1 Slackers

2 But how can this topic be tied into Todd Akin?

3 Snake Oil Salesman in Chief.

4 In a local race, a lib Dem female professor who owns a 'consulting firm' is running for the state House, claiming she's a "small business owner'


alice in wonderland, redux

5 Lucy holding the football.

6 If you Republican women give me a second term, I will legitimately rape them, but they will enjoy it do much they will not be punished with a baby.

7 Fake Republicans? I think those women are fake women.

8

 

If 'Bias' were a flamable substance....the AP would've burst into flames a long time ago.

9 We've gone from SCOAMF to SCOAMT, how bout moving to SCOAML? Barack Obama is a Stuttering Clusterfuck Of A Miserable Liar.

10 He said two changes — the facts that "the American people will have voted,"

Blast from the past: 

That's exactly the argument the Dog-Eating Retard made in favor of supporting the coup attempt by his leftist buddy, tin-foil afficionado Zelaya.

I still don't understand why this guy hasn't been impeached and tossed out, yet.  Even if he finally gets thrown out in the election, the fact that all this shit went on in America and no one did anything speaks volumes and will not go away.  The clear vulnerability and easy susceptibility of this nation to going down the darkest of paths will be with us, even as people try to repress the knowledge and pretend that none of this ever really happened.  Pathetic and scary.

11 I'm prepared to make a whole range of compromises Sure, I'm willing to lower my goal to 95% tax rates. ...Call it the Obama Tax Cut.

12 Yeah well he said a whole lot of compromises that will make democrats angry...

and I can see that....when the Islamic outreach program has rape as a cultural dport the democrat feminists won't be happy...

13

The number of lies this guy tells, big and small, is simply astounding. One broad theme of the upcoming campaign should focus on the brazen lies the Dems tell and the MFM [birm] let pass unchallenged.

14 Obama said, "I'm prepared to make a whole range of compromises" Yeah, with Russia. We heard you the first time.

15 One of the PAC's should do ads about how desperate Obama must be if he has to use fake Republicans in his ads.

16 The clear vulnerability and easy susceptibility of this nation to going down the darkest of paths will be with us, even as people try to repress the knowledge and pretend that none of this ever really happened. IOW, we're human, and the Founding Fathers understood that our system had to assume we would do the same stupid, evil things that the rest of humanity does, and take measures to prevent us from enacting our worst impulses. Smart bunch they were.

17 13TPFKAMB,

The media needs hurt, badly for their actions the last 4 years. 

18 Obama is a pathological liar.  He'll never tell the truth when I lie will do.

19 The check's in the mail.  The Mercedes is in the shop. 

20 16 Pep,

I want to beat the reporter who interviewed the President for not challenging him on his High Volume of EOs.....

if Bark lies his way back in why hate Bark he is being a snake, but the media....they should be ground to dust.

21 Surprising that a fraud would be fraudulent? Only a scorpion doing what scorpions do. Thank goodness we have Huckabee and Akin to show us the way... Wonder how ratings are for Huck's soon to be canceled show. Too bad these two clowns forgot its about the message and not the messenger

22 "I voted for Reagan 8 times, 4 in the primaries, and 4 in major elections."


She must live in California, right? Or what.

23 O/T, Motherfuckabee: these people who want Akin to drop out are Baal-worshippers or something: http://tinyurl.com/9ttbgjo OMG how I loathe this fat fucker. The only reason he's doing this is because he hates Romney and Palin. What a self-serving douchebucket. (I posted this on the open thread but it seems to have petered out)

24 compromise: when the Repubs under Gingrich in 1995 proposed cutting spending and taxes, the Dems basically offered a compromise: you forget about the tax cuts and we'll forget about the spending cut.
Or what the Dems did to the 1st Pres Bush c 1990: we need to cut spending and raise taxes. Bush agreed and gave them the tax hike, and my gosh but the Dems suddenly realized there was nothing to cut!
You want to compromise? Let Romney be President half the time. How's that? (Barky will agree to that after he's lost the election... hey you know what, he'll not only be the first Black to be elected President, he'll also be the first Black President to be defeated for re-election. He'll get into the history books twice. Three times if you want to include the credit downgrade,)

