It also seems like it's encouraging tax fraud or just not paying your taxes.

I know, less exciting that the violent overthrow part, but I think more likely to actually start happening in significant numbers.

Oh, boy. This is pure idiocy on their part. Cluebat to Lafayette County Republicans, tax evasion is a crime, which their first point seems to imply.
/three more years of this nonsense?

re: #2 Varek Raith

Oh, boy. This is pure idiocy on their part. Cluebat to Lafayette County Republicans, tax evasion is a crime, which their first point seems to imply.
/three more years of this nonsense?

Call it seven if they keep this up. Maybe more.

re: #3 SanFranciscoZionist

Call it seven if they keep this up. Maybe more.

Indeed.

Oh, Hell. Those fools are going to get people killed. They actually think that a revolution is a good thing. Violent revolutions have sometimes been necessary things (though I do not believe that that is the case in today's USA), but they are never good things.

You say that war is all glory, I know that war is all Hell.

General William Tecumseh Sherman

At least step #2 does not advocate a criminal action.

Cheery.

That's some seriously crazy and dangerous shit.

re: #6 philosophus invidius

At least step #2 does not advocate a criminal action.

True. But it could be good, or bad. "Incumbent" tells you nothing except that a person already holds that office, not how they've been doing in it.

re: #5 Dark_Falcon

I agree with you. War should never be pursued for glory, but necessity.

That's a pretty lean guide.

If you're going to continue to ask me not to use my brain then I'm going to need more detailed instructions.

I got beer. Don't come on my property.

Is Yuengling beer good? My brother bought some.

"Prepare for war"
ugh.

Down with both major political parties.

Pffiibbitth.™

Join the Modern Whig Party.

You'll be in good company, I joined.

re: #14 Killgore Trout

"Prepare for war"
ugh.

"Prepare for an extended outing in the political wilderness"
/Competing billboard.

Brought to you by the people who brought you Timothy McVey.

(Not meaning the GOP, meaning people of hate)

re: #13 Cannadian Club Akbar

Yep.

This sign is a clear incitement to violence.

re: #18 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Yep.

Thanks. Don't wanna crack one without knowing.

If the majority of people vote for the "incumbents" (thus signaling their approval government policies) then the pure and uncorrupted souls should thwart the will of the people and establish ... what? Not a democracy, I guess.

I don't think this reference is intentional on the part of the GOP there, but 'the Beast' and 'Starve the Beast' is language that's been taken over by neo-confederates, anti-gubbmint types, white supremacist and separatists, and Christian Identity folks, and many other scattered evil nutcase groups about the US govt-- the type of people who think Social Security numbers are the 'Mark of the Beast' and the US govt is the Antichrist. Assorted lunatics living 'off the grid'. For people with that kind of ideology, this exhortation to 'live free or die' is frighteningly literal.

Bad times.

re: #19 Jimmah

This sign is a clear incitement to violence.

I think so. Probably shouldn't be legal. It's also advocating that people not pay their taxes which is also illegal. At the very least it's anti-American.

re: #19 Jimmah

Illegal too:

TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

PART I--CRIMES

CHAPTER 19--CONSPIRACY

Sec. 373. Solicitation to commit a crime of violence

(a) Whoever, with intent that another person engage in conduct
constituting a felony that has as an element the use, attempted use, or
threatened use of physical force against property or against the person
of another in violation of the laws of the United States, and under
circumstances strongly corroborative of that intent, solicits, commands,
induces, or otherwise endeavors to persuade such other person to engage
in such conduct, shall be imprisoned not more than one-half the maximum
term of imprisonment or (notwithstanding section 3571) fined not more
than one-half of the maximum fine prescribed for the punishment of the
crime solicited, or both; or if the crime solicited is punishable by
life imprisonment or death, shall be imprisoned for not more than twenty
years.

This is sick, but what is sicker is that no Republican will condemn it. (I hope I am wrong).

Imagine if CAIR put up a billboard like this.

re: #21 philosophus invidius

Not a democracy, I guess.

Was never meant to be. A "democracy" is two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch!

(not at ALL condoning this piece of trash billboard ,,, juts sayin!!)

re: #23 Killgore Trout

I think so. Probably shouldn't be legal. It's also advocating that people not pay their taxes which is also illegal. At the very least it's anti-American.

Didn't you get the memo? It's atheists that are unamerican.

Here's my other favourite wingnut billboard

Isn't the starve the beast philosophy what grew out of the eighties as the rationale for huge deficits? So basically these Republicans are all for huge deficit spending while at the same time complaining about huge deficit spending. This sounds perfectly rational ... I can't wait for them to assume power again.

re: #28 iceweasel

Didn't you get the memo? It's atheists that are unamerican.

Here's my other favourite wingnut billboard

I remember that one. Idiots. Why does my lack of faith mean I'm un-American? WTF! That one really irked me.

re: #27 sattv4u2

That's why we have a Constitution & Bill of Rights.

re: #28 iceweasel

Yes, I was once sternly lectured by a Canadian ex-lizard about how anti-American I am.

Didn't Republicans declare "war on the poor" and "war on the children" in 1994 in order to balance the budget?

/

re: #29 trendsurfer

Yes. It's the Republicans fault.

re: #22 iceweasel

I don't think this reference is intentional on the part of the GOP there, but 'the Beast' and 'Starve the Beast' is language that's been taken over by neo-confederates, anti-gubbmint types, white supremacist and separatists, and Christian Identity folks, and many other scattered evil nutcase groups about the US govt-- the type of people who think Social Security numbers are the 'Mark of the Beast' and the US govt is the Antichrist. Assorted lunatics living 'off the grid'. For people with that kind of ideology, this exhortation to 'live free or die' is frighteningly literal.

Bad times.

The capitalization of 'Beast' is there as a dog whistle for somebody...

re: #29 trendsurfer

Isn't the starve the beast philosophy what grew out of the eighties as the rationale for huge deficits? So basically these Republicans are all for huge deficit spending while at the same time complaining about huge deficit spending. This sounds perfectly rational ... I can't wait for them to assume power again.

While I hate to say your right--your right.

re: #32 Killgore Trout

Shit, I was told here the other day I was un-American.

Here is another billboard making the rounds on the blogosphere.

re: #36 ausador

While I hate to say your right--your right.

Yes. The Republicans ran the House and the Senate and the White House.

re: #33 rwmofo

Didn't Republicans declare "war on the poor" and "war on the children" in 1994 in order to balance the budget?

/

And what happened? 15 year later, and there are still poor people, and still children! The Republicans had gotten us into a quagmire!

///³

re: #37 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Heh, I saw that.

re: #25 Naso Tang

This is sick, but what is sicker is that no Republican will condemn it. (I hope I am wrong).

