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Back in my youth, I hung out in Borges Library of Babel. [LINK]
That’s awesome….no need to bury me…just toss me over the railing…
Hmmm…. Barry looks kinda uncomfortable in this one….
Looks like he’s saying, “I just read all these books. Prove I didn’t!”
I <3 spiral staircases. I have no idea why since I have never lived at the top of a tower in my life.
Just means you should be royalty somewhere with spiral staircases.
That’s what I’ve been saying! I’ve yet to find a country gullible enough to let me rule them.
I suggest Anvilania.
Do they have Starbucks. If not I’ll have to say it’s a no go.
No, but they have this: [link]
I think a Starbucks might be necessary in that case. (Forgot all about that episode btw, thanks!)
*sings* I’m the cousin to the sister of the son’s niece’s mother of the uncle’s daughters cousin of the nephew’s sister’s brother….
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My sister actually got extra credit on a government test in college by writing out the entire President’s song. <3 Animaniacs.
Try Iceland! Tell them you’re the Elf Queen, it will be awesome.
*suspects she’s being set up due to her overly cynical nature* Hmmmmm
How does one post a link in this joint?
Or a lighthouse keeper.
Well, then I’d just have to work.
How hard could it be? Change a lightbulb from time to time…
God, do I have to do EVERYTHING? *offended huff*
Nerds are sexy
He’s the sexiest President ever.
This lol isn’t funny though.
Not. Funny. At. All.
Also not poignant.
Soooo…..?
Also the most economically illiterate. Most statist. Most arrogant. Least effective. Most dangerous to the constitution and people of the United States. Oooooh … *squeal* isn’t he just the dreamiest????!!!??!!11!!!???
I bet you voted for Bush. Twice.
48% is a Hannity fan…I actually watched part of it last night (I needed a laugh) and he had an author on who used the same terminology: “statist”, “constitutionally dangerous”…I doubt that 48% has had an original thought…
You know a group of people is screwed when they foist someone like Limbaugh as a role model/leader.
I used to try and watch Hannity, but my blood pressure was getting dangerously high.
I watched 15 minutes and needed a shower after…
I feel sorry for the decent Republicans who actually have that tool as a poster boy. As for Rush, he hasn’t been even marginally relevant in a decade, even as far as biased right-wing talk radio goes. Why his popularity has jumped lately is beyond me.
I think it would require a degree in theology and astrophysics with the use of a slinky to find out…
So best not to think about it.
Obama says that hes relevant. he declared Rush an enemy of the state! I beleive that if rush were irrelevant , then Obama wouldnt fear him so much!
Reference for Barry Bigears calling John Wayne Limbaugh an
enema of the state?
I can’t work out if this was a typo or intentional. Either way it works MUCH better.
Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford and even Richard Nixon and possibly Ronald Reagan are whirling in their graves.
Should we be impressed that you deigned to gaze upon a dissenter with your glorious visage, or amused that you think what’s on TV passes for debate?
Should we be impressed that you’ve descended from your Fortress of Solitude to do impressions of a pig farting in a slime pool?
Must you disturb another episode of the Pot calling the Kettle black? It is so deep on so many levels!
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Fine, I can’t keep a straight face and say that. Carry on.
Ah, I was worried your rapier-like wit would have dulled. Glad to see my fears were unjustified.
And we had worried that… *thinks outloud* Eaten by wolverines… No. Raped by wolverines… No. Raped and then eaten by wolverines… Also no. Stabbed by the ghost of a random Monty Python member… No. … …
Damn, I can’t think of anything we were worried about you on.
Good. I’d hate to see you take time out of your busy trolling schedule to worry about lil ol me.
Trolling? More like pestering, I would have to purposely post falsehoods and try to piss a large number of people off to be a troll.
can i please have an example?
Mind like a steel trap, that one.
And sock puppetry! Classy!
Wait, remind me how it works here again — do I just scream that I’m right in order to win an argument, or do I scream that I have proof, but never present it?
Sock puppetry? So you are assuming that I have a sock puppet on my friend list here. While I appreciate the low opinion of me, I have to inform you that ubr isn’t my sock. I live in IA and last I checked he was somewhere out west such as CA, if memory serves.
Also… Ubr: Huh?
Wait, remind me — are you guys arguing about anything, or just having a pissin’ contest for the hell of it?
Not who I was referring to, hayseed. They do breed ‘em slow out there, I guess…
Diss: Just killing time
Dhoti: I would have to have been bred out here for that insult to work.
Ah, flyover guilt. It’s quite common, really. But don’t worry — if you keep pretending, very hard, that you’re from a coast, one day, it might come true!
@dhoti – you were referring to me instead of DWN with your
previous post? interesting… considering the kind of intellectual
discourse you have sprinkled through pk the last couple
of weeks i figured you would have had your fill of picking fights
with strangers… but here goes…
f— off.
@dwn – i was hoping for a nice example of trolling as described by you. since that example does not seem to be forthcoming i shall just have to mention nazis.
Never said I came from an American coast, now did I? Mom was a marine and had me in Okinawa. I was a month old when I left so I can’t say I learned anything or even saw anything. It just makes my passport a little less boring and bears no real relevance other than you still are making assumptions.
@Ubr: … Touche’ oh lover longtime of Wangful Soliloquies…
@ubr: Yep, it’s that kind of insightful analysis that makes this a better place.
@dwn: I didn’t ask for your backstory.
@Dhoti: Don’t make up idiocy and I won’t have to disprove you.
Don’t pull things out of your ass when you have nothing to disprove. You said you come from a square state. I accused you of having flyover guilt. What are you so confused about?
I’m a little confused as to why anyone should feel guilty for not living on a coast. But I’ll live. Goin’ out, y’all.
Have a good evening Diss.
@Dhoti: You called me a Hayseed and said I had flyover guilt while being a poser who pretends to be coastal. All those things were false assumptions and idiocty to disprove. Please keep up with your own nonsense if you are going to accuse me of being slow, it is rather pitiful at this point.
Right — anything I say is an “accusation”, but anything you say, when when it’s obviously wrong (I happen to live in Boston, genius) is a fact. Now that we have that double standard cleared up, I see where you’re coming from.
Here’s the deal, Dhoti, you’re extremely confrontational in your tone regardless as to what you’re saying. You come off as rude. If you could possibly modify your technique and try to come off as less caustic, you might be viewed as less accusatory. So ease up.
@dhoti – you also accused me of being dwn’s sock…
and here i’ll defend dwn (not like he needs my help) but when did dwn say you were from anywhere? boston has just as many as$holes in it as the rest of the country, if not more.
i still don’t even know why you would try to insult me after the comment about the example, but from what i’ve read of you on this forum you do like to throw insults around in the hopes that one will stick and you’ll have a fight with someone. in my opinion you should try listening to other people’s ideas before you go off on your own rants about how they’re stupid. most of us here have college educations and can think rationally. who knows, you might actually learn something…
@Ubr: Thanks pal.
@Dhoti: What Ubr said, when the hell did I accuse you of living anywhere?
@ubr: No, I accused the wolverine below of being a sock puppet — you just seemed to take it personally. I see above your “what, you’re accusing me?” comment, as opposed to a “wait, are you accusing me?”, which would have cleared that right up. Since you dislike throwing insults around, I figured you would have checked that I was actually insulting you before firing back.
@dwn: “while being a poser who pretends to be coastal”
@everybody- Flame war, stop, etc?
@Dhoti: It seems disingenuous to act surprised that the people posting directly above you assumed you were directing the comment at one of them, as your intent was unclear. Something of a nesting fail, really.
Compare the timestamps — it was less of a stretch without the long string of comments to follow. Still, if WP makes it difficult, meh.
@Dhoti: Ya, that is one of the things you said that was pointless. Reflecting on failures to improve yourself?
….that Dhoti was fvckin’ delicious, by the way….
i figured with as full of sh!t as he was the taste may have affected the meat… hope you stocked up on pepto bismal.
Tasted like crocodile (which tastes like you’d imagine turkey to taste if fed on raw sewage…)
Odd, because Alligator is damn delicious. It’s like a cross between lobster and chicken.
Depends if it’s wild or farmed…
I bet you’ve never read the constitution
So…you were listening to Hannity last night…why don’t you try banging your head against a wall..it’ll have a similar effect.
48% – I have two words for you that are “dangerous to the constitution”
PATRIOT ACT
This.
