And now, a second thread for the State of the Union address because the first one is filling up fast, as the President challenges Congress to send him a bill that creates green jobs.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:48:33pm |
I have nothing against environmentally friendly technology, as long as it's an adequate replacement for the old. I don't want you to give me something that's 100% cleaner but 0% as effective.
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Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:48:43pm |
"Responsibility from everybody."
The GOP just felt that boot in their ass.
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:49:18pm |
Smart regulation to prevent irresponsible behavior. Rules to prevent financial fraud, regulate medical devices - make the market better.
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austin_blue Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:49:33pm |
re: #1 thedopefishlives
I have nothing against environmentally friendly technology, as long as it's an adequate replacement for the old. I don't want you to give me something that's 100% cleaner but 0% as effective.
0%? Really?
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:49:45pm |
Totally listening to every word. But damn, not enough shots of Michelle & Warren Buffet's secretary.
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Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:49:59pm |
Please regulate the number of toilet paper options. It is confusing.
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Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:50:17pm |
Ugh, no attempts at humor, Mr. President.
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Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:50:20pm |
re: #3 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
The GOP just felt that boot in their ass.
It's the American way.
/Toby Keith
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BishopX Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:50:29pm |
re: #8 Stanley Sea
we're not there yet... nothing on taxes so far.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:50:47pm |
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:50:49pm |
That milk joke fell flat, but he's right that it's a rule that makes no sense. Oil spills are a different matter -
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Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:51:17pm |
He's going down the Tea Party checklist of gripes against him, kicking them in the balls with every one.
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Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:51:44pm |
Hey Kilgore Trout, this one is for you:
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:51:57pm |
from twitter:
"Did anyone else catch Eric Cantor trying to use his Bizarro Clark Kent super heat vision on President Obama to no avail!?"
"Eric Cantor looks like he's been carrying a 4 day grudge after his guild hung him out to dry in World of Warcraft."
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zora Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:52:05pm |
re: #20 lawhawk
it was a nice lead in to hitting bp for their mess. smile then a jab. i like it.
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Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:52:20pm |
re: #23 WindUpBird
from twitter:
"Did anyone else catch Eric Cantor trying to use his Bizarro Clark Kent super heat vision on President Obama to no avail!?"
"Eric Cantor looks like he's been carrying a 4 day grudge after his guild hung him out to dry in World of Warcraft."
lmao
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jamesfirecat Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:52:31pm |
re: #21 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
He's going down the Tea Party checklist of gripes against him, kicking them in the balls with every one.
Sadly it's gonna be 25 hours till we can see Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's response.
Though I do like his "companies need a living will" line, corporations are people after all!
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moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:52:59pm |
re: #27 jamesfirecat
Sadly it's gonna be 25 hours till we can see Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's response.
Though I do like his "companies need a living will" line, corporations are people after all!
Yeah, I liked that too.
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Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:53:03pm |
re: #23 WindUpBird
"Eric Cantor looks like he's been carrying a 4 day grudge after his guild hung him out to dry in World of Warcraft."
Shorter Obama to Cantor: "LOL n00b. QQ moar."
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jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:53:11pm |
Andy Borowitz @BorowitzReport
"I am proud to report that in addition to bin Laden, I just killed the dude who wrote that milk joke."
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:53:21pm |
And that's another jab at the GOP over the recess appointment (cordray).
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Randall Gross Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:53:30pm |
Drive by, but by my read he's thrown so many gauntlets down to congress that they are going to get whiplash watching them fall.
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Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:53:33pm |
For the record:
I am halfway through my second beer on a mostly empty stomach and I'm peaking in terms of dopamine/seratonin stimulation.
Feels good man.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:53:46pm |
Obama is indirectly addressing many of the crazy wingnut talking points in this speech.
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Interesting Times Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:53:59pm |
@LOLGOP
67% of that natural gas is inside Newt Gingrich.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:54:21pm |
re: #34 Alexzander
For the record:
I am halfway through my second beer on a mostly empty stomach and I'm peaking in terms of dopamine/seratonin stimulation.
Feels good man.
join the lgf hard cores. dont eat till it's too late to matter.
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:54:30pm |
Stop the tax hike on 160 million Americans. And not all the GOP is standing....
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:54:33pm |
Oh look at that--I've managed to put off doing the thing I needed to do for at least twenty minutes.
Shall we go for another twenty more?
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:54:50pm |
re: #35 Charles
Obama is indirectly addressing many of the crazy wingnut talking points in this speech.
A lot of people wonder, why not address them one-by-one as they come? Answer: It's a hell of a lot easier to wait until they're all lined up, then open fire full-auto. It saves ammo.
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SpaceJesus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:54:53pm |
I wonder how many of those people have ever had to measure something in 40 dollars before
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:55:08pm |
re: #34 Alexzander
For the record:
I am halfway through my second beer on a mostly empty stomach and I'm peaking in terms of dopamine/seratonin stimulation.
Feels good man.
the sparklebuzz!
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moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:55:09pm |
Cantor is clearly still sulking from Leslie Stahl telling him that Reagan raised taxes several times. I don't think the poor man has gotten over it.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:55:22pm |
re: #40 EmmmieG
Oh look at that--I've managed to put off doing the thing I needed to do for at least twenty minutes.
Shall we go for another twenty more?
Stay with us Emmmie.
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Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:55:39pm |
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Randall Gross Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:55:48pm |
re: #35 Charles
Obama is indirectly addressing many of the crazy wingnut talking points in this speech.
Yes, he's kicking ass, taking names, and running the table of wingnut campaign issues at the same time.
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jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:56:01pm |
"Our most immediate priority is stopping a tax hike on 160 million working Americans while the recovery is still fragile."
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:56:18pm |
This is the heart of his speech; the rest was window dressing - and this is where the campaign really begins.
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Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:56:25pm |
You just know that, at Newt HQ, they're dancing with glee as Obama beats Mittens soundly 'round the head and shoulders.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:57:11pm |
Thats what's hated. I guy who makes money who wants to pay his share.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:57:13pm |
re: #53 lawhawk
This is the heart of his speech; the rest was window dressing - and this is where the campaign really begins.
It's been quite the barrage of radar-guided troll-seeking missiles already. I can't imagine what he's got in store. The nuclear bomb of anti-troll weaponry.
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Tigger2 Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:57:20pm |
The Republican Rebuttal.
Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators.
Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. The G.O.P. has no new ideas.
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jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:57:21pm |
Lol at Congressmen refusing to applaud 'fairness.'
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Flashmash Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:57:37pm |
Great speech. Hopefully, America and congress are listening.
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Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:57:45pm |
re: #58 Tigger2
The Republican Rebuttal.
Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators.
Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. The G.O.P. has no new ideas.
Don't forget "Obama is the Anti-Christ."
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Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:57:51pm |
re: #54 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
You just know that, at Newt HQ, they're dancing with glee as Obama beats Mittens soundly 'round the head and shoulders.
They're also drinking heavily because they realize that means they'll be the ones in Obama's crosshairs in the general.
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FreedomMoon Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:58:05pm |
OMG!!1! Obama is leading the charge on the war on the wealthy! Class warfare!!
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Interesting Times Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:58:08pm |
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Tigger2 Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:58:14pm |
re: #62 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Don't forget "Obama is the Anti-Christ."
LOL yeah forgot that.
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:58:15pm |
Buffett rule? make a $1 million or more, you pay 30% at a minimum.
You can call this class warfare? I'm calling this common sense that we ask a millionaire to pay as much as his secretary (well, by percentage terms, not dollar figures).
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Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:58:22pm |
re: #64 Lidane
They're also drinking heavily because they realize that means they'll be the ones in Obama's crosshairs in the general.
