1 Don't worry people, Kathleen Sebelius has indicated that tomorrow when she testifies she intends to take responsibility!

No wait, I mean she intends to blame the contractors for everything.

2 BTW see Allahpundit over on Hot Air for the news about Sebelius.  (Skip the comments, they mostly lower your IQ.)

I have never seen an administration more allergic to any form of responsibility -- even nominal responsibility -- as this one.

3 Obama succeeded in becoming president because Americans confuse glibness with intelligence. A majority stupid nation. It's not an age or economic thing either. It covers the breadth of our population. Although we glorify stupidity.

4 Definitely a millenial.  His best subject in school was self-esteem.

5 Yep, they bought into the idea that even without the facts, somehow, the JEF would turn into a leader, or there was one hiding in there somewhere. Boy, were they wrong.

6 Obama is a super genius because he parrots the talking points he learned at Harvard in Marxism 101.

7

"It's a simple game.  You throw the ball.  You catch  the ball.  You hit the ball."

8 I'm just saying "to Hell with everything." The few people dear to me I will look out for best I can. The rest? Hell wiff 'em....

9 WaPo deserves every shit sandwich there is.  I hope they all choke on the Guiness Book of World Records shit sandwich because that is what we are getting.

10

So by placing Obama's status as Millennial, does that mean this is all we can expect from leadership in the future?

Great.  Just Great.

11 obama is a baby boomer but definitely acts like a millennial....

12 Remember, we have public records of National Merit Semifinalists and National Achievement Scholars. We know the upper bound of his IQ. We know he's not in the top 5-10%. That's a matter of public record.

13  http://funkypickens.com/  25-funny-auto-correct-fails/ that is all.

14 They all wanted to have sex with him, especially the men. It's that simple.

15

It's 'Big Fucking Deal'.

Get your quotes right.

16 Oh my God Mr. President there is a crisis and we face the very extinction of mankind...we have a catastrophe to stop and to do so we need our BEST!

Send in the J-Schoolers!

//Said No Chief of Staff EVER

17 The president has other accomplishments � navigating out of the Great Recession was no minor feat



When did that happen.  Like his pal FDR he has changed a recession into a depression with run-away unemployment and inflation.

18

close the gap between the / and 25 and leave off the "that is all". 

 

19 Obama's a Gen Xer (I think -- perhaps a late Baby Boomer) but he has the psychological profile of the worst of the Millennials, overconfident and underskilled, over-impressed with himself and under-achieving. That is the best summation I've seen yet. Also, maybe it's just how I was taught, but I've also believed that micro-management is a sign of a horrible, terribly inept manager, not a competent one. After all, a competent manager hires people in whom he has confidence so that he doesn't have to lean over their shoulders all the time. A micromanager doesn't.

20 what a racist, I hope enough people sign on to WashPost to point that out.

21 Remember, most voters vote for the candidate they most identify with, on a personal level. In other words, the country's fucked.

22

Cohen would still blow the President if asked to do so.  They all would (I most definitely include Brooks). 

23 (.....) On a given day, this administration makes the ’62 Mets look good. This is a surprise — at least to me. Uh-huh. Nothing could have possibly clued you in before now. Absolutely nothing could have portended this flipping trainwreck. Idiot.

24 And yeah, I remember how awesome it was when we navigated out of The Great Recession. Oh wait -- that never actually happened. Growth is still anemic. We're rounding the corner on a lost decade. Why is Obama getting credit for something that hasn't happened yet?

25 1 No wait, I mean she intends to blame the contractors for everything.

Posted by: Jeff B. started listening to that fine fine music and his life was saved by rock and roll at October 29, 2013 02:47 PM (n/+FT)

She can't blame the contractors because they are cronies of Mooch.

26

Affirmative Action Has Consequences

27 1 Don't worry people, Kathleen Sebelius has indicated that tomorrow when she testifies she intends to take responsibility! No wait, I mean she intends to blame the contractors for everything. --- A letter to the editor in the local said that it's all Cruz's fault. The web tech guys were not essential and when Cruz shut down the government they didn't have time to make the website work right.

28

Incompetence is beautiful.

29 “navigating out of the Great Recession was no minor feat” Navigating out of it into what? The Great Acceptance of Lesser Times?

30 He is the imprint of projection, or as I like to say, a bull shit artist.

31 I distinctly heard the word "boy" inferred here....

32 So taking someone who admitted to being too doped up to do well in high school and making him President was a bad idea? Who knew?

33 >>>Remember, we have public records of National Merit Semifinalists and National Achievement Scholars.

We know the upper bound of his IQ. We know he's not in the top 5-10%. That's a matter of public record.

Not saying I think Obama is anything other than a glib intellectual mediocrity, but this isn't really a very rigorous measure.  (And I'd love it to be, believe me.)

34 Jeff B. started listening to that fine fine music and his life was saved by rock and roll at October 29, 2013 02:47 PM (n/+FT) Saw Phish in Hartford Sunday night. They opened with a moment of silence then tore into that song. Fucking killed it. That's all I got. Please feel free to commence ripping on my musical tastes.

35 They all wanted to have sex with him, especially the men. It's that simple.

Posted by: baldilocks at October 29, 2013 02:52 PM (Tnlh/)

 

That's what I've been saying from the beginning. It explains everything.

36 The JEF is a couple months younger than I am, which puts him at the tail end of the baby boom.

37 14 They all wanted to have sex with him, especially the men. It's that simple. Nobody gets hard balls for Dreamboat Barry like I do. Nobody.

38 And yet, if he could run for a third term and the Dems nominated him, Cohen and all his normal readers would vote for him again in a heartbeat.

39 I think maybe Casey Stengel needs to have a talk with Cohen, the Post, and the Times.

40

This was supposed to be Obama’s Big Deal. The president has other accomplishments — navigating out of the Great Recession was no minor feat

 

In fact, that particular     accomplishment was SO grand that many don't even realize it happened!

41 This is your brain. This is choom choom. This is your brain on choom choom. Any questions?

42 A question of competence

What a racist! I see boy in that headline

43 Even when critical of the light worker, the writer must credit him with getting us out of Bush's Great Recession. 

44 A letter to the editor in the local said that it's all Cruz's fault. The web tech guys were not essential and when Cruz shut down the government they didn't have time to make the website work right. Posted by: WalrusRex at October 29, 2013 02:54 PM (uon/P) It should hurt to be that stupid.

45 Why is Obama getting credit for something that hasn't happened yet? Error 415.

46 >>>"The president has other accomplishments — navigating out of the Great Recession was no minor feat " ROTFL!!!! Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!

47

Fucking killed it. 

 

 

Oh, I'm sure they killed it.  After fucking it for 40 minutes, first.

48 I'm incompetent and I'm proud.

49 When did we get out of The Great Recession?

50 The man can give a rousing speech, but he is, at heart, a planner and a plodder. Both of his presidential campaigns were exercises in micromanagement

He's not a fucking planner. Not a shred of evidence to that. If there were any management in his campaign that goof had nothing to do with. The HC bill was a last minute addition to a campaign speech. The Journolisters already admitted to that!

Note that the asshole thinks micromanagement is a positive concept. It's not! It means you don't know what your responsibilities are and you aren't a manager.

51 Obama's lack of a resume with any accomplishments other than winning an election should have been a FUCKING CLUE!!!

52 Who could have predicted that someone with no record of accomplishment, who had written not one but two autobiographies by age 45 would be someone with inflated self esteem and a poor executive?

53

 navigating out of the Great Recession was no minor feat

 

---

 

We're out of it?

54 PSAT and SAT are basically just IQ tests. The correlation with IQ is very strong.

55 Preznit Spicolli

56 "It's a simple game. You throw the ball. You catch the ball. You hit the ball."

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2013 02:50 PM (tx6gn)

 

If you can dodge the wrench, you can dodge a ball.

 

Sorry, different movie.   I just couldn't resist the image of Obammy trying haplessly to dodge a wrench.

57 Cohen will write something like this and then go running back to the fold like a little girl when called on it.

58 My daughter is a millenial (born in '85) - she's an over-achiever, very skilled, and also rather humble (if I do say so myself.) She is also a conservative. So there may be some glimmer of hope.

