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March 18, 2013

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Monday.

This is one of those observations that will be completely true until it is completely not. That's what "revolutionary" means. I still want an S4.

Journalism is a deeply sexist profession, as are editors and publishers. At least, I think that's what this is telling me. Hey, I didn't make the rules; those misogynist journos did.

The French are preparing to pull out of Mali and that has folks wringing their hands about the place becoming a terrorist haven. Um, no shit. Unless you want to occupy it, you're going to have to live with the fact that third-world shit holes attract terrorists like shit attracts flies. Power vacuums will be filled, either by the good guys or by the not good guys and deciding to leave a power vacuum (or create one, *cough* Libya *cough*) is a conscious decision of the good guys not to exercise the extent of their power to prevent places from becoming terrorist havens.

This made me laugh.

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1 DAY 132 1,328 to go (1,403 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, miscreants, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 02:50 AM (XkWWK)

2 This made me laugh. Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 06:48 AM The Pink Taco?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 02:51 AM (XkWWK)

3 Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, March 18, 2013. On this day in 1314 Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, was burned at the stake. They were guilty of being owed a great deal of money by King Philip of France.

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:52 AM (53z96)

4 This is the headline they run when we are about to piss off some more allies and waste a pile of money. Does this SOB ever work?

White House lowers expectations ahead of Obama's Middle East trip

http://is.gd/cdg7nE

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:52 AM (53z96)

5 The UN has revived the bogus gun grabbing treaty. I posted yesterday that Obama says he will support it now. He had asked for more time. He thinks he has support for it now. He doesnÂ’t, but he figures he can make an end run around the House using the Senate to ratify an unconstitutional treaty. He doesnÂ’t have 60 votes to bring it to the floor, much less 67 votes to ratify. Of course he can do the other unconstitutional thing and enforce it without ratification. He can do virtually anything he wants as long as they let him get away with it.

http://is.gd/qvMoMu

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:52 AM (53z96)

6 Obama nominates a social justice lawyer from the Civil Rights division of the corrupt DOJ as labor secretary. Need to eliminate this department.

http://is.gd/1Y2bNw

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:53 AM (53z96)

7 Idiot makes u-turn in front of Gov Jindal. Wrecks his car and a State Trooper.

http://is.gd/Tt7DQs

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:53 AM (53z96)

8 And speaking of corrupt DOJ, they are investigating the WSJ.

http://is.gd/mlO5kn

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:53 AM (53z96)

9 The FSA smells the end of the gravy train in Detroit. And they donÂ’t like it.

http://is.gd/9cv6z7

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:53 AM (53z96)

10 WH meeting with Republicans was prescripted. Why in the hell does the Party of stupid fall for this shit every time?

http://is.gd/N9aoeQ

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:54 AM (53z96)

11 The Neocons are hollering. They are worried that the conservative wing of the Party is gaining influence.

http://is.gd/IY5N96

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:54 AM (53z96)

12 Jewish group denounces Rand Paul, but theyÂ’re OK with Israel hating Obama.

http://is.gd/plKPmU

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:54 AM (53z96)

13 Gabe you're forgetting the Ogabe doctrine.

The United States when ruled by an icon that the democrat party worships can use its magic powers to murder folk anywhere on Earth because "trust" and "racist"....

also congrats on CPAC.

Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 18, 2013 02:54 AM (LRFds)

14 Yiddish Word of the Day: "Umzitztiger fresser" (oom-ZITS-ih-gurr fress-ur) free loader, especially one who shows up only to eat (and EAT!) i.e. - the Free Shit Army

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 02:54 AM (XkWWK)

15 Michigan State gets a $200K grant to study how animals have been depicted in magazines. Yes, that sequester is real painful.

http://is.gd/UH4A1N

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:55 AM (53z96)

16 The union leadership sold out their members on Obamacare because they though Obama would take care of them. Well he did, just like the rest of the country. As expected this law has been an outright disaster. So far I havenÂ’t seen one group of people who have benefited from the POS.

http://is.gd/YOKo2q

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:55 AM (53z96)

17 5 Vic,

and so the game of Constitutional Jenga continues...

Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 18, 2013 02:55 AM (LRFds)

18 Boner: I absolutely trust Obama

This man needs to go.

http://is.gd/OzE6W4

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:55 AM (53z96)

19 Tomorrow we see if Sanford can make a comeback. With 16 candidates for the open seat it is a sure thing that there will be a runoff.

http://is.gd/YT2aFy

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:55 AM (53z96)

20 Repost from dead thread: Putin calls Cyp cash grab "dangerous": http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/03/18/putin-calls-cyprus-deposit-levy-unfair-dangerous/ Russia sending fleet to Med: http://rt.com/news/fleet-mediterranean-russia-ships-390/

Posted by: SCOAMF Search Committee at March 18, 2013 02:55 AM (sUoE4)

21 CPAC news

http://is.gd/oS2sNR

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:56 AM (53z96)

22 Boner said yesterday that there will be no tax increases.

http://is.gd/myjINi

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:56 AM (53z96)

23 Byron York defends GOP Consultants.

http://is.gd/TqE2Oh

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:56 AM (53z96)

24 Kindle Daily Deals

http://is.gd/dfqPNn

And thatÂ’s it for Monday, March 18, 2013.

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 02:57 AM (53z96)

25 16 Vic,

you're forgetting the fine men, women, and hermaphrodites who make up the IPAB will have benefitted...

they now have the power of life and death for leverage and coercive influence....

"DRAINAGE!"

http://youtu.be/dOEYT0wZFNg

Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 18, 2013 02:57 AM (LRFds)

26 18 Vic,

I'll translate that from the Ohioese for you...

I have said I trust Bill Clinton completely.

You know how I feel about Bill Clinton....

I know his game well enough I know a rat goes to cheese.

Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 18, 2013 02:58 AM (LRFds)

27 A nearly 60 year old 'Madonna' telling the Boy Scouts what to do. Jerry Sandusky approves.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at March 18, 2013 02:59 AM (feFL6)

28 27 Regular Moron,

Madonna makes me feel old....

very, very, very old

Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 18, 2013 03:03 AM (LRFds)

29 IPAB = ?

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 03:03 AM (53z96)

30 11 The Neocons are hollering. They are worried that the conservative wing of the Party is gaining influence. http://is.gd/IY5N96 Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 06:54 AM (53z96) With potential candidates like Rubio, Ben Carson and especially Rand Paul, the GOP Quisling establishment is in full freakout mode. Keep the pressure up. 2016 will be here sooner than you know - just not soon enough.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:03 AM (XkWWK)

31 27 A nearly 60 year old 'Madonna' telling the Boy Scouts what to do. Jerry Sandusky approves. Posted by: Regular Moron at March 18, 2013 06:59 AM (feFL6) The next time a scout sees Madonna he should help her across a road. Just to remind her of how dried up her cavernous cooter is.

Posted by: joncelli at March 18, 2013 03:04 AM (CWlPF)

32 29 IPAB = ? Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 07:03 AM (53z96) Independent Payment Advisory Board. The Politburo Death Panel.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:04 AM (XkWWK)

33 I read a lot of news and opinion from sources with overtly conservative bias, what liberals love to call 'the echo chamber'. But I also try to examine my assumptions from sources with a divergent point of view. Salon seems to qualify, so I go there from time to time. Today, based on a link from Instapundit (http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/165097/), I read the Salon piece by Ms. Janet Hardy, "My tantric 'awakening' turned me off sex." Boy, do they make it difficult for me to want to become a frequent reader. Ms. Hardy's bio says she's the author of an "underground bestseller", whatever that means. It doesn't mean that her book actually sold a lot of copies, does it? Like all lefty newspeak, "underground bestseller" means whatever they say it means without reference to any objectively verifiable truth. But not selling much has GOT to be the key or the words of literally no meaning. No matter what the "bestseller" part means, you can't really be "underground" if everyone knows about your work. And what professional writer would actually aspire to such a status? "If I get exactly one person to buy my work, I will be the author of the most undergroundest 'bestseller' of all time!" No. "Author of underground bestseller" says "Self-esteem trophy" to me. I guess marketing works. In the article, she writes that she's a 200-pounder, so I'm reasonably sure that the photo of the skinny screaming hottie attached to the article isn't her. Do Salon's editors so transparently objectify women that they felt a picture of the author was not good enough for a purportedly intellectual article? They have to hide the author's physical appearance when she writes about sex in their magazine? I'll be charitable. I assume they are enlightened souls who are totally down with the feminist struggle. I guess they must believe that their readership isn't as enlightened as they. So, instead of being misogynistic body-Nazis blinded by the Beauty Myth, perhaps they were just graspingly materialistic when they were chosing the picture to illustrate an article ostensibly about female orgasm. (Actually, it's an overlong screed beebling about 'tantric awakening' through 'kundalini' whatever, but the lead pull-quote says "like an orgasm times 100", so it's obvious what they're selling.) I guess the editors thought that a picture of a cute girl would get more eyeballs than one of an aging, overweight lesbian with a teenager's punk rock hair-do. But, hey, "eye of the beholder". Who am I to assume that the picture used is of a woman more attractive than the actual author? Look and decide for yourself: http://tinyurl.com/cxgcqzjPeople pay to read what she thinks? Yes. Me? No. I read her work on-line for free and still feel cheated. And I'm sure I would not want "The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures" on my shelf where children or decent company might see it. But that book was popular enough to put her at #3,186 on the Amazon best sellers rank as of today. Who are these people, these buyers? I understand that the author's vote on election day and that of every one of her enfranchised devotees counts the same as mine. I'm guessing not many are casting protest votes for Ron Paul while awaiting the next Reagan. So then I think that I will never understand politics. I cannot understand how to persuade a large group of people with whom I probably have very little in common. I don't know how to speak to those who would pay actual money for a how-to guide on polyamourous BDSM gender-bending hedonism with a pseudo-intellectual eastern-tinged dollop of mystical frimfram sauce on top. But that's a two-way street, of course, and the personal is politicial. I'm guessing her readers might find my own commitment to a monogamous heterosexual marriage at boring, stifling or paternalistic, if not symptomatic of some active psychosis. My logic won't be understandable to them, because they couldn't be who they are if they thought about things the way I do. My best arguments could never be persuasive. Which only reinforces my political conservatism. I don't want them directing my life any more than they would want me directing theirs. I might misdirect their chakras or something. Famous 90s leftist philosopher Rodney King rhetorically asked us, "Can't we all just get along?" My answer: "Probably not. So instead, why don't we just be minimally courteous and otherwise leave each other be?" As for today's experiment in challenging my own assumptions, I think I'll return to my echo chamber. Even mere echoes of sanity beat the cacaphony of drivel.

Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 03:05 AM (NVDWF)

34 I'll be leaving in about an hour this morning. I have a Dr's appointment over in the city.

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 03:05 AM (53z96)

35 29 IPAB = ? Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 07:03 AM (53z96) Independent Payment Advisory Board -- i.e., the Death Panel.

Posted by: joncelli at March 18, 2013 03:05 AM (CWlPF)

36 28 27 Regular Moron, Madonna makes me feel old.... very, very, very old Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 18, 2013 07:03 AM (LRFds) How do you think Ann Margret makes ME feel?! Then again, as the immortal Groucho Marx once said, "you're only as old as the woman you feel."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:05 AM (XkWWK)

37 Paragraph breaks, Mark. They really help.

Posted by: joncelli at March 18, 2013 03:06 AM (CWlPF)

38 Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 07:05 AM (NVDWF)

You need double returns at all the paragraph breaks. Sometimes even triple returns

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 03:06 AM (53z96)

The Mali problem could be solved if the developed world adopted the Jwest Doctrine.

Run a short advertisement for a billionaire who wishes to be King of his own shithole. Give him the status and treat him like the King of Zumunda in "Coming to America".

