October 29, 2013
— Ace Leftism is not a politics; it is a psychology. A psychology of resentment, which is then transitioned (like your insurance plan) into a vague politics of opposition against society, which, being sufficiently large, powerful, and vague, can stand in for one's personal anger against God.
Yes, Success is the Evil that must be be overcome, for the Success of one man makes another man feel poorer about himself.
It seems like whenever a minority identifying individual “succeeds”, he or she is identified as a “success story.” We will be featuring successful members of different minorities speaking of their own story and success, with a focus on how this idea of “success story” shouldn’t exist. The idea that minority success is “outstanding” means it’s not the norm–we don’t want “success stories.” We just want stories.
Now that we're talking about what the problem really is and always has been, now maybe we can actually discuss it fruitfully.
Thanks to @benk84.
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Posted by: FUBAR at October 29, 2013 03:33 PM (Cs2tJ)
Posted by: Generation W at October 29, 2013 03:35 PM (rCS6C)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 29, 2013 03:36 PM (d7tB2)
Dude, you can make a living at this if you sell out
Posted by: jack from la at October 29, 2013 03:37 PM (V+Pei)
To tell you the truth, I'm uncomfortable with the whole "winning" thing.
(But no...I'm not giving back the Nobel Prize dough).
Posted by: Barry Obama at October 29, 2013 03:37 PM (ngk0T)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 29, 2013 03:37 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Zombie Rodney King at October 29, 2013 03:38 PM (0FSuD)
In OUR world, however . . .
Posted by: filbert, remote undisclosed location #7734 at October 29, 2013 03:38 PM (2/txq)
I love the utter lack of self awareness that raise your hand is insulting to the differently abled.
***
God love ya.
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 29, 2013 03:39 PM (ngk0T)
Posted by: Marty McFly at October 29, 2013 03:39 PM (SdKsJ)
Posted by: joeindc44 is totally not on Soros's pay now...right? at October 29, 2013 03:40 PM (QxSug)
Thanks for the capitalization. Respect noted.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at October 29, 2013 03:40 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Warden at October 29, 2013 03:40 PM (HzhBE)
Posted by: Damiano the Economic Traitor at October 29, 2013 03:41 PM (j0wOO)
Posted by: Generation W at October 29, 2013 03:41 PM (rCS6C)
Posted by: M. Murcek at October 29, 2013 03:42 PM (GJUgF)
Posted by: Warden at October 29, 2013 03:43 PM (HzhBE)
http://tinyurl.com/qgql2x9
Posted by: just a citizen at October 29, 2013 03:43 PM (Nx76m)
No more success stories?
I don't have a witty comment just an inane desire to find the person that made the poster and have a little "chit chat."
We'll pop a soda or a beer, we'll laugh about stuff and then I'll dig a hole in the desert.
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 03:43 PM (x3YFz)
Yeah, I was gonna say I can sort of see their point. It's actually a pushback against doing well is selling out your community and instead saying of course I'm successful why wouldn't I be.
But the raise your hand thing still makes me laugh mainly because I've been watching this utterly hilarious more PC and sensitive than you war about how dare you call someone who is profoundly deaf as less than normatively abled war in a portion of fandom. So earnest. So sincere. So fucking idiotic.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 29, 2013 03:43 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: DangerGirl, home sweet home at October 29, 2013 03:44 PM (GrtrJ)
No More Success Stories: Dinner, Dialogue, Making A Difference
Dinner? I assume Vegan and tasteless.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 29, 2013 03:45 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: elvira at October 29, 2013 03:45 PM (V+Pei)
Posted by: huerfano at October 29, 2013 03:45 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b] at October 29, 2013 03:45 PM (sByIH)
Jeebus, when MSDNC is all over your ass, well, the Last Person on Earth you want to be is Jay Carney Barker.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 29, 2013 03:45 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Liberal Cognitive Dissonance at October 29, 2013 03:45 PM (j0wOO)
//Salute Tards
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 03:45 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: garrett
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Oh, God. Thread winner for sure. And the more I think about that simple piece of snark, the more brilliantly on point it appears to be.
Posted by: Warden at October 29, 2013 03:46 PM (HzhBE)
Posted by: Warden at October 29, 2013 07:43 PM (HzhBE)
You increase your chances of being a dumbass by being a socialist/communist/democrat. FACT
I mean, look at their heros: Noam Chumpsky. Perfessser Enimaretus at MIT. Can barely count. MIT. His sole qualification? Hates America.
