1
Do you remember when we used to dance?

/clap

2 What, it's Aces' birthday?

3

From the university study:

Other contributors to the book, Matthew Woessner and April Kelly-Woessner, who are husband and wife, also found that conservatives are less interested in pursuing advanced degrees than liberals.

I want them to defend this. it's a damaging throw away line that in the grand scheme of things doesn't mean much.  However, it is placed once again as a way to show that conservatives are stupid.

4 Sock off

5 Woo Hoo, dear leader is going to mesmorize the dumb masses tonight.

6 Yeah lets hope this Obama guy doesnt screw up my day of revolution.

7 My hangover from Ace Jell-O is starting to kick in...

8 If any of you missed Sarah Palin's gutting of Obama yesterday please go back & read it.  It is on the side bar about 8 posts down.  I'm all out of pudding now.

9 State of the Union is tonight? I chose the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

10 Mozart's birthday.

11 It's good to be king.

12 i will be watching John Wayne DVDs & live blogging with you people here or over at HA

13 Maybe Steve Jobs will reveal that the iPad can be used as a TRAVELING TELEPROMPTER to avoid embarrassment ;-)

14 Here in Massachusetts they are saying Scott Brown will not be seated until February 12th. That is the last day congress is in session until February 22nd. I think Martha Coakley would not be made to wait a month after the election before the democrats seated her. Scumbags.

15 Mozart's birthday. Too many candles

16 13 Maybe Steve Jobs will reveal that the iPad can be used as a TRAVELING TELEPROMPTER to avoid embarrassment ;-)

Sorry. I can't save him. But I can introduce a new app that will let you make your own asinine speeches full of lies and bullsh*t. All in the new iTunes. You'll love it. 

17 If nothing is happening today, how about some history...

661        Jan 27, Ali ibn Abu Talib, caliph of Islam (656-61), was murdered in Kufa, Iraq. Caliph Ali, son-in-law of Mohammed, was assassinated and his followers (Shiites) broke from the majority Muslim group.

Thus began all the shit in the history of the middle east.

18 Maybe it was unfair to expect that an administration with so little private sector experience would understand something about job creation.

Oh, that's gotta hurt.

19

The SOTU Game:  Take a drink every time he lies.  Take a drink every time he uses a straw man, like "some people."  Take a drink every time he says "unprecidented."  Take a drink every time he blames Bush. 

See who lasts the longest.  

Bonus points for each minute anyone who remains conscious after ten minutes.

20

WASHINGTON – Facing a divided Congress and a dissatisfied nation, President Barack Obama will unveil a jobs-heavy agenda in his State of the Union address Wednesday, retooling his message more than his mission.

His goal: Get the economy, the confidence of voters and his own presidency on surer footing.

"The president is going to explain why he thinks the American people are angry," Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday morning.

Really? He's going to explain that to us. Let me guess would it be because of the "last 8 years".

 

21 Today I celebrate 1 year and 10 months since I discovered I had cancer.  For 3 weeks my doctors told me I had six months to live.  I laid in my hospital bed as my mother sat next to me trying to be strong for me but dying herself inside.

Today is a big day because I'm still here, and cancer free.

Unfortunately, now I have to give up sex, drinking and become a priest.  Damn those foxhole conversions

22 When is the Frontline "Dancing Boys of Afghanistan" coming on?

23 Let me guess would it be because of the "last 8 years".

I believe the focus group suggested "last decade", lest someone remember Barry was POTUS for the last year of it.

24
The Democrats want the Scott Brown momentum to die down so they're making him wait 3 weeks to be sworn in.

25 The SOTU game - Every time Queen Nancy pops up like a weasel, drink mofos!

26 Sidebar Story on Palin is Fantastic!

27 "Posted by: Bill MItchell at January 27, 2010 09:28 AM (kEBiX)" Good for you, Bill. Hang in there.

