And Now: Hot Air Falls for Applause-Gate

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The right wing blogosphere is doing something useful this holiday weekend: providing solid empirical evidence that stupidity is contagious.

The latest clown school dropout to fail to understand the difference between an applause prompt and closed captioning for the deaf: Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey.

Obviously, most Hot Air readers disagree with my assessment (and Allahpundit’s) of Barack Obama’s speech last Wednesday evening at the University of Arizona. They also blame Obama more for the odd tone of the event, with its whooping and whistling and t-shirts, than the university that organized it. Fair enough. But one thing on which we can all agree is that that the White House wrote the speech, and apparently added “applause” indicators into Obama’s speech that the university put on the Jumbotron in their captioning for the audience.

[…]

Update: Guy Benson says that the White House may not have been responsible for the applause indicators…

Notice that Morrissey starts by complaining that he and Allahpundit were getting slammed by their own readers for not hatin’ on Obama enough. But the magic healing power of stupid shall reunite those torn asunder by moderation.

And yet … how will they ever explain this?

(h/t Balloon Juice.)

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406 comments
1 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:05:51pm

Even Rush (being deaf) said today that the applause signs were actually closed captioning…

2 Gus  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:07:03pm

And when the closed captioning read “[MUSIC]” the audience all started playing their kazoos.

3 webevintage  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:07:42pm

I just….
sigh.
The stupidity of people just astounds me….

4 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:07:59pm

It finally happened! Gate has been applied to enough crap that it now officially means nothing.

5 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:09:31pm

re: #4 LudwigVanQuixote

It finally happened! Gate has been applied to enough crap that it now officially means nothing.

Crapgate.

6 Interesting Times  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:10:01pm

re: #4 LudwigVanQuixote

It finally happened! Gate has been applied to enough crap that it now officially means nothing.

Told you so :(

7 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:11:20pm

re: #4 LudwigVanQuixote

It finally happened! Gate has been applied to enough crap that it now officially means nothing.

It could be considered a Meme-Gate, then that would be a Meme-Gate Meme, which would then turn into The Meme-Gate Meme-Gate, but then after that, it just gets silly.

8 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:11:37pm

re: #4 LudwigVanQuixote

Imagine if the name of that famous hotel/complex had been “Waterloo” instead of “Watergate”.

9 b_sharp  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:13:37pm

re: #7 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

It could be considered a Meme-Gate, then that would be a Meme-Gate Meme, which would then turn into The Meme-Gate Meme-Gate, but then after that, it just gets silly.

Sometimes you’re hard to follow.

10 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:14:48pm

these people really don’t understand technology do they?

11 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:15:51pm

re: #9 b_sharp

Sometimes you’re hard to follow.

A mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a delightful pastry crust.

12 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:16:21pm

John Cole asks a good question:

How do these people make it through the day without stabbing themselves in the eye with a spoon when they eat?

13 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:16:21pm

re: #4 LudwigVanQuixote

That ship sailed a decade ago. I’m just waiting for some President to have scandal about a fence, maybe the wireless border fence…

Fence-Gate.

14 Big Steve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:16:37pm

OT….but cute and very nuanced MLK day Google drawing up on their search engine.

15 b_sharp  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:16:54pm

How is it possible to have been struck dumb but not struck dumb at the same time?

16 Summer Seale  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:17:02pm

My prediction:

A year from now, after reams of commentary on how it was Closed Captioning and not indicators to the crowd, a majority of Republicans will still believe that those [APPLAUSE] signs were indicators to the crowd - in much the same way that they still believe that Obama was not actually born in Hawaii, that he is still a Muslim, and that he is a secret Communist conspirator since birth.

17 Kid A  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:17:05pm

Maybe it’s just me, but if you wanted applause, wouldn’t you write “APPLAUD?”
How can these pathetic, Obama Derangement Syndrome “suffering” idiots not get that “APPLAUSE” means what’s happening??

18 Reginald Perrin  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:18:57pm

re: #8 Slumbering Behemoth

Imagine if the name of that famous hotel/complex had been “Waterloo” instead of “Watergate”.

It would make a lot more sense to tack “loo” to the outrageous outrages, rather than gate, since loo refers to the room which contains the toilets.
Or at least is is used that way in England and Canada

19 Big Steve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:19:48pm

re: #13 Rightwingconspirator

That ship sailed a decade ago. I’m just waiting for some President to have scandal about a fence, maybe the wireless border fence…

Fence-Gate.

Or concerning Bill Gates……then it would be Gates-Gate

20 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:20:00pm

re: #17 Kid A

Maybe it’s just me, but if you wanted applause, wouldn’t you write “APPLAUD?”
How can these pathetic, Obama Derangement Syndrome “suffering” idiots not get that “APPLAUSE” means what’s happening??

If you wanted applause, you’d hold up a sign that said “CLAP YOUR HANDS!” or “CHEER!”

Most people can’t read words of more than 5 letters.

21 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:20:21pm

Where the hell would this lead if it read”CLAP”….It’s the Clap Trap..
To much material right there…

22 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:21:09pm

Gosh I am so alone my keyboard is echoing.

23 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:23:14pm

re: #18 Reginald Perrin

Precisely.

24 Kronocide  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:23:21pm

re: #2 Gus 802

And when the closed captioning read “[MUSIC]” the audience all started playing their kazoos.

Cue Benny Hill theme

The Wingularity is Near.

25 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:24:53pm

re: #13 Rightwingconspirator

That ship sailed a decade ago. I’m just waiting for some President to have scandal about a fence, maybe the wireless border fence…

Fence-Gate.

another huge govt fail…good thing the feds are not responsible for anything too important

26 Kronocide  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:25:07pm

re: #4 LudwigVanQuixote

It finally happened! Gate has been applied to enough crap that it now officially means nothing.

Alinksy-Gate.

27 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:25:46pm

re: #18 Reginald Perrin

It would make a lot more sense to tack “loo” to the outrageous outrages, rather than gate, since loo refers to the room which contains the toilets.
Or at least is is used that way in England and Canada

…The Applause Shitter…I like it better!
No sense trying to be polite…never got me anywhere!;-)

28 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:27:12pm

re: #26 BigPapa

Alinksy-Gate.

another Alinskython?

29 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:27:42pm

A list of “-Gates”. Obviously the short list.

30 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:28:04pm

re: #28 albusteve

another Alinskython?

I am all Alinskyed out.

31 Reginald Perrin  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:28:39pm
another huge govt fail.

Yes, because Boeing fucked up and they are a government entity?

Wait, they’re not run by the gov’t?

Another Steveo fail

32 Killgore Trout  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:29:24pm

It’s been a while since I’ve checked out the comments at Hot Air. It seems like they’ve toned down the racism a bit. At least the thread isn’t filled with monkey and wookie references.

33 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:31:14pm

re: #31 Reginald Perrin

Yes, because Boeing fucked up and they are a government entity?

Wait, they’re not run by the gov’t?

Another Steveo fail

pretty funny, even for a 2nd rate poodle…the fence is sanctioned and paid for with tax money…what part escapes you that the message is less important than the messenger?…who’s really failing here?

34 Charles Johnson  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:31:59pm

Notice that Morrissey starts by complaining that he and Allahpundit were getting slammed by their own readers for not hatin’ on Obama enough. But the magic power of stupid shall bring them back together.

35 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:33:20pm

re: #34 Charles

It’s not working. Plenty of their readers are mocking them for their ‘tingles’. Because you can never give your ‘enemy’ any credit at all, even when due, because he’s really part of an evil regime and you won’t be caught by his tricksy ways.

Or something.

36 Reginald Perrin  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:36:31pm

re: #33 albusteve

The fence was contracted by the Bush Administration to a private contractor, Boeing, who failed miserably.

I don’t think you are in a position to call anyone else here, second rate, just saying.

37 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:36:46pm

OT: I think this may warrant a restraining order.
/

38 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:39:12pm

re: #36 Reginald Perrin

The fence was contracted by the Bush Administration to a private contractor, Boeing, who failed miserably.

I don’t think you are in a position to call anyone else here, second rate, just saying.

yes, the fence is a five year failure and as a former contractor myself, I was responsible for the subs I hired…same with the feds, Bush or not

39 Summer Seale  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:39:27pm
Notice that Morrissey starts by complaining that he and Allahpundit were getting slammed by their own readers for not hatin’ on Obama enough. But the magic healing power of stupid shall bring them back together.

And yet … how will they ever explain this?

Charles, as you well know…. :)

Most Tea-partiers will outright lie and say that they never supported George W. Bush and were against him because of his spending policies from the start. Amazingly enough, it’s practically impossible to find anyone in the Tea Party or the Republican Party (the same, yes I know) who admits to ever having supported George W. Bush.

It’s amazing he got elected in the first place…and then even more amazing that he ever got elected again, what with no apparent Republican support.

Self-delusion on the Right appears to be something of an enormous daily staple.

And with that, I bid ye all goodnight. =)

40 Charles Johnson  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:40:57pm

The applause prompt in its natural habitat.

Image: ZZ5FF7F817-lg.jpg

41 Girth  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:41:03pm

I’m surprised that they’ve (mostly) been able to refrain from attacking the Native American blessing at the beginning of the event, although I did hear a great one this weekend on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal when a lady called in and claimed that he was actually placing a curse on America.

42 Big Steve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:41:25pm

I saw that Southern Sudan voted 95% to succeed. This whole process and election was actually brokered by the US and set up in 2005. If it happens without further violence, we need to give old GWB some props.

43 Summer Seale  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:41:44pm

Oh and one addendum: I’d like to add that I am pretty Liberal, as everyone here probably knows, and I did support George Bush in the re-election, and I’m not entirely sorry still that I did. I still have problems with most of his policies, but he looks beatific compared to any Republicans out there today.

Unlike many out there who did support him and turned their backs on their own decisions, I don’t lie about what I did in the past.

44 Reginald Perrin  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:43:03pm

re: #38 albusteve

Boeing was not the subcontractor, they were contracted to design and build the fence.
Another epic fail, steveo

45 Tigger2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:43:09pm

re: #3 webevintage

I just…
sigh.
The stupidity of people just astounds me…


I agree.
It’s getting to the point that i’m almost embarrassed to even tell people that I meet that I am a conservative.

46 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:43:28pm

re: #42 Big Steve

I saw that Southern Sudan voted 95% to succeed.

5% voted for failure?
/

47 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:43:38pm
clown school dropout

I lawled.

48 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:43:40pm

re: #41 Girth

I’m surprised that they’ve (mostly) been able to refrain from attacking the Native American blessing at the beginning of the event, although I did hear a great one this weekend on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal when a lady called in and claimed that he was actually placing a curse on America.

yeah, and I was gonna call in and swear she was a two headed witch….maybe I could have made some leftwing news blogs?

49 Big Steve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:44:11pm

re: #46 Slumbering Behemoth

5% voted for failure?
/

sorry…secede

50 Talking Point Detective  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:44:29pm

Wait. Wait.

You mean when they have close captioning on when I’m working out at the gym, and the captioning says something on the order of [crowd murmuring,] I’m not supposed to the person on the treadmill next to me and start murmuring?

No wonder everyone moves a couple of machines down every time I start working out.

51 Big Steve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:45:06pm

re: #50 Talking Point Detective

Wait. Wait.

You mean when they have close captioning on when I’m working out at the gym, and the captioning says something on the order of [crowd murmuring,] I’m not supposed to the person on the treadmill next to me and start murmuring?

No wonder everyone moves a couple of machines down every time I start working out.

bring a towel next time!

52 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:45:08pm

re: #49 Big Steve

Heh. I love typos. :)

53 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:45:18pm

re: #44 Reginald Perrin

Boeing was not the subcontractor, they were contracted to design and build the fence.
Another epic fail, steveo

epic man, even bibical

54 wee fury  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:49:52pm

re: #41 Girth

I’m surprised that they’ve (mostly) been able to refrain from attacking the Native American blessing at the beginning of the event, although I did hear a great one this weekend on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal when a lady called in and claimed that he was actually placing a curse on America.

It is journalistic and political suicide to attack Native American ways.

55 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:51:22pm

re: #16 Summer

My prediction:

A year from now, after reams of commentary on how it was Closed Captioning and not indicators to the crowd, a majority of Republicans will still believe that those [APPLAUSE] signs were indicators to the crowd - in much the same way that they still believe that Obama was not actually born in Hawaii, that he is still a Muslim, and that he is a secret Communist conspirator since birth.

