1 Is it racist to ask for ID when you need to get into a DoJ building to file a voting rights infringement?

2 If you are white, there can be no "voting rights infringement", by definition.  If not, then of course it's racist!

3 "Soldiers at Lewis-McChord are on lockdown"

Sounds like they think this is an inside job...

4

Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday January 9, 2012. It is Plough Monday which signals the start of the agricultural year and return to the fields after the holiday festivities, so back on your heads Morons. On this day in 1905 the Russian revolution started when Russian troops fired on petitioners to the Czar.

Note: Anyone who wants and update on all the mudslinging in NH this weekend should just got to The Hill. The entire paper today is dedicated to that.  Also if you like Mutt go watch F&F. Greta calling for Romney to team up with Christie for “ying and yang”. LOL, this woman is totally political deaf. IOW she is dumber than a bag of hammers (with broken handles).

5

US citizen sentenced to death in Iran for spying

6

Some of you may have missed this Novartis recall yesterday

Its not just broken pills, most people really could give a shit about that. Some of the bottles had different pills mixed in with them.

7

You know what we need with our 3rd grade math work sheets? PC crap about slavery that's what. I mean, what's math w/o slavery?

School district officials said teachers who wrote the paper were not trying to offend anyone but were just trying to incorporate history into the math lesson.

Bullshit

8

Ron Paul gets the all-important Pelosi endorsement

Or something like that

9

Chucky Cheesehead dumbass is having his Gardacil moment

HeÂ’s gone apeshit over pain killers but is the press calling him crazy? Of course not, heÂ’s a commie.

10

This is the kind of shit Perry has to beat in SC

The Dem PR rag is throwing out the only someone else can beat Romney. A vote for Perry is a vote for Romney.

11

Supreme Court to hear case for FCC censorship of indecency

The networks are arguing that they should be treated no differently than the cables because it is the same.  No it is not folks. With cable you “volunteer” to bring programming into your home and you pay for it. You have chosen to purchase what ever the cable throws up at you and your children. With the networks people receive it over the air and you have no choice short of turning the TV off and getting rid of it.

I hate the idea of censorship but we do need to limit the impact of “coarsening” programming on small children. If I am not mistaken the FCC requires this type of programming to be held until after 10 pm and the courts have upheld that in the past. I have no problem with that. Personally though if I had small children in my house now, once Spongebob was over in the afternoon the TV would go off period and the books would come out.  Teach your kids how to read, not watch TV.

12

Not a single candidate has signed up for federal matching campaign funds.

LOL, how many Morons click yes for $1 to this POS program? My understanding is that it is VERY low.

13

Romney's lead shrinking in NH overnight polls.

Gee why is it that polls always tighten up just before the election? Could it be that pollsters have to give up their ax grinding or look like idiots?  Anyway, NH is a MUST for Romney. People talk about Perry and SC well, if Romney doesnÂ’t win NH by a significant margin then that is a signal that he is in trouble. It is a blue State and he is a favorite son there.

14

Chart-Fu - Defense spending

Can you say modern socialism?

15

And finally, the big game is tonight!

Vegas is calling for Alabama by 1.5 points. Of course, they called for Arkansas by 1.5 points yesterday as well and they lost by 18 points.  I swear I have been following these Vegas odds for a while now and they NEVER get it right. The bookies there have to be losing their ass if this is the “real” line.

The bad thing is the SOBs are holding the game until 08:30 meaning kick-off will be at 9 pm. Well, I guess they have to give the West coast Morons a chance to see it at a reasonable time. 

16 That's it for this morning folks.

17 With the networks people receive it over the air and you have no choice short of turning the TV off and getting rid of it.

I have highlighted the portion of your comment that seems to blow a hole in your argument that TV should censored.

18 7.
Is it racist to expect that 2+2 usually equals four (except for large values of 2 of course)?

19 Could we please get some DOOM with our morning coffee?

20 Gabe that case for TX redistricting came about because the asshole Democrats went judge shopping in a civil suit on the redistricting. They got a Democrat judge to write a Democrat gerrymandered map despite the fact that the Republicans controlled the Legislature.

The Republicans cried foul. That news article is about as biased as it can get.

21 Morning morons! Chuck Grassley: Recess appointments unacceptable Good. Congress needs to hammer the fuck out of this tyrannical power grab. Hope this is just the beginning. Grassley is asking Obama to make public any advice he may have got from the DOJ. Obama has refused to do so. Something stinks.

22 Posted by: Gabriel Malor at January 09, 2012 07:06 AM (I2U+E)
"We" can't expect you to take action in your own best interests, so we best do it for you!

23 They used to say that bungee-jumping was like getting it on with a Cambodian hooker: It wasn't as much fun as you'd been told it was, seemed like a lot of money for a short ride, and either way, if the rubber broke, you were dead.

I expect the working solution to the Georgia math and history issue will not be purity, but an equal-time compromise. Future problems will involve how many hos DeJuan can run out of two big-wheeled whips, and so on. And so moderan justice will prevail.

24 Also, don't forget that Sunday polo began yesterday at the International Polo Club of Palm Beach. Coca Cola whipped up on Villa Del Lago. We're having a big winter this year. I blame Bush. I love rich people.

25 I have highlighted the portion of your comment that seems to blow a hole in your argument that TV should censored.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at January 09, 2012 07:06 AM (I2U+E)

I see no hole.

26

Vegas is calling for Alabama by 1.5 points

Yeah, baby, I'll take those odds, even though they had the Broncos as a nine-point underdog yesterday.

Tonight's game will probably be another low-scoring, defensive affair, guaranteed to bore the shiite out of anybody who isn't a die-hard SEC fan or steeped in Bear-Ball (like me).

I will be wearing one of my Alabama shirts to work today, openly defying the office dress code as only I can do it. Saw a middle-aged couple in the grocery store yesterday, the wife had a big, crimson 'Bama scarf on, she gave me a thumbs-up when she saw my National Championship T-shirt.

