1 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Friday, August 31, 2012.  On this day in 1887 Thomas Edison patented the kinescope.  This was the forerunner for the motion picture industry.  And yes, like all video inventions one of the very first films made and viewed was The Butterfly Dance, an early porn film.

2 Well the convention is over now, and for those who donÂ’t watch it, like me, yes the mystery guest was Clint and he was a smashing success.  However Roget Eggbehead and The Hill didnÂ’t like it.  Figures

http://is.gd/UL98je

3 Fox has finally got the story on the State Dept bullshit.  It came from a “diversity officer” who incorrectly explained the roots of these so-called offensive phrases.  He is dumber than a Chinese Crowbar and an obvious AA hire.   His research must have been done at WrightÂ’s church.

http://is.gd/KEZ6lu

4 A Church in VA is suing Fairfax County over its sign.  They have a stupid law that says you can not change an electronic sign more than twice a day.  I donÂ’t think being stupid is unconstitutional and I donÂ’t view this as Church and State or Free Speech.  I think it is a property rights issue.  Of course since Kelo we have no property rights any more.

http://is.gd/cbwQVC

5 Obama turds attempt to drown out Romney speech last night with a huge release of electronic media to the press.

http://is.gd/waY1qL

6 A public college in CO will give you credits for campaigning for Obama.  This apparently is a violation of CO law. I would bet that they will be ignored.

http://is.gd/FUSVaq

7 Clint nailed.

8 The head DNC uglynator says the Republicans should have scaled back the convention out of respect for victims of Isaac the TS/Huricane.  This while Obama campaigned in full speed.

http://is.gd/AuQL30

9 The Samsung-Apple suit could get interesting.  A Tokyo court rules for Samsung, the opposite of the US court.

http://is.gd/xpA42l

10 The MFM did not like the Eastwood skit and is hitting back hard.

http://is.gd/a3ieXe

11 Heritage says China is not the major holder of US debt.  Guess who does hold it.  Yes, it is commonly called monetization and no country has ever done this and got away with it.


I have been harping on this myself for a long time.

http://is.gd/H6FJtl

12 7 Vic, Laws, little people

13 Kindle Daily Deal:


The Boarding House


Award-winning author Sharon Sala brings emotional intensity to her unforgettable novel that follows Ellie Wayne, a young woman damaged by a sexually abusive father and mentally fragile mother. Ellie believes her future holds only danger and shame, but one man might be able to help her hope for something more.



And thatÂ’s it for today. The non-hurricane and convention wrap up are sucking all the O2 out of the news this morning.

14 11 Vic, I prefer to think of the debt as being held by the Phantom.

15 Yes, the fact checkers from the MFM are big liars just like Obama and his team.


As for the DOJ suing the SF guy who wrote the book, discovery in that case would be nice. And it would bounce back when reveled that Obama has done most of the "leaking".

16 >>The Samsung-Apple suit could get interesting. A Tokyo court rules for Samsung, the opposite of the US court.

Apparently hasn't been able to pay off the Japanese governmemt,

17 Is that an actual picture of Gabe in that link?

18 The "debt" is currently a euphemism for printing money.  It will not end well but it will be on someone else's watch when the lies about the current rate of inflation are stopped. 


Of course the MFM will blame whoever inherited it.

19 Oh my God, what a hangover....  and on a work morning...  but God the ValuRite tasted awfully damned good last night.  My hair of the dog shall be the media's flopsweat and anguished tears as they try to spin Clint's unspinnable performance.  And verily, it shall be good....

20 MFM is the enemy. They would rather tear down Eastwood as senile because they do not want to talk about Rubio or Romney. Clint hit his target because the JEF howled about it. Nobody talks shit about their boyfriend.

21 The JEF still thinks he's Mr. Cool.  Clint got so far inside his OODA loop it has become a death spiral.

22 Mitt's speech wasn't the barn-burner that some others were, but it was what he needed to do.  He came across as the calm, wise, seasoned pro to Obama's rank amateur.

23 Today will be interesting as the MFM goes into full spin mode actively campaigning for the JEF in a vain attempt to limit the rise of RnR as he unleashes the money-Kraken.

24 I didn't really have a problem with any of Clint's speech BEFORE I found out he had to ad-lib the whole thing. The MFM is just butt-hurt the old man shredded their boyfriend more than he's been hit by any comedian in five years and he did it on the fly and it was EASY.

25 @22:  Well, what would yu consider a "barn-burner"?  Romney may not have burned the barn down, but he left it engulfed in flames...

26 20 Nobody talksshit about theirboyfriend. Clint does.

27 Think about this.  He did that routine from memory and ad lib.  He is 82 years old.  I will never be able to do that.  Hell I couldn't do it now.

28 I'm proud to say I have a new little republican voter in my house. My daughter will be 18 in a few weeks. She must have been bored last night because she followed my downstairs to watch the convention. After a bit she said "this is fascinating, Mom you have to teach me what all this is about". She proceeded to ask me the difference between socialism, communism and capitalism. She wanted to know the difference between a D and a R. There were a million more questions as well. What was Reagan? What was Clinton? etc..finally after it was all over she looked at me and said "Why would people even vote for Obama? Isn't it obvious who they should vote for?" Next thing I know she is texting all her friends who will be old enough to vote to see what party they are voting for!

29 18 Vic, If any leader can overcome the magic paper machine it's Mitt. You know like I know why Mitt is openly calling to old yeller Ben Bukakke. Now we gotta win to start burning that "money".

30 Good for you Molly K.. Does she read AoS?

31 Romney may not have burned the barn down, but he left it engulfed in flames...

Agree, I'm just saying that his rhetoric doesn't soar like some does. 
Like I said, he is the sober adult in a business peopled by children.

32 27 Vic, We all have talents friend. You are a good source of links and a wise voice in a storm. Me, I'm a rabid post generator. We're all in this together....

33 Well, I was talking mainly about age.  Getting old isn't much talent. 

34 My 12 year old son was a trooper. He stayed up for the entire thing and started to laugh and say,"Shall we turn to MSNBC's spin on that speech?"

35 I didn't care for the Eastwood thing.  It wasn't horrible, but it was only slightly entertaining, and he seemed to struggle at times for something to say. 

I sort of viewed it as a brief interlude before the big stuff happened.  Rubio was awesome.  He set the bar pretty high for anybody vying for the role of "next in line," including Ryan. 

36 Eastwood's speech deflected all the MSM spin and hate away from Mitt on to himself.  Today the media will waste their time attacking him instead of Mitt. On election day nobody is voting against Mitt because of a harmless, if somewhat odd speech an old man gave on his behalf.

37

Posted by: Vic at August 31, 2012 06:56 AM (YdQQY)

 

Since we are clarifying language here, you should know that "Diversity Officer"  is code for "black person", and does not, in fact, refer to a member of the Welfare Queen's army.

 

38 Vic, not yet. Baby steps!!

39 #31:  OK, I'm getting your drift.  He does have a pretty down-to-earth delivery.  Which is exactly what we need.  As you said, the adults are back in the room...

40 He set the bar pretty high for anybody vying for the role of "next in line," including Ryan.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 31, 2012 07:16 AM (BeSEI)

"Next in line" will be 8 years away and it will probably be Ryan. In any case, thanks to the rule changes it is even more likely that it will be determined by the Party.

41 MFM is the enemy. They would rather tear down Eastwood as senile because they do not want to talk about Rubio or Romney.

We've got Dirty Harry, they've got Dingy Harry Reid. If you were them would you want to talk about it?

42 Fuck it, we'll do it live!

43 Since we are clarifying language here, you should know that"Diversity Officer" is code for "black person", and does not, in fact, refer to a member of the Welfare Queen's army.

Posted by: Toowray at August 31, 2012 07:17 AM (QjSgY)

Not always, our "diversity officer" was a white woman.

44 >>Clint hit his target because the JEF howled about it.

Mr thin skin doesn't have long to go. I suggest he play a few more rounds of golf.

http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=147466

I believe he will crack.

45 Vic, not yet. Baby steps!!

Posted by: Molly K at August 31, 2012 07:17 AM (weQdH)

LOL, send her an e-mail with the link.  Make sure you tell her that some times we get raunchy.

46 @36:  Precisely.  How can they attack Romney for having an "old fool" give a 10-minute speech, when Obumbles picked an old fool to be VP?  (And I am sure that is exactly why Clint speared Biden last night, to provide Mitt just that armor).

47 http://tinyurl.com/9qstcpo

It reads effectively.

48 33 Vic, Keeping your self wound tight, and having mission capability is a great trick. I hope to be half as lucid, and a fifth as cool as Eastwood God grant me the span. The Chinese say, "old age is a power all might achieve."

49 The media fact checkers are not checking facts. They are The Narrative Gate Keepers serving their Master.

50 Old age is dependent on two major factors (along with luck), heredity and life style.

51 This is the Intertoobs, where WE fact check the MFM's ass.

52 Barky O'Kirby sucks like thousands of vacuums.

53 The "fact checkers" are more accurately called "spin doctors" or simply "liars".

54 Breaking News Alert at Fox:  NJ supermarket shooting kills three (no details).  I hope none of our NJ Morons were near there.

55 2 more observations from the end during the balloon drop:
1) they have a LOT of kids and grand-kids.  I loved that Mrs. Ryan had to stop waving and go grab one of her wayward sons who was chasing balloons into the audience.
2) What a ridiculously good-looking ticket.  Really.  It looked like a GQ photoshoot.  If they were auditioning for a movie, the director would say it was too obvious. 

56

I worked at the State Dept. for 11 years (federal contractor). The Diversity Officer's statements are nothing new. I was hearing that bs all the time. It stunned me at first, then I learned how to gently mocked it. I liked my job and didn't want to get fired. Hell hath no fury then a bureaucrat scorned.

57 Mitt has 100% communicated his personal story by this convention and acceptance speech, imo. I think the remaining question mark for voters is the specific ideas and policies he will implement in order to get the economy growing. His five points were meager and vague, I thought. Also, how is better schools going to improve the economy? That is, like, a 15-20 year investment. Not something that can improve the GDP in his first or even second term.

58 In an example of God's gracious gift of irony, TS Leslie will hit at current trajectory Barack Obama's convention.  M$M watch hubris get its just reward.  East coast morons in case I am reading the path wrong, make sure you're prepared.

59 Also, how is better schools going to improve the economy? That is, like, a 15-20 year investment. Not something that can improve the GDP in his first or even second term.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 31, 2012 07:27 AM (zrpqj)

There hasn't been an election in the last 50 years that did not have the candidates saying they were for "better schools".

60 Gabe, I say this more in sorrow than anger, but the atonal post-punk revival is The Most Serious Issue Of Our Time.   The fact that you refuse to address a matter of such urgency leads me to the inevitable conclusion that you are unwilling, nay, incapable of dealing with any serious matter.  Good day to you, sir.  I say again, good day.


Also, c'mon, you know you wanna help hold DWS down while I go at that hair with a flat iron. 

61 Surprise Clint riffed improv off TOTUS.

The sly jabs were well worth the pauses.

Clint cinched the senior vote of undecideds for Mitt.

If it's "patience" Obama demands from America, to forget as if a MULLIGAN the miserable Marxist policies of his administration, then let the SCOAMF show some respect for his critics. At least Obama could take a cue from the TOTUS and perform the act on himself.

