At the Baton Rouge Tea Party on April 15, 2009, with tea bags hanging from his ears, a neo-Confederate confronts an African American who asks why he’s flying the Dixie flag.
Bad craziness ensues.
(Hat tip: Trout.)
Am I allowed to use “teabagger” to describe this guy when he hangs them from his own ears? And then goes out in public like that?
A closeup of the sign our Louisiana teabagger is holding:
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Obdicut Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:38:20pm |
I am really impressed by the self-control of the black man talking to him.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:40:05pm |
re: #1 Obdicut
He does get a little flustered but he keeps his cool.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:40:22pm |
Yeah. He's not old enough to be out of college, I don't think, and he's very calm and rational in the face of, well, a man with a Confederate flag, and teabags hanging from his ears.
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Obdicut Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:40:39pm |
re: #2 Killgore Trout
Yes. I'd be more than flustered in the face of that.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:41:03pm |
Repost from the last thread but with a different Killgore quote...
re: #43 Killgore Trout
I'm guessing Georgia or Alabama from the accents. There was a new round of Tea Parties today but I'm not sure how old this video is.
That ain't better! I can't stand Neo-Confederates. If that guy is from Georgia, it seems he's in need of reminding about what happened when his ilk decided to true conclusions with Abraham Lincoln. To that end:
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jamesfirecat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:41:53pm |
"The south actually freed the slaves before the north did"
Excuse me I need to go vomit up my dinner and my lunch... and my breakfast...
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:43:04pm |
re: #6 jamesfirecat
"The south actually freed the slaves before the north did"
Excuse me I need to go vomit up my dinner and my lunch... and my breakfast...
"You make me want to vomit meals I ate in my youth."
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:43:22pm |
re: #5 Dark_Falcon
I assume they're on the steps of the capitol of whatever city they're in. Someone will recognize it.
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:43:45pm |
My goodness, how many conspiracies can one believe in at one time!
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jamesfirecat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:43:50pm |
"Micheal Luther King, it's on his birth certificate..."
You know sometimes the jokes just write themselves...
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:44:18pm |
re: #1 Obdicut
I am really impressed by the self-control of the black man talking to him.
Yeah. That fellow is definitely better than me. I have no patience for stupid,callous and ignorant types. I would have certainly told the ignorant piece of shit flying the Dixie flag that he was an ignorant piece of shit.
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Charles Johnson Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:44:36pm |
Anyone recognize the building in the background?
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:44:41pm |
I only could watch a minute of that but it impressed me how patient the kid was. He's a bigger and more mature man than I am.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:44:41pm |
re: #8 Killgore Trout
I assume they're on the steps of the capitol of whatever city they're in. Someone will recognize it.
Hopefully. This vid makes me sick. It's like this asshole came out of a time warp from the 1950's and not the best part of the 50's either.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:44:42pm |
re: #9 marjoriemoon
As many as they wish to. Oy vey this is very bad
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:45:39pm |
I wonder how upset people would be if I started burning Confederate flags at rallies...
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:45:46pm |
re: #14 Dark_Falcon
Hopefully. This vid makes me sick. It's like this asshole came out of a time warp from the 1950's and not the best part of the 50's either.
Ward Cleaver would NEVER have gone anywhere with teabags hanging from his ears.
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Obdicut Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:46:16pm |
re: #17 JasonA
I will bet you $100 that if you burn a Confederate flag at a Tea Party rally that someone calls you a traitor.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:46:16pm |
re: #15 PhillyPretzel
As many as they wish to. Oy vey this is very bad
That man may as well be living in the Matrix.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:46:32pm |
Did you guys notice his second sign about how April 15th is akin to mugging. Uh huh buddy.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:46:44pm |
re: #19 Obdicut
I will bet you $100 that if you burn a Confederate flag at a Tea Party rally that someone calls you a traitor.
Christ, I really wish I had the money to make a trip to one of them...
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:47:16pm |
re: #11 LudwigVanQuixote
Yeah. That fellow is definitely better than me. I have no patience for stupid,callous and ignorant types. I would have certainly told the ignorant piece of shit flying the Dixie flag that he was an ignorant piece of shit.
You're a firebrand, Ludwig, and I admire that in you. I have no doubt that had you been alive and living in the North at that time, you'd have been one of the first to enlist to crush slavery and preserve the Union. Your commitment to justice is undoubted.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:47:52pm |
re: #23 Dark_Falcon
You're a firebrand, Ludwig, and I admire that in you. I have no doubt that had you been alive and living in the North at that time, you'd have been one of the first to enlist to crush slavery and preserve the Union. Your commitment to justice is undoubted.
Thank you sir. I am honored.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:48:12pm |
re: #14 Dark_Falcon
Hopefully. This vid makes me sick. It's like this asshole came out of a time warp from the 1950's and not the best part of the 50's either.
Really? I thought he fought at Bull Run...
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jamesfirecat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:48:16pm |
"Getting paid to sit on your but..."
Yeah because in the old days there was never a black person who lacked for a job. Of course they might not get paid for it....
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:48:19pm |
re: #16 Charles
It's not the Georgia state capitol.
OK so now I am curious. It looks vaguely like the Dragnet police building.
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:48:43pm |
re: #6 jamesfirecat
"The south actually freed the slaves before the north did"
Excuse me I need to go vomit up my dinner and my lunch... and my breakfast...
Um, yeah, the North freed the slaves in Confederate territories in 1863 by the Emancipation Proclamation and then passed the 14th Amendment in 1865.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:48:55pm |
re: #19 Obdicut
I will bet you $100 that if you burn a Confederate flag at a Tea Party rally that someone calls you a traitor.
They might well take a shot at you. Some Neo-Confederates are pretty hardcore and burning a groups flag is a serious insult.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:49:39pm |
re: #27 LudwigVanQuixote
OK so now I am curious. It looks vaguely like the Dragnet police building.
You mean Parker Center in LA? Let me look again and see.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:49:51pm |
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Obdicut Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:50:00pm |
re: #29 Dark_Falcon
Yes, let me make it clear I'm not encouraging anyone to go and get themselves hurt. I don't think the audience would get the point, and it would just inflame things.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:51:07pm |
re: #29 Dark_Falcon
They might well take a shot at you. Some Neo-Confederates are pretty hardcore and burning a groups flag is a serious insult.
re: #19 Obdicut
I will bet you $100 that if you burn a Confederate flag at a Tea Party rally that someone calls you a traitor.
And yet that is free speech. While we are at it, burning such flags is a bit of a tradition in the parts I'm from.
This Pennsylvania boy says bring it you traitors and treasonous anti-Americans from the South. We can whup you a second time too.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:52:07pm |
re: #32 Obdicut
Yes, let me make it clear I'm not encouraging anyone to go and get themselves hurt. I don't think the audience would get the point, and it would just inflame things.
Yes. By burning a piece of cloth that represents open rebellion.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:52:47pm |
re: #35 JasonA
Yes. By burning a piece of cloth that represents open rebellion.
Which is ironic since it is a rebel flag...
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:52:47pm |
re: #9 marjoriemoon
My goodness, how many conspiracies can one believe in at one time!
The more conspiracies you "SEE"**, the wider-open your eyes are. Disbelieving any given conspiracy theory increases your Sheeple Quotient, and we can't have that.
** Conspiracies are never "believed in", as they are not matters of faith and therefore opinion. Conspiracy theories are SEEN, as in, "I am sufficiently enlightened and tuned in to the Real Story that I can SEE things the poor Matrix-dwellers around me can't or don't want to see."
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:55:18pm |
re: #31 Gus 802
Baton Rouge
That explains the resemblance. Parker Center was built as a high rise government building. The modern Louisiana State Capitol Building is also a high-rise building. It was built under Huey Long (the famous 'Kingfish') in the early 30's.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:55:37pm |
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:55:49pm |
I thought it was Louisiana by the way he said New Orlenas.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:56:36pm |
re: #37 negativ
The more conspiracies you "SEE"**, the wider-open your eyes are. Disbelieving any given conspiracy theory increases your Sheeple Quotient, and we can't have that.
** Conspiracies are never "believed in", as they are not matters of faith and therefore opinion. Conspiracy theories are SEEN, as in, "I am sufficiently enlightened and tuned in to the Real Story that I can SEE things the poor Matrix-dwellers around me can't or don't want to see."
This is really astute. I think you have a major insight into the dynamics here.
The conspiracy theorists are much like a cult in this way. They have an in crowd of the enlightened and all the deluded lesser folks on the outside. Much like a cult, they have their own lingo, and the clustering behavior of an echo chamber that reinforces orthodoxy and rewards ever more outlandish behavior.
It's a cult, complete with cult gurus and the intense shunning of outside views or facts which contradict the "realities" of the cult.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:56:40pm |
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jamesfirecat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:57:06pm |
I'd like to introduce that guy to a little thing called the Dunning-Kruger effect...
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Charles Johnson Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:57:20pm |
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Vambo Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:58:31pm |
I stopped when he said "nothing to do with slavery".
This is one of my top 5 most hated ignorant statements, along with Holocaust denialism and appreciation for Soviet Russia.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:58:38pm |
re: #46 Charles
That's it, Google maestro.
Thanks. :) Happened to be fiddling with a new driver for my mouse. Has one button search.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 6:58:49pm |
re: #32 Obdicut
Yes, let me make it clear I'm not encouraging anyone to go and get themselves hurt. I don't think the audience would get the point, and it would just inflame things.
Good pun.
But seriously, as a news worthy counter protest, I personally love the idea of getting a couple hundred of my students and friends together, going to a tea party and burning some Dixie Flags while singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:01:37pm |
re: #49 LudwigVanQuixote
Good pun.
But seriously, as a news worthy counter protest, I personally love the idea of getting a couple hundred of my students and friends together, going to a tea party and burning some Dixie Flags while singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Better yet, Marching Through Georgia...
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:02:13pm |
The work relief projects look similiarre: #49 LudwigVanQuixote
Please do. Force them to defend your free speech rights.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:02:28pm |
Look at the dates on his sign: Ruby Ridge, Waco, 9-11, Civil war. This video was shot last year. This guy was way ahead of his time. This guy, Glenn Beck, Ron Paul and Fox news are all getting their revisionist history from the same place.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:02:48pm |
re: #49 LudwigVanQuixote
Good pun.
But seriously, as a news worthy counter protest, I personally love the idea of getting a couple hundred of my students and friends together, going to a tea party and burning some Dixie Flags while singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
I live that idea too. Though I'd like to throw in some Union Blue uniforms for some of the participants and add "The Battle Cry of Freedom" to the song list.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:02:49pm |
The sign he's holding says "American Murdered" with "by govt" in smaller prints. Under his list he includes Waco and 9-11-01. I'm sure others have noticed this.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:03:02pm |
re: #50 jamesfirecat
Better yet, Marching Through Georgia...
I disagree. Everyone knows Glory Glory Hallelujah. Everyone knows what that song stands for and that those who would tear America part from within are greeted with that song.
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Charles Johnson Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:03:08pm |
Anybody see an organizer come up to this guy and tell him to beat it? No? Didn't think so.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:03:32pm |
re: #54 Gus 802
Yeah, I just noticed that myself.
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:03:38pm |
re: #54 Gus 802
The sign he's holding says "American Murdered" with "by govt" in smaller prints. Under his list he includes Waco and 9-11-01. I'm sure others have noticed this.
He also includes Pearl Harbor and the Kennedy assassination.
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:03:47pm |
re: #47 Vambo
I stopped when he said "nothing to do with slavery".
This is one of my top 5 most hated ignorant statements, along with Holocaust denialism and appreciation for Soviet Russia.
According to the Declaration of Causes of Secession for South Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, and Georgia, slavery had everything to do with secession.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:04:17pm |
re: #55 LudwigVanQuixote
I disagree. Everyone knows Glory Glory Hallelujah. Everyone knows what that song stands for and that those who would tear America part from within are greeted with that song.
Yes, but Marching Through Georgia, is all about the impotence of the south to defend itself from the North.
If you're gonna swing hittem where it hurts!
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Batman Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:04:44pm |
I just looked it up on Wikipedia, and apparently Dr. King WAS born Michael King (no Luther) and named after his father. His father changed both of their names when he was young in honor of Martin Luther. I don't know why this man would keep referring to him as Michael Luther King other than to belittle him and equate him with Obama, because he's black and they also think he forged his birth certificate and thus they're both in some way "illegitimate."
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:05:14pm |
re: #56 Charles
Anybody see an organizer come up to this guy and tell him to beat it? No? Didn't think so.
I saw a police officer, maybe it was a private security guard, come over and ask what the problem was, and the black guy said they were just having a "friendly conversation."
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:05:16pm |
re: #58 Lidane
He also includes Pearl Harbor and the Kennedy assassination.
I can't understand listing Pearl Harbor. It was a vile act by Japan, but as an attack on a military target, it was not murder.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:05:28pm |
re: #58 Lidane
He also includes Pearl Harbor and the Kennedy assassination.
IIRC, Glenn Beck did a rant recently that a progressive conspiracy forced the Japanese to attack us. Damn, it's tough to keep track of all this shit.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:05:53pm |
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Virginia Plain Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:05:56pm |
I'm surprised someone hasn't posted this:
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jamesfirecat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:06:26pm |
re: #63 Dark_Falcon
I can't understand listing Pearl Harbor. It was a vile act by Japan, but as an attack on a military target, it was not murder.
Well I'm sure he believes that the US staged it some how so that our war mongering president FDR could give us an excuse to go shoot squint eyes...
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:06:59pm |
re: #63 Dark_Falcon
I can't understand listing Pearl Harbor. It was a vile act by Japan, but as an attack on a military target, it was not murder.
There is a wacky conspiracy theory that FDR "provoked" the Japanese by withholding their oil and steel supplies, that he "knew in advance" about the attack but "didn't try to stop it."
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:07:03pm |
re: #66 Virginia Plain
I'm surprised someone hasn't posted this:
[Video]
I posted it at #5. But it's OK to post it again.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:07:42pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:08:03pm |
re: #54 Gus 802
The sign he's holding says "American Murdered" with "by govt" in smaller prints. Under his list he includes Waco and 9-11-01. I'm sure others have noticed this.
Yeah, what exactly is the wingnut fascination with David Koresh?
You have a case where a cult of crazies, shot at police and then federal officers with high powered weapons and committed suicide by burning themselves up.
I have always felt terrible for any women and children in that blaze (at least those who were not shooting) but how can anyone defend the actions of the cult or say that the government was wrong to confront them? The harshest thing that can be said is that the FBI, rather than going in quickly enough to secure the place, did not control the situation enough to prevent the cultists from burning themselves.
Now I am not someone who believes that the government never abuses power or that force is always called for and I hate the "hut hut" mentality, but, it seems really clear in this case who the people in the wrong were.
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lawrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:08:04pm |
While I'm a fan of German beer, I don't tell others about it by using a certain flag from roughly 65 years ago because it says something about me that I am not. I like to call it "sending mixed signals." At best, I don't know what I'm a callous idiot, and, at worst, I'm advertising that I think ethnic cleansing is a valid method of advancing society.
Yes, you can be a fan of less intervention from Washington, and I will wholeheartedly agree with you. However, using that particular flag presents the same sort of mixed message. At best, it shows that you are completely immune to the offensive nature of that flag, and, at worst, you're advertising that you are upset that slavery is gone.
But then, I'm not a complete nutter, so this makes complete and perfect sense to me. (sigh)
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:08:06pm |
re: #67 jamesfirecat
Well I'm sure he believes that the US staged it some how so that our war mongering president FDR could give us an excuse to go shoot squint eyes...
More FAIL in that conspiracy theory than you could carry in a wheelbarrow.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:09:46pm |
re: #73 lawrior
While I'm a fan of German beer, I don't tell others about it by using a certain flag from roughly 65 years ago because it says something about me that I am not. I like to call it "sending mixed signals." At best, I don't know what I'm a callous idiot, and, at worst, I'm advertising that I think ethnic cleansing is a valid method of advancing society.
Yes, you can be a fan of less intervention from Washington, and I will wholeheartedly agree with you. However, using that particular flag presents the same sort of mixed message. At best, it shows that you are completely immune to the offensive nature of that flag, and, at worst, you're advertising that you are upset that slavery is gone.
But then, I'm not a complete nutter, so this makes complete and perfect sense to me. (sigh)
Well said!
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:10:09pm |
re: #71 Killgore Trout
Much thanks. Under "America mugged by government" lists 1965. Was that the Civil Rights act?
Voting Rights Act was 1965. Civil Rights Act was 1964.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:11:02pm |
re: #55 LudwigVanQuixote
I disagree. Everyone knows Glory Glory Hallelujah. Everyone knows what that song stands for and that those who would tear America part from within are greeted with that song.
Not even my atheist ass can resist getting teary-eyed at that song.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:11:13pm |
re: #68 Alouette
There is a wacky conspiracy theory that FDR "provoked" the Japanese by withholding their oil and steel supplies, that he "knew in advance" about the attack but "didn't try to stop it."
We did cut off strategic materials sales, in response to aggression in Asia--basically sanctions.
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Linden Arden Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:11:15pm |
re: #52 Killgore Trout
Look at the dates on his sign: Ruby Ridge, Waco, 9-11, Civil war. This video was shot last year. This guy was way ahead of his time. This guy, Glenn Beck, Ron Paul and Fox news are all getting their revisionist history from the same place.
Don't forget 1913 "The Fed" right there in the middle of his sign.
This guy has probably never seen a CT craziness he didn't latch onto.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:11:57pm |
re: #74 Dark_Falcon
More FAIL in that conspiracy theory than you could carry in a wheelbarrow.
This might do the trick though....
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wee fury Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:12:18pm |
Medicare and Medicaid signed into law by President Johnson?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:12:22pm |
re: #76 Gus 802
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jamesfirecat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:12:59pm |
Also notice that as crazy as he was, he still liked President Reagan...
Is there anyone out there who is upset by Iran Contra?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:13:16pm |
re: #72 LudwigVanQuixote
Yeah, what exactly is the wingnut fascination with David Koresh?
You have a case where a cult of crazies, shot at police and then federal officers with high powered weapons and committed suicide by burning themselves up.
I have always felt terrible for any women and children in that blaze (at least those who were not shooting) but how can anyone defend the actions of the cult or say that the government was wrong to confront them? The harshest thing that can be said is that the FBI, rather than going in quickly enough to secure the place, did not control the situation enough to prevent the cultists from burning themselves.
Now I am not someone who believes that the government never abuses power or that force is always called for and I hate the "hut hut" mentality, but, it seems really clear in this case who the people in the wrong were.
The FBI did screw up with the Armored Engineering Vehicle they used to open holes in the compound with, but I understand why thy did not want to risk an assault. An assault on a heavily defended building like that usually requires the attacks to have a numerical superiority of at least 3-to-1 and they may take 33-to-50% casualties even if successful. Given those dismal facts, the FBI tried something that they though would not put their men at risk.
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Virginia Plain Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:13:25pm |
re: #81 wee fury
Medicare and Medicaid signed into law by President Johnson?
Something which he probably benefits from.
