1 BBC Radio reported early this morning that the gun used in the Toulouse school murders was also used in the earlier killings of the French soldiers on the street.

They do not have a physical description because the shooter wore a full-face helmet and wa riding a high-speed motor scooter.

They are currently trying to profile the person. 

I have my suspicions.  The school was Jewish and the soldiers were black or North African.

2 I need to find the eye of the tiger, but first I will squander two hours reading the comments here.

3 I like the new comments thingy.  I can make stuff bold now.  Even underline stuff.  It did take a few minutes the first time for my computer to figure it out, luckily I am patient.  Now I need how to figure out the strikeout magic can strikeout text too.

4 Well I guess not.

5 I can see comments are going to be a little slow this morning.  I can only imagine the curses that are not showing up in the comments right now.

6 I am the king of the comment thread!!!  I wish I knew what to do with all this power.  If only Andrew Breitbart were still alive, he would probably see this.  I would say "Fight the Power," and "Thanks". 

7 My gay lib friend says we have it all wrong on the  Zerocare  costs doubling, because Media Matters says the costs are turning out to be LESS than projected.

8 Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 07:06 AM (mZ+XA)

Ah yes...less than projected by?

Total bullshit. Made up numbers to protect his boyfriend in the White House.

9 All I can tell you is that since I take 3BP meds I can't get insurance. 

I am just trying to be really healthy until Medicare kicks in.

10

8

I told him that Media Matters, [a communist blog] seems to be the only group in Zero's  pool of stenographers willing to push that whopper of a lie.

11 revealing that it was President Obama, and not Speaker Boehner, who blew up the debt talks, contrary to the talking points of both the Democrats and some of Boehner's "allies."

There are more than a few on this site whose talking points were also blown up by these revelations.  It turns out that Boehner may not be the anti-Christ after all.  What part of our own will we devour now?

12 Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 07:13 AM (mZ+XA)

Be careful, or your chocolate ration will be increased from 30 grams to 20 grams/week.

13 facebook statement of rights and responsibilities 4.8 "You will not share your password, (or in the case of developers, your secret key), let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account." so if they ask "I have a contractual obligation to facebook not to relay that information to you. Anyone who would would also willingly violate your NDAs and other employee contracts, obviously that isn't the kind of employee you want so this must be a trick question right"

14 Hey, let's enact a 2000 page law that nobody has had any time to read. What's the worst that can happen?

15

Too bad that they screwed up on it. I'm all for anything that pushes the "DEN" type of product.

We need more films with well-endowed chicks on dragonflies, etc.

Kind of happy that Disney is scheduled to take a major hit just before the election though.

16 Well, the 2000 page unread law could only be worse if it had been written by a bunch of known union thugs and marxists. Oh wait...........

17

I wonder if it will be legal  in the future  to put up a website in which fellow comrades can trade things like chocolate ration coupons for whiskey ration coupons.

18 Isn't today the last day of the Santorum campaign?

19 17 That would be illegal. You might be able to give your portion of your rations to the local "boss" for trade protection.

20 Good Morning everyone.  Lots of rain in Texas (and area)...  15 hours with no electricity.. but I'm catching up on what I missed on the interweb.. slowly... a lot happened since yesterday afternoon!

21 "There are more than a few on this site whose talking points were also blown up by these revelations. It turns out that Boehner may not be the anti-Christ after all. What part of our own will we devour now?"

It's all about results, when you have a moderate like Cantor questioning Boehner's abilities as speaker you have no choice but to wonder about him. That said, when comes to congressional leadership our real problem is in the Senate. For five years under McConnell's leadership I can't remember one thing he did that worked out favorable to the GOP or the country. He's thinks deals go one way, the Democrats make demands and he then sees what he can do for them.

22

What is this "future" you keep referring to?

23 Obama is a Stuttering Clusterfuck of a Sissyboy Candyass.

24 If I was ever asked to hand over a password, the interview would end at that moment.  There is absolutely no reason, at all, for any position that does not require a security clearance to have my password.  Identity is arguable, there are alllllll kinds of problems with looking at people's facebook profiles while hiring.  But password?  FYNQ.

25

For some reason, there are people that will put stuff on Facebook that will get them in serious trouble.  Example: we had a probationary Patrolman that posted video of his cruiser speedometer while he was driving over 100 mph -- the problem was that he wasn't on an emergency run.  I don't know how command discovered this, but the rookie lost his job.

 

During the fallout of this drama, every police officer was asked to show their Facebook account.  My answer was, "What's a Facebook?"

 

Yeah, get off my lawn.

26 McConnell is a piece of shitte. Even if we get a majority we still have his limp dick at the helm guiding us. Good morning all. Sorry I am a bit rough around the edges, it stormed like a mofo here last night. Very impressive display tornado touched down south west of here. The mighty German Shepherd sleep under the bed again. sigh

27 @21 First of all the GOP leadership is a joke. They have knifed the tea party at every turn. They should be hounding and harrying the Scoamf and the dems at every opportunity, Instead they are asking them what type of blow Job they like, slow and gentle or vigorous and Fast.

28 Any employer that wants to access your account is sticking its nose where it doesn't belong, namely into your private life. FYNQ indeed.

29 I am just trying to be really healthy until Medicare kicks in.

Posted by: Miss Marple
.............
Ya know, as part of Obamacare, they included some coverage for high-risk pool.. and as I recall, they weren't getting many applicants. You should see if you can get that coverage until:
A. Obamacare is slapped down by the Supremes
B. You hit Medicare age

30 I think I am going to delete my facebook account. Dont use it rarely look threre any more why go there. Kids in the group I volunteer for use something called Tumblr. Has anyone heard of this?

31 I would have to answer a potential employer:  Face What?

32 I usually stay off of Facebook for weeks at a time and only go there if somebody directs me there from elsewhere.  It's overly populated by dipshits and cocksuckers.

33
http://tinyurl.com/7qpkcox

Mailman: Ayers Family Put “Foreigner” Obama Through School

34 Sheriff Joe Biden thinks the Bin Laden assassination was bolder than D-Day, Jackson's Battle of New Orleans, and Napoeleon's Defeat of the Triple Coalition combined... http://tinyurl.com/76t5hg2 “You can go back 500 years. You cannot find a more audacious plan. Never knowing for certain. We never had more than a 48 percent probability that he was there.”

35 Well, 'rons.. I'm off to vote in the Illinois primary.. I may write-in Ronald Reagan..

Have a good day, y'all!

36 Facebook cuts both ways, champ. No one makes you post all your stupid sh-t for the world to see. If you are aware that people are looking, why not use it as a tool to present yourself positively?

37 10
8
I told him that Media Matters, [a communist blog] seems to be the only group inZero's pool of stenographers willing to push that whopper of a lie.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 07:13 AM (mZ+XA)

 

Tell him that the Congressional Budget Office is the outfit that has projected the cost-doubling bug.  That's not partisan, as the far-left partisans are fond of saying.

38 How hard would it have been to include 'From the creator of Tarzan' in the promos for 'John Carter?'  Most people have never heard of the Barsoom books.

39 Kids in the group I volunteer for use something called Tumblr. Has anyone heard of this?


I have. It appears to be a testing ground for web content.

Something called "Look at this Fucking Hipster" started there. Once it got its own domain, I stopped going there ;--)

40 I'm the only person I know my age who doesn't use Facebook and I really don't want to use it.

41 29  There is a high-risk pool in Indiana.  Coverage is $1500 /month.

I do not have that type of money.

42 Some details about the House FY 2013 budget proposal: http://tinyurl.com/7wg77xd Continued intraparty feuding over the FY 2013 discretionary cap and some other items means that this budget may be blocked in committee but it still appears it will be released this morning at 10:30am EST.

43

As far as Facebook goes... I had it, I used it regularly... but never with my own name or personal information.  It's useful for certain purposes if you take the time to cultivate yourself and your friends list.

 

But... no way I'm handing over any passwords to anything.  Especially prior to employment.