62 Clint won't care what the MFM fuckheads have to say about him; if he did he'd have never made Dirty Harry or any of the sequels, which gave the twats massive cases of the vapors while he made money hand over fist until they finally shut their ignorant upper jizz holes, at least about him.

63 What's great about being old is you don't give a rat's a** anymore. On monday my husband and I will celebrate our 45th anniversary. We do all the work on our yard ourselves which has meadows and wildflowers. Buddy was cutting the meadow yesterday with his weed whacker. He looked studly for 71 until he was done and couldn't stand up straight.

64 60 AtC,

You've got to be careful with that...sharks gotta move to breathe after all.

65 Also, c'mon, you know you wanna help hold DWS down while I go at that hair with a flat iron. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 - Feel the burn! at August 31, 2012 07:30 AM (Gk3SS) Before you use the flat iron you better scrub all the mayonnaise out of it first, could be a fire hazard!

66 I think it's guaranteed that SNL's take on Clint will be a recurring character in thpolices season's political skits.

67 After a bit she said "this is fascinating, Mom you have to teach me what all this is about". She proceeded to ask me the difference between socialism, communism and capitalism.


You must be so proud.   The sad thing is that if we had any type of decent civics education left, she would have known the basics already. 


As far as reading the HQ, yeah, you may want to ease her into that with like Insty and some VDH first.  We can be, how shall I put this, a bit overwhelming. 

68 All the emphasis on US failing schools certainly proved the Republican Leadership admission: "No Child Left Behind" is an utter failure.

A thought, "compassionate conservatism" fails in public programs, progressing the nightmare of administrative overload, bloating bureaucracy as if more reports from teachers (accountability) could EVER improve the quality of HOMEWORK from students, children who must have parental supervision in order to measure up to potential while cultivating self responsibility aka maturity and success.

69 67 AtC,

I'll try to put on my dinner attire straitjacket...

70 Posted by: Granny Jan and Jihad Kitty at August 31, 2012 07:34 AM (Y9XD6)


LOL, a regular Augustas McCrae.  Me I'd rather sit on the porch and watch the weeds grow while hitting the jug.  Then I'll ride the mower when they get too deep.

71 "Not always, our "diversity officer" was a white woman."

Posted by: Vic at August 31, 2012 07:20 AM (YdQQY)

 

Yes, and many white people are American, play golf or live in Chicago , too.

72 70 Vic,

funny you mention that.....

we were wanting Clint to be Woodrow Call and he was in the mood the be Gus...

73 LOL, I used to play golf before I broke my elbow in three places. And I did live in North Chicago for 3 months.

74 For years, SNL was so lame already. It's the senility of humor that's stuck on stoopid.

Clint Eastwood can take the criticism because he's a man, unlike the weenies on SNL. And their snark isn't going to damage Clint's career in the movie business. He said so long as the work is enjoyable, he'll keep working. And his flicks are wonderful expressions of the world according to Eastwood, NOT HOLLYWOOD.

75 Gonna be really quaint watching the M$M nail Clint for "being hard to understand and perhaps unbalanced" while having Joey Plugz within sniffing distance of the button.

76 we were wanting Clint to be Woodrow Call and he was in the mood the be Gus...

Posted by: sven10077 at August 31, 2012 07:39 AM (LRFds)

The screenplay was originally written for John Wayne to be Call, Jimmy Stewart to be Gus, and Henry Fonda to be Jake.  That fell apart.

And when it was revived they wanted Duval to play Coll but he held out for Gus.

77 Of Golf, does Mitt Romney play?

78

I'm with those who think Romney would have been better served by having the family videos and personal testimonies shown during the prime time coverage rather than Eastwood.

79

Good morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.  Didn't see Mitt's speech, but heard parts of it on the radio this morning.  I wonder if the SCOAMF can tamp down his butt-hurt and rage long enough to give a decent speech, or will he go into full Reverend Wright mode?  I do so hope they go Wellstone.

 

Anyway, I promised you a Jean Harlow story.  This is a long one that I've condensed from Jesse Lasky Jr's wonderful memoir Whatever Happened To Hollywood?  So grab an adult beverage of your choice and settle back. . .

 

The heroine of our story is the delicious Jean Harlow, with whom weÂ’ve had a couple of brief encounters this week.  The hero is Jesse Lasky, Jr., son of one of the founders of Paramount Pictures.

 

It seems that, in the early 1930Â’s, Jesse and his dad had crossed the border to sinful Agua Caliente for a little R&R.  Jesse Senior was still a powerful producer, though the knives in his back were beginning to take their toll, while Jesse Junior was employed at the Fox studio as a “reader” – the bottom of the totem pole, a drudge assigned to look at unproduced plays, meandering essays and hopeless books in order to find something – anything – that might be turned into a movie.

 

Off the two went to the golf course, only to find themselves stuck behind a dawdling twosome.  An irritated Senior went up to ask permission to play through, only to find that the players were Harlow and her stepfather, Marino Bello.  Bello suggested they make up a foursome, and so they did, Junior relating with wonder that, in the presence of the intoxicating Miss Harlow, “my normally erratic golf game settled into a golden groove.  Hooks, slices vanished; drives rocketed straight down the fairway.  Everything was working.  I felt inspired.  I was!”

 

That night, Jesse ran into Harlow at the casino and watched her play craps.  Dazzled by her white satin gown cut to the navel (and let me just remind you Harlow was famous for wearing nothing under her gowns), he bet what she did and won a sizeable amount of money.

 

“You roll great dice,” said Jesse.  “You play good golf,” Harlow replied.  “Perhaps we could have a game when we get back to town.  That is, if you donÂ’t mind playing with an old lady” (Harlow was 23 at the time).  She suggested they meet the following Saturday at 2 oÂ’clock at the Riviera Country Club.

 

But when Saturday came, Jesse was doubtful.  “Of course Harlow wouldnÂ’t remember a casual date, carelessly made in the heat of a weekend of fun and fancy.  Even I couldnÂ’t believe that the most important star in Hollywood would date a nonentity, the lowest reader in the least of filmlandÂ’s studios.”  So, rather than look like a fool, he went to his office and began plowing through work.

 

Two oÂ’clock came and went.  The phone jingled.  “Not very nice of you to stand up an old lady!” came the low, feminine voice.

 

“Jean?  Is it really Jean Harlow?”

 

“Uh huh,” Harlow said flatly.  “Start explaining.”

 

“My God,” Jesse stammered, “I didnÂ’t dream that youÂ’d really – that youÂ’d actually – be there.  At the club.  I mean, for golf!”

 

She was, of course.  So Jesse hightailed it out of the office to the club, met Harlow for a round. . .and, well, one date led to another and another, and pretty soon the two of them became something of an item.  For weeks, they went everywhere together, enjoying each otherÂ’s company, though Jesse admitted, “I dared to hold her hand and kiss her hello and goodbye.  I didnÂ’t conceive of venturing further.  Perhaps that was my attraction.  Everything about me seemed to amuse her.”

 

ItÂ’s hard to keep a secret in Hollywood, and soon the gossip that Jesse and Jean were a twosome reached the ears of JesseÂ’s boss at Fox, who instantly promoted him to personal assistant, with an office, a secretary and a salary of $250 a week.  And it wasnÂ’t just the boss who treated Jesse with newfound respect.  People who didnÂ’t know he was alive boasted of being old friends.  Virtual strangers slapped him on the back – “Jess, old fellow!  How are you?  Say, weÂ’re throwing a party tonight.  Why donÂ’t you come?  And. . .bring a guest, too.”

 

Then, one day, it all ended.

 

Everything had begun nicely enough.  Jesse picked Harlow up – “Her perfume was so strong it made me reel.  She was wearing one of her Adrian-designed white dresses, which set off the silver-platinum hair.  ‘You never looked more beautiful,Â’ I told her.  She took the compliment in stride.  ‘WeÂ’ll have fun.  I want to have a lot of fun tonight.’”

 

Off they went to a swanky Beverly Hills bistro for dinner, dancing and drinks – lots and lots of drinks.  By the time the two of them got back to HarlowÂ’s house, she was complaining of a slight headache.  Jesse made to leave, but she stopped him.

 

“I am now about to read the corniest line in movie history,” she said.  “Come up with me while I change into something comfortable.”

 

Up they went to her bedroom.  Jean stepped into her dressing room.  Now, letÂ’s let Jesse tell us the rest of the story:

 

“She stepped into the dressing room, leaving the door open.  In the mirrors, white flesh, sheer silk, flashing.  I waited.

 

‘SomebodyÂ’s got loose with a hammer in my head.  Think I should lie down.  Why donÂ’t you relax.  Stay awhile.Â’

 

But instead I hurried out of the room – to return in a moment.  ‘Got something for you,Â’ I called through the door.

 

‘Nearly ready.Â’  She came out of the dressing room in a fantastic peach-colored negligee.

 

I handed her two aspirin and a glass of water.  The glass was pink and silver.

 

‘How old are you, Jesse?’

 

‘Twenty-two.’

 

She climbed into the vast bed.  On the floor sprawled pages of the script for her next picture, Bombshell.

 

‘When I was sixteen I was married,Â’ she said.  ‘My first husband couldnÂ’t stand me wanting to work in pictures.  I guess he was jealous of them.  Why are all men jealous?Â’

 

‘Lack of confidence, maybe.  Like being – too tall or – my father always called me Shortie.Â’

 

‘I wouldn’t have noticed,’ she said kindly.

 

I noticed the aspirin were still on the bedside table.  ‘HowÂ’s your head?  Would you like me to read you to sleep?Â’

 

She looked at me a long moment.  ‘If thereÂ’s one thing I canÂ’t stand, itÂ’s reading in bed.  Be a good boy and go home.Â’

 

The moment had passed when I might have been any other kind of boy.

 

Next day I phoned Jean at her studio dressing-room to check on the time for our usual evening date.  The colored maid whoÂ’d been with her for years said she couldnÂ’t speak to me.  Another phone call brought the same answer.  And another and another.  “CouldnÂ’t” had obviously become “wouldnÂ’t.”  By the tenth phone call I knew it was over; Jean Harlow wouldnÂ’t be seeing me again.”

 

And we fade out on a sadder but wiser Jesse Lasky.

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.  See you on Tuesday.

80 76 Vic,

If you haven't read the books they're wonderful...well the last book about the fall of Call isn't but you can't smile everyday and the sun can't always shine.

81

@vic <I>LOL, a regular Augustas McCrae. Me I'd rather sit on the porch and watch the weeds grow while hitting the jug. Then I'll ride the mower when they get too deep.</I>

Buddy isn't all work. He does play golf every morning. His handicap goes down with age. He just gets better and better. I was a lucky child bride.

82 The associated press bad mouths Eastwood....if it were some liberal stooges stumping for oldbama whom gave half the speech they would be falling all over themselves saying it was just so phenomenal. What a shame and a farce the media has become.

83 58 I suspected the hurricane hysteria would be a cruel bitch mistress.

84

@43-Not always, our "diversity officer" was a white woman.

 

Maybe she was one quarter Cherokee.

 

The Outlaw Jose Wales has been in my top5 movies since I first saw it back in the 70's.

85 fine.  Clints a big boy who can defend himself.  Looks like they are forgetting to parse Mitts speech and tear apart his bio, at least for now.  Our squirrel

86 Posted by: sven10077 at August 31, 2012 07:45 AM (LRFds)



I just finished the original.  It was good.  Not sure if I want to read all the sequels. There's a good chance that they would spoil the original.