Do they ever stop drinking heavily?
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:58:28pm |
re: #54 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
You just know that, at Newt HQ, they're dancing with glee as Obama beats Mittens soundly 'round the head and shoulders.
Newt's not immune to all of this. He's receiving some indirect fire as well.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:58:30pm |
Who is the GOP rolling out this time for the official rebuttal attempt?
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jamesfirecat Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:58:43pm |
"Not because they envy the rich"
And that's what we call when the Mitt hits the fan.
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zora Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:58:45pm |
obama: what you call class warfare, regular americans call common sense.
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What, me worry? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:59:02pm |
re: #58 Tigger2
The Republican Rebuttal.
Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators.
Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. Tax Cut For the Job Creators. The G.O.P. has no new ideas.
GOLDWATER! REAGAN!
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:59:04pm |
re: #58 Tigger2
The Job Creators of the Temples of Syrinx
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:59:06pm |
re: #68 lawhawk
Buffett rule? make a $1 million or more, you pay 30% at a minimum.
You can call this class warfare? I'm calling this common sense that we ask a millionaire to pay as much as his secretary (well, by percentage terms, not dollar figures).
Daaamn. He totally went there, didn't he. Certainly not pulling any punches tonight.
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Mocking Jay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:59:21pm |
Funny thing about this is that Romney wouldn't be affected by it at all...
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jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:59:27pm |
re: #68 lawhawk
He should have made it: "common sense that we ask a millionaire to pay the same percentage as his secretary."
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 6:59:50pm |
re: #79 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Governor of Indiana and former OMB for GWB.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:00:06pm |
re: #54 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
You just know that, at Newt HQ, they're dancing with glee as Obama beats Mittens soundly 'round the head and shoulders.
I think there's a chop to the neck in there too.
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Randall Gross Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:00:13pm |
I would not discount that onshore / offshore discussion part -- that's a long note that's going to resonate past the speech.
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jamesfirecat Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:00:40pm |
re: #84 lawhawk
Governor of Indiana and former OMB for GWB.
An extremely unpopular governor (due to his union busting measures) if memory serves....
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:00:43pm |
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:00:48pm |
Ban insider trading by members of Congress (and someone is apparently booing/catcalling?)
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Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:00:56pm |
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FreedomMoon Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:01:13pm |
Weren't both Boehner and Pelosi accused of trading health care stocks prior to the overhaul?
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Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:01:24pm |
And here's Obama, taking Congress behind the wood shed.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:01:40pm |
I can't help but notice all the sly nods to OWS in this SOTU speech
communists and violent anarchists, unite, BRB destroying stuff
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:01:41pm |
re: #89 lawhawk
Ban insider trading by members of Congress (and someone is apparently booing/catcalling?)
Do these people seriously not realize how much they are hated by average Americans because of bullshit like that? Are they really that out of touch? UGH!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:01:57pm |
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Mocking Jay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:01:57pm |
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Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:02:07pm |
I really don't think America has the patience for a speech running over one hour these days. Do you know how many tweets this thing would be?
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:02:09pm |
re: #89 lawhawk
Ban insider trading by members of Congress (and someone is apparently booing/catcalling?)
He's hitting them where it hurts.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:02:19pm |
re: #100 thedopefishlives
Do these people seriously not realize how much they are hated by average Americans because of bullshit like that? Are they really that out of touch? UGH!
They don't care if they're out of touch, because they're getting PAID BABY
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:02:26pm |
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:02:30pm |
Directly dealing with the stalemate of business in the Senate - noting that all judicial nominations get a straight up/down vote within 90 days (good applause there). Executive branch needs to get more efficient; grant him the authority to consolidate parts (Commerce).
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jamesfirecat Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:02:36pm |
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Obdicut Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:02:38pm |
re: #89 lawhawk
Ban insider trading by members of Congress (and someone is apparently booing/catcalling?)
Did someone really boo? I called it.
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Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:02:47pm |
re: #99 WindUpBird
I can't help but notice all the sly nods to OWS in this SOTU speech
communists and violent anarchists, unite, BRB destroying stuff
MAKE TOTAL DESTROY!
(Real Anarchist slogan, well, poorly translated anyway).
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Flashmash Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:02:51pm |
Can we hold the general election tonight? Do I hear an amen?
| 112 |
Jerk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:08pm |
I just doubt the two parties want to give up their money. I'm not so optimistic.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:13pm |
re: #110 Alexzander
MAKE TOTAL DESTROY!
(Real Anarchist slogan, well, poorly translated anyway).
I'm starting a band called make total destroy
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:21pm |
you know, he's our President.
| 116 |
Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:29pm |
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jamesfirecat Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:31pm |
Is Ron Paul there? If so please tell me he didn't applaud the Lincoln line....
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Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:40pm |
re: #96 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
And here's Obama, taking Congress behind the wood shed.
Yo Boehner, I’m really happy for you…Imma let you finish. But Obama just had one of the best lines of all time!
/Kanye
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:43pm |
re: #109 Obdicut
Someone would have to go back and check that portion of the speech on video, but there was some kind of catcall that sounded like a boo. Can't be 100% sure though.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:44pm |
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Obdicut Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:47pm |
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Tigger2 Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:48pm |
re: #84 lawhawk
Governor of Indiana and former OMB for GWB.
Yeah the one that wants to pass a Right to Work Bill here, that even has Republicans vowing to run people to primary any republican that vote yes on the bill. LOL
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:54pm |
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Interesting Times Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:03:55pm |
re: #115 BishopX
I'm not sure that's booing...
Boo-hooing?
/Boehner is in the audience, after all...
| 125 |
Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:04:00pm |
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:04:14pm |
There's a shot at Ron Paul and other GOPers who have no problem with bringing home the pork for their constituents.
| 127 |
Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:04:32pm |
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moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:04:44pm |
re: #118 Lidane
Yo Boehner, I’m really happy for you…Imma let you finish. But Obama just had one of the best lines of all time!
/Kanye
Isn't Newt kinda pulling a Kanye on Willard?
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:04:57pm |
Old white Congressmen looking very disgruntled.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:04:58pm |
re: #125 Alexzander
Really?
No :D
I am trying to write music for a project, but god only knows what the name will end up being
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SpaceJesus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:05:01pm |
re: #109 Obdicut
Someone needs to pan to the gallery so we can find Alito
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Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:05:02pm |
re: #123 thedopefishlives
Oh yeah.
M-M-M-MONSTER KILL!
Ever play Tactical Ops? I think that was what it was called.
| 133 |
Mocking Jay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:05:04pm |
Shorter Obama to Congress: "You guys are fucking this up."
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:05:30pm |
re: #127 Alexzander
:D
I was a big fan of the original Unreal multiplayer, pre UT, Curse being my favorite map of all time, and the flak cannon being my favorite weapon
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:05:31pm |
McConnell is the epitome of out of touch old guy.
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:05:56pm |
re: #133 JasonA
Shorter Obama to Congress: "You guys
are fuckinghave frakked this up." And I'm here to try and fix this
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moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:06:02pm |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:06:05pm |
re: #132 Alexzander
Ever play Tactical Ops? I think that was what it was called.
I have not. I actually don't do a lot of FPS gaming, because I'm not that great at it. Well, at least I wasn't before I went to college. I gradually rose to the level of "passably okay" by the time I graduated.
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zora Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:06:30pm |
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Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:06:36pm |
re: #128 moderatelyradicalliberal
Isn't Newt kinda pulling a Kanye on Willard?
Haha, probably. I hadn't even thought of that.
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FreedomMoon Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:06:39pm |
I wonder if it's only a coincidence that Obama has a red tie and Boehner a blue tie. My color coded mind....can't take it.
