1 Are they writing off Obama yet?

2 How about "cutting off their more vulnerable members" instead?

3 An aggressive and confident strategy? The RNC? Ha Ha, pretty funny.

4 2 How about "cutting off their more vulnerable members" instead?

Or, as I like to call it, the Lorena Bobbitt gambit.

5 Posted by: nevergiveup at September 05, 2010 02:21 PM

My question, too.

Some Dems are already changing their tune on the Traitor-in-Chief's regime. Sadly, some voters will buy their conversion, believing it will last longer than election day.

My fondest hope is that the Dems will go deeply into debt defending every seat, and face January, 2011 broke and trivialized in Congress.

Reality suggests that a mixture of voter apathy, lies, Osama Oboma's dwindling but still-strong influence, the media and ACORN will see them emerging from the elections still in control of Congress.

6 but, but christine o'donnell doesn't tilt up the collar on her polo shirts when visiting the delicate connecticut flowers - ooga booga - run away!?!

7 Completely off topic, but:

Let's say for the sake of argument, hypothetically, that I wanted to record streamed videos off my browser. Do any of you morons know of a program that would allow me to do this?

Let's also say, for the sake of argument, hypothetically, that I wanted to find a BitTorrent program. Any recommendations?

Don't know if it's kosher to ask this. Don't know if it's safe for y'all to answer. Ignore me if that's the best course.

8 download helper on firefuxx

9

And they're saying that Obama is adding more fundraising to his schedule in the coming weeks.

Hot damn the next seven weeks may be more enjoyable than 11/2 itself. How many Dems are going to pull a Feingold and find they have other more pressing commitments as O rolls into their town?

10 The RNC could save some money by putting together a single ad that goes after the dems where they are the most vunerable; Obama association, economy, and health care. I'm not sure they even have to promote their own candidate, they only have to make sure that all dems are sufficiently linked to the present disaster.

11

On the other hand, Patrick Ishmael at Hot Air has found that in his analysis the GOP itself isn't being very aggressive

Hey, we're putting on hip hop concerts in the 2nd tier of the competitive races...

...that should do it,baby

What up?

12 7 Completely off topic, but:

Let's say for the sake of argument, hypothetically, that I wanted to record streamed videos off my browser. Do any of you morons know of a program that would allow me to do this?
-----------------
Depends on the website. For stealing things from Youtube, I run youtube-dl on my trusty NetBSD box.

There are also web pages that let you grab the video and download; you give it the URL of the page containing the video and it sucks out the video and gives you a button you can click to download it. Been a while since I used any of 'em, so I don't recall the name; you could always google "save streaming video" or somesuch.

13 Posted by: Steve (aka Ed Snate) at September 05, 2010 02:29 PM

I don't have any answers. So I can ignore you in perfect safety, and you lose nothing by it....

14 It's easier to get a Bird in Hand when your Hand smells like Bush.

15

Agreed wholeheartedly, dagny.

What's so hard about painting Pelosi/Reid/Obama as the trifecta of malfeasance? Polling indicates that would go over well in just about any district.

16 Ace wrote : "Patrick Ishmael at Hot Air has found that in his analysis the GOP itself isn't being very aggressive -- it's focusing on the 30 most vulnerable Democrats...."

In fairness, ace,  the Repub establishment has one thing only in mind: it wants to keep the world safe for fatcat, do-nothing hack  pols like those it has stuffed into Congress. Their major talking point is that they are registered as "Rs," not that they have any ideas worth paying attention to. It's the "Poppin' Fresh" party, more eager to make friends and not offend anyone than work for a better America.

This is fostered by pathetic cheerleaders like Hannity, who clings to the coattails of Newt, a failed lump of protoplasm.

Ultimately, there should be no room in the GOP for wastes of air and food like Mitch McConnell, whose sole goal is to stay in office and suck the public teat.

We can't broom all the moderates right now, of course, but we can at least take the most egregious of them off life support and make room for newcomers who understand smaller, less-expensive government and patriotism.

17 Posted by: laceyunderalls at September 05, 2010 02:38 PM

Indictments, trials and imprisonment would be even more effective. Whining about treasonous criminals is nowhere near as effective as bringing them to justice.

18 > 7 Let's say for the sake of argument, hypothetically, that I wanted to record streamed videos off my browser. Do any of you morons know of a program that would allow me to do this? Let's also say, for the sake of argument, hypothetically, that I wanted to find a BitTorrent program. Any recommendations? Posted by: Steve (aka Ed Snate) I keep shortcut links to my brower(s) cache on my desktop. If I watch a streamed video that I like, I can usually find a copy of it in the cache. Just assume that that very large file with the recent time is that video (since the cached file will probably not have a descriptive name or extension). You have to guess what the file format is - YouTube uses MP4. Utorrent is a effective and tiny and full featured bittorrent program. Doesn't even need an installation.

19 I have a few more minor details to sort out and I'll be ready to really fuck this up.

20 "Let's also say, for the sake of argument, hypothetically, that I wanted to find a BitTorrent program. Any recommendations?"

Don't steal.

21 > 16 ... In fairness, ace, the Repub establishment has one thing only in mind: it wants to keep the world safe for fatcat, do-nothing hack pols like those it has stuffed into Congress. Posted by: MrScribbler Step 1. Take back Congress, stop Obama. Step 2 Take over the (republican) party Step 3 Take over the govt. and leave people alone. Step 4. Profit!

22

My fondest hope is that the Dems will go deeply into debt defending every seat, and face January, 2011 broke and trivialized in Congress.

Mine too. How nice it would be to bankrupt The Vapid One's® sugar daddy, the anti-Christ George Soros. '04 cost him a metric ton of money for nothing.

