July 18, 2012
— Ace Disagreeing with Obama's "You didn't build that" rhetoric.
Adam Carolla is particularly sensitive to that, given he has literally built his own studio and his own podcast network. And has written several books about working hard if you really intend to be wealthy (as opposed to just wishing you were wealthy).
“I believe Barack Obama is a smart guy and I believe he is a skillful politician and I think he wants to get re-elected,” Carolla said. “And it’s pretty simple where you do these kinds of things where you go, ‘Look, are there more rich people in this world or in this union or more poor people?”Carolla explained there was a difference between being the hardest worker versus being smart and working hard and that Obama was wrong for not making that distinction.
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Later, the comedian called the philosophy Obama espoused “anti-American” for not recognizing that distinction.
“It is an anti-American — and again I don’t mean that in a terrorist sort kind of way, but this country is sort of built on pull yourself up, start your shit, stake your claim, do your thing, innovation,” he said. “The folks that made it, so-called made, and again I don’t know why we’re obsessed with success, but the folks that have made it had help along the way — not necessarily true in many instances. Yes, you can count being delivered at a hospital that running water, electricity and you can count roads that worked.”
He said this in the July 18th podcast (guest Dave Dameshek, if you're looking for it in the list). You can also download the podcast here. The discussion of "You didn't build it" starts around twelve minutes in, after he gets done talking about how hot Kate Beckinsale is. Correction: It starts virtually ten minutes in, and runs about twenty minutes.
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Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 18, 2012 11:05 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 18, 2012 11:06 AM (I2LwF)
It would make just as much sense for Obama to say, "Nobody starts a business on their own, they need oxygen."
Posted by: Hepcat at July 18, 2012 11:06 AM (frbyY)
Posted by: Hepcat at July 18, 2012 11:07 AM (frbyY)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 11:08 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2012 11:10 AM (r4wIV)
Is Adam Carolla a Closet Moron? Because those are exactly the right priorities.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 11:10 AM (8y9MW)
Beckinsale is hot. They made her look pretty average though in Contraband. Wait, What were we talking about here?
Posted by: california red at July 18, 2012 11:10 AM (xC7pk)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 11:11 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: The Lutheran Lord of Destruction, or at least inconvenience at July 18, 2012 11:12 AM (RD7QR)
CNN is going to get me fired--I made the mistake of checking out their lede byline ("Anyone who aspires to America's highest office should be thoroughly vetted..."). Fortunately, I've been able to keep the invectives under my breath, but with my brain cells dying at a genocidal pace, I may not have the neurons in my prefrontal lobe to keep me from bellowing out curses at high volume.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 18, 2012 11:12 AM (Ec6wH)
Having a hard time keeping track of the Adams
Posted by: kbdabear at July 18, 2012 11:12 AM (Y7XKa)
Of course, if you didn't grow up here and your mentor was a Communist pedophile, you'd be a little fucked up too.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 18, 2012 11:12 AM (sbV1u)
Claim you have late-onset Tourettes.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 11:13 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 18, 2012 11:14 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: MFM at July 18, 2012 11:14 AM (yyxZI)
God Bless you for your service AllenG.
I'd salute you but another appendage is busy saluting Miss Beckinsale.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 18, 2012 11:14 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 11:15 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Barky O'Genius at July 18, 2012 11:15 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: toby928© at July 18, 2012 11:15 AM (evdj2)
By the end of the lame duck session, he'll belong to a church.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 18, 2012 11:16 AM (T0NGe)
Sounds like something Obama's dad, Frank Marshall Davis, Bill Ayers and other commies would say.
Posted by: Hepcat at July 18, 2012 11:16 AM (frbyY)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 11:16 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at July 18, 2012 11:16 AM (+lsX1)
I believe Barack Obama is a smart guy
I stopped reading there. He is not "smart" he is an Affirmative Action President who is only in the White House because of his race. There is no evidence whatsoever that he is "smart" except that it constantly repeated over and over again to the extent that even conservatives believe he's some sort of evil genius. In reality, he's just some hack obviously in over his head.
Posted by: Nationalist at July 18, 2012 11:18 AM (XGZYX)
My favoraite KB fact was that she was bragging about how nice her woshina is.
Posted by: eleven at July 18, 2012 11:19 AM (KXm42)
Do you know how bad Underworld 2 was? It had Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman having sex and I was bored out of my mind. That bad.
