1 Oh come ON, Art! Didn't you just catch Perry give his speech? We're Ancient Rome alright... about to wipe out Hannibal!

2
brb...comin over the Alps on elephants.

3 P43 - "...the country's economy, infrastructure, public schools, and political system have been allowed to deteriorate. The result has been diminished economic strength, a less vital democracy, and a mediocrity of spirit." - Gelb I disagree with the Public school portion of this. Have you seen some of these castles? The problem wit PS is not deterioration, but infestation. It is infested with socialism and the tyranny of low expectations. It is infested with psycopathic, disruptive children that because of PC will not be removed and dealt with. It is infected with lies or out right ommissions about world and our own history. This is why the local takeover of School boards and local Gov. Is probably just as critcal as taking back the Federal Gov.

4

Arthur, I would pull and repost.

Perry is the talk of the Nation right now.

5

America's Politico said...

I think what people are missing is that Obama plays chess while GOP plays horoscopes. No, no, no. Obama is already planning the end game. I was at the Oval Room (across the WH) last evening and all the K-street consultants were cheering about the GOP debate. They (GOP) have no idea of what is in store for then. One consultant even brought his S.O. who was in media. The GOP is finished. If they think that they have a slight chance to win one state, one district, they are deluding themselves. The GOP defeat will be even bigger than Mondale. If GOP does not have vision/diversity/deliverables/leadership, then they will not lose in 2016 as well....remember the next POTUS - Mark Warner (Virginia). The GOP is totally clueless. They are like a QB (Bret Favre) who could not see when he was being blitzed...

8/13/11 10:38 AM

6 Politico is like a child with it's finger in it's ears screaming LALALALALA I can't hear you.

7 I find the most evidence of the decline in American in the lack of education both formal and informal throughout the population. Most people have poor vocabularies, are poorly read (haven't even read the classics at a minimum), know little about art, music, (the real stuff), architecture, geography, history or civics. They have lost their interest in learning and even dress to be offensive. The advent of constant television, games, and internet has stupified the masses in both senses of the word. T

8 Building hydroelectric dams has been blocked by the eco-tards. There are still some sites available but the snail daters must prevail.

9 Come. Violate me.

10

There is a conflict of "visions" in America today.  Steyn sees that and emphasizes the problem with one vision, the predominant statist vision that parts of BOTH political parties have subscribed to.. As "Islamic Rage Boy" illustrates with his quote, some people are mesmerized by their own vision, and insist upon themselves.

The Republicans won't win one state? They have no idea what is in store for them?  Really?

Ah, no diversity, no vision.  Of course. The midterms of 2010 were just a hallucination. Pay no attention to these votes, they are meaningless.

 "... a great power can survive a lot of things but not 'a mediocrity' of spirit'"

And that is exactly what we are fighting.  The answer is out there.

11

 geography, history or civics.

^This. It is sad to see children not being able to find a country or even a continent on a map or having no idea about history. But it is really discouraging that they don't even know that structures of government in their own country. Just ask and most will say that the US is a democracy

12

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 13, 2011 02:23 PM (e8kgV)

That's the kind of stuff to which curious likes to link.

13 I was at the Oval Room (across the WH) last evening and all the K-street consultants

K-street consultants in the Oval Office ... surely he jests.

14 Building hydroelectric dams has been blocked by the eco-tards. There are still some sites available but the snail daters must prevail.

Posted by: Vic

There could be a great advance in hydroelectric power in smaller reservoirs.  I read recently about a more efficient turbine design that does not need as much head pressure to be cost effective.

15 The hole in the ground 10 years later at the site of the World Trade Center. The Empire State Building was built in 18 months in the middle of a depression! A microcosm of our national dilemma. You could write three volumes on that alone.

16

The McClatchy Newspapers-Marist Poll found 68% of adults believe “the worst is yet to come” on the economy.

Only 32% believe the worst is behind us.

Stay The Course ?

17 The hole in the ground 10 years later at the site of the World Trade Center. The Empire State Building was built in 18 months in the middle of a depression!

