I couldn't believe it when I found that link, well I shouldn't be surprised!!!

I was the first one to point to Conservapedia downstairs, I need my first hattip ever!

Oops - hit return by mistake - full post soon to appear.

Conservapedia, the conservative alternative to a liberally biased reality!

re: #2 Jdorfma4

I was the first one to point to Conservapedia downstairs, I need my first hattip ever!

Hey! Show us the timestamp, here's mine! :-) Same link as the diff! :-)
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

oops, elcapitain got there first downstairs, I see it now.

Ugh. Just ugh.

Funnily, WOT labelled Conservapedia as an untrustworthy site. I thought it was pretty appropriate.

Ignaorance = bliss I guess.

re: #4 jamesfirecat

Conservapedia, the conservative alternative to a liberally biased reality!

Eh, I don't think reality has a liberal bias in the case of Paul Revere. What he did with his ride was brave and honorable, that's clearly true. But Palin goofed it up and refused to admit it. That's not a liberal vs. conservative bias, that an honest people versus cultists and liars divide.

Let me ask again:

"Part of the purpose of the ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their gun rights. "

So what gun rights might those be, considering that Paul Revere's ride was in 1775, and the Right to Bear Arms was adopted in 1971?

Their slogan is "The Trustworthy Encyclopedia".

I'd like to see their entry for "Trustworthy" and "Encyclopedia"

re: #10 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Let me ask again:

"Part of the purpose of the ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their gun rights. "

So what gun rights might those be, considering that Paul Revere's ride was in 1775, and the Right to Bear Arms was adopted in 1971?

notions have meanings

re: #10 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Let me ask again:

"Part of the purpose of the ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their gun rights. "

So what gun rights might those be, considering that Paul Revere's ride was in 1775, and the Right to Bear Arms was adopted in 1971 1791?

Damn typo.

re: #9 Dark_Falcon

Eh, I don't think reality has a liberal bias in the case of Paul Revere. What he did with his ride was brave and honorable, that's clearly true. But Palin goofed it up and refused to admit it. That's not a liberal vs. conservative bias, that an honest people versus cultists and liars divide.

I gave you an up ding for that.
But I really don't think many on the left would support Palin's interpretation.

re: #10 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Let me ask again:

"Part of the purpose of the ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their gun rights. "

So what gun rights might those be, considering that Paul Revere's ride was in 1775, and the Right to Bear Arms was adopted in 1971

?

I think you goofed.

re: #9 Dark_Falcon

Eh, I don't think reality has a liberal bias in the case of Paul Revere. What he did with his ride was brave and honorable, that's clearly true. But Palin goofed it up and refused to admit it. That's not a liberal vs. conservative bias, that an honest people versus cultists and liars divide.

It's not a liberal versus conservative thing either Dark... or at least not a "big government" versus "little government thing" it's about how some Republicans refuse to believe that they or the people they support could ever possibly be wrong and that if "reality" says otherwise than "reality" must be wrong.

I'm not saying there aren't democrats like that... but the Republicans of that particular stripe sure are making themselves easy to spot.

Winston Smith's in-basket is a fire hazard sacred ecosystem.

re: #15 Dark_Falcon

?

I think you goofed.

SILENCE! Your feeble intellect is obviously reversing the numbers which read 1791.
/

re: #14 ozbloke

I gave you an up ding for that.
But I really don't think many on the left would support Palin's interpretation.

I'm not saying they would. I'm saying that those on the right who know history and are honest oppose this sort of revisionism too.

Life imitates Farce?

Andy Schlafly never fails to disappoint does he?

He revises history to reflect Rightwing values on a daily basis so this should come as no real surprise. The man has the hutzpah to rewrite the bible with an American Conservative bent for Gods sake!

re: #19 Dark_Falcon

I'm not saying they would. I'm saying that those on the right who know history and are honest oppose this sort of revisionism too.

Heres another up ding.

“History is written by the derpers.”
Winston Derphill

re: #19 Dark_Falcon

I'm not saying they would. I'm saying that those on the right who know history and are honest oppose this sort of revisionism too.

Seriously, was what Paul Revere did not honorable enough for the PalinBots? He served his country well, no need to tarnish his story like this.

re: #23 Killgore Trout

“History is written by the derpers.”
Winston Derphill

"History is a derp agreed upon".

posted on wrong thread, correcting here;

Edit reversed;
[Link: [Link: www.conservapedia.com...]...]

Comment:

Latest revision as of 22:33, 5 June 2011 (view source)
DMorris (Talk | contribs)
(Undo revision 875982 by DanW (talk) Americans had no rights under the British)

Charles you're driving these guys nuts! They obviously noticed because of LGF. Some of them also swarmed the wiki talk page because of your post, lol!

re: #23 Killgore Trout

“History is written by the derpers.”
Winston Derphill

We could do worse

LOL Conservapedia. What a bunch of idiots.

Do they honestly think people won't notice that they're literally re-writing history to make Caribou Barbie look better? Unbelievable.

re: #26 ElCapitanAmerica

posted on wrong thread, correcting here;

Edit reversed;
[Link: [Link:

re: #23 Killgore Trout

"Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the derp."
Derpero

re: #26 ElCapitanAmerica

Let's try this again:

Oh, that there's funny, I don't care who y'are.

LOL if you move back the first change actually reads:

"Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British already present in the colonies that colonists would be exercising their 2nd Amendment rights."

re: #32 Mark Winter

The British just didn't respect the Bill of Rights at all.

/

re: #32 Mark Winter

LOL if you move back the first change actually reads:

"Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British already present in the colonies that colonists would be exercising their 2nd Amendment rights."

That's the 2nd amendment to the Magna Carta, re the right to bare halberds.

re: #33 Obdicut

The British just didn't respect the Bill of Rights at all.

/

It was a preemptive warning on future rights
/

re: #18 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

SILENCE! Your feeble intellect is obviously reversing the numbers which read 1791.
/

F*ckin' linear time, how does it work?!?

More changes;

[Link: www.conservapedia.com...]

Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their gun rights.

then

Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms.

re: #26 ElCapitanAmerica

posted on wrong thread, correcting here;

Edit reversed;
[Link: [Link: www.conservapedia.com...]...]

Comment:

Latest revision as of 22:33, 5 June 2011 (view source)
DMorris (Talk | contribs)
(Undo revision 875982 by DanW (talk) Americans had no rights under the British)

Charles you're driving these guys nuts! They obviously noticed because of LGF. Some of them also swarmed the wiki talk page because of your post, lol!

Now they changed it to...

Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms.

re: #37 ElCapitanAmerica

More changes;

[Link: www.conservapedia.com...]

Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their gun rights.

then

Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms.

Hahaha! These guys are so predictable.

re: #38 ausador

Now they changed it to...

We can't keep up with history, it's so fluid and fast changing!!! I feel like somebody traveled back in time and it's changing the course of history and we're feeling the effects in this timeline in real time!

re: #37 ElCapitanAmerica

More changes;

[Link: www.conservapedia.com...]

Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their gun rights.

then

Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms.

So bearing arms is a natural right? Why aren't the Tea Partiers lobbying for me to be able to wield machine guns in public?

/Because us private citizens definitely need MOAR DAKKA!

