Right Wing Idiocy of the Day: ‘Obama Ate Dog, Liberal Dumbass!’

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If you think the proper answer to Mitt Romney’s abuse of his dog is to point out that Barack Obama ate dog meat as a child in Indonesia, you might be a wingnut.

Seriously, right wing bloggers. This is the most pathetic example of “I’m rubber, you’re glue” politics I’ve seen yet. You’re kidding, right?

Of course, they’re not kidding. They think equating a child eating dog meat to a grown man torturing and abusing a helpless animal is perfectly logical.

Received this morning through the LGF contact form, from an admirer who used the email address “youRsuchAnIdiot@Dumbass.com” and the subject “show us a dog’s view from Obama’s dinner plate:”

Hey dumbass why don’t you show us what it looks like when a dog is prepared for dinner. Obama ate dog. He even stated it in his book. LMAO Liberal dumbass!

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1 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:48:13am

Seamusgate isn't a huge deal to me but if this dummy thinks there's equivalency between Obama's actions as a boy with his stepdad in a foreign nation and Romney's as a 40 year old father then there's something not functioning.

2 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:51:50am

Its not like he ever tossed chipmunks into a popcorn popper while in college.

3 Sheila Broflovski  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:51:57am

My kids, if they didn't like what the rest of the family was having for dinner, had the option of "peanut butter sandwich" or "Cheerios."

Maybe they didn't have peanut butter or Cheerios in Indonesia.

4 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:52:10am

Don't think my program of rewarding the tip jar for hatemail is going to make it through the election. Switching to random reinforcement.

5 lawhawk  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:52:19am

Reposted:

Can't discuss until I've done both. /

Considering that some cultures will eat stuff that others wont, I'm not particularly shocked that Indonesians can and do eat dog, or that Obama did so while in Indonesia (and it's not like this is some surprise or amazing revelation - it was in his book that came out years back).

However, American values on animal cruelty are something that most people are familiar with (being in America and all) - and most wouldn't treat their own pets like that.

To further expand on this, note that Obama was a child at the time he admitted to eating dog, and wasn't in any position to argue otherwise. That compares with Romney, who was an adult at the time the incidents occurred with his dog.

One thing is not like the other.

6 nines09  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:52:28am

The GOP/TP could not operate or function without being "outraged" or foisting fear and loathing. I shudder to think what would happen if we had an event such as this. I'm sure the steady leadership and thoughtful members would act reasonably.

7 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:54:05am

Lewis and Clark ate dogs. Are they terrible American secret Muslims too?

8 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:54:07am

He was the child of an anthropologist. Anthro kids get all the best mammals.

9 allegro  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:55:20am

I think Romney's treatment of the family pet is a big deal in that it demonstrates to me a lack of good judgment and a lack of empathy to the point of depraved indifference to the life and well-being of a living critter in his care. That he thought this was a funny story some years later that he felt demonstrated his ability to deal with crises emphasizes those disturbing qualities. I have a number of other reasons I would not vote for the man, but these are included in the list.

10 engineer cat  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:58:54am

show us a dog’s view

how long will morons be allowed to be the face of one of america's great political parties?

11 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:59:16am

re: #9 allegro

I think Romney's treatment of the family pet is a big deal in that it demonstrates to me a lack of good judgment and a lack of empathy to the point of depraved indifference to the life and well-being of a living critter in his care. That he thought this was a funny story some years later that he felt demonstrated his ability to deal with crises emphasizes those disturbing qualities. I have a number of other reasons I would not vote for the man, but these are included in the list.

I really think if he had said "And you know what I learned a lesson that day" he wouldn't get the flack he's gotten on the issue but laughing? It only reinforces the image of him as an uncaring jerk.

12 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:59:45am

re: #10 engineer cat

show us a dog’s view

how long will morons be allowed to be the face of one of america's great political parties?

Dunno. Rand will probably replace his father.

13 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:00:38am

Is there a blog at Dumbass.com? Is that one of the stalker blogs?

14 Charles Johnson  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:01:00am

Jim Treacher, who wrote that stupid article for the Daily Caller linked above, actually posted TWELVE updates to it.

Treacher is one of those wingnuts who constantly tweets brain-dead insults at me on Twitter, while simultaneously calling me "irrelevant" etc.

15 erik_t  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:01:06am

re: #13 wrenchwench

Is there a blog at Dumbass.com? Is that one of the stalker blogs?

Hoft's new website.

16 makeitstop  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:02:58am

re: #13 wrenchwench

Is there a blog at Dumbass.com? Is that one of the stalker blogs?

There's a line of wingnuts around the block vying for that domain.

17 erik_t  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:03:30am

I can only assume that the next attack will be plastering this on Wisconsin billboards.

Cheaper, more effective, entirely less deranged. Can haz PR job?

18 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:03:36am

This is rather absurd because I found semi-popular reference to this as far back as 2007, 2008. It's a passage in his book in which he describes,

With Lolo, I learned how to eat small green chill peppers raw with dinner (plenty of rice), and, away from the dinner table, I was introduced to dog meat (tough), snake meat (tougher), and roasted grasshopper (crunchy).

This took place somewhere around the time that Obama was 8 years old and living in Indonesia. Whatever one feels about either this or the Seamus story there is a big difference between the experience of an 8 year old boy in a foreign land where dog meat not an uncommon staple and a 36 year old mature adult. In any case, it's false to say "Obama eats dog meat." I tried sheeps brains once and nearly puked.

19 Bulworth  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:04:38am

This election season is really gonna suck.

20 b_sharp  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:04:41am

re: #2 Kragar

Its not like he ever tossed chipmunks into a popcorn popper while in college.

Doing that is wrong?

Oops!

21 iossarian  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:04:54am

I've always thought that the fixation on not eating dogs is a bit weird. I mean, I can understand why people are squeamish about it, but let's face it, a dog is pretty much on a similar sentience level as a lot of other animals that people have no problem farming for meat.

22 Shropshire_Slasher  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:05:04am

Was it a free range dog?
/

23 Sheila Broflovski  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:05:34am

In a lot of foreign countries, street vendors sell "some kinda meat on a stick." These are very popular, even with tourists.

24 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:05:55am

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25 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:06:14am

And all of the people who've never heard of Seamus now will. Stupid wingnuts!!!

26 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:06:54am

re: #21 iossarian

I've always thought that the fixation on not eating dogs is a bit weird. I mean, I can understand why people are squeamish about it, but let's face it, a dog is pretty much on a similar sentience level as a lot of other animals that people have no problem farming for meat.

I think it's because we're so used to seeing dogs as our best friends. I understand the taboo. Beating Obama up over it on the other hand is painfully stupid.

27 Bulworth  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:07:31am

It will be interesting to watch the rightwing establishment rally behind Multiple Choice Mittens. Such principle! /

28 Sheila Broflovski  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:08:06am

To illustrate: when Zedushka was a teenager, he hitchhiked through Europe. One of his fondest memories is riding the ferry from Brindisi (Italy) to Patras (Greece) and getting off the ferry where vendors were selling some kinda meat on a stick, which they were broiling right out by the sea, so the aroma wafted to the ferry passengers. He ate a bunch of those sticks.

I asked him if he knew what kind of meat it was (never mind it wasn't kosher) and he said "I dunno, lamb? Goat?"

29 Kronocide  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:09:41am

On Glenn Beck radio this AM:

Ted Nugent called in, then dog jokes.

30 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:10:06am

re: #28 Learned Mother of Zion

To illustrate: when Zedushka was a teenager, he hitchhiked through Europe. One of his fondest memories is riding the ferry from Brindisi (Italy) to Patras (Greece) and getting off the ferry where vendors were selling some kinda meat on a stick, which they were broiling right out by the sea, so the aroma wafted to the ferry passengers. He ate a bunch of those sticks.

I asked him if he knew what kind of meat it was (never mind it wasn't kosher) and he said "I dunno, lamb? Goat?"

I know exactly what it was... DELICIOUS.

31 Bulworth  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:10:37am

re: #29 Kronocide

On Glenn Beck radio this AM:

Ted Nugent called in, then dog jokes.

Sounds uplifting. //

32 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:10:41am

[Link: content.usatoday.com...]
Sorry to go OT but this is what I mean by gun fetishism. You don't need your gun at the swimming pool.