I had the honor of living in one of the few counties that voted to not support the Patriot Act. Not sure that it would have done any good, but it was rather interesting nonetheless.
Can you describe what you mean by “voted to not support
the Patriot Act?”
I have three more for him: WAR CRIMES…WATERBOARDING
You could have just given two: DICK CHENEY.
*laughs hysterically*
Why is nobody else laughing….
We are all in hiding! Do not speak that name, or else HE will come!
But…don’t you have to say it three times while facing a mirror?
Maybe now that he’s out of power… I still wouldn’t chance it. Can you imagine that face showing up to haunt you?
You just gotta love a man that makes Commies piss themselves with faer!!!
faer?
What Commies? The ones his Govt helped get you in Hock to? Those nice Chinese people?
Maybe she meant fire? We’re pissing fire? SWEET!!! Although I admit this newfound power is much better suited to a guy than a girl. Better aim.
Maybe she meant faeries? We’re pissing
faeries?
*tries to piss faeries*
O_o That, uh … tickles.
Careful, they bite.
Crap! NOW you tell me!
“Maybe she meant fire? We’re pissing fire? ”
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?? I thought that was Eric Cartman.
The PRC is communist in name only now. It is far from being a democracy, but it is hardly communist any more.
No, that’s his hunting buddies….I doubt they’re Communists.
Luckily I’ve never met Cheney, so I’ve never tested the theory. Unles he was armed and aimed, though, I don’t think it’d be too harrowing. Evil is more disgusting than scary, in 99% of cases.
Unless it was him in dsguise that sold me those two jalapeno pizzas the other night. I did piss the closest to fire I ever have. Stung like a mother.
Bureaucratic Evil is the worst. Everything is a statistic.
Bureaucracy in general is bad times. Governments who can’t see that what they do is about people, not systems, don’t deserve any kind of power.
that’s kinda the entire point of the conservatives. Smaller government being the key. With smaller government comes lower taxes since you dont have to fund all of those stupid social programs.
stupid emergency services, stupid welfare, stupid healthcare. man I’m glad I don’t have to pay for those.
Seriously, do you spit on homeless guys too? Small / Big government has more to do with how much government people need, it’s relative not an absolute.
Can you imagine that face showing up to haunt you?
So I’m the only one? Again???
Will Ferell as Bush: “I don’t know what the big deal about waterboarding is. I’ve had it done. I find it relaxes me. They should offer it at spas.”
MG, did you ever see my waterboarding lol?
OMFG!! THAT’S funny!! Love it…
now why hasn’t that one made the front page?
Because her name isn’t Heather…
I don’t even remember seeing it in voting; PK works in mysterious ways.
But I bet Diss’s lips and tongue are to die for anyway.
I got your back hun. ^_^
The Steve, Obama renewed the Patriot Act.
And that’s a surprise how?
Ain’t a government on God’s green earth that has willingly, and without a gun to its head, revoked as single one of its powers, once it’s finagled them…
pepper – It’s called a compromise. He signed the best bill presented to him. He actually proposed the SAFE Act, and also preferred the Senate version of the bill. Unfortunately in government compromises must be made, and he ended up with little choice but to sign the bill that the House provided him. I know many people refuse to believe that he’s willing to work across the aisle and make compromises, but this is a great example of him doing exactly that.
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The Patriot Act that Obama signed is NOT the same bill that Bush signed. It strengthens many of the civil liberties that were compromised with the earlier bill. It still isn’t ideal, but it is much better than it was.
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Agreed Fester. Once you give them power, they’re not going to just give it back.
That would be like giving the CEO of a company the power to make all decisions, regardless of how the board votes due to the temporary stress of the recession. Then after the recession, you ask that same CEO to back down and allow the board to resume making decisions….good luck. You can’t make him do anything, you already gave him the power. You won’t be getting it back.
@The Steve: I have been trying to think of the name for it, but Bush gave himself a special power to “ignore” parts of a bill he didn’t like, even though he signed the bill.
It wasn’t the same thing as a line-item veto, though, but it was essentially the same, as the designated element of the bill was not enforced.
Anyway, whatever that was called, Obama repealed it straightaway, as it’s Constitutionality was highly questionable, though unchallenged.
So, at least in that case, Obama took that power away from his office.
So, at least in that case, Obama took that power away from his office.
A-Ha! Cunning move in his plot for COMMNUIST DITCACTORSHIPE!!!11!!!!
…I feel like such a fool! How could he have misled us so convincingly???
You’re right Rho.
I did say that he strengthened many of the civil rights concerns found in the original Bush version of the bill.
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Also, it’s pretty hard to repeal a bill called “The Patriot Act” without a few million people screaming ‘COMMUNOCIALIST!!!” If the bill had been named “The Tyranny Act” I bet he would find it a lot easier to repeal.
The oppressive Patriot Act has nothing to do with communism or socialism. But I’m all for truth in advertising; let’s name the “Employee Free Choice Act” (obi’s baby) the “Employee Intimidation Act”, as it’s far more accurate. The ‘assault weapons’ bans can be called the “Can’t Vote for if you have functioning male genitalia” act or “Liberals A-scared of Loud Noises” act LOL. We could do that for weeks, actually, just with the shit being proposed and passed right now by your buddies.
@rhorho I dont remember what Bush called it either but I know every president does it. Look at immigration. The laws are on the books and they arent enforced by any president. I do have to give obama credit though he is working on securing the border a lot more than bush did. But hes also working on it more than clinton, bush 41 and reagan did too. And unfortunately all the troops are going to be trying to keep the people from getting out not in so its a little backwards. Point is every president ignores laws and even the constitution when it doesnt suit their needs. Thats why I left the republican party.
Who are you and what have you done with Shinobi? Never mind, I don’t care. Keep being reasonable and we won’t say anything about the Shinobi sized lump in the trunk of your car.
ah, the loud squawking noise of the social conservative.
It’s not men with functional genitals who need an assault rifle to get hard…
There again, the face of the average Kalishnikov user is black, African, and 12…
Says a lot about the American males Anniee thinks are manly…
lol thanks Jane I’ll do my best. Ive finally gotten used to 3rd shift so Ive had some sleep lately… though I did wake up with a migraine today but im sure that has nothing to do with my opinions.
I worked third shift one summer, it can really screw your internal clock.
@shinobi: I think a healthy distrust of politicians is a good way to go.
I really wish I could remember the name of that “not a line-item veto” thing, though.
I’m not sure whether keeping people on this side of the Mexican border will be a problem in the near future. A lot of people on the other side of the line have breathing issues, as in “not.”
@ Shinobi and Jane: I enjoy working second shift, I’ve never worked third before. My hubby has, and he enjoyed it, but then again, both of our internal clocks run late. I’m not awake until 8PM (alert, that is), and I tend to want to stay up until 4AM or later and not get up until noon.
@froo: I’d rather work 3rd shift than second. Second shift eats up so much of your day, imo.
@SB: Tell me about it!
My second shift doesn’t start until 3:30, so I’ve got a bit of the day to play with.
Anniee as usual you’ve taken what I’ve said and completely misinterpreted it for the purpose of spewing a nonsensical reply. You should try reading comprehension. I didn’t say that the Patriot Act as it stands now is tyrannical, I was simply saying that because of it’s current name people who don’t know what the bill entails simply assume it to be a positive thing that any patriot should support. I simply used the name Tyranny Act as an over the top example to help illustrate my point. Obviously I should have used Crayola instead.
Steve, trying to interact with Madam Mensa is like trying to teach a pig to sing… wastes your time, and makes the pig think it’s more than ham in waiting.
The woman lies, she socks, and you may as well be discussing Sanskrit in Latin for as much understanding she has.
If you notice, she simply fulminates when confronted by the fact she’s parroting stuff she has no grasp of…
Don’t worry, Steve: The rest of us understood what you meant, and you’re right.
Marketing was strong in the titling of that bill/law, which made it easier to glaze over in the offing. The average person with an hour or less time in the day for news would support “The Patriot Act” for its title alone.
Still, I would suspect that the worst of what remains will be slowly chipped away in the next few years. It may be one of those acts that, while still on the books for a while, may not be utilized.
In an ironic twist, the proponents of such strong central power may be much less stalwart in their support, now that the “other” party is at the helm.
Ah, nice one!
My waterboarding pic is a lolcatlol, I think I hadn’t really discovered PK when I made it. ;p
Lol! Too cute. That’s a very annoyed-looking kitten.