This is because journalism is no longer about presenting facts and discussing them it is about confirming preconceived ideological notions. that is the force that drives sites like these.

56 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 1:59:02pm

re: #8 Slumbering Behemoth

Imagine if the name of that famous hotel/complex had been “Waterloo” instead of “Watergate”.

would have given the Abba song a whole new angle…

57 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:01:56pm

re: #43 Summer

Oh and one addendum: I’d like to add that I am pretty Liberal, as everyone here probably knows, and I did support George Bush in the re-election, and I’m not entirely sorry still that I did. I still have problems with most of his policies, but he looks beatific compared to any Republicans out there today.

Unlike many out there who did support him and turned their backs on their own decisions, I don’t lie about what I did in the past.

Also, John Edwards does continue to soothe the conscience WRT voting for Bush/Cheney;)

58 Stan the Demanded Plan  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:02:14pm

re: #56 Aceofwhat?

would have given the Abba song a whole new angle…

Youtube Video

I love Abba

59 Ericus58  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:03:25pm

re: #42 Big Steve

I saw that Southern Sudan voted 95% to succeed. This whole process and election was actually brokered by the US and set up in 2005. If it happens without further violence, we need to give old GWB some props.

“LATEST:
Sudanese opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi arrested at his home in Khartoum, reports say.”
BBC Reporting…

60 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:06:43pm

re: #58 Stanley Sea

[Video]

I love Abba

to me, they’re musical fudge. i appreciate them sparingly, and in small doses!

61 Stan the Demanded Plan  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:07:29pm

re: #60 Aceofwhat?

to me, they’re musical fudge. i appreciate them sparingly, and in small doses!

Youtube Video

Ha, what you started for me today.

62 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:08:01pm

re: #60 Aceofwhat?

to me, they’re musical fudge. i appreciate them sparingly, and in small doses!


They are still mega-superstars and n ongoing multi-generational cultural institution here in Europe, nothing comparable to their status in America

63 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:08:07pm

re: #60 Aceofwhat?

to me, they’re musical fudge. i appreciate them sparingly, and in small doses!

I’d rather listen to a dog bark at midnight

64 Killgore Trout  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:10:11pm

Of course no response from Ed on twitter, Hot air readers aren’t complaining in the comments about being lied to. Nobody cares.

65 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:11:27pm

re: #62 ralphieboy

They are still mega-superstars and n ongoing multi-generational cultural institution here in Europe, nothing comparable to their status in America

they certainly had an uncanny ability to write catchy song after catchy song…it’s amazing how few dogs they wrote over the life of the band.

66 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:11:53pm

re: #63 albusteve

I’d rather listen to a dog bark at midnight


Or a man after midnight?

seriously, my little Eurokids were born 20 years after the band broke up and are Abba fans…

67 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:13:21pm

re: #62 ralphieboy

They are still mega-superstars and n ongoing multi-generational cultural institution here in Europe, nothing comparable to their status in America

they were inducted into the RR Hall of Fame last year….that helps describe their status in funkytown USA…somebody has lost their mind

68 palomino  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:14:49pm

re: #60 Aceofwhat?

to me, they’re musical fudge. i appreciate them sparingly, and in small doses!

To me they’re musical kyrptonite. I appreciate them not at all, and even a small dose renders me near comatose.

69 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:14:58pm

re: #66 ralphieboy

Or a man after midnight?

seriously, my little Eurokids were born 20 years after the band broke up and are Abba fans…

ABBA is way outside the realm of my musical taste…nothing personal

70 KingKenrod  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:15:21pm

James Urbaniak is way cool.

71 Usually refered to as anyways  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:15:29pm

OT: Barak quits Israel Labour party

Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak has resigned from the country’s Labour party to form a breakaway group.

Labour was the party that led the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 and for years afterwards it was the natural party of government in the country.

But the party has been in decline since the late 1970s and at the last election it ranked fourth.

Mr Barak had faced a growing push from Labour party members to quit the right-wing coalition he joined as defence minister.

He headed off that challenge by quitting the party and taking four parliamentary members with him.

Mr Barak told a media conference the new movement would be called Independence, adding he had faced a “never-ending fight” watching Labour’s “continuous drift to the left and again to the left”.

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Mr Barak’s split from Labour made his government stronger.

72 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:15:39pm

Great. My friend got himself thrown in jail again. Well, I’m not bailing him out this time. Unless it was for setting off fireworks. But I bet it was for being an asshole while drunk.

I’m still going to feel guilty about now bailing him out, though. Stupid emotions.

73 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:15:50pm

re: #64 Killgore Trout

Of course no response from Ed on twitter, Hot air readers aren’t complaining in the comments about being lied to. Nobody cares.

looked to me like he was going to try to hide behind that ‘update’ and pretend like there was nothing to see here.

gotta love that he needed someone to ‘report’ that the prompt ‘may not’ have been from the admin. that closed captioning…so easily corrupted…good thing we’re taking our time to verify it/

74 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:16:45pm

re: #72 Obdicut

I’m still going to feel guilty about now bailing him out, though. Stupid emotions.


now = not = Freudian slip, but I’m really not bailing him out again.

75 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:16:51pm

re: #68 palomino

To me they’re musical kyrptonite. I appreciate them not at all, and even a small dose renders me near comatose.

LOL…for me, the hardest part to deal with is the nausea…it’s like instantaneous til they go away…the weirdest thing

76 Shiplord Kirel  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:16:56pm

re: #63 albusteve

I’d rather listen to a dog bark at midnight

Here ya’ go:

Youtube Video
77 palomino  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:17:06pm

re: #62 ralphieboy

They are still mega-superstars and n ongoing multi-generational cultural institution here in Europe, nothing comparable to their status in America

Then I take back all the good things I ever said about Europe. They’re popular enough in the US. The success of Mamma Mia, induction into R&R HOF. Please make it stop.

78 Batman  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:17:12pm

When Obama gets caught lying about what solar system he’s really from it will be Star-Gate.

[APPLAUSE]

79 McSpiff  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:17:23pm

re: #72 Obdicut

Great. My friend got himself thrown in jail again. Well, I’m not bailing him out this time. Unless it was for setting off fireworks. But I bet it was for being an asshole while drunk.

I’m still going to feel guilty about now bailing him out, though. Stupid emotions.

As someone who was very close to almost ending up in jail this weekend, and later did some serious damage to a very nice table due to liquor and anger… Don’t feel guilty. Sometimes we need a good eye opening.

80 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:17:26pm

re: #69 albusteve

ABBA is way outside the realm of my musical taste…nothing personal


I got no use for them either, but they are entirely inescapable, I have learned to come to terms with them, sorta like you have to come to terms with C&W music if you work construction in the Southwest…

81 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:18:16pm

re: #68 palomino

To me they’re musical kyrptonite. I appreciate them not at all, and even a small dose renders me near comatose.

clearly you’ve never seen me in my ill-fitting yellow polyester pants. it’s impossible to hold a 70’s theme party without Abba.

82 palomino  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:18:50pm

re: #70 KingKenrod

James Urbaniak is way cool.

Is that the indie actor? And was he using the photo on his site to make the same argument that Bush had applause signs during his speech. (Seems like someone with advanced first hand media knowledge would know better.) Or was he just goofing?

83 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:18:50pm

re: #81 Aceofwhat?

clearly you’ve never seen me in my ill-fitting yellow polyester pants.


I appreciate them not at all, and even a small dose renders me near comatose.

84 lostlakehiker  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:19:18pm

re: #4 LudwigVanQuixote

It finally happened! Gate has been applied to enough crap that it now officially means nothing.

That’s scandalous. This scandal must have a name.

Gategate!

//

85 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:19:21pm

re: #77 palomino

Then I take back all the good things I ever said about Europe. They’re popular enough in the US. The success of Mamma Mia, induction into R&R HOF. Please make it stop.

ratchet it up about three notches and you have what they are to Europe…it is one of the things you just gotta learn to live with, sort of like learning to live with handguns in America, just as prevalent but somewhat less lethal.

86 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:19:53pm

re: #76 Shiplord Kirel

Here ya’ go:

[Video]

welcome to Hit Town, USA!
love the train dude

87 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:19:59pm

btw there is an Abba revival band here called “Björn Again”

88 palomino  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:21:07pm

re: #57 Aceofwhat?

Also, John Edwards does continue to soothe the conscience WRT voting for Bush/Cheney;)

Double ditto re anyone else in the Dem primaries of 2008. What a disaster Edwards would have been. Only was McCain could have won in 2008. And, for a moment, Edwards had momentum. He finished a close 2nd ahead of Hillary in Iowa. Then his campaign died out, thankfully.

89 lostlakehiker  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:21:44pm

re: #16 Summer

My prediction:

A year from now, after reams of commentary on how it was Closed Captioning and not indicators to the crowd, a majority of Republicans will still believe that those [APPLAUSE] signs were indicators to the crowd - in much the same way that they still believe that Obama was not actually born in Hawaii, that he is still a Muslim, and that he is a secret Communist conspirator since birth.

Now people. Like I was saying earlier, it’s simply not possible to be both a Communist and a Republican. Well, it’s equally impossible, (you can’t get more impossible than impossible) to be both a Communist and a Muslim. One tenet of Communism is, after all, atheism.

90 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:23:01pm

re: #83 Obdicut

I appreciate them not at all, and even a small dose renders me near comatose.

and you thought i wasn’t your type before i put those on…

91 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:24:05pm

re: #89 lostlakehiker


If you are not a True Republican (TM), then it is possible to be any and every sort of evil in the world, simultaneously…

92 palomino  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:25:00pm

re: #89 lostlakehiker

Now people. Like I was saying earlier, it’s simply not possible to be both a Communist and a Republican. Well, it’s equally impossible, (you can’t get more impossible than impossible) to be both a Communist and a Muslim. One tenet of Communism is, after all, atheism.

Communism is so far in our rear view mirror that a dwindling number of Americans know what it really is, except that it’s bad and an insult when directed at presidents.

But your point is a good one.

93 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:25:10pm

re: #89 lostlakehiker

Now people. Like I was saying earlier, it’s simply not possible to be both a Communist and a Republican. Well, it’s equally impossible, (you can’t get more impossible than impossible) to be both a Communist and a Muslim. One tenet of Communism is, after all, atheism.

Of course. But i think that Summer is speaking to the group who thinks that Obama prompted for applause, which indicates the sort of intellectual prowess required to believe in communist muslims.

94 KingKenrod  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:25:43pm

re: #82 palomino

Is that the indie actor? And was he using the photo on his site to make the same argument that Bush had applause signs during his speech. (Seems like someone with advanced first hand media knowledge would know better.) Or was he just goofing?

Yes, the indie actor, best known to me as the voice of Dr. Rusty Venture.

His tagline was definitely a goof.

95 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:25:56pm

re: #85 ralphieboy

ratchet it up about three notches and you have what they are to Europe…it is one of the things you just gotta learn to live with, sort of like learning to live with handguns in America, just as prevalent but somewhat less lethal.

Europe is to rock and roll what Sarah Palin is to conservative politics…Britain excluded of course

96 McSpiff  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:26:12pm

re: #89 lostlakehiker

There’s a few schools of thought within Pan-Arab Socialism which basically take Marxism minus the atheism… bringing it awfully close to something like Islamic Communism… and since Obama is a a sekrit muslim…

//why do I even bother trying to rationalize the random talking points into a coherent philosophy.

97 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:26:51pm

re: #95 albusteve

Europe is to rock and roll what Sarah Palin is to conservative politics…Britain excluded of course


Britain is only peripherally connected to Europe, but you are about right. It has improved over recent years, but that’s pretty much because there was almost no way it could get any worse…

98 McSpiff  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:27:34pm

re: #95 albusteve

Europe is to rock and roll what Sarah Palin is to conservative politics…Britain excluded of course

Youtube Video
99 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:28:36pm

re: #94 KingKenrod

Yes, the indie actor, best known to me as the voice of Dr. Rusty Venture.

Being a voice actor on Venture Bros. is automatic qualification for being a Great American. Lincoln, Madison, Jefferson, Wharburton…

100 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:28:39pm

re: #93 Aceofwhat?

