February 01, 2010

SOTU - the long awaited T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII review
— Purple Avenger

As always, Mr. Van Voorhees has captured the "essence" of the moment from the conservative perspective like no mere mortal can.

...Mr. Obama proved himself heir apparent to the Wizard of Altamont. Coiling, menacing, prowling, pouting, our Jumpin' Jack Flash-in-Chief worked the majority side of the hall into a frenzy, like some beautiful petulant electric cobra panther in a Brooks Brothers 3-button suit. And when he unleashed his climactic campaign finance j'accuse at his Republican foes and the assembled Supreme Court, I was fully hoping a House member would lung through and beat Justice Alito senseless with a tire iron....
In other news, VDH has a somewhat less optimistic outlook on the Obama presidency ascendancy.
...So after a mere year, Obama has crashed and plummeted lower than any first year administration in polling history. His “let me be perfectly clear” and “make no mistake about it” are the equivalent now of the serial teenage filler “Ya know.”...
And curiously, the presentdent has warmed up to nukes for the future. Nuclear weapons, that is.

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1 T. Coddington Van Voorhees III... leading the conservative movement into lockstep... one measure at a time. 3/4, 7/8, what have you. So long as you don't spill the Sea Breezes!

Posted by: George Orwell at February 01, 2010 08:59 PM (AZGON)

2 Cudos to Iowahawk. Buckly is almost beyond parody these days.

Posted by: Bubba Thudd at February 01, 2010 09:05 PM (rdeXG)

3 T. Coddington Van Voorhees III hits the essential truth once more. Barack Obama truly is the a Big Pianist.

Or am I looking for another word besides pianist?

Posted by: Josef K. at February 01, 2010 09:13 PM (7+pP9)

4

I am suspicious of everything Obama does Obama's nuclear budget expenditures. 

His feigned support of nuclear energy was totally dishonest because he defunded Yucca Mt. 

 

Posted by: California Red at February 01, 2010 09:16 PM (X2i5s)

5 I am always happy to hear from the Topsiders club...

Posted by: rawmuse at February 01, 2010 09:26 PM (6Kciv)

6 T. Coddington Van Voorhees III
Posted by: Josef K.


The Third?! Peasant, have some regard for eight generations of your betters!

Posted by: arhooley at February 01, 2010 09:29 PM (Xs1/k)

7 But seriously, I'm scared. Our enemies have to realize that this is their moment. A perfect storm that won't come again for many years.

Posted by: arhooley at February 01, 2010 09:31 PM (Xs1/k)

8 Posted by: arhooley at February 02, 2010 01:31 AM (Xs1/k)

Most normal people are, at the very least concerned.  Except for the dems/libs who keep insisting that he knows what he is doing and everything, everything will be fine, I'll see, they say.

Posted by: curious at February 01, 2010 09:38 PM (p302b)

9 Ha!  I knew the first one had to be parody.  I'm not that drunk, damn you!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 01, 2010 09:46 PM (eNxMU)

10 T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII, you say?

Unprecedented!

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 01, 2010 09:49 PM (hoowK)

11 Oh, my. I believe I just farted a Skittle. It was brown.

Posted by: T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII at February 01, 2010 10:04 PM (554T5)

12 I just don't think the iowahawk thing was that good. Bailed after paragraph three. Buckley's actual article is far funnier.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at February 01, 2010 10:56 PM (eKgqT)

13

What I would like to know is just where the fuck are all these billions going?!!

For all we know he could be building an invasion force just south of the border or whatever. So the Fed has agreed to an independent audit last week. At least the paper industry is getting business. And really a pick up trucker? well I never!

Posted by: sonnyspats at February 01, 2010 10:59 PM (68tQb)

14 Does anybody send links to these wonderful missives to Buckley?  I imagine he would be too clueless to see himself in the mirror, so to speak.

Posted by: Buddy Bizarre at February 01, 2010 11:07 PM (Yn2A0)

15 What I would like to know is just where the fuck are all these billions going?!! Posted by: sonnyspats

Well, $24 million of it is going to a campaign contributor in the form of a no-bid contract... What's that you ask?

Why, yes, The Great O did campaign against such contracts.

Busted.

Posted by: Iskandar at February 01, 2010 11:27 PM (/o58C)

16 Dr. Spank has been drinking heavily cuz it's his birthday. In other words, it's Groundhog's Day. So, Fuck You.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at February 01, 2010 11:28 PM (muUqs)

17

The Harry Reid new bumper sticker:  I brake for light skinned negroes!