As far as that other topic, yup. The American way of life is that you may be knocked down and bad shit may happen to you but if you pick yourself up and dust yourself off you at least have a chance of getting back on your feet. Most other places in the world you'll never have a chance to even try.
As always, give me back every drink, every party, every person, every pair of shoes, etc. that I've given up and then we'll talk about what I owe in return.
Posted by: alexthechick SMOD. Our only hope. at July 18, 2012 11:19 AM (VtjlW)
okay Texan, you have partially redeemed yourself. You might not have a sense of humor but you dig hot chicks!
I'll see your pair of Kings and raise you a pair of aces: http://is.gd/GF1QIN
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 18, 2012 11:20 AM (nEUpB)
Yeah, except "all of us" aren't in charge. That's the second problem of collectivism. The first is the tragedy of the commons -- that people don't take care of what they don't own. The second is the fact that those with political power are the ones who are really in control of the things "we all own".
The founders knew this and this was before Marx.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 18, 2012 11:20 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Hepcat at July 18, 2012 11:21 AM (frbyY)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 18, 2012 11:21 AM (2l4H7)
Posted by: toby928© at July 18, 2012 11:21 AM (evdj2)
Well, let's not go too far.
If I'm right about what the lame duck portends, yes he'll start looking for churches.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 18, 2012 11:21 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: soothsayer, of the Wolverines at July 18, 2012 11:22 AM (xrrIr)
Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at July 18, 2012 11:22 AM (GBXon)
Enjoy.
And coupled with the Lovitz tweet today, I'm hopeful people are starting to open their eyes.
Posted by: grognard at July 18, 2012 11:22 AM (NS2Mo)
Sorry, doesn't do anything for me.
More Kate! More Kate! More Kate!
(Upton or Beckinsale)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 18, 2012 11:22 AM (sbV1u)
What they need is Brawndo. It's what they crave.
Posted by: Alex at July 18, 2012 11:23 AM (3+RPg)
It's what they have to say. I know that. But it still makes me tune out.
Just stop saying it for cripes.
Posted by: eleven at July 18, 2012 11:23 AM (KXm42)
Finally, the guy is fired up, he's finally gone to his wheelhouse--as Ace has advised--and is going after the JEF like nothing else on the economy.
And he is doing it with no teleprompter and really engaging the crowd.
Anybody got the cast-iron stomach to watch the JEF's last campaign speech and do a side-by-side?
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 18, 2012 11:23 AM (kSaUf)
Two out of three ain't bad.
http://is.gd/EmGp3z
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 18, 2012 11:25 AM (nEUpB)
Bammy's contention that no one is successful on their own is absurd and deeply disturbing. Ask anyone who ever had to do a group project in school and ended up doing all the work themselves because the other idiots couldn't be bothered to lift a finger. Bammy was clearly one of the lazy idiots and NOT the one who did the work.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 18, 2012 11:26 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 18, 2012 11:26 AM (0/F7O)
He also lacks testosterone. But that's a separate issue.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 18, 2012 11:27 AM (sbV1u)
Guess which one Obama was.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 18, 2012 11:27 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: runninrebel at July 18, 2012 11:27 AM (5tiWJ)
doing all the work themselves because the other idiots couldn't be
bothered to lift a finger.
Guess which one Obama was.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 18, 2012 03:27 PM (T0NGe)
But he insisted on being the "Spokesperson"
Posted by: grognard at July 18, 2012 11:27 AM (NS2Mo)
“I believe Barack Obama is a smart guy and I believe he is a skillful politician and I think he wants to get re-elected,”
You got one of those things right, Carolla. I'll let you guess which two are dead wrong.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 18, 2012 11:28 AM (4df7R)
Oh dear, God.
Must. Restore. Blood. To. Brain.
Arrrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 18, 2012 11:28 AM (sbV1u)
He's "smart" in a con-man sense.
I don't even believe that. If he didn't have the media working for him, we wouldn't even remember who he is right now.
Posted by: Nationalist at July 18, 2012 11:28 AM (XGZYX)
Posted by: president choom at July 18, 2012 11:29 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: grognard at July 18, 2012 03:27 PM (NS2Mo)
"And... uh... um... together, we... uh... built the diarrhea, um, I mean... uh... the diorama... yeah... that... um..."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 18, 2012 11:30 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Berserker at July 18, 2012 11:30 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: grognard at July 18, 2012 11:30 AM (NS2Mo)
Posted by: sTevo at July 18, 2012 11:31 AM (uIz80)
Meanwhile, in the last week there has been more and more headlines and pontifications along the lines of "The JEF really just doesn't know what it's like to be an American."
