March 05, 2013
— Maetenloch
Jonah Goldberg at AEI: 'Cheer Up, The Worst Is Yet To Come'
This is an hour-long video but well worth watching. The first few minutes are stand-upy so you can skip to 7:00 if you want to get to the meaty filling. And yeah there are a lot of umms but that (mostly) smooths out once he gets rolling.
Here Jonah talks about why Romney lost (and points fingers) and makes some good points about where things stand now and what to do about it including the following:
- Why seeming like a rich, greedy prude is not a winning image.
- Missing fathers and the decline of baseball.
- The deep creepiness of 'Julia' and the naïve statism of John McCain.
- "One of the problems with the elite is that it refuses to preach what it practices."
- Why 99% of public policy debates = Locke vs Rousseau
- The category error of believing that the government can love you.
Revisiting Journalistic Ethics from 1989
I remember watching this on PBS when it first came out and being surprised (but sadly not particularly shocked) at Mike Wallace's declaration that he would let American troops be ambushed by the enemy in the pursuit of a story since he was a reporter. Unfortunately I couldn't find video of the entire show. Full video is here.
Ogletree pushed Wallace. Didn't Jennings have some higher duty, either patriotic or human, to do something other than just roll film as soldiers from his own country were being shot? "No," Wallace said flatly and immediately. "You don't have a higher duty. No. No. You're a reporter!"
Peter Jennings initially came down on the side of warning the Americans but was forced to backtrack by Wallace playing the noble journalist card. My feelings were summed up by Col. Connell in a rare display of straight talking on a talking-head program:
A few minutes later Ogletree turned to George M. Connell, a Marine colonel in full uniform, jaw muscles flexing in anger, with stress on each word, Connell looked at the TV stars and said, "I feel utter . . . contempt. " Two days after this hypothetical episode, Connell Jennings or Wallace might be back with the American forces-and could be wounded by stray fire, as combat journalists often had been before. The instant that happened he said, they wouldn't be "just journalists" any more. Then they would drag them back, rather than leaving them to bleed to death on the battlefield. "We'll do it!" Connell said. "And that is what makes me so contemptuous of them. Marines will die going to get ... a couple of journalists."
Journalists like Wallace are quick to become non-aligned citizens of the world when it's convenient for their story but just as quick to revert to being American reporters when it's useful, counting on better men to come to their rescue.
Britain's Royal Air Force now has just a quarter of the number of combat aircraft it had in the 1970s. The Royal Navy has 19 destroyers and frigates, compared with 69 in 1977. The British army is scheduled to shrink to 82,000 soldiers, its smallest size since the Napoleonic wars. In 1990 Britain had 27 submarines (excluding those that carry ballistic missiles) and France had 17. The two countries now have seven and six respectively.
And yet Britain and France are commonly regarded as the only two European countries that still take defence seriously.
...The Belgians distinguished themselves in the Libyan campaign of 2011. But about 75 per cent of Belgian military spending now goes on personnel - causing one critic to call the Belgian military "an unusually well-armed pension fund".
If it weren't for nukes, NATO, and hapless neighbors, Europe would make perfect invasion bait.
The fact that we had exactly zero cases of polio, diphtheria, and smallpox and sub-20 cases of rubella and tetanus last year is true medical miracle. It's easy to forget this in the search for perfection.
What the GOP Must Hear: 'No Approach Always Works Everywhere.'
This also applies to the base as well.Here's why the post-election "what should Republicans do?" discussion has been so maddening.Everyone has an opinion, and it's not likely that there's going to be a one-size-fits-all answer.
...So instead of "my preferred vision will work in some races and circumstances, and not others," the view that stands out the most is, "The GOP must do X!" regardless of circumstances. RINO Pride! Embrace Libertarianism! Kick out the RINOs! Dump Karl Rove!
Embrace "a more secular and modernizing conservatism that eschews most social issues!" Embrace Christie!
What wins votes in one part of the country isn't going to work in another part of the country, and the GOP ought to have sufficient ideological flexibility to get their candidates elected anywhere.
The 10 Worst States for Taxation
You can probably guess the top 5 without even having to think but this one surprised me:
7. North Carolina
North Carolina is the seventh worst state overall, and is also the eighth worst for individual income tax rates and the forth worst for sales taxes. However, the state's corporate taxes are decent (ranking 29th) and unemployment insurance taxes rank 5th in the nation.
Tax Increases From the Fiscal Cliff Agreement and Obamacare
Taken from today's NRO Morning Jolt which you should subscribe to if you don't already.
1. Payroll Tax: increase in the Social Security portion of the payroll tax from 4.2 percent to 6.2 percent for workers. This hits all Americans earning a paycheck-not just the "wealthy." For example, The Wall Street Journal calculated that the "typical U.S. family earning $50,000 a year" will lose "an annual income boost of $1,000."2. Top marginal tax rate: increase from 35 percent to 39.6 percent for taxable incomes over $450,000 ($400,000 for single filers).
3. Phase out of personal exemptions for adjusted gross income (AGI) over $300,000 ($250,000 for single filers).
4. Phase down of itemized deductions for AGI over $300,000 ($250,000 for single filers).
5. Tax rates on investment: increase in the rate on dividends and capital gains from 15 percent to 20 percent for taxable incomes over $450,000 ($400,000 for single filers).
