Hmm, video not working for me.

re: #1 SummerSong

Hmm, video not working for me.

Ditto

same here :(

re: #1 SummerSong

Hmm, video not working for me.

Thirditto

re: #2 Sharmuta

Ditto

Ditto, ditto.

Linky no worky.

linky no worky

Maybe that's the joke. Maybe there is no revolutionary new drug. Socialized medicine, here we come!

Video not working for me either, but I think this is the link:

[Link: www.theonion.com...]

Fixed now. Reload.

That goes hand in hand with this one:

re: #8 capitalist piglet

Maybe that's the joke. Maybe there is no revolutionary new drug. Socialized medicine, here we come!

That would be funny.

How depressing.

Good thing the drug was approved now. New drugs won't be cost-effective once the new rules go into effect.
Can't watch the video. What is it? Anti-viagra - makes the economy collapse? Tested on Congress and the Senate.

re: #9 MrSilverDragon

Video not working for me either, but I think this is the link:

[Link: www.theonion.com...]

ROTFLMAO

Quick, ship a case to Katie Couric.

Ha! We all know someone we'd like to slip that to.

re: #14 Kosh's Shadow

Prescription depressant for the happy folks.

/get in line, comrade

Quick someone prescribe this to Rachael Ray. One more YUM-O! or EVOO and I'm going to go ballistic!

Hilarious!

I think they meant to call this drug "Democratx". It's guaranteed to cause depression.

If anti-depressants can induce thoughts of suicide, can a depressant make you want to live forever?

Wasn't the Onion anchorette formerly a cnn employee?

Damn, I love The Onion!

A drug for the annoyingly happy. I love it.

re: #19 redheadredstate

Quick someone prescribe this to Rachael Ray. One more YUM-O! or EVOO and I'm going to go ballistic!

I know what you mean! How about that quick fake half laugh she does?

"Critics say natural treatments can just as effectively crush soul"

I love the onion.

ROFL

re: #23 Sharmuta

Wasn't the Onion anchorette formerly a cnn employee?

If so, then she got a career improvement, IMHO.

I liked the end where the screen shot said something about Obama promising to weatherize the nation's borders.

Me, I'm waiting for my Soma™.

re: #28 Honorary Yooper

I know she was an msm employee- I think cnn is right.

I am really impressed by the actors. The onion really has good comedic acting for an internet only comedy production.

re: #23 Sharmuta

Wasn't the Onion anchorette formerly a cnn employee?

YES! I was just going to ask who that was...Bobbi-something?

SSRA's.

/activator

re: #25 SummerSong

I know what you mean! How about that quick fake half laugh she does?

Gish you guys... Being annoyingly happy is better than being in a pissy mood all the time..

I have known overly perky people, and I have to say- when they do get a fit of the blues, it's a little scary. It's like a manic mood swing.

re: #31 Sharmuta

I know she was an msm employee- I think cnn is right.

Is it Bobbi Batista?

I don't need a depressant to bring me down, the "stimulus" bill did that for me already.

Hey, the bill is already helping me financially, by keeping me from spending money on medication. Wheee.
///

re: #33 capitalist piglet

YES! I was just going to ask who that was...Bobbi-something?

Yes! Bobbi... something!

re: #33 capitalist piglet

YES! I was just going to ask who that was...Bobbi-something?

Battista

re: #38 capitalist piglet

Is it Bobbi Batista?

That's it.

cool beans.

re: #40 Sharmuta

Yes! Bobbi... something!

Goes to show you how much we watch CNN here.

Okay, the Despondex report was funny, but I stayed long enough to see the next report: Sony Releases New Piece of Sh%^ that Doesn't F*&%ing Work.

Language vedy, vedy bad, but I blew coffee through my nose.

re: #36 summergurl

Gish you guys... Being annoyingly happy is better than being in a pissy mood all the time..

I'd call 'em about equal, but I know what you mean.

Bobbi Bautista I think? For the record I'm an annoyingly happy person but I temper that with bouts of pissiness. I'm all about the balance.

That was funny, especially the Obama announces plan to weatherize the border to save energy banner at the end. The Onion productions look better than the real thing, they do a good job.

re: #38 capitalist piglet

Is it Bobbi Batista?

I think you've got it.

re: #46 subsailor68

Okay, the Despondex report was funny, but I stayed long enough to see the next report: Sony Releases New Piece of Sh%^ that Doesn't F*&%ing Work.

Language vedy, vedy bad, but I blew coffee through my nose.

