August 18, 2011
— Ace When you say "That's a good picture of you," isn't that an insult?
You're not saying "You look good." You are instead saying "This artificial, limited representation of you makes you look good, or, at least, better than you actually do in reality."
You have just established that that picture either 1, is misleading in making the subject appear more attractive than in reality, or 2, even if not misleading per se, establishes the upper bound of the subject's possible attractiveness.
If a picture is "good," or, worse yet, "really good," that essentially fixes the uppermost possible level of attractiveness for a subject at that moment and in that light. It's all downhill from there.
You might as well hold up the picture and say, "For good or ill, this is as good as it conceivably gets for you. Deal with it."
This occurred to me because I noticed Joan Walsh's picture on Twitter makes her look average and not awful, as she actually is in reality, and I thought, "That's a good picture of her" in the bad way I mean above.
But it's always actually meant in a bad way.
"That's a horrible picture of you" is, counterintuitively, a more complimentary statement. If I'm in a contest between me myself an a picture, any statement that puts me above the picture is a positive statement. Any statement that puts me below that picture is negative.
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Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2011 02:35 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at August 18, 2011 02:35 PM (+lsX1)
What if you look great in the picture? Then it's no insult.
BTW, Ace, congrats, this was a not half bad post.
Posted by: Emperor of Icecream at August 18, 2011 02:35 PM (epBek)
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2011 02:36 PM (9/HIV)
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at August 18, 2011 02:37 PM (qiOph)
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 02:37 PM (n4zgK)
When you say "That's a good picture of you," isn't that an insult?
Thankfully, no pictures of me exist due to the penchant of my countenance breaking every camera lens known to man. Thus I cannot say if that's an insult.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 02:37 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: portrait of Dorian fluffy at August 18, 2011 02:38 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 18, 2011 02:38 PM (SY2Kh)
Hah.
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 18, 2011 02:39 PM (D5vy9)
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 18, 2011 02:39 PM (D5vy9)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at August 18, 2011 02:39 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, mortified one more time at August 18, 2011 02:40 PM (UqKQV)
You're not married, are you? All I gotta hear is "Do you think this is a good picture of me?" and the games begin. Rules are easy: heads she wins, tails I lose.
It's right up there with "does this dress make me look fat?"
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2011 02:40 PM (T1boi)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 18, 2011 02:40 PM (lGFXF)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 02:40 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: rickl at August 18, 2011 02:41 PM (1CfwK)
My day was too long for this shit. How about some soothing Weiner, or shallow but uplifting Perry. Some titillating Palin or Bachmann. Maybe even some solid yet disappointing Mitt or Newt.
But...Does this picture make my life look like suck?
No Thanx.
Posted by: trainer at August 18, 2011 02:41 PM (DGxyd)
Posted by: Joan Walsh at August 18, 2011 02:42 PM (ljuHV)
--formerly Captain Major Major Major, but the Army had a sense of humor
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, mortified one more time at August 18, 2011 02:42 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 02:42 PM (bjRNS)
Now, "Wow. You used to be hot!" That is an insult.
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at August 18, 2011 02:42 PM (J4Pnx)
No wonder you guys never get laid.
Posted by: +1 Ghost Touch Nail Clippers at August 18, 2011 02:42 PM (fmZn6)
Posted by: Andrew Breitbart at August 18, 2011 02:42 PM (sOXQX)
Posted by: Ann d'Mestik at August 18, 2011 02:43 PM (uI08K)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 18, 2011 02:43 PM (z+vsw)
some people just don't photograph well so it could be a compliment if you're implying that the picture actually does the person justice
Posted by: kj at August 18, 2011 02:43 PM (Pzadr)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at August 18, 2011 02:44 PM (xy9wk)
Posted by: Andrew Breitbart at August 18, 2011 06:42 PM (sOXQX)
Thanks, man--and your wife gives great head !!!
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, mortified one more time at August 18, 2011 02:44 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2011 02:44 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 18, 2011 02:45 PM (lGFXF)
Posted by: Oscar Meyer at August 18, 2011 02:45 PM (+kafi)
That's a nice piece you posted Ace....
Posted by: phreshone at August 18, 2011 02:46 PM (T3vCe)
Posted by: Jane Hampstsher at August 18, 2011 02:46 PM (le5qc)
Posted by: The Presidential Esteem Advisor at August 18, 2011 02:47 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: hadsil at August 18, 2011 02:47 PM (IpUSa)
Heh. Yeah, I'm one of them. It's the camera's fault, I swear. I'm honestly not ugly, though... I'm just unconventionally handsome.
Posted by: sandy burger at August 18, 2011 02:47 PM (XyoGP)
If my cock was in your mouth, that would be a great picture of you.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2011 02:47 PM (9/HIV)
The psoas, for you med students
Posted by: Debbie Skidmarks Wasserman-Schultz at August 18, 2011 02:48 PM (le5qc)
Isn't that Kesha? I am ashamed that I know that.
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 02:50 PM (n4zgK)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 18, 2011 02:50 PM (lGFXF)
Does the same apply to "wow, you smell good"?
My wife tells me that once in a blue moon, so I'm just wondering if that means I stink the majority of the time and smell "ok" like 10% of the time.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: Jed at August 18, 2011 02:50 PM (vozo7)
Posted by: Nudge Nudge at August 18, 2011 02:50 PM (Pir3k)
Posted by: Joffen at August 18, 2011 02:50 PM (EPcuy)
#48
Absolutely impossible.
Posted by: CAC at August 18, 2011 06:47 PM (pB9Sh)
It could be one of those Flintstones shots of somebody's thumb.
Posted by: Methos at August 18, 2011 02:51 PM (sOXQX)
Posted by: Randy Quaid at August 18, 2011 02:51 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at August 18, 2011 02:52 PM (le5qc)
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2011 06:49 PM (9/HIV)
That's a good hash, for you.
Posted by: House, M.D. at August 18, 2011 02:52 PM (sOXQX)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes - AoS weatherman at August 18, 2011 02:53 PM (4nfy2)
Today I feel like a true Moron!
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at August 18, 2011 02:54 PM (fjoLg)
Posted by: Cicerokid at August 18, 2011 02:54 PM (z+vsw)
She has the slime of the SCOAMF administration all over her. Given that, she looks darn good.
(And by "darn good", I mean "scary beyond all reason.")
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 02:55 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 02:55 PM (bxiXv)
Kitchen. You. Go. Sammich. Me. Now.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 02:55 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 18, 2011 06:50 PM (lGFXF)
Jeff: "That's a great picture of you, ace."
Ace: "Really? I think I look a little big. I'm big-boned."
Jeff: "Big boned?!?!? Dinosaurs are big-boned. You're fat"
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 02:56 PM (HUZDZ)
I read a variant of that somewhere and it really stuck with me. Compliment the person, not the clothing or whatever. "You look good in that color" not "That color looks good on you" etc. It really is amazing what a difference that makes since you are centering the focus on the person, not on the object. People like that.
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 02:57 PM (n4zgK)
Have you asked your "mother" why she isn't ashamed of raising you as A Stuttering Clusterfuck Of A Miserable Failure as a human being *.*?
Pre-emptive? Possibly, with that skanks linking acumen?
Posted by: jwm at August 18, 2011 02:58 PM (spEu4)
WTF happened to her?
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at August 18, 2011 06:52 PM (le5qc)
You say that like she actually looked good at some point.
Beer goggles?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 02:58 PM (HUZDZ)
Whycome none of you noticed Ace's "Schoolyard Rock" in the post below?
I thought we were a smart cohort that quickly detected each other's loose shit?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2011 02:58 PM (Ntnpb)
Ace, pass that over here.
My wife is beautiful (to me at least), but she photographs terribly. If she knows she is being snapped, she gets a goofy fake smile that makes her look funny looking (to me at least).
So when I say that she looks good in the picture, what I am really saying is that "you didnt ruin your natural beauty with your goofy fake smile."
In other words, many times I am commenting on the photo quality (light/exposure/naturalness of the pose, etc) and not the actual appearance of the subject.
Analogy: Dude, that guitar recording of you is really good. In no way does this imply that his guitar playing is normally bad, just that the recording is good.
Why the hell am I wasting my time on this post.
Posted by: California Red at August 18, 2011 02:58 PM (7uWb8)
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at August 18, 2011 02:58 PM (le5qc)
If my cock was in your mouth, that would be a great picture of you.
In fact, let's just forget about the picture.
Posted by: John Edwards at August 18, 2011 02:58 PM (QKKT0)
If my cock was in your mouth, that would be a great picture of you.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2011 06:47 PM (9/HIV)
I Wuv You.
Posted by: Bwarney Fwank at August 18, 2011 02:58 PM (4nfy2)
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 06:57 PM (n4zgK)
alexthechick, you look good in those stompy boots.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 02:59 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 02:59 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: nevergiveup at August 18, 2011 02:59 PM (7wmOW)
Today I feel like a true Moron!