23 I agree with dagny and laceyunderalls. Other than the ad dagny suggests, I'm not sure the Republican should do anything. I know people who aren't very political, and don't want to be, who are going to vote straight Republican in November, from the highest office to the lowest, from U.S. Senator to dogcatcher.

24

Indictments, trials and imprisonment would be even more effective. Whining about treasonous criminals is nowhere near as effective as bringing them to justice.

Umm, it's hard bitch about 'priorities' of this administration where jobs are concerned if we turn around and start talking about public trials.

We need action to turn the economy around - not rhetoric and grandstanding about dipshit politicians.

25 So this means we need to hit them in the D+2, D+3, D+4 type districts.  Incidentally this includes a lot of the more rural districts in the Northeast, and a lot of urban districts in solid-red states.

26 Step 1.
Take back Congress, stop Obama.

Step 2
Take over the (republican) party

Step 3
Take over the govt. and leave people alone.

Step 4.
Profit!
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at September 05, 2010 02:50 PM

Exactomundo, buckaroo.

The Repubs need to establish a long-range plan that ensures this is the last "LOTE" election.

Conservative principles are better for America. We have to sell that notion to moderates and weak-kneed libs in a positive way, and offer/encourage candidates who talk the talk and walk the walk.

27 Um...I don't know what the deal is with my first link. WTF? This is the one I wanted to post:  http://tiny.cc/29i0u

28 Check this out, folks, for a battleground race near you:

40 Seats

29
the scripts are killing me

pixy needs to fix this shit

30 Oh hai!  I can haz magoritee now?  Wut?  Dere's an elekshun first?

31 test

32

We need action to turn the economy around - not rhetoric and grandstanding about dipshit politicians.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at September 05, 2010 02:53 PM

The economy is only part of our problem today, Lacey. Turning that around won't mean much if we continue to bow before terrorists and sacrifice security and sovereignty.

I'm not saying this should be the focus of all efforts, but would like to see some people brought into office who will take the difficult steps needed to punish criminal behavior on every level.

33 It's even more triage-y than that.  Triage is a term that originated in battlefield medicine.  It refers to classifying the wounded into one of three categories: able to wait for treatment, saveable with immediate treatment, and so far gone that the only thing to do is give the poor bastard some morphine and hope he dies relatively quickly and painlessly.

Dems in safe seats are the first category;  Dems with a chance of fending off their GOP challengers are the second category;  and the third category are Dems whose defeat is inevitable, and who need to be thinking more about their next career than their campaigns.  Of course, the challenge for their party is convincing them to lie down and die quietly rather than insist loudly on receiving support with a share of the Party's resources.

34 I'm calling the shot, 60+ seats.

35 If the House GOP majority ends up being too big, they might not vote Boehner in as Speaker.

Seriously though, there's no reason why 2010 shouldn't absolutely crush 1994 performance.

36

shit

ya'll go to youtube and search for "Never gonna stand for this"

you will be glad you did. the song is awesome and it's on topic with the thread

37 Can we stop fapping and start working?

Check out the "40 seats" site for a contested race near you.

38 Me, I can't wait until we find out how many Obamacare voting Congressmen get thrown under the bus.

The truth is that the Democrats can't pull this off.  There is so much double-dealing and back-stabbing that the "important" ones will get their funds, majority be damned.

39 "On the other hand, Patrick Ishmael at Hot Air has found that in his analysis the GOP itself isn't being very aggressive -- it's focusing on the 30 most vulnerable Democrats, whereas an aggressive, confident strategy would be to give little money to those candidate (just assume they're going to win and can win on their own) and target seats 31-60."

It's not clear that the GOP has the funding to spread beyond the top 30.  We know that the RNC under the Man of Steele has been atrocious at fundraising (possibly because they've been atrocious at creating a message and agenda that deserves our hard-earned money).  The RNCC and NRSC may be a bit more flush.

I think the best thing would be for lots and lots of individuals to send a little money of their own to the 31-60 or 31-90 contenders, bypassing the allocators at the RNCC altogether.

40 40 Can we stop fapping and start working?

can I first finish my fap?

41
You wingers are delusional. While talking about picking up seats Republicans are censuring Lindsey Graham, who could stay in office for life. And electing candidates across the nation who are far too conservative to win the general election.

I'm starting to really like the teabaggers. They're creating an election strategy that will outdo the damage the GOP did to itself when it tried to impeach Bill Clinton.

42 Funny thing is, I can't tell the difference between the real denny crane and the socks.  Both are equally entertaining.

43 I think the best thing would be for lots and lots of individuals to send a little money of their own to the 31-60 or 31-90 contenders, bypassing the allocators at the RNCC altogether.

Well yeah, there really is no choice at this point.  This is what we ought to be doing anyway.  I'm giving money to the MO-4 MILF running against Ike Skelton.

44
40 Seats

I like that. Clear & concise strategy.

45

We need action to turn the economy around - not rhetoric and grandstanding about dipshit politicians.

Hear, hear! IMHO, just winning back Congress in a Dim-soul-crushing landslide defeat in November will be enough to start it. And you just know that Obama and his merry crew will take all the credit.

Oops, sorry to imply that Dims have souls. My bad.

46 4 2 How about "cutting off their more vulnerable members" instead?

Or, as I like to call it, the Lorena Bobbitt gambit.

Posted by: pep at September 05, 2010 02:27 PM (0K3p3)

Well, I would benefit.

47 The first 30 are ALREADY TRENDING TO THE GOP (look at RCP). The next 30 are already tossups. Spend the $$ on the NEXT 30 (61-90), with some for the tossups. You force the Democrats to try to save 90 seats, there is no way they hold on. But the fucking GOP is going after races ALREADY going their way. Idiots.

48 "40 Seats

I like that. Clear & concise strategy."

Yep.  Note that despite the name, they've actually targeted 80-90 races.