ROLL TIDE!!!!!11Eleventy1!!11!!1

27 Could we please get some DOOM with our morning coffee?

DOOM is back on the menu, guys. Our long national nightmare is over back to being discussed daily.

28 Posted by: Vic at January 09, 2012 07:01 AM (YdQQY)

I completely and totally disagree.

The FCC should have no say over programming. If the shows disturb you, turn off the TV. If the shows disturb your children, don't let them watch TV. If TV disturbs you, then don't buy one.

29 Question: with the President seemingly able to pick and choose which parts of the Constitution he can follow, are we still a Republic?

30 I just saw that bungee vid on the news.

YIKES!

"The bungee company could not be reached for comment but they claim the broken equipment has been replaced."

I bet!

31 Are we Tebowed out yet?

32 Posted by: Hrothgar at January 09, 2012 07:07 AM (i3+c5)

Of course! The experience of addition is radically different for minorities, and the end result must be accepted as a product of their experience plus the damage done by your ownership of slaves minus the advantage given to these minorities on standardized tests for fire department openings.

33 I was stationed at Ft. Lewis some years ago. Lovely setting, but I hated it there. It's a wide open post, so while it may or may not have been an inside job (and I have seen guys who sold sensitive equipment), chances are the stuff has been long gone for a some time. Lock down the place until it's found? Yeah, good luck with that.

34 TV's nowadays have a V-Chip anyway.. you can program a TV not to display programs of certain ratings.  If you are too stupid to do that for your kids then you probably left them home alone with an unlocked Playboy channel anyway.

35 The FCC should have no say over programming. If the shows disturb you, turn off the TV. If the shows disturb your children, don't let them watch TV. If TV disturbs you, then don't buy one.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 09, 2012 07:14 AM (nEUpB)

That's fine for your own house but TVs are scattered across the landscape everywhere. Should you be forced to keep your children in your own home 24/7?

Don't get me wrong, I don't like censorship, but there should be a way that, at least for the free airwaves, the smut gets toned down until the young children are in bed.

36 Sounds like Obama's going to http://tinyurl.com/7uq64bggo it alone on immigration reform, too. Because really, who the fuck's going to stop him?

37 Damn it. Sorry. Try this.

38 Posted by: Joffen at January 09, 2012 07:08 AM (zLeKL)

You seem to be exercised by the JEF's behavior. That so-called Constitution is like more than 100 years old. It's so passé I can't believe anyone reads it any more.

39 Don't get me wrong, I don't like censorship, but there should be a way that, at least for the free airwaves, the smut gets toned down until the young children are in bed.

Dude, that ship has sailed.

40

LOL, how many Morons click yes for $1 to this POS program? My understanding is that it is VERY low.

Posted by: Vic at January 09, 2012 07:01 AM (YdQQY)

Shows how long it's been since you did your own taxes. It's been $3 for years.

And no, I've never checked the box.

41 You seem to be exercised by the JEF's behavior. It honestly feels like no one else is. Seriously, are we still a democracy? It sure as hell doesn't feel like it. Not a mention on the news, no Congressional action yet. I swear to God, they better fucking do something about this. This sorry affair is seriously testing my faith in America. I'm not even kidding.

42

Are we Tebowed out yet?

The only reason us Christians aren't still rioting is because we ran out of potato salad and lime jello with shredded carrots and marshmallows around 3:00 this morning. And that was after we washed everybody who disagreed with us' cars.

It was a wild night, I tell ya'.

43 Anyone else having trouble with this page finishing loading?

It says it's waiting for "b.scorecard.reasearch"

44 It says it's waiting for "b.scorecard.reasearch"

Scan your computer.

45 Shows how long it's been since you did your own taxes. It's been $3 for years.

LOL, I just check no on my tax software and pay no attention to what the amount is.

46 Dude, that ship has sailed.

IF I had young children here they would not be surfing the internet unsupervised. Once they are up in years I probably would allow it but I would install blocking software until they were in HS.

47

China rejects linking trade and Iranian nukes ahead of Geithner visit to lobby for sanctions

 

A top Chinese diplomat on Monday rejected linking IranÂ’s nuclear program to trade, adding to tensions with Washington on the eve of a visit by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to seek support for sanctions on TehranÂ’s oil industry.

A deputy foreign minister, Cui Tiankai, said ChinaÂ’s trade with Iran, an important oil supplier, has nothing to do with the Iranian nuclear program.

Â…Â…Â…Â….

Maybe we should send Huntsman instead..

Â…Â…Â…Â….

Maybe we should send Huntsman instead..

Romney had it right on Saturday night when he talked about being tough with the Chinese.  Everyone seems to have forgotten that trade involves a certain amount of dickering.  China has a lot more to lose in a trade war with us.. we should be using that as a leverage against them on monetary policy and their influence on Iran.

But, the JEF we have running the show doesn't get that.. it was evident his first month in office when he gave up the missile defense shield and asked for nothing in return!

48 How can America be the shining city on a hill and a beacon for democracy when most of them don't know their own Constitution enough to realize when it's being shit on? Is all that talk of freedom just mindless bullshit? What the fuck does America know about freedom?

49 What the fuck does America know about freedom?

Posted by: Joffen at January 09, 2012 07:32 AM (zLeKL)

The average American citizen knows ZERO about the Constitution and the school systems and the lawyers want to keep it that way.

50 The average American citizen knows ZERO about the Constitution and the school systems and the lawyers want to keep it that way. So that's it then. Game over. Fantastic. You know, I'm not even a citizen and I feel like I'm the only one around banging the drum for impeachment. Seriously, Obama shouldn't be allowed to even run for re-election. Oh, and did I miss this tyrranical power grab being referenced even once during the last two debates? Did I miss that? Because it sounds to me like people feel as if nothing has changed. Has this even happened before? When was the last time in the history of this county that a President has ignored the Constitution and was cheered on by Congress?

51

Is all that talk of freedom just mindless bullshit? What the fuck does America know about freedom?

