1 nice...doom

2 early doom oh goody

3 hurricane sandy people still haven't all received their gov't help....i guess having michelle's friend in charge of that didn't work out so well....

4 I expended most of my good DOOM ammo last week plugging holes in the leaky tub we call Ace of Spades HQ... You don't have to take that, co-bloggers. Knock him down and kick him senseless.

5 Doom, you're soaking in it.

6  Now that's a kitteh.

7

>>>Doom, you're soaking in it.

 

Good. Becoz otherwise morons are too gamey.

8 Europeans donÂ’t believe in God any more, and nothing much has come in to fill the void. Socialism, as a creed, doesnÂ’t do much to stiffen the spine or compel one to look to the future with a hopeful eye.

True. People will live for welfare and pornography; but they won't fight and die for them.

And if you don't believe in anything but the here and now, you tend to not give a damn about the next generation.

9 Garbage strikes are common in Italy. Naples really stinks.

10 Some idiot put a boot on an Ambulance.

11 Non-ceramic kitteh looks like he's gonna hock up a furball. Or he's watch Choom Boy on teevee. Or both.

12 The fall of (ancient) Rome was once described as “the death of comfort” as everyday comforts that Romans had grown used to withered away because the government lost the ability to keep things running.

Did the Romans offer the Vandals welfare, health care, and a 'path to citizenship?'

13 Any IL morons need to flee before the reckoning happens there. You're taxes are already astronomical and bankruptcy is acommin'

14 "But really, the same could be said for France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, or England. Some of the problem is a spiritual vacuum -- Europeans donÂ’t believe in God any more, and nothing much has come in to fill the void. Socialism, as a creed, doesnÂ’t do much to stiffen the spine or compel one to look to the future with a hopeful eye. " Amen. Preach it, brother Monty.

15 Love that cat.


Obama just sent Detroit $300M.  He may as well have pissed on it and flushed it down the toilet.  This after he swore that there would be no federal bailout. 



Why should the citizens of Podunck pay for the corruption and illegal union sweat-heart deals in Detroit?

16

Did the Romans offer the Vandals welfare, health care, and a 'path to citizenship?'

 

I think the late Empire granted Roman citizenship to every inhabitant, but I could be wrong.

17 Now my Monday is complete.

18 And IL wants to give the union public employees another $100M and then go the feds for some more non-IL money just like Detroit.  Piss on all these blue State assholes.

19 I want a no-bid government contract for $100+ million where the deliverables are a laurel and hearty fcuk you. 

Also, I could probably drum up 5 million lines of random code to baffle the geeks.

20 hey America is still not bad, well relatively anyway. I mean Russia is still a shit hole aside from some oil, gas, nukes, and other natural resources. Europe is a socialistic outhouse and China is well China, I mean other than some cute chinese girls would you want to live there? So look on the bright side and we still have the best toilet paper also

21 3 hurricane sandy people still haven't all received their gov't help....i guess having michelle's friend in charge of that didn't work out so well.... Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 28, 2013 08:39 AM (8JJ6O) Whatever. I couldn't care less about the asswipes in NY/NJ. Fuck 'em. They deserve what they vote for.

22 Dammit, I leave a spittle-flecked rant on the Morning thread and there's a Doom thread!  Irony, etc.

23 Nothing like a nice, heaping serving of DOOM to go with my morning coffee.

24 So look on the bright side and we still have the best toilet paper also Posted by: Nevergiveup

That's true. But (hehe) with all of the a$$fu(k!ng I'm getting, I need a bigger wad to wipe with.

25 Did the Romans offer the Vandals welfare, health care, and a 'path to citizenship?' Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 28, 2013 08:47 AM (QXlbZ) Illegal aliens = modern day Vandals Appropriate. I like it.

26

"You're a pirate? Where are your   buccaneers?"

 

"Under my buccin hat."

27

>>>Did the Romans offer the Vandals welfare, health care, and a 'path to citizenship?'

 

Answer: Yes. Vandals didn't like the terms.

28 In addition to a spiritual vacuum,   the    socialist enemies of Western Civilization have spent years demeaning and minimizing it, ignoring how it literally created the modern world.       The more people believe   the lies, the less there are to   man the castle walls.

29 Posted by: blindside at October 28, 2013 08:54 AM (WzWmY) Of course not everybody in NJ or NY voted for Obama including several commentators here, nor did everybody hit by the hurricane vote for him either.

30 The fall of (ancient) Rome was once described as �the death of comfort� as everyday comforts that Romans had grown used to withered away because the government lost the ability to keep things running.



That is not the belief of current historians.  The last book that I got from the library on that said the first thing that happened was they lost the wheat fields in Northern Africa to the Visigoths (or it may have been the vandals).  After that they were unable to adequately feed the citizens of Rome or pay the Army.


This resulted in the empire breaking up into a lot of separate city States each run by a local Bishop.  Later the vandals invaded Rome after they were no longer able to pay them to stay out.


But all of those separate city-States remained and later became the countries of Europe during the middle ages.

