January 16, 2014

Chris Christie, America's Latest, Greatest Acela Republican
— Ace

People have previously called the breed "Polite Company Conservatives," conservatives who the media "likes" (so long as they're attacking other Republicans).

The Rick Wilson notes we've been down this road before.

The Acela Republican is as comfortable in the green rooms of MSNBC as he is at a green energy conference. The Acela Republican isn't one of those horrible Tea Party yahoos who comes from somewhere other than a big, coastal metropolis. The Acela Republican is softer, smoother, and less confrontational...unless he's taking on his own party.

Then, he's a ferocious scold. “Taking on his own party” is the passport of the Acela Republican to hundreds of stories about how he—and only he—can save the GOP. He talks about bringing people together, working with the other party, getting things done for everyone, regardless of politics...if only his own backward, hick, red-state, cousin-kissing bumpkin party will see the light.

Right now of course, it's Governor Chris Christie. In 2012, it was Jon Huntsman. Most famous of all, of course, was John McCain. They're not entirely new, but in an age of rising conservatism, the Acela Republican is just the kind of candidate America's media class pretend they could almost possibly contemplate thinking of voting for in the general election. The Acela Republican is the one Republican who shares their contempt for the GOP broadly, and modern conservatism specifically.

...

You can understand why the Acela Republican is blinded by the adulation and praise. You can see the cycle of addiction to the cheering and the media rewards given to him every time he scolds and chastises the Republican Party and the conservative movement. It will be too late when he understands that the price of the glowing coverage is a slow accretion of betrayal and insult to the very people who are necessary to win the Republican primary.

...

Will Chris Christie survive Bridgegate? Most likely. Will he be the Republican nominee? It was unlikely before the bridge scandal.

And last time I checked, the Acela doesn't stop at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Read the whole thing.

Via @benk84.

Posted by: Ace at 10:18 AM | Comments (302)
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1 Ahh, A nice comfy thread all to myself.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2014 10:21 AM (0cMkb)

2 Not going to get the others. Nope.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2014 10:21 AM (0cMkb)

3 I call 'em asseeholla republicans. Rino fucksticks for short.

Posted by: maddogg at January 16, 2014 10:22 AM (xWW96)

4

Too late!  I've contaminated this thread, too!

 

Posted by: junior at January 16, 2014 10:22 AM (UWFpX)

5 Most people outside the NY/DC corridor don't even know what "Acela" means. (It's the Amtrak train in the NE corridor.) Catchy name for those in the Beltway; Mystifying for most everyone else.

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2014 10:22 AM (+cx5n)

6 *shakes up a Daiquiri*

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2014 10:22 AM (0cMkb)

7

Things that I am already bored of in 2014:

 

1. 12 Years a Slave;and,

 

2. Chris Christie

Posted by: Mallamutt at January 16, 2014 10:23 AM (kMVV6)

8 We're heeeeeeeeerrrre!

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 16, 2014 10:23 AM (LJpVo)

9 Aww, m-a-a-a-a-a-an!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2014 10:23 AM (0cMkb)

10 Superior Comfort, Upscale Amenities, Polished Professional Service, at Speeds up to 150 mph

Acela Express offers hourly service downtown to downtown during peak morning and afternoon rush hours between New York, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and other intermediate cities, as well as many convenient round-trips between New York and Boston.


I had not heard this term before. Good choice.

Posted by: Moochelle : Let's Move Out! [/i] [/b] at January 16, 2014 10:23 AM (5ikDv)

11 What the hell is Acela anyway?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:24 AM (4df7R)

12

Most people outside the NY/DC corridor don't even know what "Acela" means.

(It's the Amtrak train in the NE corridor.)

 

 

Ohhhhh.

 

See?  And I'm in fucking NH.  I should know what that means.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:24 AM (4df7R)

13 /off divorce-minded sock!

Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at January 16, 2014 10:25 AM (5ikDv)

14 I think Acela is a train. Must be a high-speed train.

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2014 10:25 AM (FcR7P)

15 (It's the Amtrak train in the NE corridor.)

The one that loses $16 on every hamburger it sells?

Posted by: HR at January 16, 2014 10:25 AM (ZKzrr)

16 Things that I am already bored of in 2014: 1. 12 Years a Slave;and, 2. Chris Christie Posted by: Mallamutt at January 16, 2014 02:23 PM (kMVV6) How's about "12 Years a Donut Eater: The Chris Christie Story"?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2014 10:25 AM (0cMkb)

17 Polite Company Conservatives. AKA spineless cowards.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 16, 2014 10:25 AM (NampS)

18 >>>It's the Amtrak train in the NE corridor. well... yes but no. There are regular Amtrak trains too, and they're just Amtrak. Acela was yet another train boondoggle promising high-speed transport. But you can't have high-speed trains without significant upgrades to the tracks (including smoothing out curves and making the line as straight as possible). So they added some stuff to the undercarriage to allow the trains to take curves a *little* faster. The Acela shaves off a whole half hour from the trip from DC to NYC. The trip goes from something like 3:25 to 2:50. It usually costs about $100 more, each way, for that length of trip. It is frequently late.

Posted by: ace at January 16, 2014 10:25 AM (/FnUH)

19 the Jersey Blob is a fing RINO.

& so is Huckabee.  :-)

Posted by: redc1c4 at January 16, 2014 10:25 AM (q+fqH)

20 GOP Media All-Star "Kept Republicans"...

let's try something new let's nominate someone they hate.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 10:26 AM (TE35l)

21 Is that hissing I hear that of the media's trial balloons?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 16, 2014 10:26 AM (IXrOn)

22 They also get invited to all the best cocktail parties!

Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2014 10:26 AM (zqvg6)

23 New? What else explains Bush the Elder?

Posted by: Ken at January 16, 2014 10:26 AM (fFh95)

24 At this point, it seems we've traded Acella for a Sulla.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 16, 2014 10:26 AM (f6ZLT)

25 Christie is exactly like fast Eddie rendell if he switched parties Crap I might give him ideas ...

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 16, 2014 10:26 AM (F+ZCA)

26
I am glad Springsteen made fun of that fat bastard.


*I call him fat, because he said to call him that in his own campaign.  Plus he's fat.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2014 10:26 AM (n0DEs)

27 Acela GOP 2016! Krispy Kreme, here we go!

Posted by: rightwingva at January 16, 2014 10:26 AM (kCnae)

28 Acela sounds like an artificial sweetener.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 16, 2014 10:27 AM (NampS)

29 No no no, its a BRILLIANT power play. Christie poses as a Moderate Maverick, throws conservatives under the bus as battle space prep to become President, the media LOVES him and cuts him some slack in the general election.

Just like McCain.

Winning!

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2014 10:27 AM (a422o)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 10:27 AM (nUH8H)

31 A selling point of Acela is that it is all "business class." The seats are a little nicer and bigger. They have wireless internet... sometimes. But then, the regular trains now also have wireless internet... sometimes. There are no "upgraded amenities." You can buy the same crappy $6 chicken sandwich you get on the regular train. I think if you pay extra for first class they'll give you a free drink or something.

Posted by: ace at January 16, 2014 10:27 AM (/FnUH)

32 Christie needs to head to D.C. and give barak another great big hug. 

Re-cement his bona fides with the beltway crowd.

It could be love all over again.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 16, 2014 10:28 AM (BZAd3)

33 (It's the Amtrak train in the NE corridor.) Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2014 02:22 PM (+cx5n) if you haven't, read the Amtrak piece over at American Spectator... Welfare for Snowbirds http://spectator.org/articles/57433/welfare-snowbirds

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 16, 2014 10:28 AM (IXrOn)

34 Maybe a little "Theme From Romeo and Juliette" playing in the background.


Imagine the tingle that would trigger in Mathews' leg.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 16, 2014 10:29 AM (BZAd3)

35 Acela Express offers hourly service downtown to downtown during peak morning and afternoon rush hours between New York, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and other intermediate cities, as well as many convenient round-trips between New York and Boston. So, Journo-lists, lobbyists, bureaucrats, and politicians use it. In other words, a rat trail.

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2014 10:29 AM (FcR7P)

36 A long time ago in a Galaxy far, far away some guy wrote :

The communist infiltrator will not appear to be a brute or a thug. He will not appear dangerous, uncouth, or make threats. Instead he will be polite, well spoken, well educated and well dressed. He will be persuasive, cosmopolitan, intelligent and very knowledgeable .

Not an exact quote, and I can't remember who said that. This was said long before Obama made his first speech. Fifty years ago or more, I just can't remember who said it.

Posted by: Delandra Cornicopiah at January 16, 2014 10:29 AM (AwgXp)

37 I hope conservatives are smarter this time around given the first 3 or 4 primary states. We need to get behind one guy, maybe two at the most, very early and throw all our support behind them. That way it'll be harder for the GOP to foist someone like the Newark Humpback on us.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2014 10:29 AM (0cMkb)

38 let's try something new let's nominate someone they hate. That would be great. I'm itching for a dirty fight.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 16, 2014 10:30 AM (NampS)

39 There is a huge rift in this country. This article hints at it only. On one side are libertarians, tax activists, Christians, rednecks, ex-Warsaw Pact refugees, rich people, former radicals woken up to reality, anti-communists, hunters, true real old-school hippies, honest anarchists, survivalists, free-marketeers. And us. The one unifying ideology: PERSONAL FREEDOM. On the other side are communists, crypto-communists, welfare bums, welfare cheats, totalitarians, unwitting fascists, nanny-state scolds, and anti-human enviro-terrorists. The one unifying ideology: GOVERNMENT CONTROL. "Acela Republicans" are on the second group. Time to choose sides. Which side do YOU most identify with?

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2014 10:30 AM (+cx5n)

40 Acela is the train in the NorthEast that can reach speeds of up to 150mph as long as it isn't traveling through a densely populated area, which is about 95% of it's route. So basically you pay extra for a 'fast' train that is a few minutes faster than a standard Amtrak trip.

Posted by: mugiwara at January 16, 2014 10:30 AM (W7ffl)

41 Half or more of the Acela's small increase in speed is simply due to its express nature, having fewer stops. Any train could gain this benefit, of course. So basically all the costly upgrades and extra charges for passage shave 15 minutes off a 3:25 trip.

Posted by: ace at January 16, 2014 10:31 AM (/FnUH)

42 Wow, that Acela train sounds like a real bargain. a hundred bucks extra for some mights, but I can pick mites off a hen's ass for free.

Posted by: maddogg at January 16, 2014 10:31 AM (xWW96)

43

I'm kind of bummed that the Christie/Sandy ads thingie has reached the national stage.  I was enjoying it when it was just an intramural bitch fight and Rand Paul was giving Christie wedgies over it. 

 

Hey, Rand Paul attacked a Republican.  Does that make him courageous?

 

OK, I kid.  I would so love to see Paul the Younger get somewhere, but I wouldn't bet lunch money on it.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at January 16, 2014 10:31 AM (A0sHn)

44 Of course Christie will have some trouble duplicating the damp shmarm that Huntsman exuded.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 16, 2014 10:31 AM (BZAd3)

45 39 katya the designated driver at January 16, 2014 02:30 PM (NampS)

If we are likely to lose anyway we may as well go Goldwater..

attack the media and knock them back off the plate

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 10:31 AM (TE35l)

46 I can't even figure out how to pronounce "Acela."   Is it a-SAY-la?  Or a-SELL-a? 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:32 AM (4df7R)

47 100 dollars! I'm guessing the whores are worked into the cost?

