Terribly sorry. I'm too busy to die today.

But they'll be holding a rally with thousands of people. They said so.

They wouldn't lie, would they?

I'm sure Fox has some appropriate footage ready to splice in if they are unable to send a live correspondent to pump up the "masses".

If we extrapolate the crowd density shown to the surrounding area, I'd estimate that there are at least 12 trillion people present. Possibly more.

I think the term million and baker's dozen is synonymous. I'll have to check my thesaurus.

re: #2 Obdicut

But they'll be holding a rally with thousands of people. They said so.

They wouldn't lie, would they?

And if it was millions, would you be supportive?

Look at that protester count, it must be OVER NINE THOUSAND!

re: #7 thedopefishlives

Look at that protester count, it must be OVER NINE THOUSAND!

Winrar!

I guess it must be too cold for pantaloons.

There was more cameras than protesters, from the sound of it.

Perhaps the political theatre is causing some tea partiers to second guess what's going on here. I can only hope their showings continue to get smaller and smaller.

re: #6 Walter L. Newton

That would depend on what their message was.

I'm supportive of their rights to peacefully assemble, though I think the way they're choosing to do it is a hilarious fail.

re: #11 Obdicut

That would depend on what their message was.

I'm supportive of their rights to peacefully assemble, though I think the way they're choosing to do it is a hilarious fail.

Same here.

Ah, teabaggers...can't live with 'em, and it's too boring living without 'em.

Nice touch with the Beckian math count.

Strange how the video cameras used at these tea party events never seem to have a wide angle feature.

re: #10 Sharmuta

There was more cameras than protesters, from the sound of it.

Perhaps the political theatre is causing some tea partiers to second guess what's going on here. I can only hope their showings continue to get smaller and smaller.

Malkin is flogging the shit out of this. I expect we'll be hearing inflated estimates from her quarter soon.

re: #15 SixDegrees

Malkin is flogging the shit out of this. I expect we'll be hearing inflated estimates from her quarter soon.

millions thousands hundreds dozens Ah, fuck it, I can't come up with enough bullshit. I'm calling it a day.

re: #5 Baier

I think the term million and baker's dozen is synonymous. I'll have to check my thesaurus.

This is going to turn into one of those conversations where we try to reconcile the numbers from Exodus, isn't it?

re: #10 Sharmuta

We earned another mention from neoconfederate blogger RSM again this morning...

They tithe the mint and cumin of racial self-righteousness, and when they make a proselyte, he is "twofold more the child of hell." (Sharmuta and Killgore Trout come to mind here.) They react with predictable fury toward anyone who calls them out for their pharisaical fraudulence, as the ugly reality of their dishonest hypocrisy contradicts the virtuous reputation they covet.

I have no idea what he's talking about.

DC bus service statistics from the period between 9:10 and 9:17 this morning and corrected for seasonal and day of week variances are about 6 jillion times higher than a similar period sampled at another time. Which backs up my earlier estimate.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

That guy is a terrible goddamn writer. That sounds like it's been translated badly from the Latin vulgate.

re: #6 Walter L. Newton

And if it was millions, would you be supportive?

If it was millions I would still disagree with them, but they would definitely be more impressive.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We earned another mention from neoconfederate blogger RSM again this morning...

I have no idea what he's talking about.

I understand every word of what he's saying.

Even several pairs of words.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

They tithe the mint and cumin of racial self-righteousness

I think he was reading last night's puns on the thread downstairs. What a freak.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We earned another mention from neoconfederate blogger RSM again this morning...

They tithe the mint and cumin of racial self-righteousness, and when they make a proselyte, he is "twofold more the child of hell." (Sharmuta and Killgore Trout come to mind here.) They react with predictable fury toward anyone who calls them out for their pharisaical fraudulence, as the ugly reality of their dishonest hypocrisy contradicts the virtuous reputation they covet.

I have no idea what he's talking about.

That made no sense whatsoever.

re: #24 reine.de.tout

It's a word salad.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

It's authentic neoconfederate-biblical gibberish.

re: #25 Sharmuta

It's a word salad.

With herbs.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We earned another mention from neoconfederate blogger RSM again this morning...

I have no idea what he's talking about.

""Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.""