For centuries, the rich and powerful have accepted their duty to rule and used their resources to stroke their egos by raising shitholes to semi-shitholes. Time to bring back the tradition.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2013 03:07 AM (u2a4R)

40 33 Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 07:05 AM (NVDWF) Dude, invest in a return key!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:07 AM (XkWWK)

41 Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2013 07:07 AM (u2a4R)

Or we could use the Roman solution. Kill every living thing there and sew the ground with salt.

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 03:08 AM (53z96)

42 So, premiums are going to jump sky high for unions especially when the waivers sunset which is next year. The more people who have to deal with this shit sandwich the better.

Posted by: Ghostly Aspiration at March 18, 2013 03:10 AM (PP8La)

43 41 Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2013 07:07 AM (u2a4R) Or we could use the Roman solution. Kill every living thing there and sew the ground with salt. Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 07:08 AM (53z96) THIS. You cannot engage in "nation-building" if you do not have a population that has at least a minimum of a western bent. That's why Afghanistan will be a shit hole until its people make the great leap out of the Koranic dark age (which they never will). I say, you fuck with the USA then we pulverize your nation with bomb tonnage and leave you to pick through the ruins and sort it all out. That's what we should've done in the Afghan in the wake of 9/11. Jury is still out on Iraq, though SCOAMF is allowing that to go south.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:11 AM (XkWWK)

44 Or we could use the Roman solution. Kill every living thing there and sew the ground with salt.

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 07:08 AM (53z96)

The Romans did have a certain efficiency that is lacking today, however, the basic motivation for a billionaire to rule is lost using that plan.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2013 03:12 AM (u2a4R)

Good morning, fellow members of this award-winning Smart Military Blog. I hope you all had a great weekend.

No matter how big a star you might be, itÂ’s a rule of thumb that you will, at some point, make a bad movie. Usually these days, the stars themselves choose the property (think of Warren Beatty in Town and Country or, classically, John TravoltaÂ’s dream project Battlefield Earth, to mention two), but in the studiosÂ’ heyday, a star could be thrown into any film regardless of whether they were suited to the material or not.

And so it was with Clark Gable and 1937Â’s Parnell, the biography of the famous Irish politician. The King didnÂ’t want to do this movie, and it shows. Never really convincing as a historical figure, Gable gives a poor performance, looking petulant instead of passionate, his costumes awkward and constricting. He sounds about as Irish as Marlene Dietrich and even his love scenes with co-star Myrna Loy lack the Gable fire. Parnell was a critical and financial flop, and its poor reception was one of the reasons Gable fought so hard against being cast as Rhett Butler, which he saw as yet another disastrous Â“costumeÂ” part.

GableÂ’s wife, Carole Lombard, enjoyed teasing him about Parnell. Once, when Gable was bragging about being named the worldÂ’s greatest actor, she had flyers printed up reading Â‘If you think Clark Gable is the worldÂ’s greatest actor, see him in Parnell. YouÂ’ll never forget it.Â’ She wanted to hire a plane and drop the flyers over the MGM lot, but finally settled for having two out-of-work actors hand them out in front of a local theater.

And thatÂ’s it for me this morning. Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2013 03:12 AM (zF6Iw)

46 Bitter chuckle to go with my coffee this a.m....checked my local news site here in UhHighYa and saw this headline Reward Offered For Information About Woman Who Stole Money From Someone ElseÂ’s Bank Account Sunday March 17, 2013 9:03 PM Ohhh, so when one of us little peon shitheads does it, it's a problem, right? I see how this works

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at March 18, 2013 03:13 AM (XvrTA)

47 Good morning!

Gabe, thank you for the link to that Doritos Taco article. It isn't often something actually does make me laugh out loud, particularly at 7 in the morning before I have had a complete cup of coffee!

Posted by: Miss Marple at March 18, 2013 03:14 AM (GoIUi)

48 28 -

Not like a virgin?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 18, 2013 03:14 AM (BeSEI)

"Dude, invest in a return key!" etc.

Yep. Long time, first time = screw-up. Sorry...

Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 03:14 AM (NVDWF)

50 42 So, premiums are going to jump sky high for unions especially when the waivers sunset which is next year. The more people who have to deal with this shit sandwich the better. Posted by: Ghostly Aspiration at March 18, 2013 07:10 AM (PP8La) This is why I think (I pray) that O-care can be repealed. It's one thing to try and take away an entitlement that pays you money and/or gives a freebie. But when the entitlement entitles you to slow death and misery, then the conventional wisdom is out the window. Like everything else we've seen, it will remain to be seen if our elected representatives will ignore us yet again, even at that point!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:15 AM (XkWWK)

51 Damn it Malor, your teaser links are too cryptic and vague, which forces me to actually go read the links. Did enjoy the Taco Bell story tho.

Posted by: Icedog at March 18, 2013 03:15 AM (9ScGj)

52 Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 07:05 AM (NVDWF) You don't really believe I'm going to read all that....do you?

Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2013 03:15 AM (Sg0G/)

53 49 "Dude, invest in a return key!" etc. Yep. Long time, first time = screw-up. Sorry... Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 07:14 AM (NVDWF) ;-)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:16 AM (XkWWK)

"You cannot engage in "nation-building" if you do not have a population that has at least a minimum of a western bent. That's why Afghanistan will be a shit hole until its people make the great leap out of the Koranic dark age (which they never will)."

It is very true that "nation-building" is a totally worthless exercise in countries with populations that are not ready for self rule.

Even the most backward people understand the concept of an absolute ruler. No votes, no rights, just existence and subservience. Maybe in a hundred years, with the right leadership, they will be ready for the transition, but not now.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2013 03:16 AM (u2a4R)

55
Dude, invest in a return key!

Hey, sequester! And rumor has it they're coming after our space-bars next.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 18, 2013 03:17 AM (0IhFx)

52 You don't really believe I'm going to read all that....do you?

Erm, no. But it seemed like a good idea at the time. Honest.

Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 03:17 AM (NVDWF)

57 9 The FSA smells the end of the gravy train in Detroit. And they donÂ’t like it.

http://is.gd/9cv6z7

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 06:53 AM (53z96)

Yes this is gonna be fun to watch.