25 The media needs their ass kicked to the curb after R/R win.

26 OT: I've been fascinated with dirt track racing lately - World of Outlaws sprint cars and the Lucas Oil late model series. Anybody know how much money these guys make? The ones who race the national series. Seems a tough way to make living racing in front of a few thousand fans at a time in tiny dirt tracks scattered across small towns nationwide. Just saw a race on TV where the winner won $10k. How much do their cars cost? Seems there's no way to pay for equipment and crew based off the winnings. So sponsorships must pay for some. And I don't think TV money is much cause not many people actually watch this stuff. It's just randomly thrown on SpeedTV. I know the local racers are just hobby racers -- they pay more to race than they make in winnings -- but I think the national series racers actually do it full-time. Not sure how. There are a couple big dirt races each year that pull big crowds -- like the Knoxville Nationals -- but most of the races pull small crowds as they barnstorm across the nation racing for 3-5k people at a time.

27

I really think they need to push this "Obama's a big, fat liar" theme, but they need to do so cautiously.

 

My all-time favorite ad COMPLETELY stars Obama, and the clips are long enough that there's no doubt that any intenet has been manipulated with editing. It where they show the Obama "it was out of context" ad, followed by the full context (in audio, with insensed business owners shown in the video".

 

That wasn't just a lie - it was a lie he purposefully taped, and spent millions to make sure everybody saw.  The lie was the entire subject of the ad, and the subject was simple enough that

 

Of course, besides the "liar" theme, it also shows his thoroughly anti-American attitude.practucally anybody could do their OWN fact-checking on it.

The main point is, that all politicians accuse each other of lying. The best ads star Obama, saying stuff that everybody can now see was a load of BS.

 

28 22 "I voted for Reagan 8 times, 4 in the primaries, and 4 in major elections."

She must live in California, right? Or what.

Posted by: Craig Poe at August 25, 2012 02:58 PM (BVkEs)

twice for governor of Cal and twice for President?

29 The media needs their ass kicked to the curb after R/R win.

Press. Secretary. Gingrich.

30
All right already...Michelle only takes 35 of her friends to Europe.  Sheesh...y'all are killing me here.

31 He lies. How's it going, everyone?

32 And this is really rich (from the article): "Obama also sought to chip away at Romney's trustworthiness, taking fresh shots at Romney's refusal to release years of tax returns for public inspection. He said that position was indicative of a candidate who has a "lack of willingness to take responsibility for what this job entails." Pot, meet Kettle.

33

From a comment on the last thread....Barky was also the one who claimed to be "born in Kenya" on his own biography page with his publisher.
He didn't refute it when he was running for the Senate, when Alan Keyes brought it up.

 

What's the explanation for this?  Hey, look a squirrel?

34 "I voted for Reagan 8 times, 4 in the primaries, and 4 in major elections."

...and then came the dementia...

35 Obama's whole life history is a fabrication.

36 I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.

37 "She must live in California, right? Or what."

She must be pretty old too.

38

 

The Media/Entertainment Complex is a propaganda nozzle for Barky.

It reached absurd levels in 2008.

It has continued to surpass those levels ever since.

 

Barky's news-nozzles  make Bagdad Bob look credible.

39 So, according to Obama, Republicans are just now realizing that Republicans oppose abortion, and they will be now deserting the Republican party in droves. Ok. Would you be willing to bet on that, Mr. President?

40
IOW, we're human, and the Founding Fathers understood that our system had to assume we would do the same stupid, evil things that the rest of humanity does, and take measures to prevent us from enacting our worst impulses. Smart bunch they were.

Posted by: pep at August 25, 2012 02:55 PM (6TB1Z)

No.  IOW, the system that the Founding Fathers laid down is happily ignored by America at any given time, no matter the destruction and consequeences.  IOW, there is no Rule of Law and there are classes of people who are given free reign to do anything they want and no one will even think to hold them accountable or stop them.

This is NOT what the Founders had in mind.  Quite the opposite.

41 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

Also that ad that says we dont need a birther in chief...its from the obama campaign and they moderate the comments and only let pro obama anti romney comments got posted.

Hasnt stopped me from reminding them what a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable hailure he is a few times though...I am sure the 24 year old college dra working at minimum wage for the campaign filetering those comments is loving having to run interference for those failed fucks.  Its got to bust his balls knowing that everyone knows it even if they block the comments.

42 A lie cocooned in a falsehood wrapped in a fabrication surrounded by a fib.

The man is brilliant in an idiot savant way.

