1 First!

2 Mmm... that felt good.

3 That did too.

4 Shit man, I own this place!

5 9:46 am!

6 Hello!

Hello!

<sub>Hello!

Hello!</sub>

7 I don't remember the MFM worrying too much about the GOP staffers in 2006, so they can STFU now.

8 Awww. Committee memberships at risk. Staffers wandering up and down the halls, seeking comfort in these trying times. The NYTimes chronicling the heartache of it all.

Wait until they pry the "W" keys off the computers!

9 #7 that was Slublog's very comment to me in the email, the Times only cries for Evita and Democrats.

10 Debbie Wasserman Shultz is like every obnoxious pushy condescending bitch I went to school with all rolled up into one. Ugh.

11 Surprised top o' the heap to short bus is only 21 picks over 14 weeks In such a week to week league as this NFL season has been (Falcons #1 Wtf, Viqueens in the shitter? etx)

12 This joyous feeling I have after hearing about the democrats suffering, is that oh so delicious schadenfreude.

13 My picks were like the collapsing inflatable domes.
After a kick ass week I came back with 5...

I got tossed under the freaking shortbus.

14 Anyone see that BULLSHIT headline on Drudge: As Mr. Holbrooke was sedated for surgery, family members said, his final words were to his Pakistani surgeon: 'You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan'... Give me a freaken break

15

Who cares about football!.We have major problems today that President Obama is trying to fix!!

 

The United States enjoyed two centuries of uninterrupted democracy before George W. Bush came along. The Brits burned the White House, civil war slaughtered millions and depressions brought economic chaos, yet presidential elections always took place on schedule and the winners always took office. Bush ended all that, suing to stop a ballot count that subsequent newspaper recounts proved he had lost. He had his GOP-run Supreme Court, a federal institution, rule extra-jurisdictionally on the disputed election, a matter that under our system of laws falls to the states. Bush's recount guru, James Baker, went on national TV to threaten to use force to install him as president if Gore didn't step aside: "If we keep being put in the position of having to respond to recount after recount after recount of the same ballots, then we just can't sit on our hands, and we will be forced to do what might be in our best personal interest--but not--it would not be in the best interest of our wonderful country." Bush wasnÂ’t our president, but he plays one on TV. His presence in the White House is an affront to everything that this country stands for. His fake presidency is treasonous; our passive tolerance for it sad testimony to post-9/11 cowardice. As we the people declared , "George W. Bush is not the President of the United States of America." And millions of Americans agree.

Two months after 9/11, when Bush's job approval rating was soaring at 89 percent, 47 percent of Americans told a Gallup poll that he had not won the presidency legitimately. "The election controversy...could make a comeback if Bush's approval ratings were to fall significantly," predicted Byron York in The National Review.  Today, 3 million jobs are gone, Bush's wars have gone sour, and only the far right wing racists approve of his performance.
Most people in Brattleboro still consider Bush to be no more legitimate than Saddam Hussein, who also came to power in a coup d'état. That is why we must support President Obama’s agenda for socialized healthcare, higher taxes, pull all troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq, increase government spending to end the Bush recession, and pass amendment to the Constitution to allow President Obama run for a 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th term.

16 Speaking of Drudge--look at the picture of Hilliary. She has NOT aged well

17 Hey, if the Dems agreed to cut personal income tax rates, along with the capital gains tax, then I'm absolutely certain somebody in the private sector would be willing to put all those soon-to-be unemployed staffers to work

18 Be afraid, those Wasserman staffers will likely end up in the various agencies - doing as much or more damage.

19 I think my favorite Dem 'angst' story was shortly after the election when they had grief counselors on hand for the staffers 

20

Anyone see that BULLSHIT headline on Drudge:


As Mr. Holbrooke was sedated for surgery, family members said, his final words were to his Pakistani surgeon: 'You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan'...

Give me a freaken break

again, i think i found the cause of death

21 Considering the shifting dynamics in the capital, a Democratic revolt was “probably unavoidable,” Mr. Fazio said.

Spell check broken NY Times?

22 A picture is worth a thousand words. 

This one picture is a great representation of the Obamas' view on their destruction of America.  MO is pissed because there is still much more to destroy. 