33 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:11:12am

re: #29 Kronocide

On Glenn Beck radio this AM:

Ted Nugent called in, then dog jokes.

Can always count on the nation's crier for maturity.

34 Shropshire_Slasher  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:11:19am

re: #28 Learned Mother of Zion
Prolly cat.
Cats and rabbits look the same when butchered.

35 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:11:52am

re: #18 Gus

With Lolo, I learned how to eat small green chill peppers raw with dinner (plenty of rice), and, away from the dinner table, I was introduced to dog meat (tough), snake meat (tougher), and roasted grasshopper (crunchy).

There's the answer to the Republican War on Caterpillars!

37 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:12:51am

re: #36 Kragar

Barber: 'The Secularist Left are Bullies' Who Need to be Punched in the Mouth

Mr. Barber accusing anyone of bullying amuses me.

38 Bulworth  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:13:18am

re: #36 Kragar

Barber: 'The Secularist Left are Bullies' Who Need to be Punched in the Mouth

Does he mean the Secular Islamocist Fascist Left or the Secular Radical Liberalist Left?

39 Artist  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:13:33am
40 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:13:37am

If you've got an adventurous spirit and the yen to try dog meat, this is the place to go. The name of the restaurant translates as Energy Soup or Food because of the benefits believed to be derived from eating dog. -- 23d Chemical Battalion, Korea

I'll bet "Uncle Jimbo" had some dog meat.

41 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:13:43am

re: #37 HappyWarrior

Mr. Barber accusing anyone of bullying amuses me.

Anybody who uses the word 'secularist' amuses me.

42 iossarian  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:13:55am

re: #32 HappyWarrior

[Link: content.usatoday.com...]
Sorry to go OT but this is what I mean by gun fetishism. You don't need your gun at the swimming pool.

If you ban guns from swimming pools, then only that tough kid who tried to give you a noogie when you went down the water slide will have a gun.

43 Sheila Broflovski  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:13:59am

re: #30 Kragar

I know exactly what it was... DELICIOUS.

You've taken the Brindisi-Patras ferry?

44 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:14:08am

re: #37 HappyWarrior

Mr. Barber accusing anyone of bullying amuses me.

"Kettle, this is Pot. You are black, over."

45 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:14:17am

Considering that Obama was a child in Indonesia when this happened (if true) this is a nontroversy IMO. He would have had no idea what he was being fed.

Jim Treacher is an idiot.

46 Bulworth  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:14:45am

Barber: the radical secularist left are a bunch of bullies for not letting us bully teh gay.

47 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:15:01am

re: #43 Learned Mother of Zion

You've taken the Brindisi-Patras ferry?

I've taken that ferry, but I didn't eat the meat on a stick until I got to Athens. I'm pretty sure it was lamb (or mutton).

48 Kronocide  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:15:04am

re: #36 Kragar

Barber: 'The Secularist Left are Bullies' Who Need to be Punched in the Mouth

That's Trirony:

They are bullies, but pussies, so they need to be bullied back by being punched in the mouth.

49 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:15:11am

re: #41 wrenchwench

Anybody who uses the word 'secularist' amuses me.

"Secular Shariah" is my favorite. 1, it makes no sense, 2 the alliteration, and 3 it combines two ill-founded fears to make one.

50 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:15:16am

re: #20 b_sharp

Doing that is wrong?

Oops!

Experience is something you get right after you needed it.

51 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:15:23am

re: #43 Learned Mother of Zion

You've taken the Brindisi-Patras ferry?

Same guys were right off base in Korea. I know for sure it was the same guys, they had the same meats on sticks.

52 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:16:13am

re: #21 iossarian

I've always thought that the fixation on not eating dogs is a bit weird. I mean, I can understand why people are squeamish about it, but let's face it, a dog is pretty much on a similar sentience level as a lot of other animals that people have no problem farming for meat.

Monkey brains? Primate lunch at its finest.

53 iossarian  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:16:21am

Time to cease contemplation of failtropolis for a little while. Sayonara.

54 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:16:35am

re: #51 Kragar

Same guys were right off base in Korea. I know for sure it was the same guys, they had the same meats on sticks.

The same guys sell tamales out of a bucket in Mexico.

Oh, wait. Those were women.

Good tamales, though. Same meat.

55 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:16:42am

re: #50 RayFerd

Experience is something you get right after you needed it.

56 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:17:07am

re: #51 Kragar

Same guys were right off base in Korea. I know for sure it was the same guys, they had the same meats on sticks.

My 14 yr old made Yongson Preventive Medicine put in for 2ID. Every freakn' fry stand in Itaewon.

57 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:19:13am

Nothing wrong with meat from edible breeds of dogs, which I presume it was.

58 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:19:49am

re: #57 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

Nothing wrong with meat from edible breeds of dogs, which I presume it was.

Which breeds are not edible?

59 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:20:07am

In Soviet Russia your homework ate your dog.

60 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:20:23am

re: #58 wrenchwench

Which breeds are not edible?

N/i.

61 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:20:25am

re: #36 Kragar

Barber: 'The Secularist Left are Bullies' Who Need to be Punched in the Mouth

And they are murders that need to be shot in the back of the head. And thieves that need all their possessions taken away from them. And liars that need to have their reputation taken apart with falsehoods. And ....


Geezzz, do they even listen to themselves.

62 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:22:00am

re: #57 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

Nothing wrong with meat from edible breeds of dogs, which I presume it was.

Cuisine of Dog Meat

63 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:22:08am

I've said it before but it must be miserable to be someone like Barber and hate so many fellow Americans because of ideology. I dislike conservative ideology but I am not going to refuse to see good in someone simply because of political disagreement.

64 Sheila Broflovski  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:22:20am

re: #61 RayFerd

And they are murders that need to be shot in the back of the head. And thieves that need all their possessions taken away from them. And liars that need to have their reputation taken apart with falsehoods. And ...

Geezzz, do they even listen to themselves.

Let's all get together, and make bullying kill itself...

65 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:22:49am

re: #59 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

In Soviet Russia your homework ate your dog.

Only in Home Ec.

66 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:24:32am

re: #64 Learned Mother of Zion

Let's all get together, and make bullying kill itself...

And scream out against noise pollution.

67 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:24:40am
68 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:24:53am

Myself I'd opt for the pan fried tofu with rice and vegetables.

69 erik_t  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:24:54am

re: #59 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

In Soviet Russia your homework ate your dog.

Maybe if you're a veterinary student.

70 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:25:26am

re: #67 NJDhockeyfan

Ted Nugent to meet with Secret Service

Autograph hunters.

71 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:25:26am

re: #69 erik_t

Maybe if you're a veterinary student.

Or Frankenstein Jr.

72 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:25:35am

re: #67 NJDhockeyfan

Ted Nugent to meet with Secret Service

Any word on if he's crapping himself before the meeting, just to be on the safe side?

73 Sheila Broflovski  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:26:15am

re: #68 Gus

Myself I'd opt for the pan fried tofu with rice and vegetables.

PETA hasn't chimed in on this issue, probably because no naked women are involved.

74 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:27:12am

re: #49 HappyWarrior

"Secular Shariah" is my favorite. 1, it makes no sense, 2 the alliteration, and 3 it combines two ill-founded fears to make one.

Not just combines, but compounds!

75 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:27:33am

Where's the bell that gets rang for new subscribers?

76 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:28:26am

re: #47 wrenchwench

I've taken that ferry, but I didn't eat the meat on a stick until I got to Athens. I'm pretty sure it was lamb (or mutton).

You ate meat from cute blue-eyed baby lambs? How can you live with yourself?

P.S. Was it yummy?

///

77 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:28:38am

re: #58 wrenchwench

Which breeds are not edible?

I have heard that there is some obscure part of the Italian Alps where people raise a special breed of dog (like a St. Bernard) and cure it into dog ham.

78 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:28:40am

re: #74 Expand Your Ground

Not just combines, but compounds!

Yes, Richard Dawkins will be creep secularism on us whlie forcing us to eat halal meat.

79 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:33:22am

I've been all over the world at one time or another. I consider myself to have good insight into, and respect for, other nations and cultures. There is an exception to this, however. I am very squeamish about food. If it's not Texas-Mexican home cooking, I am at least suspicious of it. I know, the Aztecs made tacos out of those disgusting little hairless dogs of theirs, but that was a long time ago. They gave up that and human sacrifice at about the same time, which seems fitting to me.

