1 Help. 

2 Fist

3 Wow. Step'n out much?

4 Stompy stompy.

5

I'm a victim of government.

20% of this office is composed of mental defectives who can't be fired.

Halp me Rawn Johnson!

6 Can't get past the last name. Sorry.

7

We. Are. All. Victims.

8 "Beaver kills man taking it's picture."


Ain't that always the way.

9 Let's do the time warp again!

10

"Beaver kills man taking it's picture."

 

 

It's like one of my nightmares come to life!

11 So if Boner allows a vote on Gun control in the House and it passes with a majority of Democrat votes, are we all qualified as "victims of government"?

12 Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 15, 2013 11:42 AM (026j9)

I have to agree...as much as it pains me.

I was going to start a small company, making one simple food product and distributing it and another from a different producer.

The maze of paperwork, licenses, inspections, infrastructure demands and restrictions, all from government, made me realize that it just wouldn't pay.

So some high school kid isn't going to get an entry-level job doing some grunt work, and the wheels of the economy will slow just a little bit more.

13

Looks like Drew fianlly found a guy named Johnson who isn't a flamimg cocksucking, motherfucking, shit eating, maggot infested, bag of grease shitball.

14 all those cuss words and Pixie takes out "ing". Figgers.

15 i thought we already saw this post

16 Wish Drew hadn't had audio probs. Johnson is a great guy (I'm biased he's my senator) who talks the talk, not the average politician blowing smoke up my ass type of language. He was so spot on during the Paul filibuster about the economic collapse we are facing.

17 I'm   past   50   and   sexy   and   sassy   in   my   Spanx!   Available   at   K-Mart!

18 Just look at everything government has done for us.

19 How are people who aren't already in a network that includes a small govt. conservative going to be exposed to the campaign?

20 Wish Drew hadn't had audio probs. Johnson is a great guy (I'm biased he's my senator)


Funny, but Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are my senators and I don't feel any bias at all.

21 Johnson stole my idea. I came up with this a long time ago and I have the comments to prove it.

22 Hey Cicero I feel your pain as I also have Tammy Baldwin as a senator. She makes your 2 senators look like class valedictorians.

23 In fact, I even used the word victims. Dildo can attest to this because he got all internet-indignant about it like it offended his dildo sensibilities. Remember that, Dildo?

24 OT/

People really need to stop looking at their smartphones while driving.  My desk has a view overlooking a parking lot and it is disconcerting how often I spot a driver going by with her eyes glancing up and down from their lap and the road.

25 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 15, 2013 12:53 PM (HVff2)

I'm certain that the election of Barbara Boxer was engineered by Feinstein because Feinstein was afraid people would eventually realize that she's a fucking retard, and Boxer makes her look wise by comparison. 

The ploy appears to have worked.

26 People really need to stop looking at their smartphones while driving.

Any phone while driving.

27 14 all those cuss words and Pixie takes out "ing". Figgers. Bet it was a typo. I - M - G

28 Re the mental health provision:
Why are we not calling this what it is?  It's a thought crime.

29 You're only a victim until you give in and become a ward of the gov't. How about a nice tax credit in exchange for your gun?

30 People really need to stop looking at their smartphones while driving. My desk has a view overlooking a parking lot and it is disconcerting how often I spot a driver going by with her eyes glancing up and down from their lap and the road.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 15, 2013 12:55 PM (UypUQ)

 

I don't know  how ANYONE can use their phones while driving, especially for texting.  That makes zero sense to me.   Even when i have to make a call while driving somewhere I always try to wait till I'm at a red light or a stop sign,    or else I pull off the road    into a parking lot or a turnaround.     There are just too many variables to    account for while driving    without compounding them by not paying attention.  

31 >People really need to stop looking at their smartphones while driving. My desk has a view overlooking a parking lot and it is disconcerting how often I spot People really need to stop looking out the window and day-dreaming

32 Drew I'm glad you found a good one....

no seriously....

33

Not having things go your way all the time or not being as successful as someone else doesn’t make you a “victim”. Having an arbitrary and extremely powerful government crush you certainly can qualify you as a victim.

 

This.   I hate the term "victim" with a    white hot, burning intensity    because it is so often misused    and    inappropriately applied.         When someone is a sympathy-whoring    clod,   he or she is NOT a victim.       When someone is a TRUE victim,  you can tell.       I get offended on behalf of the latter when I see someone demonstrating the former.    

34

Sidebar Faith No More

 +1. 

'The Real Thing' and 'Angel Dust' are grossly  underappreciated.

35

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2013 12:40 PM (/WLC3

 

 

Start ur business anyway. Just call it an abortion clinic. Less paperwork and no inspections.

