March 25, 2014

Send This Woman To Washington, D.C. And She'll Make Politicians Squell Like Pigs
— DrewM

Charles Cooke says this spot has the greatest opening line in the history of political ads. Personally I think "I'm Joani Ernst" is kind of meh but that next line is by far the greatest second line ever in the history of political ads.

And just to be *that guy*, we need to get beyond the idea that pork spending, no matter how annoying, isn't the problem. It's the entitlements, stupid. Also, does she include farm subsidies, wind power credits and the ethanol mandate as "pork" or is that good old fashioned necessary "investments"?

Still...funny ad. Which was sort of the point of this post before it got away from me for a second.

Since I'm swiping that video from Cooke you should check out his post on how the left turns on its rising stars the second they dare go off script.

Posted by: DrewM at 11:34 AM | Comments (318)
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1 Fresh thread smell

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 11:35 AM (ojnk6)

2 They might even squeal like pigs too?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 25, 2014 11:35 AM (32Ze2)

3 Yew got a reel purity budget.

Posted by: fluffy at March 25, 2014 11:36 AM (Ua6T/)

4 First?

Posted by: Flyguy at March 25, 2014 11:36 AM (5bcIo)

5 That would be a "purty" budget.

Posted by: fluffy at March 25, 2014 11:36 AM (Ua6T/)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:37 AM (PYAXX)

7 Blast.

Posted by: Flyguy at March 25, 2014 11:37 AM (5bcIo)

8 Okay... for those of us who can't watch at work... What's the second line?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:37 AM (PYAXX)

9 I kind of like the idea of someone that happily castrates hogs going to congress to git-r-dun!

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 25, 2014 11:37 AM (32Ze2)

10 That Ad is a classic.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 11:37 AM (ojnk6)

11 Squell?

Posted by: © Sponge at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (xmcEQ)

12 What's the second line?
"Pig nuts: It's what's for dinner!"

Posted by: fluffy at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (Ua6T/)

13 GO CYCLONES!

Posted by: HR at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (ZKzrr)

14 Yer gonna trim the budget for meh, boy... yer gonna trim it reeeal good.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 25, 2014 11:38 AM (Ysbcl)

15 Squell?

Maybe a regional dialect.

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (fOLwM)

16 Awesome sense of humor, and castrating hogs obviously gave her a pair of huevos. 

Posted by: grognard at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (/29Nl)

17 "Squell", old chap?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (hn5v5)

18 I'm Jeffrey Dahmer. I grew up quartering humans in a Milwaukee apartment.

Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at March 25, 2014 11:39 AM (32Ze2)

19 Soldier?

Which branch?  Army?

Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 11:40 AM (GQ8sn)

20 Troll still arguing with itself in the dead thread.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 11:40 AM (7ObY1)

21 First time I ever squelled, it was from rotgut gin.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 11:40 AM (7ObY1)

22

Yew got a reel purity budget.

 

PURITY BUDGET!  YES!!

Posted by: TRU-CON! at March 25, 2014 11:40 AM (BrQrN)

23 castrating hogs obviously gave her a pairjar of huevos
FIFY

Posted by: fluffy at March 25, 2014 11:41 AM (Ua6T/)

24 How many times have politicians promised all that happy horseshit only to forget it as soon as the cross the belt line in DC.  I simply do not believe them anymore.


And on top of that she is in Iowa which is not known for being a "red State".  Is there anyone here who has personal knowledge of this woman?  Is she a real conservative, or another Ayote who will run as a conservative and immediately go liberal.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 11:41 AM (T2V/1)

25 I helped my Dad castrate hogs once. The hogs didn't like it much. I learned I didn't want any mountain oysters during that session too. We tossed the used nuts to my Grandpa's skinny old bluetick hounds and they turned up their noses at them. I figgered not good enough for a dog, not good enough for me.

Posted by: maddogg at March 25, 2014 11:41 AM (xWW96)

26 Joni Ernst (born July 1, 1970, Red Oak, Iowa) is a Republican politician, legislator, Lt. Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard, and candidate for the United States Senate from the state of Iowa. Ernst served as a company commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 where her unit was sent to run convoys through Kuwait and southern Iraq. Ernst is still on active duty, currently serving as a Lt. Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard, commanding the largest battalion in Iowa. Born and raised in Montgomery County, Iowa, Senator Ernst resides in Red Oak, Iowa with her husband of 21 years, Gail, a Command Sergeant Major in the Army Rangers (retired) and their three daughters. Ernst is a member of the Montgomery County Republican Women, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2265 (Life Member), Montgomery County Court of Honor, Altrusa, PEO Chapter HB, National Rifle Association (Lifetime Member) and the Montgomery County Farm Bureau. She is a member of the Mamrelund Lutheran Church of Stanton, Iowa. Ernst is a graduate of Iowa State University and earned a Master's in Public Administration from Columbus College. OK she seems like my kind of women

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 11:41 AM (t3UFN)

27 Which branch? Army?

Iowa Army National Guard.

http://www.joniforiowa.com/bio/

Posted by: HR at March 25, 2014 11:41 AM (ZKzrr)

28 That'll leave a mark.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at March 25, 2014 11:41 AM (0HooB)

29 And She'll Make Politicians Squell/i]

So Ace is just writing the headlines now?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at March 25, 2014 11:42 AM (wMsSu)

30 First time I ever squelled, it was from rotgut gin. Squelled thru a screen door......

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 11:43 AM (uVkIH)

31 Too many of the GOP politicians don't have any nuts anyway.

Posted by: maddogg at March 25, 2014 11:44 AM (xWW96)

32 I'll give her props for actually showing the word "conservative" in her ad.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at March 25, 2014 11:44 AM (0HooB)

33 Uh-oh. Looks like we have a (sinister whisper) stealth edit. You going to acknowledge that corrected headline, Drew? (For the humor impaired: yes, that's a joke)

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:45 AM (PYAXX)

34
Nut cuttin???

Well whaddid I say???

Posted by: Jessee Jackson at March 25, 2014 11:45 AM (nELVU)

35 Give me a list of government programs you have ended, or the bills you have sponsored to do so.      At that point, I may send money.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 25, 2014 11:45 AM (osZ/6)

36 BITCH!

Posted by: Squelling pigs at March 25, 2014 11:45 AM (RD7QR)

37 The conservative war drum beating over entitlements went nowhere. Admit defeat on this issue and move on. The American people are not buying it and refuse to have war with Social Security.

Posted by: Peace not War at March 25, 2014 11:46 AM (QupBk)

38 What are her odds in IA?

Anyway, she's a Lt. Colonel--maybe not too deep in the bullshit of schmoozing to get rank to be corrupted by the PC BS.

Posted by: RoyalOil at March 25, 2014 11:46 AM (VjL9S)

39 You can't help but be 'that guy'. You are that guy.

Posted by: Piece Not Worn at March 25, 2014 11:46 AM (I3+56)

40 As for "balancing the budget" right now that is physically impossible w/o an armed rebellion. You would have to cut the existing socialist spending by drastic amounts at the same time you "expanded" the tax base and raised taxes a large amount.


We have been running $1T+ deficits ever year since Obama took office.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 11:46 AM (T2V/1)

41
She picked up a big endorsement:

Now, more than ever, we need someone who will demand fiscal responsibility in Washington and will put up a strong fight against Obamacare. Mother, soldier and proven conservative, Joni Ernst, is ready to do just that.

Sincerely,

Mitt Romney

http://tinyurl.com/l76b8lz



No, too easy....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 11:46 AM (kdS6q)

42 Pork and foreign aid a problem. They are not THE problem. But we won't convince people to cut entitlements until we cut those, and even then I have my doubts. Just put me in the camp of cutting it all.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 11:46 AM (gmeXX)

43 Yay. Finally, an Iowa politician who will go after the $500,000 shrimp treadmill while demanding tens of billions in ethanol subsidies for her farm owner constituents. Fuck off, lady.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 25, 2014 11:46 AM (CJjw5)

44 OK, that's one seat in the Senate. How many more did we need to wrest it away from Hairy Reed (D-Mentia)?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at March 25, 2014 11:47 AM (0HooB)

45 As usual I'm with Vic.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 25, 2014 11:47 AM (rlkD6)

46 Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 25, 2014 03:45 PM (osZ/6) HR linked her website. She claims (I'm not in Iowa, so I wouldn't know) to have "helped" pass budget AND tax cuts.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:47 AM (PYAXX)

47 Dogs are not fond of the nut cuttin' either. I wonder how Obama felt after getting his done....

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 25, 2014 11:48 AM (32Ze2)

48 Just remember, all trolls are Average Joe

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 11:48 AM (7ObY1)

49 37  The American people are not buying it and refuse to have war with Social Security.

Posted by: Peace not War at March 25, 2014 03:46 PM (QupBk)



SS is really not the problem now.  It is medicare/medicaid and SSDI which is eat up with fraud, abuse, and corruption.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 11:48 AM (T2V/1)

50 Request fire mission, over.

Posted by: fluffy at March 25, 2014 11:48 AM (Ua6T/)

51 Finally, an Iowa politician who will go after the $500,000 shrimp treadmill while demanding tens of billions in ethanol subsidies for her farm owner constituents ---- Good question, where does she stand on corn subsidies? I'm guessing in favor of them. I'm kind of ready to write off Iowa so we don't have to pander to them anymore.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 11:48 AM (gmeXX)

52 Looks like all of you toaster fuckers are that guy.

Posted by: Piece Not Worn at March 25, 2014 11:48 AM (I3+56)

53
Red Oak is SW Iowa....  My folks lived there for a few years.... two of my siblings graduated from Red Oak HS.   She'll play well there..... how well she plays in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Waterloo???  ((shrug))

Iowa IS a Blue State....

