Rep. Louie Gohmert: Obama’s a Sekrit Muslim

Just a little more GOP anti-Muslim fear-mongering
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Remember Rep. Louie Gohmert and His Terror Babies From the Future? Well, the most aptly named member of Congress is back, doing that Gohmert thing, accusing President Obama of being a sekrit Muslim sympathizer.

GOHMERT: And I know the president made the mistake one day of saying he had visited all 57 states, and I’m well aware that there are not 57 states in this country, although there are 57 members of OIC, the Islamic states in the world. Perhaps there was some confusion whether he’d been to all 57 Islamic states as opposed to all 50 U.S. states. But nonetheless, we have an obligation to the 50 American states, not the 57 Muslim, Islamic states. Our oath we took is in this body, in this House. And it’s to the people of America. And it’s not to the Muslim Brotherhood, who may very well take over Egypt and once they do, they are bent upon setting up a caliphate around the world, including the United States. And this administration will been [sic] complicit in helping people who wants [sic] to destroy our country.

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1 Shiplord Kirel  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:20:38am

Gomer is a not-so-secret jackass.

2 Iwouldprefernotto  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:22:06am

At some point in our history, someone like this would have been laughed out of congress. Nowadays, not so much. Sad.

3 Kragar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:23:47am

Just when you think they couldn't get any dumber...

4 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:23:59am

just another time wasting personal outburst using the House floor ...do these guys actually get paid?...if there is some point, some endgame to this I don't get it

5 theheat  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:24:17am

the mistake one day of saying he had visited all 57 states, and ... there was some confusion whether he’d been to all 57 Islamic states as opposed to all 50 U.S. states

If Gohmert keeps chasing his tail around and around like that, will he turn to butter?

6 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:25:03am

re: #5 theheat

If Gohmert keeps chasing his tail around and around like that, will he turn to butter?

heehee

7 Amory Blaine  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:25:25am

Ten years ago he would have lost his job and been called a traitor by every member of his caucus.

Ahhh how times have changed.

8 Interesting Times  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:25:25am

You couldn't see my expression while reading this, but Anderson Cooper approximates it quite well...

9 Kragar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:25:29am

When Gohmert says 57, its a secret reference to his IQ

10 allegro  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:25:39am

Somewhere there's a rubber room missing its resident.

11 Killgore Trout  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:26:28am

I assume from the picture behind him he's using a dead soldier as a backdrop to slander the President. Lovely.
/

12 makeitstop  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:26:31am

And so begins another week of Derp.

But seriously - they going back to the 'new caliphate' crap? They must be running low on new stupidity.

13 Kragar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:27:40am

re: #11 Killgore Trout

I assume from the picture behind him he's using a dead soldier as a backdrop to slander the President. Lovely.
/

I don't know. That picture says to me "Here is man who realized he bought the wrong brand of adult diaper".

14 nines09  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:27:45am

This is your GOP/TP. I wonder if anyone who voted for this piece of stupid/hate/idiocy is feeling any shame.

15 makeitstop  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:28:13am

re: #14 nines09

This is your GOP/TP. I wonder if anyone who voted for this piece of stupid/hate/idiocy is feeling any shame.

Short answer: nope.

16 Eclectic Infidel  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:28:55am

Gohmert and Jim Hoff should hang out sometime.

17 nines09  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:29:59am

re: #15 makeitstop

There has to be one or two who is paying attention. Maybe not..

18 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:32:30am

this sort of leadership just defies my entire work background, from construction to allied health...these people seem to revel in their own words, sitting on their collective asses trying their damnedest to get zero accomplished...I feel like grabbing this asshole by the lapels, give him a headbutt and tell him he's got one hour to get something done or he's gonna hit the bricks

19 iossarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:33:05am

re: #17 nines09

There has to be one or two who is paying attention. Maybe not..

If they are, and not actually prepared to admit to bigotry, they're busy rationalizing the hate away as being something that "isn't a big voting factor for me" and pretending that they only vote GOP for the fiscal responsibility*.

* Which in itself is laughable given the GOP's "take out insurance and then set fire to the country" approach to fiscal management.

20 Lidane  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:33:16am

re: #16 eclectic infidel

Gohmert and Jim Hoff should hang out sometime.

Makes sense. They're already sharing a brain cell. =P

21 Kragar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:35:12am

re: #20 Lidane

Makes sense. They're already sharing a brain cell. =P

Quantum Enderplement.

22 engineer cat  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:35:12am

i saw bent caliphate when they played the sekrit muslin auditorium

we were all there planning the ultimate triumph of kenyan muslim socialism and the dictatorship of anarchist bureaucrats

23 Shiplord Kirel  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:35:25am

Would it surprise anyone to learn that Gohmert, like Rick Perry, is a high ranking Aggie? Gohmert was only commander of the Corps of Cadets, though, and not a majesticRedpot like Goodhair.
Despite his awesome rank in Aggiedom, Gohmert only served 4 years in the real army, as a JAG officer after he finished law school.

24 ProGunLiberal  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:36:21am

I found a blog post detailing what happened at the ANSWER Event in LA yesterday. As such, a page is born.

25 Lidane  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:36:52am

re: #23 Shiplord Kirel

Sooo many of my relatives went to A&M. A few were in the Corps and one was in the marching band. They wear it like a badge of honor, or something. Makes no sense to me.

26 Killgore Trout  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:39:38am

It appears the media matters video is a continuation of this....
Rep. Louie Gohmert Honors Chief Warrant Officer Bradley J. Gaudet

Youtube Video
27 Charles Johnson  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:48:17am

re: #24 ProLifeLiberal

I found a blog post detailing what happened at the ANSWER Event in LA yesterday. As such, a page is born.

You know, if you go into your LGF account settings and set your homepage address to the following link, when you post a comment your username will be linked to an index of all your posted LGF Pages...

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

h t t p : / / littlegreenfootballs.com/pages/ProLifeLiberal

(Take out the spaces.)

28 Petero1818  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:49:48am

Frightening to see the type of logical syllogism this moron is capable of after graduating from Baylor Law school. Once again education in Texas seems somewhat different.

29 Amory Blaine  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:50:53am

Who are the LULZ Lizards?

30 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:51:31am

Conservatives are out of ideas. They have nothing.

31 Batman  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:52:23am

Not only does his argument make no sense, but he's way late to the game. It's like that person you make a joking insult about and who stews over it for years and then shows up at your place of work with a "snappy" comeback.

32 eastsider  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:52:41am

You know, I feel bad for Charles, having to trawl through (or be bombarded with) the most insipid stupidity from the far right wing. I mean, these kinds of fringe websites and organizations are really out there, completely batshit, and not at all representative of the.....

What'd you say?

A US Congressman?

Wait...no...wait....

Is it....is Canada taking applications?

33 Shiplord Kirel  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:53:47am

Gohmert is probably the most conspiracy friendly member of Congress since the departure of "Cynbat the Sailor" McKinney. Besides the terror babies and his appearance with Alex Jones, Gohmert has accused the FBI of "stonewalling" information about the political leanings of Tucson shooter Jared Loughner. He also suggested that the intervention in Libya is designed to stretch the military so thin that Obama's private military corps will be needed to take their place.

34 Amory Blaine  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:54:01am

re: #31 nonsense

"Well, the Jerk Store called, and they're running out of you" - George Castanza

Youtube Video
35 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:54:54am

re: #30 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Conservatives are out of ideas. They have nothing.

governing is an old idea they might resurrect

36 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:56:30am

So NRSC fake tweets and Gohmert are two more examples why the GOP needs a chaperone...and a binky.

37 Kragar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:56:39am

re: #35 albusteve

governing is an old idea they might resurrect

So is the divine right of kings at the rate they're going.

38 b_sharp  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:57:14am

re: #32 eastsider

You know, I feel bad for Charles, having to trawl through (or be bombarded with) the most insipid stupidity from the far right wing. I mean, these kinds of fringe websites and organizations are really out there, completely batshit, and not at all representative of the...

What'd you say?

A US Congressman?

Wait...no...wait...

Is it...is Canada taking applications?

You are welcome to immigrate to Canada, as long as you can speak English, have an advanced education and are willing to work for peanuts in our wonderful food services sector. (Although driving a taxi is a possible alternative.)

39 Shiplord Kirel  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:57:50am

I wonder what Gomer did in JAG?

"OK, Gomer, the MPs have caught another drunken soldier abusing the mascot mule in the middle of the parade ground at high noon. Besides the video, there were two hundred witnesses including the commanding general and his wife. It's your job to defend him. And, no, you cannot move out of the broom closet, office space is short around here."

40 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:58:26am

There are also 57 varieties of Heinz...maybe Obama's a secret sauce.

41 Kragar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:59:36am

re: #40 darthstar

There are also 57 varieties of Heinz...maybe Obama's a secret sauce.

HE'S BLACK JOHN KERRY!

42 reloadingisnotahobby  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:59:46am

The more I hear from some of these "Elected Officals" the
smarter I feel!!
I should be recieving my Diploma,Cap and Gown any day now!!
..With out cracking a book!
Central Utah is Post Card weather today!
I'm heading out to soak up more!

43 jamesfirecat  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:00:11pm

re: #31 nonsense

Not only does his argument make no sense, but he's way late to the game. It's like that person you make a joking insult about and who stews over it for years and then shows up at your place of work with a "snappy" comeback.

Neither is Anorexia!

44 Amory Blaine  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:00:45pm

re: #39 Shiplord Kirel

I wonder what Gomer did in JAG?