Of course. But i think that Summer is speaking to the group who thinks that Obama prompted for applause, which indicates the sort of intellectual prowess required to believe in communist muslims.

so how much attention do they deserve?…meanwhile the GOP is planning on stonewalling the debt ceiling for real….those rubes are hardly a priority

101 palomino  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:29:02pm

re: #93 Aceofwhat?

Of course. But i think that Summer is speaking to the group who thinks that Obama prompted for applause, which indicates the sort of intellectual prowess required to believe in communist muslims.

Unfortunately, many people have bought the teleprompter meme (despite all contrary evidence in interviews and press conferences and his meetings with Republicans). They’re very unlikely to question applause-gate.

102 Yashmak  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:29:05pm
The Mall, Washington, DC: A tyrannical George W. Bush employs an applause prompt to manufacture adulation during his second inaugural address.

Apparently, the stupid is not the sole province of either side of the aisle :)

If only we could get the extreme left, and extreme right, to realize they have this expansive common ground, think of the reconciliation that might be possible.

103 Usually refered to as anyways  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:29:30pm

re: #95 albusteve

Europe is to rock and roll what Sarah Palin is to conservative politics…Britain excluded of course

Like this?

Youtube Video
104 Stan the Demanded Plan  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:29:52pm

re: #68 palomino

To me they’re musical kyrptonite. I appreciate them not at all, and even a small dose renders me near comatose.

You could not hang out with me today. That’s all.

105 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:30:31pm

re: #103 ozbloke

Or perhaps this:

Youtube Video
106 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:31:23pm

re: #98 McSpiff

[Video]

oh man….truly a favorite of mine…Richards/Taylor and Bobby Keys on sax.an OMG song…Taylor plays the dreamy thing toward the end

107 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:31:59pm

re: #100 albusteve

so how much attention do they deserve?

beats me. but i write all sorts of inane stuff here, so i’m not going to be the one to complain that a fellow lizard is spending too much time on a particular subject.

i just wrote about yellow polyester pants. i’m pretty sure that any cogent political statement in this thread was more valuable than my recent contribution…

108 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:32:34pm

re: #106 albusteve

oh man…truly a favorite of mine…Richards/Taylor and Bobby Keys on sax.an OMG song…Taylor plays the dreamy thing toward the end

Man crush, much!?!?

//

109 palomino  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:32:37pm

re: #95 albusteve

Europe is to rock and roll what Sarah Palin is to conservative politics…Britain excluded of course


Euro bands from the continent: Scorpions, Kraftwerk, Rammstein, etc.

Looking at that list, only one conclusion—you’re dead right.

110 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:32:57pm

re: #102 Yashmak

Apparently, the stupid is not the sole province of either side of the aisle :)

If only we could get the extreme left, and extreme right, to realize they have this expansive common ground, think of the reconciliation that might be possible.

i think he was being sarcastic

111 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:33:06pm

re: #107 Aceofwhat?

beats me. but i write all sorts of inane stuff here, so i’m not going to be the one to complain that a fellow lizard is spending too much time on a particular subject.

i just wrote about yellow polyester pants. i’m pretty sure that any cogent political statement in this thread was more valuable than my recent contribution…

Going golfing, are ya?!?!?

112 palomino  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:34:15pm

re: #104 Stanley Sea

You could not hang out with me today. That’s all.

Maybe some other day? Or is every day an Abba day for you?

113 Kruk  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:34:21pm

re: #89 lostlakehiker

Now people. Like I was saying earlier, it’s simply not possible to be both a Communist and a Republican. Well, it’s equally impossible, (you can’t get more impossible than impossible) to be both a Communist and a Muslim. One tenet of Communism is, after all, atheism.

Heh. I saw a doco a while back on why the Soviet Union failed in Afghanistan. A former general said wryly that trying to convince Mujahideen that religion was “the opiate of the masses” may not have been the best idea.

114 Yashmak  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:35:02pm

re: #110 Aceofwhat?

i think he was being sarcastic

One can only hope… I figured it was one of those actual memes dredged up from the Bush days, my bad :)

115 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:35:10pm

re: #111 sattv4u2

Going golfing, are ya?!?!?

hell no. they’re actual 1970’s-era slacks, which means that they’re about 3 sizes too tight in the crotchal region. they’re good for some laughs at a disco theme party and absolutely nothing else!

116 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:35:29pm

German bands that went beyond being regionally popular would be set upon by the press and ogled over to the point that they would self-destruct after the second album.

Now that they are producing a home-grown music scene with enough bands to keep the rock journalists distracted, they are starting to develop.

117 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:35:39pm

re: #108 sattv4u2

Man crush, much!?!?

//

he was a 21 year old kid playing that…and yeah, I’m a big Mick Taylor fan….but it was really a Bobby Keys masterpiece

118 Stan the Demanded Plan  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:36:07pm

re: #112 palomino

Maybe some other day? Or is every day an Abba day for you?

Oh never. But today? I was intrigued and am JAMMING. ha

119 Yashmak  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:36:52pm

re: #113 Kruk

Heh. I saw a doco a while back on why the Soviet Union failed in Afghanistan. A former general said wryly that trying to convince Mujahideen that religion was “the opiate of the masses” may not have been the best idea.

I read some material written by the KGB section chief in Afghanistan during that period that made some of those same suggestions. I believe he was eventually relieved for having been too defeatist or some such thing…and then it all played out pretty much like he’d predicted.

120 palomino  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:37:15pm

re: #113 Kruk

Heh. I saw a doco a while back on why the Soviet Union failed in Afghanistan. A former general said wryly that trying to convince Mujahideen that religion was “the opiate of the masses” may not have been the best idea.

I think some old Russians must be having a nice laugh right about now. The US mocked them in the 1980s when they got stuck in Afghanistan for a decade. The proverbial shoe is on the other foot now. Soon our operation will surpass the Russians’ in length of time. Our cause is far more righteous, but sadly not much more effective.

121 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:38:15pm

Afghanistan…

Youtube Video
122 Sol Berdinowitz  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:38:51pm

re: #120 palomino

And the British must be laughing at us as well after that debacle in 1847…wait, they came back for MORE?

124 Yashmak  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:42:03pm

re: #109 palomino

Euro bands from the continent: Scorpions, Kraftwerk, Rammstein, etc.

Looking at that list, only one conclusion—you’re dead right.

I recall reading somewhere that Kraftwerk is the only band that has the distinction of having been the only band ever to hold three simultaneous concerts in three different cities (with only part of the band present at each venue, and computers handling the rest of the music with mannequins posing as the band members).

125 Slap  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:43:06pm

re: #103 ozbloke

My favorite cover of it, by Richard Thompson(!):

Youtube Video

Once again, audio only.

126 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:43:25pm

re: #123 Charles

13% of Tea Partiers think violence is justified against the current American government.

Holy crap. And that’s as opposed to 4% of non-Tea Party people.

So, three times as likely to endorse it.

127 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:43:26pm

re: #120 palomino

I think some old Russians must be having a nice laugh right about now. The US mocked them in the 1980s when they got stuck in Afghanistan for a decade. The proverbial shoe is on the other foot now. Soon our operation will surpass the Russians’ in length of time. Our cause is far more righteous, but sadly not much more effective.

i dunno. the situation with Pakistan is a huge factor that is playing out differently this time around.

128 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:45:20pm

Someone say JAMMING??

Youtube Video
129 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:45:26pm

re: #123 Charles

13% of Tea Partiers think violence is justified against the current American government.

Must be a lot of independents in the Tea Party

Dems 5% think it’s okat
Repubs 6%
Indies 10%


ALSO,,, low wage earners 13%

The only # higher is the 20-29 age demographic

130 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:45:43pm

Afhganistan
Karzai is a treacherous, corrupt, despot…the ground is not conducive to offensive warfare, and in fact the Taliban cannot be defeated without a full blown occupation, BO is out of his mind to commit, piecemeal, troops over there….as I said last year, 30k more troops for his surge are only that many more targets….time to leave is long overdue, it’s a bust

131 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:47:31pm

re: #126 Obdicut

Holy crap. And that’s as opposed to 4% of non-Tea Party people.

So, three times as likely to endorse it.

Wow ,,

Northeast 7%

South 5%

132 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:47:43pm

re: #123 Charles

13% of Tea Partiers think violence is justified against the current American government.

interesting that the liberal and conservative scores are identical if we sum (justified+not sure).

133 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:48:25pm

re: #131 sattv4u2

Wow ,,

Northeast 7%

South 5%

tri-corner hats…

134 uncle meat  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:48:41pm

re: #123 Charles

I think some serious restraint is being practiced by not using a certain term for people who feel that would be justified. The kind of term applied often to folks like myself who vocalized against invading Iraq in 2003 so hastily. Starts with a “t”, rhymes with “gator”.

135 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:50:07pm

re: #128 reloadingisnotahobby

Someone say JAMMING??

[Video]

re: #123 Charles

13% of Tea Partiers think violence is justified against the current American government.

bring it on…they will quickly find out what the rest of us think about their fantasy bullshit…armed violence against the govt is something I will take as a personal attack on my liberties

136 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:50:45pm

re: #132 Aceofwhat?

The only ones that really stand out significantly are the 29 and under group, the $30,000 and less group, and the Tea Party group.

137 Usually refered to as anyways  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:51:01pm

re: #130 albusteve

Afhganistan
Karzai is a treacherous, corrupt, despot…the ground is not conducive to offensive warfare, and in fact the Taliban cannot be defeated without a full blown occupation, BO is out of his mind to commit, piecemeal, troops over there…as I said last year, 30k more troops for his surge are only that many more targets…time to leave is long overdue, it’s a bust


Minister bribed?

“Afghanistan’s former foreign minister Rangeen DADF Spanta received 45 million U.S. dollars for a Chinese mining company would be entitled to recover the country’s giant copper deposits, according to an Afghan diplomat.

“Nine international companies bidding then Afghan government in 2007 would open copper mines in Aynak in Logar province just south of the capital Kabul. The mine is considered one of the world’s largest, and would give Afghanistan an annual dividend of several billion. The Chinese state-owned industrial giant China Metallurgical Group (MCC) won the contract.”

138 Reginald Perrin  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:51:30pm

re: #126 Obdicut

Holy crap. And that’s as opposed to 4% of non-Tea Party people.

So, three times as likely to endorse it.

Another 12% of the Tea Party members were not sure, only 75% were of the opinion that violence against the current government was not justified.

139 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:53:04pm

re: #136 Obdicut

The only ones that really stand out significantly are the 29 and under group, the $30,000 and less group, and the Tea Party group.

And “other”

140 William Barnett-Lewis  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:53:18pm

Heh. I saw my next camera today…

Image: Canon%20EOS%200.jpg

/but I still love the handicapped button. That or the restart Vista button… ;0

141 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:53:42pm

re: #126 Obdicut

I wonder WHAT this current Gov… is doing that they feel justifies violence??
Are they assuming “Where His Policies” will lead…or what his motivation is or WHAT?
They have a better 8 BALL than I have??

142 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:53:46pm

re: #138 Reginald Perrin

Huh, yeah, looking at those numbers, the 65 and over, only 74% are sure it’s not justified.

That’s kind of concerning.

143 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:54:24pm

re: #137 ozbloke

Minister bribed?

“Afghanistan’s former foreign minister Rangeen DADF Spanta received 45 million U.S. dollars for a Chinese mining company would be entitled to recover the country’s giant copper deposits, according to an Afghan diplomat.

“Nine international companies bidding then Afghan government in 2007 would open copper mines in Aynak in Logar province just south of the capital Kabul. The mine is considered one of the world’s largest, and would give Afghanistan an annual dividend of several billion. The Chinese state-owned industrial giant China Metallurgical Group (MCC) won the contract.”

yup, we are just the setup guy…we have nothing to gain by a continued presence

144 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:55:20pm

re: #142 Obdicut

Huh, yeah, looking at those numbers, the 65 and over, only 74% are sure it’s not justified.

That’s kind of concerning.

More concerned that only 68% of 18-29 y/o say it’s not

145 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:55:26pm

re: #136 Obdicut

The only ones that really stand out significantly are the 29 and under group, the $30,000 and less group, and the Tea Party group.

agreed. also makes you wonder how much cross-pollination is going on there.