6. Death tax: increase in the rate (on estates larger than $5 million) from 35 percent to 40 percent.
7. Taxes on business investment: expiration of full expensing-the immediate deduction of capital purchases by businesses.
Obamacare tax increases that took effect:
8. Another investment tax increase: 3.8 percent surtax on investment income for taxpayers with taxable income exceeding $250,000 ($200,000 for singles).
9. Another payroll tax hike: 0.9 percent increase in the Hospital Insurance portion of the payroll tax for incomes over $250,000 ($200,000 for single filers).
10. Medical device tax: 2.3 percent excise tax paid by medical device manufacturers and importers on all their sales.
11. Reducing the income tax deduction for individuals' medical expenses.
12. Elimination of the corporate income tax deduction for expenses related to theMedicare Part D subsidy.
13. Limitation of the corporate income tax deduction for compensation that health insurance companies pay to their executives.
Some good news: You can write off your strip club expenses ....if you're a rapper and get receipts.
Thanks God guys don't have this level of self-involved self-loathing angst over their junk.
I may be a feminist, but I am not immune to ridiculous body shame. Hell, I don't even encourage dudes to go down on me. When an ex-boyfriend left me for another woman, not gonna lie, one of the thoughts that ran through my head was, I bet she has smaller labia than I do. I've written before about how I had to go to great lengths (sorry, pun) to become comfortable with my vagina. I still feel a little stressed every time I introduce it to someone new.
And then you have this which pretty much confirms every guy's theory that the Lezbo Fairy is always lurking somewhere between the 2nd and 5th glass of wine.
I have seen a few real vaginas in the flesh and luckily, they made me feel less alone. I have a couple of friends who are just as eager to discuss their ladybusiness over bottles of wine, which resulted in a drunken labia comparison competition late one night. The particulars for judging such a competition were pretty simple - we dropped our drawers, pulled our flesh down to full extension and eyeballed it. I came in second. I've never been so excited not to win.
And yes Ace already covered the Tumblr Labia blog.
Batman Now Operating in Yorkshire, England
Well to be fair they probably need him more than we do at the moment.
The mystery vigilante dragged a wanted man by the scruff of the neck into a city centre police station where he handed him over to officers and told them: "I've caught this one for you."...A spokesman for West Yorskshire Police said: "Last week we had a very strange occurrence at the Police Station when a male wanted for an offence on our area was 'escorted' into our helpdesk at Trafalgar House by Batman.
"Batman came into the helpdesk, stated to the staff 'I've caught this one for you' and then promptly vanished into the night.
"The whole bizarre incident was captured on CCTV. The wanted male, a 27-year-old from the Buttershaw area was detained until the morning when he was escorted to court in Grimsby, as he was also wanted for an offence in that area also."
The spokesman said the identity of the crimefighter "remains unknown".
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Posted by: The Political Hat at March 05, 2013 06:16 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Peaches at March 05, 2013 06:17 PM (3fX4B)
Posted by: Whatev at March 05, 2013 06:19 PM (A7Wh1)
vis-a-vis beef:
I grind my own beef on occasion for burgers using the Kitchenaid.
It does make a difference.
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And, well ... the only thing to do now is look forward to a snow storm and watching "Justified" tomorrow.
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 05, 2013 06:20 PM (9P+hO)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 06:21 PM (IDSI7)
If you re-orient and look towards Sol, you will then find an icon for ISON. You can click and zoom in on it. And speed up the time to see ISON go flying around the Sun.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 06:21 PM (h4Bce)
Fuck me.
Posted by: Peaches at March 05, 2013 06:22 PM (3fX4B)
guess I have some homework, and what's the worst Goldberg thinks will happen? Do I want to know?
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 05, 2013 06:22 PM (JQcdo)
A smudge.
A fucking smudge.
Hardly worth the virgin sacrifice we offered.
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 05, 2013 06:23 PM (9P+hO)
Posted by: Edmund Burke at March 05, 2013 06:23 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: "Nanny" Blooburd, Mayor and Duke of New York at March 05, 2013 06:25 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Jenny tries too hard and also hates her phone at March 05, 2013 06:25 PM (+Zs3E)
http://tinyurl.com/9wfereo
Posted by: ExSnipe at March 05, 2013 06:26 PM (PBm/l)
Posted by: Ken Royall at March 05, 2013 06:26 PM (x0g8a)
The other thing to consider is how "western medicine" and clinics and immunizations are portrayed in the communities you're researching.
One research question is: To what extent are local advocates spreading inaccurate information that is contrary to public health goals as defined by ObamaCare?
And what punishments should there be?
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 05, 2013 06:26 PM (9P+hO)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up in a few minutes) at March 05, 2013 06:27 PM (JMmQ9)
+1 for home grinding.
Makes a tremendous differnce in the quality of your burgers, meatballs, sausages, etc.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2013 06:27 PM (cQHoc)
Posted by: Ken Royall at March 05, 2013 10:26 PM (x0g8a)
So you didn't actually watch the video I take it?