A microcosm of our national dilemma. You could write three volumes on that alone.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 02:37 PM (AZGON)

They should have built the same fucking thing again, bigger, within 18 months of the clean up. Maybe invert the towers leaving the original footprints as a memorial. But we don't build memorials, really. We just build. We keep moving. That action is the way we honor those before us and remember and reflect who we are as a people.

Until, of course, people started whining.

Two towers taller than Burj Dubai. Ludicrously tall.
Thats what should have been in the gameplan.

 

Fucking Bloomberg and Lieberskand

18

The McClatchy Newspapers-Marist Poll found 68% of adults believe “the worst is yet to come” on the economy.

Only 32% believe the worst is behind us.

Stay The Course ?

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 13, 2011 02:37 PM (e8kgV)

And this is supposed to be bad for the GOP how, exactly? "Staying the course" (note capitalization conventions!)  would mean voting for Obama and more of his crap. Hope and Change = not Barry.

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The GOP is finished. If they think that they have a slight chance to win one state, one district, they are deluding themselves. The GOP defeat will be even bigger than Mondale.

It is the easiest way to dismiss a politically-ignorant crazyman.

ANYONE who claims with a straight face the Democrats can win more than 38 states is delusional.

20 Do you know who I am?

21

Posted by: CAC at August 13, 2011 02:44 PM (U14+T)

The democrats will probably win the big urban centers, but that's it. I just don't know enough how that will work out electorally. Explain it to me if you can, please

22 There could be a great advance in hydroelectric power in smaller reservoirs.

That will not make a whit of difference to most of the eco-tards. They really are not in it for the ecology. Most are using it to push communism and the rest are just anarchists.

23 Two towers taller than Burj Dubai. Ludicrously tall. Thats what should have been in the gameplan. With free bungee jumping for servicemen and two revolving titty bars on top. But that's just my idiosyncratic preference.

24 Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 13, 2011 02:23 PM (e8kgV)

Interestingly, that's exactly what the resident tediously-irrational NY shit-for-brains said before the 2010 elections.

25 And Steyn completely skipped smart cell phones. A smart phone with a net connection is insanely further advanced than a 1950s dial phone. It's almost like having your brain plugged into the World Mind.

I don't know how Steyn makes his case, but one way you can make it is by pointing out that everything "smart phones" give us was anticipated by De Chardin and McLuhan and

, and by the advertising for earlier-generation technologies that didn't deliver what they promised. It was "common knowledge" before it happened. Know what I mean?

All the concepts, language, and uses for "smart phones" preceded them. So the thing itself is obvious and boring. "Make me a thing that fits in here." "Okay." "Thanks."

When you got an iPhone, were you amazed? You were not. Because it's not amazing. It's handy, and you wanted a thing that was handy in that way.

The original telephones were shocking, "changed everything," blah blah blah. We don't do that anymore. If you think we do, with like iPhones and shit, it's because you're—no offense—intensely (and ironically) socially isolated.

The "social media revolution" in Egypt wasn't that, because—why? Because there's no such thing, except in the minds of a certain gadget-consumer demographic.

Did Humanity reach it's peak by 1975?

Yes. I was born.

But also, yes. "Humanity" isn't gadgetry. And "genetic engineering, biotech and such" are almost entirely useless to us—at those techs' current state of development. Which they'll not soon, and maybe never, and possibly never-ever, significantly pass, because...well, see, e.g., Steyn, passim.

We'll have DOOM instead.

Remember, the ancient Greeks had the beginnings of all current science at their temporal fingertips. Then they didn't anymore. Their Einstein was, what, three or four centuries away? Then shit got real, and Greek Einstein had no world to be born into. That guy probably still existed, but he didn't do shit. He probably just fucked around in the dirt and died.

And if Einstein 2 exists now, he's probably just fucking around on his phone.

We're not here.