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jamesfirecat Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:06:39pm |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:06:45pm |
re: #137 moderatelyradicalliberal
It's passed their cocktail hour.
and free food. wtf, we have to work?
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BishopX Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:06:59pm |
How long until he starts talking about iran? I give it 4 min (10:10).
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:07:06pm |
re: #139 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
And now Assad gets a wake-up call.
There's the lightning. Now he gets to wait for the Rolling Thunder...
/See who gets the reference
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Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:07:11pm |
re: #138 thedopefishlives
I have not. I actually don't do a lot of FPS gaming, because I'm not that great at it. Well, at least I wasn't before I went to college. I gradually rose to the level of "passably okay" by the time I graduated.
I was exceptionally good at the Tactical Ops mod for UT when I was 15. I ran my own clan and everything. I think it had something to do with being left-handed and the world being simpler. Haven't really played a FPS since.
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:07:12pm |
Assad in Syria - forces of change will not be denied.... but he's not going to go the route as he did in Libya. For now at least...
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Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:07:22pm |
re: #146 BishopX
How long until he starts talking about iran? I give it 4 min (10:10).
You're a few minutes off.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:07:59pm |
OK, what is going to be the opposition bitch? oops Iran, the freaking game changer.
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The Shadow Do Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:08:25pm |
What a peculiar exercise the SOTU is. I heartily endorse it on the grounds that it not only highlights our political differences but also celebrates our propensity to debate differences. It really should be read in context for what it is. It is an opportunity for the party in power to highlight its agenda and attempt to set the terms of the coming contests. Pretty cool when you think about it.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:08:44pm |
re: #148 Alexzander
I was exceptionally good at the Tactical Ops mod for UT when I was 15. I ran my own clan and everything. I think it had something to do with being left-handed and the world being simpler. Haven't really played a FPS since.
I sharpened my FPS skills on Counter-Strike and Halo. I'm nothing spectacular, but I can take any one person in a fair fight. My sniping skills are top-notch.
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What, me worry? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:08:44pm |
Who knew Obama would be such a powerful world leader? That was a very pleasant surprise.
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Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:08:50pm |
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:08:59pm |
Iron-clad commitment to Israel. (another jab at the GOP wingnuttery)
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:09:27pm |
more lulz from Hotair:
I hate this man, I can’t even watch anymore. Thank you, all of you who voted for him. You have destroyed our country.
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Daniel Ballard Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:09:47pm |
Our ties with Israel are closer now than the 6 day war or when scuds fell in Israel?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:10:10pm |
re: #155 thedopefishlives
I sharpened my FPS skills on Counter-Strike and Halo. I'm nothing spectacular, but I can take any one person in a fair fight. My sniping skills are top-notch.
I was the rushing spaz with an SMG
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:10:16pm |
Still some members who aren't getting off their asses when he says that America isn't in decline and that opinions of the US are higher than they've been in years... the one indispensible nation in the world.
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zora Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:10:20pm |
obama paraphrase: fuck what the haters say. america is still the shit.
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researchok Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:10:36pm |
re: #156 marjoriemoon
Not at all. Politics and platforms are one thing but he's been outstanding on all matters of national security.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:10:55pm |
re: #164 lawhawk
Still some members who aren't getting off their asses when he says that America isn't in decline and that opinions of the US are higher than they've been in years... the one indispensible nation in the world.
They suck. And we are in trouble because of these me before country peeps.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:11:02pm |
re: #163 WindUpBird
I was the rushing spaz with an SMG
Actually, in CS I was the idiot who picked up the SAW. I learned how to fire it one round at a time, and it was deadly accurate when not fired full-auto. Killed a lot of people that way, they couldn't believe it.
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Tigger2 Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:11:09pm |
re: #159 WindUpBird
more lulz from Hotair:
Lutz and his kind are the ones that have destroyed this Country.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:11:27pm |
re: #158 lawhawk
Iron-clad commitment to Israel. (another jab at the GOP wingnuttery)
I don't get why this is a question or issue. We've stayed close with Israel when we had presidents who were anti-semites.
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:12:23pm |
re: #161 Rightwingconspirator
During the 6 Day War? The US actually wasn't the big arms supplier to Israel at that point - the US became more invested in Israeli security during the Yom Kippur War; the commitment during the First Gulf War was due to Israel being a neutral party in that conflict and coming under attack from Iraq.
We continue providing arms sales and other aid; and Israel is a tech incubator for US companies.
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Mocking Jay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:12:33pm |
re: #172 moderatelyradicalliberal
I don't get why this is a question or issue. We've stayed close with Israel when we had presidents who were anti-semites.
Just say Nixon. We all know who you're talking about...
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jamesfirecat Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:13:32pm |
re: #175 JasonA
Just say Nixon. We all know who you're talking about...
///Really I'm sure he meant Jimmy Carter!
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moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:13:43pm |
re: #175 JasonA
Just say Nixon. We all know who you're talking about...
OK fine, but in fairness he didn't like anybody. Including himself.
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:13:53pm |
re: #172 moderatelyradicalliberal
Because there are some GOPers who question it - and he's trying to shore up his support among Jewish voters who typically vote Democratic, but have slightly shifted to the GOP.
| 181 |
Daniel Ballard Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:13:56pm |
re: #174 lawhawk
During the 6 Day War? The US actually wasn't the big arms supplier to Israel at that point - the US became more invested in Israeli security during the Yom Kippur War; the commitment during the First Gulf War was due to Israel being a neutral party in that conflict and coming under attack from Iraq.
We continue providing arms sales and other aid; and Israel is a tech incubator for US companies.
Ooops. Thanks for the correction.
So, are our ties stronger now? I doubt it.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:14:00pm |
| 183 |
Mocking Jay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:14:29pm |
I love how he reminds us "Oh yeah, Bin Laden's still dead, bitches!"
| 184 |
zora Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:14:56pm |
props for our gay soldiers from the president of the united states of america at a sotu address. yay america. it took us a long time.
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BishopX Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:15:21pm |
re: #181 Rightwingconspirator
If anything like gulf I or the Yom Kippur war happens again, do you doubt the US would be flying supplies in at a record pace?
| 188 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:15:31pm |
re: #159 WindUpBird
more lulz from Hotair:
Look--it has no racial epithets, no cuss words, and no grammar or spelling mistakes.
For Hotair, that's practically Shakespeare.
No, wait, I take that back. The comma should have been a semi-colon.
| 189 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:15:35pm |
re: #180 lawhawk
Because there are some GOPers who question it - and he's trying to shore up his support among Jewish voters who typically vote Democratic, but have slightly shifted to the GOP.
Why are they listening to the GOP? If they are paying attention and watching his actions then their should be no shift. There has been no change in policy. Or are they getting their news from Glen Beck?
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sagehen Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:15:41pm |
Andrew Sullivan
3.25 PM: I just got briefed a little, in a rare moment of outreach from the White House communications team. Everything is embargoed, so no details. And being briefed about the contents is not the same as listening Obama deliver the case. But sheesh. Get some caffeine ready.
5.35 PM: It turns out I shouldn't have blogged that I was even briefed about the SOTU. I thought I just had to keep the contents to myself. One thing you learn pretty quickly about this White House: transparency is a theory, not a reality. Just watch it tonight, as I will (I don't have the text), and make your own mind up, as I will, in real time.
9:00 PM - 10:10 PM: Nothing but complaints. Hates the speech. Hates everything about it. Hates the policy ideas, the rhetoric, they didn't include what he wanted to hear, everything about it sucks like a Hoover. Not that he's bitter about getting a phone call over printing something that had been embargoed.
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Jerk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:15:44pm |
I don't understand right-wingers who want DADT so badly yet still love Israel who have had an openly-gay military for ages.
| 192 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:15:44pm |
"No one built this country on their own!"