"OK, Gomer, the MPs have caught another drunken soldier abusing the mascot mule in the middle of the parade ground at high noon. Besides the video, there were two hundred witnesses including the commanding general and his wife. It's your job to defend him. And, no, you cannot move out of the broom closet, office space is short around here."

But can he sing?

Youtube Video
45 b_sharp  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:02:15pm

re: #40 darthstar

There are also 57 varieties of Heinz...maybe Obama's a secret sauce.

I did my damnedest to become a secret souce, but was discovered when I hit the ditch during my drunkard's walk.

46 Lidane  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:02:45pm

re: #41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

HE'S BLACK JOHN KERRY!

I thought he was the black Jimmy Carter. That's what the Freepers tell me.

47 Petero1818  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:02:50pm

re: #32 eastsider


Is it...is Canada taking applications?

We are still taking applications. However preference is given to those that speak an almost incomprehensible version of French while completely ignoring other languages that may prove more relevant to survival in the 21st century.

48 Buck  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:03:10pm

IMO, "Sekret Muzlim" is the same nonsence as "AIPAC controlled".

I know I know....MBF....

49 jamesfirecat  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:05:22pm

re: #48 Buck

IMO, "Sekret Muzlim" is the same nonsence as "AIPAC controlled".

I know I know...MBF...

Was it an elected democratic representative who mentioned something being AIPAC controlled Buck?

(Honest question)

50 General Nimrod Bodfish  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:06:55pm

Image: c14f2361-1178-48b1-9714-81d2306bec63.jpg

51 AK-47%  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:09:02pm

Now Obama mentioned there were fifty-seven states and there are also fifty-seven varietites of Heinz ketchup and Heinz is a German name and we all know that the Nazis were friends and allies of the Arabs and wanted to establish a Caliphate of Israel and then turn America into an Islamofascist, secularist gay nation, so every time Obama and his kids put ketchup on their Freedom Fries, which they still insist on calling French fries because they are elitist Dijon mustard-eating snobs, he is sticking a curved Muslim dagger into the heart of every true American...

52 Buck  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:09:43pm

re: #49 jamesfirecat

Yes.
U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.)

"AIPAC is the most powerful lobby and has pushed this war from the beginning, because they are so well organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful -- most of them are quite wealthy -- they have been able to exert power."

There are others as well, and many on the left, including MediaMatters.

53 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:10:22pm

This is now very frightening to watch.

54 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:12:22pm

re: #52 Buck

Yes.

A member of Congress accused a president of treason via AIPAC? When did that happen?

55 jamesfirecat  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:12:44pm

re: #52 Buck

Yes.
U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.)

"AIPAC is the most powerful lobby and has pushed this war from the beginning, because they are so well organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful -- most of them are quite wealthy -- they have been able to exert power."

There are others as well, and many on the left, including MediaMatters.

Then this is not an MBF because it is comparing one religiously insensitive comment made by someone on the right to one made by someone on the left.

It only becomes an MBF when you think one bit of bad behavior on side B excuses several on side A.

56 Lidane  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:12:48pm

re: #51 ralphieboy

Glenn Beck, is that you?

If so, stop ripping off Alex Jones. Eventually, he might get off his ass and sue.

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57 ProGunLiberal  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:12:57pm

re: #27 Charles

Thanks! I just did that.

58 iossarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:14:05pm

re: #52 Buck

Yes.
U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.)

"AIPAC is the most powerful lobby and has pushed this war from the beginning, because they are so well organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful -- most of them are quite wealthy -- they have been able to exert power."

Interesting example. Now, from the first link that Google turned up:

"It is never easy nor pleasant to criticize a fellow Democrat, but sometimes it is necessary," the Democratic council said in a statement. "While there is nothing wrong with criticizing AIPAC -- or for that matter any organization with which you disagree -- spreading false statements is clearly irresponsible."

I wonder when the GOP will stand up and criticize Gohmert for his bullshit. Oh, that's right, they won't.

Please, Buck, stop. It's getting pitiful at this point.

59 BongCrodny  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:14:16pm

Gohmert Pile.

60 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:14:21pm

re: #48 Buck

IMO, "Sekret Muzlim" is the same nonsence as "AIPAC controlled".

I know I know...MBF...

It may have common characteristics, but it's not nonsense. This sort of thing is extremely dangerous.

61 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:15:26pm

Well as we all know those people simply can't be trusted, a black man in the White House? There simply has to be something deeply wrong, some conspiracy, some ingenious and devious plot. How else could a Ni**er ever have been elected unless he had the backing of powerful and influential secret agencies?

///

(I used to think this shit would go away once Obama had been in office for a year or two, instead it is getting more blatant every day. The closet racists are even being drawn out now.)

I'M OUT
I'M LOUD
I'M A RACIST
AND I'M PROUD!

/

62 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:15:46pm

What an idiot. Obama was clearly talking about the sekkrit spices that make up Heinz 57 steaksauce!

Or maybe it was Baskin Robins 31 flavors (plus 26).

Oh wait, it was California State Road 57!

No, no, no it was HR-57 The Preservation of Jazz and Blues

Yea, I'm going with the last one.

63 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:16:01pm

re: #58 iossarian

Interesting example. Now, from the first link that Google turned up:

I wonder when the GOP will stand up and criticize Gohmert for his bullshit. Oh, that's right, they won't.

Please, Buck, stop. It's getting pitiful at this point.

Newb question: does LGF have a Grasping At Straws Fairy? Someone might need to invent one.

64 Sheila Broflovski  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:16:17pm

re: #60 SanFranciscoZionist

YNet is still running the dog story even though other media sources have already pulled or retracted it.

65 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:16:31pm

re: #40 darthstar

There are also 57 varieties of Heinz...maybe Obama's a secret sauce.

OH crap, didn't mean to step on you. My sorries.

66 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:16:45pm

re: #64 Alouette

YNet is still running the dog story even though other media sources have already pulled or retracted it.

Naturally.

67 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:17:25pm

re: #63 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Newb question: does LGF have a Grasping At Straws Fairy? Someone might need to invent one.

LOL She can sit next to the Magical Balance Fairy!

68 recusancy  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:17:42pm

re: #63 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Newb question: does LGF have a Grasping At Straws Fairy? Someone might need to invent one.

Yeah. His name is Buck.

69 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:18:31pm

re: #61 ausador

(I used to think this shit would go away once Obama had been in office for a year or two, instead it is getting more blatant every day. The closet racists are even being drawn out now.)

As they are with every advance of even one Black person. I encounter this idea a lot, people hoping it would go away after a couple years or simply just disappear. American history tells us something quite different.

70 SidewaysQuark  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:18:33pm

I wouldn't care if he WAS a "secret" Muslim. I wish the fundamentalist Christians in politics would keep their religion "secret" as well.

71 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:18:57pm

re: #65 marjoriemoon

OH crap, didn't mean to step on you. My sorries.


No problem...I liked the Jazz link...that was a nice touch.

72 BongCrodny  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:19:07pm

re: #62 marjoriemoon

What an idiot. Obama was clearly talking about the sekkrit spices that make up Heinz 57 steaksauce!

Or maybe it was Baskin Robins 31 flavors (plus 26).

Oh wait, it was California State Road 57!

No, no, no it was HR-57 The Preservation of Jazz and Blues

Yea, I'm going with the last one.


My choice:

57 Channels (And Nothin' On)

73 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:19:22pm

Yeesh, I'm foggy today.... I just figured out MBF.

74 Kragar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:19:24pm

Santorum issues press release about the other Santorum.

“Let me plainly state that I am in no way affiliated with, or supportive of, Republican Senator Rick Santorum. It was an unfortunate coincidence that we share the same name, and the cruel and thoughtless actions of others which have now inextricably linked us have brought untold pain and suffering to me and my family. Our Santorum Family Website has been deluged by traffic seeking the Senator, and my children are accused by their classmates of thinking homosexuality is the same as bestiality.”

75 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:19:31pm

re: #66 SanFranciscoZionist

Naturally.

It's interesting that even in the article they veer back and forth between 'they sentenced it to death by stoning', and 'they let the kids drive it off with stones'.

76 Jeff In Ohio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:19:59pm

re: #63 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Newb question: does LGF have a Grasping At Straws Fairy? Someone might need to invent one.

What your looking for is the GASP!
G raspping
A t
S traws
P ivot
EXCLAMATION POINT

77 Jeff In Ohio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:20:49pm

For example:

re: #48 Buck

IMO, "Sekret Muzlim" is the same nonsence as "AIPAC controlled".

I know I know...MBF...

GASP!

78 Buck  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:23:27pm

re: #58 iossarian

I wonder when the GOP will stand up and criticize Gohmert for his bullshit. Oh, that's right, they won't.

Well, it might not be reported on site YOU read. When House Republicans selected Judiciary subcommittee chairmen in January 2011, they removed Gohmert from his post.

He doesn't speak for conservatives, or the GOP leadership.

79 Sheila Broflovski  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:23:55pm

re: #75 SanFranciscoZionist

It's interesting that even in the article they veer back and forth between 'they sentenced it to death by stoning', and 'they let the kids drive it off with stones'.

YNet comments are approaching 200 (may probably have passed already) and in spite of many posts saying "Enough already, this is a hoax!" a clear majority of the posters believe it is true.

This has taken on the dimensions of an Internet-fueled blood libel.

80 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:24:27pm

re: #48 Buck

IMO, "Sekret Muzlim" is the same nonsence as "AIPAC controlled".

I know I know...MBF...

What you're really trying to say, Buck, only you (unlike Gohmert) recognize at some level that it's just idiotic to say so out loud, is that you agree with the Representative that President Obama is secretly a practitioner of Islam hell bent on destroying the United States. I'm okay with your being that way, by the way...it keeps the planet interesting.

