March 19, 2013

Ethnic Purge: Now Roland Martin Out At CNN MSNBC White?
— Ace

He seems to think he's on his way out.

Posted by: Ace at 10:54 AM | Comments (345)
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1

He's gone fishin'

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 19, 2013 10:55 AM (p7J3E)

2 Rise and shine, Bright Eyes.

Posted by: toby928© sips the sweet tea of despair at March 19, 2013 10:56 AM (QupBk)

3 I wonder if he'll address your questions now .

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 10:56 AM (ULkyQ)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 10:56 AM (xN73L)

5 Oh, I loved him on Laugh-In

Posted by: Bigby's Orthotic Elbow at March 19, 2013 10:57 AM (3ZtZW)

6 Ace- he'll get up late, but he'll make up for it by going to bed early.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 10:57 AM (xN73L)

7 Is this where the show trials are? I'm in a purging frenzy.

Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 10:57 AM (j3uk1)

8 Private Schools for Progressives: Diversity is great, but that free public school just a half mile down the road is a little ... too diverse.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 19, 2013 10:57 AM (ZPrif)

9 They were running Laugh In on MSNBC? Oh Roland Martin not Rowan and Martin.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 19, 2013 10:57 AM (1Jaio)

10 Posted by: Bigby's Orthotic Elbow at March 19, 2013 02:57 PM (3ZtZW) I'm glad I'm not the only person who thinks that when I see his name.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 10:57 AM (xN73L)

11 His minions have the horde all stirred up and ready to rumble.

Posted by: toby928© sips the sweet tea of despair at March 19, 2013 10:58 AM (QupBk)

12 Aw man,  I loved Laugh-In.

Posted by: Dang at March 19, 2013 10:58 AM (R18D0)

13 Sock it to me!

Posted by: toby928© sips the sweet tea of despair at March 19, 2013 10:58 AM (QupBk)

14 who is Roland Martin?  Not being sarcastic... dead serious:  never heard of him.  Meh.

Posted by: tangonine at March 19, 2013 10:58 AM (x3YFz)

15 Who dat?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 19, 2013 10:58 AM (PPRgJ)

16 Aw man, I loved Laugh-In. Veeeewy interestink! "Say goodnight, Martin." "Goodnight, Martin."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 10:59 AM (xN73L)

17 Fox should pick him up.  He'd make for an interesting addition to "The Five".

Posted by: Serious Cat at March 19, 2013 10:59 AM (UypUQ)

18 You're faster than me,  Bigby's Orthotic Elbow.

Posted by: Dang at March 19, 2013 10:59 AM (R18D0)

19 Oh, hit with the Breitbart bat, Ace. feels so gooood

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2013 10:59 AM (XYSwB)

20 Apparently Roland got too mouthy, and too tan.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 19, 2013 10:59 AM (4cRnj)

21 Not exactly a great loss for American journalism.

Posted by: Jeff B. at March 19, 2013 10:59 AM (bcLhD)

22 Who?

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at March 19, 2013 10:59 AM (9+ccr)

23 That's the truth thbthbthbthbth

Posted by: Bigby's Orthotic Elbow at March 19, 2013 11:00 AM (3ZtZW)

24

Another prog/com  talking head   bites the dust?

 

Excellent!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 19, 2013 11:00 AM (+z4pE)

25 Is Ruth Buzzi next?

Posted by: Dang at March 19, 2013 11:00 AM (R18D0)

26 CNN & MSNBC: the channels full of rich white folk.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 19, 2013 11:00 AM (gaOtJ)

27 He and Toure could do the first black Laurel and Hardy act.

Posted by: zsasz at March 19, 2013 11:00 AM (MMC8r)

28 >>>Apparently Roland got too mouthy, and too tan.

Okay folks, close the thread up, time to move on to the next one.  We're not gonna top this.

Posted by: Jeff B. at March 19, 2013 11:00 AM (bcLhD)

29 What's MSNBC going to do about Arte Johnson and Ruth Buzzi?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 19, 2013 11:00 AM (1Jaio)

30 The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate goes to....

Posted by: Meme continuation.... at March 19, 2013 11:00 AM (lZBBB)

31

I'm so grateful that cable news is never on in my house.

Posted by: imp at March 19, 2013 11:00 AM (oGrkY)

32 Sock it to me...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at March 19, 2013 11:01 AM (9+ccr)

33 A post. When We Are Together http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQE_hbgIeoI 'bout time ~Texas

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2013 11:01 AM (XYSwB)

34 For whom the bell tolls...

One ringy dingy...  two ringy dingy...

Posted by: Dang at March 19, 2013 11:01 AM (R18D0)

35 CNN races MSNBC into the snowstorm.

Posted by: toby928© sips the sweet tea of despair at March 19, 2013 11:01 AM (QupBk)

36 Did they run out of Walnettos?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 19, 2013 11:01 AM (+z4pE)

37 Ailes must be chatting with him now

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 19, 2013 11:01 AM (CAsqw)

38 Apropos of ethnic issues, since I ignore Twitter, I missed most of the flap which began there about how Satan in _The Bible_ series allegedly bears a resemblance to Barack Obama.

I don't know about you, but I always figured that the way Satan would appear to others would be not in accordance with his actual nature. He would appear to them to be kindly, self-effacing, avuncular, modest and trustworthy.

In other words, everything Obama is not.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 19, 2013 11:01 AM (gqT4g)

39 I have no idea who this is?  Is he smarter than DiFi?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2013 11:01 AM (RTZ9e)

40 "New boss wants his own peeps"

----Roland Martin


His own white peeps, Roland.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 19, 2013 11:01 AM (4cRnj)

41

 

Uh oh...did he say something that sounded -- *gasp* -- conservative?

 

Posted by: wheatie at March 19, 2013 11:02 AM (rwujx)

42 Coloreds Not Needed

Posted by: zsasz at March 19, 2013 11:02 AM (MMC8r)

43 @ 22 that's Roland Martin the voice of Black Folks...

Posted by: Clemenza at March 19, 2013 11:02 AM (3GuQx)

44 Here come da Judge.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 19, 2013 11:02 AM (+z4pE)

45 /stops.... falls over

Posted by: German Soldier on a tricycle at March 19, 2013 11:02 AM (lZBBB)

46 @Captain Hate
According to Twitchy he said his "shackle" are coming off.

I think he's talking to Biden instead

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 11:02 AM (ULkyQ)

47

>>>>One ringy dingy... two ringy dingy...

 

*snort*

Posted by: Bigby's Orthotic Elbow at March 19, 2013 11:02 AM (3ZtZW)

48 @ 42 you Vulcan mind melded that from me..

Posted by: Clemenza at March 19, 2013 11:03 AM (3GuQx)

49 I tweeted WHAT?!?

Posted by: Roland M. at March 19, 2013 11:03 AM (MMC8r)

50 Was Roland caught with a Big Gulp?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2013 11:03 AM (XYSwB)

51 Have I reached the   person to whom I am speaking?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 19, 2013 11:03 AM (+z4pE)

52 "Wery eeennn-teresting..."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2013 11:03 AM (RTZ9e)

53 Apropos of ethnic issues, since I ignore Twitter, I missed most of the flap which began there about how Satan in _The Bible_ series allegedly bears a resemblance to Barack Obama.

Posted by: torquewrench


The Satan guy in the series drives around in a golf cart and wears mom jeans?

Posted by: Dang at March 19, 2013 11:04 AM (R18D0)

54 24 Another prog/com talking head bites the dust? Excellent! Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 19, 2013 03:00 PM (+z4pE) Ya but it's MSNBC, so he'll probably be replaced by Trotsky's head in a jar.

Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at March 19, 2013 11:04 AM (FWmTq)

55 Laugh In:   First Episode: January 22, 1968



Roland Martin:  Born:  November 14, 1968




Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 19, 2013 11:04 AM (X6akg)

56 Blow in my Ear, and I'll follow you anywhere... including to the unemployment line...

Posted by: Ruh Roh at March 19, 2013 11:04 AM (lZBBB)

57
This is the Caucasian News Network.



Posted by: Caucasian announcer replacing James Earl Jones at March 19, 2013 11:05 AM (mETGQ)

58

I have no idea who this is? Is he smarter than DiFi?

 

Who isn't?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 19, 2013 11:05 AM (+z4pE)

59 Mmmmm....Peeps.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 19, 2013 11:05 AM (/kI1Q)

60

Try not being a cornball brother next time, Roland.

 

Can't have your Uncle Tom  ass all up in tha  C to tha Na-Nizzle,  beeyitch.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 19, 2013 11:05 AM (CJjw5)

61 I have no clue who this guy is or what his claim to semi-fame may or may not be.  Of course, that is true of everyone on CNN.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at March 19, 2013 11:05 AM (kXoT0)

62 Ha! Martin is a Jeremiah Wright lovin' racist prick, 100% in the tank for Obama. He got exactly what he deserved.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 19, 2013 11:05 AM (8/DeP)

63 So Jeff Zucker hates black people and women named after prisons?

Hope he doesn't have a problem with teh gheys.  Don Lemon has one strike against him already.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 11:05 AM (UOM48)

64 Who is Roland Martin?

Posted by: Prescient11 at March 19, 2013 11:05 AM (tVTLU)

65 Fox should pick him up. He'd make for an interesting addition to "The Five". Posted by: Serious Cat at March 19, 2013 02:59 PM (UypUQ) They could use his head as a jack-o-lantern during Halloween. Just plop it on the round table. Let 'em rip.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2013 11:06 AM (XYSwB)

66 59 Mmmmm....Peeps.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 19, 2013 03:05 PM (/kI1Q)


  Those sugary colored marshmallow things?

