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June 25, 2013

Obama Now Putting Out Trailers to Hype His Upcoming Speeches
— Ace

Obama's Big Climate Change Speech drops today. Video under the fold, and check out Ross Douthat's column, excerpted at Hot Air, about Obama's relentless focus on Lifestyle Liberal issues while he ignores the ones most people actually care about.

After all, gun control, immigration reform and climate change arenÂ’t just random targets of opportunity. TheyÂ’re pillars of Acela Corridor ideology, core elements of Bloombergism, places where Obama-era liberalism overlaps with the views of Davos-goers and the Wall Street 1 percent. If you move in those circles, the political circumstances donÂ’t necessarily matter: these ideas always look like uncontroversial common sense.
Step outside those circles, though, and the timing of their elevation looks at best peculiar, at worst perverse. The president decided to make gun control legislation a major second-term priority Â… with firearm homicides at a 30-year low. Congress is pursuing a sharp increase in low-skilled immigration Â… when the foreign-born share of the American population is already headed for historical highs. The administration is drawing up major new carbon regulations Â… when actual existing global warming has been well below projections for 15 years and counting.

An Obama advisor has declared that while Obama won't be so straightforward to mention a War on Coal, "a War on Coal is exactly what's needed." He really said that.

In line with a summer tentpole movie release, Obama has already released the speech to friendly critics-- liberals like those at CAP, which is sort of the Ain't It Cool News of Transnational Progressivism.

You gotta watch the "Redband Speech Trailer" below. The piano tinkle, an insipid theme vaguely suggesting Hope and Change, is a micro-commercial jingle designed to stick in your head.

It's all about branding. Not so much about governing.

Posted by: Ace at 08:27 AM | Comments (249)
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1 first

Posted by: Mallfly at June 25, 2013 08:27 AM (bJm7W)

2 and that means I'm ready for Hillary!

Posted by: Mallfly at June 25, 2013 08:28 AM (bJm7W)

3 or a bad case of the runs

Posted by: Mallfly at June 25, 2013 08:28 AM (bJm7W)

4 grand slam?

Posted by: Mallfly at June 25, 2013 08:28 AM (bJm7W)

5 yay!

Posted by: Mallfly at June 25, 2013 08:29 AM (bJm7W)

6 There. I've ended Mallfly's reign of error.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 25, 2013 08:30 AM (9+vDU)

7 and yes, let's cover the countryside with windmills and cover the deserts with solar panels? Maybe SNAP can include blankets for those who can't afford heat in the winter.

Posted by: Mallfly at June 25, 2013 08:30 AM (bJm7W)

8 "Under My plan, costs will necessarily skyrocket."

Posted by: Barakhenaten I at June 25, 2013 08:30 AM (R14nX)

9 Branding, huh? - that is what they did to slaves.

Posted by: Roy at June 25, 2013 08:30 AM (VndSC)

10 Coal! Frakking! Guns! Climate Change! Do not look at my Narwhal database, nothing to see there, nope.

http://tinyurl.com/narwhaldb

Posted by: Bronco Bama at June 25, 2013 08:30 AM (hHgxI)

11 I am praying for some deep pocket utility to sue him and the EAP PERSONALLY into oblivion.

But I doubt my prayers will be answered.

Posted by: Vic at June 25, 2013 08:31 AM (lZvxr)

12 Beautiful headline.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 25, 2013 08:31 AM (XYSwB)

13 *toilet bowl splash*

Posted by: Obama's Speech Dropping at June 25, 2013 08:32 AM (gr/p1)

14 I can fully support Obama's speeches.

Posted by: Jim Carrey at June 25, 2013 08:32 AM (VndSC)

15 Obama reminds me more and more of Kardashian(s).

Not sure what they did to be famous, but they seem to manipulate the press quite well.

Although I would rather not see an Obama sex tape.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 25, 2013 08:33 AM (WW8xK)

16 Now that Climate Change (formerly known as Global Warming) has been shown to be bunk, I am putting my masterful awsomeness out there to reinvigorate the debate, bring it back to life, bring it to vast fruition -- as I did with gun control, middle east peace, and bringing the Olympics to Chicago.

Posted by: Bronco Bama at June 25, 2013 08:33 AM (hHgxI)

17 IN A WORLD where his approval rating was sinking and a new scandal was coming out about twice a week...

Posted by: Don LaFontaine at June 25, 2013 08:33 AM (a+nyb)

18 "TheyÂ’re pillars of Acela Corridor ideology, core elements of Bloombergism, places where Obama-era liberalism overlaps with the views of Davos-goers and the Wall Street 1 percent."

I'm not drunk enough to read that sentence all the way through.

Posted by: Filly at June 25, 2013 08:33 AM (gr/p1)

19 I made it 30 seconds before my IQ collapsed and my nuts retreated into my body.

Posted by: joncelli at June 25, 2013 08:33 AM (RD7QR)

20 I will not ragestroke at work I will not ragestroke at work I will not ragestroke at work

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 25, 2013 08:34 AM (da5Wo)

21 The other thing here is that this is an obvious Demcrap political ad and they used government resources to make it. That is a violation of law.

Who will prosecute?

Posted by: Vic at June 25, 2013 08:34 AM (lZvxr)

22 Most movie trailers don't have an boring, droning, sibilant jackwad narrating them, though.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 25, 2013 08:34 AM (Kppp9)

Just wait until Obama's sex tape comes out.

Posted by: Vlad Low-Hanging Putin at June 25, 2013 08:34 AM (VndSC)

24 It's one big huge marketing campaign.

Posted by: soothsayer, malicious communicator at June 25, 2013 08:34 AM (yhYn1)

25 This is too impotent to delegate to Joe Biden.

Posted by: Bronco Bama at June 25, 2013 08:34 AM (hHgxI)

26 Made it through 26 seconds of the vid. Then my right eye began to twitch and I began to develop a rage headache.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 25, 2013 08:34 AM (lVPtV)

??? Huh- "core elements of Bloombergism"

Please tell me that is pronounced with a hard "g" sound.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 25, 2013 08:34 AM (ND7TC)

28 I hope this doesn't mean ace's posts on Obama's speeches are going to become movie reviews.

It's always the same speech anyway.

"We must all come together in diversity to solve the problems of the future"

Posted by: Methos at June 25, 2013 08:34 AM (hO9ad)

this is not about branding or lifestyle

this is a wealth redistribution program.

energy costs will necessarily sky rocket

"wealthy" Americans will carry the burden

Bamapho Americans will be subsidized

Middle class Americans will pay the energy bill and the cost to support the Bamapho energy consumption

its all about "environmental justice"

Posted by: thunderb at June 25, 2013 08:35 AM (nH8jP)

30 Pretty soon, the JEF will come out on stage with a jumpsuit all a glitter with lights and studs. With a voice box. Lip syncing. No teleprompter required.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 25, 2013 08:35 AM (XYSwB)

Barack Obama stars as Barack Obama in a Barack Obama production of a Barack Obama Best Selling poem

WET PELTS AND CRUNCHY FIGS

Posted by: garrett at June 25, 2013 08:35 AM (R14nX)

32 You can't just drive your SUV's(my 17 ton behemoths are okay though) and keep your house at 70 degrees( I keep mine at 68,bitches) or eat whatever you want(I got my wagyu,fuck you! ) Baraka

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2013 08:35 AM (9XBK2)

33 Fuck you SMOD for being late.

Posted by: dogfish at June 25, 2013 08:35 AM (nsOJa)

34 The GOP should do this. Yeah it's ridiculous but it seems to work with the retards. Just come up with a buncha bullshit and then tear the government to shreds once you get into power.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 25, 2013 08:35 AM (V1ZIU)

I give Obama's speech a thumbs up.