(Good morning everyone.)

Posted by: Talibill at March 18, 2013 03:21 AM (WEWGu)

58 Well, off to earn some filthy lucre. See you guys later.

Posted by: joncelli at March 18, 2013 03:21 AM (CWlPF)

59 45 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2013 07:12 AM (zF6Iw) I remember a story about Gable which happened a few months after Carole Lombard died in a plane crash during a war bond drive. Gable always sat at the head of the table at the MGM commissary, and after Lombard's death he disappeared for several months, mourning her loss. His chair was placed up on the table, out of respect where it remained until one day when the king returned. As he entered the commissary, you could hear a pin drop. He walked silently to the head of table, put the chair down and took his seat. I'm told there wasn't a dry eye in the place. He died in 1960 at the age of 59 shortly after filming "The Misfits."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:22 AM (XkWWK)

60 Erm, no. But it seemed like a good idea at the time. Honest.

Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 07:17 AM (NVDWF)

You've got plenty of good content in there but that is one big fucking upchuck of verbiage.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2013 03:22 AM (sQYuD)

61 Don't understand the appeal of the Doritos Taco. It was...meh. Then again, I wasn't drunk when I tried one.

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 03:24 AM (MMC8r)

62 58 Well, off to earn some filthy lucre. See you guys later. Posted by: joncelli at March 18, 2013 07:21 AM (CWlPF) We need a lucre-laundering scheme...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:24 AM (XkWWK)

63 If there's one thing that would fire up Americans more than a bunch of liberal fucktards trying to take their guns, it's a bunch of liberal UN fucktards trying to take them.

Posted by: Icedog at March 18, 2013 03:24 AM (9ScGj)

64 Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 07:05 AM (NVDWF) Good read. Much better, with paragraphs.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at March 18, 2013 03:24 AM (XFOik)

65 MarkW translation: Big fat ladydude writes book about great sex. Don't bother. Bullet dodged. . . . . . You're welcome.

Posted by: Opus An Arcus at March 18, 2013 03:25 AM (UNwRX)

66 I don't know how to speak to those who would pay actual money for a how-to guide on polyamourous BDSM gender-bending hedonism with a pseudo-intellectual eastern-tinged dollop of mystical frimfram sauce on top. That's pretty good writing MarkW. 4000 something on amazon? They have 2.8 million books. That's actually pretty good too. My guess is it's porn for those with good imaginations. Sort of like my prvate times with my Moms Harold Robbins paperbacks when I was a teen.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at March 18, 2013 03:25 AM (l86i3)

67 It's the "MarkW Memorial Barrel" for the rest of this broadcast day.

Welcome, MarkW!

Posted by: comatus at March 18, 2013 03:27 AM (qaVK+)

68 Mark, that was a pretty good read, although the paragraphs would have helped.

Or you could have tried putting every other paragraph in italics.

Posted by: Miss Marple at March 18, 2013 03:29 AM (GoIUi)

69 You guys need to cut Mark a break. That was good stuff. Have any of you tried reading the Declaration of Independance in its original form? http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_zoom_2.html

Posted by: TiminAL at March 18, 2013 03:29 AM (fF17W)

70 So instead, why don't we just be minimally courteous and otherwise leave each other be?" As for today's experiment in challenging my own assumptions, I think I'll return to my echo chamber. Even mere echoes of sanity beat the cacaphony of drivel. Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 07:05 AM (NVDWF) Never happen. Once you understand that the lefts' love affair with hedonistic culture is all about the destruction of Conservatism, the light comes on. They pitch their "flavors of the month" under the bus constantly. But, those flavors come crawling back because they have nowhere else to go. Then, the cycle repeats itself. They have no interest in live and let live. The consolidation of uninterrupted power won't allow it.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at March 18, 2013 03:30 AM (XFOik)

71 Independence - dammit!

Posted by: TiminAL at March 18, 2013 03:30 AM (fF17W)

72 66 My guess is it's porn for those with good imaginations. Sort of like my prvate times with my Moms Harold Robbins paperbacks when I was a teen. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at March 18, 2013 07:25 AM (l86i3) One of my most treasured possessions is a copy of the Kama Sutra. However it's written in German (Fraktur typeface!) and has no illustrations! Bequeathed by my late uncle Alex. Viel danke!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:31 AM (XkWWK)

73 "My tantric 'awakening' turned me off sex." Obviously she needs help with releasing her second chakra.

Posted by: Al Gore [/i] at March 18, 2013 03:32 AM (feFL6)

74 69 You guys need to cut Mark a break. You do realize the crowd you're addressing, right?

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at March 18, 2013 03:32 AM (XFOik)

75 My guess is it's porn for those with good imaginations. Sort of like my prvate times with my Moms Harold Robbins paperbacks when I was a teen. OSP, that reminds me of a story of the mid-70's. A buddy sleeps over and leaves one of those "heaving boobs with hard nipples,throbbing member" books at my house. (we're each age 13). My Mom, the German Lutheran Minister with a penchant for "The Apple Stick" to the back of the legs finds it in my nightstand. She screams from off camera, "Is this your book? Where did you get this book?" My quick thinking at that moment has served me for the rest of my life. I replied, "What book? Let me look at it." Pastor Mom yells, "NO. NEVER MIND!" Case closed. Never mentioned again. Back to MAD Magazine.

Posted by: Opus An Arcus at March 18, 2013 03:32 AM (UNwRX)

Opus, Oldsailors poet, 98ZJUSMC, JJ, Capt Hate, et al.,

You are all very generous. And patient. Thanks...

Sorry for crapping up the thread. Lesson learned.

