April 25, 2012
— LauraW It's always illuminating when these folks get comfortable and know they're alone with others of their stripe.
Herein, an EPA official discloses how abusing the power of the thug-state has salutary effects.
How to get compliance from the peasants?
“kind of like how the Romans used to conquer little villages in the Mediterranean: they’d go into little Turkish towns somewhere, they’d find the first five guys they’d run into, and they’d crucify them.”
Nice.
Video is from 2010, but it's new to me.
Thanks to Teresa.
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Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 25, 2012 01:30 PM (e0xKF)
Posted by: crosspatch at April 25, 2012 01:32 PM (ZbLJZ)
I thought they gave them vasectomies
Posted by: The Jackhole at April 25, 2012 01:33 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: theCork at April 25, 2012 01:33 PM (hbAdE)
Posted by: what sick f**k at April 25, 2012 01:34 PM (HOOye)
I can't believe that 12 year old shitweasel is an EPA official. Are we scouring the lunatics elementary schools, these days?
Silly question.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 25, 2012 01:34 PM (X3lox)
And why hasn't the republican congressional election committee been running this as an ad 24/7? This is great ammunition and nobody has heard about it until you posted it here. Is the Repub election machine really that retarded?
Posted by: MoeRon at April 25, 2012 01:34 PM (yWDpP)
Posted by: maddogg at April 25, 2012 01:36 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 25, 2012 01:36 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 01:36 PM (piMMO)
'kind of like how the Romans used to conquer little villages in the Mediterranean: theyÂ’d go into little Turkish towns somewhere, theyÂ’d find the first five guys theyÂ’d run into, and theyÂ’d crucify them'
but goes on to re-iterate it again because His point is to screw with people that are not wanting to be compliant or fighting them?
thank g-d for little despots in their positions of power.
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 01:37 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: ace of spades mole at April 25, 2012 01:37 PM (ALWfh)
Posted by: theCork at April 25, 2012 01:37 PM (hbAdE)
Posted by: MoeRon at April 25, 2012 01:38 PM (yWDpP)
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 01:38 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: SCoaMDoJF at April 25, 2012 01:38 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: Mephitis at April 25, 2012 01:39 PM (ehXLT)
Posted by: maddogg at April 25, 2012 01:39 PM (OlN4e)
re 3: the problem is, at least when the Dems are in charge, the EPA honchos just go to Congress and say they need more money to protect the environment.
Tea Party people in Congress will need to keep the pressure on Romney. let's hope he won't care what the NY Times and the Wash Post think of him.
Posted by: mallfly at April 25, 2012 01:39 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: Dave C at April 25, 2012 01:39 PM (NkoSd)
Posted by: SCoaMDoJF at April 25, 2012 01:39 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: GabeS at April 25, 2012 01:40 PM (gKz+d)
Wire him up and run a current through that bitch. We're having to replace a bunch of coal plants that these assholes are shutting down.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 25, 2012 01:41 PM (e0xKF)
It wasn't, but it should've been. It's not part of any cabinet department.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 25, 2012 01:41 PM (bjRNS)
Threaten the rich, with unions and young angry adults.
Threaten the jtplumbers with Govt services looking into your life
threaten tea partiers with IRS
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 01:41 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 25, 2012 01:42 PM (nU/dt)
And yet, I imagine he's against capital punishment.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 25, 2012 01:42 PM (8y9MW)
What's worse is that it reflects how gov't officials like to screw with the little guy, since the little guy does not have the power to fight back. They take the easy route and don't screw with the powerful.
I see this all the time in my environmental law cases - where the gov't regulators (EPA, water boards, etc) will throw the book at a mom and pop company, but only give a slap on the wrist to the big companies.
Posted by: wooga at April 25, 2012 01:42 PM (vjyZP)
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 25, 2012 01:43 PM (HethX)
Posted by: maddogg at April 25, 2012 01:43 PM (OlN4e)
Actually, with this whole Earth Day thing where the protestors trashed the park... wouldn't it be nice if Romney sent in the EPA after such events and cited the lefties! Why, yes.... that would be a glorious idea.
Fight Alinksy tactics with Alinsky tactics!
Posted by: GabeS at April 25, 2012 01:43 PM (gKz+d)
Posted by: Soona at April 25, 2012 01:43 PM (qeAtb)
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 25, 2012 01:44 PM (bjRNS)
Not a minute too soon, the Department of Homeland Security has announced that it is creating “environmental justice” units that will be empowered to oversee regulations in conjunction with local governments throughout the country. The framework for the Environmental Justice Working Group includes eleven federal government agencies, including the TSA, the Secret Service and FEMA. Go big or go home, right?
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 01:44 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 01:44 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: wooga at April 25, 2012 05:42 PM (vjyZP)
that is truly frightening. we are so powerless anymore.
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 01:45 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 05:44 PM (5H6zj)
If only Bloomberg would run........
Posted by: maddogg at April 25, 2012 01:46 PM (OlN4e)
Also, I'm pretty sure the Roman strategy for conquering was a bit more subtle and nuanced than just "kill five guys at random and everyone else will get in line".
Also also, fuck this fascist fuckhole and the fucking department he rode in on.
Posted by: Brendan, being a pedantic dickhole at April 25, 2012 01:46 PM (2jQGY)
I've spotted Lauraw over by the water cooler. She's currently forcing Jeff B to wax her hump with Turtle Wax while she shouts trivia questions at him, which he must answer in the form of a question.
He just got one wrong. Oh, dear Lord! She's forcing him to apply clothes pins to his nipples for each wrong answer. He just got another one wrong! And another! He ... he ... he appears to be getting them wrong deliberately
Posted by: ace of spades mole at April 25, 2012 01:46 PM (ALWfh)
Did you try the drive-thru? That always goes quicker for me.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 25, 2012 01:47 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Taqiyyotomist at April 25, 2012 01:47 PM (X2sgY)
Posted by: Dang at April 25, 2012 01:47 PM (Ky1+e)
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And pharmacies should find a way not to eff up the prescriptions. Twice in the past year Walgreens has seriously screwed up my meds.
The first time, I was prescribed two different pills and they filled both bottles with the same pill. The second time, my doctor upped me from 50g to 100mg per day. They filled the prescription with the instructions to take 2 100mg pills daily.
Who the hell do I report them to?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 01:48 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: maddogg at April 25, 2012 01:48 PM (OlN4e)
That was my understanding, as well.
But I figured it was obvious that this dude's a poser, so was making krutz up to associate himself with historical victors.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 25, 2012 01:49 PM (bjRNS)
That's the official DHS document.
This needs it's own post. In fact, I'll have one up at my place eventually (tomorrow at the latest). This perfidy must not stand.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 25, 2012 01:49 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 25, 2012 01:49 PM (X3lox)
I went to school with a guy like this.
He was a nerd who got picked on a lot. Instead of ignoring the taunting and using his intelligence to become happy and successful and as Toby Kieth sang, "How do you like me now?" he became a vengeful dick.
He's doing well but he's the most miserable, hateful person I have the pleasure of not talking to for a long time.
Posted by: ErikW at April 25, 2012 01:50 PM (YR8hj)
With a ball-gag and whips. And a thong.
Posted by: eleven at April 25, 2012 01:50 PM (KXm42)
Posted by: Dang at April 25, 2012 05:47 PM (Ky1+e)
Nah. He's likely another Maoist. They've got those cool designer peasant-suits, now.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 25, 2012 01:51 PM (X3lox)
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Something like this?
http://binged.it/JRPGDB
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 01:52 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 25, 2012 01:52 PM (bjRNS)
In fairness, I found this over at Weasel Zippers:
who got it from The Foundry - apparently Daniel Inhofe dropped this bombshell this afternoon on the Senate floor:
Just wanted to give credit where credit is due.....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at April 25, 2012 01:53 PM (0xqzf)
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only about 20 seconds and has the word 'shit' in it
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 01:54 PM (piMMO)
These assholes will never be held accountable for this BS as long as the Obama Junta remains in power.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 25, 2012 01:54 PM (L7hol)
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Something like this?
http://binged.it/JRPGDB
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
Something like that - only the prick probably doesn't know anyone who would willingly come to his apartment.
Posted by: Dang at April 25, 2012 01:55 PM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 01:55 PM (5H6zj)
OT Sgt. Gary Stein no longer a Marine. discharged, 'less than honorably'
for comments made on FB
i'm guessing his appeals won't go well, either.
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at April 25, 2012 01:55 PM (D36Fp)
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 25, 2012 01:55 PM (HethX)
Posted by: maddogg at April 25, 2012 01:56 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Brian at April 25, 2012 01:56 PM (DoaFB)
Posted by: Max Power at April 25, 2012 01:56 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 25, 2012 01:57 PM (HethX)
These assholes will never be held accountable for this BS as long as the Obama Junta remains in power.
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How many punji sticks and booby traps will they set up for the next administration. I'm afraid that Romney and company will be pulling cockroaches out of the woodwork for some time to come.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 01:57 PM (piMMO)
The company I work for made it worse for me. They shifted over to "prescription insurance" that was actually owned by a specific pharmacy, so I have to get my prescriptions filled at that pharmacy.
