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January 28, 2014

Brit Hume: In Good Times, In Bad Times, In the Flush and In the Red, The Hurt Feelings Industry Always Thrive
— Ace

I actually disagree with him on his two examples of Hurt Feelings fake outrage -- over Andrew Cuomo's "no place for extremists" in New York statement, and Huckabee's clumsy phrasing of "controlling their libidos" as an alternative to birth control -- but his general point is, of course, spot on.

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1 We're all a nation of delicate flowers now.

Posted by: joncelli at January 28, 2014 10:56 AM (RD7QR)

2 Foist?

Posted by: D-Lamp at January 28, 2014 10:57 AM (bb5+k)

3 All above average. And mean people suck.

Posted by: joncelli at January 28, 2014 10:57 AM (RD7QR)

4 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 10:57 AM (PYAXX)

5 I meant to say "That opinion has been foisted on us. " Yeah. That's what I meant to say.

Posted by: D-Lamp at January 28, 2014 10:57 AM (bb5+k)

6 Hey Brit, I live in The People's Republik of New York...trust me, my outrage over Cuomo's remark is not feigned.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 28, 2014 10:58 AM (7ObY1)

7 Can't make people feel bad now, can we?

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 10:58 AM (P6QsQ)

8 I think Sandra Fluke would be a better example of hurt feelings. She goes to Congress demanding free birth control and then is offended that anyone would comment on her sex life.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2014 10:59 AM (POpqt)

9 Of course the hurt feelings industry always thrives. As long as there is jealousy (which is part of human nature), there will be a Perpetually Aggrieved Class.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 10:59 AM (PYAXX)

10 We've turned into a culture of feeeeeeeelings and no one is allowed to hurt them because special snowflake status trumps all.

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 28, 2014 10:59 AM (4cA6A)

11 Brit Hume is one of the few "Journalists" for whom I have some degree of respect. Presumably he is related to David Hume the Scottish Philosopher.

Posted by: D-Lamp at January 28, 2014 10:59 AM (bb5+k)

12 They're not going to change. It's a winning strategy.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 10:59 AM (IXrOn)

13 Please. Nobody curse on this thread. It just makes me feel so uncomfortable.

Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2014 11:00 AM (AIfv5)

14 Not to kick the hornet's nest again, but since you bring up Huckabee Â— has anyone considered that while he does believe in "controlling libidos" as a general principle, the direct referent for his comment might be that advertisement where the woman drooling like a rutting mink over a guy "hopes he's as easy to get as her birth control?"

Posted by: Glen at January 28, 2014 11:00 AM (JFbSU)

15 We're All Butthurt Now, You Guys

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 28, 2014 11:00 AM (4cA6A)

16 13 Please. Nobody curse on this thread. It just makes me feel so uncomfortable. Well shit, that's no goddam fucking problem.

Posted by: Guy Who Doesn't Give a Shit at January 28, 2014 11:01 AM (7ObY1)

17 It's a black day when we cannot criticize one another without the other guy getting butt hurt.

OOOOOoooops.

Posted by: Sphynx at January 28, 2014 11:01 AM (OZmbA)

18 We're all a nation of delicate flowers now. Nah. I'm like crabgrass.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 11:01 AM (ndIek)

19 I have no mercy on people like that, poor little whinners deserve every hurt foisted on their precious little delicate sensativities.

Posted by: Gmac-Pointing at 404Care at January 28, 2014 11:01 AM (4pjhs)

20 Except that Cuomo's definition of "extreme views" is anything to the Left of Obama, so all Republican candidates.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2014 11:02 AM (POpqt)

21 I think Sandra Fluke would be a better example of hurt feelings. She goes to Congress demanding free birth control and then is offended that anyone would comment on her sex life. What a slut.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 11:02 AM (ndIek)

22 Mean people suck. Especially evil white Republicans that hate People of Color, the Differently Sexualed, and Vagina-Americans. Of all the sub-human vermin, they are the meanest.

Posted by: Progtard 2000 at January 28, 2014 11:02 AM (ZPrif)

23 We're in the Age of Winning Elections by --SQUIRREL!!!!

Posted by: --- at January 28, 2014 11:03 AM (MMC8r)

24 There will indeed always be a perpetually grieved class. That doesn't mean we should shape policy around them. I think conservatives tend to make policy that will benefit the most widespread portion of the population, the majority, the common good. Liberals tend to make policy that benefits the outliers, the exceptions. They cater to extreme cases on the edges.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 11:03 AM (P6QsQ)

25 13 Soona,

Not a goddamned problem...

Wanna know how retarded the government and people are getting?

They have preemptively shut down base operations for 2 days b/c "snow" that has not fallen yet and may in fact not fall at all.

http://tinyurl.com/m8tk6up

MSLSD-No known relationship between Maryland mall shooter, victims: cops

Huh....I wonder if the shooter didn't have a dark tan and the victims were a little more tan if the newsies would be reporting it thus?

You'll note it is no longer a national story eh?

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 28, 2014 11:03 AM (TE35l)

26 has anyone considered that while he does believe in "controlling libidos" as a general principle, the direct referent for his comment might be that advertisement where the woman drooling like a rutting mink over a guy "hopes he's as easy to get as her birth control?"

Have you considered that he might just be a buffoon?

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 28, 2014 11:03 AM (SY2Kh)

27 - Land of the free shit and the home of the whiny little bitches.

Posted by: irright at January 28, 2014 11:04 AM (pMGkg)

28 I heard this last night.. and agree with him wholeheartedly.

I would love Britt Hume to host of one the debates in 2016.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 28, 2014 11:04 AM (Z7PrM)

29 Brit Hume Anagram

Mi Be Hurt

COINCIDENCE??????

Posted by: Mega at January 28, 2014 11:04 AM (hHFOx)

30 19 I have no mercy on people like that, poor little whinners deserve every hurt foisted on their precious little delicate sensativities. How would you like YOUR Governor to tell you you are not wanted in your state because you don't agree with your Governor's politics. Don't accuse people of "whinning" unless you've walked in their shoes.

Posted by: Guy Who Doesn't Give a Shit at January 28, 2014 11:04 AM (7ObY1)

31 Should we do Amnesty now? Most of our voting base hates Amnesty ... so I'm thinking now's the time.

Posted by: GOP Braintrust at January 28, 2014 11:04 AM (ZPrif)

32 Mean people suck. Good people swallow.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 11:04 AM (ndIek)

33 Grievance is an industry.

Posted by: --- at January 28, 2014 11:04 AM (MMC8r)

34 >>What a slut.

I know, right? Apparently she was just asking for a friend.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2014 11:04 AM (POpqt)

35 Cuomo's statement is straightforward and not incontrovertible, Huckabee's statement had to broken down into it's various parts, and the the meaning of his comment discarded, in order to find offense.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 28, 2014 11:05 AM (P1WNR)

36 I love this blog.

Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2014 11:05 AM (AIfv5)

>>>In good times, in bad times

I'l be on your side forevermore

That's what friends are for

/g-dammit

Posted by: Bigby's Jazz Hands at January 28, 2014 11:05 AM (3ZtZW)

38 You know... I don't know if "they" (whoever "they" are) planned it, but if they *didn't* they couldn't have done much better if they had. People are reared being taught that they're all special (hint- you're mostly not), and that "just playing is winning." Then they get to the real world where they find out they're (mostly) average and that "just playing is... probably going to get you fired for lack of productivity." So then you have this vast well of resentment against (you guessed it) "the rich" AND ALSO all of those people who are trying to extol you to be better than you are. Being angry and jealous is much easier than making yourself better, and now along come the prog/commies who promise to MAKE you special and MAKE you a winner "just for playing."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:05 AM (PYAXX)

39 Just use this quote next time: Love means never having to say you're sorry. Then wink.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 11:05 AM (IXrOn)

40 Not Huckabee again. But didn't he say "control their libidos AND their reproductive systems" Which I take to mean women are perfectly capable of controlling their libidos when they meet a hot guy UNTIL they can obtain BC and they are perfectly capable of buying the BC themselves. I don't even like Huck generally but could we please not let the progtards tell us what he said.