Which attack is more devastating?
(Hint: The only thing keeping the JEF in the race at this point is his "likeability" factor.)
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 18, 2012 11:31 AM (kSaUf)
Posted by: alexthechick SMOD. Our only hope. at July 18, 2012 03:19 PM (VtjlW)
Well you had me going until the bit about the shoes.
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 18, 2012 11:31 AM (mFxQX)
Posted by: Big T Party at July 18, 2012 11:32 AM (EhUTA)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 11:33 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at July 18, 2012 11:33 AM (W+2tP)
I joined the Army after college, paid off my student loans, bought a house and made my mortgage payments even though it meant that I didn't get to go travel the world and spend money on new toys.
I've worked my ass off and she hasn't. The idea that I just 'got lucky' is absolute bullshit. It's insulting.
Posted by: Alex at July 18, 2012 11:33 AM (3+RPg)
Yes. That's going to compete for views with a Kate Beckinsale video.
Right.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 11:34 AM (8y9MW)
A sammich.
Posted by: Alex at July 18, 2012 11:34 AM (3+RPg)
I know you were talking about someone saying something, but then you mentioned Kate Beckinsale, and now all I can think about is her in leather.
No, that's not true. I'm thinking of her out of leather too.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 18, 2012 11:35 AM (TOk1P)
Was a fan of hers looooooooong before it was cool
We gotta have a beer sometime alex.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 18, 2012 11:35 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: sTevo at July 18, 2012 11:35 AM (uIz80)
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Loved that flick.
Posted by: fixerupper at July 18, 2012 11:36 AM (C8hzL)
Matt Yglesias @mattyglesias
How do people who havenÂ’t even tried cocaine get off criticizing it?
My reply to that?
KBDaBear @kbdabear
@JammieWF @mattyglesias Matty, I hear ya! Don't knock sticking your face in a fan until you've tried it!
Posted by: kbdabear at July 18, 2012 11:36 AM (Y7XKa)
I don't have to have syphilis to know I don't want it either.
Seriously, this is what passes for "smart" on the left? Really?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 18, 2012 11:38 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: hank johnson at July 18, 2012 11:38 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at July 18, 2012 03:16 PM (+lsX1)
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And if this SCOAMT is re-elected, this is exactly where this is going. Private property will be a thing of the past. It'll all belong to the fed. Bet on it.
Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2012 11:39 AM (7HziE)
Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at July 18, 2012 11:39 AM (QxSug)
The Left is going to come after Adam Carolla for this....bigtime.
I hope he's ready for the full-out assault that is coming.
Poor guy will probably even get audited by the IRS...all the way back to when he was a teenager.
Posted by: wheatie at July 18, 2012 11:39 AM (MbB0O)
"Ask anyone who ever had to do a group project in school and ended up doing all the work themselves because the other idiots couldn't be bothered to lift a finger."
That is always my response to anyone who is all socialism yay! Did you do a group project? Did you have to do everything while everyone else took credit? Did you want to stompy them all? What makes you think it'll be different on a larger scale?
Posted by: alexthechick SMOD. Our only hope. at July 18, 2012 11:40 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 18, 2012 11:40 AM (tqwMN)
Posted by: dick cheese at July 18, 2012 11:40 AM (evdj2)
I don't mind that. Really, I don't. It's the bien pensant voting for Democrats as some sort of redemption that I can't stand. Or the bubble-headed "Republicans are big meanies" that you get from the Hollywood Left.
I'd love me some more cafeteria conservatism than the crap we have now. I know it means he doesn't see the big picture, but he's just a guy on a podcast.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 18, 2012 11:41 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Big T Party at July 18, 2012 11:41 AM (EhUTA)
Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at July 18, 2012 11:41 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: Jerry Sandusky Yglesias at July 18, 2012 11:41 AM (ZCAlb)
I hope he's ready for the full-out assault that is coming.
Poor guy will probably even get audited by the IRS...all the way back to when he was a teenager.
Posted by: wheatie at July 18, 2012 03:39 PM (MbB0O)
The great thing about Carolla is, HE DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT.
I'm sure he's done well with his money and they're not going to do shit.