The service at this pharmacy (except for the drive-thru) is so bad, that I'd pay more to use my old pharmacy.
I assume that the government will force that kind of change.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 25, 2012 01:58 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 01:58 PM (5H6zj)
been trying to link to this jerk's contact info: he is Al Almendariz, office telephone 214-665-2200
email is gray.david@epa.gov
drop Al a line to let him know what you think of him
Posted by: the Butcher at April 25, 2012 01:59 PM (8g9qq)
Posted by: Eric 'Dickhead' Holder at April 25, 2012 01:59 PM (x7g7t)
Gabe. Yes, The EPA is a bunch of nerdy trekkies.
Posted by: kimmy at April 25, 2012 02:00 PM (RHb9m)
Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 25, 2012 02:00 PM (NVu2l)
Insty had a link where they were enforcing copyright law, so DHS is already over the line. I'll see if I can find it ...
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 25, 2012 02:00 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Grand Moff Armendariz at April 25, 2012 02:01 PM (NG097)
Posted by: maddogg at April 25, 2012 02:01 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: kimmy at April 25, 2012 02:02 PM (RHb9m)
This is the first DHS Environmental Justice Strategy.
As a part of the development of this Strategy, DHS provided public access through posting a draft of the Strategy on its public website, provided an email address for the submission of public comments, provided a
notice of the availability of the Strategy to stakeholders with an interest in DHS civil rights and civil liberties issues and posted a link to the draft Strategy on the Environmental Justice webpage of the Environmental Protection AgencyÂ’s public website
this is bizzare isn't it>? environmentla justice with civil rights and civil liberties?
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 02:02 PM (TomZ9)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ
****
I raise you. It reminds me of how happy the 80's were: neon colors, natural tans, blue eyeshadow, and hair bands. Life was so much simpler then.
http://bit.ly/deiFsB
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:02 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 02:02 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 25, 2012 02:03 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: kimmy at April 25, 2012 02:04 PM (RHb9m)
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 02:04 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 25, 2012 02:04 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: kimmy at April 25, 2012 02:04 PM (RHb9m)
This Bureaucrostation has the power to blow up an entire multi-national.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 25, 2012 02:05 PM (0q2P7)
wut?
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 02:05 PM (TomZ9)
See http://www.usdebtclock.org/
I think Money is right.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 25, 2012 02:05 PM (bjRNS)
Insty had a link where they were enforcing copyright law, so DHS is already over the line. I'll see if I can find it ...
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This I know for a fact. My good friend is an agent with DHS, Customs Enforcement, and participated in a huge raid at a home where they were running a mill.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:05 PM (piMMO)
It means, "All your industry (and your money) are belong to us."
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 25, 2012 02:06 PM (8y9MW)
AND Tax evasion.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 25, 2012 02:06 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Zomnbie William Jennings Bryan at April 25, 2012 02:06 PM (DoaFB)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 02:06 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: kimmy at April 25, 2012 06:02 PM (RHb9m)
You're right, of course, kimmy. That bumper sticker needs to go on over your idiot neighbor's "Obama" sticker instead. Problem solved.
Posted by: maddogg at April 25, 2012 02:06 PM (OlN4e)
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Banana in the tailpipe.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:07 PM (piMMO)
I think Romney is going to have his hands full for the first years of his administration just de-lousing the federal government of the vermin left over from the Obismal years.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 25, 2012 02:07 PM (L7hol)
Mill is a very generalized word. What kind of mill?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 25, 2012 02:07 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 25, 2012 02:07 PM (z1N6a)
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CDs, DVDs, software. I think Microsoft was involved.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:08 PM (piMMO)
If this nitwit thinks the Romans fought the Turks, he needs to crack a history book.
Which explains what he's doing in this administration.
Posted by: Sobek at April 25, 2012 02:08 PM (XxAYS)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 25, 2012 02:09 PM (DoaFB)
The Wise Latina: "You can see it's not selling very well..."
Hmm. The Wise Latina. Where have I heard that before?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:10 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 25, 2012 05:30 PM (e0xKF)
Yes, but first you must call them Racist... and then blow them up.... Works for US!
Posted by: CAIR at April 25, 2012 02:10 PM (lZBBB)
no one would know the changes , talk about bringing in money hand over fist by the govt . or having to build prisons to hold everyone that broke some crazy law they wouldn't even understand!
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 02:10 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: ChrisValentine at April 25, 2012 02:11 PM (E9kgB)
You're welcome.
Posted by: President Wee Wee at April 25, 2012 02:11 PM (KWdVT)
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 02:11 PM (TomZ9)
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Dude. If I get pregnant there's gonna be a helluva lot bigger problem than the EPA on my doorstep.
Prepare for the second coming.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:12 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 02:12 PM (7W3wI)
What he forgets is it was too many "examples" in too many towns that made the subjects hate Rome.
Nobody cared when Rome fell. And the blood of "administrators" like this guy ran in the streets.
Also, the subjects didn't have guns. Back then it took years of training and practice to equal a Roman soldier.
There's a bumper sticker: A man without a gun is a subject, a man with a gun is a citizen.
Posted by: jimmuy at April 25, 2012 02:12 PM (kSaUf)
Posted by: ChrisValentine at April 25, 2012 02:12 PM (E9kgB)
Laters.
And, yes, this DHS crap is the focus of tomorrow's scheduled post.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 25, 2012 02:13 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Vlad the Impailer at April 25, 2012 02:13 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 02:13 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 25, 2012 06:07 PM
Mah daddy was a meeyul worker.
Posted by: former senator and future convict, John Edwards at April 25, 2012 02:14 PM (bAGA/)
We are well and truly screwed, if people here think the fuckwits running our government ever improve services.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at April 25, 2012 02:14 PM (SV4OI)
Posted by: Tonic Dog at April 25, 2012 06:02 PM (X/+QT)
Peck Peck Peck!
Posted by: Mad Mardigan at April 25, 2012 02:14 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 02:15 PM (eCnLg)
Posted by: Constantine XI Paleologue at April 25, 2012 02:16 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Eric 'Dickhead' Holder at April 25, 2012 02:16 PM (x7g7t)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 02:16 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 06:15 PM (piMMO)
Who was worse, Stalin or Mao?
Posted by: Vlad the Impailer at April 25, 2012 02:16 PM (OlN4e)
What does this mean exactly?
Posted by: kimmy at April 25, 2012 02:16 PM (RHb9m)
And they'll be bringing me to demonstrate how.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 25, 2012 02:17 PM (wllJH)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 02:17 PM (5H6zj)
Hmmm. An effective tactic? Shall we use the same tactic against unelected power-whoring individuals?
Would that do more harm than good?
Posted by: good for the goose at April 25, 2012 02:17 PM (xXhWA)
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Dude. Chill the fuck out. Can you not recognize sarcasm?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:17 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 02:17 PM (eCnLg)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 02:18 PM (7W3wI)
"Nah. It's pretty easy. Layoff everyone that has the least amount of time in order to 'cut government'"
No.The newly hired are cheaper and have not done as much damage. Layoff the most experienced gov't officials. They have done the most damage over the years and are the most expensive. They will still get a cushy pension at taxpayers expense.
Posted by: kimmy at April 25, 2012 02:18 PM (RHb9m)
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 06:11 PM (TomZ9)
Veal puppy.
Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 25, 2012 02:19 PM (NVu2l)
Who was worse, Stalin or Mao?
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I was just being precocious. A while back I looked up Ivan the Terrible and found that Bing has lots and lots of questions along the lines of "Who was worse." It was kind of surprising.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:19 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 06:18 PM (7W3wI)
Mao still had a better batting average. More powerhitting, too.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 25, 2012 02:19 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 25, 2012 02:20 PM (DoaFB)
Posted by: kimmy at April 25, 2012 02:20 PM (RHb9m)
Posted by: Portnoy at April 25, 2012 02:22 PM (rihDG)
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My concern with the newly hired is that they applied for jobs working with those MFers. They KNEW what they were getting into.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:22 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 02:22 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 06:19 PM (piMMO)
Yes, I know how to deal with precocious women. I poll them!
Posted by: Vlad the Impailer yet another maddogg sock at April 25, 2012 02:23 PM (OlN4e)
A perfect representative for our metrosexual, pissy, POTUS.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 02:24 PM (UOM48)
Would that do more harm than good?
Posted by: good for the goose at April 25, 2012 06:17 PM (xXhWA)
Hey now.... Leave us out of this!
Posted by: Secret Service at April 25, 2012 02:24 PM (lZBBB)
Hate to rain on your parade, but I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't take a trip to Vegas on the government's shiny silver dime.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 25, 2012 02:24 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: kimmy at April 25, 2012 02:24 PM (RHb9m)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 02:24 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Dr. Manhattan at April 25, 2012 02:24 PM (4vpie)
Posted by: kimmy at April 25, 2012 02:25 PM (RHb9m)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 06:24 PM (piMMO)
I was being frivolous with my English.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 25, 2012 02:26 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: tasker at April 25, 2012 02:26 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: basketball at April 25, 2012 02:26 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: Cicero at April 25, 2012 02:27 PM (QKKT0)
We're all just people to be conquered and hung on a tree.