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 03:47 PM (x3YFz)
I'd nominate Sheriff Joe as the poster child for mediocrity, but that's just me.
Posted by: Basement Cat at October 29, 2013 03:47 PM (5XXyA)
Posted by: ontherocks at October 29, 2013 03:47 PM (aRr/H)
Posted by: Jeff B. at October 29, 2013 03:49 PM (8lbgd)
Posted by: Beagle at October 29, 2013 03:49 PM (sOtz/)
Because the end game I see is that we give the media an easy way to improve ObamaÂ’s favorability ratings with no chance of the Senate voting to convict.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2013 07:36 PM (CeNUw)
That's just my point. This is not a damn "game" any longer. What's it going to take for some to see that? Remove the "game" from "end game" and all you're left with is the "end". I suppose if obama declared himself president for life tomorrow, we couldn't do anything about it because of the media and our lack of majority in the senate?
Posted by: Havedash at October 29, 2013 03:49 PM (ToMJU)
"Come to our story-sharing panel and engage in diversity and minority empowerment."
I bet I'd be a diverse minority there. A white, Mormon, conservative, Constitutionalist. I doubt they'd celebrate my empowerment though.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 29, 2013 07:45 PM (sByIH)
I swear, next time I see one of these things I'm going. Batman thong and bunny slippers. I've got your diversity right here.
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 03:49 PM (x3YFz)
"As a part of Raise Your Hand UGAÂ’s Social Justice Week...."
Also on the schedule:
Poverty Simulation: Join us from 4PM to 6PM in Tate Plaza to get a glimpse of the situations people may be affected within their everyday lives. While it does not give the full effect of living through poverty, it provides you with a better perspective of what it could possibly could be like.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 29, 2013 03:50 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: no good deed at October 29, 2013 03:50 PM (k55Fc)
Posted by: stutterk at October 29, 2013 03:50 PM (z6eaQ)
Posted by: pookysgirl at October 29, 2013 03:51 PM (kMnHs)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 29, 2013 03:51 PM (760k7)
Leftism is all about feelings. Mostly it is about feelings of personal inadequacy. Feelings of resentment toward people who are adequate and self-sufficient.
Leftists have to join hands and sing Kum-bayah. Leftists need help building their self-esteem, go figure.
They hate tradition because they know deep down that they are not worthy of the traditions they were gifted. They hate the skin they were born with. They often hate the genitalia they were born with. They hate their parents.
They rage against their impotence. They hold hands and spread the blame for their incompetence onto the community. When they say, "you didn't build that." what they really mean is "you can't blame me for not building any damn thing."
Deep down they know that they didn't earn the trophy they received for showing up at soccer, so they throw it away and say they didn't want the trophy in the first place. When the truth is pointed out to them, they cover their ears and yell, "Lalalalalala, I'm NOT listening" in order to avoid the headache caused by their own cognitive dissonance.
Leftists are not right in the head.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2013 03:51 PM (N/Sup)
Posted by: A Good Man in a Bad Trade at October 29, 2013 03:51 PM (r+ike)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Joyous HallowThanksMas from Outrage Outlet at October 29, 2013 03:52 PM (gmoEG)
They state quite clearly they want to eliminate the very concept of the "success story".
This comes from an ideology which has no concept of any interpersonal exchange which can benefit both sides of the exchange--every interaction between two people must always have A Winner and A Loser, and therefore to celebrate success is in this ideology automatically to also celebrate failure.
Truly wretched and indefensible nihilism.
Posted by: filbert, remote undisclosed location #7734 at October 29, 2013 03:52 PM (2/txq)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 29, 2013 03:52 PM (/LeIm)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 29, 2013 07:50 PM (kdS6q)
For two hours? What are they going to do, take everyone's smart phones and make them walk a few blocks without stopping at Starbucks?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 29, 2013 03:53 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: WOW at October 29, 2013 03:53 PM (6j8ke)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2013 07:51 PM (N/Sup)
Great post, Seamus.
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 03:53 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 29, 2013 03:53 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: pookysgirl at October 29, 2013 07:51 PM (kMnHs)
Alex, What are seven figure gay trust-fund babies>
Posted by: Ken Jennings at October 29, 2013 03:54 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 29, 2013 03:54 PM (bCEmE)
Holy shit it is.
