Haha! Love the loop.

You could set that to a rap beat...

re: #2 Thanos

You could set that to a rap beat...

worse yet someone would buy it.

Put a drum and bass loop behind it and you'd have a nice remix. you could snag a nice sample from here...

Anyone quick with cooledit?

I just have to agree with what Glenn said.

Hahaha! I agree whole-heatedly with Glenn Beck... hahaha!

Aww, Charles' is better than mine :P.

I'm proud to say I was one of those that provided proof that Beck was wrong about a risk for just visiting the CFC web site, thus partly responsible for pissing off that ass hat. Just one of the many lies Charles and the Lizards exposed.

Hi Glenn!

I did watch a little of the open to his show today. He said he's going to answer his critics over the next week and then launch off into loony land and never talk about them again.

Rhetorical;
Did he elaborate as to why he was called such? Did he ever acknowledge his CARS program will stealz urz stuffz lie?

re: #10 Killgore Trout

I did watch a little of the open to his show today. He said he's going to answer his critics over the next week and then launch off into loony land and never talk about them again.

That would require him coming back from there first. He was so far off the return trip would require relativistic propulsion and cryo-sleep I'm afraid.

It kinda depresses me that some people make a lot of money saying stupid things & here I am giving it away...

I have to admit I'm getting a little disheartened lately. There's no end in sight. The GOP seems like they're going to be stuck like this permanently. Could American conservatism really be at its end?

re: #11 Varek Raith

Rhetorical;
Did he elaborate as to why he was called such? Did he ever acknowledge his CARS program will stealz urz stuffz lie?

As I recall, he did give a lame ass, half correction. Sort of a "yes but" deal.

re: #14 Killgore Trout

I have to admit I'm getting a little disheartened lately. There's no end in sight. The GOP seems like they're going to be stuck like this permanently. Could American conservatism really be at its end?

That's what Sam Tanenhaus thinks, and I'm inclined to agree.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #14 Killgore Trout

I have to admit I'm getting a little disheartened lately. There's no end in sight. The GOP seems like they're going to be stuck like this permanently. Could American conservatism really be at its end?

you ain't see nothing yet...

re: #11 Varek Raith

Did he elaborate as to why he was called such?

Yeah, he talked about it for 2-3 minutes.

Did he ever acknowledge his CARS program will stealz urz stuffz lie?

Of course not. He stands by his conspiracy theory.

re: #14 Killgore Trout

I have to admit I'm getting a little disheartened lately. There's no end in sight. The GOP seems like they're going to be stuck like this permanently. Could American conservatism really be at its end?

I don't think so. Though, I think they're gonna have to spend a long time in the wilderness.

re: #15 avanti
re: #18 Killgore Trout

Thanks! Figured as much. :)

re: #16 Charles

That's what Sam Tanenhaus thinks, and I'm inclined to agree.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

I really should add that to my reading list but it doesn't look like it's going to lift my spirits much.

re: #21 Killgore Trout

I really should add that to my reading list but it doesn't look like it's going to lift my spirits much.

I found it kind of liberating, actually. It's a really good book. Tanenhaus is a very smart guy who knows a lot about the subject.

Who knew Glenn Beck was as much of an insecure attention whore as this?

As an aside, lgf works great on my googly-phone as I wait for my prescription at the store.

This is the book we're talking about, by the way -- I highly recommend it:

The Death of Conservatism: Sam Tanenhaus.

So evidently one day Glen beck typed in "@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg" followed by hitting the delete key? Its a shame that he's chosen to use his powers of boundless insanity for evil rather than doing good and running around saying "WOOSH" since he can't fly.

So does this mean we can look forward to a Beck Signal, or a Beck Mobile? Anyone who believes in the free market couldn't help but approve of the Toyomatic nature of such a vehicle!

Another illustration of why there could only be one choice when it came to choosing the face of massive butthurt.

re: #25 jamesfirecat

So evidently one day Glen beck typed in "@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg" followed by hitting the delete key? Its a shame that he's chosen to use his powers of boundless insanity for evil rather than doing good and running around saying "WOOSH" since he can't fly.

So does this mean we can look forward to a Beck Signal, or a Beck Mobile? Anyone who believes in the free market couldn't help but approve of the Toyomatic nature of such a vehicle!

I have absolutely no idea what that means...

re: #27 brookly red

I have absolutely no idea what that means...

I couldn't figure it out either . . .

Ok, this absolutely has to go viral. How fast can we do it? Email! Retweet! Spread the word!

re: #27 brookly red

It's a reference to this [Link: en.wikipedia.org...] one of the finest superhero... parody, satire, spoof... I'm not even sure what to call it exactly besides "excellent".

I think Beck is great ...

[Link: www.rhapsody.com...]

re: #15 avanti

I just got done with supper and I noticed a post you left on the last thread... a short answer. Nothing personal, this is not meant towards you, just a general comment from me, probably for those who will see this. I really don't give a fuck if some stalker blog thinks I'm to far left, or if Charles (or anyone else) thinks I'm too far right, or too far crazy or too far nasty or too far a pain in the ass.

Thanks for the info...

re: #12 ArchangelMichael

That would require him coming back from there first. He was so far off the return trip would require relativistic propulsion and cryo-sleep I'm afraid.

Open the pod bay doors, Hal.

No, you raving freakazoid nut sandwich!

i don't get a mention?

*crushed*

re: #31 _RememberTonyC

I think Beck is great ...

[Link: www.rhapsody.com...]

Thanks - Freeway Jam is spinning now.

re: #16 Charles

That's what Sam Tanenhaus thinks, and I'm inclined to agree.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

I said that over a year ago...such a pity...but someone will redefine conservatism and it will march on...without me

I wish I could get inside the minds of the people who think Beck is great. What must that feel like? Is it like being high?

re: #26 Jimmah

Another illustration of why there could only be one choice when it came to choosing the face of massive butthurt.

[Video]

There can be only one, ma bonnie laddie. :-)

re: #35 Racer X

Thanks - Freeway Jam is spinning now.

excellent ... I just want to know what inspired "Constipated Duck?"

re: #29 iceweasel

Ok, this absolutely has to go viral. How fast can we do it? Email! Retweet! Spread the word!

eww, viruses are icky...

re: #36 albusteve

I blame Bush...heh

re: #32 Walter L. Newton

I just got done with supper and I noticed a post you left on the last thread... a short answer. Nothing personal, this is not meant towards you, just a general comment from me, probably for those who will see this. I really don't give a fuck if some stalker blog thinks I'm to far left, or if Charles (or anyone else) thinks I'm too far right, or too far crazy or too far nasty or too far a pain in the ass.

Thanks for the info...

I tend to read the other blogs like that for their entertainment value. I should really stop, but the thought processes by some of the posters is simply fascinating. BTW, you are in the pain in the ass, but I find that too is interesting.

