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December 20, 2013

Our Black Hearts Cackle With Schadenglee
— LauraW

Piling on from BenK's post about the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange fail.

Remember those advertisements for Cover Oregon? So sweet, so full of naive idealism about the power of state projects to bring happiness to the land.

So charming and darling, so minty-fresh, so heart-strainingly earnest and optimistic.

And yet, artistic expression could not prevent corrupt failures of actual execution. Below the fold, Oregon hippies.

Below the fold, we rub it in. Look at this innocent, fresh-faced lad. He has no idea what is about to happen.

OH. OH. My little girlie schadenboner. This is exquisite. I need to take pictures of it for posterity.

HAAAA HA HA HAAAA!!!

I do believe I have soilt my pantaloons.

Open thread, darling Morons.

Posted by: LauraW at 05:47 AM | Comments (381)
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1 Oregon seems scary.

Posted by: Votermom at December 20, 2013 05:51 AM (GSIDW)

2 So loaves and fishes care didn't work out.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 20, 2013 05:52 AM (wIsoQ)

3 If Obama issues a small-business waver next year to try and save the Dems asses come election time, what exactly will be left of Obamacare?

Posted by: Bayou City at December 20, 2013 05:53 AM (AJrbR)

4 @3: The graft for friends of Obama and the DNC, which was the entire point all along.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 20, 2013 05:54 AM (102Hx)

5 Oregon seems scary. The entire left is scary.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 05:54 AM (GjYxB)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 05:54 AM (PYAXX)

7 So little time, so many idiots. Obamacare is an ID10T error.

Posted by: Jack at December 20, 2013 05:54 AM (gWHwW)

8 My little girlie schadenboner Pics, or it didn't happen.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 05:54 AM (PYAXX)

9 "If Obama issues a small-business waver next year to try and save the Dems asses come election time, what exactly will be left of Obamacare?" 28 hour work weeks

Posted by: cu'chulainn at December 20, 2013 05:55 AM (Vk2CC)

10 Obamacare is an ID10T error. PEBCARD.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 20, 2013 05:55 AM (naUcP)

11 My little girlie schadenboner Pics, or it didn't happen. Little man in the boat at attention?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 05:56 AM (GjYxB)

Those Oregon ads were a complete waste of time and (obviously limited) talent.

Speaking of wastes, I wonder what 'Ricky Hollywood' is up to these days?

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 20, 2013 05:56 AM (hLRSq)

13 I've heard that Portlandia is actually quite an accurate representation of that state.

Posted by: steevy at December 20, 2013 05:56 AM (zqvg6)

14 Must remember it is the Christmas season even in a Schsdenfreude thread but Harry Reid has been hospitalized.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 20, 2013 05:56 AM (7MQxe)

15 Seriously, is Oregon that commie-whacka-doodled or is it just Portland?

Posted by: Votermom at December 20, 2013 05:56 AM (GSIDW)

16 Seriously... was there this much advertising for Medicare when it was invented? Social Security? In politics perception may be reality, but in the real world, reality will kick perception's ass and make it beg for more.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 05:56 AM (PYAXX)

17 Liberals now trying to ruin the acoustic guitar.

Posted by: nip at December 20, 2013 05:56 AM (jI23+)

18 It's terrible, because this is like laughing when a stupid puppy runs off a cliff. But we warned that puppy. We warned it so many times.

Posted by: lauraw at December 20, 2013 05:56 AM (yGblt)

19 Just incredible. Breathtakingly delusional.

Posted by: and irresolute at December 20, 2013 05:57 AM (RqHWH)

20 Yowza, if the intrepid pioneers who opened the Oregon trail could see what's become of Oregon, they would be opening a big old can of whoop@ss.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 05:57 AM (kXoT0)

21 We should have hired Halliburton!

Posted by: Oregon at December 20, 2013 05:57 AM (h4eud)

22 Let's see, would I rather live in a world where the default option for the provision of any service is the free market and the services actually get delivered or a competitor swoops in to deliver what the incumbents can't or a world where nothing works, but I get to hear inspirational tunes about how great everything is when we all cooperate to get things done?

Real tangible benefits delivered in a prosaic and practical way vs. symbolic emotional appeals accompanied by a never-ending diet of shit sandwiches. What a tough decision.

Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 20, 2013 05:57 AM (cUbs5)

23 Sloganeering, appeals to emotions, anthems. Cultivating an air of moral superiority. Actual results? Not their department.

Posted by: --- at December 20, 2013 05:57 AM (MMC8r)

24 I represent the community that can't listen to videos at work! I DEMAND JUSTICE... and cash. Cold hard cash.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 05:57 AM (fWAjv)

25 The application of the term "Marketplace" to these federal and state obamacare train wrecks is a hoot - as if using a term to provide the fig leaf of 'free market' principles at work will magically create success.

Long live your "Marketplace", oh Oregonians!

Posted by: Tex at December 20, 2013 05:58 AM (iyK4L)

26 Nothing will sprout up from the once lush land their salty tears of misery have burned.

Posted by: Environment Impact at December 20, 2013 05:58 AM (R6JT1)

27 BWAHAhahahaha! If I had a heart it would pump more vigorously at the schadenboner opportunities.

Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2013 05:58 AM (RD7QR)

28 "14 Must remember it is the Christmas season even in a Schsdenfreude thread but Harry Reid has been hospitalized.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 20, 2013 09:56 AM (7MQxe)"

You're a better person than I. I was thinking that Reid's hospitalization IS my Christmas gift.

Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 20, 2013 05:59 AM (cUbs5)

29 Stomp or homage?

Posted by: toby928© Of Crazy Toby's Health-arama at December 20, 2013 05:59 AM (QupBk)

30 Hey, you can hum that song while you bleed to death in an ER.

Posted by: --- at December 20, 2013 05:59 AM (MMC8r)

31 Yowza, if the intrepid pioneers who opened the Oregon trail could see what's become of Oregon, they would be opening a big old can of whoop@ss.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 09:57 AM (kXoT0)

Also, the guys who coded Oregon Trail.

Posted by: mugiwara at December 20, 2013 05:59 AM (hpYnL)

32 20 Yowza, if the intrepid pioneers who opened the Oregon trail could see what's become of Oregon, they would be opening a big old can of whoop@ss. Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 09:57 AM (kXoT0) Congratulations. You are now covered under Obamacare. Unfortunately, you have died of dysentery.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 05:59 AM (fWAjv)

33 The cities in OR are where the libs hang out. Eastern OR. Is a different place. Portlandia is pretty spot on.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 20, 2013 05:59 AM (Lqy/e)

34 11 My little girlie schadenboner Pics, or it didn't happen. Little man in the boat at attention? 🎵There's a fat man, in the bathtub, with the blues.🎵

Posted by: John P. Squibob at December 20, 2013 05:59 AM (kqqGm)

35 would I rather live in a world where the default option for the provision of any service is the free market and the services actually get delivered or a competitor swoops in to deliver what the incumbents can't Yeah, try explaining that to a Liberal. They seriously believe that A- natural monopolies are bad (but Government monopolies are not) and B- only Government can spare us from those evil corporations. They really would rather live in a world where nothing gets done than in a world where people make those evil, evil profits.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:00 AM (PYAXX)

36 Nurse, would it be OK if Little Johnny and I could have some time together, alone?

Posted by: Harry Reid, Pedarist at December 20, 2013 06:00 AM (0FSuD)

37 If we are ever in the same geography, I'm so buying your next drink LauraW. This post warmed my heart like a hot toddy on a ski slope

Posted by: Laura Walker at December 20, 2013 06:00 AM (4k9jW)

38 As bearded Spock would say, "Live Long and Suffer."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2013 06:00 AM (zF6Iw)

39 Those ads make me never, ever want to go to Oregon. Especially the one in the middle.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:00 AM (7ObY1)

40 Pity. Oregon was nice 33 years ago when I lived in Seattle. What the Eff has happened to my nation? It's full of MoonBats like pajamaboi....

Posted by: backhoe at December 20, 2013 06:01 AM (ULH4o)

41 13 Must remember it is the Christmas season even in a Schsdenfreude thread but Harry Reid has been hospitalized. A little boy fought back?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:01 AM (7ObY1)

Jesus Christ! That shit makes the gay hipster Honda and Subaru commercials look like Dodge Ram commercials. Those imbeciles have no shame.

*hurl*

Posted by: maddogg at December 20, 2013 06:02 AM (xWW96)

43 "Long Live Oregonians" Irony, I guess.

Posted by: --- at December 20, 2013 06:02 AM (MMC8r)

44 This word "free" that these, ahem, artists... use so much in their odes to The State - I'm not sure it means what they think it means.

Also, I liked these songs better in their original Russian versions.

Posted by: Jaws at December 20, 2013 06:02 AM (4I3Uo)

45 Again, look at who they think their target audience is with those ads.

Think about the person they have in mind who would respond to that ad in a positive way.

Hipster douchebags, a virulent, refined strain of hippie scum.

PS: White, white, white and more white. a/k/a racists.

Posted by: RoyalOil at December 20, 2013 06:02 AM (VjL9S)

46 Cultists....

Posted by: fu52 at December 20, 2013 06:02 AM (NYXC6)

47 Seriously... was there this much advertising for Medicare when it was invented? Social Security?

In politics perception may be reality, but in the real world, reality will kick perception's ass and make it beg for more.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 09:56 AM (PYAXX)

For its time, I believe that SS was pushed very hard to silence the "math says it's a bad idea" crowd. However, most everybody thought FDR was wonderful, so it's difficult to judge. I do not remember Medicare getting such a propaganda hype, most people had health insurance through their retirement plans, so it was pitched to cover those folks who did not. Then Wham Shazzam, private retiree insurance started disappearing, especially through all the pension plan raiding done during the hostile takeover era, so people were just glad to have something, anything to pay their health care costs.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 06:02 AM (kXoT0)

48 The scariest 9 words around ...
"We're from the government and we're here to help"

Posted by: King Henry VI Part III - Act 1, Scene III at December 20, 2013 06:02 AM (e8kgV)

49 I picture Portland as being inhabited by a shit load of GoTimothy's and Fat Ass Whiny Prius Bitch's.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 06:02 AM (fWAjv)

50 That first clip: Oregonians are now free to be healthy?

WTF?

Posted by: Marmo at December 20, 2013 06:02 AM (QW+AD)

51 38 Those ads make me never, ever want to go to Oregon. Especially the one in the middle.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 10:00 AM (7ObY1)

They all have a Woody Guthrie vibe -- this land is my land, this land is your land, so let's go out and confiscate it from the kulaks. [Strums]

Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2013 06:02 AM (RD7QR)

52 If Obama issues a small-business waver next year to try and save the Dems asses come election time, what exactly will be left of Obamacare?

Posted by: Bayou City at December 20, 2013 09:53 AM (AJrbR)

Oh, you also noticed that all of the delays in ObamaCare because of elections doesn't help because there is always another election coming up? The Democrats seem to be doing a good job of taking Obamacare apart, piece by piece, without any help from those mean old rascally Republicans and those wild-eyed Tea Partiers. I'm a little torn about that. While I want Obamacare gone and in the end I don't care who actually does the deed, I want a little credit for it.

"Ha, ha! I won't let you repeal ObamaCare! Instead I'll destroy it myself!"

"Umm...okay - no wait! I mean, 'You fiend! You shan't do this foul deed!'"

"Watch me! It's gone and I get all of the accolades for destroying my own project!"

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 20, 2013 06:03 AM (hLRSq)

53 EPIC failure, by so many

Posted by: Ross Perot at December 20, 2013 06:03 AM (e8kgV)

54 2 pm. news conference today before 'the almighty' heads to Hawaii.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 20, 2013 06:03 AM (bCEmE)

55 So they spent all the money on ads and had nothing left to actually build a web site

Posted by: Cicero Skip at December 20, 2013 06:03 AM (3m9Uc)

56 Watching vid #1, my thought is where I live, any dude who gets into the personal space of a couple making out would automatically get punched. By the chick. Just before the boyfriend kicks the crap out of creepy guy.

Posted by: Votermom at December 20, 2013 06:03 AM (GSIDW)

57 Lord Obama will address us at 2 pm. Then he has to catch a flight to Hawaii.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2013 06:04 AM (g1DWB)

58 37 As bearded Spock would say, "Live Long and Suffer." I saw Spock's Beard open for...actually they were headlining. (Former Spock's Beard leader and now solo artist Neal Morse is a Christian Prog-rocker. If any 'rons like the old Yes/Genesis/ELP style of music, and with a Christian bent, Morse is worth checking out.)

