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April 08, 2013

BREAKING: Lady Margaret Thatcher Has Died
— Gabriel Malor

RIP Iron Lady.

[Edit by Monty: Bumped]

Rolling coverage is here.

Update: Watch this:

Wow.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 04:40 AM | Comments (251)
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1 RIP Giants pass away, and we are stuck with SCOAMF.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at April 08, 2013 03:58 AM (FsUAO)

2 Cue the tolerant lefties.

RIP, Iron Lady.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2013 03:58 AM (fwARV)

3 White House does something inappropriate in 5...4...3..2...

Posted by: zsasz at April 08, 2013 03:58 AM (MMC8r)

4 LOL, we all posted at the same time. She was the best PM since Winston Churchill. RIP Maggie

Posted by: Vic at April 08, 2013 03:59 AM (53z96)

5 Huffington Post comments closed until further notice.

Posted by: Gregroy of Yardale at April 08, 2013 04:00 AM (QXlbZ)

Here was Leadership!

RIP.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 08, 2013 04:00 AM (1/RiT)

7 I feel blessed to have lived during the tenures of RR, Margaret Thatcher, and Pope John Paul. These three are most responsible for ending communism in the Soviet Union and freeing eastern Europe.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 08, 2013 04:01 AM (jucos)

8 RIP. A great and brave lady.

Posted by: farmersusie at April 08, 2013 04:01 AM (UFprn)

'The trouble with socialism is sooner or later you run out of other people's money'

RIP, fine lady

Posted by: tony redenzo at April 08, 2013 04:02 AM (1MsBy)

10 God bless and keep you Ma'am.

You were the only woman I ever dressed up as...

your speech stuck with my classmates.

I'll miss you.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 04:02 AM (LRFds)

11 God Speed Lady Thatcher

Posted by: Dick "I'm A Dick" Durbin at April 08, 2013 04:03 AM (9ng2u)

12 Cheers for a life well lived. Pains my heart that as she passes we have to crawl to her memorial with a craven communist is charge.

Posted by: Jean at April 08, 2013 04:03 AM (Io7hX)

13 The last Great Leader the U.K. has had.

Posted by: Jeff in Mi at April 08, 2013 04:03 AM (1z8rY)

The Iron Lady, The Gipper and Pope John Paul 2.

Three strong men of the late 20th century. R.I.P.

Posted by: ExSnipe at April 08, 2013 04:06 AM (PBm/l)

15 This officially sucks.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 08, 2013 04:06 AM (kg18Y)

#7,

We will not see their like again soon. All of us were especially blessed, indeed the world was by their words and actions...

Posted by: Kitty Frontage, previously known as Jess1 at April 08, 2013 04:07 AM (lbiWb)

17 A credit to a formerly great nation.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 04:07 AM (Y2EMs)

18 England's last best hope.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 08, 2013 04:07 AM (xjpRj)

19 14 Ex Snipe,

Margaret Thatcher was the fuel for my line on my utilitarian feminism's "if the best man for the job is a woman hire her..."

I think I'm gonna go ahead and cry awhile.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 04:07 AM (LRFds)

20 This is a sucky start to the week. R.I.P.

Posted by: rickl at April 08, 2013 04:08 AM (sdi6R)

21 5..... Now why would Huffblow have to close their comments? They must know their customers pretty well. RIP Iron Lady.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 08, 2013 04:08 AM (cHZB7)

The SCOAMF had better not desecrate this great woman's legacy by showing up at her memorial.

I can't think of anyone who is more of a diametrical opposite of Lady Thatcher than the goofy fucking idiot we have in the WH right now

Posted by: Albie Damned at April 08, 2013 04:09 AM (Yhu4q)

23 The Today show is tripping all over themselves praising Mrs. Thatcher....just as they did for President Reagan when he passed. To all conservative leaders eventually turn into liberal heroes? Do they really think our memories are that short?

Posted by: Icedog at April 08, 2013 04:09 AM (9ScGj)

24 Don't go all wobbly on me.

Posted by: comatus at April 08, 2013 04:09 AM (qaVK+)

25 Headline thread, I mentioned the fall of the USSR. Very next comment was RIP Thatcher. Yeah; and I'd only been thinking of Reagan. I'll mention the Pope, to complete the triumvirate. As I said last thread, An era terminates; an age ends. May her legacy inspire the future.

Posted by: a mindful webworker remembers at April 08, 2013 04:09 AM (p74mI)

26 England died a while back. Now Maggie has too.

Posted by: The Generic, Award Winning Moron at April 08, 2013 04:10 AM (+I8Mq)

27 Reposting my commentary from the morning thread, vis a vis things to come. Just as I hit "post" the news of Mrs. Thatcher came. What a giant. What a great loss. RIP Margaret Thatcher. The will to power and the illusion of "the perfectibility of man." Whatever "ism" is the flavor the times, it all boils down to (with a hat tip to Levin) liberty versus tyranny. From the memoirs of Sir Edward Grey, as the First World War loomed... "A friend came to see me on one of the evenings of the last week Â— he thinks it was on Monday, August 3rd. We were standing at a window of my room in the Foreign Office. It was getting dusk, and the lamps were being lit in the space below on which we were looking. My friend recalls that I remarked on this with the words: "The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime." Why do I get the sickening feeling that this is going to be our fate?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 04:10 AM (tqLft)

28 We will not see their like again soon.

The good news: I think we will. As great as she was, there are always new ones coming along who could fill her shoes.

The bad news: The new great ones usually don't emerge until things go really pear-shaped.

Posted by: pep at April 08, 2013 04:10 AM (YXmuI)

29 RIP and Godspeed, Baroness Thatcher.

Posted by: DocJ at April 08, 2013 04:10 AM (A5uiv)

30 Imagine the conversation in heaven: the president, the pope and the prime minister.

Posted by: Retread at April 08, 2013 04:11 AM (zxitI)

31 To all conservative leaders eventually turn into liberal heroes? Do they really think our memories are that short?

Yes. They're safe when they're dead.

Posted by: pep at April 08, 2013 04:12 AM (YXmuI)

32 RIP, the last good British Prime Minister.

Posted by: CanaDave at April 08, 2013 04:12 AM (W006b)

33 RIP Margaret Thatcher. Godspeed. Thank you for your great and good work here.

Posted by: elizabethe at April 08, 2013 04:13 AM (qPCAa)

34 28 The bad news: The new great ones usually don't emerge until things go really pear-shaped. Posted by: pep at April 08, 2013 08:10 AM (YXmuI) In the past, going pear shaped didn't necessarily have as dire consequences as they do now. I envision nukes going off and the utter destruction of the world economy. Gevalt.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 04:13 AM (tqLft)

35 The SCOAMF had better not desecrate this great woman's legacy by showing up at her memorial. If I was a betting man, I'd take that bet.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 08, 2013 04:15 AM (kg18Y)

36 34 JJ Sefton,

we'll have earned it come what may...