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at January 16, 2014 10:32 AM (WdbF7)

48

MWR, this should clarify.

http://tinyurl.com/ax4jmws

Posted by: maddogg at January 16, 2014 10:33 AM (xWW96)

49 Chris Christie, America's Latest, Greatest Acela Republican For a moment there, I read Attila Republican...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 16, 2014 10:33 AM (IXrOn)

50 I can't even figure out how to pronounce "Acela." Is it a-SAY-la? Or a-SELL-a? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at January 16, 2014 02:32 PM (4df7R) The latter.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:33 AM (yz6yg)

51 maddogg:  No. 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:33 AM (4df7R)

52 But we have to vote for him, Obi Wan Fatty is our only hope.

Posted by: Concerned at January 16, 2014 10:33 AM (Aif/5)

53 I saw DNC spokesperson John McCain on TV the other night and he said that it is not true that Christie does not have the support of the Party. He also said he respected Ted Cruz.

Posted by: Daybrother at January 16, 2014 10:33 AM (mIn5v)

54 Hey, Rand Paul attacked a Republican. Does that make him courageous? Rand never attacked a Republican.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at January 16, 2014 10:33 AM (MVGKx)

55 dammit

Posted by: maddogg at January 16, 2014 10:33 AM (xWW96)

56 Ya I thought Acela might be the generic for Cialis.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 16, 2014 10:34 AM (RJMhd)

57 To be fair, folks, when a Democrat breaks with his party on key issues, takes fellow Democrats to task for letting party politics get in the way of reaching across the aisle to get things done, and gives the impression that he thinks his base is embarrassing, the media cheer on this brave maverick and tell the nation to watch this one - right?

Posted by: JPS at January 16, 2014 10:34 AM (9ziuC)

58 it's acs-sell-a. The made up word is patterned after "accelerate." It was sold as a quasi-bullet-train. What it is is a regular Amtrak train with Star Trek like doors that make a cool hissing noise when they open and close.

Posted by: ace at January 16, 2014 10:34 AM (/FnUH)

59 Will Chris Christie survive Bridgegate? Most likely. Will he be the Republican nominee? It was unlikely before the bridge scandal.


Well......I couldn't disagree more with that, but what the fuck do I know.

Posted by: eleven at January 16, 2014 10:34 AM (KXm42)

60 >>I think Acela is a train. Must be a high-speed train. It's a higher speed train. It is not a high speed train. Acela runs on the exact same tracks as the regular train that runs the northeast corridor. The tracks are really old and naturally do the legacy thing of running right through small towns and small town train stations. So the Acela speeds up (somewhat) when it is running through unpopulated areas and then slows to a crawl when it passes through small towns just like the regular train. It cuts about 1/2 hour off the trip of the standard train from Boston to NYC. This is government work at its finest.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2014 10:35 AM (g1DWB)

61 46 39 katya the designated driver at January 16, 2014 02:30 PM (NampS) If we are likely to lose anyway we may as well go Goldwater.. attack the media and knock them back off the plate I'm feeling all revolutionary. Envisioning torches and pitchforks.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 16, 2014 10:35 AM (NampS)

62 Want to know something? I'm not voting for anyone in 2016 with a tie to Harvard or Yale. Neither will I vote for a lawyer. Ronaldus Maximus was the last President we had without either of those characteristics. There is a lesson here for those who will learn.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at January 16, 2014 10:35 AM (659DL)

63 100 dollars! I'm guessing the whores are worked into the cost?

Not really sure how many congressmen are there.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 16, 2014 10:36 AM (n0DEs)

64 the Acela doesn't work in extreme cold or torrential rain it is unreliable because of topography it rarely achieves the speed it promises it is expensive it caters to this only interested in large citys perfect

Posted by: thunderb at January 16, 2014 10:36 AM (zOTsN)

65 Meh.  Among those expected to run in 2016, Christie merely has the highest name recognition in addition to being a bombastic, controversial figure. 

An MSM expose on Scott Walker (for example) isn't going to generate the clicks and viewers that a story on Christie does.  There's a pretty good chance that his barely-closeted skeletons and RINO record sink him in the primaries.




Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 16, 2014 10:36 AM (SY2Kh)

66 The Acela shaves off a whole half hour from the trip from DC to NYC. The trip goes from something like 3:25 to 2:50. It usually costs about $100 more, each way, for that length of trip. It is frequently late. Posted by: ace Reminds me of the Eurostar which goes from London to Brussels and London to Paris. Through the Chunnel! Don't have to fly! High-speed rail! Just hop on the train in London, and zing! you're in Brussels. No ferries, no security checkpoints....uh, wait, WHAT??? Yup: the Eurostar has security checkpoints just as severe as those for an airport. Scanning, X-rays, searches, the whole nine yards. As a result, you have to arrive just as early at the station as you would at the airport. End result: NO TIME SAVED. Fail.

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2014 10:36 AM (+cx5n)

67 Chris Christie

Is that a cereal, like Kaboom?

Posted by: Sphynx at January 16, 2014 10:36 AM (OZmbA)

68 #40 - what zombie said.

Posted by: votermom at January 16, 2014 10:36 AM (x1O5G)

69 Acela means Northeast which means Jew. So face it, hating Acela Republicans is just code for "We hate the Jews!" Republicans hate the Jews almost as much as they hate the Blacks and Gays and Vaginas. War on Women!! No H8! White Privilege!! .. On an unrelated note, Jonah Goldberg and Bill Kristol are demon-spawn neocons who take orders from the Mossad, Allen West is a fake-ass Oreo Uncle Tom, and Michelle Malkin is a self-hating banana whore who'll do ping-pong shows for a crisp $10 bill. No H8! War on Women! No H8! White Privilege!! No H8, you H8ers!!

Posted by: Progtard 2000 at January 16, 2014 10:36 AM (ZPrif)

70 Fat Fuck is visiting his proctologist having Broooooooce's guitar removed.  Pray for that poor doctor.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 16, 2014 10:37 AM (tTZpD)

71 Whenever I'm waiting for a Metro North train and see an Acela slowly pass by, I always wave and yell you're welcome. Those ridiculously expensive tickets would cost a hell of a lot more if it weren't for the US taxpayer!

Posted by: mugiwara at January 16, 2014 10:37 AM (W7ffl)

72 Time for a Jessica Nigri glamour shot
http://tinyurl.com/kaop6cb

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 16, 2014 10:37 AM (LJ9pc)

73 Ronaldus Maximus was the last President we had without either of those characteristics. There is a lesson here for those who will learn.

Are you cool with a nominee that supports both amnesty AND more gun control?

/trollin'

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 16, 2014 10:37 AM (SY2Kh)

74 If we're talking transportation references, I'd say Christie is more like a Lakehurst Republican.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 16, 2014 10:38 AM (8ZskC)

75 Acela sounds like "a-sell-out".

Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 16, 2014 10:38 AM (NampS)

76 Time to choose sides. Which side do YOU most identify with? Posted by: zombie PERSONAL FREEDOM.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2014 10:38 AM (cUARf)

77 titantic big heavy thought to be unsinkable

Posted by: thunderb at January 16, 2014 10:39 AM (zOTsN)

78 Why is it I'm already depressed about 2016?

Posted by: taylork at January 16, 2014 10:39 AM (a+Gry)

79 yeah, McCain was so blinded by this praise that he was blind sided by a NYT article about his affairs. Didn't care though.

Posted by: oeJay44incday at January 16, 2014 10:39 AM (QxSug)

80 Through the Chunnel! Don't have to fly! High-speed rail!

Just hop on the train in London, and zing! you're in Brussels. No ferries, no security checkpoints....uh, wait, WHAT???


It also goes very slowly through England and the tunnel itself.  It only picks up speed when it gets to France.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 16, 2014 10:40 AM (8ZskC)

81 On an unrelated note

I lol'd.

Posted by: HR at January 16, 2014 10:40 AM (ZKzrr)

82 Didn't we just nominate a real Northeasterner with Ivy League pedigree and a successful record running a blue state? If you recall the debate ending up being that Romney was rich, mistreated his dog and killed a woman. Time to wake up and play hardball, there are no points for kindness anymore. Give me a guy who knows how to operate a Medium Machinegun - I'm tired of the well groomed sharp creased pant men.

Posted by: Chaos the other dark meat at January 16, 2014 10:41 AM (oDCMR)

83 79 Why is it I'm already depressed about 2016? Posted by: taylork at January 16, 2014 02:39 PM (a+Gry) ********* I can top that. I get depressed thinking how far away that is.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 16, 2014 10:41 AM (RJMhd)

84 Time to choose sides. Which side do YOU most identify with? Posted by: zombie 2014 will be a surprise. I don't think even the 18-25 yr olds like being told to buy crappy stuff or else.

Posted by: Daybrother at January 16, 2014 10:41 AM (dJt67)

85 Cicero, #75: "I'd say Christie is more like a Lakehurst Republican." Man, that's just mean. That's MEAN, man!

Posted by: Mr. Fairfax at January 16, 2014 10:41 AM (9ziuC)

86

5 - 

 

Thanks, as were many others, I was unaware of the term.  And now that it's been explained, I would  suggest  someone who is using the term "acela" Republicans to criticize acela Republicans  might be guilty of a little bit of  acelaism themselves. 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2014 10:42 AM (TOk1P)

87 Give me a guy who knows how to operate a Medium Machinegun - Would I get extra points if I had the "Tank Weapons" bar on my Expert Marksmanship badge?

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:42 AM (yz6yg)

88 I'm not voting for anyone in 2016 with a tie to Harvard or Yale. Neither will I vote for a lawyer. So no Ted Cruz then? Actually, I don't think I'd vote for Cruz in the primaries- I want him to complete at least 1 full term in the Senate, first- but I would in the General if he got the nod.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 10:42 AM (nUH8H)

89 Chaos the other dark meat, #83: "Romney ... mistreated his dog" I give the Obama folks credit for sheer chutzpah on that one.

Posted by: JPS at January 16, 2014 10:43 AM (9ziuC)

90 Ronald Regan was the most successful Republican candidate since maybe Eisenhower, and he had the advantage of being a war hero.

Why does the GOP continue to ignore Regan's formula for success--full-throated conservatism, a happy warrior stance--for this Democrat Lite that always leads to failure?

Posted by: PJ at January 16, 2014 10:43 AM (ZWaLo)

91 Why is it I'm already depressed about 2016?

Because you've seen the list of probable GOP candidates for 2016?  It's going to be yet another contest between the unelectable and the impure.


Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 16, 2014 10:43 AM (SY2Kh)

92 Actually, I don't think I'd vote for Cruz in the primaries- I want him to complete at least 1 full term in the Senate, first- but I would in the General if he got the nod.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 02:42 PM (nUH8H)

 

 

 

You want to give the senate more time to fuck him up, huh?

Posted by: maddogg at January 16, 2014 10:43 AM (xWW96)

93 So the Acela speeds up (somewhat) when it is running through unpopulated areas and then slows to a crawl when it passes through small towns just like the regular train. It cuts about 1/2 hour off the trip of the standard train from Boston to NYC.

This is government work at its finest.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2014 02:35 PM (g1DWB)

 

And    God forbid a cow or a deer    or a drunk  should stumble onto the tracks.     Let alone a tree.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:43 AM (4df7R)

94 Huckabee wants all of us rubes to stop using the word RINO.  Ok Mikey, how about turncoat, Vichy Republican, crap weasels, Acela Repubes, Boehner's Babies ?   Or would that hurt your feelings?