Posted by: © Sponge at July 18, 2012 11:43 AM (UK9cE)
After graduating, Erika worked for the Antitrust Division of the DOJ, where she handled matters like U.S. v. Microsoft. She then transitioned into a career with the U.S. AttorneyÂ’s Office for the Northern District of California, where she argued and won matters like the MLB steroids case, before a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit.
It was shortly thereafter that Erika claims a “near-death experience” made her decide to change paths to become a life coach and seductress extraordinaire.
Posted by: Louis Brandeis at July 18, 2012 11:43 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 18, 2012 11:44 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: BurtTC at July 18, 2012 03:41 PM (TOk1P)
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Don't tell alexthechick.
Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2012 11:44 AM (7HziE)
99 -
Sorry, that is incorrect. The correct response is "sure you did, sweetheart, but the question is, did it see you?"
Posted by: BurtTC at July 18, 2012 11:46 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 18, 2012 11:46 AM (kmlM7)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 18, 2012 03:40 PM
Yup, I shit you not
http://tinyurl.com/6ww5fcr
Posted by: kbdabear at July 18, 2012 11:46 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Jerry Sandusky Yglesias at July 18, 2012 03:41 PM (ZCAlb)
It's a joke and a sock, but this is the Left in a nutshell. There's a reason why none of the usual activist groups on Penn State's campus are up in arms about the Sandusky scandal.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 18, 2012 11:47 AM (T0NGe)
Matt Yglesias þ@mattyglesias
How do people who havenÂ’t even tried cocaine get off criticizing it?
Ummmm... Because anyone who knows anything at all about narcotics and their effect on the body knows that cocaine is bad....?
Is this some kind of trick question? Matty, I know you're an idiot, but... really?
Does he have anymore books on Amazon that we can go mock?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 18, 2012 11:47 AM (4df7R)
"Is Adam Carolla a Closet Moron? Because those are exactly the right priorities....If he isn't, he ought to be. Looks like he'd fit right in."
Yeah, right up until he starts ballwashing Bill Maher - which he does constantly. I love the AceMan, but I do, not. get. that. Guess you can't burn all your bridges in that town and still have a career.
Posted by: Jaws at July 18, 2012 11:47 AM (4I3Uo)
Doesn't matter. Hit the link and look at the pics (only a couple). I think it was an interjection to the Kate/Eva/Kate sub-thread.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 11:48 AM (8y9MW)
Best part after I graduated was seeing our ValedDICKHEADtorian (The supposed "Project Leader, Team Coordinator, all around shithead") working the Best Buy Sales floor because, and I quote, "The Job Market was tight."
Most A-students were politicians, in my experience. Either that or they were so smart that it came easily and they never developed much of a work ethic.
Posted by: Alex at July 18, 2012 11:48 AM (3+RPg)
Cause I say it is that communist piece of shit Frank Marshall Davis who fucked that tight white bitch Stanley and knocked her single teen mom ass up.
It explains everything. (Yes the JEF was born in US to parents who were both US citizens) :
All the bullshit games with the birth certificate (which says father unknown or FMD).
SCOAMF looking and acting like FMD
The cocksucking.
Posted by: Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at July 18, 2012 11:49 AM (qxcKC)
Posted by: s u n s h i n e at July 18, 2012 11:49 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 18, 2012 11:49 AM (da5Wo)
Excellent reminder. If this weren't a smart military blog, I'd say "thread winner." Since it is, only a Kate Beckinsale comment can win.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 18, 2012 11:49 AM (eHIJJ)
God, why do people never learn. Why?
Posted by: AmishDude at July 18, 2012 11:49 AM (T0NGe)
Cocaine is great! As long as no one in the world depends on you for anything ever. Then it's not so good.
Otherwise, it's great!
Posted by: BurtTC at July 18, 2012 11:50 AM (TOk1P)
A year later X has received a raise for doing a good job, he is now up to $40K. Y is dreaming about working at a "non-profit" that does environmental stuff while living at his parent's house. A few more years go by and X has caught the attention of his company's competitor and they lure him away with $80K salary and a company car, he also decides to buy his first house with the money has saved for a 30% down payment. Meanwhile Y has been laboring away at Starbucks making minimum wage and complaining about how unfair capitalism is with his friends.
A few more years go by and X has decided to start his own consulting company with a handful of people he has met in his area of expertise through networking. The first 3 years, X lives of of his savings and puts everything he earns back into the company. Y is working at Dutch Bros because the people at Starbucks are all assholes.