Posted by: palerider at January 28, 2014 11:05 AM (dkExz)

41 Except that Cuomo's definition of "extreme views" is anything to the Left of Obama, so all Republican candidates. Did I slip into a bizzaro-world?

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 28, 2014 11:05 AM (J79eW)

42 30 Brit Hume Anagram I like "Rebut Him"

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 28, 2014 11:06 AM (7ObY1)

Please. Nobody curse on this thread. It just makes me feel so uncomfortable.

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Yeah, everyone watch their fucking language before some fucking nancy gets all butthurt, fuckers.

Posted by: Sister Mother Mary Of The Blessed Immaculate Conception at January 28, 2014 11:06 AM (eytER)

44 But first you will blow me

Posted by: Mel Gibson at January 28, 2014 11:06 AM (Pr6hk)

45 People claimed hurt feelings over Cuomo's remark? I never claimed that, I claimed it was at odds with our First Amendment, but never that my feelings were hurt.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at January 28, 2014 11:06 AM (GaqMa)

46 Posted by: Dr Spank at January 28, 2014 03:05 PM (P1WNR) don't go there...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 11:06 AM (IXrOn)

47 Call me a amber lamps

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at January 28, 2014 11:06 AM (pgQxn)

48 >>Have you considered that he might just be a buffoon? I find that offensive. RINO.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2014 11:06 AM (g1DWB)

49 >>Did I slip into a bizzaro-world?

Oops - meant to the Right of Obama.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2014 11:06 AM (POpqt)

50 Adam Smith later recounted Hume's amusing speculation that he might ask Charon to allow him a few more years of life in order to see "the downfall of some of the prevailing systems of superstition," to which the ferryman replied "You loitering rogue, that will not happen these many hundred years... Get into the boat this instant..."

Posted by: D-Lamp at January 28, 2014 11:06 AM (bb5+k)

51 Remember when?
Me neither.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at January 28, 2014 11:07 AM (pgQxn)

52 "Liberals tend to make policy that benefits the outliers, the exceptions. They cater to extreme cases on the edges." grammie winger, Actually they throw the scrapes around the edges and then gorge at the trough. They all leave office far richer than their salaries would support.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at January 28, 2014 11:07 AM (hpgw1)

53 I like "Rebut Him"

Me too.

Posted by: Reggie at January 28, 2014 11:07 AM (hHFOx)

54 I resemble this remark

Posted by: Race Card Reverend Al at January 28, 2014 11:07 AM (Pr6hk)

55 Love means never having to say you're sorry. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:07 AM (PYAXX)

56 ole jarrett hanging with maddow today, I hear lovely couple

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 11:07 AM (IXrOn)

57 I hate extremists. They are the worst! Especially the ones that say mean things about Stalin, who really was a pretty good guy when you think about it.

Posted by: Pete Seeger at January 28, 2014 11:08 AM (ZPrif)

58 Currently 19 degrees (after 15 degree overnight). The 'forecasters' said 'only flurries', but it has been lightly snowing for 10 hours now. Roads are now packed snow/ice. Apparently our Progressive city council assumed no salt would be needed, and the roads are now slick as snot. Fcukwits.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 28, 2014 11:08 AM (aDwsi)

59 You'll note it is no longer a national story eh? Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 28, 2014 03:03 PM (TE35l) If it doesn't advance the narrative, and is in fact, counter productive to the narrative, it has to go bye-bye. Once again, this is why one party control of the media is a dire threat to the nation.

Posted by: D-Lamp at January 28, 2014 11:08 AM (bb5+k)

Honestly though, if you really have to work hard to be offended, you really aren't offended.

And I say this with Huckabee's statement in mind.

Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2014 11:08 AM (eytER)

61 Why wait for someone to actually say something offensive when you can just claim you've heard it, (boy!).

Posted by: Dog Whistle at January 28, 2014 11:08 AM (POpqt)

62 Yes, we must not disparage our friends on the other side of the aisle... The host all the good cocktail parties.

Posted by: Rino Senator at January 28, 2014 11:09 AM (Pr6hk)

63 Love means never having to say you're sorry. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 03:07 PM (PYAXX) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5-8_1uCzR8

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 11:09 AM (IXrOn)

64 I love this blog.
Posted by: Soona
.........
Wasn't that a Toby Keith tune?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 28, 2014 11:09 AM (Z7PrM)

Posted by: Pete Seeger at January 28, 2014 03:08 PM (ZPrif)

Shut up and keep sucking.

Posted by: Satan at January 28, 2014 11:09 AM (MMC8r)

66 Then they get to the real world where they find out they're (mostly) average and that "just playing is... probably going to get you fired for lack of productivity." Unless you're in a union. Then average is the only thing workers strive for.

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 28, 2014 11:09 AM (4cA6A)

67 The 'forecasters' said 'only flurries', but it has been lightly snowing for 10 hours now. Roads are now packed snow/ice. -------- Yeah I'm west of Atlanta and it's been doing the same thing. Last night we weren't going to get any snow here.

Posted by: Adam at January 28, 2014 11:09 AM (Aif/5)

68 How new is it to be offended at the drop of the hat as a political weapon?

Posted by: Seems legit at January 28, 2014 11:10 AM (A98Xu)

69 People are reared being taught that they're all special (hint- you're mostly not), and that "just playing is winning."

This was mocked on a recent episode of "Bones" where a toddler in day care was given a "15th Place Winner" certificate. In a race of 15 kids.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2014 11:10 AM (B/VB5)

70 @53 angel with a sword True, good point. What I specifically had in mind though was"policy by anecdote". In other words, " here is a single mother who is not able to get health insurance because of pre-existing condition X. Let's destroy an entire industry that is working for most people in most circumstances because of this example".

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 11:10 AM (P6QsQ)

71 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 03:09 PM (IXrOn) Yeah, I know. Mine was a rebuttal to that from a different movie, though. I can't remember which one it was- some Barbara Streisand movie my mom watched over and over and over when I was a kid.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:10 AM (PYAXX)

72 Love means never having to say you're sorry. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. -------------------- Subtext - "I can lie, cheat, and steal without compunction." Yeah..., it makes sense that Al Gore suggested that he was the model for 'Love Story'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 28, 2014 11:10 AM (aDwsi)

73 While I am not the nation's endocrinologist, I would lay serious money on dwindling testosterone as the cause of many ills. Before you, er, special snowflakes go all Sterling Hayden on me, just check photos from general stock or your own family now and a hundred years ago when people walked or used horses and ate a whole lotta lard: they're fatter now, ain't they?
It's not the complete picture, of course, but I mean the leaders of the houses of Congress currently look like they no glands of any kind in their bodies.

Posted by: T for testosterone at January 28, 2014 11:11 AM (1/4XQ)

74 I'm thinking a few thousand years at least.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 28, 2014 11:11 AM (ZPrif)

75 Delicate flowers? Bah! If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon. You will be a minister of death praying for war. But until that day you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human fucking beings. You are nothing but unorganized grabastic pieces of amphibian shit! Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 11:11 AM (ndIek)

76 69 How new is it to be offended at the drop of the hat as a political weapon?

