December 21, 2013

A&E: We Are Shocked, SHOCKED! To Find Out Phil Robertson Is Such An Old Fuddy Duddy
— andy

Except for when they're setting up "reality TV" tension between Phil and a guy rivaled in his masculinity by Footie Pajama Boy, that is.

Because, *wink* *nod*

You remember that episode, right? The subtext of that plot line was Phil's supposed disdain for the at-least-metro-and-most-probably-homo guy Miss Kay brought over to photograph their dog. Great ratings - woo-hoo! - but then reality got a little too real for A&E when Phil started talking about his views on sin by quoting from that obscure Bible thingy.

But don't fret, you knuckle-dragging God-botherers. A&E is showing the courage of its convictions by airing 35 hours of Duck Dynasty for CHRISTmas next week. (apologies for the TMZ link)

DD is pretty much taking over A&E's Christmas schedule. The network will air 4 separate rerun marathons of the show in 4 days (December 22-25) totaling 35.5 hours of air time.

December 22 -- 5PM-4AM EST
December 23 -- 7PM-4AM EST
December 24 -- 6PM-9PM EST
December 25 -- 3:30PM-4AM EST

Season 5 of Duck Dynasty has already been filmed, so "suspending" Phil doesn't really do anything at the moment. I demand that A&E not ... no, wait ... I demand that GLAAD demand that A&E not air any episodes of Duck Dynasty until the entire Robertson family apologizes and agrees to fully embrace homosexuality.

Yeah, I thought so.

Related: There's more on this topic in the first segment of this week's podcast.

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1 This guy I've heard of and it is the most important thing we can be covering. ACA you ask? Never heard of it.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at December 21, 2013 07:01 AM (Lqb+9)

2 Go Phil!

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at December 21, 2013 07:01 AM (R8hU8)

3 A and E is shocked to find that the Reality TV star of their Reality TV show is in reality really real. 


Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:02 AM (P6QsQ)

4 BREAKING NEWS:  Gay sex is kinda, no, actually more than "kinda" disgusting.....

Posted by: @ParisParamus at December 21, 2013 07:02 AM (M9jNe)

5 (male gay sex, anyway...)

Posted by: @ParisParamus at December 21, 2013 07:02 AM (M9jNe)

6 I'm so GLAAD
I'm so GLAAD
I'm GLAAD, GLAAD, GLAAD

Posted by: Cream at December 21, 2013 07:02 AM (s/sIv)

7 If you want to support the Robertsons, then do NOT buy any Duck Dynasty stuff. Buy Duck Commander stuff.

Posted by: EC at December 21, 2013 07:03 AM (doBIb)

8 It's time this country had a national discussion about anal sex. Make sure the kids are in the room while we're at it. Move me into the nihilist camp.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 21, 2013 07:03 AM (uEakW)

9 GLAAD to know you

Posted by: Ian Dury & the Blockheads at December 21, 2013 07:04 AM (s/sIv)

10 man. I f'd up. read the post, got to the bottom & no comments. I coulda been a contenda.

Posted by: Great Googlymooglies, Zappa's mindful webworker at December 21, 2013 07:04 AM (bDqG/)

11 What do they do with Season Five? Edit Phil out? I can't imagine A&E airing a new season with Phil in it. Can't imagine GLAAD allowing them to air it that way... When Lifetime and Bravo were fighting over "Project Runway," the season in the can when the fight erupted stayed there for at least a year -- as I recall.

Posted by: elaine at December 21, 2013 07:05 AM (GNZ0/)

12 I am offended at the filthy talk that was in that hateful hate interview and I demand that A and E remove all Duck Dynasty merchandise from store shelves immediately.  So what if it is making them millions?  It's the principle of the thing. 

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:05 AM (P6QsQ)

13 Needs moar Benghazi. (I keed. Plz no mr banhammers)

Posted by: Great Googlymooglies, Zappa's mindful webworker at December 21, 2013 07:07 AM (bDqG/)

14 10 >> man. I f'd up. read the post, got to the bottom & no comments. I coulda been a contenda.
 
A common rookie mistake.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 21, 2013 07:07 AM (cHZB7)

15 I am going to take a leap here and say that A&E actually airs season 5. I think the backlash against the backlash gives them an out here. Not for any principles, for the money.

Posted by: Dandolo at December 21, 2013 07:07 AM (0XBx+)

16 They'll be really shocked when their gravy train gets rerouted to another railroad.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 21, 2013 07:08 AM (i09Wm)

17 Duck Dynasty, Chik-Fil-A...I see the makings of a whole new mall concept...

Posted by: @ParisParamus at December 21, 2013 07:08 AM (M9jNe)

18 Although I would love to see Glenn Beck pick the Duck guys up.

Posted by: Dandolo at December 21, 2013 07:08 AM (0XBx+)

19 is Buck Commander still in operation? search function sux on the phone.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 21, 2013 07:10 AM (JPASj)

20 Intolerant GLAAD Reeling From Biggest Backlash in Years YahooTV reported, via Free Republic: In the fallout over Wednesday’s suspension of “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson by A&E for anti-gay and racist remarks, GLAAD is experiencing record levels of backlash. “In the five-and-a-half years I’ve worked at GLAAD, I’ve never received so many violently angry phone calls and social media posts attacking GLAAD for us speaking out against these comments,” the media watchdog organization’s vice president of communications Rich Ferraro told TheWrap. He said those reactions range from those who simply believe as Robertson believes to those who feel that GLAAD and A&E’s actions limit the reality star’s free speech. “I don’t think this is about the first amendment,” Ferraro said. “I feel it’s more about the America we live in today. That is one where Americans, gay and straight, are able to speak out when people in the public eye make anti-gay and racist remarks.” At Gateway Pundit: http://tinyurl.com/nnu5tv7

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 07:11 AM (bCEmE)

21 A common rookie mistake. -GnuBreed I know! What was I thinking? At least I didn't watch the vid.

Posted by: Great Googlymooglies, Zappa's mindful webworker at December 21, 2013 07:11 AM (bDqG/)

22 Dear GLAAD,

My intolerance of you is directly proportional to your intolerance of me.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 21, 2013 07:13 AM (V70Uh)

23 Kifflom!

Posted by: Zolag at December 21, 2013 07:14 AM (NVvNk)

24 I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2013 07:14 AM (t3UFN)

25 “I don’t think this is about the first amendment,” Ferraro said. “I feel it’s more about the America we live in today. That is one where Americans, gay and straight, are able to speak out when people in the public eye make anti-gay and racist remarks.” At Gateway Pundit: http://tinyurl.com/nnu5tv7 Posted by: Tami at December 21, 2013 11:11 AM (bCEmE) Wow, stupid man is stupid. While technically this isn't about 1A (since there's no government involvement) it's certainly about the spirit of 1A which is "people get to say stuff, and you have to answer it with logic."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 07:14 AM (GaqMa)

26 The Robertsons think that A&E was going to try to use the interview to control Phil Robertson to scale back the Christianity because A&E had apparently already had discussions with them about cutting it back




Link at Weasel Zippers

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:14 AM (P6QsQ)

27 I want to wish President Obama a Merry Christmas in Hawaii and hurry back because we need you.

Posted by: Chrissy Liebowitz at December 21, 2013 07:15 AM (iB0Q2)

28 Geeze, guys like that cause my gorge to rise. It isn't 'hate'..., it's repugnance for the unnatural.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 07:15 AM (aDwsi)

29 “I don’t think this is about the first amendment,” Ferraro said.


Of course it's not about the first amendment which says the state can't prosecute somebody for what they say.  A and E can do whatever they want but they're being extremely dumb and hypocritical for making their stand the way they've done.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 21, 2013 07:15 AM (i09Wm)

30 "Duck Dynasty, Chik-Fil-A...I see the makings of a whole new mall concept..." Duk-Fil-A? Works for me, as long as I don't have to pick bird shot out of my sammich.

Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2013 07:16 AM (aZzjF)

31 "Sources within the close-knit Louisiana clan say they are convinced A&E are manipulating the controversial situation to bring them – and particularly Robertson – back into line after Television executives grew tired of the family pushing their deeply-held, Christian beliefs.

They also think the network could have done something to stop the controversial GQ article being made public, because an A&E representative was present during the interview"

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:16 AM (P6QsQ)

32
I consulted with my wife Dr Jill, and she assures me there is no butt in butt sex.  It's all a conservative fantasy, and according to Dr. Jill, an impossibility to accomplish.

Posted by: Butt Plug Biden at December 21, 2013 07:16 AM (pJF+c)

33 Phil Robertson commits the "unpardonable sin" and says what's on his mind. The minority is outraged. Phil is punished. Phil does not back down. The minority does more outrage. Have I missed anything so far?

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2013 07:17 AM (YEQ2h)

34 What do they do with Season Five? Edit Phil out? With those beards going on, I'm thinking they can dub in anything they'd like and you'd never be able to tell.

Posted by: t-bird at December 21, 2013 07:17 AM (FcR7P)

35 I'm sticking by my original thoughts: A&E made a legitimate business decision (in that it was in their purview) but it was clearly a stupid business decision. Andy's video only seems to confirm that in my mind. A&E had hoped to make a "laugh at the hillbillies" show. This clip is an example of that, we're supposed to laugh at how intolerant he is. But the show is has become a "enjoy this downhome Christian family" show. Which has an entirely different viewer make up. A&E is still trying to placate the former group of viewers (who don't exist now if they ever did.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 07:18 AM (GaqMa)

36 31 Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 11:16 AM (P6QsQ) Sounds like A&E was playing poiitics. Too bad for them the Robertsons were not playing, just living their beliefs. Makes you think Phil saw it coming, in the interview he makes it clear he knows the show will not last forever and it merely a way to spread the word of Christ.

Posted by: Dandolo at December 21, 2013 07:18 AM (0XBx+)

37 “In the five-and-a-half years I’ve worked at GLAAD, I’ve never received so many violently angry phone calls and social media posts attacking GLAAD for us speaking out against these comments,” the media watchdog organization’s vice president of communications Rich Ferraro told TheWrap.

“I don’t think this is about the first amendment,” Ferraro said. “I feel it’s more about the America we live in today. That is one where Americans, gay and straight, are able to speak out when people in the public eye make anti-gay and racist remarks.”




It's never about the 1st Amendment when it comes to anyone who disagrees with the left. Funny how they're the only one with 1st Amendment rights the rest of us are just supposed to tow the line. I'm glad (no pun) that the sods are getting a huge backlash. It's about time people stopped being doormats for the left

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 21, 2013 07:19 AM (JivuR)

38 Stop with the Anal  already.  We can't get no rest as it is, what with the farting and pooping.

Posted by: Pin Worms against GLAAD at December 21, 2013 07:19 AM (tmZwI)

39 So this week I think I have to tell the black members of my family that I am racist, and all my gay friends (I don't happen to have any gay black family, I do have black gay friends) that I am a homophobe, and the black gay friends that I am a racist homophobe. All along I just thought I really hated bullies

Posted by: traye at December 21, 2013 07:19 AM (8RLUK)

40 Despite the star's suspension, the Robertson family has a merchandise empire that is estimated by Forbes to be worth about $400million - and their deal with Walmart makes up around half of this  -


Daily Mail

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:20 AM (P6QsQ)

41 We stand with the child molesting sodomites.

Posted by: Cracker Barrel at December 21, 2013 07:21 AM (ShvtX)

42 Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 21, 2013 11:19 AM (JivuR) GLAAD forgets that just as they can speak out, we can return speech. It's a two way street. And they're feeling the oncoming traffic they've just wandered into.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 07:21 AM (GaqMa)

43 #35 -yeah-I think A&E wanted a hillbilly iteration of "the Osbournes". And their production team beck owned themselves.

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2013 07:21 AM (YEQ2h)

44 I guess Duck Dynasty is losing the critical homosexual demo of viewers. What a blow loss.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 07:21 AM (aDwsi)

45 #26 A&E, and and most tv is run by a bunch of liberal idiots living in the same NYC and/or LA liberal bubble that brought us President Fascist-Moron.  Bubble temporarily burst.

Posted by: @ParisParamus at December 21, 2013 07:21 AM (M9jNe)

46 A source close to the family, who asked not to be named, told Daily Mail Online: ‘You have to ask yourself, why this interview happened and why it ever became public. Someone from A&E was there and was aware of the kind of answers Phil was giving.

‘But despite that, they didn’t ever try to stop it or control it. Instead, they let it hit the headlines and then released a statement condemning it.

‘It is our belief that they knew what was going to happen and then used the situation to exercise control over Phil.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:22 AM (P6QsQ)

47 So funny.  The pencil dicks at GLAAD are shocked, SHOCKED, that someone would speak the truth and call them on their preference for man-anus versus vagina.

It didn't help when Megyn Kelly called Phil's comments "crude."  Did she read the article?  The author used much cruder language.


Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 21, 2013 07:22 AM (V70Uh)

48 Duck Dynasty, Chik-Fil-A...I see the makings of a whole new mall concept...
Posted by: @ParisParamus at December 21, 2013 11:08 AM


Got room for us?

Posted by: Hobby Lobby at December 21, 2013 07:22 AM (bAGA/)

49 GLAAD forgets that just as they can speak out, we can return speech. But you're not qualified, professional grievance mongers! Where are your certifications, your references, your bona fides?

Posted by: GLAAD at December 21, 2013 07:24 AM (FcR7P)

50 I'm not mad at GLAAD. Mildly annoyed. I'm certain some folks are a little madder then I am. But I guarantee you some lefties are gonna write letters, complete with death threats and stuff, and portray themselves as conservative Christians. I'd bet the house. It's in their playbook.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 21, 2013 07:24 AM (6Nqkf)

51 GLAAD my gaydar works.

Posted by: UWP at December 21, 2013 07:24 AM (2hQRj)

52 So, how does Phil get along with the little dogs? The clip tries to make it seem like the doesn't care for them. However, I suspect they are both his and his wife's lap dogs.

Posted by: Bean Pies! at December 21, 2013 07:24 AM (Qev5V)

53 I will say this: If GLAAD had simply said "we disagree." This would have been a minor blip, a common occurrence actually. Then, nothing. But they went for the kill, called it bigoted, racist, etc. etc. etc. And overcommitted.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 07:24 AM (GaqMa)

54 Read the sidebar story about SFC Gantt and then wonder what country we're living in today. Breaks my heart.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 21, 2013 07:25 AM (uEakW)

55 "Beck owned" equals "beclowned". Thanks, iPad! I can handle my own screw-ups, if you don't mind. And by the way, Siri, you're not all that hawt.

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2013 07:25 AM (YEQ2h)

56 I never understood the appeal of the reality show concept, but I have to hand it  to these networks.  They sure do know how to milk these things,  get people to tune in, and spend their  cash. 

Brilliant. 

Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 07:25 AM (BeSEI)

57 Isn't it odd that in many countries if you insult the national religion or are a minority or are gay, you will get a hailstorm of stones. Here if you insult the national religion which is gay or minority you will get a hailstorm of tweets. Also odd that this national religion supports the other.

Posted by: confusedus say at December 21, 2013 07:25 AM (8RLUK)

58 Yesterday I went to Hobby Lobby and bought some Hate Christmas wrapping paper, then I went to a department store and bought a Hate Duck Dynasty flashlight.  The nearest Chik-Fil-A is a half hour away, otherwise I would have gone and gotten a Hate Shake. 

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:25 AM (P6QsQ)

59 Posted by: GLAAD at December 21, 2013 11:24 AM (FcR7P) Here you go: *hands over PhD(c)* As you can see my certifications are all in order. Now STFU.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 07:25 AM (GaqMa)

60 Overreach?  Or reach-around?

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 21, 2013 07:26 AM (V70Uh)

61 But I guarantee you some lefties are gonna write letters, complete with death threats and stuff, and portray themselves as conservative Christians. I'd bet the house. It's in their playbook. Posted by: Regular Moron ------------------ It's called 'The Lesbian Waitress Gambit'

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 07:26 AM (aDwsi)

62 By the by, some day I hope to play that card on a liberal. "Well So and So says" "You know, I also have a PhD. And you don't."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 07:27 AM (GaqMa)

63 *gently decants Hate Shake (vanilla) into USB port for grammie*

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 07:28 AM (aDwsi)

64 LOLZ "You have two watches there" "Yeah, they don't work. They're more for fashion." Doesn't that just epitomize liberalism?

Posted by: Lauren at December 21, 2013 07:30 AM (hFL/3)

65 By the by, some day I hope to play that card on a liberal. "Well So and So says" -------------------- Yeah. The guy referenced on an earlier thread here defended the Global Warming hockey stick by playing the 'It was published in Science' card.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 07:30 AM (aDwsi)

66 Looking forward to next month, when I cancel the satellite TV service. I'll miss a couple shows, but will be content knowing that my money isn't going to MSNBC and a bunch of other nonsense-spewing networks.

Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2013 07:30 AM (aZzjF)

67 Hahahahahahahahahaha......  Let's send a homo over to this crackers house and see what happens!  This is what the effete beta male executives at the network don't understand.  MOST of the people identify with Phil, and not the Homographer.  They have been misunderstanding this for decades.  All in the Family?  We were Archie and NOT Meathead.  They will never get it..... and it will destroy the very networks that these executives mismanage.  It seems like 50% of the new Primetime shows feature homo couples doing homo things....and NO ONE is watching.  This country is not 50% gay.  I would say, at best, it might be 2% gay.  The Nets misunderstand this to their own detriment.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 21, 2013 07:31 AM (jucos)

68 Big Anus doesn't give a shit how this turns out. It is free publicity for them.

Posted by: Bean Pies! at December 21, 2013 07:31 AM (Qev5V)

69 The usual shitheels are wailing on with the stupid bullshit "but what about the Dixie Chicks?!!"

Yeah, fuck you. If I gave two shits about the stupid world you've insulated yourself in and thought there were a chance in hell you'd let the light of reality impose itself for a half-second, I'd respond thus:

You were defending the ditzy bitches then and you're quiet now: So--tell me again who is being inconsistent?

FOAD.

Here's one for you ass-licking shitstains: By that same "logic" you had liberally applied to justify revoking the tax-exempt status of the Catholic and LDS church over Prop. 8,  GLAAD actually is violating Phil's First Amendment rights.

Oh?

Too fucking far afield for you to make that connection?

Let me spell it out for you:
The only way GLAAAG  can afford to operate is if they are tax-exempt. Meaning, they are subsidized by the federal government via a "tax loophole."
Therefore: When CLAAAG speaks they do so because of the federal government. And they are exploiting their government-favored position to stifle the free speech of another.

Posted by: RoyalOil at December 21, 2013 07:31 AM (VjL9S)

70 "You know, I also have a PhD. And you don't." Foul! Argues an Ivy League J.D. not in evidence! This better not be a science (and therefore a denier) PhD we're talking about.