His own ass.

Posted by: Roy at June 25, 2013 08:35 AM (VndSC)

It's all about branding. Not so much about governing.

He's campaigning again. This is nothing more than a glorified campaign ad.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 25, 2013 08:36 AM (4df7R)

Hmmm, gnat-straining and camel-swallowing.

Sounds about right.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 25, 2013 08:36 AM (0HooB)

38 He knows he's not living in "The West Wing" tv show, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 25, 2013 08:36 AM (AmWlQ)

39 I think next up will be an action film, starring me as a Pro Golfer saving people during hurricane Katrina. On Mars.

Posted by: Bronco Bama at June 25, 2013 08:36 AM (hHgxI)

I will not ragestroke at work

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 25, 2013 12:34 PM (da5Wo)

Why not? All the cool kids are doing it.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 25, 2013 08:36 AM (4df7R)

energy producers headed by progtards will get the GE treatment

energy producers who object will get the tea party treatment

winners and losers

Posted by: thunderb at June 25, 2013 08:37 AM (nH8jP)

42 Hey, the guy who made fun of southern Asians running c-stores is on TV giving a speech on voting rights for minorities. [Biteme I think]

Posted by: tony redenzo at June 25, 2013 08:37 AM (MfZ76)

43 What we need is a war on rabbits. Those pesky rodents are everywhere and they will consume very bit of CO2 sink vegetation on Gaia. Its here! Its here! Rabbit Global Warming.

Posted by: angel with a sword at June 25, 2013 08:37 AM (sYNwJ)

44 And the GOP is giving him a free pass on all this shit and the scandals while they pursue bills that don't have a prayer of passing.

Posted by: Vic at June 25, 2013 08:37 AM (lZvxr)

45
Marketing and Branding become critical..... especially when your product blows chunks.

Posted by: fixerupper at June 25, 2013 08:37 AM (nELVU)

46 Barack Obama and Gaia, together again in:

HONEY I SHRANK THE ECONOMY

Posted by: joncelli at June 25, 2013 08:38 AM (RD7QR)

47 But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Obama evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security...

Posted by: Mallfly at June 25, 2013 08:38 AM (bJm7W)

48 Saw this yesterday. Douthat's column illustrated for the low-information voter. http://t.co/WvdHfA4TCY

Posted by: Hoystory at June 25, 2013 08:38 AM (7YSBH)

49 It was instructive to watch the unions paying the OWS crowd to scare the 1% into donating to and voting for democrats.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 25, 2013 08:38 AM (D5iHx)

50 the EPA will continue to operate like the IRS

Posted by: thunderb at June 25, 2013 08:38 AM (nH8jP)

51 No, I don't gotta watch Choom Boy's video, TYVM.

It is bad enough to wake up every morning knowing that the president of the country I love is working actively to destroy it and bring maximum misery to anyone who doesn't share his hate-filled, knee-jerk racist agenda. Why watch while he sells even more stupidity to those fog-brained liberal do-gooders who worship him?

A video of orange-coverall-clad President Historic FirstÂ© being escorted in manacles to his new home at Pelican Bay, however, would cheer me up considerably. I might think, for one moment, that there's hope left for the nation.

Posted by: MrScribbler at June 25, 2013 08:38 AM (/RIVS)

52 I suppose I can't count on Congress to defund the EPA?

Posted by: Mil-Dot at June 25, 2013 08:38 AM (Cs2tJ)

53 He's campaigning again. This is nothing more than a glorified campaign ad. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at June 25, 2013 12:36 PM (4df7R) He's never stopped campaigning. He's been doing it for 5 years.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 25, 2013 08:38 AM (da5Wo)

54 The GOP should do this. Yeah it's ridiculous but it seems to work with the retards. Just come up with a buncha bullshit and then tear the government to shreds once you get into power.

Awesome plan. Except that when Republicans lie to dummies to get their votes, the dummies are always us.

Posted by: Methos at June 25, 2013 08:38 AM (hO9ad)

55 I think next up will be an action film, starring me as a Pro Golfer saving people during hurricane Katrina. On Mars. Posted by: Bronco Bama at June 25, 2013 12:36 PM (hHgxI) With biden as bill murray. The gophers better be us.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 25, 2013 08:38 AM (XYSwB)

56 Oooo-BA-ma! = Cooo-STAN-Za!

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at June 25, 2013 08:38 AM (RRbuy)

57 Let me know when our version of the Tiananmen guy stands in front of the tanks. Fuck this criminal government, and liberalism can go to Hell.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 25, 2013 08:39 AM (+98Gb)

He knows he's not living in "The West Wing" tv show, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 25, 2013 12:36 PM (AmWlQ)

No.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 25, 2013 08:39 AM (4df7R)

59 Every coal fired power plant in the US should shut down immediately in protest. Watch hilarity ensue

Posted by: Mikey at June 25, 2013 08:39 AM (db4pz)

60 I heard a pissant DJ on a derivative bottom-market top-40 channel give a dissertation the other day about how a day of hot weather and all of the tornadoes proved climate change and how she just can't understand how anyone could have their head in the sand on this.

The number of fallacies and gaps in rational thought hit the double digits in the first minute, and it went on for 5 minutes.

Better than up your ass, I always say. But this is the shit that gets the LIVs. Because stupid fucking people will let afterthought-market DJs inform them on the truths of climate science.

Posted by: grognard at June 25, 2013 08:39 AM (/29Nl)

61 I like those hurricane pics you included, Barry. I see you're campaigning against weather now.

Anyone ever tell you the story of King Canute and the sea?

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 25, 2013 08:39 AM (Kppp9)

62 In a world without shame or logic, one man lies his way to the top.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 25, 2013 08:39 AM (XUKZU)

63 Surprised they didn't also link to the "No Worries" that shows what they really think of AGW deniers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATTknP8t7JU

Posted by: Lizzy at June 25, 2013 08:39 AM (AmWlQ)

64 Oh yes you will. Wait until he leads his speech with how settled the science is and how climate deniers will still be affected by climate disasters so we need to drag them along kicking and screaming. Watch it happen. Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at June 25, 2013 12:36 PM (tWmgi) No, the RageStroke will come when the media treat it as a proclamation of Almighty God from the burning bush.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 25, 2013 08:39 AM (da5Wo)

65 Damn, do I really look that good on TV? That dead eyed glassy stare is really becoming on me, don't you think?

Posted by: Bronco Bama at June 25, 2013 08:40 AM (hHgxI)

66 He's never stopped campaigning. He's been doing it for 5 years.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 25, 2013 12:38 PM (da5Wo)

And he still acts like he's been an outsider during that time.

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 25, 2013 08:40 AM (9Mux3)

How unreasonable we'll all be if we find anything wrong with TFG's ideas, especially since that trailer was so nice and all.

BOHICA.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 25, 2013 08:40 AM (0HooB)

68 How many ObamaCar credits do I need to buy a hummer? I'd settle for either kind.

Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at June 25, 2013 08:40 AM (epxV4)

69 Those 56 vehicles TFG and Mooch are having hauled to Africa won't hurt Gaia, right?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 25, 2013 08:40 AM (lVPtV)

70 62 Every coal fired power plant in the US should shut down immediately in protest. Watch hilarity ensue Posted by: Mikey at June 25, 2013 12:39 PM (db4pz) After that, every coal power plant in the US should announce that they will not recognize the authority of the EPA or the Federal government. Molon labe our smokestacks, assholes!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 25, 2013 08:41 AM (+98Gb)

71 These fuckers need to be defeated. I can't believe we can't muster a single person on our side that can take these maniacs on demagogically or rhetorically. One single solitary figure is all I'm asking.

