Obama Insults Disabled People

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Unbelievable.

The first appearance by a sitting president on “The Tonight Show” may well end up being the last.

President Obama, in his taping with Jay Leno Thursday afternoon, attempted to yuk it up with the funnyman, and ended up insulting the disabled.

Towards the end of his approximately 40-minute appearance, the president talked about how he’s gotten better at bowling and has been practicing in the White House bowling alley.

He bowled a 129, the president said.

“That’s very good, Mr. President,” Leno said sarcastically.

It’s “like the Special Olympics or something,” the president said.

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1677 comments
1 bryantms  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:18:56pm

Bush would have literally been crucified at this point...

...late night shows? Silent....

2 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:19:04pm

Bet that clip never makes it to air, or to YouTube.

3 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:19:20pm

No Class

/ fat albert

4 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:19:27pm

Classy!

5 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:19:35pm

What a fucking moron.

6 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:19:36pm

This will probably disappear just like the video of the Irish PM teleprompter gaffe.

7 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:19:44pm
8 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:19:55pm

re: #2 Alouette

Bet that clip never makes it to air, or to YouTube.

Into the vault with that LA Times clip

9 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:19:55pm

" i made no such comment, the tele-prompter set me up, again"

10 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:19:59pm

re: #7 Iron Fist

Winning friends and influencing people one step at a time...

(Is it 2012 yet?)

2010 first.

11 Maximu§  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:20:08pm

If President Bush said something like this....all Hell would have broken loose.

12 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:20:16pm
13 Racer X  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:20:32pm

Obama insults the abled as well.

14 jorline  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:20:37pm

This administration has had a historical first 100 days.

15 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:20:40pm

re: #11 Maximu§

If President Bush said something like this....all Hell would have broken loose.

Exactamundo.

16 LGoPs  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:20:43pm

I'm sure that the media will frown on this misstep and promptly remind us that Bush was stupid.

17 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:21:06pm

No class, no tact, no shame. We elected a petulant child.

18 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:21:06pm

what an outrage....I would not be surprised if this asshole does something that come dangerously close to impeachable...he is fucking out of control

19 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:21:16pm

Part of your electorate is disabled, Mr. President.

Perhaps you are unaware of the Americans with Disabilities Act?

20 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:21:17pm

Did he just throw special needs persons under the little yellow bus?

/just being silly, not meant to be insulting

21 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:21:38pm
22 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:21:57pm

re: #17 Sharmuta

No class, no tact, no shame. We elected a petulant child.

My kids never said anything that mean. I did, but they never did.

23 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:03pm

typical obama

24 neomexicon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:08pm

no class

25 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:14pm

Obama puts the yuck in yuks

26 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:14pm

re: #14 jorline

This administration has had a historical first 100 days.

His 4 years will be a trainwreck.

27 Pvt Bin Jammin  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:21pm

Unbelievable. And all Dan Quayle did was spell a word wrong. They went on about it for months.

28 VibeManJoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:21pm

What I hate is that he insults the intelligence of most many some, Americans.

29 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:25pm

re: #16 LGoPs

I'm sure that the media will frown on this misstep and promptly remind us that Bush was stupid.

There may be a brief mention of Obama's current flub followed by a 1 hour analysis of a word Bush mispronounced on August, 3, 2002.

30 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:27pm

re: #24 neomexicon

no class

Boorish clod.

31 VioletTiger  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:36pm

Now we see just why he never goes anywhere without Mr. Teleprompter.
There is just no upside to this administation. None.

32 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:37pm

This needs to get some real attention. Sarah Palin has a special needs child. I wonder what she would think of this.

/secretly hoping she would go kick his ass

33 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:39pm

re: #17 Sharmuta

No class, no tact, no shame. We elected a petulant child.

indeed and along the way so far he's mugged me for almost 40% of my future money....

34 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:55pm

re: #26 NYCHardhat

His 4 years will be a trainwreck.

Yeah but we are all in the caboose?

35 danrudy  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:22:55pm

Wow..I am surprised no one thought to remove that from the teleprompter beforehand....someone is gonna lose their job!

36 jaunte  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:23:01pm

I'll go with the "or something" choice.

37 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:23:02pm
38 Racer X  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:23:03pm

The White House job is getting really hard for him, so what does he do? Back out on the campaign trail! He has been campaigning in CA for 3 days now. What a maroon.

39 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:23:03pm

Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden

WASHINGTON — On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut.

While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a national concern.

40 Voyska PVO  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:23:08pm

..he's coming up in the world. Didn't he bowl a 40 or something back during that interminable campaign?
New sobriquet: President Gutterballs

41 Kreuzueber Halbmond  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:23:13pm

And the Oval Office is kinda like Kindergarten, right Mr. President?

42 Ringo the Gringo  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:23:39pm

Juvenile humor from a juvenile President.

43 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:23:42pm

re: #38 Racer X

The White House job is getting really hard for him, so what does he do? Back out on the campaign trail! He has been campaigning in CA for 3 days now. What a maroon.

No, he grows a garden!

Hope! Change!

44 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:23:44pm

re: #32 UberInfidel67

This needs to get some real attention. Sarah Palin has a special needs child. I wonder what she would think of this.

/secretly hoping she would go kick his ass

a public bitchslap would be appropriate

45 Curt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:06pm

So The One can find time for bowling (because I WON), but not time to pay attention to foreign affairs...I guess that's why he hired the twofer couple. I'm sure Bill is right on it...

And to think I'm paying his salary and he's making the late night show circit and eating wagu steak and ignoring established protocol.

I'm sure he figures his minions will come to our doors and make us do it his way.

46 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:06pm

re: #41 Kreuzueber Halbmond

And the Oval Office is kinda like Kindergarten, right Mr. President?

and the white house is like animal house on wednesday nights!

47 marsl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:07pm

Passing from Bush to Obama is like seeing the tunnel after the end of the light....

And Bush was a idiot.... or was the impression that the media gave us in 8 years.

Waiting for the media to go after Obama.....

48 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:22pm

Does anyone know what time the Leno show airs? Is he in the same 11PM spot or is he prime time now?

49 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:23pm
50 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:29pm

re: #44 albusteve
No...I am for an all-out ass whooping. She looks the type that can get pretty mean when she is pissed.

51 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:31pm

re: #39 pink freud

Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden

WASHINGTON — On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut.

While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a national concern.

Can we call him the garden weasel?

52 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:38pm

Very edgy Mr. President. Well played.

I'm sure FDR is rolling over in his grave with laughter.

But really, did anyone expect class from the guy who gave his political opponents the "finger" during his stump speech?

53 VibeManJoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:40pm

re: #39 pink freud

There will be a good supply of organic fertilizer....

54 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:42pm

re: #11 Maximu§

If President Bush said something like this....all Hell would have broken loose.

If Obama had laid bare his true feelings on the mentally handicapped, we'd have President McCain and Vice President Palin.

55 Bobblehead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:47pm

Those kids in the Special Olympics have more grace and class in their little fingers than our egotistic president will ever have.

56 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:24:48pm

re: #39 pink freud

Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden

WASHINGTON — On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut.

While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a national concern.

How could he do this then?

57 Elcid  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:25:04pm

Now Now...That's no way to treat President Asshole.

58 Racer X  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:25:09pm

re: #28 VibeManJoe

What I hate is that he insults the intelligence of most many some, Americans.

Hate to break this to you - the majority of American voters voted for him. They are not insulted.

59 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:25:09pm

listen, he's really tired and busy all the time. he has a lot on his plate, he's still trying to eat his waffle./

60 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:25:09pm

Does this bozo have a clue?

61 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:25:12pm
62 Curt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:25:16pm

re: #32 UberInfidel67

This needs to get some real attention. Sarah Palin has a special needs child. I wonder what she would think of this.

/secretly hoping she would go kick his ass

And I'd take that bet that she'd wipe the floor with him.

63 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:25:40pm

re: #11 Maximu§

If President Bush said something like this....all Hell would have broken loose.

* * * *
President Bush knew very well his father President Bush passed the Americans with Disabilities Act.

President Bush jogged with wounded veterans with prosthetic limbs at the White House during the day, instead of partying with "professional" NBA creeps at night.

64 Ringo the Gringo  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:25:48pm

The President has time to practice his bowling?

65 Maximu§  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:25:51pm

I have an Autistic child and he plays basketball in the Special Olympics. This is a slap in the face to all those kids trying their hearts out to make something of their lives and prove that they can overcome their disability.

66 Pvt Bin Jammin  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:25:53pm

re: #38 Racer X

The White House job is getting really hard for him, so what does he do? Back out on the campaign trail! He has been campaigning in CA for 3 days now. What a maroon.

That's sure what it seems like, isn't it? Daughter called a while ago from her office near where he is doing the town hall meetings. It was a mess down there with all the security. She said they even had big Chinooks (loaded with missles) buzzing all around their building. I'll bet she's not home from work yet.

67 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:03pm
68 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:05pm
69 VioletTiger  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:08pm

re: #48 Afrocity

Does anyone know what time the Leno show airs? Is he in the same 11PM spot or is he prime time now?


He is on at 11 Eastern.

70 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:09pm

re: #51 Bloodnok

Can we call him the garden weasel?

I prefer the image of a mole ...crawling around in the dirt on its belly, blind, not knowing where it's going or what it will find once it gets there ....

71 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:10pm

re: #39 pink freud

Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden

WASHINGTON — On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut.

While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a national concern.

EVEN THEY KNOW HOW BAD IT'S GOING TO GET!

72 VibeManJoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:12pm

re: #56 NYCHardhat

They, of course, will exclude certain privileged persons, as usual.

73 pat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:15pm

We have a Special President.

74 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:31pm

re: #67 Iron Fist

Hey, man, she's only giving back. After a year of Obama we're all going to need a garden to grow our vegetables in.

Because the ones in the grocery stores, oh, my bad! After inflation hits 10000% there won't be any vegetables in the grocery stores.

Not so fast.

75 kingkenrod  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:31pm

re: #39 pink freud

Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden

WASHINGTON — On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut.

While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a national concern.

On last week's 60 Minutes they profiled the woman who started this movement to get a garden put in at the White House. I think her name is Alice Walker. Looks like she succeeded.

76 midwestgak  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:31pm

77 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:43pm

I suppose it's not too surprising- the disabled are supposed to be one of their special interest groups to pander to, correct? They insult all of their special interest groups. After securing their vote, they don't give a shit about these groups and ignore them until election time comes up again.

78 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:43pm

re: #56 NYCHardhat

How could he do this then?

HE WON.

79 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:56pm

re: #73 pat

We have a Special President.

omg, that deserves as many dollars as he has spent since he's been in office!

80 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:57pm

I can see the next "South Park" episode:

Obama pulls off the face mask and steps down from the stilts and everybody sees that ERIC CARTMAN has been elected President of the United States.

/the 0 is too dumb to pull off a jewel heist

81 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:57pm

re: #39 pink freud

Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden

WASHINGTON — On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut.

While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a national concern.

But is he going to raise Wagyu cattle?

82 devil in baggy pants  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:26:58pm

"What a dumbass! And what's scary is this guy's our President!"

-- my 16 year old son

// I'm very proud

83 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:27:10pm

re: #39 pink freud

Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden

WASHINGTON — On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, ....

5 will get you 50 that Michelle's not going to be doing the digging.

84 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:27:17pm

OK I know this Obama guy is kinda important and all, but in a few Duke is taking on the Binghamton Bearcats. Go Bearcats!

85 Pvt Bin Jammin  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:27:23pm

re: #69 VioletTiger

He is on at 11 Eastern.

11:30 here on the west coast.

86 VioletTiger  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:27:30pm

re: #64 Ringo the Gringo

Was thinking the same thing.
He has time for Late Night TV, writing MORE BOOKS, picking brackets...

When exactly does he play the role of President? He does know this is a full time job, right?/

87 midwestgak  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:27:40pm

re: #76 midwestgak

Isaiah 3:4
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

88 Sosigado  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:27:42pm

Obama can pretty much say whatever he wants, and get away with it. He's Teflon, personified. The MSM will never call him on it, and those who voted for him will never admit they made a horrendous mistake. Too many people have too much emotionally invested in this "historic" experiment gone awry.

89 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:27:43pm

re: #67 Iron Fist

Hey, man, she's only giving back. After a year of Obama we're all going to need a garden to grow our vegetables in.

Because the ones in the grocery stores, oh, my bad! After inflation hits 10000% there won't be any vegetables in the grocery stores.

Corn on the cob is already 4/$8 here. Inbelievable!

91 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:27:53pm

re: #75 kingkenrod
Alice Walker? The author of The Color Purple? Heh, she's a real piece of work herself.

92 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:27:55pm
93 Dan G.  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:28:03pm

Taking gauche to the next level. I think that the comedians will eventually sink their teeth in, there are too many ratings that would go to waste otherwise.

94 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:28:03pm

BO is walking a fine line along the danger zone....he is oblivious

95 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:28:08pm

re: #86 VioletTiger

Was thinking the same thing.
He has time for Late Night TV, writing MORE BOOKS, picking brackets...

When exactly does he play the role of President? He does know this is a full time job, right?/

he is very busy all the time. you just don't understand the mess he has to deal with/

96 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:28:13pm

Affirmative Action is no way to get the best help.

97 LGoPs  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:28:46pm

The real thing to focus our disgust on here is the media, which as so many posters have indicated, would be crucifying a republican for a similar remark.
They have the power to distort and destroy careers and regularly exercise it against one side only.
I cannot put into words how deep my hatred for them goes.

98 Caboose  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:28:52pm

Y'know, I'm getting to really, really, REALLY dislike this buffoon... ;-) He's like a bad SNL skit that came to life and the only commercial break relief is way far off in time...

99 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:28:57pm

My headline would have been

Obama insults his base

But the kids who do special olympics are actually so much smarter than Obama's base

100 Ringo the Gringo  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:28:58pm

Too tired to treat the Prime Minister of Great Britain to a dinner, but he has time to practice his bowling skills.

101 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:29:01pm

re: #39 pink freud

Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden

Almost the entire Obama family, including the president, will pull weeds

Should the NYT not be advertising the First Family's smoking preferences.

102 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:29:02pm
103 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:29:20pm

re: #75 kingkenrod

On last week's 60 Minutes they profiled the woman who started this movement to get a garden put in at the White House. I think her name is Alice Walker. Looks like she succeeded.

Author of The Color Purple. Oprah cronie.

104 neomexicon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:29:24pm

re: #100 Ringo the Gringo

WTF!

105 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:29:39pm

re: #96 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Affirmative Action is no way to get the best help.

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

*salute*

106 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:29:48pm

re: #58 Racer X

Hate to break this to you - the majority of American voters voted for him. They are not insulted.

* * * *
Half of America didn't vote at all for anyone, but some of these lazy bastards are probably getting insulted by their classless jerk of a President.

107 Crimsonfisted  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:29:51pm

Sigh. I miss W.

108 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:30:13pm
109 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:30:14pm
110 VibeManJoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:30:28pm

re: #107 Crimsonfisted

Sigh. I miss W.

Heck, I miss Clinton....

111 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:30:42pm

re: #64 Ringo the Gringo

The President has time to practice his bowling?

Yeah- what's with that?! I thought he was all tired and some stuff.

112 bryantms  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:30:44pm

re: #107 Crimsonfisted

At least when we laughed at his flaws, he didn't make a mockery of our country's heritage. DVD's, really?

113 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:30:52pm
114 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:30:55pm

re: #110 VibeManJoe

Heck, I miss Clinton....

Carter is looking better.

115 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:30:58pm
116 The Shadow Do  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:31:04pm

What a funny guy.

Maybe he can get an invite to a Special Olympics event. Laugh a minute for him.

117 neomexicon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:31:06pm

re: #114 kansas

wouldn't go that far

118 snowcrash  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:31:08pm

Obama never displayed a sense of humor on the campaign trail, no surprise his Tonight Show attempt was a FAIL.

119 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:31:12pm

re: #110 VibeManJoe

Heck, I miss Clinton....

I'd take Gore.

120 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:31:15pm

re: #81 looking closely

But is he going to raise Wagyu cattle?

Knowing Teh 0ne I would bet naugas.

/hat tip: Mandy

121 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:31:18pm

someone out there is tracking ALL of this...he will have to reckon with it eventually....BO will blow up and his gig will go down in flames...it's gonna happen

122 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:31:28pm

re: #105 NYCHardhat

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

*salute*

Who came in?

/channeling the Three Stooges.

123 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:31:40pm

re: #87 midwestgak

Isaiah 3:4
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

the "Children Of The Corn" presidency

124 UncleRancher  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:31:58pm

re: #109 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

RACIST!

///

Collard greens is one of my favorites.

125 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:32:12pm
126 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:32:13pm

re: #82 devil in baggy pants

"What a dumbass! And what's scary is this guy's our President!"

-- my 16 year old son

// I'm very proud

* * *
Nice parenting, when you child can see the "emperor" has no clothes, and is in fact a dumbass.

127 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:32:33pm

re: #111 Sharmuta

Yeah- what's with that?! I thought he was all tired and some stuff.

he needs to relax....he has a lot going on.....if he doesn't get his bowling, hoops, smokes, and wednesday night partying in, he can't function!/ besides the tele prompter has been acting up

128 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:32:34pm

re: #101 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Should the NYT not be advertising the First Family's smoking preferences.

They will pull weeds?

This is Obama's version of Carter's sweater. An unnecessary, empty gesture by a man who will probably waste thousands of gallons of fuel flying Air Force One out to California to buy seeds to plant.

129 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:32:41pm

re: #98 Caboose

Y'know, I'm getting to really, really, REALLY dislike this buffoon... ;-) He's like a bad SNL skit that came to life and the only commercial break relief is way far off in time...


Well if its any consolation, he appears to be burning through his political capital nearly as fast as he's burning through the American gross domestic product.

At the current rate of expenditure, he's not going to be able to get much done in another year or two, and further, what he already done has planted the seeds for a Republican Congressional backlash 2010.

130 VibeManJoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:32:48pm

re: #114 kansas

Carter is looking better.

Nope, can't go there. I remember the Carter years. New job at the factory. Starting a family and working 3-4 day weeks. It may get that bad or worse. I sure hope not.

131 jorline  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:32:51pm

I think he should quit while he's ahead.

Buy him some nipple clamps as a parting gift and tell him to move to San Francisco.

//sorry zombie and other SF lizards.

132 mikalm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:32:52pm

re: #75 kingkenrod

On last week's 60 Minutes they profiled the woman who started this movement to get a garden put in at the White House. I think her name is Alice Walker. Looks like she succeeded.

I think you mean Alice Waters, Chez Panisse restauranteur and Queen of Liberal-Puke Foodyism.

Alice Walker is a misandrist, racist, borderline-psycho hack scribbler.

133 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:32:56pm

re: #122 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Who came in?

/channeling the Three Stooges.

You're modest too. Respect.

134 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:33:04pm

Compare?
Image: 610x.jpg

135 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:33:19pm

re: #91 UberInfidel67

Alice Walker? The author of The Color Purple? Heh, she's a real piece of work herself.

* * * *
No, perhaps it's that Alice who has restaurants in California that use local produce. Alice Waters?

136 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:33:21pm

re: #127 phoenixgirl

Teleprompter needs to unclench.

137 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:33:29pm

re: #75 kingkenrod

On last week's 60 Minutes they profiled the woman who started this movement to get a garden put in at the White House. I think her name is Alice Walker. Looks like she succeeded.

Is that the same Alica Walker feminist batshit moonbat who wrote "The color Purple"

138 bse5150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:33:37pm

It doesn't matter how many people have already said it here because it stands to be said again:

If Bush had said this...

139 mikalm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:33:47pm

re: #131 jorline

I think he should quit while he's ahead.

Buy him some nipple clamps as a parting gift and tell him to move to San Francisco.

//sorry zombie and other SF lizards.

I think Zombie lives in Berkeley.

140 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:34:01pm

Duncan Hunter of California is on Hannity at 9:33pm talking about AIG.

141 Voyska PVO  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:34:10pm

re: #102 UncleRancher

..if she plants watermelon, won't that make the White House lawn look like that picture that the mayor of Los Alamitos got in trouble for?

142 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:34:13pm

re: #130 VibeManJoe

Nope, can't go there. I remember the Carter years. New job at the factory. Starting a family and working 3-4 day weeks. It may get that bad or worse. I sure hope not.

I remember Carter also. He wasn't this bad. Didn't it take him a couple of years to really start to fuck things up?

143 Racer X  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:34:19pm

U.S. Debt = $55 Trillion!
U.S. Economic Value = $14 Trillion.

Can you say Hyperinflation?

Meanwhile, our dear leader is campaigning in CA for a job he has already won. He has time to go bowling and make fun of those who are disabled. He has time to fill out a list of basketball teams, yet he does not have time to fill out his list of cabinet appointees.

WTF?

144 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:34:31pm

re: #88 Sosigado

Obama can pretty much say whatever he wants, and get away with it. He's Teflon, personified. The MSM will never call him on it, and those who voted for him will never admit they made a horrendous mistake. Too many people have too much emotionally invested in this "historic" experiment gone awry.

You said it all. While nothing is being said, I do get the general feeling that people somehow know they have been duped. The enthusiasm for his "great leadership" has turned more into "what can he do for me" . At least that is the sense I get from Chicagoans. There is a silence followed by Oh did you see that Michelle wore blah, blah, blah...I don't think anyone is stupid enough to take him seriously as a leader.

145 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:34:39pm

re: #138 bse5150

It doesn't matter how many people have already said it here because it stands to be said again:

If Bush had said this...

Yes. If Bush had said this there would be another hurricane blamed on him.

146 ziggyelman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:34:48pm

re: #8 Nevergiveup

Into the vault with that LA Times clip

I keep waiting for that LA Times clip to show up...

147 nyc redneck  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:34:55pm

this is exactly why he can't go off teleprompter.
he is NOT a good person in his heart.
he is not thoughtful and considerate.
no group of people is safe from his ridicule if he can benefit from demeaning them.

this says it all abt. the crass jerk.

148 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:35:00pm

re: #138 bse5150

It doesn't matter how many people have already said it here because it stands to be said again:

If Bush had said this...

We have a man who is being administered at a different standard from most human beings. Even though his halo is darkening ... its still a halo as far as the MSM is concerned.

And they STILL need people who will actually PAY for their papers.

149 Curt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:35:26pm

re: #129 looking closely

Well if its any consolation, he appears to be burning through his political capital nearly as fast as he's burning through the American gross domestic product.

At the current rate of expenditure, he's not going to be able to get much done in another year or two, and further, what he already done has planted the seeds for a Republican Congressional backlash 2010.

ONly if the "leadership" can manage to step up to the plate.

I wish, I wish someone would come forward and take the clowns on....They are handing out the material to defeat themselves with.

I know...the MSM is holding them down.

My comment? So be it. GFigure out how to go around them.

150 Kreuzueber Halbmond  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:35:39pm

re: #92 taxfreekiller

[Link: www.equestrianmag.com...]

151 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:35:44pm

re: #143 Racer X

U.S. Debt = $55 Trillion!
U.S. Economic Value = $14 Trillion.

Can you say Hyperinflation?

Meanwhile, our dear leader is campaigning in CA for a job he has already won. He has time to go bowling and make fun of those who are disabled. He has time to fill out a list of basketball teams, yet he does not have time to fill out his list of cabinet appointees.

WTF?

I wonder if the Captain of the Titanic filled out his bracket before the ship sank?

152 KingKenrod  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:35:45pm

re: #132 mikalm

I think you mean Alice Waters, Chez Panisse restauranteur and Queen of Liberal-Puke Foodyism.

Alice Walker is a misandrist, racist, borderline-psycho hack scribbler.

That's it; thanks for the correction.

153 VibeManJoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:36:09pm

re: #142 kansas

I remember Carter also. He wasn't this bad. Didn't it take him a couple of years to really start to fuck things up?

Maybe he was. There was no alternative media to blog his foibles. We now can know it all instantly even if the MSM does not get with the program. Those of us that are interested know.

154 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:36:10pm
155 jorline  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:36:12pm

re: #139 mikalm

I think Zombie lives in Berkeley.

We need to find zombie a new city to live in.

156 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:36:12pm

Well, we all wanted to see what he was capable of saying off the top of his head...sans teleprompter. We just found out how he REALLY thinks. Dumbass.

157 midwestgak  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:36:19pm

re: #123 Zimriel

the "Children Of The Corn" presidency

ya, except that is fiction.

158 Bobblehead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:36:40pm

re: #147 nyc redneck

this is exactly why he can't go off teleprompter.
he is NOT a good person in his heart.
he is not thoughtful and considerate.
no group of people is safe from his ridicule if he can benefit from demeaning them.

this says it all abt. the crass jerk.

That sums it up beautifully. He is not a nice man.

159 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:36:51pm

re: #144 Afrocity

You said it all. While nothing is being said, I do get the general feeling that people somehow know they have been duped. The enthusiasm for his "great leadership" has turned more into "what can he do for me" . At least that is the sense I get from Chicagoans. There is a silence followed by Oh did you see that Michelle wore blah, blah, blah...I don't think anyone is stupid enough to take him seriously as a leader.

stupid fucking Americans don't even know what leadership is

160 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:37:01pm

re: #142 kansas

I remember Carter also. He wasn't this bad. Didn't it take him a couple of years to really start to fuck things up?

Yeah but you have to understand that the blueprints for this fiasco had been in place since at least 2004.

161 devil in baggy pants  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:37:05pm

re: #126 alegrias

* * *
Nice parenting, when you child can see the "emperor" has no clothes, and is in fact a dumbass.

Thank yew, thank yew very much! LOL

If there's one thing my kids are, it's critical of authority structures (within reason of course). Homeschooling will do that for ya.

162 bse5150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:37:22pm

Oh, and by the way, I hope that anyone here who actually still subscribes to a leftwing paper, magazine or watches the MSM news decides that this is yet another reason to stop subscribing and/or watching - they will never ever report this because it's a Democrat who made the mistake.

163 VioletTiger  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:37:29pm

re: #147 nyc redneck

this is exactly why he can't go off teleprompter.
he is NOT a good person in his heart.
he is not thoughtful and considerate.
no group of people is safe from his ridicule if he can benefit from demeaning them.

this says it all abt. the crass jerk.


Well said. It's the heart of the matter.

164 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:37:43pm

re: #130 VibeManJoe

Nope, can't go there. I remember the Carter years. New job at the factory. Starting a family and working 3-4 day weeks. It may get that bad or worse. I sure hope not.

I'm with you.
Unfortunately, Obama is on the fast track to making Carter look like an executive genius.
I shudder at the possibility of a real foreign policy crisis now.
North Korea and Iran are salivating to see what they can get away with right now.
Does anyone think Obama is willing to defend Taiwan?
There is a non-zero chance of a real shooting war happening in the next 2-3 years.

165 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:01pm

re: #7 Iron Fist

Winning friends and influencing people one step at a time...

(Is it 2012 yet?)

1,403 days left.

166 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:02pm

listen, i don't know what i'm saying with the tele-prompter and i don't know what i'm saying without the tele-prompter. it is not my fault!/

167 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:04pm

re: #160 pink freud

Yeah but you have to understand that the blueprints for this fiasco had been in place since at least 2004.

Just took Obama to activate it?

168 Fluffy Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:07pm

This coming from the guy who is going to answer the 3:00am phone call?

Please Lord, let Binky answer the phone!

169 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:11pm

re: #32 UberInfidel67

This needs to get some real attention. Sarah Palin has a special needs child. I wonder what she would think of this.

/secretly hoping she would go kick his ass


AOL news (now THERE'S an unbiased source!) already has a 2012 poll. Guess who would win?

[Link: news.aol.com...]

Please, don't assume I accept this poll as objective.

170 Pvt Bin Jammin  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:11pm

re: #92 taxfreekiller
Found this:
[Link: cbs4.com...]

Will look a little further.

171 UncleRancher  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:25pm

re: #153 VibeManJoe

Carter took us to a 4 day week inside of 2 months. 0bama took us to a 4 day week inside of 2 weeks, and down to a 3 day week inside a month.

So far, Carter is looking better.

172 Racer X  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:29pm

America is bankrupt.

John McCain said he would immediately suspend government spending to only those things essentially needed.

Obama has tripled our spending. In less than 60 days.

WTF?

173 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:29pm

re: #156 UberInfidel67

Well, we all wanted to see what he was capable of saying off the top of his head...sans teleprompter. We just found out how he REALLY thinks. Dumbass.

He's the perfect Alinsky candidate for power. Ego driven .. thoughtless, manipulative and with core faction power components behind him.

This one was bred to sit where he does. And probably knows nothing else but how to pontificate.

174 Caboose  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:53pm

re: #55 Bobblehead

Those kids in the Special Olympics have more grace and class in their little fingers than our egotistic president will ever have.

My company made a major contribution to the Nevada Special Olympics team last year at our Worldwide sales event in Las Vegas. IIRC, we started out the week with a $30K pledge and by the end of the event, it had swelled to around $130K, with about $20K grassroots from us 'little guys' wanting to do something a bit more for those young athletes. I don't think that there was a dry eye in the event when those athletes came on stage, with their innocence, joyfulness, enthusiasm and courage (YOU try standing in front of about 5K people from around the world and not shake in your boots).

For the Zer0 to do this...if he didn't have low class he would have NO class at all. G*d help us survive him and his ship of fools...

175 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:55pm

re: #144 Afrocity

You said it all. While nothing is being said, I do get the general feeling that people somehow know they have been duped. The enthusiasm for his "great leadership" has turned more into "what can he do for me".

Interesting. And, worrying. If his base stop seeing themselves as a vanguard of progress and start thinking of themselves as a persecuted minority "with only Obama to help us"....

176 Aviator  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:56pm

After the show he got back in his stretched armored clown car and returned to the White House.

177 devil in baggy pants  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:38:56pm

re: #140 alegrias

Duncan Hunter of California is on Hannity at 9:33pm talking about AIG.

I WISH I COULD HEAR THAT! I love that guy.

178 Sosigado  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:39:01pm

re: #118 snowcrash

Obama never displayed a sense of humor on the campaign trail, no surprise his Tonight Show attempt was a FAIL.

Leftists rarely possess a sense of humor. The self-imposed bitterness doesn't allow for it.

179 Crimsonfisted  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:39:10pm

re: #159 albusteve

stupid fucking Americans don't even know what leadership is

Yes we do.

Reagan.

And we recognized Churchill as a leader too.

180 IslandLibertarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:39:13pm

We have elected a novice to the Office of the President of the United States of America.

/meditate on that..............

181 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:39:16pm

re: #144 Afrocity

.I don't think anyone is stupid enough to take him seriously as a leader.


Funny until you consider what Putin, Kim Jong Il, and Ahmedinejad must think of Obama.

182 QueenEsther  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:39:33pm

What a shmegegge.

183 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:39:34pm

re: #159 albusteve

stupid fucking Americans don't even know what leadership is

* * * *
Hey asshole, qualify & quantify your gross generalizations. Only SOME Americans bought this faker's non-qualifications for President.

184 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:39:43pm

I honestly think this "gaffe" is a bit more sinister beneath the surface. He kind of let the eugenics mask slip there a little, imo.

185 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:39:48pm

Obama is a twit.

186 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:39:51pm
187 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:39:55pm

Further Comments from Synthetic Obama

188 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:39:58pm

re: #167 kansas

Just took Obama to activate it?

I believe it was activated by a consortium headed by Soros. Bambi is the puppet.

189 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:02pm

re: #118 snowcrash

Obama never displayed a sense of humor on the campaign trail, no surprise his Tonight Show attempt was a FAIL.

and yet he himself is an endless joke.

190 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:08pm

re: #169 NelsFree
Yeah, Avanti posted some stupid shit like that yesterday. It says he would crush her? I saw 42% to 45%. Hardly a crush.

191 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:25pm

re: #184 Sharmuta

I honestly think this "gaffe" is a bit more sinister beneath the surface. He kind of let the eugenics mask slip there a little, imo.

he is a dangerous man, a very dangerous man.

192 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:30pm

re: #171 UncleRancher

Carter took us to a 4 day week inside of 2 months. 0bama took us to a 4 day week inside of 2 weeks, and down to a 3 day week inside a month.

So far, Carter is looking better.

Scary, isn't it?

193 mikalm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:30pm

re: #155 jorline

We need to find zombie a new city to live in.

It's the absolute belly of the beast -- three clicks to the left of San Fran, with a far higher moonbat/human ratio, but without the culture, charm or aesthetics of SF. I lived just over the border in Oakland from 1993-2005 and got to experience it up close.

194 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:31pm

Come on people, it's not like he called them gimps or something.

If this was a Republican, you'd all be screaming about political correctness.

195 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:43pm

re: #172 Racer X

America is bankrupt.

John McCain said he would immediately suspend government spending to only those things essentially needed.

Obama has tripled our spending. In less than 60 days.

WTF?

He's doing what any good socialist would do. Beat down the capitalists, then find someone to blame (remember the Jewish doctor conspiracy in Stalin's realm?) And then move the 'people armies' that he's busy training at the moment into effective positions of power.

196 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:48pm

I hold out little hope that NBC, of all networks, will let this through. Comments about "editing for time" and "it is common when an interview goes long...". We shall see.

197 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:48pm

re: #151 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

I wonder if the Captain of the Titanic filled out his bracket before the ship sank?

yes, he had cal State northridge winning it all

198 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:51pm

re: #169 NelsFree

AOL news (now THERE'S an unbiased source!) already has a 2012 poll. Guess who would win?

[Link: news.aol.com...]

Please, don't assume I accept this poll as objective.

President Dipshit is only ahead 45 to 42. In 6 months fill in the blank will beat him.

199 Gearhead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:52pm

So far, Obama's first 100 days have been an unparalleled snafu-fest. It seems the only things he can really do is raise campaign funds and win elections.

200 jorline  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:40:57pm

See what happens when PBO speaks without a teleprompter.

201 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:41:14pm
202 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:41:15pm

re: #173 Buster Bunny
He is a truly scary individual. But people are starting to notice, at least I like to think they are.

203 Curt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:41:26pm

re: #168 Fluffy Bunny

This coming from the guy who is going to answer the 3:00am phone call?

Please Lord, let Binky answer the phone!

We'd be better off letting it go to VM:

"Hello, you've reached the President. I'm not going to answer the phone right now, it's too late and I don't care what your time zone is. For foreign affairs, call Hillary. If it's a defense matter. Call anyone but Robert Gates. He's a little edgy and has a military he'd like to show me he needs funds for it. If it's a good crisis, call Rahm. If he doesn't answer, then David or Michelle will gladly speak to you, regardless of the time. Oh, I almost forgot: If this is about a book deal...text my unauthorized BlackBeryy and I'll get back to you in 5 minutes."

204 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:41:55pm

our President is a disgrace to this country.

205 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:41:55pm

re: #183 alegrias

* * * *
Hey asshole, qualify & quantify your gross generalizations. Only SOME Americans bought this faker's non-qualifications for President.

I guess you need nuance eh?....juvenile name calling is just what BO does

206 Brigman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:42:00pm

what the Vegas line on that being edited out of the broadcast!

207 UncleRancher  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:42:07pm

re: #192 Catttt

Scary, isn't it?

It's even worse than that.

208 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:42:09pm

re: #174 Caboose

My company made a major contribution to the Nevada Special Olympics team last year at our Worldwide sales event in Las Vegas. IIRC, we started out the week with a $30K pledge and by the end of the event, it had swelled to around $130K, with about $20K grassroots from us 'little guys' wanting to do something a bit more for those young athletes. I don't think that there was a dry eye in the event when those athletes came on stage, with their innocence, joyfulness, enthusiasm and courage (YOU try standing in front of about 5K people from around the world and not shake in your boots).

For the Zer0 to do this...if he didn't have low class he would have NO class at all. G*d help us survive him and his ship of fools...

That's beautiful!

209 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:42:15pm

re: #178 Sosigado

Leftists rarely possess a sense of humor. The self-imposed bitterness doesn't allow for it.

The rampant self-medicating doesn't help either.

210 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:42:23pm

re: #172 Racer X

America is bankrupt.

John McCain said he would immediately suspend government spending to only those things essentially needed.

Obama has tripled our spending. In less than 60 days.

WTF?

* * * *
We Americans are still fundamentally sound, and won't let this classless clown ruin what our forefathers dreamed, and our dreams for our children.

We will claw our way out of this abyss and build better than before, without these Marxist kleptocrats whom we will defeat in 2010.

211 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:42:27pm

re: #175 Zimriel

Interesting. And, worrying. If his base stop seeing themselves as a vanguard of progress and start thinking of themselves as a persecuted minority "with only Obama to help us"....

You are giving him more credit than I am. I see the man as totally incapable of doing anything. For the life of me, I do not understand why people did not look at his skimpy record. The man has never accomplished anything beyond accolades for being fabulously elusive.

212 Palandine  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:42:38pm

My big brother is mentally retarded.

He can balance a checkbook. Obama is creating the largest deficit in history.

He works 40 hours a week. Obama has a nearly empty Treasury department, but managed to find time to pick March Madness winners.

And he can bowl a lot better than 129.

Bite me, Mr. President. Special Olympics? You WISH you were the kind of man my brother is.

213 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:42:39pm
214 Gearhead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:42:43pm

re: #200 jorline

See what happens when PBO speaks without a teleprompter.

We may be witnessing the first president to elevate the teleprompter to a cabinet position.

215 midwestgak  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:42:49pm

re: #182 QueenEsther

What a shmegegge.

I looked up that word

216 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:43:29pm

I'm just glad we have a president with a sense of humor.

217 VibeManJoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:43:33pm

re: #171 UncleRancher

Carter took us to a 4 day week inside of 2 months. 0bama took us to a 4 day week inside of 2 weeks, and down to a 3 day week inside a month.

So far, Carter is looking better.

Yes, you are right.

I also remember it took the next three years and ten months plus a year or more of RR to get thinks close to even keel.

Great! Six years. That gets me to when I wanted to retire. Add ten more years, at least, now.

218 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:43:47pm

re: #190 UberInfidel67

Gah! PLEASE don't compare me with Avanti!

219 jorline  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:43:50pm

re: #214 Gearhead

We may be witnessing the first president to elevate the teleprompter to a cabinet position.

lmao..ding

At least it won't have any tax problems.

220 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:44:06pm

Just wondering if Maria Shriver has any comments

221 Kenneth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:44:09pm

It's clear now.

Obama is a tasteless, classless, gormless jerk.

Fucking asshole.

Creep.

222 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:44:22pm

re: #194 m1150

Come on people, it's not like he called them gimps or something.

If this was a Republican, you'd all be screaming about political correctness.

With all due respect, you don't know me.

I'd be hiding under the table in embarrassment if a Republican President said something like this. I had to go to "special" schools when I was a child (Asberger's in my case, only then they called it "functioning autism"). We had Down's Syndrome, brain-damaged, and other children with me in varying degrees of mental disarray. Some of us turned out okay. NONE of us make a habit of abusing the handicapped.

To sum up, [a whole list of shit that would get this post deleted] and go fuck yourself too.

223 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:44:33pm

re: #221 Kenneth

It's clear now.

Obama is a tasteless, classless, gormless jerk.

Fucking asshole.

Creep.

yes .. and he has no gorms.

224 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:44:34pm

re: #184 Sharmuta

I honestly think this "gaffe" is a bit more sinister beneath the surface. He kind of let the eugenics mask slip there a little, imo.

* * * *
Yup, this president has no compassion for Americans with different abilities.
This president is not pro-lives of persons with disabilities.

225 Kenneth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:44:37pm

re: #206 Brigman

You would be stupid to bet against it.

226 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:44:39pm

re: #216 m1150

I'm just glad we have a president with a sense of humor.

That's not humor. That's stupidity.

227 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:44:40pm

re: #214 Gearhead

We may be witnessing the first president to elevate the teleprompter to a cabinet position.

The TeleprompTer has its own blog!

[Link: baracksteleprompter.blogspot.com...]

228 3 wood  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:44:44pm

Good evening.

Remember when we had a real President? I sure do and his first name was Ron.

Anyway, the count down on Tim Geithner has started, I've been saying for weeks now that the guy was a clown and now the whole country knows.

By the way, there were several great articles out there today on how illegal "naked" short selling by speculators helped bankrupt Lehman Brothers.

Look for the market to drop some more tomorrow as financials continue to get hammered due to Geithners incompetance and Bernanke's printing money. The price of oil jumped today mainly due to the devaluation of the dollar, thanks to Bernanke.

229 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:44:48pm

re: #74 NYCHardhat

Not so fast.

The origin of that article seems to be World Nut Daily. In other words, likely bogus. Highly likely.

230 Kenneth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:44:55pm

re: #223 Buster Bunny

Damn, you're fast!

231 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:45:05pm
232 Musicmaven  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:45:06pm

Dohbama's Checklist:
Insult conservatives -yes
Insult gun owners-yes
Insult Christians - yes
Insult "fly over country" -yes
Insult British -yes
Insult Israel - yes
Insult Special Olympians -yes

Who's next.....what a dumb ass!

233 UncleRancher  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:45:18pm

re: #221 Kenneth

You're being kind.

234 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:45:25pm

re: #220 Shug

Just wondering if Maria Shriver has any comments

Disses the Kennedy's again.

235 mikalm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:45:33pm

re: #209 pink freud

The rampant self-medicating doesn't help either.

Yeah, I mentioned Bill Maher last night as an example of what happens to body, mind and soul when one tries to drown one's self-loathing bitterness in a chemical stew.

236 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:45:51pm

re: #216 m1150
Yeah, the sense of humor of a 12 year old. Hey! Who here wants to talk about boogers? /////////

237 jorline  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:45:54pm

re: #194 m1150

Come on people, it's not like he called them gimps or something.

If this was a Republican, you'd all be screaming about political correctness.

Nimrod

238 nyc redneck  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:45:55pm

i'm so disgusted that 52%of our country voted for this rude low class bum.
and they think a person, w/ a mind set like his, is going to actually have their best
interests at heart for anything.
*shudder*

239 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:45:57pm

Short Poem.

/keep in mind I'm no poet

240 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:00pm

re: #230 Kenneth

Damn, you're fast!

Too many trolls and foxes around .. NOT to be a fast lil bunny.

Also noted .. there is a fluffy bunny sniffing around !

Welcome !

241 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:04pm

re: #216 m1150

I'm just glad we have a president with a sense of humor.

You took a wrong turn. Kos is back two and then over to the left.

242 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:07pm

re: #27 Pvt Bin Jammin

Unbelievable. And all Dan Quayle did was spell a word wrong. They went on about it for months.

decades

243 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:10pm

#222 Zimriel:

OK, you wouldn't be screaming political correctness if a Republican said it. But you know a lot of conservatives would be doing just that.

244 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:15pm

So is this episode going to air tonight?

Anybody want to bet on whether the "special olympics" comment is going to be edited out?

245 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:15pm

re: #232 Musicmaven

Dohbama's Checklist:
Insult conservatives -yes
Insult gun owners-yes
Insult Christians - yes
Insult "fly over country" -yes
Insult British -yes
Insult Israel - yes
Insult Special Olympians -yes

Who's next.....what a dumb ass!

Insult taxpayers.
Insult working people.

246 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:21pm

re: #224 alegrias

* * * *
Yup, this president has no compassion for Americans with different abilities.
This president is not pro-lives of persons with disabilities.

The only life a narcissist respects is their own.

247 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:29pm

re: #216 m1150

I'm just glad we have a president with a sense of humor.

And you can tell this of the Heart of Darkness how, exactly?

248 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:29pm
249 Kobalt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:34pm

re: #31 VioletTiger

Now we see just why he never goes anywhere without Mr. Teleprompter.
There is just no upside to this administation. None.

oh exactly! what the ef was he doing on the late show anyway?

250 Jim in Virginia  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:39pm

re: #184 Sharmuta

I honestly think this "gaffe" is a bit more sinister beneath the surface. He kind of let the eugenics mask slip there a little, imo.

I pray you are wrong and fear you are correct.

251 Maximu§  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:40pm

re: #194 m1150

Come on people, it's not like he called them gimps or something.

If this was a Republican, you'd all be screaming about political correctness.

BS, a Republican would get the same heat in this room as any other Asshole who made that Fk'd up remark.

252 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:43pm
253 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:46:47pm

re: #218 NelsFree
Ahhhh so sorry! It wasn't meant to sound that way! Forgive me?

254 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:01pm

re: #194 m1150

*sniff*

Okay, who cut one?

255 snowcrash  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:06pm

Weren't the Special Olympics a favorite charity of one of the Kennedy clan?

256 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:07pm

I've come to the conclusion that Obama is the exact opposite of Bush, whom people "misunderestimated".

With Obama, there is far LESS there than meets the eye.

257 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:20pm
258 midwestgak  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:20pm

re: #217 VibeManJoe

Yes, you are right.

I also remember it took the next three years and ten months plus a year or more of RR to get thinks close to even keel.

Great! Six years. That gets me to when I wanted to retire. Add ten more years, at least, now.

What's funny? That while visiting a car manufacturing company he said it was good to be out of Washington to "recharge his batteries?" ha blah ha.

259 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:21pm

re: #194 m1150

Come on people, it's not like he called them gimps or something.

If this was a Republican, you'd all be screaming about political correctness.

No POTUS would say this. Only this shithead.

260 Gearhead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:22pm

re: #227 NelsFree

The TeleprompTer has its own blog!

[Link: baracksteleprompter.blogspot.com...]


I read it for the first time today! Hilarious!

261 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:24pm

re: #248 ploome hineni

because he is black, Afro

and he holds and has played the race card

BO is not black

262 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:26pm

re: #244 Last Mohican

So is this episode going to air tonight?

Anybody want to bet on whether the "special olympics" comment is going to be edited out?

99 to 1 it's OUTA THERE!

263 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:29pm

#241 pink freud

I liked you better on Wikipedia

264 Kreuzueber Halbmond  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:30pm

re: #212 Palandine

My big brother is mentally retarded.

He can balance a checkbook. Obama is creating the largest deficit in history.

He works 40 hours a week. Obama has a nearly empty Treasury department, but managed to find time to pick March Madness winners.

And he can bowl a lot better than 129.

Bite me, Mr. President. Special Olympics? You WISH you were the kind of man my brother is.

Your comment is going to the top 10, my friend. Well said.

265 jorline  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:46pm

bbiaw

Do me a favor...please flush the troll out before I get back...thanks.

266 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:47:56pm

re: #255 snowcrash

Weren't the Special Olympics a favorite charity of one of the Kennedy clan?

the Shrivers

267 devil in baggy pants  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:48:02pm

re: #212 Palandine

My big brother is mentally retarded.

He can balance a checkbook. Obama is creating the largest deficit in history.

He works 40 hours a week. Obama has a nearly empty Treasury department, but managed to find time to pick March Madness winners.

And he can bowl a lot better than 129.

Bite me, Mr. President. Special Olympics? You WISH you were the kind of man my brother is.

*CLAPCLAPCLAP!* 40 BO-ZILLION UPDINGS

268 phoenixgirl  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:48:03pm

re: #249 Kobalt

oh exactly! what the ef was he doing on the late show anyway?

he was relaxing! jeez, can't a guy whose got a lot on his plate, who spends his whole day thinking and cleaning up the messes the previous administration left him relax?/

269 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:48:06pm

I am watching Hannity, who just played a clip of Obama's latest town hall. He is comparing AIG to suicide bombers. He looks like an idiot w/o the teleprompter and is pantomiming strapping a bomb to himself. What the hell did these morons elect. Somehow Obama thinks he is still campaigning, he is not doing any work. His administration is stupid as all get out and I can't help but think that this makes USA appear vulnerable and a sitting duck.

270 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:48:08pm

re: #255 snowcrash

Weren't the Special Olympics a favorite charity of one of the Kennedy clan?


Yes, Maria Shrivers mother was the president IIRC

anyway, they are VERY involved with special olympics. So is aaahnold

271 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:48:10pm

re: #216 m1150

I'm just glad we have a president with a sense of humor.

You're saying that you think Obama's comment was funny?

272 jaunte  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:48:13pm

re: #263 m1150

Go away.

273 snowcrash  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:48:17pm

Jeez, you guys post so fast!

274 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:48:29pm

re: #235 mikalm

Yeah, I mentioned Bill Maher last night as an example of what happens to body, mind and soul when one tries to drown one's self-loathing bitterness in a chemical stew.

They talk about their pills as though they were nourishment.

275 Maximu§  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:48:36pm

re: #263 m1150

#241 pink freud

I liked you better on Wikipedia

Can we throw this child out of here?

276 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:48:39pm

re: #249 Kobalt

oh exactly! what the ef was he doing on the late show anyway?

Trying to prove how "hip" he his.

Problem is, he just broke his hip.

277 LGoPs  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:48:46pm

Time to run. Later Lizards.

278 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:49:02pm

Someone outta concoct a video of Obama in a Cabinet meeting (see note 1) A small, robot-mounted, teleprompter would be rolling back and forth on the table, keeping in front of Obama's eyes, whichever way he turns.

(1) assuming he ever gets one together

279 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:49:02pm
280 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:49:28pm

#259 NYChardchat

No, Reagan only said he had signed legislation banning russia forever and the bombing would start in five minutes.

Now during the most dangerous days of the Cold War, that's real funny.