43 "lack of willingness to take responsibility for what this job entails." -- I honestly don't know how Obama or any of these bozos make that connection. FWIW, I think Romney should have offered to match Obama on all records: taxes, transcripts, and medical records. To me the taxes thing is an odd line in the sand to draw, particularly given that it will undoubtedly show he's been very philanthropic compared to Bambi. (Oddly, it was reported in the Salt Lake media that Romney linked his reluctance to release more taxes to his religious tithing.) That said, he's made his decision and I support his right to do so. And I really do not see how releasing more than the legal requirement of documents says a single thing about 'taking responsibility' for the job he's running for. It's just another crazy linkage the Dems make and are never challenged on, like the "RACIST" claims about Mitt's b.c. November can't come soon enough.

44 Obama ...    the last democrat President for 25 years.   The dems have moved so far left, they will enjoy years and years of wilderness and searching.   THIS is my prediction and my hope.

45

Oops.  Make that:

 

"That  wasn't  just  a  lie  -  it  was  a  lie  he  purposefully  taped,  and  spent  millions  to  make  sure  everybody  saw  it!  The  lie  was  the  entire  subject  of  the  ad,  and  the  subject  was  simple  enough  that  practically  anybody  could  do  their  OWN  fact-checking  on  it.

Of  course,  besides  the  "liar"  theme,  it  also  shows  his  thoroughly  anti-American  attitude."

There are all kinds of dishonesty in campaigns, but it's usually convenient interpretation of carefully selected facts, or carefully chosen phrases that are actually true (literally), but which nonetheless give a misleading impression.  I don't think I've ever seen a sitting US President take out an ad to tell an obvious and blatant lie before. Not even Clinton!

46 OT: I just heard that Neil Armstrong just died.  He was 82.  RIP.

47 44

Too bad people have such very short memories.

48 They can't be Republican women-- they're not hot.

49 46

You're right, and that's a shame.
RIP.

50 Of course, Neil will be voting for Obama.

51 Being a 'horse' dad is a rather costly avocation.

52 Obama's whole life history is a fabrication.

Posted by: @PurpAv at August 25, 2012 03:04 PM (w78gy)

 

 

----------------------------------------

 

 

This x1000.  And it's been proven.  And I'm not even talking about the BC.

53

43....FWIW, I think Romney should have offered to match Obama on all records: taxes, transcripts, and medical records.

 

I agree, Y-not.

And it is not too late for him to do this.

 

Did Barky release '10 Years' worth of tax returns in 2008?

Did the media even ask?

54
# 46

OT: I just heard that Neil Armstrong just died. He was 82. RIP.

Shit. Shit, shit, shit. We have too few heroes to lose even one.

55 OT: I just heard that Neil Armstrong just died. He was 82. RIP.

Damn.  We coulda used that vote in Ohio...

56 Neil Armstrong has died, per NBC news on twitter.

57 Did someone say Whopper?

58 Okay, since no one else has said it. Obama is a liar. Water is wet.

59 RIP Cmdr Armstrong .. 

60 46 Mr. Chips,

Mr. Gorsky:  Come home Neil, good luck Mr. Armstrong!

Salute Mr. Armstrong you were always my hero.

Godpeed sailor, fairwinds and good tides.

61 >>Posted by: wheatie at August 25, 2012 03:12 PM I suspect whatever is in Obama's school records and medical records is much more damaging to him than whatever is in Mitt's tax returns. But whatever. It's clearly driving Obama nuts that Mitt hasn't released more info, so that's not a bad thing.

62 Terrible news about Neil Armstrong. 

The loss of a real American hero.

63 " Im prepared to make a whole range of compromises" :  TRANSLATION- " I'm prepared to really, really lie and lie and lie so much that you'll amazed at my chutzpah, in doubling down on the lying!

64 I just heard that Neil Armstrong just died. He was 82. Who?

65

"18 Obama is a pathological liar. He'll never tell the truth when [a] lie will do."

 

I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I didn't pick up on this until fairly recently.  In my defense, I really didn't have a long enough history of Obama statements to go on.  I mean, it was obvious to me that he was "full of it", that most of his promises where either nieve or just pandering, but I didn't realize that a lot of them were things that he had NO INTENTION of EVER even TRYING to do.

 

[post interrupted - just heard on Fox that Neil Armstrong has died.  Holy crap.]