Slap across the GOP's face.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:15:45pm |
re: #161 Rightwingconspirator
Our ties with Israel are closer now than the 6 day war or when scuds fell in Israel?
"Our position is neutral in thought, word and deed."
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Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:16:08pm |
re: #183 JasonA
I love how he reminds us "Oh yeah, Bin Laden's still dead, bitches!"
| 196 |
lawhawk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:16:17pm |
Good way to end the speech - to go back to the OBL raid and watching each other's back like the SEAL Team on the raid - working as a team.
This nation is great because we watch each other's back.
Ending strong. The laundry list was what it was...
| 197 |
What, me worry? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:16:30pm |
re: #180 lawhawk
Because there are some GOPers who question it - and he's trying to shore up his support among Jewish voters who typically vote Democratic, but have slightly shifted to the GOP.
What is up with "Forvets" lately? My goodness.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:16:51pm |
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austin_blue Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:16:55pm |
65 minutes. Sweet.
Rebuttal time!
Let's see what they've got.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:17:07pm |
re: #172 moderatelyradicalliberal
I don't get why this is a question or issue. We've stayed close with Israel when we had presidents who were anti-semites.
Because it's used against Obama all the damn time, mainly.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:17:20pm |
re: #199 austin_blue
65 minutes. Sweet.
Rebuttal time!
Let's see what they've got.
Nothing. They've got nothing and they know it. The rebuttal will be a load of bullshit and vitriol.
| 203 |
jamesfirecat Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:17:31pm |
re: #199 austin_blue
65 minutes. Sweet.
Rebuttal time!
Let's see what they've got.
A busted (orange) flush...
| 204 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:17:34pm |
Now, the GOP rebuttal. Then the Tea Party rebuttal from the Heritage Foundation broom closet.
| 205 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:17:55pm |
| 206 |
rwmofo Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:17:57pm |
Dude, wrap it up already. You've increased my taxes four times in the last 20 minutes.
| 207 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:18:05pm |
@FrankConniff
Obama: "Good night, that's my time, thanks for coming out & supporting live oratory. Be sure to tip your lobbyists."
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moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:18:16pm |
re: #198 thedopefishlives
I prefer the cowboy hat one, but I can't remember where it is.
Here you go.
| 209 |
Sheila Broflovski Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:18:26pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:18:47pm |
re: #191 Jerk
I don't understand right-wingers who want DADT so badly yet still love Israel who have had an openly-gay military for ages.
Make 'em watch "Yossi and Jagger", and their minds will explode.
| 212 |
Wozza Matter? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:18:49pm |
re: #206 rwmofo
Dude, wrap it up already. You've increased my taxes four times in the last 20 minutes.
You run an oil company and make $250k+?
| 213 |
rwmofo Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:18:54pm |
Was that Joe Biden up there? Joe Biden is the VP? What? Ronald McDonald was busy?
| 214 |
What, me worry? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:19:03pm |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:19:06pm |
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Alexzander Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:19:16pm |
Where can I watch the repiublican response?
| 218 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:19:18pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:19:32pm |
Did the thing that I was dreading. At least it's over.
I know it's OT, but does anybody else wonder whether Pelosi actually holds dirt on Newt, or is she just blowing hot air. I seem to recall that another woman thought she could end his career with the dirt she held on him. How did that work out?
| 220 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:19:38pm |
re: #193 SanFranciscoZionist
"Our position is neutral in thought, word and deed."
(Sorry, that was the US State Department on the 67 War.)
| 221 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:19:48pm |
LOL, I haven't checked my twitre: #206 rwmofo
Dude, wrap it up already. You've increased my taxes four times in the last 20 minutes.
LIAR
| 222 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:19:58pm |
re: #213 rwmofo
don't you have a framed photo of reagan to kiss or something
| 223 |
What, me worry? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:20:08pm |
| 224 |
Obdicut Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:20:21pm |
re: #222 WindUpBird
don't you have a framed photo of reagan to kiss or something
Reagan raised taxes a lot.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:20:33pm |
re: #206 rwmofo
Dude, wrap it up already. You've increased my taxes four times in the last 20 minutes.
Are you a 1%? Because he doesn't want to raise your taxes.
| 226 |
What, me worry? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:20:36pm |
or you know, just him coming out, all Yosemite Sam screaming "AMERICA, FUCK YEA!!"
Ok, maybe not.
| 227 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:20:43pm |
re: #213 rwmofo
Was that Joe Biden up there? Joe Biden is the VP? What? Ronald McDonald was busy?
Don't hate on our guy because he's awesome.
| 228 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:20:57pm |
re: #221 Stanley Sea
Fuck rowlfo reagan worshipper and lgf anti.
I haven't clicked twitter. 470 new tweets. hoo rah
| 230 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:21:36pm |
re: #224 Obdicut
Reagan raised taxes a lot.
11 times.
But you're think Ronald Reagan the president, not Ronaldus Magnus the campaigner, who always ran against taxes.
| 231 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:21:42pm |
| 232 |
recusancy Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:21:52pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:21:59pm |
re: #230 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
11 times.
But you're think Ronald Reagan the president, not Ronaldus Magnus the campaigner, who always ran against taxes.
MISTER WALL, TEAR DOWN THIS GORBACHEV
| 235 |
rwmofo Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:22:00pm |
I sure am glad he's done with his SOTU speeches. Can't wait until November when we can start to turn things back into the right direction.
Three letters, Joe: "J-O-B-S"
Snort.
| 237 |
Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:22:30pm |
re: #213 rwmofo
Wingnuts outraged. Same shit, different day.
| 238 |
What, me worry? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:22:38pm |
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Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:23:05pm |
re: #235 rwmofo
I sure am glad he's done with his SOTU speeches. Can't wait until November when we can start to turn things back into the right direction.
Three letters, Joe: "J-O-B-S"
Snort.
Ah, you're hopeful for big GOP losses in Congress too?
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Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:23:05pm |
re: #227 SanFranciscoZionist
Don't hate on our guy because he's awesome.
Especially since he has that sweet Trans Am that he washes on the White House Lawn. And getting tossed out of Dave & Busters makes him a rebel, don'tcha know.
/The Onion
| 242 |
Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:23:13pm |
re: #235 rwmofo
Get your head out of your ass and into the real world.
| 243 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:23:33pm |
VIDEO: Boehner looks v. uncomfortable as Obama suggests stopping campaign contribution bundlers from lobbying Congress
| 244 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:23:52pm |
| 245 |
Daniel Ballard Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:23:58pm |
re: #187 BishopX
If anything like gulf I or the Yom Kippur war happens again, do you doubt the US would be flying supplies in at a record pace?
No. If that happens, the ties would then, and only then be comparable.
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prairiefire Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:24:22pm |
The list! The National Laundry List Of Accomplishments in an election year. Now all the nattering nabobs have something to talk about. Election Year, 2012.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:25:08pm |
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palomino Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:25:27pm |
re: #239 Obdicut
Those jobs don't count, even though the growth is all in the private sector, since public sector jobs have declined. You see, these are jobs created in a Dem administration. It runs against calcified gop orthodoxy to consider that anything good could happen under an Obama administration. Thus facts must be denied.
| 250 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:25:33pm |
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sagehen Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:25:40pm |
re: #235 rwmofo
I sure am glad he's done with his SOTU speeches. Can't wait until November when we can start to turn things back into the right direction.
Three letters, Joe: "J-O-B-S"
Snort.
