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October 01, 2013

Top 8 Most Passive-Aggressive Pathetic-Cloying Government Tweets About the Shutdown
— Ace

What? I thought you were trying to get persuade me to give up on my political aspirations due to the sidelining of the First Lady's Twitter Intern, but you couldn't have possibly have meant that. Because that would be insane.

Oh, and then this Democrat yelled some.

Oh, and Jonah Goldberg addresses the TNR beclowning.

Posted by: Ace at 01:40 PM | Comments (195)
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1 Don't shut me out Barry!

Posted by: Reggie Love at October 01, 2013 01:41 PM (/1ATA)

2 Great.

Posted by: NCKate at October 01, 2013 01:42 PM (Rs+1o)

3 That's supposed to make Conservatives want to cave?

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 01, 2013 01:42 PM (bc6Q/)

4 ahahhahahahahah......ahhh...hahahahahahahahah whatever, bitch

Posted by: kjb at October 01, 2013 01:42 PM (31Pr8)

5 Yeah, please STFU forever, remove the picture as well...Rick James

Posted by: The Jackhole at October 01, 2013 01:42 PM (nTgAI)

6 That B*tch!

Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at October 01, 2013 01:42 PM (W2qJe)

7 Do we pay extra for FLOTUS to tweet?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 01, 2013 01:42 PM (wrS2o)

8 DILLIGAF

Posted by: JEM at October 01, 2013 01:43 PM (o+SC1)

9 Damn. Almost made it. I should have just typed First. :-P

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 01, 2013 01:43 PM (bc6Q/)

10 This is a 'WIN', right?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 01, 2013 01:43 PM (EGPJQ)

11 i like the 3 s' at the end of "Congress's" too. Great grammer

Posted by: kjb at October 01, 2013 01:43 PM (31Pr8)

KKK rally in Gettysburg, PA cancelled due to government shutdown.

BreitBart.

http://tinyurl.com/lunfskf

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 01:44 PM (KRpfP)

13 My kid was doing his AP homework but couldn't do the online portion because the site is down because of the shutdown.

Posted by: NCKate at October 01, 2013 01:44 PM (Rs+1o)

14 "FLOTUS" gets paid to post. Apparently. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 01, 2013 01:44 PM (bc6Q/)

15 Without fresh tweets from The Mooch, I don't think I will be able to bear the agony.

Civilization has collapsed. I'm cutting my hair into a mohawk as I type.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 01, 2013 01:44 PM (wNF3N)

16 10. Correction: She is saying "Look at me. I am FLOTUS. Feel me roar. Screw you serfs!"

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 01, 2013 01:45 PM (EGPJQ)

17 As I asked in an earlier thread, are we footing the bill for FLOTUS's words of wisdom and inspiration at a per letter rate? And are we to understand that shutdownocalypse prevents her (or her toady) from typing? Shutdownocalypse. What can't it do.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at October 01, 2013 01:45 PM (r+7wo)

18 And now tiny print.

Posted by: NCKate at October 01, 2013 01:45 PM (Rs+1o)

19 In before a CAC post at 5:41 PM.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at October 01, 2013 01:45 PM (eHIJJ)

20 The government: The only place where it takes money to use a "free" service.

Posted by: Jollyroger at October 01, 2013 01:45 PM (t06LC)

21 I was going to make a comment about FLOTUS funding her Twitter operation by taking contributions toward updating her pic with one of Ted Cruz' spunk on her face, but I suppose that would be disrespectful to Sen Cruz.

Posted by: JEM at October 01, 2013 01:46 PM (o+SC1)

22 POTUS's speeches will also get #shutdown, right? A lass can hope.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at October 01, 2013 01:46 PM (r+7wo)

23 No FLOTUS tweets? The horror! The horror!

Posted by: Throat Wobbler Mangrove at October 01, 2013 01:47 PM (kI8sg)

24 You simply have to be kidding- this woman graduated from high school? College even? And still types an apostrophe "s" after the word "Congress" for a possessive? I bet a dozen donuts that some brain-dead mouthbreathing 23 year old "wrotes that up four herr" and is probably all proud of it.

Posted by: Typical LIV at October 01, 2013 01:47 PM (/gG0i)

25 No one told me a) Twitter and b) FLOTUS would be shut down.

More please. This is all trending more positive every moment.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at October 01, 2013 01:47 PM (eHIJJ)

26 How about her platoon of "assistants" that she has? They get the week off too?

Posted by: B at October 01, 2013 01:47 PM (6iEQd)

27 I may be overly cynical regarding politics, but I seriously doubt Michelle is putting out her profound thoughts on life, politics and gardening on Twitter. Some aide is getting paid to do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 01:47 PM (a4Omg)

28 Passive-aggression is the hallmark of the Obama era.

Posted by: AmishDude at October 01, 2013 01:48 PM (T0NGe)

29 You know who really loves FLOTUS's Twitter Intern? Obama, that's who. He really loves him.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 01, 2013 01:48 PM (bc6Q/)

30 Gah. Bad sock.

Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 01, 2013 01:48 PM (/gG0i)

31 Thousands of serfs will die of dehydration because there's no one there to tell them to drink water.

Posted by: B at October 01, 2013 01:48 PM (6iEQd)

32 That's a "feature", not a bug, Michelle......

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at October 01, 2013 01:49 PM (PZ6/M)

Civilization has collapsed. I'm cutting my hair into a mohawk as I type.

