July 31, 2013
— Gabriel Malor Happy Wednesday.
"Slutbag," "b--ch," "t--t," "c--t" <-- words a Democratic comms director used to describe a lowly intern. Tell me again about that War on Women. The comms director in question defender herself by saying she thought it was an "off the record" conversation. Everyone knows it's alright to call women slutbags as long as you do it off the record, right?
The new EPA chief is tired of talking about jobs: "Can we stop talking about environmental regulations killing jobs, please?" Sure thing, lady. Just as soon as you stop issuing environmental regulations that kill jobs.
There's a bizarre interview with Sen. McCain at the New Republic. I can't tell at what points he's joking or not. For example, "[a]m I happy? IÂ’d like to be president of the United States." Okaaaaay.
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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 02:55 AM (+98Gb)
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Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 02:57 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Sydney Leather at July 31, 2013 02:58 AM (Aif/5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 02:58 AM (+98Gb)
Republican investigators to issue first report on Fast and Furius, blaming 5 ATF employees. Holder still stonewalling.
http://is.gd/ModXan
Holder is still stonewalling and Issa is still making noises.
Posted by: Vic at July 31, 2013 02:59 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 02:59 AM (3VBXw)
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Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 03:01 AM (bl6Iq)
Posted by: john smallberry at July 31, 2013 03:02 AM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 03:02 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 31, 2013 03:03 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:03 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 31, 2013 03:04 AM (hrAg/)
http://tinyurl.com/k2t98y3
and how about another pic of that babe Olivia Nuzzi
http://tinyurl.com/lz2583f
Posted by: Vic at July 31, 2013 03:05 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 03:06 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 03:06 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 03:06 AM (HiOtA)
Morning, all.
No story today, I'm afraid - I'm working on a longer piece that isn't quite ready, and I tipped back a few wet ones last night, so not really in any shape to put something together on short notice.
BTW, I don't think Ace ever reads my e-mails (not that he ought to care what I have to say), so if one of you cob-loggers who has his ear would tell him I think his Ashamed of Patriotism post is one of the best things I've read by him in a while, I'd appreciate it.
OK, one quick: someone, I don't know who, once described Katharine Hepburn's acting style: "She traverses the gamut of emotions from A to B."
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 03:07 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:07 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 03:08 AM (XIxXP)
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Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 03:09 AM (bl6Iq)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 03:09 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Dept. of Acuracy at July 31, 2013 03:10 AM (VWfCN)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:10 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 03:10 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Dept. of Acuracy at July 31, 2013 03:12 AM (VWfCN)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 03:12 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 03:14 AM (iQit/)
lets run an "electable" moderate like Chris Cristie the king of pork!
Posted by: Favorite squish looking for a fat ugly squish candidate at July 31, 2013 03:14 AM (lZvxr)
Harry Reid. In all dead seriousness, he is in the first stages of dementia.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 07:08 AM
****
He was a boxer and was known to stop more punches with his face than his wits.
Posted by: Dept. of Acuracy at July 31, 2013 07:12 AM (VWfCN)
I guarantee you the only punch that dickwipe ever threw was a donkey punch to some sweet Boy Scout ass.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 03:15 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2013 03:16 AM (pZ0pM)
Posted by: Dept. of Acuracy at July 31, 2013 03:16 AM (VWfCN)
Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 03:17 AM (bl6Iq)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 07:12 AM (ZshNr)
Sorry. Doesn't work any more. Wave your hands in the air and splutter "the Democrats are going to eat your babies!" all you want. Until the GOP acts like an opposition, let alon conservative party, they can FOAD.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 03:18 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Gran at July 31, 2013 03:18 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:18 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at July 31, 2013 03:19 AM (BTguA)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 03:22 AM (ZshNr)
Move to NJ asshole or back to the shit State you came from
Posted by: Vic at July 31, 2013 03:22 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 31, 2013 03:23 AM (/D6oW)
Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 03:24 AM (bl6Iq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 03:25 AM (iQit/)
You are a liberal moby so get out of here. You do not belong.
Posted by: Vic at July 31, 2013 03:25 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: Lizabth at July 31, 2013 03:25 AM (JZBti)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:25 AM (+98Gb)
"They" are wicked scary, aren't "They"? Almost magical in their power. I hate "They", they ruin everything.
Why don't you educate us, then? Tell us of the great conservative successes of McCain, Graham and Rubio, won't you? Where have they stopped, or even slowed, the growth of Leviathan? Where have they expounded conservative principles?
Or just, you know, keep shilling for the GOP. I'm sure Karl Rove appreciates your efforts.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 03:26 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 03:26 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 03:27 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 03:27 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at July 31, 2013 03:27 AM (XWM3I)
Posted by: Case at July 31, 2013 03:28 AM (VctSv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 31, 2013 03:28 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Citizen McCain at July 31, 2013 03:28 AM (7BwYs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 07:27 AM (iQit/)
Sorry my zeal for hitting the Fat Fuck over came me.
Besides, the shitstain is from MA anyway. He should go back there.
Posted by: Vic at July 31, 2013 03:29 AM (lZvxr)
Actually, I'll take an example from today's headlines:
Tell me why a "man" who calls Hillary Clinton's tenure as SoS a "rock star" should even be allowed to walk the halls of Congress, let alone call himself a Republican?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 03:29 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: MTF at July 31, 2013 03:29 AM (bDUMn)
Posted by: Dept. of Acuracy at July 31, 2013 07:12 AM (VWfCN)
Well, that explains his rugged good looks and non-existent chin. We can poke fun of the old creep, but, he and Crypt Keeper Nancy are directly responsible for the huge piles of legislative dung impeding this once great nation from making any gains.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 03:29 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: endeavor to persevere at July 31, 2013 03:30 AM (zZJJp)
Posted by: Gran at July 31, 2013 03:30 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:30 AM (+98Gb)
Besides, the shitstain is from MA anyway. He should go back there.
We've got enough problems here already, Vic.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 03:30 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 03:30 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 07:17 AM (bl6Iq)
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This!
I lost it on the phone over the weekend with a GOP solicitor looking for yet another donation. "Look", I told him, "when you ASSHOLES start learning how to win elections THEN I'll give you more money- until then you'll not get ONE STINKING DIME from me!". At that point I should have just hung up on him, but I was on a roll: "You guys KNOW that you'll be running against Hillary in 2016, so why aren't you out there NOW defining her as a cold, aloof, uncaring, bureaucrat who sacrificed the lives of four brave foreign service officers to cover her ass and protect her personal political ambitions? WHY?? The Democrats started defining Romney as Richy Rich a whole YEAR before the election and THEY WON!! So SMARTEN UP!!"
Then I hung up on him.
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 31, 2013 03:30 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 07:30 AM (zF6Iw)
Yes, and one of those problems is assholes who think the GOP is great.
Posted by: Vic at July 31, 2013 03:32 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 03:33 AM (ZshNr)
Oops, were you talking about NJ or AOS?
Posted by: Vic at July 31, 2013 03:33 AM (lZvxr)
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Posted by: nothinglefttolose at July 31, 2013 03:33 AM (PNi9V)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 03:33 AM (iQit/)
It's another to be a communications director and be all , like, unable to speak English even in a casual conversation:he Â… like accosted me
she came in the next day and was like, basically, ‘I want to…
I was like, ‘OK, well, it’s not really glamorous
like, youÂ’re going to do clips,
She like wasnÂ’t good at setting up events.
. Like it was, like, terrible and I had to like – she would like,
he would just like not show up
“And then like she had the f
to like trash me in the paper.
