February 12, 2011
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Posted by: Canadian Infidel at February 12, 2011 04:25 PM (GKQDR)
Posted by: countrydoc at February 12, 2011 04:26 PM (131HS)
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at February 12, 2011 04:26 PM (c5RQr)
Posted by: Canadian Infidel at February 12, 2011 04:28 PM (GKQDR)
Posted by: Tami-it appears Nickless (99.174.64.43) & logprof are hosed at February 12, 2011 04:30 PM (VuLos)
Posted by: nickless: I'm with the banned (99.174.64.43) at February 12, 2011 04:34 PM (qdtoY)
She's saggy thin.
Posted by: Tami-it appears Nickless (99.174.64.43) & logprof are hosed at February 12, 2011 08:30 PM (VuLos)
Or put some fucking Hellmann's on her sammich? If she even eats a sammich?
Posted by: ErikW at February 12, 2011 04:34 PM (lXI/m)
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 12, 2011 04:35 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 04:37 PM (GJK3p)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 04:37 PM (SJ6/3)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 04:38 PM (GJK3p)
Posted by: tom_06060 at February 12, 2011 08:23 PM (q9T5T)
And any lefty who has a problem with that is a RACIST!!! Oh, how sweet it will be.
Posted by: Black Mamba at February 12, 2011 04:40 PM (tSxym)
Posted by: mbruce at February 12, 2011 04:43 PM (Fr8N6)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 04:45 PM (SJ6/3)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 04:45 PM (GJK3p)
Posted by: Annabelle at February 12, 2011 04:45 PM (4kxCX)
Posted by: Ma Bell at February 12, 2011 04:45 PM (IOxXv)
They sure do. Ron Paul should just diaf. Today, if at all possible. BIRM.
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 12, 2011 04:46 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 08:45 PM (SJ6/3)
Ctrl+alt+delete - then click 'end task'.
Posted by: Tami-it appears Nickless & logprof are hosed at February 12, 2011 04:46 PM (VuLos)
About the only good it does that I can see is it gives some of the Also Rans a platform for some exposure. Other than that, not much else.
Posted by: countrydoc at February 12, 2011 04:47 PM (131HS)
Are we allowed to suggest what kind of vids we would like added? Because I have some suggestions.
Also, is it just me or is Allen West's hair getting more presidential?
Posted by: alexthechick at February 12, 2011 04:47 PM (qPgNK)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 08:44 PM (SJ6/3)
Yup, and apparently his buses had 7% more capacity than Romney's did.
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2011 04:47 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 12, 2011 04:50 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at February 12, 2011 04:51 PM (c5RQr)
Have at it.
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 04:51 PM (GJK3p)
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at February 12, 2011 04:52 PM (c5RQr)
Allan West is probably the first Republican I have seen in years that speaks with the voice of Ronald Reagan. He has a lot of TR in him, too. He needs some more time on the political stage before he should consider running for President, though. But I would walkover broken glass for him.
Mitch Daniels could be an effective President. He understands the task at hand probably better than anyone else running. Mitch Daniels = Calvin Coolidge
Mitt Romney = Wendell Wilkie. He can't win
Donald Trump = Donald Duck. Much sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Sarah Palin = Peter Pan. I really don't think that she will ever grow up.
Ron Paul = Jerry Lewis. The French thought Jerry was a comedic genius. The Paul loyalists think Ron is.......
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at February 12, 2011 04:53 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: 13times at February 12, 2011 04:55 PM (h6XiD)
Mitch Daniels = Calvin Coolidge
I like it. I had the same thought. Although Daniels is a bit more verbose thankfully.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at February 12, 2011 04:55 PM (A0VTZ)
Rich Lowery accepted an award for Jonah Goldberg and gave a pretty good speech earlier today.
Did he mention Goldberg's brother?
Posted by: beedubya at February 12, 2011 04:56 PM (AnTyA)
Posted by: Nathan Price at February 12, 2011 04:56 PM (0quQi)
What is this thing of which you speak?
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 04:56 PM (GJK3p)
Some people are just naturally skinny. Just like some are naturally not. Why do people have to hate on the woman about this? Why does it even matter?
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 12, 2011 04:57 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: alexthechick at February 12, 2011 08:53 PM (qPgNK)
You say that like it might be wrong.
Posted by: Josef K. at February 12, 2011 04:58 PM (7+pP9)
What is this thing of which you speak?
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 08:56 PM (GJK3p)
My guess is Dita Von Teese, or however you spell her last name.
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2011 04:58 PM (oVQFe)
Did Coolidge endorse VAT? Unless it stands for Voluptuous Asses and Tits, I doubt it. Plus, Mitch Daniels: We can't afford every measure of end-of-life care. Palin 2012 baby!!