36 The problem with onerous regs is that often they fall on businesses which, sadly, too many people could give a ****.

Take for example the new ACA reg that mandates any food chain with 20 or more locations to get the calorie content of everything on the menu tested and listed.  We can all understand how this adds cost to the product, makes chains less likely to experiment with new recipes, and discourages chains under the threshold of 20 stores from opening additional locations.  But for the average LIV, only the most modest, mom-and-pop, operator gets any sympathy.  Anyone company with 20+ stores is considered "rich" and "not-people like me".

37 I don't know how ANYONE can use their phones while driving, especially for texting. If we were allowed to drive tanks (assuming they work like bulldozers), we wouldn't have any hands free for texting. If it saves the life of one child, we should drive tanks.

38 So some high school kid isn't going to get an entry-level job doing some grunt work, and the wheels of the economy will slow just a little bit more.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2013 12:40 PM (/WLC3)

 

This! The amount of beauracracy I'd have to deal with to simply have the potential to *find out* if I can make money at what I do means I'm not going to deal with the headache and the general economy gets a little less grease. We're not unique. I'm sure there are *millions* of people who are forgoing the chance at being the "next big thing" because the current costs wildly outweigh all but the highest potential gain.

39

I don't know how ANYONE can use their phones while driving

 

I can text while rolling a smoke and driving. 

 

Some people are just better at multi-tasking, I guess.

 

Honestly, though,  I can't text on a smart phone while sitting on my couch...so there is that to consider.

 

 

40 Drew likes Johnson.

41 38 Polliwog the 'ette,

every stupid reg has an opportunity cost in compliance protocols and introduces disequilibrium in cost/benefit analysis...

we'd never have had powered flight in today's cimate

42 I have to agree...as much as it pains me. I was going to start a small company, making one simple food product and distributing it and another from a different producer. The maze of paperwork, licenses, inspections, infrastructure demands and restrictions, all from government, made me realize that it just wouldn't pay. So some high school kid isn't going to get an entry-level job doing some grunt work, and the wheels of the economy will slow just a little bit more. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 15, 2013 12:40 PM (/WLC3) Boy BFF is kicking around starting up a consulting business for those companies that need some dedicated HR work but don't need someone full time. Put together 5-6 companies that need 10-15 hours per week each and you have a nice income stream. He does not find it nearly as hilarious as I do that the paperwork and regulations required to start a consulting firm to help companies deal with paperwork and regulations is so onerous as to make it nearly impossible for him to start such a company.

43

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at April 15, 2013 01:01 PM (4df7R)

 

Did you get the directions for joining the Ravelry group that I left on the other thread MWR?

44 I'm a victim of circumstance!  Nyuk,   nyuk,  nyuk.

45

He does not find it nearly as hilarious as I do that the paperwork and regulations required to start a consulting firm to help companies deal with paperwork and regulations is so onerous as to make it nearly impossible for him to start such a company.

 

You're welcome.

 

 

46 >>>26 People really need to stop looking at their smartphones while driving.

Any phone while driving.<<<<

.

11,00 deaths attributed to texting while driving in 2011. If memory serves that is roughly 3 times the deaths "caused" by rifles of any sort.

Ban texting.

47 Avenge me.  A-VENGE ME!!!

48 But for the average LIV, only the most modest, mom-and-pop, operator gets any sympathy. Anyone company with 20+ stores is considered "rich" and "not-people like me".

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 15, 2013 01:05 PM (UypUQ)

 

In that case,   I think     the problem     lies with identifying the victimIZER, rather than the victim.   It's very hard to see, say, McDonald's as a victim, even though that's what they are in the   case of government overreach.   In that situation,   to    give the LIVs a   personal   story to which they can relate, you have to look at the employees who will lose their jobs, or who will never GET a job, and say,  "Who is victimizing these people?   It's not McDonald's -- they're doing what they have to do to stay in compliance.   It's the government that is forcing mcDonald's to comply with these     stifling regulations    that is the REAL villain here.   It's the GOVERNMENT that's keeping Sam from      getting a job.   McDonald's wants to give him a job; they want him to be their manager     in Hoboken.  But because of    these government regulations, they   can't open their new location. "

 

49 If we were allowed to drive tanks (assuming they work like bulldozers), we wouldn't have any hands free for texting. If it saves the life of one child, we should drive tanks.

Posted by: t-bird at April 15, 2013 01:06 PM (FcR7P)

 

 

Seconded!  

50

>>11,00 deaths attributed to texting while driving in 2011.

 

How many attributed to French Fries?   Burgers?   Beverages?   Applying make-up?  CD's/Radios?  Road-Head? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51 People really need to stop looking out the window and day-dreaming

Posted by: Your boss at April 15, 2013 01:02 PM (8sCoq)

 

I'm not day dreaming, I'm Aceing it.