Isn't that par for the course for Sony? They haven't released anything bigger than a Walkman that's been reliable, IMHO.

re: #21 MJ

I think they meant to call this drug "Democratx". It's guaranteed to cause depression.

at $12,000.00 per pill, it's too expensive.

re: #48 redheadredstate

Bobbi Bautista I think? For the record I'm an annoyingly happy person but I temper that with bouts of pissiness. I'm all about the balance.

I've heard that about redheads.

:-)

re: #51 Honorary Yooper

Isn't that par for the course for Sony? They haven't released anything bigger than a Walkman that's been reliable, IMHO.

Well, I do like my PS3 a lot, and it hasn't crapped out yet.

DING!

Bobbie Battista

Battista left CNN after the merger of CNN's parent company Time Warner with America Online in 2001. She joined her husband's (John Brimelow) firm, Atamira Communications, and has provided strategic consul to a wide range of Fortune 500 companies. Battista remains active in television and is a member of AFTRA.
Battista's unique style was parodied on Saturday Night Live, Fast Forward. and a number of other satirical television programs.
Battista was most recently seen on the Onion News Network, the video spinoff of theonion.com website.

Who need Despondex when we have Obama?

(The antidote for Despondex which will be Obamex, to be released in four years.)

re: #45 buzzsawmonkey

It is incumbent upon all of us to lead lives of quiet desperation, as prescribed by Henry David Thoreau.

Come on, folks--Thoreau yourselves into it!

Good idea. Who needs more than a wall, den, and pond?

Very funny.

re: #51 Honorary Yooper

Isn't that par for the course for Sony? They haven't released anything bigger than a Walkman that's been reliable, IMHO.

If you don't mind language, click on the Despondex link and watch video that follows it. It's really a hoot.

re: #36 summergurl

Gish you guys... Being annoyingly happy is better than being in a pissy mood all the time..

Agreed, but pissy and chirpy aren't the only choices.

re: #53 pink freud

I've heard that about redheads.

:-)

Don't believe everything you've heard about us redheads...most of it's true but not all. ;o)

re: #48 redheadredstate

Bobbi Bautista I think? For the record I'm an annoyingly happy person but I temper that with bouts of pissiness. I'm all about the balance.

Riiiggghht. How's that seesaw working for you?

Can you say manic-depressive bi-polar?

/kidding

re: #23 Sharmuta

Is that Bobbie Battista? (on CNN she always looked cross-eyed)..

I'm bummed out just watching the video.

If anyone is playing GTA4 tune the radio in your car to PLR (the Public radio station) and listen for the medical show. It's hilarious.

re: #63 J.S.

It's confirmed.

Next: Moonbatix

re: #52 FrogMarch

at $12,000.00 per pill, it's too expensive.

Nah. Obama's new Health Plan for Everyone will cover the cost.

re: #60 SummerSong

Agreed, but pissy and chirpy aren't the only choices.

well we were talking opposite ends of an emotional spectrum

re: #61 redheadredstate

Don't believe everything you've heard about us redheads...most of it's true but not all. ;o)

Same with us blondes.

My best friend in high school was a glorious redhead. She could always be counted on for the truth. For her, there simply was no option. Take it or leave it.

/redheads rock
//freckles are a bonus! :-)

re: #62 jcw46

Riiiggghht. How's that seesaw working for you?

Can you say manic-depressive bi-polar?

/kidding

I'm not so much bi-polar as bi-polar bear GRRR!

re: #68 MJ

Nah. Obama's new Health Plan for Everyone will cover the cost.

re: #59 subsailor68

If you don't mind language, click on the Despondex link and watch video that follows it. It's really a hoot.

I saw. I laughed. I should not try to drink anything while watching it.

Two members of Chuck Mangione's band were among those who died in the plane crash in Buffalo last night.

[Link: www.google.com...]

re: #71 redheadredstate

I'm not so much bi-polar as bi-polar bear GRRR!

[Link: icanhascheezburger.com...]

re: #45 buzzsawmonkey

It is incumbent upon all of us to lead lives of quiet desperation, as prescribed by Henry David Thoreau.

Come on, folks--Thoreau yourselves into it!

This is why left-conformists affect such a gloomy, depressed, cynical, and generally negative outlook in spite of their privileged and sheltered lives among the hinterland elite. Their demi-gods, including Thoreau, have told them that if you are happy you must not know what is going on; that is, you are that most debased of human archetypes, the Un-Cool. It doesn't occur to them that Thoreau might just have been a neurotic asshole who couldn't handle the swinging social life of 1840s New England. He was certainly a proto-red and a luddite.

re: #72 summergurl

re: #68 MJ

Nah. Obama's new Health Plan for Everyone will cover the cost.