Step One: Make sure Mommy is super duper ultra fucking rich.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 29, 2013 03:55 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper wazzzzuuup! at October 29, 2013 03:55 PM (z6eaQ)
For two hours? What are they going to do, take everyone's smart phones and make them walk a few blocks without stopping at Starbucks?
They are going to let them keep the phones and force them to use a 3G WiFi Connection from a Dunkin Donuts.
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2013 03:55 PM (Y/86s)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b] at October 29, 2013 03:55 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: Spock at October 29, 2013 03:55 PM (X506E)
Alice Cooper would be too scary.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 29, 2013 03:56 PM (H0R/1)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 29, 2013 03:56 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2013 03:57 PM (Y/86s)
Heather may have Two Mommies, but Anderson Cooper has three assholes.
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 03:57 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 29, 2013 03:57 PM (/LeIm)
with special guest stars Ray Maddow and Christine Hayes
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 03:58 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 29, 2013 03:58 PM (JRmiD)
The text book offered that if you use real world signs, newspapers or magazines as reading instruction in understanding English, that you not use those items that portray people in the articles/stories as too affluent or 'lucky in life' or to that effect. Don't want to make the immigrant poor feel, bad, you know.
Posted by: Sphynx at October 29, 2013 03:58 PM (cll/q)
The best interpretation, and probably the correct one, is that they don't like minority "success stories" because they believe those stories could be the norm among minorities.
Okay, fine. But they aren't the norm. Disappearing the term "success" down your little Orwellian incinerator doesn't change that, you fucking dumbasses.
Posted by: Warden at October 29, 2013 03:58 PM (HzhBE)
MSLSD come for the crazy, stay for the dramady
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 03:58 PM (9jfyN)
I still want to help the poor; my values haven't changed. What has changed are my methods. A friend of mine, who is a democrat, told me once that only rich people vote republican. Suppose we grant the premise. How then can the republicans get more votes? Seems to me have they need more rich people. So why would republicans want fewer rich people if those are the very people they need for voters? I didn't like Reagan when he was elected. But as his message was always positive I listened to it. He said "a rising tide lifts all boats". If this is true, then the way to help the poor person is to help the economy as a whole. It's not, rich getting richer and poor getting poorer, but rather everyone gets rich...or at least richer. Then, if we can pass our wealth on to our children, the cycle can continue.
What's wrong with charities taking care of the poor? The democrats would say "oh they won't do enough". But we know that is false. The problem for democrats is that charitable donations don't pass through their hands. The primary value of democratic government is more power for democratic government. How does that help the poor? They have had power for most of the twentieth century and their programs don't help the poor at all if the research can be believed. What helps a poor man is a job. Lets teach the men and women to fish. Then they can be successful.
But to me what I want to know from democrats is: what are your primary values. Not your methods. These I know. Let's talk about the values and see if we can agree. Then we can begin to talk about method.
Posted by: tehDave at October 29, 2013 03:59 PM (jcpQL)
This ain't 1938 Nazi Germany. We have a semblance of balance. Natural selection and the inherent human desire to be free and wild is going to win the day.
With, perhaps, some well-placed wisdom from us old dogs.
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 03:59 PM (x3YFz)
I got a Temporary Crown installed today, plus a lot of other shit that occurs when you don't see a dentist for a decade.
So - I'm in a great mood. When's the revolution starting, and where do I sign ?
Posted by: ScoggDog ... hurts at October 29, 2013 03:59 PM (6/+vz)
Posted by: OregonMuse at October 29, 2013 04:00 PM (xm1A1)
Everyone would be successful if those who so arrogantly exercise their white privilege without so much as even an apology or acknowlegement would just hand over their success cheat codes.
Why should one group have those cheat codes and not everyone?
Posted by: Warden at October 29, 2013 04:01 PM (HzhBE)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2013 04:02 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 29, 2013 04:02 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: tehDave at October 29, 2013 07:59 PM (jcpQL)
I'd respond to you, but I'm exhausted from helping OTHERS.