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 05, 2013 06:27 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: nip at March 05, 2013 06:27 PM (11Tdq)
Posted by: derit at March 05, 2013 06:27 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Peaches at March 05, 2013 06:28 PM (3fX4B)
Posted by: General Woundwort at March 05, 2013 06:28 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: tic at March 05, 2013 06:29 PM (t+qOX)
Posted by: eman at March 05, 2013 06:29 PM (dZnxf)
"GOP ought to have sufficient ideological flexibility to get their candidates elected anywhere."
Jim Geraghty
And then those successful Blue State Republicans can proceed to join with the Democrats and vote against the rest of the Republicans.
This, we shall define as victory.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 05, 2013 06:30 PM (kdS6q)
Why would anyone waste ten minutes to say nothing of a hour and fifteen minutes listening to Jonah fucking Goldberg?
Posted by: lowandslow at March 05, 2013 06:30 PM (Fz2C7)
Posted by: traye at March 05, 2013 06:31 PM (govoz)
Why 99% of public policy debates = Locke vs Rousseau
Ahem also. That Rousseau was a wanker. Noble savages in a state of nature?? Ninja, please!
Posted by: Thomas Hobbes at March 05, 2013 06:31 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 05, 2013 06:32 PM (JQcdo)
Ahem!
Posted by: Edmund Burke
Not much diff between you and Rousseau. You both think that citizens are wards of the State with no inalienable rights.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 05, 2013 06:32 PM (fMgJk)
Posted by: mallfly at March 05, 2013 06:33 PM (jDjlM)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 06:34 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Deety at March 05, 2013 06:34 PM (jVk2G)
Martin Luther fits in there somewhere.
Not really. We're talking about political philosophers, not religious reformers.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 06:35 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: no good deed at March 05, 2013 06:35 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at March 05, 2013 06:35 PM (79AXR)
Posted by: Mirage at March 05, 2013 06:36 PM (THM7J)
Posted by: Best of LabiaLit at March 05, 2013 06:36 PM (hOUVL)
BTW - IKEA, who recently recalled their their swedish meatballs because they had rather more horse in them than usual, is now also recalling their almond cakes because of coliform bacteria* contamination.
*poop bacteria
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 05, 2013 06:36 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 05, 2013 10:34 PM (bxiXv)
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Exactly. Rousseau's premise - that man was inherently good, and therefore any evil resulted from society - is the centerpiece of Red thought. <s>Grownups</s> Conservatives realize that man has inherent moral defects that need to be recognized and kept in check.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 06:37 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: zombie coach at March 05, 2013 06:37 PM (ORGYc)
I always thought their food was shitty.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 05, 2013 06:38 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at March 05, 2013 06:38 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 05, 2013 06:38 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 05, 2013 06:38 PM (mpjf5)
Posted by: eman at March 05, 2013 06:38 PM (dZnxf)
If you have a hardware problem but are convinced it's a software problem, you will never solve it not matter how many lines of code you examine.
Yep. How many times have we seen attempts to fix technogically what is at heart a personnel problem?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 06:39 PM (IDSI7)
Labia is one of my favorite songs from West Side Story.
But why did Obama bomb Labia? And why did the Labians kill our ambassador?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 06:39 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 06:40 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Jenny McCarthy at March 05, 2013 06:40 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Boone at March 05, 2013 06:40 PM (tIyK2)
Posted by: Mirage at March 05, 2013 06:40 PM (THM7J)
Posted by: otho at March 05, 2013 06:41 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 06:41 PM (nUH8H)
I do believe Obama hates Labia and Labians. And angry Labians have killed many, many good men.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 05, 2013 06:42 PM (xKC/c)
67, yeast infection.
Posted by: eman at March 05, 2013 10:40 PM (dZnxf)
So they bombed Labia with Vagisil?
Smart move.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 06:42 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 06:42 PM (bxiXv)
Journalists like Wallace are quick to become non-aligned citizens of the world when it's convenient for their story but just as quick to revert to being American reporters when it's useful, counting on better men to come to their rescue.
That's a good point, and a great on-the-spot response by the colonel, but it's not the takeaway from the episode.
The real point is that it marked a clear departure from the journalists who covered war up until that era. It's not that they held the assumption that any war was "right," but that America and Americans were worth defending. That was the change that Mike Wallace's 'I wouldn't warn US troops of an ambush' was heralding. It revealed in stark terms that the most powerful cultural influences no longer considered the country and its defenders worth defending.
Posted by: CJ at March 05, 2013 06:43 PM (9G+G5)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 06:43 PM (nUH8H)
I do believe Obama hates Labia and Labians. And angry Labians have killed many, many good men.
I wasn't aware Obama had any familiarity with Labia. But God knows a lot of men - good and not so good - have died because of Labia.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 06:43 PM (IDSI7)
True, Obama is also a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable tyrant.
But the real question, Tex: Why are you up at this hour?
Posted by: fluffy at March 05, 2013 06:44 PM (z9HTb)
Were he familiar with Labia, he would most likely not hate Labia.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 05, 2013 06:45 PM (xKC/c)
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Since feminism mainly acts as a "cool girls club" nowadays, shouldn't that be because she is a feminist, not in spite of the fact?