Which is impressive, since your comment is at 77.
Posted by: Methos, occasional pedantic ass at August 18, 2011 03:00 PM (sOXQX)
Yes Sean, I have a gland problem, but I'm sure you will overlook this minor problem to spend serious time with me and my hooters.
Well, it's not like I'm going to look a gift horse in the mouth or anything.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:00 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at August 18, 2011 03:00 PM (QKKT0)
Looked like a full Cameron Diaz jiz shot from the Mary flick
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at August 18, 2011 03:01 PM (le5qc)
Posted by: Lauren at August 18, 2011 03:02 PM (cVIY5)
She told me instead of say "hey, nice shirt" you should say "that shirt looks good on you". I didn't score with her, but that compliment or variations of helped me score many times later.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes - AoS weatherman at August 18, 2011 06:53 PM (4nfy2)
That see-through lingerie looks good on you ... it would look even better off of you.
Posted by: No Whining at August 18, 2011 03:02 PM (HmCnI)
wowzers I just heard about Allen West's latest moment of awesomesauce!
"You have this 21st-century plantation that
has been out there. Where the Democrat Party has forever taken the black
vote for granted and you have established certain black leaders who are
nothing more than the overseers of that plantation. And now the people
on that plantation are upset because they've been disregarded,
disrespected and their concerns are not cared about.
So I'm here as the modern-day Harriet
Tubman to kind of lead people on the underground railroad away from that
plantation into a sense of sensibility."
BAM!
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2011 03:02 PM (Ntnpb)
Gift horse? I'm gonna tell daddy what you said, and it's not going to be nice for you.
Promise? Maybe he'll sic Nicole Wallace on me....I hope.
Nothing quite like a grudge fuck.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:03 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at August 18, 2011 03:04 PM (Vs4xY)
"gee that's a lovely baby you have"
Posted by: nevergiveup at August 18, 2011 06:59 PM (7wmOW)
I thought beating it with an ugly stick as soon as the cord was cut was no longer sanctioned by the AMA.
Posted by: No Whining at August 18, 2011 03:04 PM (HmCnI)
Maxy Waters got bent out of shape by West's remarks.
"It's a little bit outrageous. It's a little bit ridiculous."
Hey, Maxine, I'm a little bit country.
And a little bit rock n roll.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2011 03:05 PM (VJnHJ)
Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisations, say scientists
Posted by: FORGER - Racist TEAhadi at August 18, 2011 03:05 PM (YGzTa)
Not really. There are good and bad pictures of everyone, even the hottest Hollywood starlet.
2, even if not misleading per se, establishes the upper bound of the subject's possible attractiveness.
That would be "That's the best possible picture of you", not "that's a good picture of you".
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 18, 2011 03:05 PM (EUmWD)
Posted by: Hillary Rodham Clinton at August 18, 2011 03:05 PM (le5qc)
Posted by: nevergiveup at August 18, 2011 03:05 PM (7wmOW)
Posted by: ✡phoenixgirl✡I STAND WITH ISRAEL at August 18, 2011 03:06 PM (eOXTH)
But Allen West is no shrinking violet.
West responds:
"Today in the black community, we see individuals who are either wedded to a subsistence check or an employment check. Democrat physical enslavement has now become liberal economic enslavement, which is just as horrible."
BAM, again.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2011 03:06 PM (E5w0w)
Posted by: blaster at August 18, 2011 03:06 PM (Fw2Gg)
Can't live with'em, can't bury them in the back yard next to your pet goldfish from 1976.
Posted by: Fritz at August 18, 2011 03:07 PM (+KjE2)
*looks anxiously around for dog to feed "it" to*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 18, 2011 03:07 PM (UOM48)
He a bad mutha...shut yo mouth!
Just talkin bout Allen West!
Perry / West will make the fucking hippies turn inside out.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 03:08 PM (ECjvn)
And you KNOW that the cat ain't going anywhere near it!Posted by: nevergiveup at August 18, 2011 03:08 PM (7wmOW)
*begins sweeping up broken glass, reaches for Vodka in freezer*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 18, 2011 03:08 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Billy shh don't tell her Bob at August 18, 2011 03:09 PM (I/MzF)
I think it's more a compliment on the photographer than a slam on you. As we've seen with corn dogs lately, it's really easy to take a picture that makes someone look hideous.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 06:42 PM (bjRNS)
Is that a corn dog in your pants or are you happy to see me?
Posted by: No Whining at August 18, 2011 03:09 PM (HmCnI)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 18, 2011 03:09 PM (TXKVh)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 18, 2011 07:07 PM (EUmWD)
When pronounced phonetically SE Cupp sounds like "C Cup."
Coincidence?
I think not.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:09 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 18, 2011 07:07 PM (EUmWD)
That's a bad picture of SE.
Posted by: Breaker19 at August 18, 2011 03:09 PM (WCm02)
When you say "That's a good picture of you," isn't that an insult?
Not necessarily. (did I spell that right?)
Back in the day a "good picture" would be of me passed out on a couch with my hand strategically shoved down my pants and a cock drawn on my forehead with a Sharpie.
I suppose it depends on one's experience but nowadays, any pathetic Facebook, self-pic is pretty loserish so there's no win.
Posted by: ErikW at August 18, 2011 03:09 PM (LO7XY)
Posted by: Jimmah at August 18, 2011 03:10 PM (NIjD4)
That's what I love about this place, I end up feeling like a million bucks.
All I need now is a regular pay stub and I'm golden.
Posted by: ontherocks at August 18, 2011 03:10 PM (HBqDo)
I know she's conservative, but...
They just scream smelly hippy now.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 03:10 PM (ECjvn)
I know she's conservative, but...
They just scream smelly hippy now.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 07:10 PM (ECjvn)
I thought those were naughty librarian glasses?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 18, 2011 03:11 PM (UOM48)
Nah. I think you have some mental aberration on this one. Old time, Brownie Instamatic type photos almost always looked bad, especially that the photographer generally had no clue about lighting, elements, framing, etc.
So if someone said, "that's a good picture of you" it was really more of a commentary on the photographer, generally someone that the subject of the photo knew such as Gramps.
Anymore, even with cameras so much improved and affordable, the photographer screws it all up just the same. I think the saying just hasn't faded as fast as the old photos.
Posted by: Robert17 at August 18, 2011 03:12 PM (LaaRT)
I thought those were naughty librarian glasses?
That's how I look at them.
All I need are those, and a pencil skirt, and a form fitting blouse and I'll....
Ummmm, I'll be right back
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:12 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Thomas Edison at August 18, 2011 03:12 PM (Pir3k)
. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 03:13 PM (c0A3e)
I think it's a fiendishly clever plot to get the 'ettes to post skimpy photos.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 18, 2011 03:13 PM (EUmWD)
Posted by: Chris at August 18, 2011 03:13 PM (c3tTB)
I think it's a fiendishly clever plot to get the 'ettes to post skimpy photos.
Can't be too clever. It's not working.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:14 PM (HUZDZ)
They are, but after seeing Rachel Madcow and Janine Garbagealo sporting them it has ruined it.
They are all over the place here in Burbank. The wannabe smart girls with the ironic B.O.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 03:14 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 07:10 PM (ECjvn)
At first glance, I thought that dress was tattoos. I really need to get my glasses checked.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at August 18, 2011 03:15 PM (PcoXF)
I don't know, I don't think I've ever used it with a negative connotation. I recall intending it to mean "that picture really shows you off in a good way", in the context of "you look good and this photo didn't fuck that up".
Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 18, 2011 03:15 PM (ASlZL)
They are all over the place here in Burbank. The wannabe smart girls with the ironic B.O.
They have those in Burbank? Huh.
I had thought Cambridge cornered the market on them
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:16 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: joejm65 at August 18, 2011 03:16 PM (UZuc4)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 03:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Fritz at August 18, 2011 03:16 PM (+KjE2)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at August 18, 2011 03:17 PM (+JhHG)
Heh. I look like the bastard son of Ron Jeremy and Charlie Sheen, but thanks.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 03:17 PM (ECjvn)
Why do random thought threads always end up as the "long wait for the ONT" threads?
/shake shake shake
You're a racist.
Posted by: Obama 8-Ball at August 18, 2011 03:17 PM (BOSlc)
1. There is you, the perfect Ace, unsullied by filters or intermediaries.
2. The camera is an imperfect instrument, with limitations like two-dimensionality and the distortions inherent in passing light through a lens and having it either projected onto film or digitized into bits.
3. Since an imperfect instrument cannot capture the platonic Ace, in all your Aceness, the best we can do is approach a representation of Aceitude.