44

I hadn't signed in to my Facebook account in over a year and my wife and I both deleted ours. Me because of Fuckerberg's public statements that he was actively working against online privacy, and her mainly because of nosy "friends" and relatives.

 

Initially we saw it as a combination diary/bulletin board, but all the shitbags you're even mildly acquainted with/related to view it as on opportunity to try to force personal information out of you.  Motherfucker, if I wanted to talk to you, I would have called you.

 

Now, i know that my HR dept looks at Facebook profiles, but they don't tell applicants or ask for login IDs. If you're smart enough to keep your profile private, you get a bye to the next round.

45

oh, just read the article about the Facebook thingy.  Even though the premise of the article is that the job market is so bad, some people feel compelled to hand over the info... the writer talks about how the economy is rapidly improving.

 

Jesus

46 I got on Facebook to keep track of what the grandkids are up to.

They keep changing the darn thing and somehow I get comments from friends of friends,  so that the whole thing is a meaningless mishmash of stuff people I don't even know are posting.

Plus ads from magazines and authors plugging books.

Now many newspapers have been making their comments appear on Facebook,  which means that I have to make sure I am not logged on when I reply to an article,  otherwise my comment appears on my page,  which is not what I want since I am trying to not be political there.

The whole thing is just a pain in the neck.

47 Biden to donors: 'I give you my word as a Biden' http://tinyurl.com/76qrjl8 His comment about the bin Laden raid: “You can go back 500 years. You cannot find a more audacious plan. Never knowing for certain. We never had more than a 48 percent probability that he was there.” http://tinyurl.com/76t5hg2

48

Hey, Miss 80s... thank you for bringing good info to the table every single time.

 

Also:  Miss 80s and other folks here was one reason why Facebook was good for me.  Having real-time conversation swith some of the morons and moronettes was refreshing and fun. 

 

I don't know whether she still does, but she used to put up pics of primary source historical information.  That was always interesting.

49

36

I had heard some examples of Henry Ford having a mandatory bed time for his employees among other things which I now forget. Kind of makes the request for a Facebook password seem benign. And I'm kind of reminded of a job I used to have moving pallets of ready to assemble furniture around a factory. When I worked there I was FOR drug testing because it meant there might be churn above me. Then a board fell off a load and they wanted to test me (as per policy when a board fell off a load). As I'm standing there telling the nurse that the test better be accurate I asked why alcohol wasn't on the list of drugs to test for as it would be the most common reason for an accident. She didn't know.

50 48 Hey, Miss 80s... thank you for bringing good info to the table every single time. Also: Miss 80s and other folks here was one reason why Facebook was good for me. Having real-time conversation swith some of the morons and moronettes was refreshing and fun. I don't know whether she still does, but she used to put up pics of primary source historical information. That was always interesting. > Thank you. I honestly do not use Facebook as much as I once did but I still post images from Shorpy, among other things.

51 M80?!?

Odd time for you to be around. Change of schedule?

52 I used to go into Facebook to play Jungle Jewels and Bingo.  I un-friended my brother because he didn't like me engaging in civil debate (I pointed out that his deficit numbers were BS)  all the while he continued to denigrate cons with terms such as "teabaggers", Goopers,  Rethuglicans.

My wife plays the Bingo on it. 

53 All this (the Obama negotiations thing) was timed around that cock holster David Corn's book release. I sent it to the Ewok too. You can watch him discuss it with fellow sucker of cock David Wright here: http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/9268

54

Here it is.

--------

The Ford Sociological Department was created to administer the plan by sending field agents into the community to visit workers at home to determine the quality of their home lives. It was believed that influencing the behavior of employees at home would turn them into better workers. All employees over 22 were eligible for the plan, which included a shortened work day from nine to eight hours in addition to the opportunity to earn five dollars per day. In order for a worker to be eligible to receive his share of the company's profits he "must show himself to be sober, saving, steady, industrious and must satisfy the...staff that his money will not be wasted in riotous living." Workers who didn't comply risked being payed half as much for performing the same work as their co-workers, and could eventually lose their jobs.

55 Fuckerberg's public statements that he was actively working against online privacy



He is a smarmy little twat with ethics that are stunted at best; and unfortunately not atypical of some of the shitstains that populate the IT world. 

56 I got on Facebook only to re-connect with an old Air Force buddy I haven't seen in 20 years. Met him a month later in Vegas and we had a great time. Since then, I have deleted my account mostly because I became sick of people my age expressing their drama and chaos all the time. You're in your late 40's/early 50's, get over yourselves already for chrissakes. BTW, I miss Vic this morning. Hope all is well Vic.

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

58

breitbrat was a fool and a t u r d.

4 more years, bitches. Get some.

orange foolius is trying to save his job. Did President Obama blow up the negotiations? Prly not. It was the usual suspects-the baggers in the House, but blame Obama. Thats okay. Im glad the talks blew up. The legislation was fiscal terrorism against the American people.

I received my new uniforms. Cant wait until the elections is cancelled and the reeducation camps are opened. Then I can wear my uni in public. My job is to help round up the opposition. Think its a joke? Think again. We are organized, vigilant and hell-bent on ending the gop once and for all. And we can do it now, thanks to Soros money and the laundered campaign funds.

4 more years bitches. Get some.

59 From the "F*ck Cancer" Files:  Found out last night that my younger cousin (a sophomore in college) has stage 1 melanoma.  On the up-side, they caught it very early and his mom works for the Mayo Clinic.  They're doing the removal surgery in the next couple of days.

60 48 Though I need to be better about reading the comments before posting. Sorry about that, Gregory of Yardale. 51 M80?!? Odd time for you to be around. Change of schedule? I just don't usually post at this hour.

61 Look what the cat dragged in.

62 @59.  Seek help.

63 @63 They're already looking for him

64 4 more years bitches. Get some.

Posted by: Liberty

 

I'll be home from Afghanistan by then Library Boy, I"ll be your Huckleberry.

 

I know, I know, it's either a sock or another idiot trolling for drama. I'm sitting in Kabul waiting for my flight and I'm bored off my ass.

 

65 A comment about crushing all dissent under the nic "Liberty."  You should look up that word, shitbird.  It doesn't mean what you think it means.

66

59

On the bright side, the first ones to the firing squad on successfull takeover are always the usefull idiots that helped make it happen.

67 Look what the cat dragged in.


Is it a regular? I must say, it is smart enough to have picked up the lingo.

68 Posted by: Jimbo at March 20, 2012 08:22 AM (O3R/2)

It's so over the top and idiotic that it's sort of amusing.

69 Facebook has peaked. I thought it was stupid and invasive from the start. I can't imagine advertising myself. Ugh.

70 Just saw the Nanny Bloomberg link in the Sidebar.  That, combined with a story I heard this morning, out of Chicago, about a man who was fined for Disorderly Conduct for offering a couple of girls in a snow-storm a ride (and then leaving w/o a fuss when they declined) makes me think the Government knows that private citizens would step to the plate if suddenly all "social services" (read: redistributive policies) were stopped- and they don't like it.

71 I think it's using a proxy because of the even worse than usual formatting. That tells me it may be a sock.

72 Thanks for dropping in, Hobbes. Hang tough over there, brother.

73 It's so over the top and idiotic that it's sort of amusing.


I believe it is ridiculing us.

74 I would never allow a freaking potential employer to log into my FB account. What creepers. Next they'll want the keys to my house so they can have a look around to make sure I don't have drugs or questionable material lying around.

Eff that.

75

On reading that article again, I wonder why HR departments think asking a person to log in during an interview is any better than asking for a password directly.  After all, any decent company is going to have some time of monitoring system on internet usage and passwords don't necessarily automotically clear out of a cache.  Why on earth would I believe that the person doing the interview will clear the cache?  Oh that also brings up an issue that if I'm logging in and the cache isn't cleared every time, well, congratulations!  You've just handed over other people's passwords!  Seriously, this whole area is a bomb waiting to go off.  That's not even touching the EEOC issues brought up when reviewing a profile. 