Posted by: JellyToast at April 25, 2012 02:27 PM (GG5Cg)
Posted by: teej at April 25, 2012 02:28 PM (Y5LDn)
Environmental Protection Agency: bad.
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The Saudis have the Committee to Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice which does their stoning, beheading and whatnot for them. I'm in favor of virtue and oppose vice but I'm not sure about the committee.
Posted by: WalrusRex at April 25, 2012 02:28 PM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Cicero at April 25, 2012 06:27 PM (QKKT0)
Well... theres still the DOD, who just started up a New Spy Agency (Clandestine Services) to work under the CIA... and kicked a Marine Sarg. out for daring to think he had freedom of Political Speech.
Posted by: Secret Service at April 25, 2012 02:28 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 02:29 PM (eCnLg)
Mao still had a better batting average. More powerhitting, too.
But Stalin punched above his weight.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 25, 2012 02:30 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Cicero at April 25, 2012 06:27 PM (QKKT0)
I know what you mean, old fellah....trust is gettin hard to come by.........tellyawhut.....why don't you just trust in the Lord?
Posted by: Kurt Russell thinks you are the thing! at April 25, 2012 02:30 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: WalrusRex at April 25, 2012 06:28 PM (Hx5uv)
They're pretty good, actually. They saved Saudi Arabia from being tarnished by the spectacle of tens of schoolgirls on the street without proper dress. It's good stuff. Only 15, or so, of them burned alive in the flaming school. The rest were just fine.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 25, 2012 02:31 PM (X3lox)
171 Between the business crucifyin' EPA, the granny-gropin' TSA, the whore-bangin' Secret Service, the gun-runnin' BATF, and the high-livin' GSA, I don't know which fed agency I should trust the most.
We're sending you an official letter.
Posted by: The IRS at April 25, 2012 02:31 PM (L7hol)
Posted by: Cicero at April 25, 2012 06:29 PM (QKKT0)
The Washington Fed folks have become like the Mandarins of China... unelected, insiders, who weild HUGE amounts of Power, through regulation and rules.
And are essentialy untouchable because they are protected by Union Contracts which make them impossible to fire...
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2012 02:31 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 02:31 PM (eCnLg)
Then the rest of us fall in to line.
Oh, yeah, the Romans did this. If someone from a village killed a legionaire, or even so much as threw a rock at them, they would round up every villager and kill (usually by either crucifixion or strangulation) every 10th person.
That is where we get the word "decimate".
Posted by: navybrat at April 25, 2012 02:31 PM (aXAKh)
the french are the chefs
the italians are the lovers
the british are the police
the germans are the mechanics
and the swiss run the trains
an imperfect world is where
the british are the chefs
the swiss are the lovers
the germans are the police
the french are the mechanics
and the italians run the trains
A progressive world is where
the NSLP (National School Lunch Program) provides the chefs
the NOW (National Organization for Women) are the lovers
the TSA and EPA are the police,
the Treasury department provides the mechanics
and Joe Biden runs the trains
Posted by: Jay Bee at April 25, 2012 02:32 PM (Xwgt3)
We've got a guy out here - Jared Blumenfeld - who's cut from the same cloth.
Posted by: JEM at April 25, 2012 02:32 PM (o+SC1)
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And the hooker scandal just keeps getting better. They aren't just whores (the Americans, not the hookers) but thugs as well. This dates back to November.
http://bit.ly/IbV3wp
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:33 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: ontherocks at April 25, 2012 02:34 PM (aZ6ew)
*facepalm*
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And suing the guy from Journey.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:35 PM (piMMO)
If these guys are such fans of the Romans, they ought to appreciate being offered this:
Tom Hagen: When a plot against the Emperor failed... the plotters were always given a chance... to let their families keep their fortunes. Right?
Frank Pentangeli: Yeah, but only the rich guys, Tom. The little guys got knocked off and all their estates went to the Emperors. Unless they went home and killed themselves, then nothing happened. And the families... the families were taken care of.
Tom Hagen: That was a good break. A nice deal.
Frank Pentageli: Yeah... They went home... and sat in a hot bath... opened up their veins... and bled to death... and sometimes they had a little party before they did it.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at April 25, 2012 02:38 PM (FsqHK)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 06:31 PM (eCnLg)
Hmmm... interesting philisophical question... can one be CRIMINALY STUPID by simply acting upon a RIGHT?
Congress shall make no law inhibiting Freedom of Speech... and yet, under the UCMJ, which IS enacted by Congress, he was kicked out, for Excercising his Freedom of Political Speech...
Interesting Conundrum...
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2012 02:38 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Committee of Public Safety at April 25, 2012 02:39 PM (eCnLg)
This little bastard is proud of his business-destroying thuggery. Fucking pussy didn't have the stones to be a cop or a soldier, but he found an outlet for his bullying tendencies, alright.
Fuck him with a glowing hot spiked mace.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 25, 2012 02:39 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Jay Bee at April 25, 2012 02:40 PM (Xwgt3)
@6: "Obama: The ten most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to crucify you.'"
Of course, it is the government you're talking about - if they were in charge of death, no one would die!
Posted by: Gordon Gekko's Famous Corollary at April 25, 2012 02:40 PM (FsqHK)
Posted by: Committee of Public Safety at April 25, 2012 02:41 PM (eCnLg)
The Roman Empire fell.
The EPA will go down with the ship as the JEF continues to bring on more water.
Posted by: sTevo at April 25, 2012 02:41 PM (VMcEw)
<i>"Technically, the Romans did fight the Turks."</i>
Those were Greeks. I don't care what they called themselves. Turd boy is clearly talking about pre-Byzantium times.
Posted by: Sobek at April 25, 2012 02:41 PM (XxAYS)
Posted by: beck will talk it up at April 25, 2012 02:42 PM (HOOye)
I cannot believe that it's Reuters that wrote this!
http://reut.rs/IoC8Ku
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:42 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 25, 2012 02:42 PM (1zwZo)
He was representing the United States Marine Corps. He didn't even try to play by the rules. I looked at his Facebook page and he was thumbing his nose at the military and its rules.
And the last time I checked when you enlist you lose some rights and privileges.
If you don't like it...don't enlist.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 02:43 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 02:44 PM (eCnLg)
Congress shall make no law inhibiting Freedom of Speech... and yet, under the UCMJ, which IS enacted by Congress, he was kicked out, for Excercising his Freedom of Political Speech...<<<
Not this foolishness again. You're dead wrong.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 25, 2012 02:44 PM (JDIKC)
I cannot believe that it's Reuters that wrote this!
http://reut.rs/IoC8Ku
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 06:42 PM (piMMO
That entire article is very sympathetic to Zimmerman. Surprising, actually.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 02:45 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 25, 2012 02:46 PM (1zwZo)
Posted by: Former Mass. Resident at April 25, 2012 02:46 PM (BeB0s)
Posted by: eureka! at April 25, 2012 02:46 PM (81yf8)
Companies, particularly mfrs, should be bonded by insurance companies and allowed provisional environmental permits by the states. Interstate situations should be handled by Congress.
When you allow bureaucracies to grow they be arbitrary, corrupt, and counter-productive. Always.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 25, 2012 02:47 PM (ebPtk)
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Very much so. That's why I am completely shocked that it's from Reuters.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:47 PM (piMMO)
Send that kike to the ovens!
What?
He's not?
Oh.
He's a White Hispanic racist! Lynch him!
Posted by: The MBM at April 25, 2012 02:47 PM (nEUpB)
Interesting Conundrum...
So what you are saying is, he signed a contract which included, as a rider, not to do what he did, and when he did so, his contract was cancelled (or as you call it he was kicked out), and somehow you believe there is some sort of Conundrum about his rights?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 25, 2012 02:48 PM (0q2P7)
I'm *up to here* with the bastards in Washington. Barky can go fuck.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 02:49 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: GMan at April 25, 2012 06:37 PM (UkbKS)
No, a tragedy, actually. Like a bus load of lawyers going over a cliff, with two empty seats.
Posted by: maddogg at April 25, 2012 02:49 PM (OlN4e)
You know who needs to be made an example of? This little shit here in the video.
Posted by: Warden at April 25, 2012 02:49 PM (HzhBE)
Posted by: GMan at April 25, 2012 06:37 PM (UkbKS) No, a tragedy, actually. Like a bus load of lawyers going over a cliff, with two empty seats.
Posted by: maddogg at April 25, 2012 06:49 PM (OlN4e)
Thread winner.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 25, 2012 02:50 PM (1zwZo)
EPA borrows tactics from the Romans
ROME FELL BECAUSE (several reasons pertinant cited)
--Uncontrollable thugish branches of the government
--Decay (Military was less powerful due to lax training/support)
--Inflation
--Economic woes
--Division (culturally/geographically)
--Hording and Deficit (Trade Deficit and Barbarians (thugish branches of the government, known for "keeping the peace"/enforcement of the government's wishes) were known for looting the treasury for their own whims)
When in Rome....