That is excellence in broadcasting!

re: #40 brookly red

eww, viruses are icky...

Well, so is Beck, so...

re: #24 Charles

OK, I bought it, and sent some pennies into the LGF coffers!

re: #37 beekiller

I wish I could get inside the minds of the people who think Beck is great. What must that feel like? Is it like being high?

Forgive me, Nelly and Tim McGraw:

Cause it’s all in my head
I think about it over and over again...
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I can’t take it, I can’t shake it no...
I can’t wait to see you
Wanna see if you still got that look in your eye

re: #37 beekiller

I wish I could get inside the minds of the people who think Beck is great. What must that feel like? Is it like being high?

Not just Beck, many blogs. Someone will post a agreeable lie, and the rest feed on it since it fits their warped world view. You can see it from folks like Beck that must know they are not being truthful, but are still gleeful in so doing.

Is this a rotating title yet?

re: #37 beekiller

I wish I could get inside the minds of the people who think Beck is great. What must that feel like? Is it like being high?

I wish I could figure that out.

Apply directly to the forehead!

Right wing blogs are actually trying to defend the teabagger's racist sign tonight!

Just when you think they can't get any stupider.

and out of the ashes of Goldwater conservatism, a young theocrat with great hair and a toothy grin will emerge...sharp cut in a Brooks Bros suit and a razorblade tongue...bet me

re: #51 Charles

Just when you think they can't get any stupider./blockquote>

... they turn it up a notch!

re: #51 Charles

Right wing blogs are actually trying to defend the teabagger's racist sign tonight!

Just when you think they can't get any stupider.

And what would anyone say that could make that sign acceptable?

re: #45 Floral Giraffe

OK, I bought it, and sent some pennies into the LGF coffers!

Evenin' Flo!
I did the same.

Now, does the freakazoid nut sandwich come with fries or chips? And how about gravy... is there gravy involved?

re: #53 SteveC

The stupid goes up to 11.

re: #54 Walter L. Newton

And what would anyone say that could make that sign acceptable?

white makes right...it is the will of god

re: #52 albusteve

and out of the ashes of Goldwater conservatism, a young theocrat with great hair and a toothy grin will emerge...sharp cut in a Brooks Bros suit and a razorblade tongue...bet me

but who is she?

re: #51 Charles

Right wing blogs are actually trying to defend the teabagger's racist sign tonight!

Just when you think they can't get any stupider.

Okay, a few months back I said I've reached my breaking point with the Tea Partiers? Now I'm a the breaking point where I'm actually publishing my grievances. Thanks again, you breaking-point-breaker...person.

re: #52 albusteve

and out of the ashes of Goldwater conservatism, a young theocrat with great hair and a toothy grin will emerge...sharp cut in a Brooks Bros suit and a razorblade tongue...bet me

Well it's been a long time glad to see your face
I knew we'd meet again another time another place
Can't believe it's been so many years
You'd better grab a chair and a couple of beers
Lookin' good in your three piece suit
You know, I always knew you'd take the business route
You were always the one to follow the light and you look like you're doing alright

re: #56 citicenx

Now, does the freakazoid nut sandwich come with fries or chips? And how about gravy... is there gravy involved?

no gravy, cheese

re: #16 Charles

Going out on a limb here. Conservatism may be sick, in a coma, lost its way. But not dead. Not dead because good people of a conservative bent will arise in the vacuum. They will rise and take their place in the checks and balances that provided this nation with success after success. Even if only in response to unfettered Liberalism.

Time will show me right or wrong. But ponder this-Liberal and more liberal as a balance? This makes even less sense to me than what we have now. Balance. Patience.

Say GOP instead of conservative and I agree. But again wait and see.

re: #39 _RememberTonyC

excellent ... I just want to know what inspired "Constipated Duck?"

The mess on the windshield?

re: #38 iceweasel

There can be only one, ma bonnie laddie. :-)

[Video]

Indeed there can only be one movie where nothing is explained, and where Scots speak with a French accent, and Spaniards speak with a Scottish accent. Awesome!

re: #16 Charles

i haven't gotten around to them yet - but John Dean's "Conservatives Without Concience" is meant to be a good study into the current strand of authoritarian conservatism and it's roots.

Frank Schaeffer's "Crazy For God" gives an inside track on the founding of the Religious RIght and its subsequent powergrabs as tod by the son of one of it's founders.

I'd be interested to hear if anyone here has read either... i'll get around to them soon, but would like thoughts before i head in.

re: #60 fenrisdesigns

Okay, a few months back I said I've reached my breaking point with the Tea Partiers? Now I'm a the breaking point where I'm actually publishing my grievances. Thanks again, you breaking-point-breaker...person.

I've reached my breaking point with the Tea Partiers... and that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.

re: #54 Walter L. Newton

And what would anyone say that could make that sign acceptable?

The talking point is that he was calling himself the N word ... so that makes it all OK!

The craziness is turned up to eleven now.

re: #57 JasonA

The stupid goes up to 11.

Oh, I got the feeling that we're going way past 11. They haven't even kicked in the Oscillating Overthruster.

re: #57 JasonA

The stupid goes up to 11.

Hey, we're on the same Spinal Tap vibe, dude. Cut that out.

Charles, conservatism will not die, as long as there are real conservatives out there keeping the flame alive.

I am constantly telling people...if you want to know what true conservatism is all about, read the transcript of Ronald Reagan's 1964 speech in support of Barry Goldwater, "A Time for Choosing," or his 1975 CPAC speech. You really don't need much else.

re: #66 wozzablog

i haven't gotten around to them yet - but John Dean's "Conservatives Without Concience" is meant to be a good study into the current strand of authoritarian conservatism and it's roots.

Frank Schaeffer's "Crazy For God" gives an inside track on the founding of the Religious RIght and its subsequent powergrabs as tod by the son of one of it's founders.

I'd be interested to hear if anyone here has read either... i'll get around to them soon, but would like thoughts before i head in.

I have Schaeffer's 'Crazy for God', and I've been trying to get past all the anecdotes about growing up in a fanatic religious household in Switzerland, but I keep falling asleep.

Then I wake up and start reading a John Connolly novel instead.

re: #67 Walter L. Newton

Dadgummit, Walter, you and your cultural references that are most likely older than me.

re: #70 Charles

I think Steve's right. They have some more notches left. If they can defend that sign who knows what else they can do. All I know is that Jon Stewart doesn't have to work much anymore. The jokes are writing themselves. Though I don't think Colbert has anywhere left to go...

(Don't forget! Erick Erickson's his guest tonight!)

re: #57 JasonA

The stupid goes up to 11.

"For two grand I'll build you a stupid that goes to 12"

[Link: xkcd.com...]