The SCOTUS can't even read or understand the plain language of the Constitution, look at how they ruled that there is such a thing as "anchor babies" in clear contradiction of the 14th Amendment.

With idiots like that in power, appointed by the idiots we keep electing, it's no wonder we're as boned as we currently are. Our government has been taken away from us, and we've allowed it to happen.

52 OK, 'rons 'n 'ettes, gotta go to the salt mine once more. Have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?

53 You know, I'm really loving the defeatism on this blog. A conservative blog. I guess the so-called patriotic, flag-waving conservative is just a myth, huh? I am beyond pissed right now. I spoke with five different Congressional staffers on Friday. I plan on making at five more calls today. It's the least we can do to put pressure on Congress to look into this bullshit. Or should we even bother?

54 b.scorecardresearch.com is a beacon linked somewhere on this web page, apparently.  I told firefox  (Tools/Options/Privacy) that I don't want to be tracked (never knew this option existed) and it stopped.

55

27 Could we please get some DOOM with our morning coffee?

You can afford coffee? I have to drink Chicory and roasted Locust beans.

56 So that's it then. Game over.

NO not completely although it is damn close to being over. There is the 10% factor. There is an old saw that says that 10% of the population actually controls the direction of the country. These are the people who take an active part in politics and buisness.

Most of them are the wealthy plutocrats who run the businesses and who run the political Parties. But some of that 10% is people like us. When the plutocrats get too far out of line once and a while the people like us rise up on their hind legs and raise hell.

This is what scared the SOBs so bad about the Tea party movement and why they have gone to such great links to marginalize it (and that is BOTH Parties).

And in the end, if people get too damn pissed we get more than "marching" in the streets. During the first 100 years there were quite a few "rebellions" when the plutocrats pushing the American System got too far out of hand.

57 TV's nowadays have a V-Chip anyway.. you can program a TV not to display programs of certain ratings.  If you are too stupid to do that for your kids then you probably left them home alone with an unlocked Playboy channel anyway.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 09, 2012 07:19 AM (UTq/I)

I'd agree with you to a point, but...you have to have shows/movies accurately rated for the V-Chip/channel lockout things to do you much good. The wife and I rented and watched Cowboys and Aliens last night (we both thoroughly enjoyed it, btw), which was rated PG-13. It had more blood and gore and violence in it than they'd have dreamed allowing in a PG-13 movie only a few years ago. We've seen other PG-13 shows/movies with not nearly as much...the same can be said for sexual content, language, etc. Point being, it's hard to know what you're locking out (and not locking out) unless the parent has time to screen every single thing the kids watch. All that said, I still don't want the government with any more power than it has already, so no thanks on censoring broadcast TV for me either.

58 You can afford coffee? I have to drink Chicory and roasted Locust beans.

You can afford locust beans?  I have to eat locusts.

59 The SCOTUS can't even read or understand the plain language of the Constitution, look at how they ruled that there is such a thing as "anchor babies" in clear contradiction of the 14th Amendment.

SCOTUS has NEVER issued a ruling on "anchor babies". That is a myth created by the MFM and Democrats.

60 50 - I know this is a big deal to you, but you know my problem with making a fight out of this one thing? I'm not sure the President is wrong! That's right, I guess I'm another person who doesn't care about the Constitution. The thing is though, Presidents have been doing recess appointments forever. So the Republicans came up with a clever way to NOT go on recess during the holiday recess period. Fine, they can do that if they want. The end result though, is that this is not a constitutional crisis, but another example of party bickering! And if the courts get involved, someone will call it, one way or the other. It's a technical issue, regarding Senate rules. That's all it is, and when it gets resolved, the tool will be used by Republican Administrations and/or by Democrat controlled Congress to thwart the President. So in the end, this is how the sausage gets made. It ain't pretty, but we already knew that.

61 There was a recent article about Chinese official internet censorship and how easily the kids defeat it. With all the devices out there capable of receiving wireless info these days, the FCC's role in keeping America's Airwaves Clean is fail fail fail.
 
nods to the poster @ #39.

62 it was evident his first month in office when he gave up the missile defense shield and asked for nothing in return!


But we got all that good will, so we've got that going for us.  And some magic beans!

63 Or should we even bother? Posted by: Joffen
.....
Yes, we should bother.

But this is why the left always wins.  When something pisses them off, they know how to rally the troops and get massive amounts of them to call D.C. and bitch.

The right doesn't seem to have caught on to that tactic, no matter how pissed we get.

I'll call my Rep, at the very least, today.  I encourage everyone else to do this as well.  Maybe we can get Ace to try firing up the moron horde to do the same.

64 "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?"
  "If there were 250 students in this crappy, liberal public school and 175 students left to be home schooled, how much money would the crappy, liberal school lose in public funding?"

65 Posted by: Vic at January 09, 2012 07:19 AM (YdQQY)

I understand your point, but I'll use your (paraphrased) words against you.

Where in the Constitution does it give the Federal government authority over the airwaves and the content provided by the broadcasters?

66 So the Republicans came up with a clever way to NOT go on recess during the holiday recess period.

No, Republicans didn't come up with that. Dems used it last term when Bush was still in office.

67 NO not completely although it is damn close to being over. Well then what the fuck are we going to do about it? I've never organized a protest before, but I'm looking into ways to do it now. The only thing I've done so far is talk to Congressional staffers from Boehner to Reid and asked them their opinion on the Constitutionality of this. I have the next three days off work and I expect to be working like hell on saving this country. Sometimes it feels like it doesn't want to be saved.

68

Posted by: Joffen at January 09, 2012 07:32 AM (zLeKL)

We are not a democracy or at least we were not supposed to be.

69

@15....oh, you were talking about Arkansas State.  Because I knew Arkansas won the Cotton Bowl.  Got to love a football team called the "Hogs".

I like Tebow because I don't like his haters.  His haters are the type of people who hate anything or anyone that is decent.