Posted by: Seems legit at January 28, 2014 03:10 PM (A98Xu)

At least since the '70s. I blame disco.

Posted by: joncelli at January 28, 2014 11:11 AM (RD7QR)

77 Feel-sorry Feel-good stories make for cheap TV and decent ratings. That's the formula for Reality Television 24/7 300+ channels.

Jill Abramson recently complained that the Obama White House was the most "secretive" in her memory. There's a reason for that - the media can't/won't face the reality of the Obama decision-making process. Their jobs and fortunes are on the line.

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2014 11:11 AM (JBggj)

78 I've made you feel offended? Great! Now I want to make you feel generous: give me $1000. What? No? But you just said I have that power over you...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at January 28, 2014 11:11 AM (0HooB)

79 How new is it to be offended at the drop of the hat as a political weapon?

It's not new, but it's a lot more powerful with mass communications.

Posted by: --- at January 28, 2014 11:11 AM (MMC8r)

80 @60: Everything must pertain to the Agenda in some way. That's the rule of the Left, everything is political. Everything that isn't political is politicized or outlawed for your safety because it might lead to unpolitical thoughts. Only politically-correct activities are allowed.

Posted by: Cato at January 28, 2014 11:12 AM (i+Vw2)

81 I remember a time when fist fights used to settle scores with differences of opinion, no matter what it was. And people looked at it as just something people did when passions rise. But that's called bullying now, and we mustn't be bullies.

Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2014 11:12 AM (AIfv5)

82 Jill Abramson recently complained that the Obama White House was the most "secretive" in her memory.

But she and her paper will continue not to push back against that or cause the White House any consequences.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2014 11:12 AM (B/VB5)

83 So this Brit Hume comment - its kinda pre-Get Off My Lawn, almost Rub Some Dirt On It, Ya Whiner

Posted by: Bigby's Jazz Hands at January 28, 2014 11:12 AM (3ZtZW)

84 Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2014 03:10 PM (B/VB5) I haven't watched that at all this season. Too much other stuff intruded. Oh- the Babs Streisand movie- I think it was "What's Up Doc?"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:13 AM (PYAXX)

85 While I am not the nation's endocrinologist, I would lay serious money on dwindling testosterone as the cause of many ills. Before you, er, special snowflakes go all Sterling Hayden on me, just check photos from general stock or your own family now and a hundred years ago when people walked or used horses and ate a whole lotta lard: they're fatter now, ain't they? Walking 40 acres behind a mule steering a plow will toughen one up.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 11:13 AM (ndIek)

86 Fun fact: 30% of the members of parliament in India have criminal charges pending against them. And the odds of them winning their election actually increase with the severity of the charge. via Marginal Revolution

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 28, 2014 11:14 AM (ZPrif)

87 Yeah Huck's remarks could have been construed as being insensitive, if you really wanted them to be, but Cuomo's remarks were deliberately offensive and hostile. I guess Brit needed an example from both sides, but they hardly match up.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 28, 2014 11:14 AM (ZshNr)

88 Love means never having to say you're sorry. That is a prime contender for the dumbest quote in film. Love is a deep interpersonal connection that transcends the self. Not saying you're sorry when you should is profoundly selfish. Not saying you're sorry when you should is a sign that what you feel for the other person is anything but love.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 28, 2014 11:14 AM (J79eW)

89 It's not new, but it's a lot more powerful with mass communications. Posted by: --- at January 28, 2014 03:11 PM (MMC8r) That's what I'm thinking. The "being offended" can go around the net pretty quickly.

Posted by: Seems legit at January 28, 2014 11:14 AM (A98Xu)

90 AllenG The line has also been criticized or mocked, for suggesting that apologies are unnecessary in a loving relationship. Most prominently, a character played by O'Neal himself disparages it in the 1972 screwball comedy What's Up, Doc?: Barbra Streisand's character coos that "Love means never having to say you're sorry" while batting her eyelashes, and O'Neal's character responds, deadpan, "That's the dumbest thing I ever heard." John Lennon offered a contrary version: "Love means having to say you're sorry every five minutes."[3] Years later in a 2004 episode of The Simpsons ("Catch 'Em If You Can"), the Simpson family watches the film, and Lisa retorts, "No it doesn't!" The line has also been parodied countless times, usually substituting another word or phrase for "love" and/or "you're sorry," especially the latter.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 11:15 AM (IXrOn)

91 I find that offensive.

RINO.

Just don't tell Mr. Brooks that I forgot my cuff links today.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 28, 2014 11:15 AM (SY2Kh)

92 The great thing about "offense" is that it can be used to disarm your opponent. Just think of all the words that have been deemed "racist" since 2008?

Posted by: Dog Whistle at January 28, 2014 11:16 AM (POpqt)

93 @83. Actually, a fistfight is the cure for bullying. Bullying is the intimidation, coercion, and manipulation that precedes somebody going "I'm not taking your crap" and decking them. Getting rid of the fighting is what enables bullying. I should know, because I ignored the prohibition on fighting many times, and seldom had any long-lived problems with bullies because of it... not for lack of people who wanted to or tried to bully me, but because a bloody nose is a good indicator that you should find a less combative target for whatever abuse you want to unload.

Posted by: Cato at January 28, 2014 11:16 AM (i+Vw2)

There is always a market selling something to those who feel slighted in some way. Whether it is booze or outrage, it is a market with limitless possibilities and it never dries up.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy a Hissy or Coniption, Get a Free Fitting! at January 28, 2014 11:16 AM (hLRSq)

95 13 Please. Nobody curse on this thread. It just makes me feel so uncomfortable. Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2014 03:00 PM (AIfv5) Awww what the fuck, fuckity, fuck, fuck?????

Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at January 28, 2014 11:16 AM (HVff2)

96 I haven't watched that at all this season. Too much other stuff intruded.

I'd have ditched it if they hadn't moved it to Friday. Now it's something to get grossed out over while waiting for Grimm.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2014 11:16 AM (B/VB5)

97 Heading home. Catch back up with y'all in a bit.

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 28, 2014 11:16 AM (4cA6A)

98 ole jarrett hanging with maddow today, I hear

lovely couple

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 03:07 PM (IXrOn)

I'm pretty sure she's the one with her hand up Barry's ass making his mouth move.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 28, 2014 11:16 AM (BZAd3)

99
That's what I'm thinking. The "being offended" can go around the net pretty quickly.

Rather than the days of newspapers and mail, the speed of a tweet can reach 10000x more people.

Posted by: --- at January 28, 2014 11:17 AM (MMC8r)

100 From listening to Hume last night I gather that Cuomo didn't say what I thought he said or he was misunderstood or misinterpreted or shut up or something.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 28, 2014 11:17 AM (F75MN)

101

>>>>Walking 40 acres behind a mule steering a plow will toughen one up.

So will incurable childhood maladies

Posted by: Bigby's Jazz Hands at January 28, 2014 11:17 AM (3ZtZW)

102 I don't remember any of this "I'm offended" stuff or "political correctness" till about the early 80's maybe. Look back at tv shows from the 70s - Archie Bunker, even early SNL. They were extremely offensive by today's standards. I blame Alan Alda.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 11:18 AM (P6QsQ)

103 Ann Coulter: "The only confirmed kill in 'the War on Women' belongs to Ted Kennedy." That is brilliant.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 11:18 AM (olDqf)

104 We're all a nation of delicate flowers now.

Posted by: joncelli at January 28, 2014 02:56 PM (RD7QR)

I'm more like 'cinder-block-fragile'. It's what happens when the urge to care has pretty much been burned out.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy a Hissy or Coniption, Get a Free Fitting! at January 28, 2014 11:19 AM (hLRSq)

105 Love means never having to say you're sorry.

See how that theory plays out after you "accidentally" stick it in her back door without prior warning.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 28, 2014 11:19 AM (SY2Kh)

106 @103. And lots of fighting.