(I have a feeling they've already taken that deal.)

re: #68 Charles

The talking point is that he was calling himself the N word ... so that makes it all OK!

The craziness is turned up to eleven now.

That's silly. It's just not OK to use that word at any time, for oneself or anyone else. Even with in the black community, there is only a small minority of folks that find some common ground using the word, but in general, it's not liked in the black community either.

re: #73 fenrisdesigns

Dadgummit, Walter, you and your cultural references that are most likely older than me.

Steve MArtin, The Jerk [Link: www.imdb.com...]

Son of a...Mythbusters is back on. Later, lizards.

re: #76 Walter L. Newton

That's silly. It's just not OK to use that word at any time, for oneself or anyone else. Even with in the black community, there is only a small minority of folks that find some common ground using the word, but in general, it's not liked in the black community either.

The hat made it OK.

/

re: #71 Tigger2005

Charles, conservatism will not die, as long as there are real conservatives out there keeping the flame alive.

I am constantly telling people...if you want to know what true conservatism is all about, read the transcript of Ronald Reagan's 1964 speech in support of Barry Goldwater, "A Time for Choosing," or his 1975 CPAC speech. You really don't need much else.

who reads anymore...it's a hell of alot easier to watch G Beck and sit there in a pool mezmerized drool...the concept will always be around, lost in the murky fringe...and books, of course

re: #56 citicenx

Welcome, hatchling!

Stop looking to the past to find conservatism. It 'snot gonna help. Conservatives hitched a ride on the Dixiecrat train and now there upset because it was the express to Looneyville. Tough shit. Stop looking behind you. You're not going to find your way out looking over your shoulder. We're used to two parties, two sides, etc. Well now we have three and we're in a distant third.

Silly me! I forgot I could do both at the same time!

re: #82 SteveMcG

Stop looking to the past to find conservatism. It 'snot gonna help. Conservatives hitched a ride on the Dixiecrat train and now there upset because it was the express to Looneyville. Tough shit. Stop looking behind you. You're not going to find your way out looking over your shoulder. We're used to two parties, two sides, etc. Well now we have three and we're in a distant third.

the past is where the ideal flourished...the principles don't change, so I don't get your post

re: #77 Walter L. Newton

Steve MArtin, The Jerk [Link: www.imdb.com...]

It's the phone book reference I always remember.

re: #79 Racer X

The hat made it OK.

/

Very funny movie, but, then again, it was a satirical social commentary and it made a point. We have literature with that word in it, it's historical or timely, but the word, alone, with no content except it's derogative meaning is not acceptable.

re: #63 Rightwingconspirator

It will probably be in a third party if it happens at all in the medium to long term - the GOP is completely glazed over and dead behind the eyes at a national level. Scratch the surface of those at the top and you get talking points about why the teabaggers are great and why all of Obama's spending is bad but Bush's wasn't quite so bad.

It's an ex-political party. there are good local parties and good local candidates who believe in letting people get on with their own lives and reducing taxes/spending, but nationally it's the party of the Schiavo vote, not the party of letting people live their own/die their own lives.

If a small caucus of GOPers and Centrist Dems from the house and senate formed a third party based on small government/personal freedom... i think thats a much more sustainable model than any Tea Party emerging from the othger side of the schism. One way or another though - the GOP can not carry on as it has nationally with its pandering.

re: #85 reine.de.tout

It's the phone book reference I always remember.

and his 'special purpose'

re: #77 Walter L. Newton

Steve MArtin, The Jerk [Link: www.imdb.com...]

I don't feel old anymore.

re: #84 albusteve

The principles don't change, but the politics did. Or didn't you notice?

re: #90 SteveMcG

The principles don't change, but the politics did. Or didn't you notice?

I don't get you...did I miss something?

Breitbart has finally run a correction on the Bertha Lewis story... oops - wrong Bertha Lewis... which could have been deduced with a little Google-fu and basic fact checking... which was something that the right-side of the 'sphere used to pride itself on...

But at the same time, they're claiming that Jeremiah Wright and a few others were on the White House logs.. so the story goes on...

re: #68 Charles

The talking point is that he was calling himself the N word ... so that makes it all OK!

The craziness is turned up to eleven now.

lmao! I'm stealing that one.

re: #91 albusteve

The last twenty years.

New physician payment system proposed by Congress

The idea is a pretty simple one: If all the doctors who take care of you — your primary care physician, any specialists and your hospital — worked together and their financial fates were somehow connected, almost like business partners, you’d get better care and it wouldn’t cost as much.

Oh yeah, that sounds like a plan...

re: #70 Charles

Hey, we're on the same Spinal Tap vibe, dude. Cut that out.

It's time for a free form jazz exploration!

re: #65 Jimmah

Indeed there can only be one movie where nothing is explained, and where Scots speak with a French accent, and Spaniards speak with a Scottish accent. Awesome!

Tell me... how did it happen, for God's sake?

Why does the sun come up, hmm?
Or are the stars just pinholes in the curtain of night?
Who knows?
What I do know is...
because you were born different...
men will fear you, try to drive you away...
Iike the people of your village.

Hmmm, that does make more sense than the Glenn Beck show. I'd drive him out of my village, at any rate.

re: #72 Charles

many thanks good and brave sir.

will head to John Dean's first and give Schaeffer's a skim at a later date.

re: #97 iceweasel

Bah. It has swords and Queen music. And Connery. It doesn't need to make sense. Oh, and bad-ass Clancy Brown.

re: #94 SteveMcG

The last twenty years.

well yes, you seem to be trying to describe the theme of this dialog...that conservatism as a viable political option is dying...conservatives have no reason to redefine themselves and the principle is right there for anybody to grasp...if anything needs defining it's the emergence of the radical right...they should call themselves neotheocrats

re: #92 lawhawk

Now we wait for Fox Nation's retraction.

re: #101 fenrisdesigns

From their cold dead hands...

re: #67 Walter L. Newton

You forgot the thermos. (one of my all-time favorite movies).

re: #103 darthstar

You forgot the thermos. (one of my all-time favorite movies).

"get away from the cans!"

re: #92 lawhawk

Breitbart has finally run a correction on the Bertha Lewis story... oops - wrong Bertha Lewis... which could have been deduced with a little Google-fu and basic fact checking... which was something that the right-side of the 'sphere used to pride itself on...

But at the same time, they're claiming that Jeremiah Wright and a few others were on the White House logs.. so the story goes on...

The story about Wright and Ayers being on the WH logs was debunked back in October. Not the same Wright, not the same Ayers. Same with people named "michael moore' and "michael jordan".

They never learn.

re: #103 darthstar

You forgot the thermos. (one of my all-time favorite movies).

Different speech at a different point in the movie...

" Huh? I am not a bum. I'm a jerk. I once had wealth, power, and the love of a beautiful woman. Now I only have two things: my friends and... uh... my thermos. Huh? My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi. "

re: #97 iceweasel

Tell me... how did it happen, for God's sake?