Posted by: Case at February 01, 2010 11:36 PM (0K+Kw)

18 Aliens is on AMC.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at February 01, 2010 11:39 PM (muUqs)

19 Hypnotic. Mr. VanVorhees writes in a style reminiscent of that found in the collected works of Jeremy Hillary Boob, PhD. (...and while he wrote 'em, he was also reviewing them.)

Posted by: Sir Folderol at February 01, 2010 11:42 PM (0pxxM)

20 The e-mail link at Iowahawk's isn't working. So, dude, hook me up.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at February 01, 2010 11:48 PM (muUqs)

21 Dr. Krauthammer is not happy with the O's performance either:

"...I find it hard to join the general swooning over this newfound foreign policy sophistication. It's good that we have a President who says publicly that Gandhi would not have done very well against Hitler, but is this really a great philosophical advance? For a President of the United States? It's the kind of issue that you dispose of in your first bull session in the freshman dorm."

Posted by: Iskandar at February 02, 2010 12:11 AM (/o58C)

22 If he does a photo op with me on his Oz visit, you'll know the shark is well and truly jumped.

Posted by: Mangy Koala with a weak bladder at February 02, 2010 12:28 AM (iQhMj)

23 VDHansen clearly doesn't listen to teenagers (just as well) carefully; it isn't "ya know" with which they punctuate the air, rather it's "like" that is spoken every other phrase. This habit is equally dreadful.

Other than that minor and quibbling detail, point well taken, Mr H.




Posted by: Chris at February 02, 2010 01:24 AM (t1iPt)

24 So who is falling apart faster AGW or Barry?

Posted by: Jean at February 02, 2010 02:02 AM (CPefM)

25
"But seriously, I'm scared. Our enemies have to realize that this is their moment. A perfect storm that won't come again for many years."

Osama bin Laden attacked the WTC to undermine the US economy. Given the damage that Obama is inflicting on the economy, the smartest thing OBL can do is lie low and let Obama carry on. It may be cold comfort, but a terror attack at this point would undermine Obama, and that's the last thing OBL should want.

Barack Obama: Doing al-Qaeda's Work So They Don't Have To!

Posted by: Brown Line at February 02, 2010 02:17 AM (hrRUa)

26

Good Morning Morons;

 

IÂ’m sure the top story today will be the LA frame. Breitbart lashed into the federal police and courts in LA for the arrest saying that James OÂ’Keefe was framed and denied an attorney for 28 hours while the DA made his case to the press. He found it ironic that the terrorist Christmas bomber had a lawyer within hours while OÂ’Keefe was held without one for 28 hours.

 

The DA involved has stepped down from the case.  When this case was breaking many of us said that it does not pass the smell test. We are starting to see what this case is really all about, and it truly does stink. 

 

story at big government

 

I also would like to give a shout-out to all the people eeyores who were trashing OÂ’Keefe before they even could anything of than the governmentÂ’s PR via the MSM. Most of them were concern trolls, but a few of them were regulars here.

 

Emphasizes something I have been saying for a long time. DO NOT BELIEVE A DAMN THING NEGATIVE that the MSM puts out about someone who is an enemy of the liberals.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 02:23 AM (QrA9E)

27 So who is falling apart faster AGW or Barry? One vote for AGW

Posted by: fluffy the whistle pig at February 02, 2010 02:28 AM (SwkdU)

28

Another story breaking today is that BS from our asshole RINO Lindsey Graham who is jumping out in front of the parade for stopping the terror trial in NYC. Recall yesterday that we heard he was going to introduce a bill to stop the trial.

 

Well it turns out somewhat different than that. He is joining forces with some commiecrats (again) and they will add an amendment to the “next bill that comes along”.  Guess what bill that is?   ObamaÂ’s jobÂ’s bill otherwise known as porkulous II.   This will be an opening for RINOs to cross the aisle to vote for it in the name of “keeping the trial out of NYC”.  Frankly, if it comes down to having that trial in NYC or voting for pork II I go for the trial. Hell, all those NYC residents voted for OÂ’Bama, let them have some of his cake. Sorry NYC Morons.  

 

We can not get rid of this RINO by any legal means, but what we should be doing is sending letters/emails to the Republican Party to have him removed from all committee assignments and marginalized in the party. Maybe he will resign.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 02:32 AM (QrA9E)

29

His feigned support of nuclear energy was totally dishonest because he defunded Yucca Mt. 

The "support" in his current budget is the same "support" that was in the 2005 energy bill. A promise of loan guarantees.

