never be able to protect themselves, wouldnt happen. id venture to say that the average lib has never been into actual fisticuffs, they dont fight, they CANT fight. so they have to prop themselves up on some clay-made pedastal of supposed 'intellectual superiority' as a stupid way to make up for their weakness.
and thats the truth of the matter.
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 05:05 PM (m+HVS)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 05:06 PM (Pm5H8)
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 09:05 PM (m+HVS)
Right. Reminds them of their fathers, who never showed them any real affection or spent quality time with them, just gave them fithy lucre.
Posted by: FUBAR at August 07, 2010 05:07 PM (LPL4Z)
Posted by: P Diddy at August 07, 2010 05:08 PM (pfStM)
Get a gun, strap it on, and take care of yourself.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 05:08 PM (0UfIS)
Plus, there's the "military/police as authority figure" thing. There's nothing more insufferable than a leftist whining about how Dad won't let them drive the family car on Friday night.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2010 05:09 PM (P9+0W)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 05:10 PM (Pm5H8)
Get a gun, strap it on, and take care of yourself.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 09:08 PM (0UfIS)
Stupid and repetitive is no way to go through life, son.
Posted by: FUBAR at August 07, 2010 05:10 PM (LPL4Z)
--- in some cases yep. it also represents the 'tough kids' who did better in sports or fighting, or all around 'daring' things such as jumping a high ramp on bikes etc...it's true. the lib is run by fear, they consider failure itself as an accomplishment because its all they can do. and they never learn from their mishaps.
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 05:10 PM (m+HVS)
Wait a minute, 20 minutes ago you wanted them totally eliminated, now we should keep 20% of each????
So we've established that you're a whore, now we're just haggling over price.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2010 05:10 PM (P9+0W)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 09:01 PM (Pm5H
Well yeah but it would only be $1 Trillion! Look at the bright side of Obamanation.
Posted by: robtr at August 07, 2010 05:13 PM (fwSHf)
---you just said it, 'overweening authority'...key phrase there chemjeff. that overweening authority is their replacement for god. god, as the ultimate authority can be replaced with government, or another type of strict organization. it's the ultimate way to denounce the ultimate authority.
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 05:13 PM (m+HVS)
Get a gun, strap it on, and take care of yourself.
Yeah, but what if these "armies" that robtr talked about form?
What then?
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 05:13 PM (NALrv)
Anybody notice, Ace put up the O/T this evening. Let's see Ace puts up an O/T, and I paraphrase, " I just got back from a movie that I think didn't suck maybe you do." Mæt puts up an O/T 5 different subjects, vids, old magazine cover's and a reference to the Yahoo group. Oh well, I guess we should be happy for whatever scraps are thrown to us M&M's.
BT,WI am drinking a beer called "Dirty Bastard". Not bad.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 07, 2010 05:14 PM (rurh0)
Thanks for those public-sector unions, Saint JFK.
Posted by: FUBAR at August 07, 2010 05:15 PM (LPL4Z)
Strap on a gun, take care of yourself. Protect yourself.
I think the guy likes taking it in the butt with a strap on.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 07, 2010 05:16 PM (rurh0)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 05:17 PM (Qrc7U)
Cut police by 80 percent.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 09:15 PM (0UfIS)
Time to shun the troll.
Posted by: Dwight K. Schrute at August 07, 2010 05:17 PM (LPL4Z)
definition.
I love telling others what to do."
---didnt i tell you its an authority problem? i love being right.
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 05:18 PM (m+HVS)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 09:17 PM (Qrc7U)
Yeah, because I want a guy who helped round up Jews for the Nazis during WWII as the source of my military funding.
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 05:19 PM (NALrv)
Time to shun the troll.
Awe, they're fun to kick around. Libertarian, Do you ever get a stiff neck from licking your own taint?
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 07, 2010 05:21 PM (rurh0)
Posted by: Martha Stewart's left nipple at August 07, 2010 05:21 PM (u6OBh)
definition.
I love telling others what to do.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 09:18 PM (0UfIS)
Absolutist libertarian = a guy who'd rather have whoever has the biggest gun telling him, his wife, and his daughter what to do.