It might be better as a Wiki with useful challenger info, etc., but it's a start.

49

26 So this means we need to hit them in the D+2, D+3, D+4 type districts.  Incidentally this includes a lot of the more rural districts in the Northeast, and a lot of urban districts in solid-red states.

We need to hit all the Lean D districts. RCP has 12 Lean D's that are Cook R+1 or better. There is no reason we shouldn't be able to pick up 9 or 10 of these. I for one am going to be big time disappointed if many of the DIRT (Democrats in Red Territory) remain after this election.

50 CA-47 IL-8 CT-4 ME-1 These are examples of the level 3 races. Hit them HARD with cash, and the Democrats will naturally abandon the 30 most vulnerable, then the next 5, and then who knows who else gets tossed under the bus. This will impact the Senate races too- Are Democrats really going to blow MILLIONS to fight Kirk in Illinois when they need to protect Boxer, Reid, Murray, Feingold, and Bennett?

51
btw, forget Dick Morris.

Read Michael Barone. He's not only an election expert, he's also got his finger on the pulse of the nation. I have no idea why he's not a presidential adviser.

52 31 Check this out, folks, for a battleground race near you:

40 Seats

Posted by: someone at September 05, 2010 02:57 PM (DfAwB)

--They should have emphasized that "Nancy Pelosi's Candidate" in MI-1 is a direct link to Fart Stoolpack.  Otherwise, great map.

Having spent a couple nights in ND last week, I found Earl Pomeroy's ads a joke.

53 #58 If Raese and McMahon really succeed in making WV and CT competitive... Lincoln, Ellsworth, Coons, Sestak, and that dem in North Dakota ALL get the axe. Then probably Alexi Giannolias too. They will protect their own fiercely (much like the NRSC tried for Murkowski in Alaska) before saving the open races.

54 These are examples of the level 3 races. Hit them HARD with cash, and the Democrats will naturally abandon the 30 most vulnerable, then the next 5, and then who knows who else gets tossed under the bus.

This will impact the Senate races too-
Are Democrats really going to blow MILLIONS to fight Kirk in Illinois when they need to protect Boxer, Reid, Murray, Feingold, and Bennett?

Posted by: CAC at September 05, 2010 03:18 PM (Gr1V1)

--To use another war analogy, D-Day was aided by the fact that the Allies were smashing Hitler from the East (most vulnerable Dem seats), and menacing from the south (61st-90th most vulnerable Dem seats) and diverting resources in all directions, in addition to keeping him guessing as to strategy.

55

Down 20 plus in the polls, I anxiously await for Robert Menendaz to pull the plug on Blank Stare.

Posted by: Mallamutt at September 05, 2010 03:20 PM (OWjjx)

--And would the GOP establishment be smart enough to pull money after that was well, and divert it to, say, Kirk or whoever runs in NY?

56

 

♫ô Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went right to my head
Where ever I may roam
On land or sea or foam
You will always hear me singing this song
Show me the way to go home ♫ô

57 One of the things to remember is the downballot effect.

Blanche Lincoln is done but what do state Senate candidates do, for example?  Not only will they suffer on the ballot with her at the top, but they won't be fundraising together and nobody puts together a big fundraiser for state Senate candidates.

58 Barone agreed with Rasmussen in 2008 when he had McCain leading in September.

Next saying for the wingers who believe in the Moonie Times:

"I was Baroned".

59 I'm surprised that anyone would vote for a democRAT at this point, but nobody ever got rich underestimating the stupidity of the American voter.

60 Thanks for the links to 40 Seats; I just donated to CA-47.

61 RNSC may leave the self-funders (Wisconsin, Conn. and West Virginia) to their own with the understanding that, if elected, they get some money back.

Posted by: Mallamutt at September 05, 2010 03:31 PM (OWjjx)

--Yeah, that's why I left Fiorina off the list, even though CA is getting tight.

62 denny, you dumbass, McCain was leading in early September, thanks to Palin.

63 To #7 poster There is nothing illegal about bit torrent software. for a comparison of software: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients For the original, and still developed software: http://www.bittorrent.com/ The legal issue is what you download, not the use of software. If you intend to download copyright infringing material you had better really read up on computer security and covering your tracks. This is non-trivial. You also really need to understand how bit torrent works, i.e., it is both a server and client software package. Lastly, it is not unheard of that copyright infringing torrents have been modified to include Trojans, root kits, and virus'. If you only wish to download copyright legit stuff, then you have no worries, otherwise you'd better take seriously your potential liability.

64

You right-wing teabaggers and bagguettes are going down just like when you tried to defeat Jimmy Carter, second-best president evah!

 

65 "Which is why I cannot understand what happened to him the moment he became RNC chair that turned him into the gaffe-o-matic he is now."

I wonder if, on some level, Steele just never had the passion for countering Historic Hopenchangey History.

66

Here's the thing that baffles me to no end: Steele was far from the baffoon he has become now when he was in Maryland. As chair of the Republican Party in Maryland in the late 90's/early 2000's, he was quite competant. (Granted, the bar is low for a MDGOP chair) He had a fairly good term as LG and in his Senate race in '06 (which I actually think he would have won in any other year), he did quite well in the debates. I've seen the man give speeches, he can be very articulate in conveying a conservative argument. He's a very bright guy.

Which is why I cannot understand what happened to him the moment he became RNC chair that turned him into the gaffe-o-matic he is now.

Posted by: Chris in Va at September 05, 2010 03:42 PM (uCjoj)

--Yes, I lived there at the time and it makes me scratch my head.  He was good at conveying his life story and should have been prepped for another Senate or Gov. run rather than being a seat warmer like he is now.  I think he got neutered being in a cushy job.

67

@7, 78

 

Agreed, bittorrent is just another network protocol like HTTP, FTP, POP, SMTP...there's nothing illegal about it.

uTorrent is the best one I've tried.