Matthew 23. But that's just the reference. I still have no idea what he's talking about.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We earned another mention from neoconfederate blogger RSM again this morning...

I have no idea what he's talking about.

It's Biblical talk. Charles is deluded into thinking he's on the path of righteousness, and he's deluded you two into being his fanatical blade-wielding zealots, even more so than he is. Or words to that effect.

re: #27 Sharmuta

THAT was funny.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We earned another mention from neoconfederate blogger RSM again this morning...

They tithe the mint and cumin of racial self-righteousness, and when they make a proselyte, he is "twofold more the child of hell." (Sharmuta and Killgore Trout come to mind here.) They react with predictable fury toward anyone who calls them out for their pharisaical fraudulence, as the ugly reality of their dishonest hypocrisy contradicts the virtuous reputation they covet.

I have no idea what he's talking about.

And people call this verbose idiot a "good writer."

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We earned another mention from neoconfederate blogger RSM again this morning...

I have no idea what he's talking about.

I think it has something to do with the cookbook.

re: #26 jaunte

It's authentic neoconfederate-biblical gibberish.

... and we'd like to thank Gabby Johnson for it.

re: #22 SixDegrees

I understand every word of what he's saying.

Even several pairs of words.

"I know what each of those words means in English, but when you put them all together like that that they don't make any sense!"

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We earned another mention from neoconfederate blogger RSM again this morning...

I have no idea what he's talking about.

JHC, he is a windbag of extraordinary magnitude isn't he.

re: #31 Charles

I'd say "Florid and creepy" sums him up for me.

re: #32 Decatur Deb

The use of herbs suggests he read the overnight thread, where we engaged in some plant puns, including herbs.

That must be about the fiftieth slam McCain has posted at his blog.

Looks like I've moved into another head. Let's see -- where should I hang my LGF Calendar? On his frontal lobe, or off the left temporal lobe?

re: #37 Sharmuta

The use of herbs suggests he read the overnight thread, where we engaged in some plant puns, including herbs.

See: re: #28 SanFranciscoZionist for the herb reference.

Sumer is i-cumin in,
Stacy syng cuccu.

re: #26 jaunte

It's authentic neoconfederate-biblical gibberish.

And I'm especially glad the children are here to see it.

re: #19 SixDegrees

DC bus service statistics from the period between 9:10 and 9:17 this morning and corrected for seasonal and day of week variances are about 6 jillion times higher than a similar period sampled at another time. Which backs up my earlier estimate.

Mathematics seems to have a right-wing bias.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

Congrats KT and Sharm.

I didn't like this stuff when the left did it, & I don't like this stuff now...

Oh come now, not a single Blazing Saddles fan amongst you?

The other reference is also Matthew:

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are."

23:15

I wonder if the Senate has little bulldozer things like in Soylent Green?

I am however mystified that there has been no Monty Python "Bring out your dead!" reference yet. Come on, people!

re: #38 Charles

That must be about the fiftieth slam McCain has posted at his blog.

Looks like I've moved into another head. Let's see -- where should I hang my LGF Calendar? On his frontal lobe, or off the left temporal lobe?

I dunno, Charles. I think I'd be moving out of that one. Although there is plenty of living space...

Just watched the video.

I've seen bigger and more exciting high school debate club meetings.

Farkalanche incoming. ETA -- ~30 minutes.

re: #23 Sharmuta

I think he was reading last night's puns on the thread downstairs.

Maybe that explains it. He's a weird guy.

re: #38 Charles

That must be about the fiftieth slam McCain has posted at his blog.

Looks like I've moved into another head. Let's see -- where should I hang my LGF Calendar? On his frontal lobe, or off the left temporal lobe?

Pin it to his ego- that's the biggest section, and could use some color.

re: #41 war_eagle

And I'm especially glad the children are here to see it.

THAT'S Better.

re: #48 thedopefishlives

I dunno, Charles. I think I'd be moving out of that one. Although there is plenty of living space...

Not worth sharing it with all the skeletons in Civil War dress...

re: #50 Charles

Farkalanche incoming. ETA -- ~30 minutes.

Better hand out the Red Bull for the hamsters.

The general idea seems to be that Sharm and Killgore are, like the Pharisees being addressed, hypocrites who adhere to the strict letter of the law, while neglecting its intent.