OK, I'll admit that Philly, Chicago, and NYC have good grub, too, but most other places are neolithic camp sites or cannibal warrens by comparison.

As for English food, I think the great explorers like Drake, Hawkins, etc. fanned out across the globe and started the British empire mostly because they were looking for something decent to eat.

80 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:33:44am

re: #58 wrenchwench

Which breeds are not edible?

Don't know, but I have read that Chihuahuas were bred as emergency food for the Aztecs. Best use I can imagine for them... ///

81 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:34:50am

re: #77 Expand Your Ground

I have heard that there is some obscure part of the Italian Alps where people raise a special breed of dog (like a St. Bernard) and cure it into dog ham.

New to me. Weirdest we did was just rare horse and sparrow-on-a-stick for All Souls Day.

82 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:35:00am

re: #79 Shiplord Kirel

As for English food, I think the great explorers like Drake, Hawkins, etc. fanned out across the globe and started the British empire mostly because they were looking for something decent to eat.

British food in recent years has improved considerably, especially the selection in the supermarkets: most any kind of Indians/Asian/Oriental foods can be found there, conveniently portioned and packeaged.

83 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:35:12am

re: #80 William Barnett-Lewis

Don't know, but I have read that Chihuahuas were bred as emergency food for the Aztecs. Best use I can imagine for them... ///

I'm still holding out for genetically crossbreeding them with piranhas and fielding a tide of yipping death for security purposes

84 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:35:36am

re: #83 Kragar

I'm still holding out for genetically crossbreeding them with piranhas and fielding a tide of yipping death for security purposes

Okay, Dr. Evil.

85 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:36:00am

re: #80 William Barnett-Lewis

Don't know, but I have read that Chihuahuas were bred as emergency food for the Aztecs. Best use I can imagine for them... ///

Image: 138046d1306097539-im-pissed-hot-dog-puppy-hotdog-bun.jpg

86 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:36:08am

Note to self: Go for the chili-mac at the Dem fundraiser.

87 erik_t  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:36:13am

re: #82 Expand Your Ground

British food in recent years has improved considerably, especially the selection in the supermarkets: most any kind of Indians/Asian/Oriental foods can be found there, convenienly potrioned and packeaged.

I hope the BNP and other folks out in Real Britain eat only spotted dick and the like.

/

88 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:36:13am

re: #3 Learned Mother of Zion

My kids, if they didn't like what the rest of the family was having for dinner, had the option of "peanut butter sandwich" or "Cheerios."

Maybe they didn't have peanut butter or Cheerios in Indonesia.

My sister would have starved to death as a young teen if it wasn't for hotdogs and american cheese. My moms version of "peanut butter or cheerios." ;)

89 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:36:17am

re: #80 William Barnett-Lewis

Don't know, but I have read that Chihuahuas were bred as emergency food for the Aztecs. Best use I can imagine for them... ///

Think about it: back in the days before refrigeration, a terrier or a spaniel would have been too much for dinner and would have gone off right away. A Chihuahua is just the right size for a family meal.

90 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:36:52am

re: #81 Decatur Deb

New to me. Weirdest we did was just rare horse and sparrow-on-a-stick for All Souls Day.

that article on canine cuisine says it is actually up in the Swiss Alps.

91 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:38:01am

re: #90 Expand Your Ground

that article on canine cuisine says it is actually up in the Swiss Alps.

Fido Fondue.

92 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:38:30am

re: #87 erik_t

I hope the BNP and other folks out in Real Britain eat only spotted dick and the like.

/

along with toad in the hole, bubble and squeak, and cock-a-leeky.

93 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:38:48am

re: #85 Gus

Ok, had to save that one ;)

94 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:39:15am

re: #93 William Barnett-Lewis

Ok, had to save that one ;)

Yeah. It's pretty cute.

95 ReamWorks SKG  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:41:03am

I don't have any strong opinion on this. I just wanted to say "Greetings from Las Vegas, NV"

I'm here for the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) tradeshow. Here's the lovely view out my window at the Encore.

Image: 7091160255_03d3477a9a_c.jpg

In the foreground is a half-finished hotel that lost funding. This is one of the most disgusting places on the planet.

96 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:42:13am
Right Wing Idiocy of the Day

I know this is a frequent topic, and occasionally we have a thread where people reminisce about various outrageous outrages of the past, like 'Obama's War on Sportfishing' and the like. It would be nice to have a master list somewhere to see how many there have been in just the last four years.

97 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:42:59am

re: #80 William Barnett-Lewis

Don't know, but I have read that Chihuahuas were bred as emergency food for the Aztecs. Best use I can imagine for them... ///

And whatever is left over you take home in a doggie bag.

98 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:43:26am

re: #96 jaunte

I know this is a frequent topic, and occasionally we have a thread where people reminisce about various outrageous outrages of the past, like 'Obama's War on Sportfishing' and the like. It would be nice to have a master list somewhere to see how many there have been in just the last four years.

What's 365 times 3.37

99 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:43:39am

re: #96 jaunte

I know this is a frequent topic, and occasionally we have a thread where people reminisce about various outrageous outrages of the past, like 'Obama's War on Sportfishing' and the like. It would be nice to have a master list somewhere to see how many there have been in just the last four years.

We did that a while back, about the time the Imperial Fleet went to India w/ FLOTUS. Barely a good start, by now.

100 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:43:56am

re: #98 HappyWarrior

Alinskyzillion?

101 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:44:50am
102 abolitionist  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:45:11am

re: #79 Shiplord Kirel

[snip] As for English food, I think the great explorers like Drake, Hawkins, etc. fanned out across the globe and started the British empire mostly because they were looking for something decent to eat.

Not buying that. Before canning and refrigeration, dining options aboard ships were severely constrained. It would take a lot of good eating to make up for that.

103 Charles Johnson  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:45:30am

There's actually a Twitter hashtag for this "Obama ate a dog" stupidity. Prepare for a deluge of derp:

[Link: twitter.com...]

104 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:45:38am

re: #102 abolitionist

Not buying that. Before canning and refrigeration, dining options aboard ships were severely constrained. It would take a lot of good eating to make up of that.

Sled dogs.

105 Charles Johnson  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:46:06am

One hashtag wasn't enough to contain all the fail:

[Link: twitter.com...]

106 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:46:37am

re: #100 jaunte

Alinskyzillion?

Don't look at me. But the point obviously is there's always one. I mean some of them felt Obama's Bin Laden address made Americans miss the Apprentice. Because you know, getting the planner of 9-11 and FBI's number one is so trivial compared to Donald Trump firing Gary Busey which was only the most important thing in the history of the world.

107 Romantic Heretic  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:46:50am

re: #36 Kragar

Barber: 'The Secularist Left are Bullies' Who Need to be Punched in the Mouth

Why do the wingnuts assume they'll be able to punch liberals (i.e. any one who disagrees with them) in the mouth with impunity? They seem to believe that because 'liberals' are generally anti-violence that 'liberals' are incapable of violence.

News for you guys. This 'liberal' had spent much of his adult life studying violence. It's why I'm anti-violence. But I'm more than capable of it if I deem it necessary.

108 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:48:25am

re: #60 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

N/i.

??

109 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:49:49am

re: #95 ReamWorks SKG

I don't have any strong opinion on this. I just wanted to say "Greetings from Las Vegas, NV"

I'm here for the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) tradeshow. Here's the lovely view out my window at the Encore.

Image: 7091160255_03d3477a9a_c.jpg

In the foreground is a half-finished hotel that lost funding. This is one of the most disgusting places on the planet.

What used to be the crappy area, 'downtown', has gotten pretty nice, relatively speaking.

110 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:51:22am

re: #104 Decatur Deb

Sled dogs.

Don't eat the liver! The vitamin A levels (or was it vitamin D?) can be deadly.

111 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:51:27am
112 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:52:27am

re: #111 Gus

Missouri: Tea Party Republicans favor puppy mills

But but Obama ate a dog! You stupid libtards!

114 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:54:03am

re: #111 Gus

Republicans would remove the requirement that dogs get "unfettered access" to an exercise area outdoors. Even more disturbing, Tea Party Republicans would remove requirements that the water be "free of debris, feces, algae, and other contaminants." In addition, the new legislation removes the requirement that the dog's living space be cleaned of waste at least once a day.