28 Bonus points for each minute anyone who remains conscious after ten minutes.

Or take a drink every time he says "I" or "me" and die of alcohol poisoning.

29 SOTU? What can he say? But is it one of - The Top Five Reasons President Obama Suddenly Appears To Be Going Bald

30

Unfortunately, now I have to give up sex, drinking

and become a priest. 

I thought you said you had to give up sex...

(yeah, it's old, but couldn't resist).

31

More inspiration from the south Chicago punk:

http://tinyurl.com/yd4baqw

 

32 Drink every time he lies? I'm setting up an I.V., Jim.

33 Congratulations Father Bill! Once you're ordained, can you conduct a blessing of the weapons here at AOSHQ? I'm thinking it would be cool to have a chaplain an' all ... especially when we're hobo hunting; instant absolution!

34

So in summary I would describe Obama's first year in office as follows.

One down and three to go!

35 I'll be over at HillBuzz posting sophmoric-homo-jokes & gloomily complaining that the republicans will never win again.  I believe we have a rep to maintain.

36 I hope tonight during Obama's speech that Joe Wilson yells out "You're still lying!"

37 Aww SHIT, I have a dart match tonight.  I want DETAILS folks!.

Although I'm sure I wont have to look too hard for any good stuff.

This site is teh bawlz

38 Posted by: CAD Daddy at January 27, 2010 09:22 AM (T400w)

Here it is:

Mr. President: Please Try, "I'm Listening, People," Instead of "Listen Up, People!"
Mon at 6:33pm

We’ve now seen three landslide Republican victories in three states that President Obama carried in 2008. From the tea parties to the town halls to the Massachusetts Miracle, Americans have tried to make their opposition to Washington’s big government agenda loud and clear. But the President has decided that this current discontent isn’t his fault, it’s ours. He seems to think we just don’t understand what’s going on because he hasn’t had the chance – in his 411 speeches and 158 interviews last year – to adequately explain his policies to us.

Instead of sensibly telling the American people, “I’m listening,” the president is saying, “Listen up, people!” This approach is precisely the reason people are upset with Washington. Americans understand the president’s policies. We just don’t agree with them. But the president has refused to shift focus and come around to the center from the far left. Instead he and his old campaign advisers are regrouping to put a new spin on the same old agenda for 2010.

Americans aren’t looking for more political strategists. We’re looking for real leadership that listens and delivers results. The president’s former campaign adviser is now calling on supporters to “get on the same page,” but what’s on that page? He claims that the president is “resolved” to “keep fighting for” his agenda, but we’ve already seen what that government-growth agenda involves, and frankly the hype doesn’t give us much hope. Real health care reform requires a free market approach; real job creation involves incentivizing, not punishing, the job-creators; reining in the “big banks” means ending bailouts; and stopping “the undue influence of lobbyists” means not cutting deals with them behind closed doors.

Instead of real leadership, though, we’ve had broken promises and backroom deals. One of the worst: candidate Obama promised to go through the federal budget “with a scalpel,” but President Obama spent four times more than his predecessor. Want more? Candidate Obama promised that lobbyists “won’t find a job in my White House,” but President Obama gave at least a dozen former lobbyists top administration jobs. Candidate Obama promised us that we could view his health care deliberations openly and honestly on C-SPAN, but President Obama cut deals behind closed doors with industry lobbyists. Candidate Obama promised us that we would have at least five days to read all major legislation, but President Obama rushed through bills before members of Congress could even read them.

Candidate Obama promised us that his economic stimulus package would be targeted and pork-free, but President Obama signed a stimulus bill loaded with pork and goodies for corporate cronies. Candidate Obama railed against Wall Street greed, but President Obama cozied up to bankers as he extended and expanded their bailouts. Candidate Obama promised us that for “Every dollar that I’ve proposed [in spending], I’ve proposed an additional cut so that it matches.” We’re still waiting to see how President Obama will cut spending to match the trillion he’s spent.