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at March 19, 2013 11:06 AM (9+ccr)

67 Mulattoes
Sent
Never
Before
Cameras

Posted by: andycanuck at March 19, 2013 11:06 AM (ORGYc)

68 Fox should string him along for a few months, with big numbers, until he gets stale and has to go back to local TV.

Posted by: Jean at March 19, 2013 11:06 AM (+NNlC)

69

  51 Have I reached the person to whom I am speaking?

 

You bet your sweet bippy.

Posted by: wheatie at March 19, 2013 11:06 AM (rwujx)

70 Private Schools for Progressives: Diversity is great, but that free public school just a half mile down the road is a little ... too diverse. aka, Sidwell Friends.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 19, 2013 11:06 AM (GFM2b)

71 Wha....?  I think I just shit myself.

Posted by: Al Roker at March 19, 2013 11:06 AM (qGNaM)

72

Laugh In: First Episode: January 22, 1968

Roland Martin: Born: November 14, 1968


Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: Tami at March 19, 2013 03:04 PM (X6akg)


That is absolutely amazing.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 19, 2013 11:07 AM (mETGQ)

73 5 Oh, I loved him on Laugh-In Posted by: Bigby's Orthotic Elbow at March 19, 2013 02:57 PM (3ZtZW) "There go de judge! There go de judge!"

Posted by: alex® at March 19, 2013 11:07 AM (TT/cW)

74 >>52 "Wery eeennn-teresting..."<<


I just want to see Goldie Hawn like that again...oh look, here she is:


http://tinyurl.com/cry7q4q

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 19, 2013 11:07 AM (KjlbF)

75 This is the Caucasian News Network.



Posted by: Caucasian announcer replacing James Earl Jones

Posted by: Dang laughing out loud in a nasally, "honkie" tone while eating a cracker at March 19, 2013 11:07 AM (R18D0)

76 46 @Captain Hate According to Twitchy he said his "shackle" are coming off. Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 03:02 PM (ULkyQ) Oh, he used to vote Republican?

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 19, 2013 11:08 AM (6zgse)

77 This is Caucasian News Network.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 11:08 AM (xmcEQ)

78 Roland Martin axed the wrong question of the Mommy babies Mommy..or was he the Baby Daddy?

Posted by: Clemenza at March 19, 2013 11:08 AM (3GuQx)

79 I see Jack  Cafferty got shitcanned as well.  Good.  FUCK him and his Grumpy Old Man routine.  Go take your act to the supermarket and complain to the cashier that you can't get 10 cents off a fuckin lemon because  it has a brown spot.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 19, 2013 11:08 AM (CJjw5)

80 Addendum to #67:
CNN: still less white than MSNBC.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 19, 2013 11:08 AM (ORGYc)

81 no more black news!

Posted by: Jeff Zucker-Abrams-Zucker at March 19, 2013 11:08 AM (MMC8r)

82

We'll talk about what just happened in your mouth when you're a bit less hysterical.

 

Now, go make me a sammich.

Posted by: jwest at March 19, 2013 11:08 AM (u2a4R)

83 In the future, CNN will present the Black Point of View through the use of puppets.

Posted by: This Is CNN at March 19, 2013 11:09 AM (8ZskC)

84 Who is Roland Martin? Posted by: Prescient11 at March 19, 2013 03:05 PM (tVTLU) ---------------------------------------------------------- They had a show, Laugh In, that was on in the 60's. Rather iconic too. Richard Nixon made an appearance and said "Sock it to me".

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 19, 2013 11:09 AM (jucos)

85 One less person to not watch while not watching CNN at the airport.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at March 19, 2013 11:09 AM (feFL6)

86

Hide yo   chirren,

Hide yo wife!

They  firin'  errrbody up in herrrrr!

Posted by: Soledad O'Brien at March 19, 2013 11:09 AM (CJjw5)

87 Laugh-in was big when we had a paranoid narcissist in the Oval Office.

Posted by: Roy at March 19, 2013 11:09 AM (VndSC)

88 He and Soledad can get a new show called "Coffee and Cream:  Mornings with Roland and Soledad".

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:09 AM (GQ8sn)

89 Our new show: "Rex Kramer, Danger-Seeker!"

Posted by: CNN President Jeff Zucker-Abrams-Zucker at March 19, 2013 11:10 AM (MMC8r)

90 "Who is Roland Martin? " Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls.

Posted by: irright at March 19, 2013 11:10 AM (8GKDa)

91 Now, about them Jews we got working here.....

Posted by: Jeff Zucker, Grand Kleagle at March 19, 2013 11:10 AM (WCe8r)

92

 

Whole lotta purgin' going on today.

 

Posted by: wheatie at March 19, 2013 11:10 AM (rwujx)

93 He and Soledad can get a new show called "Coffee and Cream: Mornings with Roland and Soledad". I'll have to double-check the bylaws, but I'm pretty sure that's racist.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 11:10 AM (xN73L)

94
Poor
Old
Network
Thought
It's
A
Colored

Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 11:10 AM (xmcEQ)

95 Free at last, free at last.  Thank God almighty I'm free at last!







No more paycheck?  Wait, what?

Posted by: Roland Martin at March 19, 2013 11:10 AM (8ZskC)

96 It's like a Klan rally over there. Come over to MSNBC Roland, we have plenty of openings in the janitorial and food serving sciences.

Posted by: Chris Matthews at March 19, 2013 11:10 AM (4cRnj)

97 I wonder if Madonna in a boy scout uniform kissing Anderson Cooper had anything to do with this turn of events.

Posted by: Fritz at March 19, 2013 11:11 AM (UzPAd)

98 Ok so... I'm getting that "CNN" is some kind of news thing and some guy got fired?  Why should I give a fuck?  Again?  Type slow I'm not very smart.

Posted by: tangonine at March 19, 2013 11:11 AM (x3YFz)

99 Muad'dib, let me get this straight.  You like a girl who looks like a bathroom stall with graffiti??  Is that Jenny's number on there right under the bikini top?  Oh wait is that Jessie's girl?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2013 11:11 AM (RTZ9e)

100 In the future, CNN will present the Black Point of View through the use of puppets.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-PkutG_Q2Q

Posted by: franklin delano bluth new cnn announcer at March 19, 2013 11:12 AM (ORGYc)

101 Roland Martin  looks like Oliver Willis'  older brother.  You know, the slimmer, "athletic" one.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 19, 2013 11:12 AM (CJjw5)

102 roland is so "february" black history month......

Posted by: phoenixgirl,commenter on a conservative award winning blog at March 19, 2013 11:12 AM (GVxQo)

103 96 It's like a Klan rally over there. Come over to MSNBC Roland, we have plenty of openings in the janitorial and food serving sciences.


*pulls wrinkled resume out and heads back over*

Posted by: Keef Olberdouche at March 19, 2013 11:12 AM (UOM48)

104 Well, you bonded with him Ace. Maybe you can help a brother out and diversify the AOSHQ staff?

Posted by: Marcus at March 19, 2013 11:12 AM (GGCsk)

105 Oh, he used to vote Republican?

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 19, 2013 03:08 PM (6zgse)



No.  Romney wasn't elected.

"They gonna put YA'LL back in CHAINS!!!!!!"

- Joe "I never saw a door I wouldn't shoot!" Biden

Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 11:12 AM (xmcEQ)

106 CNN is whiter than Pat Boone playing an   accordion.

Posted by: eleven at March 19, 2013 11:12 AM (KXm42)

107 I'll have to double-check the bylaws, but I'm pretty sure that's racist.

Oh come on!!!  If Martin and O'Brien are fired because they're too ethnic...

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:12 AM (GQ8sn)

108 I wonder if Madonna in a boy scout uniform kissing Anderson Cooper had anything to do with this turn of events. Posted by: Fritz at March 19, 2013 03:11 PM (UzPAd) ------------------------------------------------------- Pictures or it didn't happe....... oh wait. Never mind I'm good.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 19, 2013 11:13 AM (jucos)

109 Somebody took my pen, and well, you know...

Posted by: CNN President Jeff Zucker-Abrams-Zucker at March 19, 2013 11:13 AM (MMC8r)

110 Hey Roland? Need an imaginary friend?

Posted by: Manti T'eo [/i] at March 19, 2013 11:13 AM (feFL6)

111 Give-A-Fuck Meter still at 0.00002  My dog needs to take a shit so for reference:  GAFM = 0.4

Posted by: tangonine at March 19, 2013 11:13 AM (x3YFz)

112
He'll end up as O admin spokesman, his dnc check just won't have to go thru middleman CNN.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 19, 2013 11:13 AM (IY7Ir)

113 @Empire of Jeff


Agreed on Caffery, plus everything he asked was a horrifically leading question.
"Are republicans the worst thing ever? Tell me on my facebook page. Hurumph"

I noticed Zucker's put a blonde with Blitzer, so anyone taking bets on how long until he's gone?

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 11:13 AM (ULkyQ)

114 >>99 Muad'dib, let me get this straight. You like a girl who looks like a bathroom stall with graffiti?? Is that Jenny's number on there right under the bikini top? Oh wait is that Jessie's girl?<<


Not usually.  But I have always had a soft spot for Goldie.  Well, maybe soft wasn't the right choice of words....

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 19, 2013 11:13 AM (KjlbF)

115 Oh come on!!! If Martin and O'Brien are fired because they're too ethnic... Sorry, I don't make the rules. If I did, everyone who said the word "racist" would have their tongue pulled out with hot tongs.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 11:13 AM (xN73L)

116 He and Soledad can get a new show called "Coffee and Cream: Mornings with Roland and Soledad".

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:09 PM (GQ8sn)

 

 

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

 

 

Al Jazeera just called.........

Posted by: Soona at March 19, 2013 11:13 AM (qGNaM)

117 Madonna in a boy scout uniform The bitch couldn't even be bothered to put the patches on right.

Posted by: zsasz at March 19, 2013 11:13 AM (MMC8r)

118 We'll be bringing Roland back for reporting on special news events, like when a black person commits a crime.

Posted by: This Is CNN at March 19, 2013 11:14 AM (8ZskC)

119

Check the closet.
Joos like to hide in their.