Posted by: Cato at January 28, 2014 11:19 AM (i+Vw2)

107 71 - The left are experts at producing a single (often bogusly) sad case and extrapolating that to the general case. Sandra Fluke of course would be an example, except that she wasn't even a sad case, just a mouthy, entitlement-minded loon. My favorite case is the woman that was used in NC as an example of the 'burdens' of obtaining ID for voting. They had to dig deep to find this woman. Here she is: http://tinyurl.com/lrax7cv Now, of course, Holder (using our 'Justice Department) has filed a racial discrimination suit against NC.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 28, 2014 11:19 AM (aDwsi)

108 I am telling you, at some point in the not so distant future, Brit is going to wander onto the Fox News set, in plaid pjs with matching robe and slippers, glasses down on the end of his nose, newspaper in one hand, glass of scotch in the other, then go over and start smacking Juan Williams (or any other member of the panel you wish to substitute for Juan) on the nose going Bad! Bad!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at January 28, 2014 11:19 AM (Gk3SS)

109 Walking 40 acres behind a mule steering a plow will toughen one up.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 03:13 PM (ndIek)

----------------------------------------------

Patience. We're working on it.

Posted by: EPA at January 28, 2014 11:20 AM (AIfv5)

110 Watch the Dean Martin Roast of Sammy Davis Jr. You could not air this today. Too bad, because it would utterly destroy the leftist victim mentality model.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 11:20 AM (olDqf)

111 - I blame Alan Alda. Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 03:18 PM --------------------------- I wouldn't really have a problem with blaming him for everything, just as a convenience.

Posted by: irright at January 28, 2014 11:20 AM (8GKDa)

112 Walking 40 acres behind a mule steering a plow will toughen one up. Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 03:13 PM (ndIek) At least they got to keep the 40 acres back then.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 11:20 AM (olDqf)

113 Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 28, 2014 03:19 PM (aDwsi) Your link is Fluked up.

Posted by: D-Lamp at January 28, 2014 11:21 AM (bb5+k)

114 I saw The Incurable Childhood Maladies open up for the Happy Mondays at the old Palladium in NYC.

Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2014 11:21 AM (RbZ7f)

115 We're all a Nation of victims now...

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at January 28, 2014 11:21 AM (9+ccr)

116 107 Love means never having to say you're sorry. See how that theory plays out after you "accidentally" stick it in her back door without prior warning. Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 28, 2014 03:19 PM (SY2Kh) IMHO, thread winner and time to wipe up coffee on desk and paperwork.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at January 28, 2014 11:21 AM (HVff2)

117

This actually dovetails with Monty's post about language. Thing is, if you write off certain things as "insensitive" or "offensive," then you slowly but surely write off the ability of people to think in those terms, even if it isn't actually offensive or insentive.

And that puts lives at risk. Never mind that 100% of the 9/11 terrorists were Muslim...if we profile Muslims that's unthinkable by the self-appointed cognitive elite because it's insensitive and offensive to do so. It creates a ginormous blind spot in reasoning that just can't be undone easily.

Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2014 11:21 AM (eytER)

118 @87 You could generalize about farm life itself. Riding a sulky plow (instead of walking behind a single bottom) likely means harnessing, hooking up, and caring for 4 draft horses. Feed in the front, fertilizer out the back... and lots and lots of water.
And you did that before you fed yourself.
Imagine, all that human activity without the direct intervention of Federal authorities!?! It boggles the mind.

Posted by: T for testosterone at January 28, 2014 11:22 AM (1/4XQ)

119 See how that theory plays out after you "accidentally" stick it in her back door without prior warning. Posted by: Hollowpoint ------------------- Accident?! This was no accident...

Posted by: Matt Hooper at January 28, 2014 11:22 AM (aDwsi)

120 Last Thread

Obama is planning to follow the State of the Union address with trips to
MarylandÂ’s Prince GeorgeÂ’s County

THAT'S WHERE ANDREWS AFB IS.

Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger[/i][/b][/s] at January 28, 2014 11:22 AM (DL2i+)

121 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 03:20 PM (olDqf)

Having 40 acres all to yourself doesn't seem fair. The village should share in your produce!

Posted by: Caliph Barky O'Choombar at January 28, 2014 11:22 AM (o3MSL)

122 110 I am telling you, at some point in the not so distant future, Brit is going to wander onto the Fox News set, in plaid pjs with matching robe and slippers, glasses down on the end of his nose, newspaper in one hand, glass of scotch in the other, then go over and start smacking Juan Williams (or any other member of the panel you wish to substitute for Juan) on the nose going Bad! Bad! Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at January 28, 2014 03:19 PM (Gk3SS) Plaid PJ's?! That would mean he would've turned into Ethan Krupp! Please make it a smoking jacket.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 11:22 AM (olDqf)

123 107 Love means never having to say you're sorry. See how that theory plays out after you "accidentally" stick it in her back door without prior warning. Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 28, 2014 03:19 PM (SY2Kh) HA! Good luck with that.

Posted by: Seems legit at January 28, 2014 11:22 AM (A98Xu)

124 Whaddaya mean I don't get a Trophy????

Posted by: LIV What Wants a Trophy at January 28, 2014 11:23 AM (32Ze2)

125 And that puts lives at risk.

Not to mention souls.

Posted by: Vortex Lovera at January 28, 2014 11:23 AM (wtvvX)

126 I really don't think people are much "offended" at all. I just think there is a long list of modern taboos that you dare not flout publicly, or you will be attacked. The taboos themselves are rather meaningless outside of their potential use as a weapon.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 11:23 AM (P6QsQ)

127 @119. It's like outlawing the ability of 2+2 to equal 4.

Posted by: Cato at January 28, 2014 11:23 AM (i+Vw2)

128 @120 Gen 3,19

Posted by: T for testosterone at January 28, 2014 11:24 AM (1/4XQ)

129 116 I saw The Incurable Childhood Maladies open up for the Happy Mondays at the old Palladium in NYC. Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2014 03:21 PM (RbZ7f) That was the Incredible String Band...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 11:24 AM (olDqf)

130 You could generalize about farm life itself. Riding a sulky plow (instead of walking behind a single bottom) likely means harnessing, hooking up, and caring for 4 draft horses. Feed in the front, fertilizer out the back... and lots and lots of water. And you did that before you fed yourself. Imagine, all that human activity without the direct intervention of Federal authorities!?! It boggles the mind. Yeah, I'd be alright with having people work the farm for their welfare check. But I'm not working the farm. Nope, not unless I have to.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 28, 2014 11:25 AM (o4Xc4)

131 Plaid PJ's?! That would mean he would've turned into Ethan Krupp!

Please make it a smoking jacket.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 03:22 PM (olDqf)

I was waiting for that.

I said PJ's not footie pajamas.