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 04:15 AM (LRFds)

37 To all conservative leaders eventually turn into liberal heroes? Do they really think our memories are that short?

The fymynysts will continue to hate her.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ eating cookies at April 08, 2013 04:17 AM (hO8IJ)

38 Godspeed Mrs. Thatcher. You were a true inspiration and your leadership and strength is sorely missed in these times.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at April 08, 2013 04:17 AM (qtKqj)

"Why do I get the sickening feeling that this is going to be our fate?"

This time, too many are turning their lamps off willingly - "for the greater good" or some claptrap.

Night is coming...

Posted by: Kitty Frontage, previously known as Jess1 at April 08, 2013 04:18 AM (lbiWb)

40 Little known badassery from her During desert storm she ordered her commanders to use tactical nukes if Iraq used chemical weapons

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 08, 2013 04:18 AM (b0/Zr)

41 "To all conservative leaders eventually turn into liberal heroes"

This is media ginning up eyeballs. They don't really think her or Reagan heroic, bu they want the rubes to watch them play nice.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at April 08, 2013 04:19 AM (51kjJ)

42 RIP to the Great and Good, England could not fall while she stood.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wilde Wrepublican Wench at April 08, 2013 04:20 AM (sKFDG)

43 Time Magazine will now do a cover with a swooning Thatcher and smug looking Obama reenacting the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet.

Posted by: Beef Pot Pie at April 08, 2013 04:21 AM (T2rum)

44 Now I have no British heroes left. RIP Margaret Thatcher, we will not see your like again.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at April 08, 2013 04:21 AM (w9ytD)

45 Katty Kay on CNN: "She was a divisive figure." Go divide your own figure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 04:22 AM (tqLft)

46 RIP iron lady

Posted by: Zippity Doo Dah at April 08, 2013 04:22 AM (E55AK)

47 At least Mr. Reagan didn't have to live to see his shining city on the hill fall into the socialist death spiral we find ourselves today. God bless you Mrs. Thatcher and thank you for being a great leader at a time Western Civilization needed you the most.

Posted by: Icedog at April 08, 2013 04:22 AM (9ScGj)

48 RIP Mrs. Prime Minister and may you have Fair Winds and Following Seas. Ah Margie where are ya when we really need ya?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 04:22 AM (9Bj8R)

49 An inspiration to us all; a forceful advocate for government by the adults in society; a feminist in the best sense of the word. She will be sorely missed.

Posted by: Z as in Jersey at April 08, 2013 04:24 AM (Fvc1x)

50 Katty Kay on CNN: "She was a divisive figure."

I actually prefer CNN say this than all that bullshit fakery they pumped out for Reagan. Listen, lefties, you DESPISED Thatcher. Own it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2013 04:24 AM (fwARV)

51 First draft of Obama speech; I can picture Margaret sitting next to Allah, and one of the great prophets, Jesus Christ, as they all look down upon me and smile their approval.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at April 08, 2013 04:25 AM (feFL6)

52 Then:"Don't go wobbly on me,George." Now: "Can I just eat my waffles?"

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 04:25 AM (Y2EMs)

53 I foresee overtime at Twitchy today.

Posted by: zsasz at April 08, 2013 04:25 AM (MMC8r)

54 What's the over/under on number of hours before the JEF compares himself to Mrs. Thatcher? Bonus bet: Number of times he uses "I" when doing her memorial speech.

Posted by: Icedog at April 08, 2013 04:26 AM (9ScGj)

55 "....the heart and stomach of a king and of a King of England too...."

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 08, 2013 04:27 AM (gh4OI)

56 Then:"Don't go wobbly on me,George." Now: "Can I just eat my waffles?" Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 08:25 AM (Y2EMs) Yeah people sometimes forget it took Thatcher to fly over here to put a spine in President Bush's back when Iraq invaded Kuwait.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 04:27 AM (9Bj8R)

57 In her. memory ,Barry will apologize for the Revolution.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 04:27 AM (Y2EMs)

58 The highlight of President Reagan's Funeral was her speech

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 04:28 AM (9Bj8R)

59 I can picture Margaret sitting next to Allah, and one of the great prophets, Jesus Christ, as they all look down upon me and smile their approval. Posted by: Regular Moron at April 08, 2013 08:25 AM (feFL6) While they listen to my speeches on DVD!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 08, 2013 04:28 AM (Cnqmv)

60 What's the over/under on number of hours before the JEF compares himself to Mrs. Thatcher?

Bonus bet: Number of times he uses "I" when doing her memorial speech.
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I think the o/u should be around three hours, and I'll take the under.

Dinglefuck will use 'I' fourteen times in his memorial speech.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2013 04:29 AM (fwARV)

61 Then: Taking back the Falklands. Now: Giving away tje Southwest.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 04:30 AM (Y2EMs)

62 I've got a Union Jack flag around here somewhere. I'm going to hang it outside the house and give my lefty neighbors the vapours.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at April 08, 2013 04:31 AM (qtKqj)

63 Someone please intercept any sympathy gifts sent from the JEF's State Dept before they embarrass our country...again.

Posted by: Icedog at April 08, 2013 04:31 AM (9ScGj)

64
White House does something inappropriate in 5...4...3..2...

That JEF will order the flags at his favorite golf links to half mast while he's hitting the back nine. Out of respect, you h8rs.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 08, 2013 04:31 AM (0IhFx)

65 Then: Taking back the Falklands. Now: Giving away tje Southwest. Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 08:30 AM (Y2EMs) And now: Canceling Minuteman ICMB Test so as to not upset the North Koreans

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 04:31 AM (9Bj8R)

Bugger. Just...

bugger.

Posted by: otho at April 08, 2013 04:32 AM (9gNQd)

67 Margaret Thatcher's speech in 1975 as head of Britain's Conservative Party. http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102777 This is something that our leaders need to read and digest as it is even more relevant here and now as it was there and then.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 04:32 AM (tqLft)

68 RIP

Posted by: Bigby's Hangnail at April 08, 2013 04:32 AM (3ZtZW)

69 Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at April 08, 2013 08:31 AM (qtKqj) Outstanding idea!

Posted by: Icedog at April 08, 2013 04:33 AM (9ScGj)

70 You just know it'll be tough for Obama to praise Mrs. Thatcher, since he probably disagrees with everything she did. Or maybe it won't since he'll be lying through his teeth like always.

Posted by: Mainah at April 08, 2013 04:35 AM (659DL)

71 Rest in peace, good lady.

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 08, 2013 04:35 AM (euACX)

72 Alexei Sayle outlived Thatcher - and there goes all his material. Guess he'll just have to conduct trains and drive taxis.

Posted by: Beef Pot Pie at April 08, 2013 04:35 AM (T2rum)

73 Sympathy gift : director's cut of Django unchained in the wrong format and two rounds at Royal St. Andrew.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 04:36 AM (Y2EMs)

74 To all conservative leaders eventually turn into liberal heroes?

Thatcher is still widely hated in the UK thanks to decades of unrelenting media spin. I expect a lot of the 2 minutes hate will come from there and especially their media.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 08, 2013 04:37 AM (OevbG)

75 "I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." Sums up the current climate very nicely. RIP Iron Lady

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2013 04:38 AM (fWAjv)

76 What's the over/under on number of hours before the JEF compares himself to Mrs. Thatcher?

That paired well with "She's a divisive figure"...