BO is proud that he has created violence, empty food pantries, wait lists at the local shelter, long lines at the unemployment office, etc.

23 Hey, if the Dems agreed to cut personal income tax rates, along with the capital gains tax, then I'm absolutely certain somebody in the private sector would be willing to put all those soon-to-be unemployed staffers to work

There's still the 1099 thing, and the tax on having full or part-time employees without comprehensive health insurance. 

24 The safe path has always been to do the opposite of what Holbrooke advised. True unto his passing, may God rest his soul.

25 Oh, what sad times are these. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubbery are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.

26

22 Those earings are worth more than my car before I drove it off the lot.

Now in fairness, that jewelry may have been on loan..... _{year right}

27 Wasserman Schultz is really going to be sad when Florida redraws it's district to accommodate the two new seats it's getting...and they draw it so she gets beat in 2012.

28 I'm 8 games under .500 with three weeks to go.

Mediocrity is my new goal.

29 On the plus side, I'm 6 games ahead of DiT.

30 Ot: Do any of you guys know how the obamacare decision yesterday will uphold in the 4th circuit? How is the 4th circuit? Will it hold? Ahhh

31

someone may have already linked this in the headlines.

but if not, file this under 'shit you can't make up'.

32 Amazingly, the Savage Poodles have clawed drunk-stumbled their way to 8th place.  Woot, woot!

33

31 Does M'chelle know inmates are being served salami?

34 Well, that fucking blows. I went to bed last night thinking that the "divisions" in the Moron Football League were just an organizational affectation, and that the top 8 teams would make the playoffs regardless of div. standing.
I feel like the 2008 Patriots.

35 Courage... comes with the girdled loins?

/Cavuto smashed Chrissy M. over "weighty" issues v. trivia on Christie.

36 "you've GOT to stop this tour of Van Halen again!"...

37 The world's smallest violin is worn out.  Where's the second smallest?

38 Assange released on bail, per FoxTV News.

39 shifting dynamics in the capital,

Seems like that "shifting dynamics" knife cuts both ways in this economy.

40 anyone besides me think that the Dems in the House will insist that they get the same staff budget that the Repubs get, all in the name of "bipartisanship"? Will Harry Reid agree to the same in the Senate? Expect the Dems in the House to insist on their half of the deal first.

41

good point dagny, you know that's next.

we don't feel our inmates a healthy well-balanced meal.

42 Unlike the Senate, the House minority can insist on nothing.

43 Anyone see Don King's latest antics?

44

omg I cannot type today : /

45

If I were those staffers I would be scared shitless. You have no marketable skill, and you have to enter a job market where overqualified people are applying for the type of job a former capitol hill staffer would normally get.

They are going to get a taste of what they have helped to sow.

46 Clearly the guy who wrote this to-do list has never eaten a burger.  "Two pieces of bread. That's the bedrock of every hamburger on the planet"  No, no, no, the whole point of the exercise is the beef.

47 Ugh, I don't know what's sillier, that Yahoo puts "Christmas: 12/25" in my reminder bar, or that is also puts "Kwanzaa Begins" there.

48

Memo to Demos:

What goes around, comes around.

Did you really think you would be able to destroy the economy and still keep your jobs?

49 Mmmm, Kwanzaa... I have many happy childhood memories of Kwanzaa: Dad carving the traditional Kwanzaa waffle, Mom helping us fill out our EO complaint forms, a little cocaine when we could afford it...

50 hmmm a dem trying to keep her position on the appropriations committee.....poor thing..../

51

Is there any way to pick next week's games earlier? I'm taking a last hoorah Caribbean cruise b4 the Zombie Apocalypse.

And, on the poor staffer thing: I've got room under my desk, and I'm accepting all comers.

52 inmates being served salami? let them eat jicama!

53 ....and he said it to the dr.  i wonder if the dr. will now make it his mission to stop the war....

54 #50  I have many happy childhood memories of Kwanzaa: Dad carving the traditional Kwanzaa waffle, Mom helping us fill out our EO complaint forms, a little cocaine when we could afford it...

Decorating the Tree of Racial Grievances...very, very nostalgic! 