And be like
Posted by: Sarahw at July 31, 2013 03:33 AM (LYwCh)
Posted by: endeavor to persevere at July 31, 2013 03:34 AM (zZJJp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:34 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Dept. of Acuracy at July 31, 2013 07:12 AM (VWfCN)
Well, that explains his rugged good looks and non-existent chin. We can poke fun of the old creep, but, he and Crypt Keeper Nancy are directly responsible for the huge piles of legislative dung impeding this once great nation from making any gains.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 07:29 AM (kXoT0)
--Disgusting. My grandfather was a champion boxer on the Boiseduring WWII. Fuck McLame.
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 03:34 AM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Jay-Z at July 31, 2013 03:34 AM (7BwYs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 03:35 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 03:36 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:36 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 31, 2013 03:37 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 03:37 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 07:33 AM (ZshNr)
OK, I'll play along:
Candidate "A" runs on my ideal platform of balanced budgets, strong defense and cutting entitlement programs to the marrow. I GOTV for him and vote for him.
He gets in office. Within a year, he makes noises about "compromise" and "accomodation," but I note that, without exception, his compromises always advance the Democrat platform.
Then, when he's up for election again, he tries moving back to his original stance, the one I supported him for. OR, he runs again and touts his record of "reaching across the aisle to get things done."
He's running. His opponent is a Democrat loon. I don't have the time or money to run myself.
So, smart guy, why should I vote for Candidate A?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 03:38 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: T. at July 31, 2013 03:40 AM (7BwYs)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 03:40 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 31, 2013 03:40 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:40 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: @johntant at July 31, 2013 03:42 AM (OO7Kq)
Then I hung up on him.
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 31, 2013 07:30 AM (OtQXp)
I and my political consultants are telling all the viable Republican candidates that we have nothing to fear from a President Hillary Clinton!
Posted by: Karl Rover at July 31, 2013 03:42 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 03:43 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Mayor Filner at July 31, 2013 03:43 AM (888y+)
Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 03:44 AM (bl6Iq)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:45 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 03:46 AM (9Xc5j)
http://tinyurl.com/lz2583f
She can move here as long as she doesn't vote.
Posted by: Vic at July 31, 2013 03:47 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: Sarahw at July 31, 2013 03:47 AM (LYwCh)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 03:47 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 03:48 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Karl Rover at July 31, 2013 07:42 AM (XdnQT)
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*facepalm*
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
Oh, and Karl- it's "My political consultants and I" NOT "I and my political consultants".
We need a full scale propaganda campaign and the idiots who want to run the show can't even write a coherent English sentence.
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 31, 2013 03:49 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: Michael Garibaldi at July 31, 2013 03:50 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 03:51 AM (iQit/)
I as also wondering if he was either losing his marbles or if he has some sort of fatal disease (like cancer came back) the way he was desperately pushing immigration reform. As if he needed this one last bit to seal his legacy or something (since this is something he's been pushing for years).
As for the "Hillary is a rockstar!!" comment - McCain and other lifer legislators have more respect for each other than their constituents or the general public. It's that simple - it's an exclusive club and they take care of their own, provided they don't get all icky extreme like Ted Cruz.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2013 03:51 AM (xvolr)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:51 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: A Tipsy Londo Mollari [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 31, 2013 03:52 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Jenny Hates All The Things at July 31, 2013 03:52 AM (GmTxn)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 07:47 AM (ZshNr)
So you've got nothing. As I expected.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 03:52 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:52 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Killerdog at July 31, 2013 03:52 AM (Oi60j)
Posted by: Typical Moderate worshiper like transplanted assholes from MA at July 31, 2013 03:52 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: Stu-22 at July 31, 2013 03:53 AM (k4bdL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 03:53 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: JPS at July 31, 2013 03:53 AM (9ziuC)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:54 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 03:54 AM (bl6Iq)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 03:55 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 03:55 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 31, 2013 03:55 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:55 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2013 03:56 AM (xvolr)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at July 31, 2013 03:56 AM (E3gqr)
Posted by: Meggie McCain, GOP of Teh Future at July 31, 2013 03:56 AM (GmTxn)
Posted by: kreplach at July 31, 2013 03:57 AM (CofEF)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 03:57 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 03:57 AM (3VBXw)
Posted by: rickl at July 31, 2013 03:58 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 03:58 AM (9Xc5j)
You're real retarded.
The problem isn't the one or two or three individuals in the party. It's that well over 50% of the party thinks like the examples given. But you're too douchetastically dishonest to admit that.
When you've got a critical mass of liberals pretending to be republicans, you might as well start over...it'll be easier.
Posted by: GMan at July 31, 2013 03:58 AM (sxq57)
Posted by: Andy at July 31, 2013 03:58 AM (li+aS)
Simply untrue. When Delaware had the audacity to choose someone other than Mike Castle the Rs beat the hell out of that person. That has been repeated with many Teaparty candidates. They have won in spite of GOP headwinds.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at July 31, 2013 03:58 AM (OT+H4)
Posted by: john smallberry at July 31, 2013 03:58 AM (2kpL8)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 03:59 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 03:59 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 03:59 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 04:00 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Andy at July 31, 2013 04:00 AM (li+aS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 31, 2013 04:01 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 04:01 AM (bl6Iq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 07:35 AM (iQit/)
Your wish is my command. Jessica Cribbon-she's Aussie!
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 31, 2013 04:01 AM (16wo6)
Well, dickbreath, I said that it was well over 50%.
Oh, and there's nothing secret about their only pretending to be conservative. But you keep right on sucking their asses. I know you like the taste of rino shit.
Posted by: GMan at July 31, 2013 04:01 AM (sxq57)
Posted by: BornLib at July 31, 2013 04:02 AM (zpNwC)
You mean ...."She" who must not be named?
Posted by: Paladin at July 31, 2013 04:02 AM (QGbEp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:02 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: rickl at July 31, 2013 04:03 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 04:03 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2013 04:03 AM (xvolr)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:03 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 31, 2013 07:30 AM (OtQXp)
--You shoulda gone on. . . .
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 04:03 AM (3VBXw)
Posted by: GMan at July 31, 2013 04:04 AM (sxq57)
Posted by: Andy at July 31, 2013 04:04 AM (li+aS)
Posted by: T. at July 31, 2013 04:04 AM (jkbk0)
Posted by: BornLib at July 31, 2013 04:04 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 04:04 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 31, 2013 04:04 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:05 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Dale Gribble at July 31, 2013 04:05 AM (wI4WH)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 08:00 AM (9Xc5j)
Unless they have changed the UCMJ since I got out he is not "drawing a check". I suspect his pay is being carried on the books until the court marshal is done. You do not get paid while drawing brig time.
Posted by: Vic at July 31, 2013 04:05 AM (lZvxr)
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Posted by: JPS at July 31, 2013 07:53 AM (9ziuC)
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And yet they refuse to leverage that fact to their advantage. That's what drives me crazy about these people. Look, I don't care conservatives back the Republican Party, the Libetarian Party, the Conservative Party, or if somebody goes out and re-animates the Straight Talking American Government (STAG) Party- whatever party opposes the Democrats the first thing they have to realize is that it is not about making your gur win, it is about making the other guy LOSE!
That is how elections work in today's America.
Is that how I want them to work? Hell no! I'd love to have a free debate in the marketplace of ideas- I'd also love it if rain water were beer.
But it isn't.