I'm a Republican, and I condemn it.

re: #35 Girth

The capitalization of 'Beast' is there as a dog whistle for somebody...

I hope not intentionally, but it's getting harder and harder to ignore just how completely the crazy seems to have infested the right at the moment.

re: #30 Varek Raith

I remember that one. Idiots. Why does my lack of faith mean I'm un-American? WTF! That one really irked me.

Me too. As well as the implied threat of murder ('traitors lead to civil war').

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

I'm a Republican, and I condemn it.

*hand goes up* YO! Over here, too!

re: #44 SteveC

I'm not registered... but... me too?

re: #40 SteveC

And what happened? 15 year later, and there are still poor people, and still children! The Republicans had gotten us into a quagmire!

///³

But Americans are fat and all have cable.
/

re: #32 Killgore Trout

Yes, I was once sternly lectured by a Canadian ex-lizard about how anti-American I am.

Was that Moe Katz, now of the Stalker Blog?

re: #44 SteveC

*hand goes up* YO! Over here, too!

Tritto!!

(ditto being third??)

re: #38 njdhockeyfan

Here is another billboard making the rounds on the blogosphere.

I hope everybody sees that one.

Oy Vey, I've grown up cheek by jowl with those folks all my life. It is exhausting. When I go to the public library, I have to turn all the Obama books right way up after they have been turned upside down. I'm sure they would piss on them if they could get away with it.

re: #38 njdhockeyfan

Here is another billboard making the rounds on the blogosphere.

That's pretty bad. At least no one disparaged President Bush that way.

*cough*

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

I'm a Republican, and I condemn it.

I know good people like you will condemn it-- I'd like to see a GOP official denounce it.

re: #23 Killgore Trout

I think so. Probably shouldn't be legal. It's also advocating that people not pay their taxes which is also illegal. At the very least it's anti-American.

Yep. As I said here a few days ago, some people 'live' in a twisted imaginary version of America that only exists in their own heads. They are very much anti- the real America, the America they are clearly now fantasising about making war on.

*facepalm*

Wait, do the ronulans condone this idea of armed violence? After all, it has REVOLUTION in big blue letters.

Nothing like a civil war to drain a nation of wealth and youth.

re: #51 rwmofo

That's pretty bad. At least no one disparaged President Bush that way.

*cough*

I condemned extreme and unfair attacks on Bush when they were happening, just as I now condemn extreme and unfair attacks on Obama. I suspect that is true of many people here.

re: #38 njdhockeyfan

Uh, and I thought the PeTA billboard on south bound Sante Fe was bad.

re: #45 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm not registered... but... me too?

When I turned 18 this gentleman from the West named Ronald Reagan was leading this country. I liked him and his ideas enough to get up off my butt and send him the 16.00 that my broke white ass could scrape together. (I even looked under the pillows of the couch!)

Haven't sent a dime since. But they keep sending letters and telling me that I'm a faithful supporter!

If there is a civil war, will some one shoot me an email so I can get beer for my side?

re: #38 njdhockeyfan

Here is another billboard making the rounds on the blogosphere.

Extreme Bad Craziness Hate. It takes real hate, not simple craziness, to think that a president who was pained by the loss of those he commanded was not in fact sad, but in fact thought the killings good. I can't get inside the mind of someone like that.

The only civil war this country needs is Oregon - Oregon State.

Of course, other people speak of revolution. But much more eloquently and beautifully.

re: #58 Idle Drifter

Uh, and I thought the PeTA billboard on south bound Sante Fe was bad.

What did that one say?

re: #57 Jimmah

I condemned extreme and unfair attacks on Bush when they were happening, just as I now condemn extreme and unfair attacks on Obama. I suspect that is true of many people here.

Yep.

re: #13 Cannadian Club Akbar

Is Yuengling beer good? My brother bought some.

I don't particularly like it: it's better than Bud or Coors, but unless you're drinking the "Black and Tan" version or the Porter, I think it's pretty weak stuff.

I think the best beer in America might be from Texas - Shiner Bock.

re: #62 wiffersnapper

The only civil war this country needs is Oregon - Oregon State.

UF-FSU.

re: #62 wiffersnapper

The only civil war this country needs is Oregon - Oregon State.

Don't forget Bears vs. Packers.

This is what I mean when I say Civil War. Just so people don't jump to conclusions!

re: #60 Cannadian Club Akbar

If there is a civil war, will some one shoot me an email so I can get beer for my side?

Just don't mention what side you're on. If you choose poorly, there may be folks who just want to shoot you!

I here by secede and declare my state of "Get the fuck off my lawn"

re: #64 Dark_Falcon

"How much suffering can you swallow?" With a picture of a chicken from a factory farm.

re: #71 Pepper Fox

I here by secede and declare my state of "Get the fuck off my lawn"

Me too. And I have 5 acres, so pee at will.

re: #68 Dark_Falcon

Don't forget Bears vs. Packers.

Harvard / Yale

(((hey ,,, I grew up in Boston. Except for the occasional good Boston College team, we didn't have big time football!!!)))

((and yes,, I was a lil kid there BEFORE the Patriots were even created !)))

Michigan vs Michigan State

re: #72 Idle Drifter

"How much suffering can you swallow?" With a picture of a chicken from a factory farm.

"Vegetarian said to me, 'Do you know what they do to those poor chickens?'. I said, 'No, but it is deee-licious.'"
-Jim Gaffigan

Gonna need a Civil War Plan...

Good thing I have a Zombie Plan already in place. Couple of tweaks and replace all mention of 'zombies' with 'rebels' and I should get through the worst of it pretty painlessly.

Just found this on youtube from last month: a billboard in MO, also with the 'live free or die' slogan, with a hammer and sickle, saying:

HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR CHANGE NOW?
OBAMA-NATION
THEY ARE COMING FOR YOU, THE TAXPAYER,
1st & 2nd Amendments are in jeopardy.
LIVE FREE OR DIE

Notice the shoutout to the End Times/anti-gubbmint crazies again, with 'Obama-Nation' (Abomination), just like this billboard with the 'Beast' reference.

re: #77 Girth

Gonna need a Civil War Plan...

Good thing I have a Zombie Plan already in place. Couple of tweaks and replace all mention of 'zombies' with 'rebels' and I should get through the worst of it pretty painlessly.

Most of the revolutionists are gonna be slow moving fat republicans anyway.

re: #25 Naso Tang

This is sick, but what is sicker is that no Republican will condemn it. (I hope I am wrong).

How can they not? It's coming from a group within their party--surely someone's gonna say, at least, 'take that down'.

Weren't some people in a huge huff about ACORN encouraging tax evasion?

re: #75 Idle Drifter

Michigan vs Michigan State

Crips/ Bloods!