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at February 12, 2011 04:59 PM (c5RQr)
Donald Trump = Donald Duck. Much sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Well put. Trump is a jackass, plain and simple.
Posted by: ErikW at February 12, 2011 04:59 PM (lXI/m)
I keep going back on forth on Kindle, iPad or waiting for one of the upcoming tablets to hit the market. I like the fact that Kindle is easier on the eyes, but I like color and functionality as well.
I think I'll just wait for the market to go through a few more iterations before I jump in.
Posted by: countrydoc at February 12, 2011 04:59 PM (131HS)
Posted by: SomewhereSouthWest at February 12, 2011 05:00 PM (CyPWX)
Did he mention Goldberg's brother?
No. He said that there was a family emergency and didn't offer specifics. I had read what happened earlier - very sad.
Posted by: Annabelle at February 12, 2011 05:01 PM (4kxCX)
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at February 12, 2011 05:01 PM (c5RQr)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 05:02 PM (SJ6/3)
Well, I wish he'd back off the VAT, but as far as "end-of-life care," if YOU can't afford it, what makes you think that I can afford it for you?
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 12, 2011 05:02 PM (zxpIo)
I keep going back on forth on Kindle, iPad or waiting for one of the upcoming tablets to hit the market. I like the fact that Kindle is easier on the eyes, but I like color and functionality as well.
I think I'll just wait for the market to go through a few more iterations before I jump in.
Posted by: countrydoc at February 12, 2011 08:59 PM (131HS)
The newest Nook is supposed to be full color. Though I think its processor might be a little sluggish. I believe Dell has a tablet that can actually fit in your pocket that is supposed to be decent.
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2011 05:03 PM (oVQFe)
Uh, see 2008. We wound up with the most odious candidate in the field after Huckabee.
Posted by: nickless: I'm with the banned (99.174.64.43) at February 12, 2011 05:03 PM (qdtoY)
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 12, 2011 08:57 PM (zxpIo)
It doesn't and who cares? Coulter has the balls to say what most of us think so what's the fucking problem?
Posted by: ErikW at February 12, 2011 05:04 PM (lXI/m)
/He's repeatedly said he's not running in 2012, btw.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 12, 2011 05:04 PM (iMgAa)
Who gives a shit? She has certainly earned the right to live her life as she sees fit. She's not your wet dream fantasy? More your problem than hers, imo.
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 12, 2011 05:04 PM (zxpIo)
We wound up with the most odious candidate in the field after Huckabee.
How soon we forget about the 2008 Keyes juggernaut.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at February 12, 2011 05:05 PM (A0VTZ)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 12, 2011 09:04 PM (iMgAa)
He was the biggest alpha male to take to the podium. Refreshing in this day and age.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at February 12, 2011 05:06 PM (A0VTZ)
I'd want something book size, since that is what I mostly want it for. I hear Motorola is coming out with something called Xoom and I think a bunch of other companies are rushing products out that run on some version of Windows 7. But to be honest, I haven't been up on all the developments.
Posted by: countrydoc at February 12, 2011 05:07 PM (131HS)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 05:07 PM (EiH7n)
I'd vote for Kang.
Posted by: alexthechick at February 12, 2011 05:08 PM (qPgNK)
Here's a review on the Barnes and Noble Nookcolor e-reader.
And here's a review on the Dell Streak Tablet PC
And if you browse through I think you'll find a review on the Kindle from a few months ago. Their Gadget Pron segment does come off as pretty informative and visual, since this stuff is actually visual I like it better than just a written review.
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2011 05:09 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: 13times at February 12, 2011 05:10 PM (h6XiD)
rd...
I don't mean to hijack your post, but this is just too fucking hilarious especially coming from a corrupt douche bag who "earned" $18.5 million in two years, just after working in Clintoon's WH and just before being appointed by the Chicago machine winning his congressional seat, as a "banking executive", a position for which he had no credentials or background.
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Saturday that tackling Chicago's reputation for sweetheart deals and patronage head-on is first on his to-do list if he's elected to be the city's next mayor.
Posted by: beedubya at February 12, 2011 05:10 PM (AnTyA)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 05:10 PM (EiH7n)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 09:07 PM (EiH7n)
I think I'd shoot the aliens. Is that a wrong answer?
Posted by: ErikW at February 12, 2011 05:10 PM (lXI/m)
Uh, see 2008. We wound up with the most odious candidate in the field after Huckabee.
Posted by: nickless: I'm with the banned (99.174.64.43) at February 12, 2011 09:03 PM (qdtoY)
No the Conservative vote split in 2008 (back then Schmuck and mittens were the more conservative choices.)
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at February 12, 2011 05:13 PM (c5RQr)
Agreed. He also did an excellent job of weaving quotes, bullet points, and some wonkish details into his speech.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 12, 2011 05:14 PM (iMgAa)
I'd think that they lacked imagination.