31 David Axelrod offered a slightly different promise about Obamacare than has the president: While that president has repeatedly said, “If you like your plan, you can keep it,” Axelrod on Monday told MSNBC that “most” will be able to stick with their plan. “Most people are going to keep their own plan,” Axelrod said in a discussion with Senator Tom Coburn (R., Okla.). “The majority of people in this country — the vast majority of people in this country — are keeping their plan.” Axelrod’s rephrased guarantee comes as reports of millions of Americans losing their healthcare plans are rolling in. Last week, Senator Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) announced he would introduce the “If You Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep it Act,” which would allow people to keep their current plan regardless of the mandates of Obamacare. No less and less people are going to be able to keep their plans you lying cock sucker prick bastard

32 Mmm....some nice fresh DOOM to dunk in my coffee.

33

The fall of (ancient) Rome was once described as “the death of comfort” as everyday comforts that Romans had grown used to withered away because the government lost the ability to keep things running.

 

Only for the urban-dwelling upper class. For the majority of folks, things went on much the same - might even have improved a bit.

 

Re; Vandals,

Interestingly enough, some of the most die-hard supporters of Rome during the twilight of the Western Empire were German immigrants or descendants of German immigrants.

34 The parallels go much farther back. to the Social Wars, that first sundered the Republic, and let to the collapse some 50 years later.

35

If you like your plan, you can keep it. Well,   most people can. OK, only some of you will be able  to keep your plan. Actually, it's only me that gets to keep my plan, the one you're paying for.

 

D. Axeldouche

36 �Most people are going to keep their own plan,� Axelrod said in a discussion with Senator Tom Coburn (R., Okla.). �The majority of people in this country � the vast majority of people in this country � are keeping their plan.�



And if you believe that I have a Time Share in FL I will sell you.


There has already been > 1M people who have lost their insurance and the program hasn't even been implemented yet.



And the ones like me who still have their "plans" still have the same title, but it is far from the same damn plan.

37 Of course not everybody in NJ or NY voted for Obama including several commentators here, nor did everybody hit by the hurricane vote for him either.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2013 08:57 AM (23Kgq)

Agreed.  However.

This is the catch to representative democracy.  I'm still going to be stuck with Terry McDoucheNozzle, and I'm still going to be legally bound by any legislation he signs.

The pain needs to spread.  Conservatives in blue states:  I feel your pain more than a lot of people.  I lived in Ithaca, NY for 5 years, for God's sake.  Until there is pain, though, the liberals will never realize that they're wrong.

The trap is that conservatives have to suffer too.  Would you be willing to suffer the full effects of liberalism for 4 years if it meant that liberalism would die?

I would.

38

 >>>However, almost all of our 7,000 municiple goverments

 

Ever notice how goverments want to centralize everything except for government?

39 Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at October 28, 2013 08:52 AM (OWjjx) Except for document companies in Decatur which play games to get special tax cuts! They can't pay taxes at all. No, no. They create jobs, which IL will tax instead. (I thought I wanted whatever that company's name is to come here, but now I'm not so sure, they're just political operators looking for a handout.)

40 We have to pass it so you find out what's in it.


Anybody want a peanut?

41 The NFL is a non profit?

42 Would you be willing to suffer the full effects of liberalism for 4 years if it meant that liberalism would die? I would.

Yes. I've got dried food for a year. A small but growing stash of silver and ammunition, and my son is a hell of a shot. Bring it.

43

Buckfire, a Detroit native and investment banker with restructuring experience, later told the court the city plans to pay unsecured creditors, including the city's pensioners, 16 cents on the dollar. There are about 23,500 city retirees.

 

 

Math hurts, huh?  

44 30 Posted by: blindside at October 28, 2013 08:54 AM (WzWmY) Of course not everybody in NJ or NY voted for Obama including several commentators here, nor did everybody hit by the hurricane vote for him either. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2013 08:57 AM (23Kgq) Of course - that's always what is said - 'not everyone voted for it'. Oh, ok. I guess I should just go ahead and support pouring billions of dollars down those shitholes - most of which will go to dem constituency groups. The people in that region get what they have voted for. Continuing the previous thread discussion, these people need to feel the pain before they will change. I'm more than willing to DIRECTLY help the 'rons and 'ettes in that region, but I don't want money to go to any group that might POSSIBLY help one single democrat voter. Let those fuckers starve and be cold. Conservatives will take care of themselves. Yes, I'm an asshole that way.

45 Secret Google Death Star found in San Francisco Bay. 

46

That is not the belief of current historians. The last book that I got from the library on that said the first thing that happened was they lost the wheat fields in Northern Africa to the Visigoths (or it may have been the vandals). After that they were unable to adequately feed the citizens of Rome or pay the Army.

 

Vandals. The Vandals and the Visigoths had very different attitudes towards the Empire - The Visigoths fled into the empire as a refuge from the Huns, but when they were massively mistreated they revolted so successfully that they were able to force the Romans to allow them to settle as a distinct, self-governing polity within the borders of the empire. Thereafter they fought both for and against the Romans, trying to establish for themselves a place within the empire, but in the process massively destabilizing it. The Vandals came later, and were much more interested in just looting things than working with the Roman state.

 

It is hard not to sympathize with the Visigoths, but very  hard to like the Vandals.

47 I have no control over how people vote. I can get as angry about the corruption, ineptitude and fecklessness as anyone else. I just think it shrivels up peoples souls and hards their hearts to to say "I don't give a damn about anyone who doesn't think the way I do" and finally. except for policies you become the very thing you. You become what you focus on. I don't want to become that way so it's time to take a break from the board except for posting "hymns of the faith.". Peace. Peace.

