February 18, 2014

Very Nice Post on Venezuela
— LauraW

Otra Vez

Communism* is nothing more than an organized crime ring run by the state. It just extorts, parasitizes, and kills everything it touches, and then fails. Always. Always, and again. Punitive redistribution absolutely requires the creation of a brutal tyranny to carry it out.

Self-regarded 'elite,' but actually very dumb journalists have to be shown this, and their own stupidity, over and over again, and the dimwits made to understand that the repetitive failure of leftist ideology to produce a livable state, is absolutely preordained by its own tenets and goals.

So how many times do we humans have to try Communism before we figure out it doesn't work?

As Carin notes, it's happening in real time. Again. Right here in our hemisphere.

And the foolish newscasters are silent, because the foolish newscasters all loved Hugo Chavez, who was 'democratically elected,' in an election that was 'certified by former President Carter!' Egads, what fools they are all shown to be now; it is no wonder they want to avert their eyes from this mess.

But look they must. These same foolish journalists aired every glorious piece of news they could about Hugo Chavez when he was elected. Regardless which despot is in power now, all of this devastation was done, and is still carried out by, Chavistas. But now we hear crickets from the American press. Cat got their tongue?

It is inexcusable to allow our idiot journalists to ignore the downfall of a beautiful nation, right here in the Americas.

A beautiful nation the cause of whose looting and destruction was obvious. A beautiful nation whose disastrous turn left was actually hailed by these oh-so-stupid people who write newspapers, and who we see on TV.

You were wrong, dummies, and we were right. Again. Do you get it now, stupid? Do you understand? Has this not been hammered into your thick, vacuous skulls hard enough yet?

Yeah, so I had some fights with lefty friends about the election of Chavez, who I correctly assessed as just another corrupt strongman communist, at the time. It grieves me to have to rub their noses in it now because it means that innocent people have suffered an utterly predictable destruction of their home and prosperity. But it has to be done.

You were wrong. I was right. Am I happy? No. People are dying. Beautiful Venezuela is now a terror state, there is no milk in the stores, and even after nationalizing industry, the government cannot even use its own vast natural resources to do anything but kill its own citizens.

Just as I said would happen. While you cheered for Hugo, idiot. Go sit in a corner and wear the pointy cap until I tell you it's okay to go get me a juicebox, Juicebox.

Please do go to the link, and read Carin's post with all its attendant links and great quotes. Very nice work, Carin.

And share the video at the end with with your lefty friends. The police are killing unarmed kids with real tyrannical zeal.

Maybe ask why Obama hasn't seen fit to help these people who are dying under a despot right here in the Americas, the way he intervened in the Middle East on behalf of people who attack our embassies?

Do they wonder why? Maybe journalists are not so dumb. Maybe they know that the violence in the streets of Caracas is going to look an awful lot like the demonstrations that prompted Obama's involvement in the Middle East, and that's why they can't show it.

Or, there could be some other reason. Who knows?

*Chavistas are actually Communists, not socialists as described everywhere. I have no idea how this misnomer got started.

Posted by: LauraW at 09:09 AM | Comments (345)
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1 Italics.

Posted by: CAC at February 18, 2014 09:10 AM (xVwB8)

2 This thread brought to you by Italician Fascism.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 18, 2014 09:11 AM (W7ffl)

3 We're gonna need a bigger barrel.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2014 09:12 AM (fo5ao)

4 uh oh this blog is slanting

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 9 days (1wk 2days) until spring training at February 18, 2014 09:12 AM (u8GsB)

5 First pass at the Horde Morale Patch: 

http://greyttimes.com/

Several modifications: 

- Horde will be The Horde
- "Wolverines!" goes in the bottom of the inner scroll
- American Flag over the skull
- "pirate" to Pirates"

any and all feedback welcome

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 09:12 AM (x3YFz)

6 The three strongmen in that picture get me moist!

Posted by: Geraldine Ferraro at February 18, 2014 09:12 AM (XpAxm)

7 viva juan pablo!

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 9 days (1wk 2days) until spring training at February 18, 2014 09:13 AM (u8GsB)

8 there will be a lot of blood shed before the communists in Venezuela are removed. 

Posted by: rd at February 18, 2014 09:13 AM (D+lxs)

9 4 uh oh this blog is slanting

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 9 days (1wk 2days) until spring training at February 18, 2014 01:12 PM (u8GsB)

I'm not drunk yet, but it's a good time to start drinking!

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 09:13 AM (x3YFz)

10 Obozo loved Chavez--who was a not very bright thug. But then it takes one to know one as it were.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at February 18, 2014 09:13 AM (wdHk6)

11 Communism hasn't failed, it simply hasn't been tried.

Posted by: Professors of English at February 18, 2014 09:14 AM (RD7QR)

12 The election was settled.

Posted by: Jimmah from Plains at February 18, 2014 09:14 AM (7ObY1)

13 didn't we (the US) make Venezuela put Chavez back in power after a coup?

Posted by: rd at February 18, 2014 09:15 AM (D+lxs)

14

Point of order here:

 

Communists are socialists and vice versa.

 

Socialism is the source of every modern totalitarian form of central govt:  Fascism, communism, dictatorship, committee rule, etc.

 

Just like the Muslim Brotherhood is the source of all Sunni radical terrorist and sharia thought.

Posted by: prescient11 at February 18, 2014 09:15 AM (tVTLU)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 09:15 AM (PYAXX)

16 Go sit in a corner and wear the pointy cap You misspelled "cone of shame."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 09:15 AM (PYAXX)

17 Certified by Jimmy Carter Umm, yeah... You're gonna need more solid credentials than that, amigo.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 18, 2014 09:15 AM (HsTG8)

18 Depends on what you mean by "failure". Remember, Chavez died a billionaire.

Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2014 09:16 AM (zoehZ)

19 Color me surprised.

Posted by: Honduras at February 18, 2014 09:17 AM (29QdR)

20 Textbook communists.  Where there's a will there's a trust fund.

Posted by: Fritz at February 18, 2014 09:17 AM (rV80K)

21 What be up wit' da' stompening??

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/i][/u][/s] at February 18, 2014 09:17 AM (JpC1K)

22 Hey Laura! Could you tell Ace that Clapper is the DNI, rather than the NSA chief?

Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 09:17 AM (36Rjy)

23 The argument of Utility is weak.

Posted by: iKant at February 18, 2014 09:18 AM (29QdR)

24 At least they were lucky enough to get a bus driver as president.  Hell, all we got was a damned community organizer.


Bus drivers are way cooler.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 18, 2014 09:18 AM (BZAd3)

25
Comrade Barry: Don't worry, I'm going to get communism right this time

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 18, 2014 09:18 AM (1Jaio)

26 Meredith Viera hardest hit.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at February 18, 2014 09:18 AM (vg8iE)

27 look it only isn't working because ... how it is implemented and by whom.

It can be glorious paradise if done correctly.

just not the right people in charge.
said by many of the left every.fkn.where.

Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 09:19 AM (nqBYe)

28 Is willow here yet? I've got 1200 count Egyptian cotton with her name all over it. ::: shifty eyes :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/i][/u][/s] at February 18, 2014 09:19 AM (JpC1K)

29 Obama had time to congratulate Mr Sam, but not to address this. Priorities, baby.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at February 18, 2014 09:19 AM (zDsvJ)

30 Oliver Stone  is still in mourning for Chavez.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 18, 2014 09:19 AM (BAS5M)

31 Ha, Silly us expecting the media to objectively cover this. It will be portrayed, in a fashion suitable for consumption in North Korea, by the majority of the media 24/7/365 that a 'right-wing' international coup deposed the heroic-socialist/communist government of the people. /weep for South America's cycle of one step forward and two steps back

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at February 18, 2014 09:20 AM (A1Dcl)

32 18 Depends on what you mean by "failure". Remember, Chavez died a billionaire. Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2014 01:16 PM (zoehZ) Unless he took it with him or laid up his treasures in Heaven, he failed.

Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 09:20 AM (36Rjy)

33 THIS today?  Commies?  And at the same time I discover Veronica Mars only went 3 seasons?

Someone is going to die.

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 09:20 AM (x3YFz)

34 Re: Help from Obama - Venezuelans are the wrong kind of brown.

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 09:20 AM (29QdR)

35

Bus drivers are way cooler.

 

 

Baby, you're the greatest!

Posted by: Zombie Ralph Cramden at February 18, 2014 09:21 AM (BAS5M)

36 You were wrong. I was right. Am I happy? No. People are dying Exactly. Being correct about this means being correct that people are going to die. Many, many, many people. So, no, just because I know how the story ends doesn't mean I think it's a happy story.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at February 18, 2014 09:21 AM (VtjlW)

37 didn't we (the US) make Venezuela put Chavez back in power after a coup?
Posted by: rd at February 18, 2014 01:15 PM (D+lxs)


You might be thinking of Honduras where a close Chavez ally was president, and decided to run for reelection despite their Constitution explicitly forbidding it. After a nigh unanimous vote in their Congress, which was quickly validated by their Supreme Court, the military was ordered to depose the scumbag or "an illegal military coup" as Obama put it. The US cut off all aid until they reinstated the little dictator.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 18, 2014 09:21 AM (W7ffl)

38 an election that was 'certified by former President Carter!' He still around? I'm gonna kick his ass next time.

Posted by: Internet Tough Guy Rabbit [/i] at February 18, 2014 09:21 AM (CnA98)

39 And at the same time I discover Veronica Mars only went 3 seasons? Luckily, Kristen Bell's bod is immortal.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 09:21 AM (7ObY1)

40 That wasn't real Communism.  If it were, it would have worked.

Posted by: No True Scotsman[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 09:21 AM (8ifMA)

41 Sean?  thank you.

shoves you  out the door *lock*. unwraps  cries  out in happy- happy joy.

Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 09:21 AM (nqBYe)

42 Something happen I'm not aware of?  I knew they ran out of milk, but the police are gunning people down in the streets?  I tend to tune out on long weekends, but I'm surprised I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere.

Posted by: Abe Frohman at February 18, 2014 09:22 AM (/Mla1)

43 Socialism works for the Overlords.

THAT's why they keep trying it: they crave power over others. They do NOT pursue Socialism because they think it's the Best Economic System for the country, they pursue it because they MUST be in control over everything.

Which is why it's totally Not Valid to say that they Don't Understand the free market. They totally do, but the free market is self-organizing and doesn't need an Overlord to work.

"Don't worry, I'm going to get communism right this time"

They get communism right EVERY time. It's working as intended, just not as intended by YOU.

Posted by: dicentra at February 18, 2014 09:22 AM (VrEQt)

44
Barry: Do you like the way I handled Syria. And by that I just ignored it and so did my lap dog MFM. Problem solved

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 18, 2014 09:22 AM (1Jaio)

45 The dream of something for nothing is a powerful dream; the adolescent power fantasy where revenge is taken on all who have slighted the dreamer is also powerful.  Communism indulges both.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - President's Day Sale - All Red Hot Rage 15% Off! at February 18, 2014 09:22 AM (hLRSq)

46 T9, patch is badass. Will US flag be with stars on left or right?

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 18, 2014 09:23 AM (l0RV1)

47 And then there's this:  http://tinyurl.com/meurtzx

Posted by: bicentennialguy at February 18, 2014 09:24 AM (vg8iE)

48 didn't we (the US) make Venezuela put Chavez back in power after a coup?
Posted by: rd at February 18, 2014 01:15 PM (D+lxs)
===
Yeah, something like that happened.

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 09:24 AM (JBggj)

49 look at the least be grateful that Madura lowered the prices  of  TVs before they started shooting .

so they could all watch live.

oh wait i believe He also took over broadcasts.
oh well perhaps they can watch their version of some reality show.

Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 09:25 AM (nqBYe)

50 Luckily, Kristen Bell's bod is immortal.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 01:21 PM (7ObY1)

She joins the ranks of hot badass chicks:

Kate Beckinsale in the Underworld series
Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil series
Angelina Jolie in the Tomb Raider series

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 09:25 AM (x3YFz)

51 It would have worked if only WE were in charge

Posted by: Leftists in a dorm room at February 18, 2014 09:25 AM (zfY+H)

52 Yes, the police are gunning people down. The fact that this isn't being mentioned on US popular media is why I am angry. Again; when Chavez was elected and when he could be portrayed as some kind of hero, they broadcast it far and wide. But now, with his despot machine shooting kids in public, we hear nothing.

Posted by: lauraw at February 18, 2014 09:25 AM (yGblt)

53 46 T9, patch is badass. Will US flag be with stars on left or right?

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 18, 2014 01:23 PM (l0RV1)

We're at war.  Inverted.

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 09:25 AM (x3YFz)

54 I'd ask you not to squeeze the Charmin, if I had any to sell you.

Posted by: Senor Whipple in Venezuela at February 18, 2014 09:25 AM (29QdR)

55 43 Socialism works for the Overlords. THAT's why they keep trying it: they crave power over others. They do NOT pursue Socialism because they think it's the Best Economic System for the country, they pursue it because they MUST be in control over everything. Which is why it's totally Not Valid to say that they Don't Understand the free market. They totally do, but the free market is self-organizing and doesn't need an Overlord to work. "Don't worry, I'm going to get communism right this time" They get communism right EVERY time. It's working as intended, just not as intended by YOU. Posted by: dicentra at February 18, 2014 01:22 PM (VrEQt) Bingo.

Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2014 09:25 AM (zoehZ)

56 Chavez: This ain't your daddy's communism. **dead kids in the street** Oops, guess it is.

Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at February 18, 2014 09:26 AM (2oU2+)

57 THIS today? Commies? And at the same time I discover Veronica Mars only went 3 seasons? - they're making a V-Ron movie.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 18, 2014 09:26 AM (Hx5uv)

58 How do you say 'I love your hump' in Spanish?

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 09:26 AM (hyOIR)

59 On the patch- I prefer this for the Latin phrase: Isuccendetur, satis, sal, But that's just me.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 09:27 AM (PYAXX)

60 Communism ends in disaster. Socialism ends in empty shelves.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 18, 2014 09:27 AM (zfY+H)

61 Sean Penn issued the following statement about the protests in Venezuela:


Posted by: Lucky Pierre at February 18, 2014 09:27 AM (5fSr7)

62 what they mean by  sharing  From the rich is Their stealing from the rich, throwing a shekel or two at the rest of the population  and laughing all the way to their piggy bank.

Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 09:27 AM (nqBYe)

63 62 Sean Penn issued the following statement about the protests in Venezuela: That was my SKULL. I'm SO wasted.

Posted by: Sean Spicoli Penn at February 18, 2014 09:28 AM (7ObY1)

64 Of course, the intellectuals love it because they have been going around all of their lives thinking 'If I only had power I could fix this broken piece of society." and failing to realize that it is broken because of humans, and that fixing it you need to fix humans and after a while, out of frustration, you decide to get rid of the current humans and get yourself a better type of people, and then....

Posted by: Mikey NTH - KaBoom- The Cereal of Settling Now at the Outrage Outlet at February 18, 2014 09:28 AM (hLRSq)

65 Lauraw, this really was a well done post. thank you .

Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 09:28 AM (nqBYe)

66 I think my recent theory on this boils down to: Socialism always either fails or degenerates to fascism. Socialism sells you on the idea that you can get your fair share. No altruism, greed. Moreover, it's because you belong to an oppressed group. In Marx' case, he said it was "the workers" but it could be a number of things, including racial. At some point, you realize you can't have a whole society of parasites getting their "fair share" from a producing class that's tapped out. Because socialism doesn't turn parasites into producers. Then you start to realize there are other people vying for the teat, and they don't deserve it the way you do. You and your group, that is. Hence, fascism. Still, there's that unscientific tendency of the Left to refuse to test the outcomes. They'll never believe in the failure of their ideas. The theory is right, it's just that the data is wrong.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 18, 2014 09:28 AM (T0NGe)

67

Luckily, Kristen Bell's bod is immortal.

 

 

UNLUCKILY, her bod was defiled by Russell Brand in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.  She's dead to me now  after seeing that.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 18, 2014 09:28 AM (BAS5M)

68 5 First pass at the Horde Morale Patch: Needs moar MOLON LABE

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 09:28 AM (7ObY1)

69 They'll be propped up. If our betters here wanted Maduro out there would be footage of police shooting kids on every cable news channel, and we'd be providing his opposition (see: Arab Spring).

Posted by: kartoffel at February 18, 2014 09:29 AM (07vvi)

70 What I love is that when the MFM *does* deign to cover this mess they helped make, they act all bewildered. My gosh! Who would have thought that Communism would lead to product shortages and mass defections? My gosh! Who would have thought that Communism would lead to repression/persecution of dissenting voices?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 09:29 AM (PYAXX)

71 I forgot where I read it, but someone said recently that the shortages and lines are a feature, not a bug, in Communist societies. If the "masses" are spending all their time and energy hunting for basic necessities, they can't organize against the government.

Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2014 09:29 AM (zoehZ)

72 The big question is, when will we finally stop saying Democracy is the ultimate form of Government. Many Democracies fail. Many Democracies have voted in Despots. We did well for a couple of hundred years because we were NOT a Democracy.... we were a Republic... with clearly Government Power Clearly defined by our founding Document... Now, we are more of a Democracy than ever before.... and we are failing.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2014 09:29 AM (84gbM)

73 It would have worked if only WE were in charge

Posted by: Leftists in a dorm room Obama and ValJar at February 18, 2014 01:25 PM (zfY+H)


FIFY.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2014 09:30 AM (B/VB5)

74 Communism ends in disaster. Socialism ends in empty shelves.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 18, 2014 01:27 PM (zfY+H)

 

 

They're generous in Venezuela - you get both empty shelves and disasters.  Now everybody is literally fighting over nothing.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - KaBoom- The Cereal of Settling Now at the Outrage Outlet at February 18, 2014 09:30 AM (hLRSq)

75 Mugabe was a great "land reformer" to the Left fourteen years ago. When he sent thugs to kill white farmers and slashed food production they just quit talking about him. Being progressive is never having to face the inevitable consequences of using force to shape economic activity.

Posted by: Beagle at February 18, 2014 09:30 AM (sOtz/)

76 Hail to the Bus Driver, Bus Driver Man...

Posted by: toby928© at February 18, 2014 09:30 AM (QupBk)

77 Late to old headline.


National clown shortage may be approaching,


We've had the same 435 congresscritters for decades.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 18, 2014 09:30 AM (DL2i+)

78

The American Left loves the ideological purity of straight-up communism. To them, it's an ideal, an aspiration, a Utopian dream always just ahead, somewhere in the distance. But they consider themselves pragmatists at heart, grounded in science! and schooled in realpolitik, hence the march through the institutions and the acquisition of the media, the takeover of the universities and now most of the federal government.

 

I firmly believe the only thing--the only thing--keeping us from going the way of Venezuela right now are millions of privately owned firearms.

Posted by: troyriser at February 18, 2014 09:31 AM (V9ol4)

79 Part of the reason that little journalist children love them some communism is because college professors love them some communism. "And, and, and college professors are like super bright! If I believe just like they do, I will be super bright too." Bah.

Posted by: Furious George at February 18, 2014 09:31 AM (yFb77)

80

"Socialism sells you on the idea that you can get your fair share."

 

 

Fair share = more than what I have now.  A lot more.  I'll let you know when I've got enough.

 

 

No, keep going....

Posted by: Mikey NTH - KaBoom- The Cereal of Settling Now at the Outrage Outlet at February 18, 2014 09:31 AM (hLRSq)

81 Doesn't work?

The only thing you can say about communism/socialism IS IT WORKS!

There was zero unemployment in the Soviet Union for all its 70+ years.  The End.

Posted by: Qestionmann at February 18, 2014 09:32 AM (TS9aB)

82 Was hanging out at a bar during Chavez' UN speechifying and his oily donations to US residents during Bush's term. Lefty friend brought him up and said he was cool. I said he's a dictator and will be on the dictator retirement plan - a .45 to the skull. I got a butthurt look and a hiss in reply. But it looks like I had the right of it.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 18, 2014 09:32 AM (KgN8K)

83 If the "masses" are spending all their time and energy hunting for basic necessities, they can't organize against the government.

Posted by: rickl at February 18, 2014 01:29 PM (zoehZ) 

===

There are always exceptions to a rule.   Be not afraid.



Posted by: Solidarność at February 18, 2014 09:32 AM (JBggj)

84 "Socialism works for the Overlords. .... They get communism right EVERY time. It's working as intended, just not as intended by YOU." And there you have it in a nutshell. Thx, dicentra, nice and clear.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 18, 2014 09:32 AM (SwHqo)

85 What is going on in Venezuela? Koch Brothers involved somehow?

Posted by: RWC- at February 18, 2014 09:33 AM (fWAjv)

86 There was zero unemployment in the Soviet Union for all its 70+ years. The End. heh.

Posted by: Ansermann at February 18, 2014 09:33 AM (QupBk)

87 Posted by: Mikey NTH - KaBoom- The Cereal of Settling Now at the Outrage Outlet at February 18, 2014 01:31 PM (hLRSq) It was one of the Great Industrialists who was once asked "how much money do you want" (or "is enough" is another way I've heard it), and answered: "More." The difference between him and Socialists/Communists/FSA types is this: he was both a) honest and b) not stealing.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 09:33 AM (PYAXX)

88 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon stars a proud, open Communist. Questlove (born Ahmir Khalib Rhompson) is the head of the new Tonight Show band, The Roots. The Roots is an openly hard-left, Afrocentric band. Notice that they have no white members. It's a huge band, dozen plus. No asians, either. All black.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 09:33 AM (ZPrif)

89 Posted by: Solidarność at February 18, 2014 01:32 PM (JBggj)

I saw Lech Walesa just said that Obama was clearly not ready to be a leader.  That's gotta be creating some butthurt in the Oval Office.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2014 09:33 AM (B/VB5)

90 Of course, the intellectuals love it because they have been going around all of their lives thinking 'IfI only had power I could fix this broken piece of society." Ah, the lunchroom dictator. You know the guy. The one who can run the company better than the stupid CEOs. The key to it all is having an extra towel at his workstation.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 18, 2014 09:34 AM (T0NGe)

91 69 5 First pass at the Horde Morale Patch:

Needs moar MOLON LABE

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 01:28 PM (7ObY1)

Just got off the phone with the barely english speaking patch guy. 

Let me get up the next pic and then tell me it doesn't scream molon labe.

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 09:34 AM (x3YFz)

92 Questlove (born Ahmir Khalib Rhompson) is the head of the new Tonight Show band, The Roots. Let us never forget the way Questlove "welcomed" Michele Bachmann...

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 09:35 AM (7ObY1)

93 If you're wondering what's going on in Venezuela, follow the link in the post, and Carin's links to the other news sources...notably non-American news sources.

Because our journalists can't admit what's happening over there.

Posted by: lauraw at February 18, 2014 09:35 AM (yGblt)

94 "And, and, and college professors are like super bright! If I believe just like they do, I will be super bright too." A recent Nick Kristof piece: http://tinyurl.com/m4wh77j Title: "America Should Pay More Attention to Professors" Yes, this should be its own thread.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 18, 2014 09:35 AM (T0NGe)

95 Hot Venezuelan women seeking asylum stay for Free.

Posted by: Hotel garrett at February 18, 2014 09:35 AM (hyOIR)

96 78 Late to old headline.


National clown shortage may be approaching,

Posted by: DaveA at February 18, 2014 01:30 PM (DL2i+)

AtC hardest hit.