They're remarkably consistent in their treatment of the helpless.

115 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:54:41am

Dog is man's best friend and should not be abused. Certainly not eaten.

116 Targetpractice  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:55:26am

OT:

Today's "Projecting More Than An Imax Theater" statement comes from our ol' favorite, John Boehner:

Boehner accuses Obama of ‘bogeyman’ re-election strategy

Republican House Speaker John Boehner charged that President Barack Obama's re-election strategy will be to "pull out every bogeyman they can" to scare voters and distract them from economic issues. The speaker made the remarks in a CBS News interview aired Wednesday.

Boehner, who hails from Ohio, spoke out as Obama traveled to the critical battleground state to defend his handling of the Great Recession, the top issue on voters' minds heading into the general election campaign.

"The president's going to try to make the election about anything other than his failed economic policies, because he can't run on his record," the speaker told CBS News. "And so they're going to pull out every bogeyman they can."

117 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:55:37am

re: #115 EdDantes

Dog is man's best friend and should not be abused. Certainly not eaten.

I am against horse meat stews too.

118 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:56:30am

re: #110 wrenchwench

Don't eat the liver! The vitamin A levels (or was it vitamin D?) can be deadly.

Heh. The Second Infantry Division in South Korea ripped off the Alaska command safety manual, including the warning on Polar Bear liver. (Vitamin A)

119 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:56:34am

1967, Mike Wallace hosting a CBS documentary on "The Homosexuals"

120 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:56:44am

Cows are the Enemy.

121 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:58:33am

re: #116 Targetpractice

OT:

Today's "Projecting More Than An Imax Theater" statement comes from our ol' favorite, John Boehner:

Boehner accuses Obama of ‘bogeyman’ re-election strategy

I hope that's soon to be Minority Leader Boehner. Guy can't even control his own caucus.

122 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:59:30am

re: #115 EdDantes

What kind of sexist pig uses a leggy redhead as an avatar?

123 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:00:27pm

re: #117 NJDhockeyfan

I am against horse meat stews too.

The horse has figured prominently in our history and deserves a measure of reverence.

124 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:01:18pm

re: #123 EdDantes

The horse has figured prominently in our history and deserves a measure of reverence.

Just keep them away from France!

125 Mattand  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:01:19pm

Charles:

I just looked at Treacher's page with its attendant updates. You've cost me countless brain cells. You owe me.

In fact, that page is so stupid, my ability to type coherently may be fayding ;do9f'p meF90QEfj sdvmkaefp9uqR SDVM;'efj]Fj
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126 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:01:30pm

So Obama published the bit with eating dog in his autobiography years ago, but the right is only flipping out about it now? This says a lot about the guys and where they get their information.

127 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:02:12pm

re: #122 Decatur Deb

What kind of sexist pig uses a leggy redhead as an avatar?

Your kind.

128 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:02:15pm

re: #115 EdDantes

Dog is man's best friend and should not be abused. Certainly not eaten.

..and...and STOP calling them Weiner Dogs!!!
/

129 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:03:15pm

re: #122 Decatur Deb

What kind of sexist pig uses a leggy redhead as an avatar?

This Guy!

130 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:04:00pm

re: #126 Expand Your Ground

It's only a ginned-up story because Romney has dog troubles.

131 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:05:06pm

re: #130 jaunte

It's only a ginned-up story because Romney has dog troubles.

says a lot about these guys. even things obama reveals voluntarily are treated as some sort of scandal,,,

132 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:05:13pm
133 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:05:17pm

re: #128 reloadingisnotahobby

Mmmm hot dogs.

134 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:06:43pm

re: #120 jaunte

Cows are the Enemy.

They are always plotting. Fucking bovine.

135 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:06:45pm

re: #133 EdDantes

Mmmm hot dogs.

136 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:07:12pm

re: #131 Expand Your Ground

"As a child, he allowed himself to be taken to Indonesia, and fed unusual food."

137 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:08:25pm

re: #136 jaunte

"As a child, he allowed himself to be taken to Indonesia, and fed unusual food."

wonder if he travelled there in a pet carrier strapped to the roof of the plane...

138 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:08:55pm

re: #133 EdDantes

Mmmm hot dogs.

...it's a FRANKFURTER you animal abuser....you!

139 Charles Johnson  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:09:37pm
140 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:09:57pm

re: #137 Expand Your Ground

LOL..ya ever ridden on a bus in Peru??

141 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:10:05pm

re: #135 NJDhockeyfan

Are you saying I'm old just 'cause I remember that commercial? Ya wild kid, ya!

142 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:11:28pm

re: #139 Charles Johnson

how'd it taste?

143 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:12:13pm

re: #141 EdDantes

Are you saying I'm old just 'cause I remember that commercial? Ya wild kid, ya!

I remember it to ;)

144 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:12:27pm

re: #142 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

how'd it taste?

Like chicken!

145 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:13:03pm

re: #141 EdDantes

Say...I remember that comm....DAMN!

146 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:13:12pm

re: #142 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

how'd it taste?

Image: kfc+bucket+of+chicken.gif

147 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:13:34pm

Dog food stocks get a bounce:

House panel okays $33 billion in food stamp cuts

A congressional panel approved about $33 billion in cuts over 10 years from food assistance programs in a partisan vote that signaled Republican members' preference to trim social programs instead of farm programs or defense spending this year.

148 Charles Johnson  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:13:58pm

re: #142 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

how'd it taste?

Kind of like venison or some other wild game. You wouldn't confuse it with chicken.

149 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:14:40pm

re: #115 EdDantes

Dog is man's best friend and should not be abused. Certainly not eaten.

Nah, it's OK.

150 Obdicut  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:14:40pm

I've had guinea pig.

And rabbit. My dad loves rabbits, so I always feel slightly guilty when I eat rabbits. But I just don't mention it to him.

151 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:15:54pm

re: #148 Charles Johnson

Special breeds, right?

152 dragonath  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:16:31pm

re: #25 Hoodies for Justice. T

And all of the people who've never heard of Seamus now will. Stupid wingnuts!!!

Yeah, these maroons can't help it. They HAVE to put it in front of everybody's face. I remember after Scott Brown got elected, I was seeing billboards going up saying "Thank you Massachusetts". Then Democrats got pissed off and passed ACA.

Keep pissing people off wingnuts. You're the political equivalent of the boastful pro wrestler who gets hit from behind with a metal chair.

153 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:16:34pm

Food taboos are silly.

154 lawhawk  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:16:34pm

re: #140 reloadingisnotahobby

Ever been to a Turkish prison? /capt. oveur

155 Obdicut  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:16:34pm

re: #115 EdDantes

Dog is man's best friend and should not be abused. Certainly not eaten.

Abused, definitely not. Eaten depends on what's available.

Nobody thinks goat is that weird to eat, and goats are pretty freaking smart. Many breeds of them, anyway.

156 S'latch  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:16:47pm
157 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:16:55pm

re: #144 NJDhockeyfan

Like chicken!

It really does.

We were having a BBQ with a Korean Marine Battalion he had been training and they had a whole table of fried "chicken". Everyone had some when someone pointed out there were tons of drumsticks and no wings in sight.

158 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:17:10pm

re: #155 Obdicut

Abused, definitely not. Eaten depends on what's available.

Nobody thinks goat is that weird to eat, and goats are pretty freaking smart. Many breeds of them, anyway.

Pigs may be smarter than dogs.

159 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:17:24pm

re: #148 Charles Johnson

Kind of like venison or some other wild game. You wouldn't confuse it with chicken.

Must depend on the breed and how its cooked.

160 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:17:43pm

LOL.

161 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:17:49pm

re: #140 reloadingisnotahobby

LOL..ya ever ridden on a bus in Peru??

Joey, have you ever been in a... in a Turkish prison?

162 Obdicut  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:17:58pm

re: #158 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

Pigs may be smarter than dogs.

Oh, right, pigs. Yeah, pigs are really smart too, and they make great pets.

You can even housebreak a lot of the breeds.

163 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:18:00pm

re: #153 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

Don't eat the raw cassava.

164 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:18:32pm

re: #163 jaunte

Don't eat the raw cassava.

I would never eat casu marzu, but who am I to tell Sicilians not to eat it?