I'm talking old school great grandpa plaid pjs. You know these: http://bit.ly/1jFsbj1

With the matching slippers and robe. Possibly a pipe.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at January 28, 2014 11:25 AM (Gk3SS)

132 Leading House Dem Xavier Becerra: Obama Can Act Like A Dictator Because of Republican Â“IntransigenceÂ”Â… Sorry, doesnÂ’t work that way. Weasel Zippers: What a bunch of arrogant ignorant asses

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 28, 2014 11:25 AM (t3UFN)

133 117 We're all a Nation of victims now... Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at January 28, 2014 03:21 PM (9+ccr) See 1919-1933 GermanyÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 11:25 AM (olDqf)

134 Well I disagree with Brit Hume in his presentation of this being somehow on a level playing field--or even-handed. We are surrounded by The Free Shit Army and they have a phalanx of propagandists that hold the theaters of communication hostage-- newspapers, most of the cables, the broadcast networks, the news magazines-- we have --what? FOX News--with Shep Smith commandeering the "breaking news" and doing interpretive dance reporting every chance he gets. They've "policed" us thoroughly in the free speech department. First it was the politically correct speech, now it is this disproportionate micro-examination of every word--a Republican utters. Meanwhile Democrats communicate pretty much uncensored, and unmonitored at the rate of Twitter. When you are that handicapped and impeded to speak for and to your constituency you are losing. I guess that's why when some of our own join in on the policing we feel as if it is a betrayal. (Kind of like the Jewish police force that worked for the Nazis.) (Damn ya I know--the Hitler rule of the internets--I've Lost!)

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 11:25 AM (RJMhd)

135 Today's Thomas Sowell column mentioned that "social justice" is just high-falutin' for "envy."

Posted by: HR at January 28, 2014 11:25 AM (ZKzrr)

136 Yeah, I'd be alright with having people work the farm for their welfare check. But I'm not working the farm. Nope, not unless I have to. I would. In a heartbeat. If I had the funds.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 11:26 AM (ndIek)

137 135 Leading House Dem Xavier Becerra: Obama Can Act Like A Dictator Because of Republican Â“IntransigenceÂ”Â… Sorry, doesnÂ’t work that way. Weasel Zippers: What a bunch of arrogant ignorant asses Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 28, 2014 03:25 PM (t3UFN) The problem isn't Obama acting as suggested. The problem is the GOP and the MFM not opposing it and cheering it, in that order.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 11:27 AM (olDqf)

138 Mine was a rebuttal to that from a different movie, though. I can't remember which one it was- some Barbara Streisand movie my mom watched over and over and over when I was a kid. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 03:10 PM (PYAXX) What's up, doc?

Posted by: Caliban at January 28, 2014 11:27 AM (DrC22)

139 I mean the leaders of the houses of Congress currently look like they no glands of any kind in their bodies. Uh oh, they're onto us!

Posted by: John Boehner, Artificial Man-Like, Glandless Clone Mach 2.3 at January 28, 2014 11:27 AM (0cMkb)

140 Can I also give a preemptive STFU to Peggy Noonan? She and the other useless talking heads will be offering their phony baloney reviews of obama tonight, but Peggy Noonan's waxing is especially sickening.

Posted by: soothsayer, they chanted at January 28, 2014 11:27 AM (qbQhu)

141 Your link is Fluked up. Posted by: D-Lamp --------------------------- Yeah, it is, but at least I don't have to say I'm sorry... This ought to work: http://tinyurl.com/le7v7g8

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 28, 2014 11:27 AM (aDwsi)

142 Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 28, 2014 03:25 PM (t3UFN)

Actually it seems to be working quite well for me and Valerie.

Posted by: Caliph Barky O'Choombar at January 28, 2014 11:27 AM (o3MSL)

143 >>I am telling you, at some point in the not so distant future, Brit is going to wander onto the Fox News set, in plaid pjs with matching robe and slippers, glasses down on the end of his nose, newspaper in one hand, glass of scotch in the other, then go over and start smacking Juan Williams (or any other member of the panel you wish to substitute for Juan) on the nose going Bad! Bad!

And it will be AWESOME!

(Sigh. I miss Tony Snow)

Posted by: Dog Whistle at January 28, 2014 11:28 AM (POpqt)

144 Today's Thomas Sowell column mentioned that "social justice" is just high-falutin' for "envy." Envy is harmless, as are most of the so-called deadly sins. The only sin I hate is greed. In some other people, greed is evil. But I don't mind my favorite politicians living like Tzarists.

Posted by: A leftist[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 28, 2014 11:28 AM (o4Xc4)

145 134 I was waiting for that. I said PJ's not footie pajamas. I'm talking old school great grandpa plaid pjs. You know these: http://bit.ly/1jFsbj1 With the matching slippers and robe. Possibly a pipe. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at January 28, 2014 03:25 PM (Gk3SS) My Jewish grandfathers mostly wore ripped "gatkes." Sadly, one with a compulsory yellow Star of David.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 11:29 AM (olDqf)

146 BTW my commie BIL was actually in "Love Story," playing the violin at the beginning. Sat next to Tommy Lee Jones in the dressing room for days on end. Tommy never said a word.

Posted by: Caliban at January 28, 2014 11:29 AM (DrC22)

147 Yeah, I'd be alright with having people work the farm for their welfare check. But I'm not working the farm. Nope, not unless I have to.

I would. In a heartbeat. If I had the funds.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 03:26 PM (ndIek)

Been there, done that, would do it again in a heartbeat as well.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 11:29 AM (o3MSL)

148 I would. In a heartbeat. If I had the funds. What would you farm? Keep in mind if you say "cows" you're up at the crack of 3am.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 28, 2014 11:29 AM (o4Xc4)

149 Actually it seems to be working quite well for me and Valerie. Posted by: Caliph Barky O'Choombar at January 28, 2014 03:27 PM (o3MSL) That is what King Louis XVI thought until he lost his head

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 28, 2014 11:29 AM (t3UFN)

150 Hillary "Bimbo Eruption" Clinton. Aggrieved wife and slut-shamer.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 28, 2014 11:30 AM (ZPrif)

151 And Krauthammer too. He says all the right things but he's full of shit, too.

Posted by: soothsayer, they chanted at January 28, 2014 11:30 AM (qbQhu)

152 Honestly, I just love saying the word "libido". Libido! Libido! Libido!

Posted by: Mike Huckabee at January 28, 2014 11:30 AM (9F2c1)

153 I really don't think people are much "offended" at all. I just think there is a long list of modern taboos that you dare not flout publicly, or you will be attacked. The taboos themselves are rather meaningless outside of their potential use as a weapon.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 03:23 PM (P6QsQ)

-------------------------------------------------

I think what Monty's post was saying and what Brit's comments are saying it that the "taboo list" is rather large and growing exponentially every year.

This is done by redefining words to fit an agenda and force feeding ignorant people that they should be offended by these words or phrases.

The english language is being whittled down by political correctness to the point where one shouldn't speak out at all. And that's just the way the marxists like it.

Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2014 11:30 AM (AIfv5)

154 Equal justice under the law = the American ideal. Social justice = retribution by redistribution, or the Communist ideal.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 11:30 AM (olDqf)

155 >>She and the other useless talking heads will be offering their phony baloney reviews of obama tonight, but Peggy Noonan's waxing is especially sickening.

Did you see her column about it last week? Amidst her hand-wringing about how no one listens to the president anymore, she managed to slip in something about his awesome voice and intelligence.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2014 11:30 AM (POpqt)

156 Sat next to Tommy Lee Jones in the dressing room for days on end. Tommy never said a word. TLJ is a longtime friend of Algore from his Harvard days. I guess you have to be a profoundly dull person to call Algore your longtime friend.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 28, 2014 11:31 AM (o4Xc4)

157 She makes me ill, Lizzy.

Posted by: soothsayer, they chanted at January 28, 2014 11:31 AM (qbQhu)

158 Envy is harmless, as are most of the so-called deadly sins.

Go tell that to the kulaks.

