October 17, 2013

Top Headline Comments 10-17-13
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Thursday.

Some shutdown post-mortems:

Jonah Goldberg (NR): "No fair minded person can really argue that this predicament is where the Republican leadership wants to be."

Rick Klein (ABC News): "The lights are coming back on. But thereÂ’s little worth gazing on in Washington."

Nicholas Johnston (Bloomberg): "The @robertcostaNRO rally..."

Brett Norman (Politico): "With the shutdown over and a default averted, Washington has another train wreck to sift through: the Obamacare rollout."

Speaking of Obamacare:

NY Times has the story on page A18 of a guy who managed to log in to a state Obamacare exchange, but then discovered that there was no way to tell whether the listed healthcare plans would cover his medication or let him keep his doctor. "Exasperated, he put off completing his application." Also note this bit:

Problems finding providers or drug coverage are occurring mainly on state exchanges paradoxically because those Web sites are working better than the federal insurance exchange used by 36 states. The federal exchange has been so crippled by technical problems that most consumers have been unable to advance far enough to compare plans, search for providers or review drug coverage.

Visits to Healthcare.gov dropped 88% from its first week. "Obama administration officials challenged the independent assessment but did not release any specific enrollment figures."

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1 Thank you Gabriel... and good morning!

Posted by: madamemayhem at October 17, 2013 02:48 AM (S2RnE)

2 "Obama administration officials challenged the independent assessment but did not release any specific enrollment figures."

Even Pixy has Sitemeter working. Maybe Pixy should put in a bid to get the American Samoa website up and running.

Posted by: Jean at October 17, 2013 02:48 AM (CMlD4)

3 Remember where the debt limit was the place where the Republicans had leverage? Good times, good times.

Posted by: Chris at October 17, 2013 02:48 AM (aBOfW)

4 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Thursday, October 17, 2013. On this day in 1777 British Gen. Burgoyne surrendered in Saratoga, N.Y. during the American Revolution and no, I wasn't there although I did live in Saratoga for a while.  And on this day last year we were debating why Romney agreed to hold a debate with an ugly fat woman scrunt as the moderator.   Next time we will be debating the same thing.

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 02:49 AM (zZbNF)

5 Is A18 an inside joke for you newspaperman?  Put the important stories there that the editors won't like.

Posted by: Jean at October 17, 2013 02:49 AM (CMlD4)

6 Republicans backed down yesterday so all those government workers who were getting a paid vacation can go back to non-work today.  And I see my Nancy Boy voted yes while Scott voted no.

http://tinyurl.com/ncg976r

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 02:49 AM (zZbNF)

7 And guess what else was sneaked into the budget bill.  Can you say piggy?

http://tinyurl.com/nwxfr7s

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 02:49 AM (zZbNF)

8 Not only did they sell out on the debt ceiling but they sold out future debt ceilings as well.

http://tinyurl.com/kf7fg9z

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

9 Also buried in the bill is $174K to commie Lautenbergs's widow.  You see even when they die we still pay.

http://tinyurl.com/naefqxc

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

10 Gee, with only 17% of the government shutdown and still getting paid we incurred no debt for 150 days.

http://tinyurl.com/m354jsj

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

11 NYC resident wins NJ Senate race.

http://tinyurl.com/q67jua2

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

12 House stenographer goes bonkers and is drug off the floor.

http://tinyurl.com/k5xksgb

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

13 Getting a “Après moi, le déluge” vibe this morning.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 17, 2013 02:51 AM (u82oZ)

14 Kindle Daily Deals

http://tinyurl.com/mfc8jox


That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

15 Gee, with only 17% of the government shutdown and still getting paid we incurred no debt for 150 days.

A Windows Security Update disabled their Excel macros.

Posted by: Jean at October 17, 2013 02:52 AM (CMlD4)

16 Dear fellow Moronettes & Morons, My family tried... Really tried to keep Newark politics off the national stage , but alas, our votes just don't stand against all the long buried folks who somehow always manage to vote democrat. We sincerely apologize for our failed efforts.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at October 17, 2013 02:53 AM (EJ/Tn)

17 Ha! Shutdown is over so the media spotlight will be Obamacare on the front pages. Uh, pivot.

Posted by: NCKate at October 17, 2013 02:54 AM (CV9aS)

18 Every conversation I've ever had with a low information voter concerning R vs D ends up with... "They are all the same anyway".

They are right, 100% right.  The "compromise" leads to the same result.

The tea party is the only group in DC that is different.  It's about time we stop the "compromise" and draw the line so the low information voter who says "They are all the same" can finally start to see a second party in DC.

Posted by: Reality Man at October 17, 2013 02:54 AM (Cs9Ps)

19 For those pro-GOP leadership types, you shouldn't be gloating over your supposed "We knew this would happen" prediction claims. Did you know the Republicans would not only getting nothing over a debt limit fight, but that they also said, "Here, I'll move my queen out of the way so you can continue with your plans?" It now takes 2/3 vote to stop an automatic raise to the debt limit. Yeah, that's negotiating skilz there. At least everyone else who was pro-shutdown figured the GOP leadership would cave at some point. Even I am shocked at how badly they caved though.

Posted by: Chris at October 17, 2013 02:56 AM (aBOfW)

20 NCKate, lets see:

Weakest Hurricane season in decades, nope
Beheading Christians in Syria, nope
Brazil killing a $4B F-18 order, nope
Another Colorado recall, hell no
Internal Republican turmoil, there we go

Posted by: Jean at October 17, 2013 02:56 AM (CMlD4)

21 Getting a “Après moi, le déluge” vibe this morning. Posted by: NaCly Dog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Only of you don't have kids, or kids with kids. Feckless, invertebrate GOP. *Spits*

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 17, 2013 02:59 AM (P/47D)

22 Lautenberg's widow really needed the cash. The guy was only worth $116 million when he died.
 
I'm glad we could be there for her in her time of need.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 17, 2013 03:01 AM (wNF3N)

23 Even I am shocked at how badly they caved though. Posted by: Chris at October 17, 2013 06:56 AM

Don't forget: we haven't yet learned the full extent of their sucking-up to the Prophets of Choom.

The debt ceiling is suspended? Fun times with what they consider an unlimited checkbook. A few extra billions for Bitch McConnell's dam project? What other goodies have been hidden away in yesterday's Reach-Across-The-Aisle spectacle?

But wait, there's more! There's always more for the FSA.

Also: Cory Booker.

Despite what Ace said yesterday, we have thrown away what may be our last chance to restore even a small measure of sanity to government. Such chances seldom repeat themselves.

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 03:02 AM (kaGpp)

24 Morning all. Sick to my stomach. Mad as hell. Fuck all democrats and squishie Republicans. This day is going to suck

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 17, 2013 03:04 AM (1RQeV)

25 Despite what Ace said yesterday, we have thrown away what may be our last chance to restore even a small measure of sanity to government. Such chances seldom repeat themselves.

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 07:02 AM (kaGpp)


We threw that away in 2008 when the RNC nominated Jowly McShitty as the candidate.

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 03:06 AM (zZbNF)

26 For those pro-GOP leadership types, you shouldn't be gloating over your supposed "We knew this would happen" prediction claims. ---------------- Fuck that. I just want to know how the Gabriel Malor/Jeff B. "strategy" results in more conservative governance. And every time I ask, I get a condescending lecture on Electability, which doesn't answer my fucking question. How does bending to every single liberal demand net us more conservative government?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 03:06 AM (Q1+3n)

27 For those pro-GOP leadership types, you shouldn't be gloating over your supposed "We knew this would happen" prediction claims. ---------------- Fuck that. I just want to know how the Gabriel Malor/Jeff B. "strategy" results in more conservative governance. And every time I ask, I get a condescending lecture on Electability, which doesn't answer my fucking question. How does bending to every single liberal demand net us more conservative government?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 03:06 AM (Q1+3n)

28 Report: Turkey disclosed to Iran identities of Israel spies Washington Post's David Ignatius reveals that Erdogan disclosed to Iranian intelligence identities of up to 10 Iranians who met with Mossad agents inside Turkey Yitzhak Benhorin Published: 10.17.13, 08:48 / Israel News WASHINGTON – Turkey has disclosed to Iranian intelligence the identities of up to 10 Iranians who had been meeting inside Turkey with their Mossad case officers, the Washington Post reported Thursday. According to journalist David Ignatius, Israeli intelligence had apparently run part of its Iranian spy network through Turkey, which has relatively easy movement back and forth across its border with Iran. Ignatius quoted knowledgeable sources as describing the Turkish action as a “significant” loss of intelligence and “an effort to slap the Israelis.” obama's bestest friend and a member of Nato? We are so fucked

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 17, 2013 03:08 AM (1RQeV)

29 Just trying to double my chances of getting an answer. Shut up.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 03:08 AM (Q1+3n)

30 Debt increased, Booker elected in NJ, Ocare a bigger clusterfuck than even we thought. Lenin said people generally get the government they deserve. Agree.

Posted by: Fat Freddy's Cat at October 17, 2013 03:11 AM (OsheA)

31 >>>Here, I'll move my queen out of the way so you can continue with your plans?" It now takes 2/3 vote to stop an automatic raise to the debt limit. Yeah, that's negotiating skilz there.

Beck had a guy on yesterday who had written a book on the inside politics of Washington. He said there are 3 parties and the 3 is the Clinton/McCain party.


This I believe. And the give away you reference only enforces it.

Posted by: Typo Dynamofo at October 17, 2013 03:11 AM (FtCW+)

32 Veritable orgy of left-wing agitprop on NPR this morning. Actually heard a Dem congressman insist that the deficit is "coming down too fast." Truly this country is splitting apart.

Posted by: Caliban at October 17, 2013 03:11 AM (DrC22)

33 Ignatius quoted knowledgeable sources as describing the Turkish action as a “significant” loss of intelligence and “an effort to slap the Israelis.”

Bet it ends up being more then a slap to the Iranians involved.

Posted by: Jean at October 17, 2013 03:13 AM (CMlD4)

34 And Booker's acceptance speech. Starting to think this guy is a self-absorbed ass.

Posted by: Caliban at October 17, 2013 03:13 AM (DrC22)

35 Both Bill de Blasio, Joe Lhota say schools should close on Muslim holidays The mayoral candidates agree that schools should recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the holiest days of the Muslim year, just as they do Jewish and Christian days. De Blasio says that schools must 'respect Muslim faiths,' and Lhota says he has been calling to close schools on the two days throughout his campaign. Fuck why not throw in the day they took down the Twin Towers. Allah Snackbar

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 17, 2013 03:13 AM (1RQeV)

36 The wife said the lunchroom conversation yesterday was 100% ObamaCare. All women in attendance, figuring out how-in-the-hell they were going to come up with the money to pay premiums that have doubled in cost. Santa Claus better get ready for the lube. 'Unexpected' holiday reports from merchants are coming to a town near you.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 17, 2013 03:14 AM (U2UQk)

37 How does bending to every single liberal demand net us more conservative government?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 07:06 AM (Q1+3n)

 

You're presuming they want more conservative government.  I don't.  Anyone who considers themselves a proponent of smaller government cannot see yesterday as anything other than a complete surrender to the forces of Leviathan.  And yes, we will be lectured that the debt ceiling postponement isn't really a postponement, since the dog-eating crackhead has to deal with it again in February, but does anyone think the Man of Tan will suddenly wake up and grab his balls back from Harry Reid's purse?

 

The debt ceiling is gone.  Bank on it.  Come back in February and tell me I'm wrong.  I'm betting I won't be.

 

But hey, EoJ - a few Beltway types got to keep their phoney-baloney jobs, got nice puff pieces from the MFM and perhaps - if they're really good and well-behaved - they'll get to stand outside the White House windows like Stella Dallas and watch the next time TFG throws a party with Ke$ha's haunted snatch.

 

Beats working for a living, right?

 

No story today.  Early meeting.  Bbl.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 17, 2013 03:14 AM (zF6Iw)

38 Ignatius quoted knowledgeable sources as describing the Turkish action as a “significant” loss of intelligence and “an effort to slap the Israelis.” Bet it ends up being more then a slap to the Iranians involved. Posted by: Jean at October 17, 2013 07:13 AM (CMlD4) I don't think so. Turkey is pretty much at war with Israel even if Israel doesn't recognize that yet,. And this this all aided and abbeted by obama. Just as obama is aiding Iran in getting the bomb. Good times indeed

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 17, 2013 03:15 AM (1RQeV)

39 We threw that away in 2008 when the RNC nominated Jowly McShitty as the candidate.
Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 07:06 AM

Peel away one more layer of the onion, Vic.

Everyone (except for the Establishment Republican brigade) knows McCain was probably the worst candidate the Repubs could have run in '08. No argument there.

But -- and this is a bigger "but" than Moooo-chelle's -- no one, no matter how good, could have beaten Choom Boy. To the white-guilt-ridden liberals, the FSA, the purveyors of Affirmative Action and the sexually-frustrated old maids of both sexes who saw Paradise in his tight Levi's, he was the Anointed One, and still is.

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 03:16 AM (kaGpp)

40 We got a dam in Kentucky! Yay!

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 17, 2013 03:18 AM (pYXiI)

41 MrScrib. You are right. Now the only option is insanity. Antietam anyone?

Posted by: Fat Freddy's Cat at October 17, 2013 03:19 AM (OsheA)

42 Just as obama is aiding Iran in getting the bomb. ⚛ Peaceful uses only, we assure you. ⚛

Posted by: Organization of Iranian Islamist Extremists [/i] at October 17, 2013 03:19 AM (U2UQk)

43 I can just picture the lot of them, sitting in a bar somewhere with their scotch and cigars, laughing their asses off at us. They are all the same, they protect themselves from the laws they pass. They all leave rich. The few that go there to do something for their Country are called terrorists and hobbits and put through the ringer, it's a wonder any good people even want to run for office. There's no use in screaming and yelling anymore, once immigration passes, and it will, there will be no chance of overcoming that. It's sad and sick, but this is what you get when you have a population that hasn't even been taught basic civics. My daughters are 16 and 19 and it has been a hairy fight keeping the liberal shit they learn from school and friends out of their brains. They think I'm crazy, my oldest daughter even brought up the Koch brothers the other night, I lost my shit and went to bed. I proceeded to send her correct information to try to counter the bullshit she's learning at Towson. I had to email her because I was too pissed to speak. Sorry for the rant. I'm going to pamper myself later with a facial and some shopping, getting ready to go to Florida with the husband this weekend, it will be the first time I've been on an airplane since 9/11. I'll be needing a drink.

