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April 09, 2013

Layers and Layers of Fact-Checkers
— JohnE.

At the risk of being ostracized from the movement, this one comes from @BuzzFeedAndrew.

NBC, naturally. Hysterical. Also, open thread.

Oof, guess I have to explain. J.C. Penney CEO Ron Johnson was canned yesterday. The picture above shows Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI).

Posted by: JohnE. at 08:05 AM | Comments (297)
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1 Someone just got his cheese moved

Posted by: cheshirelion at April 09, 2013 08:07 AM (wiURN)

2 foist it

Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at April 09, 2013 08:07 AM (MhA4j)

3 Ron Johnsons: They all look alike.

Posted by: Andy at April 09, 2013 08:07 AM (1YfOA)

4 Many of us at work cannot access Twitter, so it would be appreciated if there was some hint of WTF it is about.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at April 09, 2013 08:08 AM (Bn9/M)

5 4. Thanks. I don't get it either.

Posted by: assault flounder at April 09, 2013 08:09 AM (Kkt/i)

6 So? You roundeyes all look the same to us!

Posted by: Kim Jong Un at April 09, 2013 08:09 AM (GQ8sn)

Hysterical as in funny, or something to do with female parts?

Maybe it would help to have some background, I don't know anything about the corporate structure of JCP.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2013 08:09 AM (TOk1P)

8 Context. It matters.

Posted by: assault flounder at April 09, 2013 08:09 AM (Kkt/i)

9 Many of us at work cannot access Twitter, so it would be appreciated if there was some hint of WTF it is about.

JC Penney fired Sen. Ron Johnson.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 09, 2013 08:10 AM (+lsX1)

10 What's it all about, Alfie?

Seriously, I don't get it. There's something missing here.

Posted by: John S. at April 09, 2013 08:10 AM (fQjba)

11 What is the deal????

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at April 09, 2013 08:10 AM (R8hU8)

12 Thank you! I thought it was me who didn't get what this thread is about. All I saw is that somebody's messing with JCP.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 09, 2013 08:10 AM (9U1OG)

13 Hey, you know what else is funny? This.

Posted by: assault flounder at April 09, 2013 08:10 AM (Kkt/i)

14 Is it something other than the strange fractal layout?

Posted by: mrshad at April 09, 2013 08:10 AM (Xqfwb)

15 JCP is going through some hard times lately, and it looks like their CEO was finally shown the door for all the bad decisions he's made. It turns out, his name is also Ron Johnson.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 08:10 AM (GQ8sn)

16 RINO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:11 AM (da5Wo)

So there are two Ron Johnsons. Great. I can't keep from falling on the floor, laughing off certain body parts.

Serious you guys.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2013 08:11 AM (TOk1P)

18 Look Y'all, if you don't get the Platinum Package you're not entitled to context. That's only for us 1%ers

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 08:11 AM (F3G1y)

19 Ron Johnsons SUCK!

Posted by: Dang at April 09, 2013 08:12 AM (R18D0)

20 We should start a petition to get McDonalds to fire Diane Feinstein.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 09, 2013 08:12 AM (+lsX1)

21 jcp ceo ousted fat checkers?

Posted by: Forrest Gump at April 09, 2013 08:12 AM (MhA4j)

22 >>This<< is pretty funny also.

Posted by: assault flounder at April 09, 2013 08:12 AM (Kkt/i)

23 Well, if it's any consolation, the numbnuts who watch NBC wouldn't recognize Johnson if they tripped over him. So it's all good.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2013 08:12 AM (zF6Iw)

24 CEO of JCP was ousted after less than 2 yrs on the job. The Board replaced him with the prior CEO, who most feel was responsible for JCP's problems. The Real Journalists ran story of Johnson using wrong picture - of a senator (or Rep, I forget) b/c #RealJournalism. BTW, the BuzzFeed kerfuffle was over the nature of the article being put into a hostile outlet under the guise of outreach, not the idea of cons publishing in liberal outlets.

Posted by: Y-not at April 09, 2013 08:12 AM (5H6zj)

25 RACIST! Oops, no wait a minute, my bad!

Posted by: runningrn at April 09, 2013 08:12 AM (+jyUl)

26 Thanks for all that explained this. I at first thought it was an issue with the new, gayer JCP or something.

Posted by: Baldy at April 09, 2013 08:12 AM (opS9C)

27 It could have been worse. They could have put up a picture of Hank Johnson.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2013 08:13 AM (zF6Iw)

28 All johnsons look alike to some people.

Posted by: Roy at April 09, 2013 08:13 AM (VndSC)

29 All y'all look alike to me.

Seriously, take a look at JCPenney's former CEO and tell me this guy doesn't look like him.

Posted by: Al Sharpton at April 09, 2013 08:13 AM (P3w3I)

There was also a running back for the Giants named Ron Johnson.

We're not talking about him either, are we?

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2013 08:13 AM (TOk1P)

31 I only laugh at my enemy when he steps on his Johnson.

Posted by: kathysaysso at April 09, 2013 08:13 AM (6H6o8)

32 They got the wrong guy!

Posted by: Jon Rohnson at April 09, 2013 08:13 AM (+jyUl)

33 I read this (in sig) this weekend. Also hysterical.

Posted by: assault flounder at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (Kkt/i)

Anyway, open thread.

**sips tea, looks at clock**

I got nothin'

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (zF6Iw)

35 Also, open thread. Well then. Crossbows.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (sdudD)

36 "If you like your Ron Johnson, you can keep your Ron Johnson."

Posted by: Dang at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (R18D0)

37 Re the story, the funny thing to me is that w/in the past year or so I had noticed that JCP was a much better place to shop compared to similar retailers in its class. Ten times better (for apparel) than Sears, for example.

Posted by: Y-not at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (5H6zj)

38 The important question is - who's the babe?

Posted by: Waterhouse at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (nbX4o)

39 There was also a running back for the Giants named Ron Johnson.

I half expected to see a pic of "Ron Burgundy" in the news story.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (GQ8sn)

40 All johnsons look alike to some people. Posted by: Roy at April 09, 2013 12:13 PM (VndSC) Well that really depends on the angle of the dangle

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (9Bj8R)

41 28 All johnsons look alike to some people. Not to us!!

Posted by: Mohammad al-Fuqtard at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (F3G1y)

42

JC Penny? Never heard of it.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (Pr6hk)

43 Elbows?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (1/RiT)

44 there's going to be hell to pay.....he was ghey friendly

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (GVxQo)

45 JC Penney's could probably get their shit together if they hired Ron Swanson.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 09, 2013 08:14 AM (+lsX1)

46 You would expect a news twinkie to have seen quite a few johnsons in her life. It can get confusing.

Posted by: Roy at April 09, 2013 08:15 AM (VndSC)

47 They sent a photo of the wrong Johnson!

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at April 09, 2013 08:15 AM (R18D0)

Wasn't he on Miami Vice?

Posted by: Liberty Lover at April 09, 2013 08:15 AM (encrR)

49 20 We should start a petition to get McDonalds to fire Diane Feinstein.
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 09, 2013 12:12 PM
=====

LOL... good one.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 09, 2013 08:15 AM (aDwsi)

50
Slow news day???

Or was there a drunken coblogger fest last night.

Posted by: fixerupper at April 09, 2013 08:15 AM (nELVU)

51 Reverend Johnson: Order, order. Goddamnit, I said "order".

Howard Johnson: Y'know, Nietzsche says: "Out of chaos comes order."

Olson Johnson: Oh, blow it out your ass, Howard.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at April 09, 2013 08:15 AM (Q9qpj)

52 Web sites do this all the time. Get me a picture of ___ , and you end up with an unrelated photo. It's just any random photo that vaguely matches from stock photos, so that, say, the statue of liberty is the one in Japan or Las Vegas and not New York.

Posted by: bour3 at April 09, 2013 08:15 AM (5x3+2)

All johnsons look alike to some people.

You can call him Ron.

Or you can call him John.

Or you can call him Ron-Jon.

Or you can call him R.J.

But ya doesn't have to call him Johnson!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2013 08:16 AM (zF6Iw)

54 They sent a photo of the wrong Johnson! Strong contender for thread winner there.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 08:16 AM (F3G1y)

55 Hey, that isn't the worst Johnson that NBC could have put on the screen.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 09, 2013 08:16 AM (T0NGe)

56 37 Re the story, the funny thing to me is that w/in the past year or so I had noticed that JCP was a much better place to shop compared to similar retailers in its class. Ten times better (for apparel) than Sears, for example.

