Forget giving $60 million to ACORN; give it to the troops. I would just be so off the reservation that theyÂ’d probably kick me out.

How cool would that be~!

He's got common sense.

So he's pretty much overqualified for public office.

 Forget giving $60 million to ACORN; give it to the troops.

But then how will they be able to afford helping to get underaged prostitutes into the country?

Most of you are familiar with the chapter The Grand Inquisitor, yes?

A modern version would be the Janet Napolitano and Eric Holder as the Grand Inquisitors and the Founders as Christ.

O/T- Here's a fun poll!

They're lamenting with Contessa Strange Brew.

I like the cut of Miller's jib.

I'm with Miller on the whole "libertarian" thing. Even libertarians don't know what "libertarian" means. I heard one of Ace's Morons say that "libertarians are conservatives who smoke weed", and that seems as apt as anything. Miller's been pretty open about his political leanings for a long while now -- which probably explains why his television career hit the rocks. The Dennis Miller Show was one of the few shows I actually tried to watch regularly back when it was on.

He's got a radio show now, but I'm not sure of how much of an audience he draws.

O/T- Here's a fun poll!

They're lamenting with Contessa Strange Brew.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 04, 2010 04:10 PM (VVyl1)

Really...Really!!

O/T but deliciously delicious!  From Hotair: 

The DSCC is spending a significant amount of money to ensure a former GOP Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) wins his May 18 primary, sources with knowledge of the move tell Hotline OnCall.

One source said the DSCC is using coordinated funds to help Specter keep a robust TV presence. Ads that tout SpecterÂ’s candidacy now say they are paid for by the DSCC; last week, the disclaimers on the same ads indicated SpecterÂ’s campaign had paid for them.

All told, Specter and the DSCC spent about $407K on the joint ad buy last week. A second source said the DSCCÂ’s contribution is about three-quarters of that amount, or around $300K.

Dems backing Specter may be worried that Rep. Joe Sestak (D) is preparing to unleash a slew of late ads in the fortnight before the primary. A new poll released today already shows SpecterÂ’s decisive lead is sagging; he leads Sestak by a 47%-39% margin, just 4 weeks after holding a 17-point advantage.

Bwhahaha!

Lets see, 58% of Kos readers thought the Time Square Bomber would either be a right wing militant or a tea party participant. Wow. In other news, one does not want to get tips from Kos readers on NCAA March madness brackets. On the other hand, you should invite several to your local poker game. Just tell them no talking politics during the game., You have more important things to do, like take their money.

I got a kick out of the person they viewed as the least likely candidate--"an antiwar protestor."  Yeah, cause those guys are all about peace and all.  You could say that the guy from Pockeystan wasn't just a muslim jihadist, but also an antiwar proponent.

Miller is, or at least was, also on Bill O'Reilly's show every week.  Usually fantastic, despite the host.

Wait it gets better!!

 I have to comment on all this talk below about whether the terrorist would turn out to be a Tea Partier or a militia member. I've been monitoring that discussion very intently over the past few days and I must stress that I've been very pleased with how responsible DailyKos and other liberals in general have been wrt to hurling those accusations, even after the initial person of interest was reported as white by the MSM. Yes, some commenters made assumptions, but that sort of talk was always met with skepticism by many and the proper perspective by most

Umm, did they not even bother to look at the results of their own poll?!?!?

Public service, especially as a conservative / Republican / Maker of tea, carries the burdens of scrutiny and accountability.

Being part of the permanent peanut gallery is a lot easier, and Miller probably feels like he's a little too suddenly dig elbows-deep into that nonsense.

I'd love to see him run.  But he never would.

Objectivists and Libertarians are not the same thing.

There's a lot of overlap, however.

And like I said: even libertarians can't agree among themselves on what "libertarianism" means. It seems to be a catch-all term for a laissez-faire, market-oriented, small-government, socially liberal ethos. But it's not really a coherent political philosophy (or even an economic one, as far as that goes).