Posted by: fixerupper at March 25, 2014 11:49 AM (nELVU)

54 Always remember - check the hash.

Now back to our regularly-scheduled programming.

Posted by: AoSHQ PSA at March 25, 2014 11:49 AM (fOLwM)

55 Good point on Ethanol. I'm not sure how one could win Iowa being against it. My guess, is she's a "that one's OK" type Pol.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 11:49 AM (ojnk6)

56 Pork is a symptom... not the cause... The current US political system is based on Parties being able to use the force of law to pick economic winners and losers. The two parties just have different lists of who they want to win, or lose... based on who pays them off the most (with money, and votes). As someone who does not seem to be on EITHER parties Win list.... I see that as a wee bit of a problem.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 25, 2014 11:49 AM (84gbM)

57

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 25, 2014 03:09 PM (QupBk)


Posted by: Peace not War at March 25, 2014 03:46 PM (QupBk)

Posted by: NSA Agent Cooter at March 25, 2014 11:49 AM (nQjHM)

58 52 Looks like all of you toaster fuckers are that guy. --------- I demand equality!

Posted by: Couch Fucker at March 25, 2014 11:50 AM (Aif/5)

59 Holy awesome post Drew. Made my day. If you'll allow me to share: Today, my eldest parrot, Merlin, took a chunk out of my finger. He's a high-strung little (expletive) so in the 5 years we've shared he's exacted more than that pound of flesh. I don't know if it's me or him. I sat back, as he happily munched on a grape afterward, and thought (it happens! stop laughing!) .... ...ok there was a point to this story about me not sending him to parrot heaven but he's just so bloody cute munching that grape that I lost focus.

Posted by: tangonine at March 25, 2014 11:50 AM (x3YFz)

60 I'm pretty sure -- or at least fervently hoping -- that the current version of Peace Not War is a sock.

Posted by: joncelli at March 25, 2014 11:50 AM (RD7QR)

61 She should get Ned Beatty to do a commercial with her. That would be truly unforgettable.

Posted by: Jon Voight at March 25, 2014 11:50 AM (Djwm9)

62 Give me a list of government programs you have ended, or the bills you have sponsored to do so. At that point, I may send money.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 25, 2014 03:45 PM (osZ/6)

 

 

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Yup.  Show me your record, in print.  I'll believe that before I'll believe your video.  Plus, as has been pointed out,..........Iowa.

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 11:50 AM (qHaC/)

63 You wanted them to squeal. You'll settle for squell. You get ???

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 11:51 AM (uVkIH)

64 Iowa IS a Blue State.... ---- If you could reliably count on Iowa's electoral votes, that would be one thing. But why we should pander to them when it regularly votes Dem is beyond me. I long for the day when we can cut the corn subsidy. Sadly, like the Cubs winning the WS, I just don't think its going to happen in my lifetime.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 11:51 AM (gmeXX)

65 Posted by: NSA Agent Cooter WTH Doc?

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 11:51 AM (QupBk)

66

Heh, I like the cut of her Jib.

Anyone that wants to go to Washington to cut off Nancy Pelosie's nuts is just jake in my book.

Posted by: Gmac at March 25, 2014 11:51 AM (4pjhs)

67 You get ???

Squat.

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 25, 2014 11:51 AM (fOLwM)

68 59 52 Looks like all of you toaster fuckers are that guy. --------- I demand equality! Posted by: Couch Fucker at March 25, 2014 03:50 PM (Aif/5) _________________ Behead those who insult Goat Fuckers!!!

Posted by: Goat Fucker at March 25, 2014 11:51 AM (32Ze2)

69 Good question, where does she stand on corn subsidies? I'm guessing in favor of them. I'm kind of ready to write off Iowa so we don't have to pander to them anymore. I know that ad's only 30 seconds long, but I'd still like to hear what her stance is on energy. Does she believe in the Globull Warmening Hoax?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at March 25, 2014 11:52 AM (0HooB)

70 Finally, an Iowa politician who will go after the $500,000 shrimp treadmill while demanding tens of billions in ethanol subsidies for her farm owner constituents.
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You could say the farmers feel like they are entitled to high corn prices.

It's like welfare to prop them up instead of forcing them to find more productive, non-subsidized farming practices.

Nah.

Ag welfare and entitlement spending is like in the Constitution and stuff.
Right next to the "buy off the farmers to keep the food stamp money flowing" clause.

Posted by: RoyalOil at March 25, 2014 11:52 AM (VjL9S)

71 Today, my eldest parrot, Merlin, took a chunk out of my finger. He's a high-strung little (expletive) Squab. With taters.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 11:52 AM (uVkIH)

72 No awls were harmed in the posting of this thread.

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 11:52 AM (QupBk)

73 Has she had any interactions with Karl Rove?

Posted by: Eff The GOP at March 25, 2014 11:52 AM (Cs2tJ)

74 Royal nailed it.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 25, 2014 11:53 AM (rlkD6)

75 Yes her commercial would have made more sense if she said she castrated entitlements . Stupid bint.

Posted by: Piece Not Worn at March 25, 2014 11:53 AM (I3+56)

76 My comment to the post was actually on topic and relevant but those parrot eyes! and the munching! I was overwhelmed. I apologize to the Horde.

Posted by: tangonine at March 25, 2014 11:53 AM (x3YFz)

77 For the last 10 years we've been listening to fools say that pork is just a tiny slice of the spending pie. Over the last 10 years, it has added up to a Big slice of the spending pie. But let's ignore and keep on bitching about Entitlement spending, which is politically impossible to cut.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 25, 2014 11:53 AM (HGVmj)

78 Give me liberty or give me a check.

Posted by: Henry Patrick at March 25, 2014 11:54 AM (XeVA7)

79
WTH Doc?

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 03:51 PM (QupBk)


You rang (QupBk)?

Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 25, 2014 11:54 AM (nQjHM)

80 Good question, where does she stand on corn subsidies? I'm guessing in favor of them. I'm kind of ready to write off Iowa so we don't have to pander to them anymore.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 03:48 PM (gmeXX)

 

 

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Iowa is bluer than pounded hog balls.

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 11:54 AM (qHaC/)

81 >>> And just to be *that guy*, we need to get beyond the idea that pork spending, no matter how annoying, isn't the problem. I see what you're saying, but considering the GOP has a history of running to the pork spending slop bucket just as fast as dems do, her words make me as happy as a pig in mud. She seems great; hopefully she gets in there and then puts her money where her mouth is.

Posted by: LizLem at March 25, 2014 11:54 AM (ijXVY)

82 Everyone in IA.... and I mean EVERYONE.... loves them some Corn Subsidies. IA is 96.8 percent corn.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 25, 2014 11:54 AM (32Ze2)

83

Behead those who insult Goat Fuckers!!!

 

Finally enough distractions in here for me to get a break.

Posted by: The Chicken at March 25, 2014 11:55 AM (JtwS4)

84 Besides, it's the principle. As a taxpayer I'd have great satisfaction knowing there's one less building bearing the name of a shitbag in Congress, or one less idiotic research grant studying the sexual habits of ants.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 25, 2014 11:55 AM (HGVmj)

85 82 Everyone in IA.... and I mean EVERYONE.... loves them some Corn Subsidies. IA is 96.8 percent corn.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 25, 2014 03:54 PM (32Ze2)


That must get painful after a while.

Posted by: joncelli at March 25, 2014 11:55 AM (RD7QR)

86 Squab. With taters. Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 03:52 PM (uVkIH) You tell them that! They bite ya, and you say "you know, no one will ever come looking for your body." And they just run around all cute and stuff and yer like: "Well. Shit."

Posted by: tangonine at March 25, 2014 11:55 AM (x3YFz)

87 A Navy F-18 fighter pilot and former Top Gun instructor is publicly warning admirals that retention is beginning to suffer from the military’s relentless social conditioning programs. Cmdr. Guy Snodgrass, until recently a Pentagon speech writer for the chief of naval operations, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, said sailors are becoming fed-up with the constant emphasis on social issues — an apparent reference to gays in the military, women in combat and ending sexual harassment. “Sailors continue to cite the over-focus on social issues by senior leadership, above and beyond discussions on war fighting — a fact that demoralizes junior and mid-grade officers alike,” Cmdr. Snodgrass wrote this month on the U.S. Naval Institute website, an independent forum for active and retired sailors and Marines. It is a remarkably frank assessment from an upwardly mobile fighter pilot who is due to become the executive officer of a F-18 unit in Japan. FYI

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 11:55 AM (t3UFN)

88 I dunno, she's neither a career politician nor a lawyer. How can we trust her to do all the things we're too stupid to want done?

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at March 25, 2014 11:55 AM (eBNjM)

89
Oh yeah, just one minor detail.  I am for ever increasing ethanol subsidies.

Posted by: Joani Ernst at March 25, 2014 11:55 AM (nQjHM)

90 Everyone in IA.... and I mean EVERYONE.... loves them some Corn Subsidies. IA is 96.8 percent corn.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 25, 2014 03:54 PM (32Ze2)


----


Meh.... 50% corn.... 25% beans.... and 25% hogs....  but yeah.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 25, 2014 11:56 AM (nELVU)

91 Heaven on Earth means everyone thinking exactly the same. *shoots self in the head* *thump*

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 25, 2014 11:56 AM (oFCZn)

92 Heh. . .lets see her just try and cut corn subsidies in Iowa. . .GLWT.

Posted by: looking closely at March 25, 2014 11:56 AM (6Q9g2)

93 It seems to me that a national campaign run on cutting pork would better politics than one run on cutting entitlements. Win the campaign, then the argument (or is it the other way around)? I say let's just do both.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 11:56 AM (gmeXX)

94 You tell them that! They bite ya, and you say "you know, no one will ever come looking for your body." And they just run around all cute and stuff and yer like: "Well. Shit." LOL

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 11:56 AM (uVkIH)

95
Bio: About Joni

"I was fortunate to be able to attend college at Iowa State University..."