Posted by: GLAAD at December 21, 2013 07:31 AM (FcR7P)

71 Thank you Mike H.  I can now revel in the completeness of my Hate-iness.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:31 AM (P6QsQ)

72 Big Anus doesn't give a shit how this turns out. It is free publicity for them. Posted by: Bean Pies! -------------- No doubt, but Phil's willingness to stand and speak will be encouraging to others.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 07:32 AM (aDwsi)

73
In other culture war news:

FEDERAL JUDGE GRANTS injunction that prohibits government from enforcing ObamaCare requirement that insurance coverage includes access to morning-after pills and similar contraceptives on almost 200 religious organizations that have filed a class-action lawsuit to block the mandate.

@ foxnews

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2013 07:33 AM (MaP11)

74 The nearest Chik-Fil-A is a half hour away, otherwise I would have gone and gotten a Hate Shake.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 11:25 AM


Mmmm, waffle fries of discord.

Posted by: huerfano at December 21, 2013 07:33 AM (bAGA/)

75 If the A&E really want to show how much the support the gay agenda they should all get sodomized this weekend just to show how "behind" it they are.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 21, 2013 07:33 AM (JivuR)

76 GLADD is what Gaping Liberal Assholes who like Duck Dynasty?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 07:33 AM (ShvtX)

77 I'm making two bowls of popcorn for this kerfuffle - one with cajun spice and I'm trying one with Alligator Rub seasoning.  I assume Valu-Rite is the appropriate beverage, amirite?

Posted by: RightWingProf at December 21, 2013 07:34 AM (RtR5I)

78 Let's give a hand to all the pundits who keep smugly lecturing us that this isn't about the 1st Amendment. They're just so far ahead of us peons intellectually.

Posted by: gewa76 at December 21, 2013 07:34 AM (k8m83)

79 I know this has been mentioned here before but....if you buy DD stuff, that goes to A & E. Duck Commander stuff is the Robertson's line.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 07:34 AM (bCEmE)

80 Well, it's nice JammyBoi has a rival. God, these people are idjits....

Posted by: backhoe at December 21, 2013 07:35 AM (ULH4o)

81 However, it is totally a 1st amendment issue when people get hurt feelings over being told Merry Christmas. As in, the well wisher is violating the 1st amendment of the offended atheist douchenozzle.

Posted by: Lauren at December 21, 2013 07:35 AM (hFL/3)

82 They need to let people pick every channel in their cable lineup.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 07:35 AM (ShvtX)

83 They're just so far ahead of us peons intellectually. Posted by: gewa76 ---------------------------- Yeah, but I have to get them to speak slowly, and repeat the big words, because knuckle dragger.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 07:36 AM (aDwsi)

84 Not watching TV, not having TV, not paying for cable/sat/internet TV and seeing articles like this makes me laugh.

Posted by: Reginald Duh Bloodie at December 21, 2013 07:36 AM (fR9mP)

85 67 -

You don't really think these networks don't know what they are doing, do you?  They know who their audience is.  They know what sells. 

Tension between different cultural groups sells. 

It's as simple as that.  They really don't care what content they put out, as long as it sells.

What, do you think Fox  executives  actually LIKE  football and NASCAR?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 07:36 AM (BeSEI)

86 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzFt9MvDZbo#t=806 I have not watched much DD, maybe ten minutes, just did not do much for me. Watched the above and within three minutes saw that the man has no hate in him. Just real honest.

Posted by: Dandolo at December 21, 2013 07:38 AM (0XBx+)

87 Well, no good photo ops at Walmart. They were rolling out more DD shirts while we were there. And they did have some Duck Commander brand stuff there, which is the brand that supposedly does not give money to A 'n E.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 21, 2013 07:38 AM (SUKHu)

88 They need to let people pick every channel in their cable lineup.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 11:35 AM (ShvtX)




Wouldn't that be nice. I don't need half of the crap channels that Crookcast puts in its basic package.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 21, 2013 07:38 AM (JivuR)

89 Just listened to the end of the podcast. Apparently , an exchange of hand jibbers took place shortly after the recording stopped.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 07:38 AM (ZshNr)

90 Posted by: GLAAD at December 21, 2013 11:31 AM (FcR7P) Nope, Soft Science at best baby! Bioethics, the "professional grievance monger" wildcard! Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 11:30 AM (aDwsi) In the days before, I used to think that meant something, now I look at retraction numbers and go "meh, all it means is some editor liked it some peer reviewers who spent 10 minutes with it felt it wasn't awful."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 07:38 AM (GaqMa)

91 OT bleg: Bomber posted his Christmas Surprise to his Kids video a couple of days ago. Does anyone remember what post that was? I want to show my kids but can't even remember what day it was.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 21, 2013 07:39 AM (GDulk)

92 However, it is totally a 1st amendment issue when people get hurt feelings over being told Merry Christmas. As in, the well wisher is violating the 1st amendment of the offended atheist douchenozzle. Oh yeah. Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards Men. We just can't have any of that, now can we? *stumbles away whilst muttering...*

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 21, 2013 07:39 AM (0HooB)

93 This is precisely about the Fist Amendment, and trying to nuance that be damned. What we have now is one-sided freedom of speech, and that must not stand. This may be a hill to die on.

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2013 07:39 AM (YEQ2h)

94 Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 11:36 AM (BeSEI) See my above: I think they *thought* they new what they were doing. But in reality they were accomplishing the opposite. So when this happens they misjudged their audience and BAM.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 07:40 AM (GaqMa)

95 Let's play 'Guess the Party': Pol sent staff video of ‘oral sex’ http://tinyurl.com/k9pt2q5

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 07:40 AM (bCEmE)

96 Worth repeating?

79 I know this has been mentioned here before but....if you buy DD stuff, that goes to A & E. Duck Commander stuff is the Robertson's line. Posted by: Tami

Don't give A & E a cent.

Posted by: backhoe at December 21, 2013 07:40 AM (ULH4o)

97 Washington (AFP) - A weary Barack Obama, eyelids heavy, predicted Friday that the restorative power of sleep and the sunshine of his native Hawaii would restore his wilting fortunes after a bleak year.






Awww...poor widdle Barry. Wiping out people's health insurance plans and screwing up and weakening the country just wore him out. Or maybe it was just Reggie who wore him out

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 21, 2013 07:41 AM (JivuR)

98 Wouldn't that be nice. I don't need half of the crap channels that Crookcast puts in its basic package. Yeah, I suspect someday they'll let us choose our preferred channels. But the Federal Government will have an 'official' website -- built by a Canadian company with an epic record of failure. You'll choose Fox News, receive 24/7 Gay Agenda News. And you'll like it, prole.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 21, 2013 07:42 AM (6Nqkf)

99 Bomber posted his Christmas Surprise to his Kids video a couple of days ago. Does anyone remember what post that was? I want to show my kids but can't even remember what day it was. Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 21, 2013 11:39 AM (GDulk) I *think* it was the ONT two nights back.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 07:42 AM (bCEmE)

100 You don't really think these networks politicians don't know what they are doing, do you? They know who their audience is. They know what sells. Tension between different cultural groups sells. It's as simple as that. They really don't care what content they put out, as long as it sells. Posted by: BurtTC -------------------------- There.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 07:43 AM (aDwsi)

101 Awww...poor widdle Barry. Wiping out people's health insurance plans and screwing up and weakening the country just wore him out. Or maybe it was just Reggie who wore him out On the bright side, it exhausted teh Searchlight Pederast so much that he had to be hospitalized yesterday, so there's that.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 21, 2013 07:43 AM (0HooB)

102
Looking forward to next month, when I cancel the satellite TV service. I'll miss a couple shows, but will be content knowing that my money isn't going to MSNBC and a bunch of other nonsense-spewing networks.

We've had it with packaged cable, and our year term expires next month. We'll keep internet, and phone, and use Amazon Prime, and Netflix for most of our tv watching.

As it is, we watch just a few shows, on only a couple channels anyway....I don't see the need to pay for so much crap I never watch. If they offered 'a la carte' service, it might be different, but they don't, so oh well.

 

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 21, 2013 07:43 AM (0IhFx)

103 Posted by: Tami at December 21, 2013 11:40 AM (bCEmE) FTA: In late 2011, Gabryszak told Freling he was sending her a recorded message to play to his constituents — but instead sent her a video “of him in a bathroom, either receiving or pretending to be receiving fellatio,” the papers allege. She should have sent it and said "I was just doing what you told me to." Heck he's lucky she watched it before hitting "Send."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 07:43 AM (GaqMa)

104 That woman they are trying to lynch over tweets has been on buzzfeed, nyt, daily mail and I am sure many other outlets. Talk about fucking over kill! You would have thought she had given aids to someone herself or kidnapped and killed a baby.

Posted by: Bean Pies! at December 21, 2013 07:43 AM (Qev5V)

105 Here it is Polli: 69 Hey y'all. Made it home. Video of the Bomber kids getting an early Christmas present - http://youtu.be/n3ZS5kBL4f0 Posted by: Bomber at December 18, 2013 10:49 PM (G8OL9)

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 07:44 AM (bCEmE)

106 94 -

I've never watched the show, but I've heard all sorts of things (including here) about how the network didn't plan for this to go the way it did.

I don't  buy it.

I think everybody  is getting exactly what they want out of this. 

Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 07:44 AM (BeSEI)

107 That woman they are trying to lynch over tweets has been on buzzfeed, nyt, daily mail and I am sure many other outlets. Talk about fucking over kill! You would have thought she had given aids to someone herself or kidnapped and killed a baby.

Posted by: Bean Pies! at December 21, 2013 11:43 AM (Qev5V)


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The tolerant anti-bullying crowd strikes again.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:45 AM (P6QsQ)

108 >>Hey y'all. Made it home. Video of the Bomber kids getting an early Christmas present - http://youtu.be/n3ZS5kBL4f0 Posted by: Bomber at December 18, 2013 10:49 PM

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 21, 2013 07:45 AM (SUKHu)

109 I'd say Fuck GLADD in the ass with the barbed cock of Satan, but they'd probably like it.

Posted by: Sir Robert of Banbury at December 21, 2013 07:45 AM (V1q4Q)

110 Foul! Argues an Ivy League J.D. not in evidence! This better not be a science (and therefore a denier) PhD we're talking about.

Posted by: GLAAD at December 21, 2013 11:31 AM (FcR7P)

My PhD is in Business (and specifically in Finance).  So by definition I'm an unregenerate capitalist.  Add in that I support the Phil Robertson and it makes the English (and Gay Studies) Profs' heads explode. 

I was recently in a university-wide teaching fellows program (we'd get together twice a month to discuss ways of becoming more effective teachers).  We quickly broke into two camps - the profs from a discipline that involved "hard" knowledge where you could  actually make an OBJECTIVE distinction between right and wrong answers (math, engineering, finance, non-global warming science, etc...), and the English/Social Studies/Grievance Studies folks.  

About once every other meeting, we (the "hard knowledge" camp) would figure out whose turn it was to say something to light up the other camp.  It was the most fun I'd have all month.

Posted by: RightWingProf at December 21, 2013 07:46 AM (RtR5I)

111 Tami posted it first, but she's probably rick rolling you...

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 21, 2013 07:46 AM (SUKHu)

112 47 It didn't help when Megyn Kelly called Phil's comments "crude." Did she read the article? The author used much cruder language. Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 21, 2013 11:22 AM (V70Uh) -------------------------------------- His remarks were not the least bit crude by today's standards. But what he did do was to tell it like it is, to mention the reality of what homosexual acts actually are. He stepped outside the bounds of sentimental talk about loooooooove and got down to the nitty gritty. We aren't supposed to talk about that. We are supposed to speak only of looooooooove.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 21, 2013 07:46 AM (dfYL9)

113 Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 11:44 AM (BeSEI) When they started advertising it they pushed it as "hillbillies" on display. It didn't seem to actually turn out like that. I honestly don't know. This could be just a push for season 5 I suppose. A&E says "we can't edit what's already been produced" Season does well. A&E says "we'd like to invite phil back." Enter Season 6.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 07:46 AM (GaqMa)

114 Liberal Media: People Mocking Obama's PajamaBoy Are Racist, Homophobic Cyberbullies Just as cigars sometimes can indeed be just cigars, so too can jokes. Yet this is a point which seems to be lost on several left-wing media writers who have taken great umbrage at the mockery that has been had at the expense of one Ethan Krupp, better known as “PajamaBoy.” http://goo.gl/hwvWjz

Posted by: Bean Pies! at December 21, 2013 07:47 AM (Qev5V)

115 What I would love to see is A&E give in and invite DD back. DD walks and takes their gig elsewhere.

Posted by: Dandolo at December 21, 2013 07:48 AM (0XBx+)

116 Tsrbike - I have posted the link to the NASA/Wolfe-Simon thing a couple of times. Did you ever happen to view it?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 07:48 AM (aDwsi)

117 I've been giving this a lot of thought, and my take away from this is: Â…Â…..for a fabulously wealthy duck charmer, Phil is basically kinda cranky, Â…Â…..and GLAAD is the wrong name for those sorry squealers

Posted by: ontherocks at December 21, 2013 07:49 AM (TwecA)

118 69 Hey y'all. Made it home. Video of the Bomber kids getting an early Christmas present - http://youtu.be/n3ZS5kBL4f0

Posted by: Bomber at December 18, 2013 10:49 PM (G8OL9)

Posted by: Tami at December 21, 2013 11:44 AM (bCEmE)


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oh gosh where's my box of kleenex

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:49 AM (P6QsQ)

119 Posted by: Mama AJ at December 21, 2013 11:45 AM (SUKHu) Thanks Mama AJ. Looking forward to seeing it.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 21, 2013 07:49 AM (GDulk)

120 111 Tami posted it first, but she's probably rick rolling you... Posted by: Mama AJ at December 21, 2013 11:46 AM (SUKHu) Moi?! I'm crushed...crushed you'd think I'd do that. Just crushed. *wish I'd thought of it*

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 07:50 AM (bCEmE)

121 113 -

Like I said, I don't watch the show, so I really don't know what the content is.  I did watch that minute long vid at the top of the post though, and it looks very much like they knew what they were going to get. 

I doubt they care where their money/audience is coming from, as long as the checks clear. 

I suppose this is no different from the Kardashian clan.  If one or more of them turned out to be decent, morally upstanding people, the networks  wouldn't care so much about that as they would if the audience started to dry up. 

Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 07:51 AM (BeSEI)

122 I suppose this is no different from the Kardashian clan. If one or more of them turned out to be decent, morally upstanding people... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 07:52 AM (bCEmE)

123 Why does A&E cut the one black son out when they show Willie's family? You don't think A&E did this on purpose, and the family brought in the Preacher brother into the show I think pushed A&E over the edge and wanted more control.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at December 21, 2013 07:52 AM (b6koZ)

124 Old fuddy duddies don't use the language Phil used. In fact, that's the kind of language you only hear from one or two complete jerks in a cheap bar or in a locker room. But, that's the language Christians and conservatives choose to defend, in support of their ideology and religious faith. That's the kind of language that supports and proclaims your values and beliefs. 'Cause that's what you're saying, here.

Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at December 21, 2013 07:53 AM (klGLB)

125 "69 Hey y'all. Made it home. Video of the Bomber kids getting an early Christmas present - http://youtu.be/n3ZS5kBL4f0 Posted by: Bomber at December 18, 2013 10:49 PM (G8OL9) " Oh man, I need some kleenex too. Care if I share this on facebook?

Posted by: Lauren at December 21, 2013 07:54 AM (hFL/3)

126 Okay, did someone just take a crap in the thread?

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2013 07:54 AM (YEQ2h)

127 'Cause that's what you're saying, here.

Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at December 21, 2013 11:53 AM (klGLB)


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That's what I'm saying, here.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:55 AM (P6QsQ)

128 A+E is so screwed

Posted by: Harry Morgan at December 21, 2013 07:55 AM (e8kgV)

129
So when the left burns an American flag or puts a crucifix in a jar of urine it's a 1st Amendment right to do it but when this guy states his religious beliefs it's a high crime that cannot be allowed. The hypocrisy of the left knows no bounds.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 21, 2013 07:55 AM (JivuR)

130 My Weaselzippers no longer works.  Hasn't been updated since 12/17.  I can't figure it out

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 21, 2013 07:55 AM (jucos)

131 "But, that's the language Christians and conservatives choose to defend, in support of their ideology and religious faith." --------------------------- Interestingly, GLAAD claims that what Phil said *isn't* what Christians think. So..., are you contradicting Phil, or GLAAD?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 07:56 AM (aDwsi)

132 "Intolerant GLAAD Reeling From Biggest Backlash in Years" Sales of buttplugs hardest hit.

Posted by: whoever at December 21, 2013 07:56 AM (zu9Ee)

133 Posted by: Tami at December 21, 2013 11:44 AM (bCEmE) Ack! Sorry Tami. Meant to be thanking *you* for the link and got confused by the copy/paste.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 21, 2013 07:56 AM (GDulk)

134 " the season in the can when the fight erupted... I see what you did there, elaine. "in the can" -a buttsecks joke on a Phil Robertson thread. Pure. Genius.

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 07:56 AM (m+AZt)

135 My Weaselzippers no longer works. Hasn't been updated since 12/17. I can't figure it out

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 21, 2013 11:55 AM (jucos)


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Yeah, it's been wonky for me too.  I had to clear my cache a couple of times.  Then it was fine again.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 07:57 AM (P6QsQ)

136 I'd rather have somebody off bothering God somewhere than making it their mission to come bother me.

Posted by: hairless mule at December 21, 2013 07:57 AM (EcY0f)

137 "But, that's the language Christians and conservatives choose to defend, in support of their ideology and religious faith. " -------------------------- Just for the record, would you quote *specifically* which 'language' it is that disturbs you?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 07:58 AM (aDwsi)

138 So when the left burns an American flag or puts a crucifix in a jar of urine it's a 1st Amendment right to do it but when this guy states his religious beliefs it's a high crime that cannot be allowed. The hypocrisy of the left knows no bounds.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 21, 2013 11:55 AM (JivuR)

________________________

No, when the left does the free speech thing we are supposed to celebrate it and embrace the culture it sprang forth from.  The right?  Not so much....