Only if the cost of the pill does not exceed the amount of years you have left to live.

Welcome to Stimulus Land where all sorts of shit was snuck in.

I loved the "natural remedies" that could be tried instead to make one less cheerful, like interacting with Kinko's employees.

re: #65 Killgore Trout

If anyone is playing GTA4 tune the radio in your car to PLR (the Public radio station) and listen for the medical show. It's hilarious.

DWP? driving while posting? not good.

re: #76 Iron Fist

I manage to cruise along on pure malice most of the time. Drugs and alcohol are optional...

You don't fool me, ya huggable, fluffy kitten, you. ;)

What's the copay?

re: #74 SummerSong

Two members of Chuck Mangione's band were among those who died in the plane crash in Buffalo last night.

[Link: www.google.com...]

Oh man, that's sad.

re: #70 pink freud

Same with us blondes.

My best friend in high school was a glorious redhead. She could always be counted on for the truth. For her, there simply was no option. Take it or leave it.

/redheads rock
//freckles are a bonus! :-)

Yep, both my daughters are redheads.

re: #74 SummerSong

Two members of Chuck Mangione's band were among those who died in the plane crash in Buffalo last night.

[Link: www.google.com...]

OMG! I grew up in Rochester, and played with Chuck and Gerry Niewood when Chuck was at the Hochstein School (back in the late 60's). Gerry was such a great guy. This is so tragic.

re: #82 Peacekeeper

What's the copay?

A kidney and a lung.

re: #79 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

I loved the "natural remedies" that could be tried instead to make one less cheerful, like interacting with Kinko's employees.

I didn't catch all of them- they should have listed a trip to the DMV.

re: #82 Peacekeeper

What's the copay?

Nothing. You get paid to take it to stop being so fucking unbearably happy.

re: #84 Shiplord Kirel

Yep, both my daughters are redheads.

/My step-son is a redhead

Might cut down on the popularity of karaoke.

re: #90 Creeping Eruption

/My step-son is a redhead

Can't beat that!

re: #88 buzzsawmonkey

Don't forget that after building his little Walden shack for $2.36 or whatever it was, he went and bummed dinner from Emerson every night.

Definitely an early socialist then.

re: #76 Iron Fist

I manage to cruise along on pure malice most of the time. Drugs and alcohol are optional...

Do you watch "Chuck"? In one of the eps, Casey (big guy from Serenity) couldn't find his inner calm, and kept getting beat at martial arts. Then they realized the problem was that he didn't have an inner calm. LOL

re: #87 Sharmuta

I didn't catch all of them- they should have listed a trip to the DMV.

NM has the fastest smoothest DMV outlets...they are everywhere...
subcontract to the state of course...

re: #74 SummerSong

Two members of Chuck Mangione's band were among those who died in the plane crash in Buffalo last night.

[Link: www.google.com...]

Oh dear. : (

The sax player had been playing with him for a very long time - like thirty-five years or something. I don't know about the guitar player. How awful.

re: #95 buzzsawmonkey

But a red-headed woman is the woman who does the harm

There is so much truth to that :)

re: #97 capitalist piglet

Oh dear. : (

The sax player had been playing with him for a very long time - like thirty-five years or something. I don't know about the guitar player. How awful.

How ironic is all this? I used to listen to Chuck Mangione records when I was a teen because they made me feel happy. If I hear one today it still makes me feel that way. This story is so sad.

re: #97 capitalist piglet

Oh dear. : (

The sax player had been playing with him for a very long time - like thirty-five years or something. I don't know about the guitar player. How awful.

A 9/11 Widow was also on the plane - going to a birthday celebration for her dead husband. :(

re: #97 capitalist piglet

Oh dear. : (

The sax player had been playing with him for a very long time - like thirty-five years or something. I don't know about the guitar player. How awful.

Yes, he was terrific, and a very cool guy. Here's a nice article on him (and Chuck):

Gerry Niewood

re: #102 buzzsawmonkey

re: #90 Creeping Eruption

Nobody knows what a red-headed mama can do, do do-do-do
Give her a heart made of rock, and she'll break it in two, two--right in two
There's no doubt that she's got a conscience and a mind
But when she steps out, she leaves 'em both behind
She draw rings 'round a gal like Louisville Lou
Say, nobody knows what a red-headed mama can do

--Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards

LOL guys! I'm really very nice...really! Ask my hubby. Oh wait, he's busy tonight. This is his night to do laundry, wash the dog, and paint my toenails. ;o)

re: #11 lawhawk

That goes hand in hand with this one:

[Video]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

OT, the Dow must have really loved the stimulus bill passing. It closed down 83.35.