68

I think the NRSC will throw a bit her way if they think it will help. They really want to win there. Likewise, they're throwing $3.4 to Kirk even though he's one of the most impressive fundraisers I've ever seen.

Posted by: Chris in Va at September 05, 2010 03:46 PM (uCjoj)

--They would be wise.  Having Boxer and 0bama's former Senate seat mounted on the trophy wall would be sweet, just like sacking Daschle back in '04.

69 #77 Kirk is SITTING on his money too, a la Pete Wilson. Wilson let the Democrat hammer and hammer and hammer him with ads in the 1994 race. Then the Dems ran out of money. And he unleashed the TVKraken... I am assuming the same with Kirk this year.

70 Pay some attention to your friends and relatives too. I discovered last night that a friend and his wife had not voted in the primary, and didn't even know what Congressional district they were in.
 
Yet they are 'natural' R voters, at least potentially. I put them some f'n knowledge today.

71 Posted by: denny crane at September 05, 2010 03:40 PM (7+pP9)


Hot dam your one dumb fuckhead using a Septmber poll.
Rasmussen called it for Presznit Juggears McFuckstick and was the the most accurate of all polling organizations.

72 O/T but kinda funny: Palestinian Authority President Abbas has grown a pair and is standing up... to Iran.

Palestinians to Iran: Mind Your Own Business

The Palestinian Authority has taken a stand against Iran, after the Islamic Republic criticized the PA for relaunching direct talks with Israel, according to official PA news agency Wafa.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, reportedly said that Ahmadinejad "does not represent the Iranian people, forged elections, suppresses the Iranian people and stole the authority. [He] is not entitled to talk about Palestine, or the president of Palestine."

"President Abu Mazen [Abbas] is the elected president of free and fair elections in which more than two thousand international observers [participated]," Abu Rudeineh said. "We have fought for Palestine and Jerusalem, and the Palestinian leadership has provided thousands of martyrs and tens of thousands wounded and prisoners."

"We did not repress our people, as did Iran led by Ahmadinejad," Abu Rudeineh added.

"We are defending our national rights and our national interest, and the President and the Palestinian leadership and the PLO are the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, who knows how to defend their rights and will not allow anyone to undermine the national president or the legitimacy of the Palestine Liberation Organization," he said.

73 Download helper, Real Player, etc. So easy a Scandi could do it.

74 Which is why I cannot understand what happened to him the moment he became RNC chair that turned him into the gaffe-o-matic he is now.

Obama got elected.  I just think Steele doesn't have it in his heart to oppose the "historical" presidency.  This is why I think the RNC should quietly show him the door during late 2010/early 2011.

I really do think he bought into the Obama hype, thinking that he'd be a uniter and lead us into a new era of good feelings and Steele would be something of a loyal opposition.

That's the only thing I can think of.

75

"Some Dems are already changing their tune on the Traitor-in-Chief's regime. Sadly, some voters will buy their conversion, believing it will last longer than election day."

I very much doubt that.

People are pissed. Most of you all were already conservatives, most of the former lifelong dems I know are freaking livid at the 3 stooges.  Not only are they pissed that the 3 stooges have crammed down the stimulus, and most important, the DeathCare bill, which was the last straw, but they are pissed that these 3 stooges have driven out most centerist, conservative dems out of that now-disgusting party. Called us racists, etc.... heck most of us finally realised what identity politics meant, and the overuse of the race card.

And they are not repubs now -- they are registered indies, they cannot stand the repubs either, but they do have support for the Tea Party movement.  Stop spending, adhere to the founding principles of limited smaller govt, doesn't matter what party you are in!

These are socially moderate, but conservative in most other sense former dems.

People are pissed!

76 . If not, the party is poised to redirect money to concentrate on trying to protect up to two dozen lawmakers who appear to be in the strongest position to fend off their challengers.
-

The Dems are using the Helms Deep Strategy.

and it works.

The Democrats will barricade themselves in their position, and then keep falling back and falling back as the URepublican-Hai press forward, over Helms Dike, against the wall, and as they break through the gates.  All will look lost.

And the Gandalf will arrive on Shadowfax leading an army and all will be well.

and then Barack will make  a series of television statements defending the Democratic Vision, as such.

The Dems are pretty much screwed.

77 > 72 Here's the thing that baffles me to no end: Steele was far from the baffoon he has become now when he was in Maryland. As chair of the Republican Party in Maryland in the late 90's/early 2000's, he was quite competant. ... Which is why I cannot understand what happened to him the moment he became RNC chair that turned him into the gaffe-o-matic he is now. Posted by: Chris in Va Peter Principle. Promoted to his level of incompetence. It's funny. We're in a mess now because one guy found his level of incompetence (community organizer) and kept getting promoted! Ha ha ha, it's so funny, ha. I'll go kill myself now.

78
I like VLC player, but it ain't no recorder.

79 as the URepublican-Hai press forward, over Helms Dike

Leave me out of this.

80

I see FeinGold of WI is tied with Ron Johnson, and Mr.Waffles is making an appearance in WI on Monday, and  Russ FeinGold is hiding.

I like that Ron Johnson guy, this is a winnable seat, I donated again to Ron Johnson's campaign. He seems like a very decent candidate. Please donate if you can. 

FeinGold has been a senator for 18 freaking years! and I had some respect for him because he spoke out against the lie about public financing Mr. Waffles said, first yes to public financing, even wrote it on paper, and then reneged on that promise. But enough is enough, I want people who will say Hell No to Mr. Waffles.

81

It's funny. We're in a mess now because one guy found his level of incompetence (community organizer) and kept getting promoted!