87

we need to be ready to fact check the fat checkers ala Dan Rather.  Their boyfriend is flailing and they know it.

88 Instead of trying to get cute and clever with holograms why not simply show archived clips of Reagan's "are you better off" ads? In any event, Romney's got a fighting chance. If the job market further weakens between now and November then he's got a damn good chance. Hopefully conservatives will clue in and will vote en masse. It boggles the mind that that's still a major hangup, granted, but you can't really fix terminally stupid. Ultimately the election could come down, ironically enough, to small numbers of Reagan Democrats in a small number of states. And I mean literally, to Reagan Democrats. Blue collar union folks who voted for Reagan, who live in places like Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa, who voted for Obama last time around, but who again are struggling to make ends meet and are rueing that mistake from '08. But now they're elderly. In their 70's and 80's. Romney's GOTV operations sure as hell better be as robust as they're claiming.

89 I always pictured Malor as fat.

90 Posted by: Granny Jan and Jihad Kitty at August 31, 2012 07:45 AM (Y9XD6)


You have to use [ ] here instead of the < > for formatting commands.

91 http://tinyurl.com/97vm992

T Boone Pickens admits that subsidy is unnecessary on CNG

92 Morning 'Ettes and 'Rons.

Still living the warm afterglow of last night.  I loved all of Mitt's speech, but the line that really sticks with me is Rubio's.

"We aren't saying he is a bad guy.  We're saying he's a bad president."

No reason from yesterday to change the Senate model, so the probability that the GOP will take the Senate remains at 94.9%

93 Clints a big boy who can defend himself. Looks like they are forgetting to parse Mitts speech and tear apart his bio, at least for now. Our squirrel

Posted by: thunderb at August 31, 2012 07:47 AM (Dnbau)

Exactly; their first instinct is to treat the JEF like a retarded child and come to his rescue because he's such a pathetic punk who can't handle the least amount of criticism.  They do it every fucking time.

94 On that shooting in NJ:



The official says the shooting happened early Friday inside a Pathmark grocery store in Old Bridge, a suburb about 25 miles from New York. The store was closed at the time.

95 Clint or dancing vaginas?  Not a hard choice.

96 The one sales pitch that stuck out while listening last night out of all the messaging was that Mitt Romney is the hardest working VOLUNTEERISM political business man who puts the likes of Obama to shame. Romney didn't take a salary while Governor, that was news to me.

Contrast that with the Obama's leeching salaries from public funds, squandering public tax funds on presidential never ending vacations. There must be an end to Obama's spending of my tax funds for his pleasures.

You won't see Mitt skipping out from the Oval Office responsibilities in order to play another round of golf or fly off on another vacation. And who'd be surprised to find that Romney doesn't accept the POTUS salary while in office? According to his peers, Mitt's the first one to work and very much the active manager of all concerned. /Perhaps it's micromanaging that would be his Achilles heel.

97 I always pictured Malor as fat.

Posted by: nickless at August 31, 2012 07:49 AM (MMC8r)

Same here.

98

A Church in VA is suing Fairfax County over its sign. They have a stupid law that says you can not change an electronic sign more than twice a day. I donÂ’t think being stupid is unconstitutional and I donÂ’t view this as Church and State or Free Speech. I think it is a property rights issue. Of course since Kelo we have no property rights any more.

-----

Separation of church and state is one way.

99 I loved Clint's schtick, but any time the MFM blows on him is time they aren't using to attack Romney and Ryan.

100 T Boone Pickens admits

he scams the system.

101 /Perhaps it's micromanaging that would be his Achilles heel.

Posted by: panzernashorn at August 31, 2012 07:53 AM (BAnPT)

Micro-managers are never successful.  Romney was successful.

102 Of course, when I released national secrets for personal gain the situation was totally different (because I'm important) and no one here at the White House really cares about that Pakistani doctor who fingered UBL for us anyway. So it's cool with us in Obamaland if the Pentagon decides to chew this SEAL up and spit him out.

103

"The associated press bad mouths Eastwood....if it were some liberal stooges stumping for oldbama whom gave half the speech they would be falling all over themselves saying it was just so phenomenal."

Posted by: ef hutton at August 31, 2012 07:46 AM (5LbPH)

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Next week it will be just that.

104 I saw that Ebert called Clint "sad." Here's what he tweeted about Dick Clark, not so long ago: Roger EbertVerified ?@ebertchicago Hell, let Dick Clark do it as long as he wants to. Good to be reminded on the Eve that age and illness are a part of life. You know who's sad? Ebert.

105 83 Nickless,

I'm a clockmaker deist at heart, part of my estrangement with Rome.

One of my differences with pure Deism though is I believe every once in a bit an not in ways we ever truly understand the maker fixes a gear or tweaks the clock.

Hubris on an epic scale may break the clock's equilibrium JUST ENOUGH God, and fate decide to clean the clock.

106 101 We'll see.

107 I always pictured Gabe as William H Macy.

108 >>>DOD is threatening to sue the author of an UBL raid book for breaching non-disclosure rules. In other news, Lenny Bruce is going to sue Dennis Leary for having a bit of a potty mouth.

109 5 Obama turds attempt to drown out Romney speech last night with a huge release of electronic media to the press. http://is.gd/waY1qL Posted by: Vic at August 31, 2012 06:57 AM (YdQQY) =========== Such bullying children.

110 >>>I saw that Ebert called Clint "sad." Let's be accurate. He typed "sad".

111 "Agree, I'm just saying that his rhetoric doesn't soar like some does.
Like I said, he is the sober adult in a business peopled by children."

This is actually a great point, and one that people forget when talking about Reagan.  What struck me last night was how much Romney "sounded" like Reagan.  It was the same inflections, the same pacing.  Everyone wants to remember Reagan's speeches as barn burning, take no prisoners, tours de force.  But they weren't.  He was called The Great Communicator, because he could sound reasonable and nice while explaining to you how the world really works.

Understand, I'm not saying Romney is Reagan, but he is the closest to Reagan's oratory style I have heard.  At least last night.

112 #89  I always picture Malor as Noel Coward.  :-)

113 7 A public college in CO will give you credits for campaigning for Obama. This apparently is a violation of CO law. I would bet that they will be ignored. http://is.gd/FUSVaq Posted by: Vic at August 31, 2012 06:57 AM (YdQQY) ========= I read this before coming to Ace, and was steamed. Talk about conflict of taxpayer's money interest...

114 There hasn't been an election in the last 50 years that did not have the candidates saying they were for "better schools".

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But at least now our side is seemingly willing to take on the entrenched unions and take direct aim at their own interests at the expense of the children.

Last night was really great.  Not a barn burner, but really great.  What sticks out in my mind the most was the personal aspect of Mitt Romney, the man.  I was extremely touched by the older couple and the woman who came out and gave testament to their own tragedies and how Mitt selflessly helped them.  Can anyone even remotely imagine Obama doing such a thing...without cameras rolling or a political advantage for him somehow?  I can't.

Likewise, as a chick, I was really touched by what comes across as a very, very loving family.  I got teary-eyed when Ann and Mitt talked about her MS diagnosis.  The love they feel for each other was very touching, and will not be lost by women who saw that.  It was the humanization of Mitt and I think it worked beautifully. 

115 I always pictured Gabe as William H Macy. Posted by: sven10077 at August 31, 2012 07:58 AM (LRFds) I always picyure him as Philip Seymour Hoffman.

116 114 LiB,

MittBot Version 2.1 now with 39% more empathy!

117 The associated press bad mouths Eastwood....if it were some liberal stooges stumping for oldbama whom gave half the speech they would be falling all over themselves saying it was just so phenomenal. What a shame and a farce the media has become.

I expect to see the MFM do exactly that next week when the Dems are on parade.

Mitt says 'Clint Eastwood', Obama responds with Sandra Fluke. lol.

118 115 OSP,

anything but Barry Manilow's tolerable I'd reckon...

119 Can we start predicting the SNL election skits yet? SNL skit...Clint is an angry senile racist man, like your crazy uncle...think Phil Hartman as Perot's VP. SNL skit...Ann Romney...desparate housewife. Sexually deprived. The homophobe you laugh at if you are hip to Americas new family values of two sweet GAY guys who adopt her a grandchild... SNL skit...Catholic and Morman jokes...unfunny versions of Church Chat...Alec Baldwin

120 You know who's sad? Ebert.

Posted by: hypocrites at August 31, 2012 07:57 AM (IPhbB)

Fat Egbert with another jaw-droppingly dumb statement?  The deuce you say!!

121 Eastwood just said what we all have known for some time.  President Golf Pro has no clothes!  The prattling left wing ass-holes can't stand for their hero to be exposed.  Why, if Eastwood gets away with it the masses may think its alright to repeat it.  So, they trash him.  The thing is Eastwood has respect in this country.  The media, not much, if any.

122 "Exactly; their first instinct is to treat the JEF like a retarded child and come to his rescue because he's such a pathetic punk who can't handle the least amount of criticism. They do it every fucking time."

Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at August 31, 2012 07:51 AM (8gs37)

It's convenient for the MFM to have one playbook for the both of us.  I wonder if Barack planned it that way.  He's so goddam smart, godluvim!

123 Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2012 08:01 AM (lTVJy) Compare and contrast Mitt with SCOAMF, vis a vis caring about people. George Obama is destitute and living in squalor in a Nairobi shanty town while his piece of shit brother totally ignores him. THAT speaks volumes. Great ad material, super-pacs (hint-hint).

124 #111  I think it is because both were brought up in the Midwest.  You have a good ear,  and I thought the same thing when I heard an excerpt of Romney's speech to the American Legion on local radio yesterday.

There's a cheerful niceness about the tone which you do NOT get from Obama.  Next week we will get the angry,  arrogant lecturing we have been hearing for 4 years. He will be determined to "show" Romney that he is a better speaker,  and it will cause him to try too hard.

And we  will also get a speech from Michelle,  and she will be angry as usual. 

The debates will be mostly about whether anyone wants to listen to the Obamas for another 4 years.  I think we win that contest.

125 Stay Puft embraces the horror: http://tinyurl.com/8mmb5h4

126 I pictured Gabe as Andy Devine.

127 111 Dave,

Reagan was an accomplished actor. Reagan's oratory remains outstanding. Romney's message is what sets Romney apart, not his delivery. What the two share in common is their belief in American optimism leading the way through hard work to the best of times from the worst of times.

But I don't care to judge a politician on his charisma. Like Jerry Doyle says, I don't want my accountant to be the coolest guy evah, but to be the best accountant ever.  I don't care if my POTUS is a stick in the mud so long as he's defending and upholding the US Constitutional Government, my rights and Liberty.

128

115I always pictured Gabe as William H Macy.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 31, 2012 07:58 AM (LRFds)

I always picyure him as Philip Seymour Hoffman

 

I always pictured him as silent Bob.

129 This fellow at #88 is kind of a tool, isn't he?

130 Will Moochelle transform into the Salt Creature?

131

I'm guessing if Gabriel Malor is a pseudonym, then that's not his pic, either.

 

So what's the significance of the nom de plume, Gabe?  Or is it just random?

132

We we either get the angry Obama or the begging, whining Obama.

 

Or we will get the Obama in deep denial.

133 124 Miss Marple,

That's an interesting analysis, and supported by Barky McGiggles' insistence at answering Crazy Uncle Clint....

I'm gonna ponder that posit a bit.