Or more accurately, being a weak bandwagonner, of course she is going to worry about what pop culture tells her to worry about.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 05, 2013 06:45 PM (zPVBH)
http://tinyurl.com/bcgym54
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 06:45 PM (h4Bce)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 06:45 PM (bxiXv)
Single moms and minority grievance mongers go Democrat every time and their numbers are increasing. Weak ass Conservatives want to increase their numbers by giving amnesty go 11 million illegals. Goldberg can blather on all he wants but the only way to "reach" those people is by giving them free shit. If Cons want to win hearts and minds by out-pandering the left I am not interested in that.
Posted by: Ken Royall at March 05, 2013 06:45 PM (x0g8a)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 06:45 PM (nUH8H)
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I think someone just hit on an awesome band name.
Dude - did you see DSL in concert?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 05, 2013 06:46 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 06:46 PM (nUH8H)
That was the change that Mike Wallace's'I wouldn't warn US troops of an ambush'was heralding.
It's almost as if "Wallace" (nee Wallik) didn't consider himself an American, but merely as a resident of America.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 06:46 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 06:46 PM (h4Bce)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 06:47 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: SH at March 05, 2013 06:48 PM (pPtoA)
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In this case that was the fact. Talk to LIVs you know - Romney was some rich guy who wanted to raise their taxes and put their ladybits binders.
This shows the insanity of the RINO gambit. We can run someone to the left of the electorate in Romney or McCain and still get treated by the MSM as if we ran a Rand Paul. Well, why not run a Rand Paul then?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 05, 2013 06:48 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 06:48 PM (nUH8H)
I like labias. Wait, is the plural labia or labias? Is the singular same as the plural?
Labium is the singular; labia is the plural.
Think medium/media. Third declension, IIRC.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 06:48 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 06:49 PM (h4Bce)
Posted by: eman at March 05, 2013 06:49 PM (dZnxf)
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I'd say the bigger problem is the vast majority of the ruling class believes the opposite - that any decision that can be made at the federal level should.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 05, 2013 06:49 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at March 05, 2013 06:49 PM (79AXR)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 06:50 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Richard at March 05, 2013 06:50 PM (6T/yJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 06:50 PM (h4Bce)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 06:50 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Tone Loc Jaw at March 05, 2013 06:50 PM (I88Jc)
Whatever, I like 'em.
Yes, I'd say labia are very likeable.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 05, 2013 06:50 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 06:51 PM (nUH8H)
I volunteer to be the next ambassador to Labia.
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at March 05, 2013 10:49 PM (79AXR)
I wouldn't recommend that.
Posted by: Chris Stevens at March 05, 2013 06:51 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 05, 2013 06:51 PM (dkExz)
___
Request...accepted. Here are your papers and your formal kneepads.
Posted by: Helen Thomas at March 05, 2013 06:52 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at March 05, 2013 06:52 PM (JMmQ9)
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Posted by: Ken Royall at March 05, 2013 10:45 PM (x0g8a)
Sorry but Romney did have an image problem when it came to the swing voters he needed. It was unfair but that doesn't mean it wasn't a real problem.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 05, 2013 06:52 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 06:52 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Batman at March 05, 2013 06:52 PM (1AAJW)
Posted by: EveryKissBeginsWithKay at March 05, 2013 06:53 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 06:53 PM (h4Bce)
Posted by: EveryKissBeginsWithKay at March 05, 2013 10:53 PM (GEICT)
Good evening BCochran!
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2013 06:53 PM (doBIb)
I would be impartial on a battlefield and not warn American troops of ambush"
Someone should have asked Wallace, who was Jewish, if he would have warned Jews that they were about to be arrested and deported. Maybe he just didn't give a shit about Americans.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 06:53 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 06:53 PM (bxiXv)
Those dirty bastards!
Posted by: Helen Thomas at March 05, 2013 06:53 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: SH at March 05, 2013 06:53 PM (pPtoA)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 05, 2013 06:54 PM (pC72t)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 06:55 PM (h4Bce)
Posted by: Petasus Politica at March 05, 2013 06:55 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 06:55 PM (nUH8H)
http://www.cosplay.com/photo/3357986/
As long as she doesn't hit me...
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2013 06:56 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 05, 2013 06:56 PM (pC72t)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 05, 2013 06:56 PM (e8kgV)
AllenG - Unfortunately no. Houston yes, SA not so much.
Posted by: SH at March 05, 2013 06:57 PM (pPtoA)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 06:57 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at March 05, 2013 10:49 PM (79AXR)
Ambos don't volunteer . . . they bundle. Big time.
Posted by: Peaches at March 05, 2013 06:58 PM (3fX4B)
Posted by: General Woundwort at March 05, 2013 06:58 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 05, 2013 10:56 PM (pC72t)
Where are the pics of your cougar?
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2013 06:58 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at March 05, 2013 06:58 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at March 05, 2013 10:49 PM (79AXR)
Ambos don't volunteer . . . they bundle. Big time.
Geez, prostitution is popping up everywhere.
Posted by: no good deed at March 05, 2013 06:59 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 06:59 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Jose/ningrim at March 05, 2013 07:00 PM (srIqv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 05, 2013 07:01 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 07:01 PM (h4Bce)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 05, 2013 07:01 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: Jenny tries too hard and also hates her phone at March 05, 2013 07:02 PM (+Zs3E)
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I wasn't aware Obama had any familiarity with Labia. But God knows a lot of men - good and not so good - have died because of Labia.