Posted by: Y-not at April 09, 2013 12:14 PM (5H6zj)

__________

Yeah but that's kind of like like saying Philly is less corrupt than Chicago. Technically tue, but they're both cesspools of corruption.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 09, 2013 08:16 AM (HDgX3)

57 Web sites do this all the time. Get me a picture of ___ , and you end up with an unrelated photo. It's just any random photo that vaguely matches from stock photos, so that, say, the statue of liberty is the one in Japan or Las Vegas and not New York.

Or the DNC asking for a picture of the US navy for a backdrop and getting a pic of the Russian navy instead, and using it anyway without checking.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 08:17 AM (GQ8sn)

58 Jesus! Remember, these people control the filter of political news yet fail to recognize a US Senator.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 09, 2013 08:17 AM (UypUQ)

59 Initially, Wall Street supported Johnson's ideas. In a vote of confidence, investors drove Penney's stock up 24 percent to $43 after Johnson,54, announced his vision in late January 2012. The JCP department store chain said that it has rehired Johnson's predecessor Mike Ullman, 66, who was CEO of the department store chain for seven years until November 2011. -- Huffpo/AP Sales slump 2012-13 during horribly slower than 2011 global economy. Blame low prices every day. As if shoppers prefer gimmick coupons.

Posted by: Forrest Gump at April 09, 2013 08:17 AM (MhA4j)

60 Wasn't Ron Johnson the character in that commercial where the guy was way over his head with debt?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 09, 2013 08:17 AM (HDgX3)

61 I half expected to see a pic of "Ron Burgundy" in the news story.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 12:14 PM (GQ8sn)

Good night....and go fuck yourself.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:17 AM (da5Wo)

62
..... stupid wingers.

JCP is NOT the ticker symbol for HoJo's.

Posted by: LIV Army at April 09, 2013 08:17 AM (nELVU)

63
The real funny part is Atlantic City launching a $20 million dollar ad campaign for gambling. Oy, in this economy?!

Oh, and that chick showing us her O face.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 09, 2013 08:18 AM (mKNJE)

64 But seriously, this Johnson guy was a screw up... trying to turn JCP into an Apple store... no sales? I used to get JCP sale emails twice a week, for the last year, maybe a reminder JCP existed once a quarter... must of wanted to get people back into the stores... FAIL... talk about stepping on your Johnson

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at April 09, 2013 08:18 AM (Pr6hk)

65 Did the Today show hire the guy that put up the photos of the Russian Navy at the DNC?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at April 09, 2013 08:18 AM (wrS2o)

66 54 They sent a photo of the wrong Johnson!

Strong contender for thread winner there.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 12:16 PM (F3G1y)

At least they knew enough to block Anthony Weiner's submission.

Posted by: assault flounder at April 09, 2013 08:18 AM (Kkt/i)

67 Eh, I give them credit for not putting a picture of Ron Swanson up.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at April 09, 2013 08:18 AM (/0G36)

68 It is scary that any of us morons here has more knowledge of US politics than the producers of NBC news.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 09, 2013 08:18 AM (UypUQ)

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 12:17 PM (da5Wo)

Stay classy, Cochran.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2013 08:18 AM (zF6Iw)

70 Senator Ron Johnson is the CEO of J.C. Penney. What's your point?

Posted by: News Media Dim Bulb at April 09, 2013 08:19 AM (aWycq)

71 It is scary that any of us morons here has more knowledge of US politics than the producers of NBC news. Not all of us. Scroll up.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 08:19 AM (F3G1y)

72 As if shoppers prefer gimmick coupons.

Posted by: Forrest Gump at April 09, 2013 12:17 PM (MhA4j)

We're programmed as such. Which is fine I guess, whatever. End price is all that matters IMHO.

Also, the "Low prices every day" didn't bring the prices down to the level of the gimmick coupons anyway. I could still get stuff cheaper at Kohl's.

And their ad campaign was strange. My wife noted that all the models looked like plaster mannequins and said that it didn't encourage her to shop there.

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at April 09, 2013 08:19 AM (qc8Bi)

73 Sales slump 2012-13 during horribly slower than 2011 global economy. Blame low prices every day. As if shoppers prefer gimmick coupons. --- It certainly was weird to go back to the old guy. My dad has sent me a few JCP gift cards in the past year, so I've been there several times. I like the simple pricing scheme they have. And the selection is good for basic clothing items, especially in the men's dept.

Posted by: Y-not at April 09, 2013 08:19 AM (5H6zj)

They probably think Ron Johnson was fired from JC Penney because he came out for Same Sex Marriage.

Posted by: Liberty Lover at April 09, 2013 08:19 AM (encrR)

75
Concise >> Cryptic

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 09, 2013 08:19 AM (kdS6q)

76 Should have Photoshopped in Jar Jar Binks instead.

Posted by: Roy at April 09, 2013 08:19 AM (VndSC)

77 the funny thing to me is that w/in the past year or so I had noticed that JCP was a much better place to shop compared to similar retailers in its class. Everytime I go into Kohl's there's a sale! How do they do it?

Posted by: AmishDude at April 09, 2013 08:19 AM (T0NGe)

78 At least they knew enough to block Anthony Weiner's submission. That's gonna be in the Saturday circular.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2013 08:19 AM (sdudD)

79 You'd think the Moron Horde got all its info from NBC the way the thread started.

C'mon, people. Premium content deserves premium visitors.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 09, 2013 08:20 AM (eHIJJ)

80 Stay classy, Cochran.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2013 12:18 PM (zF6Iw)

I don't know if you're aware of this.....*leans in, lowers voice 60 Minutes style*...but I'm kind of a big deal.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:20 AM (da5Wo)

81 When you've seen as many Johnsons as I have, they all start to look alike.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 09, 2013 08:20 AM (DrWcr)

It is scary that any of us morons here has more knowledge of US politics than the producers of NBC news.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 09, 2013 12:18 PM (UypUQ)

What's even scarier is that we have more knowledge of US politics than the dog-eating cokehead in the White House.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2013 08:20 AM (zF6Iw)

83 All old white people look the same.

Posted by: Trevor (@tjexcite) at April 09, 2013 08:20 AM (jOPzC)

84 OT: I once knew a guy when I was in elementary school who was named Rusty Cox. Sadly, I moved away before the jokes could begin in earnest.

Posted by: assault flounder at April 09, 2013 08:20 AM (Kkt/i)

85 Johnson & Johnson make some damn fine Q-Tips you guys.

Posted by: Dang - Now with more ampersand! at April 09, 2013 08:20 AM (R18D0)

86 Oh c'mon Marry Poppins! Nothin??? Please regale us with a story.. it always brightens my day.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 09, 2013 08:21 AM (l/N7H)

87 I'm a weally big fan of Johnson!

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at April 09, 2013 08:21 AM (DrWcr)

88 75 Concise >> Cryptic Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 09, 2013 12:19 PM (kdS6q) Concise bit-shifted by Cryptic? What?

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at April 09, 2013 08:22 AM (FsUAO)

89 I don't know if you're aware of this.....*leans in, lowers voice 60 Minutes style*...but I'm kind of a big deal. Oh. Great. YOU'LL be fun at the meet-up. I bet it won't even take one beer before you're screaming at the waitress, "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!?!?"

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 08:22 AM (F3G1y)

90 I've heard some people like to switch famous people's wiki photos when that famous person dies. They then get a big laugh when the news companies put up that incorrect photo. I don't know if that happened here, but it's not unlikely either.

Sometimes pranksters make up key facts for their bios too. It's especially funny because it reveals that the news companies are paying for their writers to sum up wiki blurbs.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 09, 2013 08:22 AM (P3w3I)

91 I can't even remember how many Johnsons I've seen.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke Now with improved uvula at April 09, 2013 08:22 AM (u0Z3Y)

92 "yet fail to recognize a US Senator." Suddenly, the media fails to recognize a Republican. Is the Senator really around in the Senate and highly visible in the political fray? Has the Wisconsin Republican been voicing support for constitutional limited federal governance or playing the Republican Leadership's dhimmi?

Posted by: Forrest Gump at April 09, 2013 08:22 AM (MhA4j)

93 Takes a brave company to throw its Johnson under the bus.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2013 08:22 AM (DrWcr)

94 I think it would have been even better if they had used a picture of the stereo salesman (and statutory rapist) from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Character name--Ron Johnson

Posted by: Scanner Dan at April 09, 2013 08:22 AM (gf97+)

95 A Johnson is a Johnson is a Johnson...... Amiright?

Posted by: Some Penis at April 09, 2013 08:22 AM (jucos)

96 I once knew a guy when I was in elementary school who was named Rusty Cox. Sadly, I moved away before the jokes could begin in earnest.

There was an officer in my ROTC cadre whose first name was Woody (Woodward).