48 The pain needs to spread. Conservatives in blue states: I feel your pain more than a lot of people. I lived in Ithaca, NY for 5 years, for God's sake. Until there is pain, though, the liberals will never realize that they're wrong.

The trap is that conservatives have to suffer too. Would you be willing to suffer the full effects of liberalism for 4 years if it meant that liberalism would die?

I would.

 

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at October 28, 2013 09:02 AM (fwARV)

 

Roger that.  The Massholes who scream that our bloated budget is already cut to the marrow need to feel what real pain is.

49

The trap is that conservatives have to suffer too. Would you be willing to suffer the full effects of liberalism for 4 years if it meant that liberalism would die?

 

I started to feel the effects of liberalism during the Cliton years, good and hard. When NAFTA  passed and China  got MFN status, I started having  trouble finding work. It was that administration that decided we were going to turn into a service-oriented economy.

 

I've  been funemployed for six years now.  My 22/yo truck isn't running and now I have to get B'Gal's  car's   transmission fixed  and I have no  money to do either  one.

 

Yeah, ask me how much I like liberalism.

50 Whatever. I couldn't care less about the asswipes in NY/NJ. The problem is that our politicians, who want to spend more and more money, print more and more money, are only taking money away from the poor and middle class. Affordable housing is out of reach for a huge percentage of the population. ObamaCare just moved it even further away. But you know where you can find cheap land? Like the old Chris Farley line about 'living in a van down by the river' -- flood plains are cheap. Because they flood. With regularity. So I don't blame the people too much who decide, for economic reasons, to live there.

51

The trap is that conservatives have to suffer too. Would you be willing to suffer the full effects of liberalism for 4 years if it meant that liberalism would die?

I would.

 

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at October 28, 2013 09:02 AM (fwARV)

 

 

Yep.      And   while   doing so, I would have at least one   leg-up on the LIVs and FSA:   I would know   what was going to happen, and how badly it would suck.   Ignorance is bliss right up until   you get hit in the face with a   sledgehammer called Math.

52 meant, "You (speaking generically-not to YOU) become the very thing you hate."

53 SAN ANTONIO — Some four-footed military heroes will be honored at a Texas installation where many of the animals are trained. Dedication ceremonies are scheduled Monday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland for the first national monument honoring war dogs that died in service to the U.S. The U.S. Military Working Dog Teams National Monument will be at the same base where the animals are also treated when wounded. The main granite pedestal features the bronze image of a handler and the U.S. military’s four main working dog breeds — a Doberman, a German shepherd, a Labrador retriever and a Belgian Malinois.

54 Posted by: Washington Nearsider at October 28, 2013 09:02 AM (fwARV) Unfortunately, liberalism can't die...it appeals to the baser parts of human nature, such as envy and power. We can only try to keep it duct taped and gagged in the crawlspace.

55 Posted by: Bigby's Scraping Hands at October 28, 2013 09:03 AM (3ZtZW) Eh, Government wants to consolidate the power it can. There's not much actual power in the federal government consolidating the municipalities (on a relative standpoint) but there's proportionately more power for the municipal leaders to cling to. Having said that, there's a movement here in STL to consolidate the City and County under one government. Yeah they can kiss my ass.

56 Watching Democrats "govern" is like watching a slow motion multi car highway pile up. Nothing they do changes the essential facts of what's about to happen, and yet they keep stepping on the gas as if they think they know how to save themselves.

57 Want to read more about failing countries, see Graham Greene. He was an old lefty but he knew a third-world dump when he saw one.

58 >>>To hear them tell it, "Obamacare" will turn people into devil worshipping socialist homosexual vegetarians who want the terrorists to win. So of course they will do everything they can to stop it.<<<

I knew it.  This is the confirmation that I needed, wingnuts.

59 I'm more than willing to DIRECTLY help the 'rons and 'ettes in that region, but I don't want money to go to any group that might POSSIBLY help one single democrat voter. Let those fuckers starve and be cold. Conservatives will take care of themselves.

Yes, I'm an asshole that way.

Posted by: blindside at October 28, 2013 09:06 AM (WzWmY)

 

This.   Yes, I'm a cold hearted bitch.   But the fact of the matter is that NOTHING WILL CHANGE until    people are forced to face the consequences of their actions.   VOTES MATTER.  These blue staters (and I'm in a deep purple state, so I know of what I speak) are never going to learn a damn thing if we on the right keep literally and figuratively bailing them out.  

 

But as blindside said, I    will gladly assist any    conservative  'ron or 'ette trapped in one of these blue states, just like I would hope someone would rescue me if my state goes irrevocably blue in the future. 

60 Let the record show:

The general consensus here that we'd ALL be willing to eat it for a few years in order to provide demonstrable proof that liberalism is fucking retarded tells me we love this country a hell of a lot more than they do. 

What sacrifices are the lefties willing to make (personal, measurable sacrifices) in order to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity?

Ask any liberal to sacrifice ANYTHING for ANY reason, and the answer, invariably, is some twist on 'fuck you.'

