September 04, 2013
— Ace
James Carville joining 'The Hill', where he'll write on "modern Republicanism and modern conservatism" http://t.co/ah6aJfK102 via @POLITICO
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) September 4, 2013
Perfect. In related news, The Hill has signed Andrew Sullivan to write a column on "The Human Reproductive System & Other Lies."
Also joining The Hill: This dog.
"Have you guys seen Levitated Mass?!?!!"
Update: Nevermind. Politico blew it. Never trust content from Politico.
"Correction: It was our initial impression that Carville's entire
column would be dedicated to modern Republicanism and modern
conservatism. That is only the subject of his first column."
Attempting to retain some reason for this now-exposed-as-even-more-of-a-nothing-post-than-it-already-was-post...
John Kerry saying *under oath* that Tom Friedman is "most often" correct is the most damning indictment of Obama's foreign policy I've seen.
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) September 4, 2013
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Posted by: Barack Obama at September 04, 2013 09:22 AM (F3IIA)
Posted by: EC at September 04, 2013 09:23 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 09:24 AM (1EJ2w)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 09:24 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: Hillary Carpetmunchausenbagging Clinton at September 04, 2013 09:24 AM (73P68)
Posted by: Space Bar at September 04, 2013 09:24 AM (xvtYZ)
Posted by: real joe at September 04, 2013 09:24 AM (jMzMq)
Posted by: fixerupper at September 04, 2013 01:23 PM (nELVU)
Both of which he'll describe as some sort of new flavor of fascism while conflating the two intentionally.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at September 04, 2013 09:24 AM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at September 04, 2013 09:25 AM (Gu7t9)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 09:25 AM (1EJ2w)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 09:26 AM (0HooB)
And I'd just like to point out again, my brilliant epiphany about Miley and Emily (teh brunette) from the Blurred Lines video.
Miley = Emily
They are anagrams of each other. What does this mean?!?!
Posted by: EC at September 04, 2013 09:26 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: LizLem at September 04, 2013 09:26 AM (8wqqE)
Levitated Mass is how i feel about the administration
Posted by: dudenolongerinsantacruz at September 04, 2013 09:27 AM (pTp+C)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 09:27 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: TenthJustice at September 04, 2013 09:28 AM (qB8lN)
Posted by: AndrewsDad at September 04, 2013 09:28 AM (C2//T)
Posted by: AP at September 04, 2013 09:28 AM (+NYjg)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 09:28 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: oeJay44incday at September 04, 2013 09:28 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 04, 2013 09:28 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Heralder at September 04, 2013 09:28 AM (+xmn4)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 04, 2013 09:28 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at September 04, 2013 09:28 AM (Gu7t9)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 04, 2013 09:28 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 04, 2013 09:29 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Peregrine Took, Supporting military action against at September 04, 2013 09:29 AM (42ZAm)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 09:29 AM (1EJ2w)
Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2013 09:30 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 04, 2013 09:30 AM (V1ZIU)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 04, 2013 09:30 AM (U2UQk)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 04, 2013 09:31 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Henri, ennui kitteh at September 04, 2013 09:31 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: AmishDude at September 04, 2013 09:31 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: The Hill at September 04, 2013 09:31 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: awkward davies at September 04, 2013 09:31 AM (WK8VM)
Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme as usual at September 04, 2013 09:31 AM (r+7wo)
John Kerry submits a guest article entitled "The Dangers Of Plastics and Elective Surgery in the Post-Modernist World".
Posted by: fixerupper at September 04, 2013 09:31 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: Heralder at September 04, 2013 09:31 AM (+xmn4)
Posted by: kathysaysso at September 04, 2013 09:31 AM (6H6o8)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 04, 2013 09:32 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Big Ben at September 04, 2013 09:32 AM (UDF/d)
Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme as usual at September 04, 2013 09:32 AM (r+7wo)
I know you guys think I'm thin skinned, and there's a reason for that: I am thin skinned.
But in addition to being thin skinned, I'm a bear on politeness. I don't like people who get off on being rude. These are trolls. They often pose as True Cons* as an excuse for their desire to run people down, but in their hearts they're trolls, and what they seek from social interaction is inflicting harm.
I hate these people.
* That doesn't mean hardcore conservatives are rude. What I'm saying is, if you want to be a total asshole, you need some kind of safe harbor pretext for it. On the right, the more conservative position is usually socially privileged, in as much as you need to argue less in its favor (i.e., it people already halfway defer to it anyway, if not outright embrace it).
It's my observation that people mask their asshole tendencies under the False Flag of some ideological purpose. But the ideological purpose is not the real purpose. There are all sorts of True Cons here, most of whom aren't assholes. They actually argue instead of just dropping drive-by asshole comments. Their actual purpose is to make a point, not lodge an insult.
The actual purpose of the False Flag Assholes is to be an asshole, because there are a lot of bent, broken, twisted, sad, and angry people in the world who can't be happy but what makes them closest to happy is to make other people sad.
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 09:32 AM (/IWYB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 09:32 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 09:32 AM (1EJ2w)
Posted by: Moochelle at September 04, 2013 09:32 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2013 09:32 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Daybrother at September 04, 2013 09:33 AM (3rOpV)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 09:33 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: Dog with a bad French Accent at September 04, 2013 09:33 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: kathysaysso at September 04, 2013 01:31 PM (6H6o
----
Bitch..... you will address me as SENATOR Boxer. Ive worked hard to get where I am today.
Posted by: Thats SENATOR Barbara Boxer at September 04, 2013 09:33 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 09:34 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Peregrine Took thinks John Kerry is an orc at September 04, 2013 09:34 AM (42ZAm)
Posted by: AmishDude at September 04, 2013 09:34 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Twig at September 04, 2013 09:34 AM (w9N0m)
Pulling out the stops now. There is no place low enough that they won't be willing to go now. Before it's over, all conservatives will be chemical bomb throwing nazis ripe for the camps (or the firing squad).