That is a promise that if a utility borrows 5 billion dollars to build a nuke site while a group of communist intervenors ties it up in court for 10 years eating up interest charges the gov will pay off the loan if the utility goes bankrupt.

In other words, it is no help at all. Real help would be fixing the process that allows intervenors to tie up these projects for years with one frivolous lawsuit after another.

Of course that will never happen because they hate nuke power and have no intention of actually promoting it.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 02:36 AM (QrA9E)

30 @23: And it's not just teenagers.  I have a colleague who's just a year or so younger than I am (early 40s) who says 'like' every three or four words.  Impeccable academic credentials and he talks like a mallrat.  We are doomed, I tell you.

Posted by: Stealth Gay Conservative Academic at February 02, 2010 02:49 AM (Ak57B)

31 VDH's column is actually even better than Coddington's.

Posted by: Tom in Korea at February 02, 2010 02:59 AM (nS7nk)

32

Well Morons; it is Groundhog Day

 

PA Weather

 

It looks like cloudy with snow, so no shadow. We will have an early spring this year, unlike the past two Winters.

 

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 03:02 AM (QrA9E)

33

I was literally laughing so hard while reading Iowahak's column that I had tears running down my cheeks. Make sure to click on one of his previous posts Do No Blame Me

...Rosa is back!!

Posted by: beedubya at February 02, 2010 03:03 AM (AnTyA)

34
mornin, boners

Posted by: This is Timmy in the well at February 02, 2010 03:06 AM (9X3KM)

35 26--I also would like to give a shout-out to all the people eeyores who were trashing OÂ’Keefe before they even could anything of than the governmentÂ’s PR via the MSM. Most of them were concern trolls, but a few of them were regulars here.

Allahpoundit had him convicted of wiretapping.

Posted by: Moe Syzlak at February 02, 2010 03:16 AM (Vc/xe)

36

LOL, the Democrat Senate special election primary in IL is going full bore with Chicago politics. It seems one of the candidates is part of a bank that requires a bailout.

His opponent is making a big deal out of this and Fox is helping himj right along.  They had the one "opponent" on F&F.

To be "fair and balanced" they will have Kirk on.

Kirk's Record

 

I would say that he is more of a Scoop Jackson Democrat, but I believe he is actually more liberal than that.  He voted for crap and tax, he is a gun grabber, his tax record is spotty, and he is a watermelon eco-asshole.

 

Vote for the conservative in the primary morons. If Kirk wins the primary then vote your conscience.

 

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 03:20 AM (QrA9E)

37
yeah, that would be Drew who was convicting O'Keefe as soon as the story hit the wires.

Drew is so fucking smart.

Posted by: This is Timmy in the well at February 02, 2010 03:24 AM (9X3KM)

38

Well they just showed the groundhog, he saw his shadow. I just don't see how that is possible unless that weather thing was wrong.

6 more weeks of Winter

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 03:25 AM (QrA9E)

39 Ah, those simple Pennsylvanians. What a great place to be from.

Posted by: dr kill at February 02, 2010 03:27 AM (qO6T2)

40 They could always have the O'Keefe trail in Manhattan instead, no?

Posted by: dr kill at February 02, 2010 03:29 AM (qO6T2)

41 I roused from slumber to find that the epic Ace stalker post, a promise the likes of which has been unheard of since at least October of 2008, has failed to materialize.

My faith is in tatters.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 02, 2010 03:31 AM (lN56Y)

42 Vic, have you ever met a candidate you like?

Posted by: fluffy, whistle pig at February 02, 2010 03:35 AM (SwkdU)

43

Vic, have you ever met a candidate you like?

Met personally?? No

Have there been candidates I like? Obviously you have read my posts.

Basically I like real conservative candidates and I do not consider "religious" items as part of being conservative.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 03:40 AM (QrA9E)

44 I think Obama's support for nuclear is required payback for all the work that General Electric has done for him. They continue to fund losers like MSNBC and their idiot on-screen people, and GE gets billions for 'green projects' and nuclear projects. Cap and Trade was supported by GE, and would have made them billions in profits for doing next to nothing. Any new nuclear reactors will have to meet technical specifications the GE helped write.

Posted by: 141 Driver at February 02, 2010 03:41 AM (JFNQ7)

45

Sorry

Obviously you have NOT read my posts.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 03:41 AM (QrA9E)

46

Any new nuclear reactors will have to meet technical specifications the GE helped write.