59 Cohen has all the political perceptiveness of Perez Hilton

60 >>>She can't blame the contractors because they are cronies of Mooch.

Well unless she deviates from this .PDF of her prepared testimony for tomorrow that I'm currently reading, that's exactly what she's going to do.

Choice excerpt (again courtesy of Allah): Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will tell a House committee tomorrow the site's botched rollout was the result of contractors failing to live up to expectations - not bad management at HHS, as the contractors suggested

"CMS has a track records of successfully overseeing the many contractors our programs depend on to function. Unfortunately, a subset of those contracts for HealthCare.gov have not met expectations."

61 This is the kind of piece that gets written in the Post so that they can go back to sucking his dick tomorrow and still say they are providing the critical eye of the Fifth Estate.

62 "It was a policy so wavering that if Obama were driving, he would be forced to take a breathalyzer." Do breathalyzers detect chooming?

63 >>>Also, maybe it's just how I was taught, but I've also believed that micro-management is a sign of a horrible, terribly inept manager, not a competent one. i don't think he micromanages either. He barely manages, period, never mind "micro."

64

  navigating out of the Great Recession was no minor feat 

-

Some people have pretty expansive definintions.  By any realistic measure, we   have never left it.

65 4 Definitely a millenial. His best subject in school was self-esteem.

Posted by: Furious George at October 29, 2013 02:50 PM (yFb77)

As some here may know, I teach at a univ.  I have a kid in my class, "overachiever,"  HS kid taking freshman-level college courses (he hasn't graduated from HS yet).

Most disrespectful little sonofabitch I've ever had the displeasure to instruct.  I pushed 2K+ kids through basic training and I've had about 450 in my univ classes over the years.  This little self-entitled nitwit is the worst of all of them.  Arrogant.  Stupid (he's got a solid C- in my class), disruptive, annoying.

He actually had the cajones to approach me after class a couple weeks ago and whine that this is the only class he's notgetting an "A" in.  He asked what he should do.  I said "come to class and get the answers on the homework and exams right."

He looked at me like I just grew another arm.

66 "They all wanted to have sex with him, especially the men. It's that simple."

Nailed it in one!

67

using the phrase "tribal feathers" is racist

 

I denounce myself for having read it

 

 

68 My daughter is a millenial (born in '85) - she's an over-achiever, very skilled, and also rather humble (if I do say so myself.) She is also a conservative. So there may be some glimmer of hope.

Posted by: unf-ing-believable at October 29, 2013 02:59 PM (/kIi7) /i]

 

My impression of    Millenials has been that they're either one or the other.   They're either like your daughter -- skilled, dedicated,   and hard working -- or they're    lazy layabouts with a staggering sense of self-importance and entitlement.   There doesn't appear to be any middle ground.

69 >>>PSAT and SAT are basically just IQ tests. The correlation with IQ is very strong.

Alright, fine then.  I give in, I'll admit it, you're right: I'm a fucking super-genius.  Won't fight you any further on the question of acknowledging my intellectual awesomeness. 

70 They all wanted to have sex with him, especially the men. It's that simple. Now they are all disappointed to discover his white half.

71 The president has other accomplishments — navigating out of the Great Recession was no minor feat






Oh yeah, Barry has lead us to an economic golden age. The high unemployment rate and lack of jobs is just a figment of our imaginations brought on by...errr...racism

72 Smart people rarely brag about how smart    they are, and almost     never convince judges to     hide their transcripts.

73

Sorry, different movie. I just couldn't resist the image of Obammy trying haplessly to dodge a wrench.

 

---

 

Well, he IS about as useless as a cock-flavored lollipop.

74 i don't think he micromanages either. He barely manages, period, never mind "micro." I expect that heÂ’s a helicopter micromanager. Completely unavailable when needed to make big decisions, then helicopters in at the worst possible time to offer inane directives on the little ones.

75 He navigated out of the Great Recession like Gilligan navigated out of Oahu.

76

he is a dick.  there have always been dicks, in every age

 

 

77 (Skip the comments, they mostly lower your IQ.) I posted maybe three times at Hot Gas after catching an open registration at the right time. This was during Michelle Malkin's stewardship of HG. Immediately, one of the regulars quoted my entire post and said "see what kind of morons we get when we open registration? Can't we not have open registrations?" First of all, I was like, who is this "we," asshole? Is your name Michelle Malkin? Secondly I thought, hmmm..."morons." Maybe I'm in the wrong place." The rest is moronic history!

78 >>>This is the kind of piece that gets written in the Post so that they can go back to sucking his dick tomorrow and still say they are providing the critical eye of the Fifth Estate.

Holy shit, we're up to FIVE estates now?  Who's been building when I wasn't looking?

79 SAT has holes in it on verbal. It didn't give you enough time to read it. The Math portion didn't test high enough.

80 I would not classify Obama as a Boomer even though he was born in 1961.  His mother was not from the WWII generation.  She was born in 1942. 

81 The educrats have weakened the SAT/PSAT since the 90s to purposefully try and break the correlation with IQ to avoid unpleasant racial/ethnic differences from being noticed. When Obama took it the correlation was very strong. Mensa, for example, allows PSAT and SAT scores to be admitted -- but only prior to 1993.

82

>>"If Barack Obama has an image, it is of the infinitely cool, cerebral leader. The man can give a rousing speech, but he is, at heart, a planner and a plodder. "

 

 

 

This is the narrative about Obama I hear all the time now from my leftist relatives forced to deal with his failure. It's never that he's the radical, Alinsky apostle dedicated to crashing the system. It's that he's an attenuated and timorous "Neville Chamberlain," too cautious, too beholden to evil fat rich white men. These people simply cannot face who he is because that would mean facing the truth and failure of of radicalism.

83

OK.... gloves off....

 

Obama is not President because of what he has done... or even what he can do....

 

He is President because of Celebrity, and Affirmative Action.

 

He is a Media Created Icon... foisted off on the Low Information Voter... and helped by HALF of his Racial Heritage...

 

We are seeing the end result of Democracy... where the Mob has picked an idiot to lead us... because the only ones allowed to talk, the media, chose him...

84 Psst...Richard Cohen is...wait for it.... a JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

85

>>Why is Obama getting credit for something that hasn't happened yet?<<

 

Peace Prize, bro.

86 I have never seen an administration more allergic to any form of responsibility -- even nominal responsibility -- as this one.

I'll give the Obama administration credit for one thing that I previously thought impossible- inventing a perpetual motion machine.

It's the only way to explain how The Buck Stops Nowhere.

87

@71 Oh yeah, Barry has lead us to an economic golden age. The high unemployment rate and lack of jobs is just a figment of our imaginations brought on by...errr...racism

---------------

 

The belief seems to be that the current situation is the "new normal", and without Obama's inspired leadership we'd be in even worse shape.

 

/rolleyes

 

88

I'm a fucking super-genius.

 

A Super-Genius Genesis fan. 

89 3 Obama succeeded in becoming president because Americans confuse glibness with intelligence. Oh, boy do some ever. I watch this going on in the everyday world and wonder how these people get by. I always fall back to Gunnys' favorite: "If you can't dazzle 'em with your brilliance, baffle 'em with your bullshit." Some of these idiots live by it. The sheer stupidity and incompetence one sees in the corporate world is breathtaking at times. Yet, these people make very large salaries and congratulate themselves on their superior,.....something. I guess if I could have learned to suppress my penchant for eye rolling at bosses and fucking retards, I would have been promoted more often. Oh, well. Fuck 'em. A spade is a spade and a fucking goofball is always a fucking goofball. They always knew where to go if they wanted the work to get done.

90

The president has other accomplishments � navigating out of the Great Recession was no minor feat

 

When did that happen. Like his pal FDR he has changed a recession into a depression with run-away unemployment and inflation.

Posted by: Vic at October 29, 2013 02:53 PM (zZbNF)

 

 

-------------------------------------------------

 

 

I guess several other commenters caught this too.  WTF? 

91 This is the kind of piece that gets written in the Post so that they can
go back to sucking his dick tomorrow and still say they are providing
the critical eye of the Fifth Estate.


"What a dick... let's suck it!" -The Washington Post

92 "If Barack Obama has an image..." Let's pause to consider the absurdity of that.