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 21, 2013 07:58 AM (jucos)

139 Well! Now I feel like a dope as I realize You both sent links. Thank you both. It was awesome and my kids liked it too.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 21, 2013 07:58 AM (GDulk)

140 130 My Weaselzippers no longer works. Hasn't been updated since 12/17. I can't figure it out Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 21, 2013 11:55 AM (jucos) Maybe you need to clean your cookies (nothing personal) or cache. Works for me. He posted the GLAAD backlash story 5 mins. ago.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 07:58 AM (bCEmE)

141 My Weaselzippers no longer works. Hasn't been updated since 12/17. I can't figure it out

Posted by: Truck Monkey


Morning all. In for a few minutes.
DNC Offers “The Democrat’s Guide To Talking Politics With Your Republican Uncle” For Christmas
http://tinyurl.com/ksowdvx


Please. Pretty please. Pull that shit on me. I WILL toss a turd in the punchbowl.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 07:59 AM (d0Dmj)

142 A&E christophobe ?.....

Posted by: ET at December 21, 2013 07:59 AM (uGlk8)

143 Sad to say, Harry Reid is feeling chipper this morning.

Posted by: A young lad named Chipper at December 21, 2013 07:59 AM (N/Sup)

144 Ack! Sorry Tami. Meant to be thanking *you* for the link and got confused by the copy/paste. Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 21, 2013 11:56 AM (GDulk) No problemo.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 07:59 AM (bCEmE)

145 When an artist puts a crucifix in a jar of urine, we expect the tax paying public to pay for it, and the rest of you to celebrate it.

Posted by: The Left at December 21, 2013 08:00 AM (gWHwW)

146 What difference at this point does it make?

Posted by: Hilarity Clinton at December 21, 2013 08:00 AM (e8kgV)

147 OT, but shredded chi, I pray that your days become increasingly brightened, and may the Holy Spirit light your way. Wanted to say that in the last thread..... Tubal the not so good Christian.

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2013 08:01 AM (YEQ2h)

148 WZ working fine for me.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 21, 2013 08:01 AM (T2V/1)

149 He also pointed out drunkards and adulterers (people that engage in premarital and extra marital sex). Anyone hear squawking from the millions of us that fall into those categories? I don't. Alert! Shocking News! Famous Christian makes case that all people are sinners!

Posted by: i like anchors at December 21, 2013 08:01 AM (O4pD9)

150 So when the left burns an American flag or puts a crucifix in a jar of urine it's a 1st Amendment right to do it but when this guy states his religious beliefs it's a high crime that cannot be allowed. The hypocrisy of the left knows no bounds. Saw another example. I was watching a Pearl Jam video the other day. Eddie Vedder, in front of a crowd of about 20,000 people, takes a pint jar of something flammable, pulls out a Bob Dole mask, pours the fluid all over it and sets it on fire. He could have set the stage on fire, started a stampede for the exits, and hundreds could have been trampled to death. But that's not a problem for the left. Eddie gets his 'free speech'.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 21, 2013 08:01 AM (6Nqkf)

151 Embrace teh gay!

Posted by: Pajama Boy at December 21, 2013 08:02 AM (Dwehj)

152 More Michael Bolton

Posted by: Eric "Otter" Stratton at December 21, 2013 08:02 AM (e8kgV)

153 GayKK took my TV away.

Posted by: Ramorons at December 21, 2013 08:02 AM (AWmfW)

154 We're offended too, dammit.

Posted by: Astroglide, Inc. at December 21, 2013 08:02 AM (s8V4u)

155 Truck Monkey...had the same problem with WZ. Hit refresh after you load it, there is new material.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 21, 2013 08:02 AM (uEakW)

156 I feel a to;dr coming on... and it's not time for a new thread yet... is it? 1st, define sin. Evil = error, anything < perfect, so, that's just about everything we do, right? Sin = willful erring, and we've all done that. While some strive not to err, some pretend they don't know better but they really do. So, we try to just inform the erring, but must appeal to the sinner's idealism. (Stage three for the path of sin is irredeemable iniquity, and that's hellacious.) 2. Moral authority Is something a sin because the Bible, guru, church, or FLotUS says not to? For non-Fundamentalist non-Papal Authority folks, right and wrong can still be plain. Moral transgression is a comprehensible interpersonal formulation, and personal righteousness, to understand and aspire to ideals intrinsic in Creation, can be appreciated without resorting to authoritarian doctrine. Almost as if we had some kind of innate sense of truth. 3. So is homosexuality a sin if you don't consider every word of Leviticus divinely inspired, or what have you? First ask, is it error? Well, anything but coitus is, per species survival, functionally erroneous, so some believe there's just one way for two to tango... and no dancing! Yet mouths are fun. It's okay if you're married, isn't it, to... well... hey, just close the door! It's not just the sex, though. It's the fundamental attraction. Who you want to wake up with. I can't fault anyone finding love ... or comforting companionship ... if you can get it. That has nothing to do with degrading gay porn parades or gay mafia agendas. I know some folks I believe were sort-of destined for homosexuality, others I believe are in the abused & confused group. Aren't we all, some way. Nobody's perfect. I know a lot of what I used to think was okay I no longer believe is right. I'm grateful there's reported to be forgiveness for the sincerely repentant if I can ever work my way up from sin to sincerity. I'd do my best to help others avoid my errors and eschew sin. And I've got a pile of stones here for anyone wants to be first to cast one. /honk

Posted by: Great Googlymooglies, Zappa's mindful webworker at December 21, 2013 08:02 AM (qG1i2)

157 Hearst and Disney each own half of A&E.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:03 AM (ShvtX)

158 Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 11:48 AM (aDwsi) Maybe? I realized yesterday I read a shit ton every day. Having the Horde Crowdsource news is a dangerous thing. (Especially when mixed with my fat mouth. I told my mentor "don't you even read the news?!" when she hadn't heard of "Krokodil" then I realized it was probably because I read about 40 articles per day. Although in fairness to me, I also saw Krokodil on CNN and our local news.) Perhaps link it again? Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 11:51 AM (BeSEI) They knew what they were getting, but not who people were identifying with. And "know your audience" is king. If their audience is IDing with Phil, chucking him isn't a wise move. So now those checks won't clear.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 08:03 AM (GaqMa)

159 This is Cool Father and son using First Person Goggles and fly in the park. http://youtu.be/vTY5qasqOiw

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at December 21, 2013 08:03 AM (b6koZ)

160 124 -

Nonsense.  I read the quote.  It was very specific.  He did not condemn homosexuals, he condemned homosexual behavior.  And other forms of illicit sexual behavior.

Which is pretty standard stuff for Christians. 

If you don't know that, you know very little about Christianity. 

Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 08:03 AM (BeSEI)

161 So GLAAD is outraged? Well, I'm not going to buy any more of their trash bags. I always preferred Hefty anyway.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 08:03 AM (N/Sup)

162 What they really want for an apology and acceptance of their 'lifestyle' is so way past male/male anal it would make a buzzard puke. Put on all your armor, Phil. GOD put that money in your pocket for a reason.

Posted by: EROWMER at December 21, 2013 08:04 AM (OONaw)

163 Sometimes your browser keeps an old piece of a web page. Once it loads F5.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:04 AM (ShvtX)

164 >>So when the left burns an American flag or puts a crucifix in a jar of urine it's a 1st Amendment right to do it No, you're supposed to pay for it. "Piss Christ" won a few grants from the NEA so our tax dollars actually rewarded that garbage. Sooner or later there has got to be a confrontation over this garbage. The left is not interested in tolerance, they want domination. They want to replace traditional values with their values and the only way that can be done is to destroy the values this country was founded on.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2013 08:04 AM (g1DWB)

165 You would think that GLADD would enjoy the butt hurt.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:05 AM (ShvtX)

166 No, when the left does the free speech thing we are supposed to celebrate it and embrace the culture it sprang forth from. The right?Not so much....

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 21, 2013 11:58 AM (jucos


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Remembr what the "Piss Christ" controversy was all about? Not only are we supposed to celebrate it and embrace it, but we are supposed to PAY FOR IT WITH TAXPAYER MONEY. And if we don't think that's a good use of public funds, we're bigots.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 21, 2013 08:05 AM (HubSo)

167 Fuck the Anus Loving Mafia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:06 AM (ShvtX)

168 How do I clear my cache?  Stupid question I know.....

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 21, 2013 08:06 AM (jucos)

169 Crap. No, don't post you stupid fingers. Cut! Alas, it are what it am.

Posted by: Great Googlymooglies, Zappa's mindful webworker at December 21, 2013 08:07 AM (13IVx)

170 159

What was so astoundingly stupid about the first homo-rant against Phil is (and I quote) he knew nothing about homosexuals yet he did not speak for "true" Christians. Utterly, utterly blind they are.

Posted by: Observatron 6000 at December 21, 2013 08:07 AM (s8V4u)

171 And other forms of illicit sexual behavior.

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And other forms of sin besides sexual behavior.  His point was that we are all broken, in some way.  And that Jesus offers forgiveness and healing.  He used himself as an example.

Not sure what Christian doctrine he is in violation of here, Warren.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 08:07 AM (P6QsQ)

172 157 -

You may be right, they might not have wanted the audience they got, but I don't think they cared much  once they got it. 

What I've seen over the last few days though, strikes me as brilliant marketing.  Maybe they DO want to get rid  of the show, and the particular audience it attracted, but they are going to extract as much money out of it before it's over as they possibly can. 

Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 08:07 AM (BeSEI)

173 From Weaselzippers:

Duck Dynasty Family Believes A & E Hung Them Out To Dry Because Of Their Christian Beliefs

http://tinyurl.com/knt5l6c

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:07 AM (d0Dmj)

174 @ Polli:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3ZS5kBL4f0&feature=youtu.be

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at December 21, 2013 08:08 AM (ohV1B)

175 #i hold the box upside down and shake it.

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2013 08:08 AM (YEQ2h)

176 How do I clear my cache?

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On Firefox, I use Control + Shift + Delete

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 08:08 AM (P6QsQ)

177 Thank you, tubal. WZ has been wonky on my phone for a week or so, but started working OK again 2 days ago. They've been making somw changes lately. Upgrades, maybe.

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 08:09 AM (m+AZt)

178 Help me out horde!
I know about the Chik-Fil-A ruckus.

However, which FF chain also puts Bible passages on the burger wrappers and/or drink cups?

CFA or In-n-Out?

Damn, I miss them both as well as Krystal's down in Floreeda

Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at December 21, 2013 08:09 AM (aagfH)

179 Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2013 12:04 PM (g1DWB) How much money can it cost to piss in a jar and put a crucifix in it? $20 maybe? If you buy an expensive crucifix?

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 08:09 AM (GaqMa)

180 Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union, 1859. Draw your own parallels:

The question recurs, what will satisfy them? Simply this: We must not only let them alone, but we must somehow, convince them that we do let them alone. This, we know by experience, is no easy task. We have been so trying to convince them from the very beginning of our organization, but with no success. In all our platforms and speeches we have constantly protested our purpose to let them alone; but this has had no tendency to convince them. Alike unavailing to convince them, is the fact that they have never detected a man of us in any attempt to disturb them.

These natural, and apparently adequate means all failing, what will convince them? This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly - done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated - we must place ourselves avowedly with them. Senator Douglas' new sedition law must be enacted and enforced, suppressing all declarations that slavery is wrong, whether made in politics, in presses, in pulpits, or in private. We must arrest and return their fugitive slaves with greedy pleasure. We must pull down our Free State constitutions. The whole atmosphere must be disinfected from all taint of opposition to slavery, before they will cease to believe that all their troubles proceed from us.


Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 21, 2013 08:09 AM (HubSo)

181 Crap Cleaner?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:09 AM (ShvtX)

182 167 How do I clear my cache? Stupid question I know.....

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 21, 2013 12:06 PM (jucos)


In XP it is under control panel - internet options.  Don't know about other versions of windows.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 21, 2013 08:09 AM (T2V/1)

183 Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 12:08 PM (P6QsQ) Huh that works in IE too. Learn something new every day.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 08:09 AM (GaqMa)

184 However, which FF chain also puts Bible passages on the burger wrappers and/or drink cups?

CFA or In-n-Out?


IIRC, In-n-Out.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:11 AM (d0Dmj)

185 >>How do I clear my cache? What browser?

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 21, 2013 08:11 AM (SUKHu)

186 >How do I clear my cache? Just hock it back and spit

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2013 08:11 AM (t3UFN)

187 How much money can it cost to piss in a jar and put a crucifix in it?

$20 maybe? If you buy an expensive crucifix?

Posted by: tsrblke


Plus beer.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:11 AM (d0Dmj)

188 Here's the reason that the homomafia is so pissed. They are rabidly against labeling homosexuality as a sin. It's very strange. I mean, let's take a man having an affair with a woman who he truly loves. He still realizes he's sinning, right? If someone called him on it he wouldn't lash out about the HATER OMG. He'd shrug his shoulders and mumble something about the hart wanting what it wants and go about his life. The truth of the matter is that the path of biblical sexuality is very narrow. It's very hard to not sin sexually, and most people don't even really try. Ask someone if premarital sex is a sin, and they'll probably say "yep, call me a sinner." and then continue to do it. But not gays. Nope. We can not call that sin. That's loooooove and, like, totally sacred.

Posted by: Lauren at December 21, 2013 08:12 AM (hFL/3)

189 I didn't know about Control Shift Delete either.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:12 AM (ShvtX)

190 Tsrbike - Well, it's a bit tedious. What it boils down to is that Wolfe-Simon got NASA grant money, did poor research, got published in 'Science', got a *big* roll-out by NASA, made the network news. It was bad science, it was wrong, but those inside the bubble wanted to believe it was true (see: Global Warming). But the point is, the bubble dwellers all jumped on board, because Science! The Wolfe-Simon scandal is my standard reference when I hear 'Peer Reviewed'. Here's the video from NASA, note all of the heavyweights giving their blessing, to what proved to be bullshit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVuhBt03z8g and you *really* have to watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1NHQKCyryI

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 08:12 AM (aDwsi)

191 >>How much money can it cost to piss in a jar and put a crucifix in it? >>$20 maybe? If you buy an expensive crucifix? Doubt it cost that much but the "artist" got over $20K in tax dollars. And the very same left that is screaming that the DD issue is not a 1st amendment issue (its not) were screaming just as loud that Piss Christ was a 1st amendment issue when people complained that they didn't want their tax dollars to pay for that crap. In other words, hold on to your seat, the left lies a lot.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2013 08:12 AM (g1DWB)

192 >>On Firefox, I use Control + Shift + Delete >Huh that works in IE too. And Chrome. So...that will probably work. Or make it blow up. 50-50.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 21, 2013 08:12 AM (SUKHu)

193 How do I clear my cache? Stupid question I know..... Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 21, 2013 12:06 PM (jucos) **** Just send it all to Nigeria.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 08:13 AM (N/Sup)

194 I didn't know about Control Shift Delete either.



Just don't go into DOS & do Format:F


Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:13 AM (d0Dmj)

195 But not gays. Nope. We can not call that sin. That's loooooove and, like, totally sacred. Posted by: Lauren -------------------------- They are seeking moral authority for bad behavior.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 08:14 AM (aDwsi)

196 Great - getting computer advice off the internet... Hey! I heard that a few keystrokes will make your new iPhone waterproof!

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 08:15 AM (m+AZt)

197 "Of course it's not about the first amendment which says the state can't prosecute somebody for what they say." The MSM are for all intents and purposes part of the state when it is controlled by Democrats, and remain an arm of the Democrat party when they are out of power. That has been the reality for at least 50 years.

Posted by: whoever at December 21, 2013 08:16 AM (zu9Ee)

198 172 From Weaselzippers:

Duck Dynasty Family Believes A E Hung Them Out To Dry Because Of Their Christian Beliefs

http://tinyurl.com/knt5l6c

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

Interesting way for them to play it. Put the ball back in the network's court by making them either admit they have no real problem with what/why Phil said (thus pi**ing off the sodomites) or make them confirm what DD fans believe, and probably correctly, that DD hates Christianity. The family holds all the cards here and so doesn't need to drop the issue no matter how much the network wants them to. The family can really make A&E sweat on this now.

Posted by: Observatron 6000 at December 21, 2013 08:16 AM (s8V4u)

199 One does get the feeling that if the Robertsons had petitioned A+E for an hour-long episode devoted to snake-handling and dirt-eating, the corporate suits would have high-fived each other and authorized five episodes + exclusive outtakes on DVD and Blue Ray.

Posted by: mrp at December 21, 2013 08:16 AM (HjPtV)

200 You people think I screwed the pooched with "suspending" Phil, but sure looks like you are all talking about it.  Just think how the ratings are gonna jump when I "reinstate" Phil.  You'll watch.  Oh yes.  You will all watch.

Posted by: Head of A&E at December 21, 2013 08:16 AM (nsOJa)

201 192 Seamus, i read that as "send it all to Nigella" I thought Ace was here on the weekend...

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 08:17 AM (m+AZt)

202 The courage of A and E's convictions is measured in dollars.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Don't Wait to the Last Minute to Purchase that Special Someone a Squabble Set! at December 21, 2013 08:17 AM (gmoEG)

203 The GQ article was a set-up. Just read it. They should have fed the 'journalist' to the wild hogs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 08:17 AM (aDwsi)

204
I am going to posit a theory that this GLAAD organization is the most intolerant and hateful organization in the country.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2013 08:18 AM (MaP11)

205 Plus beer. Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 12:11 PM (d0Dmj) I'm sure the hipster fucker drinks PBR, so it's not that much.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 08:18 AM (GaqMa)

206 The MSM are for all intents and purposes part of the state when it is controlled by Democrats, and remain an arm of the Democrat party when they are out of power. That has been the reality for at least 50 years. Posted by: whoever ------------------------------ ^^^^^ This.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 08:19 AM (aDwsi)

207 199 You people think I screwed the pooched with "suspending" Phil, but sure looks like you are all talking about it. Just think how the ratings are gonna jump when I "reinstate" Phil. You'll watch. Oh yes. You will all watch.

 - - - -

Not if the family walks. And they might.

Posted by: Observatron 6000 at December 21, 2013 08:19 AM (s8V4u)

208 Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Damn intolerant racist.  I wish you would die.  Die!

Posted by: GLAAD at December 21, 2013 08:19 AM (nsOJa)

209 I am going to posit a theory that this GLAAD organization is the most intolerant and hateful organization in the country. Posted by: Guy Mohawk ---------------- Thinking...,thinking....

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 08:19 AM (aDwsi)

210 Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 12:12 PM (aDwsi) I'm on watching it. As far as tedious my undergraduate degree in in biology and my wife has a masters in Physics, so Casa blke is full of science. I'm thinking I can muddle.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 08:19 AM (GaqMa)

211 This Christmas, we should have a serious discussion about backdoor chlamydia over a hot cup of Starbucks latte.

Posted by: Pajama Boy at December 21, 2013 08:20 AM (Dwehj)

212 It's not as if A&E is running Duck Dynasty marathons or anything. A&E stands with their pro butt piracy convictions. Oh wait.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:20 AM (ShvtX)

213 Um.... We were all watching anyway

Posted by: dd fan at December 21, 2013 08:20 AM (uGlk8)

214 You people think I screwed the pooched with "suspending" Phil, but sure looks like you are all talking about it. Just think how the ratings are gonna jump when I "reinstate" Phil. You'll watch. Oh yes. You will all watch.
Posted by: Head of A&E


And the turd burglars will go ballistic again.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:20 AM (d0Dmj)

215 203 I am going to posit a theory that this GLAAD organization is the most intolerant and hateful organization in the country We think this Guy Mohawk fellow is on to something. -The Congressional Black Caucus

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 08:20 AM (X9hM2)

216 Still have not figured out how a "lifestyle" decision, like homosexual activity, will be risk rated in comparison to overweight or smoking. Logic would say that a dangerous lifestyle, with absolutely known risks, would make underwriting those risks result in higher premiums. Overweight, drinking and smoking have enough wiggle room in the base so that underwriters could ignore those risks. How in heaven's name could the risks of same-sex activity be comparable? That is where I am totally stumped. Hepatitis, HIV, STDs, fissures, etc. seem to be a bigger known risk than anything else. Is the gay mafia doing a preemptive strike on the looooove front to avoid the rational analysis of physical risky behavior? Yes, I am shopping insurance and not happy as we are all outrageously healthy and a family of Clydesdale-type people. Diversity my Aunt Fanny. Grrrr.