165 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:18:51pm

re: #153 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

Food taboos are silly.

Not the one about cannibalism. That's not silly.

166 lawhawk  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:19:35pm

re: #158 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

Jules: But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
Vincent: Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true?
Jules: Well we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherfuckin' pig. I mean he'd have to be ten times more charmin' than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm sayin'? /pulp fictioning....

167 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:19:56pm

re: #154 lawhawk

Ever been to a Turkish prison? /capt. oveur

I went there too (not the Turkish prison).

168 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:20:41pm

re: #150 Obdicut

I've had guinea pig.

And rabbit. My dad loves rabbits, so I always feel slightly guilty when I eat rabbits. But I just don't mention it to him.

Ah, bunnies. Squirrels are good but bunny is better. A double barrel, some #6 shot & a little light corn breadding in the dutch oven. Serve with gravy. Nom, nom, nom!

169 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:21:39pm

re: #153 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

Food taboos are silly.

Yet inevitable or understandable. In American culture we don't eat dog meat. Instead we'll gladly eat beef cattle. Swing on over to India and we'll find that it's a taboo to even harm a cow. In many Asian nations, dog meat is not uncommon. It's a matter of respecting other cultures. I guess it's really a form of food xenophobia. It's all relative to the culture we live in.

170 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:21:43pm

re: #168 William Barnett-Lewis

Ah, bunnies. Squirrels are good but bunny is better. A double barrel, some #6 shot & a little light corn breadding in the dutch oven. Serve with gravy. Nom, nom, nom!

TED?? You post here?? WTF!!

171 dragonfire1981  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:22:20pm

I haven't looked at the Tweets on this, but I'm concerned that, even though it's a relatively non issue, it could play into the "africans are savages that will eat just about anything" notion that some racist elements buy into.

172 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:22:53pm

re: #169 Gus

Yet inevitable or understandable. In American culture we don't eat dog meat. Instead we'll gladly eat beef cattle. Swing on over to India and we'll find that it's a taboo to even harm a cow. In many Asian nations, dog meat is not uncommon. It's a matter of respecting other cultures. I guess it's really a form of food xenophobia. It's all relative to the culture we live in.

Cannibalism could have been part of someone's culture of 2,000 years. I don't care. No.

173 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:23:21pm

Dsylexic Evangelicals outraged by latest Romney statement

Romney: Campaign Will Be ‘About Jobs, Not Dogs’

174 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:23:37pm

re: #172 Mostly sane, most of the time.

Cannibalism could have been part of someone's culture of 2,000 years. I don't care. No.

Wasn't thinking about that actually.

175 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:24:20pm

First they eat dogs. Then they will eat humans!

176 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:24:27pm

re: #173 Kragar

Dsylexic Evangelicals outraged by latest Romney statement

Romney: Campaign Will Be ‘About Jobs, Not Dogs’

Is it okay to ask about the jobs at Bain?

177 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:25:14pm

re: #174 Gus

Wasn't thinking about that actually.

We all are NOWW!!
Thanks Emmie....LOL

178 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:25:23pm

re: #175 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

First they eat dogs. Then they will eat humans!

The slippery slope of non-anglospheric meat consumption!

//

179 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:25:47pm

re: #172 Mostly sane, most of the time.

Cannibalism could have been part of someone's culture of 2,000 years. I don't care. No.

The Beginning Was the End!

180 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:26:01pm

re: #178 Gus

The slippery slope of non-anglospheric meat consumption!

//

Throw pineapple pizza lovers in Gitmo!

181 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:26:16pm

re: #176 HappyWarrior

I don't think anyone is asking Romney yet specifically how he would have turned the economy around any faster than it's going now.

182 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:26:30pm

re: #175 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

First they eat dogs. Then they will eat humans!

You said food taboos were silly. I was pointing out that it is possible for a food taboo to be not silly.

Kind of like how sati was a custom. Didn't make it right. FMG is a custom. Doesn't make it right.
Frankly, someone else can eat insects, I don't care, just don't ask me to. I'm an America: Oink, Moo, Cluck, Glub.

183 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:27:19pm

re: #182 Mostly sane, most of the time.

You said food taboos were silly. I was pointing out that it is possible for a food taboo to be not silly.

Yeah, sheesh, you wrote two comments on cannibalism though obviously nobody had it in mind.

184 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:27:25pm

re: #172 Mostly sane, most of the time.

Cannibalism could have been part of someone's culture of 2,000 years. I don't care. No.

There is no Catholic prohibition on it. Has to be done correctly, of course.

185 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:27:48pm

Idi Amin is not available for comment.

186 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:28:26pm

re: #181 jaunte

I don't think anyone is asking Romney yet specifically how he would have turned the economy around any faster than it's going now.

I would love to know. Romney to me is what Truman said of his party- Grand Old Platitudes.

187 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:28:30pm

re: #183 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

Yeah, sheesh, you wrote two comments on cannibalism though obviously nobody had it in mind.

Maybe I'm actually a squirrel and this thread has set me off? It's the internet--how would you know?

188 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:29:11pm

Donner party! Your table is ready.

189 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:29:50pm

re: #188 Gus

My chianti and fava beans are ready.

190 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:30:15pm

re: #178 Gus

The slippery slope of non-anglospheric meat consumption!

//

Now I gotta go look up anglospheric.....tick tock.....
....OH!

191 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:30:17pm

re: #188 Gus

Donner party! Your table is ready.

Being as a I am a history major, I happen to know that there are cultures that ate people.

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

192 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:30:18pm

re: #181 jaunte

I don't think anyone is asking Romney yet specifically how he would have turned the economy around any faster than it's going now.

Cut taxes, abolish government regulations, and voila: jobs, jobs jobs.

What else do you need to know?

193 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:30:22pm

Ten updings to the first lizard who finds a rwnj claim that the Prez tried cannibalism on his visit to Kenya.

194 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:31:30pm

re: #188 Gus

Donner party! Your table is ready.

They're all in the bar, getting Blitzened...

195 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:31:34pm

re: #191 Mostly sane, most of the time.

Being as a I am a history major, I happen to know that there are cultures that ate people.

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

OK. But I was talking about food food.

196 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:31:52pm

re: #193 Decatur Deb

Ten updings to the first lizard who finds a rwnj claim that the Prez tried cannibalism on his visit to Kenya.

...with photo's and current news paper in hand??

197 leftynyc  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:31:57pm

re: #155 Obdicut

Abused, definitely not. Eaten depends on what's available.

Nobody thinks goat is that weird to eat, and goats are pretty freaking smart. Many breeds of them, anyway.

I unwittingly ate goat a couple of years ago. My friend and I were at our favorite restaurant in Mykonos, sitting at the bar waiting for our table and while chatting with the bartender (it's a family owned restaurant and we've been going for years), she put a plate of "nosh" down and we ate it. Only later did I find out it wasn't lamb (which is what it tasted like to me). Very tender.

198 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:32:12pm

re: #195 Gus

OK. But I was talking about food food.

Oh--like 1940's Europe?

199 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:32:43pm

re: #191 Mostly sane, most of the time.

Being as a I am a history major, I happen to know that there are cultures that ate people.

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

Your minds goes in strange directions! *eyes Emmie suspiciously*

///

200 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:33:07pm

re: #188 Gus

Donner party! Your table is ready.

They had to cancel due to snow.

201 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:33:17pm
202 Daniel Ballard  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:33:23pm

re: #193 Decatur Deb

Ten updings to the first lizard who finds a rwnj claim that the Prez tried cannibalism on his visit to Kenya.

Near miss with Onion?
Near miss from 2008...

203 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:34:17pm

re: #184 Decatur Deb

There is no Catholic prohibition on it. Has to be done correctly, of course.

Involving transubstantiation?

204 sagehen  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:34:20pm
205 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:34:26pm

re: #193 Decatur Deb

Ten updings to the first lizard who finds a rwnj claim that the Prez tried cannibalism on his visit to Kenya.

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

President Bone-in-the-Nose probably has eaten human meat as well. Dude is a Kenyan savage and an uncivilized cannibal.

POSTED BY: CAPITALG | APRIL 18, 2012, 4:54 AM 4:54 AM

206 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:34:30pm

Also. Eating a Cessna 150 is bad. Very bad.