This ball of sewage is getting bigger and bigger as it takes all of us on it's ever faster roll downhill.
Posted by: Soona at September 04, 2013 09:34 AM (F0okA)
Posted by: X at September 04, 2013 09:34 AM (KHo8t)
Posted by: Thats SENATOR Barbara Boxer at September 04, 2013 01:33 PM (nELVU)
I think you misspelled TWAT.
Posted by: kathysaysso at September 04, 2013 09:35 AM (6H6o8)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 09:35 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 01:32 PM (9Xc5j)
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** raises hand....
Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at September 04, 2013 09:35 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: LizLem at September 04, 2013 09:35 AM (8wqqE)
Posted by: Pepe Loco at September 04, 2013 09:35 AM (omBWL)
Posted by: fawkes at September 04, 2013 09:35 AM (Djwm9)
Posted by: old SerpentHead at September 04, 2013 09:35 AM (Ze8oh)
Tiger Beat just hired Jerry Sandusky to pen a column from his jail cell.
Posted by: polynikes at September 04, 2013 09:36 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 09:36 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: AmishDude at September 04, 2013 09:36 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: wte9 at September 04, 2013 09:36 AM (ZL7LA)
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at September 04, 2013 09:36 AM (DEp/y)
Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme as usual at September 04, 2013 09:37 AM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Dog with a bad French Accent at September 04, 2013 09:37 AM (/PCJa)
of course they do, and these people aren't even true conservatives, they're assholes who have seized upon a couple of elements of conservativism as a justifying pretext for being trolls.
Not to dwell on this, but a commenter I just banned had a long history of reading things obviously not intended for her (including those with big and serious CONTENT WARNINGS and "Do not read this" warnings) and then indulging in Outrage Theater as she deemed all and sundry around her unworthy.
That's not a "political" take. That's a psychological syndrome.
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 09:37 AM (/IWYB)
Posted by: awkward davies at September 04, 2013 09:37 AM (WK8VM)
the Hate your enemy and get paid to write about it Thing
Posted by: Pepe Loco at September 04, 2013 09:37 AM (omBWL)
Like democrat party members?
Posted by: ktnxbai, now with tin foil lace wigs at September 04, 2013 09:37 AM (5aT64)
Bill Ayers was hired by the Hill to pen a column under his pseudonym, Barack Obama.
Posted by: polynikes at September 04, 2013 09:38 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: kathysaysso at September 04, 2013 09:38 AM (6H6o8)
Posted by: Twig at September 04, 2013 09:38 AM (w9N0m)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 04, 2013 09:38 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 04, 2013 09:38 AM (lwkv9)
Posted by: eleven at September 04, 2013 09:38 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: AmishDude at September 04, 2013 09:38 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at September 04, 2013 09:38 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at September 04, 2013 09:38 AM (o2E0P)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 04, 2013 09:39 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 09:39 AM (bxpf3)
Posted by: Dog with a bad French Accent at September 04, 2013 09:39 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Beto at September 04, 2013 09:39 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Snakehead Carville at September 04, 2013 09:39 AM (nDv5M)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 09:40 AM (9Xc5j)
Taking a chance the GOP will get it right
By James Carville
I’m a “just the facts, ma’am” kind of guy. And the facts are that the Republican Party, on both foreign and domestic policy, has gotten it all wrong. This is not to say they didn’t get it all wrong in the last century too, but we have now incontrovertible proof of massive ineptitude, disregard for facts and plain stupidity.
https://tinyurl.com/lbqft99
"So, they're poactive -- huh?"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 04, 2013 09:40 AM (kdS6q)
happy but what makes them closest to happy is to make other people sad."
Like democrat party members?
yes largely but Democrats aren't the only people on earth who seek a "politics" for psychological or personality-type reasons.
It's a common syndrome.
Look, half of MY shit is my preening and counter-snobbing the left, which is just a great big I'm Better Than You taunting Chicken Dance.
And so yes, I do this. But I try to direct it outside the tent, at people we generally agree upon constitute Fair Targets.
But there are a lot of people who don't have the reach I do and so can't get their sadism fix by attacking the left, but they still want a little sadistic kick. So they attack the people closest to them, which would be us.
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 09:40 AM (/IWYB)
Hey, Ace (and everyone else), Politico just published this correction:
"Correction: It was our initial impression that Carville's entire column would be dedicated to modern Republicanism and modern conservatism. That is only the subject of his first column."
Unfortunately, Carville will still be writing a column. But at least it won't be about this every week.
Posted by: WesternActor at September 04, 2013 09:40 AM (VtqhS)
Posted by: NCKate at September 04, 2013 09:40 AM (KKfVH)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 09:41 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: Dr Spank at September 04, 2013 09:41 AM (qRasw)
OK, I'm a lawyer and that made me laugh.
Posted by: real joe at September 04, 2013 09:41 AM (jMzMq)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 04, 2013 09:42 AM (lwkv9)
Posted by: TenthJustice at September 04, 2013 09:42 AM (qB8lN)
Posted by: Axelrod at September 04, 2013 09:42 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2013 09:42 AM (vve5O)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 04, 2013 09:43 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: polynikes at September 04, 2013 09:43 AM (m2CN7)
Shouldn't that be ARSE Television?
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at September 04, 2013 09:43 AM (6xhLc)
>>>"Correction: It was our initial impression that Carville's entire
column would be dedicated to modern Republicanism and modern
conservatism. That is only the subject of his first column."
thank you. Now this NOTHING OF A POST is even MORE of a nothing of a post!!!
just kidding but now it really is even more of a big nothing than it was.
Look, the post existed for the dog pic. That's all.