146 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:56:02pm

re: #139 sattv4u2

And “other”

Hmm. I wonder if the ‘other’ category includes a lot of people who decline to state their race, and those who call themselves ‘American’.

147 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:56:08pm

re: #136 Obdicut

The only ones that really stand out significantly are the 29 and under group, the $30,000 and less group, and the Tea Party group.

Well that ends it for me…I’m too old!
Never thought I’d say this…..I earn too much money!
Sounds weird just typing that!*

148 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:57:37pm

re: #144 sattv4u2

I expect young people to be more revolutionary and prone to stupidly endorsing violence. But yeah, I think that’s the Paulian/Jones convergence at work, as well as probably severely disaffected poor young people who don’t see a hell of a lot in the future for themselves.

Also, out of all the races, African Americans had the lowest likelihood of feeling violence against the government was justified. That’s interesting.

149 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:57:42pm

re: #142 Obdicut

Huh, yeah, looking at those numbers, the 65 and over, only 74% are sure it’s not justified.

That’s kind of concerning.

nah. we can take them/

150 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:59:25pm

re: #149 Aceofwhat?

nah. we can take them/

Bunch of scrappy old farts!!
…Wait…That’s me!!

151 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 2:59:55pm

re: #149 Aceofwhat?

nah. we can take them/

the entire scenario is laughable where the rubber hits the road….this poll measures sentiment, not willpower

152 simoom  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:00:29pm

re: #144 sattv4u2

More concerned that only 68% of 18-29 y/o say it’s not

Hmmm: Self-Identified Tea Partiers, Male, 18-29, Independent/Other, < $30K income… Paulians? :P

153 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:01:22pm

re: #148 Obdicut

Not really. Not sure how to say this delicately, but I would be REAL surprised considering an African American is President ,, and 87% have a favorable opinion of Obama,,, 84% says he’s doing a good job

154 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:02:15pm

re: #151 albusteve

the entire scenario is laughable where the rubber hits the road…this poll measures sentiment, not willpower

that, too. and while it motivates me to continue to try to talk sense into the dull and duller in my country, it also reminds me why i don’t live in Greece…

155 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:02:21pm

re: #152 simoom

Hmmm: Self-Identified Tea Partiers, Male, 18-29, Independent/Other, < $30K income… Paulians? :P

Not where I live

THE biggest “Paulian” enclaves are in very nice sections of Atlanta

They still have lawn signs and bumber stickers for him

156 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:02:55pm

re: #153 sattv4u2

So you’re saying that blacks are less likely to endorse violence against the government because we have a black president, and if that weren’t true, you’d expect to see those numbers change significantly?

157 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:02:56pm

revolutionary:
“ya know, I gotta go to work on Monday, so how long will this take?”

158 McSpiff  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:03:21pm

re: #155 sattv4u2

Not where I live

THE biggest “Paulian” enclaves are in very nice sections of Atlanta

They still have lawn signs and bumber stickers for him

But everything is backwards down there, your toilets swirl the other way when they flush right?

159 Kruk  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:03:35pm

re: #123 Charles

13% of Tea Partiers think violence is justified against the current American government.


Good grief. The good news though, is that there is an easy way for us to end all inflamed rhetoric and violent images in politics for ever.

[Link: www.blogger.com…]

Get it? All anyone who opposes the Tea Party and their ilk has to do is give up. Don’t oppose their views. Don’t dare have a political philosophy that disagrees with them. Above all, don’t challenge them in elections, win seats, or pass laws they don’t like. Just stand aside, let them do as they please, and no-thing bad will happen.

If it were Muslims, Latinos or Blacks saying this, the screams of “terrorism!” and “treason!” would be deafening. Yet when a predominantly white group does it, it gets the kid glove treatment.

160 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:04:40pm

re: #154 Aceofwhat?

that, too. and while it motivates me to continue to try to talk sense into the dull and duller in my country, it also reminds me why i don’t live in Greece…

New Mexico for me…the greatest country in America!

161 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:05:01pm

re: #156 Obdicut

So you’re saying that blacks are less likely to endorse violence against the government because we have a black president, and if that weren’t true, you’d expect to see those numbers change significantly?

Change, yes
“Significantly”,, your word, not mine

AND ,,, I also should have added a DEM African American Pres,,I would also think they would change even if it were a Repub African American Pres,,, but again, “significanlty” is your word, not mine

162 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:05:38pm

re: #158 McSpiff

But everything is backwards down there, your toilets swirl the other way when they flush right?

What are these “toilets” of which you speak?

163 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:06:35pm

re: #161 sattv4u2

I think that Obama having been elected is more important than Obama being in office, in terms of black people endorsing or accepting violence against the government.

I also think blacks, as a minority, have a strong understanding of what the tyranny of the majority is and how important the government is in preventing it from occurring.

164 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:06:52pm

re: #162 sattv4u2

What are these “toilets” of which you speak?

Indoor Privies!!!
Don’t that beat all!!!
You betcha!!

165 McSpiff  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:07:08pm

re: #161 sattv4u2

Change, yes
“Significantly”,, your word, not mine

AND ,,, I also should have added a DEM African American Pres,,I would also think they would change even if it were a Repub African American Pres,,, but again, “significanlty” is your word, not mine

I think its reasonable to assume Obi meant statistically significant, as in anything that sways those numbers is significant.

166 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:09:55pm

General X:
“I want you to take your battalion across the Roosevelt Bridge, seize the Lincoln Memorial, block Pennsylvania Ave and the eastern approaches to the White House…got it?”

167 Reginald Perrin  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:11:34pm

re: #158 McSpiff

But everything is backwards down there, your toilets swirl the other way when they flush right?

Urban legend

168 McSpiff  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:11:39pm

re: #166 albusteve

General X:
“I want you to take your battalion across the Roosevelt Bridge, seize the Lincoln Memorial, block Pennsylvania Ave and the eastern approaches to the White House…got it?”

Trying to drag Malcolm X into MLK day eh? Typical.
////////

169 simoom  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:12:42pm

re: #155 sattv4u2

I’m in NH and I just remembered a local Paulian news story from back during the ‘08 primaries. College-age kids, chasing after Hannity and pelting him with snowballs :o.

Ah, it came right up in a YouTube search for ‘Hannity’, ‘Paul’ and ‘Snowballs’:

Youtube Video

I wonder if they miss being on the outside vs having become somewhat mainstreamed through the Tea Party’s ascendancy.

170 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:12:45pm

re: #168 McSpiff

Trying to drag Malcolm X into MLK day eh? Typical.
///

I forgot it’s a holiday….all operations postponed til after the Super Bowl

171 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:14:24pm

re: #169 simoom

College-age kids,

Funny you should mention that because one of the neighborhoods I was reffering to has a LOT of houses owned and occupied by people working at and attending Emory U.

172 McSpiff  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:14:47pm

re: #170 albusteve

I forgot it’s a holiday…all operations postponed til after the Super Bowl

Preparations for said Super Bowl excluded.

173 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:17:39pm

re: #167 Reginald Perrin

Urban legend

there was an urban legend about toilet flush swirling in Atlanta?

/

174 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:19:19pm

re: #35 Obdicut

It’s not working. Plenty of their readers are mocking them for their ‘tingles’. Because you can never give your ‘enemy’ any credit at all, even when due, because he’s really part of an evil regime and you won’t be caught by his tricksy ways.

Or something.

He’s the President! Damnit!!!

After 9/11, all my lefty friends and I called each other and admitted that Bush was doing admirably, and saying all the right things, and reacting well. We didn’t love him afterward, we just approved that he did President right when it really counted.

Is that really such a weird concept?

BTW, back from the San Francisco MLK day march, where I represented the State of Israel by holding up a big sign with a quote from Dr. King on Israel.

A good time was had by all, and we got much approval. Except from the Bay Area Women in Black, and their friends from Sabeel, also marching. They didn’t like us. And they didn’t have ANYTHING about Dr. King on their signs, which I thought was tacky, tacky, tacky.

175 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:19:43pm

re: #173 Aceofwhat?

there was an urban legend about toilet flush swirling backwards in Atlanta?

/

ftfy

176 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:21:24pm

re: #41 Girth

I’m surprised that they’ve (mostly) been able to refrain from attacking the Native American blessing at the beginning of the event, although I did hear a great one this weekend on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal when a lady called in and claimed that he was actually placing a curse on America.

Uh. Why would Dr. Gonzales be cursing the United States?

177 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:21:44pm

be careful with that blade, it is very sharp ;)

178 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:21:47pm

re: #45 Tigger2

I agree.
It’s getting to the point that i’m almost embarrassed to even tell people that I meet that I am a conservative.

They need to know that there are normal ones out there. Keep trying.

179 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:22:59pm

re: #174 SanFranciscoZionist

He’s the President! Damnit!!!

After 9/11, all my lefty friends and I called each other and admitted that Bush was doing admirably, and saying all the right things, and reacting well. We didn’t love him afterward, we just approved that he did President right when it really counted.

Is that really such a weird concept?

BTW, back from the San Francisco MLK day march, where I represented the State of Israel by holding up a big sign with a quote from Dr. King on Israel.

A good time was had by all, and we got much approval. Except from the Bay Area Women in Black, and their friends from Sabeel, also marching. They didn’t like us. And they didn’t have ANYTHING about Dr. King on their signs, which I thought was tacky, tacky, tacky.

I’d BBQ and pound Lonestars with GB any day….if Clinton would show up, it’d be perfect

180 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:23:00pm

re: #174 SanFranciscoZionist

the Bay Area Women in Black

Was the a sequel to Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in Men In Black that I missed??

181 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:24:23pm

re: #85 ralphieboy

ratchet it up about three notches and you have what they are to Europe…it is one of the things you just gotta learn to live with, sort of like learning to live with handguns in America, just as prevalent but somewhat less lethal.

BTW, anyone else see the episode of “Human Target” where Chance is robbing the gun store, and all the customers open fire on him?

Priceless.

182 Reginald Perrin  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:24:26pm

The poll question was, “Do you think violence against the current American government is justified or not?”. The Republicans are part of that government and control the House of Representatives.re: #142 Obdicut

Huh, yeah, looking at those numbers, the 65 and over, only 74% are sure it’s not justified.

That’s kind of concerning.

Damn right that is concerning because it illustrates the effectiveness of the Right’s violent anti-government rhetoric.

183 Jadespring  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:24:50pm

re: #176 SanFranciscoZionist

Uh. Why would Dr. Gonzales be cursing the United States?

Probably because he’s a pagan/heathen and that’s what pagans/heathens do. They curse people with magic and evil stuff.

I’m sarcastic of course but yep, there are those out there that completely believe this type of thing.

184 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:25:16pm

re: #178 SanFranciscoZionist

They need to know that there are normal ones out there. Keep trying.

you can call me Ray
or you can call me Fay
etc
intimidation is a political weapon in the word world….be what you are

185 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:25:17pm

re: #182 Reginald Perrin

Damn right that is concerning because it illustrates the effectiveness of the Right’s violent anti-government rhetoric.

dude

186 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:25:55pm

re: #176 SanFranciscoZionist

Uh. Why would Dr. Gonzales be cursing the United States?

/he saw the Wright?

187 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:26:11pm

Okay all you guys that had all this skepticism about this story need to take a peek.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

Hizbullah did the Hariri assassination, as per the indictments. I guess Newsmax was not the sole source.

188 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:26:12pm

re: #113 Kruk

Heh. I saw a doco a while back on why the Soviet Union failed in Afghanistan. A former general said wryly that trying to convince Mujahideen that religion was “the opiate of the masses” may not have been the best idea.

There’s a scene in “Reds” where Reed finds himself giving a speech somewhere in the ‘stans, and figures out that they’re not translating him, they’re giving a speech about jihad, instead of communism. Reaching out to the locals.

He freaks.

189 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:26:45pm

re: #182 Reginald Perrin

The poll question was, “Do you think violence against the current American government is justified or not?”. The Republicans are part of that government and control the House of Representatives.

Damn right that is concerning because it illustrates the effectiveness of the Right’s violent anti-government rhetoric.

what are you concerned about, exactly?
jus curious

190 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:27:20pm

re: #182 Reginald Perrin

Damn right that is concerning because it illustrates the effectiveness of the Right’s violent anti-government rhetoric

So you think that either
A) the the Right’s violent anti-government rhetoric was aimed at the over 65 crowd
or
B) somehow the over 65 crowd is more susceptible to the “rhetoric”

191 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:28:25pm

re: #115 Aceofwhat?

hell no. they’re actual 1970’s-era slacks, which means that they’re about 3 sizes too tight in the crotchal region. they’re good for some laughs at a disco theme party and absolutely nothing else!