The Palinistas obviously exercise their God given right to embarrass themselves.

If they dig any deeper Palin might see China from her house

re: #40 ElCapitanAmerica

We can't keep up with history, it's so fluid and fast changing!!! I feel like somebody traveled back in time and it's changing the course of history and we're feeling the effects in this timeline in real time!

And if they screw up, George III is on Mt. Rushmore.

Check out the user page of the last guy who did the edit;
[Link: www.conservapedia.com...]

Look at the "user boxes";

This user knows
totalitarians love gun control.
---
This user supports Sarah Palin.
---
This user will vote for Sarah Palin, rising Republican star, in 2012!

"Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms."

Because almost five years after the Boston Massacre, the British had no idea the colonists might resist them with force.

re: #37 ElCapitanAmerica

More changes;

[Link: www.conservapedia.com...]

Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their gun rights.

then

Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms.

So that's why he was trying to avoid British troops, I take it?

To modify a comment said to his mother: Hey Andy, your dunce cape is showing!

If there is a natural right to bear arms, why is it exactly, that we need the 2nd amendment?

(and I'm perfectly happy we have the 2nd amendment - I'm just not getting the logic).

re: #45 jaunte

"Part of the purpose of Revere's ride was to warn the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms."

Because almost five years after the Boston Massacre, the British had no idea the colonists might resist them with force.

Made me laugh out loud!

Who in her right mind would take Conservapedia seriously?
It's written by a bunch of bronze age atavisms.

re: #49 b_sharp

Who in her right mind would take Conservapedia seriously?
It's written by a bunch of bronze age atavisms.

I don't think anyone here takes it seriously, but it's funny to watch.

re: #47 reine.de.tout

If there is a natural right to bear arms, why is it exactly, that we need the 2nd amendment?

(and I'm perfectly happy we have the 2nd amendment - I'm just not getting the logic).

yes it's natural to bear arms...even Dawinian

Ah I see it now, the divine right to bear arms, right under the divine right of kings and just above the divine right of man to rule over them uppity women.

re: #45 jaunte

Because almost five years after the Boston Massacre, the British had no idea the colonists might resist them with force.

Heh.

re: #49 b_sharp

Who in her right mind would take Conservapedia seriously?
It's written by a bunch of bronze age atavisms.

precisely my question...my are you bold

re: #51 albusteve

yes it's natural to bear arms...even Dawinian

I can see that it might be natural to bare arms.
Perhaps even it's a natural right to bare arms.
But I never heard of a natural right to bear arms.
Or to arm bears.

To backup the gun rights line, another user has added a link to BLOG entry in the New York Times ... Believe it or Not ...
[Link: thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com...]

re: #47 reine.de.tout

If there is a natural right to bear arms, why is it exactly, that we need the 2nd amendment?

(and I'm perfectly happy we have the 2nd amendment - I'm just not getting the logic).

I think it is until the 2nd, whoever owned the guns ruled the world...It still is in the Middle East...If Iran had gun shops on every corner last year...

re: #49 b_sharp

Who in her right mind would take Conservapedia seriously?
It's written by a bunch of bronze age atavisms.

I don't take anything "seriously", that is, as gospel, unless it comes from a source I know to be impeccable, OR unless I've looked around and read several reports and slants.

re: #55 reine.de.tout

I can see that it might be natural to bare arms.
Perhaps even it's a natural right to bare arms.
But I never heard of a natural right to bear arms.
Or to arm bears.

bears have arms too

re: #55 reine.de.tout

I can see that it might be natural to bare arms.
Perhaps even it's a natural right to bare arms.
But I never heard of a natural right to bear arms.
Or to arm bears.

NEVER FORGET!

Image: abe+lincoln+grizzly+bear+ak47.jpg

re: #47 reine.de.tout

If there is a natural right to bear arms, why is it exactly, that we need the 2nd amendment?

(and I'm perfectly happy we have the 2nd amendment - I'm just not getting the logic).

The Founders regarded some of the rights in the Bill of Rights as rights that people naturally should have. The Bill was intended to spell those rights out and make them part of the Constitution. The 2nd Amendment was intended to allow people the means to defend their rights against unjust aggression.

re: #59 albusteve

If you see a bear with a SAW.. duck.

re: #55 reine.de.tout

But I never heard of a natural right to bear arms.
Or to arm bears.

Which is a shame because that would be f***ing awesome.

re: #59 albusteve

bears have arms too

Yeah, they get 'em by eatin' them durn Canadians and stealin' their guns./

re: #60 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

NEVER FORGET!

Image: abe+lincoln+grizzly+bear+ak47.jpg

DAMN IT.

Looks like I picked the wrong thread to give up amphetamines.
///

re: #60 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

404. That’s an error.
The requested URL /-rhSBkqUHnSA/Tcs5Y_KjeVI/AAAB-Y/R2JMHGqOhWQ/s1600/abe+lincoln+grizzly+bear+ak47.jpg was not found on this server. That’s all we know.

ORWELLIAN HISTORY RWERITAN!

/

Earlier edit (much earlier today that was removed);

In 2011, during a cross country tour to warn Americans against the dangers of [[liberalism]], [[Sarah Palin]] clarified the purpose of Paul Reveres' midnight ride to include warning the [[British]] that they could not take American's guns away. Although a controversial view, [[Sarah Palin]] successfully positioned herself to be viewed as a modern day [[Paul Revere]], warning the liberals in power who clearly want to take lawful guns away from Americans.

[Link: www.conservapedia.com...]

re: #60 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

NEVER FORGET!

Image: abe+lincoln+grizzly+bear+ak47.jpg

The link did not work.

re: #62 jaunte

If you see a bear with a SAW.. duck.

honey bear don't give a shit

re: #60 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

NEVER FORGET!

Image: abe+lincoln+grizzly+bear+ak47.jpg

I can't get the link to work!

The Consevapedia is a parody site right? It's got to be. Some 'San Francisco ghey unreal American' ™ is laughing all the way to the bank.

re: #62 jaunte

If you see a bear with a SAW.. duck.

I thought we should duck if it's YOU we saw with a saw.

re: #50 thedopefishlives

I don't think anyone here takes it seriously, but it's funny to watch.

I didn't mean anyone here.

I meant anyone in meatspace.

re: #67 ElCapitanAmerica

Earlier edit (much earlier today that was removed);

[Link: www.conservapedia.com...]

remember, we are laughing at you not with you

re: #65 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

DAMN IT.

Looks like I picked the wrong thread to give up amphetamines.
///

That's a big damned bear.
It doesn't need any arms. Or arms.

re: #61 Dark_Falcon

The Founders regarded some of the rights in the Bill of Rights as rights that people naturally should have. The Bill was intended to spell those rights out and make them part of the Constitution. The 2nd Amendment was intended to allow people the means to defend their rights against unjust aggression.

In that case, I'll be needing a small igloo full of W87s.

[Link: t3.gstatic.com...]

God wants Americans to pack heat!

re: #65 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

DAMN IT.