 

 

76

Hanging tough is about all we can do Jeff, it's getting seriously stupid over here right now, and since everybody knows we are pulling out, no one (meaning the upper echelon) is willing to do anything that will "offend" our host county. "Oh my, we can't conduct a raid of a known enemy element there, we might upset the delicate sensibilites of the oh so friendly locals".

 

Sticks in my craw (and i'm not even sure where my craw is).

77 @76 I created a faux Facebook page with tales of my heroics

78 Here's a link to the WH memo this week that has the talking points and who to target and with what.

http://tinyurl.com/7m34l3m

79 "Mars Loves Moms" and now "John Carter" originally "John Carter of Mars"....
Does Disney realize that Mars is a loser for them?

80

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 20, 2012 08:20 AM (8y9MW)

 

I am so sorry to hear about that and I'll add him and his family to my prayers. 

 

 

81

@75 "I believe it is ridiculing us."

Must be Gabe.

82 >>Kind of happy that Disney is scheduled to take a major hit just before the election though.

Ditto.

In 1984 Disney shareholders Sid Bass and Roy E. Disney hired former Paramount CEO Michael Eisner to head Disney. Eisner rapidly remade Disney into what Roy Disney described as a “rapacious and soulless” company. Eisner vastly expanded Disney theme parks and acquired ABC television and Miramax Films.

In violation of the values of Walt Disney and heartland America, he aggressively promoted homosexuality in Disney theme parks and productions. Hence the enormous perversion of Walt Disney's vision that makes their twisted creativity possible.

There, I said it.

83 Sense the mechanism of sucess for Obamacare was to "bend the cost curve down", which was supposed to lower the costs for everyone to allow for expanded government coverage, and that mechanism is shown to be a failure, isn't the prudent thing to do is to repeal the whole thing?

84 Yeah, I never got on to Facebook.  I do have a Linked-In profile, but I don't even really keep it very up-to-date.

And if a prospective employer ever asked to see my private stuff (which would be about the only reason to log into my profile) I'd end the interview immediately and leave.  I want to work for you, not be your freakin' slave.  What I do on my time is my business- if that means I can't work for you, I'll find another employer.

Of course, I can say that as a gainfully employed person- what I'd do if I'd been looking for a job for several months?  I'm not so sure- luckily it's never come up.

85 Oh that also brings up an issue that if I'm logging in and the cache isn't cleared every time, well, congratulations! You've just handed over other people's passwords! Seriously, this whole area is a bomb waiting to go off. That's not even touching the EEOC issues brought up when reviewing a profile.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at March 20, 2012 08:33 AM (VtjlW)

That's not how it works, unless you are saving your password on the browser. Or the employer is logging keystrokes. When you are logging into FB/gmail/whatever, the page is encrypted using SSL(https). So whatever traffic is being sent across the wires is encrypted, both ways.

86 Best wishes, hobbes.

87 65 hobbes is getting out of Shitcanistan! for good I hope. Yay.
 
Some of you may have watched a documentary about an Alabama boy turned Somalian jihadist. I did, because I wanted some insight into why Americans would do this. Short answer -- the Koran.
 
Well jihadi boy Amriki now has the cold sweats that his new butt buddies don't like him any more:
 
http://tinyurl.com/6m8to3m

88 83 @75 "I believe it is ridiculing us."

Must be Gabe.

Posted by: Case at March 20, 2012 08:36 AM (GxTMf)

Coffee meet monitor.

Morning poopy heads.

89

>>After Disney's not-entirely-irrational fear of letting audiences know the film is set on Mars, they were left with the completely bland title "John Carter," which appeared to be about a man who runs around shirtless with CGI characters.

 

How many times did you see it Gabe?

90 For the Record: Edgar Rice Burroughs deserved better than Disney.

91 I seriously doubt Walt Disney was anti-gay.  If you ever see the dancing elephants dream sequence in "Dumbo" you will know what I mean.  Like Nixon, however, he probably felt it was a private matter not to be discussed  and certainly not worth losing a job over.

92 I originally got on Facebook to keep up with my Air Force son; its the only way he seems to be able to communicate (Doesn't call, doesn't write...) and then a few weeks ago I was accused by an outgoing manager of posting ugly things about him and my employer on it. I challenged him to find one thing on my page that I had ever written about him or my employer. Its too bad that the Code Duello has gone out of style; sometimes there should be a penalty for being a jerk.

93 Just going on leave right now, don't end mission until this summer. After I've worn out the wife I'm hoping I'll get to see Act of Valour and John Carter in the theatre instead of some shitty chinese video made in the theatre from the movie. And I'm seriously looking forward to getting my hands on Mass Effect 3...and beer. Mostly beer.

94

Hobbes, y'all need to laager up over there until you can get home. Fuck the locals. Ain't a single one of those savages that wouldn't sell you out.

 

If it doesn't have a US flag patch or nametape, it ain't your friend. There's obviously no mission anymore, so your mission is to stay safe.  The Morons are in your corner.

95 I  have  never  understood  the  need  to  post  personal  information  on  the  'net  for  every  public  restroom  pervert  in  the  world  to  read.  Of  course,  I  don't  understand  the  obsession  with  "smart  phones"  or  the  fools  who   spend  all  day  staring  at  a  stupid  little  screen  while  the  real  world  passes  them  by  if   they're  lucky,  unlike  the  retard  I   saw  who  stepped  in  front  of  a  pickup  and  got  knocked  on  his  hipster  ass   while  playing   with  his  electronic  pacifier.

96 Mittens McRomney got heckled by a chick who said her definition of the pursuit of happiness was free contraceptives. http://tinyurl.com/7vg8vwl Question from woman in Peoria, Illinois: "So youÂ’re all for like, 'yay, freedom,' and all this stuff. And 'yay, like pursuit of happiness.' You know what would make me happy? Free birth control." Romney: "You know, let me tell you, no no, look, look let me tell you something. If youÂ’re looking for free stuff you donÂ’t have to pay for, vote for the other guy. ThatÂ’s what heÂ’s all about, okay? ThatÂ’s not, thatÂ’s not what IÂ’m about." IMHO, Mittens gave the wrong answer. He should have pointed to her and said, "And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we are $16 Trillion in debt."

97 IMHO, Mittens gave the wrong answer. He should have pointed to her and said, "And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we are $16 Trillion in debt."

I agree.  Though another alternative, if he really wanted to be combative, would be, "Ma'am, you have no right to something someone else must produce."

98 I get more than enough of this face while shaving, and I have plenty of books, in several types of media.
One of the advantages of being a conservative is the absence of temptation to be drawn into the newest thing every time, to be part of a group.

It didn't take long to find out about the downside of Facebook. Just the name Social Media or Networking sounded just like a lot of other Orwellian co-opts.

I'll admit that all but one of my immediate family has passed, as well as my only close friend so I haven't been pressured to join like most, but I'm really glad that I didn't.

Still not sure about Twitter yet either. Maybe I'll give that more serious consideration in the event of Big Brother's demise or serious illness.   

99

How many times did you see it Gabe?<<<

 

Oh, SNAP!

100 IMHO, Mittens gave the wrong answer. He should have pointed to her and said, "And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we are $16 Trillion in debt."

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at March 20, 2012 08:44 AM (gPDxp)




Willard doesn't seem to handle heckling well which is too fucking bad considering the shitstorm that will hit him between now and November.  Maybe he considers good responses to be "hair on fire" material.

101

>>>Sticks in my craw (and i'm not even sure where my craw is).

I'm sure the Navy boys will show you once you get aboard a ship.

102 12 charlie EXACTLY.....

103 "something to be aware of" -- no such thing as privacy or right to protect one's own "password" from public access.

YOU "provide keys to your home" and open access to your Facebook "private" setting in order to gain/maintain employment, and accept that as the norm?

Meanwhile, as the 3 year novelty become norm, Obama's transcripts, etc. remain only as hypothetical, ignore or deny and make of them what you will, project them to be as you will given no substance for scrutiny.