Hard to say. He hates white women...but he doesn't really give a shit about serious things...he hates Britain...but there's a basketball game tonight...

Put me down for "staff tweets something before lunch."

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ eating cookies at April 08, 2013 04:39 AM (hO8IJ)

77 George Galloway tweeted: "Tramp the dirt down."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 04:39 AM (tqLft)

78 George Galloway tweeted: "Tramp the dirt down." Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 08:39 AM (tqLft) Did he really? Pig

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 04:40 AM (9Bj8R)

79 "To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects." sigh

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2013 04:40 AM (fWAjv)

80 Sympathy gift; an Easy Button from Staples that should say "Sorry for your loss" but. was mistranslated to say "Pasta Salad"

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 04:42 AM (Y2EMs)

81 "The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime." What would Maggie T say? (WWMTS) The war betw light and dark has been going on... for a while. Foundations of the earth out of kilter and all that. Inside the battle it appears shadowy, but we must keep sight of the truth that the light wins ultimately because light is real while darkness is light blocked. We have our inspirations, heroes in the war, who show what just a few can do.

Posted by: a mindful webworker remembers at April 08, 2013 04:42 AM (YLiN/)

82 Galloway is scum. And sadly, the vast majority on the left are scum as well. Void of any ideas, bankrupt in character, bereft of civility, this is what they resort to when it comes to "debate" because it's all they have.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 04:44 AM (tqLft)

83 TFG would have offered condolences sooner but he couldn't translate it into Great Britainese without a translator.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2013 04:44 AM (fWAjv)

84 RIP Iron Marge. They broke the mold when they made you.

Posted by: maddogg at April 08, 2013 04:45 AM (OlN4e)

85 Is that from an Elvis Costello song? If so, was Galloway being "funny" is using "tramp" instead of "tamp"? tamp1 vb (tr) 1. to force or pack down firmly by repeated blows 2. (Mining & Quarrying) to pack sand, earth, etc. into (a drill hole) over an explosive [probably a back formation from tampin (obsolete variant of tampion), which was taken as being a present participle tamping]

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2013 04:45 AM (bddKN)

86 83 Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2013 08:44 AM (fWAjv) An I-Pod mini with his speeches and the best of Snoop-Dog will be delivered. Via Parcel Post, of course...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 04:46 AM (tqLft)

87 Such a great woman. So sad to hear of her passing.

Posted by: kawfytawk at April 08, 2013 04:46 AM (qdzWt)

88 And who will represent the USA at her State Funeral? I shudder to think

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 04:47 AM (9Bj8R)

89 From Thatcher's speech linked above: "A halt to further State control will not on its own restore our belief in ourselves, because something else is happening to this country. We are witnessing a deliberate attack on our values, a deliberate attack on those who wish to promote merit and excellence, a deliberate attack on our heritage and great past."

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at April 08, 2013 04:47 AM (51kjJ)

90 85 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2013 08:45 AM (bddKN) In his zeal to be first with the bile, he misspelled it or was too stupid to know the meaning. Maybe he thought "tramp" was short for "trample." Fucking disgusting cretin.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 04:48 AM (tqLft)

91 From Thatcher's speech linked above: "A halt to further State control will not on its own restore our belief in ourselves, because something else is happening to this country. We are witnessing a deliberate attack on our values, a deliberate attack on those who wish to promote merit and excellence, a deliberate attack on our heritage and great past." Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at April 08, 2013 08:47 AM (51kjJ) Sounds like she is talking about America circa 2013?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 04:48 AM (9Bj8R)

92 Truly a great lady. Brilliant, Determined, and probably the last worthwhile leader England had.

Posted by: DiogenesLamp at April 08, 2013 04:48 AM (bb5+k)

93 89 Nicholas Kronos,

she misspelled "entire civilization"

not her fault...we failed.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 04:48 AM (LRFds)

94 Does anyone else get the vibe that those who are departing this life now are the lucky ones? I feel the bad times are going to become the burning times very soon.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 08, 2013 04:48 AM (jucos)

95 She was a great heroine for freedom. May she RIP. (But why did you link the Guardian? They hate her.)

Posted by: WannabeAnglican at April 08, 2013 04:48 AM (Tmdyt)

96 88 And who will represent the USA at her State Funeral? I shudder to think

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 08:47 AM (9Bj8R)

Malia and Sasha.....they need another vacay

Posted by: kawfytawk at April 08, 2013 04:48 AM (qdzWt)

97 My British BIL voted for her. Prayers for her family and friends and the people of England who respected her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2013 04:48 AM (bddKN)

98 I feel blessed to have lived during the tenures of RR, Margaret Thatcher, and Pope John Paul. These three are most responsible for ending communism in the Soviet Union and freeing eastern Europe. Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 08, 2013 08:01 AM (jucos) Amen. Once there were giants.

Posted by: DiogenesLamp at April 08, 2013 04:49 AM (bb5+k)

99 96 Malia and Sasha.....they need another vacay Posted by: kawfytawk at April 08, 2013 08:48 AM (qdzWt) The two of them doing a pub crawl. Great.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 04:50 AM (tqLft)

100

And who will represent the USA at her State Funeral? I shudder to think.

Worf. In preparation for 2016. Or, more likely, considering the cockholster infesting the White House - nobody. Because colonialism or something.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 08, 2013 04:50 AM (zF6Iw)

101 To be quite accurate my BIL voted for her party as England doesn't have direct elections for PM/President as we do. He always respected her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2013 04:51 AM (bddKN)

102

And yet Jimmy Carter still walks the Earth. It's just not right.

RIP, Maggie.

Posted by: Jaws at April 08, 2013 04:51 AM (4I3Uo)

103 34 JJ Sefton, we'll have earned it come what may... Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 08:15 AM (LRFds) Some of us have. Those of us who have not earned it, will suffer it anyway.

Posted by: DiogenesLamp at April 08, 2013 04:52 AM (bb5+k)

104 Maggie and Ronnie are together again.

Posted by: EC at April 08, 2013 04:52 AM (GQ8sn)

105 And now I truely feel very old and tired. One of the last great figures of my generation has died. She will be sorely missed in a world of leaders who have no concept of the word.

Posted by: Gmac - Waiting for the revolution at April 08, 2013 04:52 AM (IanLz)

106 Little known badassery from her During desert storm she ordered her commanders to use tactical nukes if Iraq used chemical weapons Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 08, 2013 08:18 AM (b0/Zr) I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. It engenders even more respect for her.