Sharks / Jets ! (West Side Story reference!)

re: #80 SanFranciscoZionist

How can they not? It's coming from a group within their party--surely someone's gonna say, at least, 'take that down'.

It's not about whats right anymore, it's about who's team wins.

re: #82 sattv4u2

Yanks/Everyone else that watches baseball

re: #30 Varek Raith

I remember that one. Idiots. Why does my lack of faith mean I'm un-American? WTF! That one really irked me.

Every time I see one of these amazing things these days, I just start humming "Class" from "Chicago".

re: #81 jaunte

Weren't some people in a huge huff about ACORN encouraging tax evasion?

Yes. And these are the exact same thing.

re: #81 jaunte

Weren't some people in a huge huff about ACORN encouraging tax evasion?

Yep! so much in a huff that they had to go to several offices to get the footage they wanted.

*rimshot*

re: #40 SteveC

And what happened? 15 year later, and there are still poor people, and still children! The Republicans had gotten us into a quagmire!

///³

They should have listened to President Bush the Younger's favorite political philosopher on that one.

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

I'm a Republican, and I condemn it.

Maybe we can fundraise, and the Republican lizards can put up their own sign.

re: #39 Cannadian Club Akbar

Yes. The Republicans ran the House and the Senate and the White House.

We are talking about a philosophy that started in the Reagan years in a small way and turned into a juggernaut over time. Tax cuts were always good because by denying funds to the government it would have to shrink...right?

Only it didn't shrink, the congress kept right on spending money they didn't have and financing it through bond issues. That is why we now have a lot of the deficit that we do. This isn't about the "last eight years" this is about the fiscal irresponsibility of the last thirty. It is about the kind of attitude on capitol hill that allowed the prescription drug benefit to pass without any attempt to pay for any of it. $32 Trillion in new Medicare spending over the long term according to the CBO with no new revenues coming in to pay for it.

Take a little broader view please.

re: #43 iceweasel

Me too. As well as the implied threat of murder ('traitors lead to civil war').

Oh, I think the dog whistle is entirely intentional.

re: #81 jaunte

Weren't some people in a huge huff about ACORN encouraging tax evasion?

Oh, but it's totally okay when you're doing it in principle, for some reason.

re: #71 Pepper Fox

I here by secede and declare my state of "Get the fuck off my lawn"

Back in the early '70s one of the cereal companies would deed you one square inch of the moon if you sent in a certain amount of boxtops. One young man mailed in enough to own about a square foot of the moon.

This was all well and good - until he decided to write his President and tell him to recognize that square foot an independent nation - "or else".

THAT didn't go over so well.

re: #79 Pepper Fox

Most of the revolutionists are gonna be slow moving fat republicans anyway.

Good thing... My zombie plan really only addresses the classic slow-moving zombies, not the more modern fast movers.

re: #46 Cannadian Club Akbar

But Americans are fat and all have cable.
/

Including the children.

//"Oh Lord. A homeless redwood. What have we DONE?"

re: #50 prairiefire

Oy Vey, I've grown up cheek by jowl with those folks all my life. It is exhausting. When I go to the public library, I have to turn all the Obama books right way up after they have been turned upside down. I'm sure they would piss on them if they could get away with it.

For the librarian's sake, I'm glad they don't.

re: #90 ausador

Good point.

ALL politicians suck. They should be kept on a tighter leash.

re: #85 SanFranciscoZionist

Every time I see one of these amazing things these days, I just start humming "Class" from "Chicago".

Great song. Too bad that they cut it from the theater release:

re: #57 Jimmah

I condemned extreme and unfair attacks on Bush when they were happening, just as I now condemn extreme and unfair attacks on Obama. I suspect that is true of many people here.

I once defended Bush's right to clear brush! It was a big argument!

re: #90 ausador

We are talking about a philosophy that started in the Reagan years in a small way and turned into a juggernaut over time. Tax cuts were always good because by denying funds to the government it would have to shrink...right?

Only it didn't shrink, the congress kept right on spending money they didn't have and financing it through bond issues. That is why we now have a lot of the deficit that we do. This isn't about the "last eight years" this is about the fiscal irresponsibility of the last thirty. It is about the kind of attitude on capitol hill that allowed the prescription drug benefit to pass without any attempt to pay for any of it. $32 Trillion in new Medicare spending over the long term according to the CBO with no new revenues coming in to pay for it.

Take a little broader view please.

So, is it still Reagans fault?

The Browns scored 24 points in the 1st quarter?

Oh, they're playing...Detroit.

re: #81 jaunte

But it's white people that are being oppressed by the Obama-nation, hence they are the ones who shouldn't have to pay taxes.

re: #101 rwmofo

The Browns scored 24 points in the 1st quarter?

Oh, they're playing...Detroit.

Wait... Someone scored in that game?

/flip channel

re: #101 rwmofo

The Browns scored 24 points in the 1st quarter?

Oh, they're playing...Detroit.

24 points? What's wrong with them? Anyone out with an injury?

re: #91 SanFranciscoZionist

Oh, I think the dog whistle is entirely intentional.

Then those who put up the billboard should be held legally accountable if any nutjob uses the billboard as a justification for murder. That billboard is the equivalent of starting a panic in a crowd. If someone gets trampled, you are to blame.

(I had an interesting conversation the other day -- it was like a Canadian skit, "Talking to Americans!" -- hilarious...)

re: #101 rwmofo

The Browns scored 24 points in the 1st quarter?

Oh, they're playing...Detroit.

Detroit has already scored 16 points?

Oh, they're playing...the Browns.

re: #90 ausador

We are talking about a philosophy that started in the Reagan years in a small way and turned into a juggernaut over time

Ya may want to research that a tad more. The philosophy of the Reagan Tax Cuts was modeled after those made by Kennedy in the rearly 60's

re: #72 Idle Drifter

"How much suffering can you swallow?" With a picture of a chicken from a factory farm.

I watched something about that last night. Made me think. I might do a post about it later.

re: #101 rwmofo

The Browns scored 24 points in the 1st quarter?

Oh, they're playing...Detroit.

Geeze, Detroit did better than that against Green Bay last week.

re: #77 Girth

Gonna need a Civil War Plan...

Good thing I have a Zombie Plan already in place. Couple of tweaks and replace all mention of 'zombies' with 'rebels' and I should get through the worst of it pretty painlessly.

My Zombie Plan involves my local jail, but I'm afraid the rebels might let me out and expect me to join in.

Of course, given the Contra Costa town in which I currently live, the idea of my neighbors rising up against Obama's government seems vanishingly small. We do have some Republicans, but they tend to be middle-aged, middle-class, and mild-mannered. Also, they don't want to become the majority, because as it is, they can vote without waiting in line.