Posted by: Cheri at January 16, 2014 10:43 AM (G+Wff)

95 87 BurtTC at January 16, 2014 02:42 PM (TOk1P)

Rick Wilson is a tweener...

he has worked campaigns and strikes me a bitter realist that the Kept GOP has disproportional power and we have to placate them to a degree, but he also recognizes post Romney that the GOP cannot keep on flipping off the base.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 10:44 AM (TE35l)

96 a self-hating banana whore **** Banana whore--so-- "will work for food" ? Or do I have that backwards.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 16, 2014 10:44 AM (RJMhd)

97

>>>"Acela Republicans"

 

That's most of the fkn Party. They're all fat-cat assholes what think "I got mine, fuck you" and they mean to KEEP it that way. Down to your local GOP dirtbag.

Posted by: Bigby's Mitts at January 16, 2014 10:44 AM (3ZtZW)

98 >>>because of topography it rarely achieves the speed it promises from the government's standpoint, this is a feature, not a bug. The acela is supposed to be able to reach, in theory, speeds of 150 mph. I do not believe it is so capable. So lucky duckies them, that the train rarely has a long enough straightaway to attempt such a speed. If a regular train occasionally does 65 on a straightaway, then the acela does... maybe 75 or 80. And only for those brief times it's in a straightaway in fairly low-population areas. So thanks to topography, the Acela never actually has to prove that it could go 150 mph. But it could, you know. In theory.

Posted by: ace at January 16, 2014 10:44 AM (/FnUH)

99 Except Christie is conservative on almost everything & certain ppl attacking him are a weird mix of RINO and fire breather. We hear a lot about "the base" from people who when pressed are just as RINO as Christie supposedly is, if not more so. The GOP could nom Walker I guess. I'm not sure how great of a strat ant-union sentiment is for winning back the Midwest tho.

Posted by: JL at January 16, 2014 10:44 AM (VRsv0)

100 Well Christie is a lot like Nixon, after all.

http://tinyurl.com/phhvbat


We know this because Chris Mathews tells us so.  And he did get the "Obama is the perfect American" thing right.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 16, 2014 10:44 AM (BZAd3)

101 In other Chris Christie news: he wasn't the Swiss Cheese Pervert after all. Bonus news: it wasn't Bill Clinton either, this time.

Posted by: Stu-22 at January 16, 2014 10:45 AM (AiYlm)

102 Years ago, after an Amtrak trip from Detroit to Chicago during the Christmas shopping season, I explored the world of train travel. Noticing that trains and service were total shit, I investigated leasing 3 luxury cars that would carry 30 passengers each along with a dining car. The rates from the private firm that owned the cars was very reasonable. Then, I contacted Amtrak and asked them to quote rates on pulling the 4 cars back and forth on the Detroit to Chicago run each day for all of December. Their rate was incredibly cheap too. I was all set to sell tickets and I'm sure we could have sold out, but Amtrak asked what I was going to do with the cars. Once they found out I wanted to sell tickets, they cancelled their quote. Apparently, it's against federal law to compete with Amtrak, even if you are using them to haul your cars. I even offered to pay the going rate per passenger, but they refused. The government doesn't want anyone showing the public how it could be done.

Posted by: jwest at January 16, 2014 10:45 AM (u2a4R)

103 Give me a guy who knows how to operate a Medium Machinegun - Posted by: Chaos the other dark meat at January 16, 2014 02:41 PM (oDCMR) Or, a model married to an NFL quarterback... http://tinyurl.com/pzhwsvl breitbart sports

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 16, 2014 10:45 AM (IXrOn)

104 The Acela Republican is as comfortable in the green rooms of MSNBC as he is at a green energy conference. The Acela Republican isn't one of those horrible Tea Party yahoos who comes from somewhere other than a big, coastal metropolis. The Acela Republican is softer, smoother, and less confrontational...unless he's taking on his own party. --------------------- Like how "The Rick Wilson" took on his own party when he told us we should lie down on gay marriage and just move on? What the hell do we need a party operative to tell us that we couldn't get from "The Gabriel Malor" or "The JeffB."? Fuck this guy. Buy local, Morons.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 16, 2014 10:45 AM (CJjw5)

105

"Give me a guy who knows how to operate a Medium Machinegun"

Can you cut a mug some slack and allow for the M249?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 16, 2014 10:46 AM (Kh+vp)

106 JL: "Except Christie is conservative on almost everything Â…." Be right back, I'm going to pop some popcorn.

Posted by: JPS at January 16, 2014 10:46 AM (9ziuC)

107 That's it in a nutshell, zombie. That's why I'm an Independent. It's not about parties any more.

Posted by: PJ at January 16, 2014 10:46 AM (ZWaLo)

108 The other thing about the Acela is that it consciously mimics the body-styling of the bullet train. The cars are cylinders, rather than rectangular prisms, and the engine of the train has an aerodynamic sculpt to it, a sharper nose. So we have two things we could believe: This body styling super-reduces air resistance and permits the train to ROAR to speeds of up to 80 mph. Or, This body styling is a Cargo Cult government-ordered PR feature to make you think the train is higher-tech and faster than it actually is.

Posted by: ace at January 16, 2014 10:46 AM (/FnUH)

109 Is Acela referring to the train?

Posted by: toby928© at January 16, 2014 10:46 AM (QupBk)

110 Acela sounds like "a-sell-out".

Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 16, 2014 02:38 PM (NampS)

 

 

I support this interpretation.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:47 AM (4df7R)

111 To the Acela Republicans, I'm from the wrong side of the tracks.

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2014 10:47 AM (FcR7P)

112 You want to give the senate more time to fuck him up, huh? Touche. But, yes, actually. I want him to have a full term of "I never turned my back on Conservatives, nor stabbed them in the back. I took stands that cost me politically, and that made Republican Leadership unhappy with me- because they were the right thing to do."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 10:47 AM (nUH8H)

113 Be right back, I'm going to pop some popcorn.

Posted by: JPS at January 16, 2014 02:46 PM (9ziuC)


Really!


Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 16, 2014 10:47 AM (BZAd3)

114 Topography is just another example of White Privilege! War on Women! No H8!

Posted by: Progtard 2000 at January 16, 2014 10:47 AM (ZPrif)

115 I don't think the word 'accomodating' describes Christie too much.  For all of the Acela Republican charge he really isn't that type.  Yes, a RINO, but not a country club type at all.  He's the 'flyover' type, not the 'metrosexual' type of east coast person.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - We Have the HRC Designer Vindictivenous Line Exclusively! at January 16, 2014 10:47 AM (hLRSq)

116 *reads post* never mind

Posted by: toby928© at January 16, 2014 10:48 AM (QupBk)

117 >>>The one unifying ideology: PERSONAL FREEDOM. ROTFL. That's rich. I love you guys, but personal freedom is not at the top of our list. I think a sense of conservatism, or more likely a resistance to the endless radicalization of the progressive movement is what loosely binds our schizophrenic coalition.

Posted by: I need a cool new sig at January 16, 2014 10:48 AM (q177U)

118 Why does the GOP continue to ignore Regan's formula for success--full-throated conservatism, a happy warrior stance--for this Democrat Lite that always leads to failure?

Posted by: PJ at January 16, 2014 02:43 PM (ZWaLo)



Karl Wasserman Rove declared Reagan "unelectable" in the 1980 primaries.  Rove is highly regarded as an "expert" within the GOP today.  Maybe people should stop giving money to the GOP until that is changed.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 16, 2014 10:48 AM (tTZpD)

119 It's not a bad train; people like it. But... whatever number of billions of dollars we spent for this alleged Bullet Train, it's clearly not worth it, and if the government told people the truth -- that the Acela would occasionally go 15 mph faster than the regular train, for brief periods -- of course Americans would have revolted at the boondoggle. So they just, get this, lied to us.

Posted by: ace at January 16, 2014 10:49 AM (/FnUH)

120 "maddogg: No. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at January 16, 2014 02:33 PM"


He does love that 'jumping spider all up in your personal space' pic, doesn't he?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2014 10:49 AM (O7VUB)

121 Posted by: JL at January 16, 2014 02:44 PM (VRsv0) Aren't you SOOOO cute? You're hear as a project for your Government/Economics class aren't you? So is this your first, or 2nd time in 10th grade?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 10:49 AM (nUH8H)

122 Can we just dissolve the GOP already? I'd rather see a party that advocated for more federalism and a greater commitment to the 10th amendment. We could get rid of most of partisan bickering and the national level if we stopped having the federal government be the nexus of control. If NYC wants a big government nanny-state then let them have it.

Posted by: taylork at January 16, 2014 10:49 AM (a+Gry)

123 Posted by: ace at January 16, 2014 02:44 PM (/FnUH) You think you got it bad.... Here in SF, they're completing work on the $4 billion (yes, that's a "b" -- billion) train station for the high speed rail system. It's the end of the line. But recent developments indicate that the CA high speed rail WILL NEVER BE BUILT. Even though we already committed to build the terminus station. And even if it does get built, it likely will never actually reach SF. Ah. Even despite all that, the construction continues, and will be completed in a couple years. Pouring $4 billion into a big hole in the ground. Empty.

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2014 10:49 AM (+cx5n)

124

I don't know if I'm paranoid or what, but it sure does seem like this chunkhead got elected in a place where he shouldn't.

Christ, I hate thinking sometimes...it makes you see that the goddamned media is so in bed with all this shit and it's all one huge fat circle jerk.




Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Christies at January 16, 2014 10:49 AM (xggaJ)

125 So they just, get this, lied to us.


I've gotten to used to hearing this phrase.

Posted by: EC at January 16, 2014 10:49 AM (GQ8sn)

126 100 JL at January 16, 2014 02:44 PM (VRsv0)

Yup he's such a rock-ribbed conservative...just like Obama who "would have been a Reagan Republican"..

I know I see gun grabbing as conservatism

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 10:49 AM (TE35l)

127 plus being on the Acela, you don't have to mingle with the wretched refuse of the teeming shore

Posted by: thunderb at January 16, 2014 10:50 AM (zOTsN)

128 if only his own backward, hick, red-state, cousin-kissing bumpkin party will see the light. Cousin-kissing? What kind of fire-breathing reactionary dinosaur would stop at kissing? A real conservative would go all the way. Cousin-humping, holmes.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2014 10:50 AM (TIIx5)

129 You know, I'm fine with there being Establishment Beltway Acela whathaveyou Republicans so long as they are fine with the conservative wing existing as well. I think you see where I'm going with this. And God forbid a cow or a deer or a drunk should stumble onto the tracks. Let alone a tree. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at January 16, 2014 02:43 PM (4df7R) Apropos of um SQUIRREL, here: http://bit.ly/1dhRNxp

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 16, 2014 10:50 AM (VtjlW)

130 Maybe people should stop giving money to the GOP until that is changed. Posted by: Captain Hate at January 16, 2014 02:48 PM (tTZpD) ----------------------------- DONE. You want this money? Shake your ass for the tip, bitch.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 16, 2014 10:50 AM (CJjw5)

131 On the positive side, the northeast Amtrak corridor is the only part of the Amtrak system that consistently makes money. Every other route is a loser. So of course, Biden thinks we need more of it. We'll lose money on each train but make it up in volume!