Posted by: HR at January 28, 2014 11:31 AM (ZKzrr)

159 But I'm not working the farm. Nope, not unless I have to. Posted by: bonhomme --------------- Just for you : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj5EsR1IJ04

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 28, 2014 11:32 AM (aDwsi)

160 Conservatives seem willing to play by the leftist rules of language to often, seems to me. "Oh !! He shouldn't have said that!" "Oh !! Why did he go and use that word ?" We have surrendered the language and the playing field too often, IMO. We let them write the tunes. Then we dance to them as quickly as they change them. Tired of that.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 11:32 AM (P6QsQ)

161 And then of course I'm going to be a hypocrite and say we probably have to stop responding to The Left in demographic terms. As soon as we respond in specifics--as in referring to women only subjects or what have you--we lose. Demographic language is their battlefield. So we probably have to respond in neutral language. things that appeal to the general population as a whole. So go after Wendy Davis for example for being--less experienced or something. (hell if I know.) Bringing up all the--"she left her kids to go to Harvard!!" probably just advertises to the Lo -Info Voter that-- "Damn--She went to HARVARD!!!! "

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 11:33 AM (RJMhd)

162 What would you farm? Keep in mind if you say "cows" you're up at the crack of 3am. Did that for a summer. Cousin's dairy farm I'd do beef cows/steers. And I know my f-i-l isn't up at 3.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 11:33 AM (ndIek)

163 I heard this last night.. and agree with him wholeheartedly.

I would love Britt Hume to host of one the debates in 2016.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 28, 2014 03:04 PM (Z7PrM)3

Jaba Crowley: I'd devour him before I'd let that happen. Of course I might eat just because

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 28, 2014 11:33 AM (1Jaio)

164 And that's just the way the marxists like it.

Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2014 03:30 PM (AIfv5)

The US Constitution could not be written or published in a major newspaper today without offending scores of special snowflakes!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 11:33 AM (o3MSL)

165 The hardest part about farming is the first part, before you have 6 kids.
After you have 6 kids, the oldest can help you and help take care of the younger kids.
If you have a dog or a goat or a wether, you can get it to churn the butter.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/mhtgmt5

Posted by: T for testosterone at January 28, 2014 11:34 AM (1/4XQ)

166 (Sigh. I miss Tony Snow)

Posted by: Dog Whistle at January 28, 2014 03:28 PM (POpqt)

--------------------------------------------------

I do too. He could cut, gut and filet a leftist with gentle sweetness.

Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2014 11:34 AM (AIfv5)

167 I hope TFG calls for more spending on education. Â“Get Wet: Exploring the Connections Between Sexual Pleasure, Health, & AdvocacyÂ” will ask students Â“When is an orgasm a political act? When is lube a tool of the revolution?Â”

Posted by: RWC at January 28, 2014 11:34 AM (fWAjv)

168 I blame disco. For all the crap I got attempting to disco, "special Snowflake status" was never a possibility.

Posted by: tbodie at January 28, 2014 11:34 AM (INyZp)

169 Smoking Jacket

http://preview.tinyurl.com/knpzbbw

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2014 11:34 AM (JBggj)

170

Here's one for the horde:

I was saying that I didn't agree with gay "marriage."

Immediately I was asked why I hate gays so much.

Soon the very vocabulary used to express dissent will be erased, and with it the ability to actually dissent.

Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2014 11:35 AM (eytER)

171 I would. In a heartbeat. If I had the funds. Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 03:26 PM (ndIek) Me, too, frankly. Goats, chickens, vegetables.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:35 AM (PYAXX)

172 What would you farm? Keep in mind if you say "cows" you're up at the crack of 3am. Elbows

Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2014 11:35 AM (0GtXP)

173 - This will teach you all you need to know about the economics of farming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDTiFkXgEE

Posted by: irright at January 28, 2014 11:35 AM (8GKDa)

174 Here's some cheezburgers.

I have to get outta my pjs/snow shoveling long johns.

http://cheezburger.com/8015856896

http://cheezburger.com/8014057984

and esp. for ace

http://cheezburger.com/8009534976

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at January 28, 2014 11:36 AM (DL2i+)

175 I guess you have to be a profoundly dull person to call Algore your longtime friend. Now just a darn minute. I am an interesting person. For instance, I like dipping my vanilla wafers in soy milk before eating them.

Posted by: Al Gore at January 28, 2014 11:36 AM (0cMkb)

176 The english language is being whittled down by political correctness to the point where one shouldn't speak out at all. And that's just the way the marxists like it. Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2014 03:30 PM (AIfv5) *********** *shit* I'm off to go line my internals with yogurt for the SOTU. I might have lied about being able to stomach watching it.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 11:36 AM (RJMhd)

177 Smoking Jacket

http://preview.tinyurl.com/knpzbbw

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2014 03:34 PM (JBggj)

That's smoking all right!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 11:36 AM (o3MSL)

178 149 BTW my commie BIL was actually in "Love Story," playing the violin at the beginning. Sat next to Tommy Lee Jones in the dressing room for days on end. Tommy never said a word. Posted by: Caliban at January 28, 2014 03:29 PM (DrC22) I knew the executive producer, David Golden, when I was at NYU film school back in the late 70's early 80''s. Great guy because he was very knowledgeable and never once talked politics. To me, anyway.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 11:36 AM (olDqf)

179 OT was off reading this CAUGHT ON TAPE: The Brazen Milwaukee Public Schools Protection Racket (Video) Why would a cash strapped school system refuse to sell empty buildings while laying people off to pay retired union pensions? Because these eager buyers are private schools in the state voucher system and MPS sees them as competition. ... Jaw dropping part: When MPS school board President Michael Bonds compares children to soda, saying the request to sell empty buildings to non-union operators is like Â“asking the Coca-Cola company to turn over its facilities to Pepsi.Â” http://tinyurl.com/krgbbh6 Good Lord.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 11:36 AM (IXrOn)

180 Didn't Obama's Praetorian Guard get all butthurt and ragey when we accused him of plagiarizing his own SOTU from one year to the next, as if it was fresh and new?

What a bunch of fucking hacks.

Posted by: Fritz at January 28, 2014 11:37 AM (TKFmG)

181 Today's Thomas Sowell column mentioned that "social justice" is just high-falutin' for "envy." Envy is harmless, as are most of the so-called deadly sins. The only sin I hate is greed. In some other people, greed is evil. But I don't mind my favorite politicians living like Tzarists. Posted by: A leftist ------------------ I'm certainly NOT going to argue with Sowell, he would squash me like a bug. Having said that, I think the distinction between 'envy' and 'jealousy' is that in the former case, I would simply like to have the same thing(s) that you do. In The latter case, I want *your* things. Which is to say that I think 'social justice' has to do with jealousy rather than envy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 28, 2014 11:37 AM (aDwsi)

182 Bringing up all the--"she left her kids to go to Harvard!!" probably just advertises to the Lo -Info Voter that-- "She either gave up her kids, or lost custody of them in a divorce." The "left her kids to go to school" thing was in there so you wouldn't notice the "and then when she divorced her husband, he got custody of them." Which is a big f'n deal.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:37 AM (PYAXX)

183 Soon the very vocabulary used to express dissent will be erased, and with it the ability to actually dissent.

Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2014 03:35 PM (eytER)

But why DO you hate gays?

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 11:38 AM (o3MSL)

184 I blame that evil negro rhythm and blues! /s

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 11:38 AM (olDqf)

185 @176 I spat out a mouthful of Schaefer's on the bar!
Fookin' brilliant, Man!

Posted by: T for testosterone at January 28, 2014 11:39 AM (1/4XQ)

186 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 03:36 PM (IXrOn) If we lived in a nation that hadn't been dumbed-down by Teachers' Union Hacks for decades, that would end any defense of Teachers' unions.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:40 AM (PYAXX)

187 I heard the entire Huckabee quote, and I don't see anything wrong with it. I have not heard the entire Cuomo quote, but for a governor to declare that anyone's views exclude them from living in his state is unacceptable. What he seems to be calling "extreme" views were normal and unquestioned within the lifetimes of everyone here, and are still normal for many people of good will. Fuck that fascist Cuomo.