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

104 99 Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at March 20, 2012 08:43 AM (6BgmB)
 
For that worthy rant, I will grant you two warnings of 'get off my lawn' before I open fire.

105

Seriously though, thanks for your servies Hobbes. Glad to hear your coming home, but sad to hear what's going on over there

 

106 The most interesting Illinois Republican congressional primary is a member-vs.-member contest between a 10-term representative (Don Manzullo) and a freshman (Adam Kinzinger). Majority Leader Cantor is in hot water because leadership usually does not (and should not) endorse in such races but he backed Kinzinger, which angered Manzullo. The latter is the more conservative of the two but I am not completely buying his outrage over Cantor's move. http://tinyurl.com/7nhlcke

107 10 across in today's NY Times crossword puzzle:

Denizen of the Endor world in "Return of The Jedi."

108 105
>>>Sticks in my craw (and i'm not even sure where my craw is).
I'm sure the Navy boys will show you once you get aboard a ship.

Posted by: Ben

 

Hahahaha, they always seemed to be too busy complaining about the nasty jarheads f-ing up their ship to show me anything. You're a funny guy Hate.

 

109 >> 102 Still not sure about Twitter yet either.
 
The Library of Congress announced that they are archiving all tweets. Probably just by borrowing a copy from the NSA.

110 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at March 20, 2012 08:53 AM (nEUpB)

Ace made the Big Leagues!

111 "IMHO, Mittens gave the wrong answer."


Sometimes I can be pretty quick witted and have a perfect snarky response, other times not. So in that case I would have probably said, "Fuck off skank". One of the many reasons I don't run for elected office.

112 Kind of happy that Disney is scheduled to take a major hit just before the election though.




I hope that every movie is a major flop. I want Hollywood to come crashing down and take the music industry with it.

113 oops, last comment directed at Ben, and is even shown in the response. What can I say, I'm a moron.

114 AoSHQ: The only "Get off my lawn!" blog I read.

115 115 Hey! That's why I don't either. If my husband ever runs, which he would like to one day, he'll have to have my voice box removed.

116 (and i'm not even sure where my craw is). throat, gullet, stomach of an animal.

maw includes the mouth and jaws of a carnivorous animal that devours food greedily

117 Saw John Carter last week and thought it was excellent. So fuck the reviewers.

118 I think Mitt's answer was fine. You can't be too graphic and if he had answered her that she didn't have the right to what others' produced the lib media would have spun that a million different ways, "As part of Bain capital, didn't you acquire what others had produced?" "Well, yes but we paid for it." "Please answer the question and as a mormon don't you enjoy killing puppies, hmmmm, hmmmmm?"

119 >>The Library of Congress announced that they are archiving all tweets. Probably just by borrowing a copy from the NSA.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2012 08:54 AM (ccXZP)

I don't want to sound like I've been wise enough to dodge every bullet. Cat Urine prolly has the DOJ monitoring all of our conscious thoughts and actions as we sit here.

120 Good Morning all. My first patient cancelled ( 1 1/2 hour apt.) so I'm having breakfeast

121 Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 20, 2012 08:43 AM (6Oaaw)

Absolutely. And that's not new.

My grandfather was a policeman in Israel before it took its independence. He would ride alone into Arab villages to keep order. He spoke fluent arabic and was well-liked by the population, but he told me that he would never, ever turn his back on any of them, and he always had his pistol either in his hand or loose in the holster.

Trusting an Arab or a Muslim is often a losing proposition.

122 "As part of Bain capital, didn't you acquire what others had produced?" "Well, yes but we paid for it." "Please answer the question and as a mormon don't you enjoy killing puppies, hmmmm, hmmmmm?"

Naaa.  That doesn't even hold up to the casual scruitiny of the mushy middle.  Everyone knows the difference between purchasing something and getting it "for free."  Deep down, everyone except full-on LibTards knows TNSTAAFL.

I don't have a problem, exactly, with Mitten's answer- it was just sub-optimal, IMO.  Not bad, but not as good as it could (should, after 6 years of campaigning, really) have been.

123 I'm pretty sure that full access to your Facebook page--and possibly everything else--will be a condition of employment. Soon. Welcome to the clampdown. (mixing my rock references there)

124 Cat Urine prolly has the DOJ monitoring all of our conscious thoughts and actions as we sit here. Posted by: ontherocks at March 20, 2012 09:02 AM (ZJCDy) I doubt it. I mean after all, obama has not revoked my Commission

125 Trusting an Arab or a Muslim is often a losing proposition. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at March 20, 2012 09:03 AM (nEUpB) Amen

126 Sure, I'm paranoid, but I have factual reason to be.

127

Seems all the rain quotient for May just fell here in the last 20 minutes.

 

Well, at least the tree pollen will be tamed for a while.

128 Trusting an Arab or a Muslim is often a losing proposition.

What, you mean trusting someone who ascribes to a religion which specifically teaches lying for your own advantage might not be the best idea?  Whoda thunk?

129 Seems all the rain quotient for May just fell here in the last 20 minutes.

You're in Texas, aren't you?

I'm loving the rain we've been getting since last evening.  DFW has missed most of the Severe Weather, but we've had several inches since last night.  And I'll take every drop God will send us.

130 So Immelt lay down with a particularly odious flea infested rat and is now privately complaining? Poor baby. Maybe if GE were to give up a few billions worth of crony capital bucks they've weaseled out of the Green agenda I'd have more sympathy.
 
Right now I'm rooting for the syphilitic fleas.

131 Welcome to the clampdown. (mixing my rock references there)

Posted by: tsj017 at March 20, 2012 09:03 AM (4YUWF)

Say what you will about academia, but they'd never make us do this. Or any research jobs afterwards, unless you are getting security clearance. University research has its privileges.

132 >>Look what the cat dragged in.

My cats have better taste.

God, you guys are a bunch of smarmy-ass cranks today. I use Facebook to get pictures of my sisters' kids and stay marginally connected to people scattered all over the country (I have moved something like 7 times since graduating high school pursuing work opportunities), including my mom's cousin I didn't meet until a few years ago; he's a retired Marine pilot and very funny.

I also get information from my fave sports teams, and Congresspeople/candidates, all on one page.

This makes me a myopic pervert tool? 

That's so fucking ignorant. And you're fucking hypocrites for commenting on a blog that people who type stuff on the Internet are fools.

133 How the Republicans plan to deal with the sequester: http://preview.tinyurl.com/7opu2o2 @ChadPergram Senate Budget Chair Conrad holds presser at 10 am to demand R's stick with $1.047 trillion figure. R's say they just have to be below that #

134

"It's 'pursuit' of happiness, you lazy whore. Not handing you things you think will make you happy.  I wasn't put on this earth to rotate your fat ass every time you get bedsores. How about you put your only skill to use by strapping a mattress to your back, hitting the street corner and EARNING the whopping $9 per month it would take to make yourself 'happy'?

 

Does that answer your question, slut? The only way you'd ever have the phrase 'Personal Responsibility' come out of your mouth is if it was tattooed on a dick.

 

The fuck outta here, dummy."

 

-excerpted from Why Jeff Will Never Be President."

135 Posted by: nevergiveup at March 20, 2012 09:03 AM (i6RpT)

Captain Nevergiveup, please report to central processing for transport to internment.

136
Over and under as to how many dead people vote today in Illinois?


Winner gets a Wonka bar with a golden shower.

137 Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 09:08 AM (ZKzrr)

Pssst, let them be cranks. No harm done!

138 We need to take back out country.

139 Captain Nevergiveup, please report to central processing for transport to internment. Posted by: United States of Obama People's Naval Cadre at March 20, 2012 09:08 AM (nEUpB) I keep a bag packed by the front door just in case and thanks for the promotion by the way

140 Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 09:08 AM (ZKzrr)

Step away from the keyboard....

I think that you may have missed the original point.

141 "Why Jeff Will Never Be President"

I'd buy that book. I'd buy the shit outta that book.