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Charles Johnson Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:13:33pm |
A closeup of the sign:
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:13:35pm |
re: #76 Gus 802
Voting Rights Act was 1965. Civil Rights Act was 1964.
re: #71 Killgore Trout
Much thanks. Under "America mugged by government" lists 1965. Was that the Civil Rights act?
At that point, there can be no doubt of the racist nature of these assholes. Anyone opposed to the Civil Rights Act or the Voting Rights Act for any reason is announcing his racism in the most stark language. Any claim they make to value American liberty or democracy is beyond is a lie.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:13:48pm |
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:14:03pm |
re: #82 Killgore Trout
Right. Although when you come down to it I doubt this guy does any specifics and he'd probably include the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:14:19pm |
re: #82 Killgore Trout
Hope and Change circa 1965...lots of federal spending with little positive, long term results
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:15:13pm |
re: #65 Gus 802
re: #58 Lidane
I did a quick screen capture of the sign:
OK. So going by those dates:
1776-1787 : This would be the time between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitutional Convention. HOWEVER, the American Revolution ended in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Why the extra four years?
The War of 1812
The Civil War
Waco
Ruby Ridge
The OKC Bombing -- this one's a bit fuzzy on the left side of the photo, but I can make out the date
Pearl Harbor
Kennedy assassination
9/11
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laZardo Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:15:37pm |
re: #87 LudwigVanQuixote
At that point, there can be no doubt of the racist nature of these assholes. Anyone opposed to the Civil Rights Act or the Voting Rights Act for any reason is announcing his racism in the most stark language. Any claim they make to value American liberty or democracy is beyond is a lie.
Hence, conservatism at its finest.
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Shiplord Kirel Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:15:47pm |
Confederate victory in the Civil War is probably the favorite subject of alternate history writers. Even Winston Churchill wrote one, If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg? The title of course shows typical Churchillian irony, and is written from the viewpoint of a historian in the alternate world where Lee did in fact win and the Confederacy gained independence.
Harry Turtledove, the consensus "master of alternate history," has written two unrelated works based on a Confederate victory; Guns of the South (which involves intervention by time travelers who provide Lee with AK-47s) and the lengthy (11 volume) "Timeline 191" series that starts with How Few Remain and ends with the Union and Confederacy fighting a WW2 analog in the 1940s.
One of the best works in this category, imho, is Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee, written in 1953 when there were still living survivors of the Civil War.
All three of these writers portray the long term results as bleak, if not catastrophic. Now, obviously a science fiction writer can create any outcome desired but Churchill and Turtledove in particular are known for their profound historical insight. To a well-informed reader their negative outcomes are quite plausible and almost no qualified historian has written an alternate history in which southern victory is portrayed as a positive good.
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:16:18pm |
re: #73 lawrior
These guys, the fellow with the sign and those behind him, were born for this stuff. They've been waiting for the tea party all their lives. That flag has been a part of them forever. It's on their clothes, their cars, in their homes. It's a big thing. Those conspiracies are part of who he is. He has no need to be enlightened to yer yankee talk :p
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Locker Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:16:23pm |
re: #91 Lidane
At least he's fairly inclusive... and the teabags are probably earl grey... my favorite.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:16:25pm |
re: #86 Charles
A closeup of the sign:
Americans murdered 1776-1787? He hates the Revolution and the Constitutional Convention?
OK, need any more proof that the asshole is anti-American?
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:16:44pm |
re: #83 jamesfirecat
Also notice that as crazy as he was, he still liked President Reagan...
Is there anyone out there who is upset by Iran Contra?
Me! Me!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:16:52pm |
re: #87 LudwigVanQuixote
At that point, there can be no doubt of the racist nature of these assholes. Anyone opposed to the Civil Rights Act or the Voting Rights Act for any reason is announcing his racism in the most stark language. Any claim they make to value American liberty or democracy is beyond is a lie.
You mean opposed in the present day, correct? I agree with that. I just hope you'd agree that even though he voted against the act at the time, Barry Goldwater was not a racist.
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Linden Arden Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:17:54pm |
There is CT out there on Oklahoma City that Tim McVeigh was framed and the "real" perps were Arabs seen running from the building on April 19th the morning of the explosion.
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wee fury Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:19:38pm |
Why November 23, 1963 on the sign?
JFK was killed on November 22, 1963.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:19:54pm |
re: #91 Lidane
OK. So going by those dates:
1776-1787 : This would be the time between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitutional Convention. HOWEVER, the American Revolution ended in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Why the extra four years?
The War of 1812
The Civil War
Waco
Ruby Ridge
The OKC Bombing -- this one's a bit fuzzy on the left side of the photo, but I can make out the date
Pearl Harbor
Kennedy assassination
9/11
That about covers most of the sign.
1860 would be the year Abraham Lincoln took office.
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:19:58pm |
re: #73 lawrior
Awesome website. I can see myself hollaring and pointing like that.
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laZardo Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:21:18pm |
re: #100 wee fury
Why November 23, 1963 on the sign?
JFK was killed on November 22, 1963.
The day Jack Rose killed Lee Harvey Oswald?
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:21:31pm |
aaauuuggh
and of COURSE the guy in the video asserts that he's protesting TYRANNY.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:21:40pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:21:42pm |
re: #59 Alouette
According to the Declaration of Causes of Secession for South Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, and Georgia, slavery had everything to do with secession.
CINOs!!
(Confederates in name only.)
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Locker Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:21:51pm |
re: #96 LudwigVanQuixote
Americans murdered 1776-1787? He hates the Revolution and the Constitutional Convention?
OK, need any more proof that the asshole is anti-American?
Well... I actually thought about this for a second and my opinion became apparent. Anyone who advocates for only ONE way of thinking and doing things, basically their way or the highway, is un-American in my opinion.
The core idea of our nation seems to be inclusiveness and freedom.
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Charles Johnson Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:21:53pm |
Am I allowed to use “teabagger” to describe this guy when he hangs them from his ears?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:21:57pm |
re: #94 marjoriemoon
These guys, the fellow with the sign and those behind him, were born for this stuff. They've been waiting for the tea party all their lives. That flag has been a part of them forever. It's on their clothes, their cars, in their homes. It's a big thing. Those conspiracies are part of who he is. He has no need to be enlightened to yer yankee talk :p
I agree wit you there...the time is right to come out and hit the bricks now as was predicted before the election in 08...further, to think these people can be purged from the GOP is fantasy....it's a slow creep but there is no doubt in my mind their intention is to dominate the party...moderate voters will decide soon, what will happen imo
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wee fury Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:21:57pm |
re: #103 laZardo
No. That was on the 24th or 25th of Nov. 1963.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:22:28pm |
re: #61 nonsense
I just looked it up on Wikipedia, and apparently Dr. King WAS born Michael King (no Luther) and named after his father. His father changed both of their names when he was young in honor of Martin Luther. I don't know why this man would keep referring to him as Michael Luther King other than to belittle him and equate him with Obama, because he's black and they also think he forged his birth certificate and thus they're both in some way "illegitimate."
I think it's akin to the obsession with calling Charles 'Chuck'.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:22:48pm |
re: #106 SanFranciscoZionist
CINOs!!
(Confederates in name only.)
Ha, slavery is the first thing mentioned in the Georgia constitution there. But it wasn't about slavery!
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Batman Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:23:07pm |
re: #111 SanFranciscoZionist
I think it's akin to the obsession with calling Charles 'Chuck'.
Or Obama "Barry"?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:23:09pm |
re: #63 Dark_Falcon
I can't understand listing Pearl Harbor. It was a vile act by Japan, but as an attack on a military target, it was not murder.
Ah, but if FDR knew about it in advance, and allowed it to happen in order to push us into war...
/Yes, these people are that crazy. Crazier, even.
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Shiplord Kirel Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:23:31pm |
re: #100 wee fury
Why November 23, 1963 on the sign?
JFK was killed on November 22, 1963.
And Oswald (a victim and patsy according to the CT industry) on the 24th so he misses it either way.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:23:35pm |
re: #111 SanFranciscoZionist
I think it's akin to the obsession with calling Charles 'Chuck'.
Or, the ever popular "Chuckles".
So nice & respectful.
//
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:23:50pm |
re: #101 Gus 802
That about covers most of the sign.
1860 would be the year Abraham Lincoln took office.
For whatever reason, that part of the sign seems to say "1860 - 10 -2008". There's also a mention of "2-2009".
What happened in October 2008 and February 2009? Are those the two big bailouts or something?
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:23:54pm |
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:23:59pm |
re: #109 albusteve
I agree wit you there...the time is right to come out and hit the bricks now as was predicted before the election in 08...further, to think these people can be purged from the GOP is fantasy...it's a slow creep but there is no doubt in my mind their intention is to dominate the party...moderate voters will decide soon, what will happen imo
If they consolidate around the Paulians, the GOP faces a Dark Night of the Soul.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:24:09pm |
re: #71 Killgore Trout
Much thanks. Under "America mugged by government" lists 1965. Was that the Civil Rights act?
Civil Rights Act was 64.
VOTING Rights Act was 65.
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lawrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:24:22pm |
re: #75 LudwigVanQuixote
In the same way, Southern states have perhaps learned a lot from this. Yes, please feel free to use whatever design you think most appropriately represents your state to the outside world. And in the interests of Federalism (I think you've heard of that), no, I don't think the federal government should make you change it at all. Just don't be surprised when the market (I think you've heard of that, too) decides not to support you for your choice. Just sayin'.
re: #94 marjoriemoon
I'm from Texas, so please don't ever call me a Yankee again. :)
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:24:39pm |
re: #117 Lidane
For whatever reason, that part of the sign seems to say "1860 - 10 -2008". There's also a mention of "2-2009".
What happened in October 2008 and February 2009? Are those the two big bailouts or something?
TARP and the Stimulus bills perhaps?
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Linden Arden Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:24:40pm |
re: #117 Lidane
For whatever reason, that part of the sign seems to say "1860 - 10 -2008". There's also a mention of "2-2009".
What happened in October 2008 and February 2009? Are those the two big bailouts or something?
TARP and the stimulus.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:24:49pm |
re: #119 Decatur Deb
If they consolidate around the Paulians, the GOP faces a Dark Night of the Soul.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:25:07pm |
re: #117 Lidane
For whatever reason, that part of the sign seems to say "1860 - 10 -2008". There's also a mention of "2-2009".
What happened in October 2008 and February 2009? Are those the two big bailouts or something?
Why do we think this clown has his dates right?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:25:26pm |
re: #83 jamesfirecat
Also notice that as crazy as he was, he still liked President Reagan...
Is there anyone out there who is upset by Iran Contra?
Besides me?
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:25:27pm |
re: #117 Lidane
For whatever reason, that part of the sign seems to say "1860 - 10 -2008". There's also a mention of "2-2009".
What happened in October 2008 and February 2009? Are those the two big bailouts or something?
Was February the stimulus, maybe?
Crikey, we're trying to decipher the DaTeabagger Code.
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Charles Johnson Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:25:39pm |
It's a lot easier to say "Teabaggers" than "Those Who Hang Tea Bags From Their Ears."
I'm just lookin' for a little economy of typing.
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lawrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:25:41pm |
re: #125 Decatur Deb
Why do we think this clown has his dates right?
Why do we think he would care about accuracy?
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Locker Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:26:00pm |
re: #127 JasonA
Was February the stimulus, maybe?
Crikey, we're trying to decipher the DaTeabagger Code.
Must be a slow Saturday night
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wee fury Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:26:20pm |
re: #108 Charles
Am I allowed to use “teabagger” to describe this guy when he hangs them from his ears?
Well, he actually reminds me of this:
I'm a little teapot short and stout,
Here is my handle, here is my spout,
When I get all steamed up,
Hear me shout,
Just tip me over and pour me out!
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:26:40pm |
Good grief!
The guy managed to bring in Jesus, Scotland, -
and those teabags look ridiculous.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:26:42pm |
re: #119 Decatur Deb
If they consolidate around the Paulians, the GOP faces a Dark Night of the Soul.
the GOP primaries are gonna be the show of the century....I can't conceive of what lunatic will emerge as the nominee
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Shiplord Kirel Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:26:51pm |
Jack RUBY?
RUBY ridge?
AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!
WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT BEFORE?
CAN'T YOU PEOPLE SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?
///
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sagehen Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:26:57pm |
re: #59 Alouette
According to the Declaration of Causes of Secession for South Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, and Georgia, slavery had everything to do with secession.
Opening paragraphs of the Mississippii declaration:
"In the momentous step which our State has taken of dissolving its connection with the government of which we so long formed a part, it is but just that we should declare the prominent reasons which have induced our course.
Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation. There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union, whose principles had been subverted to work out our ruin."
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:27:43pm |
Evening lizards.
When I moved to Virginia from Connecticut back in 1990 I was labeled a Damn Yankee. The locals gave me a hard time telling me how the South won the Civil War and the history books were wrong. I felt like I had moved to a different country. Down here I and all the other northerners who moved here are the enemy. Up north we learned about the Civil War in history class then moved on. They are still fighting the war down here.
As far as their politics go, it's been my observation that they have no idea about who is running, who is in, and what the issues, forget about asking them who the politicians are. Ask who won the wrestling match on Monday night and you will get a play-by-play of the action, ask who the VP & Secretary of State are and you get a blank stare.
This is Virginia...I can imagine it must be worse the further south you go.
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:28:03pm |
re: #123 Linden Arden
TARP and the stimulus.
That's right. I remember one passing before the election, and one after Obama took office. That would line up with the dates then.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:28:05pm |
re: #12 Charles
Anyone recognize the building in the background?
Louisiana State Capitol.
Been there many times.
But I was not at this tea party.
Not many people there, looks to me like.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:28:06pm |
re: #128 Charles
It's a lot easier to say "Teabaggers" than "Those Who Hang Tea Bags From Their Ears."
I'm just lookin' for a little economy of typing.
heh...Tbaggers
TBrs
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:28:07pm |
re: #128 Charles
It's a lot easier to say "Teabaggers" than "Those Who Hang Tea Bags From Their Ears."
I'm just lookin' for a little economy of typing.
That's too funny! These folks are so funny in a sick kind of way & they don't see it at all.
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Locker Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:29:13pm |
Just to add a little throw back flavor to our Saturday night...
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:29:33pm |
re: #140 Floral Giraffe
That's too funny! These folks are so funny in a sick kind of way & they don't see it at all.
you really need to type the entire word to get the effect....
Teabaggers!
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:29:35pm |
Those were teabags around his ears? So, that's what those were.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:29:44pm |
re: #93 Shiplord Kirel
Wow, thanks for posting that. I'm going to have to look into Harry Turtledove now.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:29:51pm |
Good gawd.
The man is pissed off because after 1860, Mississippi became a poor state, and New Orleans a poor city, because of Abraham Lincoln.
And who the hell is Michael Luther King?
This is awful.
Not anyone I know.
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Summer Seale Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:29:53pm |
OT but, really, not....
I just had to groan watching this. I've seen "stupid Americans" videos before but this compilation takes the cake.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:29:55pm |
re: #133 albusteve
the GOP primaries are gonna be the show of the century...I can't conceive of what lunatic will emerge as the nominee
Because of a quirky situation here in AL, some of our few progressives are playing around with an "Operation Chaos". It would work to the advantage of Judge Roy Moore. (Doesn't seem honest or particularly smart. He could win it all.)
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:30:25pm |
re: #113 nonsense
Or Obama "Barry"?
Yeah. Somehow what they want to be called isn't their 'real' name, and by using their 'real name' you take away their power and reveal them as fakers.
Deeply weird. It would make sense in some animist systems, but it's sort of interesting to see people I assume to be mostly Protestants taking up this sort of thing.
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:30:32pm |
re: #128 Charles
It's a lot easier to say "Teabaggers" than "Those Who Hang Tea Bags From Their Ears."
I'm just lookin' for a little economy of typing.
Plus, it's funny. Seeing the sputtering outrage when you call someone a teabagger is always good for a laugh.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:30:44pm |
re: #140 Floral Giraffe
That's too funny! These folks are so funny in a sick kind of way & they don't see it at all.
Flo - that guy thinks he's a nice guy.
He's just a complete idiot.
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:30:51pm |
Now here's a little factoid that can make neo-Confed head blow up real good:
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:31:12pm |
re: #109 albusteve
I agree wit you there...the time is right to come out and hit the bricks now as was predicted before the election in 08...further, to think these people can be purged from the GOP is fantasy...it's a slow creep but there is no doubt in my mind their intention is to dominate the party...moderate voters will decide soon, what will happen imo
Part of the trouble is the lack of moderate conservatives to vote for. You know, Crist may pull it out in the end in Florida. That race isn't sealed yet.
Is the guy in the video a Truther? Why mention 9/11? That's kind of a head scratcher. Is he pro war? or anti-war?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:31:17pm |
re: #128 Charles
It's a lot easier to say "Teabaggers" than "Those Who Hang Tea Bags From Their Ears."
I'm just lookin' for a little economy of typing.
Earbaggers?
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Shiplord Kirel Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:31:18pm |
re: #83 jamesfirecat
Also notice that as crazy as he was, he still liked President Reagan...
Is there anyone out there who is upset by Iran Contra?
I met a former Iraqi Air Force officer who wasn't thrilled about it (MiG-21 shot down by an Iranian-fired Hawk missile supplied under the deal). He spent two years in a wretched PoW camp and counted himself lucky to have survived at all.
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lawrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:31:43pm |
re: #136 NJDhockeyfan
Instead of the blank stare, I sometimes get "them," "the politicians," or, sometimes, "the military-industrial complex." It's no less disconcerting.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:31:44pm |
re: #128 Charles
It's a lot easier to say "Teabaggers" than "Those Who Hang Tea Bags From Their Ears."
I'm just lookin' for a little economy of typing.
Well you are a better man than I am.
When I call them tea-baggers, I relish the homophobic response it engenders from these cretins as they are compared to one man licking another man's balls.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:32:37pm |
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:32:41pm |
re: #152 marjoriemoon
Is the guy in the video a Truther? Why mention 9/11? That's kind of a head scratcher. Is he pro war? or anti-war?
Considering that he thinks the American government murdered JFK and were complicit in Pearl Harbor, I'd just call him a raving freakazoid nut sandwich and be done with it. Heh.
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erraticsphinx Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:32:56pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:33:32pm |
re: #155 lawrior
Instead of the blank stare, I sometimes get "them," "the politicians," or, sometimes, "the military-industrial complex." It's no less disconcerting.
That one is too complicated for the locals here. Wrasslin' and NASCAR are the only things you can get information on in this area.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:33:33pm |
re: #152 marjoriemoon
Part of the trouble is the lack of moderate conservatives to vote for. You know, Crist may pull it out in the end in Florida. That race isn't sealed yet.
Is the guy in the video a Truther? Why mention 9/11? That's kind of a head scratcher. Is he pro war? or anti-war?
and the historic fact that moderates everywhere don't vote...our voter turnouts our depressing
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Batman Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:33:36pm |
re: #152 marjoriemoon
He's anti-fed and any conspiracy that contains the federal government as the bad guy is true in his book.
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:33:53pm |
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:34:00pm |
So if I am interpreting his sign correctly he is calling both Waco and the Oklahoma City bombing "government murders?"