Dropped.

I kid.  Go Cornhuskers, or Buckeyes or whatever you are....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 11:56 AM (kdS6q)

96 It is a remarkably frank assessment from an upwardly mobile fighter pilot who is due to become the executive officer of a F-18 unit in Japan. I believe they used the wrong tense of that verb.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:57 AM (PYAXX)

97 Welp.
Since it is apparent that the Horde can't enjoy things for even a nano-second before turning all pinch faced scoldy and negative, I'm just going to keep the hotassery to myself from now on. Dude. Serious You Guys. For one brief shining second, enjoy something. It won't hurt that much, I promise. Protip: When someone (not me of course am delicate flower of innocent virtue) who has possibly been known as the Princess of Death tells you to lighten up? Lighten up.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 11:57 AM (VtjlW)

98 Don't tread on my spending!

Posted by: idiots who used a Gadsden Flag to defend 404Care at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (08jH8)

99 Where's she going to find a pair of balls to cut in DC?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (DrWcr)

100 Huh, I always thought "Snodgrass" was one of those made-up last names you'd see in Mad Magazine.

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (fOLwM)

101 I kid. Go Cornhuskers, or Buckeyes or whatever you are....Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 03:56 PM (kdS6q)
Corn eyed buckhusker.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (XeVA7)

102 Good question, where does she stand on corn subsidies? I'm guessing in favor of them. I'm kind of ready to write off Iowa so we don't have to pander to them anymore. Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 03:48 PM (gmeXX) We grow a share of corn here in MO, but I'd still like to take a match to the Corn subsidies. They distort everything downstream of the market too. Cheap sugar imports from Mexico would probably lower over overall food costs. And honestly, since farming has become more and more automated, kicking corn subsidies to the curb might not even have that big of an effect on overall jobs.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (HDwDg)

103 You want bacon. You'll take pork chops. You get pig nuts.

Posted by: fluffy at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (Ua6T/)

104 CUT ALL SUBSIDIES!!!... except for the ones I need to support to get elected.

Posted by: Joani Ernst at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (32Ze2)

105

Since it is apparent that the Horde can't enjoy things for even a nano-second before turning all pinch faced scoldy and negative, I'm just going to keep the hotassery to myself from now on.

 

What?  NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (DrWcr)

106 It is a remarkably frank assessment from an upwardly mobile fighter pilot who is due to become the executive officer of a F-18 unit in Japan. FYI Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 03:55 PM (t3UFN) Whoopssssie.... he's done....

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (84gbM)

107 Iowa is bluer than pounded hog balls. Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 03:54 PM (qHaC/) Everyone who winced after reading that raise your hand.

Posted by: tangonine at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (x3YFz)

108 Oops. Mis-posted this on previous thread: “Disinformer!” the Daily Kos screamed. “One of the country’s leading tricksters on climate change,” charged the Huffington Post. “Inaccurate and misleading,” was ThinkProgress’s measured verdict. --------------- When you start taking flak, you know that you are over the target.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (aDwsi)

109 Everyone in IA.... and I mean EVERYONE.... loves them some Corn Subsidies. IA is 96.8 percent corn. Corn fed Iowa farm girl. Salute!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 11:58 AM (uVkIH)

110 Where's she going to find a pair of balls to cut in DC? Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 03:58 PM (DrWcr) I think Nancy Pelosi keeps everyone but teh SCOAMT's in jars in her office. Mooch keeps that other set.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 11:59 AM (PYAXX)

111 Dropped. I kid. Go Cornhuskers, or Buckeyes or whatever you are.... Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 03:56 PM (kdS6q) *gestures wildly* You! The moron sitting next to Laurie David's Cervix! Mind administering a well deserved kick to LDC's shins?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis in the Cornhusker state and it's not Iowa at March 25, 2014 11:59 AM (oFCZn)

112 99 On the Dem side of the Senate, Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein, etc...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 11:59 AM (ojnk6)

113 #93

You gotta win the seat to do anything else.
 
Problem is, getting the seat is so hard, and the seat itself is so valuable, that once you've won it, the next imperative becomes PROTECTING the seat (rather than doing the "anything else" you were thinking about before having it).

Put a little differently, the players may change, but the game remains the same. 

Posted by: looking closely at March 25, 2014 11:59 AM (6Q9g2)

114 77
For the last 10 years we've been listening to fools say that pork is just a tiny slice of the spending pie.

Over the last 10 years, it has added up to a Big slice of the spending pie.

But let's ignore and keep on bitching about Entitlement spending, which is politically impossible to cut.
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Dateline: February 11, 2011 CPAC
"As part of that effort, Boehner said the House will "cut $100 billion in discretionary spending next week."

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Boy howdy did those fucker cut. To the fucking bone.

You wanted $100 billion in cuts.
You'd have settled for $1 billions in cuts.
You got $100 billion (and counting) in new spending.

Posted by: RoyalOil at March 25, 2014 11:59 AM (VjL9S)

115 Since we're past 100, YES is wrapping up a new album with the lead singer from Glass Hammer, to be entitled Heaven and Earth. Two of my favorite bands in one. Happy dance!

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 11:59 AM (7ObY1)

116 It's been a couple weeks since my kitties went under the knife, they've fully recovered. The first night they were home I almost went into a panic when' even hours after the anesthesia should have lost all effect, one of them tried to jump up on my leg to get to my lap and promptly slid back down and landed on the floor. I was immediately thinking some sort of neurological problem. Then my wife took a look at his paws and realized the Vet had thoroughly clipped his nails. Poor little guy didn't know how to climb or land without his claws. Thought it was weird the Vet never mentioned clipping both cats nails, nor was there any record on the receipt.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 25, 2014 11:59 AM (ZshNr)

117 "Cutting pork" isn't where I thought she was going with that castration opener.

Posted by: red sweater at March 25, 2014 12:00 PM (oATMN)

118 rotip: When someone (not me of course am delicate flower of innocent virtue) who has possibly been known as the Princess of Death tells you to lighten up? Lighten up. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 03:57 PM (VtjlW) I have despaired, such is life. Usually when I get in these funks finding employment brings me out of them by giving me something that I can pretend is meaningful to pour myself into. It's been a bitch and a half to find employment in Obama's economy. And I can't bring myself to pour into my dissertation because there's no light at the end of that tunnel either. Just more of the same unemployedness .

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 25, 2014 12:00 PM (HDwDg)

119 SS is really not the problem now. It is medicare/medicaid and SSDI which is eat up with fraud, abuse, and corruption. The whole shebang is way too big and expensive to survive for much longer, which provides a marvelous reason to do away with quite a few departments, especially if there are equivalents at the state level. I'd love to hear a conservative president say, "Due to the excesses of my predecessor and faced with trillions of dollars of debt, I have no choice but to close the following agencies immediately.." then start reading the list. The sound of Prog/Coms heads a'splodin' would sound like fireworks on the Fourth of July.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at March 25, 2014 12:00 PM (0HooB)

120 Dude. Serious You Guys. For one brief shining second, enjoy something. It won't hurt that much, I promise. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 03:57 PM (VtjlW) ________________ Ok..... Joani Ernst? I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 25, 2014 12:00 PM (32Ze2)

121 Protip: When someone (not me of course am delicate flower of innocent virtue) who has possibly been known as the Princess of Death tells you to lighten up? Lighten up.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 03:57 PM (VtjlW)


I thought you were known as Her Resplendence Alexandra du Chocolat Mousse Reina I, Empress of Alextopia.  o.0  I have difficulty keeping up with your titles sometimes...


Perhaps Queen Ravage would be a good one to add to the list.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 25, 2014 12:01 PM (9LuAk)

122 48 Just remember, all trolls are Average Joe Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 03:48 PM (7ObY1)


This one is Hector.  About as interesting as an Average Joe troll.  Which means not at all.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 25, 2014 12:01 PM (GrtrJ)

123 Protip: When someone (not me of course am delicate flower of innocent virtue) who has possibly been known as the Princess of Death tells you to lighten up? Lighten up. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 03:57 PM (VtjlW) To the person that holds a grudge forever for some unknown reason? Et Tu, Brute.

Posted by: tangonine at March 25, 2014 12:01 PM (x3YFz)

124 Since it is apparent that the Horde can't enjoy things for even a nano-second before turning all pinch faced scoldy and negative, I'm just going to keep the hotassery to myself from now on. What? NOOOOOOOOO!!!!! THIS is why we can't have nice things......

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 12:01 PM (uVkIH)

125 I kid. Go Cornhuskers, or Buckeyes or whatever you are....Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 03:56 PM (kdS6q)

Corn eyed buckhusker.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 25, 2014 03:58 PM (XeVA7)


------


Dear Coastal Dwellers.....


This is why we do not like you guys very much.


Signed


The Big Square States You Fly Over

Posted by: fixerupper at March 25, 2014 12:01 PM (nELVU)

126

Ernst seems to say that she's anti-ethanol mandates.  There's a hit piece on her in the Iowa Repulican that chastises her for not knowing that higher corn prices mean more farmers buying tractors, etc.