207 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:35:11pm

re: #193 Decatur Deb

[Link: www.topix.com...]

"Did Obama ATE HUMAN FLESH in Kenya?"

208 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:35:21pm

I have a rule ...
Never name an animal you intent to eat...
Never eat an animal your CHILDREN have named....

209 Killgore Trout  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:35:35pm

"Avast ye scurvy dog!"
Image: chsOr.jpg

210 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:35:37pm

re: #119 Kragar

1967, Mike Wallace hosting a CBS documentary on "The Homosexuals"

[Embedded content]

The "Warren Adkins" interviewed in this report is actually the pioneer gay rights activist Jack Nichols, co-founder of the DC branch of the Mattichean Society. He led the first gay rights march on the White House in 1965, and developed the earliest links between gay rights and various liberal churches. He was later a writer and columnist. He died in 2005.

211 dragonath  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:36:21pm

re: #193 Decatur Deb

I'm finding lots of barely illiterate screeds, like this.

[Link: www.topix.com...]

Oh, man. Obama eats horses? WTF?

212 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:36:43pm

re: #208 reloadingisnotahobby

I have a rule ...
Never name an animal you intent to eat...
Never eat an animal your CHILDREN have named...

and don't name your children if it looks like a hard winter...

213 abolitionist  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:36:58pm

re: #208 reloadingisnotahobby

I have a rule ...
Never name an animal you intent to eat...
Never eat an animal your CHILDREN have named...

Sorry Charlie. (Tuna commercial)

214 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:37:01pm

re: #206 Gus

Also. Eating a Cessna 150 is bad. Very bad.

Humph...Never killed Godzilla...

215 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:37:05pm

Rock break, needs to be done

216 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:37:11pm

re: #203 wrenchwench

Involving transubstantiation?

More literal. The question arose after the soccer team aircrash in the Andes. No harm, no foul if the victim died innocently. The hypothetical of self-sacrifice was left unresolved, IIRC.

217 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:38:03pm

re: #214 reloadingisnotahobby

Humph...Never killed Godzilla...

Whew. That's just too weird. Started watching a video about him. Freaky shit. The man was disturbed.

218 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:38:08pm

re: #205 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

Close enough--there's one to start.

219 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:38:33pm

re: #216 Decatur Deb

More literal. The question arose after the soccer team aircrash in the Andes. No harm, no foul if the victim died innocently. The hypothetical of self-sacrifice was left unresolved, IIRC.

OK in my book, too, in those circumstances.

220 Eventual Carrion  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:38:49pm

re: #192 Expand Your Ground

Cut taxes, abolish government regulations, and voila: jobs, jobs jobs.

What else do you need to know?

How to put out the fire that just started in the creek that is running by my house? Frickin' Frackers.

221 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:38:57pm

re: #216 Decatur Deb

More literal. The question arose after the soccer team aircrash in the Andes. No harm, no foul if the victim died innocently. The hypothetical of self-sacrifice was left unresolved, IIRC.

Of course, after you crush the guy's head in the middle of the night so you can eat him, you can tell the rescuers any story you like as you crack another rib for the marrow.

222 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:40:09pm

Which reminds me, Ravenous was a great movie.

223 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:40:51pm

re: #216 Decatur Deb

More literal. The question arose after the soccer team aircrash in the Andes. No harm, no foul if the victim died innocently. The hypothetical of self-sacrifice was left unresolved, IIRC.

Oh, it's a famous legal-philosophical case: [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

224 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:41:19pm

re: #220 RayFerd
WATER would be a good start....Just not the beer!
Hope it gets handled ASAP

225 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:41:45pm

re: #218 Decatur Deb

The second one is a direct hit, though the original post is probably gone, but one sentence is quoted as well as the name of the topic.

226 sagehen  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:41:48pm

re: #197 leftynyc

I unwittingly ate goat a couple of years ago. My friend and I were at our favorite restaurant in Mykonos, sitting at the bar waiting for our table and while chatting with the bartender (it's a family owned restaurant and we've been going for years), she put a plate of "nosh" down and we ate it. Only later did I find out it wasn't lamb (which is what it tasted like to me). Very tender.

My brother's dog ate our neighbor's goat.

Well... actually, he ate half the goat. Left the other half on their front lawn. We weren't rural people, this was an upscale suburb and neighbor-girl had a pet for her 4H project.

The dog was gone the next day. Dad told us he gave it to the Army... but in hindsight, I'm pretty sure that was a lie.

227 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:43:13pm

re: #148 Charles Johnson

in other words slightly gamey, i love venison so I'd probably like it *shrugs*.

228 sagehen  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:43:40pm

re: #206 Gus

Also. Eating a Cessna 150 is bad. Very bad.

Obviously. The 172 is superior in every way.

229 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:43:52pm

Charles is palling around with people who support cannibalism !!derp!

230 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:43:53pm

re: #206 Gus

I love the Cessna 150. My second flying lesson was in that.

231 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:44:17pm

re: #229 Decatur Deb

No doubt.

232 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:44:46pm

re: #228 sagehen

Obviously. The 172 is superior in every way.

Loved the 180 tail-dragger jumpship at Xenia DZ.

233 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:44:51pm

So, what kind of wingnut is CSUH2001?

234 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:45:02pm

re: #230 EdDantes

I love the Cessna 150. My second flying lesson was in that.

First lesson end badly eh??

235 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:45:38pm

re: #232 Decatur Deb

Loved the 180 tail-dragger jumpship at Xenia DZ.

Real pilots fly tail-draggers.

236 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:46:19pm

re: #228 sagehen

Obviously. The 172 is superior in every way.

Piper all the way...higher in fiber too...

237 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:46:56pm

Breaking: Dick Clark died. 82

238 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:47:12pm

re: #234 reloadingisnotahobby

First lesson end badly eh??

Nah. My first lesson was in a Cherokee 140

239 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:47:14pm

re: #228 sagehen

Obviously. The 172 is superior in every way.

As an aviation connoisseur, I think nothing can equal the exquisite texture and spiciness of barbecued Beech Bonanza. We have them all the time here in Texas.

240 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:47:21pm

re: #237 Gus

Breaking: Dick Clark died. 82

heart attack? Sounds sudden.

241 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:47:44pm

re: #235 EdDantes

Real pilots fly tail-draggers.

Blatant attempt to change the subject....to sex...

242 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:47:51pm

re: #235 EdDantes

Real pilots fly tail-draggers.

The pilot had everyone push forward against the firewall for takeoff.

243 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:47:58pm

re: #239 Shiplord Kirel

As an aviation connoisseur, I think nothing can equal the exquisite texture and spiciness of barbecued Beech Bonanza. We have them all the time here in Texas.

Pan fried Beech Bonanza. Yummie.

244 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:48:01pm

re: #237 Gus

Breaking: Dick Clark died. 82

Fuck! Pardon my French. But, Fuck!

245 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:48:35pm

Dick Clark has died, heart attack

246 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:48:55pm

I see Hayweird is on a down-dinging rampage again.

247 dragonath  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:49:11pm

Here's a name that means CANNIBAL DOG MAN

[Link: babynames.merschat.com...]

Isn't that cute?

248 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:49:43pm

re: #239 Shiplord Kirel

As an aviation connoisseur, I think nothing can equal the exquisite texture and spiciness of barbecued Beech Bonanza. We have them all the time here in Texas.

...Vintage "V" tail is always superb!!

249 lawhawk  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:50:33pm

Wow. Dick Clark passed away at age 82. Quite the legend. He helped set music interests for generations and introduced some of the most famous acts in the world to the public. Hosted the New Year's Eve bash even after having a stroke. Pretty amazing life. RIP

250 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:50:56pm

re: #233 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

So, what kind of wingnut is CSUH2001?

Butthurt with access to a dinger kind.

251 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:51:25pm

re: #247 Beware the Green Dragon!

Here's a name that means CANNIBAL DOG MAN

[Link: babynames.merschat.com...]

Isn't that cute?

Hawaiian, of course. You know who claims to come from Hawaii.

252 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:51:32pm

...R.I.P.

253 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:51:52pm

re: #251 Decatur Deb

Hawaiian, of course. You know who claims to come from Hawaii.

Ahaaa...

254 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:52:06pm

Hehe.

255 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:52:08pm

re: #248 reloadingisnotahobby

...Vintage "V" tail is always superb!!