If you go back and look at past energy bills there was no money for that kind of stuff. GE is in Boiling Water Reactors and the industry has been moving away from those, or I guess I should say "had started moving away from those".

I haven't kept up with what they are doing on the BWR front, but I know of no new designs for BWRs, while Westinghouse has several pre-approved designs for PWRs.

GE is in all this "green" crap for windmill generators. They are BIG in that field.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 03:45 AM (QrA9E)

47 Brilliant!  Absolutely brilliant.  THAT is how you do parody...

Posted by: Mikey at February 02, 2010 03:45 AM (TJoID)

48

"NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino defended putting more money into the programs, saying the U.S. needs the best nuclear weapons facilities, scientists, technicians and engineers as it moves toward eventual disarmament.

"This budget is implementing the president's nuclear vision," he said."

Uh, but wasn't Bambi's previously oft-expressed "nuclear vision" that of unilaterally dismantling our arsenal in  the name of peace, brotherhood, and universal unicorn-y happiness? Quite a dramatic shift. It's almost as if he's being advised to take certain actions to at least appear to not be the incompetent commie retard that he truly is...


Posted by: Chainsaw Chimp at February 02, 2010 03:47 AM (j6H6o)

49

Quite a dramatic shift. It's almost as if he's being advised to take certain actions to at least appear to not be the incompetent commie retard that he truly is...

No need to worry, this is all rhetoric from Obama. It means nothing.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 03:49 AM (QrA9E)

50 Obviously you have NOT read my posts. I've read quite a few, but positive words for candidates and office holders are rare. All that negativity has me concerned ;-)

Posted by: fluffy at February 02, 2010 03:52 AM (SwkdU)

51 I also would like to give a shout-out to all the people eeyores who were trashing OÂ’Keefe before they even could anything of than the governmentÂ’s PR via the MSM. Most of them were concern trolls, but a few of them were regulars here.



I'm amazed that the conservative presence on the interwebs is so often still sucked into the tripe spewed by the leftwing media, even after all this time. I don't get it. If they told me the sun rises in the East, I'd wait to see the proof myself.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Proprietor International House of Bacons at February 02, 2010 03:52 AM (erIg9)

52

And the same capital will deliver 20% of the energy 30% of the time.

I don't think windmeills will ever make it that high as part of the grid. They are really not good for much other than powering up small loads far from a normal grid source, and then only at night when the sun is not available.

Wind is truly the worst of the choices they have.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 03:53 AM (QrA9E)

53

I've read quite a few, but positive words for candidates and office holders are rare.

I have had positive comments for Jeff Sessions and Jim DeMint. Also for candidate Sarah Palin, although I still support her, some of her luster was lost when she agreed to help campaign for McCain.

I am neutral on most of the other Republicans and I can not stand RINOs like Lindsey Graham and the ME sisters.

They should be driven from the Party.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 03:56 AM (QrA9E)

54

If they told me the sun rises in the East, I'd wait to see the proof myself.

I don't even believe their videos because I know they edit them. You can't even believe what you "see" on the media.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 03:57 AM (QrA9E)

55 nope, they're habitual liars, frauds, and scoundrels of the highest order

Posted by: Unclefacts, Proprietor International House of Bacons at February 02, 2010 04:00 AM (erIg9)

56

Whut's all this talk I been hearin' in the news lately 'bout Febuary 11th and Achmadinnerjad?

Is he tryin' to qualerfy for the Daytoner 500?  Yee-Haw!  Git r dun.

Posted by: Yer Typical Yee-hawin' Tobacci-chawin' Sister-pawin' Country-ass Bumpkin at February 02, 2010 04:00 AM (GwPRU)

57 Yesterday I heard something on Beck.  someone here asked about it.  This is the second day in a row where I heard something on a program and then realize they don't do transcripts.  And with people like Beck and O'Really you can't listen to the show unless you sign up for their premium service, no thanks.   Beck needs an intern to post transcripts of the show on the site.

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 04:15 AM (p302b)

58 We can neutralize any mischief they have intended for Feb 11. Trust me.

Posted by: Harry Wittington at February 02, 2010 04:16 AM (SwkdU)

59 I don't even believe their videos because I know they edit them. You can't even believe what you "see" on the media.

You mean that there might have been a black man interviewed in attendance at the whites only Tea Party and then deliberately cropped out?  say what?

Posted by: Tom in Korea at February 02, 2010 04:17 AM (+gX1+)

60

You mean that there might have been a black man interviewed in attendance at the whites only Tea Party and then deliberately cropped out?  say what?