134

David brooks is a needle-dick bug fucker. I hate that asshole. He accused Romney/Ryan of "campaign malpractice" because they hadn't gotten the message about how kind, warm, human, loving etc Mitt is...That's coming from a guy who works for an organ that commits journalistic malpractice on a daily basis. We're months away from the election, a fucking eternity. ANY "undecideds" are low, LOW info voters. They are not paying attention. The best hope with them is to get an ad in front of them during "Jersey Shore," episode, a week before the election.

 

135 The line of the night was when Rubio said that his dad stood behind the bar in the back of the room so that he could stand at the lecturn in the front of the room. Very powerful.

136 I loved Mitts schools bit. Giving parents the CHOICE of where to send their kids is one thing that could be helpful and it does not involve hiring more bureaucrats. And he understands that 'creating' 12 million jobs happens when you remove the boot from the throat of small businesses, not by the gub'mint investing in Solyindra and similar shit.

137

What really bothered me was Eastwood's statement, "We own this country."

 

Eastwood is white and he was talking to a whole bunch of racist Republicans who also want to bring back slavery.

138 Panzer - All I'm saying is that several time last night, I closed my eyes and listened, just letting my mind drift a little.  I could hear Reagan giving that speech.  I was hearing his acceptance speech in 1984 and his speech after the Challenger.

The parallels in delivery style were eerie.

I agree the message is important, not the style.

139

MFM having a shit-tard meltdown over Clint, proving once again they are humorless, miserable, sad people.

 

140 135 Truck Monkey,

I'm going to watch Rubio's financial instincts with great interest on C-Span2.  The party is in good hands if we get the ball back this or next cycle, but the further away from the WW2 gen we get the harder it will be to miss the iceberg.  The democrats have the United States pretending to be a resource poor nation, when we are bless with the most easily accessible resource cache above ice on Earth.

141 Truck - Rubio pulled that from his stump speech, I've heard him give that line a half dozen times.  It is a very powerful line and always resonates.  I'm very glad he used it.

142 Good morning friends in a box. I will share what I took away from last night. The speed skater talking about carrying the flag made mr cry. Marco Rubio will be President someday. Mitt will not be afraid to push school choice. Obama's line about wanting to lower the seas etc was crushed by Mitt saying, I want to help your family. He linked him to Carter, outstanding. "Under my administration, our friends will see more loyalty and Mr. Putin will see a little less flexibility and more backbone." Awesome. There were a few others but I guess it's back to Pelosi's famous line, We'll have to vote for him to find out whats in him. Oh yeah, Mitts boys have some smokin hot wives.

143 Oh...morn' ya'll...

144 137 Chris Tingle,

That's right when someone says "WE own this country" he better be speaking of Soros, Granola, Moonbat, and Media Inc right Dr. Tingles?

145 132 

I have no doubt it will be Angry Obama.  I think the class warfare, the dirty lies, the sarcastic tone will be full metal jacket.  It won't be an uplifting convention.  It won't focus on the goodness of America.  Hell, I'll eat my shoes if they even say the Pledge of Allegiance, wave the flag or sing our anthem.  They'll try to wrap it in an "all in this together, sacrificin'" blanket.  But under the thin surface, it will be very vicious.  It's who they are.

146 Discovery on the SEAL team book wold be fascinating, but it will be held in a closed intelligence court run by Obama DoJ appointees and liberal-appointed judges.

I am planning to re-watch every Eastwood movie ever made.  The only better conclusion would have been if he had said "Mr Obama, get off OUR lawn!"

147 Flbklng efnthgwd wbs sbd.

148 Clints not so subtle allusion to Baracks empty chair telling us to go fuck ourselves was real good too. I was thinking last night that it might have been a bit harsh but it IS essentially what JEF is telling a silent majority to do.

149

I'm guessing if Gabriel Malor is a pseudonym, then that's not his pic, either.

So what's the significance of the nom de plume, Gabe? Or is it just random?

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I'm thinking that unless you have a spare 200k to pay for your defense, its best to be like Ace and approach this whole public writing thing like you're a wanted fugitive.

150 http://tinyurl.com/9cs4zxz

Barry Choom in his "Magic Chair"....

I thought he was not gonna watch?

151 The only better conclusion would have been if he had said "Mr Obama, get off OUR lawn!"

That would've been awesome. 

152 I didn't think Eastwood was effective at first, but after the Obama campaign felt compelled to tweet a picture of Obama in a chair, I realized it was devastating.

153 #133  sven,.  I have watched both political conventions since Jack Kennedy's in 1960,  when I was in 7th grade.  (As you know,  I am older than dirt.)  You can tell a lot from watching the stuff that doesn't get shown in prime time.

For example,  I was certain that Tipper Gore would divorce Al eventually.  I believe he was an emotionally abusive,  if not physically abusive,  husband. And why would I say this?

Watching the convention coverage in 2000 I saw  the film introducing the Gores to the nation. (This was shown in its entirety on C-SPAN,  my preferred channel for conventions).  They were touring the  house in Tennessee and Al made a point (despite Tipper's protestations) of showing a self-portrait Tipper had painted of herself when she was very pregnant.   (I actually believe this was  done when she was under treatment for Depression.) So there I sat,  looking at a picture of nude, pregnant Tipper Gore.

And I thought that 1. A woman who paints herself like that is having serious mental problems.  2. A husband who has the picture hanging in the HALLWAY where children and grandchildren can see it has a mental problem as well.  and 3. A guy who insists on showing that on national television is out to humiliate the wife , which he did. 

When you coupled that with the over-the-top, man-handling kiss he gave her on the convention stage and I came to the conclusion he should be allowed nowhere near the Oval Office.  I am glad she divorced him.

Lots of people here bitch about George Bush,  but I consider his election divine intervention,  protecting us from a Gore presidency.

154 149 UwP,

Amen.  Scary thing these days, the rule is only one side has rules.  An intolerable condition that we must remedy.

155 I would be willing to bet the Obama Campaign made a decision to smear Ryan as a liar long before his speech. One Ryan selling point is credibility; he's the guy who honestly states the nature of our country's fiscal emergency. Attack his honesty, and his credibility diminishes. It was just a matter of picking out some detail in the speech they could dispute, knowing the MFM would eagerly promote the Party Line.

156 Thursday, September 6 (Bank of America Stadium) Foo Fighters Mary J. Blige Earth, Wind and Fire James Taylor Delta Rae Inspire the Fire Marc Anthony (national anthem) Wednesday, September 5 (Time Warner Cable Arena) DJ Cassidy Jessica Sanchez Branford Marsalis (national anthem) Tuesday, September 4 (Time Warner Cable Arena) DJ Cassidy Ledisi Is this a fucking concert or a fight for the leader of the Free World?

157 152 Boone,

Exactly, Clint Eastwood did the best "where's the Obama that I used to know?" parody yet...

Barck is crapping his teeth this morning.

158 "Don't blame George, he cain't he'p it, he was born with a silver foot in his mouth!" --Ann Richards, Great Moments in Democrat Civility Yet, Emperor MomJeans is off limits.

159 @153. Yes.  We dodged a sh*t pie when Bush beat Gore.  Gore is a loon.

160 Oh yeah, Mitts boys have some smokin hot wives. I will admit that when I saw the ginger amongst them, I may have steepled my fingers and let out my best Burnsian excellent. I still want that Infinite Balloon Generator.

161 >>>158 Yet, Emperor MomJeans is off limits. "The Devil, the proud spirit, cannot endure to be mocked."

162 Enjoy, howabout jetpacks for 'pubs, monorails for Dims http://preview.tinyurl.com/9tnqwv3

163 Is this a fucking concert or a fight for the leader of the Free World? Posted by: RWC at August 31, 2012 08:22 AM (fWAjv) Apparenty a concert. Why else would anyone go? I think the thousands of free tickets handed out to the inner city folk is going to backfire. You can't get that many in one place and not have violence. When "he looked at me funny" is reason to shoot someone? Could be fun to watch.

164 Great story about  Jesse Lasky.  You can't treat a whore like a lady.  It makes them  uncomfortable.

165 I am glad she divorced him.

Lots of people here bitch about George Bush, but I consider his election divine intervention, protecting us from a Gore presidency.

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 31, 2012 08:20 AM (GoIUi)

ManBearPig, in addition to being dumb as a plank, is seriously mentally ill.  That he hasn't been in therapy for decades is a clear sign he doesn't have any real friends.

I always thought Tipper was a nice person who got caught up in doing well intentioned but ultimately ill advised things, like her crusade against rock lyrics which brought a lot of ridicule heaped on her.  I'm glad she left the tub of shit too.

166 I may have steepled my fingers and let out my best Burnsian excellent. LOL, I can envision that.

167 Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 31, 2012 08:25 AM (9TTOe) I would never stoop to the level of enjoying blue on blue violence. Oh. Wait. I would love every frickin second of it.

168 153 Miss Marple,

Yup.  Spot on.  Al's other problem is of overriding intellectual vanity, a house built on very loose sand.

The way he tried to physically cow Bush the younger is a tell of his insecurity and bullying nature.  Add in his pathetic attempt at a Ronald Reagan impersonation and he may as well have held up a Looney Tunes sign saying "u screwball".  Gore was so over the top in trying to con us with cheap gags he showed how little regard he had for us.

http://tinyurl.com/8dwdkhz

His theatrics at the 3d debate were so over the top....

169 Hope that no one wears their "best" sneakers to the DNC!

170 Fat Egbert with another jaw-droppingly dumb statement? The deuce you say!!

Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at August 31, 2012 08:04 AM (8gs37)

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And Ebert takes another solid right hook to the chin!

 

171 Seriously,  are they handing out free tickets for something?  To the rabble?

And this is a good idea why?

I am personally convinced the Secret Service guys are blinking "help me" in code whenever I see them on TV.

172 Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 31, 2012 07:51 AM

Rubio is, maybe, a good guy. Maybe the official meme for the Repubs is to try to shoot the enemy down in a kindly way, as Bull Halsey (I think) said.

I'm not a good guy. I think Bark Obama is a treasonous, worthless little fuck who not only never built anything, but has never done an honest day's work in his entire affirmative-action life. I think Choom Boy is so consumed by hate for the nation that he will do anything to destroy it. In short, if not protected by his skin color (and political affiliation), he would be in a homeless shelter somewhere, wearing his "Che" t-shirt and ranting drunkenly about being oppressed by The Man. Or he would be under indictment for a number of crimes he has committed in the last four years.

So I'm saying he's a bad guy, and deserves punishment, not adoration or even consideration.

173 It's who they are. Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2012 08:16 AM (lTVJy) ====== There will be, without a doubt, Che Guevara flags and t-shirts. And, a lot of communist symbolism.

174 The Empty Suit is now an Empty Chair. How poignant. Was that a legitimate rape or not?

175 loved last night....clint was awesome.....rubio was incredible and mitt was presidential..... if you still don't want to vote for mitt....you may not be a conservative........

176 169 Hrothgar,

Red Bull should sponsor it for the simple fact that those wings have a lot of utility when the democrats' production matches QE3 levels of progress....

the good news is we will have enough output to turn Death Valley into the Garden of Eden, the bad news is the fertilizer will smell like Barack Obama.

177 Posted by: Miss Marple at August 31, 2012 08:32 AM (GoIUi)

I think all the Secret Service guys prayers at night include: "Please, let the voters release me from having to serve this blockhead!"