The HS I used to work at has had many uniform and dress codes over the years. Apparently at one point in the late 60s (it was still a boys’ school then), the dress code was solid-colored slacks, and a polo shirt.

One of the boys went to a thrift store and got a pair of double-knit polyester golfing slacks in salmon pink, and paired them with a black-and-white checkered polo shirt, and wore this ensemble every day.

He was hauled into the Dean’s office.

“Brother, I am in dress code,” he pleaded.

“You may be, but you’re also humiliating the school,” Brother decreed. “Get some normal-colored pants.”

192 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:28:27pm

WHAT THE HELL??
I just found out I’m no longer a Scorpio!!

193 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:28:39pm

re: #185 Aceofwhat?

dude

You said it better than I did in #190

damn!

194 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:29:06pm

re: #189 albusteve

what are you concerned about, exactly?
jus curious

fear is for fear’s sake*, concern is for cons fears sake. I guess?

195 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:29:22pm

re: #187 Rightwingconspirator

Okay all you guys that had all this skepticism about this story need to take a peek.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

Hizbullah did the Hariri assassination, as per the indictments. I guess Newsmax was not the sole source.

I think everybody pretty much expected this story to break, and Newsmax just got online first

196 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:30:03pm

re: #192 reloadingisnotahobby

WHAT THE HELL??
I just found out I’m no longer a Scorpio!!

New pick up line: what was your sign?

197 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:30:20pm

re: #192 reloadingisnotahobby

WHAT THE HELL??
I just found out I’m no longer a Scorpio!!

DAMMIT ,,, I’ll be out TOO!!
Scorpio: Nov. 23- Nov. 29

[Link: www.midlandsconnect.com…]

198 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:30:33pm

re: #192 reloadingisnotahobby

WHAT THE HELL??
I just found out I’m no longer a Scorpio!!

while you were out, the planets shifted….Linda Goodman will explain it

199 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:31:21pm

re: #198 albusteve

while you were out, the planets shifted…Linda Goodman will explain it

but I don’t WANNA be a Libra!!

200 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:31:35pm

re: #180 sattv4u2

the Bay Area Women in Black

Was the a sequel to Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in Men In Black that I missed??

I only wish.

201 Varek Raith  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:31:44pm

re: #197 sattv4u2

DAMMIT ,,, I’ll be out TOO!!
Scorpio: Nov. 23- Nov. 29

[Link: www.midlandsconnect.com…]

I’m now a Libra?!?!
Lame.
Lol.

202 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:31:49pm

re: #194 brookly red

fear is for fear’s sake*, concern is for cons fears sake. I guess?

there is no way the poll can be interpreted into reality….people are pissed and people are stupid, that’s what it means

203 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:32:01pm

re: #183 Jadespring

Probably because he’s a pagan/heathen and that’s what pagans/heathens do. They curse people with magic and evil stuff.

I’m sarcastic of course but yep, there are those out there that completely believe this type of thing.

I think he’s a Catholic, actually. IIRC.

204 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:32:15pm

re: #200 SanFranciscoZionist

I only wish.

Oy!

205 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:32:48pm

re: #199 sattv4u2

but I don’t WANNA be a Libra!!

shut up comrade, you have sign, you are sign. any question?

206 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:32:57pm

re: #191 SanFranciscoZionist

The HS I used to work at has had many uniform and dress codes over the years. Apparently at one point in the late 60s (it was still a boys’ school then), the dress code was solid-colored slacks, and a polo shirt.

One of the boys went to a thrift store and got a pair of double-knit polyester golfing slacks in salmon pink, and paired them with a black-and-white checkered polo shirt, and wore this ensemble every day.

He was hauled into the Dean’s office.

“Brother, I am in dress code,” he pleaded.

“You may be, but you’re also humiliating the school,” Brother decreed. “Get some normal-colored pants.”

lmao. that was my catholic HS…you never saw a bunch of guys who could make shirt-and-tie look so scrubby!

207 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:33:24pm

re: #197 sattv4u2

DAMMIT ,,, I’ll be out TOO!!
Scorpio: Nov. 23- Nov. 29

[Link: www.midlandsconnect.com…]

WTF!!
1 day longer than the rifle deer hunt!!
Scorpios are going to be endangered!!
But…I can’t make this tattoo look anywhere near Libra!!
…Thank gawd it’s on my ….never mind!

208 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:34:17pm

re: #207 reloadingisnotahobby

WTF!!
1 day longer than the rifle deer hunt!!
Scorpios are going to be endangered!!
But…I can’t make this tattoo look anywhere near Libra!!
…Thank gawd it’s on my …never mind!

Ophiuchus???

209 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:34:41pm

re: #202 albusteve

there is no way the poll can be interpreted into reality…people are pissed and people are stupid, that’s what it means

I hope you are not saying only stupid people are pissed?

210 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:34:44pm

re: #192 reloadingisnotahobby

WHAT THE HELL??
I just found out I’m no longer a Scorpio!!

Resist. I am. I have been a Cancer all my life, and I am too goddamn old to become a Gemini at my age.

This is ridiculous. Astrology has no scientific basis, so why the hell should I get all worked up about the earth wobbling around over the last 3000 years changing it?

I think there should be a movement. We will not go quietly.

Plus, I am not buying this Orchidius thing, or whatever the new sign is supposed to be.

211 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:35:19pm

re: #199 sattv4u2

re: #201 Varek Raith

I think a tearsly worded letter is in order!!
Varek? You up for it??

212 Jadespring  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:35:41pm

re: #203 SanFranciscoZionist

I think he’s a Catholic, actually. IIRC.

Well even so it still could be that. I know Christians who think Catholics are essentially pagans. So yeah double whammy possible there a Catholic doing a pagan/heathen blessing. :)

213 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:36:06pm

re: #210 SanFranciscoZionist

Plus, I am not buying this Orchidius thing, or whatever the new sign is supposed to be.


Ophiuchus

Betchya it’s a ferret!

214 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:36:28pm

re: #209 brookly red

I hope you are not saying only stupid people are pissed?

no, only stupid people support violence against the govt, whatever that means….I mean two lone FBI agents can scare you to death

215 Varek Raith  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:36:36pm

re: #211 reloadingisnotahobby

re: #201 Varek Raith

I think a tearsly worded letter is in order!!
Varek? You up for it??

I’ll just move the stars and planets back to where they’re supposed to be!

;)

216 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:37:09pm

re: #208 sattv4u2

Ophiuchus???

Yeah…What the hell is that?
Sounds like something you go to the doctor to have removed!!

217 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:37:45pm

re: #215 Varek Raith

I’ll just move the stars and planets back to where they’re supposed to be!

;)

THANK you!

My mother has a lot invested in being a Taurus. She is not going to accept being an Aries.

218 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:37:46pm

re: #214 albusteve

no, only stupid people support violence against the govt, whatever that means…I mean two lone FBI agents can scare you to death

what? I can’t hear you…

219 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:38:02pm

re: #214 albusteve

no, only stupid people support violence against the govt, whatever that means…I mean two lone FBI agents can scare you to death

I had a girl scout look at me meanly once that made me shiver because I only bought three boxes of cookies !!!

220 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:38:13pm

re: #210 SanFranciscoZionist

…So you have a Tattoo too….Bummer!
LOL

221 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:38:49pm

re: #216 reloadingisnotahobby

Yeah…What the hell is that?
Sounds like something you go to the doctor to have removed!!

not any more comrade, you learn to live w/ops…

222 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:39:34pm

re: #219 sattv4u2

I had a girl scout look at me meanly once that made me shiver because I only bought three boxes of cookies !!!

atta girl!

223 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:39:36pm

re: #219 sattv4u2

I had a girl scout look at me meanly once that made me shiver because I only bought three boxes of cookies !!!

imagine had you stolen them in Florida and ate them in Georgia?…you’d get my point

224 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:39:39pm

I GOT IT

I bet this whole Ophiuchus thing is just a Hallmark gimmick so they can have a new line of cards!!

225 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:40:43pm

re: #220 reloadingisnotahobby

…So you have a Tattoo too…Bummer!
LOL

no way, an astro sign tattoo?
nobody is that tasteless

226 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:41:53pm

re: #225 albusteve

no way, an astro sign tattoo?
nobody is that tasteless

I have a Taurus jacket……The Firearm !

227 Varek Raith  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:42:04pm

re: #224 sattv4u2

I GOT IT

I bet this whole Ophiuchus thing is just a Hallmark gimmick so they can have a new line of cards!!

Kind of neat.

Ophiuchus is a large constellation located around the celestial equator. Its name is Greek (Ὀφιοῦχος) for ‘serpent-bearer’, and it is commonly represented as a man grasping the snake that is represented by the constellation Serpens. Ophiuchus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It was formerly referred to as Serpentarius English pronunciation: /ˌsɜrpənˈtɛəriəs/, a Latin word meaning the same as its current name.
228 PhillyPretzel  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:42:13pm

So now I am an Aquarius. Geez this stuff is crazy. I will stick to my Chinese sign: Tiger. That goes by the year you are born. Watch they will change that too.

229 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:42:31pm

re: #226 reloadingisnotahobby

I have a Taurus jacket…The Firearm !

I rented a Ford Taurus two weeks ago, does that count

230 sscogges  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:42:47pm

Speaking of HotAir, did anyone else notice that Howard Portnoy’s “touching” tribute to MLK Jr. (a list of “controversial” (read: non-conservative) quotes designed to malign King) has been quietly disappeared?

231 PhillyPretzel  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:42:54pm

re: #229 sattv4u2
LOL

232 bratwurst  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:43:11pm

re: #225 albusteve

no way, an astro sign tattoo?
nobody is that tasteless

Many thousands of people have them…and now appear even dumber than they did simply as people who were serious enough about astrology to get a tattoo of their sign.

233 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:43:27pm

re: #227 Varek Raith

Kind of neat.

That doesn’t have the same ring inside a card that Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue does!!

234 Varek Raith  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:43:30pm

re: #232 bratwurst

Many thousands of people have them…and now appear even dumber than they did simply as people who were serious enough about astrology to get a tattoo of their sign.

HAHAHAHAHA!

235 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:44:04pm

re: #215 Varek Raith

I’ll just move the stars and planets back to where they’re supposed to be!

;)

Let us know when your done….

236 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:44:58pm

re: #235 reloadingisnotahobby

Let us know when your done…

The last thing you’ll hear is a BIG BANG,,,,,,,

237 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:45:36pm

re: #236 sattv4u2

The last thing you’ll hear is a BIG BANG,,,

I hate loud noises…

238 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:46:06pm

I was kidding ya’ll I have no tats…
I can’t improve on what I was blessed with……..
LOLOLOLOL..I’m killin myself!

239 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:46:15pm

The Zodiac news has caused panic among believers and has been one of the top Google searches,

from
[Link: www.midlandsconnect.com…]

Some people really need to gettalife!!

240 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:46:23pm

re: #232 bratwurst

Many thousands of people have them…and now appear even dumber than they did simply as people who were serious enough about astrology to get a tattoo of their sign.

my body is a temple….tattoos piercings are desecration

241 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:46:43pm

re: #237 brookly red

Then don’t listen!

242 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:47:10pm

re: #239 sattv4u2

The Zodiac news has caused panic among believers and has been one of the top Google searches,

from
[Link: www.midlandsconnect.com…]

Some people really need to gettalife!!

RUN FOR THE HILLS
PACK THE CHILDREN
OUR SIGN IS CHANGING!!

243 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:47:21pm

re: #241 reloadingisnotahobby

Then don’t listen!

huh?

244 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:47:23pm

re: #241 reloadingisnotahobby

Then don’t listen!

wait for the ‘applause’ sign

245 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:47:33pm

re: #240 albusteve

my body is a temple…tattoos piercings are desecration

I always remember that scene from Airheads with Chris Farley, “Improvise.”

246 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:47:39pm

re: #240 albusteve

…Your as big as a Church..?/

247 Gus  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:47:52pm

re: #230 sscogges

Speaking of HotAir, did anyone else notice that Howard Portnoy’s “touching” tribute to MLK Jr. (a list of “controversial” (read: non-conservative) quotes designed to malign King) has been quietly disappeared?