[Link: news.icanhascheezburger.com...]
| 252 |
Daniel Ballard Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:26:30pm |
re: #243 jaunte
VIDEO: Boehner looks v. uncomfortable as Obama suggests stopping campaign contribution bundlers from lobbying Congress
[Video]
Swallowed A Frog, right there
| 254 |
Tigger2 Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:28:20pm |
re: #213 rwmofo
Was that Joe Biden up there? Joe Biden is the VP? What? Ronald McDonald was busy?
I don't know check the Clown Car at your next Republican Debate.
| 255 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:28:27pm |
State of the Union Word Cloud
[Link: www.wordle.net...]
| 257 |
webevintage Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:29:11pm |
But the more important question is how many times did he use "I"?
| 258 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:29:16pm |
FLOTUS might have to check this chick.
| 259 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:29:20pm |
@CharlesMBlow:
Ok, can *anyone* imagine Mitt Romney debating Obama.
Romney's, oh how should I put it, "disfluency" is not going to cut it.
| 261 |
Killgore Trout Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:29:33pm |
Occupy radicals rebuttal to Obama's speech (live stream)
[Link: www.ustream.tv...]
| 262 |
Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:29:34pm |
re: #256 wozzablog
Mitch - "loyal opposition"
STFU.
Seriously. These assholes were calling the President un-American.
Fuck that noise.
| 264 |
Wozza Matter? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:29:43pm |
Mitch - ignoring the job creation figures.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:30:03pm |
re: #264 wozzablog
Mitch - ignoring the job creation figures.
When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. When the facts are not on your side, pound the table.
| 267 |
recusancy Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:30:18pm |
| 268 |
zora Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:30:37pm |
mitch: the president says america fuck yeah and i say america woe is you.
| 270 |
Mocking Jay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:31:05pm |
Mitch gets points for at least looking at the camera.
| 271 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:31:25pm |
"Nation of haves and soon-to-haves"
Ugh.
| 272 |
Wozza Matter? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:31:31pm |
My question to Mitch - Government jobs generally pay more than those at Staples or Sports Authority. Who has the better chance of creating a middle class?
| 274 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:31:35pm |
re: #264 wozzablog
Mitch - ignoring the job creation figures.
Well you know he's a liar. Just ask the unions who believed him when he said he wouldn't turn IN into a right to work state. Hell Obama might win there again.
| 277 |
Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:32:26pm |
re: #271 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
"Nation of haves and soon-to-haves"
Ugh.
WTF is a "soon to have"? Is that someone who maybe might have some money from Supply Side Jesus trickle down to them?
| 278 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:32:41pm |
"Positive and credible plan"? You mean regurgitating a failed 30 year ideology?
| 279 |
Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:32:44pm |
Daniels: 2012 may be our last chance to save America from doom and destruction, and a black President.
| 280 |
Romantic Heretic Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:32:53pm |
re: #54 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
You just know that, at Newt HQ, they're dancing with glee as Obama beats Mittens soundly 'round the head and shoulders.
Which is very smart of Obama. He takes out his strongest competitor before the election. Mitt would be harder to beat than Newt.
Which isn't saying much.
| 282 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:33:02pm |
Is it just me or is Daniels painted up like an old brothel madame. Seriously, who did his make-up?
| 283 |
Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:33:06pm |
Let's face it, My Man Mitch: Obama fired a full round of cruise missiles directly into your talking points. You've got nothing and we all knowi t.
| 285 |
Big Joe Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:33:19pm |
And you soon-to-haves better not cost us haves any money. Go be homeless somewhere else.
| 287 |
recusancy Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:33:37pm |
Business is one of the noblest pursuits. Lol... "What can I do for my country?" Gov. Daniels: "Make money".
Wow.
| 288 |
Big Joe Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:34:03pm |
re: #285 mracb
And you soon-to-haves better not cost us haves any money. Go be homeless somewhere else.
//
| 289 |
Jerk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:34:32pm |
He talked about world temperatures. I need to find the transcript.
| 290 |
Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:35:11pm |
Right wing bloggers across America are now rewinding their TIVOs and counting the number of "I"s in Obama's speech.
| 291 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:35:25pm |
We don't say "change nothing," we say "privatization is not 'reform'"!
| 292 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:35:43pm |
re: #289 Jerk
Here:
"The extremism that stifles the development of homegrown energy, or cancels a perfectly safe pipeline that would employ tens of thousands, or jacks up consumer utility bills for no improvement in either human health or world temperature, is a pro-poverty policy. It must be replaced by a passionate pro-growth approach that breaks all ties and calls all close ones in favor of private sector jobs that restore opportunity for all and generate the public revenues to pay our bills.
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
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recusancy Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:36:02pm |
re: #290 Charles
Right wing bloggers across America are now rewinding their TIVOs and counting the number of "I"s in Obama's speech.
Noonan was already drunkenly doing it on ABC
| 294 |
Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:36:18pm |
| 295 |
webevintage Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:36:31pm |
I feel so much better knowing that we are actually "soon-to-havers".
| 297 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:37:22pm |
"a perfectly safe pipeline"
[Link: articles.latimes.com...]
| 298 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:37:27pm |
re: #295 webevintage
I feel so much better knowing that we are actually "soon-to-havers".
I know. And all it took for the trickle down to work was 30+ years.
//
| 299 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:37:39pm |
My Bullshit-O-Meter just exploded after that last paragraph.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:37:42pm |
re: #295 webevintage
I feel so much better knowing that we are actually "soon-to-havers".
You mean I get to just sit on my butt and my entitlement will come? DREAM COME TRUE!
| 302 |
palomino Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:38:13pm |
re: #296 JasonA
Wait, Obama's been the one dividing us?
Yes, he's cravenly used his race to divide us into two groups: those who can tolerate a black president and those who can't.
| 303 |
Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:38:39pm |
re: #296 JasonA
Wait, Obama's been the one dividing us?
Well duh. He had the nerve to win over the old white guy in 2008.
///
| 304 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:38:44pm |
re: #296 JasonA
Wait, Obama's been the one dividing us?
By being black and funny named and wanting to do the normal shit Democratic presidents tend to want to do.
| 306 |
Obdicut Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:39:03pm |
They're really going with 'soon-to-haves'?
So they're the party of unicorns flying out of the ass now?
| 307 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:39:14pm |
Was this supposed to be a response or a campaign commercial?
| 308 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:39:17pm |
I don't think this VP audition is going well.
| 309 |
Mocking Jay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:40:22pm |
re: #306 Obdicut
They're really going with 'soon-to-haves'?
So they're the party of unicorns flying out of the ass now?
Wait long enough, and a leprechaun shall visit every American with a pot o' gold.
| 310 |
recusancy Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:40:27pm |
Didn't Mitch just say the country sucks? But then he turns around and says we're great? Pick a side fucker.
| 313 |
Wozza Matter? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:40:34pm |
re: #306 Obdicut
They're really going with 'soon-to-haves'?
So they're the party of unicorns flying out of the ass now?
Yeah, closer to offering *everyone* a Unicorn than Obama did.
| 315 |
Velvet Elvis Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:41:04pm |
can't come up with anything better than lightbulbs?
| 316 |
Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:41:15pm |
re: #309 JasonA
Wait long enough, and a leprechaun shall visit every American with a pot o' gold.
I already got mine. Right alongside my Zionist check and the check from the sooper sekrit Communist conspiracy.
| 317 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:41:29pm |
@jamisonfoser
I'll say this: I would totally buy a casket from Mitch Daniels.
| 319 |
Tigger2 Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:41:43pm |
The shining city on the hill has fell down, it's not there anymore.
| 320 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:42:16pm |
Well, that little bit was proof that Daniels was smart not to run this year, because he'd have been savaged at the debates.
| 322 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:42:58pm |
re: #316 thedopefishlives
I already got mine. Right alongside my Zionist check and the check from the sooper sekrit Communist conspiracy.