70 How can America be the shining city on a hill and a beacon for democracy when most of them don't know their own Constitution enough to realize when it's being shit on?
Is all that talk of freedom just mindless bullshit? What the fuck does America know about freedom?

Posted by: Joffen at January 09, 2012 07:32 AM (zLeKL)

 

Most people, thoughout time, have been concerned about the things in their immediate lives that directly impact them, with little concern for anything beyond that.  To expect things would be otherwise here is a bit unrealistic.  That's why universal suffrage has always been, and always will be, a bad idea.  Most folk want to live their lives and be left alone, with the status quo in tact.  The lazy ones are always looking for some way for others to relieve them of responsibility.  Frankly, if a military junta were to sieze power and suspend elections, only a fraction of the population would care - so long as daily life was not disrupted. 

If the vote were still restricted to male property owners the nation would a lot better off.  That way the people making political decisions care about property rights, keeping taxes low, and stability/security.  Instead we just have a collections of pigs trying to shove their way to the trough. 

71 Maybe we can get Ace to try firing up the moron horde to do the same. ---- I will post a link to the Congressional directory later today when more people are up. A tip when talking to staffers: assume they don't even know their own names, let alone the Constitution.

72 Where in the Constitution does it give the Federal government authority over the airwaves and the content provided by the broadcasters?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 09, 2012 07:50 AM (nEUpB)

Actually you could, in this instance make a call for interstate commerce. However, freedom of speech has never included the "right" to spew smut in public.

73 Posted by: Joffen at January 09, 2012 07:44 AM (zLeKL)

Fuck yes you should bother.

I called my congressman on Friday, and I'll call again this week.

74 Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 09, 2012 07:45 AM (2yjT4)

At least you had a cup.

75 You can afford locust beans?  I have to eat locusts.

THey're GREAT with Hunny.

76 Posted by: Reactionary at January 09, 2012 07:53 AM (xUM1Q) Sounds like more excuses. I will have none of that. Do something to save the country you love.

77 Where in the Constitution does it give the Federal government authority over the airwaves and the content provided by the broadcasters?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
........
This is one of those few things I believe is a correct use of regulation.  When radio first came into being over 100 years ago, it became apparent very quickly that without some regulation of the limited frequencies, it would be chaos.  And since radio waves do not stop at state borders, it was a perfectly legitimate role for the feds to step in and "license" those frequencies. 

78 good morning

79 I met this young woman who worked at an art shop. She was pretty but had all these stupid tattoos including some on her face. Her family was from Iran and she wanted to go visit relatives there. Of course, she was anti Booooosh. I couldn't understand why she would not be leery of entering such a crazy and dangerous country.

80 66 - I should have known that. Republicans don't have clever ideas, except the ones they learned from the Dems. But seriously though, that's kinda my point. This is partisan ping pong. It'll get resolved eventually. Either the Congress can't do what it's doing, or the Administration can't do what it's doing, and the courts will decide which. Separation of powers and each branch stepping outside the bounds of those separations have been going on since the beginning. That's why the founders built the system they did.

81 If the vote were still restricted to male property owners the nation would a lot better off. 

Seriously?  My wife, daughters and sisters would disagree with you rather vehemently.

82

The average American citizen knows ZERO about the Constitution and the school systems and the lawyers want to keep it that way.

Posted by: Vic at January 09, 2012 07:33 AM (YdQQY)

And most of what they do "know" is wrong. All according to plan re: the long march through the institutions. I taught high school level US History (post-Civil War) for 3 years in the early '90s. The kids who got to me had all already had (in theory) a year of American Government and a year of pre-Civil War US History. Did more than a handful in each succeeding class have a clue about anything related to those 2 subjects? Nope. I spent the first month of each school year doing the causes of Civil War and then the war itself because the teachers doing US History I never came close to getting to that (being up to 1800 at the end of the school year was a "good year" I was told). And, I think it's a safe bet that things haven't gotten better since I got out of teaching.

No, the country doesn't know jack about what it was founded on, and we're getting more ignorant with each and every passing day (as far as kids in public schools are concerned anyway).

83 An example of a conversation with a staffer: Me: Can you tell me where the President got the authority to make those appointments? Staffer: Since Congress was on break, Obama made recess appointments. Me: Well, according to Article I, Section V both the House and Senate must agree to adjournment, otherwise they are not in recess. Staffer: Oh. Well, I dunno. I'm not a Constitutional scholar.

84 If the vote were still restricted to male property owners the nation would a lot better off. 
............
It is a good thing to, every once in a while, be reminded why they call us morons.

85

NEWSFLASH  - The Ayatollah Khamenei announced today that the entire Iranian nation is guilty of being Mohareb and has been sentenced to death by strangulation with a palm frond as is proscribed in QurÂ’an.  Sura (111:5).

86 It is a good thing to, every once in a while, be reminded why they call us morons.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 09, 2012 07:59 AM (UTq/I)

What % of women support Obama?

 

87 No, the country doesn't know jack about what it was founded on, and we're getting more ignorant with each and every passing day (as far as kids in public schools are concerned anyway).

Its amazing isn't it? Even in the 50s when I was in grade school and the 60s in HS, the courses were taught from an FDR Democrat perspective because the FDR Democrats still ran the South.

But they did teach history, civics, and government. The History may have been slanted but it wasn't all about womyn's contributions and the poor beset black man who flew jets in ancient Africa until the evil white men stole his birthright.

88 Well morons, now that I've vented a little, I gotta get some sleep before I go insane. Been up since 8pm. Night.

89

The SCOTUS can't even read or understand the plain language of the Constitution, look at how they ruled that there is such a thing as "anchor babies" in clear contradiction of the 14th Amendment.

The Supreme Court has never ruled on "anchor babies." And, in any case, there is no such thing as an anchor baby, at least not the way that conservative paranoiacs believe. Children cannot petition for parents to adjust status until they are 21 years old. Cancellation of removal is limited by law to only 4000 cancellations per year and only when the alien applicant meets a high burden to demonstrate harm to the child above and beyond that of mere removal. We remove aliens with U.S. citizen children all the time.