66

35 Obama's whole life history is a fabrication.
 

Posted by: @PurpAv at August 25, 2012 03:04 PM (w78gy)

 

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Yes it is.

It is like it was written by a Marketing Department.

Complete with a creepy, corporate-looking Logo.

 

When has a presidential candidate ever been marketed the way that Barky was?

Or had his own Logo design like he does?

I can't think of one.

67 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

68 Liars fucking lie.Who is surprised by this?

69 You're beautiful. Don't ever change.

70 Considering the numerous pivotal influences in Obama's life from the very creme-de-la-scum of radical leftism, it's hard to believe that this empty suit just randomly rose to the point he's achieved while being so completely unqualified for any of it.

71 Well, it's not technically a lie until he doesn't actually do what he said he'd do, which, of course, we know he won't do but we do know he will say whatever he has to say to get elected and then he will do whatever the hell he wants.

72 @ wheatie, or even had some bullshit like the Office of the President Elect.

73 I expect to be inundated by Libs staking claim to Neil Armstrong's accomplishments by pointing to the government.

74 Neil, sir, thanks for being who you were. As much as most of us would say "sure, I'd do it in a heartbeat", strapping a Saturn rocket to your backside and knowing their getting ready to fire it up, I'd probably have to change my drawers.

75

 

Sad news about Neil Armstrong.

Rest in peace, Commander.

He always comported himself in such an honorable way.

76 When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, little did he realize that the first black president was just a little boy eating dogs in Indonesia.

77 It's not technically a lie if he knows you know it's just for show.

78 He said two changes — the facts that "the American people will have voted," and that Republicans will no longer need to be focused on beating him — could lead to better conditions for deal-making. If Republicans are willing, Obama said, "I'm prepared to make a whole range of compromises"

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This is ridiculous on its face.

1. If the American people "will have spoken" he will take that as a mandate for him to pursue HIS policies, not the Republicans' policies.  Why then would he make a move to compromise?


2.  He is signalling his base to vote for him, why?   So he can compromise with Republicans? 

3.  He is telling Republicans that if they want their ideas implemented, the best way to do that is vote for HIM?

4.  This is coming out of the mouth of the "I Won" man.


This is the stupidest political pitch I have ever heard.

79 RIP to Cmdr Armstrong, to a life fully and truly lived.

80 I promise I won't spooge in your face.

81 RIP Neil Armstrong. I'd be willing to bet that Obastards statement will include something fucking stupid.

82 At least its an opportunity for Obama to take credit for the moon landing.

83 People who have stepped onto the moon -- the most exclusive club on the planet.

84

72@ wheatie, or even had some bullshit like the Office of the President Elect.

 

Posted by: ErikW at August 25, 2012 03:21 PM (w+qAq)

 

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Yeah....that was especially creepy, wasn't it?

And enfuriating.

Also that thing about removing all the big American Flags on his leased jet during the 2008 campaign.....who does that?

That had to cost way up in the 6-figures to do that.

He did that right before he went on his famous Mid-East Visit.

85 it isn't the first Cmdr Armstrong has "slipped the surley bonds of earth and touched the face of God"

86 steevy, he'll say I, me or mine at least half a dozen times. I may be low balling that.

87 Chick-fil-Lie

88 Just wait. Obama will insert himself into the Armstrong eulogy.

89 What's the bet on the count of "I" "me" "my" in SCOAMF's statement on Neil Armstrong's death?

90 With all do respect to Admiral Armstrong,he didn't build that. Barky Ofucknuts.

91 89 What's the bet on the count of "I" "me" "my" in SCOAMF's statement on Neil Armstrong's death? Over/under set at 7

92

I atdon't think he's lying

 

he will compromise with some that wil even enrage his own party at times

 

 

with hezbullah, hamas, muslim brotherhood, Russia, China et al

93 Sure, I'll make a whole range of compromises.  I'll adopt GOP idea.  Yeah, that's the ticket.

94

[post continued]

 

The time I picked up on Obama's pathological lying was after he gave a speech on energy.  It was such a lengthy, non-stop string of misleading presentations, spin, and outright lies, that I was really taken aback - I'm not sure I've seen anything quite like that, even in my own private life.  This on an important subject, that I was well studied up on, and Obama's stance is - to put it bluntly - self-destructive towards America, to say the least.