 

Actually, Western Civilization is being run by people who 'failed upwards'

82 Just gave $100 to O'Donnell

83 > 94 . And the Gandalf will arrive on Shadowfax leading an army and all will be well. Posted by: BumperStickerist Saruman was such a hack as a general. No scouts? Didn't cover his flank? I guess he got promoted to HIS level of incompetence as well.

84

Actually, Western Civilization is being run by people who 'failed upwards'

Posted by: CanaDave at September 05, 2010 04:04 PM (2IJyH)

What do you mean?

85 RealPlayer makes a plug in that basically records whatever you hit the PLAY button on whatever web you visit. It makes flv. files. I installed it by mistake once. It got to be a bit annoying. Most things I only want to see once.

86 99 Actually, Western Civilization is being run by people who 'failed upwards' Posted by: CanaDave Well, yes. The book points out that the actual work is done by the people still working their way up in the hierarchy. So civilization as a whole is still more-or-less functional despite the fact that the clownless idiots at the top of the heap are mostly incompetent. Wheeeee!

87 The Dems are pretty much screwed.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at September 05, 2010 03:59 PM (Hj0nA)

I'm not counting chickens.  We'll find a way to screw it up

88

What do you mean?

 

You look in any office, government or private sector and you find these 'degree people' who have been promoted way past their natural ability...too much promotion weight is put on education and that's the way communist academics want it.

89

You look in any office, government or private sector and you find these 'degree people' who have been promoted way past their natural ability...too much promotion weight is put on education and that's the way communist academics want it.

Posted by: CanaDave at September 05, 2010 04:10 PM (2IJyH)

--Just fucking with you via sockpuppet.

Start running a search on where/when Gorelick has served and you'll see she's a the classic example.

90

RealPlayer is evil. Download me. Or FFDShow which allows Windows Media Player to play just about everything.

Posted by: VLC Media Player at September 05, 2010 03:58 PM (uCjoj)

Don't mess around with VLC, use Media Player Classic

91 Lest we forget, Obama is light worker.

Which, it turns out refers to his summer work schedule.

92

My mom worked in Air Force Reserve Headquarters for over 30 years. I asked her how many people got fired in her time there, and she couldn't think of a single instance. The incompetent couldn't get fired....their only punishment was no promotion.

And mom is a lazy bastard, too. I kid, ma.

93

--Just fucking with you via sockpuppet.

Start running a search on where/when Gorelick has served and you'll see she's a the classic example.

 

It's an interesting topic though.  Why does this happen?...what's making it happen?  I think this is where we got our 'meeting culture'...not out of a desire to be 'inclusive' but because the people at the top are incompetent and are trying to draw from their less educated but much more skilled underlings.

Management types who constantly call meetings make me sick.

94 I'm going to grill meat-flesh over charcoal and drink rye while doing so.

Enjoy the weekend.

.

95 I really hope the RNC or whomever has the money, these days, is dumping into the Rossi campaign, 'cause if we pick-up this seat it's going to be... The Wave®

96 "Saruman was such a hack as a general. No scouts? Didn't cover his flank? I guess he got promoted to HIS level of incompetence as well."

Worst hack:  Mace Windu.  Use the galaxy's best special forces as regular infantry?  Most of those deaths on Geonosis were from his incompetence.

97

Management types who constantly call meetings make me sick.

Posted by: CanaDave at September 05, 2010 04:16 PM (2IJyH)

It's Movie Monday!!

98

113 I'm going to grill meat-flesh over charcoal and drink rye while doing so.

Enjoy the weekend.

 

Got some beers myself...have a good BBQ

99 Were you confusing it with the recent Vanity Fair hit piece on Sarah?  So bad, even their crazy-left sources disowned it.

100 The incompetent couldn't get fired....their only punishment was no promotion.

Posted by: gator at September 05, 2010 04:15 PM (aOKEC)

Hmm, doesn't sound much like a bureaucracy.  In a true bureaucracy, incompetency is usual punished WITH a promotion.  "Damn, we gotta get them outta this department.  Anyone know another department promoting we can recommend?"

101 VLC Rules. Go with it.

102

119 Oh geez that's a year old. People shouldn't tweet old shit.

 

Everything on the internet should have an expiry date and disappear after

103 The fact that the Dems are in the ER at all is significant, more less any triage decisions.

104 So civilization as a whole is still more-or-less functional despite the fact that the clownless idiots at the top of the heap are mostly incompetent.

I've thought about this sort of thing for a while now. The socialists who think themselves ascendant believe that if you just put a smart enough person in charge, everything will be utopia.

Ignoring the fact that nobody is smart enough, the people in charge are some of the least qualified for this job. 

105

Everything on the internet should have an expiry date and disappear after

Posted by: CanaDave at September 05, 2010 04:21 PM (2IJyH)

We'd never have anything to talk about, here.

106 Why does this happen?...what's making it happen?

Ivy League law schools.

107 We need to ignore this whole idea, by the way.  This is their way of getting us to focus on the house, which is already won.  They're now trying to get us to spend as much money on the House as possible, so they can keep the Senate.  Nope, we need to focus on the Senate races, now, with our money.  We have the House.  We have it easily.  Time to storm the Senate.

108 VLC is better. Real Player will animate and show you commercials out of the blue.

109

My mom worked in Air Force Reserve Headquarters for over 30 years. I asked her how many people got fired in her time there, and she couldn't think of a single instance. The incompetent couldn't get fired....their only punishment was no promotion.

 

Yeah, that's the government...nobody can be fired...

 

 

 

 

110

Hmm, doesn't sound much like a bureaucracy.  In a true bureaucracy, incompetency is usual punished WITH a promotion.  "Damn, we gotta get them outta this department.  Anyone know another department promoting we can recommend?"

True enough, Editor. My mom was probably misremembering it. She got promoted, after all.

111 I notice when video downloading , speeds are lower then advertised.

112

We'd never have anything to talk about, here.