81 makeitstop  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:26:16pm

re: #78 Buck

He doesn't speak for conservatives, or the GOP leadership.

Really? You're gonna go with that?

82 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:26:54pm

re: #78 Buck

Well, it might not be reported on site YOU read. When House Republicans selected Judiciary subcommittee chairmen in January 2011, they removed Gohmert from his post.

He doesn't speak for conservatives, or the GOP leadership.

Really? Does Newt? He said the same thing about The O. I can count on one hand which GOP members didn't.

83 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:27:00pm

re: #78 Buck

Well, it might not be reported on site YOU read. When House Republicans selected Judiciary subcommittee chairmen in January 2011, they removed Gohmert from his post.

He doesn't speak for conservatives, or the GOP leadership.

Which Congressperson, who does speak for liberals or the D leadership, ever used AIPAC to accuse a president of treason?

84 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:27:05pm

Ed Henry is coming out of the closet:

CNN chief White House correspondent Ed Henry is leaving CNN to Fox News Channel, a source familiar with the matter confirms to TVNewser. Henry will become chief White House correspondent for FNC, according to Deadline.com.
85 Mocking Jay  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:27:17pm

Buck is the very model of a modern Righty partisan...

86 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:27:25pm

re: #81 makeitstop

Really? You're gonna go with that?

I'll go with that to some extent. I mean, McKinney was thrown in the Democrats' faces for some time.

Thank the good Lord and Greyhound she's gone.

87 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:29:14pm

re: #86 SanFranciscoZionist

I'll go with that to some extent. I mean, McKinney was thrown in the Democrats' faces for some time.

Thank the good Lord and Greyhound she's gone.

Yes, but McKinney was an island to herself. She may have had one or two crazies along with her, but Gohmert is spouting what the majority of the GOP think today anyway, what they've expressed in the past and I think still believe even after the long form was presented.

88 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:29:15pm

re: #85 JasonA

I think it's more he's just into full annoyed/fighting mode. It's more about putting it to the man than it is about debating positions.

89 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:29:47pm

re: #82 marjoriemoon

Really? Does Newt? He said the same thing about The O. I can count on one hand which GOP members didn't.

Aw, you just don't understand. Conservatives are all self-made rugged individualists. Unlike everyone else on earth.

So when their elected officials repeat myths promoted among their constituents, they're not speaking for them at all. Conservatives need no spokespersons or leaders. They are all self-made rugged individualists. Unlike everyone else on earth.

90 iossarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:29:53pm

re: #78 Buck


He doesn't speak for conservatives, or the GOP leadership.

Keep telling yourself that Buck, if it helps you to sleep at night.

All I know is that the GOP is chock-full of people who want loyalty oaths for Muslims, laws to lock people up on suspicion of having dark skin, and school lessons free of the merest suggestion that anyone might be of the minority persuasion or (the HORROR) gay.

But keep telling yourself that Boehner, Cantor and the rest of those shiny-suited, grinning drones are just good guys, that it's just a few crazy uncles.

91 Kragar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:30:37pm

Anyone who makes a stupid statement obviously doesn't speak for the party which can make no mistakes.

92 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:30:55pm

The only one I can remember telling the rest of them to shut the hell up about it was Marco Rubio. Maybe 1 or 2 others.

93 iossarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:32:01pm

June, 2011

Herman Cain: Muslim Loyalty Oath

94 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:32:25pm

re: #87 marjoriemoon

Yes, but McKinney was an island to herself. She may have had one or two crazies along with her, but Gohmert is spouting what the majority of the GOP think today anyway, what they've expressed in the past and I think still believe even after the long form was presented.

True. I just think Gohmert basically thinks everyone's a sekrit Muslim caliphatist. I worry about the bigger, and perhaps more subtle, guns.

95 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:32:50pm

re: #93 iossarian

Loyalty oaths because they're our enemies and they lie!

Weren't you paying attention?!

96 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:32:57pm

re: #93 iossarian

June, 2011

Herman Cain: Muslim Loyalty Oath

Now, Cain worries me.

97 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:33:16pm

re: #69 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

As they are with every advance of even one Black person. I encounter this idea a lot, people hoping it would go away after a couple years or simply just disappear. American history tells us something quite different.

When someone does not harbor that kind of prejudice themselves it is very hard to understand that others can internalize that kind of deep hatred towards another simply because of skin color or the shape of their eyes.

When I was a child the schools were still segregated and I saw my share of irrational racial hatred. Still I honestly did think that most of the racist attacks on Obama would go away over time, I was way too optimistic.

Having an African American President is apparently a thorn in their side they simply cannot ignore. They are becoming more and more strident and open about their racism every day. Seems I have underestimated the depths of their pathology.

98 Interesting Times  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:34:06pm

re: #93 iossarian

June, 2011

Herman Cain: Muslim Loyalty Oath

But Herman Cain is black. That means the GOP can never be guilty of racism or bigotry ever again for all eternity.

99 kirkspencer  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:34:13pm

re: #78 Buck

Well, it might not be reported on site YOU read. When House Republicans selected Judiciary subcommittee chairmen in January 2011, they removed Gohmert from his post.

He doesn't speak for conservatives, or the GOP leadership.

From his official site:

Rep. Gohmert serves as the Vice Chair on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, which has jurisdiction over the following subject matters: Federal Criminal Code, drug enforcement, sentencing, parole and pardons, internal and homeland security, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, prisons, criminal law enforcement, and other appropriate matters as referred by the chairman, and relevant oversight.

[Link: gohmert.house.gov...]

Next?

101 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:35:05pm

People will do anything for socialist medicine.

The day Verone set out to commit his first felony, he mailed a letter to The Gazette.

He listed the return address as the Gaston County Jail.

“When you receive this a bank robbery will have been committed by me. This robbery is being committed by me for one dollar,” he wrote. “I am of sound mind but not so much sound body.”

Verone wanted to talk to a reporter to make sure people knew why he turned to crime. He figured he had nothing to lose.

“I knew that a felony would not hurt me. I cannot work anymore,” he said. “That felony is going to hurt my reputation.”

102 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:35:07pm

re: #96 SanFranciscoZionist

Now, Cain worries me.

Not me. Those dumb bigots trying to use him as a bat to beat Obama will turn on him quicker than anyone can say Bradley Effect. If there were ANY other incumbent in office, they would not touch Herman Cain with a 10 foot pole.

103 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:35:13pm

re: #96 SanFranciscoZionist

Cain seriously can't get any further than he is tho'. the GOP likes the cachet and reputation of having prominent blacks, they don't like to give them actual power.

104 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:35:27pm

re: #93 iossarian

June, 2011

Herman Cain: Muslim Loyalty Oath

That was so choice listening to it. LOL I mean just horrific that a man running for president would have the audacity to spout this kind of hatred in public. DUDE!!

So basically when you apply for a job at the Whitehouse, look for the question, "Do you want to blow up the United States?"

105 b_sharp  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:35:56pm

re: #76 Jeff In Ohio

What your looking for is the GASP!
G raspping
A t
S traw
P rivates
EXCLAMATION POINT

FTFY

106 iossarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:36:02pm

May, 2011

Tennessee Republicans pass "don't say gay" law

107 Petero1818  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:36:06pm

Loyalty oath to include eating a hamburger with american cheese, bacon (and not the Canadian kind), and an apple pie for desert (lard crust of course)./

108 Alexzander  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:36:47pm

re: #104 marjoriemoon

That was so choice listening to it. LOL I mean just horrific that a man running for president would have the audacity to spout this kind of hatred in public. DUDE!!

So basically when you apply for a job at the Whitehouse, look for the question, "Do you want to blow up the United States?"

Doesn't one undergo a variety of security clearance evaluations by the CIA if one is going to work for the White House?

109 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:36:48pm

re: #104 marjoriemoon

hey now, it is an important concern >>

110 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:37:06pm

re: #109 windsagio

people wanting to blow up the US that is... scary stuff!!!!

111 iossarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:37:29pm

May, 2011

John Boehner takes steps to defend anti-gay marriage law

112 engineer cat  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:38:07pm

Republican Superintendent of Schools wants to eliminate Tuscon's Mexican Studies program

Tucson

they praktice kenyan socialist speleng down there

113 iossarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:38:31pm

Buck, where have you gone?

Do you have any examples of Democratic politicians saying objectionable things that are more recent than, say, 2007?

114 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:39:53pm

re: #113 iossarian

BITTER CLINGERS!

(But that was actually true)

115 b_sharp  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:40:01pm

re: #85 JasonA

Buck is the very model of a modern Righty partisan...

Aarhh matie.

116 Jeff In Ohio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:40:12pm

re: #113 iossarian

Buck, where have you gone?

Do you have any examples of Democratic politicians saying objectionable things that are more recent than, say, 2007?

Obama called Ryan "America's accountant."

Shudder, GASP! Sputter, SPEW!

117 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:40:31pm

re: #97 ausador

When someone does not harbor that kind of prejudice themselves it is very hard to understand that others can internalize that kind of deep hatred towards another simply because of skin color or the shape of their eyes.

When I was a child the schools were still segregated and I saw my share of irrational racial hatred. Still I honestly did think that most of the racist attacks on Obama would go away over time, I was way too optimistic.

Having an African American President is apparently a thorn in their side they simply cannot ignore. They are becoming more and more strident and open about their racism every day. Seems I have underestimated the depths of their pathology.

Obama very much just wants to be president and not a Black president. Of course, yes, for the history books, it's there, but when you hear him speaking about it - when he's asked about race - he sort of poo-poos the whole thing. I love these answers from him. He has a job to do and wants to do it. Agree with him, don't agree with him, but that's where he's coming from.