X has now had his business for 10 years and he usually takes home about $200K per year. He and his partners have 25 people working for them. He lives in a 4500 SF home and drives a Mercedes and is married with 2 kids. Y is working at Seattle's Best because the people at Dutch Bros are all assholes. He has 3 roommates.
5 more years go by and X has been investing in real estate and small businesses and has sold off his share of his company for $10 million. Y is now working at 7-11 because the people at Seattle's Best are all assholes. He and his friends are part of the occupy "movement".
Of course X's success was due to the fact that his company used public roads and they mailed stuff using the post office, and he went to public school. This is basically the story of the ant and the grasshopper.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 18, 2012 11:50 AM (61yvg)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 18, 2012 11:52 AM (1Jaio)
Good parable, but I think AtC sums it up nicely with "Fine, then give me back every party I didn't go to," etc., etc.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 11:53 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 18, 2012 11:54 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Nationalist at July 18, 2012 11:54 AM (XGZYX)
The only thing Obama brings to a TOTUS reading of his own is his stuttering. The guy is a con-man who learned his messaging well to the point of regurgitation. Once off message, he's a blithering, Communist idiot.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 18, 2012 11:54 AM (eHIJJ)
117 -
Yeah, that's the one. I remember it was a ghost story of some sort, but really, other than the fact that she shows her nekkid self in it, I didn't remember anything about it.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 18, 2012 11:54 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at July 18, 2012 11:54 AM (45SCD)
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Which reminds me. Almost everything we need to know in life can be learned by the age of seven from the Brothers Grimm.
The boy that cried wolf.
Killed the Goose that laid the Golden Eggs.
The emperor has no clothes.
Posted by: Hippy Hardcore at July 18, 2012 11:56 AM (C8hzL)
I think that he meant Barack Obama wasn't anti-American in a terrorist sort of way, not that his criticism was in a terrorist sort of way.
Posted by: Alex at July 18, 2012 11:57 AM (3+RPg)
The guy smokin' doobies other people rolled for him? Oh, wait. That was when he was in college. In between cocaine breaks.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 18, 2012 11:57 AM (eHIJJ)
Bill Cosby on cocaine
"I said to a guy, what is it about cocaine that makes it so wonderful?
And the guy said 'well, it intensifies your personality'
And I said 'yes, but what if you're an asshole?"
http://tinyurl.com/7vbtyjv
Posted by: kbdabear at July 18, 2012 11:57 AM (Y7XKa)
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We're broadminded.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 18, 2012 11:58 AM (Hx5uv)
Yup, I shit you not
http://tinyurl.com/6ww5fcr
Posted by: kbdabear at July 18, 2012 03:46 PM (Y7XKa)
That is EPIC.
Someone should tweet back that it's obvious that he's done plenty with comments like that and others should heed his kind warning not to go that route.
Posted by: © Sponge at July 18, 2012 11:58 AM (UK9cE)
When Obama was first elected liberal activists were struck and stung by the fact that he was never animated about helping the poor.
But hurting the rich...oh, that gave him energy.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 18, 2012 11:58 AM (T0NGe)
This is the AoSHQ. There's lots of chickin chokin going on period. The material just changes occasionally.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 18, 2012 12:00 PM (da5Wo)
This crap has to stop.
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at July 18, 2012 03:54 PM (45SCD)
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Beck talked about this last week. The leftists, right now, own our language. Political Correctness is the core. He said that whoever owns the language, wins. It's time to start fighting for it.
Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2012 12:00 PM (0D5so)
@129, Alex
That's what I thought too.....that Carolla was saying "I'm not acusing him of being an anti-American terrorist".....just being anti-American in general.
Posted by: wheatie at July 18, 2012 12:01 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 18, 2012 12:01 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at July 18, 2012 12:01 PM (45SCD)
All it intensified for them was there worst instincts.
Posted by: eleven at July 18, 2012 12:01 PM (KXm42)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 18, 2012 12:01 PM (ogdab)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 18, 2012 03:57 PM (Y7XKa)
"Himself." One of the greatest stand-up acts.