Guess his rank.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 08:22 AM (GQ8sn)

Wtf?

I'm too busy 'saluting' Kate Upton and cheerleader pics to be a senator or run a shoe company.

Effin' media. Oh look, pudding!

Posted by: 'ron johnson at April 09, 2013 08:23 AM (BrQrN)

I found myself kind of turned off by their recent advertising because I was wondering how the heck they were getting the prices on the clothes so low. I mean they were dirt cheap in some cases, which led me to believe the clothes weren't very well made. I already have Old Navy for dirt cheap not very well made clothes, why would I shop at JCP?

Plus the JCP store here always smells like hair salon chemicals, even though the hair salon is tucked way in the corner of the basement. The smell is like embedded in the walls or something now, and no matter where you are in the store it smells like someone is getting a particularly strong perm.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 09, 2013 08:23 AM (RZ8pf)

99 Good thing his name wasn't Ron Jeremy.

Posted by: zsasz at April 09, 2013 08:23 AM (MMC8r)

100 Obligatory ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYSOmYyNHpU

Posted by: Waterhouse at April 09, 2013 08:23 AM (nbX4o)

101 Oh, and anyone with an IQ over 50 knows that Johnson is the most common last name in America. One of NBC's fact checkers should look up "Johnson" in a phone book. This incompetence is what comes from hiring college grads with liberal arts educations. I know because I am one. You can bluff your way through a lot of those classes. And that was before standards started really plummeting.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 09, 2013 08:23 AM (aWycq)

102 If that guy's a Johnson, where's his purple hat?

Posted by: Dang at April 09, 2013 08:23 AM (R18D0)

103 There was an officer in my ROTC cadre whose first name was Woody (Woodward).

Guess his rank.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 12:22 PM (GQ8sn)

Major?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2013 08:23 AM (DrWcr)

104 NBC's defense, "Hey its a white old guy. They all look alike."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 08:23 AM (0WpCx)

105 Howard Johnson is RIGHT!!!!!!!

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Ampersand Shogun at April 09, 2013 08:24 AM (fMiHM)

106 And the selection is good for basic clothing items, especially in the men's dept.

Guess it depends on what you're looking for. The last time I went in, everything in Womens was too skeevy to wear to an office.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at April 09, 2013 08:24 AM (/kI1Q)

107 There was an officer in my ROTC cadre whose first name was Woody (Woodward). Ummmm, how long ago, and what branch? Because I bet I know him. I know at least one.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 08:24 AM (F3G1y)

108 Someone bugged Mitch McConnell's office and sent the recording to Mother Jones.
http://tinyurl.com/brdolsr

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 09, 2013 08:24 AM (QTHTd)

109 Everytime I go into Kohl's there's a sale! How do they do it? ------ Kohl's is pretty common around here, but was kind of new to me. I've shopped in them, but I've never bought anything there. Quality blows. Customer service worse. Sears around here is good for appliances. Clothes blow. Burlington Coat Factories & TJ Maxx's feel like you're shopping off the back of a truck in a parking lot somewhere. Don't get the appeal.

Posted by: Y-not at April 09, 2013 08:24 AM (5H6zj)

110

I pride myself in NOT being able to pick 75-90 U.S. Senators out of a police lineup.

The only practical benefit of recognizing them MIGHT be when the time comes to line them up against a wall to shoot them. Wouldn't want to accidentally blow the head off an ex-JCP CEO.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2013 08:24 AM (TOk1P)

111 but much like Sex Panther cologne, they get like 80 percent of their stories mostly accurate.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at April 09, 2013 08:24 AM (BvTwT)

112 Major?

Ding.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 08:24 AM (GQ8sn)

113 My uncle is named Ron Johnson. Maybe he should be up there for some fame!

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at April 09, 2013 08:24 AM (FsUAO)

114 Meh - fake, but accurate. "Senator" Ron Johnson should be tossed out too, since he opposed President Obama's agenda for moving forward.

Posted by: Proud to be a Liberal Democrat! at April 09, 2013 08:24 AM (YYJjz)

115 YOU'LL be fun at the meet-up. I bet it won't even take one beer before you're screaming at the waitress, "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!?!?"

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 12:22 PM (F3G1y)

I hold my booze quite well thank you.

And I don't need to be drunk to yell at people.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:24 AM (da5Wo)

116 My dad has sent me a few JCP gift cards in the past year, so I've been there several times. I like the simple pricing scheme they have. And the selection is good for basic clothing items, especially in the men's dept.

Posted by: Y-not at April 09, 2013 12:19 PM (5H6zj)

It always had a sold men's dept, which us big&tall guys already knew, and stopping the sales, meant not having a reason to email customers, who previously were buying from them, without ever stepping into a competitors store

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at April 09, 2013 08:25 AM (Pr6hk)

117 Mitch McConnell and his advisers were caught on tape strategizing how to campaign against Ashley Judd if she decided to run. They talked about her being emotionally unbalanced but not one word about her puffy face.

http://tinyurl.com/cmlheje

Posted by: huerfano at April 09, 2013 08:25 AM (bAGA/)

118 I hold my booze quite well thank you. Cool. That makes one of us.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 08:25 AM (F3G1y)

119 Vote for the Johnson you know

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 09, 2013 08:25 AM (9Bj8R)

120
Ummmm, how long ago, and what branch?

Because I bet I know him. I know at least one.

Back in '92-'93. NCSU Army ROTC.

Don't remember his branch.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 08:26 AM (GQ8sn)

121 I've heard some people like to switch famous people's wiki photos when that famous person dies. They then get a big laugh when the news companies put up that incorrect photo.

Like when Petraeus's biography was posted on the news down in Denver. The title on it was "All Up In My Snatch"

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 09, 2013 08:26 AM (QTHTd)

122
111 but much like Sex Panther cologne, they get like 80 percent of their stories mostly accurate.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at April 09, 2013 12:24 PM (BvTwT)

Ok, that's almost barrel worthy. Get it right man....60% of the time, it works every time.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:26 AM (da5Wo)

123 Guess it depends on what you're looking for. The last time I went in, everything in Womens was too skeevy to wear to an office. --- Yeah, for the women's stuff I think if you stick with basics like cardigans, they're fine. Otherwise, not so much. But men's polos, socks, chino slacks, etc are good and the prices are good.

Posted by: Y-not at April 09, 2013 08:26 AM (5H6zj)

124 Don't remember his branch.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 12:26 PM (GQ8sn)

But you'll never forget his Woody.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2013 08:26 AM (DrWcr)

125 Oh, and anyone with an IQ over 50 knows that Johnson is the most common last name in America.

We're trying to fix that, you racists.

Posted by: Gang of Amnesty at April 09, 2013 08:26 AM (/kI1Q)

126 One of my favorite NYPD episodes had a man in car, with a map on his lap, apparently exposing his parts. asking the way to "Johnson, Texas." The lady cop was not amused.

Posted by: Baldy at April 09, 2013 08:27 AM (opS9C)

127 I hold my booze quite well thank you.

And I don't need to be drunk to yell at people.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 12:24 PM

Two hands?

Posted by: huerfano at April 09, 2013 08:27 AM (bAGA/)

128 Looks at the comments on booze and yelling at the waitresses... its sounding more and more like Fleet Week....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 08:27 AM (0WpCx)

129 But you'll never forget his Woody.

Oh, he knew all about that joke and was cool about it. We couldn't call him that to his face though.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 08:27 AM (GQ8sn)

130 it isnt funny once you splain it

Posted by: Bigby's Bunny-Ear Fingers at April 09, 2013 08:27 AM (zlP84)

131 @BCochran1981: Getting it wrong was part of the joke.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at April 09, 2013 08:28 AM (BvTwT)

132 Back in '92-'93. NCSU Army ROTC. Too early. I know a Woodward AND a Woody. And yes, we gave Major Woody serious shit. I think making Lieutenant Colonel was the happiest day of his life just so he would have to hear the snark anymore.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 08:28 AM (F3G1y)

133 Am I the only one who thinks "JHP" when he sees "JCP"?

Posted by: dudenolongerinsantacruz at April 09, 2013 08:28 AM (ZCu9v)

134 I want to talk about North Korea again. Now when they say they are going to reduce Washington to a big smoldering rubble pile, they mean DC, right? Not state? Just want to know if I should go ahead and pay my bills today or not.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 09, 2013 08:28 AM (RZ8pf)

135 Two hands?

Posted by: huerfano at April 09, 2013 12:27 PM (bAGA/)

Hell no. One hand on the booze, the other to smack the waitress on the butt.