Posted by: kreplach at June 25, 2013 08:41 AM (tmzN0)

72 Almighty God from the burning bush. No need to bring Mooch's Mythical Clitoris into this.

Posted by: krakatoa at June 25, 2013 08:41 AM (5NhEO)

Yes, your government is sytematically trying to destroy the energy industry.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 25, 2013 08:41 AM (TOk1P)

74 I'm really kind of dreading the 4th of July. It's just one big reminder of the freedom being thrown away with our own two hands.

I just feel sick about it almost all the time.

Posted by: Filly at June 25, 2013 08:41 AM (gr/p1)

The only way to get people out of poverty is to grow the economy.

Cheap energy grows the economy.

If you want to save the environment you need to be working on a) more advanced agriculture and b) nuclear power.

Ever notice the things greens hate is a) more advanced agriculture and b) nuclear power?

There are already incentives in place to conserve energy. For example, I currently have my AC off because...money. I don't need the government telling me to turn my AC off.

Additionally there are questions of virtue, but that is not this government's domain (or any pluralistic government.) Government cannot teach virtue, period.

So yes, I conserve food (usually, mostly. That soup I made went farther than I though. Plus I made it with spare ingredients and a chicken carcass so suck it.) But I do it not because of the government or fears of global warming, but because it's what my morality tells me to do. Government trying to force that upon us is balderdash and directly against pluralism.

Posted by: tsrblke at June 25, 2013 08:41 AM (GaqMa)

76 I am praying for some deep pocket utility to sue him and the EAP PERSONALLY into oblivion. AZ & NV are sure gonna love them some skeeter this summer when the ac goes out.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 08:41 AM (KvM9d)

77 And he still acts like he's been an outsider during that time. Posted by: Captain Hate at June 25, 2013 12:40 PM (9Mux3) The one that gets me is the "obstructionist Republicans." Bitch, you had two years of complete and utter control. You could have passed anything you wanted and you didn't.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 25, 2013 08:41 AM (da5Wo)

78 Old and busted: Teddy Roosevelt's speak softly and carry a big stick.

New hotness: Obama's talk big and play with yourself.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 25, 2013 08:42 AM (XUKZU)

79 Good lord.. he's an announcer.. who is writing this shit for him? He looks into the camera and you know he's thinking about his tee-off time..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at June 25, 2013 08:42 AM (f9c2L)

Anyone ever tell you the story of King Canute and the sea?

Sure. Barky saw KC open for Parliament Funkadelic in '81.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 25, 2013 08:43 AM (zF6Iw)

81 I thought Nobel Winner Steven Chu had saved us all with white roofs and a million electric cars already.

*cough*

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 25, 2013 08:43 AM (Kppp9)

energy producers who are in bed with the administration will get kick backs to support failing green energy industry, all the while making huge profits on the backs of consumers.

don't feel sorry for them. They are GE

Posted by: thunderb at June 25, 2013 08:43 AM (nH8jP)

83 78 The only way to get people out of poverty is to grow the economy. Posted by: tsrblke at June 25, 2013 12:41 PM (GaqMa) Not coincidentally, the only way to stay in power is to keep people IN poverty. QED.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 25, 2013 08:43 AM (+98Gb)

84 Pic that sums up TFG and America http://tinyurl.com/p45l39t

Posted by: RWC at June 25, 2013 08:43 AM (fWAjv)

85 Remember all the breathless articles about Dubya the dangers of the "branding of the president"? Yeah... Liberals: Always the first and loudest to accuse you of doing what they plan to do.

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at June 25, 2013 08:43 AM (Y5I9o)

86 How many ObamaCar credits do I need to buy a hummer? I'd settle for either kind. ISWYDT.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 08:43 AM (KvM9d)

That thing I told you would necessarily skyrocket?

Yeah. In your mouth.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 25, 2013 08:44 AM (4df7R)

88 Prince Faggotlips Most Excellent War on Coal.

Posted by: eleven at June 25, 2013 08:44 AM (KXm42)

89 90 How many ObamaCar credits do I need to buy a hummer? I'd settle for either kind. --- Imagine the hummer credits under a weiner-holder administration!

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at June 25, 2013 08:44 AM (Y5I9o)

90 I'm really kind of dreading the 4th of July. It's just one big reminder of the freedom being thrown away with our own two hands.

That reminds me, my one year anniversary of separation from organized religion over their promotion of obedience to/idolatry of the state is coming up.

I hope the local golf course is still planning fireworks.

Posted by: Methos at June 25, 2013 08:45 AM (hO9ad)

91 It's all branding and marketing, that's all it is and it works. LIV eat it up, ideas do not work, conservatives need to learn that.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 25, 2013 08:45 AM (b9K4P)

this is the administrations way of giving prog supporting energy producers a monopoly and driving the others into bankruptcy

serious

Posted by: thunderb at June 25, 2013 08:45 AM (nH8jP)

93 The one that gets me is the "obstructionist Republicans."

Bitch, you had two years of complete and utter control. You could have passed anything you wanted and you didn't.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 25, 2013 12:41 PM (da5Wo)

And every time he had a clown hall speech on BammyCare, support dropped like a fucking rock. So they finally passed it with maximum payoffs and procedural chicanery before opposition reached 100%.

And who do the Repubs nominate? The architect of RomneyCare. I think I'll go out to garage and chug kerosine and sit in broken glass.

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 25, 2013 08:45 AM (9Mux3)

94 23 Most movie trailers don't have an boring, droning, sibilant jackwad narrating them, though.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 25, 2013 12:34 PM (Kppp9)

***

Oh, really now?

Posted by: Morgan Freeman at June 25, 2013 08:46 AM (ND7TC)

95 I thought Nobel Winner Steven Chu had saved us all with white roofs and a million electric cars already. I want flying cars damn it! I was promised flying cars by Popular Mechanics!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 08:46 AM (KvM9d)

96 absolutely, you watch ExxonMobil will hitch their wagon to Obama and together they'll put the squeeze on their competition and on the consumer. Energy 'reform' will go exactly like health care 'reform.'

Posted by: soothsayer, malicious communicator at June 25, 2013 08:47 AM (vanqS)

97 I love those shots of waves crashing on sea walls during storms. Having lived on the coast all my life I've been seeing those in person forever. Forever, as in nothing has changed in my lifetime.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 25, 2013 08:47 AM (g1DWB)

98 All I can say is, "It's about time." All that coal just sitting under OUR LAND just being all useless. We could use a war against another idea/inanimate object. When's the last time you ever saw coal actually in use in an American Household? What are we, Dickensian orphans? Gassification, bah.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 25, 2013 08:47 AM (yKTI2)

99 Forget flying cars! I want to see the Flying Monkeys!

Posted by: ALH at June 25, 2013 08:47 AM (yAPdC)

100

NRG and some other prog led energy companies are going to clean up

Dominion and others will be driven into the dirt

watch

he is going to enrich his supporters and destroy his enemies, and in the meantime redistribute wealth on a massive scale

the economy, fuck that

Posted by: thunderb at June 25, 2013 08:49 AM (nH8jP)

101 Thanks for "sharing this message with your friends" Ace!

Posted by: Guidos 'taking Amnesty up the ass in AZ' at June 25, 2013 08:49 AM (8I9hB)

102 104 Forget flying cars! I want to see the Flying Monkeys!

Posted by: ALH at June 25, 2013 12:47 PM (yAPdC)

What are you using raaaaacist code words for?