178 I'm hoping all those zingers from Clint will be used in commercials all the way up to the election. Most of the lines were stand-alone gems. One line at a time. One ad at a time.

179 Posted by: sven10077 at August 31, 2012 08:34 AM (LRFds)


something like "Thousands enter, hundreds leave!" as the DNC event slogan, brought to you by the Koch  Brothers.

180 Happy B-Day Mal!

181 "Everythings free, except us."

182

Oh yeah, Mitts boys have some smokin hot wives.

Link to photos please?

183 How do liberals reconcile their idea the conservatives are hung about sex when the Romney family seem to have been fruitful and have multiplied. Ryan has 3 kids n Rubio 4. Never understood that line of thought

184 Sandra Fluke: Big Damn Ovarian Hero http://tinyurl.com/8qvcq3f Funny thing; if you do a google search for Sandra Fluke you get three billion responses regard 'Fluke being BULLIED' by random assorted conservatives, including Loesh. Apparently, that's the left's meme with Fluke...she's just a poor fawn in the woods being endlessly harassed by barbarian hordes.

185 Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at August 31, 2012 08:32 AM (OWjjx) Will you be throwing condoms to the crowd as you ride by on the float? Happy Birthday.

186 173 MrScribbler,

Your post is, as are many of my own, a good example of why despite the fact he was not my first or second choice at the start of this cycle Mitt Romney is the correct choice for this race at this time.  It is easy due to the inherent and unarguable inequity in media coverage and expected civility  between the party's to want to paint one's face with the blood the lashing if their barbed tongues draw flash a predator's smile and cry havoc unleashing the dogs of war, but an America trained to treat the President as a Special Needs child/idiot savant would recoil form Barack being treated as his character merits.  Mitt, whether he feels the same anger as many of us on the right or not, has the professionalism to make the sale in the face of adverse winds.

We are truly sending our best, and the media and democrats will do their worst.

187 Is this a fucking concert or a fight for the leader of the Free World? Posted by: RWC at August 31, 2012 08:22 AM (fWAjv) =========== A plea for the young vote. And, to the hippie throwbacks (James Taylor).

188 131 So what's the significance of the nom de plume?

Rolam Leirbag

189 172 Malamutt,

Happy Birthday Mal, and many more.

All the best to you and yours.

190

No, they moved the start of the NFL season to Wednesday as not to preempt our dear emporer.

I'm sure if Romney were running for re-election NBC would do the exact same thing.

Really, they would

191 Oh, and bang up job "shutting down" the convention, Occutards.  Your effectiveness matches your intelligence.

192

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

 

Hey, better late than never.

193 Is the MFM covering the donk convention's mooooooooooooooslim friday prayer thingy today?

194 Please Please make the media stop harping on the outrageous prices of gas and the casualties of the war. My goodness you would think it was their agenda to oust a president....what....there has been no reporting on this? Oh.

195 "Above my pay-grade!"

196

Morning all!

 

So like an idiot I fell asleep and missed Romney's speech last night.  How'd it go?  I haven't gotten to check any of the media reaction.

197 >>>172 Here is the big event of the day: It is my birthday. Happy Birthday. Your stripper is in the mail.

198 @156- Dangit, I like the Foo Fighters... what the hayl are they doing, being seen at preezy empty chair's party?

This is distressing.

 

199 87 we need to be ready to fact check the fat checkers ala Dan Rather. Their boyfriend is flailing and they know it.     Flailing? Is that what you call it? Where I'm from, we call it drowning. LOL

200

The line of the night was when Rubio said that his dad stood behind the bar in the back of the room so that he could stand at the lecturn in the front of the room. Very powerful.

 

I think this line was central to Rubio's speech. On the surface it's a nice message about the promise of America and all the things that can be accomplished here, but I took a deeper meaning from it. His parents could have taken the easy way, stayed in Cuba, and taken a minimal level of security and handouts by the government. Instead, they chose to take a chance and moved to America where they knew things wouldn't be easy but that if they were willing to work hard their kids would have the chance to have the things that they couldn't. Their dream was not for themselves but for their kids.

 

I believe that he was trying to get across to people his age (my age) that things are not good right now, but that if we are willing to work hard, if we are willing to walk away from things that current seniors have (retirement in early 60s, Medicare, Social Security), if we choose the more difficult path for ourselves then things can be better for our kids and grandkids. We can choose not to condemn them to mediocrity. In doing so we may have to work harder and longer, but if we do it they won't have to.

201 >>>199 So like an idiot I fell asleep and missed Romney's speech last night. How'd it go? I haven't gotten to check any of the media reaction. I thought it was pretty damned awesome. General moron consensus seems to be that he 'got the job done' and 'did what he needed to'.

202 Romney's speech was fabulous, MWR.

Personally, I liked it better than Ryan's, but everyone thinks it was great.

203 Is the MFM covering the donk convention's mooooooooooooooslim friday prayer thingy today? Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at August 31, 2012 08:41 AM (8gs37) Yep, but Archbishop Timothy Dolan wasn't invited. What a complete slap in the face to Christians and muzzy hating Americans like me and Reactionary.

204 "Barry Choom in his "Magic Chair"....

I thought he was not gonna watch?"

Posted by: sven10077 at August 31, 2012 08:20 AM (LRFds)

Well, if he wasn't watching he sure was all ears.  My god, that pic at BuzzFeed...you could see light coming through those things, like little--no, medium sized--serial-killer's lampshades.  Put on a tank helmet Okakis, you're scaring the cat.

205 No, they moved the start of the NFL season to Wednesday as not to preempt our dear emporer.
I'm sure if Romney were running for re-election NBC would do the exact same thing.
Really, they would

Posted by: Jay at August 31, 2012 08:40 AM (3LaGb)

Put the blame where it really belongs:  On pussyboy Roger Goodell.

206 152 Emptypotomus

207 175 The Empty Suit is now an Empty Chair. How poignant.

Was that a legitimate rape or not?     THAT was legitimate rape-rape.

208 So I'm saying he's a bad guy, and deserves punishment, not adoration or even consideration. Posted by: MrScribbler at August 31, 2012 08:33 AM (wZI4b) ===== couldn't agree more

209 Little known fact about Rubio.  One of his aunts is Castro's ex-wife.

210

"Barry Choom in his "Magic Chair"....I thought he was not gonna watch?"
Posted by: sven10077 at August 31, 2012 08:20 AM (LRFds)

 

 

Is "Ferengi" racist?

211 185 Dick Nixon,

They live on Earth 2.  Here on Earth 1 the GOP has a more diverse caucus, numerical Hispanic superiority, and a wider more vocally honest and diverse range of ideas under our tent.  The only trouble having so many distinguished visitors from Earth 2 here on Earth 1 happens when the politician's positional theories on issues of the day touch.

When Barry Soetoro from Earth 1 was touched by the positions of Barack Obama of Earth 2 his matter/anti-matter interaction between total support for traditional family and total support for Gay Rights led to an atomic detonation of 2,7500,000 Chickens.

The mushroom cloud was seen from Sarah Palin's porch

212 197 Please Please make the media stop harping on the outrageous prices of gas and the casualties of the war. My goodness you would think it was their agenda to oust a president....what....there has been no reporting on this? Oh. Posted by: Mekan at August 31, 2012 08:41 AM (hm8tW) Gas is free as long as you help Obama out, he'll help you out. And from what I gather there hasn't been one death since the Lightworker has descended from upon high.

213 Here is the big event of the day: It is my birthday. Happy happy! I shall polish my boots for the parade. Come, my pretties, I shall tell you my tale of woe. I decide to have a nutritious breakfast of tea and brownie and I open my desk drawer to retrieve said brownie. Lo, what do I discover? Apparently there was a mouse in my drawer, at least my keen CSI skills determined this due to the hole that had been gnawed into the box with said brownie and the hole eaten out of said brownie. Quail in fear, rodent, for I shall avenge with fire.

214 The Paulbots out there are wringing their hands**ahem-Mike Church** and lamenting that this is a great day if you're a warmongering neo-con. I'm not big on intermural back stabbing but these guys are really growing tiresome and if the rumor is true that a Paulbot is responsible for gaining access for the coed pink shitheel on tuesday night then, i don't know...fuck em!!

215 @189- "And, to the hippie throwbacks (James Taylor)."

uh, believe the apt term would be "hippe throw aways" here.

Also, if memory serves, the song "You're so Vain" was about James Taylor. Oh, the irony- it do burn.

216 >>>214 Is "Ferengi" racist? Money grubbing, big nosed, cowardly aliens? I'll need to run that through Chris Matthew's RACE-O-TRON Detection Grid for a definitive answer.

217 158 Yet, Emperor MomJeans is off limits.

The point Clint made was that momjeans ain't off limits no mo'.

218 Have to mention, too, that I loved Clint's zinger about our Fuckup-in-Chief flying all over hell's half acre in his big jet...and isn't he supposed to be ecological?  Good stuff.

219

217 Lo, what do I discover? Apparently there was a mouse in my drawer, at least my keen CSI skills determined this due to the hole that had been gnawed into the box with said brownie and the hole eaten out of said brownie.

 

IOW, those aren't chocolate sprinkles for said browine.

220 Also, if memory serves, the song "You're so Vain" was about James Taylor. Oh, the irony- it do burn.

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No, it was about Warren Beatty.  So the legend goes...

221

"Oh, and bang up job "shutting down" the convention, Occutards. Your effectiveness matches your intelligence."

 

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 31, 2012 08:40 AM (JDIKC)

 

 

To be fair, the DOJ was there to assist them, and you know what happens any time the gummint steps in to help.

222 hehe, Romney still out fund raising O.

223 170 And Ebert takes another solid righthook to the chin!

...to the jowls of the octachin.



 

224 224 You guys need to cut MSNBC some slack. They just are not used to spending that much time around people who don't think exactly like them.     Big league ballpark, big league rules. If they can't hack it, they need to stay in the high school stadium. (UHF)

225
Quail in fear, rodent, for I shall avenge with fire.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD - pondering a Ryan Reprieve at August 31, 2012 08:46 AM (VtjlW)

 

FINISH HIM!

226 173 - I share your sentiments.  I personally believe that there is a new circle of hell set aside for Obama to make him pay for the misery his hubris has brought.

However, THEY can't say that.  They have to lay out the choice that voters are making in understandable terms.  They aren't voting for Mr. Congeniality, they are voting for President.

227 Flailing? Is that what you call it? Where I'm from, we call it drowning. LOL Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2012 08:42 AM (zji3t) Drowning? As in the old racist meme that 'blacks can't swim?' Racist! Srsly, I can't wait for the donk convention....filled with bile and hate. WE chant 'USA', they moan Ooohh Baaaah Maaaa.

228 Hey, has the media dredged up the palimony suit that Sondra Locke filed against Clint Eastwood ever so long ago?
It pretty much fits in with their War on Women thingy. She even fought breast cancer, most likely caused by Clint, while the battle raged.
Seems perfect for their narrative.

229 "No, it was about Warren Beatty. So the legend goes..."

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2012 08:49 AM (lTVJy)

 

Yeah, that what I heard.  Besides, IIRC, JT was blowing his money on heroin, not Lear jets and apricot scarves. 

230 Mallamutt,

Happy B-day!
http://tinyurl.com/35n4rw

231

Sounds like I'll definitely have to search down video not only of Romney's speech, but also Rubio and Clint!  

 

The DNC next week is going to be hilariously      shrill, isn't it?