Objectivism promotes a libertarian style of economics, but again, "objectivists" often can't even describe the ethos they claim to believe in. I don't find Objectivism to be all that compelling in most real-world scenarios. (Objectivism as a governing philosophy has real problems dealing with the complexities of large social systems and economies. It doesn't scale well at all.)

I thought Atlas Shrugged was a pretty damned silly book, though I am a great admirer of The Fountainhead. However prescient Atlas Shrugged was about the perils of government intervention in the economy, it was buried under a hysterical plot and sometimes-unreadable prose.

Miller's teh cool.

I like to see him run for office.  Imagine how quickly he'd cut through the bullshit.

Numbers are racist and hateful.

(In whiny voice)  "I was told there would be no math!"

California is phucked, period.

The only thing left is to surround the place with machine gun nests and moats so we can shoot the fleeing cockroaches before they spread their poison elsewhere.

Oh, I almost forgot...we're gonna need sharks with frakkin' laser beams on their heads to patrol the ocean over there.

And the California morons needn't worry...we'll airlift you out before the final collapse.

44 Quote-- She didn't go because on her weekends off she would rather spend her time helping those who really need it rather than sitting, drinking champagne and laughing at bad jokes in a fancy DC ballroom."

Well that and the fact that she has a streak of her Dad in her. Despite all her freaky tendencies, she does believe in personal responsibility. I remember that US magazine that came out last year where she *allegedly* bashed Obama's policies. I'm not in the habit of caring about US weekly or their readers but I got a kick out of that. I envisioned a lot of libtard readers switching to Team Maniston after that article.

"I heard a comedy routine of his Quite a few years back, sing the praises of Mario the Pious Cuomo, and being a card caring ACLU supporter.  I think he goes with the wind."

My economics / politics teacher had a saying:

A conservative under 35 has no heart.
A liberal over 35 has no brain.

I thought Atlas Shrugged was a pretty damned silly book, though I am a great admirer of The Fountainhead. However prescient Atlas Shrugged was about the perils of government intervention in the economy, it was buried under a hysterical plot and sometimes-unreadable prose.

heh!  The sex scenes were over the top, and it was a little long and verbose, but boy the message was absolutely prescient.  We currently have a society of looters and producers, and the gubamint is out of control with regulation and wealth redistribution in the name of "fairness."  The one scene where the doctor who went Galt talks about how he was forced to practice and be paid less was downright eerie.  (By the time John Galt showed up, I could have cared less.  I was rooting for Hank Reardan all the way.

My economics / politics teacher had a saying:

A conservative under 35 has no heart.
A liberal over 35 has no brain.

Your teacher was Winston Churchill??

Kule!

A conservative under 35 has no heart.
A liberal over 35 has no brain

That's basically a riff on famous Churchill quote.

"Watch for new restrictions on what you can put in your checked luggage."

But the airport was TEH EVILMCBOOOOSHLAR!

Pick me up on the skids of the Huey from the roof of Burbank City Hall, Dack. I'll be the one with the Comedian costume.

You better make sure Rum and El Diablo are with you. We're not sure how many runs into California will be able to make before the shit hits the fan.

"Your teacher was Winston Churchill??"

He had another saying:

Originality is the art of hiding your sources.

^{...the bastard...}

Dennis is my hero and I don't think he gives himself enough credit for being a public servant.  I once read a quote somewhere that said, “Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”

I think that time is either here or it's approaching fast.  His attitude would be just what the doctor ordered, imo.

I really want Arlin to win the primary. I think Toomey has a better chance of beating Spector than an undefined Sestak.

Sestak voted right down the line with Pelosi's agenda. I hope Toomey's campaign gets that out to the voters if Sestak's the opponent. Specter has been making noises that he wants Sestak to release his military records. The only reason he demands this is that he knows there's something derogatory in there.