He's a narcissist — an image is all he has; actually, it's all he is. The emperor has no clothes, there's no there there, etc., etc. For whatever reason — be it the acquisition of power for themselves, a cushy position, “free” healthcare, and Obama phone, et al, there are always minions who will prop up the narcissist's performance at worst, or won't look behind the curtain, at best.

93 >>That's all I got. Please feel free to commence ripping on my musical tastes. You have excellent musical taste. I'm jealous.

94 When did we get out of The Great Recession?>>

If you live in DC the recession has been over for some time now.

95 Michelle, ValJar says she 'needs' you...

96 Obama and speechifying.... I guess you need to be an over esteemed self-regarding adult child to appreciate jug ears. I always heard a shallow bombastic liar, or as he told on himself"sometimes I believe my own bullshit". What a naive gullible bunch of twits, the 52%'ers. Course they wanted the crap sandwich he served. They won't even get that, which makes me happy.

97

"He can't do the things ordinary people do."

 

Like    hold a job,      balance a checkbook,     memorize a speech,  recite any meaningful historical knowledge,  pronounce simple words,   count    to  fifty....

 

 

98 *an Obama phone

99 Yeah,he "navigated us at of that Great Recession",didn't he?

100 I saw Genesis open for Yoko Ono once.

101 From 74-94 you had to get a 1250 on the SAT to be admitted to Mensa. Before 1974, you had to get a 1300. They still accept LSAT scores. Mensa no longer accepts SAT, PSAT, or GRE scores since the tests no longer correlate strong enough with IQ.

102 I loved these lines at the end of Cohen's piece: "History will someday provide perspective and say, possibly, that Syria and Obamacare did not matter. I doubt it. At the least, they help validate the once-frivolous Republican charges of incompetence." Okay, we know who was saying those charges were frivolous (the dems and their complicit media, but I repeat myself), but clearly, if they've been proven true, how can a member of the media still refer to them as "frivolous."? The man's incompetent. He's always been incompetent. The only difference is the media and LIVs are finally seeing just how incompetent he's always been.

103 RE navigating us out of the Great Recession. This is a Washington Post columnist. DC is thriving right now.

104 He asked what he should do. I said "come to class and get the answers on the homework and exams right." I thought that was just SOP.

105

He barely manages, period, never mind "micro."

 

 

No.  Micro is pretty accurate.

106 "He can't do the things ordinary people do."

Work an umbrella.

107 >>>A Super-Genius Genesis fan.

It does seem like an inexplicable paradox, doesn't it?  The one is presumably incompatible with the other.  And yet here we are.

108 Besides being a window peeper...


That Rebekah Brooks is yummy.
Stray media commentary

109 64 navigating out of the Great Recession was no minor feat
-
Some people have pretty expansive definintions. By any realistic measure, we have never left it. Posted by: Vashta Nerada

Which Recovery(less) Summer just went by? Five? V? How many tries does Duh!1 get before he's judged Epic Fail?

110 So if I got a 1360 on SAT I am MENSA material?  Anyway, that was long ago.  Drinking alone has probably knocked off 50 IQ points for me. 

111 The belief seems to be that the current situation is the "new normal", and without Obama's inspired leadership we'd be in even worse shape. /rolleyes Posted by: junior at October 29, 2013 03:03 PM (UWFpX) The lowered bar Administration. I would say handicapped, but they're more capable.

112 I once successfully closed an umbrella. Can I join Mensa now? Where's my Peace Prize?

113 >he man can give a rousing speech, but he is, at heart, a planner and a plodder. <

No he's not.

Mr. Obama is self-absorbed, underwhelming, unskilled, has no identifiable talent beyond purveying meaningless rhetoric and does not execute on anything without corrupting the auspices of constitutional government to force citizens to comply with his dictates.

What has he created? The worst string of economic collapse and wealth dilution in our history, historic levels of unemployment, the highest level ever of people forced out of the job market, record levels of entitlement spending, record numbers of businesses failing, destruction of the health care system and God knows what else.

Maybe all that's popular with young people with no real life experience or other who suck the teet of government to get by, but it's not sustainable and ultimately destructive. 

Beyond that, as someone who told us he would "slow the rise of the oceans" he's more appropriately "backed up the sewer".

We have never been so divided as a nation and at each other's throats. There is no brotherhood, only deep divisions sown by Obama's words, actions or the lack thereof.

That's not racist. It's base truth.

114 >>>I saw Genesis open for Yoko Ono once.

You're obviously kidding, but this actually happened once.  In 1970, at the Roundhouse Theater in London, back when they were a completely obscure group that nobody had ever heard of, and had only just begun their transition into a progressive group.  The footage of the gig is rumored to exist somewhere and is basically the Holy Grail for fans of the group.

115 he is a dick. there have always been dicks, in every age

Posted by: thunderb at October 29, 2013 03:02 PM (zOTsN)

Barry: Dicks everywhere. Oh I hope so!!!!

116 I repeat Valerie Jarrett's would-be praise of Obama: "He's been bored as hell his own life."

---

He should try living someone else's life, if that's the case.

117 If only Obama had an electorate worthy of his leadership none of this would've happened.

118 I saw Genesis open for Yoko Ono once.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 29, 2013 03:05 PM (ujMoa)

-

That would be like the Boston Philharmonic opening for a middle school recital.

119

I am not sure if they are lowering standards but some very good universities are now saying they will admit without an SAT or ACT, like American University.   Instead of asking about race, they ask if you are form low income or a single parent household.  I know this because the eldest thunder is a senior in HS

 

that is the new AA

120 he was born in '61 so he could be in either the baby boomer or X generations. The bigger issue though is he was more or less a red diaper baby. the people who raised him Mom, the grandparents, Lolo Soetoro, and uncle Frank were all card carrying communists.

121 Holy shit, we're up to FIVE estates now? Who's been building when I wasn't looking?

To be fair, only the super-geniuses noticed when it went up.

122 110 So if I got a 1360 on SAT I am MENSA material? Anyway, that was long ago. Drinking alone has probably knocked off 50 IQ points for me. Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 29, 2013 03:07 PM (32Ze2) I always got distracted by boobehs and lost all academic interest at that point. In fairness to me, they were very, very large ones.

123 >>>That would be like the Boston Philharmonic opening for a middle school recital.

Again: THIS ACTUALLY DID HAPPEN ONCE. 

Though to be fair, Genesis were still pretty shakey as a group back then.

124

The posts are flying fast around here today.

 

What may be happening here is that all of those people who carried water for and argued for ObamaScare are watching the Charlie Foxtrot right now and what they are feeling is anger and humiliation.

 

Anger and humiliation.  They put their names, their reputations on the line, they went to bat for this again and again.  They did everything they could.  They believed.  And this ObamaScare smoldering wreck amounts to a betrayal.  That is going to be sinking through.  I wonder if they will be able to muster the will to close ranks any longer in the face of this?

 

Time to get some of that Otto Schadenfreude popcorn (a specialty of the Outlet.)

125 Work an umbrella. Posted by: HeatherRadish Hold an umbrella.

126 Immediately, one of the regulars quoted my entire post and said "see what kind of morons we get when we open registration? Can't we not have open registrations?"

First of all, I was like, who is this "we," asshole? Is your name Michelle Malkin?

Secondly I thought, hmmm..."morons." Maybe I'm in the wrong place."

The rest is moronic history!

Posted by: BlueStateRebel who's life was saved by rock and roll at October 29, 2013 03:02 PM (7ObY1)

*

*

I came here on Frigate. With just a pack of smokes and two bucks in my pocket. 

127 I thought that was just SOP.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 29, 2013 03:06 PM (NKBxV)

 

Clearly you are not an   instructor at a modern institution of higher learning.   

 

This is what my sister    deals with constantly:  

 

Kid doesn't come to class.  Kid doesn't turn in homework.      Kid   doesn't take the test.    Kid shits out a bad term paper.      Kid is failing   sister's   class.

 

Kid comes to my sister and says:  "What do I have to do to pass this class?  Cuz I've gotta pass this class to get into XYZ class.    Can I do extra credit?"

 

Absolutely no higher brain function whatsoever.  It's a miracle these people can dress    themselves.

128 they ask if you are form low income or a single parent household.

How does that indicate your ability to complete college coursework?

Oh.