Posted by: Ted "Captain Planet" Turner at March 19, 2013 11:14 AM (mETGQ)

120 What are the units on a Give-A-Fuck-ometer?

Was it "Mehs"?

Posted by: eleven at March 19, 2013 11:14 AM (KXm42)

121 Hey, we've got an ethnic! Anderson Cooper is a frikkin' albino!

Posted by: CNN President Jeff Zucker-Abrams-Zucker at March 19, 2013 11:14 AM (MMC8r)

122 Actually, Roland could replace Juan Williams on The Five and it would be way more interesting.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 11:15 AM (UOM48)

123 Talking while black == walking while black

Both will get you hassled in some places

Posted by: @PurpAv at March 19, 2013 11:15 AM (/gHaE)

124 I caught him using my water fountain.

Posted by: CNN President Jeff Zucker-Abrams-Zucker at March 19, 2013 11:15 AM (MMC8r)

125 I noticed Zucker's put a blonde with Blitzer, so anyone taking bets on how long until he's gone?

What is two weeks, Alex?

I still remember his disastrous Celebrity Jeopardy appearance when he got completely and utterly pwned by Andy Richter.  Never has this world seen a total and overwhelming defeat like the crushing Andy put on Wolf.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:15 AM (GQ8sn)

126 Fellow Morons, please excuse Muad-dib.  I think his Spice must flow now.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2013 11:15 AM (RTZ9e)

127 *Couple dancing to groovy music... music stops...*

Hippie chick: What do you get when you hire the wrong guy for president?

Guy in a Nehru jacket: I don't know.  What do you get?

Hippie chick: Fired!

*Couple laughs,  music starts and couple resumes dancing.*

Posted by: Dang, laughing out loud in a nasally, at March 19, 2013 11:15 AM (R18D0)

128 Actually, Roland could replace Juan Williams on The Five and it would be way more interesting. I don't watch Fox, but I'm pretty sure Derp could replace Juan Williams on The Five and make it more interesting.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 11:15 AM (xN73L)

129 Ok so... I'm getting that "CNN" is some kind of news thing and some guy got fired? Why should I give a fuck? Again? Type slow I'm not very smart.

OK, I'll bite.

The point is- liberals love to screech about "diversity" and accuse any entity they dislike of being racist if they're deemed "too white".

See:  attacks on the Tea Party, Fox News, and Republicans in general.

Yet, they themselves don't feel obligated to live up to their own standards.  See:  The MSNBC primetime lineup.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 19, 2013 11:16 AM (SY2Kh)

130 Juan Williams has turned himself into a caricature of himself.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 11:16 AM (xmcEQ)

131 Apropos of ethnic issues, since I ignore Twitter,

Posted by: torquewrench


You shouldn't. It's immense fun to tweak the lefties there. Even better when the LIVs are blindsided by a torrent of Obama-tweaking.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 19, 2013 11:16 AM (UCv7P)

132 Actually, Roland could replace Juan Williams on The Five and it would be way more interesting.

That substitution would be good for four shades of Diversity Credits.

Posted by: The Ministry of Racial Equalization at March 19, 2013 11:16 AM (8ZskC)

133 >>122 Actually, Roland could replace Juan Williams on The Five and it would be way more interesting.<<


I completely agree with this.  Juan hasn't said a single thing I didn't expect him to say in longer than I can remember.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 19, 2013 11:16 AM (KjlbF)

134 Maybe he could get a job with Rush Limbaugh as an alternate official Obama criticizer.  How fast can you get a personal genealogy report together Roland?

Posted by: bonhomme at March 19, 2013 11:16 AM (l7etS)

135 What are the units on a Give-A-Fuck-ometer?

Was it "Mehs"?

Posted by: eleven at March 19, 2013 03:14 PM (KXm42)

ohms^2 * meters^5/wtf

Posted by: tangonine at March 19, 2013 11:16 AM (x3YFz)

136 What are the units on a Give-A-Fuck-ometer?

Was it "Mehs"?


"Uptons".

Though I may be thinking of a different sort of Give-A-Fuck-ometer.

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 19, 2013 11:16 AM (3zG7W)

137 Roland A potted palm could replace Juan Williams on The Five and it would be way more interesting.


Posted by: @PurpAv at March 19, 2013 11:17 AM (/gHaE)

138 Actually, Roland could replace Juan Williams on The Five and it would be way more interesting.

When did Williams come on The Five?  Wasn't it Beckel?

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:17 AM (GQ8sn)

139 Is Bathtub Boy one the Boss's 'Peeps'?  hmmmmmm

Posted by: Astronaut Achmed at March 19, 2013 11:17 AM (YLZSZ)

140 Enjoy the funemployement.

Posted by: Bosk at March 19, 2013 11:17 AM (n2K+4)

141 OT? but I see Reid is blaming the deaths of our military in Nevada yesterday on sequestration.... That rat bastard...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at March 19, 2013 11:18 AM (9+ccr)

142

>>>What are the units on a Give-A-Fuck-ometer?

There are none - by definition.

Posted by: Roy at March 19, 2013 11:18 AM (VndSC)

143 Waits minute.... Don Lemon is a gay too? Brb. Got a call to make....

Posted by: Jeff Zucker, Grand Kleagle at March 19, 2013 11:18 AM (WCe8r)

144 Actually, Roland could replace Juan Williams on The Five and it would be way more interesting.

Or give him a shot on The View. That would diversify the hell out of that scrunt fest.

Posted by: Bruce at March 19, 2013 11:18 AM (8e/8T)

145
When did Williams come on The Five? Wasn't it Beckel?

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:17 PM (GQ8sn




He comes on to give Blob Beckel a break.  Dumber than a box of hammers.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 11:18 AM (UOM48)

146 The name Jerome Cahuzac should be familiar to our readers: he is the French Budget minister who had been tasked with battling tax fraud. Well, technically it is not is but was: moments ago Monsieur Cahuzac resigned, for the same reason he had been investigated several months ago. Namely, having an "undisclosed" Swiss bank account. Minister in charge of battling tax fraud... resigns for having a secret Swiss account. Meh.

Posted by: Timothy Geithner at March 19, 2013 11:18 AM (j3uk1)

147 OT? but I see Reid is blaming the deaths of our military in Nevada yesterday on sequestration.... That rat bastard...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at March 19, 2013 03:18 PM (9+ccr)



Yeah.  Allen West twitted his displeasure on that one.....


Hairy Reed is one pathetic little pederast.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 11:19 AM (xmcEQ)

148 Roland on The Spew?  Just another wickless wonder on a couch....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2013 11:19 AM (RTZ9e)

149 Possibly Roland's ascots don't conform to CNN's white bread dresscode?

Posted by: Fritz at March 19, 2013 11:19 AM (UzPAd)

150 First they came for Roland but I said nothing because I'm an albino.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at March 19, 2013 11:19 AM (8ZskC)

151 But.. but.. the go go dancers get to stay, right?  Right??

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 19, 2013 11:19 AM (f9c2L)

152 The sequester cuts killed Roland Martin just like those Marines.

Posted by: harry reid at March 19, 2013 11:20 AM (ORGYc)

153

 

But we had the First Black Anchor! So we've already done our diversity thing.

 

Posted by: CNN at March 19, 2013 11:20 AM (rwujx)

154 141 OT? but I see Reid is blaming the deaths of our military in Nevada yesterday on sequestration.... That rat bastard...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at March 19, 2013 03:18 PM (9+ccr




Yep.  Already dancing on their graves.  Evil pederast.



*white-hot rage*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 11:20 AM (UOM48)

155 Juan Williams has turned himself into a caricature of himself. Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 03:16 PM (xmcEQ) ----------------------------------------------------------- We've reached singularity.

Posted by: Vernor Vinge at March 19, 2013 11:20 AM (jucos)

156 Anyone remember Goldie Hawn was one of those go go dancers? yikes that was a long time ago!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 19, 2013 11:20 AM (f9c2L)

157 CNN has announced that it has 3/5 of an opening for an on-screen reporter.

Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 19, 2013 11:20 AM (8ZskC)

158 He comes on to give Blob Beckel a break. Dumber than a box of hammers.


Williams only has one thin sliver of credibility in what he knows:  liberals will fuck you in the ass if you speak out of turn.  Everything else, you can ignore.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:20 AM (GQ8sn)

159 >> I think his Spice must flow now.<<


Thanks - I forgot to say brb after that post.  oops.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 19, 2013 11:21 AM (KjlbF)

160 My Two Shits meter hasn't moved.

Posted by: NCKate at March 19, 2013 11:21 AM (OfPTF)

161

OT? but I see Reid is blaming the deaths of our military in Nevada yesterday on sequestration.... That rat bastard...

 

Then that makes it SCoaMF's fault.  Sequestration was his idea.  We need to pound that into the LIV's heads.