What I can't figure out is why he thinks this is an apt comparison.

Who's Mark Meckler? He looks like a cult leader from a 1970s ABC Movie of the Week. It's hard not to notice but the majority of these Tea Party hacks are all white males with unknown backgrounds.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We earned another mention from neoconfederate blogger RSM again this morning...

I have no idea what he's talking about.

This seriously reminds me Damon Wayans character Oswald Bates from "In Living Color".

Unfortunately, we could not impregnate everyone. It is simply beyond our colonic threshold.

[Link: www.hulu.com...]

re: #44 brookly red

I didn't like this stuff when the left did it, & I don't like this stuff now...

It's irritating, childish, stupid, moronic, off putting, and ultimately meaningless and counter productive no matter who does it.

When all this Tea Party bullshit started my knee-jerk response to it was: "These are protests and protests are for hippies and attention whores." I stand by that still.

I'm just waiting for the drum circles to start.

re: #53 Dynomite

I had to go look up the exact quote after that, and I was pretty close.

Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebt to Gabby Johnson RSM for stating what needed to be said. I am particulary glad that these lovely children are here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier neoconfederate-biblical gibberish, it expressed the courage stalker-ishness (?) little seen in this day and age.

re: #50 Charles

It links to yesterday's post, though.

Fark lacks something in the timeliness department, these days.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

That's easily the worst paragraph of English writing I've read in quite some time. Give a man a bible and a thesaurus and this shit comes out?

I would nominate him as the MoDo of the teabaggers, but that would give him too much credit.

re: #25 Sharmuta

It's a word salad.

A potpourri, even!

re: #27 Sharmuta

With herbs.

I'd love to put it in the cookbook ROFLMAO section, but I'm afraid it might violate some sort of copyright. Drat.

Well, my initial reaction was confirmed. Die ins are annoying and pathetic no matter who holds them. Wish I was there with a fire hose.

re: #59 ArchangelMichael

It's irritating, childish, stupid, moronic, off putting, and ultimately meaningless and counter productive no matter who does it.

When all this Tea Party bullshit started my knee-jerk response to it was: "These are protests and protests are for hippies and attention whores." I stand by that still.

I'm just waiting for the drum circles to start.

all true, & worse yet it it seems to be spreading.

re: #64 reine.de.tout

I'd love to put it in the cookbook ROFLMAO section, but I'm afraid it might violate some sort of copyright. Drat.

I think as long as you cite it properly, it should be fine. Beside, half of it is the KJV, anyway. Which is public domain.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We earned another mention from neoconfederate blogger RSM again this morning...

I have no idea what he's talking about.

He was probably "speaking in tongues" again.

Meanwhile, Robert Stacy McCain's neo-Nazi pal Bill White (the guy who McCain got published in the Washington Times), is in big trouble in Virginia, as people testify about his stalking and threats:

Columnist Describes Barrage of Threats from Nazi Leader.

re: #56 SanFranciscoZionist

The general idea seems to be that Sharm and Killgore are, like the Pharisees being addressed, hypocrites who adhere to the strict letter of the law, while neglecting its intent.

What I can't figure out is why he thinks this is an apt comparison.

Good theory. I think his article is something about racism so I assume he's calling Sharm (and I probably Charles too) racists.

re: #66 brookly red

all true, & worse yet it it seems to be spreading.

You know...I just can't get too worried about this. Maybe it's living in San Francisco and being exposed to the activist whackjobs on a regular basis, but as long as no one gets hurt, let 'em knock themselves out.

I'll say the exact same thing conservatives would always say about liberals protesting: "Don't these people have jobs?"

re: #67 SanFranciscoZionist

I think as long as you cite it properly, it should be fine. Beside, half of it is the KJV, anyway. Which is public domain.

I really don't want to get the volunteers (including moi) into any sort of trouble, and I've no clue how to cite it properly. If you can help with that format, I would greatly appreciate it if you would go to the cookbook blog and drop me an e-mail (if you want).

re: #37 Sharmuta

The use of herbs suggests he read the overnight thread, where we engaged in some plant puns, including herbs.

Rats. I missed one.

re: #7 thedopefishlives

Look at that protester count, it must be OVER NINE THOUSAND!