Posted by: WheelmanForHire at April 25, 2012 02:50 PM (l8nIR)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 25, 2012 02:51 PM (niZvt)
Actually, it's a form of discipline that the Romans used on their own legions -- it was used to punish mutiny or cowardice.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 25, 2012 02:51 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 06:17 PM (5H6zj)
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You know. If I were in your shoes, and to keep government out of this situation and rely on privite enterprise, I would change pharmacies. A pharmacy that would give me better service. They're out there.
Posted by: Soona at April 25, 2012 02:52 PM (qeAtb)
I recently heard a former sheriff of Fairfax County speak to a conservative group on the subject of the EPA and other regulatory agencies rolling into towns to bully the local sheriffs. In one case, they told a sheriff from a SW state to close down some of the roads to a national park. He refused. They said, "We'll arrest you." He said, "I'll arrest you back, and I have a local militia of 200 citizens behind me." They never bothered him again.
He had other examples of fed agencies trying to close down raw-milk farmers (Amish), where one sheriff capitulated and one didn't. The one who refused still has the locals in the milk bidness. The one who buckled actually had the barn knocked down.
If you're not sure where your local sheriff's constitutional kowledge lies, he recommends this book. Sheriffs are elected officials and wield LOTS of local power.
Posted by: RushBabe at April 25, 2012 02:53 PM (tQHzJ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 02:56 PM (piMMO)
Ever notice how leftists are usually so calm and pleasant when they make these hideous statements? Little Stalins, the lot of them.
Posted by: Army of Fact-Checkers at April 25, 2012 02:57 PM (KvKOu)
Posted by: drivethru abortions, coming soon at April 25, 2012 02:57 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: And Irresolute at April 25, 2012 02:58 PM (RC3M9)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 02:59 PM (eCnLg)
Posted by: Vermin at April 25, 2012 02:59 PM (wSc+u)
Posted by: Ammo Dump at April 25, 2012 02:59 PM (WUWb9)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 25, 2012 03:00 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: RushBabe at April 25, 2012 03:01 PM (tQHzJ)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 03:02 PM (7W3wI)
"There were no Turkish towns during ancient Roman days. There was no Turkey.
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 25, 2012 06:51 PM (niZvt)"
Why should facts get in the way...
Yeah, forget it.
Posted by: ErikW at April 25, 2012 03:02 PM (YR8hj)
http://cbsloc.al/IOLuRB
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 03:03 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: a man of integrity at April 25, 2012 03:04 PM (HOOye)
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As a scandal itself.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 03:04 PM (piMMO)
it's called back pedaling. should he walk, they will, or should be , on a looooooonnnnnnnggggg list of media outlets that have suits filed against them.
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at April 25, 2012 03:05 PM (D36Fp)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at April 25, 2012 03:05 PM (p7SSh)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 03:06 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 03:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 25, 2012 03:06 PM (niZvt)
EPA at the top of the list of agencies that should be eliminated in a Romney administration. Bragging about crucifying people??!!!!
It was Nixon's agency anyway, the libs ought to hate it.
Posted by: Boots at April 25, 2012 03:06 PM (neKzn)
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at April 25, 2012 07:05 PM (D36Fp)
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Too late. The bell has been rung.
Posted by: Soona at April 25, 2012 03:07 PM (qeAtb)
?Because he would implicate Obama, plain and simple.
It doesn't take a genius to realize that Obama is carrying out the wish of Osama, to destroy the USA.
Posted by: NortonPete at April 25, 2012 03:07 PM (8zxoH)
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, speaks on the House Floor about fallen Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and the opening of the Border Patrol Station renamed after him in Arizona on June 16, 2012.
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Yep. He was busy today. He also pushed forth his bill to create a new board in the Executive branch to hold to account the way that entities are spending appropriated Federal funds.
Fox and hen house.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 03:08 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: 17,000 votes for obama at April 25, 2012 03:08 PM (HOOye)
Her phrase "the Banality of evil" is exactly what this prick demonstrates.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 03:10 PM (nEUpB)
I suspect we're going to get an uninformative dog-and-pony show (dog as the main course?).
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 07:06 PM (bxiXv)
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I agree. This was an inside job. Me thinks there was a regime advance team before the SS advance team arrived.
Posted by: Soona at April 25, 2012 03:10 PM (qeAtb)
Posted by: George Cloony at April 25, 2012 03:10 PM (Xwgt3)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2012 03:11 PM (ffV1/)
I might have to mark this day on a calendar.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 03:13 PM (piMMO)
BTW, Obama is a SCoaMT who enjoyed eating dog.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 25, 2012 03:13 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Bosk at April 25, 2012 03:14 PM (n2K+4)
Poor Tebow. The crazies just won't be satisfied until they prove he is imperfect.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 07:03 PM (piMMO)
Such a pathetic existence.
Typical of the left, they despise anyone who achieves happiness and success because they essentially hate themselves so instead of aspiring to meet and exceed a higher goal, they seek to drag everyone down to their shitty level.
Blech.
Posted by: ErikW at April 25, 2012 03:14 PM (YR8hj)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 03:15 PM (7W3wI)
The Washington Fed folks have become like the Mandarins of China... unelected, insiders, who weild HUGE amounts of Power, through regulation and rules.
I recently read The Buchenwald Report and it's not unreasonable to think we're gradually slipping in that direction instead.
Strange thing -- I was educated in during the 60's up to '75 both private (Catholic) and public schools and China's Civil Service system was taught as a virtue because it required civil service tests (merit) versus the way we hired postmasters, etc., in the early days of our country (spoils).
Of course they always left out of our education the possibility of abuse by indentured, self-serving government employees running the works.
And one more interesting tidbit about the U.S. adopting the Chinese model of the Civil Service system -- It sprouted at the end of the 19th century -- at the same time as the American "progressive" movement took root.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 25, 2012 03:15 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 03:15 PM (eCnLg)
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Even so, he goes on to repeat it in front of his audience, and you can tell he's proud of himself.
My first thought was, this is the everyday face of evil that hides in plain sight.
Second thought, thank goodness the lefties always show themselves for what they are. It doesn't take long after they attain power. They get overeager and overconfident.
Third thought, good lord what they doing that we don't know about yet?
I shudder to think we are only aware of the tip of the iceberg regarding this administration.
One of our advantages is that we understand our enemy much better than our enemy understands us.
Posted by: Mayday at April 25, 2012 03:16 PM (orrLR)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 03:17 PM (eCnLg)
/tinfoilhat-
Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2012 07:11 PM (ffV1/)
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I would hate to think that this was the SCOAMT's version of "The Night of the Long Knives".
Posted by: Soona at April 25, 2012 03:17 PM (qeAtb)
O'Reilly is still a pinhead. He believes Obama is an honest, honorable man.
When Obama loses and the country is treating him like Carter's more evil brother, then O'Reilly will jump on the bandwagon and act the leader... for the folks.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 25, 2012 03:18 PM (eHIJJ)
As if by pointing out what the gospels clearly state, that humans always fall short of grace, that attempting piety is therefore some sort of fools errand. As if thring to be the best person you can be is some sort idiocy. I think they hate not only God but themselves for how they fall short as a person. And they can only feel better by tearing everyone down to their depraved hedonistic level.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 25, 2012 03:20 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 07:15 PM (eCnLg)
I caught Dershowitz on Glenn's show yesterday and it was very informative.
I don't know dick about the legal process but it made perfect sense.
I'm glad I live in the country, just sayin'
Posted by: ErikW at April 25, 2012 03:20 PM (YR8hj)
Posted by: Billy Bob Carter at April 25, 2012 03:21 PM (ffV1/)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 03:24 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 03:24 PM (eCnLg)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 03:25 PM (eCnLg)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 03:26 PM (bxiXv)
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I agree. This was an inside job. Me thinks there was a regime advance team before the SS advance team arrived.
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Soona, can you explain what you mean? I also think the WH is involved in the Colombia scandal and it's being swept up under the rug. But I can't put my finger on a theory of what's really going on and am interested in what you think.
Posted by: Mayday at April 25, 2012 03:26 PM (orrLR)
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I'm gonna guess that Tim Tebow would be the very first person to say he is not perfect.
Hell, the only folks who seem to want to apply the "perfect" label to Christians are the non-Christians.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 03:26 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Deli LLama at April 25, 2012 03:27 PM (uv9eO)
Posted by: Feynmangroupie at April 25, 2012 03:31 PM (oI744)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 03:32 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: willow at April 25, 2012 03:32 PM (TomZ9)
274 RE: #262,
O'Reilly is still a pinhead. He believes Obama is an honest, honorable man.
When Obama loses and the country is treating him like Carter's more evil brother, then O'Reilly will jump on the bandwagon and act the leader... for the folks.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 25, 2012 07:18 PM (eHIJJ)
O'Reilly would suck cock live on television if it would get him an interview with Obama.
Posted by: buzzion at April 25, 2012 03:33 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: ChrisValentine at April 25, 2012 03:35 PM (E9kgB)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 03:36 PM (7W3wI)
What a complete asshole. Someone needs to put some knowledge to our dedicated, Roman-inspired public servant in the EPA, starting with the Battle of Cannae and ending with the Visigoths.