61 Detroit has had plenty of pain, hasn't changed their voting habits one bit.

62 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2013 09:09 AM (23Kgq) Then you are a better person than I. I don't give a damn about those people because they don't give a damn about me. When SHTF, they'll happily try to steal from me and mine what I have put away for just such a scenario. They call us racists and homophobes and 'gun-nuts'. They tell us we should shut up and there is something wrong with us because we don't want to steal from everyone else to 'help' the 'poor'. They actually attack us, or don't come to our defense when we are attacked. They race-bait in hopes we will suffer the backlash. They would put us into gulags if they thought they could. You're right I don't give a fig about those people. You know how they say I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire. I truly wouldn't.

63 Posted by: model_1066 at October 28, 2013 09:11 AM (3OFnS) Additionally states never seem to feel the pinch of liberalism (unless maybe they have a Balanced Budget Constitutional clause/amendment, but even then rarely.) In part because they just keep spending and spending, and often filling in gaps with sweet sweet federal money. In order for the pain to be felt, we need to shut off the drug supply (Federal dollars.)

64 Wait. God and religion?

Monty is a horrible SOCON!

BURN THE WITCH!*



* Only reprehensible when the religious are building the fire.

65 Drat you to heck, Monty, that picture now makes me want to gaze upon the wonder that is Sandra Lee's silver liger and nothing should make me want that. If you want more delicious schadenfreude, go read Megan McArdle appearing to be genuinely shocked at the prevalence of "13th checks". It's hilarious in its naivete. As I've previously noted, the Michigan state constitution issue with the Detroit bankruptcy is a Serious You Guys matter from a legal theory viewpoint. I have absolutely no idea how to solve that conundrum in a manner that respects state sovereignty while balancing the need for municipal bankruptcy. From a legal theory viewpoint, that is. Math? Math don't give a shit. When push comes to shove, impossibility is also a valid legal theory and, well, here we are. Stupid interesting times. *shinkicks them so hard so so hard*

66 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 28, 2013 09:13 AM (4df7R) If your trampoline can be broken down and packed for moving, I'm sure someone in the horde will offer to help you.

67

Fenelon:

 

"Love thine enemy" can also mean "Love that you have an enemy". Keeps you sharp, I suspect. Also gives you someone to pray for.

68

SAN ANTONIO — Some four-footed military heroes will be honored at a Texas installation where many of the animals are trained.

 

I have a story.  Not a DOOM! one, but it ties in, since it's a general "people suck" story.

 

Mrs P. was driving home from work last week when a little Scottie-mix puppy ran out in front of her.  She stopped.  It was a happy, friendly dog, but had no tags, just a collar.  She called the police and was told to bring the dog to a local vet where lost animals were brought.  So she did (she told me later the poor pup looked so sad at being left, she wanted to take him).

 

Flyers and electronic notices go up, but no answer.  It looks like nobody will claim the pup, but - good news - a friend of Mrs P's whose dog is dying wants the Scottie as a transition dog.  So he will have a happy home.

 

Why do people suck?  Because the vet told Mrs P that, many times, families who don't want their pets anymore will remove the tags and drop them off in the parking lot of the nearest mall before driving away.  So the animals will starve or get hit by cars.

 

People suck.  "Image of God," my ass.

69 Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at October 28, 2013 09:16 AM (OWjjx) Made a wrong turn on the way to the apple farm last weekend. Ended up going through ESTL (in daylight thankfully.) Wife hasn't really seen ESTL in years (ever?). She turns around and goes "WTF? It's like those pictures of Detroit. Everyone has bars on their doors." I reply "actually Detroit is probably worse by a small margin, although this isn't the worst part of ESTL."

70 Liberalism rewards failure and punishes success, and yet liberals think they're smart: totally a mental disorder.

71

Google Death Star.

http://tinyurl.com/lo3jzfw

72

People suck. "Image of God," my ass.

 

Corrupted images of God.

73 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 09:18 AM (zF6Iw) I'm not exactly "pro-animal" by the modern interpretation of the word. I like to eat them and want to cut them open in the name of knowledge. And yet, it still confuses me the way some people act with regards to animals. I blame moral confusion regarding our relationship to animals. But it seems to me putting the dog down should be a preferable alternative to abandoning it. (Not *the* preferable alternative, but *a* preferable, obviously giving it away is probably top of the list.)

74 MPPP-

Or you could look at it as leaving the pup where it could be found by your good wife.

The flip side of that coin are all the people (oh so many) who put their children in danger of losing their home because they "can't afford to pay the rent/mortgage" while they maintain a stable of pets, keep the new car and watch cable.

75 ISRAEL SHOOTS DOWN GAZA ROCKET, READIES PRISONER RELEASE ??? Anyone else think this is crazy? Israel releases murdering bastards and the palis fire on Israel? Fucked up

76 Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No Really!) at October 28, 2013 09:22 AM (GaqMa) I think what your saying is: normal people don't want animals to suffer needlessly.

77 I saw The Vandals open for the Circle Jerks in 84. Oh, wait, I am doing this wrong, I think.

78

Why do people suck? Because the vet told Mrs P that, many times, families who don't want their pets anymore will remove the tags and drop them off in the parking lot of the nearest mall before driving away. So the animals will starve or get hit by cars.

 

That's awful.  I can't imagine how anyone   could do that.  I just can't.  I can't even abandon a fish, let alone a dog.  These animals    have come to depend on us for their food and shelter   and    love us unconditionally,   only to be dumped unceremoniously in the wide world without any way of understanding why it's happening. 