Posted by: spypeach at October 17, 2013 03:20 AM (10H0T)

44 Now that the shut-down is over, we can implement Gabe's master plan!

Posted by: Rich at October 17, 2013 03:20 AM (EaFK8)

45 EoJ - you're just going for the top ten list, aren't you?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 17, 2013 03:22 AM (b/lt+)

46 Republicans backed down yesterday so all those government workers who were getting a paid vacation can go back to non-work today. And I see my Nancy Boy voted yes while Scott voted no. http://tinyurl.com/ncg976r Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 06:49 AM (zZbNF) One of our local TV stations was highlighting a guy who works at one of the locks here for going to work even though he wasn't getting paid. I pointed out to them that he would be getting paid and that he should have been highlighted because he did what ever government worker should have been doing not because he was doing anything above and beyond the call of duty.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at October 17, 2013 03:22 AM (rpnNZ)

47 My white board sign for today: NJ just elected an Oprah approved "rock star" candidate (her words) who outspent his opponent 12:1 and who supports O-care which he is exempt from. Like, yeah! (with a frown face).

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 03:23 AM (a4Omg)

48 NJ just elected an Oprah approved "rock star" candidate (her words) who outspent his opponent 12:1 and who supports O-care which he is exempt from. Like, yeah! (with a frown face). Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 07:23 AM

Booker looks to me like an identical twin of Devil Patrick, our very own MA Governor.

Is there a factory somewhere that builds these worthless shitweasels?

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 03:26 AM (kaGpp)

49 Fenelon. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.

Posted by: Fat Freddy's Cat at October 17, 2013 03:26 AM (OsheA)

50 29 -

I thought it was a good question.

I thought it was a good question.

The thing is though, we know  the people you mentioned aren't even remotely interested in "conservative" government.  They don't elaborate on it, because it's not what drives them.

To the extent that anything does, what  seems to  drive  them is Republican bodies in warm seats.  The one consistent thing that has been occurring over these last several years however, is that there is no good that comes to conservatives from having Republicans in those seats.

The party is dead.  At this point, that's all we know. 

Posted by: BurtTC at October 17, 2013 03:27 AM (BeSEI)

51 Pamper yourself and enjoy your time in Florida, spypeach. Everybody should consider taking a break from the board to do something they enjoy. I'm getting ready to go on a spiritual retreat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 03:27 AM (a4Omg)

52 The electability argument went out the window with Romney in 2012. He lost... because people looked at him and Obama, and didn't see much difference, mainly because of Romneycare. Sure you and I could spot 1000 differences, but the low information idiot could not.

Posted by: reality man at October 17, 2013 03:28 AM (Cs9Ps)

53 Yeah, the Booker thing is another kick in the teeth. Unfortunately we have to face facts, the Free Shit Army has taken over the country. The middle class, who are going to have to cover the cost of ObamaCare, just can't be bothered to stand in line and vote.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 17, 2013 03:29 AM (U2UQk)

54 Booker? Well. I need a drink. Right after I smash this guitar.

Posted by: Senator Blutarski at October 17, 2013 03:31 AM (gfGOZ)

55 So the NYTimes ran a front page piece on the failure of Obamacare this morning right? right? ...?

Posted by: reality man at October 17, 2013 03:34 AM (Cs9Ps)

56

I guess that's where the FSA group has learned their lesson, "Never have Independent Thought"

 

Posted by: Nine Iron at October 17, 2013 03:34 AM (3GuQx)

57 G'mornin and Thank you Vic.

EoJ

I never understood how complete capitulation gets you anything. Thanks for saying what I was thinking.

Now I'm going to go back to lurking for a while.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at October 17, 2013 03:35 AM (MnSla)

58 This deserves to be stated again:

Fuck that. I just want to know how the Gabriel Malor/Jeff B. "strategy" results in more conservative governance. And every time I ask, I get a condescending lecture on Electability, which doesn't answer my fucking question.

How does bending to every single liberal demand net us more conservative government?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 07:06 AM (Q1+3n)

Posted by: Barack Obama, Compromiser-in Chief, sometimes at October 17, 2013 03:35 AM (fwARV)

59 Vic @ 4 It's also the anniversary of Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown.

Posted by: Gran at October 17, 2013 03:37 AM (mw0FO)

60 I'm getting ready to go on a spiritual retreat. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 07:27 AM (a4Omg) I went on a few spiritual retreats with the church I used to go too. It was a beautiful place surrounded by water. Probably the most peaceful stress free time I have ever had in my life.

Posted by: spypeach at October 17, 2013 03:38 AM (10H0T)

61 They think I'm crazy, my oldest daughter even brought up the Koch brothers the other night, I lost my shit and went to bed. I proceeded to send her correct information to try to counter the bullshit she's learning at Towson. I had to email her because I was too pissed to speak. I'm not sure if this applies, but the Communists used to say that the definition of a capitalist was a man who sold you the rope they hung him with. If you're paying the tuition for a daughter who rejects your thinking, or is embracing the liberal BS, it *might* be time to yank her chain a bit. I only paid the first two years of my kids tuition. I told them they can take all the basket weaving classes they wanted to on my dime, but what they learned in the last two years better pay enough to cover their student loans. Voila, not one basket weaving class. Two kids, two jobs upon graduation.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 17, 2013 03:38 AM (U2UQk)

62 How does bending to every single liberal demand net us more conservative government?

It's got what RINOs crave.

Posted by: Senator Blutarski at October 17, 2013 03:39 AM (gfGOZ)

63 Mourning in America.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 03:40 AM (XIxXP)

64 So the NYTimes ran a front page piece on the failure of Obamacare this morning right? right? ...? ------- Don't worry, my friend. Just wait a week, when this whole thing has blown over, THEN THEY'LL REALLY START CRACKING DOWN!!!

Posted by: Rich at October 17, 2013 03:41 AM (EaFK8)

65 So help me, if anyone tries to run the oh it's not really a postponement in the debt limit fight because it'll have to be done again in February line I will lose my ever loving shit (don't do it, Horde, don't it). 


There's arguments over tactics and policy and First Principles and the art of the possible and then there's denying basic reality and semantics.


I don't know, part of me is glad that at least the ridiculous oh hey we totes agree that there's a limit to how much we can spend really we do pinkie swear lies are over with now.   So there's that.

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at October 17, 2013 03:42 AM (Gk3SS)

66

Ed my neighbor came over last  night to borrow half a quart of Scotch.

We comiserated a while.

Whem I explained the debt clock to him in detail on my Big Screen and his part in the debt clock, especially the individual Tax payer total, that would be his part.

My debt clock tutorial shold be in every classroom in the Nation...

Posted by: Clemenza at October 17, 2013 03:42 AM (3GuQx)

67 So now that the Tea Part strategy is dead, I expect the insiders and the Establishment who spent the whole time sneering to show us the way? I'm so very positive we will now see "how it's done" and you guys have a wonderful plan up your sleeve, correct?

Posted by: Rich at October 17, 2013 03:42 AM (EaFK8)

68 "Spy-shy: Mugger thwarted by petite 'NSA intern' on Capitol Hill" --Washington Examiner ...given the headline publicity, that claim won't work so well next round. Fear of being tracked and prosecuted by the NSA is greater than a thug's drive for easy pickin's, like taking candy from a baby. Too bad that fear of being held accountable in a public court of law for public theft, fraud and physical abuse isn't feeding on members of Congress, the Administration, and all the insider 'Exemptionals'.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 17, 2013 03:43 AM (MhA4j)

69 There's capitulating and there's what the GOP leadership did yesterday. They are an utter disgrace.

Posted by: kreplach at October 17, 2013 03:46 AM (LP7M9)

70 If you're paying the tuition for a daughter who rejects your thinking, or is embracing the liberal BS, it *might* be time to yank her chain a bit. I only paid the first two years of my kids tuition. I told them they can take all the basket weaving classes they wanted to on my dime, but what they learned in the last two years better pay enough to cover their student loans. Voila, not one basket weaving class. Two kids, two jobs upon graduation. Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 17, 2013 07:38 AM (U2UQk) She knows that if she starts going off the rail, that she will be footing the bill. I've made that clear. She's actually a very smart and responsible girl. She works two jobs and goes to school full time, and saves every penny she makes. That's why I was a little taken by surprise at her Koch comment. I think sometimes she likes to ride the middle of an issue, but she is definitely a conservative, she just doesn't know it yet, or doesn't want to admit it. She'll eventually figure out I'm not as crazy as I seem. I hope.

Posted by: spypeach at October 17, 2013 03:46 AM (10H0T)

71 RE: Gary Puckett Don't know what u-tube you put up. Presumably "Young Girl" or "Lady Willpower." Any of you youngsters who don't know him, I would humbly suggest giving him a listen. One of the all time great male vocalists if you appreciate that sort of thing.

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at October 17, 2013 03:47 AM (r60DJ)

72

The left pol's/media have called Ted Cruz every name the could possibly dream up, and he (Cruz) has stayed on message and didnot lower himself and engage in the name calling.

 

His discipline has enraged the left to the brink.

Posted by: redenzo at October 17, 2013 03:47 AM (vx61Q)

73 62. This is what I fear! Eldest is a freshmen. Came home last weekend for the first time unfortunately looks like she got Lyme disease so we were dealing with that. Doesn't sound like too much indoctrination yet. I like to think she can withstand it but I know it's different when you are away living with lots of librards. But she follows ace and iowahawk on twitter so hopefully she wills stay grounded.

Posted by: Puttanesca, the sauce at October 17, 2013 03:47 AM (1ThpN)

74 As long as the Republicans in Congress continue to cave, the Democrats will continue to refuse to negotiate. Until we can hold the line at anything, they will refuse to bend on anything.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at October 17, 2013 03:48 AM (eFYNk)

75 Great hymns of the faith- "I know who, I have believed." Words by Daniel Webster Whittle 1840-1901, A favorite Baptist hymn although it is found in the hymn books of other denominations: Whittle was named af­ter Amer­i­can pol­i­ti­cian Dan­i­el Web­ster. Whit­tle reached the rank of ma­jor in the Amer­i­can ci­vil war, and for the rest of his life was known as “Ma­jor” Whit­tle. Dur­ing the war, Whit­tle lost his right arm, and end­ed up in a pris­on­er of war camp. Re­cov­er­ing from his wounds in the hos­pi­tal, he looked for some­thing to read, and found a New Test­a­ment. Though its words res­o­nat­ed with him, he was still not rea­dy to ac­cept Christ. Short­ly af­ter, a hos­pit­al or­der­ly woke him and said a dy­ing pris­on­er want­ed some­one to pray with him. Whit­tle de­murred, but the or­der­ly said, “But I thought you were a Christ­ian; I have seen you read­ing your Bi­ble.” Whit­tle then agreed to go. He re­cord­ed what took place at the dy­ing youth’s bed side: I dropped on my knees and held the boy’s hand in mine. In a few brok­en words I con­fessed my sins and asked Christ to for­give me. I be­lieved right there that He did for­give me. I then prayed ear­nest­ly for the boy. He be­came qui­et and pressed my hand as I prayed and plead­ed God’s prom­ises. When I arose from my knees, he was dead. A look of peace had come over his trou­bled face, and I can­not but be­lieve that God who used him to bring me to the Sav­ior, used me to lead him to trust Christ’s pre­cious blood and find par­don. I hope to meet him in hea­ven. Webster went on to become a noted evangelist of the time. The words and music http://wn.com/old_baptist_hymn Yes, it's a good day, despite everything, Gabriel, because I believe God isn't through working in the world. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 03:49 AM (a4Omg)

76 Ha! Shutdown is over so the media spotlight will be Obamacare on the front pages. Uh, pivot.

--

As Flo (not Progressive Flo) used to say, "when donkeys fly."  Next media spotlight: amnesty and bringing those out of the shadows with dignity. 

And imho, once amnesty is granted, any and all hopes for Constitutional amendments (of the Levin kind), and any hopes of states' rights saving this fubar'd country will be gone in a flash as red states turn blue almost overnight. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 17, 2013 03:50 AM (XB5Ak)

77 It will be fun to watch all the marxist hipsters bleed out during the ACA ass-fucking.

Posted by: redenzo at October 17, 2013 03:51 AM (vx61Q)

78 @72 It's "Young Girl". I've heard that song more than once but didn't know that was his song until I googled his name. It's a shame I can't put real links in these lists, but most current browsers will recognize and open a URL if you drag your mouse across it and right-click the highlighted text. Firefox, Safari and Chrome can do this w/o any extensions or plugins.

Posted by: Gran at October 17, 2013 03:51 AM (mw0FO)

79 Posted by: spypeach at October 17, 2013 07:38 AM (10H0T) If people of faith get the opportunity it's good to go on a retreat. This one in the beautiful highlands of NJ which is quite lovely, woody and near a lake.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 03:52 AM (a4Omg)

80 Came home last weekend for the first time unfortunately looks like she got Lyme disease so we were dealing with that. Sue!!!!!! Drudge: Parents Suing Summer Camp For Nearly $42M After Daughter Contracts Lyme Disease

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 17, 2013 03:53 AM (U2UQk)

81 to 43- much too true. where conservatives lose is in grade school, middle school, etc., and then with work rules that forbid- on punishment of firing or ostracism, or both- any criticism of entitlements and victims, and acknowledgement of patent differences in ability and behavior. I read a series of huffington post comments re the aca yesterday and was frightened by how different their thought is from my thought and how much they believe they are doing good, and by how indifferent they are to people who feel and think the way I do.

Posted by: oyeah at October 17, 2013 03:53 AM (2YRL3)

82 >>>I believe God isn't through working in the world.:^) osted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 07:49 I will be out of the office until Monday April 3rd 2834. Please do not respond to this email.

Posted by: God at October 17, 2013 03:54 AM (N+4GX)

83 Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 17, 2013 07:53 AM (U2UQk) I think that's stupid. If your kid is out in the woods at camp there's always a possibility of Lyme Disease. So now a camp may be put out of business because of it?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 03:55 AM (a4Omg)

84 @spypeach Ask her for me why the Koch brothers are evil and George Soros is good. Who held the clipboard for his Nazi masters while inventorying the possessions of Hungarian Jews sent off to the death camps, after he handed them their deportation notices? Who mounted an attack on the British Pound Sterling, killing its value and ruining the lives of untold thousands so he could put a billion dollars in his pocket? Who has been convicted of insider trading? Now, please list and contrast the Crimes Against Humanity and Evil Wall Street machinations committed by the Koch brothers.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 03:56 AM (JDIKC)

85 I'm entirely glad that we have yet again taught Congressional Democrats that not negotiating is a winning strategy.

Posted by: Matt S. at October 17, 2013 03:56 AM (PDTch)

86 Third party time. When your party's face, in the form of the House Speaker, goes on a podunk radio station in Ohio and says "we didn't win," then it's time for a new face. Establishment GOP messaging on this has a farce. At least there's one bright spot. Ted Cruz showed he's a guy to take seriously. And if you don't think so, ask yourself: if there were a GOP primary today, who would win...Boehner or Cruz?