90 I can't believe people pay a lot of money to fly to these lousy countries. I have no desire to go to that hell hole called Africa. You want to see a big waterfall? Go to Niagara.

91 Posted by: Joffen at January 09, 2012 07:58 AM (zLeKL)

One of the few things I really love about living where I live is my representative. Scott Garrett is a conservative in all respects, and his aides know what the hell they are talking about.

92

 Rasmussen poll, linked at Hot Air.

 6% of conservatives/Republicans willing to vote third party if *their* favorite candidate isn't on the ticket.

 You've won or lost elections by a helluva lot less than that...

 iow, conservative pundits and bloggers have everyone so divided that they've alienated much of their own voter base.

 Well done, kids. Nice strategy and tactics, there.

 (If Republican politicos and power players are stupid, and we keep electing them and/or putting them in charge, what does that say about us? hint: If you, dear reader, keep doing the same things, over and over again, while expecting different results...)

 

93 Go to Niagara.

Posted by: mike at January 09, 2012 08:04 AM (IU2Za)

And no need to rent a stinkin' bunjie cord. I have a barrel I'm willing to give you free of charge.

94

ROLL TIDE ROLL, morons.

That is all.

Carry on.

95 Sounds like they think this is an inside job...

Lockdown is pretty standard whenever shit goes missing.  It sucks when you're in the field and someone loses a set of NVGs or they get moved and your stuck waiting for hours while everyone searches. 

96 On that Fort Lewis lockdown story it reminds me of a story my younger brother told me about a time he was in the Air Force.

A couple of clowns drove a 6x6 personnel carrier off base to a junk yard and tried to sell it. The gate guards just let them drive it right off on the highway like it was normal. Of course the junk yard guy being a little above the knowledge level of a creosote post smelled a rat.

And he ratted them out.

97

NEWSFLASH - The Ayatollah Khamenei announced today that the entire Iranian nation is guilty of being Mohareb and has been sentenced to death by strangulation with a palm frond as is proscribed in QurÂ’an.  Sura (111:5).

98 Amir Hekmati, a dual US/Iranian citizen and former US Marine, has been sentenced to death in Iran for spying.
 
He went there to visit his grandmother. There is no way I would put myself into the hands of those tinpot dictators voluntarily.

99 Sounds like more excuses. I will have none of that. Do something to save the country you love.

Posted by: Joffen at January 09, 2012 07:55 AM (zLeKL)

 

OK.  Should I call my own hard-left Obama loving congress criters (who are themselves totalitarians of the worst sort), or the limp-wrist pseudo-Republicans who have never seen a hill worth dying on?  The end began in 1920, maybe earlier.  There's no saving it now - just delaying the final crash and burn.  For that, we have the party primaries and the general elections.  Those are the best delaying tools we have - to put in resisters.

The libtards passed obastard's death-care with full knowledge that most people feared/hated it.  They passed it not even knowing what was in it, in part just to rub our noses in the fact that they had the power.  They found ways that skirted the edge of legality and totally ignored tradition to accomplish it.  What this illustrates is that they don't care about what the public, letg alone a bunch of right-wingers, have to say about anything. 

100 Its amazing isn't it? Even in the 50s when I was in grade school and the 60s in HS, the courses were taught from an FDR Democrat perspective because the FDR Democrats still ran the South.

But they did teach history, civics, and government. The History may have been slanted but it wasn't all about womyn's contributions and the poor beset black man who flew jets in ancient Africa until the evil white men stole his birthright. I

Posted by: Vic at January 09, 2012 08:03 AM (YdQQY)

Well, I guess you could give this school system points for having all those subjects still in the curriculum at least. The problem there was the people (not) teaching what they were supposed to be teaching (this is the same place that had the Irish national with a green card teaching US History as A History of American Unions in the next classroom over). I got constant crap (mostly from other teachers, btw, way more than from kids or parents) about being "too hard" and "asking too much," and I thought that I was being ridiculously easy compared to the content/expectations in the same courses I took in junior/senior high school in the mid-'70s. And this wasn't  some liberal bastion I was teaching in; it was a small, fairly conservative old mill town in New Hampshire.

If someone were looking for a way to turn the nation around, wrestling control of public schools away from the teachers unions and the feds would be a great place to start.

101 A few years ago, a LT in training at Fort Benning started hooking up with her instructor.  While they were on a three week training exercise she started going home with him every night.  One night, she accidentally left her NVGs at his place, and the whole site went into lockdown.  He had the bright idea to smuggle them back in and leave them in a portable toilet for her to "find".  Instead a contractor found them and decided to keep them.  He then hid them in his truck.  Hilarity ensued.

102  iow, conservative pundits and bloggers have everyone so divided that they've alienated much of their own voter base.

Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at January 09, 2012 08:05 AM (E7Z1r)

And there really isn't at that much difference between them. None of them are going to overhaul the tax laws, none of them are going to dramatically reduce the size of government, any SS/Medicare reform legislation will look the same regardless of which them is President and even their foreign policy will be damn near identical. We're not talking a huge schism like Goldwater Republicans verses Rockefeller Republicans here.

103

Sounds like they think this is an inside job...

 

When I was in Korea, two PFCs took a couple of semi trucks loaded with spent 20mm brass shell casings after a live fire exercise and sold them for scrap.  TheyÂ’re probably just getting out of Leavenworth about now.

104 The US spy sounds like he was a spy - what of it?  We should reound up a hundred Iranians spies and send them to Gitmo - indefinetly.

105 Schools teach what the government tells them to teach.  Kids know nothing about their country.  Our history was kicked aside long ago, along with how the government is suppose to work.  People seem to think the "media" will keep them informed when boundaries are crossed.  Stupid people.

106 f someone were looking for a way to turn the nation around, wrestling control of public schools away from the teachers unions and the feds would be a great place to start.