Posted by: Mustbequantum at December 21, 2013 08:21 AM (MIKMs)

217 199 You people think I screwed the pooched with "suspending" Phil, but sure looks like you are all talking about it. Just think how the ratings are gonna jump when I "reinstate" Phil. You'll watch. Oh yes. You will all watch.

Posted by: Head of A&E at December 21, 2013 12:16 PM (nsOJa)


-----



That's how it's gonna go.  Probably will pick up a hatewatch demographic for a few weeks too, until it's time to move on to the next outrage. 

Posted by: Dave S. at December 21, 2013 08:21 AM (UvR6d)

218 I am going to posit a theory that this GLAAD organization is the most intolerant and hateful organization in the country. Posted by: Guy Mohawk --------------------- I keel you!

Posted by: Achmed the Dead GLAAD Terrorist at December 21, 2013 08:21 AM (aDwsi)

219 The GQ article was a set-up. Just read it. They should have fed the 'journalist' to the wild hogs.
Posted by: Mike Hammer


Can't. Phil shoots the hogs first. Thanksgiving episode. LOL

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:21 AM (d0Dmj)

220 Hmm. Time to check and see if SPLC has added the Robertsons to their list of hate groups.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 08:22 AM (aDwsi)

221 >>How do I clear my cache? Stupid question I know..... Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 21, 2013 12:06 Been 15 minutes and he hasn't made it back. Someone better jump through the USB port and make sure he's okay.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 21, 2013 08:22 AM (SUKHu)

222 That does it. I'm burning my Duck Dynasty onesie.

Posted by: Pajama Boy at December 21, 2013 08:23 AM (Dwehj)

223 Any way to make F3 work in Mozilla?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:23 AM (ShvtX)

224 Anyone see Beck on Piers Morgan (with S. E. Cupp subbing)?  He hit the nail on the head.

(paraphrasing here) "We're talking about 'Duck Dynasty' when Russia's biggest star recently said homosexuals should be put alive into ovens??"


Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2013 08:24 AM (lVPtV)

225
heh. to all.


News is gonna be pretty slow for the next couple of weeks I think.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2013 08:24 AM (MaP11)

226 What I really don't understand about militant homosexuals is this: I, too, have committed sexual sin, punishable by stoning according to Levitical law and condemned in the same New Testament passages as homosexuality. I feel absolutely no need for everyone else to be apprised of my status as a (former) fornicator and to be falling over each other to affirm my sexual choices. In fact, it kind of disgusts me since I know from experience that sex outside marriage is downright dreary compared with sex inside marriage. As a faithful wife, I still don't require that everyone else constantly affirm my choice. The closest thing I can think of is that I prefer the title "Mrs." to "Miss" or "Ms." but I never make a stink about it. Well, and when another man propositions me, I'm thinking, "You've got to be kidding me -- why would I make such a lousy trade?" All I can assume is that the militants are uncomfortable with their choices and have been unable to assuage their discomfort themselves no matter what they try. The only solution is to try to find something or someone from outside themselves to make the discomfort go away.

Posted by: Mindy at December 21, 2013 08:25 AM (GRLuN)

227 This controversy reminds me of a book I read about CBS. They were embarrassed that all their top programs where rural comedies. They used to get flak about it from other industry players. They eventually phased it all out despite the still high ratings. It led to decades of mediocre ratings. So that's why I have no trouble believing A&E is embarrassed by the audience of Duck Dynasty. And jumped at the chance to destroy it.

Posted by: Thursby at December 21, 2013 08:27 AM (Mf51j)

228 Is it possible this is all a setup? My bs meter is ticking up a bit. Its getting erect! Squeeeen!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzzer at December 21, 2013 08:27 AM (pEWuc)

229 All I can assume is that the militants are uncomfortable with their choices and have been unable to assuage their discomfort themselves no matter what they try. The only solution is to try to find something or someone from outside themselves to make the discomfort go away.
Posted by: Mindy


Ding ding ding!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:27 AM (d0Dmj)

230 News is gonna be pretty slow for the next couple of weeks I think.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2013 12:24 PM (MaP11)




Hopefully the 'ettes will get some shirtless pics of Barry on the beach, and the 'rons will get some hot pics of Mooch in a bikini.



*runs* *retches*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2013 08:27 AM (lVPtV)

231 @Mike Hammer. I remember this now. I remember reading the original Science paper and going "yeah this is neat, but doesn't mean jack diddly for aliens WTF is that being talked about for?" Have you seen PhD comics "The science news cycle: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1174 It's an apt description of what goes on. In fact I've been working on a minor side project for a class I TA in where I've been sending the instructor every wild news story I can find. The whole "Secret DNA language" was especially funny. So was the "GMO CANCER SCARE ELEVENTY!" The latter one I actually read at the time and said "there's something funky about this, no dose response, a mouse that is cancer susceptible." But I just put it aside. Now it's retracted baby!

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 08:28 AM (GaqMa)

232 This controversy reminds me of a book I read about CBS. They were embarrassed that all their top programs where rural comedies. They used to get flak about it from other industry players. They eventually phased it all out despite the still high ratings. It led to decades of mediocre ratings.

So that's why I have no trouble believing A&E is embarrassed by the audience of Duck Dynasty. And jumped at the chance to destroy it.
Posted by: Thursby


CBS was and IS much bigger than A and E. They could afford it much easier.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:29 AM (d0Dmj)

233 cache?

Well, I used to use Glary utilities or Crap cleaner. But both are so laden with extra junk software and "free" changes in your homepage and searches they are garbage now. Damn them.

Posted by: backhoe at December 21, 2013 08:29 AM (ULH4o)

234 What's to stop Phil from starting his own cable network? Lots of reruns -- shows like Little House on the Prairie, Lassie, Mayberry RFD, Leave it to Beaver, and some original reality programming with bible thumping humor.

Posted by: USA at December 21, 2013 08:29 AM (VIaw0)

235 Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2013 12:27 PM (lVPtV)

You get the bottom bunk in the camps.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2013 08:29 AM (MaP11)

236 226 -

You may be right, but that just goes to show some people don't  belong in the network execs offices.  If you drop successful programming because the other network  execs are making fun of you,  it means they punked you.

Any middle schooler knows that. 

Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 08:29 AM (BeSEI)

237 Under 404Care, to see a doctor you will have to irrefutably prove that you are not homophobic.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at December 21, 2013 08:29 AM (Dwehj)

238 What's to stop Phil from starting his own cable network? Lots of reruns -- shows like Little House on the Prairie, Lassie, Mayberry RFD, Leave it to Beaver, and some original reality programming with bible thumping humor.
Posted by: USA


Same thing that stopped him from turning pro quarterback in front of Bradshaw:
Gets in the way of hunting season. And at 67, why bother?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:31 AM (d0Dmj)

239 >>I, too, have committed sexual sin, punishable by stoning according to Levitical law and condemned in the same New Testament passages as homosexuality. I feel absolutely no need for everyone else to be apprised of my status as a (former) fornicator and to be falling over each other to affirm my sexual choices. In fact, it kind of disgusts me since I know from experience that sex outside marriage is downright dreary compared with sex inside marriage. I think its the former part that is important. Gays have been fighting for years to have their lifestyles accepted as normal. Excitable Andi even titled his book Virtually Normal. The biggest impediment to this goal is traditional Judeo-Christian beliefs. How can you have gay marriage accepted in a society that has traditionally viewed homosexuality as a sin? You can't. Only two solutions, 1) stop homosexual activities or change the prevailing standards and you can only change the prevailing standards by attacking and destroying anyone who advocates for them. Gays don't want to be a former anything. They want our values to be former.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2013 08:32 AM (g1DWB)

240 >>> Same thing that stopped him from turning pro quarterback in front of Bradshaw: Gets in the way of hunting season. And at 67, why bother? Willie is the M.B.A.

Posted by: fluffy at December 21, 2013 08:33 AM (Ua6T/)

241 Duck Dynasty, Chik-Fil-A...I see the makings of a whole new mall concept...

 

Posted by: @ParisParamus at December 21, 2013 11:08 AM (M9jNe)

 

Add in a Paula Dean store, a  Joe the Plumber franchise,  anchor the mall with  Hobby Lobby,  toss in a Gibson? guitar store.  Anyone left out?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 21, 2013 08:34 AM (BAS5M)

242 I don't buy it.

I think everybody is getting exactly what they want out of this.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 11:44 AM (BeSEI)


I buy it. Sure AE are getting tons of money over this, but don't for one second believe that they are happy with the show's content. Ideology does matter to these fucks.

Posted by: [/i][/b]KG at December 21, 2013 08:35 AM (IPz9m)

243 From TMZ:

'Duck Dynasty' -- Cracker Barrel Bails on Phil Robertson Products

The Southern-themed food chain reacted to Phil Robertson's anti-gay comments by removing "selected products which we were concerned might offend some of our guests" from their stores and restaurants.
We called a bunch of Cracker Barrel stores, and the managers told us the products that were removed were the ones that had Phil's face plastered on the packaging.  Almost to a person, the managers added, "We still offer a wide variety of Duck Commander products," and then we heard a click.
C.B. offers this explanation ... "We operate within the ideals of fairness, mutual respect and equal treatment of all people. These ideals are the core of our corporate culture."

http://tinyurl.com/mz64a9f

"We operate within the ideals of fairness, mutual respect and equal treatment of all people.

Don't have a problem with pissing on my ideals.
Oh hell fucking no. Cracker barrel is now off my list.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:36 AM (d0Dmj)

244 I thought we came to America originally to get away from religious persecution. Now Phil is being persecuted for his religious beliefs the kickback is coming because there are enough of us still alive that remember why we settled this nation. In the future not so much because they don't teach this in schools anymore.

Posted by: Fourth Horseman RN now your MD at December 21, 2013 08:37 AM (KuZ6A)

245 Gays don't want to be a former anything. They want our values to be former. Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2013 12:32 PM (g1DWB) You make a valid point. Just don't forget that there are many gays who don't want to destroy traditional values. Many gays believe marriage is between a man and a woman, for instance. They've decided not to hold the rest of the world responsible for their feelings.

Posted by: Mindy at December 21, 2013 08:37 AM (GRLuN)

246 I want every single minute back that I wasted on all this fag shit. I figure all those cocksuckers amd their Leftist masters owe me at least 6 months.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 21, 2013 08:38 AM (M20uf)

247 @tsrblke, have you seen this one? "Neural correlates of interspecies perspective taking in the post-mortem Atlantic Salmon: An argument for multiple comparisons correction" Discover link in sig, click through to poster. It's priceless, if a bit geeky.

Posted by: Piercello at December 21, 2013 08:38 AM (P4dpU)

248 Any way to make F3 work in Mozilla?

I think you need a previous Ctrl-F search result first?  It works on FF

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 21, 2013 08:38 AM (70Unk)

249 I think the Robertsons should issue a line of union suits to combat the Onesie Wonder.  Everyone can buy one without sending money to a&e, drop the back flap, take a picture, and send it to GLAAD.  It's a win for all sides.

Posted by: losthusker at December 21, 2013 08:39 AM (fDqy+)

250 From wiki --- The "rural purge" of American television networks (in particular CBS) was a series of cancellations between 1969 and 1972 of still popular rural-themed shows with demographically skewed audiences, the majority of which occurred at the end of the 1970-71 television season.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 21, 2013 08:39 AM (ZPrif)

251 >>You make a valid point. Just don't forget that there are many gays who don't want to destroy traditional values. Many gays believe marriage is between a man and a woman, for instance. They've decided not to hold the rest of the world responsible for their feelings. Very true. I should have been more specific about the gay mafia types that are incredibly militant and anything but tolerant.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2013 08:39 AM (g1DWB)

252 If they offered 'a la carte' service, I would dump the majority of the basic package and pick up a couple of premium channels instead.

Posted by: whoever at December 21, 2013 08:39 AM (zu9Ee)

253 I better be careful. Ace keeps his Pimp Hand strong, even during Christmas.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 21, 2013 08:39 AM (M20uf)

254 Gays don't want to be a former anything. They want our values to be former.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2013 12:32 PM (g1DWB)

You make a valid point. Just don't forget that there are many gays who don't want to destroy traditional values. Many gays believe marriage is between a man and a woman, for instance. They've decided not to hold the rest of the world responsible for their feelings. Posted by: Mindy


Then let's hear from them. Sounds about like the "moderate' muzzies who don't believe in what the radicals do. Oh, that's right, crickets.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:40 AM (d0Dmj)

255 Under 404Care, "misplaced" foreign object cases will receive free level 1 triage in ERs across the country.  

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at December 21, 2013 08:40 AM (Dwehj)

256 The numerous cancellations prompted Pat Buttram ("Mr. Haney" on one of the cancelled shows, Green Acres) to make the observation: "It was the year CBS cancelled everything with a tree—including Lassie".

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 21, 2013 08:40 AM (ZPrif)

257 Oh hell fucking no. Cracker barrel is now off my list.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 12:36 PM (d0Dmj)




Duck Dynasty is the A and E (thanks, Pixy) brand.



Duck Commander is Phil Robertson's brand.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2013 08:42 AM (lVPtV)

258 The point was made on the podcast, and I agree, that if we had a la cartel cable, A and E would never have suspended Phil. If people could point there remote at the TV and cancel a network at a whim, or as part of a big protest/boycott, the execs causing instantaneous mass cancellations wouldn't last a day.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 08:42 AM (ZshNr)

259 Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden show that the NSA created and promulgated a flawed formula for generating random numbers to create a "back door" in encryption products, the New York Times reported in September. Reuters later reported that RSA became the most important distributor of that formula by rolling it into a software tool called Bsafe that is used to enhance security in personal computers and many other products.

Undisclosed until now was that RSA received $10 million in a deal that set the NSA formula as the preferred, or default, method for number generation in the BSafe software, according to two sources familiar with the contract. Although that sum might seem paltry, it represented more than a third of the revenue that the relevant division at RSA had taken in during the entire previous year, securities filings show.

Posted by: Edward Snowden at December 21, 2013 08:42 AM (e8kgV)

260 “the salmon was shown a series of photographs depicting human individuals in social situations. The salmon was asked to determine what emotion the individual in the photo must have been experiencing.”

Posted by: Piercello at December 21, 2013 08:43 AM (P4dpU)

261 I urge yazall to look up the DNC arguing-with-Uncle points in @141. It won't raise your BP, I promise. These little fellows are straight-as-a-string and totes unaware. Mincemeat pie is a holiday tradition, and they're volunteering for it.

They're willing to go to the mat on the 77% female wage scale, for instance. It should take about one mention (by Unc) of congressional staffers' pay from Dems for him to Win The Dinner Table.

Similar party-line stances on everything else. McGovern/Dukakis party line.

Bunch of wannabe Freedom Riders, is what they are. The past is comfortable for them (or so they think -- don't get that uncle going). So that's where they live.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 21, 2013 08:44 AM (xq1UY)

262 It's a GLAAD, GLAAD, GLAAD, GLAAD World
http://youtu.be/WLvirwPClas

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 08:44 AM (dW1LP)

263 252 -

Good point.  Why, just yesterday on this very weblog, I saw a comment disappear  in the morning thread.  Somebody dared to ask why Ellen was allowed to stay on the  air. 

It was gone faster than lightning,  so I'm not sure how many people saw it.  Of course, that wasn't  Ace who disappeared it, it was one of the cobs.  You know which one. 

Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 08:44 AM (BeSEI)

264 Auto correct carte

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 08:44 AM (ZshNr)

265 Allah carte.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:45 AM (ShvtX)

266 233 What's to stop Phil from starting his own cable network? Lots of reruns -- shows like Little House on the Prairie, Lassie, Mayberry RFD, Leave it to Beaver, and some original reality programming with bible thumping humor. Posted by: USA at December 21, 2013 12:29 PM (VIaw0) Aka TVLand.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 08:45 AM (bCEmE)

267 Add in a Paula Dean store, a Joe the Plumber franchise, anchor the mall with Hobby Lobby, toss in a Gibson? guitar store. Anyone left out? A Magpul store!

Posted by: EC at December 21, 2013 08:45 AM (doBIb)

268 Oh hell fucking no. Cracker barrel is now off my list.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 12:36 PM (d0Dmj)


Duck Dynasty is the A and E (thanks, Pixy) brand.

Duck Commander is Phil Robertson's brand.


I know. Still, their excuse:
"We operate within the ideals of fairness, mutual respect and equal treatment of all people.

My reply
Don't have a problem with pissing on my ideals.

Cracker Barrel could have just kept quiet.
And they put themselves out as a company who targets Duck Dynasty fans.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:46 AM (d0Dmj)

269 Question: Are the few Christians on TV today more likely or less likely to publicly express their beliefs? Answer: Less likely. And that is the whole point of this absurd exercise: to send a message to others that speaking out will hurt your career. Mission accomplished.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 21, 2013 08:46 AM (M20uf)

270 243 I thought we came to America originally to get away from religious persecution. Now Phil is being persecuted for his religious beliefs the kickback is coming because there are enough of us still alive that remember why we settled this nation. In the future not so much because they don't teach this in schools anymore. Posted by: Fourth Horseman RN now your MD

That is just what slays me about the Left, the Dems, the Gheys, the wymmins libbers, the MFM and all the rest of them. I just want to be left alone. Not interfered with, not lectured.

Posted by: backhoe at December 21, 2013 08:46 AM (ULH4o)

271 Si's Gun Emporium?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 08:46 AM (dW1LP)

272 Duck Dynasty is the A and E (thanks, Pixy) brand.

Duck Commander is Phil Robertson's brand.


I know. Still, their excuse:
"We operate within the ideals of fairness, mutual respect and equal treatment of all people.

My reply
Don't have a problem with pissing on my ideals.

Cracker Barrel could have just kept quiet.
And they put themselves out as a company who targets Duck Dynasty fans.


Oh, and btw, CB was the FIRST to bail.