Looks like I picked the wrong thread to give up amphetamines.
///

Cool but its labels the gun wrong. That's an AR-15 type rifle. I can tell by the receiver and the shape and position of the gas tube.

re: #68 Dark_Falcon

re: #70 reine.de.tout

I blame the MSM for misrepresentilating the link.

re: #76 Decatur Deb

In that case, I'll be needing a small igloo full of W87s.

[Link: t3.gstatic.com...]

It doesn't apply to area-fire weapons. Nor should it.

re: #77 Charles

God wants Americans to pack heat!

So when is it going to start raining guns?

*ducks*

re: #78 Dark_Falcon

Cool but its labels the gun wrong. That's an AR-15 type rifle. I can tell by the receiver and the shape and position of the gas tube.

It was a special mod.

Clearly it keeps changed because Ronald Reagan took Saran Palin back in time to meet Paul Revere using his TARDIS. Once they defeat the Cybermen ineffectively disguised as "Hessian mercenaries" the time stream will settle and the Conservapedia article will stop changing.

[yeah...you thought The Gipper was just a nickname.]

re: #78 Dark_Falcon

Cool but its labels the gun wrong. That's an AR-15 type rifle. I can tell by the receiver and the shape and position of the gas tube.

And the word "Emancipator" on the...fuck, I'm not a gun parts guy.

I thought mine was earliest...

re: #302 C1nnabar

It seems no-one's gotten around to editing Conservapedia. Below is the current entry on Paul Revere, unchanged from Google's 5/30 cache of the same page.

Paul Revere (1734-1818) was a silversmith in colonial America who was very active in Boston-area revolutionary groups such as the Sons of Liberty. He is famous for riding from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts with William Dawes on the night of April 18, 1775 to warn the minutemen that British troops led by General Thomas Gage were invading. Revere was captured before he could reach Concord, but managed to escape. His midnight ride was immortalized by a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[1]

re: #77 Charles

History is just one damned reload after another.

re: #79 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

re: #70 reine.de.tout

I blame the MSM for misrepresentilating the link.

That's a Bushism, not a Palinism.

re: #77 Charles

God wants Americans to pack heat!

I'd rather pack cold...

re: #80 Dark_Falcon

It doesn't apply to area-fire weapons. Nor should it.

What part of "arms" is not a special weapon?

re: #65 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

DAMN IT.

Looks like I picked the wrong thread to give up amphetamines.
///

He should be using this anyway.

re: #77 Charles

God wants Americans to pack heat!

and just about everybody else

re: #71 jc717

The Consevapedia is a parody site right? It's got to be. Some 'San Francisco ghey unreal American' ™ is laughing all the way to the bank.

No, but there is a history of rational people pulling a POE and editing Conservapedia entries.

re: #92 b_sharp

No, but there is a history of rational people pulling a POE and editing Conservapedia entries.

That's like correcting the spelling on a men's room wall.

re: #81 thedopefishlives

So when is it going to start raining guns?

*ducks*

Right after it rains men.

re: #89 Decatur Deb

What part of "arms" is not a special weapon?

I do not understand the question.

re: #93 Decatur Deb

That's like correcting the spelling on a men's room wall.

Hey!

I do that.

re: #95 Dark_Falcon

I do not understand the question.

in real words, 'special weapons' needs some context...I consider my shotgun special as opposed to a baseball bat

ThinkProgress is linking to the LGF post about the Wikipedia edits:

[Link: thinkprogress.org...]

You know this is funny and all, but terribly depressing. I honestly can't remember a time when people argued so fiercely to try to defend some misstatement from a candidate before.

I mean, forget about the ridiculous explanations and blog entries, they're trying to rewrite facts to mold history around the stupidity of their favorite reality star. The guys at conservopedia, I don't think they're even doing it because of "gun rights", because they would have done it before.

I just find it hard to believe these people would go to these lengths to try to dumb down the rest of the population!

And then they claim to be patriotic?

What's more important, Paul Revere's true history and mission that night, or making sure Palin doesn't come off like a complete idiot?

re: #95 Dark_Falcon

I do not understand the question.

I've seen at least one nut-group blog argue that strict originalist interpretation of "shall not be abridged" includes the keeping of private nukes--Michigan Militia, IIRC.

Conservapedia is, ironically, home to some of the worst "righting" on the internets. Almost every article is chock full of misspellings, grammar and syntax errors, and non sequiturs.

If you are visiting, be sure to check out the section called "conservative parables" it will have you scratching your head.

re: #100 Decatur Deb

I've seen at least one nut-group blog argue that strict originalist interpretation of "shall not be abridged" includes the keeping of private nukes--Michigan Militia, IIRC.

I just want my Abrahms...perfect for defending my hood

re: #97 albusteve

in real words, 'special weapons' needs some context...I consider my shotgun special as opposed to a baseball bat

Naw-- in DoDspeak, "special" is very special.

re: #97 albusteve

in real words, 'special weapons' needs some context...I consider my shotgun special as opposed to a baseball bat

"Area-Fire" weapons are those that do damage over an area, like artillery or mortars (though some examples of those are legally owned). Nukes fall into that category.

re: #99 ElCapitanAmerica

What's more important, Paul Revere's true history and mission that night, or making sure Palin doesn't come off like a complete idiot?

You're talking about the same class of moran that thinks that John Calvin was more important to American History than Thomas Jefferson. These people are perfectly willing to re-write history for their own agenda.

Making Caribou Barbie's version of events the real one > historical accuracy. You can't interrupt the narrative.

re: #100 Decatur Deb

I've seen at least one nut-group blog argue that strict originalist interpretation of "shall not be abridged" includes the keeping of private nukes--Michigan Militia, IIRC.

A nuke, perhaps not, but I will take an F/A-18, thank you very much.

re: #103 Decatur Deb

Naw-- in DoDspeak, "special" is very special.

that's the context...well done

re: #98 Lidane

ThinkProgress is linking to the LGF post about the Wikipedia edits:

[Link: thinkprogress.org...]

Hahaha, check out this comment;

Bluestocking NYC · Top Commenter (signed in using Hotmail)
This much is certain...when even a historically-conservative blog like Little Green Footballs says a Republican has gone loco (as he did today), that's when you *really* know they're out of control.

Take a look (even many of the people who've commented think these people are nuts)...

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

In a military sense, a "special weapon" is any weapon outside the normal issue.

re: #100 Decatur Deb

I've seen at least one nut-group blog argue that strict originalist interpretation of "shall not be abridged" includes the keeping of private nukes--Michigan Militia, IIRC.

Yeah, but that's not my take on it. I think the founders meant it to mean rifles, muskets and pistols, not cannon.

re: #98 Lidane

ThinkProgress is linking to the LGF post about the Wikipedia edits:

[Link: thinkprogress.org...]

One of the commenters there links to this wikipedia stats page, that shows 71 edits on the Paul Revere page in the last day:
[Link: toolserver.org...]

re: #106 thedopefishlives

A nuke, perhaps not, but I will take an F/A-18, thank you very much.

"You'll put your eye out."

re: #106 thedopefishlives

A nuke, perhaps not, but I will take an F/A-18, thank you very much.

You'll need a longer back yard.

re: #111 jaunte

Aren't most of those edits really on the Talk page?

Meanwhile, France is acting like a tard:

France announces that it will stop teaching indigenous languages in schools in all of its Overseas departments and territories of France.