*is being carried away by Dick Cheney to the bowels of hell*
Save me!!!!!!
*Gets Cheney in the thigh with Large Animal size tranquilizer dart*
Dick? Stop being such a …dick. Ok?
*Catches that on film…sends it to AFV…wins Best Video Evar Award with giant cash prize…offers the Captain and Diss $10 each for their troubles.*
Jeez, Musicmom, you could at least buy a round with that cash prize!
“You could have just given two: DICK CHENEY.
*laughs hysterically*
Why is nobody else laughing….”
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Because we’re all too busy crossing ourselves and searching frantically for the garlic, holy water, and silver bullets.
Tell me again what it was like when the BushGoons kicked in your door? Your friend’s door?
Or was it just your Yahoo chat-room conversations you were woried about the FBI reading?
Right, one shouldn’t worry about constitutional rights unless they affect one personally.
Yes, especially since law enforcement has proven to be flawless. Those rumors of wrongful prosecution and mistaken identity at airports are just left-wing spew.
Indeed. I view the Constitution like the Bible, just ignore the parts that are inconvenient.
Yes, and as long as you can find a passage with one
of your key words in it, or use a key word from it, you
can mold it to fit your agenda.
Politics is easy!
Oh yeah like the infant who was barred from getting on the plane because he had the same name as a suspected terrorist? Or the musician kat stevens (forgive me if I spelled that wrong) because he changed his name to yusef islam (again sorry for the spelling)?
Is your next argument going to be “If you obey the law then you don’t need 4th amendment rights”?
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Civil rights are important, whether they directly affect me or not. Where does it stop? Do you think the police should be able to enter your home and rifle through your belongings any time they please, for no reason?! I don’t even let my mother have unrestricted access to my home. Privacy is important to me, not because I’m hiding anything, but everyone has items/letters/photographs of personal/sentimental value that they wouldn’t want anyone else touching, or even viewing. After all, it isn’t anyone else’s business but my own!
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No, I do not consent to a search. GTFO.
Google “Brandon Mayfield” and see how that grabs you.
I would also challenge your “most arrogant” statement. I’m pretty sure Nixon has that one in the bag.
Arrogant =/= paranoid.
But you can be BOTH arrogant AND paranoid at the same time…
Paragant? Or maybe Arronoid?
The former. The latter looks like a Bushism.
Or a proctological disease.
Yeah, that fits.
Although our last President was pretty arrogant…especially if you look at how he tried to re-write his legacy…
I don’t know if that makes him arrogant or just desperate to avoid going down in history as one of the most inept human beings ever.
What’s a statist? What is your criteria for effectiveness of a President in the first few months of office? Why did the stock market rebound so dramatically after hearing the details of his plan? How is he dangerous to US citizens and the Constitution? What has he done that is more arrogant than our last president? Will you need to go back to your DVR and re-watch the show to answer these questions?
Careful Seth…you’re asking him to think for himself; or at bare minimum read the book that was pushed on the show…and it had alot of big words and no pictures.
And completely lacking in dirty content…
Actually, the market rose in response to the Fed’s actions, not to the plan. The lack of a plan has already been baked into the market, so to that it reacted little, if at all.
More aggressive postures by Russia, China, even North Korea, if left unchecked (and they have been so far), suggest future threats to American citizens and American interests.
Obama continues to use signing statements and still appears to want to relocate the Census Bureau, all against the intent, if not the precise language, of the Constitution.
The administration has committed several major diplomatic gaffes over the past month, most of which could be easily interpreted as American arrogance, the letter to Chirac rather than Sarkozy being only the latest example.
You were saying?
Cherry picker. Market goes down, even before Obama takes office: Boo! Bad Obama. Market goes up: It’s something else I tells ya!
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Aggressive whoosiwhat, now? Stop parroting back lies you hear from crazy neo con blogs. Link to a reputable source.
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Did you whine when Bush did it? We ALL TOLD YOU this would happen, that the next president would use Bush’s expansion of executive privilege, but you dumb stains didn’t think you’d ever lose again. HAH HAH!
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Arrogance? You’d call it confident if a neo-con did it. Nobody trusts you to debate because you don’t ever change your mind. You don’t debate fairly. You run away when losing an argument. You whine and cry about being treated unfairly when all anyone does to you is defend themselves from you attacks. In short, why should anyone waste their time on you?
I talked about one instance, not a whole pattern. But if you want to fantasize about that being part of some chain that you’ve managed to figure out, fine. I don’t expect it to bode well for the rest of your “rebuttal”, then.
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My suspicions were confirmed. Really? Have you read the New York Times lately? It’s all there, usually below the fold on page one. I hope you’ve read them — if not, this is pointless — so hopefully this is just a matter of interpretation, you know, that thing you do when you read some facts and apply your own independent thought to them. But I’m sure that’ll be dismissed as just some crazy leftwing neocon blog talk, because that’s much easier…
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Yes, actually — and when Clinton did it (remember that?), and Bush Sr, etc. Not that any of that will make it into your thick skull and past that inner ideologue who you appear to be wholly debating at this point. Moving on…
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So let me guess: debate is irrelevant because I don’t go in believing what you already do? Or because I don’t roll over and give up when you throw non-arguments at me, is that it? Boo hoo.
“We ALL TOLD YOU this would happen, that the next president would use Bush’s expansion of executive privilege, but you dumb stains didn’t think you’d ever lose again.”
Odd, I said exactly the same thing. Of course Obi-wan’s taking it to a whole new level – “Xecutive Xpansion Xtreeeme!” heh. And no one ever thought they would ever lose again – anyone who thinks that is an abject fool. It doesn’t work that way and never has. Which is why the morons claiming that the Dims won’t lose again for “a generation!” are idiots. (Not saying that’s you or people here; but it’s a fairly large meme now.)
Uh – “no one ever thought they would NEVER lose again”
Of course — I wait an hour to make sure the board ate my comment before I try again, and it posts them all at once. Yes, contrary to public opinion, I actually do know how to internet…sometimes…
What’s a statist? Someone who believes in the power of the state to solve every problem, even though some of the problems were in fact caused by state intervention (1.e., the war on poverty).
What is your criteria for effectiveness of a President in the first few months of office? It might help if he could fill some cabinet posts with honest people. People who, in turn, can staff their departments (i.e., Geithner).
Why did the stock market rebound so dramatically after hearing the details of his plan? It is called a sucker bounce. Note that the market is down 50 points as I write this, and usually drops after an Obama speech. There’s one scheduled for tonight, and the market may rise after it, but don’t look for the market to be above 7500 on Tax Day.
How is he dangerous to US citizens and the Constitution? His Attorney General doesn’t believe the 2nd Amendment applies to citizens (although he does support a right to abort a child that is nowhere mentioned in the constitution. H Recovery.org listed national service by students as mandatory, until a firestorm of criticism caused them to modify the text. Ever hear of indentured servitude? Slavery?
What has he done that is more arrogant than our last president? W is a personally humble person, despite what you might have read on hate sights like DU, DKos or the Huffington Post. This is a matter of perception, and so I admit I could never convince you on this point, without somehow getting us both an hour or two of quiet time with the man.
Will you need to go back to your DVR and re-watch the show to answer these questions? Again, I don’t watch Hannity.
Thank you, however, for questioning my statements, without ad hominems; it is a pleasure to debate people like you, no matter how much we disagree.
Considering the number of indictments to come out of the Bush regime – and more to come if and when Rove and Gonzalez are thoroughly investigated – maybe we shouldn’t be too quick to judge Obama’s staffing decisions. Likewise it’s too soon to judge anything by what the stock market is doing; the volatility of the Dow in uncertain times is ample evidence it’s governed by irrational, emotional swings rather than any real early indicators of economic success or failure.
The 2nd Amendment debate has been flogged to hell and back, so I’m just going to say four words and let you look them up: A WELL REGULATED MILITIA.
The “slavery” canard is the rankest sort of nonsense. The “mandatory” service you decry was proposed as a condition of financial aid. Working – if you call 50 hours per year working – for money. Where I grew up we called that “having a job,” or sometimes a “work-study aid program.” Half the students at my college were on work-study.
And your “humble” W may have made pious noises, but he tried to impose his narrow, parochial vision on this highly diverse culture and trample over the rights and interests of at least a plurality of its citizens. You can talk humble all you want, but if your actions are the height of arrogance, your talk means nothing.