Great idea! Where can I get some XXL assless chaps?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2013 01:49 PM (BAS5M)

34 @26 - okay, as good conservatives we'll all kick in $5 to fund the salary of the 23-year-old mouthbreather if said individual replaces the FLOTUS pick with one of him/her with Ted Cruz' spunk on his/her face. Oh wait, I wasn't going to say that. Consider it retracted.

Posted by: JEM at October 01, 2013 01:49 PM (o+SC1)

Hey Moo -

Welcome to Funemployment! Biat#h!

Posted by: Sam at October 01, 2013 01:49 PM (W2qJe)

36 Is it thunderdome outside yet?

Posted by: Jollyroger at October 01, 2013 01:49 PM (t06LC)

37 Oh, and then this Democrat yelled some. I thought Sam Kinison died in a car wreck some years ago.

Posted by: Bill H at October 01, 2013 01:50 PM (3sZO1)

38 What in the hell?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 01:50 PM (KRpfP)

39 "34 Thousands of serfs will die of dehydration because there's no one there to tell them to drink water. Posted by: B at October 01, 2013 05:48 PM (6iEQd) " 'Drink water or die!' ('Pearls before swine.')

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 01, 2013 01:50 PM (bc6Q/)

40 Finally a break. Did you know they even had me spelling out "Zzzz" when Valerie's puppet slept?

Posted by: TOTUS at October 01, 2013 01:50 PM (eHIJJ)

41 Shutdown doesn't bother me. I'm lining up Cuervo shots in the back of a shithole bar.

Posted by: Smokey the Bear at October 01, 2013 01:51 PM (4cA7G)

42 If the president's wife is truly so busy that we have to pay someone to write 140 characters for her every so often, ther is something big wrong with our government

Posted by: Maybee at October 01, 2013 01:51 PM (nm72U)

43 @36 - we just had the Folsom Street Fair out here. My guess is that there's a dozen South of Market shops with leftover inventory.

Posted by: JEM at October 01, 2013 01:51 PM (o+SC1)

44 Whatever you do, don't manhandle that guy's semi-flaccid penis. Mad congressman is mad.

Posted by: jakeman at October 01, 2013 01:51 PM (vH4YP)

45 @repjustinamash

Reports say Pres Obama has vowed to veto today's bill to provide funding for veterans benefits. He won't compromise--even to help veterans.

But You Guys, Cruz is icky!

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 01, 2013 01:51 PM (ligos)

46 Vegetables hardest hit.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 01, 2013 01:52 PM (0HooB)

47 "38 And right on cue, some government worker is on my t.v. complaining about the shutdown and talking about how he might not be able to make his mortgage payment. You mean like the other countless American's who during the tenure of this administration has been without a job? Of course, no one in the media thinks to ask this dolt if we should delay Obamacare for a year so he can get his sweet, sweet government check. Cause that is like real journolism or something. Gawd I hate these people. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at October 01, 2013 05:49 PM (OWjjx) " Altruism.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 01, 2013 01:52 PM (bc6Q/)

48 Because of the government shutdown, Presidential speeches will be limited to one page. #totusonleave

Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2013 01:52 PM (m2CN7)

49 How will I survive without her telling me when to drink water and when to move. Oh the humanity

Posted by: Ma Bell at October 01, 2013 01:52 PM (RLdcX)

50 The government thinks I should spend 10% of income on healthcare. I think they should make do with 10% less revenue. Would be nice if I had some representin'.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 01, 2013 01:52 PM (U2UQk)

Was inflated scrotum guy there? He needs to sequester that shit.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2013 01:52 PM (BAS5M)

52 @38 - and my response? "You go guy! Get out of your house, I could use a rental property!"

Posted by: JEM at October 01, 2013 01:52 PM (o+SC1)

53 That compatibility view is an mfer.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 01:52 PM (KRpfP)

54 LIV's will be dying from dehydration!Wait,that's a positive.

Posted by: steevy at October 01, 2013 01:52 PM (9XBK2)

55 I see Jeantel has found gainful unemployment.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 01, 2013 01:53 PM (EGPJQ)

56 I don't give a shit if the First Fatass is tweeting or not, but does the shutdown mean my tv will finally be free of her ugly scowel?

Posted by: mugiwara at October 01, 2013 01:53 PM (hpYnL)

57 The government: The only place where it takes money to use a "free" service.

Posted by: Jollyroger at October 01, 2013 05:45 PM (t06LC)

This is a winner ^

Posted by: The Jackhole at October 01, 2013 01:53 PM (nTgAI)

58 Got a new error at the MD xchnage:

Third-party server not responding.

The resource you have requested is located on a third-party server. Server has attempted to send your request to that server, but it is not responding.
Explanation

This could be due to the third-party server being offline, or to network problems making it unreachable.
Solution

Retry your request later, or contact the system administrator for assistance.

Posted by: Serious Cat at October 01, 2013 01:53 PM (UypUQ)

59 You feed vegetables to animals to fatten them up enough for you to eat them.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 01:54 PM (KRpfP)

60 @52 - I believe the teleprompter's being repossessed, in which case all future POTUS appearances will be accompanied by a recorded podcast.