This is largely due to courts, as seen here.

An attempt by the French government to incorporate the independent Breton-language immersion schools (called Diwan) into the state education system was blocked by the French Constitutional Council on the grounds that, as the 1992 amendment to the Constitution of the 5th Republic states that French is the language of the Republic, no other language may be used as a language of instruction in state schools.

Their constitution needs tweaking. The Constitutional Council is taking the words of the constitution, and stretching them to stupid levels.

Texas conservative school board members started revising history to be kinder to their conservative values at least a year ago.

re: #114 ElCapitanAmerica

I believe you're right. Still a lot for a single day.

re: #110 Dark_Falcon

Yeah, but that's not my take on it. I think the founders meant it to mean rifles, muskets and pistols, not cannon.

Don't forget pointy sticks.

Hendrix
Drifting

re: #117 jaunte

BTW, I suspect most of the edits on the Talk page happened after the LGF article :-)

re: #118 b_sharp

Don't forget pointy sticks.

hence the natural right

re: #110 Dark_Falcon

Yeah, but that's not my take on it. I think the founders meant it to mean rifles, muskets and pistols, not cannon.

Probably not seen that way in the old days--Henry Clay had a couple 12 pounders aimed down his drive at Ashland.

if it was good enough 50,000 years ago, it's good enough for me...pilgrim

re: #110 Dark_Falcon

Yeah, but that's not my take on it. I think the founders meant it to mean rifles, muskets and pistols, not cannon.

Dark by that logic they also meant weapons that could only just be fired maybe five times every sixty seconds not several times in a single one...

Not saying people should be allowed to own nukes but I think your drawing a less than clear line at the moment...

re: #122 Decatur Deb

Probably not seen that way in the old days--Henry Clay had a couple 12 pounders aimed down his drive at Ashland.

That was also back in the day when a cannon couldn't shoot over the horizon and the shells wouldn't devastate a city block.

re: #118 b_sharp

Don't forget pointy sticks.

Image: abatis.jpg

re: #122 Decatur Deb

Probably not seen that way in the old days--Henry Clay had a couple 12 pounders aimed down his drive at Ashland.

pffft...Elvis used to do 12 pounders all day long...try again

re: #125 thedopefishlives

That was also back in the day when a cannon couldn't shoot over the horizon and the shells wouldn't devastate a city block.

Now, are we abridgin' or not abridgin'?

re: #118 b_sharp

Don't forget pointy sticks.

THE EMPEROR'S POINTY STICKS!

re: #115 ProLifeLiberal

"France announces that it will stop teaching indigenous languages in schools in all of its Overseas departments and territories of France."

I think there's an "in" missing. It will stop teaching IN indigenous languages...

No objections to your comment, of course

re: #127 albusteve

pffft...Elvis used to do 12 pounders all day long...try again

I don't think DD was talking burgers.

re: #124 jamesfirecat

Dark by that logic they also meant weapons that could only just be fired maybe five times every sixty seconds not several times in a single one...

Not saying people should be allowed to own nukes but I think your drawing a less than clear line at the moment...

I don't get the logical comparison

The source listed for the revision? You betcha!

re: #129 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

THE EMPEROR'S POINTY STICKS!

Weird!

re: #93 Decatur Deb

That's like correcting the spelling on a men's room wall.

*claps* BRAVO BRAVO! *claps*

re: #133 RanchTooth

The source listed for the revision? You betcha!

Seriously? Ahahahaha!

re: #132 albusteve

I don't get the logical comparison

Honestly if you want my opinion there isn't one. No logical honest comparison can be drawn between the weapons the founding father's used and had open to them and the ones we have.

re: #133 RanchTooth

The source listed for the revision? You betcha!

Okay, are these people TRYING to get made fun of?

re: #133 RanchTooth

The source listed for the revision? You betcha!

Turns out, contrary to the famous saying, that you can indeed step into the same derp twice.

this isn't exactly surprising. Conservapedia also has edited Jesus' biography so that he is now Mary was not in fact an illegitimate parent, but was in fact inseminated by Charlton Heston during his appearance as Moses in an Cecile B. Demille production. Jesus now instead of preaching in the temple goes off early to Harvard and becomes a 500 dollar an hour corporate vulture in a big-box law firm.

re: #137 jamesfirecat

Honestly if you want my opinion there isn't one. No logical honest comparison can be drawn between the weapons the founding father's used and had open to them and the ones we have.

that's sure true...the question is how do we moderate the amendment considering modern tech?

re: #141 albusteve

that's sure true...the question is how do we moderate the amendment considering modern tech?

This is true with a lot more laws than just the 2nd Amendment, by the way. Computer technology has far outpaced the U.S. Code in a lot of ways. Unfortunately, a lot of judges (and lawmakers, for that matter) just don't understand the tech enough to make intelligent decisions on it.

re: #137 jamesfirecat

Honestly if you want my opinion there isn't one. No logical honest comparison can be drawn between the weapons the founding father's used and had open to them and the ones we have.

Yet if we are to forefend a tyrant, we would at least need air superiority.

re: #138 thedopefishlives

Okay, are these people TRYING to get made fun of?

They're very serious. That was the last edit, the funny thing is they don't even know how to properly label the wiki notes section and it doesn't even list the title of the blog post (it's just blank).

Funny thing it's not even a NYT article, but a blog post on the NYT page, which is only reporting on Palin doubling down on her stupidity. Now blogs are authoritative sources for historical facts!!!

re: #141 albusteve

that's sure true...the question is how do we moderate the amendment considering modern tech?

I for one support an assault weapons and high clip capacity ban, along with more indepth background checks, closing the gun show loop hole and more rigorous psychological evaluation before purchasing allowed, but apparently that means I hate America.

re: #139 jaunte

Turns out, contrary to the famous saying, that you can indeed step into the same derp twice.

That's because the essence of derp is immutable and unchanging.

But I'm being redundant.

Off topic, but we probably should have established a Directorial Republic in Afghanistan.

But it is now to late to fix it.

re: #137 jamesfirecat

Honestly if you want my opinion there isn't one. No logical honest comparison can be drawn between the weapons the founding father's used and had open to them and the ones we have.

Sure there can. The SR-25 is clearly a rifle, descended from the frontier rifles of those times, but far more lethal. Like any Amendment, the 2nd requires some interpretation. The isn't always entirely clear and just because some things might not be covered, such as WWII tanks and aircraft, doesn't mean they are necessarily illegal.

Relax, James. You ask too many questions sometimes.

re: #145 jamesfirecat

I for one support an assault weapons and high clip capacity ban, along with more indepth background checks, closing the gun show loop hole and more rigorous psychological evaluation before purchasing allowed, but apparently that means I hate America.

assault weapons are banned by my definition, and I've stated my case for banning high cap mags...as for rigorous psycho evaluations that's not gonna happen the way you'd like...but there should be a data base for nutters that should be accessed tho when buying weapons

re: #148 Dark_Falcon

Sure there can. The SR-25 is clearly a rifle, descended from the frontier rifles of those times, but far more lethal. Like any Amendment, the 2nd requires some interpretation. The isn't always entirely clear and just because some things might not be covered, such as WWII tanks and aircraft, doesn't mean they are necessarily illegal.