Posted by: countrydoc at February 12, 2011 05:14 PM (131HS)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 05:14 PM (EiH7n)
Welcome to Earth!
Kang,,?? What kind of hair does he have? Same as Star Trek?
Kodos and Kang are the aliens from the Simpsons
Posted by: alexthechick at February 12, 2011 05:14 PM (qPgNK)
She's probably a Democrat though, so there goes my plan for Coulter/Von Teese '12: We'll Make You Like It.
Posted by: SGT Dan at February 12, 2011 05:15 PM (HBTr7)
That backwoods inexperienced lightweight?
Kodos for a More Fearsome Tomorrow!
Posted by: nickless: I'm with the banned (99.174.64.43) at February 12, 2011 05:15 PM (qdtoY)
Welcome to Earth!
Kang,,?? What kind of hair does he have? Same as Star Trek?
Kodos and Kang are the aliens from the Simpsons
Posted by: alexthechick at February 12, 2011 09:14 PM (qPgNK)
Named after Star Trek TOS villains. Kang was a Klingon.
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2011 05:18 PM (oVQFe)
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Saturday that tackling Chicago's reputation for sweetheart deals and patronage head-on is first on his to-do list if he's elected to be the city's next mayor
He's going to tackle it in the shower, poke it with his little dickie and then call it his own. This is the way Chicago rolls. Learn from it and don't let it infect the rest of the country.
What is is with Chicago? 50+ years of the fucking corrupt Daleys, and now this prissy Democrat apparatchnik appears he will win the election. It survives in spite of these nudniks.
This ends today's lesson.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at February 12, 2011 05:19 PM (sJTmU)
He was very impressive.
Posted by: curious at February 12, 2011 05:19 PM (p302b)
Named after Star Trek TOS villains. Kang was a Klingon.
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2011 09:18 PM (oVQFe)
Who was Kodos?
Posted by: Black Mamba at February 12, 2011 05:19 PM (tSxym)
Wasn't Kodos the Executioner a Shakespearean actor who wanted to protect his daughter from ravaging by Capt Kirk, or something? You say he now has a gig on the Simpsons? Well I suppose an actor should expand his range.
Posted by: countrydoc at February 12, 2011 05:20 PM (131HS)
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 12, 2011 05:20 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2011 05:20 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 05:21 PM (EiH7n)
Haley Barbour on FNS tomorrow
Well shit, no hitting the bars until 2 am for me tonight! I've got to be up for Boss Hog!
Posted by: Delta Smelt at February 12, 2011 05:23 PM (A0VTZ)
Posted by: Krazy Kat at February 12, 2011 05:23 PM (oNphh)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 05:23 PM (SJ6/3)
CBS’ “Face the Nation” will explore “Egypt: The Way Forward.” The guests will be Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei; Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; and Sameh Shoukry, Egyptian ambassador to the United States. The program also features reports from CBS correspondents in Cairo.
CBS, always looking for an alternative viewpoint. *snort*
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 12, 2011 05:24 PM (iMgAa)
Posted by: curious at February 12, 2011 05:24 PM (p302b)
My point is for whoever for what ever taxes are too high or gosh,,,,maybe i'm crazy.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 09:14 PM (EiH7n)
Maybe you are but for all that's good and not Commie, I salute you!
No room for pinko Socialist baby kiling Reds, here.
I'll choke a fucking Commie.
Posted by: ErikW at February 12, 2011 05:24 PM (lXI/m)
Kodos the Executioner, governor of Tarsus IV, from the episode 'The Conscience of the King'. Played by Arnold Moss. And yes, I pulled that from memory.
Posted by: nickless: I'm with the banned (99.174.64.43) at February 12, 2011 05:26 PM (qdtoY)
104 dude, come on, no one should know that from memory, get a life man!!!
although i am seriously jealous of your star trek knowledge and find myself lacking
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 12, 2011 05:28 PM (uIQK6)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 05:29 PM (EiH7n)
Hi. How you doin'?
Posted by: alexthechick at February 12, 2011 05:29 PM (qPgNK)
Posted by: nickless
Some memory. I saw that episode when it orginally aired way back when. When I was just a little spud.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at February 12, 2011 05:30 PM (sJTmU)
Let me guess: RE Ryan, Wallace is going to ask a lot of gotcha questions about budget cuts and the debt and be surprised by his answers. I will be interested as to what he says about the FY 2012 budget, which he is writing now & has to deliver in May.
Oh, & while I'm on the subject, I'd like to know why Boehner selected that whiny spineless RINO Hal Rogers to be on the Appropriations Committee. The more I read about him, the more I dislike him. He and his cronies were (primarily) the ones still holding-out on the CR this wk.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 12, 2011 05:30 PM (iMgAa)
Thanks you. So I guess Kang's the way to go.