52 I did, Polli!   It's blocked here at work, so I'll have to join at home.   If I DON'T,      it's     just    because I forgot.    I blame the sequester.

53 we'd never have had powered flight in today's cimate

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 15, 2013 01:08 PM (LRFds)

 

Exactly.

 

He does not find it nearly as hilarious as I do that the paperwork and regulations required to start a consulting firm to help companies deal with paperwork and regulations is so onerous as to make it nearly impossible for him to start such a company.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 15, 2013 01:08 PM (VtjlW)

 

It's truly insane isn't it? And all that paperwork has to be paid for before a person even gets a chance to find out if they can make a go of their business. It's why micro-loans don't work in the US. The paperwork eats up the starting capital before there's ever a *start*.

54 This. I hate the term "victim" with a white hot, burning intensity because it is so often misused and inappropriately applied. When someone is a sympathy-whoring clod, he or she is NOT a victim. When someone is a TRUE victim, you can tell. I get offended on behalf of the latter when I see someone demonstrating the former.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at April 15, 2013 01:04 PM (4df7R)

 

 

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"Victim" is just another word the marxists have hijacked.  It'll never be publically  (or politically)  used as Johnson or Ace would like it to be used.  It's meaning has completely changed in our national lexicon.

 

The only victims are minorities, gays, women, etc.  If you're white, Christian, or own a gun, you'll never be able to claim victimhood.

55 Avenge me. A-VENGE ME!!! Posted by: A tree On it!

56

>>>>>>.50
>>11,00 deaths attributed to texting while driving in 2011.

How many attributed to French Fries? Burgers? Beverages? Applying make-up? CD's/Radios? Road-Head<<<<<<<

.

I drove a truck for about 5 years, over the road. Saw one case of road-head. A lot more folks took things into their own hands however.

57

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at April 15, 2013 01:14 PM (4df7R)

 

Stupid work . I'll be looking for you this evening then.

58

The only victims are minorities, gays, women, etc. If you're white, Christian, or own a gun, you'll never be able to claim victimhood.

Posted by: Soona at April 15, 2013 01:15 PM (iaqtw)

 

O FUCK, thats me.

59 Ace  --  DrewM

60 58 Misanthropic Humaitarian,

the good news is that your grandkids post collapse will have one hell of a planet to start over on...

the bad news is your kids may want to eat your kids as joey Plugz says "literally."

We deserve everything we're gonna get.

61 I'm imagining a poster, appearing overnight all over: "THE MAN WANTS TO KEEP YOU DOWN!" Picture is cartoonish art of average folks crushed under the thumb of Barack Obama, in full golf gear. And me with no art skillz...

62 Sock dismissed.

63 Did you get the directions for joining the Ravelry group that I left on the other thread MWR? Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 15, 2013 01:08 PM (wbeNt) Well, I did and thank you for the site and thank you for your compliment on my little project

64 We deserve everything we're gonna get.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 15, 2013 01:19 PM (LRFds)

The sad thing is 2 are in college yet. One is out and makes a good living in the medical field. The 2 in college have no idea what they want to be. I keep telling them the med field or go to Tech School and learn a trade. But what would I know? I'm just a "guy". Oh well, it will be interesting.

65 It's why micro-loans don't work in the US. The paperwork eats up the starting capital before there's ever a *start*.

The highly distributed income model is the way to go. 

Selling bullshit trinkets like phone/tablet apps for $1.  No paperwork, you can do it from home, and the government isn't bothering to track these micro-payments...

...yet.

66 I don't know how ANYONE can use their phones while driving, especially for texting. That makes zero sense to me. Even when i have to make a call while driving somewhere I always try to wait till I'm at a red light or a stop sign, or else I pull off the road into a parking lot or a turnaround. There are just too many variables to account for while driving without compounding them by not paying attention. 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at April 15, 2013 01:01 PM (4df7R)


Maybe it's the way guys multi-task, but I had no problem prioritizing driving over talking on the cell.   Then again, as a guy, the reason I'd be answering the phone is just to tell the other person, "I'm on my way - *click*".

67
$1,000,000 * 1 == govt rectal exam
$1 * 1,000,000 == under the radar

68 "A lot of conservatives object to Obama’s use of “human props” at his events and raw appeals to emotions. Well, they work. Changing people’s minds usually beings with changing their heart. People react better to other people than they do to abstract concepts." Of course it does. Why do you think the media is so determined to keep people in the dark about the Gosnell trial?

69 If he gets it, when is he going to trot out some Mexican's who have been in line for legal immigration for years and make the media hear a sob story they don't want to report?