Also, p.s. segregation is very much alive and well TODAY. This I don't understand. I pass an all black public school on the way home from work each day. Miami public schools are mostly evenly mixed, but I can't grasp an all black school so many years after Brown v BoE. I guess I'm missing something.

118 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:41:16pm

re: #108 Alexzander

Doesn't one undergo a variety of security clearance evaluations by the CIA if one is going to work for the White House?

I don't think the CIA would be involved in that stuff...that is the realm of the FBI and other various security agencies

119 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:41:56pm

re: #108 Alexzander

Doesn't one undergo a variety of security clearance evaluations by the CIA if one is going to work for the White House?

Sure, but Cain is such a freaking moron, he wants the question out in the open (he implied such a thing) as if ANYONE would actually SAY it.

"Yes, I want to blow up the Whitehouse. Sorry? My bad?"

120 BongCrodny  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:42:06pm

Gohmert was re-elected last year with 90% of the vote.

There's a whole lot of crazy in that neck of the woods.

121 Sheila Broflovski  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:42:07pm

re: #117 marjoriemoon


Also, p.s. segregation is very much alive and well TODAY. This I don't understand. I pass an all black public school on the way home from work each day. Miami public schools are mostly evenly mixed, but I can't grasp an all black school so many years after Brown v BoE. I guess I'm missing something.

You are going to have all black schools if there are no white people in the neighborhood the entire city. Like in Detroit.

122 Alexzander  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:42:22pm

re: #118 albusteve

Thanks - I wondered about that for a moment before posting. I admit to being pretty ignorant as to the domains of the FBI, CIA, and various other components of the DHS.

123 Daniel Ballard  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:43:02pm

re: #111 iossarian

May, 2011

John Boehner takes steps to defend anti-gay marriage law

You might like this Page
Wired-“Homophobia Is Apparently Associated With Homosexual Arousal”

124 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:44:21pm

re: #122 Alexzander

Thanks - I wondered about that for a moment before posting. I admit to being pretty ignorant as to the domains of the FBI, CIA, and various other components of the DHS.

the CIA is special in that, I believe, it is forbidden by law to operate withing US borders

125 Kragar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:44:46pm

re: #120 BongCrodny

Gohmert was re-elected last year with 90% of the vote.

There's a whole lot of crazy in that neck of the woods.

Remember he's only speaking for himself and not representative of anyone actually involved in the GOP.
/

126 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:45:27pm

re: #107 Petero1818

Loyalty oath to include eating a hamburger with american cheese, bacon (and not the Canadian kind), and an apple pie for desert (lard crust of course)./

What? No French fries Freedom fries?

127 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:45:41pm

re: #121 Alouette

You are going to have all black schools if there are no white people in the neighborhood the entire city. Like in Detroit.

Not in Miami. Yes, there are mostly Black neighborhoods, but the mostly Cuban neighborhoods have mixed public schools. That was the entire point of Brown v. BoE anyway.

128 iossarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:45:59pm

re: #119 marjoriemoon

Sure, but Cain is such a freaking moron, he wants the question out in the open (he implied such a thing) as if ANYONE would actually SAY it.

He's not proposing it because he's a moron, he knows that a loyalty oath does nothing to enhance security.

He's proposing it because it's insulting and humiliating for Muslim Americans, and as a result it plays well with bigots.

129 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:46:25pm

This mutherfucker is actually a congressperson? Like... elected?

130 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:46:47pm

re: #98 publicityStunted

But Herman Cain is black. That means the GOP can never be guilty of racism or bigotry ever again for all eternity.


And Byrd was in the KKK so the Democrats will be guilty of both for all eternity.

131 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:47:23pm

re: #128 iossarian

He's not proposing it because he's a moron, he knows that a loyalty oath does nothing to enhance security.

He's proposing it because it's insulting and humiliating for Muslim Americans, and as a result it plays well with bigots.

Yes indeed, you are correct.

Which, of course, makes him a moron :p

132 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:47:25pm

re: #125 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Remember he's only speaking for himself and not representative of anyone actually involved in the GOP.
/

same old, same old....how many and who are they?...it's tricky and sweeping assumptions don't always work...but it sure appears that a fair number of Republicans are on the koolaid wagon, but defies reason to claim they all think alike

133 iossarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:47:35pm

re: #131 marjoriemoon

Yes indeed, you are correct.

Which, of course, makes him a moron :p

True!

134 Interesting Times  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:47:41pm

re: #129 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

This mutherfucker is actually a congressperson? Like... elected?

With 90 percent of the vote.

I haz a sad for America :(

135 Sheila Broflovski  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:47:46pm

re: #127 marjoriemoon

Not in Miami. Yes, there are mostly Black neighborhoods, but the mostly Cuban neighborhoods have mixed public schools. That was the entire point of Brown v. BoE anyway.

You can gerrymander a district to geet integration between neighborhoods, but there's no way that you can gerrymander an entire freaking city! They would have to incorporate every suburb north of 8 Mile and west of Telegraph, not to mention across the river in Canada.

136 zora  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:48:55pm

re: #106 iossarian

May, 2011

Tennessee Republicans pass "don't say gay" law

and definitely don't say it three times while looking in a mirror. that's how the gays get you./ what's wrong with these fuckers?

137 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:49:28pm

re: #134 publicityStunted

With 90 percent of the vote.

I haz a sad for America :(

chronic 9% unemployment makes me alot sadder than this boob ever could

138 BishopX  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:49:51pm

re: #135 Alouette

Or you could use something like METCO, which is a great program.

139 Sheila Broflovski  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:52:27pm

re: #138 BishopX

Or you could use something like METCO, which is a great program.

Trust me, nobody wants to attend Detroit Public schools.

140 HappyWarrior  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:54:34pm

And where's the proof that Gohmert isn't a secret Satanist? Stupid crap like this goes both ways Gohmert and even if he were Muslim, he's still American and the president.

141 BongCrodny  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:54:35pm

From Wiki:

On April 21, 2009, Gohmert gave a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives complaining about federal funds going to China for the protection of rare species of cats and dogs. During the speech he controversially stated that there was no way of ensuring that the funding would not result in the making of "moo goo dog pan or moo goo cat pan" by the Chinese.


Good to see Gohmert working on the important stuff.

142 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:54:36pm

if Boehner had any guts or principle he would go to this guy and tell him to STFU and govern, or the next outburst on the floor and he'll burn his ass in the record...wishful thinking but that's what I'd do...for starters

143 Lidane  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:54:51pm

re: #108 Alexzander

Doesn't one undergo a variety of security clearance evaluations by the CIA if one is going to work for the White House?

That didn't stop legions of nirther idjits from thinking the President was a Kenyan citizen bent on destroying America.

144 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:55:20pm

re: #139 Alouette

bussing would be another solution that just makes everbody angrier ;)

145 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:55:31pm

re: #135 Alouette

You can gerrymander a district to geet integration between neighborhoods, but there's no way that you can gerrymander an entire freaking city! They would have to incorporate every suburb north of 8 Mile and west of Telegraph, not to mention across the river in Canada.

Detroit may be different, I don't know the area, but I will tell you that I see it here when it makes no sense, and quite frankly, unconstitutional.

Husband #1 was from Southern Alabama and we went to visit twice a year. Much worse there where Blacks kept to their own towns, schools, grocery stores, etc and you rarely saw them mingling with whites. I spotted that immediately when there.

146 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:55:53pm

re: #142 albusteve

Boehner knows there's votes in it, so he won't do anything.

147 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:56:37pm

When my cousin was a kindergartener, she was assigned to ride the bus 3 hours a day as part of Seattle's busing program.

The irony? She was from a "minority" school being bussed to a "white" school. My cousin is a blue-eyed blonde.

(Her parents found some way to stop it. No 5 year old should be on the bus 3 hours a day.)

148 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:56:54pm

re: #137 albusteve

Guys like this are killing the right. Starting to piss me off.

149 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:57:36pm

re: #142 albusteve

if Boehner had any guts or principle he would go to this guy and tell him to STFU and govern, or the next outburst on the floor and he'll burn his ass in the record...wishful thinking but that's what I'd do...for starters

Boehner plays golf with seekrit mooslims.

150 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:59:15pm

re: #145 marjoriemoon

Interesting link on detroit's demographics

The White Flight is no joke, and is one of the darker pieces of the puzzle.

How can you integrate when whites refuse to live near blacks, and how can the schools keep up when mostly black districts have trouble with getting teachers and funding?

151 jaerik  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:01:55pm

"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

He was trying to say 47 and said 57 by mistake. Not anywhere in context saying he thought there were 57 total. But I guess it's easier to make allegation of sekrit Muslim Caliphate jihad conspiracies the other way.

152 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:03:27pm

re: #150 windsagio

Interesting link on detroit's demographics

The White Flight is no joke, and is one of the darker pieces of the puzzle.

How can you integrate when whites refuse to live near blacks, and how can the schools keep up when mostly black districts have trouble with getting teachers and funding?


White Flight is ancient news in Detroit, just the same as the huge influx of blacks and southerners after the war...a perfect example of racial distress and after the 67 riots whites doubled down and left in droves....what you see is what you get...no laws would have prevented it from happening

153 AK-47%  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:04:42pm

re: #151 jaerik

You are a seekrit mooslim for trying to rationalize his obvious kenyan mooslim tendencies. he wants sharia in america

and gay marrieage

and forced evolution teaching

/

154 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:05:15pm

re: #152 albusteve

that's the tragedy of it. Nothing can stop it except changing the way people think (and good luck with that)

It gets worse because once the process starts, it's almost impossible to reverse.