Oh it is much worse than that. They edit interviews to make people they don't like (conservatives) look stupid or evil while hiding how liberals are destroying the country.

With Sarah Palin they even switched answers around between questions. If I was a politician I would never allow any interview that was not live or in which I did not get to approve the final copy.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 04:23 AM (QrA9E)

61 Happy 105th birthday Ann Rand!

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 04:30 AM (QrA9E)

62 I thought GE was also into cap n' tax because they were going to run the carbon exchange or some monitoring mechanism associated with it?

Posted by: Jean at February 02, 2010 04:40 AM (vb5IK)

63

His feigned support of nuclear energy was totally dishonest because he defunded Yucca Mt. 

Obama didn't defund Yucca. First of all a president can't "defund". The House, in July, voted 388 to 30 to not defund the Yucca Mountain repository in the FY2010 budget. He tried to close it in accordance with a campaign promise and a gimme to Harry Reid.

This "stopping Yucca Mountain" promise ranks up there with his stupider campaign promises and decisions. It's akin to "closing Gitmo". Using Yucca is law and would have to be changed by congress. Congress is not going to vote against Yucca for fear that another depository would be found in their state. The libs have managed to hold it up in court but Obama himself cannot do shit except lend his name to the "cause".

Idiots



 

Posted by: dagny at February 02, 2010 04:40 AM (726kZ)

64 OT from CNN
http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/17260182/1610997888/name/ftc-vi26.wmv

Posted by: sTevo at February 02, 2010 04:42 AM (pCFIu)

65 I melt is awfully quiet these days.  Didn't he deal with some country, when it wasn't fashionable for American companies to sell overseas?   Didn't it come back to bite him in the butt but he still kept doing it anyway?  Oh my, can't remember the name of that country....

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 04:42 AM (p302b)

66 There is so much information out there and sometimes I think the blog and others are only capable of covering a fifth of all this stuff.  How can the administration adequately be addressing everything with the same measure, making sure not to screw up?

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 04:44 AM (p302b)

67

I thought GE was also into cap n' tax because they were going to run the carbon exchange or some monitoring mechanism associated with it?

I thought Duke Energy had their fingers in that pie, but you may be right.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 04:45 AM (QrA9E)

68

He tried to close it in accordance with a campaign promise and a gimme to Harry Reid.

What he did was put a line item in the budget to zero out the budget for Yucca Mountain and withdraw the license application.

What congress does with that is anybody's guess. Yucca has been tied up in court with activist judges for so long it has beome almost a moot point.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 04:50 AM (QrA9E)

69 Isn't there still an open application for an NRC license by the Skull Valley Gosutes (in Utah) to be a National Waste repository?

Posted by: Jean at February 02, 2010 04:54 AM (tJF9l)

70 JOe just held up the NYT's.  Sheesh has American education gotten that bad that they misspell "high jinx" as  "high jinks"?  

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 04:56 AM (p302b)

71 Allahpoundit had him convicted of wiretapping.

Posted by: Moe Syzlak at February 02, 2010 07:16 AM (Vc/xe)

There's a fucking shocker; that dicksuck along with Quilly Mammoth should have to drink the goo they liposuction out Worf's fat ass.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 02, 2010 04:59 AM (Sghlv)

72 Laugh all you want at Mr. Van Vorhees.  The truth is the Conservative Movement would be far better served if the Hoi Palloi would once more bow to their intellectual betters.

Posted by: David Brooks at February 02, 2010 05:00 AM (woIDc)

73 Vic: I hadn't seen what he had done in the latest budget. What a tool. What an incredible waste of money and for what? Yucca is an excellent site. They are putting so many more people in harms way by having to store waste willy nilly. These assholes couldn't be more corrupt or stupid.

Posted by: dagny at February 02, 2010 05:00 AM (726kZ)

74 "If the provisions are allowed to expire on December 31, the top-tier personal income tax rate will rise to 39.6 percent from 35 percent. But lower-income families will pay more as well: the 25 percent tax bracket will revert back to 28 percent; the 28 percent bracket will increase to 31 percent; and the 33 percent bracket will increase to 36 percent. ; font-weight: bold;">The special 10 percent bracket is eliminated."

Finally they are talking about how the poorest of the poor are going to get screwed.

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 05:00 AM (p302b)

75 Captain Hate---I never accused him of wire tapping.  He orchestrated a criminal break in of a Senator's office.  He will get a judicial slap down and that will always taint his work exposing ACORN. 

I suppose you think that's good for those who oppose thug unions, don't you?