Well along with the war of independence, the war of 1812, the civil war, World war II (curiously not WW I though), JFK's Assissanation, and whatever the hell it is that happened on 8-92 (I think, not sure I am reading it correctly).
Really, those were all "government" murders?
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:34:21pm |
re: #159 erraticsphinx
Wait, that's what teabagging means?
Crap.
I think it's called something else when crap is involved.
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:34:29pm |
re: #161 albusteve
and the historic fact that moderates everywhere don't vote...our voter turnouts our depressing
I think that was different in 2008. People are a lot more engaged. Maybe a few shouldn't be so engaged.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:34:53pm |
re: #132 reine.de.tout
Good grief!
The guy managed to bring in Jesus, Scotland, -
and those teabags look ridiculous.
Yes, Jesus was not from the tribe of Judah, but rather the tribe of McKenzie.
I mean it's obvious that the Scots are the real Jews right? I mean they eat kosher food like hagiss, wear tzit-tzit under their kilts and drink wine rather than whiskey!
Then there is the way they symbolize themselves with a St. Andrew's cross. Nothing could be more Jewish than that!
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:34:53pm |
He was just 18, proud and brave
When a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when it's in defeat...
- The Band
The Confederacy has always been romanticized - even by a good ole Canadian boy.
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laZardo Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:34:59pm |
re: #156 LudwigVanQuixote
Well you are a better man than I am.
When I call them tea-baggers, I relish the homophobic response it engenders from these cretins as they are compared to one man licking another man's balls.
Where I come from (i.e. the vidya gaem world), we just call 'em "victory squats."
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:35:05pm |
re: #165 ausador
So if I am interpreting his sign correctly he is calling both Waco and the Oklahoma City bombing "government murders?"
Well along with the war of independence, the war of 1812, the civil war, World war II (curiously not WW I though), JFK's Assissanation, and whatever the hell it is that happened on 8-92 (I think, not sure I am reading it correctly).
Really, those were all "government" murders?
If you only knew the truth...
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:35:31pm |
The War of 1812 is the most curious one to me. Never seen a CTer trying to make a deal out of that. I have seen CTers try to make something out of WWI claiming Wilson let the Lusitana get attacked and used it to start WWI. If he did, he did a terrible job since the Luistana was attacked in 1915 and we didn't declare war on the Germans until 1917
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:35:59pm |
re: #169 Spare O'Lake
The Confederacy has always been romanticized - even by a good ole Canadian boy.
Joan Baez...jus sayin
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:36:05pm |
re: #159 erraticsphinx
Wait, that's what teabagging means?
Crap.
lol why yes, the male nutsack does vaguely resemble a tea-bag. The full motion is one guy lies down and the other guy squats and dips his balls towards his lover - much like dunking a tea bag.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:36:06pm |
re: #170 laZardo
Where I come from (i.e. the vidya gaem world), we just call 'em "victory squats."
My friends and I usually go with the simple yet vulgar "Corpse-humping."
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:36:24pm |
re: #170 laZardo
Where I come from (i.e. the vidya gaem world), we just call 'em "victory squats."
Heh.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:36:42pm |
re: #153 SanFranciscoZionist
Earbaggers?
Before you can call him a "teabagger" I think your supposed to hold his head under hot water until it turns brown just to make sure... :p
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:37:03pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:37:07pm |
re: #174 LudwigVanQuixote
lol why yes, the male nutsack does vaguely resemble a tea-bag. The full motion is one guy lies down and the other guy squats and dips his balls towards his lover - much like dunking a tea bag.
Too much information!
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:37:22pm |
I couldn't even sit through that video.
"MICHAEL Luthur King?!"
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:37:39pm |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:37:45pm |
re: #168 LudwigVanQuixote
Yes, Jesus was not from the tribe of Judah, but rather the tribe of McKenzie.
I mean it's obvious that the Scots are the real Jews right? I mean they eat kosher food like hagiss, wear tzit-tzit under their kilts and drink wine rather than whiskey!
Then there is the way they symbolize themselves with a St. Andrew's cross. Nothing could be more Jewish than that!
LVQ - I've run across people like this guy.
He thinks he's very smart.
He thinks every word he utters is fascinatingly interesting.
He will always completely garble whatever information he's got so that you can't tell what the hell it is he's talking about.
The only people who will be able to stand being around him are other people who think just like he does.
And he'll never know just how big an idiot he really is.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:38:04pm |
re: #170 laZardo
Where I come from (i.e. the vidya gaem world), we just call 'em "victory squats."
Punk. I just spent 5 minutes running "vidya gaem" through eastern religions and martial arts.
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erraticsphinx Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:38:04pm |
re: #174 LudwigVanQuixote
Thank you for the....scientific explanation.
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laZardo Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:38:06pm |
re: #175 JasonA
My friends and I usually go with the simple yet vulgar "Corpse-humping."
The Resistance: Fall of Man game for the PS3 called them "Lovely Parting Gifts."
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:38:06pm |
re: #108 Charles
Am I allowed to use “teabagger” to describe this guy when he hangs them from his ears?
Yes.
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lawrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:38:19pm |
re: #172 HappyWarrior
It just took the globalists a lot longer to get things going because they were busy preparing to unleash the 1918 flu pandemic to start the global enslavement.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:38:26pm |
re: #170 laZardo
Where I come from (i.e. the vidya gaem world), we just call 'em "victory squats."
hahahahahahahaha
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researchok Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:38:53pm |
In talking about slavery, segregation and civil rights, it must be remembered that politics of the time is very different than the politics of today. Trying to assign a 'liberal' or 'conservative' character to those who opposed civil rights and integration is neither simple or applicable.
For example, the notorious Bull Conner who let loose the dogs on civil rights was a Democrat, as was Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas who blockaded the Little Rock 9 from entering the High School. It was Republican President Dwight Eisenhower who enforced the court ruling that ordered the integration that was to eventually end segregation. The KKK was initially established as an armed wing of the Democrat Party.
The idea that one side or the other can claim the moral high ground on the matter of racism and segregation is utterly absurd and disingenuous. The list of culpable Republicans and Democrats is long and equally repugnant.
Think stones and glass houses.
The real issue of import is what America will look like tomorrow and in the future.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:38:54pm |
re: #172 HappyWarrior
The War of 1812 is the most curious one to me. Never seen a CTer trying to make a deal out of that. I have seen CTers try to make something out of WWI claiming Wilson let the Lusitana get attacked and used it to start WWI. If he did, he did a terrible job since the Luistana was attacked in 1915 and we didn't declare war on the Germans until 1917
The War of 1812 or the Hemp War of 1812 conspiracy?
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:39:10pm |
re: #174 LudwigVanQuixote
I did not need to know that.
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Linden Arden Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:39:19pm |
A Canadian romanticized the Confederacy more than anyone in my lifetime - see The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by none other than The Band (Robbie Robertson).
I must admit it worked on me as a young teen.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:39:28pm |
re: #182 reine.de.tout
LVQ - I've run across people like this guy.
He thinks he's very smart.
He thinks every word he utters is fascinatingly interesting.He will always completely garble whatever information he's got so that you can't tell what the hell it is he's talking about.
The only people who will be able to stand being around him are other people who think just like he does.
And he'll never know just how big an idiot he really is.
You are so correct on all counts. Actually given that he is opposed to the Voting Rights Act, I rather like the idea of passing a law that said in order to vote, you must have an IQ above room temperature and not be a paranoid delusional.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:39:40pm |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:39:49pm |
re: #191 Alouette
I did not need to know that.
Once that vision is in your head, it just won't leave, will it?
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:39:51pm |
re: #190 Gus 802
The War of 1812 or the Hemp War of 1812 conspiracy?
I've never seen modern CTers try to make a CT outta that war, honestly.
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:40:14pm |
Where's that one guy on the board who always go nuts (no pun intended) when anyone tries to paint the Tea Baggers with a broad stroke as old, angry, uneducated white people?
How come he hasn't popped into this thread and defended his brethren?
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:41:40pm |
re: #197 Sigma_x
Where's that one guy on the board who always go nuts (no pun intended) when anyone tries to paint the Tea Baggers with a broad stroke as old, angry, uneducated white people?
How come he hasn't popped into this thread and defended his brethren?
Well, I'm old. And white.
And in Louisiana.
But I'm not particularly angry. And I do have a small bit of education.
But no teabagger, moi.
Thanks, Killgore.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:41:41pm |
re: #136 NJDhockeyfan
Evening lizards.
When I moved to Virginia from Connecticut back in 1990 I was labeled a Damn Yankee. The locals gave me a hard time telling me how the South won the Civil War and the history books were wrong. I felt like I had moved to a different country. Down here I and all the other northerners who moved here are the enemy. Up north we learned about the Civil War in history class then moved on. They are still fighting the war down here.
As far as their politics go, it's been my observation that they have no idea about who is running, who is in, and what the issues, forget about asking them who the politicians are. Ask who won the wrestling match on Monday night and you will get a play-by-play of the action, ask who the VP & Secretary of State are and you get a blank stare.
This is Virginia...I can imagine it must be worse the further south you go.
:( Wow. Oregon and Washington sound like a completely different planet.
You know who watches wrestling in the northwest? Kids, disabled people, and dirtbag types who know the meaning of "kayfabe" who were fans of Roddy Piper back in the day, because he lives here. :D
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:41:44pm |
re: #172 HappyWarrior
The War of 1812 is the most curious one to me. Never seen a CTer trying to make a deal out of that. I have seen CTers try to make something out of WWI claiming Wilson let the Lusitana get attacked and used it to start WWI. If he did, he did a terrible job since the Luistana was attacked in 1915 and we didn't declare war on the Germans until 1917
War of 1812 involved an attempt to invade Canada, and the Canadians kicking US ass.
How do I know this? When I studied War of 1812 in high school (just a few years after it happened) I went across the border with some classmates to learn "their" version.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:42:24pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:42:24pm |
re: #191 Alouette
I did not need to know that.
Wow... then I suppose if I told you that in 1967 Israel forced Syria to give it a blumpkin while dumping on Egypt, you would not like the explanation either.
Though on the second day of the war, we forced Jordan to give Syria a dirty sanchez.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:42:30pm |
re: #197 Sigma_x
Where's that one guy on the board who always go nuts (no pun intended) when anyone tries to paint the Tea Baggers with a broad stroke as old, angry, uneducated white people?
How come he hasn't popped into this thread and defended his brethren?
He doesn't look to see if there is open registration.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:42:36pm |
re: #157 Gus 802
I'd hate to see his nipple rings.
/
It's a good thing Prince Albert is a brand of tobacco rather than tea.
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laZardo Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:42:37pm |
re: #199 WindUpBird
You know who watches wrestling in the northwest? Kids, disabled people, and dirtbag types who know the meaning of "kayfabe" who were fans of Roddy Piper back in the day, because he lives here. :D
He came to chew bubblegum and kick ass.
And he was all out of bubblegum.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:42:55pm |
re: #108 Charles
Am I allowed to use “teabagger” to describe this guy when he hangs them from his ears?
Yeah, I'm there.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:43:13pm |
re: #205 laZardo
He came to chew bubblegum and kick ass.
And he was all out of bubblegum.
YES
Though my favorite line from the movie is when he says "Well, they ain't from Cleveland."
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:43:17pm |
re: #204 negativ
It's a good thing Prince Albert is a brand of tobacco rather than tea.
That's for those punk rock teabaggers lol
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:43:17pm |
re: #200 Alouette
War of 1812 involved an attempt to invade Canada, and the Canadians kicking US ass.
How do I know this? When I studied War of 1812 in high school (just a few years after it happened) I went across the border with some classmates to learn "their" version.
are you talking about your British overlords kicking ass, with their Indian mercs?
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:43:26pm |
re: #202 LudwigVanQuixote
Wow... then I suppose if I told you that in 1967 Israel forced Syria to give it a blumpkin while dumping on Egypt, you would not like the explanation either.
Though on the second day of the war, we forced Jordan to give Syria a dirty sanchez.
I am so not googling that.
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lawrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:43:33pm |
re: #193 LudwigVanQuixote
It's people like this that make me wish we had a poll test. Prior to being allowed to vote, you would need to answer a few basic, multiple-choice questions about government. It's my hope that we could trick a bait a few of them into failing with CT answers.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:43:40pm |
re: #189 researchok
In talking about slavery, segregation and civil rights, it must be remembered that politics of the time is very different than the politics of today. Trying to assign a 'liberal' or 'conservative' character to those who opposed civil rights and integration is neither simple or applicable.
For example, the notorious Bull Conner who let loose the dogs on civil rights was a Democrat, as was Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas who blockaded the Little Rock 9 from entering the High School. It was Republican President Dwight Eisenhower who enforced the court ruling that ordered the integration that was to eventually end segregation. The KKK was initially established as an armed wing of the Democrat Party.
The idea that one side or the other can claim the moral high ground on the matter of racism and segregation is utterly absurd and disingenuous. The list of culpable Republicans and Democrats is long and equally repugnant.
Think stones and glass houses.
The real issue of import is what America will look like tomorrow and in the future.
All of this may be so, but for some putz to get up and consider the Civil Rights act or the Constitution getting America mugged, is a true sign of not even political discussion per se, but rather an absolute rejection of America itself.
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:44:04pm |
re: #199 WindUpBird
:( Wow. Oregon and Washington sound like a completely different planet.
You know who watches wrestling in the northwest? Kids, disabled people, and dirtbag types who know the meaning of "kayfabe" who were fans of Roddy Piper back in the day, because he lives here. :D
Oh Hello?? I loved Rowdy Roddy!!!
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:44:09pm |
re: #209 albusteve
are you talking about your British overlords kicking ass, with their Indian mercs?
That was the French and Indian War of the 1750's.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:44:17pm |
re: #196 HappyWarrior
I've never seen modern CTers try to make a CT outta that war, honestly.
They're always looking for a conspiracy. Here's a Google search at kookspiracy central: "War of 1812" site:rense.com
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:44:21pm |
re: #199 WindUpBird
:( Wow. Oregon and Washington sound like a completely different planet.
You know who watches wrestling in the northwest? Kids, disabled people, and dirtbag types who know the meaning of "kayfabe" who were fans of Roddy Piper back in the day, because he lives here. :D
I had to laugh when I would ask about MNF on Tuesdays and they would say they watch wrestling instead. There was a woman who used to work with my wife that bragged about the times she was thrown out of wrestling matches. It was like a badge of honor for her.
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Locker Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:45:02pm |
re: #199 WindUpBird
:( Wow. Oregon and Washington sound like a completely different planet.
You know who watches wrestling in the northwest? Kids, disabled people, and dirtbag types who know the meaning of "kayfabe" who were fans of Roddy Piper back in the day, because he lives here. :D
I was a fan of Piper because of They Live!
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass! And I'm all out of bubblegum.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:45:07pm |
re: #214 Alouette
That was the French and Indian War of the 1750's.
you're right, they all look alike to me...
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laZardo Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:45:24pm |
re: #217 Locker
I was a fan of Piper because of They Live!
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass! And I'm all out of bubblegum.
GMTA #205.
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:45:25pm |
re: #173 albusteve
Joan Baez...jus sayin
Robbie Robertson wrote it, I believe.
Personally, I preferred Joan Baez' cover.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:46:14pm |
re: #210 Alouette
I am so not googling that.
Wise. But honestly the Idea of Israel getting a blumpkin from the Syrians while using Egypt as a toilet appeals so very much to my mood right now.
That and I confess a massive yetzer ha ra in wanting to make you blush.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:46:29pm |
re: #189 researchok
It's not about Republicans and Democrats, parties are opportunistic and mutable. They evolve. Like viruses. It's about social conservatives and social liberals.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:46:59pm |
re: #217 Locker
I was a fan of Piper because of They Live!
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass! And I'm all out of bubblegum.
I was a wrestling fan as a kid, They Live came later. But I am the biggest nerd for that movie :D
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Locker Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:47:11pm |
re: #219 laZardo
Yea I was trumped but GMTA just looks like a video game acronym to me Grand Motor Theft Auto or something...
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:47:21pm |
re: #221 LudwigVanQuixote
Wise. But honestly the Idea of Israel getting a blumpkin from the Syrians while using Egypt as a toilet appeals so very much to my mood right now.
That and I confess a massive yetzer ha ra in wanting to make you blush.
I won't let you date my daughter!
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researchok Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:47:21pm |
re: #212 LudwigVanQuixote
All of this may be so, but for some putz to get up and consider the Civil Rights act or the Constitution getting America mugged, is a true sign of not even political discussion per se, but rather an absolute rejection of America itself.
I couldn't agree more. That's why I noted that looking back to rewrite history is a really bad idea.
The point is what we do today to make the country better. The Tea Party does not distinguish itself in that regard. They may have some of the right words, but is disturbing that so many dysfunctional people seem to have found a home there.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:47:29pm |
re: #216 NJDhockeyfan
I had to laugh when I would ask about MNF on Tuesdays and they would say they watch wrestling instead. There was a woman who used to work with my wife that bragged about the times she was thrown out of wrestling matches. It was like a badge of honor for her.
That's so sad. I thought South Park as usual had the best spoof/commentary on the matter. They really spoofed how over the top wrestling is with their crazy story lines and such. I could never get in to wrestling as a kid. I thought it was utterly lame. Much preferred watching baseball and football and basketball since the drama is real at least and isn't some fat guy in a thong talking trash to another fat guy in a thong.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:47:50pm |
re: #220 Spare O'Lake
Robbie Robertson wrote it, I believe.
Personally, I preferred Joan Baez' cover.
whoa...all this time I thought Baez wrote it...thanks
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:48:12pm |
Wrap your head around this one - These are the very same people that every speaker at the SRLC were courting today. They may as well have been directly speaking to these people in this video one on one.
"Please vote for me (or send me money.) I'm with YOU. We don't need to come right out and say it (wink-wink.) But I agree with you 110% on every issue important to you (let's get that black guy out of the White House being #1, 2 and 3.)"
And yet they don't have even the faintest notion that they're becoming an ever-shrinking demographic in this country, and without the at least 25% of the votes of the very same people they're insulting and alienating every, day more and more, with this poisonous garbage, they'll never win the White House again.
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bratwurst Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:49:32pm |
re: #111 SanFranciscoZionist
I think it's akin to the obsession with calling Charles 'Chuck'.
Reminds me of when I started hearing Republicans calling George H.W. Bush "Bushie" in the fall of 1992 when it was becoming increasingly clear he would lose. Wiht the good lord as my witness, I never heard ANYONE call him that before the month or two ahead of that election.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:49:36pm |
RE: 1812
Here's one from the crazy old Rense site:
Martial Law: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You?
The U.S. government has used martial law on numerous occasions, most often to quell domestic disturbances in specific locations around the country. According to the United States Constitution Online, during the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson imposed martial law in an area of New Orleans. When a judge demanded Jackson produce, through the writ of habeas corpus, a man arrested for sedition, Jackson ordered the arrest of the judge.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:50:07pm |
re: #222 WindUpBird
It's not about Republicans and Democrats, parties are opportunistic and mutable. They evolve. Like viruses. It's about social conservatives and social liberals.
