Go Team Retard!

I’m a ‘scholiast’.

I think she started complaining about schools, then remembered they were against socialism, or something.

Mom always said to spell check your protest sign…You never know where it may end up

More to the point the “my name is hope” sign while spelled correctly (as far as I can tell) also seems to be completely nonsensical.

Anyone have a teabonics to English translator on them?

My name is Hope Dope

FTFY

*head hitting desk-hard*

Heh…there’s a twitter-storm of haikus mocking Glenn Beck

yeah, I don’t even know what she is trying to say with the HOPE sign…

re: #7 darthstar

And Jesus said to
All his hungry disciples
Hands off my fish, chumps.

I never thought I’d learn something from a teapartier. I didn’t know scholiast was a real word.

I think those are really hard on one’s shredder. Whatever they are.

Can’t these people speel?

re: #10 bosforus

I never thought I’d learn something from a teapartier. I didn’t know scholiast was a real word.

I bet she fights tooth and nail for its inclusion in Scrabble.

This is just as funny as those wacky moonbat signs!

re: #12 Walter L. Newton

Can’t these people speel?

Noe.

Someone needs to do this at the next Tea Party rally:

re: #12 Walter L. Newton

Can’t these people speel?

No
Image: 633610346589409100-MORANS.jpg

Does a scholiast have anything to do with scholastics? If so why is she so against schooling?

/

re: #8 ohpleaseno

yeah, I don’t even know what she is trying to say with the HOPE sign…

The best I could figure is that her birth name is “Hope”, and she is angry about people using the word as a verb.

re: #16 pharmmajor

Someone needs to do this at the next Tea Party rally:

[Video]

Yes.

scho·li·ast   [skoh-lee-ast]
–noun
1. an ancient commentator on the classics.
2. a person who writes scholia.

*scratching my head*

OT Driveby Post: Did anyone see this coming?

Obama bans terms Jihad, Islam
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
07/04/2010 13:04
US to clean security strategy document as part of outreach to Islam

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s advisers will remove religious terms such as “Islamic extremism” from the central document outlining the US national security strategy and will use the rewritten document to emphasize that the United States does not view Muslim nations through the lens of terror, counterterrorism officials said.

The change is a significant shift in the National Security Strategy, a document that previously outlined the Bush Doctrine of preventative war and currently states: “The struggle against militant Islamic radicalism is the great ideological conflict of the early years of the 21st century.”

The officials described the changes on condition of anonymity because the document was still being written, and the White House would not discuss it. But rewriting the strategy document will be the latest example of Obama putting his stamp on US foreign policy, like his promises to dismantle nuclear weapons and limit the situations in which they can be used.

scholiast [ˈskəʊlɪˌæst] n (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a medieval annotator, esp of classical texts

re: #16 pharmmajor

Someone needs to do this at the next Tea Party rally:

[Video]

They need to include a choreographed dance routine. Nothing fancy, just a little something to add to the absurdity.

My Name Is HOPE NOT THE CONGRESS TAXING HOPE SO STOP USING MY NAME FOR YOUR PUDDING!

re: #22 Spare O’Lake

Now… if we could only get Islam to stop using these terms.

re: #22 Spare O’Lake

OT Driveby Post: Did anyone see this coming?

Yes, and it’s a good thing. Equating Islam with terrorism hasn’t gained us anything. It makes as much sense as equating Christianity with pedophilia.

re: #27 darthstar

Yes, and it’s a good thing. Equating Islam with terrorism hasn’t gained us anything. It makes as much sense as equating Christianity with pedophilia.

Or the Tea Party with racism?

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Or the Tea Party with racism?

The Tea Party isn’t a religion.

ROFLMAO

re: #23 Walter L. Newton

scholiast [ˈskəʊlɪˌæ ;st] n (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a medieval annotator, esp of classical texts

I thought it was a crooked backbone.

re: #29 darthstar

A little wishful thinking….?

re: #22 Spare O’Lake

OT Driveby Post: Did anyone see this coming?

Quiz time!

How many times is the word “Islamic” mentioned in the current NSS?

re: #24 Slumbering Behemoth

They need to include a choreographed dance routine. Nothing fancy, just a little something to add to the absurdity.

I’ve got your choreography right here

I think they’re stealing their schtick from this dude:

re: #21 allegro

3. adj. A thing that is more scholie than everything else; “That’s the scholiast european shoulder bag I’ve seen this week, dude!”

re: #33 Gus 802

Quiz time!

How many times is the word “Islamic” mentioned in the current NSS?