 

http://bit.ly/1pxez8e

Posted by: The Chicken at March 25, 2014 12:02 PM (JtwS4)

127 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 03:57 PM (VtjlW) AOS is the only place people look for a dark lining on a silver cloud.

Posted by: Piece Not Worn at March 25, 2014 12:02 PM (I3+56)

128 Pork spending is not a major problem. Pork spending is tiny, tiny compared to entitlements. It is the grease that spins the wheels of the welfare state, of the sausage factory. But the problem is the entitlement sausage and the factory wheels, not the pork-based grease.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 25, 2014 12:02 PM (ZPrif)

129 This is hurting my brain. I'm trying to recall the line by the lasagna (or cold cut sandwich or whatever) that spoke up for Johnny Pavarotti.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 25, 2014 12:02 PM (HGVmj)

130 We were going to increase spending by a gazillion dollars. Instead, we're only going to increase by a trillion. Gazillion saved, baby!

Posted by: Damiano at March 25, 2014 12:02 PM (j0wOO)

131 Farm subsidies aren't entitlements... they're sacraments!

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at March 25, 2014 12:02 PM (h53OH)

132 Its really simple to find out if someone is a conservative. What is your plan to reduce the size, scope and reach of the federal government? Would you support giving back most federal lands to the states? Would you support a fair tax/flat tax? You get the idea. This is not hard stuff.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 25, 2014 12:02 PM (bxKJf)

133 On pork, sure. . .entitlement reform is much more important, but if you can't even manage to cut pork, how are you going to get to entitlements?

Personally, I don't think entitlement reform is even politically possible until we have a Greece-like credit crisis.  Too many voters love the entitlements and we have a political class perpetually engaged in "kick the can", because they constitutionally cannot focus past the very next election cycle, and its politically expedient.

I guess this is a variant of "let it burn", but I don't see a plausible alternative.

Posted by: looking closely at March 25, 2014 12:02 PM (6Q9g2)

134 I need a drink.  I've been poring over federal regulations all day, my head is about to explode, and AtC has taken the hotassery away.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 12:04 PM (DrWcr)

135
Oh, how soon they forget......

Posted by: Demon Sheep at March 25, 2014 12:04 PM (TIIx5)

136 I'd hit it.

Posted by: obligatory at March 25, 2014 12:04 PM (QupBk)

137 Pork spending is not a major problem. It is when bacon is $9.99 lb.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 12:04 PM (uVkIH)

138 Would you support giving back most federal lands to the states? Yes, yes, yes.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:04 PM (gmeXX)

139 YES is wrapping up a new album with the lead singer from Glass Hammer, to be entitled Heaven and Earth. Two of my favorite bands in one. Happy dance! Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 03:59 PM (7ObY1) That will either be super awesome or. Not. Just for garrett, boys and girls, it's time for another round of Guess That Sigur Ros Song! A. Iiswkissor II. Swedysliurz Troika. Hrafntinna Quattro. Pporayquki

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 12:04 PM (VtjlW)

140 >>> Dogs are not fond of the nut cuttin' either. Am also reminded of Mike Rowe's great TED talk where he explained how, contrary to animal do-gooder protests, quickly snipping sacs with a knife is the superior, more humane, less painful method. No matter how much they insist is not so. So much the left thinks it knows is not true, example 5,240. And no not everything reminds me of Mike Rowe...but it should.

Posted by: LizLem at March 25, 2014 12:04 PM (ijXVY)

141 136 I'd hit it.

Posted by: obligatory at March 25, 2014 04:04 PM (QupBk)

 

Careful.  She'll cut your balls off, man.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 12:04 PM (DrWcr)

142 YES is wrapping up a new album with the lead singer from Glass Hammer, to be entitled Heaven and Earth. Two of my favorite bands in one. Happy dance! Way kewl. I've liked Yes for many decades. No Jon Anderson, eh? Hope his health is OK, he's getting up there in years. As is another favorite I've rediscovered, Todd Rundgren. He'll be 66 in a few more months and still sounds and plays just like he did 30 years ago.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at March 25, 2014 12:04 PM (0HooB)

143 I know I say I don't like pork spending, but everyone else does it so.......

Posted by: Luap Nor, Extremely Principled at March 25, 2014 12:04 PM (Aif/5)

144 Dear Coastal Dwellers.....
This is why we do not like you guys very much.
I'm surprised to learn that Indiana is a coastal state.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 25, 2014 12:04 PM (XeVA7)

145
it is apparent that the Horde can't enjoy things for even a nano-second before turning all pinch faced scoldy and negative
Posted by: alexthechick




"...and me with this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 12:05 PM (kdS6q)

146

/sock

 

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 25, 2014 12:05 PM (JtwS4)

147 No Jihab? Raises Pigs? Woman speaking out in public??? FATWA!!!

Posted by: Islamic Scholar at March 25, 2014 12:05 PM (84gbM)

148 >95
Bio: About Joni

"I was fortunate to be able to attend college at Iowa State University..."



Dropped.

I kid. Go Cornhuskers, or Buckeyes or whatever you are....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 03:56 PM (kdS6q)<



*holds LDC's arms behind his back*



Oh Radieschen,  you get first shot.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 25, 2014 12:05 PM (sjdRT)

149 #126: There's a hit piece on her in the Iowa Repulican that chastises her for not knowing that higher corn prices mean more farmers buying tractors, etc.
===
I guess the Iowa Republican has never heard of the "broken window fallacy".  Higher corn prices may mean more IA corn farmers buying tractors, but they also mean less fewer dollars in the pockets of corn CONSUMERS (ie nearly every other person in the country) to buy other things.

Posted by: looking closely at March 25, 2014 12:05 PM (6Q9g2)

150 Let's go to the video!

Posted by: Warner Wolf at March 25, 2014 12:06 PM (32Ze2)

151

So is AtC  saying that we better enjoy this or she'll kill us?

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 12:06 PM (qHaC/)

152 It's funny watching some "conservatives" instantly turn FSA when you bring up the prospect of reducing Medicare and Social Security spending.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 12:06 PM (SY2Kh)

153 It is a remarkably frank assessment from an upwardly mobile fighter pilot who is due to become the executive officer of a F-18 unit in Japan. ---------- Guy is *cooked* End of career.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 12:07 PM (aDwsi)

154 I'd love to hear a conservative president say, "Due to the excesses of my predecessor and faced with trillions of dollars of debt, I have no choice but to close the following agencies immediately.." then start reading the list. The sound of Prog/Coms heads a'splodin' would sound like fireworks on the Fourth of July.

I'd be happy if they'd just start by announcing that they're not filling half the political positions that they could.  Department of Education?  No appointments.  Department of Health and Human Services?  No appointments.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 25, 2014 12:07 PM (YQ4mh)

155 Speaking of    castration,    you know   the   Sami   people   of Scandinavia      don't   fully    castrate their reindeer?     Rather they pin down the males they plan to castrate   and   the women     chew   their   testicles   until they've pulverized what's inside.       Reindeer   castrated in this fashion    grow bigger than other males, but they're a lot more  docile.    



*NBC jingle*  The more you know!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 12:07 PM (4df7R)

156 So is AtC saying that we better enjoy this or she'll kill us? Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 04:06 PM (qHaC/) I never promised the sweet release of death.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 12:07 PM (VtjlW)

157 Dogs are not fond of the nut cuttin' either. http://is.gd/nWm8p1

Posted by: obligatory at March 25, 2014 12:08 PM (QupBk)

158 Obama to honor American WWI dead at Flanders Field Anyone wanna bet it will be all about obama?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 12:08 PM (t3UFN)

159 Squeal like a pig indeed. The only way to seriously reform the government at this point is going to have to start with several million people walking into DC and standing around yelling for a few days. They only understand violence (or the perceived threat of it) and money at this point. The current government is completely lawless and shows actual contempt for the Constitution. Seriously, they act exactly like an 18th century monarchy with a court of nobles and I hope they end up just like the French aristocracy.

Posted by: Daybrother--Not that I'm bitter or anything at March 25, 2014 12:08 PM (D/y4/)

160 dammit

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 12:08 PM (QupBk)

161 Speaking of castration, you know the Sami people of Scandinavia don't fully castrate their reindeer? Rather they pin down the males they plan to castrate and the women chew their testicles until they've pulverized what's inside. Reindeer castrated in this fashion grow bigger than other males, but they're a lot more docile.



*NBC jingle* The more you know!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 04:07 PM (4df7R)


-----


No fucking wonder Rudolph passed on reindeer games.....

Posted by: fixerupper at March 25, 2014 12:08 PM (nELVU)

162 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 04:07 PM (4df7R)


First, I thought you meant the reindeer women.  Then I realized that you probably meant human women doing the chewing. 

O_o

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 25, 2014 12:09 PM (GrtrJ)

163 Since it is apparent that the Horde can't enjoy things for even a nano-second before turning all pinch faced scoldy and negative

I thought I was the only one who noticed.

Posted by: HR at March 25, 2014 12:09 PM (ZKzrr)

164 the prospect of reducing Medicare and Social Security spending. Posted by: Hollowpoint ------- The people I know supported Bush's effort to alter SS to market-based investments. Moreover, remember that SS was *paid* for by non-FSA. It is *their* money, or what remains of it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 12:09 PM (aDwsi)

165 And just to be *that guy*, we need to get beyond the idea that pork spending, no matter how annoying, isn't the problem. It's the entitlements, stupid.

You are never, ever, never, ever, never, never, never, ever, never, never, never, never, ever, ever, never, never, ever, never, ever, never, never, never, ever, never, never, never, never, ever, ever, never, never, ever, never, ever, never, never, never, ever, never, never, never, never, ever, ever, never, never, ever, never, ever, never, never, never, ever, never, never, never, never, ever, ever, never going to convince people that their entitlements need to be cut while we are still spending money on crap like cowboy poetry.