EXACTLY! The fork-tailed doctor-killer in all its glory (has quite a few lawyers and rock stars to its credit too).

256 wrenchwench  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:52:51pm

re: #254 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

Hehe.

It's a trap!!

257 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:53:05pm

re: #229 Decatur Deb

Reminds me of a sci-fi tale "A Boy and his dog" IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!
//

258 sagehen  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:53:56pm

re: #230 EdDantes

I love the Cessna 150. My second flying lesson was in that.

I've never been in the 150, is it much different than the 152?

I loved that 152, so sporty, but slipstream/crosswind landings always freaked out my dates. Taking him up in a stodgy 172 is much more likely to get me a 2nd date. (also, they never enjoy stall-and-recovery demonstrations. Men scare much easier than they're willing to admit.)

259 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:54:39pm

re: #257 Darth Vader Gargoyle

Reminds me of a sci-fi tale "A Boy and his dog" IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!
//

Obama's favorite fast food joint? Checkers!
//

260 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:55:36pm

"So, Mr. President, where shall we go to eat?" "I know a great Spot."
//

261 Lidane  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:55:58pm

This is so stupid. You simply can't compare a child eating whatever his parents fed him in Indonesia as a child to a grown adult torturing a dog to death through callous disregard for that dog's safety and sanity.

262 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:56:43pm

re: #261 Lidane

This is so stupid. You simply can't compare a child eating whatever his parents fed him in Indonesia as a child to a grown adult torturing a dog to death through callous disregard for that dog's safety and sanity.

You're not a wingnut. You won't understand.

263 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:57:31pm

re: #220 RayFerd

How to put out the fire that just started in the creek that is running by my house? Frickin' Frackers.

you see? more jobs putting out creek fires!

264 Charles Johnson  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:58:18pm

Dick Clark has died:

[Link: www.tmz.com...]

I played on American Bandstand in 1980, with Stanley Clarke:

[Link: www.dickclarklicensing.com...]

(Well, not really "played," it was lip-synced like all AB performances.)

265 Interesting Times  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:59:41pm
266 Obdicut  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:59:46pm

re: #264 Charles Johnson

Were you playing bass?

267 Talking Point Detective  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:59:58pm

re: #1 HappyWarrior

Seamusgate isn't a huge deal to me but if this dummy thinks there's equivalency between Obama's actions as a boy with his stepdad in a foreign nation and Romney's as a 40 year old father then there's something not functioning.

Agreed. I find trying to make some kind of substantial statement by focusing on "Seamusgate" to be silly. There's enough completely and utterly bankrupt in Romney's political ideology to do the job. Libz should stay out of the stupid rhetoric game, because the frightwing is much, much better at it. Not that the frightwing would stop this kind of idiocy if libz stopped doing it, but the frightwing actually motivates people with this kind of non-serious nonsense because they have a huge media mouthpiece that will promote this stuff with no shame whatsoever.

On a tangential note, a while back I was talking to a Japanese student (she's a medical biological researcher) about the movie "The Cove," which depicts what seems to most Americans (me included) as cruel hunting of dolphins where they're herded into a cove and slaughtered in water that runs red with blood.

She pointed out that it seemed to her hypocritical for Americans to be so outraged when we (well, most of us) turn a blind eye to the cruelty of the poultry and meat industries. I'm not sure that the parallel is precise, but I do think that she has a point. Our collective moral smugness is pretty hard to defend at times.

268 Charles Johnson  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:00:19pm

re: #266 Obdicut

Were you playing bass?

Heh, no - whoever wrote that got confused.

269 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:01:47pm

re: #268 Charles Johnson

Heh, no - whoever wrote that got confused.

Here's another one...

[Link: www.dickclarklicensing.com...]

270 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:02:02pm

re: #268 Charles Johnson

Heh, no - whoever wrote that got confused.

So I guess we need to drop the bass?

271 MittDoesNotCompute  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:03:02pm

re: #249 lawhawk

Wow. Dick Clark passed away at age 82. Quite the legend. He helped set music interests for generations and introduced some of the most famous acts in the world to the public. Hosted the New Year's Eve bash even after having a stroke. Pretty amazing life. RIP

The man was a unqualified success in broadcasting; he had his hands in a lot of stuff.

272 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:03:30pm

re: #264 Charles Johnson

Big photo:

Image: 22381.jpg

273 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:04:18pm

re: #266 Obdicut

Were you playing bass?

You can't play a fish, moron!

274 Talking Point Detective  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:04:26pm

Don Cornelius and Dick Clark within a couple of months. Seems fitting to me, somehow.

275 Talking Point Detective  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:05:01pm

re: #273 EdDantes

You can't play a fish, moron!

True, but you can tune-a-fish.

276 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:05:14pm

re: #274 Talking Point Detective

Don Cornelius and Dick Clark within a couple of months. Seems fitting to me, somehow.

New Years Eve won't be quite so rockin in the future.

277 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:05:41pm

re: #275 Talking Point Detective

True, but you can tune-a-fish.

Holy mackerel! Not a pun thread!

278 Daniel Ballard  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:05:53pm

Oh man. Rest In Peace Dick Clark

Sure watched him a lot back when.

279 Talking Point Detective  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:06:33pm

re: #277 Darth Vader Gargoyle

Holy mackerel! Not a pun thread!

I got a haddock from the last one.

280 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:07:42pm

re: #1 HappyWarrior

Seamusgate isn't a huge deal to me but if this dummy thinks there's equivalency between Obama's actions as a boy with his stepdad in a foreign nation and Romney's as a 40 year old father then there's something not functioning.

Where is the "gate" here? Is this some embarrqassing or dark secret that has just surfaced? No, it is something he wrote himself in his autobiography, which no wingnut has read to date, they are just having fun with a new dogwhistle, so to speak.

281 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:07:44pm

re: #279 Talking Point Detective

I got a haddock from the last one.

He was covered in mussels. This guy was steamed, I could see the anchor in his eyes.

282 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:07:55pm

Olympic organizers wanted Keith Moon to play for the 2012 Opening Ceremonies.

Luckily, they have a fall back plan and are going to get Amy Winehouse instead.

283 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:08:17pm

re: #280 Expand Your Ground

Where is the "gate" here? Is this some embarrqassing or dark secret that has just surfaced? No, it is something he wrote himself in his autobiography, which no wingnut has read to date, they are just having fun with a new dogwhistle, so to speak.

Technically it is more of a dinner bell than a dog whistle.
//

284 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:09:16pm

re: #274 Talking Point Detective

Don Cornelius and Dick Clark within a couple of months. Seems fitting to me, somehow.

I didn't know that Don Cornelius had passed on. Another loss from my youth.
Crap. Everyone's dying.

285 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:10:14pm

I declare a ban on fish pun threads until Yom Kipper

286 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:10:19pm

re: #282 Kragar

Olympic organizers wanted Keith Moon to play for the 2012 Opening Ceremonies.

Luckily, they have a fall back plan and are going to get Amy Winehouse instead.

Backed up by George Harrison...

287 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:10:40pm

re: #285 Kragar

I declare a ban on fish pun threads until Yom Kipper

You're just being shellfish.

288 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:11:14pm

re: #287 Darth Vader Gargoyle

You're just being shellfish.

ABALONE!

289 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:11:33pm

re: #288 Kragar

pike off!

290 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:11:59pm

The password is "swordfish."

291 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:12:09pm

re: #280 Expand Your Ground

Where is the "gate" here? Is this some embarrqassing or dark secret that has just surfaced? No, it is something he wrote himself in his autobiography, which no wingnut has read to date, they are just having fun with a new dogwhistle, so to speak.

Uh Seamusgate is s Romney not Obama.

292 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:12:11pm

I'm gonna do one more just for the halibut.

293 Talking Point Detective  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:12:33pm

re: #289 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

pike off!

Ok, now you're just floundering.

294 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:12:43pm

re: #273 EdDantes

You can't play a fish, moron!

You can't play a fish, but you can bouillabaisse.

295 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:12:56pm

re: #289 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

pike off!

Easy to say from your perch!

296 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:13:45pm

You have to be a real manta pull off fish puns.

297 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:14:26pm

re: #296 Kragar

You have to be a real manta pull off fish puns.

Or a woman who drinks like a...well a lot.