"Cracker Barrel has become the first sponsor to cut bait with "Duck Dynasty"

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:47 AM (d0Dmj)

273 You know who like duck call thingies? Hitler. That's who.

Posted by: eman at December 21, 2013 08:48 AM (EWsrI)

274 I accidentally bought the right shirt because Sam's Club stocks Duck Commander.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:48 AM (ShvtX)

275 Very, very hard to start a new network and get cable distribution. WWE has been trying for years and keeps failing. But you can start a subscription internet network like The Blaze tomorrow if you want. But there'a lot less money in that. Which is why Beck is now trying to get BlazeTV picked up by Comcast and Time Warner.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 21, 2013 08:49 AM (ZPrif)

276 Good point. Why, just yesterday on this very weblog, I saw a comment disappear in the morning thread. Somebody dared to ask why Ellen was allowed to stay on the air.

It was gone faster than lightning, so I'm not sure how many people saw it. Of course, that wasn't Ace who disappeared it, it was one of the cobs. You know which one.
Posted by: BurtTC


I only need one guess.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:49 AM (d0Dmj)

277 You know which one. Was it the know-nothing ninny in the morning who most likely voted for obama?

Posted by: soothsayer at December 21, 2013 08:49 AM (M20uf)

278 Leftists only support Free Speech when they are in the minority. It was a tactic, not a principle.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 21, 2013 08:50 AM (ZPrif)

279 Ellen reruns are on Fox after the Buffy reruns.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:50 AM (ShvtX)

280 266 Add in a Paula Dean store, a Joe the Plumber franchise, anchor the mall with Hobby Lobby, toss in a Gibson? guitar store. Anyone left out? Under Armor

Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2013 08:50 AM (Q6HBD)

281 Wait until A&E execs have some fucking muzzie fatwah placed on them. Same for those lame ass Cracker Barrell punks.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 21, 2013 08:50 AM (HVff2)

282 “I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on
assurances they got from me” -- Barack Obama

Posted by: Julia at December 21, 2013 08:50 AM (e8kgV)

283 18 Although I would love to see Glenn Beck pick the Duck guys up. Posted by: Dandolo at December 21, 2013 11:08 AM (0XBx+) This. It would be synergistic and mutually reinforcing. It would do much to increase the power and influence of conservative media.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 08:51 AM (bb5+k)

284 I have Windows 8.  I refreshed and it seemed to clear up.  Nevergiveup had the best suggestion that I should hack it up and spit it out. 

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 21, 2013 08:51 AM (jucos)

285 Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 12:40 PM (d0Dmj) Gays are split on the issue, but no one knows the numbers as no polling has been done. There aren't enough actual gays to make much fo a stink. It's the castrati-straight liberals in their onesies that are pushing all this crap.

Posted by: Meremortal, peering down at December 21, 2013 08:51 AM (1Y+hH)

286 You know which one. Yep. I suspect he's behind more then a couple bannings. Chickenshit won't confront someone in the comments, just cries to Ace that someone is being mean to him. As if being 'mean' equals disagreeing with him, albeit in a respectful manner. He's sort of a mini-Charles Johnson without the bicycle and the lousy pictures.

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request [/i] at December 21, 2013 08:52 AM (6Nqkf)

287 Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 12:40 PM (d0Dmj) --- Fine. I am one. I am not going to jump through hoops for your satisfaction, Though. I just disagree with most of what the left and the gay left, pushes.

Posted by: Baldy at December 21, 2013 08:52 AM (2bql3)

288 'Cracker' Barrel???? OFFENSIVE!!!!!!

Posted by: Meremortal, peering down at December 21, 2013 08:52 AM (1Y+hH)

289 I saw The New Homophiles open for Three Doors Down at ToadÂ’s Place back in the 90s.
Posted at 8:43 am by Glenn Reynolds
Instapundit reads the comments at the HQ!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 21, 2013 08:52 AM (YQUIz)

290 284 Rumor has it that gays are always splitting and poling each other. That creates quite a stink.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 08:53 AM (ShvtX)

291 30 "Duck Dynasty, Chik-Fil-A...I see the makings of a whole new mall concept..." Duk-Fil-A? Works for me, as long as I don't have to pick bird shot out of my sammich. Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2013 11:16 AM (aZzjF) Gonna need a mascot. How about Hatey the Clown?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 21, 2013 08:53 AM (oFCZn)

292 Tsrbike - When the Wolfe-Simon thing broke, my BS detector went to Condition Red. I immediately fired off links to the announcement to a highly placed ultra-lib biology Prof that I know. I was already aware that the research was very shaky. The Prof responded that the people involved were 'highly respected', ergo, it was all good. Heh. The same person has informed me that we are going to 'choke to death on CO2'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 08:53 AM (aDwsi)

293 Answer: Less likely. Methinks perhaps not. A and E drew this line in the sand all by themselves and discovered that they managed to piss off a whole lot of their previously satisfied viewers who just wanted to watch the show. I like the backlash GLAAD is receiving and think there should be much more of it. I can't find anything inaccurate or wrong with what Phil said. I share his views and believe that A and E was greatly in the wrong. If the gay mafia wants a manufactured fight, I say let's give 'em one and not back down.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 21, 2013 08:53 AM (0HooB)

294 Awesome Canada USA womens hockey fight in the sidebar .

Posted by: awkward davies at December 21, 2013 08:54 AM (WK8VM)

295 Are you feeling any better, Backwards Boy? 

Posted by: grammie winger at December 21, 2013 08:54 AM (P6QsQ)

296 Am I not a woman? I am a woman, and I do not believe in this “war on women”. I am a female, and I am Republican. Republicans are not conducting a war. The real war on women lies in the threat against my second amendment rights. The real war on women lies in the millions of female infants aborted annually, and the apparent gender selective abortions in not only China but the United States as well. The real war on women stems from those who try and tell me what I should believe and whom I should vote for because I am a woman.

Posted by: Julia at December 21, 2013 08:55 AM (e8kgV)

297 Duck Dynasty: A and E's Obamacare.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 21, 2013 08:55 AM (qcjfl)

298 Question: Are the few Christians on TV today more likely or less likely to publicly express their beliefs? Answer: Less likely. ... Mission accomplished. -soothsayer For certain definitions of "Christian," maybe...

Posted by: Great Googlymooglies, Zappa's mindful webworker at December 21, 2013 08:55 AM (9Zci/)

299 Gee, I was one of the old fooseballs crew who got kicked out with "the banned of brothers" for associating with the "wrong sort" of people. Small world, eh?

Posted by: backhoe at December 21, 2013 08:55 AM (ULH4o)

300 "I'll be back with even better ideas after some vacation." - Barack Obama

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 08:56 AM (aDwsi)

301 Sad sad sad story in the side bar of the soldier coming home after 63 years. That's one strong woman.

Posted by: NCKate at December 21, 2013 08:56 AM (RSQB0)

302 Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2013 12:50 PM (Q6HBD)


------


What's the story with Under Armour?  I guess I missed that one.

Posted by: Dave S. at December 21, 2013 08:57 AM (UvR6d)

303 266 Add in a Paula Dean store, a Joe the Plumber franchise, anchor the mall with Hobby Lobby, toss in a Gibson? guitar store. Anyone left out? ----------------- Wedding cake bakers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 08:58 AM (aDwsi)

304 290 30 "Duck Dynasty, Chik-Fil-A...I see the makings of a whole new mall concept..." Duk-Fil-A? Works for me, as long as I don't have to pick bird shot out of my sammich. - That's Duck-Phil-A.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 21, 2013 08:58 AM (qcjfl)

305 dd in a Paula Dean store, a Joe the Plumber franchise, anchor the mall with Hobby Lobby, toss in a Gibson? guitar store. Anyone left out?
-----------------

Wedding cake bakers.


And wedding photogs.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 08:59 AM (d0Dmj)

306 299 "I'll be back with even better ideas after some vacation." - Barack Obama Posted by: Mike Hammer

Gawd help us.... I just want Duh!1 to sit down, shut up, and go away.

Posted by: backhoe at December 21, 2013 08:59 AM (ULH4o)

307 How about a restaurant that cooks fries in lard? Get one of those in there and I'll go.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 21, 2013 08:59 AM (oFCZn)

308 Are you feeling any better, Backwards Boy? Yes, thanks, grammie winger. Although I faintly detect the sound of a nap trying to sneak up on me. I'll never catch me aliv.....*snore*

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 21, 2013 09:00 AM (0HooB)

309 276 You know which one. Was it the know-nothing ninny in the morning who most likely voted for obama? Posted by: soothsayer at December 21, 2013 12:49 PM (M20uf) oh my God, So I'm not the only one who thinks that? It's gotten so bad with that Person. That I've stopped even bothering with his posts. Freedom of association, baby! And if you don't mind I'm stealing "know nothing ninny".

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2013 09:00 AM (YEQ2h)

310 The Mexican Women's Hockey keeps drowning.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 09:01 AM (ShvtX)

311
I support the right of Cracker Barrel to become an intolerant Christian hating company if they want.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2013 09:01 AM (MaP11)

312 Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 12:53 PM (aDwsi) Yep, because highly respected people never commit fraud. What was the name of that guy at Harvard again? Even setting aside straight up malice, we always need to be careful to look for confirmation bias. Research lends itself to that.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 09:01 AM (GaqMa)

313 280 Wait until A&E execs have some fucking muzzie fatwah placed on them. - Maybe A and E will replace DD with a muzzle reality show called The Big Boom Theory.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 21, 2013 09:03 AM (qcjfl)

314 I have never been to a Cracker Barrel, but I've always kept it in the back of my mind as a "should try once" place, especially because I usually see them when I'm traveling and have to choose from one chain or another, anyway. Did I miss anything?

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 09:03 AM (ZshNr)

315  266 Add in a Paula Dean store, a Joe the Plumber franchise, anchor the mall with Hobby Lobby, toss in a Gibson? guitar store. Anyone left out?  Under Armor _______ Add in Skyjacker Dave s Under Armor & skyjacker both sent out tweets in support of Phil. Check Twitchy.

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 09:04 AM (X9hM2)

316

...I say let's give 'em one and not back down.


Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at December 21, 2013 12:53 PM (0HooB)


Well, we do kinda back down into the throbbing love stick.

Posted by: GLAAD at December 21, 2013 09:04 AM (pJF+c)

317 Yep, because highly respected people never commit fraud. What was the name of that guy at Harvard again? Even setting aside straight up malice, we always need to be careful to look for confirmation bias. Research lends itself to that. Posted by: tsrblke ------------------------------------ The former are fairly few..., perhaps Mann. The latter are rampant. Then, there are the merely incompetent, driven by confirmation bias. See: Cold Fusion.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 09:05 AM (aDwsi)

318 Posted by: Great Googlymooglies, Zappa's mindful webworker at December 21, 2013 12:02 PM (qG1i2) I have a different take on your Sin argument. I start with the basics. In the beginning, mankind found itself wandering around in small tribes. Individuals would occasionally get killed by various activities which were non obviously dangerous to the primitives, and so they developed a set of rules to prevent such unfortunate results. Later generations said "Why should we obey these rules? They are stupid, and we want to do that forbidden thing." Smarter and Elder memebers of the tribe said "We need some sort of Schtick to make these youngins follow these rules which prevent them from being killed. "I know what to do!", says one particular cunning fellow. "We'll tell them that there are supernatural people who will punish them if they catch them doing something forbidden. We will call them "gods." " "We will tell them that they live in the sky, and they can see everything we do, and that they will know when you've broken one of their rules. " "These Kids will always be looking over their shoulder whenever they contemplate doing something forbidden, because their own minds will have been turned towards regulating their behavior. Their "gods" will live in their head, and thereby control their actions. " "The occasional rule breaker will come to tragedy (because that's what the rules are really for anyway) and we will claim that the "gods" punished him for his transgressions. " "Just telling people something is a bad idea simply won't work. Likewise, If they have to learn the lessons the hard way, they might not survive, and the most important thing to us is the survival of our foolish children. " "Creating this mind trap is the simplest and most elegant way of getting them to regulate their own behavior, and thereby insure the best chance for their survival. " And the Elders of the tribe said "Aye!"

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 09:06 AM (bb5+k)

319 If you really want to piss off the Velvet Mafia, talk about what homosexuals do like Phil did.  Have anal sex with one another.  Suddenly, gays are not so adorable.

And if someone recoils at what defines homosexuality (men fucking other men) then what does that tell you?

Posted by: Uniden at December 21, 2013 09:06 AM (pS6g3)

320 Did I miss anything? Not really. The food's not bad, Southern cooking, biscuits are a bit dry, but that's what butter and gravy's for.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 21, 2013 09:07 AM (0HooB)

321 The Sin that dare not speak its name.

Posted by: Zombie Oscar Wilde at December 21, 2013 09:08 AM (V70Uh)

322 http://www.crackerbarrel.com/contact-us/

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2013 09:08 AM (QFxY5)

323
I have never been to a Cracker Barrel, but I've always kept it in the back of my mind as a "should try once" place, especially because I usually see them when I'm traveling and have to choose from one chain or another, anyway. Did I miss anything?

I used to frequent one several years ago...but eventually moved to PA, and there are none around me. While traveling recently, I had breakfast at one, and the quality of the food has gone downhill. Portions are much smaller, and it's obvious they're not making food from scratch as their billboards claim.

Looks like they're starting down the same path Stuckeys, and HoJo followed to their eventual ruin.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 21, 2013 09:08 AM (0IhFx)

324 My BS meter is also registering a bit...This is not a 1st amendment issue either. A&E had to know that by appearing to fire the DuckBoss, they would offend nearly all of the shows viewers. By doing it around Xmas, they magnify the emotions of the viewership. A&E knew they would be showing lots of DD during the next couple weeks ensuring giant viewership. The next season of DD is already filmed so the only way Phil disappears is via editing. Pretty shrewd and devious marketing if you ask me...I'm not sure they knew the firestorm it would trigger but the mood of the country outside of NY/DC/Hollywood ensured the reaction.

Posted by: Tony253 at December 21, 2013 09:09 AM (3yMFT)

325 Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 01:03 PM (ZshNr)

Yes. Good, hearty breakfasts.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2013 09:09 AM (QFxY5)

326 I stand with the Fudge Packers Local.

Posted by: Tom Cruise at December 21, 2013 09:09 AM (ShvtX)

327 It didn't help when Megyn Kelly called Phil's comments "crude." Did she read the article? The author used much cruder language. Umm, he used standard anatomical terminology. Unlike certain elected officials & mfm that like to say things like teabagger, etc. part of the reason the lefties are so bent out of shape is because Phil reminded everybody, just how icky buttseks is. That's the colorful picture back in the silent majority's minds instead of fruity guys that like to decorate like the queer eye guys. Which actually illustrates my point. They used queer, a slur, in a show title and that was a ok. But say vagina & look out, end of the world dogs & cats living together stuff.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 21, 2013 09:09 AM (UHB1x)

328 318 If you really want to piss off the Velvet Mafia, talk about what homosexuals do like Phil did. Have anal sex with one another. Suddenly, gays are not so adorable. And if someone recoils at what defines homosexuality (men fucking other men) then what does that tell you? Posted by: Uniden at December 21, 2013 01:06 PM (pS6g3) if that was all it involved, most people would not bat an eyelash.

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2013 09:09 AM (YEQ2h)

329 Then, there are the merely incompetent, driven by confirmation bias. See: Cold Fusion. Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 01:05 PM (aDwsi) See about 100 different cases. Hell I've got an entire library of them. And this confirmation bias is further elevated by university marketing teams. In the age of massive data mining, we're going to see more of it. If a simply experiment doesn't work, they'll just run a complex stats test. It's not exactly going to be a golden age for science.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 09:09 AM (GaqMa)

330 319 Did I miss anything?


Not really. The food's not bad, Southern cooking, biscuits are a bit dry, but that's what butter and gravy's for.


Posted by: BackwardsBoy

We used to have them here on the GA coast. Food was decent. They should have kept their opinions to themselves, as Mom used to say....
I will never set foot in another CB.

Posted by: backhoe at December 21, 2013 09:10 AM (ULH4o)

331 Various lower tier Bowl games today starting at 2. You might not care about the, say, Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, but the players do, often making for good entertainment.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 09:10 AM (ZshNr)

332 313 I have never been to a Cracker Barrel, but I've always kept it in the back of my mind as a "should try once" place, especially because I usually see them when I'm traveling and have to choose from one chain or another, anyway. Did I miss anything? You're not missing a thing. before we got them nearby, I knew people that would drive 45 miles to go. I fiigured, this place must be awesome! It's another chain joint, side-of-the-interstate roach motel. Theier hook is a "home cookin" menu and old fasioned country store. The food is less than mediocre. I mean - how do you fuck up meatloaf?

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 09:10 AM (X9hM2)

333 Did I miss anything? Posted by: Lincolntf ---------------- It's fine. A step above fast food. Reliable, consistant, reasonable price. They got beat up pretty badly a while back because a lesbian waitress claimed that she was 'discriminated against', so they are gunshy: "Lesbian Sues Cracker Barrel For Discrimination" http://tinyurl.com/qejef8k

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 09:10 AM (aDwsi)

334 332 * consistent

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 09:10 AM (aDwsi)

335 Awesome Canada USA womens hockey fight in the sidebar.
Frigging hilarious with the penalty boxes looking like the benches. Hey, but we'll see in Sochi, buddy, assuming Obama doesn't unilaterally order the U.S. team to stay homo home.
Da, da, Canada; nyet, nyet, Yanqui shit!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 21, 2013 09:10 AM (YQUIz)

336 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2013 01:09 PM (QFxY5) Really? Maybe I'm just blessed with a ton of good places to get breakfast around here, but lately Cracker Barrel has seemed heavy on the grease and low on the flavor.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 09:11 AM (GaqMa)

337 Did I miss anything? Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 01:03 PM (ZshNr) **** I think they are going for faux-folksy. I've never made it past the fake front porch style, so I can't speak to their food. And shouldn't the proper usage be "Cracka Barrel'? (we need an AoSHQ stylebook ruling)

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 09:11 AM (N/Sup)

338 I don't know if anyone caught Krauthammer last night. But he said something once again that made me remember how out of touch and inside the bubble he is. He said that P.R. was not a normal American or something in that vein. I wish I could remember the exact word he used. Once again the bubble people don't understand that outside of NY, Chicago, LA and DC he is as normal as they come. Phil is the real American. Those assholes like Kraut are narcisistic constructs. Most real Americans can't understand their thought processes or trust them to be in our best intrest..

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at December 21, 2013 09:11 AM (XIxXP)

339 DaveS - Baltimore-based sports apparel maker Under Armour is keeping its ties to the "Duck Dynasty" franchise amid a media uproar over comments made by star Phil Robertson about gays and blacks. While the company says it does not condone Robertson's statements, Under Armour does not have plans to end its business dealings with the Robertson family. "The recent comments in the GQ article are not reflective of Under Armour's beliefs and do not represent our point of view," the company said in a statement. "As a company, we are committed to diversity and inclusion and believe in treating everyone equally and with respect."

Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2013 09:11 AM (Q6HBD)

340 It sounds as though the quality at CB is "inconsistent."


Posted by: Zombie Oscar Wilde at December 21, 2013 09:12 AM (V70Uh)

341

Heyja see this vid yet???: http://tinyurl.com/kkoasom

Betchull like it alot

Posted by: DAve at December 21, 2013 09:12 AM (b7yum)

342 Why you never rush out and claim that big lottery ticket.  Ira Curry bought the Georgia Mega Millions ticket for half the $648 million jackpot.  She rushed to claim her winnings. 

Now she and her husband have gone into hiding.  Same with her two sisters, who have also vanished.

Now if I was writing a crime novel, perfect setting to do an Abraham Shakespeare.  The financial manager claims the whole family has fled to the Bahamas.  No one is any wiser.  And the manager keeps all the cash while the family stays buried.

http://tinyurl.com/lpq6oom

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 09:12 AM (dW1LP)

343 I very rarely eat at Cracker Barrel.  They always locate their restaurants at freeway exits and they are always crowed as hell. The wait times are usually 45 min just to get a table.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 21, 2013 09:12 AM (T2V/1)

344 I mean - how do you fuck up meatloaf? Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 01:10 PM (X9hM2) **** You apparently never met my mom.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 09:12 AM (N/Sup)

345 While the company says it does not condone Robertson's statements, Under Armour does not have plans to end its business dealings with the Robertson family. "The recent comments in the GQ article are not reflective of Under Armour's beliefs and do not represent our point of view," the company said in a statement. "As a company, we are committed to diversity and inclusion and believe in treating everyone equally and with respect." Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2013 01:11 PM (Q6HBD) And that was ALL A & E had to do too. Instead, they choose to kill their golden goose.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 09:13 AM (bCEmE)

346 Thanks, I kinda thought it was Southern, but wasn't sure. We had one off the Mass Pike in Sturbridge, MA, mainly frequented by truckers and bus tours. I do love hearty breakfasts, but I can live with one less option.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 09:13 AM (ZshNr)

347 It's not exactly going to be a golden age for science. Posted by: tsrblke ---------------- "We're going to restore science to it's proper role!" - Barack Obama "Did you know magnets don't attract aluminum? I learn something every day." - Barack Obama

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 09:13 AM (aDwsi)

348 sock off.

But seriously.  If you have to know "what to order" to avoid the bombs, it's not good.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 21, 2013 09:13 AM (V70Uh)

349 You apparently never met my mom. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 01:12 PM (N/Sup) Ouch!

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at December 21, 2013 09:14 AM (XIxXP)

350 I very rarely eat at Cracker Barrel. They always locate their restaurants at freeway exits and they are always crowed as hell. Yeah, you don't seem like the kinda guy who eats crow. How's the granddaughter doing?

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request [/i] at December 21, 2013 09:14 AM (6Nqkf)

351 Posted by: Tami at December 21, 2013 01:13 PM (bCEmE) 'Equally'. I don't think A&E grasps the concept. And Waffle House > CB

Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2013 09:15 AM (Q6HBD)

352 Meatloaf. Sticks to ceiling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OrfeUQYSSo

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 09:15 AM (aDwsi)

353 330 Various lower tier Bowl games today starting at 2. You might not care about the, say, Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, but the players do, often making for good entertainment. Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 01:10 PM (ZshNr) That is why college games are not fun for me. Too much emotion and not enough playing. Last game for the majority of the kids and for those who have a pro shot, too intense for me.

Posted by: Mustbequantum at December 21, 2013 09:15 AM (MIKMs)

354 349  How's the granddaughter doing?

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request at December 21, 2013 01:14 PM (6Nqkf)


Doing good as far as I know.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 21, 2013 09:15 AM (T2V/1)

355 I mean - how do you fuck up meatloaf?

(1) Couldn't say, but ask my wife please.
(2) Alright buddy, teh buttsecks is one t'ing but dammitall we don't have to hear about every damn Portnoy perv twitch in the whole Kraft-Ebing catalog here.

Freak.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 21, 2013 09:16 AM (xq1UY)

356 Meatloaf is rather hard to fuck up. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-meatloaf/

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 09:16 AM (ShvtX)

357
Notice:  We've changed the anatomical terms vagina and anus to the more politically acceptable terms Poopie Chute and Dragon's Lair. 

Posted by: HHS, Kath Sebelius, Queen Mum at December 21, 2013 09:16 AM (pJF+c)

358 You apparently never met my mom. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon There is an obvious joke there that I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. You guys are better armed than the Russian Mafia.

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 09:17 AM (X9hM2)

359 You apparently never met my mom. Nor mine. I'm firmly convinced that there is a genetic anomaly in my insane asylum of a family that surfaced first as the inability to cook and went downhill from there. It explains a lot.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 21, 2013 09:17 AM (0HooB)

360 What's pissing me off about the coverage of this is that what he said is headlined as "anti-gay" and "homophobic."  Daily Mail called it "extreme" and "outrageous." His comments about not judging others and loving all people are also conveniently left out.

Posted by: Filly at December 21, 2013 09:17 AM (xJhbp)

361 Dragon's Lair is your mouth Kathleen...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 09:17 AM (dW1LP)

362 Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 01:13 PM (aDwsi) Every good science team should have a statistician and a science philosopher on speed dial. The former can stop you from using SPSS wrong and the latter can go "do you really understand what you're trying to ask? Because your experiment doesn't even approach answering that question." I've looked at several experiments and gone "well, they didn't know what they wanted to do, so they designed a shitty experiment that, while gaining statistically significant results, does not actually answer a question."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 09:18 AM (GaqMa)

363 'Bout time for a new thread isn't it?

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 21, 2013 09:18 AM (T2V/1)

364 Did Obama really say that about aluminum, Mike?
Holy shit. What an imbecile. (And I only have one high school science credit to my name let alone anything higher and no self-study either.) Someone should ask him what 'nonferrous' means.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 21, 2013 09:18 AM (YQUIz)

365 360 Dragon's Lair is your mouth Kathleen... Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 01:17 PM (dW1LP) Most likely.

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2013 09:18 AM (YEQ2h)

366 #342

Wasn't there a Yogi Berra line that went: "Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded."

Posted by: Epobirs at December 21, 2013 09:19 AM (bPxS6)

367 To continue my dissertation on "sin".... How did stuff like Adultery and Homosexuality get put on the list? Because it's damned dangerous! Adultery will get the adulterers killed by a jealous man. Family rivalries will be inflamed, and it may very well end up killing numerous members of the tribe with animosities stretching far into the foreseeable future. Homosexuality is simply dangerous from a disease perspective, and in the times before antibiotics, that shit could kill you. Intestinal bacteria getting into tears or abrasions of the anal passage could be fatal. Likewise intestinal bacteria crawling up your wee wee. And that's with no contemplation of engaging with multiple partners, (a very common occurrence with most homosexuals) some of which may very well have NEW nasty little buggies which are even more dangerous! Homosexuality also did nothing to add to the defense capabilities of the tribe. If you are a small tribe, what you need to deal with bigger tribes is MORE PEOPLE. Not making people is a SERIOUS FUCKING PROBLEM when you badly need them.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 09:19 AM (bb5+k)

368 Meatloaf is rather hard to fuck up. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-meatloaf/ Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 01:16 PM (ShvtX) ***** You may be right. Mom must have been an overachiever of sorts.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 09:20 AM (N/Sup)

369 Wasn't there a Yogi Berra line that went: "Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded." Posted by: Epobirs at December 21, 2013 01:19 PM (bPxS6) Yeah but if you do go, when you get to the fork in the road, take it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2013 09:20 AM (t3UFN)

370 Now A&E is getting slammed by the gay owner of TMZ. Bit off a bit too much, eh A&E?

Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2013 09:20 AM (Q6HBD)

371 How to screw up meatloaf?  Bell pepper and overcooking.


Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 21, 2013 09:21 AM (V70Uh)

372 Cracker Barrel is not only a country cooking restaurant they also have a store in each restaurant all wholesome stuff. DVD and CDs of the old shows like Lucy, clothes, decorations for your home, clothes and children's toys and games. Me thinks they do not believe what they would have us believe.

Posted by: Fourth Horseman RN now your MD at December 21, 2013 09:21 AM (KuZ6A)

373 In my family it was Dad who could Eff up a meatloaf. He was retired and fancied himself a "cook." So he fixed dinner a lot, and as much as I like spices he always put too much garlic and onion in meatloafs. You could smell yourself coming a mile away after one of his "creations...."

Posted by: backhoe at December 21, 2013 09:21 AM (ULH4o)

374 Understanding what the real problem is, is not always a trivial task.  People go down all sorts of rabbit holes looking at side effects and cosmetic crap rather than core issues.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 21, 2013 09:21 AM (70Unk)

375
And shouldn't the proper usage be "Cracka Barrel'? (we need an AoSHQ stylebook ruling)

I favor "Creepy-Ass Cracker Barrel" myself.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 21, 2013 09:22 AM (0IhFx)

376 338 DaveS - "The recent comments in the GQ article are not reflective of Under Armour's beliefs and do not represent our point of view," the company said in a statement. "As a company, we are committed to diversity and inclusion and believe in treating everyone equally and with respect." Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2013 01:11 PM (Q6HBD) ---------------------------------- Well, there's at least a partial contradiction there. They seem to agree with Phil's own statement that, whatever he himself might think of certain behaviors, we are all God's children and need to love God and each other. In any case, their response is fine by me.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 21, 2013 09:22 AM (dfYL9)

377 Here's another one that will trip you out about the difference between different parts of America:  http://tinyurl.com/c36xhqq

Posted by: DAve at December 21, 2013 09:22 AM (b7yum)

378 Now A&E is getting slammed by the gay owner of TMZ. That's because Harvey understands the pattern. First they came for Phil, and nobody cared.....

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at December 21, 2013 09:22 AM (XIxXP)

379 369 Now A&E is getting slammed by the gay owner of TMZ. Bit off a bit too much, eh A&E? Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2013 01:20 PM (Q6HBD) Yeah, saw him on Greta last night.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 09:22 AM (bCEmE)

380 Someone should ask him what 'nonferrous' means That's someone that doesn't like Matthew Broderick movies, right?

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 09:22 AM (X9hM2)

381 I'm firmly convinced that there is a genetic anomaly in my insane asylum of a family that surfaced first as the inability to cook and went downhill from there. It explains a lot. Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at December 21, 2013 01:17 PM (0HooB) **** Heh. You and I must be related. When I was a kid we knew it was time for dinner when the smoke alarm went off.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 09:23 AM (N/Sup)

382 So what is the latest on the poor woman who got digitally lynched by a Twitter-By hit?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 09:23 AM (dW1LP)

383 That's someone that doesn't like Matthew Broderick movies, right? Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 01:22 PM (X9hM2) LOL

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at December 21, 2013 09:23 AM (XIxXP)

384 #346

Really, Barry? Going to get a handle on the rudiments of economics any time soon?

Posted by: Epobirs at December 21, 2013 09:23 AM (bPxS6)

385 Bob Newhart gives in to Big Homo. See the sock link.
Oh, no! Say it ain't so!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 21, 2013 09:24 AM (YQUIz)

386 @318 "If you really want to piss off the Velvet Mafia, talk about what homosexuals do like Phil did. Have anal sex with one another. Suddenly, gays are not so adorable. And if someone recoils at what defines homosexuality (men fucking other men) then what does that tell you?" So, they can put you down as a "no" for attending the next "gay pride" celebration, I take it... ;-) To me, it's like somebody with six fingers. It's abnormal, but I'm not about to demonize such a person, suggesting that they're possessed by the Devil, or should be killed, or something. It doesn't cause any harm to me, it's none of my business, and shame on me if I gave them a hard time about it in any way. At the same time, I'd just as soon not see it, the idea of being proud of it is just nonsense, and I really don't want to hear a lot of victimhood crap, or be demonized myself for not wanting to witness or hear about the freakishness.

Posted by: Optimizer at December 21, 2013 09:24 AM (Mxt9o)

387 We need a list of businesses siding with the Anal Excrement channel and GLAAD so we know who to avoid...

Posted by: Facts Hurt at December 21, 2013 09:24 AM (vHRtU)

388 Shredded Chi, I wish Ben Stein could school Barry Bueller.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 09:24 AM (dW1LP)

389 "In the fallout over Wednesday’s suspension of “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson by A&E for anti-gay and racist remarks, GLAAD is experiencing record levels of backlash."

See, this is such bullshit.  They're automatically labelling what he said as anti-gay and racist. 

As always, I look for the What's Awesome in stories like this, and What's Awesome is that if GLAAD/&E had just said, "We disagree, but whatever" and not forced the suspension, this would have barely made a ripple.  Now it's A Thing and FAR more people are exposed to what Phil said-- and yelling a GLAAD on top of it.

Posted by: Filly at December 21, 2013 09:24 AM (xJhbp)

390 andycanuck- At an Alcoa plant in Davenport, Iowa, in June, Obama observed machines that milled aerospace parts. He then approached a handful of reporters who had been watching nearby: “Did you know aluminum is not magnetic? I learned something today.”

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 09:25 AM (aDwsi)

391 Adultery will get the adulterers killed by a jealous man. Irrespective of nothing, I saw a Science channel show couple days ago. It surmised that plastic surgery began in India eons ago, because the 'standard' practice for punishment of the woman was removal of her nose. Hence the need for reconstructive surgery/ rhinoplasty. Also claimed that Indians invented zero. Muslims claim the same thing.

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request [/i] at December 21, 2013 09:25 AM (6Nqkf)

392 381 So what is the latest on the poor woman who got digitally lynched by a Twitter-By hit? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 01:23 PM (dW1LP) She's been fire and deleted her twitter account and BuzzFeedAndrew goes on happily with his smug life. If that mob activity on twitter last night was real life, she'd have been beaten to death.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 09:26 AM (bCEmE)

393 Now you have to clear it with the Sodomite Mafia before you give a speech.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 21, 2013 09:26 AM (ShvtX)

394 andy - This guy would not recognize 'science' if it were sitting on his face.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 09:26 AM (aDwsi)

395 338 DaveS -


Baltimore-based sports apparel maker Under Armour is keeping its ties to the "Duck Dynasty" franchise amid a media uproar over comments made by star Phil Robertson about gays and blacks.

While the company says it does not condone Robertson's statements, Under Armour does not have plans to end its business dealings with the Robertson family.
"The recent comments in the GQ article are not reflective of Under Armour's beliefs and do not represent our point of view," the company said in a statement. "As a company, we are committed to diversity and inclusion and believe in treating everyone equally and with respect."

Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2013 01:11 PM (Q6HBD)


-----


Good for them. I know that Auburn was one of the first to sign up with them...War Eagle!


Posted by: Dave S. at December 21, 2013 09:27 AM (UvR6d)

396 “I don’t think this is about the first amendment,” Ferraro said. “I feel it’s more about the America we live in today. That is one where Americans, gay and straight, are able to speak out when people in the public eye make anti-gay and racist remarks.”

No, asshole, you just forced a tipping point in which people are officially sick of their beliefs being mocked and shut down thanks to the left's constant bitching and racebaiting.  You brought this on yourselves.

Posted by: Filly at December 21, 2013 09:27 AM (xJhbp)

397 Ya know only 3% of the country likes to go the old dirt country road root, so how come we are paying so much attention to them?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2013 09:27 AM (t3UFN)

398 You have to admire the first surgeon who performed rhinoplasty. I will never understand how he didn't get trampled.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 09:28 AM (N/Sup)

399 Also claimed that Indians invented zero. Muslims claim the same thing. Posted by: Name Withheld -------------------- Given Obama's background, I'm giving the nod to the Muslims.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 09:28 AM (aDwsi)

400 381 So what is the latest on the poor woman who got digitally lynched by a Twitter-By hit? I saw the story listed on the Most Read list at UK DailyMail

Posted by: USA at December 21, 2013 09:29 AM (VIaw0)

401 Someone should ask him if he knows what bauxite is.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 21, 2013 09:29 AM (YQUIz)

402 Heh. You and I must be related. When I was a kid we knew it was time for dinner when the smoke alarm went off. I never could reconcile Mummy Dearest's insistence that she loved to eat yet never learned how to cook. My half-assed brother got her good one night at the dinner table: while eating something that somewhat resembled chicken, he grabs his knife and dramatically peels back a piece, looks at it and says, "Hmmm, Goodyear..."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 21, 2013 09:29 AM (0HooB)

403 Can't open it on a mobil device, but this may be interesting http://tinyurl.com/n27rcyc Faith Driven Consumer Guide.

Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2013 09:29 AM (Q6HBD)

404 I sometimes stop at Cracker Barrel when I'm on the road, just to stretch my legs and browse their store. I pick up a packaged snack and leave. I've eaten there before but they are usually crowded and the service is slow. The food is too heavy for my taste anyway. Anything light on the menu is tasteless. I won't go near a CB now.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 21, 2013 09:29 AM (dfYL9)

405 Harvey Levin got his law degree from Univ of Chicago ('75). He has always been interesting and rational on 1st Amendment and sometimes even rises to exceptionally clear thinking. I do respect him a lot. Privacy and the Media (U of C 10-18-10) https://tinyurl.com/pk95pvy

Posted by: Mustbequantum at December 21, 2013 09:29 AM (MIKMs)

406 Tami, its a terrible thing that happened to her.  And does that dipstick realize the Twitter sword can be used against him.  Probably not and I hope that sword gets shoved hard up his fourth point of contact.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 09:29 AM (dW1LP)

407 You have to admire the first surgeon who performed rhinoplasty. I will never understand how he didn't get trampled. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 01:28 PM (N/Sup) That would be the late DR Neanderthal who bitched slapped the guy next to him for for putting his homo hands where they should not have gone

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2013 09:30 AM (t3UFN)

408 It doesn't cause any harm to me, it's none of my business, and shame on me if I gave them a hard time about it in any way. At the same time, I'd just as soon not see it, the idea of being proud of it is just nonsense, and I really don't want to hear a lot of victimhood crap, or be demonized myself for not wanting to witness or hear about the freakishness. Posted by: Optimizer at December 21, 2013 01:24 PM (Mxt9o) It DOES cause harm to other people. Every hear of a guy named Ryan White? How about Arthur Ashe? If you do a search on the terms "Homosexuality and Disease", you may be in for a shock. I've read dozens of articles asserting that the homosexual community counts as the largest reservoir of sexually transmitted diseases in the nation. Most of the really nasty sexually transmitted diseases are being kept alive by this 2% of the population, very much in the same manner that Polio is being kept alive by the backward religious kooks in Pakistan. And now I hear they want to remove them from the blood donor exclusion list.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 09:30 AM (bb5+k)

409 Bauxite?  He would probably mistake it for orange TANG that has clumped.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 09:31 AM (dW1LP)

410 Cracker Barrel now makes me think of Creepy Ass-Cracker. Or Creepy-Ass Cracker. I was never quite sure which was correct phraseology.