Up through Teddy Roosevelt, I would have been voting Repub. There are some pivot points until FDR. After that, the South part of the coalition went Dixie.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:50:29pm |
re: #227 HappyWarrior
That's so sad. I thought South Park as usual had the best spoof/commentary on the matter. They really spoofed how over the top wrestling is with their crazy story lines and such. I could never get in to wrestling as a kid. I thought it was utterly lame. Much preferred watching baseball and football and basketball since the drama is real at least and isn't some fat guy in a thong talking trash to another fat guy in a thong.
I loved wrestling when I was a kid. I lost interest after I realized it was fake but it was fun for a while. I even got Tojo Yamamoto's autograph.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:50:33pm |
re: #200 Alouette
War of 1812 involved an attempt to invade Canada, and the Canadians kicking US ass.
How do I know this? When I studied War of 1812 in high school (just a few years after it happened) I went across the border with some classmates to learn "their" version.
Well, we did hammer them on Lake Erie, Lake Chaplain, and at Chippewa. That said, Canada proved able to defend itself quite well and they are justified in being proud of that.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:50:50pm |
re: #232 Decatur Deb
Up through Teddy Roosevelt, I would have been voting Repub. There are some pivot points until FDR. After that, the South part of the coalition went Dixie.
I think Roosevelt is the closest we've ever come to having an actual superhero as president. :D
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researchok Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:51:07pm |
re: #222 WindUpBird
It's not about Republicans and Democrats, parties are opportunistic and mutable. They evolve. Like viruses. It's about social conservatives and social liberals.
In a perfect world, you'd be right, almost. Both social liberlas and social conservatives have contributed much to the nation.
Unfortunately, too many people on both sides are using political affiliations as a hammer.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:51:08pm |
re: #229 Sigma_x
Wrap your head around this one - These are the very same people that every speaker at the SRLC were courting today. They may as well have been directly speaking to these people in this video one on one.
"Please vote for me (or send me money.) I'm with YOU. We don't need to come right out and say it (wink-wink.) But I agree with you 110% on every issue important to you (let's get that black guy out of the White House being #1, 2 and 3.)"
And yet they don't have even the faintest notion that they're becoming an ever-shrinking demographic in this country, and without the at least 25% of the votes of the very same people they're insulting and alienating every, day more and more, with this poisonous garbage, they'll never win the White House again.
You're correct, that guy is the person being courted by the SRLC.
And you're also correct they are an ever-shrinking demographic, THANK GOODNESS.
I see no R candidates on the national scene who are particularly attractive right now. None.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:51:50pm |
re: #222 WindUpBird
It's not about Republicans and Democrats, parties are opportunistic and mutable. They evolve. Like viruses. It's about social conservatives and social liberals.
Bingo, updinging because this is exactly what the Civil Rights Movement votes show. Social liberals in both parties embraced the movement while social conservatives in both did not.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:51:53pm |
re: #233 NJDhockeyfan
I loved wrestling when I was a kid. I lost interest after I realized it was fake but it was fun for a while. I even got Tojo Yamamoto's autograph.
I lost interest not because it was fake (my dad would always make fun of it, I just didn't care, I watched anyway) but because I had a new obsession around age 11 or 12: heavy metal :D
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:51:58pm |
re: #230 bratwurst
Reminds me of when I started hearing Republicans calling George H.W. Bush "Bushie" in the fall of 1992 when it was becoming increasingly clear he would lose. Wiht the good lord as my witness, I never heard ANYONE call him that before the month or two ahead of that election.
Molly Ivins.
Wait - no, she called him "shrub", didn't she.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:52:02pm |
Another War of 1812 conspiracy. Again from Rense:
The War of 1812 was instigated by the Rothschilds to force the renewal of their charter for the Bank of the United States. When this charter was vetoed by President Andrew Jackson in 1836, the Jews precipitated a financial panic and set up their plan to bring about the Civil War, which would simultaneously destroy the American Republic and despoil the wealthy Christian families of the South
The teabagger in question does mention the Rothschilds so I'll assume this is what he means by 1812.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:52:13pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:52:43pm |
re: #238 HappyWarrior
Bingo, updinging because this is exactly what the Civil Rights Movement votes show. Social liberals in both parties embraced the movement while social conservatives in both did not.
And social issues drive elections! Everyone understands them. Everyone knows where they stand.
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:52:52pm |
re: #227 HappyWarrior
That's so sad. I thought South Park as usual had the best spoof/commentary on the matter. They really spoofed how over the top wrestling is with their crazy story lines and such. I could never get in to wrestling as a kid. I thought it was utterly lame. Much preferred watching baseball and football and basketball since the drama is real at least and isn't some fat guy in a thong talking trash to another fat guy in a thong.
I always thought of it as live cartoons.
I had a g/f at the time and we both were gaga for the WWF. Went to their matches when they came to town. That was the whole Lex Luger, the Four Horseman, Sting, Hulk, Junkyard Dog, blah blah blah.
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:53:04pm |
re: #240 reine.de.tout
Molly Ivins.
Wait - no, she called him "shrub", didn't she.
No, she saved that for Dubya. ;)
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sagehen Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:53:30pm |
re: #240 reine.de.tout
Molly Ivins.
Wait - no, she called him "shrub", didn't she.
I'm pretty sure she only used that name for Bush the Lesser.
"Born on third, thinks he hit a triple."
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:53:34pm |
re: #239 WindUpBird
I lost interest not because it was fake (my dad would always make fun of it, I just didn't care, I watched anyway) but because I had a new obsession around age 11 or 12: heavy metal :D
I just could never get in to it honestly. I had friends in 5th/6th grade who loved it but I was always like meh guys you know this is fake. They knew of course but it entertained them. Different strokes for different people I guess.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:53:36pm |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:53:37pm |
re: #245 Lidane
No, she saved that for Dubya. ;)
That's right.
I'm all mixed up.
I find it easier to just use the real names, spelled out correctly.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:54:13pm |
re: #241 Gus 802
Oh, and that crap was written by the anti-Semite Eustace Mullins.
Mullins was accused of antisemitism by the Anti-Defamation League. In 1968, Mullins authored a tract, The Biological Jew (Staunton, Va., Faith and Service Books, Aryan League of America, 1968), which includes the following statement about Nazi antisemitism: "Nazism is simply this — a proposal that the German people rid themselves of the parasitic Jews. The gentile host dared to protest against the continued presence of the parasite, and attempted to throw it off." The book also claims that Jews "drink the blood of innocent gentile children" in religious ceremonies, and that this practice represents the essence of Judaism. He was a guest on The Political Cesspool, a radio show.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:54:13pm |
re: #148 SanFranciscoZionist
Yeah. Somehow what they want to be called isn't their 'real' name, and by using their 'real name' you take away their power and reveal them as fakers.
Deeply weird. It would make sense in some animist systems, but it's sort of interesting to see people I assume to be mostly Protestants taking up this sort of thing.
Actually it isn't that at all. It's a guy thing and a low brow guy thing at that.
Men are very pecking order conscious. Only people who are close to you use your first name or much less a diminutive.
By pointedly calling someone by a diminutive, you are insisting that you are not his equal, but rather his superior. It is the sort of move classically done by weak betas who need to assert themselves through status or threat displays in order to over compensate.
Note in passing how W. Bush was widely despised for calling people nick-names all the time. If you are in your circle of friends and they use a nick name, it is cool, you are all part of the same group and that is what nick names mean in that context. If you are not in that circle, he is telling you your status by renaming you.
It is a very basic form of insult.
On the flip side of that picture, notice how we never say the name of G-d.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:54:28pm |
re: #197 Sigma_x
Where's that one guy on the board who always go nuts (no pun intended) when anyone tries to paint the Tea Baggers with a broad stroke as old, angry, uneducated white people?
How come he hasn't popped into this thread and defended his brethren?
I have a few friends who attend tea parties and none of them are racists or kooks. Neither one hangs out with racists or kooks either.
[How's that for filling in?]
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:54:32pm |
re: #231 Gus 802
RE: 1812
Here's one from the crazy old Rense site:
I don't know why they think that bad. Given that New Orleans was under threat of imminent invasion, Jackson didn't have time to horse around with those who were resisting his work at preparing a defense. Throwing them in jail was not a good thing, but it was an absolutely necessary thing.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:54:39pm |
re: #248 Cannadian Club Akbar
My bad. I thought of #43.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:55:20pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:55:26pm |
re: #247 HappyWarrior
I just could never get in to it honestly. I had friends in 5th/6th grade who loved it but I was always like meh guys you know this is fake. They knew of course but it entertained them. Different strokes for different people I guess.
it also helped I had zero interest in normal sports. I became a Sonics fan later, and then I fell out of watching basketball when they left Seattle :(
I think what always did it for me was the theatrics. The love of theatrics stayed! I just have more sophisticated delivery systems for obnoxious theatrics now.
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:55:36pm |
re: #240 reine.de.tout
Gary Trudeau used to draw him as simply a feather. Which I thought was both particularly insulting and brilliant.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:55:44pm |
re: #250 Gus 802
Oh, and that crap was written by the anti-Semite Eustace Mullins.
This the same cat that Beck wrote a forward to in one of this books?
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:55:52pm |
re: #241 Gus 802
Another War of 1812 conspiracy. Again from Rense:
The teabagger in question does mention the Rothschilds so I'll assume this is what he means by 1812.
This does not go with the Rothschilds supporting the Confederacy. In order for this conspiracy to work, the Rothschilds would have had to support the Union. But, your conspiracy theorist will explain that those sneaky Juice really seekritly supported the Union while publicly pretending to support the Confederacy by giving it money and entree to European governments and stuff.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:55:58pm |
re: #237 reine.de.tout
You're correct, that guy is the person being courted by the SRLC.
And you're also correct they are an ever-shrinking demographic, THANK GOODNESS.
I see no R candidates on the national scene who are particularly attractive right now. None.
Romney is not attractive, but at least he's on this astral plane. Beyond him, it starts to look cartoonish.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:56:26pm |
re: #252 NJDhockeyfan
I have a few friends who attend tea parties and none of them are racists or kooks. Neither one hangs out with racists or kooks either.
[How's that for filling in?]
it ain't the attendees I'm worried about, it's the organizers.
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researchok Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:57:30pm |
re: #261 WindUpBird
it ain't the attendees I'm worried about, it's the organizers.
I'm worried about both.
The feed off of each other.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:57:35pm |
re: #260 Decatur Deb
Romney is not attractive, but at least he's on this astral plane. Beyond him, it starts to look cartoonish.
Romney - I've really got to wait and see.
The way some of the folks I thought were rational and sane have glommed onto the recent GOP themes, the tea-parties, the craziness - I'm a bit gun-shy about "liking" anyone right now.
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:57:39pm |
re: #252 NJDhockeyfan
I have a few friends who attend tea parties and none of them are racists or kooks. Neither one hangs out with racists or kooks either.
[How's that for filling in?]
So you're filling in for him?
What. A. Shock.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:57:43pm |
re: #258 HappyWarrior
This the same cat that Beck wrote a forward to in one of this books?
Don't know.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:58:32pm |
re: #259 Alouette
This does not go with the Rothschilds supporting the Confederacy. In order for this conspiracy to work, the Rothschilds would have had to support the Union. But, your conspiracy theorist will explain that those sneaky Juice really seekritly supported the Union while publicly pretending to support the Confederacy by giving it money and entree to European governments and stuff.
Don't even get me started on that stuff.
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:58:46pm |
re: #258 HappyWarrior
This the same cat that Beck wrote a forward to in one of this books?
No, that would be W. Cleon Skousen.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:58:48pm |
re: #256 WindUpBird
it also helped I had zero interest in normal sports. I became a Sonics fan later, and then I fell out of watching basketball when they left Seattle :(
I think what always did it for me was the theatrics. The love of theatrics stayed! I just have more sophisticated delivery systems for obnoxious theatrics now.
Ah see I was in to baseball from a very young age. Got in to football and boxing through watching those with my grandpa and basketball since my dad loves basketball since it was his best sport. It's funny though you bring up the theatrics of it though. I couldn't get in to anything like that as a kid but now I am taking a Shakespeare class and learned some Irish theatre over the summer when I took Irish film and lit over tehre and I find it entertaining.
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:59:04pm |
re: #256 WindUpBird
I suspect that slipped under the radar of alot of people >>
+++
PS: I found out what happened to my gun, the police DID end up with it because my cousin shot a tree out his upstairs window and somebody reported him as suicidal.
In theory he could have gotten it back, but since a number of the guns they took were unlicensed, he decided to just let it go, figuring that if the police were happy to just take them, he would be too.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:59:17pm |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:59:30pm |
re: #261 WindUpBird
it ain't the attendees I'm worried about, it's the organizers.
WUB - that's correct.
The first BR 'tea party", which was - I guess a year or so ago - I did attend.
I saw zero confederate flags.
I saw no ridiculous and disorganized signs like the one this guy was carrying.
Then Killgore did his thing, and I started checking into the organizers of the local event, and I did not like what I saw - all members of the "Constitution Party" -
And I can see from this event that things have really gone downhill with this "tea party" business.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:59:40pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:00:11pm |
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:00:22pm |
re: #271 reine.de.tout
Man, its tempting to draw parallels to the Bolsheviks suborning the Russian Revolution >>
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:00:26pm |
re: #269 windsagio
I suspect that slipped under the radar of alot of people >>
+++
PS: I found out what happened to my gun, the police DID end up with it because my cousin shot a tree out his upstairs window and somebody reported him as suicidal.
In theory he could have gotten it back, but since a number of the guns they took were unlicensed, he decided to just let it go, figuring that if the police were happy to just take them, he would be too.
did the tree pull through?
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darthstar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:00:27pm |
re: #128 Charles
It's a lot easier to say "Teabaggers" than "Those Who Hang Tea Bags From Their Ears."
I'm just lookin' for a little economy of typing.
Testicle Tonguing Twits has a nice ring to it though.
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Shiplord Kirel Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:00:59pm |
re: #259 Alouette
This does not go with the Rothschilds supporting the Confederacy. In order for this conspiracy to work, the Rothschilds would have had to support the Union. But, your conspiracy theorist will explain that those sneaky Juice really seekritly supported the Union while publicly pretending to support the Confederacy by giving it money and entree to European governments and stuff.
The anti-Catholic loon Jack Chick (whose cartoon tracts have magically appeared under windshield wipers all over America for 40 years now) has claimed that the Jesuits instigated the Civil War, though possibly with the Juice as co-conspirators. The idea was to bring down the south, since the Papacy was making good progress in its plans to dominate the north but had no such chance in the solidly Protestant south.
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:01:06pm |
re: #275 albusteve
Tree is all good. When he told me about it, to my shame I immediately thought of that Cantor shooting story and wondered where the bullet landed.
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Political Atheist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:01:40pm |
re: #271 reine.de.tout
I had exactly the same experience. I saw Gadsden flags, but no inverted American flags, no confederate flags and no racist signs. Not even an Obama as the Joker sign. But things went where they went so here we are.
What A Mess!
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:01:41pm |
re: #267 Lidane
No, that would be W. Cleon Skousen.
This would all be easier if Topps would issue a bubble-gum card series.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:01:43pm |
re: #259 Alouette
This does not go with the Rothschilds supporting the Confederacy. In order for this conspiracy to work, the Rothschilds would have had to support the Union. But, your conspiracy theorist will explain that those sneaky Juice really seekritly supported the Union while publicly pretending to support the Confederacy by giving it money and entree to European governments and stuff.
Don't spend to much time trying to figure out what idiots like that teabagger think. Their view of history bears absolutely no resemblance to reality. They're just trying to justify their own racism, paranoia, and butthurt.
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bratwurst Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:01:50pm |
re: #252 NJDhockeyfan
I have a few friends who attend tea parties and none of them are racists or kooks. Neither one hangs out with racists or kooks either.
[How's that for filling in?]
Not as good as your criticizing HCR by stating that you don't PERSONALLY know anyone who is unable to get health care, but yeoman's work nonetheless.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:01:53pm |
re: #276 darthstar
Testicle Tonguing Twits has a nice ring to it though.
Oh, gawd.
Another picture I just do not need in my head.
ew
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:02:10pm |
re: #274 windsagio
Man, its tempting to draw parallels to the Bolsheviks suborning the Russian Revolution >>
go ahead...it would not be too outrageous would it?
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:02:34pm |
I wish we would read more stories like this in the MSM. They don't like to print positive stories about our military....that was evident during the Iraq war.
Afghan students getting green thumbs in Ghazni Province
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Approximately 5,000 Afghan students at Sanayee High School in Ghazni province are learning not only about math, history and geography, but also about agriculture.
The Agribusiness Development Team in Ghazni, whose members are from the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas Army National Guard, led a small team of U.S. service members to the all-male high school where they spoke to the assistant principal to verify the completion of a school project, April 8.
The project, which is similar to Future Farmers of America , uses small square-foot gardens and aims to give students a chance to work with the soil.
“Once we show the students physically how to plant trees and seeds, it will encourage them,” said Abdul Sabur, the school assistant principle.
The ADT also learned that agricultural teachers were scarce. They offered to train the current agricultural teachers, and suggested a field trip for the students to Jungal Bagh farms, where they could see the work of agricultural experts in progress.
“Really, what it comes down to, is that agriculture is very important to the Afghan people, and we need to reach them at a very young age,” said U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rodney Robinson, agribusiness marketing specialist . “What better way to reach them than through high school, because agriculture is one of the main sources of income for the Afghan people.
During their discussion with the assistant principal, the ADT discovered that the school was very popular with its students.
“About 350 students will graduate this year, and 90 percent will be going to a university,” said Sabur.
It's great to know a new generation will learn to grow something other than opium poppies.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:02:40pm |
re: #271 reine.de.tout
WUB - that's correct.
The first BR 'tea party", which was - I guess a year or so ago - I did attend.
I saw zero confederate flags.
I saw no ridiculous and disorganized signs like the one this guy was carrying.Then Killgore did his thing, and I started checking into the organizers of the local event, and I did not like what I saw - all members of the "Constitution Party" -
And I can see from this event that things have really gone downhill with this "tea party" business.
They saw their chance and took it :/
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:02:42pm |
re: #281 Dark_Falcon
Don't spend to much time trying to figure out what idiots like that teabagger think. Their view of history bears absolutely no resemblance to reality. . . .
Which was painfully apparent from the way this guy was rambling on.
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:02:49pm |
re: #284 albusteve
no it really wouldn't, but people might not like the conservative movement being compared to the Reds.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:02:56pm |
re: #283 reine.de.tout
Oh, gawd.
Another picture I just do not need in my head.
ew
You can wash that image away by looking up what Santorim is. And yes it is named after the senator of that name.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:03:02pm |
re: #282 bratwurst
Not as good as your criticizing HCR by stating that you don't PERSONALLY know anyone who is unable to get health care, but yeoman's work nonetheless.
haha I know like 30, so I'll make up for his share :D
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:03:18pm |
re: #289 LudwigVanQuixote
You can wash that image away by looking up what Santorim is. And yes it is named after the senator of that name.