 

I was just putting that out for a conversation starter...dunno if it'd be a good thing or not.  Besides, it's good to have a public record of what the politicians said 10 years ago so we can beat them over the head with it...

113 Thanks to all who answered my hypothetical query for your hypothetical advice.

114 Is it possible for the Democrats to hold the gavel in the House?  I'm beginning to think it isn't even possible.  I'm thinking that my pie-in-the-sky guess of +75 GOP in the House right before Obamacare went in might not be out of the question.

115 I have to recommend VLC as well. MPC, BSPlayer - they all play videos just fine when you have the right codecs installed. But the friggin' codecs keep getting updated and the coders love to play with the newest stuff and new codecs tend to BREAK other codecs stuff you have in your computer. VLC has all that crap built in so you just have one program to keep updated. Some of VLC's features aren't functional (bookmarks don't work), the ergonomics leave something to be desired - but it works!

116

I notice when video downloading , speeds are lower then advertised.

 

Bitttorrent is at the mercy of a lot of 'throttling'...ISP's routinely slow down connections recognized as using the bittorrent protocol...they give various justifications for this but most of the time it's because they also sell TV and don't want the competition

117 Yeah, but I promise not to use any more of your system's resources than I really, really need.

Umm, is this all the RAM you've got?

118 139 I notice when video downloading , speeds are lower then advertised. You're not going to download faster than the sum of the speed of the uploaders you're downloading from.

119 139 Is download helper a bit torrent? I notice that when I can't see my speed they usually can't slow it down.

120 What I'm still wondering is whether Pelosi will retire if she loses the gavel.  Is she really going to be willing to go back to being merely an ankle biter, and one who's likely to be reviled by pretty much everyone?

121 Download Helper?...not familiar with it.

122 That explains a lot. Sometimes their attempts at throttling down fail.

123 Truman, 75 is not out of the question.  90 isn't out of the question, at this point. 

They cannot save the House.

124 One of my friends pointed me to this website.  my friend says the guy is a sitting dem and apparently didn't vote for any of the messy stuff, my friend said he is a "conservative dem" and making sure everyone knows it so he can keep his seat.
I have noticed that the dems in local government aren't identifying themselves as dems but the republicans aren't identifying themselves as republicans either.  I'm wondering if they made a deal on this or the republicans are just too stupid to realize that identifying themselves as republicans might get them some independent votes that they might not ordinarily get.

I know a lot of people that plan to vote the entire conservative line on judges, not even republican.  And, they are independents like me.

125 Is it possible for the Democrats to hold the gavel in the House?  I'm beginning to think it isn't even possible.  I'm thinking that my pie-in-the-sky guess of +75 GOP in the House right before Obamacare went in might not be out of the question.

Posted by: Truman North at September 05, 2010 04:33 PM (+gfwN)

I can't wait so see Pelosi give up the gavel.  That's a schadenfreude-orama, right there.

126 144 Similar to Real Player etc. Red yellow blue swirling balls. MFF add on.

127

True Story: RealNetworks, the makers of RealPlayer, started under the name Progressive Networks, and if you are wondering what that means and if it is what you think it is, yes it is.

 

I always hated Real Player...their strategy was all wrong...now I know a good reason to hate them

128

What I'm still wondering is whether Pelosi will retire if she loses the gavel. 

Holy Merciful Sweet Jesus, I'm know I haven't always been Christiany, but please...pretty please with high fructose corn syrup on top...please let Pelosi lose her majority.

And thank you for boobies.

Amen.

129 They cannot save the House.

Posted by: Editor at September 05, 2010 04:38 PM (YX6i/)

I just wish my nitwit's seat was up for gabs, but it's been gerrymandered like a pretzel, so she's safe. Damn.

130 I have never bit torrented successfully. All fail. Russian file compression. Etc.

131

True Story: RealNetworks, the makers of RealPlayer, started under the name Progressive Networks, and if you are wondering what that means and if it is what you think it is, yes it is. Progressive Networks was formed to further progressive and liberal causes via multimedia on the (then-emerging) internet. The guy who started it was a liberal ex-Microsoftie who was unhappy with the direction MS was taking with multimedia.

Posted by: Chris in Va at September 05, 2010 04:37 PM (uCjoj)

RealNetworks are the assholes that gave us Maria Cantwell.

132 Where's everybody at? Was there a Banhammer Free Fire Zone while I was gone?

133

I just wish my nitwit's seat was up for gabs, but it's been gerrymandered like a pretzel, so she's safe. Damn.

Posted by: Ombudsman at September 05, 2010 04:40 PM (c1oyg)

Barney Frank?

134

143 What I'm still wondering is whether Pelosi will retire if she loses the gavel.  Is she really going to be willing to go back to being merely an ankle biter, and one who's likely to be reviled by pretty much everyone?

There are places in the country where the democrats will still ride roughshod on the strength of the "D".  Driving through Rhode Island, there are only Democrat signs-- and they are big and they are on every major thoroughfare. 

OTOH, Massachusetts has very little in the way of D signs, and lots of R signs.  Which is a big change from pervious cycles.  Usually in Mass it's about 35-65 on yard sign counts.

My point is, Pelosi's likely still a god in her district and happy to stay and be the same old bitch she always was.

135 rue Story: RealNetworks, the makers of RealPlayer, started under the name Progressive Networks, and if you are wondering what that means and if it is what you think it is, yes it is. Progressive Networks was formed to further progressive and liberal causes via multimedia on the (then-emerging) internet. The guy who started it was a liberal ex-Microsoftie who was unhappy with the direction MS was taking with multimedia.

Posted by: Chris in Va at September 05, 2010 04:37 PM (uCjoj)

I won't even consider Progressive Insurance for the same reason.  Their CEO is George Soros Lite.