Why does the sun come up, hmm?
Or are the stars just pinholes in the curtain of night?
Who knows?
What I do know is...
because you were born different...
men will fear you, try to drive you away...
Iike the people of your village.

Hmmm, that does make more sense than the Glenn Beck show. I'd drive him out of my village, at any rate.

He's such a thicko. Shit - is this it - are we actually living through the time of 'The Thickening'!

I really hope nothing sinister comes of this investigation.

White House is investigating whether or not the systemic failure was anything more than human error. The questions being asked are -- was this some kind of failure due to internal tensions between intelligence communities? Was information withheld intentionally in order to "make someone look bad?"

re: #99 JasonA

Bah. It has swords and Queen music. And Connery. It doesn't need to make sense. Oh, and bad-ass Clancy Brown.

Oh, I fully agree. Jimmah and I love that movie. We're instituting a annual tradition of watching it on thanksgiving.

re: #108 JasonA

I really hope nothing sinister comes of this investigation.

'internal tension' pretty much sums up the psyche of America right now...imo

Learn to speak
teabag.

re: #100 albusteve

They should, but they aren't. I happen to like the oxymoron "radical conservatives". Regardless, they have stolen the name conservative. Whenever one of them appear anywhere, they are called conservatives. Put the name issue aside. Somehow they have to be marginalized. We can't fight them and liberals at the same time, and I'd rather fight the neotheos.

re: #110 albusteve

'internal tension' pretty much sums up the psyche of America right now...imo

I wish putting each other's lives in danger would be a breaking point. I think it's really sad that I hear this could have been the result of agency one-upmanship and I can't dismiss it out of hand.

re: #56 citicenx

Now, does the freakazoid nut sandwich come with fries or chips? And how about gravy... is there gravy involved?

I assumed that the freakazoid nut sandwich was related to a peanut butter sandwich--nuts, you know. I'm guessing chips. Maybe an apple.

re: #109 ice weasel

Oh, I fully agree. Jimmy and I love that movie. We're instituting a annual tradition of watching it on thanksgiving.

You guys make the sweetest couple...Did you tell Jimmy about the F! Spanish Rivera.? Smoking hot girls on top of the yachts topless on Sunday Mornings?
Do not tell Jimmah! I'm email him..*wink*

re: #113 JasonA

I wish putting each other's lives in danger would be a breaking point. I think it's really sad that I hear this could have been the result of agency one-upmanship and I can't dismiss it out of hand.

have no fear...JNap is on it

re: #100 albusteve

Just to continue briefly before I gotta go. Even a guy I used to respect, John McCain, didn't think he could win with a real conservative. I'll never understand why he picked Palin instead of Ridge. What he would have lost in the base he could have picked up from the center. But now we know he didn't know who he was picking after all, so it's for the best that he lost. I think we're at a point where the only real conservative politicians are Democrats. I don't think there was a Republican around who said the emperor was wearing no clothes last fall. Much better conversation than the other night. Sorry I have to bail.

re: #68 Charles

The talking point is that he was calling himself the N word ... so that makes it all OK!

The craziness is turned up to eleven now.

Since I am a taxpayer, he was also referring to ME by that word, and that's far from OK, so maybe he better rethink.

Also, that kind of logic presented by black teenagers at my school gets you absolutely nowhere, so why does a grown man think this is going to help his cause?

re: #105 iceweasel

The story about Wright and Ayers being on the WH logs was debunked back in October. Not the same Wright, not the same Ayers. Same with people named "michael moore' and "michael jordan".

They never learn.

But honestly, Jeremiah Wright isn't a very common name. I guess if the White House has a million visitors per year it's bound to happen though.

re: #80 albusteve

who reads anymore...it's a hell of alot easier to watch G Beck and sit there in a pool mezmerized drool...the concept will always be around, lost in the murky fringe...and books, of course

Seems like people on LittleGreenFootballs do a lot of reading.

re: #56 citicenx

Welcome Hatchling. Good first post. Now would you get me a drink? Crown Royal would be nice.

re: #120 Tigger2005

Seems like people on LittleGreenFootballs do a lot of reading.

We're working on getting Kindles that are green with a little football logo! :)

(My keyboard to Amazon's design team!)

re: #120 Tigger2005

Seems like people on LittleGreenFootballs do a lot of reading.

true, but LGF may be the exception...I don't read other blogs or watch TV

Changing the subject, if I may; has anyone else noticed how PRESS TV (Iran TV) often gets prominent placement in News.Google, even on topics that have nothing to do with Iran, The M.E., or Islam?

Am I supposed to believe, for example, that of all the news accesses on the earthquake in the Solomon Islands, the second most popular online article was from Press TV?

This is not the only example. Have they hacked into the Google rating system now?

re: #115 HoosierHoops

You guys make the sweetest couple...Did you tell Jimmy about the F! Spanish Rivera.? Smoking hot girls on top of the yachts topless on Sunday Mornings?
Do not tell Jimmah! I'm email him..*wink*

I might be interested in what they're smoking but as for the rest - I've got iceweasel :)

re: #125 Jimmah

Smart man.

re: #125 Jimmah

I might be interested in what they're smoking but as for the rest - I've got iceweasel :)

You guys are good sports...
Be well

re: #119 RealismRox

But honestly, Jeremiah Wright isn't a very common name. I guess if the White House has a million visitors per year it's bound to happen though.

There are 64,744 people in the U.S. with the first name Jeremiah.
There are 503,285 people in the U.S. with the last name Wright.
There are 106 people in the U.S. named Jeremiah Wright.

So, there was only ever a 1 in 106 chance that it was that Jeremiah Wright.

Don't know how accurate that site is, but I think it is accurate. My name, for example, is shared by fewer than 10 people in the United States. I've had that confirmed in various ways. The site gets the right number for mine.

It also says there are over 400 people named "Bertha Lewis".

re: #125 Jimmah

I might be interested in what they're smoking but as for the rest - I've got iceweasel :)

Ice and Jboy...

re: #128 iceweasel

Good point, that's more people than I would have thought.

Beck is a wack-a-doodle.

I have always hated the GOP as long as they've pandered to the religious right - which is the entirety of my lifetime - but I don't want conservatism to die out.

I think it's time for the con-lib-soc party

re: #128 iceweasel

My name, for example, is shared by fewer than 10 people in the United States. I've had that confirmed in various ways. The site gets the right number for mine.

.

There are fewer than 1 people with my name, it says. I'm not sure I like the sound of that.

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re: #133 Naso Tang

There are fewer than 1 people with my name, it says. I'm not sure I like the sound of that.