4. Thus, if somebody says "That's a good picture of you," or words to that effect, what they're actually saying is "with the technology at hand, and bearing in mind that such imperfect technology cannot accurately represent Ace in all his Aceitudinality, that is a reasonably good representation of Aceness."
(I work with philosophers. Can you tell?)
Posted by: joncelli at August 18, 2011 03:18 PM (Nvw83)
Posted by: Norman at August 18, 2011 03:19 PM (oUG6f)
Posted by: joejm65 at August 18, 2011 03:20 PM (UZuc4)
True. I always did look good to the ones who need glasses.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 03:20 PM (ECjvn)
Biden: Do these hair plugs make me look all smart and stuff? Oh look....a squirrel...
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 18, 2011 03:21 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at August 18, 2011 03:22 PM (w41GQ)
Did you see that NASA is telling us that Space Aliens may destroy earth because we pose a threat to other civilizations because of greenhouse gases?
Fuck me.
I'm so tired of coming out of this drunken stupor just to have to go back into it again because it's gotten even goofier out there.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 18, 2011 03:22 PM (p+mzQ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 18, 2011 03:23 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: jeannebodine at August 18, 2011 03:23 PM (nvlAW)
FIFY.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 03:23 PM (c0A3e)
I thought the government wasn't supposed to listen to Krugman.
The heck?
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 03:25 PM (bjRNS)
As in "I'd be an out and out liar if I said it makes you look good, but thanks for not inquiring further."
Posted by: No Whining at August 18, 2011 03:27 PM (HmCnI)
Did Janeane Garafalo really ask if someone was paying Herman Cain to be a Tea Party token?
Wow. Like. Wow.
She was a year behind me in college. Same major. Had some classes together.
I'm returning my degree tomorrow.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:28 PM (HUZDZ)
It might be, it might not be. It's the whole point of "concealed".
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 03:28 PM (bjRNS)
Ah, I see.
"My dick looks good in your mouth" becomes "Your mouth looks good with my dick in it."
IÂ’m complementing her mouth, not my dick. Got it.
Wait, no. I still like complementing my dick better.
Posted by: fly at August 18, 2011 03:29 PM (4P1T+)
They just scream smelly hippy now.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 07:10 PM (ECjvn)
Yeah, it's like an identifying mark of a Commie. And it's it's ugly as hell.
Posted by: ErikW at August 18, 2011 03:29 PM (LO7XY)
Those are not the salient facts we're looking for.
Screamer or no?
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 18, 2011 03:29 PM (EUmWD)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 18, 2011 07:22 PM (p+mzQ)
In one of Rush's books (IIRC, it was in "See, I Told You So"), Rush recounted an NYT (?) op-ed by a Princeton professor who postulated that an advanced alien race is waiting patiently for "The Moment", basically when all hell breaks loose environmentally, so that they can take over everything. That kind of thought (aliens destroying Earth because humans are evil, polluting, war-like animals) has been circulating throughout academia and even in prominent books for decades.
Bruce Coville's "My Teacher is an Alien" series has this as a background threat, that the equivalent of the alien UN sees humanity as a blight on the universe and that we must be destroyed lest we will infect all.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 03:30 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 18, 2011 03:30 PM (kUaEF)
No. The ultimate photo related insult is:
"Dude! WTF? You look like your driver's license photo!"
Posted by: MikeW at August 18, 2011 03:30 PM (g4tB5)
She was a year behind me in college.
She ever get drunk at a kegger and honk on the lax team like a circus seal?
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 18, 2011 03:31 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: No Whining at August 18, 2011 03:31 PM (HmCnI)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 03:31 PM (ryClw)
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 03:31 PM (ECjvn)
Screamer or no?
I don't know. But I can say that was was pretty cute then.
Now? Not so much. Now she looks like that shot of Hilary.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:32 PM (HUZDZ)
"President Obama is a very bright man who loves his country but....."
Did you see what I did there?
Did you?
Posted by: Tom Coburn at August 18, 2011 03:32 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 03:32 PM (n4zgK)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 03:33 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 03:34 PM (ryClw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 03:34 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 03:34 PM (ECjvn)
Pretty much time to close NASA and give their duties to a randomly-selected kindergarten class from Detroit.
Or the Muslim scientific community.
Same difference.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:34 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: jewells45, tea party terrorist at August 18, 2011 03:34 PM (Z71Vg)
She's just angry that people stopped paying her to be not funny.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 18, 2011 03:35 PM (SY2Kh)
Often enough, those girls simply don't look as good in their photos as they do in real life. This makes those photos that do represent them fairly the 'good' ones.
Posted by: Chris at August 18, 2011 07:13 PM (c3tTB)
Yeah, how come the food served at the "All You Can Eat for $5.00" buffet never looks as good as the photos on the menu?
Posted by: Meggers McCans at August 18, 2011 03:35 PM (HmCnI)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 03:35 PM (ryClw)
But NASA still has so much important work to do, like reassuring Muslims that they had some small part in spaceflight development...
NASA is a joke.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 03:36 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 03:36 PM (bxiXv)
Fuck, this guy's onto our "research" methods.
Posted by: some NASA drone at August 18, 2011 03:36 PM (EUmWD)
Posted by: Robert getting behind a meme of epic proportions (Unban GGE) at August 18, 2011 03:36 PM (4q6A5)
Pretty much time to close NASA and give their duties to a randomly-selected kindergarten class from Dearborn Detroit.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 07:33 PM (bxiXv)
The muzzie outreach must never stop!
Posted by: No Whining at August 18, 2011 03:37 PM (HmCnI)
Posted by: steevy
There was no plot for that movie. It was just two hours of stupidity and posturing with Keanu Reeves and that fat chick actress who eats fried green tomatoes.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at August 18, 2011 03:37 PM (sJTmU)
Have some free zeroes.
000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000000000
You're welcome.
Posted by: Or the Muslim Scientific Community at August 18, 2011 03:37 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 03:38 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 03:38 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 03:39 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Jay at August 18, 2011 03:39 PM (D8afL)
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 18, 2011 03:40 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Ancient Hindus at August 18, 2011 03:40 PM (bxiXv)
I'm all good and fine with crazed journalists or authors writing this crap, but when my tax dollars are at work writing something that's been gone over a ZILLION times in sci-fi books and movies, only updated to fucking global warming (from nuclear weapons) that's when I have a problem.
Aside from my other problems that is.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 18, 2011 03:40 PM (p+mzQ)
Abandon a thread that's clearly on its last legs in favor of making dinner or soldier on with breath of bait until the ONT rescues us from our despair?
Dinner it is!
Posted by: No Whining at August 18, 2011 03:42 PM (HmCnI)
Posted by: Joffen at August 18, 2011 03:44 PM (EPcuy)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at August 18, 2011 03:45 PM (PcoXF)
Posted by: Joffen at August 18, 2011 07:44 PM (EPcuy)
We crawl over broken glass to vote against him. We punish people who vote with him and we wait forthe lamentations of his women
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:46 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 18, 2011 03:47 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 03:47 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Joffen at August 18, 2011 03:47 PM (EPcuy)
Posted by: Sigmund Freud at August 18, 2011 03:47 PM (3BtXI)
Also, what are the chances that I'm gonna have to shoot at mobs of starving urbanites assaulting my farm if entitlements do get cut? My father said it happened back in the depression.
Oh, and btw, who is Stan?
Posted by: Big Mo at August 18, 2011 03:48 PM (CKUq0)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 18, 2011 03:48 PM (npr0X)
Like out loud? Not just the people who live in the computer?
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 03:49 PM (n4zgK)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 03:49 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 18, 2011 03:49 PM (npr0X)
Posted by: Joffen at August 18, 2011 07:47 PM (EPcuy)
While you're waiting for your green card to come in, go read the Constitution.
He can be impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors." That's it. We're not quite there yet.
Thanks to the Republicans blowing it with Clinton, most of them are gun-shy to prosecute for even that now.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:50 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 03:50 PM (bxiXv)
I'm sorry. I didn't realize I was speaking that loudly.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 03:51 PM (bjRNS)
Like out loud? Not just the people who live in the computer?
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 07:49 PM (n4zgK)
Well, you're real aren't you?
Don't ruin the fantasy....just say yes.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:51 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Immolate at August 18, 2011 03:51 PM (0pB27)
Posted by: Jean at August 18, 2011 03:51 PM (46qC3)
Posted by: Lauren at August 18, 2011 03:51 PM (cVIY5)
Well, you're real aren't you?
Don't ruin the fantasy....just say yes.
Yes. Yes, I am. So are The Twins.
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 03:52 PM (n4zgK)
Sheppy is having fun with Perry and the evolution vid. And that kid's mother is all kinds of bad. Who does that with their kid? "Get in his face! Ask him! Ask him!"
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 18, 2011 03:52 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Joffen at August 18, 2011 03:52 PM (EPcuy)
Posted by: Jean at August 18, 2011 07:51 PM (46qC3)
Dance, monkey, dance! It will amuse me ...