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 09:43 AM (/IWYB)
Posted by: awkward davies at September 04, 2013 09:44 AM (WK8VM)
Posted by: Beto at September 04, 2013 09:44 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 04, 2013 09:44 AM (U2UQk)
Posted by: James Carville, Columnist at September 04, 2013 09:44 AM (qRasw)
Posted by: Soona at September 04, 2013 09:44 AM (F0okA)
Posted by: Sunny the White House Puppy at September 04, 2013 09:45 AM (8nunQ)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 09:45 AM (bxpf3)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 04, 2013 09:45 AM (lwkv9)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 04, 2013 09:46 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 09:46 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 09:46 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: X at September 04, 2013 09:46 AM (KHo8t)
Posted by: Beto at September 04, 2013 09:47 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: TenthJustice at September 04, 2013 09:47 AM (qB8lN)
Posted by: A. Turd at September 04, 2013 09:47 AM (dSE0q)
Posted by: Dr Spank at September 04, 2013 09:47 AM (qRasw)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 09:48 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 01:32 PM (/IWYB)
And this is exactly what screws me up sometimes.
This is funny. Maybe not belly-laugh, pissing your pants funny, but it is amusing.
Your problem is that even when you are being serious, you are almost always witty.
Why can't you be more serious, like Charlz Johnsonn?
[this is not intended to be a scathing indictment of Ace, AOSHQ, or its commenters. Please don't ban me]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 09:48 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: mr_jack at September 04, 2013 09:48 AM (TMG3G)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 04, 2013 09:48 AM (659DL)
Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2013 09:49 AM (vve5O)
Posted by: Boone at September 04, 2013 09:49 AM (3p8HS)
You guys scoff, but if there's one thing the Left really needs, it's more assurance that we are wrong about stuff. There simply are not enough column inches or airtime devoted to comforting vapidity and dishonesty.
Conservatives in the Mist as explained to, say, bonobos.
Posted by: spongeworthy at September 04, 2013 09:49 AM (r5w1L)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 09:49 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 09:49 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at September 04, 2013 09:50 AM (o2E0P)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 04, 2013 09:50 AM (/PCJa)
nothing like this case.
he forgot to add, where much of the intelligence originated (clintons administration and europeans)
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 09:50 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: John Kerry at September 04, 2013 09:50 AM (8nunQ)
Are they that tone-deaf that they cannot see their own biases....not even a little bit?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 09:50 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: AmishDude at September 04, 2013 09:50 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: EROWMER at September 04, 2013 09:51 AM (OONaw)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2013 09:51 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 09:51 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2013 09:51 AM (BAS5M)
Carried over from previous thread:
It's time for a giant National Tea Party from coast to coast. Truck drivers suddenly halt their trucks. The trains stop. General Strike on September 11.
The citizens can end this now, but they're too fucking lazy. Take away their Sunday Ticket on DirecTV and then you'll have an uprising.
Somebody has to spearhead the call. EitherI tell two friends, they tell two friends and so on, blaze it through the internetz, like the Chik-Fil-A demonstrations, or have a team of people (Palin, Rush, Levin) call for it. Better yet, have Paul and Cruz call for a general strike, in the face of this administration's known deception and arrogance.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2013 09:51 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 04, 2013 09:52 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 04, 2013 09:52 AM (U2UQk)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 09:52 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2013 09:52 AM (vve5O)
Posted by: Soona at September 04, 2013 09:52 AM (F0okA)
Now check the comments.
It's the EXACT SAME NEGATIVE BULLSHIT. "That's a fucking rock." "You're a fraud for posting this, CAC." "This thread is a disgrace."
Same shit, different cups.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 09:53 AM (yemTi)
Things change, though. Things sure do change...
Posted by: Pepe Loco at September 04, 2013 09:53 AM (omBWL)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 04, 2013 01:38 PM (/Crba)
FIFY
Posted by: Country Singer at September 04, 2013 09:53 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 09:53 AM (bxpf3)
They are anagrams of each other. What does this mean?!?!"
It means I need to watch the uncut video again. For research purposes.
Mostly.
BRB.
Posted by: Jaws at September 04, 2013 09:54 AM (4I3Uo)
Also a reversal (or not, who knows, he's senile);
Sen. John McCain, President Obama's biggest cheerleader on Capitol Hill for a strike in Syria, said Wednesday that he would not support a Senate panel's draft resolution authorizing the use of force -- forcing a key Senate panel to delay a vote.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 04, 2013 09:54 AM (lnFK0)
Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at September 04, 2013 09:54 AM (Gu7t9)
I had a bit of an argument with some relatives (liberal Jews...who knew?) over the weekend.
They couldn't understand why, if I am such a hawk, I don't immediately sign on to the pending catastrophe in Syria.
We dishonor our servicemen by cavalierly wasting their lives on frivolous adventures. They are willing to sacrifice for our country; we owe it to them to never, ever dismiss that sacrifice, as McCain so often does.
I hate him.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 09:55 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: LizLem at September 04, 2013 09:55 AM (8wqqE)
The actual purpose of the False Flag Assholes is to be an asshole, because there are a lot of bent, broken, twisted, sad, and angry people in the world who can't be happy but what makes them closest to happy is to make other people sad.
Hey! I may be broken, twisted, sad and angry, but I'm not bent!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2013 09:55 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 04, 2013 09:55 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 09:55 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Cheri at September 04, 2013 09:56 AM (G+Wff)
Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme as usual at September 04, 2013 09:56 AM (r+7wo)
He doesn't like that it is limited and doesn't specifically authorize ground troops.
I wish I were making that up...but I'm not.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 09:56 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: The BBC at September 04, 2013 09:56 AM (G74SD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 09:56 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Colonel Sander Soetoro at September 04, 2013 09:57 AM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: Country Singer at September 04, 2013 01:53 PM (L8r/r)
Hey, Hey, HEY. Be nice. Them's all my cousins you're talking about.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 09:57 AM (0HooB)
Sadly, I'm convinced that's all she really has to work with.
Posted by: Fritz at September 04, 2013 09:57 AM (KIHQS)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 09:57 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 09:57 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 04, 2013 09:58 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Northernlurker at September 04, 2013 09:58 AM (BLAfs)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2013 09:58 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Harry S. Plinkett to James Carville at September 04, 2013 09:58 AM (T0NGe)
in fairness, it was a disgrace.
it's a rock.
it's a gayrock.