*runs the fuck away before Ettes kill him*

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:28 AM (da5Wo)

136 Dr. Samuel Johnson's right about Olson Johnson's being right about Ron Johnson's pic being wrong.

Posted by: Howard Johnson at April 09, 2013 08:28 AM (eHIJJ)

137 I haven't stepped foot into a JCP in over 10 years. They never held any appeal to me.

So, they just google 'ron johnson' with no other info? Like 'ron johnson jcp'?

"Quick....get me a pic of John Smith!"

"Got it boss!"

Posted by: Tami[/i] at April 09, 2013 08:28 AM (X6akg)

138 Interesting how often the behind-the-scenes of Republcians gets exposed and we've got a President with no paper trail. Isn't it?

Posted by: zsasz at April 09, 2013 08:29 AM (MMC8r)

139 Am I the only one who thinks "JHP" when he sees "JCP"?

Yes. Yes you are.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at April 09, 2013 08:29 AM (BvTwT)

140 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellÂ’s reelection campaign asked the FBI and the U.S. attorneyÂ’s office on Tuesday to investigate how Mother Jones magazine obtained a recording of a February strategy session. Â“Senator McConnellÂ’s campaign is working with the FBI and has notified the local U.S. Attorney in Louisville, per FBI request, about these recordings,Â” McConnell campaign manager Jesse Benton said in a statement. Â“Obviously a recording device of some kind was placed in Senator McConnellÂ’s campaign office without consent. By whom and how that was accomplished presumably will be the subject of a criminal investigation.Â” Added a source close to the campaign: Â“WeÂ’re going on the assumption that a crime has been committed. No one at the meeting leaked this.Â”

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 09, 2013 08:29 AM (9Bj8R)

141 Hell no. One hand on the booze, the other to smack the waitress on the butt. *runs the fuck away before Ettes kill him* Don't be so hasty. L,elle might like it.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 08:29 AM (F3G1y)

142 Let get Fisker Automobiles to fire Barky.

Posted by: Barney F. at April 09, 2013 08:29 AM (O6u+F)

143 Imagine if NBC needed a picture of Marco Rubio's garbage.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 08:30 AM (GQ8sn)

144 Don't be so hasty. L,elle might like it.

"You're going the right way for a smack-bottom and I don't care who knows it!"

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 08:30 AM (GQ8sn)

145 Being about 12 miles out from the nearest major mall, I usually factor in the cost of a gallon of gas before deciding to shop. (This is recent by the way, coincidentally some time after Precedent Never-My-Fault took office.) If the bricks-and-mortars are not 'loss-leading' with something worthwhile, I'm not traveling.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at April 09, 2013 08:30 AM (feFL6)

146

"Sometimes people in a fit of passion will purchase the handgun to do bad things with it, Mr. President, even as my dad did, kill themselves. Waiting a few days helps." Â— Senator Harry Reid

No, it wouldn't have made a difference son.

http://tinyurl.com/d47adnh

Posted by: Harry Vincent Reid at April 09, 2013 08:30 AM (Ijr/x)

147 It is scary that any of us morons here has more knowledge of US politics than the producers of NBC news. These journalists are remarkably ignorant. They don't just cling to stuff like gay marriage to get ratings -- it's as complex and detailed as they want to get. We joke about the math, but they don't want to know names or places, either. They want to know who the good guys are and who the bad guys are.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 09, 2013 08:30 AM (T0NGe)

148 It is still a crime to bug someone's office, right? Or is it only a crime to bug a Democrat's office and home?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 09, 2013 08:31 AM (RZ8pf)

149 Imagine if NBC needed a picture of Marco Rubio's garbage.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 12:30 PM (GQ8sn)

Doesn't Ace have, like, thousands of them? I doubt he'd share with NBC, though.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2013 08:31 AM (DrWcr)

150
138 Interesting how often the behind-the-scenes of Republcians gets exposed and we've got a President with no paper trail. Isn't it?

Posted by: zsasz at April 09, 2013 12:29 PM (MMC8r)

It's a little frightening actually. Think about the constant leaks and inside sources during the Bush years. Not a single damn word during TFG's tenure.

Why?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:31 AM (da5Wo)

151 Â“WeÂ’re going on the assumption that a crime has been committed. No one at the meeting leaked this.Â” No Democrats will face any charges over this, naturally. However, Mitch McConnell may face jail time for being a 'hater.'

Posted by: zsasz at April 09, 2013 08:32 AM (MMC8r)

152 I've heard some people like to switch famous people's wiki photos when
that famous person dies.

Has anyone replaced Cher with Margaret Thatcher yet?
(reference: http://is.gd/lmDyEg)

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 09, 2013 08:32 AM (/kI1Q)

153 Ha! Where is L,elle? Typically a mention of spanking and she pops right up.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:32 AM (da5Wo)

154 Why there are no 'leaks in this administration? Because for once the 'right' guy is in office.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 08:32 AM (0WpCx)

155 I for, one, liked the way JC Penney used to operate. They would send me a coupon about 4 times per year for $10 off anything costing $10 or more. I would go find a $14 shirt and pay $4 plus tax.

Too bad they cannot avoid bankruptcy with customers like me.

Posted by: Al at April 09, 2013 08:32 AM (V70Uh)

156 72. tsrblke Kohls buyers provide the styles that Johnson attempted to sell at Penneys. Imo, the buyers for both Penneys and Sears suck big time. I used to get the men's socks and boxers from jcp every Christmas. But after the disappointing product drop in quality (men socks washed and shrank into boys size) back in 2012, and Penneys quit selling their own brand of boxers, not again. True enough, Kohls cut big time into the jcp customer base. But normal price differential between those two stores isn't significant. One thing about Kohls, cute $5. stuffed toys, Seuss themed made in China that don't fall apart any faster than the latest crap sold by PetSmart.

Posted by: Forrest Gump at April 09, 2013 08:33 AM (MhA4j)

157 It's a little frightening actually. Think about the constant leaks and inside sources during the Bush years. Not a single damn word during TFG's tenure. Why? Vince Foster.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2013 08:33 AM (sdudD)

158 Burlington Coat Factories & TJ Maxx's feel like you're shopping off the back of a truck in a parking lot somewhere. Don't get the appeal. That is the appeal. Makes you think you're ordering wholesale. That's even why they have "Factory" in the name.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 09, 2013 08:33 AM (T0NGe)

159 Every damn time I go to the JC Penney nearest to me, it's torn up for "a fresh new look". Annoying. I thought the free haircuts for kids promotion they ran in August could've worked, (if the store was actually neat and stocked in August, which I don't know) but making every Sunday, or one Sunday a month, or whatever, free haircuts day seemed like way too much.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at April 09, 2013 08:33 AM (/0G36)

160

Shoulda had my mug up there! Cleveland Rocks! NBC sucks!

Posted by: Mick Ronson at April 09, 2013 08:34 AM (wIgpo)

161 As long as we are talking department stores, I will put a plug in for my most favorite one in the Midwest:

Von Maur

Advantages:
1. No interest charge card
2. Free basic alterations on women's clothing (you guys may not know this but it is a big deal)
3. Free gift wrap all year
4. Free shipping to anywhere in the country all the time.

They do this because they do not advertise. I LOVE this store. Family owned.

Posted by: Miss Marple at April 09, 2013 08:34 AM (GoIUi)

162 RE: McConnell bug

Do the mics on cellphones leave telltale signatures in their audio files?

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 09, 2013 08:34 AM (UypUQ)

163 Ha! Where is L,elle? Typically a mention of spanking and she pops right up. I know she's got a lot going on right now.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 08:34 AM (F3G1y)

164 Just want to know if I should go ahead and pay my bills today or not. Peoples Army kill you long time, soon. Just not today, or tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow. We see.

Posted by: Kim Jong-un [/i] at April 09, 2013 08:35 AM (feFL6)

165 They should have asked me. I consider myself an expert on johnsons.

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at April 09, 2013 08:35 AM (YOWAW)

166

@ 155 - "Too bad they cannot avoid bankruptcy with customers like me."

Really, we should just nationalise JC Penney and other department stores anywise. Nobody needs to own and operate a private corporation, after all.

Posted by: Proud to be a Liberal Democrat! at April 09, 2013 08:35 AM (YYJjz)

167 I know she's got a lot going on right now.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 12:34 PM (F3G1y)

She ok?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:36 AM (da5Wo)

168

Oh c'mon Marry Poppins! Nothin??? Please regale us with a story.. it always brightens my day.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 09, 2013 12:21 PM (l/N7H)

I told one over on the Headlines thread - did you miss it?

Anyway, here's one I've told before, but it bears repeating: the producer Joe Pasternak - he of Please Don't Eat the Daisies and The Courtship of Eddie's Father - had the squeaking hots for Marlene Dietrich, and was always after her, begging her to sleep with him. Finally fed up, Dietrich told him "I'll go to bed with you when Hitler is dead."