142 137

heh.

You're banned from their lawns.

143 I for one would miss FB because I'm way too lazy to keep in contact with 50+ people from the other side of the planet(my church in Tokyo), but I really like to see what's going on there, in the form of albums and posts.

Also family and friends from college. I could leave out most the rest to be honest.

144 That's so fucking ignorant. And you're fucking hypocrites for commenting on a blog that people who type stuff on the Internet are fools.


I'm not posting pictures of my erect penis showing my name, address and SSN tattooed on it.

In 24 point font!!!

145 For that worthy rant, I will grant you two warnings of 'get off my lawn' before I open fire.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2012 08:51 AM (ccXZP

 

I  used  "Get  off  my  Lawn"  this  last  weekend  when  a  mouth-breather  for  SCoaMF  showed  up  on  my  front  porch  asking  me  to  vote  for  the  crotch-stain  in  November.   I  told  him " I  don't  vote  for  marxist  cocksuckers,  now  Get  off   my  lawn".

146
I'm not posting pictures of my erect penis showing my name, address and SSN tattooed on it.

Who could read type that small, anyway?

147 Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2012 09:16 AM (vRSeu)

Thank God for small favors!

148 If not facebook, then where in the hell do they expect us to pity vote ugly people pretty, and express our unified opposition to cancer,  among other controversial subjects?

149

That's not how it works, unless you are saving your password on the browser. Or the employer is logging keystrokes.

 

I was presuming keystroke logging and/or changing the default to auto capture all passwords but yes, if that's not done, good point.

 

I thought Mitt's answer was fine as well, especially for the inherent I won't pander to you on this point contained within it. The only problem is that I think the want free stuff people may outnumber us at this point.

 

That's so fucking ignorant. And you're fucking hypocrites for commenting on a blog that people who type stuff on the Internet are fools.

 

Hey, all I ever said was that asking for facebook password info in an interview was a deal breaker for me.  You may want to take a really really deep breath before calling everyone who is commenting here fucking ignorant and fucking hypocrites.  Here, have a nice Val U Rite smoothie for breakfast.  It'll help. 

 

150
Cheers to those Wisconsin Lutheran kids who drowned out the whiny unions and the money-grabbing teachers.


http://bit.ly/GCIvMk



Wis. High School Students Drown Out Pro-Union Protesters With Chants of ‘Stand With Walker’

Great video

151 Howdy pahd-nahs! Re the Facebook thing, I think there's some misunderstanding in some quarters about how it works. Some folks don't seem to get that you can set levels of access. You aren't broadcasting everything to the entire planet (if your settings are correctly adjusted). I find it useful for keeping touch with friends who are spread out across the country and for pursuing specific interests, such as tracking collie related sites.

152 >>Right now I'm rooting for the syphilitic fleas.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2012 09:07 AM (ccXZP)

I would love to be privy to any of Jack Welch's off the record conversations regarding his (personally selected) successor.

I'd be willing to bet the screech level would approach low dog whistle.

153

You're in Texas, aren't you?

 

Yeah, Houston.  Tornado warning expiring now.  Most of this deluge will run off into the Gulf instead of soaking into the clay.

154 Val-U-Rite smoothy. Heh.

155 Students from Sheboygan Lutheran High School decided to stop by the rotunda in Madison while in town for the state high school basketball playoffs. While there, they witnessed protesters signing about unions and solidarity. So they decided to drown them out with pro-Walker chants.



I love these kids.

156 Tiny's Bar and Grill Chattanooga, Tennessee

Bastids

157 Re the Facebook thing, I think there's some misunderstanding in some quarters about how it works. Some folks don't seem to get that you can set levels of access.

I'm sure that's true to some extent, but I haven't seen any of that confusion here.  We've been specifically talking about the people who post inappropriate/stupid things on their public pages, and why it's not okay for an Employer to require you to show them your private page (or force you to log in or hand over your password).

158 Facebook is also another way I keep in touch with the black community. My old highschool classmates post about this or that, and it's interesting what causes they are resharing vs white folk.

Currently there is a lynch-attempt of some dude named Zimmerman who shot some black kid, claiming self-defense. It's a little bizarre because it seems like an awfully racist campaign. The police are investigating; they just don't want to wait for due process.

159 o/t How exactly does the White House scrub the internet of stories about Malia? Did they tell the sources that it was a security threat? Unreal. Dangerous.

160 Most of this deluge will run off into the Gulf instead of soaking into the clay.

Yeah.  We'll have plenty of run-off, but it should all go into area lakes and such.  Won't be awesome for foundations and such, like a longer but more gentle rain would be, but it'll help ease the drought.

161 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at March 20, 2012 09:17 AM (VtjlW)

Brandy, or even bourbon might be better in a smoothie, especially for breakfast.

And you are correct about the interview request. It is completely inappropriate,

Unfortunately it will happen more and more frequently as today's youth enters the job market. And because so many of them have been brainwashed by our public education that individual freedom is not important, many of them will hand over the passwords and amble down the road to servitude.

162 So I go to Sheboygan Lutheran High School webpage and see they have the 10th Commandment posted prominently.

TENTH COMMANDMENT
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.



See Libs?  Even God ain't on your side.

163
>>I told him" I don't vote for marxist cocksuckers, now Get off my lawn".


The shock of last weekÂ’s CBS News/New York Times poll showing the Marxist cocksucker at just 41% was well understandable. Incumbent presidents donÂ’t get reelected with approval numbers at or below 45%.

Nevertheless, the results turned out to be a matter of not being able to see the forest for the trees. Since we could not have expected the ashen faced leftists at the New York Times to point out the other bad news in their poll, adding to their misery seems highly appropriate.

Hidden in the report was the fact that a staggering 80% of those polled said they are NOT better off today than they were four years ago. News flash for the “expert pundits”: people vote their pocketbook in normal times and these are far from “normal times.” JEF is a man who dampens enthusiasm for his own base and builds enthusiasm to vote among his opponents.

Anyone who would argue Obama can turn these numbers around doesnÂ’t drive a car or have a religious affiliation.

164

I work HR, and there's no way on God's green plantation that I could give a fuck what people put on their FB site.  I'm more concerned about where they blog while having their morning coffee--if I find evidence they're on a left-wing site, I'll plant weed in their locker.

 

Speaking of batshittery, any of you following this Trayveon (?) Mitchell case in Florida?  Predictably, the media's will play this fucking story nonstop until Rubio's the Veep nominee, and then they'll turn it over to Obama to run with. 

 

Didn't get a chance to vote in Illinois (I"m sure someone took my place), but I wouldn't know who I'd vote for until I walked into the booth.  Probably Noot...

Another thing (damn, the coffee's strong today)--anyone notice that since Ballsey went on his shooting spree in Afghanistan last weekend, there haven't been any more shootings or attacks on US personnel?  This guy's a hero if he a) can terrify the subhumans and their larvae into submission, and/or b) can force the US forces into a withdrawal and subsequent immolation of Kafiristan.  Talk about the wrong fucking war. 

165

Was sitting in a friends house (D-Ohio) last weekend and her daughter who also shows up on my Facebook page had just voted some girl that looked to be a downs syndrome burn victim, and maybe part midget, as the prettiest teen in the world. WELL, being the dick I am, I had to point out that in fact she wasn't the prettiest teen in the world, not by a long shot  but probably not the ugliest.

I never miss an opportunity to piss off friends that are afflicted by the mental illness known as liberalism.

 

166 Saw "John Carter" last week...

flop RINO campaigning for re-election AGAIN to misrepresent Central TX.

I hope he loses his primary this time. Out with the inbred stuck in the mud leadership that only talks the talk. In with his fiscal conservative Republican opponent.