Posted by: JEM at October 01, 2013 01:54 PM (o+SC1)

61 No tweets from @Flotus? Truly, a societal apocalypse we're facing.

Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2013 01:54 PM (FcR7P)

62 I seem to recall this white-haired stooge standing behind Pelousy when National Death Care was passed, laughing his ass off. In other words, go fuck yourself, asshole.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 01:54 PM (WjLUf)

63 Well at least we won't have to put up with Sasquatch telling us to eat peas.

F'n GO SHUTDOWN!

Posted by: tangonine at October 01, 2013 01:54 PM (x3YFz)

64
It is a win. But seriously, her time is FREE. It costs nothing, zero, nada to post a tweet. Or does she think the internet gets shutdown? dumbass.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 01, 2013 01:54 PM (sj9LN)

65 "44 Finally a break. Did you know they even had me spelling out "Zzzz" when Valerie's puppet slept? Posted by: TOTUS at October 01, 2013 05:50 PM (eHIJJ) " Don't Moslems make a different sound while they sleep?

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 01, 2013 01:54 PM (bc6Q/)

66 Exactly, as I said earlier today, here is what she is saying: "I don't care about the causes I advocate for unless I am being paid with federal funds in my official capacity as First Lady to promote them." Man, I'd love to be paid to tweet reminders to "Drink Your Water". I think she's saying she won't be able to tweet because her 26 person staff is reduced to 23 essential personnel. The formerly twitter-only person has to double-duty as Michelle's personal flattery delivery instrument.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 01:55 PM (yETln)

67 41 Oh, and then this Democrat yelled some. I thought Sam Kinison died in a car wreck some years ago. --- I'm glad I died years ago! If I were alive today, they'd be trying to hang me from a f*cking yard-arm! I HATE political correctness! AH! AH! AHHHHHHHH!

Posted by: Zombie Sam Kinnison at October 01, 2013 01:55 PM (/Crba)

68 13 KKK rally in Gettysburg, PA cancelled due to government shutdown. BreitBart. http://tinyurl.com/lunfskf Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 05:44 PM (KRpfP) More raw truth in that headline than you know!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 01:55 PM (WjLUf)

69 Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 01, 2013 05:52 PM (0HooB)

What did I ever do to you?

Posted by: Terri Schiavo at October 01, 2013 01:55 PM (/kU/5)

70 This could be due to the third-party server being offline, or to network problems making it unreachable. To be fair, it's night-time in India.

Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2013 01:55 PM (FcR7P)

71 If the shutdown means that the gummint can't subsidize Obamaphones, it's a win.

Posted by: JEM at October 01, 2013 01:56 PM (o+SC1)

72 Bacon frenzy!

F the sasquatch!

Eat what you want while you can!

Posted by: tangonine at October 01, 2013 01:56 PM (x3YFz)

73 I like to think of Jay Carney having to send out tweets for Michelle. LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 01:56 PM (a4Omg)

74 70 Don't Moslems make a different sound while they sleep? Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 01, 2013 05:54 PM (bc6Q/) "It's the most beautiful sound in the world..." (farts)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 01:56 PM (WjLUf)

@73

Obama had a meltdown?

Posted by: Jollyroger at October 01, 2013 01:56 PM (t06LC)

76 Russia charged the Greenpeace terrorists with .. piracy. 15 years if convicted. I bet they expected a nice terrorism vacation where they get to invade a Russian oil rig, get on TV a bit, maybe spend a few hours in custody, and then go home as heroes. Not working out as expected I bet for the eco-terrorists.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 01, 2013 01:56 PM (ZPrif)

You mean like the other countless American's who during the tenure of this administration has been without a job?

*Does Forrest Gump wave*

5 years of Funemployment and counting...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 01, 2013 01:56 PM (0HooB)

78 63 Got a new error at the MD xchnage: Third-party server not responding. --- Interesting... what "third-party" is getting that Maryland insurance data?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 01, 2013 01:56 PM (/Crba)

79 I b-bet the stock market crashed because of you wingnuts!

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at October 01, 2013 01:56 PM (xkHQb)

80 "58 LIV's will be dying from dehydration!Wait,that's a positive. Posted by: steevy at October 01, 2013 05:52 PM (9XBK2) " There's an Obama Fo app for that. :-P

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 01, 2013 01:56 PM (bc6Q/)

81 Obama melted down at the Press Conf? In what way?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 01:57 PM (a4Omg)

82 28 How about her platoon of "assistants" that she has? They get the week off too? Posted by: B at October 01, 2013 05:47 PM (6iEQd) (a) I don't think she knows how to work Twitter. (b) The tweets are written by a government employee and they are not permitted to "work". Even on their own time. (c) I think she isn't allowed to tweet on her own. She's had problems with going off-script.

Posted by: AmishDude at October 01, 2013 01:57 PM (T0NGe)

83 Michelle's personal flattery delivery instrument.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 05:55 PM (yETln)

Sort of like a fluffer...only much less dignified.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 01:57 PM (/kU/5)

84 Top 8 Most Passive-Aggressive Pathetic-Cloying Government Tweets About the Shutdown But because of the shutdown, you can only give us one?

Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2013 01:57 PM (FcR7P)

85 Interesting... what "third-party" is getting that Maryland insurance data?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 01, 2013 05:56 PM (/Crba)

My guess is the Feds. The page I was trying to submit had my SSN and address.