Came May 1, 1945. A horny Pasternak called Dietrich. "I just heard it on the radio," he chortled. "Hitler's dead! Now, we fuck!"

"Hitler is alive and well and living in Argentina!" Dietrich shouted, slamming down the phone.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2013 08:36 AM (zF6Iw)

169 She ok? Yeah, I think so.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 08:36 AM (F3G1y)

170 why is it so slow around here today? You guys are not helping me procrastinate instead of getting actual paid work done. Step it up computer monkeys, I do not wantto have to do real work today.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 09, 2013 08:37 AM (RZ8pf)

171 CNN, on the other hand, probably had to dig deep and hard to find a photograph of Margaret Thatcher that implied something unsavory.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 09, 2013 08:37 AM (aDwsi)

172 I want to talk about North Korea again. Now when they say they are going to reduce Washington to a big smoldering rubble pile, they mean DC, right? Not state? Just want to know if I should go ahead and pay my bills today or not. Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 09, 2013 12:28 PM (RZ8pf) And reducing DC to a big, smoldering rubble pile is a bad thing, how?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2013 08:38 AM (29+x5)

173 I bet this story will soon be massaged to make it Tea Party that did it.

Hakken is busted in a room with a gun and drugs babbling about Armageddon. So loses custody of his two sons. So he breaks into mother-in-law's home, ties her up, snatches the children, and sets sail for Cuba with wife and sons.

http://tinyurl.com/d8jqa92

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 08:38 AM (0WpCx)

174 LOL Mary!

Posted by: jewells45 at April 09, 2013 08:38 AM (l/N7H)

175 but much like Sex Panther cologne, they get like 80 percent of their stories mostly accurate.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at April 09, 2013 12:24 PM (BvTwT)

Ok, that's almost barrel worthy. Get it right man....60% of the time, it works every time.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 12:26 PM (da5Wo)

Also much like Sex Panther cologne, it smells like Bigfoot's dick.

Posted by: Heralder at April 09, 2013 08:39 AM (+xmn4)

176 My favorite 'microphone moment'?
Jesse Jackson: " "I want to cut his nuts off."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 09, 2013 08:39 AM (aDwsi)

177 Paying a bill today?

Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after tomorrow.

Posted by: Al at April 09, 2013 08:39 AM (V70Uh)

178 JCP Ron Johnson looks more like former NM Gov. Gary Johnson. compare Huffpo ANNE D'INNOCENZIO photo to Gary's wikipedia.

Posted by: Forrest Gump at April 09, 2013 08:40 AM (MhA4j)

179 So are you saying it was Marlene herself who started all the rumours of Hitler hot footing it to Argentina? Wow learn something new everyday.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 08:40 AM (0WpCx)

180 Step it up, computer monkeys ---- Well okay. Let's talk about how Amanda Knox killed Ron Johnson's career, satanically and sexily.

Posted by: Huck Finn at April 09, 2013 08:41 AM (/0G36)

181 And, frankly, the quotes from the McConnell meeting ain't shit.

Posted by: zsasz at April 09, 2013 08:42 AM (MMC8r)

182 I want to talk about North Korea again. Now when they say they are going to reduce Washington to a big smoldering rubble pile, they mean DC, right? Not state? Just want to know if I should go ahead and pay my bills today or not.

Sorry, DC would be far out of range.

I recommend skipping the bills and sending the money to charity instead. I recommend the Hollowpoint Enterprise for Second Amendment Studies and Security.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 09, 2013 08:42 AM (SY2Kh)

183 Close enough: some white guy named Johnson.

Posted by: G P Hanner at April 09, 2013 08:42 AM (PV2IU)

184 True story: Hitchcock's "Notorious" is based on Dietrich's real life adventures as an American spy.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2013 08:42 AM (TOk1P)

185 27 It could have been worse. They could have put up a picture of Hank Johnson. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2013 12:13 PM

Or Charles "Comic Book" Johnson

Posted by: kbdabear at April 09, 2013 08:42 AM (mCvL4)

186 Recently, I have been having too many, "Get off my lawn," moments ( seriously, we have a problem in my neighborhood with idiots from the local university trespassing.) I thought these things didn't happen until much later in life. I am heartened by all the adolescent humor here on AoSHQ; I think it keeps me young.

Posted by: ROndinellaMamma at April 09, 2013 08:42 AM (53riN)

187 88 75
Concise >> Cryptic
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 09, 2013 12:19 PM (kdS6q)

Concise bit-shifted by Cryptic? What?

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at April 09, 2013 12:22 PM (FsUAO)

shifting concise right by cryptic bits > Big Bang Theory

Posted by: Big McLargeHuge at April 09, 2013 08:42 AM (XTy5s)

188 What? Wait a minute...., ghey infertility is an issue? WTF?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 09, 2013 08:43 AM (aDwsi)

189 So ... Ron Johnsons are conserved.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 09, 2013 08:43 AM (IDSI7)

190
eh, McConnell should have went with "its fake", to see if the idiot ousts himself.

As far as the info gleaned, nil.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 09, 2013 08:43 AM (mKNJE)

191 I've just found a Ron Johnson who is a member of the Tea Party

Posted by: Brian Ross at April 09, 2013 08:43 AM (mCvL4)

192 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 12:38 PM (0WpCx)

Lovely. "Anti-govt rally" will soon be "tea party rally."

I was really annoyed last night while watching The Following. (A show I really like.) As they're hunting down all the psychos, the follow the trail to an abandoned govt armory that has been turned into a "militia compound/weapons facility". What's on the wall? What does the camera focus on as the characters walk out of the shot? Gadsden flag.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:43 AM (da5Wo)

193 eh, McConnell should have went with "its fake", to see if the idiot ousts himself.

As far as the info gleaned, nil.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 09, 2013 12:43 PM (mKNJE)

heh, that would be pretty funny.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 09, 2013 08:44 AM (UypUQ)

194 I thought JCPenny was out of business already.

Posted by: Whatev at April 09, 2013 08:44 AM (A7Wh1)

195 What do you expect from NBC??? Republican Senators and CEO's are all enemies to the socialist stateÂ….

Posted by: redguy at April 09, 2013 08:45 AM (oqvI4)

196 VELIKA IVANCA, Serbia (AP) Â— A 60-year-old veteran gunned down 13 people in a pre-dawn, house-to-house rampage Tuesday in Serbia, killing his mother, his son and a two-year-old cousin before shooting himself and his wife, police and hospital officials said.
http://tinyurl.com/cum79ng

I guess another country needs to outlaw assault weapons. Oh wait he used a handgun that he had a license for. Bang there goes another useless leftist talking point. Pray for the survivors.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 08:45 AM (0WpCx)

197 NBC. I mean, have Americans ever been afflicted by a more inane, inept, incompetent, incoherent snooze source? Who runs that organization? Bozo The Clown?

Posted by: mrp at April 09, 2013 08:45 AM (HjPtV)

198 I'm reminded of a 'Blazing Saddles' skit...

Posted by: JEM at April 09, 2013 08:45 AM (o+SC1)

199 Von Maur

I'm so old I remember buying clothes at Petersen Harned Von Maur.

It's such a bitch to get around that part of town on an evening or weekend, though.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 09, 2013 08:45 AM (/kI1Q)

200 eh, McConnell should have went with "its fake", to see if the idiot ousts himself.

As far as the info gleaned, nil.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 09, 2013 12:43 PM (mKNJE)

He should have said it like I did.

"It's a faaaaaaake!!!"

Posted by: Senator Vreenak at April 09, 2013 08:46 AM (GQ8sn)

201

I don't see how this happened. She looks like she knows her Ron Johnsons.

Posted by: imp at April 09, 2013 08:46 AM (UaxA0)

202 NBC - do they use Google or Bing??? I am sure the graphic artist just Binged "Ron Johnson" and used the first image that came upÂ…. The graphic artist could probably not read english and thought "white guy" must be himÂ….