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2014 10:51 AM (g1DWB)

132 Off topic. But I just discovered The Crossbow Project at the Defense Technical Information Center. The CROSSBOW project took shape at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in response to an enquiry by the President of the Naval War College (NWC) in October 2000. The central intent was to investigate the extent to which new technology and a changing world should cause us to rethink the relative merits of dispersion versus concentration and attendant economies of scale. It even involves lasers, although just barely.

Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 10:51 AM (QF8uk)

133 I think a sense of conservatism, or more likely a resistance to the endless radicalization of the progressive movement is what loosely binds our schizophrenic coalition.

Posted by: I need a cool new sig at January 16, 2014 02:48 PM (q177U)

 

 

And one of the core principles of conservatism is personal freedom;   the absence of government meddling and interference.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:51 AM (4df7R)

134 Talk to your doctor about Acela, and ask if it's right for you...

Posted by: Brought to you by at January 16, 2014 10:51 AM (iEoiA)

135 105 Empire of Jeff at January 16, 2014 02:45 PM (CJjw5)

Hey Jeff, he's a tweener probably beholden to the Acelas...like I said he gets schizoid.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 10:51 AM (TE35l)

136 This body styling is a Cargo Cult government-ordered PR feature to make you think the train is higher-tech and faster than it actually is. Posted by: ace at January 16, 2014 02:46 PM (/FnUH) Euro design is always a selling point to the left.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 16, 2014 10:51 AM (IXrOn)

137 6 *shakes up a Daiquiri* Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2014 02:22 PM (0cMkb) *holds chilled glass under USB port*

Posted by: rickl at January 16, 2014 10:51 AM (zoehZ)

138 Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 02:51 PM (QF8uk) Please tell me there is a competing LONGBOW project. Please?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 10:52 AM (nUH8H)

139 He's not an Acela, although sometimes he does have to stop in the tunnel to catch his breath.

Posted by: Mary Pat at January 16, 2014 10:52 AM (DrC22)

140 Ah. Even despite all that, the construction continues, and will be completed in a couple years.

Pouring $4 billion into a big hole in the ground.


Can it be touted by the Department of Energy as a "green investment"? After all, a train station that has no trains has got to be pretty green. It may even qualify for more federal funds because it has no actual trains.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 16, 2014 10:52 AM (8ZskC)

141 I haven't been in the slightest degree of suspense about whether Christie is a genuine conservative for a very long time now, thanks to the handy-dandy RINO squish detector that is gun control.

Christie, like McCain and Romney before him, set off that detector immediately. No amount of posturing after that could conceal their fundamental RINO nature.

What I am now worried about is not Christie, who I have written off, but about Ted Cruz. There is a whole lot to like about Ted, and he passes the gun control test with flying colors, but...

There's the Ivy League pedigree. I am getting really goddamned sick and tired of Ivy alums in politics. REALLY sick of them.

And there's the wife who works for Goldman Sachs. In my view the "Vampire Squid" should have been allowed to go bust and disappear in the 2008 financial crisis, and I wish they'd do so today. And Heidi's job with the Squid is also something that opens the Cruzes up to the same "heartless plutocrat" avenue of attack that worked against Mitt Romney. There is still very considerable popular resentment of Wall Street by Main Street and I don't see that ebbing any time soon.

Posted by: torquewrench at January 16, 2014 10:52 AM (gqT4g)

142 Here in SF, they're completing work on the $4 billion (yes, that's a "b" -- billion) train station for the high speed rail system. It's the end of the line. But recent developments indicate that the CA high speed rail WILL NEVER BE BUILT. Even though we already committed to build the terminus station. ------------------------------- “Don't ask me silly questions I won't play silly games I'm just a simple choo choo train And I'll always be the same. I only want to race along Beneath the bright blue sky And be a happy choo choo train Until the day I die.”

Posted by: Blaine the Mono at January 16, 2014 10:53 AM (CJjw5)

143 But I just discovered The Crossbow Project at the Defense Technical Information Center.

Put simply, in deference to you, Kent, it's like lasing a stick of dynamite. As soon as we apply a field, we couple to a state that is radiatively coupled to the ground state. I figure we can extract at least ten to the twenty-first photons per cubic centimeter which will give one kilojoule per cubic centimeter at 600 nanometers, or, one megajoule per liter.

Posted by: HR at January 16, 2014 10:53 AM (ZKzrr)

144 Off topic. But I just discovered The Crossbow Project at the Defense Technical Information Center.

The CROSSBOW project took shape at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in response to an enquiry by the President of the Naval War College (NWC) in October 2000. The central intent was to investigate the extent to which new technology and a changing world should cause us to rethink the relative merits of dispersion versus concentration and attendant economies of scale.

It even involves lasers, although just barely.

Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 02:51 PM (QF8uk)



"Crossbow" was also the code name for the laser weapon in Real Genius.


Someone was a fan.

Posted by: EC at January 16, 2014 10:53 AM (GQ8sn)

145 Topography is a right-wing lie! Europe doesn't have problems with topography for their high speed trains that cross the North German Plain! Japan doesn't have topography problems with their high speed trains on the Kanto Plain! Riddle me that!

Posted by: Progtard 2000 at January 16, 2014 10:53 AM (ZPrif)

146 Name calling is all the hard right fringe has these days, isnt it? As long as you play "burn the witch" with the candidates who show to necessary gravitas and broad appeal to become president - like Christie, Huntsman or Jeb Bush - precisely because they have these qualities, the Democrats will own the White House.

Posted by: Begonia at January 16, 2014 10:54 AM (nJ57N)

147 Euro design is always a selling point to the left.


And we include an Allen wrench in every box. No extra charge.

Posted by: IKEA at January 16, 2014 10:54 AM (8ZskC)

148 Apropos of um SQUIRREL, here:

http://bit.ly/1dhRNxp

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 16, 2014 02:50 PM (VtjlW)

 


KARL!!   *launches self at Karl*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:54 AM (4df7R)

149 "Posted by: HR at January 16, 2014 02:53 PM"

That's hotter than the Sun....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2014 10:54 AM (O7VUB)

150 5 Most people outside the NY/DC corridor don't even know what "Acela" means.

(It's the Amtrak train in the NE corridor.)

Catchy name for those in the Beltway; Mystifying for most everyone else.

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2014 02:22 PM (+cx5n)

 

Kinda calls into question the whole article, doesn't it? 

 

BTW, the Acela is not THE Amtrak train in the NE Corridor, it's the fancy high-speed train that costs twice as much as the regular train and doesn't stop in the podunk towns in between New York and Philly.  A/K/A the train ridden by the elitists who don't want to ride with the unwashed masses.  The train that is the example of high-speed rail that liberals everywhere love and want more ouf our tax money to pay for.  I guess that's what Wilson was getting at. 

 

Pretty hard to apply that to Chris Christie, who famously rejected a shitload of federal money for a new rail tunnel into Manhattan. 

 

But I guess it seemd like a good cliche and good link-bait for Wilson.

Posted by: rockmom at January 16, 2014 10:54 AM (Q4elb)

151

95 Huckabee wants all of us rubes to stop using the word RINO. Ok Mikey, how about turncoat, Vichy Republican, crap weasels, Acela Repubes, Boehner's Babies ? Or would that hurt your feelings?

 

The correct term is Collaborator.

Posted by: Chaos the other dark meat at January 16, 2014 10:54 AM (oDCMR)

152

131: " Shake your ass for the tip, bitch."

 

You softie you. I don't shell the scrilla for anything less than a full throated BJ.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 16, 2014 10:54 AM (Kh+vp)

153 But... whatever number of billions of dollars we spent for this alleged Bullet Train, it's clearly not worth it, and if the government told people the truth -- that the Acela would occasionally go 15 mph faster than the regular train, for brief periods -- of course Americans would have revolted at the boondoggle. So they just, get this, lied to us. So, we got a .22 long rifle instead of a .30-06 bullet train? Figures.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2014 10:54 AM (cUARf)

154 Pouring $4 billion into a big hole in the ground. Empty. China builds vast ghost cities. We do a train station. Sigh...

Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2014 10:55 AM (FcR7P)

155 Whenever I see the term Acela, I am reminded of Joe Biden. So,   if  Christie is an Acela Republican,    that fits him well.

Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2014 10:55 AM (VndSC)

156 Please tell me there is a competing LONGBOW project. DonÂ’t know if itÂ’s competing, but apparently so. The Crossbow Project is Navy, the Longbow Project is Army. The good news is, when the stakes are high, we seem to be able to get it mosdy right and achieve some excellent results. In the case of the Longbow Fire Control Radar, government/industry IPTs repre- senting the Longbow Project Management Office (PMO); the U.S. Army Aviation and Troop Command (ATCOM) (now combined with the Army Missile Command in Huntsville, AL); the Defense Contract Management Command (DCMC); the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Northrop Grumman; and Lockheed Martin formu- lated, produced, and signed a 5-year contract in about 6 months.

Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 10:55 AM (QF8uk)

157 "And Kent, stop playing with yourself."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 16, 2014 10:55 AM (LJ9pc)

158 O/T From Brit Hume's twitter account: Congressman: "So we don't know how many people have actually paid for coverage?" Admin official: "That's right." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2-q9vvMg9M Â…

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 16, 2014 10:55 AM (P7Wsr)

159 I mean, if they wanted to make the name of their train sound like "Accelerate," why didn't they include the second C?   "Acela" looks like an   OTC pain reliever,  or some latin American   cockroach species or something.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:55 AM (4df7R)

160 I figure we can extract at
least ten to the twenty-first photons per cubic centimeter which will
give one kilojoule per cubic centimeter at 600 nanometers, or, one
megajoule per liter.


dude....that's like a million  photons.

Posted by: eleven at January 16, 2014 10:55 AM (KXm42)

161 Here in SF, they're completing work on the $4 billion (yes, that's a "b" -- billion) train station for the high speed rail system. It's the end of the line.

But recent developments indicate that the CA high speed rail WILL NEVER BE BUILT. Even though we already committed to build the terminus station.


Peasant.  You are obviously unfamiliar with my Broken Window Theory of economic revival.

Posted by: Krugtron the Krugginator at January 16, 2014 10:55 AM (8ZskC)

162 79 Why is it I'm already depressed about 2016? Posted by: taylork at January 16, 2014 02:39 PM (a+Gry) Don't be. In 2006 we were told to get ready for a Hillary! presidency since she was unstoppable.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at January 16, 2014 10:55 AM (BXLPR)

163 152. Saruman Republicans?

Posted by: Chico Esquela at January 16, 2014 10:56 AM (PuX55)

164 It really is Jesus!

Posted by: Kent at January 16, 2014 10:56 AM (GQ8sn)

165 "Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 16, 2014 02:55 PM'


It is God....

Posted by: Kent at January 16, 2014 10:56 AM (O7VUB)

166 147 Begonia at January 16, 2014 02:54 PM (nJ57N)

the mules own the white house because of weak assed pussy retards who don't fight their block voting and electioneering and the mad insistence to be an echo in lieu of an alternative.

Thanks for playing...

Hillary! 16

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 10:56 AM (TE35l)

167 That's hotter than the Sun....

But - and I am only saying this because I care - there are a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market today that are just as tasty as the real thing.

Posted by: HR at January 16, 2014 10:56 AM (ZKzrr)

168 "Acela" being the original Latin for "asshole traitor to the cause whose dick is shorter than us true believers' dicks". 