That site is updated every -1 days. Been nice knowing you..

re: #127 HoosierHoops

You guys are good sports...
Be well

You too, mate :)

re: #87 wozzablog

Who cares what party gets it done. I'm all for certain principles. If that's the GOP, I'm in. If not I'm out, as I have done. Parties come and go. Principles are timeless.

re: #119 RealismRox

whitepages online returns 61 Jeremiah Wrights and facebook returns 119 mostly american jeremiah wrights.

It's not a common name - but it's certainly not unique.

Out for dinner. BBL!

Matt Drudge is at it again.

He turns this AP story title:

Spotty enforcement for new US air screening rules

to this headline at Drudge:

AIRPORTS ABROAD IGNORE OBAMA DEMANDS

re: #133 Naso Tang

There are fewer than 1 people with my name, it says. I'm not sure I like the sound of that.

You wouldn't happen to be your parents' .4 child, would you?

re: #128 iceweasel

There are 64,744 people in the U.S. with the first name Jeremiah.
There are 503,285 people in the U.S. with the last name Wright.
There are 106 people in the U.S. named Jeremiah Wright.

So, there was only ever a 1 in 106 chance that it was that Jeremiah Wright.

Don't know how accurate that site is, but I think it is accurate. My name, for example, is shared by fewer than 10 people in the United States. I've had that confirmed in various ways. The site gets the right number for mine.

It also says there are over 400 people named "Bertha Lewis".

There are 6 people with my name on Facebook (one of them is my own daughter in law)

re: #128 iceweasel

My name, for example, is shared by fewer than 10 people in the United States.

Same with mine.

re: #128 iceweasel

Well, according to that site there are two people with my combination of first and last name, and I suspect I am both of them (sometimes I use my middle initial/name and sometimes I don't.)

Do I believe that site? Maybe. Other sites on which I have searched have come up with a handful of possibilities, but my investigation has led me to believe that most of them trace back to myself.

There may be another person in the US with my name, and it happens to be a female, but I've not been able to verify that.

So what's in a name? Good question. Only good point in having a unique name that I've found is that the .com domain name happens to be available.

re: #130 RealismRox

Good point, that's more people than I would have thought.

Yeah, with a first name like Bertha or Jeremiah it's tempting to think that they might have rare names, but it turns out they're not. Mostly because Lewis and Wright are so common. Kind of a fun site to plug names into. Lewis is the 26th most popular last name in the US. I didn't know that.

re: #137 Rightwingconspirator

I personally don't care which party does it, but the two party model is ultimaely unsustainable - infact i have a softspot for the GOP as was once upon a time, but i was just laying out what i reckon is how it will have to shake out eventually.

re: #134 Mad Al-Jaffee

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Oh man that was funny!

I hope that people who insist that "conservatism is dead" continue to rest on those laurels. You're right guys, the GOP will probably never win another election ever. Keep your campaign contributions and spend them on other stuff...

re: #142 Alouette

There are 6 people with my name on Facebook (one of them is my own daughter in law)

WOW! so if your name turned up on the WH logs, that's a 1 in 3 chance that it's someone in your family, I guess-- cool!

re: #148 cliffster

Could you try to pack a few more assumptions into a short paragraph?

re: #24 Charles

This is the book we're talking about, by the way -- I highly recommend it:

The Death of Conservatism: Sam Tanenhaus.

holy crap, I hadn't seen that before... what's up with the crazy cow at 9/12?

"I want the government out of my life!!... out of EVERYTHING!!"

hey lady, maybe you should expatriate to Somalia - no functioning government since 1991!!

re: #148 cliffster

I hope that people who insist that "conservatism is dead" continue to rest on those laurels. You're right guys, the GOP will probably never win another election ever. Keep your campaign contributions and spend them on other stuff...

the GOP hardly represents conservatism

re: #128 iceweasel

Funny site!
There are 9057 people with my name, 9559 with my sisters & 16,227 with Charles's name! Don't be losing our phone numbers, you'll never find us again!

re: #133 Naso Tang

There are fewer than 1 people with my name, it says. I'm not sure I like the sound of that.

uhoh...maybe there's a better site to check these with?

re: #122 SteveC

That would work for me. I know it would cause at least one head at work to explode.

re: #151 Vambo

holy crap, I hadn't seen that before... what's up with the crazy cow at 9/12?

"I want the government out of my life!!... out of EVERYTHING!!"

hey lady, maybe you should expatriate to Somalia - no functioning government since 1991!!

Those folks make me insane. They're like little children, without the excuse of, you know, being little children.

re: #154 iceweasel

uhoh...maybe there's a better site to check these with?

Realitycheck.com?

re: #128 iceweasel

There are 64,744 people in the U.S. with the first name Jeremiah.
There are 503,285 people in the U.S. with the last name Wright.
There are 106 people in the U.S. named Jeremiah Wright.

So, there was only ever a 1 in 106 chance that it was that Jeremiah Wright.

Don't know how accurate that site is, but I think it is accurate. My name, for example, is shared by fewer than 10 people in the United States. I've had that confirmed in various ways. The site gets the right number for mine.

It also says there are over 400 people named "Bertha Lewis".

I went there, I didn't even find a single Iceweasel.

re: #149 iceweasel

WOW! so if your name turned up on the WH logs, that's a 1 in 3 chance that it's someone in your family, I guess-- cool!

I would not be at all surprised if my son's name showed up in the WH logs, for real. He gets around.

Can we get the Glen Beck is a Raving Freakazoid Nut Sandwich loop in autotune? Hip hop sounds so much cooler in autotune.

Wow, watching the Fiesta Bowl is like watching a high school football game. People were complaining that TCU and/or Boise State should have gotten a shot in the national championship?

re: #148 cliffster

Conservatism isn't dead - it's just pining.

In seriousness though - as a national political force sane small government/personal freedom conservatives don't have a natural home. The Democrats spend too much and the personal freedoms the GOP stands for on a national level are those doled out from the old testament.

There is a big problem that people of good concience are trying to solve - the biggest part of that job is trying to bring the GOP nationally to the first step of 12 - admitting that it has a problem. The base has shrunk so small that the 25%er's don't see a problem with it. That 25% is a firm number because those people are tribalists that it would take a tsunami to dislodge. People who stayed loyal and "very satisfied" during record spending, record deficits and unfunded wars - those people are difficult to shake out of complacency.

re: #154 iceweasel

uhoh...maybe there's a better site to check these with?

According to that site, there are 3 people with my name in the U.S. but there are 6 people with my name on Facebook. (I'm assuming the site you linked does not include my daughter-in-law, since she only moved here in the summer)

re: #156 SanFranciscoZionist

Those folks make me insane. They're like little children, without the excuse of, you know, being little children.