And how's the Roman Empire doing nowadays, anyway?
Posted by: troyriser at April 25, 2012 03:36 PM (vtiE6)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 25, 2012 06:48 PM (0q2P7)
excuse me, but no, the UCMJ does NOT forbid political speech. It says you cannot do it in uniform. It says you cannot talk about operations or classified data. It says you cannot portray yourself as speaking for the military, unless you are. It says you cannot Dis the President if you are an OFFICER.
Note, that those who SUPPORTED the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, were not thrown out. Note that those who Support CAIR, were not thrown out. Note that Anti War soldiers, some of who even went to demonstrations in uniform, were not thrown out...
Now... it is your DUTY NOT to obey an illegal order... and has been since the earliest days of the Republic ( a Navy Capt, took a ship bound for France, under orders from the President, but Congress had not authorized it, so he was found to have followed an illegal order, and was held liable).
So, the conundrum remains... as the Militarys body of LAW is the UCMJ, which Congress does write... can the military give an order, through their authorization by Congress, telling you NOT to excercise your Right to Political Speech? And are there any Limits to said orders?
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2012 03:37 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 03:37 PM (7W3wI)
Hell, the only folks who seem to want to apply the "perfect" label to Christians are the non-Christians.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 07:26 PM (piMMO)
Ayup.
Tell a Christian that you're praying for them and you'll most likely get a humble and appreciative "thank you."
Do the same for a liberal and you'll most likely get a "fuck you, who do you think you are to judge me?"
They just don't get it.
Posted by: ErikW at April 25, 2012 03:40 PM (YR8hj)
Posted by: GregInSeattle at April 25, 2012 03:41 PM (B5cM9)
Posted by: tebow will always win at April 25, 2012 03:41 PM (HOOye)
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I'm from Jax and expected something completely different out of her.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 03:42 PM (piMMO)
The only Republicans have with this admin is picking from a mountain of crap like this.
EPA boy needs to be careful. In case he hasn't noticed it, we're Americans.
Posted by: HoundOfDoom at April 25, 2012 03:43 PM (KhioZ)
Her aunt in the show was cast as Marilu Henner, of "Taxi" fame. Truth is, Marilu Henner IS one of those people. She was on a 60 Minutes segment a few years ago about the phenomenon. Nice touch
Posted by: Ombudsman at April 25, 2012 03:43 PM (AxHOT)
"None of them, mind you, were as Roman as Julius Caesar, Cicero, Augustus, Claudius, and Marcus Aurelius were."
And that's my point. If you're talking about Romans, you're talking about those folks. Constantinople was a successor state, a different entity. Just like the Holy Roman Empire was not Roman, regardless of whether they called themselves Roman.
I think we should just agree that this guy eats poop, and move on.
Posted by: Sobek at April 25, 2012 03:43 PM (XxAYS)
"(Video) Charles Murray: Why America is Coming Apart Along Class Lines"
http://tinyurl.com/7c4xuc5
Posted by: angela at April 25, 2012 03:44 PM (oZfic)
Posted by: tebow will always win at April 25, 2012 03:45 PM (HOOye)
Soona, can you explain what you mean? I also think the WH is involved in the Colombia scandal and it's being swept up under the rug. But I can't put my finger on a theory of what's really going on and am interested in what you think.
Posted by: Mayday at April 25, 2012 07:26 PM (orrLR)
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First off, I think this might just be a drunken party that went to hell in a handbasket (as drunken parties often do). But, also, this might be one or both of two things. 1) This is just another effort on the part of this regime to degrade the image of the US internationally, or 2) the SCOAMT is looking to replace the Secret Service with a security contingent of his own.
We have to remember that Hitler's security at the beginning of the Third Reich were the "brown shirts". He had started to distrust them so he engineered the "The Night of the Long Knives" and had the brown shirt leadership murdered. It was then that he authorized the Nazi SS to provide for his security.
Posted by: Soona at April 25, 2012 03:45 PM (qeAtb)
Yes, she remembers every second of her life. I don't think I could survive with that kind of recall. You'd find me dead...alone, in my bunk. With a smile on my face. Or, I might die of shame. Either way, I'd be dead.
Posted by: The IRS at April 25, 2012 03:46 PM (L7hol)
Were they talking about Cory or the States Attorney General Pam Bondi?
Posted by: lowandslow at April 25, 2012 03:47 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Jean at April 25, 2012 03:47 PM (5HAgy)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 25, 2012 03:48 PM (R5yLq)
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No kidding. The ability to forget, or to at least push horrible memories into a hole, is a Blessing from God.
Imagine if you could remember every time someone hurt your feelings, or could recall the pain of childbirth or a kidney stone? I mean, as it is, we remember it hurts like all get out, but unlike stumping your toe, you cannot relive the pain later.
That is a gift.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 03:50 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Clemenza at April 25, 2012 03:50 PM (YlSwz)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 25, 2012 03:51 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 25, 2012 03:52 PM (R5yLq)
Were they talking about Cory or the States Attorney General Pam Bondi?
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We were talking about Corey. She has a record of being very tough on crime which I like, but from the moment she took to the stage and started droning on and on about the sweet Martin family, I could've puked.
She is presently running unopposed for her seat.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 03:52 PM (piMMO)
"(Video) Charles Murray: Why America is Coming Apart Along Class Lines"
http://tinyurl.com/7c4xuc5
Posted by: angela at April 25, 2012 07:44 PM (oZfic
We kept dropping you off at rest areas and you kept finding your way home. *sigh*
Posted by: curious' parents at April 25, 2012 03:56 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Pecos, at April 25, 2012 03:57 PM (2Gb0y)
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Rotflmao.. I think you just broke Hummingbird. She's laughing so hard she is literally in tears..Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 25, 2012 03:57 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Fed UP at April 25, 2012 07:56 PM (m3R4Y)
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He may have had the same impression of her that NDH had before this happened. He could be doing a lot of facepalming now.
Posted by: Soona at April 25, 2012 03:59 PM (qeAtb)
That is a gift.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 07:50 PM (piMMO
I had an emergency C-section (after 28 hours labor) where the epidural didn't take on my right side. I also passed two kidney stones without pain meds in my 20s.
I'd give anything to forget that pain. Ugh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 03:59 PM (UOM48)
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I suspect as much.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:00 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: nickless at April 25, 2012 04:01 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Fed UP at April 25, 2012 07:56 PM (m3R4Y)
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He may have had the same impression of her that NDH had before this happened. He could be doing a lot of facepalming now.
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I believe he thought that by putting a tough on crime prosecutor on the case that nobody would be able to make the charge that she was weak when and if she failed to file charges. The good thing about 2nd degree murder is that it is more unlikely to stick than a manslaughter charge.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:02 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:03 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 04:03 PM (7W3wI)
“I want to read a quote. This is from a Republican congresswoman. I didn’t really understand this. I’m quoting her,” the president said.
“She said that she has ‘very little tolerance for people who tell me they graduate with debt…because there’s no reason for that.’ She said, students who rack up student loan debt are just sitting on their butts, having opportunity ‘dumped in your lap.’”
“You guys can Google her or what have you,” President Obama added.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 04:04 PM (UOM48)
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They did, but would you have them do? I'm guessing that behind closed doors the discussions were a bit different.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:04 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 08:03 PM (7W3wI)
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And you're thinking they had a choice?
Posted by: Soona at April 25, 2012 04:05 PM (qeAtb)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:06 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 04:06 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: The Zone at April 25, 2012 04:07 PM (hvibU)
Posted by: ok, this is weird at April 25, 2012 04:07 PM (HOOye)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:07 PM (piMMO)
Obama MISQUOTED her.
She said there's no reason to have $80K or $200K student loan debt. But dear Barry left that part out.
Posted by: nickless at April 25, 2012 04:07 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 04:07 PM (7W3wI)
So it turns out the Corey appointment hasn't worked out well for Scott (and way worse for Zimmerman, though if the evidence is covered fairly in the press[HA!], it may help in the long-term). I'd bet he could get back in the good graces of flyover country by delivering Florida in 2012...not that we'd forget, but we'd place the blame on Corey for her "aggressive prosecution as a re-election strategy".
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 04:07 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 04:09 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 25, 2012 04:09 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: Clemenza at April 25, 2012 04:10 PM (YlSwz)
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Not everyone is as happy with Scott as I am because he has been very tough about cutting the budget and stopping projects like high speed rail.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:10 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Tough,Tougher,Crunchy at April 25, 2012 04:11 PM (c3mby)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 08:07 PM (7W3wI
Barky's the skinny little shit who was the school yard bully's weasel side-kick. "Look at that kid over there! I heard his mom sent him to school with a couple of extra dollars today. Get 'im! I'll look out for teacher!"
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 04:11 PM (UOM48)
Happens like this most days.Ace gets drunk or goes hobo hunting or something.
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 08:09 PM (7W3wI)
Ace leads by example.