Posted by: some wealthy dame down down by the battery at August 18, 2011 03:53 PM (HmCnI)
Yes. Yes, I am. So are The Twins.
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 07:52 PM (n4zgK)
Sensory overload.
Looks like I won't get any sleep tonight.
Again.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:53 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Joffen at August 18, 2011 03:54 PM (EPcuy)
Thing is, "high crimes" is anything Congress says it is. Given the current situation, I think it's going to be pretty difficult to get the Senate to go along with any definition until 2013, when it won't matter.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 03:54 PM (bjRNS)
That doesn't include ignoring the Constitution?
Posted by: Joffen at August 18, 2011 07:52 PM (EPcuy)
First, you must have a crime.
Then, you must have a Senate with the balls to indict.
We're short one element of this equation.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:54 PM (HUZDZ)
Geez Louise Ace, panties in a bunch this afternoon?
I don't know about anyone else but when I say 'That's a good picture of you' I mean that the picture LOOKS accurately like them. (for good or for ill)
I think that's what MOST people mean. (except for anal retentive navel gazers who're having an existential crisis or something.)
Posted by: I don't know WHO I am anymore at August 18, 2011 03:56 PM (iniPz)
Don't you mean two?
Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here all week, be sure to tip your waitress.
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 03:56 PM (n4zgK)
Dude. Who the hell is she for?
I don't see anybody in the field that she hasn't ripped on.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 03:56 PM (bjRNS)
Thing is, "high crimes" is anything Congress says it is. Given the current situation, I think it's going to be pretty difficult to get the Senate to go along with any definition until 2013, when it won't matter.
Exactly my point. It's not that you couldn't make a case.
It's that you can't get the Senate to indict.
Welcome to America, Joffen. It still beats Zimbabwe.
Although not by much these days.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:56 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Lauren at August 18, 2011 07:51 PM (cVIY5)
Arright so let's have it.
Posted by: ontherocks at August 18, 2011 03:56 PM (HBqDo)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 03:56 PM (4nfy2)
Submission to Urban Dictionary. For the cause!!!
SCoaMF Stuttering Clusterfuck of a Miserable Failure.
An empty suit propped up by the media reading old tired Marxist tripe from a teleprompter.
A vapid celebrity or politician incapable of originating or uttering a coherent thought without a teleprompter or cue cards.
Someone demonstrably stupid and yet convinced of their own infallibility, even though unable to think or emote.
A politician or celebrity who has no resume, no plan, no clue, and cannot speak without someone telling them what to say. Did you hear that Obama has decided food stamps create jobs?
Yeah. What a SCoaMF.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 03:57 PM (ECjvn)
Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here all week, be sure to tip your waitress.
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 07:56 PM (n4zgK)
You forgot to say, "And don't forget to try the veal."
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 03:57 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 03:57 PM (ryClw)
This Constitution will look good on you
Posted by: Barky O'Bumbles at August 18, 2011 03:58 PM (HmCnI)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 03:58 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 03:59 PM (ryClw)
Ron Paul. (yeah I said it)
Yet he is so photogenic....
Posted by: Breaker19 at August 18, 2011 04:00 PM (WCm02)
When the ONT is up someone come and get me. I'm going to ride this thread all the way in to the ground.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:01 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: Spiker at August 18, 2011 04:01 PM (4t9J5)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 04:02 PM (ryClw)
When the ONT is up someone come and get me. I'm going to ride this thread all the way in to the ground.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 08:01 PM (HQ77m)
Gitcher own A-bomb, peckerwood - this l'il doggie's mine!
Posted by: Major T. J. "King" Kong at August 18, 2011 04:03 PM (HmCnI)
Posted by: lu at August 18, 2011 04:03 PM (uqyw3)
Posted by: Bill Carson at August 18, 2011 04:03 PM (i5382)
MM keeps writing but all I hear is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! HE DIDN'T ASK ME MY OPINION!!!!
Followed by some slamming doors and the sound of a box of See's Candy being eaten.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 04:04 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: mike at August 18, 2011 04:04 PM (/cyI7)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 04:04 PM (bxiXv)
One .45 caliber pistol, three chocolate bars, one pair of nylons. Hell! Fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with this!
Posted by: Mandrake at August 18, 2011 04:04 PM (HQ77m)
Michelle Malkin.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 04:04 PM (ECjvn)
Hey, those benjimans sure look good on you.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 04:05 PM (4nfy2)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 07:57 PM (ryClw)
That word, I do not think it means what you think it means.
Posted by: Eric Holder at August 18, 2011 04:05 PM (LO7XY)
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 18, 2011 04:06 PM (kUaEF)
The heck? Home Depot sells a surge protector that includes an ethernet jack. Put that between you and your computer, and both you and it are safe.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 04:07 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 08:04 PM (bxiXv)
I am so with you dude. But, I can also give you counter-explanations (with the possible exception of Fast and Furious) for all those items that would pass any legal review the SCOTUS could impose.
That's a list of things we're pissed off about, the left has their own list for Bush. It doesn't mean they're all crimes and SCOTUS has always accorded deference to the political, and legislative, process.
I want the SCOAMF gone tomorrow, but that list won't get anyone to indict.
Posted by: Mandrake at August 18, 2011 04:07 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 04:08 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 04:10 PM (ryClw)
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 08:08 PM (n4zgK)
Alex? Do me a solid tonight, be sweet, demure alex for a while.
I'm still in sensory overload.
And DON'T pull out the boots.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:10 PM (HQ77m)
...no carrier...
Posted by: Public Service Message at August 18, 2011 08:05 PM (IhHdM)
Thanks to the missus searching for this, my iPhone ring tone will shortly go retro as the sound of a dial-up modem making its connection
Posted by: No Whining at August 18, 2011 04:12 PM (HmCnI)
Or maybe you're a vampire.
Posted by: Retread at August 18, 2011 04:12 PM (BO5ap)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:12 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 08:10 PM (ryClw)
Casting Aaaahnold as Conan was the biggest fuck up to anyone who ever read R. E. Howard
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 04:13 PM (H/MnC)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 08:10 PM (ryClw)
There's an interview with Elmore Leonard somewhere that would be worth reading. He's of the opinion that movies and books are such different mediums that the objective of the screenwriter is to get the character right, not worry about matching events. (And this was related to Leonard given an advice to a scriptwriter adapting one of Leonard's works, not the other way around.)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 04:14 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 04:14 PM (bxiXv)
You can always pay a hobo to hold a lightning rod, at a safe distance of course.
Posted by: Breaker19 at August 18, 2011 04:16 PM (WCm02)
Freaking Zeus...I thought he was dead.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 04:16 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 04:16 PM (ryClw)
Posted by: Knemon at August 18, 2011 04:16 PM (j4wZw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 08:04 PM (bxiXv)
You forgot the part about him, (condensed finer points) stuttering while failing miserably.
Posted by: ontherocks at August 18, 2011 04:16 PM (HBqDo)
Get a smartphone. That might work.
Posted by: dudeformerlyinsantacruz at August 18, 2011 04:17 PM (BRa9r)
Been there, done that. My experience was nowhere near as dramatic as yours, though.
(I nearly got blown off of a second-story balcony, though.)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 18, 2011 04:17 PM (bjRNS)
Awww thanks. Sadly untrue, but thanks!
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 04:18 PM (n4zgK)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 04:18 PM (bxiXv)
Ace: Check this out. I had a new head shot taken for my resume'.
Moron: Wait...that's your....fucking hell man.
Posted by: Beto Ochoa at August 18, 2011 04:19 PM (lpWVn)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 04:19 PM (ryClw)
Posted by: Spiker at August 18, 2011 04:20 PM (4t9J5)
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 04:20 PM (2j/Mv)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 04:20 PM (ryClw)
Remember there are no womens on the Internet!
Now on the Daily Mail...
Back to health: Former size six model Nicola McLean regains her curves.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 04:20 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Bonhoeffer Audiobook at August 18, 2011 04:23 PM (MBDKH)
Posted by: ontherocks at August 18, 2011 04:23 PM (HBqDo)
These.
(as always, actual alex not implied)
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 04:23 PM (n4zgK)
If we are going to accept "you aren't going to catch and punish me so it isn't the law" as a legal principle then everybody had better get their shit together *right* quick because the war of all against all is ringin' your freakin' doorbell.
I don't accept that. Again, I am on your side. Really.
But, for example, Libya is not impeachable. The War Powers Act is of dubious constitutionality and if you want to litigate Libya, you'll end up making a determination on the War Powers Act first.
Your point about selective enforcement of voting laws - well, prosecutorial discretion is real - and allowable. Ask any attorney. Now in the case of the NBPP case, walking away after you've already won the case is mind-numbingly stupid. But, not illegal. Same goes for DOMA.