Well said.
I love how he’s jumping up and down pointing at the stock market as an indicator for presidential success, but makes no mention of the fact that the majority of the decline occurred under the former administration, not the current one.
most of the increase came during the previous administration as well…
I didn’t have enough money to care what the stock market did prior to 2002. I only remember everything sucking after 9/11 when I was fresh out of college looking for work.
yeah… those were pretty harsh times… kind of like now…
i agree that we should bring back militias.
*doesn’t post friendly jab about calling ubr a minuteman*
rofl. and dwn comes in with the timely punchline…
Gotta take care of my friends.
I’m a one hour mama…
(props to Ida Cox)
I need to be enlightened.
GREAT blues song.
All about wanting a lover who won’t leave her hanging.
“I don’t want no rookie lover
like a soldier going to war
with a great load of artillery
but he don’t know what it’s for!”
Oooh, sounds good. I do love a woman that knows what she wants. And work is done. Later all.
That should go with the old R&B song, “Sixty Minute Man”.
Why, when we have Ted Nugent?
he’s only good for one small sector of michigan.
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tangential story: i went to a small school in michigan, one of my classmates lived next door to him (or as next door as you get in the middle of nowhere) apparently he’s COMPLETELY insane. what we see on tv and in concerts is only the half of it. also, does anyone remember that ill-fated reality TV show of his where he made all the contestants call him uncle ted? used to love that show simply for the hilarious “yay i’m not as crazy as ted” factor.
I’m sorry dear, but who doesn’t already know this? (I tried doing the fancy quoting thing and I’m not sure if it’ll work.)
i thought he was nuts, but the stories she used to tell… they were beyond what i could have ever even considered.
everything thinks they know how insane he is until you talk to someone who’s met him. then you get the real story and you realize that what you thought you knew was just a drop in the bucket of crazy.
i want a militia to protect me from all the crazy rednecks in the midwest with guns. i.e. i want a militia to protect me from the militias. and ted nugent.
*is only slightly wounded*
ubr, this crazy armed redneck’s got nothing but affection for you.
Um…Can you tell your militia to let me put my hands down now?
The shirt leaves first and then you… DANCE!!!
*fires gun in the air*
I have mentioned the part where I’m rhythm-impaired, right?
And I mentioned the part where I like jiggling boobies, yes?
*fires gun in air more*
* starts firing gun too *
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what’re we shooting at DWN?
That laid an egg in Oklahoma, IIRC… although there was lot of ‘no true Scotsman’ comments were made…
I smell astroturf.
Who’d you vote for, dimwit? The war on poverty, hmm? Show me some evidence it was ever even tried. Then show me how it failed. So is someone who wants strong states rights, a statist? What are you, one of those American libertarian psuedo-anarchists?
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Staff issues huh? Yeah, that’s politics for you. Show me a president who hasn’t had similar minor troubles. I’ll wait while you look it up. I assume you whined just as loudly at Bush’s corrupt cabinet.
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Correlation is not causation. You cherry pick your data, you get facts to support your theory. But no one is buying it except you right wingers
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Prove that the AG doesn’t believe in the 2nd. Go ahead. And limited mandatory service in exchange for money for school isn’t slavery.
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HAhaha, hate sites. Whew. You guys really blow my mind. How you can be so hypocritical is beyond me. You do EVERYTHING you accuse others of doing. I’ve seen you do it, right here.
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We aren’t debating, though. You are presenting cherry picked data, making wild and outrageous accusations, and calling yourself sane in order to try to shift the center. In order for real debate to take place, both sides must have an open mind. All you have is a world view that you identify with as if it were your self. You would rather die than change your world view. I know your kind, and I know that debate with you will be pointless and boring. Sorry.
Well, TBH, we’ve been ‘fighting the war on poverty’ since FDR.
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That’s all I have for now
Pretty much anytime the calls something a ‘war’ on anything, you know it’s going to fail. Hey, I thought the free market was going to make us all rich? How come only the top 1% saw any of the gains in the last 30 years? Why have middle class wages been stagnant for that long? And why, when it all came crashing down, did we only bail out the rich? Sorry froofrou, I’m feeling all sassy today, hehe.
Well, because the rich are better than us, of course! Didn’t you get the memo? There was one in every mailbox…..
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And as far as the free market making us rich, c’mon now. You’re just trying to piss me off, LOL. As much of a capitalist as I am, even I know there are rises, falls, and bubbles that have to be accounted for. Growth of any kind will slow and stop eventually, change into something else, and grow again. It’s the natrue of the beast. You want to get into evolution? That’s a perfect example! The people who thought that they were going to be rich forever because of the stock market are the same type of people who heard ‘leave your homes in Galveston before the hurricane or you WILL DIE’ and stayed. They thought they were better than the system. If you can’t change and adapt, even if you’re a non-sentient stock market, you will die.
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So there
The Stock Market… the greatest con ever pulled.
The world’s only 24/7/52 floating Crap game.
I have to say, if you’re not aware of that fact, then I’m not sure I can muster up too much sympathy for you when you lose money. Now, there are some people who were straight up swindled by the claims of ‘free money’ and ‘untold wealth’ at the end of the stock market rainbow, but most people get into it knowing what’s going on.
If something sounds too good to be true, it almost always is.
Points to the war on drugs —->
Yep. Not so successful.
He doesn’t know any honest people. Well, maybe Reverend Wright, or Ayers back in his Prairie Fire days.
You going to any of the Tea Parties on tax day? The media has been studiously ignoring them (even though there were no fewer than TWENTY press vans behind the AIG protestors…despite that they only had ONE small bus full of people LOL) but it’s going to be difficult to black out the nationwide Tax Day Tea Party. I’m looking forward to it
Oh, you’re the crazy lady from the McCain rally, aren’t you!
She has the Backward B to prove it…
No, not that crazy lady, remember the blonde woman who stood up and started mumbling about how Obama was a muslim until McCain wrestled the mic away? It was a beautiful moment on the campaign trail. Still makes me tear up a little.
Well the problem dear, is that you said THE crazy lady, which implies that there was only one crazy lady at a McCain rally. Even taking Sarah Palin out of the picture, you see how impossible that is, right?
You’re right. I just got excited ‘cos she was my favorite McCain crazy lady. Salt of the earth, you know.
True, she made the soil of intelligence feel salted.
Yeah, napalm doesn’t last long enough…
I pondered if you meant the Crazy Lady in the McCain-Palin dress and nasyass sandals…
I was wondering if she meant the dazed-looking
crazy with “McCain” on one cheek and “08″ on
the other.
criteria for an effective president the first few months in office: 1. spend less money than the guy before you. 2. rescind any authority taken by the guy before you that is not constitutional. 3. preserve the constitution from government intrusion and/or abuse.
I think they call the rebound a bear market rally. Which as I understand it is where the people think that it cant get any worse so they start buying. Then it gets worse and they lose all their money again. It happened in the 30′s too after the new deal passed. we had a year of rebound then it went right back down to almost 0 again. Since all of the money in the stimulus package that didn’t go to government programs is supposed to go for infrastructure that will cause some orders for machines and cause the hiring of some workers which will also garner the need for some more loans from banks. But once the project is finished and the federal money is gone those orders and loans will dry up again. Also from what I remember hearing the big rebound started when citigroup announced that they had been operating in the black for 2 months.
How dangerous would you call spending 640 billion on federally mandating universal healthcare (which is unconstitutional btw)? How about the fact that most of his economic stimulus package went to creating more government jobs? Fester and Suicide Blonde I think it was were talking earlier in this thread about how bureaucracy is always a problem and they are right. Which is why when a president come out of the gate in a 4 year term and within 30 days increases the size of government to “stimulate the economy” one has to wonder what the next 1500 days or so will bring. Im not sure yet if he will be more dangerous over time because he might just be front loading his term with all he wants to do but so far its not looking good is all Im saying.
wow I didnt realize this thread was so long… my comment was for Seth way up at the top.
@ shin0bi272 — where in the constitution does it say that federally mandating universal healthcare cannot be created? or even where medicare cannot be expanded to cover railroad workers, farmers, those injured on the job, or the disabled?