Posted by: DiogenesLamp at April 08, 2013 04:53 AM (bb5+k)

107 98 Amen. Once there were giants. Posted by: DiogenesLamp at April 08, 2013 08:49 AM (bb5+k) There are giants still. We just have not found them yet. To be sure things are bad and no doubt will get a lot worse. But that will be the test; to see who emerges when the moment of truth arrives. In a way, it's up to each of us to fight on with the spirit of those giants, until a leader can rally us. And as the Iron Lady herself said, "don't go wobbly!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 04:53 AM (tqLft)

108 An I-Pod mini with his speeches and the best of Snoop-Dog will be delivered. Via Parcel Post, of course... Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 08:46 AM (tqLft) As with others, I am dreading what/how they will handle this.

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2013 04:54 AM (fWAjv)

109
I've ordered Air Force 2 1/2 ready for travel to England for the funeral.

Posted by: Joe O'Biden at April 08, 2013 04:55 AM (1lQzY)

110 Yeah people sometimes forget it took Thatcher to fly over here to put a spine in President Bush's back when Iraq invaded Kuwait. Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 08:27 AM (9Bj8R) One of my favorite lines from the past was something supposedly said by a Thatcher Aid. He said "George Bush was all wobbly until Maggie performed a successful backbone transplant."

Posted by: DiogenesLamp at April 08, 2013 04:55 AM (bb5+k)

111 During desert storm she ordered her commanders to use tactical nukes if Iraq used chemical weapons

Keep calm and carry on!

Posted by: EC at April 08, 2013 04:55 AM (GQ8sn)

112 Sad news to start the day. RIP Iron Lady....say 'Hi' to Ron.....

RR and MT: http://tinyurl.com/cmq2c94

Posted by: Tami[/i] at April 08, 2013 04:56 AM (X6akg)

113 Lech Walesa still lives.

RIP Mrs. Thatcher. Your life was an inspiration.

Posted by: Miss Marple at April 08, 2013 04:57 AM (GoIUi)

114 Sympathy gift: a trio of busts. Obama, Che, and Jay-Z.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 04:57 AM (Y2EMs)

115

Reagan, Thatcher and John Paul II gone.

Pigs like Castro and Mandela still live.

There is no God.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 08, 2013 05:00 AM (zF6Iw)

116 Lady Margaret nailed it when she accused them of wanting the poor poorer. I cringe with the idea that our government is going to send some socialist buffoons to attend her funeral. What an insult. Stay away Barry and your cow of a wife. Stay away Joey, you retard. Stay away SF Nan. Your mere presence is an insult to her memory.

Posted by: Waldo at April 08, 2013 05:00 AM (8yFIG)

117 "The lamps are going out. . . ." And not just in Europe this time. Lenin & Whittaker Chambers both knew we were headed down this road; even the Gipper's bringing the Wall down just delayed it a bit. Collectivism or Progressivism (which is all neo-Marxism in the end) cannot coexist with individual liberty & a free market. One or the other must go. The bad news is that collectivism is winning. Our young people have been indoctrinated in schools & by the media -- and we have been seduced (to some extent) by the gimme's, the breads & circuses. Many of us are terrified of them going away. Much like those Israelites in the Wilderness, the comforts we are permitted in captivity may be more than we can achieve in liberty. Also we are bereft of that moral courage and those who have within them a moral compass that seems -- in retrospect -- a miracle. Ah, we are going to miss them terribly. There are dark days ahead, and no mistaking it, my friends. The GOOD news? Collectivism -- in all its forms -- cannot, in the long haul, succeed. It will fail. And when it does, some young patriots being home schooled and well taught today will be there to guide the way toward liberty, using that Constitution of the Founding Fathers as a guide! May Heaven find a way to help us toward sanity and salvation earlier rather than later! Perhaps our beloved Iron Lady and the Gipper can join forces in Heaven. We miss you.

Posted by: crooked wren at April 08, 2013 05:00 AM (ZzMfk)

118
Factoid: The SS Thrasher was named after Margaret Thrasher.

Posted by: Hank Johnson, D-Moonbattery at April 08, 2013 05:00 AM (1lQzY)

119 God I miss the days of adult leadership. Reagan and Thatcher. It just doesn't get any better than that. RIP Lady Thatcher and prayers for your family and your country.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at April 08, 2013 05:01 AM (UU0OF)

120 If Obama can slip in a vacation he'd probably go. They are writing some insincere drivel for him to say even now. It would be more appropriate to have Bush go actually.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2013 05:03 AM (bddKN)

121 Announcement from 10 Downing Street:

Downing Street can announce that, with The QueenÂ’s consent, Lady Thatcher will receive a Ceremonial funeral with military honours. The service will be held at St PaulÂ’s Cathedral. A wide and diverse range of people and groups with connections to Lady Thatcher will be invited. The service will be followed by a private cremation. All the arrangements being put in place are in line with wishes of Lady ThatcherÂ’s family. Further details will be published over the coming days.

Posted by: Miss Marple at April 08, 2013 05:03 AM (GoIUi)

122 That clip above....what a tough as nails woman this lady was. The last best hope Britain had. Just thinking about what it has become is sickening. Socialism is failing the world over and those that perpetuate it will never, ever see its total destruction. RIP Iron Lady. Our world has grown darker.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 08, 2013 05:03 AM (3V9LU)

123 Sigh... there were giants in those days... Reagan, Thatcher, John Paul II... I'm confident the full stories of what they achieved together haven't yet been written. And now? Moral and mental pygmies, gibbering fools who are best suited to flinging their poop at each others.

Posted by: GuyfromNH at April 08, 2013 05:03 AM (YOe1f)

124 This is a cute pic of Reagan and Thatcher....

http://tinyurl.com/bm2cfbe

And this one.....

http://tinyurl.com/cufb34c

And I love this one....'Let's walk the dog on the south lawn.' 'Ok, let me get my purse.'

http://tinyurl.com/cn8g5g7

Posted by: Tami[/i] at April 08, 2013 05:03 AM (X6akg)

125

What a great woman. A real woman. This is who I think feminists should look up to.

Rest in Peace Maggie.

Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 05:06 AM (+xmn4)

126 Cue the repulsive Leftist gloating. The giants of the past are gone. We must be the giants now.

Posted by: Trimegistus at April 08, 2013 05:06 AM (kV6Hu)

127 The WH has announced that the delegation will be led by Dennis Rodman and British pop sensation Adele!

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 05:07 AM (Y2EMs)

128 Since Obama was probably smoking choom in high school when she was PM hopefully that means he won't be invited. He has NO connection with her. Sorry, it's possibly unkind of me to say that but it's the truth.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2013 05:07 AM (bddKN)

129 Rest in peace, Iron Lady.

Posted by: Y-not at April 08, 2013 05:07 AM (5H6zj)

130 She didn't take any guff off the Argentines, either.

Posted by: Buddha at April 08, 2013 05:09 AM (8NlUk)

131 This is what the left will be saying because they have trottted this out for years-that Thatcher said "Reagan had nothing between his ears." I'm not saying that's accurate or that she actually said it, but the left who hated Thatcher relished that quote

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2013 05:09 AM (bddKN)

132 And who will represent the USA at her State Funeral? I shudder to think

--

I doubt Mooch would go. They didn't exactly roll out the red carpet to invite her to Will and Kate's wedding. But then again, she's classless enough to don her Geraldine wig and another inappropriate dress and go anyway. My guess is that Joey the paste eater will go, and maybe John F'n Kerry. {Sigh}

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 08, 2013 05:10 AM (3V9LU)

133 Cue Obama to say that the Falklands belongs to Argentina.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2013 05:10 AM (bddKN)

134 RIP Dame Thatcher.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 05:11 AM (VtjlW)

135 Many don't know this, but during her 11 years as PM, Mrs. Thatcher refused to take an authorized and government-funded cook. She cooked all meals for her husband and herself, as well as any visiting officials.....and ran a country. Compare that humble behavior to our current WH residents.