298 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:14:39pm

re: #295 EdDantes

like yours was any betta?

299 EdDantes  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:14:50pm

Would Dan rather make morley safer?

300 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:14:59pm

re: #296 Kragar

You have to like all the grunion from the audience.

301 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:15:16pm

re: #296 Kragar

You have to be a real manta pull off fish puns.

Spare me your salmons...

302 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:15:23pm

re: #299 EdDantes

if Russia entered Turkey from the rear would Greece help?

303 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:15:50pm

re: #277 Darth Vader Gargoyle

Holy mackerel! Not a pun thread!

Nah, we're too efficient for that ...

304 makeitstop  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:16:02pm

re: #278 Daniel Ballard

Oh man. Rest In Peace Dick Clark

Sure watched him a lot back when.

I was a wee tyke while DC still did American Bandstand in Philly. I watched it 5 days a week.

It was always a dream of mine to perform on AB - but I never got there. One of the kids I gave lessons to did get to perform on AB, though.

305 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:17:47pm

re: #295 EdDantes

Easy to say from your perch!

If he falls off he might need a sturgeon.

306 Gus  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:18:45pm

NY Times obit:

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

307 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:18:59pm

re: #305 Darth Vader Gargoyle

If he falls off he might need a sturgeon.

You're just a ray of sunshine, ain't you?

308 Talking Point Detective  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:19:07pm

re: #305 Darth Vader Gargoyle

If he falls off he might need a sturgeon.

At least then he might stop carping.

309 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:19:40pm

re: #308 Talking Point Detective

At least then he might stop carping.

Not really since it would be really Crappie..

310 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:20:05pm

re: #309 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Not really since it would be really Crappie..

Relax, It'll only take a few minnows.

311 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:20:51pm

re: #291 HappyWarrior

Uh Seamusgate is s Romney not Obama.

Okay.

But political discourse in America thrives on irrelevance these days.

If Romney can make a convincing case that he will do a better job of running this country - and doing so as if it were a country rather than a business - then I would consider voting for him.

So far he has said or done little to convince me.

312 Talking Point Detective  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:21:55pm

re: #311 Expand Your Ground

So far he has said or done little to convince me.

But Obama ate dog!!!!

313 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:22:06pm

re: #311 Expand Your Ground

Okay.

But political discourse in America thrives on irrelevance these days.

If Romney can make a convincing case that he will do a better job of running this country - and doing so as if it were a country rather than a business - then I would consider voting for him.

So far he has said or done little to convince me.

If there's something more relevant than our current president eating dog as a child I don't know what it is!!!!???
//

314 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:22:14pm

re: #310 Darth Vader Gargoyle

Relax, It'll only take a few minnows.

I am feeling out of plaice discussing politics here...

315 Kragar  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:22:31pm

A bunch of Oscar Wildes, I see.

316 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:22:46pm

re: #312 Talking Point Detective

But Obama ate dog!!!

Let's face it, It is a real life "Man bites Dog" story!
//

317 AK-47%  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:22:54pm

re: #312 Talking Point Detective

But Obama ate dog!!!

And tried to hide the fact by publishing it in a book that no Real American would ever read!

/

318 HappyWarrior  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:23:19pm

re: #311 Expand Your Ground

Okay.

But political discourse in America thrives on irrelevance these days.

If Romney can make a convincing case that he will do a better job of running this country - and doing so as if it were a country rather than a business - then I would consider voting for him.

So far he has said or done little to convince me.

Gotcha. That's part of his problem though. He's hellbent on repeating the tired cliche that this nation needs to be run like a business.Anyhow my whole original point was that comparing what Obama did as a boy with what Romney did as a grown man is stupid. I am not going to be voting against Romney because of what he did to his dog. It bothers me he did that yes but it's not why I am voting against him.

319 jaunte  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:23:35pm

re: #315 Kragar

A bunch of Oscar Wildes, I see.

On a different scale, of course.

320 Sionainn  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:23:54pm

re: #95 ReamWorks SKG

I don't have any strong opinion on this. I just wanted to say "Greetings from Las Vegas, NV"

I'm here for the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) tradeshow. Here's the lovely view out my window at the Encore.

Image: 7091160255_03d3477a9a_c.jpg

In the foreground is a half-finished hotel that lost funding. This is one of the most disgusting places on the planet.

Where you are, yes. My neighborhood...not so bad.

321 redtickbeer  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:28:12pm

re: #120 jaunte

"Don't kid yourself, Jimmy. If a cow ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about!" - Troy McClure

322 lawhawk  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:28:53pm

re: #282 Kragar

Well, they could always get Tupac's Hologram. /

Keith Moon's hologram might object and thrash the place. Winehouse's hologram would be too drunk to attend.

323 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:31:34pm

Like the Spitfire and B-17, the Beech Bonanza had a role in the creation of the Israeli Air Force. Unlike the Spits and Forts, it has returned to IDF service in the twenty-first century.
In May, 1948, South African Zionist Boris Senior purchased one of the first production Bonanzas and flew it to what was then the Palestine mandate. Among other things, he stopped to refuel in none other than Luxor, Egypt, then veered from his declared destination of Beirut and landed at a clandestine field run by the nascent aviation branch of the Haganah. There it was rigged with bomb racks and, reportedly, a side-firing machine guns in time for independence on May 15th. It was actually the fastest plane in the new IDF until the first real warplanes arrived later in the month. It was involved in many operations, including the successful attack on an Egyptian naval force that was preparing a seaborne landing near (or perhaps in) Tel Aviv. Two more early Bonanzas arrived later in the year. 1
More than 50 years later, the IDF acquired several examples of the current A-36 Bonanza for general liaison and light transport work.

1 An Illustrated Guide to the Israeli Air Force by Bill Gunston, 1982. (Author Gunston was involved in Senior's flight from South Africa to Israel.)

324 Decatur Deb  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:34:52pm

re: #323 Shiplord Kirel

When I last visited Ben Gurion, there were still a few C47s on the far side of the field.

325 Mark Winter  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 2:02:56pm

Can't this be topped?

Obama ate the dog who ate his birth certifikit

326 SanFranciscoZionist  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 2:46:04pm

re: #18 Gus

This is rather absurd because I found semi-popular reference to this as far back as 2007, 2008. It's a passage in his book in which he describes,

This took place somewhere around the time that Obama was 8 years old and living in Indonesia. Whatever one feels about either this or the Seamus story there is a big difference between the experience of an 8 year old boy in a foreign land where dog meat not an uncommon staple and a 36 year old mature adult. In any case, it's false to say "Obama eats dog meat." I tried sheeps brains once and nearly puked.

It's entirely irrelevent.

If you ask me what young Barack Obama should have done when his stepfather offered him some dog/snake/grasshopper, the answer is, 'Give it a try.'

If you ask me what young Mitt Romney should have done when starting out for Canada, the answer is, "Let the dog in the back with the kids, Mitt, or you're gonna regret it when he freaks out."

What I can't figure out is if the nutter blogs know this, and it's just a fun comeback to people complaining about Seamus, or if they think they're actually on to something significant. I can no longer tell.

327 SanFranciscoZionist  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 2:47:43pm

re: #45 NJDhockeyfan

Considering that Obama was a child in Indonesia when this happened (if true) this is a nontroversy IMO. He would have had no idea what he was being fed.

Jim Treacher is an idiot.

It sounds like the stepdad wanted to let him experience some of the more interesting local foods, which is, frankly, one of the few positive things I've heard about the man.

328 SanFranciscoZionist  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 2:53:27pm

re: #226 sagehen

My brother's dog ate our neighbor's goat.

Well... actually, he ate half the goat. Left the other half on their front lawn. We weren't rural people, this was an upscale suburb and neighbor-girl had a pet for her 4H project.

The dog was gone the next day. Dad told us he gave it to the Army... but in hindsight, I'm pretty sure that was a lie.

So that's where the Army gets their goat-eating dogs from.

329 ProGunLiberal  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 3:10:17pm

Saw this from Gus on Twitter:

Considering the stuff I have heard from Stoney321 (an ex-Mormon) on this, I am not surprised.

330 labman57  Wed, Apr 18, 2012 9:19:17pm

It's a completely valid comparison ... if you regard a middle-aged Romney to have the maturity, judgement, and free-will of a 7-year old Obama.


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