Anyone want to guess?

By the way. There is no instance of “Islamic extremism” in the current NSS. They instead use the phrase “Islamic radicalism.”

Maybe they learned their English on “In Living Color”.

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

I do not believe your equivocation works. Because both “Islam” and “Christianity” are umbrella terms, used by very wide and divergent groups of people, it becomes difficult to impossible to categorize the components of them.

“Tea Party” is a very specific social-political movement at this time in one country, with easily identifiable elements (such as KT did with ferreting out the Paulian origins of Tea Party-ism.)

So, while:

Tea Party : Racism :: Wahabist Al Qaeda : Terrorism

probably works well, the following:

Tea Party : Racism :: Islam: Terrorism

doesn’t.

VDH on the upcoming immigration debate …

[Link: victorhanson.com…]

He is a smart man with lots of good points … not a flamethrower.

re: #36 Slap

3. adj. A thing that is more scholie than everything else; “That’s the scholiast european shoulder bag I’ve seen this week, dude!”

It’s a minor misspelling…she meant to write Soscholiast.

re: #33 Gus 802

4

Hope is “trippin” …

IDIOTARIANISM GONE WILD!
Radical Islam is the number one motivator of terrorism in the world today.
But don’t let that stop your pandering.
BBL

re: #40 _RememberTonyC

He is a smart man with lots of good points … not a flamethrower.

I disagree, in part. Yes, he is well educated. However, over the past year or two VDH has continued to hone his message to sell to the Tea Party/revanchist crowd. His choice, of course, we all have to make a living somehow, I just don’t agree that he has taken the high road.

And now we have yet another person trying to claim there were black soldiers fighting for the Confederacy.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

re: #44 Spare O’Lake

IDIOTARIANISM GONE WILD!
Radical Islam is the number one motivator of terrorism in the world today.
But don’t let that stop your pandering.
BBL

Who are you talking to?

re: #42 Olsonist

4

Close!

OK, the answer is: 3 times. In fact they use it in a positive light in the first two instances:

National Security Strategy of the United States (2006)

The strategy to counter the lies behind the terrorists’ ideology is to empower the very people the terrorists most want to exploit: the faithful followers of Islam. We will continue to support political reforms that empower peaceful Muslims to practice and interpret their faith. The most vital work will be done within the Islamic world itself, and Jordan, Morocco, and Indonesia have begun to make important strides in this effort. Responsible Islamic leaders need to denounce an ideology that distorts and exploits Islam for destructive ends and defiles a proud religion.

and

The struggle against militant Islamic radicalism is the great ideological conflict of the early years of the 21st century and finds the great powers all on the same side – opposing the terrorists. This circumstance differs profoundly from the ideological struggles of the 20th century, which saw the great powers divided by ideology as well as by national interest.

re: #42 Olsonist

How many times is Korean used? Also, it quotes Tom Friedman. Yuck.

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Or the Tea Party with racism?

*DING*

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Completely off topic: Lost was excellent last night. Things finally started coming together…and got even more confusing. But the major story arc is getting a lot clearer.

Your thoughts?

re: #47 Obdicut

Who are you talking to?

The POTUS and his apologists.

Dinner’s being delivered! Hooray for broken toes!

I really must go now, sorry, see you later.

re: #50 MandyManners

*DING*

Why do you think Farah got a standing ovation at CPAC?

re: #50 MandyManners

*DING-dong*

FTFY

re: #53 MandyManners

Dinner’s being delivered! Hooray for broken toes!

You have broken toes? what happened?

re: #57 HoosierHoops

You have broken toes? what happened?

She drops shit.

re: #51 SixDegrees

Completely off topic: Lost was excellent last night. Things finally started coming together…and got even more confusing. But the major story arc is getting a lot clearer.

Your thoughts?

Agreed, the story is coming together nicely. Not that I’ve figured it out in any way. I did notice in ship wreck episode that there is an electrical component to Smokey that I hadn’t seen before.

re: #52 Spare O’Lake

The POTUS and his apologists.

Yeah, that’s some big apology going on in Afghanistan now isn’t it?

McDonnell Apologizes For Proclamation, Adds Slavery Clause

re: #58 darthstar

She drops shit.

I would recommend she curb her iron intake.

(get it?!)

re: #60 Gus 802

Yeah, that’s some big apology going on in Afghanistan now isn’t it?

SO’L is sol.

re: #61 Killgore Trout

We’ll file that under “O” for “OOOPS!”

re: #40 _RememberTonyC

VDH on the upcoming immigration debate …

[Link: victorhanson.com…]

He is a smart man with lots of good points … not a flamethrower.