Relax, James. You ask too many questions sometimes.

Sorry Dark, my motto is you can never ask too many question.

And don't take this as a horrendous personal slight but sometimes I honestly think that you ask too few. (See your comments on how you never bothered to think about planned parenthood being important)

re: #150 jamesfirecat

Sorry Dark, my motto is you can never ask too many question.

And don't take this as a horrendous personal slight but sometimes I honestly think that you ask too few. (See your comments on how you never bothered to think about planned parenthood being important)

I take it you haven't lived with a four year-old recently?

re: #145 jamesfirecat

No, it just means you're wrong, IMO. No one here thinks you hate America, James.

re: #151 EmmmieG

I take it you haven't lived with a four year-old recently?

Love dealing with 4-yr olds. They don't know any of the punchlines.

re: #81 thedopefishlives

So when is it going to start raining guns?

*ducks*

Seen it happen already. Right from a god's mouth.

The same god also said "the penis is evil". As if. I gave 'em the finger and high tailed it outta there.

Meanwhile, a bigot named 'persianjew' who has registered at least 3 accounts at LGF just posted a Page ranting about "the Palestinians are the whores of the Middle East."

Banned all 3 accounts. This is not how you "support" Israel.

re: #151 EmmmieG

I take it you haven't lived with a four year-old recently?

I have a 15 year old grandkid who never grew out of that.

re: #150 jamesfirecat

Sorry Dark, my motto is you can never ask too many question.

And don't take this as a horrendous personal slight but sometimes I honestly think that you ask too few. (See your comments on how you never bothered to think about planned parenthood being important)

I ask few questions because I am a careful soul. I don't like to offend and I've sometimes done that by asking one question too many. So I try to get the information I need, then stop. And I tailor 'need' narrowly.

OK, the guy who originally was trying to edit the Paul Revere article to fit Palin's view of history was really making fun of her. He added this edit to the Palin page;

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

In 2011, Palin made a comment on television about the midnight ride of [[Paul Revere]], suggesting that Revere's warnings were not so much verbal in nature, but accomplished using [[bells]]; her remark was widely seen as a [[gaffe]] and not accepted by historians or the news media.{{cite web

Revision as of 00:45, 6 June 2011 (view source)
Tomwsulcer (talk | contribs)

Reason for edit:
(→Public image: added Revere gaffe which is relevant to Palin's image, with three references)

So it seems people weren't really trying to edit the article to modify history to her version, at least initially. After Charles much linked and tweated blog entry though is when we see people on the Talk page trying to edit this, so ironically it seems LGF kind of helped create this problem (or maybe it was going to happen anyways).

re: #155 Charles

Meanwhile, a bigot named 'persianjew' who has registered at least 3 accounts at LGF just posted a Page ranting about "the Palestinians are the whores of the Middle East."

Banned all 3 accounts. This is not how you "support" Israel.

Cool, I've still got time to grill his troll ass. Take me 30 minutes, so stay up a little while, folks.

re: #155 Charles

After reading the first few paragraphs all I had to do was click around it's website for a few seconds to find what it was all about.

I don't know why people think they are taking the high ground when all they specialize at is demonizing others. It's easy to hate.

re: #158 ElCapitanAmerica

I still don't think that proves he was making fun of her. Looks to me like he's just trying to find any way at all to get the citation in there.

Also, there's a debate on the Palin wiki page as to if this whole thing need to be included in the first place;

00:47, 6 June 2011 StAnselm (talk | contribs) (166,005 bytes) (Reverted to revision 432769919 by Horologium: It is clear that we do not have a consensus to include this - please discuss on the talk page. (TW))

From Talk page;

Palin's take on Paul Revere method of rousing those colonists

There should be some mention in this article about Sarah Palin's remarks about the midnight ride of Paul Revere on June 3, 2011. There are numerous reliable sources quoting the remark in which she said that Revere rang bells to alert slumbering colonists, such as here and here and even a YouTube video.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 17:11, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
“ He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed." -- Sarah Palin, June 2011 ”

Well, I'm not at all sure, by your post, as to what the significance of the statement is. It is quite well documented that Paul Revere would ride into a town and go straight to the local militia leader's house, who would then sound the alarm by shooting guns and ringing the local church bells. Then Revere would ride off to the next town, while other riders were sent off in other directions. I'm not sure where you're getting the idea of a bicycle bell. Zaereth (talk) 19:55, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Zaereth - There is no significance in the Tomsulcer post. He is just showing his left/lib leaning bias the way Anthony Weiner showed his tweeter photo. So much desperation and fear that they need to resort to this type of hack commentary. Mk 71.228.77.211 (talk) 20:18, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

You might be kindly advised that this is not a general forum of discussion provided for one to show distaste for another's views, or your opinion of topics outside the purview of the article. Jan civil (talk) 20:27, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

[[1]] says the Lexington church bell was tolled. The bell was tolled to alert the colonists and not to scare the British, who were quite spooked before they reached Concord Bridge. Collect (talk) 21:21, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Leave out of article. Totally unencyclopedic. We don't include every statement anyone has ever made. StAnselm (talk) 23:50, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Further comment: please don't add this back in until consensus has been achieved. StAnselm (talk) 00:52, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

The issue I, and many others see, is the revisionist views by Sarah Palin are very far from real events and there needs to be a recognition of this fact with an entry that reflects that her comments are frequently mis-statements or out and out false. (```Steelhoof) OK four tildes don't sign... Better instructions please.

re: #71 jc717

The Consevapedia is a parody site right? It's got to be. Some 'San Francisco ghey unreal American' ™ is laughing all the way to the bank.

They may not have started it, but I suspect some of them amuse theselves by punking it occasionally.

Check out this entry under "Greatest Conservative Songs"

97. "YMCA" by Village People – This song praises youth activities at the Young Men's Christian Association; one of the biggest hits of alltime.

Lolz

and then there is this;

39. "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd- A song about wishing that a conservative president would return back to office.

poor Syd Barret

Play That Funky Music

re: #157 Dark_Falcon

I ask few questions because I am a careful soul. I don't like to offend and I've sometimes done that by asking one question too many. So I try to get the information I need, then stop. And I tailor 'need' narrowly.

As many friendships as I've lost by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time Dark there should be a corollary to that old saying about "better to be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt"

And it goes like this "The first step on the road to knowledge is the realization that in some way, you are a fool"

I think that the world is to big bright and beautiful for us to constrain ourselves to what we feel we "need" to know, as the more we learn about it the better our lives become in general.

And from the twitterverse;

gbigsangle GBigs Angle
@
@progBuzz Sure. wiki is edited by libbie losers, conservopedia is where real info is stored. the regressives are history revisors.
5 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

re: #71 jc717

The Consevapedia is a parody site right? It's got to be. Some 'San Francisco ghey unreal American' ™ is laughing all the way to the bank.

Nope. Unfortunately, it's 100% on the level. It's run by Andrew Schlafly, son of ultra-conservative maven Phyllis Schlafly, and the idiocy you see there is completely sincere.