When Shinobi isn’t making empty death threats, he makes up constitutional fictions… in his version of the Constitution, they decided that it was part of the American dream to die in the street…
Unc Fester – surely people are supposed to be more conciderate of the ‘upper crust’ and go into the back alleyways to die so that the hoi-poi don’t have to have their sensitive noses/eyes assailed with something so trite as a common person who has the gall to die instead of being at work slaving away for a mere pitance? just so dicksonian to be so visible with their presence.
i’m surprised he’s not clamoring for laws regarding who gets to breathe clean air — visions of suits walking about with air tanks of clean air while ordinary (worthless type) must breathe the open, polluted cr@p from unregulated big business….
@shin0bi272 — if you are going to cherrypick events from the 30′s to make comparisons with, try using all the correlated data – the market/economy/rebound took a dive when the idjits decided that the worst was over and cut back the federal funding – that caused the public investors to lose faith and bail. as soon as the feds started funding the projects again, the economy started healing again. the lesson learned from that is not to do a half-@ssed job and expect top results….. crack a history book once in a while and while you’re at it, read all the words, not just the ones that seem to support your opinion.
I’m kinda flattered you mistook me for SB.
Sadly, flattery will not get you out of flawed logic. Economies need to be goverened in a responsive fashion, not based on first principles. Sometimes you NEED big government and tax-and-spend, and sometimes they’re a horrible mistake. It’s all about context, as anyone who’s glanced at an economics textbook can tell you.
Bureacracy is a necessary evil. You have to have some, but you want as little as you can get away with.
Now THAT deserves a LOL!
I found this quite funny. I was gonna explain it in formal logic, but it was looong, and only amusing to me.
So, yeah. Funny for people who still remember getting kicked about for being nerds.
I check him out periodically.
As a librarian, I toss date stamps at you as punishment.
Stacks and tomes may break my loans, but …
Dewey really need another pun-run…this one seems a little microfichey to me…
You’re right, ISBN silly.
I have reserves, reading this thread.
Library puns? I say ladder stack up!
But maybe we should shelve it.
Brains are sexy. On either gender. Next to a good heart (in the metaphorical sense, I don’t care whether you have arteriosclerosis), brains are the first thing I look for in a friend or partner. It’s not that I’m prejudiced against stupid people like I am against mean people, it’s just that I get bored easily.
Brains are teh hawt!
Lynn has the math brain between the two of us. And she was a theater geek. I mostly love her for her brain, her cuddly and warm nature, and subtle deviant nature.
… And she rocks my tight black spiderman shirt. My weakness against women in long shirts revealed… again.
Long shirts… *HomerDrool* Who knows what’s underneath them? Sexy panties? Maybe it’s nothing at all… nothing at all… nothing at all… Stupid sexy long shirts!
Which is why I prefer silk teddies…
Those are nice but I prefer women in the long shirts. I’m just odd though.
*runs out to buy long T-shirts*
O_o
Being seduced sense tingling.
*rubs hands together and smiles an evil grin*
Excellent
Would that be Sexcellent?
I prefer rocking the baby doll nighties with lots of lace and matching undies.
Those can be really cute too.
On yo mama!
lol
*mental image blocked using Mental Ad Block*
Careful, you should really upgrade to Ad Block Plus.
Good point. *upgrades to Mental Adblock Plus with sprinkles*
*sigh* I get cold. I prefer flannel bottoms under a guys shirt (one I bought myself, I might add). In the summer I wear mens boxers.
That sounds rather hot too, then again I think one of my main qualifiers for hotness is being a curvy woman. Everything is just gravy really as long as she has a brain and personality to go with.
Flannel or guy’s long jammies if sleeping solo. Other options exist for when there is the warming influence of the bf in bed!
It’s been so long since that happened that I’d probably throw one out for taking up my space if I ever managed to lure one in again!
It was a loooong time between dudes for me. Wore out a few sets of flannels in the meantime!
yawn
i thought this is supposed to be a funny site not a fawning over a lameo president site
oh poor deer.
Yawn. I thought this was supposed to be a LOL site, not a bitter whiny loser site.
Hey, while “approval” ratings plummet and the fresh prez laughs maniacally at wildly inappropriate times, some people have not yet begun to fawn! Have some patience grasshopper. The lulz are just beginning. Oh, and the crushing poverty, but hey, nothing’s perfect.
65% approval and a huge stock rebound, that’s gotta be killing you people!
According to Rasmussen, the president’s approval ratings are not as high as they once were (which is normal), and a 14% jump isn’t huge. It’s better than it was, but the market is reacting faster now to small little bits of good news, as we haven’t had ANY good news recently.
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I think the elation should die down to a dull roar a little.
I think you were in danger of agreeing with Anniee for a moment…
Froo do you need a spanking?
Yes, but that’s beside the point
I’m not agreeing with anyone, I’m posting unbiased articles, hehe. I can’t help it that I’m a right-winger, and my loyalties lie there! But, if necessary, I will post ‘good for the other side’ articles too just so you know I”m looking at everything and not just Rush Limbaugh 
no only you jackasses celebrate when the market goes down and promise to ‘not waste a good crisis’
You betcha!
and to think that my “yo mama” joke was universally panned as being unfunny…
Not universally.
Seriously I laughed for like five minutes went to get a drink of water and saw it again. Same result. I guess I haven’t grown out of yo mamma jokes.
i guess i haven’t either… haha…
Yeah, not universally. Short memory much?
well… it was universally panned by people i don’t know…
thx diss…
I’ve been too busy commenting on sexy and intelligent women to pay attention to this lol. Least yours actually got acknowledged. *liked it btw*
This one is like a null signal of meh in a vast void of shrugs.
Failed humorous metaphor failed.
OI! MUSH! UNIVERSALLY?
ingrate…
Yes. Who knew ubr had a drama queen side?
Well, it’s the bad reviews that stick in your mind, to be fair.
when a person you know would only cross the street if you were on fire to toast marshmallows and laugh comes you your support, it usually makes some impact…
Awww, who are you kidding Unc, you just ran out of marshmallows.
Well, we know who played puppeteer of the bad reviews, don’t we?
Socks never seen before or since were largely responsible for the
panning, if you’ll recall.
Transparent troll was transparent.
Maybe did some research for lame gifts for Bristish PM there?
Funny…I see no cool kids in that picture.
You’re so right. He’s a full-grown man.
I think he was supposed to be college age and to some that is considered a kid. If somebody wanted to nitpick but I concur with your conclusion.
One’s views on college age people depends on one’s own age, really. Now that I’m almost thirty I can’t believe I was that young.
*looks at pictures on the internet* Mmm, I can’t believe you were that young and flexible either…
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Um, what were we talking about?
It’s that darn back injury. Took me out of the pro circuit.
But but… You still got the tongue and lip action right? *big hopeful hero worship puppy eyes*
Of course!
Yay!!! *holds a People’s Breasts parade with a lip and tongue float*
“It’s that darn back injury. Took me out of the pro circuit.”
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*with fake sad expression and fake solemn voice*
Our day is passing, old friend.
I don’t know why… I hear Adam West…
Great… Now I am too…
Shouldn’t it read, “Libraries, where future socialist tools hang out”?
or maybe it should read, “pk, where douchebags of all political stupidities stop by and try to act tough”
I’ve never really followed this ‘act tough’ thing you have. The only way one can ‘act tough’ is if there is a chance of fist making repeated contact with the base of someone’s skull…
This is just ‘more [whatever] than thou’ posturing. If he’d got you name and was threatening to hunt you down and kill you with his bare hands, then I can see ‘tough’… this posturing of shadows…
by acting tough i meant willing to heckle and call people names through the safety of the internet… it’s more of a contradiction in terms where through the magic of the internet everyone has the ability to be their local school bully.
being tough definitely fits your definition…
I think you two are saying the same thing:
Ubr’s “acting tough” = your more [whatever] than thou posturing.
Back in the day, they used to call such a thing “telephone muscle.”
I’ve had people act tough on the internet… that moron who threatened to track me down and introduce me to his ghastly, American cutlery, replica katana for instance. Like some crippled news boy wouldn’t take it off him on the way here…
Yeah, anytime a guy starts bringing phallic symbols into an
argument, you just know he’s running on fumes.
I haven’t checked, but would imagine Heathrow has had some
major security in place since PanAm Flight 103…
As a socialist and a librarian,–oh, wait. Anyway, Obama has a long way to go to be a socialist.
See, now you’re just being hard on the libraries. They aren’t all bad. I agree with the spirit of the statement, however.
What’s wrong with socialism?