 

I'm glad the little Scotty   will get a good home, MP4.  And hopefully he'll help Mrs. P's friend recover from the     eventual loss of   his/her    other beloved pet.

79 Because the vet told Mrs P that, many times, families who don't want their pets anymore will remove the tags and drop them off in the parking lot of the nearest mall before driving away. That happens a lot in my area, near my house. A dog suddenly appears, no collar. No apparent issues. Then once the dog is safe and sound once again it reverts to whatever behavior made the owner pack it up and abandon it. Next door neighbor took in one of those strays. Dog fine for weeks, then starts barking. Non-fucking-stop. Twelve hours of barking a day. Fortunately he 'took it for a ride' too I think.

80 True. People will live for welfare and pornography; but they won't fight and die for them. And if you don't believe in anything but the here and now, you tend to not give a damn about the next generation. Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 28, 2013 08:46 AM (QXlbZ) The Islamists will fill the vacuum.

81 Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2013 09:23 AM (t3UFN) Hopefully, they'll release the prisoners to the middle of the ocean.

82 Liberals never feel the pain of their insane policies because the feds are always there to bail them out.  Detroit has been getting federal big dollars for decades and that is why they are still hanging on.


Every major city in the US is getting millions of federal dollars so the liberals don't feel the pain there. 


And it wasn't always that way.  I remember years ago NYC was looking for a bailout.  They did not get one because everyone in Congress (except a few) agreed that the feds bailing out a city was unconsitutional.


So what has changed since then?  Decades of unconstitutional socialism on every score.  Decades of assistance for mass transit robbed from gas taxes.


And public who has grown use to free shit.

83 my mom is going home today after a 10 day visit....she lives in ca.....still....don't know why....you know what she is taking home with her? plastic grocery bags.....tons of them....every time we went shopping, she was amazed that in az we still get grocery bags at the check out....when we went to the mall, same thing....she says people who forget or don't bring their own bags, carry their purchases out of the store for the world to see....wtf?

84

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 09:18 AM (zF6Iw)

 

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

 

My dog, the best dog I have ever known, was found tied to a flagpole at a school with a note on his collar.

 

I still have that note, and I still dream of the day when I can meet those fucking assholes in person.

85 Graham: I will block every appointment in the Senate until Benghazi survivors are made available to Congress No you will not because you are a chicken shit SOB

86

Or you could look at it as leaving the pup where it could be found by your good wife.

 

Or hit by a car.  Or killed by exposure or other animals.

 

If you must give up your pet, better to find it a new home or else bring it to a shelter. 

87

I should clarify - my dog was abandoned by his previous "owner" via a chain and a flagpole at the local school. 

 

I  took him in.  Best dog I've ever had.

88 Department of Homeland Security internal documents obtained by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) draft final regulation arranged by the Obama Administration that would lift the established ban on Libyans coming to the U.S. to work in aviation maintenance, flight operations, or to receive training and education in nuclear science. According to a House Judiciary Committee press release, "this draft final regulation could go into place without prior notice and comment." yeah sure why not. I mean what could possibly go wrong?

89

Oh, I understand that the stars aligned and the little pup was found and will get a good home (if not with Mrs P's friend, then with us).  It's the callous treatment of an animal that only wants to love you and be loved, the "dumb animal" bit notwithstanding.   And  I get angry at people who weep over the death of a dog, but cheer a "woman's right" to abortion.

90 Why do people suck? Because the vet told Mrs P that, many times, families who don't want their pets anymore will remove the tags and drop them off in the parking lot of the nearest mall before driving away. So the animals will starve or get hit by cars.

People suck. "Image of God," my ass.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 09:18 AM (zF6Iw)

When I first moved here it was a dirt road and almost all woods.  People used to bring their unwanted dogs and cats here and dump them.  I took in several cats but I am not a dog person.  Most of them wound up going feral in the woods.

91 City School Taxes
2nd City's Library district
Another City (yes, that is the 3rd city) sewer district (and we don't even have sewer - we have an aeration system)
County Sheriff
County Fire
2nd City's Fire (because they are the back up)
A recreation district (which is a hybrid unit between City one and City 2)
Township (township? Yea, because I don't get to vote for mayor of any of these 3 cities) Road District.
Township Rural Fire District (these assholes don't understand....I want my house to burn down --- so I can move)
and finally.....

A community college district.


Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life

We have a community college nearby, that figures it needs to spend more tax dollars because...well for the children. The newly expanded parking lot is filled days and most of the night. People are now saying, raise the tuition. This seems to be a foreign concept to the board of the college.

On the library, a letter to the editor of the local paper had a lady bemoaning the fact that she cannot go to the local library for free and you know she has CHILDREN!!!!. She could in the town she had moved from. Someone pointed out to her, that the area of the county she is living in is unincorporated and she pays no taxes into the library. The cost to join the library for her would be something like 150 a year. I'm betting she is not a library member as of yet.

92 Axelrod, you can say "most" as many times as you want. When the number of cancellations is in the millions, you are a black liar, sir.

93 Why do people suck? Because the vet told Mrs P that, many times, families who don't want their pets anymore will remove the tags and drop them off in the parking lot of the nearest mall before driving away. So the animals will starve or get hit by cars. People suck. "Image of God," my ass. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 09:18 AM (zF6Iw) This is kinda why I regard stray dogs as my responsibility. I make every effort to find the owners, but if it's a sweet dog I'll find a home for it, not put it into the maw of the state.