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 09:59 AM (/IWYB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 04, 2013 09:59 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: flat-footed fried-man at September 04, 2013 10:00 AM (+Wuvu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 04, 2013 10:01 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 04, 2013 10:01 AM (+Wuvu)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 10:02 AM (9XBK2)
it's a rock.
it's a gayrock.
Totally agreed, but these things should be THOUGHT and not SAID, unless to Andrew Sullivan's face.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:02 AM (yemTi)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 10:02 AM (0HooB)
"Puritanism is the horrifying suspicion that somewhere out there, someone is having too good a time." -- George H.W. Bush
The internet is rife with neopuritans. In fact the world is rife with neopuritans, but the internet is worse, because if people pulled half the crap in real life that they do online they'd get their teeth moved for them.
I remember a description of a driver type, back in Drivers Ed. The type was called "The SuperMouse." A mousy, inadequate man outside the car, but inside it -- protected by his bubble of steel -- he becomes aggressive, rude, and dangerous on the road. The SuperMouse seeks to make an impact on the United States Highway System he doesn't make in his home and work lives.
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 10:02 AM (/IWYB)
Posted by: John "Hi Hat" Kerry at September 04, 2013 10:02 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 04, 2013 10:02 AM (659DL)
Posted by: © Sponge at September 04, 2013 10:02 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: LizLem at September 04, 2013 10:02 AM (8wqqE)
Posted by: NCKate at September 04, 2013 10:02 AM (KKfVH)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:02 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 10:03 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2013 10:03 AM (ZNQKl)
Posted by: John Kerry at September 04, 2013 10:03 AM (F3IIA)
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 04, 2013 10:03 AM (XUKZU)
A lot of them in my family, too. That's how I know!
Posted by: Country Singer at September 04, 2013 10:03 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: Taiwan at September 04, 2013 10:03 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 04, 2013 10:04 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: The Volkischer Beobachter at September 04, 2013 10:04 AM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 04, 2013 10:04 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 01:56 PM (9Xc5j)
Get drunk and smack the loudest one in the teeth.
I have spent years controlling that urge. Somebody should do it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 10:04 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 10:04 AM (ZPrif)
"President ObamaÂ’s liberal activist base is adamantly opposed to military strikes in Syria, according to a new survey the Progressive Change Campaign Committee released Wednesday.
PCCC says more than 57,000 of its activists weighed in, and 73 percent of them opposed the U.S. taking action in Syria. Just 18 percent supported strikes, and just 14 percent said the U.S. should go ahead unilaterally if it canÂ’t find any allies.
Indeed, a majority of the activists donÂ’t believe Mr. Obama and Secretary of State John F. Kerry are being honest when they lay out their justifications for taking military action."
Posted by: B at September 04, 2013 10:04 AM (XyoGP)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 04, 2013 10:05 AM (+Wuvu)
and yes dudes I know this describes me
But again I'm directing it outside the tent. Mostly.
I don't post on Palin anymore, ever, because I don't want to cause The Same Argument and The Same Anger. I don't want people to think I'm trolling them, which is what they think (I think). I'm not trolling them, I just have a different opinion, but I do understand why people might feel "I'm being trolled, he knows I have to respond to this, he knows it pushes my buttons, but he's doing it anyway."
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 10:05 AM (/IWYB)
Posted by: Tocquevillian at September 04, 2013 10:05 AM (iuY0Y)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 04, 2013 10:06 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:06 AM (yemTi)
Now see, a funny guy would've misspelled one of the words in that statement.
Actually, the "O" in the AOSHQ should be lower case...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 10:06 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: John Kerry at September 04, 2013 10:06 AM (F3IIA)
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 02:02 PM (/IWYB)
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Not to be confused with Mighty Mouse, who saves the day.
Posted by: Soona at September 04, 2013 10:06 AM (F0okA)
Posted by: Picric at September 04, 2013 10:06 AM (SuNeV)
Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme as usual at September 04, 2013 10:06 AM (r+7wo)
Sadly, I'm convinced that's all she really has to work with.
Posted by: Fritz at September 04, 2013 01:57 PM (KIHQS)
Yeah, I heard that on a local radio show. The host's guest had an insightful point that it is ironic that Lena Dunham is decrying body objectification, while solely basing her contribution to the world in terms of her body. Feminism, where did you go wrong indeed.
Posted by: LizLem at September 04, 2013 10:06 AM (8wqqE)
Posted by: John "Hi Hat" Kerry at September 04, 2013 02:02 PM (DrC22)
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Trust me John..... with that much botox and plasticized polymers holding that sucker in place.... the last thing you'll lose is your face.....
Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at September 04, 2013 10:07 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 10:07 AM (bxpf3)
Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at September 04, 2013 10:07 AM (Gu7t9)
Posted by: fixerupper at September 04, 2013 10:07 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 04, 2013 10:08 AM (659DL)
Well...it also helps that's she's not exactly super-relevant in the National Conversation anymore. (Seriously...has anyone else noticed that she just completely fell off the face of the earth or something?) I'm betting that's a bigger part of the reason you don't post about her than 'not wanting to troll your readers'.
Also, Palin posts attract...the wrong element.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:08 AM (yemTi)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 10:08 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: willow
I wish someone would have the balls to quote back to Secretariat his own quotes about Sadam Hussein and the threat he posed to the world - PRIOR to GWB taking office.
Posted by: Cheri at September 04, 2013 10:09 AM (G+Wff)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:09 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: polynikes at September 04, 2013 10:09 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: © Sponge at September 04, 2013 10:10 AM (xmcEQ)
@baseballcrank
@LincolnChafee will not seek re-election in 2014.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 04, 2013 10:10 AM (WLpmE)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 02:08 PM (yemTi)
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Yup. We've all noticed you can't resist 'em.