136 I pulled the plug on Real Player when it began to open randomly and show commercials. I noticed I can no longer arrange things in a file. Gates's anal retentativeness  borders on  criminal negligence.

137 RealPlayer is a fucking virus. So is iTunes.

Now that we've taken care of our tech questions for  the week and watched Dummy Crane make an ass out of himself again, what the fuck is next on the agenda?

138

150 144 Similar to Real Player etc. Red yellow blue swirling balls. MFF add on

 

The only one I know for sure that they throttle is bittorrent...real player doesn't use that...it's not to say that they can't identify video streams and slow them down though...it's very possible.

Generally, companies like Comcast who broadcast TV are the culprits behind the throttling...they want you to pay for cable and don't want video coming through their internet. 

It's also not just you, it's the guy on the other end and how fast he can send it, so there are a lot of variables.

139 People still have Real Player on their computers?  Damn.

Every time I'm on a site that has a Real Player media file I make sure to never visit that site, again.  They clearly don't have the capacity to think independently.

140 Ref Peter Principle. A great example would be Herber Hoover. The man had an amazing career before getting elected President. He was the mining engineer other mining engineers called it to fix their busted mines. He was the guy who ran the relief program for the mega-disaster Mississippi flood in the late 1920s. He wound up being the guy who had the inspired idea of, "Hey we're in a recession - why not have the Federal Govt manage the economic recovery for the first time in our history. What could go wrong?"

141 what the fuck is next on the agenda?

Posted by: Garbonzo the Garrulous at September 05, 2010 04:44 PM (23kaI)

Bacon Bikinis: How to make them and how to market them.

142

I'll be damned! Puppeh Tosser is a Religion of Pedophiler? But, they're always victims!

What the fuck is wrong with these people?! A culture that can't love dogs is doomed and hateful. Sweetest creatures on the planet, dogs are.

143 Speaking of RINOs.  It is a tough choice in some districts, nominating an electable RINO or an unelectable real conservative.  Remember it is about being a majority in congress, the majority party picks the committee chairmen and the agenda.  IF Republicans control congress, I believe that the few surviving not-so-conservative Republicans will not be in leadership positions.

144

If we can figure out the smart game plan so can the RNC.  Steel isn't the only guy running the RNC.  There are a lot of smart people in that room. 

They will use their limited resources where they will do the most good.  Rational for disbursement will include which democrat seat is most vulnerable,  how strong is our candidate, how big is our lead there, races tighten as election day approaches, will winners flip to losers due to embarassing revalations.  The ratio of money dispursement will change as election day approaches. 

The Republicans are circling for the kill.  They are wary because a trapped and wounded adversary is still very dangerous. 

Finally, don't worry about what they are doing.  Worry about what you are doing.  I sent the contact info from the 40 Seats
link to an apolitical friend who has finally decided to get involved. That's not much but it is something.  Do something constructive to help at every opportunity.  It empowers you.

145 You guys talking about promoting incompetence got me thinking about the worse boss I have ever had, and the reason that I struck out on my own.

I fucking hate sales weinies.  No where in the world should the ability to con someone into buying something be thought of as part of a management skill set.

146 Bacon Bikinis: How to make them and how to market them. Posted by: ErikW at September 05, 2010 04:49 PM (K4GDN) Don't forget, Bacon Thong Bikinis: How They Get That Hickory Smoked Flavor

147

what the fuck is next on the agenda?

Figuring out why there are no masculine itching products? What about masculine odor creams?

148

What the fuck is wrong with these people?! A culture that can't love dogs is doomed and hateful. Sweetest creatures on the planet, dogs are.

Posted by: gator at September 05, 2010 04:49 PM (aOKEC)

They're not sweeter than titties.

149 "I pulled the plug on Real Player when it began to open randomly and show commercials."

Aw, c'mon!!!  I thought you'd want to know about those really great deals.  I installed a bunch of my helpers while you were sleeping (I didn't want to disturb you), and we monitor you're every move on the computer so we can tell exactly what kinds of consumer purchases you'll want to make.

Then we report back to our parent company, and, voila, fresh commercials for you!

You're welcome!

150

Figuring out why there are no masculine itching products? What about masculine odor creams?

Masculine people consider itching and stinking as part of our charm.

151 @173: Farmer Brown's Bacon-scented Feminine Hygiene Spray is an established cash cow, but the male version never caught on.

152 Hey, I couldn't help but notice that you accidentally told your computer not to run me every time you start up.

Don't worry!  I fixed it!  It's you and me, baby, together again, FOREVER!

153

They're not sweeter than titties.

Titties ain't creatures, man! Titties are animate objects made out of recycled angels and cinammon sticks.

154 Also when dloading torrents.  If your client allows it, force encryption.

For dealing with compressed files, WinRAR or 7Zip do the trick.

155 Titties are begotten, not made.

156 173: Farmer Brown's Bacon-scented Feminine Hygiene Spray is an established cash cow, but the male version never caught on.

Posted by: CoolCzech at September 05, 2010 04:54 PM (tJjm/)

You, my friend, are a marketing genius. 

 

157 "Triage"??? Is that like a Menage a Twat?

158 I was thinking bacon flavored denture cream but that doesn't have a lot of pizazz. Pizzazz? Pizaz? How the hell do you spell that, anyway?

159 I can no longer move things around within a file. How did that happen?

160 "Is that like a Menage a Twat?"

You rang?

161 Is Menage a twat anything like the famous warcry 'Moron Labia'?

162

No where in the world should the ability to con someone into buying something be thought of as part of a management skill set.

 

Amen...the last company I worked for, the CEO came from marketing and sales...company went from 24,000 employees down to 7,000 and he spent all his time selling bits of the company to make the bottom line...

163

They're not sweeter than titties.