Vote R-TX Eric Klingemann, District 31
http://tinyurl.com/6v59nw8

167 How exactly does the White House scrub the internet of stories about Malia? Did they tell the sources that it was a security threat? Unreal. Dangerous. Posted by: dagny who loved andrew at March 20, 2012 09:21 AM (u50z0) Ordinarily I think kids of the President really should be out of bounds , HOWEVER, when they have to sent 25 Secret Service Agents with her that is a whole other animal. This freaken "family" doesn't seem to care how much of our money they spend or how bad it looks. G-D I hate these pricks

168 mama winger Here is a youtube video of those kids. http://tinyurl.com/7cjrsyk My gawd the union people that they overtake at the beginning of the vid are pathetic.

169 From twitter: @RyanLizza First Read: "earliest Romney could win 1,144 delegates: May 29, & thatÂ’s assuming he wins every single delegate after today."

170 #126  There is now a law that you cannot have a health savings account unless you have a health insurance policy.  And  companies will nto asell a policy even with a huge deductible.  Four years ago my husband and I had a policy with anthem.  $500 per month for both of us with a $10,000 deductible and a health savings account.

Anthem would not give us that policy back,  even though we never made a claim against it.

This is all because when my husband went to work for a South African company he was told that we had insurance through a company in the UK.  After he had worked for them for 6 months,  the UK company announced they would no longer cover people in the USA (this was at the time that Obamacare was passed).   His company said well,  they would cover me through their US offices.  Nope, insurance cannot cross state lines (another thing they refused to put in Obamacare).   And I applied to a bunch of companies and in every case had to undergo intrusive,  personal cross-exams by underwriters who treated me like I was a criminal.

So I just gave up. I only have 1 1/2 years until I get medicare,  crappy though it is.  I pay cash for my meds ($255/month) and get some help on the costs through discounts from evil corporate drug companies and evil Kroger pharmacy.  My doc gives me a cash discount on my check-ups. 

Anyone who is over 50 and has ANYTHING wrong with them is going to have trouble.  Insurance companies are going to have to take everyone in a few years,  so to cushion the blow they are not taking anyone who might make a claim now. 

Just another reason I want Obama voted out,  and I will vote for whoever is the GOP candidate. 

171 Wow, before the Afghan shooter was an evil Bushitler American warmonger, he was an evil bankster misusing retirees' money?  The libs have to be jizzing themselves over this guy.

172 My gawd the union people that they overtake at the beginning of the vid are pathetic. Posted by: tasker at March 20, 2012 09:28 AM




You can tell they're union cuz they're ugly.

173 Here's a maggot gagger:
 
Actor Sean Penn is being honored by a group of Nobel laureates for his relief work in Haiti following the country's devastating January 2010 earthquake.
 
http://tinyurl.com/7o82w54
 
There was no word on whether he was getting a separate award for wishing ass cancer on all his critics.

174 Most of this deluge will run off into the Gulf instead of soaking into the clay.
--
Highland Lakes got it. I hope the rice farms get what they need from this front.

175 Anyone who would argue Obama can turn these numbers around doesnÂ’t drive a car or have a religious affiliation.

Posted by: sickinmass at March 20, 2012 09:24 AM (bcNec)

I don't think he can turn anything around exceptin' his own ass for some Boys Town fun and games.

I think that the chief fear is that the Marxist MFM can spin, diffuse, confuse and conspire to get the Community Agita-in-Chief re-upped. At least I am.

176

Anyone who is over 50 and has ANYTHING wrong with them is going to have trouble. Insurance companies are going to have to take everyone in a few years, so to cushion the blow they are not taking anyone who might make a claim now.

Posted by: Miss Marple at March 20, 2012 09:28 AM (GoIUi)

 

Over 50? You've had a plenty long life. Perhaps I can interest you in some pain killers? No? Too bad.

177 It's not the kid that made the decision to go to Mexico which is on the "take your life in your hands" travel list. It's her idiot parents. Going after them for this stupid fucking decision plus having us 1. Pay for it, 2. Not be able to go to Mexico (they're well armed I hear), 3. Scrub it from the net?

178 You can tell they're union cuz they're ugly. Posted by: mama winger at March 20, 2012 09:29 AM (P6QsQ) ********** It's ridiculous how they're holding one fist up while they are trying to sing--and it looks like holding their fist up will wear them out!!!

179 I single handedly rescued the economy, and still I'm a laughingstock.  You'd think they'd be thanking me.

180 Being self employed, I really could care less about what I put on Facebook. Although I'm pretty certain I've demolished any chance of a future in politics. The dems would have a field day with shit I've said on there.

181 t's not the kid that made the decision to go to Mexico which is on the "take your life in your hands" travel list. It's her idiot parents. Going after them for this stupid fucking decision plus having us 1. Pay for it, 2. Not be able to go to Mexico (they're well armed I hear), 3. Scrub it from the net? Posted by: dagny who loved andrew at March 20, 2012 09:32 AM (u50z0) ********* Well on top of that some members of our state department were killed in Mexico....

182 If I'm a juror for Ballsey's court-martial, I'm going to go with Not Guilty by Reason of TBI.  If John Hinckley can still consume oxygen after gravely wounding four human beings and nearly altering history in a negative way, I'm going to say that this guy deserves treatment for his ailments for altering history in a positive way.  

183

William A. Jacobson, associate clinical professor at Cornell Law School, said that some anti-Walker protesters were angered by the studentsÂ’ move, calling it “hypocrisy.” Jacobson wasnÂ’t having any of that:

Excuse me, did the students take over the State Capitol and refuse to leave, set up camp, damage walls, threaten legislators,  crash through police lines, encourage , sit down in hallways blocking access, pound in buses carrying legislators, lock themselves  to railings, or do any of the other destructive things the anti-Walker protesters did for weeks on end last year?  (added) Oh, and did I forget the death threats?

By the way, just days after the students visited the Capitol, Sheboygan Lutheran won the Div. 5 state basketball championship on a last-second three-point shot.

184 Twenty-five  SS   agents  won't  be  enough  if   the  cartels   want   to  kill   her.   What  kind  of  parent  lets  a  13  year  old  go  on   spring  break.

185 I love the Wisconsin Lutherans. Wisconsin Lutherans are among the most conservative in USA. The snob east and left coast lutherans are more "tolerant" and show more "Grace".  Too much Grace in my opinion!! The progressive lutherans would never go for that video. Moral relativism.

186 that some anti-Walker protesters were angered by the students’ move, calling it “hypocrisy". ************** Wow, wth? What is the status on the recall crapola?

187 Twenty-five SS agents won't be enough if the cartels want to kill her. What kind of parent lets a 13 year old go on spring break. Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at March 20, 2012 09:35 AM (6BgmB) Lets see when I was 13 where did I go on my spring break? Oh yeah next door to my pal's house

188 President Obama why do you hate malia?

189 Why would the cartels want to kill her?  Her daddy is their best supplier (and probably one of their best customers). 

190 @ByronYork: NBC: If Romney wins 60% of all remaining delegates, he'll hit 1,144 on June 26 in final GOP primary. Less than 60%, he doesn't get there. I think Romney will most likely be the nominee, which is why I'd like to see him start working on positive campaigning and really reaching out to conservatives. I don't understand why he is maintaining this confrontational posture with primary voters.

191
An interesting letter in my local liberal paper:
----------

Planned Parenthood has compared mandatory ultrasounds to rape. This is even more stupid than it seems on the surface.

Millions of women routinely undergo ultrasounds in this country, and I have never heard one of those women compare an ultrasound to rape. In addition, 99 percent of Planned ParenthoodÂ’s early abortions are preceded by a trans-vaginal ultrasound. So, Planned Parenthood is inadvertently accusing itself of rape.

Ultrasounds are done before surgical abortions. All surgical abortions are trans-vaginal and far more traumatic to a woman than any ultrasound could ever be.

In more than 30 years of medical practice, I have delivered about 140 babies. I have advised numerous women to have ultrasounds done, and the ultrasounds have had no negative repercussions. However, I have treated many women for the complications due to abortion.

http://tinyurl.com/7dp45o4

192 A group of students "disguised as penguins"

This thread is worthless without pics.