Posted by: Soona at September 04, 2013 10:11 AM (F0okA)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 04, 2013 10:11 AM (+Wuvu)
admits saddam used them against his own population. says this is not new in ME.
how we are being told yeah go ahead by some in the international community while THEY put no skin in the game.
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 10:12 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:12 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 02:08 PM (yemTi)
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Couldn't agree with you more.
Posted by: Carlos Danger at September 04, 2013 10:12 AM (jvd3N)
Posted by: © Sponge at September 04, 2013 10:12 AM (xmcEQ)
No wonder you talk likeBy the way, I'm a big fan of "gayrock." Early Bowie and T. Rex and all those hair metal bands from the '80s that Ace listens to...good stuff.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 02:06 PM (yemTi)
No wonder you talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded. Bet you have a Slade poster, too, ya homo.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2013 10:12 AM (zF6Iw)
You will burn in Hell for that comment.
Posted by: Dr Spank at September 04, 2013 10:12 AM (qRasw)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 02:08 PM (9XBK2)
I think you should. But voicing opinons is different than just disagreeing. Stating the basis for your contrary opinion should never be wrong.
Posted by: polynikes at September 04, 2013 10:13 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:13 AM (9Xc5j)
>>>And we're grooming an entire generation of internet dickbags who are bringing into real life.
yeah and here's the big excuse people give: "I gotta be me." I gotta give you the authentic me.
Well, most of our authentic selves are sort of impolite and self-interested.
Politeness is a pretense -- but one worth encouraging, I think.
Yes, someone's Authentic I Gotta Be Me Self might be the kind of guy who shows up on an airplane in sweats with a dark itch-stain in the butt.
I think we all agree that we didn't buy a ticket hoping to see that guy's Authentic Self.
We sort of want his fake self, the one that maybe dresses as if he's going to be sitting with his arm touching another person for 5 hours.
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 10:13 AM (/IWYB)
In Utah they just released a new grading system for schools, and both the people trying to end Common Core AND the teacher's unions are against the measure. Our world truly is upside down, like the old colonial song says.
Posted by: LizLem at September 04, 2013 10:13 AM (8wqqE)
Posted by: Harry S. Plinkett to James Carville at September 04, 2013 10:13 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 04, 2013 10:14 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: NCKate at September 04, 2013 10:14 AM (KKfVH)
come on man, don't show up agreeing with me about trolling and then dropping a hardcore troll comment.
cats can't resist catnip but people should aspire to.
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 10:15 AM (/IWYB)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 10:15 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2013 10:15 AM (vve5O)
Oh I know. I realized it halfway through writing the post and decided to enjoy the recursion effect. It's like an Escher painting.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:15 AM (yemTi)
Posted by: AmishDude at September 04, 2013 10:15 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:15 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: blaster at September 04, 2013 10:15 AM (W6bkf)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 10:15 AM (9XBK2)
It has become painfully obvious over the last year or so that SMOD will come when he's good and damn ready. All the pleading, ritual sacrifice, and interplanetary bargaining in the universe will not change that.
The Yellowstone Caldera, on the other hand, is now accepting petitions.
Posted by: Jaws at September 04, 2013 10:15 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2013 10:16 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 10:16 AM (bxpf3)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:16 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 04, 2013 10:16 AM (659DL)
arab countries , turkey would volunteer with us. france also.
53 countries publically condemned the use of cw. (well sure who wouldn't)
but prove it wasn't al qaeda or someone else.
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 10:17 AM (nqBYe)
I'd take it back if I could. And I'm sure someone can. Just don't obliterate every post I've ever made, okay?
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:17 AM (yemTi)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 02:09 PM (9Xc5j)
Fine.
At least get drunk.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 10:18 AM (gqgiP)
I'd be happy a garden-variety Carrington Event.
Posted by: Country Singer at September 04, 2013 10:18 AM (L8r/r)
The asshole Dr. Carl Hill in Re-Animator. Not only do they look alike they have the same douchey personality and manner.
I would try to post a link to a picture but I'd fuck it all up and end up in the barrel.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at September 04, 2013 10:18 AM (E3gqr)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:19 AM (9Xc5j)
Go for it, you're going to end up in here anyway.
Posted by: The Barrel at September 04, 2013 10:19 AM (YEelc)
I'm not judging you, I envy you.
JeffB, no problem, just don't be a twit (sp?).
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 10:20 AM (/IWYB)
Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2013 10:20 AM (vve5O)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:20 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: fluffy at September 04, 2013 10:20 AM (X93Wv)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 10:20 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 04, 2013 10:20 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: jakeman at September 04, 2013 10:20 AM (GXKTh)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 02:19 PM (9Xc5j)
And Shanah Tovah to you!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 10:20 AM (gqgiP)
The Sweet Meteor of Death is really overdue for an appearance in a blogpost around here. That was a truly brilliant tension-releasing stroke during the height of the awful primaries. Everyone hated everyone else's chosen candidate, and everyone rapidly grew to hate everyone else.
But we could all agree on embracing the sweet release of Death From On High.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:21 AM (yemTi)
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=714_1346610977
Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2013 10:21 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 04, 2013 10:21 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: tasker at September 04, 2013 10:21 AM (r2PLg)
the problem isn't arguing. Sgt York argues with me. So does Old Sailors Poet.
They have opinions, they disagree with me, they let me know I'm wrong (in their opinion). That's unavoidable and indeed the whole point of communication (particularly in a political commentary blog).
Argument =/= trolling. Someone arguing is ready to spend some time on the proposition and is willing to exchange ideas. There are rules for arguing.
One of those rules is you don't just walk into a room, call someone an asshole, and then leave.
if you want to argue someone's an asshole, that's one thing. But if you just want to play Ding Dong Ditch, that's trolling.