Posted by: @JohnTant at October 17, 2013 03:56 AM (PFy0L)

87 I keep hearing rave reviews of the California exchanges. How good are they?

Posted by: Jay in Ames at October 17, 2013 03:57 AM (sBwRF)

88 Ah, Texas, both my Senators voted against the budget deal and against cloture (which is kind of a surprise on Cornyn's case) and my Representative voted against it as well.

If only we had the balls to secede.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at October 17, 2013 03:58 AM (eFYNk)

89 One of the all time great male vocalists if you appreciate that sort of thing. That sort of thing? Child predation? ♫ Beneath your perfume and make-up You're just a baby in disguise And though you know That it is wrong to be Alone with me That come on look is in your eyes ♫ Creepy song, sung by a creep.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 17, 2013 03:58 AM (U2UQk)

90 81. I saw that!! Wow I feel badly for the girl but I don't think there is anyway they can determine that the tick came from the camp. But I am sure they will get some $.

Posted by: Puttanesca, the sauce at October 17, 2013 03:58 AM (1ThpN)

91 I will offer this observation that I received from someone directly involved and then go on to do productive things today.

We may have lost this fight, but we've started to build some camaraderie in the party. As you've probably read, at yesterday's conference meeting Boehner received standing applause. I've been critical of the Speaker, but this was well deserved. I say kudos.

Many believe this is a rallying point upon which we can build some sorely need unity in the party and together assemble a useful, winning strategy. I agree-- unless we can come together as a party and move the ball forward we will continue to lose.

What's killed us is the intra-party warfare. Nobody wins when that happens and the Democrats have, and will continue to leverage that against us. It will kill us all together.

The focus should be on a slow walk strategy that carefully moves us forward. Big, bold ideas followed by whatever we can pass. Nibble away at the Democrats as they've nibble away at our country and fiscal health over the years. This might be too slow for some (it is for me) but it is what is possible. The American people don't want dissension, they want action. Remember that next time you lob a thoughtless bomb at another party member.

One thing I will say is there are a few people that need to be run out of the party. Let's start with Peter King, for whom I have special contempt-- and I'll tell you why.

The conference agreed yesterday that it would show unity. That nobody would speak badly of anyone in the conference or what was done. In conference, all members agreed. But the minute the door opened King got his face in front of the cameras and press to speak about how "tea party Republicans" should be basically run out of the party.

Really?

That is the attitude which is destroying our party. Mindless idiots with no loyalty to anyone but MSNBC, who are primarily responsible for the mess we find ourselves in today. We should move beyond these fools to a new tomorrow- let's start today.

Sorry for the de facto blog post L:-/

Posted by: Marcus at October 17, 2013 03:59 AM (GGCsk)

92 Now, please list and contrast the Crimes Against Humanity and Evil Wall Street machinations committed by the Koch brothers.

They give money to PBS.  O_o

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs to skip the beer and go straight to tequila at October 17, 2013 03:59 AM (/kI1Q)

93 I cannpt with comfort believe that God isn't working because things are not going the way politically I would like, although I understand the feeling. God was still working when Israel was overrun and the people were taken into exile. The prophets may warn and lament but they always some hope for the people despite that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 03:59 AM (a4Omg)

94 (which is kind of a surprise on Cornyn's case) ---------- Yeah, but he knew it was going to pass so he could afford to act like Captain Conservative.

Posted by: @JohnTant at October 17, 2013 03:59 AM (PFy0L)

95 On a phone Gran so can't copy/paste, which wouldn't matter because phone speaker. But, I can walk into the other room and pull both tunes up on the ol' non-interwebz computer which has pretty decent speakers. And thanks for the b'day posts.

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at October 17, 2013 04:00 AM (xhr2b)

96

@ 89 You may also hear tails of a balanced budget in Mexifornia, along with Melons the size  of a Buick Roadmaster..

Ahh. the sweet perfume of people hooked up to  the gas..

Posted by: Clemenza at October 17, 2013 04:01 AM (3GuQx)

97 Thanks for unraveling my shit, Radish.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 04:01 AM (JDIKC)

98 I think that's stupid. If your kid is out in the woods at camp there's always a possibility of Lyme Disease. So now a camp may be put out of business because of it? Yeah, it's stupid. But that is today's society. Life is just one lawsuit or Powerball ticket away from being good. I've had Lyme twice. Those little blood suckers are so tiny it's almost impossible to feel them. Even if you stay inside and never venture outside, a mouse could bring them into your house.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 17, 2013 04:01 AM (U2UQk)

99 So now that Boehner has broken the Hastert rule, I guess he'll be happy to ram through further bills without (R) support. It's perfect. The Dems will be strengthened in their districtcs by voting for stuff the Republicans won't. The Republicans can go back to their districts and say 'I voted against it'. Too bad for most of them, the vote wasn't a true 'no', but a CYA vote. Time for these fuckers to go. They didn't get the message in 2008, and apparently they still haven't gotten it.

Posted by: blindside at October 17, 2013 04:02 AM (WzWmY)

100 Young Girl

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

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 04:02 AM (zZbNF)

101 91 -

Yeah, that was my first thought when people start mentioning Gary Puckett... he's a pedophile.  Apparently thought (I just looked it up), he didn't write the song, one of his producers did.  And further, he has apparently found Jesus late in life.

Frankly, I don't think that's  an  adequate excuse.  Give back all the money you made from that vile song, Gary.  Then we can talk. 

Posted by: BurtTC at October 17, 2013 04:03 AM (BeSEI)

102 I don't see where there is any room for gloating at all. Maybe the plan could have worked, maybe it couldn't have worked. But it was never going to work when the GOPe kept telling Reid and the public, "Hey, this is a really dumb idea." To use Ace's poker analogy, the bluff might have been called, it might not have been called. But it is certainly going to be called when the GOPe looks at our hand and says, "You should call, he's got nothing."

Posted by: Boone at October 17, 2013 04:04 AM (tIyK2)

103 EOJ

1- Pick electable Liberal Republican Candidates

2-Win elections

3- They all turn rock ribbed conservative and vote that way!



It's easy, duh.

Posted by: Typo Dynamofo at October 17, 2013 04:04 AM (FtCW+)

104

Are the Koch Bro's big amnesty spporters...

 

And you Marcus are the type of troll we used in the Great Lakes Salmon fishing,

I guess your a Down Rigger.

Posted by: Clemenza at October 17, 2013 04:05 AM (3GuQx)

105 NLTL @97 See if you can get the Mercury browser for your phone. I have it on my iPhone. It will recognize and automatically convert URLs in text to hyperlinks.

Posted by: Gran at October 17, 2013 04:05 AM (mw0FO)

106 I dislike the song"Young girl". i don't know anything about the singer, but yes, the song is creepy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 04:05 AM (a4Omg)

107 At least we get to keep the Emperor!

Posted by: Smokey the Samauri at October 17, 2013 04:06 AM (h0T3E)

108 Test. [str]test[/str]

Posted by: Test at October 17, 2013 04:07 AM (CRY7r)

109 Totally off topic here.. I want to recommend to you older 'rons & 'ronettes to get the shingles vaccine.

My wife had a bout of shingles a couple years ago on her face.. a quick visit to the doctor and getting on meds right away made it not so bad.  But I figured I better get the vaccine.

So, I did 2 yrs ago and thought I was safe.  However, last week on vacation I got shingles anyway.  I learned the vaccine is only about 60% effective.  But.. After a little over a week on meds I am pretty much over the effects.  It turns out those who have the vaccine get a milder case and, more importantly, do not get the nerve damage that shingles can give you for years.  A guy at work had them 5 yrs ago and he is still in so much pain he cannot wear a dress shirt.

So.. just some advice..  shingles is some nasty shit..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 17, 2013 04:07 AM (b/lt+)

110 just s for strikeout, if that's what you were going for..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 17, 2013 04:08 AM (b/lt+)

111 Wow... I had no idea Puckett was such a creep.

Posted by: Gran at October 17, 2013 04:08 AM (mw0FO)

112 Thanks for unraveling my shit, Radish.

Sorry. 

FWIW, I'm probably going to go all House Stenographer on some cow-orkers by the end of the day, I'll try to get my minion to video it on his phone for y'all. 

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs to skip the beer and go straight to tequila at October 17, 2013 04:09 AM (/kI1Q)

113 Well its above 60 finally so I can do my morning walk. BBL

Posted by: Vic at October 17, 2013 04:11 AM (zZbNF)

114 114. That was weird. Poor lady. I couldn't understand what she was saying.

Posted by: Puttanesca, the sauce at October 17, 2013 04:12 AM (1ThpN)

115 So Rubio voted nay on yesterdays clusterfuckery...Second look??
//

Posted by: dananjcon at October 17, 2013 04:12 AM (wmU4G)

116

Actually heard a Dem congressman insist that the deficit is "coming down too fast." Truly this country is splitting apart.

You misheard. He was complaining that McConnell "went down too fast" on Obama.  A true lady should wait until at least the third date.

Posted by: wooga at October 17, 2013 04:12 AM (jgnqm)

117 Test.


Your Might.


Posted by: Raiden at October 17, 2013 04:12 AM (gfGOZ)

118 Sure cat, post a portion of the lyrics that supports your argument and leave the rest out. MFM much? An 18+ year old guy telling a probably 16 or 17 year old, all dolled up girl to run home to her mamma before he succumbs to human nature is wrong?

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at October 17, 2013 04:14 AM (tWrwm)

119 So we'll have wall to wall MSM coverage of the Obamacare failure starting today, isn't that right, Dionne Warwick?

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 17, 2013 04:14 AM (ZshNr)

120

So Rubio voted nay on yesterdays clusterfuckery...Second look??

 

I'm guessing he had permission.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 17, 2013 04:14 AM (TpXEI)

121 laters.. work calls.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 17, 2013 04:14 AM (b/lt+)

122 This Republican cave shows why the "Chicago Way" is so hard to defeat once entrenched. The reason the Senate Reps kept undercutting the House conservatives? Their bribery crumbs were already in place. Both McConnell and Boehner had pork ready to go into the final spending. While Obama and the Dims steal trillions there are always enough crumbs to feed the dogs. Just as long as they're good dogs.

Posted by: John Boehner, SuperGenius at October 17, 2013 04:14 AM (CRY7r)

123 *wanders in and wavers*

TCM movie from 1959 called Verbotten! about US occupation in Germany.  And Werewolves.  Love this quote of a GI to German rioters, "We're not here as liberators! We're here as conquerors."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 04:14 AM (bfAee)

124 FWIW, I'm probably going to go all House Stenographer on some cow-orkers by the end of the day, I'll try to get my minion to video it on his phone for y'all. Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs to skip the beer and go straight to tequila at October 17, 2013 08:09 AM (/kI1Q --------------------- I think my client will find this acceptable, provided certain profanities are included. *****initials Letter Of Intent*****

Posted by: Attorney of Jeff at October 17, 2013 04:14 AM (JDIKC)

125 I'll try to get my minion to video it on his phone for y'all. You have a minion? According to Section 832 para 46 line 8 of the Affordable Care Act you are responsible for providing bronze level coverage to not just that person, but 25% of the people in your state.

Posted by: ObamaCare Panel [/i] at October 17, 2013 04:15 AM (U2UQk)

126 I have Verbotten on, too, in the background. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 17, 2013 04:15 AM (XB5Ak)

127 Got a call from my local RNC group last nite, saying that now the crisis is averted, its time to support our RNC leadership in the further fighting of the Democrats, with a generous support of money.

I Laughed. And laughed.

I asked, if this would be used by Boner and McConnell, and the poor woman seemed confused. I commented that the current RNC had the spine of jello, and the fortitude of wet toilet paper, and my support for them is OVER - please remove my name from their list, and make no further calls or communication for my support, for it WILL NOT BE GIVEN.

I. AM. THROUGH!

Posted by: fred zeppelin at October 17, 2013 04:16 AM (zL/eJ)

128 That Benny Mardones song always creeps me out....

Posted by: UDM at October 17, 2013 04:17 AM (DKUqj)

129 strike through is [ s ]

Posted by: Beto at October 17, 2013 04:17 AM (VWfCN)

130
If the partyÂ’s leadership wants to actually lead, whether within the G.O.P. or in the country at large, they canÂ’t let this kind of stunt be pulled again.

Ross Douthat
NYT "Conservative" - NR Alumn

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 17, 2013 04:17 AM (kdS6q)

131 Got a call from my local RNC group last nite, saying that now the crisis is averted, its time to support our RNC leadership in the further fighting of the Democrats ***** We were always at war with Eastasia

Posted by: Beto at October 17, 2013 04:18 AM (VWfCN)

132 Those who opposed the shutdown didn't have a plan for getting rid of Obamacare. 

Those supporting the shutdown didn't have a plan for getting rid of Obamacare. 

The GOP establishment had no plan for getting rid of Obamacare. 

The comment horde at AoS had no plan for getting rid of Obamacare. 

That should bring an end to the "what was your plan" discussion. 

Posted by: The Governor at October 17, 2013 04:18 AM (Tlix5)

133 I don't think there's any evidence that the song was written about pedophilia. However, I don't think a boy of 18 would call a 17 year old a "young girl". That phrase implies-to me an older man. My BIL is 11 years older than my sister. They fell in live when she was 16 and he was 27. They're still together 35 plus years later,. but I don't think he ever have referred to her in that way.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 04:19 AM (a4Omg)

134

If the partyÂ’s leadership wants to actually lead, whether within the G.O.P. or in the country at large, they canÂ’t let this kind of stunt be pulled again.

 

All things considered, I think things turned out very well for Mitch McConnell. 

 

He managed to parlay this entire thing into pork for his district.  We need a hundred men like him in the Senate.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 17, 2013 04:19 AM (TpXEI)

135

>>>So Rubio voted nay on yesterdays clusterfuckery...Second look??

 

That was /sarc right?

Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 04:19 AM (3ZtZW)

136 ♫ So hurry home to your mama I'm sure she wonders where you are Get out of here Before I have the time To change my mind 'Cause I'm afraid we'll go too far ♫ Yes, he's telling the girl to leave, the one with the 'come on look in her eyes' before he changes his mind. Creep is creepy.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 17, 2013 04:20 AM (U2UQk)

137 130 Here's an idea... No one send money to the RNC... Send it all to Ted Cruz and let us be the power brokers

Posted by: Beto at October 17, 2013 04:20 AM (VWfCN)

138 Thanks for the strike through advice. Now I shall get drunk weep tears of joy for my great time of tribulation is over.

Posted by: John Boehner, SuperGenius at October 17, 2013 04:20 AM (CRY7r)

139 It's a pretty ugly movie on human nature and how a little scheiskopf of a Werewolf is just like Schickelgruber.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 04:21 AM (bfAee)

140 No debt ceiling in new "deal".

The debt ceiling is automatically raised -- so there is not debt ceiling. The sky is not the limit.  Mars is not the limit.

John McCain - the surrender monkey, go to hell.