Posted by: redguy at April 09, 2013 08:46 AM (oqvI4)

203 BCochran, just opt out of TV. Starve the MSM.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 08:47 AM (0WpCx)

204 fat check the $200million that the South "invested" into North Korea: reunification, baby. #Addressing a cabinet meeting, South Korean President Park Geun-hye described the suspension of Kaesong as "very disappointing" and said investors would now shun the North.#

Posted by: Forrest Gump at April 09, 2013 08:48 AM (MhA4j)

205 RE: NBC

That kind of proves the lie of SNL's 'Fox ampersand Friends' skit where they have all the embarrassing corrections at the end. There own network is probably much worse.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 09, 2013 08:48 AM (UypUQ)

206 That idiot JC Penney board should have handed the CEO position to Senator Ron Johnson. Nobody at NBC would have noticed the change and the company would have avoided a lot of bad press.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 09, 2013 08:48 AM (8ZskC)

207 It's a little frightening actually. Think about the constant leaks and inside sources during the Bush years. Not a single damn word during TFG's tenure. Why? Vince Foster. Obama doesn't have the private network of friends and cronies that Clinton had/has. What he has is white liberal guilt. So it's all an Emperor's New Clothes deal. Once he's not Too Big To Fail, I think that people will come out against him, but there are too many who will still cry racism at any criticism of Barry and so there's no profit in a lib cashing in. Also, Clinton always kept Hillary in the political game, so there were always favors to dish out. I think that's why there's all the talk about Michelle running for some office or other. I guess they could run her in Illinois, those idiots will vote for anything with a D by it's name. Even Destruction.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 09, 2013 08:48 AM (T0NGe)

208 28 All johnsons look alike to some people. Well, I like BIG Johnsons!

Posted by: Barney at April 09, 2013 08:48 AM (wR+pz)

209
203 BCochran, just opt out of TV. Starve the MSM.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 12:47 PM (0WpCx)

There are a handful of shows I really like. It just annoys me when one of them puts a thumb in my eye.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:49 AM (da5Wo)

210 McConnell admitting it's real means that he can call for the FBI.

Posted by: zsasz at April 09, 2013 08:49 AM (MMC8r)

211 I am disturbed by the fact nobody mentioned the newsbabe's purty mouth except Waterhouse @ 38 and guy Mohawk @ 63.

Posted by: EROWMER at April 09, 2013 08:49 AM (kxlCQ)

212 Our betters, the MFM.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at April 09, 2013 08:49 AM (7ObY1)

213 There are a handful of shows I really like. It just annoys me when one of them puts a thumb in my eye.

Bittorent is your friend!

I can show you how.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 08:49 AM (GQ8sn)

214 What's on the wall? What does the camera focus on as the characters walk out of the shot? Gadsden flag.

Meh. It would be odd if a militia compound didn't have a Gadsden flag somewhere on the wall.

It would be like an Obama campaign office that lacked a Che' poster.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 09, 2013 08:50 AM (SY2Kh)

215 4-10-2013 I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.

Posted by: Big Bad Boy Kim Cry Wolf at April 09, 2013 08:50 AM (MhA4j)

216 There are a handful of shows I really like. It just annoys me when one of them puts a thumb in my eye. Face it. They're just not that in to you.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 08:50 AM (F3G1y)

217 Saw a news clip on you tube where the reporter was talking about Meat Loaf the singer and the had a picture of a meat loaf on the background.

Posted by: cicero skip at April 09, 2013 08:50 AM (3m9Uc)

218 You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, but you don't have to call me Johnson!

Posted by: Ray J. Johnson, Jr. at April 09, 2013 08:50 AM (PQs9U)

219 What's it say about me that my first thought was Ron Johnson, Stereo Salesman? (2 pts if you get the reference)

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 09, 2013 08:52 AM (3V9LU)

220
There was an officer in my ROTC cadre whose first name was Woody (Woodward).

One of my Son's middle school teachers was a Richard Whacker. Yes...he went by Dick.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 09, 2013 08:52 AM (0IhFx)

221 Has anyone read this over at Drudge? http://tinyurl.com/bp9gjjk It is pretty wild shit. Masturbation on her face, etc. Sounds like this guy is one of the horde.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at April 09, 2013 08:52 AM (wR+pz)

222 You mean Jesus didn't go to heaven on a flying horse?

Posted by: The New York Times at April 09, 2013 08:52 AM (8ZskC)

223 Bittorent is your friend!

I can show you how.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 12:49 PM (GQ8sn)

Pirate Bay and Kick Ass Torrents are my friend. But I got dinged by Comcast a while back for it. I accidentally left bittorrent open with the file still going. So it was uploading/seeding/whatever for like 3 days nonstop. HBO/GoT apparently was not amused, so I got a Cease and Desist.

I'm careful about that shit now.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:52 AM (da5Wo)

224 The NBC prompter-reader's so progressive that her hair blows Stage Left. She's lefty all the way to the root.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 09, 2013 08:52 AM (eHIJJ)

225 Meh. It would be odd if a militia compound didn't have a Gadsden flag somewhere on the wall.

This is true; but the camera could have just passed along the wall and caught the flag in passing. Instead it became all about the flag, not the story.

This is barely even Propaganda 101. It's more like the entrance quiz before they let you take the class.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 09, 2013 08:53 AM (QTHTd)

226 I'll show you Johnson!

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at April 09, 2013 08:53 AM (PQs9U)

227 Well so which character from Game of Thrones showed up at your house with the Cease and Desist?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 08:54 AM (0WpCx)

228

"Vince Foster."

You've got to admire the Clintons for the cultist loyalty they instill (probably through some type of implant) in their followers.

People close to the Clintons would go to jail, be tossed out of office or even blow their heads off rather than turn on them.

Contrast that with Bush where people were lined up in the aisles waiting to get their tell-all book published or appear on liberal TV to dish some dirt.

We are so far behind the curve we can't even see it.

Posted by: jwest at April 09, 2013 08:54 AM (u2a4R)

229 I'm careful about that shit now.

Run Peerblock while you torrent.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 08:54 AM (GQ8sn)

230 226 I'll show you Johnson! Posted by: Anthony Weiner at April 09, 2013 12:53 PM (PQs9U) I love a good kosher Johnson.

Posted by: Barney at April 09, 2013 08:54 AM (wR+pz)

231 Al Sharpton To Tingles: Â“WeÂ’re Not Engaging in Americans Hating Each OtherÂ”Â… All these clowns do is engage in hate. Via NewsbustersÂ’ Noel Sheppard: AL SHARPTON, HOST: WeÂ’re not engaging in Americans hating each other. WeÂ’re talking about people loving each other. And if you love children, you want to see gun safety. So weÂ’re not talking about, when theyÂ’re talking about cable, theyÂ’re not talking about Â“able cable.Â” ThatÂ’s what you and I do. MATTHEWS: I would think thatÂ’d be a good way to look at it, sir. A good way to look at it???? I Don't even understand what the fuck he's talking about?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 09, 2013 08:55 AM (9Bj8R)

232
227 Well so which character from Game of Thrones showed up at your house with the Cease and Desist?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 12:54 PM (0WpCx)

Not Emilia Clarke, I can tell you that much. DAMMIT.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:55 AM (da5Wo)

233 And, frankly, the quotes from the McConnell meeting ain't shit. That's not the point. At any private meeting you'll say something that isn't fit for the public. "Harry Reid is a douchebag," for instance. The Dems are dirty tricks all the way down. I'm sure even Zombie Richard Nixon is still like, "WTF? Kennedy did worse on his best day, not to mention that douche Johnson."

Posted by: AmishDude at April 09, 2013 08:56 AM (T0NGe)

234

I have an NBC logo floating in my toilet. I take pleasure in pissing on it.

Flush. Repeat. I luxuriate in my hatred for NBC

Posted by: Augustus Caesar at April 09, 2013 08:56 AM (A71EA)

235 I am proud that President Obama has fired Senator Johnson. Why was he double dipping as the CEO of JC Penney. Stupid..............

Posted by: A Bag of Flaming Dog Shit at April 09, 2013 08:57 AM (3lMGK)

236 Run Peerblock while you torrent.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 12:54 PM (GQ8sn)

hmmmmmm.......while that work on MacBooks?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:57 AM (da5Wo)

237 President Obama will speak on gun control today ...

(picture) http://tinyurl.com/d8klyx

Posted by: NBC News at April 09, 2013 08:57 AM (mCvL4)

238 *will

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 08:57 AM (da5Wo)

239 1500 page amnesty bill has blown my mind

Posted by: Truman North at April 09, 2013 08:57 AM (WsZoj)

240 I love how an MSNBC "debate" is Chris Matthews vs. Al Sharpton.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 09, 2013 08:58 AM (T0NGe)

241 No, the other one.

Posted by: Special Agent Johnson at April 09, 2013 08:58 AM (BAS5M)

242 That's not the point. At any private meeting you'll say something that isn't fit for the public. "Harry Reid is a douchebag," for instance. All I'm saying is that Mother Jones ran with a lame story that will likely get some of them grilled for using a felon as a source. There's no scandal here against McConnell.