Note to the Stalkers: I haven't sent any emails or posts 'ratting out' anyone recently. So anyone who got banned from here for posting somewhere else got caught by Charles, not me. So don't go blaming me cause you got caught spewing.

/Not going to bring them up again tonight, but they were going after me for something I hadn't even heard about. I find it wish to set the record straight when that happens. And I also agree with the policy charles has of banning those who post on stalker blogs.

Now please stand for the National Anthem...

So what's next? The Battle of Breed's Hill was to stop abortionists?
/

re: #169 Dark_Falcon

Note to the Stalkers: I haven't sent any emails or posts 'ratting out' anyone recently. So anyone who got banned from here for posting somewhere else got caught by Charles, not me. So don't go blaming me cause you got caught spewing.

/Not going to bring them up again tonight, but they were going after me for something I hadn't even heard about. I find it wish to set the record straight when that happens. And I also agree with the policy charles has of banning those who post on stalker blogs.

Well, DF, you got me banned. Wait, I'm still here. This is like an episode of Dallas.
///

re: #171 Kid A

So what's next? The Battle of Breed's Hill was to stop abortionists?
/

General Howe was leading a regiment of crack partial-birth specialists!

'Nite, all.

re: #164 wilburs

Every year on the anniversary of my best friend's death I post "Wish You Were Here". They can suck it.

re: #108 ElCapitanAmerica

Hahaha, check out this comment;

Still get a lot of that at many Leftwing blogs..."LGF has changed? When? blah, blah, blah..." I guess I can see it in a way, once you visit a place a few times and then walk away forever because it isn't your type of site how are you going to know that the place is somewhat different now.

(Although I cannot agree with all the Rightwing sites that now call us a nest of socialistic/commie/liberal/nazis either, unless it is a question of solely being directly compared to some of those nutjobs. I'd prefer "socialistic nazi communist liberal" rule to most of the crap they are proposing.)

///btw where does one sign up to vote as a socialistic nazi communist liberal Soros operative anyway?

re: #173 Dark_Falcon

Seriously, at this point I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this insanity on the right. I'll choose the latter.

Wikipedia user tomwsulcer tries to add Revere story to Palin wiki page (gets edit removed) then to wiki page "Palin Public Image";

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Gaffes
Church bells are too heavy to carry on horseback, so Revere may have used a lighter weight bell similar to a bicycle bell (see figure). Two (2) problems: (1) bicycle bells weren't invented yet (2) would they scare the horse?

The Paul Revere gaffe needs mentioning in this article. An article without any mention of it is violating WP's NPOV policy. In addition, I would like people to insert this picture in the article as well since it captures the essence of the controversy while offering a possible explanation although the explanation might involve a bit of original research (?).--Tomwsulcer (talk) 01:16, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure where, if anyplace, this gaffe should be mentioned, but I'm sure that the illustration would not help. Thanks anyway. Will Beback talk 01:26, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Charles is right, I thought this guy was making fun of Palin, but I think he honestly believes he has an explanation for what he believes is a "perceived" gaffe.

Charles you were right, you understand these nutcases better than me. I have much to learn :-)

(check out the weird image he posted with the bicycle bell trying to explain how Revere would have gone around town ringing bells!)

Image: File:Paul_Revere_warning_colonists_via_bell_according_to_Sarah_Palin.jpg

re: #176 ausador

IMO, LGF has moved to sanity, compared to the right which has gone extreme. Call it center left if you will. I'm still center right. And I have cookies.

re: #171 Kid A

Yeah, and the Siege of Fort St. Jean was necessary because the lesbians had taken over the fort...

re: #167 ElCapitanAmerica

And from the twitterverse;

gbigsangle GBigs Angle
@
@progBuzz Sure. wiki is edited by libbie losers, conservopedia is where real info is stored. the regressives are history revisors.
5 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Where it's hidden, however, is anyone's guess.

re: #164 wilburs

Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin's epic song about the band finding Jesus and eternal life.

Heh, this is fun. We could rewrite all of American history and nobody would ever know!

re: #182 Kid A

Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin's epic song about the band finding Jesus and eternal life.

Guess you never played it backwards!!!
/

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

re: #185 shiplord kirel

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

No, we have always been at war with Derpasia.

re: #180 freetoken

Yeah, and the Siege of Fort St. Jean was necessary because the lesbians had taken over the fort...

And the Battle of the Bulge was to protect Anthony Weiner.
///

re: #177 Kid A

Seriously, at this point I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this insanity on the right. I'll choose the latter.

I usually go with the former myself after all you've got to giggle at the ghosties

re: #185 shiplord kirel

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

And that is why the British were trying to help us in 1776, because the French were landing East-asians on our shores to rape our women.

_{History has to be the easiest subject in school!!!}

re: #110 Dark_Falcon

Yeah, but that's not my take on it. I think the founders meant it to mean rifles, muskets and pistols, not cannon.

We have a winner. Goes back to that whole militia in place of the standing army fantasy they had. The New Model Army left deep scars in their psyche. So the idea was that Farmer Snuffy would have his rifle near at all times and if the crisis came would go to town where they'd get rations & their crew served weapons (In those days, canons) from the local armory. Then they'd march off (morally superior to a standing army) to be slaughtered. This is the real origin of the 2nd Amendment.

Likewise I doubt any of the founding fathers would have approved of CCW. You want a gun, put it over your shoulder or in a holster. Only criminals would have wanted to hide a weapon.

re: #187 Kid A

And the Battle of the Bulge was to protect Anthony Weiner.
///

The Cold War was the GOP's response to Climate Change alarmists.

re: #188 jamesfirecat

Lol. Actually, I meant the former. PIMF next time.

Retweets are still pouring in for that original post -- close to 5800 now.

re: #191 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

When Reagan said "Tear down this wall," he was telling China to stop blocking Google access.

This is what happens when you let David Barton 'educate' you on American history and the Constitution.

re: #179 Cannadian Club Akbar

IMO, LGF has moved to sanity, compared to the right which has gone extreme. Call it center left if you will. I'm still center right. And I have cookies.

LGF never left sanity, but much of the right did. This has never been a nutcase site.

re: #196 Dark_Falcon

LGF never left sanity, but much of the right did. This has never been a nutcase site.

My bad. It sounded right in my head.

If anyone's interested, a few minutes searching turn up a scan and transcription of Revere's deposition as well as a a letter recounting the ride.

[Link: www.masshist.org...]
[Link: www.masshist.org...]

There is no hope of arresting the GOP's media-driven spiral into socon derp-mania. I am therefore going to call the 2012 election right here: Barack Hussein Obama will be re-elected in a landslide of epic dimensions.
No Republican candidate capable of getting past the increasingly crazy and dishonest base will have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the general. There just aren't that many misinformed, superstitious, stupid, and racist people in this country.

The only question now is how the crazy-cons will react to this beat-down. Their diabolically cynical propagandists will, of course, refuse to recognize the legitimacy of Obama's second term. The liars and money-grubbers in their ranks (a significant faction) will do nothing but fume and rant, but what about the true believers?

re: #190 wlewisiii

We have a winner. Goes back to that whole militia in place of the standing army fantasy they had. The New Model Army left deep scars in their psyche. So the idea was that Farmer Snuffy would have his rifle near at all times and if the crisis came would go to town where they'd get rations & their crew served weapons (In those days, canons) from the local armory. Then they'd march off (morally superior to a standing army) to be slaughtered. This is the real origin of the 2nd Amendment.