There are problems with your list. I also stipulated, you might actually have a point with Fast and Furious. But thinking that goes all the way to Obama and proving it are two separate issues. There's no point in spending millions to go on an impeachment fishing expedition hoping you'll find the smoking gun that definiteively proves JEF is the Marxist we all know him to be.
Too much of your list is in the gray, and impeachment has to be black and white.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:23 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 04:24 PM (2j/Mv)
These.
(as always, actual alex not implied)
Faptain America time.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 04:24 PM (ECjvn)
I know it's only preseason but the Patriots look like they may not have to punt all year.
Thank God for that.
I was a Pats fan when they were the Boston Patriots and I froze my ass off with my Dad watching them in Harvard Stadium. I hope this is their year.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:25 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: KG at August 18, 2011 04:25 PM (LD21B)
It's "silly season" -- the time to be idealistic and throw out all the hard core ideas, make your points, then come together at the end, put on the stupid straw hats and elect a real Presidential candidate that can win. Hopefully, we won't lose too many in the process and end up with a handful of third-party wacko voters.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at August 18, 2011 04:25 PM (PcoXF)
I'm terribly sorry. *toescuff*
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 08:16 PM (n4zgK)
Ugh, I can literally see that in my head. LOL
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:25 PM (HQ77m)
When you say "That's a good picture of you," isn't that an insult?
Eh, I take it as acknowledgement that I usually take lousy pictures and the rare one that that turned out good is a miracle.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at August 18, 2011 04:26 PM (lUmIL)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 04:26 PM (ryClw)
Posted by: Warden at August 18, 2011 04:27 PM (KvfTp)
thigh-high stilettos...those were certainly made for stomping...something...
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 08:24 PM (2j/Mv)
My heart, mostly
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:27 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 18, 2011 04:28 PM (14jKX)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 08:20 PM (ryClw)
Saw some complete scenes (UK and DE sides), he actually wears partial armor. Plus he adheres to his motto in the books which I call the 3Fs: Fight, fuck and get fucked up (drunk)
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 04:28 PM (H/MnC)
English needs to get on the ball and acquire a phrase that clearly delineates "I can't operate a fucking camera or understand how to frame a photo" and "Every single goddamned picture taken of me has me looking like a street freak on a bad hair day"....
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 04:28 PM (2j/Mv)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 04:28 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 08:26 PM (ryClw)
You named it "crackers"?
Most people call it "Johnson"
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:29 PM (HQ77m)
Yeah, there's multiple reasons I don't let people take pictures of me. That's the main one.
Posted by: alexthechick at August 18, 2011 04:30 PM (n4zgK)
Posted by: Knemon at August 18, 2011 04:31 PM (j4wZw)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 08:28 PM (TMB3S)
Brett Lockett just went to his groin after checking out alexthechick's boots and had to get hauled off on the meat wagon.
Posted by: ontherocks at August 18, 2011 04:32 PM (HBqDo)
Doesn't matter, you just need 50%+1 of the house.
Posted by: Knemon at August 18, 2011 08:31 PM (j4wZw)
Stipulated.
It still doesn't mean it's going to happen - or that it's worth doing now.
On a practical political level, you go after him now while he's busily shooting himself in the foot, you're going to create a martyr who will win the next election. See Clinton, William Jefferson.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:33 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 04:33 PM (2j/Mv)
He's American enough to vote here. But he voted for Obama, so he is capable of being rock stupid at least once.
Let's all hope he has changed for good.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 04:34 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 08:32 PM (2j/Mv)
Jewish and very much so.
Posted by: EikW at August 18, 2011 04:34 PM (LO7XY)
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock n' roll...
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 04:35 PM (2j/Mv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 04:35 PM (bxiXv)
We have to slow the High Speed Fail somehow.
Posted by: sifty, Son of LiberTea at August 18, 2011 04:36 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: A. Breitbart at August 18, 2011 04:37 PM (KI/Ch)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 08:35 PM (bxiXv)
I see all your points so we'll agree to disagree. You're one of the good Morons, I'm not here to raise your blood pressure.
Hey, isn't it time to bask curious?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:38 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 04:38 PM (2j/Mv)
Posted by: A. Breitbart at August 18, 2011 08:37 PM (KI/Ch)
And if I thought that was actually Breibart I'd be asking for a job.Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:39 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 04:40 PM (2j/Mv)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 18, 2011 04:41 PM (lbo6/)
.Eh, probably not - she is Canuck after all. Oh well, perhaps he set her straight.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 04:41 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 04:41 PM (2j/Mv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 04:41 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 04:42 PM (4nfy2)
This Adele broad is really talented. If running multiple Twinkies thru your alimentary canal is a talent.
Well, if they're sliding down 4 abreast....that IS a talent.
Not one I'd want of course....
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:42 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: toby928™ at August 18, 2011 04:43 PM (GTbGH)
The mold growing in my fridge could do that....
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 04:44 PM (2j/Mv)
Posted by: lu at August 18, 2011 04:44 PM (uqyw3)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 04:45 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Spiker at August 18, 2011 04:46 PM (CNkLk)
Posted by: Hell Kitchen Chef at August 18, 2011 08:42 PM (IhHdM)
Sounds tasty!
Posted by: EikW at August 18, 2011 04:47 PM (LO7XY)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 08:38 PM (HQ77m)
George Michael has been busted in Public Restrooms for that on several occasions.
Posted by: ontherocks at August 18, 2011 04:47 PM (HBqDo)
OK, I meant "bash"
But since I wrote "bask" I would like her to bask in the white hot heat of a thousand suns.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:48 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: Anonymoose at August 18, 2011 04:48 PM (ZgvjV)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:49 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 04:50 PM (TMB3S)
This is what happens when upstart southerns go up against true New England patriots.
Amen
Of course, I was also around for the Rod Rust years. ::: shudder ::::
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 04:51 PM (HQ77m)
!!!eruliaf elbaresim a fo kcufretsulc gnirettuts a si amabO
Posted by: Gnik Nus at August 18, 2011 04:51 PM (BkQvr)
Finally, the Platoon Leader says "Damn fine frame."
That sounds more like a Platoon Sgt comment than something a Butter Bar would say.
Posted by: kodachrome fluffy at August 18, 2011 04:51 PM (4pSIn)
The Golden Fleece is very effective as deflecting armor though...
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 04:52 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 04:53 PM (ryClw)
>>But since I wrote "bask" I would like her to bask in the white hot heat of a thousand suns.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 08:48 PM (HQ77m)
...in a full length raccoon coat with bacon grease in her hair on a beach towel festooned with the festering image of SCOAMF
Posted by: ontherocks at August 18, 2011 04:54 PM (HBqDo)
Posted by: lu at August 18, 2011 04:56 PM (uqyw3)
Posted by: KZnextzone at August 18, 2011 04:57 PM (ZUWaD)
@391: "true New England patriots"
Obviously, that only counts from 2001-forward, right? Historically, they're a bitch team.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at August 18, 2011 04:57 PM (xy9wk)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 08:52 PM (c0A3e)
For some reason I always read your hash as co-Ace
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 04:57 PM (H/MnC)
Add Worcestershire sauce, red pepper sauce, black pepper, thyme, oregano, basil, beer and chicken stock. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
This sounds like baste curious...
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 04:57 PM (2j/Mv)
That's only because he didn't actually post the pic to Joan Walsh.
Posted by: lu at August 18, 2011 04:59 PM (uqyw3)
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 05:00 PM (2j/Mv)
For some reason I always read your hash as co-Ace
I did as well for a while. It has changed a few times...
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 05:00 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at August 18, 2011 05:02 PM (GKQDR)
Posted by: lu at August 18, 2011 05:02 PM (uqyw3)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 05:03 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: Gore88 at August 18, 2011 05:05 PM (zQE2B)
But still, nobody give a shit how good the Cowboys used to be or what a kick ass team the Browns were when Jim Brown was the shizzle. The Pats are, unfortunately, the best team of the last decade. It would be great if someone other than the Jets learned how to beat them in the regular season.
We used to be the terror of southern Eurasia.
Posted by: The Scythians at August 18, 2011 05:05 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 05:06 PM (ryClw)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 18, 2011 05:06 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: model_1066 at August 18, 2011 09:00 PM (2j/Mv)
It's what they do for cash when they're not shooting up the neighborhood and slanging Bolivian coke!
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Posted by: ErikW at August 18, 2011 05:08 PM (LO7XY)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 05:08 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 05:09 PM (ryClw)
Well what we need to do is find a candidate that everyone in our party likes. How hard can it be?
Ron Paul!!!11!!!!!1
Posted by: sub literate mouth breather at August 18, 2011 05:09 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 05:10 PM (ryClw)
A: The hallucination can make sense occasionally.