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:04 AM (7ObY1)

59 These ads make me understand why guitars are banned in 2112.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 20, 2013 06:04 AM (102Hx)

60 Just think the poor bastards in OR paid to have those ads made and run on TV. That middle ad? Is everyone in OR ugly and a hippie? Someone could get rich selling makeup to those ho's.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 20, 2013 06:04 AM (0FSuD)

61 They really would rather live in a world where nothing gets done than in a world where people make those evil, evil profits. Oh. So North Korea?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 06:05 AM (GjYxB)

62 Well,a tunnel borer has run into a mysterious object under Seattle.Perhaps it's a Kaiju that will awaken and ravage the entire Northwest.

Posted by: steevy at December 20, 2013 06:05 AM (zqvg6)

63 Irony Alert! The stop-gap catastrophic insurance coverage being offered to people whose insurance was cancelled -including people in Oregon? Does not cover diagnosis or prophylactic treatment of dysentery. -

Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 20, 2013 06:05 AM (NQyj0)

64 LauraW, you are a riot.

Posted by: corporate stooge at December 20, 2013 06:05 AM (dskTv)

65 Somewhere, Lewis and Clark are saying "We braved starvation, bears, capsized canoes and Indian attacks to discover THIS?"

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:05 AM (7ObY1)

Yowza, if the intrepid pioneers who opened the Oregon trail could see what's become of Oregon, they would be opening a big old can of whoopass

They would have turned around and went back, or sacrificed themselves to the indians.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 20, 2013 06:06 AM (gJyfA)

67 Jesus Christ! That shit makes the gay hipster Honda and Subaru commercials look like Dodge Ram commercials. Those imbeciles have no shame.
*hurl*

Posted by: maddogg at December 20, 2013 10:02 AM (xWW96)

My gosh, does anyone else absolutely hate that stupid Subaru commercial where the kid is stripping off his clothes and throwing them out the window and Mommy just gently scolds him and get more clothes out of the back her SUV and puts new clothes on the little monster? And she lies about it to boot, "Oh, he's never done this before!" Morons, would you support your wives keeping hundreds of dollars worth of clothes in the car to allow your child to behave like this?

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 06:06 AM (kXoT0)

68 All those folks in the Mid-Atlantic states with notice that the "Freaky Psychedelic Obamacare Ad" one looks a lot like the Wawa Hoagiefest"

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

Posted by: Mitt Romney's evil twin (Star Trek "The Enemy Within") at December 20, 2013 06:06 AM (e8kgV)

69 Oregon is so weird the guy who was helping me at Whole Foods last night was making weird hippie granola jokes about people who live in Oregon. Geez I thought weird hippie granola was part of the Whole Foods target market. But, he pointed out that no the sort that live in Oregon shop at "co-ops"

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 20, 2013 06:06 AM (RZ8pf)

70 The Democrats seem to be doing a good job of taking Obamacare apart, piece by piece, without any help from those mean old rascally Republicans and those wild-eyed Tea Partiers. I'm a little torn about that. While I want Obamacare gone and in the end I don't care who actually does the deed, I want a little credit for it. Remember, the Democrats keep "delaying." But to be sure- they're speaking the language of Repeal behind closed doors (thus the SCOAMT's big push the other day about "the cost of repeal"). If they delay any other portion of the law, I seriously think that Republicans should start calling for repeal- vociferously. "We've delayed A, B, C, and D. Is there anything ready for Prime Time here? No. Let's just repeal it and start over."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:06 AM (PYAXX)

71 In the free future of our great-great-grandchildren, after the Burning Times have ended and the new cities are being built on the rubble of the current ones, people will look back on these Cover Oregon ads the way that we look at the artwork for Mao's Great Leap Forward.

This was the fantasy: http://tinyurl.com/krwnp4h

This was the reality: http://tinyurl.com/mjqq8hu

Posted by: Phinn at December 20, 2013 06:06 AM (KOGmz)

72 ... and this one "Wawa Hoagies"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJE6yKrovxE

Posted by: Mitt Romney's evil twin (Star Trek at December 20, 2013 06:07 AM (e8kgV)

73 Well, been on hold for 30 minutes with Bank America Visa, guess this Target shit has them busy.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 20, 2013 06:07 AM (0FSuD)

74 My gosh, does anyone else absolutely hate that stupid Subaru commercial where the kid is stripping off his clothes and throwing them out the window 1000x yes! That was one kid who needed a damn whuppin'.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:07 AM (7ObY1)

75 Someone could get rich selling makeup to those ho's.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 20, 2013 10:04 AM (0FSuD)

AHA! We have a member of the Patriarchy who wants to dictate to womyn how they should look!

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 06:07 AM (kXoT0)

76 $20 million dollar advertising budget. $160 million dollar website that signed up no one. Yeah, single payer sounds soooooo great. And don't forget, the trillions in Stimulus spending that accomplished...nothing. The only actual achievement under Ear Leader's Reign has been snuffing Osama.

Posted by: --- at December 20, 2013 06:07 AM (MMC8r)

77 I would like to commend those artists for their obvious lack of minorities in their videos. Stay white Oregon! Stay white. -LIV yelling 'that's racist.'

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 06:07 AM (fWAjv)

78 Yeah I hate that kid tossing clothes Subaru commercial too. But it epitomizes what is wrong with some parents these days.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 20, 2013 06:08 AM (RZ8pf)

79 My gosh, does anyone else absolutely hate that stupid Subaru commercial where the kid is stripping off his clothes and throwing them out the window and Mommy just gently scolds him and get more clothes out of the back her SUV and puts new clothes on the little monster? And she lies about it to boot, "Oh, he's never done this before!" Morons, would you support your wives keeping hundreds of dollars worth of clothes in the car to allow your child to behave like this? Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 10:06 AM (kXoT0) No...I'd let him stay at the party in his undies. Let his friends handle it.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 20, 2013 06:08 AM (bCEmE)

80 Oh. So North Korea? But I'm told by Denis Rodman that "It's just full of love!"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:08 AM (PYAXX)

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 10:06 AM (kXoT0)

Ummmm...no. But I take heart in knowing someday, that kid is going to kick the shit outta her over a joint and leave her for dead in the garage.

Posted by: maddogg at December 20, 2013 06:08 AM (xWW96)

82 Hand to God, the first time I saw those I assumed it was a viral marketing campaign for Portlandia. I mean, those are no different than this: http://youtu.be/AVmq9dq6Nsg

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 06:08 AM (VtjlW)

83 66 One of the commercials I despise the most.Right up there with the Vonage douche.

Posted by: steevy at December 20, 2013 06:08 AM (zqvg6)

84 I just ran the middle ad....
( I usually don't bother with video clips, the audio on my netbook is awful- despite being a good bit better than the original Acer Aspire One )

Good Gawd A'mighty! Me eyes! Me ears! Make it go away!

Posted by: backhoe at December 20, 2013 06:08 AM (ULH4o)

85 "The application of the term "Marketplace" to these federal and state obamacare train wrecks is a hoot - as if using a term to provide the fig leaf of 'free market' principles at work will magically create success."

I suppose they stole the idea from places like East Germany, North Korea, and Iran. If you put "Republic" or "Democratic" in the name, it guarantees success, right? Now we do it with words like "affordable", "marketplace", and "free".

Gorram Orwellian language thieves...

Posted by: Jaws at December 20, 2013 06:08 AM (4I3Uo)

86 Must remember it is the Christmas season even in a Schsdenfreude thread but Harry Reid has been hospitalized.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 20, 2013 09:56 AM (7MQxe)

I wish for him to be stricken with explosive diarrhea. Huge, gushing bursts that soak his mattress. Geysers of excrement that tear his rectal tissues and leave them a red, pulsing, agonizing mass of bloody tissue. I want the stench of his bodily fluids to be so overwhelming they cause his to vomit all over himself. I hope the youngest, most cack-handed candry striper is given the job of cleaning this pile of bedridden garbage and gets so sick she runs from the room while a congealing crust of bodily fluid and intestinal waste forms over the Searchlight pederast. I wish for him to wail for painkillers and be given only gummi bears. I wish for him to suffer the boils of Job and yet live.

And double this for McStain.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2013 06:08 AM (zF6Iw)

87 I went to Oregon once. It was closed.

Posted by: eman at December 20, 2013 06:08 AM (EWsrI)

88 Tax money spent. I'm going away to kill myself, I'll be right back...wait...

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 20, 2013 06:09 AM (yICtd)

89 AHA! We have a member of the Patriarchy who wants to dictate to womyn how they should look! Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 10:07 AM (kXoT0) You can look any way you want, just don't go out of the house and scare the rest of us.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 20, 2013 06:09 AM (0FSuD)

90 Based on the sign-up number in the state - a big fat zero, I don't think they ever intended the ads to actually win customers, just another avenue to skim some sweet taxpayer money into some donors' hands.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 20, 2013 06:09 AM (gJyfA)

91 Carry-over from the last post because...you'll see:

"[Lawson] says 20-20 hindsight doesn't capture the reality that officials made the best decisions they could, based on the information they had. "Even though we didn't pop Champagne on Oct. 1, I'm saying this is a win. I have a hard time feeling bad in what we've accomplished."

She's saying it's a WIN.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 20, 2013 06:10 AM (ruxvM)

92 86 I went to Oregon once. It was closed and raining too Posted by: eman at December 20, 2013 10:08 AM (EWsrI) FIFY

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 20, 2013 06:10 AM (0FSuD)

93 Maybe Oregonians are thinking of the alternate definition of the word 'poise.'

Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 20, 2013 06:10 AM (NQyj0)

94 Oh, my, I bet that chick in the middle is a tiger in bed. As long as you're not a dude.

Posted by: jakeman at December 20, 2013 06:10 AM (vH4YP)

95 Let me get this straight ... No pics forthcoming ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 20, 2013 06:10 AM (gKUGq)

96 I went to Oregon once. It was closed and raining too Posted by: eman at December 20, 2013 10:08 AM (EWsrI) FIFY Posted by: Nip Sip at December 20, 2013 10:10 AM (0FSuD) I thought the "raining" part was just assumed.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:10 AM (PYAXX)

97 If you had elected me, instead of ObamaCare, we'd be having a "HOAGIEFEST!@@!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8tTqfK3Rpg

... which seems like a bunch much more fun .. and satisfying

Posted by: Mitt Romney's evil twin (Star Trek "The Enemy Within") at December 20, 2013 06:10 AM (e8kgV)

98 "The best care a State can give."

Well that tells you all need to know, both in its Orwellian phrasing and also the practical implications of its failed implementation.

$160 million is $41.04 per capita in OR. Assuming 50 percent of those people are in the labor force, that's $82.08 per employed person in the state.

I think the best way to illustrate this level of government failure would be if the State Police went around to every employee in Oregon, made them put $82 in a box, and then at the end of the week, the money were placed atop a bonfire, live on the local news.

Then, everyone could think about what they could have done with that $82 instead of throwing it away.

Posted by: anon at December 20, 2013 06:10 AM (wECuE)

99 66 One of the commercials I despise the most.Right up there with the Vonage douche.

Posted by: steevy at December 20, 2013 10:08 AM (zqvg6)

Oh yeah! All the management who have clawed, lied, stolen, cheated, and whatever to get an office instead of a cube are just going to jump up and take a sledgehammer to those precious walls of theirs.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 06:11 AM (kXoT0)

100 "Yeah, try explaining that to a Liberal. They seriously believe that A- natural monopolies are bad (but Government monopolies are not) and B- only Government can spare us from those evil corporations.

They really would rather live in a world where nothing gets done than in a world where people make those evil, evil profits.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 10:00 AM (PYAXX)"

Right. It's insane. I'll gladly let a corporation make a profit off me if I get what I want in return. That's also because I understand the risks that corporations take in trying to make profits and I gladly transfer that risk to them and pay for it on the other end when the risk doesn't come to pass. If you don't understand the nature of risk, you will have difficulty understanding capitalism and the Left does not understand risk at all.

Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 20, 2013 06:11 AM (cUbs5)

101 93 Oh, my, I bet that chick in the middle is a tiger in bed. As long as you're not a dude. Posted by: jakeman at December 20, 2013 10:10 AM (vH4YP) Well, those unshaved legs and armpits are a big turn on.