Ask 60 million dead in the USSR, 50 million dead in socialist China, on and on. Ask Yuri N. Maltsev, economist on Gorbachev’s team (link.) and discuss the details of his life with him and the lives of millions of people.
In fact, that’s got to be about the dumbest question ever asked. If you are so enamored of it, why not stay in one of the countries that already have it? Which I hope you’re doing already. Some of us will continue to fight against having it FORCED on us here in greater and greater degrees and in violation of the constitution, human rights, and decency in general.
That’s Communist, you idiot… and pretty poor Communist a that.
Socialist would be the Scandics… but then you can’t use Lenin, et al…
The Weegies over here would disagree. They label themselves a social democracy, not socialists. Calling a Norwegian a socialist will lead to uncomfortable bristling, and then they start getting that whole wild-eyed Viking thing going…and it’s just a good idea in general to back down at that point.
stick a pig in a dress, it’s still a pig.
On behalf of Miss Piggy… HEEYA!!! *karate chops Fester through a wall*
I’d have seduced her with my French…
….toast.
Mmmmm, gets me going every time…
… Damn and lunch is over an hour away…
Really? You must get a late lunch. I’m done with mine (Yay, leftover pizza!) and
therefore should really be accomplishing something… and we’re in the same time zone.
Ya, 2:30 lunch for me today but I arrived at 10am and will be here til 7pm. *cue stalkers taking notes*
So it is bit more waiting. Stupid late lunch…
Ah, gotcha. Makes sense then. I’m only here until 5. (For my stalkers: after that I’ll be working a 6-11 on my other job, so be prepared. And if any of my stalkers would care to drop me by a nice latte around 9 or maybe a taco or something, it would be appreciated.)
I wish my stalkers would bring tacos… Hard shell would be great…
Well, I figured it was worth a shot.
On the face or chest?
Wait, wrong shot. >.>
lunch breaks? 8 hour work days?
i need a new job.
Well, 8 at one and 5 at the other, and I generally eat lunch at my desk. Jealous much?
Sarah Palin relates to socialism how?
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Oh, that was bad, wasn’t it?
What?
When did China become socialist? I thought they were communist.
What happened to our public school system? Government was a required course my senior year of high school…
Still is. Most kids my age use it as naptime. *sigh* I bring saved LOLs to my teacher.
Back in the day when I took it, it was called “Civics” and my section was taught by a football coach. My main recollection is of learning the process of legislation being enacted by means of a diagram on the chalkboard using X’s and arrows.
Mine was taught in Southern Indiana by a guy who didn’t bother to hide his Republican views. I had a horrible case of Senioritis due to the fact that I had moved from my previous High School right before my Senior year and pretty much used it as naptime as well. That doesn’t mean I don’t understand the difference between socialism and communism and that a oppressive dictator is and oppressive dictator no matter what form of government they claim to have. Ainnee is being willfully ignorant to suit her purposes, as always. Apparently socialism is more offensive to her than the racist comments she has been known to make.
Anniee is is simply an idiot…
Yeah, she’s too far gone into the forest of absolute extremism
and dire “sky is falling” memes to hope for a return to cognizance.
I wonder if it hurts to be that stupid, or if the pain eases over time.
I think the peripheral nervous system partially atrophies, so, no, there’s no pain…
Isn’t it true that the brain, itself, has no pain receptors?
None.
I’ll answer that with a question. How much did it hurt to be so ignorant of basic economics that you had to ask “Socialist? Isn’t China communist?” If it had been sincere, it would have been bad enough, but *trolling* with a stupid question like that, from the POV of an economist, is quite literally painful to see. Hm…I guess in short form, your stupidity (it would be just ignorance if it hadn’t been just an attack) is painful. Not being stupid, I couldn’t tell you if it’s painful to BE stupid or not. Probably, when you do things like stick your tongue on the curling iron or give yourself a bleach and ammonia enema.
You’re as much an economist as I’m a Roman Catholic Priest…
And every post you make proves you’re a dumb as dogshit.
Father! Do you molest little boys, too?
You saying you are because his sentence was stating two things that are not truth, him being a priest and you being an economist. That stated, you saying molest little boys too would imply that you molest little boys…
Truly you have a dizzying intellect. But I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.
So you’ve made your decision then?
I think she has no choice in being a cretin…
QED… you’re a cretin.
Did I mention, sad and empty too?
If not, we all know you’re sad and empty, and unpopular with other people on your shift… how is the potato bagging world by the way?
I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you’re not actually claiming that China’s not under communist rule…so, what exactly are you saying?
I really should have gone ahead and named Nazi socialism in the examples as well. Heads would be exploding left and right.
Not really, Nazi ‘Socialism’ was old school Republican Protectionist policy.
Kinder, Kirche, Kueche are “conservative” socially and so are a variety of the values; this is economics, which you don’t believe in in the first place. The point is lost on you, if not moot.
Oh I think there are economics, and the fact you don’t actually understand what Hitler and Mussolini were doing economically isn’t my problem.
Both Hitler and Mussolini were corporatist economically. Why do you think the the Austrian school came about?
Ya know, side noting here, but isn’t that like Vader saying He was her father?
you saying Anniee has a hairdo like two Danish?
I was thinking a similar irony to Vader’s words to Luke since Annie loves to invoke Godwin only to have her “skills” based off their ideas…
But I prefer bear claws.
Boston Cremes
Lemon jelly filled donuts.
Kolaches. That is all.
Froo, I really thought you would know better: You’re in Kolache Mecca!
The Wang is made aghast by your ignorance and feels dirty responding to your summons.
The Wang better use protection for this one.
More like the Wang will keep at a respectable distance and not make eye contact…
*the Wang shrivels back at that idea and flees like a dog who found the hot mustard*
YIPE YIPE YIPE!!!
It’s sad to see such a great Wang brought so low.
*sigh* What have we learned here?
Every Wanging is not equal?
Every rose has its thorn?
Mares eat oats and does eat oats and
little lambs eat ivy?
That nubs are often exaggerated?
…that credentials and education are often over-exaggerated to try to make a point to strangers on the internet?
True but enough about you…
you mean enough about Anniee or Frou?
I’ve not seen Frou giving herself airs and graces…
@froo: It wouldn’t matter if she was an economist like she claims. Any statement she starts with “from the perspective of an economist” is purely anecdotal and therefore irrelevant to the argument.
I believe that Anniee is a typical Blowhard, with a few others thrown in for the hell of it.
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At this point, she could whip out a triple degree to the best schools in the nation, complete with economic props from all of her professors, business associates, and people who are clamoring IRL to get her opinion on the economy, and it wouldn’t matter. She’s managed to piss away any hope she has of ever getting a point across in here. And that’s really sad, because she seems to be really intelligent. She just has no people skills.
Damn, should have put the @Annie. I was referring to her nub comment…
Actually, no, she’s not given that impression. Sorry.
She’s been handed her opinion back, and she’s countered with nothing but noise.
she seems not to have a handle on much, certainly no emipircal experience worth speaking of. She has the interpersonal skills of a rabid ferret on a very hot day, and to me, the intelligence of a house brick…
The intelligence came from the fatty thread where she actually seemed to make a little bit of sense. I’m sure that’s only because she has personal knowledge of the topic and wasn’t blowing smoke to impress people, but she came off as calm, knowledgeable, and even kind in some places. As far as the economy, politics, or life in general, though, she’s a walrus screaming for her bukkit.
she sure can type fast!
That’s not fair, and you know it, froo!
That walrus has every right to get that
bukkit back!
“She’s managed to piss away any hope she has of ever getting a point across in here.”
LOL!!! PK – SERYUS BIZNESS!!!! Damn, are you sure I blew it? It’s…heartbreaking!
Hehehe…well, I doubt it can get any better than THAT.
I like that you fixated on the one bad thing in my post, as opposed to the several compliments I tried to give you. That speaks to your motivation here.
If you want to keep posting on a site where 95% of the people are laughing at the paranoid ramblings and faux credentials you spew forth, that’s an issue for your therapist.
@froo: You didn’t already know she was a masochist?
I hold out hope for the hopeless, hence my need to be a Republican
“I like that you fixated on the one bad thing in my post, as opposed to the several compliments I tried to give you. That speaks to your motivation here.”
The one you took back the minute Fister flashed his nub? Or the ones you buried in walrus shit? Pound your phony “compliments” up your ass.