Posted by: whoever at January 28, 2014 11:40 AM (zu9Ee)

188 I knew the executive producer, David Golden, when I was at NYU film school back in the late 70's early 80''s. Great guy because he was very knowledgeable and never once talked politics. To me, anyway. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 03:36 PM (olDqf) Hmmmm...did you know Scott MacQueen? (now doing film restoration)

Posted by: Caliban at January 28, 2014 11:40 AM (DrC22)

189 Soon the very vocabulary used to express dissent will be erased, and with it the ability to actually dissent. Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2014 03:35 PM (eytER) But why DO you hate gays? Because, just like my ex wife, they won't shut the fuck up.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 11:41 AM (ndIek)

190 I'd like to say just how fucking brilliant Rand Paul was on Meet the Press. Gregory thought he would get a shot in on republicans with a War on Women reference and another shot at Paul's wife for talking about Clinton. Paul turned it around in a heartbeat, tossing the liberal MSM under the bus for covering the serial woman abuser's ass. It's a good lesson for conservatives running for office. Don't accept the premise of some asshat liberal's question. Attack with simple to understand facts, and in each attack, go after the media. When are we going to teach our politicians that if they want to run for office representing us, they need to learn the fundamentals of dealing with the press?

Posted by: jwest at January 28, 2014 11:41 AM (u2a4R)

191 Kids are nothing like soda. I like soda.

Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2014 11:41 AM (0GtXP)

192 Goats, chickens, vegetables.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 03:35 PM (PYAXX)

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If I ever went back to the farm, it would be to give a grain-fed finish to NFL cheerleaders.

Posted by: Soona at January 28, 2014 11:41 AM (AIfv5)

193 OK, our "Southern Storm" is very late. Where the hell is the snow that all the kids got out of school three hours ago for?

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2014 11:42 AM (0FSuD)

194 Where the hell is the snow that all the kids got out of school three hours ago for? Trying to catch some rays in FL?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:42 AM (PYAXX)

195 189 @176 I spat out a mouthful of Schaefer's on the bar! Fookin' brilliant, Man! Posted by: T for testosterone at January 28, 2014 03:39 PM ---------------------------------------- Yeah, that thing makes me laugh every time I see it.

Posted by: irright at January 28, 2014 11:43 AM (8GKDa)

196 Posted by: whoever at January 28, 2014 03:40 PM (zu9Ee)

My take was that you had to listen to Huckabee with malice aforethought to interpret it the way the progs did.

With Cuomo, you could be listening in a marijuana induced mellow haze and still conclude he is a facist, longing for the formalization of the re-education camps in upstate NY.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 11:43 AM (o3MSL)

197 What would you farm? Keep in mind if you say "cows" you're up at the crack of 3am.

Cows. And meth.

That way I'd still be up at 3am after disassembling the washing machine.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 28, 2014 11:43 AM (SY2Kh)

198 I'm serious. If I thought I could provide a good enough living to my family, I'd move out to our farm and start it back up in a heartbeat.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:43 AM (PYAXX)

199 186 Bringing up all the--"she left her kids to go to Harvard!!" probably just advertises to the Lo -Info Voter that-- "She either gave up her kids, or lost custody of them in a divorce." The "left her kids to go to school" thing was in there so you wouldn't notice the "and then when she divorced her husband, he got custody of them." Which is a big f'n deal. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 03:37 PM (PYAXX) ********* Well I suspect that the unintended fallout of the argument is-- Harvard! She went to Harvard being advertised for her everywhere. Her name recognition has probably increased and then if you polled people and asked them the one thing they know about her it would be-- Harvard!!! She went to Harvard. ugh. Plus it has been turned into a national argument. Probably better not to add fuel to the nationalizing of it. I suspect. Could be wrong.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 11:44 AM (RJMhd)

200 Because, just like my ex wife, they won't shut the fuck up.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 03:41 PM (ndIek)

Works for me!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 11:44 AM (o3MSL)

201 Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 03:44 PM (RJMhd) It's not going to help her here in TX. Her run at the Governor's Mansion is Quixotic, at best.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:45 AM (PYAXX)

202 "Fun fact: 30% of the members of parliament in India have criminal charges pending against them. And the odds of them winning their election actually increase with the severity of the charge."

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Charlie Rangel at January 28, 2014 11:45 AM (gqT4g)

203 Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 03:44 PM (RJMhd) Now, if she'd graduated from the t.u. law school, or A&M, or SMU... that might be different. But (with some exceptions) we don't care so much about that Harvard credentialism.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:46 AM (PYAXX)

204 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 03:43 PM (PYAXX)

It soon might be easier than you think to make a good living for your family down on the farm.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 11:46 AM (o3MSL)

205 Soon the very vocabulary used to express dissent will be ~~erased~~ criminalized , and with it the ability to actually dissent. --------------- FIFY

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 28, 2014 11:46 AM (aDwsi)

206 We are hurt and outraged that you do not like our amnesty plan.

Posted by: Bipartisan GOP [/i] [/b] at January 28, 2014 11:47 AM (5ikDv)

207 It soon might be easier than you think to make a good living for your family down on the farm. Yeah... but by then it'll cost so much to get it started that I won't have a chance. I'm actually watching out in the hopes that I do see "the right time" to pull that particular trigger.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:47 AM (PYAXX)

208 Tell me about it. Posted by: Charlie Rangel -------------------- (ahem)

Posted by: Marion Barry at January 28, 2014 11:47 AM (aDwsi)

209 Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 28, 2014 03:46 PM (aDwsi)

Obama's neighbor Bill Ayres would approve!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 11:48 AM (o3MSL)

210 Hey, why does Shep Smith have a Tampon string hanging out of his ear? Posted by: CPAC Welcome Committee at January 28, 2014 03:47 PM (Cs2tJ) That's in case he has to clear his head.

Posted by: Caliban at January 28, 2014 11:49 AM (DrC22)

211 Hmmm... I want pizza. Specifically, I want Mellow Mushroom pizza with a pesto base, spinach, pepperoni, pesto chicken, and feta cheese. I suspect I'm getting something on the order of "grilled cheese sandwich" for supper tonight.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:50 AM (PYAXX)

212 You could say farming hasn't been the same since slaves became hard to obtain and keep. Those old Romans really did farming right, but why not when slaves could dig a deep pit for you to plant your asparagus on top of. (The pit was then filled in with all sorts of things asparagus plants were thought to love.)
You could also say that the demise of the Democratic-Republican Party, who knew that the yeomanry was essential to free elections, if not to freedom, was also a bad sign. The Hamiltonians came back with a fury, eventually, and now even Wall Street has morphed into another Socialist tool. (The equities markets are high because of quantitative easing: would you buy long term paper these days?)
Jefferson himself used to ramble in the woods with his rifle, and considered it among the finest things a man could do. Whom did he offend doing that?
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2nqgrw

Posted by: T for testosterone at January 28, 2014 11:50 AM (1/4XQ)

213 Yeah... but by then it'll cost so much to get it started that I won't have a chance. I'm actually watching out in the hopes that I do see "the right time" to pull that particular trigger. Agreed. I don't have my father in law's 401k retirement from Coca Cola to fall back on.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 11:50 AM (ndIek)