281 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:49:30pm

re: #216 m1150

I'm just glad we have a president with a sense of humor.

then you must be really glad Palin didn't get anywhere; she actually has a child who would qualify to participate in special olympics.

282 CharlieBravo  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:49:39pm

It’s “like the Special Olympics or something,” the president said.

And you, sir, are not like a President but something.

283 midwestgak  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:49:53pm

re: #217 VibeManJoe

Yes, you are right.

I also remember it took the next three years and ten months plus a year or more of RR to get thinks close to even keel.

Great! Six years. That gets me to when I wanted to retire. Add ten more years, at least, now.

Sorry, Vibe. I posted my moment to the wrong #. forgive me.

284 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:50:19pm

Where the fuck is Avanti? How would he try to spin this?

285 yochanan  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:50:20pm

re: #141 Voyska PVO

..if she plants watermelon, won't that make the White House lawn look like that picture that the mayor of Los Alamitos got in trouble for?

send watermelon seeds the 1600 penn ave.

286 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:50:29pm

#275 Maximus

Pink Freud is a respected Wikipedia contributor. No joke there.

Or at least there is a Wikipedia contributor named Pink Freud.

287 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:50:30pm

He's turned the presidency into something you might find at the dollar store.

Demeaning the office a little bit more each and every day

288 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:50:32pm
289 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:50:34pm

Realtime Twitter Results for "Special Olympics"

Watch it grow.

290 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:50:36pm

re: #238 nyc redneck

i'm so disgusted that 52%of our country voted for this rude low class bum.
and they think a person, w/ a mind set like his, is going to actually have their best
interests at heart for anything.
*shudder*

* * * * *
Half of America didn't bother to vote, so Obama only won 53% of approximately 50% of our country's votes.

We should be disgusted with those who didn't bother to vote but could have tipped 7% of the votes the other way.

291 Fluffy Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:50:48pm

re: #240 Buster Bunny

Thanks for that Buster Bunny, much appreciated! : )

292 3 wood  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:50:54pm

re: #269 Afrocity

I am watching Hannity, who just played a clip of Obama's latest town hall. He is comparing AIG to suicide bombers. He looks like an idiot w/o the teleprompter and is pantomiming strapping a bomb to himself. What the hell did these morons elect. Somehow Obama thinks he is still campaigning, he is not doing any work. His administration is stupid as all get out and I can't help but think that this makes USA appear vulnerable and a sitting duck.

I give it just a few more months before we get hit again.

293 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:50:54pm

re: #216 m1150

I'm just glad we have a president with a sense of humor.

Yeah- it takes a certain personality and intellect to make jokes at the expense of disabled children.

294 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:51:05pm

re: #284 MandyManners

Where the fuck is Avanti? How would he try to spin this?

cut and paste someone elses point of view...he only uses his own words in agreement

295 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:51:05pm

re: #273 snowcrash

Jeez, you guys post so fast!

Road kill on the information superhighway, glad to have company down here in the grease spot!

;-)

296 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:51:06pm
297 VibeManJoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:51:07pm

re: #283 midwestgak

Forgiven.

298 mikeymom  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:51:13pm

late to thread--but--this reminds me of those tasteless helen keller jokes my kids would come home from school with

299 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:51:37pm

re: #255 snowcrash
It was started by a Kennedy. IIRC one had a daughter who was mentally ill and they had her lobotomized. After that totally ruined her, they created Special Olympics. It was the lobotomy that made the girl "special"....not the mental health issue.

/Of course I could be confusing two seperate Kennedys here.

300 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:51:37pm

re: #280 m1150

No, that's effective.

301 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:51:52pm

re: #255 snowcrash

Weren't the Special Olympics a favorite charity of one of the Kennedy clan?

* * * *
Yes, Eunice Shriver headed the Special Olympics.

302 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:51:56pm

re: #261 albusteve

BO is not black

Thank you. upding.

303 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:51:58pm

re: #284 MandyManners

Where the fuck is Avanti? How would he try to spin this?

I don't think even he would try

304 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:51:59pm

re: #288 ploome hineni

he says he is black.....

that is how he identifies

and his SOUL is nurtured and mentored by the likes of the rev Wright and Michelle......who think America is a mean country

where she gets to act out

he's mulatto...he's a fraud

305 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:52:05pm
306 Voyska PVO  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:52:17pm

re: #83 pre-Boomer Marine brat

5 will get you 50 that Michelle's not going to be doing the digging.

..will she have the house..er..servants or the field hands do the work for her?

307 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:52:20pm

re: #294 albusteve

cut and paste someone elses point of view...he only uses his own words in agreement

As soon as Media Matters has a spin, he'll show up.

308 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:52:24pm

re: #261 albusteve

BO is not black

Thats what he identifies himself with. His white blood is null and void.

309 Kobalt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:52:34pm

re: #268 phoenixgirl

he was relaxing! jeez, can't a guy whose got a lot on his plate, who spends his whole day thinking and cleaning up the messes the previous administration left him relax?/

right; its probably time for another cocktail party.

310 Sosigado  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:52:40pm

re: #252 Iron Fist

And don't forget the invasion-at-the-ready on our Southwestern border.

311 VibeManJoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:52:43pm

re: #298 mikeymom

late to thread--but--this reminds me of those tasteless helen keller jokes my kids would come home from school with

Oh, no.....

Here we go.

Do your best to keep it tasteful, lizards. Or not.

Joe

312 VioletTiger  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:52:46pm

re: #216 m1150
WTF is wrong with you asshole?

313 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:52:54pm

I guess none of you watch Family Guy

314 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:53:02pm
315 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:53:03pm

re: #288 ploome hineni

he says he is black.....

that is how he identifies

and his SOUL is nurtured and mentored by the likes of the rev Wright and Michelle......who think America is a mean country

where she gets to act out

Upding on that

316 jorline  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:53:07pm

re: #284 MandyManners

Where the fuck is Avanti? How would he try to spin this?

Avanti is reporting in for major damage control....talking points soon.

317 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:53:18pm

re: #257 ploome hineni

but Bush is gone

and now we have a racist thug

...who throws around off-the-cuff remarks about the disabled.

Small, small man, he is.

318 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:53:24pm

re: #280 m1150

#259 NYChardchat

No, Reagan only said he had signed legislation banning russia forever and the bombing would start in five minutes.

Now during the most dangerous days of the Cold War, that's real funny.

Yeah, it was. And Sovs got serious point behind the joke. He did bury them.

319 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:53:24pm

re: #299 UberInfidel67

It was started by a Kennedy. IIRC one had a daughter who was mentally ill and they had her lobotomized. After that totally ruined her, they created Special Olympics. It was the lobotomy that made the girl "special"....not the mental health issue.

/Of course I could be confusing two seperate Kennedys here.

Joe Kennedy's daughter. JFK, RFK, and Ted's sister.

320 Kenneth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:53:26pm

re: #216 m1150

I'm just glad we have a president with a sense of humor.

You picked a bad thread to troll on, jerk.

Listen up: making jokes about disabled people is the opposite of a sense of humor. Obama has no idea what is decent, let alone funny.

Now go fuck off.

321 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:53:55pm

re: #306 Voyska PVO

..will she have the house..er..servants or the field hands do the work for her?

... er ... uh ... um ... ah ... :D ... yes

322 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:53:55pm

I've said it here before. Our President is a classless loser.

The media can't keep on ignoring this.

Can they?

323 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:54:03pm

re: #296 Iron Fist

I'm reminded of that Egypt Air pilot that rammed his jet into the Atlantic a couple of years before 9-11. Remember him? The one that Egypt assured us couldn't possibly have crashed his plane because he was a Mohammedan and Mohammedans wouldn't do such a thing?

Yep. And his last word on the flight recorder was "inshallah", IIRC. Which, we were assured, just meant he was praying for everyone's safety, or something.

324 nyc redneck  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:54:03pm

does he even know why his "joke" abt. the special olympics is a problem for people?
i doubt it.
he will only react to the blowback but not to the essence of his insulting b.s.
he doesn't really understand why giving the finger to someone on the national stage is unacceptable or why ridiculing people w/ disabilities is not humorous.
gak

325 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:54:18pm

Wonder if Leno will have that segment making fun of George Bush tonight. That would take some balls.

326 VibeManJoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:54:20pm

re: #322 Noam Sayin'

Yes.

327 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:54:21pm

re: #313 m1150

I guess none of you watch Family Guy

I stopped watching Family Guy because of the crass, lowbrow, insulting humor. It takes no effort or talent to pander to the lowest common denominator. I expect better of my entertainment.

328 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:54:24pm

wow....Obama.... place foot in mouth.....

329 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:54:26pm

This is the only time you lizards will see me quoting the bible here, but I think it is so appropriate for President Obama

"When I was a child I spoke as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child; but when I became a man I put away childish things."

Mr Obama, please. you are the President of the United States. Show some respect for the office which so many great Americans have had the privilige to hold. Stop acting like a child

330 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:54:29pm

re: #261 albusteve

BO is not black

He may not be black to you or me, but being black is what got him elected. He played the race card like a pro.

331 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:54:34pm
332 Kenneth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:54:51pm

re: #284 MandyManners

Avanti must be having a double, make that a triple, bourbon. Cognitive dissonance is a bitch.

333 The Shadow Do  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:55:20pm

re: #280 m1150

Do you find jokes about 'retards' funny? Must be a real hoot running with your crowd - "Look at the gimps!" Yuck yuck yuck, har har har, hee hee hee...

334 Gearhead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:55:21pm

re: #317 pink freud

...who throws around off-the-cuff remarks about the disabled.

Small, small man, he is.

It;s precisely the sort of thing you'd expect from someone who only served a partial term in the Senate before moving to the executive branch.

OTOH, there's Joe Biden...

335 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:55:21pm

re: #304 albusteve

Um... no, that's not the issue (to put it mildly).

336 SummerSong  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:55:26pm

And here I thought Biden would be the major embarrassment..

Ah, where the hell is Biden, anyway?

337 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:55:28pm

re: #322 Noam Sayin'

I've said it here before. Our President is a classless loser.

The media can't keep on ignoring this.

Can they?

no they can't

338 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:55:36pm

I'm sorry; I honestly don't think it's that offensive. He said he got the kind of score someone in the Special Olympics would get. That's it. That just isn't that shocking to me.

What did you guys think about the Black Eyed Peas having to change their song "Let's Get Retarded?"

339 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:55:37pm

re: #253 UberInfidel67

Forgiven.

340 ConservatismNow!  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:55:45pm

re: #216 m1150

I'm just glad we have a president with a sense of humor.

You say that like we haven't had one in a while. We have had several presidents lately with a sense of humor. Bush knew how much he was mocked. He mocked himself! Reagan was funny too.

341 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:55:47pm

re: #322 Noam Sayin'

I've said it here before. Our President is a classless loser.

The media can't keep on ignoring this.

Can they?

"Bill Clinton"

(Though in fairness, Bubba still had ten times the class that Obama seems to have).

342 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:56:00pm

re: #280 m1150

#259 NYChardchat

No, Reagan only said he had signed legislation banning russia forever and the bombing would start in five minutes.

Now during the most dangerous days of the Cold War, that's real funny.

Why don't you go piss up a rope?

343 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:56:06pm
344 Fat Jolly Penguin  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:56:13pm

re: #336 SummerSong

And here I thought Biden would be the major embarrassment..

Ah, where the hell is Biden, anyway?

Biden is a major embarrassment. As people have said here so many times before, 0bama chose Biden to make himself look good in comparison.

345 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:56:18pm

re: #336 SummerSong

And here I thought Biden would be the major embarrassment..

Ah, where the hell is Biden, anyway?

Even he is embarrassed

346 Aviator  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:56:47pm

re: #342 MandyManners

Why don't you go piss up a rope?

Hard to do with limited equipment.

347 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:56:49pm

re: #245 jcm

Insult taxpayers.
Insult working people.

Insult woman reporter by saying "later, sweetie!" I'll never forgive him for that one (his cronies laughed when he said it, and he grinned).

348 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:56:57pm

re: #319 Nevergiveup
It was before my time, but I do recall reading bits and pieces about it.

349 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:57:00pm

re: #286 m1150

#275 Maximus

Pink Freud is a respected Wikipedia contributor. No joke there.

Or at least there is a Wikipedia contributor named Pink Freud.

Not me.

350 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:57:05pm

re: #280 m1150

#259 NYChardchat

No, Reagan only said he had signed legislation banning russia forever and the bombing would start in five minutes.

Now during the most dangerous days of the Cold War, that's real funny.

* * * *
YES, it was funny when Reagan said that while testing his microphone.

Personally I also liked when McCain sang "Bomb Bomb BOmb, Bomb Bomb Iran"

351 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:57:06pm

re: #342 MandyManners

Why don't you go piss up a rope?

Mandy's whipped out her rope again, time for the trolls to take a beating

352 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:57:09pm

re: #338 m1150

Hey troll, take your 67 comments in two years and piss off

353 Chuckanut  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:57:33pm

No biggy, in my opinion.

354 Maximu§  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:57:34pm

re: #313 m1150

I guess none of you watch Family Guy

Do the world a favor....Fling yourself into the nearest gorge and prevent any of your DNA from carrying on to another generation.

355 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:57:37pm

re: #346 Aviator

Hard to do with limited equipment.

She didn't say how high?

356 3 wood  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:57:39pm

re: #279 taxfreekiller

18% is a lot of ownership.

I suspect they are trying to control the Boston Globe and the other assets.

By the way TFK feel free to email me through realwest anytime you want.

357 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:57:50pm

re: #338 m1150

Isn't there some Family Guy you could go watch?

358 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:57:53pm

re: #254 Bloodnok

*sniff*

Okay, who cut one?

Son, get back to bed.

359 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:58:04pm
360 Kenneth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:58:18pm

re: #338 m1150

First of all, I know some developmentally challenged adults how could bowl your ass off, with or without your thumb up it.

The fact you would even ask such a question displays you utter cluelessness.

Now go fuck off.

361 Sosigado  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:58:27pm

re: #280 m1150

#259 NYChardchat

No, Reagan only said he had signed legislation banning russia forever and the bombing would start in five minutes.

Now during the most dangerous days of the Cold War, that's real funny.

It worked, you f'n moron.

362 3 wood  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:58:35pm

Got to run.

Later.

363 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:58:41pm

re: #270 Shug

Yes, Maria Shrivers mother was the president IIRC

anyway, they are VERY involved with special olympics. So is aaahnold

The Shrivers started the Special Olympics, in honor of Rose Kennedy, President Kennedy's sister, God rest her soul. I think of the Shrivers every time some stupid Dem insults developmentally challenged people.

364 Voyska PVO  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:58:54pm

re: #347 Catttt

Insult woman reporter by saying "later, sweetie!" I'll never forgive him for that one (his cronies laughed when he said it, and he grinned).

..how about the peevish admonition to the lady reporter that he "just wanted to finish his waffles"?

365 Aviator  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:58:55pm

re: #355 Nevergiveup

She didn't say how high?

Go dribble up a rope?

366 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:58:57pm

re: #296 Iron Fist

I'm reminded of that Egypt Air pilot that rammed his jet into the Atlantic a couple of years before 9-11. Remember him? The one that Egypt assured us couldn't possibly have crashed his plane because he was a Mohammedan and Mohammedans wouldn't do such a thing?

10 years come October. I lost a friend on Flight 990.

367 Geepers  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:03pm

Sharmuta (#327),

m1150 (#313),

I guess none of you watch Family Guy

I stopped watching Family Guy because of the crass, lowbrow, insulting humor. It takes no effort or talent to pander to the lowest common denominator. I expect better of my entertainment.

I expect better of my President.

But apperantly m1150 don't.

368 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:05pm

re: #294 albusteve

cut and paste someone elses point of view...he only uses his own words in agreement

re: #303 Nevergiveup

I don't think even he would try

I think he knows better than to try to justify this.

369 Muadib  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:08pm

That socialist dope needs teleprompter eyeglasses.

370 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:37pm

re: #319 Nevergiveup

Joe Kennedy's daughter. JFK, RFK, and Ted's sister.

* * * *
Sister Rosemary Kennedy was lobotomized by her family.

371 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:41pm

re: #316 jorline

Avanti is reporting in for major damage control....talking points soon.

Ain't enough points in the universe.

372 whippet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:42pm

How's this for arrogance...

[Link: www.ryanseacrest.com...]

373 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:52pm

re: #296 Iron Fist

I'm reminded of that Egypt Air pilot that rammed his jet into the Atlantic a couple of years before 9-11. Remember him? The one that Egypt assured us couldn't possibly have crashed his plane because he was a Mohammedan and Mohammedans wouldn't do such a thing?

Gameel al batooty or something like that.

and he was a peeping Tom.

374 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:52pm

re: #358 MandyManners

Son, get back to bed.

LOL!

375 jhrhv  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:53pm

How could anyone have voted for this man? He is an embarrassment, an ass, rude, unorganized has next to no experience and is the leader of the free world. Anyone who voted for him should never be allowed to vote again I don't care what your excuse is. That the MSM propped up this bobble head while bringing down a war hero like McCain is almost criminal. The only person the One truly serves is himself. I'm already getting sick of this guy and his regular stupidity. The cover up of that by the MSM is causing me to become fearful of all of our futures. If left unchecked this man and his cronies will destroy everything we have know and loved.

376 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:54pm

re: #322 Noam Sayin'

Noam! Good to see you. :-)

377 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:56pm

re: #280 m1150

#259 NYChardchat

No, Reagan only said he had signed legislation banning russia forever and the bombing would start in five minutes.

Now during the most dangerous days of the Cold War, that's real funny.

Insulting the brutal mother russia is not on the same page as insulting the handicapped. You like our current disgrace of a President are a scumbag.

378 Kenneth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:56pm

#259 NYChardchat

Reagan said that off-air. Some stupid liberal radio studio employee thought it would be cool to record it and broadcast it.

Now you go fuck off too.

379 Killian Bundy  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:59:56pm

re: #232 Musicmaven

Dohbama's Checklist:
Insult conservatives -yes
Insult gun owners-yes
Insult Christians - yes
Insult "fly over country" -yes
Insult British -yes
Insult Israel - yes
Insult Special Olympians -yes

Who's next.....what a dumb ass!

/veterans, but he already did that this week

380 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:00:10pm

re: #304 albusteve

he's mulatto...he's a fraud

lol....Kenyan American not African American

381 VioletTiger  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:00:18pm

re: #338 m1150
Why do trolls never know when to STFU!?

382 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:00:24pm

The left will try to make justification of Obama's comments. They will also attempt to turn the criticism against conservatives (a logical reversal) with words like "self-righteous indignation." They'll back pedal and look for every cliche in the book.

383 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:00:25pm

re: #364 Voyska PVO

..how about the peevish admonition to the lady reporter that he "just wanted to finish his waffles"?

Yeah, but that didn't have that old sexism tingle up my leg to it. Granted, he's a petulant twerp to pretty much everyone.

384 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:00:29pm

re: #343 ploome hineni

(stevie)

can you cook souse?

if all you have to do is boil it I bet I can!

385 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:00:37pm

re: #338 m1150

I'm sorry; I honestly don't think it's that offensive. He said he got the kind of score someone in the Special Olympics would get. That's it. That just isn't that shocking to me.

What did you guys think about the Black Eyed Peas having to change their song "Let's Get Retarded?"

A few points.
First of all, no sitting US President has ever appeared on an evening Comedy/variety television before.
Ask yourself why not.
This guy is supposed to be the leader of the free world, the person that everyone looks up to. The person who sets the tone.
Remember that bit about a "new politics" from Obama?
Here it is.
Was this a politically smart thing to say or do?
You can debate how tasteless this remark was. . .maybe.
There are professional comedians who might get away with that sort of thing.
But there is no debate, that this kind of "comedy" is NOT appropriate coming from a sitting US president.

386 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:00:38pm

re: #347 Catttt

Insult woman reporter by saying "later, sweetie!" I'll never forgive him for that one (his cronies laughed when he said it, and he grinned).

I'm thinking of the jokes GWB made, the ones are remember were of him making fun of himself, his speech, his swagger. I can't imagine using self depreciating humor. It takes a self confident person to make fun of themselves.

387 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:00:43pm
388 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:00:52pm

re: #338 m1150
In essence he is saying he bowls like a "retard". You find that humorous?

389 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:00:54pm

re: #365 Aviator

Go dribble up a rope?

Get a prostate check... happens when a guy gets older.

390 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:00:55pm
391 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:01:09pm

"I think, on the basis of the recent Supreme Court ruling that we can't execute the retarded, American journalists commit mass murder without facing the ultimate penalty. I think they are retarded. I'm trying to communicate to the American people and I have to work through a retarded person!" -- Ann Coulter

392 Fluffy Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:01:20pm

This administration proves time and time again that it is incapable of handling even the most elementary functions of the job, the thought of a real crisis (not minimizing current events) scares the hell out me.

Who will be at the helm and what is going to come out of their mouth?

I need a sedative. /

393 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:01:29pm

re: #370 alegrias

* * * *
Sister Rosemary Kennedy was lobotomized by her family.

Yeah. It's a hideous story. Very sad. I always think well of the Shrivers for starting the Special Olympics in her honor, poor woman.

394 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:01:31pm

re: #378 Kenneth

#259 NYChardchat

Reagan said that off-air. Some stupid liberal radio studio employee thought it would be cool to record it and broadcast it.

Now you go fuck off too.

ummmmm. i didn't say that.

395 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:01:36pm

re: #336 SummerSong

And here I thought Biden would be the major embarrassment..

Ah, where the hell is Biden, anyway?

He's been shuffled off into the basement, so that he wouldn't be an embarrassment.

Guess it worked.

396 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:01:36pm

re: #353 Chuckanut

No biggy, in my opinion.

It's okay, I'm sure you'll satisfy someone someday.

397 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:01:43pm

re: #322 Noam Sayin'

I've said it here before. Our President is a classless loser.

The media can't keep on ignoring this.

Can they?

Did you read what Tapper from ABC reported about FCBBHO comparing AIG people to suicide bombers?

398 Caboose  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:02:00pm

re: #208 Sharmuta

That's beautiful!

Not only that, but my company will match dollar-for-dollar any contribution made to charity up to $1000, so it is possible that the total went over that figure. We also have a plan where if we do volunteer work, they will pay the recipient of the volunteer work $15.00 an hour. I'm a monthly platelet donor and so they get $45/month for the time I sit in the chair and scarf down Nutter Butters. Worked a food bank at Thanksgiving, they got $120 from the company. I love this place (don't want to say who we are, but we are one of the largest software companies in the world and yellow and black predominate our logo. You probably have one of our products on your PC right now.)

One big strike against us; our outgoing CEO was one of the first major CEOs to get behind getting the Zer0 elected; thanks, thanks a WHOLE helluva lot! :-( . But like I said, he is out of here in about two weeks, so PLEASE don't hold that against us!

399 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:02:06pm

The Kennedy Clan is a bunch of heartless assholes. And anyone who would vote for any of them is truly lacking...... (on so many levels).

And, anyone who watches Family Guy and thinks of that as humor has the emotional maturity of a 3rd Grader.

400 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:02:08pm

re: #378 Kenneth

#259 NYChardchat

PIYF

401 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:02:15pm

re: #280 m1150

#259 NYChardchat

No, Reagan only said he had signed legislation banning russia forever and the bombing would start in five minutes.

Now during the most dangerous days of the Cold War, that's real funny.

Reagan also said, "Mr. Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" Perhaps that made you laugh, too?

402 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:02:27pm

re: #332 Kenneth

Avanti must be having a double, make that a triple, bourbon. Cognitive dissonance is a bitch.

He can finda way around it.

403 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:02:31pm

re: #391 m1150

Ann Coulter is a writer and private citizen genius.

404 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:02:31pm

re: #346 Aviator

Hard to do with limited equipment.

Shrinkage.

/as opposed to saggage

405 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:02:42pm

re: #391 m1150

Could someone get rid of this thing soon? It's annoying me.

406 snowcrash  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:02:52pm

re: #385 looking closely

A few points.
First of all, no sitting US President has ever appeared on an evening Comedy/variety television before.
Ask yourself why not.
This guy is supposed to be the leader of the free world, the person that everyone looks up to. The person who sets the tone.
Remember that bit about a "new politics" from Obama?
Here it is.
Was this a politically smart thing to say or do?
You can debate how tasteless this remark was. . .maybe.
There are professional comedians who might get away with that sort of thing.
But there is no debate, that this kind of "comedy" is NOT appropriate coming from a sitting US president.


Perfect!

407 jorline  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:03:04pm

HuffPo's big bold top story.

Obama's Leno Appearance: Says Geithner Doing 'Outstanding' Job

BTW...they've cut off the comments already.

408 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:03:05pm
409 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:03:09pm

re: #391 m1150

"I think, on the basis of the recent Supreme Court ruling that we can't execute the retarded, American journalists commit mass murder without facing the ultimate penalty. I think they are retarded. I'm trying to communicate to the American people and I have to work through a retarded person!" -- Ann Coulter


You will find no shortage of Coulter criticism here.

here's a tip:

Instead of posting your drivel, why don't you read every ann coulter thread and get back to us

410 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:03:24pm

re: #391 m1150


Hey shithead, is Ann Coulter the President of the United States?

411 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:03:26pm

re: #329 Shug

BOTH an upding and an A-men!

412 Sosigado  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:03:28pm

re: #338 m1150

I'm sorry; I honestly don't think it's that offensive. He said he got the kind of score someone in the Special Olympics would get. That's it. That just isn't that shocking to me.

What did you guys think about the Black Eyed Peas having to change their song "Let's Get Retarded?"

You're as classless as your revered leader. Go back and play in the gutter, POS.

413 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:03:35pm

re: #338 m1150

I'm sorry; I honestly don't think it's that offensive. He said he got the kind of score someone in the Special Olympics would get. That's it. That just isn't that shocking to me.

What did you guys think about the Black Eyed Peas having to change their song "Let's Get Retarded?"

What GRADE are you in?

414 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:03:35pm

OT: Cajun Crawler

Liveleak Video
415 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:03:36pm

#401 NelsFree -- Oh yeah, that speech made a huge difference. I'm sure Reagan saying "Tear down this wall" made Gorby tear down the wall. Because you know, Gorby was just that impressionable, all he needed was a simple command and that was it.

416 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:03:51pm

re: #391 m1150

Only a clueless twit would throw Ann Coulter around here like that.
But you know that if you paid any attention to anything other than your onanistic tendencies.

417 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:04:01pm

re: #395 looking closely

He's been shuffled off into the basement, so that he wouldn't be an embarrassment.

Guess it worked.

Nope. He gave another dumb speech defending Obama's economic failures today. And as usual, Sean Hannity used his "Liberal Translation" bit to poke fun at Biden. Biden's a fool and mocking him is just plain fun.

418 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:04:06pm

re: #346 Aviator

Hard to do with limited equipment.

*ouch*

419 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:04:18pm

re: #415 m1150

#401 NelsFree -- Oh yeah, that speech made a huge difference. I'm sure Reagan saying "Tear down this wall" made Gorby tear down the wall. Because you know, Gorby was just that impressionable, all he needed was a simple command and that was it.

Please leave.

420 bnichols10  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:04:41pm

Practicing in the White House bowling alley
Filling out his bracket on ESPN
Parties on Wednesday in the White House featuring Stevie Wonder
Super Bowl party
Wagu beef served to influential guests

Has there ever been a person more out of touch with reality?

421 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:04:54pm
422 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:04:55pm

re: #400 Zimriel

PIYF

what is PIYF?

423 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:05:07pm

re: #415 m1150

Gorbachev didn't tear down the wall you twit....

424 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:05:30pm

re: #255 snowcrash

Weren't the Special Olympics a favorite charity of one of the Kennedy clan?

They were also the founding members of the Chappaquidick sprint.

425 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:05:45pm

re: #403 Gus 802

Ann Coulter is a writer and private citizen genius.

More to the point, she's a "shock jock" who has literally built a career out of pushing people's buttons.

We expect HER to be offensive, that's her schtick.

We don't expect the President of the USA to be so politically incorrect, and in fact we expect the exact opposite.

But again, this is the guy who thought the epitome of cool was to subtly extend his middle finger when speaking publically about his political opponent(s).

426 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:05:48pm

re: #422 NYCHardhat

Oh... what is TOTUS? Saw that in the earlier thread.

427 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:05:49pm

re: #280 m1150

#259 NYChardchat

No, Reagan only said he had signed legislation banning russia forever and the bombing would start in five minutes.

Now during the most dangerous days of the Cold War, that's real funny.

Yes, it was funny. It also pissed off all the left (as opposed to right) people.

428 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:06:04pm

re: #405 Last Mohican

Could someone get rid of this thing soon? It's annoying me.

BBQ is ready.

Youtube Video
429 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:06:17pm

This isn't about Ann Coulter, who is a shithead in my opinion anyways. This is about the president disrespecting the disabled.

Considering his feelings on abortions and daughters being cursed with babies, I don't think it's a laughing matter. I think the man has no respect for life.

430 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:06:19pm

re: #391 m1150

"I think, on the basis of the recent Supreme Court ruling that we can't execute the retarded, American journalists commit mass murder without facing the ultimate penalty. I think they are retarded. I'm trying to communicate to the American people and I have to work through a retarded person!" -- Ann Coulter

* * * *
Ann Coulter is NOT President.

431 right_in_canada  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:06:21pm

That's horrible , what a lousy low down mean-spirited son of a --- , oh wait - Bush is no longer president and Barack is ? Aw well that is just too funny then. HA hA ha Oh what a clown, you are just as cleverly hilarious
as the VP. All this and a sense of humor too. You crack me up Mr. Prez !

///

432 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:06:33pm

re: #415 m1150

#401 NelsFree -- Oh yeah, that speech made a huge difference. I'm sure Reagan saying "Tear down this wall" made Gorby tear down the wall. Because you know, Gorby was just that impressionable, all he needed was a simple command and that was it.

I make reference to Mandy's question.

433 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:06:36pm

#413 MandyManners

You didn't answer my question.

What do you think of the "Let's Get Retarded" / "Let's Get It Started" controversy?

Do you think it was an example of political correctness gone awry?

Or do you think that it was the result of a record company and band being irresponsible?

434 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:06:36pm

spacejesus disappears, m1150 shows up

hmmmm

435 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:01pm

re: #426 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Oh... what is TOTUS? Saw that in the earlier thread.

Teleprompter of the United States. My POSUS, Piece of Shit of the United States hasn't caught on...........yet.

436 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:02pm

re: #405 Last Mohican

Could someone get rid of this thing soon? It's annoying me.

heh, I helped work over SpaceJesus on the last thread.
This clown's allllllllll yours!
(-:

437 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:08pm

re: #416 jcm

68 comments in two years. Not exactly the mark of a troll that does its homework.

438 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:15pm

re: #391 m1150

"I think, on the basis of the recent Supreme Court ruling that we can't execute the retarded, American journalists commit mass murder without facing the ultimate penalty. I think they are retarded. I'm trying to communicate to the American people and I have to work through a retarded person!" -- Ann Coulter

She's a fucking bitch, too.

439 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:16pm

re: #426 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Oh... what is TOTUS? Saw that in the earlier thread.

I'm so lost.... I'm getting bashed for the m1150 comments.

440 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:16pm

re: #415 m1150

Lizards, DO NOT click "quote" if you respond to this gamey buttocks.

441 nyc redneck  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:18pm

just heard it on the national news. wabc radio.
whitehouse saying it was just an offhand remark, not meant to disparage
the disabled,

fck off.

442 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:20pm

re: #420 bnichols10


Has there ever been a person more out of touch with reality?

Yeah, and they come in here to troll

443 KingKenrod  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:35pm

TOTUS = Teleprompter of the US. I think it's from Rush Limbaugh.

444 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:35pm

re: #415 m1150

It must be blissful to be historically ignorant, I guess. In a way.

445 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:38pm

re: #370 alegrias

* * * *
Sister Rosemary Kennedy was lobotomized by her family.

She could have run against Obama in the primaries !

446 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:42pm

re: #425 looking closely

Good points. And she's criticized from all sides of the political fence which is counter to M1150 illogical conclusion.

447 SeafoodGumbo  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:07:56pm

This isn't surprising since he insulted Nancy Reagan at his very first news conference as prez.

It's his nature.

448 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:08:06pm

re: #433 m1150

Oh and, go fuck yourself. S'il vous plait.

449 The Shadow Do  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:08:07pm

re: #338 m1150

I'm sorry; I honestly don't think it's that offensive. He said he got the kind of score someone in the Special Olympics would get. That's it. That just isn't that shocking to me.

What did you guys think about the Black Eyed Peas having to change their song "Let's Get Retarded?"

You really don't find that offensive? Amazing. And from a lib too. What does that say (rhetorical)?

450 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:08:15pm

re: #415 m1150

#401 NelsFree -- Oh yeah, that speech made a huge difference. I'm sure Reagan saying "Tear down this wall" made Gorby tear down the wall. Because you know, Gorby was just that impressionable, all he needed was a simple command and that was it.

Reagan articulated a strategy to defeat the Soviet Union in a speech in 1957 at Eureka College. In 1981 he put that strategy into place. In 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed.

You might try learning history.

451 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:08:23pm

re: #435 kansas

Teleprompter of the United States. My POSUS, Piece of Shit of the United States hasn't caught on...........yet.

Nice. Thank you.

All hail the TOTUS... long may its screen shine bright!

452 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:08:24pm

re: #433 m1150

#413 MandyManners

You didn't answer my question.

What do you think of the "Let's Get Retarded" / "Let's Get It Started" controversy?

Do you think it was an example of political correctness gone awry?

Or do you think that it was the result of a record company and band being irresponsible?

Hey Shithead, are the Black Eyed Peas President of the United States?

453 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:08:27pm

re: #414 Killgore Trout

OT: Cajun Crawler


[Video]

Low Rider!...heh...I'm all about that

454 sngnsgt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:08:42pm

As an Epileptic on Disability, flippant remarks like this just show a persons ignorance. Even if he was only trying to make a joke, a comment like this is simply ignorant. Thanks for insulting disabled persons everywhere Barry.

455 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:08:46pm

re: #424 Buster Bunny

They were also the founding members of the Chappaquidick sprint.

The first pentathlon to combine drinking, driving, swimming, crawling, and running?

456 Geepers  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:08:49pm
Oh yeah, that speech made a huge difference. I'm sure Reagan saying "Tear down this wall" made Gorby tear down the wall. Because you know, Gorby was just that impressionable, all he needed was a simple command and that was it.

How can we stand up to such devastating logic?

I think I'll go back to chatting.

Hey ploome. How' things?

457 IslandLibertarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:08:54pm

In "0"s Amerika, there would be no Special Olympics.
The "unacceptable" would be weeded out....by someones "choice".
And no Senior Olympics either buy the same method............

/ok, ok, too dark. sorry............

458 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:00pm

re: #437 Last Mohican

68 comments in two years. Not exactly the mark of a troll that does its homework.

Lack of homework... period.

459 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:00pm

re: #440 Alouette

Lizards, DO NOT click "quote" if you respond to this gamey buttocks.

Eh, I have no problem reproducing this poster's stupidity, just to keep things clear.

460 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:08pm

re: #447 SeafoodGumbo

This isn't surprising since he insulted Nancy Reagan at his very first news conference as prez.

It's his nature.

That's right- I forgot about the Nancy insult. The man lacks all class and tact.

461 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:12pm
462 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:26pm

New rule: Barack Obama, Ann Coulter, and m1150 are all too offensive to be president.

463 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:28pm

re: #422 NYCHardhat

what is PIYF?

"preview is your friend". It was aimed at Kenneth who misread what you said. Both your hearts are in the right place, best I could see; but there seems to be "friendly fire" flying about...

464 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:36pm
465 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:42pm

re: #420 bnichols10

Practicing in the White House bowling alley
Filling out his bracket on ESPN
Parties on Wednesday in the White House featuring Stevie Wonder
Super Bowl party
Wagu beef served to influential guests

Has there ever been a person more out of touch with reality?

For his encore, he'll sing "The Fall of Troy" from the Truman Balcony.

/upding to anyone who guesses the reference correctly

466 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:45pm

re: #433 m1150

#413 MandyManners

You didn't answer my question.

What do you think of the "Let's Get Retarded" / "Let's Get It Started" controversy?

Do you think it was an example of political correctness gone awry?

Or do you think that it was the result of a record company and band being irresponsible?

Go fuck yourself.

467 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:48pm

re: #439 NYCHardhat

I'm so lost.... I'm getting bashed for the m1150 comments.

Ignore trolls and people who smell of troll.

That way you don't get covered in troll juice...

468 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:53pm

Binghamton has a guy as big as a house on the court

469 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:09:55pm

re: #459 Occasional Reader

Eh, I have no problem reproducing this poster's stupidity, just to keep things clear.

Yeah but when it gets the stick, this thread is going to look like Swiss cheese.

470 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:10:17pm

re: #433 m1150

Or do you think that it was the result of a record company and band being irresponsible?


Rrrriiiight, and since the President of the United States has exactly the same moral stature as a pop band or a record company... ummm... sorry, what was the question?

471 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:10:31pm

oh boy.

472 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:10:36pm

re: #433 m1150

Shotgun bait.

473 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:10:44pm
474 wong fei hung  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:11:48pm

Yay. Another home run for President D-Bag.

-WFH

475 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:11:54pm

re: #472 Buster Bunny

Shotgun bait.

His departure will be a wrenching experience.

476 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:12:02pm

OK, it's obvious Obama screwed up and shouldn't have gone on the talk show, even if I personally don't think his comments are that big of a deal.

But what I think we're going to see are the people who defended George Allen, Trent Lott, Dick Armey (who called Barney Frank "Barney Fag"), etc., and who continue to hold very "politically incorrect" views regarding gays and Muslims and so on... now self-righteously standing up and denouncing Obama for his insensitivity.

If that doesn't describe you, than please don't take my comment personally.

477 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:12:03pm

re: #421 Iron Fist

Well, he's as African American as Theresa Heinz is, at any rate :-)

Heinz 57...


I am so happy. My brother just called and he is coming to America for a business trip. He lives in Germany and I have not seen him since our mom died in 2007. What a surprise and great ending to a shitty week! :-) (big smiles)

478 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:12:05pm

re: #461 ploome hineni

she may have deceased a few years ago

Being dead and lobotomised has never stopped a good Democrat candidate from attempting to become president.

They dont accept excuses .. they make them.

479 opinionated  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:12:24pm

I have diagnosed my condition. It is not a condition that is common to me.

But I am living in denial.

I see him on TV. I know in my head that he is President. I know he has the power and the ability to badly screw up not just this Nation but the World.

Yet for some reason, I just can't deep inside accept that this joker is President of the US.

480 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:12:30pm

M1150... isn't that one of those shitty APCs from the 50's?

481 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:12:31pm

re: #452 kansas

Hey Shithead, are the Black Eyed Peas President of the United States?

No, but these guys are:

Youtube Video
482 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:12:40pm

wtf? and now all msm will say it was a stupid joke, considering u must be politically correct, hypocrisy at its best

483 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:12:48pm
484 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:12:59pm
485 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:13:03pm

re: #463 Zimriel

"preview is your friend". It was aimed at Kenneth who misread what you said. Both your hearts are in the right place, best I could see; but there seems to be "friendly fire" flying about...

I know, my nose is bleeding.

486 Geepers  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:13:09pm

ploome (#473),

hello gojuss

how you doin?

Good to be home an recuperating, those mountains take it out of ya.

487 VioletTiger  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:13:14pm

re: #433 m1150
You don't see a difference between the Black Eyes Peas and POTUS?
Just go away.

488 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:13:18pm

re: #477 Afrocity

Heinz 57...

I am so happy. My brother just called and he is coming to America for a business trip. He lives in Germany and I have not seen him since our mom died in 2007. What a surprise and great ending to a shitty week! :-) (big smiles)

Happy for you!

489 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:13:21pm

Has anyone ever seen avanti and m1150 on the same thread?

490 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:13:27pm

re: #479 opinionated

I have diagnosed my condition. It is not a condition that is common to me.

But I am living in denial.

I see him on TV. I know in my head that he is President. I know he has the power and the ability to badly screw up not just this Nation but the World.

Yet for some reason, I just can't deep inside accept that this joker is President of the US.

If he was the Joker .. at least we could find a Batman to save the day.

Who will bell the cat?

491 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:13:30pm

re: #476 m1150

OK, it's obvious Obama screwed up and shouldn't have gone on the talk show, even if I personally don't think his comments are that big of a deal.

But what I think we're going to see are the people who defended George Allen, Trent Lott, Dick Armey (who called Barney Frank "Barney Fag"), etc., and who continue to hold very "politically incorrect" views regarding gays and Muslims and so on... now self-righteously standing up and denouncing Obama for his insensitivity.

If that doesn't describe you, than please don't take my comment personally.

When did ANY of those men insult mentally retarded people? WHEN?

492 jorline  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:13:33pm

Our government has now entered "The Age Of Aquarius".

Is Jupiter aligned with Mars yet?

493 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:13:34pm

re: #476 m1150

But what I think we're going to see are the people who defended George Allen, Trent Lott, Dick Armey (who called Barney Frank "Barney Fag"), etc., and who continue to hold very "politically incorrect" views regarding gays and Muslims and so on... now self-righteously standing up and denouncing Obama for his insensitivity.

That may be true of some people, but not this blog. We don't tolerate bigotry around here.

494 mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:13:39pm

Remember when Obama went bowling in Pennsylvania last March.
He was teh suck.

Obama let everyone know he hadn't bowled since Jimmy Carter was president.

He shared a lane with Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Jr., who endorsed him Friday, and local homemaker Roxanne Hart. As the game went on, several small children bowled with Obama as well.

Obama and Casey had a private game of basketball earlier in the day, but they saved their F-game for the public at the bowling lanes.

On his first warm-up ball, Casey rolled a gutter ball. Obama's first ball flew well off his hand but also ended up in the gutter. On his second try, he knocked down four pins.

About five lanes over, a young man in a T-shirt that said "Beer Hunter" fell on his backside while bowling and still recorded a strike.

The crowd of regulars pressed in to take pictures, get autographs and rib him on his poor skills.

Obama did improve, nearly getting a strike in one frame, and in the seventh, picking up a spare, giving him a score of 37. Casey had a score of 71 after getting a strike, and Hart, with one less frame, racked up a score of 82.

"I was terrible," Obama laughed as he shook hands with a crowd that had gathered outside the building once word spread he was there.

495 QueenEsther  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:13:58pm

re: #215 midwestgak

I know it as a Yiddish word to describe a kind of person - a jerk, a jacka$$, a dippity-do, in this case, a real "zero". Similar to shmendrich, or shmo.

496 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:14:06pm

re: #476 m1150

Yeah, or people like you who criticized every Republican for every gaffe, finding Obama's stupidity funny.

497 Spare O'Lake  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:14:18pm

re: #478 Buster Bunny

Being dead and lobotomised has never stopped a good Democrat candidate from attempting to become president.

They dont accept excuses .. they make them.

Being dead and lobotomised is a waste of a perfectly good lobotomy.

498 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:14:20pm

re: #313 m1150

I guess none of you watch Family Guy

And I'm sure you do.

499 BingoBunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:14:39pm

The only thing we know about B ho is that he proved he was "Black" to the black radicals in Chicago.. lets hope no blood was shed in the process.

500 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:14:39pm
501 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:14:51pm

but wait, there is more, now he pretends he knows nothing
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

502 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:14:58pm

re: #487 VioletTiger

You don't see a difference between the Black Eyes Peas and POTUS?
Just go away.

Of course not! It's the CelebriPresidency, after all. Why should we hold him to a different standard?


/

503 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:15:05pm

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

504 snowcrash  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:15:05pm

re: #468 Nevergiveup
I picked Binghampton in my brackets.....my family laughed. TV has Okla and Morgan playing :(

505 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:15:08pm

re: #415 m1150

Dear m1150,

Are these your posts?
[Link: www.expats.cz...]
Is you nic based on this?
[Link: www.techtreak.com...]

506 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:15:08pm

Another brick in the wall.....
13 firms receiving bailouts owe back taxes

At least 13 companies receiving billions of dollars in bailout money owe a total of more than $220 million in unpaid federal taxes, a key lawmaker said Thursday.

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., chairman of a House subcommittee overseeing the federal bailout, said two companies owe more than $100 million apiece.

507 Dan G.  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:15:31pm

re: #159 albusteve

What? The election wasn't just a popularity contest?

/Big time

508 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:15:37pm
509 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:15:39pm
510 RememberSekhmet?  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:15:48pm

I wonder if in sticking his foot in his mouth far enough over the next 4 years, if 0bama will rip a hole in the space-time continuum.

511 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:15:56pm

Self-deprecating humor, Bush style:

Youtube Video

The left tried to make something out of this, but the right thought it was funny.

512 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:16:01pm

re: #481 looking closely

Thanks, but that really sucked.

513 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:16:07pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

opposing views are welcome. you are not.

514 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:05pm

#505 NelsFree

Yes to the first, no to the second

are you doing a background check on me?

515 mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:07pm

re: #501 Gella

According to NBC, Obama was the first sitting president ever to appear on "The Tonight Show." He'd already appeared twice as a candidate. already appeared twice as a candidate.

Is that a rap?

516 Emerald  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:13pm

Every time he opens his mouth, I worry more about the state of our country when someone so obviously unqualified and unprepared for the job became president.

517 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:18pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

Yeah, that's exactly why I'm here. I figure, everyone else here in an atheist Democrat, just like me.

(Y'all are.... right?)

518 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:20pm

re: #503 m1150

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

Why don't you call the waaaaamulance? It's a tough room.

519 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:21pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

That's a stupid thing to say. You're still here.

520 formercorpsman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:27pm

Obama, and ye liberal brethren, thy name is hypocrisy.

521 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:33pm

re: #504 snowcrash

I picked Binghampton in my brackets.....my family laughed. TV has Okla and Morgan playing :(

Well my daughter and her friends up in Binghamton appreciate the support, but you are crazy.

522 mikeymom  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:35pm

i would love to see barry bowl against a team from the special olympics--they would make him look like the asshole that he is--i've seen some of these people bowl-they are awesomely good!

523 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:36pm
524 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:37pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

Your a troll of the first degree. That language is typical of soon to be former mobys such as yourself.

525 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:39pm
526 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:45pm

re: #503 m1150

We tolerate opposing views. We do not tolerate assholes.

527 mjwsatx  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:45pm

"He can save us with his smile."

Phil Donahue referring to His Oneness on the Hannity show.

These are the kind of idiots who put this man in the highest office in the world.

528 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:52pm

re: #515 mich-again

Is that a rap?

in his case probably yes

529 Racer X  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:17:53pm

We gots trolls in the house!

530 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:18:01pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

Opposing veiws, supported by logic and facts yes.

Idiotarism no.

531 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:18:02pm
532 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:18:14pm

re: #517 Occasional Reader

Yeah, that's exactly why I'm here. I figure, everyone else here in an atheist Democrat, just like me.

(Y'all are.... right?)

You mean - we aren't all Catholic Democrats? /

533 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:18:14pm

re: #476 m1150

OK, it's obvious Obama screwed up and shouldn't have gone on the talk show, even if I personally don't think his comments are that big of a deal.

But what I think we're going to see are the people who defended George Allen, Trent Lott, Dick Armey (who called Barney Frank "Barney Fag"), etc., and who continue to hold very "politically incorrect" views regarding gays and Muslims and so on... now self-righteously standing up and denouncing Obama for his insensitivity.

If that doesn't describe you, than please don't take my comment personally.

I defended NONE of them.

I stand up and accuse you of crass "everything's relative" thinking (sic).

To you, the Office of the President of the United States is just another gig on the merry road of life, and the holder of the Office is accountable to no one.

Care to take an ad homonym swipe at ME, twit?

534 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:18:41pm
535 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:18:47pm

re: #522 mikeymom
That's exactly what he should do...as penance. Maybe learn a little fucking humility!

536 Brisco County  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:18:47pm

I'm not very socially graceful myself, but even I wouldn't have done something that dumb.

537 rightymouse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:18:50pm

My autistic son bowls better than TOTUS.

538 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:18:56pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

Saying it's okay to insult the mentally retarded is NOT okay. Get that through your thick skull.

539 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:19:05pm

re: #479 opinionated

I have diagnosed my condition. It is not a condition that is common to me.

But I am living in denial.

I see him on TV. I know in my head that he is President. I know he has the power and the ability to badly screw up not just this Nation but the World.

Yet for some reason, I just can't deep inside accept that this joker is President of the US.

It is a bit like the nightmare that never ends.
But I have to accept him as POTUS, despite fundraising and other electoral fraud.
I must say one thing, since reading/hearing the news elevates my blood pressure by 30 points I have come to a very good understanding of "Bush Derangement syndrome".
I'm willing to give Obama credit for anything he does right. . .I'm just waiting for an example of something like that to happen.

540 Spare O'Lake  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:19:09pm

re: #516 Emerald

Every time he opens his mouth, I worry more about the state of our country when someone so obviously unqualified and unprepared for the job became president.

Gary Goodyear for President.

541 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:19:13pm

re: #519 Sharmuta

That's a stupid thing to say. You're still here.

it goes in steps...entirely predictable

542 KingKenrod  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:19:17pm

One strange thing I've noticed is the resurgence of "retarded" as an acceptable word in comedy. Throughout most of the PC 90's it was forbidden. It's strange because you would think the lefty culture would back off using it. But I think standards have fallen - you can do anything for a laugh now - as long as it doesn't involve non-white racism.