I can't even begin to begin speaking with you. I've never seen a liberal EVER step up and offer to help our needy.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 29, 2013 04:02 PM (lVPtV)
*Note: Not mocking Darwinism, etc,, just that they are both for/against science.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 29, 2013 04:02 PM (JRmiD)
For two hours? What are they going to do
Posted by: alexthechick
Lose their wallet. Send two hours trying to find it.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 29, 2013 04:02 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: wooga at October 29, 2013 04:03 PM (jOlF1)
Posted by: zombie at October 29, 2013 04:04 PM (+cx5n)
Democrats worship trees and bait fish not jobs...
well unless they are Solyndra or OFA jobs then the jobs are ok.
I fear we are going to have to let the whole rotten wyrmwood edifice burn because donkey wars on industry, and I mean industry in the "people engaging in offering goods and services to make their way" not "corporate evil.
A nice post, I was never a liberal in the sense you are/were domestically but I was a pretty idealistic foreign policy guy a long time ago.
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 04:04 PM (9jfyN)
Oh ffs, they made it stupider.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 29, 2013 04:04 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: fluffy at October 29, 2013 04:04 PM (kS8RA)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 29, 2013 04:05 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2013 04:05 PM (CeNUw)
A similar system exists already in horse racing. Weights are added to the horse to normalize the jockey weights and the horse's previous performances.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicapping
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 29, 2013 04:06 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: eman at October 29, 2013 04:06 PM (6OK8d)
You should listen to the guy who convinced Reagan on rising tides and boats...
http://tinyurl.com/7hvc8pg
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 04:06 PM (9jfyN)
Or racist.
Or... fill in a hate word.
That's where we're at now, thanks to the MFM.
Posted by: shibumi at October 29, 2013 04:06 PM (25HWz)
My, oh my what a depressing day!
Plenty of AMNESTY heading my way
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
Mister Herenandez on my shoulder
It's the truth, it's actch'll
Ev'rything is fuckinfactch'll
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
Depressing feeling, depressing day!
Posted by: FUBAR at October 29, 2013 04:06 PM (Cs2tJ)
We don’t want “success stories.” We just want stories.
And our Binky.
Warm milk would be nice.
And shut the door..NOT ALL THE WAY!!!
The shadows are scary.
Posted by: Children of all ages at October 29, 2013 04:07 PM (Hj9yW)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 29, 2013 04:07 PM (/LeIm)
Astonishingly, the popular (and great) movie The Incredibles made exactly that same point.
Posted by: Splunge at October 29, 2013 04:07 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: zombie at October 29, 2013 04:07 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 29, 2013 04:08 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Damiano the Economic Traitor at October 29, 2013 04:08 PM (j0wOO)
We're not there yet...we're too close though....
we'll be there by 2016
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 04:08 PM (9jfyN)
But if they had their way, then Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Steve Wozniak and all the rest would have been beaten down, humiliated, jailed, sent to the gulag and/or simply executed for trying to stand out from the crowd.
xxx
Long live the Collective!
Posted by: King Barack of Oceana at October 29, 2013 04:08 PM (25HWz)
And Anderson Cooper should be beaten about the head and shoulder with Chrissy Matthews' two headed Barack Obama dildo until he begs for mercy.
Hmm, maybe not. That's also known to AC as "Saturday night with Kathy Griffin."
Posted by: Sharkman at October 29, 2013 04:08 PM (8+xjO)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at October 29, 2013 04:08 PM (PZ6/M)
Posted by: Jmel at October 29, 2013 04:08 PM (cfFqn)
I have found the same, and especially in observing people in the transition from normal to moonbat. They become much less happy, and full of resentments. The lose any graciousness and manners that they had. It's like an infection.
Posted by: Splunge at October 29, 2013 04:08 PM (bKA83)
"Imagine that. A happy, positive message wins more hearts and minds than constant anger.
Who knew?"
I'm not sure it does. It won my mind. But anger certainly worked well against W.
The Democrats used to have bumper stickers like "If your not upset then you're not paying attention." That kind of constant anger seemed to work out for them. And Obama especially capitalized on it.
Posted by: tehDave at October 29, 2013 04:08 PM (jcpQL)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 29, 2013 04:09 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: ScoggDog ... still hurts at October 29, 2013 04:09 PM (6/+vz)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2013 08:05 PM (CeNUw)
Maybe, just maybe, we might salvage our way of life before it's too late. Is that enough? What good are political chess moves going to be when it's all burning?
Posted by: Havedash at October 29, 2013 04:09 PM (ToMJU)
Posted by: Null at October 29, 2013 04:10 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2013 04:10 PM (g1DWB)
Jack Straw was in a coma for 8 years...