Notice the very negative comments. One example

"At best, your sign is unbelievably tasteless; at the worst, it is treasonous. It is certainly unpatriotic and symptomatic of the hatred and contempt you wear on your sleeve for the duly elected president of our great country. Shame on you!"

re: #79 Pepper Fox

Most of the revolutionists are gonna be slow moving fat republicans anyway.

But zombies have been replaced with 'zoombies'. What about the newfangled "Runpublicans"?

re: #107 rwmofo

Detroit has already scored 16 points?

Oh, they're playing...the Browns.

I'm not getting that game here.

re: #81 jaunte

Weren't some people in a huge huff about ACORN encouraging tax evasion?

People have been in just a general huge huff about ACORN. Tax evasion?

re: #101 rwmofo

The Browns scored 24 points in the 1st quarter?

Oh, they're playing...Detroit.

Go LIONS! It's tough being a Lions fan.

re: #103 Girth

re: #104 SteveC

I lived in Tampa for a few years a long time ago. The games were fun to go to. You figured he Bucs would lose, but the cheerleaders (for both teams) were hot, the beer was cold, the weather was great and it was the NFL.

re: #79 Pepper Fox

Most of the revolutionists are gonna be slow moving fat republicans anyway.

Slow moving, crying, encumbered by their heavy wallets. Not exactly Left4Dead.

re: #116 Idle Drifter

Go LIONS! It's tough being a Lions fan.

Agreed. I'm rooting for Detroit over Cleveland.

re: #113 SanFranciscoZionist

But zombies have been replaced with 'zoombies'. What about the newfangled "Runpublicans"?

All that join my army get free drafts and chicken wings. Nuff said.

re: #115 SanFranciscoZionist

People have been in just a general huge huff about ACORN. Tax evasion?

It was part of a list of complaints about the organization posted at Hot Air, and other places.

re: #100 Cannadian Club Akbar

So, is it still Reagans fault?

IT'S REAGAN'S FAULT!!!

//Mr. Limekiller reports for duty.

re: #120 Cannadian Club Akbar

Come over to the Darkside. We have cookies.

re: #102 philosophus invidius

But it's white people that are being oppressed by the Obama-nation, hence they are the ones who shouldn't have to pay taxes.

And that black guy with the M-4! Him too!

re: #114 Dark_Falcon

I'm not getting that game here.

Browns/Lions? Not getting that game is like not having the ex sitting on the couch telling me all the things that were wrong with me.

Actually it's not on here either. I was just checking the scores and was a little surprised at all the scoring.

re: #117 rwmofo

I had season tix. We sucked, but saw...
Brett Farve
Steve Young
Barry Sanders
Walter Payton
Many more. :)

re: #122 SanFranciscoZionist

IT'S REAGAN'S FAULT!!!

//Mr. Limekiller reports for duty.

It was Hoover's fault! We were doing quite nicely until he drove the economy in the ditch back in '29, thank you!

///

re: #124 SanFranciscoZionist

Just got my tax bill from the local school district. Such grasping kids, wanting to oppress me for an education.
/

re: #113 SanFranciscoZionist

But zombies have been replaced with 'zoombies'. What about the newfangled "Runpublicans"?

Image: zombie-reagan2.jpg

re: #126 Cannadian Club Akbar

I had season tix. We sucked, but saw...
Brett Farve
Steve Young
Barry Sanders
Walter Payton
Many more. :)

Some true greats there.

re: #118 Jimmah

Slow moving, crying, encumbered by their heavy wallets. Not exactly Left4Dead.

Yeeeah fuck running zombies. If I have to deal with that, I'll just put a bullet in my head. Scary as fuck.

BBL

re: #78 iceweasel

Just found this on youtube from last month: a billboard in MO, also with the 'live free or die' slogan, with a hammer and sickle, saying:

HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR CHANGE NOW?
OBAMA-NATION
THEY ARE COMING FOR YOU, THE TAXPAYER,
1st & 2nd Amendments are in jeopardy.
LIVE FREE OR DIE

[Video]Notice the shoutout to the End Times/anti-gubbmint crazies again, with 'Obama-Nation' (Abomination), just like this billboard with the 'Beast' reference.

I think this video is of the original billboard that this new one replaced. Is that right?

re: #128 jaunte

Just got my tax bill from the local school district. Such grasping kids, wanting to oppress me for an education.
/

Starve the Rug Rats! Tell 'em to get jobs!

//God bless. The districts really do need the money.

re: #123 Idle Drifter

Come over to the Darkside. We have cookies.

I am SO there.

re: #100 Cannadian Club Akbar

So, is it still Reagans fault?

Are you intentionally putting words into my mouth just to have someone to argue with or are you honestly misinterpreting what I am trying to say?

Either way that doesn't deserve or need an answer.

Obama Billboard Vandalized

"Kill the n*****"

re: #116 Idle Drifter

Go LIONS! It's tough being a Lions fan.

I'm from Michigan. I ceased being a fan when Barry Sanders retired, and I did not blame him one bit for what he did. The Lions organization is utterly incapable of putting a good product on the field. I remember about 10 years ago telling all my friends, who didn't want to believe me at the time, that the Lions were screwed for at least 5 years when they signed Charlie Batch to a long-term deal. It pisses me off to no end to watch Matt Millen calling Michigan games talking about what personnel they need to win.

I follow the Lions half-heartedly. The last few years I have referred to the Lions game every Sunday as the Detroit Lions Comedy Show, but I watch more often than not and usually chuckle when they inevitably blow it.

When Mr. Ford gets serious about winning football games, which I won't hold my breath waiting for, then I will call myself a fan again.

re: #137 Killgore Trout

Obama Billboard Vandalized

"Kill the n***"

Damn.

re: #120 Cannadian Club Akbar

All that join my army get free drafts and chicken wings. Nuff said.

I pledge allegiance, to the wings...

re: #137 Killgore Trout

Oops, sorry. That's an old video from last year.

re: #136 ausador

Are you intentionally putting words into my mouth just to have someone to argue with or are you honestly misinterpreting what I am trying to say?

Either way that doesn't deserve or need an answer.

Neither. We have a 2 party system. Don't place blame on one without the other. That's all.

re: #126 Cannadian Club Akbar

I had season tix. We sucked, but saw...
Brett Farve
Steve Young
Barry Sanders
Walter Payton
Many more. :)

Exactly. Seeing the stars from the other teams was rewarding in itself. I'll always remember Earl Campbell's introduction (really loud). Payton owned the Bucs back then too. I was on the front row (end zone) of a Bears game in Tampa once and the Honey Bears (cheerleaders) rotated every quarter. They were 10-15' away. Too cool.

re: #137 Killgore Trout

Obama Billboard Vandalized

[Video]

"Kill the n***"

the swastika is backwards.

re: #139 SanFranciscoZionist

Klueless, Klumsy Klan

re: #131 Pepper Fox

Running zombies are the least of your worries.