26 Since the 1970s, ga-zillions of dollars have been spent on subsidizing a leech welfare class, from womb to tomb. 

We've bought and paid for--and received--generations of totally unproductive slob-sloths who've siphoned away funds which could have been used for Many Good Things ( or we could have kept the money ourselves, and done many of our own Good Things ).

27

And if Einstein 2 exists now, he's probably just fucking around on his phone.

We're not here.

Posted by: oblig. at August 13, 2011 03:00 PM (xvZW9)

yeah, Einstein 2.0 is viddying intrenet pron on his IPad / IPhone  and wanking

and ignoring his Mom, who keeps yelling down at him to cut the lawn

28 have no fear! rick perry is here!!

29

The democrats will probably win the big urban centers, but that's it. I just don't know enough how that will work out electorally. Explain it to me if you can, please

Posted by: Ma Bell at August 13, 2011 02:49 PM (H/MnC)

In the event of a Republican LANDSLIDE, we still lose 10 states and DC.

That means we max at 389 electoral votes.

Conversely we aren't going to lose any of the states we won in 2008, so at best the Democrats can compete for parity with that (minus Indiana and 1 EV in Nebraska which they are now openly ceding as totally lost) but adjusted for the census their limit is 347 electoral votes.

 

I don't believe Obama will approach 238EV's at the rate he is going, however.

30 please let me still be vp.......

31 That will not make a whit of difference to most of the eco-tards. They really are not in it for the ecology. Most are using it to push communism and the rest are just anarchists.

Environmentalism is mostly pecksniffery.

32

Posted by: CAC at August 13, 2011 03:06 PM (U14+T)

Thanks

33 He probably just fucked around in the dirt and died. Well YEAH, but that was probably one of the best fucks I ever had!

34
crikey

is this RickPerry of Spades HQ?

35 ... answer to the question, "What Happened to Obama?" is that nothing happened to him. He is still the same anti-American leftist he was before becoming our president, and it is this rather than inexperience or incompetence or weakness or stupidity that accounts for the richly deserved failure both at home and abroad of the policies stemming from that reprehensible cast of mind.

36 This is such a good post. Too bad it is practically wasted since everybody is one thread down kissing Perry's ass

37 I can't believe the disappointing froth on this latte. I'm being treated like MLK, Jr...

38
Alright, enough about Rick Perry.

Let's talk about Rick Perry.

39 Bad timing on your post, brother

40

The problem wit PS is not deterioration, but infestation. It is infested with socialism and the tyranny of low expectations.

True, but worst of all, the public schools are infested with tens of millions of black & mexican children whose average IQ is no higher than 80 [where you need an IQ of about 90 to have any hope of learning to read & write, and an IQ of about 100 to be anything less than a total drag on society].

 

 

 

 

41 Oh, look, somebody thinks we're their racist buddy again.

42

True, but worst of all, the public schools are infested with tens of millions of black & mexican children whose average IQ is no higher than 80 [where you need an IQ of about 90 to have any hope of learning to read & write, and an IQ of about 100 to be anything less than a total drag on society].

I sure hope that was meant as snark, other wise get fucking lost

43 Posted by: Unreconstructed Palecon at August 13, 2011 03:29 PM (nfn9A)

I like the way you think!

44 While Ace is away, the trolls come to "play".

Get bent and fuck off, trollie, troll, troll. 

45
fuckin Iowa, I hate it

46 Most are using it to push communism and the rest are just anarchists.

Posted by: Vic

Their nihilism will ultimately be the death of their movement. Suicide, either figurative (psychological) or real tends not to be a reproductive feature, or to attract imitators.

I read an article on line this week from a webzine that I subscribe to at work that decried the "Global Warming Deniers" as having all sorts of reactionary, evil intent.  And I've been told by my French co-workers that it has been very cold and rainy in France this summer. 

One way or the other, we are at a real turning point.  Either a majority of Americans awake from their stupor and realize what has been foisted on them or we accelerate the circling of the drain by making the drain hole even bigger.