129

The footage of the gig is rumored to exist somewhere and is basically the Holy Grail for fans of the group.

 

 

All seven of them.

130 Cohen still touts Obama's style over substance, a myth over qualifications. He wasn't even the most qualified in the primary but the media created image and the Chicago machine and compliant Democrat voters gave him the victory.

131 67 using the phrase "tribal feathers" is racist

I denounce myself for having read it

Posted by: thunderb at October 29, 2013 03:00 PM (zOTsN) 

Kinda of binary rayciss.

(I was also trying to think of a joke to make about it.)

132 110 So if I got a 1360 on SAT I am MENSA material? Anyway, that was long ago. Drinking alone has probably knocked off 50 IQ points for me.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 29, 2013 03:07 PM (32Ze2)

I came in on the IQ test somewhere between glue and fencepost.

Somehow I manage to dress myself.

133 70 They all wanted to have sex with him, especially the men. It's that simple.

Now they are all disappointed to discover his white half.

Posted by: toby928© dispenses the stereotypes in service to the point at October 29, 2013 03:01 PM (QupBk)

LOL

134 >>>All seven of them.

Yes, but beware: Patrick Bateman is one of them and I hear he's pretty handy with a chainsaw.

135

"He was smart because he wore the Tribal Feathers of the self-styled intelligentsia, and the media praised him for his trouser creases."

 

This why a theater major thinks she knows what the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ought to do.  Because she thinks all of the correct thoughts and emotes the proper feelings.

136 "It's a simple game. You throw the ball. You catch the ball. You hit the ball."

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2013 02:50 PM (tx6gn)

"Scare 'em. They're kids."

137 I dang near maxed out the math without ever taking Calculus.

138 By the way, I mostly blame the media. Who now, in the twilight of Obama's presidency and after the damage is done seem to be writing these reflective assessments.

I call that mostly disingenuous.

They can kiss my ass. Next week they will be hawking Hillary and telling us "it's time, for no other reason than "it's time", while alternately flaming a Republican who dares to have factually based, substantive positions and actually possesses the experience to be  President.

139 "If Barack Obama has an image..." Let's pause to consider the absurdity of that. He has one skill. Reading a TelePrompTer convincingly (after weeks of preparation and rehearsal). All evidence contrary to his alleged "abilities" and "credentials" was in plain sight for everyone to see. His unblemished line of racist, Marxist, and terrorist associations, to his (allegedly) own writing, to his consistent "job" history of not showing up, rabble rousing, illegal land deals and influence trading, never actually performing the functions of any position he's ever held other than to use it as a stepping stone to the next job, and his blatantly corrupt and illegal methods of smearing political opponents with seal or otherwise irrelevant and normally inaccessible information. It is even more apparent form the absence of any standard documents and credentials. No transcripts, no student records, no writing, no legislative accomplishments, no records of any kind... all conveninently sealed and locked away, much in the fashion of the irrelevant records he dug up and disclosed about his oponents and critics (from his state senate campaign, through Joe the Plumber and Ronmney's tax records). The man is a fraud. Always was always will be. Worse is that even he has no clue what a total farce he is.

140 Like hold a job, balance a checkbook, memorize a speech, recite any meaningful historical knowledge, pronounce simple words, count to fifty....

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 29, 2013 03:04 PM (4df7R)

See?  That's why American students continue to fail:  unachieveable standards! 

141 The footage of the gig is rumored to exist somewhere and is basically the Holy Grail for fans of the group. --------------------- Collecting sets of drinking glasses from gas stations in the 80s was more exciting.

142 >>>I came in on the IQ test somewhere between glue and fencepost.

Somehow I manage to dress myself.

Even better, you're teaching the next generation!

(I kid, I kid.  Hey, what course do you teach anyway?  Math/science or humanities?  Could see you doing a history class -- a non-bullshit one, too -- but not anything lit-based.)

143

Obama   was   born   in   1961   and   seems   to   fall   more   in   the   mold   of   the  "If   it   feels   good,   fuck   the   future"   attitude   of   the   Baby   Boomers   than   uber-cynical   Gen   Xers.

144 Face it, JeffB.  Your Genesis fandom exists solely so you can justify owning three copies of 'No Jacket Required'.

145 I heard Phish is playing The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in its entirety. That's what my Deadhead cousin tells me, anyway. Sounds interesting, but I doubt they could top The Musical Box's performance of that piece, complete with the original stage scenery, props and costumes. Saw TMB play The Lamb a couple of years ago, and they killed.

146 Well, let's see.  The Bastard Son of a Whore Mother who has EXTREME Daddy issues doesn't make a good President?  Who knew?

147 I just checked, I can join Mensa based on past test results. I suppose I would do it if I thought I could whip out my Mensa card and automatically win any argument, but I'm pretty sure anybody who whips out a Mensa card to win an argument would be an insufferable douche. So I shall remain cardless.

148 For Harry: http://tinyurl.com/n8k5z2o

149 In fairness to me, they were very, very large ones. Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 29, 2013 03:10 PM (/LeIm) Go on . . . .

150

Absolutely no higher brain function whatsoever. It's a miracle these people can dress themselves.

 

It amazes me that some of them even made it out of the birth canal.

151 I knew where all 57 states were and their Capitals in Sixth Grade.

152

Obama navigated us out of the great recession?  WTF.

 

He navigated us like Amelia  Earhart  nagvigated the Pacific.

153

"The president has other accomplishments — navigating out of the Great Recession was no minor feat"..............Huh? Yea, about that. 1979 called and it wants it's economy back.

 

 

154

>>Drinking alone has probably knocked off 50 IQ points for me. <<

 

Shit.  You mean if I drank with somebody I'd still be smart?

155 The ends justify the means.

156 147 I just checked, I can join Mensa based on past test results. I suppose I would do it if I thought I could whip out my Mensa card and automatically win any argument, but I'm pretty sure anybody who whips out a Mensa card to win an argument would be an insufferable douche. So I shall remain cardless.

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 29, 2013 03:14 PM (ZshNr)

Pretty much a guaranteed way to get your ass kicked.

157

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 29, 2013 03:14 PM (ZshNr)

 

LOL.... went to a Mensa Singles event in San Diego once....

 

Was SCARY.....

158 I came here on Frigate. With just a pack of smokes and two bucks in my pocket. Posted by: dananjcon I had to fcuking swim..., my scavenged cigarette butts got wet, and all I had a was a sixpence..., which I had to carry in my cheek.

159 The DC crowd will start to circle the wagons again soon, then the screwing of America will begin afresh.

160 110 So if I got a 1360 on SAT I am MENSA material? Anyway, that was long ago. Drinking alone has probably knocked off 50 IQ points for me.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 29, 2013 03:07 PM (32Ze2)

Hell, mine was so long ago I think I had to chisel the answers on a stone tablet.

And I have no idea what I scored. Frankly, it just doesn't matter a damn.

161

Richard Cohen has always seemed to me to be a few sandwiches shy of a picnic.  He's the fellow who wrote a WaPo column a year or two back about being out riding on his bicycle when he had some sort of semi-religious epiphany about how wonderful The Lightworker.

 

And of course he's married to Katrina VanHeuvel (or some spelling like that) who is a big newshen over at The Nation, or NPR.

 

In short Richard Cohen has been sheepdipped in libtard shit for all his life.  And now he goes full KKK on the black man in the White House? There's big trouble right there in Potomac River City.

162 Genesis was one of the best bands ever, until Gabriel and Hackett left.

163 How do we know Obama ain't no genius? He wasnt even a black scholar for the national merit scholarship. And yes, it is ridiculous that the standards for black and hispanic scholars is lower than for the generic scholarship, I agree.

164 I knew where all 57 states were and their Capitals in Sixth Grade.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 29, 2013 03:15 PM (ujMoa)

 

That's when I learned them also.   Of course I had a top notch Louisiana edumacation. 

165 Money talks, and bullshit walks.
 
TFG version -- Your money walks, and all I do is bullshit.

166 154
>>Drinking alone has probably knocked off 50 IQ points for me. <<

Shit. You mean if I drank with somebody I'd still be smart?

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at October 29, 2013 03:16 PM (A0sHn)

Depends.  If it was James Clerk Maxwell, yes.  Miley Cyrus, not so much.