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 09:36 AM (x3YFz)

97 Neo Neocon has a great post on Venezuela and how it could happen here:
http://neoneocon.com/2014/02/17/the-day-venezuela-died/


Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2014 09:36 AM (POpqt)

98 I have a theological question.  Is Chavez being tortured by finding out that his commie bullshit has destroyed his country while the barbed cock of Satan is shredding his lower intestine?  Thanks in advance for the knowledge.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 18, 2014 09:36 AM (hylEe)

99 "Socialism sells you on the idea that you can get your fair share." Fair share = more than what I have now. A lot more. I'll let you know when I've got enough. - Everybody thinks socialism will result in more stuff and less work for them. That's the outrage about Obamacare. They really thought that the rich were going to pay their bills not realizing that they are the rich who will.be paying the bills.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 18, 2014 09:36 AM (Hx5uv)

100 Just got off the phone with the barely english speaking patch guy. Let me get up the next pic and then tell me it doesn't scream molon labe. Cool. Bet it turns out great!

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 09:36 AM (7ObY1)

101 Let us never forget the way Questlove "welcomed" Michele Bachmann... Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 01:35 PM (7ObY1) Yeah, passive-aggressively. Like a weenie.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 18, 2014 09:36 AM (T0NGe)

102 Thanks Laura!'


Posted by: Car in at February 18, 2014 09:36 AM (MtGCY)

103 The Roots was started by Ahmir Khalib "Questlove" Thompson and Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter. This really is like The Tonight Show launching w/ a new host and white nationalist group as the house band. They are talented musicians. But the band was, and is, explicitly racial, afrocentric, and black nationalist. Also Communist. The Tonight Show in 2014 America.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 09:37 AM (ZPrif)

104 I was watching an old documentary about Che. They show Havana at the time and the buildings were beautiful -- not like the decrepit mess you see today.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 18, 2014 09:37 AM (6Nj7A)

105 Honduras' "coup" (lawful transition) was also grossly mis-reported and is still referred to as a coup in the MFM. The more you look, especially if you start looking at political connections between the American left and Central and South America, the more you find these ties with the hard left, including terror groups like FARC. It does not make the day less depressing, especially with the lapdog press misunderstanding what the word "cover" means in a journalistic context.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 18, 2014 09:37 AM (qyfb5)

106

I firmly believe the only thing--the only thing--keeping us from going the way of Venezuela right now are millions ofprivately owned firearms.

 

Yup. But they're working on that.

Posted by: Roland THTG at February 18, 2014 09:38 AM (QM5S2)

107 The Roots is an openly hard-left, Afrocentric band. Notice that they have no white members. It's a huge band, dozen plus. No asians, either. All black.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 01:33 PM (ZPrif)



I saw The Roots open for OutKast at Jones Beach in 2000. I got one of the OutKast guys to sign my hairy chest at the end of the show, dude was laughing his ass off. Fun show, not joking.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 18, 2014 09:38 AM (W7ffl)

108 "I forgot where I read it, but someone said recently that the shortages and lines are a feature, not a bug, in Communist societies. If the "masses" are spending all their time and energy hunting for basic necessities, they can't organize against the government." So you're telling me that the Velveeta shortage may have sinister origins?

Posted by: Lauren at February 18, 2014 09:38 AM (hFL/3)

109 The Roots is an openly hard-left, Afrocentric band. Notice that they have no white members. It's a huge band, dozen plus. No asians, either. All black. Damn. We had more band members than I could count, but we always managed to make room for at least ONE cracka.

Posted by: George Dr. Funkenstein Clinton at February 18, 2014 09:38 AM (7ObY1)

110 The New Tonight Show band lives in a commune? Gave up their own personal property? Just for the music?

Posted by: J.K. Delphious at February 18, 2014 09:39 AM (JFZdr)

111 But they're working on that. We need a strong government to do something about this epidemic of burglaries and boating accidents.

Posted by: toby928© at February 18, 2014 09:39 AM (QupBk)

112 Chavez spent a lot of time and treasure supporting the destruction of the Colombian government.

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 09:39 AM (JBggj)

113 Socialism is a euphemism for communism in much the same way they use "man-boy love" as a euphemism for pedophilia.

Posted by: RoyalOil at February 18, 2014 09:39 AM (VjL9S)

114 I'm guessing when applying to join a band called The Roots, started by a dude who goes by the name Black Thought -- maybe, just maybe, having the proper skin tone was a key requirement. I'm thinking being a top trumpet player wasn't good enough if your skin was on the lighter side of the spectrum.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 09:39 AM (ZPrif)

115 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon stars a proud, open Communist. Who works for a giant multinational corporation. I think the description you are looking for is proud, open hypocrite.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2014 09:40 AM (659DL)

116 And share the video at the end with with your lefty friends. The police are killing unarmed kids with real tyrannical zeal.

And what precisely is different about US police that would keep them from doing the same?

Posted by: No True Scotsman[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 09:41 AM (J79eW)

117

79: "I firmly believe the only thing--the only thing--keeping us from going the way of Venezuela right now are millions ofprivately owned firearms."

 

*cough* Katrina *cough* 

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 18, 2014 09:41 AM (v6cwT)

118 The American Left loves the ideological purity of straight-up communism. To them, it's an ideal, an aspiration, a Utopian dream always just ahead, somewhere in the distance. But they consider themselves pragmatists at heart, grounded in science! and schooled in realpolitik, hence the march through the institutions and the acquisition of the media, the takeover of the universities and now most of the federal government. I firmly believe the only thing--the only thing--keeping us from going the way of Venezuela right now are millions ofprivately owned firearms. Posted by: troyriser at February 18, 2014 01:31 PM (V9ol4) "The only concrete impediment to Marxism in the US is the 2nd Amendment" - Saul Alinsky

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 18, 2014 09:41 AM (XvrTA)

119 115 I'm guessing when applying to join a band called The Roots, started by a dude who goes by the name Black Thought -- maybe, just maybe, having the proper skin tone was a key requirement. I'm thinking being a top trumpet player wasn't good enough if your skin was on the lighter side of the spectrum.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 01:39 PM (ZPrif)

And they call us racist.

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 09:41 AM (x3YFz)

120 I'm not denying The Roots are talented musicians. They are very good. I'm guessing a white nationalist band, no matter how talented, wouldn't get The Tonight Show house band gig. Cause they shouldn't. Cause of the whole being white nationalists thing. I just don't think racist black nationalists should get that gig either.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 09:42 AM (ZPrif)

121 In the old commie countries, even if you had money there was rarely anything you wanted to buy in the shops. I was in Prague desperately looking for gifts to bring home. Nada. One jewelry store had their windows painted with sort of a peep hole. I've seen this done before, no big deal. But it was so high there was no way the average person could see what they were selling, not that it was very attractive to begin with.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 18, 2014 09:42 AM (6Nj7A)

122 And what precisely is different about US police that would keep them from doing the same? More armed "kids."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 09:42 AM (PYAXX)

123 And note that the WH is helping out Fallon and Meyers by having Michelle as a guest on Fallon's show and Biden go on Meyers' show, both visits during the first week. Yeah, NBC is an arm of this administration.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2014 09:42 AM (POpqt)

124 Jay Leno left the Tonight Show with sky-high ratings.  Replaced by Pajama Boy's cousin.

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 09:43 AM (JBggj)

125 I feel bad for the Venezuelans, but how many of the people protesting now voted for the current and past (Chavez) governments?

I'm going to guess nearly all of them (though most of the elections after Chavez first got into power had numerous irregularities, and that was before they rewrote their constitution so he could stay in power after his term limits were up). Reap, sow... its sad, but its a preview of coming attractions here as well.

Posted by: Gaff at February 18, 2014 09:43 AM (jPS2y)

126 They don't care. They still lionize Castro, even though his regime is conspicuously white and the people enslaved are black. They would rather worship Gorbachev than give Reagan credit. You could go on and on with the nonsense.

Posted by: ejo at February 18, 2014 09:43 AM (GXvSO)

127 Of course our media can't reporton it, it might make Obama look bad, as you imply, laura. This is why the media must be destroyed.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 18, 2014 09:44 AM (z+Xap)

128 For a rather poignant experience, watch the movie of Paul Simon's concert in Zimbabwe in the mid-80s. It was at a brief moment in time when it was possible for the so inclined to believe that a new era of socialist brotherhood, prosperity, and equality was at hand. I think the music is good and the fine eye for detail can see a few hints of the horror to come.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 18, 2014 09:44 AM (Hx5uv)

129 If only we had something like a media propaganda machine to constantly make movies and tv shows demonstrating how communism always makes people impoverished and desperate. If the public were fed a steady diet of "Communism always fails, and here's some real world examples of how it fails" then maybe, just maybe, they would say to themselves, "Hey, that communist stuff doesn't really work very well. " If only we had some way of getting this message out to the populace...

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 09:45 AM (bb5+k)

130 Questlove and Black Thought clearly like money. Yes, it's Radical Chic, Black Power Chic, and all that. But in 2014 America selling that image has been very lucrative for them. And that says more about American culture than the hypocrisy of The Roots.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 09:45 AM (ZPrif)

131 Remeber, per Kerry Climate Change is the biggest threat to our security.
Just ignore all of those countries devloving into war and AQ's growth.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2014 09:45 AM (POpqt)

132 @106 I think Shining Path was started by a professor. Chomsky loved him some Pol Pot. Even after Communism the people can be ruined for generations. Russians still treat abortion like a sacrament. East Germany reunited is struggling despite billions sunk in by the former West. Can anyone imagine North Koreans easily bouncing back from that satanic wasteland even if it ended tomorrow?

Posted by: Beagle at February 18, 2014 09:45 AM (sOtz/)

133 A recent Nick Kristof piece: http://tinyurl.com/m4wh77j Title: "America Should Pay More Attention to Professors" Yes, this should be its own thread. Posted by: AmishDude ________________ A quote from Kristof's column: "A related problem is that academics seeking tenure must encode their insights into turgid prose." I call Bravo Sierra on that tool. An insight shines through in plain English; it's stupidity that requires the camouflage of jargon and turgid prose.

Posted by: Furious George at February 18, 2014 09:45 AM (yFb77)

134 I may be mis remembering but did not Chavez get thrown out soon after he was elected and the Bush admin demand he be reinstated as he was "properly elected"?

Posted by: steevy at February 18, 2014 09:46 AM (zqvg6)

135 This sort of reminds me- I caught a part of one of the Sunday Evening "news" shows this week (at a friends house, we were in conversation and it came on- no one planned for to watch it), and some fawning media-wench was touring one of those nesting-doll factories. It was obvious that the viewer was supposed to be impressed with how many they turn out, etc., etc. My only thought was, "My God. The Industrial Revolution really did pass them by." I think the lathe they were using was still foot-crank operated. I mean, I'm all for the "hand-painted" thing, because it usually turns out better than an assembly line paint-job. But the rest of it? An assembly line that would have been modern in the 1950s would be cranking out more of those things.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 09:46 AM (PYAXX)

136 But I will make it work here

Posted by: Barack O'Stalin at February 18, 2014 09:46 AM (Q6pxP)

137 By the way, those robber barons were often bad guy, yet look at what they built. Universities, companies, museums, etc. Somehow, they didn't leave the trail of destruction that follow folks like Chavez in the way that flies follow feces.

Posted by: ejo at February 18, 2014 09:46 AM (GXvSO)

138 So what's the difference between Venezuela and Canada that keeps Canada from sliding into despotism so quickly?

Parliament? 

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 09:47 AM (8ifMA)

139 And note that the WH is Fallon and Meyers are helping out Fallon and Meyers the WH by having Michelle as a guest on Fallon's show and Biden go on Meyers' show, both visits during the first week. Yeah, NBC is an arm of this administration.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2014 01:42 PM (POpqt)


FIFY. While I agree you're generally right about NBC being the official propaganda arm of this WH, I'm pretty sure Slow Joe and the First Wookie are ratings poison.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 18, 2014 09:47 AM (W7ffl)

140 It was at a brief moment in time when it was possible for the so inclined to believe that a new era of socialist brotherhood, prosperity, and equality was at hand. Mugabe was OK for about a year. And then he grabbed the reins fully from his erstwhile partner Joseph Nkomo. He then proceeded to prove that he was good at holding on to power and completely shitty at everything else. Everyone wave at Nicholas Maduro.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2014 09:47 AM (659DL)

141 This is why the media must be destroyed. Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 18, 2014 01:44 PM (z+Xap) I aim to keep repeating this until I can get the entire party to finally wake up and smell the propaganda distributed daily as "News and Entertainment." This is the most essential aspect of our fight with the left. They dominate all means of communication with the public, and they have been feeding the public crap for decades. If we don't fix this problem, any political gains will be short lived. It's like that tractor beam on the death star. If we don't take it out, we are in for a very short trip.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 09:47 AM (bb5+k)

142 So the question is - how much international hot water does Maduro have to get into before the State Dept. drops their toy and pretends they were always against creeping fascism among our neighbors? They've held up communist states for a long time before; they just have to do it quietly when there are no Nazis to give them an excuse.