I can Identify with that person...it's over the top, but then so are the feds...I don't think she means to embrace anarchy

While watching a big- name comedian on tv the other night, I recalled how several times in past, friends would remark how much they enjoyed a particular comedian, but would disparage a different comic and say how much they couldn't stand him.
I also realized that I was watching the antics and facial expressions of Glenn Beck only they were being "performed" by the comedian.
That's it! I get it!
Glenn Beck is a clown.

According to that site... there are 36 people named "Homer Simpson".

re: #166 freetoken

According to that site... there are 36 people named "Homer Simpson".

And one guy named Dick Hertz.

ot liked in the black community either.

re: #158 Walter L. Newton

I went there, I didn't even find a single Iceweasel.

I went there too, she's right, there are less than 10 people in the country named Mud.

re: #165 Capitalist Tool

That's it! I get it!
Glenn Beck is a clown.

A self-described rodeo clown.

re: #128 iceweasel

If you haven't ever checked your states Unclaimed Property Search, you really should. TONS of money out there, bet you didn't know you'd missed!
It is too hard to look, if your name is very common. But, you never know!

Too Cool:
There is 1 person in the U.S. named Bxxx Sxxx..
My name...It's on the web so it must be true

re: #163 Alouette

According to that site, there are 3 people with my name in the U.S. but there are 6 people with my name on Facebook. (I'm assuming the site you linked does not include my daughter-in-law, since she only moved here in the summer)

It claims to be based on the US Census, so assuming that's even true, it would still be pretty far out of date.

re: #162 wozzablog

There are ebbs and flows in party politics. Right now, the GOP lost some elections and the people shrieking are getting a lot of attention (don't forget that a lot of the people giving them a lot of attention are liberals). We are barely one year out from a major election with a lot of emotion and there's no way to draw conclusions from the dynamics at the moment.

re: #164 albusteve

I can Identify with that person...it's over the top, but then so are the feds...I don't think she means to embrace anarchy

I don't think she wants anarchy, but that does seem to be exactly what she's asking for.

re: #171 HoosierHoops

Too Cool:
There is 1 person in the U.S. named Bxxx Sxxx..
My name...It's on the web so it must be true

Well, we all know there's only one Hoops. :-)

re: #171 HoosierHoops

Too Cool:
There is 1 person in the U.S. named Bxxx Sxxx..
My name...It's on the web so it must be true

I think I've seen in on a video I have somewhere in the closet.

re: #174 SanFranciscoZionist

I don't think she wants anarchy, but that does seem to be exactly what she's asking for.

she's shrieking...everybody shrieks sooner or later

OK, here's what you do. Spark up a fat J, down a shot of Jack, wait three minutes and twenty seven seconds, then watch this:

The Known Universe by AMNH

re: #171 HoosierHoops

Too Cool:
There is 1 person in the U.S. named Bxxx Sxxx..
My name...It's on the web so it must be true

There is only 1 Bagua in the country, or fewer.

Wouldn't less than one Bagua be zero? What's with the fewer? The implications that there could be a fractional me is distressing.

re: #161 cliffster

What's the score? They are my "home" team.

re: #179 Bagua

There is only 1 Bagua in the country, or fewer.

Wouldn't less than one Bagua be zero? What's with the fewer? The implications that there could be a fractional me is distressing.

But then again, for some people we know, a fraction of them would be a blessing...

re: #171 HoosierHoops

You SURE that's not a long lost love child???
///

Hiya Hoops!

re: #164 albusteve

I can Identify with that person...it's over the top, but then so are the feds...I don't think she means to embrace anarchy

just curious - on an average day for you, how intrusive is the big bad government?

Used to be too cool... the sun eats a comet

re: #173 cliffster

The downward spiral has been happening for a while.

But this isn't about the health of the GOP per'se - it's about returning small govt/personal freedom conservatism to something thats got a voice on the national stage. As people - not just me - have pointed out, it need not happen in the GOP.

I think the GOP could rebound in '10 -but with nothing remotely resembling any sort of a plan other than to shout very loudly and energise a lot of scared and angry people, in short, a mob (see Townhalls circa '09). Shouting and waving of arms is not a political stratergy that will persuade people you are ready to govern though. Lord knows the democrats tried long enough before finding a broad swathe of candidates who could run and win across 50 states, sometimes eschewing liberalism, sometimes not.

If the teabaggers or professional nay sayers take firmer hold of the GOP any gains in '10 will be naught but a dead cat bounce.

re: #128 iceweasel

This is fun! I know a lawyer named Richard Head (true!). 264 other people also had parents who hated them enough to curse them to 12 years of childhood torture.

re: #180 Bubblehead II

What's the score? They are my "home" team.

Still 10-7 Boise. Which is your home team, the Brocos or the Frogs?

re: #168 Bagua

ot liked in the black community either.

I went there too, she's right, there are less than 10 people in the country named Mud.

Now, now, Bagua, you know my real name...

re: #182 Floral Giraffe

You SURE that's not a long lost love child???
///

Hiya Hoops!

Hi you! hope today finds you well!

re: #183 Vambo

just curious - on an average day for you, how intrusive is the big bad government?

there is no way to measure that...I get my mail, rain or shine

re: #188 iceweasel

Ice, when my sis went to the UK, I got a tearful plea for pyrex covered microwave dishes. She couldn't find them anywhere. You might stock up.
Been trying to catch you, since I remembered that. Isent a whole bunch & they were heavy!

re: #191 Floral Giraffe

Ice, when my sis went to the UK, I got a tearful plea for pyrex covered microwave dishes. She couldn't find them anywhere. You might stock up.
Been trying to catch you, since I remembered that. Isent a whole bunch & they were heavy!

Oh thanks FG-- shoot. I do have a bunch but because of the weight i was going to get rid of them here. Thanks a lot!

re: #185 wozzablog

But this isn't about the health of the GOP per'se - it's about returning small govt/personal freedom conservatism to something thats got a voice on the national stage. As people - not just me - have pointed out, it need not happen in the GOP.

I'll agree somewhat with the challenge presented here, but the GOP is very much still the best hope, and it's where that change will come from when it comes. The problem isn't in getting a voice on the national stage, it's that the national stage is too big. Someone who wins the Republican vote in Tennessee looks very different from someone who can win that vote in Colorado. On the national stage, there are too many voices, too many questions, too many opinions.

re: #174 SanFranciscoZionist

I don't think she wants anarchy, but that does seem to be exactly what she's asking for.

They want anarchy, but they also expect the government to protect them from anarchy.

re: #192 iceweasel

Seriously, she was in TEARS! Take the kind with a stackable lid. You can pack them inside each other. My sis gifted hers to the friend that used to take her along to the PX. She got a casserole picture in a dish this year for Christmas. 5 years later!

re: #190 albusteve

there is no way to measure that...I get my mail, rain or shine

I wonder what would happen if "get out of my life" woman stopped getting her mail.

re: #193 cliffster

I'll agree somewhat with the challenge presented here, but the GOP is very much still the best hope, and it's where that change will come from when it comes. The problem isn't in getting a voice on the national stage, it's that the national stage is too big. Someone who wins the Republican vote in Tennessee looks very different from someone who can win that vote in Colorado. On the national stage, there are too many voices, too many questions, too many opinions.