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 31, 2013 04:06 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 31, 2013 04:06 AM (16wo6)
Posted by: john smallberry at July 31, 2013 04:06 AM (2kpL8)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 04:06 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: T. at July 31, 2013 04:07 AM (jkbk0)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 07:59 AM (ZshNr)
You know, I recollect that there was a fellow - his name was Gabriel Gomez, I believe - who ran for Massachusetts Senate as a Republican. Which was all well and good. Of course, before entering the race, he had been an Obama bundler, had written a groveling letter to Dem governor Deval Patrick asking to be considered as an interim senator and even expressed the opinion that he had no problem with Obama's proposals on gun control.
**puts finger to cheek**
I wonder why anyone would doubt such a fellow's conservative bona fides?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 04:07 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:08 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 04:08 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:08 AM (XIxXP)
If the country is going to hell in a handbasket, it doesn't matter much if the pedal is "all" the way to the floor or not, and when you know that the approved Republican candidate has zero intention of ever even trying to apply the brakes, it seems that it really doesn't matter.
With an unConsitutional Obamacare mandate on track to dominate our lives and generations after us, the Republicans field Mitt Romney, Father of Romneycare, to oppose a first term loser.
With our Southern border more porous than a Chinese sieve, the Republicans are busy planning to cooperate with the Dem agenda to allow millions of illegals to be rewarded with citizenship (with perks that "real" citizens won't get).
Sorry, I don't want to play anymore.
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2013 04:09 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 04:09 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 31, 2013 04:09 AM (659DL)
Posted by: edj[/i] at July 31, 2013 04:09 AM (9Ko7L)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:10 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at July 31, 2013 04:10 AM (E3gqr)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:10 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 04:11 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 04:12 AM (bl6Iq)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 31, 2013 04:12 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 04:12 AM (ZshNr)
Ah, if only that were the sole reason for refusing to cooperate!
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2013 04:12 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 04:12 AM (MMC8r)
I love you J.J. and right now my BP is through the roof, so I get it. I truly do. I am done with the national GOP. I retain my GOP registration because of primary voting.
However, in fair and honest elections, which are rare--not as rare as the sparkling unicorn farts used to co-gen the electricity for electric cars, but, still rare, voting for the GOP has its merits. In Oklahoma, which has fair and honest elections complete with Voter ID, we now have both Senators, all our Congress Critters, the Governor, and both houses of the legislature in GOP hands. This happened because Oklahoma is a naturally Conservative state and without cheating the Dims can't retain a stranglehold on power.
As I post, over and over again, to those of you living in states with problematic elections--get involved in your election boards, clean things up there and you can do more good for yourselves than stewing about secession and revolution. It is a long, slow process, but, it works. Perhaps, Soona or Wheatie can recall when and why Oklahoma reformed its election process--I seem to recall it was in response to having a Dem Governor who was so corrupt that he went to prison. I think it was the early 80s, but, I could be wrong. You see Oklahoma is still quaint enough that seeing a Governor go to prison was a wake-up call, not business as usual the way it is in Illinois. Since then, one by one, the big Dems have lost their grip on the state--they still have some power, but, if you want to be a Dem in Oklahoma, you had best be a True Blue Dog or your days are numbered.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 04:13 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Andy at July 31, 2013 04:13 AM (li+aS)
Posted by: Lincolnasdf at July 31, 2013 04:13 AM (VrVBw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:13 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 31, 2013 04:14 AM (qyfb5)
Inre GOP not being like the Democrat party, Lincolntf...
On what substantive issue(s) do they differ? The GOP leadership is busy pushing amnesty, won't oppose power grabs by the President, have done nothing inre surveillance, are content to let the IRS/Benghazi/FnF/et al scandals die, etc etc.
More to the point, how does a Chris Christie differ from a Hillary Clinton?
Posted by: @JohnTant at July 31, 2013 04:14 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:14 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 31, 2013 04:15 AM (659DL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:15 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:15 AM (+98Gb)
Don't recall "environmental justice" being part of the EPA responsibilities. Where's the justice in killing an industry and putting all of its workers out of work? I know, don't get bogged down in the details when we're saving poor people from somethingorother - JUSTICE!!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2013 04:16 AM (xvolr)
Posted by: BornLib at July 31, 2013 04:16 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 04:17 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2013 07:56 AM (xvolr)
If they had any sense in their empty heads they'd use this to learn about what fucking lowlife grifters the Clintoons are. Here you have somebody like Huma who could probably use some positive input from somebody like the bloated alcoholic in pantsuits whom she used to work for and put up with all her drunken stupidity in trying to figure out how to deal with her predator husband, and tosses out an innocuous comment about her. Only to have Rodham, who is probably irritable as they try to dry her out as step one in the gargantuan effort to make that dust elephant presentable for 2016's quixotic quest, act like this Arkansas embodiment of the Snopes, only more dysfunctional, are unapproachable royalty instead of human garbage whom you have to worry about stealing the silverware.
For as bad as Weiner is, and he is one sick puppy, he doesn't even come close to the unindicted rapist from Hope Arkansas and his enabling wife, whom a lot of dumbasses in this country look up to like a bunch of brainless fools.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 04:17 AM (HiOtA)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:17 AM (XIxXP)
It's easy to dismiss individual upset citizens as cranks or extremists, when the opinions are filtered through these hangers-on. Then gradually, the elected GOP start to mellow. And those that don't get a note about a file NSA has.
I also have another point: democrats are not all immoral anti-American far leftists. YET they seem to stick together through elections. Why is that? Many pro-life democrats were betrayed by Obamacare, yet they go ahead and vote democrat anyway. Meanwhile, here we are with Third Party threats and stay home threats and anger directed at those who do not do what we want? Why aren't they, and why don't we have patience?
I am not saying that it is wrong to be angry. I am wondering why we get mad at our candidates and the other side doesn't.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 31, 2013 04:17 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: rickl at July 31, 2013 04:17 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Lincolnasdf at July 31, 2013 04:17 AM (VrVBw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:17 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 31, 2013 04:18 AM (mm+xE)
Oh, and speaking of Krispy Kreme...
Didn't he pass on the chance to send an (R) Senator to Washington in a bit of political strategery designed to keep him in office in NJ?
Yeah, real Profile in Courage there.
Posted by: @JohnTant at July 31, 2013 04:18 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:18 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 04:18 AM (bl6Iq)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 31, 2013 04:18 AM (659DL)
Like second email addresses
Posted by: Jean at July 31, 2013 04:20 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 31, 2013 04:20 AM (mm+xE)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 04:20 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 04:21 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: BornLib at July 31, 2013 04:21 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:21 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: @JohnTant at July 31, 2013 08:14 AM (tVWQB)
Well, Christie doesn't look like he just got out of the drunk tank.
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2013 04:21 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 31, 2013 04:21 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 31, 2013 04:22 AM (659DL)
Posted by: john smallberry at July 31, 2013 04:22 AM (2kpL8)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 06:56 AM ...................THIS ^^^^^^^^^ Times ELVENTY. AMEN!
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 31, 2013 04:22 AM (bXdYS)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:22 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 08:17 AM (XIxXP)
-- Damn OSP, me likey
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 31, 2013 04:23 AM (R8hU8)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 31, 2013 04:23 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2013 04:23 AM (xvolr)
Posted by: @JohnTant at July 31, 2013 08:14 AM (tVWQB)
Christie has bigger tits?
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 31, 2013 04:23 AM (bXdYS)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:23 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 04:24 AM (GQ8sn)
If you insist on the "there's absolutely no difference" fallacy, it's impossible to discuss. There are SOME differences, and they are exemplified by Lee, Paul, Cruz, etc., even Palin, Bolton, other non-elected figures. It's a lot easier to win our own Party than start a new one. I vote a straight Republican ticket every time here in NC, not because I love them all, but because I know their opponents.