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© sez F--- Nevada! at August 18, 2011 05:11 PM (Fs7RJ)
Pats also went to a Superbowl in 84(yeah they were Da Bears victim,noone from the AFC was winning that) and Parcells took them to a SB with Bledsoe.
That was in 1986. I distinctly remember because I had just driven 18 straight hours from Fort Benning to the garden spot of Fort Riley, Kansas in the dead of winter arriving at 6 am to a gray sky, brown earth and no trees.
The next day was the Super Bowl. Pats drew first blood. Then were crushed 52-10.
The next day the Challenger exploded.
It was a banner week for me.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:11 PM (HQ77m)
Yesterday, the Washington Post asked me to comment on conservative concerns about Texas GOP Gov. Rick PerryÂ’s records.
Here is what I told them in full:
“The Gardasil debacle is just one of many concerns a wide range of grass-roots conservative activists have about Perry’s record as governor. He’s soft on illegal immigration despite a few recent nods to border enforcement. He’s prone to crony capitalism. And as the vaccine mandate scandal shows, he demonstrated Nanny State tendencies that are anathema to Tea Party core principles.
Posted by: Gore88 at August 18, 2011 09:05 PM (zQE2B)
Wait, she actually replied to the Washington Post? What the hell?
Malkin, you need to take a nice long vacation. You are waaayyy too high strung right now.
Posted by: KG at August 18, 2011 05:11 PM (LD21B)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 05:12 PM (ryClw)
I was wondering how long it would take someone to bite on that one. I hate them in an almost unhealthy way.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 09:03 PM (TMB3S)
My mind went immediately to the glorious Lingerie Football League until Y-not hit me in the face with a bucket of cold water at 408.
Posted by: ontherocks at August 18, 2011 05:13 PM (HBqDo)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 09:12 PM (ryClw)
Yup, '85 season, '86 playoff date.
I swear if I ever hear "The Superbowl Shuffle" again, I'm going to hunt down Jim McMahon and flay him with a dull Swiss Army knife.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:13 PM (HQ77m)
Michelle Malkin • August 18, 2011 01:20 PM
Yesterday, the Washington Post asked me to comment on conservative concerns about Texas GOP Gov. Rick PerryÂ’s records.
So I decided to take Megan McCains place as a usful idiot for left wing papers and bash conservatives.
Who is Malkins candidate again?
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 05:13 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Anonymoose at August 18, 2011 05:15 PM (ZgvjV)
My mind went immediately to the glorious Lingerie Football League until Y-not hit me in the face with a bucket of cold water at 408.
Y-not plays in the Lingerie League?
Who's selling tickets?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:15 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 05:16 PM (TMB3S)
413 I cannot even watch pre-season. It's just so gawd-awful
Oh come on, its all the same isn't it? Personally, any time a rubber ball is involved at all, I'm watching. And if those people are tossing it around HOLY SHIT I GET SO FUCKING EXITED WHEN THEYRE TOSSING THAT BALL
Posted by: meatpoles at August 18, 2011 05:16 PM (xXhWA)
Who is Malkins candidate again?
Sifty nailed it - Malkin's candidate is herself.
Some people start to insist on themselves. And everybody has moments of insanity, may MM's moment pass quickly.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 05:17 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: cool at August 18, 2011 05:17 PM (CFhHo)
FIFY, FIFM.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 05:18 PM (c0A3e)
That was in 1986. I distinctly remember because I had just driven 18 straight hours from Fort Benning to the garden spot of Fort Riley, Kansas in the dead of winter arriving at 6 am to a gray sky, brown earth and no trees.
I was there from 1980-85. It's not for sightseeing, but the fishing and hunting there are great. Yanked a 63 pound channel cat just below the Milford Dam spillway
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 05:19 PM (H/MnC)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 05:20 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 09:19 PM (H/MnC)
For a kid from white bread suburban Boston, it was a shock. I got used to it though. I was quite fond of hunting cute blond co-eds and K-State. That was the best part of that tour.Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:20 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: Gore88 at August 18, 2011 05:21 PM (zQE2B)
Posted by: deadrody at August 18, 2011 05:21 PM (l9UkQ)
Posted by: Gore88 at August 18, 2011 09:21 PM (zQE2B)
o.O
Posted by: KG at August 18, 2011 05:21 PM (LD21B)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 09:20 PM (HQ77m)
So you never went to Junction City and it's famous Washington Street?
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 05:22 PM (H/MnC)
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at August 18, 2011 05:23 PM (qiOph)
So you never went to Junction City and it's famous Washington Street?Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 09:22 PM (H/MnC)
I woke up there several times.Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:23 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: exceller at August 18, 2011 05:24 PM (Z7Znk)
Jesus Christ! You guys are still in here?
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at August 18, 2011 09:23 PM (qiOph)
We were waiting for you.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:24 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 09:18 PM (c0A3e)
And the only reason it is not yet the end is momentum.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 18, 2011 09:20 PM (bxiXv)
Such a tired meme. Continue on with the negativity.
Posted by: ErikW at August 18, 2011 05:24 PM (LO7XY)
You were obviously wasting your time. I got nothin, but based on some of the comments ...
Damn, looks like I missed a shit ton.
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at August 18, 2011 05:25 PM (qiOph)
Some people start to insist on themselves. And everybody has moments of insanity, may MM's moment pass quickly.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 18, 2011 09:17 PM (c0A3e)
I read both of Malkins columns regarding Perry and they were both hit pieces, not journalism or concern.
She said he was a crony capitalist because his biggest donor got a bit state contract. What she didn't say is that he was the only bidder and that it was for a NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE FACILITY.
The she looked like MSNBC in editing Perry's quotes on the guardisil thing.
If she has some problems with the guy fine but tell the whole story, otherwise you look like a liberal doing drive by journalism.
She owes her readers an apology of which I am not one for that type of shit. Might as well watch MSNBC.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 05:25 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 09:23 PM (HQ77m)
Oh my god and you still remember who you are? Everybody I know that ever went there ended up at the damn hospital getting treated for not one but several STDs
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 05:27 PM (H/MnC)
Posted by: lu at August 18, 2011 05:28 PM (uqyw3)
It seems like she's got a personal vendetta against Perry, why? Never heard of an issue between them before.
Posted by: KG at August 18, 2011 05:28 PM (LD21B)
Oh my god and you still remember who you are? Everybody I know that ever went there ended up at the damn hospital getting treated for not one but several STDs
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 09:27 PM (H/MnC)
I wish I could say I was personally smart enough to avoid that, but the only reason I did was because of my brotherly PSG continually yanking his stupid Lieutenant out of potentially penis threatening situations.Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:29 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 05:31 PM (ryClw)
Posted by: KG at August 18, 2011 09:28 PM (LD21B)
Meh who knows, maybe she knows he's popular and is trying to drive traffic, get quoted in leftwing papers and be on TV by bashing him.
Kathleen Parker rode that horse all the way to a pulitzer with Palin.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 05:32 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:32 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2011 05:32 PM (ryClw)
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 05:33 PM (H/MnC)
Meh who knows, maybe she knows he's popular and is trying to drive traffic, get quoted in leftwing papers and be on TV by bashing him.
Kathleen Parker rode that horse all the way to a pulitzer with Palin.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 09:32 PM (MtwBb)
MM didn't strike me as the type. How disappointing.
Posted by: KG at August 18, 2011 05:34 PM (LD21B)
and the answer lies with this man.
Posted by: at August 18, 2011 05:34 PM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 09:33 PM (H/MnC)
Even with my limited Platt Deutsch I got that.
I also know how to say, "I love you, come here with your panties in your hand"
Unfortunately, I didn't know what it meant when my CO pointed me at a cute girl in Munich and told me to say that.
But I know now!
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:35 PM (HQ77m)
Posted by: lu at August 18, 2011 05:35 PM (uqyw3)
Yeah, since May or something. And the F-35 has been grounded since the beginning of the month too; that's marginally less unusual since it's still in its test phase, but pretty disappointing for a program so far behind and over budget.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 18, 2011 05:35 PM (cFreV)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 18, 2011 05:35 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 18, 2011 09:35 PM (s7mIC)
Herself, apparently.
Posted by: KG at August 18, 2011 05:37 PM (LD21B)
Posted by: My Therapist Called Me Crazy at August 18, 2011 05:37 PM (piMMO)
But I know now!
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 09:35 PM (HQ77m)
You found out after she slugged you or bashed that "Maßkrug"over your head?
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 05:38 PM (H/MnC)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 18, 2011 05:38 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 18, 2011 09:35 PM (s7mIC)
don't know and don't care, I don't read her. I just heard she was doubling down on her first hit piece on Perry and decided to see just what the fuck her problem was.
It isn't telling the whole story, that's for sure.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 05:38 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 18, 2011 09:38 PM (H/MnC)
Let's just say that I now know the sound of one hand clapping.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:39 PM (HQ77m)
Money on Tom Tancredo.