Posted by: USA at December 21, 2013 09:31 AM (VIaw0)

411 Alright, children. Line up to get your sixth-finger attachments.

Posted by: your local school board at December 21, 2013 09:31 AM (YQUIz)

412 390  Also claimed that Indians invented zero. Muslims claim the same thing.

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request at December 21, 2013 01:25 PM (6Nqkf)



The Indians did invent the zero. Muzzies have always been liars.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 21, 2013 09:32 AM (T2V/1)

413 I FULLY support hot lipstick lesbians... The shit-play boys need to STFU and go back to sucking out asses with a straw etc.

Posted by: Facts Hurt at December 21, 2013 09:32 AM (vHRtU)

414 @375 "... Well, there's at least a partial contradiction there. They seem to agree with Phil's own statement that, whatever he himself might think of certain behaviors, we are all God's children and need to love God and each other. ..." The contradiction is that "diversity" is a euphemism for giving unfair advantage to individuals based on their ethnic or gender identity. Any organization talking about "diversity" is certainly not going to be " treating everyone equally," except in the Orwellian way that some are more equal than others.

Posted by: Optimizer at December 21, 2013 09:32 AM (Mxt9o)

415 At an Alcoa plant in Davenport, Iowa, in June, Obama observed machines that milled aerospace parts. He then approached a handful of reporters who had been watching nearby: “Did you know aluminum is not magnetic? I learned something today.” Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 01:25 PM (aDwsi) As I regard him to be an utter fucking fool, this is no surprise to me at all.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 09:32 AM (bb5+k)

416 The Knicks are playing Memphis at home in a rare afternoon game. Boy do they suck, down by 12. Someone should tell dolan's boys that there was actually basketball before the 3 point shot?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2013 09:32 AM (t3UFN)

417 405 Tami, its a terrible thing that happened to her. And does that dipstick realize the Twitter sword can be used against him. Probably not and I hope that sword gets shoved hard up his fourth point of contact. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 01:29 PM (dW1LP) It actually was frightening to watch.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 09:33 AM (bCEmE)

418 I FULLY support hot lipstick lesbians... Well lesbians are not really homosexuals, unless they look like my sister, Butch

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2013 09:33 AM (t3UFN)

419 Cracker Barrel jumps on GLAAD bandwagon and drops Duck Dynasty products with Phil's picture. Still happy to make money off other Duck Commander merchandise.

Posted by: OCBill at December 21, 2013 09:34 AM (VCCXE)

420 And now I hear they want to remove them from the blood donor exclusion list.
A gay activist here who started a losing court case over that turned out to have syphilis. Oddly enough it wasn't a major news story.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 21, 2013 09:35 AM (YQUIz)

421 As I regard him to be an utter fucking fool, this is no surprise to me at all. Posted by: D-Lamp --------------- If you think his understanding of physical science is less than a ten-year-old boy's, you ought to quiz him on his understanding of economics.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 09:35 AM (aDwsi)

422 Rhinoplasty consequences- http://tinyurl.com/lcnwubj

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 09:35 AM (N/Sup)

423 407 -

Arthur Ashe was gay.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 09:35 AM (BeSEI)

424 Well lesbians are not really homosexuals, unless they look like my sister, Butch Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2013 01:33 PM (t3UFN) So, there are homosexual groups inside homosexual groups?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at December 21, 2013 09:35 AM (XIxXP)

425 402 --- Interesting! I'm delighted to see Lowe's with a good ranking, as we shop there often.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 21, 2013 09:35 AM (dfYL9)

426 402 Can't open it on a mobil device, but this may be interesting... Faith Driven Consumer Guide Opened fine on my android (galaxy s2) - the link on that page is a pdf & is downloading now.

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 09:35 AM (X9hM2)

427 Because I get ACC games, I'll get to see UMass play FSU at 2. I'm not a UMass fan, at all, but they're undefeated and in the top 25, feel obligated to check them out.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 09:35 AM (ZshNr)

428 At an Alcoa plant in Davenport, Iowa, in June, Obama observed machines that milled aerospace parts. He then approached a handful of reporters who had been watching nearby: “Did you know aluminum is not magnetic? I learned something today.” Basic Physics: how does it fucking work? And I happened to catch his other fuck-up at his presser yesterday when he said he, "screwed the duck." At least that's what it sounded like to me. You screw pooches, you fuck ducks. Dude, you wanna turn on that neon light above your head that flashes, "I WASN'T RAISED HERE!" again? We in the back can't see it well.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 21, 2013 09:37 AM (0HooB)

429 What?  Isotoner doesn't manufacture 6-fingered gloves?  They are clearly haters and polydactylphobes and must be bullied and sued into submission if not oblivion.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at December 21, 2013 09:37 AM (e4elg)

430 It also means Obama was never curious enough as a child to hold a magnet up to a pop can and then wonder why it didn't stick.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 21, 2013 09:37 AM (YQUIz)

431 Not now Reggie, I'm working on my tan... ask the Secret Service to get you a boy - and make sure those fuckers pay him this time!

Posted by: President Choad-Load at December 21, 2013 09:37 AM (vHRtU)

432
It actually was frightening to watch.

Hell, it's still going on. Now the Buzzscrunt fascists are digging for dirt in the rest of her family.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 21, 2013 09:37 AM (0IhFx)

433 This is America. We have laws and protections. Every individual should be free to speak their personal beliefs about how truly wonderful and fulfilling homosexual sex is.

Posted by: Neal Marx, American Newsman at December 21, 2013 09:37 AM (6ahup)

434
ATTN:  I have to do a mea culpa.  C B has come out to correct misinformation.  They are saying they removed the A and E Duck Dynasty stuff and KEPT the Duck Commander stuff so as not to offend their customers.

So the internet may have moved to fast on this one.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2013 09:38 AM (MaP11)

435 I am glad I do not do the Twitter thing.  From the sound of it, Andrew there decided to make a hobby of destroying someone.  So made her his sacrificial scapegoat on a whim.

Anonymity of the Internet let all those people become bullies.  In real life I bet they are PajamaBoy.  But online they can let their inner a@@hole out.  And they don't care who is destroyed as long as they get a visceral thrill.

Not sure who is more evil in this event.  Andrew for treating this woman as no more than a say a cat that can be set afire for his sick amusement.  Or the people who are there watching Andrew do it and supporting his evil.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 09:38 AM (dW1LP)

436 A&E’s “suspension” of Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson will apparently not affect new episodes of the show scheduled to start airing after the holidays on January 15th. Entertainment Weekly is citing sources “close to the situation” who say that when the show returns from hiatus, footage featuring Robertson, who caused a major uproar with his condemnation of homosexual sex in GQ magazine, will remain intact. “There’s no negotiation to have; we’re doing the show,” the insider told EW. “We’ll figure out a solution. It’s just not going to happen overnight. Everybody will take a break for the holidays and regroup afterward. That’s probably the smartest thing for everyone to do. Time heals a lot of wounds.” While A&E’s suspension could have included pulling not-yet-aired episodes of the show that include Phil Robertson, it now appears it will only affect episodes that have not yet been shot. Assuming there is an ultimately reconciliation between the network and the Robertson family, this could mean an uninterrupted viewing experience for fans of the show. http://tinyurl.com/lu7xdkp In other words, "Phil makes us a shit ton of money!"

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 09:38 AM (bCEmE)

437 Maybe the Libtards don't realize Phil is one of "Them"
He holds a Masters in English and taught  college in his early years and is an animal lover.

Posted by: LaZrtx at December 21, 2013 09:38 AM (5dvlB)

438 Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 01:35 PM (X9hM2) Yeah. I clicked on a bad link. It's open now.

Posted by: RWC at December 21, 2013 09:38 AM (Q6HBD)

439 I reiterate, Cracker Barrel got burned by a lesbian waitress discrimination suit a while back. They are gunshy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 09:38 AM (aDwsi)

440 Irrespective of nothing, I saw a Science channel show couple days ago. It surmised that plastic surgery began in India eons ago, because the 'standard' practice for punishment of the woman was removal of her nose. Hence the need for reconstructive surgery/ rhinoplasty. Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request at December 21, 2013 01:25 PM (6Nqkf) I actually read an article about how such surgery was performed in Ancient India. It's really quite clever. Someone with their nose chopped off would probably be willing to do almost anything if someone could restore it. There was a large profit incentive for people to develop a technique that works. Incidentally, skin from the scrotum was normally used to create the inside of the nostrils for a man. External Vaginal tissue was used for a woman. Adultery was a serious business. It had the potential to kill many members of the tribe if it got out of hand. In a lot of early cultures, it was punishable by death for the participants. I would suppose India may have created the less onerous punishment because insufficient population was not a problem with which they were facing.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 09:38 AM (bb5+k)

441 @407 "... It DOES cause harm to other people. Every hear of a guy named Ryan White? How about Arthur Ashe? ..." There's nothing going on there that couldn't also be said about heterosexuals. It speaks more to the immorality of promiscuity, and of not practicing proper hygene, than of heterosexuality itself. It goes beyond sexually-transmitted diseases as well. e.g., "Typhoid Mary".

Posted by: Optimizer at December 21, 2013 09:39 AM (Mxt9o)

442 And now I hear they want to remove them from the blood donor exclusion list.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 01:30 PM (bb5+k)


It's Gay men that need to be excluded, not Gay women.

Posted by: Matt at December 21, 2013 09:39 AM (b6koZ)

443 I heard a judge in Utah overturned the state law banning polydactyly.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 09:39 AM (N/Sup)

444 We need to turn the Fascist weapons against them, viciously and with malice aforethought.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2013 09:40 AM (vHRtU)

445 Incidentally, skin from the scrotum was normally used to create the inside of the nostrils for a man. External Vaginal tissue was used for a woman. ***** MOM: Johnny, stop picking your nose! JOHNNY: Aww mom, my balls itch. MOM: I guess that would explain what your sister's doing.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 09:41 AM (N/Sup)

446 So now we SHOULD go to CB? I'm so confused. And curious about their Eggs Benedict....

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 09:41 AM (ZshNr)

447 I'm not much for boycotts --- it reminds me too much of politically obsessed lefties--- but it was Cracker Barrel that decided to boycott the Duckster. So I hope a lot of people will boycott them. They can't complain. We'd just be doing the same thing they're doing.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 21, 2013 09:41 AM (dfYL9)

448 I thought a polydactyly was a Stone Age breed of parrot???

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 21, 2013 09:42 AM (YQUIz)

449 @410 "Alright, children. Line up to get your sixth-finger attachments." OMG , what have I done!?! I should know better than to give these people ideas!!

Posted by: Optimizer at December 21, 2013 09:42 AM (Mxt9o)

450 To me, it's like somebody with six fingers. It's abnormal, but I'm not about to demonize such a person, suggesting that they're possessed by the Devil, or should be killed, or something. ________ My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 09:43 AM (X9hM2)

451 433 ATTN: I have to do a mea culpa. C B has come out to correct misinformation. They are saying they removed the A and E Duck Dynasty stuff and KEPT the Duck Commander stuff so as not to offend their customers. So the internet may have moved to fast on this one. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 21, 2013 01:38 PM (MaP11) IF that's true, they better haul their asses to their FB page and clarify. There isn't one supportive comment on their page. They're losing customers at an alarming rate. I'd also like to know if they kept the Duck Commander products with Phil's image.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 09:43 AM (bCEmE)

452 BBL.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 21, 2013 09:43 AM (YQUIz)

453 I thought a polydactyly was a Stone Age breed of parrot??? Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2013 01:42 PM (YQUIz) ***** Nice!!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 09:43 AM (N/Sup)

454 Never eat eggs Benedict in a restaurant, the sauce is usually hours old...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2013 09:44 AM (vHRtU)

455 CB had better clarify.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 21, 2013 09:44 AM (dfYL9)

456 Giggling over bad cooks. My family claims it is our Irish genes that none of us can cook (our powerful Irish brains and beauty are above all that) and anyone who eats garlic smells like rancid beer for days. Eh, Seamus?

Posted by: Mustbequantum at December 21, 2013 09:44 AM (MIKMs)

457
The contradiction is that "diversity" is a euphemism for giving unfair advantage to individuals based on their ethnic or gender identity. Any organization talking about "diversity" is certainly not going to be " treating everyone equally," except in the Orwellian way that some are more equal than others.

Posted by: Optimizer at December 21, 2013 01:32 PM (Mxt9o)


------


It's quite obvious that diversity now means that we celebrate differences in how people look, while insisting upon complete uniformity in how we think, act, and believe.  It's yet another word that has been destroyed.



Well functioning organizations and departments have some kind of creative tension that keeps the gears moving.  There are people that are gung ho about trying new things, and there are people that need to have to have 1,000 questions answered before they feel comfortable changing one thing about a process. 



If you get solely either type of person on a project, the project is destined to fail.  You end up with Obamacare marching full steam ahead, with anyone that raises concerns becoming a pariah.   There's the type of diversity that can tangibly have saved a lot of people a lot of heartache.  There's where the value of having someone that can look at things from a different perspective might have been of some real value.



Posted by: Dave S. at December 21, 2013 09:44 AM (UvR6d)

458 "I have never been to a Cracker Barrel, but I've always kept it in the back of my mind as a "should try once" place, especially because I usually see them when I'm traveling and have to choose from one chain or another, anyway. Did I miss anything?" Cracker Barrel is a "country style" restaurant, meaning they don't wash the dishes too well.

Posted by: whoever at December 21, 2013 09:45 AM (zu9Ee)

459 That's how I judge it. If the sauce is fucked, I don't go back.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 09:45 AM (ZshNr)

460 Remember to send letters to the Anal Entry channel, CB etc. regarding your views and why they won't be getting your money...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 21, 2013 09:45 AM (vHRtU)

461 anyone who eats garlic smells like rancid beer for days. Eh, Seamus? Posted by: Mustbequantum at December 21, 2013 01:44 PM (MIKMs) **** B...b...b...but I showered this morning!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 09:45 AM (N/Sup)

462 anyone who eats garlic smells like rancid beer for days. Eh, Seamus? Posted by: Mustbequantum at December 21, 2013 01:44 PM (MIKMs) **** You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- marching to a different drummer, in the other direction at December 21, 2013 09:46 AM (N/Sup)

463 @Mike Hammer, I will say if I ever manage to get a job an academia I want to write a book on how the politicization and sensationalizing of science has destroyed what should have been a golden science age, and undermined public trust in the entire endeavor.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 09:48 AM (GaqMa)

464 CB had better clarify. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 21, 2013 01:44 PM (dfYL9) Meh, all that means to me is "we're removing the stuff that the LIVs will balk about while keeping the stuff that those in the know don't care about." They're trying to split the baby.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 09:49 AM (GaqMa)

465 About two hours until the in-laws are here for a one-night stop en route to Georgia for Christmas. FiL is a Gorebot Obama voter Exxon-retiree, go figure. Fortunately, he's learned to not get too yippy or to expect all of my "respect for elders/family" to be replaced with mocking derision.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 21, 2013 09:49 AM (ZshNr)

466 >>> Cracker Barrel is a "country style" restaurant, meaning they don't wash the dishes too well. "This is my dog, Cold Water"

Posted by: fluffy & western at December 21, 2013 09:50 AM (Ua6T/)

467 A gay activist here who started a losing court case over that turned out to have syphilis. Oddly enough it wasn't a major news story. Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2013 01:35 PM (YQUIz) I want you to contemplate, for the moment, the idea of being surrounded by hundreds of Beautiful young women, all of which want to have sex with you and are very willing. (In other words, females with a male sex drive.) What would you do? What would many men do? They would screw their brains out until they couldn't walk. Well guess what. That is exactly the circumstance in which many homosexuals find themselves. They are surrounded by potential partners who want it as badly as do they. As a result, the norm in the homosexual community is potentially hundreds of sex partners throughout their lifetime. A person cannot engage in such behavior with out the statistical probability of picking up something very nasty. As a generally rule, long practicing (Male) homosexuals are infected with some nasty shit. The spread of such diseases is slower in the Heterosexual community because the female very much regulates the sexual activity of her partner as much as she is able. Sex with others is generally out, and sex with her is when she's in the mood. But that has been changing over the years too.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 09:50 AM (bb5+k)

468 Aluminum wants to be magnetic, but the Republicans keep blocking the legislation.

Posted by: eman at December 21, 2013 09:50 AM (EWsrI)

469 If you think his understanding of physical science is less than a ten-year-old boy's, you ought to quiz him on his understanding of economics. Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 01:35 PM (aDwsi) As Rush Limbaugh used to say: "When Obama walks into a room, he is always the least qualified person in the room, and it doesn't matter on what subject you chose. "

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 09:51 AM (bb5+k)

470 That rancid beer smell is outrageous in our family. No matter how much we all love garlic, even the dogs won't go near us if we indulge. Of course, like everything else, we blame it on being Irish. Green eyes laughing through the miasma --

Posted by: Mustbequantum at December 21, 2013 09:51 AM (MIKMs)

471 As Rush Limbaugh used to say: "When Obama walks into a room, he is always the least qualified person in the room, and it doesn't matter on what subject you chose. " Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 01:51 PM (bb5+k) Rush was wrong though. Obama is the most qualified person in the world at being a SCOAMF.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 09:52 AM (GaqMa)

472 To me, it's like somebody with six fingers. It's abnormal, but I'm not about to demonize such a person, suggesting that they're possessed by the Devil, or should be killed, or something ____________ You've got time to make him a meatloaf.

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 21, 2013 09:54 AM (X9hM2)

473 In the dankest recesses of my black little heart, I chuckle silently each and every time I think of that ad with PJ-OnesieBoy and the Hot Chocolate His Mommy Just Brought Him. I'm certain his phone is ringing off the hook for dates...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 21, 2013 09:54 AM (0HooB)

474 Arthur Ashe was gay. Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 01:35 PM (BeSEI) If so, I've never heard of it. I know at the time, they announced that he had acquired AIDS through a blood transfusion. The Wikipedia entry about him doesn't mention "gay". Even so, the point remains. Innocent people did acquire AIDS because Homosexuals donated blood into the system.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 09:56 AM (bb5+k)

475 Speaking of brain dead.  Read the three comments on this Stars and Strikes article about the USS Cowpens incident.

http://tinyurl.com/l4yg97q

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 09:58 AM (dW1LP)

476 as someone said yesterday, the love which dare not say it's name... has become the love which can't shut the fuck up for five minutes.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 21, 2013 09:59 AM (JPASj)

477 447 I thought a polydactyly was a Stone Age breed of parrot???Posted by: andycanuck at December 21, 2013 01:42 PM (YQUIz)
Is that the one on the Flintstones that they use as a record player?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 21, 2013 09:59 AM (VpMO0)

478 So, there are homosexual groups inside homosexual groups? Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at December 21, 2013 01:35 PM (XIxXP) You have no idea. The term "Homosexual" is a general term for a disconcerting array of fetishes which generally have as the common denominator "same sex" intercourse. Butch and Fem are just two of the more commonly known categories.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 09:59 AM (bb5+k)

479 Yeah but if you do go, when you get to the fork in the road, take it. ---- Directions to his house. The road forks, then merges back together, so it doesn't matter which side you take.