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 08:20 AM (ZshNr)
So your rebuttal is that the exeception proves the rule? Ted Cruz is a nifty fellow, but I refuse to vote for a Chris Christie because Ted Cruz is a Republican.
As for Rand Paul, hell, he's shown himself to be just as much a political opportunist as the worst of them.
Bottom line..."we" won the party back in 1980 and the Establishment has been busy ever since then taking it back. Hell, it's debateable as to whether "we" even won back in 1980...Reagan was forced to accept Bush as VP to get support from the Establishment Rs.
Your rebuttal would make more sense if the GOP leadership didn't act all embarassed that there are unapologetic defenders of conservatism in their sacred party ranks.
Posted by: @JohnTant at July 31, 2013 04:24 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 31, 2013 04:24 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:24 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: john smallberry at July 31, 2013 04:25 AM (2kpL8)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 08:21 AM (XIxXP)
Now there's innovation I can get behind!
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2013 04:25 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: The Highlander never made sense at July 31, 2013 04:25 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 04:25 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:25 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:25 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 31, 2013 04:25 AM (mm+xE)
A third party, at this point in time, would simply guarantee a Dem win, just as Perot won the Presidency for Clinton.
What we really need to do is seize power in the GOP. I had hoped the Tea Party movement was going to do just that. The concentration on fiscal issues and smaller government without a lot of SoCon issues to muddy the waters was something I could get on board with. Alas, that movement has fizzled.
I have been hoping the new libertarian movement might help as well, but it hasn't seemed to catch on nearly as well as I thought it might.
In any case, the only real path forward that I can see is a slow takeover of the GOP by primarying every RINO incumbent. It's just that it would be easier if we could do this under the banner of a "movement" because it would be easier to get our LIV on board.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 31, 2013 04:26 AM (UTq/I)
Nope, Huma was already Hillary's "bestie". It was getting way too much notice, so they flailed around for someone to marry Huma--the guy had to be blackmailable and malleable (check--but they underestimated just how deep his obsession with showing off his junque really was), completely uninterested in a real marriage (check), and be a Democrat with a career they Clintons could help (check--until he imploded with the dick clicks). They (Hillary/Huma) kept the Weinermobile Marriage going with massive amounts of duct tape, a quick pregnancy, a friendly press, and finally with the pretty shiny promise of Antknee being Mayor of NYC to keep him on the reservation. But, the need to click his dick was more compelling than his shot at being Mayor.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 04:26 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 31, 2013 04:26 AM (Ttj5v)
Posted by: T. at July 31, 2013 04:26 AM (jkbk0)
Posted by: kreplach at July 31, 2013 04:26 AM (IS2o0)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 08:19 AM (+98Gb)
Me too; I think I'll go hit the brown.
Posted by: Vic at July 31, 2013 04:26 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: RWC at July 31, 2013 04:26 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 31, 2013 04:27 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 04:27 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:28 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: @JohnTant at July 31, 2013 08:14 AM (tVWQB)
========
20 lbs and a 5 o'clock shadow?
Hey, somebody had to say it!
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 31, 2013 04:28 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:28 AM (+98Gb)
All opposed by the party. Barely accepted even after winning their seats. I agree, that it's easier to take over the party than create one anew but I see a long struggle to do it. The GOP was a third party itself once.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at July 31, 2013 04:28 AM (OT+H4)
Posted by: john smallberry at July 31, 2013 04:28 AM (2kpL8)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:28 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:29 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 04:29 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Case at July 31, 2013 04:29 AM (jhRZ+)
Agreed, I am not voting for a guy who has bigger tits than I do.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 04:29 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: RWC at July 31, 2013 04:29 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: BornLib at July 31, 2013 04:29 AM (zpNwC)
--
What's useless is voting for Graham, McCain, etc. thinking anything is ever going to change. Are you advocating voting for McCain, Graham, etc. ("the problem and hindrance to their stated cause") or not? In many instances, these people are fully entrenched and aren't going anywhere. And therein lies the problem. Huge war chests, support of the establishment, LIVers keep them in. It's either them or the donk. And this is where I've now drawn the line because I'm done. The message will be sent one way or another. Does this country ever move to the right? One inch? A half an inch? No, it does not. It is in constant leftward motion. As JJ says, the Republicans are just a wing of the Democrat party. Now more than ever. It's got to stop if there is any chance for America to survive. And repeatedly casting votes for Republicans who are not true to our ideals isn't going to get us anywhere.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 31, 2013 04:29 AM (LFvB+)
That was partially my point. Huma has a long term relationship with Rodham and for the fatass in pantsuits to take such a high handed attitude toward her efforts to deal with a sexually weird excuse for a husband requires a willful ignorance of that entire dynamic. But the Clintoons don't have "friends" per se; only people they can use or manipulate.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 04:29 AM (HiOtA)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 04:30 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 04:30 AM (bl6Iq)
She also had a good line about drinking.
"Two and I'm under the table, Three and I'm under my Host."
Posted by: trainer's looking for a Militia to join... at July 31, 2013 04:30 AM (K5X44)
A politician is a political opportunist, no.
Posted by: Jean at July 31, 2013 04:30 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 31, 2013 04:31 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Andy at July 31, 2013 04:32 AM (li+aS)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 31, 2013 08:31 AM (bS6uW)
No. No GUY with bigger tits. A gal, yep, guy, no. Got it.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 04:32 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 04:33 AM (ZshNr)
Chariots of Toast- These behavioral panels are written onto Obamacare. It's not much of a stretch to see that if you don't display correct behavior, you will become subject to a visit from said panel. Still smoking? Have more than 1 drink a month? This is behavior that effects your insurance and therefore govt costs.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 31, 2013 04:33 AM (/D6oW)
Wow. Drudge is just loaded down with Happy, Happy, Joy, joy this morning.
We need to burn the whole mess down and start from the Constitution.
Posted by: maddogg at July 31, 2013 04:33 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:34 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 31, 2013 04:34 AM (mm+xE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:34 AM (iQit/)
Morning, all!
There's a bizarre interview with Sen. McCain at the New Republic. I can't tell at what points he's joking or not. For example, "[a]m I happy? IÂ’d like to be president of the United States." Okaaaaay.
Word to the wise, Gabe: when you can't tell if Juan McLame is joking or not, it means he's not. The man is senile, bloated and ready for the pasture. Or, more like as not, the glue factory.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 04:34 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: And Tits Doesn't Even Belong On The List at July 31, 2013 04:34 AM (nbGZj)
Could we stop wit the NJ bashing. Their are a number of quite active posters here whom you agree with who live in NJ. No state is a shithole.
Hear Hear !!
Posted by: McCool at July 31, 2013 04:35 AM (nCSwS)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 04:36 AM (9Xc5j)
*peer cautiously around corner*
Are we still being all yelly at each other?
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 31, 2013 08:21 AM (VtjlW)
There was yelling? Who was yelling? Why yelling?
*protects AtC!*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 04:36 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:36 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: RWC at July 31, 2013 04:36 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 04:36 AM (MhA4j)
Yeah I agree with all of that. I'm just wondering how the "opposition party" (don't laugh too hard) is going to ignore Huma's mooooooooooooslim brotherhood ties as she was being Rodham's cuddle partner. Oh who am I kidding; those spotless togas don't clean themselves.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 04:37 AM (HiOtA)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:37 AM (XIxXP)
I would still like to see someone post a list of substantive policy differences between the Rovian Republican party establishment ruling class and the Democrat party; differences that are backed publicly by the major players in the Republican party. Until then, I can't see much difference in the final outcome of an election being influenced by my vote or non-vote.