Posted by: davidinvirginia at January 09, 2012 08:13 AM (cPJUK)

For a long time I have said that will never happen until the States rise up and totally eliminate "free" public schools from their State Constitution and then kill them all. That is the only way States will be able to get control back.

They can come up with some other plan after that first step but the MUST get it out of the State Constitution. That is the avenue the courts have used to gather control of the schools. 

107 It is a good thing to, every once in a while, be reminded why they call us morons.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 09, 2012 07:59 AM (UTq/I)

 

I'm not suggesting we put it in the party platform.  I'm saying this is part of why we're boned.  That genie is, of course, out of the bottle. 

If you want to talk about what brilliant guys the founders were, that's great and generally I agree.  And what I'll point out is that while they had disagreements among them about the morality of slavery and a variety of other issues they knew they could do nothing about politically, I don't recall reading much about them agonizing over the wisdom of women's suffrage.  The US was around, and doing pretty much fine overall, for a good many years before 1920.  And frankly, there are very few areas where, socially and politically, the US has improved since that time.  At best, it was harmless.  At best.

108 I have the next three days off work and I expect to be working like hell on saving this country. Sometimes it feels like it doesn't want to be saved. We are witnessing the birth of a Pure Conservative. This will end in tears.

109

For a long time I have said that will never happen until the States rise up and totally eliminate "free" public schools from their State Constitution and then kill them all. That is the only way States will be able to get control back.

They can come up with some other plan after that first step but the MUST get it out of the State Constitution. That is the avenue the courts have used to gather control of the schools. 

Posted by: Vic at January 09, 2012 08:17 AM (YdQQY)

Privatizing (and making it much easier for private schools to operate) as many school districts as possible would help. Making home schooling easier to do, give vouchers so kids could at least move to the better public schools, etc. Problem is, of course, that politicians of both parties are scared to death of teachers unions. Not sure how you'd get them to grow enough spine to take on that job. I honestly don't see how it will ever happen, not at this late date, but it's something that has to be tried.

110 99 Amir Hekmati, a dual US/Iranian citizen and former US Marine, has been sentenced to death in Iran for spying. He went there to visit his grandmother. There is no way I would put myself into the hands of those tinpot dictators voluntarily. Posted by: GnuBreed at January 09, 2012 08:12 AM (BhuDE) Is it wrong of me to think his grandmothers are probably the ones who turned him in? And a hearty good morning to all, even though I really don't feel it this morning. No reason, just feeling bleh. Could be the news.

111 how old is joffen?

112

108 Reactionary "there are very few areas where, socially and politically, the US has improved since that time.  At best, it was harmless.  At best."

I'm old enough to have noticed the exact same thing.  Feminism has empowered the worst excesses of Liberal Madness I have ever seen.  At best, eventually as women realize they are a part of the USA and what happens to the USA happens to them, they will change.  At best.

113 I honestly don't see how it will ever happen, not at this late date, but it's something that has to be tried.

Ain't that the truth?  LOL, we are talking about the lack of knowledge of the Constitution.  How many people in the general public think the federal Constitution guarantees a free public provided education?

114 What we need is some math in the history lesson.

115

Another old army story concerning night vision equipmentÂ…

In preparation for an afternoon training exercise with early-generation night vision equipment at Ft. Bliss, Texas, we went to a two hour morning class that had the sole purpose of explaining why you donÂ’t take the cover off of the 14” diameter optics during the daylight. 

After lunch, there was a one hour refresher course on what you learned that morning – don’t take the cover off in the daylight.

The class then moved to the vehicles in the field and sure as shit, the first thing one guy did was pull the cover off.  With a puff of green smoke, the hugely expensive piece of equipment was toast.

How do we win wars?

116 And a hearty good morning to all, even though I really don't feel it this morning. No reason, just feeling bleh. Could be the news.

Good Morning moki I felt like crap yesterday evening myself. Little better today. Hope you get to feeling better as the day wears on.

117 Posted by: Vic at January 09, 2012 08:25 AM (YdQQY)

And Apple laptops. Don't forget the laptops!

118

114 How many people in the general public think the federal Constitution guarantees a free public provided education?

Worse - how many people in the general public have EVER read it?

119 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

120
Over the weekend I posted that some Penn State University alumni said they would be going after the board of trustees for their handling of the Sandusky scandal.

Well, it's on:
 
Novak told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that his top priority as a trustee would be to "pass a resolution annulling Joe Paterno's firing and bring him back into the Penn State family."

Ex-Penn St trustee decries secrecy, demands reform

Penn State's board of trustees is dominated by a few wealthy and well-connected insiders, demands permanent secrecy, silences dissent and is in dire need of reform, according to a scathing critical essay by a retired trustee seeking to return to the board.

The first installment of a three-part, 3,700-word treatise by Ben Novak, a 1965 Penn State graduate who served as an alumni trustee from 1988 to 2000, was published in the Centre Daily Times newspaper on Sunday. Novak paid for the advertising space to publish the series, which was scheduled to continue in the paper's Monday and Tuesday editions.

121 Morning, rons & ettes.

122 Ain't that the truth?  LOL, we are talking about the lack of knowledge of the Constitution.  How many people in the general public think the federal Constitution guarantees a free public provided education?

Posted by: Vic at January 09, 2012 08:25 AM (YdQQY)

Sad to say, but probably most of them...a fairly large majority, too, I'd wager.

123 @ jwest, And isn't it amazing how much shit the Koreans sell in the PX that's mades out of brass? I spent the whole year paranoid that Slicky Boy was going to steal my NVGs. Like the Lucky Charms guy, except drunk on soju and weird-tasting locally brewed Budweiser. "They're always after me sensitive items!"

124 Worse - how many people in the general public have EVER read it?

And how many politicians think that Constitutional matters should be settled with Scottish law?

125 Alex, nvg sex is a new one

126 125 vic lol

127 Posted by: jwest at January 09, 2012 08:26 AM (FdndL)

A buddy spent an evening shooting the breeze with a DI, who regaled him with stories about the first range session for pretty much every new group of recruits.