Posted by: Black Mamba at February 12, 2011 05:31 PM (tSxym)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 12, 2011 05:34 PM (iMgAa)
Posted by: ConservativeBelle at February 12, 2011 05:34 PM (4B2+U)
Thanks you. So I guess Kang's the way to go.
Posted by: Black Mamba at February 12, 2011 09:31 PM (tSxym)
Well he is the Da'Har Master afterall.
Posted by: buzzion at February 12, 2011 05:34 PM (oVQFe)
I blame very awkward teens years and a cataloguing memory.
Posted by: nickless: I'm with the banned (99.174.64.43) at February 12, 2011 05:36 PM (qdtoY)
I bring this up because I have been monitoring this story. In the comments section on more than one site people have actually posted "anti hand gun" comments and don't back down even when told the guy wielded a knife. I don't know if they are just stupid or if they assume people will only read the comments and ignore the story as they have.
Posted by: curious at February 12, 2011 05:36 PM (p302b)
I'd like to know why Boehner selected that whiny spineless RINO Hal Rogers to be on the Appropriations Committee. -
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby
Rogers caught Beohner cheating on a sadtrap shot once, so Boehner owed him. 
Seriously, who knows. It was probably one of those "ranking memeber" dealios, and Big John probably though it was a bridge too far to pull him out for a younger member. He went to that well several times in organizing committees already. If the Republicans hold onto the House in 2012, he may get a chance to get rid of some of the weak sisters that are committee chairmen now.
The times, they are a changin'!
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at February 12, 2011 05:36 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 05:36 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: ConservativeBelle
Which "Birchers" are you speaking of? Can you name names, or are you just trolling in and splashing mud?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at February 12, 2011 05:38 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 05:38 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: curious at February 12, 2011 05:39 PM (p302b)
Posted by: booger at February 12, 2011 05:40 PM (9RFH1)
http://www.jsonline.com/polls/115922949.html
Posted by: timwi at February 12, 2011 05:40 PM (Sxt4Z)
Seriously, who knows. It was probably one of those "ranking
memeber" dealios, and Big John probably though it was a bridge too far
to pull him out for a younger member....
I've been reading all these D.C. grapevine articles, and the amount of trouble this man has caused is terrible. He, his buddy Rep. Latham, and a few other Appropriation members were the ones having their arms twisted the other night and Rogers had already been quoted mid-week saying the cuts would hurt urban districts. Now Latham is out there snarling that everyone in-favor will be sorry. Why are they both still on this committee?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 12, 2011 05:42 PM (iMgAa)
I'd hope it was pudding.
Posted by: nickless: I'm with the banned (99.174.64.43) at February 12, 2011 05:43 PM (qdtoY)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2011 05:43 PM (hZFhS)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 09:29 PM (EiH7n)
Is this how bartering works in wealthy Arab nations?
Rolls Royce Phantom II,4.3 litre, 30 horsepower, six cylinder engine, with Stromberg downdraft carburetor, can go from zero to 100 kilometres an hour in 12.5 seconds. And I even like the color.
Posted by: ErikW at February 12, 2011 05:46 PM (lXI/m)
The "Birchers" that this person is speaking of refers to the "John Birch Society", founded in the aftermath of the fall of China in 1949 to the Reds, in the name of John Birch, an American missionary murdered by the Red Chinese partisans after the end of WWII. Birch sometimes worked for the Nationalist Chinese, and for that he earned execution by the Reds.
The John Birch society were arch anti-communists, sometimes too "arch" for polite society, like the William F. Buckley branch of conservatism.. Buckley worked hard to get conservative ideas into the main stream to fight the statist mouth wash of the FDR years, and the Birchers could be embarrassing at times with their uncompromising attitudes. They saw commies everywhere.
The closest I can think of any "Birchers" at CPAC was Phylis Schlafly, who is freaking ancient now, but is an old Cold Warrior and was an ardent anti-LBJ person from the '60's. Schlafly founded the "Eagle Forum", which is pretty conservative, socially and fiscally.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at February 12, 2011 05:47 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: dagny: For god's sake unban logprof and nickless already at February 12, 2011 05:50 PM (l3g1A)
For all the talk going back and forth over GOProud, I'm amazed this hasn't caused more of a controversy...or really any sort of controversy. This is the same group that was behind the fluoridation/conspiracy business. This is the same group whose founder implied Eisenhower was a traitor who had sold out to communists.
Ideological disputes are one thing--If your name becomes linked with the John Birch Society, though, you do not get taken seriously from that point on. By anybody.