Posted by: Serious Cat at October 01, 2013 01:57 PM (UypUQ)

86 Interesting... what "third-party" is getting that Maryland insurance data? A Nigerian prince.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 01, 2013 01:58 PM (lwkv9)

87 I have been listening to the mewling idiots report throughout the day how the Republicans have made a mistake and have even in some asinine way helped the Magic O and his band of communists. Hogwash. Keep the fucking doors locked until a budget is knocked out. Not a CR, but the actual budget that was due today for this fiscal year. No more spending out of a slush fund of 4 trillion dollars. Fuck, they are behaving like spoiled teenagers spending their allowance.

That is all. I shall retreat to this corner and be quiet now.

Posted by: Taiwan_Joe at October 01, 2013 01:58 PM (aKhUT)

88 If the president's wife is truly so busy that we have to pay someone to write 140 characters for her every so often, there is something big wrong with our government Absolutely. Read her timeline. It's filled with, "We had a great time doing X, thank you group Y for being such generous hosts." tweets. A reasonably intelligent otter could be her twitter intern.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 01:58 PM (yETln)

89 I just read that Putin has charged a bunch of Greenpeace zealots with piracy for attacking his oil platform and is threatening them with 15 years in a Russian jail. I hope the shutdown causes them to be his "guests" indefinitely!

Posted by: Jmel at October 01, 2013 01:58 PM (cfFqn)

90 23 POTUS's speeches will also get #shutdown, right?

A lass can hope.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at October 01, 2013 05:46 PM (r+7wo)

Nope. He'll be serving whine in the Rose Garden until the shutdown ends.

Posted by: Peregrine Took says what shutdown? at October 01, 2013 01:58 PM (42ZAm)

91 "63 Got a new error at the MD xchnage: Third-party server not responding. The resource you have requested is located on a third-party server. Server has attempted to send your request to that server, but it is not responding. Explanation This could be due to the third-party server being offline, or to network problems making it unreachable. Solution Retry your request later, or contact the system administrator for assistance. Posted by: Serious Cat at October 01, 2013 05:53 PM (UypUQ) " That third-party server? Dick Cheney's cock.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 01, 2013 01:59 PM (bc6Q/)

Hah. Coordinated messaging. ALL of the tweets or webpages that start with the "Due to Congress's (sic) failure . . . use the ungrammatical additional "s" after the apostrophe. ALL OF THEM.

Top. Men.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2013 01:59 PM (BAS5M)

93 82 Russia charged the Greenpeace terrorists with .. piracy. 15 years if convicted. I bet they expected a nice terrorism vacation where they get to invade a Russian oil rig, get on TV a bit, maybe spend a few hours in custody, and then go home as heroes. Not working out as expected I bet for the eco-terrorists. --- I'm not sure what would be more dangerous for them... being on the boat that the French commandos blew up or being in a real Russian prison. Be sure to call out the biggest Vor you see when you arrive, greenies!

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 01, 2013 01:59 PM (/Crba)

94 Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2013 05:57 PM (FcR7P) LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 02:00 PM (a4Omg)

95 94 Posted by: Taiwan_Joe at October 01, 2013 05:58 PM (aKhUT) Yup. The on-again-off-again Krauthammer was way off... again.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:00 PM (WjLUf)

96 The same people that designed the AAA East Central website must have designed the 404care sites.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at October 01, 2013 02:00 PM (r+7wo)

97 That rant was predictable, yet vaguely amusing. The man honestly confuses "the country"/"America" with "the government," but then, that's an easy mistake to make if you're a leftist.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 01, 2013 02:00 PM (dfYL9)

98 "66 No tweets from @Flotus? Truly, a societal apocalypse we're facing. Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2013 05:54 PM (FcR7P) " This is how the LIV apocalypse starts. :-P Later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 01, 2013 02:01 PM (bc6Q/)

99 A reasonably intelligent otter could be her twitter intern.

Had to turn it down, I hate dogs. Especially water dogs, they'll swim after you for miles.

Posted by: Reasonably Intelligent Otter, Jr. at October 01, 2013 02:01 PM (YEelc)

100 If ever there was a server where I would welcome Stuxnet, it would be at HHS and IRS.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:01 PM (WjLUf)

101 Eleanor Holmes Norton melting down on the floor! Forced to vote for House's funding for local D.C. district.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 02:01 PM (DmNpO)

102 I still think that national journal piece by fournier rates a few stars for pathetic lies and scare tactics. It's insane.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 01, 2013 02:02 PM (IXrOn)

103 Also, still think the Metropolitan Division is a retarded name for an NHL division.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 01, 2013 02:02 PM (ZPrif)

104 Okay, say we finally get Moochelle Antoinette to shut up. Now, can we stitch JEF's lips shut?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 01, 2013 02:02 PM (IXrOn)

105 108 Eleanor Holmes Norton melting down on the floor! Forced to vote for House's funding for local D.C. district. --- Isn't her vote irrelevant, as she is a "shadow representative" who can't vote?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 01, 2013 02:03 PM (/Crba)

106 Shouty McShouterson looks like a slightly more sober Ted Kennedy. Oooooh. Fairness. Whatever.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at October 01, 2013 02:03 PM (r+7wo)

107

Hey, Flap, long time, no see.