Who needs Despondex?

re: #85 subsailor68

OMG! I grew up in Rochester, and played with Chuck and Gerry Niewood when Chuck was at the Hochstein School (back in the late 60's). Gerry was such a great guy. This is so tragic.

What do you play, sub? This must have hit you very hard. I'm so sorry.

I'm taking 2 tablets of Porkicillin and I'll call you in the morning.

re: #77 Shiplord Kirel

This is why left-conformists affect such a gloomy, depressed, cynical, and generally negative outlook in spite of their privileged and sheltered lives among the hinterland elite.

IF YOU'RE NOT OUTRAGED, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION!
/see many cars with this bumper sticker

re: #100 Creeping Eruption

A 9/11 Widow was also on the plane - going to a birthday celebration for her dead husband. :(

Oh my...what a horrible tragedy this was!

Even the Mafia seems confused.

Didn't he work for Tony Saprano?

re: #104 redheadredstate

LOL guys! I'm really very nice...really! Ask my hubby. Oh wait, he's busy tonight. This is his night to do laundry, wash the dog, and paint my toenails. ;o)

Of course you are. All redheads are sweet, angelic creatures until you have us hooked and it is too late to realize the snare that was slowly closing around our necks. :)

re: #106 subsailor68

OT, the Dow must have really loved the stimulus bill passing. It closed down 83.35.

Who needs Despondex?

I'm getting some Fuckitol.

re: #101 subsailor68

Yes, he was terrific, and a very cool guy. Here's a nice article on him (and Chuck):

Gerry Niewood

Thank you for the link - going there now. I am closely related to a couple of horn players...I know this has going to break a lot of hearts.

re: #107 capitalist piglet

What do you play, sub? This must have hit you very hard. I'm so sorry.

I play sax, clarinet, and flute. Grew up in Penfield NY (outside Rochester). In my teens I played for three years at the Eastman School with Father George Wiskirchen, and a year with Chuck Mangione at the Hochstein School. Funny thing - I went to a concert of Chuck's in San Diego maybe ten - twelve years later. He was on stage and happened to see me in maybe the eighth row...got a big grin on his face, looked out and said "hey John, let's get together after the gig."

We did. He and Gerry are/were spectacular guys, and as you know, the ultimate jazzers.

Check out these high school yearbook photos of some politicians. In particular, check out Mike Huckabee's photo - I think he volunteered for the Despondex drug trials.

re: #113 kansas

I'm getting some Fuckitol.

Don't fergetcher Cranky Flakes.

New York Times dipped below $4 a share briefly today -finished at $4.06. I cling to this news like some of you cling to your guns and bibles. /

re: #117 gregg

Check out these high school yearbook photos of some politicians. In particular, check out Mike Huckabee's photo - I think he volunteered for the Despondex drug trials.

Clinton looks like that guy (biff?) from Back to the Future.

re: #117 gregg

Check out these high school yearbook photos of some politicians. In particular, check out Mike Huckabee's photo - I think he volunteered for the Despondex drug trials.

GWB looks cool...what? jacket and tie? fuck off!

From the secular right web site on the recent plane crash, pretty much makes a point:

"Will Bill O’Reilly or anyone else who saw the hand of God in the safe landing of US Airways Flight 1549 this January please explain why God chose not to save Continental Connection Flight 3407, which plunged into a house outside of Buffalo last night, killing all 49 people on board and a resident on the ground?

Among the explanations which will not be accepted: “humans cannot possibly fathom God’s mysterious ways.” Oh yes they can, apparently—when something good happens. Having found proof of God’s love in the safe conclusion of US Airways Flight 1549, believers cannot now turn around and claim that God’s ways are veiled just because something disastrous happens. If it’s legitimate to infer beneficence from a happy outcome, it is equally plausible to infer malice or at least indifference from a negative outcome. You can’t pick and choose the actions in which you find God’s will transparent.

re: #111 jorline

Even the Mafia seems confused.

Didn't he work for Tony Saprano?

More falsetto than soprano.

"How to wax your floors without slipping and severing your spine"

ROFLMAO***

The generic name for despondex is Obamatron

re: #120 Creeping Eruption

Clinton looks like that guy (biff?) from Back to the Future.