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 10:22 AM (/IWYB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:22 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 10:22 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 02:15 PM (9XBK2)
I'm not saying start a fight for the sake of arguing, which to me is different than debating. Comments in an echo chamber do me no good. I like to her all sides.
Posted by: polynikes at September 04, 2013 10:22 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: steevy
Yes you do.
Posted by: Dang at September 04, 2013 10:22 AM (Hx2XA)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 10:23 AM (0HooB)
Yes I did! First astro thread I've ever read all the way through, in fact.
I didn't comment in it because all I would have written was "THIS THREAD SUCKS, WHY ISN'T ACE TALKING ABOUT OBAMA'S BURGEONING TYRANNY?!?"
No really, it was great. I didn't know whether it was inspired by our exchange in the other thread, or whether it was just an idea you already had in the queue, but it was definitely relevant for me. Thanks.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:23 AM (yemTi)
Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2013 10:23 AM (vve5O)
Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2013 10:23 AM (ZNQKl)
Did anybody else see this?
Senator Rand PaulÂ’s amendment to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee resolution throws President ObamaÂ’s own words back at him.
The amendment quotes from a response Obama gave the Boston Globe back in 2007 as a Senator, in which Obama said that “the President does not have the power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.”
Paul’s amendment then provides constitutional backing for Obama’s statement—and finally declares that “it is the sense of Congress that if this authorization fails to pass Congress, the President would be in violation of the Constitution if he were to use military force against the Government of Syria."
Not that it will make a difference to the gibbering mountebank in the White House, but it's nice to see somebody jamming TFGs verbal diarrhea right back down his throat.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2013 10:23 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: tasker at September 04, 2013 10:23 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: blaster at September 04, 2013 10:23 AM (W6bkf)
Posted by: Marcus at September 04, 2013 10:24 AM (GGCsk)
What a silly bunt!
Posted by: Dang at September 04, 2013 10:24 AM (Hx2XA)
Posted by: Null at September 04, 2013 10:24 AM (xjpRj)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:25 AM (9Xc5j)
Outrage over Outhouse Labeled 'Obama's Presidential Library'
by Jon David Kahn 4 Sep 2013, 8:47 AM PDT
Jon David Kahn is The Minister of Culture for Breitbart News.
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/09/04/Outrage-over-Outhouse-
Posted by: question at September 04, 2013 10:25 AM (/b8+5)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 10:25 AM (bxpf3)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 10:25 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: tasker at September 04, 2013 10:25 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 10:25 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 04, 2013 10:25 AM (XUKZU)
I love this place.
http://tinyurl.com/llwo5c5
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 10:26 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 10:26 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:26 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: tasker at September 04, 2013 10:26 AM (r2PLg)
if you want to argue someone's an asshole, that's one thing. But if you just want to play Ding Dong Ditch, that's trolling.
"Ding Dong Ditch?" Is that like Duck, Duck Goose? Or leaving a flaming bag of crap on the doorstep, ringing the bell and running? I never heard of it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2013 10:26 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 04, 2013 10:27 AM (V1ZIU)
Posted by: NCKate at September 04, 2013 10:27 AM (KKfVH)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2013 10:28 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 02:25 PM (9Xc5j)
Yay! I'm not number one!
Posted by: Earl Butz at September 04, 2013 10:28 AM (zF6Iw)
this is a kidding comment.
btw ace, most of us can do better. but it might help putting a flower at the top of every page along with kittens and yes that darned cute doggy .
Merino (R) brings up Kerry's and Obama's comments re Iraq AFTER bush went in. and after kurds were gas'd etc.
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 10:28 AM (nqBYe)
Then there are people like me, who muddy the waters by disagreeing but also being a complete asshole about it.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:29 AM (yemTi)
I think commenters with a track record of reasoned debate are cut a lot of slack when it comes to unpopular stances; but the new ones and those who simply disagree out of some perverse desire to be noticed usually have their heads handed to them in short order.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 10:29 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 10:29 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 04, 2013 10:29 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 02:15 PM (ZPrif)
Not collecting stamps may not be a hobby, but being anti-stamp collecting sure is.
Posted by: Mike Hammer's Cat at September 04, 2013 10:29 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Caliban at September 04, 2013 10:30 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at September 04, 2013 10:30 AM (sGtp+)
@196 Does that mean you'll ban yourself?
Just keeeeding!!!!
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He did ban himself. But then he immediately asked himself if he could be unbanned, and received permission to post again.
Posted by: junior at September 04, 2013 10:30 AM (UWFpX)
Posted by: John 'Grey Poupon' Kerry at September 04, 2013 10:31 AM (SM0lc)
Posted by: NCKate at September 04, 2013 10:31 AM (KKfVH)
The hot chick from Blurred Lines video:
http://tinyurl.com/m8txlrd
NSFW
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That poor girl can't afford any clothes! I thought modeling paid better than that. This Obama economy!
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 04, 2013 10:32 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 04, 2013 10:32 AM (9Xc5j)
I'm unable to comprehend this statement.
It's like being told that bacon tastes bad and boobs are an ugly feature.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 04, 2013 10:32 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 02:20 PM (gqgiP)
God Bless You!
**
And a Shania Twain to you too...I love her, she's is gorgeous! She is my favorite!
Allahu Akbar!
Posted by: Bashar al-Assad at September 04, 2013 10:32 AM (jvd3N)
Posted by: NCKate at September 04, 2013 02:27 PM (KKfVH)
A lot of times the "troll" comment is thrown out by people who seem to be here all of 2 months think they have everything figured out and are now ready to go full bore.
Posted by: Congress at September 04, 2013 10:32 AM (LI48c)
Filtering out the noise usually leaves some extremely interesting comments.