232 Bank of America stadium is an open roof, isn't it?

It would be a shame if the weather didn't cooperate.

233

Oh, and happy birthday, Mallamutt!  

 

In celebration, your    gift is a full year premium subscription to the HQ.   Enjoy!

234 AtC, when I was in the Navy we had a mouse problem in our Barracks at Miamar NAS. He had tunneled through my loaf of bread I used to make PB&J's when I was broke. I trapped it. In the common area there was a corkboard. I left his smashed body in the trap, bend the hold down bar in an L shapre and stuck it on the cork board. Then I taped a note to his tail. "Here he is, cold and dead, the last God Damn mouse that ate my bread. It just so happened there was an inspection that day. The Skipper was not happy.

235 #236  This may be the first time I don't watch the entire DNC.  I don't know if I can watch an extended concentration of pure evil.

Perhaps if I say the Rosary while tuned in...

236 233 LRBnSC,

They want to run as the p*ssy party that's fine with me, most women love men.

I love p*ssy, but not as much as I love leaders with balls and brains.

"choose wisely"

237 @236

The MFM will call it spirited!

238

It would be a shame if the weather didn't cooperate.

 

Obama can make the rain stop.

239 I wasn't sure about Eastwood's effectiveness yesterday because I didn't know what to expect and had built up a lot of natural excitement. I wanted him to come out and be a slam dunk. Moreover, I haven't seen him in a while and was not prepared for how he's begun to grow frail (the man is 82, after all). But I re-watched the speech just now, with the expectation he would not be the Clint of old, and my reaction was much more positive. He came off as authentic and measured--and I think that is what last night was about. Even though we had a world-class celebrity, this was no Greek-columned affair extolling the virtues of a demigod who would lower the oceans. It was the story of a guy who rolls up his sleeves and gets to work--one whose promise was to help your family.

Contrast Eastwood's appearance, therefore, not with the professional politicians and speech-makers but with, say, the Sarah Jessica Parker ad: one, a gravelly voiced icon ageing gracefully and in his own skin, talking about the heartbreak of 23 million unemployed to an empty chair; the other, a botox-filled horseface clinging to an appearance 20 years or so out of date and talking about how she's going to entertain the same absent guest at her soiree--and he needs *our* help.

As for Romney's speech, it was pretty good but not great. I did like the "big jobs take an American" line. It made me think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4nGYN89W6k

240

The head DNC uglynator says the Republicans should have scaled back the convention out of respect for victims of Isaac the TS/Huricane. This while Obama campaigned in full speed.

 

I would counter that, in light of this, the DNC should scale back THEIR convention out of respect for the victims of Isaac.   After all, the Republican Convention fell DURING the storm,    so the magnitude of the damage couldn't be known yet.    But the DNC is coming AFTER the storm.   They should actually cancel their convention and go volunteer    in the Gulf    states, giving blood and clearing away debris.   I'm sure those     Code Pink vagina costumes     would go a long way toward    mopping up the flood waters.

241 236 Sounds like I'll definitely have to search down video not only of Romney's speech, but also Rubio and Clint!

Clint's was masterful. Sucked you in to believing he was a doddering old fool. By the time he slipped the knife blade in between the ribs for the 3rd or 4th time, it was too late. An ER surgeon couldn't help.

242 #237  Tropical Storm Kirk is lurking out in the Atlantic.  I want it to be a hurricane so that we can have a map with mulitple pictures of William Shatner on it.

243 http://tinyurl.com/97t6oew  SCoaMF  takes  out  OBL  without   the  SEALs.

244

Money grubbing, big nosed, cowardly aliens?

 

Posted by: El Kabong at August 31, 2012 08:46 AM (4c4Bg)

 

What?  Ferengis had big noses?  I guess the ears made the nose look smaller to me.

 

245 MWR - Be sure to go back and listen to the speeches the olympians gave too.  I was amazed at the courage it took for some of them to step onto that stage, given the career risk.  Rowdy Gaines and Scott Hamilton in particular.

And wow, did Kimmy Rhodes blow me away, she was fabulous.  I think I have a crush.

246 Geeze, I just read the transcipt of Clint's speech. If I didn't hear it first I would be 'WTF is he talking about.' But it had some killer lines in it that I didn't even pick up on when I first heard it.

247 244 NK,

Nice post.

Win or lose there's something we all need to teach all the young we can in direct opposition to what they endure all the time at school.

"I am an American, and together we do MIGHTY things."

The left may kill our system, but they'll never take our dreams or faith in common men unfettered doing amazing things.

248 251 Dave in Fla,

Kimmy nails it 99/100 times.

249 Btw was that the last convention that has to endure the stench of the Ronulans because Crazy Uncle said this would be his last campaign?  Or has the senile fuck already forgotten that pledge?

250 Heh. Clint was the one that stood outside the gang house and drew his gun to spare the good folks.

251
Unfortunately, Clint Eastwood will never be elected president.  Rachel Maddow orgasmic. 

252

growing tiresome and if the rumor is true that a Paulbot is responsible for gaining access for the coed pink shitheel on tuesday night then, i don't

___

 

very likely that it was a Paulbot who isn't really a Ron Paul supporter but a commie infiltrator. There was another poster here who said she remembered how the DNC convention rules were gamed thirty years ago to facilitate the donk extreme leftward shift. If the strategy worked for the donks, why wouldn't the commies try the same tactic with the GOP, using the Ron Paul contingent as an entry point?

253 The DNC next week is going to be hilariously shrill, isn't it?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at August 31, 2012 08:52 AM (4df7R)

 

 

The butthurt will be strong with them.

254 Mallamutt - I assume so.  Although an over sample of GOP in MO isn't a bad model to use, given the likely 2012 turnout.

I'm still calling MO a 10% chance to win.

255

253 The left may kill our system, but they'll never take our dreams or faith in common men unfettered doing amazing things.

 

THAT would have been a killer line by Mel Gibson in blue face & animal skins.

256 The conservative firebrand Loesch has been tweeting at Fluke and publicly challenging the liberal activist Thursday to a debate and discussion on the issues, but Fluke, who strolled through the Republican National Convention Thursday afternoon, has not responded. Loesch has even gone looking for Fluke, who appears to have disappeared after a series of media appearances at the convention center. h/t dailycaller.com hehe, coward

257 sven - Good one *tips hat*

258

Be sure to go back and listen to the speeches the olympians gave too. I was amazed at the courage it took for some of them to step onto that stage, given the career risk. Rowdy Gaines and Scott Hamilton in particular.

 

Oh I will!   I    remember when I saw the commercial the Olympians cut -- with Kristi Yamaguchi and others -- talking about Salt Lake City and how Mitt made it happen.  My first thought was, "Oh wow, they're going to take some body blows to the career for doing this."  How sad is it that that was my FIRST thought?  Not my third, or fourth, or even my second thought.  It was the FIRST.

 

The regressive left needs to be beaten back into its dark, ugly hole in the ground and never see the light of day again.

259 262 253 The left may kill our system, but they'll never take our dreams or faith in common men unfettered doing amazing things.

THAT would have been a killer line by Mel Gibson in blue face animal skins.     *in blue face AND animal skins.   Sheesh.

260 Sounds like I'll definitely have to search down video not only of Romney's speech, but also Rubio and Clint! ------ http://nation.foxnews.com/ http://www.therightscoop.com/

261 >>>263 Fluke is just another leftist human shield. Their entire schtick with her is that she's a poor bullied woman that got mangled by barbarians for speaking her mind. Like Cindy Sheehan.

262 Thanks, flake!

263 Thanks, sven. I worry as much about our national character as who we elect President. As someone pointed out, in December it's going to be 40 years since we put a man on the moon for the last time time. I don't want us to go down England's path.

They used to have the same kick-ass attitude, albeit with a less rustic flair, and look at them now.

264 who blew up da blog?

265 That was weird. For a while I couldn't access the comments.

266 272 same here. even @ hotair for comparison. hm

267 Wow the media is going crazy over Eastwoods speech, and not in a good way. The average Hollywood star is out there tweeting terrible things about it. I loved it. Clint must have hit a nerve1

268 I didn't do it

269 Ok, who killed the squirrel?

270 clown nose off

271 check

272 oh, good. 

273 Wow the media is going crazy over Eastwoods speech, and not in a good way. The average Hollywood star is out there tweeting terrible things about it. I loved it. Clint must have hit a nerve1

Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 31, 2012 09:33 AM (W2Z3C)

 

 

His fellow Hollywoodites almost certainly view him as a traitor for daring to talk bad about their boyfriend.

274

Oh, sure, it's working fine until I show up and then it breaks.

 

Racists.

275 "Too many words" bwahahahahaha, look who's talking. DRUNK ON THE JOB BROKAWWWWWWWWWW critical of Clint. pfft

276
203 Yes.

If we do it, they'll have the chance they won't have if we don't do it.

It? Self sacrifice. THAT is something the American public won't buy. It might come their way, but not by choice. But as it has come our nation's way, doom at the debt door, I won't willingly pay for pirates to profit from my self sacrifice, usurping Liberty to benefit authoritarianism. Lip service doesn't amount to squat.

"mitt was presidential..... "

THAT is true. But even Mitt's acceptance speech riffed on "You Deserve" to which the Unforgiven retort stands. "Deserve's got nothing to do with it."

Our nation's heroes who have fought to establish our Constitutional Government and to preserve it are the ones who do not deserve what has happened.

In our marriage, we've already spent our entire life in self sacrifice. That traditional role is nothing new to us. Join the club. But the Rule of Law and constitutional integrity must function intact. Otherwise, this election would be a mere exchange serving one dictator to the next authoritarian, great image and all the propaganda aside.

The "economic recoveries" since Reagan's Recession all relied on bubbles and inflation. Back in the late 70s, high school graduates could earn a "decent living" self sufficiently without any tax funded subsidies. Try that now. The puppet masters consistently invested/divested American "wealth" abroad. No single president can do anything without cooperation. It's one thing to get working class support to win an election. Quite another to fulfill those campaign promises when confronted by the global investment industry bent on spending US taxes abroad.

To Ebert's "sad" the saddest thing of all is that for too many, the American Dream amounts to get rich quick at all costs scheme advancing organized crime, permeating our nation and the globe. I never bought into that. And I'm happy with my life, modest as it is, as I've been true to myself, my spouse, my children, "humanity", and remain humbly with faith in God's hands.

For certain, I'll be voting against Obama. And should Romney become POTUS, I'll continue in prayer to Divine Providence for our children and posterity to value our American heritage and legacy, the US Constitutional Governance advancing our founding principles in perpetuity.

May God Bless America

Now have a good weekend. /I'm outta here.

277 Tropical Storm Kirk is lurking out in the Atlantic. I want it to be a hurricane so that we can have a map with mulitple pictures of William Shatner on it. I was watching the weather last night and it appears to be tracking right up towards Charlotte. Oh I laughed and laughed.

278 27 moron free minutes,
Almost a tragedy.

279

Here's some news:  AoSHQ golden boy Sean Bielat has been caught red-handed in FEC violations, including stealing his own donor list from his campaign and doing... who knows what with it.

He's a slimy grifter and he will never beat Jow Kennedy.  He doesn't want to beat Joe Kennedy.  The campaign is his job, not getting elected.

Bonus:  If you've ever given him money, expect your personal info to be sold or traded.

I warned you.

Link in sig.