I'm just glad he woke up in 2009 refreshed.
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 04:10 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2013 04:11 PM (CeNUw)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 29, 2013 04:11 PM (0LHZx)
Indeed. And this is not new territory. More than 60 years ago, Ayn Rand quoted one of the leftists of her day, who visited the Soviet Union, and said "How wonderful, to see that everyone was equally shabby." It is not building up the average that they want. It is to tear down what they can never be.
Posted by: Splunge at October 29, 2013 04:11 PM (bKA83)
So - I'm in a great mood. When's the revolution starting, and where do I sign ?
Posted by: ScoggDog ... hurts at October 29, 2013 07:59 PM (6/+vz)
Been there, brother. Have an extraction next week. Go AF dentists from 1987.
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 04:11 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Madamex at October 29, 2013 04:11 PM (islXR)
Posted by: zombie at October 29, 2013 04:11 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 29, 2013 04:11 PM (/LeIm)
You didn't understand it then. Milton Friedman was not as sunshiny as the Gipper in his message he was actually a bot cold about it.
It works, liberalism doesn't.
I didn't get enraged until about '07 when I figured out too many in the GOP were never going to get angry since "well then the bad guys win."
Jack...the bad guys they won.
Welcome back from your coma though champ.
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 04:12 PM (9jfyN)
Son is at his Scout troop's meeting tonight.
Proud that my husband and son are Scout leaders.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 29, 2013 04:12 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2013 08:11 PM (CeNUw)
Mistake. You don't have the trial until you're certain of the outcome. Mafia 101, rookie.
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 04:12 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Splunge at October 29, 2013 04:12 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 29, 2013 04:13 PM (0FSuD)
The avarice people.
Posted by: Urine Bear at October 29, 2013 04:13 PM (Iyg03)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2013 04:14 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at October 29, 2013 04:14 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 29, 2013 04:14 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Darth Randall at October 29, 2013 04:15 PM (Zswg6)
I constanly tell people at work:
"Never mistake for pessimism, my uncanny ability to see the truth"
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 29, 2013 04:16 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: zombie at October 29, 2013 08:11 PM (+cx5n)
Contrasted with (not me but how I'd describe a friend):
"I'm a former SEAL, the best at what I do. I have 2 Bachelors degrees and I own my own business. I was the captain of my basketball team and I detest failure. Show me an unobtainable objective and I will have it secured within 24 hours."
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 04:16 PM (x3YFz)
We are not to ask about the costs, and how it will be paid for and who will pay for it. No, no. This is the point where we are told, "If it helps just one person, it will be worth it."
Posted by: Dave S. at October 29, 2013 04:16 PM (UvR6d)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRVdiHu1VCc
Posted by: Lizzy at October 29, 2013 04:16 PM (JRmiD)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 29, 2013 04:16 PM (4tK7k)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2013 04:16 PM (CeNUw)
What the fuck do you care Jack you're not a Republican either.
I do talk to people from outside the normal comfort zones and I plant the seeds of conservative economic thought...
see?
The GOP wants to be less conservative, and I am less GOP everyone wins right champ?
If it takes a GOPer to beat Senor Grahamnesty I am content....
and if it takes a donkey I am content.
The defeat of Graham trumps my desire to "just win baby"...
it only took 12 years of his and McCain's bullfuckery to get me there...
I waited far too long.
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 04:16 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 29, 2013 08:06 PM (JRmiD)
Ahh, that's the one. Thanks Lizzy.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 29, 2013 04:17 PM (wNF3N)
True Not Success Stories (brought to you by SGA)
So, I slept in math class a lot because fuck it, who needs math? After I graduated high school with a 1.8 GPA, I got married and promptly put on 50lbs. Why stay in shape for the same old piece of ass every night? That's what I say.
Besides, she'll only do it missionary anymore. I don't even bother taking off my shirt or socks anymore when we do it.
Anyway, my dad got me a city job. I'm supposed to clear brush and stuff from the county roads. Mostly we play cards back in the garage, though. It's good pay and my pension is pretty sweet. I also have two kids. I don't like them all that much.
Anyway, that's my story.