The first step is to cut the pork. Once that has been accomplished, people may be more willing to hear the truth that entitlements are out of control.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 25, 2014 12:09 PM (IN7k+)

166 @159. In my neighborhood we called that "second base".

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 25, 2014 12:09 PM (ZshNr)

167

never going to convince people that their entitlements need to be cut while we are still spending money on crap like cowboy poetry.

Hey, we depend on those entitlements!

Posted by: Gay cowboys eating pudding at March 25, 2014 12:10 PM (DrWcr)

168 I thought I was the only one who noticed. Posted by: HR ---------------- See?..., I really liked you until you got bossy. /SARC

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 12:10 PM (aDwsi)

169 [First, I thought you meant the reindeer women. Then I realized that you probably meant human women doing the chewing.

O_o

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 25, 2014 04:09 PM (GrtrJ)[/i]



Yes, the   human women.   *nod*   How'd you like THAT to be your morning?   


"Honey!   We've got to castrate some reindeer today.   I'll hold him down, you get your dentures in nice and tight."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 12:10 PM (4df7R)

170 I think Nancy Pelosi keeps everyone but teh SCOAMT's in jars in her office. Mooch keeps that other set. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 25, 2014 03:59 They have a vault under the reflecting pool with joint key privilege. I imagine it looks much like the wicked queen's heart vault from Once Upon A Time.

Posted by: LizLem at March 25, 2014 12:11 PM (ijXVY)

171 So is AtC saying that we better enjoy this or she'll kill us? I was scared stiff by God's Creation.

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 12:11 PM (QupBk)

172
the Sami people of Scandinavia don't fully castrate their reindeer? Rather they pin down the males they plan to castrate and the women chew their testicles
until they've pulverized what's inside.
Posted by: MWR




"What do you call an act like that?"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 12:11 PM (kdS6q)

173 In my neighborhood we called that "second base".

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 25, 2014 04:09 PM (ZshNr)

 

 

Damn.  Rough neighborhood.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 12:11 PM (DrWcr)

174 Anyone remember the candidate for Congress who was criticized for using Chinese-looking actors in an ad about U.S. debt?

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 25, 2014 12:11 PM (HGVmj)

175 Speaking of castration, you know the Sami people of Scandinavia don't fully castrate their reindeer? Rather they pin down the males they plan to castrate and the women chew their testicles until they've pulverized what's inside. Reindeer castrated in this fashion grow bigger than other males, but they're a lot more docile. *NBC jingle* The more you know! Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 04:07 PM (4df7R) _________________ I like the cut of your jib, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 25, 2014 12:11 PM (32Ze2)

176 151 So is AtC saying that we better enjoy this or she'll kill us? Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 04:06 PM (qHaC/) ************ No. Just that some of the hoard need a diaper change and a nap.

Posted by: tasker at March 25, 2014 12:11 PM (RJMhd)

177 I never promised the sweet release of death. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 04:07 PM (VtjlW) Tease.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 25, 2014 12:11 PM (HDwDg)

178
Yes, the human women. *nod* How'd you like THAT to be your morning?

"Honey! We've got to castrate some reindeer today. I'll hold him down, you get your dentures in nice and tight."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 04:10 PM (4df7R)


You know, until this thread came around, I was planning an awesome dinner with smoked bratwurst and cheddar. 


I think I'll skip dinner now....

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 25, 2014 12:12 PM (9LuAk)

179 Entitlement reform will come when Gen X starts retiring. We won't have the votes to stop it after paying into the system for all our working lives.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:12 PM (gmeXX)

180 >"Honey! We've got to castrate some reindeer today. I'll hold him down, you get your dentures in nice and tight."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 04:10 PM (4df7R)<



Do you think they make growly noises while they're gnawing on the huevos?

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 25, 2014 12:12 PM (sjdRT)

181 176 Speaking of castration, you know the Sami people of Scandinavia don't fully castrate their reindeer? Rather they pin down the males they plan to castrate and the women chew their testicles until they've pulverized what's inside. Reindeer castrated in this fashion grow bigger than other males, but they're a lot more docile.



*NBC jingle* The more you know!


Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 04:07 PM (4df7R)

_________________

I like the cut of your jib, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 25, 2014 04:11 PM (32Ze2)

 

Me too!

Posted by: Andrea Dworkin at March 25, 2014 12:12 PM (DrWcr)

182 But yeah, expect Donald Rumsfeld to get hit with the latest "Racist!" stick over his 'trained ape' remark.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 25, 2014 12:12 PM (HGVmj)

183 It's right there in the rulebook. Pics. Reindeer castration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fftnExG-WFg

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 12:12 PM (aDwsi)

184 It wasn't so bad, we all grew up large and docile....

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 25, 2014 12:12 PM (ZshNr)

185

>>>you know the Sami people of Scandinavia don't fully castrate their reindeer? Rather they pin down the males they plan to castrate and the women chew their testicles until they've pulverized what's inside.

 

Holding down the reindeer is a way to get the men to expose their nuts for the nut-chewin' wimmens to gnaw on?

 

Yer gonna give the feministers new ideas, man.

Posted by: Bigby's Thumb at March 25, 2014 12:13 PM (3ZtZW)

186 You know, until this thread came around, I was planning an awesome dinner with smoked bratwurst and cheddar.

I think I'll skip dinner now....

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 25, 2014 04:12 PM (9LuAk)



Well at the very least you can say this place helps      you stay on your diet?   *silver lining?*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 12:13 PM (4df7R)

187 And just to be *that guy*, we need to get beyond the idea that pork spending, no matter how annoying, isn't the problem. *** In case someone above hasn't mentioned it, did you mean to say is the problem?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 25, 2014 12:13 PM (DmNpO)

188 The people I know supported Bush's effort to alter SS to market-based investments. Moreover, remember that SS was *paid* for by non-FSA. It is *their* money, or what remains of it. "Their" money was spent on checks made out to "their" parents and grandparents. Nearly all of their contributions were spent before they became eligible. So no, it's not *their* money. Entitlement reform is obviously a very touchy issue politically, but it won't be Cowboy Poetry, military spending or foreign aid that bankrupts the country.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 12:13 PM (SY2Kh)

189 "What do you call an act like that?" The Aristocrats!

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 12:13 PM (QupBk)

190 Yes, the human women. *nod* How'd you like THAT to be your morning? "Honey! We've got to castrate some reindeer today. I'll hold him down, you get your dentures in nice and tight." And women complain men get to have all the fun at deer camp.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 12:13 PM (uVkIH)

191 The Horde: From the Pink song: raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways because we're all nitty gritty dirty little freaks. press on. You're fine and I love ya gremlins.

Posted by: tangonine at March 25, 2014 12:14 PM (x3YFz)

192 Do you think they make growly noises while they're gnawing on the huevos?

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 25, 2014 04:12 PM (sjdRT)



I would, if it were me.   But I'm kind of odd.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 12:14 PM (4df7R)

193 Also, probably the whole "holding the reindeer" thinger is a gender-normative social construct.

Posted by: Bigby's Thumb at March 25, 2014 12:14 PM (3ZtZW)

194 Cut, Jib, Joani!!

Posted by: dananjcon at March 25, 2014 12:14 PM (NpXoL)

195 Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 25, 2014 04:12 PM (9LuAk) You think that's bad? I'm going out for Indian....

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 25, 2014 12:14 PM (HDwDg)

196 Fuck it. I have got to get the AoSIU going again even if it means backleveling FireFox.

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 12:14 PM (QupBk)

197 Posted by: LizLem at March 25, 2014 04:04 PM (ijXVY) Morons who haven't seen Mike Rowe's TED talk about castrating sheep should stop now, find it and watch it.

Posted by: tmitsss at March 25, 2014 12:14 PM (7Rx8v)

198 151 So is AtC saying that we better enjoy this or she'll kill us? Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 04:06 PM (qHaC/) It's worse. The Withdrawal of The Boobs.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 25, 2014 12:15 PM (oFCZn)

199
Well at the very least you can say this place helps you stay on your diet? *silver lining?*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 04:13 PM (4df7R)


True, at most any other time!  But today, I've yet to eat at all, and have put an hour in on the treadmill. 


o_O I think my stomach is caving in on itself.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 25, 2014 12:15 PM (9LuAk)

200 91 Heaven on Earth means everyone thinking exactly the same. *shoots self in the head* *thump* Wut?

Posted by: m at March 25, 2014 12:15 PM (2AqeI)

201 128 "Pork spending is not a major problem. Pork spending is tiny, tiny compared to entitlements. It is the grease that spins the wheels of the welfare state, of the sausage factory. But the problem is the entitlement sausage and the factory wheels, not the pork-based grease." Right. However take something away from one and they will turn on the other. See TFG's politics of division. Said it here before. Listened to the farmers at the lunch table complain about the welfare state. I mentioned farm subsidies and it got real quiet. Farmers get a check. It just has more zeros on the end.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 25, 2014 12:15 PM (rlkD6)

202 "holding the reindeer".... So that's what you kids are calling it nowadays.... CHICKA BOW WOW

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 25, 2014 12:15 PM (32Ze2)

203 but it won't be Cowboy Poetry, military spending or foreign aid that bankrupts the country ---- Who ever said it would?

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:15 PM (gmeXX)

204 >I would, if it were me. But I'm kind of odd.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 04:14 PM (4df7R)<



*plans mission to extract Nearsider from MWR's basement*

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 25, 2014 12:15 PM (sjdRT)

205 I never promised the sweet release of death.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 04:07 PM (VtjlW)

 

 

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

 

 

Damn!  I had my final speech to the world down pat  too. 