I'm comfortable with that name.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 16, 2014 10:56 AM (TM1p8)

169 Despite billions of dollars in investment, Acela Express's fastest schedule between New York and Washington, D.C. was 2 hours and 45 minutes in 2012. $450 million was allotted by President Barack Obama's administration to replace catenary and upgrade signals[34] between Trenton and New Brunswick, which will allow speeds of 160 mph (257 km/h) for twenty miles sometime after 2016; did you read that? we are spending 450 million dollars so this train can allegedly go 160 mph for 20 miles in NJ 450 million for 20 miles??????

Posted by: thunderb at January 16, 2014 10:57 AM (zOTsN)

170 Posted by: torquewrench at January 16, 2014 02:52 PM (gqT4g) I get what you're saying, and it's why I didn't vote for him in 2012- I was unsure. He has since convinced me. He has also been very, very solid on immigration, and even came out and said something to the effect of "I don't care what you call it, letting people stay here who came illegally is amnesty."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 10:57 AM (nUH8H)

171 >>>And one of the core principles of conservatism is personal freedom; the absence of government meddling and interference. Unless you want to spark a 'j' in the privacy of your own home.

Posted by: I need a cool new sig at January 16, 2014 10:57 AM (q177U)

172 "Posted by: HR at January 16, 2014 02:56 PM"

I love that movie.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2014 10:57 AM (O7VUB)

173

Here in SF, they're completing work on the $4 billion (yes, that's a "b" -- billion) train station for the high speed rail system. It's the end of the line.

But recent developments indicate that the CA high speed rail WILL NEVER BE BUILT. Even though we already committed to build the terminus station.

 

 

But they can rent out the space to make a DARLING farmer's market with lots of     little boutique shops!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 10:57 AM (4df7R)

174 Ever since seeing that movie, IÂ’ve wanted to see what lasing a stick of dynamite actually does.

Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 10:57 AM (QF8uk)

175 Or get married to some dude.

Posted by: I need a cool new sig at January 16, 2014 10:57 AM (q177U)

176 The Acela name is decent, but mainly for people in the northeast and info-junkies. Most other people have no idea what it is.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 16, 2014 10:57 AM (ZPrif)

177 Spent an entire cold cold ride on the acela, at a certain temperature the doors just wouldn't close.

It's cleaner than the regular train and you get to see a lot of those senate and house millionaires.

Posted by: think at January 16, 2014 10:57 AM (OroYa)

178 troll hat off

Posted by: I need a cool new sig at January 16, 2014 10:57 AM (q177U)

179 Prettyhard to apply that to Chris Christie, who famously rejected a shitload of federal money for a new rail tunnel into Manhattan. And browbeat Congress to take a pork-laden relief bill.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at January 16, 2014 10:58 AM (sv/s3)

180 Huckabee wants all of us rubes to stop using the word RINO. Ok Mikey, how about turncoat, Vichy Republican, crap weasels, Acela Repubes, Boehner's Babies ? Or would that hurt your feelings? The correct term is Collaborator. Kapo.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2014 10:58 AM (cUARf)

181 But recent developments indicate that the CA high speed rail WILL NEVER BE BUILT. Even though we already committed to build the terminus station. If you build it, he will come.

Posted by: the voice at January 16, 2014 10:58 AM (QupBk)

182 candidates who show to necessary gravitas and broad appealto become president- like Christie, Huntsman or Jeb Bush



AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Adam at January 16, 2014 10:58 AM (Aif/5)

183 Ever since seeing that movie, IÂ’ve wanted to see what lasing a stick of dynamite actually does.


Friend of mine used to work at Oak Ridge.  He had a laser, a big one.  One time he dropped a metal coffee can into the beam path.

It never landed.


Posted by: EC at January 16, 2014 10:58 AM (GQ8sn)

184 "What do you think a secret phase conjugate tracking system is FOR?!" -God "And Kent... STOP PLAYING WITH YOURSELF." - God

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 16, 2014 10:58 AM (CJjw5)

185 There's the Ivy League pedigree. I am getting really goddamned sick and tired of Ivy alums in politics. REALLY sick of them.

And there's the wife who works for Goldman Sachs. In my view the "Vampire Squid" should have been allowed to go bust and disappear in the 2008 financial crisis, and I wish they'd do so today. And Heidi's job with the Squid is also something that opens the Cruzes up to the same "heartless plutocrat" avenue of attack that worked against Mitt Romney. There is still very considerable popular resentment of Wall Street by Main Street and I don't see that ebbing any time soon.

Posted by: torquewrench at January 16, 2014 02:52 PM (gqT4g)

 

Then you should support Scott Walker, who never went to college.  His wife works for the American Lung Association.  They met at a BBQ restaurant. 

 

Can't get more middlebrow than that. 

Posted by: rockmom at January 16, 2014 10:58 AM (Q4elb)

186 I may have closed traffic to punish my enemies but what about that Ted Cruz guy? He's nuts!

Posted by: Chris Christie at January 16, 2014 10:58 AM (DpEwG)

187 Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 02:55 PM (QF8uk) Yes!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 10:59 AM (nUH8H)

188 Name calling is all the hard right fringehas these days, isnt it? As long as you play "burn the witch" with the candidates who show to necessary gravitas and broad appealto become president- like Christie, Huntsman or Jeb Bush - precisely because they have these qualities,the Democrats will own the White House.

Posted by: Begonia at January 16, 2014 02:54 PM (nJ57N)

 

Could you connect that to reality somehow?  I really would like to see if that  statement  could exist in this dimension.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - We Have the HRC Designer Vindictivenous Line Exclusively! at January 16, 2014 10:59 AM (hLRSq)

189 Can we just dissolve the GOP already?

We have a two party system.  Whatever replaced it would quickly morph into what the GOP is now, but under a different name.

We're not going to get a successful True Conservative party without far greater numbers of True Conservative voters.

Yes, reality does sometimes suck.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 16, 2014 10:59 AM (SY2Kh)

190 Then I noticed -- lower on the page that "Customers who bought this item also bought these" and there was a crossbow for about 50 bucks.


It's like the Universe wants us to be happy.


Posted by: EC at January 16, 2014 10:59 AM (GQ8sn)

191 It's cleaner than the regular train and you get to see a lot of those senate and house millionaires.


You can spot them easily because they all have those giant gavels.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 16, 2014 10:59 AM (8ZskC)

192 But... whatever number of billions of dollars we spent for this alleged Bullet Train, it's clearly not worth it, and if the government told people the truth -- that the Acela would occasionally go 15 mph faster than the regular train, for brief periods -- of course Americans would have revolted at the boondoggle. So they just, get this, lied to us. No! No! I refuse to believe it! They meant so well and wanted to do such good things that it must be the fault of those horrible Republicans who totes went around with their Halliburton terraforming machines in the night and changed the topography and extant infrastructure in order to prevent the success of the program. It couldn't possibly be anything else.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 16, 2014 11:00 AM (VtjlW)

193 Are there any privately built subway systems?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 16, 2014 11:00 AM (ZPrif)

194

That's it?

 

Has  Ace moved on.org?  I was sorta enjoying his little posts with facts about the train.  I kinda  think that was the  point of  the post.  Like  he was trying out a new schtick. 

 

Come back, Ace.  It was working.  I'm DYING to know about  the beverage service on the acela. 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2014 11:00 AM (TOk1P)

195 118 >>>The one unifying ideology: PERSONAL FREEDOM. ROTFL. That's rich. I love you guys, but personal freedom is not at the top of our list. I think a sense of conservatism, or more likely a resistance to the endless radicalization of the progressive movement is what loosely binds our schizophrenic coalition. Posted by: I need a cool new sig This is important. Pause for a moment and think about this. What exactly are you trying to "conserve" with your conservatism? And what is the end-goal of the progressive movement that we are resisting? I posit that "conservatism" is the strategy but the actual unifying ideology that we value is freedom. Because in the old days, we had freedom. We may not have completely realized how great it was, because it hadn't yet been taken away from us. And now that it is partly taken away, with a strong "progressive" movement to remove the rest of our freedom, a significant portion of the population is saying, "Wait wait wait, what the hell are you doing? Let's conserve our former freedoms." What we're doing is "conserving." But what we want is "freedom." And I think if we refocus our brand onto our actual CORE VALUE and away from our BACKWARDS-SOUNDING STRATEGY, we will have much much more success.

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2014 11:00 AM (+cx5n)

196 You lase the stick of dynamite, I want to Jiffy-Pop Al Gore's home.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 16, 2014 11:00 AM (LJ9pc)

197 I think if you pay extra for first class they'll give you a free drink or something.

Posted by: ace

Reads like the Obamacare  Bronze to Silver policy upgrade.

Posted by: mrp at January 16, 2014 11:00 AM (HjPtV)

198 132 On the positive side, the northeast Amtrak corridor is the only part of the Amtrak system that consistently makes money. Every other route is a loser. So of course, Biden thinks we need more of it. We'll lose money on each train but make it up in volume! Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2014 02:51 PM (g1DWB) ********** Well most of us can see the problem right away--Biden can't. If Euros do it--it must be a winner right? Well--the topography of America is different particularly when you leave either one of the Left Coasts. The model is probably unfeasible just based on population distribution --anywhere else. Forget though--it's Chicago-town. Speaking of which I think Chicago for some reason would really rake it in if Biden and Obama got their high speed rail plan. I once looked at the proposed tracks and-- Chicago was the New Rome. All the high speed rails lead there with kickbacks to Chicago and Friends.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 16, 2014 11:00 AM (RJMhd)

199 "I don't know, I just found it lying around in one of the labs...."

I used to use that line in college when I'd walk around the barracks sipping from a beaker full of neon-orange fresh carrot juice. 

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2014 11:01 AM (O7VUB)

200 Do we need immigration reform? You God damned right we do. And Rand Paul needs a beating.

Posted by: Chris Christie at January 16, 2014 11:01 AM (DpEwG)

201 181 Prettyhard to apply that to Chris Christie, who famously rejected a shitload of federal money for a new rail tunnel into Manhattan.

And browbeat Congress to take a pork-laden relief bill.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at January 16, 2014 02:58 PM (sv/s3)

 

And that's HIS fault that there was pork in the bill?  Who put the pork in it?  Where's the outrage at them? 

Posted by: rockmom at January 16, 2014 11:01 AM (Q4elb)

202 172 I need a cool new sig at January 16, 2014 02:57 PM (q177U)

right because Democrats=Freedom...just ask E-cig users...

Look fella dismantle the welfare state, demilitarize the cops and I'll legalize it all....hell I may support total legalization just to blow shit up

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 11:02 AM (TE35l)

203 Name calling is all the hard right fringehas these days, isnt it? As long as you play "burn the witch" with the candidates who show to necessary gravitas and broad appealto become president- like Christie, Huntsman or Jeb Bush - precisely because they have these qualities,the Democrats will own the White House. Posted by: Begonia at January 16, 2014 02:54 PM (nJ57N) ------------------------- This statement is absolutely true, for certain values of "gravitas" and "broad appeal."

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 16, 2014 11:02 AM (CJjw5)

204 And that's HIS fault that there was pork in the bill? It was, kind of. He didnÂ’t put it there, but he did keep (some of) it there. There were Republicans trying to extract the pork from the bill, to pass a clean bill. Christie got out in front and yelled at them for slowing down the bill.

Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 11:03 AM (QF8uk)

205 203 rockmom at January 16, 2014 03:01 PM (Q4elb)

Yeah it was pretty much his fault...

he'd be a Conservative well apathy had he said "whoa cut the prok out fellas we just need money for the bills"

Nah too hard..

"Pork out Congress God knows I do!"

//Chrispy 16

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 11:04 AM (TE35l)

206 I remember Christie being supportive of Cruz when he tried to stop Obamacare funding no

Posted by: thunderb at January 16, 2014 11:04 AM (zOTsN)

207 O/T From Brit Hume's twitter account: Congressman: "So we don't know how many people have actually paid for coverage?" Admin official: "That's right." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2-q9vvMg9M Â… Posted by: bonhomme at January 16, 2014 02:55 PM (P7Wsr) Remember, those that are trying to cancel one they thought they might buy, can't. So, they are all hanging in limbo, too. Plans waiting to be cancelled....

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 16, 2014 11:04 AM (IXrOn)

208
It's like the Universe wants us to be happy.


Posted by: EC at January 16, 2014 02:59 PM (GQ8sn)


I know!  Right?

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 16, 2014 11:04 AM (BZAd3)

209 Crank it up: Psychedelic Furs Sister Europe--(just for the irony) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHcGr429oMQ

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 16, 2014 11:04 AM (RJMhd)

210 Back in the day, when we had real investigative reporters, the acela was the place where they would be able to talk to the millionaires and get good information.

Posted by: think at January 16, 2014 11:04 AM (OroYa)

211 195 Are there any privately built subway systems? Posted by: Flatbush Joe a Yep. In Vegas. There are four different monorails going up and down the Strip. Paid for by the casinos. They're actually very useful and nice. But there is one big problem: THEY DON'T ALL CONNECT. Because the casinos (or more accurately the corporations owning groups of casinos) are in competition, and so don't want a train to shuttle customers to the opposition. Occasionally, the free market acts stupidly. What might be termed The Pimp Hand of Adam Smith.

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2014 11:04 AM (+cx5n)

212 And that's HIS fault that there was pork in the bill? Who put the pork in it? Where's the outrage at them? I say this as a Texan who has watched the country say "Fuck You" for at least the last 5 years. While it's not his fault there was pork in it, it was his fault for supporting it in the first place. My tax dollars should not be spent rebuilding New Jersey. Let the residents of New Jersey do that. My tax dollars should not be spent rebuilding New York, or Pennsylvania, or Missouri, or Louisiana. My tax dollars- paid directly to my state- should be used to rebuild Texas when a disaster- natural or otherwise- strikes.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 11:05 AM (nUH8H)

213 It was, kind of. He didnÂ’t put it there, but he did keep (some of) it there. There were Republicans trying to extract the pork from the bill, to pass a clean bill. Christie got out in front and yelled at them for slowing down the bill.

 

Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 03:03 PM (QF8uk)

 

 

This.

All    christie had to do was say,  "Democrats, quit stuffing this relief bill with all this extra crap.   People are hurting.   Stop     forcing this delay because of your greed."   Put the blame where it belonged -- square on the Democrats' shoulders.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 16, 2014 11:05 AM (4df7R)

214 "Here in SF, they're completing work on the $4 billion (yes, that's a "b" -- billion) train station for the high speed rail system. It's the end of the line. But recent developments indicate that the CA high speed rail WILL NEVER BE BUILT. Even though we already committed to build the terminus station."

Yes indeed darling!

A four billion dollar rail terminal in my district, and the new Chinatown subway in my district at more than a billion dollars per mile. All that sweet sweet federal pork.

I said that even though we had lost control of the House to the Republicans, they wouldn't have the spines to pull the plug on any of my pet projects. And that's just how it all worked out. I still got the money. Billions and billions of it.

Oh, and I haven't given up the hugely oversized luxury offices in SF that I moved to when I was Speaker, and Boehner hasn't moved to take those away either.

* gleeful high pitched witch cackle *

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at January 16, 2014 11:05 AM (gqT4g)

215 My tax dollars- paid directly to my state- should be used to rebuild Texas when a disaster- natural or otherwise- strikes. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 03:05 PM (nUH8H) ------------------------------ Now your tax dollars are spent on housing, feeding and jailing the tens of thousands of Katrina refugees you got in 2005. MMWWWUUU - AAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 16, 2014 11:06 AM (CJjw5)

216

203 -

 

I hate it when other people do this, but I'm going to do it anyway:

 

Hi,  you must be new here.  Outrage at "them" is what we do.  Every  day.  All day.   

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2014 11:07 AM (TOk1P)

217 There's no way Christie was going to attack pork.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 16, 2014 11:07 AM (DpEwG)

218 All christie had to do was say, "Democrats, quit stuffing this relief bill with all this extra crap. People are hurting. Stop forcing this delay because of your greed." Put the blame where it belonged -- square on the Democrats' shoulders.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at January 16, 2014 03:05 PM (4df7R)

He can't alienate them silly, he's going the Christ route, eventually.

Posted by: think at January 16, 2014 11:07 AM (OroYa)

219 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at January 16, 2014 03:05 PM (4df7R) OR He could have said, "Thanks but no thanks, folks. There are plenty of private donations coming in, and New Jersey looks after her own. Keep your tax money and spend it on something the Federal Government should be doing.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 11:07 AM (nUH8H)

220 Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 16, 2014 03:06 PM (CJjw5) The truthfulness of your words makes them no less hurtful. At least *most* of those stayed near Houston...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 11:08 AM (nUH8H)

221 There's no way Christie was going to attack pork. Not without a bib and some handi-wipes, at least.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2014 11:09 AM (UHS5k)

222 >>Well most of us can see the problem right away--Biden can't. >>If Euros do it--it must be a winner right? Never ceases to amaze me that the elites who claim to love and want to emulate European programs know so little about Europe. Train travel used to be very popular in the US before Eisenhower and the US highway system. Americans have historically had a shitload more cars than Europeans and Asians for that matter. We used to be a significantly richer and more mobile society. And before the EU, car travel between countries was more cumbersome than traveling between Ohio and Illinois. Trains have always been more popular in Europe for cultural, structural and financial reasons. Trying to force fit that model on the US is stupid.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2014 11:09 AM (g1DWB)

223 Hi, you must be new here. Outrage at "them" is what we do. Every day. All day. Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2014 03:07 PM (TOk1P) That is completely unfair. We also scream at each other.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 16, 2014 11:10 AM (VtjlW)

224 I used to ride the trains in Germany.  They were on time.

Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2014 11:11 AM (SneYa)

225 We also scream at each other. I like the make-up sex part.

Posted by: toby928© at January 16, 2014 11:11 AM (QupBk)

226 We also scream at each other. ...and pay tribute to our Queen. Cupcake?

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2014 11:11 AM (UHS5k)

227 We also scream at each other. Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 16, 2014 03:10 PM (VtjlW) And sometimes drive each other under desks. Have you come out yet, btw? 'Cause I think I have some blondies in the house...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 11:12 AM (nUH8H)

228 Keep your tax money and spend it on something the Federal Government should be doing. There was a governor who thought like this, at least a little (assuming that keeping highways in running order is something the Federal Government should be assisting with/doing): The nation needs to be spending $ on fixing what we have—Minnesota needs “bridge money” today more than we need a few Alaskans to perpetuate the notion that our Gravina earmark is more important than fixing aged infrastructure. We would gain so much if we get that message out there—that the nation can pull, and work, together and make wise decisions on federal priorities… we should see that earmark redirected to Minnesota’s tragedy bc the Gravina bridge isn’t going to happen on our watch anyway.

Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 11:12 AM (QF8uk)

229 The Union needs to splinter - peacefully, and in more than 2 pieces - but there is no way we can go forward with such huge populations having zero respect for the Constitution. Much better to let them (North-East & Coastal Freak Areas) to go their own Soviet ways and preserve Liberty for us. Christie and hell, the entire media are foreign to actual, real America. Time to slam the doors and put up the fences to keep them out.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 16, 2014 11:12 AM (g/68I)

230 OR He could have said, "Thanks but no thanks, folks. There are plenty of private donations coming in, and New Jersey looks after her own. Keep your tax money and spend it on something the Federal Government should be doing.

He could've, but his constituents would've crucified him for it.

You know, because of that whole "representative democracy" thing.

That said, he didn't have to dive head first in the pork trough.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 16, 2014 11:12 AM (SY2Kh)

231 S-bahn ist gut ja?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 16, 2014 11:12 AM (LJ9pc)

232 Never ceases to amaze me that the elites who claim to love and want to emulate European programs know so little about Europe. Train travel used to be very popular in the US before Eisenhower and the US highway system. Americans have historically had a shitload more cars than Europeans and Asians for that matter. We used to be a significantly richer and more mobile society. And before the EU, car travel between countries was more cumbersome than traveling between Ohio and Illinois. Trains have always been more popular in Europe for cultural, structural and financial reasons. Trying to force fit that model on the US is stupid. Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2014 03:09 PM (g1DWB) ***** Boom! Boondoggle. Forget the origination of that term--off to check it out.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 16, 2014 11:13 AM (RJMhd)

233 Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 03:12 PM (QF8uk) Heck. Rick Perry still says that kind of stuff *today*

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 11:14 AM (nUH8H)

234 So, once it starts to look like Christie can't win the nomination, who will the media choose to be the R's next front runner?

Posted by: Mindy at January 16, 2014 11:14 AM (Bs5ky)

235 If trains were allowed to be nice, who the fuck would fly?

Posted by: jwest at January 16, 2014 11:14 AM (u2a4R)

236 Now your tax dollars are spent on housing, feeding and jailing the tens of thousands of Katrina refugees you got in 2005.

MMWWWUUU - AAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 16, 2014 03:06 PM (CJjw5)

 

 

Who cares? Texas brought the trash in, now they pay for their stupidity. No good deed goes unpunished.

Posted by: maddogg at January 16, 2014 11:14 AM (xWW96)

237 We have a word for these people.  Starts with "P" ends with "Y"

has a couple S's

Posted by: tangonine at January 16, 2014 11:14 AM (x3YFz)

238 Puff puff pass your tax dollars. DENVER (AP) — Saying some neighborhoods have more pot shops than banks, Colorado Democrats on Wednesday rejected a proposal to ban the use of public assistance cards to obtain cash at marijuana-shop ATMs

Posted by: RWC at January 16, 2014 11:15 AM (fWAjv)

239 Heck. Rick Perry still says that kind of stuff *today* I hope he can keep saying it when/if he tries to go national again. ItÂ’s a good message.

Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 11:15 AM (QF8uk)

240 So, once it starts to look like Christie can't win the nomination, who will the media choose to be the R's next front runner?

Posted by: Mindy at January 16, 2014 03:14 PM (Bs5ky)


I'm your...

Posted by: Huckabee at January 16, 2014 11:15 AM (L8r/r)

241 We have a word for these people. Starts with "P" ends with "Y"

has a couple S's

Posted by: tangonine at January 16, 2014 03:14 PM (x3YFz)


Ummm...."pissy"?