Posted by: Warden at October 29, 2013 04:17 PM (HzhBE)
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 29, 2013 04:18 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 29, 2013 04:18 PM (4tK7k)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2013 04:18 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: NeverEvermore at October 29, 2013 04:18 PM (dd5lM)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 29, 2013 04:19 PM (/LeIm)
Posted by: tehDave at October 29, 2013 04:19 PM (jcpQL)
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 29, 2013 04:20 PM (0FSuD)
That's funny Jack I have never voted for anything but GOP.....
23 years Tiger...
intentions are a lot like assholes and Anderson Cooper has three....
John McCain gave me permission to leave the party this year.
I aim to be as loyal to the GOP as he has been...he gets rewarded all the time for treachery right?
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 04:21 PM (9jfyN)
Oh really?
Posted by: Hillary at October 29, 2013 04:21 PM (jpc8l)
Even if you took a 59 shot Cruz clone gun to the Senate the FSA riots would make this a negative.
Posted by: DaveA at October 29, 2013 04:22 PM (DL2i+)
Eh...that is a premise we can't meet any more than Ogabe met his "keep it if you want it" routine....
what Capitalism does do is allow people to set their own worth.
I prefer that to a national decider.
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 04:22 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at October 29, 2013 07:52 PM (OWjjx)
So, "Fuck You, No Questions", is it? FYNQ . . . modified.
Posted by: Sharkman at October 29, 2013 04:22 PM (8+xjO)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2013 08:11 PM (CeNUw)
The same way a bunch of men many years ago dared to stand against a tyrant and put their names on a document declaring that enough was enough. I'm sure there were many others then who also thought of their stand as being an excerise in futility. For anyone who can't admit that we have a tyrant in office right now, no argument is good enough for them.
Posted by: Havedash at October 29, 2013 04:23 PM (ToMJU)
Posted by: 11B40 at October 29, 2013 04:23 PM (fPA8r)
I usually find pessimism a satisfying outlook; it rarely disappoints.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 29, 2013 04:23 PM (4tK7k)
So, I slept in math class a lot because fuck it, who needs math? After I graduated high school with a 1.8 GPA, I got married and promptly put on 50lbs. Why stay in shape for the same old piece of ass every night? That's what I say.
Besides, she'll only do it missionary anymore. I don't even bother taking off my shirt or socks anymore when we do it.
Anyway, my dad got me a city job. I'm supposed to clear brush and stuff from the county roads. Mostly we play cards back in the garage, though. It's good pay and my pension is pretty sweet. I also have two kids. I don't like them all that much.
Anyway, that's my story.
Posted by: Warden at October 29, 2013 08:17 PM (HzhBE)
Well, shit, since we're sharing:
My family was so poor we ate ox tail soup with cabbage 5 nights a week (no, not kidding). We had 0. Nada. Nothing. Dad had his first heart attack at 43, neither parent graduated from HS. Completely unemployable. Both vets, though, but only 4 years each.
When I hit 18 I wasn't thrown out, my parents left town. No shit. I came home and the house was empty with a note that said (paraphrasing) "good luck, fucker!" I'm not making this up.
3 Associates degrees 1 BS in Physics, 1 MS in engineering, 13 years in the military as an NCO later, I get a job making $105K/yr.
No silver spoon here. I earned and paid for everything every step of the way. As an E-3, married with a kid I qualified for food stamps but refused to take them. When the wife bought shit through WIC I'd wear her out. We hold our ground and we don't need any goddam help doing it.
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 04:25 PM (x3YFz)
I'm going to give this one really fucking big rant at the end - and then I'll let it be.
So yeah - I had a tooth blow up today - and several other teeth with cavities of various degrees.
Does the Gub'Mint owe me Tooth Care ? FUCK NO !!!
But here's what happens when you give a shit where your money goes. They gave me my initial exam - and told me it would cost "X" for the initial set of X-RAYS. I agreed. Then they showed me the damage. Then - and I shit you not - they ran my insurance card against the estimate AND GAVE ME AN OUT OF POCKET QUOTE DOWN TO THE PENNY. IN WRITING. They ran it twice - because I spotted an error in the first estimate. And they did it nicely.
And I actually thought to myself - as I was listening to that damned drill sending my tooth dust into the sky - what the fuck will I do if ToothCare is ever deemed a human right.
Now I need to leave. I don't want to get so worked up that my blood pressure launches this crown through my crown.