Stupid and irresponsible. I hope the county committee receives some consequences from the state party.

I wonder how the party for that county is constituted. Is is a largish committee elected from the general population, or is it a small number of people?

This looks like the actions of a small group of nuts who don't really have anyone to oppose them.

re: #12 Cannadian Club Akbar

I got beer. Don't come on my property.

Your property? Stop paying rent (taxes) on it and find out who really owns it.
/

re: #137 Killgore Trout

Obama Billboard Vandalized

[Video]"Kill the n***"

I really hope that was a bunch of punkass teenage kids.

re: #149 Obdicut

Is there any other kind in the WS movement?

re: #143 rwmofo

Exactly. Seeing the stars from the other teams was rewarding in itself. I'll always remember Earl Campbell's introduction (really loud). Payton owned the Bucs back then too. I was on the front row (end zone) of a Bears game in Tampa once and the Honey Bears (cheerleaders) rotated every quarter. They were 10-15' away. Too cool.

I was 33 rows up. South End Zone.

So there's already a billboard up linking Obama and Fort Hood?

Sinking to a new, cultural low and level of ignorance and stupidity:

A car-lot displaying the message, "President Or Jihad?" is causing a stir in the Denver area of Colorado, and elsewhere.

The billboard says "Prove it, Wake up America! Remember Ft. Hood! " and shows a cartoon President Obama wearing an Islamic-style turban.

I remember a few years ago when right wing people, including myself, bemoaned the liberal state of this country for failing to prosecute certain others for treason, because of their treasonous conduct during a war against the President of the United States.

Being a consistent sort of girl, I once again bemoan the liberal state of this country for failing to prosecute certain others for treason, because of their treasonous conduct calling for war against the nation and the President of the United States.

They are the hypocrites, not me.

i'm not into Governments dictating content on television... but... in a Clockwork Orange fashion... force these bone dragging, side winding crokercrockers to watch ALL of Ken Burns "Civil War"... back to back and without sleep and while in a stress position...

it'd prove several points.

re: #142 Cannadian Club Akbar

Neither. We have a 2 party system. Don't place blame on one without the other. That's all.

The sign in question said vote out incumbents... no party was specified. I guess that counts as bipartisan.

re: #145 Rightwingconspirator

Klueless, Klumsy Klan

They are that, but they're also murderous. The Klan is one of the worst things ever to arise in the USA. The day their organization is no more will be a very good day.

From the comments on Lafayette County's website:

Republicans and other wacko's must have no conception of how polite liberals were in their time in exile.

This is what ticks me off. The people who put up the sign are just handing ammunition to those who would paint all Republicans as nut jobs.

As for the "polite...in their time of exeile point", don't get me started.

re: #152 iceweasel

So there's already a billboard up linking Obama and Fort Hood?

How do you spell "World Nut Daily?" Oops, I just did.

re: #142 Cannadian Club Akbar

Neither. We have a 2 party system. Don't place blame on one without the other. That's all.

I voted for reagan twice, I voted for Bush 1 and 2, I voted for McCain.
You are reading bias into my post that isn't there, I did not blame a single party, show me where I did.

re: #138 Girth

I don't know what it would take to get the Lions whipped into shape as a team from the top on down. It would a one hell of a leader and a core of lieutenants to put this team at the top of its division let alone the league.

re: #154 wozzablog

i'm not into Governments dictating content on television... but... in a Clockwork Orange fashion... force these bone dragging, side winding crokercrockers to watch ALL of Ken Burns "Civil War"... back to back and without sleep and while in a stress position...

it'd prove several points.

I'm not sure that would work. They'd cheer on General Lee and scream imprecations at the Union. They already have their own "Lost Cause" narrative of the Civil War.

re: #29 trendsurfer

Isn't the starve the beast philosophy what grew out of the eighties as the rationale for huge deficits? So basically these Republicans are all for huge deficit spending while at the same time complaining about huge deficit spending. This sounds perfectly rational ... I can't wait for them to assume power again.

re: #36 ausador

While I hate to say your right--your right.

K

Dinner time - BBL

So in other words, if you don't like the policies implemented by Congress then start a civil war. I wonder what they'd say if I said that if they had Congress doing what they wanted. I'd probably get called every word in the book. Seriously what a bunch of dumb fools. Civil War would be a tragic event for the nation and they think it will be all glamorous and shit.

re: #159 ausador

BTW, you are about to get wet. My TV keeps showing radar.

re: #112 Rightwingconspirator

Notice the very negative comments. One example

"At best, your sign is unbelievably tasteless; at the worst, it is treasonous. It is certainly unpatriotic and symptomatic of the hatred and contempt you wear on your sleeve for the duly elected president of our great country. Shame on you!"

Reminiscent of a story related of a member of the Yondotega Club in Detroit. Founded in 1891, it is limited to 150 members, with new members accepted only upon the death of a current member. Almost nothing is known about the club, other than it's prestigious membership and it's lavish weekly dinners. Secrecy is the rule, and extends even to spouses of Yon members:

Wives, harassed by lack of information, have remarked the members were "impossible" in the old days. "They still walk out on anything to keep a date at the Yon", said one wife. "And I must say I grow weary of this silly little custom of toasting deceased members and the President of the United States which takes them out of circulation most of New Year's Day when they hold their open house." A member, who did not wish to be identified said this Yon wife was misinformed. The members do not always toast the nation's President. "In some administrations we merely toast the office of the President of the United States," he explained.

re: #162 Cannadian Club Akbar

K

And tell me one thing, just one thing that he said that is incorrect. That is what has happened, or did the deficit appear by magic? I agreed that what he said was true because it is, I didn't say that the democrats don't have any blame themselves. I find all this insistance on the constant tit-for-tat "you guys did it too!" stuff to be a hugh waste of time and effort. Why can't we just agree that government as a whole is farked up when it comes to spending and has been for a long time?

re: #165 Cannadian Club Akbar

BTW, you are about to get wet. My TV keeps showing radar.

Good we need the rain. :)

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

I'm a Republican, and I condemn it.

I meant politicians, not smart ones.

Damn zombies... click click...BOOM!

re: #167 ausador

I agree. We need elected officials to get a fucking clue and realize that it is OUR money. But they won't.

re: #171 Cannadian Club Akbar

I agree. We need elected officials to get a fucking clue and realize that it is OUR money. But they won't.

Absolutely.

re: #171 Cannadian Club Akbar

I agree. We need elected officials to get a fucking clue and realize that it is OUR money. But they won't.

they realize it just fine... they don't care & that's the problem. IMO.

re: #161 Dark_Falcon

thats true... but i'd pay to see the attempt made ;-)

and the shock collars... did i mention the shock collars?

re: #170 Idle Drifter

Damn zombies... click click...BOOM!