Posted by: Hillary. at December 20, 2013 06:11 AM (0FSuD)

102 Posted by: jakeman at December 20, 2013 10:10 AM (vH4YP) Let's just say I would be surprised if "she" were the pitcher.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:11 AM (PYAXX)

103 I wish for him to wail for painkillers and be given only gummi bears. I wish for him to suffer the boils of Job and yet live. You want to let him off easy, eh? RINO.

Posted by: toby928© Of Crazy Toby's Health-arama at December 20, 2013 06:11 AM (QupBk)

104 66. That ad is based on my 5yr old grandson. Likes to roll down the car window and throw out his shoes onto the freeway. In San Fran! Not really east to get those back.
Mom and Dad gently scold him for his ways.
By the way, this child doesn't have any of my genetic material. It's a step-grandson. Also the step kids were in their thirties when I married there dad. No influence on any of them in their formative years.
If I had any influence a bit of butt swatting would be employed. But alas, no. Cannot injure that special snowflakes self esteem.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at December 20, 2013 06:12 AM (Qp3K5)

105 Someone could get rich selling makeup to those ho's. Posted by: Nip Sip at December 20, 2013 10:04 AM (0FSuD) AHA! We have a member of the Patriarchy who wants to dictate to womyn how they should look! Someone needs to since their mothers refused to.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 06:12 AM (GjYxB)

106 And yet, 'resignation' will be the only penalty any of these people face. Before being hired at a 'progressive policy institute.' They ought to be cutting weeds by the roadsides in an orange jumpsuit.

Posted by: --- at December 20, 2013 06:12 AM (MMC8r)

107

"Remember, the Democrats keep "delaying." But to be sure- they're speaking the language of Repeal behind closed doors (thus the SCOAMT's big push the other day about "the cost of repeal")."

Agreed; they weren't directing that to the Republicans - Establishment or Tea Party. They were directing that at their own wavering caucus.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 20, 2013 06:12 AM (hLRSq)

108 To LIV hippies, having health insurance = good health.

Except they couldn't buy health insurance.

Posted by: Marmo at December 20, 2013 06:13 AM (QW+AD)

109 Oh yeah! All the management who have clawed, lied, stolen, cheated, and whatever to get an office instead of a cube are just going to jump up and take a sledgehammer to those precious walls of theirs. Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 10:11 AM (kXoT0) I think it's also a plug for 'open borders'. At least that was my first reaction seeing it.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 20, 2013 06:13 AM (bCEmE)

110 I went back and watched the gay outreach ad just to cleanse my pallet form the old fuckwad hippy ones. But now I want to stick chopsticks in my ears and scratch my eyes out.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 20, 2013 06:13 AM (yICtd)

111 The scariest 9 words around ... "We're from the government and we're here to help" Posted by: King Henry VI Part III - Act 1, Scene III at December 20, 2013 10:02 AM (e8kgV) Plagerist

Posted by: Zombie Ronald Reagan at December 20, 2013 06:13 AM (0XBx+)

112 For a minute there I was very confused. Watched that whole Barbara Walters interview... her quacking and all, trying to figure out who the "fresh faced lad" was.

Ba-ba Wa-wa... she many things, but fresh faced lad aint one of them.

Posted by: Book at December 20, 2013 06:14 AM (qWES6)

113 Yeah I hate that kid tossing clothes Subaru commercial too. But it epitomizes what is wrong with some parents these days.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 20, 2013 10:08 AM (RZ8pf)

Why are the car windows down? That was the first thing I thought. How much effort would it take to do that?

It doesn't just show what is wrong with parents, it shows what is wrong with the advertising folks and Subaru's marketing department.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 20, 2013 06:15 AM (hLRSq)

114 You can look any way you want, just don't go out of the house and scare the rest of us.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 20, 2013 10:09 AM (0FSuD)

You would not want to see some of my female co-workers. We have a new security guard, her arrival was announced via a very carefully worded email. Security guards come and go with no announcements--so I thought it was strange that we got the notice. First time I saw her, I thought to myself, "Oh, wasn't the new guard supposedly a chick?" She must be in transition.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 06:15 AM (kXoT0)

115 Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 20, 2013 10:11 AM (cUbs5) Risk schmisk. They *really* believe that the economy is a zero-sum game. Which is why they always accuse the Right of being "for big corporations" (well, that, and the donations the Left gets from big corporations). It's Fen's Law- they THINK that any profit they make is hurting other people, simply by being profit. Yet they like making a profit. Therefore profit is evil and Republicans must be doing it. Sadly, even Marx understood that an economy with no profit built in doesn't work. Modern prog/commies seem to have regressed even from there.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:15 AM (PYAXX)

116 pbs wants their childrens show line-up back.

Posted by: willow at December 20, 2013 06:15 AM (nqBYe)

117 ... WHAT ?!? .. no Michael Bolton

Posted by: Ronald McDonald at December 20, 2013 06:15 AM (e8kgV)

118 I think the best way to illustrate this level of government failure would be if the State Police went around to every employee in Oregon, made them put $82 in a box, and then at the end of the week, the money were placed atop a bonfire, live on the local news. Then, everyone could think about what they could have done with that $82 instead of throwing it away. Bought half a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle.....

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 06:15 AM (GjYxB)

119 Have not felt this politically euphoric since Ronaldus Magnus was elected.

Posted by: Tonawanda at December 20, 2013 06:16 AM (mE1l+)

120 Thoughtcrime in action. Every 'news' story about the latest video from Phil Robertson has the phrase "Robertson does not appear to explicitly mention the words "homosexuality" or "gay" during the speech" Or that he "seems to" denounce gays" or he "appears to."

F)*%)% this. Journalism is dead, dog whistle reporting is now the norm. I wish some terrorist would go for CNN or the NYT but that would be like calling in strikes on their own forces.

Posted by: vivi at December 20, 2013 06:16 AM (+/8mE)

121 Maybe if we all chip in a bunch of flannel and hot chocolate and send it to Oregon we can really get the conversation going.

Posted by: Seamus at December 20, 2013 06:16 AM (N/Sup)

122 All it's missing is a hermaphrodite in a onesie

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 20, 2013 06:16 AM (1Jaio)

123 4 @3: The graft for friends of Obama and the DNC, which was the entire point all along. --- I live in a state which has a reputation for being one of the most underhanded when it comes to this crap. Graft works best when people either don't know it has happened OR the quality received is sufficiently high enough for people to write it off as "the cost of doing business." Edwin Edwards taking money under the table from COMPETENT businesses to get state contracts? People will live with that. The country's health care system going into total meltdown because Moochelle threw a bone to a fellow black Princeton alum working at an incompetent company as well as a bunch of other Dems tried to wet their beak in the process? Not so much.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 06:17 AM (/Crba)

124 Bought half a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle.....

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 10:15 AM (GjYxB)

If you can get Pappy Van Winkle for $164/bottle please buy me a case.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2013 06:17 AM (QFxY5)

125 Why are the car windows down? That was the first thing I thought. How much effort would it take to do that? Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 20, 2013 10:15 AM (hLRSq)

If the car has electric windows, then it also has a window lock button that prevents the back windows from being opened by rear seat passengers. So yeah, it is stupid and confusing and insulting, but, I bet there are Liberal Soccer Moms who think it's sweet how Mom supports his freedom to be himself.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 06:17 AM (kXoT0)

126 Did that middle video actually have Gumby riding a yellow submarine across the screen?

Posted by: Seamus at December 20, 2013 06:17 AM (N/Sup)

127 "
They *really* believe that the economy is a zero-sum game."

And then do their damnedest to put policies in place to make it one.

Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 20, 2013 06:18 AM (cUbs5)

128 120 Maybe if we all chip in a bunch of flannel and hot chocolate and send it to Oregon we can really get the conversation going. Posted by: Seamus at December 20, 2013 10:16 AM (N/Sup) Uh don't you mean "raise awareness"?

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 20, 2013 06:18 AM (yICtd)

129 And by Long Live they mean as long as BarryCare deems you worthy of receiving medical care

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 20, 2013 06:18 AM (1Jaio)

130 Sorry Seamus, my mistake "start a dialogue"

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 20, 2013 06:18 AM (yICtd)

131 25 Nothing will sprout up from the once lush land their salty tears of misery have burned.
===========
You're imputing a sense of logic, intelligence, consistency and reason where there is none.

The failure will not be acknowledged or discussed.

But more government money must surely be spent.

Posted by: RoyalOil at December 20, 2013 06:18 AM (VjL9S)

132 I can see it now. Over the next three years, Obama has all the regulations quietly rewritten so that things are back to where they were pre-Obamacare.

Then he takes credit because Obamacare works! And we should be thanking him.

Posted by: Marmo at December 20, 2013 06:19 AM (QW+AD)

133 Can you believe these are decedents of pioneers who braved hardship to make it west? Our nation is dying quickly.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 20, 2013 06:19 AM (GaqMa)

134 Somehow even though my Tax home is in Texas (for now) I bet I ended up paying for this Stoopid Shit ,Oregon Obamacare advertising. I love the fail BTW, let it burn!

Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at December 20, 2013 06:19 AM (Oxi7U)

135 And by Long Live they mean as long as BarryCare deems you worthy of receiving medical care Now remember, they're not "Death Panels." They're "Healthcare Effectiveness Boards." That's totes different.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:19 AM (PYAXX)

136 Did that middle video actually have Gumby riding a yellow submarine across the screen?
Posted by: Seamus at December 20, 2013 10:17 AM (N/Sup)

It's Oregon. Don't try to understand.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 20, 2013 06:19 AM (lr3d7)

137 All I want for Christmas is a resignation at 2PM and Barry the Boy King staying in Hawaii...

Posted by: H Badger at December 20, 2013 06:20 AM (n/0Nw)

138 Any actors here? What are the requirements for getting hired? Wd PJB have to belong to a guild? Did ofa hire scab labor?

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 20, 2013 06:20 AM (h4eud)

139 Hippie Chick in the middle braids beads into her armpit hair.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 20, 2013 06:20 AM (bX7ov)

140 >>> Liberals now trying to ruin the acoustic guitar I won't tolerate that.

Posted by: Blutarsky at December 20, 2013 06:20 AM (Ua6T/)

141 133 Somehow even though my Tax home is in Texas (for now) I bet I ended up paying for this Stoopid Shit ,Oregon Obamacare advertising. I love the fail BTW, let it burn! Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at December 20, 2013 10:19 AM (Oxi7U) I believe we pay for Obama phones in each phone bill we get so...yeah.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 20, 2013 06:21 AM (yICtd)

142 Can you believe these are decedents of pioneers who braved hardship to make it west? I don't think they are. I think the vast majority of those pioneers' descendants moved to places much more Liberty friendly. Like N. Korea.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:21 AM (PYAXX)

143 Is the middle video by The Shaggs?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 20, 2013 06:21 AM (1Jaio)

144 The singers keep using that word "free."
I do not think it means what they think it means.

{The state could have spent $0.00 on the exchange and Oregonians would still be free to be healthy.)

Posted by: Lizzy at December 20, 2013 06:21 AM (ruxvM)

145 What the Eff has happened to my nation? It's full of MoonBats like pajamaboi....

Posted by: backhoe at December 20, 2013 10:01 AM (ULH4o)

Public schools over the past century, whittling away at the population....

Posted by: [/i]KG at December 20, 2013 06:21 AM (p7BzH)

146 To LIV hippies, having health insurance = good health. **** Yayyy preventative health care. (who actually says 'preventative' anyway? Is it supposed to sound smartier than 'preventive'?)

Posted by: Seamus at December 20, 2013 06:21 AM (N/Sup)

147 OH. OH. My little girlie schadenboner. This is exquisite. I need to take pictures of it for posterity.

Is this in any way related to Meadmuns Safety Pants?

(mildly NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyNVpvZRwIY

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at December 20, 2013 06:21 AM (e4elg)

148 Those are so embarrassingly horrible.

Posted by: m at December 20, 2013 06:21 AM (omrQI)

149 Maybe it's more descriptative!

Posted by: Seamus at December 20, 2013 06:22 AM (N/Sup)

150 "The only actual achievement under Ear Leader's Reign has been snuffing Osama." Which was only made possible due to the efforts of his "warmongering" predecessor, and was only carried out because they gave the go order behind princess's back.

Posted by: Tofu Ninja- now with extra Soy! at December 20, 2013 06:22 AM (QLbhS)

151 --> Oregon Health Insurance-Ku Oregonian! A hick Alabamian is smarter than you. _ There once was a man from Portland Who thought insurance was extortion His vote? The Dem Ticket His reason explicit. No he's totally fucked. Totally fucked. Totally. _

Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 20, 2013 06:22 AM (NQyj0)

152

"Every 'news' story about the latest video from Phil Robertson...."