I still haven’t taken back the things I said about you being knowledgeable, kind, and calm in another thread you commented on. But when people start talking about the economy, politics, or anything else, you tend to get your ire rankled up and start spewing idiocy like the kid from the Exorcist. If you would just calml down, you could be fine and not thought of as a shrill dit who can’t make sense to save her life.
See, she’s now reverted to type…
Annie is ‘intelligent’ in what universe? He ‘best’ insult is sexual, which says more about her than the people she aims it at… why she has an obsession with my penis, or her imagined lack of it is simply creepy…
She invents imaginary friends to support her non points and then gets pissy when her invention is shown up as empty. She’s the worst type of right wing social ‘theorist’… it’s mostly cut and paste with neither grasp of what she saying, nior the type of long term effects it would have…
Basically, she’s a liar, a poseur and a sad empty individual, who would be pitiable if she weren’t so despicable…
I’d suggest ‘sending to Coventry’ but it’s like herding cats here…
I realize it’s pissing in the wind, but I can’t help but think that if she would calm down a little, she might actually add something to the conversation. I’m extremely tired of having the right of center crowd represented by people who can’t form arguments, can’t seem to realize when they’re getting pwned, can’t understand what a counterpoint is, and can’t answer a statement with another statement as opposed to shouting ‘I’M RIGHT AND YOU’RE WRONG SO THERE!!!!’. Is it so wrong to want to redeem the unredeemable so that I can get a little support here?
“’sending to Coventry’”
DO it already, NubWang.
Hehe…admittedly since I’ve pretty much never cut and pasted *anything* that one falls tragically flat, but still. Coventry is perfectly acceptable; I’m not interested in conversing with left-wing fascist bigots and RINOs/neoCons anyway.
Like I said masochist. Or a knuckle dragger. Not sure which at this point.
Cutting and pasting can be done verbally, not just on your computer. Also, you’re conversing with left wingers and other right wingers all the time, you’re just not aware of it because you choose to single people out for your rancor. It seems like those who either try to help you, who disagree with something youve said (which is our right), or who ask you to back up your statements are ripe for your disdain and disapproval. There is nothing wrong with what is being asked of you, and it’s what we’d ask of anyone. If you did more than skim posts and cherry pick what you want to see, you might realize that.
I get your plight froo, really I do. I wish we had more sane conservatives here too, but you may have to give her up as a lost cause. Her debating style is the equivalent of yelling “FIRE!” in a crowded room and then trying to get out before the stampede. She spews insults, demonizes large groups of people because of their political leanings, and when called on it responds with, “well I didn’t want to talk to you people anyway”. Despite all that she keeps coming back for more and more. I swear, she must be TONN’s long lost twin sister.
I still find it amusing that she hurls sexual insults at the most studied asecual poster on PK… If she wasn’t so despicable, it would be something pity…
Diss, did you hear a WANG approaching???
Well, it was egregious wang-baiting.
YOU’RE egregious wang-baiting.
Okay, I’ll behave now, maybe.
Niiiice.
Had to be forthright and tell the truth…
china’s communist? *scratches head*
we must be talking about a different china than the one next to russia and korea…
they might salute a red flag, but they’re a capitalist oligarchy / plutocracy…
Although I’m aware that they’ve opened up the economy considerably to capitalism, the CIA still has them listed as a “Communist state” [link] *shrugs* Not an economist. Don’t even play one on tv…
Or in bed.
No, wait: Diss never claimed that she didn’t play one in bed. Whether she plays economist or communist is a matter of speculation, though…
If I had to guess, I would say both.
Well, arguably it’s all about supply and demand….he supplies what I demand and vice versa.
there are different levels of employment and wealth enjoyed by the people of china and there’s also the new free trade zone in HK.
sure, they still consider themselves communist, but they sure don’t act like it…
Ok, got what you mean now!
TBH, a lot of Chinese Communism was simply Middle Classes taking over the role of the Mandarin Chinese
and russian communist was the proleteriat taking over the role of the czars…
Weren’t either of you listening? They are both the physical embodiment of “socialism” which kills people. Kind of like smoking. Perhaps we should start an ad campaign: “socialism kills”.
It works on paper, but people aren’t paper, and will screw it up if given the chance.
I think that might be the first time I’ve seen the word “capitalism” used appropriately. China is indeed moving towards more economic liberty (it can’t work longterm without a constitution underpinning basic rights) while we move in the opposite direction. We haven’t “crossed” yet, though.
Not that any of that has ANYTHING to do with what I posted, which was that X huge number of people died under various socialist systems worldwide, which was in response to a REALLY dumb comment asking “What’s wrong with socialism?”
So…kinda makes all the following conversation really pointless and stupid, no?
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Socialism didn’t kill “X huge number of people”. Corrupt people in power don’t need political theory to kill people. They find ways to do it on their own. That’s like saying theocracy killed the people in the World Trade center.
Great, another idiot. We aren’t talking about just death camps and gulags (though those will always come about in totalitarian economic systems, whether Nazi or Lenin or Mao) but starvation and all the actual economic effects of these devastating systems that are also natural results.
This. isn’t. rocket. science.
Apparently it is, unless you want to claim you hold a degree in that as well. Socialism is a political theory. It is inanimate. It doesn’t kill people.
anniee… do you really think that north korea is a socialist or communist country?
Annie thinks a lot of things… some of them even exist in consensus reality.
Any coexistence of her thoughts in consensus reality is purely coincidental.
What amused me the most was when she implied that, by her logic of economies killing, capitalism had no blood on it’s hands.
I just can’t wait for the second act where she’s obsessively washing them, Lady Macbeth-style.
Out damn spot!
You’re the one who said ‘socialist China’ not me.
It’s like trying to reason with a schizophrenic.
Wanna guess why?
Sooo many obamatrons making these ridiculous images. Sure he’s a good guy, but a shitty president.
He’s been President less than three months. What did George do in his first three months that was so wonderful? That’s probably when Cheney gave al Qaida the go-ahead to fly planes into buildings here.
wow….welcome to the IQ of the typical Obama “voter”
There needs to be a new amendment, people on welfare CAN’T vote, and if people like “hissy” actually DO have a job, which is highly doubtful, they need to pass some sort of basic intelligence test before they can, safe to say that The One (who can’t pronounce Orion) wouldn’t have gotten even 30%. How ironic, he’s never had a job either.
Captian Autist, the REAL Chosen one, has spoken. There is nothing left to say…
Bush voter.
NO BAMA? What’s wrong with Bama? Roll tide!!!!
I thought they were anti-jam. [link]
*cheers*
Interesting, and informative.
@no_bama @ 336 — read the us constitution including all the amendments, and maybe one of our history books while you’re at it — those requirements exsisted and have been struck down —
here, i’ll even give you some easy to comprehend links so you can get started:
The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen’s “race, color or previous condition of servitude” (i.e., slavery). It was ratified on February 3, 1870.
{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution}
Amendment XXIV (the Twenty-fourth Amendment) prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution }
and since you seem to be such a tool, here’s a few more:
The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits each of the states and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen’s sex. {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution }
and for a broad post civil war article on disfranchisement:
{ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disfranchisement_after_the_Civil_War#Educational_and_character_requirements } covered things like literacy requirements.
if this becomes a double post – i apologize to most who read it – pc troubles and pk panties seem to be in a twist tonight
dude, you got pwnd
Wait, so you’re saying that you would deny American citizens their civil right to vote for the leader of the nation?
Vote Republican! We want to abolish your civil rights! Voting should only be for the rich, educated, elite. Strike down the voice of the peasants, they must be oppressed for the good of the nation!
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No, that wasn’t a bash at ALL republicans, I know you don’t all think that way!
What could GWB do? For 9 months every appointment he tried to make was blocked by Democratic obstructionists. As Carville said on the morning OF 9/11 to a group of reporters, “We certainly don’t want Bush to succeed!” Minutes later the plane hit and he screamed “Don’t publish that! This changes everything!”
No one had yet imagined that any people would be dumb enough to think Bush actually ordered the attacks – LMAO
Closet Republican…
Narnia’s looking real good to her right about now.
“No one had yet imagined that any people would be dumb enough to think Bush actually ordered the attacks:
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Considering his history of attacking countries that had nothing to do with anything, and his general stunning incompetence; if he had ordered the 9/11 attacks, the planes would probably have hit some shopping mall in Canada or something.