Likewise I doubt any of the founding fathers would have approved of CCW. You want a gun, put it over your shoulder or in a holster. Only criminals would have wanted to hide a weapon.

Yeah, but the culture was different then. Nowadays, too many people would see open carry as a threat. In some ways that's sad, but it is what it is. So while the Founders wouldn't have liked CCW, its the way things need to be done today.

re: #199 shiplord kirel

A lot can happen in 17 months.

re: #78 Dark_Falcon

Cool but its labels the gun wrong. That's an AR-15 type rifle. I can tell by the receiver and the shape and position of the gas tube.

Gun nazi!!! ///

Did you notice "The Emancipator" written on the foregrip? Laughed my ass off...

re: #187 Kid A

And the Battle of the Bulge was to protect Anthony Weiner.
///

Don't go there...

re: #155 Charles

Meanwhile, a bigot named 'persianjew' who has registered at least 3 accounts at LGF just posted a Page ranting about "the Palestinians are the whores of the Middle East."

Banned all 3 accounts. This is not how you "support" Israel.

Buh-bye, "persianjew"...

re: #168 Charles

Nope. Unfortunately, it's 100% on the level. It's run by Andrew Schlafly, son of ultra-conservative maven Phyllis Schlafly, and the idiocy you see there is completely sincere.

The Schaflys: Fucking nuts since whenever...

re: #172 Cannadian Club Akbar

Well, DF, you got me banned. Wait, I'm still here. This is like an episode of Dallas.
///

Who shot J.R.?

re: #203 shiplord kirel

Couldn't resist. It was the fattest 80 mph, belt-high pitch ripe for the upper deck, lol.

re: #206 talon_262

Who shot J.R.?

No one.

re: #198 The Ghost of a Flea

If anyone's interested, a few minutes searching turn up a scan and transcription of Revere's deposition as well as a a letter recounting the ride.

[Link: www.masshist.org...]
[Link: www.masshist.org...]

This is the "evidence" the Palin revisionists keep citing, but it doesn't prove that the "part of the ride was to warn the British", that's not at all what he's saying there. She makes it sound like he planned to get captured!

re: #202 talon_262

It's my desktop wallpaper now, BTW...love it!

re: #190 wlewisiii

We have a winner. Goes back to that whole militia in place of the standing army fantasy they had. The New Model Army left deep scars in their psyche. So the idea was that Farmer Snuffy would have his rifle near at all times and if the crisis came would go to town where they'd get rations & their crew served weapons (In those days, canons) from the local armory. Then they'd march off (morally superior to a standing army) to be slaughtered. This is the real origin of the 2nd Amendment.

Likewise I doubt any of the founding fathers would have approved of CCW. You want a gun, put it over your shoulder or in a holster. Only criminals would have wanted to hide a weapon.

That's also the reason why the British Army had no permanent units larger than a regiment. Keeping the army small and decentralized was intended to prevent it from being used in someone's power play, as Oliver Cromwell had done. The New Model Army's scar was on all of English society, even across the Atlantic. It had been formed to enable Parliament to defeat a tyrannical king, but became a dictator's instrument of power.

Antarctica’s most pressing issue is its environment and how best to protect it. The major impacts on the Antarctic environment are caused by people who have never even visited it. Climate change and ozone depletion are prime examples of the way human activity elsewhere affects Antarctica. But studies have also found that lead particles from gasoline combustion are blown to Antarctica as soon as one month after they leave exhaust pipes in South America, Australia and New Zealand, and pesticide residue has been found both in seabird guano and in penguin tissues. Plastic and other rubbish washes up on Antarctica’s beaches in ever-increasing amounts.

My future home, mebbe.

[Link: www.lonelyplanet.com...]

re: #204 talon_262

Buh-bye, "persianjew"...

Roast Troll now being served! Come and get it!

re: #213 Dark_Falcon

Roast Troll now being served! Come and get it!

Slather it in some Sweet Baby Ray's and I'm there ;-)

re: #212 Cannadian Club Akbar

Good luck, and remember what I said about the dog and the Norwegians.

re: #206 talon_262

Who shot J.R.?

Magic Bullet Theory.

re: #214 talon_262

Slather it in some Sweet Baby Ray's and I'm there ;-)

[Adds the sauce then slides the plate down to talon]

Here you go!

re: #179 Cannadian Club Akbar

IMO, LGF has moved to sanity, compared to the right which has gone extreme. Call it center left if you will. I'm still center right. And I have cookies.

Yes but do they have toffee and chocolate in them?

re: #218 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Yes but do they have toffee and chocolate in them?

Mmmm, Heath Bar...

re: #215 Slumbering Behemoth

Good luck, and remember what I said about the dog and the Norwegians.

I kinda forgot, but you were drinking. /(as I am now)

A reminder:

Today, the 6th, is the anniversary of D-Day, the greatest day for the greatest generation.

re: #220 Cannadian Club Akbar

I'll reiterate.

If you go outside in the deep snow, and you see a dog running towards you with screaming Norwegians running behind it...

Shoot the dog, not the Norwegians.

re: #213 Dark_Falcon

Dark, you have a wealth of military/history knowledge. Did you serve?

re: #222 Slumbering Behemoth

I'll reiterate.

If you go outside in the deep snow, and you see a dog running towards you with screaming Norwegians running behind it...

Shoot the dog, not the Norwegians.

Then, fire, lots of it.

re: #220 Cannadian Club Akbar

I kinda forgot, but you were drinking. /(as I am now)

Hi CCA! I went out last night to a country bar.. It was pretty fun...

re: #222 Slumbering Behemoth

I'll reiterate.

If you go outside in the deep snow, and you see a dog running towards you with screaming Norwegians running behind it...

Shoot the dog, not the Norwegians.

I'll just shoot the ones with a furry coat.
/

Finally! As soon as wikipedia started being changed, I immediately went to look at conservapedia knowing that whatever happened at W would be like 100x worse at C, but I couldn't get into Conservapedia at all for a while.

I like their talk progression

Edit 1: "their 2nd Amendment rights"

Talk: Undo revision. There was no constitution yet.

Edit 2: "their gun rights"

This is both funny and totally backwards. Totally. If this was mathematics instead of history, they would basically have an answer of 42 and be trying to find a formula that would result in that number. THIS IS NOT THE WAY THINGS WORK

re: #225 HoosierHoops

Hi CCA! I went out last night to a country bar.. It was pretty fun...

Line dancing? To what was the song? (The Boss?!?!?!) My sis line dances to AC/DC!! Heh.

re: #224 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Then, fire, lots of it.

Then, more fire!

re: #228 Cannadian Club Akbar

Harlem Shuffle! No honky tonk is complete without it!

re: #223 Kid A

Dark, you have a wealth of military/history knowledge. Did you serve?