Down the memory hole it went! Alert the stalkers!

Other Things that MLK Said « The Greenroom Other Things that MLK Said. posted at 5:43 pm on January 17, 2011 by Howard Portnoy · printer-friendly. If you were to ask ten people to quote Martin Luther … hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2011/01/17/other-things-that-mlk-said/ - 1 hour ago

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248 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:47:59pm

re: #233 sattv4u2

That doesn’t have the same ring inside a card that Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue does!!

/Roses were red, Violets were blue, You were a Taurus, now your a Jew…

249 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:48:26pm

re: #241 reloadingisnotahobby

Then don’t listen!

what?

250 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:48:57pm

re: #243 sattv4u2

huh?

re: #249 brookly red

what?

GET OFF MY LAWN!

251 bratwurst  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:49:16pm

re: #240 albusteve

my body is a temple…tattoos piercings are desecration

It is my opinion that the ratio of hideously ugly tats to cool ones is about 1000000 to 1. Tattoo removal promises to be THE growth industry of the 21st century.

252 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:49:37pm

From the same article

Zodiac sign change
Did your zodiac sign change?
Yes
84%

No
16%

253 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:49:51pm

re: #239 sattv4u2

The Zodiac news has caused panic among believers and has been one of the top Google searches,

from
[Link: www.midlandsconnect.com…]

Some people really need to gettalife!!

I am just offended. I know what my sun sign is, thank you. I GREW UP in Northern California. I do not need some ASTROLOGER telling me I’m a Gemini now.

A movement. We need a movement.

254 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:50:43pm

re: #243 sattv4u2

re: #249 brookly red

You know…the BIG BANG …as if you’ll be able ignor….nevermind!
You guys……..

255 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:51:13pm

re: #253 SanFranciscoZionist

I am just offended. I know what my sun sign is, thank you. I GREW UP in Northern California. I do not need some ASTROLOGER telling me I’m a Gemini now.

A movement. We need a movement.

Brahms or Bowel??

256 PhillyPretzel  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:51:58pm

re: #255 sattv4u2

Brahms or Bowel??


I’ll take the Brahms.

257 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:51:59pm

re: #253 SanFranciscoZionist

re: #255 sattv4u2

Brahms or Bowel??

I PRAY it’s the former

Youtube Video
258 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:52:22pm

re: #256 PhillyPretzel

I’ll take the Brahms.

You better consult a physician!

259 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:52:27pm

re: #254 reloadingisnotahobby

re: #249 brookly red

You know…the BIG BANG …as if you’ll be able ignor…nevermind!
You guys…

look, if one “experience” got you into your current situation… well what can I say?

260 PhillyPretzel  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:53:45pm

re: #258 sattv4u2
Why? It is music isn’t it.

261 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:53:47pm

re: #251 bratwurst

It is my opinion that the ratio of hideously ugly tats to cool ones is about 1000000 to 1. Tattoo removal promises to be THE growth industry of the 21st century.

“Grandma, what does that tatoo on your back mean?”

262 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:53:55pm

re: #257 sattv4u2

re: #255 sattv4u2


I PRAY it’s the former

heh,,,, I forgot how great that one is!!
(Brahms Symphony#3: movement 3 )

[Video]

263 Talking Point Detective  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:53:59pm

Why Are There So Many Jews In Beck’s Rogues Gallery?

[…]

And then there was tonight’s episode, the theme of which was that the 20th century should be seen as “the era of the big lie.” According to Beck, during the past 100 years a loose association of shadowy figures who believed themselves to be the “intelligent minority” infected the country with their notion that the people are “animals” who can be controlled through propaganda. He further warned that this same elite was leading the modern progressive movement and would similarly seek to manipulate the masses in the twenty-first century.

So who are these nefarious figures from government, finance, media, and academia who believe they can and should control everyone’s choices, “not just in politics, but everywhere”? In tonight’s episode, Beck singles out nine of them. One is AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. Here are the other eight:

* Propagandist and ad man Edward Bernays, who revolutionized 20th century public relations.

* Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, who was Bernays’ uncle and influenced his method.

* George Soros, who Beck claimed shared Freud and Bernays’ philosophy that people are “animals” who can be “experimented with.”

* Cass Sunstein, who Beck insisted “is Edward Bernays” and has called “the most dangerous man in America.”

* Former SEIU president Andy Stern, who Beck said is part of a self-proclaimed “intelligent minority” of powerful men trying to manipulate the “bewildered herd” of America.

* Walter Lippman, a prominent columnist of the mid-20th century, who Beck accused of viewing government “as a way to control people.”

* Frances Fox Piven, professor at CUNY, who Beck accused of “sowing the seeds” of revolution.

* Ed Rendell, the governor of Pennsylvania, who Beck said thinks of himself as “one of the elites that are there to guide the herd.”

Eagle-eyed readers might notice what all eight of these people have in common. Yes, eight out of the nine villians Beck identified tonight are Jewish.

Probably just a coincidence, right?

[Link: mediamatters.org…]

Aside from questions about Anti-semitism, and the standard Beck paranoid ranting - his list is particularly notable because he puts Ed Rendell on the same list of 10 influential people as Sigmund Freud?

That’s like putting Sarah Palin on the same list of most influential women in history as Marie Curie

264 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:54:23pm

re: #261 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

“Grandma, what does that tatoo on your back mean?”

Means I was a FRAKIIN MORON when I was younger ,, and drunk!

265 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:54:30pm

Buy Gold! Or steal it from your nation as you flee for your life…
Ex Tunisia President’s Wife Left with 1.5 Tons of Gold

[Link: www.cnbc.com…]

266 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:55:32pm

re: #257 sattv4u2

re: #255 sattv4u2


I PRAY it’s the former

[Video]


heh,,, forgot how pretty that one is

(Brahms Symphony#3: movement 3 )

267 b_sharp  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:55:59pm

I’m getting a tat of Palin put on my back this weekend.

268 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:56:04pm

re: #263 Talking Point Detective

Why Are There So Many Jews In Beck’s Rogues Gallery?

[Link: mediamatters.org…]

Aside from questions about Anti-semitism, and the standard Beck paranoid ranting - his list is particularly notable because he puts Ed Rendell on the same list of 10 influential people as Sigmund Freud?

That’s like putting Sarah Palin on the same list of most influential women in history as Marie Curie

Which one isn’t Jewish?

269 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:56:10pm

re: #261 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

“Grandma, what does that tatoo on your back mean?”

/it is an expiration date … death panels are real. Please report for Karosouel…

270 Jadespring  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:57:41pm

re: #251 bratwurst

It is my opinion that the ratio of hideously ugly tats to cool ones is about 1000000 to 1. Tattoo removal promises to be THE growth industry of the 21st century.

I have a tat but I can’t see unless I use a mirror. I forget I even have one. I figure, out of sight out of mind. :)

271 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:58:30pm

re: #265 Rightwingconspirator

Buy Gold! Or steal it from your nation as you flee for your life…
Ex Tunisia President’s Wife Left with 1.5 Tons of Gold

[Link: www.cnbc.com…]

High Five!

272 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:58:37pm

re: #270 Jadespring

I have a tat but I can’t see unless I use a mirror. I forget I even have one. I figure, out of sight out of mind. :)

Turn around ,, lemme see!

273 Jadespring  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:59:18pm

re: #272 sattv4u2

Turn around ,, lemme see!

:D

274 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 3:59:18pm

re: #270 Jadespring

I have a tat but I can’t see unless I use a mirror. I forget I even have one. I figure, out of sight out of mind. :)

Saw a girl with “Hi, my name is Julie” as a tramp stamp. I guess thats one way to make sure the guy gets your name.

275 Talking Point Detective  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:00:05pm

re: #268 SanFranciscoZionist

Which one isn’t Jewish?

Richard Trumka?

276 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:00:05pm

re: #274 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Saw a girl with “Hi, my name is Julie” as a tramp stamp. I guess thats one way to make sure the guy gets your name.

She named her lower back Julie!?!??!

277 Jadespring  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:00:06pm

re: #274 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Saw a girl with “Hi, my name is Julie” as a tramp stamp. I guess thats one way to make sure the guy gets your name.

Eew. That’s awful.

278 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:00:49pm

re: #274 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Saw a girl with “Hi, my name is Julie” as a tramp stamp. I guess thats one way to make sure the guy gets your name.

re: #276 sattv4u2

She named her lower back Julie!?!??!

Did she have a name for her left leg?? Her right earlobe !?!?!?

279 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:00:57pm

re: #265 Rightwingconspirator

I thought Diamonds were a girls best friend??
Can’t flee very fast packing 1.5 ton!

280 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:01:24pm

THIS SPACE FOR RENT

281 Gus  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:01:50pm

re: #280 sattv4u2

THIS SPACE FOR RENT

On the forehead.

/

282 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:02:19pm

re: #279 reloadingisnotahobby

Depends how much help you have. LOL
I sure hope that gold gets seized and returned.

283 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:02:45pm

/ My gf has a bar code for potatoes on her wrist… we buy steak, 49 cents… we buy shrimp, 49 cents, what ever we buy 49 cents… I love bar codes.

284 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:03:19pm

re: #283 brookly red

/ My gf has a bar code for potatoes on her wrist… we buy steak, 49 cents… we buy shrimp, 49 cents, what ever we buy 49 cents… I love bar codes.

You’re screwed if you buy penny candy!

285 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:03:50pm

re: #284 sattv4u2

You’re screwed if you buy penny candy!

bitch!

286 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:03:54pm

re: #282 Rightwingconspirator

Depends how much help you have. LOL
I sure hope that gold gets seized and returned.

Article doesn’t say weather or not it was even hers to take…
That’s a big safe deposit box!

287 Goosestepping Obama Tina Brown(New Dance Craze)  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:04:07pm

re: #263 Talking Point Detective

OMG. I am well sick and tired of the whole Jewish scapegoating. My neighbor across the street who is a Tea partier-Paulian-Glenn Beckian tried to accuse the Jews of secretly running the world and he said “They have been for 150 years now!” when i laughed and denied this he said “What proof do you have they are not?” I said “because if the Jews were running the world, it would be a much better world than it is” He started laughing, gave up and never brought it up again.

288 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:04:26pm

re: #285 brookly red

bitch!

Only when I’m in heat

289 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:04:31pm

re: #274 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Saw a girl with “Hi, my name is Julie” as a tramp stamp. I guess thats one way to make sure the guy gets your name.

Dan Savage ran a column of people in long-term relationships telling how they ‘met sleazy’. One girl, Jewish, got a ‘chai’ tattooed on her hip. (Yeah.) She then went to bed with some guy who, while taking off her underwear, saw the tattoo, and said, “Oh, a chai? You’re Jewish? Me too!”

They were, as she wrote to Dan, planning a big Orthodox wedding.

I have no idea what the moral of this is.

290 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:05:49pm

re: #287 Cankles McCellulite

“What proof do you have they are not?”

What I tell a person like that is out of all the places in the Middle East they could have wanted for thier homeland they picked the ONE place with NO OIL!!!!
//

291 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:05:50pm

re: #287 Cankles McCellulite

LOL. Best answer I ever heard.

292 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:06:31pm

re: #289 SanFranciscoZionist

Dan Savage ran a column of people in long-term relationships telling how they ‘met sleazy’. One girl, Jewish, got a ‘chai’ tattooed on her hip. (Yeah.) She then went to bed with some guy who, while taking off her underwear, saw the tattoo, and said, “Oh, a chai? You’re Jewish? Me too!”

They were, as she wrote to Dan, planning a big Orthodox wedding.

I have no idea what the moral of this is.

easy… never put anything in writing.

293 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:07:01pm

re: #289 SanFranciscoZionist

Dan Savage ran a column of people in long-term relationships telling how they ‘met sleazy’. One girl, Jewish, got a ‘chai’ tattooed on her hip. (Yeah.) She then went to bed with some guy who, while taking off her underwear, saw the tattoo, and said, “Oh, a chai? You’re Jewish? Me too!”

They were, as she wrote to Dan, planning a big Orthodox wedding.

I have no idea what the moral of this is.

Well,,, there’s 15 seconds of my life I’ll never get back!