55 31

someone may have already linked this in the headlines.

but if not, file this under 'shit you can't make up'.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 14, 2010 10:21 AM (pLTLS)

 

Finally, a Festivus for the rest of us!

56 Awww. Committee memberships at risk. Staffers wandering up and down the halls, seeking comfort in these trying times. The NYTimes chronicling the heartache of it all.

People worried about whether they will have jobs in the current environment!  Wow, it's just like what every working stiff in the private sector has been going through because of what the Federal government has been doing to the economy.  The Congressional bureaucracy is being shown exactly what the rest of us are enduring, except for the part about the NYTimes documenting it, because the Times doesn't give a shit about us out in the real world.

Perhaps these Congressmen and their staffers will learn some empathy for empathy for the constituents they're supposed to represent.  Or, more likely, not.

57 10 Debbie Wasserman Shultz is like every obnoxious pushy condescending bitch I went to school with all rolled up into one. Ugh.

Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2010 09:54 AM (PFoBt)

You forgot ugly.

58 Good to know the Morons aren't the only ones who want to see Steele go. Poll over at Fox is overwhelming for him to go.

59 To Mary Cloggershitbag from Idiotsboro, VT.... America is more than a country.

America is an idea – an idea that free people can govern themselves, that government’s powers are derived from the consent of the governed, that each of us is endowed by their Creator with the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. America is the belief that any man or woman can – given economic, political, and religious liberty – advance themselves, their families, and the common good. America is an inspiration to those who yearn to be free and have the ability and the dignity to determine their own destiny.
Whenever the agenda of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to institute a new governing agenda and set a different course. These first principles were proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, enshrined in the Constitution, and have endured through hard sacrifice and commitment by generations of Americans. In a self-governing society, the only bulwark against the power of the state is the consent of the governed, and regarding the policies of the current government, the governed do not consent. An unchecked executive, a compliant legislature, and an overreaching judiciary have combined to thwart the will of the people and overturn their votes and their values, striking down longstanding laws and institutions and scorning the deepest beliefs of the American people.
An arrogant and out-of-touch government of self-appointed elites makes decisions, issues mandates, and enacts laws without accepting or requesting the input of the many. Rising joblessness, crushing debt, and a polarizing political environment are fraying the bonds among our people and blurring our sense of national purpose. Like free peoples of the past, our citizens refuse to accommodate a government that believes it can replace the will of the people with its own. The American people are speaking out, demanding that we realign our country’s compass with its founding principles and apply those principles to solve our common problems for the common good. The need for urgent action to repair our economy and reclaim our government for the people cannot be overstated. We pledge to honor the Constitution as constructed by its framers and honor the original intent of those precepts that have been consistently ignored – particularly the Tenth Amendment, which grants that all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. We pledge to advance policies that promote greater liberty, wider opportunity, a robust defense, and national economic prosperity. We pledge to honor families, traditional marriage, life, and the private and faith-based organizations that form the core of our American values. We pledge to make government more transparent in its actions, careful in its stewardship, and honest in its dealings.
We pledge to uphold the purpose and promise of a better America, knowing that to whom much is given, much is expected and that the blessings of our liberty buoy the hopes of mankind. We make this pledge bearing true faith and allegiance to the people we represent, and we invite fellow citizens and patriots to join us in forming a new governing agenda for America.

60 I have a funny comment about Kwanzaa but better to be thought a "evil racist" than to open one's mouth and prove it

61

Holbrooke Last Words Contest?  I'm in!

"You've got to stop this.....government-managed healthcare....<gasp>  is that a toaster over you have me plugged into......?"

62 34 Well, that fucking blows. I went to bed last night thinking that the "divisions" in the Moron Football League were just an organizational affectation, and that the top 8 teams would make the playoffs regardless of div. standing.
I feel like the 2008 Patriots.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2010 10:26 AM (MiG8u)

Nope.  Always been 4 division winners and 4 wild-cards since the league started.  I think we'll try two smaller leagues next year (10-12 teams) with the playoffs starting the 13th-16th week and then for the 17th week, the overall winners from the two leagues play each other in a Super Moron Bowl.  They'll be some tweaks on the scoring and team sizes as well.  And add the cashola option.  Pay to play baby.