The first I recall of "retarded" making a comeback was an SNL episode where during Weekend Update Tina Fey claimed Sean Penn was making a sequel to "I Am Sam" called "I Am Sam 2: Still 'tarded".

543 Geepers  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:19:19pm

Iron Fist (#508),

Hey, bro! 'Sup? Have you been enjoying the Big O as much as I have been? A century from now, historians will look back on his Administration...

And ask what the fuck were the Americans thinking?

The man's an incompetent. The best we can hope for is that he spends the majority of his time gaffing it up on Leno and practicing bowling in the basement and as little time possible "running" things.

544 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:19:20pm

re: #523 buzzsawmonkey

Upding for poseur.

545 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:19:35pm

re: #506 Killgore Trout

Uh, John Lewis... not exactly a reliable source.

And it's not unusual that corporations at any given time owe "back taxes". Corporate taxation is, to put it mildly, complicated.

546 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:19:46pm
547 Dar ul Harb  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:19:59pm

"Stand up, Chuck! Let 'em see you."
--Sen. now V.P. Joe Biden

Liveleak Video
548 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:20:16pm

re: #499 BingoBunny

The only thing we know about B ho is that he proved he was "Black" to the black radicals in Chicago.. lets hope no blood was shed in the process.

and he ate fried chicken, hoppin John and sweet potato pie at the "Dixie Kitchen" on 53rd street

549 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:20:17pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

Avanti's here. Cognito's here. Killgore's here.

/twit

550 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:20:21pm

re: #532 Catttt
I screwed up big time! I thought we we all satanists since we didn't realize the Messiah (the '0') was in our midst.

551 opinionated  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:20:29pm

Bowling is to the Special Olympics like Affirmative Action is to the Presidency.

Something off in each.

552 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:20:29pm

Where the frak was the teleprompter? Had President Bush said something event remotely similar, he would have been pillioried. Lambasted. Roasted over hot coals.

With Obama? Not so much. The media will underplay this. His supporters will write this off as a misguided turn of phrase, or some other such blathering.

And the fact is that Obama did say these things, and he really did insult the disabled.

553 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:20:46pm
554 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:21:02pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

Filthy lizardses! Nobody likessss us.

555 NYCHardhat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:21:02pm

I can't stop laughing.

556 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:21:07pm

re: #546 Iron Fist

You think he was lying about the 129? Or has he been doing nothing but practicing his bowling game for the last two months?

Well he seems to like that and flying around the country in Air Force One and Wearing his own very special presidential jacket with the nice emblem?

557 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:21:22pm

re: #514 m1150

#505 NelsFree

Yes to the first, no to the second

are you doing a background check on me?

I believe I shall do the polite thing and ignore you henceforth.
Good advice for all, perhaps?

558 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:21:29pm

re: #477 Afrocity

Heinz 57...

I am so happy. My brother just called and he is coming to America for a business trip. He lives in Germany and I have not seen him since our mom died in 2007. What a surprise and great ending to a shitty week! :-) (big smiles)

* * *
Have a nice reunion and if he works for our military, please thank him for his service.

559 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:21:37pm

1402 days, 15 hours left of this insanity.

560 Racer X  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:21:40pm

re: #503 m1150

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

"Tolerated" does not equal agreeing with or giving you a big hug. The fact that you are still posting means yes, you are tolerated.

561 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:21:46pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.


Its not "opposing" views so much as stupid ones.
But if you're not having a good time, feel free to leave.
DLTDHYOTWO.

562 The Other Les  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:22:04pm

I was seriously thinking of writing a rant where I would have compared the Mainstream Media's reportage of the election and President Obama's (the browser's spell checker has just told me that I just made an error) administration to the practice of special needs teachers of telling their charges that they did a GOOD JOB(!) even when the special needs child didn't.

I'm glad now that I didn't write that rant.

563 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:22:07pm

re: #553 ploome hineni

503 m1150

who would tolerate stupidity and ignorance?.

Ooooo pick me. The Democrats in their President?

564 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:22:10pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

Does the words DESPICABLE WEED sum you up properly?

you either have a very lousy sense of humour .. or are really just a level of slime beyond toleration.

I think their approach to you is totally justified.

565 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:22:27pm
566 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:22:38pm

re: #554 Bloodnok

Filthy lizardses! Nobody likessss us.

Stay away from my pockets!

567 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:22:53pm

re: #561 looking closely

Its not "opposing" views so much as stupid ones.
But if you're not having a good time, feel free to leave.
DLTDHYOTWO.

Had to google that...

LOL!

568 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:22:54pm

I hope all those assholes that stayed home and didn't vote are fucking happy!

569 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:00pm

re: #386 jcm

I'm thinking of the jokes GWB made, the ones are remember were of him making fun of himself, his speech, his swagger. I can't imagine using self depreciating humor. It takes a self confident person to make fun of themselves.

President Bush made jokes that made other people relax or be more comfortable.

President O doesn't, probably because he is so self-involved that he wouldn't know how to begin.

570 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:04pm

re: #564 Buster Bunny

WEEDIST!

///

571 rightymouse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:08pm

re: #476 m1150

OK, it's obvious Obama screwed up and shouldn't have gone on the talk show, even if I personally don't think his comments are that big of a deal.

But what I think we're going to see are the people who defended George Allen, Trent Lott, Dick Armey (who called Barney Frank "Barney Fag"), etc., and who continue to hold very "politically incorrect" views regarding gays and Muslims and so on... now self-righteously standing up and denouncing Obama for his insensitivity.

If that doesn't describe you, than please don't take my comment personally.


I haven't defended any Rep who has behaved badly. Have you trounced any Dem who has behaved the same or worse?

If so, name them.

572 KingKenrod  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:18pm

re: #506 Killgore Trout

Another brick in the wall.....
13 firms receiving bailouts owe back taxes

If a company needs a federal bailout, shouldn't the govt postpone the tax debt until the company becomes profitable? It seems counter productive to give a company money and immediately recover it. There is probably an agreement like that in place...

573 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:24pm
574 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:32pm

re: #559 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

1402 days, 15 hours left of this insanity.

Nope .. Charles should have got to the troll by then :)

575 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:32pm

re: #503 m1150

Go piss up a rope!

576 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:42pm

Fuck this piece of shit Obama.

If you care I have a child with autism.

This is one (and only one) of the reasons I had so much hope for Sarah Palin to take VP.

Fuck this marxist narcissictic piece of crap. He is a classless lying oppurtunistic government hack who has no business being anywhere near any position of power. And 52% of the people around you thought it was a good idea to vote for this shit sandwich.

577 The Shadow Do  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:43pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

Evidently your view, and that of the President, is that mental impairment is some funny shit.

Sure, we're all ready to tolerate that. Of course we are.

578 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:45pm
579 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:52pm

re: #568 pingjockey

I hope all those assholes that stayed home and didn't vote are fucking happy!

legalize all illegal drugs, make booze available for everybody and they will stay home happy

580 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:23:57pm

re: #542 KingKenrod

One strange thing I've noticed is the resurgence of "retarded" as an acceptable word in comedy. Throughout most of the PC 90's it was forbidden. It's strange because you would think the lefty culture would back off using it. But I think standards have fallen - you can do anything for a laugh now - as long as it doesn't involve non-white racism.

The first I recall of "retarded" making a comeback was an SNL episode where during Weekend Update Tina Fey claimed Sean Penn was making a sequel to "I Am Sam" called "I Am Sam 2: Still 'tarded".

"Funny" is just breaking the taboo.
Once everyone is using it, "retarded" won't be "edgy" anymore.
Or put differently, its only funny because its forbidden.
"N" word is like that a bit.

581 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:24:06pm

re: #574 Buster Bunny

Nope .. Charles should have got to the troll by then :)

Wrong troll. :-)

/yes, I know you caught it.

582 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:24:06pm

re: #570 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

WEEDIST!

///

You weed me wight.

583 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:24:20pm

re: #470 Occasional Reader

Rrrriiiight, and since the President of the United States has exactly the same moral stature as a pop band or a record company... ummm... sorry, what was the question?

I think m1150's question was, do empirically observed universal constraints of human language necessarily imply the existence of innate, genetically encoded constraints upon the seemingly limitless intrinsic computational plasticity of the human mind? Or does what appears to be a causal relationship between hypertension and coronary artery disease merely reflect the morphological manifestation of phenotype in the whalefish (Cetomimidae), which appears very different from the bignose, but is in fact merely a different gender of the same species.

It was either that, or something else that was equally sensible and relevant to the current discussion, I can't remember exactly.

584 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:24:20pm

WASHINGTON -- The Senate's first attempt to pass a bill designed to recoup some $165 million in bonuses paid to AIG was blocked Thursday by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Thank Goodness someone stood up and has balls

585 Geepers  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:24:22pm

ploome (#534),

what happened to those thighs of steel?

you getting old geeps?

Got 100,000 vertical in in a week.

And no, just older. ;-)

586 Opinionated  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:24:22pm

re: #575 pingjockey

Go piss up a rope!

Now that should be an Olympic event. Special or not.

587 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:24:28pm
588 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:24:30pm

re: #539 looking closely

It is a bit like the nightmare that never ends.
But I have to accept him as POTUS, despite fundraising and other electoral fraud.
I must say one thing, since reading/hearing the news elevates my blood pressure by 30 points I have come to a very good understanding of "Bush Derangement syndrome".
I'm willing to give Obama credit for anything he does right. . .I'm just waiting for an example of something like that to happen.

It would be easier to look at him as President if he would quit campaigning!
Sheesh! Is it just me or does it really look like he's still running for the job?

589 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:24:30pm

re: #575 pingjockey

Go piss up a rope!

Damnit... we just got the bloody thing dried off.

590 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:24:48pm

re: #558 alegrias

* * *
Have a nice reunion and if he works for our military, please thank him for his service.

He does and I will tell him that. He is retired and still works on base doing something I am not sure of. He has been in Germany since 1978 and 15 years my senior. Now that mom is gone he is all I have left of her. However, I am sort of debating if I should tell him that I did not vote for Obama. I may let sleeping dogs lie.

591 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:24:54pm

re: #514 m1150

Where did you find the account?

592 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:25:18pm

re: #579 Gella

legalize all illegal drugs, make booze available for everybody and they will stay home happy

Kools...don't forget

593 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:25:19pm

re: #586 Opinionated

Now that should be an Olympic event. Special or not.

I wouldn't want to be the judge.

594 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:25:21pm

re: #573 Iron Fist

Damn, you scared me too!

595 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:25:24pm

#571 rightymouse

I'm not a Democrat

596 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:25:25pm

re: #572 KingKenrod

If a company needs a federal bailout, shouldn't the govt postpone the tax debt until the company becomes profitable? It seems counter productive to give a company money and immediately recover it. There is probably an agreement like that in place...

Corporate taxes are a whole other ball of wax in total.

Taxes to a corporation are just another expense like the light bill or the cost of materials and labor. Taxes are recouped in the cost of the product.

597 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:25:42pm

re: #582 Buster Bunny

Do not any any circumstances toy with the idea of being punny.

598 rightymouse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:25:43pm

re: #576 Harry Tuttle

Fuck this piece of shit Obama.

If you care I have a child with autism.

This is one (and only one) of the reasons I had so much hope for Sarah Palin to take VP.

Fuck this marxist narcissictic piece of crap. He is a classless lying oppurtunistic government hack who has no business being anywhere near any position of power. And 52% of the people around you thought it was a good idea to vote for this shit sandwich.

My son is autistic too. He is my pride and joy.

599 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:25:47pm

re: #588 Van Helsing

It would be easier to look at him as President if he would quit campaigning!

No, it wouldn't, Van. It really, really wouldn't.

600 Macker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:25:58pm

re: #115 Alouette

will they be planting the green pumpkin that's red inside?

/can't say *****melon

Of course you can. Wa-ter-me-lon!

/snicker

601 Aviator  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:26:00pm

re: #595 m1150

#571 rightymouse

I'm not a Democrat

Really? You seem clueless enough.

602 gymmom  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:26:03pm

Just in case you were wondering, I just checked NYT and CNN and the stories on their websites do not mention the gaffe. FOX has been talking about it.

603 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:26:09pm

re: #592 albusteve

Kools...don't forget

not in ILL, soon we will have extra $1 per pack tax, but in their case it might be tax free

604 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:26:11pm

re: #568 pingjockey

I hope all those assholes that stayed home and didn't vote are fucking happy!

They haven't noticed yet.
They probably will. . .eventually.

605 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:26:37pm

re: #589 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Damnit... we just got the bloody thing dried off.

We reuse the rope?

*runs off and washes hands*

I just tied the damn thing up there!

606 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:26:41pm

re: #595 m1150

#571 rightymouse

I'm not a Democrat

Neither is Avanti.

607 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:27:05pm

re: #589 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

With the way things are going there may be a rope shortage soon!

608 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:27:11pm

re: #605 jcm

We reuse the rope?

*runs off and washes hands*

I just tied the damn thing up there!

don't forget the soap

609 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:27:17pm

re: #597 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Do not any any circumstances toy with the idea of being punny.

You don't like punny bunnies?

610 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:27:17pm

Is it because he can't talk on his feet, or he has not been allowed to talk on his feet? Either way, frightening.

Don't blame the Media. The Media is doing what it does. Blame Journalism, which has been usurped, bought, and paid for by the Media.

611 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:27:36pm

re: #566 MandyManners

Stay away from my pockets!

Naomi Campbell and the Dancing Lizardsssss!

Youtube Video
612 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:27:37pm

#591 swamprat

I'm a longtime LGF reader. I registered a while back but don't take part in discussions too often. You can see I don't quite fit in here.

613 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:27:40pm

re: #511 Catttt

I have a close relative that likes fixing up old cameras, and I am usually the test subject to see if they work. There must be a million pics of me out there giving the one finger victory salute.

614 Charles Johnson  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:27:42pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

No, actually, the reason for that is that you made a really stupid comment, assuming that LGF supports Ann Coulter.

Which I and many LGF readers do NOT.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

615 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:27:54pm

re: #606 Afrocity

Neither is Avanti.

All part of the "catch me if you can" slippery game... don't bother.

616 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:27:56pm

re: #568 pingjockey

I hope all those assholes that stayed home and didn't vote are fucking happy!

* * *
Yes, those who sat out our election when they could have "changed" the outcome just by getting off their asses...maybe next time they'll take their civic duty to care more seriously.

Because ACORN is going to get billions more dollars to get more union people and uneligible "voters" to the ballot box.

617 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:27:59pm

re: #549 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Avanti's here. Cognito's here. Killgore's here.

/twit

You might as well have said Larry, Curly, and Moe are here. It's no use bringing up LGF regulars when you're arguing with a troll who hasn't even bothered to hang around for a while and case the place before trying to piss everyone off.

618 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:28:02pm
619 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:28:03pm

re: #607 pingjockey

Ping did you get on air for the Limbaugh show? I had to turn off the radio so I never heard if you did.

620 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:28:04pm

re: #583 Last Mohican

I think m1150's question was, do empirically observed universal constraints of human language necessarily imply the existence of innate, genetically encoded constraints upon the seemingly limitless intrinsic computational plasticity of the human mind? Or does what appears to be a causal relationship between hypertension and coronary artery disease merely reflect the morphological manifestation of phenotype in the whalefish (Cetomimidae), which appears very different from the bignose, but is in fact merely a different gender of the same species.

It was either that, or something else that was equally sensible and relevant to the current discussion, I can't remember exactly.

Dude, I'm just learning about Cuba, and having some food.

621 code red 21  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:28:11pm

re: #132 mikalm

I think you mean Alice Waters, Chez Panisse restauranteur and Queen of Liberal-Puke Foodyism.

Alice Walker is a misandrist, racist, borderline-psycho hack scribbler.

Is she related to Michelle per chance?

622 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:28:26pm

re: #603 Gella

not in ILL, soon we will have extra $1 per pack tax, but in their case it might be tax free

cigs are 2.50 a pack on the rez here in NM...I still smoke a few every day...5 or 6

623 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:28:54pm

re: #609 jcm

You don't like punny bunnies?

It's all fun and games till someone gets their eye poked out.

624 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:28:59pm

re: #616 alegrias

That is frightening.

625 ziggyelman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:28:59pm

re: #454 sngnsgt

As an Epileptic on Disability, flippant remarks like this just show a persons ignorance. Even if he was only trying to make a joke, a comment like this is simply ignorant. Thanks for insulting disabled persons everywhere Barry.

The most insulting , thoughtless comments I have ever come across were from "progressives"
I remember going to a party of fellow bookstore employees,(So you know 90% were libs) and all the guys were laughing about some flip book. I walked over to see what it was...thought it would be some goofy naked images. Nope. it was Christopher Reeves. The drawing didn't move at all when you flipped the pages. You just saw the words on some pages. Help. I can't move.
I couldn't believe anyone found that funny. They couldn't believe I didn't find it funny.

626 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:00pm

Well watching a few games on TV today and tonight and one thing I am sure of: Do any of these kids EVER practice shooting from The outside? Rick Mount were have you gone?

627 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:21pm

re: #579 Gella

legalize all illegal drugs, make booze available for everybody and they will stay home happy

"A gram is better than a damn!".

628 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:26pm

re: #622 albusteve

cigs are 2.50 a pack on the rez here in NM...I still smoke a few every day...5 or 6

by our standards its pretty much free, here in Stroger county its about $7 a pack, maybe more

629 Beller0ph1  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:27pm

re: #112 bryantms

Maybe we should take up a collection and buy something for Prime Minister Brown from real Americans who appreciate our relationship with our former rulers and current ally.

630 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:28pm

re: #612 m1150

#591 swamprat

I'm a longtime LGF reader. I registered a while back but don't take part in discussions too often. You can see I don't quite fit in here.

if I can you can too...

631 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:32pm

re: #598 rightymouse

My son is autistic too. He is my pride and joy.

:-)

Sorry for my language I got a little pissed.

Actually I am still pissed.

I can't stand this guy.

632 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:35pm

re: #623 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

It's all fun and games till someone gets their eye poked out.

No poking bunny eyes ! He doesnt like it !

633 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:44pm

re: #612 m1150

#591 swamprat

I'm a longtime LGF reader. I registered a while back but don't take part in discussions too often. You can see I don't quite fit in here.

Have you been reading Michelle Obama's Princeton senior thesis?

634 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:49pm

re: #583 Last Mohican

I think m1150's question was, do empirically observed universal constraints of human language necessarily imply the existence of innate, genetically encoded constraints upon the seemingly limitless intrinsic computational plasticity of the human mind? Or does what appears to be a causal relationship between hypertension and coronary artery disease merely reflect the morphological manifestation of phenotype in the whalefish (Cetomimidae), which appears very different from the bignose, but is in fact merely a different gender of the same species.

It was either that, or something else that was equally sensible and relevant to the current discussion, I can't remember exactly.

Well, that just REEKS of Hapax Legomenon!
/

635 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:52pm

re: #584 Nevergiveup

WASHINGTON -- The Senate's first attempt to pass a bill designed to recoup some $165 million in bonuses paid to AIG was blocked Thursday by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Thank Goodness someone stood up and has balls

I almost wish the Republicans would just stand down and let this go to the SCOTUS and be ruled Ex Post Facto. This way the media will paint Kyl as an obstructionist. I can't even imagine Pelosi Frank et al pontificating on this.

636 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:58pm

re: #619 Afrocity

Did not. Rush is having waaay to much fun with the AIG shit, and Dodd and Fwank! Oh well, got to talk to snerdley and listen to the parodies!

637 rightymouse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:29:59pm

re: #595 m1150

#571 rightymouse

I'm not a Democrat


I never said you were. But do list some of the bad boys on the Dem side, won't you?

Just to be fair and all?

638 Dar ul Harb  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:30:03pm

re: #27 Pvt Bin Jammin

Unbelievable. And all Dan Quayle did was spell a word wrong. They went on about it for months.

Well, what Quayle did was actually a little funnier than that. He tried to "correct" the child who'd spelled "potato" right on the blackboard, because the card Quayle was holding had the word spelled incorrectly.

But Al Gore's done plenty stupider things than that. And, Joe Biden, well... don't get me started!

639 mfarmer1  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:30:04pm

If Obama was the interviewer without a teleprompter:

We'd see something like this

Ok, maybe not, but the clip is funny as heck.

640 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:30:13pm

re: #588 Van Helsing

It would be easier to look at him as President if he would quit campaigning!
Sheesh! Is it just me or does it really look like he's still running for the job?

Bill Clinton was in constant campaign mode.
But at least he gave the appearance of competence.
Obama really just looks like he doesn't have his act together.
Its probably because he doesn't. . .he's literally never run anything of substance before in his life, and the Presidency of the USA isn't exactly the easiest job in the world.

FWIW. I *do* think Obama will probably pull things together a bit better in the next few months. . .but the process is painful, and really. . .this shouldn't be happening.

McCain was right, POTUS is not a job suitable for on the job training.

641 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:30:25pm

re: #628 Gella

by our standards its pretty much free, here in Stroger county its about $7 a pack, maybe more

what?...where are you?

642 outsidephilly  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:30:32pm

My daughter heads up programs for mentally disabled adults, and adults with Prader-Willi syndrome, I will send a copy of this to her.

A writer at my local newspaper has a 13 year old son with physical/mental disabilities who participates in the Special Olympics, I will send a copy of this to the newspaper's offices.

This man should not be able to get away with his cocky remarks, anymore!

643 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:30:37pm

re: #611 Catttt

Wait wait wait

Did someone say "Naomi Campbell"?

(Yes, yes, I know, she's a psycho bitch from hell and a limousine pinko to boot, but still... dayum)

644 Killian Bundy  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:30:47pm

O-bama!

/the man with the fecal touch!

645 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:30:53pm

re: #616 alegrias


Because ACORN is going to get billions more dollars to get more union people and uneligible "voters" to the ballot box.

Guaranteed .. the next election wont be fought fairly.

It will be fought.

646 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:30:58pm

re: #617 Last Mohican

You might as well have said Larry, Curly, and Moe are here. It's no use bringing up LGF regulars when you're arguing with a troll who hasn't even bothered to hang around for a while and case the place before trying to piss everyone off.

Dotting the I, crossing the T.
Just giving the twit enough piss-wet rope to hang himself with.

647 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:31:04pm
648 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:31:28pm

re: #641 albusteve

what?...where are you?

Cook county Ill, Chicago city + some suburbs

649 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:31:40pm

re: #644 Killian Bundy

O-bama!

/the man with the fecal touch!

oh man....

650 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:31:43pm

re: #632 Buster Bunny

No poking bunny eyes ! He doesnt like it !

Hold him down... I'll get the pliers.

651 Fluffy Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:31:46pm

re: #632 Buster Bunny

No pulling tails either, that really makes me hopping mad.

652 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:31:50pm

re: #583 Last Mohican

I think m1150's question was, do empirically observed universal constraints of human language necessarily imply the existence of innate, genetically encoded constraints upon the seemingly limitless intrinsic computational plasticity of the human mind? Or does what appears to be a causal relationship between hypertension and coronary artery disease merely reflect the morphological manifestation of phenotype in the whalefish (Cetomimidae), which appears very different from the bignose, but is in fact merely a different gender of the same species.

It was either that, or something else that was equally sensible and relevant to the current discussion, I can't remember exactly.

Did you use the Chomskybot to make that post?

653 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:32:29pm

re: #612 m1150

#591 swamprat

I'm a longtime LGF reader. I registered a while back but don't take part in discussions too often. You can see I don't quite fit in here.


Welcome asshole!

654 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:32:56pm

re: #642 outsidephilly

My daughter heads up programs for mentally disabled adults, and adults with Prader-Willi syndrome, I will send a copy of this to her.

A writer at my local newspaper has a 13 year old son with physical/mental disabilities who participates in the Special Olympics, I will send a copy of this to the newspaper's offices.

This man should not be able to get away with his cocky remarks, anymore!

Yet the left accused Sarah Palin of using her son Trig to drum up sympathy. That is the stupidity of it all. The left has two play books.

655 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:32:58pm

re: #648 Gella

Cook county Ill, Chicago city + some suburbs

omg...I love it up there but never ever visit without some smokes...it's like that out east too

656 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:33:10pm

re: #614 Charles

No, actually, the reason for that is that you made a really stupid comment, assuming that LGF supports Ann Coulter.

Which I and many LGF readers do NOT.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

As I opined before, this seems to be a very poorly studied troll. It reminds me of the one that tried to have a "gotcha moment" when it noted that several of us were voicing opinions that were contrary to what our beloved conservative hero Ron Paul had said.

Like, the archives are there for anyone to search, you know? I swear, the kids are so lazy these days, they just don't put in the time.

657 ziggyelman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:33:33pm

re: #616 alegrias

* * *
Yes, those who sat out our election when they could have "changed" the outcome just by getting off their asses...maybe next time they'll take their civic duty to care more seriously.

Because ACORN is going to get billions more dollars to get more union people and uneligible "voters" to the ballot box.

No matter how much the Chosen one F's up the country, once he, Reid and Pelosi get those 15-20 million "undocumented" people legalized, that's 15-20 million Democratic voters...and that will likely mean the end of Republicans ever holding the presidency again.
But hey, McCain wasn't perfect, was too liberal, or too conservative for some folks. Folks that didn't vote for him sure showed us.
/

658 code red 21  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:33:41pm

re: #527 mjwsatx

"He can save us with his smile."

Phil Donahue referring to His Oneness on the Hannity show.

These are the kind of idiots who put this man in the highest office in the world.


Was Phil wearing his kneepads and have a napkin around his neck?

659 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:33:53pm

re: #655 albusteve

omg...I love it up there but never ever visit without some smokes...it's like that out east too

its expansive here, but not as much as SF or NY

660 ziggyelman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:33:54pm

re: #629 Beller0ph1

Maybe we should take up a collection and buy something for Prime Minister Brown from real Americans who appreciate our relationship with our former rulers and current ally.

Good idea!

661 rightymouse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:33:56pm

re: #606 Afrocity

Neither is Avanti.


LOL!

662 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:34:02pm
663 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:34:05pm

re: #545 Occasional Reader
Maybe, maybe not.....

Banks and other companies receiving federal money were required to sign contracts stating they had no unpaid taxes, Lewis said. But he said the Treasury Department did not ask them to turn over their tax records.


We'll see what develops.

664 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:34:11pm

Binghamton down only 6

665 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:34:15pm

re: #648 Gella

Cook county Ill, Chicago city + some suburbs

I thought so when you said Strodger. Hello fellow Illinois Lizard!

666 outsidephilly  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:34:33pm

re: #654 Afrocity

Yet the left accused Sarah Palin of using her son Trig to drum up sympathy. That is the stupidity of it all. The left has two play books.


This man MUST be held accountable for what comes out of his mouth!

667 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:34:41pm

re: #73 pat

We have had a Special President.

I have yet to refer to The One as 'President' and never will.

I was not going to watch Leno tonight, but now I will, as I want to see if that deplorable, insensitive, and above all, ignorant remark is left in.

Bet it won't. The One is a POS.

668 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:34:41pm
669 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:34:46pm

My nephew is autistic. It's become more common, unfortunately, so for 0bama to insult these kindhearted folks, and their families by extension, is to insult a growing segment of society. That's pretty stupid.

670 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:34:50pm

re: #656 Last Mohican

As I opined before, this seems to be a very poorly studied troll. It reminds me of the one that tried to have a "gotcha moment" when it noted that several of us were voicing opinions that were contrary to what our beloved conservative hero Ron Paul had said.

Like, the archives are there for anyone to search, you know? I swear, the kids are so lazy these days, they just don't put in the time.

he's not a troll I don't think...just unprepared

671 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:34:55pm

re: #600 Macker

re: #285 yochanan

re: #600 Macker

re: #115 Alouette

re: #141 Voyska PVO

THIS RACIST CRAP IS NOT FUNNY.

672 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:34:58pm

re: #657 ziggyelman

No matter how much the Chosen one F's up the country, once he, Reid and Pelosi get those 15-20 million "undocumented" people legalized, that's 15-20 million Democratic voters...and that will likely mean the end of Republicans ever holding the presidency again.
But hey, McCain wasn't perfect, was too liberal, or too conservative for some folks. Folks that didn't vote for him sure showed us.
/

Every move they make seems to be with an assurance of one who has permanent job security.

673 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:35:04pm

re: #665 Afrocity

I thought so when you said Strodger. Hello fellow Illinois Lizard!

Hello :)
what else would u name our crook county? i mean he has to feed his huge family

674 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:35:22pm

re: #656 Last Mohican

I am so disappointed in you ...

Ron Paul is the new saviour of humanity .. and also he's a nice guy.

/totally sarc

675 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:35:32pm

I'm with everyone in that it was stupid and insensitive and Bush would have gotten two new evil nicknames over something this idiotic, but aren't we the side that isn't supposed to be offended easily. I refuse to defend Obama, but can't we just say that the D-bags on the other side that usually take offense to this are hypocrites without having to be offended. I just hate how so many politicians can't say anything because of these gotcha comments. I remember as a kid (less than 10-15 years ago) when my brother and I used to call stupid or lame things either retarded or jewish. It was not meant as a slur at either group, one was just because it was the slang everyone was using, and the other was created as a slang by South Park without thinking of something Jewish as actually being lame and stupid. Am I alone on this one? I had to respond because of the joke below and how quickly the apology came and explanation of being silly, instead of just letting a funny joke go out there and trusting that no one would be hypersensitive enough to take offense. I miss not having to freak out about someone getting the vapors if they are offended.

re: #20 UberInfidel67

Did he just throw special needs persons under the little yellow bus?

/just being silly, not meant to be insulting

676 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:36:26pm

re: #584 Nevergiveup

WASHINGTON -- The Senate's first attempt to pass a bill designed to recoup some $165 million in bonuses paid to AIG was blocked Thursday by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Thank Goodness someone stood up and has balls

Quoted from The Constitution of the United States of America, Article 1, Section 9:
"No Bill of Attainder or Ex Post Facto law shall be passed."

Quoted from Wikipedia:
"A bill of attainder (also known as an act or writ of attainder) is an act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a trial."

677 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:36:41pm

re: #614 Charles

No, actually, the reason for that is that you made a really stupid comment, assuming that LGF supports Ann Coulter.

Which I and many LGF readers do NOT.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

I support her right to make an ass out of herself and piss people off.

And giving the Devil its due, she does occasionally make some good points, even if usually in the most calculatedly offensive way possible.

What I don't "get" is that people still fall for her schtick and take her at face value, though I suppose its a credit to her that they do.

678 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:36:42pm

re: #662 buzzsawmonkey

There's probably a "Crips and Bloods" joke in here somewhere that would manage to insult Obama and be both racially insensitive and rude to the disabled, but I can't think of it now.

There is the South Park episode where the two disabled boys join the Crips.

679 The Shadow Do  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:36:46pm

re: #626 Nevergiveup

Well watching a few games on TV today and tonight and one thing I am sure of: Do any of these kids EVER practice shooting from The outside? Rick Mount were have you gone?

Pistol Pete redux would be most welcome.

680 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:37:14pm

re: #652 Alouette

Did you use the Chomskybot to make that post?

No, but that's very cool! Thanks for the link.

681 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:37:19pm

What sets LGF so far above huff Po and Kos is that when some commenter spews hatred, ignorance, disgusting vile drivel, or absolute bullshit it is not celebrated. It is not given praise, like it is on those sites.

It is attacked, refuted, mocked and exposed.

682 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:37:23pm

re: #670 albusteve

he's not a troll I don't think...just unprepared

I think you're probably right.
Shallow. Grossly underprepared for this room.

683 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:37:26pm

re: #675 robdouth

Guess what?! The POTUS is always held to a higher standard.

684 Racer X  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:37:37pm

A class of five-year old schoolchildren return to the classroom after playing in the playground during their break time.

The teacher says to the first child 'Hello Becky, what have you been doing this Playtime?'

Becky replies 'I have been playing in the sand box.'

'Very good,' says the teacher 'if you can spell 'sand' on the
blackboard, I will give you a cookie.'

Becky duly goes and writes 's a n d' on the blackboard.

'Very good,' says the teacher and gives Becky a cookie.

The teacher then says, 'Freddie, what have you been doing in your playtime?'

Freddie replies, 'Playing with Becky in the sand box.'

'Very good,' says the teacher, 'if you can spell 'box' on the blackboard, I will also give you a cookie.'

Freddie duly goes and writes 'b o x' on the blackboard.

'Very good,' says the teacher and gives Freddie a cookie.

Teacher then says, 'Hello Mohammed, have you been playing in the sand box with Becky and Freddie?'

'No,' replies Mohammed, 'I wanted to, but they would not let me. Every time I went near them they started throwing sand at me, calling me nasty names and asking to see under my jacket in case I had explosives.'

'Oh dear,' says the teacher, 'that sounds like blatant racial discrimination to me - I'll tell you what, if you can spell 'blatant racial discrimination' I will give you a cookie.'

685 Macker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:37:38pm

re: #673 Gella

Hello :)
what else would u name our crook county? i mean he has to feed his huge family

Well, let's see, Crook County is part of the People's Republic of Illinois IIRC....

686 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:37:40pm

re: #679 The Shadow Do

Pistol Pete redux would be most welcome.

There is a guy I'd pay to watch practice

687 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:37:42pm

re: #675 robdouth

I'm with everyone in that it was stupid and insensitive and Bush would have gotten two new evil nicknames over something this idiotic, but aren't we the side that isn't supposed to be offended easily. I refuse to defend Obama, but can't we just say that the D-bags on the other side that usually take offense to this are hypocrites without having to be offended. I just hate how so many politicians can't say anything because of these gotcha comments. I remember as a kid (less than 10-15 years ago) when my brother and I used to call stupid or lame things either retarded or jewish. It was not meant as a slur at either group, one was just because it was the slang everyone was using, and the other was created as a slang by South Park without thinking of something Jewish as actually being lame and stupid. Am I alone on this one? I had to respond because of the joke below and how quickly the apology came and explanation of being silly, instead of just letting a funny joke go out there and trusting that no one would be hypersensitive enough to take offense. I miss not having to freak out about someone getting the vapors if they are offended.

Your words have iron. You should comment more.

688 rightymouse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:37:53pm

re: #631 Harry Tuttle

:-)

Sorry for my language I got a little pissed.

Actually I am still pissed.

I can't stand this guy.


That's ok.

689 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:37:59pm

#637 rightymouse

The only Democrat I can think of who fits into the same category is Jesse Jackson for his "Hymie-town" comment in 1984, which cost him a chance at the nomination.

I'm Jewish, and I think Jackson paid the price for his stupid comment, and I don't hold it against him anymore. It was just a stupid joke, and there is no evidence that he holds any anti-Semitic views.

I don't think there's any evidence that Obama holds "ablist" views.

On the other Hand, Trent Lott very soberly and with premeditation said Strom Thurmond should have been elected president in 1948. Now that's offensive.

690 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:38:11pm

re: #675 robdouth

I'm with everyone in that it was stupid and insensitive and Bush would have gotten two new evil nicknames over something this idiotic, but aren't we the side that isn't supposed to be offended easily. I refuse to defend Obama, but can't we just say that the D-bags on the other side that usually take offense to this are hypocrites without having to be offended. I just hate how so many politicians can't say anything because of these gotcha comments. I remember as a kid (less than 10-15 years ago) when my brother and I used to call stupid or lame things either retarded or jewish. It was not meant as a slur at either group, one was just because it was the slang everyone was using, and the other was created as a slang by South Park without thinking of something Jewish as actually being lame and stupid. Am I alone on this one? I had to respond because of the joke below and how quickly the apology came and explanation of being silly, instead of just letting a funny joke go out there and trusting that no one would be hypersensitive enough to take offense. I miss not having to freak out about someone getting the vapors if they are offended.

Obama is not 12 he is the president of the fucking Unites States.

Obama can kiss my smelly white conservative special-needs parent's ASS.

Fuckwad.

691 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:38:12pm

re: #677 looking closely

I support her right to make an ass out of herself and piss people off.

And giving the Devil its due, she does occasionally make some good points, even if usually in the most calculatedly offensive way possible.

What I don't "get" is that people still fall for her schtick and take her at face value, though I suppose its a credit to her that they do.

she does not speak for the GOP....politics is not about celebrity (idealy that is)

692 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:38:46pm

re: #681 Shug

What sets LGF so far above huff Po and Kos is that when some commenter spews hatred, ignorance, disgusting vile drivel, or absolute bullshit it is not celebrated. It is not given praise, like it is on those sites.

It is attacked, refuted, mocked and exposed.

Exactly Shug .. and thats why LGF has got a credibility reputation the others would kill for.

693 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:38:46pm

re: #675 robdouth

No- I'm not being a hypocrite about this. I'm offended by such insensitive vulgarity no matter who says it. This blog is peppered with numerous outbreaks of Lizards not tolerating abuse of the disabled. Many Lizards have experience with these kids. We don't tolerate rude jokes or comments at their expense, and we're quite consistent about it. Had a republican said this, they would likewise be taking heat about it from us.

694 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:39:11pm

re: #656 Last Mohican

As I opined before, this seems to be a very poorly studied troll. It reminds me of the one that tried to have a "gotcha moment" when it noted that several of us were voicing opinions that were contrary to what our beloved conservative hero Ron Paul had said.


How dare you oppose the prophet Dr. Nor Laup!

695 Geepers  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:39:18pm

robdouth (#675),

I remember as a kid (less than 10-15 years ago) when my brother and I used to call stupid or lame things either retarded ...

And if Obama was a kid on the playground and not President of the United States on a national TV show it wouldn't be a big deal either.

See the difference?

696 ArchangelMichael  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:39:37pm

re: #407 jorline

HuffPo's big bold top story.

Obama's Leno Appearance: Says Geithner Doing 'Outstanding' Job

BTW...they've cut off the comments already.

Sort of like "Heck of a Job Brownie" except that this time a Democrat, not only a democrat but "The 0ne!" said it so AP is circling the wagons while it's being memory-holed as we speak.

697 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:39:44pm

re: #626 Nevergiveup

Well watching a few games on TV today and tonight and one thing I am sure of: Do any of these kids EVER practice shooting from The outside? Rick Mount were have you gone?

Two Special High School Hoop Stars Recognized

BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Some of the best high school hoops stars from across the state gathered at Husson College Saturday evening for the Maine McDonald's All-Star Basketball Banquet. A number of awards were handed out, including one for the first time.

The Spirit of the Game award was given to two all-stars, Patrick Thibodeau of Greely High School and Josh Titus from Edward Little High School. Both boys not only served as managers for their teams, but played in their teams' final home games of the season. Josh, who suffers from Autism, came into his game and scored 9 points. Patrick, a student with Downs Syndrome, started for the Rangers and hit two three pointers.

698 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:39:45pm

re: #689 m1150

#637 rightymouse

The only Democrat I can think of who fits into the same category is Jesse Jackson for his "Hymie-town" comment in 1984, which cost him a chance at the nomination.

I'm Jewish, and I think Jackson paid the price for his stupid comment, and I don't hold it against him anymore. It was just a stupid joke, and there is no evidence that he holds any anti-Semitic views.

I don't think there's any evidence that Obama holds "ablist" views.

On the other Hand, Trent Lott very soberly and with premeditation said Strom Thurmond should have been elected president in 1948. Now that's offensive.

And Robert Byrd serving in the Senate is not?

699 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:39:48pm

re: #675 robdouth

Cartman is the only character on "South Park" that calls lame and stupid things "Jewish" and that's because he's a fucking anti-Semite.

700 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:39:53pm

re: #670 albusteve

he's not a troll I don't think...just unprepared

Kind of like the President himself - not a troll, just unprepared.

701 livefreeor die  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:39:56pm

re: #552 lawhawk

Where the frak was the teleprompter? Had President Bush said something event remotely similar, he would have been pillioried. Lambasted. Roasted over hot coals.

With Obama? Not so much. The media will underplay this. His supporters will write this off as a misguided turn of phrase, or some other such blathering.

And the fact is that Obama did say these things, and he really did insult the disabled.

If you go to CNN's webpage, they make mention of his criticizing AIG on the Leno program but nothing about the Special Olympics comment.
Their covering for him is astounding.

702 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:40:06pm

re: #376 pink freud

Hey, pink.

re: #397 MandyManners

I heard Hewitt talking about it.

Sorry. I should have done a BRB thing. I was away setting up an area for my new 50" plasma TV.

Heh™. Coming Sunday morning.

703 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:40:12pm

re: #681 Shug

What sets LGF so far above huff Po and Kos is that when some commenter spews hatred, ignorance, disgusting vile drivel, or absolute bullshit it is not celebrated. It is not given praise, like it is on those sites.

It is attacked, refuted, mocked and exposed.

That and the puns

and the cookbook

and boobs

704 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:40:17pm

re: #689 m1150

Bullshit. The old man was months away from dying and it was a farewell party. He was being nice to the old man.

705 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:40:17pm

re: #689 m1150

Rather obscure talking point, no?

706 code red 21  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:40:21pm

re: #115 Alouette

will they be planting the green pumpkin that's red inside?

/can't say *****melon

See #671 they say you're a racist

707 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:40:23pm

re: #684 Racer X

Hee hee.
You're so bad.

708 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:40:37pm

re: #689 m1150

Been since 1984 that a Democrat said something offensive? How ironic.

709 Ojoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:40:37pm

A President, in office, appearing on a comedy show, means to me that he takes all of us as a joke.

There you, there I, there all of us are mocked.


I haven't enough spit anymore.

710 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:40:37pm

re: #643 Occasional Reader

Wait wait wait

Did someone say "Naomi Campbell"?

(Yes, yes, I know, she's a psycho bitch from hell and a limousine pinko to boot, but still... dayum)

Yeah. She is looking good, and she seems to like lizards. :D

711 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:40:45pm

well, I think the disabled community is getting enraged for no reason

I have a disabled wife and newly disabled brother, still in the hospital and if you ask them they would be too worried about dealing with their disabilities to be offended.

Now, having a child with a disability from birth, rather than an accident, I can say that retard jokes (which is what he made when you get right down to it and not mince words) don't go well and 0bama can go fuck himself. Leno too.

712 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:40:55pm

re: #682 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I think you're probably right.
Shallow. Grossly underprepared for this room.

if your gonna come in here and fuck around with some of these people (me excluded certainly) you better tighten your belt....I actually have felt sorry for someone that does that then is blown away...whatever...you've got to know your limits eh?....I do anyway

713 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:41:02pm

re: #703 Shug

That and the puns

and the cookbook

and boobs

And Buzzsaw's song parodies.

714 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:41:03pm

#698 jcm

I'm no fan of the WV senator.

715 The Other Les  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:41:10pm

re: #681 Shug

What sets LGF so far above huff Po and Kos is that when some commenter spews hatred, ignorance, disgusting vile drivel, or absolute bullshit it is not celebrated. It is not given praise, like it is on those sites.

It is attacked, refuted, mocked and exposed.

We have more fun attacking, refuting, mocking, and exposing such commenters than C'Thulhu has when he devours his worshipers.

716 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:41:19pm

re: #703 Shug

That and the puns

and the cookbook

and boobs

and the penis threads....

717 Racer X  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:41:35pm

Lawyer vs Texan.....


A big-city California lawyer went duck hunting in rural Texas. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As he climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing. The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell into this field, and now I'm going to retrieve it."

The old farmer replied, "This is my property, and you are not coming over here."

The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial attorneys in the US and if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own."

The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we do things in Texas. We settle small disagreements like this with the Texas Three-Kick Rule."

The lawyer asked, "What is the Texas Three-Kick Rule?"

The farmer replied, "Well, first I kick you three times and then you kick me three times, and so on, back and forth, until someone gives up."

The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom.

The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the city feller. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees. His second kick nearly wiped the man's nose off his face. The barrister was flat on his belly when the farmer's third kick to a kidney nearly caused him to give up.

The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet and said, "Okay, you old coot! Now, it's my turn!"

The old farmer smiled and said, "No, I give up. You can have the duck!"

718 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:41:44pm

re: #706 code red 21

See #671 they say you're a racist

What is racist about a green pumpkin that's red inside?

719 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:41:51pm
720 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:41:55pm

re: #415 m1150

#401 NelsFree -- Oh yeah, that speech made a huge difference. I'm sure Reagan saying "Tear down this wall" made Gorby tear down the wall. Because you know, Gorby was just that impressionable, all he needed was a simple command and that was it.

If I recall, the wall came down.

721 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:41:55pm

re: #685 Macker

Well, let's see, Crook County is part of the People's Republic of Illinois IIRC....

LOL true

722 rightymouse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:42:06pm

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

Looks like you don't tolerate opposing views much either.

723 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:42:08pm

re: #710 Catttt

Yeah. She is looking good, and she seems to like lizards. :D

It really is too bad about the whole "psycho bitch commie symp" thing.

Well... nobody's perfect!

724 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:42:20pm

#709 Ojoe

Didn't W. appear on "Deal or No Deal"?

725 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:42:25pm
726 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:42:26pm

re: #701 livefreeor die

If you go to CNN's webpage, they make mention of his criticizing AIG on the Leno program but nothing about the Special Olympics comment.
Their covering for him is astounding.


Not really.

He's the POTUS and they're afraid of him. At the very least they want access.

If you ask why they wouldn't be afraid of Bush, its because they know he was above that sort of petty retaliation.

727 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:42:29pm

It's been a while since we've had one of these.....
The Protocols of the Dail Kos
A Palestinian View of the Conflict

I will not, not, support any peace negotiations that do not allow those Palestinians born before 1948 to return.
....
I think it's a mistake and offensive to all Palestinians to accept Israel's right to exist. And I'm willing to bet that's probably how many Palestinians feel about it.

To acknowledge that Israel has a right to exist, is to acknowledge that Israel had a right to take Palestinian land; it had a right to impose a military regime on its Palestinian citizens from 1948 to 1967; it had a right to occupy the West Bank and Gaza; it had a right to impose a military regime on the Palestinians living there; it has a right to set up checkpoints; and so on. This is what acknowledging Israel's right to exist means for Palestinians, and that's why I hope it never happens.
....

#1 on the Recommended Diaries list.

728 Truck Monkey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:42:53pm

re: #686 Nevergiveup

There is a guy I'd pay to watch practice

He's dead Jim.

/

729 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:42:53pm

re: #703 Shug

That and the puns

and the cookbook

and boobs

A stalker site thinks the cookbook is not cool.

730 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:42:55pm

re: #667 NY Nana

I was not going to watch Leno tonight, but now I will, as I want to see if that deplorable, insensitive, and above all, ignorant remark is left in.

I'll just wait for Fox & Friends for the summary.

731 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:43:07pm

re: #689 m1150

You got blinkers on .. and I've just gone from thinking you are just an innocent troll to thinking you are a deliberate fool.

You take a snapshot of democrat history .. and its full of 'gaffes' that show them up for exactly the pieces of *%^& that they are.

732 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:43:11pm

I agree, that's why I said I wouldn't defend him because he does, but now anyone in public life has to watch because one stupid gay joke or slipping and calling something retarded forces you to appear on every medium and apologize, and go into some remedial sensitivity training. When did we as a nation become so damned thin-skinned.

re: #683 pingjockey

Guess what?! The POTUS is always held to a higher standard.

733 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:43:25pm
734 Malatrope  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:43:25pm

I think if Ann Coulter were elected president, even she would realize that she should change her schtick to suit the office.

735 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:43:31pm

re: #709 Ojoe

A President, in office, appearing on a comedy show, means to me that he takes all of us as a joke.

There you, there I, there all of us are mocked.

I haven't enough spit anymore.

I haven't watched the show, and I wont, but going into it I thought that this is something that is beneath the President of the United States to do. For many better reasons than just the purely political, but even as a political move, which is what these clowns seem to be purely about, it was set up for him to do something precisely stupid like this. The amateur nature of this administration is similar to an 8th grade student council.

736 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:43:39pm

re: #728 Truck Monkey

He's dead Jim.

/

Yup and that's how good he was.

737 paradox42  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:43:42pm

re: #689 m1150

I'm Jewish, and I think Jackson paid the price for his stupid comment, and I don't hold it against him anymore. It was just a stupid joke, and there is no evidence that he holds any anti-Semitic views.

Right. No evidence.

Except for his apolegia for muslim terrorists and his "solidarity" with the palis. No evidence at all.

Dumbass.

738 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:43:45pm

re: #703 Shug

That and the puns

and the cookbook

and boobs

BUBES?...oKAY!

739 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:43:46pm

#719 buzzsawmonkey

Give me one piece of evidence that Jesse Jackson is an antisemite, other than the crack he made in 1984.

740 Truck Monkey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:44:06pm

re: #689 m1150

Trent Lott was being nice to an old man on his 100th birthday. Try again.

741 jet2nc  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:44:11pm

George W Bush, with all his faults, was a class act as President. He, Dick Cheney and their White House team restored and projected to all, except the left wing Dems, a sense of competence to the most important job and office in the free world.
The Obama presidency, and his team, seems like a High School junior class where the teacher is out, and a poorly prepared substitute teacher is trying to run the unruly class. Unfortunately, Obama is the substitute teacher and the class clowns include Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Chris Dodd, Barny Frank and a host of other comics.
There are too many comics on TV already, we don't need any more.
And we have too many comics in DC, even one is too many in today's world.