It just depends on what you feel like doing that day.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 10:33 AM (gqgiP)
IQ wasn't a secondary or even tertiary consideration.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 02:29 PM (ZPrif)
Lack of IQ certainly was 
Posted by: Chuck Hagel at September 04, 2013 10:33 AM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: © Sponge at September 04, 2013 10:33 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 04, 2013 10:33 AM (p9JxP)
Not only will he/she get a presidential pardon but also an invitation to the White House for a special behind closed doors reaming
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 04, 2013 10:33 AM (1Jaio)
Robin Thicke you genius you.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:33 AM (yemTi)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 02:30 PM (bxpf3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhhsTvucLEw
Posted by: Earl Butz at September 04, 2013 10:33 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 10:33 AM (bxpf3)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 10:33 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Moochelle at September 04, 2013 10:34 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2013 10:34 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: tasker at September 04, 2013 10:34 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2013 10:34 AM (ZNQKl)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 02:20 PM (9XBK2)
I find that arguing on the Internets has sharpened my understanding of my own positions, as well as exposed me to other people's positions.
You can't understand how another person thinks unless they tell/show you.
It's difficult to judge your own thinking - debate provides one avenue for a "sanity check".
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at September 04, 2013 10:35 AM (v3pYe)
We have, but there's always a contingent who through lack of interest or ability to make a reasoned argument immediately play the 'ur a moby rino troll' card.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 04, 2013 10:35 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: © Sponge at September 04, 2013 10:35 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at September 04, 2013 10:35 AM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 04, 2013 10:36 AM (da5Wo)
On the way to work the local guy did an interview with our congressman, Ted Yoho, and he didn't seem real impressed with whatever briefing they had gotten from the administration. He said he would going to vote against any military action.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at September 04, 2013 10:36 AM (E3gqr)
Life is unfair.
You stuck it out? How come?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 10:36 AM (gqgiP)
If you want to change my mind, educate me. If you want to just be a contradictory dick I've got better things to do.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2013 02:28 PM (g1DWB)
Heh. Time for a different blog, then.
Posted by: © Sponge at September 04, 2013 02:35 PM (xmcEQ)
I hear AllenG's got one he isn't using.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2013 10:36 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: tasker at September 04, 2013 10:36 AM (r2PLg)
That was strange....bunch of nude pics came up for a second, then
Your search - Emily Ratajkowski nude - did not match any image results.
wtf google?
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You've probably got Safe Search (I think that's what it's called) active. Google Search won't bring up images of nekkid people unless you log in and adjust your settings to allow it.
Posted by: junior at September 04, 2013 10:37 AM (UWFpX)
SMOD does not exist for your entertainment and has no interest in making your life (or death, whatever) easier in the least.
But SMOD is, interestingly, interested in that Emily broad from the Robin Thicke video. Interested like the Fist of an Angry God.
Posted by: Jaws at September 04, 2013 10:37 AM (4I3Uo)
Your search - Emily Ratajkowski nude - did not match any image results.
wtf google?
They're keeping the best ones for themselves the selfish bastards.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 04, 2013 10:37 AM (YEelc)
It's difficult to judge your own thinking - debate provides one avenue for a "sanity check".
No it isn't.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 10:37 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: DAve at September 04, 2013 10:37 AM (OksBo)
So Bradley Chelsea Manning is asking for a Presidential pardon as he was only doing what he did out of concern for our country.
What are the odds that Obama would pardon him to court the GLTB vote for Democrats? I would not put it past him.
Posted by: Cheri at September 04, 2013 10:37 AM (G+Wff)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 04, 2013 10:37 AM (V1ZIU)
Posted by: © Sponge at September 04, 2013 10:38 AM (xmcEQ)
that's the joke I'm going for -- "twit (sp?)" is suggesting I meant to write twat but just didn't know how to spell it.
I know how to spell both words
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 10:38 AM (/IWYB)
Posted by: tasker at September 04, 2013 10:38 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2013 10:38 AM (ZNQKl)
Posted by: Hurricane Chelsea at September 04, 2013 10:38 AM (pginn)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at September 04, 2013 10:39 AM (E3gqr)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 10:39 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 04, 2013 10:39 AM (rNpgS)
Yep, starting with Palin.
Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2013 10:39 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at September 04, 2013 10:39 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 10:40 AM (bxpf3)
@405
So Bradley Chelsea Manning is asking for a Presidential pardon as he was only doing what he did out of concern for our country.
What are the odds that Obama would pardon him to court the GLTB vote for Democrats? I would not put it past him.
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Doubtful. If there's one thing that Obama seems to get touchy about, it's people leaking government documents without permission. Leak something approved by Obama, and you're fine. Leak something not approved by Obama, and you get the book thrown at you. Manning clearly falls into the latter category, so I'd be surprised if Obama pardons him.
Posted by: junior at September 04, 2013 10:40 AM (UWFpX)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 04, 2013 10:40 AM (0HooB)
I feel SO much better now, knowing that because I unequivocably support Palin I am the wrong element.
Sorta adds an extra fillip to the day.
Posted by: irongrampa at September 04, 2013 10:41 AM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 04, 2013 10:41 AM (V1ZIU)
Posted by: toby928 from an alternate ip at September 04, 2013 10:42 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Dr Spank at September 04, 2013 02:08 PM (qRasw)
Oh.
Misread that as Sarah Palin is a spank.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 04, 2013 02:11 PM (+Wuvu) "
I think that is a revealing slip o' the mind. I'll come up with a name for it one of these days.
Posted by: Dr. Freud at September 04, 2013 10:42 AM (1Rgee)
yup.
just wanted to agree. Got nothing to add.
he's dumb as a rock which scores only 13% on the Iowa Rock Aptitude Test.
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 10:42 AM (/IWYB)
Sure, but every political blog (especially those catering to one side of the left/right spectrum) is going to be like that.
Short of pre-screening comments and those who make them, there's not much getting around it.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 04, 2013 10:43 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: steevy at September 04, 2013 10:43 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Cheri at September 04, 2013 10:43 AM (G+Wff)
Posted by: NCKate at September 04, 2013 10:43 AM (KKfVH)
Posted by: tasker at September 04, 2013 10:44 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at September 04, 2013 10:44 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: tasker at September 04, 2013 10:45 AM (r2PLg)
You got a whoo-whoo alarm that goes off whenever someone mentions Sarah or what?