And yes, this shutdown is already affecting the economy. It's up.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 01, 2013 02:03 PM (0HooB)

108 So, wait - Nancy Pelosi said we had cut the budget to the bone. We couldn't even to afford to cut the First Lady's tweets?

Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2013 02:03 PM (W6bkf)

109 Eleanor Holmes Norton melting down on the floor! Forced to vote for House's funding for local D.C. district. No! Not water you fool! I'm melting! Melting!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 01, 2013 02:03 PM (lwkv9)

110 Got 99 problems and a BIATCH aint one.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 02:03 PM (KRpfP)

111 Isn't her vote irrelevant, as she is a "shadow representative" who can't vote? *** Hell if I know, but she's making an impassioned argument and isn't limiting it to the Republicans.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 02:03 PM (DmNpO)

112 108 Eleanor Holmes Norton melting down on the floor! Forced to vote for House's funding for local D.C. district. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 06:01 PM (DmNpO) Une autre pute-salope. Baise en cul avec ananas longeur.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:03 PM (WjLUf)

113 No FLOTUS tweets? Seems like a positive things to moi.

Everything's coming up roses....

Posted by: shibumi at October 01, 2013 02:04 PM (25HWz)

114 Their delusions appears to be communicable:

"Libs See Tea Party, Koch Brothers Conspiracy In Obamacare Website GlitchesÂ…"

@PaulPimentel
Teabaggers lanched Denial of Service attack to deny uninsured Americans access to info about hc options. #treason

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 01, 2013 02:04 PM (ligos)

115 Twitter runs on love from the government.

*tear runs down cheek, like on an Italian redskin savage*

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 02:04 PM (Hx2XA)

116 Obama admin. knew about WWII veteransÂ’ request and rejected it The White House and the Department of the Interior rejected a request from Rep. Steven PalazzoÂ’s office to have World War II veterans visit the World War II memorial in Washington, the Mississippi Republican told The Daily Caller Tuesday. Â“We got the heads up that they will be barricaded and specifically asked for an exception for these heroes,Â” Palazzo told TheDC. Â“We were denied and told, Â‘ItÂ’s a government shutdown, what do you expect?Â’ when we contacted the liaison for the White House.Â” Palazzo, a Gulf War Marine veteran who has participated in all five of the Honor Flights, blames the White House for making it harder on veterans and playing politics. Â“At first I thought it was a huge bureaucratic oversight,Â” Palazzo told The Daily Caller, Â“but having talked with the officials I canÂ’t help but think this was politically motivated. Honor Flights, which bring WWII veterans to the nationÂ’s memorials, are planned a year in advance and cost anywhere between $80,000 to $100,000. How low can you get with playing politics over our nationÂ’s veterans?Â” In a statement, Palazzo noted that he is introducing legislation to ensure that all Honor Flights are granted access this week. Â“This is an open-air memorial that the public has 24/7 access to under normal circumstances Â— even when Park Service personnel arenÂ’t present,Â” Palazzo said in the statement. Â“It actually requires more effort and expense to shut out these veterans from their Memorial than it would to simply let them through. My office has been in touch with NPS officials and the Administration to try to resolve this issue.Â” obama and his merry band of commie bastards are cock suckers and scrunts

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 02:04 PM (1RQeV)

117 he is like Jim Morons more drunk, more angry cousin

Posted by: ted cruz at October 01, 2013 02:04 PM (zOTsN)

118 In an effort to perpetuate the overload, I tried to sign up for the email at healthcare.gov, and it wouldn't let me enter my address in the field. Â¡Forward!

Posted by: jakeman at October 01, 2013 02:04 PM (vH4YP)

119

Tamale!

Posted by: george costanza at October 01, 2013 02:05 PM (8/GCZ)

120 When I saw a comment in an earlier thread about the @FLOTUS tweet I thought it might be a parody account, but no, I see it's got the little blue check mark. I guess she is hoping the LIVs will actually believe the wicked Republicans are CENSORING!! her and curtailing her free speech rights with this evil shutdown.

Posted by: Retread at October 01, 2013 02:05 PM (Oz+LZ)

121 Who will ban online poker if the government is shut down? Who will inspect the credentials of those who license our nation's cosmetologists? Who will ensure that the free phones offered to the poorest among us are properly equipped with iOS7? Government shouldn't just be about protecting the Koch brothers right to frack poisonous chemicals into our children's drinking water, it should be about fairness. And the middle class.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 01, 2013 02:05 PM (+lsX1)

122 Shouty Shouterson, noted upthread, was standing behind Pelousy in that heinous cackle photo. He, too, is a degenerate that deserves a dunking in a dirty mikvah.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:05 PM (WjLUf)

123 Moe people were still talking about the Breaking Bad finale than this touchdown.

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at October 01, 2013 02:07 PM (xkHQb)

124 "Libs See Tea Party, Koch Brothers Conspiracy In Obamacare Website GlitchesÂ…" BWAHAHA. If the Tea Party was THAT good they could have developed internet applications and mailings to actually elect Romney and while he's not a conservative he's have been a darn sight better and more ethical and simply a nicer person than Obama. But yeah, the TP messed up Obamacare exchanges online. Hysterical

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 02:08 PM (a4Omg)

125 obama and his merry band of commie bastards are cock suckers and scrunts

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 06:04 PM (1RQeV)

And they hate Americans, particularly the ones who fought for our country.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 02:09 PM (/kU/5)

126 night is falling. day 1 almost done. long shadows creep across the pool. the sounds of rush hour traffic fading into nothing. night 2 is about to begin. pray for me

Posted by: ted cruz at October 01, 2013 02:09 PM (zOTsN)

127 I'm supposed to feel guilty because Dear Leader's wife doesn't have enough second undersecretary's assistant to the executive's public relations officer in charge to manage to send a tweet? She's too busy to do it herself?