Cheney...fuck with me?...really?

Breaking News

President Obama will hold a Prime Time News Conference to discuss what the Federal Transportation Officials want to discuss about flight 1549 that crashed in the Hudson River.

re: #126 albusteve

Cheney...fuck with me?...really?

Is it me or does Guliani look like he is wearing a dress?

Haven't seen Bonnie Battista in years...

what a hoot.

re: #122 avanti

Allahpundit was taunting his readers with that one earlier.

Happy happy joy joy!

re: #112 Creeping Eruption

Of course you are. All redheads are sweet, angelic creatures until you have us hooked and it is too late to realize the snare that was slowly closing around our necks. :)

Yeah but you'll die with a smile on your face.

re: #120 Creeping Eruption

Clinton looks like that guy (biff?) from Back to the Future.

I scrolled through each picture slowly and when Clinton's pic came up, I laughed out loud!

You are dead on!

re: #128 Creeping Eruption

Is it me or does Guliani look like he is wearing a dress?

twas only the beginning back then it seems...

[Link: politicalhumor.about.com...]

re: #117 gregg

Check out these high school yearbook photos of some politicians. In particular, check out Mike Huckabee's photo - I think he volunteered for the Despondex drug trials.

Interesting photos. Al Gore has not a hair out of place and looks to be thoroughly enjoying himself. As I keep telling people, Blago's hair is real, and looks like it has a life of its own, even back then. Huckabee looks like he's on something. Cheney's got a hell of a good smile though.

re: #117 gregg

Check out these high school yearbook photos of some politicians. In particular, check out Mike Huckabee's photo - I think he volunteered for the Despondex drug trials.

Those are fascinating! What's on Huckabee's head? Is that his hair?

And Carter. I'm sorry, but that look in his eyes - he looks so intense, and actually kind of scary. Like if you could see his body, he'd be in some kind of uniform. (If you know what I'm sayin' and I think you do, wink wink, nudge, nudge. Ugh.)

re: #63 J.S.

Is that Bobbie Battista? (on CNN she always looked cross-eyed)..

If you had to read CNN news, you'd be crosseyed too.

re: #126 albusteve

Did you see Norm Coleman? Maybe he would have won last fall if he hadn't cut his hair. ;-)

Another down day on Wall Street. The Dow doesn't like the Porkulous package very much.

How Kim Jong Il got a date!

re: #128 Creeping Eruption

Is it me or does Guliani look like he is wearing a dress?

LOL! It looks like a t-shirt to me. He looks good with hair...but then, I'm a Rudy fan in general.

re: #117 gregg

Check out these high school yearbook photos of some politicians. In particular, check out Mike Huckabee's photo - I think he volunteered for the Despondex drug trials.

Time may pass, but Blago's hair is eternal

re: #122 avanti

From the secular right web site on the recent plane crash, pretty much makes a point:

"Will Bill O’Reilly or anyone else who saw the hand of God in the safe landing of US Airways Flight 1549 this January please explain why God chose not to save Continental Connection Flight 3407, which plunged into a house outside of Buffalo last night, killing all 49 people on board and a resident on the ground?

Among the explanations which will not be accepted: “humans cannot possibly fathom God’s mysterious ways.” Oh yes they can, apparently—when something good happens. Having found proof of God’s love in the safe conclusion of US Airways Flight 1549, believers cannot now turn around and claim that God’s ways are veiled just because something disastrous happens. If it’s legitimate to infer beneficence from a happy outcome, it is equally plausible to infer malice or at least indifference from a negative outcome. You can’t pick and choose the actions in which you find God’s will transparent.

I didnt know that...my whole life is changed now...thanks!

re: #133 midwestgak

I scrolled through each picture slowly and when Clinton's pic came up, I laughed out loud!

You are dead on!

Clinton reminds me of a cartoon popular during his time in office. He looks like he could be saying, "Come to Butthead."

Carter looks like a deer in the headlights.

re: #134 albusteve

LOL. Apparently.

Happy Morning!

re: #119 bloodnok

New York Times dipped below $4 a share briefly today -finished at $4.06. I cling to this news like some of you cling to your guns and bibles. /

At what point is it considered junk? (no, no not when it's published. That's called crap not junk. :>)

re: #136 capitalist piglet

I think Carter is wearing lipstick. I can't believe that is hair on Huckabee's head.

re: #138 gregg

Did you see Norm Coleman? Maybe he would have won last fall if he hadn't cut his hair. ;-)

he may win yet

re: #148 gregg

I think Carter is wearing lipstick. I can't believe that is hair on Huckabee's head.

he looks too girly and submissive and...etc

re: #106 subsailor68

OT, the Dow must have really loved the stimulus bill passing. It closed down 83.35.