For example, having Sen Cruz speak against Obamacare is not a sufficient condition to make the parties differentiable.
Having said that, I will continue to vote R, but only because I believe most Republicans are not quite as evil as all Democrats are.
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2013 04:37 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: maddogg at July 31, 2013 04:37 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:37 AM (iQit/)
The new EPA chief is tired of talking about jobs: "Can we stop talking about environmental regulations killing jobs, please?"
Isn't that kind of like a person who demolishes buildings for a living saying, "Can we stop talking about how demolishing buildings makes them unlivable, please?"
Stupid c*nt.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 04:38 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:38 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 04:39 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:39 AM (iQit/)
I guess somebody told her what she needed to say
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 08:34 AM (iQit/)
FIFY
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2013 04:39 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:40 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 31, 2013 04:40 AM (mm+xE)
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 08:37 AM (HiOtA)
Actually, all the Beltway folks who understand nuance and gravitas, unlike those of us in the great unwashed masses, see Huma's Muslim Brotherhood ties and advocacy as a plus.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 04:40 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 04:40 AM (ZshNr)
What happened last night? The ONT gets stomped, not once, but twice! Holy crap, has that ever happened before? It's like putting Baby in the corner. You never!
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 08:24 AM (GQ8sn)
Oh yeah. Not even a record. Its even been posted after 11 Eastern time and gottent stomped multiple times before.
Posted by: buzzion at July 31, 2013 04:41 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: T. at July 31, 2013 04:41 AM (jkbk0)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:41 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 04:41 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 31, 2013 04:41 AM (xjpRj)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 08:29 AM (kXoT0)
You know the rules, Sherry.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 04:41 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: bill-o at July 31, 2013 04:42 AM (bjND7)
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 31, 2013 04:42 AM (mm+xE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:42 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:42 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: BornLib at July 31, 2013 08:29 AM (zpNwC)
I'm as big a Palin fan as you can find but her shilling for McRINO in 2010 is a major stain on her judgement which she has yet to address. I'm sure she feels a debt of gratitude to the senile fool but fails to realize that he successfully ended her political career by enlisting her for his delusional half-assed run for President.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 04:42 AM (HiOtA)
This is how far we have fallen. It would be considered a victory if things stopped getting worse. Repeal is a word we should be using much more often.
Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at July 31, 2013 04:42 AM (epxV4)
*bounds* Here. I'll give you a topic. Music was way better before MTV because we could ignore the fact that songs we liked were being sung by people who looked and danced like Billy Squier. Discuss.
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 31, 2013 04:43 AM (VtjlW)
Huma's muslim affiliations will let the US better understand how we have offended the religion of pieces over centuries of persecution.
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 31, 2013 04:44 AM (XdnQT)
; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal">30 Everyone always says a 3rd party will never work. I have always believed in, "If not me, then who? If not now, then when?". I am willing to work locally to support candidates who are down with the cause, but that just seems to lead to nowhere.
Very frustrating.
Posted by: Anthony L.
; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal">A Tea Party take over the Republican party like the socialists took over the Democrats. Turn-key operation, no start-up costs, its already under way. Just primary and $hit can every RINO, even the ones from Blue States. Start now. Once a few heads roll, it is remarkable the transformation that can take place. Then $hitcan these. Imagine the fun, having a plan works wonder for frustration. Don't give up, frustration is the first sign of the cure.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at July 31, 2013 04:45 AM (VLifP)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 31, 2013 04:45 AM (wR+pz)
Have you seen Jersey Shore?
Posted by: Case at July 31, 2013 08:40 AM (jhRZ+)
Because its not like any other state with multiple commenters from it has ever been bashed before right.
That never happens and is just totally singular to Jersey.
Posted by: buzzion at July 31, 2013 04:45 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:45 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: maddogg at July 31, 2013 04:45 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada (Seroquel Enhances No Penis) at July 31, 2013 04:46 AM (jopHG)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 04:46 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 04:46 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: maddogg at July 31, 2013 08:37 AM (OlN4e)
Ah yes, I got much the same a few weeks ago. Yesterday I received my official party "survey," wherein they ask questions like (to paraphrase), "Do you think Obama sucks?" and "Do you think we suck less?" Then you get to the very end and, of course, they're asking for money (which is the whole reason for the damn survey in the first place). They give you three options:
1) Yes, I'd like to donate to the GOP to help defeat Obammy's leftwing agenda, and here's how much I'll give.
2) No, I would not like to participate at this time, but I'll give you a voluntary donation of this amount anyway. (Love this one -- wtf?)
or
3) No, I would not like to participate at this time, but here's a $15 processing fee to pay for the processing of my survey.
There is no fourth option.
I naturally chose Option 2, and in the space where you're supposed to input how much you're going to donate, I wrote a big fat zero. I filled in the rest of the survey, just because, and I'm going to send it back to them so they have to pay the postage. And I'm going to do what I did last time, which is I'm going to take Reince Preibus' letter -- which was included with the survey -- and I'm going to respond to each passage with a snarky, pithy, angry, or dismissive comment. I'll stuff the letter back in the envelope with the money grubbing survey and send teh whole thing back to DC.
It's therapeutic. I recommend y'all do it, too, if you get the chance.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 04:46 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:46 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 31, 2013 04:46 AM (/D6oW)
I didn't get mad about Palin campaigning for McCain, as much as I got mad for her stringing everyone along until very late and then not running. This has never been adequately explained to me, so I am leery of putting hopes in her on this go around.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 31, 2013 04:46 AM (GoIUi)
I think I would have hit Dorothy Parker back in the day. Self-loathing alcoholics flock together and all that. But I have the feeling she was the kind of girl who'd light up a cigarette in the middle of schtupping to ask, "Are you done yet?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 04:47 AM (zF6Iw)
Another thing that bugs me about the Vote-GOP-No-Matter-What crew is that they aren't even consistent. We conservatives are always expected to vote for the RINO, but it never seems to go the other way - unless I missed the big Establishment-sponsored GOTV effort for Christine O'Donnell.
Posted by: @JohnTant at July 31, 2013 04:47 AM (eytER)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at July 31, 2013 04:47 AM (8JJ6O)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 31, 2013 04:47 AM (bS6uW)
Nice. Billy Squier's downfall was listening to someone telling him to do the nightgown video. Video killed the radio star.
Posted by: dogfish at July 31, 2013 04:47 AM (nsOJa)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:48 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 04:48 AM (MhA4j)
Could we stop with the NJ bashing?
Have you seen Jersey Shore?
Posted by: Case at July 31, 2013 08:40 AM (jhRZ+)
As my father would be quick to point out, the whores and gigolos of "Jersey Shore" ARE NOT from New Jersey.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 04:48 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 31, 2013 04:49 AM (mm+xE)
Posted by: HeideRadieschen at July 31, 2013 04:50 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at July 31, 2013 04:50 AM (kEebW)
Posted by: Gran at July 31, 2013 04:51 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: HeideRadieschen at July 31, 2013 04:51 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at July 31, 2013 04:51 AM (etnPA)
I'm with Dale Gribble.......if my options are not conservatives, I will vote Dem
Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood (H/T to whoever says it all the time...Allen, I think)
Posted by: FITP at July 31, 2013 04:51 AM (9/Zll)
Posted by: Anthony L. at July 31, 2013 04:51 AM (bl6Iq)
Not that I necessarily disagree with you, but could part of the problem with those "splinter" parties be that their platforms are batshit crazy?
What would a third party with actual sane policies do? How would it perform against the Free Shitters and the Communists?