94 MWR, belated happy happy!


May your year be filled with Karl Urban and Norman Reedus.

95

That happens a lot in my area, near my house. A dog suddenly appears, no collar. No apparent issues. Then once the dog is safe and sound once again it reverts to whatever behavior made the owner pack it up and abandon it.

 

I have no doubt that happens.  But you've also got the "well, I thought it would be nice to have a dog, but I can't handle the hassle" people as well.

 

Next door neighbor took in one of those strays. Dog fine for weeks, then starts barking. Non-fucking-stop. Twelve hours of barking a day. Fortunately he 'took it for a ride' too I think.

 

That would drive me over the edge, too.  I take it bark collars and obedience training didn't work?

96 29 In addition to a spiritual vacuum, the socialist enemies of Western Civilization have spent years demeaning and minimizing it, ignoring how it literally created the modern world. The more people believe the lies, the less there are to man the castle walls. Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 28, 2013 08:57 AM (79zi+) I have this discussion going on right now on another website. Yes, Religion created the modern western world. Religion destroyed slavery in the Western World. Religion created societies able to prosper and reach higher levels of technological advancement. There is a reason the West became so great, and that reason is Religion.

97 92 I should clarify - my dog was abandoned by his previous "owner" via a chain and a flagpole at the local school. I took him in. Best dog I've ever had. Posted by: @JohnTant at October 28, 2013 09:27 AM (eytER) I more or less rescued my bully-dog (convinced slimeball owner that he didn't really want it, given how it was treated), and her loyalty is unbreakable. They know they've been rescued.

98
Good news, everyone!:

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So apparently, somewhere along the line the oppressive non-Hispanic straight white male Christian population became about 5% of the population.

Must have not been cc'd on the memo.

99 You're a conservative in a blue state and you want your vote to count? Vote with your feet. It's that simple (and that difficult).
 
The red states beckon.

100 The pain needs to spread. Conservatives in blue states: I feel your pain more than a lot of people. I lived in Ithaca, NY for 5 years, for God's sake. Until there is pain, though, the liberals will never realize that they're wrong. The trap is that conservatives have to suffer too. Would you be willing to suffer the full effects of liberalism for 4 years if it meant that liberalism would die? I would. Posted by: Washington Nearsider at October 28, 2013 09:02 AM (fwARV) I agree, but I doubt we'll have any choice in the matter. Sometimes a majority just means all the fools are on the same side.

101 There is a reason the West became so great, and that reason is Religion.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 28, 2013 09:30 AM (bb5+k)

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But not just any religion.  The religion of the one true God of the Bible.

Any other "faith" does not produce similar results. 

102

You silly racists do not believe in His greatness. He will save us all. Barack Obama will transform not just America, but the human race.

103 her loyalty is unbreakable. They know they've been rescued.

Posted by: model_1066 at October 28, 2013 09:30 AM (3OFnS)

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Yes they do.  In my experience, rescue dogs form an almost unbreakable attachment to their rescuers. 

104 I agree, but I doubt we'll have any choice in the matter. Sometimes a majority just means all the fools are on the same side.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 28, 2013 09:33 AM (bb5+k)

I think that's the concern.  At some point, math is going to happen and there's nothing we can do about it.

We can either try to right the ship now, which will be hard, or we can wait to fix it once we're beached on some coral outcropping in the Artic Circle, surrounded by starving sharks, in the middle of the worst lightning storm in a generation.  In February.

105 That would drive me over the edge, too. I take it bark collars and obedience training didn't work? The 'new' owner basically put the dog on a 20 foot chain, gave him some food, and drove away for the next 12 hours. Dog ate the food, got bored, then barked. Then barked some more, then kept barking until 'new' owner arrived back to give him some more food. I guess, for the dog, it beat being put down. But for everyone else who had to listen to 12 incessant hours of barking every day it was no picnic. The only 'training' I ever heard was an occasional 'QUIET' being yelled at 120 decibels.

106 May your year be filled with Karl Urban and Norman Reedus.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at October 28, 2013 09:30 AM (VtjlW)

 

 

Awww, thanks, AtC!

107 65 Detroit has had plenty of pain, hasn't changed their voting habits one bit. Posted by: Lincolntf at October 28, 2013 09:13 AM (ZshNr) The negative feedback loop has too much latency for short attention spans.

108

The 'new' owner basically put the dog on a 20 foot chain, gave him some food, and drove away for the next 12 hours. Dog ate the food, got bored, then barked. Then barked some more, then kept barking until 'new' owner arrived back to give him some more food.

 

Fucking idiot.

109 Until there is pain, though, the liberals will never realize that they're wrong.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at October 28, 2013 09:02 AM (fwARV)

One problem is that liberals tend to be fairly mobile, and when things go south in their current living situation, they move to greener pastures and eventually fuck things up there. The point is, however, that they have an out. As long as they have an out in some states being relatively unfucked up, they will not learn. You can see where this is going... they will never learn until all is in ruins, and by then it is too late.