Posted by: Icedog at April 08, 2013 05:12 AM (9ScGj)

136 maybe beyonce and jayz can go

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 08, 2013 05:13 AM (GVxQo)

137 This is what the left will be saying because they have trottted this out for years-that Thatcher said "Reagan had nothing between his ears." I'm not saying that's accurate or that she actually said it, but the left who hated Thatcher relished that quote

--

It could always be countered with the supposed quote by LBJ about blacks and voting and that 100 years thing, which I'm sure they vehemently deny (even though evidence sure seems to support this).

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 08, 2013 05:13 AM (3V9LU)

138 As if I don't have enough to be depressed about, this is even more depressing...

Posted by: Waldo at April 08, 2013 05:13 AM (8yFIG)

139 And twitterdiots don't disappoint:

Â‘IÂ’ve lost faith in our youthÂ’: Twitter users ask, Â‘Who is Margaret ThatcherÂ’?

http://tinyurl.com/bwoshbs

Posted by: Tami[/i] at April 08, 2013 05:14 AM (X6akg)

140 God bless you and keep you, God make His face to shine upon you, and give you rest.

Posted by: mama winger at April 08, 2013 05:14 AM (P6QsQ)

141 she was no friend of the Irish. They will be celebrating in eire

Posted by: occam at April 08, 2013 05:14 AM (Vns6X)

142 There will be plenty of people who actually belong there attending, I'm sure. And the well-wishes of millions. Let the blowhards be emboldened, as they always will, and us remember her example.

Posted by: Bigby's Hangnail at April 08, 2013 05:15 AM (3ZtZW)

143 141 Occtard,

You fucks are no friends of humanity...I will celebrate when you're gone.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:15 AM (LRFds)

144 You know, I was stuck in traffic for an hour this morning, most of it behind a Prius with multiple TFG bumper stickers on it. I desperately wanted to haul the driver out and beat him/her until my hands broke. Now I kind of really wish I had.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 05:16 AM (VtjlW)

145 So today we were going to announce our brand new show airing on MSNBC but some old has-been fart died so now we have to wait another week

Why can't young people have the news!?!?

Posted by: Meggy McCain at April 08, 2013 05:16 AM (FsUAO)

146

As Sumdood over here once said, "Give me a general who fights".

Margaret Thatcher was such. Were that there were more of her kind.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 08, 2013 05:16 AM (ORvjs)

147 Nevergiveup: Yes, I thought the quote very timely.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at April 08, 2013 05:16 AM (51kjJ)

148 "Reagan, Thatcher and John Paul II gone. Pigs like Castro and Mandela still live. There is no God." -Mary Poppins' No, you see, that's the proof A) there is a God. and B) we're in Hell.

Posted by: a mindful webworker remembers at April 08, 2013 05:17 AM (VV7s1)

149

RIP Dame Thatcher.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 09:11 AM (VtjlW)

Most appropriate, this of all days. Earl Grey, hot, Imperial One.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 08, 2013 05:18 AM (zF6Iw)

150 RIP Mrs Thatcher. I salute you and all you did to fight communism abroad and in your own country

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 08, 2013 05:18 AM (1Jaio)

151 She should have been Queen, and given the powers of Henry VII.

RIP.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 08, 2013 05:18 AM (QTHTd)

152 The world is a poorer place today.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at April 08, 2013 05:18 AM (yh0zB)

153 Damn. RIP. I can picture her bellying up to the bar in heaven, ordering a drink, looking at Reagan and going " WTF Dutch, was it all for naught? They never seem to learn."

Posted by: Weirddave at April 08, 2013 05:19 AM (aH+zP)

154

Now I kind of really wish I had.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 09:16 AM (VtjlW)

As long as you're healed enough to consume your own drinks by the MoMee. You wouldn't want to just lounge in a chair while your loyal minions feed you and pour drinks down your throat, would you?

Wait...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2013 05:19 AM (fwARV)

155

she was no friend of the Irish. They will be celebrating in eire

No doubt. There's no English pub where I live, but there is an Irish one. I'll be hoisting one to Lady Thatcher's memory after work.

BTW - anyone know what her favorite adult beverage was, if she indulged?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 08, 2013 05:20 AM (zF6Iw)

156 Trending on Twitter: #Who is MargaretThatcher

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2013 05:20 AM (fwARV)

157 MP4, Maybe the socialists have snuck into heaven...and Ronnie just asked God for some assistance from his old partner.

Posted by: Icedog at April 08, 2013 05:22 AM (9ScGj)

158 Good Lord. That tells you something's wrong with education. My 13 year old knew who she was, but twittering older teens and young adults don't?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2013 05:23 AM (bddKN)

159 156 Washington Nearsider,

"someone with bigger balls than barack"

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:23 AM (LRFds)

160

Fuck Galloway.

There's no better tribute than to be despised by the despicable. Rest in peace Lady Thatcher.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at April 08, 2013 05:23 AM (rXcBX)

161 fenelon my kids 18,16,14 &13 all know who she is......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 08, 2013 05:23 AM (GVxQo)

162 R.I.P. Iron Lady !!! you were one of a Kind !! & your dear friend Ronald Reagan will be glad to see you

Posted by: Evilpens at April 08, 2013 05:24 AM (ck76k)

163 Maybe it's just liberal teens who don't.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2013 05:24 AM (bddKN)

164 There are giants still. We just have not found them yet. To be sure things are bad and no doubt will get a lot worse. But that will be the test; to see who emerges when the moment of truth arrives.

In order for a Churchill to emerge, a Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain are apparently needed first.

Posted by: pep at April 08, 2013 05:25 AM (YXmuI)

165

Rest in peace, Madam Baroness, and condolences to her loved ones and friends.

Margaret Thatcher understood the world and had no illusions about how it worked. She would not let the Left have their way and they hated her for it.

Huffington Post comments closed until further notice.

This is proof positive that HuffPo knows how hateful is their readership.