And many many more have gone insane because of Labia.
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at March 05, 2013 07:02 PM (nML0W)
Posted by: Se Léodweardprætt Hæt at March 05, 2013 07:02 PM (Vk2pI)
ONT Wife Pic is back!
http://oi49.tinypic.com/dvlrpe.jpg
EC, you do realize that the stepson is going to have to beat the crap out of his entire platoon after they get a look at your wife, right?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 05, 2013 07:03 PM (3D74W)
The way Goldberg presents federalism isn't bad. Instead of looking at it as a way to limit government, he sees it as maximizing happiness. Its probably the better way to present it to the LIV.
Posted by: SH at March 05, 2013 07:03 PM (pPtoA)
My glasses fell apart.
My rear tire is flat and dead.
Fortunately they're covered under my health plan since I'm a robot, but it could've been real serious.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 05, 2013 07:04 PM (xjpRj)
And many many more have gone insane because of Labia.
And let's face it, every mother's son of us has done some stupid shit because of Labia.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 07:04 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at March 05, 2013 07:04 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 07:05 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 05, 2013 07:05 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: no good deed at March 05, 2013 07:06 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 07:06 PM (bxiXv)
'Taiwan gang assassin sentenced for Vegas karaoke bar killing'
http://tinyurl.com/bsllsn3
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 07:06 PM (h4Bce)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 05, 2013 11:03 PM (3D74W)
I hope they will be gentlemen while they are around company.
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2013 07:08 PM (doBIb)
165 And let's face it, every mother's son of us has done some stupid shit because of Labia.
Speak for yourself.
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at March 05, 2013 07:09 PM (nML0W)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 05, 2013 07:10 PM (GEICT)
BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! *snort* BUAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *tears rolling*
Of course they'll be gentlemen...while company is around. Afterwards, all bets are off.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 05, 2013 07:11 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: Mirage at March 05, 2013 07:11 PM (THM7J)
Posted by: joey biden at March 05, 2013 07:12 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Truman North, last of the famous international playboys at March 05, 2013 07:12 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Tone Loc Jaw at March 05, 2013 07:13 PM (I88Jc)
Of course they'll be gentlemen...while company is around. Afterwards, all bets are off.
I guess she'll never have to worry about her personal safety ever again!
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2013 07:14 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: joey biden at March 05, 2013 07:14 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 05, 2013 07:14 PM (piMMO)
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Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at March 05, 2013 07:15 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 07:15 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 05, 2013 07:16 PM (h4Bce)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 07:17 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at March 05, 2013 07:17 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 05, 2013 07:18 PM (3D74W)
Yogi Bear is from Michigan?
He's lazy, steals from hardworking people, and is constantly in trouble with the law. So not only from Michigan, but Detroit!
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 05, 2013 07:20 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 07:23 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at March 05, 2013 07:23 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Toastmistresses burn my dreams at March 05, 2013 07:26 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: SH at March 05, 2013 07:27 PM (pPtoA)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at March 05, 2013 11:23 PM (JMmQ9)
I have plenty of 5.56....223 and .9mm but I don't want to use it up.
I really want to get my new .308 set up. I am tired of using my deer rifle as a long range steel ringer.
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 05, 2013 07:28 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 05, 2013 07:28 PM (n8LUb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 07:29 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at March 05, 2013 07:30 PM (JMmQ9)
What's the set up here?.
Posted by: Craig Poe at March 05, 2013 07:30 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 05, 2013 07:31 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 05, 2013 07:31 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 05, 2013 07:31 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Hugo at March 05, 2013 07:32 PM (1AAJW)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at March 05, 2013 07:32 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2013 07:34 PM (Dnbau)
From Rep. Gohmert
http://t.co/wJZTeNgngQ
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 05, 2013 11:31 PM (piMMO)
Only problem is it doesn't include vacations.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 05, 2013 07:34 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 07:34 PM (bxiXv)
165 And let's face it, every mother's son of us has done some stupid shit because of Labia.
Speak for yourself.
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at March 05, 2013 11:09 PM (nML0W)
Good point.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 05, 2013 07:34 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 05, 2013 07:35 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Truman North, last of the famous international playboys at March 05, 2013 07:36 PM (y1ydp)
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 05, 2013 07:39 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 05, 2013 07:40 PM (pC72t)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 07:40 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at March 05, 2013 07:40 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 07:42 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at March 05, 2013 07:42 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 07:43 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 07:44 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 07:44 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Jenny tries too hard and also hates her phone at March 05, 2013 07:46 PM (+Zs3E)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 05, 2013 07:48 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: Jenny tries too hard and also hates her phone at March 05, 2013 07:48 PM (+Zs3E)
Posted by: carolina at March 05, 2013 07:51 PM (wI9Ya)
Posted by: The Dude at March 05, 2013 07:52 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: LindaFell at March 05, 2013 07:52 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at March 05, 2013 07:53 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 07:54 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 05, 2013 07:55 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Richard Simmons at March 05, 2013 07:56 PM (Vk2pI)
Late to the party, so I'll provide you with my manifesto should I acquire superpowers and the USA hands me the keys
1. You have a Constitution. It's laws written by men, pretty good ones at that. It's a document of written words, it's not "living" and it isn't "breathing". It doesn't eat, talk, or shit on the carpets. It was written by highly educated men who pretty well understood human nature, and technology hasn't changed basic human nature. Nobody has "evolved", nobody can see through walls no matter the technology.
