Comments on: meeting with an unpopular aggressive world leader…

By: weird

weird — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:18:36 +0000

no, just allow their children to be recruited from their high schools to go gwt blown up in his fake war

By: weird

weird — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:15:53 +0000

that may be covered under ADA as an accommodation…. if a disabled passenger needs equipment to be kept on the plane they have to allow it.

By: brendan

brendan — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:37:45 +0000

wow ur dumb

By: JRB

JRB — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:08:07 +0000

Some of these people amaze me with their sparkling brilliance.
The fact that there are people who still believe that Obama is Islamic (which shouldn’t be relevant anyway. There are quite a few radicals from other religions and plenty with no religion.) is stunning. He hasn’t practiced the religion of Islam since he was SIX years old. Looking back at my life I seem to remember going to the church my parents went to when I was six. Not for any particular reason of mine. Just because I was six and my parents still had say-so over what I did. Barack’s father converted to Christianity early in his life. Nothing very suspicious about it to me. Conversions happen all the time. Also, as many people have pointed out above, all the statements in the picture do unfortunately describe poor Georgy. I really feel kind of bad for the guy. He’s not that bad a president, he just gets a lot of crap, mostly poking fun at his intelligence level. Actually his intelligence level is pretty high, or so I’ve concluded from listening to him speak in general rather than listening to solely every slip-up reported on the Daily Show(although I do enjoy the Daily Show). Well, I think I’m rambling now so I’ll just stop.

By: JRB

JRB — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:49:50 +0000

Well put. It was as if you were speaking my mind for me.

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:01:23 +0000

John Galt is a fictional uber-mensch from a really, really crappy book of totalitarian, elitist pseudo-philosophy.

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:42:13 +0000

For distress dead people… that was over on Engrish

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:33:38 +0000

I think “Habeus Corpse” might be a cut-rate funeral home chain, though.

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:30:44 +0000

Habeas Corpus… one of the pillars of western civilisation…

It’s eroded badly by both the US and the UK

By: American Woman

American Woman — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:55:46 +0000

The right to the expectation of privacy, the right of habeus corpse… but if you are one that still doesn’t know this, you are one of those citizens. *sigh*

“Just because you are a US citizen doesn’t make you an American”

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:26:09 +0000

Good caption. Bush is meeting with an aggressive world leader, Obama!

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:43:57 +0000

you are a douche or really this stupid? wow! bravo!

By: cobrajoe

cobrajoe — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:04:38 +0000

You know UF, that’s a good description of me: Post-Paranoid.

But people are sheep. How many do you know of either think that the moon landing was a hoax, or that we’re mining uranium on the moon right now?

By: jmed

jmed — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:42:44 +0000

Excellent caption! Very clever.

By: Mario.

Mario. — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:28:57 +0000

LOLs :D:D
Anybody for the “Pallin-g around with terrorists” joke?

By: minerva146

minerva146 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:11:44 +0000

Hard to get anything the people want accomplished when you’re faced with filibuster all the time.

By: Dylan H.

Dylan H. — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:59:44 +0000

Obama has threatened to invade both Iran and Pakistan as well. Being a Democrat doesn’t make you non-aggressive, look at JFK.

By: SilentJ

SilentJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:12:27 +0000

I don’t buy that for a second. People talk and talk about How Much Need there is out there, but I also hear how there is more than enough food produced on this planet to feed twice its human population and then some.
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I agree that without some sort of control, the rich will continue to grind the poor.
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I also agree that getting the gov’t involved and mandating charity is, effectively, state-sponsored slavery of the people, by the people, for the people. It’s a bad solution.
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It also ignores the root of the problem, even though this root that I speak of has been in the news every day for the last few weeks vis-a-vis the use of the Wall Street bailouts. The root of the problem is that corporate execs can make tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars per year just in salaries and bonuses, while the common working man makes $40k or less. That’s a 10,000-to-1 gap.
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It’s not poverty or need that’s the problem. It’s the size of the gap. If we were all suffering, we would all just suffer together. But many suffer while others wallow in such amazing riches that they could enrich entire cities by themselves and still have not just “plenty” but downright *wealth* left over.
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That, friends, is The Problem.
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The perennial problem is whether it is up to the government to solve it. If the answer is no, then who will do it? If the answer is yes, how can we keep such clearly vast and dangerous power in check?
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That, friends, is why The Problem still exists. Give it some thought. I haven’t come to any good conclusions yet, except to note what history teaches us. Sooner or later, either the Rich Folks realize the danger and wax humanitarian (wise), or we have a revolution (or come very close). Time will tell.