Posted by: AD at February 12, 2011 05:50 PM (9r1ux)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2011 05:51 PM (hZFhS)
The John Birch society were arch anti-communists, sometimes too "arch" for polite society, like the William F. Buckley branch of conservatism.
Fuck polite society. That would be bad why?
Posted by: ErikW at February 12, 2011 05:52 PM (lXI/m)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 05:53 PM (SJ6/3)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 05:54 PM (EiH7n)
Birchers could be embarrassing at times with their uncompromising attitudes. They saw commies everywhere
That doesn't mean they weren't there.
Venona anyone?
Posted by: beedubya at February 12, 2011 05:54 PM (AnTyA)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 05:56 PM (SJ6/3)
Posted by: dagny: For god's sake unban logprof and nickless already at February 12, 2011 05:58 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: dagny: For god's sake unban logprof and nickless already at February 12, 2011 05:59 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 06:01 PM (SJ6/3)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 06:01 PM (EiH7n)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2011 06:01 PM (hZFhS)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:01 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2011 06:02 PM (hZFhS)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 12, 2011 06:02 PM (iMgAa)
Here's a quick list I found (wiki, yeah, yeah):
List of Americans in the Venona papers
Posted by: Data at February 12, 2011 06:02 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Uncle Jed at February 12, 2011 06:03 PM (vXwmy)
Posted by: LA_Liberty at February 12, 2011 06:04 PM (TlKSi)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/w35wo
E-ink really is much easier on the eyes than LED/LCD/OLED.
The tablet wave is Ipad competition running Android OS.
Pixel Qi's new transflective sp? screens are supposed to show up soon. May be close to as readable as E-ink with full motion, full color also. Dunno if or when they'll be touch screen.
Posted by: Dave at February 12, 2011 06:04 PM (iTr4T)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 09:56 PM (SJ6/3)
Yep and I still think Temple of Doom was by far the best movie.
Posted by: ErikW at February 12, 2011 06:05 PM (lXI/m)
Even with Kate Capshaw screeching INNNNNDDDYY!!!! every 5 blasted seconds?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 12, 2011 06:07 PM (c0A3e)
birchers were virulent anti-semites also. this is what provoked wfb.
That's always wrong but I do wonder why american jews seem to have had an affinity for communists. I don't mean stalinists, but the ideology. Especially since the global left seems so anti-semitic.
Posted by: dagny: For god's sake unban logprof and nickless already at February 12, 2011 06:07 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:07 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: Uncle Jed at February 12, 2011 06:08 PM (vXwmy)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:09 PM (gZVTR)
birchers were virulent anti-semites also. this is what provoked wfb.
No...seriously...HUH???
Where'd you get that little nugget of ...um..."history"?
Posted by: beedubya at February 12, 2011 06:12 PM (AnTyA)
Srsly?
Jesus. I think I was better off with the dream I just woke up from in which Batman was captured in the jungle by cannibalistic monkeys and freed by Scrooge McDuck and an army of kids high on hallucinogenic bananas. See you folks later.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at February 12, 2011 06:14 PM (FJ//o)
Posted by: rickl at February 12, 2011 06:14 PM (hZFhS)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:14 PM (gZVTR)
A lot has come out in the last 20 years that vindicates some of the more outspoken "anti-communist" statements of the 50's and 60's (Alger Hiss was just about what they said he was). But you have to remember that WWII was just over in the 50's (and that war was a pretty big effin' deal), Stalin and the USSR had been our allies. Sure, the Iron Curtain had fallen, but a lot of people were in denial about just how big and bad the Soviets were. "Better Red thatn dead!" was spoken of from time to time.
Even now, a lot of younger people have no friggin' idea just what the USSR was all about, let along Stalin. "Bloodlands" is the newest definitive book on the subject, but there is lots more.
So I think Buckley was more eager about fighting to get a foothold against 25 years of FDR socialism than shout "commie" every time a stoplight turned red (that's an exageration). The 50's were full of anti-Red movies (I think I watched them all growing up), and then with the "New Frontier" of the 60's, they sorta went away.
By '64, LBJ tried to run an add making Goldwater into some stark-raving nuclear madman (the "Daisy" add). So whether the Birchers were right or wrong, they made a lot of serious conservatives of that era uncomfortable because they kept bringing up uncomfortable (non-PC) issues. It was a big stain to be called a "Bircher" at one time. Pretty pathetic when you think about who John Birch actually was. Actually a real 20th century Christian martyr.
We are now fighting the same kind of PC discomfort when talking about the true nature of "Islam".
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at February 12, 2011 06:15 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: ErikW at February 12, 2011 06:15 PM (lXI/m)
Posted by: 48%er at February 12, 2011 06:15 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: Data at February 12, 2011 10:02 PM (c0A3e)
Several on that list were not just commies, but actually espionage agents for the Russkies
Posted by: beedubya at February 12, 2011 06:15 PM (AnTyA)
The screeching, whining voice isn't a turn-off for you in any way?