How do you square the small government rhetoric with Reagan? He spent massively; he had massive deficits; and they named the biggest government office building in DC after and renamed the airport.

re: #196 Vambo

I wonder what would happen if "get out of my life" woman stopped getting her mail.

I think you are wasting your time...your position is as crazy as hers

re: #173 cliffster

There are ebbs and flows in party politics. Right now, the GOP lost some elections and the people shrieking are getting a lot of attention (don't forget that a lot of the people giving them a lot of attention are liberals). We are barely one year out from a major election with a lot of emotion and there's no way to draw conclusions from the dynamics at the moment.

The Democrats were the Southern white man's party for 72 years before Roosevelt created the New Deal coalition.
Politics move faster now. I expect someone from the center-right will build a new coalition and win the presidency in 2016. I expect it won't be any of the current crop of GOP presidential wannabes.

re: #197 Olsonist

How do you square the small government rhetoric with Reagan? He spent massively; he had massive deficits; and they named the biggest government office building in DC after and renamed the airport.

Oh that's rich, associating the term Big Government with a big building and big Airport.

What's next? Call circles squares or start renaming the colors? I've always thought Green looked more like Blue.

According to that site, there are 1090 people named Juan Gonzalez. That site is full of shit. I think I have more cousins with that name if you count second cousins.

re: #199 aagcobb

The Democrats were the Southern white man's party for 72 years before Roosevelt created the New Deal coalition.
Politics move faster now. I expect someone from the center-right will build a new coalition and win the presidency in 2016. I expect it won't be any of the current crop of GOP presidential wannabes.

I really wish Bernie Sanders would run for president.

re: #201 cliffster

According to that site, there are 1090 people named Juan Gonzalez. That site is full of shit. I think I have more cousins with that name if you count second cousins.

Yeah, but are they legal?

re: #181 Walter L. Newton

But then again, for some people we know, a fraction of them would be a blessing...

Yes, a missing mouse finger could be a distinct improvement. I get your meaning. Less can be better.

re: #203 Naso Tang

Yeah, but are they legal?

Watch what you say about my cousin, ese

re: #200 Bagua

Oh that's rich, associating the term Big Government with a big building and big Airport.

What's next? Call circles squares or start renaming the colors? I've always thought Green looked more like Blue.

Well, you could answer the question. How do you square Ronald Reagan with small government rhetoric?

re: #205 cliffster

That was supposed to be plural, non?

re: #207 Naso Tang

I see you spend more time in Louisiana than in Texas.

re: #202 Walter L. Newton

I really wish Bernie Sanders would run for president.

3rd party candidates can't win a presidential election-even Teddy couldn't pull it off.

re: #208 cliffster

Hah. Heading to bed. Nite.

re: #206 Olsonist

Well, you could answer the question. How do you square Ronald Reagan with small government rhetoric?

You're serious? You do realise that when one talks of "big government" the reference is not to the physical size of an actual building or runway, don't you?

I might get some crap for this post but I have a bit of advice for the conservatives. NEVER let people take your philosophical name away from you.

I am a liberal. I've been one all my life and believe me I've taken some shit about it. I am a JFK Liberal and when I would tell people that online I would post this link.

[Link: www.liberalparty.org...]

While people around me were becoming "progressives" I stayed with liberal and stayed proud of it. You should do the same.

I firmly believe that the conservatives will come back and be better then ever. Tell those idiots that they don't represent you and be proud of who you are. We need two strong parties and you need to find as many people as you can that agree with your principles and spit on the idiots.

re: #211 Bagua

I am quite serious. I also listed budget sizes and budget deficits. Big government appreciated Ronald Reagan so much they named the biggest building in DC after him and renamed National Airport after him.

Nope, Ronald Reagan had that small government rhetoric down so that idiots would vote for him.

re: #206 Olsonist

Well, you could answer the question. How do you square Ronald Reagan with small government rhetoric?

I don't think you can short of writing a book...but anybody can see what's happened to CA with a huge intrusive govt, taxing everything insight, driving people out of the state and continuously piling up unfunded mandates...that's the result and whatever you can do to avoid that dead end scenario woild be a discussion of a smaller, less intrusive govt

re: #193 cliffster

Sanity and electabillity are national issues. The current GOP congressional caucus and it's senate caucus are onthe national stage - most people are not involved in local politics and form their opinions from the national discourse.

Local issues differ from district to district - thats why Howard Dean instituted the 50 state stratergy in charge of the Democrats - he picked centrists to win in the south, liberals to win in liberal areas and allowed candidates to deregate from the platform on "Life" and a couple of other issues - there will, i fear, be no such tolerance in the GOP under Steele, who is too liberal for many already and certainly not under any successor.

The GOP will be the home for Conservatism as we understand it if the tea-partiers split officially, if not it's going to be a very long lonely road with NY-23 played out all over the country.

G'night all.

re: #212 Kewalo

Preach it loud, preach it proud brother! The United States isn't designed to be run on a parliamentary system where the minority exists to snipe at everything the majority tries to do! The US needs conservatives who can work with liberals and liberals who can work with conservatives, regardless of which you believe is missing form our current congress I hope everyone can agree with that!

re: #214 albusteve

California is a basket case, not a case study.

The problems are intractable, not just with "government" per'se and not reasonably replicated across another state in near the same scale.

re: #198 albusteve

I think you are wasting your time...your position is as crazy as hers

and what's my position? anti-anarchy? yeah, SO CRAZY.

re: #213 Olsonist

I am quite serious. I also listed budget sizes and budget deficits. Big government appreciated Ronald Reagan so much they named the biggest building in DC after him and renamed National Airport after him.

Nope, Ronald Reagan had that small government rhetoric down so that idiots would vote for him.

Idiots?

I take it you approved of Jimmy Carter.

As to the Big Government thing, you have several ideas mixed up.

re: #219 Vambo

and what's my position? anti-anarchy? yeah, SO CRAZY.

It's a stretch to say this person supports anarchy...very few people do, and it was a cherry picked shriek...people say all kinds of stuff

re: #217 jamesfirecat

Exactly! But I have to admit I've been just stunned how many people I considered good conservatives have gone the route of Beck and Palin. I am truly hoping that it's a temporary aberration.

pssst...I'm a sister.

re: #214 albusteve

I'm not sure what that had to do with Ronald Reagan, deficits and small government rhetoric.

BTW, New Mexico receives more Federal spending per person than any other state. Kind of gives new meaning to The Welfare State.

re: #212 Kewalo

I agree with everything you wrote - except there need to be more than two parties.

re: #218 wozzablog

Did you read Ezra Klein today? He places a lot of the blame for CA woes on term limits.