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 02, 2010 05:02 AM (woIDc)

76 It was tough to defend O'Keefe on here.  You got the impression that he was tried, considered guilty and convicted, period.  (so shut up and don't post anything to the contrary).   At least some got the "it doesn't pass the smell test idea across.6

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 05:03 AM (p302b)

77 These assholes couldn't be more corrupt or stupid.

Posted by: dagny at February 02, 2010 09:00 AM (726kZ)


don't ever sell this administration short in that regard

Posted by: Unclefacts, Proprietor International House of Bacons at February 02, 2010 05:03 AM (erIg9)

78 Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 02, 2010 09:02 AM (woIDc)

I'm not so up on the topic but where do you get this:  "He orchestrated a criminal break in of a Senator's office."?   If the staffers are there, how is it a "break in".

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 05:05 AM (p302b)

79 He orchestrated a criminal break in of a Senator's office.

You keep convicting him before he's even had a trial.  Is that how it works out in your world?  I don't think I'd want you on a jury of my peers if I was innocent of a crime.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 02, 2010 05:05 AM (Sghlv)

80

Isn't there still an open application for an NRC license by the Skull Valley Gosutes (in Utah) to be a National Waste repository?

The NRC actually approved and issued the license but as far as I can tell it is still being held up by opposition from other intervenors just as described above.

Until the regulatory and legal proceedings are straightened out in this country nothing like this will go forward without spending huge sums of money.  The Commiecrats in congress, bowing to their watermellon consituincy have made it easy to sue and stop progress.

BTW, that site is a "Dry Fuel Storage" Site so most likely it will not be considered permanent storage. It is also not a "national depository". There is a consortium of utilities participating in it.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 05:10 AM (QrA9E)

81 Ugh Beck is starting the show with Ariana.  too early in the morning for ariana, need more coffee.  (btw, my mom says she is one of the "gabor sisters" and it isn't meant as a compliment, not that she is literally, but of that ilk, only into politics)

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 05:11 AM (p302b)

82 I thought GE was also into cap n' tax because they were going to run the carbon exchange or some monitoring mechanism associated with it?

Whatever the case may be, GE and others have invested heavily in the "green" sham. Even if AGW ends up being thoroughly (scientifically) discredited, the wheels are in motion and there's no turning back. Witness how the public is being saturated with "green" advertising. It's 24x7 on television. It's become an emotional appeal, and unfortunately many Americans (52% anyway) readily abandon intellect in favor of emotion.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at February 02, 2010 05:11 AM (554T5)

83 Who called the republicans the Kamir rouge?  Geez Beck talks about everything.

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 05:12 AM (p302b)

84

They are putting so many more people in harms way by having to store waste willy nilly.

Not really, the risk from on-site storage is almost negligable.  What it does is once again jack up the cost of operation which is exactly what they are looking for.

Hell, the watermellons have actually admitted that is their strategy in interviews.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 05:13 AM (QrA9E)

85 Thought it was the People's office. Actually, Mary "the whore" Landrieu was lying to the people about the people's phones being jammed. The people paid for the office, the phones, the staff, the phone service and even the f-ing air conditioning. Perhaps if she weren't such a corrupt POS lying to her constituents she wouldn't be a target for investigative journalism. Remember when Mike Wallace was chasing republicans through parking garages on 60 minutes, back in the day? Were those break ins?

Posted by: dagny at February 02, 2010 05:15 AM (726kZ)

86 Read somewhere that O'Keefe requested an attorney and was deprived of one for hours.  If you contrast that with the way the underwear fellow got an attorney pronto, one might assume that O'Keefe made his point.

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 05:15 AM (p302b)

87 Who called the republicans the Kamir rouge?.

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 09:12 AM (p302b)

I think that was on "Blueballs with Tweety"; I saw some HA reference to it.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 02, 2010 05:15 AM (Sghlv)

88 Capt. Hate, O'Keefe admitted it.  Did you not read the affidavit?  His henchmen admitted to gaining access using subterfuge and he admitted to planning it.  The question is simply whether his journalistic goal is going to mitigate it as Geraldo's B&E of Willowbrook was mitigated by the criminal enterprise he uncovered.

O'Keefe rolled the dice...and he lost.

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 02, 2010 05:16 AM (woIDc)

89 When Obama wields that baton, he slices like a fuckin hammer.

Posted by: Urquhart at February 02, 2010 05:16 AM (Y/yU3)

90 Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 02, 2010 09:16 AM (woIDc)

Don't think he lost anything.  You need to pipe down.  Wait for the system to work.  And, if the system doesn't work, that makes a huge point also.