/And she does? Uh...I'll take your word on it.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 12, 2011 06:16 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: booger at February 12, 2011 06:17 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: The Savage States of America at February 12, 2011 06:18 PM (le5qc)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:18 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: 48%er at February 12, 2011 06:18 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: The Savage States of America
He's......Acting!
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at February 12, 2011 06:19 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 06:19 PM (SJ6/3)
Posted by: Domnald Trump at February 12, 2011 06:19 PM (piMMO)
There were a bunch of communists that had infiltrated further than leftists, to this day, want to admit. Nixon was right to go after Alger Hiss. McCarthy, initially, was right in many of his attacks (he crossed the line when he started tossing out innuendo about George C. Marshall). The Birchers took it to a level that really wasn't supported, then or now. The founder implied Eisenhower was part of the conspiracy. He said that the war in Vietnam was a communist plot to take over the United States. He advocated the Illuminati conspiracy theory. Yes, there were way more communists in the U.S. than the left has admitted, does admit, or will admit, but this really is not a group you want to associate with.
Posted by: AD at February 12, 2011 06:20 PM (9r1ux)
I was chided about something more specific than mere "decadence".
/I'm trying to be a good boy, honest!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 12, 2011 06:21 PM (c0A3e)
The Horowitz speech is along the lines of this thread
In my mind Horowitz is one of the most underrated activists in the conservative movement. His autobiography, Radical Son is outstanding.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at February 12, 2011 06:21 PM (A0VTZ)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:23 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: Dave at February 12, 2011 06:24 PM (iTr4T)
Posted by: Delta Smelt
Yes it is. I read it about 10 years ago. He was a real "red diaper" baby.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at February 12, 2011 06:24 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:25 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 06:25 PM (EiH7n)
Mr. Obama you can go ahead and take your extended vacation now and we'll have
Allen West fill in for you, thank you and have a good time.
Posted by: melvin at February 12, 2011 06:25 PM (3OCZw)
Posted by: beedubya
Actually....
In order to give life to [conservatism], Buckley specifically chose to rid its ranks of people who espoused the sort of anti-Semitism that once was inescapable on the American right.
Buckley would himself acknowledge that prejudice was a presence in his own home growing up. And as a youngster, Buckley admitted that he was a fan of Charles Lindbergh and his "America First" movement, whose flirtation with anti-Semitism was of a piece with its advocacy of appeasement of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
But as National Review took flight in the late 1950s, anti-Semitic writers found themselves on the outside looking in. So, too, did apologists for the extremist John Birch Society.
But despite the fact that his conservatism was one that was informed by his own Catholic faith (something that was consistently made clear in the pages of National Review), Buckley made his journal, and by extension, the movement for which it served as an unofficial bible, off-limits to the anti-Semitism that was commonplace in the world in which he grew up.
Though he didn't always agree with all of its policies, Buckley was also a consistent supporter of Israel. A staunch anti-Communist, he was also deeply supportive of the movement to free Soviet Jewry at a time when many in this country (including some Jews) were loath to speak out because it might be interpreted as opposition to a policy of detente with Moscow.
Long after he chased the Birchers out of NR, Buckley found himself forced to confront the issue again. When longtime colleagues Pat Buchanan and Joseph Sobran used their bully pulpits on the right to bash Israel and stigmatize Jews for their support for the state, it was again Buckley who took on the haters.
Buckley repudiated Sobran's writing, which he labeled anti-Semitic, and pushed him off the magazine's masthead.
As the issue continued to percolate in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf war in December 1991, he devoted an entire issue of the magazine to an essay titled "In Search of Anti-Semitism" (which was also the title of the book he later published on the same subject), in which he took on Buchanan, who was preparing an insurgent run for the White House against the first President Bush.
His conclusion was damning: "I find it impossible to defend Pat Buchanan against the charge that what he did and said during the period under examination amounted to anti-Semitism, whatever it was that drove him to say and do it," Buckley wrote.
Though Buchanan would continue to snipe away on television, it was largely Buckley's doing that he and others like him would do so from outside a perch in one of our two major parties rather than inside it.
Jewish World Review March 3, 2008
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 12, 2011 06:29 PM (b9iP+)
I was a dirty diaper baby.
Horowitz really is brilliant.
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 06:31 PM (GJK3p)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:31 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 06:32 PM (EiH7n)
thread limits, it's like term limits for blogs.
There's a perfectly good open thread that we can recycle though.
Posted by: curious at February 12, 2011 06:34 PM (p302b)
What no ONT?
Quite right. Inquiring minds, and all that rot.