Posted by: ErikW at April 25, 2012 04:13 PM (o1eaf)
Posted by: The Zone at April 25, 2012 04:13 PM (hvibU)
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Jeb can deliver Florida. There's an odd ability of even those who dislike W to disassociate him from Jeb. He remains very, very popular in Florida.
He'll start campaigning pretty hard for Romney is my guess yet, unfortunately, he may be taking a shot at the V.P. slot.
He just needs to support Romney but, otherwise, sit back and prepare George P. to continue the legacy.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:13 PM (piMMO)
To this point, NONE of the evidence backs that up.
*****
That amounts to nothing more than she's our SA and we trust her. They could not undermine her in public.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:14 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 08:11 PM (UOM4
He certainly does love to sidle up next to malcontents, dictators, and various other human trash at every opportunity. Its almost like he feels a kinship with lawless authoritarian scum or something.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 04:14 PM (ND9u8)
She said there's no reason to have $80K or $200K student loan debt. But dear Barry left that part out.
The guy that wrote up that quote for Barky is the guy that edited the Zimmerman 911 tape for the Today Show.
Posted by: Retread at April 25, 2012 04:14 PM (joSBv)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 04:16 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: SCoaMF at April 25, 2012 04:16 PM (UpwlP)
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Good news travels fast!
The little bastard is going to get his 15 minutes of fame now.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:17 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:18 PM (piMMO)
“You guys can Google her or what have you,” President Obama added.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 08:04 PM (UOM4
Which was just stupid of him... as if they DO Google her, and see the actual Quote???
Posted by: Axelrod doing a Homer Simpson Facepalm DOH at April 25, 2012 04:19 PM (lZBBB)
That joke had a white beard on it when Jack Benny was *actually* 39 years old.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 04:20 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: awkward davies at April 25, 2012 04:20 PM (Jp1VY)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 04:22 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Nutmeg Moron at April 25, 2012 04:22 PM (Vg4Vv)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at April 25, 2012 04:25 PM (0xqzf)
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I stand corrected. I didn't see that there was a page 2 and they mention on page 2 that he is a Dem.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:27 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 04:28 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: jakeman at April 25, 2012 04:28 PM (96M6e)
The worst thing is when someone decent in your life is so brainwashed by the MSM that not only had they never heard of F&F (or Gangwalker), but a month later you remind them and they *still* never heard of it.
I remember the first time that happened. I thought my memory had failed, or I was in Groundhog Day or something.
Nope! People who sit and watch MSM shows and read MSM newspapers are actually somehow *drained* of information in the process.
I had another discussion years ago with someone who was going off on an "evil Bush" rant, they knew almost *nothing* about the man they were vilifying - no history, no actual specific criticisms, no facts other than a few taglines from whatever retarded comedian is pretending to be a journalist this week.
The best part was them bringing up the discredited TANG memos and not knowing GW was a fighter pilot.
I hate to use the legitimately disadvantaged as mere metaphors twice in one post, but talking to a liberal is like talking to an angry Alzheimer's patient, only worse because they don't actually have the disorder, they're just aggressively ignorant.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 04:30 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Tough,Tougher,Crunchy at April 25, 2012 04:31 PM (c3mby)
Posted by: Axelrod doing a Homer Simpson Facepalm DOH at April 25, 2012 08:19 PM (lZBBB)
On Volokh's blogpost on this news item, you'll find comments justifying SCOAMF as being truthy and the lady as being really Heartless (tm) on student debt.
Apparently you can use "ellipses" in a speech context and still claim you're quoting someone.
So there's that. But people who actually care about truth can easily find out it's a dishonest quote.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at April 25, 2012 04:31 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 04:31 PM (7W3wI)
****
I guess it's a good thing they don't travel to Holland very often.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:32 PM (piMMO)
Even better, read a few of the comments. Aside from the usual idiots, this clown is getting eviscerated.
Someone should make a list of the faceplants for thew last couple weeks. Bet it would be impressive.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 25, 2012 04:33 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 04:34 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: rickl supports SMOD/Supervolcano 2012 at April 25, 2012 04:36 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 25, 2012 04:36 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: Jimmah at April 25, 2012 04:36 PM (UpwlP)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 08:30 PM (bxiXv)
Perhaps you missed the part about "reliable R vote". Neither of my folks are all that informed on politics, getting their info from Fox and the local rag, but they vote the right way. I know you weren't disparaging my people, but it helps to remember - the kind of folks who hang out here and read the posts are a small percentage - high-end news-gatherers. Those who stick around to comment are the same, but moreso, with powerful livers that require strong drink for maintenance, movie-star good looks, and knowledge dripping from their pores.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 04:36 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 04:36 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 25, 2012 04:36 PM (lcnQn)
He was born and raised in Manhattan (has lived in TX and GA most of his adult life since college and doesn't miss Gotham City a damned bit), is a lib, and we've just always kept politics out of our conversations.
I was having a bad day when he called one afternoon a few weeks ago, and when he asked how our boy was doing, I told him how I couldn't wait to have the golf-playing, partying jackass out of office. Our son had just lost a friend to an IED, and I was fed up.
He expressed concern and sympathy, then said, "Well you know, Bush golfed for the entire eight years he was in office and it was in our faces."
I corrected him (barely controlling my anger) and told him that teh evul BOOOSH gave up golf because it showed a lack of respect for the troops.
He had no idea. But then he gets his "news" from the NYT, CNN and MSNBC.
I love the guy, but I can't take the uninformed stupidity.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 04:37 PM (UOM48)
The movie Idiocracy in all its glory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMkrJOOTjj4
Posted by: Lord Monochromicorn at April 25, 2012 04:38 PM (ETPEo)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 04:39 PM (7W3wI)
He has always been one of our strongest allies. And his hairline started at his eyebrows. Magnificent.
Posted by: FDR at April 25, 2012 04:39 PM (NG097)
saw the headline links on drudge about tsa.
bad experience with them yesterday when coming INTO the states...1hr10min for one planeload to go thru immigration (most US citizens) and TSA was fingerprinting us
Posted by: eurw at April 25, 2012 04:39 PM (nUaGQ)
I also did a paper on follow-ups to news stories for accuracy that determined that you probably knew more about current events if you *didn't* read the local paper or watch local news.
This is why I don't watch TV, read a newspaper, and rely on the Moron Hordes as my #1 news source.
Been working out pretty well. (#1 news source used to be Instapundit, but there's some aspects of the professor that irk me; he also drinks blendered puppies)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at April 25, 2012 04:39 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 25, 2012 04:40 PM (dkExz)
Think of the economy as traffic.
It doesn't really matter if the person who is texting on their cellphone is a decent person or not.
It only matters that they hit the center divider, swerved across six lanes of traffic, and killed 19 people.
Now, properly, a political system is designed to prevent the "less aggressive in pursuit of the facts" from crippling everything. But those protections went out the window when the insiders discovered they could buy votes.
It isn't a matter of blame. I get that people have more important (it seems) things to do. I get that people have other priorities.
But that doesn't matter. All that matters are the consequences.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 04:42 PM (bxiXv)
Lord Monochromi...shit, that's long...I'd take Camacho over the JEF today, so long as Cheney was VP. We'd have a kickass republic, and the rest of the world would toe the line.
"Jintao...aw hell naw you didn't. Don't make me rip of one of them scrawny arms, son!:
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 04:42 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 04:42 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at April 25, 2012 04:42 PM (v3pYe)
The day before we sent D'oh Boy to Afghanistan, I promised him that I'd work my ass off to ensure his next Commander in Chief would be worthy of his and his brothers' and sisters' service and sacrifices.
It must be sweet to just watch American Idol and game shows and not care.
Jeebus. *pounds head on desk*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 04:44 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at April 25, 2012 04:44 PM (v3pYe)
REPORT: Zimmerman 'has black roots'...
Too funny.
****
Read the entire article if you haven't. It is a very sympathetic article that is unusually balanced for a Reuters article. It also pretty much convinces me that not only is a decent citizen being made out to be a racist murderer, but a fine, upstanding, role model of a citizen is.
It is a crying shame
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:45 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 25, 2012 04:45 PM (jucos)
thank you ma'am...it's not just your son you're working for. a lot of us stationed overseas are wondering if our votes are even going to be counted
Posted by: eurw at April 25, 2012 04:45 PM (nUaGQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 08:42 PM (bxiXv)br]
I don't think our team has the mindset required for a long march through the institutions. What then?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 04:46 PM (ND9u8)
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thank you ma'am...it's not just your son you're working for. a lot of us stationed overseas are wondering if our votes are even going to be counted
Posted by: eurw at April 25, 2012 08:45 PM (nUaGQ
I'm including you, as well.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 04:47 PM (UOM48)
And they still say "when Bush went to court to challenge the election in 2000..."
I've heard the golf one, too.
They don't care what the facts are. I've actually got some of them to confess that. They don't honestly care about the truth. They think they have some kind of ephemeral "higher goal" that they can do *anything* in pursuit of.
That's why they have Che t-shirts. It's not just ignorance, they think it's okay to murder people in front of their families for political crimes, if that ushers in a "utopia."