 

I'm old enough to remember Clinton - who was ALWAYS using weasel-wording - and it was nothing like this guy.

 

It's funny about how they called Bush43 a "liar".  He seemed to me to be among the most honest presidents in recent history. I didn't always like what he was saying, but as I asked my self "does he believe that stuff , himself?" the answer was virtually always, "Yes".

 

Maybe Nixon lied a lot, too - I'm not old enough to remember. He certainly had his "I'm am not a crook" moment (I suppose you could call that an "opinion", if you want to be kind), but my impression was that he was mostly evasive, asserting executive priviledge to cover things up.

 

By way of comparison, Obama's fable about him talking about "plugging the hole" with his young daughter reminded me a LOT of a tactic Nixon employed once. Look up about his "Checkers" speech.

 

95

Went to an aviation luncheon and Armstrong and Aldrin were there.  For an hour they were my gods.   Two men  that had traveled, landed, and walked on the surface of a celstial body other than earth.  Got to shake hands with Aldrin.

 

 

RIP, Neil.  You done good.

96 Come on. That was forty years ago. What had Armstrong done LATELY??

97 I walked on the Moon in 1957.  And last Tuesday, too.

98 he will be , you know, more flexibile

99 Woo-hoo! We landed on the Moon!!! YEAH!!!!

100 Neil Armstrong RIP

101 That Neil Armstrong was one great Muslim.

102

 

Neal Armstrong has been pretty outspoken about what Barky has done to our Space Program.

 

If Barky tries to use his passing for political gain....it will be particularly outrageous.

103 Godspeed, Neil Armstrong - my   childhood hero.

104 @85- I remember that poem being played every night when the local station signed off for the night when I was a kid. Never turned the tv off till the poem was over. Did they do that all over the country in the 60's?

105 Matthew Boyle ‏@mboyle1 Neil Armstrong died, but NBC originally reported (since corrected) that "Astronaut Neil Young" died

106 Is it me or does Obama look like Lou Gossett Jr in Enemy Mine?

107
Neal Armstrong has been pretty outspoken about what Barky has done to our Space Program.

Yep.

If Barky tries to use his passing for political gain....it will be particularly outrageous.

Posted by: wheatie at August 25, 2012 03:31 PM (mtRB0)

Gird your loins.  Barky especially loves shitting all over important cultural icons.

108 If Team Romney wants to make an ad featuring Registered Democrats who will vote got him and why tell them to give me a call; It would be fun to do and it's the truth. :^) I haven't voted for a Democrat since the primaries before Obama was nominated.

109

teej they did where I grew up

 

i love that poem

110 Meant "will vote for Romney"

111 but NBC originally reported (since corrected) that "Astronaut Neil Young" died

Posted by: Y-not at August 25, 2012 03:32 PM (5H6zj)

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I bet whoever the staffer was  that typed that out had no idea of who Armstrong was.  Probably had to look him up on Wiki.

112 106 That's racist!(but disturbingly true)

113 Posted by: mallfly at August 25, 2012 02:59 PM (bJm7W) And I believe, O'Neill did the same thing to Reagan. I seem to recall a deal to get rid of the Dept. of Miseducation in trade for a tax increase that *ahem* went away.....

114 Perhaps now we can bring to a close that shameful era in American expansionism.

115

Neil Armstrong died, but NBC originally reported (since corrected) that "Astronaut Neil Young" died
 
Posted by: Y-not at August 25, 2012 03:32 PM (5H6zj)

Rust never sleeps.

116

The subject of the omnipotence of this blog was brought up a day or two ago.

 

Is this news really a coincidence?  Nixon's prepared speech, for the eventuality of Armstrong and Aldrin getting stranded on the Moon, was posted the other day. You guys gave him a heart attack!!

 

[Just kidding, of course.]

117 If Republicans are willing, Obama said, "I'm prepared to make a whole range of compromises" that could even rankle his own party. But he did not get specific. Not even trying to hide it. Hey, Jugears: Fuck you.

118 Beautiful restoration of the Mona Lisa over in the sidebar. Joey's finger painting lessons are paying off.

119 Fair winds and following seas Neil.

120

Yeah, teej.

I remember seeing that "slipped the surly bonds" poem being played at signoff, too.

It was still around through the 70's....until the infomercial was invented.