What has to be remembered about the birth of the Republican party is that it replaced a dead party. Whigs went away, Republicans came in....
The difference today is that too many wealthy-type people are invested heavily in the Repubs. Most of them, I think, would go Democrat instead of new-party, as their positions are so much alike.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 31, 2013 04:51 AM (/RIVS)
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 31, 2013 08:46 AM (GoIUi)
I have no proof, but, I think her family got very credible death threats and her security advisers told her that they could not protect her family. I also think she did not disclose that fact in order to discourage more threats--nothing encourages a bully more than seeing you flinch.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 04:51 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:52 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 04:53 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 04:53 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 04:53 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at July 31, 2013 08:50 AM (kEebW)
So Nuzzi looks like Katy Perry?
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 04:53 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:54 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Flyover Country at July 31, 2013 04:54 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 31, 2013 08:46 AM (4df7R)
Actually, there is a forth option, I threw the damn thing in the trash. I actually wrote them a letter a few years ago. I let my late wife read it. She said I wasn't going to mail it, as it was the nastiest, meanist, most vulgar and sarcasticand vicious piece of writing she had ever seen. Made me throw it away, after tearing it up. I had spent a couple of hours perfecting the nastiness. That was my last attempt at direct communication with the RNC.
Posted by: maddogg at July 31, 2013 04:54 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2013 04:54 AM (pZ0pM)
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 31, 2013 08:46 AM (GoIUi)
No I don't think McRINO is smart enough to thoroughly think that through. Or care about anybody other than himself. I think he viewed that as a way to get us icky conservatives on board before she started to attract all the attention and get that vain cocksucker so jealous he had to sic Schmidt and Wallace on her to torpedo the whole fucking ship. I was pretty naive before 2008 and couldn't figure out why conservatives were being so mean to McStain; after that campaign I couldn't figure out why they hadn't tarred and feathered him and ridden him out of the party on a rail. I hate that pile of shit more on each ensuing day.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 04:55 AM (HiOtA)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2013 04:55 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:55 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at July 31, 2013 04:55 AM (9Bdcz)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 08:42 AM (XIxXP)
I grew up in Crown Point, Indiana. It is amazing what a difference twenty or so miles makes, is it not?
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 04:55 AM (kXoT0)
So I am not buying that excuse unless she comes forward, only now it is really too late.
I am certain that there were death threats against most people running in the GOP primaries. Am also sure there are threats against dems as well. This country is full of nut cases.
It was her responsibility to explain why she didn't run. Period. So this is why I have a problem. And I like her, but this is something that really bothers me.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 31, 2013 04:56 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:56 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: RWC at July 31, 2013 04:57 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Jean at July 31, 2013 04:57 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 04:57 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:57 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: maddogg at July 31, 2013 08:54 AM (OlN4e)
Ah, but see, sending it back in the postage paid envelope means they have to shell out the coin for that. Plus they have to shell out the coin to employ the part-timer who fetches the mail, opens the mail, sorts the mail...
I'm not giving them a dime, and I keep telling them so. But they keep sending their missives anyway. So fuck 'em. I plan to bleed them dry drop by drop.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 04:58 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 04:58 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2013 04:59 AM (pZ0pM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 04:59 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 04:59 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 05:00 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 08:57 AM (XIxXP)
No, never did. I had very strict parents who inflicted a sheltered existence upon me.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 05:00 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 05:00 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 05:00 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 05:00 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 05:01 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:01 AM (XIxXP)
When it comes to sheer obnoxiousness, there isn't an inch of difference between Bergen County, NJ and New York.
Now, the rest of the state is actually quite nice and it gets a bad rap. I loved my time living in Burlington County.
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/u][/i][/s][/b] at July 31, 2013 05:01 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 05:01 AM (HiOtA)
Imagine what would happen if a GOP candidate or pol DID in fact get murdered by a nutcase.
We'd have Teh Burning Times, right then and there.
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 08:57 AM (GQ8sn)
Oh, EC. It's so cute that you think it would matter. Don't you know only leftists can be martyrs?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 05:01 AM (4df7R)
You can still get 100 trillion dollar Zimbabwe notes for the price of postage, but those inconsiderate bastages at the RNC won't even thank you for your contribution.
Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at July 31, 2013 05:02 AM (epxV4)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2013 05:02 AM (pZ0pM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 05:02 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 05:03 AM (HiOtA)
Have some cookies, and fuck you.
http://tinyurl.com/m4sc85p
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 31, 2013 08:45 AM (wR+pz)
===========
You know, chocolate Ex-Lax broken into chips bakes really well into Toll House cookies.
Just sayin'
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 31, 2013 05:03 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:05 AM (XIxXP)
SEIU Goon: If We DonÂ’t Raise Minimum Wage Fast Food Workers Will Contaminate Your FoodÂ…
Ah, so you're saying they'd commit retaliatory crimes? Okay, good to know. I'll make sure to press charges against the employees should I get so much as a mild case of indigestion after my Big Mac.
Say, union shithead, how would you know what tactics they'd use? Could it be you told them what to do? Oooh, or could it be that you, yourself, have used retaliatory crime in the past? Let me take a look at your history, shall I? I wonder what I'll find.
Fuck you with a purple dildo of justice, SEIU dickswab.
DISMANTLE AND DISBAND ALL UNIONS!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 05:05 AM (4df7R)
I really worry about lefty nut taking a shot at one of the five scotus guys on our side during the reign of the god-king. Obama's pick for a replacement would change the fabric of our society and that might cause some smoke
Posted by: Jean at July 31, 2013 05:05 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 05:06 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 05:06 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2013 05:07 AM (pZ0pM)
Clearly a call for robots, lots of robots
Posted by: Jean at July 31, 2013 05:08 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 31, 2013 05:09 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 05:09 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2013 05:09 AM (pZ0pM)
Got down off the trampoline, huh? That's too bad.
It's remarkably hard to sleep AND bounce on a trampoline at the same time. Alas, sleep won out.
Yeah, my dad got an email yesterday that REALLY pissed him off. It was titled "PAST DUE" and basically was a snarky, snide, shithead little email about you're not up to date on NRCC dues. "I need to know, have you given up?"
I've gotten the fucking "Past Due" notes for months. It's ridiculous. And I've told them that, too. I know they don't read anything I write to them -- they just look for a check or a CC number and throw it away if none is included -- but you'd think after the fourth or fifth expletive-laden rant they'd get the message.
He started writing a nasty response, then handed it to me. "Here, you write this. You know better than I all the shit the R party has done."
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 09:01 AM (da5Wo)
Writing nasty responses is my specialty. I'm taking some time with this most recent one; really workshopping what I want to say, honing every word with marksmanlike precision.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 05:09 AM (4df7R)
So we need more technology to watch illegals cross the border - not stop them....an then, what, lose track of them? Brilliant!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2013 05:09 AM (xvolr)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2013 05:10 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2013 05:11 AM (xvolr)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:12 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 05:13 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 31, 2013 05:13 AM (QXlbZ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 05:13 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:13 AM (XIxXP)
Morn' Ya'll
Posted by: dananjcon at July 31, 2013 09:01 AM (jvd3N)
Did you know Randy Jackson from American Idol played base on the Frontiers album. and toured with the band?
I like Journey although I rarely listen to them now. Music takes us back to a place in time. A feeling, a success, a boner given to us by our first love when we danced to careless whisper. I like all music and I would never cheat myself of any of it.
Except that rapp shit, FK That.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 09:05 AM (XIxXP)
**
Agreed OP, However the memories I have of Journey were thousands of replays of "Faithfully" by my sister. To this day I get a pang of nausea when I hear just the first note of the song.