Posted by: zsasz at April 09, 2013 08:58 AM (MMC8r)

243 And if you love children, you want to see gun safety.

When mom or her boyfriend leaves their illegal piece unsecured for the kids to find and accidentally shoot themselves/their siblings, take away all the kids and cut her benefits. We'll start seeing some "gun safety."

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 09, 2013 08:59 AM (/kI1Q)

244 Posted by: Special Agent Johnson at April 09, 2013 12:58 PM (BAS5M) Are any agents NOT special?

Posted by: AmishDude at April 09, 2013 08:59 AM (T0NGe)

245 I'd like to nailgun her tits to the floor.

Posted by: Patrick Bateman at April 09, 2013 08:59 AM (A71EA)

246 It's a good thing this wasn't a story about Jimmie Johnson.

Posted by: Fritz at April 09, 2013 09:00 AM (UzPAd)

247 1500 page amnesty bill has blown my mind Posted by: Truman North at April 09, 2013 12:57 PM (WsZoj) That's so nobody reads it and you have to pass it to actually find out what's in it. Best way to run a Country?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 09, 2013 09:00 AM (9Bj8R)

248 Why waste your time peeing on an NBC logo, when you pee on this. http://tinyurl.com/caq75cf

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at April 09, 2013 09:01 AM (wR+pz)

249 Run Peerblock while you torrent. Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 12:54 PM (GQ8sn) hmmmmmm.......while that work on MacBooks? Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 12:57 PM (da5Wo) Didn't the Head Ewok ask us not to discuss the more alternately legal methods of media consumption awhile back?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 09, 2013 09:01 AM (VtjlW)

250 What's it say about me that my first thought was Ron Johnson, Stereo Salesman? (2 pts if you get the reference)

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 09, 2013 12:52 PM (3V9LU)

How YOU doin? You're pretty Fast Times there.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 09, 2013 09:01 AM (BAS5M)

251 Didn't the Head Ewok ask us not to discuss the more alternately legal methods of media consumption awhile back?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 09, 2013 01:01 PM (VtjlW)

He did. Which is why this is a purely hypothetical discussion. Downloading Torrents is illegal, wrong and should not be endorsed.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 09:02 AM (da5Wo)

252
hmmmmmm.......while that work on MacBooks?

No Mac version available.

I'm not aware of any Mac versions of peer blocking clients. Maybe some other morons would know of any?

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 09:02 AM (GQ8sn)

253
Are any agents NOT special?

Yes. Those that haven't graduated yet. The "Special" moniker comes after they've successfully passed and graduated.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 09:03 AM (GQ8sn)

254 "18 Look Y'all, if you don't get the Platinum Package you're not entitled to context.

That's only for us 1%ers

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2013 12:11 PM (F3G1y)"

No context, no Optional Ampersand Utility(TM)...

Bah humbug! Some award-winning smart JC Penny blog this is!

Posted by: Petrus at April 09, 2013 09:04 AM (ngOuh)

255 Natalie Morales is hot.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at April 09, 2013 09:04 AM (iR2Oi)

256 Yes. Those that haven't graduated yet. The "Special" moniker comes after they've successfully passed and graduated. Ah, the same for journalism school. If you graduate from J-school, you're "special".

Posted by: AmishDude at April 09, 2013 09:04 AM (T0NGe)

257 Turned on NBC the other night to check out the Apprentice because I hadn't seen it in a few seasons. The first person I saw was Peerz Morgan, and standing on the other side was a new fuggly Trump kid I hadn't seen before. It was too much and I had to shut it off.

Posted by: Whatev at April 09, 2013 09:05 AM (A7Wh1)

258 When mom or her boyfriend leaves their illegal piece unsecured for the kids to find and accidentally shoot themselves/their siblings, take away all the kids and cut her benefits. We'll start seeing some "gun safety." Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ at April 09, 2013 12:59 PM (/kI1Q) Now, now, now, you're acting as if people have their own agency and will and are able to resist the Shoot Me rays that emanate from the evil assault weapons.

That's just crazypants.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 09, 2013 09:05 AM (VtjlW)

259 227Well so which character from Game of Thrones showed up at your house with the Cease and Desist?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 12:54 PM (0WpCx)

*seeds GoT torrent* *Waits for Rose Leslie to show up*

Posted by: Heralder at April 09, 2013 09:05 AM (+xmn4)

260 I just watch shows from Japan that are fan-subbed and not on the US market... totally starve the beast here.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 09, 2013 09:06 AM (0WpCx)

261 That pic of Senator Johnson looks a little goofy. He needs to glower more. Perhaps he's a RINO? Don't know anything about him. But it would explain the lack of glower.

Posted by: Mindy is about to be provoked into hosting a potluck at April 09, 2013 09:06 AM (wk9P4)

262 Saw a news clip on you tube where the reporter was talking about Meat Loaf the singer and the had a picture of a meat loaf on the background. Oh no not meat loaf again!

Posted by: esch at April 09, 2013 09:07 AM (bwXBm)

263

Posted by: Special Agent Johnson at April 09, 2013 12:58 PM (BAS5M)

Are any agents NOT special?

Posted by: AmishDude at April 09, 2013 12:59 PM (T0NGe)

I was up for promotion to Special Agent but my dickhead parter decided to relive his 'Nam days at the Nalatomi Plaza and got up blowed up. We blowed up real good. [aside] You Dickhead! I was in junior high during your 'Nam glory years.

Posted by: Agent Johnson at April 09, 2013 09:07 AM (BAS5M)

264 How YOU doin? You're pretty Fast Times there.

--

Ding ding! Morons never fail to pull through when it counts.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 09, 2013 09:07 AM (3V9LU)

265 NBC newsreader has inflatable doll lips. Perfectly parted for penetration. I can do that too.

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at April 09, 2013 09:08 AM (wIgpo)

266 Now, now, now, you're acting as if people have their own agency and will and are able to resist the Shoot Me rays that emanate from the evil assault weapons.

That's just crazypants.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 09, 2013 01:05 PM (VtjlW)

Amusing.

http://tinyurl.com/brgbnkb

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 09:09 AM (da5Wo)

267 #228....Bush did not have the Arkansas Mafia on speed dial and retainer. The Ark Mafia will have you dead and dumped in a 400 ft ravine for the razorbacks to eat and people knew it. The only reason Monica did not get that treatment is that her friend Tripp advised her to keep the blue dress. Bill and Hill play for keeps Hillbilly Rules, while Bush does Noblesse Oblige to a farethewell.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wilde Wrepublican Wench at April 09, 2013 09:09 AM (wD+3N)

268

tv shows you like throwing stupid stuff in your face? Oh you mean like the stupid ass Blue Bloods episode last week where the guilty party was the Catholic father and we were made to feel sympathy toward the poor put upon Muslims who were knifed by roving gangs of white people right after 9/11. The roving gangs that knifed 12 year old kids on the streets of NYC?

You mean that kind of stupid stuff? I am still so mad I could spit. Blue Bloods was reliably as apolitical that type of show could get, yeah there was some mayor stuff etc, but they mostly avoided any of the "democrats good, republicans bad" or "muslims good, christians bad" kind of storylines. I mean for fuck's sake they are all Catholic and sit down to Sunday dinner together, that's pretty traditional American values. But in the last few weeks they've really started to let liberalism creep in. Like two weeks ago when the granddaughter was talking about her friend the anarchist. WTF?? WTF???

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 09, 2013 09:10 AM (RZ8pf)

269 Secretary of State John Kerry, echoing the old anti-Israel canard that peace in the Middle East is dependent on a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, expanded that idea to the rest of the world as he told reporters in Jerusalem Monday, "I am intensely focused on this issue and the region because it is vital really to American interests and regional interests to try and advance the peace process and because this festering absence of peace is used by groups everywhere to recruit and encourage extremism." Of course. How could we be so stupid? All the Islamic extremism in the world, all the terrorists worldwide, would simply beat their swords into plowshares if only Israel could make peace with the Palestinians. It ought to be simple, really. Let Israel hand over all the territory the Palestinians regard as theirs, exile the Jews, and terrorism should come to a crashing halt. There are a couple of problems with this idea of KerryÂ’s: The territory the Palestinians regard as theirs stretches westward to the Mediterranean Sea, and as much as the Palestinians would like the Jews to voluntarily immerse themselves underwater, Jews have a marked resistance to this idea after the Holocaust. ItÂ’s simply not true that terrorists will become peacemakers simply with an Israeli-Palestinian agreement. Need we mention all the various places around the world threatened by Islamic terrorism or other terrorist groups that have nothing to do with Israel? Kerry had the gall to add, "Both sides mistrust each other deeply and there are reasons that mistrust has built up.Â” Keep insisting there is moral equivalence there, John; your boss will like that. This asshole really is stupider than I ever imagined?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 09, 2013 09:11 AM (9Bj8R)

270 Amusing. http://tinyurl.com/brgbnkb Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 01:09 PM (da5Wo) Love it!

Posted by: Mindy is about to be provoked into hosting a potluck at April 09, 2013 09:12 AM (wk9P4)

271 Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 09, 2013 01:10 PM (RZ8pf)

I thought Selleck drifted to the Right. I remember back in the day, he and Rosie had a minor war about guns.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 09:12 AM (da5Wo)

272 Amusing. http://tinyurl.com/brgbnkb Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 01:09 PM (da5Wo) It's the putting it in the wheelchair that really ties the room together.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 09, 2013 09:13 AM (VtjlW)

273 Mooch: Â“White House Buzzing With ExcitementÂ” For The Â“Rhythmic Groove of Memphis SoulÂ”Â… Living it up on the taxpayer dime. Party hardy?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 09, 2013 09:13 AM (9Bj8R)

274 A Republican dared to speak in private. This, itself, is considered a scandal to the likes of "Mother Jones".

242 That's not the point. At any private meeting you'll say something that isn't fit for the public. "Harry Reid is a douchebag," for instance.