155 HappyWarrior  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:05:56pm

re: #151 jaerik

"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

He was trying to say 47 and said 57 by mistake. Not anywhere in context saying he thought there were 57 total. But I guess it's easier to make allegation of sekrit Muslim Caliphate jihad conspiracies the other way.

The whole story has been way overblown from the start really. A gaffe certainly but proof Obama's dumb and even dumber in Gohmert's case proof that he's really Muslim. Gohmert is after all the guy who insisted that illegal immigration was a terrorist plot.

156 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:06:20pm

re: #150 windsagio

Interesting link on detroit's demographics

The White Flight is no joke, and is one of the darker pieces of the puzzle.

How can you integrate when whites refuse to live near blacks, and how can the schools keep up when mostly black districts have trouble with getting teachers and funding?

Forced busing which pissed everyone off. I don't know, but it's awful and no one is talking about it anymore. If forced busing doesn't work, than we have to come up with something else.

In Florida, they offer incredibly incentives to teachers willing to work in difficult school districts or "F schools". Huge bonuses and higher salaries. My neighbor is such a person.

157 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:08:25pm

re: #150 windsagio

With 60 of its 137 square miles already abandoned, Detroit is a prime example of what can happen to a city when it is devoid of man...

From "Life After People".

Detroit has more problems than "white flight".

158 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:09:20pm

re: #156 marjoriemoon

See that's the thing I like. Takes state or federal aid tho', because the districts themselves are, of course, totally broke.

Also why I'm so against charter schools. I understand wanting your kids in a good school situation, but that's what private schools are for. Charters pull the kids with motivated parents and even more money out of strapped school districts.

159 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:09:40pm

re: #157 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

its certainly part of the problem tho', isn't it?

160 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:11:30pm

re: #157 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

With 60 of its 137 square miles already abandoned, Detroit is a prime example of what can happen to a city when it is devoid of man...

From "Life After People".

Detroit has more problems than "white flight".

I was going to say, Detroit is suffering from "people flight." 1.8 million down to 775,000.

161 windsagio  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:15:41pm

re: #160 EmmmieG

also from wiki:

The city's population increased more than sixfold during the first half of the 20th century, fed largely by an influx of European, Middle Eastern (Lebanese),(Assyrian/Chaldean), and Southern migrants to work in the burgeoning automobile industry. However, since 1950 the city has seen a major shift in its population to the suburbs. In 1910, fewer than 6,000 blacks called the city home; in 1930 more than 120,000 blacks lived in Detroit. The thousands of African Americans who came to Detroit were part of the Great Migration of the 20th century.
The city population dropped from its peak of 1,849,568 in 1950 to 713,777 in 2010, in part due to urban flight to the suburbs and a change in its jobs base. In the first decade of the 21st century, about two-thirds of the total black population in metropolitan area resided within the city limits of Detroit.

and an image:

Image: Incomemap.jpg

The demographic shift problem was serious and ongoing long before the plants started getting shut down.

162 Killgore Trout  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:15:50pm

I wonder if Drudge is going to link to his buddy Alex Jones today....
Bilderberg-Approved Perry Set to Become Presidential Frontrunner

163 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:16:09pm

re: #159 windsagio

Dunno. If I said that a cityre: #160 EmmmieG

I was going to say, Detroit is suffering from "people flight." 1.8 million down to 775,000.

Many of the folks left are the ones that can't afford to move away. Which makes things worse.

I haven't been in Detroit in five years, and I understand that it is even worse now. How are the "burbs" of Detroit faring?

164 Killgore Trout  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:16:58pm

re: #162 Killgore Trout

I wonder if Drudge is going to link to his buddy Alex Jones today...
Bilderberg-Approved Perry Set to Become Presidential Frontrunner

Even better. Drudge is linking to this: VIDEO: Minister Farrakhan: 'That's a Murderer in the White House'

165 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:18:59pm

re: #127 marjoriemoon

Not in Miami. Yes, there are mostly Black neighborhoods, but the mostly Cuban neighborhoods have mixed public schools. That was the entire point of Brown v. BoE anyway.

Go see Belle Glades Correctional institution. The Florida department of corrections tries very hard to keep it's prison system as integrated as possible, however more African Americans are sentenced to prison every year than people of European descent. Belle Glades is the catchall for the worst and most violent offenders in the system, it is the threat the staff at others institutions use (especially on whites), "If you keep acting up we will send you to Belle Glades."

Belle Glades population is close to 90% African American and is literally hell on earth for everyone no matter their race. Florida does not have a "supermax" prison with adequate security and separation protocols to keep extremely violent offenders away from each other. The Dept. of Corrections sends all their violent trouble makers who repeatedly physically assault other inmates to Belle Glades.

If you want to complain about segregation in Florida complain about the "Gladiator School" (that is what the inmates actually call it) at Belle Glades.

166 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:19:13pm

re: #160 EmmmieG

I was going to say, Detroit is suffering from "people flight." 1.8 million down to 775,000.

job flight...the Big Three took so many jobs down south it had a terrible result, but the Japanese were making mincemeat of their market shares...and cutting costs drove Delco under and hundres od smaller regional suppliers...it was a domino effect...you can look at the UAW and ask them their role, altho you wouldn't get a straight answer...business as usual wrecked Detroit, not racial issues

167 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:19:26pm

re: #163 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Dunno. If I said that a cityre: #160 EmmmieG


Many of the folks left are the ones that can't afford to move away. Which makes things worse.

I haven't been in Detroit in five years, and I understand that it is even worse now. How are the "burbs" of Detroit faring?

Well, most of the people I know who move move to be close to a new job. Some move to be out in the country. I would guess that a lot of the people who left Detroit had jobs elsewhere.

168 Killgore Trout  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:22:46pm

Get ready for a week of extra ugly right wing racism. Mrs. Obama and daughters are visiting Africa. Rush should be all over this tomorrow.

169 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:25:37pm

re: #168 Killgore Trout

Get ready for a week of extra ugly right wing racism. Mrs. Obama and daughters are visiting Africa. Rush should be all over this tomorrow.

Ohh...very tasty looking bait, lets up they can't ignore the shiny pointy hook inside, let them hang themselves. Give em some more rope quick!

170 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:26:12pm

re: #168 Killgore Trout

Get ready for a week of extra ugly right wing racism. Mrs. Obama and daughters are visiting Africa. Rush should be all over this tomorrow.

I remember Bush's Africa visit...I still chuckle about this pic.

171 Mocking Jay  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:26:34pm

Anyone else read about Bristol practically accusing Levi of date rape? This story is getting even weirder.

172 Mocking Jay  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:27:12pm

re: #170 darthstar

I remember Bush's Africa visit...I still chuckle about this pic.

Aw, now that's not cool.

173 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:30:32pm

re: #165 ausador

Go see Belle Glades Correctional institution. The Florida department of corrections tries very hard to keep it's prison system as integrated as possible, however more African Americans are sentenced to prison every year than people of European descent. Belle Glades is the catchall for the worst and most violent offenders in the system, it is the threat the staff at others institutions use (especially on whites), "If you keep acting up we will send you to Belle Glades."

Belle Glades population is close to 90% African American and is literally hell on earth for everyone no matter their race. Florida does not have a "supermax" prison with adequate security and separation protocols to keep extremely violent offenders away from each other. The Dept. of Corrections sends all their violent trouble makers who repeatedly physically assault other inmates to Belle Glades.

If you want to complain about segregation in Florida complain about the "Gladiator School" (that is what the inmates actually call it) at Belle Glades.

Funny you mentioned Belle Glades. Governor Skeletor is closing it.

Prisons are a different matter, of course, with a whole set of issues. I was talking about living in a highly diverse society of 2.5 million people where there are still all Black schools that are failing. It's deplorable in my mind.

174 recusancy  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:30:35pm

re: #171 JasonA

Anyone else read about Bristol practically accusing Levi of date rape? This story is getting even weirder.

Who cares?

175 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:31:11pm

re: #161 windsagio

also from wiki:


and an image:

Image: Incomemap.jpg

The demographic shift problem was serious and ongoing long before the plants started getting shut down.


In order to prove that the problem is racism, you would have to show a similar map for a similar city without many minorities showing that white people stayed downtown.

A large part of the post-WWII shift to the suburbs was the belief that it's better for children to have elbow room and lawns and boredom.

176 freetoken  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:31:23pm

re: #168 Killgore Trout

The Freepers are already on it.

177 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:31:46pm

re: #171 JasonA

Anyone else read about Bristol practically accusing Levi of date rape? This story is getting even weirder.

She calls him "the gnat" in her new book I hear...I think this frees Levi up to go ahead and publish his memoir. Bristol's ghost writers are simply trying to make her back into a virgin so she can be a good representative of abstinence...whoever dates her had better wear protection, that's all I'm saying...being baby-daddy #2 is going to suck for whoever that is.

178 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:32:47pm

re: #157 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

With 60 of its 137 square miles already abandoned, Detroit is a prime example of what can happen to a city when it is devoid of man...

From "Life After People".

Detroit has more problems than "white flight".

This news truly saddens me. I'm originally from Detroit, been gone 54 years, and remember it was far different.

179 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:33:04pm

re: #174 recusancy

Who cares?

Reality TV characters and their Reality TV offspring are not off-limits...especially when they're trying to use their notoriety to get rich trying to destroy people they don't like.