294 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:08:23pm

re: #291 Rightwingconspirator

LOL. Best answer I ever heard.

Until mine!~!!

:)

//

296 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:10:40pm

re: #270 Jadespring

re: #272 sattv4u2

Turn around ,, lemme see!

You can turn back now ,,,I’m out of film!!!

//

297 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:10:44pm

Move to San Diego backed for suspect’s trial

Federal authorities are planning to move the trial of the alleged gunman in the Jan. 8 mass shooting in Tucson to San Diego because of extensive pretrial publicity in Arizona, federal law enforcement sources said Sunday night.

Jared Lee Loughner, 22, is charged in federal court in Arizona, but court officials plan to move the case out of the state within several weeks, the sources said. They cited publicity and the sensitivity of the case in Arizona, where one of those fatally shot was John M. Roll, the state’s chief federal judge.

The new chief judge, Roslyn O. Silver, will make the final decision about any venue change, but one law enforcement official said, “It’s going to happen. It’s just a matter of time.”

298 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:11:23pm

re: #297 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Please no Ruby.

299 sattv4u2  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:12:45pm

And on that note, Mrs. Satty is on her way home from another exhaustive day of hitting the stores and she’ll need dinner

Later All

300 Gus  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:14:12pm

Ricky Gervais freaks out Hollywood!

Here’s his opening monologue:

Youtube Video
301 Stan the Demanded Plan  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:15:35pm

re: #274 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Saw a girl with “Hi, my name is Julie” as a tramp stamp. I guess thats one way to make sure the guy gets your name.

omg

302 wrenchwench  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:17:38pm

re: #247 Gus 802

Down the memory hole it went! Alert the stalkers!

Other Things that MLK Said « The Greenroom Other Things that MLK Said. posted at 5:43 pm on January 17, 2011 by Howard Portnoy · printer-friendly. If you were to ask ten people to quote Martin Luther … hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2011/01/17/other-thi ngs-that-mlk-said/ - 1 hour ago

Error 404 - Not Found

Google has a cache.

No comments, though.

303 Gus  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:18:59pm

Mixed reaction to Ricky Gervais as Golden Globes host

Here’s a selection of his more controversial jokes:

• “It was a big year for 3D movies. Toy Story, Despicable Me, Tron. It seems like everything this year was three-dimensional, except the characters in The Tourist. I already feel bad about that joke. I’m jumping on the bandwagon, because I haven’t even seen The Tourist. Who has?

• I’d like to quash the rumours that the only reason The Tourist was nominated was so that the Hollywood Foreign Press can hang out with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. That is rubbish, that is not the only reason - they also accepted bribes.

• “I Love You Phillip Morris stars Jim Carey and Ewan McGregor - two heterosexual actors pretending to be gay. So, the complete opposite of some famous scientologists. Probably. My lawyers helped me with the wording of that joke.”

• “I was sure the Golden Globe for special effects would go to the team that airbrushed [the Sex and the City 2] poster. Girls, we know how old you are. I saw one of you in an episode of Bonanza.”

• On Jennifer Lopez - “She’s just Jenny from the block. If the block in question is that one on Rodeo Drive between Cartier and Prada.”

• On multi-millionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg: “Heather Mills calls him the one that got away.”

• While introducing Robert Downey Jr - “Many of you in this room probably know him best from such facilities as the Betty Ford Clinic and Los Angeles County Jail.”

Somebody call a whambulance!

304 Gus  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:21:19pm

re: #302 wrenchwench

Google has a cache.

No comments, though.

Ah. Just another bitter wingnut. Sure, I can dig up some rather racist screeds from Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.

305 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:22:07pm

Ummm Salmon fillet for diner!!
Wife says it still smells fishy…..
Wonder how that happened?

306 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:23:52pm

OT - anyone catch the SNL opener? One of the best Fox News parodies i’ve ever seen.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

307 Killgore Trout  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:24:32pm

re: #300 Gus 802

Ricky Gervais freaks out Hollywood!

Here’s his opening monologue:


[Video]

I watched that last night and there’s a lot of buzz this morning. I like Gervais but didn’t think it was really that outrageous. Especially for him.

308 Lidane  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:25:18pm

re: #2 Gus 802

And when the closed captioning read “[MUSIC]” the audience all started playing their kazoos vuvuzelas.

FTFY

309 Stan the Demanded Plan  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:26:26pm

re: #307 Killgore Trout

I watched that last night and there’s a lot of buzz this morning. I like Gervais but didn’t think it was really that outrageous. Especially for him.

The Family Guy is hilarious

310 Gus  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:26:41pm

re: #307 Killgore Trout

I watched that last night and there’s a lot of buzz this morning. I like Gervais but didn’t think it was really that outrageous. Especially for him.

Yeah. I’ve heard him before and that was toned down. They should stop complaining. He actually made me look at a video of another boring Hollywood award ceremony. At least it wasn’t the usual line of bitter Hollywood political jokes. If you know what I mean.

311 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:27:05pm

re: #307 Killgore Trout

Yeah. I mean, Robert Downey Jr. drug jokes? Not exactly edgy.

He was really good on Conan, Gervaise was.

312 Lidane  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:27:05pm

re: #303 Gus 802

Mixed reaction to Ricky Gervais as Golden Globes host

Somebody call a whambulance!

I loved Gervais. Then again, I’ve been a fan for ages. Last night was tame for him, so if people got their knickers twisted, they’re just sensitive. He’s been much harsher before.

313 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:27:13pm

re: #304 Gus 802

Ah. Just another bitter wingnut. Sure, I can dig up some rather racist screeds from Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.

Dr. King had this irritating habit of not saying what people want him to have said.

314 Romantic Heretic  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:30:09pm

re: #181 SanFranciscoZionist

BTW, anyone else see the episode of “Human Target” where Chance is robbing the gun store, and all the customers open fire on him?

Priceless.

Reminds me of a scene from Robocop 3

“Tell me. What’s it like being a rocket scientist?”

315 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:30:16pm

I like his humor …Ricky made a movie with ah..Tia Leonie (Sp)…It was hilarious!

316 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:30:30pm

re: #313 SanFranciscoZionist

Dr. King had this irritating habit of not saying what people want him to have said.

Republicans are like that sometimes…

317 Kronocide  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:31:30pm

[OOGABOOGA]

318 Soap_Man  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:31:40pm

re: #261 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

“Grandma, what does that tatoo on your back mean?”

“It’s called a ‘Tramp Stamp’ Billy. Don’t knock it. That’s how your dad got here!”

319 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:31:47pm

re: #311 Obdicut

Downey is doing quite well. Look how far back Gervais had to reach. Not a word about his performances in recent movies. Backhanded compliment there.

320 What, me worry?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:31:48pm

re: #303 Gus 802

His comedy style is that of a “roast”. If that isn’t patently obvious to the actors all pissed off at him, I’d say they think entirely too much of themselves. I think he’s a scream.

321 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:33:21pm

re: #319 Rightwingconspirator

I doubt Downey minded in the least. I think he said once that mockery helps him keep clean.

As someone who bears more than a passing resemblance to him, I’ve been glad he got his act together.

322 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:34:22pm

re: #318 Soap_Man

“It’s called a ‘Tramp Stamp’ Billy. Don’t knock it. That’s how your dad got here!”

“Of course, Grandpa might not really be Grandpa, but he didn’t know then and can’t remember now.”

323 What, me worry?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:35:03pm

re: #321 Obdicut

I doubt Downey minded in the least. I think he said once that mockery helps him keep clean.

As someone who bears more than a passing resemblance to him, I’ve been glad he got his act together.

From the BBC News:

“Aside from the fact that it’s been hugely mean-spirited, with mildly sinister undertones, I’d say the vibe of the show is pretty good so far, wouldn’t you?”

End Quote Robert Downey Jr

324 Soap_Man  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:35:03pm

re: #319 Rightwingconspirator

Downey is doing quite well. Look how far back Gervais had to reach. Not a word about his performances in recent movies. Backhanded compliment there.

The response should be, “And our host … you probably remember him from the British Office and, um (long pause) well, that’s pretty much it.”

For the record, I love Gervais. But that would have been a nice comeback from RDJ.

325 webevintage  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:35:24pm

re: #312 Lidane

I loved Gervais. Then again, I’ve been a fan for ages. Last night was tame for him, so if people got their knickers twisted, they’re just sensitive. He’s been much harsher before.

I thought he was brilliant and really, the only reason we watched.
RDJ gave as good as he got…hot man…sooooo hot.
The only joke that i thought went too far was the one about Tim Allen.

326 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:36:51pm

A serious question….
Is “Beano”safe for dogs??
Yeah…hahahaha But seriously?

327 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:38:04pm

re: #326 reloadingisnotahobby

A serious question…
Is “Beano”safe for dogs??
Yeah…hahahaha But seriously?

I haven’t a clue. Has yours taken some, or are you considering giving it to him?

328 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:38:37pm

re: #300 Gus 802

Ricky Gervais freaks out Hollywood!

Here’s his opening monologue:


[Video]

that was awesome

329 webevintage  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:38:45pm

re: #321 Obdicut

As someone who bears more than a passing resemblance to him, I’ve been glad he got his act together.


Ummmmm, Iron Man RDJ or I want Love look or maybe Sherlock Holmes scruffy?
Inquiring minds want to know.

330 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:38:55pm

re: #327 SanFranciscoZionist

I haven’t a clue. Has yours taken some, or are you considering giving it to him?

Considering it…running out of air freshener!

331 prairiefire  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:39:25pm

re: #329 webevintage

Ummm, Iron Man RDJ or I want Love look or maybe Sherlock Holmes scruffy?
Inquiring minds want to know.

They are making a sequel to Sherlock Holmes. I am so happy!

332 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:41:42pm

re: #330 reloadingisnotahobby

Considering it…running out of air freshener!

Call the vet.

333 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:42:18pm

re: #331 prairiefire

They are making a sequel to Sherlock Holmes. I am so happy!

And they’re making a prequel to The Thing. I am disappoint.

334 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:42:27pm

re: #329 webevintage

More Wonder Boys rumpled.

It’s made for some really easy Halloween costumes— suit, tie, and a blue-white glow coming from my breastbone.

335 Decider  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:42:38pm

Morrissey and Allahpundit must know their commenters are wingnuts. My guess is that know but go through the motions anyway. Allahpundit makes some good points. It would be nice if he moved here to LGF.

336 What, me worry?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:43:16pm

re: #330 reloadingisnotahobby

Considering it…running out of air freshener!

Hmmm… doggie flatulence. You might want to change his diet, upgrade his food. Don’t feed him table scraps, anything greasy or gassy.

Here’s some other suggestions.

337 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:46:02pm

re: #321 Obdicut

I tip my hat to any real recovery from serious drugs. Whatever works is a good thing.
re: #334 Obdicut

Lucky you. All I got is Tom Greene. Not much to work with, LOL.

338 Soap_Man  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:46:27pm

re: #326 reloadingisnotahobby

A serious question…
Is “Beano”safe for dogs??
Yeah…hahahaha But seriously?

Not always a bad thing.

Has anyone here ever farted and blamed it on the dog?

*raises hand*

339 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:46:40pm

re: #337 Rightwingconspirator


At least you’re more charming than who you look like.

340 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:46:44pm

re: #335 Decider

He got his start here. Go figure.

341 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:47:01pm

re: #339 Obdicut

Thanks for that. :)

342 What, me worry?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:49:57pm

re: #330 reloadingisnotahobby

Considering it…running out of air freshener!

And it looks like Beano may be ok for dogs at a half-dose. I know because the internet told me :p

[Link: www.google.com…]

343 webevintage  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:51:02pm

Hubby just fired up the Netflix to watch some more of The IT Crowd….those Brits are so damn funny.

344 lostlakehiker  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:51:31pm

re: #126 Obdicut

Holy crap. And that’s as opposed to 4% of non-Tea Party people.

So, three times as likely to endorse it.

There are other interesting statistics in that poll. On the question of whether violence against the current government was justified [my two cents, good grief No!], the poll reports:

* * ** ** * * * * yes no ?
White *** ** ** 6 84 11
African-American 5 81 13
Hispanic ** ** * 9 76 15

18 to 29 ** 17 68 15
30 to 45 ** 3 90 6
46 to 65 ** 3 86 11

Northeast 7 81 12
Midwest** 9 85 6
South *** 5 82 13
West *** 4 81 15

345 What, me worry?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:51:49pm

I used to give my dog Pepto Bismal when she was gassy or I could hear her stomach gurgling.