742 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:44:25pm

re: #713 Alouette

And tfks haikus or whatever they are!

743 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:44:41pm

re: #703 Shug

That and the puns

and the cookbook

and boobs

Why th' hell are you setting yourself up as a target? ... *grin*
I'm about to shut down for the night -- early day tomorrow!

744 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:44:48pm

re: #699 Alouette
Are you serious? He's a cartoon!

745 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:45:19pm

re: #700 lawhawk

Kind of like the President himself - not a troll, just unprepared.

That was priceless.

746 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:45:27pm

re: #717 Racer X

Oh, damn. I laughed so hard...

And when I catch my breath. I'm going to email that joke to a couple friends.

747 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:45:30pm

re: #739 m1150

Grab a clue .. we are so bored of you by now.

748 Ojoe  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:45:32pm

Tonight's gloaming, a thing of beauty. The San Gabriel Mountains.

Good Night All.

749 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:45:38pm

As long as I'm on this list of contrarians I might as well chime in on the topic....
I'm not offended. It wasn't really a very classy thing to say but I just can't work up any outrage over this one.

750 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:45:51pm

re: #739 m1150

#719 buzzsawmonkey

Give me one piece of evidence that Jesse Jackson is an antisemite, other than the crack he made in 1984.

He flew over all the Middle East kiss up to every fanatical Jew hater he could find especially Arafat. And the ignoramus didn't know Jordan from Lebanon or Syria.

751 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:45:58pm

re: #711 Adrenalyn

In college, I had a summer job with what is now The Arc, working with young developmentally challenged men and women - mostly teens to early twenties. During that job, I found out that pretty much every one of my clients had more common sense in their little fingers than I had in my whole body. Totally changed my outlook.

Example - one young man was accidentally shot in the shoulder when a bullet a neighbor fired at a varmint ricocheted. He was the calm one, while everyone else was freaking out. He was the one who had learned, and remembered, what to do.

752 code red 21  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:46:00pm

re: #718 Alouette

What is racist about a green pumpkin that's red inside?

You tell me or better yet ask #671

753 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:46:22pm
754 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:46:33pm

re: #714 m1150

#698 jcm

I'm no fan of the WV senator.

It's not insulting to every decent person the the (D)s tolerate a Grand Klegle of KKK as a Senator?

The (D)s put Byrd in positions of leadership. He filibustered the Civil Rights Bill.

755 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:46:33pm

re: #689 m1150

#637 rightymouse

The only Democrat I can think of who fits into the same category is Jesse Jackson for his "Hymie-town" comment in 1984, which cost him a chance at the nomination.

I'm Jewish, and I think Jackson paid the price for his stupid comment, and I don't hold it against him anymore. It was just a stupid joke, and there is no evidence that he holds any anti-Semitic views.

I don't think there's any evidence that Obama holds "ablist" views.

On the other Hand, Trent Lott very soberly and with premeditation said Strom Thurmond should have been elected president in 1948. Now that's offensive.

There's this thing called 'google' Trent Lott

756 mattm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:46:36pm

Can we get a adult? Or someone who can actually do a speech with out a teleprompter.

757 The Shadow Do  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:47:01pm

re: #686 Nevergiveup

There is a guy I'd pay to watch practice

3-ring circus wrapped up in one guy on the hardwood. Wonderful.

758 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:47:11pm

As I recall about Trent Lott '02, the people who started making noise were libertarian bloggers like Glenn Reynolds and Deroy Murdock - maybe Charles too (I wasn't a regular then). The Dem / MSM elite sat on their hands because they'd heard this stuff before, and in the days before bloggery they didn't think it mattered.

Nobody made excuses for Lott; in fact, he was unhorsed as Majority Leader before January '03.

759 Shug  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:47:11pm

[Link: www.imediaconnection.com...]

How do I know who the trolls are?
Trolls tend to come in a number of different varieties, but the flagrant ones are really easy to spot. They're the ones who sign up for your community, instantly start contributing tin foil hat conspiracy theories, posts riddled with foul language and name-calling, or graphic photos. They expect to be banned, and they want to do as much damage as possible before a community moderator notices what they're doing and gets rid of them.

Unfortunately, there's a variety of troll that's a bit more intelligent. A really good internet troll rides the line of acceptable behavior, occasionally stepping over the line, but not severely or often enough to set off alarm bells with community moderators. This kind of troll sticks around for a while and is capable of fast-talking or debating the rules in such a way as to convince moderators to give them second and third chances. ( space jesus, etc )

Determining who the trolls are requires an objective look at contribution history. If you're running a message board, take a look at posting history, both short- and long-term. Did the suspected troll's posts contribute anything useful? Or were they primarily geared toward provoking negative reactions?

760 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:47:15pm

re: #709 Ojoe

A President, in office, appearing on a comedy show, means to me that he takes all of us as a joke.


My take is that he considers his office to be a joke.

A number of candidates have done it, but the reason no prior sitting US President has appeared on a comedy/variety show before is because it demeans the office. The President is supposed to be above that.

If the POTUS has anything to say he can hold a press conference whenever he likes and just say it. Ipso facto its news and will get news coverage on TV.

If he wants to chat up TV hosts, he can do that OFF the air.

If its any consolation, this is probably going to be the LAST time a sitting US President appears on a late nigh comedy/variety show. . .

761 kansas  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:47:20pm

re: #739 m1150

[Link: madamab.wordpress.com...]

762 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:47:33pm

re: #712 albusteve

if your gonna come in here and fuck around with some of these people (me excluded certainly) you better tighten your belt....I actually have felt sorry for someone that does that then is blown away...whatever...you've got to know your limits eh?....I do anyway

Yeah. There are subjects which I am flat unprepared for -- for instance, anything to do with television or music of the past 30 years. I keep my ignorant yap shut.

763 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:47:46pm

Thanks for the heads up. I can't take credit for it. I'm only 29, and I hear my dad/uncles/grandfather say the same thing around the dinner table, where any joke is fair game and since everyone knows everyone else, we all know that any joke no matter how far is taken on comedic purposes and not because of some bigotry. To those on this site who cut both ways (and I see it regularly) I applaud you for your consistency, and agree that there is a certain level of decency and decorum that should be maintained, especially by public officials. I just get angry when any idiot on the left, can take offense on behalf of any group just to try to take down a political enemy because they can't win on the merits, or as I call it: "James Carville's career."

re: #687 JohnAdams

Your words have iron. You should comment more.

764 Killian Bundy  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:47:52pm

Who voted for collective punishment and national embarrassment?

/I sure didn't

765 rightymouse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:47:53pm

re: #689 m1150

#637 rightymouse

The only Democrat I can think of who fits into the same category is Jesse Jackson for his "Hymie-town" comment in 1984, which cost him a chance at the nomination.

I'm Jewish, and I think Jackson paid the price for his stupid comment, and I don't hold it against him anymore. It was just a stupid joke, and there is no evidence that he holds any anti-Semitic views.

I don't think there's any evidence that Obama holds "ablist" views.

On the other Hand, Trent Lott very soberly and with premeditation said Strom Thurmond should have been elected president in 1948. Now that's offensive.

Oh, I know. When a Rep says something that every Dem says in private every day of the week, you get the vapors publically.

When I talk about bad boys, I mean people like 'cold cash Jefferson', Rangel, Dodd, Barney Frank, etc.

What do you have to say about these guys?

766 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:47:58pm

re: #754 jcm

Don't forget Al Gore Sr. and a whole bunch of southern donk senators opposed that bill.

767 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:48:00pm

re: #718 Alouette

Ha. Ha. Watch the stalkers go ballistic.

768 Onslow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:48:04pm

Paralympic Disgrace

769 ziggyelman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:48:35pm

re: #698 jcm

And Robert Byrd serving in the Senate is not?

Gosh, besides being a KKK member and a Exalted Cyclops, was he really that racist?
/

He also voted against the nominations of both Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas Supreme Court

770 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:48:57pm

re: #749 Killgore Trout

As long as I'm on this list of contrarians I might as well chime in on the topic....

Where is the list? Can I be on it?

771 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:49:13pm

re: #732 robdouth

I agree, that's why I said I wouldn't defend him because he does, but now anyone in public life has to watch because one stupid gay joke or slipping and calling something retarded forces you to appear on every medium and apologize, and go into some remedial sensitivity training. When did we as a nation become so damned thin-skinned.

Well, excuse the fuck out of me for having standards.

772 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:49:16pm

re: #769 ziggyelman

Gosh, besides being a KKK member and a Exalted Cyclops, was he really that racist?
/

He also voted against the nominations of both Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas Supreme Court

Yeah but he voted against Thomas because he was a Republican!

773 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:49:33pm

Do all of those who voted for Obama just swoon over their guy (with Leno) and profess His Hipness? This is nuts. This has to rate as one of the biggest missteps in the history of the US Presidency!

774 paradox42  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:49:56pm

re: #739 m1150

Why bother. You'll just spin it into the standard "he's criticizing Israel so its not antisemitic" bullshit.

If you can't see Jackson's antisemitism, then it's because you choose not to.

Just like you choose not to see what is so offensive about Obama's comment.

775 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:49:59pm

re: #739 m1150

#719 buzzsawmonkey

Give me one piece of evidence that Jesse Jackson is an antisemite, other than the crack he made in 1984.

Too easy.

Really too easy. He supports Palestinians and their terrorists over Israel, and thinks that supporters of Israel should be tamped down. He thinks that the Jews have outsized power over the US foreign policy - the Jewish lobby and all that crapulence.

Yeah, I'd say he's still an anti-Semite. Some things just don't change.

776 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:50:10pm

A break from the troll BBQ.

Note the fire control discipline, the AH-64 crew has valid targets but waits for clearance.

Liveleak Video
777 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:50:15pm

Okay, almost nobody made excuses for Lott...

re: #740 Truck Monkey

Trent Lott was being nice to an old man on his 100th birthday. Try again.

There are ways of being nice to centenarians without bringing up the Dixiecrat 1948 platform, which supported lynch "law" among other Jim Crow atrocities. Lott wasn't even a very good politician.

778 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:50:50pm

Great point, which highlights the old adage of the office being bigger than the man. Just because the office and the shoes are bigger doesn't mean you have to be so damn small and pathetic...

re: #734 Malatrope

I think if Ann Coulter were elected president, even she would realize that she should change her schtick to suit the office.

779 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:50:57pm

How soon before gamey buttock gets shared? I'm hungry.

780 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:50:59pm
781 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:51:17pm

Actually a 129 in bowling isn't bad at all for someone who doesn't bowl often. Last year this time he rolled a 37 on a campaign stop. Now he's rolling a 129? I think Barry has been practicing in the basement.

782 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:51:41pm

Trent Lott sold us out on impeachment.

783 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:51:45pm

re: #734 Malatrope

I think if Ann Coulter were elected president, even she would realize that she should change her schtick to suit the office.

To the extent that any leopard can change its spots, I think Obama will realize this eventually.

Unfortunately for all of us, he's going to learn it the hard way.

784 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:51:47pm

re: #763 robdouth

Thanks for the heads up. I can't take credit for it. I'm only 29, and I hear my dad/uncles/grandfather say the same thing around the dinner table, where any joke is fair game and since everyone knows everyone else, we all know that any joke no matter how far is taken on comedic purposes and not because of some bigotry. To those on this site who cut both ways (and I see it regularly) I applaud you for your consistency, and agree that there is a certain level of decency and decorum that should be maintained, especially by public officials. I just get angry when any idiot on the left, can take offense on behalf of any group just to try to take down a political enemy because they can't win on the merits, or as I call it: "James Carville's career."

Jay Leno is not the family dinner table.

I guess I don't understand what point you are trying to make.

785 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:51:55pm

re: #702 Noam Sayin'

Hey, pink.

re: #397 MandyManners

I heard Hewitt talking about it.

Sorry. I should have done a BRB thing. I was away setting up an area for my new 50" plasma TV.

Heh™. Coming Sunday morning.

Can I pry? Which one are you getting and why?
My main TV is dying and I'm looking for suggestions.

786 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:51:57pm

re: #751 Catttt

In college, I had a summer job with what is now The Arc, working with young developmentally challenged men and women - mostly teens to early twenties. During that job, I found out that pretty much every one of my clients had more common sense in their little fingers than I had in my whole body. Totally changed my outlook.

Example - one young man was accidentally shot in the shoulder when a bullet a neighbor fired at a varmint ricocheted. He was the calm one, while everyone else was freaking out. He was the one who had learned, and remembered, what to do.

indeed, common sense is lacking everywhere
were it in larger supply, I'd be out of work but I have my hands full day and night, enabling me to pay incredible medical bills

but I have a "funny" gun story too
from the father in law
he and his brother lived near an artillery range in Washington state in WWII

one day they found an unexploded shell (insert cringe - you know what is coming)

so they set it on the fence and took shots at it
well yup, you guessed it, genius' brother finally hit it
and it blew up all over the place, spraying them with shrapnel
not bad, but a good lesson you betcha (and they survived)

guns are not dangerous, people are

787 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:51:57pm

re: #782 Sharmuta

Trent Lott sold us out on impeachment.

I have nothing nice to say about trent lott

788 Gella  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:51:59pm

re: #781 Mich-again

Actually a 129 in bowling isn't bad at all for someone who doesn't bowl often. Last year this time he rolled a 37 on a campaign stop. Now he's rolling a 129? I think Barry has been practicing in the basement.

somebody probably added extra 1 before 29 for him

789 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:52:04pm

re: #749 Killgore Trout

As long as I'm on this list of contrarians I might as well chime in on the topic....
I'm not offended. It wasn't really a very classy thing to say but I just can't work up any outrage over this one.

heh, you're a favorite contrarian!

/not always agreed with in this corner, but respected.

790 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:52:21pm

#750 Nevergiveup

Jackson flew around the Middle East to try to rescue Americans held there or try to promote "peace" and "nonviolence."

That might be egotistical and that might be naive, but it's not antisemitic.

There are enough Jew-haters out there without us having to make them up.

791 Truck Monkey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:52:29pm

re: #773 windhorse

Do all of those who voted for Obama just swoon over their guy (with Leno) and profess His Hipness? This is nuts. This has to rate as one of the biggest missteps in the history of the US Presidency!

One
Big
Ass
Mistake
America

792 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:52:38pm
793 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:52:59pm

415 m1150

Oh yeah, that speech made a huge difference. I'm sure Reagan saying "Tear down this wall" made Gorby tear down the wall. Because you know, Gorby was just that impressionable, all he needed was a simple command and that was it.

m1150 is Alan Colmes. I swear I have heard the exact same paragraph some out Alan Colmes' mouth.

m1150 is Alan Colmes, or an Skeletorist.

794 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:53:12pm

re: #753 taxfreekiller

Some one have a link to a Jessie Jackson rally where the Black Panther's did guard duty?

I do not, but hey - Huey Newton worked as a parking lot valet at the club my family belonged to as a kid
does that count for anything ?

795 Sosigado  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:53:17pm

re: #657 ziggyelman

No matter how much the Chosen one F's up the country, once he, Reid and Pelosi get those 15-20 million "undocumented" people legalized, that's 15-20 million Democratic voters...and that will likely mean the end of Republicans ever holding the presidency again.
But hey, McCain wasn't perfect, was too liberal, or too conservative for some folks. Folks that didn't vote for him sure showed us.
/

The entire future of the Democrat Party is riding on this.

796 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:53:36pm

re: #739 m1150

#719 buzzsawmonkey

Give me one piece of evidence that Jesse Jackson is an antisemite, other than the crack he made in 1984.

AJC Strongly Condemns Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Comment on American Jews

October 14, 2008 - New York - The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has condemned the Rev. Jesse Jackson's statement about "Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades."

797 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:53:44pm
798 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:53:48pm

re: #727 Killgore Trout

It's been a while since we've had one of these.....
The Protocols of the Dail Kos
A Palestinian View of the Conflict

#1 on the Recommended Diaries list.

Another quote from same: "From the Palestinian perspective, the original partition was unjust. Palestinians had never done anything but mind their own business."

So, those pogroms against Jews as early as the 1920's were nothing, right? Oh, I forgot: The victims were only Jews so they had it coming, right?

/Spits on the Kos

799 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:53:51pm

re: #790 m1150

Now you are playing with us. You've been given your linkys and your medicine .. and instead of taking it you are throwing us the bottle and telling us that we are the ones who are sick.

Enough with you.

800 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:53:56pm

re: #788 Gella

somebody probably added extra 1 before 29 for him

You have to go to that link and scroll down to the very bottom to see the photo there. Very on topic.

801 Truck Monkey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:53:58pm

re: #781 Mich-again

Actually a 129 in bowling isn't bad at all for someone who doesn't bowl often. Last year this time he rolled a 37 on a campaign stop. Now he's rolling a 129? I think Barry has been practicing in the basement.

He must have switched to an 8 pound ball. He couldn't manage the 16 pound ball that well. Now WAB on the other hand......

802 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:54:01pm

#775 lawhawk

From the Jerusalem Post article:

Jackson said he supported "the security and stability of Israel, its protection from any form of hostility, and a peaceful, nonviolent resolution to coexisting with its Palestinian neighbors."

Hardly the words of another Hitler.

803 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:54:03pm

re: #476 m1150

Dude your getting dinged down quicker than bo is falling in the polls, you must really be a mess.

804 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:54:17pm

This a a good discussion tonight but I have to watch Leno.

805 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:54:22pm

re: #742 pingjockey

And tfks haikus or whatever they are!

TFK is slowly, carefully, methodically preparing a manifesto!

806 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:54:29pm

Please don't misunderstand, I'm even said that those who have standards and are consistent I applaud you for your consistency, and from reading your comments, you're the example of what I'm talking about. Since I hate it when people say "if this doesn't apply to you don't take offense" (because that's the g*d D*mn point) I won't, and neither will I apologize, because I believe we are both thick-skinned enough to know a misunderstanding and like honorable men, nod, or tip the cap and go back to our previous conversation.

re: #771 Sharmuta

Well, excuse the fuck out of me for having standards.

807 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:54:36pm

re: #790 m1150

#750 Nevergiveup

Jackson flew around the Middle East to try to rescue Americans held there or try to promote "peace" and "nonviolence."

That might be egotistical and that might be naive, but it's not antisemitic.

There are enough Jew-haters out there without us having to make them up.

am I missing something here ?
I see downdings on this post and don't get it

you mean Michael Jackson or Jackson Browne ?

no pubes or no nukes ?
I gots to know

808 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:54:38pm

re: #783 looking closely

The one will never change his spots. He is hell bent on a mega expansion of the federal government.

809 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:54:50pm

re: #801 Truck Monkey

He must have switched to an 8 pound ball.

Ha. And bumpers in the gutters.

810 jhrhv  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:54:56pm
It’s “like the Special Olympics or something,” the president said.

This man has neither the required toughness, class or spirit to compete with the sort of kids that compete in the Special Olympics.

It would be a real slap in the face to all those tough kids for the MSM to bury this story. Maybe he should spend more time trying to learning how to be a president instead of yukking it up with Leno and the RINO in California. Has this man still not figured out he won the election and he can stop campaigning already?

811 paradox42  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:55:04pm

re: #790 m1150

I called it.

re: #774 paradox42

I totally called it.

Peace to people like Jackson means dead Jews.
Nonviolence to people like Jackson means that Jews should walk to the ovens with silent resignation.

812 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:55:12pm

I, personally, am ashamed of our president.

813 CynicalConservative  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:55:25pm

re: #804 Afrocity

This a a good discussion tonight but I have to watch Leno.

Glutton for punishment? ;-) Look forward to your report-out.

-CC

814 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:55:44pm

re: #785 Van Helsing

Can I pry? Which one are you getting and why?
My main TV is dying and I'm looking for suggestions.


I did my homework extensively before buying last year, and the Panasonic Viera is the second best plasma TV on the market.
(Best is Pioneer, but IMO, at 50% more cost its not worth the extra money).

815 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:55:53pm

re: #812 windhorse

and it has nothing to do with his bowling prowess....

816 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:56:05pm

re: #790 m1150

#750 Nevergiveup

Jackson flew around the Middle East to try to rescue Americans held there or try to promote "peace" and "nonviolence."

That might be egotistical and that might be naive, but it's not antisemitic.

There are enough Jew-haters out there without us having to make them up.

You don't recognize an ego trip when you see one.

817 Truck Monkey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:56:05pm

re: #777 Zimriel

Okay, almost nobody made excuses for Lott...

There are ways of being nice to centenarians without bringing up the Dixiecrat 1948 platform, which supported lynch "law" among other Jim Crow atrocities. Lott wasn't even a very good politician.

I didn't say he was either. I am just saying that he was being nice to an old man on his birthday. Very clumsy though.

818 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:56:05pm

re: #790 m1150

#750 Nevergiveup

Jackson flew around the Middle East to try to rescue Americans held there or try to promote "peace" and "nonviolence."

That might be egotistical and that might be naive, but it's not antisemitic.

There are enough Jew-haters out there without us having to make them up.

The only thing jessie wanted to do was embarrass the US of A. And he made it quite clear what he hoped Obama would do to Israel before the election and Obama's people had to have him buried PDQ.

819 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:56:19pm

re: #782 Sharmuta

Trent Lott sold us out on impeachment.

And then there was the power-sharing debacle when the Senate was split in 2001. Of course that just showed his weakness, inspiring Jeffords to bolt.

And then there was all that pork he looted from us for his home state.

Lott was/is no good; it's not worth defending him.

820 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:56:31pm

re: #732 robdouth

I agree, that's why I said I wouldn't defend him because he does, but now anyone in public life has to watch because one stupid gay joke or slipping and calling something retarded forces you to appear on every medium and apologize, and go into some remedial sensitivity training. When did we as a nation become so damned thin-skinned.

You know what, I don't care when somebody makes a joke at my expense, because I can speak up and defend myself if I want or need to.

But poking fun at a group of individuals who have a disability of this nature, who could not or would not be able to defend themselves against such nastiness, is beyond the pale.

821 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:56:42pm

re: #790 m1150

Umm... how does meeting with terror masters and dictators qualify as being not anti-Semitic? His agenda remains the same. It's still an anti-Israel agenda. He, like Jimmy Carter, go around the world badmouthing Israel at every turn, and then profess that they're nonpartisan all while meeting with terrorists who seek Israel's destruction.

His very act of meeting with Hizbullah was further legitimizing the terrorist organization and did nothing to improve the chances that Israel would ever see its soldiers (Goldwasser and Regev) alive.

Besides, Jackson doesn't do anything that doesn't result in a benefit to Jackson.

822 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:56:50pm

re: #804 Afrocity

Want to bet it gets edited?!

823 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:57:00pm

re: #702 Noam Sayin'

[Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]

824 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:57:01pm

re: #802 m1150

Quote mining is not admired here.

825 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:57:05pm

re: #770 Mich-again

Where is the list? Can I be on it?

Not sure if you want in on that one (upthread somewhere). Me, Avanti and Cognito. You're more than welcome to be included as far as I'm concerned.

826 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:57:08pm

re: #763 robdouth

Thanks for the heads up. I can't take credit for it. I'm only 29, and I hear my dad/uncles/grandfather say the same thing around the dinner table, where any joke is fair game and since everyone knows everyone else, we all know that any joke no matter how far is taken on comedic purposes and not because of some bigotry. To those on this site who cut both ways (and I see it regularly) I applaud you for your consistency, and agree that there is a certain level of decency and decorum that should be maintained, especially by public officials. I just get angry when any idiot on the left, can take offense on behalf of any group just to try to take down a political enemy because they can't win on the merits, or as I call it: "James Carville's career."

It is a very fine line to walk. I can't speak for anyone else on LGF but I must admit that I do find myself on this forum checking my political language to protect both myself and those whom I might offend. This is part of what makes civil public discourse. Would I be so guarded with my best, most trusted friends? Absolutely not!

Part of the backlash you received, I believe, is that conservatives are stereotyped as racist and insensitive and are held to extremely rigid standards (PC) by liberals. So when a very liberal, very public person such as Obama commits such an obvious gaffe, there is a tendency to want to burn him for it.

Again, you seem thoughtful and despite being 29 you should not feel intimidated to post. Though, it is a tough room! I've been scorched a few times too.

827 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:57:13pm

re: #793 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

415 m1150

m1150 is Alan Colmes. I swear I have heard the exact same paragraph some out Alan Colmes' mouth.

m1150 is Alan Colmes, or an Skeletorist.

and FBV - don't forget - the thing is - if I recall correctly, THE WALL DID COME DOWN.

828 MNKaren  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:57:15pm

re: #63 alegrias

* * * *
President Bush knew very well his father President Bush passed the Americans with Disabilities Act.

President Bush jogged with wounded veterans with prosthetic limbs at the White House during the day, instead of partying with "professional" NBA creeps at night.

Yet on DKOS the comments go on and on about how the democrats do more for people with disabilities than any republican ever has or ever will
Knowing their history like understanding the Constitution is a bit too much for the "distinguished" commentators on the other side

829 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:57:42pm
830 The Shadow Do  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:57:54pm

re: #749 Killgore Trout

As long as I'm on this list of contrarians I might as well chime in on the topic....
I'm not offended. It wasn't really a very classy thing to say but I just can't work up any outrage over this one.

Then you have never spent time with special needs kids. Most haven't so most don't find this especially offensive. In most social situations making fun of the impaired is either laughed at or at least tolerated so long as it is among friends and out of the public ear.

This was national TV.

Not cool at all in my inconsequential opinion, but hey what the hell. He was just making fun trying to connect with regular folks and all.

831 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:58:15pm

re: #829 buzzsawmonkey

G'nite, folks.

Nite Buzz!

832 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:58:15pm

re: #802 m1150

No one is calling Jackson a Hitler (and yes you have indeed broken Godwin's law by invoking Hitler in such discussions). But ignoring that, you ignore the repeated statements made by Jackson that does show his anti-Semitism.

833 Maximu§  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:58:23pm

re: #790 m1150

#750 Nevergiveup

Jackson flew around the Middle East to try to rescue Americans held there or try to promote "peace" and "nonviolence."

That might be egotistical and that might be naive, but it's not antisemitic.

There are enough Jew-haters out there without us having to make them up.

Child, does your Mommy know your online talking with adults?

834 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:58:29pm
835 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:58:32pm

re: #820 reine.de.tout

You know what, I don't care when somebody makes a joke at my expense, because I can speak up and defend myself if I want or need to.

But poking fun at a group of individuals who have a disability of this nature, who could not or would not be able to defend themselves against such nastiness, is beyond the pale.

Well said.

836 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:58:37pm

re: #814 looking closely

While you were suffering from analysis paralysis, I've been enjoying the heck out of mine! Don't even freakin' know what brand it is. Picture is stunning. 55" inches of glorious beautiful Sunrise Earth every morning.

837 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:58:40pm

Here's a picture of GWB at the White House Basement Bowling Alley. WTF? A suit and tie and dress shoes?

838 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:58:46pm

re: #808 pingjockey

The one will never change his spots. He is hell bent on a mega expansion of the federal government.


No, *that's* not going to change.

Obama will NEVER become a moderate ideologically, though hopefully he'll be constrained by public opinion and lack of political capital to become one in practice.

I just meant that with enough stupid incidents like tonights quip about the special olympics and the associated blowback, he's going to be more careful about what he lets slip and what kind of appearances he makes.

Put differently, Obama may BE the President, but he still hasn't learned to act the role.

839 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:58:53pm

re: #801 Truck Monkey

He must have switched to an 8 pound ball. He couldn't manage the 16 pound ball that well. Now WAB on the other hand......

I'm not a great bowler, but I do enjoy hitting the lanes from time to time. For some reason I can't bowl for shite with anything lighter than a 14 lb ball. You would think it would be easier with a lighter ball.

840 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:59:07pm

I wonder what my mom thinks of this? She's a huge O supporter who taught special-needs kids for 30 years.

841 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:59:12pm

re: #825 Killgore Trout

Not sure if you want in on that one (upthread somewhere). Me, Avanti and Cognito. You're more than welcome to be included as far as I'm concerned.

I would not have put all 3 of you on the same list.
But, now that you mention it . . .
nah. It still doesn't fit right.
Each of you is a list of his very own.

842 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:59:27pm

re: #741 jet2nc

And we have too many comics in DC, even one is too many in today's world.

The Best DC Comic!
[Link: www.dccomics.com...]

843 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:59:27pm

re: #820 reine.de.tout

So, you don't mind when we call you "Jugs"?

*runs away laughing*

844 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:59:30pm

re: #833 Maximu§

Child, does your Mommy know your online talking with adults?

Mommy is doing ten minute webcam sessions nextdoor. Child has a lot of time to type stuff .. y'know.

845 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 7:59:35pm

re: #739 m1150

#719 buzzsawmonkey

Give me one piece of evidence that Jesse Jackson is an antisemite, other than the crack he made in 1984.

You're defending anti-semites and someone who makes fun of mentally retarded people.

846 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:00:00pm

re: #825 Killgore Trout

Not sure if you want in on that one (upthread somewhere). Me, Avanti and Cognito. You're more than welcome to be included as far as I'm concerned.

FYI, Killgore -- it was one of my comments.
I was merely hammering "m-whatever-the-hell-his-nic-is".

Take no offense, please.
None was meant.

847 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:00:01pm

My point is that if it were someone else (besides Obama) I would hope that someone would give that person the benefit of the doubt and not pile on and call it "bigotry" which is starting to become one of those all-encompassing buzz words that lost all meaning when the left hijacked and stretched the meaning of the word to include everything but the original meaning like the words "racism" or "rape". You know, I'm not sure I fully remember my original point. I think in a roundabout way I just didn't want this to be about gotcha politics and I wanted some consistency in the way it's handed out. This is mostly futility aimed at the media because like many before have said Obama and Bush don't get the same shake from the media, so it's pointless anyway.

re: #784 Harry Tuttle

Jay Leno is not the family dinner table.

I guess I don't understand what point you are trying to make.

848 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:00:05pm

re: #787 Sharmuta

I have nothing nice to say about trent lott

* * * *
Trent Lott was no Harry Reid, that's for sure. (Reid declared our troops had lost the Iraq war on April 19, 2007)

849 rightymouse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:00:23pm

re: #415 m1150

#401 NelsFree -- Oh yeah, that speech made a huge difference. I'm sure Reagan saying "Tear down this wall" made Gorby tear down the wall. Because you know, Gorby was just that impressionable, all he needed was a simple command and that was it.


Well, it did come down. Wow! Did you cry?

And Moscow isn't exactly the economic Mecca of the world right now.

And Obama wants to match them in loser mentality.

850 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:00:25pm

re: #826 JohnAdams

Again, you seem thoughtful and despite being 29 you should not feel intimidated to post. Though, it is a tough room! I've been scorched a few times too.

I'm still walking on air from my performance yesterday: a comment in the top 10 AND one in the bottom 10!

Of course today it would have been much harder to make the bottom 10...

851 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:00:39pm

#832 lawhawk

The fact that someone has peacenik views on the Middle East doesn't make him an antisemite. It might make him wrong, but not bigoted.

Jesse Jackson is hardly a George Galloway who's actively cheering for the terrorists.

852 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:00:46pm

re: #840 m1150

I wonder what my mom thinks of this? She's a huge O supporter who taught special-needs kids for 30 years.

Yell upstairs and ask her.

853 Malatrope  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:00:55pm

re: #838 looking closely

Obama occupies the office, but the office doesn't occupy the man.

854 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:01:00pm

re: #838 looking closely

Ah. You have more faith than I. The man had no business in the senate let alone where he is now. How the people of this country elected someone so totally unqualified to be prez is still totally mind blowing.

855 MandyManners  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:01:01pm

I'm gonna' retire for the night before I get all pissed off again. Good night, Lizards!

856 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:01:11pm

re: #834 ploome hineni

can I say wagyu steak or is that also racist?

lol

damn, how about burrito? bagel? egg roll

ARE THOSE RACIST CRAP?

/actually all are quite yummy

As is wa-ter-me-lon.

857 legalpad  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:01:15pm

Obama has been made out to be some intellect and he just isn't. He is petty and impresses himself with what he thinks are clever remarks which he doesn't think out well. Someone made a comment about "when did we get "thin-skinned". It was when leftists sought to discredit conservatives by over-blowing every error, oddly usually based on the fact that conservatives are supposed to have principles. They never discuss the corollary that they, the leftists, don't have principles. Here of course, is an issue which they have claimed to support, the dignity of the disabled. But the clever school-boy remark bursts out of Obama, partially because he's not so smart after all, partly because he has grown lax because the press always covers for him.

858 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:01:34pm

re: #840 m1150

I wonder what my mom thinks of this? She's a huge O supporter who taught special-needs kids for 30 years.

I predict cognitive dissonance. Prepare for a convoluted theory of how he was taken out of context.

859 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:01:54pm

re: #845 MandyManners

You're defending anti-semites and someone who makes fun of mentally retarded people.

a twofer....smooth

860 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:01:54pm

re: #852 Bloodnok

Yell upstairs and ask her.

ROFLMAO!

861 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:01:55pm

re: #843 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So, you don't mind when we call you "Jugs"?

*runs away laughing*

funny!
That's actually Ploome with her 36DD.

People who used to work for me called me "Attila".

862 Truck Monkey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:01:59pm

re: #837 Mich-again

Here's a picture of GWB at the White House Basement Bowling Alley. WTF? A suit and tie and dress shoes?

Probably smells like spilled beer and cigarettes too now that Obama is in the White House.

863 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:02:05pm

re: #850 Zimriel

How the hell did you do that?

No. Don't tell me.

864 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:02:07pm

re: #855 MandyManners

I'm gonna' retire for the night before I get all pissed off again. Good night, Lizards!

Night!

865 VioletTiger  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:02:11pm

re: #804 Afrocity

This a a good discussion tonight but I have to watch Leno.

Stick around. I am sure there will be many of us watching. And I just remembered, he is on at 11:30 eastern. Half hour to go.

866 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:02:22pm

re: #861 reine.de.tout

damn

867 Geepers  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:02:25pm

MandyManners (#845),

You're defending anti-semites and someone who makes fun of mentally retarded people.

Doncha know? That makes him "hip."

868 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:02:46pm

re: #820 reine.de.tout

You know what, I don't care when somebody makes a joke at my expense, because I can speak up and defend myself if I want or need to.

But poking fun at a group of individuals who have a disability of this nature, who could not or would not be able to defend themselves against such nastiness, is beyond the pale.

Insulting people who don't even know they're being insulted. It's pretty low.

869 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:02:48pm

re: #836 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

While you were suffering from analysis paralysis, I've been enjoying the heck out of mine! Don't even freakin' know what brand it is. Picture is stunning. 55" inches of glorious beautiful Sunrise Earth every morning.

You sound like Ms. Closely!

870 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:02:54pm

re: #847 robdouth

My point is that if it were someone else (besides Obama) I would hope that someone would give that person the benefit of the doubt and not pile on and call it "bigotry" which is starting to become one of those all-encompassing buzz words that lost all meaning when the left hijacked and stretched the meaning of the word to include everything but the original meaning like the words "racism" or "rape". You know, I'm not sure I fully remember my original point. I think in a roundabout way I just didn't want this to be about gotcha politics and I wanted some consistency in the way it's handed out. This is mostly futility aimed at the media because like many before have said Obama and Bush don't get the same shake from the media, so it's pointless anyway.

Well fair enough but ... it *was* FCBBHO. So why are we talking about this?

But I will apologize for calling you names, I shouldn't have done that.

871 Truck Monkey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:03:04pm

re: #840 m1150

I wonder what my mom thinks of this? She's a huge O supporter who taught special-needs kids for 30 years.

WELL, That is different now isn't it.

GAZE

872 Jetpilot1101  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:03:40pm

What a douchebag.

873 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:03:40pm

re: #862 Truck Monkey

Probably smells like spilled beer and cigarettes too now that Obama is in the White House.

Thats it! Thats where he goes to smoke the Kools.

874 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:03:46pm

re: #860 Mich-again

Thanks for quoting that before lolling it...went right over my head. WHAT A GREAT POST!

875 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:03:55pm

re: #814 looking closely

Thanks. that matches the little research I've done so far.

876 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:04:07pm
877 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:04:11pm

re: #852 Bloodnok

Ahahahahahahaha!

878 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:04:12pm

re: #840 m1150

I wonder what my mom thinks of this? She's a huge O supporter who taught special-needs kids for 30 years.

Why don't you start by telling her that it was a joke that George W. Bush made during a press conference once, and ask her how she feels about it.

879 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:04:24pm

re: #869 looking closely

So, what? You're an engineer?

880 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:04:29pm

re: #855 MandyManners

Nite Mandy.

881 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:04:36pm

It's ok. Luckily it's near impossible to offend me, except this one time early last November... but that's a different thing altogether. I have to give credit to the point mentioned about being able to defend yourself but comments directed towards the defenseless being different. I hadn't seen it that way, so kudos for the enlightenment. Luckily if someone comes after me, I have a very self-deprecating sense of humor, so they are just giving me new material.

re: #826 JohnAdams

It is a very fine line to walk. I can't speak for anyone else on LGF but I must admit that I do find myself on this forum checking my political language to protect both myself and those whom I might offend. This is part of what makes civil public discourse. Would I be so guarded with my best, most trusted friends? Absolutely not!

Part of the backlash you received, I believe, is that conservatives are stereotyped as racist and insensitive and are held to extremely rigid standards (PC) by liberals. So when a very liberal, very public person such as Obama commits such an obvious gaffe, there is a tendency to want to burn him for it.

Again, you seem thoughtful and despite being 29 you should not feel intimidated to post. Though, it is a tough room! I've been scorched a few times too.

882 Sosigado  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:04:48pm

re: #732 robdouth

I gather using 'retard' in a derogatorily humorous manner is something very near and dear to you.

883 Macker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:04:56pm

re: #856 reine.de.tout

And Swamprat took me to task for that. Frak him.

884 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:04:58pm

re: #850 Zimriel

I'm still walking on air from my performance yesterday: a comment in the top 10 AND one in the bottom 10!

Of course today it would have been much harder to make the bottom 10...

Yes, you would have been competing with Spacey J.

885 albusteve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:05:06pm

re: #868 Sharmuta

Insulting people who don't even know they're being insulted. It's pretty low.

it's heartbreaking too...I've got a dog in that scrap and I'm furious....

886 Nevergiveup  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:05:17pm

UN says fears of unfair Afghan poll are well-founded

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

And this is because most of the member states of the UN even have elections? FU UN!

887 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:05:21pm

re: #739 m1150

#719 buzzsawmonkey

Give me one piece of evidence that Jesse Jackson is an antisemite, other than the crack he made in 1984.

Here are some more for you:

"Zionism is a kind of poisonous weed that is choking Judaism."
I'm "sick and tired of hearing about the Holocaust."
Traditional Democratic support for Israel is because of "the Jewish element in the party ... a kind of glorified form of bribery."

Source: [Link: archive.salon.com...]

888 Emerald  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:05:28pm

re: #689 m1150

I suggest you read "Shakedown" by Kenneth Timmerman. His "Hymietown" comment is hardly a lone incident. Jackson repeatedly stated there is a Jewish conspiracy against blacks.

889 alegrias  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:05:38pm

re: #819 Zimriel

And then there was the power-sharing debacle when the Senate was split in 2001. Of course that just showed his weakness, inspiring Jeffords to bolt.

And then there was all that pork he looted from us for his home state.

Lott was/is no good; it's not worth defending him.

* * * *
Democrats Sen. Tom Daschle and Rep. Thomas Downey approached both McCain and Jeffords to switch parties in 2001.

Don't blame weakling Jeffords' taking the bait to switch to caucus with Democrats, on Lott!

890 paradox42  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:05:47pm

re: #851 m1150

The fact that someone has peacenik views on the Middle East doesn't make him an antisemite.

It does when he only demands that one side make peace. Guess which side Jackson thinks should lay down their weapons.

891 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:05:52pm

re: #852 Bloodnok
"MOM! CAN WE GET SOME MEATLOAF?"

/Wedding Crashers

892 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:05:53pm

On the local news, WABC, the anchorman just said that The One made a 'faux pas', and the White House has apologized.

Here is the article.

893 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:06:11pm

re: #851 m1150

#832 lawhawk

The fact that someone has peacenik views on the Middle East doesn't make him an antisemite. It might make him wrong, but not bigoted.

Jesse Jackson is hardly a George Galloway who's actively cheering for the terrorists.

There's peacenik views on the ME, and then there's working hand in hand with the very terrorists who seek Israel's destruction and think that the "jewish lobby" has too much power over US policy in the region.

A peacenik view, with which I am intimately familiar having written my master's thesis on diplomacy in the ME peace process and how it could be achievable if the right personalities were involved to overcome institutional resistence to peace on both Israel and Palestinian sides, would work to support the peace supporters on both sides while denouncing the terrorists at every turn. Jackson does not do that. He meets with Hizbullah - a group dedicated to Israel's destruction on religious and political ideological grounds. They cannot and will not change their view because it would be unsupported from a religious standpoint - jihad.

Yet, Jackson has no problem speaking out against Israel, but refrains from talking about the incessant terrorism perpetrated by Palestinians and other terrorists. That silence is deafening because it further supports the terrorists' positions against Israel.

894 1SG(ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:06:32pm

re: #840 m1150

Then that makes your comments on this subject even more asinine, you idiot!
Top

895 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:06:36pm

What the fuck?

Post #115 was totally out of line. No way it should be defended.

896 Bobblehead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:06:46pm

TOTUS
Freakin' hilarious. The comments are funny. One asked the TOTUS if it sleeps with O to make sure has something to say to Mrs. O

897 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:06:57pm

re: #830 The Shadow Do

Then you have never spent time with special needs kids. Most haven't so most don't find this especially offensive. In most social situations making fun of the impaired is either laughed at or at least tolerated so long as it is among friends and out of the public ear.

This was national TV.

Not cool at all in my inconsequential opinion, but hey what the hell. He was just making fun trying to connect with regular folks and all.

People use "retarded" and "gay" as epithets and get away with it. I call them on it. They always say - wow, I didn't know it would offend you. I say, "Well, now you know."

898 Maximu§  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:07:35pm

re: #543 Geepers

Iron Fist (#508),


The man's an incompetent. The best we can hope for is that he spends the majority of his time gaffing it up on Leno and practicing bowling in the basement and as little time possible "running" things.

The people working with Obama are scarier than he is....I'll never forget the damage the Janet Reno and Jamie Gorelick types did to America.

899 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:07:48pm

re: #870 Harry Tuttle

Well fair enough but ... it *was* FCBBHO. So why are we talking about this?

But I will apologize for calling you names, I shouldn't have done that.


Did you call me a name? I thought the fuckwad thing was for BHO? Well you got my number if it was directed at me. Actually funny thing is, the wife has been out of town for 4 weeks, so it would be more accurate to call me a no-fuckwad.

900 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:08:02pm

re: #892 NY Nana

On the local news, WABC, the anchorman just said that The One made a 'faux pas', and the White House has apologized.

Here is the article.

Back-pedaling... the "New Ethanol'...

901 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:08:26pm

You know I had a good week and a good day today at the rock quarry and am on the way home for week.

I am going to stop letting FCBBHO piss me off.

How about open thread about... upcoming summer BBQ season?

902 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:08:29pm
903 Macker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:08:37pm

re: #896 Bobblehead

TOTUS
Freakin' hilarious. The comments are funny. One asked the TOTUS if it sleeps with O to make sure has something to say to Mrs. O

"Oh God"?

904 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:09:20pm

re: #892 NY Nana

On the local news, WABC, the anchorman just said that The One made a 'faux pas', and the White House has apologized.

Here is the article.

I like the "gutterball" headline.

ABC's been going for the jugular lately. I like it.

905 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:09:27pm
906 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:09:33pm

re: #902 taxfreekiller

the delete the coward ass wipe Murtha's ,
fake , fraud Navy Award has

6240 signatures now pass the petition along

Signed it earlier today.

907 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:09:35pm

#890 paradox42

Actually, Jesse Jackson wants both sides to lay down their weapons. See his letter to Yasser Arafat at [Link: www.ncccusa.org...]

Naive, maybe. Antisemitic, no.

908 MNKaren  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:09:37pm

somehow I doubt that most of the special education teachers I work with who voted for O will express the outrage at this comment that they would have if GWB had said it...most of us have said things that we wish we wouldn't have, but the difference is that we aren't the POTUS...silly me, I expect the President to be a bit more careful with his (or her) words so as to not offend a group of people who are less able to defend themselves....

909 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:09:52pm

re: #846 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Take no offense, please.


None taken. It's all good.

910 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:09:53pm

re: #865 VioletTiger

Stick around. I am sure there will be many of us watching. And I just remembered, he is on at 11:30 eastern. Half hour to go.

I'm not gonna watch Leno. First of all, the comment that we're all talking about has about as much chance of being aired as Janet Jackson's uncensored nipple in the late-night rebroadcast of the Super Bowl. Second, I cannot look at our racist shithead president for more than twenty or thirty seconds without feeling physically ill. Third, I really just have never understood why anyone would want to watch Jay Leno. I think I've enjoyed a segment or two of his show now and then over the years, but.. when Letterman is on at the same time? I'll take Letterman. Or, for that matter, whatever's on the History Channel. Tonight's episode of Modern Marvels, for example, is about salt.

911 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:10:05pm

re: #902 taxfreekiller

Hey tfk, got through to limbaugh but never got on air about this pos. Maybe he'll hit it tomorrow.

912 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:10:36pm

re: #840 m1150

I wonder what my mom thinks of this? She's a huge O supporter who taught special-needs kids for 30 years.

That is unbelievable.....
As an amazing coincidence, my mom is a clinical psychiatrist with a degree in economics; and she says Obama is an egomaniac with delusions of grandeur, whose financial decisions are going to ruin the country...but what does she know.

913 Gretchen  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:10:39pm

With each new day my mouth hangs open in complete shock and amazement at what is our unfortunate president.

Of course, Obama and is cronies would expect any normal woman would abort a baby who would qualify for the special olympics, remember Trig Palin?

914 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:10:55pm

re: #907 m1150

#890 paradox42

Actually, Jesse Jackson wants both sides to lay down their weapons. See his letter to Yasser Arafat at [Link: www.ncccusa.org...]

Naive, maybe. Antisemitic, no.

Stupid and anti-Semitic and a into protection rackets. Yeah, real class act is JJ.

915 Racer X  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:10:57pm

Synchronized office swimming.

916 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:11:09pm

re: #899 robdouth

Did you call me a name? I thought the fuckwad thing was for BHO? Well you got my number if it was directed at me. Actually funny thing is, the wife has been out of town for 4 weeks, so it would be more accurate to call me a no-fuckwad.

Well kinda both but like I said I don't think I totally understood what you were saying and I was a bit lit up.

Apologies for lashing out :-)

917 Macker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:11:14pm

re: #907 m1150

#890 paradox42

Actually, Jesse Jackson wants both sides to lay down their weapons unclench their fists. See his letter to Yasser Arafat at [Link: www.ncccusa.org...]

There, fixed that for ya!

918 Sosigado  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:11:28pm

re: #852 Bloodnok

Yell upstairs and ask her.

That was classic!

919 TheMatrix31  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:11:30pm

Barack Obama is a piece of shit, tactless, classless SOB.

I thought the liberals were the ones who were non-discriminatory, non-bigoted, and welcoming of everyone?!

And this guy insults disabled people, calls people bitter and tells them they cling to guns and religion, flips people off trying to hide it, and I'm sure there are many more examples.

I'm REALLY sick of this guy.

920 NelsFree  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:11:38pm

Must...stop...typ...ing...
OOOOOOOhhh! Spider Solitaire!

G'nite Lizards.

921 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:11:52pm

re: #882 Sosigado

I gather using 'retard' in a derogatorily humorous manner is something very near and dear to you.

No it's juvenile and stupid, but I was a kid who meant no harm, If someone ever got me on tape, and I tried to run for office at some point, I might be forced to retire because at 15 or so, I called things I didn't like retarded. Granted my best friend's brother was high-functioning autistic through high school and college and I'd have never let anyone make fun of him, but calling things retarded and directly making fun of mentally challenged people aren't in the same stadium.

922 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:11:58pm

re: #901 Harry Tuttle

So, were able to duck Mr. Slate? All day?

923 looking closely  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:12:02pm

re: #853 Malatrope

Obama occupies the office, but the office doesn't occupy the man.


Very nice way of putting it. re: #854 pingjockey

Ah. You have more faith than I. The man had no business in the senate let alone where he is now. How the people of this country elected someone so totally unqualified to be prez is still totally mind blowing.


While I don't disagree, this is a BIG part of the problem.

Obama is, bluntly, not politically mature enough to be POTUS.

He's never run anything of consequence in his entire life, nor held executive office, nor has he even been on the national stage long enough to know how to behave there. Further, his opportunity to mature that way during his campaign was severely stunted by the media's repugnant water-carrying. All the lessons he *should* have learned before he took office, he didn't.

So now we're stuck with a political juvenile as leader of the free world.

Again, maybe its wishful thinking, but I think he will (eventually) get his act together. The question is whether or not he'll be able to do it before he enacts his agenda or expends all his political capital.

924 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:12:07pm

re: #907 m1150

man.... you just don't know when to quit do you?