Who needs Despondex?

I wish I'd taken screen shots of the last four days of headlines.

On the 10th, after it dropped 382 points, the headlines said, "Market drops because investors don't understand enough about the Stimulus."

On the 11th, after it rose 51 points, the headlines said, "Market investors Love the Stimulus, Market Rises."

People we don't need a pill to be less cheery. A Pr. Obama news conference can have me banging my skull through walls after few a Q&As.

OT: Peanut Corp. of America files for Ch. 7

re: #127 jorline

Breaking News

President Obama will hold a Prime Time News Conference to discuss what the Federal Transportation Officials want to discuss about flight 1549 that crashed in the Hudson River.

Whaaat? He wants to DISCUSS what is someone else's job? DO your own job, Mr. President!

re: #138 gregg

Did you see Norm Coleman? Maybe he would have won last fall if he hadn't cut his hair. ;-)

He looks like a "Slayyyerrr!" guy. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

re: #154 midwestgak

Whaaat? He wants to DISCUSS what is someone else's job? DO your own job, Mr. President!

He's taking over the census too, how is that his job?

re: #117 gregg

Check out these high school yearbook photos of some politicians. In particular, check out Mike Huckabee's photo - I think he volunteered for the Despondex drug trials.

Wow - interesting.

Compare and contrast:

Norm Coleman

Al Franken

re: #153 Creeping Eruption

OT: Peanut Corp. of America files for Ch. 7

Wow...they're not even gonna try!?

/chapter 7 is liquidation, no?

re: #122 avanti

From the secular right web site on the recent plane crash, pretty much makes a point:

"Will Bill O’Reilly or anyone else who saw the hand of God in the safe landing of US Airways Flight 1549 this January please explain why God chose not to save Continental Connection Flight 3407, which plunged into a house outside of Buffalo last night, killing all 49 people on board and a resident on the ground?

Among the explanations which will not be accepted: “humans cannot possibly fathom God’s mysterious ways.” Oh yes they can, apparently—when something good happens. Having found proof of God’s love in the safe conclusion of US Airways Flight 1549, believers cannot now turn around and claim that God’s ways are veiled just because something disastrous happens. If it’s legitimate to infer beneficence from a happy outcome, it is equally plausible to infer malice or at least indifference from a negative outcome. You can’t pick and choose the actions in which you find God’s will transparent.

They're assuming that death is a punishment. They create a false dichotomy: beneficence or malice/indifference. ALL God's ways for the ultimate good, even when we humans can't imagine it. As Job said, "The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away; blest be the name of the Lord."

My heart aches in sympathy for those who lost friends and loved ones. To those who believe that this life is all there is, it is truly a tragedy.

re: #117 gregg

Check out these high school yearbook photos of some politicians. In particular, check out Mike Huckabee's photo - I think he volunteered for the Despondex drug trials.

Wow, John McCain, Dick Cheney and Rudy Giuliani were hot! lol

Made famous by the popular Lefty bumpersticker: "If you're not OUTRAGED, you're not PAYING ATTENTION!"

re: #77 Shiplord Kirel

This is why left-conformists affect such a gloomy, depressed, cynical, and generally negative outlook in spite of their privileged and sheltered lives among the hinterland elite. Their demi-gods, including Thoreau, have told them that if you are happy you must not know what is going on; that is, you are that most debased of human archetypes, the Un-Cool. It doesn't occur to them that Thoreau might just have been a neurotic asshole who couldn't handle the swinging social life of 1840s New England. He was certainly a proto-red and a luddite.

re: #151 Silhouette

I wish I'd taken screen shots of the last four days of headlines.

On the 10th, after it dropped 382 points, the headlines said, "Market drops because investors don't understand enough about the Stimulus."

On the 11th, after it rose 51 points, the headlines said, "Market investors Love the Stimulus, Market Rises."

Great recap - and so on the money.

re: #155 bloodnok

He looks like a "Slayyyerrr!" guy. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Picturing a van with a Frank Frazetta mural on the side.

re: #158 eschew_obfuscation

Wow...they're not even gonna try!?

/chapter 7 is liquidation, no?