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 05:22 PM (NALrv)
You are right. A father fixation problem.
Fore fathers.
Father in heaven.
Familial father.
You have it right. An authority problem
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 05:22 PM (0UfIS)
major slogans= 'question authority', 'truth to power' (neener neener you authority people!)
the anarchy symbol, the peace sign= represents the absence of authority, weakness in the face of conflict.
most libs are athiests also, i need not repeat why.
more proof.
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 05:23 PM (m+HVS)
definition.
I love telling others what to do.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 09:18 PM (0UfIS)
Does telling you.."but first, you will blow me" count?
Posted by: beedubya at August 07, 2010 05:24 PM (AnTyA)
As much as I would like to schtick around and emasculate our troll, I have to go to a party. if you guys leave him as roadkill the streets dept. will scrap him up in the morning. Tah
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 07, 2010 05:24 PM (rurh0)
Posted by: Libtardian at August 07, 2010 05:25 PM (AnTyA)
I think it's only fair. If you're man enough to deserve a wife and kids, you should defend their rape and murder personally.
Goin' to the police is weak and must be viewed with contempt.
Posted by: AD at August 07, 2010 05:25 PM (NALrv)
Fore fathers.
Father in heaven.
Familial father.
You have it right. An authority problem
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 09:22 PM (0UfIS
Father??? Why so formal??
You can just call me Daddy..
...bitch
Posted by: beedubya at August 07, 2010 05:27 PM (AnTyA)
There are grown-up libertarian arguments. You might try finding them. Start with Reason. The magazine, I'm not asking you to do anything you don't know how to do.
Posted by: FUBAR at August 07, 2010 09:04 PM (LPL4Z)
I don't read Reason, but Lew Rockwell is dreamy. While reading his posts, I get an insatiable urge to strap things on.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 05:27 PM (Qrc7U)
true artists from the ancient days depicted works of strength. reverence for the hunters, warriors, farmers, and even scientists. they created towering statues to their gods in admiration and wonderment.
but make no mistake, those 'artists' from the ancient times could fuck you up if you pissed em off. not today's artists by any stretch lol
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 05:29 PM (m+HVS)
their music, while creative with sound, is usually filled with whiney lyrics espousing hardships and failure to 'fit in'. a good song or two will tell the sordid tale of how although the liberal is weak, he's got internal strengths their aggressor can never possess. it gives them hope, and a will to continue.
theyre sad sacks arent they?
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 05:34 PM (m+HVS)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 05:36 PM (ypZvh)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 05:39 PM (ypZvh)
---another example of the liberal screaming "im smarter than you".
his book would more than likely be uninteresting, or a knock off of something else.
physical attributes are shunned.
most liberals have never felt the thrill of stealing second base, or celebrating with their team in victory.
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 05:42 PM (m+HVS)
Yes we all know what you are talking about.
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 05:46 PM (ypZvh)
Posted by: Libertarian at August 07, 2010 05:47 PM (ypZvh)
---a liberal making a lewd sex joke, notice he doesnt attack my pointed examples of his psyche or worldview, he just makes jokes. its another defense mechanism, kind of a more simplistic one, but it works for him. ive seen this a zillion times and his 'second base' sexual insult is also simplistic. kind of like, hes taking the easy way out, a child could have made that same joke.
but what are liberals? theyre childlike anyhow.
Posted by: str8 outta at August 07, 2010 05:54 PM (m+HVS)
It might have had a chance if it was Donnie Wahlberg instead of Mark. His short stint on Rizzoli & Isles made that show bearable.
Posted by: soulpile at August 07, 2010 06:41 PM (afWhQ)
I learnt that Marky Mark was a politically-correct moonbat douchebag when he starred in Tim Burton's Planet Of The Apes. I put the fucker on my boycott-list when I found out about Shooter.
The whole point of TOG is that the current depression is all the fault of "cons", to borrow a troll-phrase. So, forget it.
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Posted by: Detroyes at August 08, 2010 08:08 AM (4T2i7)
With the current military, national intelligence and domestic preparedness, combined with the current political correctness, six Muslims with unloaded pistols could take over America. (Substitute 12 illegal aliens, just because they usually bring family.)
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