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 12, 2011 06:34 PM (jzOkH)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:34 PM (gZVTR)
Robert Wegrzyn, a politician from the governing Civic Platform party, provoked outrage when he said "you can forget about gay men but I would gladly watch lesbians" in response to a question on live television about whether he approved of homosexual marriages.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 12, 2011 06:35 PM (iMgAa)
Back in the 70's my sister went on vacation with some friends in the USSR. In the hotel in Moscow they were sitting around chatting and one of them said they had a craving for fresh strawberries.
A few minutes later there was a knock at the door.
Room service with a big bowl of fresh strawberries.
Beat that, Trump.
A little bug told us that you vanted zum strawberries, comrade.
Posted by: Russian (KGB) Room Service at February 12, 2011 06:35 PM (AMYl0)
Extremism in the defense of liberty might not be a vice, but it sure as fuck seems to make the empty-headed swing voters nervous. Unfortunately we need some of those empty-headed swing voters if we're ever going to win a Presidential election and start undoing some of the damage.
Posted by: SGT Dan at February 12, 2011 06:36 PM (HBTr7)
Back in the 70's my sister went on vacation with some friends in
the USSR. In the hotel in Moscow they were sitting around chatting and
one of them said they had a craving for fresh strawberries.
A few minutes later there was a knock at the door.
Room service with a big bowl of fresh strawberries.
Beat that, Trump.
A little bug told us that you vanted zum strawberries, comrade.
Posted by: Russian (KGB) Room Service at February 12, 2011 10:35 PM (AMYl0)
the first thing I thought of was "and they showered and ran around half naked in that room after that? The big bowl of strawberries was a huge thank you for what they were seeing on the video feed.
Posted by: curious at February 12, 2011 06:37 PM (p302b)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 06:37 PM (EiH7n)
And after the cold war, there were plenty of new unemployed Russian chem/bio/nuke scientists. Three guesses as to where some of them ended up.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 12, 2011 06:39 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 12, 2011 10:29 PM (b9iP+)
No, I was serious.Where in your copied-and pasted seven paragraphs does it imply...let alone demonstrate.... that Buckley -or anyone for that matter-thought Birchers to be anti-Semitic?
Posted by: beedubya at February 12, 2011 06:41 PM (AnTyA)
So this is a universal thing, then? I just do not get it.
Posted by: MissTammy at February 12, 2011 06:41 PM (BebB7)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:42 PM (gZVTR)
back off will folks, ann coulter is mine!!!
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 12, 2011 08:22 PMSacred Honor demands that I tell you of the forced feeding of Ann Coulter with my considerably ample sausage
Posted by: Will Folks at February 12, 2011 06:43 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 10:34 PM (GJK3p)
What is this queue you speak of and where can I find it?
Posted by: RushBabe at February 12, 2011 06:44 PM (urYpw)
Posted by: Kratos
Iran, Bill Ayer's guest room, Van Jones' basement
Posted by: melvin at February 12, 2011 06:45 PM (3OCZw)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 06:45 PM (EiH7n)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:46 PM (gZVTR)
The whole thing is just a scam to raise money anyway. It has no influence or effect on anyone or anything of consequence.
Posted by: Adjoran at February 12, 2011 06:46 PM (VfmLu)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 12, 2011 06:46 PM (EH4cc)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 12, 2011 06:47 PM (iMgAa)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 06:48 PM (GJK3p)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:49 PM (gZVTR)
well they have haz mat on the scene and it seems 8 people were sent to the hospital.
Twitter can be so funny, pages of the same response so you have to dig
Posted by: curious at February 12, 2011 06:49 PM (p302b)
Posted by: curious at February 12, 2011 06:51 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 12, 2011 10:35 PM (iMgAa)
It's refreshing to see honesty from politicians
Posted by: beedubya at February 12, 2011 06:51 PM (AnTyA)
Posted by: King Arthur at February 12, 2011 06:52 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:52 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 06:52 PM (SJ6/3)
Man Card, please.
I don't want to watch lesbians either. If you try to take my Man Card, I'l....
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 12, 2011 06:53 PM (c0A3e)
genghis is refusing to post anything with cats (I'm with you, brother), there's no land line to the light house and maet's cell phone is going straight to voice mail, brewer is off the clock, and vindaloo is still asleep. CDR M would do it, but the net nanny at his secret undisclosed location seriously hampers his access to ONT-worthy material
I'd do it, but since melissadata put the reverse phone number lookup behind the subscription wall, I gots nothing on short notice (that, and the fact that I'm not an AoSHQ cob-logger)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 12, 2011 06:53 PM (jzOkH)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2011 06:53 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:54 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:55 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:55 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: French Taunter at February 12, 2011 06:56 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 10:48 PM (GJK3p)
Can mere mortals access it or is it only for FOE (Friends of Ewok)?