Posted by: Tingles at June 25, 2013 08:49 AM (MnSla)

103 The vaunted pivot back to (KILLING) jobs.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 25, 2013 08:49 AM (/gHaE)

104 OT interesting ad I just saw at Instapundit"STOP THE TEA PARTY NOW" "Tell the tea party to stop the partisan politics".With a picture of Boehner and Ryan.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2013 08:50 AM (9XBK2)

105 88 Pic that sums up TFG and America

http://tinyurl.com/p45l39t

Posted by: RWC at June 25, 2013 12:43 PM (fWAjv)

Damn. Sad picture. And yes, it does sum up what TFG and the progressives are doing to America.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 25, 2013 08:50 AM (lVPtV)

106 Old and busted: Teddy Roosevelt's speak softly and carry a big stick.

New hotness: Obama's talk big and play with yourself.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 25, 2013 12:42 PM (XUKZU)

More like talk big and suck the big stick

Posted by: Vic at June 25, 2013 08:50 AM (lZvxr)

107 Are you guys listening to that cocksucker? How can you and your blood pressure stand it?

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 25, 2013 08:50 AM (9Mux3)

108 We've gone from dreams of flying cars to scaremongering of technology.

Posted by: dogfish at June 25, 2013 08:50 AM (nsOJa)

109 Challenges!
Snow-capped Peaks!
Scientists!
America's Strengths!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 25, 2013 08:51 AM (WW8xK)

110 My name is Ozymandias . . . .

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 25, 2013 08:51 AM (Gk3SS)

111 "GROWING the Economy SHRINKS the Ecosystem!!!!"

49 Barack Obama and Gaia, together again in:

HONEY I SHRANK THE ECONOMY

Posted by: joncelli at June 25, 2013 12:38 PM (RD7QR)

Posted by: Real Bumper Sticker at June 25, 2013 08:51 AM (cv5Iw)

112 When's the last time you ever saw coal actually in use in an American Household? Would use it if I could get it without having to order a railcar at a time.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 08:51 AM (KvM9d)

113 Are you guys listening to that cocksucker?

Oh hell no.

Posted by: dogfish at June 25, 2013 08:51 AM (nsOJa)

114 We've gone from dreams of flying cars to scaremongering of technology.

Posted by: dogfish at June 25, 2013 12:50 PM (nsOJa)

We've gone from dreams of flying cars to banning lightbulbs.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 25, 2013 08:51 AM (4df7R)

115
Deny all you want but Obama is going to save us all. Even you snarky backwards ingrates.

Posted by: Chris Hayes at June 25, 2013 12:52 PM (tWmgi

Here, have a juicebox.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 25, 2013 08:52 AM (lVPtV)

116 When you're an incompetent red diaper baby socialist fuckface and you can't even begin to understand the big problems- fucked up economy, Russia, China, Middle East- your handlers point you at soft touchy-feely issues, like what to do about the weather and stuff. WAR ON CLOUDS

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 25, 2013 08:52 AM (8sCoq)

117 Are you guys listening to that cocksucker? How can you and your blood pressure stand it? By not listening.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 08:52 AM (KvM9d)

118 And who do the Repubs nominate? The architect of RomneyCare. I think I'll go out to garage and chug kerosine and sit in broken glass.

That's because only moderate Republicans are electable. Which is why it'll be Christie or Crist.

Posted by: pragmatic republican-Winning! at June 25, 2013 08:52 AM (hO9ad)

119 When's the last time you ever saw coal actually in use in an American Household?

Would use it if I could get it without having to order a railcar at a time.

Business idea! Buy coal by the railcar, sell it by the bucket.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 25, 2013 08:53 AM (yKTI2)

120 When he talks, money is devalued, the earth warms and the planets oceans rise.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at June 25, 2013 08:53 AM (MnSla)

121 OT - but for the ginger/.50 cal enthusiast http://tinyurl.com/qzbhcue

Posted by: RWC at June 25, 2013 08:53 AM (fWAjv)

122 My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair!

Posted by: Barrack Ozymandias at June 25, 2013 08:53 AM (nELVU)

123 >>>We've gone from dreams of flying cars to...

....toilets that need to be flushed twice, shower heads that suck, dishwashers that no longer wash dishes, forced composting......

Posted by: Lizzy at June 25, 2013 08:54 AM (AmWlQ)

124 Anyone up for a tire fire?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 25, 2013 08:54 AM (V1ZIU)

125 Would use it if I could get it without having to order a railcar at a time.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 12:51 PM (KvM9d)

No you wouldn't. When I was a kid you tell the other kids in school who had pot bellied stoves that they burned coal in. Their clothes reeked.

Posted by: Vic at June 25, 2013 08:54 AM (lZvxr)

126 Side topic: For those old enough to remember the 70's, recall when brown paper bags were demonized in favor of plastic bags. Now we demonize the plastic bag. It is representative of the fallacy of liberal utopian think. They tell us if we would just do what they say we'd reach utopia. Yet here we are using plastic bags, and now we see they were wrong.

Posted by: dogfish at June 25, 2013 08:55 AM (nsOJa)

127 i propose that Ace institute a daily featured post The Two Minutes Hate

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 25, 2013 08:55 AM (8sCoq)

128 131 Anyone up for a tire fire? Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 25, 2013 12:54 PM (V1ZIU) A Mandela necklace. I know a number of candidates for that "gift."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 25, 2013 08:55 AM (+98Gb)

129 Although I would rather not see an Obama sex tape.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 25, 2013 12:33 PM (WW8xK)

It'd be awkward to watch him hump a miroor with a hole in it.

Posted by: Heralder at June 25, 2013 08:55 AM (+xmn4)

130 No you wouldn't. When I was a kid you tell the other kids in school who had pot bellied stoves that they burned coal in. Their clothes reeked.

Posted by: Vic at June 25, 2013 12:54 PM (lZvxr)

You mean man had fire when you went to school, Vic? You're younger than I thought!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 25, 2013 08:55 AM (4df7R)

131
Dammit Alex.... beat me to it

Posted by: fixerupper at June 25, 2013 08:55 AM (nELVU)

132 71 How many ObamaCar credits do I need to buy a hummer? I'd settle for either kind.

My calendar is free next week - what's your number?

Posted by: Barney Frank at June 25, 2013 08:55 AM (pgQxn)

133 Deny all you want but Obama is going to save us all. Even you snarky backwards ingrates.

Posted by: Chris Hayes

Are you the squinty-eyed, dough-faced lady that used to share TV time with that rugged, manly Mr. Maddow?

Posted by: bonhomme at June 25, 2013 08:56 AM (yKTI2)

134 It'd be awkward to watch him hump a miroor with a hole in it.

Posted by: Heralder at June 25, 2013 12:55 PM (+xmn4)

Awkward, but educational.

The question is, which would top?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 25, 2013 08:56 AM (4df7R)

135 >Although I would rather not see an Obama sex tape. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 25, 2013 12:33 PM (WW8xK) It'd be awkward to watch him hump a miroor with a hole in it. Posted by: Heralder at June 25, 2013 12:55 PM (+xmn4) any obama sex tape will feature Michelle with a strap-on and Obama bent over a chair with a necktie stuffed in his mouth

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 25, 2013 08:57 AM (8sCoq)

136 No you wouldn't. When I was a kid you tell the other kids in school who had pot bellied stoves that they burned coal in. Their clothes reeked. I would. I love the smell of a coal fired stove. I give very few rats asses what other people think about me. Now git off my lawn!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 08:57 AM (KvM9d)

137 Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

Posted by: fixerupper at June 25, 2013 08:57 AM (nELVU)

138 I was looking for a new showerhead a few weeks ago and almost every single review I read explained how to take out flow regulator lol. Now if I can only figure out how to hook a fire hose up to the toilet I'm in business!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 25, 2013 08:57 AM (V1ZIU)

139 using government agencies to pick winners and losers in an industry that is the driver for the rest of the economy is not just branding

Posted by: thunderb at June 25, 2013 08:57 AM (nH8jP)

140 143, Not Michelle.... Reggie LOVE.