"All it's missing is a hermaphrodite in a onesie"

All diversions from the ongoing ObamaCare debacle. However I don't think they are working.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 20, 2013 06:22 AM (hLRSq)

153 If you can get Pappy Van Winkle for $164/bottle please buy me a case. Um, bought a taste for $82.00? Sheesh. Just looked them up online. $2400.00 a bottle.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 06:22 AM (GjYxB)

154 Why the fuck to leftist parasites have to fuck up the most beautiful places in this country?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 20, 2013 06:22 AM (Qt/d2)

155 Those are so embarrassingly horrible.

Posted by: m at December 20, 2013 10:21 AM (omrQI)

Just like BarryCare

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 20, 2013 06:23 AM (1Jaio)

156 OK, So two quick things. 1) Oregon tried to reform Medicaid already once for universal coverage and failed. Why they expected it to be different now, I have no fucking clue. 2) Wait, I do know, Oregon also has physician assisted suicide (first state to do so IIRC). Well that's lovely. I wonder if that's mandated under their (non-functioning) state exchange.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 20, 2013 06:23 AM (GaqMa)

157 PajamaboiCare.

Posted by: Marmo at December 20, 2013 06:23 AM (QW+AD)

158 153 Why the fuck to leftist parasites have to fuck up the most beautiful places in this country? Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 20, 2013 10:22 AM (Qt/d2) Like a swarm of locusts. it's just what they do.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 20, 2013 06:23 AM (yICtd)

159 Why the fuck to leftist parasites have to fuck up the most beautiful places in this country?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 20, 2013 10:22 AM (Qt/d2)

What else are they going to do, get a job and be productive?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 20, 2013 06:23 AM (1Jaio)

160 $2400.00 a bottle. As Mary said while changing Jesus' diapers- Holy Crap! That's two of my house payments.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:24 AM (PYAXX)

161 91 86 I went to Oregon once. It was closed and raining too Posted by: eman at December 20, 2013 10:08 AM (EWsrI) FIFY --- Sorry, folks, state's closed. Moose at the front gate should have told you!

Posted by: Security Guard Russ Lasky at December 20, 2013 06:24 AM (/Crba)

162 Harry Reid in pain, probably dying? Karma, bitches

May he suffer and rot, and slowly die in agony, as his Sins consume him.

Posted by: Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This at December 20, 2013 06:24 AM (omBWL)

163 Can you believe these are decedents of pioneers who braved hardship to make it west? ***** ISWYDT

Posted by: Seamus at December 20, 2013 06:24 AM (N/Sup)

164 The best part is the $160 million that was wasted wasn't taxpayers' money, it was the money of future generations of taxpayers.

Posted by: dirks strewn at December 20, 2013 06:24 AM (kfcYC)

165 144 What the Eff has happened to my nation? It's full of MoonBats like pajamaboi....

Posted by: backhoe at December 20, 2013 10:01 AM (ULH4o)

Public schools over the past century, whittling away at the population....
Posted by: KG

Yeah, I know. That, and popular "culture." I'm a rough old Southron boy but the junk I see on magazines in the checkout line makes even me cringe. I still maintain America's collective IQ has dropped 40-50 points in the last 30 years.

Posted by: backhoe at December 20, 2013 06:25 AM (ULH4o)

166 161 Harry Reid in pain, probably dying? Karma, bitches Posted by: Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This at December 20, 2013 10:24 AM (omBWL) Oh stop trying to cheer me up.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 20, 2013 06:25 AM (yICtd)

167 Why are they so proud of being Oregonians?
I love my state, but I don't feel the need to smugly sing it to the rafters.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 20, 2013 06:25 AM (ruxvM)

168 161 Harry Reid in pain, probably dying? Karma, bitches

May he suffer and rot, and slowly die in agony, as his Sins consume him.

Posted by: Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This at December 20, 2013 10:24 AM (omBWL)

Story just said he wasn't feeling well. He's probably just run down from dorking the nation in the squeakhole.

Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2013 06:25 AM (RD7QR)

169 Why the fuck to leftist parasites have to fuck up the most beautiful places in this country?

Equality. On a dried up lake bed, all boats are equally disadvantaged.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 20, 2013 06:26 AM (70Unk)

170 Oregon is beautiful, btw. Their univ is the Ducks. When Cal played Oregon, we chanted "Fuck the Ducks".

good times....

Posted by: Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This at December 20, 2013 06:26 AM (omBWL)

171 In defense of the state of Oregon, it's not all like that. Just like Colorado, the bolus of Leftism resides in a fairly small but densely packed fibrous cancer around Portland, Eugene and Springfield. the small coastal towns are actually pretty normal, with a couple of exceptions.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at December 20, 2013 06:26 AM (K+mtQ)

172 Why the fuck to leftist parasites have to fuck up the most beautiful places in this country? You wouldn't actually expect them to live near the consequences of their choices, would you? I mean, all that "urban blight" may be a direct consequence of policies they support, but they don't want to live in it.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:26 AM (PYAXX)

173 My God! I can't believe this is real. Perhaps more trolling?

Posted by: Mjim at December 20, 2013 06:26 AM (g7Azt)

174 Yeah, I know. That, and popular "culture." I'm a rough old Southron boy but the junk I see on magazines in the checkout line makes even me cringe. I still maintain America's collective IQ has dropped 40-50 points in the last 30 years. --- If you took the entire state of Oregon's IQ and multiplied it by 100, you might have enough intelligence to tie your shoe... if you didn't drool all over yourself first!

Posted by: R.J. Fletcher Jr. at December 20, 2013 06:26 AM (/Crba)

175 >>Can you believe these are decedents of pioneers who braved hardship to make it west?

...descendents who were free to become became "stay at home fathers" and in an "indie rock band!" Free.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 20, 2013 06:27 AM (ruxvM)

176 Oregon! Three years ... Democrat state legislature, Democrat Governor, Democrat this, Democrat that, Democrats everywhere. Can't swing a free range chicken in Oregon without hitting a Democrat. Clearly, FoxNews is to blame. _

Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 20, 2013 06:27 AM (NQyj0)

177 Mr. Reid was hospitalized because he was feeling poorly. I'll say!

Posted by: Little boy named "Poorly" at December 20, 2013 06:28 AM (N/Sup)

178 You wouldn't actually expect them to live near the consequences of their choices, would you? I mean, all that "urban blight" may be a direct consequence of policies they support, but they don't want to live in it. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 10:26 AM (PYAXX) This. Fuck things up beyond repair and move on. Next!

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 20, 2013 06:28 AM (yICtd)

179 Oregon is out? OREGON IS OUT???!!!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 20, 2013 06:28 AM (GZXBQ)

180 Almost like reading the blog by one of the developers bragging about how cool the new billion dollar fed website would be. "Were gonna build it then buy insurance on it dudes!"

Posted by: UWP at December 20, 2013 06:28 AM (2hQRj)

181 You wouldn't actually expect them to live near the consequences of their choices, would you? I mean, all that "urban blight" may be a direct consequence of policies they support, but they don't want to live in it.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 10:26 AM (PYAXX)

This. Fuck things up beyond repair and move on. Next!

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 20, 2013 10:28 AM (yICtd)

They're like a swarm of locusts.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 20, 2013 06:28 AM (DrWcr)

182

Sorry, folks, state's closed.

Moose at the front gate should have told you!

Posted by: Security Guard Russ Lasky at December 20, 2013 10:24 AM (/Crba)

I lol'ed!

Posted by: Marmo at December 20, 2013 06:29 AM (QW+AD)

183 All the supportive comments by silly-assed leftists who likely fancy themselves critical thinkers of the highest order for programs that were so clearly poor in design from the very beginning? They don't seem to be happening much in comments sections anymore. I think the NYT editorial staff has taken to writing their own comments now. Even WaPo comments sections have a distinct "WTF is this bullshit" feel to them now.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 20, 2013 06:29 AM (Qt/d2)

184 I've lived so many years in Alabama that my tombstone will say 'He was almost one of us.'

Posted by: toby928© Texan by birth, Moron by the grace of Ace at December 20, 2013 06:30 AM (QupBk)

185 Posted by: Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This at December 20, 2013 10:26 AM (omBWL)

GO BEARS!

What year?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2013 06:30 AM (QFxY5)

186 Can't swing a free range chicken in Oregon without hitting a Democrat. That reminds me of Bill Engvall's take on "free range chickens." "I can just imagine an Indian Chief... 'Many moons ago, before the White Man came... there were giant herds of chickens roaming the land...'"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:30 AM (PYAXX)

187 Edwin Edwards taking money under the table from COMPETENT businesses to get state contracts? People will live with that. The country's health care system going into total meltdown because Moochelle threw a bone to a fellow black Princeton alum working at an incompetent company as well as a bunch of other Dems tried to wet their beak in the process? Not so much. Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 10:17 AM (/Crba) I used to say about Penn DOT that it damn well better be corruption because if the roads were that bad due just to incompetence, that's just pathetic. My dad worked for a company with international divisions. He said there used to be a very vague line item in the budget for "miscellaneous other expenses". Or, you know, bribes. Apparently, this line item also existed in the budget for the Chicago office.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 06:31 AM (VtjlW)

188 grad school 1975-77

Posted by: Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This at December 20, 2013 06:32 AM (omBWL)

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Posted by: UWP at December 20, 2013 06:32 AM (2hQRj)

190 T his is why Portlandia is great. When even Hollywood leftards think you're nuts, Oregon ... you have a problem.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 20, 2013 06:32 AM (h4eud)

191

I cannot see the videos LauraW linked, but this:

OH. OH. My little girlie schadenboner.

That is freaking ADORABLE. We love you, lauraw!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 06:32 AM (4df7R)

192 Posted by: Little boy named "Poorly" at December 20, 2013 10:28 AM (N/Sup) Is there a sock of the day award? Because, this.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 20, 2013 06:33 AM (Qt/d2)

193 Ms. Walker at #36, you got a deal.

Posted by: lauraw at December 20, 2013 06:33 AM (yGblt)

194 Y'know, it's Friday, I have Dio's HOLY DIVER playing on the hi-fi, Hairy Reid in the hospital...I feel pretty good today.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:33 AM (7ObY1)

195 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 10:31 AM (VtjlW)

In their defense, I drove from NJ to Pittsburgh and back last Saturday during the snow, and the PA roads were perfect. I was really impressed.

I reentered NJ and they turned to shit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2013 06:34 AM (QFxY5)

196 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 10:30 AM (PYAXX) ***** Whenever I hear a hippie-dippie waiter extolling the virtues of their free range chicken I ask him if they treated it kindly. When he says yes, I say, "Well, at least right up until you chopped its head off and broiled it."

Posted by: Little boy named at December 20, 2013 06:34 AM (N/Sup)

197 My dad worked for a company with international divisions. He said there used to be a very vague line item in the budget for "miscellaneous other expenses". Or, you know, bribes. Apparently, this line item also existed in the budget for the Chicago office. --- I'm sure you know this one, but I'll say it for those who don't... It is legal, or at least was for the longest time, to use "grease" payments as a cost of doing business overseas, such as giving a few bucks to the customs worker to ensure that items made it through customs quickly and undamaged. The problems came when you made payments to GET business rather than as a cost of DOING business.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 06:34 AM (/Crba)

198 I saw Schadenglee open for Def Leppard at the Meadowlands. It was meh.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2013 06:34 AM (zF6Iw)

199

OH. OH. My little girlie schadenboner. This is exquisite. I need to take pictures of it for posterity.

Is it wrong that this made me feel a little funny in the pants?

Posted by: Insomniac at December 20, 2013 06:34 AM (DrWcr)

200 Sock fail.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 20, 2013 06:35 AM (N/Sup)

201 So when the One descends from on high at 2ish today what is he going to talk about? Is he really going to weigh in on Duck Dynasty?

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 06:35 AM (fWAjv)

202 I'm not dead yet!

Posted by: Harry Reid at December 20, 2013 06:35 AM (yICtd)

203 I'm not dead yet!

Posted by: Harry Reid at December 20, 2013 10:35 AM (yICtd)

You're not fooling anyone, you know.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 20, 2013 06:36 AM (DrWcr)

204 200 So when the One descends from on high at 2ish today what is he going to talk about? Is he really going to weigh in on Duck Dynasty?