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 12:15 PM (qHaC/)

206 never going to convince people that their entitlements need to be cut while we are still spending money on crap like cowboy poetry. Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 25, 2014 04:09 PM (IN7k+) Gay Mexican prostitute condom studies are still a go though, right?

Posted by: RWC at March 25, 2014 12:15 PM (fWAjv)

207 Do you think they make growly noises while they're gnawing on the huevos? ** My sister cooked ham and a squash casserole yesterday. I caught myself doing the same.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 25, 2014 12:15 PM (DmNpO)

208 True, at most any other time! But today, I've yet to eat at all, and have put an hour in on the treadmill.

o_O I think my stomach is caving in on itself.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 25, 2014 04:15 PM (9LuAk)



Oh dear.   That's not good!    Okay... um... 


Quick, Horde!    Someone post something   that will make Kinley    crave food again!   

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 12:15 PM (4df7R)

209 Damn! I had my final speech to the world down pat too.

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 04:15 PM (qHaC/)

 

Mine is three words: kiss my ass.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 12:16 PM (DrWcr)

210 *plans mission to extract Nearsider from MWR's basement*

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 25, 2014 04:15 PM (sjdRT)



Hey!   *smacksmacksmacksmack!*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 12:16 PM (4df7R)

211 Also, does she include farm subsidies, wind power credits and the ethanol mandate as "pork" or is that good old fashioned necessary "investments" It's Iowa, so that's a rhetorical question.

Posted by: brak at March 25, 2014 12:16 PM (M2qTM)

212 The importance of being Ernest/Ernst castrating Washingtonian pigs.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 25, 2014 12:16 PM (/vO0r)

213 Well at the very least you can say this place helps you stay on your diet? *silver lining?* Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 25, 2014 04:13 PM (4df7R) Excuse me, were you trying to be positive? Because that's Not Allowed.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 12:16 PM (VtjlW)

214 It's worse. The Withdrawal of The Boobs. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 25, 2014 04:15 PM (oFCZn) --------------------- What? Where did she put them where they must be withdrawn?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 25, 2014 12:16 PM (32Ze2)

215 So no, it's not *their* money. Entitlement reform is obviously a very touchy issue politically, but it won't be Cowboy Poetry, military spending or foreign aid that bankrupts the country. Posted by: Hollowpoint --------------- I merely point out that whether it is physically their cash or not, they have paid into the system, with the promise that the money would be returned. Ponzi scheme? Of course..., but that does not mean that the expectations/claims of retirees are not legitimate, or that they are unreasonable.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 12:16 PM (aDwsi)

216 A. Iiswkissor II. Swedysliurz Troika. Hrafntinna Quattro. Pporayquki Shit. I just spun Taak last night and I couldn't tell you a single song title on it or any of their other albums. Icelandic looks like a dictionary threw up.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 12:16 PM (7ObY1)

217 Gay Mexican prostitute condom studies are still a go though, right? Whatever you do, don't touch African Junk Washing.

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 12:17 PM (QupBk)

218 Reindeer womens, for the first time all day I've gone 30 seconds not fantasizing about getting a beejer.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 25, 2014 12:17 PM (JtwS4)

219 *plans mission to extract Nearsider from MWR's basement*

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 25, 2014 04:15 PM (sjdRT)

 

 

Your motives are noble, but your OpSec blows.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 12:17 PM (DrWcr)

220 She's gonna have her work cut out for her wrasslin' Big Mooch to the ground.

Posted by: wth at March 25, 2014 12:17 PM (wAQA5)

221 Excuse me, were you trying to be positive? Because that's Not Allowed.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 04:16 PM (VtjlW


*sad face*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 12:17 PM (4df7R)

222 It's a senate race to-- replace Tom Harkin. jezzuz.

Posted by: tasker at March 25, 2014 12:17 PM (RJMhd)

223 U.S. Officials: Russia Has Moved Another 10K Troops To Ukraine Border, Total Forces Now Total 30K… According to Obama this is a show of “weakness,” or something. Weasel Zippers:

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 12:17 PM (t3UFN)

224


>>>Quick, Horde! Someone post something that will make Kinley crave food again!

 

Mousaka!

 

Made with Real Moose! and Squeeze Cheez!

Posted by: Bigby's Thumb at March 25, 2014 12:17 PM (3ZtZW)

225 How does the reindeer rancher know when the testicles have been chewed up enough?

I'm asking for a friend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 25, 2014 12:17 PM (8ZskC)

226 >My sister cooked ham and a squash casserole yesterday. I caught myself doing the same.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 25, 2014 04:15 PM (DmNpO)<



Are we talking OMNOMNOM or full on zombie vocalizations?

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 25, 2014 12:17 PM (sjdRT)

227 Just for the record, there are no more ethanol subsidies. They ended at the end of 2012.
 
However (that's a big however), the mandate to use it in gasoline is still out there, driving gas prices higher which we all get to pay for.
 
So she would have to come out in favor of ending the mandate, not subsidies.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 25, 2014 12:18 PM (wNF3N)

228 226 How does the reindeer rancher know when the testicles have been chewed up enough?

I'm asking for a friend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 25, 2014 04:17 PM (8ZskC)

 

 

When the male reindeer stops screaming.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 12:18 PM (DrWcr)

229 Damn! I had my final speech to the world down pat too. Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 04:15 PM (qHaC/) Mine is three words: kiss my ass. Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 04:16 PM (DrWcr) ________________ Mine is three letters: AMF

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 25, 2014 12:18 PM (32Ze2)

230 Do Icelanders (Icelandites?) count as Scandis?

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 12:18 PM (7ObY1)

231 228 Thanks, I did not know that.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 25, 2014 12:18 PM (ojnk6)

232 How does the reindeer rancher know when the testicles have been chewed up enough?

I'm asking for a friend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 25, 2014 04:17 PM (8ZskC)



I'm assuming when they've reached the consistency of tapioca   inside the scrotum.   That or when the reindeer stops twitching and just weakly begs for death.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 12:19 PM (4df7R)

233 How does the reindeer rancher know when the testicles have been chewed up enough? I'm asking for a friend. The reindeer will let you know.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 12:19 PM (uVkIH)

234

>>>How does the reindeer rancher know when the testicles have been chewed up enough?

 

Reindeer moaning. Plus, tongue action.

Posted by: Bigby's Thumb at March 25, 2014 12:19 PM (3ZtZW)

235 lighten

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 25, 2014 12:19 PM (CJjw5)

236 There's only one choice.


Gonna pull up a video of some random chef baking nanaimo bars on Youtube.


That'll get the ol' metabolism going quick sharp.  >_>



Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 25, 2014 12:19 PM (9LuAk)

237 I don't think we will have any meaningful entitlement reform until Gen X retires, because the younger generation will be able to "screw" us over because they will have far more votes. We just can't do that with the boomer generation now. That being said, even if we have a chance to have entitlement reform before that we will not be able to do that until we cut pork and foreign aid in a meaningful way because too many voters will reasonably conclude why should I cut my entitlement if we aren't going to cut those. Politically it doesn't matter that one number dwarfs the other.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:20 PM (gmeXX)

238 lighten

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 25, 2014 04:19 PM (CJjw5)




darken

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 12:20 PM (4df7R)

239 Protip: When someone (not me of course am delicate flower of innocent virtue) who has possibly been known as the Princess of Death tells you to lighten up? Lighten up. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 03:57 PM (VtjlW) --------------------------------- Quit being so bossy. Didn't we ban bossiness or something?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 25, 2014 12:20 PM (CJjw5)

240 Are we talking OMNOMNOM or full on zombie vocalizations? *** It was an OMNOMNOM but would have turned violent if anyone had placed a hand near my plate.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 25, 2014 12:20 PM (DmNpO)

241 How does the reindeer rancher know when the testicles have been chewed up enough?


-----

Jeebus.... it hurts just READING that sentence.....

Posted by: fixerupper at March 25, 2014 12:20 PM (nELVU)

242 I approve this message.

Posted by: Bill McKinney[/i][/b][/s] at March 25, 2014 12:20 PM (DL2i+)

243 Harry Reid allegedly covers his little balls with a protective layer of third world children trophies he's collected as payoffs lo these many years.

This woman must really love rolling in pig shit.

Posted by: Fritz at March 25, 2014 12:21 PM (UzPAd)

244 So, my ex thought I was a reindeer. It all makes sense now...

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 12:21 PM (7ObY1)

245 Do Icelanders (Icelandites?) count as Scandis? EBtI. Everyone But the Irish.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 12:21 PM (uVkIH)

246 In other political news, Eric Cantor's henchmen got stomped in his home turn last night, after trying to pull another fast one:  http://bit.ly/1jr1JuR

Posted by: RushBabe at March 25, 2014 12:21 PM (hrIP5)

247 229 226 How does the reindeer rancher know when the testicles have been chewed up enough?I'm asking for a friend. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 25, 2014 04:17 PM (8ZskC) _____________________ When the Reindeer wimmenz ask to go down to the Elks Club and blow a few Bucks?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 25, 2014 12:22 PM (32Ze2)

248 How does the reindeer rancher know when the testicles have been chewed up enough? I'm not sure but I think the answer has something to do with Santa?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 12:22 PM (t3UFN)

249 I'm assuming when they've reached the consistency of tapioca inside the scrotum. --------------------------- Well. You said a mouthful there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 12:22 PM (aDwsi)

250 FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, JUST CUT THE DAMN THINGS OFF!!!!!!

Posted by: Vixen at March 25, 2014 12:22 PM (8ZskC)

251 You are wrong on the pork Drew. Pork buys votes, which bonds the douche bags to D.C. Hilarity ensues.

Posted by: nip at March 25, 2014 12:22 PM (SxlUl)

252 So, my ex thought I was a reindeer.

It all makes sense now...