I wonder how many people actually got that. Nice tie in to previous thread +11

re: #72 Soap_Man

I'll say the exact same thing conservatives would always say about liberals protesting: "Don't these people have jobs?"

Or families. It's December.

re: #72 Soap_Man

Jobs? Where these people are going, they don't need jobs. ... /Doc Brown

re: #71 SanFranciscoZionist

You know...I just can't get too worried about this.

Same. Once you've gotten used to filtering out shrill protesters from the Left here in California, it's easy to apply those same skills to the Right. They're about equally as vapid.

Although I think if you engage in a Tea Party protest, you should lose your Hyperbolic Reference to Code Pink License.

re: #72 Soap_Man

I'll say the exact same thing conservatives would always say about liberals protesting: "Don't these people have jobs?"

well the unemployment rate is just a bit higher these days...

re: #70 Killgore Trout

Good theory. I think his article is something about racism so I assume he's calling Sharm (and I probably Charles too) racists.

That's exactly it, Killgore. He thinks Charles and you two are racists of the first degree that are delusional hypocrites, thinking you're on the "path of righteousness" by pointing fingers at him. Furthermore, apparently, you two have twice the zealous fervor that Charles does. Congratulations, I think.

re: #73 reine.de.tout

I really don't want to get the volunteers (including moi) into any sort of trouble, and I've no clue how to cite it properly. If you can help with that format, I would greatly appreciate it if you would go to the cookbook blog and drop me an e-mail (if you want).

OK-let me look up what MLA says about citing websites.

Take heart True Conservatives(tm)...

That video also shows the number of voters among the Democratic base that will bother to show up to the polls in 2010. Rahm Emanuel is busy running around making sure no one is happy with this administration.

re: #72 Soap_Man

I'll say the exact same thing conservatives would always say about liberals protesting: "Don't these people have jobs?"

They're probably all retired.

Millions v. a dozen?

Just think of the water that was saved not having to serve tea to all those people. And the CO2 that wasn't released in order to heat that water. I'd say that was real considerate of them.

/Just going for the positive spin they can use.

haha! This made my day! Is this the same Code Red rally Laura Ingraham is hosting?

re: #6 Walter L. Newton

And if it was millions, would you be supportive?

If I contradicted millions, I would double-check my facts and logic. (Then carry on or adjust.)

re: #38 Charles

That must be about the fiftieth slam McCain has posted at his blog.

Looks like I've moved into another head. Let's see -- where should I hang my LGF Calendar? On his frontal lobe, or off the left temporal lobe?

The frontal lobe is gone . /

re: #38 Charles

That must be about the fiftieth slam McCain has posted at his blog.

Looks like I've moved into another head. Let's see -- where should I hang my LGF Calendar? On his frontal lobe, or off the left temporal lobe?

The frontal lobes contain a lot of higher reasoning. If you hung the calendar there, it would rarely be seen.

Apparently, Palin, like Charles has changed opinions on AGW, just in the other direction.

"Palin mentioned having created the climate change unit in an op-ed she wrote last week for The Post. What she didn't acknowledge was the contrast between what she says about climate change now and what she said -- and did -- about it as governor of our most at-risk state. When she was in office, Palin treated the issue as serious, complex and worthy of urgent attention. Now that she's the iconic leader of a populist movement that reacts with anger at the slightest whiff of pointy-headed, "one world" intellectualism, she writes as if the idea of seeking ways to mitigate climate change is a crock. "

link.

re: #58 Locker

[Link: www.hulu.com...]

I have the first few seasons of that show on DVD. Still one of my favorite tv shows.

re: #83 blueherron

They're probably all retired.

When there was an anti-war protest and the "Don't these people have jobs" question came up, I would usually remind them that the protests are often at or near college campuses, and therefore most were just college students.

I'm assuming many at this protest are old retired conservatives or pissed off unemployed folks, but I'm sure there are at least a few who are paid staffers for some conservative organization.

I'm sure this photo has been doctored by the evil MSM--thousands of people, if not billions, have been removed--in order to subvert the true teabagging will of the people.

Also the low turnout must somehow be Obama's fault.

"There are dozens, DOZENS of us!"

-Tobias Funke

They're sharing battle!

Darmack and Gillard at Tenagra! Shaka, when the walls fell.