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 10:35 AM (fWAjv)

Nah, he'll just tell us about all the bitchin' surfing he's gonna do. Aloha, dudes!

Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2013 06:36 AM (RD7QR)

205 #46

It's important to remember how badly wrong the early Medicare critics were. They predicted it would go over budget by double by 1970. In fact, it went over budget by TEN TIMES by 1970. So, the critics were wrong and everything was wonderful, full steam ahead.

Posted by: Epobirs at December 20, 2013 06:36 AM (bPxS6)

206 >>152 Sheesh. Just looked them up online. $2400.00 a bottle. Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 10:22 AM (GjYxB) That's 2-3 months of ObamaCare!

Posted by: Mindy aka Cupcake at December 20, 2013 06:36 AM (GRLuN)

207 This is no different than the crap they peddled on East German state TV. (I know, I used to watch it). Forward commrades.

Posted by: DL at December 20, 2013 06:36 AM (vDDnO)

208 201 I'm not dead yet! Posted by: Harry Reid at December 20, 2013 10:35 AM (yICtd) Wishes can come true.

Posted by: Guido - Fa La Fucking La - Merry Christmas. at December 20, 2013 06:36 AM (yICtd)

209 From Drudge: 'Obamacare' becomes 'nails on chalkboard'... ----------------- Hee, hee, hee...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 20, 2013 06:36 AM (aDwsi)

210 from the girl in the red dress (second vid) : "I'm free to be healthy"

yeah, before obamacare you were required to be ill.

Posted by: Mallfly at December 20, 2013 06:37 AM (bJm7W)

211 I'm not dead yet!

Posted by: Harry Reid at December 20, 2013 10:35 AM (yICtd)

But someday you will be, Hairy. Some day you will be. And when that day comes, I am going to throw a party, get completely hammered, and probably wake up the next morning in some shady Vegas hotel room next to an Elvis chapel with a fake wedding ring turning my finger green. And it will be GLORIOUS.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 06:37 AM (4df7R)

212 Chimaira, Black Heart. Warm soothing music for a fine Friday such as this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_8_LsPoWTE

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 20, 2013 06:37 AM (EiDLD)

213 Seriously, when did Phil Robertson's comments to GQ become both homophobic AND rayciss? Because the corrupt, lying MFM is running with "rayciss" now too. I can't find anything rayciss about his comments, and I believe it's just a case of "Hey, he's southern, amirite? And he's got a ZZ Top beard. I mean, Louisiana, amirite? Ergo, rayciss. Yeah, let's just go with that."

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:38 AM (7ObY1)

214 Heh. Marketplace. We have a marketplace. With no goods to market.

Posted by: Cuban at December 20, 2013 06:38 AM (6fSty)

215

In their defense, I drove from NJ to Pittsburgh and back last Saturday during the snow, and the PA roads were perfect. I was really impressed.

Yeah, because they decided to fix all the damn roads the last time I had to go from NH to PA, and what should have been a 8-9 hour trip turned into 11.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 06:38 AM (4df7R)

216 @200 He will talk about disastercare, the fradulent gdp and unemployment numbers, amnesty and some reporter will ask him about the duck dynasty imbroglio.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 20, 2013 06:38 AM (WlOHE)

217 But someday you will be, Hairy. Some day you will be. And when that day comes, I am going to throw a party, get completely hammered, and probably wake up the next morning in some shady Vegas hotel room next to an Elvis chapel with a fake wedding ring turning my finger green. And it will be GLORIOUS. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:37 AM (4df7R) Sounds like a plan. lol.

Posted by: Guido - Fa La Fucking La - Merry Christmas. at December 20, 2013 06:38 AM (yICtd)

218 I still maintain America's collective IQ has dropped 40-50 points in the last 30 years.

Posted by: backhoe at December 20, 2013 10:25 AM (ULH4o)

That indeed was one of the goals behind the public school system, to make a more malleable and predictable population. It worked because the masterminds behind this shit unfortunately studied the hell out of human psychology.

Posted by: [/i]KG at December 20, 2013 06:39 AM (p7BzH)

219 Ya know, if these guys would spend half the time working on the actual functions of government (web sites) as they do on the means of promoting government (stupid ads like that and pajama boy) they might by accident stumble into competence. Ya know, if these guys would spend half the time figuring out what functions government should actually do as they do on the means of promoting government, we wouldn't have to be worried about their "competence" at all.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:39 AM (PYAXX)

220 When do we get a divorce from these people?

Posted by: dogfish at December 20, 2013 06:39 AM (nsOJa)

221 Nah, he'll just tell us about all the bitchin' surfing he's gonna do. Aloha, dudes! Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2013 10:36 AM (RD7QR) I love that he his following through with going on vacation. Great optics Barky.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 06:39 AM (fWAjv)

222 Ah ha ha ha ha, standing in line to mail box, little two year old boy walks over, picks up some stupid thing the post office has with picture of obama and Biden, before his mom could catch him, chunks it in the "waste" receptacle. I said "me too kid." To the doesn't l apparent delight of the ten people in line behind me.

Posted by: traye at December 20, 2013 06:40 AM (rVPhE)

223 Following the A&E business model, all Catholics must be fired.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 20, 2013 06:40 AM (h4eud)

224 the fradulent gdp I heard people exulting over those numbers and thought "yeah. 'cause inflation doesn't exist."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:40 AM (PYAXX)

225 And please note that all the apologists, socialists, and media know-nothings were only recently bitching and finger pointing at states WITHOUT exchanges, they being the most likely cause of the now famous Obamacare meltdown. But hey, when you have everything except cash, know how, and a sold plan, how the hell can you go wrong? Assholes.

Posted by: Dirty Old Man at December 20, 2013 06:40 AM (Yv5v6)

226 213 Seriously, when did Phil Robertson's comments to GQ become both homophobic AND rayciss? He had the nerve to suggest that black people were happier and better off before the welfare state. He also said life in Louisiana where he lived was actually pretty happy pre-civil rights and people, black and white got along. That is my take anyway.

Posted by: Dandolo at December 20, 2013 06:41 AM (0XBx+)

227 I'm watching World at War series now and on the one where the Final Solution is put into action in 1942. They basically tricked the Jewish population to get on the trains willingly with promises of relocation to a better place. It's not my intention to go Goodwin but the theory on how to get a large population to do something you know is not really going to be better for them is similar.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 20, 2013 06:41 AM (ETWo2)

228 So Oregon ads are uber-hipster folk singer types trekking across their great state, and here in Colorado they gave us...Bro and Ho insurance ads.
I don't even know which one are worse. The CO ads really got down to business, though, didn't they? None of that high-falutin free to be healthy stuff, just rut like a farm animal and we'll cover the costs, bro.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 20, 2013 06:41 AM (ruxvM)

229 Dang new phone software, To the apparent delight of the ten people behind me.

Posted by: traye at December 20, 2013 06:41 AM (rVPhE)

230 220 When do we get a divorce from these people?
Posted by: dogfish at December 20, 2013 10:39 AM (nsOJa)
No divorce allowed. The marriage is permanent.

Posted by: Abraham Lincoln at December 20, 2013 06:41 AM (VpMO0)

231 In their defense, I drove from NJ to Pittsburgh and back last Saturday during the snow, and the PA roads were perfect. I was really impressed. I reentered NJ and they turned to shit. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2013 10:34 AM (QFxY5) Fracking money. I mean that literally. The various fracking companies, not being stupid, pumped a lot of "voluntary" contributions into communities to improve the roadways so that the roads could support the equipment being brought in. Whoever came up with that idea was brilliant. You can't come here! Blessed Mother Gaia! Oh. Did you say a billion with a b dollars for the roads in our county? Come on in!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 06:42 AM (VtjlW)

232 None of that high-falutin free to be healthy stuff, just rut like a farm animal and we'll cover the costs, bro.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 20, 2013 10:41 AM (ruxvM)

"Go on..."

-Bubba Clinton

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 06:42 AM (4df7R)

233 grad school 1975-77

Posted by: Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This at December 20, 2013 10:32 AM (omBWL)

Ah....so you really appreciate the finer points of the hippy experience.

The stench of patchouli, the odor of unwashed bodies and hair, the filthy clothes, the disgusting food, the hectoring about love and community.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2013 06:42 AM (QFxY5)

234 226 Of course, the chick sings about every "househusband". Can't use "housewife" cause that may offend someone. --- One of my fraternity pledge brothers is now a house-husband. That's one of the little perks to marrying the cute blonde he met at orientation, who is now a doctor.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 06:42 AM (/Crba)

235 There is a very conservative and sensible part of the state, on the East (Right-hand side) where farmers and ranchers and miners prevail. They are oppressed by the lunatics on the left coast of the state. Most of the power is centralized on the I-5 corridor. Where not surprisingly a number of left-wing extremist State-supported Universities spew forth more of their spawn of Ducks and Beavers and such who metastasize their social dysfunction so well captured by Portlandia. I'm leaving for good next month. Meh.

Posted by: Doctor Robert at December 20, 2013 06:43 AM (1f7qJ)

236 Duck Dynasty's biggest sponsor, Under Armour, is supporting Robertson. Glad I wear their stuff for both working out and hiking. I guess I'll call them my HateClothes now.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:43 AM (7ObY1)

237 222 Ah ha ha ha ha, standing in line to mail box, little two year old boy walks over, picks up some stupid thing the post office has with picture of obama and Biden, before his mom could catch him, chunks it in the "waste" receptacle. I said "me too kid." To the doesn't l apparent delight of the ten people in line behind me. Posted by: traye at December 20, 2013 10:40 AM (rVPhE) A feel good Christmas story!

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 20, 2013 06:43 AM (bCEmE)

238 But someday you will be, Hairy. Some day you will be. And when that day comes, I am going to throw a party, get completely hammered, and probably wake up the next morning in some shady Vegas hotel room next to an Elvis chapel with a fake wedding ring turning my finger green. And it will be GLORIOUS. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:37 AM (4df7R) *sidles over* Hi. How you doin'?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 06:44 AM (VtjlW)

239 Maybe Obama will sign up for Obamacare on live TV at 2:00. He only has until Monday and he hasn't signed up yet.

Posted by: Marmo at December 20, 2013 06:44 AM (QW+AD)

240 More people are boycotting A&E than have signed up to Obamacare. healthcare.gov should put Duck Dynasty on their website.

Posted by: MrX at December 20, 2013 06:44 AM (q8eh5)

241 228 I'm watching World at War series now and on the one where the Final Solution is put into action in 1942. They basically tricked the Jewish population to get on the trains willingly with promises of relocation to a better place. It's not my intention to go Goodwin but the theory on how to get a large population to do something you know is not really going to be better for them is similar. --- There's a quote from "Action" I love to bring up whenever trains are mentioned, where Peter Dragon is pitching his script to some Orthodox Jewish investors. "Whenever someone tells us (Orthodox Jews) to get on the train, it never ends well."

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 06:44 AM (/Crba)

242 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 10:42 AM (VtjlW)

Filthy capitalists and their penchant for improving the world around them.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2013 06:44 AM (QFxY5)

243 Yet another Obama half brother pops out of the woodwork to write a book. >>Barack thought I was too white, and I thought he was too black. He was an American searching for his African roots, I was a Kenyan, I'm an American but I was living in Kenya, searching for my white roots. http://tinyurl.com/l64kkcy Obama is totally focused on race and he doesn't like whitey.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2013 06:45 AM (g1DWB)

244 237 Duck Dynasty's biggest sponsor, Under Armour, is supporting Robertson. Glad I wear their stuff for both working out and hiking. I guess I'll call them my HateClothes now. Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 10:43 AM (7ObY1) That's good to know! Bought a lot of their stuff for Christmas.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 20, 2013 06:45 AM (bCEmE)

245 Duck Dynasty's biggest sponsor, Under Armour, is supporting Robertson. Another feel good Christmas story. That warms my little black heart.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 06:45 AM (GjYxB)

246 Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 20, 2013 10:43 AM (OWjjx) No, it'd be fine. If they stuck to actual functions of Government, then military contractors would be among the few people they could shake down for money. We'd quickly have had conventional weapon parity AND no nuclear freeze.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:46 AM (PYAXX)

247 Great call to our local Conserva-tarian AM radio talk show host Tom Bauerle (rhymes with "hourly.") Caller: Tom, Phil Robertson has no right to express an opinion... (click....bzzzzzz) Bauerle: I just wanted the caller to know what it feels like to have someone arbitrarily decide that they aren't allowed to have an opinion.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:46 AM (7ObY1)

248 *sidles over* Hi. How you doin'?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 10:44 AM (VtjlW)

*sidles over, too* Hot and buttery. How you doin'?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 06:46 AM (4df7R)

249 "A [Indian] politician even said gay American diplomatsÂ’ partners may be subject to arrest under IndiaÂ’s homosexuality laws."