167 Wow, in the sidebar I learn Bill Bradley got a 485 on his verbal SAT. I got that beat!

168 Well,people thought the shitty economy FDR brought them was the new normal and that it would have been worse otherwise.

169 >>>I dang near maxed out the math without ever taking Calculus.

There is no calculus on the SAT.  (Not unless they've added it since I took it, at least.)  There is algebra, order of operations, stats & probability, and geometry.  Much of it quite tricky near the end.  But no calculus.

The quantitive stuff was always my weaker area.  The verbal was easy.  Perfect score on both the PSAT and SAT.  Did a bit worse on the quant.  There's a reason I became an attorney and not an engineer. (My dad, a physicist, was disappointed.)

170 That's when I learned them also. Of course I had a top notch Louisiana edumacation.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2013 03:17 PM (m2CN7)

God Bless Thibedeuax!

171 The president has other accomplishments — navigating out of the Great Recession was no minor feat


He's just trolling now.

172

universities have realized that race based AA is going to get thrown out sooner or later, so now they are basing admissions in part on class

 

like asking if you are from a single parent home and or low income

 

see, by that criteria, special snowflakes like the JEF could still get coddled

173 Next week they will be hawking Hillary and telling us "it's time, for no other reason than "it's time", Ugh. I hate that bitch. Many. Flaming. Nuclear. Explosions. Many.

174 >>>Genesis was one of the best bands ever, until Gabriel and Hackett left.

Hell, they were great quite awhile after that as well.  I'd say until 1983.  The self-titled album (the one with "Mama") is their last great one, and it's all downhill from there.

175 The quantitive stuff was always my weaker area. The verbal was easy. Perfect score on both the PSAT and SAT. Did a bit worse on the quant. There's a reason I became an attorney and not an engineer. (My dad, a physicist, was disappointed.)

Posted by: Jeff B. started listening to that fine fine music and his life was saved by rock and roll at October 29, 2013 03:18 PM (n/+FT)

I never did take the SAT.  ACT composite was a 28.  Which, coupled with a stern look and $1.50, gets you 1 cup of coffee.

176

(My dad, a physicist, was disappointed.)

 

 

You don't think the Bowie worship had anything to do with that?

177 Oreo Jesus is his own Father.

178 162 Genesis was one of the best bands ever, until Gabriel and Hackett left. Yep, all downhill after Hackett left following Wind & Wuthering. They had a great run though. My dream concert would have been to see them in the early 70s touring with Van der Graaf Generator. Holy fucking shit would that have been cool. But I was born too late, and only got to see Genesis with Phil Phucking Collins out front. Hackett's still touring his Genesis Revisited. I gotta catch them.

179 The footage of the gig is rumored to exist somewhere and is basically the Holy Grail for fans of the group.

Oh hell yeah! Fucking footage of Genesis AND Yoko Ono?!! Fuckin' A man, I'm going to put the word out on Myspace and see if any of my peeps can track this down.

180 146 Well, let's see. The Bastard Son of a Whore Mother who has EXTREME Daddy issues doesn't make a good President? Who knew?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 29, 2013 03:14 PM (32Ze2)

Perfect recipe for the little bottom he is.

181

LOL.... went to a Mensa Singles event in San Diego once....

Was SCARY.....

 

---

 

Was it like the "speed dating" event in 40 Year Old Virgin?

182 I suppose I would do it if I thought I could whip out my Mensa card and automatically win any argument, but I'm pretty sure anybody who whips out a Mensa card to win an argument gets an atomic wedgie from the smallest girl in the room.

183 Genesis is the Chris Angel of rock bands

184 I had an interview with Arthur Andersen after I got out of grad school.  He asked my what my SAT was.  I asked if he was serious, as I took it as a sophomore in high school, and had  a bachelors, masters, GMAT, GRE and LSAT to    look     at.  He said no, he was serious.  I told him that it was clear     that I could never work for     someone who was that anal, and ended the interview to his surprise.

185 weaselzippers h/t'd Ace good spread the fire http://tinyurl.com/mfo52lb

186 Damn, our emperor sure is looking, er, naked!  Who stole his lovely new clothes?

187 Perfect score on both the PSAT and SAT. Did a bit worse
on the quant. There's a reason I became an attorney and not an
engineer. (My dad, a physicist, was disappointed.)


Posted by: Jeff B. started listening to that fine fine music and his
life was saved by rock and roll at October 29, 2013 03:18 PM (n/+FT)

And we physicists teach first principles and quantitative problem solving so I understand.  "Anyone can look up an equation, but do you get the first principles!?"

188 Obama succeeded in becoming president because Americans confuse glibness with intelligence.

But I don't think he's even glib.  Away from the teleprompter he's got nothin'.  He didn't write his most famous book, he didn't do anything as the HLR "editor," he didn't do much of anything but fall into the company of the right Alinskites about him at the right time. He sure didn't learn anything as a Constitutional law adjunct. At most, I guess he's charismatic in person.  If I met him at a party and didn't know who he was and what he'd done, I guess I'd walk away thinking, "Well, I guess he's kind of a pleasant guy..."

I've honestly been thinking hard about his "accomplishments" and really all I can come up with is 1) he didn't fuck up the bin Laden raid, by dint of not being around to stop it 2) If you are pro-gay agenda, DADT was stopped.  But that of course is dubious.

Otherwise I got nothin,

He will be known as the man who could have done a great deal to effect racial healing and moving the economy forward.  He threw it away with both hands on petty Chicago tactics and his own narcissism.  This will have, in my humble opinion, eternal consequences for him.

189 >>>Oh hell yeah! Fucking footage of Genesis AND Yoko Ono?!! Fuckin' A man, I'm going to put the word out on Myspace and see if any of my peeps can track this down.

I'm assuming you knew what I meant to say, but to clarify: they didn't play WITH her, they were an undercard on a show where she was headlining.

Fun fact: another one of the undercards on that same show: a young David Bowie, slumming around for success after "Space Oddity" and not getting much of anywhere.

190 Phil Collins was singly the cause of the downfall of Western Civilization.

191

SAT is now broken into critical reading, writing and math

 

eldest thunder just got a perfect 800 on critical reading

 

yes, I am a asshole for telling, but just so proud

192 When did that happen. Like his pal FDR he has changed a recession into a depression with run-away unemployment and inflation. Posted by: Vic at October 29, 2013 02:53 PM (zZbNF) I gasped at that one myself. Then I remembered. In Washington DC, everything is going like gang busters.

193 General comment of the day: Every time I think we might win, someone at NRO makes me realize we probably won't. Oh well. You can't convince people who only want absolute evidence.

194 I heard Phish is playing The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in its entirety. That's whatmyDeadhead cousintells me, anyway. Sounds interesting, but I doubt they could top The Musical Box's performance of that piece, complete with the original stage scenery, props and costumes. Saw TMB play The Lamb a couple of years ago, and they killed. Posted by: BlueStateRebel who's life was saved by rock and roll at October 29, 2013 03:14 PM (7ObY1) What will be this Halloween's musical costume is the big question? Another thought I've seen is the Thriller album as its the 30th anniversary. Whatever they play, I can't friggin wait cause I'll be there!

195 Do you like Phil Collins?

196 I never did take the SAT. ACT composite was a 28. Which, coupled with a stern look and $1.50, gets you 1 cup of coffee.

Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 03:19 PM (x3YFz)

 

Now you really confirmed you're  a Louisiana boy .    At least you gave two reasons for me to think that.  

197 Anger and humiliation. They put their names, their reputations on the line, they went to bat for this again and again. They did everything they could. They believed. And this ObamaScare smoldering wreck amounts to a betrayal. That is going to be sinking through. I wonder if they will be able to muster the will to close ranks any longer in the face of this? As the Style Book often reminds us, Paul Krugman was a paid financial adviser ... to ENRON! Shame is not in the liberals DNA.

198 "Seven Days in May" keeps popping into my head

199

184I had an interview with Arthur Andersen after I got out of grad school. He asked my what my SAT was. I asked if he was serious, as I took it as a sophomore in high school, and had a bachelors, masters, GMAT, GRE and LSAT to look at. He said no, he was serious. I told him that it was clear that I could never work for someone who was that anal, and ended the interview to his surprise.