All I'm saying is that Mother Jones ran with a lame story that will likely get some of them grilled for using a felon as a source. There's no scandal here against McConnell.

Posted by: zsasz at April 09, 2013 12:58 PM (MMC8r)

Posted by: Pyrocles at April 09, 2013 09:13 AM (cv5Iw)

275
Recently, I have been having too many, "Get off my lawn," moments ( seriously, we have a problem in my neighborhood with idiots from the local university trespassing.) I thought these things didn't happen until much later in life. I am heartened by all the adolescent humor here on AoSHQ; I think it keeps me young.

Posted by: ROndinellaMamma at April 09, 2013 12:42 PM (53riN)

Motion detectors, sprinkler system. Some assembly required.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 09, 2013 09:14 AM (TIIx5)

276 AtC, I brought some homemade Browned Butter Sandies to share today. Hope you like them.

Posted by: Mindy is about to be provoked into hosting a potluck at April 09, 2013 09:14 AM (wk9P4)

277 I thought Selleck drifted to the Right.

He is a huge gun-rights advocate and he and Rosie did have an on-air confrontation about guns.

He just can't control how the show is written or made.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 09:15 AM (GQ8sn)

278 #268 Yup. Bluebloods lost me there. The Catholic Dad "honor" killing his daughter for converting to Islam. That happens every day. /sarcasm off

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wilde Wrepublican Wench at April 09, 2013 09:17 AM (wD+3N)

279
Elitist Overling: You, yeah you stupid, get me a photo of Ron Johnson right now.

Underpaid Underling: yea...YES SIR!

TV Newsbabe: Sen. Ron Johnson was fired as JCP CEO today.

TV watchers: wtf...*click*

Posted by: At the NBC Network at April 09, 2013 09:17 AM (mKNJE)

280 well apparently they got a new batch of writers on Blue Bloods who are intent on ruining the show. Or the old writers finally shed their human skin and revealed themselves to be progressive alien lizard people.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 09, 2013 09:17 AM (RZ8pf)

281 He just can't control how the show is written or made.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 01:15 PM (GQ8sn)

At some point, people need to start backing up their words.

"No, this is bullshit. I'm not going to do it."

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 09:17 AM (da5Wo)

282

From the ONT:

Science proves that women like big johnsons!

Posted by: Special Agent Johnson at April 09, 2013 09:19 AM (BAS5M)

283 Saw some kids that looked to be about 13 yrs old riding past (my lawn) when one of them dropped his cigarettes and had to go back and get them. He picks them up and looks at me and says hi, but real smart ass like. Then says "we're going down to get some black tar heroin", like he was going to shock me or something. I said good, get twice as much as you need. Fucking kids.

Posted by: Whatev at April 09, 2013 09:19 AM (A7Wh1)

284 At some point, people need to start backing up their words.

"No, this is bullshit. I'm not going to do it."

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 01:17 PM (da5Wo)

At which point Tom Selleck announces that he is leaving the show due to 'creative differences' or 'wants to spend more time with family'.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 09:20 AM (GQ8sn)

285 At which point Tom Selleck announces that he is leaving the show due to 'creative differences' or 'wants to spend more time with family'.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 01:20 PM (GQ8sn)

Total cop out. If it were to happen, Selleck should then come out and detail exactly why he's leaving. Here's what they wanted me to film. Here's why I have a problem with that. We couldn't reach and understanding, so I'm leaving.

And then he actually walks. No going back and filming an episode where they kill him off or explain what happens or whatever. Just. Fucking. Walk.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 09:23 AM (da5Wo)

286 I'm not aware of any Mac versions of peer blocking clients.

Blocking is built into Transmission, the finest torrent software for unlawfully inclined Apple users.

But if what you're trying to avoid is getting bitched at by Comcast for uploading things, you don't need to mess with that. You can set your "upload" limit to 0 on specific files--the ones your ISP might care about, like currently airing or selling-well-on-DVD TV shows, new or continually re-released movies, music by famous people, big-company porno stuff, etc.--and just leech 'em. Nobody cares.

I've been freely "sharing" many, many metaphorical tons of out-of-print music for years, and I've downloaded...everything. Those behaviors don't get any big ISP's attention. "Corporate masters" etc.

Posted by: oblig. at April 09, 2013 09:24 AM (cePv8)

287 Motion detectors, sprinkler system. Some assembly required. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 09, 2013 01:14 PM (TIIx5) Nice thought and not dismissed, but costly given the odd terrain ( rocky, mountainous & sylvan ) of my property. Am eagerly awaiting the poison ivy growing season as we are overrun with it. Have also been plotting with neighbors to strategically place some knee-high trip wires at periphery & possibly spread some manure. Town police are now patrolling area at the neighborhood's request.

Posted by: ROndinellaMamma at April 09, 2013 09:24 AM (53riN)

288 Total cop out. If it were to happen, Selleck should then come out and detail exactly why he's leaving. Here's what they wanted me to film. Here's why I have a problem with that. We couldn't reach and understanding, so I'm leaving.

I understand this, however actors and other artists (at least the professional ones) do not do this. If someone has a huge falling out with another actor or the producers of a show, they go to great lengths to praise them in public while saying they are leaving the show for the usual boring reasons. It's some sort of industry code of conduct where you never badmouth someone else, no matter how much you hate them. Think of how many times you've read about someone giving an interview on why they're leaving a show and saying the writers and producers are total douchebags and no one should ever work with them again. They may say something that's off the record, but no one ever talks like that in a public consumption setting. If they do, they don't work again.

It sucks, but that's show business.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 09:29 AM (GQ8sn)

289 All Johnsons look the same

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at April 09, 2013 09:34 AM (MhA4j)

290 It sucks, but that's show business.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2013 01:29 PM (GQ8sn)

And we'll continue to lose. If you're going to stand for something, then STAND for it.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 09, 2013 09:34 AM (da5Wo)

291 At some point, people need to start backing up their words.

"No, this is bullshit. I'm not going to do it."

So you've walked off the job every time an employer told you to do something you disagreed with?

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 09, 2013 09:35 AM (SY2Kh)

292
So you've walked off the job every time an employer told you to do something you disagreed with?

I did....sort of, last week. There was a sensor placed on top of a church. On top of a glass skylight on top of a church. Just placing a ladder against the joint caused it to flex. How the hell they got that up there, I'll never know. Of the three crews in the area, everyone refused that particular job. Then again, we're all contractors...so maybe the rules are different.

Next week, I'll be placing a new sensor on a light pole adjacent to the church, and the old unit is just going to stay where it is.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 09, 2013 09:46 AM (0IhFx)

293 Ha. Ha. Very funny. I'm leaving. You won't have this Johnson hanging around to flog any longer.

Posted by: Ron Johnson at April 09, 2013 10:13 AM (SzAZ7)

294 You've seen one Big Johnson, you've seen 'em all.

Posted by: Cobalt Shiva at April 09, 2013 10:21 AM (OY/SZ)

295 Wait, Senator Ron Johnson was also the CEO of JC Penny......mEH, all old rich white guys look alike...

Posted by: Sua Sponte at April 09, 2013 10:33 AM (7S1Fw)

296
That anchorette is way too hot for NBC.

Yo, Ailes!

Posted by: J. Moses Browning at April 09, 2013 01:17 PM (Y3JgK)

297 That's my Senator, I knew he had a factory , didn't know he was top dawg at mc penny's, he's worked more in 1 day than Barry Fuckup has

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 09, 2013 03:47 PM (HVff2)

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