Posted by: MarkW: new, improved now with at March 18, 2013 03:35 AM (NVDWF)

77 Or you could have tried putting every other paragraph in italics. Posted by: Miss Marple at March 18, 2013 07:29 AM (GoIUi) The rule that seems to work (for me) regardless of browser is three (3) returns (enters) will give you a line feed.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2013 03:36 AM (Cnqmv)

78 76 Opus, Oldsailors poet, 98ZJUSMC, JJ, Capt Hate, et al., You are all very generous. And patient. Thanks... Sorry for crapping up the thread. Lesson learned. Posted by: MarkW: new, improved now with at March 18, 2013 07:35 AM (NVDWF) Now go get your shine box!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:37 AM (XkWWK)

79 The strategy of Leftism is to build a self-loathing into every member of Western Civilization so they will destroy it themselves.

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 03:38 AM (MMC8r)

80 I remember when finding a Playboy was like striking gold for a young boy. Teenage boys have it too easy nowadays and would laugh at Playboy pics. What's a peek at a coed's bare nipple or hint of the golden triangle, when you can have granny midget transexual cosplay porn at your fingertips?

Posted by: Icedog at March 18, 2013 03:40 AM (9ScGj)

This barrel sure is comfy. "All day", you say? Sigh...

Posted by: MarkW: new, improved now with at March 18, 2013 03:40 AM (NVDWF)

82 79 The strategy of Leftism is to build a self-loathing into every member of Western Civilization so they will destroy it themselves. Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 07:38 AM (MMC8r) But I wonder for what affect....they can't all be commisars.

Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2013 03:41 AM (Sg0G/)

I hear March madness starts today.

Would it be wrong to state I'd rather stick my head up the butt of a long dead and decaying sow than read, see or hear anything about it?

Just wondering.

Posted by: ExSnipe at March 18, 2013 03:42 AM (PBm/l)

84 79 The strategy of Leftism is to build a self-loathing into every member of Western Civilization so they will destroy it themselves. Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 07:38 AM (MMC8r) I think this is a big clue as to why many Jews are libs. Seems to be a combination of not wanting to be perpetual victims by identifying their culture as the source of external hatred. And since Judaism is one of the pillars of Western civilization, it stands to reason that they (those Jews who have become secular-leftist) would be a driving force in its destruction. Just a thought.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:42 AM (XkWWK)

85 Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 07:05

****

I had a seizure just scrolling past that.

Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at March 18, 2013 03:42 AM (+I8Mq)

86 83 Posted by: ExSnipe at March 18, 2013 07:42 AM (PBm/l) Hell, I didn't even realize that spring training is under way. I echo your lack of enthusiasm, even more so because I'm a long-suffering Mets fan.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:44 AM (XkWWK)

87 85 I had a seizure just scrolling past that. Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at March 18, 2013 07:42 AM (+I8Mq) The kid's okay. He's taken his lumps.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 03:45 AM (XkWWK)

88 But I wonder for what affect....they can't all be commissars. Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2013 07:41 AM (Sg0G/) Ah, but you forget that in their arrogance, they are each convinced that they are truly special snowflakes and as such will surely be at least third level commissars in the administration of the future.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2013 03:45 AM (Cnqmv)

89 Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 07:05

***

By coincidence, I was discussing those very topics with my newly retired Teamster neighbor yesterday afternoon.

Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at March 18, 2013 03:46 AM (+I8Mq)

I see that the big, fat, nasty, greasy, fat, stank, bloated, cheesy-backed, 12-sandwich-eatin' bastard Rove said that Palin shouldn't have resigned when she did.

He must have had a double-secret plan on how someone would have done that.

(my thanks to Harlem Nights for some of the more descriptive dialog)

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2013 03:49 AM (u2a4R)

91 The strategy of Leftism is to build a self-loathing into every member of Western Civilization so they will destroy it themselves. Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 07:38 AM (MMC8r) I'm here to help you with all your self-loathing needs.

Posted by: Global Warming - Carbon Tax bullshizzle at March 18, 2013 03:50 AM (XvrTA)

92 I think this is a big clue as to why many Jews are libs. ....
Just a thought.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 07:42 AM

****

Read what this guy has to say about it all. Very enlightening.
http://barrychamish.com/

Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at March 18, 2013 03:50 AM (+I8Mq)

93 I tried the Locos Tacos sober last friday. They're awesome. If you don't try them, you're letting the socialists win.

Posted by: Draki at March 18, 2013 03:51 AM (L8r/r)

94 @89 ewww.

Mark, you're in a quandary now. Your 15-minute fame clock is running. Now, should you care to carefully compose several more long, clever, thoughtful posts -- and screw up the formatting -- you could be famous, like, forever, dude.

In The Barrel.

It's Pixy's [virtual] world. We're just [virtually] living in it.

Posted by: comatus at March 18, 2013 03:52 AM (qaVK+)

95 What he said: http://preview.tinyurl.com/cwuuket (And add the off-brand sex, including a bow from the waist to then-Mayor of Tampa, Pam Iorio. Hmmm... muzzies slice the clitorises off little girls, rape little boys, and want to control every aspect of life from what you eat to how you wipe your butt... oh, yeah, and add mo' muzzie.)

Posted by: Thorvald at March 18, 2013 03:52 AM (1V6Pv)

96 With ampersands. Lots of ampersands.

Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at March 18, 2013 03:52 AM (+I8Mq)

97 Would it be wrong to state I'd rather stick my head up the butt of a long dead and decaying sow than read, see or hear anything about it? Sounds like polyamorous hedonism to me. Does this sow have dead sister?

Posted by: fluffy at March 18, 2013 03:53 AM (oNZx8)

J.J. Sefton

Good. At least I know I'm not alone.

Posted by: ExSnipe at March 18, 2013 03:53 AM (PBm/l)

99 Sounds like polyamorous hedonism to me. Does this sow have dead sister? Posted by: fluffy at March 18, 2013 07:53 AM (oNZx

Sounds like wasted bacon to me.

Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2013 03:54 AM (Sg0G/)

100 & && & && & Pulled from my iButt.