Interesting. The game looks like its set in New Orleans. That actually makes a good deal of sense.

I don't give a flying fuck what your ideology is: Whether I agree with you entirely or disagree vehemently, as soon as you start calling for "war" and start making noises that sound like agitation for the for-real, no-shit violent overthrow of my country's democratically elected government, you have landed squarely in my "ENEMY" category.

Rant and rave all you want; I will defend to the death your right to blather thusly. But there is dangerous ground upon which you tread at your extreme peril.

Merely tweak a few variables, and this kind of bullshit is EXACTLY the same as the murderous crap spewed by Ayman al-Zawahiri and mullah Mohammed Omar.

re: #174 wozzablog

thats true... but i'd pay to see the attempt made ;-)

and the shock collars... did i mention the shock collars?

So, each time the Neo-Confederate say "Damn Yankees" they get zapped?

re: #176 negativ

I don't give a flying fuck what your ideology is: Whether I agree with you entirely or disagree vehemently, as soon as you start calling for "war" and start making noises that sound like agitation for the for-real, no-shit violent overthrow of my country's democratically elected government, you have landed squarely in my "ENEMY" category.

Rant and rave all you want; I will defend to the death your right to blather thusly. But there is dangerous ground upon which you tread at your extreme peril.

Merely tweak a few variables, and this kind of bullshit is EXACTLY the same as the murderous crap spewed by Ayman al-Zawahiri and mullah Mohammed Omar.

Quite Concur!

re: #176 negativ

I don't give a flying fuck what your ideology is: Whether I agree with you entirely or disagree vehemently, as soon as you start calling for "war" and start making noises that sound like agitation for the for-real, no-shit violent overthrow of my country's democratically elected government, you have landed squarely in my "ENEMY" category.

Rant and rave all you want; I will defend to the death your right to blather thusly. But there is dangerous ground upon which you tread at your extreme peril.

Merely tweak a few variables, and this kind of bullshit is EXACTLY the same as the murderous crap spewed by Ayman al-Zawahiri and mullah Mohammed Omar.

You get a first amendment up ding from me.

re: #35 Girth

The capitalization of 'Beast' is there as a dog whistle for somebody...

I don't want to live in a country where I can't call the Democratic president the Anti-Christ just because he's black.

Get your PC bullshit out of my face.

/

re: #175 Dark_Falcon

Played the original one with my brother on his 360. I'm a PC gamer and prefer the mouse aim so it was rough at first trying kill anything without the shotguns at first because I'm not use to the Xbox controller. Still it's a fun party game.

re: #180 dugmartsch

even with your / tag that gets a downding!

re: #180 dugmartsch

Saw the sarc tag and don't know how to take that comment.

I don't want to live in a country where I can't call the Democratic president the Anti-Christ just because he's black.

Howabout because it's teh dumb.

re: #175 Dark_Falcon

Interesting. The game looks like its set in New Orleans. That actually makes a good deal of sense.

It's fantastic, and more advanced, there's a lot more the AI director can do to dynamically switch up levels. And Clutch is on the soundtrack. Valve still kicks ass for miles.

re: #183 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Saw the sarc tag and don't know how to take that comment.

Howabout because it's teh dumb.

Many here at LGF don't look down on the President, just his policies. He needs a room for us to make decisions. We are smarter then Rahm, and better looking.

re: #176 negativ

a majority of Republicans believe ACORN "stole" the election for Obama nationally.

52%.

Imagine how that collection of images comes together in the deep south mentallity.

Now add that statistic to that highway poster...

re: #186 wozzablog

the deep south mentallity.

Bigoted, much?

re: #186 wozzablog

a majority of Republicans believe ACORN "stole" the election for Obama nationally.

52%.

Imagine how that collection of images comes together in the deep south mentallity.

Now add that statistic to that highway poster...

I am from the south and I call BULLSHIT. Link?

re: #186 wozzablog

Imagine how that collection of images comes together in the deep south mentallity.

Sorry. I won't be able to respond to you from my home in Atlanta has I have a Klan meeting to attend!
/

re: #189 sattv4u2

Imagine how that collection of images comes together in the deep south mentallity.

Sorry. I won't be able to respond to you from my home in Atlanta has I have a Klan meeting to attend!
/

Don't fergit da beerz.
/

re: #189 sattv4u2
/on a Sunday?

re: #191 brookly red

/on a Sunday?

Well... for us, it's kinda like church.

re: #186 wozzablog

a majority of Republicans believe ACORN "stole" the election for Obama nationally.

52%.

Imagine how that collection of images comes together in the deep south mentallity.

Now add that statistic to that highway poster...

*sigh*

I've met people who are surprised, based on where I live, that I own my own shoes and drive on paved roads.

re: #186 wozzablog

a majority of Republicans believe ACORN "stole" the election for Obama nationally.

52%.

Imagine how that collection of images comes together in the deep south mentallity.

Now add that statistic to that highway poster...

Poor words with that highlighted portion. Words like that make non-racist Southerners feel justifiably insulted. You come across as bigoted. Instead of "Deep South", use "Neo-Confederate" its more descriptive and less general.

Today is too nice to spend it all indoors. I'm going out walking for an hour. BBL

re: #193 Gearhead

*sigh*

I've met people who are surprised, based on where I live, that I own my own shoes and drive on paved roads.

I live on a dirt road.

re: #183 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Saw the sarc tag and don't know how to take that comment.

Howabout because it's teh dumb.

I thought it was funny as hell.

re: #186 wozzablog

"the deep south mentallity."

While using your broad brush at least you could have spelled it right.

So at what is a revolution a good thing? There clearly is a point where it is; after all our country started that way and I think most people are glad that happened. So at what point? If kids in public schools at every grade level were required to attend a one-hour class teaching about the New Testament? If all abortion, drinking of alcohol, and sodomy were federal crimes? If the FBI were allowed to routinely tap our phone lines and search our houses without a warrant and without our necessarily knowing it? If all that were true, how would you feel about a billboard with a message of revolution?

re: #195 Cannadian Club Akbar

I live on a dirt road.

And there ain't nuthin' wrong with that.

re: #196 dugmartsch

I do that too... I'll make a joke; think it's funny as hell... and am the only one who thinks so.

re: #200 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I do that too... I'll make a joke; think it's funny as hell... and am the only one who thinks so.

Yeah I hear ya.

But not being able to call the president the anti-christ because he's black is funny.

re: #193 Gearhead

*sigh*

I've met people who are surprised, based on where I live, that I own my own shoes and drive on paved roads.