Posted by: EC at January 16, 2014 11:15 AM (GQ8sn)

242 Cupcake? Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2014 03:11 PM (UHS5k) *peers out from under desk* Yes, please. *waves paw imperially* Bannion, for to be fetching the blondies from AllenG's house.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 16, 2014 11:15 AM (VtjlW)

243 Ah- not what I thought. But--New Deal--not surprised by that. Etymology--boondoggle The term arose from a 1935 New York Times report that more than $3 million had been spent on recreational activities for the jobless as part of the New Deal. Among these activities were crafts classes, where the production of "boon doggles," described in the article as various utilitarian "gadgets" made with cloth or leather, were taught.[1] The term's earlier definition is thought to have its origin in scouting, particularly in reference to a woggle.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 16, 2014 11:15 AM (RJMhd)

244 I'm sick and tired of hearing it's the Tea Party's fault from Rhinos-- yes Rhinos, I'll say it- that all we are concerned about is making a point and not compromising. I don't see dog shit compromising from the Dems, none nada zippo klum! I don't see anything good coming from "compromising" with dems. I don't see anything good coming to those who reach across the aisle to dems. It's a freaken one way street. That seniile bastard from AZ saw all he got was but fucked and the nice guy from Mass saw all he got was raked across the coals, and the fat man from joosy is finding out what hugging up to obama is getting him. So to Christie, you wanted it, well fat man you got it! Now live with it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2014 11:15 AM (t3UFN)

245 232 Hollowpoint at January 16, 2014 03:12 PM (SY2Kh)

Well actually he couldn't constrain himself from the pork...

those 250 stone aren't gonna keep themselves going.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 11:15 AM (TE35l)

246
Are there any privately built subway systems?







Mineshafts.

Note that they're aggressively dedicated to profit. Transport of workers, tools and product a short distance to be off-loaded into more economic transportation methods.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2014 11:15 AM (TIIx5)

247 5 Most people outside the NY/DC corridor don't even know what "Acela" means.

(It's the Amtrak train in the NE corridor.)

Catchy name for those in the Beltway; Mystifying for most everyone else. Posted by: zombie

Thanks- I was puzzling over WTH is that? But too lazy to bing it....

Posted by: backhoe at January 16, 2014 11:15 AM (ULH4o)

248 I made  boondoggle  keychains in summer camp when I was a kid.

I think it means keychain in Iriquois.

Posted by: eleven at January 16, 2014 11:16 AM (KXm42)

249 Posted by: RWC at January 16, 2014 03:15 PM (fWAjv) **headdesk** Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at January 16, 2014 03:15 PM (QF8uk) Yeah, it'd be nice if he weren't trying to ride the Percocet Express this time 'round.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 11:16 AM (nUH8H)

250 "Then you should support Scott Walker, who never went to college. His wife works for the American Lung Association. They met at a BBQ restaurant."

I like that, but I am leery of Walker after the last Wisconsinite who was put up on  the national ticket and touted as The New Hotness.

Who then went on to prove himself a cringing beta male nancy boy in the debates and get rudely slapped around in front of a national television audience... by JOEY CHOO-CHOO.

And who then after the election turned out to be a big champion of (a) amnesty for illegal aliens and (b) cutting military veterans' pensions in exchange for notional budget cuts in the year 2024.

Walker has a long way to go to make up for the Ryan disappointments.

Posted by: torquewrench at January 16, 2014 11:16 AM (gqT4g)

251 So, once it starts to look like Christie can't win the nomination, who will the media choose to be the R's next front runner?

Posted by: Mindy at January 16, 2014 03:14 PM (Bs5ky)

 

 

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

 

 

Jeb. 

Posted by: Soona at January 16, 2014 11:16 AM (SneYa)

252 231 The Union needs to splinter - peacefully, and in more than 2 pieces - but there is no way we can go forward with such huge populations having zero respect for the Constitution. Much better to let them (North-East & Coastal Freak Areas) to go their own Soviet ways and preserve Liberty for us. Christie and hell, the entire media are foreign to actual, real America. Time to slam the doors and put up the fences to keep them out.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 16, 2014 03:12 PM (g/68I)

We can't give them the ports.  One coast, maybe, but not both.

Posted by: tangonine at January 16, 2014 11:16 AM (x3YFz)

253 While it's not his fault there was pork in it, it was his fault for supporting it in the first place. My tax dollars should not be spent rebuilding New Jersey. Let the residents of New Jersey do that. My tax dollars should not be spent rebuilding New York, or Pennsylvania, or Missouri, or Louisiana.

My tax dollars- paid directly to my state- should be used to rebuild Texas when a disaster- natural or otherwise- strikes.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 03:05 PM (nUH8H)

 

Congratulations, you win the purity test.  Good thing about 1% of the country agrees with you. 

 

Sandy was a once-in-500-years storm.  I live over 100 miles from the coast and my community was devastated by it.  There were schools and businesses destroyed, roads blocked by massive fallen trees, thousands without running water for weeks.  You really think Texas could handle a Category 5 hit on Galveston that fucked up most of Houston by itself?  

 

Posted by: rockmom at January 16, 2014 11:16 AM (aBlZ1)

254 236 Mindy at January 16, 2014 03:14 PM (Bs5ky)

*untsman...

maybe Steve King...

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 11:17 AM (TE35l)

255 And we include an Allen wrench in every box. No extra charge.

Posted by: IKEA at January 16, 2014 02:54 PM (8ZskC)


Fuck! For a moment there, I thought you said "alien wench".

Posted by: James T. Kirk at January 16, 2014 11:17 AM (60Q+L)

256 Russell Johnson, the Professor on 'Gilligan's Island,' Dead at 89 http://bit.ly/1kEEHAK

Posted by: MikeH at January 16, 2014 11:17 AM (136wp)

257 255 rockmom at January 16, 2014 03:16 PM (aBlZ1)

Yeah about that...

thanks to New jersey and New York Republicans for not shitting themselves against FEMA like NOLA did with their 500 year water apocalypse....

Dear God it would have sucked if we'd gotten payback for the games down there eh?

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 11:18 AM (TE35l)

258 Difficult times. Al Qaeda is making progress in many areas, but Obama's biggest worry is his enemies...in America. Republicans made progress in the mid-term elections, but their bigget enemy is the group that won Republican seats in said midterms and their supporters. I left the 'moderate party' years ago and my biggest worry is...the leadership of both parties have no interest in the citizenry beyond controlling them to further said officeholders' personal interests, power and wealth. I haven't contributed to a national level candidate since 2007, and few state level candidates...BUT...I'm sending money to Tom Tancredo today. Because Don Quixote, windmills etc.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 16, 2014 11:18 AM (1Y+hH)

259 Isengard Republicans, heh.

Posted by: Ken at January 16, 2014 11:18 AM (fFh95)

260 Ummm...."pissy"?

Posted by: EC at January 16, 2014 03:15 PM (GQ8sn)

keep picking vowels, but you're getting warmer.

Posted by: tangonine at January 16, 2014 11:19 AM (x3YFz)

261 Russell Johnson, the Professor on 'Gilligan's Island,' Dead at 89

http://bit.ly/1kEEHAK

Posted by: MikeH at January 16, 2014 03:17 PM (136wp)


Sad, but you know the bastard did at least one threesome with Maryanne and Ginger.  So, a life well-lived.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 16, 2014 11:19 AM (TM1p8)

262 One of the most pathetic things about John McCain, and also his boob of a daughter, is that he's spent his entire career sucking up to the liberal media and trying to get them to like him. They treated him well until he got the nomination, then they shit all over him in order to help assure that Obama would win. This includes the nasty hit piece that the New York Times did on his wife. The one where they dug up such filthy details as the fact that she gave his staff members gifts of Arizona plants that died, amd tjat she appears frail and injured her wrist shaking hands with people. And of course there was the "rumor" that he was fooling around with a female lobbiest, who after the election, sued and won a lawsuit for slander, because there was no affair. It was just the news media making sure Obama would win by sliming McCain and his family. And after all this being shit on, he and his daughter are right back to sucking up to the liberal media. Why it's almost like they are so desperate to be liked that they have no pride whatsoever.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 16, 2014 11:19 AM (XYePT)

263 We're not going to get a successful True Conservative party without far greater numbers of True Conservative voters. Yes, reality does sometimes suck. Posted by: Hollowpoint Good point. So when are you guys going to see the light?

Posted by: Meremortal at January 16, 2014 11:20 AM (1Y+hH)

264 252 torquewrench at January 16, 2014 03:16 PM (gqT4g)

Walker's a 4th year dropout like I am...

Well like he is, I won't sully him with my obvious comparative mental deficiency.

Just saying.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 11:20 AM (TE35l)

265 We have a word for these people. Starts with "P" ends with "Y" has a couple S's Posted by: tangonine at January 16, 2014 03:14 PM (x3YFz) Pssy? You missplled paste. Then again you're not smart like me.

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 16, 2014 11:20 AM (mETGQ)

266 Wait, ace, so what you're telling me about Acella, is that its basic principles aren't failed, per se, it's just that it's never really been, y'know, tried...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, still chilly at January 16, 2014 11:20 AM (naUcP)

267 Walker has a long way to go to make up for the Ryan disappointments.

 

Posted by: torquewrench at January 16, 2014 03:16 PM (gqT4g)

 

 

Wow, you are a tough audience.  Scott Walker is to blame for Paul Ryan's apostasies now?  Why don't you look and see exactly how Walker has run the state.  Ryan's been in Congress since 1999. Walker was elected Governor in 2010 and was a county executive before that. 

 

I actually see almost no reason why anyone who comments on this blog would oppose Walker, except that he has spoken positively about immigration reform.  But so has pretty much every elected Republican out there who might run.  If that's your litmus test issue, you are in for 2 years of rage and disappointment.

Posted by: rockmom at January 16, 2014 11:21 AM (aBlZ1)

268 But they can rent out the space to make a DARLING farmer's market with lots of little boutique shops! Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit You DO realize that's already happening, right? Your joke is reality. The complex has actually four parts: 1. The High-Speed Rail terminus. 2. Local rail station 3. Bus station. 4. Shopping mall. The last three (the cheap part) are still going through as planned. And they're still building the $4 billion high-speed rail part, it's just that that part of the complex (by far the largest part) will remain vacant and unused. So, in case that continues to be the case, the backup plan is to convert the platforms into trendy local food markets and so forth. True, we could have spent $125 renting out a parking lot to host the Farmers' Market, but don't you think spending $4 billion to do the same thing gives the whole market more panache?

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2014 11:21 AM (+cx5n)

269 Here ya go AlextheChick, a bit of Star Trek history.  The opening for Where No Man Has Gone Before that they ditched.  And strangely they had flat screens on the ship in this version.

http://youtu.be/GFtc2Ypwzl0

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 16, 2014 11:22 AM (LJ9pc)

270 265 Meremortal at January 16, 2014 03:20 PM (1Y+hH)

Right around the time the "True Republicans" can be bothered to get pissed off at NEA like w begged since 1994?

Uh when the "True Republicans" maybe let our superior birth rate compared to moonbats work its magic rather than giving 50 million outsiders the vote?

Just saying when is the "True Republican" wing gonna grasp we are in a fucking cold civil war and quit aiding the enemy?

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 11:22 AM (TE35l)

271 Posted by: nerdygirl at January 16, 2014 03:19 PM (XYePT)

when he ran for president, I wrote volumes about his Vietnam history and how he's *not* a hero, and holy crap on a cracker..the shitstorm of hate that I got was incredible.

Getting shot down while going cowboy on a mission, captured, and then signing every document placed in front of you != hero.

Time has revealed his character.