Sestak's campaign has been strangely silent, I haven't heard anything on the radio from him, just starting to see some lawn signs. I think Specter will win due to backing from the White House. If the election is a squeaker, it would be so great to see neither of them concede and have to employ election stealing Dem tactics against each other.

On Human Rights Day in December of last year, the actress wrote a piece for Newsweek in which she spoke out against the Obama administrationÂ’s new policy of engagement with Sudan and argued that the PresidentÂ’s plans for working to bring peace to Darfur are vague, at best.

"Angie doesn't judge other celebrities for wanting to rub shoulders with President Obama," the source, reportedly a friend of JolieÂ’s

"It's just she is just someone who thinks your actions

are more important than words.”

Specter has been making noises

My great-grandfather made similar noises. It's best to make sure the drool cup is in place and then stay away for a few hours.

Sestak's campaign has been strangely silent, I haven't heard anything on the radio from him, just starting to see some lawn signs. I think Specter will win due to backing from the White House. If the election is a squeaker, it would be so great to see neither of them concede and have to employ election stealing Dem tactics against each other.

And I want them to burn through barrels of cash to do it!

Or until the beef jerky and Sam Adams runs out.

You might have to resort to tofu and wheatgrass shakes.

War is hell.

You know what? As much as I would love to get at a podium opposite Barbara Boxer, and believe me, I have dreams about that...

Boy wouldn't that be an awsome smackdown?  Pay Per View Debate--it would be an ass whupping the likes we haven't seen since the Johnny Edwards/Darth Cheney VP cage match.  That would be an huge money maker for the Republican Party!

We are still fighting the media. The media has broughtt us to where we are, and we are making only slight inroads.

 Media, Jerry........media.

hahaha @ eggmcmuffin thinking we give a shit about culture-heroes!

You know nothing about conservatism and liberalism. Nothing. You are a slave to the Grand Inquisitor; he is your pope, your hero.

We are slaves to no man, no cult figure.

Popcorn, please. That would be great - Ed Randell, Chrissy Matthews and the Philly machine against Kos Kids, Olberdouche and the netroots.

Heh!  There wouldn't be a bathtub big enough for Keester if the Philly Machine took down the Kos Kids.  Since  Obama overtures to Sleastak have been unsuccessful to this point, I don't see him getting his hands dirty beyond this point.  It would be fun if he turns to Spector and goes all Pontius Pilate on him (complete with hand washing).  Teh Bamster's already disappointing his base lately, he probably would just vote present to continue that trend.

I always wondered who gave a shit about what the whores and drug addicts in Hollywood have to say about politics.

eggmcmuffin represents the small-minded 'humanists' who hold those dispicable people in high esteem. Those are eggmcmuffin's prophets; his gurus.

A Valu-Rite Rapture!

You'll know which chopper to run to when you see it. It'll be the one sporting a painting of an ewok eating a unicorn.

awww don't tell me Russell Crowe is a nominee for the Tom Hanks Award For Utter Ignorance?

I'm grilling up a hippy. I hear if you soak them in buttermilk overnight it takes the gaminess out.

If you morons and moronettes out there had been doing this all along, California wouldn't be in the shape it is today.

If we can establish a high ground with interlocking fields of fire and keep the exploding Prius convoys filled with smelly drumming-circle hippies from overwhelming us, we can hold out as long as a week.

Head on up to the Smallest Mountain range in the World. We'll be surrounded by armed conservatives and can hold out until we have a plan to make the dash to NV, down through AZ, where we spend large amounts of cash to re-supply, and then off to TX.

I'm grilling up a hippy. I hear if you soak them in buttermilk overnight it takes the gaminess out.

But they're still very mushy and bitter.

I beg to differ!

And Sarah Silverman and Sandra Bernhardt.

Two strong arguments for bringing back burning at the stake.

Now, you are forgetting the comic stylings of Wandy Sykes and D. L. Hugley.

And Sarah Silverman and Sandra Bernhardt.