193

Apparently, Obama thinks The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is an instruction manual.

 

 

Been reading from it.  There truly is nothing new under the sun.

194 Malia is 14, almost 15.

195 I tell ya I get no respect.  When Bo looks at the front door of the white house and barks, it's not because he wants to go outside, it's because he wants ME to get the fuck out.

196 I bet Malia has Mooch's mom with her. She's the actual parent after all. If you send you kid to Sidwell you're going to be pressured to make elaborate Spring Break and Winter vacation plans. They'll fly to Jackson Hole for the weekend. I'm sure that the Mooch was just trying to keep Malia in the same style as her friends and since Mexico is too dangerous, they have the option of added taxpayer funded security to make it an option.

197

If you were the Obamas, would you send your kid to Florida for spring break? 

198 Why would the cartels want to kill her? Her daddy is their best supplier (and probably one of their best customers).

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 20, 2012 09:39 AM (Ec6wH

 

Oh  I  don't  know,  maybe   because  the   DEA  and   Customs   work  for  her  daddy.

199 He knows it's probably his last year carting his family on expensive vacations on the taxpayer dime.  He's taking advantage.  Kind of like when you or I take a bunch of pens on our last day at the office.

200 "earliest Romney could win 1,144 delegates: May 29, & thatÂ’s assuming he wins every single delegate after today."
"If Romney wins 60% of all remaining delegates, he'll hit 1,144 on June 26 in final GOP primary. Less than 60%, he doesn't get there."


It's not about when Romney gets to 1144, it's about when Santorum has no reasonable chance to get there. That was weeks ago, yet people delude themselves into thinking otherwise.

201 Waiting for big storm...no internet..power already went out once...fun fun!!

202 Kind of like when you or I take a bunch of pens on our last day at the office.

I would never do such a things.

I like pens that work.  Sticky-notes, on the other hand...

203  He knows it's probably his last year carting his family on expensive vacations on the taxpayer dime. He's taking advantage. Kind of like when you or I take a bunch of pens on our last day at the office.

Posted by: yinzer at March 20, 2012 09:45 AM (/Mla1)

 

Like   the   sink   emperor  Clintoon's   Akansas  Carnival  Grifter's  Tour  of   Asia  with  his  ugly  daughter  and  2000  of  his  close   friends.   The  end  of  term  vacation  that  used  25%  of  the  air  force's  transports.

204 It's not about when Romney gets to 1144, it's about when Santorum has no reasonable chance to get there. That was weeks ago, yet people delude themselves into thinking otherwise. ------ Including Romney, apparently. That's my point. I don't like Romney -- I vastly prefer Newt to the other two -- but I am working on my ABO attitude. However, it is hard to envision pulling the lever for a guy (Romney) who seems intent on not just crushing opponents (that, as you point out, represent virtually no threat) but also seems intent on putting base conservatives in their place. Romney needs to start wooing primary voters. If the nomination is essentially a lock for him, there is really no reason to not try to appeal to us... unless he really is a nasty piece of work who hates conservatives.

205 NBC: If Romney wins 60% of all remaining delegates, he'll hit 1,144 on June 26 in final GOP primary. Less than 60%, he doesn't get there.

*****************************

What?  Everyone else is sating he needs less than 50% of remaining delegates.

206 lowandslow, nobody wants Santorum to get there - we just want him to keep Mittens from getting there.

207 200 Apparently, Obama thinks The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is an instruction manual.


Been reading from it. There truly is nothing new under the sun.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 20, 2012 09:40 AM (4q5tP)

 

Bear in mind that while Gibbons was an excellent writer, he was doing so in the eighteenth century. There has been an awful lot of historical and archeological research done since his time.

I would disagree pretty vociferously with the notion that the fighting spirit and competence of the Roman Army declined between Ceasar's day and the beginning of the fifth century, for example. Also, the German tribes changed pretty dramatically during that time, which meant that they were a lot more difficult to defeat, etc., etc.

208 You just know the Secret Service agents, upon learning their assignment to guard the progeny and entourage in Mexico, drew in a sharp breath and wondered silently, "where did I screw up / who did I piss off to draw this assignment?  A dozen young teen girls on Spring Break?!? "

209 Off, commie sock!

210 Then the coffee kicked in and I realized I should try to reset the cable modem instead of assuming whatever knocked out the power at 3am also messed up the internet service...

211 oh jeez....i'm bawling.....my 12 yr old just asked if he could bring our dogs leash to school.....our orange dog passed away in January and he has to do an art project on his favorite things.........he's such a sweet kid.....

212 213 lowandslow, nobody wants Santorum to get there - we just want him to keep Mittens from getting there ------ Santorum is not my cup of tea, but I don't think it's fair/accurate to say that all of his supporters are ABR types. The guy has a decent record and clearly has core personal beliefs that reflect those held by a healthy portion of the Republican base. To me Santorum is a distant second behind Newt, but on character issues I prefer him over Romney.

213 Maybe Malia's in on a secret arms shipment to the cartels? 

214 why do you hate malia?

Is Malia the fat one?

215

Aww, phoenixgirl.

216 Maybe Malia's in on a secret arms shipment to the cartels? Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 20, 2012 09:56 AM




Maybe she's on a mission to round up the guns from Fast and Furious.

217 I would disagree pretty vociferously with the notion that the fighting spirit and competence of the Roman Army declined between Ceasar's day and the beginning of the fifth century, for example

I think that may be a language thing, more than an actual disagreement, though.  I don't think anyone would say that (in modern terms) the fighting spirit and/or competence of any given soldier had declined, rather general morale (which would also be "fighting spirit") and strategy ("competence") were, indeed, worse.

Other changes were factors as well, but I think the main point- that historical discoveries haven't changed- is that Roman Society's descent into decadence had a major deleterious effect on the Roman Empire.  That effected the Legions (especially the Officers) as much as any other part of the Empire.  The exact nature of that "deleterious effect" on the Army may be up for debate, of course.

218

Santorum subbed for William Bennett's radio show a bunch. Know one person who got to like him from hearing him on that.

 

Still annoyed that this process isn't over before I have to--er, get to vote on Saturday...

219 .he's such a sweet kid.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 20, 2012 09:54 AM (Ho2rs)

Awww....I know how he feels.  Good job, phoenixgirl.

220

@100

 

I disagree; I think Romney gave a perfectly acceptable answer.  It was concise and accurately made a distinction between the conservative and liberal/progressive philosophies.

 

Also, I've been pretty lukewarm about Romney so don't throw any Romneybot stuff at me.  I just don't see any problem with his answer.

221

IÂ’m not going to complain about Malia taking a trip.

 

Hopefully, the democrats wonÂ’t complain if Bristol and Willow want to get away for a weekend next year.

222 "Romney needs to start wooing primary voters. If the nomination is essentially a lock for him, there is really no reason to not try to appeal to us"

Yeah it doesn't work that way. As long as Santorum and Newt are out there raising money and going after Romney he has to play the game. He can't just start running against Obama now, that would piss off more of the people you claim he should be targeting. So the charade continues.

223 I'm so old that my schools didn't have Spring Break. That was reserved for colleges. We did get a long Easter weekend.
 

224 "lowandslow, nobody wants Santorum to get there - we just want him to keep Mittens from getting there.

Posted by: Jean at March 20, 2012 09:52 AM (WkuV6) "

And then what? What do you people want, months of the media reporting how weak and pathetic Romney is till the convention rolls around and he is nominated anyways? What sense does that make?

225 I just read somewhere that Rome fell in one generation. 

Ominous.

226 Yeah it doesn't work that way. As long as Santorum and Newt are out there raising money and going after Romney he has to play the game. ------------ Why? You state that voters who still back Santorum are *delusional* for thinking he can win. Why isn't Romney delusional for treating Santorum like he's a serious challenger? You really aren't being consistent. Moreover, it's clear Newt supporters are 50:50 split between Santorum and Romney. There is absolutely no reason to not at least try to appeal to some of them, particularly the ones who prefer Newt over Romney primarily over Mitt's history on Masscare. The longer Team Romney attacks the lame duck candidacies of Newt and Santorum, the more it reinforces that "shut up that's why" justification for his campaign and the perception that he rejects core principles that much of his Party embraces.