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 05:17 AM (p302b)

91 Geez Beck talks about everything.

That's part of the reason he lost me as a listener. He's totally into free association, and often doesn't think before he speaks.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at February 02, 2010 05:17 AM (554T5)

92

Read somewhere that O'Keefe requested an attorney and was deprived of one for hours. 

It is in that link I posted above, 28 hours.

I also see the concern trolls are back.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 05:18 AM (QrA9E)

93

  too early in the morning for ariana, need more coffee. 

Whichever Sunday talk show has her--its with George Will and some other squeaky voiced libtard, needs to rethink people listening to her. If she wants to speak about the US could she please get a voice coach and quit sounding like a Green Acres skit?

Posted by: dagny at February 02, 2010 05:18 AM (726kZ)

94 Remember when Mike Wallace was chasing republicans through parking garages on 60 minutes, back in the day? Were those break ins?

Obviously not.  Wallace had camera crews in a public area.  The whole "people's office" bit is a canard.  Do you think that you, as a taxpayer, have unlimited access to any place you want?

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 02, 2010 05:19 AM (woIDc)

95 O'Keefe rolled the dice...and he lost.

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 02, 2010 09:16 AM (woIDc)


Gibbsy, is that you?

Posted by: Unclefacts, Proprietor International House of Bacons at February 02, 2010 05:19 AM (erIg9)

96 curious - I know - we need Glenn Beck's staffers to identify themselves here. They enjoy the good times, but they should be around to take the heat when he is off his meds.

Posted by: Jean at February 02, 2010 05:20 AM (/8Gs3)

97 So here's an interesting thought... Obammy is funding nuclear weapons research, and has taken China off the priority list for our national intelligence community.  Maybe an unspoken deal for China to fund our debt further was that we'd do nuclear weapons research for them?  One of our few remaining assets is our technilogical edge over other countries in military applications, so allowing China to outsource their research in this area might be a good incentive for them to keep our boat afloat for a bit longer.

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 02, 2010 05:20 AM (pZEar)

98 Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 09:18 AM (QrA9E)

I'm not so up on the story.  But, thanks for the link cause there seem to be a lot of things that weren't "kosher".  (word my friend uses when something doesn't pass the smell test)

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 05:21 AM (p302b)

99 And, if the system doesn't work, that makes a huge point also.

Define what determines success or failure  If O'Keefe gets convicted of something does that constitute failure?

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 02, 2010 05:21 AM (woIDc)

100 O'Keefe rolled the dice...and he lost.

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 02, 2010 09:16 AM (woIDc)

Really?  Again, what has he been convicted of?  How's the prosecution moving ahead on this?  Not too fucking well is what it sounds like.  It doesn't seem like he's lost a damn thing other than being held without access to an attorney which either means he didn't have anything to worry about or the prosecutor screwed up badly.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 02, 2010 05:23 AM (Sghlv)

101 Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 02, 2010 09:19 AM (woIDc)

Have always gotten the impression that the staffers let the guy into the office.  Wow, this O'Keefe thing has shades of the "Duke Lacrosse player's case'.

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 05:23 AM (p302b)

102 Do you think that you, as a taxpayer, have unlimited access to any place you want?

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 02, 2010 09:19 AM (woIDc)


are you making the case that a sitting senator's office is off limits somehow?

Posted by: Unclefacts, Proprietor International House of Bacons at February 02, 2010 05:24 AM (erIg9)

103 Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 02, 2010 09:21 AM (woIDc)

In order to answer your question I would need to read the case and right now haven't had time.  But, if the DA quit and the guy didn't have a lawyer out of the box, then maybe, just maybe somebody botched something.

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2010 05:25 AM (p302b)

104

Please do not adjust your set!

The noise you are experiencing is the entire left side of the blogsphere throwing a ghey snit!  These episodes, while apparently violent, are harmless and are typically of short duration.  Expect sobbing followed by brief school girl like screaming over the next several days.  We apologized for the inconvenience but you know...

GHEY!