Posted by: Decaf at April 08, 2013 05:25 AM (Yhnwv)

166 163 FenlonSpoke,

better to judge one by their friends and enemies...you don't pick family...

plaintiff's exhibit one-Ron Reagan jr.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:25 AM (LRFds)

167 RIP to a woman who accomplished more than many "feminist activists" ever will, and without whining about teh oppressive menz standing in her way. I would argue that she, Reagan and the Pope might not have been so successful without someone like Gorbachev in charge of the USSR, who was willing to reach across the divide. That they held the line and refused to knuckle under is not to be doubted, however, and they deserve their place in history as the three great leaders (two political, one spiritual) of the Free World in the late 20th Century. I will go home and drink to her memory tonight.

Posted by: perturbed at April 08, 2013 05:25 AM (u6Ueb)

168 In order for a Churchill to emerge, a Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain are apparently needed first. Posted by: pep at April 08, 2013 09:25 AM (YXmuI) and what is obama, chopped liver?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 05:26 AM (9Bj8R)

169 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at April 08, 2013 05:26 AM (/PCJa)

170

And Lady Margaret Thatcher just proves it over again.

One of the few people in the history of this world whose honorific I do not deny them. God speed, Lady Thatcher.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at April 08, 2013 05:27 AM (/PCJa)

171 169 AllenG,

it simply cannot be said often enough....

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:28 AM (LRFds)

172 I'd still do her

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 08, 2013 05:28 AM (SO2Q8)

173 I see the Union flag at half staff in the UK -- that's a BFD for those folks. She was a very inspiring leader...she ensured an 18 year-run for the Tories (11 as PM, 7 on her coattails). And did she ever get stabbed in the back in 90....

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 08, 2013 05:28 AM (Ec6wH)

174

RIP Lady Thatcher

Watching that video, it is no mystery why leftists despise her so much. She kicked their ass.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at April 08, 2013 05:29 AM (8cOY0)

175 Rest in peace Ms Thatcher

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at April 08, 2013 05:29 AM (MnSla)

176 RIP Dame Thatcher. What a very, great lady. And yes, the triumvirate, Thatcher, Reagan and Pope John Paul II were something to behold. I am very grateful to have been around during their administrations.

Posted by: moki at April 08, 2013 05:29 AM (SdetR)

177 168 and what is obama, chopped liver? Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 09:26 AM (9Bj8R) "Gribbenes," from the collection of Hannibal Lecter's moile.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 05:29 AM (tqLft)

178 I do not understand the gleefulness over deaths by people of opposing political opinions. Liberals celebrating that Rick Warrem's son died, stupidly say "Tramp" (sic) the dirt down".?!! I used to be a liberal. I would just say "Sorry for their loss. " even if was someone whose political or social views I disagreed with

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2013 05:30 AM (bddKN)

179 Still nothing from the White House? I guess nobody ever told them that The Former Prime Minister was getting on in years and ill?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 05:30 AM (9Bj8R)

180
Rest in Peace Lady Thatcher and thank you..

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 08, 2013 05:30 AM (mKNJE)

181 174 Reggie 1971,

You do not fool the poor to sell our beliefs, you do not trick them, and you do ot cow them, you remind them a rising tide lifts all boats and your neighbor not having bread does not mean the prince is giving the loaf to you it means at best you get a slice.

Beat the bastards into the ground by shining the light on who they are and who we are.

We are better than them and they know it.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:30 AM (LRFds)

182 Did someone say Iron Maiden?

Posted by: Bruce Dickinson at April 08, 2013 05:31 AM (T2rum)

183 178 Fenlon Spoke,

because the left has engaged in a cold civil war since 1996, and by Jesus in heaven I will not be found wanting.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:31 AM (LRFds)

184 This is proof positive that HuffPo knows how hateful is their readership.

Posted by: Decaf at April 08, 2013 09:25 AM (Yhnwv)

Well, yes. But also bear in mind, we were making some pretty bad jokes about the recent passing of Robert Ebert and saying we're glad he's dead. That's a wee bit hateful as well.

Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 05:31 AM (+xmn4)

185 167 Posted by: perturbed at April 08, 2013 09:25 AM (u6Ueb) Gorbachev was on the shit end of the stick. I suppose you could give him credit for not being a die-hard ideologue and starting a war in the face of the Soviet collapse. But if we had been stuck with Jimmy Carter or a SCOAMF during the Gorbachev period, that wall would've not come down for a long, long time.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 05:31 AM (tqLft)

186

As a fan of Liverpool FC, I have to put up with a tremendous amount of Thatcher-bashing (and not just over Hillsborough). I don't think I want to visit my favorite message board today. I can only imagine the gloating.

Comparing Hillary Clinton to this woman finds the former lacking in every respect. RIP Iron Lady.

Posted by: KGB at April 08, 2013 05:32 AM (bXCqZ)

187 Eh, Roger.

Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 05:32 AM (+xmn4)

188 184 Heralder,

Yeah Roger Egbert is to the left what Maggie is to the right...

absolutely.

*eyeroll*

I will not die until I have pissed on ted Kennedy's grave and shat on Dhimmi Carter's....

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:33 AM (LRFds)

189 CNN bashing Thatcher about closing the mines. So COnservatives closing the mines: bad bad bad obama running the mines out of business in America: good good good ??????

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 05:33 AM (9Bj8R)

190 I girded my loins and dived into Daily Kos. One poster saluted Thatcher for a life well lived, then his companions began posting various variations of "Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead." Not as much bile as I expected, but I suspect most of them are either too stoned or too busy creaming their pants to post right now.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 08, 2013 05:34 AM (zF6Iw)

191 RIP Mrs. thatcher...You were an inspiration to me as a young adult. I learned to be outspoken and to not mince words because of your example. You will be sorely missed.

Posted by: 'Ette in training at April 08, 2013 05:34 AM (zvxqj)

192 Don't blame the kids for not knowing the PM. Pick up a high school history book and you'll understand. They've also never heard of Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry or Adam Smith. But ask them about 'American Imperialism', 'Robber Barons', or 'Blood for oil'....

Posted by: Icedog at April 08, 2013 05:34 AM (9ScGj)

193 186 KGB,

Dame Thatcher did not cum dumpster her way to power, unlike her majesty of Nueva Yiorqa...

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:34 AM (LRFds)

194 189 NGU,

batten the hatches and close the portholes my friend....

moonbattery is no gyroscope....

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:35 AM (LRFds)

195 What a great woman! I had the priviledge of hearing her speak at a Chamber of Commerce event about 10 years ago. She was magnificent. RIP Iron Lady.

Posted by: Liberty Lover at April 08, 2013 05:36 AM (encrR)

196

Yeah Roger Egbert is to the left what Maggie is to the right...

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 09:33 AM (LRFds)

*Slow clap*

Willfully missing the point doesn't change it.

Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 05:36 AM (+xmn4)

197 184 Well, yes. But also bear in mind, we were making some pretty bad jokes about the recent passing of Robert Ebert and saying we're glad he's dead. That's a wee bit hateful as well. Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 09:31 AM (+xmn4) As someone who was on the wrong end of the spear during that argument, let me say this; my criticisms of Ebert were never personal in nature. I wished condolences to his relatives but when it came to describing the man's life and work, I was on point about his hateful and malicious rhetoric about conservatives and America whilst he was alive. And in point of fact, Ebert was a vicious and contemptible person. His words bear this out. Does his death, and the way he died, mean we should muzzle ourselves? Hell no.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 05:37 AM (tqLft)

198

But also bear in mind, we were making some pretty bad jokes about the recent passing of Robert Ebert and saying we're glad he's dead. That's a wee bit hateful as well.

First off, Roger Ebert was a hateful and hate-filled little man who made himself feel big by calling men whose shoes he was not fit to shine little men.

Second, I can't speak for the rest of the Horde, but any time I saw anyone actively celebrating his death (at least on the same day) I told them to knock it off. Do you think any Huffpo reader would do the same re: Lady Thatcher?

Oh- for those who don't read the ONT- the first draft of the novel is done! 85,500 words (approximately). Now I get to start editing and revising prior to seeing if I can get it published (or if I want to self-publish).

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at April 08, 2013 05:37 AM (/PCJa)

199 They don't make them like Lady Thatcher anymore. In fact, most men politicians in the UK have fewer stones than her.

And just think- she didn't need to hawk "free" abortion and contraception.

RIP

Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 05:37 AM (GGCsk)

200 This is proof positive that HuffPo knows how hateful is their readership.Posted by: Decaf at April 08, 2013 09:25 AM (Yhnwv)

Well, yes. But also bear in mind, we were making some pretty bad jokes about the recent passing of Robert Ebert and saying we're glad he's dead. That's a wee bit hateful as well.

Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 09:31 AM (+xmn4)

You may have but I have not.

Posted by: Decaf at April 08, 2013 05:38 AM (Yhnwv)

201 198 Allen G,

Congrats.

Heralder wants me to fill guilt about jokes I did not tell.

My assessment of Egbert was simple...

Roger you had some very interesting things to say on God...

do let me know what God says on you.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:38 AM (LRFds)

202 196 Heralder,

There is no point.

Egbert got back what he offered in his twilight.

You reap what you sow, you whinging that we should rise above the crop the left planted does not mean we should rise above it, it means we should harvest it and send it back to them processed and more efficient.

Let the cold grow warm and the warm go hot.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:40 AM (LRFds)

203

I'm surprised people think I'm comparing Ebert to Thatcher in pointing out the treatment of his death. This wasn't a Hugo Chavez moment, Ebert was just a bitter lefty movie critic. I'm also not here to scold, it's a little late for that, and that's not my bag. My point is, the left might excel at being nasty cranks, especially at the death of right wing people, but it's not exactly something they have a monopoly on.

Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 05:42 AM (+xmn4)

204

And now... time to work at work.

Maybe I'll get to check back in later.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at April 08, 2013 05:42 AM (/PCJa)

205 And I hate the whole "devil's advocate" thing too. Should have known better to point out this issue.

Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 05:43 AM (+xmn4)

206 By the way, I believe that today is also Yom ha Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Please take a moment to reflect. And on behalf of my family, may G-d bless the GI's who saved the world, especially the men of the 11th Armored Division. And G-d bless America, now and always.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 05:44 AM (tqLft)

207 203 Heralder,

my point is rather similar to the US' response to unrestricted submarine warfare in WW1...

you would have us continuing to argue to an imaginary court for imaginary justice....

I would have us taking notes and beating the future Axis at their own game...

you know like the united States Navy did in WW2....

the Germans get the hoopla we silently and happily tried to sink everything on the ocean not working for the allies or neutral....

they want to cheer our dead, I'll cheer theirs....

they want to use Bronx cheers, I'll use Bronx cheers.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:44 AM (LRFds)

208 So if this condition lasts more than four hours, I should consult the NHS, right?

Posted by: George Galloway at April 08, 2013 05:45 AM (knoK7)

209

Congratulations, Allen - that's a hell of an achievement! Pity you haven't got a blog to post about that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 08, 2013 05:45 AM (zF6Iw)

210 @190, I popped over to DK earlier...looks like moderators are busy removing the most vile stuff. I saw a few responses to missing OPs.

Posted by: Icedog at April 08, 2013 05:45 AM (9ScGj)

211 The big reason this is saddening to me? Thatcher always reminded me of my mom, gone these 20 some odd years.

The last of the great old dames.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 05:45 AM (imJLZ)

212 I'm also not here to scold

Oh how droll! How absolutely and exquisitely ironic! My good man, will you publish a collection of these gems of wit within my lifetime?

Posted by: Pipe-puffing sophisticate at April 08, 2013 05:46 AM (T2rum)

213 Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 09:44 AM (LRFds)

I was responding to decaf who mentioned they had to close the comments at Huffpo. My point was, we're not exactly kind to our political enemies when they pass. As a whole we tend to be kinder, yes, but the difference isn't always so stark.

Obviously none of this applies to you, and that's ok.

Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 05:47 AM (+xmn4)

214 211 The big reason this is saddening to me? Thatcher always reminded me of my mom, gone these 20 some odd years. The last of the great old dames. Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 09:45 AM (imJLZ) She must've been a helluva lady. I know how you feel, too.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 05:47 AM (tqLft)

215 212 Pipe-Puffing Sophisticate,

hear hear...why just the other day I was fascinated by the leftist demonstrators throwing fecal matter all over my Volvo...

imagine that...throwing feces....

//Elbow Patches O'huilihan

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:48 AM (LRFds)

216 Posted by: Pipe-puffing sophisticate at April 08, 2013 09:46 AM (T2rum) Damn it man! You just shattered my snark-o-meter.

Posted by: Icedog at April 08, 2013 05:49 AM (9ScGj)

217 213 heralder,

I don't wet myself at the left being who they are, and I no longer give three fucks in winning the approval of a public who does not punish the left for being who they are....

get in the game or get out but understand the game has commenced.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:50 AM (LRFds)

218 217 - All well and good. I'm making a fucking observation though, if that's me wetting myself you have a serious problem with perception.

Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 05:53 AM (+xmn4)

219 Oh dear God! I'm....I'm speechless.

‏@donnabrazile

Okay, what did the #ironlady do to advance Great Britain and the world? Did she leave lasting footprints for women in politics? #justsayin

Posted by: Tami[/i] at April 08, 2013 05:53 AM (X6akg)

220 213 Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 09:47 AM (+xmn4) I will say this; whenever someone on the left dies, the commenters at AOSHQ are the first to yell for the ban-hammer when someone gets out of line. Was Roger Ebert on par with Bin-Laden? Of course not. Was Ebert a detestable misanthrope who hurled invective every chance he got? Yes, and because of that he is deserving of our ire and criticism. Goofing on his cancer is out of bounds. And I'll say that the fact the we had almost a flame war going about anyone touching that topic speaks volumes about the character of the people who post here and conservatives in general. When Breitbart died, it was all the commies could do to contain themselves. They were frothing at the mouth with the most vile posts, none of which addressed anything salient about the man or his life. We don't need vulgarity to attack the left. We just use it to color our facts and figures. Vulgarity is all the left have because history, fact and logic are not on their side.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 05:53 AM (tqLft)

221 OK, friends in a box. I'm out. Got work to do. See you all tomorrow.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 08, 2013 05:53 AM (zF6Iw)

222 118
Factoid: The SS Thrasher was named after Margaret Thrasher.