2. The Constitution says "provide for the general welfare". It means to maintain a healthy society and prevent your neighbor from killing you for your 60 inch TV. "General welfare" does NOT mean handing a lifetime of income to 16 year olds who get knocked up and won't work
3. Andy Jackson had it right regarding centralized banking. If I could, I'd raise Old Hickory from the grave so that he could kick each member of the Federal Reserve square in the junk before throwing them bodily onto the streets of Manhattan. If Bernanke wants to play with paper money, the biggest decision he gets is whether he wants to be the hat, iron, car, or horse.
4. Wars suck. If two nations nobody ever heard of want to smuggle grenades in a camel's ass, let them have at it until one side runs out of camels. However, should one fuck with the USA, rest assured that we'll hit you back so hard that you're grandchildren will be born with post traumatic stress syndrome
5. It says the PURSUIT of Happiness, not a guarantee. If you've got the grumpies, either see a shrink or hop a plane and go visit a nation full of people who might give a shit about your problems.
6. The right of Free Speech should not be infringed by oversensitive assholes. Buck up sweeties, "Everybody Hurts Sometimes"
7. The right to bear arms wasn't written so Daniel Boone could hunt him some b'ar. It was written because politicians just can't help themselves and want to buttfuck you and send pictures of it on Twitter. Being shot for his trouble makes for polite politicians.
Posted by: kbdabear at March 05, 2013 07:56 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 05, 2013 07:58 PM (bxiXv)
Locks of love?
Posted by: derit at March 05, 2013 11:56 PM (I88Jc)
How do I do that? Can I just go anywhere to have it cut, because it is long, and healthy, would love to donate it.
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 07:58 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 05, 2013 08:00 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: derit at March 05, 2013 08:02 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: derit at March 06, 2013 12:02 AM (I88Jc)
Will go look it up..
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 08:03 PM (vgd4f)
That's a time issue. Some govt study I read some years ago showed it took 2-3 generations for a fresh Hispanic immigrants to hit middle class status.
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 05, 2013 08:04 PM (/gHaE)
You left out "Article I, section 8 says that the Feds shall do 17 specific things -- and Education, Food, Drug, Medical, and Energy policy ain't in the list."
Posted by: cthulhu at March 05, 2013 08:07 PM (kaalw)
"Dog-ooders" always seem to have their own best intrests' in mind...
jus ask Nancy Pelosi.
"There!" Thats better.
Posted by: Richard at March 05, 2013 08:07 PM (6T/yJ)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 05, 2013 08:08 PM (R+6Q+)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 05, 2013 08:08 PM (pC72t)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 05, 2013 08:09 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子~です at March 05, 2013 08:10 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 05, 2013 08:10 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: LindaFell at March 05, 2013 08:12 PM (PGO8C)
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Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 05, 2013 08:13 PM (gf2CW)
Posted by: RRPJR at March 05, 2013 08:13 PM (6NNuo)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 05, 2013 08:14 PM (R+6Q+)
Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2013 08:16 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 05, 2013 08:18 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 11:54 PM (vgd4f)
Next up, shopping for a mini-van and shopping at 'Coldwater Creek."
Seriously though, wigsforkids.org.
Posted by: RWC at March 06, 2013 12:13 AM (sqp6o)
Funny, just sick of messing with it. Looked up donating it, and ya just mail it to them in an padded envelope.
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 08:19 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 05, 2013 08:20 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 05, 2013 08:22 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: NCKate at March 05, 2013 08:22 PM (4FeFx)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 05, 2013 08:23 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 05, 2013 08:23 PM (bxiXv)
****
Mail it in an unmarked envelope to someone in Congress.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2013 12:22 AM (piMMO)
OK just made me laugh, I dont know why, but funny.
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 08:24 PM (vgd4f)
the Frog = no limits on government
complicated, ain't it? Locke's Treatise was what Jefferson paraphrased from to write the D of I. Several passages are almost word-for-word
Posted by: Willy in Williamsburg at March 05, 2013 08:24 PM (Dll6b)
Try Don Pedro's on SW Military Drive, it's excellent.
Posted by: Country Singer, what left the GOP for the ACP at March 05, 2013 08:25 PM (CgcOa)
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 05, 2013 08:25 PM (LRFds)
You'll see my full review when I'm made a cob-logger.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 05, 2013 08:26 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: tdpwells at March 05, 2013 08:26 PM (01otU)
Posted by: BignJames at March 05, 2013 08:27 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: Dickless in Seattle at March 05, 2013 08:27 PM (aDwsi)
Hippie...
Posted by: Willy in Williamsburg at March 05, 2013 08:27 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Dickless in Seattle at March 06, 2013 12:27 AM (aDwsi)
Damn between her and that fugly dunham chick, when did America start kissing fugly girl ass?