[Link: voices.washingtonpost.com...]

I am against term limits too and think he has a good point here.

re: #213 Olsonist

Nope, Ronald Reagan had that small government rhetoric down so that idiots would vote for him.

I'll take his idiots over BO's idiots any day.

re: #218 wozzablog

California is a basket case, not a case study.

The problems are intractable, not just with "government" per'se and not reasonably replicated across another state in near the same scale.

Michigan and New Jersey are experiencing the same scenario...union power, high taxes, enormous handout costs to illegals, a dwindling population etc...it's not some freak thing

re: #224 wozzablog

I agree with everything you wrote - except there need to be more than two parties.

Agreed, we want an After Party.

re: #221 albusteve

It's a stretch to say this person supports anarchy...very few people do, and it was a cherry picked shriek...people say all kinds of stuff

but she's not an isolated case. This is a tea party meme, "get the government out of everything!" - I want to know what that means exactly. If "everything" means "everything" in the literal sense, then that means there is no government - at least not one that functions. Maybe people should be more specific.

re: #225 Kewalo

Bless you for pointing me to that - it loks interesting, but i shall have to read it later. I'm on my way off.

G'night kids/

re: #198 albusteve

I think you are wasting your time...your position is as crazy as hers

Eh? She wants the government out of her life. Out of everything. If we take her at her word, the mail is gonna stop.

So is the apprehension of people trying to blow up airplanes, and some other small things.

re: #200 Bagua

Oh that's rich, associating the term Big Government with a big building and big Airport.

What's next? Call circles squares or start renaming the colors? I've always thought Green looked more like Blue.

I don't think the point is the size of the buildings, so much as his fiscal record.

re: #224 wozzablog

So far that's never worked here, so I wouldn't count on it in my lifetime. (but I'm old) So, I suppose it's possible.

re: #220 Bagua

Idiots?

Well if you're voting for small government and getting massive deficits, then you're an idiot. Well, unless you've got a better explanation.

I take it you approved of Jimmy Carter.

I voted for him and I do approve of him.

As to the Big Government thing, you have several ideas mixed up.

Generally when the government grows bigger you get big government, no?

re: #229 Vambo

Specofics can't fit onto a bumper sticker - and thats all the tea baggers are, a bumper sticker/talking points movement who have been told what they are angry about and by golly won't stand for it any longer, until they can be told to stand down.

re: #223 Olsonist

I'm not sure what that had to do with Ronald Reagan, deficits and small government rhetoric.

BTW, New Mexico receives more Federal spending per person than any other state. Kind of gives new meaning to The Welfare State.

yeah, so what?...what's your point with this you keep bringing up?...looking for some friction again?...what's that got to do with Reagan and your original question

re: #201 cliffster

According to that site, there are 1090 people named Juan Gonzalez. That site is full of shit. I think I have more cousins with that name if you count second cousins.

That does seem like a low count.

re: #231 SanFranciscoZionist

So if a woman says, "keep the government away from my body", does that means she doesn't want public health care? I'll bet you'd find a lot of women saying the former, that wouldn't be thinking the latter...

re: #233 Kewalo

In the UK the middle party works as a centrist counter balance ready to clean up entirely across the board if one party or the other goes too far.

re: #231 SanFranciscoZionist

If we take her at her word, the mail is gonna stop.

Don't be silly, nothing can stop the Mail.

re: #236 albusteve

Steve, you brought up CA so I brought up NM. You opened the door. Deal with it.

re: #223 Olsonist

I'm not sure what that had to do with Ronald Reagan, deficits and small government rhetoric.

BTW, New Mexico receives more Federal spending per person than any other state. Kind of gives new meaning to The Welfare State.

Oh, no, not again. I can do everyone's parts for this, complete with voices and hand gestures, and it's not as funny as "A Fish Called Wanda".

Serious question;
When has any administration 'shrunk the size of government'?

re: #229 Vambo

but she's not an isolated case. This is a tea party meme, "get the government out of everything!" - I want to know what that means exactly. If "everything" means "everything" in the literal sense, then that means there is no government - at least not one that functions. Maybe people should be more specific.

yeah, like shouting "kill the ref!''...you make too much of it...but then so what if she is an anarchist?...should you be afraid of her?...put her in jail to protect you?

re: #232 SanFranciscoZionist

I don't think the point is the size of the buildings, so much as his fiscal record.

He mentioned the big building and the big airport as being examples of big government.

re: #239 wozzablog

Oh, I'm not saying I'm against it. I just think that I'm not sure it would work here. It's means retraining the whole country to think about politics differently. And for God's sake don't mention the UK after all they are socialists. /

re: #222 Kewalo

Whoops my bad, well take an upding as a condolences from me and sorry for my mistake ma'am.

re: #238 cliffster

So if a woman says, "keep the government away from my body", does that means she doesn't want public health care? I'll bet you'd find a lot of women saying the former, that wouldn't be thinking the latter...

Fair enough, but that only points out the silliness of the slogan, it doesn't make sense of what this other woman is saying.

re: #242 SanFranciscoZionist

"I'm really, really sorry. I apologize unreservedly. I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you, or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future."

re: #242 SanFranciscoZionist

Just cast Kevin Kline as me. Give me that much. You owe me that much.

re: #243 Varek Raith

Serious question;
When has any administration 'shrunk the size of government'?

Either State or Federal!
Name a governmental program that has voluntarily or suggested it's budget shrink?

re: #246 Kewalo

Heh.

Yup. Even Thatcher by American standards was a raving commie.

We are where we are.

re: #245 Bagua

He mentioned the big building and the big airport as being examples of big government.

And they are. But I also mentioned big budgets and big deficits which you conveniently ignore.

re: #243 Varek Raith

Serious question;
When has any administration 'shrunk the size of government'?

that's easy... never! The population grows. The government grows. That's how it works.

re: #247 jamesfirecat

Thank you very much kind sir!

re: #244 albusteve

yeah, like shouting "kill the ref!''...you make too much of it...but then so what if she is an anarchist?...should you be afraid of her?...put her in jail to protect you?

No, I don't think she's a criminal, I think she's a self-important, rather annoying person who hasn't thought out what she's saying.

re: #250 Olsonist

Just cast Kevin Kline as me. Give me that much. You owe me that much.

You are NOT sticking french fries up my nose.
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re: #241 Olsonist

Steve, you brought up CA so I brought up NM. You opened the door. Deal with it.

there are no unions down here to speak of...there are fewer people here than in San Jose...NM does not mismanage it's feeble resources, we are not a refuge foe illegals that drain tax revenue, people are moving here to flee CA...we have deficit spending but not the mandated costs to state employees...the two states are so different that there is little if no comparison