110

The 'new' owner basically put the dog on a 20 foot chain, gave him some food, and drove away for the next 12 hours. Dog ate the food, got bored, then barked. Then barked some more, then kept barking until 'new' owner arrived back to give him some more food.

Fucking idiot.  Nickelfucker.

 

Forgot my own neologism.

111 97 Axelrod, you can say "most" as many times as you want. When the number of cancellations is in the millions, you are a black liar, sir. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at October 28, 2013 09:29 AM (659DL) Wouldn't he be a white liar?

112
Tax on soda to be floated in San Francisco

The  proposal would add a tax of 2 cents per ounce on all sugar-sweetened beverages, defined as drinks with 25 or more calories that have added sugary sweeteners and are less than 50 percent fruit or vegetable juice.

The funds would be earmarked specifically for "active" recreation programs at the city's Recreation and Park Department; lunch, nutrition, physical education and after-school activities at the San Francisco Unified School District; and food access and activity programs funded by the city's Public Health Department and the Department of Children, Youth and their Families.

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113

Drudge has a link to a Weekly Standard story with this title:

 

Florida Woman's Insurance Rate Increases 10X Under Obamacare - From $54/month to $591/month

 

The woman is quoted as saying:  "What I have right now is what I'm happy with, and I just want to know why I can't keep what I have...   Why do I have to be forced into something else?"

 

Two things:

 

1) According to Amanda Marcotte's   litmus test,    this woman is lying.   Everyone who says their premiums are   going up    is   lying.   Everyone's lying and it's all the fault of Faux News.

 

And

 

2)    The dark, nihilistic part of my soul wants to know    who this woman voted for in 2008 and 2012.  Let's say my sympathy will only apply if the answer is   "NOT Barack Obama."  

114 I was going to write a diatribe about Decatur, Illinois - but I relented because there's no sense kicking those poor unfortunates in the nuts any more than they already have been. Not a place for the faint of heart.

115 Fucking idiot. But that was what he wanted. A dog to guard his property for him. He didn't care that the dog barked all day, in fact he was kind of proud. He worked about a mile away and he said he could even hear the dog barking from there. So, people who think they're dropping a dog and some kind person will take care of them, remember this kind of person exists, too.

116

http://tinyurl.com/kmrz8mf

 

 

 

Obama  shitcare  the  gift  that  keeps  on  giving.  According  to  Denninger  nearly  all  who  enroll  are  sent  to  Medicaid.   LMAO

117 ---------- But not just any religion. The religion of the one true God of the Bible. Any other "faith" does not produce similar results. Posted by: mama winger at October 28, 2013 09:34 AM (P6QsQ) Well, iterations of it, for sure. I'm not going to get into a dispute regarding which denomination is superior. Suffice it to say, Christianity is the religion which lead human kind out of barbarism.

118 There is a reason the West became so great, and that reason is Religion. Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 28, 2013 09:30 AM (bb5+k) That's part of it. Bill Whittle gave an excellent speech about this in Toronto, it's called "In defense of western civilization" and is available on Youtube. He posits that western civilization is the end result of 3 things: Judeo-Christain religion, which gave us the concept of monotheism which creates the idea of absolute right and wrong and hence virtue (like a great big real life game of Civilization), Greco-Roman philosophy, which fostered science, the idea that things follow natural laws which can be understood and manipulated for our benefit, and Anglo-Saxon rule of law, which states that everyone must follow the same rules, people are not exempt from the law because of their status. It's a brilliant talk, well worth listening to if you have an hour and a half to spare.

119 One problem is that liberals tend to be fairly mobile, and when things go south in their current living situation, they move to greener pastures and eventually fuck things up there.

Which begs a question, what happens to the conservatives?

So, California, New York, and New Jersey are bleeding liberals, who are moving on to f--k up Colorado, Arizona, North Carolina, and Florida. OK, but liberals are leaving but CA, NY, and NJ aren't getting any more conservative; in fact they seem to get even more liberal as liberals flee. And the states they move into are also getting more liberal.

So, where are conservatives disappearing to?

120 We can either try to right the ship now, which will be hard, or we can wait to fix it once we're beached on some coral outcropping in the Artic Circle, surrounded by starving sharks, in the middle of the worst lightning storm in a generation. In February. Posted by: Washington Nearsider at October 28, 2013 09:36 AM (fwARV) A year ago I read an article which I wished I had saved. The thesis was this; Social constructs don't get repaired, they get replaced. The reason they don't get repaired is because every attempt to remove whatever aspect of the societal construct which is non-functional or even detrimental to the overall system, will be opposed by it's own constituency group which wanted it in the first place.

121
"Charmed" has only been off the air since 2006, but according to some buzz from the television world, CBS TV studios is planning one of those pesky, maybe-okay "reimaginings" of the WB series that starred Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, and Rose McGowan.

Accord to Vulture, the new Charmed will be developed by Party of Five co-creator Chris Keyser and writing partner Sydney Sidner.

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Network execs missing the fact the the appeal of Charmed was watching sexy Alyssa Milano try on pretty outfits each week.

122 I'm not going to get into a dispute regarding which denomination is superior. That doesn't seem fair to the people seeking to improve their Forumwarz trolling skilz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forumwarz

123

Hey, MWR, did you see the story over the weekend about the dimwit "graphic designer" who wants to replace all 57 state flags?  He says our current flags don't show unity and we should fly banners that show we're all one nation.  It was in Sunday's Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, but I can't link.