Posted by: A.Men at October 17, 2013 04:21 AM (GlDhi)

141 It was the barricade across the tanning booth that forced John Boehner to capitulate.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 17, 2013 04:21 AM (TpXEI)

142 Deductibles are so high in Obamacare that what it basically will be is very, very expensive catastrophic insurance.  Oh sure, you can get your johnson pills and your abortions, and a few other things like free blood pressure screenings (if that doesn't take the pressure off the wallet, I don't know what will.../sarc).  But aside from a few things, nobody will ever reach their deductibles for the myriad of things that send people to the doctor.  And those poor people who will also have those outrageous deductibles will still wind up in the emergency room and walk out with nary a bill. 

But at least Congress, their staff and Obama all are exempt from this cluster****.  We need them concentrating on the important things and not having to worry about their healthcare or insurance. 

What a crappy day already.  Realization that this country is so far gone we'll likely never be the same, it's gloomy, and it's the 4th anniversary of my mom's passing.  I'm a sad panda. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 17, 2013 04:21 AM (XB5Ak)

143
Well, looks like I lost the apostrophe lotto, even using a text editor clean room.

Pixy....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 17, 2013 04:21 AM (kdS6q)

144 Wow... I had no idea Puckett was such a creep. Ace linked a very funny Adam Carolla podcast about a year ago in which he and Dr. Drew pulled apart "pedophile anthems of the late 60s/early 70s". Puckett was prominently featured. Unfortunately I believe episodes that old you have to pay to listen to now.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 17, 2013 04:22 AM (T6c9C)

145 I actually find it rather interesting and diverting that we're arguing about "Young Girl" rather than rehashing yesterday's political games. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 04:22 AM (a4Omg)

146 "The lights are coming back on. But thereÂ’s little worth gazing on in Washington."

Is this man an idiot? They never dimmed- here in Flyover Country....

Posted by: backhoe at October 17, 2013 04:23 AM (ULH4o)

147 "Lenin said people generally get the government they deserve." And Mencken said that they usually get it good and hard.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at October 17, 2013 04:23 AM (kGPy+)

148

>>>This Republican cave shows why the "Chicago Way" is so hard to defeat once entrenched.

 

Speaking of which:

Is it a good sign that Cruz is being lambasted in the MFM, rather than having caved himself? I'm thinking that if the misAdministration had anything compromising on Cruz like they did with Petreus they would've played that.

Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 04:23 AM (3ZtZW)

149 @151: They already tried the "stealth Canadian" card, but nobody cared. When that's their opening bid, they probably don't have anything substantial.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 17, 2013 04:25 AM (T6c9C)

150 Well I just wrote the RNC telling why I have not contributed lately and how disgusted I am with them. Yeah I know, like they care

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 17, 2013 04:25 AM (1RQeV)

151
All things considered, I think things turned out very well for Mitch McConnell.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk




He ain't the only one buddy!

*waves a stack of crisp new Benjamins under your nose*

Posted by: The Widow Lautenberg

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 17, 2013 04:25 AM (kdS6q)

152 The first American officer across the Rhine at Remagen was Lt. Karl Timmerman.  His father fought as part of the AEF in WWI.  After the Armistice, he went AWOL for a few days and returned with a German wife.  They settled back in Timmerman's home town where Karl was born.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 04:26 AM (bfAee)

153 So what bullshit is going to be headlining the news cause I have a sneaking suspicion it won't be the CF that is 404care.

Posted by: RWC at October 17, 2013 04:27 AM (fWAjv)

154 On the bright side, my congress critter who has never seen a debt ceiling increase he didn't like, must be feeling some heat.  He voted against this mess.

If you had a dog that you were planning to replace and it managed, just once, to not shit on the carpet, how would you reward it?

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at October 17, 2013 04:27 AM (epxV4)

155 So we'll have wall to wall MSM coverage of the Obamacare failure starting today, isn't that right, Dionne Warwick? Posted by: Lincolntf at October 17, 2013 08:14 AM

Nope.

Now it's time for teh AMNESTY!!11!!!eleventy!!

Choom Boy has spoken.

Getting a few million illegals on ChoomCare will fix everything what's broke with the system, you wait and see....

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 04:28 AM (kaGpp)

156 And good morning. Bacon flavored maple donuts in conference room Barrel 1A.

Posted by: RWC at October 17, 2013 04:28 AM (fWAjv)

157 I second the recommendation on getting the shingles vaccine. I have seen several horror stories, including an older friend who had to have her eye removed. I did not meet the age requirement for the vaccine, but paid out of pocket, $352.

Posted by: Museisluse at October 17, 2013 04:28 AM (HBhZC)

158 152 @151: They already tried the "stealth Canadian" card, but nobody cared. When that's their opening bid, they probably don't have anything substantial. Posted by: Ian S. at October 17, 2013 08:25 AM (T6c9C) Yeah, they've gone off the "stealth Canadian" and are now trying the "dirty Mexican" card. Apparently, the latest knock against Cruz comes from a (Dim?) college roommate who says that as a college student Cruz was messy and had B.O. Next we'll hear Cruz is trying to steal your Fritos.

Posted by: John Boehner, SuperGenius at October 17, 2013 04:29 AM (CRY7r)

159 Is it true that the RNC didn't contribute anything to Lonegan's campaign?

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 17, 2013 04:29 AM (7ItH2)

160 Less then 25% of the electorate here in NJ voted yesterday. Should be a law against that. If 50% don't vote the election is thrown out

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 17, 2013 04:30 AM (1RQeV)

161 The Senate needs a few more pimps, and T-Bone senses that vegan is the hot ticket.

Posted by: Fritz at October 17, 2013 04:31 AM (UzPAd)

162 This is where we are now. The media and most LIVs are 'celebrating' a deal that continues to blow up the debt. This is 'victory' for them.

Sigh.

Posted by: Todd W at October 17, 2013 04:31 AM (tjj0w)

163 Is it true that the RNC didn't contribute anything to Lonegan's campaign? Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 17, 2013 08:29 AM (7ItH2) Not sure if it is true but I heard that. To be honest it was a lost cause

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 17, 2013 04:31 AM (1RQeV)

164 Ask her for me why the Koch brothers are evil and George Soros is good. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 07:56 AM (JDIKC) I will, I think she was making a point when I asked her where she was reading her news from, and suggested maybe she read some things from Heritage, she said "well they (Koch) are the biggest donors to Heritage so I can't trust Heritage to be unbiased. I really did lose it and didn't make a compelling argument because I was too upset and went to bed. But I have since asked her what the big deal is and why is it such a bad thing. I also told her that she was a smart girl, and she could read the information on Heritage herself and fact check, and to not dismiss something just because she's afraid of bias. It's easy enough to detect when someone is leaving facts out or adding things in to make their point. She said she would. So we shall see. She's very strong willed and would make a good lawyer, haha.

Posted by: spypeach at October 17, 2013 04:31 AM (10H0T)

165 If you had a dog that you were planning to replace and it managed, just once, to not shit on the carpet, how would you reward it?
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at October 17, 2013 08:27 AM

I'd pat it on the head before kickin' the bejeebers out of it's li'l doggy butt.

There were undoubtedly numerous "no" votes cast out of good, old-fashioned political expediency. It is dangerous to assume character or responsibility played any part at all.

Rubio continues to suck. With so many would-be hack politicians to choose from, it's better to throw away the current crop and give others a chance to screw things up.

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 04:32 AM (kaGpp)

166 I plan to never run for Congress. They may find out I didn't make my bed in college every day and once or twice ate my roomate's snacks without asking first.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 04:32 AM (a4Omg)

167 2 billion to kentucky? dear Lord.......thanks mitch

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 17, 2013 04:32 AM (8JJ6O)

168 The power of free shit compels you!

The power of free shit compels you!

The power of free shit compels you!

The power of free shit compels you!


Posted by: dananjcon at October 17, 2013 04:32 AM (wmU4G)

169

So anyways wingnuts, it's time for you to shut up and support a path to citizenship for the millions of 3rd-world future Americans our big contributors want to use as slaves.

 

You guys are a tiresome and irritating base.  We're gonna try to build a new one.  John Boehner bought a sombrero, so we should be able to convince them to not be Democrats.  If you doubted our messaging power, look at how we failed to get out the word about a guy who barricaded popular national monuments.  It'll be a cinch to compete with people giving out taxpayer money.

 

Our biggest problem actually is that Mitch McConnell is trying to grab it all first.  We're gonna make him wear mittens safety-pinned to his jacket.

Posted by: Reince Priebus at October 17, 2013 04:32 AM (TpXEI)

170
Ace linked a very funny Adam Carolla podcast about a year ago in which he and Dr. Drew pulled apart "pedophile anthems of the late 60s/early 70s".

There was a similar-to-this Manatee gag on Family Guy last week, involving the Griffins watching an episode of 'Quantum Leap.'

(Sam materializes)
Sam: What year is this, Al?
Al: 1972.
Sam: Great. I'm going to go show my penis to some children.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 17, 2013 04:33 AM (QXlbZ)

171 Washington must really think we are stupid. The 2/3 requirement is a cheap political trick. It enables significant members of both parties to vote against any increase and to insulate themselves from criticism. Nice move, GOP! As always, it is about them and not about the country. Meanwhile, in VA, the Cuccinelli trainwreck continues. This once great state is rapidly morphing into Colorado. In ten years, it will be California.

Posted by: Czar Peter at October 17, 2013 04:33 AM (2f2jS)

172 On the bright side, my congress critter who has never seen a debt ceiling increase he didn't like, must be feeling some heat. He voted against this mess. If you had a dog that you were planning to replace and it managed, just once, to not shit on the carpet, how would you reward it? -------- With a fucking shovel to the cervical vertebrae.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 04:33 AM (u/6E9)

173 162. Don't know but I read booker spent $11 million! Won by 10 points with 25% turnout and outspent opponent 10-1?

Posted by: Puttanesca, the sauce at October 17, 2013 04:33 AM (1ThpN)

174 "Getting a few million illegals on ChoomCare" "Naw, mang. I just go to the ER. None of that bullsheet paperwork and money out of pocket. You don't mind if I take up an ER slot with my pinky toe blister while you're having a heart attack, do you? Oh, you do? Racist!"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at October 17, 2013 04:33 AM (kGPy+)

175 I think Booker actually outspent Lonegan by 12:1.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 04:34 AM (a4Omg)

176 However, I don't think a boy of 18 would call a 17 year old a "young girl". -FS Actually, back when the so my came out.... what passed for scandalous was much closer to just that. Even if he's saying, go home, it's saying you're hot and you get me hot, girlie And my younger sister really liked Puckett, which I tried to ignore.... "Come back, when you grow up, girl, You're still living in a paper-doll world..." did it better. Good morning, world of people! This morning's news does not exceed my expectations, so my disappointments were already pre-amortized.

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 17, 2013 04:34 AM (ma3QC)

177 Now is the time my friends to do the right thing and pucker up and kiss some illegal alien ass and welcome them properly to their permanent home, the USA!

Posted by: Marky Rubio at October 17, 2013 04:34 AM (VrVBw)

178

>>>Next we'll hear Cruz is trying to steal your Fritos.

 

WTF? That's a dealbreaker right there. I demand free chili and cheese for compensation

Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 04:34 AM (3ZtZW)

179 So put him in his 20's. She's been hiding the secret of her youth. Has him "all worked up" and when he discovers how young she is he tells her to leave before he fails... Sounds like a guy trying pretty damn hard to do the right thing despite significant temptation to me.

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at October 17, 2013 04:35 AM (J+V/o)

180 I was up all night worrying about the plight of the poor congressional staffers that Jeff B. so kindly brought to our attention. Did anyone see how they fared in this Cruz-inflicted debacle? I couldn't sleep a wink, so sick was I with worry and fear.

Sure, I realize that staffers help write the shitty bills they inflict on all of us and then generally go onto highly paid careers with lobbyists and such. And even though I'm out of work and lost my individual policy due to the ACA, Jeff B. made me see that I was a terrible person and practically un-Christian until I appreciated the their unique misery.

Please, end my agony and tell me the staffers got extra money in their paychecks for the overpriced POS they helped shove down the collective throats of every citizen in the country.

Posted by: jeannebodine at October 17, 2013 04:35 AM (2LJqa)

181 I think that's stupid. If your kid is out in the woods at camp there's always a possibility of Lyme Disease. So now a camp may be put out of business because of it? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 07:55 AM (a4Omg) Now parents can look forward to signing a twenty five page boiler plate legal release everytime they send their kids anywhere.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 04:35 AM (XIxXP)

182 Wayyy O/T-- Has anybody else noticed that PJMedia has started a book and now a home improvement thread? I think Ace and the Morons have influence that they don't even realize.... Next up-- Spiritual threads, Birthday threads, Gun threads (I doubt that one), Car threads, Gaming threads. Keep it up, fellow 'rons and 'ettes!

Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at October 17, 2013 04:35 AM (D/mKE)

183 I second the recommendation on getting the shingles vaccine. I have seen several horror stories, including an older friend who had to have her eye removed. I did not meet the age requirement for the vaccine, but paid out of pocket, $352. Posted by: Museisluse at October 17, 2013 08:28 AM (HBhZC) The Boss had shingles a couple of years ago and he was in agony for weeks. I'm fighting with my dad about him getting it because he is convinced he doesn't need it and I'm convinced that if he gets shingles Mommy and I will go insane trying to take care of him.

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at October 17, 2013 04:35 AM (VtjlW)

184 Yeah I am gonna reread the bullshit on "must get 66% to stop debt increases until Feb 7" bit...

Maet and Jeff B are under the impression it is just a single trip to Wonkaland for the Chicago Jesus.

I am betting that when he puts the money back into the pensions he has been raiding he has to get another hike by Xmas....


Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 04:36 AM (9jfyN)

185

>>>I plan to never run for Congress. They may find out I didn't make my bed in college every day and once or twice ate my roomate's snacks without asking first.

 

THIS IS THE FACE OF THE FSA!!1!

Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 04:36 AM (3ZtZW)

186 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at October 17, 2013 08:33 AM

Oh, shit. I think I met you when I was living in Los Angeles....

You cleaned our toilets, right?

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 04:36 AM (kaGpp)

187 Caving and Booker and Pork, oh my. Today I feel like Fuck This-n-That Cat. Fuck this thing and fuck that thing and fuck this thing in particular.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at October 17, 2013 04:37 AM (7ObY1)

188 Yeah, the "paper doll world" is creepy too. CREEPY.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 04:37 AM (a4Omg)

189 So the GOP caved so thoroughly on the Debt Ceiling (where they "had the leverage") that they will never have to cave on it again?

Way to go guys.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at October 17, 2013 04:37 AM (P/gm7)

190 How does bending to every single liberal demand net us more conservative government?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 07:06 AM (Q1+3n)



It doesn't. But then again, you knew that.



What a fucking day (night). I'm drinking myself to sleep in an effort to forget it ever happened.



Nothing serious, just a really shitty day at work (yes I know that's a redundant statement).