I disagree.

This polarization is critical for the bill’s passage, since it does not have 50 percent public support — and won’t unless a series of constituencies can be united to see the issue in polarities such as us vs. them, whites vs. people of color, rich vs. poor. Blacks will be told it is Birmingham all over again. The Mexican-American middle class, highly skeptical of open borders, will be told that opposition to amnesty is “anti-Hispanic.”

re: #48 Gus 802

4

Despite possessing a military ranking in the world’s top seven, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is currently challenged by an ideologically driven Taliban, which has laid claim to much of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Baluchistan—two of the country’s four provinces—and to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), located northeast of Baluchistan on the border with Afghanistan.

For others, the Islamic republic’s life is in danger and time is running out.

However, the Taliban have a significant advantage in the region because of their ethnicity and Islamic religious beliefs.

In the 1970s, General Zia-ul-Haq introduced Islamic Sharia law, encouraged the development of madrassa schools with religious teachings, and Islamicized the Pakistan army and the Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI), the intelligence apparatus.

Now give me my money.

re: #66 Olsonist

4

Despite possessing a military ranking in the world’s top seven, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is currently challenged by an ideologically driven Taliban, which has laid claim to much of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Baluchistan—two of the country’s four provinces—and to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), located northeast of Baluchistan on the border with Afghanistan.

For others, the Islamic republic’s life is in danger and time is running out.

However, the Taliban have a significant advantage in the region because of their ethnicity and Islamic religious beliefs.

In the 1970s, General Zia-ul-Haq introduced Islamic Sharia law, encouraged the development of madrassa schools with religious teachings, and Islamicized the Pakistan army and the Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI), the intelligence apparatus.

Now give me my money.

Argh! :)

Which version are you looking at? I have the 2006.

[Link: slomanson.tjsl.edu…]

Well these people’s opposition to education sending really shows!

802, you’re looking at the 2006 NSS. Obama has increased the use of Islamic by 33% from that defeatist Bush.

re: #61 Killgore Trout

McDonnell Apologizes For Proclamation, Adds Slavery Clause

That train has left the station, McDonnell…

re: #51 SixDegrees

Completely off topic: Lost was excellent last night. Things finally started coming together…and got even more confusing. But the major story arc is getting a lot clearer.

Your thoughts?

Extremely clever looping internal referencing. What’s interesting is we now accept Desmond “flipping” between realities, because we have been “taught” the rules of how that happens to him. We accept that Ms. Hawking is probably the chief “time lord” because we have been shown in the past that she is the most centered character in regards to time traveling. In short, we have been given all this canon, mythos, rules… everything that makes up the LOST world, so, in this season, we understand what is happening, but we still don’t know why.

Very clever use of creating a total fictional world, schooling us in the in/outs of this world, and moving us to a climax with total acceptance from us as to the way it works, and at the same time keeping us totally in the dark about the bigger picture.

I’m loving the ride.

re: #61 Killgore Trout

McDonnell Apologizes For Proclamation, Adds Slavery Clause

I am pleasantly surprised.

re: #69 Olsonist

802, you’re looking at the 2006 NSS. Obama has increased the use of Islamic by 33% from that defeatist Bush.

Sweet!

Heads explode!

re: #66 Olsonist

re: #67 Gus 802

Awesome job for both of you. Fact checking like that is what makes this site great!

We’re saved!

Palin, Bachmann rally conservatives

Republican hot button Sarah Palin took the stage Wednesday afternoon in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, ahead of a Republican fundraising event.
The former Alaska governor and current conservative superstar headlined the event hosted by the Republican Party of Minnesota. Palin’s last appearance in Minnesota was for her book tour in December.

Also featured, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, a recent fixture among the Tea Party crowd and fierce critic of President Obama.

“Two years from now President Obama will be a one term president because we are going to elect the boldest, strongest, most courageous rock-ribbed constitutional conservative president this country has ever seen,” Bachmann said.

Just what we need… a President with ribs made out of rocks.

re: #75 freetoken

Rock-ribbed for pleasure.

re: #72 wrenchwench

I am pleasantly surprised.

You’ve got to wonder what goes through the head of elected officials like him, in such prominent positions, when they do something like this.

re: #74 LudwigVanQuixote

re: #67 Gus 802

Awesome job for both of you. Fact checking like that is what makes this site great!

Thanks.