180 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:34:46pm

re: #177 darthstar

She calls him "the gnat" in her new book I hear...I think this frees Levi up to go ahead and publish his memoir. Bristol's ghost writers are simply trying to make her back into a virgin so she can be a good representative of abstinence...whoever dates her had better wear protection, that's all I'm saying...being baby-daddy #2 is going to suck for whoever that is.

I know this sounds incredibly stupid but

WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THEIR CHILD??? Selfish fucks, the two of them.

Holy crap, if I grew up to find my parents doing this, I'd leave the country and hole up in Australia or somewhere no one knows me.

181 makeitstop  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:35:03pm

re: #171 JasonA

Anyone else read about Bristol practically accusing Levi of date rape? This story is getting even weirder.

Looks like she's come to the realization that there's more money in being a Palin than there is in rebelling against being a Palin.

And... an autobiography for a 20 year old? That's gt to be a pretty thin book.

182 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:35:10pm

re: #178 Semper Fi

This news truly saddens me. I'm originally from Detroit, been gone 54 years, and remember it was far different.

I was born in 1952 and grew up in Kalamazoo...Detroit in those decades was the 4th largest city in the country and a major economic powerhouse...it's shocking what has happened and will keep sociologists busy for years

183 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:35:44pm

re: #172 JasonA

I'm sure the kind people who made that picture had no idea the many great things that President Bush did (and tried to do) for the people of Africa.

One of the things that he did with the vast fortune that we did not have to spend. But, however it was done, I am still very proud of his effort.

184 HappyWarrior  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:36:20pm

re: #180 marjoriemoon

I know this sounds incredibly stupid but

WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THEIR CHILD??? Selfish fucks, the two of them.

Holy crap, if I grew up to find my parents doing this, I'd leave the country and hole up in Australia or somewhere no one knows me.

I feel bad for the kid too. Terrible example both of them are setting and you know that kid later will be able to read later about the crap his grandmother and mother said about his father and vice versa. I feel bad. No child should have to go through that. It's bad enough behind closed doors, even worse when all that dirty laundry is aired out to the whole public.

185 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:36:30pm

re: #179 darthstar

Reality TV characters and their Reality TV offspring are not off-limits...especially when they're trying to use their notoriety to get rich trying to destroy people they don't like.

nothing is off limits anymore, the question was who cares?...personally I think it's sleazy voyeurism

186 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:36:32pm

re: #173 marjoriemoon

Funny you mentioned Belle Glades. Governor Skeletor is closing it.

Prisons are a different matter, of course, with a whole set of issues. I was talking about living in a highly diverse society of 2.5 million people where there are still all Black schools that are failing. It's deplorable in my mind.

Hmm...I wonder where the hell whole is being transferred to now? Thanks, I'll have to some research on it...

187 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:37:20pm

re: #180 marjoriemoon

WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THEIR CHILD??? Selfish fucks, the two of them.

Bristol learned her mothering skills from her mother. Why should we be surprised by her behavior?

188 HappyWarrior  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:37:27pm

re: #178 Semper Fi

This news truly saddens me. I'm originally from Detroit, been gone 54 years, and remember it was far different.

I feel ya. My dad's family lived there in the late 30's through the first years of WWII. It was their first home after my grandparents left Pittsburgh.

189 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:37:39pm

re: #178 Semper Fi

This news truly saddens me. I'm originally from Detroit, been gone 54 years, and remember it was far different.

So... it started with... you?

190 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:40:05pm

re: #182 albusteve

I was born in 1952 and grew up in Kalamazoo...Detroit in those decades was the 4th largest city in the country and a major economic powerhouse...it's shocking what has happened and will keep sociologists busy for years

Yes, that's what I remember too.

191 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:40:10pm

Here's an article on the original post-war suburb, Levittown. It was, yes, by design, racist, in that blacks couldn't move there.

It was mostly fueled by the automobile. You could get a free-standing house with a 6,000 square foot lot with no money down with a VA loan.

[Link: www.americanheritage.com...]

192 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:40:41pm

the decline of Detroit....
unreal pictures
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

193 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:42:06pm

re: #186 ausador

Hmm...I wonder where the hell whole is being transferred to now? Thanks, I'll have to some research on it...

I did a page on it here as one of my hate pieces on our beloved governor.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

194 Killgore Trout  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:42:25pm

re: #192 albusteve

the decline of Detroit...
unreal pictures
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

I'd move there if it wasn't for the miserable cold. Some really cool houses are dirt cheap.

195 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:42:31pm

re: #192 albusteve

the decline of Detroit...
unreal pictures
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

Place could use a coat of paint.

196 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:45:43pm

re: #192 albusteve

Didn't the Silver Dome sell for like 500K?

197 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:46:15pm

re: #192 albusteve

the decline of Detroit...
unreal pictures
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

My Gd, it looks like something out of Fallout.

198 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:46:43pm

re: #196 Cannadian Club Akbar

Didn't the Silver Dome sell for like 500K?

I'm thinking about buying the Lions and moving them to San Francisco so the 49ers have a team they can beat nearby.

199 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:47:22pm

re: #194 Killgore Trout

I'd move there if it wasn't for the miserable cold. Some really cool houses are dirt cheap.

the city has a very definite post apocalyptic feel to it...extremely dangerous, and depressing...don't even go near there

200 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:47:41pm

re: #188 HappyWarrior

I feel ya. My dad's family lived there in the late 30's through the first years of WWII. It was their first home after my grandparents left Pittsburgh.

The big WW in Detroit was really something. People came from all over to work as there was plenty of it. Open the window on a quiet summer night and listen to din of manufacturing from little shops everywhere. Got an extra bedroom, you can rent it to someone who came from wherever just to work. Women working while their husbands served in the military if they had no children. A real dynamic city.

201 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:48:23pm

re: #196 Cannadian Club Akbar

Didn't the Silver Dome sell for like 500K?

for scrap I believe..what an awful place that was

202 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:48:37pm

re: #189 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So... it started with... you?

I was a real wanderer. Still am.

203 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:48:39pm

re: #193 marjoriemoon

I did a page on it here as one of my hate pieces on our beloved governor.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Belle Glade is such a sad sad place. More people out of jobs isn't going to help.

204 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:48:43pm

re: #198 darthstar

I'm thinking about buying the Lions and moving them to San Francisco so the 49ers have a team they can beat nearby.

But then the Bay area would have 3 teams and LA would have ZERO!!
*snicker*

205 recusancy  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:49:05pm

Detroit isn't that bad. It's all the disaster porn that photographers and publications love to promote that is all you see. If you go to a Tigers game downtown and then hit up greektown it's fairly nice.

206 recusancy  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:49:45pm

re: #198 darthstar

I'm thinking about buying the Lions and moving them to San Francisco so the 49ers have a team they can beat nearby.

Lions will be good this year. Count on it.

207 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:52:10pm

re: #205 recusancy

Detroit isn't that bad. It's all the disaster porn that photographers and publications love to promote that is all you see. If you go to a Tigers game downtown and then hit up greektown it's fairly nice.

Greek Town is a nasty dump as of two years ago...the only part of that town that resembles civilization is the Fox/Tigers/Lions corridor, a very tiny area...the River Walk was filthy, Cobo Hall all broken down...on and on

208 HappyWarrior  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:52:36pm

re: #206 recusancy

Lions will be good this year. Count on it.

They're a team on the rise I think. Good draft and if Stafford can stay healthy, they'll do well. Kinda rooting for them. That fanbase has gone too long. Plus I loved watching Sanders every Thanksgiving too.

209 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:52:41pm

re: #193 marjoriemoon

I did a page on it here as one of my hate pieces on our beloved governor.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

But, but...Belle Glades is unique, it is like abu ghraib only without the pictures. I can see why Scott's first impulse would be to close a prison that was 90% "Black" but where the hell is going to send all those violent people who only got there by assaulting people in the states other prisons?

I guess he figures that all the states prisons should have their fare share of people who murder and rape the other inmates?

210 recusancy  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:53:03pm

re: #208 HappyWarrior

They're a team on the rise I think. Good draft and if Stafford can stay healthy, they'll do well. Kinda rooting for them. That fanbase has gone too long. Plus I loved watching Sanders every Thanksgiving too.

They have a Monday night game this year.

211 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:54:23pm

re: #210 recusancy

They have a Monday night game this year.

Is it against GB, CHI, or MINN? That I could see on a monday night.

212 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:54:40pm

re: #206 recusancy

Lions will be good this year. Count on it.

they are very close now and closing in towards the top....the Cowboys have them in Dallas this year and they ALWAYS play the Cowboys tough...god games through the years

213 recusancy  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:55:12pm

re: #211 Cannadian Club Akbar

Is it against GB, CHI, or MINN? That I could see on a monday night.

Chi I think.

214 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:55:25pm

re: #192 albusteve

the decline of Detroit...
unreal pictures
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

The big photo of Michigan Central Station. Wow! My first job was with New York Central RR. Been there so many times...
Thanks

215 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:56:04pm

What was the thread about?
/

216 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:56:06pm

Aw, crap...sorry everybody...I hate talking about football and made a stupid joke about the Lions and the 49ers both sucking...I didn't mean to turn this into an official Testicle Talk.

217 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:56:53pm

re: #215 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What was the thread about?
/

Seekrit muzlims...what every thread is REALLY about.

218 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:57:04pm

re: #216 darthstar

You're nuts.

219 recusancy  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:57:18pm

re: #216 darthstar

Aw, crap...sorry everybody...I hate talking about football and made a stupid joke about the Lions and the 49ers both sucking...I didn't mean to turn this into an official Testicle Talk.