Posted by: Doan Paddie at October 01, 2013 02:09 PM (9PesZ)

128 he was rather pissy. Well, more pissy than he normally is.

Shutdown reaction isn't going the way he expected...

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 01, 2013 02:09 PM (9MLX+)

129 from the whitehouse dot gov website...

A shutdown would also disrupt the economy, President Obama said. Â“It would throw a wrench into the gears of our economy at a time when those gears have gained some traction.Â”

[does this guy know anything about the real world?]

Posted by: mallfly at October 01, 2013 02:09 PM (bJm7W)

130 I think this was the funniest part:
"This post was created by a user and has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff"

Wait, somebody edits Buzzfeed?
I wonder if anybody in the federal government realizes that servers will operate even if no one is there. When I am snug in my little bed the company I work for continues to process external data submissions.

Posted by: FART at October 01, 2013 02:10 PM (i14bS)

131 off stalwart warrior sock

Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 02:10 PM (zOTsN)

132 Michelle you ignorant slut. Twitter is free.

Posted by: Counter Point at October 01, 2013 02:10 PM (m4gAJ)

133

@PaulPimentel
Teabaggers lanched Denial of Service attack to deny uninsured Americans access to info about hc options. #treason

Prove it, asshole.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 01, 2013 02:10 PM (0HooB)

134 131 "Libs See Tea Party, Koch Brothers Conspiracy In Obamacare Website GlitchesÂ…"

Oh those terrible, terrorist extremely extreme extremists!!!!! Oops, I left out racist... those terrible, terrorist, ra-a-a-a-cist, extremely extreme extremists!!!!!

Posted by: Peregrine Took says what shutdown? at October 01, 2013 02:11 PM (42ZAm)

135

Do you think Prez Back Nine will stay off the golf course with his entourage during the shutdown???

Posted by: Terrified Persian Space Kitty at October 01, 2013 02:11 PM (G+Wff)

136 Much like the sequester, isn't it in the GOP's best interest to let the shutdown go on for as long as possible to show that it doesn't equal Mad Max?

Posted by: holygoat at October 01, 2013 02:12 PM (HYFht)

137 Wow golly gee, FLOTUS sure is mad at Harry Reid for not passing the budget that the House did.

Posted by: Filly at October 01, 2013 02:12 PM (y+gTB)

138 we should have had a shut down long ago. shut down makes FLOTUS shut up

Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 02:12 PM (zOTsN)

139 nd right on cue, some government worker is on my t.v. complaining about the shutdown and talking about how he might not be able to make his mortgage payment.

***

The purpose of government is to employ one half the population to give free money to the other half of the population. Everybody knows that.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 01, 2013 02:12 PM (Hx5uv)

140 Yes siree. All ineptitude from the Obama administration re. Obamacare is due to the Tea Party.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 02:12 PM (a4Omg)

141 "A shutdown would also disrupt the economy, President Obama said.Â“It
would throw a wrench into the gears of our economy.Â”

That would be a problem if the gears were actually turning, Mr. Precedent.

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 02:12 PM (Hx2XA)

142

"Libs See Tea Party, Koch Brothers Conspiracy In Obamacare Website GlitchesÂ…"

Those Sikh are crafty bastards. You never see their fingerprints on anything.

Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2013 02:12 PM (t5y/A)

143 Retread -

I wouldn't put it past most of the morons that would actually follow FLOTUS to think that the government shut down would force Twitter to close too, because, well, like, stuff, man...

Posted by: WolfinNC at October 01, 2013 02:13 PM (Vvg+J)

144 Michelle you ignorant slut. Twitter is free. Twitter is free, but we pay her $385,000 per year to use it.

Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2013 02:13 PM (FcR7P)

145 143 Much like the sequester, isn't it in the GOP's best interest to let the shutdown go on for as long as possible to show that it doesn't equal Mad Max? --- Bonus points for Boehner if he gets up there in the Humongous hockey mask and tells the Dems to just walk away.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 01, 2013 02:13 PM (/Crba)

146 some government worker is on my t.v. complaining about the shutdown and talking about how he might not be able to make his mortgage payment (a) Do they tell us the salary (and the value of the house)? Of course not. (b) And how many non-government workers does Obama's economy effect?

Posted by: AmishDude at October 01, 2013 02:14 PM (T0NGe)

147

The thing about that screaming is that it doesn't sound like inspiring, heart-felt, elevated speech. It sounds like hateful, angry, Howard-Deanesque crazy-yelling. And I think that is something that comes across to independents.

Posted by: dan-O at October 01, 2013 02:14 PM (D0bIN)

148 Thank our atheist god that the First Lady's twitter account is frozen. Her nanny state happens even bore me

Posted by: Mayor Bloomberg at October 01, 2013 02:14 PM (Pr6hk)

149 oh my God it's starting to get dark out! Why oh why did we ever let the Republicans shut the government down!?