Where's my goddamned reparations check? My 40 acres and a mule?
| 323 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:43:03pm |
That fraking reverberation's gonna drive me nuts if he doesn't make this short.
| 325 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:43:33pm |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:43:36pm |
re: #321 mracb
Tea Party response by Herman Cain
They really are trying to position themselves as a third party. Good. Maybe the wingnuts will all leave and the adults can play.
| 327 |
Tigger2 Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:43:46pm |
| 328 |
Meitantei Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:44:01pm |
re: #321 mracb
Maybe I'm not that intelligent, but I really can't tell if that's a joke.
| 330 |
Jerk Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:44:12pm |
re: #321 mracb
Tea Party response by Herman Cain
How do you get Herman Cain onto the Tea Party Express bus?
You Poke-him-on
| 331 |
Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:44:13pm |
re: #322 moderatelyradicalliberal
Where's my goddamned reparations check? My 40 acres and a mule?
I eated it.
| 332 |
zora Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:44:38pm |
re: #315 Conservative Moonbat
can't come up with anything better than lightbulbs?
this is the party whose candidates think the government can decide that a child/women should be forced to give birth to a child that's a product of rape or incest but somehow energy efficient light bulbs are government overreach. incredible.
| 333 |
goddamnedfrank Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:45:13pm |
re: #314 mracb
Tea Party response stream after GOP rebuttal
LOL, the audio engineer is high. They're playing the live audio stream and the 10 second delay together at the same time.
| 334 |
SpaceJesus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:45:34pm |
"you're in the tea party and you don't even know it"
| 335 |
moderatelyradicalliberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:45:41pm |
| 336 |
Wozza Matter? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:46:16pm |
Mitch was basically giving the David Cameron speech before he was elected UK Prime minister.
Talking up the debt and using Greece and Spain in the same breath in order to scare the shit out of the populous.
Which is bullshit, all ends up. The UK and the USA have more than enough in the tank in terms of tax revenues they can call on to sort it out without swinging cuts to public services and jobs.
The UK is doing "austerity" right now and we are headed into a double dip recession.
Your guys in the states aren't and you have 8 months of private sector job groth and better trending in other economic factors.
| 337 |
Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:46:26pm |
re: #335 moderatelyradicalliberal
Well I guess I won't quit my job.
You have to work for a living? How dare you. Communist./
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abolitionist Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:46:31pm |
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Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:46:41pm |
So, basically the Tea Party "response" is just the nastier version of the GOP response. Ugh.
| 340 |
SpaceJesus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:46:55pm |
re: #338 abolitionist
it's like being in the tea party is being in the matrix
| 341 |
Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:46:59pm |
re: #332 zora
this is the party whose candidates think the government can decide that a child/women should be forced to give birth to a child that's a product of rape or incest but somehow energy efficient light bulbs are government overreach. incredible.
First they came for the lightbulbs, and I did not speak up because I was not a lightbulb.
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Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:47:32pm |
Ahahahaha....the Freepers are going to have a field day with this:
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jamesfirecat Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:47:53pm |
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jamesfirecat Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:48:27pm |
re: #342 Lidane
Ahahahaha...the Freepers are going to have a field day with this:
///That must have been when he was brainwashed into saying he was brainwashed into supporting the Vietnam war....
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:48:28pm |
It would be awesome if Herman gave his Tea Party response wearing a tricorne hat and pantaloons.
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ProGunLiberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:48:57pm |
re: #336 wozzablog
Although Britain, I have come to realize recently, is much sicker than the US, socially and economically.
| 348 |
Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:49:14pm |
re: #345 Charles
It would be awesome if Herman gave his Tea Party response wearing a tricorne hat and pantaloons.
I would pay money to see this. Honest.
| 349 |
Lidane Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:49:25pm |
re: #346 SpaceJesus
God I missed that creepy Cain smile
Without that creepy campaign guy who smoked, though, it's just not the same.
| 350 |
Velvet Elvis Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:49:57pm |
After the thing with Colbert, I really think cain will do anything for attention.
| 351 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:50:44pm |
@ryanjreilly
Cain, reading from script, criticizes Obama's "scripted rhetoric."
| 352 |
Shiplord Kirel Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:50:46pm |
There was a rousingly patriotic sub-text to tonight's speech.
I would remind you again that Osama bin Laden is not available for a rebuttal, not that Obama is likely to let anyone forget.
| 353 |
researchok Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:51:12pm |
re: #345 Charles
Yeah, that made me laugh out loud.
| 354 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:51:21pm |
We need a solution that is BOLD! Not one that is not-bold!
| 355 |
Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:51:41pm |
| 356 |
Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:52:21pm |
re: #345 Charles
It would be awesome if Herman gave his Tea Party response wearing a tricorne hat and pantaloons.
Only if he did it in character with the terrible accent.
| 357 |
Wozza Matter? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:52:24pm |
re: #347 ProLifeLiberal
Although Britain, I have come to realize recently, is much sicker than the US, socially and economically.
We will have to do point/counterpoint another time, given it's near 4am.
I will say though it depends if you are comparing apples with apples - *all* the people here have access to the prescription medicines they need at a flatcost of £7.50 if they are employed (free if they are not).
That the gap between top and bottom is smaller here than it is there.
| 358 |
ProGunLiberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:52:29pm |
Trending on Twitter.....
Mitch Daniels
#TeaPartyResponse
Shepard Smith
#SOTU
#GOPResponse
Ari Fleischer
My President is BLACK
Roland Martin
God Bless the United States of America
| 359 |
goddamnedfrank Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:52:36pm |
| 362 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:53:57pm |
re: #361 jaunte
Cain: "Stop the blame game." Lol.
"Stop the blame game, Obama, because we want to blame it all on you!"
| 364 |
zora Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:54:27pm |
re: #350 Conservative Moonbat
After the thing with Colbert, I really think cain will do anything for attention.
from the first time i heard him speak i knew he would do anything for attention or money or both. he has no shame, imo.
| 367 |
ProGunLiberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:55:12pm |
re: #357 wozzablog
True on both counts.
My thing here is the fact that there is a real issue with not just radicalization in mosques in the UK, but in in much of society. The riots last year. The growth of the Far Right.
There is something very, very wrong right now in British Society that I can't put my finger on. But I have to think these are all related.
| 368 |
prairiefire Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:55:28pm |
re: #336 wozzablog
Right, which in a weird way might make Obama the Iron Lady.
| 369 |
Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:57:37pm |
Wait, Herman Cain already gave his Tea Party response? Aw, I missed it.
Did he wear a tricorne hat?
| 370 |
Randall Gross Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:58:20pm |
re: #367 ProLifeLiberal
True on both counts.
My thing here is the fact that there is a real issue with not just radicalization in mosques in the UK, but in in much of society. The riots last year. The growth of the Far Right.
There is something very, very wrong right now in British Society that I can't put my finger on. But I have to think these are all related.
It's something that resurfaces periodically when the economy goes south and other stars align. In past lives it was Teddy boys rioting & beating those foreigners up, but later came the mods...
| 371 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:59:20pm |
re: #369 Charles
Wait, Herman Cain already gave his Tea Party response? Aw, I missed it.
Did he wear a tricorne hat?
Nah, it was just another "Cain for President" speech, with a few bits cribbed from the GOP response.
| 372 |
Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:59:25pm |
Stealth jihadis are banning our light bulbs with food stamps!
| 373 |
Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Jan 24, 2012 7:59:59pm |
re: #372 Charles
Stealth jihadis are banning our light bulbs with food stamps!
My bullshit detector exploded. You owe me a new one.
| 374 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:00:21pm |
re: #369 Charles
Wait, Herman Cain already gave his Tea Party response? Aw, I missed it.