Remove magazine.
Lock open slide.
Check for round in chamber
Point weapon down range
Pull trigger

Bang.

Repeat several times to identify all of the retarded recruits.

128 Sock fail.

129 Worse - how many people in the general public have EVER read it?

Most of them.  But they did it in High School and it was "explained" by Coach So-and-so, and the explanation boiled down to "It doesn't actually mean what it says.  Only really SMART people can understand what it means."

130

127 125 vic

We cam ta view the tapestries.

131 Once when we anchored in Hong Kong harbor we had a junk pull up next to us. We had damn deck hands selling the turds the brass nozzles off the fire hoses before we could get a party down there and kick their asses.

Some people are just too stupid to breath.

132 Alex, nvg sex is a new one

Ms. Hilton recommends it.   I don't think that they were using the NVGs during sex, merely that she was carrying them with her when she went home with him. 

133 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at January 09, 2012 08:33 AM (8y9MW)

It's amazingly clear and simple, and if our pols would read it occasionally they would discover that the founders were pretty damned smart.

The liberals have managed to take control of the narrative of the Constitution, and have convinced America that it is simply too dense and archaic for it to be the supreme law of the land.

That might be their greatest success.

134 I know there are a few politicians that think Constitutional matters should be settled with Venezuelan law.

135 When I was in Korea we had a guy running a scam in which he sold US cable to the locals, replacing it with local crap. Real mess for a couple of grand, we had to have teams go check every potentially flawed installed cable.

136 The liberals have managed to take control of the narrative of the Constitution, and have convinced America that it is simply too dense and archaic for it to be the supreme law of the land.

They're worse than that, and they speak out of both sides of their faces.  On the one hand, it's far too complicated for anyone to understand.  But then, when you point out it's actually very easy to understand, they shift their stance to, "it's too simplistic for today's complex issues."

137 The WSJ has an article up on Bain Capital that seems fairly balanced. Since Mitts is going to get hammered a lot on this, might as well get put to some f'king knowledge.
 
He will be endlessly compared with Gordon Gekko though I'm sure. Greed is good, baby.

138

Australian woman on an "adventure holiday" in Zambia survives swim through crocodile-infested waters with her feet tied together after her bungee cord snaps and drops her in Victoria Falls.

Take note ladies: right before a jump is probably not a good time to lie about your weight.

139 Monty Doom up

140 CBD, sucks to admit Ayers was right.

141 I carry the Declaration and Constitution that the Heritage Foundation prints, about the size of your passport.  I've loaned it to several people in foreign lands, explaining that the Declaration listed why we had to create the Constitution.  They all gave it back with the comment:  "Now I get it".  Most of them were English as a second language but understood plain text when they read it.

142 Vic - The point about betting lines is not to accurately predict the outcome, it is to gauge the mood of the bettors and end up with an even 50-50 split on the amount of money bet on each team.

It's all about figuring out what people think about the teams, not figuring out who is really a better team.  Bookies make their money off the transaction fees, and they don't want to end up with a large exposure.

143

Australian woman on an "adventure holiday" in Zambia survives swim through crocodile-infested waters with her feet tied together after her bungee cord snaps and drops her in Victoria Falls. She paid £80 for the privilege.

Are you sure that she is Australian and not a Republican primary voter?

144 "Personally though if I had small children in my house now, once Spongebob was over in the afternoon the TV would go off period and the books would come out.  Teach your kids how to read, not watch TV." This is why what tv I let the kiddies watch is either on DVD or Netflix. And honestly, most of the family friendly programming on right now, cartoons included, is NOT actually family friendly. Both Nickelodeon channels are full of PC bull crap cartoons that scream at you for a full 25 minutes. All the live actions kids programming features girls dressed like sluts and boys in full hipster regalia who all know better than their parents, who are all fucking doofuses and imbeciles. And don't even get me started on the so-called Family Channel. As far as schooling goes, I can now say from experience that the few vouchers available in Florida are a big pile of crap. They give you a pittance and then insist that the school that takes the voucher do the same exact shit that the public schools do or they yank the money. So what the fuck was the point of me getting a voucher to start with? We won't be able to afford to send our son to parochial school again next year so we're just going to side step the whole shebang and home school. That way we have some control over what goes into his noggin. Oh, and TEBOW!

145 I've been wondering why the Repubs have such sorry candidates, but then I realized its not so much the candidates as the fact that the conservative coalition (fiscal, social, foreign policy) has fallen apart. Bush was able to hold it together enough to win reelection, but then proceeded to rip everything apart (out of control spending, amnesty, letting Iraq fall apart after invading). The Dems, however, are united around their common goals: loot the Treasury of every nickel and reducing American prestige around the globe.

146

we're just going to side step the whole shebang and home school

Welcome to the dark side! We'll bake some cookies for you.

147 Oops, I left out the other Dem goal of obliterating a common moral tradition.

148
Re: Third grade slavery math:

A wagon full of field slaves leaves the plantation at 6am, and an octoroon departs Charleston on horseback at 7:30pm.  Assuming they take the same path, will there be fried chicken and okra in Augusta or in Atlanta?

149 I know there are a few politicians that think Constitutional matters should be settled with Venezuelan law sooper-sekrit cancer beams.

FIFHugo

150 I've been wondering why the Repubs have such sorry candidates, but then I realized its not so much the candidates as the fact that the conservative coalition (fiscal, social, foreign policy) has fallen apart.

Bush was able to hold it together enough to win reelection, but then proceeded to rip everything apart (out of control spending, amnesty, letting Iraq fall apart after invading).

The Dems, however, are united around their common goals: loot the Treasury of every nickel and reducing American prestige around the globe.

Posted by: President Chet Roosevelt at January 09, 2012 09:06 AM (G0i6Q)

W gets blamed for everything by the usual suspects, but one thing he does deserve a heaping helping of blame for is this. As nice a guy as I think he is personally, his big government, spending spree policies went a long way to create the environment in which a SCoaMF could be elected president in the first place.