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 04:21 PM (7ObY1)



See?   You learned something!



Ace of Spades HQ:   We're not just about dick jokes.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 25, 2014 12:22 PM (4df7R)

253 Everyone But the Irish. *cough*

Posted by: A Finn with a knife at March 25, 2014 12:22 PM (QupBk)

254 >245 So, my ex thought I was a reindeer.

It all makes sense now...

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 04:21 PM (7ObY1)<




Hey honey, what are you doing down there?   Wait....NOTEETHNOTEETHNOTEETHNOTEETH!!

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 25, 2014 12:22 PM (sjdRT)

255 Excuse me, were you trying to be positive? Because that's Not Allowed. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 04:16 PM (VtjlW) Girl. I think the absolute world of you. I've been a fan of your posts since the DPUD days. My heart broke when you lost her. You are out of bounds. I love you. You hate me. but stop.

Posted by: tangonine at March 25, 2014 12:22 PM (x3YFz)

256 IA U.S. Senate Tom Harkin Jr Democratic 8% Know what that 8% is-- Tom's ACU rating. That's his lifetime score --over 28 years.

Posted by: tasker at March 25, 2014 12:23 PM (RJMhd)

257 Outside of liberal college town Iowa City, the state is pretty solidly conservative. But subsidies triumph over all. Do you hate farmers? Vote for subsidies!

Posted by: brak at March 25, 2014 12:23 PM (M2qTM)

258 When someone (not me of course am delicate flower of innocent virtue) who has possibly been known as the Princess of Death tells you to lighten up? ----------------- Calm down...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 12:23 PM (aDwsi)

259 The Castrater really needs to get voted into office just so all the other senators will have to go out and get nicknames. Anyone want to take a swipe at senators nicknames. flapjack McConnell cry me a river Bonner I am not as crazy as my father Paul Shiv to the Left Cruz Pederast Reid

Posted by: elrobalo at March 25, 2014 12:23 PM (wH5Tk)

260 I merely point out that whether it is physically their cash or not, they have paid into the system, with the promise that the money would be returned. Ponzi scheme? Of course..., but that does not mean that the expectations/claims of retirees are not legitimate, or that they are unreasonable. I'm not judging anyone for claiming SS or Medicare benefits, but the status quo is unsustainable. I object to the characterization that people are owed the money because they "paid in" to the system. They paid a tax that was immediately spent on then-current retirees. They're not seeing their money returned, they're seeing tax dollars from current wage earners being given to them. Is it "fair" that in the near future retirees might not be able to claim the same level of benefits as their parents did? Maybe not, but that's what happens when you rely on the government benefits for your well being.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 12:23 PM (SY2Kh)

261 the state is pretty solidly conservative ---- My definition of conservative must be different from your definition.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:24 PM (gmeXX)

262  U.S. Officials: Russia Has Moved Another 10K Troops To Ukraine Border, Total Forces Now Total 30KÂ…

According to Obama this is a show of “weakness,” or something.


Weasel Zippers:

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 04:17 PM (t3UFN)

 

 

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

 

 

Looks like the Russians are going to get  really bossy. 

Posted by: Soona at March 25, 2014 12:24 PM (qHaC/)

263 She should have said. Washington is full of big spenders. And dicks too.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 25, 2014 12:24 PM (igKtt)

264 You want clappy hands You'd take jazz hands You'll get bitch slapped

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 25, 2014 12:24 PM (oFCZn)

265 Wow! I am in love.....now excuse me while I go pleasure myself.

Posted by: IrishEd at March 25, 2014 12:24 PM (D0NZx)

266 213 The importance of being Ernest/Ernst castrating Washingtonian pigs.
Posted by: panzernashorn at March 25, 2014 04:16 PM (/vO0r)
Was that a Jim Varney movie?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 25, 2014 12:24 PM (XeVA7)

267 Outside of liberal college town Iowa City, the state is pretty solidly conservative. But subsidies triumph over all. Do you hate farmers? Vote for subsidies!

Posted by: brak at March 25, 2014 04:23 PM (M2qTM)


----


Better look at the county by county election results from 2012 again.....

Posted by: fixerupper at March 25, 2014 12:25 PM (nELVU)

268 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New York City doctor has pleaded guilty in a long-running bribes-for-test referrals scheme involving a northern New Jersey firm. Federal prosecutors say 46-year-old Surender Gorukanti of Brooklyn pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting bribes. He faces up to five years in prison and will forfeit $14,000, which prosecutors say represents the bribes he got from Parsippany-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services. A pediatrician with offices in Staten Island and Brooklyn, Gorukanti got $1,000 per month in return for referring patient blood specimens to BLS. Prosecutors say 25 people — including 14 physicians — have now pleaded guilty in connection with the scheme. They say the lab bribed doctors to refer patients and perform unnecessary tests, which resulted in more than $100 million in payments to BLS from Medicare and various private insurers. Hey I have an idea lets let more foreign Docs into America

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 12:25 PM (t3UFN)

269 Can I please smack a troll, hard?

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 12:25 PM (7ObY1)

270 "Their" money was spent on checks made out to "their" parents and grandparents. Nearly all of their contributions were spent before they became eligible. So no, it's not *their* money. Posted by: Hollowpoint Yeah, just like the money you deposited into the bank isn't *your* money anymore.

Posted by: Daybrother--Not that I'm bitter or anything at March 25, 2014 12:25 PM (FSuHy)

271
We've got movie sign:

Laplander Reindeer Castration

http://youtu.be/fftnExG-WFg

Not safe for work. Very not safe for reindeer.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 12:25 PM (kdS6q)

272 I object to the characterization that people are owed the money because they "paid in" to the system. --- That is true. But that is not how the program was sold to the public, nor is it how it is continued to be sold to the public. One reason why I may be in favor of means testing is because I think it will move us more toward a welfare program and more people will question it.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:25 PM (gmeXX)

273 Not safe for work. Very not safe for reindeer.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 04:25 PM (kdS6q)

 

Not clicking that link. Nope, not gonna do it.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 25, 2014 12:26 PM (DrWcr)

274 Newd. This one's not about reindeer testicles, tho'.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at March 25, 2014 12:27 PM (0HooB)

275 Nobody VOLUNTARILY paid into Social Security, Hollowhead. They took it from us without our consent. The least we can do is expect to get it back. IT'S OUR FUCKING MONEY.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 12:27 PM (7ObY1)

276 Joani Ernst:  Mother,  soldier,  conservative,  ruthless ball snatcher...

Posted by: Dang at March 25, 2014 12:28 PM (MNq6o)

277
Seriously, an arctic circle hugger gnawing a reindeer's happy sack was just one google hop away.

This whole internet thing....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 12:28 PM (kdS6q)

278 One reason why I may be in favor of means testing is because I think it will move us more toward a welfare program and more people will question it. Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 04:25 PM (gmeXX) ---------------------- Something MUST be done!!!

Posted by: The Guy What Says "Something MUST Be Done!!!" at March 25, 2014 12:28 PM (32Ze2)

279 You want clappy hands You'd take jazz hands You'll get bitch slapped Down twinkles.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 12:29 PM (uVkIH)

280 Nobody VOLUNTARILY paid into Social Security, Hollowhead. They took it from us without our consent. The least we can do is expect to get it back ----- I don't think he said that. He correctly identified it as a tax. And Congress and the Supreme Court have correctly noted that you have no right to receive any future benefit. Now that is not how it is understood, because that is not how it was sold or described. But that is the reality.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:29 PM (gmeXX)

281 Ehh maybe so, been awhile since I lived there. Blame Illinois for leaking over.

Posted by: brak at March 25, 2014 12:29 PM (M2qTM)

282 Hey I have an idea lets let more foreign Docs into America
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 04:25 PM (t3UFN)
Worked for England. Sorta.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 25, 2014 12:29 PM (XeVA7)

283 Cooke does a good job of illustrating the insestuous closed loop thinking of the "gullible" and the "hysterical", and how writing outside the narrow norms of the crowd is an invitation to be demonized. It's a good thing this only happens on the left.