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 08:30 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: BignJames at March 05, 2013 08:31 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 05, 2013 08:32 PM (bxiXv)
hi Mero
things are going okay, I goofed around too much today, I'm gonna pay for it tomorrow I'm sure
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at March 05, 2013 08:32 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 08:35 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: derit at March 05, 2013 08:35 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 05, 2013 08:37 PM (LRFds)
***************
Yeah, because that was *exactly* Romney's strategy -- seem like a rich, greedy prude -- and had no connection whatsoever with the slanderous "kill Romney" strategy laid out by the OFA/DNC/MSM.
Oh, I forgot the new meme in place so we can pretend that 52% of those who bothered to show up to vote aren't anti-American free loaders who don't know their ass from a hole in the ground is that we shouldn't have had a candidate we had to DEFEND in the first place. Never mind that (1) all the OFA/DNC/MSM does all day long is defend Obama -- and that is all they've done for the last four years -- even going so far at to ignore the first murder of US ambassador in 30 years and (2) No candidate -- not Newt, not Cain, not Perry, not Bachmann, not Sarah (as much as I love her), and not Santorum -- would have been a candidate we "didn't need to defend in the first place."
If Jonah wants to point fingers about "why Romney lost" he needs to start with himself and every.single.article he has ever written as well as ever interview he ever gave over the last 4 years where he provided the OFA/DNC/MSM cover by criticizing Republicans, the GOP, and/or Romney instead of keeping the focus on Obama and the corrupt MSM.
Posted by: angienc at March 05, 2013 08:37 PM (w3JGl)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 05, 2013 08:37 PM (piMMO)
Not saying it should be illegal, just I don't see why the Military should be eager to have people with that particular avocation in their ranks.
If you believe that you were born the wrong sex and desire to surgically mutilate your body, then you have a mental disorder and need help. You certainly do not need to be in uniform and carrying a weapon.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 05, 2013 08:39 PM (3D74W)
--
Also, a succinct description of why big gov't doesn't work.
Posted by: Mayday at March 05, 2013 08:39 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 06, 2013 12:39 AM (3D74W)
Hey now teabagger, they should be able to be man/women/dog/horse. How dare you...
They were born that way, dont ya know
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 08:41 PM (vgd4f)
please don't pick chicken
please don't pick chicken
please don't pick chicken
Posted by: that chicken at March 05, 2013 08:43 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker at March 05, 2013 08:45 PM (1AAJW)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at March 05, 2013 08:47 PM (Y5I9o)
You've been found in lots of different places' meat lockers SJP...Horse the other red meat.
//Your friend Flicka
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 05, 2013 08:47 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Catherine the Great at March 05, 2013 08:50 PM (F54er)
Posted by: harleycowboy at March 05, 2013 08:50 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Andrew Mendoza at March 05, 2013 08:51 PM (Y5I9o)
Single moms and minority grievance mongers go Democrat every time and their numbers are increasing. Weak ass Conservatives want to increase their numbers by giving amnesty go 11 million illegals. Goldberg can blather on all he wants but the only way to "reach" those people is by giving them free shit. If Cons want to win hearts and minds by out-pandering the left I am not interested in that.
Posted by: Ken Royall at March 05, 2013 10:45 PM (x0g8a)
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There are choices that you do not address and seem to deny as possible in this post. It is possible to speak to people in a language they understand without checking your principles at the door.
Posted by: jc at March 05, 2013 08:51 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at March 05, 2013 08:52 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 05, 2013 08:53 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 05, 2013 08:53 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at March 05, 2013 08:57 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 05, 2013 08:57 PM (Vk2pI)
Like the quest for Heaven on Earth part.
I'm out, up late for anticipated snow day.
Posted by: sTevo at March 05, 2013 08:57 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 05, 2013 08:58 PM (R+6Q+)
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at March 05, 2013 09:01 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 09:02 PM (vgd4f)
"BOOM!" can i jus finish my pancakes
"BOOM!" can i jus finish my pancakes
"BOOM!" can i jus finish my pancakes
"BOOM!" sha-ka-laka-laka "BOOM!"
obama
Posted by: Richard at March 05, 2013 09:03 PM (6T/yJ)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 05, 2013 09:05 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: The Wicked Hat at March 05, 2013 09:07 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 05, 2013 09:09 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 05, 2013 09:10 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at March 05, 2013 09:10 PM (BBWjt)
The dick sucking and mourning at HuffPo is already at fever pitch.
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 05, 2013 09:11 PM (/gHaE)
,
I'm lurking on the nook. Wife wanted noise discipline. She had an "interesting day" to be polite. I'm deciding whether to read on Stalin'NKVD or Cromwell.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 06, 2013 01:09 AM (LRFds)
Aww, west coaster here. Not tired yet, but am getting older by the day... And finding that I am the bitchy old lady yelling at the neighbor kids with frequency,
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 09:12 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 06, 2013 01:11 AM (/gHaE)
oh man, on Slate, there was one commenter who actually said "Rest In Peace, A True Hero of the 99%"
I about wanted to gag
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at March 05, 2013 09:13 PM (BBWjt)
http://tinyurl.com/8axe69b
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at March 06, 2013 01:09 AM (BBWjt)
OMG kitteh after my own heart, looks like me at the casino
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 09:14 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 05, 2013 09:14 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 05, 2013 09:15 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Chavez's legacy at March 05, 2013 09:16 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at March 05, 2013 09:17 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: buzzion at March 05, 2013 09:20 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at March 06, 2013 01:17 AM (BBWjt)
Vegas national meet-up, this would be the place. I really dont know if Vegas could handle this group
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 09:21 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 05, 2013 09:25 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: buzzion at March 06, 2013 01:20 AM (GULKT)
You have nobody to blame but yourself, obama tried to stop the sequestration that he wanted, but you as a conservative, went along with the sequestration obama wanted, and the roads are not plowed because, oh shit,
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 09:26 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 11:54 PM (vgd4f)
Ok that was enough to make me put down the guitar and delurk.