Yeah but you eat grits don't you? :)

re: #202 rwmofo

Yeah but you eat grits don't you? :)

And I can use "y'all" correctly in a sentence.

re: #186 wozzablog

a majority of Republicans believe ACORN "stole" the election for Obama nationally.

52%.

Yes, saw that when dave Weigel did a story on it:

Poll: 52 Percent of Republicans Say ACORN Stole the 2008 Election

Among Republicans… only 27% say Obama actually won the race, with 52% — an outright majority — saying that ACORN stole it, and 21% are undecided. Among McCain voters, the breakdown is 31%-49%-20%. By comparison, independents weigh in at 72%-18%-10%, and Democrats are 86%-9%-4%.

re: #202 rwmofo

Yeah but you eat grits don't you? :)

I love grits. With poached eggs are actually kinda low fat.

re: #193 Gearhead

*sigh*

I've met people who are surprised, based on where I live, that I own my own shoes and drive on paved roads.

Pleased to meetcha. I, conversely, come from the fake America where we don't luuuhhhv our country, serve in the military, have jobs, pay taxes, or drink beer.

//Can you lease shoes?

re: #186 wozzablog

a majority of Republicans believe ACORN "stole" the election for Obama nationally.

52%.

Imagine how that collection of images comes together in the deep south mentallity.

Now add that statistic to that highway poster...

The first billboard shown up there is in Missouri.
The second one is in Colorado.
The vandalized billboard is in Michigan.

None of which are "deep south" states.
Which leads me to believe that this mentality is not a "deep south" mentality.

re: #205 Cannadian Club Akbar

I love grits. With poached eggs are actually kinda low fat.

Grits may be low fat. But the only way grits can be enjoyed is with a vat of butter. The combination is not exactly low-fat...

re: #195 Cannadian Club Akbar

I live on a dirt road.

So does one of my college friends. Actually, DOWN a dirt road. There's a sort of ordinary dirt road, and then the whole thing plunges down the side of mountain. I first went this route with her and her husband in a Jeep at three in the morning, which was quite the experience.

re: #193 Gearhead

*sigh*

I've met people who are surprised, based on where I live, that I own my own shoes and drive on paved roads.

And that you have your teeth.

I live in a similar place.

re: #207 reine.de.tout

The first billboard shown up there is in Missouri.
The second one is in Colorado.
The vandalized billboard is in Michigan.

None of which are "deep south" states.
Which leads me to believe that this mentality is not a "deep south" mentality.

So, am I still a redneck?

re: #205 Cannadian Club Akbar

I love grits. With poached eggs are actually kinda low fat.

I grew up in SC and have had my share. Just gotta add some cheese, butter and tabasco. I'll go low-fat when I eat an apple.

I thought the whole idea of a democracy was that the population gets to vote for their preferred candidate, safe from coercion, and the minority, unable to elect their candidate, implicitly agrees to abide by the decision of the majority until the next election as long as their rights were respected. I assumed (I'm not American) that the Constitution was designed to make sure the majority wasn't able to subvert the political process and a corollary to this was that the minority's rights were thus protected.

Can anyone show me how the rights of the far, far, far right have been threatened to a degree that the agreement has been broken?

re: #211 Cannadian Club Akbar

So, am I still a redneck?

{cca}
As redneck as I am.
If ya love grits, you're a redneck!

re: #206 SanFranciscoZionist

Pleased to meetcha. I, conversely, come from the fake America where we don't luuuhhhv our country, serve in the military, have jobs, pay taxes, or drink beer.

//Can you lease shoes?

in a bowling alley...

re: #214 reine.de.tout

I hate grits.

yech!

re: #206 SanFranciscoZionist

Pleased to meetcha. I, conversely, come from the fake America where we don't luuuhhhv our country, serve in the military, have jobs, pay taxes, or drink beer.

//Can you lease shoes?

If you bowl.

re: #198 cliffster

So at what is a revolution a good thing? There clearly is a point where it is; after all our country started that way and I think most people are glad that happened. So at what point? If kids in public schools at every grade level were required to attend a one-hour class teaching about the New Testament? If all abortion, drinking of alcohol, and sodomy were federal crimes? If the FBI were allowed to routinely tap our phone lines and search our houses without a warrant and without our necessarily knowing it? If all that were true, how would you feel about a billboard with a message of revolution?

Honestly, not sure what the tipping point would be for me--probably the point at which I believed that there really was no recourse to representative democracy, and no living with what was happening.

This, of course, is the basis of my disagreement with these yahoos. Half the stuff they're worked up about isn't happening to begin with.

re: #208 cliffster

Grits may be low fat. But the only way grits can be enjoyed is with a vat of butter. The combination is not exactly low-fat...

Butter, and Lawry's seasoning salt.
Or Tony Chachere's creole seasoning.

re: #214 reine.de.tout

{cca}
As redneck as I am.
If ya love grits, you're a redneck!

With lemon and butter.

re: #219 reine.de.tout

Butter, and Lawry's seasoning salt.
Or Tony Chachere's creole seasoning.

Tony Chachere's will always earn an upding from me.

If ACORN was responsible for the absolute ass-kicking that the DEMs gave the GOP, hell... the GOP should hire ACORN.

re: #208 cliffster

Grits may be low fat. But the only way grits can be enjoyed is with a vat of butter. The combination is not exactly low-fat...

Grits are a free-will food. You decide personally just how much fat goes into them.

re: #213 b_sharp

You'll have to tune in to conservative talk radio and Fox News to find that out. Stay tuned...

re: #198 cliffster

So at what is a revolution a good thing? There clearly is a point where it is; after all our country started that way and I think most people are glad that happened. So at what point? If kids in public schools at every grade level were required to attend a one-hour class teaching about the New Testament? If all abortion, drinking of alcohol, and sodomy were federal crimes? If the FBI were allowed to routinely tap our phone lines and search our houses without a warrant and without our necessarily knowing it? If all that were true, how would you feel about a billboard with a message of revolution?

The problem with revolutions in a Democratic society is that the Democracy would have had to have broken down before Revolution becomes a viable and patriotic option.

That hasn't happened, in fact, more people voted in the last election than in any other American election, ever.

So the first step for revolutionaries isn't not paying your taxes or starving the beast or any of that nonsense. If you were being practical about your revolutionary ambitions the first step is de-legitimizing elections. Once people lose faith in elections, at that point they can start to think about some other course of action.

As long as people are voting, even if they are holding their nose while they do so, they are not ripe for armed revolution.

SNL SLAMS OBAMA

re: #219 reine.de.tout

Who'd a thunk we'd get a grits thread going? Oh wait. I started it.

re: #205 Cannadian Club Akbar

I love grits. With poached eggs are actually kinda low fat.

Any way I can get 'em. My wife makes amazing cheese grits.