Posted by: kartoffel at February 18, 2014 09:47 AM (07vvi)

143 Argentina is also circulating the drain. The peso is in crisis, it's all blame America all the time, power outages are routine and long lines the norm. I'm surprised that doesn't get much coverage. Twitter is probably the best source of news these days. You can always find informed people who live in these countries reporting what the MSM refuses to report.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 18, 2014 09:48 AM (6Nj7A)

144 9 Needs kitteh. j/k

Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2014 09:48 AM (mQwL2)

145 I may be mis remembering but did not Chavez get thrown out soon after he was elected and the Bush admin demand he be reinstated as he was "properly elected"? Not so much. We were pretty quiet. It was a incompetent coup, however.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2014 09:48 AM (659DL)

146 Crap tag fail.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2014 09:49 AM (659DL)

147 I may be mis remembering but did not Chavez get thrown out soon after he was elected and the Bush admin demand he be reinstated as he was "properly elected"? Posted by: steevy
===
Yes.  2002.  Chavez was elected in 1998.

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 09:49 AM (JBggj)

148 >>>>"I firmly believe the only thing--the only thing--keeping us from going the way of Venezuela right now are millions ofprivately owned firearms." O we're going that way. Obama was saying the one thing we know about capitalism is that it never works and nobody really pushed back on that. And, no, the guns won't make a difference. The 2A only works in that fashion if the guns are used. Or at least used effectively. I think the courts will uphold the RKBA but nobody will fire a shot that makes a dent in it all.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 18, 2014 09:49 AM (KgN8K)

149 Do away with academic tenure and then we'll see how bright college professors are. Until that time, a closed shop, self-perpetuating membership and societal parasitism will remain the only arenas in which college professors are making "contributions" to the greater whole of society.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 18, 2014 09:49 AM (HsTG8)

150 Chavez invented the Free Shit Army.

Posted by: Roland THTG at February 18, 2014 09:49 AM (QM5S2)

151 Title: "America Should Pay More Attention to Professors" We will. Right after the Lawyers.

Posted by: garrett (with apologies to AtC) at February 18, 2014 09:49 AM (hyOIR)

152 a level playing field It's one thing to level the field prior to the game as a safety measure that benefits everyone, costing neither team. Quite another to arbitrarily stack the teams according to political whim at game time and make up new rules arbitrarily in order to "win" the predetermined "fixed" outcome. When the Quakers for instance lived in agricultural rural communes, they were free to leave at will if they changed their mind. The earliest Christians lived in communes, sharing all, caring for each other. "Love" the rule. Zionism is communism, as another example of functional socialism according to "true believers" making it work. But Communism fails the "ideal" test when it is forced arbitrarily against the human will, denying liberty and justice EQUAL UNDER THE LAW. Politics are Corruption. And authoritarianism is awful, regardless of its designation. There are always bullies who pervert every form of governance in order to abuse authority. Since their 1789 Revolution and killing their elite class of rulers, the French have evolved through all sorts of authoritarian governments, and since their 1870 defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the old guard gave up on monarchist return to power and "co-opted" the liberals who were of VARIED socialist agendas (WWII illustrating the fascist v. communist).

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 18, 2014 09:50 AM (MhA4j)

153 Chavez

In 2011, the Gini coefficient -- which measures income inequality --was .39, down from nearly .50 in 1998.

Larry Summers would be very supportive of that

Oh and there's this: when Chevez was elected there were approximately 6,000 murders a year, in 2012 that number jumped to 23,000...success?

Just imagine if he hadn't had the oil

Posted by: ed gibbon at February 18, 2014 09:50 AM (p1Akf)

154 59 How do you say 'I love your hump' in Spanish? Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 01:26 PM (hyOIR) Yo quiero sul humpa

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 18, 2014 09:51 AM (6Nj7A)

155 Posted by: garrett (with apologies to AtC) at February 18, 2014 01:49 PM (hyOIR) On due consideration, I'm with D-Lamp. Let's focus on the Media Personalities/Hollywood Celebrities first. Then we can go after the lawyers and the professors.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 09:51 AM (PYAXX)

156 Title: "America Should Pay More Attention to Professors" I will when he gets Gilligan off the island.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2014 09:51 AM (659DL)

157 Venezuela means little Venice. One of its large port cities, Maracaibo, sits on the Gulf of Venezuela and to its south is the large lake of same name as the city. Interesting atmospherics there where the mouth of the Catatumbo river has its discharge point into the lake. Monster lighting shows, all night long, half of every year. Found this out reading a novel, a thriller, set half in Santa Cruz, CA, and half in Maracaibo.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 18, 2014 09:51 AM (tmFlQ)

158 9 Tangonine, love the patch! Latin is "dead center *what*"?

Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2014 09:51 AM (mQwL2)

159 Plenty of guns in Venezuela. Doesn't seem to prevent Communism. Communism is growing because millions think it's a good idea and even in America, the Ruling Class says only ignorant hicks think Communism is anything to fear.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 09:51 AM (ZPrif)

160 The excuse this time will be the same as it is every time; "Communism didn't fail, it's just that the RIGHT PEOPLE weren't administrating it, they weren't NICE like us!!" "Hugo Chavez was an army officer, not an enlightened credentialed Harvard graduate!"

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2014 09:51 AM (aTXUx)

161 any and all feedback welcome

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 01:12 PM (x3YFz)

I'm in for two in color and two subdued.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 18, 2014 09:51 AM (fwARV)

162 When I think of Chavez, I always think of him walking around with that bird shitting all over her shoulder.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 18, 2014 09:52 AM (6Nj7A)

163 Sean Penn could straighten things out down there. 

Posted by: Marmo at February 18, 2014 09:52 AM (QW+AD)

164 Meant to direct that last comment to 80 & 106. Our Left does not meet with foreign socialists and communists because they disagree on basic principles.

Posted by: Beagle at February 18, 2014 09:52 AM (sOtz/)

165 My son just got back from Venezuela. They were supposed to set two subsea trees. (Underwater oil production thingies, technical term). They spent three months sitting in the hotel in Caracas waiting for the national oil company to get their act together. It never happened. They didn't go outside even in the daytime because of random murders on the streets, mostly thefts with an unnecessary murder. Absolute chaos.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 18, 2014 09:53 AM (ZZX2X)

166 >>Communism* is nothing more than an organized crime ring run by the state.<<

As is despotic democracy of the kind we have seen from Barack Obama.

I defy you to articulate the differences.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 09:53 AM (GGCsk)

167 Oh and remember the moderate I told you about who is running against my super conservative state rep? The one who sent out flyers ripping my rep for not graduating high school and only having a GED while he himself was an educator and principal? Well, they sent out a survey to measure the candidates on their level of conservatism. Unsurprisingly, he (the guy running against my rep) came back a moderate. Surprisingly though, for an educator, he thinks the founding fathers created America as a straight up democracy and believes the Constitution enshrines governmental powers unto Industry. I'll be casting my vote against him this afternoon after work.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 18, 2014 09:53 AM (A9hpr)

168 Is it just me or are we all gravitating away from witty commentary toward thoughts of duct tape and bottomless wells?

The Horde is angry.

I endorse this position.

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 09:53 AM (x3YFz)

169 Loves me some communism.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 18, 2014 09:53 AM (Dwehj)

170 Speaking of the media's tenuous grasp on reality, I give you, from the Daily Beast: How Wendy Davis Became AmericaÂ’s Conscience on Abortion

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 18, 2014 09:53 AM (Hx5uv)

171 Depends on what you mean by "failure". Remember, Chavez died a billionaire. Yep. I don't think socialism is failing anybody in Washington.

Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2014 09:54 AM (FcR7P)

172 So Pierce Morgan was wondering why would anyone need an AR15 rifle... well, this is why

Posted by: E.T. at February 18, 2014 09:54 AM (uGlk8)

173 Sean Penn could straighten things out down there. All I need is a skiff and a Red Solo Cup.

Posted by: Sean Penn at February 18, 2014 09:54 AM (hyOIR)

174 Hah!

Communism that works!  Trappists.org

Posted by: Jean at February 18, 2014 09:54 AM (4JkHl)

175 Video made me cry. Oh, Lord God, how horrible and destructive humans can be, all while congratulating themselves for the righteousness of their cause.

Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2014 09:54 AM (mQwL2)

176 It is inexcusable to allow our idiot journalists to ignore the downfall of a beautiful nation, right here in the Americas. ^That. --and the damn Carter thing.

Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 09:54 AM (RJMhd)

177 You were wrong, dummies, and we were right. Again. Do you get it now, stupid? Do you understand? Has this not been hammered into your thick, vacuous skulls hard enough yet?-Laura W Not only are you a good cob you will make it in the comedy field if you so choose. Have they got it through their thick skulls? Hell no, Chavez's replacement wasn't the right man for the job at the time, but if we keep trying we will get it right. So they have been saying since 1917

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2014 09:54 AM (HVff2)

178 Yeah, The Ruling Class always leads pretty awesome lives, regardless of how much of a shithole they create for the peasantry.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 09:55 AM (ZPrif)

179 161 The excuse this time will be the same as it is every time;

"Communism didn't fail, it's just that the RIGHT PEOPLE weren't administrating it, they weren't NICE like us!!"

"Hugo Chavez was an army officer, not an enlightened credentialed Harvard graduate!"

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2014 01:51 PM (aTXUx)


It's true, that's what they always say ::: of course, any system that is so reliant on the "right" people being in place is a shitty fucking system

Posted by: ed gibbon at February 18, 2014 09:55 AM (p1Akf)

180 And the Left isn't dumb. They are evil.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 09:55 AM (ZPrif)

181 You should always vote against the candidate who refers to himself as an "educator." Always. No exceptions.

Posted by: Furious George at February 18, 2014 09:55 AM (yFb77)

182 Whoa, back up a bit: the Earth orbits the Sun? In a year??!!

Posted by: The Left at February 18, 2014 09:56 AM (FcR7P)

183


- "Wolverines!" goes in the bottom of the inner scroll

 

Please take this constructively, but Wolverines?  Really? 

 

I tried to watch that with my 17 year old, and he couldn't believe that people like that movie unironically.  It's really quite awful, not even so bad it's good awful. 

 

I mean, I get it and all. The spirit.  But, you know.  Icky.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 18, 2014 09:56 AM (A0sHn)

184 173 So Pierce Morgan was wondering why would anyone need an AR15 rifle... well, this is why

Posted by: E.T. at February 18, 2014 01:54 PM (uGlk

Because hitting him in the face with the shoulder stock of an AR is much more satisfying than pancakes.

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 09:56 AM (x3YFz)

185 We are often asking, what will it take for our elected officials to fight this administration and the Democrats. Look what it took, there. No milk. No bread. No fuel. And, murders and torture of innocent kids.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 18, 2014 09:56 AM (IXrOn)

186 22 Hey Laura! Could you tell Ace that Clapper is the DNI, rather than the NSA chief? Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 01:17 PM (36Rjy) ******** You know the meme for this-- "Really--at this point --what difference doe it make?"

Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 09:56 AM (RJMhd)

187 One has to crack a few million eggs in order to bake a commie cake.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 18, 2014 09:57 AM (Dwehj)

188 - "Wolverines!" goes in the bottom of the inner scroll

Please take this constructively, but Wolverines? Really?