There were WMD’s in that shopping mall! We had to liberate the Gap to spread freedom throughout the world!
Canada was probably to blame anyway!
Bush voters really ought to do the honorable thing and sit out the next several election cycles.
Yeah, just let one party vote; it’s a lot more democratic.
I’m not advocating exclusion of any particular party — just people with an IQ below room temperature.
Actually, I take serious offense at your previous post, and posit that you are, in fact, advocating the exclusion of a particular party.
Oh, if only! (I don’t think it would have quite the effect you might think it would, but that’s ok.)
You’re an idiot. I hate Bush, but everyone deserves the right to vote. This country is by the PEOPLE, for the PEOPLE. Not just for SOME people who think exactly like you.
Didn’t Washington warn about two party systems?
It isn’t a perfect system, I would really like to see 3 or 4 different viable parties.
The problem is, for example, if someone is Pro-Life they will vote for the party that is pro-life, regardless of the rest of the issues. If a vote somehow came down to Pro-Life Socialism or Pro-Choice Democracy, I have a feeling that many on the right wing would feel a lot differently about socialism.
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Obviously the above scenario is a gross exaggeration but it gets the idea across. Some issues are just so dividing that there really is no ‘middle ground’.
no, you’ve hit it squarely. People really are too dumb to deal with more than one topic at once. Ainf if came down to ‘prochoice capitalism’ vs ‘prolife socialism’ then most ‘right wing’ prolifers would by singing the praises of abortion from the roof tops…
Still looking for a “cool” person in that picture. Must be a typo.
Whatever happened to captioning unique photos? There is nothing interesting about this picture, and the caption is uninteresting. Waste of time.
First off, I love Barrack Obama. Second, this looks like prison picture. Sorry, but it does.
Are the cool kids behind the scrawny marxist tyrant?
There’s a Marxist there?
Is it Harpo?
He advocates nationalizing an ever-widening swath of the country’s large corporations, he believes the Constitution is “deeply flawed” because of its exclusive focus on “negative rights”, he has no problem with raising taxes still further on the people who already supply most of the country’s tax revenue because “they’ll still be well-to-do”, he disdains professional investors (when he’s not in spin mode) and embraces “community organizer” astroturfing… what would YOU call it?
American Politics. It’s certainly not Marxist. Lot of laywers, those pinko-crypto-Marxists that we all know them to be, think that the enshrinement of negative rights is shaky foundation for a country, and some believe that the Constitution, if properly challenged, would be found to be nothing more than a contract in which all the signatories are dead…
If Barry really wanted to fully nationalise industry, then there wouldn’t be the provision (infact push) for the corporation to buy itself back as reparation (TBH, if I was Barry Bigears, I’d be pushing to sell off the parts of the businesses that caused this mess to the ones that didn’t – AIG would be carved and sold like a turkey)
and I disdain professional investors… Why should I respect a poker player?
Because… you gotta know when to hold ‘em AND when to fold ‘em?
Yep. I have a lot more time for someone who knows they’re gambling, than someone in denial. And I suck at poker, so I know it ain’t easy.
(not to say that all investors are, just averages)
I always respected a man with a derringer, but doubt these lads could hit a barn door…
*sigh*
That’s the thing about not being a regular commenter on a given board/blog/whatever – you can’t spot the resident trolls until it’s too late.
I’d explain the difference between a professional investor and a poker player, but A) you probably damn well know it already, and B) I’ve discovered, since Obama was elected, that playing “economics professor” to ignorant and/or misinformed baboons isn’t any fun unless you’re being PAID like an economics professor.
“A) you probably damn well know it already”
I wouldn’t bet on that if I had four aces.
“B) I’ve discovered, since Obama was elected, that playing “economics professor” to ignorant and/or misinformed baboons isn’t any fun unless you’re being PAID like an economics professor.”
Hehe, sad, but true.
How is your sad, empty life pretending to be something you’re not?
Someone has to be a sycophant.
I know the difference… the Poker play is subejcted to more rules and you know what’s expected. The Professional Investor is no less a player… there are fewer rules, more people get damaged and in the end, only the house wins…
I think you buy the PR of the market, I don’t.
LOL – Exile for the win!
Annie – sad and babbling…
“Are the cool kids behind the scrawny marxist tyrant?”
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Are you implying that Obama is… [dramatic pause] a BLACK RUSSIAN??
MMmmm… Black Russian…
ahhhhh smart is the new cool
And “blindly destructive” is the new “smart”, apparently.
Loudly stupid and claiming knowledge you don’t have is de rigeur on ‘new posters’ posts.
Jane, lefties aren’t the only people here; just the majority. To call me a masochist assumes that something here could actually hurt me, which is…dumb.
Froo – hypocritical fail. You can fool your friends, but you aren’t fooling me a whit. I’ve no desire to discuss things with bigots either.
Why do you keep assuming that I’m a bigot, and throwing that name around with such abandon? I’m not trying to fool anyone, and I’ve done nothing but be honest in stating my opinions here. I’m sorry that they differ so much with yours, but I guess we can’t all be perfect
And I think perhaps you’re unaware of the definition of the word bigot. Here’s the corresponding definition from Wikipedia: “Bigot is often used as a pejorative term to describe a person who is obstinately devoted to prejudices, especially when these views are either challenged, or proven to be false or not universally applicable or acceptable.”
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Now, when my views are challenged, I either research them and make sure I’ve got good footing to make my arguments, rethink them to make sure I’m right, or retool if my way isn’t, in fact, the best way. You, on the other hand, gnash your teeth and scream if you’re challenged, which would, according to this definition, make you the bigot.
BIGOT: “lesbian zombie daughter” Happy to help!
Like the girl exists… yeah, right… It’s all lies… every last thing you’ve said has been a lie… you’re empty, and pointless…
The ‘lesbian zombie daughter’ comment didn’t originate with me, and the only time it was used was after a personal attack against me. Next.
Aww. Poor froo. She just states her honest opinion!
“I believe that Anniee is a typical Blowhard, with a few others thrown in for the hell of it.
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At this point, she could whip out a triple degree to the best schools in the nation, complete with economic props from all of her professors, business associates, and people who are clamoring IRL to get her opinion on the economy, and it wouldn’t matter. She’s managed to piss away any hope she has of ever getting a point across in here. And that’s really sad, because she seems to be really intelligent. She just has no people skills.
The intelligence came from the fatty thread where she actually seemed to make a little bit of sense. I’m sure that’s only because she has personal knowledge of the topic and wasn’t blowing smoke to impress people, but she came off as calm, knowledgeable, and even kind in some places. As far as the economy, politics, or life in general, though, she’s a walrus screaming for her bukkit.”
But…but…but! Those were just COMPLIMENTS! Those were just a sincere and honest attempt to HELP! I TRY to be good to these ebil people and they skewer me!
Someone find the compliments in there and send them to me. Oh, wait.
Asshole.
Well, those are my honest opinion. Perhaps you should get one of those. Maybe you could trade in your idiotic anger complex for it. I’m sure you’d get an even trade.
See, unlike you, I don’t group and/or judge people according to their political leanings but as individuals. There’s a word for people who stereotype, what is it… give me a minute… Oh! Bigot. That’s what it is.
Ah, we’ll go with knuckle dragger then.
Sucks to be you. Yes, please do group it that way.
The caption begs the question why OBAMA is there.
LOL – yeah, it sure does.
Yeah, being president of the greatest nation on earth, living in the White House, and getting to meet leaders of foreign nations isn’t cool….that all sounds very boring compared to Anniee’s life.
this really isn’t all that funny…
Looks like the prison library. Just another little secret we didn’t know about this doofus.
good site ,you have excellente music
So the whole “depending on text” to be able to express something isn’t a recent deficiency?
Obama works for wallstreet
barack obama what a pity name??
Did you criticize Bush before or after you voted for him twice?
I always get amused when people complain that the house is winning when they leave the bulk of their stake to ride on ‘red’ again and again…
At least he can read.
Learning fail.
uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/l/bl_party_division_2.htm
From each, according to his abilities…
To each, according to his or her needs.
And here I thought the last part of that quote was, “To each, all over their face.”
Wine come in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That’s all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
-WBYeats
This should be a movie…
*points randomly* Their fault…
To the gulag with them, then!
Is that your response to everything? Because I saw that already.
I bet you voted for Bush too.
ubr, I think you’ve got an extra ‘r’ in “fiend”…you really need to work on your spelling!