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 04:38 AM (yh0zB)

191 Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 08:36 AM (3ZtZW) LOL; Not quite. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 04:38 AM (a4Omg)

192 60. It's also the anniversary of Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown. Posted by: Gran at October 17, 2013 07:37 AM blast from the past, how long it took for Americans to sabotage our entire nation. Our leaders have transformed Constitutional Governance into a Ponzi scheme, after all was sacrificed and endured under the worst of conditions to ensure Liberty and the pursuit of happiness as our heritage, our ancestors' legacy, through our nation's birth. From this moment forward, it's cradle to grave socialism, no nuance, just in your face. Constitution? That's old school. This is new school for suckers on your worthless dime. And all those who say 'NOW it will be simpler, easier to prove socialism's errors to those who will never admit the truth' I repeat, don't hold your breath waiting for the blind to see the light. How dire our circumstances worsen weakens the knees, hearts and minds of those who already capitulated. Ted Cruz refuses to extinguish the light illuminating our American Renaissance, our new awakening, our awareness of each other as a strength against isolation, against the intolerable tyranny permeating our world here at home in America. No longer innocent, the knowledge between good and evil drove Adam and Eve from utopia. And they survived through their own labors. It couldn't have been easy for Saul of Tarsus to fall off his high horse, and be put to shame for his elitist vindictive self righteousness that literally required the lives of those who believed differently than he did. But he accepted the reprimand, and became Paul the messenger for Christ and ethnic tolerance in the newly birthed Christian community. Abruptly altered states of consciousness need not "mean" hopelessness. Rather, new life. Rougher circumstances. More demanding than before. But in the end, that much sweeter. We must learn from adversity and endure for the sake of keeping alive the love of truth: Liberty. Light exists. Whether people see it or not is the only question, acknowledgement. At present in Washington, we have the blind blinding those who would otherwise see, gouging out eyes as it were. If Leadership won't see, no one else gets to, either. Committing impeachable offenses, "Because I Could." Elect the Cruz alliance. Wash out Washington. Constitutional integrity exists and remains an ideal, our American life force. Constitutional Governance is the pearl of great price. You can ignore or defy the metaphysical; doesn't mean that the metaphysical isn't still as it always has been and will be, the immaterial existence which does not rely on the material in order to exist. But rather, in "life" itself, the material form requires the metaphysical life power for sustenance. Otherwise, death. Ironic. How frustrating for the material gluts and obese egos, to never be able to vanquish the ultimate IDEA that determines form. Yes, they revel in their powers. But for all their abuses of power, there yet remains the witness to truth. May God Bless Americans to cleanse ourselves (sooner than later) of tyranny that's spreading terrorism.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 17, 2013 04:38 AM (MhA4j)

193 161 John Boehner, SuperGenius at October 17, 2013 08:29 AM (CRY7r)

No sir Mr. Speaker... Ted Cruz is the Canadian Tony Montana of Frito Lay forcing salt laced carb addiction on millions...

"get up and moo"

//Michelle Obama

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 04:38 AM (9jfyN)

194

I was up all night worrying about the plight of the poor congressional staffers that Jeff B. so kindly brought to our attention.
Posted by: jeannebodine




The endless suffering of a two week paid vacation....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 17, 2013 04:39 AM (kdS6q)

195 Re: NY Times Obamacare Putting aside the O-Care aspect of this story....this guy is a perfect example of the idiocy and laziness in America. How about you pick up the phone and call the insurance company directly and ask? Nah too hard. This is the American attitude now. I want the information right now. And if I don't get it, I'll complain like a little bitch and/or demand govt take action for me.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 17, 2013 04:40 AM (PMvWe)

196 Today I feel like Fuck This-n-That Cat. Fuck this thing and fuck that thing and fuck this thing in particular. Posted by: BlueStateRebel at October 17, 2013 08:37 AM (7ObY1) TruCon Cat is one of my favorite things right now. It's the this thing in particular that really ties the room together.

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at October 17, 2013 04:40 AM (VtjlW)

197 I ♡ that song.

Posted by: zombie JonBenét Ramsey [/i] at October 17, 2013 04:40 AM (U2UQk)

198

>>>Has anybody else noticed that PJMedia has started a book and now a home improvement thread?

 

No. Have you noticed anybody reading PJMedia?

Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 04:40 AM (3ZtZW)

199 I hope ace or another cob logger is looking carefully at what is in this POS they passed last night. The little bit I heard on the radio while taking my youngen to school is ass puckering.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 04:40 AM (XIxXP)

200

I never would have thought that Jonah Goldberg is even capable of writing such drivel. Very disappointing.

Posted by: Elize Nayden at October 17, 2013 04:41 AM (NsWus)

201 "Those who opposed the shutdown didn't have a plan for getting rid of Obamacare.

Those supporting the shutdown didn't have a plan for getting rid of Obamacare.

The GOP establishment had no plan for getting rid of Obamacare.

The comment horde at AoS had no plan for getting rid of Obamacare.

That should bring an end to the "what was your plan" discussion."

That's easy - follow the Constitution; all 4000-odd words, and nothing else. If it was good for George, Andy, and Ron, its good for me.

Posted by: fred zeppelin at October 17, 2013 04:41 AM (zL/eJ)

202 192 the guy that moves pianos for a living... at October 17, 2013 08:37 AM (P/gm7)

Hey Mitch McConnell had 3 billion forced into an emergency dam that has been on the books since the 80s.....

THAT THAT is why we elect Republicans my friend to get deals like we had last night....


Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 04:41 AM (9jfyN)

203 No. Have you noticed anybody reading PJMedia? Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 08:40 AM (3ZtZW) What's PJ Media.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 04:41 AM (XIxXP)

204 Maet and Jeff B are under the impression it is just a single trip to Wonkaland for the Chicago Jesus. I am betting that when he puts the money back into the pensions he has been raiding he has to get another hike by Xmas....  Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 08:36 AM

I think Ace was also heading down this road in his screeds yesterday.

What is the lure of politics that makes the game more important than the final score? Any why in G*d's name does any sentient being believe that Choom Boy will be satisfied with just one more power grab? We have plenty of examples (way too many, really) since '09 to teach us that simply isn't so....

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 04:41 AM (kaGpp)

205 Did anybody listen to TFG last night? I could swear he mentioned how bringing in the illegals will help pay down the deficit and such. White House transcript either scrubbed it or I heard wrong.

Posted by: RWC at October 17, 2013 04:41 AM (fWAjv)

206 Best news from the shut down: we will be looking to governors for '16 candidates. Scott Brown 4 lyf3

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at October 17, 2013 04:42 AM (HJsXk)

207 Err Walker.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at October 17, 2013 04:42 AM (HJsXk)

208 Damn that's a typo.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at October 17, 2013 04:42 AM (HJsXk)

209 >>>So Rubio voted nay on yesterdays clusterfuckery...Second look??

That was /sarc right?

Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 08:19 AM (3ZtZW)

*


Yes, my /sarc shorthand is //


I'm a maverick.



Posted by: dananjcon at October 17, 2013 04:43 AM (wmU4G)

210 Sarah Hoyt I noticed is running a series on PJ Media on how to get published.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 04:43 AM (AG1mq)

211 203 Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 08:40 AM (XIxXP)

Yup....

I read it as Obama has been handed a blank check for a 1/3d a year....

they are arguing that they included a date for a "single" debt ceiling increase...

we'll see....

Like Darth Vader Obama has a habit of altering arrangements.

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 04:43 AM (9jfyN)

212 So Rubio voted nay on yesterdays clusterfuckery...Second look?? No, he's playing the redstate Dem Game. Wait until you get enough votes then vote with the conservatives. Rubio has outed himself.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 04:45 AM (XIxXP)

213 208 MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 08:41 AM (kaGpp)

Our fucking retard choir on the hill doesn't get what Obama is gunning for is the purse not solvency ergo....

"uh er wait a sedc ah uh I have to er repay Jack Lews accounting tricks I said were unpossible...uh the law says you need 66% to stop CRs until 7 Feb 2014..."


coming soon to a network near you.

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 04:45 AM (9jfyN)

214 PJ media used to be called Pajamas Media. They are a conservative leaning site and have a variety of articles on different subjects including videos by Bill Whittle: http://pjmedia.com/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 04:45 AM (a4Omg)

215 Today I feel like Fuck This-n-That Cat.

Fuck this thing and fuck that thing and fuck this thing in particular.
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at October 17, 2013 08:37 AM (7ObY1)



You mean, like this?

http://tinyurl.com/99qvy4

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 17, 2013 04:46 AM (JpC1K)

216 Mallamutt, I was talking about the Congressman. But in the interest of thoroughness, you could also use the shovel on your MIL, then use it to dig two holes.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 04:46 AM (u/6E9)

217 Hey Sven - how goes it in the world of Dress Right-Dress!

Posted by: fred zeppelin at October 17, 2013 04:46 AM (zL/eJ)

218 #166 Well obviously in retrospect it was a lost cause but if your party does nothing to support you that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. I'm sure to win in NJ it helps to be a fat shit RINO who doesn't do a fucking thing to help anybody other than himself. I keep hearing about what great financial shape the RNC is yet they stiff a candidate for the Senate which I keep hearing is really really important. So are they spending it on hookers and blow or a huge war chest for Jebby and Fat Fuck.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 17, 2013 04:47 AM (7ItH2)

219 221 fred zeppelin at October 17, 2013 08:46 AM (zL/eJ)

Spouse is at the range this morning.....

yes 18-22 year olds with REAL assault rifles and a lot of angst.

Pucker factor is medium

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 04:48 AM (9jfyN)

220 ...uh the law says you need 66% to stop CRs until 7 Feb 2014... Can we add 3 or 4 trillion more to the national debt in just 130 days? YES. WE. CAN!

Posted by: John Boehner, SuperGenius at October 17, 2013 04:48 AM (CRY7r)

221 117 So Rubio voted nay on yesterdays clusterfuckery...Second look?? // Posted by: dananjcon at October 17, 2013 08:12 AM (wmU4G) CYA vote. He had a chance to prove himself an actual conservative. What he did is prove that is nothing more than another 'moderate' Republican. I'll never vote for the guy.

Posted by: blindside at October 17, 2013 04:48 AM (WzWmY)

222 ٩͡[๏̯͡๏]۶  <---using my shiny, new Fun Characters.  Thanks be to the moron yesterday, whose name escapes me, that found this add-on thingy in Firefox. &

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 17, 2013 04:48 AM (XB5Ak)

223

So the GOP caved so thoroughly on the Debt Ceiling (where they "had the leverage") that they will never have to cave on it again?

 

The Debt Ceiling votes were a farce, and they made the GOP uncomfortable because it put them on record as a bunch of lying corrupt shitbags. 

 

This way here all the GOP guys can puff out their chests and talk about the Debt without having to be responsible for it.  They can throw pork at a few entrenched old-timers for the 1/3 necessary to stop it.

 

And this confirms what we all knew - nobody in DC thinks the deficit, or the debt, are problems.  That's your fucking realism right there.  These guys think it's all a game and are in it purely for personal gain.

 

They are useless and they suck. 

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 17, 2013 04:48 AM (TpXEI)

224 218 -

Yup, we need more 'fire in the belly' like Whittle - loved his speeches from the beginning of the year. Just wishing that Boner had that kind of fire in his belly.

*sigh

Posted by: fred zeppelin at October 17, 2013 04:49 AM (zL/eJ)

225 I also got 4 hours sleep after being up 28 hours....

yeehaw

I am gonna donate some stuff to goodwill and stare at the sun I think

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 04:49 AM (9jfyN)

226 Had to unearth the Week 1 post from Hoyt -
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/10/12/to-market-to-market-with-words-to-peddle/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 04:49 AM (AG1mq)

227

So I heard an interview excerpt with Robin Leach, the Lifestyles of the Rich n Famous dude, saying to some other poncy Brit about how Obama is Teh Worst and how its all very near to irreversible now. He said that Obama is making the economic and political conditions of Britain prior to Maggie, which he and the interviewer had both escaped to the USA to avoid, and that he didn't think there were any Maggie-types available to the USA. He specifically mentioned Rand Paul as not being able to reverse anything, mostly since No Charismatic Enuf.

 

Me, I dunno. I thought it innerestin' he brought up Rand as being correct in message because both he and the interviewer have lived our near future...

Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 04:49 AM (3ZtZW)

228 F.y.i. That house stenographer is not crazy.

Posted by: God at October 17, 2013 04:50 AM (pZYzV)

229 I hear ya Fenelon. I brought up vocal ability and people started slamming lyrics that they see differently than I do. "Lady Willpower's" lyrics, about a guy wanting a gal to "give in" before they're married would be easier to slam in my view. And I'm sure none of us ever tried to do that. RE: yesterday's votes. I was hoping against hope. Should have known better. Any republican who voted for it needs to be gone. Period.

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at October 17, 2013 04:51 AM (xhr2b)

230 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04F4xlWSFh0


submitted without further comment...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 04:52 AM (yh0zB)

231 Jonah Goldberg has written some good stuff, in the past.

But I lost a lot of interest in him when he went full punk bitch on John Derbyshire.

[and why is blogspot banned?]

Posted by: Parker at October 17, 2013 04:52 AM (YkW3i)

232 So are they spending it on hookers and blow or a huge war chest for Jebby and Fat Fuck. Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 17, 2013 08:47 AM

Mainly the latter, I think.

Imperfect as he is, Cruz probably scared the everlovin' shit out of them. He actually displayed a little testicular fortitude, went up against Party Icons like Boner and Bitch McConnell.

The Republicans wouldn't know what to do with hookers and blow. Their idea of "fun" is playing golf with Choom Boy.

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 04:53 AM (kaGpp)

233 I was talking about the Congressman. But in the interest of thoroughness, you could also use the shovel on your MIL, then use it to dig two holes. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 08:46 AM (u/6E9) They have those really neat combat folding shovels at the military surplus. May have to take a ride.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 04:53 AM (XIxXP)

234 No. Have you noticed anybody reading PJMedia? Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 08:40 AM (3ZtZW) They have a good roster. Richard Fernandez, Bill Whittle. Hell, even Zombie writes there! That's how I discovered her...for better or worse, the SF photoessays on the LGBTBBQ parades.

Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at October 17, 2013 04:53 AM (D/mKE)

235 208, 217 Mark Levin's point. Ted Cruz acknowledged the case. Obama is abusing Constitution Article One, total upheaval of any balance in limited powers, by executive branch usurping power of the purse as if a presidential "right". Of course it wasn't enough to legislate either from the Bench or from the Oval Office. Lowlife Purse Snatcher to boot. Given "who counts the votes" and its scorched earth.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 17, 2013 04:53 AM (MhA4j)

236 Doctor then retail therapy today for me. Everybody try to breathe a little and enjoy something.

Posted by: NCKate at October 17, 2013 04:54 AM (S2e5g)

237 Look at the CONgressional vote yesterday - nearly half of the supposedly "radical" "Tea-bagger driven insane" House GOP voted for what is essentially a complete and utter sell-out of everything the GOP says it believes in, and solidly more than half of the Senate GOP did the same. And this was an easy "NO" vote for these guys. Yep, that's right. Look, the GOP got precisely ZERO out of this so called "compromise". It's a complete and utter capitulation. The debt-limit is now entirely in the hands of the Executive branch (at least so long as there's a Democrat in the White House), the sequester is rolled-back, spending restraint is out the window, ObamaCare is now locked-in and will never, ever be legislatively repealed, the CR is full of pork, and we get to do it all again in 90-days so we're being set-up for yet another sell-out (likely on Amnesty). And yet, 3x as many Republicans as needed to ensure the passage of this pile of crap voted in favor of it. Meaning, they approve. As in, this wasn't a "bite my lip and take one for the team" vote, this is something they support. Meaning that, functionally, an effective majority of the GOP in CONgress is to the left of where were the DLC Democrats of Billy Jeff's era. But I - who wants small government more freedom and ObamaScrew repealed in addition to a whole host of other things that will now never ever, happen - am supposed to keep donating to and supporting Republicans because otherwise it will be worse? Sorry, that dog just don't hunt no more. Let It Burn. The GOP - validating my decision to change my political party registration from R to U(nenrolled) every day since 03 MAY 2011.

Posted by: DocJ at October 17, 2013 04:54 AM (qCk/f)

238 You're welcome, America.

Posted by: John Roberts at October 17, 2013 04:54 AM (TpXEI)

239 Both my Dem senators voted yea. When I write to the one, she always sends a sweet note back explaining to me that she is carefully evaluating all sides of the issue so that she can vote to best represent the people of my state, blah blah blah, then ALWAYS votes however Mr. Reid directs. Writing to the other is simply a waste of time. My Rep voted no. Sent him a thank you note. I would suggest that any of the horde who has reps/Sen. who voted no, send them some kind of thanks or support. They can't overcome the numbers, but they have shown some backbone and deserves some appreciation.

Posted by: Jen at October 17, 2013 04:54 AM (Puar7)

240 ٩͡[๏̯͡๏]۶ <---using my shiny, new Fun Characters. Thanks be to the moron yesterday, whose name escapes me, that found this add-on thingy in Firefox.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 17, 2013 08:48 AM (XB5Ak)

**

Yer welcome my lady.

**



Also the collective Sarc radar here seem to be down. For the record Rubio can go pound salt in his effeminate ass!!




Posted by: dananjcon at October 17, 2013 04:55 AM (wmU4G)

241 Mallamutt, you needed to lose weight for the Christmas Holidays anyway.... 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 04:55 AM (AG1mq)

242 Everybody try to breathe a little and enjoy something.

Posted by: NCKate at October 17, 2013 08:54 AM (S2e5g)



Right now I am thoroughly enjoying a Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA. In a few minutes, when this is gone, I will be enjoying a Widmer Brothers Hopside Down IPA. I've never had the Hopside Down, but I expect to enjoy it anyway.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 04:56 AM (yh0zB)

243 Holy crap but do I hate what IE does to my comments here. With apologies, here's what I was trying to say - with formatting and CR's this time (I hope)...

Look at the CONgressional vote yesterday - nearly half of the supposedly "radical" "Tea-bagger driven insane" House GOP voted for what is essentially a complete and utter sell-out of everything the GOP says it believes in, and solidly more than half of the Senate GOP did the same. And this was an easy "NO" vote for these guys. Yep, that's right. Look, the GOP got precisely ZERO out of this so called "compromise". It's a complete and utter capitulation. The debt-limit is now entirely in the hands of the Executive branch (at least so long as there's a Democrat in the White House), the sequester is rolled-back, spending restraint is out the window, ObamaCare is now locked-in and will never, ever be legislatively repealed, the CR is full of pork, and we get to do it all again in 90-days so we're being set-up for yet another sell-out (likely on Amnesty). And yet, 3x as many Republicans as needed to ensure the passage of this pile of crap voted in favor of it.

Meaning, they approve. As in, this wasn't a "bite my lip and take one for the team" vote, this is something they support.
Meaning that, functionally, an effective majority of the GOP in CONgress is to the left of where were the DLC Democrats of Billy Jeff's era. But I - who wants small government more freedom and ObamaScrew repealed in addition to a whole host of other things that will now never ever, happen - am supposed to keep donating to and supporting Republicans because otherwise it will be worse? Sorry, that dog just don't hunt no more.

Let It Burn.
The GOP - validating my decision to change my political party registration from R to U(nenrolled) every day since 03 MAY 2011.

Posted by: DocJ at October 17, 2013 04:56 AM (qCk/f)

244

Greetings and salutations, couch aficionados.

 

We're 17% more screwed today than yesterday. Whee!

 

SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 17, 2013 04:56 AM (0HooB)

245

But the minute the door opened King got his face in front of the cameras and press to speak about how "tea party Republicans" should be basically run out of the party.

 

Fine with me, you POS nickelfucker.  See how many elections you win without us.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 17, 2013 04:57 AM (zF6Iw)

246 Yup, we need more 'fire in the belly' like Whittle - loved his speeches from the beginning of the year. Just wishing that Boner had that kind of fire in his belly. *sigh Posted by: fred zeppelin at October 17, 2013 08:49 AM (zL/eJ) No John...bourbon induced acid reflux is not the same thing.

Posted by: RWC at October 17, 2013 04:57 AM (fWAjv)

247 Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 08:56 AM (yh0zB) Third shifter drinking with the rising sun. Been there done that.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 04:57 AM (XIxXP)

248 One More Time!!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04F4xlWSFh0

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 04:57 AM (yh0zB)

249 Third shifter drinking with the rising sun. Been there done that.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 08:57 AM (XIxXP)




I love working nights.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 04:58 AM (yh0zB)

250 Exxxxxxxcellent!

Posted by: Ted Cruz, diabolical genius at October 17, 2013 04:59 AM (5H6zj)

251 Now that Cory Booker has been elected to the Senate, will that prove that Americans have moved beyond being a nation of racists?

Posted by: Jen at October 17, 2013 04:59 AM (Puar7)

252 would have been nice if the RNC or the Senate Conservatives Fund would have sent a few million to Lonegan.  Maybe if he was only outspent by 5 to 1, he could have won.

Posted by: tofer732 at October 17, 2013 04:59 AM (z3MpN)

253 They have those really neat combat folding shovels at the military surplus. May have to take a ride. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 08:53 AM (XIxXP) -------------- I have one on my rucksack in an old SAW ammo pouch. It is one of the most durable and useful pieces of TA-50 I was ever issued. If you camp, you should have one.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 17, 2013 04:59 AM (qyplE)

254 Every normal man must be tempted at times to say FFS, Gary F'in Puckett?

Well if you're going all pedo-bear on him, might's well take out this one too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qbJBOARb7c

And that song was co-written by Carole King, so build up that bonfire.

Now, for really creepy, you need to go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdbGLK5B5mE
Sure kept a lot of e-flat and b-flat players in work, though.
Well known pedos, them horn players.

 

Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 17, 2013 04:59 AM (JNUY4)

255 But remember let's focus on 'she's a witch' which was testifying about how faith had changed her, or 'Tina Fey is so amusing' there is no Republican leadership, it's only the sell out caucus,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at October 17, 2013 04:59 AM (Jsiw/)

256 So this morning started off with a nice little run (ok, in my case, waddle may be a better description) at 5:45.

I am soooo looking forward to dinner tonight of bland chicken and equally bland steamed veggies.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at October 17, 2013 08:58 AM (OWjjx)



Nice and run do not belong in the same sentence. If you ever see me running, shoot whatever is behind me and I'll stop. If I don't....try to keep up.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 04:59 AM (yh0zB)

257 I want to formally apologize to future generations for the stupidity of this one.

Posted by: ALH at October 17, 2013 05:00 AM (yAPdC)

258 258 Jen at October 17, 2013 08:59 AM (Puar7)

Nope...

but we will have a twatting lying fool on the Senate floor...besides McCain I mean

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:00 AM (9jfyN)

259 Mallamutt, tell us your run route.  Pretty sure some helpful Morons can salt the path with bacon sammiches for you.  Motivation to finish the run, to see if there is just one more sammich at the finish line.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 05:00 AM (AG1mq)

260 Those who opposed the shutdown didn't have a plan for getting rid of Obamacare.

Those supporting the shutdown didn't have a plan for getting rid of Obamacare.

The GOP establishment had no plan for getting rid of Obamacare.

The comment horde at AoS had no plan for getting rid of Obamacare.

That should bring an end to the "what was your plan" discussion.

Posted by: The Governor at October 17, 2013 08:18 AM (Tlix5)

 

Mom took away your Cheetos already, troll?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 17, 2013 05:02 AM (zF6Iw)

261 No love for Drowning Pool?


OK, how about this one...



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

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 05:02 AM (yh0zB)

262 I would suggest that any of the horde who has reps/Sen. who voted no, send them some kind of thanks or support. Posted by: Jen at October 17, 2013 08:54 AM

I live in Massachusetts. No thank-you notes for any of our Congressional fuckweasels.

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 05:02 AM (kaGpp)

263 Well, shame on me for thinking we had a snowball's chance in Hell. I won't make that mistake again. This country is bent on committing suicide and it is no fun to watch.

Posted by: ALH at October 17, 2013 05:02 AM (yAPdC)

264 The worst part of the deal IMO is the Obamacare income verification piece. Boner just gave the IRS power power to abuse the wrong people. How much you wanna bet the income will only be verified for people in Idaho and not for people in Los Angeles?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 17, 2013 05:02 AM (PMvWe)

265 (srsly, watch this video)



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

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 05:02 AM (yh0zB)

266 What is this "income" to which you refer?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 17, 2013 05:03 AM (0HooB)

267 Posted by: Jen at October 17, 2013 08:59 AM (Puar7) It will prove we are affirming and accepting of guys who tweet strippers in order to squelch questions about their sexual orientation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 05:03 AM (a4Omg)

268 272 Mr. Moo Moo at October 17, 2013 09:02 AM (PMvWe)

Oh now...don't be silly comrade...

see CITIZENS need income verification and illegals just get the care.

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:04 AM (9jfyN)

269 Mr. Scribbler, why did you move right into Mordor?

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at October 17, 2013 05:04 AM (Jsiw/)

270 What is this "income" to which you refer? Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 17, 2013 09:03 AM (0HooB) Sit Sit and let me tell you a story. Once upon a time there were these things called jobs..............

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 05:04 AM (XIxXP)

271

>>> If you camp, you should have one.

 

Heineken? F**k that sh*t! Pabst Blue Rib - sorry

Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 05:04 AM (3ZtZW)

272 Mal I can hook you up with lo-cal recipes that are not bland if you need them. Maybe CBD could do a diet food thread.

Posted by: Y-not, evil hobbit at October 17, 2013 05:05 AM (5H6zj)

273

Right now I am thoroughly enjoying a Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA. In a few minutes, when this is gone, I will be enjoying a Widmer Brothers Hopside Down IPA. I've never had the Hopside Down, but I expect to enjoy it anyway.

 

 

 

The Widmer Hefeviesen is my fav. It's five-o'clock somewhere!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at October 17, 2013 05:05 AM (DHQv9)

274 Maybe if he was only outspent by 5 to 1, he could have won. The RNC wasn't going to give him the time of day. Apparently he had run against Krispy Kreme in the past and was labelled him a Tea Party type. Which is why people should stop giving money to the RNC and dole it out to who *you* see fit.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 17, 2013 05:05 AM (U2UQk)

275 The GOP - validating my decision to change my political party registration from R to ... --DocJ You are correct. For all those unhappy campers, especially fence sitters who live in open primary states, there is every reason in protest of limp dicks to remove your names from the Republican Party registry. The "establishment" not only despise you, they really think they don't need you for their "win". They will always disappoint you and abuse you. Sever ties to the RNC. Campaign and Vote for constitutional integrity.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 17, 2013 05:05 AM (MhA4j)

276 So it's impossible to expect 218 Republicans to vote as a bloc against paying for the violation of the civil rights, and personal income, of every American household? OK. But hey, we retain the same MEANINGFUL distinct identity of a Japanese soldier under the American occupation. Sure, his government is run by an enemy general, and the enemy can arrest him for objecting, and the Emperor says to submit to it or they'll kill me. But that doesn't mean he had to feel bad about it! And neither do we! And what do these practical, pragmatic, realistic, reasonable, fair-minded, humble, election-minded, bamboo-bending Republicans want to do next? Why, have a third go at amnesty, of course! Gee, it's good they run the House, ain't it?

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at October 17, 2013 05:06 AM (qQu43)

277 Mr. Scribbler, why did you move right into Mordor?
Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at October 17, 2013 09:04 AM

I had reasons, but am forgettin' 'em damn fast.

I wanna go back to Texas! ✈

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 17, 2013 05:06 AM (kaGpp)

278

>>>I want to formally apologize to future generations for the stupidity of this one.

 

**envisioning millions of tiny baby fists waving, high-pitched squeals of 'get off our lawn'**

Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 05:06 AM (3ZtZW)

279 Heineken? F**k that sh*t! Pabst Blue Rib - sorry Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 09:04 AM (3ZtZW) I stopped drinking, it's been a month and a half but when I did, I could never understand the love of that skunky overprice pee water.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 17, 2013 05:06 AM (XIxXP)

280 I would suggest that any of the horde who has reps/Sen. who voted no, send them some kind of thanks or support. Posted by: Jen at October 17, 2013 08:54 AM already done....Reps Schweitkert, Franks, Salmon, Gossar all held the line my two loser senators.......voted like the pussies they are

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 17, 2013 05:06 AM (8JJ6O)

281

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at October 17, 2013 08:35 AM (VtjlW)

 

I'm an odd ball in that at the age of like 14 I somehow ended up getting shingles.

It's the suck.

The vaccine is far from perfect (I forget what it's efficacy rate is) but it's better than shingles.

(Given the way shingles work, I have no idea how we managed to work up a vaccine for it, but whatever.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at October 17, 2013 05:07 AM (GaqMa)

282 see CITIZENS need income verification and illegals just get the care. Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 09:04 AM (9jfyN) ++++ I wasn't even thinking of it in those terms. Illegals are already on Medicaid so it's kind of moot for them. I meant someone in Idaho gets a full IRS audit before getting Obamacare while someone in LA, SF, NYC, DC or Seattle gets it rubber stamped.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 17, 2013 05:07 AM (PMvWe)

283 I love how Obama has us all fighting over who's to blame for a shutdown that he had been planning to force for months. Fuck it, I'll continue to vote for my town and county elections but as for the rest, I'm out. It's all rigged anyway, just a waste of my time. Maybe once the TrueCons and RINOs finally finish up deciding who's to blame for the shutdown, they'll start working on assigning blame for our shamnesty Christmas gift.