 

---

 

When was this interview?  80s? 90s?  2000 or 2001?

 

I ask because one of my college classmates had a guaranteed job from Andersen going into her senior year, having interned for them over the Summer.  Then Enron happened.

 

She still got picked up by Reliant, where she'd been doing her internship for Andersen, but it was a big example of how quickly the winds of change can get you.

200 yes, I am a asshole for telling, but just so proud

Posted by: thunderb at October 29, 2013 03:22 PM (zOTsN)

^5 you and your superior genes!

201 It amazes me thatsome of them even made it out of the birth canal. Posted by: Infidel at October 29, 2013 03:15 PM (O/fK The only way to get someone under 26 years old out anymore is having an abortion. Fortunately abortions are free under Obamacare.

202 Speaking of Phil Collins, I want this playing behind TruCon Cat: http://youtu.be/xLpfbcXTeo8

203 I always got distracted by boobehs and lost all academic interest at that point.

In fairness to me, they were very, very large ones.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 29, 2013 03:10 PM (/LeIm)

Ah, a familiar story. I was supposed to go to Devry university, took the entrance tests and passed. Right after that I ended up in a metal band at 18, started gigging, and discovered all the wonderful big haired leather clad metal chicks that were...eager. Yeah, I never did show up at devry. The boobs did me in.

204
I knew this douchebag graduate student who bragged that he would make a great, excellent, world-class scientist because he wrote long emails.

I still have a hate for that dude. Showed up to a football game wearing Jackie O sunglasses...such an idiot.

Had a pretty hot, crazy, wife though.

205 I would not classify Obama as a Boomer even though he was born in 1961. His mother was not from the WWII generation. She was born in 1942.

Posted by: rockmom at October 29, 2013 03:02 PM (Q4elb)

 

I was also born in 1961, a few months older than the President. I don't think the labels 'baby boomer' or 'generation X' or whatever really apply to our age group: too young to serve in Vietnam yet old enough to remember with horror things like leisure suits and disco. I also think these generational labels are misleading, although 'baby boomer' does actually describe a demographic/socioeconomic phenomenon; i.e., the baby boom of the post-WWII era.

206 Now you really confirmed you're a Louisiana boy . At least you gave two reasons for me to think that.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2013 03:23 PM (m2CN7)

Texas.  But close enough to speak Cajun

207 Did Oreo Jesus smoke so much weed as self-medication to overcome his gay-shame, or did being gay open other doors that led him to his heavy drug use?

208 The SAT has been significantly watered-down in the last 10 years.

209

When was this interview? 80s? 90s? 2000 or 2001?

-

Early 90s.  I never looked back, but    when Enron happened, I did laugh about it.  Forest meet trees kind of thing.

210 As far as Puppet mistress Val jarret's comments on Obama's boredom: "In general, the narcissists are very impatient, easily bored, with strong attention deficits while facing practical life situations.... They believe that, whatever goes wrong is always caused by external forces, of which, they believe to be a victim; means they often remain paranoid with their external circumstances." from the internet

211 195 Do you like Phil Collins?

Posted by: Pat Bateman at October 29, 2013 03:23 PM (9BzPJ)

As a moving target?  He'll do.  As a singer?  Whines too much.

212 I am starting to wonder if the Obama administration has actually read the ACA (to see what's in it). It would be just as easy for this administration to simply ignore such a complex piece of legislation and implement that regulations as it envisioned the law, rather than as it is actually written. After all, who would actually object, other than the right-wing republican nut-jobs? I am being told that not only did Obama clearly say that if you like your health care insurance, then you can keep it, but the law, embodied in the ACA, explicitly says the same thing. I have no idea how that can be interpreted into contradictory regulations. There are only two explanation: First, the writers of the regulation are ignoring the legislation and writing regs that fit their own world view. Second, Obama and his staff knowingly disregard and overrule written laws for their own purposes (as they do with gun-running, as they do with border control). I just can't see any intelligent person going with the second choice, given the political fallout that would ensue. No one is that incompetent, to knowingly shoot themselves in the head like that. Are they? Furthermore, Obama is totally out to lunch when it comes to getting involved in details. He is completely uninterested in knowing the real-world cause-and-effect relationships that come out of the regulation writing. I have said before that he is the laziest president we have ever seen. In either case, this law and its implementation have created a head wound that won't go away.

213 Yeah, I never did show up at devry. The boobs did me in.

You choose... well.

214 Navigating out of that La  Brea tar-pit was   no  minor feat, and also racist.

215

Posted by: thunderb at October 29, 2013 03:22 PM (zOTsN)

 

Any test that has that many people getting a perfect score on, is not a good test to determine how smart people are...

 

If the Test writers are not as good as the test takers... there are problems...

 

I once got a perfect score, on an IQ test... looked at the guy proctoring it, and suddenly understood that concept...

216 Texas. But close enough to speak Cajun Beaumont? Orange? Golden Triangle?

217

207Did Oreo Jesus smoke so much weed as self-medication to overcome his gay-shame, or did being gay open otherdoors that led him to his heavy drug use?

 

---

 

I'm guessing that the two are heavily related.  I have a feeling that he was smuggling dope out of Pakistan in his asshole in the early 80s.

218 143 Obama was born in 1961 and seems to fall more in the mold of the"If it feels good, fuck the future" attitude of the Baby Boomers thanuber-cynical Gen Xers. Posted by: Foul Harold at October 29, 2013 03:14 PM (m/WmK) ------------------ Ah. The Baby Boomers, the generation that voted for McCain and Romney, the generation that was NOT entranced with the Lightworker? Gen Xers, OTOH, those "cynical" sophisticates, fell for him like a ton of bricks.

219 Hrm.
http://is.gd/sR2Dqf

220 208 The SAT has been significantly watered-down in the last 10 years.

Posted by: brak at October 29, 2013 03:25 PM (NaTky)

Can't hurt anyone's feelings, after all.

Most tests have taken a digger. The tests to become an architect used to last four days, including a 12-hour design challenge you drew by hand. Now, it's all on the computer, you can take it piecemeal, and everybody passes, unless you are a complete dipshit.

Means those of us who actually did the work are completely devalued.

221

I told you I was an asshole

 

hey if Ace got h/t, do we have to clean up the language in the comments?

222

I knew what Obama and his cronies were from square one, and so did many others, but a whole bunch of suggestible people did not, because they were propagandized into thinking he was some thing else, and his programs were something other than what they really are.

 

I don't want to make the media look stupid - I want to get even.  I want retribution.  I want to see some bankruptcies and people shitcanned and living in cardboard boxes under bridges.  I want to see some big papers and networks go tits-up.

 

TOP GUN AIR BOSS:  "I want some... BUTTS!!"

223 221 I told you I was an asshole

hey if Ace got h/t, do we have to clean up the language in the comments?

Posted by: thunderb at October 29, 2013 03:27 PM (zOTsN)

fuckin' probably.

224 I'm guessing that the two are heavily related. I have a feeling that he was smuggling dope out of Pakistan in his asshole in the early 80s.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 29, 2013 03:27 PM (/Crba)

That'll loosen ya up for a future of public service.

225 Before the ACA, Sussudio was the most heinous thing inflected on the American people.

226 190 Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 29, 2013 03:22 PM (ujMoa)

I was gonna blame Huey Lewis...but "okay"...

227 Shame is not in the liberals DNA.

Posted by: toby928© dispenses the stereotypes in service to the point at October 29, 2013 03:23 PM (QupBk)

 

There is no need for shame if you can convince yourself that you were betrayed.

228 Well, let's see. The Bastard Son of a Whore Mother who has EXTREME Daddy issues doesn't make a good President? Who knew? Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 29, 2013 03:14 PM (32Ze2) You really don't belong in the Free State.

229 "Obama was the better candidate, but he had, by far, the better organization." This stuff from liberals in the media just pisses me off. He was not a better candidate than Mitt Romney. Romney had major, real world accomplishments, particularly in business and management. Obama had accomplished absolutely nothing, other than getting a couple of university degrees with the help of affirmative action. There's a reason that having the highest grade point average is no longer a requirement for being president of the Harvard Law Review. How dumb do you have to be to think that someone is "cerebral" based on the fact that he can read a speech that someone else wrote really well. These media people are even dumber than Obama.