I was on the first Syria thread too, and in neither did I mention her.
But feel free to keep riding the Martyr Syndrome Express.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 04, 2013 10:46 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at September 04, 2013 10:47 AM (VtjlW)
That's not what I meant AT ALL by "wrong element." There is nothing wrong unequivocally supporting Palin or anyone else. What I was referring to were what I call "Hot Air-types," which probably isn't fair to them either but stands in my mind for the *really angry* and *really vociferous* keyboard commando types who used to search the Rightosphere from top to bottom looking to extirpate all perceived criticism of Palin.
Please, you're totally welcome here. If anything, I'm the asshole, not you.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:47 AM (yemTi)
I love the debate, arguing, chickenshit trolling on this thread. It keeps my mind alert. It also is a good prep for when I encounter people in the everyday world.
AoSHQ -- Sharpening the mind, preparing for the world.
(I know I know)
Posted by: Soona at September 04, 2013 10:47 AM (F0okA)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 04, 2013 10:47 AM (p9JxP)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 02:40 PM (bxpf3)
As ego-crushing as it can be, floating unpopular ideas around here will swiftly show you other ways to look at the question.
And I'm willing to bet that you will be beaten up for an unpopular notion, but gently, with a padded paddle.
Seriously, you have a reservoir of good will that will prevent much of the nastiness, and maybe even prompt people to take a second look at your nutty ideas.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2013 10:48 AM (gqgiP)
Yeah Ace, probably should've spent a little more time fine-tuning this one in the shop before rolling it out there for public consumption.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:48 AM (yemTi)
the first cut was the deepest but you learn to roll with it.
we are not always going to agree, but i accept most arguments put forth are sincere in their belief of
good or bad for the country.
so i start from that angle, now
yes some is just shutting off the cuff, but much of that is anger, sarcasm, playacting .
(also wine helps)
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 10:49 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Soona at September 04, 2013 02:47 PM (F0okA)
Pretty smart comment considering you're from Oklahoma.
Posted by: polynikes at September 04, 2013 10:50 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Stevie G at September 04, 2013 10:51 AM (kyAWi)
This "world" thing. Does that require wearing pants?
Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2013 10:52 AM (HjPtV)
For example, I favor universal state-run healthcare that eliminates the private insurance industry, but do you see me talking about it? NOOOOOO.
I'm a big fan of a unitary executive and think the Constitution is a living document, merely a 'scrap of paper' to be updated by our Lord-Executor-President as necessary from time to time, but do you see me makin' a big deal out of that in every thread? NOOOOO.
I think Steel Panther is super gay and not nearly as funny a conceit as Ace does, but do you see me harping on it every chance I get? NOOOOO.
So c'mon, give me a little credit for restraint here.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 10:53 AM (yemTi)
sometimes an argument needs some door-slamming, like on Moonlighting. It establishes a rhythm and adds drama.
Posted by: ace at September 04, 2013 10:53 AM (/IWYB)
For example, I favor universal state-run healthcare that eliminates the private insurance industry, but do you see me talking about it? NOOOOOO.
Is jwest an alter ego or your twin brother?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at September 04, 2013 10:55 AM (sGtp+)
for several hours at the least!
after licking my booboos i came back and reread the arguments and found SOME of them were legit.
some still piss'd me off.
(not yours)
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 10:55 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 10:55 AM (P1Tw6)
334 This place can be quite difficult to have a differing opinion in sometimes.
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 02:16 PM (bxpf3)
Oh, I haven't noticed anything like that.
Posted by: jwest at September 04, 2013 10:57 AM (u2a4R)
Must've been something in the original French.
Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2013 10:57 AM (HjPtV)
Men and women handle heated disagreements differently.
Posted by: polynikes at September 04, 2013 10:58 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Buzzion at September 04, 2013 10:58 AM (aQJWd)
"Bobos?" Why in god's name would we want a picture of her licking David Brooks?
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 11:00 AM (yemTi)
we aren't being totally successful on that, so we keep plugging and whining while we go.
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 11:00 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 11:02 AM (Os+6p)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at September 04, 2013 11:02 AM (qwK3S)
Posted by: DangerGirl at September 04, 2013 11:03 AM (Os+6p)
464 "anyway, we mostly agree on the issues that are tearing the country apart and we need people/eachother that will help brainstorm /find solutions to find repairs."
Maybe the "solutions" portion of the blog is being deleted in real time. However, the bitching and moaning portion is well represented.
Posted by: jwest at September 04, 2013 11:05 AM (u2a4R)
we do have issues with squirrels .
or tourettes (i dunno)
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 11:06 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Sunny the White House Puppy at September 04, 2013 11:06 AM (8nunQ)
Posted by: jwest at September 04, 2013 03:05 PM (u2a4R)
see ! You guys Do Need Me!
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 11:07 AM (nqBYe)
peace.
Posted by: willow at September 04, 2013 11:08 AM (nqBYe)
Wait, you do realize that everything I wrote in that post was 100% bullshitting, right?
Well except for the part about Steel Panther. They really are pretty stupid.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 04, 2013 11:10 AM (yemTi)
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at September 04, 2013 11:15 AM (pginn)
Posted by: Sunny the White House Puppy at September 04, 2013 11:22 AM (8nunQ)
"Wait, you do realize that everything I wrote in that post was 100% bullshitting, right?"
Damn, I thought you may have grown a brain.
Posted by: jwest at September 04, 2013 11:31 AM (u2a4R)
The dog dresses better than Chuck Hagel. Better looking than all of the TFG's cabinet and definitely smarter than Uncle Joe. Hell, we should make him/her Secretary of State. When stumped instead of hitting head and saying "FUCKING DUH" it can lick it's genitals. At least that would be useful for something.
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitiviy at September 04, 2013 12:05 PM (HVff2)
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