47
What else do they do in Iowa besides have state fairs, eat corndogs, and put their hand out for farm subsidies?

48 "Go home Yankee hipster": Obuttfuck "Hope" poster artist Shepard Fairey beaten up by Scandis

49 Obuttfuck "Hope" poster artist Shepard Fairey beaten up by Scandis AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA That made my day.

50 According to reports, 41-year-old Fairey and his colleague Romeo Trinidad were punched and kicked by at least two men outside the Kodboderne 18 nightclub in the early hours of last Saturday morning. Fairey claims the men called him "Obama illuminati" and ordered him to "go back to America". I'm still not seeing any problem here.

51 Quick check on our "racist buddy" troll's hash history indicates that the inbred idiot will 1) Go away in a huff 2) Call those who criticize him totalitarians 3) Call those who criticize him "sodomites" 4) Break into unintelligible profanity 5) Blame the Joooos Anyone want to take odds?

52 Yeah, but they were real Hard Lefty types. Cannibalism, it's what's for dinner.

53
Ann Coulter is right, as usual.

Today will be remembered as the climax of Perry's candidacy.

54 A lot of people see the erection of Hadrian's Wall and similar border fortifications as the beginning of the end of ancient Rome's greatness, seeing it as the acceptance of "holding" rather than "growing."

America is even worse, not even caring to hold fast to its borders in any meaningful way. . . .

55 "Obama Illuminati" ??   What do drunk Scanis know that I don't know?

Does Obama have the Spear which pierced the side of Christ on the Cross?

Secret handshake?  Gnomes of Zurich?  What, then?

56 Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 03:38 PM (AZGON)

Yeah, I was overcome with schadenfreude.

57 They are doubling down on dumb in Europe: Reuters - ...Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti stepped up calls for a more coordinated response to the euro zone debt crisis on Saturday ahead of a potentially vital summit between the leaders of France and Germany next week. Tremonti returned to proposals -- rejected in the past by Berlin and Paris -- for the creation of common euro zone bonds that would effectively make individual governments debt a common burden. His British counterpart George Osborne, long a supporter from outside the euro zone of more fiscal integration within the currency bloc, went as far as to say that some form of outright fiscal union was now needed... So broke Italy and conveniently non-Euro UK officials now want to directly enslave the (relatively more) responsible nations in Europe. I blush.

58 "Shepard Fairey." How appropriate.

59 "Shepard Fairey." How appropriate. Sounds like a recruiter for a gay pride parade.

60 Anyway, OT (that's On-Topic), one of the reasons people think technological advancement is slowing down is because we're seeing more incremental (but still significant) improvements. The "Personal Computer" was a huge advancement but at first is was terribly rare and terribly slow. Now it's common as dirt and a million times faster. Another reason is that so many of the advancements are transparent - tiny cellphones, tiny computers, pacemaker/defibrillators that can "phone home," etc. But increasing bureaucracy and regulation really have slowed things down, especially in the industrial area, transportation. Large-scale projects have trended toward the invisible as well, i.e. road networks, bridges, and tunnels instead of tall buildings and dams. We do have the Bugatti Veyron, though.

61 49 "Go home Yankee hipster": Obuttfuck "Hope" poster artist Shepard Fairey beaten up by Scandis

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at August 13, 2011 03:36 PM (/JSoi)

--Leftards cannibalizing themselves = hilarity ensues

62 So broke Italy and conveniently non-Euro UK officials now want to directly enslave the (relatively more) responsible nations in Europe.

This is how socialism works - it needs a healthy host to feed upon.  Once the host is expended, it quickly searches for a new victim to feast on. 

63 --Leftards cannibalizing themselves = hilarity ensues On the other hand, it embodies consistent philosophy. Very vegan. Vegetables eating other vegetables.

64 Yeah, uh! Get up, now! Ow! Knock out this!
Super highways, coast to coast,
easy to get anywhere
When there's no destination - that's too far
And somewhere on the way,
you might find out who you are

Blogging After America - eye to eye, station to station
Blogging After America - hand to hand, across the nation
Blogging After America - got to have a celebration
Ow!