925 newsjunkie_ky  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:12:09pm

Teleprompter was on deck, but wasn't called to the plate.
[Link: baracksteleprompter.blogspot.com...]

926 Killian Bundy  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:12:20pm

Just how [expletive deleted] are we?

INTERVIEW WITH HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO

Janet Napolitano, 51, is President Obama's new Homeland Security Secretary. She spoke with SPIEGEL about immigration, the continued threat of terrorism and the changing tone in Washington.

SPIEGEL: Madame Secretary, in your first testimony to the US Congress as Homeland Security Secretary you never mentioned the word "terrorism." Does Islamist terrorism suddenly no longer pose a threat to your country?

Napolitano: Of course it does. I presume there is always a threat from terrorism. In my speech, although I did not use the word "terrorism," I referred to "man-caused" disasters. That is perhaps only a nuance, but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur.

/I'd say we're pretty damn [expletive deleted]

927 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:12:24pm

re: #909 Killgore Trout

None taken. It's all good.

Made me think of this:

Youtube Video
928 Kreuzueber Halbmond  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:12:27pm

m1150

Cogency is no longer an option for you. You have become a thorn. Tweezers?

929 Macker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:12:43pm

re: #923 looking closely

Or if he can even do that before we lose a city.

930 UberInfidel67  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:12:47pm

Gonna go watch Leno. Yes, I am a masochist. If ya'll don't hear from me tomorrow, SEND HELP!

Nite all : )

931 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:12:49pm

re: #922 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So, were able to duck Mr. Slate? All day?

Yabba dabba dooo!

932 The Shadow Do  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:13:09pm

re: #897 Catttt

People use "retarded" and "gay" as epithets and get away with it. I call them on it. They always say - wow, I didn't know it would offend you. I say, "Well, now you know."

Yeah, me too. Not always good since I am in the business of getting along with people. Sales. Don't care. I will pick and choose who I do business with, sometimes to the chagrin of my management.

933 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:13:10pm

re: #915 Racer X

Synchronized office swimming.

That's way all our software from the Ukraine is late!

934 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:13:15pm
935 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:13:31pm

re: #913 Gretchen

Ya, Obama's mouth gives new meaning to "shock and awe"

936 Macker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:13:39pm

re: #926 Killian Bundy

I apologize to the rest of the country on behalf of those Arizonans who did not vote for Crappy Nappy.

937 Maximu§  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:13:52pm

re: #902 taxfreekiller

the delete the coward ass wipe Murtha's ,
fake , fraud Navy Award has

6240 signatures now pass the petition along

There's some pretty impressive names on that list, Richard Perle (assistant Secretary of Defense-Reagan administration) and alot more.

938 IslandLibertarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:13:55pm

A rabbi, a priest, an African American, a Chinese, a Japanese, a Mexican and a Texan walk into a bar.
The bartender says,
"We don't serve stereotypes."

/funnier than "0"

939 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:13:57pm

re: #826 JohnAdams

I can't speak for anyone else on LGF but I must admit that I do find myself on this forum checking my political language to protect both myself and those whom I might offend.

I try not to post anything I wouldn't feel comfortable saying in conversation with strangers at a party.

940 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:14:00pm

re: #883 Macker

I'm Fraked!

941 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:14:03pm

re: #926 Killian Bundy

Just how [expletive deleted] are we?

INTERVIEW WITH HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO

/I'd say we're pretty damn [expletive deleted]

In my speech, although I did not use the word "terrorism," I referred to "man-caused" disasters.

My head just exploded.

942 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:14:20pm

re: #927 Catttt

Cool one.

943 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:14:53pm

re: #881 robdouth

It's ok. Luckily it's near impossible to offend me, except this one time early last November... but that's a different thing altogether. I have to give credit to the point mentioned about being able to defend yourself but comments directed towards the defenseless being different. I hadn't seen it that way, so kudos for the enlightenment. Luckily if someone comes after me, I have a very self-deprecating sense of humor, so they are just giving me new material.

I don't comment on any other blogs, or not much, because I feel LGF is full of very tough, smart, independent thinkers who do not cotton to weak BS. I consider myself also to be a pretty hardheaded SOB at times, but a little humility is required for anyone searching for answers.

944 Macker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:14:55pm

re: #940 swamprat

And you call yourself a Battlestar Galactica Fan?

/

945 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:15:17pm

re: #923 looking closely

That's the operative words "his agenda" his agenda is socialist through and through.

946 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:15:24pm

re: #909 Killgore Trout

None taken. It's all good.

I'm relieved that you saw that last comment. Have been hanging out here, hoping for a response.

I realized after your last one up-thread -- "OMG, I lumped KT in with Cog and Avanti! ... EEEK!"

My subject for that original comment was "contrarians" -- which, of course, thou doth profess to be. Now I can sign off and sleep in peace. ... :D

947 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:15:42pm

re: #915 Racer X

They should get a lot of dates from this one. Sense of humor...

948 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:15:45pm

re: #906 jcm

Signed it earlier today.

Here here, I jumped on that shite at 2704.

949 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:15:50pm

re: #946 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Cheers.

950 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:15:54pm

re: #943 JohnAdams

I don't comment on any other blogs, or not much, because I feel LGF is full of very tough, smart, independent thinkers who do not cotton to weak BS. I consider myself also to be a pretty hardheaded SOB at times, but a little humility is required for anyone searching for answers.

The smartest people I know are also the most humble people I know.
This is absolutely true.

951 reine.de.tout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:16:44pm

re: #948 robdouth

Here here, I jumped on that shite at 2704.

I signed at 1795.

952 Bobblehead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:16:59pm

re: #925 newsjunkie_ky

Teleprompter was on deck, but wasn't called to the plate.
[Link: baracksteleprompter.blogspot.com...]

Whoever came up with the idea for that blog is a genius.

953 TheMatrix31  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:17:11pm

Hey Barack, would you insult this autistic man who tried to sing the national anthem at a Red Sox game?

[Link: redsox.fandome.com...]

Of course you would, because in your eyes, he's committing two offenses.

954 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:17:19pm

Gettin kicked out of restaurant, gotta go inside security where there is bar.

Check in later with you dudes and dudettes.

955 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:17:20pm

re: #936 Macker

What the hell?

956 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:17:23pm

re: #941 jcm

Obama has appointed utopians, marxists, socialists, asshatists, and is being advised by terrorists. What should we expect?

957 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:17:30pm

re: #938 IslandLibertarian

A rabbi, a priest, an African American, a Chinese, a Japanese, a Mexican and a Texan walk into a bar.
The bartender says,
"What is this? Some kind of joke?"

958 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:17:45pm

re: #892 NY Nana

On the local news, WABC, the anchorman just said that The One made a 'faux pas', and the White House has apologized.

Here is the article.

A faux pas is when you show up in shorts at a formal wedding.

/Faux pas, my ass.

Hi Nana! :-)

959 paradox42  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:17:45pm

re: #907 m1150

I've seen letters like that before. More of the "both sides are to blame" crap that seems to be "hip" these days.

Here's how it really is:

One side desires to commit genocide but lacks the means, the other side has the means to commit genocide but lacks the desire.

960 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:18:13pm

I'm out for the night.
See all of you on the flip side.

961 uptight  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:18:23pm

Jacob Weisberg seems to have coined the prase"Bushisms" and has series of books about Bush's blunders.

I wonder if he'll now repeat his hatchet job against the current administration.

Obamisms, anyone?

962 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:18:39pm
963 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:19:00pm

re: #926 Killian Bundy

Just how [expletive deleted] are we?

INTERVIEW WITH HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO

/I'd say we're pretty damn [expletive deleted]

As the former governor of Az (where I live) she was less than stellar in her views of border security.
The thought of her in charge of the entire nation's security is just scary.

964 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:19:17pm

re: #941 jcm

In my speech, although I did not use the word "terrorism," I referred to "man-caused" disasters.

My head just exploded.

They may start calling it September 11th instead of 911. 911 sounds so...urgent.

965 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:19:24pm

#959 paradox42

I agree with you re: Israel. But I'm not going to accuse people who disagree with me of antisemitism without proof.

966 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:19:25pm

That Moby M1150 posted a link to National Council of Churches in defense of Jesse Jackson.

You might remember that group:

Largest coalition of leftist religious denominations in the United States
Has long record of financial support for Communist regimes


At its founding in 1950, the New York City-based National Council of Churches (NCC) absorbed its predecessor, the communist front-group known as the Federal Council of Churches. At one time an overt supporter of the communist cause, NCC has today recast itself as a leading representative of the "religious Left." It claims a membership of 35 Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox Christian denominations, and some 50 million members in over 140,000 congregations. Among the more notable member denominations are the Presbyterian Church USA, the United Church of Christ, the Episcopal Church, the United Methodist Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the American Baptist Churches in the USA.

In the 1950s and 1960s, under the rubric of charity, NCC provided financial assistance to the communist regimes in Yugoslavia and Poland, funneling money to both through its relief agency, the Church World Service. In the 1970s, working with its Geneva-based parent organization, the World Council of Churches (WCC), NCC earmarked money for Soviet-sponsored guerrilla incursions - which it characterized as "liberation movements" - into Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, and Angola.

[Link: www.discoverthenetworks.org...]

967 Zimriel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:19:50pm

re: #926 Killian Bundy

Just how [expletive deleted] are we?

INTERVIEW WITH HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO

. In my speech, although I did not use the word "terrorism," I referred to "man-caused" disasters.

/I'd say we're pretty damn [expletive deleted]

What the...? "man-caused" disaster? This sounds like my gf complaining that I missed the bowl, not like a professional Homeland Security Department.

968 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:20:05pm

The more I learn about Obama the more I wonder how far he would have gotten without Michelle. I think she is the brains of the operation.

969 Sosigado  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:20:25pm

re: #926 Killian Bundy

The White House has become The Hen House, and they've opened the door wide for the fox.

970 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:20:38pm

re: #964 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

This kind of shit is going to get people killed.

971 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:21:12pm

re: #943 JohnAdams

I agree with you on that wholeheartedly. I know I don't have all the answers, and at my age, I'm finally getting to the point where I'm smart enough to know I don't know shit. I'm always willing to be persuaded, though not a flip-flopper. I've ate crow and personally had to apologize to Charles for a comment that was viewed as out of line, and in retrospect, was given the manner of speech I used, it probably sounded like I was a d-bag creationist troll because I said a post was boring, when in fact doing the good work of keeping people aware of creationism is not bells, whistles and dinner parties. It's slogging through endless amounts of pseudo-religious, pseudo-scientific mumbo-jumbo that rarely is coherent, but must be understood to be refuted.

972 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:21:13pm

re: #968 Mich-again

The more I learn about Obama the more I wonder how far he would have gotten without Michelle. I think she is the brains of the operation.

Then she oughta stop picking out drapes and come back to work.

973 MNKaren  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:21:25pm

re: #953 TheMatrix31

Hey Barack, would you insult this autistic man who tried to sing the national anthem at a Red Sox game?

[Link: redsox.fandome.com...]

Of course you would, because in your eyes, he's committing two offenses.

Very cool

974 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:21:53pm

goodnight, Lizards

975 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:21:56pm

re: #956 pingjockey

Obama has appointed utopians, marxists, socialists, asshatists, and is being advised by terrorists. What should we expect?

We're gonna' end up defending ourselves if this crap keeps up. Releasing Gitmo illegal combatants in the US, making kissy sounds to Iran and Syria. Before you know it we're gonna' have "cultural exchange" programs with them. We get a troop wearing matching semtex skivvies and a they'll have moonbat mimes.

976 MNKaren  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:22:00pm

re: #957 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Love that one! LOL

977 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:22:09pm

re: #960 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I'm out for the night.
See all of you on the flip side.

Nite pBMb!

978 stevieray  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:22:09pm

re: #955 Occasional Reader

What the hell?

I think he was referring to Janet Napolitano, former Arizona governor, and noted euphemist.

979 paradox42  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:22:35pm

re: #965 m1150

Just google "jesse jackson and antisemitism" and you'll get all the evidence you need.

980 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:22:47pm

re: #975 jcm

Hey did y'all celebrate the near death of the PI?

981 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:22:47pm

re: #951 reine.de.tout

I signed at 1795.

Do you have the link, please?

982 SummerSong  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:22:50pm

I was up to here with O on TV everyday damn day, enlightening me on things, lecturing me.

Well, I've changed my mind. I want him talking 24/7. I can't get enough of him..keep talking O...keep it up!

983 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:22:56pm

re: #969 Sosigado

The White House has become The Hen House Shit House, and they've opened the door wide for the fox turds.

improved

984 itellu3times  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:23:13pm

re: #12 buzzsawmonkey

Earl Butz had to resign because of his "a woman, a black, two Jews and a cripple" remark.

But he was a Republican.

Yes, it was Watt, and he apologized but didn't resign.

985 dkorta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:23:33pm

re: #447 SeafoodGumbo

This isn't surprising since he insulted Nancy Reagan at his very first news conference as prez.

It's his nature.

Absolutely. And you may remember how he mocked McCain on the campaign trail, mimicking the awkward stance caused by his war injuries, among other things. His tendency to make fun of those weaker than him is troubling, to say the least.

986 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:23:40pm

m1150, re your 739, we gave you several examples, per your request. Do we hear a mea culpa or a touche?

/waits useslessly

987 TheMatrix31  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:24:15pm

I just remembered when Barack said, "Who's ever heard of a plumber making $250,000?" referring to Joe the Plumber.

Hey Barack, it's plumbers like Joe who install the piping to flush through the bullshit you put out there seemingly every minute of every day.

988 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:24:29pm

re: #969 Sosigado

The White House has become The Hen House Shit House, and they've opened the door wide for the fox turds.

re: #983 Dark_Falcon

improved [facepalm]

PIMF

989 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:24:45pm

re: #978 stevieray

I think he was referring to Janet Napolitano, former Arizona governor, and noted euphemist.

In that case, my apologies.

990 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:24:48pm

[Link: www.petitiononline.com...]

991 unclassifiable  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:25:25pm

Well Obama is half part of a historically discriminated race so he gets a pass because of all the terrible stuff that has happened to half of his relatives (well at least the ones in America -- come to think of it -- uh nevermind).

If Bush had said this on the other hand then it would have been outrageous because he and his family have always been the ones who have had the power in this country.

Is every one crystal clear on this?

Sleepy Time Liberal Lessons™ is a service provided by the Democratic Party and sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. McArthur foundation along with a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.....

992 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:25:26pm

Here is the White House asshole 'press secretary's' lame excuse, etc. for what Hussein said.

993 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:25:29pm

re: #990 pingjockey

[Link: www.petitiononline.com...]

Thank you!

994 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:25:32pm

re: #980 pingjockey

Hey did y'all celebrate the near death of the PI?

Dancing on the grave!

Hell, I wrote enough letters to the editors, telling them they wouldn't survive if they didn't cut the bias.

995 ratherdashing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:25:34pm

re: #892 NY Nana

On the local news, WABC, the anchorman just said that The One made a 'faux pas', and the White House has apologized.

Here is the article.

The upside to this is how the comment distracts from BHO's purpose on Leno. Recall he wanted to sell his economic plan. Instead, hopefully, the focus will be on the gaff. Think positive.

President Barack Obama went cross-country to deliver his economic message -- but his attempt at a joke about the Special Olympics during the first appearance by a sitting president on "The Tonight Show" could open up controversy on a whole new front.

996 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:25:40pm

oops, link to murtha fucker petition 990

997 The Other Les  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:26:00pm

I just had a horrible thought:

If you asked a Special Needs if they would want to deliberately cause harm to another person they would most likely say no.

If you asked a "Progressive" (such as a regular at the Daily Kos or the Huffington Post) if they would want to deliberately cause harm to another person they would most likely say yes and then tear off on a hate-filled rant as to why.

It would then appear that a Special Needs child has a better understanding of basic ethics than any so-called Progressive.

Horrible thought, isn't it?

998 Dustyvet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:26:07pm

I keep hear this little voice that keeps repeating, one termer, one termer, one termer..!

999 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:26:15pm

re: #994 jcm

How long can the on line only last?

1000 Gretchen  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:26:16pm

re: #935 dapperdave

Ya, Obama's mouth gives new meaning to "shock and awe"


Sad when this is the second stupidest thing he said today...

I finally figured out what Obama meant today when he compared AIG to sucide bombers. Now it makes perfect sense to me. The AIG business has blown up in the face of the Obamamaniacs plan to restructure our economy. He equates this with the senseless act of suicide bomber terrorism. That's why the man needs a teleprompter. His thought process is so twisted he actually articulates what he truly means.

1001 astronmr20  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:26:23pm

5 minutes to air. Are we taking bets on weather this makes it to program?

1002 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:26:51pm

#986 Cattt

All anyone's proven is that Jesse Jackson held antisemetic beliefs back in the 60s and 70s and that he is not the world's strongest Zionist.

1003 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:27:05pm

re: #974 Alouette

Sweet dreams!

1004 newsjunkie_ky  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:27:14pm

re: #952 Bobblehead

Whoever came up with the idea for that blog is a genius.


Loved this post:
Man, it's going to be along flight home tonight. But let me be clear, that was HIS ad lib, not mine. about a minute ago

1005 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:27:21pm

re: #1001 astronmr20

No bets. NBCBS will have it edited 'right out'!

1006 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:27:26pm

re: #987 TheMatrix31

I just remembered when Barack said, "Who's ever heard of a plumber making $250,000?" referring to Joe the Plumber.

Hey Barack, it's plumbers like Joe who install the piping to flush through the bullshit you put out there seemingly every minute of every day.

The richest people in my hometown were the Plumber, the Doctor and the Dentist.

1007 astronmr20  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:27:27pm

re: #985 dkorta

Absolutely. And you may remember how he mocked McCain on the campaign trail, mimicking the awkward stance caused by his war injuries, among other things. His tendency to make fun of those weaker than him is troubling, to say the least.

..and flicked him off?

1008 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:27:40pm

re: #971 robdouth

I agree with you on that wholeheartedly. I know I don't have all the answers, and at my age, I'm finally getting to the point where I'm smart enough to know I don't know shit. I'm always willing to be persuaded, though not a flip-flopper. I've ate crow and personally had to apologize to Charles for a comment that was viewed as out of line, and in retrospect, was given the manner of speech I used, it probably sounded like I was a d-bag creationist troll because I said a post was boring, when in fact doing the good work of keeping people aware of creationism is not bells, whistles and dinner parties. It's slogging through endless amounts of pseudo-religious, pseudo-scientific mumbo-jumbo that rarely is coherent, but must be understood to be refuted.

Sometimes I want to say things that I can't say here. So I don't say them here. Doesn't mean I can't say it. Just means I can't say it here. In a fine, public place, you have to exercise restraint. That being said, people fling it pretty good here!

1009 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:27:50pm

re: #970 pingjockey

I dig. Whats the new motto?...

"Eternally (sort of) vigilant"?

1010 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:28:14pm

re: #997 The Other Les

How true, very true.

1011 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:28:33pm

re: #1009 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

We be asleep and shit. Come on in.

1012 pittrader1988  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:28:41pm

re: #81 looking closely

I actually think that planting a garden at the White House is a good idea. It will be politicized of course. But I think having a garden in your yard changes you a little. Plus, it gives you the satisfaction of having awesome tomatoes in the late summer.

1013 Bobblehead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:28:42pm

re: #974 Alouette

goodnight, Lizards

Goodnight to re: #990 pingjockey

[Link: www.petitiononline.com...]

our little babushka.

1014 astronmr20  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:29:05pm

Wish I was in the studio audience. I'd have heckled the shit out of him when he said it. (and been perfectly fine with being led away).

1015 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:29:07pm

re: #999 pingjockey

How long can the on line only last?

Not long. Mostly they'll just be putting up newsfeeds.

The kept Joel "Vote Fraud" Connelly and are adding Baghdad Jim McDimwitt as a guest columnist.

1016 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:29:09pm

Good Evening y'all - I haven't even tried to read the almost 1000 comments here, but I want to point out - besides the obvious bullshit about it not being a knock on disabled people - that this is the second time this week that ABC has broken a story that was "unkind"(!) to Obama - the first was, iirc, that Geithner knew all about the bonuses AIG was going to give out WELL before the check were written and he didn't say or do anything about it (it may have been Dodd's "mea culpa" not Geithner, can't remember which; but the other was broken in the MSM by Fox).
Maybe the bloom is FINALLY starting to come off the rose in Obama's relationship with the MSM. At least we can hope it has!

1017 itellu3times  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:29:17pm

re: #964 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

They may start calling it September 11th instead of 911. 911 sounds so...urgent.

They may start calling it a SURP - sudden urban redevelopment project.

1018 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:29:28pm

re: #1013 Bobblehead

g'nite right back!

1019 fish  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:29:48pm

The whole idea of BHO on Leno makes me think of Nero,Rome and Fiddles for some reason...

1020 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:29:51pm

re: #998 Dustyvet

I'm praying for Biden in 2010.

1021 Bobblehead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:29:53pm

re: #1004 newsjunkie_ky

Loved this post:
Man, it's going to be along flight home tonight. But let me be clear, that was HIS ad lib, not mine. about a minute ago

Everytime I say ""TOTUS I laugh out loud.

1022 Macker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:29:54pm

re: #955 Occasional Reader

See Van Helsing's comment #963. Crappy Nappy was our problem until Оба́ма tapped her for DHS.

1023 yesandno  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:30:08pm

re: #910 Last Mohican

I'm not gonna watch Leno. First of all, the comment that we're all talking about has about as much chance of being aired as Janet Jackson's uncensored nipple in the late-night rebroadcast of the Super Bowl. Second, I cannot look at our racist shithead president for more than twenty or thirty seconds without feeling physically ill. Third, I really just have never understood why anyone would want to watch Jay Leno. I think I've enjoyed a segment or two of his show now and then over the years, but.. when Letterman is on at the same time? I'll take Letterman. Or, for that matter, whatever's on the History Channel. Tonight's episode of Modern Marvels, for example, is about salt.

Rub it in, why don't ya.

/

1024 The Other Les  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:30:29pm

PIMF!

Special Needs Child!

1025 robdouth  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:30:30pm

re: #1008 JohnAdams


When it starts flying you just gotta plug your nose and spray yourself down with some non-stick cooking spray.

1026 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:30:32pm

re: #1015 jcm

Bagdad Jim? Tis to howl at the moon with laughter.

1027 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:30:43pm

re: #987 TheMatrix31

I just remembered when Barack said, "Who's ever heard of a plumber making $250,000?" referring to Joe the Plumber.

Hey Barack, it's plumbers like Joe who install the piping to flush through the you put out there seemingly every minute of every day.

I guarantee you there are a lot of plumbers making $250 K and if the O spent one day working as hard as them, he'd be ashamed of himself, if that is possible.

1028 itellu3times  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:30:55pm

re: #995 ratherdashing

Here comes $700,000,000,000 for the special olympics.

1029 pittrader1988  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:30:58pm

re: #3 Shug

I am not sure. I have a disabled nephew. He is a down's kid. I really don't think that Obama insulted anyone by that remark. If we are going to be mad about political correctness, then we shouldn't be mad when the other side is politically incorrect.

Now, let's crucify him for his fiscal policy.

1030 newsjunkie_ky  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:31:00pm

re: #992 NY Nana

Here is the White House asshole 'press secretary's' lame excuse, etc. for what Hussein said.


In those pictures the 0 is wearing a tie. On the NBC promos tonight (seen while watching The Office) the 0 wore no tie.

1031 pingjockey  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:31:42pm

Good night lizards!

1032 astronmr20  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:32:11pm

re: #1030 newsjunkie_ky

In those pictures the 0 is wearing a tie. On the NBC promos tonight (seen while watching The Office) the 0 wore no tie.

Good catch. I think there's our answer right there as to weather this will make it to air.

1033 ratherdashing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:32:15pm

re: #1028 itellu3times

Here comes $700,000,000,000 for the special olympics.

...only to be followed by taxes on the execs bonuses.

1034 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:32:16pm

the President works for the people

what actually is this interview doing "for the people" anyway ?

answer: nothing, it is silly and immature and shows the world that we have someone in the White House who does not want to lead
he wants to have fun and be "liked"
like Arnold in California
and look where that got him, a completely bankrupt state

we're fucked

1035 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:32:30pm

re: #1006 jcm

The richest people in my hometown were the Plumber, the Doctor and the Dentist.

Those would be people that actually provided a tangible service. IMO one of the many problems with gubmint is that it is populated by lawyers and and people with MBAs that have never actually produced anything tangible.

Think derivative traders. I'm sure it's a lack of mental capacity on my part, but where was the real value in any of that?

1036 m1150  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:32:38pm

well i'm going to watch the second half of the western kentucky game. I'm looking forward to whatever O does tomorrow to rile you guys up again.

1037 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:32:38pm

re: #1002 m1150

No one likes jesse...black people don't like him. White people don't like him. He runs a racist protection racket scam on corporations....so the left likes him.

Next talking point?

1038 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:32:44pm

re: #1019 fish

The whole idea of BHO on Leno makes me think of Nero,Rome and Fiddles for some reason...

With Obama's socialism utopia taking the place of Nero's 'House of Gold' rising from the ashes of lesser people's lives.

1039 unclassifiable  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:32:46pm

re: #952 Bobblehead

I think Iowahawk had this nailed a while back.

Youtube Video
1040 Aviator  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:32:50pm

re: #1027 JohnAdams

I guarantee you there are a lot of plumbers making $250 K and if the O spent one day working as hard as them, he'd be ashamed of himself, if that is possible.

Rich bastards. Pelosi will get right on a special tax.

/

1041 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:32:56pm

Obama on His Bowling Skills: 'Like the Special Olympics'

Jake Tapper report with video prior to President Hussien's appearance on Leno. This made the front slot on the ABC News website.

1042 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:33:00pm

re: #1014 astronmr20

Wish I was in the studio audience. I'd have heckled the shit out of him when he said it. (and been perfectly fine with being led away).

wish I could ding you up more than once
well said

1043 Kreuzueber Halbmond  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:33:05pm

re: #998 Dustyvet

I keep hear this little voice that keeps repeating, one termer, one termer, one termer..!

I hear a more hopeful voice, "Resigner, resigner, resigner."

1044 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:33:17pm

re: #972 JohnAdams

Then she oughta stop picking out drapes and come back to work.

White House security might make her advising him at every turn impractical.

1045 Bobblehead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:33:23pm

re: #1018 pingjockey

g'nite right back!

Sorry, I meant to say goodnight to Alouette and then added a quote response before I posted. Make sense?

I was going to say to you that the signers of the Murtha petition are not mincing words.

1046 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:33:25pm

re: #995 ratherdashing

Can you imagine how much they will do to take the light off this? It scares me to think of how far these robots will go.

I am just hoping that the segment will be shown. I imagine that with all the publicity, NBC has no choice, unless the White House goes after them.

I just changed the channel to Leno to see what happens. Damn, I really had no intention whatsoever of watching.

Oh, well, the vomitoreum is not that far away.

1047 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:33:32pm

re: #1036 m1150

well i'm going to watch the second half of the western kentucky game. I'm looking forward to whatever O does tomorrow to rile you guys up again.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

1048 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:33:39pm

re: #1036 m1150

well i'm going to watch the second half of the western kentucky game. I'm looking forward to whatever O does tomorrow to rile you guys up again.

Fuck off moby.

1049 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:33:42pm

re: #1016 realwest

I think ABC is seeing an emerging market...

1050 ArmyWife  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:33:49pm

I see The Man of Genius has struck again. DVDs that don't work, over charged buttons and the President thanking himself... one has to wonder at what point do we just throw out the White House china and go with Dixie paper plates.

1051 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:34:07pm

re: #1030 newsjunkie_ky

but, then, what would we expect from our low life president?

(phony as a $3 bill)

1052 newsjunkie_ky  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:34:17pm

re: #1021 Bobblehead

Everytime I say ""TOTUS I laugh out loud.

Rush is going to be great tomorrow.

1053 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:34:34pm

re: #785 Van Helsing

Can I pry? Which one are you getting and why?
My main TV is dying and I'm looking for suggestions.

Insignia NS-PDP50HD-09 with 1080p resolution (buying for the future, there).

Look it up on Best Buy's site. Lots of rave reviews from purchasers.

1054 ArmyWife  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:34:34pm

re: #1012 pittrader1988

Only if you are the one gardening. You seriously think Michelle or Barry is going to be out there doing something that is pretty darn close to work?

1055 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:34:41pm

re: #1043 Kreuzueber Halbmond

I hear a more hopeful voice, "Resigner, resigner, resigner."

I honestly expect to hear this...

"Get...these...spiders... off .... of ...me! AAAAAAaaHHHHHHhhhhhh!"

1056 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:34:54pm

re: #1035 Van Helsing

Think derivative traders. I'm sure it's a lack of mental capacity on my part, but where was the real value in any of that?

In principle, they should be helping to allocate capital to its most efficient use in a free market. I have no problem with that.

1057 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:34:55pm

re: #1036 m1150

All he's doing is hurting himself and giving Republicans plenty of ammo.

1058 itellu3times  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:35:00pm

re: #1033 ratherdashing

Here comes $700,000,000,000 for the special olympics.

...only to be followed by taxes on the execs bonuses.

That's called the velocity of money.

Or auction pinochle, I can never keep those two straight.

1059 jcm  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:35:12pm

re: #1031 pingjockey

Good night lizards!

Nite Ping!

1060 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:35:13pm

re: #1050 ArmyWife

Hey, was in Chesterfield night before last.

1061 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:35:13pm

re: #1050 ArmyWife

one has to wonder at what point do we just throw out the White House china and go with Dixie paper plates.

More likely Chinettes.

1062 jordash1212  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:35:22pm

What is the context of this?

1063 Gretchen  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:35:49pm

re: #1019 fish

The whole idea of BHO on Leno makes me think of Nero,Rome and Fiddles for some reason...

Yes he had to ram the porkulus packages one and two through with lightening speed without reading them, so he could free up time for parties, public appearances, primetime TV spots, bowling and the Leno show.

With a high score of 129 bowling he's doing better with that than any other aspect of his presidency thus far. Is there a way to put gutter bumpers on the rest of the presidency? I'm tired of all his other policies going straight down the gutter, 129 looks good right now.

1064 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:36:01pm

re: #1053 Noam Sayin'

My bad. I didn't realize I was right on top of it on another tab.

Insignia® - 50" 1080p Flat-Panel Plasma HDTV

1065 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:36:13pm

re: #1041 Gus 802

Obama on His Bowling Skills: 'Like the Special Olympics'

Jake Tapper report with video prior to President Hussien's appearance on Leno. This made the front slot on the ABC News website.

[pssst... that's the topic of the thread you just posted in]

1066 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:36:29pm

re: #1062 jordash1212

What is the context of this?

That depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is.

1067 jordash1212  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:36:34pm

re: #858 Mich-again

So far I haven't seen ANY context.

1068 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:36:34pm

re: #1027 JohnAdams

I guarantee you there are a lot of plumbers making $250 K and if the O spent one day working as hard as them, he'd be ashamed of himself, if that is possible.

And when you need a plumber, you can understand why they get the money, and are willing to pay. Especially if it is a drain problem.

Plumbers perform a useful service and honestly earn their money.
On the other hand, 0bama is flushing the country down the sewer.

1069 SummerSong  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:36:47pm

re: #1012 pittrader1988

"I think having a garden in your yard changes you a little."

Well sure, if you are the one tending it. I doubt the O's will come within smelling distance.

1070 TheMatrix31  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:37:27pm

re: #1050 ArmyWife

I see The Man of Genius has struck again. DVDs that don't work, over charged buttons and the President thanking himself... one has to wonder at what point do we just throw out the White House china and go with Dixie paper plates.

Can't do that....paper plates are bad for the environment!

1071 SummerSong  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:37:30pm

re: #1069 SummerSong

"I think having a garden in your yard changes you a little."

Well sure, if you are the one tending it. I doubt the O's will come within smelling distance.

Oh! Aside from the photo op, of course.

1072 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:37:32pm

re: #1065 Occasional Reader

[pssst... that's the topic of the thread you just posted in]

Not really. That link points to Tapper's official story and not the blog.

1073 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:37:39pm

re: #1037 swamprat

No one likes jesse...black people don't like him. White people don't like him. He runs a racist protection racket scam on corporations....so the left likes him.

People who lead, so to speak, with the color of their skin are offensive by that very thing alone.

A person who sees the entire world - every single facet of it - through the prism of race or skin color, is IMO a racist themselves. They are the ones who are constantly interjecting race into conversation where there's no need or reason ...to the point that it becomes jarring and offensive.

1074 ArmyWife  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:37:41pm

re: #1036 m1150

I am sure you won't be disappointed. It's a safe bet that Obama will do or say something blazingly stupid each and every day.

1075 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:37:56pm

re: #1067 jordash1212

Did you read the link? What do you mean no context. Context is everywhere.

1076 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:37:57pm

re: #1044 Mich-again

White House security might make her advising him at every turn impractical.

Secret Service can't come in after the bedroom door is closed...can it? ;~)

Buddy of mine always said the President's closest advisor is the person who sleeps next to him all night.

1077 Bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:38:08pm

re: #1069 SummerSong

"I think having a garden in your yard changes you a little."

Well sure, if you are the one tending it. I doubt the O's will come within smelling distance when cameras are not around.

Fixed.

1078 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:38:11pm

The definitive commentary on President O:

The things
You say
Your purple prose just gives you away
The things
You say -
You're unbelievable!

Youtube Video
1079 astronmr20  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:38:35pm

re: #1062 jordash1212

What is the context of this?

I assume it has to do with being in the white house.. using it's bowling alley, etc.

1080 Catttt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:39:04pm

Drat - it worked in preview. Oh, well, you get the point.

1081 ArmyWife  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:39:08pm

re: #1060 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I was supposed to be there tonight, but my daughter has a bladder infection. Going to try to make it Saturday, but I want to be sure she is on the mend! Who cares if her mother has a home, right?

1082 razorbacker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:39:57pm

re: #962 effinayright


"All blacks want is tight p*ssy, loose shoes and a warm place to sh*t".

I know some of y'all are going to call me a wigger, but all three appeal to me, too.

Watermelon...

A couple of years ago my brother was hosting a BBQ, and had spiked a watermelon. We were sitting on the back steps eating, and I asked Walt didn't he want any. He said yeah, but took my baby brother's cell phone away before partaking. Said he really didn't need any pics of "this ni**er sitting in the shade eating watermelon" getting passed around.

1083 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:39:58pm

re: #1030 newsjunkie_ky
Hey good evening {newjunkie}! Good to see you out here!

1084 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:40:02pm

re: #1009 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I dig. Whats the new motto?...

"Eternally (sort of) vigilant"?

"intermittently vigilant"
aliquando vigilant according to an auto-translator.

1085 yesandno  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:40:35pm

re: #997 The Other Les

I just had a horrible thought:

If you asked a Special Needs if they would want to deliberately cause harm to another person they would most likely say no.

If you asked a "Progressive" (such as a regular at the Daily Kos or the Huffington Post) if they would want to deliberately cause harm to another person they would most likely say yes and then tear off on a hate-filled rant as to why.

It would then appear that a Special Needs child has a better understanding of basic ethics than any so-called Progressive.

Horrible thought, isn't it?


On the surface it would apear that way. But special needs means that they are special people.

And there is nothing special about a progressive....nothing special at all.

1086 Wilderstad  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:40:37pm

Obama = superficial, ego driven, schmuck.

1087 MarineMomSue  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:41:03pm

re: #51 Bloodnok

Can we call him the garden weasel?

garden weasel... ROFL

Thanks for the laugh. There has to be a good joke in there..
A teleprompter and a garden weasel are sitting in a bar...

1088 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:41:34pm

re: #1076 JohnAdams

Secret Service can't come in after the bedroom door is closed...can it? ;~)

Yeah but Obama needs coaching all day long. Its not like she can give him advice for the whole day over the bowl of Cap'n Crunch at the kitchen table.

1089 ArmyWife  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:41:45pm

re: #1070 TheMatrix31

COME ON! That only applies if you are a Rethuglican. Otherwise he'd have an armored Prius, right?

1090 Sosigado  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:41:57pm

re: #1002 m1150

#986 Cattt

All anyone's proven is that Jesse Jackson held antisemetic beliefs back in the 60s and 70s and that he is not the world's strongest Zionist.

Does Jesse send a tingle running up your leg?

1091 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:42:35pm

re: #1082 razorbacker

Duck!

1092 TheMatrix31  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:43:27pm

re: #1089 ArmyWife

COME ON! That only applies if you are a Rethuglican. Otherwise he'd have an armored Prius, right?

LOL.

No no, we need to have a big ass Cadillac driving him around. He's an evil, gas-guzzling, eco-destroying man!

1093 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:43:32pm

re: #1091 JohnAdams

Duck!

Quack! :D

1094 abolitionist  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:43:35pm

re: #851 m1150

#832 lawhawk

The fact that someone has peacenik views on the Middle East doesn't make him an antisemite. It might make him wrong, but not bigoted.

Jesse Jackson is hardly a George Galloway who's actively cheering for the terrorists.

I disagree. Jesse Jackson: Obama In, Zionists Out

“Barack is determined to repair our relations with the world of Islam and Muslims,” Jackson says.
1095 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:43:50pm

Good night.

1096 ArmyWife  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:44:09pm

re: #1095 Occasional Reader

night!

1097 Dustyvet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:44:15pm

Pointless Video of the Day


Y'll going to love this one...:)


Youtube Video
1098 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:44:16pm

re: #1095 Occasional Reader

....a matter of perspective.....

1099 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:44:25pm

re: #1053 Noam Sayin'

Thanks!

1100 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:44:37pm

re: #1095 Occasional Reader

(good night)

1101 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:45:02pm

re: #1048 Gus 802

That's not a moby, that's a troll.

1102 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:45:24pm

re: #1035 Van Helsing
I'm gonna overlook your comment about lawyers (at least for now!) and tell ya straight up - "Think derivative traders. I'm sure it's a lack of mental capacity on my part, but where was the real value in any of that?"
Well it made a lot of 27-32 year olds multimillionaires who spent their (excessive, IMO) bonuses on things like expensive cars, homes, vacations and the like, they broke no laws and they "downstreamed" a lot of money who work in those car, home and vacation places - the whole derivatives and sub-prime mortgage markets were just ready to fall and no one, NO ONE at the FTC, the SEC or anyplace else caught on until the house of cards fell down.

1103 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:45:55pm

so.... I guess that Obama's father's influence is becoming more obvious every day......


/oh, that's right.

1104 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:46:04pm

Jesse = Jeremiah. NOI hiding behind the cross.

1105 newsjunkie_ky  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:46:09pm

re: #1083 realwest

Hey good evening {newjunkie}! Good to see you out here!


Hey Realwest, nice to see you too. Not going to be here long. Granddaughter wore me out today.

1106 astronmr20  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:46:20pm

Is anyone watching?

1107 CommonCents  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:46:42pm

The O is competing with the NCAA tournament for viewership. In this house, he loses. Several million people will not even hear that he made the comment because they will be updating their pool sheets. My bet is he slides by nearly unscathed. For the record, I'm kicking his ass on picks.

1108 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:46:59pm

re: #1102 realwest

Good summary my friend.

1109 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:47:04pm

re: #1101 Slumbering Behemoth

That's not a moby, that's a troll.

I was thinking that maybe he started off as a moby. Troll or otherwise he was disruptive and clearly on the wrong side of things.

1110 yesandno  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:47:31pm

re: #1029 pittrader1988

I am not sure. I have a disabled nephew. He is a down's kid. I really don't think that Obama insulted anyone by that remark. If we are going to be mad about political correctness, then we shouldn't be mad when the other side is politically incorrect.

Now, let's crucify him for his fiscal policy.

You and I can be politically incorrect. That is good. As President, he isn't allowed that luxury. He should never have been on that show...he has no respect for the office. And it has come back to bite him. There are more offensive things he could have said, no doubt. But he doesn't think when he speaks....maybe it would have been better had he used his usual answer for things.........uhhhhh uh uhhhhhh.

TOTUS is going to have a field day with this tomorrow. (and so will Rush).

1111 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:47:58pm

re: #1106 astronmr20

Is anyone watching?

Yes. And stop doing that Astronmr, you'll go blind.

/watching what?

1112 JohnAdams  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:48:10pm

Going to watch these amazing kids play some hoops. G'night all.

1113 paradox42  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:48:11pm

re: #1101 Slumbering Behemoth

What is the difference between a troll and a moby? Aren't they basically the same thing?

1114 Last Mohican  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:48:20pm

re: #1097 Dustyvet

Wow. I'm speechless.

1115 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:48:31pm

re: #1082 razorbacker

I know some of y'all are going to call me a wigger, but all three appeal to me, too.

Watermelon...

A couple of years ago my brother was hosting a BBQ, and had spiked a watermelon. We were sitting on the back steps eating, and I asked Walt didn't he want any. He said yeah, but took my baby brother's cell phone away before partaking. Said he really didn't need any pics of "this ni**er sitting in the shade eating watermelon" getting passed around.

When I was a kid, and I heard about the stereotype of blacks liking fried chicken and watermelon, it didn't make any sense, because I like fried chicken and watermelon, so I couldn't see the problem. I just accepted there was one.

1116 EdgeMan  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:49:56pm

Blame the teleprompter.

Tomorrow Obama will come out and say that this isn't the teleprompter that he once knew...

1117 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:50:13pm

In his appearance with Mr. Leno, Mr. Obama walked a tightrope between projecting good humor and projecting a presidential air. For instance, he looked taken aback when Mr. Leno joked that the president had laid the problems of the banking sector at the doorstep of the Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner. “I love how you say it’s his problem,” Mr. Leno said.

Mr. Obama stared at him for a few seconds, stone-faced. Then he broke into a laugh, as if finally getting the joke.

“All of this is my responsibility,” Mr. Obama said. “I’m trying to break a pattern in Washington where everybody’s always looking for someone to blame.”

.... NYT

Not ONE WORD about the Special Olympics remark.

1118 Mich-again  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:50:15pm

re: #1110 yesandno

he has no respect for the office

I think I could successfully debate Obama on current topics using only quotes from Thomas Jefferson from some 200 years ago to respond to anything Obama might say now.

1119 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:50:20pm

Good evening all...looks like I missed a very busy day on LGF!

1120 JimInMN  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:50:55pm

Why isn't this the top story?

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

1121 Joan Not of Arc  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:52:06pm

Well- he IS an ass.
Rest assured, CNN will cover this up or find an excuse for it.

1122 Dustyvet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:52:12pm

New AIG Commercial


Youtube Video
1123 That's Mr. President to you  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:52:22pm

[out of character]

I created this sock puppet to channel my utter rage and contempt for this ass hole that occupies the White House.

There is an obvious joke that I could post in character relating to blaming certain types of people for screwing with the teleprompter and causing this to happen. It would be completely in character with the man - self consumed, incapable of introspection other than introspection seeking self congratulation, a need to blame others for his failings, an inability to see his own failings, and an innate elitism that one only finds in a true megalomaniac.

I won't tell that joke. I will not make such a joke at the expense of people who are, indeed, very special. People who manage to see the world innocently even though many can't see them charitably.

Much better people than those who occupy the White House.

Obama will never Change. Hopefully the legions who worship him have seen a true reflection of the man and will change their view of him.

Only then will we have a better America.

God save this country

1124 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:52:42pm

re: #1116 EdgeMan

Blame the teleprompter.

Tomorrow Obama will come out and say that this isn't the teleprompter that he once knew...

I'm fine with that... as long as he then throws the teleprompter under the bus.

1125 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:52:42pm

re: #1120 JimInMN

Why isn't this the top story?

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

He told Jordanians the same thing. Osama is busy too.

1126 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:53:06pm

OT, but
#!@&$@*$ Microsoft, Vista, and McAfee
Vista on my newer computer decided to think there was no antivirus or firewall running.
Sameer at McAfee told me that the problem was Windows; I eventually had to remove McAfee (not trivial) and re-install it.
There went the evening.
Now that computer is running a full antivirus scan from the re-install (and update) before I use it again.
Good thing I can afford to have two functional computers.

1127 yesandno  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:53:23pm

re: #1097 Dustyvet

Pointless Video of the Day


Y'll going to love this one...:)

Leonardo Baa Vinci............

Got to love it!

LOL



1128 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:53:23pm
1129 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:54:04pm

re: #1115 Kosh's Shadow

When I was a kid, and I heard about the stereotype of blacks liking fried chicken and watermelon, it didn't make any sense, because I like fried chicken and watermelon, so I couldn't see the problem. I just accepted there was one.

you know, I lived in the deep south as a teenager, then Oakland
and both places had lots of black folk
and me, being very sociable - associated with everyone

and I can say I never saw a black person eat watermelon or even talk about it

even the "Wife Savers Fried Chicken" (only in Ga) outlet was only popular with yuppies

but I hear ya, I don't know where they got that stereotype

and I notice things too, this I never saw

1130 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:54:36pm

re: #1049 JohnAdams I think that "emerging market" has been there for some time now; I think (hope) that ABC has reached it's own personal point of no return with Obama - this guy is a bigger fuck up as POTUS ALREADY than Carter was before the 1979 Iranian Embassy/Hostage thing started.
And with the way he's surrounded himself with folks who have Anti-Semitic backgrounds, I suspect ABC is starting to see the light now.

1131 JimInMN  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:54:56pm

re: #1125 Wishing
Yeah, but did he get his bracket done this morning?

1132 CommonCents  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:55:04pm

re: #1117 pink freud

“All of this is my responsibility,” Mr. Obama said. “I’m trying to break a pattern in Washington where everybody’s always looking for someone to blame.”

.... NYT

I've also seen where he has repeatedly said "the buck stops here". I believe he meant "the bucks stop here" and that eventually all the campaign donations will be recycled back to his minions through Congress' fine work so that they can be re-contributed to in the next election cycle.

1133 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:55:19pm

re: #1113 paradox42

What is the difference between a troll and a moby? Aren't they basically the same thing?

My definition of a troll is someone who posts outrageous/disgusting/provocative comments in order to generate a large volume of responses. The more responses garnered, the more the troll continues to provoke.

The LGF Dictionary definition of troll.

Mobies are those who pose as conservatives/right-wingers/republicans and go on similar blogs to say disgusting, genocidal, racist crap (or other such stupid garbage) for the express purpose of discrediting the website and conservatives/right-wingers etc.

LGF Dictionary.

1134 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:55:26pm

re: #1126 Kosh's Shadow

Throw Vista out and put Linux in that's what I did and I have no regrets.

1135 unclassifiable  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:56:02pm

I'm tired of being pissed off.

The weather is great right now.

I have the day off.

I still have a job and the checks don't bounce.

Is life perfect? Hell no. But I just don't want to talk about everything here.

Life is what it has always been -- good enough to live.

This Democratic government will pass. It will damage this country but it will not kill it.

It will make the stupid wise and the smart cautious.

And it will help us all grow up a little more.

And get involved a little more.

And pay the hell attention dammit!

Good night and take care of one and other lizards.

'Cause all we want is a warm rock, some decent eats and some tasty waves

...and a government that won't fuck it all up.

1136 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:56:13pm

re: #1123 That's Mr. President to you

Thank you again. That out-of-character post was very well said and explained your in character posts very well. That you for both types of post. Laughter is sometimes the best medicine.

1137 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:56:45pm

re: #1131 JimInMN

Yeah, but did he get his bracket done this morning?

LOL

1138 yesandno  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:56:53pm

re: #1118 Mich-again

I think I could successfully debate Obama on current topics using only quotes from Thomas Jefferson from some 200 years ago to respond to anything Obama might say now.

I believe that is true.....

I also think you would make a better President.

1139 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:57:09pm

re: #1123 That's Mr. President to you

This out of character side to you is quite appealing.

I hope the creation of this sock helps you. Thanks for your explanation.

/one less asshole for me to be upset with :-)

1140 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:57:38pm

re: #1108 Mich-again
Hi Mich! Thanks, I updinged you for that compliment! LOL!
How are ya tonight?

1141 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:58:03pm

re: #1113 paradox42

What is the difference between a troll and a moby? Aren't they basically the same thing?

Troll= you are all a bunch of right-wing, racist, rich idiots.

Moby= Hey guys, I'm a nazi, right-wing nut, nut just like you. Can we all agree that school kids should not get subsidized lunches...oh yeah, and wouldn't it be great to bust all the unions?

1142 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:58:10pm
1143 newsjunkie_ky  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:59:00pm

Got this today from TownHall:
Obama Lies To Gun Owners As Holder Reveals Gun Attack Plan

As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama deliberately and repeatedly lied to America's 90 million gun owners across the country when he insisted that he would not try to take away anyone's firearms, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, reacting to yesterday's remarks by Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder that the president will seek to reinstate the ban on semi-automatic firearms, said Obama "knew he was lying to the nation because his own website touted his plan to revive the gun ban and make it permanent."
We warned America that Obama's 'support' for the Second Amendment was empty rhetoric," he stated, "and now Holder's disclosure has confirmed it. Obama was lying, and now gun rights may be dying."

Several times on the campaign trail, Obama told voters "I'm not going to take your guns away." He said it at rallies in Duryea, Pennsylvania and in Boise, Idaho. He also told a news conference that "Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear...I think people can take me at my word."