I tried to watch that with my 17 year old, and he couldn't believe that people like that movie unironically. It's really quite awful, not even so bad it's good awful.

I mean, I get it and all. The spirit. But, you know. Icky.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 18, 2014 01:56 PM (A0sHn)

Your derision is noted.

It's not about the movie.

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 09:57 AM (x3YFz)

189 90 Posted by: SolidarnoϾ at February 18, 2014 01:32 PM (JBggj) I saw Lech Walesa just said that Obama was clearly not ready to be a leader. That's gotta be creating some butthurt in the Oval Office. Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2014 01:33 PM (B/VB5) Chicago has a huuuuge Polish-speaking demographic. Hometown blues because they used to be Democrats and schadenfreude for the rest of us.

Posted by: Mustbequantum at February 18, 2014 09:58 AM (MIKMs)

190 Could you tell Ace that Clapper is the DNI, rather than the NSA chief? Ace is entitled to his opinion.

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 09:58 AM (hyOIR)

191 http://is.gd/bmwYjP Favorite Chavez Sounds like Billy Bob Thornton LOL

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 18, 2014 09:58 AM (KgN8K)

192 On due consideration, I'm with D-Lamp. Let's focus on the Media Personalities/Hollywood Celebrities first. Then we can go after the lawyers and the professors. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 01:51 PM (PYAXX) Saw something on the news this morning that I regarded as a positive development. Apparently the restaurant chain "Chipoltle" has created their very own comedy series called "Farmed and Dangerous." Now while I might not agree with their purpose behind doing so, I think that it is a very good thing when people are creating their own competitive media content, rather than allowing the existing Liberal asswipes to have a monopoly on content. I think business getting in the habit of creating their own entertainment message cannot but help to break through the Liberal cartel/monopoly on content creation. I think conservative groups need to create stuff like comedy series to get their message out. If people enjoy it, they will come.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 09:58 AM (bb5+k)

193 Until we abolish the income tax, we're headed in the same direction.

Posted by: Fyscyl Clyff at February 18, 2014 09:58 AM (ME3z1)

194

184: " mean, I get it and all. The spirit. But, you know. Icky."

 

Phillistine. There is obviously no accounting for taste.

 

I'll have you know Sir or Madame, that Red Dawn is an example of great cinema, back when that word had meaning.

 

But then I drink a lot of Rum, so my view may be a little skewed. 

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 18, 2014 09:59 AM (v6cwT)

195 Meanwhile, down in Argentina, a nation like Venezuela rich in resources and unlike Venezuela rich in skilled and educated people... Cristina "Obama with Boobs" Kirchner is actually fining stores for not stocking goods at controlled prices that were cleaned out by people anticipating skyrocketing prices as Obama With Boobs devalues the peso another 20 percent Brazil is headed for disaster too, especially if the emerging markets panic gets real legs

Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2014 09:59 AM (aTXUx)

196 I'm doing my best to educate my kid regarding conservative values.  He does get some exposure to stupidity (but but but Global Warmining is REAL! from a substitute teacher)  Saw an article that he had to read and answer questions from "food is a basic human right" - no, it's a need... if I have food and you don't, you don't have the right to take mine. Use your words people.  He says he likes his newscrew class, enjoys putting together videos and creating segments etc...  It's so tempting to tell him to steer clear of that career course because he's going to be exposed to so much jackassery and shunned if he maintains and expresses his views.  Then I think... well, we have to infiltrate the leviathan of media somehow.  Maybe he would do more good than they could do him harm.

Posted by: sweet...ish at February 18, 2014 09:59 AM (bj+Nc)

197 187 22 Hey Laura! Could you tell Ace that Clapper is the DNI, rather than the NSA chief? Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 01:17 PM (36Rjy) ******** You know the meme for this-- "Really--at this point --what difference doe it make?" Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 01:56 PM (RJMhd) True, but I've been saying it for two hours.

Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 10:00 AM (36Rjy)

198 Communism is not that kind of party, dude! 20th Century's main cause of death & continuing. (link in nick to relatively brief webwork so titled) Now to go read the post.

Posted by: mindful webworker - antiluciferianist at February 18, 2014 10:01 AM (VV7s1)

199 I'll have you knowSir or Madame, that Red Dawn is an example of great cinema, back when that word had meaning.

But then I drink a lot of Rum, so my view may be a little skewed.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 18, 2014 01:59 PM (v6cwT)

I'm guessing that bandersnatch missed the intent of the first movie.

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 10:01 AM (x3YFz)

200 Holy shit, the Czechs have let Slovakia back into it! 4-3 with 10minutes left in the 3rd.

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 10:01 AM (hyOIR)

201 Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is very liberal of you

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:01 AM (t3UFN)

202 I forgot where I read it, but someone said recently that the shortages and lines are a feature, not a bug, in Communist societies.

If the "masses" are spending all their time and energy hunting for basic necessities, they can't organize against the government. Posted by: rickl

Its more along the lines of giving the overloads something to dole out to their supporters.  Its easier to create an artificial shortage of something available on the cheap externally, then to create something valuable and desirable on your own.  (Unless your the Federal Reserve Chairwomen).

Posted by: Jean at February 18, 2014 10:02 AM (4JkHl)

203 202 Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is very liberal of you Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 02:01 PM (t3UFN) Yeah, well.

Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 10:02 AM (36Rjy)

204 Communism is growing because millions think it's a good idea and even in America, the Ruling Class says only ignorant hicks think Communism is anything to fear. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 01:51 PM (ZPrif) Looked up Jane Fonda the other day. Seems she once told a crowd of people "If you understood what communism was you would hope, you would pray on your knees that we would someday become communist" Obviously that willfully ignorant bitch either doesn't know what communism is herself, or she just hates people.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 10:02 AM (bb5+k)

205 201 Holy shit, the Czechs have let Slovakia back into it! 4-3 with 10minutes left in the 3rd. Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 02:01 PM (hyOIR) ******* Holy crap--thanks--I forgot to look for hockey. $%#

Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:02 AM (RJMhd)

206 Anyone who doesn't like Red Dawn is a retard. That's not my personal opinion. That's just science.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 10:03 AM (ZPrif)

207 And the Left isn't dumb. They are evil.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 01:55 PM (ZPrif)


You're half correct.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 18, 2014 10:04 AM (W7ffl)

208 Dem Congressional Candidate Calls For FCC To “Monitor And Regulate” Fox News… Every libs wet dream come true. This clown named Mike Dickinson is running against Eric Cantor in Virginia’s 7th congressional district: Weasel Zippers: Speaking of commie bastards

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:04 AM (t3UFN)

209 "How Wendy Davis Became AmericaÂ’s Conscience on Abortion" You're fucking with me. That can not possibly be a true headline. Right? RIGHT? *deep breaths* *deeeep breaths*

Posted by: Lauren at February 18, 2014 10:04 AM (hFL/3)

210

207: "That's just science."

 

Science bitchez!!!

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 18, 2014 10:05 AM (v6cwT)

211 198 187 22 Hey Laura! Could you tell Ace that Clapper is the DNI, rather than the NSA chief? Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 01:17 PM (36Rjy) ******** You know the meme for this-- "Really--at this point --what difference doe it make?" Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 01:56 PM (RJMhd) True, but I've been saying it for two hours. Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 02:00 PM (36Rjy) ************ Le sigh. Cripes I had to go look it up. It's reached a point where I can't look anymore and I am becoming willfully ignorant.

Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:05 AM (RJMhd)

212 Elite bastards all run together. Doesn't matter where they come from, what they believe, or where they're going. They're united by a common enemy: you. For the mere price of food stamps, you get to watch their beautiful and dramatic lives.

Posted by: Feh at February 18, 2014 10:05 AM (1eQV7)

213 Yeah, Jeff Spicoli is strangely silent. Is he trying to think of a way to blame Bush?

Posted by: PJ at February 18, 2014 10:05 AM (ZWaLo)

214 Fucking-A right, Laura!

Posted by: Walknot at February 18, 2014 10:05 AM (86zol)

215 Ace is entitled to his opinion. Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 01:58 PM (hyOIR) yes, but not his facts

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 18, 2014 10:06 AM (R8hU8)

216 Mass murder and genocide are also not bugs but features of communism. Marx and Lenin wrote and advocated for whole sale murders. Look at Cambodia and Laos. Same bullshit. And then china, let's not forget them. If they weren't purging people they were starving them to death. And of course Viet Nam ...

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 18, 2014 10:06 AM (6Nj7A)

217 He says he likes his newscrew class, enjoys putting together videos and creating segments etc

I hope that's News Crew and not New Screw.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:06 AM (gtjN1)

218 169 Is it just me or are we all gravitating away from witty commentary toward thoughts of duct tape and bottomless wells? The Horde is angry. I endorse this position. Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 01:53 PM (x3YFz) I've been noticing a decline in commentary. I'm wondering if people are getting concerned about leaving comments, if they are becoming disillusioned with leaving comments, if they have better things to do, if they are being put off by other commenters, or some other cause.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 10:06 AM (bb5+k)

219 I firmly believe the only thing--the only thing--keeping us from going the way of Venezuela right now are millions of privately owned firearms.

Posted by: troyriser at February 18, 2014 01:31 PM (V9ol4)

Which is why they're doing their damndest to disarm us.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 18, 2014 10:06 AM (fwARV)

220 No one takes General McGoo seriously, by contrast Alexander hasn't recanted,

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at February 18, 2014 10:07 AM (Jsiw/)

221 181 And the Left isn't dumb. They are evil. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 01:55 PM (ZPrif) Their leadership is, their following is mostly dumb with a heavy sprinkling of wrong headed intellectualism.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 10:08 AM (bb5+k)

222

219: "I've been noticing a decline in commentary. I'm wondering if ..."

 

Perhaps it is the speed of the threads?

 

I know I have a hard time reading and keeping up.

 

By the time I read a thread and get a comment in, there is usually a new post or two up with a whole new comment thread that I can't keep up with.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 18, 2014 10:08 AM (OJn3e)

223 Mass murder and genocide are also not bugs but features of communism. Marx and Lenin wrote and advocated for whole sale murders.

Absolutely correct.  If you bring that up most college kids will shrug and give you the "you have to break some eggs to make an omlette" line.


Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:08 AM (gtjN1)

224 Which is why they're doing their damndest to disarm us.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 18, 2014 02:06 PM (fwARV)

Heh... good luck with that.

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 10:08 AM (x3YFz)

225 >>>Mass murder and genocide are also not bugs but features of communism. Probably one of the primary reasons I avoid the southwest, after that Larry Grathwol thing

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 18, 2014 10:09 AM (KgN8K)

226 #219:  I'm wondering if people are getting concerned about leaving comments, if they are becoming disillusioned with leaving comments, if they have better things to do, if they are being put off by other commenters, or some other cause.
==
We know the NSA is reading these comments, and don't want to end up on the wrong side of an IRS audit.

Posted by: looking closely at February 18, 2014 10:09 AM (PwGfd)

227 By the time I read a thread and get a comment in, there is usually a new post or two up with a whole new comment thread that I can't keep up with.

Read or comment.  Can't do both.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:09 AM (gtjN1)

228

225: "Heh... good luck with that."

 

How many actively resisted their disarming during Katrina?

 

Or have you seen the lines of mugs in Conneticut waiting for their turn to register their firearms?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 18, 2014 10:10 AM (f6ZLT)

229 Nothing wrong communism. Hey where do I buy my Trabant?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:11 AM (t3UFN)

230 Don't be stupid be a smarty Come and join the Commie Party!

Posted by: Springtime For Hugo at February 18, 2014 10:11 AM (aTXUx)

231 I just saw a friend (a real life friend) on facebook call our health care system "inhumane" because it isn't like France.  Every cost should just be covered.  He's my class valedictorian. 

People will never stop believing this bullshit.  Ever.  I seriously fear it will continue until the entire world is ruled by thugs forever. 