280 CBS and Fox reporting Romney is heading to Louisiana to meet with Jindal and tour storm damage.

President worthless has had a week to plan something,  and has not.

Watch,  now he will announce he is going, too.

281 So today is the 125th anniversary of Edison's patenting of the Kinescope (1st comment)? Ho hum. Today is also the 2000th birthday of Caligula.

282 I did not hear Dolan speak last night. Was it good? The dem convention didn't want Dolan because he is a h8ter for his convictions re gay marriage, right to life, etc. So, two hours of a peace loving muslim imam prayer will open their convention. Unbelievable.

283 I was watching the weather last night and it appears to be tracking right up towards Charlotte. Oh I laughed and laughed. Crap that's not Kirk, it's one of the other storms. Pffft, if being completely wrong about facts is good enough for the WaPo, it's good enough for me.

284 "No, it was about Warren Beatty. So the legend goes..."

Looks like we're both wrong- quick search shows it was about David Geffen. (?)

Still and all, "You're so Vain" should be the unofficial theme of the earflaps coronation slog happening over there in Charlotte next week.

285 So, two hours of a peace loving muslim imam prayer will open their convention. Unbelievable.

Posted by: Justamom in Achin' Akin's district at August 31, 2012 09:41 AM (Sptt

 

Good grief.  Will "Death to America" gear be provided at the door, or afterward as parting gifts?

286 The regressive left needs to be beaten back into its dark, ugly hole in the ground and never see the light of day again.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at August 31, 2012 09:02 AM (4df7R)

 

 

^^^ THIS ^^^^

287 If MSNBC doesn't show every minute of that 2 hours, you know what that makes them??

288 Crap that's not Kirk, it's one of the other storms. Pffft, if being completely wrong about facts is good enough for the WaPo, it's good enough for me. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD - pondering a Ryan Reprieve at August 31, 2012 09:42 AM (VtjlW) I wonder what a stadium of wet democrats smell like?

289

http://tinyurl.com/96zylz8

 

For the retard in chief

290

Phew...thought I lost ya's...goofin off at work just wouldn't be the same.

 

291 7.9 earthquake off the Philippines creates a tsunami warning for region.

Isaac dropped 23in in Gretna, LA. and 16in in Vero Beach, FL.  And at least 5 deaths.

292 Good grief. Will "Death to America" gear be provided at the door, or afterward as parting gifts?

Posted by: Insomniac at August 31, 2012 09:44 AM (v+QvA)

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Nearly all who will be there already have the complete set.

293 Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic party. Ahahaha! Still reeling over this statement.

294 Mitt went late last night on purpose.  What I hear is that internals are showing movement in west coast states and Mitt wanted to be in Prime Time on the left coast.  That also left Clint as a very watchable time for them too.

Hence, the reason Clint had to ad lib the basics of his speech, time change  (It was scripted already).

Oregon, Washington, Nevada, New Mexico, even California..  Make the JEF fight for the left coast.  Farther from Washington, and more the JEF has to be seen and woo his lefty H'wood friends that the rest of us hate!
The Romney Campaign is good.  Romney goes to the west and Ann and Ryan bag Michigan and Ohio...

295 TS Kirk and TS Leslie.  If not for satellites the only way we would know they existed would be for ships to encounter the storms.  Both are on track to curve and head out into the North Atlantic.

296 @125: Theres a bit of wishful thinking there too. People have tried to claim, against evidence, that Limbaugh and other conservative radio only does well when the Dems are in power. This ignores that Rush and Levin and co are against the MFM as much as any particular politician, so they always have material. Whereas for lefties like Moore, they own the media, academia, and Hollywood so he's SOL every time a Dem is inaugurated.

297 When people fret over 'social issues' becoming part of the campaign, does anyone ever ask what issues the Dems have that AREN'T 'social issues?' Even their fiscal issues are couched as class warfare and 'justice' and 'fairness.' Aversion to 'social issues' really means 'Conservative views on social issues.'

298

Clint has been around long enough he knew that giving certain people the middle finger would bring out the anger.

 

When I think about the nasty crap that Bush endured for the last 3-4 years of his Presidency from a lot of the same vulgarians, the hypocracy is just laughable.

 

These people are a parody of themselves.

 

MSNBC. 

 It's not Mad TV, or Onion-TV, it's MSNBC.  Matthews comes across as an incoherent drunk, suffering from partial dementia.  It's almost beyond funny OR tragic, it's just pathetic.

Al Sharpton, the violent racial agitator, who mangles the English language.

Rachel Maddow, snarky self-avowed lesbian mis-informed Leftist.

Lawrence O'Donnell, another semi-incoherent old man, lost in his own rantings and ravings.

299 From American Thinker: Quote from grand imam siraj wahhaj who will open den convention with two hour prayer: "Islam is better than democracy. Allah will cause his deen [islam as a complete way of life], Islam to prevail over every kind of system, and you know what? It will happen."

300 My uber conservative morning talk show guy got fired yesterday. Cumulus is weeding conservatives from the air. This is some crazy stuff.

301

C-SPAN's web site lets you make video clips, fyi.

302 Kudos to C-SPAN BTW. Their coverage was outstanding.

303 I wonder what a stadium of wet democrats smell like?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 31, 2012 09:45 AM (9TTOe)

Oy...I hope that I never have to find out.

304

Social and fiscal issues are intertwined to a great degree..

 

When people say that they are "fiscally conservative but socially liberal", they have created a dichotomy in their heads that one day has to be resolved.

 

If you are socially liberal, that means that you believe in the necesity of government spending to construct the so-called "social safety net", among other things.  At some point in time, the cost of this social safety net is going to run up against your fiscal conservative notions.  These two conflicting notions cannot exist forever in the same head.

305 Did Mr. Eastwood actually make some terrible evil gesture? Cuz I didn't see that, but some people are foaming at the mouth.

306 I know the dems are all upset about clint eastwood's speech. But one of the things that struck me was the respect he got at the convention. I don't think the romney team was quite sure of what he was going to do or say, I think they just trusted that it would be something special. And I don't think they were worried about "the optics" or "the narrative" or wringing their hands worried about the appearance. But the comments from the dems last night, particularly the one about many statiion mangers wondering whether they should pull that feed spoke volumes. Makes you wonder if they pull the feed routinely. The most important thing Clint Eastwood did is show the elderly that the republicans respect them and their opinions.

307 Truman, never say anything bad about another 'Pub if you want to work on the inside ... I know this place is like a bar - and you invested in his opponent - but it is written down and searchable.  At least post shit like that anonymously and after the general election.

308

I lost an entire radio station in Boston with two conservative/libertarian hosts, and Michael Savage on the local talker.

 

It's weird...

309

I wonder what a stadium of wet democrats smell like?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 31, 2012 09:45 AM (9TTOe)

 

 

Like envy, vitriol, and the blood of millions of aborted babies. 

310 Nude Drew post.

311 287 CBS and Fox reporting Romney is heading to Louisiana to meet with Jindal and tour storm damage. You can bet he will be bearing food, clothes, water.

312

>>If you are socially liberal, that means that you believe in the necesity of government spending to construct the so-called "social safety net", among other things.

 

Yeh, I'm trying to find a way to say I'm not a social conservative...but not liberal, either. Say "libertarian" and clouds of smoke start forming around your head.

 

Small l libertarian: don't spend my money on social shit, liberal or conservative.

313 4 Vic a church in VA is suing Fairfax County over its sign County attorney has dismissed the zoning violation and asked the church to change the variable message sign at "reasonable intervals" rather than the required no- more- than- two- messages- a- day limit. Fairfax County is a place where people buy new $500K houses on what used to be forest or farmland and then don't want anything else in the area to change ever again; and where the zoning code and the HOA protect the residents against the potential bad taste of their neighbors. One good thing about the Peoples Republic of Alexandria, I can paint my porch any damn color I want.

314 The Dim convention is going to open with a Muslim call to prayer!

315

Jean, thank you for keeping an eye out for me.

 

 Sean Bielat is poison to the party.  He knows who I am.  He knows what I think of him.  And I'm not alone.

 

Furthermore, news about his opponents has been intentionally embargoed here.  And negatives about Bielat have likewise been embargoed.  I'm not sure why.  But these things need to be said.

316 http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2012/08/30/the-eastwood-speech/

Video of speech embedded.

317 298 AtC,

thoughts and prayers to the victims....

the sea is o so big Lord, and our ships are small guide us to safe harbor.

318 "Good for you Molly. Does she read AoS"? Umm Vic. Would you want your 18 yr old daughter reading this site? For folks like us that have "heard it all before", no harm, no foul but as rowdy as some of us get sometimes, and I did say usÂ…

319 "I wonder what a stadium of wet democrats smell like?"

uuuuuuuuuuuhm...what is "desperate failure", Alex?

320 The most important thing Clint Eastwood did is show the elderly that the republicans respect them and their opinions. Posted by: cynder ella at August 31, 2012 09:56 AM (oZfic) good morning cat piss.....you could learn a lesson or too little troll

321

>>Did Mr. Eastwood actually make some terrible evil gesture?

Oh, he did. Found the video of that...

322 Best result coming out of the convention (other than all the awesome speeches, and the parade of accomplished and talented governors and R&R that the Ds just can't match - 'Clueless' Joe Biden really is representative)? Finally a level playing field as RomneyRyan can now spend money answering the Ds lies, holding them to account for 6 years of miserable failure (since they took over Congress) and, most importantly, showing how we can achieve prosperity again... Of course, it's not a truly level playing field as the Ds have the pathetic shills claiming to be an unbiased media and the involuntary servitude of forced big labor volunteerism (with forced dues extracted to payoff the D party), but at least Romney Ryan's hands aren't tied anymore. Inthink the big question is whether the Ds at Charlotte can even ad It they've failed miserably and hurt countless Americans with their policies - so far, Oblamer is sticking to its a roaring success but a failed narrative BS, but that's a loser of an argument because everyone knows the truth about how bad it is out there and that opens up the R attack that if Oblamer can't even admit what's wrong, he can't fix it and the Ned 4 hears will be as bad as the first 4 years or worse. I think Oblamer's ego and narcissism are so bad that he just can't admit that he's an epic SCOAMF and convince the gullible to give him another chance... His failure to embrace Bowles-Simpson post Nov 2010 will be the cause in fact of his losing this election, beyond the awesome candidates the Rs have fielded in RomneyRyan.

323 Eastwood moved his finger across his throat after saying if someone doesn't do the job, you have to let them go. The left is pretending it was threatening.

But he's a director and that's also the traditional sign for "cut" in his industry.

324 319 Mama AJ,

Clint is a small "l" libertarian, part of his anguish is he was one of the 71% who drank from the well of "Hope" and found the water bitter and expensive.

You have nothing to explain ma'am.

It's a big tent.

325 I was half asleep by the time Mitt spoke last night but I thought parts of his speech sounded Reaganesque. It was a good job, but I'm skeptical how many people who aren't political junkies or haven't already decided watch things like that. Since the Dems tried to step on the GOP convention, I hope Reince Priebus has some mischief planned for Charlotte next week. The MSM will criticize anything he does, so go big or go home.

326

Eastwood has social and pop-culture stature in this country because of 50 years making TV shows and movies that are and were widely popular.

 

It is permitted for pop-culture icons to rail against conservatives/Republicans because they  (well, we, that is ....us!)  have been designated in the pop-culture as "the other", to be insulted and laughed at by morons.