Posted by: mallfly at October 01, 2013 02:14 PM (bJm7W)

150 Muahahaha! We love it when a plan comes together! Muahaha!

Posted by: Tea Party Leadership in Secret Underground Lair at October 01, 2013 02:14 PM (m4gAJ)

151 Bonus points for Boehner if he gets up there in the Humongous hockey mask and tells the Dems to just walk away. Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge

Just as long as he doesn't offer safe passage through the wasteland.

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 02:15 PM (Hx2XA)

152 Obama melted down at the Press Conf? In what way?

***

Beck noted something funny. In the SNL Obamacare skit last Saturday one of the jokes was a LIV who confused Obamacare with Apple Care and then SCOAMF in his speech compares Obamacare to Apple.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 01, 2013 02:15 PM (Hx5uv)

153 I may have to go into the fading light and harvest something for dinner. before they come out. do they smell fear? damn you shut down!

Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 02:16 PM (zOTsN)

154 It sounds like hateful, angry, Howard-Deanesque crazy-yelling.

***

Yeah, if they're trying to be the adults in the room they're doing it wrong.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 01, 2013 02:16 PM (Hx5uv)

155 Michelle tweets that she will cease tweeting during the shutdown....millions of her fake followers hardest hit.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 01, 2013 02:16 PM (vvueH)

156 And now we're back to how irredeemably stupid people are. Man, what a depressing century it's been so far.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 01, 2013 02:16 PM (qyfb5)

157 Tea Party Hobbits shut down Skynet.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 02:17 PM (KRpfP)

158
we should have had a shut down long ago. shut down makes FLOTUS shut up

You mean the two dozen lackeys that grew, weeded, tended, photographed, and tweeted about her garden are not essential?

Damn. At least I don't need FLATUS to tell me how to open a beer.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 01, 2013 02:17 PM (0IhFx)

159 Has this government shutdown gone on long enough for me to go break into my neighbor's house? I saw them carrying in groceries yesterday. Looked like they had some Oreos in there.

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 02:17 PM (Hx2XA)

160 Obama is upset that the streets are not burning and kids are not being eaten alive. The media is trying though.

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at October 01, 2013 02:17 PM (xkHQb)

161 The park service websites are all down. You get a message first that because of the gov. shutdown, the park is closed and the website down, then it immediately takes you to a fully functioning site from the Dept. of the Interior...ha ha, like each park site costs millions to have online. http://www.doi.gov/index.cfm

Posted by: Jen at October 01, 2013 02:17 PM (mw9bk)

162 from Forbes last April:

For the second consecutive year, Loudoun County, Va., a 520-square-mile suburban mass that sits 46 miles from the White House, weighs in as AmericaÂ’s richest county. Formerly a rural area that once housed retired president James Monroe, Loudon is now a service economy center of 333,000 people that houses Dulles International Airport. The population is roughly double that of 2000, and for good reason: business contracting work and plentiful jobs in the public school system and at local offices of agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security yield a median household income of $119,525, the highest of any county in the U.S.

[How can we DO THIS to them???]

Posted by: mallfly at October 01, 2013 02:17 PM (bJm7W)

163 Speaking of effects of the government shut down, did anyone else notice more psycho drivers on the road today?

I figured all those gov't workers who got furloughed had nothing better to do but drive around obstructing traffic all day.

Posted by: WolfinNC at October 01, 2013 02:18 PM (Vvg+J)

164 It's just like the *shiver* sequester.... we will all perish and our organs will be sold the China...

Posted by: shibumi at October 01, 2013 02:18 PM (25HWz)

165 Did the EBT cards get recharged?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 02:19 PM (KRpfP)

166 A shutdown would also disrupt the economy, President Obama said.Â“It would throw a wrench into the gears of our economy at a time when those gears have gained some traction.Â” I can think of two efforts the government actually does that positively effect the economy. One is the short-term loans that lots of companies get from the gov't. The second is the FED, which is "private" sort of, but not really. Also, does this mean they're not going to be dumping $85 Billion dollars per month in new currency into the economy?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 02:19 PM (yETln)

167
what kind of dumbass govt worker would live paycheck to paycheck? #savesomemoney

Secondly, it takes a minimum of 90 days to foreclose in ANY state and that is after you are 90 days late and the mortgage company notifies you.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 01, 2013 02:19 PM (sj9LN)

168 how long till the first news story about some blacks robbing a white guy while yelling "Shut down! Shut down!" ?

Posted by: mallfly at October 01, 2013 02:19 PM (bJm7W)

169 How can websites be down? Pretty juvenile theatrics

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 02:19 PM (1RQeV)

170 so Obama is denying veterans services? someone said that up there.
does that mean if we have a shut down in the future Obama will deny health services to americans because he's piss'd off?