More than anything, Americans were promised jobs, but the presidentÂ’s stimulus package has failed to stem our rising unemployment rate. Maybe it was unfair to expect that an administration with so little private sector experience would understand something about job creation. How many Obama Administration officials have ever had to make a payroll or craft a business plan in the private sector? How many have had to worry about not having the resources to invest and expand? The presidentÂ’s big government policies have made hiring a new employee a difficult commitment for employers to make. Ask yourself if the Obama Administration has done anything to make it easier for employers to hire. Have they given us any reassurance that the president will keep taxes low and not impose expensive new regulations?

Candidate Obama over-promised; President Obama has under-delivered. We understand you, Mr. President. WeÂ’ve listened to you again and again. We ask that you now listen to the American people.

- Sarah Palin

39 "The biggest risks to the market are taking place in Washington" - CNBC guest.

Both guests seem a little stilted.  As though they are weighing every word.  It is difficult to watch makes you wonder what they are trying not to say.  the whole show is stilted today, very odd.

40

(So far) the Win of the Day belongs to the guy F&F interviewed this morning re the angry town hall he participated in.

Steve Doocy:  What do you want to hear the president say tonight?

Interviewee:  I resign.

 

 

41

12 i will be watching John Wayne DVDs & live blogging with you people here or over at HA -

The man, and my second favorite actor all time.  Just watched Wake of the Red Witch the other day.  Oldie but goodie.

42 Is there going to be a live blog tonight?

43

Good onya Bill Mitchell.

Hang tough, and I'll see ya in church.

44 Here's a made-up holiday I think we can all get behind:  Meat Week.

45

My leg has been tingling since i woke up this morning.

First sign of MS?

46 Here's one for the ages:

Self-described wolf woman severs lost dog's head

Money quotes from the article:

-Wolfie Blackheart is not an ordinary 18-year-old. She believes she is a wolf — technically, a werewolf — and so she wears a tail. She also wears a harness in case someone special wants to drag her around.

-She added, “You also have to put (the head) outside for the brains to leak out.”

-Lisa Rodriguez, WolfieÂ’s mom, said she supports her daughterÂ’s career goal. “I say, ‘DonÂ’t sever heads in front of me,Â’” she said. “She usually does it in the woods.”

-She added, “Wolfie does have a bloody refrigerator, but they’re all dead animals.”

-“Wolfie would never harm an animal,” she said. “She likes road kill.”

47 OBAMA IS UTTERLY SCREWED TONIGHT:

Conservatives will know he's lying.
Independents will know he's incompetent.
Liberals will know he has abandoned them.

Utterly screwed.

** NEW DRINKING GAME:
Each time Obama makes a sweeping generality (i.e., "a chicken in every pot"), you have to drink.  Every time he lays out a specific plan to achieve those generalities, you have to eat.

My guess is that by the end of the night you will end up drunk and hungry.

48 @45 - Hi Heather, take the chance of going to "unknown site" but for us morons, shouldn't that be baaaacon week?

49 Posted by: ol_dirty_/b+/tard at January 27, 2010 09:49 AM (IoUF1)

She does speak for a lot of Americans.  I wish she had put a little more in about the banks.  She should begin drawing people like the Zero hedge folks and banks implode to really make a case for how badly this has been handled.  going to the people who have the best understanding and utilizing that resource is something the prez seems unable to do.  he prefers to remain in his cocoon of friendly faces who do not really have any understanding of the economy. 

One of my lib friends said it very well "the problem is there aren't many democrats who actually understand business and the economy and you don't want him going over to the other side for help, so, we'll just have to muddle through"

50 oops, can't take the chance

51 Hell, if'n you morons are going to make this a drinking game, then there is going to be a serious run on booze today.

52 No wonder NASA is pushing the AGW scam.  Looks like our King is hoping to nix the much anticipated return to the moon:

Obama Aims to Axe Moon Mission

53 Seriously--people are going to watch that shiat?  This president is a buffoon of the highest magnitude, and even after all the ass-kickings he's been handed in the past year, he still thinks that socialism and bigger gub-mint is the answer.