You know, I don't care about the primary attacks, but what she's doing - insinuating that the fact that Perry doesn't appear in the 100s of emails she's sifting through proves he was involved in something shady with Merck and now moving on to other ethics charges - could damage Perry to the point that we'd lose him as a governor. So MM can eat shit and pie.
Posted by: Y-not at August 18, 2011 05:39 PM (5H6zj)
FIFY
Sorry, hanging curve.
Posted by: Y-not at August 18, 2011 05:41 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 05:41 PM (TMB3S)
Does it matter to some people?
The only thing is I remember her pushing his lost cause in CO. And then he popped up in the news recently making declarations about purity (I don't recall specifics - does anyone here?).
Posted by: Y-not at August 18, 2011 05:43 PM (5H6zj)
It isn't telling the whole story, that's for sure.
Gov. Perry is proving an interesting figure in that he alienates some libertarian conservatives while being shunned by the Establishment in favor of Romney. Strange dynamic there.
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at August 18, 2011 05:43 PM (o2lIv)
If there are going to be problems, find them and deal with them now. The "crony capitalist" charge is not a trivial one, and needs to be sorted out quickly. The Rezko-JEF connection could suddenly blow up in March, but Perry will still receive no passes. Then there's Perry's position on immigration, and his speech at a La Raza event; with a few discoveries and the correct spin, and maybe a JEF-Cowboys-Up-On-The-Border event or two, this could turn off a lot of otherwise motivated voters. We don't need people to vote by staying home.
We do have other, good candidates this time: Bachmann, maybe Ryan. Now is the time to vet everyone thoroughly. We should not disqualify anyone before June 2012
Posted by: Arbalest at August 18, 2011 05:43 PM (2KxeS)
You know, I don't care about the primary attacks, but what she's doing - insinuating that the fact that Perry doesn't appear in the 100s of emails she's sifting through proves he was involved in something shady with Merck ...
That absence-of-evidence-is-proof-of-guilt schtick is the kind of "analysis" you expect from dKos.
She's turned into the female Bill O'Reilly.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:43 PM (HQ77m)
Evening roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE Of The Banned at August 18, 2011 05:44 PM (h1dXA)
Shouldn't he be called out on these things? I saw people around here who were rooting for Christie and Ryan to enter previously, but once Perry joined those guys were all of a sudden terrible people based on rumours they would run. I don't get it.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 05:44 PM (4nfy2)
Sorry, hanging curve.
Posted by: Y-not at August 18, 2011 09:41 PM (5H6zj)
Oh, hon. There was no fapping after that I assure you.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:44 PM (HQ77m)
Are we gonna have a Perry cult like the Obama cult where nobody can disagree with him or you should die?
No. But are we going to selectively quote to set up a strawman which we then burn down?
So far it appears the answer is "yes" to MM.
I'm not a Perry fanboy. But he deserves better than he's getting from "our" side so far.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 05:46 PM (HQ77m)
You might want to go back and check the primary sources on those assertions.
When I investigated, I found that Perry had inherited the in state tuition bill from Bush and it had passed overwhelmingly. There was no way he was going to veto it, even if he were inclined. And it has nothing to do with the feds' "Dream Act."
As for the Arizona law, Perry made a pretty standard statement for one governor about another state by saying that some aspects of the Arizona law would not work in Texas. He in no way ginned up opposition to the AZ law.
Posted by: Y-not at August 18, 2011 05:46 PM (5H6zj)
>>Unfortunately, I didn't know what it meant when my CO pointed me at a cute girl in Munich and told me to say that.
But I know now!
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 18, 2011 09:35 PM (HQ77m)
I was in Munich the week before one Christmas on leave and accidentally found that mentioning that I was alone on leave and had no holiday plans was an amazing icebreaker and foolproof German female aphrodisiac.
It was like having a winning scratch ticket every night that week, (so to speak).
Posted by: ontherocks at August 18, 2011 05:50 PM (HBqDo)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 05:50 PM (4nfy2)
Perry promoted and got passed a Dream Act in Texas in the early 2000s. People here would be killing any other candidate that did that. He famously came out against the AZ anti-illegal immigration law. That also was pretty popular here.
I don't know, you tell me? A Dream Act, really? That's weird I didn't know a Governor could give citizenship to children of illegal aliens. Things must really be different in Texas.
Here is what he said about Arizonas law, you can agree or not, I don't but I am not the governor of texas.
“I fully recognize and support a state's right and obligation to protect its citizens, but I have concerns with portions of the law passed in Arizona and believe it would not be the right direction for Texas,” Perry said in a written statement.
“For example, some aspects of the law turn law enforcement officers into immigration officials by requiring them to determine immigration status during any lawful contact with a suspected alien, taking them away from their existing law enforcement duties, which are critical to keeping citizens safe.”
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 05:51 PM (MtwBb)
Shouldn't he be called out on these things? I saw people around here who were rooting for Christie and Ryan to enter previously, but once Perry joined those guys were all of a sudden terrible people based on rumours they would run. I don't get it.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 09:44 PM (4nfy2)
Uh, because they're worried that they will all end up drawing off potential voters from eachother and instead of maybe getting one of them we get one of the others that we definitely don't want.
Its doesn't seem like a hard concept to grasp.
Posted by: buzzion at August 18, 2011 05:51 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Gore88 at August 18, 2011 05:52 PM (zQE2B)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 09:41 PM (TMB3S)
Anytime, but MM does not seem to be interested in the truth.
Posted by: KG at August 18, 2011 05:55 PM (LD21B)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 05:55 PM (4nfy2)
Posted by: Breaker19 at August 18, 2011 05:55 PM (WCm02)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 09:44 PM (4nfy2)
I am ragging on Malkin because it wasn't informative, it was a hit piece that didn't tell the whole story. She edited quotes and left out the entire story in her charge of crony capitalism.
Kind of like Jack Straw saying Perry passed a Dream Act which is a total fucking lie.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 05:55 PM (MtwBb)
So Perry gets to blame bad things like the DREAM ACT on Bush, but the economy was all his doing huh.
Posted by: Gore88 at August 18, 2011 09:52 PM (zQE2B)
---
You don't even know what the "DREAM ACT" you're so alarmed by is, do you?
Posted by: Y-not at August 18, 2011 05:55 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 09:55 PM (4nfy2)
There you go lying again, do you even know what the Dream Act is?
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 05:57 PM (MtwBb)
Kind of like Jack Straw saying Perry passed a Dream Act which is a total fucking lie.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 09:55 PM (MtwBb)
Pretty disturbing, what Perry is bringing out in some conservatives.
Posted by: KG at August 18, 2011 05:58 PM (LD21B)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 09:50 PM (4nfy2)
---
I saw those comments. You're mischaracterizing them, imho.
He said a continiguous fence (actually, I believe he was asked about a wall) from one end of the state to another was impossible. He went on to assert that a combination of fencing (iirc, he made a point of saying near the metro areas) and border patrols would be more effective to secure the border.
PLEASE PROVIDE QUOTES AND LINKS WHEN YOU RAISE A CONCERN. It's not fair to expect us to have to de-bunk unsubstantiated allegations. I realize it's a strategy -- to wear us out so that your charges just hang there like farts -- but if you are arguing/discussing in good faith, stop being so lazy.
Posted by: Y-not at August 18, 2011 05:59 PM (5H6zj)
Everybody just calls it the dream act. Its basically a state version. In-state tuition for illegal immigrant children of illegal immigrants at state schools. Neither born here. It is unfair to taxpayers in general and specific college age Americans who's parents paid taxes in Texas for decades. Where is their break?
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 06:00 PM (4nfy2)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 06:00 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: Y-not at August 18, 2011 06:01 PM (5H6zj)
No facts in your rebuttal. Just assertions.
Posted by: Y-not at August 18, 2011 06:02 PM (5H6zj)
Hey, I said I saw it and it is as you described. He doesn't want a fence the whole F'n way and I do. I disagree with him. And I have been around here long enough not to pass false info for you to "de-bunk". So do you agree with me or him?
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 06:04 PM (4nfy2)
That was covered yesterday polish princess. Really the all important comments you think you make are day old garbage at best.
Posted by: buzzion at August 18, 2011 06:04 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 10:04 PM (4nfy2)
Not wanting something and thinking something not possible are two different things.
Posted by: KG at August 18, 2011 06:05 PM (LD21B)
Everybody just calls it the dream act
No not everybody, just everybody that wants to make it sound worse than it is.
Kind of like Malkin conveniently leaving out of the Perry Quote where he said the public told him he got to far out in front and he learned a lesson from it or charging crony capitalism but failing to note his "donor" was the only bidder on a Nuclear Waste Storage Facility.