"Right now," said Gottlieb, "I wouldn't take Obama's word if he said it rains a lot in Seattle. Apparently, law-abiding gun owners have nothing to fear unless they own sport-utility rifles, semiautomatic shotguns, handguns and any other firearm that Obama and his anti-gun attorney general don't like.

"Thanks to Eric Holder, who has been far more honest than his boss about his anti-gun philosophy, it is now clear that the new president doesn't support the Second Amendment at all," he observed. "American gun owners should remind Democrats in Congress that the Second Amendment means what it says, especially when the president doesn't."

1144 razorbacker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:59:07pm

JohnAdams, here's the way it works. If you live in the South, especially the small town South, you only have a few ways to interact with black folks.

You can be a stone racist, and rant and rave and act like an ass. You'll soon be identified for what you are, and frankly small towns aren't really big enough to provide the necessary cover to get away with that.

You can go be oh-so-civil and still be racist. I'd guess that might account for the majority of people. But as long as you're civil in public, I frankly don't care what you do in private. Don't mean I have to party with you, though.

You can go PC, and soon be known as the idjit cause you always have to be looking for offense, even when none is there.

Or you can say, what the hell. We're in this thing together, we may as well learn to get along. You're going to still offend some people some of the time. If you have a history with them, most people are going to say, "He means well, but sometimes that boy acts like he ain't got no good sense. Bless his heart."

My heart is often blessed.

1145 Dustyvet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:59:14pm

re: #1124 Dark_Falcon

I'm fine with that... as long as he then throws the teleprompter under the bus.

Teleprompter is trained in hand to hand combat...:)


/S

1146 paradox42  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:59:21pm

re: #1133 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #1141 swamprat

Gotcha.

1147 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:59:25pm

re: #1134 dapperdave

Throw Vista out and put Linux in that's what I did and I have no regrets.

I teach online and need #!#&@#$ Office. OpenOffice isn't quite good enough. (Office 2007 is a huge step downhill.)
Oh, and I develop software for Windows.
Right now, I'm using my Mac, and using XP running under Parallels for teaching.

1148 devil in baggy pants  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 8:59:32pm

So did NBC edit it out or not?!?

(sorry, work to do... anyone know?)

1149 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:00:42pm

re: #1102 realwest

I'm gonna overlook your comment about lawyers (at least for now!) and tell ya straight up - "Think derivative traders. I'm sure it's a lack of mental capacity on my part, but where was the real value in any of that?"
Well it made a lot of 27-32 year olds multimillionaires who spent their (excessive, IMO) bonuses on things like expensive cars, homes, vacations and the like, they broke no laws and they "downstreamed" a lot of money who work in those car, home and vacation places - the whole derivatives and sub-prime mortgage markets were just ready to fall and no one, NO ONE at the FTC, the SEC or anyplace else caught on until the house of cards fell down.


First off, my apologies for that lawyer slam. MY lawyers have always been great folk... I take exception when it gets to the point that the laws require interpretation by a specialist and that the letter of the law is more important than the intent. This isn't the forum for a long discussion on that, but there is a difference between justice and the implementation of the law.

I'm quite serious about my issue with the more esoteric bits of the stock market being beyond my mental capacity and experience. When I invest in a company I look at what it costs them to produce what they produce, potential market growth, and if their share price is reasonable based on those practices.

I'm a firm believer in 'trickle-down economics' as I don't recall ever having someone on welfare sign a paycheck for me.


I guess I'm suffering from fear of what I don't understand...

1150 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:01:16pm

re: #1141 swamprat

Well, I guess I should repost a correction to my #1048 but I think I'll let it pass.

1151 Bobblehead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:01:19pm

re: #1097 Dustyvet

Pointless Video of the Day

Y'll going to love this one...:)

www.youtube.com...]>

There is no end to human ingenuity!

1152 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:01:45pm

BHO is an insult to anyone with two or more functioning brain cells. Probably has Leno's TelePrompTers tied up pretty good, I suspect.

The more he talks, the more I hit the damn "mute" button.

He's talking now on Leno's show. Blahblahblah.

1153 JimInMN  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:01:58pm

re: #1148 devil in baggy pants

Just came on in mpls I will update, but I am sure there are Easterners that can say what they have seen.

1154 devil in baggy pants  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:02:33pm

re: #1153 JimInMN

Just came on in mpls I will update, but I am sure there are Easterners that can say what they have seen.

Thanks so much!

1155 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:02:40pm

re: #1150 Gus 802

Your heart was in the right place.

1156 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:02:48pm

The last bastions of acceptable bigotry: fat people, white people, and lawyers.
////

1157 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:02:57pm

I am watching Leno. He does not have a teleprompter right?

1158 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:03:05pm

re: #1147 Kosh's Shadow

I teach online and need #!#&@#$ Office. OpenOffice isn't quite good enough. (Office 2007 is a huge step downhill.)
Oh, and I develop software for Windows.
Right now, I'm using my Mac, and using XP running under Parallels for teaching.

send back the computer, if new
or, if you have a real Windows boot disk, reinstall from scratch

I got 3 new computers last year, Sony, Dell, Lenovo
the first 2 went back as they would not install MS SQL Server and the disks sent would not install Windows, only their crapware laden versions

the Lenovo came with a disk capable of installing ONLY windows
and it stayed

/in other words, it's the crapware

1159 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:03:21pm

re: #1121 Joan Not of Arc
Well you may be right, given that it is the Communist News Network, but as I indicated in my 1016 above, ABC has twice this week been legitimately critical about Obama and it may very well be that another MSM TV or On-line outlet will soon join them - Fox is already there.
But I do believe that CNN and MSNBC will be the last too to report the truth about him.

1160 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:04:06pm

re: #1150 Gus 802

I hope you don't think I was being a dick. Just trying to be helpful.

1161 Dustyvet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:04:24pm

re: #1154 devil in baggy pants

Thanks so much!

KARE 11 still starting the Tonight show at 11:00 P.M. I see...

1162 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:04:47pm

by the way
what is the suggested outrage or scandal the left and their media enablers are going to concoct tomorrow to bury this ?

anyone offered this up yet ?

1163 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:04:53pm

re: #1160 Slumbering Behemoth

I hope you don't think I was being a dick. Just trying to be helpful.

No, not at all. appreciate the clarification. :)

1164 devil in baggy pants  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:04:58pm

Do Lizards think that Rush will dignify this appearance with a thorough dissection tomorrow? (he asked hopefully)

1165 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:05:17pm

re: #1147 Kosh's Shadow

I teach online and need #!#&@#$ Office. OpenOffice isn't quite good enough. (Office 2007 is a huge step downhill.)
Oh, and I develop software for Windows.
Right now, I'm using my Mac, and using XP running under Parallels for teaching.

What doesn't OO do?

1166 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:05:19pm

Somehow I cannot believe he is President. He is not presidential.

1167 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:05:27pm

re: #1097 Dustyvet

ROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAO

Oh my, I can breath again!
Thanks for that!

1168 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:05:31pm

He who lives by the Teleprompter shall die by the Teleprompter. This guy is such a puppet what ever rolls across the screen he says, I'm waiting for someone to hack into that thing and really make BO look like an ass...though they don't need much help in that area.

1169 SummerSong  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:05:59pm

The O is so...now! So, current, so in, so hip.

Did he blame it on the bossa nova? Ya know, with it's magic spell and all...

1170 wee fury  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:06:02pm

I anticipate that the next TV appearance of President Obama will be on SNL.

1171 JimInMN  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:06:24pm

wow he just said we are going to integrate financial regulatory mechanisms. cool

1172 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:06:28pm

re: #1166 Afrocity

Somehow I cannot believe he is President. He is not presidential.

nail, meet head
we said Afrocity

1173 Dustyvet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:06:30pm

re: #1167 Van Helsing

ROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAORO TFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTFLMAOROTF LMAO

Oh my, I can breath again!
Thanks for that!

WELCOMES...:)

1174 Gretchen  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:06:46pm

What the President meant is that if He were at the Olympics they would obviously be Special. You are all part of a right wing smear machine trying to twist His words.

1175 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:06:52pm

re: #1164 devil in baggy pants

Do Lizards think that Rush will dignify this appearance with a thorough dissection tomorrow? (he asked hopefully)

I don't believe Rush would pass on this. Even if NBC edits for the "remark" Rush will broadcast it.

1176 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:07:23pm

re: #1166 Afrocity

Somehow I cannot believe he is President. He is not presidential.

Understatement of the year.

1177 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:08:14pm

re: #1123 That's Mr. President to you

And I do a sweeping, hat removing bow to that statement.

1178 Bobblehead  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:08:20pm

re: #1157 Afrocity

I am watching Leno. He does not have a teleprompter right?

The TOTUS says it got "the bum's rush"

1179 Gort  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:08:27pm

A sample of hits on "Obama insults" search (string in quotes).
Michelle gets in on the act too.

Pitiful POTUS and First Lady, such bitter clingers-to-insults. Disgraceful.

March 19, 2009 - Obama insults Special Olympics
[Link: hotair.com...]

March 18, 2009 - Obama Insults Our Veterans
[Link: www.copthetruth.com...]

March 09, 2009 - Obama Insults America’s Allies, Endangers Economy
[Link: www.openmarket.org...]

March 05, 2009 - Obama Insults The British
[Link: blogshevik.com...]

March 05, 2009 - Michelle Obama Insults The British (Again)
[Link: www.bookerrising.net...]

March 01, 2009 - President Obama Insults Catholics
[Link: www.catholic.org...]

November 01, 2008 - Obama Insults Nancy Reagan at Press Conference
[Link: www.teleprompterpresident.com...]

October 16, 2008 - Obama Insults Plumbers
[Link: macsmind.com...]

September 26, 2008 - Abortion Survivor Ignores Obama Insults
[Link: www.drudge.com...]

September 09, 2008 - Michelle Obama Insults Sarah Palin's Intelligence at CA Fundraiser
[Link: www.digitaljournal.com...]

September 05, 2008 - Obama insults all Americans
[Link: www.dailyprogress.com...]

August 18, 2008 - Barack Obama Insults Justice Thomas
[Link: exemployee.wordpress.com...]

July 12, 2008 - Barack Obama Insults Military Personnel and Their Families
[Link: exemployee.wordpress.com...]

April 11, 2008 - Obama insults small town Americans
[Link: ohiogop.blogs.com...]

March 31, 2008 - Old news....but interesting - Obama insults Mc Cain (2006)
[Link: www.hillaryclintonforum.net...]

February 25, 2008 - Obama Insults A Constituent
[Link: blog.noslaves.com...]

1180 Random_Lizard  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:08:36pm

This is just wrong, Leno is a slime, and why is the president wasting time going on talkshows, when the economy is falling apart?

1181 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:08:59pm

if the Republicans had balls they'd submit a resolution to censure the doofus in chief over this

only symbolic, but it needs to be done

you bet the dem's would have done it to Bush

/oh, and trot out some disabled folks for the cameras

1182 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:09:10pm

re: #1158 Adrenalyn

send back the computer, if new
or, if you have a real Windows boot disk, reinstall from scratch

I got 3 new computers last year, Sony, Dell, Lenovo
the first 2 went back as they would not install MS SQL Server and the disks sent would not install Windows, only their crapware laden versions

the Lenovo came with a disk capable of installing ONLY windows
and it stayed

/in other words, it's the crapware

Other than the fact that Vista isn't as stable as XP, it isn't too bad. I did an upgrade to Ultimate, and this one didn't come with too much crap, compared with some I've used.

1183 Steve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:09:22pm

OT

A fully loaded Russian IL-76 cargo plane......payload 1 million pounds, takes ALL of the runway, it literally uses every inch. The Aussies watching it from the tower and taking the video are incredulous.

[Link: www.alexisparkinn.com...]

1184 devil in baggy pants  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:09:28pm

Who hopes that Obama has a Steve Carell moment with the teleprompter like in "Bruce Almighty"?!?

Ding it up if you'd like to see it! LMFAO

1185 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:09:50pm

re: #1143 newsjunkie_ky

Got this today from TownHall:
Obama Lies To Gun Owners As Holder Reveals Gun Attack Plan

As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama deliberately and repeatedly lied to America's 90 million gun owners across the country when he insisted that he would not try to take away anyone's firearms, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, reacting to yesterday's remarks by Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder that the president will seek to reinstate the ban on semi-automatic firearms, said Obama "knew he was lying to the nation because his own website touted his plan to revive the gun ban and make it permanent."
We warned America that Obama's 'support' for the Second Amendment was empty rhetoric," he stated, "and now Holder's disclosure has confirmed it. Obama was lying, and now gun rights may be dying."

Several times on the campaign trail, Obama told voters "I'm not going to take your guns away." He said it at rallies in Duryea, Pennsylvania and in Boise, Idaho. He also told a news conference that "Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear...I think people can take me at my word."

"Right now," said Gottlieb, "I wouldn't take Obama's word if he said it rains a lot in Seattle. Apparently, law-abiding gun owners have nothing to fear unless they own sport-utility rifles, semiautomatic shotguns, handguns and any other firearm that Obama and his anti-gun attorney general don't like.

"Thanks to Eric Holder, who has been far more honest than his boss about his anti-gun philosophy, it is now clear that the new president doesn't support the Second Amendment at all," he observed. "American gun owners should remind Democrats in Congress that the Second Amendment means what it says, especially when the president doesn't."

The good news is that there is now zero chance of such a ban clearing either house of Congress. Large numbers of Dems in both chambers have gone on the record stating they will not vote for such a thing. They remember 1994 even if Holder does not.

1186 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:10:17pm

re: #216 m1150

I'm just glad we have a president with a sense of humor.

Yeah. The sense of humor of a boy who has yet to reach puberty.

1187 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:10:27pm

re: #1165 Harry Tuttle

What doesn't OO do?

It can only read 2007 files, not write them, and it doesn't have something that properly handles Equation Editor objects. I'm not sure how it works for Word drawings, either.

1188 wee fury  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:11:36pm

re: #1180 Random_Lizard

This is just wrong, Leno is a slime, and why is the president wasting time going on talkshows, when the economy is falling apart?

/He really wanted to be a talk show comedian.

1189 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:11:45pm

re: #1157 Afrocity

Leno most definitely has a TelePrompTer.

1190 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:12:13pm

re: #1175 pink freud

I don't believe Rush would pass on this. Even if NBC edits for the "remark" Rush will broadcast it.

Wait til the Special Olympics folks weigh in. This will be a very bad week for the zero.
March Madness will have a new connotation for me.

1191 JimInMN  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:12:24pm

Close the door before the horse gets out of the barn. Wow, excect I don't have a horse or a barn dang it. Maybe he ment close the gargage door so someone doesn't steel my bonne?

1192 ArmyWife  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:12:37pm

re: #1180 Random_Lizard

because he is not qualified to be President.

1193 SummerSong  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:12:44pm

re: #1179 Gort

Bookmarked. Thank you.

1194 joncelli  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:13:18pm

re: #1126 Kosh's Shadow

Mac OS, Parallels Desktop, and an old copy of Windows. Seriously.

1195 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:13:35pm

re: #1180 Random_Lizard

This is just wrong, Leno is a slime, and why is the president wasting time going on talkshows, when the economy is falling apart?

The questions are softball. It is not an interview. It is more Obama spewing platitudes.

1196 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:13:37pm

re: #1170 wee fury

I anticipate that the next TV appearance of President Obama will be on SNL.

His constituency. Morons that laugh at misery.

1197 TheMatrix31  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:13:38pm

I don't know about you guys, but I don't care if he goes on Leno. Like I said earlier, anything to keep him away from doing ACTUAL work, is A-OK with me.

1198 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:14:10pm

re: #1190 Wishing

Wait til the Special Olympics folks weigh in. This will be a very bad week for the zero.
March Madness will have a new connotation for me.

Fox is carrying the story.

1199 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:14:18pm

re: #1187 Kosh's Shadow

It can only read 2007 files, not write them, and it doesn't have something that properly handles Equation Editor objects. I'm not sure how it works for Word drawings, either.

Ok bummer, I don't do that stuff.

Otherwise OO is great :-)

1200 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:14:19pm

re: #1192 ArmyWife

because he is not qualified to be President.

that's because he is the "Pressident"

the effing press elected him for cripes sake
let them deal with him

1201 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:14:45pm

re: #1175 pink freud

I don't believe Rush would pass on this. Even if NBC edits for the "remark" Rush will broadcast it.

You know Rush will be all over this. I was slumming over at DU and they were saying they heard about it on Keith Olbmerman's program. (Reaction there was mixed.)

I did hear that the video of him reading the Irish PM's speech and thanking himself has been embargoed by the press.

1202 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:15:12pm

Obama has talked about blame 5 times now.

1203 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:15:39pm

re: #1181 Adrenalyn

if the Republicans had balls they'd submit a resolution to censure the doofus in chief over this

only symbolic, but it needs to be done

you bet the dem's would have done it to Bush

/oh, and trot out some disabled folks for the cameras

NO on the last part.

1204 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:15:40pm

instead of "commander in chief"
we could call him "condescender in chief"


/shit, don't get me started

1205 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:15:41pm

re: #1163 Gus 802

High five!

1206 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:15:51pm

re: #1202 Afrocity

Blame on everyone but himself and his fellow Congressional Jackasses, of course.

1207 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:16:05pm

re: #1180 Random_Lizard

....good point. Leno is a slimeball.

How (non) presidential.

1208 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:17:03pm

re: #1086 Wilderstad

Obama = superficial, ego driven, schmuck.

And those are his good qualities.

1209 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:17:13pm

re: #1144 razorbacker
I have to ask you this: why is it that I do socialize with Black people (picnic's, dinners and all) down here in Charlotte N.C., and did the same while living in NYC - we got along very well and I never once thought about it being "PC" or anything like that?
I learned - a long time ago in the military - that there is SO MUCH MORE that Blacks and Whites in America have in common than that which we don't, that if I treated folks of all colors and races with respect and friendliness, I generally got the same in return.

1210 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:17:30pm

re: #1201 capitalist piglet

You know Rush will be all over this. I was slumming over at DU and they were saying they heard about it on Keith Olbmerman's program. (Reaction there was mixed.)

I did hear that the video of him reading the Irish PM's speech and thanking himself has been embargoed by the press.

Yes. LOL! Rush will have a field day with this. As for the press embargo, it's a good thing they can't muzzle the intertubes.

/When're those to-die-for boots arriving!?

1211 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:18:09pm

re: #1205 Slumbering Behemoth

High five!

High five!

Man, that troll was annoying. Posted a link to some left wing pseudo church organization. Tried to turn this topic into a defense of Jesse Jackson.

1212 SteveC  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:18:26pm

From ABC News.Com

President Barack Obama went cross-country to deliver his economic message -- but his attempt at a joke about the Special Olympics during the first appearance by a sitting president on "The Tonight Show" could open up controversy on a whole new front.

We don't know.

It's close.

These things are hard to predict....

1213 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:19:16pm

re: #1149 Van Helsing
"I guess I'm suffering from fear of what I don't understand..."
Me too.

1214 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:19:18pm

re: #1185 Dark_Falcon

The good news is that there is now zero chance of such a ban clearing either house of Congress. Large numbers of Dems in both chambers have gone on the record stating they will not vote for such a thing. They remember 1994 even if Holder does not.

The problem is they're a pack of F***ing liars!
Vigilance people, vigilance...
This is the administration that is taking weapons away from commercial pilots.
Don't trust them, don't relax your vigilance.

1215 JimInMN  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:20:00pm

wow this campaign speech is going well. I hope he reminds us who he has in his final 4 before this is over. Got to love couch K! (if you have heard it not read it that is)

1216 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:22:19pm

There goes the mattress comment again.

1217 So?  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:22:24pm

this is a big deal? gimme a break. the world is falling apart and this is a big deal? so he tried to be funny and sounded like a putz. bush sounded like a putz many times too.

1218 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:22:26pm

re: #1195 Afrocity

He went on Leno to sharpened his image....Bawhahahahahaha

1219 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:22:51pm

re: #1194 joncelli

Mac OS, Parallels Desktop, and an old copy of Windows. Seriously.

That's what I'm using now, however, the Mac is a lemon; I need to get its optical drive replaced for the second time, and it has a nasty tendency not to properly wake up from sleep. It also had the display replaced already, and the letters on the keys started wearing off in less than a year.

1220 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:23:10pm

re: #1210 pink freud

Yes. LOL! Rush will have a field day with this. As for the press embargo, it's a good thing they can't muzzle the intertubes.

/When're those to-die-for boots arriving!?

Ground shipping, so it'll be a week or so. It's one of those places that bases shipping costs on the value of the item, so it was almost $50 just for THAT. Yikes! I will wear them right away to see if you guys notice though! Heh.

I'll be tuning in to Rush in the morning...can't wait to hear that bass line...

1221 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:24:08pm

re: #1217 So?

this is a big deal? gimme a break. the world is falling apart and this is a big deal? so he tried to be funny and sounded like a putz. bush sounded like a putz many times too.

Did Bush use the disabled to make a joke? I must have missed that.

1222 Throbert McGee  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:24:10pm

re: #1115 Kosh's Shadow

When I was a kid, and I heard about the stereotype of blacks liking fried chicken and watermelon, it didn't make any sense, because I like fried chicken and watermelon, so I couldn't see the problem. I just accepted there was one.

This puzzled me for years, too -- in my experience, MOST people like fried chicken and watermelon, regardless of their skin color or ethnic background. Not only that, but indigenous cuisines in many different parts of the world make use of domesticated poultry, and cultivate melons in one form or another.

It was finally explained to me (by a friend with a background in folklore) that the stereotype is based on the idea that chickens and watermelons would be particularly appealing items for an opportunistic thief to grab.

If you can't afford to actually buy meat to go with your staple diet of beans and bread, and you're tired of eating squirrel or possum, stealing a chicken is a lot easier than stealing a sheep, pig, or calf, because chickens don't weigh as much. And if you want something for dessert, you can snatch ONE big watermelon in much less time that it would take you to climb a tree and pick a quantity of apples or peaches roughly equivalent in weight to the melon.

Thus, the offensiveness of the stereotype lies in the fact that it attributes a a habit of petty thievery to blacks.

1223 So?  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:24:24pm

I think the USA has become TOO DAMN POLITICALLY CORRECT AND TOO DAMN CORRUPT... I'm getting nauseous

1224 HelloDare  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:24:40pm

re: #369 Muadib

That socialist dope needs teleprompter eyeglasses.

Here you go.

1225 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:25:01pm

re: #1199 Harry Tuttle

Ok bummer, I don't do that stuff.

Otherwise OO is great :-)

I use Neo Office on my Mac (Open Office hangs too much), and on a Dell Mini because I wasn't going to buy another copy of Office. I don't want to buy too many at the academic price.

1226 So?  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:25:14pm

re: #1221 capitalist piglet

Did Bush use the disabled to make a joke? I must have missed that.

Bush insulted our intelligence. I think that's enough.

1227 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:25:14pm

re: #1211 Gus 802

In these tough economic times everyone is feeling the pinch. This month is tight for me, and I cannot afford to feed trolls right now, so I just scrolled over.

1228 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:25:41pm

re: #1217 So?

Hey, give him a chance. He'll catch up.

1229 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:25:44pm

If Malia and Sasha are not impressed it is due to your upbringing Mr. Obama.

1230 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:26:12pm

I just heard the Special Olympics remark on Leno's show - it was NOT edited out!

1231 ArmyWife  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:26:20pm

re: #1217 So?

Here's the thing. For 8 years we heard Bush was stupid - village in Texas missing their idiot and stuff. We were then told how fortunate we were the yahoo cowboy left the Office and now we've been graced with a true intellectual. Thus far I've been less than impressed with Barry's intellectual prowess. How about you?

1232 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:26:22pm

re: #1174 Gretchen
"You are all part of a vast right wing conspiracy smear machine trying to twist His words."
There! FTFY!

1233 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:26:22pm

re: #1222 Throbert McGee

This puzzled me for years, too -- in my experience, MOST people like fried chicken and watermelon, regardless of their skin color or ethnic background. Not only that, but indigenous cuisines in many different parts of the world make use of domesticated poultry, and cultivate melons in one form or another.

It was finally explained to me (by a friend with a background in folklore) that the stereotype is based on the idea that chickens and watermelons would be particularly appealing items for an opportunistic thief to grab.

If you can't afford to actually buy meat to go with your staple diet of beans and bread, and you're tired of eating squirrel or possum, stealing a chicken is a lot easier than stealing a sheep, pig, or calf, because chickens don't weigh as much. And if you want something for dessert, you can snatch ONE big watermelon in much less time that it would take you to climb a tree and pick a quantity of apples or peaches roughly equivalent in weight to the melon.

Thus, the offensiveness of the stereotype lies in the fact that it attributes a a habit of petty thievery to blacks.

Thank you for the explanation.

1234 astronmr20  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:26:24pm

...so did this thing air yet?

1235 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:26:25pm

re: #1214 Van Helsing

The problem is they're a pack of F***ing liars!
Vigilance people, vigilance...
This is the administration that is taking weapons away from commercial pilots.
Don't trust them, don't relax your vigilance.

I don't trust Congress with much, but I do trust them to see their own obvious self interest. Any gun ban will result in freshman Dems getting the boot. They know this and so will not vote for it, as they have said. Vigilance is indeed key: Keep Congress's feet to the fire and they won't pass laws that might get them the boot.

1236 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:26:35pm

So?

their Pressident needs to be treated the same way they treated Bush, maybe worse

payback's a bitch

dance with the devil and someone's gonna step on your toes

1237 Sharmuta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:26:37pm

re: #1230 6pat6

I just heard the Special Olympics remark on Leno's show - it was NOT edited out!

Good for Leno!

1238 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:26:45pm

Got a tip from a YouTube comment. Apparently a Special Olympics group called out Dick Morris for using the word "retarded" on the O'Reilly Factor.

On February 9, during the week of activities, Dick Morris used the word "retarded" in a demeaning way on the O'Reilly Factor. The students of the Youth Activation Summit acted swiftly and reached out to FOX and Bill O'Reilly to educate and engage them on this blunder. On February 12, Bill O'Reilly gave an on-air apology.
1239 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:27:03pm

'Undercover Putin In KGB Reagan Ruse'

A picture has emerged apparently showing Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in his former days as a KGB officer.

"The 20-year old photo depicts two world leaders - US President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev - in Moscow.

But, according to the man who took the photo, it also captures Mr Putin disguised as a tourist.

Pete Souza, now President Obama's official photographer, captured the moment when he worked for President Reagan during the political thaw that soon ended the Cold War.

Mr Reagan took a stroll around Red Square accompanied by the Russian leader, who then introduced him to a group of tourists."

1240 itellu3times  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:27:25pm

Anyway, there are no disabled people, there are differently abled people.

And soon there will be new bowling alleys in every corner of America.

1241 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:27:26pm

re: #1226 So?

Bush insulted our intelligence. I think that's enough.

Go post at the Kos, you troll.

GAZE

1242 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:27:29pm

Now The One is talking about his daughters...personal stuff. The remark was taken out re the Special Olympics, but he just mentioned his bowling.

Talking about football now.

1243 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:27:48pm

re: #1227 Slumbering Behemoth

In these tough economic times everyone is feeling the pinch. This month is tight for me, and I cannot afford to feed trolls right now, so I just scrolled over.

Feeling the pinch here. Sometimes I let my high BP get the best of me.

1244 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:28:06pm

This is boring. (Leno)

There will be NO dog.

1245 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:28:13pm

re: #1220 capitalist piglet

Let us know!

1246 So?  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:28:23pm

re: #1228 swamprat

Hey, give him a chance. He'll catch up.

I have no doubt he will.

1247 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:28:40pm

re: #1242 NY Nana

The remark was taken out re the Special Olympics, but he just mentioned his bowling

The remark was aired - I just heard it a minute ago!

1248 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:29:00pm

re: #921 robdouth

No it's juvenile and stupid, but I was a kid who meant no harm, If someone ever got me on tape, and I tried to run for office at some point, I might be forced to retire because at 15 or so, I called things I didn't like retarded. Granted my best friend's brother was high-functioning autistic through high school and college and I'd have never let anyone make fun of him, but calling things retarded and directly making fun of mentally challenged people aren't in the same stadium.

You know, I think I would be OK with Obama's comment if he had made it at the age of fifteen. Making it at the age of forty-eight, on TV, is a different sort of issue.

Massive groveling apology needed by President ASAP.

Just for the record, I also believe that the vast majority of mildly athletic retarded people over the age of twelve in this country could probably still kick his ass bowling, so thinking that he's Special Olympics material is a bit egomaniacal.

1249 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:29:10pm

Unless your local affiliate edited it out!

1250 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:29:32pm

Really? Jay, the best night of your life?

1251 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:29:37pm

re: #1223 So?

I think the USA has become TOO DAMN POLITICALLY CORRECT AND TOO DAMN CORRUPT... I'm getting nauseous

So move to Iran or Venezuela or Cuba.

1252 SteveC  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:30:11pm

Here's a guy who should be Class A, Full Throttle pissed:

BOISE, ID – Vice President Joe Biden today announced Kareem Dale as Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy. The Vice President, who was leading a Presidential Delegation at the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Boise, Idaho, made the announcement during a stop at the Special Olympics’ Healthy Athletes Event, a worldwide program in which athletes receive a variety of health screenings and services.

“The commitment that the President and I have to Special Olympics and people with disabilities is deep and abiding. And we are backing up those words with real action at the White House,” said Vice President Biden. “This is our first step to ensure that we have a strong advocate for people with disabilities at the highest levels of our Administration.”

Dale, who is partially blind, will have direct access to the President in this role and he will coordinate the Administration’s efforts to see that people with disabilities are on a level playing field with all Americans.

Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Dale previously served as the National Disability Director for the Obama for America campaign. He also served on the Arts Policy Committee and the Disability Policy Committee for then-Senator Obama.

Dale graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor's degree in Advertising in May 1995. He received his JD/MBA in May 1999 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, graduating Cum Laude. While attending law school, Dale was also active in community service, including serving as president of two organizations, the Black Law Students' Association and Open Forum.

1253 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:30:12pm

re: #1248 SanFranciscoZionist

Massive groveling apology needed by President ASAP.

You really are not expecting this?

1254 devil in baggy pants  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:30:14pm

Leno is giving him a hard time about picking UNC because it's a swing state...

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

1255 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:30:38pm

re: #1221 capitalist piglet

Did Bush use the disabled to make a joke? I must have missed that.

re: #1226 So?

Bush insulted our intelligence. I think that's enough.


I'll take that as a 'no'.

Who's the frat boy again?

1256 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:30:49pm

I was going to make a mock post about a teleprompter found in Fort Marcy Park but figured that in the end, that too would be crass, and very possibly offensive.

Instead, I humbly suggest an additional tag: Unprofessional.

1257 TheMatrix31  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:31:03pm

It was aired because if they didn't air it, it would cause even more publicity.

1258 devil in baggy pants  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:31:15pm

re: #1242 NY Nana

No, it wasn't taken out.

1259 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:31:49pm

re: #1247 6pat6

So help me, I did not hear it. All I heard was his mentioning about his bowling score.

1261 razorbacker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:32:01pm

re: #1209 realwest

At a PC social gathering, a black person or two will be invited because it proves that they aren't racist.

At a non PC social gathering black people will be invited because they're friends.

If people acted logically, there would never have been the degree of racism in the South that existed. Poor blacks and poor whites should have been natural allies, since they were basically in the same leaky boat.

But I guess that everyone needs to be able to feel superior to someone. And it's awful hard to be friends with someone who acts like he feels superior to you.

1262 Buster Bunny  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:32:19pm

re: #1246 So?

So?

So-so.

So said.

1263 So?  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:32:46pm

re: #1236 Adrenalyn

So?

their Pressident needs to be treated the same way they treated Bush, maybe worse

payback's a bitch

dance with the devil and someone's gonna step on your toes

Listen, Obama's is going to get his. His policies over the last 2 months are not at all popular with people that voted for him, but they won't admit it so soon. Give it 6 months, then the backlash will begin. He's still the Messiah in many people's eyes. Obama will not escape America's favorite game. They build you UP only to tear you down. In his case, they will have GOOD reason.

1264 Gretchen  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:32:47pm

re: #1221 capitalist piglet

Did Bush use the disabled to make a joke? I must have missed that.

Rest assured that at no time in his entire life did he ever whisper such a thing because it would have made the cover of Time, Newsweek and the front page of the NYT. Katie Couric would have run a Special Report and Michael Moore would have made it into a movie.

1265 Perplexed  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:32:50pm

re: #14 jorline

This administration has had a historical first 100 days.

This administration has had a historical hysterical first 100 days.

I've always wondered how civilizations have seemingly collapsed over night. Might be a firsthand witness to this one collapsing. At least the Roman Praetorian Guard......

1266 astronmr20  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:32:53pm

..so did it air? Is this being edited differently for time zones or are the local affiliates nipping it?

1267 yesandno  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:32:53pm

re: #1223 So?

I think the USA has become TOO DAMN POLITICALLY CORRECT AND TOO DAMN CORRUPT... I'm getting nauseous

Must be catching. I've read two of your posts and I am nauseous as well.

Take two cluebats and call us in the morning.

1268 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:32:57pm

re: #1242 NY Nana

Now The One is talking about his daughters...personal stuff. The remark was taken out re the Special Olympics, but he just mentioned his bowling.

Talking about football now.

Weird. Someone upthread (post 1230) said they heard it.

1269 Dustyvet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:33:10pm

re: #1226 So?

Bush insulted our intelligence. I think that's enough.

Hey I hear the traffic outside your house is really heavy tonight, how bout you go play in it...


/S

1270 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:33:25pm

Palin rejects federal stimulus money

"Gov. Sarah Palin just told reporters that she’s accepting only 55 percent of the federal economic stimulus money being offered to Alaska. The governor said that she will accept only about $514 million of the $930 million headed to the state.

“We are not requesting funds intended to just grow government. We are not requesting more money for normal day-to-day operations of government as part of this economic stimulus package. In essence we say no to operating funds for more positions in government,” Palin said.

The biggest single chunk of stimulus money that Palin is turning down is $160 million for education. There’s also $17 million in Department of Labor funds (vocational rehabilitation services, unemployment services, etc.), about $9 million for Health and Social Services and about $7 million for Public Safety."

1271 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:33:54pm

re: #1252 SteveC

Should be pissed, but he won't be. He's another one of Obama's Chicago cronies. His second insult to those with Special Needs: Putting a Party Machine hack in charge of the office that services them. Its the Chicago Way!

1272 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:34:12pm

re: #1245 pink freud

Let us know!

I most definitely will! [SQUEAL]

1273 devil in baggy pants  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:34:17pm

re: #1268 capitalist piglet

Weird. Someone upthread (post 1230) said they heard it.

I heard it and taped it on my DVR.

1274 bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:34:28pm

Good night folkses.

1275 That's Mr. President to you  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:34:32pm

[still out of character]

Looks like Olberman should be completely repudiated if he does not make Obama his "worst person in the world" on his next show for the Special Olympics insult.

Because he has used the Special Olympics as a sort of moral club to whack Sarah Palin with.

[Link: newsbusters.org...]

The hypocrisy on the left is so glaringly obvious that mocking them with extreme sarcasm seems the only option that might get through.

1276 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:34:39pm

re: #1260 Gus 802

President's Comment Glossed Over at "Disability News/Patricia E Bauer.com"

I don't expect people with limited abilities to be able to defend themselves well. This where we come in to the picture.

1277 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:34:48pm

re: #1028 itellu3times

Here comes $700,000,000,000 for the special olympics.

Well, that's nice, isn't it? All the athletes can get those cool new Speedos, and personal masseurs, and, uh, solid gold starting blocks or something.

1278 sngnsgt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:34:54pm

re: #717 Racer X

LOL! That's a keeper, thanks.

1279 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:35:12pm

re: #1270 pink freud

Palin rejects federal stimulus money

"Gov. Sarah Palin just told reporters that she’s accepting only 55 percent of the federal economic stimulus money being offered to Alaska. The governor said that she will accept only about $514 million of the $930 million headed to the state.

“We are not requesting funds intended to just grow government. We are not requesting more money for normal day-to-day operations of government as part of this economic stimulus package. In essence we say no to operating funds for more positions in government,” Palin said.

The biggest single chunk of stimulus money that Palin is turning down is $160 million for education. There’s also $17 million in Department of Labor funds (vocational rehabilitation services, unemployment services, etc.), about $9 million for Health and Social Services and about $7 million for Public Safety."

Once again, Sarah Palin proves she has both wisdom and foresight. Palin in 2012!

1280 astronmr20  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:35:40pm

So did he say it? ? ?

1281 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:35:56pm

re: #1263 So?

Listen, Obama's is going to get his. His policies over the last 2 months are not at all popular with people that voted for him, but they won't admit it so soon. Give it 6 months, then the backlash will begin. He's still the Messiah in many people's eyes. Obama will not escape America's favorite game. They build you UP only to tear you down. In his case, they will have GOOD reason.

good Bob Kuban reference, by the way

1282 bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:36:11pm

re: #1275 That's Mr. President to you

And a good night to you Mr. President to me. ;)

1283 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:36:28pm

re: #1272 capitalist piglet

I most definitely will! [SQUEAL]

You *totally* tickle me with those new boots! I can hear your squeals in my head and I know EXACTLY how you feel!

1284 So?  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:36:28pm

re: #1281 Adrenalyn

good Bob Kuban reference, by the way

who is Bob Kuban?

1285 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:37:18pm

re: #1258 devil in baggy pants

I am glad...but I swear that I did not hear it! I wish I had...but OTOH, I might have thrown things at the TV...I wonder what will be said during Friday, and what will be done to try and divert attention.

1286 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:37:56pm

re: #1279 Dark_Falcon

Once again, Sarah Palin proves she has both wisdom and foresight. Palin in 2012!

Here, Here!

1287 That's Mr. President to you  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:38:05pm

re: #1282 bloodnok

And a good night to you Mr. President to me. ;)

Go body surf that mattress.

[fistbump]

1288 Aviator  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:38:07pm

re: #1226 So?

Bush insulted our intelligence. I think that's enough.

Insulted your intelligence?
Haaaaaaaaa!

1289 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:38:09pm

re: #1270 pink freud

Good for her! Wish I could say the same about my Governor - he can't wait to get his hands on the stimulus money - and to hell with the strigs! he'll accept the provisions attached, just to get the $$$. Typical Jackass! Fortunately, he is term limited!

1290 bloodnok  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:38:36pm

re: #1285 NY Nana

I am glad...but I swear that I did not hear it! I wish I had...but OTOH, I might have thrown things at the TV...I wonder what will be said during Friday, and what will be done to try and divert attention.

Please don't let it be a shirtless picture. (shudder)

/really leaving. g'night!

1291 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:38:46pm

re: #1276 Wishing

I don't expect people with limited abilities to be able to defend themselves well. This where we come in to the picture.

Yes. In this case we're going to see ideology to trump peoples claimed ethics. In other words if a Republican were to have said this the reaction would have been "huge."

Of course, we know what is implied when someone refers to "Special Olympics" in the context that Obama used it on the Tonight Show. The left will self censor themselves in that regard and try to reverse this event into a meme against conservatives and blame the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy."

1292 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:38:49pm

re: #1280 astronmr20

YES!

1293 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:38:55pm

I'm going to sign off for the night. Play nice everyone. And if avanti wanders in, smack him for me. ;)

1294 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:38:56pm

re: #1275 That's Mr. President to you

My favorite hatchling.

1295 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:39:05pm

re: #1226 So?
And you've insulted our intelligence enough for one night.
Fuck Off.

1296 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:39:26pm

Of course, Bush was never subjected to this kind of scrutiny.

sarcasm alert

1297 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:39:36pm

re: #1293 Dark_Falcon

I'm going to sign off for the night. Play nice everyone. And if avanti wanders in, smack him for me. ;)

Night Dark Falcon

{Dark Falcon}

1298 Gretchen  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:39:45pm

re: #1226 So?

Bush insulted our intelligence. I think that's enough.

Hello are you paying attention to the train wreck we have in the WH?Just in the last few weeks he spent more than anyone could imagine without bothering to read the bills he signed, he then called AIG "suicide bombers" because they got bonuses his party specifically allowed in the bill. He insulted the PM of Great Britain with a cheapo set of DVDs that don't even play on European DVD players, he sent Hillary Clinton to Russia with a button that read "overcharge", threatened to make the military pay for war injuries with private insurance and thanked himself for a lovely meeting with the Irish PM, because he read the wrong speech on his teleprompter.

You insult our intelligence.

1299 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:39:53pm

re: #1054 ArmyWife

Only if you are the one gardening. You seriously think Michelle or Barry is going to be out there doing something that is pretty darn close to work?

Maybe the girls will take it up. Good exercise, and it provides a lovely hands-on education in biology. My mom had a garden when I was a kid. I got to raise a caterpillar we found in it, and hatch it out into butterfly-ness.

1300 That's Mr. President to you  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:39:59pm

re: #1294 Afrocity

My favorite hatchling.

Here you go, sweetie.

[fistbump]

1301 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:40:13pm

re: #1243 Gus 802

Hey, don't get me wrong. Sometimes (heh, most of the time) I feed the trolls when I probably would do better to just GAZE at them. Don't let it affect your BP, though. Just have fun.

1302 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:41:13pm

re: #1299 SanFranciscoZionist

Maybe the girls will take it up.

Doubtful. That would involve actual work, getting hands dirty, and doing things that the "little people" in Flyover Land do.

1303 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:41:37pm

re: #1250 Afrocity
Sad if true, isn't it? That was the best night of Leno's life?

1304 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:41:46pm

re: #1289 6pat6

Good for her! Wish I could say the same about my Governor - he can't wait to get his hands on the stimulus money - and to hell with the strigs! he'll accept the provisions attached, just to get the $$$. Typical Jackass! Fortunately, he is term limited!

I admire her principled stance, however, she hasn't a prayer's chance in 2012.

1305 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:42:10pm

re: #1300 That's Mr. President to you

Here you go, sweetie.

[fistbump]

Thanks Barry. (Pins arugula corsage on your lapel)

1306 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:42:40pm

re: #1301 Slumbering Behemoth

Hey, don't get me wrong. Sometimes (heh, most of the time) I feed the trolls when I probably would do better to just GAZE at them. Don't let it affect your BP, though. Just have fun.

Not a problem. It's high when I'm standing still. :) I don't let things like this bother me really. My life's plate is currently full of other pressing issues.

1307 JimInMN  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:43:15pm

re: #1250 Afrocity

I think bambi poured koolaid in Jays coffee during the break. We can't blame Obama(yet), Bush, Clinton, or anyone but the terrorists and greedy capitalists for the shape our economy is in right now I may be wrong but I told my wife right after 9/11 our economy is hosed (10 years from now) I was wrong only by 2-years. Although Clinton did allow all the Enron kind of stuff to go under his watch. Obviously that didn't help.

1308 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:43:33pm

re: #1303 realwest

Sad if true, isn't it? That was the best night of Leno's life?

I thought Leno was a Republican. Just curious.

1309 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:43:46pm

re: #1082 razorbacker

I know some of y'all are going to call me a wigger, but all three appeal to me, too.

Watermelon...

A couple of years ago my brother was hosting a BBQ, and had spiked a watermelon. We were sitting on the back steps eating, and I asked Walt didn't he want any. He said yeah, but took my baby brother's cell phone away before partaking. Said he really didn't need any pics of "this ni**er sitting in the shade eating watermelon" getting passed around.

Sitting in the shade on a hot summer day, eating watermelon, is one life's simple and truly great pleasures.

1310 BLBfootballs  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:43:56pm

I am just agog.

What is wrong with this man?

1311 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:44:00pm

the murag'a-ian candidate

1312 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:44:42pm

re: #1310 BLBfootballs

I am just agog.

What is wrong with this man?

Now we see:

a. Why the teleprompter
b. Why Joe Biden (to make him look good)

1313 SteveC  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:44:57pm

re: #1301 Slumbering Behemoth

Sometimes (heh, most of the time) I feed the trolls when I probably would do better to just GAZE at them.

Don't feed them after midnight and do NOT get them wet!

1314 ted  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:45:38pm

Scumbag.

I'm disabled..........Muscular Dystrophy.

What a POS.

I hate this MF'er more each day.

1315 wee fury  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:45:39pm

Ode to Bowling:
It was not easy being a pin-setter
On League nights the farmers would arrive
Drinking beer, swearing and throwing hard
The pins would crash and fly
And, sometimes hit me on the thigh.

1316 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:45:50pm

re: #1313 SteveC

Don't feed them after midnight and do NOT get them wet!

And it is always after midnight somewhere...

1317 SteveC  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:45:54pm

re: #1310 BLBfootballs

I am just agog.

What is wrong with this man?

I guessed idiot, but a few guessed moron. Right now moron is leading by a few votes.

1318 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:46:44pm

re: #1313 SteveC

Don't feed them after midnight and do NOT get them wet!

So the midnight snack and the bath were a bad idea?

My bad.

1319 Gort  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:46:46pm

re: #1214 Van Helsing

The problem is they're a pack of F***ing liars!
Vigilance people, vigilance...
This is the administration that is taking weapons away from commercial pilots.
Don't trust them, don't relax your vigilance.

Doubleplus updings.

And also remember it's not just the firearms they can and will go after.
Onerous restrictions on manufacture, transfer, importation, storage, etc. of parts and ammunition can be attempted without any new legislation after 'review' and 're-interpretation' of existing regulations -> unbanned firearms becoming expensive clubs over time.

I would be shocked if the following weren't at best a trial balloon, but most likely hoping that it would become permanent if unnoticed due to all of the FED FUD going on:

STATEMENT FROM NRA CHIEF LOBBYIST CHRIS W. COX
Military Surplus Cartridge Case Issue Resolved

Remain ever vigilant indeed. Never let a good constitutional amendment go to waste.

1320 stevieray  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:47:57pm

Obama's remark is on CBS news.

They said "The White House is in serious damage control..."

1321 Miss Molly  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:48:26pm

Does this guy ever do any work? He has time to play hoops, practice bowling, party on Wednesday night and when things are a mess in Washington he gets on Air Force One to fly around the country so he doesn't have to face the mess and is afraid of reporters who might ask tough questions.

1322 devnulled  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:48:36pm

Instead of picking on the Special Olympics, why didn't 0 go for the obvious fact (in a gentle way) that communists are not known for their bowling skills?

In Soviet Russia, pin machine resets *you*!

1323 swamprat  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:49:13pm

re: #1311 swamprat

the murag'a-ian candidate


mis-spell

The Murang'a-ian Candidate

1324 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:49:43pm

re: #1309 SanFranciscoZionist

Sitting in the shade on a hot summer day, eating watermelon, is one life's simple and truly great pleasures.

Hey, I never knew what the big deal was about watermelon. It is my favorite summer indulgence. When I was young, my mom never allowed me to eat it in public. She explained that it was not a "public fruit" and people make fun of blacks because we eat it. I said to her "but we do eat it". It is silly
If you dont identify with the idiotic negative connotations associated with eating watermelon, why should it bother anyone. Meanwhile I love it and fried chicken and most soul food, southern cooking...

1325 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:49:55pm

He has a problem with disabled and Jews (at least with Israel).

So did the Nazis.

0bama is no Nazi, but these similarities really bother me.

1326 SteveC  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:50:08pm

re: #1320 stevieray

Obama's remark is on CBS news.

They said "The White House is in serious damage control..."

Bail, Michelle, bail!

1327 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:50:15pm

re: #1115 Kosh's Shadow

When I was a kid, and I heard about the stereotype of blacks liking fried chicken and watermelon, it didn't make any sense, because I like fried chicken and watermelon, so I couldn't see the problem. I just accepted there was one.

The real fried-chicken demographic is teenage boys. Any race, ethnicity or socioeconomic bracket. Last year, we had a potluck at the school I was at, and we had an absolute mountain of fried chicken, ranging from 'picked up at the Safeway' chicken to 'Grand-Mama's recipe carefully brought from Louisiana and guarded like a state secret' chicken. I was thinking, "No one is going to eat all this fried chicken. What are we going to do?"

Then they let in a group of fourteen and fifteen year old boys who'd been waiting at the door with increasing impatience for about ten minutes. Someone screamed 'fried chicken. Yeah!' and the rush was on.

They can actually hold the chicken piece about six inches away from their mouths and sort of vacuum suction off the meat. No lie.

We had NO leftover chicken.

1328 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:50:28pm

A.I.G. Sues U.S. for Return of $306 Million in Tax Payments

"While the American International Group comes under fire from Congress over executive bonuses, it is quietly fighting the federal government for the return of $306 million in tax payments, some related to deals that were conducted through offshore tax havens.

A.I.G. sued the government last month in a bid to force it to return the payments, which stemmed in large part from its use of aggressive tax deals, some involving entities controlled by the company’s financial products unit in the Cayman Islands, Ireland, the Dutch Antilles and other offshore havens.

A.I.G. is effectively suing its majority owner, the government, which has an 80 percent stake and has poured nearly $200 billion into the insurer in a bid to avert its collapse and avoid troubling the global financial markets. The company is in effect asking for even more money, in the form of tax refunds. The suit also suggests that A.I.G. is spending taxpayer money to pursue its case, something it is legally entitled to do. Its initial claim was denied by the Internal Revenue Service last year."