151 A couple of clowns drove a 6x6 personnel carrier off base to a junk yard

I knew a Pole who claimed his squad actually did sell a BMP for a couple of cases of Wodka.

152 How come when the U. S. arrests and convicts a spy that spy is a traitor and gets to rot in prison, BUT when OUR spies are caught in Iran they are innocent "retired FBI agents".....or "hikers".........or "former Marines"???? And then WE get all outraged when Iran has the temerity to try, convict, and sentence said spies!!! I dont get that.

153 Any chance we can get a thread with a flaming skull over Leon Panetta's statement yesterday that Iran is NOT working on nuclear weapons? There are a lot of commenters here and at Hot Air who are on 24-hour watch with their fingers on the trigger over at Bomb Iran Now HQ's, and I think it would be nice if they could just go home and get some sleep.

154 61 There was a recent article about Chinese official internet censorship and how easily the kids defeat it. With all the devices out there capable of receiving wireless info these days, the FCC's role in keeping America's Airwaves Clean is fail fail fail.
 
nods to the poster @ #39.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 09, 2012 07:48 AM (BhuDE)

I had a Chinese college student at my home for the holidays, and he showed me on his laptop how they get around all the government censorship.  It was very enlightening having him.  He loves America and wants to live here, but does not understand why he can't buy himself a beer or smoke a cigarette wherever he wants to. 

155 @90. Africa isn't all hell hole. There are good places to visit and in a lot of them we treat you white folk very well.

156 @90. Africa isn't all hell hole. There are good places to visit and in a lot of them we treat you white folk very well.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chique) at January 09, 2012 10:19 AM (21lBC)

 

I think it's one of those things where our view of the whole is influenced by all the bad news (and thus interesting news) about negative particulars.  The nicer places probably don't have many juicy new stories coming out of them, whereas the portions that ARE hell holes are all you ever hear about.

And those are some pretty bad hell holes, if the stories are true.  Mostly thanks to either the Muz or the Commies.

157 Africa isn't all hell hole. There are good places to visit and in a lot of them we treat you white folk very well.

LOL, Kenya fine in the 70s except for one thing, the Tusker Lager came right off the shelf in the pub. Just can't do warm beer.

158 Reactionary, why should people have been barred from voting based on sex? Most blacks vote dem. Should they also not be allowed to vote? While we're at it, let's just bar everyone that will vote D from voting. I understand you're not prescribing allowing only a certain class of citizen to vote, but try to imagine not being one of the chosen ones.

159 While we're at it, let's just bar everyone that will vote D from voting.

If it was left up to me I would have the Democrat Party classified as subversive and made illegal. Back in the 50s they did that to the Communist party and today's Democrat Party has the same plank as the Communist Party.

160

If the vote were still restricted to male property owners the nation would a lot better off.  That way the people making political decisions care about property rights, keeping taxes low, and stability/security.  Instead we just have a collections of pigs trying to shove their way to the trough. 

Posted by: Reactionary at January 09, 2012 07:53 AM (xUM1Q)

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It's great to see you get a jump on being a raving asshole in 2012. 

161 Vic, you do have a point. LOL.

162

It's great to see you get a jump on being a raving asshole in 2012.

Posted by: Y-not at January 09, 2012 10:46 AM (5H6zj)

 

What can I say.  I gotta be me.

But refute it, if you can.  The US has been balkanized. 

163 Take heart everybody, the Tea Party and what it stood for only two short years ago is alive and well.  Look at the Tebow phenomenom, and  I think we will be surprised by how well Santorum does.

164 So Artemis you are saying we can overlook a 50% completion rating on Santorum because he is a Evangelical Christian? Or is he just a social conservative?

165

Reactionary, why should people have been barred from voting based on sex? Most blacks vote dem. Should they also not be allowed to vote? While we're at it, let's just bar everyone that will vote D from voting.

I understand you're not prescribing allowing only a certain class of citizen to vote, but try to imagine not being one of the chosen ones.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chique) at January 09, 2012 10:29 AM (21lBC)

 

I understand the irritation this idea causes - and the horse has left the barn and only a fool would run for office on removing the suffrage.  But step back and think about it objectively.  It's hard enough to get males to, with some consistency, use their logic rather than their feelings, to inform their decisions.  Ignoring yourself, think about the women you know.  Personal experience, plus more than 1 study, make it clear that women base most decisions, especially those involving some measure of abstraction (as most political issues do) on feelings rather than logic/research.  They're also prone to do-gooding as a result.  Look at the charts of federal spending before and after 1920.  Spending goes from a slow, gradual increase to something that looks closer to vertical.  I don't think this is pure coincidence.  Consider prohibition - largely the product of the Women's Christian Temperance Movement (which was neither temperate nor christian).  That was accomlished through sheer nagging even before women had the suffrage!

However - I will say that I think the damage would be far less if the vote was at least restricted to property owners, male or female, and I'd also extend it to vets, of course.

Regarding blacks (or any other specific race) I think that the inherent differences are not dramatic enough to warrant taking any kind of action.  Whereas the differences between the sexes are stark and quantifiable, and appear to defy cultural and ethnic divides.

 

166 Did I mention that att land line service SUCKS.

I have two land lines, why, I have no clue.  One has been constantly out of service and in service for two months.  They have been to my house three times, never inside the house and have billed me three times for repair work they never did. They are coming out again, today, to try and fix it.

I have been on the line to att repair for two hours, they finally agree to remove the charges and transferred me to a customer service rep that was to remove the charges, after a half an hour a nice lady picked up, she is in NV. I am in NC, so she can not remove the charges, go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

Enough of this shit.  I picked the wrong week to quit doing glue.

167 I see that Illinois now has a new advocate for concealed carry. The national guardsmen who apprehended some punks at a transit station made his point loud and clear. What's the chance any of the stupids in the state capital will wake up?

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