Posted by: ALH at June 25, 2013 08:58 AM (yAPdC)

141 This is what happens when you have a celebrity as opposed to a statesman as President.

Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at June 25, 2013 08:58 AM (4Vr+0)

142 Defund the EPA? Fucking GOP can't even overturn the 60w lightbulb ban.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at June 25, 2013 08:58 AM (l3vZN)

143 It's all about branding. Not so much about governing. When we finally erect Mt. Douchemore, I think Obama has earned the center spot between Cesar Chavez and Che Guevara in the Favorite Figureheads competition.

Posted by: t-bird at June 25, 2013 08:58 AM (FcR7P)

144 *crickets*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 25, 2013 08:58 AM (GQ72I)

145 I bought a 2.5gal gas can yesterday for the chainsaw's oil/gas mix. I spent 10 minutes following the instructions trying to get the freaking gas to come out of the spout before I simply destroyed the offending mechanism and tore it out.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 25, 2013 08:58 AM (/gHaE)

146 Now if I can only figure out how to hook a fire hose up to the toilet I'm in business!

You keep your weird toilet-hose business away from me, Mr.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 25, 2013 08:59 AM (yKTI2)

147 My old elementary school built in the 30's still burned coal when I was there(and for years afterward) .Had a chute on the side of the building for the coal delivery truck.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2013 08:59 AM (9XBK2)

148 Now we know the purpose of his goofy speech in Germany about the hordes of climate refugees, etc. He is creating a fake global crisis so he can rule the world. But how is he going to do it? Head of the UN?

Hate to say it, but I'm at the point where I think he might go for a third and endless term because of the "crisis."

Posted by: PJ at June 25, 2013 08:59 AM (ZWaLo)

149 154 Safety wing nut!If you can't get the fuel out,a child certainly can't.
The Left

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2013 09:00 AM (9XBK2)

150 The question is, which would top?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at June 25, 2013 12:56 PM (4df7R)

That depends on whether his favorite dildo has a suction cup on it or not.

Posted by: Heralder at June 25, 2013 09:00 AM (+xmn4)

151 Are you guys listening to that cocksucker?

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 25, 2013 12:50 PM (9Mux3)

Hell no, not me. If I wanted to hear an asshole make noises I would have become a proctologist .

Posted by: Berserker at June 25, 2013 09:00 AM (FMbng)

152 I hold out that hope that someday, when Obama's out of the office, people will wake up from their Obama-hypnosis and will finally realize what an empty suit he is. He is truly the least qualified, least competent person to ever occupy the Oval Office. All he can do is give speeches, and he's not even very good at that.

Posted by: biancaneve at June 25, 2013 09:00 AM (6bYlh)

153 Wait...an Obama sex tape that doesn't involve the MSM taking turns fallating him?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 25, 2013 09:00 AM (AmWlQ)

154 154 I bought a 2.5gal gas can yesterday for the chainsaw's oil/gas mix. I spent 10 minutes following the instructions trying to get the freaking gas to come out of the spout before I simply destroyed the offending mechanism and tore it out. Posted by: Purp at June 25, 2013 12:58 PM (/gHaE) Maet covered those in an ONT last week I believe. I'm praying my shitty old can holds up a while longer.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 25, 2013 09:00 AM (V1ZIU)

155 Side topic: For those old enough to remember the 70's, recall when brown paper bags were demonized in favor of plastic bags. Reuseable metal lunchboxes FTW! But those thermos bottles sucked goat's ass. Fuckin breakable glass bastards.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 09:00 AM (KvM9d)

156 I just had a good laugh. The Tamminator at Hillbuzz posted a very funny video.

It was nice to just laugh with so much crap going on around us all.

Posted by: caustic at June 25, 2013 09:00 AM (/b8+5)

157 The American Spectator site (spectator.org) has posted Jeffrey Lord's piece "The Obama White House Tapes". Jaw-dropping. The WH set up a forum for elites and taped it. A galaxy of political-media stars, including:

Michelle Obama
Valerie Jarret
Mrs. Jay Carney (aka Claire Shipman of ABC and moderator of the WH forum)
Cokie Roberts (ABC senior correspondent)
The IRS Union President
and others ...

Posted by: mrp at June 25, 2013 09:01 AM (HjPtV)

158 This is to put you on notice that your post was unappreciated and, quite frankly, I am somewhat surprised at how physically enraged I am.

Hey now, you know those ping-pong guns that make an oddly satisfying pop sound when you fire them? I think this guy's going to make that noise. Then he's going to wave his arms feebly, and I'm going to look at him in a bemused sort of way. Then I'm going to go relax by the pool.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 25, 2013 09:01 AM (yKTI2)

159 Now if I can only figure out how to hook a fire hose up to the toilet I'm in business!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 25, 2013 12:57 PM (V1ZIU)

The problems with the low flow flush toilets have been solved. MIL just got a couple of new Kohler toilets that I helped install. They work fine.

Posted by: Vic at June 25, 2013 09:02 AM (lZvxr)

160 I have been working in the garage in 90 degree heat, which is better than the 98-100 degree heat we had last year, plus we are getting rain every couple of days. I came in to cool off.

I wonder if I could figure out a way to make my own coal-fired generator. Probably not.

I hate how this guy just keeps making up lies and not being called on them.

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 25, 2013 09:02 AM (GoIUi)

161

American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) head Mike Duncan

Â“Coal power has evolved significantly over the past decade. Thanks to clean coal technologies, coal-based electricity continues to dramatically improve its environmental footprint. The newest coal-fueled power plants operating today are highly efficient, utilize less coal, and have lower emissions. Coal power is necessary to meet future energy demands and is progressing as quickly as technology is evolving.

Â“We do not believe EPA regulations are an effective way to address concerns about global climate change. However, if EPA proceeds with regulations, they should be based on adequately demonstrated technology and provide an achievable timeframe to allow the coal industry to continue advancing clean coal technologies. If the government creates standards that are not practical, they risk not just shutting down existing plants but also halting the development of additional clean coal technology facilities. Taking AmericaÂ’s most significant source of electricity offline would have disastrous consequences for our nationÂ’s economy.Â”

Posted by: thunderb at June 25, 2013 09:02 AM (nH8jP)

162 I wonder if there's a market for gas can nozzles that actually work? You'd have to claim they were replacements for water jugs of course.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 25, 2013 09:03 AM (/gHaE)

163 What percentage of those on the left genuinely believe this Church of Climatology stuff?

----

Not the right question.

The right question is:

What percentage of those on the left genuinely believe they can use this Church of Climatology stuff to lord over their intellectual inferiors???

Answer is........ 100%.

Posted by: fixerupper at June 25, 2013 09:03 AM (nELVU)

164 Now if I can only figure out how to hook a fire hose up to the toilet I'm in business! Contact Gitmo.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 09:03 AM (KvM9d)

165 165 Honest question for the Horde: What percentage of those on the left genuinely believe this Church of Climatology stuff?

Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at June 25, 2013 01:00 PM (tWmgi)

*****

Honest answer: Depends what you mean by "genuinely".

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 25, 2013 09:03 AM (ND7TC)

166 >Honest question for the Horde: What percentage of those on the left genuinely believe this Church of Climatology stuff? Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at June 25, 2013 01:00 PM (tWmgi) their whole identity is wrapped up in being AGAINST stufff- makes them feel like brave class warriors

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 25, 2013 09:03 AM (8sCoq)

167 Side topic: For those old enough to remember the 70's, recall when brown paper bags were demonized in favor of plastic bags. Now we demonize the plastic bag. It is representative of the fallacy of liberal utopian think. They tell us if we would just do what they say we'd reach utopia. Yet here we are using plastic bags, and now we see they were wrong.