Posted by: The Governor at February 18, 2014 10:11 AM (Tlix5)

232 I passed that along, baldilocks. I think he may be out for the rest of the afternoon, though. We shall see!

Posted by: lauraw at February 18, 2014 10:11 AM (yGblt)

233 I don't play that communism socialism distinction. It's all the same shit. A criminal syndicate.

Posted by: Bitchy Rich at February 18, 2014 10:11 AM (ihRMJ)

234

Perhaps it is the speed of the threads?

 

Ace said something once about not having advertising in the comments so that we'd all be free to say 'fuck' and stuff.  There have to be advertisers with no standards at all.  After all, there is a Horde. 

 

To follow the comments requires refreshes at the speed of those rats tapping a bar for opium or rat boobies or whatever they get.  Seems a shame for the house to only monetize the front page.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 18, 2014 10:11 AM (A0sHn)

235 I'll have you knowSir or Madame, that Red Dawn is an example of great cinema, back when that word had meaning. But then I drink a lot of Rum, so my view may be a little skewed. Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 18, 2014 01:59 PM (v6cwT) All movies are pretty good when you are drinking rum.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 10:11 AM (bb5+k)

236 It usually takes less than 30 minutes in the zombie flick before everyone starts shooting them on sight.  Commies, 100+ years, 100+ million dead and we still elect them.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:12 AM (DL2i+)

237 I think we need to reserve judgement on the glorious socialist revolution in the Bolivarian Republic. I a great future for it and a model for us all.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warrren at February 18, 2014 10:12 AM (l3vZN)

238 207 Anyone who doesn't like Red Dawn is a retard. That's not my personal opinion. That's just science. The original only, accept no remakes. Based on the AoSHQ comments over the last two years that I've been here, the Horde's Top 3 Movies of all time appear to be: Red Dawn Idiocracy Blazing Saddles

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 10:12 AM (7ObY1)

239 I don't believe France has NHS type socialized medicine.

Posted by: steevy at February 18, 2014 10:12 AM (zqvg6)

240 The camps will be educational...and just plain fun.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 18, 2014 10:12 AM (Dwehj)

241 >>>Which is why they're doing their damndest to disarm us. Again, I don't think they're going to bother. The pen is already built, where you going to go? Maybe herd you off somewhere where you think your gun rights, but nothing much else, is protected. Then clamp down hard... Nice carrot.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 18, 2014 10:12 AM (KgN8K)

242 How many actively resisted their disarming during Katrina?

If they ever did start the mass disarming, they'd use the protocols they developed in Afghanistan.  That is instead of rooting out the difficult resistance, they just blew them up in their house.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:12 AM (gtjN1)

243 So when does Piers Morgan or someone of that ilk come out and blame George W., Ted Cruz, Mike Lee or Rand Paul?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2014 10:12 AM (HVff2)

244 Attila the Hun also had a nice little empire, which evaporated very soon after his death

comparing Chavez to Attila insults the latter, but there you go

Posted by: ed gibbon at February 18, 2014 10:13 AM (p1Akf)

245 Or have you seen the lines of mugs in Conneticut waiting for their turn to register their firearms?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 18, 2014 02:10 PM (f6ZLT)

And yet only 4% of Connecticut residents complied with the law.
http://tinyurl.com/q63kt4k

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 18, 2014 10:13 AM (fwARV)

246 I hope that's News Crew and not New Screw.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2014 02:06 PM (gtjN1)


Damn You Pixie!!  Yes, News Crew.

Posted by: sweet...ish at February 18, 2014 10:13 AM (bj+Nc)

247 231 Don't be stupid be a smarty Come and join the Commie Party! I'll stick with the late, great Johnny Ramone: "Kill a Commie for Mommy"

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 10:13 AM (7ObY1)

248 Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 02:12 PM (7ObY1 I'm partial to 200 Motels by Frank Zappa myself.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2014 10:14 AM (HVff2)

249 Red Dawn Idiocracy Blazing Saddles What about my movies?

Posted by: Ron Jeremy at February 18, 2014 10:14 AM (l3vZN)

250 I think he may be out for the rest of the afternoon, though. We shall see! Once he gets on a hot Hobo Track, he won't stop until he tastes blood.

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 10:15 AM (hyOIR)

251 Why, oh why, do kids think they are soooo damned much smarter than their parents? In what odd universe does it make sense to ignore the lessons of history and instead think that one puny mind can solve all the problems of the world? Better yet, would it kill ya to open a history book now and again before spouting nonsense?



Communism kills, and is a dead end, which will implode upon itself, because: human nature.



Funny, seems we've seen this somewhere before.....

Posted by: tcn at February 18, 2014 10:15 AM (fwcEs)

252 241 The camps will be educational...and just plain fun.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 18, 2014 02:12 PM (Dwehj)


"and just plain fun for the "folks".  small edit for accuracy

Posted by: ed gibbon at February 18, 2014 10:15 AM (p1Akf)

253 For some reason, I just recalled that former Governor Bev suggested that an election be delayed so that the pols in Congress had time to sort things out.  Yep, former Governor Bev Perdue.  Funny thing, the election took place right on schedule.

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 10:16 AM (JBggj)

254 Damn You Pixie!! Yes, News Crew.

Posted by: sweet...ish at February 18, 2014 02:13 PM (bj+Nc)


What's wrong with a new screw?

Posted by: tcn at February 18, 2014 10:16 AM (fwcEs)

255 "I'll stick with the late, great Johnny Ramone: " Me too. I wanna be sedated.

Posted by: Lauren at February 18, 2014 10:16 AM (hFL/3)

256 Red Dawn Idiocracy Blazing Saddles Spinal Tap Repo Man

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 18, 2014 10:16 AM (KgN8K)

257 227 #219: I'm wondering if people are getting concerned about leaving comments, if
they are becoming disillusioned with leaving comments, if they have
better things to do, if they are being put off by other commenters, or
some other cause.
==
We know the NSA is reading these comments, and don't want to end up on the wrong side of an IRS audit.

Posted by: looking closely at February 18, 2014 02:09 PM (PwGfd)

I know I can be aggressive in commenting.  I've toned it down and don't cuss nearly as much and try to play nice.

If I cause anyone to not comment here then I am truly sorry.  I can be a total loose cannon.

But the NSA comment is prescient:  people are scared to share their thoughts online.  Shoot, even I self-edit where I've buried the bodies in the desert.

Having said all that, Ace's commenters are top shelf.  Go visit The Blaze or (HAZMAT required) DU.   Compared to them?  This place is PhD and they're in kindergarten.

Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 10:16 AM (x3YFz)

258 "and just plain fun for the "folks". small edit for accuracy "Let me be clear, the camps will be just plain fun for the folks." I think we nailed it now.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 10:16 AM (7ObY1)

259 What about my movies? Posted by: Ron Jeremy at February 18, 2014 02:14 PM (l3vZN) Your movies are now shown for college credit so they no longer apply.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:16 AM (t3UFN)

260 I can guarantee you if I'm elected president the U.S. will send much-needed financial aid and support to Bogota to help the suffering Venezuelans.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 18, 2014 10:16 AM (xvtYZ)

261 By the time I read a thread and get a comment in, there is usually a new post or two up with a whole new comment thread that I can't keep up with. Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 18, 2014 02:08 PM (OJn3e) Yeah, sometimes I too find it frustrating. About the time the conversation is developing, we have a new post on a different subject. Of course, there are other times when I wish some stupid subject would just DIE ALREADY, and it goes on and on and on.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 10:16 AM (bb5+k)

262 Oh, c'mon...they're just not doing it right. Here, hold my 1978 Montrachet......

Posted by: Elitist Douche at February 18, 2014 10:17 AM (iU3DF)

263 If you like your guns, you can keep your guns.

Posted by: Barakhenaten I at February 18, 2014 10:17 AM (hyOIR)

264 Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 02:16 PM (x3YFz)

I think most of us self-edit.  Maybe that's paranoid, maybe that's prescient.  Only time will tell.

I apply one of my core adages here:  I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 18, 2014 10:18 AM (fwARV)

265   O. Stone, S. Penn, Harry B., and POTUS are all waiting to see who comes out in control of the situation before they back somebody because you know...freedom.

Posted by: Dave J at February 18, 2014 10:18 AM (jbXDH)

266 Holy shit, the Czechs have let Slovakia back into it!

In the other game, Latveria* seals it with the EN goal. The Swiss are gonna be disappointed, especially after doing sorta OK in Vancouver.

*yes, I know

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 18, 2014 10:18 AM (t8ySh)

267 Your movies are now shown for college credit so they no longer apply.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 02:16 PM (t3UFN)

No.  These days, colleges show real people having real sex, live, in the classroom. 

/not even slightly kidding

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 18, 2014 10:19 AM (fwARV)

268

262: "Of course, there are other times when I wish some stupid subject would just DIE ALREADY, and it goes on and on and on."

 

Yeah. Now about that pot legalization thing.....

 

*ducks and covers* 

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 18, 2014 10:19 AM (f6ZLT)

269 Better pink, than dead.

Posted by: Bob Costass at February 18, 2014 10:19 AM (Dwehj)

270 Red Dawn Idiocracy Blazing Saddles Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 02:12 PM (7ObY1) I dunno, I see far more quotes of Lord Humongous than I do from Blazing Saddles. But the other two? Yeah.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 10:19 AM (bb5+k)

271 Johnny Ramone in his famous "Kill a Commie" t-shirt. I really need to buy me one of these. http://tinyurl.com/ogb4ms3 I still remember how this outraged the Lefties. And how the Left's heads exploded when Johnny Ramone endorsed Reagan for POTUS. Good times, good times.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 10:20 AM (7ObY1)

272 No. These days, colleges show real people having real sex, live, in the classroom. /not even slightly kidding Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 18, 2014 02:19 PM (fwARV) Can you audit that class?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:20 AM (t3UFN)

273 Breaking Politics ‏@breakingpol $10.10 minimum wage, supported by President Obama, could cost as many as 500,000 jobs, Congressional Budget Office says - @CNBCPolitics

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 10:20 AM (ZPrif)

274 It's not even an issue of the journalists' stupidity or ignorance. You can't show something to the willfully blind. The journalists are partisan to the point that they have lost their objectivity, the same with the catastrophic manmade global warming scientists. These are intelligent, well-read people, but they are dishonest and not objective in how they look at reality.

Posted by: Roadrunner at February 18, 2014 10:20 AM (xMSfj)

275 The X number of countries around the world about to implode, explode or otherwise have a total failure of government. Solve for 'X'.

Venezuela
Argentina
Syria
Ukraine
Somalia
Yemen
Central African Republic
Libya
Mali
Zimbabwe (Ok, so the government hasn't actually failed, just turned the country into Cuba. At least until the current president expires from old age. Same for North Korea, government has turned the country into a prison camp. . and what happens in Cuba when the Castro brothers time expires?)

List of countries teetering on the edge of the precipice.
Ok, so maybe it would be better to make a list of countries NOT about to collapse.

Switzerland

 
 

Posted by: The Listicales at February 18, 2014 10:21 AM (cteqn)

276 I dunno, I see far more quotes of Lord Humongous than I do from Blazing Saddles. But the other two? Yeah. Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 02:19 PM (bb5+k) Young Frankenstein: Were wolf, There wolf Walk this way

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:21 AM (t3UFN)

277 What about my movies? Posted by: Ron Jeremy at February 18, 2014 02:14 PM (l3vZN) The Boondock Saints was pretty good.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 10:21 AM (bb5+k)

278 254 For some reason, I just recalled that former Governor Bev suggested that an election be delayed so that the pols in Congress had time to sort things out. Yep, former Governor Bev Perdue. Funny thing, the election took place right on schedule. Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 02:16 PM (JBggj) Recall that very well. It was at that point, I realized that these people needed to be dealt with by extraordinarily extreme measures... ...of the extremely prejudicial variety. They are evil. They will not stop. They do not care if they get caught. These are not: wrong, not evil people. Pure evil.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 18, 2014 10:21 AM (iU3DF)

279 These are intelligent, well-read people, but they are dishonest and not objective in how they look at reality. I have seen no evidence that most newsies are either intelligent or well-read.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 10:21 AM (PYAXX)

280 I think I need that shirt.

Posted by: Lauren at February 18, 2014 10:22 AM (hFL/3)

281 Apparently the CBO is the Voice of God. The Left just calls "bullshit" on any economist who points out the harmful effects of raising the minimum wage. They'll probably try to call bullshit on the CBO. Mainly they'll focus on replacing all the CBO economists and statistical modeling people with committed left-wing ideologues.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 10:22 AM (ZPrif)

282 Having said all that, Ace's commenters are top shelf. Go visit The Blaze or (HAZMAT required) DU. Compared to them? This place is PhD and they're in kindergarten. Posted by: tangonine at February 18, 2014 02:16 PM (x3YFz) I agree. Commenters here seem smarter than the average bear. Well... Most of them anyway.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 10:23 AM (bb5+k)

283 Wait...Canada gets the Latvians?

Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:23 AM (RJMhd)

284
You know what we should do to show Venezuela our disapproval?  We should totally tweet a Stalin era propaganda picture justifying the Nazi-Soviet dismemberment of Poland in 1939.