I love me some Dan Savage :D
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:03:28pm |
re: #276 darthstar
Testicle Tonguing Twits has a nice ring to it though.
Yes, it's a perfect description of Sarah Palin.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:04:29pm |
re: #286 WindUpBird
They saw their chance and took it :/
Actually - I think this is where they wanted to be all along!
The initial event sucked in a lot of people, with the benign language used to describe what it was all about, etc.
And of course, me being so gullible and all, I thought I'd head on down and see what was going on.
Killgore warned us - lots of folks argued with him, strongly argued with him.
He took a LOT of flak about it.
But he was right.
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erraticsphinx Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:05:03pm |
re: #291 WindUpBird
Santorum (the slang) perfectly describes Santorum ( the senator).
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:05:10pm |
The only defense I ever hear from people on this board, when it comes to the Tea Party and racism is:
"I have lots of friends aligned with the Tea Party, and none of them are racists."
So, by virtue of that and that alone, we're supposed to take it on good faith that there's no inherent racism in the Tea Party? That racism isn't the dominant, prevalent theme of the Tea Party as a whole?
If you (and you know who you are) feel the need to come on this board and offer ANY defense whatsoever of this retarded shamble of a party/movement/whatever the fuck you want to call it, then you get no respect from me at all. Period.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:05:27pm |
re: #289 LudwigVanQuixote
You can wash that image away by looking up what Santorim is. And yes it is named after the senator of that name.
yuck!
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:05:59pm |
re: #280 Decatur Deb
This would all be easier if Topps would issue a bubble-gum card series.
Haha yes it would be. Looks like this guy is another nut case though.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:06:07pm |
re: #285 NJDhockeyfan
I wish we would read more stories like this in the MSM. They don't like to print positive stories about our military...that was evident during the Iraq war.
Afghan students getting green thumbs in Ghazni Province
It's great to know a new generation will learn to grow something other than opium poppies.
It's nation building I can get behind. Teaching Afghans how to grow more crops and better themselves is the way we can make of Afghanistan no longer viable as a terrorist haven.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:06:10pm |
re: #258 HappyWarrior
This the same cat that Beck wrote a forward to in one of this books?
There was this:
Ron Paul Fans Post Tributes to Rabid Antisemite
US News %P% Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:36:58 pm PST
This month, the two main Ron Paul-related websites (“Campaign for Liberty” and “The Daily Paul”) both published eulogies for author Eustace Mullins, who recently died at the age of 86. The Daily Paul’s version: Eustace Mullins Passes On...
Mullins is also on Chuck Baldwin's reading list over at Vdare. Also see Kook Endorses Kook at LGF for more on Chuck Baldwin.
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Shiplord Kirel Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:06:21pm |
re: #288 windsagio
no it really wouldn't, but people might not like the conservative movement being compared to the Reds.
I think it's a good analogy, with McCain as the democratically minded Kerensky, Palin as Lenin, Beck as Trotsky and, of course, Rush Limbaugh as Stalin.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:06:30pm |
re: #282 bratwurst
Not as good as your criticizing HCR by stating that you don't PERSONALLY know anyone who is unable to get health care, but yeoman's work nonetheless.
Gosh, I state I have friends who are normal, not racists, who attend tea parties and I get snide remarks for it.
How progressive!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:06:35pm |
re: #296 reine.de.tout
yuck!
You looked it up! But given the Santorum controversy,
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
naming that stuff Santorum is so appropriate.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:06:38pm |
re: #295 Sigma_x
The only defense I ever hear from people on this board, when it comes to the Tea Party and racism is:
"I have lots of friends aligned with the Tea Party, and none of them are racists."
So, by virtue of that and that alone, we're supposed to take it on good faith that there's no inherent racism in the Tea Party? That racism isn't the dominant, prevalent theme of the Tea Party as a whole?
If you (and you know who you are) feel the need to come on this board and offer ANY defense whatsoever of this retarded shamble of a party/movement/whatever the fuck you want to call it, then you get no respect from me at all. Period.
Link? From here?
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Jerk Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:06:45pm |
Crazy dude: "You do know about 9/11?"
Black dude: "Oh, yes sir, yes sir."
My God, this tea bagger is is cuckoo for cocoa puffs.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:07:16pm |
re: #295 Sigma_x
The only defense I ever hear from people on this board, when it comes to the Tea Party and racism is:
"I have lots of friends aligned with the Tea Party, and none of them are racists."
So, by virtue of that and that alone, we're supposed to take it on good faith that there's no inherent racism in the Tea Party? That racism isn't the dominant, prevalent theme of the Tea Party as a whole?
If you (and you know who you are) feel the need to come on this board and offer ANY defense whatsoever of this retarded shamble of a party/movement/whatever the fuck you want to call it, then you get no respect from me at all. Period.
that's a stretch....you might want to take a post at it's face value rather than making broad assumptions
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:07:20pm |
re: #277 Shiplord Kirel
The anti-Catholic loon Jack Chick (whose cartoon tracts have magically appeared under windshield wipers all over America for 40 years now) has claimed that the Jesuits instigated the Civil War, though possibly with the Juice as co-conspirators. The idea was to bring down the south, since the Papacy was making good progress in its plans to dominate the north but had no such chance in the solidly Protestant south.
Oh geez. Chick tracts. I remember one family in the neighborhood I grew up in giving those out every Halloween. They also liked "accidentally" dropping some of the more virulently anti-Catholic ones in the bags of the kids they knew were Catholic. Fun times. =P
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:07:48pm |
re: #301 Shiplord Kirel
I think it's a good analogy, with McCain as the democratically minded Kerensky, Palin as Lenin, Beck as Trotsky and, of course, Rush Limbaugh as Stalin.
Russian history nerd here, but who plays Zinoviev
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:08:02pm |
re: #295 Sigma_x
The only defense I ever hear from people on this board, when it comes to the Tea Party and racism is:
"I have lots of friends aligned with the Tea Party, and none of them are racists."
So, by virtue of that and that alone, we're supposed to take it on good faith that there's no inherent racism in the Tea Party? That racism isn't the dominant, prevalent theme of the Tea Party as a whole?
If you (and you know who you are) feel the need to come on this board and offer ANY defense whatsoever of this retarded shamble of a party/movement/whatever the fuck you want to call it, then you get no respect from me at all. Period.
The racism is there.
The plan all along, I believe, was to suck in normal people using nice, benign, friendly language about what these things were about, and then the real agenda would come out. As we just saw in this video. I was at the first Baton Rouge event, and it was different altogether from this. But the organizers were there, just having a big time, I'm willing to bet, chuckling at how many people they managed to sucker in. Looks to me, though, like they're on a downhill slide, at least here. That place was covered with people the time I went.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:08:23pm |
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:08:42pm |
re: #304 Cannadian Club Akbar
Link? From here?
I came on the other day - can't remember which thread it was - and made some statement along the lines of, "All these Tea Baggers are old, angry, uneducated white people"... and was promptly raked over the fucking coals for it.
Called a bigot for having the temerity to call bigots bigots. It's happened on more than one occasion.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:08:47pm |
re: #307 Lidane
Oh geez. Chick tracts. I remember one family in the neighborhood I grew up in giving those out every Halloween. They also liked "accidentally" dropping some of the more virulently anti-Catholic ones in the bags of the kids they knew were Catholic. Fun times. =P
We'd collect chick tracts like trading cards, but this was Seattle in the 80's and early 90's, so the kooks handing them out were weirdos on street corner, so they were never a threat to us. We always wanted the ones about music and D&D :D
NO LITTLE BUDDY! YOU GOOFED!!!
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:08:56pm |
Damn, I can't believe I just sat through that bat shit crazy asshole with teabags hanging from his racist ears trying to explain to that incredibly saintly young black guy why he wasn't bat shit crazy and blatantly racist. Holy fuckin' shit!
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:09:11pm |
re: #295 Sigma_x
If you (and you know who you are) feel the need to come on this board and offer ANY defense whatsoever of this retarded shamble of a party/movement/whatever the fuck you want to call it, then you get no respect from me at all. Period.
Oh my! How will I live with myself from now on? No respect from you? I might have to take a vacation and reflect on how my life has failed because of this.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:09:31pm |
re: #311 Sigma_x
I came on the other day - can't remember which thread it was - and made some statement along the lines of, "All these Tea Baggers are old, angry, uneducated white people"... and was promptly raked over the fucking coals for it.
Called a bigot for having the temerity to call bigots bigots. It's happened on more than one occasion.
Then it should be easy to find.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:09:32pm |
And he who has Eustice Mullins on his reading list at Vdare, Chuck Baldwin, also writes for the teabagger site, RenewAmerica.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:10:00pm |
re: #314 NJDhockeyfan
Oh my! How will I live with myself from now on? No respect from you? I might have to take a vacation and reflect on how my life has failed because of this.
here's the money question.
if your friends were told honestly from a respected source what the organizers of those events believe, would they still attend?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:10:12pm |
re: #311 Sigma_x
I came on the other day - can't remember which thread it was - and made some statement along the lines of, "All these Tea Baggers are old, angry, uneducated white people"... and was promptly raked over the fucking coals for it.
Called a bigot for having the temerity to call bigots bigots. It's happened on more than one occasion.
that's because what you said wasn't true....nothing about it is so severely black and white
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:10:17pm |
re: #315 Cannadian Club Akbar
Then it should be easy to find.
yeah. Walter said it.
You don't remember? Honestly?
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:10:22pm |
re: #300 Gus 802
Mullins is also on Chuck Baldwin's reading list over at Vdare. Also see Kook Endorses Kook at LGF for more on Chuck Baldwin.
I think that's why I thought this was the guy Beck wrote the forward to. So many nutcases out there who believe in a conspiracy at every corner.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:10:51pm |
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:11:06pm |
LGF is so educational. Here I thought that Canada started the War of 1812 because we kept getting hassled whenever we wanted to go shopping in Buffalo.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:11:29pm |
re: #277 Shiplord Kirel
The anti-Catholic loon Jack Chick (whose cartoon tracts have magically appeared under windshield wipers all over America for 40 years now) has claimed that the Jesuits instigated the Civil War, though possibly with the Juice as co-conspirators. The idea was to bring down the south, since the Papacy was making good progress in its plans to dominate the north but had no such chance in the solidly Protestant south.
I've seen those cartoon tracts!
Gloomy, scary, eerie, frightening, doom and gloom stuff.
Awful.
And I guess he doesn't consider heavily Catholic Louisiana "the south"?
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bratwurst Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:11:31pm |
re: #302 NJDhockeyfan
Gosh, I state I have friends who are normal, not racists, who attend tea parties and I get snide remarks for it.
How progressive!
Like you, I am not a member of either party...it's just as a man of science I tend to discount anecdotal evidence.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:12:00pm |
re: #313 Irenicum
Damn, I can't believe I just sat through that bat shit crazy asshole with teabags hanging from his racist ears trying to explain to that incredibly saintly young black guy why he wasn't bat shit crazy and blatantly racist. Holy fuckin' shit!
And now your mind will be forever damaged. I know mine was.
This will help.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:12:02pm |
re: #322 Spare O'Lake
LGF is so educational. Here I thought that Canada started the War of 1812 because we kept getting hassled whenever we wanted to go shopping in Buffalo.
I'm surprised NY didn't offer to sell it to you....
jus kidding
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:12:11pm |
re: #322 Spare O'Lake
LGF is so educational. Here I thought that Canada started the War of 1812 because we kept getting hassled whenever we wanted to go shopping in Buffalo.
That had the only "Hooters" at the time.
/
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:12:46pm |
re: #247 HappyWarrior
I just could never get in to it honestly. I had friends in 5th/6th grade who loved it but I was always like meh guys you know this is fake. They knew of course but it entertained them. Different strokes for different people I guess.
My husband loved wrestling for a while, and he referred to it as 'my soap opera'. It wasn't the fighting, per se, it was the storylines, the characters that appealed.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:14:10pm |
re: #312 WindUpBird
What'll you give me for a beat up copy of this? It's the last surviving Chick comic of the many that I was given in the '80s.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:14:11pm |
re: #331 SanFranciscoZionist
My husband loved wrestling for a while, and he referred to it as 'my soap opera'. It wasn't the fighting, per se, it was the storylines, the characters that appealed.
See, I always thought that was childish but then again I was the kid who liked reading his history textbook when he was bored. It's funny because I can be completely childish and real silly on other things but wrestling struck me as too silly becasue of just that.
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:14:49pm |
re: #326 LudwigVanQuixote
Now I feel all soft and cuddly. Anyone want to snuggle on the oceanfront? My treat!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:14:53pm |
re: #329 Sigma_x
Um. We didn't care for a link to Michele Malkin? You are new.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:15:46pm |
re: #277 Shiplord Kirel
The anti-Catholic loon Jack Chick (whose cartoon tracts have magically appeared under windshield wipers all over America for 40 years now) has claimed that the Jesuits instigated the Civil War, though possibly with the Juice as co-conspirators. The idea was to bring down the south, since the Papacy was making good progress in its plans to dominate the north but had no such chance in the solidly Protestant south.
Jack Chick is an amazing, amazing man. There is a blogger who does detailed panel-by-panel analyses/teardowns of his tracts. They are frigging hilarious.
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Political Atheist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:16:02pm |
re: #329 Sigma_x
Well shit storm indeed, but you got updings and your critics got downdings. Interesting thing-you got no downdings in the comment. Although some of the most interesting comments get both.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:16:18pm |
re: #324 bratwurst
Like you, I am not a member of either party...it's just as a man of science I tend to discount anecdotal evidence.
what is a man of science?....a scientists?....it was an anecdote, not to be confused with scientific evidence....people post a lot of anecdotes here...there is no such thing as anecdotal evidence
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:16:21pm |
re: #335 Cannadian Club Akbar
Man, that is an insanely dishonest answer.
I knew I was jonsin' for you guys for a reason!
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Shiplord Kirel Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:16:52pm |
re: #308 HappyWarrior
Russian history nerd here, but who plays Zinoviev
That would have to be Michael Savage, who even looks a little like Zinoviev and is similarly in and out of favor with the main wingnut leadership. I wonder what kind of false confession Rush will try to force out of him at his show trial?
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:17:12pm |
If you ask me (which I know no one did) you got more than a few people on this board who think there's nothing wrong at all with the bile this idiot form the video was spewing.
They don't have the guts to come out and say it, of course. Mainly because they know they'd get banned from LGF. But they try and make excuses for the whole Tea Party in general in little subtle ways (it's always, "I have friends in the Tea Party"; never "I'M in the Tea Party.")
The funny thing is is that if Charles had come out and said any of the things I had, all you'd hear from them is this.
But I say it and I'm a douche.
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Political Atheist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:17:38pm |
re: #340 Irenicum
Hi!
It's a fine Saturday night here.
I had a good day out with D_L.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:18:03pm |
re: #343 Rightwingconspirator
Hi!
It's a fine Saturday night here.
I had a good day out with D_L.
How was the tour for the young 'uns?
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:19:01pm |
re: #341 Shiplord Kirel
That would have to be Michael Savage, who even looks a little like Zinoviev and is similarly in and out of favor with the main wingnut leadership. I wonder what kind of false confession Rush will try to force out of him at his show trial?
Ahh, okay trying to think of a name. Perhaps it's a little later in the timeline but what about Beria.
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:19:15pm |
re: #337 Rightwingconspirator
Well shit storm indeed, but you got updings and your critics got downdings. Interesting thing-you got no downdings in the comment. Although some of the most interesting comments get both.
What's an "upding?" (I'm new around these here parts.)
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:19:22pm |
re: #339 windsagio
Man, that is an insanely dishonest answer.
I knew I was jonsin' for you guys for a reason!
Dishonest how?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:19:28pm |
re: #198 reine.de.tout
;)
Despite what it may seem at times, I am here to help.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:19:44pm |
re: #342 Sigma_x
Wait, are you saying we've been infiltrated by... *looks around suspiciously* stealth-teabaggers?
Chill, Columbo. I hear Cato's already on the case.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:19:57pm |
re: #326 LudwigVanQuixote
And now your mind will be forever damaged. I know mine was.
This will help.
[Video]
Didn't damage me at all, it just made me mad.
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:19:59pm |
re: #342 Sigma_x
They find being part of the community more important than expressing themselves when its not safe. You see it with AGW too >>
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limewash Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:20:14pm |
re: #347 Sigma_x
+ or - comments to the right you'll see. LGF members rate comments
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:20:20pm |
re: #347 Sigma_x
Hi newbie. An upding is a vote in favor of the comment posted. A downding is its opposite.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:20:39pm |
re: #350 Killgore Trout
;)
Despite what it may seem at times, I am here to help.
You are appreciated.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:21:00pm |
re: #295 Sigma_x
The only defense I ever hear from people on this board, when it comes to the Tea Party and racism is:
"I have lots of friends aligned with the Tea Party, and none of them are racists."
So, by virtue of that and that alone, we're supposed to take it on good faith that there's no inherent racism in the Tea Party? That racism isn't the dominant, prevalent theme of the Tea Party as a whole?
If you (and you know who you are) feel the need to come on this board and offer ANY defense whatsoever of this retarded shamble of a party/movement/whatever the fuck you want to call it, then you get no respect from me at all. Period.
Here's the thing. I opposed us going into Iraq. And I ain't totally changed my mind yet.
I didn't go to any of the marches or protests, and God knows, in my neck of the woods, we had them coming out of our ears. Why? Because by then, ANSWER and some less savory fellow-travellers had emerged as the dominant voice in the anti-war movement, and there was no way in hell I could march with that crowd and tell myself it was OK because most of us just didn't want to invade Iraq.
I know people who made that decision both ways, and I still feel that those who decided to go made a bad choice.
So I don't buy the idea that you can stand out with these people and still be there just for whatever good ideal you hold in your heart. Can't be done.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:21:09pm |
re: #342 Sigma_x
If you ask me (which I know no one did) you got more than a few people on this board who think there's nothing wrong at all with the bile this idiot form the video was spewing.
They don't have the guts to come out and say it, of course. Mainly because they know they'd get banned from LGF. But they try and make excuses for the whole Tea Party in general in little subtle ways (it's always, "I have friends in the Tea Party"; never "I'M in the Tea Party.")
The funny thing is is that if Charles had come out and said any of the things I had, all you'd hear from them is this.
But I say it and I'm a douche.
I am going out on a limb and guess this post is directed at me. You are insinuating that because my friends are normal I somehow support the man in the video. That's completely false and you are an idiot for even suggesting it.
I'm not going to call you a douche...that would be insulting to douches everywhere.
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:21:16pm |
re: #348 Cannadian Club Akbar
Because nobody was reacting to the Malkin link. The whole argument was about the 'angry, frightened, old white people'.
Implying that it was all about him linking to her is, well, dishonest. (or at best deeply ignorant of the actual chain of posts under discussion).
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:22:00pm |
re: #342 Sigma_x
Screw you. That's a vile accusation to be throwing. None of those here is a Neo-Confederate, and frankly it's shameful for you to raise such a charge.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:22:04pm |
re: #350 Killgore Trout
;)
Despite what it may seem at times, I am here to help.