346 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:52:08pm

re: #343 webevintage

Have you seen Darkplace?

[Link: www.youtube.com…]

It’s got two of the same actors; it’s brilliant.

347 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:52:35pm

re: #343 webevintage

Hubby just fired up the Netflix to watch some more of The IT Crowd…those Brits are so damn funny.

The IT Crowd is great.

“I don’t care that you’re from Iran.”
“I told you that I used to be a man.”

348 Obdicut  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:53:34pm

re: #347 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Just Moss saying “Okay” or “Right” at any point is awesome, because you know everything is about to go to hell.

349 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:54:42pm

Thanks all!!
He was to the vet….We feed Science diet!
But he did have some treats a couple days ago..cheese and
steak scraps.
We’re training right now so we’ll watch what we reward with!!

350 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:55:51pm

those bastards canceled my flight

here I am at the sj airport with my iPod and a beer with four hours to kill :P

351 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:57:06pm

re: #350 WindUpBird

those bastards canceled my flight

here I am at the sj airport with my iPod and a beer with four hours to kill :P

We’ll try not to be a buzz kill!!
LOL

352 webevintage  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:57:06pm

re: #346 Obdicut

Have you seen Darkplace?

[Link: www.youtube.com…]

It’s got two of the same actors; it’s brilliant.

meh, not on netflix or DVDs that will play in the US.
grrrrrrr……
we really need to get the all region dvd player

353 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:57:14pm

re: #350 WindUpBird

More beer may be necessary.

354 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:58:12pm

re: #353 Rightwingconspirator

More beer may be necessary.

No doubt!!
Airport beer is very expensive tho…

355 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:58:36pm

re: #348 Obdicut

Just Moss saying “Okay” or “Right” at any point is awesome, because you know everything is about to go to hell.

Greatest one.

“Here is the internet.”
“Its so light.”

356 simoom  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:59:11pm

Heh. I had my browser sized relatively small, and I noticed it had this effect on the banner ad for Tim Pawlenty’s book :P —>

Image: ugbT9.jpg

357 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:59:44pm

re: #354 reloadingisnotahobby

No doubt!!
Airport beer is very expensive tho…

/well at least he can kill some time by watching the security lines…

358 prairiefire  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:59:53pm

re: #350 WindUpBird

those bastards canceled my flight

here I am at the sj airport with my iPod and a beer with four hours to kill :P

How were the festivities?

359 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:59:54pm

re: #347 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

If you know it crowd you BETTER KNOW MIGHTY BOOSH

360 What, me worry?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:00:27pm

re: #356 simoom

Heh. I had my browser sized relatively small, and I noticed it had this effect on the banner ad for Tim Pawlenty’s book :P —>

Image: ugbT9.jpg

Oh that’s good LOL and recommended!

361 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:02:41pm

BBIAM or three……

362 Eclectic Infidel  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:02:43pm

re: #333 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And they’re making a prequel to The Thing. I am disappoint.

Ah, but will Adrienne Barbeau have another topless scene in the water?

363 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:03:53pm

re: #362 eclectic infidel

Ah, but will Adrienne Barbeau have another topless scene in the water?

You’re thinking Swamp Thing as opposed to The Thing.

364 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:04:45pm

re: #358 prairiefire

One of the best cons I have ever done, everything fell into place, got to see about 20 old friends in the course of 4 days

(also birds @_@)

365 wrenchwench  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:06:15pm

This is an actual quotation about Jared Loughner from the New York Times:

“He would get so upset about bigger issues, like why do positive and negative magnets have to attract each other,”

How do they work.

366 CuriousLurker  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:07:29pm

re: #343 webevintage

Hubby just fired up the Netflix to watch some more of The IT Crowd…those Brits are so damn funny.

One of my favorite British comedy sketches, the “Man Cold”.

Youtube Video
367 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:08:05pm

re: #348 Obdicut

(do I amaze you)

368 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:11:22pm

re: #366 CuriousLurker

One of my favorite British comedy sketches, the “Man Cold”.

[Video]

Rowan Atkinson as Doctor Who

Youtube Video
369 Killgore Trout  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:11:22pm

re: #365 wrenchwench

I was just checking the Paulian forums. They’re claiming his mugshot was photoshopped to make him appear crazy. I’m also noticing threads on “lucid Dreaming” , mind control and some of his other crazy ideas that they are now exploring. He’s almost a hero, although none of them will come out and admit it openly.

370 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:14:10pm

re: #350 WindUpBird

those bastards canceled my flight

here I am at the sj airport with my iPod and a beer with four hours to kill :P

you keep a kayak near your place, right?

371 CuriousLurker  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:14:22pm

re: #368 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Rowan Atkinson as Doctor Who


[Video]

LOL

372 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:15:32pm

re: #369 Killgore Trout

I was just checking the Paulian forums. They’re claiming his mugshot was photoshopped to make him appear crazy. I’m also noticing threads on “lucid Dreaming” , mind control and some of his other crazy ideas that they are now exploring. He’s almost a hero, although none of them will come out and admit it openly.

/said the un-named source… come on KT.

373 wrenchwench  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:17:07pm

re: #369 Killgore Trout

I was just checking the Paulian forums. They’re claiming his mugshot was photoshopped to make him appear crazy. I’m also noticing threads on “lucid Dreaming” , mind control and some of his other crazy ideas that they are now exploring. He’s almost a hero, although none of them will come out and admit it openly.

If half of the people who have the feeling that they understand Loughner would go check themselves in at a nearby mental health facility, the world would be a safer place.

374 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:17:25pm

re: #369 Killgore Trout

I was just checking the Paulian forums. They’re claiming his mugshot was photoshopped to make him appear crazy. I’m also noticing threads on “lucid Dreaming” , mind control and some of his other crazy ideas that they are now exploring. He’s almost a hero, although none of them will come out and admit it openly.

Billy the Kid was a hero, Jesse James was a hero
killers for heros leaves room for some contempt I’d say

375 engineer cat  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:18:36pm

Bulletin from the Department of Propogating Utterly Unsubstantiated Rumors Because I’m Bored Department:

PALIN TO ANNOUNCE BID FOR PRESIDENT AT 9 ON HANNITY

376 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:19:21pm

re: #374 albusteve

Billy the Kid was a hero, Jesse James was a hero
killers for heros leaves room for some contempt I’d say

and I’ll add, the media probably glorified those guys with their over the top sensationalism

377 researchok  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:19:29pm

re: #375 engineer dog

Bulletin from the Department of Propogating Utterly Unsubstantiated Rumors Because I’m Bored Department:

PALIN TO ANNOUNCE BID FOR PRESIDENT AT 9 ON HANNITY

That’s nice.
//

378 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:20:09pm

re: #372 brookly red

/said the un-named source… come on KT.

dude, none of those ‘ideas’ are worth a Greek bond. the only people exploring them are loons and folks who secretly admire that psycho.

379 Political Atheist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:20:22pm

re: #374 albusteve

Somehow we confuse the Robin Hood mythos with just robbin’.
Prison culture sucks.

380 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:20:31pm

re: #375 engineer dog

Bulletin from the Department of Propogating Utterly Unsubstantiated Rumors Because I’m Bored Department:

PALIN TO ANNOUNCE BID FOR PRESIDENT AT 9 ON HANNITY

if Palin is elected POTUS, I’ll renounce my citizenship and become a Moonie monk

381 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:21:20pm

re: #378 Aceofwhat?

dude, none of those ‘ideas’ are worth a Greek bond. the only people exploring them are loons and folks who secretly admire that psycho.

yeah, but there are 74 of them we can ID

382 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:21:36pm

re: #378 Aceofwhat?

dude, none of those ‘ideas’ are worth a Greek bond. the only people exploring them are loons and folks who secretly admire that psycho.

you hear that KT?

383 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:21:56pm

re: #379 Rightwingconspirator

Somehow we confuse the Robin Hood mythos with just robbin’.
Prison culture sucks.

graduate school for punks

384 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:22:19pm

re: #381 albusteve

yeah, but there are 74 of them we can ID

you could lure them out with pyrite…

385 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:22:56pm

re: #382 brookly red

you hear that KT?

he was talking about the folks who secretly admire him. i was agreeing…

386 BryanS  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:23:17pm

re: #380 albusteve

if Palin is elected POTUS, I’ll renounce my citizenship and become a Moonie monk

Sarah Marches On!!!!!

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387 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:23:40pm

re: #380 albusteve

if Palin is elected POTUS, I’ll renounce my citizenship and become a Moonie monk

I am still waiting for all the people who swore they would move to Canada if Bush was elected… apartments are expensive round here.

388 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:24:10pm

re: #385 Aceofwhat?

he was talking about the folks who secretly admire him. i was agreeing…

yes, of course.

389 Varek Raith  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:24:32pm

re: #387 brookly red

I am still waiting for all the people who swore they would move to Canada if Bush was elected… apartments are expensive round here.

I’m still waiting for Limbaugh to move to Costa Rica.
:P

390 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:24:48pm

re: #384 Aceofwhat?

you could lure them out with pyrite…

is it shiny?

391 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:25:39pm

re: #390 brookly red

is it shiny?

also known as fool’s gold

392 Kragar  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:25:50pm

re: #390 brookly red

is it shiny?

Precious.

393 albusteve  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:25:54pm

want sordid news?….
John Edwards has a federal grand jury on his lying ass…

394 Varek Raith  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:26:12pm

re: #390 brookly red

is it shiny?

Image: 800px-Pyrite_3.jpg
Very.
Ain’t called “fool’s gold” for nothing!

395 brookly red  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:26:48pm

re: #392 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Precious.

1600 an oz?

396 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:26:51pm

alrighty, 6:30am flight means 4:30am alarm. good night, all.

WUB - best wishes for a safe and hopefully quick flight home.

397 PhillyPretzel  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:27:37pm

re: #394 Varek Raith
Very nice specimen

398 elbruce  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:28:21pm

[applause] indicators appear in the transcript of a speech for the purpose of warning the speaker when people are likely to clap, so he knows to pause and doesn’t try to talk over the noise. Otherwise you’d have the speaker talking straight through the clapping. I recall that in many of his earlier speeches, Obama seemed to have a problem with this.

399 Varek Raith  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:28:29pm

re: #396 Aceofwhat?

alrighty, 6:30am flight means 1:30am alarm. good night, all.

WUB - best wishes for a safe and hopefully quick flight home.

FTFY.
;)

400 PhillyPretzel  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:29:05pm

re: #395 brookly red
It is not sold by the ounce. It would most likely be sold by the gram or carat.

401 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:36:52pm

re: #369 Killgore Trout

I was just checking the Paulian forums. They’re claiming his mugshot was photoshopped to make him appear crazy. I’m also noticing threads on “lucid Dreaming” , mind control and some of his other crazy ideas that they are now exploring. He’s almost a hero, although none of them will come out and admit it openly.

WTF

402 webevintage  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:49:20pm

re: #365 wrenchwench

This is an actual quotation about Jared Loughner from the New York Times:

How do they work.

I read that earlier and all I could think of was “fucking magnets, how do they work” then I LOL’d and then I felt a bit guilty.

403 William Barnett-Lewis  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 6:02:53pm

re: #331 prairiefire

They are making a sequel to Sherlock Holmes. I am so happy!

Really??

I haz sadz then.

Image: 200px-Jeremy_Brett.jpg

is Sherlock, not RDJ.

404 webevintage  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 6:17:36pm

re: #403 wlewisiii

Really??

I haz sadz then.

Image: 200px-Jeremy_Brett.jpg

is Sherlock, not RDJ.

RDJ was fun, but yeah, his Sherlock was really just RDJ.
I do love the new Sherlock that the BBC has done, I think you can watch the 3 episodes on Masterpiece’s website.

405 deranged cat  Mon, Jan 17, 2011 10:41:46pm

glad to see my favorite voice actor is getting his conspiracy on!

406 steve_davis  Tue, Jan 18, 2011 10:00:12am

re: #13 Rightwingconspirator

That ship sailed a decade ago. I’m just waiting for some President to have scandal about a fence, maybe the wireless border fence…

Fence-Gate.

“Teapot Dome Gate”


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