Actually, SSN Thrasher is part of the "Bird" Class of British nuclear attack submarines. Its named after the Double-Breasted Mattress Thrasher, which is common to Northern Europe and the British Isles.

Posted by: Buddha at April 08, 2013 05:55 AM (8NlUk)

223 219 Oh dear God! I'm....I'm speechless. ‏@donnabrazileOkay, what did the #ironlady do to advance Great Britain and the world? Did she leave lasting footprints for women in politics? #justsayin Posted by: Tami at April 08, 2013 09:53 AM (X6akg) Send up the Ewok Signal. Ace, you are needed to shoot this gas bag down (rhetorically).

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 05:55 AM (tqLft)

224 220 - I agree, and I do see the difference. For some reason my post came across as a little concern trollish.

Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 05:56 AM (+xmn4)

225 218 heralder,

I'm sorry my dear Holmes, and what precisely have you observed that is illuminating to we the unwashed masses?

Oh I know..."we're no better!"

I do declare one day I may be half the consulting moralist for the yard you are sir.

//Watson

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:56 AM (LRFds)

226 224 Heralder,

and that is my point, delivered of course in my usual lack of style...

sorry I have overdosed on Mr moo Moo's genuine concern trolling this month.

You know I adore you Heralder...

I am just so tired of this shit, and I am sincere in wanting it taken to its logical conclusion....

we need to outbreed 'em and leave 'em.....

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 05:58 AM (LRFds)

227 @donnabrazileOkay, what did the #ironlady do to advance Great
Britain and the world? Did she leave lasting footprints for women in politics? #justsayin

Posted by: Tami at April 08, 2013 09:53 AM (X6akg)

Well she was no Sandy Fluke

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 08, 2013 05:59 AM (1Jaio)

228 227 TQM,

nor even Lena Dunham

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 06:00 AM (LRFds)

229 RIP Iron Lady with the big brass balls.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2013 06:01 AM (BAS5M)

230 She did not want and is not giving a state funeral. She is getting a funeral with full military honors. At least the grifters in the WH need not attend. Then again, it's been almost 2 weeks without a vacation for them.

Posted by: Waldo at April 08, 2013 06:03 AM (8yFIG)

231

J.J.

A few years ago, we took the kids through the children's section of the Holocaust Museum in DC. It was quite a moving experience and there were no dry eyes when we left. I'd like to go back and see the whole thing now that the kids are a bit older. Lest we forget....

Posted by: UDM at April 08, 2013 06:03 AM (9W8cl)

232 >>>She must've been a helluva lady.

Brilliant, eccentric, sometimes dark, but always an intellectual foe to be watched.

And she could shoot. As feminine as any, and tougher than nails. She was friends with Floyd Patterson, if that tells you anything.

Eclectic, I tells ya.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 08, 2013 06:04 AM (imJLZ)

233 230 Waldo,

she was a citizen...

and one of the best.....

of the people not o'er them as she once quipped.

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 06:04 AM (LRFds)

234 The total end of Britain will come when the Queen dies. I can't imagine it, because she's been Queen my entire life. The only hope there is for Charles to go first.

Posted by: notsothoreau at April 08, 2013 06:07 AM (Lqy/e)

235 has TFG made any remarks? anything?

Posted by: kawfytawk at April 08, 2013 06:07 AM (qdzWt)

236 White House does something inappropriate in 5...4...3..2...

Posted by: zsasz at April 08, 2013 07:58 AM (MMC8r)

Barry will say, who could ever forget the imperialist war she fought over the Maldives

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 08, 2013 06:07 AM (1Jaio)

237 231 Posted by: UDM at April 08, 2013 10:03 AM (9W8cl) I have not been there. Then again, my mom was a survivor so I grew up with it. Mercifully, she led a fairly normal life but many survivors had such horrible lives afterwards. I have no doubts about post traumatic stress disorder.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 06:12 AM (tqLft)

238 Who will stand in my mother's homeland now? I see no one at this time.

Posted by: Mark formerly in Spokane,now in Sandy Ut at April 08, 2013 06:16 AM (xGX1p)

239 238 Mark formerly in Spokane now in Utah,

Mohammed Jamal Jones dear man....

we're the last generation, maybe two of Anglia...

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 06:19 AM (LRFds)

240 >>>Mercifully, she led a fairly normal life but many survivors had such horrible lives afterwards.

I can only imagine the PTSD type emotional disorders that follow survivors around. Got to be a living nightmare.

Posted by: Barry O at April 08, 2013 06:20 AM (imJLZ)

241 And right on cue, like the world's most horrible clock, the hard-left echo-chambers of Something Awful, Reddit, etc. begin dancing on a grave not even dug yet

Posted by: Bostonpat at April 08, 2013 06:21 AM (e1sc/)

242 Mohammed Jamal Jones dear man....

we're the last generation, maybe two of Anglia...

Posted by: Harlekwin15-Emergency back Up Angst ID at April 08, 2013 10:19 AM (LRFds)

There going to let the Welsh speak for them? /s

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 08, 2013 06:22 AM (1Jaio)

243 we need her now.

Posted by: thunderb at April 08, 2013 06:23 AM (+afNf)

244 A statement from PM Harper and although it may be personal and not official that makes it even better.
www.flickr.com/photos/pmharper/8630709713/

Posted by: andycanuck at April 08, 2013 06:36 AM (VwC86)

245 R.I.P.

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 08, 2013 06:37 AM (Vk2pI)

246 The last one is gone. They saved the world from the foreign enemy, but apparently no one can stop the internal threat.

Posted by: George LeS at April 08, 2013 06:42 AM (C4s3i)

247

A sad way to wake up this morning. Ralph Klein last week, Mrs. Thatcher this week, tough month.

Posted by: Stateless_Infidel at April 08, 2013 07:38 AM (AC0lD)

248 RIP Lady Thatcher. Peerless, fearless, and resolute - no foreign leader before or since commanded my respect like she did. God bless Maggie as she travels home!

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at April 08, 2013 08:46 AM (g+Cz1)

249 RIP

Strength, courage, intelligence, wit and certainly one of the great PMs in the history of the island

Posted by: Ed Gibbon at April 08, 2013 10:44 AM (4eNxd)

250 May she RIP.

No one will ever fill her heels or President Reagan's boots...but we can hope there are still some who will take the reins of freedom in our lifetime. The current preznit does not fit the bill.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at April 08, 2013 05:06 PM (baL2B)

251 while the clip above is excellent, Thatcher really shines in this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TPpuIslzG4 what dullards we elect.

Posted by: bubble & squeak at April 08, 2013 07:57 PM (CTIW2)

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