Oooh, do you do plumbing?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:22:06pm |
re: #301 Shiplord Kirel
I think it's a good analogy, with McCain as the democratically minded Kerensky, Palin as Lenin, Beck as Trotsky and, of course, Rush Limbaugh as Stalin.
God. Poor Kerensky. My dad took some college courses from him in political science.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:22:47pm |
re: #307 Lidane
Oh geez. Chick tracts. I remember one family in the neighborhood I grew up in giving those out every Halloween. They also liked "accidentally" dropping some of the more virulently anti-Catholic ones in the bags of the kids they knew were Catholic. Fun times. =P
Well, he has quite a number of Halloween-themed ones, so how terribly appropriate.
Yeesh.
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bratwurst Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:22:59pm |
re: #338 albusteve
there is no such thing as anecdotal evidence
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
[Link: dictionary.reference.com...]
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:23:27pm |
re: #359 windsagio
Because nobody was reacting to the Malkin link. The whole argument was about the 'angry, frightened, old white people'.
Implying that it was all about him linking to her is, well, dishonest. (or at best deeply ignorant of the actual chain of posts under discussion).
I can't believe anybody could remember such an insignificant exchange....and enough to still be riled up over it....move on and be jolly
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:23:31pm |
re: #360 Dark_Falcon
Screw you. That's a vile accusation to be throwing. None of those here is a Neo-Confederate, and frankly it's shameful for you to raise such a charge.
And you know this... how?
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:23:43pm |
re: #360 Dark_Falcon
well think of it this way, and consider all the People that either defend the Confederacy in various ways (most recently NO REALLY BLACKS SERVED IN THE SOUTHERN ARMY!), or talk about how the Democratic party left them, and the last good Democrat was Kennedy.
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Political Atheist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:24:00pm |
re: #344 reine.de.tout
It went great. We had twenty one attendees. Lots of gemologists in training, few goldsmiths in training. It is a rare treat to get to pass this stuff on. Showing the gem students how the gems get mounted, all about how gold is refined and remade into eco-sustainable new 14kt. I have a few images from the day.
[Link: studio11photography.blogspot.com...]
The tour..
[Link: docscasting.blogspot.com...]
An excuse to show how cool fire looks close up, especially as carbon neutral combustion
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:24:13pm |
re: #365 albusteve
I am jolly. I'm just still have enough brain cells left to remember things :D
(aka I'm not old :p)
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:24:21pm |
re: #362 SanFranciscoZionist
God. Poor Kerensky. My dad took some college courses from him in political science.
Wow, that had to been an unique experience. I always wondered what would have happened if Kerensky and the provincial government hadn't been overthrown by the Bolsheviks. I don't know a lot about Kerensky honestly. Not a guy you see books on.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:24:27pm |
re: #308 HappyWarrior
Russian history nerd here, but who plays Zinoviev
Oh, crud, maybe Steve Schmidt? Does that make sense?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:24:38pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:25:11pm |
re: #311 Sigma_x
I came on the other day - can't remember which thread it was - and made some statement along the lines of, "All these Tea Baggers are old, angry, uneducated white people"... and was promptly raked over the fucking coals for it.
Called a bigot for having the temerity to call bigots bigots. It's happened on more than one occasion.
Well, Walter got cranky about that one, IIRC.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:25:12pm |
re: #360 Dark_Falcon
Screw you. That's a vile accusation to be throwing. None of those here is a Neo-Confederate, and frankly it's shameful for you to raise such a charge.
Holy. Fuckin. Shit. Someone actually got D_F to kind of swear. What did I miss?
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:25:14pm |
re: #368 Rightwingconspirator
The BEST teachers, are those who have a love of their subject and can't wait to share it! Good for you!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:25:36pm |
re: #361 Floral Giraffe
Oooh, do you do plumbing?
Sadly, no. I can restore 18th century cellos and build a computer from scratch but I can't set a toilet to save my life.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:25:42pm |
re: #347 Sigma_x
What's an "upding?" (I'm new around these here parts.)
In the comment boxes, you can click the green "+" if you like a comment (UPDING!), or the red "-" if you don't.
You can click the heart button to save to your favorites, which you can access when you're logged in by going to "My Favorites" (upper left - in the log in box).
You can click on the number to the left of the minus sign to see how many updings/downdings you have and who did what to you.
You can click on the "!" to the right of the heart if you want to either report or recommend a comment to Charles.
If you want to search LGF for a comment by a particular person, go to "search LGF", and type in your search thusly:
"user:theperson's nic"
When you make a comment, look at the bottom of the comment box, there are instructions there for how to embed a video in your comment. Also how to enter special characters.
There's more, that's just all I can think of right now.
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:25:43pm |
re: #360 Dark_Falcon
Screw you. That's a vile accusation to be throwing. None of those here is a Neo-Confederate, and frankly it's shameful for you to raise such a charge.
And, for your information, I didn't accuse anyone here of being a "Neo-Confederate." I simply stated that I believe there's a few people on this board who are awfully quick to jump to the defense of the Tea Party and what it stands for (whatever the f_ck that is.)
That's all.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:25:46pm |
re: #366 Sigma_x
And you know this... how?
You've been on here for less than 2 weeks and you think you know everything about everyone? You are just slinging shit trying to stir up trouble. Who the fuck do you think you are?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:25:55pm |
re: #313 Irenicum
Damn, I can't believe I just sat through that bat shit crazy asshole with teabags hanging from his racist ears trying to explain to that incredibly saintly young black guy why he wasn't bat shit crazy and blatantly racist. Holy fuckin' shit!
'bat shit crazy asshole with teabags hanging from his racist ears'
Nominated for rotating title.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:25:56pm |
re: #372 SanFranciscoZionist
Who is Bachmann?
Uh shit, see from my understanding what made Soviet propaganda unique from German was it was a whole bunch of people as opposed to one person, Goebbels in the Nazi's case.
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:26:12pm |
re: #380 SanFranciscoZionist
'bat shit crazy asshole with teabags hanging from his racist ears'
Nominated for rotating title.
Been following this site for years, my man. Years.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:26:35pm |
re: #376 Killgore Trout
PC help???
LOL!
Hope you are well, this fine Spring day!
And your garden!
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:26:36pm |
So may I assume that sigma x may be losing their signal soon? Got here late, so i don't know the dynamics. So with that said, welcome sigma x! Unless you're a sock puppet, then fuck off! There, I've covered all my bases. Please proceed...
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:26:41pm |
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:26:42pm |
re: #379 NJDhockeyfan
You've been on here for less than 2 weeks and you think you know everything about everyone? You are just slinging shit trying to stir up trouble. Who the fuck do you think you are?
Go eat a bag of rusty dicks. Seriously.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:26:44pm |
re: #366 Sigma_x
And you know this... how?
I've been here over two years and I've seen the posts of guys like NJDHF and CCA over that time. Neither of those people has expressed Neo-Confederate sympathies nor have they shown themselves to be racist.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:26:55pm |
re: #364 bratwurst
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
[Link: dictionary.reference.com...]
I say it is, making it true, does not sound profoundly scientific since veracity must be assumed unless otherwise proven false...you are reaching, but thanks for the links
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Olsonist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:27:17pm |
re: #119 Decatur Deb
If they consolidate around the Paulians, the GOP faces a Dark Night of the Soul.
If they consolidate around the Palinists, the GOP faces a Dark Night of the Soul.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:27:25pm |
re: #377 reine.de.tout
Reine and Floral get all the +s.
/sorta
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:27:38pm |
re: #374 Slumbering Behemoth
Holy. Fuckin. Shit. Someone actually got D_F to kind of swear. What did I miss?
Some newbie trying to stir the pot. Where is Mandy to smack him around a little?
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:27:46pm |
re: #382 Sigma_x
Been following this site for years, my man. Years.
And this is the first you're hearing of dinging?
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:27:58pm |
re: #380 SanFranciscoZionist
'bat shit crazy asshole with teabags hanging from his racist ears'
Nominated for rotating title.
It's kinda long....
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Political Atheist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:28:19pm |
re: #375 Floral Giraffe
Well thank you very much. My co worker Robert (the guy doing the work, while I explained) is the best! We have done this for twenty years for GIA. Only in the last 5 years have I had the honor to co-instruct. GIA is education at its best, for a trade specific school.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:28:36pm |
re: #385 Decatur Deb
La Pasionaria.
Ha, I just learned about her since I was doing some research on the Albanian-Soviet split since I just got done doing a group research project and she said of Enver Hoxha that "he has bit the hand that feeds him." If anyone's interested though. Enver Hoxha is a fascinating topic. Total Stalinist creep but researching Albania was a lot of fun since I learned a lot.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:28:39pm |
re: #378 Sigma_x
And, for your information, I didn't accuse anyone here of being a "Neo-Confederate." I simply stated that I believe there's a few people on this board who are awfully quick to jump to the defense of the Tea Party and what it stands for (whatever the f_ck that is.)
That's all.
We've evolved. A year ago KT caught infinite grief for calling out the Tea Ps.
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bratwurst Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:28:49pm |
re: #388 albusteve
you are reaching
As were you when you made the dubious assertion that there is no such thing as "anecdotal evidence". Consider us even and have a good night.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:28:53pm |
I am losing my patience to be nice. With trolls. Thank you DF.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:29:04pm |
re: #321 Cannadian Club Akbar
Then find the quote.
here's the thread. [Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
I don't expect an apology from you, I expect silence or butthurt,
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:29:07pm |
re: #392 NJDhockeyfan
Some newbie trying to stir the pot. Where is Mandy to smack him around a little?
What is this - a high school cafeteria? Like, the "cool kids" get to sit over here, and anyone new better keep their newby mouths shut?
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:29:22pm |
re: #380 SanFranciscoZionist
So what's going on with the newbie tonight?
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:29:30pm |
re: #391 Sigma_x
The only thing this site is lacking is an ignore button.
You are welcome to leave anytime. Don't let the door hit you in the ass.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:29:51pm |
re: #376 Killgore Trout
Sadly, no. I can restore 18th century cellos and build a computer from scratch but I can't set a toilet to save my life.
I'm your toilet guy then....just call me up and we'll git er done
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:30:07pm |
re: #401 Sigma_x
What is this - a high school cafeteria? Like, the "cool kids" get to sit over here, and anyone new better keep their newby mouths shut?
The same shit happened to me too, dude. I was called a troll, I was accused of making fun of suicide because I posted a webcomic,. Just give it right back to them.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:30:13pm |
re: #383 Floral Giraffe
PC help???
LOL!
Hope you are well, this fine Spring day!
And your garden!
I'm fine but my early tomato transplant may have been killed off by freakishly cold weather. I took some cuttings inside as a last ditch attempt to salvage it. But I'm having a nice dinner of lamb, celeriac mash and kohlrabi/diakon salad so I'm quite happy.
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:30:23pm |
re: #401 Sigma_x
Its bullying really, they're trying to shut you up, and since they appear to be having trouble showing you wrong, its an appeal to seniority and tribalism.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:30:28pm |
re: #391 Sigma_x
The only thing this site is lacking is an ignore button.
It's your scroll button.
No one is forcing you to respond to a comment.
(Still, hang in here, I think you're contributing nicely. Sometimes there's some hazing, of talkative newbies..)
Yes, if the shoe fits, folks...
*evil eye*
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:30:28pm |
re: #404 albusteve
I'm your toilet guy then...just call me up and we'll git er done
That... that sounded so wrong.
Damn, I'm such a perv.
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:30:40pm |
re: #397 Decatur Deb
We've evolved. A year ago KT caught infinite grief for calling out the Tea Ps.
Wow, and yet now everyone's expressing SHOCK that I would even imply that a few people on this board might have sympathies for the Tea Baggers?
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:30:43pm |
re: #295 Sigma_x
The only defense I ever hear from people on this board, when it comes to the Tea Party and racism is:
"I have lots of friends aligned with the Tea Party, and none of them are racists."
So, by virtue of that and that alone, we're supposed to take it on good faith that there's no inherent racism in the Tea Party? That racism isn't the dominant, prevalent theme of the Tea Party as a whole?
If you (and you know who you are) feel the need to come on this board and offer ANY defense whatsoever of this retarded shamble of a party/movement/whatever the fuck you want to call it, then you get no respect from me at all. Period.
Well it ain't my usual thing but I'm willing to try, I cannot claim to speak at all to how any percentages of the teabaggers feel on any particular issue but then again neither can anyone else. I truly believe that many of them are just ordinary people that have fallen for being lied to consistently and repetitively. The majority of the older retired population do not use the internet regularly and if they use it at all it is for email and not for searching the newslinks to learn the truth about issues.
Yes there are common racists, white supremacists, klanners, and birchers amongst them but I do not for a minute believe that they are the majority. They are just using the others to once again gain their fifteen minutes in the spotlight and continue their increasingly futile battle to recruit new members.
It isn't that the tea party is overtly and completely racist, they aren't, what I have a problem with is their literature and speeches filled with "dog whistles." Well that and the occasionally dropped comment that makes it obvious that they are aware of the racist component and willing to pay lip service to it in a limited way in order to keep that support active.
They think that they can lay down with the pigs without getting too dirty and are willing to do it to swell their numbers. That doesn't make them actively evil it just makes them every bit as stupid as the GOP was when it thought it could pay lip service to the R.R. and the Theocrats without ever giving them any influence over the party.
We all have seen how well that worked out...
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:31:07pm |
re: #407 windsagio
Its bullying really, they're trying to shut you up, and since they appear to be having trouble showing you wrong, its an appeal to seniority and tribalism.
Suppress, suppress!
Appeals to seniority here are gibberish, because senior members have been banned for being psychos.
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:31:32pm |
re: #399 Cannadian Club Akbar
Also! When I think somebody is trolling, I have the balls to call them one outright.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:31:58pm |
re: #410 Sigma_x
Wow, and yet now everyone's expressing SHOCK that I would even imply that a few people on this board might have sympathies for the Tea Baggers?
Some people here TOTALLY have sympathy for Tea Baggers.
And some other people here are neutral on them, but will bristle at the idea that a liberal is attacking them, and then they rise up.
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KingKenrod Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:31:59pm |
re: #378 Sigma_x
And, for your information, I didn't accuse anyone here of being a "Neo-Confederate." I simply stated that I believe there's a few people on this board who are awfully quick to jump to the defense of the Tea Party and what it stands for (whatever the f_ck that is.)
That's all.
You're assigning the worst possible motive based on your own prejudices with little information. If someone defends the tea party, you should challenge them based on their argument, not on what you have assumed their motive is. It's paranoid.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:32:02pm |
re: #406 Killgore Trout
Nom nom nom!
Sorry about the tomatos, but their replaceable.
Do you grow any heirlooms?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:32:04pm |
re: #387 Dark_Falcon
I've been here over two years and I've seen the posts of guys like NJDHF and CCA over that time. Neither of those people has expressed Neo-Confederate sympathies nor have they shown themselves to be racist.
it appears hashing out the Blacks in the Confederacy was not just an interesting subject, but an indictment that one favored slavery....go figure
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:32:15pm |
re: #399 Cannadian Club Akbar
I am losing my patience to be nice. With trolls. Thank you DF.
Do you lose patience with people who prove you wrong as well?
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:32:24pm |
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:32:33pm |
re: #410 Sigma_x
Wow, and yet now everyone's expressing SHOCK that I would even imply that a few people on this board might have sympathies for the Tea Baggers?
Those who didn't believe their senses have left.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:32:35pm |
re: #414 WindUpBird
And some other people here are neutral on them, but will bristle at the idea that a liberal is attacking them, and then they rise up.
In bed.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:32:57pm |
re: #391 Sigma_x
The only thing this site is lacking is an ignore button.
It's called "scroll on past".
Or, you can employ 'GAZE'.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:33:03pm |
re: #397 Decatur Deb
We've evolved. A year ago KT caught infinite grief for calling out the Tea Ps.
He did a butt-load of work exposing the ugly side of the Teahadis, and a lot of people shit on him for it. Not me, but a lot of others no longer here. Good riddance.
I'd take one Killgore over a multitude of angry flouncers.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:33:05pm |
re: #315 Cannadian Club Akbar
Then it should be easy to find.
Start from 248 on this thread. I believe that's the discussion being referenced.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:33:16pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:33:18pm |
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:33:36pm |
re: #414 WindUpBird
I think there's a word you're thinking of for that, its one of your favorite internet words.
If I remember, it starts with a "T", and has something to do with the Souix, or maybe the Haida.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:33:47pm |
re: #409 JasonA
That... that sounded so wrong.
Damn, I'm such a perv.
KT can repair a cello but he can't set a toilet....I'm gonna drive up there and smack him....a one armed, blind ape can set a toilet
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:33:52pm |
re: #401 Sigma_x
What is this - a high school cafeteria? Like, the "cool kids" get to sit over here, and anyone new better keep their newby mouths shut?
If you were really following this site for the past year you would know we debate various subjects and don't always agree but we treat each other with respect. I've seen trolls like yourself come and go many times. You sign up then throw around vulgar insults to people who you disagree with right away. I give you 5-7 days before you are gone.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:33:53pm |
re: #418 WindUpBird
Do you lose patience with people who prove you wrong as well?
Nope. Prove me wrong. I apologie when it happens.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:34:02pm |
re: #424 SanFranciscoZionist
Start from 248 on this thread. I believe that's the discussion being referenced.
I worked hard to find the right alchemy of keywords! "+Old, +uneducated" did the trick. :D
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:34:36pm |
re: #428 albusteve
KT can repair a cello but he can't set a toilet...I'm gonna drive up there and smack him...a one armed, blind ape can set a toilet
Then what do we need you for? :P
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:34:41pm |
re: #429 NJDhockeyfan
If you were really following this site for the past year you would know we debate various subjects and don't always agree but we treat each other with respect. I've seen trolls like yourself come and go many times. You sign up then throw around vulgar insults to people who you disagree with right away. I give you 5-7 days before you are gone.
he's not a fucking troll, and I think you guys are totally just not done getting your cheap shot bullying in on him.
And I don't think he's leaving ;-)
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:34:44pm |
re: #422 reine.de.tout
It's called "scroll on past".
Or, you can employ 'GAZE'.
For a while I thought "GAZE" was a hidden button.
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:34:51pm |
re: #429 NJDhockeyfan
Oh mighty arbiter of who will last, how long do I have?
I wanna know so I can plan properly!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:35:00pm |
re: #430 Cannadian Club Akbar
Nope. Prove me wrong. I apologie when it happens.
Already did!
So I'll put you down for "butthurt", then.
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:35:03pm |
re: #347 Sigma_x
What's an "upding?" (I'm new around these here parts.)
Think of it as a Greek chorus or the British Parliament.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:35:21pm |
re: #412 WindUpBird
Suppress, suppress!
Appeals to seniority here are gibberish, because senior members have been banned for being psychos.
Well.
Not all.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:35:22pm |
re: #435 windsagio
Oh mighty arbiter of who will last, how long do I have?
I wanna know so I can plan properly!
heeheehee
They'll pull your heart plug out!
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:36:05pm |
re: #439 WindUpBird
AWESOME!