Posted by: jwest at March 25, 2014 12:30 PM (u2a4R)

284 That is true. But that is not how the program was sold to the public, nor is it how it is continued to be sold to the public. Also true, but that doesn't mean we should accept and help advance the lies. SS and Medicare are welfare, and people need to be educated to that fact before we can hope to reign in entitlement spending. Means testing would be an excellent start- there's no reason I should be paying for the new RV and Winter vacation home of people wealthier than I simply because they reached a certain age.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 12:32 PM (SY2Kh)

285 Nobody VOLUNTARILY paid into Social Security, Hollowhead. They took it from us without our consent. You mean like every other tax you've ever paid? You are owed nothing, Mr. Welfare Enthusiast.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 12:34 PM (SY2Kh)

286 Also true, but that doesn't mean we should accept and help advance the lies. SS and Medicare are welfare, and people need to be educated to that fact before we can hope to reign in entitlement spending. Means testing would be an excellent start- there's no reason I should be paying for the new RV and Winter vacation home of people wealthier than I simply because they reached a certain age. --- Agree. I used to be against means testing because I think we should all be in it together. The rich "paid in" just as much. But now I am in favor of it. It will make it look and feel more like a welfare program, and I think that will have good consequences in the long run. It will change how people perceive SS/Medicare. More than anything the perception of these programs need to be changed.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:35 PM (gmeXX)

287 Means testing equals income redistribution. Nice to know you're with Obama on the issue. --- Which is why I was initially against it. But I think if more people understood that that is what the program already is, more people would be against it. I may be wrong. The fallacy is not recognizing that it is already an income redistribution program.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:39 PM (gmeXX)

288 Many years ago I heard Chris Matthews come out against means testing of SS because it would then be considered a "welfare" program and would lose popularity.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 25, 2014 12:45 PM (XeVA7)

289 SE PA - I don't like the fact that certain groups are going to get screwed in whatever entitlement reform ultimately happens. But I'm confident I will be in a generation that gets screwed. Someone is going to have to pay the price. I am under no fantasy, that I am going to get means tested one way or the other. I have come to the conclusion that entailment reform is only going to happen when the public perception of the program is changed to be more in line with what it actually is - a form of welfare. I think "means testing" gets us there more quickly. I don't see it as helping Obama. If I were a democrat, I wouldn't want to implement means testing at all. There is no upside to them for doing so. Rest assure, I do not wish for you or your children to get screwed - just as I do not wish for my parents, me or my children to get screwed.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:48 PM (gmeXX)

290 It will change how people perceive SS/Medicare. More than anything the perception of these programs need to be changed. Posted by: SH This. Because the pols still talk about a "lock box" and SS as a "retirement" fund. Bullshit. The problem is that once the Public becomes more truly aware that it is a tax-based ponzi scheme and not a Christmas Club investment they realize there is no fair way to end it or even reform it. Paid the tax all your life? Whoops, we are now cutting it out for people 2 years older than you; sorry, you lose. Means testing? We're retroactively rewriting the original law to begin 60 years ago---you were destined to be wealthier so your tax was fair all along anyway. Rinse repeat. Oh, and all those federal and State pensions? Only SS will get slashed.

Posted by: Daybrother--Not that I'm bitter or anything at March 25, 2014 12:49 PM (Mg/2W)

291 Means testing equals income redistribution. Nice to know you're with Obama on the issue. It already is an income redistribution program, only one that distributes wealth from the poorer to the wealthier. Ideologically I don't believe the federal government should have anything to do with retirement programs, and would see SS and Medicare eliminated completely. I would not ask (or want) a Republican politician to advance that view because it's politically untenable, however. Since we're stuck with these welfare programs (for now), I see no reason they shouldn't be means tested. Would you not object to SNAP being expanded to make everyone eligible for food stamps? After all, it's an income redistribution program...

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 12:50 PM (SY2Kh)

292 Many years ago I heard Chris Matthews come out against means testing of SS because it would then be considered a "welfare" program and would lose popularity. ---- Exactly. There is no upside to them for doing that. The program remains possible because most of the public operates under the perception that they "paid in" to the program. This is a political lie as you have no right to future benefits.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:50 PM (gmeXX)

293 It has taken me a long time to come around to the means testing idea because I didn't want it to become more income redistributive than it already was. But I have changed my mind on this and now think it will hasten real reform.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:53 PM (gmeXX)

294 I don't think conservatives should roll-over on this issue so Obama can take your money and give it to someone who spent their life on the dole. It's not about rolling over to Obama, it's about reducing federal spending on programs that will bankrupt the country if not reformed. Is that no longer a conservative principle?

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 12:53 PM (SY2Kh)

295 Rather they pin down the males they plan to castrate and the women chew their testicles
until they've pulverized what's inside.

But first you wi...
Nevermind, I gotta go, yea I got a thing, bye

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 25, 2014 12:55 PM (DL2i+)

296 it's about reducing federal spending on programs that will bankrupt the country if not reformed ---- HP - for me it isn't even about "reducing federal spending" per se (at least not immediately). It is about making this unstainable program less popular so that we can reform it. I suspect we are on the same page here.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 12:58 PM (gmeXX)

297 Wow. I'm envisioning Joanie running around with a nasty pair of shears in the Senate announcing: I'm experienced in castration; and the sound of snip, snip, snip. Somewhere Harry Reid is squealing. Of course some of those guys don't have anything to snip..soooo

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at March 25, 2014 12:59 PM (a8/UG)

298 the mandate to use it in gasoline is still out there, driving gas prices higher which we all get to pay for.

Are you sure?
I'd've thought  87 octane E10 is cheaper to make than straight gas because of ethanol's high octane.  Or do they have to make so much E85?

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 25, 2014 01:01 PM (DL2i+)

299 Am I allowed to steal a liberal line? "OH MYYYY"

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at March 25, 2014 01:03 PM (a8/UG)

300 That's what SS needs more then anything. People working. ---- While I disagree with your argument that it is actuarially sound, I agree with your underlying point. Economic growth and putting more people to work are extremely important. I would add that I am more concerned with Medicare spending than SS, though I think they are really just different sides to the same coin.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 01:07 PM (gmeXX)

301 HP - for me it isn't even about "reducing federal spending" per se (at least not immediately). It is about making this unstainable program less popular so that we can reform it. I suspect we are on the same page here. You made a good point and I agree. The ultimate goal is reducing entitlement spending, and means testing is a way to directly and indirectly accomplish that goal.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 01:09 PM (SY2Kh)

302 But the 'sky is falling' argument is false. Oh really? See the following charts and tell me that SS has a fiscally sound future: http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44972

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 25, 2014 01:15 PM (SY2Kh)

303 Options; 1. Put people back to work 2. Abandon the program or cut benefits and raise retirement age. -------- Agree with point 1, not just for this purpose obviously, but it does help. My preference would be to abandon it, but I recognized that is a non-starter. So how do we reform it. Raising retirement is one way, and I agree that it should be done. But I think it needs meaningful reform. Not tinkering around the edges that just delays the inevitable.

Posted by: SH at March 25, 2014 01:22 PM (gmeXX)

304 The woman is running for a Senate seat in Iowa. Yet the horde thinks she should stand up and proclaim that corn subsidies should be cut, along with all the other USDA subsidies that her state receives. How in the hell is she going to be any use to conservatives in the Senate if she doesn't get elected? And anyone with two brain cells would know that standing up and saying "I will vote to end corn subsidies" at an Iowa rally would be the kiss of death to their candidacy.

Posted by: Jen at March 25, 2014 01:40 PM (IdGqX)

305

Maybe Cooke meant  it's a classic opening line, like "Call me Ishmael" and "My name is Asher Lev" are great opening lines.  Pulls the viewer right in, I suppose.

 

Anyway, I'd hit that...lever.

Posted by: MTF at March 25, 2014 01:50 PM (LISuA)

306 To add my two cents worth on the castration thread, I used to use a burdizzo on goats. It crushes the cords. Goats squeal when you use it and go back to eating when you're done And for parrots, my boyfriend has to watch out for his blue and gold macaw. She will beak the top of his head when he's working in her cage and then says "ha ha". I think there is a code in Obamacare for parrot caused injuries

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 25, 2014 02:01 PM (Lqy/e)

307 As much as I wish otherwise...nobody is going to talk tough on entitlements.

Posted by: YourPoopyPants at March 25, 2014 02:03 PM (bOKSd)

308 Saw some questions earlier in the thread...she's a LTC in the Iowa Army National Guard.  I believe she is still in, or just finished, Battalion command, and is logistics branch.  I've worked with her on several occasions, and shes always seemed like a good mix of nice, smart and tough.

Posted by: James Grimaldi at March 25, 2014 02:08 PM (rX29F)

309 Without reading all 315 previous comments to see if I am repeating someone,
I would happily vote for her if she would castrate some of those fat political pigs in congress.

Posted by: Kafiroon at March 25, 2014 02:21 PM (U0DWi)

310 Holy shit, Red Oak? That's home territory.


Well, it would be, if I were still an Iowan.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 02:42 PM (V22Sh)

311 I notice her husband is a Command Sergeant Major in the Army Rangers (retired). CSM (OR-9) is the highest enlisted rank in the US Army.

Posted by: alwyr at March 25, 2014 02:42 PM (V0j3u)

312 Teh awesomeness. I love strong conservative women.

Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 25, 2014 03:05 PM (dTh2r)

313 Best first line ever? Please.

Posted by: Christine O'Donnell at March 25, 2014 03:26 PM (dskTv)

314 What corn subsidies is Drew and other people talking about? From the latest Farm Bill, farmers no longer get direct payments. Unless you're talking about organic farmers; their subsidies increased dramatically. Also, there are no longer any ethanol subsidies. There is still an ethanol mandate but that's in the process of being phased out. Come on people, I thought you were intelligent conservatives, not ignorant liberals.

Posted by: Callister at March 25, 2014 04:25 PM (/2lM9)

315 I sent it to a republican state senator I know, and she doesn't see the humor. This is the problem with today's republican party. A bunch of pompous lumbering dinosaurs with sticks up their cabooses. And they wonder why they can't connect to the youth vote.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at March 25, 2014 04:35 PM (a8/UG)

316 Pork spending IS the problem. It is corruption, plain and simple.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at March 25, 2014 04:42 PM (4/o9U)

317 "Since I'm swiping that video from Cooke you should check out his post on how the left turns on its rising stars the second they dare go off script."

Yeah, I know something about that too.

Posted by: Sen. Marco Rubio at March 25, 2014 04:51 PM (kNw9i)

318 I hear you, @ 323.  I sent a joke about castrating bulls to a nun I knew, and she didn't think it was funny either.  The whole Catholic Church bites.

Posted by: I'd rather be overgeneralizin at March 25, 2014 04:55 PM (kNw9i)

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