121
Apparently some people caught the mistake NBC web-site did saying Neil Young died.

http://tinyurl.com/9e722fo
Stupid fucks

122 111 Mama Winger,

It is beyond their comprehension that a man could be so bothered by errors in his life's works' execution he would withdraw from the public eye.

Commander Armstrong came out of shunning the limelight to decry Obama's treatment of manned space exploration and defunding of actual astral work by the democrats.

Apollo was the America I used to know.

123

Godspeed Neil Armstrong.  I remember watching the moon landing.  May his family find comfort in his accomplishments.

 

RIP

124 Barry has just shown us another sign of how deep the shit is where he is standing. Now he's begging for votes with a promise to be more like the guy running against him. Perhaps he will next promise to make Paul Ryan his Chief of Staff and Sarah Palin Sec. of Interior.

125 We have only begun to lie.  We've got some whoppers on ice that'll blow your minds.

126 105 Y-not.  Really?  If so, more shame on them.

127 A lot of old liberals are pretty split about the space program. I know a guy who is still complaining about spending billions on the moon while people starved to death throughout the sixties.

128 Me too thunder. The end always put a lump in my throat. Always been a soft touch.

129 It just occurred to me, President Weaseldick could shave 90 strokes off of his links tally if he invested in North Korean manufactured golf clubs.

130

107...Gird your loins. Barky especially loves shitting all over important cultural icons.

 

Yes he does, PrimOrd2.

He has absolutely no shame about it.

It's the commie way, you know....to seize every opportunity to create self-agrandizing propaganda.

131 RIP, Neil Armstrong.

132

"117  Not even trying to hide it. Hey, Jugears: Fuck you."

 

Get with the program!  It was decided a few days ago that it would be more amusing to use the phrase, "bless his heart," instead.

 

 

For example:

 

"... But he did not get specific."

 

Well, bless his heart!

133 We need to send someone to pick up that flag on the moon and bring it back...

134 compromise: we don't need to raise taxes all they way right away...

135 116 Is this news really a coincidence? Nixon's prepared speech, for the eventuality of Armstrong and Aldrin getting stranded on the Moon, was posted the other day. You guys gave him a heart attack!! ----------- Here at the Chronda compound, we refer to this sort of thing as a plate of shrimp incident, a reference to Repo Man.

136 So what Obama is really saying is, he is holding this country and it's citizens hostage, by not compromising, unless he gets voted in a second time.

He is also saying that he is unwilling to make any  compromises with Congress before the election.

If he really cared about the future of America and it's citizens, he would implement that whole "range of compromises" now,  instead of  only doing so, if it benefits him.

Isn't that like a kid telling their mother, they will only take out the garbage after they get candy?

If he has this attitude now, I can only imagine how he will try to screw the country over before Romney is sworn in.

137 O/T, but Breaking that the "Republican" women in the Barky ad seem to be all ..... wait for it..... registered Democrats of rather long standing. Via Hot Air, Drudge and Hindraker. Like we didn't already know that.

138 The poem "High Flight" Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there, I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air.... Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew — And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, - Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. written by a Canadian aviator who died in WWII

139

 

Why wait?

 

Hey, Mr. Preezy....why wait till later?

You've had lot's of opportunities to make compromises so far.

Why have you not made any?

140 137 Shocking.

141 JEF tried this line before IIRC maybe during the debt ceiling debate. Republicans would work with my reasonable demands if those Tea Party Kooks weren't calling the shots. He was a SCOAMF then, he's a SCOAMF now. He'll be a SCOAMF tomorrow. Fuck you SCOAMF.

142 I honestly don't think this is meant to convince anyone. This sort of stuff is for liberals to have something to claim at cocktail parties and internet comments. They point to this and you argue about this and the whole time you're not talking about the most glaring thing in the world: the horrible economy. It's a combination of talking points and comfort food for all of our liberal friends.

143 132 "117 Not even trying to hide it. Hey, Jugears: Fuck you." Get with the program! It was decided a few days ago that it would be more amusing to use the phrase, "bless his heart," instead. For example: "... But he did not get specific." Well, bless his heart! Posted by: Optimizer at August 25, 2012 03:44 PM (As94z) Heh!! When I get excited, I lose my acquired "southern accent".

144 @136- Strap in. He will try to take thick country down. I'm tellin' ya Mitt. Your first EO needs to rescind each and every one of his. And your first act after being sworn in arresting him and cabinet and sending them to gitmo till the whole mess gets figured out. Shouldn't take more than 20 years.