Morons:  Cher, Rosanne Barr, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin, and a whole host of other Hollywood morons who have had someone else's words put in front of them for years and imagined they were wise and thoughtful.

 

Eastwood's sin was in deviating from the common hive-mind of the pop-culture mob.  He has to be read the riot act by the Pop-culture Soviet.  Denunciations will follow to make an example of Eastwood and make sure that no one else makes the mistake that he made in aligning himself with the reactionary bourgeouise Republican philistines.

327 Regarding the call to prayer - it isn't going to be held in the convention center/stadium (making it official) is it?

328 "Lawrence O'Donnell, another semi-incoherent old man, lost in his own rantings and ravings...."

...and invisible ratings.

kinda makes it like a poem. Like a haiku of futility. Or a sonnet of sappery. Or a limerick of loserhood.

You get the idear. 

329 rwc i hope they separate the womyn from the men.....

330 Jim, you mean any color that the historical review commission has pre-approved as "authentic, and appeasing"

331 Cher, Rosanne Barr, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin,and a whole host of other Hollywood morons I'll take actors whom I can't think up a damn memorable quote from for $200 Alex.

332 i hope they separate the womyn from the men.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny, ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 at August 31, 2012 10:08 AM (Ho2rs)

 

Could they put Debbie Was-a-man Schultz in a burka?  Please?

333

"I couldn't resist piling on media fact checkers yesterday."

 

GABE!!

 

Give yourself a few points for prognostication.  But just a few, because I guess it was kind of predictable.

 

I'm looking at this morning's Buffalo News (owned by Warren Buffet, BTW) and the headline is a boring "Romney promises better future," with a large but unflattering photo.  But the main article below that is entitled "Ryan taken to task for litany of lies".  It's first paragraph goes, "Paul Ryan lied. Again and again." It later adds that he "infuriated independent critics in the blogosphere".

 

They quote a "Fox News contributor" name Sally Kohn, who I've never heard of, saying it was, in part "an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech."  I guess we're supposed to think "Even Fox news says it's a bunch of lies."

 

Then they say "Let's go down the list, one by one." They list exactly four claims in this allegedly record-setting string of "lies," and they do exactly what Gabe says. (1) They dispute Ryan's claim that Obama did "exactly nothing" with his his financial commission's recommendation by starting off with "Sure enough, Obama didn't push the bipartisan budget plan put forth by his fiscal commission. But..." (2) About Ryan saying "you were cut out of the deal", meaning the "stimulus", they claim that "about $230 billion of the stimulus came in the form of tax cuts." (I don't remember any talk about a third of the stimulus being tax cuts - where did THAT even come from?) (3) They say it's "grossly misleading" to say that ObamaCare was paid for, in part by channeling money away from Medicare, but then say "Yes, the Obama health care law cut $716 billion dollars out of the projected future growth in Medicare. But..." [you've heard the rest in other Democratic campaign ads] (4) The odd one is where they dispute when the Janeville plant closed, which the say happened a month before Obama took office.  Odd that a fact like that could be up for debate.  I presume that Mr. Rayn knows what happened in his own town.

 

These guys are REALLY, REALLY afraid of Ryan.

 

334 Test

335 336 rwc i hope they separate the womyn from the men..... Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny, ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 at August 31, 2012 10:08 AM (Ho2rs) Where's the fun in that?!? It will be like shirts versus skins except now it's Hijabs v. Big Vaj costumes.

336 I would want my daughter reading this site, rather then 80% of the rest of the web.

337 Thanks, sven. Just wanting words to describe, not justify.

338 If you are socially liberal, that means that you believe in the necesity of government spending to construct the so-called "social safety net", among other things. Says who? The entire fiscal con part of the equation pretty much rules that out yet I keep encountering comments such as the above that presume directly to the contrary. Doesn't it rather depend on what is the definition of social liberal? It is entirely possible to believe, say, that pot should be legal without also believing that the state should have any responsibility for taking care of those who become useless stoners. A more libertarian view of social issues is completely compatible with a fiscally conservative view as to what is the responsibility of the state and what is the responsibility of the individual. This is one of the major problems I have with the whole socon/ficon fights, no one defines what they mean by those terms and everyone assumes everyone else is using the same definition they are. I think many of the circular firing squads are actually people talking completely past one another. Oh you think gay marriage is okay so you must also believe in cradle to grave welfare! That doesn't follow anymore than oh you are anti-abortion so you must also believe that no type of government assistance must be given to anyone at all and blind disabled old people should stave in the street! Neither premise necessarily follows the other yet both sides act as if they do. That's simply untrue.

339 Anyone else notice Mitt's Stan Laurel impersonation while reminding the audience of SCOAMF's promise to lower the oceans heal the planet?

It was a pretty good take off, intentional or otherwise.

340 346 Anyone else notice Mitt's Stan Laurel impersonation while reminding the audience of SCOAMF's promise to lower the oceans heal the planet?

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He did a little head tilt that said, "Bless his heart."

341 Pubs really need a financial hammer to dangle over the media's head to keep them honest.  Some ideas: Skyrocket the broadcast license fees for TV stations or make them compete with cellular networks for frequency space, a "Save the Trees" fee for environmental reclamation, carbon sink replacement, and landfill costs on newsprint, waive the ownership rule regarding outlets in a market, etc.

342

Nice piece Gabe!

343 Hi Jean, hope you're well. When it comes to information and knowledge that can be gleaned from the bloggers and commenters here I whole heartedly agree! I have learned a ton here in the last 5+ years. I'm just a bit too old fashioned about certain things I guess. I blame John Wayne.

344 teej, I don't check that email very often, if you send anything-remind me here to check it.

345

I wonder what a stadium of wet democrats smell like?

 

Sandra Fluke's panties.

346

Alexthechick, I wasn't trying to pick on you in particular or the idea that being "libertarian" conflicts with being fiscally conservative.

 

But everytime someone insists that they want to be "fiscally conservative but socially liberal"  (socially liberal does not equal "libertarian" to me), they create this ridiculous conflict.

 

Socially liberal is a lot more than being permissive about personal behavior, or taking a libertarian approach to personal actions.

Socially liberal takes a whole level of belief to the point that government must intervene to correct social inequalities.  It's the difference between

1) Socially conservative:  homosexual marriage is wrong! It will undermine heterosexual marriage and child rearing.

2) Libertarian: consenting adults should be able to do what they want if they are not harming anyone. Government should not be actively working to keep people from certain personal behaviors.

3) Socially liberal: Homosexual marriage is a right that must be compelled on people by the courts. The legislatures cannot be trusted!

 

The older I get, the less I really want to know about or get involved in what people do in their personal life.  Frankly,  I really don't care.  There are profound arguments about what this or that is going to do to society, but society is already so screwed up by what the vast majority of straight people are doing, I don't see how the 2-4% of the population that is homosexual is going to wreck the lives of the other 95-96% of people in the country.

347 Will do ma'am. See, there's that JW £thing again. Going to run into town today to the library and try to put together a folder on a flash drive to send to KU about a position there. Talk about being in the belly of the beast if I get it.

348 Inviting A “Stop and Frisk” By Openly Carrying an AK-47 Pistol with a Thirty Round Clip In a Public Park: An Unusual Fourth and Second Amendment Case http://is.gd/jaRiNg Dude, stop helping.

349 Well guess they rolled out this mornings talking points cause everyone is now saying that clint eastwood was a democratic plant to make the republicans look bad.

350

" 289 I did not hear Dolan speak last night. Was it good?"

 

Being raised a Catholic, I was amused to see him try to conduct a sort of mini-mass, while a party was going on.

 

As far as what he said, he had his own version of "You didn't build that."  In his, God gets the credit, instead of the government. So there you have it once again - the main difference between Christians and communists is who your "god" is.

351

Who knew Clint was such a racist??

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352 Dude, stop helping. Posted by: toby928© at August 31, 2012 10:34 AM (QupBk) Exactly. Douche open carries an MP5. Cop is awesome. Douche is a douche. http://tinyurl.com/95j242g

353 cat piss did you find this out two days ago?

354 I always pictured Gabe as William H Macy.
I always picyure him as Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Clifton Webb's life was lived in vain.

355

The thing that everybody seems to have missed in Clint's speech, is that is was extremely pacifistic. He was critical of the Afghanistan war, while suggesting that the troops simply be brought home immediately, and that we could have learned that it was a bad idea from the Russians.

 

I took the advice of the morons last night and checked MSNBC.  They did not disappoint. At one point, Mr Madcow gave us a teaser about what the "weirdest" thing was. Upon returning after a break she infomed us that it was this exchange between Eastwood and the empty chair. She carried on that it was "the weirdest thing" to have ever happened in any political convention.  Later, when MSNBC broke in for a news update, the said of Clint's bit that "some have called it wierd".  So, I guess "some" means "one whacked out nutjob who works here" over on that channel.

356 337 Jean- no historic review board or HOA in my neighborhood. Some houses are painted (horrors) purple. Diversity, you know? It's a good thing.

357 "invisible obama" on twitter http://tinyurl.com/9revtsf

358 "invisible obama" on twitter HAHAHA Curious is on the cutting edge of things we laughed about last night.

359 "And I believe this has to be our central focus, the central front, on our battle against terrorism," Obama said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation." "I think one of the biggest mistakes we've made strategically after 9/11 was to fail to finish the job here, focus our attention here. We got distracted by Iraq," he said." http://tinyurl.com/6hjgaxa

360 Pubs really need a financial hammer to dangle over the media's head to keep them honest. The simplest solution is one that the 1/2 of 1/3 of government now in the hands of the GOP can do on its own: Zero-out copyright anti-piracy enforcement at the federal level. MFM news operations are effectively vanity projects propped up by the entertainment holdings of their parent conglomerates.

361 Everybody keeps beating up on Clint and the scheduler who put him in prime time, but I wonder... what other feature could have drawn a larger audience for the speeches of Rubio and Romney? I'm guessing the programmers' discussion went something like this:

A: I don't know about this Clint Eastwood skit.... Seems kinda disjointed....
B: I don't care of Eastwood comes out and picks his nose for ten minutes! You want the choir nodding at the sermon, or you wanna get more sinners in to hear the Word?
A: Hey, I'm Jewish!
B: Yeah? Well, I'm Unitarian. Who gives a shit? Now, shut the fuck up and get Clint ready. Use a cattle prod if you have to.

362

How can the DOD sue a guy for giving away classified information, when what this book does is DISPUTE information the President Released?

 

Or, can the President LIE, and then Classify the Truth?  In America??  and if so, does this guy get Legal Cover from Whistle Blower Laws?

 

Legaly... very strange and interesting... kinda like the plant in Little Shop of Horrors.

363 Obama never signed an NDA.

364 Email from a very liberal business contact in NYC today re: Clint:

"Clearly, Clint was the event of the evening. He is all anyone can talk about today."

365 So, the DoD is going to punish the author by seizing the proceeds from the wounded warrior group he assigned the royalties to?

That should play well in the press.

So, exactly when do the perpetrators of the STUXNET leak get punished?

This is far more serious than refuting lies in an opsec leak with out permission.

366 That should play well in the press. We control the vertical, we control the horizontal ...

367

10The MFM did not like the Eastwood skit and is hitting back hard.

 

Dirty Harry meets Dirty Barry.

368 I would be okay with buying the book and sending the same amount directly to the author.

369 #368. That's a genius point right there. thank you.

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

371 I thought the meme of the night was "They just don't get it."