65 Kratos, and they have something like $1.8T in debt. Italy is Greece plus.

66 Posted by: logprof at August 13, 2011 03:43 PM (BP6Z1)

north of that wall is mostly Scotsmen and sheep.   At least they make more than enough good "water of life" for us and them.

so not all walls are bad.......

67 Italy is Greece plus. Plus really fast supercars that fall apart in three months.

68 67 Posted by: logprof at August 13, 2011 03:43 PM (BP6Z1)

north of that wall is mostly Scotsmen and sheep.   At least they make more than enough good "water of life" for us and them.

so not all walls are bad.......

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 13, 2011 03:59 PM (UqKQV)

Don;t forget that aqua vitae was given us by Irish (not Scottish) monks!

69 Italy's debt is 123% of GDP and accounts for 23% of the Eurozone's debt. And Italy needs to come up with over $300B to be able to roll it's current debt.

70 re the wind mills and hot weather -- I live in the Deep South and it is hot every day for 3 months straight. I have a screen door and I prop it open for the most part during these months, as it is in my way going in & out and the main door is kept closed (AC, duh).
 
With the screen door's large surface area, even small breezes cause it to creak when propped open. It rarely creaks. There just isn't any wind to speak of during the day.
 
I say all this because I was reading the sidebar article and I know it to be true for my location. Windmills would be a DUMB idea here in southern MS. Solar with storage batteries would make much more sense if you wanted to go green here, or just to get off-grid.

71 Come. Violate me.

Posted by: Turd Wrapped In A Flag at August 13, 2011 02:32 PM (EL+OC)

This is one of the strangest comments I've seen here.  Which is probably why it's still making me chuckle.

72 And Italy needs to come up with over $300B to be able to roll it's current debt. Berlusconi has a meeting lined up with a guy named "Guido" in a Naples back alley.

73 Posted by: dagny at August 13, 2011 02:28 PM Nailed it.

74 Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 13, 2011 03:59 PM (UqKQV)

You know the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scotsman?

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Mick Jagger says "Hey, you, get off of my cloud". A Scotsman says "Hey, McCleod, get off of my ewe".

75

Hi logprof

Finished well up in Medora yesterday. Flying out of Rapid City thisw afternoon

Made an oil well, btw..

76
Mick Jagger says "Hey, you, get off of my cloud". A Scotsman says "Hey, McCleod, get off of my ewe".

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at August 13, 2011 04:33 PM (/JSoi)\

Gaelic sodomy jokes for a mundane Saturday afternoon

as I hear tell, Celts ( in Scotland and Ireland ) developed whiskey.  and kilts

77 Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 13, 2011 04:53 PM (UqKQV)

speaking of kilts...You know why Scotsmen wear kilts?

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Because a sheep can hear a zipper a mile away.

(Paul Lynde actually told that joke on Hollywood Squares)

78

@1: "We're Ancient Rome alright... about to wipe out Hannibal!"

Hannibal scared the shit out of the Romans long after he was dead.

79 80 Hannibal scared the shit out of the Romans long after he was dead.
___________

And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those darn kids!!

80

@22: "That will not make a whit of difference to most of the eco-tards. They really are not in it for the ecology. Most are using it to push communism and the rest are just anarchists."

We're also human extinctionists....we want everyone but a favored few dead.  Not impovrished, not subjugated, dead.  Our more enlightened members want everyone dead. Finito.

81 77

Hi logprof

Finished well up in Medora yesterday. Flying out of Rapid City thisw afternoon

Made an oil well, btw..

Posted by: TexasJew at August 13, 2011 04:49 PM (lOyKe)

--Sweet news!

Sorry I did not get back to you earlier.  The wifey and I had to scramble down to VA for my grandpop's funeral.   We made an impromptu trip to Grand Forks, but that was as far into ND as we could manage (the trip to VA cost too many $$$).

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83 Shepherd Fairey and Romeo Trinidad are the coolest names!! OMG, I wish I had their parents!!!

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