No. I just read a lot of books and magazines on the subject. It's often useful, I've found. In the case of the lengthy Anglosphere aversion to large standing armies, it really helps to understand the foundation of that attitude. I don't know much about the English Civil War (I've only read timelines for it, except for the pivotal battle of Nasby, which I read a detailed article about) but I know enough about how the New Model Army was formed and what it became it understand how its legacy loomed in both the British and American mind for centuries thereafter.

re: #230 Kid A

Harlem Shuffle! No honky tonk is complete without it!

Funny thing. If you dance at a night club, ALL the ladies will dance with you because you're the only one dancing.

re: #228 Cannadian Club Akbar

Line dancing? To what was the song? (The Boss?!?!?!) My sis line dances to AC/DC!! Heh.

I learned to do the texas 2 step...This place was real old school..I called a lizard on the phone...Check this song out!
It was pretty fun and really old school country..I probably was the only guy without a cowboy hat and boots on
I need to go shopping
/

re: #229 Slumbering Behemoth

Then, more fire!

Followed by acid, electric shock and more fire.

re: #233 HoosierHoops

I learned to do the texas 2 step...This place was real old school..I called a lizard on the phone...Check this song out!
It was pretty fun and really old school country..I probably was the only guy without a cowboy hat and boots on
I need to go shopping
/

Buy a CAT hat (or John Deere) and some Timberland's. You will RULE!!!

re: #234 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Followed by acid, electric shock and more fire.

It there a TOOL concert?

re: #231 Dark_Falcon

Smart man, my friend.

re: #235 Cannadian Club Akbar

Buy a CAT hat (or John Deere) and some Timberland's. You will RULE!!!

And Polo makes some kick ass flannels.

re: #235 Cannadian Club Akbar

Don't forget the camel-toed Wranglers. For men they're called moose knuckles, lol.

re: #227 Spocomptonite

If this was mathematics instead of history, they would basically have an answer of 42 and be trying to find a formula that would result in that number. THIS IS NOT THE WAY THINGS WORK

It is if you're a rightwinger, trapped in the delusion that you create reality and the world simply bends to your whims.

re: #237 Kid A

Smart man, my friend.

Thanks.

re: #236 Cannadian Club Akbar

It there a TOOL concert?

Similar to it, but with way less music and far more "THERE IS NO GOD"!

re: #239 Kid A

Don't forget the camel-toed Wranglers. For men they're called moose knuckles, lol.

Moose knuckles? Wish I had those instead of gnat balls. Wait, what?
/

re: #243 Cannadian Club Akbar

You're balls are so tiny...

re: #244 Slumbering Behemoth

You're balls are so tiny...

My penis is so small it doesn't even hit my underwear. ZING!!
/

re: #243 Cannadian Club Akbar

Moose knuckles? Wish I had those instead of gnat balls. Wait, what?
/

The ladies go crazy for my sugarlumps.

Derpitude has no geographical limitations.

I'm not sure if anyone is interested in what's happening in Puerto Rico, but I'll leave this here.

Apparently, the Governor Luis Fortuño said, "La Universidad de Puerto Rico, lamentablemente, se convirtió en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, en vez de Florida State University" (Translation: "The University of Puerto Rico, unfortunately, became more like the National Autonomous University of Mexico than the Florida State University"). There are some slight issues with his statements:

* The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is one of the most prestigious universities in the American continent.

* The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) is no push over either: the UPR ranks in the Top 35 for Ibero America, the Mayaguez Campus (aka UPRM, RUM, Colegio), is among the top 15 in Latin America, and one of the Top 10 Universities in Engineering in the USA.

* This is not to slant Florida State University. It has excellent ranking, but it is inaccurate to compare all three universities since the UNAM and the UPR aren't included in the USA ranking indexes. For example, the ranking as second cheapest university in the USA is fine, but inaccurate, since the UPR is actually cheaper (total costs for a full year at FSU was around $3,200, and at the UPR is around $2,800).

* FSU has certain problems that does compromise their status.

* So, our dear Governor not only insulted my Alma Mater, it also denigrated the UNAM. And this guy once said he wanted to put the UPR as a world class university?

* If only to make this even worst: Gov. Fortuño, while not elected as a Republican, is very active in the National Republican Party.

The Derpitude knows no boundaries.

Sorry for the rant.

re: #247 andres

Derpitude has no geographical limitations.

I'm not sure if anyone is interested in what's happening in Puerto Rico, but I'll leave this here.

Apparently, the Governor Luis Fortuño said, "La Universidad de Puerto Rico, lamentablemente, se convirtió en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, en vez de Florida State University" (Translation: "The University of Puerto Rico, unfortunately, became more like the National Autonomous University of Mexico than the Florida State University"). There are some slight issues with his statements:

* The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is one of the most prestigious universities in the American continent.

* The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) is no push over either: the UPR ranks in the Top 35 for Ibero America, the Mayaguez Campus (aka UPRM, RUM, Colegio), is among the top 15 in Latin America, and one of the Top 10 Universities in Engineering in the USA.

* This is not to slant Florida State University. It has excellent ranking, but it is inaccurate to compare all three universities since the UNAM and the UPR aren't included in the USA ranking indexes. For example, the ranking as second cheapest university in the USA is fine, but inaccurate, since the UPR is actually cheaper (total costs for a full year at FSU was around $3,200, and at the UPR is around $2,800).

* FSU has certain problems that does compromise their status.

* So, our dear Governor not only insulted my Alma Mater, it also denigrated the UNAM. And this guy once said he wanted to put the UPR as a world class university?

* If only to make this even worst: Gov. Fortuño, while not elected as a Republican, is very active in the National Republican Party.

The Derpitude knows no boundaries.

Sorry for the rant.

A bunch of my relatives are Rattlers..ftsss!

re: #247 andres

Well I'm not surprised, are you from Puerto Rico? Please don't take offense to it, but there's not a lot of awareness about the rest of Latin America in the island ... and some of the xenophobia against Dominicans reminds me of the worst elements of Tea Party nativist against Mexicans.

Not saying that all Puerto Ricans or most are intolerant (my wife will kill me if I say that) but I'm not surprised the a governor would say that about Mexican Universities (who have great medical schools).

re: #248 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

A bunch of my relatives are Rattlers..ftsss!

FAMU? Correct?

re: #249 ElCapitanAmerica

Well I'm not surprised, are you from Puerto Rico? Please don't take offense to it, but there's not a lot of awareness about the rest of Latin America in the island ... and some of the xenophobia against Dominicans reminds me of the worst elements of Tea Party nativist against Mexicans.

Not saying that all Puerto Ricans or most are intolerant (my wife will kill me if I say that) but I'm not surprised the a governor would say that about Mexican Universities (who have great medical schools).

I have worked with Puerto Ricans and the names they call Mexicans aren't nice. (this is just from experience)

re: #209 ElCapitanAmerica

This is the "evidence" the Palin revisionists keep citing, but it doesn't prove that the "part of the ride was to warn the British", that's not at all what he's saying there. She makes it sound like he planned to get captured!

They're probably extrapolating from a section of Page 4 of the deposition, where Revere tells the officers that captured him not to proceed to Lexington, where they would likely meet a gathered militia force of 500 (if I'm reading it right). Spinning it into informing the British of anything entails actively ignoring that he was captured. It's very much Barton-style revisionism.