There goes all Indians from A+E

Posted by: Phil Robertson at December 20, 2013 06:46 AM (e8kgV)

250 I love that he his following through with going on vacation. Great optics Barky.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 10:39 AM (fWAjv)

Seventeen days for the JEF after a year of nothing but failure on his part, unless failure was actually success which I'm having a hard time figuring out. Either way I can't think of a single person with a functioning cortex that thinks this is a good thing. Maybe the Iranian Rodent will be shoving a medium sized pharmacy up his pansy ass to recharge his batteries for more golf and fundraisers.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 20, 2013 06:47 AM (LNl4P)

251 That warms my little black heart. Objection- arguing on facts not in evidence. As a Conservative, it is common knowledge you have no heart.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:47 AM (PYAXX)

252 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 10:42 AM (VtjlW) Waaaayyy Back when, AB had a choice: install a water purifier at their plant, or pay to update the cities water purification, take the charitable deduction and the press (and never have to maintain their own water purifier!) They opted for the latter. It has served them well.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 20, 2013 06:47 AM (GaqMa)

253

http://tinyurl.com/kxo4na3

WTF. I mean What the Fuck. Read at the link. These are the people behind SCoaMFcare.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at December 20, 2013 06:47 AM (rXcBX)

254 But someday you will be, Hairy. Some day you will be. And when that day comes, I am going to throw a party, get completely hammered, and probably wake up the next morning in some shady Vegas hotel room next to an Elvis chapel with a fake wedding ring turning my finger green. And it will be GLORIOUS.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:37 AM (4df7R)

I am planning a similar event whenever our fearless first frauds cross over to their "just" rewards. I am hoping those secret ciggies, mysterious meds, 8 lb lobsters, magnums of champagne, and slabs of Wagyu or Kobe beef ensure that I outlast them

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 06:47 AM (kXoT0)

255 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:46 AM (4df7R) Bunk!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:47 AM (PYAXX)

256 *sidles over* Hi. How you doin'?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 10:44 AM (VtjlW)

*sidles over, too* Hot and buttery. How you doin'?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit

I have no idea where this is going, but I think I'm gonna like it.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 20, 2013 06:47 AM (4WhSY)

257 More people are boycotting A&E than have signed up to Obamacare. healthcare.gov should put Duck Dynasty on their website. Phil would never get in bed with the devil.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 06:48 AM (GjYxB)

258 I think it was the leader of Hamas who said he wanted more immigration to Israel, because then all the Jews would be congregated in one place and easier to destroy. I don't know why I bring that up, no reason really. Say, have you heard about Portland, Oregon, by the way? It sure is ironic and filled with craft beer and flannel onesies this time of the year!

Posted by: TenthJustice at December 20, 2013 06:48 AM (qB8lN)

259 Duck Dynasty's biggest sponsor, Under Armour, is supporting Robertson. Glad I wear their stuff for both working out and hiking. I guess I'll call them my HateClothes now. Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 10:43 AM (7ObY1) So if I get something Under Armour (who also sponsors Sloane Stephens who is too adorable for words) and then wear it to Chick Fil A and get a Sammich of Oppression, Fries of Intolerance and a Hate Shake, would that create a singularity of horribleness? Because if so, I know what I'm doing for lunch.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 06:48 AM (VtjlW)

260 Obama is speaking at 2:00pm and then boarding AF1 to Hawaii at 6:45pm.
How many new laws will he make with his mouth-hole in those few whours, I wonder....

Posted by: Lizzy at December 20, 2013 06:49 AM (ruxvM)

261 I am planning a similar event whenever our fearless first frauds cross over to their "just" rewards. I am hoping those secret ciggies, mysterious meds, 8 lb lobsters, magnums of champagne, and slabs of Wagyu or Kobe beef ensure that I outlast them

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 10:47 AM (kXoT0)

We could throw a big Ette slumber party in celebration!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 06:49 AM (4df7R)

262 >That is freaking ADORABLE. We love you, lauraw!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:32 AM (4df7R)<

Totally agree. Whose turn is it to rub lotion on the hump?

Posted by: Muad'dib at December 20, 2013 06:50 AM (KjlbF)

263 #262 So if I get something Under Armour (who also sponsors Sloane Stephens who is too adorable for words) and then wear it to Chick Fil A and get a Sammich of Oppression, Fries of Intolerance and a Hate Shake, would that create a singularity of horribleness? Oh yeah, it's the HateTrifecta! I so wish we had a Chik-fil-a around here. Loved them when I lived down south. Now I'm a 3-hour drive from the nearest HateChicken.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:50 AM (7ObY1)

264 #211

The problem is you cannot maintain a leftist cadre if membership is limited to those competent in a demanding technical task. It isn't very compatible with leftist thought processes.

Can you imagine Obama believing half the stuff he claims to believe if he'd ever had to actually work for a living at something requiring a mastery something more substantial than double-talk?

Posted by: Epobirs at December 20, 2013 06:50 AM (bPxS6)

265 *sidles over, too* Hot and buttery. How you doin'? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit *touches hair* I'm doing well, thanks for asking.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 06:50 AM (VtjlW)

266 Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at December 20, 2013 10:47 AM (rXcBX) O_o They... but I... but... wha? The words, they fail me. Because if so, I know what I'm doing for lunch. You could always try it and find out.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:50 AM (PYAXX)

267

So if I get something Under Armour (who also sponsors Sloane Stephens who is too adorable for words) and then wear it to Chick Fil A and get a Sammich of Oppression, Fries of Intolerance and a Hate Shake, would that create a singularity of horribleness?

Add in a trip to Hobby Lobby and you'll summon Gozer the Gozerian as the icing on the cake.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 06:51 AM (4df7R)

268 *sidles over* Hi. How you doin'?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 10:44 AM (VtjlW)

*sidles over, too* Hot and buttery. How you doin'?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit

** Menage a trois pour les 'Ettes? N'est ce pas? Pourquoi pas? I'll bring the champagne et les chocolattes. **

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 06:51 AM (kXoT0)

269 In completely unrelated news.

The greatest Amazon review of all time:

http://tinyurl.com/om92sr4

Posted by: Emperor Norton II at December 20, 2013 06:51 AM (MlqTY)

270 Schadenfredue is nice but it's still the law and we're still stuck with it. Worse or just as bad, we're stuck with the bed-wetter GOP who will never do anything about it.

Posted by: rrpjr at December 20, 2013 06:52 AM (s/yC1)

271 WTF.I mean What the Fuck. Read at the link. These are the people behind SCoaMFcare. Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at December 20, 2013 10:47 AM (rXcBX) No doubt in my mind that that is factual.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 06:52 AM (fWAjv)

272 I know they sing "Oregon," but they look and sound more like they're from North Korea.

Posted by: D1St at December 20, 2013 06:52 AM (fIkHQ)

273 *sidles over* Hi. How you doin'?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 10:44 AM (VtjlW)

*sidles over, too* Hot and buttery. How you doin'?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:46 AM (4df7R)

I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 20, 2013 06:52 AM (DrWcr)

274 Many many years ago my ship went to the Portland rose festival Along with the USS Missouri The hippies threatened to drop car batteries on her from the bridges due to the wooden decks The captain said 'try it and I'll shoot you off the bridges' Instead they set up ropes and climbed down to block it Needless to say, the Mo didn't even slow down Bet those stack gases burning hippy asses were a little hot

Posted by: Navypopojoe at December 20, 2013 06:52 AM (dYf+Z)

275 Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 10:51 AM (kXoT0) Who's got the cameras?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:52 AM (PYAXX)

276 3 If Obama issues a small-business waver next year to try and save the Dems asses come election time, what exactly will be left of Obamacare?

The only piece that matters to them: taxpayer funding of healthcare to whoever wants it. It just happens to flow through ins co.s via subsidies.

Posted by: pashmr at December 20, 2013 06:52 AM (3aNC4)

277 272 In completely unrelated news. The greatest Amazon review of all time: http://tinyurl.com/om92sr4 Heh.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:53 AM (7ObY1)

278 We could throw a big Ette slumber party in celebration!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:49 AM (4df7R)

** Mais oui! Bien sur! **

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 06:53 AM (kXoT0)

279 So if I get something Under Armour (who also sponsors Sloane Stephens who is too adorable for words) and then wear it to Chick Fil A and get a Sammich of Oppression, Fries of Intolerance and a Hate Shake, would that create a singularity of horribleness? Add in a trip to Hobby Lobby and you'll summon Gozer the Gozerian as the icing on the cake. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:51 AM (4df7R) *taps chin* I think there is a Hobby Lobby nearby as well.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 06:53 AM (VtjlW)

280 I return from the Vet's office with two somewhat annoyed cats to find this post.

What are you people in Oregon doing with these kinds of ads?

*pause*

On second thought, let me go and watch that Red Shetland animated as it makes more sense.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2013 06:53 AM (Zm0GY)

281 ** Menage a trois pour les 'Ettes? N'est ce pas? Pourquoi pas? I'll bring the champagne et les chocolattes. ** blood pressure dropping in brain ... losing consciousness ...

Posted by: toby928© Texan by birth, Moron by the grace of Ace at December 20, 2013 06:53 AM (QupBk)

282 Fire up the cams. Today has gotten off to an excellent start.

Posted by: Muad'dib at December 20, 2013 06:53 AM (KjlbF)

283 Larsen, that is the funniest thing I have seen all week

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 20, 2013 06:54 AM (gJyfA)

284 I so wish we had a Chik-fil-a around here. Loved them when I lived down south. Now I'm a 3-hour drive from the nearest HateChicken. Posted by: BlueStateRebel Chik-fil-a drone delivery! Marketing genious!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 06:54 AM (GjYxB)

285 272 In completely unrelated news. The greatest Amazon review of all time: http://tinyurl.com/om92sr4 ---- I don't get it. Why do teenage boys have such runny noses?

Posted by: TenthJustice at December 20, 2013 06:54 AM (qB8lN)

286 Posted by: pashmr at December 20, 2013 10:52 AM (3aNC4) Parts of the Medicaid expansion. If you want to control the populace, control health, transportation and communication. We're almost at the trifecta!

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 20, 2013 06:54 AM (GaqMa)

287 We could throw a big Ette slumber party in celebration!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:49 AM (4df7R)

Just don't forget to calibrate the webcams beforehand.

Posted by: [/i]KG at December 20, 2013 06:54 AM (p7BzH)

288 I think the Robertsons should invite some of their detractors for a pleasant evening of fishing and frogging in the bayou. Then after the motor quits on the boat, allow their friends, the Thibodeux cousins to continue their bayou tour with said detractors.

Posted by: Bill at December 20, 2013 06:54 AM (uvyrw)

289 Laura wonderful thread, ha ha Oregon you are immune to unicorn dust

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 20, 2013 06:54 AM (HVff2)

290 To whom it may concern,

I have blocked A&E from all of our televisions in our home.

It will remain blocked until Mr. Robertson is reinstated and a suitable apology is made with regard to your trampling of his rights.

Regards,
CharlieBrown'sDildo

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2013 06:55 AM (QFxY5)

291 pstt, buddy wanna score some ObamaCare? Massachusetts State Police on Friday confiscated 1,250 bags of heroin during a traffic stop -- and many of the bags were labled "Obama care." Other bags were labled "Kurt Cobain." Drudge

Posted by: Drug Dealer [/i] at December 20, 2013 06:55 AM (6Nqkf)

292 I do have a Hobby Lobby right down the street from my pad. And an Under Armour outlet store too. So it's Under Armour to the Hobby Lobby. I guess I'll have Barilla pasta first, since I can't haz HateChicken.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 06:56 AM (7ObY1)

293 Oregon is, and always has been a fascist little state. Back in the 90's I used to have to travel there for business quite a bit. I'm the kind of person who likes to talk to people to get an understanding of what the culture is like. I do this wherever I go in the world. Often I start by saying something like, "I'm from California," or "I'm from America", just to kind of help them understand why I might be asking some of the dumb questions I ask. So, here's what I saw in Oregon: On at least three occasions, I was told, in the same words, "We don't like your kind here." What "kind" were they talking about? CALIFORNIANS. The Oregonians saw no irony in the fact that they are a state of hippies following in the wordsteps of the Deep South. Oregon is a beautiful place, but look at those commercial spots. Filled with the same kind of white a-holes who people the South. Give them a little education and Hippie Ideology and they don't stop being bigots, they just change who they are bigoted against.