Your office-worker liberals will say that goes too far, or will be shocked and offended, but it's where they *always* end up, if they talk long enough.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 04:49 PM (bxiXv)
yep
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 04:51 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:51 PM (piMMO)
They still got the part about Z ignoring the dispatcher wrong though.
Posted by: toby928© at April 25, 2012 04:51 PM (NG097)
Expose the marchers.
Challenge the gatekeepers.
What we don't have is an aggressive, consistent "political action committee."
The GOP cares too much about elections, the TEA Party is too disorganized. We need to fund a team of "information brokers" to dig and push, 24/7.
What we have now on that front is a divided group of amateurs doing this in their spare time, and not terribly well.
We don't *have* to become some secular priesthood of commie evangelists with a "plan" if we can keep the cameras pointed at the public servants.
I mean, that's why they did the long march in the first place, to gain control of the gatekeepers.
Or else, you know, lie down and die (as a society). That's always an option.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 04:53 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:54 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: jakeman at April 25, 2012 04:54 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 04:54 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 08:51 PM (piMMO)
Doesn't that start tomorrow?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 04:55 PM (ND9u8)
They still got the part about Z ignoring the dispatcher wrong though.
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Well, I didn't say it was "perfect", just "unusually balanced."
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:55 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 04:56 PM (bxiXv)
I think it's sad that we live in a world where a reporter who only screws up once or twice in *one* article is praised for it.
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Of course it is, but this is Oceania, what do you expect?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 04:58 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 04:59 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 05:01 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jean at April 25, 2012 05:02 PM (5HAgy)
You'll take Ace's 8 round machine gun and like it, mister!
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 25, 2012 05:04 PM (ebPtk)
Posted by: ChrisValentine at April 25, 2012 05:05 PM (E9kgB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 05:05 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 08:59 PM (7W3wI)
Steevy, I think that's unfair. Most people probably haven't given much thought to why they lean one way or the other, but I would venture that most who lean conservative have a strong "leave me alone to do as I wish" streak. If that's part of your ethos, you wouldn't be attracted to bureaucracy or academia, unless you're into hypocrisy in a serious way. It's not about fortune so much as fit, in my opinion.
Additionally, when service to the government begets fortune, it's time to start reconsidering the whole arrangement.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 05:06 PM (ND9u8)
I'm Ombudsman, and I'm a Coulter-holic.
Posted by: Ombudsman at April 25, 2012 05:06 PM (AxHOT)
Have fun, ya'll.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 25, 2012 05:07 PM (UOM48)
And Congress needs to be fired. Well, most of them.
Posted by: Marmo at April 25, 2012 05:08 PM (pcgW1)
I'm Ombudsman, and I'm a Coulter-holic.
***
She looks nice when she takes the time to fix her hair and wear some accessories.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2012 05:09 PM (piMMO)
I can't resist my physical attraction to this woman:
I'm Ombudsman, and I'm a Coulter-holic.
If you would stuff a cheeseburger in her yap, she would look and sound better.
Posted by: fluffy at April 25, 2012 05:11 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: fluffy at April 25, 2012 09:11 PM (O6q63)
you were thinking 'cheeseburger'? I was thinking something else
Posted by: Tony, seeking either love / attention at April 25, 2012 05:13 PM (Dll6b)
I like the part where they kept bribing barbarians in the Balkans to go west and to be the other guys' problem. That, and when Leo made his bid to retake North Africa from the Vandals, he made sure everyone in his fleet was personally loyal to Constantinople and not to Rome. He even imposed his pet "emperor" on Rome (Anthemius, IIRC).
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 25, 2012 05:14 PM (QTHTd)
I have posted this before, and have sent this video to all major Conservative bloggers, but NO ONE was interested.
I think this is major. It is just another example of the vid Laura posted, but on a grander scale.
They do it at an ECO-nut/terrorist (uh, I mean activist) convention.
Skip to 6:30 and watch. See how much they promised - see how much they DID.
http://tinyurl.com/c4rqzg
The politics of tackling climate changeIn our latest Ethical Man film I travel to Washington for the PowerShift '09 summit of climate activists. Senior administration members were there in force. They seemed to regard the climate activists in DC as an army of potential ambassadors for President Barack Obama's climate policy - not a rabble of radicals to be infiltrated and neutralised.
Posted by: momma at April 25, 2012 05:14 PM (oKsWl)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 05:14 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Tony, seeking either love / attention at April 25, 2012 05:15 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: fluffy at April 25, 2012 09:11 PM (O6q63)
No, don't you understand? She was an obscure lawyer who wrote a book on the Clinton impeachment, got invited on TV and soon learned that inflammatory statements = $$$$. Good on her
Posted by: Ombudsman at April 25, 2012 05:16 PM (AxHOT)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 05:19 PM (7W3wI)
No, don't you understand? She was an obscure lawyer who wrote a book on the Clinton impeachment, got invited on TV and soon learned that inflammatory statements = $$$$. Good on her
Very nice.
"Strident" is old, as is anorexia.
Posted by: fluffy at April 25, 2012 05:21 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 09:14 PM (7W3wI)
Reflexive defense on my part against the "evil cons only care about teh moneys!!!!!" charge. I do think that a desire to succeed financially is part of the conservative ethos - provide for yourself and yours, etc., but you cannot ignore the fact that the "leave me alone" ethos is also a big part of it. Apart from some our one-issue socon allies, that seems to be a defining attribute of most conservatives, especially those who haven't spent much time figuring out why they lean the way they do. Fundamentally, people who lean conservative don't trust or desire to be part of a collective that tells others what to do. My opinion, of course, but there might be something to it. Honestly, I'm fleshing this whole thing out as I type.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 05:23 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Corona at April 25, 2012 05:24 PM (fh2Y7)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 25, 2012 05:24 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at April 25, 2012 05:24 PM (FsqHK)
Posted by: Ronster at April 25, 2012 05:25 PM (8oQw/)
Posted by: Sterling Archer at April 25, 2012 05:26 PM (vjyZP)
Posted by: toby928© at April 25, 2012 05:27 PM (NG097)
Posted by: Red Mosquito at April 25, 2012 05:28 PM (jo0fs)
Posted by: Clemenza at April 25, 2012 05:29 PM (YlSwz)
Posted by: Sterling Archer at April 25, 2012 09:26 PM (vjyZP)
We already told you stoops the proper term was "white hispanic". What's so hard to understand?
Posted by: AP Stylebook at April 25, 2012 05:29 PM (ND9u8)
Interesting point. I would agree that the transition from the Principate to the Dominate was an inflection point in Roman history, but that did not change the pretensions of the state to being Roman. The transition from Roman to Byzantine history occurs sometime in the mid fifth century (I have trouble taking the last few Western emperors seriously).
More importantly, however, I don't think the Byzantines had the same approach to conquest that their Roman predecessors did. If you told me that an army showed up and executed five guys to ensure compliance from the rest of the population, I would easily believe that those guys were Roman, but would have trouble believing they were Byzantine. Except for maybe Basil Bulgaroktonos. But then again, he was killing Bulgars not "Turks."
By the time the Turks showed up at all the Byzantines were so thoroughly on the defensive that the tactics of the "good old days" were completely abandoned.
However, even if we accept for the moment that this smug little twerp was just using "Turks" as a generic stand-in for "people we want to push around", the fellow is still (a) an idiot and (b) evil for thinking that this type of capricious tyranny is an acceptable way of dealing with AMERICANS.
Posted by: TH at April 25, 2012 05:29 PM (5R6jM)
Posted by: Clemenza at April 25, 2012 05:31 PM (YlSwz)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 09:23 PM (ND9u
Don't Tread On Me is just an archaic way of saying "Leave me the fuck alone"
Posted by: LGoPs at April 25, 2012 05:31 PM (lHn6+)
Posted by: LGoPs at April 25, 2012 05:35 PM (lHn6+)
Posted by: LGoPs at April 25, 2012 09:31 PM (lHn6+)
You really can't sum it up better than that. +1 for brevity, LGoPs.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 05:37 PM (ND9u8)
“Come in with masks, guns, screaming. You know, knocking everybody down,” Hethmon recalled. “I tried to explain to them, you know: ‘Look, I’m a lawyer, this is outrageous.’ [The reply was:] ‘Shut up and lie down on the floor.’ ”
http://reason.com/blog
Posted by: angela at April 25, 2012 05:37 PM (oZfic)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 25, 2012 09:28 PM (cjTjM)
Today it's EBT Cards and Americanus Idol.
Posted by: LGoPs at April 25, 2012 05:37 PM (lHn6+)
lmao . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 05:37 PM (lJ2es)
Posted by: Retread at April 25, 2012 05:39 PM (joSBv)
Posted by: ChrisValentine at April 25, 2012 05:40 PM (E9kgB)
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 05:40 PM (lJ2es)
Is it too early to go off topic? Probably not.
I just got a jury summons. The fifth one. Is there no one else in my county that can serve? A couple of times I don't mind, but come on.
Posted by: Ronster at April 25, 2012 05:41 PM (8oQw/)
First of all: No thread deserves to be hung out to dry for four fucking hours.