227 When Malia and her besties puke all over the place after drinking their first ever "shots" of Peachtree Schnapps, some poor slob in the Secret Service will probably have to write a 9 page report.

228 When I was a kid, we had "Easter Vacation" of one week.

229

I would disagree pretty vociferously with the notion that the fighting spirit and competence of the Roman Army declined between Ceasar's day and the beginning of the fifth century, for example.

 

I don't know either way.  What jumps out to me is the corruption and rot that set in and flourished under each successive emperor.  Each bending of the rules, every relaxation of discipline to serve the expediency of the moment seemed to hollow out the empire  just a little bit more.

230 So, when Romney wins Illinois today, will Santorum "suspend" his campaign?

231

Iowahawk on Twitter:

 

For your child's safety, don't publicize their trips to Mexico. Also, don't send your child to Mexico.

232 Ooooohhhh... I thought her name was Malaria.

233 "You really aren't being consistent. "

Bullshit, I'm just a guy writing on the internet, Romney ain't. He can't just decide to ignore the campaigns and supporters of the other candidates. That kind of arrogance would be far more harmful then competing against them. So he plays the game.

234 I think that Rome was using a lot of mercenaries toward the end also, and get this, the taxes had gotten so high that there was a decrease in revenue, the landowners just quit producing crops, which caused the empire to not be able to provide armies where it needed them. It's a very complicated fiscal model that actually caused the decline. I think we're doing a grand job recreating it though.


Phoenix: That's sweet. So much nicer than the burrito my 16 yr old would pick.

235 I'm so confused I misspelled assassin too...

236 He can't just decide to ignore the campaigns and supporters of the other candidates. ------ I did not say for him to ignore the supporters. I said for him to try to appeal to them.

237 I think Mitt is so wrapped up in this martyrdom thing -- that everyone who opposes his nomination is a Mormon-hater -- that he just can't bring himself to try to win over people outside his core supporters. He has known all along what he needed to do -- vigorously and unambiguously repudiate Masscare as an epic failure -- but he refuses to do it. Things like his not going to 'light my hair on fire' remark reveal that he believes that a sizable chunk of the Party whose votes he needs are extremists. That's why so many of us are resisting supporting him. He's not comfortable with conservatives. I wish he would snap out of this mode he's in and start acting like he wants to represent all of us, because the way he's acting now is killing voter enthusiasm and jeopardizing ousting Obama in the Fall.

238 So today is my primary (Illinois), and I have no idea who to vote for. I sure as hell don't think Santorum's the guy, and I don't really trust Gingrich, and I can't stand the thought of voting for Romney.

So I don't know what to do. Help me, Moron Kenobi; you're my only hope.

239 Why don't you trust Gingrich? (And do you trust Romney more?) And why can't you stand the idea of voting for Romney?

240

Wow, the sky is a really interesting color.

 

Pretty sure the clouds are spelling out DOOOOOM.

241

So I don't know what to do. Help me, Moron Kenobi; you're my only hope.

Posted by: Kensington at March 20, 2012 10:20 AM (uaEZS)

 

Mitt and Santorum will both get a good deal of the votes, so go with Newt.  Anything that helps take this to Tampa without a winner brings us one step closer to a new nominee that can excite the base.

242 I don't trust Gingrich because his earlier deeds, including the global warming commercial and his support for an insurance mandate tells me that he's a Statist deep down.

I don't want to vote for Romney because I think he's a big phony and our John Kerry, and I don't like Santorum because he doesn't have the executive experience I think is important and also because I sense pander from the guy.

243 Maybe Gingrich is the guy, though, since they all very much suck.

244 Or maybe I'll just write-in Sarah Palin.

245 250 Maybe Gingrich is the guy, though, since they all very much suck. ------- To me Gingrich has the biggest accomplishments under his belt, which helps to mitigate the mistakes he's made. He also has the longest record. Romney has many more deviations from orthodoxy in a much shorter period of time. And I think Gingrich does the best at expressing core conservative principles when he's on his game. So he's useful from that standpoint.

246 No, I can't write in Sarah Palin. As much as I'd like to vote for her, she didn't run, so why throw that vote away?

I'll vote against Obama in November, but I'm not sure I can bring myself to make the cynical "electable" choice today. So since Gingrich is the one who does the most to combat the Leftist narrative, I guess I'll vote for him.

That is, he does the most to combat Leftist narratives when he's not making global warming commercials with Nancy Pelosi.

Oy. Freaking. Vey.

Thank you SO MUCH, GOP, you stupid, stupid party.

247 I'm actually using Mapquest now for directions. It gives you tips like "if you get to the McDonald's, you've gone too far" when they give you step by step directions.

248 @253 One thing about Gingrich (and Santorum, frankly) is that IF they win, it will be BECAUSE of conservatives. If Mitt wins, it will be DESPITE conservatives. So I think we buy a tiny bit more loyalty with either Gingrich or Santorum. Mitt has shown absolutely no willingness to (or ability to) listen to conservatives. He really has run an extremely arrogant campaign -- almost Obama-like. I am steeling myself for ABO in November, but even if Romney manages to beat Obama, I do not expect to be particularly happy with his presidency. And I think he'd be a one-termer.

249 Just saw this on RCP. http://tinyurl.com/romneyheckler While I still can't stand Romney, have to say this is the best thing I've heard from him in the 6 years he's been running for President.

250 lowandslow, hope springs eternal. The only path towards having soemone other then these three stooges is a floor fight. We probably still get stuck with Nixon II, but there remains a chance. Additionally, a floor fight will force the media to cover us; the day after a Romney clinch, he will have to buy every second of coverage and the convention will only get mentioned on C-SPAN and local traffic radio. An exciting convention gives the 'pubs a chance to define the issues with everyone watching, not water it down in endless debates.

251 "if you get to the McDonald's, you've gone too far"
Mayor Bloomberg works for MapQuest?

252 That egghead spoke to my graduating class in high school in '81, and I thought he was a freakin' condescending goon back then.  If you told me that horse's ass would be VP one day back then, I would have laughed my ass off, and then swatted you in the side of the head.

253 254 The last time I used mapquest it sent me to the wrong side of Dallas than I needed to be during rush hour to a road that, as it turned out, was never constructed. I went from being coffee and snacks early to being sweaty and late.

254 Noot would be a one-term President by design...if he had followed on his debate theme of forcibly neutralizing the judiciary (with extreme predjudice...droooool), he'd have sewn up the deal by now.  

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

256

http://tinyurl.com/7zte98t

>>One factor driving up the price is the impending closure of large Northeast refineries due to oppressive EPA regulations unilaterally imposed by Lisa Jackson of Obama's EPA.

I had the unfortune to hear her speak at the Energy Star conference last Thursday. She is an arrogant condescending hack. Her comments toward her minions during the keynote speech were demeaning to the core.

257 Saw John Carter with the whole family, even the wife who had to be dragged to it she was so uninspired by the prospect. Everybody hands down loved it, except for me who only half-heartedly loved it. That's because I read the book, to which the film has only a tangential relationship. And I think that's the film biggest problem, btw. It could have been much better had they simply followed the book. The whole civil war thing is maybe one sentence in the book, it's in the noise, yet Disney made it a big theme complete with Union imprisonment, ex-wife and flashbacks. People heard "Civil War dude on Mars? Nah. Too screwy."

258 So, like, I think, umm, you're sort of sayin' you think our President believes the ends justify the means, merely, or is your assertion that this is taqiyya, or is it that this is both (since this is the 21st-c., after all)? [white male here, "clinging"...]

259 @23, but yet he wants Malia to have a normal life after this.

260 Let me get this out of the way: I'm not that bright. With that in mind, can someone tell me whether Obama on the left side of the presidential election projections?