Ok lets talk about Bristol Palin instead.///

220 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:57:26pm

re: #214 Semper Fi

The big photo of Michigan Central Station. Wow! My first job was with New York Central RR. Been there so many times...
Thanks

there are a bunch of sites like that...it's really quite remarkable...I have a cousin in Grosse Pointe and have gotten the skinny as the years go by...

221 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:58:19pm

re: #219 recusancy

Ok lets talk about Bristol Palin instead.///

LOL!

222 freetoken  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:58:42pm

American history which is often avoided:


NC grapples with legacy of sterilization programs

223 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:59:03pm

re: #219 recusancy

Ok lets talk about Bristol Palin instead.///

Now there's a true Patriot...aw, crap, I said Patriot...now the Tom Brady fans will come out of the woodwork...

224 HappyWarrior  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 1:59:13pm

On the subject of football though, really hope we get a season this year. Gonna need something to take my mind off my thesis paper I have to write.

225 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:00:20pm

re: #194 Killgore Trout

I'd move there if it wasn't for the miserable cold. Some really cool houses are dirt cheap.

My brother still lives in the area. A very handy man who spends his time buying little old houses, fixing them, then renting them. He has about 25 or 30 now. He pays anywhere from 25 to 50k per house. A real deal but only buys if he's sure it can be rented.

226 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:00:44pm

re: #219 recusancy

Ok lets talk about Bristol Palin instead.///

How can you be sure that Bristol does not have testicles? Hmmm?

///

227 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:00:49pm

re: #224 HappyWarrior

On the subject of football though, really hope we get a season this year. Gonna need something to take my mind off my thesis paper I have to write.

there will be a full season...I'd bet Darthstars paycheck on it

228 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:01:22pm

re: #209 ausador

But, but...Belle Glades is unique, it is like abu ghraib only without the pictures. I can see why Scott's first impulse would be to close a prison that was 90% "Black" but where the hell is going to send all those violent people who only got there by assaulting people in the states other prisons?

I guess he figures that all the states prisons should have their fare share of people who murder and rape the other inmates?

I thought you were going to say, "but without the pyramids".

I found a plethora of articles on the topic when I did that piece. I didn't post everything (but read through it when you get a chance).

There's a lot of weird talk, like closing prisons actually HELPS the prison system because it forces the courts not to convict so many people... or some Einstein revelation like that. Other articles focused on tent cities to house prisoners. In fact, they did that for awhile, but don't know if it's still being done. No air conditioning in Florida under a hot canvas tent? Pretty bad, but the worst of it is during hurricane season - they simply can't stay in tents.

I don't know. It's a miserable situation. Florida has been exporting its prisoners to other over-crowded prisons out-of-state also. Mostly immigrants or migrants - the very poor - and their families have no way of traveling to visit them, children, parents, etc.

229 HappyWarrior  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:01:35pm

re: #227 albusteve

there will be a full season...I'd bet Darthstars paycheck on it

hope so. should be another good year.

230 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:02:03pm

re: #217 darthstar

Seekrit muzlims...what every thread is REALLY about.

But usually only on a subconscious level....

231 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:02:55pm

Let's talk about a 51 y/o actor marrying a 16 y/o girl!!

232 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:04:10pm

re: #207 albusteve

Greek Town is a nasty dump as of two years ago...the only part of that town that resembles civilization is the Fox/Tigers/Lions corridor, a very tiny area...the River Walk was filthy, Cobo Hall all broken down...on and on

Cobo Hall too? Sad.

233 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:04:34pm

re: #225 Semper Fi

My brother still lives in the area. A very handy man who spends his time buying little old houses, fixing them, then renting them. He has about 25 or 30 now. He pays anywhere from 25 to 50k per house. A real deal but only buys if he's sure it can be rented.


My brother did that...has about five or six houses and a few four-plexes in Northern California and he lives off the rent. Says he likes ex-cons and people who have declared bankruptcy because they're desperate to have a home and pay their rent in cash - so he doesn't have to claim it as income. He's a bit of a wing-nut though...thinks Obama's a muslim, hangs out with some guys who actually do have buried weapons up in the mountains "just in case"...but they are fun to get drunk with every once in a while.

234 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:05:25pm

re: #231 Cannadian Club Akbar

Let's talk about a 51 y/o actor marrying a 16 y/o girl!!

LOL Oh yes indeed. That's true love right there, by golly!

Image: CourtneyGrab600.jpg

235 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:05:45pm

re: #233 darthstar

And for Christmas you only have to buy him a case of Ravioli and a can opener.
/

236 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:06:08pm

re: #210 recusancy

They have a Monday night game this year.

And a Packer game on turkey day as often happens.

237 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:08:07pm

re: #231 Cannadian Club Akbar

Let's talk about a 51 y/o actor marrying a 16 y/o girl!!

I saw that! Then I saw he played the creepy prison guard in the Green Mile.

Fitting.

238 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:08:19pm

re: #234 marjoriemoon

LOL Oh yes indeed. That's true love right there, by golly!

Image: CourtneyGrab600.jpg

I was gonna say she needed a gun to go with the cammo outfit, but she already has a couple.:)

239 HappyWarrior  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:09:26pm

re: #237 Stanley Sea

I saw that! Then I saw he played the creepy prison guard in the Green Mile.

Fitting.

Takes a creep to play a creep.

240 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:09:35pm

re: #237 Stanley Sea

I saw that! Then I saw he played the creepy prison guard in the Green Mile.

Fitting.

Creepy.

241 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:09:41pm

re: #238 Cannadian Club Akbar

I was gonna say she needed a gun to go with the cammo outfit, but she already has a couple.:)

gross

242 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:09:46pm

re: #220 albusteve

there are a bunch of sites like that...it's really quite remarkable...I have a cousin in Grosse Pointe and have gotten the skinny as the years go by...

I can't possibly imagine why those buildings aren't bulldozed. It just doesn't compute with me. A real blight.

243 recusancy  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:10:17pm

Robert Reich breaks down the problem with the economy in 2:15.

Youtube Video
244 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:10:51pm

re: #224 HappyWarrior

On the subject of football though, really hope we get a season this year. Gonna need something to take my mind off my thesis paper I have to write.

Good luck on that and start early.

245 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:11:08pm

re: #237 Stanley Sea

I saw that! Then I saw he played the creepy prison guard in the Green Mile.

Fitting.

OMG that's him? The guy who squished Mr. Jingles??? Yucky.

246 makeitstop  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:11:30pm

re: #231 Cannadian Club Akbar

Let's talk about a 51 y/o actor marrying a 16 y/o girl!!

I really hope he's a better actor than she is a singer.

247 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:12:11pm

re: #238 Cannadian Club Akbar

I was gonna say she needed a gun to go with the cammo outfit, but she already has a couple.:)

booyah!!

I watched both videos (I'm a sick woman). She doesn't actually stand up in either. Maybe she can't! Poor woman is disabled :p

248 HappyWarrior  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:12:21pm

re: #245 marjoriemoon

OMG that's him? The guy who squished Mr. Jingles??? Yucky.

Yep same guy. That was such an easy character to hate.

249 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:12:34pm

re: #242 Semper Fi

I can't possibly imagine why those buildings aren't bulldozed. It just doesn't compute with me. A real blight.

just a few years back, most of the burned out damage from the 67 riots was still standing...entire blocks houses...some of it's been cleaned up, but it is very spooky

250 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:12:57pm

re: #247 marjoriemoon

booyah!!

I watched both videos (I'm a sick woman). She doesn't actually stand up in either. Maybe she can't! Poor woman is disabled :p

Then she deserves our support!!
///WRONG!!

251 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:13:27pm

re: #245 marjoriemoon

OMG that's him? The guy who squished Mr. Jingles??? Yucky.

Yep.

252 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:13:56pm

re: #101 darthstar

If two million people did that, we'd have socialized medicine in America

253 What, me worry?  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:14:35pm

re: #250 Cannadian Club Akbar

Then she deserves our support!!
///WRONG!!

Big chested, no talent, bubbled-headed bleached blonds, with pink poodles, who marry guys 35 years their senior, who have a wealth of money stashed away need love too, you know.

LOL

254 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:18:10pm

re: #253 marjoriemoon

Big chested, no talent, bubbled-headed bleached blonds, with pink poodles, who marry guys 35 years their senior, who have a wealth of money stashed away need love too, you know.

LOL

I'll bet when you hit a wall with a laser pointer it is a real battle between her and a kitten.

255 Lidane  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:20:18pm

re: #231 Cannadian Club Akbar

Let's talk about a 51 y/o actor marrying a 16 y/o girl!!

EW. Just...EW.

256 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:20:55pm

re: #233 darthstar

My brother did that...has about five or six houses and a few four-plexes in Northern California and he lives off the rent. Says he likes ex-cons and people who have declared bankruptcy because they're desperate to have a home and pay their rent in cash - so he doesn't have to claim it as income. He's a bit of a wing-nut though...thinks Obama's a muslim, hangs out with some guys who actually do have buried weapons up in the mountains "just in case"...but they are fun to get drunk with every once in a while.

Your brother's got the right idea. Mine is a bit like that too. He got into the pizza business a long time ago with someone who had pizza experience. My brother had none and totally relied on "Bill". A few weeks after they opened Bill was arrested because authorities learned his roommate was in a plastic bag, dead, and stored in the closet. Seems Bill didn't want to report his roommate dying of natural causes because he wanted to cash his roommates SS checks. My brother has all kinds of friends like that.

257 freetoken  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:21:48pm

From the international Mummies conference here in SD last week:

The Iceman's Last Meal

[...]