Yup. Not going to bother with CH. 11. My guess is because there are fraud and intentional acts exceptions to discharge, it would be kicked into a Ch. 7 anyway.

re: #138 gregg

Did you see Norm Coleman? Maybe he would have won last fall if he hadn't cut his hair. ;-)

Wow! I am liking that guy even more!

re: #157 Cattt

You owe me a new keyboard.

re: #148 gregg

I think Carter is wearing lipstick. I can't believe that is hair on Huckabee's head.

Apparently Huck is wearing a hat that matches that cool "fur" trim on his jacket. Guess they told them to dress that day for pictures...

re: #159 goddessoftheclassroom

They're assuming that death is a punishment. They create a false dichotomy: beneficence or malice/indifference. ALL God's ways for the ultimate good, even when we humans can't imagine it. As Job said, "The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away; blest be the name of the Lord."

My heart aches in sympathy for those who lost friends and loved ones. To those who believe that this life is all there is, it is truly a tragedy.

I'd upding that much more if I could!

re: #157 Cattt

Wow - interesting.

Compare and contrast:

Norm Coleman

Al Franken

How about some warning with the Franken photo? Got to bleach my eyes now.

re: #120 Creeping Eruption

Clinton looks like that guy (biff?) from Back to the Future.

Dhimmi Carter looks like a wuss. I bet even in the Navy he was a rat and a tattletale.

re: #159 goddessoftheclassroom

That false argument will always be made by people who need an excuse to defy/deny God.

What's funny is that they don't need an excuse.

Put it down to luck, good or bad, and walk away.

Fell better?

re: #130 Killgore Trout

Allahpundit was taunting his readers with that one earlier.

The line I've always hated is when a member of the clergy makes the comment "God was calling them home".

Let me see if I get this straight, someone has to get mangled in a car accident or worse yet a child murdered by their parent or pervert to get called home?

Please place me on the no call list.

NM has the bluest sky evah...drink!

re: #122 avanti
This is just them trying to get some free PR on O'Reilly's dime. Who in their right mind takes theology lessons from O'Reilly?

I say, and I'm sure others would also, that G!d was present at NEITHER incident. Circumstances dictated the initial situation and in one case the pilot had a viable choice that led to safety. The other probably wouldn't have been any better of an outcome no matter WHO the pilot was.

It's called the "oh, shit" moment. When you know no matter what you do you're not going to be in one piece afterwards.

re: #131 Cattt

Happy happy joy joy!

LOL "I'll teach you to be happy." Been awhile since I've seen Ren and Stimpy.

re: #169 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

How about some warning with the Franken photo? Got to bleach my eyes now.

Isn't that the picture he took to put in his Senate office?

re: #170 gop_patriot

Dhimmi Carter looks like a wuss. I bet even in the Navy he was a rat and a tattletale.

I think his eyes look dead and frightening in that picture. And I bet you're right.

Heh. Last night I linked a video with a "Click this" for one of the trolls.

Looks like I've rickrolled a couple of innocent bystanders since then. Hee hee hee.

re: #160 gop_patriot

Jimmy Carter looks like a freak! Like one of those photos the media runs after some kid goes postal at a school and shoots his classmates. Very disturbing.

re: #117 gregg

Check out these high school yearbook photos of some politicians. In particular, check out Mike Huckabee's photo - I think he volunteered for the Despondex drug trials.

Is it just me, or do Obama and Blago look like Freddie Washington and Vinnie Barbarino?

re: #171 OldLineTexan

That false argument will always be made by people who need an excuse to defy/deny God.

What's funny is that they don't need an excuse.

Put it down to luck, good or bad, and walk away.

Fell better?

{OldLineTexan}

Yes, I'm feeling better. Thanks for asking.

re: #125 Shug

The generic name for despondex is Obamatron

Well, technically an Obamatron is one who has ingested Despondex™.

re: #175 midwestgak

LOL "I'll teach you to be happy." Been awhile since I've seen Ren and Stimpy.

Great show for its time.

re: #169 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Pass it to me next. Gad zukes I did not need to see that.

There is no "I" in Teamocil, at least not where you think...

re: #180 Who Watches the Watchmen?

yeah, and W looks like Arnold Horshak

re: #163 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Picturing a van with a Frank Frazetta mural on the side.

Someday, I'm getting a van like that.

re: #158 eschew_obfuscation

Wow...they're not even gonna try!?

/chapter 7 is liquidation, no?

Well, they do have some issues with liability, but why should a business even try in this environment?

re: #157 Cattt

Wow - interesting.