Or as a wiser man than I once put it:

Titties, titties

Tiny or not

Everyone knows

I like titties a lot.

164 I didn't read the article. Have the Dems started their Death Panels for candidates in trouble yet or are they must thinking about it?

165 Longbows or crossbows?

166

What the fuck is wrong with these people?! A culture that can't love dogs is doomed and hateful. Sweetest creatures on the planet, dogs are.

Posted by: gator at September 05, 2010 04:49 PM (aOKEC)

--and with the possible exception of horses, doggies reflect many of the noblest traits of man more than any other creature.

167 Just you morons wait until iTits come out. All touch sensitive, my friends!

168 OT:  It appears that televised sporting events have a great number of beer commercials.  Is this a new development?

169 On the subject of boobies, did not a famous French philosopher and respected logician once state, "I motorboat, therefore I am!"? Help me out here, logprof!

170 Farmer Brown's Bacon-scented Feminine Hygiene Spray is an established cash cow, but the male version never caught on.

Posted by: CoolCzech at September 05, 2010 04:54 PM (tJjm/)

Because a bacon-scented male version makes no sense (outside of certain neighborhoods of Los Angeles).  A mustard and pickle relish-scented version, by contrast, makes PERFECT sense -- especially if it also comes in chopped onion and sauerkraut varieties.

171

--and with the possible exception of horses, doggies reflect many of the noblest traits of man more than any other creature.

Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2010 05:01 PM (BP6Z1)

Aside from the ball-licking and turd-eating.

172 I fucking hate sales weinies.  No where in the world should the ability to con someone into buying something be thought of as part of a management skill set.

Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at September 05, 2010 04:51 PM (9QDNr)

--Yup.

173 193 Longbows or crossbows?

pfffft, yeah, if you want to have arrows with little suction cups on them.  Compound bows made from animal parts, hands down.

174

Aside from the ball-licking and turd-eating.

Posted by: ErikW at September 05, 2010 05:04 PM (K4GDN)

Democrats are people, too.

175

196 Just you morons wait until iTits come out.

All touch sensitive, my friends!

 

LOL, I think I might actually stand in line for one of those...

176

Figuring out why there are no masculine itching products? What about masculine odor creams?

Posted by: gator at September 05, 2010 04:52 PM (aOKEC)

Uhhhh, Hellllllllllooooooooooooooo!

177 Double barrel 1 Gauge derringers are better.

178 199 On the subject of boobies, did not a famous French philosopher and respected logician once state, "I motorboat, therefore I am!"?

Help me out here, logprof!

Posted by: CoolCzech at September 05, 2010 05:03 PM (tJjm/)

--That would be Rene DesFartes

179

It would be a grim day for the muzzturd who harmed my dog.

What a miserable bunch of barbarians.  My dog would be especially hated by these fanatics because he is black.  I heard somewhere they especially hate black haired dogs.

These radicals hate everything.  How the left can defend a religion that hates, gays, dogs, and women is beyond me.  Liberalism is a mental disorder.

180 A mustard and pickle relish-scented version, by contrast, makes PERFECT sense -- especially if it also comes in chopped onion and sauerkraut varieties.

Posted by: stuiec at September 05, 2010 05:04 PM (fgCQL)

 

We have a wiener!

Get it?

 

_ahem

181 Liberalism is a mental disorder.

Posted by: Delta Smelt in SC at September 05, 2010 05:09 PM (AZWim)

Just think, nearly 1/3 of the population of the United States are mentally fucked and they're in charge right now.

Frightening.

182 Then he was promoted  to his level of incompetence.

Posted by: toby928 at September 05, 2010 04:59 PM (S5YRY)

An engineer and business manager is trained to believe that problems have logical solutions and that those solutions will be implemented the way he planned them by the people in his organization following his orders to the letter.  That's a very dangerous way of thinking for a President, because the solutions a President must put into place largely depend on their success for the compliance of the American people, who don't take orders from the President.

This is one reason why the Keynesian stimulus of the Obama Presidency hasn't worked: the American people aren't dutifully spending their money in accordance with Christina Roemer's mathematical formula.  Instead, we're looking around us at high unemployment, low home valuations and anemic economic activity and thinking that this would be a good time to put aside whatever we can for the near-term economic pain that seems inevitable.

(This could also explain why the same Mitt Romney that rescued the Salt Lake City Olympics also put his faith in RomneyCare and in the idea that the people of Massachusetts would use it as it was designed without gaming it to their own advantage.)

183 "If we can figure out the smart game plan so can the RNC.  Steel isn't the only guy running the RNC.  There are a lot of smart people in that room."

The question isn't whether somebody there can *think of* the idea.  The question is whether that guy is listened to, or whether pressures and interests that have nothing to do with maximizing seat wins determine where the money goes.

184 The cynic in me says the GOP Establishment will fund candidates who will support the GOP Establishment.

re Steele, his seeming buffoonery is due to his being the GOP Establishment's front man doing their bidding.

185 No.7 Use http://replayconverter.com/ to take videos off your screen...expand your porn, meat friends, listen to music.

186

46 Funny thing is, I can't tell the difference between the real denny crane and the socks.  Both are equally entertaining.

Posted by: someone at September 05, 2010 03:09 PM (DfAwB)

Thank you for the ultimate compliment.

187 And they said there was no such thing as a death panel.

188 If they really want to triage, it only takes two-thirds of the House to expel a member.

189

They should ignore the top 100 most vulnerable seats and focus on the next 100 most vulnerable seats. Then they might have an effective strategy.

I predict 80+ (House + Senate) losses -- maybe even 100+.

190 I'm drinking a beer for every dem house, and senate seat loss come November, and I actually had to start this project in March. 

191 GOP shoots blanks!........but carries a tiny stick, just in case armed combat is warranted.

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197 Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.