1329 BakaRanger  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:50:33pm

I think I'm beginning to Grok Obama...

1330 TheMatrix31  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:50:34pm

re: #1321 Miss Molly

Does this guy ever do any work? He has time to play hoops, practice bowling, party on Wednesday night and when things are a mess in Washington he gets on Air Force One to fly around the country so he doesn't have to face the mess and is afraid of reporters who might ask tough questions.

Would you rather have him doing actual work and f'ing things more?

1331 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:50:59pm

re: #1275 That's Mr. President to you

Hypocrisy is a trademark for the left. Nothing has ever prevented them sending checks to the IRS above and beyond what is owed.

Do they do it?
I'm thinking no...

1332 Perplexed  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:51:35pm

re: #1321 Miss Molly

Does this guy ever do any work? He has time to play hoops, practice bowling, party on Wednesday night and when things are a mess in Washington he gets on Air Force One to fly around the country so he doesn't have to face the mess and is afraid of reporters who might ask tough questions.

What did they do in "Animal House" when things got rough? They went on a road trip. Welcome to Obama's version of "Animal House."

1333 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:52:02pm

re: #1226 So?

if Bush was too smart for you, it sounds like a personal problem: have you considered night school?

1334 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:53:07pm

re: #1261 razorbacker
Well I don't think I've ever been PC in my life and I still get along with and have real friendships with Blacks and Hispanics; but I have noticed some "tension" between Blacks and Hispanics over exactly what you stated as "everyone needs to be able to feel superior to someone."
But I can't overlook the fact that the "race baiter's" (Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, David Duke and that other well known White Supremacist who's name I can't recall right now) need the enmity between the races to continue in able to still make money and cling - no matter how desperately - to some sense of being significant.
In your opinon, do you think race relationships will ever significantly improve in the US?

1335 Mr. Sandman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:53:40pm

Alright, I guess you've guys found something to drive your engines of phony outrage for the the next few months.

1336 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:53:49pm

re: #1327 SanFranciscoZionist

"They can actually hold the chicken piece about six inches away from their mouths and sort of vacuum suction off the meat. No lie."

Hahahaha! That's *exactly* what they do!

1337 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:54:05pm

i'm thinking that Ear Leader's minders are only going to allow him to speak from the little yellow podium from now on.

1338 Gretchen  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:54:25pm

Off to bed now.

I'm starting to feel like I am in the movie Groundhog Day. I go to bed and the next day Obama and Co. do or say something stupider than the day before. Today was a bonus day, 2 stupid Obama Gaffes and the congress passed the silly 90% tax on AGI executives after signing legislation they didn't read guaranteeing those bonuses.

The bar is high now.

1339 Gretchen  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:55:11pm

re: #1322 devnulled

Instead of picking on the Special Olympics, why didn't 0 go for the obvious fact (in a gentle way) that communists are not known for their bowling skills?

In Soviet Russia, pin machine resets *you*!

By "reset" do you mean "Overcharge"?

1340 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:55:50pm

re: #1334 realwest

If someone thinks that race relations have not improved, you should force them to watch ROOTS. Things have improved. There are opportunist like Sharpton that see racism in every ACT.

1341 Steve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:55:55pm

re: #1333 redc1c4

if Bush was too smart for you, it sounds like a personal problem: have you considered night school?

I do not think that night school would help.

1342 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:56:11pm

re: #132 mikalm

I think you mean Alice Waters, Chez Panisse restauranteur and Queen of Liberal-Puke Foodyism.

Alice Walker is a misandrist, racist, borderline-psycho hack scribbler.

Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern would probably eat Waters alive (not literally, I hope ;-p)...

1343 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:56:11pm

re: #1338 Gretchen

Off to bed now.

I'm starting to feel like I am in the movie Groundhog Day. I go to bed and the next day Obama and Co. do or say something stupider than the day before. Today was a bonus day, 2 stupid Obama Gaffes and the congress passed the silly 90% tax on AGI executives after signing legislation they didn't read guaranteeing those bonuses.

The bar is high open now.

with this administration, they should just go ahead and suspend closing times.... it would give them cover.

1344 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:56:45pm

re: #1341 Steve

I do not think that night school would help.

it would keep it off the LNDT. %-)

1345 Afrocity  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:56:49pm

I am sleepy. Nite Lizards

1346 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:56:51pm

re: #1322 devnulled

Instead of picking on the Special Olympics, why didn't 0 go for the obvious fact (in a gentle way) that communists are not known for their bowling skills?

In Soviet Russia, pin machine resets *you*!

I thought Soviet bowlers who bowled a strike or spare had to share their points with those who got gutterballs.

1347 Adrenalyn  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:57:48pm

re: #1345 Afrocity

I am sleepy. Nite Lizards

AS WELL

good night Afrocity

1348 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:57:49pm

re: #1335 Mr. Sandman

Alright, I guess you've guys found something to drive your engines of phony outrage for the the next few months.

Phony outrage? Mine is NOT phony, I can assure you. Mine is the real thing. I guess you are an elitist like the zero.
For us human beings, I think we can relate to others difficulties and inabilities and do not see these as fodder for late night jokes, especially from the POTUS.
You are majorly down-dinged.

1349 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:58:17pm

re: #1264 Gretchen
"Rest assured that at no time in his entire life did he ever whisper such a thing because Bush doesn't feel superior to them, nor was he ungentlemanly enough to EVER say anything negative about them, even in private."
Hope you don't mind if I expanded on your original thought.

1350 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:59:11pm

Goodnight, Lizards

1351 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 9:59:51pm

re: #1290 bloodnok

*My eyes!* *My eyes!*

Sweet dreams.

1352 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:00:17pm

re: #1335 Mr. Sandman

Alright, I guess you've guys found something to drive your engines of phony outrage for the the next few months.

Thank you for your opinion on this matter Mr. Sandman Liberal. Must be rough to be outraged about what you perceive on being outrage.

1353 razorbacker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:00:22pm

re: #1334 realwest

In your opinon, do you think race relationships will ever significantly improve in the US?

Absolutely!

The dirty little secret is that we have to be taught racism. Ever watch little kids? They're not racist, they don't know how to be.

Anyone who would deny that racial relations in this country have not improved either doesn't know his history, or he has a vested interest in continued racial tension.

1354 Steve  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:01:21pm

re: #1344 recd1c4

it would keep it off the LNDT. %-)

Oops, missed that;-)


Well, I have had enough to laugh and cry about tonight. You lizards are great.
Got dishes to do and the appliance company is delivering the new washing machine tomorrow. Wife is happy. Extended warranty company is still processing the paper work for the washing machine but the appliance company is being exceptionally great by not waiting for the paper work.

1355 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:01:22pm

re: #1335 Mr. Sandman

Alright, I guess you've guys found something to drive your engines of phony outrage for the the next few months.

Taking a breather whilst teh 0 takes a smoke break?

1356 Killian Bundy  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:02:45pm

Does Obama ever do any actual work?

/good thing tomorrow is Friday so he can take the weekend off to relax after screwing around all week filling out NCAA brackets, feigning faux outrage, campaigning in California, and making TV appearances

1357 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:04:29pm

I think sandman's problem, like the zero's, is that as far as he can see, he has NO disabilities.

1358 Mr. Sandman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:04:31pm

re: #1348 Wishing

Phony outrage? Mine is NOT phony, I can assure you. Mine is the real thing. I guess you are an elitist like the zero.
For us human beings, I think we can relate to others difficulties and inabilities and do not see these as fodder for late night jokes, especially from the POTUS.
You are majorly down-dinged.


Interesting. That is exactly what someone displaying phony outrage would say.

1359 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:04:33pm

re: #1253 Wishing

Massive groveling apology needed by President ASAP.

You really are not expecting this?

Depends on how much flak he takes, could go either way. But no, not expecting, just saying that I think it would be proper. When you put your foot in your mouth so publicly, it's best to say sorry.

1360 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:04:52pm

re: #1356 Killian Bundy

Does Obama ever do any actual work?

/good thing tomorrow is Friday so he can take the weekend off to relax after screwing around all week filling out NCAA brackets, feigning faux outrage, campaigning in California, and making TV appearances

Perhaps he's forgotten that he won? It's like he's running for office all over again. After seeing and hearing him since 2007 I can honestly say that I am sick and tired of hearing him speak.

1361 The Shadow Do  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:05:02pm

re: #1226 So?

Bush insulted our intelligence. I think that's enough.

re: #1335 Mr. Sandman

Alright, I guess you've guys found something to drive your engines of phony outrage for the the next few months.

Got any good retard jokes?

1362 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:05:23pm

re: #1359 SanFranciscoZionist

Depends on how much flak he takes, could go either way. But no, not expecting, just saying that I think it would be proper. When you put your foot in your mouth so publicly, it's best to say sorry.

LOL please tell sandman that! lol

1363 [deleted]  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:05:26pm
1364 Perplexed  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:05:29pm

re: #1356 Killian Bundy

Does Obama ever do any actual work?

/good thing tomorrow is Friday so he can take the weekend off to relax after screwing around all week filling out NCAA brackets, feigning faux outrage, campaigning in California, and making TV appearances

Wonder if the White House has a budget for parties? Also wonder what happens when that money runs out? Do they go onto canned foods? I remember what happened in military chow halls when they went over budget (i.e. Thanksgiving) and that for the next few weeks we had some pretty strange menus.

1365 Van Helsing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:05:52pm

re: #1235 Dark_Falcon

The thing you have to watch is the regulations that don't get big congressional and federal newes.

Very simple things that make compliance almost impossible.

"if you have over x grains of powder do have static control procedures documented and in place?

There are sooooo many ways the that the bureaucracy can screw us, those unelected implementers of policy that we actually do need to be frightened. Think about all the ways our rights can be abrogated in ways that are not answerable to the citizens.
Am I paranoid? I don't think so.

1366 windhorse  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:06:24pm

re: #1358 Mr. Sandman

hmmmmm.... I guess you didn't get the memo - huh?

1367 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:06:31pm

re: #1310 BLBfootballs

I am just agog.

What is wrong with this man?

well, for one, he's not a man.

he may be male, but that's a different thing entirely.

1368 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:06:49pm

re: #1358 Mr. Sandman

Interesting. That is exactly what someone displaying phony outrage would say.

Lame.

1369 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:06:53pm

re: #1361 The Shadow Do

Got any good retard jokes?

besides his posting history and karma?

1370 1SG(ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:07:07pm

re: #1335 Mr. Sandman

Alright, I guess you've guys found something to drive your engines of phony outrage for the the next few months.


I guess it could be phony outrage on some people's part, but I assure you it isn't for us that's witnessed the joy on the face of a special needs child when they are able to achieve success if on the smallest scale. I guess you've never witnessed that, so I suggest you get out more.

1371 Mr. Sandman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:07:38pm

re: #1348 Wishing

Look, my point is that it's obvious that he wasn't setting out to insult the disabled. It's was a careless, unregarded joke he was trying to make at his own expense. Sure, the background for the joke is based on an un-PC stereotype, but my sense that most of this outrage is phony comes from the question, since when does the Right care about what's PC or not anyway?

1372 pink freud  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:07:44pm

Shocking Real-Time Video Shows 9/11 Attacks

"Extraordinary new video footage has been revealed of the shock and confusion of New Yorkers witnessing the planes crash into the Twin Towers on 9/11.

The collection of previously unseen user generated content reveals some astonishing real-life stories that came out of the terror attacks."

1373 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:07:44pm

re: #327 Sharmuta

I stopped watching Family Guy because of the crass, lowbrow, insulting humor. It takes no effort or talent to pander to the lowest common denominator. I expect better of my entertainment.

Hey, some Family Guy episodes were pretty damn good (like Blue Harvest), but it gets repetitive after a while.

Seth McFarland's politics and his willingness to attack the Bush administration is another matter...

1374 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:08:31pm

re: #1289 6pat6
Ah, who is your govenor?

1375 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:09:04pm

re: #1358 Mr. Sandman

Your messiah is screwed up and the nation will do good despite this 1 term clown!

1376 Mr. Sandman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:09:48pm

re: #1371 Mr. Sandman

re: #1371 Mr. Sandman

Look, my point is that it's obvious that he wasn't setting out to insult the disabled. It's was a careless, *unregarded* joke...

Unguarded joke, I meant. One in a while I feel like I'm in the Special Olympics for typing words that you mean to type.

1377 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:09:56pm

re: #1371 Mr. Sandman

Look, my point is that it's obvious that he wasn't setting out to insult the disabled. It's was a careless, unregarded joke he was trying to make at his own expense. Sure, the background for the joke is based on an un-PC stereotype, but my sense that most of this outrage is phony comes from the question, since when does the Right care about what's PC or not anyway?

Look pal, I really don't give a damn what you, the left, the right, the PC or anyone else thinks. What is wrong is to make light, SO YOU CAN MAKE A JOKE, at another's expense.
Didn't your mom teach you that, for pete's sake?

1378 The Shadow Do  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:10:48pm

re: #1371 Mr. Sandman

Look, my point is that it's obvious that he wasn't setting out to insult the disabled. It's was a careless, unregarded joke he was trying to make at his own expense. Sure, the background for the joke is based on an un-PC stereotype, but my sense that most of this outrage is phony comes from the question, since when does the Right care about what's PC or not anyway?

So, do you know any good retard jokes?

1379 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:11:02pm

re: #1308 Afrocity
Ah, see I thought Leno would catch hell from his wife over that statement! LOL!

1380 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:11:07pm

Yet another troll appears. Funny how they come here and start off immediately with an insult to the posters here and then try to sway the room into a discussion from their deranged point of view.

1381 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:11:27pm

re: #1371 Mr. Sandman

Look, my point is that it's obvious that he wasn't setting out to insult the disabled. It's was a careless, unregarded joke he was trying to make at his own expense. Sure, the background for the joke is based on an un-PC stereotype, but my sense that most of this outrage is phony comes from the question, since when does the Right care about what's PC or not anyway?

I'm just curious. In your opinion, what would have been the reaction, both in the media and on progressive blogs if Bush had made the same remark?

Right now there is an article on line on CNN, and there is nothing in the article about the gaff. Do you think the article would have the same information missing if Bush was on the Leno show tonight and said the same thing as Obama?

Honestly, what do you think?

1382 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:11:45pm

re: #1358 Mr. Sandman

"Interesting. That is exactly what someone displaying phony outrage would say"...

...said the knuckledragger.

1383 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:12:49pm

re: #1309 SanFranciscoZionist Y'all gotta use the Masters:
Mark Twain: "Dear reader I must say that I have eaten watermelon that was purchased and that which was acquired by art; I need not tell my readers which tasted better!"

1384 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:12:55pm

re: #1352 Gus 802

Take a look at his karma.

1385 1SG(ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:13:08pm

re: #1371 Mr. Sandman

Look, my point is that it's obvious that he wasn't setting out to insult the disabled. It's was a careless, unregarded joke he was trying to make at his own expense. Sure, the background for the joke is based on an un-PC stereotype, but my sense that most of this outrage is phony comes from the question, since when does the Right care about what's PC or not anyway?

Which makes it worst coming from the President, he should know better, if only he had a brain. I don't give a shit about PC, and I don't like the President looking like a real idiot either.

1386 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:14:26pm

re: #1384 NY Nana

Take a look at his karma.

I did. Pretty darn low. I can only conclude that with a karma that low he must be naturally "outraged" about everything. That's the only way you can get that low a number: by being anti-social.

1387 ArmyWife  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:15:17pm

Stop the presses! We've got it all wrong. I've received word from a HuffPo that clears this all up. Ready? *clears throat*

what a fantastic interview. the president was amazing and has set the bar super high for any other public officials after him. the ai line was priceless and the explanation of aig was on point. he is so fly and remains so fine while doing this.

/let me enter this as exhibit A on how this man was elected. Yes, Virginia. People really are this dumb.

1388 astronmr20  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:15:46pm

re: #1376 Mr. Sandman

FAIL.

1389 razorbacker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:15:59pm

re: #1383 realwest

As it is with kisses; the sweetest ones are stolen.

1390 Desert Dog  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:16:16pm

OT from the OT of the OT

What is cooler than a robot guitar? A SELF TUNING Robot Guitar!

1391 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:16:36pm

re: #1380 Gus 802

Sooo... who here likes stoner rock?

/not a troll, but I do have a deranged point of view
//swaying in the breeze

1392 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:17:00pm

re: #1310 BLBfootballs
What's wrong with Obama is that he is a classic Narcissist - someone who feels that the world revolves around him and him only. I honestly believe that's why he's micro-managing EVERYTHING - and especially the economy - he hasn't even hire an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury or two Under-Secretaries at Treasury - HE wants to be the only one who'll give economic advice to Geithner who will have to accept it, even though even Geithner understands that Obama doesn't understand economics.

1393 astronmr20  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:17:36pm

re: #1392 realwest

I think you nailed it.

1394 Mr. Sandman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:18:04pm

re: #1386 Gus 802

I did. Pretty darn low. I can only conclude that with a karma that low he must be naturally "outraged" about everything. That's the only way you can get that low a number: by being anti-social.

Well the Karma system is mainly just a measure if you give opinions that people on this board agree with or not, not whether you are "anti-social" or not

1395 Perplexed  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:18:11pm

Wonder who will come in to pick up the pieces after Obama has run the country into the side of a mountain at Mach 12?

1396 ArmyWife  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:18:34pm

re: #1392 realwest

... even though even Geithner understands that Obama doesn't understand economics.

Or much of anything else, for that matter.

1397 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:18:36pm

re: #1378 The Shadow Do

So, do you know any good retard jokes?

Anyone who uses the term 'retard', etc., or attaches it to another word, gets an automatic ding down from me.

1398 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:19:29pm

re: #1376 Mr. Sandman

re: #1371 Mr. Sandman

Unguarded joke, I meant. One in a while I feel like I'm in the Special Olympics for typing words that you mean to type.

Fuck off, asshole...

/somewhere a bridge is missing its idiot troll...

1399 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:19:32pm

re: #1391 Slumbering Behemoth

Sooo... who here likes stoner rock?

/not a troll, but I do have a deranged point of view
//swaying in the breeze

Finally getting a breeze here. Got pretty warm today.

1400 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:19:42pm

re: #1320 stevieray
WOW! First ABC, then Fox, now CBS? Do y'all have a link for that my friend? Looks like maybe I was right in my #1016 waay above!

1401 Desert Dog  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:19:52pm

re: #1391 Slumbering Behemoth

Sooo... who here likes stoner rock?

/not a troll, but I do have a deranged point of view
//swaying in the breeze

You need more cowbell, dude.

1402 razorbacker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:20:03pm

Nytol.

1403 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:20:12pm

re: #1392 realwest

What's wrong with Obama is that he is a classic Narcissist - someone who feels that the world revolves around him and him only. I honestly believe that's why he's micro-managing EVERYTHING - and especially the economy - he hasn't even hire an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury or two Under-Secretaries at Treasury - HE wants to be the only one who'll give economic advice to Geithner who will have to accept it, even though even Geithner understands that Obama doesn't understand economics.

Upding! And this insane micromanaging will extend far beyond the economy, I am afraid.

1404 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:20:13pm

re: #1386 Gus 802

And he did it the old-fashioned way; he earned it.

1405 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:20:24pm

re: #1394 Mr. Sandman

Well the Karma system is mainly just a measure if you give opinions that people on this board agree with or not, not whether you are "anti-social" or not

Negative. Your first comment was anti-social. End of story. You start off on the wrong foot you end up losing. Your loss pal.

1406 sngnsgt  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:20:49pm

re: #1345 Afrocity

I am sleepy. Nite Lizards

Good night sleepy.

1407 BaseballMom57  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:22:06pm

re: #289 Gus 802

I like the guy who said, "Remind me again why Don Imus was fired...."

1408 razorbacker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:22:12pm

re: #1397 NY Nana

Anyone who uses the term 'retard', etc., or attaches it to another word, gets an automatic ding down from me.

Oh, hell. I cain't let that one go.

I shore wus tarred las' night. Slept guuuud. I wurked hard today, so Ah'm retarred tonight.

Nytol. Again.

1409 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:22:15pm

re: #1404 NY Nana

And he did it the old-fashioned way; he earned it.

Takes a lot of effort to get karma that low.

1410 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:22:21pm

re: #1353 razorbacker

Absolutely!

The dirty little secret is that we have to be taught racism. Ever watch little kids? They're not racist, they don't know how to be.

Anyone who would deny that racial relations in this country have not improved either doesn't know his history, or he has a vested interest in continued racial tension.

My model for humans to improve on race relations has always been dogs.

Dogs come in an amazing range of sizes and shapes, but if you see a group of dogs playing together in the park, or at a beach, they treat one another like...dogs. A giant rottweiler will solemnly sniff a Pomeranian's butt. No one cares if you are a black lab or a brown lab or a yellow lab, or for that matter, a beagle. Everyone plays.

Humans come in one breed, with a few different 'looks'. Plus, we have opposable thumbs. We should be able to do just as well.

/and seriously, we have come a long ways...although we have a way to go before we are as cool as dogs.

1411 Gort  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:22:21pm

Obama and Geithner battle it out over AIG:

Obama: "Listen, I'll take responsibility. I'm the President."

Geithner: "It's my responsibility"

Obama: Oh, alright, I give up - you win, Timmy, it's all your fault. (walks away, chin upturned)

Geithner: Wait a minute, I thought you were a fighter. You know, hopeychange and all that. Come back and fight, Barry, come back! (sulks)

Obama to Biden on open mic: "It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something."

1412 The Shadow Do  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:23:29pm

re: #1397 NY Nana

Anyone who uses the term 'retard', etc., or attaches it to another word, gets an automatic ding down from me.

This was said with enormous sarcasm. Yes, I was baiting the troll. The last impression I wished to make was the one I evidently left. Sorry.

1413 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:23:41pm

re: #1407 BaseballMom57

I like the guy who said, "Remind me again why Don Imus was fired...."

Good point. I stopped tracking the Twitter comments. They were coming in pretty strong when I posted that. We're going to see a lot of double standards being displayed in this case.

1414 Mr. Sandman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:24:28pm

re: #1381 Walter L. Newton

I'm just curious. In your opinion, what would have been the reaction, both in the media and on progressive blogs if Bush had made the same remark?

Right now there is an article on line on CNN, and there is nothing in the article about the gaff. Do you think the article would have the same information missing if Bush was on the Leno show tonight and said the same thing as Obama?

Honestly, what do you think?


First of all, we will hear about this in the media over the next few days, have no worry about that. And sure, I acknowledge that most left-wing blogs would be displaying just as much phony outrage if Bush made the gaffe. My general point is this is political, not substantive.

1415 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:24:33pm

re: #1394 Mr. Sandman

Well the Karma system is mainly just a measure if you give opinions that people on this board agree with or not, not whether you are "anti-social" or not

Speaking only for myself, of course, I don't downding people merely because I disagree with them.

In fact, I would guess you got more downdings for calling into question Wishing's sincerity, and the sincerity of others on this board who object to Obama's insensitive and thoughtless remark, than for the fact that you apparently thought what he said was perfectly appropriate.

1416 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:25:19pm

re: #1401 Desert Dog

You need more cowbell, dude.

Interesting. QotSA singer and lead guitarist was once in Kyuss. Kyuss (among other bands) have been referred to as "Desert Rock". Your nic is Desert Dog. Coincidence?

///wheels within wheels

1417 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:25:40pm

re: #1340 Afrocity
My comment was in response to statements razorbacker made about relationships between Blacks and Whites and specifically mentioned race baiters like Al Sharpton and David Duke.
I've never been fucking P.C. in my life, but have learned - starting a looong time ago in the Army that Blacks and Whites have a lot more in common than they don't.
I asked HIM if he thought race relations would ever improve based upon his observation that everyone has to feel superior to someone.

1418 stevieray  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:26:12pm

The funny thing about Obama is he is getting hammered by himself... its one unforced error after another.

His words, his appointments, his gifts... all things he has 100% control over, and he keeps slipping on banana peels he himself dropped.

None of this stuff has been caused by hostile factions, domestic or foreign. But soon, someone with malevolent intentions will strew his path with landmines... and I have no faith he can avoid stepping on them. He can't handle his own White House with grace or steadiness... what's going to happen when outside forces, beyond his direct control, decide to test the new guy?

Does anybody believe he can handle it? Will anyone trust him when he says, "Follow me, I know what to do"?

1419 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:26:30pm

re: #1414 Mr. Sandman

First of all, we will hear about this in the media over the next few days, have no worry about that. And sure, I acknowledge that most left-wing blogs would be displaying just as much phony outrage if Bush made the gaffe. My general point is this is political, not substantive.

Your point is wrong. Believe it or not, a lot of people are protective of the disabled. You may not be, but many of us ARE.

REALLY.

1420 Mr. Sandman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:27:54pm

re: #1385 1SG(ret)

I would agree it was a unfiltered, slipped-up joke, just that he meant to be making fun of himself, and wasn't thinking of the other implications. Sure, I'll give you that sometimes he's not good at thinking on his feet-- he's intelligent, but more in the deliberative, not witty way.

1421 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:28:05pm

re: #1414 Mr. Sandman

First of all, we will hear about this in the media over the next few days, have no worry about that. And sure, I acknowledge that most left-wing blogs would be displaying just as much phony outrage if Bush made the gaffe. My general point is this is political, not substantive.

GAZE

1422 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:29:03pm

re: #1399 Gus 802

It's gettin' warm around my way as well, nearly 90 today. The breeze is falling off here. Soon, every day 90+ with out the hint of a breeze. I don't like the weather here, but the people are pretty cool.

1423 Desert Dog  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:29:10pm

re: #1416 Slumbering Behemoth

I did not know that connection, that is weird, eh? Oh well, two great bands. Now I know why I thought they sounded similar!

1424 stevieray  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:30:14pm

re: #1400 realwest

WOW! First ABC, then Fox, now CBS? Do y'all have a link for that my friend? Looks like maybe I was right in my #1016 waay above!

No link. I heard it live on the post-NCAA tournament newscast.

1425 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:30:34pm

re: #1414 Mr. Sandman

First of all, we will hear about this in the media over the next few days, have no worry about that. And sure, I acknowledge that most left-wing blogs would be displaying just as much phony outrage if Bush made the gaffe. My general point is this is political, not substantive.

Well, you only answered half my question. I'll try one more time.

Right now there is an article on line on CNN, and there is nothing in the article about the gaff. Do you think the article would have the same information missing if Bush was on the Leno show tonight and said the same thing as Obama?

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

Honestly, what do you think? This is a simple YES, if Bush said this they would not report it in this article, or NO, they would not have left it out of this article.

Input please.

1426 Perplexed  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:30:39pm

re: #1418 stevieray

Does anybody believe he can handle it? Will anyone trust him when he says, "Follow me, I know what to do"?

He will get followed only out of morbid curiosity, sort of like watching a high speed train wreck in progress.

1427 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:31:01pm

re: #1422 Slumbering Behemoth

Dream weather is 68 degrees and light clouds. Don't get that much around here. Once summer comes the police choppers can get annoying after a while.

1428 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:31:16pm

re: #1353 razorbacker
Thankew! Afrocity sorta indicated that perhaps I was ignorant of the fact that race relations have improved. Please see her comment (#1340) to me.
As I said, some folks do have a vested interest in seeing that Blacks and Whites and Hispanics do not get along - the "race baiters" I called them.
And you are correct - people have to be taught to hate someone of a different race and that's one of the many things that the race baiters do to maintain their income and to try to remain relevant.

1429 TheMatrix31  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:31:20pm

re: #1418 stevieray

The funny thing about Obama is he is getting hammered by himself... its one unforced error after another.

His words, his appointments, his gifts... all things he has 100% control over, and he keeps slipping on banana peels he himself dropped.

None of this stuff has been caused by hostile factions, domestic or foreign. But soon, someone with malevolent intentions will strew his path with landmines... and I have no faith he can avoid stepping on them. He can't handle his own White House with grace or steadiness... what's going to happen when outside forces, beyond his direct control, decide to test the new guy?

Does anybody believe he can handle it? Will anyone trust him when he says, "Follow me, I know what to do"?

Hey, at least he didnt CHOKE ON A PRETZEL!

//

1430 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:31:38pm

re: #1395 Perplexed

Wonder who will come in to pick up the pieces after Obama has run the country into the side of a mountain at Mach 12?

only a mother could fix a mess like that: Palin/somebody 2012!

1431 abolitionist  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:32:35pm

re: #1392 realwest

What's wrong with Obama is that he is a classic Narcissist - someone who feels that the world revolves around him and him only. I honestly believe that's why he's micro-managing EVERYTHING - and especially the economy - he hasn't even hire an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury or two Under-Secretaries at Treasury - HE wants to be the only one who'll give economic advice to Geithner who will have to accept it, even though even Geithner understands that Obama doesn't understand economics.

BHO and others in the new administration, and in Congress, seem to be of a mindset that economics is a zero-sum game, and that money (and tax revenues too, implicitly) is a conserved quantity. I believe THAT is one of the biggest and most dangerous fallacies of our time.

Antoine Lavoisier's meticulousness as a tax collector served him well as a scientist, right up to the end. And what an end.

Never heard of him? I blame the schools. He pioneered quantitative chemistry. He was as obsessive about conservation of mass in chemical reactions as he was about tax collection.

E=mc2 (part I)
E=mc2 (part II)

1432 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:33:05pm

re: #1386 Gus 802

I've never seen negative karma like that! Right now, it's -900.

1433 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:33:11pm

re: #1420 Mr. Sandman

I would agree it was a unfiltered, slipped-up joke, just that he meant to be making fun of himself, and wasn't thinking of the other implications. Sure, I'll give you that sometimes he's not good at thinking on his feet-- he's intelligent, but more in the deliberative, not witty way.

So, what does the President's boot leather taste like?

1434 So?  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:33:16pm

re: #1298 Gretchen

Hello are you paying attention to the train wreck we have in the WH?Just in the last few weeks he spent more than anyone could imagine without bothering to read the bills he signed, he then called AIG "suicide bombers" because they got bonuses his party specifically allowed in the bill. He insulted the PM of Great Britain with a cheapo set of DVDs that don't even play on European DVD players, he sent Hillary Clinton to Russia with a button that read "overcharge", threatened to make the military pay for war injuries with private insurance and thanked himself for a lovely meeting with the Irish PM, because he read the wrong speech on his teleprompter.

Hey, I agree with you completely. Guess you didn't read my #1263. I didn't list specifics as you just did, but simply said, those who voted him in are not happy with many of the items you just mentioned. However nobody will say a word right now cause they don't want a dozen eggs on their face. Like I said, wait 6 months and shit will begin to hit the fan. Perhaps you should've read my entire post before insulting me.

1435 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:33:33pm

re: #1370 1SG(ret)
Hey Top! Fucking A! Thanks for being out here and making that comment my friend!

1436 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:33:52pm

re: #1418 stevieray

The funny thing about Obama is he is getting hammered by himself... its one unforced error after another.

His words, his appointments, his gifts... all things he has 100% control over, and he keeps slipping on banana peels he himself dropped.

None of this stuff has been caused by hostile factions, domestic or foreign. But soon, someone with malevolent intentions will strew his path with landmines... and I have no faith he can avoid stepping on them. He can't handle his own White House with grace or steadiness... what's going to happen when outside forces, beyond his direct control, decide to test the new guy?

Does anybody believe he can handle it? Will anyone trust him when he says, "Follow me, I know what to do"?

It's already been happening, from North Korea to Russia, and Dear Leader's just verified everything we learned about him before the election since January 20th...Dear Leader will easily go down in history as the one of the worst leaders in American, if not world, history.

God help us...

1437 Mr. Sandman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:33:53pm

re: #1425 Walter L. Newton

I'm saying the media reactions would be similar. Trust me, we'll be hearing reports on the TV from CNN about this, probably starting tomorrow.

1438 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:34:00pm

Here is the video of The One on Jay Leno, with the remark.

Youtube Video
1439 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:34:12pm

re: #1420 Mr. Sandman

Your messiah is a dummy, literary he's a dummy, he can't put together a coherent sentence without the use of a teleprompter and that means he's dumb, period, it has nothing to do with his voice he just doesn't have the mental capacity to put together a sentence.

1440 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:34:27pm

re: #1432 6pat6

I've never seen negative karma like that! Right now, it's -900.

That was quick. It was in the 800s when he first barged in here with his insipid lecture.

1441 1SG(ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:34:29pm

re: #1420 Mr. Sandman

I would agree it was a unfiltered, slipped-up joke, just that he meant to be making fun of himself, and wasn't thinking of the other implications. Sure, I'll give you that sometimes he's not good at thinking on his feet-- he's intelligent, but more in the deliberative, not witty way.


If that's intelligence, then I'm sure glad I'm the way I am.
I guess it's a relative term.

1442 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:36:06pm

re: #1423 Desert Dog

I did not know that connection, that is weird, eh? Oh well, two great bands. Now I know why I thought they sounded similar!

You lie! You are an insider! A cabalist! An Illuminaughty Desert Dweller!

///of course, you must know I am joking

1443 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:37:04pm

My niece is a special needs person. She is the sweetest, most innocent girl I know - and swings a mean bat at softball!

I tell you what, Mr Sandman, go to a Special Olympics event sometime, and watch and learn. maybe you'll figure out why we are all so outraged by BHO's bullshit, off-the-cuff, "hey, I made a funny!" remark.

1444 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:37:04pm

re: #1431 abolitionist

BHO and others in the new administration, and in Congress, seem to be of a mindset that economics is a zero-sum game, and that money (and tax revenues too, implicitly) is a conserved quantity. I believe THAT is one of the biggest and most dangerous fallacies of our time.

Antoine Lavoisier's meticulousness as a tax collector served him well as a scientist, right up to the end. And what an end.

Never heard of him? I blame the schools. He pioneered quantitative chemistry. He was as obsessive about conservation of mass in chemical reactions as he was about tax collection.

E=mc2 (part I)
E=mc2 (part II)

Thanks...stuck that in faves for later viewing!

1445 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:37:07pm

re: #1393 astronmr20
Thank you!

1446 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:37:13pm

re: #1437 Mr. Sandman

I'm saying the media reactions would be similar. Trust me, we'll be hearing reports on the TV from CNN about this, probably starting tomorrow.

Ok, I asked you twice to answer a simple questions and because you got your head up your ass, you were not able to answer the question.

Similar is not the same.

What the fuck do you mean by similar? You sir are being publicly dishonest and you don't fucking give a damn.

You are what is fucking wrong with this country.

1447 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:37:25pm

re: #1432 6pat6

I've never seen negative karma like that! Right now, it's -900.

and growing..... %-)

1448 Gort  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:38:13pm

re: #1420 Mr. Sandman

I would agree it was a unfiltered, slipped-up joke, just that he meant to be making fun of himself, and wasn't thinking of the other implications. Sure, I'll give you that sometimes he's not good at thinking on his feet-- he's intelligent, but more in the deliberative, not witty way.

Almost every time he gets off the teleprompter, he shows his true character: disdain and disrespect, condescension and socialism, stumbling and stuttering.

Just recently at a town-hall meeting in CA, responding to a question and off the teleprompter: "It's almost like they have bombs strapped to them and a finger on the trigger," he said [about AIG].

You can try to blow it off, minimize, explain and rationalize it away all you want, but you aren't fooling anyone but yourself, Mr. Sand-Troll.

1449 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:38:16pm

re: #1420 Mr. Sandman

I would agree it was a unfiltered, slipped-up joke, just that he meant to be making fun of himself, and wasn't thinking of the other implications. Sure, I'll give you that sometimes he's not good at thinking on his feet-- he's intelligent, but more in the deliberative, not witty way.

Bullshit...nothing Dear Leader has said or done since the campaign gives me any indication that he's capable of leading this country, yet his slick delivery and assistance by the MFMSM got him elected. So far, his administration is shaping up to be worse than anything the hostile MFMSM ever tried to say about President Bush and his administration.

I dare you to prove me wrong...

1450 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:38:55pm

re: #1427 Gus 802


Dream weather is 68 degrees and light clouds.

If you were female, I'd likely propose. The folks around here consider anything below 78 degrees to be f-f-f-f-freezing. Wimps.

1451 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:39:39pm

re: #1438 NY Nana

Here is the video of The One on Jay Leno, with the remark.


Nope, they cut it off right BEFORE he said it

1452 Pvt Bin Jammin  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:40:31pm

Just heard a little news teaser on NBC: " President Obama on Leno, some serious statements, some funny one liners."
spit

1453 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:40:52pm

re: #1451 Wishing

Nope, they cut it off right BEFORE he said it

SURPRISE!

/not

1454 TheMatrix31  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:42:13pm

No actually, it's in the video posted. It's really quiet, almost as if he knew he probably shouldn't be saying it.

1455 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:42:22pm

re: #1451 Wishing

I heard it on the show. It was not cut out or edited in any way. He said it, and the network left it in.

Maybe your local affiliate edited it, but I saw and heard it on my TV.

1456 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:42:53pm

re: #1450 Slumbering Behemoth

Roger that. Too hot and no water around is a drag too. Moderation is the key. Of course expecting moderation in weather is asking for too much.

1457 Desert Dog  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:43:03pm

re: #1442 Slumbering Behemoth

You lie! You are an insider! A cabalist! An Illuminaughty Desert Dweller!

///of course, you must know I am joking

I'm in the another Desert - Upper Sonoran.....All we have here is Alice Cooper, Glen Campbell, The Gin Blossoms and The Refreshments....a VIRTUAL desert in the an ACTUAL desert...

1458 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:43:10pm

And it's on the youtube link, it's hard to hear, but it's there.

1459 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:43:39pm

re: #1454 TheMatrix31

No actually, it's in the video posted. It's really quiet, almost as if he knew he probably shouldn't be saying it.

Went back and relistened...it is in the vid
SORRY!

1460 Desert Dog  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:43:57pm

re: #1457 Desert Dog

I'm in the another Desert - Upper Sonoran.....All we have here is Alice Cooper, Glen Campbell, The Gin Blossoms and The Refreshments....a VIRTUAL desert in the an ACTUAL desert...

PIMF

1461 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:43:58pm

It's 10:42 on the west coast, they might have cut it from later feeds.

1462 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:44:17pm

re: #1452 Pvt Bin Jammin

Just heard a little news teaser on NBC: " President Obama on Leno, some serious statements, some funny one liners."
spit

Amazing. Not only might we see the double standards but a complete about face from the media. If "Obama sez it it's OK!" Cripes, what a country.

Can't wait to hear Jon Stewart's take on this. Not likely.

1463 1SG(ret)  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:44:28pm

re: #1435 realwest

Hey my friend, hope all is well with you. Looking good on my end as I was told today.

1464 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:44:40pm

re: #1451 Wishing

Nope, they cut it off right BEFORE he said it

I heard it this time, honest! Seriously. I could not when I was watching Leno earlier. He says it softly, but it was there. Posssibly making the volume louder might help?It is nearly at the end.

1465 realwest  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:44:57pm

Well y'all I gotta get some sleep now - I hope you all have a great evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

Good night, all.

1466 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:45:22pm

re: #1465 realwest

Later...

1467 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:45:28pm

re: #1464 NY Nana

I heard it this time, honest! Seriously. I could not when I was watching Leno earlier. He says it softly, but it was there. Posssibly making the volume louder might help?It is nearly at the end.

Yes, I did re-listen. Thanks!

1468 ArmyWife  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:45:46pm

Hey! Michelle might want to put a hold on that garden idea. Seems the Congressional Brain Trust is working toward making gardening illegal.

[Link: shepardpolitics.blogspot.com...]

1469 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:46:02pm

re: #1465 realwest

Well y'all I gotta get some sleep now - I hope you all have a great evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

Good night, all.

Sleep well, real!

1470 Piglet-U93  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:46:42pm

Thaddeus McCotter Pwns Democrats over AIG Fake Outrage

1:57 Video

90% taxes on bonuses unconstitutional

1471 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:48:44pm

re: #1468 ArmyWife

Hey! Michelle might want to put a hold on that garden idea. Seems the Congressional Brain Trust is working toward making gardening illegal.

[Link: shepardpolitics.blogspot.com...]

No, not illegal, just impossible.
That is what government does best.

1472 Mr. Sandman  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:48:59pm

re: #1446 Walter L. Newton


Look, sure they might not have it in the article if it just occurred a few hours before the article regardless of who said it. You try to interpret everything as a media conspiracy. Like I said, the same thing could easily occur if Bush did the same thing. Replace "similar" with "same" in the posts above, if it makes you feel better. Happy?

1473 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:49:13pm

re: #1457 Desert Dog

My favorite QotSA track, in case you've never heard it.

1474 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:50:56pm

Now they're trying to spin it.
[Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]

1475 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:53:36pm

re: #1474 dapperdave

Now they're trying to spin it.
[Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]

LOL so what else could he say?

1476 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:54:32pm

re: #1470 Piglet-U93

Thaddeus McCotter Pwns Democrats over AIG Fake Outrage

1:57 Video

90% taxes on bonuses unconstitutional

Fuck yeah!

Now that's "speaking truth to power"!

1477 kynna  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:55:00pm

That's funny. I was just thinking today that my son might end up in the Special Olympic some day (he's very athletic, but his autism keeps him from playing in the regular leagues). What a coincidence.

I'm glad to see that President 0bama is thinking about the special needs citizens of this country. He obviously cares a great deal about them.////

1478 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:55:10pm

re: #1474 dapperdave

Now they're trying to spin it.
[Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]


It is a lose-lose for him. He needs to stand up, say, Look that was a heartless thing to say. I AM SORRY
Then he needs to learn something from the experience.

1479 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:55:12pm

re: #1475 Wishing

I don't think this guy's going to last 4 years, I'm thinking impeachment or resignation.

1480 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:55:57pm

re: #1479 dapperdave

I don't think this guy's going to last 4 years, I'm thinking impeachment or resignation.

gulp...
Biden

1481 Pvt Bin Jammin  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:56:42pm

re: #1474 dapperdave

I quickly scanned the comments. Didn't look like most folks were impressed with him.

1482 Wishing  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:56:46pm

Zoiks, look at the time! I am off to mattress surf.
Sleep well, lizards!

1483 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:56:48pm

re: #1480 Wishing

gulp...
Biden

With Nancy Pelosi in tow. Eek!

1484 SurferDoc  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:56:56pm

"It is so reassuring to have an intelligent man in the White House again." ~Moron on the Internet

/

1485 Wendya  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:57:10pm

re: #1002 m1150

#986 Cattt

All anyone's proven is that Jesse Jackson held antisemetic beliefs back in the 60s and 70s and that he is not the world's strongest Zionist.

What an odd comment to make.

1486 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:57:13pm

re: #1482 Wishing

Later...

1487 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:57:45pm

re: #1478 Wishing

Ha, that reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw "oh no! not another learning experence"

1488 MarineMomSue  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:58:02pm

re: #1414 Mr. Sandman

First of all, we will hear about this in the media over the next few days, have no worry about that. And sure, I acknowledge that most left-wing blogs would be displaying just as much phony outrage if Bush made the gaffe. My general point is this is political, not substantive.

My general point is this Obama is political, not substantive.

Fixed that for you

1489 iLikeCandy  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:59:24pm

re: #1479 dapperdave

I don't think this guy's going to last 4 years, I'm thinking impeachment or resignation.

Good evening. I agree.

I'm not too worried about President Biden. After Obama is driven from office, Biden won't dare make a move without checking in with the rest of us.

1490 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:59:54pm

re: #1483 Gus 802

With Nancy Pelosi in tow. Eek!

Biden would get to pick a VP, right?

I admit it. I have a fantasy about Obama. Resigning.

1491 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:00:05pm

I'm out, night all

1492 pbird  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:00:39pm

re: #1479 dapperdave

I don't think this guy's going to last 4 years, I'm thinking impeachment or resignation.

If only.

1493 stevieray  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:01:02pm

re: #1479 dapperdave

I don't think this guy's going to last 4 years, I'm thinking impeachment or resignation.

I wonder if he will "break" mentally.

Even he's got to be aware that things aren't going according to the script in his head... the one where he is worshiped and adored by a grateful nation/world. He's not used to that, and it could be a shattering experience for one who's mostly glided through life... ever upward... always the bright, new thing.

1494 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:01:40pm

re: #1490 capitalist piglet

Biden would get to pick a VP, right?

I admit it. I have a fantasy about Obama. Resigning.

It would be automatic. Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House would be VP as per the presidential succession laws.

1495 dapperdave  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:01:41pm

re: #1489 iLikeCandy

He's not going to last, in 4 years they'll all be gone.

1496 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:02:11pm

re: #1470 Piglet-U93

Thaddeus McCotter Pwns Democrats over AIG Fake Outrage

1:57 Video

90% taxes on bonuses unconstitutional

I going to attend my local Tea Party protests to raise money to reimburse those patriots for the money stolen from them by the Cloward-Piven Cabal. I encourage other to do the same. We can restore their dignity and their bonuses if we all chip in.

1497 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:02:21pm

re: #1487 dapperdave

Ha, that reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw "oh no! not another learning experence"

My mother refers to them as "another GDF learning experience".

1498 Wendya  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:02:48pm

re: #1474 dapperdave

Now they're trying to spin it.
[Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]

One of my favorite things to do is head over to D-underground when a democrat does something incredibly stupid (which means I visit daily). When this was initially brought up, people were outraged and pissed that Obama would be so incredibly obtuse and insensitive. After a couple of hours, the talking points were handed out and an army of Obots arrived to whip up outrage against anyone who didn't think it was cool to make "mentally/physically handicapped" jokes. They have now beat the dissenters into submission and all is well.

1499 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:03:12pm

re: #1494 Gus 802

It would be automatic. Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House would be VP as per the presidential succession laws.

I stand corrected, and horrified.

1500 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:03:37pm

re: #1490 capitalist piglet

Get this. If Biden went soon after it would be Nancy Pelosi as POTUS and Robert Byrd as VP.

Gulp.

1501 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:03:40pm

re: #1496 Killgore Trout

You need more typos if you're gonna be convincing.

1502 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:04:24pm

re: #1496 Killgore Trout

OT - did you get all your recent questions answered about LOST?

1503 kawabunga  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:05:22pm

The bastard son of Robert Mugabe. I need to chug a quart of cow's blood mixed with milk before heading off to bed.

1504 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:05:39pm

Avanti - gosh, this must have been a bad night for him, since he got shot down on the DVD region topic and now his hero makes this stupid remark.

It's no wonder Avanti is missing in action tonight.

1505 NY Nana  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:05:46pm

re: #1467 Wishing

Yes, I did re-listen. Thanks!

I almost can't make myself say that I'm glad you heard it...I still feel like spitting in The One's face for that one.

But it is, OTOH, an indication of the fact that he is so full of himself that he feels he can say anything, and his adoring fans will ♥ him, no matter what.

His ego is so large that I seriously wonder if it needs an extra seat on Air Force One.

Yipes! I turned into a pumpkin 5 minutes ago! I was going to be asleep by 3 AM!

G'nite, all. Sweet dreams! I wonder if the video will still be available when I wake up.

1506 Erik The Red  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:05:51pm

re: #1502 Walter L. Newton

OT - did you get all your recent questions answered about LOST?

Morning/Afternoon/Evening Lizards.

Hey Walter I am here///

1507 dkorta  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:06:48pm

re: #1420 Mr. Sandman

I would agree it was a unfiltered, slipped-up joke, just that he meant to be making fun of himself, and wasn't thinking of the other implications. Sure, I'll give you that sometimes he's not good at thinking on his feet-- he's intelligent, but more in the deliberative, not witty way.

I have yet to see any evidence of his intelligence, unless you mean his abilities as a con-man. Every time he gets off the teleprompter he seems to make a gaffe. Which explains why he uses the teleprompter for the most trivial of reasons.

Trouble is, the US has real enemies. And you can bet your ass they are studying every unscripted word that passes off of this clown's lips. Rest assured they are not giving him a pass for anything.

1508 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:07:47pm

re: #1479 dapperdave

I don't think this guy's going to last 4 years, I'm thinking impeachment or resignation.

Democrat Jackasses don't possess the moral compass or the character required to do the right thing.

1509 rumcrook  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:08:49pm

re: #1443 6pat6

I beleive last week someone on o'reily factor made an off the cuff remark using a perjorative for the disabled and got slammed by that actor who plays on scrubs, and was a sergeant in the movie platoon (he has a son with disabilties, cant remember his name. well there was an apology forthwith.

this will get ignored and there will be an apology the same time he apologizes for giving a crappy box set of movies to the British prime minister. read never.

1510 TheMatrix31  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:08:52pm

but at the same time in my mind i would think that i would know that was crazy

but i know it would probably be different and thats whats amazing to me... that ppl can be brainwashed so easily and to such a degree that they will do stuff like the

the purple kool-aid cult ppl

.....my Obama-voting friend is telling me this because we're discussing 1930's GFGermany.

1511 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:10:14pm

re: #1500 Gus 802

Get this. If Biden went soon after it would be Nancy Pelosi as POTUS and Robert Byrd as VP.

Gulp.

I just looked at Gerald Ford's wiki, to see who his VP was. It's listed as 'none' from August through December of 1974, then Nelson Rockefeller was 'appointed' VP.

1512 Macker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:10:18pm

re: #1194 joncelli

I too had to endure such a vile combo on my MacBook when I studied last year for the Series 7 exam. I hope I don't have to do the same when I go for my Notary Public certification.