Like I said I don't care if you don't like the guy, just tell the whole story.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 06:05 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 06:07 PM (4nfy2)
Posted by: lu at August 18, 2011 06:07 PM (uqyw3)
That was covered yesterday polish princess. Really the all important comments you think you make are day old garbage at best.
Posted by: buzzion at August 18, 2011 10:04 PM (GULKT)
That picture of you is really good.
Posted by: at August 18, 2011 06:09 PM (k1rwm)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 06:10 PM (TMB3S)
>>That was covered yesterday polish princess. Really the all important comments you think you make are day old garbage at best.
Posted by: buzzion at August 18, 2011 10:04 PM (GULKT)
Can anyone even verify that it's actually polished anything? Cuz I'm inclined to believe it's just more bullshit like her "friends" and her scrambler/filter/decoder ring thing.
Posted by: ontherocks at August 18, 2011 06:10 PM (HBqDo)
Posted by: at at August 18, 2011 06:11 PM (uqyw3)
Y-not just told you it has a similar name. I also described it earlier. I will put it in quotes next time.
I do like the guy. I probably agree with him 90% of the time, which is pretty damn good for a candidate. Unfortunately the 10% is a couple of things on top of my list. I think conservatives should at least let him know that these things are not popular with them. But maybe you agree with the texas style "dream act" and no full border fence. Do you?
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 06:11 PM (4nfy2)
I never thought I'd be agreeing with Karl Rove.
Posted by: at August 18, 2011 06:11 PM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 10:07 PM (4nfy2)
Funny thing about that big wall in China, it doesn't go the whole way.
The Great Wall of China is not a continuous wall but is a collection of short walls that often follow the crest of hills on the southern edge of the Mongolian plain. The Great Wall of China, known as "long Wall of 10,000 Li" in China, extends about 8,850 kilometers (5,500 miles).
Since the Great Wall was discontinuous, Mongol invaders had no trouble breaching the wall by going around it
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 06:13 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: at at August 18, 2011 06:13 PM (uqyw3)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 06:15 PM (TMB3S)
So you think its impossible then for Americans to build a fence that long?
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 06:15 PM (4nfy2)
I don't know a single Christian who thinks the earth is only 6,000 years old (though there are some, I'm sure). The earth is billions of years old; however, God created Mankind around 6,000 years old.
I challenge any neanderthal to refute this.
Posted by: Breaker19 at August 18, 2011 06:15 PM (WCm02)
Posted by: buzzion at August 18, 2011 06:16 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 10:15 PM (4nfy2)
I think it may not be necessary, depending on the topography in certain places.
Posted by: KG at August 18, 2011 06:17 PM (LD21B)
Don't forget that I'm a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure
Posted by: at at August 18, 2011 06:18 PM (uqyw3)
I still say AmishDude was right, its at least TWO stuttering clusterfucks of miserable failures. You can tell the shift change because of the different personalities and in the morning it has a name, and in the evening its left blank.
Also, i don't think troll describes them anymore, it acts much more like a spammer, whenever a thread is nearly dead, there it is posting links to shit.
Posted by: CaveJohnson at August 18, 2011 06:19 PM (ASglf)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 18, 2011 10:11 PM (4nfy2)
We have the in state tuition for kids of illegals here to as long as they have lived in the state for over a year like citizens are required to. We also don't have income tax so everyone that lives here pays taxes, legal or illegal. I wish they weren't here but they are. I would just as soon we had a tamper proof social security card which would make it almost impossible for them to be here. In state tuition for their kids isn't a favorite of mine but it isn't a deal breaker.
I'll wait to here his whole plan on the border, I would just as soon do the tamper proof social security card so they couldn't work here. It would take care of most of the problem in my opinion.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 06:20 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: at August 18, 2011 10:11 PM (k1rwm)
How about looking like him? "This artificial, limited representation of you makes you look good, or, at least, better than you actually do in reality."
Posted by: ontherocks at August 18, 2011 06:21 PM (HBqDo)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 06:30 PM (TMB3S)
Yes, we should. Bachmann and her vanity run should've "disqualified" from day fucking 1.
Ryan is a good guy, but he's not ripe yet. Thousands and thousands of men have served in the House over the last 120 years; there's a reason none of them ever became President in that time.
We're going against an incumbent who'll have a shitload of money and who the public wants to like, despite his shitty performance. The last thing we need is to toss him an easy win against an unelectable flake or Boy Wonder from the House.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 18, 2011 06:31 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: buzzion at August 18, 2011 06:34 PM (GULKT)
buzzion, don't you read the comments. You are totally messing up the "shunning in progress".....
that's so unlike you....
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Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 06:51 PM (TMB3S)
It claims it needs to do this so that it can share links with its idiot "friends".
Apparently it's too fucking stupid and too much of a shitweasel parasite to get its MIT whiz-kid pals to set up a blog of its own or twitter feed for it to pass its random insane blithering and days-old zerohedge "stories" on to its fucking retard "friends".
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 18, 2011 06:52 PM (cFreV)
This isn't a fair comment. It's not my fault I'm a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.
Posted by: at at August 18, 2011 06:56 PM (uqyw3)
Posted by: Errol at August 18, 2011 07:33 PM (d2AYO)
For what it is worth, here is my take: if the person making the statement means it as an insult, it is an insult. Don't look for offense when none is intended.
Posted by: elspeth at August 18, 2011 07:35 PM (0h5/+)
Jack Straw,
That was some pretty weak shit, quoting US News and World Report? Even they said it was the "so called" Texas Dream Act recently named after the failed immigration bill last year. The law was passed in 2001, long before anyone heard of a dream act.
Like I said, it's people who call it that are just people that want to make it sound worse than it is.
People like you.
The law when it was passed was called SB 1528.
ha that was really weak. I'm not surprised though.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 07:36 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 07:42 PM (TMB3S)
Yes, we should. Bachmann and her vanity run should've "disqualified" from day fucking 1.
Ryan is a good guy, but he's not ripe yet. Thousands and thousands of men have served in the House over the last 120 years; there's a reason none of them ever became President in that time.
We're going against an incumbent who'll have a shitload of money and who the public wants to like, despite his shitty performance. The last thing we need is to toss him an easy win against an unelectable flake or Boy Wonder from the House.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 18, 2011 10:31 PM (SY2Kh)
I agree with perhaps all of your individual points, and certainly your final conclusion.
The problem is that your method left us with John McCain in 2008.
Could Teh Fred or Giuliani have beaten JEF? I don't know, and I think no one can make a very convincing argument either way, because they dropped out too soon. I think the combination of perceived popularity and economics was the reason ... but do we want this to happen again?
Unelectable flakes seem to have tremendous staying power; why make it easy?
I see the current popularity of Perry ... here he seems to have displaced all other contenders, with 6 months to go before the serious campaigning starts. But MM has raised serious issues about Perry that need resolution ... should we start disqualifying other candidates now, before we see the answers?
Clearly, we need someone to cure the national case of typhoid that JEF has inflicted upon us. The time so sort out candidates has not yet arrived.
Posted by: Arbalest at August 18, 2011 07:43 PM (CpZnm)
Here is some more for you jack straw. From a guy who lives there.
Our law in Texas, (unofficially called The Texas DREAM Act after the failed Federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors),
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 07:44 PM (MtwBb)
I was hoping for something more intelligent from you. You're pretending the facts aren't what they are, no sweat off my balls.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 11:42 PM (TMB3S)
It doesn't matter what I think or what people chose to call 10 year old legislation this year when Perry started talking about running for office.
What matters is whats on the title of the bill, you know the one he signed. Those are not only the facts, it's the law.
That is what I said in the first place, people call it that to make it sound worse than it is.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 07:50 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2011 07:53 PM (TMB3S)
Oh jesus jack,
I read Perry's words, he dosn't say one word about "Dream Act".
We have the same law in Washington and it isn't called the Washington Dream Act. Know why? Our Governor isn't running for president.
I will apologize for calling you a liar though. I can see where you got it so I'm sorry. Doesn't change the reason it recently started getting called the dream act though.
Regarding Romney the only thing I have ever said bad about him was the fact that he skipped out on Vietnam and when I said that I said it was a personal thing for me.
I don't have an opinion about his health care bill. I wasn't in MA at the time.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2011 08:15 PM (MtwBb)
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Wondering if in 10,000 years someone will happen upon the perfectly preserved bodies and think "this must have been the dumber among men."
Just thinking aloud....
Posted by: Jimmah at August 19, 2011 12:14 AM (NIjD4)
Posted by: TooCon at August 19, 2011 12:31 AM (vZjrO)
Posted by: GHD Straighteners at August 19, 2011 12:59 AM (ZzqXu)
I was hoping for something more intelligent from you. You're pretending the facts aren't what they are, no sweat off my balls.
Posted by: Kovane Ograde at August 19, 2011 01:07 AM (ByqNk)
Posted by: KingAlbert at August 19, 2011 06:17 AM (wx450)
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