PS again, since you're not answering AIM. The newest south park is a parody of TRON. You should watch that.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:36:10pm |
re: #438 reine.de.tout
Well.
Not all.
of course not. ^_^
What I mean to say is this:
Senior members are no better or worse, or more trustworthy or less trustworthy, than new members.
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:36:12pm |
May I presume, though I haven't gotten any feedback so far, that Sigma X has pushed some buttons? This thread could get interesting.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:36:13pm |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:36:25pm |
re: #423 Slumbering Behemoth
He did a butt-load of work exposing the ugly side of the Teahadis, and a lot of people shit on him for it. Not me, but a lot of others no longer here. Good riddance.
I'd take one Killgore over a multitude of angry flouncers.
Ditto.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:36:26pm |
re: #440 windsagio
AWESOME!
PS again, since you're not answering AIM. The newest south park is a parody of TRON. You should watch that.
OH HELL REALLY?!?!?!
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:36:27pm |
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Sigma_x Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:36:29pm |
re: #411 ausador
Well it ain't my usual thing but I'm willing to try, I cannot claim to speak at all to how any percentages of the teabaggers feel on any particular issue but then again neither can anyone else. I truly believe that many of them are just ordinary people that have fallen for being lied to consistently and repetitively. The majority of the older retired population do not use the internet regularly and if they use it at all it is for email and not for searching the newslinks to learn the truth about issues.
Yes there are common racists, white supremacists, klanners, and birchers amongst them but I do not for a minute believe that they are the majority. They are just using the others to once again gain their fifteen minutes in the spotlight and continue their increasingly futile battle to recruit new members.
It isn't that the tea party is overtly and completely racist, they aren't, what I have a problem with is their literature and speeches filled with "dog whistles." Well that and the occasionally dropped comment that makes it obvious that they are aware of the racist component and willing to pay lip service to it in a limited way in order to keep that support active.
They think that they can lay down with the pigs without getting too dirty and are willing to do it to swell their numbers. That doesn't make them actively evil it just makes them every bit as stupid as the GOP was when it thought it could pay lip service to the R.R. and the Theocrats without ever giving them any influence over the party.
We all have seen how well that worked out...
Well said. The smarmy-quotient on this board is off the charts, and yet you took the time to articulate a reasonable response. Thanks.
I consider myself a liberal/progressive. But you couldn't - at gunpoint - get me to offer up even a half-hearted defense of, like, Code-Pink or some of the more outlandish elements of that wing of the party.
And yet you got a whole shit ton of people on this board who are quick to jump all over a guy's ass (as long as it's not Charles, then they keep quiet) if he so much as makes even a passing negative reference to shit-bag orgy that is the Tea Party.
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:36:48pm |
re: #422 reine.de.tout
It's called "scroll on past".
Or, you can employ 'GAZE'.
Count to 10. Walk away from the computer. Type out an enraged response and then delete it. Sometimes it's better to let things slide.
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:36:55pm |
re: #438 reine.de.tout
"I have better insurance!", hit the car again.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:37:20pm |
re: #428 albusteve
KT can repair a cello but he can't set a toilet...I'm gonna drive up there and smack him...a one armed, blind ape can set a toilet
That blind ape charged me $30 an hour. I happily paid after a week of crapping in my yard.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:37:20pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:37:21pm |
re: #412 WindUpBird
Suppress, suppress!
Appeals to seniority here are gibberish, because senior members have been banned for being psychos.
Um no. Many of the "oldsters" are still here, and VERY RELEVANT.
Watch out for the canes, though...
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:37:29pm |
re: #443 Floral Giraffe
LOL! That's funny!
I thought it was a feature that hid peoples' messages, like on a Muck. you can slash-ignore someone and then their comments/actions don't get sent to your Muck client.
(A muck is like a role-playing text environment)
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:37:30pm |
re: #394 Floral Giraffe
It's kinda long...
How about just 'with teabags hanging from his racist ears'?
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:37:30pm |
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:37:43pm |
re: #433 WindUpBird
he's not a fucking troll, and I think you guys are totally just not done getting your cheap shot bullying in on him.
And I don't think he's leaving ;-)
I'm the troll....you just had a brain fart, right?
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:37:51pm |
re: #434 Decatur Deb
For a while I thought "GAZE" was a hidden button.
I keep giving him info as requested and he keeps ignoring it.
OK by me.
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:38:19pm |
re: #457 albusteve
You're confusing him with me again :P
WUB is all nice, I'm the one that accuses you of trolling sometimes :D
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Gus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:38:23pm |
re: #451 Killgore Trout
That blind ape charged me $30 an hour. I happily paid after a week of crapping in my yard.
30 bucks an hour? Sounds, cheap.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:38:59pm |
re: #447 Sigma_x
Well said. The smarmy-quotient on this board is off the charts, and yet you took the time to articulate a reasonable response. Thanks.
I consider myself a liberal/progressive. But you couldn't - at gunpoint - get me to offer up even a half-hearted defense of, like, Code-Pink or some of the more outlandish elements of that wing of the party.
And yet you got a whole shit ton of people on this board who are quick to jump all over a guy's ass (as long as it's not Charles, then they keep quiet) if he so much as makes even a passing negative reference to shit-bag orgy that is the Tea Party.
Ain't this the truth. I've had people jump down my throats for making the same point as the entry. Because they won't go after the host, but I'm just some jerkoff commenter so they can attempt to tee off on me ;-)
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Tigger2005 Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:39:13pm |
re: #29 Dark_Falcon
They might well take a shot at you. Some Neo-Confederates are pretty hardcore and burning a groups flag is a serious insult.
You'd be even more likely to get shot if you held up a sign that said, "Dale's dead...get over it."
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:39:18pm |
re: #454 WindUpBird
Funny thing I see about GAZE is that it seems to have less to do with actually ignoring people, more with being a way to put them on Notice. (at least in actual practice)
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:39:27pm |
re: #457 albusteve
I'm the troll...you just had a brain fart, right?
You're not a the troll, you're the curmudgeon!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:39:51pm |
re: #459 windsagio
You're confusing him with me again :P
WUB is all nice, I'm the one that accuses you of trolling sometimes :D
hahaha yes, I talk cars!
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:39:52pm |
re: #441 WindUpBird
of course not. ^_^
What I mean to say is this:
Senior members are no better or worse, or more trustworthy or less trustworthy, than new members.
THAT is true.
The thing is, though, we know each other a bit, from what we've read those folks say, from interacting with them over the course of a couple of years.
I just waited awhile before poking my head out too much.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:40:03pm |
re: #402 Irenicum
So what's going on with the newbie tonight?
He's taking on the upperclassmen, and some of them have decided to flush his head in the toilet.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:40:03pm |
re: #435 windsagio
Oh mighty arbiter of who will last, how long do I have?
I wanna know so I can plan properly!
I like debating you. That turd seems to rely heavy on the personal insults and foul name calling. I have no use for anyone like that.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:40:13pm |
re: #447 Sigma_x
Well said. The smarmy-quotient on this board is off the charts, and yet you took the time to articulate a reasonable response. Thanks.
I consider myself a liberal/progressive. But you couldn't - at gunpoint - get me to offer up even a half-hearted defense of, like, Code-Pink or some of the more outlandish elements of that wing of the party.
And yet you got a whole shit ton of people on this board who are quick to jump all over a guy's ass (as long as it's not Charles, then they keep quiet) if he so much as makes even a passing negative reference to shit-bag orgy that is the Tea Party.
if you've been following this blog for years, you would have noticed that this very subject has been hashed to death almost...you got a few pounds of shit, hardly tons....relax bro
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:40:33pm |
re: #458 reine.de.tout
I keep giving him info as requested and he keeps ignoring it.
OK by me.
Yes, it could still turn out to be a troll. But it's contributing to the conversation, and interesting. I'm not too sure about the "read the site for a year" stuff, given that it didn't know GAZE. Time & Mr. Beaumont will tell!
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:41:02pm |
re: #451 Killgore Trout
That blind ape charged me $30 an hour. I happily paid after a week of crapping in my yard.
TMI!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:41:05pm |
re: #453 Floral Giraffe
Um no. Many of the "oldsters" are still here, and VERY RELEVANT.
Watch out for the canes, though...
They're relevant, sure! But it's just case by case, some of the senior posters rock, some of them I...don't really dig. ;-) I think Obdicut is one of the sharpest and most patient people on this thing, and he's a new guy,
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:41:20pm |
re: #467 SanFranciscoZionist
He's taking on the upperclassmen, and some of them have decided to flush his head in the toilet.
What's with all the toilet talk here? Taco night or something?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:41:48pm |
re: #466 reine.de.tout
THAT is true.
The thing is, though, we know each other a bit, from what we've read those folks say, from interacting with them over the course of a couple of years.I just waited awhile before poking my head out too much.
I'm a noisy bastard because I essentially have been yakking and arguing on digital forums for over 20 years :D
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:41:50pm |
re: #374 Slumbering Behemoth
Holy. Fuckin. Shit. Someone actually got D_F to kind of swear. What did I miss?
Check the comment I responded to.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:41:52pm |
re: #451 Killgore Trout
That blind ape charged me $30 an hour. I happily paid after a week of crapping in my yard.
that was cheap....be thankful...as for crapping in your yard, well, I can get with that I guess....no harm, no foul
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:42:18pm |
I obviously came in on this school-yard fight a little too late. See how it hashes out in the far side. Apologies if I shat on anybody prematurely.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:42:20pm |
re: #472 WindUpBird
They're relevant, sure! But it's just case by case, some of the senior posters rock, some of them I...don't really dig. ;-) I think Obdicut is one of the sharpest and most patient people on this thing, and he's a new guy,
We all have our favorites & friends. Lots of folks here. Lots to choose from.
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:42:30pm |
re: #440 windsagio
The newest south park is a parody of TRON. You should watch that.
Tron + Facebook, including Cartman doing a send-up of Jim Cramer.
Not nearly as funny as the medical marijuana/KFC one, but considering all the time I spend on Facebook, still hilarious. Heh.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:42:56pm |
re: #480 Lidane
Tron + Facebook, including Cartman doing a send-up of Jim Cramer.
Not nearly as funny as the medical marijuana/KFC one, but considering all the time I spend on Facebook, still hilarious. Heh.
Really? I liked this one a lot more than last week's.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:42:59pm |
re: #463 windsagio
Funny thing I see about GAZE is that it seems to have less to do with actually ignoring people, more with being a way to put them on Notice. (at least in actual practice)
The thing with "GAZE" is it's supposed to put the person on notice, but then YOU are supposed to actually gaze on past, and nobody ever really does it.
I don't use it myself. I find the scroll on by method to be perfectly satisfactory.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:43:37pm |
re: #447 Sigma_x
Well said. The smarmy-quotient on this board is off the charts, and yet you took the time to articulate a reasonable response. Thanks.
Now you're starting to piss me off.
I consider myself a liberal/progressive. But you couldn't - at gunpoint - get me to offer up even a half-hearted defense of, like, Code-Pink or some of the more outlandish elements of that wing of the party.
That I can totally respect. +1
And yet you got a whole shit ton of people on this board who are quick to jump all over a guy's ass (as long as it's not Charles, then they keep quiet) if he so much as makes even a passing negative reference to shit-bag orgy that is the Tea Party.
Overly sensitive baloney. -1
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:43:48pm |
re: #466 reine.de.tout
THAT is true.
The thing is, though, we know each other a bit, from what we've read those folks say, from interacting with them over the course of a couple of years.I just waited awhile before poking my head out too much.
For instance, jamesfirecat, I found really aggravating at first.
He's mellowed.
Or I have.
At any rate, he's usually just funny now.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:43:49pm |
re: #480 Lidane
Tron + Facebook, including Cartman doing a send-up of Jim Cramer.
Not nearly as funny as the medical marijuana/KFC one, but considering all the time I spend on Facebook, still hilarious. Heh.
I have it DVR'd. I may watch it before I go to bed.
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:43:49pm |
re: #482 reine.de.tout
I always wondered what GAZE even meant. But I'm not always tech savvy.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:44:02pm |
re: #467 SanFranciscoZionist
He's taking on the upperclassmen, and some of them have decided to flush his head in the toilet.
I'd like to think I'm the D-Day of this place, riding my motorcycle up the stairs :D
Sigma just needs to hang out with us hippie assholes in Delta house!
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:44:53pm |
re: #472 WindUpBird
They're relevant, sure! But it's just case by case, some of the senior posters rock, some of them I...don't really dig. ;-) I think Obdicut is one of the sharpest and most patient people on this thing, and he's a new guy,
I think Obdi's pretty awesome, too.
All 'round good egg.
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:45:11pm |
re: #481 JasonA
Really? I liked this one a lot more than last week's.
Oh, I laughed at the new one, don't get me wrong. However, the sight of Randy and all the men in South Park bouncing around on their balls had me crying with laughter. I couldn't even recap it for my hair stylist days later without laughing my ass off. Hehe.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:45:15pm |
re: #488 reine.de.tout
I think Obdi's pretty awesome, too.
All 'round good egg.
Smarter than me, that's for sure *_*
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SpaceJesus Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:45:43pm |
if this guy has an airplane, i have a giant concrete wall by my place i can paint a picture of an IRS building onto.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:46:15pm |
re: #487 WindUpBird
I'd like to think I'm the D-Day of this place, riding my motorcycle up the stairs :D
Sigma just needs to hang out with us hippie assholes in Delta house!
Upding for the Animal House reference.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:46:25pm |
re: #489 Lidane
Ah. See, I just found to be too over the top in its ridiculousness. The Cartman/KFC plot was funny as hell, though.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:46:35pm |
re: #483 Slumbering Behemoth
Overly sensitive baloney. -1
Now you know you're just smarmy.
And I'm dense.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:46:45pm |
re: #493 Cannadian Club Akbar
Upding for the Animal House reference.
Fair enough.
(I still think Sigma is right)
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:46:47pm |
re: #484 reine.de.tout
For instance, jamesfirecat, I found really aggravating at first.
He's mellowed.
Or I have.
At any rate, he's usually just funny now.
James played Clumsy Puppy well, until he hit the harmonic of the crowd.
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:47:36pm |
re: #461 WindUpBird
So why go any where else to blog? Hash it out.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:48:12pm |
re: #498 prairiefire
So why go any where else to blog? Hash it out.
Well, my own blog is more for business and pointing out shit I like :D
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:49:02pm |
re: #474 WindUpBird
I'm a noisy bastard because I essentially have been yakking and arguing on digital forums for over 20 years :D
LGF is my one and only.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:50:04pm |
Ha, it was only a small part of the episode's plot but Randy constantly asking Stan "So we're not friends" and the fact that Randy reminds me a little of my Dad had me thinking again how grateful I am that my parents aren't tech savvy. I mean I have a strong and open relationship with my folks about my like and social life but it would just be weird especially if I had a drunken status.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:51:52pm |
re: #502 HappyWarrior
Ha, it was only a small part of the episode's plot but Randy constantly asking Stan "So we're not friends" and the fact that Randy reminds me a little of my Dad had me thinking again how grateful I am that my parents aren't tech savvy. I mean I have a strong and open relationship with my folks about my like and social life but it would just be weird especially if I had a drunken status.
Me too. Wait, what?
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Decatur Deb Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:52:37pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:53:11pm |
re: #495 reine.de.tout
I may get smarmy sometimes, but you are anything but dense.
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:53:13pm |
re: #503 Cannadian Club Akbar
He's referring to the South Park ep. I told WUB to watch >>
Its about facebook and TRON.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:54:38pm |
re: #6 jamesfirecat
"The south actually freed the slaves before the north did"
Excuse me I need to go vomit up my dinner and my lunch... and my breakfast...
Or, as a famous German satirist once said about the Nazis: "Man kann nicht so viel essen, wie man kotzen möchte." (I can't eat as much as I would like to puke.)
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:55:27pm |
re: #506 windsagio
He's referring to the South Park ep. I told WUB to watch >>
Its about facebook and TRON.
Yeah and how Randy is constantly asking Stan to friend him. It reminds me of something my dad would do if he had an account. I've never seen Tron so I didn't get the references. I enjoyed the one a couple weeks ago more honestly since the underground selling of KFC like drugs was hilarious. Plus the colonel telling Cartman not to fuck with him.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:56:25pm |
re: #509 HappyWarrior
Yeah and how Randy is constantly asking Stan to friend him. It reminds me of something my dad would do if he had an account. I've never seen Tron so I didn't get the references. I enjoyed the one a couple weeks ago more honestly since the underground selling of KFC like drugs was hilarious. Plus the colonel telling Cartman not to fuck with him.
TRON is worth a viewing, and the spoof is timely because TRON has a sequal coming out later this year.
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:56:27pm |
re: #509 HappyWarrior
Are you having some issues with your Pappy?
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:56:37pm |
re: #234 Dark_Falcon
Well, we did hammer them on Lake Erie, Lake Chaplain, and at Chippewa. That said, Canada proved able to defend itself quite well and they are justified in being proud of that.
True. My favorite moment of that mess though remains "Those are regulars, by God!". In many ways, Winfield Scott is the greatest general of America's history.
William
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:56:56pm |
re: #511 prairiefire
Are you having some issues with your Pappy?
Nah not at all. He's just kinda goofy like Stan's dad.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:57:27pm |
re: #510 Dark_Falcon
TRON is worth a viewing, and the spoof is timely because TRON has a sequal coming out later this year.
Ah is that why they spoofed it? I had heard of the movie before honestly but I don't watch a lot of sci-fi films.
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webevintage Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:57:32pm |
Dear God.
Thank you for SNL and Tina Fey and The Sarah Palin Network.
KTHX.
Julie
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:57:45pm |
re: #505 Slumbering Behemoth
I may get smarmy sometimes, but you are anything but dense.
You're never smarmy!
Evah.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:58:17pm |
I watch "24" and "Fringe". Hollywood is showing me nothing.
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:58:58pm |
re: #513 HappyWarrior
I've got a goofy Pa. He loves his boys a tad bit more than me, but I'm the grifter in the family! (Following in his Big Fish footprints)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:59:16pm |
re: #514 HappyWarrior
It's dated, but good.
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:01:11pm |
re: #516 reine.de.tout
And you are never dense, mon ami.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:01:47pm |
re: #401 Sigma_x
What is this - a high school cafeteria? Like, the "cool kids" get to sit over here, and anyone new better keep their newby mouths shut?
Sigh...it isn't any different than any other forum or comment based blog, older members with posts in the tens of thousands need to be treated with some small amount of difference even when they are having a "bad day" and are being a bit cranky.
The other members who recognize the regulars name and not yours see you as attacking "one of them," it is normal human behavior. Normal "Net" etiquette and conventions say that you have to be at least slightly differential to those older members until you have at least three or four months of regular posting under your belt.
This is true everywhere, it isn't "censorship" or a problem with the site, it is just long term posters sticking together and acting like, well, long term posters do...
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Silvergirl Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:02:05pm |
re: #103 laZardo
The day Jack Rose killed Lee Harvey Oswald?
The name was Ruby. Jack Ruby.
I scanned down the thread and didn't see anybody make the correction, so there it is.