Posted by: Infidel at March 19, 2013 11:21 AM (O/fK8)

162 Hairy Reed is one pathetic little pederast.
Ring! Ring! Ring!

Posted by: crichton ringing his bell and pointing at harry reid and holding up a flashlight at March 19, 2013 11:21 AM (ORGYc)

163 CNN is sequestering the brown people.

Posted by: eleven at March 19, 2013 11:21 AM (KXm42)

164 Hrm.  #RolandMartinsNextJob would be rayciss, wouldn't it.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 19, 2013 11:21 AM (/kI1Q)

165 CNN serves wheat bread in the break room to make itself feel better.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 11:21 AM (xmcEQ)

166 Oh and Jane, my boy reported to Geiger today to start his MCT training.  And now this mess in NV.  My wife is a nervous wreck.  I think I'll go home with a bottle of wine and give her a foot massage for about 3 hours to calm her down.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:22 AM (GQ8sn)

167 CNN has announced that it has 3/5 of an opening for an on-screen reporter. Let's come to a Missouri Compromise.

Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 11:22 AM (j3uk1)

168 CNN has announced that it has 3/5 of an opening for an on-screen reporter.

I lold

Posted by: eleven at March 19, 2013 11:22 AM (KXm42)

169 OT? but I see Reid is blaming the deaths of our military in Nevada yesterday on sequestration.... That rat bastard... Then that makes it SCoaMF's fault. Sequestration was his idea. We need to pound that into the LIV's heads. This, exactly. We also need to point out there would have been no need for sequestration had it not been for Presidential and (Democrat-controlled) Senatorial hi-jinks.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 11:22 AM (xN73L)

170 Here Come the Judge! Here Come the Judge! Order in the Court cause Here Come the Judge!

Posted by: ALH at March 19, 2013 11:22 AM (yAPdC)

171 No, Mr. Zucker.  Don's not black.  Look, it comes right off!

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at March 19, 2013 11:22 AM (WCe8r)

172 >>156 Anyone remember Goldie Hawn was one of those go go dancers? yikes that was a long time ago!<<


See #74.  Right with ya bud.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 19, 2013 11:22 AM (KjlbF)

173 First they came for Roland but I said nothing because I'm an albino hairless weasel.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper


FEEXT

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 19, 2013 11:23 AM (UCv7P)

174 Thanks - I forgot to say brb after that post. oops.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 19, 2013 03:21 PM (KjlbF)



So you're back?  You sucessfully "transmuted" the Water of Life?



Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:23 AM (GQ8sn)

175 The sequester cuts killed Roland Martin just like those Marines. Posted by: harry reid at March 19, 2013 03:20 PM (ORGYc) ---------------------------------------------------------- And those boys in my trunk and the ones cemented into the floor of my patio.

Posted by: Hairy Reid at March 19, 2013 11:23 AM (jucos)

176 166 Oh and Jane, my boy reported to Geiger today to start his MCT training. And now this mess in NV. My wife is a nervous wreck. I think I'll go home with a bottle of wine and give her a foot massage for about 3 hours to calm her down.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:22 PM (GQ8sn



He'll be fine.  Our boy enjoyed Geiger (however, it's haunted! Srsly.)

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 11:23 AM (UOM48)

177 First they came for Roland but I said nothing because I'm an albino.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at March 19, 2013 03:19 PM (8ZskC)

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And Kathy Griffin wants to suck your dick, so you've got that going for you too.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 11:23 AM (xmcEQ)

178 166 Oh and Jane, my boy reported to Geiger today to start his MCT training. And now this mess in NV. My wife is a nervous wreck. I think I'll go home with a bottle of wine and give her a foot massage for about 3 hours to calm her down.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:22 PM (GQ8sn)



 My step-Grandson is reporting for basic training in SC next week. I am so nervous  for him......

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at March 19, 2013 11:24 AM (9+ccr)

179 No, Mr. Zucker. Don's not black. Look, it comes right off!
And can't you see all the white stuff on my face, Mr. Zucker?

Posted by: don lemon at March 19, 2013 11:24 AM (ORGYc)

180

Oh Well. Another one bites the dust. I guess his opinions didn't match the rest of the douchebags on MSNBC, or they're trying to "diversify" just like Huffpo.

In other news: Madonna is still in search of relevancy. Too bad she's starting to dress like my old Aunt Mable off her meds. 

Her three reasons why the BSA should allow her (and flaming gay men like Anderson Cooper) to be  troop leaders:

1 - She knows how to "start a fire."

2. - She knows how to "pitch a tent." (Oh oh clever. . . clever. Sniff)

3. - She knows how to "scout" for boys.

Just the qualifications we should look for in a leader of impressionable young men. 

Why is it that major dyke-looking lesbos never complain about being excluded from the Girl Scouts?

Posted by: MWTexas at March 19, 2013 11:24 AM (N05oL)

181 So now there will be more time for me to offer Anderson Cooper blow jobs?

Posted by: Kathy Griffin at March 19, 2013 11:24 AM (mV8sg)

182 So, the sequester is hitting the media arm of the government?

Posted by: BishopWash[/i] at March 19, 2013 11:24 AM (4RynO)

183 For you Chi-Town Jerry
http://youtu.be/aDHdqMlWEzQ

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2013 11:25 AM (RTZ9e)

184 >>Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:23 PM (GQ8sn)<<


Indeed.  A little quality time with the gom jabbar....

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 19, 2013 11:25 AM (KjlbF)

185 I still can't believe H.R. Pufnstuf and crew lost their lease on that building to these clowns.

Posted by: Dang laughing out loud in a nasally, "honkie" tone while eating a cracker at March 19, 2013 11:25 AM (R18D0)

186 This, exactly. We also need to point out there would have been no need for sequestration had it not been for Presidential and (Democrat-controlled) Senatorial hi-jinks.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 03:22 PM (xN73L)



At this point I'd settle for regular order just so *something* could come to a vote in the senate and be sent to conference.

What was the last significant thing to do that? (And no I don't mean that Congress should pass laws for the sake of passing laws, but they have to pass a budget at some point.)

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 11:25 AM (ULkyQ)

187 Outrageous. Whatever you think about CNN, I always admired that they employed that man.  He can recite most of  the alphabet and will soon have his own apartment. He's a striver.

Posted by: CJ at March 19, 2013 11:25 AM (9KqcB)

188 And those boys in my trunk and the ones cemented into the floor of my patio.
Ring! Ring! Ring!

Posted by: crichton ringing his bell and pointing at harry reid and holding up a flashlight at March 19, 2013 11:25 AM (ORGYc)

189 My step-Grandson is reporting for basic training in SC next week. I am so nervous for him......

Congrats Donna!  My stepson said looking back on basic training seemed like a really fun summer camp.  Except for the cold.  And the DI pulling him off the urinal mid-piss.  And the sand pit.  Hehe...he'll do fine!  If he made it this far, then it means he has an excellent chance of success.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:25 AM (GQ8sn)

190 87 Laugh-in was big when we had a paranoid narcissist in the Oval Office. ----- That's the truth!

Posted by: Lily Tomlin at March 19, 2013 11:26 AM (KKzu+)

191
I would like to point out that sometimes people are their own worst enemies, for instance, Bill Cosby could never make a ton of cash doing Fat Albert today.  It just wouldn't be allowed.

If you are going to talk down a certain segment of the population and treat others as a protected classes, you will not get either to watch.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 19, 2013 11:26 AM (IY7Ir)

192 When people noticed the flash and boom from the first-ever atomic test detonation, the government told the press that it was an explosion at an arms depot, in Nevada. Just saying. There weren't any black news anchors then, either. Coincidence?

Posted by: comatus at March 19, 2013 11:26 AM (qaVK+)

193 CNN Colorless News Network

Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 11:26 AM (j3uk1)

194

@180 - Why is it that major dyke-looking lesbos never complain about being excluded from the Girl Scouts?

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

Are they excluded from the Girl Scouts?  Apparently the Girl Scouts are more liberal than the Boy Scouts (enough that my mom didn't let any of my sisters stay with the Girl Scouts past the Brownie stage).  It's possible that they've allowed them in.

 

Posted by: junior at March 19, 2013 11:26 AM (UWFpX)

195 OT? but I see Reid is blaming the deaths of our military in Nevada yesterday on sequestration.... That rat bastard...

Then that makes it SCoaMF's fault. Sequestration was his idea. We need to pound that into the LIV's heads.

Posted by: Infidel at March 19, 2013 03:21 PM (O/fK

 

 

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

 

 

Yup.   The preezy is purposely killing our warriors.  (Come to think of it, that's really not out of the realm of possibilities.)

Posted by: Soona at March 19, 2013 11:26 AM (qGNaM)

196 You're all on your way out, so don't feel special.

Posted by: SMOD at March 19, 2013 11:26 AM (71LDo)

197 Indeed. A little quality time with the gom jabbar....



"Put your hand in the box?"

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:26 AM (GQ8sn)

198 Congrats Donna! My stepson said looking back on basic training seemed like a really fun summer camp. Except for the cold. And the DI pulling him off the urinal mid-piss. And the sand pit. Hehe...he'll do fine! If he made it this far, then it means he has an excellent chance of success.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:25 PM (GQ8sn)


  Thanks for that...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at March 19, 2013 11:26 AM (9+ccr)

199 I want to see Harry Reid show up in person on a Marine / Naval or even Army base and tell them that to their face.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 19, 2013 11:26 AM (QTHTd)

200 Jabbar? I just met her!

Posted by: michael scott at March 19, 2013 11:27 AM (ORGYc)

201 He'll be fine. Our boy enjoyed Geiger (however, it's haunted! Srsly.)


Geiger is haunted?  Really?  Are there any wiki stories or something?

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:27 AM (GQ8sn)

202 *Whispers* We'll just use the ND4 and blue filters from now on. No one will know.

Posted by: CNN Execs at March 19, 2013 11:28 AM (XYSwB)

203 I can't believe these people have the nerve to call anybody the "R" word.
Hello Pot, This is the Kettle.

Posted by: ALH at March 19, 2013 11:28 AM (yAPdC)

204 Harry Reid is lower than the belly of a snake at it slithers across the desert.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2013 11:28 AM (RTZ9e)

205 There's 2 versions of the Marine death story:

1.  The projectile detonated in the launcher prior to being fired.
2.  The soldiers were carrying the payload and it detonated prior to being loaded.

Either way, Harry Reid has no shame, morals or future in the afterlife.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 11:28 AM (xmcEQ)

206 Congrats Donna! My stepson said looking back on basic training seemed like a really fun summer camp. Except for the cold. And the DI pulling him off the urinal mid-piss. And the sand pit. Hehe...he'll do fine! If he made it this far, then it means he has an excellent chance of success.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:25 PM (GQ8sn



Yeah, our son said the first two weeks sucked (and he was in good physical shape) and then it was "fun."  Except for the 17° temps during the Crucible.