Posted by: fluffy at March 18, 2013 03:55 AM (oNZx8)

101 Bill Maher: Bloomberg's Ban On Sodas "Makes Liberals Look Bad" Yep, this is the thing that did it.

Posted by: Icedog at March 18, 2013 03:55 AM (9ScGj)

102

Obama nominates a social justice lawyer from the Civil Rights division of the corrupt DOJ as labor secretary. Need to eliminate this department.

http://is.gd/1Y2bNw

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2013 06:53 AM

This nominee is bad news with a capital B (which rhymes with C which stands for Communist). He's been huge in Maryland for agitating to get in-state tuition, drivers licenses, etc for illegal aliens. He is probably the most radical nominee from this administration yet, and wow that's saying something.

If he gets the nod, expect four years of anti-business, anti-right-to-work, pro-illegal and aggressively pro-union policies from the DoL.

Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2013 03:56 AM (tVWQB)

103 If he gets the nod, expect four years of anti-business, anti-right-to-work, pro-illegal and aggressively pro-union policies from the DoL. Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2013 07:56 AM (tVWQB) IOW more of the same.

Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2013 03:57 AM (Sg0G/)

104 test

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 18, 2013 03:58 AM (AK0yr)

105 3 Old Jacques would know just how the Cypriots are feeling right now. Sadly, history repeats itself.

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2013 03:58 AM (M/TDA)

106 OK what jackass got an entire segment of cell phone IPs banned this weekend?

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 18, 2013 03:59 AM (AK0yr)

107 @92 A friend of mine from H.S., of blessed memory after his untimely death in 2010, told me (after I told him I'd recently watched "The Secrets" (2007)) that one of his girl cousins turned out to be a lesbian. She also got to be a (Reform) Rabbi. And so it goes. It's like the homily of Pope Francis: "When we do not profess Jesus Christ, the saying of LÃ©on Bloy comes to mind: "Anyone who does not pray to the Lord prays to the devil." When we do not profess Jesus Christ, we profess the worldliness of the devil, a demonic worldliness." Do you want the synagogue to organize against guns? Fine, ok. Where does it say that in Torah? Do you want the government to seize all assets and decide all Charity? Fine, ok. Where does it say that in Scripture?

Posted by: Thorvald at March 18, 2013 03:59 AM (1V6Pv)

108 Do you want the government to seize all assets and decide all Charity? Fine, ok. Where does it say that in Scripture? Posted by: Thorvald at March 18, 2013 07:59 AM (1V6Pv) First Epistle of Obama 1:1

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2013 04:01 AM (Cnqmv)

109 Boner: I absolutely trust Obama One would hope that Boehner's "absolute trust" in Obama came only after several long days in Room 101 with a rat-mask strapped to his face. Sadly, no, it's just the Republican sell-out we've come to expect from the ruling class.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at March 18, 2013 04:02 AM (QXlbZ)

110 (my thanks to Harlem Nights for some of the more descriptive dialog)

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2013 07:49 AM (u2a4R)

McCain and Rove didn't lift one gdam finger to help her!

Posted by: scif at March 18, 2013 04:02 AM (TqLxU)

111 Rove is a self propelled stomach. He has so many double chins, when he sits down they applaud.

Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at March 18, 2013 04:04 AM (+I8Mq)

112 Boner: I absolutely trust Obama
---

I trust Obama...with the Kenyan economy...Not with the US economy.

Then again, TFG is only the head of the beast. We have a whole congress and 52% of the retarded public at large to deal with.

Posted by: sTevo at March 18, 2013 04:05 AM (VMcEw)

113 Do you want the government to seize all assets and decide all Charity? Fine, ok. Where does it say that in Scripture?

The First Letter of Obama to the Occutards.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 18, 2013 04:07 AM (sbV1u)

114 That Taco thing made ME laugh too.

That Albert Burneko writes like a Moron. (leathery hobo?)

Dang!

NOW I've got to go visit Taco Bell today.

For research.

Yeah, that's it, research.

Someone's got to keep those Ranch Dorito Taco out of the hands of the irresponsible and mentally unstable.

I'll turn mine in to the nearest Police Station.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 18, 2013 04:07 AM (Kpn/z)

115 Dammit! Hrothgar beat me to it!

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 18, 2013 04:08 AM (sbV1u)

116 Other may argue that TFG is just the puppet head of the beast the real head is somewhere in the Euro-zone.

Posted by: sTevo at March 18, 2013 04:08 AM (VMcEw)

117 RNC chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday also proposed shortening the presidential nominating calendar in 2016 and limiting the number of primary-season debates to avoid the self-inflicted damage from inside-party squabbling over the eventual nominee. Priebus' top-to-bottom changes include picking the moderators for the debates and then crowning the nominee as early as June so he or she could begin a general election campaign as quickly as possible. http://tinyurl.com/c7jx3m8

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at March 18, 2013 04:09 AM (feFL6)

118 RNC chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday also proposed shortening the presidential nominating calendar in 2016 and limiting the number of primary-season debates to avoid the self-inflicted damage from inside-party squabbling over the eventual nominee. Priebus' top-to-bottom changes include picking the moderators for the debates and then crowning the nominee as early as June so he or she could begin a general election campaign as quickly as possible. Posted by: Regular Moron at March 18, 2013 08:09 AM (feFL6)

Day late, $440M short.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 18, 2013 04:11 AM (sbV1u)

119 If they don't make tortillas on site, you're not eating a taco. I don't know what you're eating, but a taco it is not.

Posted by: Award Winning Blog Commentator Beefy Meatball at March 18, 2013 04:11 AM (i7B17)

120 The Dean Freelon clown who called Ben Carson "the right wing's go-to black token"? As the lone "person of color" in an otherwise whiter shade of pale faculty of nineteen, it seems he plays the same role on the faculty of Public Communications in the School of Communications at American University - http://tinyurl.com/dxsctlw I guess addressing issues within your own crowd takes a lower priority among busybody leftists.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 18, 2013 04:12 AM (Jcd0S)

121 Posted by: Regular Moron at March 18, 2013 08:09 AM (feFL6)

Breitbart.com's take on this:

http://tinyurl.com/bu2zoc6

Posted by: blue star at March 18, 2013 04:12 AM (rmdRH)

122 Thanks for the roundup, all. I enjoyed the Taco Bell write up as well as the Detroit whining. I've never seen Gone With The Wind. ZH has a very interesting article about Audi and channel stuffing. It seems that they simply crush used Audis after their leases run out, to keep parts prices high and the used market thin. I can't link anything while using this kindle, so you'll have to find it on your own.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2013 04:12 AM (Fg+St)

123 Morning all.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2013 04:14 AM (9Bj8R)

124 "Priebus' top-to-bottom changes include picking the moderators for the debate..."