230 Hey Heather, since you are here, I was thinking that we should lobby for a special quilting and gardening thread come Sunday....

231 MENSA people always strike me as resembling cult members who have been fed carbohydrate-only diets. They all have shark eyes. They blink and see, but they are so inwardly focused that the real world doesn't quite make it through. A MENSA acquaintance once showed up at a party wearing a t-shirt with a large bar code printed on it. I made the comment that I found interesting the fact that the bar code produced the same binary code left-to-right as right-to-left. He said, "That's the stupidest thing thing I ever heard anyone say." I later provided the hard data to him, and asked if he had any idea what might be the stupidest thing anyone had ever said to me. We never spoke after that. I suppose his ego was bruised. There is no shortage of ego where intelligent people are concerned. They often trip over it, because they are accustomed to being the smartest one in the room. The problem is, intellect rarely triumphs over experience, and ignorance is no respecter of intelligence.

232


hey if Ace got h/t, do we have to clean up the language in the comments?

Posted by: thunderb at October 29, 2013 03:27 PM (zOTsN)

Ever see the movie Jarhead?  Where the Marines are playing football in full MOP gear, and once they see the cameras, within 15 seconds they're stripped half-naked and dry humping each other?

That.

233 Texas. But close enough to speak Cajun

Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 03:25 PM (x3YFz)

 

Did Texas also just administer the ACT and not the SAT like Louisiana back in the late 70's early 80s?   I did not know that.     I assume Louisiana now does the SAT.   

 

 

234 Nood

235
The man is a fraud. Always was always will be. Worse is that even he has no clue what a total farce he is.

Posted by: Damiano at October 29, 2013 03:13 PM (j0wOO)

I think his whole life and persona are created and programmed, just so he could be in the position he's in while the actual president (Jarrett?) makes the decisions. But that sounds crazy, doesn't it?

236 218 Margarita DeVille at October 29, 2013 03:27 PM (dfYL9)

Not my experience, but I lack hard numbers...

my peer group mostly shrugged....

237 I always felt that the liberals would turn on Obama if it began to look like he was incompetent. Too much of a hit on their natural vanity.

238 Ever see the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus? A once in a lifetime jam with John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, and Yoko Fucking Ono wanders onstage, screeches for 15 minutes and ruins the whole thing. There's some violin dude on stage as part of the jam, and his looks at Ono are priceless. You can see in his face he's wondering who this no-talent byatch is and why she's on stage with some of the greats.

239 I was thinking that we should lobby for a special quilting and gardening thread come Sunday....

I'm down.

there's also an 'ette crafty forum on Ravelry, but it's kind of dead these days.

240 Did Texas also just administer the ACT and not the SAT like Louisiana back in the late 70's early 80s? I did not know that. I assume Louisiana now does the SAT.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2013 03:31 PM (m2CN7)

We had a choice: ACT or SAT and our "counselor" made the choice for us, loaded us on a bus and off we went to take it.  I believe I was hung over.

241

Did Texas also just administer the ACT and not the SAT like Louisiana back in the late 70's early 80s? I did not know that. I assume Louisiana now does the SAT.

 

---

 

Louisiana administers the SAT.  They just tend to prefer the ACT heavily when weighing admissions for the various state schools.

242 The problem is, intellect rarely triumphs over experience, and ignorance is no respecter of intelligence.

 

 

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 29, 2013 03:30 PM (aDwsi)

 

 

But the Educated idiot is also a danger...  the one who can spout fact, but really does not understand what it means...

 

And don't even get me started on credentialism.... especially in Education...

243 238Ever see the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus?

A once in a lifetime jam with John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, and Yoko Fucking Ono wanders onstage, screeches for 15 minutes and ruins the whole thing.

There's some violin dude on stage as part of the jam, and his looks at Ono are priceless. You can see in his face he's wondering who this no-talent byatch is and why she's on stage with some of the greats.  --- Well, at least we know who she was fucking.

244 Well, let's see. The Bastard Son of a Whore Mother who has EXTREME Daddy issues doesn't make a good President? Who knew? Posted by: Truck Monkey --------------------------------- Devoid of *any* real experience, a one paragraph resume as an agitator, and no real relationship to the American experience.

245 240 tangonine at October 29, 2013 03:32 PM (x3YFz)

a lot of us were....

I took the ACT.

246 I took the ACT.  I had forgotten about it until a classmate told me the night before the test at a kegger in the woods.  I don't even remember my score

247 Characteristics of Narcissist Personality, Disorder: Are there any of these Obama doesn't exhibit?: Believing that you're better than others Fantasizing about power, success and attractiveness Exaggerating your achievements or talents Expecting constant praise and admiration Believing that you're special and acting accordingly Failing to recognize other people's emotions and feelings Expecting others to go along with your ideas and plans Taking advantage of others Expressing disdain for those you feel are inferior Being jealous of others Believing that others are jealous of you Trouble keeping healthy relationships (Well, we don't know about this one) Setting unrealistic goals Being easily hurt and rejected Having a fragile self-esteem Appearing as tough-minded or unemotional

248 There is no shortage of ego where intelligent people are concerned. They often trip over it, because they are accustomed to being the smartest one in the room. The problem is, intellect rarely triumphs over experience, and ignorance is no respecter of intelligence.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 29, 2013 03:30 PM (aDwsi)

I have a family full of them. Most haven't a lick of common sense. I really don't care if they are studying arcane linguistics in elementary school, or doing string theory in middle school. If they can't remember to flush the toilet when they are done using it, or bathe, or brush their teeth, then they don't deserve to flourish in society.

And they don't. One kid has a doctorate and is living with his equally useless Mensa parents. My sister hasn't washed her frizzy, blond to gray disgusting mat of hair in 10 years, let alone cut it. Her husband refuses to wear shoes, anywhere, which means this summer he walked barefoot through goose shit and then came home and walked all around my parents' house without washing.

Hippies are cleaner and more capable than these Mensa fools.

249
They all wanted to have sex with him, especially the men. It's that simple.

Now they are all disappointed to discover his white half.

Posted by: toby928© dispenses the stereotypes in service to the point at October 29, 2013 03:01 PM (QupBk)

Below the waist, right?

Yeah, I denounce myself.

250 188 ---"....He will be known as the man who could have done a great deal to effect racial healing and moving the economy forward. He threw it away with both hands on petty Chicago tactics and his own narcissism." Posted by: Filly at October 29, 2013 03:21 PM (gr/p1) --------------------------- He really COULD have done a lot to bring races together. I could forgive him a whole lot of things if he had done that. But no. He not only threw the opportunity away but ratcheted up racial animosity for the sake of raw power.

251 243 Zombie John Lennon at October 29, 2013 03:34 PM (/Crba)

She was fucking everyone in the audience bud....EVERYONE in the audience.

252 But the Educated idiot is also a danger... the one who can spout fact, but really does not understand what it means... -------------------- No need to get personal...

253 Alright, fine then. I give in, I'll admit it, you're right: I'm a fucking super-genius. Won't fight you any further on the question of acknowledging my intellectual awesomeness. Posted by: Jeff B. started listening to that fine fine music and his life was saved by rock and roll at October 29, 2013 03:01 PM (n/+FT) Every time I think about a "super genius" Robert McNamara" the "Wunderkind" comes to mind.

254
i don't think he micromanages either. He barely manages, period, never mind "micro."

I expect that heÂ’s a helicopter micromanager. Completely unavailable when needed to make big decisions, then helicopters in at the worst possible time to offer inane directives on the little ones.

Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at October 29, 2013 03:01 PM (QF8uk)

Nah, more like a seagull micromanager.

Flies in, shits all over everything, flies out again.

255 Tangonine, are you, by any chance, from the Golden Triangle?

256 147 I just checked, I can join Mensa based on past test results. I suppose I would do it if I thought I could whip out my Mensa card and automatically win any argument, but I'm pretty sure anybody who whips out a Mensa card to win an argument would be an insufferable douche. So I shall remain cardless.

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 29, 2013 03:14 PM (ZshNr)

I could join also.

Since we were both military linguists, we have seen enough insufferable douchebaggery in our time. Pass.

257

Fen you have cracked the code

 

how is your neighbor Sue?