Posted by: Pastorius at December 20, 2013 06:56 AM (gMAUH)

294
235 226 Of course, the chick sings about every "househusband". Can't use "housewife" cause that may offend someone.

---

One of my fraternity pledge brothers is now a house-husband.

That's one of the little perks to marrying the cute blonde he met at orientation, who is now a doctor.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge

That was the deal my regrettably dead wife & I hashed out. She got "the best job I ever had!" and essentially told me "you aren't making any money with the Wrecker and welding services, why don't you close them and take care of the house and Taffy? ( Her old dog who was ailing....)
So I did- it worked out OK for us.

Posted by: backhoe at December 20, 2013 06:56 AM (ULH4o)

295 I don't get it. Why do teenage boys have such runny noses?

It is cold and flu season.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 20, 2013 06:56 AM (4WhSY)

296 And again I ask ... Any pics coming out of this?

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 20, 2013 06:56 AM (gKUGq)

297 #255

And these are the people who call themselves the 'reality-based community.'

Posted by: Epobirs at December 20, 2013 06:56 AM (bPxS6)

298 Whoa. Even Dandy Andy Sullivan is perplexed. Andrew Sullivan @sullydish Follow IÂ’m befuddled by A&E's firing of Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson - a reality show character, for PeteÂ’s sake A&E REALLY stepped in it. Way to go assholes.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 06:56 AM (fWAjv)

299 If you want to control the populace, control health, transportation and communication. You missed education- but that's okay; the prog/commies didn't. That said, controlling transportation will be the hard one. If they ever get their High! Speed! Rail! we may well be in major trouble.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:56 AM (PYAXX)

300 Wait what did Under Armour do the get the H8'ers all spun up?

Posted by: zipline Bob at December 20, 2013 06:57 AM (W6iIX)

301 *touches hair* I'm doing well, thanks for asking.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 10:50 AM (VtjlW)

I like your boots. Those new?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 06:57 AM (4df7R)

302 I don't get it. Why do teenage boys have such runny noses? Posted by: TenthJustice at December 20, 2013 10:54 AM (qB8l This makes their noses drip. http://tinyurl.com/cb4f4vp

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 20, 2013 06:58 AM (0FSuD)

303 Filled with the same kind of white a-holes who people the South. Wait, what?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:58 AM (PYAXX)

304 Just to be clear, in the above comment, I do not mean to say that white people are a-holes in general. I'm white myself. I like white people. But there is a type of white people, the white equivalent of the Chris Rock bit on his people, who are just scummy. And that's the type that becomes Hippies and moves to Oregon.

Posted by: Pastorius at December 20, 2013 06:59 AM (gMAUH)

305 Wait what did Under Armour do the get the H8'ers all spun up? They're one of the big advertisers/promoters of Duck Dynasty, and they're standing behind Mr. Robertson, rather than caving to the Ghey Lobby (though, if it's teh ghey, should it be a Fourier instead?).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 06:59 AM (PYAXX)

306
Wait, what?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 10:58 AM (PYAXX)

I'm thinking troll, I mean, really... the Deep South... You can practically hear the hushed tones as he says it.

Posted by: [/i]KG at December 20, 2013 06:59 AM (p7BzH)

307 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 10:56 AM (PYAXX) Or make fuel unaffordable. I think they're going for that personally. Also I was trying to keep it to three, although education control I'd argue isn't necessary, it helps create a pacified populace (with the other 3 you could control through brute force.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 20, 2013 06:59 AM (GaqMa)

308 Sorry if I offended anyone with my loose usage of words.

Posted by: Pastorius at December 20, 2013 07:00 AM (gMAUH)

309 I think someone just dug a new hole leading to a barrel...

'ette party? 404Care collapses due to all the male Morons needing ER services....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2013 07:00 AM (Zm0GY)

310 A man, a scam, Oregaaaan!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 20, 2013 07:00 AM (BdUA7)

311 So in the email bag were two emails...

One from Amazon exhorting me to buy the latest Oprah Book Club pick. As if that fat fraud gets to pick my reading material, thank you very dayum much!!

A begging notice from Prince Reibus about taking back the whatever. As if I need some RNC hack telling me to support the GOP, who refuses to do their damn jobs!

I do not know which one made me madder.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 07:00 AM (kXoT0)

312 Then after the motor quits on the boat, allow their friends, the Thibodeux cousins to continue their bayou tour with said detractors. Posted by: Bill at December 20, 2013 10:54 AM (uvyrw City boys can.... http://tinyurl.com/2dbmes

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 20, 2013 07:01 AM (0FSuD)

313

No divorce allowed. The marriage is permanent.

Posted by: Abraham Lincoln at December 20, 2013 10:41 AM (VpMO0)

Get fucked with a split rail, Abe.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2013 07:01 AM (zF6Iw)

314 No, not a troll. Just a guy who used his words badly. Sorry.

Posted by: Pastorius at December 20, 2013 07:01 AM (gMAUH)

315 Obamacare will be fully implemented by a Republican president. The senate will not flip, because we will have a few more Akin moments, and so Obamacare will never die. But we will be forced to make it work.

Posted by: sexypig at December 20, 2013 07:01 AM (dZQh7)

316 For those of you not in the know, reality television is not. Back in the 1990s, television producers canned the union writers and started hiring non-union writers. In the early 2000s, there was even a work stoppage of the non-union writers to try and get the pay and benefits that the former union writers were getting. If it is reality television, why do they have script writers?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 20, 2013 07:01 AM (gJyfA)

317

n at least three occasions, I was told, in the same words, "We don't like your kind here."

What "kind" were they talking about?

CALIFORNIANS.

what planet are you from?

Everyone not in california does not like californians.

It is science!

Try telling someon in Montanna or Idaho you are from california

Posted by: zipline Bob at December 20, 2013 07:01 AM (W6iIX)

318 Also I was trying to keep it to three, although education control I'd argue isn't necessary, it helps create a pacified populace (with the other 3 you could control through brute force.) Ah, but a population controlled by force must constantly be reconquered (some smart dude said that once). By controlling education, you only have to do the conquering once- if that.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 07:01 AM (PYAXX)

319 Sorry if I offended anyone with my loose usage of words.

Posted by: Pastorius at December 20, 2013 11:00 AM (gMAUH)

Fine, but I don't get why you had to make a dig at the South. Oregon isn't screwed up because of them.

Posted by: [/i]KG at December 20, 2013 07:02 AM (p7BzH)

320 I do pity the day that the Robertsons have to tell Glenn Beck, "look you're a nice guy, and someday you'll find that special someone but....."
Or maybe they will go there. Who knows.

Posted by: UWP at December 20, 2013 07:02 AM (2hQRj)

321 Sherry forward the Oprah selection to Reince....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2013 07:02 AM (Zm0GY)

322 Sherry, I hate to be pushy here ... But would you mind talking less about the GOP and more about the slumber party thingy ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 20, 2013 07:02 AM (gKUGq)

323 I like your boots. Those new? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:57 AM (4df7R) They are! Thank you for noticing. Might I say how fetching you look with that flush of trying not to throatpunch everyone?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 07:03 AM (VtjlW)

324 What would the, um, dress code be for this here slumber party?

Posted by: Muad'dib at December 20, 2013 07:03 AM (KjlbF)

325 'ette party? 404Care collapses due to all the male Morons needing ER services....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2013 11:00 AM (Zm0GY)

All the more reason to have one then, ne?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 07:03 AM (4df7R)

326 Nood. Someone grab willow.

Posted by: johnd01 at December 20, 2013 07:03 AM (ukNFU)

327 Well, the Progressives themselves put a huge premium on controlling education and for good reason. An ignorant population is far more easily controlled than one that can truly think for itself.

Posted by: [/i]KG at December 20, 2013 07:03 AM (p7BzH)

328 What would the, um, dress code be for this here slumber party? **please say "none", please say "none"...**

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 07:03 AM (PYAXX)

329 Sherry, I hate to be pushy here ... But would you mind talking less about the GOP and more about the slumber party thingy ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 20, 2013 11:02 AM (gKUGq)

Which part, the Blondies whipped cream, the champagne, or the chocolate?

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 07:04 AM (kXoT0)

330 Hippie triumphalism and socialist world worker jingoism wrapped up in three videos.

Also the fascist / totalitarian agrarian worker imagery of the late 1920's and 30's is quite refreshing.. . .for brownshirts and black bloc anarchists

Posted by: 13times at December 20, 2013 07:04 AM (fGPLK)

331 I can't go to the new thread- there are two, and I'm not sure which will survive the encullinanting.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 07:04 AM (PYAXX)

332 They are! Thank you for noticing. Might I say how fetching you look with that flush of trying not to throatpunch everyone?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 11:03 AM (VtjlW)

Thank you! It's a struggle, but that's my burden to bear.

So, Chik-Fil-A for lunch? Mind some company?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 07:04 AM (4df7R)

333 Fine, but I don't get why you had to make a dig at the South. Oregon isn't screwed up because of them.

Posted by: KG at December 20, 2013 11:02 AM (p7BzH)

I just talked to a guy from Oregon yesterday.

He did not leave Oregon because folks from Georgia and Alabama were moving to OR, it is the californians screwing it up

Posted by: zipline Bob at December 20, 2013 07:05 AM (W6iIX)

334 Damn this ObarkyCare. I've had a continuous schadenboner for the last 3 months. Should I see a doctor or just brag to all my lefty friends?

Posted by: RightWingProf at December 20, 2013 07:05 AM (ceOhI)

335

"You wouldn't actually expect them to live near the consequences of their choices, would you? I mean, all that "urban blight" may be a direct consequence of policies they support, but they don't want to live in it."

Same here in California. Bay Area/Silicon Valley looks like FutureTopia. Oakland looks like Oakland. Same with LA and Diego. The community organizers never live in the communities they organize. If we could ship them to the NW, we could even fix the ghettos left behind, but instead they hog the scenic coast properties and leave the rest of us to live in Greater Mexico.

Posted by: SocietyIs2Blame at December 20, 2013 07:05 AM (il1Hy)

336 What would the, um, dress code be for this here slumber party?

**please say "none", please say "none"...**

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 11:03 AM (PYAXX)

** sob, it's like you don't even know me...French lingerie, stilettos, Flowerbomb perfume, and a smile **

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 07:05 AM (kXoT0)

337 A+E has offended more Muslims with the way it has handled Phil Robertson's comments than Phil Robertson could have ever scared away

Posted by: "Danger Danger Danger" Will Robertson at December 20, 2013 07:05 AM (e8kgV)

338

Sherry ... A hungry man does not scrutinize the menu too closely. Surprise me.

Have a good one 'Rons and 'Ettes.

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 20, 2013 07:06 AM (gKUGq)

339 Thank you! It's a struggle, but that's my burden to bear. So, Chik-Fil-A for lunch? Mind some company? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 11:04 AM (4df7R) It would be my honor. We'll pick up willow on the way to the new thread as well. And the dress code for the 'Ettes' slumber party is Chanel No. 5. I'm rather appalled anyone would even have to ask.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 07:06 AM (VtjlW)

340
The graft for friends of Obama and the DNC, which was the entire point all along.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 20, 2013 09:54 AM (102Hx)

Not to mention the data-mining for Donk fundraising and GOTV.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 20, 2013 07:06 AM (TIIx5)

341 There are no gays [for long] in Iran

Posted by: Imadinnerjack at December 20, 2013 07:07 AM (e8kgV)

342

What would the, um, dress code be for this here slumber party?

Of COURSE Sherry would be in stillettos. And a corsette. I prefer stompy boots, though they're not necessarily night attire.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 07:07 AM (4df7R)

343 "I don't get why you had to make a dig at the South." I'm talking about the stereotype/epitome of the Old South of the Jim Crow era. That's what I saw in Oregon. Man, I didn't think my comment through when I wrote it. I got pretty turned off by the petty Provincialism I saw in Oregon. Since then, I've been all over the country, and I've never been anywhere as unfriendly as Oregon.