I have to admit, my heart literally stopped this morning when I heard "Marines killed during training excercise."  Our son is doing jungle warfare training the next couple of weeks.  I feel guilty about the relief I felt when I heard "Nevada."  I'm so brokenhearted for the families. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 11:30 AM (UOM48)

207

Apparently the Girl Scouts are more liberal than the Boy Scouts (enough that my mom didn't let any of my sisters stay with the Girl Scouts past the Brownie stage).

 

Oh boy are they ever. It's all Girrrrrrrrl Power! Politics. Character-building  and outdoor recreation is for Betty Crocker.  

Posted by: CJ at March 19, 2013 11:30 AM (9KqcB)

208 Harry Reid is lower than dental floss dragging behind a dog.

Posted by: irright at March 19, 2013 11:31 AM (8GKDa)

209 He be all ways tahred.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 19, 2013 11:31 AM (IDSI7)

210 Why is it that major dyke-looking lesbos never complain about being excluded from the Girl Scouts?

Because they're not excluded, that's why. There is no organizational connection between the BSA and the Girl Scouts. And Girl Scouts has been a well-known happy hunting ground for lesbians for the last 40 years. My sister told me. And, yes.

Posted by: comatus at March 19, 2013 11:32 AM (qaVK+)

211
Geiger is haunted? Really? Are there any wiki stories or something?

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:27 PM (GQ8sn




Yep.  We took our son and a few friends to dinner after graduation at Geiger, and they were telling us stories.



Apparently there was a school on the grounds where they train that caught fire and killed some children.  Guys claim to see little kids at night.  {{shudder}}

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 11:32 AM (UOM48)

212 Obviously, you right-wing nuts can't see far enough into the future.

We already got the black man elected and re-elected.  So we don;t need any of their kind around anymore.

Replacing Roland Martin next week will be Helen Thomas and Madeleine Albright.

Gotta start pimping the "Old, ugly Democrat women are the new blacks" theme in preparation for Hillary's run.


Posted by: Jeff Zucker, Grand Kleagle at March 19, 2013 11:32 AM (WCe8r)

213 Speaking of Girl Scouts: IIRC, the "point" of selling Girl Scout cookies was to teach the girls *mumblemumblemumble*. So why have I been seeing adults (presumably parents of Girl Scouts) sitting outside Walmart selling Girl Scout cookies- with no sign of the little princess to be seen? It's annoying enough to be accosted to buy them in the first place. But shouldn't the person accosting me at least be in the Girl Scouts?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 11:32 AM (xN73L)

214 My question is......


WHERE are the Republican LEADERS calling for the denouncing of what that asshole Reid said?  That is PATHETIC and REALLY should be brought to the forefront.

He should be humiliated in public for his blatant misuse of his ill gotten power.  Lying sack of shit.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 11:33 AM (xmcEQ)

215

Roland Martin brought down by CNN's new "No Fat Chicks" policy.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 19, 2013 11:33 AM (kdS6q)

216 And Girl Scouts has been a well-known happy hunting ground for lesbians for the last 40 years. Pics or GTFO. Just for research purposes.

Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 11:33 AM (j3uk1)

217 Don't know what the big deal is about Rolan Martin getting fired from CNN. 30+ years ago he looked a little long in the tooth hosting "Fishing With Roland Martin" on TBS before "Georgia Championship Wrestling" came on.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 19, 2013 11:33 AM (Zd/NW)

218 Apparently there was a school on the grounds where they train that caught fire and killed some children. Guys claim to see little kids at night. {{shudder}}


Whoa!  My wife is into all that ghost hunting crap.  I'll have to tell her about this.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:33 AM (GQ8sn)

219 Apparently the Girl Scouts are more liberal than the Boy Scouts (enough that my mom didn't let any of my sisters stay with the Girl Scouts past the Brownie stage).

They're left enough that the LDS church parted ways with the Girl Scouts a long time ago.  The Boy Scouts are still strongly supported by the LDS church.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 19, 2013 11:33 AM (l7etS)

220 You'll never hear me complain about CNN firing Soledad O'Brien *or* Roland Martin. If Zucker's smart, Piers Morgan will be next.

Posted by: Caiwyn at March 19, 2013 11:33 AM (ttktr)

221 Guys claim to see little kids at night.


Really, what's a better time?

Posted by: Hairy Reed at March 19, 2013 11:34 AM (8ZskC)

222 185 I still can't believe H.R. Pufnstuf and crew lost their lease on that building to these clowns. _____________________________________________ That made me laugh. I used to go to the "World of Sid and Marty Croft" down there as a kid- not much has changed!

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 19, 2013 11:34 AM (X3xYu)

223 Ohboy are they ever. It's all Girrrrrrrrl Power! Politics. Character-building and outdoor recreation is for Betty Crocker.

Posted by: CJ at March 19, 2013 03:30 PM (9KqcB)


And brutally maintained cookie monopolies don't forget that.  There big on that. (IIRC they sued some company that managed to guess/recreate the almost exact recipe for Thin Mints, which if you recall is not protectable under any patent/copyright/whatever.)


I've never known anyone who stayed in Girl Scouts past 3-4 grade (or barely even that long.)

Contrastingly I know many eagle scouts (or people who stayed in until at least 18.)

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 11:34 AM (ULkyQ)

224 213 Speaking of Girl Scouts:

IIRC, the "point" of selling Girl Scout cookies was to teach the girls *mumblemumblemumble*.

So why have I been seeing adults (presumably parents of Girl Scouts) sitting outside Walmart selling Girl Scout cookies- with no sign of the little princess to be seen?

It's annoying enough to be accosted to buy them in the first place. But shouldn't the person accosting me at least be in the Girl Scouts?




THIS.  There were grown women selling Girl Scout cookies at the St. Patrick's Day parade here.  No Scouts in sight. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 11:34 AM (UOM48)

225 Roland must have gotten too uppity for the new massah at CNN... and Progs talk about not being racists and such nonsense.

Posted by: Mjolnir, Banhammer from the Gates of Hell at March 19, 2013 11:35 AM (Jls4P)

226 213 Speaking of Girl Scouts:

IIRC, the "point" of selling Girl Scout cookies was to teach the girls *mumblemumblemumble*.

So why have I been seeing adults (presumably parents of Girl Scouts) sitting outside Walmart selling Girl Scout cookies- with no sign of the little princess to be seen?

It's annoying enough to be accosted to buy them in the first place. But shouldn't the person accosting me at least be in the Girl Scouts?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 03:32 PM (xN73L)


We only buy them because the mommies bring the sign up sheets to MrsCaniac's office. Same as the school's gift wrap fundraisers.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 19, 2013 11:36 AM (Zd/NW)

227 So why have I been seeing adults (presumably parents of Girl Scouts) sitting outside Walmart selling Girl Scout cookies- with no sign of the little princess to be seen?

Same reason their fathers pass the sales sheets around my office, I suppose.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 19, 2013 11:36 AM (/kI1Q)

228 218 Apparently there was a school on the grounds where they train that
caught fire and killed some children. Guys claim to see little kids at
night. {{shudder}}



Whoa! My wife is into all that ghost hunting crap. I'll have to tell her about this.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:33 PM (GQ8sn)



You are cruel....like she's not stressed enough.

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 19, 2013 11:36 AM (X6akg)

229
They're left enough that the LDS church parted ways with the Girl Scouts a long time ago. The Boy Scouts are still strongly supported by the LDS church.

My wife is LDS, and they fully support her GS activities. But I'll ask her about this when she gets home, and report back.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 19, 2013 11:36 AM (0IhFx)

230

Yeah, our son said the first two weeks sucked (and he was in good physical shape) and then it was "fun." Except for the 17° temps during the Crucible.

 

 

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

 

 

Infantry weather.  Not like Cav weather, which  is  34 degrees, a cold rain, driven by 50mph gusts.  But we liked it.

Posted by: Soona at March 19, 2013 11:36 AM (qGNaM)

231 @AllenG, Jane D'Oh

Really?  Wow.  At least when my wife and I stopped to by some the mom was making the little 6 year old calculate cost and dole out change (with significant help obviously to prevent us from being there forever.)

Girlscout cookies are to "charity" as speeding tickets are to "safety".

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 11:36 AM (ULkyQ)

232 It's almost as bad as those stupid kids who hang out at intersections soliciting donations begging for money for their League Team (in whatever sport) to "Go to Nationals!" Sorry, no. I'll give money to Toys for Tots. I'll give money to the salvation army. If you want your kids to "Go to Nationals!" you pay for it. At the very least, offer me something of value for my money.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 11:37 AM (xN73L)

233 80 Addendum to #67: CNN: still less white than MSNBC. Posted by: andycanuck at March 19, 2013 03:08 PM (ORGYc) A curling competition in Nova Scotia for Andy Warhol look alikes is less white then MSNBC

Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at March 19, 2013 11:37 AM (FWmTq)

234

And Girl Scouts has been a well-known happy hunting ground for lesbians for the last 40 years. My sister told me. And, yes.

 

So the term "Girl Scouts" is a double entendre?

 

Or are the Girl Scouts just the minor leagues for womens' softball?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 19, 2013 11:37 AM (IDSI7)

235 Grumpy Cat, you do not want pics of my sister the pipe-fitter. No, a real pipe-fitter. We're talking real life here brother, not your ONT fantasies.

Posted by: comatus at March 19, 2013 11:37 AM (qaVK+)

236 THIS. There were grown women selling Girl Scout cookies at the St. Patrick's Day parade here. No Scouts in sight.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Plus the cookies taste like crap now days (GET OFF MY LAWN!!)

However, the white gold popcorn that the Boy Scouts sell in this area, is like crack cocaine.