I hereby declare the upcoming revisions to the National Security Strategy of the United States a nontroversy!

re: #40 _RememberTonyC

VDH on the upcoming immigration debate …

[Link: victorhanson.com…]

He is a smart man with lots of good points … not a flamethrower.

an excellent read….very scary tho, because of the bottom line…votes/power

re: #61 Killgore Trout

McDonnell Apologizes For Proclamation, Adds Slavery Clause

When I signed the Proclamation designating February as Black History Month, and as I look out my window at the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial, I am reminded that, even 150 years later, Virginia’s past is inextricably part of our present. The Confederate History Month proclamation issued was solely intended to promote the study of our history, encourage tourism in our state in advance of the 150th Anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, and recognize Virginia’s unique role in the story of America. The Virginia General Assembly unanimously approved the establishment of a Sesquicentennial American Civil War Commission to prepare for and commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the War, in order to promote history and create recognition programs and activities.

I think he basically states it right there, it was in response to Black History Month.

Huh?

re: #75 freetoken

We’re saved!

Palin, Bachmann rally conservatives

Just what we need… a President with ribs made out of rocks.

No Lord G-D will make a women outta those ribs!

Be aware, Cato, if you ever need to get food for your friend:

Disabled man loses bid for dog food stamps

A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled a disabled man cannot get food stamps for his service dog.

A three-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court rejected James Douris’s claim that his service dog is a member of his household. The court found the law specifically describes a service animal as a medical appliance.

re: #22 Spare O’Lake

OT Driveby Post: Did anyone see this coming?

yeah, and it’s a great idea. Demonizing a religion is bad politics.

re: #61 Killgore Trout

McDonnell Apologizes For Proclamation, Adds Slavery Clause

what a guy!…I knew he’d come through in the clutch

re: #78 Gus 802

Documents like that are never about the product but always about the thinking, the work that goes into them rather than the words that come out. Business plans are exactly the same. No one ever reads them but you’re a fool if you don’t go through the work to write one.

That said, I think I’ll set aside some time and actually read this one rather than just use the PDF search function.

re: #70 darthstar

That train has left the station, McDonnell…

No explanation of how this ‘mistake’ occurred, of course.

re: #80 Stanley Sea

I think he basically states it right there, it was in response to Black History Month.

And he clearly has no idea why we have black history month. Lovely.

re: #71 Walter L. Newton

Fascinating. So many “key” characters which are special in some unknown way. I reckon that we are going to find more clues about the connection with pregnancy and the Island, tying in to one of the special types such as Desmond.

At this point my vote is for an Alien connection, with the Island being the equivalent of a penal colony where Smokey was sent in exile.

re: #44 Spare O’Lake

IDIOTARIANISM GONE WILD!
Radical Islam is the number one motivator of terrorism in the world today.
But don’t let that stop your pandering.
BBL

do you ever think of anything else?

re: #77 freetoken

You’ve got to wonder what goes through the head of elected officials like him, in such prominent positions, when they do something like this.

air, the wind whistles straight through his head…the guy is almost dangerous

re: #61 Killgore Trout

McDonnell Apologizes For Proclamation, Adds Slavery Clause

WHEREAS, it is important for all Virginians to understand that the institution of slavery led to this war and was an evil and inhumane practice that deprived people of their God-given inalienable rights and all Virginians are thankful for its permanent eradication from our borders, and the study of this time period should reflect upon and learn from this painful part of our history; and

[Link: www.governor.virginia.gov…]

Much better.

re: #87 Obdicut

No explanation of how this ‘mistake’ occurred, of course.

And it’s still a stupid fucking idea. Honoring the Confederation is honoring slavery. Even with the added disclaimer that it’s not a racist idea.

re: #44 Spare O’Lake

Radical Islam is the number one motivator of terrorism in the world today.

Odd…you have never mentioned this before!

re: #94 bratwurst

Odd…you have never mentioned this before!

I didn’t consider this the last 850 times he said it, maybe I will this time! :D

re: #52 Spare O’Lake

they’re not listening. the president nor the apologists.

re: #93 darthstar

It doesn’t take away the clause that honors only the sacrifices of the leaders, soldiers, and citizens of the Confederacy, either.

And there is no real apology, or even attempt at one. Just that it was a ‘mistake’.

Why was it written the other way in the first place?

What sacrifices did the Confederate leaders, citizens, and soldiers make for the black residents of Virginia?