1513 iLikeCandy  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:10:58pm

re: #1493 stevieray

I wonder if he will "break" mentally.

Even he's got to be aware that things aren't going according to the script in his head... the one where he is worshiped and adored by a grateful nation/world. He's not used to that, and it could be a shattering experience for one who's mostly glided through life... ever upward... always the bright, new thing.

That's right, and this juggernaut of state has only begun to roll. Wait till it's thundering down the cliff at full speed. He'll get desperate, break some laws, tell some lies, and . . . with any luck we'll never go back.

1514 Killgore Trout  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:11:35pm

re: #1501 Slumbering Behemoth


Sorry, it's late here.

1515 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:12:09pm

re: #1480 Wishing

gulp...
Biden

at this point, i don't see a down side there.

1516 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:13:15pm

re: #1511 capitalist piglet

I just looked at Gerald Ford's wiki, to see who his VP was. It's listed as 'none' from August through December of 1974, then Nelson Rockefeller was 'appointed' VP.

I'll assume then that the law is flexible.

1517 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:13:20pm

re: #1481 Pvt Bin Jammin

I quickly scanned the comments. Didn't look like most folks were impressed with him.

they have also evidently frozen comments, since i didn't see mine......

1518 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:13:47pm

re: #1490 capitalist piglet

With Nancy Pelosi in tow. Eek!

Biden would get to pick a VP, right?

I admit it. I have a fantasy about Obama. Resigning.

Biden could pick his successor, if he ended up as POTUS is something happened to BHO. The SOTH is the next in line. However...

In 1974, when President Nixon resigned, VP Ford was sworn in as POTUS. The then-Speaker was Oklahoma representative Carl Albert, who was a Democrat. Rep Albert declined the ascension to VP in a meeting with Ford, because Albert did not want to be a (D) VP in a (R) Administration. So, Ford nominated Nelson Rockefeller to be his VP, and was approved by Congressional vote.

1519 6pat6  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:15:39pm

Plus, Speaker Albert was in his 80s at that time, and was not wanting to become a VP, in any event.

1520 rumcrook  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:16:12pm

re: #1493 stevieray

we should all be terrified of the prospect of the zero cracking up. this guy and his sycophants have a terrible tin ear and the echo chamber makes it worse. he could do or try anything! really! they have zoomed into policy that no one in normalville ever thought he would do or try

I dont know I have enough imagination to come up with all the horrifying prospective things he might try if he cracks up

1521 redc1c4  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:16:23pm

re: #1494 Gus 802

It would be automatic. Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House would be VP as per the presidential succession laws.

nope: IIRC, the succession laws only take effect if there is some sort of catastrophe that decimated the government. in case of a resignation, the Vp moves up, and nominates a new VP, who is then confirmed by Congress.

this is from memory when Nixon went away, so i'm willing to stand corrected.

1522 iLikeCandy  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:17:05pm

re: #1498 Wendya

One of my favorite things to do is head over to D-underground when a democrat does something incredibly stupid (which means I visit daily). When this was initially brought up, people were outraged and pissed that Obama would be so incredibly obtuse and insensitive. After a couple of hours, the talking points were handed out and an army of Obots arrived to whip up outrage against anyone who didn't think it was cool to make "mentally/physically handicapped" jokes. They have now beat the dissenters into submission and all is well.

Good work, Wendya! Have a cup of tea and we'll have the doc around to fix that scrape on your head.

1523 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:18:39pm

re: #1516 Gus 802

I'll assume then that the law is flexible.

I think the succession we're familiar with (VP, Speaker, President pro tempore of the Senate) is for national emergencies, but I could be wrong about that.

Not that I trust Biden's judgment or anything...but Pelosi - oh dear G-d.

1524 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:20:03pm

re: #1521 redc1c4

Maybe. I think then the 25th Amendment trumps the 1947 Presidential Succession Law. The 25th allows the new POTUS to pick the VP.

1525 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:20:22pm

re: #1523 capitalist piglet

Yes

1526 iLikeCandy  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:20:22pm

No, the VP picks a new VP. Ford picked Rockefeller when Nixon resigned.

1527 capitalist piglet  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:21:38pm

re: #1519 6pat6

Plus, Speaker Albert was in his 80s at that time, and was not wanting to become a VP, in any event.

So it was Albert's if he wanted it, regardless of what Ford wanted?

1528 Gus  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:23:34pm

re: #1521 redc1c4

OK, strike my previous "maybe." That would be correct.

1529 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:25:54pm

re: #1514 Killgore Trout

Also, you need to completely disregard the rules of punctuation and capitalization. For bonus points, occasionally throw in a poor attempt at a poetic non sequitur, or a broad brush swipe at a loosely defined demographic (EXTRA bonus points if you can work in the term RINO).

1530 DistantThunder  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:26:35pm

Remember, liberals believe that minorities can't be racists, nor make insensitive or hostile remarks about other minorities. The remarks just don't' count.

1531 ExPatriot  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:26:39pm

is this some sort of conspiracy to deflect attention from his real bowling score. he scored a 37, not a 129. i noticed because i'm ashamed to say 132 is my average--have just taken up the game, and 129 isn't that bad. 37, on the other hand, is embarrassing. my four-year-old son bowls double that, though he does use the bumpers...

1532 Macker  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:28:21pm

re: #1479 dapperdave

I don't think this guy's going to last 4 years, I'm thinking impeachment or resignation.

What would bring that about? A GOP Congress? or the loss of one of our cities?

1533 iLikeCandy  Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:30:39pm

First the loss of one of our cities, then a GOP Congress.

1534 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 12:29:58am

re: #1530 DistantThunder

Unless, of course, that minority is a republican and/or conservative. Then the script gets flipped.

1535 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 12:43:21am

re: #1494 Gus 802

It would be automatic. Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House would be VP as per the presidential succession laws.

Amendment XXV, Section 2, says that is not the case:

Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

1536 Gus  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 12:45:42am

re: #1535 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yep, I corrected that.

I think.

1537 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 12:49:15am

re: #1523 capitalist piglet

I think the succession we're familiar with (VP, Speaker, President pro tempore of the Senate) is for national emergencies, but I could be wrong about that.

Not that I trust Biden's judgment or anything...but Pelosi - oh dear G-d.

The succession laws that would allow Pelosi to become President is only when both offices of POTUS and VP become vacant at once. The 25th Amendment would apply if Biden became POTUS, such as when Nixon chose Ford, and then later Ford chose Rockefeller. The 25th has been invoked 6 times since it was ratified.

1538 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 12:53:38am

re: #1500 Gus 802

Get this. If Biden went soon after it would be Nancy Pelosi as POTUS and Robert Byrd as VP.

Gulp.

Pelosi or Byrd would only be elevated to either office if the current POTUS had a VP vacancy and CHOSE either to fill the post; there is NO automatic succession unless BOTH POTUS and VP offices are simultaneously vacant. If Pelosi became POTUS would not mean an automatic succession of Byrd to VP, period.

1539 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 12:55:47am

re: #1527 capitalist piglet

So it was Albert's if he wanted it, regardless of what Ford wanted?

No, but the one chosen by the POTUS can still refuse.

1540 funky chicken  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 12:58:56am

Sadly, "retard" jokes are all the rage, as are "short bus" jokes. I doubt the majority of voters will be offended.

Sadly, tragically.

1541 Gus  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 12:59:02am

re: #1538 FurryOldGuyJeans

Pelosi or Byrd would only be elevated to either office if the current POTUS had a VP vacancy and CHOSE either to fill the post; there is NO automatic succession unless BOTH POTUS and VP offices are simultaneously vacant. If Pelosi became POTUS would not mean an automatic succession of Byrd to VP, period.

I already said I corrected that.

My first subsequent was this:

re: #1524 Gus 802

Maybe. I think then the 25th Amendment trumps the 1947 Presidential Succession Law. The 25th allows the new POTUS to pick the VP.

Which I then corrected to this:

re: #1528 Gus 802

OK, strike my previous "maybe." That would be correct.

The conclusion of this is that I am in agreement with your aforementioned 25th Amendment. Period.

1542 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 1:08:39am

re: #1541 Gus 802

I was just reading and replying to posts in order, so your two posts I commented on happened before I saw your later replies.

1543 Gus  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 1:10:16am

re: #1542 FurryOldGuyJeans

I was just reading and replying to posts in order, so your two posts I commented on happened before I saw your later replies.

OK, I went through it already so I was a little perplexed. It's hard to see how things progress in here at times since it tends to follow a "chat" progression.

:)

1544 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 1:51:09am
1545 redc1c4  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 2:44:19am

re: #1544 Bluecold

Bluecold

Registered since: Nov 26, 2007 at 9:57 am
No. of comments posted: 31
No. of links posted: 0

karma -30, btw....

slinker scumbag, is what it looks like.

1546 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 3:20:26am

re: #216 m1150

I'm just glad we have a president with a sense of humor.

I have but only one down ding to give...

1547 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 3:23:54am
1548 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 3:39:33am

re: #1547 Bluecold

redc1c4.
Did you watch the special olympics last year?
Were you shouting wildly when the one-armed guy won from the guy without toes after a thriller of a final?
I bet you didn't. Special Olympics are politically correct bullshit. Which is broadcasted because if it wouldn't be, people would be upset. Nobody watches it, nobody* cares, and the only reason this thread exists is "because if Bush said it other blogs would do the same".

*except the handicapped people themselves and their family who have a reason for a trip to some cool far away country. But they don't count.

I look at the 'special olympics' as symbolism of human inner worth. When many, even in the U.S., would just abort the child, or they would abandon the child to the streets, there are those who see the inner worth of people and not just a, "Meh, if there isn't anything in it for me... I don't want anything to do with whatever the situation may be." So I'm glad those who have the child and care for it, foster parents, adopted parents, or natural parents...don't count in your eyes.

When President Obama is in a national forum and says something of this nature without even thinking... 1. He is either dumber than we all thought. 2. He is so intelligent he knows exactly what he says. or 3. He is so intelligent he knows exactly what he says as well as looks upon the handicapped as a 'burden'. This is coming from the senator who voted 3 times on infanticide and is all for embryonic stemcells.

As long as it's HIS life not affected... he is all for death.

Which is why I say from the bottom of my heart to you, "Fuck you". No really, "Fuck you". One more time..."Fuck you". PC enough for you?

1549 Mich-again  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 3:41:06am

re: #1140 realwest

Hi Mich! Thanks, I updinged you for that compliment! LOL!
How are ya tonight?

Hey RW, That must have been after I signed out last night. Doing fine here. Its getting to look like Spring around here, with Tulips bursting out from the ground everywhere around the yard and the breezes getting warmer every day and kids playing baseball catch in the street. Reminds me I need to get a refill on the propane tank for the global warmer grill in the backyard and some chlorine for the water under the cover in the swimming pool.

How bout you? How you feeling these days?

1550 Mich-again  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 3:42:12am

re: #1547 Bluecold

Special Olympics are politically correct bullshit.

Geeze. Who crapped on your corn flakes?

1551 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 3:54:42am
1552 Mr Spiffy  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 3:59:57am

re: #14 jorline

This administration has had a historical hysterical first 100 days.

FTFY

1553 Drider  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 4:14:38am

I sense another "big whoop" coming from the O on his ultra presidential joke.
Honestly. and I mean this.....The O no doubt would not have punished his kids or himself with anyone who played in the special Olympics, he would have aborted them, so truth be told, I don't think he gives a lick about them via jokes or otherwise.

Bush frustrated the Hell out of me in his final days in office but DAMN, the guy always had class and a high respect for the office, it's like we have trailer trash as POTUS now.
It's going to be a long 4 years

1554 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:07:43am
1555 katemaclaren  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:16:30am

I liked the response from a disabled person who told the Prez he still had a long way to go to compete with the Special Olympians, "...but keep trying, sir."

1556 _RememberTonyC  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:21:25am

no prpblem ... he'll just add a couple of billion to the next stimulus bill for the Special Olympics and all will be forgiven.

1557 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:27:59am
1558 soxfan4life  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:29:20am

re: #1555 katemaclaren

I liked the response from a disabled person who told the Prez he still had a long way to go to compete with the Special Olympians, "...but keep trying, sir."

The athletes and family members from the Special Olympics have more class in a stool than Obama and his minions could ever hope to have.

1559 Pasketti  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:30:07am

I was coming on here to post a big f* you to Obama for making this comment.

Upon reflection I think this is indeed a glimpse into how he truly feels about the disabled.

I am the proud mommy of a disabled son who has a gracious and noble heart and works very hard every day to do things right. He is ten times the human being Obama could ever dream of being.

I am torn between crying and screaming over this one. I am glad LGF is here. I am stunned by the people even on here trying to spin this as no big deal. Obama sets the tone for an alarming number of people in this country.

1560 soxfan4life  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:35:07am

re: #1478 Wishing

It is a lose-lose for him. He needs to stand up, say, Look that was a heartless thing to say. I AM SORRY
Then he needs to learn something from the experience.


The Narcissicist in Chief will have our cities in flames and our citizens starving to death before he says I AM SORRY.

1561 Kobalt  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:43:23am

This is the real BO; off script & teleprompter!

The point of this blog is being missed by most. There would be NO MERCY if a republican said this. It wouldn't be called a slip up. They would be crucified by the media!

I hope the ACLU will respond to this. We can't have our own president mocking the Special Olympics.

1562 kywrite  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:50:38am

My autistic son wants to ask Obama some questions the next time he comes out here to Oahu. I'm taking him (and packing my adorable little blonde princess too). He has some excellent questions that he came up with by himself -- and I'd love to see Obama try to ignore questions from a cute, eager autistic boy holding his baby sister and standing next to his pregnant milspouse mom. That should make for some damn good video.

1563 DaddyG  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:54:03am

re: #503 m1150

#493 Sharmuta

From the kind of responses I'm getting it doesn't seem like opposing views are tolerated much around here either.

Irony is when people complain their views don't get a fair hearing on the very forum that provides the opportunity to express themselves.

Tolerence of your views isn't your problem. What you are really having an issue with is that very few people agree with those views.

Welcome to the world of ideas.

1564 Bluecold  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:55:59am

re: #1561 Kobalt
don't be stupid. Do a ctrl+f for "bush" and you'll see that a major part of all replies is about "if bush said this then blabla so now we do it too because we can't repress our childish emotions!"

re: #1557 taxfreekiller
Yeah lets ban him for saying the special olympics suck and not bitchin on Obama together with us!

1565 2-Drink Minimum  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:56:17am

I am curious to know about the reaction from the CA governor on this as Gov. Schwarzenegger has been an ardent supporter of the Special Olympics for a very long time. No doubt a personal affront to him.

1566 DaddyG  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:58:25am

re: #1564 Bluecold

don't be stupid. Do a ctrl+f for "bush" and you'll see that a major part of all replies is about "if bush said this then blabla so now we do it too because we can't repress our childish emotions!"

re: #1557 taxfreekiller
Yeah lets ban him for saying the special olympics suck and not bitchin on Obama together with us!

If it helps I don't think you should be banned from posting. Just ridiculed for what you post.

1567 soxfan4life  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 5:59:58am

re: #1562 kywrite

My autistic son wants to ask Obama some questions the next time he comes out here to Oahu. I'm taking him (and packing my adorable little blonde princess too). He has some excellent questions that he came up with by himself -- and I'd love to see Obama try to ignore questions from a cute, eager autistic boy holding his baby sister and standing next to his pregnant milspouse mom. That should make for some damn good video.

I only hope that you and your family can handle the Joe the Plumber type of personal attacks that Obama's watchdog Media would surely subject you to if the One did not come out smelling like a rose. And a big thanks to you and your hubby for the service you give our country every day.

1568 DaddyG  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:03:29am

re: #1156 Slumbering Behemoth

The last bastions of acceptable bigotry: fat people, white people, and lawyers.
////


Well... lawyers. I mean c'mon if you can't make fun of them?

//

1569 Bluecold  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:09:47am

re: #1566 DaddyG

Yes, that helps. Thankyou.

1570 Dayenu  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:12:21am

Naturally, I get to post on the tail-end of the thread. Oh well, that's what the night shift gets ya.

I see a poster... what's his name... M1150 or something like that, who wants evidence that Jesse Jackson is an anti-Semite.

A few years ago, I went on a trip to Israel, with people from my parents' synagogue, and the Rabbi told me this story.

He said he met Jesse Jackson along with a group of other Rabbis, to do a sort of community out reach event. This were going okay until Jackson talked about how he was trying to send his (daughter I think) to Harvard... but she couldn't get in... because of this Jew Goldberg. That Jew Goldberg! That Jew Goldberg!

And after ranting for a moment, Jackson remembered where he was.

"What happened next?" I asked.

"Next?" The Rabbi said. "There was no next. That it was it for the meeting. He showed his hand. He's an anti-semitic bigot."

[Yes, this story is completely hearsay, I can't even prove it happened, but I trust the source.]

1571 FrogMarch  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:12:48am

Who needs leadership - when we can have a comedian.
Isn't that right, Jon Stewart and Ayn Rand-hating Stephen Colbert?

1572 soxfan4life  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:16:53am

re: #1570 Dayenu

I guess the Hymie town remarks weren't enough proof. Just like some will never have enough proof that Obama is a socialist.

1573 FrogMarch  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:19:55am

re: #63 alegrias

* * * *
President Bush knew very well his father President Bush passed the Americans with Disabilities Act.

President Bush jogged with wounded veterans with prosthetic limbs at the White House during the day, instead of partying with "professional" NBA creeps at night.


bingo.

1574 soxfan4life  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:25:28am

re: #1573 FrogMarch


Well given his desire to undo what President Bush has done the Americans with Disabilities Act might not last 4 years. Once he's done with GWB he will go after GHWB.

1575 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:29:26am

re: #65 Maximu§

I have an Autistic child and he plays basketball in the Special Olympics. This is a slap in the face to all those kids trying their hearts out to make something of their lives and prove that they can overcome their disability.

2 of my sons are special needs- this is a complete and utter slam to people who are already facing challanges this putz cannot even imagine.

I CANNOT STAND THIS PERSON- period

1576 WriterMom  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:30:53am

I CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW ANGRY THIS MAKES ME.

1577 Gretchen  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:30:59am

re: #1531 ExPatriot

is this some sort of conspiracy to deflect attention from his real bowling score. he scored a 37, not a 129. i noticed because i'm ashamed to say 132 is my average--have just taken up the game, and 129 isn't that bad. 37, on the other hand, is embarrassing. my four-year-old son bowls double that, though he does use the bumpers...

Did you really think 129 was without bumpers?

Can we put bumpers on the economy for him too?

1578 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:31:49am

re: #1570 Dayenu

Naturally, I get to post on the tail-end of the thread. Oh well, that's what the night shift gets ya.

I see a poster... what's his name... M1150 or something like that, who wants evidence that Jesse Jackson is an anti-Semite.

A few years ago, I went on a trip to Israel, with people from my parents' synagogue, and the Rabbi told me this story.

He said he met Jesse Jackson along with a group of other Rabbis, to do a sort of community out reach event. This were going okay until Jackson talked about how he was trying to send his (daughter I think) to Harvard... but she couldn't get in... because of this Jew Goldberg. That Jew Goldberg! That Jew Goldberg!

And after ranting for a moment, Jackson remembered where he was.

"What happened next?" I asked.

"Next?" The Rabbi said. "There was no next. That it was it for the meeting. He showed his hand. He's an anti-semitic bigot."

[Yes, this story is completely hearsay, I can't even prove it happened, but I trust the source.]

or the statement during the election that electing asshat would end the Zionist influence in America. . .

1579 WriterMom  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:32:36am

re: #212 Palandine

Beautiful post.

1580 WriterMom  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:34:19am

re: #1547 Bluecold

Fuck you.

1581 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:34:37am

Remember?re: #1578 DisturbedEma

or the statement during the election that electing asshat would end the Zionist influence in America. . .

1582 soxfan4life  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:35:36am

re: #1577 Gretchen

Did you really think 129 was without bumpers?

Can we put bumpers on the economy for him too?

Might want to consider bumpers for foreign policy as well.

1583 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:35:44am

re: #1580 WriterMom

Fuck you.

What she said!

1584 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:36:49am

re: #1579 WriterMom

Beautiful post.

Again. . .What she said!

1585 inldad67  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:37:09am

Can anyone tell me if they may have edited that part out for the east coast? I know I was a bit sleepy and normally I don't watch Leno (even though he grew up one town over from me) but I was surfing the channels and happened upon that interview right at that moment and do not recall him saying that. What I do remember is the line of questioning went straight from the bowling to his NCAA picks and at that point I couldn't take any more and changed the channel and fell asleep....

1586 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:37:40am

re: #1582 soxfan4life

Might want to consider bumpers for foreign policy as well.

He has bummpers- they are the ones he keeps on hand to toss under the bus. . .

1587 Lincolntf  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:37:48am

I see this story has already registered 1500+ posts, but I just heard about it. I assume everything has already been said that needed to be said, but my two cents: If this had been Bush, the protesters would already be outside the White House, the weekend cable shows would be burning up the phone lines trying to book advocates for those with special needs, and Time magazine would have a cover story about how the developmentally challenged face huge obstacles with such an ignorant, insensitive man in the White House.
Instead, we'll get another week or two of Obama's bracket news.

1588 Gretchen  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:38:45am

re: #1570 Dayenu

Naturally, I get to post on the tail-end of the thread. Oh well, that's what the night shift gets ya.

I see a poster... what's his name... M1150 or something like that, who wants evidence that Jesse Jackson is an anti-Semite.

A few years ago, I went on a trip to Israel, with people from my parents' synagogue, and the Rabbi told me this story.

He said he met Jesse Jackson along with a group of other Rabbis, to do a sort of community out reach event. This were going okay until Jackson talked about how he was trying to send his (daughter I think) to Harvard... but she couldn't get in... because of this Jew Goldberg. That Jew Goldberg! That Jew Goldberg!

And after ranting for a moment, Jackson remembered where he was.

"What happened next?" I asked.

"Next?" The Rabbi said. "There was no next. That it was it for the meeting. He showed his hand. He's an anti-semitic bigot."

[Yes, this story is completely hearsay, I can't even prove it happened, but I trust the source.]

Seriously, with Jesse Jackson's political power his daughter had to have a horrible academic record to be denied admission anywhere. Do rejection letters from Harvard state which student beat you out for admission?

1589 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:38:56am

re: #1585 inldad67

Can anyone tell me if they may have edited that part out for the east coast? I know I was a bit sleepy and normally I don't watch Leno (even though he grew up one town over from me) but I was surfing the channels and happened upon that interview right at that moment and do not recall him saying that. What I do remember is the line of questioning went straight from the bowling to his NCAA picks and at that point I couldn't take any more and changed the channel and fell asleep....

Not sure- but he is apologizing all over the place, but through his asspiece. . .

1590 solomonpanting  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:39:13am
It’s “like the Special Olympics or something,” the president said.

This remark doesn't surprise me. Obama's is a Special Administration.

1591 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:41:53am

re: #1587 Lincolntf

I see this story has already registered 1500+ posts, but I just heard about it. I assume everything has already been said that needed to be said, but my two cents: If this had been Bush, the protesters would already be outside the White House, the weekend cable shows would be burning up the phone lines trying to book advocates for those with special needs, and Time magazine would have a cover story about how the developmentally challenged face huge obstacles with such an ignorant, insensitive man in the White House.
Instead, we'll get another week or two of Obama's bracket news.

Someone did their homework:)

Yep - agree completely, and I am wondering just how many people are starting to get a clue about him. . .because when he is all over the place on things like the economy, people tend to tune out- but he was disgraceful in his comments about PEOPLE. . .maybe it will help unglue the eyes of some who refuse to see this asshole for what he is

1592 FrogMarch  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:42:13am

re: #1574 soxfan4life

Well given his desire to undo what President Bush has done the Americans with Disabilities Act might not last 4 years. Once he's done with GWB he will go after GHWB.

yep. Uber left-wing hate-church Chairman Zero will make gravity obsolete.
trickle up!

1593 kywrite  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:43:32am

re: #338 m1150

I'm sorry; I honestly don't think it's that offensive. He said he got the kind of score someone in the Special Olympics would get. That's it. That just isn't that shocking to me.

What did you guys think about the Black Eyed Peas having to change their song "Let's Get Retarded?"

I think -- that my son, when he was 12, quit listening to the BEP because of that song, even though he loved the sanitized version. We got him the CD, and it had the original version on it. When he realized what they were singing, he trashed the CD and didn't tell us.

This is NOT the autistic one, but his older brother. And he's not been sensitized to special needs because we downplay the issue as much as we can. He just had the sense God gave us all to know when someone is making mean-spirited fun of someone else. Apparently that is lacking in the President.

1594 Gretchen  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:45:23am

re: #1587 Lincolntf

Instead, we'll get another week or two of Obama's bracket news.

Even his NCAA picks suck.

1595 Bloodnok  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:46:23am

re: #1580 WriterMom

Amen. That was one of the worst posts I have ever seen. Just vile.

1596 Only The Lurker Knows  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:46:32am

re: #1547 Bluecold

As others have said. Fuck You.

1597 filetandrelease  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:48:46am

NEWS FLASH

Heard on the news this morning, President Obama's gaffe last night merely show us that he is human.

Ack, not a god?!, bwah,hahahahahahahahahaha

1598 kawfytawk  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:50:10am

I am probably a little more sensitive than most, since my brother has Downs syndrome and has competed in the special olympics for 30+ years. The remark Obama made was childish and self focused, but to be frank, I expect nothing but remarks in that tone from him. Egotists have always believed the world revolves around them and are astounded that anyone could think otherwise. So when he compares himself to the "Special Olympics" in a derogatory fashion, I have to laugh. This so called, smart, worldly man, could NEVER measure up to a competitor of the Special Olympics as they are compassionate, always thinking of their teammates, and could put this man to shame in just a few minutes. Obama doesn't have half the integrity and compassion as a Special Olympics competitor. Luckily, my brother is oblivious to a remark like this and if Obama walked through his front door today he would be met with a huge grin and a bear hug...just because..... and it would be genuine and not staged. Obama could only wish he had a fraction of the humanity displayed in a Special Olympics competitor!

1599 kywrite  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:50:50am

re: #1548 Oh no...Sand People!

Nicely said -- and my husband volunteers for the Special Olympics every year. We don't have a single family member who participates. He just believes in it.

I married well.

1600 soxfan4life  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:51:10am

re: #1597 filetandrelease

NEWS FLASH

Heard on the news this morning, President Obama's gaffe last night merely show us that he is human.

Ack, not a god?!, bwah,hahahahahahahahahaha

A newsperson somewhere is getting a pink slip.

1601 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:56:31am
1602 kywrite  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:57:15am

re: #1567 soxfan4life

I only hope that you and your family can handle the Joe the Plumber type of personal attacks that Obama's watchdog Media would surely subject you to if the One did not come out smelling like a rose. And a big thanks to you and your hubby for the service you give our country every day.

If we can survive periodic clearance checks, we can survive the media! Besides, Joe is a big burly guy. This would be the media beating up on a scrawny little autistic kid and his enlisted-military family. I think the threefold rule would apply -- all evil you do comes back to you thrice.

As for the hubby's service - I really did marry well. He's my hero, though I don't tell him often enough. (note to self - do that tomorrow along with Special Treats.)

1603 filetandrelease  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:57:57am

re: #1600 soxfan4life

A newsperson somewhere is getting a pink slip.

It cracked me up, just local stuff, but the two of them just stumbled over words for at least 30 seconds trying desperately not to be negative over this comment. One even said it was the worst gaffe he ever heard, but oh the pressure this man must be under, hahahahahaha.

1604 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:58:59am

re: #1551 Bluecold

Human inner worth?
A race between blind people and people without legs reaffirms their human inner worth how?

And stop bawing. It just clogs up the internet.

(Sigh...why am I wasting the energy...)

A man opens a door for a lady. She screams at him, "I can get the door myself! You think you can just put me to the back of the bus since I am a lady!?"

The man replies, "I am not doing it because you are a lady. I am opening this door because I am a gentlemen."

Think about it. It might cause you mental contortions on what it means with regard to 'human inner worth', but perhaps there is hope.

1605 kywrite  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:00:13am

re: #1568 DaddyG

Well... lawyers. I mean c'mon if you can't make fun of them?

//

Had a lawyer friend once who used to call me just to tell me the latest lawyer jokes that were going around his workmates.

Kinda took the fun out of it, actually.

1606 Orangutan  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:01:30am

Leaders trying to be overly funny is a hallmark of immaturity.

Remember, this guy has done nothing. Push-button Senator for a couple years, community hack before that......nothing. And it shows in this remark.

1607 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:07:07am

re: #1593 kywrite

I think -- that my son, when he was 12, quit listening to the BEP because of that song, even though he loved the sanitized version. We got him the CD, and it had the original version on it. When he realized what they were singing, he trashed the CD and didn't tell us.

This is NOT the autistic one, but his older brother. And he's not been sensitized to special needs because we downplay the issue as much as we can. He just had the sense God gave us all to know when someone is making mean-spirited fun of someone else. Apparently that is lacking in the President.

And hey- so many blacks use the n word- what is the big deal if others use it as well?
//

You are right- with my kids the typical ones are the ones who take insults like this to heart.

When my oldest son was on leave last time some kids in the neighborhood came by and were mocking my 9 year old who has autism- my son came out, all 6 feet 4 Marine of him, and said- which one of you would like to say that shit to MY face?
One of the punks said, what do you care?

My son said, you are messing with my BABY brother. . .

they ran.. . .

1608 Sharmuta  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:09:28am

re: #1557 taxfreekiller

Realwest,

This "bluecold" is not a smurf IMO, see what you and others can do to get his thug ass deleted or a account at Kos Kids Kult of Kanker Kings.

If he was a Smurf, I'd have kicked his ass by now.

1609 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:09:29am
1610 solomonpanting  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:11:49am

re: #1551 Bluecold

Human inner worth?
A race between blind people and people without legs reaffirms their human inner worth how?

How? By displaying the presence of something you apparently lack--heart.

1611 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:12:20am

re: #1604 Oh no...Sand People!

(Sigh...why am I wasting the energy...)

A man opens a door for a lady. She screams at him, "I can get the door myself! You think you can just put me to the back of the bus since I am a lady!?"

The man replies, "I am not doing it because you are a lady. I am opening this door because I am a gentlemen."

Think about it. It might cause you mental contortions on what it means with regard to 'human inner worth', but perhaps there is hope.

No- there is no hope for this one- while there may be special olympics for people with certain disabilities- but none for people without compassion and without the ability to walk a mile in another person's stead , they are beyond the skill of human beings who have the ability and inclination to empathy to help-

1612 Sharmuta  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:12:22am

re: #1609 Bluecold

And those other blogs would be right to criticize President Bush if he had said such a thing. This blog would likewise have criticized Bush for a comment like this. We're not hypocrites here, but maybe those other blogs are.

1613 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:14:28am

re: #1609 Bluecold

re: #1595 Bloodnok
re: #1580 WriterMom
re: #1596 Bubblehead II

"Fuck you"?
People, if you disagree with me, say why. Because this is just sad.
To make it easier for you, this is a recap of my statements
-Special Olympic is politically correct nonsense. Nobody watches it, but it is broadcasted anyway because is they don't, the handicapped people, together with menstruating woman go apeshit

-This thread is only here because other blogs (blogs which are frequently ridiculed here) would do the same if president Bush said it.

SuFi AND fuck you. . .and quit your bawling you asshole, take your ball and go home.

PS- As a life long democrat, I would have been all over ANY president who made this kind of remark

1614 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:16:29am

re: #1610 solomonpanting

How? By displaying the presence of something you apparently lack--heart.

And spirit, and courage- which is sorely lacking in a person who lumps menstruation and special needs together and calls it politically correct. . .

1615 filetandrelease  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:17:55am

re: #1609 Bluecold
Fuck you.

1616 kawfytawk  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:18:13am

re: #1609 Bluecold

you have been told repeatedly why. you only respond after someone has told you to "Fuck off" Either scroll up or fuck off

1617 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:25:27am

re: #1616 kawfytawk

you have been told repeatedly why. you only respond after someone has told you to "Fuck off" Either scroll up or fuck off

Guess Fuck off was BC's final answer. . .

I guess the blue cold thing was the heart. . .

1618 Perplexed  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:26:49am

re: #1325 Kosh's Shadow

He has a problem with disabled and Jews (at least with Israel).

So did the Nazis.

0bama is no Nazi, but these similarities really bother me.

Wait for government sponsored health care to deal with the aged, infirm, and disabled. Euthanasia is coming.

1619 Lincolntf  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:26:54am

re: #1597 filetandrelease

I thought that's what the first ten flubs did.

1620 kawfytawk  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:29:31am

re: #1617 DisturbedEma

Guess Fuck off was BC's final answer. . .

I guess the blue cold thing was the heart. . .


Some people just don't get it. Pity

1621 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:32:30am

re: #1618 Perplexed

Wait for government sponsored health care to deal with the aged, infirm, and disabled. Euthanasia is coming.

Rationing health care has been the status quo in Oregon for awhile now- cases of kids dying because they were on Medicare and their treatments were not covered.

Elderly patients losing coverage in order to "strech" the funds to cover less for more- i.e. immunizations for kids that can be paid for by the 10s of thousands. . .if we do not pay for certain procedures and and treatments for old people. . .this is one article

1622 Bluecold  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:33:31am

re: #1604 Oh no...Sand People!

You are wasting your energy because you like acting morally superior.

Also, this thread is still only here because other blogs would do the same to bush. Also, if bush said such a thing, there would be a topic here, but only to say "no we are not the hypocrites". Because all those slightly unsensitive slip-of-the-tongues are all meaningless. It would be different if Obama said in an official press declaration "I, President Barack. H. Obama officially declare that i hate chinese people. They are yellow, they smell and they are best to be wiped off the earth".
Now everything is blown out of proportion by people trying to prove that Obama is a bad president. Well i'm not buying it. I don't judge people by unmeant remarks made in jest.

1623 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:35:18am

re: #1620 kawfytawk

Some people just don't get it. Pity

yes-you know, people, even while I was pregnant with the twins, would say to me "you are SO BRAVE to have more kids, you know, cause you have disabled ones already" and I am at a loss at how heartless people are. . .

1624 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:39:47am

re: #1622 Bluecold

It's BAAAAACK

Look- I hold now illusions about my ability to convince you that your assumption that you and YOU alone are the morally superior one is a fallacy, but

Menstruation is not a disability, and neither is your latent sexism, and you are, for now, still free to say and post what you will.

That said, you are a fine example of the type of person who got this asshole elected- ignore that which doesn't bother you personally, and attack those who do call him out for his boorish and unbecoming behavior.

My statement stands- FUCK YOU ASSHOLE, I am free to be offended by this no talent hack who bought and cheated his way into office. And FUCK YOU AGAIN- I have every right to call his character into question- he is supposd to be a leader, not a vague empty suit.

1625 kawfytawk  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:41:04am

re: #1623 DisturbedEma


I know, I lost my first child, Patrick, to SIDS and my brother with downs was heart broken, when I became pregnant with my second I wondered how Matt would take it...would he think this is the same child? would he understand? Would he think she would suffer the same fate? When we brought our daughter home, my brother looked at her and said "Patrick picked her out to make you so happy" Now I beg anyone to tell me that this man, my brother, is deficient in any way meaningful.

1626 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:44:28am
1627 kawfytawk  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:47:32am

re: #1626 Iron Fist

even make chunky peanut butter smooth (OK, I made that one up), if only we would trust, love, revere, and worship Him. /blockquote>

I think he said he would make peanut butter safe for his daughters who eat it 3x a week...lol

1628 Noam Chumpski  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:49:41am

I can't get past the feeling that Obama is really just a "C" student who can read TelePrompters well and that the claim of his "smartness" is so wildly over blown...

1629 WriterMom  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:50:32am

re: #1625 kawfytawk

{kawfytawk}

1630 WriterMom  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:51:00am

At least Special Olypians can speak without teleprompters.

1631 Bluecold  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:52:26am

re: #1624 DisturbedEma

It's BAAAAACK


Were you getting impatient to show yet again how morally superior you are?

1632 ynahmias  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:52:29am

I am not sure this is such a slip up, he was trying to make a joke. Come on guys there are hundreds of things to criticize in the Obama administration, this just isn't one of them. Waste of space.

1633 bolivar  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:53:22am

re: #1609 Bluecold

You are truly an asshole and your ideas suck donkey dick. Why don't you just crawl back under the rock in the slime pit you crawled out of and try to grow some feelings huh? You really are pissing me off and I am not one you want to piss off you insignificant piece of flea shit.

1634 Zimriel  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:53:42am

re: #1587 Lincolntf

I see this story has already registered 1500+ posts, but I just heard about it.

It would have been shorter and less vitriolic if it weren't for a couple of dickheads who chose this thread, of all the threads to choose from, to get their lulz.

I wish there was an Internet feature that compelled trolls to immediately go outside and repeat their comments to somebody similar in person.

1635 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:57:52am

re: #1625 kawfytawk

I know, I lost my first child, Patrick, to SIDS and my brother with downs was heart broken, when I became pregnant with my second I wondered how Matt would take it...would he think this is the same child? would he understand? Would he think she would suffer the same fate? When we brought our daughter home, my brother looked at her and said "Patrick picked her out to make you so happy" Now I beg anyone to tell me that this man, my brother, is deficient in any way meaningful.

He lives with his heart making the decisions- you are truly blessed, and my sympathies for your loss- I lost a little angel too, think about her every day. . .

1636 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 7:59:06am

re: #1631 Bluecold

Were you getting impatient to show yet again how morally superior you are?

nope, I am a democrat, I was born that way. . .

1637 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:00:37am

re: #1632 ynahmias

I am not sure this is such a slip up, he was trying to make a joke. Come on guys there are hundreds of things to criticize in the Obama administration, this just isn't one of them. Waste of space.

If that were true, what you are saying then 1. why is the MSM downplaying it like crazy and 2. why did dear leader already issue a statement through his asspiece AND call the Special Olympics. . .?

1638 bolivar  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:00:58am

re: #1632 ynahmias

Uh this is just the latest example of why this clown (and sorry if that demeans clowns) is totally out of his league. This guy is not smart, eloquent nor even "clever".

My cat makes more sense than any of the tripe the messiah spews and I don't speak cat. I tried at first to give him a fair shot - I really did. It only took about a week and I was ready to pull my hair out (wouldn't take long) and rend my clothes and cover myself with ashes and I am not Catholic.

I am beside myself (now there are two of me) and then we get some more examples of what an uncaring, unfeeling moron obama is. How many examples do you require to see the facts?

1639 FrogMarch  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:01:05am

re: #1622 Bluecold

So, you are a dutiful blind-faith bad-faith barack h. obama supporter who thinks that The Special Olympics is PC nonsense.

Check.

1640 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:01:48am
1641 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:02:37am

re: #1639 FrogMarch

So, you are a dutiful blind-faith bad-faith barack h. obama supporter who thinks that The Special Olympics is PC nonsense.

Check.

Thanks for the recap- I was getting confused, my morally superior head was turned inside out because I am, well, you know, menstruating. . .////

1642 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:03:54am

re: #1630 WriterMom

At least Special Olypians can speak without teleprompters.

SNAP AND AN UPDING CHACHING!

1643 bolivar  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:04:08am

re: #1640 Iron Fist

the O is just sooooo photogenic - my ears stick out just as much as his do and I think I still look better than that. Just another empty suit with no brain, heart or soul.

1644 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:05:32am

re: #1622 Bluecold

This is the best you have? You are SOOOOOOO not ready to piss with the Lizards. . .

hack

1645 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:05:35am
1646 FrogMarch  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:08:00am

re: #1641 DisturbedEma

Thanks for the recap- I was getting confused, my morally superior head was turned inside out because I am, well, you know, menstruating. . .////


update: Bluecold is a misogynistic sexist barack h. obama supporter who hates The Special Olympics.


The very same barack h. obama who went to a hate-church for 20 years, got a free media pass on that one (even though any other politician would have been laughed off the political stage) and the same barack h obama whose wife received a $250,000 pay raise from a hospital board that received over a million tax payer dollars right after barack h. obama won his seat in the Illinois senate.

check.

1647 hihoherman  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:08:14am

GOOD! PC is for the brain dead! And, it would be nice to see a few of the crazier programs killed. Imagine! By Obama, yet! So, go ahead. Say what you want. Obama was making fun of himself. (Meanwhile? Hmm? Is it possible Michelle can throw bowling balls with both arms? Would beat exercising with weights.) I wonder if Oprah will tell?

1648 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:08:51am
1649 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:12:31am

re: #1645 Iron Fist

That could be interesting. I've always said that there were conversations in cyberspace that could/would never happen in the meat world. Someone would go to jail, and the other would go to hell, if you are familiar with the saying. I doubt it would get that far. Fo rthe most part people have a good idea of when it is best that they shut it off and move on elsewhere.


Yet- during the election, maybe I was just reading into things, but with Palin's child- the underlying assumption that because she did not choose to have the baby aborted, she somehow had to "put up" with whatever scorn and ridicule that came her way about her decision. It was pretty offputting to hear such malice from the P/C crowd. . .which is why bc makes no sense to me- the pc crowd got asshat elected, they are the first to respond with full blown anger about things like prop 8 and such- this is THEIR game,and now, because asshat says it is a "gaffe"

farking hell

1650 kawfytawk  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:12:56am

re: #1635 DisturbedEma

He lives with his heart making the decisions- you are truly blessed, and my sympathies for your loss- I lost a little angel too, think about her every day. . .


{disturbedEma}

1651 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:14:46am

re: #1650 kawfytawk

{disturbedEma}

back @ ya:)

1652 joan  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:15:12am

Slovenly.
Sometimes his body language at ceremonial occasions is just astonishing: he constantly telegraphs adolescence and arrogance.

1653 bolivar  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:16:55am

re: #1648 Iron Fist

On the whore thing, I saw on Drudge where my Capitol city Providence has a strip club - the Foxy Lady that is having a job fair. Any takers in the audience? I think it is limited to ladies however I suppose men could apply too - after all this is New England and Masachusetts is right next door and Provincetown is just down the road a piece.

1654 FrogMarch  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:17:23am

so - any bets the in-the-DNC-tank morning talk shows will be talking about obama's gaffe?

1655 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:22:09am

re: #1622 Bluecold

You are wasting your energy because you like acting morally superior.

Also, this thread is still only here because other blogs would do the same to bush. Also, if bush said such a thing, there would be a topic here, but only to say "no we are not the hypocrites". Because all those slightly unsensitive slip-of-the-tongues are all meaningless. It would be different if Obama said in an official press declaration "I, President Barack. H. Obama officially declare that i hate chinese people. They are yellow, they smell and they are best to be wiped off the earth".
Now everything is blown out of proportion by people trying to prove that Obama is a bad president. Well i'm not buying it. I don't judge people by unmeant remarks made in jest.

In your moral relative cesspool you are your own king, continue glorifying yourself.

1656 Harry Tuttle  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:24:21am

Did I mention Barry can go fuck himself.

Wasn't sure if I got that across.

As for the morons who support and voted for him...

1657 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:25:02am

re: #1655 Oh no...Sand People!

In your moral relative cesspool you are your own king, continue glorifying yourself.

Yes, the kingdom of 1. . .

1658 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:25:53am

re: #1656 Harry Tuttle

Did I mention Barry can go fuck himself.

Wasn't sure if I got that across.

As for the morons who support and voted for him...

no worries, dear leader will fuck them over. . .well, a lot of them

1659 victor_yugo  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:34:10am

Or, look at the bright side:

0bambi admitted, to all the world, that he's retarded.

1660 Pasketti  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:39:36am

People whine about how affirmative action is needed to level the playing field for the disadvantaged, and how skin color merits this special treatment. Consider the disabled... talk about disadvantaged, talk about an "unleveled" playing field... working their asses off to surpass what they were dealt and achieve athletic prowess that would put many of the non-disabled couch potatoes (and Ivory tower liberals) to shame. Then you have the POTUS go on an entertainment show and discount everything they've achieved on what is arguably, for the disabled, again, a very, VERY unleveled playing field in life. What a hypocrite and a sick, shallow human being.

Maybe it's the hard work they put in overcoming the shit sandwich of life the disabled have been dealt that pisses off Dear Obama. Maybe he'd prefer they remain in their "holes", as they "should," and receive handouts. Special Olympians don't do that. Asshole.

Do I need a sarc tag after "holes?" I don't know how to do that. I hope it's clear I'm being sarcastic.

Sorry. My son goes to adaptive PE twice weekly and on the wall are pictures of the school alumni who have competed in the Special Olympics. These kids worked very hard for this and deserve respect.

1661 DisturbedEma  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:52:47am

re: #1660 Pasketti

People whine about how affirmative action is needed to level the playing field for the disadvantaged, and how skin color merits this special treatment. Consider the disabled... talk about disadvantaged, talk about an "unleveled" playing field... working their asses off to surpass what they were dealt and achieve athletic prowess that would put many of the non-disabled couch potatoes (and Ivory tower liberals) to shame. Then you have the POTUS go on an entertainment show and discount everything they've achieved on what is arguably, for the disabled, again, a very, VERY unleveled playing field in life. What a hypocrite and a sick, shallow human being.

Maybe it's the hard work they put in overcoming the shit sandwich of life the disabled have been dealt that pisses off Dear Obama. Maybe he'd prefer they remain in their "holes", as they "should," and receive handouts. Special Olympians don't do that. Asshole.

Do I need a sarc tag after "holes?" I don't know how to do that. I hope it's clear I'm being sarcastic.

Sorry. My son goes to adaptive PE twice weekly and on the wall are pictures of the school alumni who have competed in the Special Olympics. These kids worked very hard for this and deserve respect.


well said, indeed. . .

1662 wrenchwench  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:54:11am

re: #1647 hihoherman

And, it would be nice to see a few of the crazier programs killed.

Care to specify?

1663 Gretchen  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:56:26am

re: #1630 WriterMom

At least Special Olypians can speak without teleprompters.


Bumper sticker material!

1664 Spartacus50  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 9:08:34am

re: #12 buzzsawmonkey

I apologize if this has been addressed earlier, but I think you're referring to James Watt

1665 Spartacus50  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 9:09:57am

Does anyone else find it disturbing that our President has filled out and published a Tournament Bracket? What sort of example is he setting as a degenerate gambler in chief?

1666 Pupdawg  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 9:29:54am

re: #1 bryantms

Bush would have literally been crucified at this point...

...late night shows? Silent....

What a complete, moronic, classless, insensitive, ass-clown idiot! But, I guess Obumbli isn't held to the same standards of decency as any other living human being. If covered by the MSM, I'd expect a 'free ride' rationalization for Mr. T to be the crux of their reporting on the incident...or, the chirp, chirp, chirp of the crickets will continue.

Where are the teleprompters when you really need them Mr. T? Oh well, he would still have said it if it rolled down the teleprompter.

1667 Pupdawg  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 9:34:04am

re: #1665 Spartacus50

Does anyone else find it disturbing that our President has filled out and published a Tournament Bracket? What sort of example is he setting as a degenerate gambler in chief?

Agree.

Finally, at least two things Mr. T really knows that does not require a teleprompter...potential gambling and basketball! Now, that is seriously pathetic.

1668 cartoonboy  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 9:36:45am

A guy who uses a teleprompter as a crutch insults disabled people.
A president we can believe in.

1669 HippieforLife  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 9:40:09am

The O really should know better. If he is going to appear live on TV as some form of entertainment, he needs to be a little thoughtful.

There isn't much in this statement that isn't insulting. He was demeaning the Special Olympics and he knows it.

1670 Pupdawg  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 9:45:41am

re: #38 Racer X

The White House job is getting really hard for him, so what does he do? Back out on the campaign trail! He has been campaigning in CA for 3 days now. What a maroon.

Obambi's trying to unclench our fists while he continues to pick our pockets, extract our last gold crown and flim-flam America as we all are required to put any cash we have left in his presidential monogrammed handkerchief...it's a vile Mr. T okie-doke!

1671 A.W.  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 1:35:54pm

I have a few disabilities and seeing him say that was the first time in my life I felt a need to actually flip the bird at a sitting president's image and call him an asshole. And I say that fully mindful of all the stupid things carter has done, as president and afterward.

But this kind of casual insult of handicapped people is so depressingly common that on reflection I find it hard to get angry.

1672 eaglewingz08  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 1:56:01pm

But at least Obama didn't call anyone a macaca. You gotta draw the line somewhere.

1673 6pat6  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 2:47:10pm

re: #1527 capitalist piglet

So it was Albert's if he wanted it, regardless of what Ford wanted?

That is a correct statement. There was an interview with Albert on one of the Discovery series not long ago, and Albert himself explained why he did not accept the VPOTUS slot upon Nixon's resignation.

1674 6pat6  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 2:55:58pm

The Line of Succession:The official rundown

1675 6pat6  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 3:30:44pm

At least BHO apologized before 24 hours elapsed...The Apology

1676 Gmac  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 6:48:34pm

Ya, but its the fact that he *did* have to apologize in the first place...

1677 Lopakhin  Sat, Mar 21, 2009 2:22:23am
0bambi admitted, to all the world, that he's retarded.

I actually think that, to be consistent, if we're criticising the President for this gaffe, we should also stop using the word 'retarded' as an insult.


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