Posted by: Bruce at March 19, 2013 11:38 AM (8e/8T)

237 A pack of Yetis is less white than MSNBC.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2013 11:38 AM (RTZ9e)

238 So the term "Girl Scouts" is a double entendre? Or are the Girl Scouts just the minor leagues for womens' softball? Imagine this: Girl Scouts earning merit badges in golf. Hawt.

Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 11:39 AM (j3uk1)

239 You are cruel....like she's not stressed enough.

Posted by: Tami at March 19, 2013 03:36 PM (X6akg)



She loves those ghost hunting shows more than she loves me.  I don't see what she likes about them because they never show any ghosts.  Nothing is ever confirmed, only guessed at.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:39 AM (GQ8sn)

240 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 03:37 PM (xN73L)


I have 0 problem with Carwashes/Grass cutting drives/whatever.

That's business, price it reasonably, make money.
(When I wanted to go to Europe, I got a job at McDonald's.  I showed up with the trip paid for and another $500 in spending money for 2 weeks.)

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 11:39 AM (ULkyQ)

241 CNN: still less white than MSNBC.

Not as white as I want us to be though...

yet.

Posted by: Jeff Zucker, Grand Kleagle at March 19, 2013 11:39 AM (WCe8r)

242 EEO FUBAR

Posted by: saffron at March 19, 2013 11:39 AM (XYSwB)

243

GS cookies are false advertising.

Not a bit of Girl Scout in any of them.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at March 19, 2013 11:40 AM (uhftQ)

244 We're talking real life here brother, not your ONT fantasies. Party pooper. Let's go back to purging.

Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 11:40 AM (j3uk1)

245 I missed most of the flap which began there about how Satan in _The Bible_ series allegedly bears a resemblance to Barack Obama.

I just heard about that. That guy looks less like Obama than Lou Reed does.

"The flap" learned me somethin': I have no trouble telling a Moroccan dude and a white guy whose dad was from THE OPPOSITE END OF A FUCKING GIGANTIC AND SELDOM-TRAVERSED CONTINENT apart.

But does that mean I'm not a racist, or does it mean I'm so racist? I don't have any white women here to tell me. How can I live through this day, not knowing if I'm a good person?

Posted by: oblig. at March 19, 2013 11:40 AM (cePv8)

246 Watch Penn Gillette's Bullshit on the Boy Scouts.  They have been taken over by LDS, I guess.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 11:40 AM (xmcEQ)

247

Same reason their fathers pass the sales sheets around my office, I suppose.

 

God I hate when people do that kind of crap, effectively guilting people who constitute a captive audience.

 

I used to forbid that kind of shit in my department for just that reason. Leave it outside - we're here to work. Little known fact. Miss me with the birthday cards, the baby showers, cookie sales, and celebrations for passing Wassermann tests or being granted parole.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 19, 2013 11:40 AM (IDSI7)

248 My wife is LDS, and they fully support her GS activities. But I'll ask her about this when she gets home, and report back.

Support how?  They don't discourage activities in the Girl Scouts.  My BSA troop met in the church building.  I've never been in a LDS ward that had Girl Scout meetings.  They all worked on Young Women's projects.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 19, 2013 11:40 AM (l7etS)

249 The CNN/MSNBC web page background? GGGGGG. ...it's a custom coding.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Ampersand Whisperer at March 19, 2013 11:40 AM (fMiHM)

250 Bummer. I loved him on Laugh In.

Posted by: Max Entropy at March 19, 2013 11:41 AM (8xpD/)

251
Heh. I forgot that Ace was giving him the business after Soledad got the too ethinic hook, and the guy wouldn't say nuttin about nothin.  Oh well.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 19, 2013 11:41 AM (IY7Ir)

252 Who said peeps???

http://www.flickr.com/photos/buckofive/2358316450/lightbox/

Posted by: Mjolnir, Banhammer from the Gates of Hell at March 19, 2013 11:41 AM (Jls4P)

253 Apparently there was a school on the grounds where they train that caught fire and killed some children. Guys claim to see little kids at night. {{shudder}}

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 03:32 PM (UOM4

 

 

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

 

 

But the children's eyes are dead.  Like dolls eyes.

Posted by: Soona at March 19, 2013 11:41 AM (qGNaM)

254 Same reason their fathers pass the sales sheets around my office, I suppose. See, at the office it's a little different (but only a little). Dad (or mom) could bring Little Princess up to the office to annoy you personally, but at least by only passing around the sheet (or, better, posting it in a break room) he's not really disturbing your day. And, when you (well, not you but you know what I mean) send stuff around for your kid's fundraiser, he'll buy a roll of wrapping paper, or whatever. What I'm saying is you know the people at your office and, in general, they're not going to do anything they know you find annoying. Also: they reciprocate. I don't know those people at Walmart. I would never ask them to buy anything from me or my children. And I don't pretend the school fundraiser stuff at work is anything other than "Here, please give us $5.00 and we'll give you this $1 cookie."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 11:41 AM (xN73L)

255 Infantry weather. Pfffttt... Piker.

Posted by: 1st Marine Div Hagaru-Ri 1950 at March 19, 2013 11:41 AM (Nf7bh)

256 229
They're left enough that the LDS church parted ways with the Girl Scouts
a long time ago. The Boy Scouts are still strongly supported by the LDS
church.


My wife is LDS, and they fully support her GS activities. But I'll ask her about this when she gets home, and report back.-----------------------Might depend on the activities.  I know that none of the LDS congregations I've attended have ever had a Girl Scout presence for as long as I can remember.  I knew lots of young girls at church who were Brownies, but their affiliation with the Girl Scouts was never through the church (unlike the Boy Scouts, which the church essentially uses as the weekly activity for teenage boys).

Posted by: junior at March 19, 2013 11:41 AM (UWFpX)

257

A pack of Yetis is less white than MSNBC.

 

Leave Michelle and her family out of this.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 19, 2013 11:42 AM (IDSI7)

258 CNNKKK.

Posted by: Joejm65 at March 19, 2013 11:42 AM (f7n8D)

259 Honestly, I can't believe anyone is surprised by my decision to get rid of Roland.

Who do you think was responsible for the casting decisions on all of Aaron Sorkin's shows?

Posted by: Jeff Zucker, Grand Kleagle at March 19, 2013 11:42 AM (WCe8r)

260 Fox should pick him up. He'd make for an interesting addition to "The Five".

Posted by: Serious Cat at March 19, 2013 02:59 PM (UypUQ)

 

Yeah, that's all they need another fat blowhard.

Posted by: The Jackhole at March 19, 2013 11:42 AM (nTgAI)

261 However, the white gold popcorn that the Boy Scouts sell in this area, is like crack cocaine.

Posted by: Bruce at March 19, 2013 03:38 PM (8e/8T)


Once I turned 15, I just bought popcorn for my self and took my troops buyout to avoid selling it.

Then again, Weekends working fast food, it was far more cost effective for me to put in a few hours at work and cut the "buy out" check than it was for me to run all over trying to sell the stuff.  My parents were happy because they didn't have to take the forms to work. (So it taught me super-responsibility or something.)

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 11:42 AM (ULkyQ)

262 Here ya go, EC.  A Marine's ghost story:

http://tinyurl.com/cxxcbv5

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 11:42 AM (UOM48)

263 celebrations for passing Wassermann tests I think a hearty clap is in order for passing that test.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at March 19, 2013 11:43 AM (feFL6)

264 Are they going to stop using James Earl Jones' voiceover for CNN's channel identification?

"You are watching...CNN!"

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:43 AM (GQ8sn)

265 God I hate when people do that kind of crap, effectively guilting people who constitute a captive audience.

I used to forbid that kind of shit in my department for just that reason. Leave it outside - we're here to work. Little known fact. Miss me with the birthday cards, the baby showers, cookie sales, and celebrations for passing Wassermann tests or being granted parole.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 19, 2013 03:40 PM (IDSI7)



Actually, several companies with an actual HR department have rules against that sort of thing.

No kid sales, soliciting of any kind.

But, they ban office pools for football numbers and all that as it's really illegal gambling.

I'd rather not have it at work.  We get it here all the time and I've only one time mentioned my daughter's sale in the 5 years because it was actually a cool sale, not any of that cheezy food shit.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 19, 2013 11:43 AM (xmcEQ)

266 Jay, LOL!

That was always a clue about CNN, they used Darth Vader's voice.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2013 11:44 AM (RTZ9e)

267 Thanks Jane!

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:44 AM (GQ8sn)

268
Support how? They don't discourage activities in the Girl Scouts. My BSA troop met in the church building. I've never been in a LDS ward that had Girl Scout meetings. They all worked on Young Women's projects.

She regularly holds GS activities at the church. Again though....I'll ask her about all this later, and report back.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 19, 2013 11:45 AM (0IhFx)

269

236...Plus the cookies taste like crap now days (GET OFF MY LAWN!!)

 

Yeah, they do...the cookies are yucky now.

 

Even the Thin Mints don't seem the same...the chocolate is waxy.

 

Posted by: wheatie at March 19, 2013 11:45 AM (rwujx)

270 I have 0 problem with Carwashes/Grass cutting drives/whatever. My only problem with car washes is when I realized that they're advertising based on the sex appeal of 15 year olds. :/ That's really kind of creepy once you think about it. Other than that- neither do I. Heck, have a bake-sale and set up in front of Walmart. But don't just hang out on the street corner with your sign "Send Us To Nationals!!" and a bucket for donations.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 11:45 AM (xN73L)

271

:::Infantry weather. Not like Cav weather, which is 34 degrees, a cold rain, driven by 50mph gusts. But we liked it.:::

 

"If it ain't rainin', then we ain't trainin'!"

 

"If it ain't snowin',  then we ain't goin'!"