Also at the meeting, researchers led by geneticist Angela Graefen of the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman reported that they have succeeded in sequencing the Iceman's whole genome, despite the highly fragmented nuclear DNA. The genome has already revealed some surprises. One preliminary finding shows that the Iceman probably had brown eyes rather than the blue eyes found in many facial reconstructions done by artists. [...]

Oh, he had ibex as his last meal.

And, as far as we know, he did not have a dog with pink hair.

258 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:22:11pm

re: #241 albusteve

gross

Actually, they're quite lovely...I'm surprised her parents signed off on the procedure. Still, she's going to need a good manager if she's going to live to see 30.

259 mikec6666  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:22:24pm

re: #20 Lidane

HA!

260 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:22:53pm

re: #256 Semper Fi

That's fucked up.

261 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:24:24pm

re: #256 Semper Fi

Your brother's got the right idea. Mine is a bit like that too. He got into the pizza business a long time ago with someone who had pizza experience. My brother had none and totally relied on "Bill". A few weeks after they opened Bill was arrested because authorities learned his roommate was in a plastic bag, dead, and stored in the closet. Seems Bill didn't want to report his roommate dying of natural causes because he wanted to cash his roommates SS checks. My brother has all kinds of friends like that.

The hide your dead in plastic bags in the closet friends? I don't have any of those, that I am aware of anyway, currently. :p

262 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:24:48pm

re: #249 albusteve

just a few years back, most of the burned out damage from the 67 riots was still standing...entire blocks houses...some of it's been cleaned up, but it is very spooky

I know very little about the "WHY" of their problems but, without really knowing, think a major part is due to city corruption, e.g., the mayor and probably much more.

263 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:25:42pm

re: #262 Semper Fi

I know very little about the "WHY" of their problems but, without really knowing, think a major part is due to city corruption, e.g., the mayor and probably much more.

Didn't the Mayor's wife go to prison? And maybe him too?

264 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:27:07pm

Watching "Soldier" on in-demand. I freakin' love this movie.

265 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:27:38pm

re: #260 Cannadian Club Akbar

That's fucked up.

And somehow my bro rationalized circumstances that are acceptable to him.

266 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:28:01pm

re: #264 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Watching "Soldier" on in-demand. I freakin' love this movie.

Guess the wifey and daughter had no problems?

267 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:28:32pm

re: #256 Semper Fi

Plastic bags are so environmentally un-friendly, but storing a body in paper bags is really not advisable...so it's kind of a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation.

268 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:29:08pm

re: #266 Cannadian Club Akbar

They're already lovin' it. Saying the hotel is fantastic. They even upgraded them (me being a celebrity and all). Hotel sent a car for them.

269 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:29:13pm

re: #264 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Watching "Soldier" on in-demand. I freakin' love this movie.

Is that the one with Kurt Russel where he actually is able to remember all his lines because he doesn't have any?

270 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:29:52pm

re: #267 darthstar

Plastic bags are so environmentally un-friendly, but storing a body in paper bags is really not advisable...so it's kind of a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation.

On of the storage bags you see on infomercials would be nice. The ones you put the vacuum to...

271 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:29:56pm

re: #261 ausador

The hide your dead in plastic bags in the closet friends? I don't have any of those, that I am aware of anyway, currently. :p

You'd think friends like that are hard to find but my bro seems to attract them.

272 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:29:59pm

re: #269 darthstar

"I'm going to kill them, sir."

273 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:30:37pm

re: #272 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"I'm going to kill them, sir."

Don't prompt him...let him remember his own lines.

274 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:31:04pm

re: #273 darthstar

I just laughed out loud.

275 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:31:05pm

re: #263 Cannadian Club Akbar

Didn't the Mayor's wife go to prison? And maybe him too?

I don't know the answer to that. Just the mayor as far as I know.

276 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:31:50pm

re: #275 Semper Fi

I don't know the answer to that. Just the mayor as far as I know.

Kilpatrick, right? (been a while)

277 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:32:25pm

re: #267 darthstar

Plastic bags are so environmentally un-friendly, but storing a body in paper bags is really not advisable...so it's kind of a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation.

That's hilarious.

278 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:34:00pm

re: #276 Cannadian Club Akbar

Kilpatrick, right? (been a while)

Yes, I think that's right.

279 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:34:19pm

re: #277 Semper Fi

That's hilarious.

It's just hard to think of another response to "Let me tell you the time my brother's friend had a dead body in the closet..." so I defaulted to making light of it.

280 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:35:18pm

re: #279 darthstar

It's just hard to think of another response to "Let me tell you the time my brother's friend had a dead body in the closet..." so I defaulted to making light of it.

ya did good.

281 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:35:23pm

re: #278 Semper Fi

Yes, I think that's right.

He did, or is doing time. Wife never charged.

[Link: www.freep.com...]

The feds allege that most of the money was used for Carlita Kilpatrick's $91,000 salary and personal expenses for her and her husband. Carlita Kilpatrick was not charged in the indictment, however.

282 darthstar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:36:19pm

SIC investigating the CIA targeting of John Cole.

"The Committee is looking into this," Dianne Feinstein, the chair of the intel committee, said in a statement sent my way. "Depending on what we find, we may take further action."

If they do follow through, there could be some more people in need of presidential forgiveness...

283 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:36:29pm

re: #276 Cannadian Club Akbar

Kilpatrick, right? (been a while)

yeah, one of the most sordid stories in American politics...his wife was taking city funds but I don't know what happened to her....gangsters

284 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:37:47pm

re: #281 Cannadian Club Akbar

He did, or is doing time. Wife never charged.

[Link: www.freep.com...]

The feds allege that most of the money was used for Carlita Kilpatrick's $91,000 salary and personal expenses for her and her husband. Carlita Kilpatrick was not charged in the indictment, however.

Thanks. Also, I think several members of the family were on the payroll but not sure - may be confused with something else.

285 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:40:41pm

re: #231 Cannadian Club Akbar

Let's talk about a 51 y/o actor marrying a 16 y/o girl!!

1. Does she have parents, and what on earth is the matter with them?

2. OK, I gotta say it, if these people were Muslim, what WOULD the wingnuts say?

:)

286 Semper Fi  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:40:58pm

Gotta run some errands. See you all later.
Thanks.

287 Killgore Trout  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:41:25pm

Bachmann: Canada Did ‘No Stimulus’ (Oh Really?)

As Bloomberg reported in January 2009, this stimulus was CAN$40 billion, equal in then-current exchange rates to US$32.6 billion, over two years (a similar period as Obama's US$787 billion stimulus). If we make further adjustments, using IMF data for each country from the year 2008 for purchasing-power parity, per-capita GDP, and the much larger population of the United States, this would work out as very roughly equal to a stimulus of over US$360 billion if it were done here.

288 albusteve  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:42:16pm

re: #285 SanFranciscoZionist

1. Does she have parents, and what on earth is the matter with them?

2. OK, I gotta say it, if these people were Muslim, what WOULD the wingnuts say?

:)

her parents will get their cut somehow...she's a tool

289 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:43:50pm

re: #285 SanFranciscoZionist

1. Does she have parents, and what on earth is the matter with them?

2. OK, I gotta say it, if these people were Muslim, what WOULD the wingnuts say?

:)

Answers:
1. They have their eye on a double wide.
2

Well, Mooslims do it all the time!! And they are only Mooslims 'til we can bring them back to the Lord!!

290 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:44:36pm

re: #289 Cannadian Club Akbar

Answers:
1. They have their eye on a double wide.
2

What those boobs cost could have bought a lovely double-wide. I'm just saying.

291 freetoken  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:45:05pm

Follow up on the Great East Japan earthquake:


Fatalities : 15,412 – Missing : 7,475 = Total : 22,887 (down from 23,096 one week ago)

[...]

Combining Global Positioning System (GPS) and acoustic data, we detected very large sea-floor movements associated with this event directly above the focal region. An area with more than 20 meters of horizontal displacement, that is, four times larger than those detected on land, stretches several tens of kilometers long along the trench; the largest amount reaches about 24 meters toward east-southeast just above the hypocenter. Furthermore, nearly 3 meters of vertical uplift occurred, contrary to observed terrestrial subsidence.

[...]

Also 114,000 destroyed buildings, 91,000 partially destroyed buildings and 391,000 damaged buildings, have been counted so far.

For all of you at home, that is around 600,000 buildings damaged or destroyed – a substantial total, with still more to count.

It will take a long time for Japan to absorb all this loss.

292 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:46:29pm

bbiab

293 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 2:55:56pm

re: #288 albusteve

Percy Whetmore.

294 Sheila Broflovski  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 3:32:53pm

re: #285 SanFranciscoZionist

1. Does she have parents, and what on earth is the matter with them?

2. OK, I gotta say it, if these people were Muslim, what WOULD the wingnuts say?

:)

How many years has she been 16?

295 Mentis Fugit  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 8:47:41pm

re: #76 Jeff In Ohio

What your looking for is the GASP!
G raspping
A t
S traws
P ivot
EXCLAMATION POINT


Surely that would be the Grasping At Straws Pixie.

296 MittDoesNotCompute  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 11:39:46pm

re: #216 darthstar

Aw, crap...sorry everybody...I hate talking about football and made a stupid joke about the Lions and the 49ers both sucking...I didn't mean to turn this into an official Testicle Talk.

re: #218 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You're nuts.

I knew you were crazy, but now I can see your nuts...

/Austin Powers to Dr. Evil ;-P

297 troqua  Tue, Jun 21, 2011 7:38:36pm

What's really frightening about this uber-hick is that he served as Chief Justice on Texas' 12th District Court of Appeals. Appointed by Governor Good Hair, who I can't wait to see enter the prez race. That's going to be fun!


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