***

We have always been at war with East Asia Plastic Bags.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 25, 2013 09:03 AM (XUKZU)

168 #165 What percentage of the population did NOT take chemistry and physics? There is your answer, plus add to that some gullible people who don't understand how to read statistics.

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 25, 2013 09:04 AM (GoIUi)

169 This is what happens when you have a ~~celebrity~~ lawn jockey as opposed to a statesman as President.

Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at June 25, 2013 12:58 PM (4Vr+0)

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 25, 2013 09:04 AM (D5iHx)

170

The following is a statement from Robert M. Â“MikeÂ” Duncan, President and CEO of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE):

Â“Recent EPA regulations have already taken a harsh toll on coal-fueled electricity. So far this year, EPA regulations have played a major role in the announced closure of 288 coal plants in 32 states. This is equivalent to shutting down the entire electricity supply of the state of New York. Further regulation could force even more plant closures.

The coal power industry has evolved to improve its environmental footprint through clean coal technologies, while providing affordable electricity to meet our national goals of job creation and a renewed manufacturing sector. Americans understand that coal must be a part of America's clean energy future, and it can be if the federal government doesn't stop us in our tracks.Â”

Posted by: thunderb at June 25, 2013 09:04 AM (nH8jP)

171 Our Obama Who art in DC Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done In red states as it is in blue states And give us this day our daily free shit And forgive all our trespasses While we harass those who trespass against You And lead us into a Socialist Utopia For Thine is the academia and the literatti and the media Forever and ever, Obama

Posted by: The Obama Youth at June 25, 2013 09:05 AM (7ObY1)

172 Â“We do not believe EPA regulations are an effective way to address concerns about global climate change. However, if EPA proceeds with regulations, they should be based on adequately demonstrated technology and provide an achievable timeframe to allow the coal industry to continue advancing clean coal technologies. If the government creates standards that are not practical, they risk not just shutting down existing plants but also halting the development of additional clean coal technology facilities. Taking AmericaÂ’s most significant source of electricity offline would have disastrous consequences for our nationÂ’s economy.Â” Reason with the beast? It's worth a shot I guess. I don't think they're interested in reason. I think I know for a fact they're not interested in reason.

Posted by: eleven at June 25, 2013 09:05 AM (KXm42)

173 >Honest question for the Horde: What percentage of those on the left genuinely believe this Church of Climatology stuff?

Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at June 25, 2013 01:00 PM (tWmgi)

their whole identity is wrapped up in being AGAINST stufff- makes them feel like brave class warriors

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 25, 2013 01:03 PM (8sCoq)

Yeah, that's the way I've got it figured. They need to be better than us and they are better than us because they care more and are smarter.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 25, 2013 09:05 AM (XUKZU)

174 Honest question for the Horde: What percentage of those on the left genuinely believe this Church of Climatology stuff?

Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at June 25, 2013 01:00 PM (tWmgi)

The "greens" are made up of three groups:

The watermelons who use the green agenda to further communism. This is the largest group.

The burn it to the ground anarchists who don't believe in any energy and just want to see it burn. Next largest group.

The insane true believers who have believed everything put out by the above groups. This is a tiny portion of the greens.

Posted by: Vic at June 25, 2013 09:06 AM (lZvxr)

175 We must Do Something about All the Things!

Posted by: eleven at June 25, 2013 09:06 AM (KXm42)

176 You have to view everything the Left says and does thru the prism of power. Power is EVERYTHING the power to reward favored groups and punish others the power to herd people like sheep the power to control information the power to dictate what 'history' is the power to keep themselves in power

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 25, 2013 09:07 AM (8sCoq)

177 I wonder if there's a market for gas can nozzles that actually work? You'd have to claim they were replacements for water jugs of course. Or buy the crap ones & hollow them out with a dremel tool.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 09:07 AM (KvM9d)

178 32 states with coal plant closures that have been attributed, at least in part, to EPA policies. These closures total 288 units and represent over 41,000 MW of electric generating capacity.

Posted by: thunderb at June 25, 2013 09:07 AM (nH8jP)

179

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 25, 2013 01:04 PM (GoIUi)

And today I call on Congress, to bypass its gridlock, and Amend the Laws of Thermodynamics, giving Green Energy Amnesty from its overly harsh restrictions...

We already have Lindsey Graham, and John McCain, willing to CoSponser Legislation to this effect..

Posted by: Barrak Obama, Green Scientist at June 25, 2013 09:07 AM (lZBBB)

180 What percentage of the population did NOT take chemistry and physics?

Most lawyers and politicians. Chemistry and physics were optional when I was in high school.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 25, 2013 09:07 AM (/gHaE)

181 The once happy and peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched in blood, or inhabited by slaves

Posted by: George Washington at June 25, 2013 09:07 AM (sElZT)

182 Honest question for the Horde: What percentage of those on the left genuinely believe this Church of Climatology stuff?

Posted by: The Obsidian Owl

I'm sure the majority believe it, but I'm sure very few have the technical background to understand why it is BS. They should be know as the flat earthers.

Posted by: dogfish at June 25, 2013 09:08 AM (nsOJa)

183 But Obama has electrolytes that plants crave.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at June 25, 2013 09:08 AM (SY2Kh)

184 And just like Hollywood, Teh One's imploding.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie ® at June 25, 2013 09:08 AM (1hM1d)

185 John Lewis is a fucking retard. He's saying that nobody is being denied the right to vote, not the right to register to vote but gutting the VRA will move us back to the Confederacy. No more giving in to these race warriors. Damn the claims of racism, full speed ahead.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 25, 2013 09:08 AM (g1DWB)

186 Everything President Pom-Pom does is hyped beyond reason. Thankfully, reality is always there to slap-a-ho back down to Earth.

Posted by: Fritz at June 25, 2013 09:08 AM (UzPAd)

187

I am about ready to start beating hippies with "NO COAL TRAIN" bumper stickers on their Prius'.

Fucking amazing how coal dust is causing more problems than asbestos, now.

Posted by: garrett at June 25, 2013 09:08 AM (NllH8)

188 Yeah, that's the way I've got it figured. They need to be better than us and they are better than us because they care more and are smarter. Then they freeze first.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 09:09 AM (KvM9d)

189
The problems with the low flow flush toilets have been solved. MIL just got a couple of new Kohler toilets that I helped install. They work fine.

---

Mebbe. Put some red food coloring in the bowl. If its still red after flushing.... not so much.

Another unseen problem with low gallonage toilets isnt on the user end, its in the sewer system. Some cities are experiencing flow transfer issues with their sewage lines because.... to put it bluntly.... there aint enough water to push the solids thru the system.... but that issue doesnt seem to make the headlines.

Law of Unintended Consequences.

Posted by: fixerupper at June 25, 2013 09:09 AM (nELVU)

190 Obama presidentin' is like watching a pig on roller skates.

Posted by: Alf767 at June 25, 2013 09:10 AM (Q7wUg)

191 >I'm sure the majority believe it, but I'm sure very few have the technical background to understand why it is BS they just know it's bad! Robert Redford said so!

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 25, 2013 09:10 AM (8sCoq)

192 Don't we have an abundance of coal and natural gas? why aren't people working on ways to utilize all of this with as little impact on the environment as possible? Usually that is how capitalism works. Someone tries to use something we have and make it better and get rewarded for their trouble.

Posted by: caustic at June 25, 2013 09:10 AM (/b8+5)

193

Honest question for the Horde: What percentage of those on the left genuinely believe this Church of Climatology stuff?

Far too many.