Posted by: tangonine at January 16, 2014 11:22 AM (x3YFz)

272 231 The Union needs to splinter - peacefully, and in more than 2 pieces - but there is no way we can go forward with such huge populations having zero respect for the Constitution. Much better to let them (North-East & Coastal Freak Areas) to go their own Soviet ways and preserve Liberty for us. Christie and hell, the entire media are foreign to actual, real America. Time to slam the doors and put up the fences to keep them out. Posted by: Inspector Cussword

Yep. Whether it's "burn that Mother down" or a more peaceful breakup America needs a divorce.

Posted by: backhoe at January 16, 2014 11:23 AM (ULH4o)

273 We can't give them the ports. One coast, maybe, but not both. We'd have the Gulf Coast, so it wouldn't be all bad. You really think Texas could handle a Category 5 hit onGalveston that fucked upmost of Houstonby itself? Yes, because we have before. Because "The Government" doesn't do shit for you- it merely takes money out of other people's pockets and claims its spending it on your behalf. I don't need Big Daddy Federal Government fixing every-damn-thing for me. I need it to stay the fuck out of the way and focus on those things its supposed to do- not on throwing money at every "disaster" to hit somebody. By-the-by, you might ask people along the Mississippi about how much "help" the Federal Government is- something about none of their states being given "National Disaster" status after historic flooding there. I'm sorry that you've been so brainwashed by the Feds that you *don't* think that New Jersey could have handled it on their own. That says a lot of sad things about the state of our Republic. But the fact is it could and *should* have done so.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 11:23 AM (nUH8H)

274 "Sandy was a once-in-500-years storm."

Actually, no, Sandy was not that.

The 1938 "Long Island Express" would have done just as much damage as Sandy did, if coastal development in the Northeast had been as dense at that earlier time, which it obviously was not. And there were not 500 years elapsed in between.

So it's more like Sandy and the LIE are examples of 50 to 100 year storms, not 500 year storms, and planning along the Atlantic seaboard needs to be taking account of that likelihood. Which of course will not happen. And when such a storm shows up again everyone will be in SHOCK HORROR and talking about it being a 500 year anomaly.


Posted by: torquewrench at January 16, 2014 11:24 AM (gqT4g)

275 On one side are libertarians, tax activists, Christians, rednecks, ex-Warsaw Pact refugees, rich people, former radicals woken up to reality, anti-communists, hunters, true real old-school hippies, honest anarchists, survivalists, free-marketeers. And us.

I love me some Zombie, but "rich people" are generally never conservative nowadays, for many of the same reasons that big business isn't our friend.  Plus the age-old "those people have no taste, I need to pull the ladder up after me" instinct that previously brought you feudalism and the 15-year "carpet vs. hardwood: which makes me look like a peasant?" rotation.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2014 11:24 AM (B/VB5)

276 263 Russell Johnson, the Professor on 'Gilligan's Island,' Dead at 89 http://bit.ly/1kEEHAK Posted by: MikeH at January 16, 2014 03:17 PM (136wp) Sad, but you know the bastard did at least one threesome with Maryanne and Ginger. So, a life well-lived. Posted by: Sharkman at January 16, 2014 03:19 PM (TM1p And he is going to be buried in a casket made of coconuts

Posted by: MikeH at January 16, 2014 11:25 AM (136wp)

277 275 AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 16, 2014 03:23 PM (nUH8H)

I take it she never tok my discussion of Indianola, the lessons Texans learned from Galveston, and such to heart...

In Texas you don't live on the coast or flood plains unless you can bear the loss...

Texans may be proud, but they don't think they can stare down God with money.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 11:25 AM (TE35l)

278 By-the-by, you might ask people along the Mississippi about how much "help" the Federal Government is- something about none of their states being given "National Disaster" status after historic flooding there.

This!

Posted by: Nashville, May 2010 at January 16, 2014 11:25 AM (L8r/r)

279 276 torquewrench at January 16, 2014 03:24 PM (gqT4g)

SANDY WAS PROOF OF CLIMATE APOCALYPSE!

or you know that maybe people should factor in water tables on their plans?

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 11:27 AM (TE35l)

280 Aww, "the Professor" from Gilligan's Island is dead. Story time: I met a Kwik E Mart owner near where Russell Johnson lived. Apparently he used to come in pretty regularly. Owner and actor had a friendly relationship. Then one day the owner says jokingly, "I'm glad to see you got off the island." Johnson never came in again.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 16, 2014 11:27 AM (P7Wsr)

281 280 : Nashville, May 2010 at January 16, 2014 03:25 PM (L8r/r)

I remember the blank check we got in the wake of the blackouts from the blizzards and the frozen folk...

OH, KY, Tenn

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 11:28 AM (TE35l)

282 I love me some Zombie, but "rich people" are generally never conservative nowadays, for many of the same reasons that big business isn't our friend. Plus the age-old "those people have no taste, I need to pull the ladder up after me" instinct that previously brought you feudalism and the 15-year "carpet vs. hardwood: which makes me look like a peasant?" rotation.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2014 03:24 PM (B/VB5)

Just picked up the missus from a business trip to LA.  Land of the limo libs.  On the ride home from the airport, she basically said every $50K+ car/SUV she saw had some "Go Hillary" sticker on it.

And then she said the next time we (her and I) see LA will be through a Trijicon.

God I love this woman.

Posted by: tangonine at January 16, 2014 11:28 AM (x3YFz)

283

>>"You can understand why the Acela Republican is blinded by the adulation and praise."

 

Yeah, sure. He's another weak POS, the opposite of the man described in Kipling's "If."

Posted by: rrpjr at January 16, 2014 11:28 AM (s/yC1)

284 Then you should support Scott Walker, who never went to college. His wife works for the American Lung Association. They met at a BBQ restaurant.

Can't get more middlebrow than that.

Posted by: rockmom at January 16, 2014 02:58 PM (Q4elb)


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That is incorrect.  Scott Walker went to college,  I believe Marquette.  He left a few credits short of graduation. 

Posted by: grammie winger at January 16, 2014 11:28 AM (P6QsQ)

285 Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 03:22 PM I don't think you understand what most Republicans mean when they say 'True Conservatives.". I sure as hell don't, so we've got that going for us.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 16, 2014 11:29 AM (1Y+hH)

286
the 15-year "carpet vs. hardwood: which makes me look like a peasant?" rotation.








Hey, this is a serious subject. But best discussed on ONT, with 1080p video.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2014 11:29 AM (TIIx5)

287 "And then she said the next time we (her and I) see LA will be through a Trijicon. God I love this woman."

That one's a keeper.

Posted by: torquewrench at January 16, 2014 11:30 AM (gqT4g)

288 That's it in a nutshell, zombie. That's why I'm an Independent. It's not about parties any more.

Posted by: PJ at January 16, 2014 02:46 PM (ZWaLo)

 

Oh, yes it is. The Democrats have successfully forwarded their agenda because they're Democrats, not because they're Gaia-worshiping environmentalists and union thugs and race hustlers and neo-Marxists and ivory tower academics and pie-in-the-sky Utopian idealists and welfare addicts but because they're Democrats. We live, for better or worse, in a two party system. In such a system, the two major arties have clout. Parties can get things done.

 

Me, I'm a Party of Lincoln Republican. I'm unlikely to leave the GOP but (paraphrasing Reagan regarding his former membership in the Democratic Party) think it is increasingly likely that the GOP will leave me.

Posted by: troyriser at January 16, 2014 11:31 AM (2jF2B)

289 Walker has a long way to go to make up for the Ryan disappointments.

Posted by: torquewrench at January 16, 2014 03:16 PM (gqT4g)


----------


Say what huh?  Ryan predates Gov Walker, by a long long way.  Walker neither lives in Ryan's district or had anything to do with Ryan being elected to office, or selected as VP candidate.



Posted by: grammie winger at January 16, 2014 11:32 AM (P6QsQ)

290 I love me some Zombie, but "rich people" are generally never conservative nowadays, for many of the same reasons that big business isn't our friend. Plus the age-old "those people have no taste, I need to pull the ladder up after me" instinct that previously brought you feudalism and the 15-year "carpet vs. hardwood: which makes me look like a peasant?" rotation. Posted by: Ian S. That's true. I retract "rich people." That wasn't really what I meant. Really really rich people donate to Obama 'cause they want to benefit from the Crony Capitalism that always comes with nascent Socialism. I was referring to "self-made businessmen" -- not really "rich" in 21st century terms. Just independently successful. AKA "the small businessman."

Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2014 11:32 AM (+cx5n)

291
"And then she said the next time we (her and I) see LA will be through a Trijicon. God I love this woman."




You two should have fun with this. It's quality entertainment for the whole family.

http://www.nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2014 11:33 AM (TIIx5)

292 which makes me look like a peasant?" rotation. Been going on a lot longer than 15 years, and in many forms. Right now tan is sexy, because we aren't field workers. But in history tan was a sign that you were a peasant, and the ghostlier white you were, the more beautiful. Same with being a fatty. In many times and places that meant you were wealthy. Fat was sexy. Now that means you eat way too many carbs, and people pay through the nose to hire a personal trainer to be skinny.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 16, 2014 11:34 AM (P7Wsr)

293 Good point.

So when are you guys going to see the light?

You guys?  I'm no less conservative than you, sport.

The difference between us is that I have a grip on reality and abhor idealism. 

I recognize the fact that I'm a political extremist, too small a minority for my views to be well represented by our elected officials.

You do not.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 16, 2014 11:37 AM (SY2Kh)

294 295 Hollowpoint at January 16, 2014 03:37 PM (SY2Kh)

You're absolutely correct Hollowpoint.

I concede the battlefield and the party to you.

Our smashing successes in 1996, 2000(lost the PV), 2008, 2012, and 2016 speak well of "realism."

Thanks.

Sven<----McCain Democrat

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 16, 2014 11:41 AM (TE35l)

295 You two should have fun with this. It's quality entertainment for the whole family.

http://www.nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2014 03:33 PM (TIIx5)

wow.  Is it bad if I play with it?  lol

Posted by: tangonine at January 16, 2014 11:43 AM (x3YFz)

296 I stand corrected about Scott Walker, he went to college but did not finish and get his degree.  But at least he did not go to an Ivy or even the uber-liberal University of Wisconsin, bless his soul. 

Posted by: rockmom at January 16, 2014 11:58 AM (aBlZ1)

297 "And then she said the next time we (her and I) see LA will be through a Trijicon.

God I love this woman."


Quote of the Day.

Posted by: Marty Sloggenclein from Someplace in Vermont at January 16, 2014 12:05 PM (4I3Uo)

298 off hippie sock

Posted by: Jaws at January 16, 2014 12:06 PM (4I3Uo)

299 Speaking of Jersey
Wall Street Journal Reporter Goes Missing in New Jersey, Credit Card Mysteriously Used in Mexicohttp://tinyurl.com/mhebeuw

Posted by: think at January 16, 2014 12:11 PM (OroYa)

300 troyriser, yes, we live within the two-party system, but I think I have more clout (since I'm not rich) by making them earn my support.

Posted by: PJ at January 16, 2014 12:31 PM (ZWaLo)

301 Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2014 02:27 PM (a422o)


===

Are you the real Fen -- author of Fen's Law?


If so, you are famous in some parts.

Posted by: jc at January 16, 2014 12:32 PM (i8c5b)

302 Chris Christie, despite still being morbidly obese, has become a wise bipartisan statesman for New Jersey. He knows his role and defers to our supreme authority, our multiracial President, Barack Obama.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at January 16, 2014 12:47 PM (4hwtR)

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