By: SilentJ

SilentJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:59:17 +0000

We lurk in unexpected places, UF.

By: SilentJ

SilentJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:57:48 +0000

Jerry,

WHY DO YOU HATE FREEDOM SO MUCH?!?!!!!!!!!111!11!1oneoneoneeleventy-one

Thank you,

By: SilentJ

SilentJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:52:30 +0000

And I haven’t even GOT a garage! You can call home and ask my wife!

By: SilentJ

SilentJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:44:53 +0000

The debate goes on even among Republicans, given the sad state of security surrounding computerized voting at one end of the spectrum, and the sad state of
“use a stick to punch your card” voting at the other end.
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I count myself very lucky to live in a county where we use scantron forms. Combines the efficiency of computerized tallies with the accountability of paper, anonymous ballots.
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Regardless of your opinion of WHO won, the issue of HOW elections take place is of national interest.

By: SilentJ

SilentJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:41:21 +0000

I agree with the part about electing Obama because he’s a statesman. He is courteous and thoughtful and intelligent in a way that we haven’t seen truly exemplified in a national leader in a long time. As such, I think he could clear the way for a lot of good.
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That said…
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My liberalism pretty much stops there. I think that the government that governs best, governs least. Social issues are important, but they should really be the hobbies of the gov’t and not its main focus. The gov’t's main focus is to provide, central, necessary services (like highways), protect us from hostile nations (the military), and protect us – within certain strict limits – from each other (the FBI).
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That’s. About. It. Everything else is (should be) the responsibility of the states and of the people. I’m sure someone will bring up some exceptions, but my point is that they are *exceptions*. The federal gov’t should be doing as little as possible.

By: SilentJ

SilentJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:34:43 +0000

Noted and agreed to. Add to this thread the fact that the UN is NOT a government, but rather a loose affiliation of sovereign nations. We won’t have a true world gov’t until the concept of sovereignty is done away with.
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Personally, I don’t know if this would be incredibly good or incredibly bad – probably both, and would depend upon what part of the globe you occupy – but it would certainly be an incredibly significant change in world politics if individual governments actually answered to the UN (or any other entity).

By: SilentJ

SilentJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:31:46 +0000

Deaths or murders? Also, state your source. Also, were these deaths the results of civil unrest and/or police action, or were they the result of negligence. (Don’t care much about a guy who ends up dead after plowing his own drunk ass into a concrete embankment.)
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AND… let’s not forget to adjust for population. There are a lot more people per square mile in Chicago than in most of the rest of the planet. So “people died in Chicago” compared to “people died in the Sahara desert” (or even “all of Iraq” has to be adjusted for population density.
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I’m betting that Chicago comes out on top, ESPECIALLY if you do the Usual Thing and throw out the highest and lowest samples to prevent statistical skew.

By: SilentJ

SilentJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:27:21 +0000

Which is an excellent analogy.
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We got where we are in Iraq (and Afghanistan, and Gitmo, and the domestic spying program, and with the financial markets…) by jumping off bridges without first stopping to consider equipment, height, training, availability of trained meical professionals, etc. The long-term consequences weren’t considered. Decisions were made in haste with all kinds of disregard for why the highest law of our land says, “DO NOT DO THAT.”
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We leapt before we looked, against much advice to the contrary, and now we have problems.
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SURPRISE!

By: SilentJ

SilentJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:20:51 +0000

Abu Ghraib is a prison in Iraq that was operated by American soldiers. That means that America is responsible for what went on there. More directly, George Bush is the Commander in Chief, so he is responsible for what his soldiers do in the places where he deploys them.
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Therefore, George Bush is responsible for what happened at Abu Ghraib.
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Did he help the soldiers there do bad things? No. Does anyone have any confidence that there was an appropriate response? No. That’s the real crux of the matter.

By: SilentJ

SilentJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:16:41 +0000

So your excuse is, “He started it?” Like I said. Don’t be an ass.