Did he wear a tricorne hat?
Tonight he was doing his Sphinx impression:
"You must be like wolf pack, not six-pack."
| 375 |
Wozza Matter? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:00:29pm |
re: #367 ProLifeLiberal
True on both counts.
My thing here is the fact that there is a real issue with not just radicalization in mosques in the UK, but in in much of society. The riots last year. The growth of the Far Right.
There is something very, very wrong right now in British Society that I can't put my finger on. But I have to think these are all related.
The radicalisation of mosques is vastly overrated.
The riots and thee hopelessness of youth are worth a thread to themselves.
The very far right are a fringe and nothing electorally on a national basis, and more undercontrol than in any other multiparty democracy in Europe.
The EDL are milquetoast compared to some of the militias in your wooded areas.
| 376 |
ProGunLiberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:00:36pm |
re: #370 Thanos
Thing is, Britain is "exporting" both to the Continent. There have been attempts by radicalized British Muslims of Terror Attacks in Europe, and British Far-Right Groups have Branches on the continent.
| 377 |
Randall Gross Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:03:05pm |
re: #376 ProLifeLiberal
Thing is, Britain is "exporting" both to the Continent. There have been attempts by radicalized British Muslims of Terror Attacks in Europe, and British Far-Right Groups have Branches on the continent.
Actually the Far Right has been well networked in Europe for the past decade and half, with their youth groups all meeting in one place every summer, etc. Who's the biggest importer or exporter makes for a good debate, which I wish I had time for but I do have to run.
| 378 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:03:31pm |
So, after months of the GOP candidates bitching that Obama is always talking bad about America, what did tonight bring us?
A rousing, patriotic speech from Obama that stands in sharp contrast to the GOP & Tea Party responses that sounded like last rites for the US.
| 379 |
SpaceJesus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:03:42pm |
I don't know if there's anybody who knows less about the economy than Herman Cain
| 380 |
Wozza Matter? Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:03:51pm |
re: #368 prairiefire
Right, which in a weird way might make Obama the Iron Lady.
Hmmmm. You'll have to explain that one to me another time x
| 381 |
ProGunLiberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:04:24pm |
re: #375 wozzablog
Really, cause the Deobandis are in charge of something like 65% of the Masjids in the country, with Salafis having about 6%.
19 out of 25 of the Islamic Seminaries follow Deoband thought, which produces 80% of the Ulema that are domestically trained.
At least in this regard, there is something wrong.
| 382 |
dragonath Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:04:57pm |
re: #190 sagehen
Sullivan was gushing over Paul yesterday. And now he thinks that the Daniels response is better than the SOTU. Hahahahaha.
| 383 |
SpaceJesus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:05:09pm |
Cain is either brilliant at satire, or he has no idea what Colbert is doing
| 384 |
ProGunLiberal Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:05:58pm |
re: #382 dragonath
He's a loon, don't pay attention to him.
| 385 |
Mocking Jay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:06:09pm |
re: #382 dragonath
Sullivan was gushing over Paul yesterday. And now he thinks that the Daniels response is better than the SOTU. Hahahahaha.
Yeah, he's in a weird mood tonight.
| 386 |
zora Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:08:28pm |
re: #382 dragonath
Sullivan was gushing over Paul yesterday. And now he thinks that the Daniels response is better than the SOTU. Hahahahaha.
he must be writing from his cannabis closet. his support of paul is bonkers.
| 388 |
SpaceJesus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:11:22pm |
| 389 |
wee fury Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:12:52pm |
President Obama.
As our elected President -- and as a term of respect for the office -- I cannot just call our Commander in Chief . . . Obama.
But, that is just me.
| 390 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:13:13pm |
re: #387 JasonA
i can soon-to-haz cheezeburger?
The "soon-to-haves" bit is one of those that the GOP's gonna wish hadn't seen the light of day.
| 393 |
Varek Raith Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:15:00pm |
| 396 |
Gus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:15:38pm |
re: #393 Varek Raith
What's up man!?!?!
Not much. Been talking to myself for the most part on Twitter.
| 398 |
freetoken Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:16:16pm |
| 400 |
Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:16:51pm |
New right wing talking point: America must return to the incandescent light bulb standard!
All of America's problems can be traced back to the abandonment of the morally superior incandescent light bulb.
| 401 |
Dancing along the light of day Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:16:56pm |
re: #397 Gus 802
I can't take this Republican stuff anymore! My brain! My brain!
You've got a brain?
LOL!
Hope all is well!
SPLAT@
| 402 |
Gus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:17:13pm |
re: #399 jaunte
Lightbulb?
Brilliant idea! Yep. That and the rest of it. The whole disrespecting on the president prior to the SOTU.
| 403 |
wee fury Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:17:19pm |
I am crabby because the sky is overcast and I cannot see the northern lights tonight.
(Totally Independent statement)
| 404 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:17:22pm |
re: #397 Gus 802
I can't take this Republican stuff anymore! My brain! My brain!
I thought I smelled smoke.
//
| 405 |
Gus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:18:20pm |
And that stuff from Andrew Sullivan comes as no surprise. People think because he wrote that Newsweek piece that all was well in Sullyville.
| 406 |
sagehen Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:19:05pm |
re: #379 SpaceJesus
I don't know if there's anybody who knows less about the economy than Herman Cain
Sarah Palin. Michelle Bachman. Rick Perry.
| 408 |
Varek Raith Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:19:13pm |
re: #404 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
I thought I smelled smoke.
//
Sullivan smoked a whole field of pot.
| 409 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:19:26pm |
re: #322 moderatelyradicalliberal
Where's my goddamned reparations check? My 40 acres and a mule?
There's a guy who has a local home repairs business called '40 Acres And A Mule'. But he uses a van. I would like it if he had an actual mule.
//Probably not all that useful in Contra Costa County these days.
| 410 |
Gus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:19:55pm |
re: #408 Varek Raith
Sullivan smoked a whole field of pot.
Probably. Have you seen his Hitchens tribute?
| 411 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:20:00pm |
re: #408 Varek Raith
Sullivan smoked a whole field of pot.
That bitch! He was supposed to be sharing with me...er, I mean, how horrible!
//
| 412 |
steve_davis Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:20:08pm |
Who is the GOP rolling out this time for the official rebuttal attempt?
It's going to be Captain Pike. The rebuttal will consist of a steady stream of one light or two lights in succession. It's left to the viewer to interpret. Later Leonard Nimoy will be court-martialed for having appeared in Fiddler on the Roof, the only capital crime left on the Russian Orthodox Star Federation books.
| 413 |
Varek Raith Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:20:10pm |
| 415 |
freetoken Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:21:03pm |
re: #400 Charles
New right wing talking point: America must return to the incandescent light bulb standard!
All of America's problems can be traced back to the abandonment of the morally superior incandescent light bulb.
I wonder why they don't campaign for direct current for delivery of electricity, since that was the design of one of their nominal heros, and it was a Russian who wanted alternating current.
| 416 |
Gus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:21:46pm |
@BillGates Bill Gates
.@barackobama Completely agree that government support of low-carbon energy innovation is vital. America can and should lead the way. #SOTU
[Link: twitter.com...]
| 418 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:21:58pm |
re: #415 freetoken
I wonder why they don't campaign for direct current for delivery of electricity, since that was the design of one of their nominal heros, and it was a Russian who wanted alternating current.
Um, who?