The problem is, IMO, that there are people who will believe anything they're told. They have no filter that screens incoming information for accuracy. They are trusting, but in the wrong way, much like a child trusts a parent (usually Mom). This explains why we so often hear them spouting the exact same phrases, word for word, they were taught to say when defending "their ideas."

It's intellectual laziness that borders precipitously on hypnotism. It's truly scary how easily these people can be brainwashed. Our schools aren't helping, either. By inculcating children to employ their emotions instead of rational thought, we're winding up with a populace that can't decipher bullshit and thinks everything they're told by any authority figure is automatically true and honest.

We are so terribly fucked.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 25, 2013 09:10 AM (0HooB)

194 I took chemistry in High School. I had to wait until college to take Physics. If a BS in Physics paid more than $20K/year I'd have continued on that path. Computer Science was just as fun and pays way more.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 25, 2013 09:10 AM (yKTI2)

195 I'm waiting for the day some enviro-hippie group comes out with an astounding new natural source of energy! Whale oil. The environmental movement is so regressive it's pathetic.

Posted by: Mainah at June 25, 2013 09:11 AM (659DL)

196

flow transfer issues with their sewage lines because.... to put it bluntly.... there aint enough water to push the solids thru the system....

*****

Nice synopsis...of Congress.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 25, 2013 09:11 AM (ND7TC)

197

>>>Obama presidentin' is like watching a pig...

'SOME SCOAMF'

Posted by: Charlotte's Web at June 25, 2013 09:11 AM (NllH8)

198 185 Honest question for the Horde: What percentage of those on the left genuinely believe this Church of Climatology stuff? My Leftard brother has three degrees including an electrical engineering degree. My Leftard sister has a PhD. They all believe everything the Left spews. And me, I'm the "dumb" one in the family.

Posted by: The Obama Youth at June 25, 2013 09:12 AM (7ObY1)

199 sock on sock off...the socker!

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 25, 2013 09:12 AM (7ObY1)

200 Follow the money, it's not about the environment, it's about who cashes in on the bonanza. The opposition to the Key Stone pipe line and Fracking are being funded by competitors, like the backers of Venezuelan oil, the east/west pipeline, and Buffett's rail cars If you dig deep enough you'll fine the equivalent of algore

Posted by: Bufalobob at June 25, 2013 09:13 AM (hJg3R)

201 Good breakdown. I still have to wonder what percentage of the population they are though.

Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at June 25, 2013 01:11 PM (tWmgi)

Probably pretty low contrary to all the hype you see in the MFM. And of that low percentage only a tiny fraction actually follow their own agendas. That is that tiny fraction that actually believes the shit.

Posted by: Vic at June 25, 2013 09:13 AM (lZvxr)

202 I have personally known some extreme leftists, and this is what I get- they carry with them a smug self-satisfied sense of superiority. You see, only THEY are intuitive enough and smart enough to see the REAL problems, the real threats. If you disagree with them it's only because 1) YOU aren't intelligent enough to understand the problem, or 2) you ARE the problem, and therefore evil, and must be discredited and destroyed.

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 25, 2013 09:13 AM (8sCoq)

203 Guess I need to invest in a solar-powered Rage MeterÂ™.

Posted by: jakeman at June 25, 2013 09:13 AM (96M6e)

204

this is about picking winners and losers, destroying your enemy, and redistributing wealth

like always

Posted by: thunderb at June 25, 2013 09:14 AM (nH8jP)

205 I always bring up the 1980s and the rain forests. The screaming and shouting about how they wouldn't be around in the near future (they'd be long gone before 2013 don't ya know) was epic. Sting was big into that con. Anyone know what happened? WHY AREN'T THE FUCKING RAIN FORESTS GONE!!11!!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 25, 2013 09:14 AM (V1ZIU)

206 I HATE THE RAIN FORESTS

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 25, 2013 09:15 AM (8sCoq)

207 The insane true believers who have believed everything put out by the above groups. This is a tiny portion of the greens.
Posted by: Vic
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I am less certain about the distribution of numbers. I believe the last group is just comprised of useful idiots, but is the largest group. They are the casual enablers. The hard core cadre (Sierra Club, Earth First, etc.) is a smaller group, who are in turn tools of the progressives Watermelons.

I only say this, because I encounter greenie types everyday, but they are greenies only because it is fashionable, and convenient. Not unusually, they are driving an import SUV. I encounter the more militant types only rarely, and mostly via the media, but they are very busy..., all of the time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 25, 2013 09:15 AM (aDwsi)

208 I'm waiting for the day some enviro-hippie group comes out with an astounding new natural source of energy! Whale oil. The environmental movement is so regressive it's pathetic. What's more natural than oil? It grows in the ground.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 09:16 AM (KvM9d)

209 they carry with them a smug self-satisfied sense of superiority. You see, only THEY are intuitive enough and smart enough to see the REAL problems, the real threats. If you disagree with them it's only because 1) YOU aren't intelligent enough to understand the problem, or 2) you ARE the problem, and therefore evil, and must be discredited and destroyed. Posted by: Jones in CO at June 25, 2013 01:13 PM (8sCoq) And when the solution to a problem is obvious and simple, to them it can't be the answer because the "real" answer HAS to be more complicated.

Posted by: Mainah at June 25, 2013 09:16 AM (659DL)

210 This is the type of stuff that LIVs go cuckoo for. It would behoove the right to look into doing the same.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 25, 2013 09:16 AM (XvHmy)

211 Guess I need to invest in a solar-powered Rage MeterÂ™. Posted by: jakeman
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No prepper should be without one.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 25, 2013 09:17 AM (aDwsi)

212 Anyone know what happened? WHY AREN'T THE FUCKING RAIN FORESTS GONE!!11!! Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 25, 2013 01:14 PM Hollywood saved them with positive mind rays

Posted by: Beto at June 25, 2013 09:17 AM (MhA4j)

213 Fuck the Rain Forest!

Posted by: Jennifer Aniston on South Park at June 25, 2013 09:17 AM (NllH8)

214

Jay Carney, the chief spokesperson for the chief spokesperson for the queen of America, Valerie Jarrett

Posted by: The Chicken at June 25, 2013 09:17 AM (Pr6hk)

215 I HATE THE RAIN FORESTS Yeah. The wood's all wet & doesn't burn!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 09:17 AM (KvM9d)

216 Can't wait to hear the Bend Over report on Handsome's new energy policies on NPR.

Posted by: Body Builder at June 25, 2013 09:18 AM (DrC22)

217 What's more natural than oil? It grows in the ground. Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 01:16 PM (KvM9d) Ah, yes, but then it goes through evil, polluting refineries and ends up as profits for corporations! - LIV answer

Posted by: Mainah at June 25, 2013 09:18 AM (659DL)

218 And when the solution to a problem is obvious and simple, to them it can't be the answer because the "real" answer HAS to be more complicated. Posted by: Mainah
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Well, more to the point, the 'problem' must be 'managed'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 25, 2013 09:18 AM (aDwsi)

219
Fuck the rain forrests.

I wanna know what happened to the HOLE IN OZONE.

Posted by: fixerupper at June 25, 2013 09:18 AM (nELVU)

220 is it wrong to call the scoamf a douchebag

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at June 25, 2013 09:18 AM (8JJ6O)

221 If you play the track backwards you can hear "Our Republic is dead!" looping in the background.

Posted by: Marcus at June 25, 2013 09:19 AM (GGCsk)

222

Nowadays we just call it GLOBAL RAIN FOREST CHANGE.

Just to cover all our bases.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 25, 2013 09:19 AM (ND7TC)

223 My Leftard brother has three degrees including an electrical engineering degree.

Politics trump hard reality with the left. Every time.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 25, 2013 09:20 AM (/gHaE)

224

Nowadays we just call it GLOBAL OZONE LAYER CHANGE.