Second, to Peaches: I think Romney's current tack is brilliant. He says he likes Obama, that he's a nice guy, but he's totally incompetent. This is the way to win indies without losing the base.
His speech last night was a total gem. Reaganesque.
Posted by: Truman North at April 25, 2012 05:42 PM (I2LwF)
I just got a jury summons. The fifth one. Is there no one else in my county that can serve? A couple of times I don't mind, but come on.
Does your company pay you for jury duty? Mine does and here in Los Angeles County, we seem to get hit a lot because of that. Although the rule is no more than once a year.
Posted by: LGoPs at April 25, 2012 05:43 PM (lHn6+)
Posted by: The Reverend AL Sharpton at April 25, 2012 05:44 PM (ffV1/)
Posted by: Carl Marks Burgers & Fries at April 25, 2012 05:44 PM (JOZEA)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 05:45 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Red Mosquito at April 25, 2012 09:28 PM (jo0fs)
Yes
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at April 25, 2012 05:45 PM (mFxQX)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 05:46 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Ronster at April 25, 2012 05:46 PM (8oQw/)
His speech last night was a total gem. Reaganesque.
Posted by: Truman North at April 25, 2012 09:42 PM (I2LwF)
Although I would give anything, ANYTHING to see Romney give Obama the not so subtle middle finger scratch when they debate.
ANYTHING.
Posted by: LGoPs at April 25, 2012 05:46 PM (lHn6+)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2012 05:46 PM (ffV1/)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 05:48 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 05:49 PM (7W3wI)
I'm a heathen.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2012 09:46 PM (ffV1/)
Is it cured Ham? If it is I would not touch it. I don't eat any meat that's been sick. Even if it's feeling better now.
Posted by: LGoPs at April 25, 2012 05:49 PM (lHn6+)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 05:51 PM (5H6zj)
ANYTHING.
I'd rather see it the other way around, to make Barky look even more petulant and unpresidential.
Posted by: Retread at April 25, 2012 05:51 PM (joSBv)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 25, 2012 05:51 PM (I/cLr)
I know conservative bloggers thought we should be able to get someone more conservative so they highlighted Mitt's squishy side early but I have the impression that the MFM did as well -- I guess for the MFM the possibility of getting Santorum and being able to paint him as their parody theocrat had to be pushed, + perhaps they thought they could turn off the conservative base (IMO the 'base' wasn't paying all that much attention yet + this is not like "no diff between Clinton and HWB so I'll vote for Perot", we cannot leave Barky in office, he has already demonstrated he will just ignore the will of the people and congressional votes when that doesn't follow his agenda)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 25, 2012 05:52 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: Truman North at April 25, 2012 09:42 PM (I2LwF)
Oh, I have to go watch that speech, Tru, thanks for putting it back in my mind. And, I agree with what you said. Never thought I'd get on board with the guy, but I have. I personally prefer a snarling, slavering pit bull approach, but I understand that's not gonna bring the masses over to our side.
I do miss Rick Perry, though, too bad he was bombed on pain meds for those debates . . . he was my choice.
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 05:52 PM (lJ2es)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2012 05:52 PM (ffV1/)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 05:52 PM (7W3wI)
I wasn't impressed with the site but I thought I was missing something. I'm sort of trying to learn the difference between conservatives and libertarians.
Posted by: angela at April 25, 2012 05:52 PM (oZfic)
I insist on everything being dead when I eat it. Except oysters.
You heartless bastard. Don't you hear their tiny little screams?
Posted by: LGoPs at April 25, 2012 05:52 PM (lHn6+)
Don't Tread On Me is just an archaic way of saying "Leave me the fuck alone"
Posted by: LGoPs at April 25, 2012 09:31 PM (lHn6+)
You really can't sum it up better than that. +1 for brevity, LGoPs.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 09:37 PM (ND9u
Yes, yes, yes.
Not to sound like a broken record but Rush summed up well, recently, what we all want.
To work, provide for our families, raise our kids, have picnics, vacations whatever.
Not for a fucking government to regulate every aspect of our lives and tell us what we can or cannot do or what we can or cannot say.
Posted by: ErikW at April 25, 2012 05:53 PM (o1eaf)
The usual cheap swill . . . I find it the perfect complement to the ONT.
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 05:54 PM (lJ2es)
Posted by: Lefty knee jerk reaction at April 25, 2012 05:55 PM (ffV1/)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 05:55 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 09:48 PM (bxiXv)
Do I get some kind of internet credit for dropping "conflate" first? What's the rulebook say?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 05:55 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 25, 2012 05:56 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 05:57 PM (lJ2es)
What's everyone drinking?
I'm still at work and they have a policy against drinking on the job.
Fascist tyrants.
Posted by: LGoPs at April 25, 2012 05:57 PM (lHn6+)
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 05:58 PM (lJ2es)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 05:58 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 25, 2012 05:59 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 09:55 PM (5H6zj)
Nope, it was not. Since he has a habit of being bendy, let's apply some rightward pressure. Certainly the party norms have moved right in the last several years, so he should come along. He has no reason to move left either now or after he wins the CinC spot, if he does, unless things on the ground change in a big way. Are we great? No. Are we good enough to toss the JEF? It's looking better every day.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 06:01 PM (ND9u8)
Sovereign Man just had a post that one of his readers had been trying to renounce his citizenship, had been taking a while. He got his answer today. No, you may not. Denied. You are our milk cow.
While I may not agree with running away from the country (though that's seeming to be a rather prudent approach.....) uh, what the f*? Can't escape?
Border fence might be to keep you in.
Posted by: Derak at April 25, 2012 06:01 PM (VEhDR)
Posted by: Ronster at April 25, 2012 06:01 PM (8oQw/)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 06:02 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Ranba Ral at April 25, 2012 06:02 PM (G99e4)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 25, 2012 06:02 PM (nU/dt)
What's everyone drinking?
The usual cheap swill . . . I find it the perfect complement to the ONT.
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 09:54 PM (lJ2es)
PBR. I fucked my left knee up at work the other day so I'm on leave for a few days or until somebody tells me otherwise.
I filed a claim for worker's comp for the first time, I don't really know how it plays out.
Posted by: ErikW at April 25, 2012 06:03 PM (o1eaf)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 25, 2012 09:59 PM (dkExz)
So the question then becomes... who is the Real Mitt.... the one who has a 40 year track record? or the one he now portrays himself to be...
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2012 06:03 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Internal Revenue Service at April 25, 2012 06:03 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 06:03 PM (5H6zj)
REPORT: Zimmerman 'has black roots'...
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.... and ANYONE who has a single drop of Black blood deserves.....
...wait.... WHAT!?!
So.. what is being black/ African American?... we were always taught that human race started in Africa ... wouldn't that make everyone African American ..
Posted by: SoCalMe at April 25, 2012 06:04 PM (s72/N)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 06:05 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Clemenza at April 25, 2012 09:59 PM (YlSwz)
You're (note the spelling) cordially invited to bugger off . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 06:05 PM (lJ2es)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 25, 2012 06:05 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 06:06 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 25, 2012 06:06 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: LGoPs at April 25, 2012 06:08 PM (lHn6+)
I could use me an ONT too
Or an article on the constitutional amendment the congressional democrats are pushing to take free speech rights away from groups.
Or an article on the bill Chuck Schumer has ready in case SB 1070 is ruled constitutional, in order to prevent states from enforcing their borders.
Or an article about the democrats about to break their promises on the debt deal and just keep spending money regardless.
Posted by: Truman North at April 25, 2012 06:08 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2012 06:08 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2012 06:08 PM (7W3wI)
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Posted by: Truman North at April 25, 2012 06:10 PM (I2LwF)
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Posted by: Clemenza at April 25, 2012 06:18 PM (YlSwz)
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Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 07:00 PM (0BR8F)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 25, 2012 07:07 PM (vzGrO)
Boy, you just try dissing the CEO of the private corporation you work for, and see what happens to you.
FACT: when you are an employee of the US government-- especially the military, where you are in a direct chain-of-command that leads to the POTUS-- you give up some of your Free Speech rights, rights which are not unlimited and absolute.
See: Hatch Act, applied to civilian employees.
Myself, I would have preferred that the Marine in question had been Article 15'ed, or even court-martialed, but we don't know all the facts here.
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Also:
Sovereign Man just had a post that one of his readers had been trying to renounce his citizenship, had been taking a while. He got his answer today. No, you may not. Denied. You are our milk cow.
More bullshit: I suspect the person in question wants to renounce his citizenship and still live here. AM I RIGHT?
google " "renouncing US citizenship" procedure " and learn the facts.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at April 25, 2012 07:28 PM (SV4OI)
Posted by: Peej at April 25, 2012 08:55 PM (xYVem)
You really can't sum it up better than that. +1 for brevity, LGoPs.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 25, 2012 09:37 PM (ND9u
You need the final "or else", really.
Still, a solid B+.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 25, 2012 09:05 PM (X3lox)
Can this asshole be strung up?
Because that's what this piece of shit deserves, along with the rest of his Obie administration colleagues.
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