214 205 Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 03:44 PM (RJMhd) It's not going to help her here in TX. Her run at the Governor's Mansion is Quixotic, at best. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 03:45 PM (PYAXX) ******** Hopefully. Back to the Huckabee thing. To turn that into some rational to jettison certain planks--and/or people that have been manning the SE quadrant for us against the Free Stuff Army and then say-- we should pursue the vote of women--is to forget the bigger picture. We are not going to get much of more of the women's vote when-- Hillary is on the Horizon. That escape route is blocked.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 11:50 AM (RJMhd)

215 207 Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 03:44 PM (RJMhd) Now, if she'd graduated from the t.u. law school, or A&M, or SMU... that might be different. But (with some exceptions) we don't care so much about that Harvard credentialism. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 03:46 PM (PYAXX) ******* Ah-hah! Good damn point.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 11:52 AM (RJMhd)

216 Libido is Mexican slang for a small bidet

Posted by: Bigby's Jazz Hands at January 28, 2014 11:52 AM (3ZtZW)

217 Nood.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 28, 2014 11:52 AM (o9Rp5)

218 That's in case he has to clear his head. Posted by: Caliban ------------- Got a much needed chuckle from me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 28, 2014 11:53 AM (aDwsi)

219 The way to get more women to vote conservative is to marry them. True fact. Get busy.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 11:53 AM (P6QsQ)

220 'Snow flurries', my ass. Been snowing steadily since the wee hours, now down to 17 degrees in W. NC

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 28, 2014 11:54 AM (aDwsi)

221 Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 03:50 PM (RJMhd) Agreed. We shouldn't "focus on" any group. Our politics are not divisive. They are unitary. Low taxes are good for everyone. Less government is good for everyone. A strong, but sane, immigration regime is good for everyone. We don't need to "focus on women" or blacks, or hispanics, or gays, or whoever. We need to boldly and courageously put forth our ideas, contrast them with the prog/commies ideas, and challenge the MFM whenever they attempt to warp our words.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 11:54 AM (PYAXX)

222 Jefferson himself used to ramble in the woods with his rifle, and considered it among the finest things a man could do. Whom did he offend doing that?
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2nqgrw

Posted by: T for testosterone at January 28, 2014 03:50 PM (1/4XQ)

---------------------------------------------

Don't kid yourself. He was looking for country school houses so that he could shoot the chillren.

Posted by: Typical leftist at January 28, 2014 11:55 AM (AIfv5)

223 206 "Fun fact: 30% of the members of parliament in India have criminal charges pending against them. And the odds of them winning their election actually increase with the severity of the charge." Tell me about it. Posted by: Charlie Rangel at January 28, 2014 03:45 PM (gqT4g) Charlie, same people, but the ones in India can read and don't get food stamps.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2014 11:56 AM (0FSuD)

224 Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 03:50 PM (RJMhd)

All Repub candidates should be forced to watch Rand Paul respond to David Gregory for a full day before they go on any MFM interview circuit.

Also, all Repub and conservative candidates should insist on having their own videographer present to record the entirety of every MFM interview in linear time, edit free (see Cruz and Schieffer).

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 11:56 AM (o3MSL)

225 41 Not Huckabee again. But didn't he say "control their libidos AND their reproductive systems"

:headdesk:

He said that the DEMS treat women like they can't control their libidoes (sic?). And he's correct! I still don't see the "gaffe" here.

Posted by: Biff Boffo at January 28, 2014 11:59 AM (YmPwQ)

226 The birth control faux outrage in 2012 was pathetic, especially how much it was added to by otherwise right-leaning pundits.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 28, 2014 11:59 AM (zfY+H)

227 @228 That seems like a really good idea.
Put it on the internet.
In fact, for a few million, I expect, you could run a "we-tube" where the video is the main content (and not film reviews or white papers). Bypass the east/west coast media empires entirely.

Posted by: T for testosterone at January 28, 2014 12:00 PM (1/4XQ)

228 I am seriously butt hurt. Snow is not coming anytime soon. Noon forecast, not a flake has fallen. Even the grocery store still has bread, just left. Seems like everyone knows, this is a Bull Shit storm. Cantorie went to Charleston to get laid, there isn't going to be a snow storm "Leon" down there. Just another case of tribe members letting us down. Leon, come on show some white!

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2014 12:01 PM (0FSuD)

229 OT: Snowmageddon in Cobb County (suburban Atlanta) GA. Glad I sat this one out and worked from home. I grew up driving in snow but most of those around here don't have a clue about how to drive in it safely.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 28, 2014 12:02 PM (ojnk6)

230 @233 Looks like the storm is stuck in ATL. I hate that for you all.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2014 12:04 PM (0FSuD)

231 Eh, plenty of beer and food here. I'm good for several days, but thanks.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 28, 2014 12:06 PM (ojnk6)

232 We need Vic to live blog the snow in the upstate!

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2014 12:06 PM (0FSuD)

233 225 Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 03:50 PM (RJMhd) Agreed. We shouldn't "focus on" any group. Our politics are not divisive. They are unitary. Low taxes are good for everyone. Less government is good for everyone. A strong, but sane, immigration regime is good for everyone. We don't need to "focus on women" or blacks, or hispanics, or gays, or whoever. We need to boldly and courageously put forth our ideas, contrast them with the prog/commies ideas, and challenge the MFM whenever they attempt to warp our words. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 28, 2014 03:54 PM (PYAXX) ******** Yep. Also I might have over-generalized about-- "The Women's Vote". Maybe it would be more correct to say-- we shouldn't dump Maryanne overboard to try and pursue Ginger.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 28, 2014 12:07 PM (RJMhd)

234 AllenG: Think, man, think. Pigford cash baby!

Posted by: Mr. Dave at January 28, 2014 12:07 PM (eIfgJ)

235 Is this thread still on?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 28, 2014 12:07 PM (ojnk6)

236 Taboos are facts which, if widely known, would cause the people in power to be lynched by the people for all the horrors and suffering they have had inflicted on them.

Posted by: whoever at January 28, 2014 12:08 PM (zu9Ee)

237 Wait! The smallest snow flakes ever recorded have started to fall in CLT. Seriously, you can not see them unless you go outside. Wait, they are gone! I am so butt hurt.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 28, 2014 12:09 PM (0FSuD)

238 Equal justice under the law = the American ideal. Social justice = retribution by redistribution, or the Communist ideal. ----- But you can't re-distribute something that wasn't distributed in the first place. Wealth was not distributed. It was either inherited or EARNED.

Posted by: whoever at January 28, 2014 12:15 PM (zu9Ee)

239 Soon the very vocabulary used to express dissent will be erased, and with it the ability to actually dissent. --- Exactly according to plan. See the Orwell "Word" thread.

Posted by: whoever at January 28, 2014 12:23 PM (zu9Ee)

240 Hume including Cuomo's attack on radical right but describing radical right in terms of regular right seems to me a direct shot at Sean Hannity's televised rage and his wild and loud threat to leave the New York and take all his "tax generating" activities and conservative attitudes with him to another state that does not rape him with high taxes and condemn him at the same time. It is yet to be seen if all that fuss is empty or not. At this point, I have more respect for the liberal ward of the state angry enough at Bush to actually try to emigrate to Canada, but was refused because he's a straight up mess, than respect for someone who throws a big fat fit but does not follow through. Hannity's credibility is on the line. He had better move or he's just another screaming stuck pig.

Posted by: bour3 at January 28, 2014 12:42 PM (5x3+2)

241 Brit being all reasonable and moderate.

Posted by: nip at January 28, 2014 01:01 PM (jI23+)

242 Daily reminder: The freedom of speech portion of the First Amendment exists basically to protect people who are blunt from howling mobs of people who are butthurt.

Posted by: Daily Reminder Guy at January 28, 2014 02:33 PM (6j8ke)

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