63

Posted by: Beefy Meatball at December 14, 2010 11:17 AM (YYaIP)

You can pick the rest of the season already if you want.  Just select the week you want to pick, make your picks and then submit/save it.

64 Isn't a Wasserman Shultz Test the one you take when your willy hurts when you pee?

65 Come Kwanzaa Time, I got your back buddy.

66 CDR M, journolist was looking for you last night.  Something about a "blogging" question.

67 61 I have a funny comment about Kwanzaa but better to be thought a "evil racist" than to open one's mouth and prove it

Posted by: Bruceinsocal at December 14, 2010 11:33 AM (J6hTO)

--There's no need to be racial about it. It's a bullshit, fake holiday that is about racial separatism.  If you go to Tanzania and wish someone a Happy Kwanzaa they'll have no clue what you're talking about.

It's telling that the kwanzaa is also the unit of currency of . . . Angola.

I'll say this, though: part of the impetus for Kwanzaa was to respond to the over-commercialization and increased materialism of Christmas and re-emphasize family, and that apprehension is certainly a good thing.  However, the racial divisiveness of it, as if Christmas is a White Man's Holiday, is annoying.

68 Those who are not "in the know" about the fake Kwanzaa BS need to read the Ann Coulter column about it.

http://tinyurl.com/37tzmyb

69 I'll say this, though: part of the impetus for Kwanzaa was to respond to the over-commercialization and increased materialism of Christmas and re-emphasize family, and that apprehension is certainly a good thing.

Kwanzaa has nothing to do with family unless your "family" is a group of black communists.

70 This is football, right? I don't follow sports.

71 I pick the Bungles to clench the #1 draft choice. Make it a quarterback this time, Mikey.

72 67 CDR M, journolist was looking for you last night.  Something about a "blogging" question.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 14, 2010 11:46 AM (9hSKh)

What's this "blogging" you speak of?  Was it during the ONT?

73 It's going to be an interesting play-off season too. Hell, the 49ers and the Raiders have a chance!

74

Is there any way to pick next week's games earlier? I'm taking a last hoorah Caribbean cruise b4 the Zombie Apocalypse.

And, on the poor staffer thing: I've got room under my desk, and I'm accepting all comers.

Posted by: Beefy Meatball

The cruise ships have an internet cafe where you can use the computer.

75 14 Anyone see that BULLSHIT headline on Drudge:


As Mr. Holbrooke was sedated for surgery, family members said, his final words were to his Pakistani surgeon: 'You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan'...

Give me a freaken break Posted by: nevergiveup

Why in the love of fuck would you say that to the surgeon?  What the fuck's a surgeon gonna do?  Help Tony Stark build a fucking Ironman suit?  Okay,  that would be bad-ass.

Me thinks there's a Holbrooke family member who's been watching way too many Lifetime® original movies.  Melodramatic bullshit.

76 <i>“It’s painful and very hard to accept,” said former Representative Vic Fazio of California, then a member of the Democratic leadership. Now a Washington lobbyist, he has been fielding calls from defeated Democratic members asking, “<b>What do I do?</b>”</i>

Starve, you prick.

77 Only crackers like you guys could make fun of a serious holiday like Kwanzaa! Now, have a happy Collective Work and Responsibility day, and if you're good, you can have a happy Cooperative Economics day as well. Salah Malekem!

78

Yo, #60, #15 "Mary Cloggerstien" is a sock-puppet troll of the last few months. "She" can't even spell her own last name right two times in a row. It's got to be one of the other Morons.

I haven't Googled the hash yet, I want to keep the surprise. Besides, I do the same thing myself.

 

79 Now, now, that Wasserman-Schultz ...You know you would do her...she definitely gives off a slutty vibe.

80 In the new Cook Political Report ratings, only 15 Democratic House members are facing competitive races for 2012 with 28 more in “watch” situations.

Sending another 43 Dimbulbs packing is a worthy minimum target for 2012.

81 50
Mom helping us fill out our EO complaint forms, a little cocaine when we could afford it...
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2010 11:10 AM (dyE0a)

Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful.
Now that we've complained for EO,
Where's our blow?
Where's our blow?
Where's our blow?

82 cs