145

The really great thing about Neil Armstrong - as a great American hero - is that he wasn't some "Senator's son" (as the song goes - no disrespect intended towards Mitt). He was chosen because he was simply the best of the best - some guy from a little town in OH.

 

His selection was a result of how he performed in some crazy training gadget, that malfunctioned, and just went crazy. He managed to not panic, handle the situation perfectly, and come out in one piece.

 

His ability to function when things went wrong came in handy, too. They almost ran out of fuel during the lunar landing.

 

He was also great after the fact.  He didn't go around seeking crowds to admire him - I've heard he was actually a pretty boring speaker, and didn't give too many. He was what he was, and was content with that. In contrast, you have his side-kick, Buzz Aldrin, who always seeks the public eye, and gives you that "We both landed on the Moon at the same time" line. I applaud him, as well, but he's a bit of an ass.

 

146 Barry is desperate. You never say something like that if you are in the lead or feeling good about your chances. It brings up the questions in 136 and 139, and is easily seen as desperate begging for votes.

147 Dang it thunderb. Lump. Throat.

148 He was also great after the fact. He didn't go around seeking crowds to admire him - I've heard he was actually a pretty boring speaker, and didn't give too many. ---- According to colleagues of mine when I was at Purdue, Mr. Armstrong was pathologically shy. I never met him, but iirc a couple of years after we left Purdue they managed to get him to come back to campus to celebrate a new engineering building. Great American. True hero.

149 146 Oh yeah,the desperation is pretty obvious.

150 In contrast, you have his side-kick, Buzz Aldrin, who always seeks the public eye, and gives you that "We both landed on the Moon at the same time" line. I applaud him, as well, but he's a bit of an ass. Posted by: Optimizer at August 25, 2012 03:53 PM (As94z) Yep. Ol' Buzz went sorta off the deep end. UFO's, conspiracy theories, etc, etc.... Kinda turned into a pudknocker...

151

My fear.  Desparate people do desparate things.

152 Gotta leave you fine folks for a while. Battery on last legs. Love each other fellow babies.

153 149 146 Oh yeah,the desperation is pretty obvious. Go to that movie site for 2016. A lot of buyer's remorse. He is OneBigAssMistakeAss Ass can be used twice. ;-)

154 The moon? I've been there, I've done that. Next question.

155 Well.  That's where that sock went.

156

"142  I honestly don't think this is meant to convince anyone. This sort of stuff is for liberals to have something to claim at cocktail parties and internet comments. ..."

 

It's not unlike the religious - when you have no actual eveidence to support your beliefs, all you have is to congregate in groups and tell each other what you want to hear. The fact that other people are saying the same thing acts as a sort of surrogate, in lieu of actual evidence. That's why both groups gat so hostile towards dissent - it represents a serious threat to the only thing they have to keep their cherished idea alive.

 

So yea, this is something for the liberals to tell each other, even though the overwhelming wealth of evidence suggests that exactly the opposite is true. They will even go out on talk shows, and unreservedly say this stuff, and get really angry when anybody disputes it. It will be the classic "Because ... shut up!  Racist!" situation.

 

157 I applaud him, as well, but he's a bit of an ass. Yeah but he did do an episode with Punky Brewster plus there's always this.... tinyurl.com/9a7guyx

158

# 150,  When Aldrin decked the heckler who claimed we never landed on the moon, he became my hero all over again.  Buzz Aldrin can be forgiven many 'sins' with his one punch knockdown of a 'we didn't land on the moon' conspiracy bullshit artist.

 

And remember, the whole Owebama Presidency is a conspiracy fact.

159
"I voted for Reagan 8 times, 4 in the primaries, and 4 in major elections."

twice for governor of Cal and twice for President?
Posted by: mallfly




The 4 primaries might include the 1968, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Republican Presidential primaries.

The majors would be President 1980 and 1984, Governor 1966 and 1970.

And if she was voting for Dutch back in '66 when the voting age was still 21, she old.

160 Neil was a little hottie when he was young!

161

But ya'know, if the prez wants to raise taxes to 75%, but compromises and only raises them to 65%, he's saving us money, right?

 

Well, in his mind he is...