 

The NH flag was a red rectangle with a  thin  vertical blue rectangle on the left, within which was a single white star.

124 Well, iterations of it, for sure. I'm not going to get into a dispute regarding which denomination is superior.

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


Sorry for the confusion -  denominational differences are not what I meant.  What I meant were that religions other than those based on Judeo-Christian teachings.  For instance, adherence to Islam does not produce a flourishing civilization.  Or Hinduism.  Or similar "isms". 

125
So, California, New York, and New Jersey are bleeding liberals, who are moving on to f--k up Colorado, Arizona, North Carolina, and Florida. OK, but liberals are leaving but CA, NY, and NJ aren't getting any more conservative; in fact they seem to get even more liberal as liberals flee. And the states they move into are also getting more liberal.

So, where are conservatives disappearing to?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale



You forgot to net in immigration to the Blue states.  The renewable resource that keeps the states liberal.

126 It's a brilliant talk, well worth listening to if you have an hour and a half to spare. Posted by: Weirddave at October 28, 2013 09:51 AM (N/cFh) Everything Bill Whittle does is brilliant in my opinion. The man is a communications genius. Now if only he were on prime time media.

127 Network execs missing the fact the the appeal of Charmed was watching sexy Alyssa Milano try on pretty outfits each week. It isn't like there is a shortage of hot chicks looking to get on TV.

128

One problem is that liberals tend to be fairly mobile, and when things go south in their current living situation, they move to greener pastures and eventually fuck things up there

 

I spent the weekend watching Seasons 1 and 2 of The Walking Dead on Netflix.  Seems the libs and zombies are similar in this regard.

 

 

129 Sorry for the confusion - denominational differences are not what I meant. What I meant were that religions other than those based on Judeo-Christian teachings. For instance, adherence to Islam does not produce a flourishing civilization. Or Hinduism. Or similar "isms". Posted by: mama winger at October 28, 2013 09:54 AM (P6QsQ) Agree. Judeo-Christian religion was the door to our success.

130 Shit, 19% of me is gay? Like my left leg is straight but my right leg wants to ride the Hershey Highway?

131 [iThe NH flag was a red rectangle with a thin vertical blue rectangle on the left, within which was a single white star.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 09:54 AM (zF6Iw) [/i]

 

I didn't see that, MP4, and good thing, too.   My response would have been...   visceral  and vulgar.

 

 

132

So, where are conservatives disappearing to?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale

 

It's attitude.   Conservatives believe   there's more to life than politics.   Leftists believe politics IS life.  And once the lefties get into positions of power -- bureaucratic and legislative -- they    never give it up.   By the time we conservatives realize what's happened, our homes have been taken over by blue state assholes.

 

And we can't move away!   The blue state hellholes these bastards   have abandoned   never change.   See Detroit -- they're still grasping at impossible straws, desperate to sustain their unsustainable    socialist model instead of goign through the painful changes that might inspire people to move back there and set it back on the path to a thriving future.  

 

The places conservatives can    run to are growing smaller and smaller by the day.

133 128. He says our current flags don't show unity and we should fly banners that show we're all one nation I thought that was the "Stars and Stripes".

134 Ben just dumped.

135 Everything Bill Whittle does is brilliant in my opinion. The man is a communications genius. He just launched BillWhittle.com. Check it out, one website with all of his stuff available. I don't think past speeches are up yet, but he plans to archive them all there.

136 So, where are conservatives disappearing to?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 28, 2013 09:51 AM (QXlbZ)

I think one reason is that the political establishment that grew off the backs of those liberals entrenched itself, making it very difficult to revert. Then there is the illegal immigration and vote fraud thing... Actually, I would also add that the ranks of liberals never truly shrinks due to the public school system....

137 139 Ben just dumped.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 10:05 AM (zF6Iw)

No need to move over. Thirty minutes, thirty comments. The Headquarters is dreary, today. I think we're feeling the effects of the lack of Ewok Aura.

138 Now if only he were on prime time media. Missed this. He's also negotiating to get Fox news to feature his Virtual President stuff on their website, if that falls through The Blaze is interested.

139 "Never mind the political shenanigans or national debt; to gauge the health of a country, look at the utilities. Is the power on? Do the streetlights work? Does the trash get picked up? Is local law enforcement reliable and effective?"


This is one of the more obvious differences between California and Texas. 

You had better have a good GPS when driving around in southern California because all the highway traffic signs are covered with graffiti even though they are surrounded with razor wire.  You can't claim that the difference is due to different demographics because there are plenty of Mexicans in Texas.  The difference is that in Texas, people who spray paint on highway signs are arrested and put in jail.

The other differences such as high taxes and oppressive regulations, high energy costs, unsustainable public obligations and poor performing schools are all there in California but they are not quite as obvious.

140

Love that cat.

 

Obama just sent Detroit $300M. He may as well have pissed on it and flushed it down the toilet. This after he swore that there would be no federal bailout.

 

Why should the citizens of Podunck pay for the corruption and illegal union sweat-heart deals in Detroit?

 

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 08:50 AM (zZbNF)

 

Point of order - Teh SCOAMT did piss on and flush that $300M.

141 Ten Minutes of Your Sunday is Well Worth This

http://tinyurl.com/m6emzms