F*ck that noise.  I'm not going anywhere near a TV tonight.  Even if I did, I'd rather be watching the pinheads over on ESPN slurping the man-love on Brett Favre than listen to this ineffectual puss talk about how all we need is *more* hope and change.  What we need is across-the-board tax cuts.  Anything else I'm not interested in hearing.

54 Here's a SOTU bingo card for those that want to play along.

http://tinyurl.com/ydtauwe

55 teej @45--Do we discriminate against steak and chops and venison?  It's all good.

I bet they have bacon here: http://www.worldpork.org/

56 There ALL Big days, enjoy the ride.

http://tinyurl.com/c7b6kz

57 Huh.

Just heard AZ gubernatorial candidate John Munger on the radio.

So far, me likey.

Two points I found interesting...

1.) Our current Governor has a monomania for increasing the state sales tax as a solution for the budget disaster Napolitano left.  Munger disagrees but I most liked his way of phrasing his argument against it. The sales tax will kill 15,000 private sector jobs each year in order to preserve public sector jobs.  Sweet!

2.) On illegal immigration he mentioned intercepting the Federal gas tax until the Feds start doing their job on border enforcement and paying their share of the bills they foist off on the state as a result of their mandates and immigration policies.  Could he do that?  'Cause that would be awesome!

58 Robert Reich prove beyond a shadow of doubt, he is an imbecile.

59 Honduras' presidential inauguration is today.  Very little coverage, but BBC had a story.

God bless the President of Taiwan for attending the ceremony. 

60 Eh, why not?

61 A couple of scary stories the WH hopes to bury under the SOTU news, via weasel's -- CIA/DNI infighting http://tinyurl.com/ychej4r and drone strikes on the clown in Yemen have been held up pending a legal review because he is an American citizen (same URL)

62

65 -- You have to be shitting me?  Because he's an American citizen?  Shouldn't that have been rescinded with this little pleasure trip to Yemen?

 

Oh why am I asking...

63

Guys, quick question...

 

I've been thinking about this O'Keefe thing, and it still just doesn't add up.

And then I saw the batshit crazy insane twitters and other comments from media folks.

Is it possible that O'Keefe did this, aiming for a specific lesser charge, with the hope of drawing out media figures to liable/slander him... so he could turn around and sue?

I know it's reaching, but it does explain all the evidence.

64 @67

Patterico has a good piece on it today.

There's no mention of wire tapping anywhere in the court/police documents.  It sounds like the likely explanation is that O'Keefe et al were trying to follow up on complaints from Landrieu's constituents that they could never get through to her office.  Landrieu's people claim the phones have been ringing off the hook and blame robocalls for that, but constituents report getting through but put on indefinite hold, being transferred to other senators, in addition to busy signals.  So one theory is that O'Keefe et al were trying to access the phone lines to see if they had been tampered with by Landrieu's own staff to prevent constituents from getting through.

65 So.  Where is the headline and the back story?

About Northwestern Law being on lock-down?

I've got a URL but you won't let me show it to you.

66 Does anybody but me realize that "the last 8 years" includes most of Bush's time in office and ALL of Omamba's?

67 Bill Mitchell--congratulations.  Keep on  breathing.

68 @69

The lockdown has been lifted.

'Not sure a man with a gun in downtown Chicago is really that newsworthy. 

69 Man, I dated a lot of chicks with -really- bad manners.

70 Okay, so yesterday I posted a lot of links in other threads.  And I called for more "top Headline" posts.  Now here it is.  Yay!



I got nuthin'.


Congrats Bill, and hang tough! Information is one of your best tools, and also good friends.  Hang with a support group (this place is one of mine). 

71

 Not too many people would actually think about this the way you just did it. nice post. well done.