This is still bullshit.

re: #95 WindUpBird

I didn’t consider this the last 850 times he said it, maybe I will this time! :D

it still has a ways to go to catch up with the racism/lunatic/GOP meme….show some patience

“What do we want?!”
“The government to stop shredding our constitutional freedoms, and also to stop using my name which is Hope for their something something!”
“When do we want it!?”
“Until a republican is in office!”

re: #96 zora

they’re not listening. the president nor the apologists.

Yes, anyone who doesn’t view Islam as the enemy is an apologist for radical Islamic terrorists. That makes boat loads of sense. I seriously question if some of the people posting here have ever met a Muslim…

re: #45 freetoken

I disagree, in part. Yes, he is well educated. However, over the past year or two VDH has continued to hone his message to sell to the Tea Party/revanchist crowd. His choice, of course, we all have to make a living somehow, I just don’t agree that he has taken the high road.

it’s all relative … i’m no tea partier and certainly no “scholiast,” but VDH seems moderate enough for me.

re: #100 McSpiff

Yes, anyone who doesn’t view Islam as the enemy is an apologist for radical Islamic terrorists. That makes boat loads of sense. I seriously question if some of the people posting here have ever met a Muslim…

whoops…you left out the ‘radical’ part….start over

re: #96 zora

Something makes me think Zora was being sarcastic?

re: #2 darthstar

I’m a ‘scholiast’.

I think she started complaining about schools, then remembered they were against socialism, or something.

I strongly suspect that was supposed to be ‘socialist’, and then the spellcheck took its best guess.

re: #8 ohpleaseno

yeah, I don’t even know what she is trying to say with the HOPE sign…

I think it translates to: “My name is Hope. I don’t like taxes, and I have somehow conflated Obama’s ‘hope and change’ line with Congress imposing taxes on me. Please stop using my name, and stop taxing me.”

I realize this doesn’t make a LOT more sense, now that I read it over.

re: #104 SanFranciscoZionist

I strongly suspect that was supposed to be ‘socialist’, and then the spellcheck took its best guess.

Yep…that excuses the printed signs…but for the hand-written ones, it’s just good ole fashioned stupidity.

re: #103 Stanley Sea

i was. forgot the /.

I live in Virginia. A few times a month I drive within two miles of Appomattox Courthouse. Last week, Manassas. Right now I am in Richmond, Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond has 18,000 Confederate enlisted soldiers, 25 Confederate Generals (and two (Tyler and Monroe) Presidents, [three if you count Jefferson Davis-sarc/]) buried there. I am close to the church where Patrick Henry spoke his famous words.

Mount Vernon, Montecello, Montpelier and Woodrow Wilson’s birthplace are both less than two hours from me right now. Yorktown is an hour and a half.
Jamestown, is an hour away.

Gosh, what a cool Commonwealth.

Y’all come visit, ya hear? Bring some money and spend it on me.

re: #102 albusteve

whoops…you left out the ‘radical’ part…start over

No, I just think focusing national security on one religious or ethnic group is boneheaded, when we should be focusing on ways and means of attacking the nation.

The terrorists figured this out years ago.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

How would have focusing on Islam have helped America stopped such an attack?

re: #31 reine.de.tout

I thought it was a crooked backbone.

Scoliosis.

re: #107 zora

i was. forgot the /.

Apologies.

re: #107 zora

I thought I kinda knew you!

re: #110 SanFranciscoZionist

Scoliosis.

LOL.
I know. Daughter has very mild scoliosis.

But a crooked backbone is required, IMO, for someone to go to an event and proudly carry these sorts of signs.

CNN’s report has photos of Tea Party signs including the fourth one in the slideshow that says “Racism is garbage. Do NOT recycle. Just toss it.”

Reporter’s Notebook

CNN was the only national news outlet on this Western leg of the tour. We had a full team on the ground: myself, correspondent Ed Lavandera, producers Tracy Sabo and Jim Spellman and the crew of the CNN Express bus. For Spellman, it was his third Tea Party Express tour.

Together, we beamed out images of the anger and the optimism, profiled African-Americans who are proud to be in the Tea Party’s minority and showed activists stirred by “God Bless America” or amused by a young rapper who strung together rhymes against the president and Democrats.

The CNN Express traveled with the Tea Party Express buses for hundreds of miles, from rally to rally to rally.

Being at a Tea Party rally is not quite like seeing it on TV, in newspapers or online. That’s the reason CNN is covering this political movement — and doing so in ways few others can or choose to do.

It is important to show the colorful anger Americans might have against elected leaders and Washington. But people should also see the orange-vested Tea Party hospitality handlers who welcome you with colorful smiles.