Posted by: RushBabe at February 12, 2011 06:56 PM (urYpw)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 06:56 PM (SJ6/3)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 06:58 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 06:58 PM (EiH7n)
It's SF, so the MFM might actually have a leg to stand on if they pre-emptively blame this on a teabagger.
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 12, 2011 06:59 PM (BkgQ5)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 12, 2011 07:00 PM (EH4cc)
Posted by: JackStraw
Felix Dzerzinsky (Iron Felix) was a Jew, the man who set the pattern for the NKVD/KGB.
I think Trotsky was a Jew, too. (?)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at February 12, 2011 07:00 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: beedubya at February 12, 2011 07:00 PM (AnTyA)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 07:01 PM (GJK3p)
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 12, 2011 07:01 PM (BkgQ5)
Alternative theory: maybe the inter-web net-tubes have run out of new cat-related material? Perhaps they are frantically searching for a never before seen vid of a kitteh chasing the red dot from a laser pointer or a heartwarming pic of a kitteh who has "adopted" a baby mongoose...
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 12, 2011 07:02 PM (jzOkH)
Posted by: beedubya at February 12, 2011 07:03 PM (AnTyA)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 07:03 PM (EiH7n)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 12, 2011 07:04 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 12, 2011 07:06 PM (SJ6/3)
Gov. Perry wants Texas schools to provide a BS degree for $10,000. The Dems are squawking.
What took him so long?!?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby, Texan at February 12, 2011 07:08 PM (iMgAa)
Its like - your in the hospital and you know your due to get your shot of morphine - and the nurse is 2 minutes over due.
Posted by: melvin at February 12, 2011 07:09 PM (3OCZw)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2011 07:13 PM (TMB3S)
In my mind Horowitz is one of the most underrated activists in the conservative movement. His autobiography, Radical Son is outstanding.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at February 12, 2011 10:21 PM (A0VTZ)
YEP. Tough as nails. Horowitz was with the Black Panthers, fer God sakes. Saw them murder his friend. Opened his eyes to the menace of communism.
No greater good could he perform than to take them down.
Discover the Left is the go to site. Finally, people are discovering his truth.
Posted by: Derak at February 12, 2011 07:14 PM (CjpKH)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 07:15 PM (EiH7n)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 12, 2011 11:00 PM (EH4cc)
The stage is yours.
Posted by: ErikW at February 12, 2011 07:17 PM (lXI/m)
Posted by: Jean at February 12, 2011 07:21 PM (CPefM)
Posted by: Jean at February 12, 2011 07:25 PM (CPefM)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 12, 2011 07:28 PM (GJK3p)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 12, 2011 07:54 PM (EiH7n)
Posted by: Corona at February 12, 2011 09:11 PM (ND3kg)
FlaviusJulius
I like the "Kindle for PC" free app you can download from Amazon.
Posted by: backhoe at February 13, 2011 12:16 AM (0bk6W)
Posted by: Brian at February 13, 2011 12:37 AM (sYrWB)
I'm not trolling or splashing mud. I've been a regular AoS moron for years but generally don't comment much any more.
I was referring to the JBS, and their sponsorship and booths at CPAC (last year as well, when Ron Paul also won the straw poll). John McManus and his ilk are the ones who support Ron Paul and objected to Rumsfeld's award at CPAC. While JBS may be right about some things on the surface, many of its members are antisemites and conspiracy theorists. It is because of this kind of membership, that association with such jeopardizes the foundation of conservatism.
Posted by: ConservativeBelle at February 13, 2011 02:27 AM (4B2+U)
"The closest I can think of any "Birchers" at CPAC was Phylis Schlafly, who is freaking ancient now, but is an old Cold Warrior and was an ardent anti-LBJ person from the '60's. Schlafly founded the 'Eagle Forum', which is pretty conservative, socially and fiscally."
Schlafly also single-handedly killed the Equal Rights Amendment, and wrote "A Choice, Not an Echo" that got the Goldwater campaign rolling. She's a key figure in post-WW2 politics, and one who doesn't get nearly enough respect.
Posted by: Brown Line at February 13, 2011 05:09 AM (Knn77)
Col. Allan West... President.. and Commander in Chief.
Chris Christy... Vice President, and does his Constitutional duty as President of the Senate.
John Bolton... Sec State
Sarah Palin... Dept of the Interior, with the mandate to transfer as much Federal Land, to the States, as possible... and drill everywhere else.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2011 08:01 AM (AdK6a)
<a href="http://pramedia.blogspot.com/">celebrity</a>,
<a href="http://neocellphone.blogspot.com/">cell phone</a>
Posted by: BlogNews at April 19, 2011 07:31 PM (WM9Go)
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back off will folks, ann coulter is mine!!!
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 12, 2011 04:22 PM (uIQK6)