Posted by: ScoggDog ... is now getting really pissed at October 29, 2013 04:25 PM (6/+vz)
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 29, 2013 04:26 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2013 04:27 PM (g1DWB)
It is helpful if you quote the sentence or sentences you are referring to instead of just the post number.
Thanks,
David
Posted by: tehDave at October 29, 2013 04:27 PM (jcpQL)
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That's an amazing story tangonine. I have a ton of respect for you.
Posted by: mama winger at October 29, 2013 04:28 PM (P6QsQ)
True Not Success Stories (brought to you by SGA)
I went to college, fucked off a bit, got arrested once, picked up a case of the crabs, then settled down then got a degree in social work.
Couldn't find much out there. The pay sucks. Fucking Republicans don't want to help the poor or pay the people who are trying to help.
So, yeah, I've been at this coffee shop for 6 years, part time. I play in a band, too. We've cut three albums but can't get signed because of assholes like Simon Cowell marketing stupid music to all the stupid people out there.
The pay at this Starbucks is shit. Free coffee, though. I drink a fuck-ton of it. I also get to spit in the drink of anyone who looks like a Rethuglicon, so that's cool. Once I blew a booger into a scone when a cop ordered one. Life can be pretty awesome sometimes.
Oh, and I bought a new skateboard.
Posted by: Warden at October 29, 2013 04:28 PM (HzhBE)
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 08:25 PM (x3YFz)
That's kind of the way I was brought up and how I am. I was 13 in 1970.
This attitude is hard to find today among the millenials, gen Y's
Food stamps are 'OK' and you can collect unemployment then lay about and play with your top of the line iPhone.
The young people that don't subscribe to this attitude that I've been in contact with seem to be the kids raised on a farm or ranch, who had to WORK growing up.
Posted by: Sphynx at October 29, 2013 04:30 PM (cll/q)
Posted by: Hobbes on LIfe in a State of Equality at October 29, 2013 04:30 PM (5ikDv)
These days it means you have an IRS audit coming to ensure that shit gets tamped down and you never try it again.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 29, 2013 04:31 PM (4tK7k)
Yes.
I was going to say "free trade" or "comparative advantage", but the "free" portion of "free trade" is oxymoronic--a coerced trade is a taking, not a trade.
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Posted by: tehDave at October 29, 2013 04:33 PM (jcpQL)
Posted by: tangonine
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Awesome story. Good for you. I mean that. That's straight up the kind of stuff this country was built on.
For the record, my story was a joke.
Posted by: Warden at October 29, 2013 04:33 PM (HzhBE)
I have come to accept that it is better to have a smaller, harder GOP to fight this mess, because the "Moderate GOP" had a bobseld course(in theory) from 2001-2007 and we allowed the left to dominate the schools, we also did not attack their ethical lapses in any organized manner WRT the media.
You cannot be 82.75% for free markets at this juncture with the "tactics" the left is using with EPA and the NLRB and not in fact be in favor of finishing off the golden goose.
The democrats want the monkey to fuck the football for 12 hours a night, I am against Monkey/Football Sex....
the McCainiac GOP says "will you settle for 9 hours of monkey/pigskin love Sven?
I used to say "why not we'll get 'em next cycle champ?"
I am now to the point I would rather the monkey get totally sated and jettison the McCainiac....
thanks for playing.
"Tactics"
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 04:34 PM (9jfyN)
Is there anything in the constitution that specifically supports economic freedom?
Explicitly? Not since the 10th amendment was murdered. You could argue interstate commerce implies that free trade is a goal, but shit SCotUS decided that growing your own grain was a jailable offense back in FDR's era so.....
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 04:35 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: ScoggDog ... is now getting really pissed at October 29, 2013 08:25 PM (6/+vz)
A friend of mine said that obamacare ignores dental insurance and matter of factly said "guess the dental lobby isn't good".
Posted by: just a citizen at October 29, 2013 04:36 PM (Nx76m)
Which is your "rah rah" posting presence's main impact.
The GOP wants my vote?
Great earn it, I plan to be as loyal to the GOP as this mythical "massive moderate middle" I am expected to hold my nose to vote for.
Posted by: sven at October 29, 2013 04:37 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: mama winger at October 29, 2013 08:28 PM (P6QsQ)
Too kind. I didn't do anything special. Just didn't like where I was at so made it a point to improve things. I'm not very smart (shhh, don't tell the dept chair). I just relate the story because we (me and the wife--she came from similar circumstances... and has a PhD! the bitch!) came from dirt poor.