258

Since we were both military linguists, we have seen enough insufferable douchebaggery in our time. Pass.

 

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Are y'all cunning linguists?

259 Flies in, shits all over everything, flies out again.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 29, 2013 03:36 PM (TIIx5)

You forgot the part where they make off with all the french fries first.

260

In a word, Barry is Lazy!

L A Z Y

Lazy.

 

261 You really don't belong in the Free State.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 29, 2013 03:30 PM (l3vZN)

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I came from MN.  I don't think I could go back there either.

262

The proudest I've ever been regard to test taking was passing the Louisiana Real Estate test on the first try when I was 20 years old (trying to pad my college resume) .   Average was three tries before passing.  It was a combo of Common Law and Napoleonic property law.   It was also multiple choice of the A,B,C,D type with the added selection of A and C or  B and D or none of the above. 

 

I learned that other states had tests  that fifth graders could pass and my license meant nothing  as an accomplishment  outside of Louisiana. 

263 This is the narrative about Obama I hear all the time now from my leftist relatives forced to deal with his failure. It's never that he's the radical, Alinsky apostle dedicated to crashing the system. It's that he's an attenuated and timorous "Neville Chamberlain," too cautious, too beholden to evil fat rich white men. These people simply cannot face who he is because that would mean facing the truth and failure of of radicalism. Posted by: rrpjr at October 29, 2013 03:02 PM (hd0NC) It would mean that they would have to admit to being IDIOTS. People simply cannot stomach the thought of having been so badly, so humiliatingly wrong.

264 JeffB is a regular Will Hunting James Bond only better. 

265
Flies in, shits all over everything, flies out again.


Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 29, 2013 03:36 PM (TIIx5)

You forgot the part where they make off with all the french fries first.

Posted by: tcn at October 29, 2013 03:37 PM (3kDQa)

Heh.

Not to mention pulling out half the trash in the dumpster and flinging it about while going for the fries.

266 Okay.  I'm back.  Now, where were we?

267 ace, check out Cohen's piece about Bubba's pardons on leaving office. I apologize for not providing a link. That article is typical of Cohen's crap. He likes to bitch about things as long as no trouble comes his way. The best part of the Bubba piece is Cohen's complaint that the pardons made Cohen look stupid. No, dude, Bubba had nothing to do with that.

268 And we physicists teach first principles and quantitative problem solving so I understand. "Anyone can look up an equation, but do you get the first principles!?" Posted by: tangonine at October 29, 2013 03:21 PM (x3YFz) One of my long running arguments against lawyers is that too much of Judicial law is based on precedent instead of first principles. When a precedent gets it wrong, all the subsequent squadrons of benches fly into the ground too. And this is where I point out that the Wong Kim Ark court is the same court which had previously ruled on Plessy v Ferguson. The Benches have been flying into the ground on that one ever since.

269 >>There is no shortage of ego where intelligent people are concerned. They often trip over it, because they are accustomed to being the smartest one in the room. The problem is, intellect rarely triumphs over experience, and ignorance is no respecter of intelligence.

I don't think Obama is really that smart (all of his ideas are decades old and he has no ability to learn from mistakes or new information). It's just that he's been told he's the smartest, bestest, most special snowflake all his life and so he believes it. It helps that people like Jarrett have latched on to him because of his Chauncey Gardner-like skill at saying such vague things that everyone thinks he agrees with him, and he's got the whole "compelling life story" stuff that makes people feel good about supporting him. She's likely protected him from people who might reveal his true shallow, unintelligent self.

270 Posted by: thunderb at October 29, 2013 03:37 PM (zOTsN) Thanks very much for asking. She's actually a neighbor of a woman in the church I serve. She had a stroke-bleeding in her brain stem. Can't talk or open her eyes and they're waiting too see if medicine and healing mechanisms in the body can dissolve the clot. What a very difficult situation. The congregation member who got the call for help said it took the EMS-which was a local volunteer one 15 minutes to show up and the police that re came were 7 minutes away didn't come until after the EMS got there.

271 I am actually having a thoughtful Obamacare discussion on FB.  I am in a state of shock.  No feces flinging or howling monkey jawing going on.  Let's see how long it lasts.

272 Lizzy - My comment only applied to MENSA folk, as a generality. As with all generalities it is not true in every case. At any rate I was not commenting on Obama. Aside from Jarrett and those who are star-struck, and the throne-sniffers I do not believe many thoughtful people regard Obama as particularly bright. He is certainly a swamp of ignorance, however bright he may or may not be.

273
Are y'all cunning linguists?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at October 29, 2013 03:37 PM (/Crba)

Sorry, honey. I like my humans three-legged. And even if I didn't...pass. You're too ugly.

274 >> My comment only applied to MENSA folk, as a generality. As with all generalities it is not true in every case.

Oops! I agree with you though - my BIL is wicked smart (and not a jerk about it) but can have some serious lapses in common sense.

275 OK, 15:00, Jose Cuervo ACTIVATE! Gimmie a break it's my afternoon off...

276

218   Ah.    The    Baby    Boomers,    the    generation    that    voted    for    McCain    and    Romney,    the    generation    that    was    NOT    entranced    with    the    Lightworker?   Gen Xers,    OTOH,    those    "cynical"    sophisticates,    fell    for    him    like    a    ton    of    bricks.

 

 

I   think   you   have   your  generations   confused.    It   was   the   Millenials,   the   GenYers   who   voted   overwhelmingly   for   Obama.   The   spread   between   the   Boomers   and  GenX   was   only  about   5  points.   In   any  event,   I   was   referring   more   to   the   general   characteristics   which   defined   each   generation,   specifically   the   hardcore   leftist   activism   of   young   Boomers   and   Obama's   role   in   continuation   of   such.    GenX    has   no   such   history.

277 SCOAMF is a boomer. The last boomers were born around 66-67. Then we cynics of the cycle Gen X.

278 Another person probably not in MENSA: "Valerie Jarrett: Obamacare doesnÂ’t force you off your plan; your insurance company does, by complying with Obamacare!" Headline at "HotAir"

279 I just realized  something about the journo who praised O's pants crease: he must be a racist; he couldn't find *anything* of substance to compliment O about? He literally couldn't think of anything *else* to compliment him on? He resorted to praising his clothing... sounds like a back-handed compliment to me.

280 Let's be real. He was elected because he is half Black, seemed smart (with a lot of PR), was presentable and had nothing in his background bad enough that the Media couldn't spin it away.

He's an Affirmative Action Hire.

The Democrat/Liberals know that. It's why any criticism is met with cries of "Racist" or "Racism".

Since he was elected because of his color it seems logical that people no don't like him because of his  color.

It's all he's ever had going for him. (other than a lucky streak that has the Universe coming unbalanced)

281 Oh. Pet Peeve:

People who claim someone born in the '60's is a Boomer.

BZZZZZZZ WRONG!!!

I know a lot of liberal wonks out there like to say this but the term "Baby Boomer" refers to the off spring that were birthed immediately after those who went to war came back home and started ckufing their brains out.

Tops it applies to someone born no later than 52-56 (to allow for those that went to college before having a family)

So enough with the '60's babies being boomers.

And take a look at any birth graph and you'll see that births start declining back to normal levels about that time also.

282 It' kinda kewt that the WAPO goof thinks that, economically-speaking, Obama restored the status quo.

283 I had to fcuking swim..., my scavenged cigarette butts got wet, and all I had a was a sixpence..., which I had to carry in my cheek. Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 29, 2013 03:16 PM (aDwsi) Luxury. I had to seek out used pipe tobacco and roll it in wet toilet tissue. All I had was a tuppence and I had to hold it in between my ass cheeks.

284 Cohen's a reliable liberal but then from time to time goes off the reservation. Most memorably in December of 2000 where he called for Gore to drop the bid for the Presidency for solidarity reasons. Of course Gore didn't take Cohen's advice.

285 Sad thing is that Richard Cohen is considered a reactionary by most of the mainstream "progressives."  No deviation from approved thought patterns is allowed.

286 When 90 million people -- about 20-25% of the entire population of the U.S., and about 75% of the population of the country in 1932 -- can't find work, you're not out of any recession, Choom Boy.  You've kept us in a steadily worsening GreatER Depression.