Tesla was a Serb.
| 419 |
freetoken Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:22:30pm |
| 422 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:24:33pm |
Oh, and whoever had "War with Iran" in the "When will Eric Cantor get off his ass to applause?" pool, collect your winnings at the front desk.
| 424 |
CarleeCork Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:25:10pm |
re: #422 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
I saw him get up once.
| 425 |
CarleeCork Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:26:29pm |
re: #235 rwmofo
I sure am glad he's done with his SOTU speeches. Can't wait until November when we can start to turn things back into the right direction.
Three letters, Joe: "J-O-B-S"
Snort.
Minimum wage with NO benefits?
| 426 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:26:37pm |
| 427 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:28:26pm |
I figure the next GOP debate will be interesting to watch. At this point, pretty much all of Mitt's "ideas" come with the asterisk next to them that says "Obama supports this as well."
| 428 |
Mocking Jay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:29:36pm |
A reader responds to Sully...
What crawled up your ass and died tonight?
| 429 |
Big Joe Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:30:07pm |
I'm watching Hanity on FN. Their focus audience is what you'd expect, republicans and democrats who dislike the President.
| 430 |
Varek Raith Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:31:47pm |
| 431 |
prairiefire Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:32:32pm |
| 432 |
Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:33:30pm |
Draft Mitch Daniels! Because there aren't enough rich old white Republicans running for President yet.
| 433 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:34:34pm |
re: #432 Charles
Draft Mitch Daniels! Because there aren't enough rich old white Republicans running for President yet.
That's one of the Yahoo commentators was suggesting in the few seconds before he started the response, that Daniels might be putting himself forward in the event of a brokered convention.
| 434 |
Charles Johnson Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:35:52pm |
CFL bulbs are a stealth shariah socialist plot to pollute our precious table lamps. Incandescence or death!
| 435 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:35:56pm |
Colbert on cheering crowds at debates:
"Debates should be more like a wet t-shirt contest... By the way, Newt Gingrich would totally win a wet t-shirt contest."
| 436 |
Mocking Jay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:36:57pm |
WSJ's Moore: Bipartisan Seating At State Of The Union Is "Like Date Rape"
Yeah. Just like it.
Useless shitstain.
| 437 |
jaunte Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:37:00pm |
CFL bulbs make my Edison cylinders look so blue...
| 438 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:37:14pm |
re: #435 jaunte
Colbert on cheering crowds at debates:
"Debates should be more like a wet t-shirt contest... By the way, Newt Gingrich would totally win a wet t-shirt contest."
One of these days, I'm gonna become rich and famous by discovering a way to stab out one's own mind eye.
| 439 |
The Yankee Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:38:11pm |
re: #400 Charles
New right wing talking point: America must return to the incandescent light bulb standard!
All of America's problems can be traced back to the abandonment of the morally superior incandescent light bulb.
Do you have any idea how many people that work for the EZ-bake over got laid off because of this. Not a laughing matter///
| 440 |
Gus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:38:28pm |
Why should their constituents care? Are they reading under an incandescent light bulb?. No. They're all sitting in front of their television all day long watching Fox News.
| 441 |
abolitionist Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:38:32pm |
re: #434 Charles
CFL bulbs are a stealth shariah socialist plot to pollute our precious table lamps. Incandescence or death!
I have a few, but I'm trying to hold out for inexpensive and efficient LED lighting.
| 442 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:40:38pm |
It is humorous watching Republicans argue against new regs that control mercury emissions from coal power plants get their knickers in a twist over CFLs because breaking one releases a minute amount of mercury.
| 443 |
The Yankee Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:40:39pm |
re: #440 Gus 802
Are you the same Gus that owns the Los Pollos Hermanos chain of restaurants?
| 444 |
Gus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:42:54pm |
re: #443 The Yankee
Are you the same Gus that owns the Los Pollos Hermanos chain of restaurants?
Nope! I'm the owner of Bolsas Calientes™! Y Sabado Gigante!
| 445 |
Mocking Jay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:44:30pm |
re: #443 The Yankee
Very brave thing you did, throwing out a Breaking Bad joke not knowing whether or not your target had ever seen it...
| 446 |
The Yankee Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:45:12pm |
re: #444 Gus 802
Nope! I'm the owner of Bolsas Calientes™! Y Sabado Gigante!
My suggestion to you is don't piss off old people and stay out of old folk homes understood......
| 447 |
Gus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:50:21pm |
The GOP present an oversimplified view of the world. It is full of catch phrases and cliches and ideas that have been conserved -- many since the age of antiquity. They're even referential to Bronze Age ideas. Their words are like porn for the soul of their constituency.
| 448 |
Gus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:55:17pm |
re: #89 lawhawk
Ban insider trading by members of Congress (and someone is apparently booing/catcalling?)
Really? So Obama is basically supporting the Stock Act? Booing? That's actual authored by a Republican. One of the few things that came out of the GOP in recent years. But Cantor and others are opposed to it.
| 449 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:55:52pm |
re: #442 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
It is humorous watching Republicans argue against new regs that control mercury emissions from coal power plants get their knickers in a twist over CFLs because breaking one releases a minute amount of mercury.
That's actually an interesting thought experiment to put forth to Republicans. Namely, if you took the number of CFLs whose mercury content would equal the amount of mercury pumped out by a single coal plant in a year, and used them to replace an equal number of incandescent bulbs of identical wattage, how many coal power plants could be shut down due to the energy savings?
| 450 |
Gus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:57:03pm |
They actually booed Ron Paul's "golden rule" quote. That was interesting as well. Regardless of how you feel about the context and Ron Paul it really was the "golden rule" of "do onto others..." It's surprising to see many who I assume are Christians in the audience boo that. Again, outside of Ron Paul. This was in South Carolina.
| 451 |
Gus Tue, Jan 24, 2012 8:57:56pm |
But knowing them they were probably booing the moral equivalency or perception therein.
| 452 |
Wozza Matter? Wed, Jan 25, 2012 6:13:23am |
re: #381 ProLifeLiberal
Really, cause the Deobandis are in charge of something like 65% of the Masjids in the country, with Salafis having about 6%.
19 out of 25 of the Islamic Seminaries follow Deoband thought, which produces 80% of the Ulema that are domestically trained.
At least in this regard, there is something wrong.
Unfortunately, I am for freedom of religion. Open hatred and incitement is cracked down upon here, but if that's not happening I don't pay much heed to religious affairs. They bore me quite frankly.
One must remember though, that there are still schools in the UK which do teach open hatred and fear, those are in Northern Ireland and have done more damage to the UK than any number of Mosques or Islamic seminaries ever will.
The hatred between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland is still a hot war war in many places and while there are regular riots among white Christians that cause damage and spread tremendous fear and uncertainty about economic investment and community cohesion. I shall be paying more heed to those than the internal wrangles of a minority faith in the UK of whom I know many many members that are all perfectly well adjusted to the western world and tremendously more so than many of the Christians in Northern Ireland/.
| 453 |
Wozza Matter? Wed, Jan 25, 2012 6:35:35am |
re: #452 wozzablog
Unfortunately, I am for freedom of religion. Open hatred and incitement is cracked down upon here, but if that's not happening I don't pay much heed to religious affairs. They bore me quite frankly.
One must remember though, that there are still schools in the UK which do teach open hatred and fear, those are in Northern Ireland and have done more damage to the UK than any number of Mosques or Islamic seminaries ever will.
The hatred between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland is still a hot war war in many places and while there are regular riots among white Christians that cause damage and spread tremendous fear and uncertainty about economic investment and community cohesion. I shall be paying more heed to those than the internal wrangles of a minority faith in the UK of whom I know many many members that are all perfectly well adjusted to the western world and tremendously more so than many of the Christians in Northern Ireland/.
"Unfortunately" because there is still organised religion in this day and age, it's not something I'm a fan of at all in general terms but while it exists people are free to practice as they wish within boundaries laid down by law.
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