Compare and contrast:

Norm Coleman

Al Franken

My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

re: #52 FrogMarch

at $12,000.00 per pill, it's too expensive.

Yeah, but at $3000 per person in stimulus "responsibility", it only takes the annual taxes of a small town to pay for it... under the new BHO health plan, that is...

OTO, OTO, OTO

re: #168 eschew_obfuscation

re: #159 goddessoftheclassroom

Thanks for the reprint, I missed that when I was scanning. (upding for goddess from me).

re: #169 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

How about some warning with the Franken photo? Got to bleach my eyes now.

Yeah, but you would have looked anyway. :)

re: #188 brookly red

Well, they do have some issues with liability, but why should a business even try in this environment?

Actually, its not a bad environment for Chapter 11's. Creditors are pretty happy to get some ongoing cash rather than a few pennies on the dollar.

re: #174 jcw46
correction: God was not present responsible for either incident.

re: #122 avanti

From the secular right web site on the recent plane crash, pretty much makes a point:

"Will Bill O’Reilly or anyone else who saw the hand of God in the safe landing of US Airways Flight 1549 this January please explain why God chose not to save Continental Connection Flight 3407, which plunged into a house outside of Buffalo last night, killing all 49 people on board and a resident on the ground?

Among the explanations which will not be accepted: “humans cannot possibly fathom God’s mysterious ways.” Oh yes they can, apparently—when something good happens. Having found proof of God’s love in the safe conclusion of US Airways Flight 1549, believers cannot now turn around and claim that God’s ways are veiled just because something disastrous happens. If it’s legitimate to infer beneficence from a happy outcome, it is equally plausible to infer malice or at least indifference from a negative outcome. You can’t pick and choose the actions in which you find God’s will transparent.

YOu never know there might have been someone on board who he was calling home early or one he felt need killin///

re: #183 Wyatt Earp

Great show for its time.

Wasn't it the early 90's? I think back at what was going on in my life at the time. More important, there was little concern about being invaded from within.

Back in My Navy days, we had a saying, "If you get too happy they will call out the moral supression team for an emergency joyectomy"

Moving on --->

re: #194 jcw46

correction: God was not present responsible for either incident.

As a agnostic, I still have seen many believers comforted by their faith that a lost loved one is in a better place. That concept, and the one that "God called them" is not a bad thing by itself, but assigning responsibility to God for every good/bad thing that happens can get confusing to mere mortals.

re: #181 goddessoftheclassroom

You're a treasure.

/I hate it when I commit a typo in your presence!

re: #197 Marvo76

Back in My Navy days, we had a saying, "If you get too happy they will call out the moral supression team for an emergency joyectomy"

I used to have a Marine working for me.

He used to intone "STOW THAT HAPPINESS!"

re: #194 jcw46

correction: God was not present responsible for either incident.

Thanks! I was wondering about that ;-)

re: #55 Sharmuta

Yes, it really was Bobbie. I tracked her down after seeing this last night and emailed her. And she emailed me back this morning! =)

Twice! =)

I was totally floored. I grew up watching her and I couldn't believe she emailed me back. So yea, I had a great morning. She was really nice to me and she said that she'll be doing more Onion pieces in the future and really liked it a lot.=)

Oh and she told me to spread the word lol. (Yup, literally!)

She is definitely cool. =)

re: #77 Shiplord Kirel

This is why left-conformists affect such a gloomy, depressed, cynical, and generally negative outlook in spite of their privileged and sheltered lives among the hinterland elite. Their demi-gods, including Thoreau, have told them that if you are happy you must not know what is going on; that is, you are that most debased of human archetypes, the Un-Cool. It doesn't occur to them that Thoreau might just have been a neurotic asshole who couldn't handle the swinging social life of 1840s New England. He was certainly a proto-red and a luddite.

Thoreau's Walden Pond is one of my favorites. I think it is poorly understood. If Thoreu cared enough to get involved in our politics, he would be a Ron Paulian - not an Obama fan at all.

This couple will now never find themselves sitting in separate bathtubs holding hands at the edge of a canyon.

Who creates the Onion videos? They are brilliant and very professional.

re: #113 kansas

I'm getting some Fuckitol.

Is it similar to Kantgetitupatal?

"Interacting with Kinko employees" - lol.

I don't usually approve of dropping the F-bomb, but when that guy tosses it out at the end it's effing funny.

Thoreau supposedly was enamored of the spartan life in his shack, but as I understand it he stayed there only long enough to make notes for his book and then high-tailed it back to town.