 

Tiresome Shit Your Drill Sergeant Said, Vol. 2

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 19, 2013 11:45 AM (CJjw5)

272 I think CNN is replacing the voice of James Earl Jones with Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 11:46 AM (j3uk1)

273 Is a Wassermann test related to this?

Posted by: andycanuck at March 19, 2013 11:46 AM (ORGYc)

274 My only problem with car washes is when I realized that they're advertising based on the sex appeal of 15 year olds. :/ That's really kind of creepy once you think about it.


Too old!

Posted by: Roman Polanski at March 19, 2013 11:46 AM (GQ8sn)

275

@246 - They have been taken over by LDS, I guess.

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

You're kidding, right?  You did notice the official statement from the Boy Scouts of America regarding gays in scout troops a few weeks ago, right?  That statement in and of itself should put the kibosh on claims that the LDS church runs the Boy Scouts.

 

Now the Latter-Day Saints probably do have a strong amount of influence.  But that's because of the number of troops that the LDS church maintains, and the problems that others have in putting troops together for one reason or another (for instance, last I'd heard no school troops in the area I live in due to all of the liability issues).

 

Posted by: junior at March 19, 2013 11:46 AM (UWFpX)

276 If the Girl Scouts really wanted to make bank, they'd stop selling overpriced cookies and go door to door selling ammo instead.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 19, 2013 11:46 AM (SY2Kh)

277 Are they going to stop using James Earl Jones' voiceover for CNN's channel identification?

I'm thinking....  Fran Drescher.


Posted by: Jeff Zucker, Grand Kleagle at March 19, 2013 11:46 AM (WCe8r)

278 My parents were happy because they didn't have to take the forms to work. (So it taught me super-responsibility or something.)
Posted by: tsrblke (work)

I didn't know you could buy out. What did it cost?
We have offered our friends kids money instead of buying the damn cookies and we get told no. They have to sell the cookies.

A local Boy Scout Troop was selling split firewood, that they split themselves, one year around Christmas. It wasn't as cheap as buying a face cord from one of the locals, but I figured it would help support the troop. Maybe they earn a blister badge!

Posted by: Bruce at March 19, 2013 11:47 AM (8e/8T)

279 If the Girl Scouts really wanted to make bank, they'd stop selling overpriced cookies and go door to door selling ammo instead.


Just don't go to Joe Biden's house.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:47 AM (GQ8sn)

280 However, the white gold popcorn that the Boy Scouts sell in this area, is like crack cocaine.

I had to go buy a popcorn maker a couple years ago after some Cub Scout I'd never seen before knocked on my door and sold me two containers (one for myself, and one for the "donating to troops" program).  And it was worth it.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 19, 2013 11:48 AM (/kI1Q)

281
There were grown women selling Girl Scout cookies at the St. Patrick's Day parade here.

Posted by: Jane D'oh





The things a desperate 40ish divorcee will do to sell those last half dozen boxes of Tagalongs so she can come in off the cold and lonely streets....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 19, 2013 11:48 AM (kdS6q)

282 I'm thinking.... Fran Drescher. Perfect for the nanny state.

Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 11:48 AM (j3uk1)

283 Maybe they earn a blister badge!

Yes.  They earn service badges for that kind of stuff.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:48 AM (GQ8sn)

284 Sorry, no. I'll give money to Toys for Tots. I'll give money to the salvation army. If you want your kids to "Go to Nationals!" you pay for it. At the very least, offer me something of value for my money.


Where's the love, man?

Posted by: Guy with "Teen Challenge" Box and Card Table In Front of Target at March 19, 2013 11:49 AM (8ZskC)

285 You know, I'm fairly certain he has nicely creased pants.

Posted by: David Brooks at March 19, 2013 11:49 AM (Nf7bh)

286 Can't comment on Reid. I'd be banned.

Posted by: saffron at March 19, 2013 11:50 AM (XYSwB)

287 Sorry, no. I'll give money to Toys for Tots. I'll give money to the
salvation army. If you want your kids to "Go to Nationals!" you pay for
it. At the very least, offer me something of value for my money.



You're making me feel guilty for giving that highschool cheerleader $10 so her team could go to Regionals.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:50 AM (GQ8sn)

288 The things a desperate 40ish divorcee will do to sell those last half dozen boxes of Tagalongs so she can come in off the cold and lonely streets....


Tagalogs are for sale?  How old?

Posted by: Hairy Reed at March 19, 2013 11:50 AM (8ZskC)

289 180 ---"Why is it that major dyke-looking lesbos never complain about being excluded from the Girl Scouts?" Posted by: MWTexas at March 19, 2013 03:24 PM (N05oL) ------------------- Because they aren't excluded. (The two organizations are entirely separate and have different policies.) The Girl Scouts at the national level are very leftwing, big on "reproductive rights," feminism, global warming, the whole panoply of lefty causes. Local troops often try to avoid that stuff though.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 19, 2013 11:50 AM (C8mVl)

290 We have offered our friends kids money instead of buying the damn cookies and we get told no. They have to sell the cookies. Give them the money & have the cookies delivered to your local firehouse.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 19, 2013 11:51 AM (GFM2b)

291 Uh-oh.  Hopefully my gayness will save ME.

Posted by: Don Lemon at March 19, 2013 11:51 AM (wAQA5)

292 @Bruce,

I think it was like $25 or $50, I don't remember that was 10+ years ago.
The minimum sale was like $100-150 though, so it was a bargain all things considered.
@AllenG
Sex appeal?  They solved that here by just making everyone wear plain old exercise shorts and regular T-shirts.

I just grabbed the first thing that came to mind though.  When I lived with my parents, people in the neighborhood did all sorts of things (baby-sitting-palooza, where they actively go try to get business, grass cutting, snow shoveling, whatever.)

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 11:51 AM (ULkyQ)

293 284 Maybe they earn a blister badge! Yes. They earn service badges for that kind of stuff. Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:48 PM (GQ8sn) Somebody else try that, too? Damn, I racked up those Purple Hearts cheap.

Posted by: Jean Francois Kerry at March 19, 2013 11:51 AM (Nf7bh)

294 EC, Ghost Hunters have investigated Camp Geiger:

http://tinyurl.com/cecnwse

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 11:52 AM (UOM48)

295 >>Give them the money & have the cookies delivered to your local firehouse.<<


Send the AtC Cookies to me.  I love those things.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 19, 2013 11:52 AM (KjlbF)

296 If the Girl Scouts really wanted to make bank, they'd stop selling overpriced cookies Thin Mints are God's own cookie.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 19, 2013 11:52 AM (B/VB5)

297 Just saw this dude for the first time, are we sure him and Jason Whitlock aren't the same person.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 19, 2013 11:52 AM (NzBQO)

298

@291We have offered our friends kids money instead of buying the damn cookies and we get told no. They have to sell the cookies.


Give them the money & have the cookies delivered to your local firehouse.

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

Last year there was a "donate a box's worth of money to support the troops" option, iirc.  I don't remember if they had the same option this year.

 

Posted by: junior at March 19, 2013 11:52 AM (UWFpX)

299 The Situation Room.... with your host, Edgar Winter

Posted by: Jeff Zucker, Grand Kleagle at March 19, 2013 11:52 AM (WCe8r)

300 You're making me feel guilty for giving that highschool cheerleader $10 so her team could go to Regionals.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:50 PM (GQ8sn)

Got any pictures?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2013 11:52 AM (3Mkrp)

301

Off topic but i missed the last thread. You all probably know about this, but I didn't. You can list/rate the places in your area that allow gun carry or not. Great reference database.

http://friendorfoe.us/

Posted by: Guido at March 19, 2013 11:53 AM (NQq8e)

302 You're making me feel guilty for giving that highschool cheerleader $10 so her team could go to Regionals. Don't even get me started on that. If it's part of the UIL (or whatever your state calls it) competition- that should be part of the buy-in at the beginning of the year. Otherwise: Fund Raisers. I was in Band in HS, and every other year we took a big trip somewhere in the spring (one year was Orlando, then somewhere in Colorado that I don't remember- I didn't care, it was cold, and I hate the cold). We knew about that trip from the beginning of the year. We had to come up with the money ourselves. The band did sponsor two (or maybe it was 3?) fund raisers that would go toward that trip, but each student was required to pay their own cost- either through those fundraisers, or a check Mommy or Daddy wrote.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 11:53 AM (xN73L)

303 Give them the money & have the cookies delivered to your local firehouse. Posted by: rickb223

We take them out to my aunts assisted living apartments. They love them.

I would rather donate the money to the troop, because I think the GS Headquarters takes a healthy percentage of the cookie money.

Posted by: Bruce at March 19, 2013 11:53 AM (8e/8T)

304 Because they aren't excluded. (The two organizations are entirely separate and have different policies.)
The Girl Scouts at the national level are very leftwing, big on "reproductive rights," feminism, global warming, the whole panoply of lefty causes. Local troops often try to avoid that stuff though.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 19, 2013 03:50 PM (C8mVl)


You just described the Republican Party

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 19, 2013 11:53 AM (NzBQO)

305 If the Girl Scouts really wanted to make bank, they'd stop selling overpriced cookies and go door to door selling ammo send mom instead. Oh come on, we were all thinking it.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 19, 2013 11:53 AM (GFM2b)

306 EC, Ghost Hunters have investigated Camp Geiger:


Oh no, now she'll want to drag me there for ghost hunting!

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:54 AM (GQ8sn)

307 Dammit.  Wrong link.  Too lazy to correct it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 11:55 AM (UOM48)

308 You just described the Republican Party Joining the Girl Scouts might be more fun. Anyway, it's equally effective politically.

Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 11:55 AM (j3uk1)

309 Zucker don't dig the schvartzes, yo.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 19, 2013 11:55 AM (XkWWK)

310 Sex appeal? They solved that here by just making everyone wear plain old exercise shorts and regular T-shirts. Around here, the people doing the car wash are probably in t-shirts and shorts, but the girls "advertising" (read: holding the signs and standing at the street corner) are wearing bikini tops and Daisey Dukes.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 11:55 AM (xN73L)

311 Got any pictures?

She kinda resembled Paige Wyatt.  No, I'm not kidding.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:56 AM (GQ8sn)

312 If the Girl Scouts really wanted to make bank, they'd stop selling overpriced cookies and go door to door selling ammo instead.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 19, 2013 03:46 PM (SY2Kh)

 

 

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

 

 

Heh.   How perverse.  I  like it.

Posted by: Soona at March 19, 2013 11:56 AM (qGNaM)

313 Give them the money & have the cookies delivered to your local firehouse.

WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO MURDER MY FIREFIGHTERS???

Posted by: Mayor Bloomberg at March 19, 2013 11:56 AM (SY2Kh)

314
Incident: suspicious explosion
Cause: sequester

Yea, Gibbs will totally sign off on that.  Totally.

Posted by: Tony Denozo at March 19, 2013 11:56 AM (/gHaE)

315 The band did sponsor two (or maybe it was 3?) fund raisers that would go toward that trip, but each student was required to pay their own cost- either through those fundraisers, or a check Mommy or Daddy wrote.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 19, 2013 03:53 PM (xN73L)



I did my senior service project in Honduras.

The vast majority of that was funded by selling Hostess snacks outside the lunchroom every day (the 4 of us took rotations) and selling Soda at the Beginning of the year mixer.

There were a few donations, but the vast majority of those went to funding the center where we worked.  That was the deal, if you want to go, you work the Hostess stand. (The professor bought stuff from the day old store and we sold it.)

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 11:56 AM (ULkyQ)

316 Thin Mints are God's own cookie. Posted by: Ian S. at March 19, 2013 03:52 PM (B/VB5) Keep those fucking things away from me, if you want any.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at March 19, 2013 11:57 AM (Nf7bh)

317 Joining the Girl Scouts might be more fun. Anyway, it's equally effective politically.

Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 03:55 PM (j3uk1)


Wait a second....free cookies. I've just now figured out a better strategy than every republican consultant combined last year.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 19, 2013 11:57 AM (NzBQO)

318 Not likely Denozo

Posted by: Jethro Gibbs at March 19, 2013 11:58 AM (/gHaE)

319 Seriously, this is the topic for tonight's Situation Room:

The Situation Room: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died at the age of 58

Right on the cutting edge, we are....

Posted by: Jeff Zucker, Grand Kleagle at March 19, 2013 11:58 AM (WCe8r)

320 @AllenG,

That's kinda wrong I think.  I don't thin I've seen that here.
Also the last few carwashes I saw were probably kids closer to 13 than 16 but maybe I'm just getting older, and everyone looks younger now.

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 19, 2013 11:58 AM (ULkyQ)

321 All this talk about the Girl Scouts reminds me how they are portrayed in the game Top Secret!  As a quasi terrorist organization with nuclear weapons.  But the Thin Mints or Fluffy gets nuked.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2013 11:58 AM (RTZ9e)

322 CNN is just going back to it's roots. You know it was founded by that Georgia Cracker, Ted Turner, right. Look back he's a racist.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 19, 2013 11:59 AM (wR+pz)

323

The Girl Scouts do take a hefty percentage. Here I believe the troop only gets 20% of their cookie sales. So, they are all quite glad when you just hand them a cash donation because that goes right to their troop.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at March 19, 2013 11:59 AM (RZ8pf)

324 The band did sponsor two (or maybe it was 3?) fund
raisers that would go toward that trip, but each student was required to
pay their own cost- either through those fundraisers, or a check Mommy
or Daddy wrote.



At my kids' school, the parents could work the concession stand at an NHL game to earn money to go toward their kids' share of the trip.  That's right, the parents could work, not the kid! 

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 11:59 AM (GQ8sn)

325 Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 03:56 PM (GQ8sn)

Bastard.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2013 12:00 PM (3Mkrp)

326 Sheriff Bart: Mornin', ma'am. And isn't it a lovely mornin'?

Jeff Zucker as the Old Woman:  Up yours, n****r!

Posted by: Jeff Zucker, Grand Kleagle at March 19, 2013 12:00 PM (WCe8r)

327 Roland Martin? Yeah, this must be his love child, remember when his dad got this to happen! http://tinyurl.com/7enmg9n

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 19, 2013 12:01 PM (wR+pz)

328 Yes, BSA is the official male youth activity of LDS. That does not mean that LDS controls BSA, only that BSA has not (yet) adopted a code of morals antithetical to the church. The RC church had a long debate about Scouting in the early days, but by the 30's most dioceses accepted BSA as an "official" activity, which for many churches meant that joining BSA was the "default." Those decisions by bishops were probably the biggest part of the explosive growth of BSA mid-century.

I don't know of any Catholic official action to dissociate from BSA. When I was a scout, the RC church-based troops were huge -- and unruly. I suspect that the semi-urban congregations that sponsored and staffed those hollowed out, and that the new suburban ones are not as enthusiastic about chartering.

A younger friend of mine studied for the priesthood at Sacred Heart Major in Detroit. They had a beautiful museum room of Scouting memorabilia from the former head of the school, who had been the one to put his the imprimatur on BSA for that diocese when he was bishop. They also had along hall of class pictures -- 50 or more new priests every year for decades, usually five or so now, many of those exchange students from you-know-where.  

I saw Penn's Bullshit on scouting. It was, indeed, bullshit. I don't watch anymore.

Posted by: comatus at March 19, 2013 12:01 PM (qaVK+)

329 Bastard.

AllenG would probably have told her get off his lawn.  Not me!  I just handed my money over like a gentleman should.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2013 12:01 PM (GQ8sn)

330 So.. Ace tumbles out of bed at the crack of 3pm and posts a one-liner thread?

Ya gotta hand it to him.. he's not gonna have a grabber on the job at that pace!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 19, 2013 12:01 PM (f9c2L)

331 It's when the Girl Scouts got into the olive oil and building supply business that I got worried.

Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 12:01 PM (j3uk1)

332

You just described the Republican Party

Joining the Girl Scouts might be more fun. Anyway, it's equally effective politically.

 

But the Girl Scouts are tougher.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 19, 2013 12:01 PM (IDSI7)

333 I'm not sure what the girls scouts even does, and I had two girls that were in it. Apparently they do crafts in someones living room, and sell cookies.

Posted by: Whatev at March 19, 2013 12:02 PM (A7Wh1)

334 The Situation Room:Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died at the age of 58

Subtopic: Death - How will it affect you?

Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 19, 2013 12:02 PM (8ZskC)

335 nood

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2013 12:03 PM (UOM48)

336


Subtopic: Death - How will it affect you?

 

It'll change your life! Honest!

Posted by: Barbara Boxer at March 19, 2013 12:03 PM (IDSI7)

337 If Zucker's smart, Piers Morgan will be next.


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They can't do that.  It would change the complexion of their downsizing.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 19, 2013 12:04 PM (XUKZU)

338 Now the Latter-Day Saints probably do have a strong amount of influence. But that's because of the number of troops that the LDS church maintains, Top unit sponsor, 28%. (Second through fourth place: Methodists, Catholics, Baptists.) LDS and Scouting are such a natural match that if there wasn't such an organization, they'd have founded one for themselves. The level of integration is very high, though the culture is somewhat different in some respects.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Ampersand Whisperer at March 19, 2013 12:06 PM (fMiHM)

339 What I'm saying is you know the people at your office and, in general, they're not going to do anything they know you find annoying. Also: they reciprocate.

Leaving aside "annoying the shit out of each other" is the culture around here, no, they don't reciprocate.  All the "demanding money so Special Snowflake can win prizes without having to do any work herself" goes one way: from the guys with kids at home to the single/childless people (who are the only people here every weekend when there's a deadline, I might add).

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 19, 2013 12:07 PM (/kI1Q)

340 Roland  Martin:  Garret  Morris  2.0.

Posted by: McLean Stevenson at March 19, 2013 12:07 PM (wIgpo)

341 333 It's when the Girl Scouts got into the olive oil and building supply business that I got worried. Posted by: Grumpy Cat at March 19, 2013 04:01 PM (j3uk1) GENCO makes Thin Mints?

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at March 19, 2013 12:08 PM (Nf7bh)

342 Tune into our continuing series;

"Black in America, but Not at CNN"

Posted by: Erin Burnett at March 19, 2013 12:10 PM (mCvL4)

343
The Girl Scouts do take a hefty percentage. Here I believe the troop only gets 20% of their cookie sales. So, they are all quite glad when you just hand them a cash donation because that goes right to their troop.

The various local troops around here love cash donations....but they're still on the hook for however many cases of cookies they committed too. I don't think they can send them back...they have to sell them. I end up buying a lot....and forwarding them to my son's units....also, I end up eating way too many fucking cookies.


Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 19, 2013 12:14 PM (0IhFx)

344 Daddy told me Uncle Roland was gettin' too big for his britches but momma loved that Uncle Roland's mama was a kummunity organizer, just like Uncle Barry.

Posted by: LoveChildofMaxineWatersandJesseJacksonJr at March 19, 2013 01:19 PM (RMqJU)

345 Having served with gay and lesbian folks while wearing a uniform:  it doesn't really fucking matter.  Everyone knew even when it was DADT but we really didn't give a shit.  Just do your job.

And honestly?  the lesbians were tough as nails and I'd be just fine fighting alongside many of the great NCOs I served with.

I recall one afternoon I was on the drill pad "motivating" my troops through BMT, and a runner came out and said "Sir, SSgt xxxx wants you.  She won't talk to anyone else."

She'd had a tough day, to put it mildly:  she'd been outed.  I respected her and considered her as a friend.  I'd drop on a grenade for her as much as any of my other guys.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2013 07:54 AM (3X3ZR)

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