Posted by: dananjcon at July 31, 2013 05:14 AM (jvd3N)
I see that 1st quarter GDP growth has been revised (big surprise). It went from a coooooool 1.8% to a SCINTILLATING... 1.1%.
I know, I know. You felt something down there, didn't you?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 05:14 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 05:14 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 05:14 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 05:14 AM (HiOtA)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2013 05:14 AM (pZ0pM)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 05:15 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 05:15 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:15 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: RWC at July 31, 2013 05:16 AM (fWAjv)
http://tinyurl.com/lajvd28
"President Obama does not have the authority to choose which parts of the law are enforced. In 1975, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously against President Richard Nixon’s inflated claims that he could selectively carry out the law. But going to court to keep presidents in line is slow and necessitates finding litigants to sue the president. The framers gave Congress a more practical way to resist a power-hungry president: defunding. Defunding is precisely what members of Congress are supposed to do when a president breaks the law. It’s checks and balances in action. Two centuries ago, the chief architect of the U.S. Constitution James Madison declared in Federalist No. 58 that Congress’s authority over spending is the “most complete and effectual tool” to stop a president from grabbing more power than the Constitution allows. "
Posted by: Marcus at July 31, 2013 05:16 AM (GGCsk)
I hate John McCain. Hate. Loath.
Of course, I voted for him as the 'only electable choice possible', 'lesser of two evils', in 2008. The vote I'm most ashamed of in my life. Makes me feel dirty. Thank you to the idiot republican primary voters.
Note to idiot republican primary voters: I won't do it again. Find someone who really believes in small government and personal liberty, and can *advocate* for those ideas, and I'll vote for that person. Vote for a big government candidate with contempt for lovers of small government and liberty, and I'll vote 3rd party. Choose wisely.
Posted by: lily at July 31, 2013 05:16 AM (uw9jr)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 31, 2013 05:16 AM (++Xuv)
Well color me shocked! And, yes, the person to take care of this is Sheila Jackson Lee.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2013 05:18 AM (xvolr)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 31, 2013 09:16 AM (++Xuv)
That sounds uncomfortable.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 05:18 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 05:18 AM (da5Wo)
I know, I know. You felt something down there, didn't you?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 31, 2013 09:14 AM (4df7R)
Gee you mean that another number from this administration has to be revised down. Have they ever revised GDP growth or unemployment in a positive direction.
Posted by: buzzion at July 31, 2013 05:18 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:19 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 09:15 AM (da5Wo)
The question is, when 2nd quarter is revised down (which it will be, b/c it always is), will it fall below 1%? Oooh, I'm on the edge of my seat! What's going to happen!
*poised!*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 05:19 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 07:33 AM (ZshNr)
OK, I'll play along:
Candidate "A" runs on my ideal platform of balanced budgets, strong defense and cutting entitlement programs to the marrow. I GOTV for him and vote for him.
He gets in office. Within a year, he makes noises about "compromise" and "accomodation," but I note that, without exception, his compromises always advance the Democrat platform.
Then, when he's up for election again, he tries moving back to his original stance, the one I supported him for. OR, he runs again and touts his record of "reaching across the aisle to get things done."
He's running. His opponent is a Democrat loon. I don't have the time or money to run myself.
So, smart guy, why should I vote for Candidate A?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 07:38 AM (zF6Iw)
So nice it needed to posted twice. IN FULL
This is what's bugging us. NOT that now and then compromise has to happen to get anything done. Or that a Rep/Sen can decide once in a while that what they used to think was ok is now (after thought and briefings by staff) not so ok.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY DO IT EVERY FUCKING TIME AND KEEP ON DOING IT AND DENY DOING IT AND THEN WHEN ELECTION TIME COMES THEY LIE ABOUT IT.
That's why were Mad and not Taking it anymore.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at July 31, 2013 05:20 AM (28TG+)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 05:20 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 05:20 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 05:20 AM (MMC8r)
Many in this group didn’t come to power to get things done. They came to power to keep things from getting done.”
I swear, if I ever have the misfortune to meet McStain, that treasonous fuck will beg to be put back in the Hanoi Hilton before I'm finished.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 05:20 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 05:20 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 05:21 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:21 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2013 09:18 AM (xvolr)
As somebody who did consulting work for DFAS during GWB's second term, you wouldn't believe the sloth and lethargy that exist as SOP in the federal government. Most of the people there are highly competent and smart; they're just part of a bureaucracy which saps the initiative out of everybody through resistance to do anything positive.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 05:21 AM (HiOtA)
HeHeh...
My guy is still in shock and is spending the weekend at a swanky rehab in Malibu.
Posted by: dananjcon at July 31, 2013 05:23 AM (jvd3N)
A large part of the reason that people are so confrontational on the Internet is that they think they are safe and out of range - so they say things they would never say face to face to someone who was carrying a twelve gauge pump.
The civilizing influence of firearms can't be underestimated.
Part of the reason that Democrats want to take guns away from people is that they are assholes, and they fervently wish to make the world safe for assholes.
I on the other hand want the world to be a dangerous place for assholes - to force them to stay hidden - as I would prefer them to be.
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at July 31, 2013 05:24 AM (ylhEn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 09:13 AM (XIxXP)
OMG, Black Oak, home of the Kentucky Hill Billies not to be confused with the Kentucky Ridge Runners. Apologies to anyone from Kentucky, but, the Hillbillies versus the Ridge Runners was an actual thing, to outsiders they were just poor rednecks from Kentucky up to work in the Gary/East Chicago steel mills and refineries that were indistinguishable from one another. But, woe to anyone who called a Ridge Runner a Hillbilly or vice versa.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 05:24 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 05:25 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 05:25 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: dananjcon at July 31, 2013 09:23 AM (jvd3N)
BE CAREFUL! It might come back dripping with STDs and Lindsay Lohan.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 05:25 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at July 31, 2013 05:25 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Fritz at July 31, 2013 05:26 AM (bWoh5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 05:26 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:26 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2013 05:27 AM (pZ0pM)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 09:19 AM (XIxXP)
NOOOOO, that is a gateway move, how do you think Little Antknee got so obsessed with the "click my dick" moves?
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 05:27 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 05:27 AM (GQ8sn)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rHOpkKFm5k
Posted by: Dr. John Dorian at July 31, 2013 05:28 AM (uYaYO)
I assume that there was a significant migration of hilljacks from KY up to work in the mills because I'm pretty sure that Bill Monroe and his brother Charlie were located there at some point and they wouldn't have been there if there wasn't a significant number of people who wanted to hear bluegrass.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 05:28 AM (HiOtA)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 05:28 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 05:28 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 05:29 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: fluffy at July 31, 2013 05:29 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 09:28 AM (HiOtA)
Yep, and they tended to live in Black Oak as opposed to Gary.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 05:29 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:29 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 05:30 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 05:30 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 31, 2013 05:30 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:31 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Waldo at July 31, 2013 05:32 AM (tCBZk)
407So Weiner won't pull out of the race because "that's not the way New Yorkers roll?"
Did he not quit his job in Congress on exactly the same grounds?
----
I believe his explanation also can be seen as why he won't quit sexting...
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at July 31, 2013 05:32 AM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 31, 2013 05:32 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 09:30 AM (ZshNr)
No they'll elect the lesbian thug that is as totalitarian as Bloomberg. New York is a fucked up city.