We're not the 1%. At one point we were raking in over $350K/yr (and holy crab snot did we squirrel away all of that like we were living under a bridge!).
We came from abject poverty. Didn't like it. Changed it. Was it tough? damn right it was. But when my MS was handed to me I teared up. Never thought I'd get a BS let alone an MS.
I'm not special. Far from it. I'm just average joe. I haven't done anything that anyone with a brain can't do, and they can probably do it better.
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 04:38 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: ontherocks at October 29, 2013 04:40 PM (aRr/H)
"what the fuck will I do if ToothCare is ever deemed a human right."
When I was in London, I could spot a fellow Yank in a crowded pub before I ever heard them speak - just going by their choppers. Straight teeth and Ultrabright smile? Definitely an American. Even slightly crooked, not-so-white but clearly well cared for teeth - American. Handsome man or pretty woman with a mouthful of mess- almost surely a Brit, or maybe a visitor from the Continent.
Well, it's unfair that our teeth are so much better than everyone else's. We make the Brits feel bad everytime they stand next to us and say "cheese" at the camera.
When Tooth Care is deemed a human right, the government will take care of our unfair advantage in the dental department.
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 29, 2013 04:41 PM (R3gO3)
a vague politics of opposition against society, which, being sufficiently large, powerful, and vague, can stand in for one's personal anger against God.
Not against God. Against Dad. Modern leftists are much too childish to truly understand a deep, existential anger against God, and the profound evil that often results.
Anger against Daddy for making them eat their brussels sprouts, making them do their math homework, making them break up with the cute guy in homeroom with the cool neck tattoos.........THAT they understand.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 29, 2013 04:41 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 29, 2013 04:43 PM (eQJwb)
"I'm not special"
But you are special.
Ace has brought up several times how the automation of the economy will shut out more and more people. Who is being shut out now? I have bipolar, and I have had a hell of a time holding a job. When your brain is screwed up what do you do? How do you know what to do? You need help.
Posted by: tehDave at October 29, 2013 04:43 PM (jcpQL)
Wouldn't you think rather the opposite, that they have been privileged and feel entitled?
Posted by: tehDave at October 29, 2013 04:45 PM (jcpQL)
According to Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Democrats had only promised that Americans could keep their insurance if it was “good insurance.”
“We said when we passed that, ‘If you had insurance that was good insurance that you wanted to keep it, you could keep it,’” Landrieu said.
Posted by: mama winger at October 29, 2013 04:46 PM (P6QsQ)
Yep - it's a dad thing. Which is why traditional dads with traditional masculine values have to be mocked and shamed at every turn - by gays, feminists and metrosexual lib males who are nominally straight.
Honestly, when I think back on it - almost every liberal I've known well had some sort of daddy issue going on.
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 29, 2013 04:49 PM (R3gO3)
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Posted by: tehDave at October 29, 2013 08:50 PM (jcpQL)
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I would venture to say that there's a larger percentage of intact families, dad residing in the home, among conservatives. Daddy being there versus Daddy absent makes a huge difference in the life of children and adolescents.
Posted by: mama winger at October 29, 2013 04:52 PM (P6QsQ)
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Posted by: tehDave at October 29, 2013 08:43 PM (jcpQL)
You find what works. That whole "Do what you love and you'll be successful" bit is misleading. In fact, you "do what you're good at, even if you don't love it, and once you're successful you will learn to love it." is MUCH better advice.
Shoot, I would LOVE to sit behind a telescope all day as an astronomer (wanted a PhD in astrophysics, but no universities within driving distance), but that crap doesn't pay the bills. So I ended up teaching. I didn't want to teach. Turns out I'm pretty damn good at it. F me. Sure enough, because I didn't want to do it but was good at it I ended up liking it.
Doesn't pay shit though lol.
Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 04:59 PM (x3YFz)
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Posted by: tehDave at October 29, 2013 08:43 PM (jcpQL)
I'm going to go against the grain this spring and open a small business. h8ers be damned. I will make it work. Why? Because the universe and star wars. That's fkn why.
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If there are no successful members, then evolution can't happen. Having every member the same is a recipe for extinction. The environment WILL change. Only a matter of time.
Yes, yes, I know it's pointless to try to explain this to them.
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