Posted by: mugiwara at October 17, 2013 05:07 AM (W7ffl)

284 Can we Let It Burn now?

Posted by: Bluto at October 17, 2013 05:07 AM (C8V2U)

285 I would suggest that any of the horde who has reps/Sen. who voted no, send them some kind of thanks or support. Posted by: Jen at October 17, 2013 08:54 AM ______ My two senators are Patti Murray and the one I always forget the name of. Both further to the left than Marx.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 17, 2013 05:08 AM (PMvWe)

286 hope my video produced okay overnight. Trying to do complicated quad-core level editing on a prehistoric single-core XP box. Pushing the limits of computers since 1964, and never had The Latest. BBL, possibly with vid

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 17, 2013 05:08 AM (9Zci/)

287 Which is why people should stop giving money to the RNC and dole it out to who *you* see fit. Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 17, 2013 09:05 AM (U2UQk) Exactly. Gotta wonder how long before the RNC applies for Socialist government tax funded subsidies, as loyal socialists, blaming the Tea Party for stealing Republican membership/donations. /Michael Steele: can we say "socialist"?

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 17, 2013 05:10 AM (MhA4j)

288 Lets see November.

Veterans Day - Check.

NaNoWriMo - check.

Thanksgiving - check.

National Muslim Month - WTF?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 05:10 AM (AG1mq)

289 http://tinyurl.com/phgvyaw

Poppin Fresh agrees with my read.

Ogabe has essentially a blank check to fund anything he defunded or held in the last 4 months.

Any vote on Debt Ceiling Hikes between now and 08 Feb 2014 requires the 66% to say "no" benchmark.

So if the Math used in the CR fight included Lew's cookie jar raids we're golden and if Ogabe has a lot of hidden debits we're headed for another fight or two.


I think it's cute that Ed pretends that Ogabe gives a fuck about the United States' solvency

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:10 AM (9jfyN)

290 mccain didn't know about mcconnell's kentucky kickback!!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 17, 2013 05:10 AM (8JJ6O)

291 In before Flatbush Joe begins his day-long constantly wetting of his pants because somebody said "Let it Burn."

Posted by: buzzion at October 17, 2013 05:10 AM (LI48c)

292 At least the Dems openly want to expand government in known ways.  Every time we send in Republicans to negotiate it's like turning over a wildcard of suck which we find  out about water torture style for days.  

Posted by: Beagle at October 17, 2013 05:10 AM (sOtz/)

293 Shamnesty will be the US Chamber of Commerce's fault.

Posted by: Y-not, evil hobbit at October 17, 2013 05:10 AM (5H6zj)

294 Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at October 17, 2013 08:35 AM (VtjlW)


Ah, I didn't see that latest decree. Your wish is my command...



*opens Hopside Down*

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 05:11 AM (yh0zB)

295 Egads!! They were right! Now that the crisis has been averted (SMH) the news are hitting OCare hard! NEW 5 things to start your day Stenographer rants on House floor See video of bizarre outburst See video of bizarre outburst Dad says he is accused bully's alibi Cory Booker wins N.J. Senate seat Huge meteorite pulled from Russian lake Meteorite chunk hauled up Meteorite chunk hauled up NEW 2 murderers mistakenly freed School cafeteria sex act alleged Cops: Woman held captive, raped D.A.: Dad killed to be with nanny D.A.: Dad killed to be with nanny NBA star wants to be a free agent MORE TOP STORIES Teen rape case may reopen Parents: Facebook teen rules relaxed Mug shot extortion sites are still running Official fired for piggyback ride Official fired for piggyback ride What Oprah gets wrong about atheism 'Law & Order' star leaving show Conan meets girl football phenom Conan meets girl football phenom 'Walking Dead' star has weird ...

Posted by: RWC at October 17, 2013 05:11 AM (fWAjv)

296 buzzion LET IT BURN

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 17, 2013 05:11 AM (8JJ6O)

297 In 2006 the D's very successfully ran on the Iraq war, Republican scandals they invented, the deficit and runaway spending (ya, really), abu graib, Haliburton, Blackwater, Katrina, and Big Oil, and the economy (again, ya, really). What are the R's gonna run on in '14?

Posted by: soothie at October 17, 2013 05:11 AM (HtEaM)

298 Can we Let It Burn now?

Posted by: Bluto at October 17, 2013 09:07 AM (C8V2U)




It's going to whether we "let" it or not. Might as well sit back and enjoy the show.



Oops, better not let DAve see me say that...he got all butt-hurt last time.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 05:12 AM (yh0zB)

299 One of the women my wife was talking to registered on the 404Care site and said she got an email after she decided to do nothing, pointing out the penalty for non-compliance. You gotta figure, and it's kinda early for math, that if the state of Delaware, with about 1,000,000 population has had ONE successful signup, there might be 300 TOTAL across the entire country. Divide by 600 million dollars cost of the website.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 17, 2013 05:13 AM (U2UQk)

300 304 RWC at October 17, 2013 09:11 AM (fWAjv)

Hey RINO I only beat you because of the war...and that fucking Johnson...you know I loovvvve you...I'll report on Obamacare "soon tm"

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:13 AM (9jfyN)

301 Fascinating bit about the lady who went crazy on the House floor last night.
Mentally deranged, or an honest woman who could not withstand the cesspool of deceit that is Congress any longer?
Hmmm... pretty epic stuff...

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at October 17, 2013 05:14 AM (sPEf3)

302

Is there a factory somewhere that builds these worthless shitweasels?

 

George Soros is like Saruman cranking out orcs

"These are my fighting Uruk Hai.."

Posted by: McCool at October 17, 2013 05:14 AM (nCSwS)

303 117 So Rubio voted nay on yesterdays clusterfuckery...Second look??
//

Posted by: dananjcon at October 17, 2013 08:12 AM (wmU4G)


Ask again when amnesty comes back up.


IOW not no, but hell no.

Posted by: Dandolo at October 17, 2013 05:15 AM (0XBx+)

304 306 soothie at October 17, 2013 09:11 AM (HtEaM)

"John McCain FINALLY won on an inside straight during his jobn!"

GOP 2014

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:15 AM (9jfyN)

305 Nice and run do not belong in the same sentence. If you ever see me running, shoot whatever is behind me and I'll stop. If I don't....try to keep up. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 08:59 AM (yh0zB) Remember, you don't have to be faster than the zombie. You just have to be faster than someone else. For those that run, try the Zombies, Run app. Personally, I only run if there's something chasing me and even there there's going to be a bit of cost benefit analysis first.

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at October 17, 2013 05:15 AM (VtjlW)

306 >>> I am soooo looking forward to dinner tonight of bland chicken and equally bland steamed veggies. Go for low carb, not low flavor. Is your diet at the mercy of your wife's cooking skills?

Posted by: fluffy at October 17, 2013 05:15 AM (z9HTb)

307 DocJ The only part I disagree with you about is the idea that this is forever. As somebody who lived to see the Iron Curtain torn up from the inside, I don't believe in forever. A governing coalition that insists that 20 million illegal aliens is too many to hunt down and prosecute, is just not going to enforce orders on 310 million adults. I think already people are deciding that compliance is the sucker bet and defiance the smart play. Whether that determines elections I don't know. I doubt it for this decade, because one party embraces tyranny, and the other has now declared it has absolutely no duty to any voter. But I also doubt elections are going to matter as much.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at October 17, 2013 05:15 AM (qQu43)

308 what's weird was its eery similarity to the woman who freaked out on the plane over the weekend

Posted by: soothie at October 17, 2013 05:15 AM (HtEaM)

309 299 mccain didn't know about mcconnell's kentucky kickback!!!! Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 17, 2013 09:10 AM (8JJ6O) So he says. Follow the money. Did McCain get his cut? Mad that he got left out of the gettin'?

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 17, 2013 05:15 AM (MhA4j)

310 I remember commenting here after the last debt ceiling increase that weeping Johnny Boehner was in a very good position for future negotiations. Little did I know that the boozy fuck would throw in his cards as soon as he got some pushback including from the RINO herd in the Senate. What a spineless pile of shit who should immediately go on trial for treason for abdicating the responsibilities of the House to dictate spending.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 17, 2013 05:16 AM (7ItH2)

311

>>>Ogabe has essentially a blank check to fund anything he defunded or held in the last 4 months.

 

Barack O'Dobler: I don't want  you  to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a  President. I don't want  you  to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know,  let me be clear  , as a  President, I don't want to do that. 

Posted by: Bigby's Busy Hands at October 17, 2013 05:16 AM (3ZtZW)

312 Documents: NYC Mayoral Candidate Bill De Blasio Interfered With DAÂ’s Prosecution of Radical Anti-Israel ProtesterÂ… Weasel Zippers: Good luck NYC

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 17, 2013 05:16 AM (1RQeV)

313 AlextheChick, always save one round to put in comrade's kneecap during a zombie chase?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 05:16 AM (AG1mq)

314 Who evaluates the credit rating of the US govt?  No way in hell that any creditor would give somebody the 'your credit is the awesome' sticker when there is zero attempt at pulling back at spending.  This is beyond parody

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 17, 2013 05:16 AM (FIDMq)

315 310 Kinley Ardal at October 17, 2013 09:14 AM (sPEf3)

I prefer to think of her as "our GS overlords are obviously a better breed of human than us...."

so she is a Luap Nor Kultist or a Kosby kid....

we have the DHS goon who runs a Kill Whitey pron site....

yup...

I'm telling you the 6 grand in debt we generate each second to pay these stalwarts is worth every peso

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:17 AM (9jfyN)

316 The Smart Set on Twitter were debunking the KY kickback with a WaPo blog post saying that Obama put it in there and Mitch had nothing to do with it. They were giving themselves the giggles laughing at the dumb hobbits and railing about the Evil cons "pushing" the story. Of course the story appeared in a local mainstream media outlet and included no denial from McC or his staff. And ignorance of the contents of a bill is hardly a defense. They can blame the TP all they want but it's pricks like that that are killing the GOP.

Posted by: Y-not, evil hobbit at October 17, 2013 05:17 AM (5H6zj)

317  Personally, I only run if there's something chasing me and even there there's going to be a bit of cost benefit analysis first.

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at October 17, 2013 09:15 AM (VtjlW)



Let me do your cost benefit for you. If I'm running, whatever I'm running from already has fifteen .45 caliber holes in it.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 05:17 AM (yh0zB)

318 Hey RINO I only beat you because of the war...and that fucking Johnson...you know I loovvvve you...I'll report on Obamacare "soon tm" Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 09:13 AM (9jfyN) As long as I get invited to the swanky parties we're cool.

Posted by: RWC at October 17, 2013 05:18 AM (fWAjv)

319

"We threw that away in 2008 when the RNC nominated Jowly McShitty as the candidate. "

 

 

Might have been more a symptom than a cause.  I was angry for a lot of the Bush years as he increased spending and took more and more people off the tax rolls. 

 

The Democrats know what they want (control and power) and they are willing to fight and fight hard for it.  We have very few people who are willing to fight.  For some reason, our Republican leadership thinks fighting is beneath them.

 

Posted by: lily at October 17, 2013 05:18 AM (uw9jr)

320 Wonderful, they are getting Bane as mayor, so when do the People's Courts open up,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at October 17, 2013 05:18 AM (Jsiw/)

321 316 Chris_Balsz at October 17, 2013 09:15 AM (qQu43)

Yeah?

I think the NPS showed the future....

"no monuments for you Comrade...hey Juan Juanita go ahead and use the monuments..."

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:19 AM (9jfyN)

322 Just got an e-mail from someone who lived under the Iron Curtain. He's not prepared to give up the fight. Those who are on Twitter start tweeting with a tag #DefundTheGOP to get the message out. Progressives are to be out of the Republican Party and it is time to get the party back to the Conservative movement. Watch the video of the “simple”, yet so courageous home builder from Ohio freeing one of our historic sites. Watch the video to the end and then decide which path you want to be on. Scroll down to the second video and click on the arrow to play it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn7BFeg21n0 Watch the entire clip.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 05:19 AM (a4Omg)

323 295 hope my video produced okay overnight. Trying to do complicated quad-core level editing on a prehistoric single-core XP box. Pushing the limits of computers since 1964, and never had The Latest. BBL, possibly with vid Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 17, 2013 09:08 AM (9Zci/) I sell used laptops on the side. Have a high end HP Pavillion (dual HDD bays) (dual GPU) that would make your life alot easier.

Posted by: cajun caret at October 17, 2013 05:19 AM (UZQM8)

324 In re #111 and the Shingles vaccine. It is a LIVE virus vaccine, so if you have problems with vaccines, be prepared. I got the vaccine and had such a severe reaction that I had to open a case with the CDC in case that batch of vaccine was bad. My arm swelled to twice it normal size, turned so red it looked purple, and throbbed with fever. I was very sick. OTOH, I think the vaccine "took".

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at October 17, 2013 05:20 AM (h9O3m)

325 And the verdict on the Hopside Down...not as good as the Drifters (AKA, Nectar of the Gods), but tolerable. I give it a bottoms up.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 05:20 AM (yh0zB)

326

"Did McCain get his cut?"

 

Oh, McCain will screw liberty-loving people just for the hell of it!

(and for love and approval from the progs - he's the definition of the useful idiot)

Posted by: lily at October 17, 2013 05:20 AM (uw9jr)

327 The GOP - validating my decision to change my political party registration from R to U(nenrolled) every day since 03 MAY 2011.

Posted by: DocJ at October 17, 2013 08:56 AM (qCk/f)


Right there with ya, Doc.  Zero incentive to support that party.

Candidates?  Maybe.  But not the party.

Posted by: grognard at October 17, 2013 05:22 AM (/29Nl)

328 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhDp1HhVQ9k

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 05:22 AM (yh0zB)

329 They were willing to use the bodies of our fallen, and a handful of cancer patients as bargaining chips, and it worked,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at October 17, 2013 05:23 AM (Jsiw/)

330 Well, at least my Rep didn't vote for that POS. In fact, the only AL-R that did was Bachus, and we already knew he wasn't worth a damn. To be honest, this lasted two weeks longer than I thought it would, so there's that.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at October 17, 2013 05:23 AM (naUcP)

331
And ignorance of the contents of a bill is hardly a defense.
Posted by: Y-not




Putting aside not reading legislation you're voting on, the earmarks in the bill really jump out at you.  Something like 80% of the bill is rules cut-n-paste.  The couple of pages of earmarks jump out at you.

Not as if someone slyly slide them in there.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 17, 2013 05:23 AM (kdS6q)

332 We called that combat folding shovel an entrenching tool when I was wearing green a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. One is part of my grab your stuff and get the hell out quick stuff. Hooked on the fanny pack of my web gear. Alice pack over the top.

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at October 17, 2013 05:23 AM (6Zy+s)

333 So, ummm, Jeb Bush 2016 then, huh?

Posted by: blaster at October 17, 2013 05:24 AM (W6bkf)

334 335 "Did McCain get his cut?" Do they cover that under ObamaCare?