Posted by: Pastorius at December 20, 2013 07:07 AM (gMAUH)

344 Hey AlextheChick and MWR, maybe this will lighten the day.

How The Peoples Cube view Ethan Krupp aka PajamasBoy.
http://tinyurl.com/k6vhn8b

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2013 07:08 AM (Zm0GY)

345 Off to new thread...

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 07:08 AM (kXoT0)

346

>>"If you want to control the populace, control health, transportation and communication."

And firearms -- or means of self-protection.

Posted by: rrpjr at December 20, 2013 07:08 AM (s/yC1)

347

It would be my honor. We'll pick up willow on the way to the new thread as well.

Sounds wonderful! Sherry, come along, too!

And the dress code for the 'Ettes' slumber party is Chanel No. 5. I'm rather appalled anyone would even have to ask.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 11:06 AM (VtjlW)

Ah, ala Marilyn Monroe I assume? Good choice.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 07:09 AM (4df7R)

348 12 I've heard that Portlandia is actually quite an accurate representation of that state. Posted by: steevy at December 20, 2013 09:56 AM (zqvg6)

I watched the first ep, at the insistence of friends, and that was plenty for me. I refuse to believe that people actually go through the world thinking that is a normal lifestyle.

Is the Portland health care site pretty at least? There seems to be a trend that our betters in government are taking more time and effort to make these sites, ads and marketing campaigns shiny and lovely, but no time at all on the actual product, which is crap. Much like opening a gorgeously wrapped present Christmas day to find nothing inside. Apple is successful because the products are awesome, not because of the ads alone; the ads merely back up the product they sell. Were the product crap the ads would be useless. Idiots all.

Posted by: LizLem at December 20, 2013 07:11 AM (BF+2f)

349 Ace linked on Jim Geraghty Morning Jolt newsletter. Duck Dynasty moment of clarity.

Posted by: redclay at December 20, 2013 07:11 AM (3ORju)

350 Ace linked on Jim Geraghty Morning Jolt newsletter. Duck Dynasty moment of clarity.

Posted by: redclay at December 20, 2013 07:11 AM (3ORju)

351

*sidles over* Hi. How you doin'?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 10:44 AM (VtjlW)

*sidles over, too* Hot and buttery. How you doin'?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:46 AM (4df7R)

**walks over with three flutes and a magnum of Veuve Cliquot** Ladies, how you doin'?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2013 07:11 AM (zF6Iw)

352 Correction: Western Oregon is scary. Malheur County is right over the state line from Idaho and they are sane enough, and I like taking advantage of their lack of a sales tax. Much like California where conservatives on the eastern side of the states are out-shouted by the ninnies on the western side. Oh, to my former fellow Californians...stay away from Idaho please. Only anarcho-capitalists like myself are allowed to emigrate there.

Posted by: RampantConsumerism at December 20, 2013 07:11 AM (spyNb)

353

>>"A+E has offended more Muslims with the way it has handled Phil Robertson's comments than Phil Robertson could have ever scared away"

Great point. Osama bin Laden was once quoted as saying that the Islamists didn't hate the Christian evangelists -- even respected them. It was the secular liberals they despised and wanted to see obliterated. The more the Left grovels and propitiates Muslim "sensibility" the more despised they are.

Posted by: rrpjr at December 20, 2013 07:12 AM (s/yC1)

354 Ashland, Oregon is chock-o-block with hostile Chomskyite throwbacks and has-been wannabe Shakespearian actors.

The true believers have been relocating there for 40 years.

Posted by: 13times at December 20, 2013 07:15 AM (fGPLK)

355 Today, the administration agreed with a group of senators, led by Mark Warner of Virginia, who argued that having your insurance plan canceled counted as "an unexpected natural or human-caused event." For these people, in other words, Obamacare itself is the hardship. You can read HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' full letter here. HHS's formal guidance is here. Hey.... according to this... there will NEVER be a Mandate...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 20, 2013 07:16 AM (lZBBB)

356 Also, fun fact: one of the universities in Oregon did a research study to determine if Portland really IS the number one place for thirtysomethings to retire to; because shut up that's why. Your tax dollars at work Oregonians. But Schadenglee goodness is in order, because to their shock, they were not! Bwahaha.

Number one city for Millenials to retire to? Louisville, Kentucky. Which is a close enough vicinity to explain to me that humblebrag Politico article by the dbag reporter that moved from DC back to KY, then wrote a loltastic but insufferable piece about it. I bet he wears footie pjs too, but his mug is full of bourbon.

Posted by: LizLem at December 20, 2013 07:18 AM (BF+2f)

357 I bet he wears footie pjs too, but his mug is full of bourbon. If the latter is true, there may be opportunity to redeem him yet.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 20, 2013 07:21 AM (naUcP)

358 215 In their defense, I drove from NJ to Pittsburgh and back last Saturday during the snow, and the PA roads were perfect. I was really impressed.

Yeah, because they decided to fix all the damn roads the last time I had to go from NH to PA, and what should have been a 8-9 hour trip turned into 11.

I spent twenty years driving tractor trailers over the road and I swear that PA had the same section of road under construction for the entire 20 years. Talk about job security. There are probably guys that started their first day working on that stretch of road and retired working on that same stretch of highway.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at December 20, 2013 07:21 AM (kZVsz)

359 South eastern Oregon is high plains desert where driving on the back-road highways passing motorists still wave at one another.

The Lakeshore / Fort Bidwell area is like traveling back in time. Old general stores with creaky, off-camber wooden floors and 8 grocery foot shelves.

Posted by: 13times at December 20, 2013 07:22 AM (fGPLK)

360 Holy shit, Newt Gingrich just called the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange's Carrier Support Hotline. I think they need more money.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 20, 2013 07:35 AM (EiDLD)

361 Hope I can remember to watch those videos on the desktop later. Just looking at the thumbnails is scary enough. Busy busy busy. Son's wedding. Daughter's ballet. Christmas. Takes over. And yet our kids are allegedly grown up and moved out! Busy busy busy. Can barely keep up with reading every word of every post & comment & following every link...!

Wasted on last night's ONT crowd: minx.cc/?blog=86&post=345867#c21558916 Have a week!!

Posted by: Serendipitydoodah, Santa's mindful webworker at December 20, 2013 07:36 AM (k/Mc/)

362 In a not so funny result of ObamaCare: How Obamacare is Hurting My Family with Chronically Ill Kids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbHd5qTHktA You know that medical device tax? It's not just for hospitals but especially for people who get medical treatment at home. ObamaCare is not about getting insurance for those who can't afford it, or about getting free preventative health screenings for poor people. ObamaCare is about culling the population of sick people by pricing them out of existence. That is how ObamaCare intends to reduce the nation's medical costs.

Posted by: dscott at December 20, 2013 07:39 AM (PQhpg)

363 Can't swing a free range chicken in Oregon without hitting a Democrat. Do they allow you to do that? Because that sounds like a reason to visit if I've ever heard one.

Posted by: Weirddave at December 20, 2013 07:41 AM (N/cFh)

364 Six strings a a web of lies.

Posted by: Dang at December 20, 2013 07:45 AM (MNq6o)

365 Thanks Laura. I'm having a hard time deciding which is funnier - this post or that link I saw posted somewhere to bad real estate photos.

Of course, I don't have to decide between them; I can just enjoy them both.

Oh, Oregonians. That thing that is rushing up to greet you. Smile! It's the ground - the surface of the Earth. Dear Mother Earth. 32 feet per second squared and all that. Get ready to embrace Her now. That breeze you all feel flowing in your faces. It's just an artifact of your relative motion.

Don't mean to dump on your fantasy, but ... oh hell, yes I do.

Posted by: dissent555 at December 20, 2013 07:48 AM (yR6A1)

366 Great videos, btw. On that first one, I just kept seeing a trip to the ER with one of those fisherman's flies stuck in his face. And the last one, well, I just kept thinking of the story of Icarus.

Posted by: dissent555 at December 20, 2013 07:50 AM (yR6A1)

367 Me thinks that those videos do not represent anything south or east of Portolonia.

Posted by: Buffalobob at December 20, 2013 07:51 AM (RZBmV)

368

This is not the state I left 20 years ago to join the military. I come back and it's SF of the NW. The rural areas (East side and outside the metro and Eugene) are still true oregonian libertarian and conservative. But everything else is right out of Portlandia. They spend millions on a website that doesn't work...and millions more to "design" an interstate bridge that nobody likes and won't improve traffic flow because it doesn't increase capacity...it only adds bike lanes and light rail. At least WA was smart enough to say we're out on the Columbia Crossing plan...but the libtards in Salem are are still trying to get it done.

Posted by: Fish at December 20, 2013 07:58 AM (m4+Rq)

369 Some moron may have mentioned this already...

That "O" for Oregon Covered reminds me of the Gingerbread House anus from the gay ad.

Posted by: Lobsterlen at December 20, 2013 08:04 AM (ztKLQ)

370 God, I love it when hippie dreams die horrible deaths.

Posted by: Saber Alter at December 20, 2013 08:17 AM (8V74Y)

371 If Patty Murray wasn't a high-ranking democrat senator, she'd be in one of those ads.

Posted by: Roscoe at December 20, 2013 08:23 AM (MIovV)

372 250 *sidles over* Hi. How you doin'? Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 10:44 AM (VtjlW) *sidles over, too* Hot and buttery. How you doin'? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 10:46 AM (4df7R) Oh lord. This ain't a Schadenboner I'm sporting, it's the real thing.

Posted by: Weirddave at December 20, 2013 08:24 AM (N/cFh)

373 An insurance anecdote: Daughter has own Humana policy for $150/month, $5000 deductible. This is affordable for her. To be "ACA compliant" it goes to $357 to include maternity/mental health/ etc. She has ADHD and depression so she checked out if it might be worth it......... Fine print: Humana gives "mental health" its OWN 5000 deductible she has to draw from...so essentially the policy doubled with a 10,000 deductible. Thanks O-CARE! Now we will be helping her make up what she can't afford along with our own insurance increase.

Posted by: Dixiegal at December 20, 2013 08:35 AM (LlPRr)

374 "I know they sing "Oregon," but they look and sound more like they're from North Korea."

Weren't they the people who had their kids singing a hymn to Dear Leader Obama before the 2008 election?

Posted by: Brown Line at December 20, 2013 08:37 AM (VrNoa)

375 You can't blame Oregon on the South. The whole Pacific Northwest was settled by New Englanders. Now you can see what happens when Puritans turn atheist -- they keep all the bad parts of Puritanism but add a thick veneer of eco-bullshit, Jesus-hate, and Marxism.

Posted by: Trimegistus at December 20, 2013 09:14 AM (fPh3V)

376 19 Yowza, if the intrepid pioneers who opened the Oregon trail could see what's become of Oregon, they would be opening a big old can of whoop@ss.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Weary and Wary at December 20, 2013 09:57 AM (kXoT0)

They are my ancestors. Those of us who left Oregon in the last 40 years have retained our common sense. Those who remained behind are howling moonbats.

Posted by: Sarah at December 20, 2013 10:04 AM (tz3ai)

377 30- Also, the guys who coded Oregon Trail. ROFL! "Little Susie broke her arm". I once had that happen on the Apple IIe at least 20 times in one trip. That girl must have looked like Sloth from the Goonies when it was all done.

Posted by: Todd Bridges, first to go bad, last to go down at December 20, 2013 10:34 AM (qL20/)

378 YIKES!!!...thanks (I think) Laura W for bringing it!!! Does Oregon have lumberjacks anymore???....just askin', cause clearly they need a cleansing.

Posted by: billygoat at December 20, 2013 10:53 AM (vEHwq)

379 Oregon is beautiful, btw. Their univ is the Ducks. When Cal played Oregon, we chanted "Fuck the Ducks".

Yeah, and then the Ducks fucked YOU. Meaning the Bears. I think the score was something like 658-6.

Posted by: OregonMuse at December 20, 2013 11:19 AM (xm1A1)

380 Does Oregon have lumberjacks anymore???....just askin', cause clearly they need a cleansing.

Oregon is actually a red state.

EXCEPT for the big cities:

Portland
Eugene
Salem

...and they're enough to tip the balance the other way.

Posted by: OregonMuse at December 20, 2013 11:22 AM (xm1A1)

381 Maybe all the money that pedophile Reid stole can save his corrupt ass. Maybe, if he can buy off el diablo, but payment for that Faustian bargain won't be in cash. Burn, asshole, burn.

Posted by: billypaintbrush at December 20, 2013 06:19 PM (9/iF+)

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