I'm not a US citizen. Never been there. And this country seems to get stranger and stranger. It's become quite a challenge what Joe Average thinks. In truth, I don't even know if I'll ever meet a Joe Average. Everyone seems to be pulled to the left or the right... And those who claim to be mainstream are extremes in the eyes of the others.

It's becoming harder to understand the USA.

The above sign sound to me like a deathwish for the president. They won't write that down of course but when you ask the people who put up those vile signs they certainly will state that! You can't agree with everything your president and the government does but this bullying into submission by the far right is becoming more tiresome day after day...

re: #227 rwmofo

Who'd a thunk we'd get a grits thread going? Oh wait. I started it.

Butter and pepper. Yum.

re: #227 rwmofo

Who'd a thunk we'd get a grits thread going? Oh wait. I started it.

I once saw a French woman put sweet-n-low on grits... I still have nightmares.

Bread update: it looks normal. Smells good. Is cooling. Further experiments with the metric system to follow.
Have a good night folks!

Shrimp and grits.

re: #229 William of Orange

When the left is in power, the right freaks out. And when the right is in power, the left freaks out. Just stay here. We are rational peeps.

re: #233 Gearhead

reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw in Galveston... "Screw the shrimps honey, I'm bringing home the crabs"

re: #230 Cannadian Club Akbar

With fried mullet and greens. And hopefully the grits are rubbery. Mmm, pass the hot sauce.

re: #229 William of Orange

I'm not a US citizen. Never been there. And this country seems to get stranger and stranger. It's become quite a challenge what Joe Average thinks. In truth, I don't even know if I'll ever meet a Joe Average. Everyone seems to be pulled to the left or the right... And those who claim to be mainstream are extremes in the eyes of the others.

It's becoming harder to understand the USA.

The above sign sound to me like a deathwish for the president. They won't write that down of course but when you ask the people who put up those vile signs they certainly will state that! You can't agree with everything your president and the government does but this bullying into submission by the far right is becoming more tiresome day after day...

Americans have been disagreeing with each other since the country was formed. It's what life is, here.

The signs and incidents in this post are over the top and just plain wrong; and this from somebody who did NOT vote for Obama.

When the right is in power, similar "bullying" that you see now from the right is perpetrated by the left. It is what it is.

Some of us are able to disagree without asserting that the "other side" belongs in North Korea; others can't. Again, it is what it is, and it's always been that way here.

re: #231 brookly red

I once saw a French woman put sweet-n-low on grits... I still have nightmares.

ew!

re: #233 Gearhead

Shrimp and grits.

Bubba? Is that you? (Forrest Gump reference)

re: #236 trendsurfer

With fried mullet and greens. And hopefully the grits are rubbery. Mmm, pass the hot sauce.

My moms neighbor smoked some mullet Friday. He uses buttonwood. You can't cut it, but you can pick up what is floating.

re: #218 SanFranciscoZionist

re: #225 dugmartsch

Great points, both. With a casual think about it, it seems to me that there are two situations that could occur. One is the majority-rules/minority-rights dynamic that stops protecting minorities. The other is just downright government oppression. For the first example, both sides probably have issues that would tip them there (from the right's view - taxation becomes usury, on the left's - legislation of morals). For the second, it would be things like sliding down a slippery slope represented for example by the expanded FISA laws). Neither situation is anywhere near the point of revolution, but even if it were, putting together said revolution would be virtually impossible.

I wouldn't worry about an uprising of Missourians just yet.

re: #211 Cannadian Club Akbar

So, am I still a redneck?

You live in Florida so really redneck is the wrong term, locally we are known as "Florida crackers."

/

I love my grits, i.e. heart attack in a bowl.

re: #237 reine.de.tout

what a good answer!

re: #102 philosophus invidius

But it's white people that are being oppressed by the Obama-nation, hence they are the ones who shouldn't have to pay taxes.

Now, this made me laugh.

re: #242 ausador

You live in Florida so really redneck is the wrong term, locally we are known as "Florida crackers."

/

True. I hate wearing shoes.

re: #244 katemaclaren

what a good answer!

Thanks!
:-)

re: #226 HelloDare

Not only SNL--I was shocked, I tell you, shocked when I saw this last night.
But today, I read Mo Dowd:

If we could see a Reduced Shakespeare summary of Obama’s presidency so far, it would read:

Dither, dither, speech. Foreign trip, bow, reassure. Seminar, summit. Shoot a jump shot with the guys, throw out the first pitch in mom jeans. Compromise, concede, close the deal. Dither, dither, water down, news conference.

It’s time for the president to reinvent this formula and convey a more three-dimensional person.

Palin can be stupefyingly simplistic, but she seems dynamic. Obama is impressively complex but he seems static.

She nurtures her grass roots while he neglects his.

He struggles to transcend identity politics while she wallows in them. As he builds an emotional moat around himself, she exuberantly pushes whatever she has, warts and all — the good looks, the tabloid-perfect family, the Alaska quirkiness, the kids with the weird names.

QUOTING OVER--Weird names like Malia and Sasha--or god forbid BARACK--I guess Obama is the new normal.

re: #241 cliffster

I wouldn't worry about an uprising of Missourians just yet.

Have you seen the Chiefs and the Rams lately?

I'm not worried.

re: #176 negativ

Extremely well put!

re: #237 reine.de.tout

When the right is in power, similar "bullying" that you see now from the right is perpetrated by the left. It is what it is.

It's hard for me to draw a connection between the left's insanity during George W. Bush's presidency and this insanity.

I'm not saying the left doesn't have its nutters -- but, dayum, 4x increase in presidential threats? guns being brought to presidential evidents by guys with signs that proclaim the benefits of assassination. People fearing their guns are going to be taken away at the same time President Obama signs legislation decreasing the limitations of guns?

This is NEXT LEVEL stuff going on here.

re: #247 reine.de.tout

I also HAVE ALWAYS LOVED YOUR NIC!!!
It reminds me of a children's book I once had with illustrations by Maurice Sendak--I think it was Rosie (something), but that's the picture in my head (very cute) when I see your nic, Reine.

re: #242 ausador

You live in Florida so really redneck is the wrong term, locally we are known as "Florida crackers."

/

..but like the N word, it may only be said by some to some.

re: #207 reine.de.tout

Missouri was really torn apart during the Civil war. I would say the "Neo-Confederate" mentality description is very applicable.

re: #234 Cannadian Club Akbar

When the left is in power, the right freaks out. And when the right is in power, the left freaks out. Just stay here. We are rational peeps.

Winner!

re: #220 Naso Tang

That sounds good...yum. That's the way I eat oatmeal. Very rare, with lemon and butter, or salt, pepper and sometimes...wait for it--sour cream.