Posted by: Caliban at October 17, 2013 05:25 AM (DrC22)

335 @295 I'll bet that thing is screaming like a hand phaser on overload.

Posted by: Gran at October 17, 2013 05:25 AM (mw0FO)

336 The irony it burns.  Elected officials who went to school and became lawyers not reading the laws they pass but expect others to live by.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 05:25 AM (AG1mq)

337 Math is coming.

Look busy.

Posted by: esch at October 17, 2013 05:25 AM (eEEbp)

338 323 Who evaluates the credit rating of the US govt? Posted by: Red Shirt at October 17, 2013 09:16 AM (FIDMq) _________ My senior year of college I interviewed with Moody's and was offered a job. This other dude I knew also got offered a job there, which he took. Amazingly enough he's still there and pretty high up in the food chain in the govt bond side of things. In college he was kind of a douche and a drunk. And a big lib who would have sucked Clinton's dick if given a chance. That's who evaluates credit worthiness.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 17, 2013 05:26 AM (PMvWe)

339 Heh, the Chinese downgraded our credit rating even with the deal.

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 17, 2013 05:26 AM (ZshNr)

340 Those who are on Twitter start tweeting with a tag #DefundTheGOP to get the message out. Progressives are to be out of the Republican Party and it is time to get the party back to the Conservative movement. Well, best of luck to them. Not much I can do that I'm not already, and honestly, it's not like I haven't made my position known re: the Grand Old Quislings. But hey, each their own journey.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at October 17, 2013 05:26 AM (naUcP)

341 OK roonz and roonettez, I think I've gotten to the point where I can pass out now. Later!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 17, 2013 05:26 AM (yh0zB)

342 340 Laurie David's Cervix at October 17, 2013 09:23 AM (kdS6q)

Yeah they quit having to sneak them in in the 80s...

it's all good.....

I am just trying to remember when nanny Botox gave Dubya a blank check when she held Thor's Gavel....

I'm drawing a blank

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:26 AM (9jfyN)

343

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 17, 2013 09:26 AM (PMvWe)

 

So if we ever get an R back in the WH I expect an immediate downgrade to "Junk Bond" because "Hope has died."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at October 17, 2013 05:27 AM (GaqMa)

344 #328 You were right to be upset as both Bushes did their best to undo every fucking thing Reagan put in place. And that worthless turd Rove is still at it.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 17, 2013 05:27 AM (7ItH2)

345 298. "ItÂ’s still something to watch in the future, but at the moment this just looks like a temporary method to make sure the can stays kicked until February 7th." TEMPORARY?! Like 'The Patriot Act' Temporary. Aside from the POTUS usurping power of the purse for the Executive Branch, Mark Levin also made the point that Congress hasn't gone to the trouble of "appropriations" for years, just as the Senate hasn't bothered with a Budget. "Government is all by rote." So again, Ed's stuck in his own selective echo chamber packaged in with the "winnah" weenie moderates. Boiled or roasted. /He censored the word "revolution" from comments.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 17, 2013 05:27 AM (MhA4j)

346 And an 88% drop in box office revenues after first week would signal someone has produced a turkey.  Something that would have been better as direct to video or SyFy.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 05:27 AM (AG1mq)

347 AlextheChick, always save one round to put in comrade's kneecap during a zombie chase? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 17, 2013 09:16 AM (AG1mq) Mais naturellement!

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at October 17, 2013 05:27 AM (VtjlW)

348 I think it's cute that Ed pretends that Ogabe gives a fuck about the United States' solvency Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 09:10 AM (9jfyN) Gives a fuck? C'mon Sven, you know him better than that. He is actively TRYING to make us insolvent. He only cares in the sense that we are still solvent and he can't yet declare 'an emergency requiring suspension of elections and martial law'. And these dumbfuck Republicans went right along with him.

Posted by: blindside at October 17, 2013 05:28 AM (WzWmY)

349 As far as the ranting stenographer she's right about this, IMO, "God will not be mocked". You keep mocking God enough and putting your finger in His face, and you get judgement. Nations too. Sorry for that cheery little note for the morning but if I had been a stenographer for the House I probably would have snapped too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 17, 2013 05:28 AM (a4Omg)

350 "constitutional integrity" there's a good name for a 3rd party.

Posted by: Pttdu Apiptix at October 17, 2013 05:28 AM (GXWXg)

351 Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday that President Obama won the budget battle, and predicts the government won’t shut down again. “The president won. I give him credit, he won,” McCain said on CNN’s “New Day” program. “But he should have negotiated earlier and we could have prevented some of this pain.” The senior senator—whom Obama defeated in the 2008 presidential election—said he predicted the outcome of this battle because of the shutdowns he witnessed in the 1990s. McCain is confident, he said, that it won’t happen again. “We’re not going to shut down the government again. I guarantee it,” he said. “We’re not going to go through this shutdown again because people are too traumatized by it.” ??? how were they "traumatized" you senile old bastard? Ya mean the Federal Workers who got a paid vacation? Yeah some trauma. Hey could someone give me some of that old time fashion Trauma?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 17, 2013 05:30 AM (1RQeV)

352 354 panzernashorn at October 17, 2013 09:27 AM (MhA4j)

Yup...in fairness I was the one that established you can't call Lt Worf the Kronos Konsort of DC Patricia Ewing the hard way...

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:31 AM (9jfyN)

353 ??? how were they "traumatized" you senile old bastard? Ya mean the Federal Workers who got a paid vacation? Yeah some trauma. Hey could someone give me some of that old time fashion Trauma? Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 17, 2013 09:30 AM (1RQeV) traumatized? is that newspeak for "enjoying"?

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 17, 2013 05:33 AM (8JJ6O)

354 And another dude from college also works at the CBO. You know the CBO, the place that swore up and down Obama would save money for everyone and would reduce the deficit....that CBO. Now this dude, was a cool. Also a drunk (hmmm I'm starting to see a pattern here) and a huge lib. He got an MBA from one of the top schools in the country though and went to work for the gubmt instead of Wall St because of social justice or some bullshit like that. These are the cogs in the system who create the environment that allows Obama to do what he does. And it stretches far and wide in govt, in finance, in law and of course in the media.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 17, 2013 05:33 AM (PMvWe)

355 362 phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 17, 2013 09:33 AM (8JJ6O)

BUT my Mortgage////my car payment....


you bastards held me hostage for 21 days!


GS-14 somehow living "paycheck to paycheck"

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:34 AM (9jfyN)

356

I was here the whole time, sympathetic to the intent, but I have no idea what it was that just happened.

 

Ted Cruz talked on the senate floor for 21 about defunding Obamacare.  That didn't happen. 

 

A majority in the House and some in the Senate wanted something in exchange for extending the debt limit.  I don't know exactly what.

 

Now everyone is pissed.  We certainly lost, but what winning was is still illusive.

 

In true AoSHQ form, the regulars will compete to see who is more aggrieved and how many elected and potential candidates are "dead to them" now.

 

Let the bitching and moaning begin in earnest.

 

Or, just for a change, how about this...

 

Get two people here to agree on a few positions.  Economic policy, immigration, abortion, whatever.  Pick a couple and nail down  a politically viable position that candidates and elected officials can realistically adopt and stick to.

 

After we get two to agree, we'll work on three and so on.  Once a majority get on board, we can try to get Ace to use the platform of the "Conservative Blog of the Year" to push those positions to other bloggers and media.

 

At least we would have something to argue with.  A plan.  Something we can point to and say "this is the way we think it should be done".

 

Of course, bitching and moaning is much easier.

Posted by: jwest at October 17, 2013 05:34 AM (u2a4R)

357 365 jwest at October 17, 2013 09:34 AM (u2a4R)

ICYMI we have a plan.

1) wave

2) mouth the words "good luck cocksuckers"

3) go get drunk or hit the range

Enjoy changing McCain's depends

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:36 AM (9jfyN)

358 "So again, Ed's stuck in his own selective echo chamber packaged in with the "winnah" weenie moderates. Boiled or roasted. /He censored the word "revolution" from comments. Posted by: panzernashorn at October 17, 2013 09:27 AM (MhA4j" Salem Communications pays him to lie to help corral the "unreasonable" right. I don't rate Ed Morrissey much better than Jay Carney.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at October 17, 2013 05:37 AM (qQu43)

359 I think everyone should get $25,000 vouchers for like whatever and shit. How's that for a plan?

Posted by: mugiwara at October 17, 2013 05:37 AM (W7ffl)

360 345 The irony it burns. Anna Puma, http://tinyurl.com/kzk9dtn November fell into a burning ring of fire and the flames got higher. Muslim appreciation timing.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 17, 2013 05:38 AM (MhA4j)

361 367 Chris_Balsz at October 17, 2013 09:37 AM (qQu43)

If we just give Obama 83.675% of what he wants while smiling we're golden baby now join AllahPundit and Sonny Bono's Ghost and I on a cruise.....


//Ed Poppin' Fresh Morrissey

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:38 AM (9jfyN)

362 @316 - I suppose you're right and that we should never say never.

But given that the number of entitlements in the history of our nation that have actually ever been rolled-back long-term to say nothing of killed is precisely zero I'm pretty comfortable in that particular preduction.

Posted by: DocJ at October 17, 2013 05:39 AM (qCk/f)

363 Dump up.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 17, 2013 05:39 AM (zF6Iw)

364 368 mugiwara at October 17, 2013 09:37 AM (W7ffl)

Obamacare would have done less damage to America simply cutting 6500 dollar checks to every man woman and child.....

of course this is not about care it is about control

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 05:39 AM (9jfyN)

365 “We’re not going to shut down the government again. I guarantee it,” he said. “We’re not going to go through this shutdown again because people are too traumatized by it.” ??? how were they "traumatized" you senile old bastard? Ya mean the Federal Workers who got a paid vacation? Yeah some trauma. Hey could someone give me some of that old time fashion Trauma? Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 17, 2013 09:30 AM (1RQeV) I was unaware that Constitutional provisions can be redacted because they create trauma.
If so, the Commerce Clause needs to go because of the massive eye twitching it engenders in me.

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at October 17, 2013 05:40 AM (VtjlW)

366 Why does anybody read Poppin' Fresh? He has the analytical ability of a ten key adding machine and his Clown Hall overlords would be well advised to invest in software with a rudimentary A/I which copies and pastes links from conservative sites, then types "In fairness" and does the same for a lib joint.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 17, 2013 05:40 AM (7ItH2)

367 Even more then adjoining jurisdiction, Empress, look you can't blame Ed, it's all blancmange, from the management of Whizzo Chocolate,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at October 17, 2013 05:43 AM (Jsiw/)

368 I was unaware that Constitutional provisions can be redacted because they create trauma.
If so, the Commerce Clause needs to go because of the massive eye twitching it engenders in me.
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at October 17, 2013 09:40 AM (VtjlW)



We understand your concerns and take them very seriously. So in a show of bi-partisanship, we'll keep the Commerce Clause and redact the 2nd Amendment.


You're Welcome.

Posted by: Your GOP Leadership at October 17, 2013 05:43 AM (W7ffl)

369 I will be out of the office until Monday April 3rd 2834. Please do not respond to this email.

Posted by: God at October 17, 2013 07:54 AM (N+4GX)

 

 

Yeah, but the Blood Moon shows up on Passover in April 2014!  You said, "Watch the sky."

Posted by: RushBabe at October 17, 2013 05:44 AM (hrIP5)

370 Jacobsen, is always on point, Greenfield, (Sultan Knish) Steyn, Codevilla, who telegraphed this three years ago,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at October 17, 2013 05:45 AM (Jsiw/)

371 "Pick a couple and nail down a politically viable position that candidates and elected officials can realistically adopt and stick to. " Nope. No more appeals to the considered judgment of the Republican Party. Since the elected officials aren't on board with reform, they can go. When enough of them are gone, your notions of "politically viable"will have to grow.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at October 17, 2013 05:47 AM (qQu43)

372

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 09:34 AM (9jfyN)

 

Which is a lie anyway, they got paid for all work prior to Oct 1 last weekend, and will likely be paid on time this weekend.

The disruption was a whopping 4 days pay. (If even that, honestly I didn't do the math, but that should be about right.)

FFS, I've had banking errors tie up more money than that before.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at October 17, 2013 05:47 AM (GaqMa)

373 367. Posted by: Chris_Balsz at October 17, 2013 09:37 AM (qQu43) Captain Squid lost his ship at sea years ago.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 17, 2013 05:48 AM (MhA4j)

374 So I see that Juan McVain wants to talk now about "keeping it civil" after calling me a loony-bird for months.

Frankly it's not worth the energy to tell him to DIAF. He's quickly replacing Jim Jeffords and MissingLinc Chaffee (who at least eventually had the grace to leave the GOP officially) as the worst GOP senators of all time.

Posted by: DocJ at October 17, 2013 05:50 AM (qCk/f)

375

"Since the elected officials aren't on board with reform, they can go. "

 

"Reform"

 

What does that mean?  Are you saying that every politician who doesn't agree that all Social Security, Medicare and welfare must immediately end needs to be thrown out?

 

 

Posted by: jwest at October 17, 2013 05:54 AM (u2a4R)

376 The leadership wanted to 'crush' the hobbits, next time they will be less subtle,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at October 17, 2013 05:54 AM (Jsiw/)

377 Are you saying that every politician who doesn't agree that all Social Security, Medicare and welfare must immediately end needs to be thrown out?

Strawmen everywhere scream in terror.

Posted by: DocJ at October 17, 2013 05:57 AM (qCk/f)

378 "Are you saying that every politician who doesn't agree that all Social Security, Medicare and welfare must immediately end needs to be thrown out? Posted by: jwest at October 17, 2013 09:54 AM (u2a4R)" Nah. Just every politician who says they can't be expected to do anything until their party has control of the House, Senate and White House at the same time.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at October 17, 2013 06:07 AM (qQu43)

379 386 DocJ at October 17, 2013 09:57 AM (qCk/f)

It's as though I heard a million cries of anguish from over in Oz.....

Posted by: sven10077 at October 17, 2013 06:12 AM (9jfyN)

380 "But given that the number of entitlements in the history of our nation that have actually ever been rolled-back long-term to say nothing of killed is precisely zero I'm pretty comfortable in that particular preduction. Posted by: DocJ at October 17, 2013 09:39 AM (qCk/f)" Medicare only passed in what, 1967? Our government never before ordered everybody to shop at government monopolies and report compliance, which historically in the places it's tried, isn't a sustainable enterprise. Either the government program goes, or the government goes.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at October 17, 2013 06:24 AM (qQu43)

381

Tea Party mantra to be repeated as ObamaCare implodes:

 

"When we tried to protect you from ObamaCare, the Democrats and the media called us terrorists to protect Obama!!"

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at October 17, 2013 07:05 AM (81ia8)

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