Posted by: whoever at December 21, 2013 10:00 AM (zu9Ee)

480 473 -

It's been whitewashed (sorry, bad pun) from the record.  It didn't fit the narrative.

Once upon a time,  the media helped hide the fact that  some celebs were homosexual, and Arthur had the added fact that he was supposed to be a role model  for a certain segment of the population.

So yeah, he's on a fairly large list of  male celebs  who acquired HIV from blood transfusions, and who were totally not gay. 

Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 10:01 AM (BeSEI)

481 "Well, there's at least a partial contradiction there. They seem to agree with Phil's own statement that, whatever he himself might think of certain behaviors, we are all God's children and need to love God and each other.

"In any case, their response is fine by me."

The owner of UA has a lot of good will from me.  He invested in a historic horse farm in his home state of MD because he wanted to keep it open, preserve the heritage, and keep the sport alive in MD without government assistance.

Posted by: Filly at December 21, 2013 10:01 AM (xJhbp)

482 What the idjits at A & E didn't realize was that the "Duck Dynasty" family wasn't just some exotic backwoods curio for Americans to snark at, because the majority of Americans aren't hipster meterosexuals. Instead of laughing at the "hicks," people found a family on T.V. that portrayed values and togetherness that is otherwise mocked by hipster meterosexual broadcasters.

Posted by: The Political Hat at December 21, 2013 10:01 AM (Vk2pI)

483 A massive clusterduck for A and E. I read somewhere the Robertsons had three family rules when they agreed to do the show; one was not to betray family. A and E were counting on the rest if the clan to toe the line and grovel and throw Phil under the bus, they have no idea what to do now that is not gonna happen, ha. I do wonder the repercussions for other members though. Sadie was getting into the fashion world, I wonder if those gates will slam shut for her now.

Posted by: LizLem, craving a duck sammich at December 21, 2013 10:01 AM (dezPb)

484 Comment from Cracker Barrel FB page, " well I guess you`ve just buttered your last biscuit for me".

Posted by: rightlysouthern at December 21, 2013 10:02 AM (uOxBm)

485 "Bob Newhart gives in to Big Homo. See the sock link.
Oh, no! Say it ain't so!"

That's incredibly disappointing if true.  One of things I've always respected and liked about Bob Newhart is that he didn't ram any politics down anyone's throat.  His humor was never mean or "gotcha". Guess he's getting crabby : (

Posted by: Filly at December 21, 2013 10:03 AM (xJhbp)

486 Speaking of brain dead. Read the three comments on this Stars and Strikes article about the USS Cowpens incident. http://tinyurl.com/l4yg97q Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 01:58 PM (dW1LP) And I bet they think that U-2 pilot who got shot down over Cuba got what he deserved?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2013 10:03 AM (t3UFN)

487 483 Comment from Cracker Barrel FB page, " well I guess you`ve just buttered your last biscuit for me". Posted by: rightlysouthern at December 21, 2013 02:02 PM (uOxBm) I like the one that said, "While you're removing merchandise, you might as well take out a bunch of tables and chairs. You're not going to need them anymore."

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 21, 2013 10:05 AM (bCEmE)

488 There's nothing going on there that couldn't also be said about heterosexuals. It speaks more to the immorality of promiscuity, and of not practicing proper hygene, than of heterosexuality itself. It goes beyond sexually-transmitted diseases as well. e.g., "Typhoid Mary". Posted by: Optimizer at December 21, 2013 01:39 PM (Mxt9o) Given that heterosexuals make up 98% of the population, 98% of the STD transfers ought to be attributable to them, but aren't. Likewise with molestation cases. Something like 40% of molestation cases end up having a male victim. Sure, the same could be said of heterosexuals, but that is deliberately misleading as to an accurate understanding of the situation. (Male) Homosexuals are punching WAY outside their weight class in terms of disease and molestation.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 10:06 AM (bb5+k)

489 I took a course in Ethology way back.   Most species have homosexuals, but most species kill the miswired members of the species because having a sterile individual competing with the breeders for resources is not good for the survival of the species.   Of course thanks to Big Oil and other 'evil gaia rapers' western civilization today does not need to be so harsh.  This might be an interesting fire bomb to toss at some stupid leftist who crows both that nature is serenely perfect and that failing to embrace gays is hateful. 

Posted by: PaleRider at December 21, 2013 10:06 AM (FYUWS)

490 Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 02:01 PM (BeSEI) If memory serves Ashe rebuffed opportunities to go to AIDS benefits specifically because he didn't like the fact that they doubled as "Gay agenda" benefits.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 21, 2013 10:07 AM (GaqMa)

491 Are gays allowed to think that putting a penis in a vagina is icky?

Posted by: Mindy at December 21, 2013 10:07 AM (GRLuN)

492 It's Gay men that need to be excluded, not Gay women. Posted by: Matt at December 21, 2013 01:39 PM (b6koZ) Pretty much. Homosexuality among men is a very different thing from Homosexuality among women. Different causes, different behaviors, different consequences. By far, the male version is much worse.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 10:08 AM (bb5+k)

493 Hi, PaleRider! Nice to see you on the threads!

Posted by: Mindy aka Cupcake at December 21, 2013 10:08 AM (GRLuN)

494 479 473 - It's been whitewashed (sorry, bad pun) from the record. It didn't fit the narrative. Once upon a time, the media helped hide the fact that some celebs were homosexual, and Arthur had the added fact that he was supposed to be a role model for a certain segment of the population. So yeah, he's on a fairly large list of male celebs who acquired HIV from blood transfusions, and who were totally not gay. Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 02:01 PM (BeSEI) --------------------------------- I assume you KNOW he was gay and his marriage was a sham because.....because....???? You do know that he did have heart disease and definitely had several blood transfusions in the era before blood could be tested for AIDS? You are asserting speculation as fact.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 21, 2013 10:08 AM (dfYL9)

495 Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 01:50 PM (bb5+k)


I worked at a major hospital in L.A. during the AIDS epidemic. Reading the charts, it was amazing how many sexual contacts these guys  had had. And yes indeed, they had pretty much all come down with every variant of STD's.


And the gays fought like hell to stop the closing down of the bath-houses.





Posted by: HH at December 21, 2013 10:08 AM (XXwdv)

496 "The GQ article was a set-up. Just read it. They should have fed the 'journalist' to the wild hogs. "
- Mike Hammer

What a coincidence! I had an interview with a journalist JUST LIKE THAT.

Is this something they learn in J-school? "how to smoke out and embarrass a politically incorrect tool" Must be.

Posted by: former senate candidate Todd Akin at December 21, 2013 10:10 AM (oNqbW)

497 490 Are gays allowed to think that putting a penis in a vagina is icky? Posted by: Mindy at December 21, 2013 02:07 PM (GRLuN) ----------------------------- Yes. Which is odd because we are all suppose to love and worship vaginas or else waronwymmenzzzzz!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 21, 2013 10:12 AM (dfYL9)

498 Anyone who talks to a liberal magazine: which means 90% of them, can't expect fair treatment? Right Gen McChrystal

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2013 10:12 AM (t3UFN)

499 493 -

Surely you  can't be so naive as to think that just because a man is married to a woman, he can't ALSO be  having sex with other men?

Arthur was one such man,  and frankly I don't care if you believe  it or not. 


Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 10:15 AM (BeSEI)

500 I like the one that said, "While you're removing merchandise, you might as well take out a bunch of tables and chairs. You're not going to need them anymore."

Posted by: Tami at December 21, 2013 02:05 PM (bCEmE)

 

Good one too amongst the many.

 

Hey Mindy and PaleRider, fellow CO morons. Mindy, I`ll e-mail you pics of the mome this weekend, just downloaded them into computer.

Posted by: rightlysouthern at December 21, 2013 10:16 AM (uOxBm)

501 Most species have homosexuals, but most species kill the miswired members of the species because having a sterile individual competing with the breeders for resources is not good for the survival of the species. Posted by: PaleRider at December 21, 2013 02:06 PM (FYUWS) I have seen that alleged many times (other species have homosexuals) but in every example which they have offered, a careful examination of the evidence reveals they are projecting behavior which does not fit the definition. Bonobos are about the only species of which I am aware, that might be legitimately regarded as Bi-Sexual. Beyond that, other animals just do it to assert dominance, and none of them prefer to have sex with the males. The Females are always their first choice. I know of no species that commonly has individuals who prefer sex only with another member of the same sex.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 10:17 AM (bb5+k)

502 495 What did you say about smoking tools???

Posted by: DAve at December 21, 2013 10:18 AM (b7yum)

503 Hi Mindy.   Heh, I've again managed to conjure a new thread by jumping into aging one with a comment. 

Posted by: PaleRider at December 21, 2013 10:18 AM (FYUWS)

504 And the gays fought like hell to stop the closing down of the bath-houses. Posted by: HH at December 21, 2013 02:08 PM (XXwdv) I've read articles regarding the activities in the San Fransisco bath houses. According to my recollection, the norm was ten sexual encounters PER NIGHT! I have long argued that modern day homosexuality exists pretty much because of the development of anti-biotics/anti-virals. Prior to that, they would have mostly died off pretty quickly.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 21, 2013 10:20 AM (bb5+k)

505 As far as CB food goes, most of it is a corporate meh version of southern cooking. However, if you get the chicken and dumplings prepared correctly, you have hit the mother lode. Just like my southern grand mother used to make (or at least damned close). Alas, the CB corporate douches have screwed up. Fortunately for them most of the old timers that eat there will be unaware of their stand against P R.

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 21, 2013 10:20 AM (lFJBn)

506 Then let's hear from them. Sounds about like the "moderate' muzzies who don't believe in what the radicals do. Oh, that's right, crickets.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2013 12:40 PM (d0Dmj)


Bingo!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2013 10:21 AM (TKUw7)

507 Tubal @ 308 - The only reason I open those morning posts is to search for Mary Poppins' Hollywood stories.  I don't bother reading the thin-skinned ninny's post.

Posted by: butch at December 21, 2013 10:23 AM (/FflV)

508 Yeah Nevergiveup.  To those idiots the US is always wrong.  Other nations are right.  Even the PRC and all its political prisoners, remember Henry Wu, and occupied lands, Tibet.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 21, 2013 10:23 AM (dW1LP)

509 Posted by: BurtTC at December 21, 2013 02:01 PM (BeSEI)

More famous people have been outed.

What makes you think that he was gay, absent verifiable information?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2013 10:30 AM (QFxY5)

510 "The Robertsons think that AE was going to try to use the interview to control Phil Robertson to scale back the Christianity because AE had apparently
already had discussions with them about cutting it back"

Ha! A&E is really a total crock o' ...

The producers and editors can decide exactly what and how much of any person to put on the show. Nobody is making them put one or the other clan member front and center.

Can imagine A&E beside themselves that a bearded hick is their channel's #1 star ...

"Damn! We were supposed to be the masterpiece Theatre cable channel! How did we get these hicks on our network? what the h*ll happened?"
"Rating, boss, ratings ..."
"But these are being watched by flyover hicks. Nobody I know watches the stuff."
"We dont know anyone with gunracks on their trucks."
"Yeah, well a gunrack doesnt bloody well fit in a prius or a Tesla does it.
Can we just get him to dial back on that Xtian stuff? really, the gun stuff is one thing, the beard and all, but how I go to Weinstein parties with that Xtian stuff hanging over me?"
"I know boss ... let's get some jornolister to blister his arse in an interview, then he'll be more pliable.."
"And that's why you make the big bucks, Smithers." (cackles) "Make it happen..."

... and so it did.


Posted by: Zombie Commie Walter Cronkite at December 21, 2013 10:31 AM (oNqbW)

511 Posted by: weirdflunky at December 21, 2013 02:20 PM (lFJBn)

Ate there twice, and had good and hearty breakfasts both times.

But....I won't be going back, and I have ample opportunity.

Fools.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2013 10:33 AM (QFxY5)

512 Hey Mindy and PaleRider, fellow CO morons. Mindy, I`ll e-mail you pics of the mome this weekend, just downloaded them into computer. Posted by: rightlysouthern at December 21, 2013 02:16 PM (uOxBm) RightlySouthern, I'll keep an eye out. Thanks!

Posted by: Mindy aka Cupcake at December 21, 2013 10:35 AM (GRLuN)

513 I think a good lesson for anybody and anything that is NOT an ass sucking communist would be to think of a reporter's microphone as a loaded gun. When they point it at you they have the single intent to fuck you up. Don't play the fucking game.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2013 10:37 AM (FMbng)

514 UnderArmor prefers anus?

Posted by: nip at December 21, 2013 10:38 AM (jI23+)

515 Given Obama's background, I'm giving the nod to the Muslims.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 21, 2013 01:28 PM (aDwsi)


Like everything else they claim to have invented, the muslims stole zero from the Indians.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2013 10:39 AM (TKUw7)

516 Yeah CBD, they screwed the pooch on this one. A heluva lot more DD fans eat there than militant butt pirates. Let their shareholders figure it out.

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 21, 2013 10:39 AM (lFJBn)

517 Great article in the sidebar re: Sacco.  The real monsters, more than the mob that they rile and unleash, are the Buzzfeed scumbags.

Posted by: --- at December 21, 2013 10:51 AM (MMC8r)

518 "So, there are homosexual groups inside homosexual groups?"

Obviously you have never seen Mel Brook's "Keep It Gay" musical number from "The Producers".  That was the entire premise, poking fun of the various types of gays, the twinks, the swishes, the flamers, the diesel dykes, the lipstick lesbians, the bears, etc.

One of my favorite bits.

Posted by: navybrat at December 21, 2013 11:05 AM (AW7Gr)

519 I saw that episode and to me, Phil's disdain was entirely directed at the whole concept of hiring a professional photographer to take pictures of a dog.  There were no gay admonishments, cracks, or comments.  The guy was obviously not used to the country, so he was treated with the same rolling eyes any city boy worried about icky bugs would be.

Posted by: Adjoran at December 21, 2013 11:12 AM (473jB)

520 D-Lamp.   Well my professor and text made the point that you don't see homosexuality in other species because when it crops up the wolf pack will tear the offender into pieces.   In raw nature where intellect does not over-rule instinct the pack or herd will not tolerate a member that impedes perpetuating the groups' genes.  

Posted by: PaleRider at December 21, 2013 11:18 AM (vL0Nv)

521 Really dumb move by Cracker Barrel.

Posted by: Y-not, irrational at December 21, 2013 12:06 PM (zDsvJ)

522
"The Southern-themed food chain reacted to Phil Robertson's anti-gay comments by removing "selected products which we were concerned might offend some of our guests" from their stores and restaurants."

I for one am TOTALLY OFFENDED by weasels who give in to stalinist thought police Alynskyites.

It's time for us to start a boycott of every WeaselCorp that aids and abets the Stalinists with their craven behavior.




Posted by: Zombie Commie Walter Cronkite at December 21, 2013 12:11 PM (oNqbW)

523 Let's see the number of brilliant business decisions being made here:

AnalE has a major hit show, Duck Dynasty.  They hate it and look for ways to kill it and alienate its 14-million strong audience.  Neilsen results show they've succeeded.

Cracker Barrel decides to alienate 70-75% of its audience <i> for a demographic that doesn't eat at Cracker Barrel anyway</i> then sends out a deceitful press release when caught at it.  Social  media response indicates they've succeeded.

What other smart decisions are being made so far...

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at December 21, 2013 12:22 PM (XO6WW)

524 Maybe I need a tin-foil hat, but was this a planned hit on the Robertsons to keep them from being a viable voice for political candidates? Didn't one of them (Willie?) make a difference in a Congressional race? Don't watch so don't know who is who, but if you believed LIV would vote because the Duck guys urged them to do so, a plan to protect vulnerable d's like Landrieu might be part of the scenario. JMHO.

Posted by: NeverEvermore at December 21, 2013 12:31 PM (hRV3r)

525

[Andy:] ..."You remember that episode, right? The subtext of that plot line was Phil's supposed disdain for the at-least-metro-and-most-probably-homo guy Miss Kay brought over to photograph their dog. Great ratings - woo-hoo!"

 

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In case no one else has mentioned it, Andy...

 

It wasn't Miss Kay...it was Willie who hired the 'pet photographer', as a gift to his parents.

 

And even though Phil had a little fun messing with the guy...getting him to rake leaves and shooting a squirrel in front of him...he did it more because he always messes with citified, yuppie-types.

And that includes his own daughters-in-law and grandkids.

 

Phil was respectful and kind to the guy.

And he praised his work.

 

Posted by: wheatie at December 21, 2013 12:35 PM (wIA6U)

526

523 Maybe I need a tin-foil hat, but was this a planned hit on the Robertsons to keep them from being a viable voice for political candidates?

 

I hadn't thought of this...but you very well could be right.

Posted by: wheatie at December 21, 2013 12:40 PM (wIA6U)

527 525 523 Maybe I need a tin-foil hat, but was this a planned hit on the Robertsons to keep them from being a viable voice for political candidates?

Well, they're absolutely ruined for McConnell, McCain, Boehner or Graham... but for American candidates?

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at December 21, 2013 12:55 PM (XO6WW)

528 526 "Well, they're absolutely ruined for McConnell, McCain, Boehner or Graham... but for American candidates?" Robertsons were not a focus of late night hate or any group's anger b4 the GQ article. Now, any one they endorse would b demonized by more than just local news. Plus, how much will d's benefit from fundraising, if the Robertsons endorse a candidate? IMO, follow the money/fund raisers and you will see the d's game plan.

Posted by: NeverEvermore at December 21, 2013 02:07 PM (hRV3r)

529 http://tinyurl.com/kznk3ez

Houston mayor:
Right wing views are completely irrelevant.



Of course, she's a big fan of Abortion Barbie.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at December 21, 2013 02:08 PM (KQp38)

530 Vee vill not stop fighting until every Robertson takes a gay lover! #MandatoryButtSex

Posted by: Gaystapo at December 21, 2013 03:38 PM (sOtz/)

531 #512 - absolutely right. a reporters microphone is like a loaded gun. I advise anyone getting interviewed to insist that they have their own camera and crew taping the entire interview, unedited. 

Posted by: vivi at December 21, 2013 05:06 PM (+/8mE)

532 Correct me if I'm mistaken, but wasn't the premise of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," that heterosexual men were somehow deficient? That was the whole show, not a comment made by a cast member elsewhere.

Posted by: Amos at December 21, 2013 05:36 PM (9gcGV)

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