Gosh, what a fantastic idea....wonder why no one has ever thought of it before!?

/s

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 18, 2013 04:14 AM (X6akg)

125 Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 18, 2013 08:08 AM (sbV1u) Just wait until you get to Obama's Epistle to the Regulators!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2013 04:16 AM (Cnqmv)

126 117 Reince Preibus has the brilliant idea to do what we've been saying all along. Now if he tells Iowa and New Hampshah to shove it and closes the early open primaries...

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 04:17 AM (MMC8r)

127 104test

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 18, 2013 07:58 AM (AK0yr)

Why didn't I think of that? Stupid barrel.

* Content warning: not long, clever, thoughtful or carefully prepared. *

Posted by: MarkW: new, improved now with at March 18, 2013 04:18 AM (NVDWF)

128 Posted by: MarkW: new, improved now with at March 18, 2013 08:18 AM (NVDWF) AoS where even a test post can get you in the barrel!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2013 04:20 AM (Cnqmv)

129 Posted by: MarkW at March 18, 2013 07:05 AM (NVDWF) Trying to give Ace's movie reviews' lengths a run for the money, huh? Good stuff, though.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 18, 2013 04:23 AM (Jcd0S)

130 If nothing else, Rancid Pubis must insist that no more hacks like Stephanopoulos and Crowley will moderate our primary debates. And for the general election, Lincoln-Douglas style with NO moderators.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 04:25 AM (XkWWK)

131 If this is the kind of barrel MarkW is consigned to, morons would be fighting to get in:

http://inhabitat.com/german-hotel-invites-beer-lovers-to-cozy-up-inside- a-recycled-19th-century-beer-barrel-bed/

Posted by: Retread at March 18, 2013 04:25 AM (zxitI)

132 Haven't read this in detail, but Gabe (on Twitter) seems to be preaching amnesty as one of the solutions to the R branding problem. I am sure that unchecked immigration with open borders and lots of free stuff including welfare & pre-natal care for anchor babies will solve the problems of the US and the Republicans.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2013 04:26 AM (Cnqmv)

133 Reince Preibus has the brilliant idea to do what we've been saying all along.

Now if he tells Iowa and New Hampshah to shove it and closes the early open primaries...

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 08:17 AM (MMC8r)

Don't forget South Carolina; those three states have to be told to go fuck themselves as far as being first in line.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2013 04:26 AM (sQYuD)

134

Day late, $440M short.

Yes and no. The reason we had such a long primary this time is because in 2008 everyone complained that the primary was too short. They said then that the primary was unfairly weighted so that whoever got early traction (McCain) would get the nom without any of the later states even getting a chance to affect the outcome. So they changed the primary process to make it more deliberate, to last longer.

Now everyone's pissed that the primary lasted so long.

Go figure.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at March 18, 2013 04:27 AM (B2LxR)

135 I've never seen Gone With The Wind. A Southern belle of the ball who wins, weds and tosses aside men like used tissues has the hots for a simpering wimp who's married to someone else and spurns the only human possessing certifiable XY chromosomes in the whole story. Oh, and Atlanta burns and Sherman kicks Georgia's ass. You're welcome.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 18, 2013 04:27 AM (Jcd0S)

136 Independent Payment Advisory Board. The Politburo Death Panel.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 07:04 AM (XkWWK)

The real problem isn't so much with the existence of the IPAB it's that it CANNOT be overruled and CANNOT be dissolved by Congress.

How they think that passes muster, I'll never understand.

I understand that Congress can delegate it's responsibilities to agencies created to perform those tasks. But how can they not be then under the Congress' control and scrutiny?

Democrats. Working to destroy Democracy since 1775.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 18, 2013 04:28 AM (Kpn/z)

137 Haven't read this in detail, but Gabe (on Twitter) seems to be preaching amnesty as one of the solutions to the R branding problem.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2013 08:26 AM (Cnqmv)

Consultants bring us phrases like "branding problem". No, they don't suck cock at all.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2013 04:29 AM (sQYuD)

138 Morning Horde.

Oooohhhhhh....is Mark Burnett going to be in trouble. The Devil in "The Bible" looks remarkably familiar..... http://tinyurl.com/c9r2fdp

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 18, 2013 04:29 AM (da5Wo)

139 MarkW: I read the article in Salon you were referring to. I stopped when that chick told about how she whipped another woman and then did her with a strap-on. Made me feel a bit ill. Now that I've seen what she looks like - well, the sick feeling returns. She missed her calling as bull dyke warren in a women's prison. My guess is she had to get into the freaky stuff because that's the only way she could ever get laid.

Posted by: Donna V. at March 18, 2013 04:31 AM (7FqJH)

140 Consultants bring us phrases like "branding problem". No, they don't suck cock at all. Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2013 08:29 AM (sQYuD) Funny how the political consultants never introduce phrases like "Constitutional principles" to the discussion.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2013 04:32 AM (Cnqmv)

141 A Southern belle of the ball who wins, weds and tosses aside men like used tissues has the hots for a simpering wimp who's married to someone else and spurns the only human possessing certifiable XY chromosomes in the whole story. Oh, and Atlanta burns and Sherman kicks Georgia's ass. You're welcome. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 18, 2013 08:27 AM (Jcd0S) You forgot the part about Superman being in the Movie

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2013 04:32 AM (9Bj8R)

142

I've never seen Gone With The Wind.

A Southern belle of the ball who wins, weds and tosses aside men like used tissues has the hots for a simpering wimp who's married to someone else and spurns the only human possessing certifiable XY chromosomes in the whole story.