Can I get a shout out for Whoopie Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell?  How about Kathy Griffin?  Absolute comic geniuses!

re-runs of Hee-Haw

You may mock me all you please, sir. But I will be damned if I'll sit here and listen to you besmirch the name of one of the best TV shows ever! Have at you!

Seriously: why the hate for Hee-Haw? I love that show! Sure, it was corny and dumb; but it was supposed to be corny and dumb. It had great music, pretty girlies in farmer's-daughter outfits, and cornpone jokes that even your grandma rolled her eyes at. It was great!

If it wasn't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all!

Woe! Despair! And agony on me!

We need more Dennis Miller types in our corner.

But notice that it's Newsmax interviewing him. If he were a liberal, he would be being interviewed and lionized by CNN or the NYT.

Nice to hear him come right out and say it, though. There are some Hollywood types/entertainers who seem to tilt conservative, but when asked directly about it, they start backtracking because of the flack and hate they know they will get. It's probably very difficult to be in that business and be an up front no BS conservative, so I give him a lot of credit.

That would be "Gloom, despair, and agony on me". I gotta bust out my Hee-Haw DVDs and re-watch a few eps. (Roy Clark is one of the most underrated guitar players ever.)

Monty, from what I have seen reviewing both sites, the Objectivist's main concern is economics and the government taking their resources and giving it to drones.

There was a time in my youth when I read a bunch of the Rand/Brandeis Objectivist stuff. I find a lot to agree with still on specific points, but as both a philosophy and an economic theory it has severe shortcomings. (Like I said: it doesn't scale. At all.) It also discounts the role of plain old human nature in everyday events, which is its ultimate downfall. My game-theory prof and I discussed this at length way back when -- Objectivism cannot "fail gracefully" in any realistic economic crisis, and would inevitably lead to currency crashes and other fiscal crises.

The lesson I took away? If you want a healthy economy, you have to allow for slackers, deadbeats, goldbrickers, idiots, retards, nimrods, doofi, the helpless, the clueless, the spiritless, and so on. I hate subsidizing their miserable asses as much as the next guy, but it's basically impossible to get rid of them unless you're willing to exile them and let them starve. (And even if the committed Objectivist is willing to do this in principle, the principle breaks down if the deadbeat in question is a spouse or family member.)

Posted by: Monty at May 04, 2010 05:00 PM (4Pleu)

Deep dark depression, excessive misery!

If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all,

Gloom, despair, and agony on me!

Loved that show...

I would love for someone to get out there on the Senate floor and have an actual human reaction to the crap that goes on.  It would be fantastic.

Joe Wilson's "You Lie" was pretty close!

Mark Knopfler is a teabagger?

Mark Knopfler probably appreciates great guitarists regardless of their personal beliefs.

I have just about ALL of Chet Atkins records

If you don't have it already, I'd recommend Almost Alone as a pinnacle of Chet's playing. It's mainly just him and his guitar, doing what he does best. ("I Still Write Your Name In The Snow" is hilarious.)

Roy Clark is a true BADASS.  Sadly I never got to see him play live. 

If you morons and moronettes out there had been doing this all along, California wouldn't be in the shape it is today.

Anybody catch the oral diarrhea from Russel Crowe and Company re: Robin Hood?

Yeah. Guess I'll be torrenting that one too.

16 months without a theater visit, Hollywood. Keep it up.

I am just on the verge of hitting the 2 year mark.  My GF begged me to see that one in the theater. Was gonna take her.  Now, not so much. 

There Russel, you just got hit with the Global Stupidity Tax.  Spout yor spew and pay up.  Cost: Whatever portion of the two tickets sales he would have gotten from me. {:<

Posted by: Erg Hicks at May 04, 2010 04:53 PM (VDgKF)

I'll admit Maher's pretty good.  But there's little that will beat Jon Stewart playing a video clip of Bush or Palin and then mugging the camera with a goofy face.  Every time the audience laughs and applauds I just cream my pants.