We will return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 02, 2010 05:29 AM (RkRxq)

105 Actually, if I could find a parking place, which I couldn't, I could drive over to the Capitol right now and go into the senate chamber. Pubilic buildings are public. The Watergate break-in was in a private office and it would have been a break-in even in a public office if the office were closed just like it would be in a closed public park. Yes, as a tax payer, I do think I have access to any PUBLIC office. That's what PUBLIC means. Unlimited? No, I would not have access when it is closed, like the DMV. When it's open? yes

Posted by: dagny at February 02, 2010 05:31 AM (726kZ)

106 so O'Keefe walked into a public office, during normal business hours, what ever his reasons were, and he's being hung up for B&E? Horseshit.

you can hang him if he's guilty of tampering with their phones, which so far doesn't look to be the case, but convicting him of breaking in, is fucking retarded.

this conviction before the evidence is fully disclosed smacks of liberal nonsense, and anyone pulling that shit here can go fuck themselves.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Proprietor International House of Bacons at February 02, 2010 05:36 AM (erIg9)

107 eeyore or concern troll, which is it QM?

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 05:38 AM (QrA9E)

108 109 eeyore or concern troll, which is it QM?

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2010 09:38 AM (QrA9E)


guess it doesn't want to answer some simple questions

Posted by: Unclefacts, Proprietor International House of Bacons at February 02, 2010 05:54 AM (erIg9)

109 Good morning Happy Campers, or is that Crappy Hampers?

Damn its early.

I hate Dawn Patrol!!

Posted by: Birkenstock Cowboy at February 02, 2010 06:06 AM (PmRjt)

110 eeyore or concern troll, which is it

I'll take "desperate retards" for $500 Alex.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 02, 2010 06:15 AM (P5K9v)

111 Well, he did win the Nobel Peace Prize, after all.

Posted by: Robin at February 02, 2010 06:33 AM (6uXZa)

112 Here, trolly, trolly.....

Posted by: nikkolai at February 02, 2010 06:41 AM (i4ujc)

113 "108 so O'Keefe walked into a public office, during normal business hours, what ever his reasons were, and he's being hung up for B&E? Horseshit." As the story broke, it sounded bad; then more and more details seeped in and it became harder to understand what was the exact nature of the alleged crime. The initial howl of "wiretap" was absurd, so what was the foul deed? The fact that the DA recused himself quickly or at all suggests a scent of a rat in the air. What was flatly ludicrous was the incomprehensible comparison to Watergate. Perhaps we can agree on this... If there were something heavy and serious there, we would have seen much more of this in the press. The leftards aren't disposing of O'Keefe so quickly. That recusal stinks to the sky.

Posted by: George Orwell at February 02, 2010 06:46 AM (AZGON)

114 Iowahawk is simply the best. Even in parody he outwrote little Chris.

Posted by: Jeffrey at February 02, 2010 07:14 AM (+nVfa)

115

They bit too soon on O'Keefe and were too eager -- think they got a mouthful of something they'd really just like to forget now.  If they just let him go, then people ask questions; if they try and prosecute, discovery can be a bitch -- but they can't just let him go because people will ask questions.

I think the kid outmanuevered them again.  Oh, and Iowahawk...I love you; if I was still teaching English comp., I'd use your stuff in my class (VDH is good too, but I think he might be more appropriate for a history class...maybe my husband could use his stuff).

Posted by: unknown jane at February 02, 2010 07:19 AM (5/yRG)

116
Hey QuillyMammoth you dumbfuck, you can walk into the lobby of ANY Senator's or House members office during office hours.  Have you ever been to DC in the any of the 3 Senate office buildings or the 4 House office buildings?

By the way, here is a map.  Go learn something dipshit.

http://www.aoc.gov/cc/cc_map.cfm

Posted by: Hedgehog at February 02, 2010 07:21 AM (oQIfB)

117

Chris Buckley won't be able to stand up straight for 3 months.  He's been kicked in the nuts, hard, twice in about a week.  First by Ace, seeathcond by Iowahawk.

Both times, breathtakingly hilarious.  Fine job, guys.

Posted by: sixpckr at February 02, 2010 07:43 AM (Aw7Iv)

118 Our enemies have to realize that this is their moment.

Please, at the rate we're going all they got a do is ... wait.  We are doing a much better job of self-distructing, than any attack they could muster.  Doomed...Doomed I tell ya!

Posted by: Paladin at February 02, 2010 08:11 AM (WGbtD)

119

B&E is a joke.  If manipulating, ie picking up a phone to see if it's working is "tampering", then we've all got problems.

I hope Okeefe's atty can quickly get a copy of what was recorded; then release it.  I surmise that will dampen a lot of the wild speculation.

Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 02, 2010 08:13 AM (ucq49)

120 Wild speculation you say; I say desperate grasping at straws.  I think we both agree that it's going to be pretty fun watching the walk scramble back.

Posted by: unknown jane at February 02, 2010 09:16 AM (5/yRG)

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