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:35:28 +0000

Shhhh, just answer the Shoplifting or Rape question.

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:32:57 +0000

So, you don’t mind some Spook show drone reading your mail, and probably handing round the juicier bits for their own entertainment? How terribly patriotic.

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:31:14 +0000

There would be a lot of people dead if I start imagining where I would bomb…

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:31:13 +0000

You often masturbate on planes?

Don’t the cabin crew object?

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:06:37 +0000

I thought Silly Padilla was a 1960s Hannah-Barbera cartoon series about a blue reptile in a hat and collar and tie…

By: Aliencubby

Aliencubby — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:56:34 +0000

Hear hear!

By: Esa

Esa — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:49:06 +0000

Heh…I voted for the other guy and I thought this was hilarious. I think life is much more interesting when you can laugh at yourself and whatever viewpoints/beliefs you may have!

By: Guess Again

Guess Again — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:35:48 +0000

HA HA! Excellent quote, visually well placed too!

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:25:41 +0000

Limbaugh does both… so do most Jocks. Effectively their radio show is a protracted advert for their other career.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:24:34 +0000

Did you ever consider that he in fact did mean Abu Ghraib? There was abuse going on there as well, or did you miss the 6 months worth of new stories about it?

By: Mac

Mac — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:14:23 +0000

If you aren’t a terrorist you shouldn’t worry about your “communications”

By: MajikMouse

MajikMouse — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:25:58 +0000

It is hard to believe that I had to scroll all the way to the bottom to find someone who actually noticed that this was lifted from elsewhere. It was funnier the first time.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:00:34 +0000

True enough, but that really seems to apply to former politicos. People like Limbaugh are destined to be on the radio until they die or retire or possibly go into televangelism where the money isn’t to shabby either.

By: Adhe

Adhe — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:26:40 +0000

Two words: Patriot Act.

No one is purporting that Bush is Sadam Hussein or Hitler. He did however screw up a lot and part of that opened the door for certain people to strip individuals of their liberties under the guise of the War on Terror.

This picture is true. He’s unpopular and he’s aggressive. It makes no mention of anything larger than that. It’s simply a well done jab at those mocking the “without precondition” issue. My initial reaction was “Oooooo burn!” and that stands.

By: PiMan

PiMan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:56:25 +0000

Jump off a bridge argument never works.
Dilbert as a child:
“Well, that would depend on many factors, including height, training, and equipment. But if 100% of the people enjoyed it, …, then I would conclude it was safe. A better question might have been ‘If everyone else wore clothes, would you do that?

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:57:40 +0000

I think they’re past puberty, and into their late teens/early 20s

By: PiMan

PiMan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:57:32 +0000

What happened to “(Comments wont nest below this level)”

By: PiMan

PiMan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:50:28 +0000

Consider that you may be assuming adulthood, where it is not there.

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:44:28 +0000

Something you have to remember… the ‘after dinner’ speaking route is as, if not more, profitable as/than broadcasting…

Pander to the right audience and you double the annual paycheque

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:18:34 +0000

There was a day when Rush Limbaugh actually made points that were valid. Unfortunately, over the course of years he has become more and more a joke. I used to be able to listen to him for three hours straight and agreed with 99% of what he said. Now, I hear him and ask my self where he got the bad mix of crack. I used to like Sean Hannity as well as I thought he came across as sane and had valid points. Now, I think he is to up himself and it’s all about shouting down the guy on the other side. And don’t EVEN get me started on Michael Savage.
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Bottom line is this, there aren’t any conservative commentators on the national level that I truly like or respect as I think most of them have become mouthpieces for the far/extreme right. I know of some conservative commentators at the local level that are honestly trying to be fair minded. Unfortunately, they will never get beyond the local level.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:48:59 +0000

While I will claim a lack of understanding of TANF, but let me see if I can understand what your issue is. You can get a minimum wage job at McD’s and get support, or possibly get a job that will cover what you would get at McD’s and TANF and might even have employee tuition assistance. Have you looked beyond the scope you’re currently at?
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I’m not trying to be a smart ass, but I am really interested. My sons each have gotten jobs that don’t necessarily pay huge salaries, but they get by AND go to school without any help from me or the government.

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:12:27 +0000

And yet ANOTHER strudent of Das Kapital speaks…