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2013 02:20 PM (nqBYe)

171 I don't often watch Congress at work. With the exception of a few moments, like we've seen lately from Sen. Cruz, it's too much like watching sausage being made, which the pathetic performance in the video above so expressively demonstrates. The sweeping generalities! The emotional manipulativeness! The attempted patriotism! The very absurdity of the appeal! The utter absence of anything resembling reason! My Spock brain calls it interesting, even psychologically fascinating. My Uncle Sam brain is not so emotionally uninvolved.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nick click pic at October 01, 2013 02:20 PM (U13jb)

172 I'll bet the White House kitchen is still pretty busy.

Posted by: mallfly at October 01, 2013 02:20 PM (bJm7W)

173 he will only shut down services to Americans he is mad at. because banana republic

Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 02:21 PM (zOTsN)

174 Doghouse...this is Beagle...The sun sinks lower...a smell of uneasiness wafts in the wind. People scurrying to their homes before dark arrives. All secure in Sector 7. Over

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 01, 2013 02:21 PM (FIDMq)

175 Somebody grab willow, newd.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 01, 2013 02:22 PM (0HooB)

176 How can websites be down? Pretty juvenile theatrics They had to pay a whole mess of web monkeys to take those sites down. Would have been cheaper to leave them up with a message saying the info is out-of-date and the location is closed to the public.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 02:23 PM (yETln)

177 Notice how the Dems play hardball? It sure is nice to have the media in your pocket to give you cover.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2013 02:23 PM (BAS5M)

178 I've been designated Essential, right?

Posted by: Barack Obama's Caddy at October 01, 2013 02:23 PM (m4gAJ)

179 The Service Academy's have to cancel their Athletic games against other schools because there is no money for travel??? But obama and his merry band of commie bastard cock suckers and scrunts are still traveling???

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 02:23 PM (1RQeV)

180 govt employee,' today is the first day of my furlough, I do not know how much more i can take!'

day 2, ' no-one knows how hard this is for me, i'm worried about coming up with the money for my health care!,, oh i'm getting health care ? nevermind'.
day 3, 'boss sent an email and said to show up to work as usual!, OMG this has been the worst 3 days of my life"

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2013 02:23 PM (nqBYe)

181 Only a few hours into this government shutdown and everything's looking really ripe for burning and raping.

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 02:24 PM (Hx2XA)

182 185 -

Essential? Shit, you're probably next on the list after Biden to take the office if Preezy should be incapacitated.

Posted by: WolfinNC at October 01, 2013 02:24 PM (Vvg+J)

183 to you govt workers out there reading. if it truly hurts you i feel bad and apologise.

i would like this threshing of suffering recognised by the GOVT and their apparatchiks for the millions of unemployed , foreclosed on peons , now working part time and have to find cash for Obamacare now.

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2013 02:26 PM (nqBYe)

184 A shutdown would also disrupt the economy, President Obama said.Â“It would throw a wrench into the gears of our economy at a time when those gears have gained some traction.Â” Yep, that's how it works. Can we start building the Keystone pipeline during the shutdown?

Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2013 02:30 PM (FcR7P)

185 Funniest Twitter responses to federal government shutdown

http://tinyurl.com/oww97gw

Posted by: knowledge is power at October 01, 2013 02:35 PM (Nx76m)

186 Since the FLOTUS does all of jack and shit anyway (aside from spending money like water), what exactly is the problem, again?

Posted by: acethepug at October 01, 2013 02:46 PM (RcF3a)

187 what kind of dumbass govt worker would live paycheck to paycheck? #savesomemoney

Ha! Stories pop up here from time to time about how much the WH staff owe the IRS so you can imagine how many other govt workers not only live paycheck to paycheck but well beyond their means never expecting Uncle Sugar might stop the gravytrain.

Posted by: Retread at October 01, 2013 02:49 PM (Oz+LZ)

188 "FLOTUS" always makes me laugh because it reminds me of "FLATUS." Which in her case stands for First Lady Annoying The United States. Or, more pointedly, referring to the person who actually posts the tweets, Flatulent Liberal Anus's Tweet Under-Secretary.

Posted by: zombie at October 01, 2013 03:08 PM (+cx5n)

189 Couldn't she LOSE SOME WEIGHT by typing out the tweets herself? Let's Move!

Posted by: Baldy at October 01, 2013 03:15 PM (tyDFN)

190 Eleanor Holmes Norton should be locked up for impersonating a government official. There is no allowance for non-states to have non-reps named "Eleanor".

Posted by: Baldy at October 01, 2013 03:21 PM (tyDFN)

191 The Michelle is heart broken, O plays spades with Reggie and never plays spades with her. That is why she is a single mother inside the WH.

Posted by: angel with a sword at October 01, 2013 03:25 PM (hpgw1)

192 O plays spades with Reggie and never plays spades with her.

***

Is "spades" some sort of sex game? Please don't make me look it up. Urban Dictionary scares me.

Posted by: cool arrow at October 01, 2013 03:58 PM (WMsq+)

193 I say park a few windmills in front of Larson and the other blowhards and at least grab us a few kilowatts while the whole shutdown kabuki continues.

Posted by: dissent555 at October 01, 2013 05:25 PM (yR6A1)

194 No WookieTweets, for realsies?

This is serious, you guys.

How will what we laughingly call "Western Civilization" survive absent trenchant observations by Mrs. One? Or, at least, her social media staff of unpaid flunkies?

Posted by: mojo at October 01, 2013 08:46 PM (AIC5Z)

195 You know, the most recent congresscritter I remember throwing tantrums like that on the House floor was Anthony Weiner. Maybe we should be checking Larson's messages on the web.

Posted by: Iowa Jim at October 02, 2013 08:08 AM (f416i)

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