That'll learn 'em.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 18, 2014 10:24 AM (kdS6q)

285 $10.10 minimum wage, supported by President Obama, could cost as many as 500,000 jobs, Congressional Budget Office says

We prefer the term "relieved of joblock".

Posted by: Baracky O at February 18, 2014 10:24 AM (t8ySh)

286 Hey it looks like the kids in Kiev are practicing up for the Summer Olympics and the flaming javelin throw?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:24 AM (t3UFN)

287 I am the right people.  Behold Recovery Summer(s)

Posted by: Barack O'Stalin at February 18, 2014 10:24 AM (Q6pxP)

288 Mainly they'll focus on replacing all the CBO economists and statistical modeling people with committed left-wing ideologues.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 02:22 PM (ZPrif)

Interesting, isn't it?  When the CBO said Obamacare would be revenue neutral, they were an unbiased arbiter, and beyond reproach.

Now, with the CBO saying Obamacare will cost jobs and raising minimum wage will cost jobs, they're just a bunch of racist hacks trying to undermine the greatest president ever.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 18, 2014 10:24 AM (fwARV)

289 Chavez was popular with the institutional left and the media (BIRM) because of the old adage "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". Hugo could "smell the sulfur in the room" and thus confirmed the worldview of those entities; as a result, no harm he could do domestically could be bad in comparison. Because Boooooosh.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at February 18, 2014 10:25 AM (SWqZL)

290 $10.10 minimum wage, supported by President Obama, could cost as many as 500,000 jobs Just call me The Great Liberator.

Posted by: Baraka O'Douche at February 18, 2014 10:25 AM (FcR7P)

291

I'll have you knowSir or Madame, that Red Dawn is an example of great cinema, back when that word had meaning.

 

Jennifer Grey didn't take her shirt off. 

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 18, 2014 10:25 AM (A0sHn)

292 274 Breaking Politics ‏@breakingpol $10.10 minimum wage, supported by President Obama, could cost as many as 500,000 jobs, Congressional Budget Office says - @CNBCPolitics Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 02:20 PM (ZPrif) Pfffft.....we can make that go away. Easy peasy. 500,000 more stopped looking for work to enjoy art-related endeavors. See? *poof* Gone!

Posted by: Bureau of Labor Statistics at February 18, 2014 10:26 AM (iU3DF)

293 I agree. Commenters here seem smarter than the average bear.


Bears!  oh my

Posted by: Andi Sullivain at February 18, 2014 10:26 AM (Q6pxP)

294 Raising the minimum wage that high instantly would have such chaotic effects on the economy as a whole that I doubt the CBO can even begin to predict it. 500,000 jobs lost is good for a SWAG, since it sounds scary and gets the point across - if you do this, bad shit will go down.

Posted by: kartoffel at February 18, 2014 10:26 AM (07vvi)

295 $10.10 minimum wage, supported by President Obama, could cost as many as 500,000 jobs, Congressional Budget Office says

Those are merely more jobs that Americans are refusing to do.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 18, 2014 10:26 AM (Dwehj)

296 That picture of Obama with Chavez told us everything we needed to know. BTW, from the look on Obama's face, I think he's imagining having something other than Chavez 's thumb in his grip. Welcome to Amerizuela, my friends! .

Posted by: OCBill at February 18, 2014 10:26 AM (VCCXE)

297 Canada gets the Latvians? Caribou v Reindeer

Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 10:27 AM (hyOIR)

298 Ok, so maybe it would be better to make a list of countries NOT about to collapse.

Switzerland

What are the problems in Switzerland?  I know they're having issues with immigration.  Unemployment is around 5%.  I've heard it's pretty boring most of the year.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:28 AM (WhJf8)

299 Chavez just didn't invest heavily enough in camps

Posted by: Bill Ayers at February 18, 2014 10:28 AM (Q6pxP)

300 Journalists who call Hugo Chávez a dictator should be jailed -Sean Penn Why isn't his ass down there with a dixie cup.

Posted by: RWC- at February 18, 2014 10:28 AM (fWAjv)

301 Look at that picture of Slappy Obammy....he just loves criminals like himself. Hugo was a 2nd rate soldier who played Santa Claus to the dumb unwashed masses and look how it ended up. Sound familiar? Slappy and his gang are leading us down the same empty road....empty promises....empty wallets...empty lives, empty future. Viva Slappy O! Viva Hugo! Hope and change my ass...more like death and more death.

Posted by: IrishEd at February 18, 2014 10:29 AM (D0NZx)

302 Welcome to Amerizuela, my friends! . Posted by: OCBill at February 18, 2014 02:26 PM (VCCXE) Perfect. Stolen.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 18, 2014 10:29 AM (iU3DF)

303 301 Journalists who call Hugo Chávez a dictator should be jailed -Sean Penn Why isn't his ass down there with a dixie cup. Posted by: RWC- at February 18, 2014 02:28 PM (fWAjv) ******** He's too busy letting Charlize melt his guns--for-- Art!!

Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:30 AM (RJMhd)

304 #227, I'll go to my fucking grave believing that's what happened to me. They went over my 2008 return (the one year I made decent money because of a large severance from the Army) until they found something I couldn't refute at the audit.

Had to cash out my retirement account to pay the bill. Cashing that account out to pay a tax debt still counts as income, so now I'm up a couple brackets and I owe big this year too because of that jug-eared fucktard in the White House dicking with the witholding.

I'm going to take the taxes to a professional to get looked at for once, but I think I'm fucked. I've been unemployed for three months and wiped out the savings account on that- I can't write Uncle Sam a check for $2K. I don't have it.

If I didn't just get picked up for a good job (ironically for Uncle Sam) that I haven't started yet, I'd tell them go fuck themselves and ponder skipping the country.


Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at February 18, 2014 10:30 AM (0Yr25)

305 >>What are the problems in Switzerland? I know they're having issues with immigration

Just voted to restrict it. The EU is writing lots of strongly worded letters and making irate hand gestures in Switzerland's general direction.

Posted by: kartoffel at February 18, 2014 10:30 AM (07vvi)

306 Irony Alert: Hollywood Liberals Ask California For A Tax BreakÂ… ShouldnÂ’t they be practicing what they preach? Via Daily Caller: You know things are bad when Hollywood liberals are asking California for a tax break. Film Works, an entertainment-industry advocate organization, recently launched an online petition asking CaliforniaÂ’s film and TV enthusiasts to lobby lawmakers to create greater incentives for production to stay within state borders. While operating costs in California have grown more expensive over the past decade, other states and countries have established film tax credits in an effort to bring production to their territory. If California does not pass similar legislation, Film Works warns, the state will lose hold of one of its most iconic industries. Weasel Zippers: Hypocrits

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:31 AM (t3UFN)

307 Your derision is noted.

It's not about the movie.

Honey Badgers!

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:31 AM (DL2i+)

308 What are the problems in Switzerland?

Their wallets are too small for their fifties, and their diamond shoes are too tight.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 18, 2014 10:31 AM (t8ySh)

309 It's true, that's what they always say ::: of course, any system that is so reliant on the "right" people being in place is a shitty fucking system

Posted by: ed gibbon at February 18, 2014 01:55 PM (p1Akf)

 

 

If it depends on the right people at the right time then it isn't actually a system.  Systems continue onwards even if an imbecile gets in charge. 

Posted by: Mikey NTH - KaBoom- The Cereal of Settling Now at the Outrage Outlet at February 18, 2014 10:33 AM (hLRSq)

310 If I didn't just get picked up for a good job (ironically for Uncle Sam) that I haven't started yet, I'd tell them go fuck themselves and ponder skipping the country. Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at February 18, 2014 02:30 PM (0Yr25) ************ Glad to hear you found something.

Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:33 AM (RJMhd)

311 Their wallets are too small for their fifties, and their diamond shoes are too tight.

Seems like they enjoy tourists, but dislike immigrants. 

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:33 AM (WhJf8)

312 If California does not pass similar legislation, Film Works warns, the state will lose hold of one of its most iconic industries. Or, here's a plan, reduce taxes, break the unions, and begin implementing business-friendly policies. Then watch companies storm back to CA. As a Texan, I'm glad they're too dumb to try that.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 10:33 AM (PYAXX)

313 Hypocrits

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 02:31 PM (t3UFN) 


or not.


srsly, that is so mindblowing!


but of course of course masks are slipping off, It truly is all rules, laws, tax breaks for We and not thee.

Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 10:33 AM (nqBYe)

314 Ya, Switzerland, the only country on the list not about to collapse. They have a strong currency, conservative monetary policy, and strong national defense. Citizens are expected to practice the military arts of defending the country every summer, and keep their machine guns in their home closets. . and they're fussy about who they let into the country.

One might think to put Israel on the 'not about to collapse' list, but they are surrounded, and  outnumbered. In that situation, eventually you run out of bullets.

Posted by: The Listicales at February 18, 2014 10:33 AM (cteqn)

315 What are the problems in Switzerland? Their wallets are too small for their fifties, and their diamond shoes are too tight. Posted by: Waterhouse at February 18, 2014 02:31 PM (t8ySh) Swiss cheese has also lost its zest.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2014 10:34 AM (HVff2)

316 Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 02:06 PM (bb5+k)
Speaking only for myself, I went into lurk only mode after some rather arbitrary bannings of long term, much beloved Morons. I enjoy the site, but, see no sense in becoming an unwitting victim. Ace still gets my clicks.

Posted by: long toss at February 18, 2014 10:35 AM (Nas7i)

317 hellywood, we use the state to coerce/threaten  you into compliance for the greater Good.
But we want waivers from , obamacare, from taxes , fom paying 'Our fair share.'

Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 10:35 AM (nqBYe)

318 hellywood, we use the state to coerce/threaten you into compliance for the greater Good.
But we want waivers from , obamacare, from taxes , fom paying 'Our fair share.'
Posted by: willow
====
Sounds like a quid pro quo, doesn't it?

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 10:37 AM (JBggj)

319 some times the left is so nuts , my eyes roll clear out of my head along with half my mind.

Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 10:37 AM (nqBYe)

320 #311, thanks, Tasker.

Is it bad that I'm still pondering telling themselves to fuck off and leaving the country anyway? Dump the cats to a rescue, leave a few boxes of stuff at Mom and Dad's, bury the guns, give away the rest of the shit, default on the house, sell my paid-off truck, and just walk the fuck away until I hit Argentina or someplace.

Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at February 18, 2014 10:37 AM (0Yr25)

321 mrp, yes. and they might actually get freed from the oppressive table of ideology  they helped set for the rest of us.

Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 10:38 AM (nqBYe)

322 for a while anyway.

Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 10:39 AM (nqBYe)

323 37 didn't we (the US) make Venezuela put Chavez back in power after a coup? Posted by: rd at February 18, 2014 01:15 PM (D+lxs) You might be thinking of Honduras where a close Chavez ally was president, and decided to run for reelection despite their Constitution explicitly forbidding it. After a nigh unanimous vote in their Congress, which was quickly validated by their Supreme Court, the military was ordered to depose the scumbag or "an illegal military coup" as Obama put it. The US cut off all aid until they reinstated the little dictator. Posted by: mugiwara 106 Honduras' "coup" (lawful transition) was also grossly mis-reported and is still referred to as a coup in the MFM. The more you look, especially if you start looking at political connections between the American left and Central and South America, the more you find these ties with the hard left, including terror groups like FARC. It does not make the day less depressing, especially with the lapdog press misunderstanding what the word "cover" means in a journalistic context. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith Thank you Thank you for bringing that up. Yes Bush complained to the OAS about Chavez being thrown in jail and they let him out even though the whole time Chavez claimed that Bush and the CIA were behind the coup. And the thing that makes me furious is that so very few people (aside from the Dark Lord) understand that WE SOLD HONDURAS OUT! What they did was lawful and right. After our State department complained and complained about a 'coup' that never happened, I believe WikiCables were leaked that showed by the very same State department cables that the USA was calling it a coup and trying to get Chavez's boyfriend back in power just to curry favor with Venezuela. Just as the Obama people were down in South America before 2009 telling the Communist FARC guerrillas to cool it until Obama was elected (you remember that?). Well, all that smart power™ diplomacy should have given us tremendous sway with the current Venezuelan government right? I mean we backed the Communists against a Democracy in our own back yard. We have Top Men.

Posted by: Daybrother at February 18, 2014 10:39 AM (B5+l+)

324 On Monday, the University of Alabama apologized to Bama Students for Life (SFL), reversing its decision to remove the pro-life group’s display on campus because an administrator deemed it “offensive.” According to a press release, the university stated that Bama SFL will be permitted to set up their pro-life display on campus once again. Gee when the Univ of Alabama is going full liblab, you know know the world is ending

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:40 AM (t3UFN)

325 #72

That was me, quoting Theodore Dalrymple from his book 'The Wilder Shores of Marx: Journeys In a Vanishing World.' Unfortunately, not entirely vanished yet.

http://tinyurl.com/kh72ygd

I recommend it to all, along with all of Dalrymple's works.

Posted by: Epobirs at February 18, 2014 10:44 AM (bPxS6)

326 'A New Argument for Gun Control' surprisingly it's full of dumb just like the rest http://tinyurl.com/mor8e49 The gun lobby frames the gun control debate using overheated rhetoric about rights that sound suspiciously like an appeal to masculinity; real men don't let anyone take away their guns. How childish. Real men don't need guns to be powerful. It's time we put this argument in it's proper perspective: ready access to guns is, in the terminology of Catholic dogma (but logical to anybody who can think) an occasion of sin. If you want to avoid committing a sin, stay away from the immediate temptation. It's a pretty foolproof method. If you don't want to gain weight, stay away from the cookie section of the supermarket. If it's not in your kitchen cabinet when you're hungry, it's far less likely to end up on your hips. If you have ready access to a gun, you can be tempted to use it. And when are you tempted to use it? Whenever you feel disrespected? Angry? Frustrated? In the heat of an argument, when all sense of proportion and reason is gone, and all that remains is emotion, it only stands to reason that if you have ready access to lethal force, a moment of anger can turn violent. In a flash. I am all for keeping guns out of the emotionally immature leftists hands.

Posted by: RWC- at February 18, 2014 10:50 AM (fWAjv)

327 275 It's not even an issue of the journalists' stupidity or ignorance. You can't show something to the willfully blind. The journalists are partisan to the point that they have lost their objectivity, the same with the catastrophic manmade global warming scientists. These are intelligent, well-read people, but they are dishonest and not objective in how they look at reality. Posted by: Roadrunner at February 18, 2014 02:20 PM (xMSfj) The most appropriate term is "Confirmation Bias" and yes, they are completely infected with it. They are infected with it to the extent that they cannot even comprehend that they are biased. They think the entire world looks at issues the same way as do they.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 10:54 AM (bb5+k)

328 Were wolf, There wolf Walk this way Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 02:21 PM (t3UFN) Do not even know of these two movies. Wouldn't recognize a quote from them, I think.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 10:56 AM (bb5+k)

329 "I have seen no evidence that most newsies are either intelligent or well-read." The point is that no amount of further education or "intelligence" would make these journalists suddenly realize that communism is bad and that it will fail. Their problem isn't lack of knowledge, it is dishonesty. It's like saying that maybe Stalin would become a nice guy if he read an ethics book or read the Bible. It won't help him because Evil people are beyond salvation. Dishonest people are beyond education.

Posted by: Roadrunner at February 18, 2014 11:03 AM (xMSfj)

330 Keep the Faith, Comrades!!!! It is all the fault of Globull Warming Deniers and Sabot throwers!! Death to those that wear snow boots!

Posted by: Adriane the Liberator! at February 18, 2014 11:05 AM (qoKTg)

331 Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat Glad you found something but two things: 1)Don't dump the cats. Just because. 2)You now have to pay to leave the Country, as in renounce citizenship. You can walk away and just leave but any dealings with a financial institution anywhere will be trouble forever. Under our new glorious system the IRS and its enforcement branch through the Treasury reach all over the globe. No bank will do business with you. I've thought about it too.

Posted by: Daybrother at February 18, 2014 11:08 AM (qnWrp)

332 "The most appropriate term is "Confirmation Bias" and yes, they are completely infected with it. " I think Confirmation Bias is too charitable. A good honest person by mental sloppiness could engage in confirmation bias. But a good honest person couldn't engage in the level of deliberate and dishonest sophistry that we see every day from the NYT, who tell us that unemployment is funemployment, or that it's a good thing that health insurance plans are being cancelled. They are fundamentally dishonest.

Posted by: Roadrunner at February 18, 2014 11:08 AM (xMSfj)

333 Just thought I'd give some personal historical perspective on the situation in Venezuela.

When I was in 4th grade or so (1954) my cousin was killed during riots in . . .  Caracas.

There have been riots, unruly protests, murders and dictatorial regimes in Venezuela for well over 60 years. (and in much of the rest of the Americas during that time off and on)

Lots of passion lots of anger and frustration and lots of bad things happening to people because they continue to vote for strong men as their leaders and then wonder why there's so much corruption and things don't work.

Has it always been inspired by Communism? IDK but I do know that there's a long history of political unrest and the inability to create a stable government of any stripe. I believe it's a cultural thing. Perhaps even racial/ethnic as they have much in common with many other countries of the same composition and ethnicities/races of the population. Stereotyping? I suppose so but trends are trends and they're not subjective opinions about what happens, only about why it keeps happening.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at February 18, 2014 11:12 AM (LSDdO)

334 "Punitive redistribution absolutely requires the creation of a brutal tyranny to carry it out."

QUOTE OF THE YEAR

Every Republican should have this in their talking points when arguing against big government.

Posted by: thelockean at February 18, 2014 11:25 AM (8pqMx)

335 #332, the cats and the fact in the Internet age the fuckers COULD find me anywhere is the only reason I didn't do it in November when the wife split.

Well, that and my Spanish sucks.

Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at February 18, 2014 11:25 AM (0Yr25)

336

I totally down for the Patches.  We should have multiple.  This is an AWESOME idea.

We need some swag.  Honestly, whats the point of being a member of the moron horde if you can't show it.  I personally love calmly and respectfully intellectually destroying lefties.  Please let me do it wearing a t-shirt with a pudding cup + Balls + (Down Arrow) = VICTORY.

Patches, hats, and t-shirts now.

Machetes, mines, and moonshine later.  

Posted by: Murphy Bush at February 18, 2014 11:30 AM (vC6Bj)

337 "When I was in 4th grade or so (1954) my cousin was killed during riots in . . . Caracas. There have been riots, unruly protests, murders and dictatorial regimes in Venezuela for well over 60 years. (and in much of the rest of the Americas during that time off and on) Lots of passion lots of anger and frustration and lots of bad things happening to people because they continue to vote for strong men as their leaders and then wonder why there's so much corruption and things don't work. Has it always been inspired by Communism? IDK but I do know that there's a long history of political unrest and the inability to create a stable government of any stripe. I believe it's a cultural thing. Perhaps even racial/ethnic as they have much in common with many other countries of the same composition and ethnicities/races of the population. Stereotyping? I suppose so but trends are trends and they're not subjective opinions about what happens, only about why it keeps happening." I'm no history buff but former spanish colonies just tend to be terrible compared to former english colonies. Think of Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, etc, compared to the USA, Canada, and Australia. My wife is Italian and she says southern Italy is lazy and corrupt likely because it was at one time under spanish control, whereas the northern part is more culturally similar to the Swiss. Spanish culture sucks. Everywhere it has been you find laziness, corruption, and collectivism.

Posted by: Roadrunner at February 18, 2014 11:30 AM (xMSfj)

338 Well, all that smart power™ diplomacy should have given us tremendous sway with the current Venezuelan government right? I mean we backed the Communists against a Democracy in our own back yard. We have Top Men. Posted by: Daybrother at February 18, 2014 02:39 PM (B5+l+) When someone who is self-evidently intelligent and successful, and yet appears to be a complete idiot, it is just possible that what they are trying to achieve is not what they are telling you they are trying to achieve. In this case, they're backing a destructive ideology while publicly claiming that they're trying to achieve stability, justice, teddy bears, or whatever. There are, oddly, a *lot* of FARC connections in Congress. FARC is a terror group. The situation seems completely bizarre until you realize none of these people give a damn about laws or terror, they give a damn about power, and about their ideology being *seen* as successful, right, and powerful, no matter the real-world consequences. Religion is the opiate of the masses, and those masses are leftists, and that religion is Marxism (and its brood of imitators).

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 18, 2014 11:31 AM (qyfb5)

339 Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 01:47 PM (bb5+k) I firmly believe this is why the left is so relentlessly attacking Fox. Obamacare is a failure and disliked by America, yet only Fox is reporting on it basically. The MSM never reports on the excesses of the vacations and lifestyle of Moochelle and Barry, yet people are aware of it. All of the repressed stories get out to the public, and that just cannot stand. Fox is having abigger impact than we think.

Posted by: Chilling the most at February 18, 2014 11:58 AM (gxtMZ)

340 "Mass murder and genocide are also not bugs but features of communism."

Starting with the French Revolution, their model, which added the words "au mort", or death, to their famous liberty, equality, fraternity slogan. Darn thing just doesn't work without mass murder.

Posted by: PJ at February 18, 2014 12:08 PM (ZWaLo)

341 "Fox is having abigger impact than we think." Exactly, and that's why the leftist backlash is so aggressive. How many "turn off Fox" bumper stickers do you see? I can hardly step foot on the internet without seeing a bitter leftist mutter "faux news". The left is ultimately anti-intellectual and they will try to shut down open debate and discussion of facts.

Posted by: Roadrunner at February 18, 2014 12:09 PM (xMSfj)

342 "Communism* is nothing more than an organized crime ring run by the state. It just extorts, parasitizes, and kills everything it touches, and then fails. Always. Always, and again. Punitive redistribution absolutely requires the creation of a brutal tyranny to carry it out. ..." Well put! Apparently co-bloggers are allowed to be awesome on the same day as Ace. My cup runneth over!

Posted by: Optimizer at February 18, 2014 02:06 PM (saDM3)

343 So wait, what's difference between socialism and communism? Is socialism just communism without the blood?

Posted by: Finster at February 18, 2014 02:24 PM (lVGw5)

344 Socialism has failed in Venezuela? Is there anyway for the people of Venezuela to walk their country back? Of course not. Socialism has, therefore, succeeded. Saying Socialism is a failure is like saying a mouse trap makes a lousy mouse feeder. Before you judge a thing, you truly have to understand its purpose.

Posted by: RayJ at February 18, 2014 04:27 PM (pI/IV)

345 Ukraine, Venezuela, the United States, Communist disasters.  Under communism the state owns the means of production.  Under Fascism "friends of the government" own the means of production.  If you can figure out the difference, let me know.

Posted by: burt at February 19, 2014 08:38 AM (1+kJ5)

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