In God's name why????
Posted by: Berserker at March 05, 2013 09:29 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: buzzion at March 05, 2013 09:29 PM (GULKT)
The thousand or so of his enemies residing in shallow graves out in the jungle were unavailable for comment.
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 05, 2013 09:33 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 09:34 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 11:54 PM (vgd4f)
Ok that was enough to make me put down the guitar and delurk.
In God's name why????
Posted by: Berserker at March 06, 2013 01:29 AM (FMbng)
Long ago, I learned not to ask. Just appreciate.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 05, 2013 09:37 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 06, 2013 01:25 AM (bxiXv)
Crushing those fucking pieces of shit with a monster truck should be legal.
Posted by: Berserker at March 05, 2013 09:39 PM (FMbng)
buzzion, please know I was being a smartass, glad you are home safel!
Berserker, time for a change.. It grows fast, within three months it will be long again. But am going blond, so theres that!
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 05, 2013 09:40 PM (vgd4f)
@318 Where's the clamor to accept the "lifestyle choice" of the cutter chicks? Maybe help them learn to cut themselves better. A PR campaign perhaps to convince society to find chicks with scars up and down their arms attractive. Clearly, we need cutter acceptance. Cutting is beautiful and not at all sign of being fucked in the head.
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You laugh, but...
I remember reading an article within the last several months that was talking about how screwed up the book picks were for the students in a lot of public schools. One of the books specifically mentioned as being approved by a school district was a depressing YA Fiction book in which the protagonist suffered from this very issue. Why did the district pick that book? "Because many teens suffer from this problem etc..."
Classics, out. Mentally out of whack teenagers (above and beyond the usual teenage mental imbalances, of course...
), in.
Posted by: junior at March 05, 2013 09:48 PM (UWFpX)
All those tax increases and changes? They don't have anything to do with the majority of workers in this country. The average wage is 42k, the average mean is about 26k.
This is why when Republicans whine about taxes, they lose half the listeners. It's not even class envy. It's a recognition that in the current employment climate in this country, the chances of you being ALLOWED to work and reach 46k are no longer good.
Wages have not increased even though the economy was booming for 25 years. Either companies moved most of their operations to China or they took a larger share of the profits. Those in the upper 5% chose to increase their income or took increased profit from their companies while keep worker salaries lower.
Maybe the felt justified by the lower ability of the workers they employed. Maybe the workers could have taken advantage of chances to increase their income through education or training.
Regardless, the facts are that people over all don't believe they can do better by working harder anymore.
Until that changes back to where it used to be, Republicans won't make headway against Democrats as the lower paid worker just doesn't see himself ever being in a position to care about higher tax rates on those income levels and the rest aren't even working (either can't, aren't able or won't)
THAT'S who has to be pandered to. Not hispanics or some high paid worker or manager. It's a numbers game and we're on the wrong end.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 05, 2013 09:50 PM (qyv02)
No, Bitter Clinger and all that,
The fact is that a lot of people are working less so they can get the FREE SHIT!
I know a couple of anecdotes do not make data, but I know of this problem with a lot of people in my own life. If they make the amount of money that subtracts their food stamps or Obomaphone, they won't work those hours.
There are a LOT of very very lazy people in this country these days. I remember growing up, it was a shaming thing if you took welfare in any way, shape, or form. People don't feel that shame of not doing for their own any more.
Posted by: alamogordo at March 05, 2013 10:01 PM (HUTO5)
@357 All those tax increases and changes? They don't have anything to do with the majority of workers in this country. The average wage is 42k, the average mean is about 26k.
This is why when Republicans whine about taxes, they lose half the listeners. It's not even class envy. It's a recognition that in the current employment climate in this country, the chances of you being ALLOWED to work and reach 46k are no longer good.
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That doesn't fit with my experience, or what I see. And I live in California and am right down there in the "salary trenches", so to speak (actually, I'm a wage slave).
Additionally, pointing to "average national salaries" and that sort of thing is always extremely misleading. The level of income needed to just live on your own without a roommate here in SoCal provides a fairly comfortable standard of living in most parts of the country. Places like Los Angeles and New York City that have extremely high concentrations of population and extremely high cost of living expenses (and thus larger pay checks as well so that people can survive) tend to skew those averages quite a bit.
Posted by: junior at March 05, 2013 10:06 PM (UWFpX)
Ace was kicking ass and chewing bubblegum on twitter earlier, and he was all out of bubblegum.
Are we going to lose ace to twitter?
He is damn good on it
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1 ) No. They find food. And weird stuff happens so ...
2 ) 'ee's a rock an' rollah, that's woi mate.
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In other words, the moderate libertarian Left versus the Left.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 05, 2013 06:15 PM (QTHTd)