There were a few signs that could be seen as offensive to African-Americans. But by and large, no one I spoke with or I heard from on stage said anything that was approaching racist.

Almost everyone I met was welcoming to this African-American television news producer.

re: #100 McSpiff

I have. I question whether you have, though.

re: #115 Sionainn

I have. I question whether you have, though.

Why do you question it?

re: #116 Obdicut

Maybe I’m reading the other post wrong.

re: #117 Sionainn

Maybe I’m reading the other post wrong.

Well, how are you reading it?

re: #100 McSpiff

My apologies for my previous post. I do believe I misread your post.

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Or the Tea Party with racism?

If the sign fits, carry it.

re: #118 Obdicut

When I read it, the “That makes boat loads of sense” did register which, of course, changed the whole meaning. I thought it was another “all Muslims are terrorists” post. Sorry about that.

re: #83 freetoken

I feed Haku before I feed myself.

But thanks, he’s sweet enough to beg food from a butcher. I, on the other hand, a vermiculated old lizard, probably couldn’t get food stamps for myself!

re: #121 Sionainn

Arrrgggh. I think I’ll stop posting today because I meant that it “didn’t register.” Just not my day…….

*tiptoeing backwards*

re: #121 Sionainn

No problem, and thank you for clarifying yourself.

re: #83 freetoken

Be aware, Cato, if you ever need to get food for your friend:

Disabled man loses bid for dog food stamps

And by the way, FT, that ruling is against the ADA, and can (and should) be appealed. Would they say the same about a regular seeing-eye dog?

Not hardly.

But other service dogs are constantly discriminated against. We keep finding new things that dogs can do for people, and the law keeps halting ten to twenty years behind the times.

Free the Service Dogs to Serve Their People!

re: #124 Obdicut

Well, if I’m going to jump on someone, I should make sure that they are actually guilty. How embarrassing.

re: #126 Sionainn

You admitted you read it wrong and apologized, which is more than most people are capable of.

re: #126 Sionainn

it’s ok, I’ve done it too

re: #122 Cato the Elder

I feed Haku before I feed myself.!

That is actually he Jewish law on that matter. Speaking of which it is hot enough here that both of my boys are sacked out on their sides napping.

I’ve been a scholiast my whole life, but never even thought about founding a party based on Scholasticism. Maybe the time is right!

Alexander of Aphrodisias and Simplicius (foreigners) want to force you to buy health insurance!

Group hug!

re: #127 Obdicut

re: #128 WindUpBird

re: #132 McSpiff

Thank you, all, for being so nice to a newby.

re: #130 Cato the Elder

I’ve been a scholiast my whole life, but never even thought about founding a party based on Scholasticism. Maybe the time is right!

It’s been Duns.

re: #18 ausador

Does a scholiast have anything to do with scholastics? If so why is she so against schooling?

/

I was thinking if it had been “Scaliast,” it would have made a weird kind of sense, though of course teabaggers almost certainly favor a Supreme Court that believes corporations are people (just immortal people who pay no actual taxes and are completely immune from any criminal complaint if, for instance, they manage to kill several dozen West Virginia miners while on a psychotic corporate quest for profit).

re: #126 Sionainn

Well, if I’m going to jump on someone, I should make sure that they are actually guilty. How embarrassing.

We’ve all had our moments.
They happen.
They pass.
Please don’t worry about it.

I can’t be the first one to have noticed - or commented - on this, but none of these people can SPELL, can they? Is there a law of nature concerning protest signs or something?

re: #77 freetoken

You’ve got to wonder what goes through the head of elected officials like him, in such prominent positions, when they do something like this.

Shine a flashlight in one ear, look at the pretty colors coming out the other.

re: #137 michaelgh

I can’t be the first one to have noticed - or commented - on this, but none of these people can SPELL, can they? Is there a law of nature concerning protest signs or something?

Reporters, photographers, and videographers always look for the exceptional, be it good or bad, because that’s what editors, publishers, station and network managers, “suits”, et al, want. Bad sells more stuff, probably because it makes the average viewer/reader feel more intelligent/fortunate/etc.

That said, I think there are more f’ing morons in the Tea Party movement than in most groups. I get the feeling that when it comes to finding something visual that makes the Tea Partiers look stupid, they don’t have to look very far.

re: #44 Spare O’Lake

IDIOTARIANISM GONE WILD!
Radical Islam is the number one motivator of terrorism in the world today.
But don’t let that stop your pandering.
BBL

The Hutaree nimrods are Islamic Radicals?

I bet that would be news to them.

But don’t let that stop your pandering.