Oh, and Atlanta burns and Sherman kicks Georgia's ass.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 18, 2013 08:27 AM (Jcd0S)

Top drawer, sir. Top. Drawer.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2013 04:35 AM (zF6Iw)

143 Krebs, thought Atlanta was destroyed by a volcano erupting....

'Gone with the Wind,' Margaret Mitchell writes 'Twilight:the Civil War' without a sparkle in sight. Nah, never work.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2013 04:35 AM (oScG1)

144 Vic
Your link at #9 needs to be read by everyone who still believes that there is no such thing as a FSA.

Every quote in the article by Sharpton needs to be studied, and committed to memory.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 18, 2013 04:37 AM (Fp0nO)

145 DOOM thread is up.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 04:38 AM (XkWWK)

146 You forgot the part about Superman being in the Movie Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2013 08:32 AM (9Bj8R) I forgot to cite Brian Dennehy's crucial role, too. Which is the greater sin?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 18, 2013 04:38 AM (Jcd0S)

147

Haven't read this in detail, but Gabe (on Twitter)
seems to be preaching amnesty as one of the solutions to the R branding
problem.

Anyone who thinks that I "preach amnesty" simply hasn't been paying attention to anything I've written on the subject of immigration ever.

That we have problems reaching voters because of the tendency of certain members of our coalition to screech "amnesty" any time the topic of immigration comes up is self-evident. That we have a problem reaching voters period is self-evident. Finding out how to overcome that problem is the purpose of the RNC autopsy report.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at March 18, 2013 04:38 AM (B2LxR)

148 Top drawer, sir. Top. Drawer. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2013 08:35 AM (zF6Iw) That's high praise coming from you - thanks very much!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 18, 2013 04:44 AM (Jcd0S)

149 Leftist hack columnist laments CPAC full of conservatives http://tinyurl.com/d3hxgz4

Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 18, 2013 04:46 AM (I2LwF)

150 147 Gabe,

Hey Gabe when can I just walk across the border to Canada or Oz?

Letting 10 million guys named Juan be defacto Mexicans with US votes is not a smart play.

Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 18, 2013 04:51 AM (LRFds)

151 Leftist hack columnist laments CPAC full of conservatives

http://tinyurl.com/d3hxgz4

Posted by: Truman North and his shiny new website at March 18, 2013 08:46 AM (I2LwF)

Maybe that simple skeezer should ponder if her fishwrap's size being reduced to that of a strip mall flyer has anything to do with sending dumbasses like her to cover CPAC.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2013 05:03 AM (sQYuD)

152 I love my Galaxy Nexus. That is all.

Posted by: megthered at March 18, 2013 05:08 AM (iR4Dg)

153 Hey Gabe when can I just walk across the border to Canada or Oz?

Letting 10 million guys named Juan be defacto Mexicans with US votes is not a smart play.

Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 18, 2013 08:51 AM (LRFds)

No shit. This is what amazes me about the RINOs and such who think letting these people in is such a good idea. Having grown up and lived around these people all my life, I can tell you that, as a group, they are in no way conservatives, certainly not in the way we think of conservatism. In fact, they are just the opposite; FSA-type lefties with their hands out. Why do you think most of them who are nominally eligible to vote in this country voted for Obami? (Especially given that they otherwise don't like him because he's half black; oh yes, Latinos don't care for Blacks, any more than Blacks care for Latinos.)

The RINOs who support letting the illegals in are either complete idiots or are in league with the Commiecrats. Can't quite figure out which...

Posted by: Cave Bear at March 18, 2013 05:14 AM (NKoXJ)

154 Damn. So much for hitting return for formatting paragraphs....

Posted by: Cave Bear at March 18, 2013 05:16 AM (NKoXJ)

155 "...tendency of certain members of our coalition to screech "amnesty" any time the topic of immigration comes up is self-evident"

The fact that you used the relentlessly media- imprinted, benign sounding term "immigration" rather than the actual situation of "ILLEGAL immigration" or" illegal alien migration" pretty much indicates your mind set on the topic.

Posted by: LeBron Steinman at March 18, 2013 05:29 AM (jfWE9)

156 Oh, FFS, Lebron, Hrothgar used the term "immigration," and I simply used the same word he did.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at March 18, 2013 05:33 AM (B2LxR)

157 Quick! get out the smelling salts for the twitter-verse. In HBO's series, The Bible, the devil resembles tfg. leftards are offended; HBO apologizes.... http://tinyurl.com/ct6fgk5 Via his publicist, Satan was quoted, "I am offended that anyone would think I look like that poufter scoamf."

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at March 18, 2013 05:38 AM (53riN)

158 Obama and Boehner - debt not a problem. Cyprus to raid bank accounts to cover debt. O & B - a special kind of stupid.

Posted by: gracepmc at March 18, 2013 05:41 AM (rznx3)

159 117 Priebus' top-to-bottom changes include picking the moderators for the debates and then crowning the nominee as early as June so he or she could begin a general election campaign as quickly as possible.

http://tinyurl.com/c7jx3m8

Posted by: Regular Moron at March 18, 2013 08:09 AM (feFL6)

How about taking the first primaries away from states that vote democrat in the General? Why should Democrats get to choose the Republican candidate? If they want to be first they need to earn it by showing that they pick winners, not losers.

Posted by: Minuteman at March 18, 2013 05:53 AM (RTgp5)

160 Since Pope Francis is desiring to make the Catholic Church about the poor, is there a church I can go to that is for mankind as a whole, not just the poor? Additionally, I must act if do the poor bear any responsibility at all for being poor? Any? Or is it all societal conditions? Is everyone "rich" evil? Did anyone ever become prosperous legitimately, ethically? If not, why should mankind bother at all with anything beyond subsistence agriculture? Should we go back to such a state?

I think the church that has the most outward opulence might wish to get a little more unity in thought and action before it presumes to start lecturing about the poor.

Posted by: C. at March 18, 2013 06:55 AM (sAg1K)

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