Hey, I think I'm getting the hang of this left-speak.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 25, 2013 09:20 AM (ND7TC)

225 We are ruled by a dorm room philosopher and his bong buddies. Sux to be us.

Posted by: toby928© presents at June 25, 2013 09:20 AM (QupBk)

226 1. Blah blah "science" 2. Blah blah "Bush" 3. Blah blah "materialism" 4. Blah blah "my duty" 5. Three mushy, unworkable, and/or overtly stupid proposals that he has already used before. 6. Blah blah "Congress should act immediately on the mushy, unworkable, or overtly stupid things that I just said." 7. Blah blah "balanced" YOU DO NOT NEED AN ADVANCE COPY.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 25, 2013 09:21 AM (659DL)

227 Nowadays we just call it GLOBAL NEW THREAD CHANGE.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 25, 2013 09:21 AM (ND7TC)

228 new one

Posted by: Vic at June 25, 2013 09:21 AM (lZvxr)

229 Nood up.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2013 09:22 AM (KvM9d)

230 Hollywood saved them with positive mind rays We like to think that we played our part.

Posted by: Awareness Ribbons at June 25, 2013 09:22 AM (QupBk)

231 Well, more to the point, the 'problem' must be 'managed'. Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 25, 2013 01:18 PM (aDwsi) Yeah, like the politician that campaigns on solving poverty. He won't "solve" it because then the reason for his being in office goes away.

Posted by: Mainah at June 25, 2013 09:22 AM (659DL)

232
At some point, all this crap will affect the gargantuan economy beyond it's ability to withstand.

Wonder how close we are to that point?

Posted by: irongrampa at June 25, 2013 09:22 AM (SAMxH)

233 I wanna know what happened to the HOLE IN OZONE. Posted by: fixerupper at June 25, 2013 01:18 PM (nELVU) A hole is a hole...

Posted by: Pan-sexual Rights Activist at June 25, 2013 09:22 AM (XvHmy)

234 Yeah the other one was the FUCKING HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER OH MY FUCKING FUCK SHEEP IN NEW ZEALAND ARE GETTING FUCKING SKIN CANCER AND WE'RE NEXT!!!!11!!!1!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 25, 2013 09:23 AM (V1ZIU)

235 An executive order instructing our scientists and engineers to invent a new, low-cost, pollution-free form of energy should secure his third term from our LIVs.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at June 25, 2013 09:24 AM (29vnO)

236 A couple of years ago I heard some chatter about how there won't be any fish left in the ocean in 50 years. I figure that was someone setting down a marker for the next big con if/when global warming goes down the toilet.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 25, 2013 09:24 AM (V1ZIU)

237 I'm waiting for the day some enviro-hippie group comes out with an astounding new natural source of energy! Whale oil. The environmental movement is so regressive it's pathetic.

What's more natural than oil? It grows in the ground. Posted by: rickb223
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I have pointed this out before, but surely I am not the only one old enough to recall that the move to the despised (by the greenies) plastic garbage bags, was driven by the greenies, because Save a Tree!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 25, 2013 09:28 AM (aDwsi)

238 The watermelons who use the green agenda to further communism. This is the largest group.
The burn it to the ground anarchists who don't believe in any energy and just want to see it burn. Next largest group.

The insane true believers who have believed everything put out by the above groups. This is a tiny portion of the greens.

I hate to disagree with Vic, but he's missing the real driver here. There is a 4th group, and it's the largest: the crowd who wants to stop the middle class from using electricity and stuff, because they didn't go to Harvard and they have entirely the wrong tastes and drive the wrong cars and stuff.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 25, 2013 09:31 AM (B/VB5)

239 175 165 Honest question for the Horde: What percentage of those on the left genuinely believe this Church of Climatology stuff?
Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at June 25, 2013 01:00 PM (tWmgi) *****

Honest answer: Depends what you mean by "genuinely".
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 25, 2013 01:03 PM (ND7TC)

When the "true believers" simply parrot what they receive from on high, regardless of contradictions both internal and over time - I find it hard to even call it belief - the only constant is that it is not constant.

Certainly ironic that these are the type who are likely to criticize "leap of faith" belief.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 25, 2013 09:31 AM (sGtp+)

240 Us in the business don't call it coal dust, we call it money.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at June 25, 2013 09:32 AM (FWG5+)

241 I still laugh at this story, makes me warm inside. I was at a party one time, bunch of musicians were there. Right around that time Gibson had released the "smartwood" series, which are guitars made from "managed growth" forests, or some shit. Thats code for really crappy wood that has no business being on a fucking guitar. I call them the "horseshit and splinters" series.

Anyway, there was an obvious leftist douchetool hanging in one of the circles where a joiunt was making its rounds, and this prehipster is pontificating about this junkwood series and how great it is, and the planet, etc etc. My other guitar player happened to be hitting on this joint while staring at the hipster, who turned to him and asked "isn't that cool".

My other guitar player looks at him and says "I'm only interested in buying guitars that I know 2 whole villages were wiped out in order to obtain the wood", and then blows a hit in his face.

I fucking laugh every time I think of that.

Posted by: Berserker at June 25, 2013 09:32 AM (FMbng)

242 Someone needs to edit this video so there are thousands and thousands of windmills in EVERY shot of the landscape AND behind the President in the Oval Office.

Posted by: Dwayne the canoe guy at June 25, 2013 09:33 AM (2EmS8)

243 An executive order instructing our scientists and engineers to invent a new, low-cost, pollution-free form of energy should secure his third term from our LIVs. Posted by: somebody else, not me
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He has, in a fashion already done that. Via Sec. of Energy Stephen Chu (who does not own/drive a car. Presumably he gets around by taxpayer limo.) and the Dept. of Energy mandated average...., I repeat average[i/] mileage of vehicles by 2025 will be 54.5 mpg. See? That was easy. Nothing to it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 25, 2013 09:33 AM (aDwsi)

244 Slinks to Barrel

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 25, 2013 09:34 AM (aDwsi)

245 My name is Obamandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

Posted by: Marmo at June 25, 2013 09:35 AM (QW+AD)

246

In a world that had an actual opposition party called Republicans, they would also put out a trailer showing grandma's frozen corpse in winter, a single mom serving cold oatmeal to her shivering young ones, and a poor little kitteh freezing in the snow.

That is if we had a Republican party.

Posted by: Cheri at June 25, 2013 09:35 AM (G+Wff)

247 #129 Are you kidding me? I just now saw your post.

GMTA

Posted by: Marmo at June 25, 2013 09:37 AM (QW+AD)

248 there won't be any fish left in the ocean in 50 years.... Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 25, 2013 01:24 PM (V1ZIU) That's OK. There isn't any money in the Federal Treasury now.

Posted by: Beto at June 25, 2013 09:39 AM (MhA4j)

249 "The problems with the low flow flush toilets have been solved. MIL
just got a couple of new Kohler toilets that I helped install. They work
fine.

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Mebbe. Put some red food coloring in the bowl. If its still red after flushing.... not so much.

Another unseen problem with low gallonage toilets isnt on the user end, its in the sewer system. Some cities are experiencing flow transfer issues with their sewage lines because.... to put it bluntly.... there aint enough water to push the solids thru the system.... but that issue doesnt seem to make the headlines.

Law of Unintended Consequences."

I got a new toilet about a year ago and I love it. There is some kind of Venturi magic going on where when you press down the handle it sucks everything, solids, liquids and water down the pipe instantly. Now you see it - now you don't. It is really cool to watch. Well, it's not worth skipping Game of Thrones to watch but it is pretty cool. It was just a $100 American Standard toilet that I bought at Lowes when the old toilet broke.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at June 25, 2013 09:42 AM (31Nrp)

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