Posted by: buzzion at July 31, 2013 05:32 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Bill sometimes Bill from Canada at July 31, 2013 05:33 AM (gzfyY)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 05:33 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Kyle Reese at July 31, 2013 05:33 AM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 31, 2013 05:33 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 05:34 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 05:34 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: RWC at July 31, 2013 05:34 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2013 05:34 AM (pZ0pM)
I actually got to see Journey a few years ago when they were touring with Def Leppard. The new frontman sounds JUST like steve Perry, btw; it was awesome.
Anyway, it was just a week or so after a local state trooper was killed in the line of duty in Manchester. The whole group autographed a guitar to be auctioned off to raise funds for his family, and then they dedicated their performance of "Lights" to him.
When the lights go down in the city,
And the sun shines on the bay,
Oh, I wanna be there in my city...
Still brings a tear to my eye when I hear it on the radio.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 05:34 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 31, 2013 05:34 AM (wR+pz)
Unless, of course, you are Gabriel Macht, Ryan Gosling, or Joe Manginello, then click away, darling.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 05:35 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: David at July 31, 2013 05:35 AM (UtRhK)
Posted by: fluffy at July 31, 2013 05:35 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, proud OCP stockholder at July 31, 2013 05:35 AM (zUi7I)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 09:31 AM (XIxXP)
One of my favorite blues groups in the 80s and 90s was the Kinsey Report out of Gary. I think they broke up because blues groups aren't exactly at the top of the payola charts for the robber barons in the moooozik bidness but Donald Kinsey was one hot fucking guitarist.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 05:36 AM (HiOtA)
In 5,000 years of recorded history, I can't think of a single example that did and regained former glory.
Collapses/dissolution, revolutions, coups, etc are how it ends. Always.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 31, 2013 05:36 AM (S3yfV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:37 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 31, 2013 05:37 AM (wR+pz)
Hear Hear !!
Posted by: McCool at July 31, 2013 08:35 AM (nCSwS)
Well we, at least, have this going for us. All you suckers are gonna die before us! Bwahahahahahahaha!! /jk
http://tinyurl.com/l9sx7of
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 31, 2013 05:37 AM (TPimP)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 09:35 AM (kXoT0)
Or Karl Urban! *waves* Hi, Karl!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 05:37 AM (4df7R)
I've come to the opinion that Rep. Issa is a big blowhard and impotent fuck.
I think he holds these hearings to TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF.
See. He holds a hearing and everyone backs off a bit to let the process unfold and get to the bottom and start perp walking miscreants out the door.
Any body gotten fined, subpoenaed, suspended, a bad recommendation for the Brownies?
Name me one scum sucking fucker who's been "investigated" and testified at one of his little show hearings that's had ANYTHING BAD HAPPEN TO THEM?
It's all a gyp. He's in on the scam and he's just running interference.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at July 31, 2013 05:37 AM (28TG+)
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 31, 2013 05:38 AM (vWlST)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 05:38 AM (GQ8sn)
Yes, klassy! Although it's not technically Weiner and Huma live in a a "luxurious, $3.3 million Manhattan pad owned by a deep-pocketed Democratic donor." It is described as a "sprawling, 12th-floor Park Avenue trophy residence" owned by Rosen Partners LLC, which is headed by close Clinton pal Jack Rosen.
There's nothing Huma has that can't be attributed to the Clintons. Except for the Muslim Brotherhood stuff, of course.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2013 05:38 AM (xvolr)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:38 AM (XIxXP)
Unemployment remains at the same level as population grows, fewer people added to payroll, labor participation rate continues to fall.
News media continues to report how health insurance will cost more, business will layoff to avoid the new cost levels of health insurance, business not hiring because of fear of higher cost of insurance, yet Obama promised HE PROMISED that health care would cost less and everyone shrugs and says, 'ya, so what are ya gonna do'.
News media continues to report Gov can't get it's shit together over health insurance exchanges, and no one knows what's going to happen in 9 weeks when people start trying to buy it.
Next year is another election year, health insurance is a huge question mark, long time democrats decide to retire, the GOP is STILL without a clue and everyone shrugs, 'what are ya gonna do'?
DETROIT! declares bankruptcy, unions demand their pensions because they were promised pensions in order to buy labor peace for SIXTY YEARS, and now the money has run out, and everybody shrugs 'cuz 'what are ya gonna do'?
Posted by: What's up with THAT? at July 31, 2013 05:38 AM (cZLlX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 31, 2013 05:38 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2013 05:39 AM (pZ0pM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 05:39 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 05:40 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 31, 2013 09:37 AM (4df7R)
Hey, MWR, I have a truly extensive list, but, every time I post more than three names...the Morons accuse me of initiating a sausage fest.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 05:40 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, proud OCP stockholder at July 31, 2013 05:40 AM (zUi7I)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 31, 2013 09:37 AM (wR+pz)
Cleveland. They charge money to visit the house where it was filmed. It's a fucking dump which nobody in their right mind would bother with.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 05:40 AM (HiOtA)
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 31, 2013 05:41 AM (vWlST)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, proud OCP stockholder at July 31, 2013 05:41 AM (zUi7I)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 05:42 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 09:40 AM (kXoT0)
I, too, have a list. 
And the 'Rons can quit their bellyaching. They get their Kate Uptons and Cake Girls, so we can indulge, too.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 05:42 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: john smallberry at July 31, 2013 05:42 AM (2kpL8)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 05:43 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: fluffy at July 31, 2013 05:43 AM (z9HTb)
Someone mentioned it here earlier, if I lived in AZ I would vote for the dem and encourage my friends as MCant likes to say to do the same. Might be the only way to get this traitorous piece of shit out of office.
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 31, 2013 05:43 AM (vWlST)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 05:43 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 05:43 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: mrp at July 31, 2013 05:43 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 05:44 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 31, 2013 09:42 AM (4df7R)
One would think so, wouldn't one...
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 05:44 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2013 05:44 AM (iQit/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 31, 2013 05:45 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 05:47 AM (MMC8r)
Whiting, Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, Calumet city.
I'm from Porter county and we all knew that once you could smell the coke plants (or crossed into Lake county), you weren't in Kansas anymore, Toto.
US 20, US 6, US 12, The South Shore Railroad, USS Steel, Inland Steel, Bethlehem Steel.
The sinews of this nation were formed there for many years. It's all gone now. Just sheet mills and specialty steel smelters and one? refinery. Except for the scum and riff raff left behind. I would guess that Gary must look as bad as Detroit does now.
Haven't been back in 35 years.
DON'T. MISS. IT.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at July 31, 2013 05:47 AM (28TG+)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 05:49 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 05:51 AM (MMC8r)
One word about McCain:
EGO
(my html fu is not good enough to make the font large enough to fully express this man's defect.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at July 31, 2013 05:52 AM (28TG+)
DON'T. MISS. IT.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at July 31, 2013 09:47 AM (28TG+)
I still have family in Crown Point--my youngest sister and her daughter, but, I have not been back since my Mother died in 2011. My folks were from Oklahoma and they are buried here and for other reasons, most of my family makes it here enough that I don't have to go back.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 05:52 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: mrp at July 31, 2013 05:53 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 05:56 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at July 31, 2013 05:57 AM (EN1pj)
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at July 31, 2013 06:01 AM (EN1pj)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at July 31, 2013 06:03 AM (28TG+)
Posted by: BornLib at July 31, 2013 06:09 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: panzernashorn at July 31, 2013 06:18 AM (MhA4j)
Monroe worked at the Standard refinery there. He could throw an oil drum the length of a boxcar. I never actually heard whether that was full or empty.
Posted by: comatus at July 31, 2013 06:21 AM (JNUY4)
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