Good thing you didn't write it on a sign or you'd be guilty of what is that, Teabagger Eubonics? Or at least an uninformed doofus.
However, you're known and loved so get a knuckle rub on the scalp.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:03:28pm |
re: #518 prairiefire
I've got a goofy Pa. He loves his boys a tad bit more than me, but I'm the grifter in the family! (Following in his Big Fish footprints)
A guy has a son: He is a father.
He has a girl: He is a daddy, for life.:)
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:03:30pm |
I have a new closing line:
Monkton: Got consanguinity?
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:03:45pm |
re: #494 JasonA
Ah. See, I just found to be too over the top in its ridiculousness. The Cartman/KFC plot was funny as hell, though.
See, I'm all about the over-the-top and ridiculous. It makes things more interesting. Let's put it this way-- my all-time go to films for a laugh are Blazing Saddles and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. They never fail to get me out of whatever funk I'm in . It's just my sense of humor, I guess. Heh.
I LOVED the Cartman/KFC plot, especially when Cartman started snorting chicken skin. The whole thing was genius.
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:04:40pm |
re: #525 Lidane
See, I'm all about the over-the-top and ridiculous. It makes things more interesting. Let's put it this way-- my all-time go to films for a laugh are Blazing Saddles and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. They never fail to get me out of whatever funk I'm in . It's just my sense of humor, I guess. Heh.
I LOVED the Cartman/KFC plot, especially when Cartman started snorting chicken skin. The whole thing was genius.
Our senses of humor are similar I think. Love Blazing Saddles and Mel Brooks' work.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:04:49pm |
re: #525 Lidane
See, I'm all about the over-the-top and ridiculous. It makes things more interesting. Let's put it this way-- my all-time go to films for a laugh are Blazing Saddles and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. They never fail to get me out of whatever funk I'm in . It's just my sense of humor, I guess. Heh.
I LOVED the Cartman/KFC plot, especially when Cartman started snorting chicken skin. The whole thing was genius.
It's the same reason I love Monty Python.
Monkton: Got consanguinity?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:05:13pm |
re: #521 ausador
Seriously. Fur may fly here at LGF from time to time, but it is nothing compared to the batshit insanity, invective screaming, professional trolling, and out right bigoted hate that I have seen on many gaming forums that I have lurked.
This place is tame, compared to the rest of the internet.
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windsagio Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:05:40pm |
re: #509 HappyWarrior
Dude, you haven't seen TRON? Look it up! I mean its goofy in an old 80's way, but its still freakin' wonderful :D
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:06:23pm |
re: #527 LudwigVanQuixote
It's the same reason I love Monty Python.
Oh, I'm a Python fan too. My boyfriend doesn't get it. I bought the entire series on DVD and he looked at me like I'd grown another limb.
Ah well. It makes me laugh, and that's what counts. :)
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HappyWarrior Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:07:32pm |
re: #529 windsagio
Dude, you haven't seen TRON? Look it up! I mean its goofy in an old 80's way, but its still freakin' wonderful :D
Nope, I see Jeff Bridges is in it though. I like his work so that's a plus right there.
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Randall Gross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:08:35pm |
You know after watching that video words just fucking fail me - good find Kilgore.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:09:52pm |
re: #531 Lidane
Oh, I'm a Python fan too. My boyfriend doesn't get it. I bought the entire series on DVD and he looked at me like I'd grown another limb.
Ah well. It makes me laugh, and that's what counts. :)
How cool is that? Most women don't get Monty Python but the guys usually do. The ladies usually have as much interest in that as they do The Three Stooges.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:10:18pm |
re: #533 HappyWarrior
Nope, I see Jeff Bridges is in it though. I like his work so that's a plus right there.
From the second trailer, Bruce Boxleitner has at least a minor role as well.
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Silvergirl Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:11:35pm |
re: #521 ausador
Sigh...it isn't any different than any other forum or comment based blog, older members with posts in the tens of thousands need to be treated with some small amount of difference even when they are having a "bad day" and are being a bit cranky.
The other members who recognize the regulars name and not yours see you as attacking "one of them," it is normal human behavior. Normal "Net" etiquette and conventions say that you have to be at least slightly differential to those older members until you have at least three or four months of regular posting under your belt.
This is true everywhere, it isn't "censorship" or a problem with the site, it is just long term posters sticking together and acting like, well, long term posters do...
Deference, even. (channeling Snagglepuss)
(exit: Stage Right)
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:11:42pm |
re: #524 LudwigVanQuixote
I have a new closing line:
Monkton: Got consanguinity?
May I ask the point of that? Not trying to badger you, just wanting to know. Monkton being, of course, a supercilious buffoon.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:13:04pm |
re: #535 NJDhockeyfan
How cool is that? Most women don't get Monty Python but the guys usually do. The ladies usually have as much interest in that as they do The Three Stooges.
I know many more women who like Python than who like the Stooges. I don't know any women who like the Stooges.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:13:58pm |
re: #535 NJDhockeyfan
I watched them when I used to smoke weed. Funny. Like Beavis and Butthead. But I haven't smoked for years.
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:14:31pm |
re: #535 NJDhockeyfan
How cool is that? Most women don't get Monty Python but the guys usually do. The ladies usually have as much interest in that as they do The Three Stooges.
When I was a kid, I could watch as much TV as I wanted, provided it was PBS, since that was considered educational. It was, but not in the way my mom and stepfather probably figured.
At the time, the PBS station would show a lot of British comedy-- Python, Blackadder, The Young Ones, Benny Hill... the list goes on. I watched it all. Still have that sense of humor, too. Heh.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:15:41pm |
re: #543 Lidane
When I was a kid, I could watch as much TV as I wanted, provided it was PBS, since that was considered educational. It was, but not in the way my mom and stepfather probably figured.
At the time, the PBS station would show a lot of British comedy-- Python, Blackadder, The Young Ones, Benny Hill... the list goes on. I watched it all. Still have that sense of humor, too. Heh.
Upding for the "Young Ones".
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:15:57pm |
re: #541 SanFranciscoZionist
I know many more women who like Python than who like the Stooges. I don't know any women who like the Stooges.
Heh. What is it with women and Moe, Larry, & Curly? C'mon ladies...they are fucking funny as hell!
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:16:40pm |
re: #545 NJDhockeyfan
Heh. What is it with women and Moe, Larry, & Curly? C'mon ladies...they are fucking funny as hell!
It's a gender thing. Like colorblindness. I dunno.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:17:48pm |
re: #543 Lidane
When I was a kid, I could watch as much TV as I wanted, provided it was PBS, since that was considered educational. It was, but not in the way my mom and stepfather probably figured.
At the time, the PBS station would show a lot of British comedy-- Python, Blackadder, The Young Ones, Benny Hill... the list goes on. I watched it all. Still have that sense of humor, too. Heh.
I used to watch Benny Hill when I was a teenager. It was the only show that showed boobs on TV. In fact I was watching Benny Hill when John Lennon was shot.
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:29:24pm |
re: #545 NJDhockeyfan
Heh. What is it with women and Moe, Larry, & Curly? C'mon ladies...they are fucking funny as hell!
The Stooges are funny. I just wouldn't consider myself a huge fan or anything. And don't get me started on the craptastic cartoons they did in the 70's with robot versions of the Stooges. Those were terrible.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:30:50pm |
re: #549 Lidane
The Stooges are funny. I just wouldn't consider myself a huge fan or anything. And don't get me started on the craptastic cartoons they did in the 70's with robot versions of the Stooges. Those were terrible.
LOL...my 7 year old daughter love that cartoon. They don't care for the original show, though.
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:35:35pm |
re: #524 LudwigVanQuixote
I have a new closing line:
Monkton: Got consanguinity?
Heh. They're makin' fun of you at the Deuce. Grats!
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:38:49pm |
re: #529 windsagio
Dude, you haven't seen TRON? Look it up! I mean its goofy in an old 80's way, but its still freakin' wonderful :D
I assume we are talking about this because of the really cool looking sequel soon to be released? I have seen a few short editors cuts along with the trailers and they look pretty good, seems as though they aren't going to drift too far from the first movie which in this case is a good thing.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:40:58pm |
re: #551 JasonA
Heh. They're makin' fun of you at the Deuce. Grats!
Wear it as a badge of honor LVQ!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:42:39pm |
re: #539 Dark_Falcon
May I ask the point of that? Not trying to badger you, just wanting to know. Monkton being, of course, a supercilious buffoon.
Because it just fits. Consanguinity is generations of people who are too closely related making babies. Just like the European aristocracy.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:43:02pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:47:11pm |
re: #554 LudwigVanQuixote
Because it just fits. Consanguinity is generations of people who are too closely related making babies. Just like the European aristocracy.
Given his claimed aristocratic heritage, the strike is perfectly aimed. Bravo, Ludwig! That shows a command of history seldom seen these days. That's something I love about LGF: I get to hang out with people who actually know about history and politics.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:48:59pm |
re: #538 Silvergirl
Deference, even. (channeling Snagglepuss)
(exit: Stage Right)
Actually I meant difference in this particular case and then explained it. Deference sounded too patronizing, in the next paragraph I used differentially as it was appropriate there but unfortunately "spelt it wrong for my meanin..."
It should have been deferentially...oh well what can I say, God made me imperfectly I guess, I blame him for my errors. :p
/
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:52:13pm |
re: #554 LudwigVanQuixote
Because it just fits. Consanguinity is generations of people who are too closely related making babies. Just like the European aristocracy.
BTW that is Lord Monckton, spelling the mans name wrong while a small oversight will not impress the cognizant.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:54:33pm |
re: #553 ausador
Wear it as a badge of honor LVQ!
Ehhh, I've seen snork do much better.
It's just that snork doesn't rate like the others there. Yes he is their AGW denier in chief and he has a Monkton sized bug in his ass, stuffed in there so hard that Mr. Slave from South Park would be impressed and there would be a singing frog. Yes he is all about hating science and all.
But he really doesn't rate.
I mean how could he possibly compare to the Rodent - that savage hot latin lover of genocide and vomiting after binge drinking?
Savage hot latin lover - I wonder, Savage and the Rodent? Ahhh who knows what Ricky does with his tiny dickie?
How could Snork compare to TFK. TFK is classic. All you need to do is say Kerry and he looses it like a crack head in withdrawal.
How could Snork compare with Rix, his little sidekick? I mean this is one case where the "alpha wolf" Robin is more ballsy than Batman.
And then there are the screen berets. Really, they are a whole legion of marines in their own minds who honestly haven't lifted anything heavier than a bacon burger in the last twenty years? How can Snork compare with that type of train wreck comedy?
OR what of Iron Fist who supplements his manhood with stroking big guns. I mean really, need I say more?
And finally there is mullah buzzsaw. Talk about a trainwreck in need of heavy medication!
Yeah Snork is just their second string.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:55:38pm |
re: #558 ausador
BTW that is Lord Monckton, spelling the mans name wrong while a small oversight will not impress the cognizant.
You are so correct.
Monckton: Got Consanguinity?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:57:43pm |
re: #559 LudwigVanQuixote
Now that's mockery. That was skilled and right on target.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:03:29pm |
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Four More Tears Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:04:25pm |
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:04:36pm |
re: #561 Dark_Falcon
Now that's mockery. That was skilled and right on target.
And quite entertaining!
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3eff Jeff Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:07:51pm |
re: #91 Lidane
Ok, I'm totally late to the thread, and while I managed to get most of the dates off the top of my head, I was born two decades after the Kennedy assassination, so the date isn't burned into my brain, and I had to look it up. JFK was assassinated on 22 Nov 1963 and LHO was shot two days later on 24 Nov 1963.
If you check wikipedia for significant events on 23 Nov 1963, you'll see that this was the date of the television debut of Dr. Who. I'm pretty sure that's what he's referring to, rather than any events surrounding the JFK assassination.
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:08:15pm |
re: #559 LudwigVanQuixote
I'm relatively new around these parts so I don't know any of the people mentioned, but ouch. Vicious, and handled with aplomb.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:08:26pm |
re: #559 LudwigVanQuixote
Ehhh, I've seen snork do much better.
It's just that snork doesn't rate like the others there. Yes he is their AGW denier in chief and he has a Monkton sized bug in his ass, stuffed in there so hard that Mr. Slave from South Park would be impressed and there would be a singing frog. Yes he is all about hating science and all.
But he really doesn't rate.
I mean how could he possibly compare to the Rodent - that savage hot latin lover of genocide and vomiting after binge drinking?
Savage hot latin lover - I wonder, Savage and the Rodent? Ahhh who knows what Ricky does with his tiny dickie?
How could Snork compare to TFK. TFK is classic. All you need to do is say Kerry and he looses it like a crack head in withdrawal.
How could Snork compare with Rix, his little sidekick? I mean this is one case where the "alpha wolf" Robin is more ballsy than Batman.
And then there are the screen berets. Really, they are a whole legion of marines in their own minds who honestly haven't lifted anything heavier than a bacon burger in the last twenty years? How can Snork compare with that type of train wreck comedy?
OR what of Iron Fist who supplements his manhood with stroking big guns. I mean really, need I say more?
And finally there is mullah buzzsaw. Talk about a trainwreck in need of heavy medication!
Yeah Snork is just their second string.
I would love to be able to emulate that kind of snark and be personally mentioned on their hate lists, well, except that I'm really quite positive that I don't want to get to know any of them well enough to do it. You are just going to have to have to carry my water in this instance...
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Lidane Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:11:17pm |
re: #565 3eff Jeff
If you check wikipedia for significant events on 23 Nov 1963, you'll see that this was the date of the television debut of Dr. Who. I'm pretty sure that's what he's referring to, rather than any events surrounding the JFK assassination.
Then he's even more of a nut than I previously thought. I like Doctor Who.
Haven't had a chance to watch the new series since I'm still catching up on the final episodes that David Tennant was in, but I'm hearing good things about the newest Doctor.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:16:28pm |
Anybody figured out what 8-92 and the scrawled word under it is for?
I knew all the other ones but have no idea what that one is supposed to be. I thought maybe the first Iraq war but the date is wrong...either I'm just stupid or I am misreading the sign or I'm missing something (or the guy is friggin nuts).
Any help out there?
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3eff Jeff Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:18:29pm |
re: #570 ausador
Anybody figured out what 8-92 and the scrawled word under it is for?
I knew all the other ones but have no idea what that one is supposed to be. I thought maybe the first Iraq war but the date is wrong...either I'm just stupid or I am misreading the sign or I'm missing something (or the guy is friggin nuts).
Any help out there?
8-92: August 1992, Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
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3eff Jeff Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:21:15pm |
re: #571 3eff Jeff
8-92: August 1992, Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
Looks like Lidane got it back up in #91, and the sign must say "Idaho" as the word under the 8-92.
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b_sharp Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:22:52pm |
re: #560 LudwigVanQuixote
You are so correct.
Monckton: Got Consanguinity?
Nice shot at Monckton LVQ.
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3eff Jeff Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:23:04pm |
re: #568 Lidane
Then he's even more of a nut than I previously thought. I like Doctor Who.
Haven't had a chance to watch the new series since I'm still catching up on the final episodes that David Tennant was in, but I'm hearing good things about the newest Doctor.
I haven't gotten around to watching either of the new doctors (I'm a commie who doesn't get cable), but I grew up watching Dr. Who on PBS, so he's got a special place in my heart (and the new series is somewhere in my Netflix queue).
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:32:33pm |
re: #571 3eff Jeff
8-92: August 1992, Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
Thank You
I knew it had to be something like that but for some reason my brain just couldn't connect the dots on that one.
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3eff Jeff Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:39:05pm |
re: #575 ausador
Thank You
I knew it had to be something like that but for some reason my brain just couldn't connect the dots on that one.
No problem. I only knew it because it came up in passing a week or two ago, and I looked it up on wikipedia.
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Tigger2005 Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:49:49pm |
re: #47 Vambo
I stopped when he said "nothing to do with slavery".
This is one of my top 5 most hated ignorant statements, along with Holocaust denialism and appreciation for Soviet Russia.
One of my top five is, "Che Guevara was such a dashing, romantic revolutionary!"
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Tigger2005 Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:57:20pm |
re: #552 ausador
I assume we are talking about this because of the really cool looking sequel soon to be released? I have seen a few short editors cuts along with the trailers and they look pretty good, seems as though they aren't going to drift too far from the first movie which in this case is a good thing.
TRON was one of my favorite movies from my youth. Sure, it came well after Star Wars, and the special effects were not nearly as good, and the characters were cardboard, but the depiction of the inside of a computer was fascinating. And I loved the lightcycle battle.
Can't wait for the sequel. Bridges is in it, Boxleitner...should be a good'un. I wonder...is this the longest wait there's ever been for a sequel? I think the original came out in 1982... 28 years.
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Tigger2005 Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:59:31pm |
re: #517 Cannadian Club Akbar
I watch "24" and "Fringe". Hollywood is showing me nothing.
You mean in terms of movies?
See "How to Train Your Dragon".
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Vambo Sun, Apr 11, 2010 8:22:23am |
re: #189 researchok
In talking about slavery, segregation and civil rights, it must be remembered that politics of the time is very different than the politics of today. Trying to assign a 'liberal' or 'conservative' character to those who opposed civil rights and integration is neither simple or applicable.
For example, the notorious Bull Conner who let loose the dogs on civil rights was a Democrat, as was Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas who blockaded the Little Rock 9 from entering the High School. It was Republican President Dwight Eisenhower who enforced the court ruling that ordered the integration that was to eventually end segregation. The KKK was initially established as an armed wing of the Democrat Party.
The idea that one side or the other can claim the moral high ground on the matter of racism and segregation is utterly absurd and disingenuous. The list of culpable Republicans and Democrats is long and equally repugnant.
Think stones and glass houses.
The real issue of import is what America will look like tomorrow and in the future.
You're talking Republicans and Democrats -- the liberal/conservative difference is 100% clear on this. If you are against civil rights, you cannot be a liberal. It's one of the keystones of the liberalism.
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Vambo Sun, Apr 11, 2010 8:26:14am |
re: #236 researchok
In a perfect world, you'd be right, almost. Both social liberlas and social conservatives have contributed much to the nation.
Name a socially conservative policy that has stood the test of the time.
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Athens Runaway Sun, Apr 11, 2010 10:10:54am |
re: #492 spacejesus
if this guy has an airplane, i have a giant concrete wall by my place i can paint a picture of an IRS building onto.
I, too, find mentally unstable people's actions of domestic terrorism funny.
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Wozza Matter? Sun, Apr 11, 2010 10:36:53am |
re: #134 Shiplord Kirel
Jack RUBY?
RUBY ridge?AAARRRGGGHHH!!
WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT BEFORE?
CAN'T YOU PEOPLE SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?
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and the map to the treasure is on the back of the constitution......
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...stephen Sun, Apr 11, 2010 4:59:20pm |
"'It doesn't matter what the truth is' [you said]!" -- Said by the Birther Truther Confederate-flag-waver justified-by-Jesus conspiracy nut.
/Because he's obviously the authority on the objective truth.
Oh, also I love the implication that a Scotsman beating up the black guy wouldn't be racist, because there's no racism in Britain...
/Yup. No racism at all...
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