Posted by: ErikW at July 18, 2012 12:03 PM (cmhGp)
Posted by: rockmom at July 18, 2012 12:03 PM (NYnoe)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 18, 2012 12:04 PM (ogdab)
The funny thing about this story is that Y had just as many opportunities as X. His own self destructive behavior doomed him. It could easily have been written as:
"Y labors at Starbucks for minimum wage for a year while sharing an apartment with three roommates. Y works hard and next year applies for an assistant manager position with the recommendation of his manager. He is promoted, and earns $35k a year. Two years later he is selected for a store manager position based on his performance and attitude...
After turning around a failing store, Y is moved into the regional director's office in order to gain experience at that level...
Y leaves the company after 10 years after he is recruited by a management consulting firm for twice his current salary."
Posted by: Alex at July 18, 2012 12:04 PM (3+RPg)
@ fixerupper and FRONT TOWARD LEFT
All of which goes to prove that the purpose of fairy tales and fables -- to teach lessons about right and wrong, action and consequence, morality and immorality -- is still going strong to this day.
But they were all written by old white guys, so I'm sure the progressives are trying their damndest to make sure that no one ever reads "The Lion and the Mouse" ever again.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 18, 2012 12:05 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Alex at July 18, 2012 03:57 PM (3+RPg)
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UV's comment, even so, holds. A question. What is a terrorist's main goal? Isn't it to "terrorize" and create either short-term or long-term chaos? Now, please review in your thoughts the last 3+ years of the SCOAMT regime.
Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2012 12:06 PM (0D5so)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 18, 2012 04:04 PM (ogdab)
I'm sure Matt Yglesias would say that you can't really diss retard pills if you haven't tried them.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 18, 2012 12:06 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Alex at July 18, 2012 04:04 PM (3+RPg)
Sounds almost like a certain black Republican presidential candidate who resuscitated a little pizza franchise...
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 18, 2012 12:07 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at July 18, 2012 12:10 PM (GBXon)
"Upton, Beckinsale, Mendes (sorry AtC, I've never understand the attraction to Dita),"
Yay! More for me! I mean how dare you show such lack of taste.
"We gotta have a beer sometime alex. "
That would be grand. I really do need to make it to a meetup somewhere. It is has been too long since I've seen members of the Horde.
Posted by: alexthechick SMOD. Our only hope. at July 18, 2012 12:11 PM (VtjlW)
I wonder what happened to all those hyperventilations about that trumped up womanizing? For some strange reason, that particular outrageous outrage has subsided. It's just so curious what with him not applying for the Executive office anymore that it's still not a concern with the righteous, truth-seeking MFM.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 18, 2012 12:12 PM (eHIJJ)
Yup, and not surprising. Studies have shown that poor people often have issues with self control and delayed gratification that keep them poor. If you can't show up to a job on time, can't work with others even if they annoy you, can't save your money in any appreciable amount and can't settle down and avoid reckless behavior, then you're not going to go far in life.
Posted by: Alex at July 18, 2012 12:13 PM (3+RPg)
I would love it if they opened the Republican Convention with a reading of that poem.
Posted by: Alex at July 18, 2012 12:15 PM (3+RPg)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 18, 2012 12:17 PM (ogdab)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 18, 2012 12:19 PM (ogdab)
You are now owned by those you couldn't bring yourself to face. And you will work for them for the rest of your life. It appears to me that you do not yet understand the cause of your discomfiture. Hope this helps.
I understand your bitterness, and pity it. As an aside, this particular philosophy major worked full-time for six years to complete that course of study, never incurred any student debt, went to Europe at age 42 to take my dad to the anniversary of his Rhine crossing, and retired at 50 on my investments. Now punch in and get back to work, and take a shower. I can smell your fail from here.
Posted by: comatus at July 18, 2012 12:28 PM (ZOlM3)
Beck talked about this last week. The leftists, right now, own our language. Political Correctness is the core. He said that whoever owns the language, wins. It's time to start fighting for it.
Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2012 04:00 PM (0D5so)
Sam Delaney wrote an SF book "Babel 17" about a language that was set up so that once you learned it and started thinking in it, it turned you into a terrorist for the bad guys.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 18, 2012 12:36 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 18, 2012 12:45 PM (ymo3g)
Yes. That's going to compete for views with a Kate Beckinsale video.
Right.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 03:34 PM (8y9MW)
Heh. kept me away from the comments for about an hour.
Posted by: Full Pint at July 18, 2012 12:56 PM (7g1yh)
Posted by: steevy at July 18, 2012 03:27 PM (6o4Fb)
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Posted by: that guy that doesn't read all the comments at July 18, 2012 11:03 AM (evdj2)