162 Nobody remembers me.

163 109
teej they did where I grew up

i love that poem

Posted by: thunderb at August 25, 2012 03:34 PM (Dnbau)

They did wherever I lived growing up. 
I read that poem at my fathers funeral.  That was a little tough to get through.  My dad was a fighter pilot in Korea and Viet Nam.

164

@157

 

Yeah, his episode with the conspiracy nuts offers a certain amount of gratification, but - when it comes down to it - it wasn't exactly classy.

 

On a positive note, my sister got me a signed copy of Buzz's book, and I have made sure my daughter knows its significance. His autograph isn't exactly rare, but it should be a big deal, nonetheless, in the decades and centuries to come.

165 162 Yep. Sad really.

166 Nobody remembers me.

Posted by: Michael Collins at August 25, 2012 04:10 PM (BAS5M)

Hey, aren't you the guy that announces football games for NBC on Sunday nights?

167

"162  Nobody remembers me."

 

Actually, I'm enough of a space geek that I certainly remember the mane of the guy who flew solo for a while in that mission, while his buddies stepped out to play golf, and had to do the docking at his end all by himself.

 

[Yeah, I know. The golfing came later.]

168 I quite enjoy congregating in little groups and talking about experiences with the God I don't feel a need to prove exists to anyone.

169 The family statement was very classy.  Why is it so blurry in here?

170 When Armstrong walked on the moon, I bet he never thought he'd live to see the day that a black man was elected President.  But it was that spirit of hope and daring which drove him to the moon that was echoed decades later when millions of ordinary Americans came together in 2008 to call for change and a new direction for this country.

171 OT OT OT   Attention gaming miniatures folks: $100 gets you 240 plastic Reaper minis and a sexy metal version of Sophie (eye candy).



http://kck.st/SQRe2N



On Kickstarter, naturally.



You have 104 minutes get crackin'



No disrespect to Mr. Armstrong, whom my better half tells me was a near-recluse at Purdue University, who would only talk to his students not fanboys.

172 On a positive note, my sister got me a signed copy of Buzz's book, and I have made sure my daughter knows its significance. His autograph isn't exactly rare, but it should be a big deal, nonetheless, in the decades and centuries to come.

Posted by: Optimizer at August 25, 2012 04:10 PM (As94z)

 

 

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I know it was something  many people (probably the young ones with no  real knowledge of national pride) laughed at, but Newt's point in re-introducing manned space exploration was a good one.

 

Many of the things of technological importance  that we take for granted today  was a direct result of our race to the moon.  I'm just afraid that it'll be a long long time before we have a grand  American event like the moon landing.

173 Jaysus Jumpin' Jephosaphat!  Fool me once in 2008, it's your fault---but try and pass this pile of blarney by me and fool me again in 2012--well that would be my fault!

174 Maybe I should write a book.

175

obama can go fuck himself

 

he has finally awakened the sleeping giant.

176 A dhimmi showing weakness?  Never seen that before.

177 Can someone cut an ad revealing these liar democrat fembots?

178

Note how the liar -in -chief is an inspiration for others to lie.

 

The democrat party is the party of liars. Hop aboard.

179 This fits right in with Ryans stump speech on the imaginary recovery!

180 173Jaysus Jumpin' Jephosaphat! Fool me once in 2008, it's your fault---but try and pass this pile of blarney by me and fool me again in 2012--well that would be my fault!

Posted by: Irish Leprechaun at August 25, 2012 04:23 PM (oe1aw

 

But I've been busy in the clouds chasing rainbows. I promise to show up with bags and bags of skittles this time I promise!!

181 They  couldn't  find  4  or  5  actual  Republican  women  who  would  vote  for  Obama?   I'm  not  in the least surprised.

182 @159 If you're 21 and buying in to Reagan's vision of conservatism, it's going to be a tough sell that Mitt's version is too extreme.

183 Neil Armstrong touched the face of God in the past -- now he's resting in God's arms.  RIP

184 I just love how the ONE issue, the SINGLE issue, upon which this country stands to rise or fall is defined by the Dimbulbs as a woman's untrammeled right to an abortion at any and all times throughout her pregnancy. Everything else is secondary. Who knew?

185 Obama's negotiation skills are akin to a Tourette sufferer playing poker.

186 don't believe a word of it, myself. preference cascade 2012 . !!!!!!!!\ eleventy !!!!!!!!!

187 Not sure if the guy who killed NASA wants to start talking about the moon landing being an example of gov success.