Former CNN Contributor Erickson: “Christ Could Throw a Punch”

“Vengeance is mine!” - Right Wing Jesus
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Reacting to the Boy Scouts’ decision to admit openly gay youths as members, RedState founder and former CNN contributor Erick Erickson lapsed into full-on swivel-eyed fanatic speaking-in-tongues mode tonight on Twitter, culminating in this glimpse into his tortured psyche:

“Wrath, Vengeance, and Redemption” — wasn’t that the title of the last Whitesnake album? Or was that Stryper?

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(h/t: The Mountain That Blogs.)

UPDATE at 5/23/13 7:08:34 pm

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162 comments
1 dragonath  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:04:38pm

CHRISTBO: BLOOD OF THE LAMBS

2 EPR-radar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:05:01pm

Jesus H. Norris

3 Vicious Babushka  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:08:02pm

Yea, look upon me, and know me!
My children, you should know something.
I’m packing!

South Park Video
4 Skip Intro  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:08:16pm

Eric must be referring to the Infancy Gospels of Thomas, where the young Jesus was quite a cut up, killing things for fun then bringing them back. Sort of like that character Billy Mumy played on the Twilight Zone episode It’s a Good Life.

5 Kragar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:09:47pm

re: #1 dragonath

CHRISTBO: BLOOD OF THE LAMBS

Jesus died for your sins, and now he’s coming back for some payback.

6 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:10:25pm
7 GeneJockey  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:10:32pm

This seriously cries out for a movie trailer by Robert Rodriguez or Quentin Tarantino, a la ‘Machete’.

8 Gus  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:10:32pm

Don’t forget this one.

9 SidewaysQuark  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:10:53pm

Chuck Norris Christ only turns his cheek in preparation for a roundhouse kick.

10 Mattand  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:10:57pm

re: #4 Skip Intro

Eric must be referring to the Infancy Gospels of Thomas, where the young Jesus was quite a cut up, killing things for fun then bringing them back. Sort of like that character Billy Mumy played on the Twilight Zone episode It’s a Good Life.

Cracked.com is on it.

11 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:11:54pm

“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
biblegateway.com

12 Vicious Babushka  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:12:13pm

re: #8 Gus

Don’t forget this one.

Does this mean I am going to Hell for not using lard in my pie crust?

13 Mattand  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:12:50pm

re: #7 GeneJockey

This seriously cries out for a movie trailer by Robert Rodriguez or Quentin Tarantino, a la ‘Machete’.

Saturday Night Live is on it.

14 Charles Johnson  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:13:07pm

re: #7 GeneJockey

This seriously cries out for a movie trailer by Robert Rodriguez or Quentin Tarantino, a la ‘Machete’.

“Jesus Christ, Vampire Killer”

15 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:13:24pm

I Endorse Mark Sanford for Congress

By: Erick Erickson

“…Conservatives take the hardest line and exile their own who have failed them to the sidelines.

They should. We have values and when those values are betrayed by those who fight with us, we must often show them tough love and show them the door.

But we do a terrible job with forgiveness and rehabilitation. Mark Sanford walked out of the Governor’s Mansion and out of public life for a while. He comes back as conservatives in Congress are fighting on all fronts, out numbered, depressed, and needing every man capable of manning the ramparts.

Mark Sanford can man the ramparts. Unlike his opponents, he has a stellar and uncompromising record as a limited government, pro-life, fiscal conservative.”

16 Gus  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:13:29pm

re: #12 Vicious Babushka

Does this mean I am going to Hell for not using lard in my pie crust?

Erick Erickson. Spiritual leader of mankind! A fountainhead of morality. //

17 dragonath  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:13:34pm

re: #10 Mattand

Cracked.com is on it.

I wish Michelangelo coulda fit some dragons into the Sistine Chapel. Rawr.

18 Gus  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:13:52pm

re: #15 jaunte

I Endorse Mark Sanford for Congress

Oh. I see.

19 GeneJockey  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:14:12pm

re: #4 Skip Intro

Eric must be referring to the Infancy Gospels of Thomas, where the young Jesus was quite a cut up, killing things for fun then bringing them back. Sort of like that character Billy Mumy played on the Twilight Zone episode It’s a Good Life.

“It’s good that you done that, Jesus. Ain’t it good that he done that, Mary?”

20 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:15:27pm

Redemption for mine allies, sayeth the Erick.

21 Kragar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:15:46pm

re: #19 GeneJockey

“It’s good that you done that, Jesus. Ain’t it good that he done that, Mary?”

“Wish it into the cornfield, Jesus!”

22 dragonath  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:16:13pm

re: #16 Gus

Erick Erickson. Spiritual leader of mankind! A fountainhead of morality. //

Do you think that Jesus pulled out a nail gun when the Roman census guy came around?

23 Vicious Babushka  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:16:43pm

Who would Jesus punch?

24 BigPapa  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:16:52pm

Jesus helped the poor, turned water into wine, then kicked them in the teeth.

Say 5 Hail Marys and 5 Hurr Durr Durrs to receive repentance my poor CEO

25 GeneJockey  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:16:55pm

re: #13 Mattand

Saturday Night Live is on it.

I’m always late to the party.

26 dragonath  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:17:26pm

re: #23 Vicious Babushka

Who would Jesus punch?

Atheist tornado victims, of course

27 Vicious Babushka  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:18:13pm

re: #26 dragonath

Atheist tornado victims, of course

Jesus would punch Erick Erickson, then he would beat the living shit out of Bryan Fischer for taking his name in vain.

28 Gus  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:18:18pm

Shorter Erick Erickson?

Mel Gibson.

29 GeneJockey  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:19:11pm

re: #12 Vicious Babushka

Does this mean I am going to Hell for not using lard in my pie crust?

Nah. Pie crust without lard is its own punishment.

30 A Mom Anon  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:19:34pm

re: #28 Gus

Without the alcohol. I’m guessing.

31 GeneJockey  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:19:35pm

re: #28 Gus

Shorter Erick Erickson?

Mel Gibson.

Mel, son of Gib?

32 Skip Intro  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:20:08pm

re: #24 BigPapa

Jesus helped the poor, turned water into wine, then kicked them in the teeth.

Say 5 Hail Marys and 5 Hurr Durr Durrs to receive repentance my poor CEO

Wait, wasn’t that John Cleese as Robin Hood in Time Bandits, other than the water to wine bit?

33 EPR-radar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:21:10pm

re: #27 Vicious Babushka

Jesus would punch Erick Erickson, then he would beat the living shit out of Bryan Fischer for taking his name in vain.

It’s a pity I’m an atheist and don’t have the talent for writing good fiction. It would be amusing to revisit the theme of the Divine Comedy by populating the various circles of Hell with evil politicians and preachers being tormented in appropriate ways.

34 A Mom Anon  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:21:59pm

Has anyone read Christopher Moore’s book Lamb? I lol’d more than once. It’s the story of Jesus’ youth told by his best friend Biff. Utter blasphemy.

35 Mattand  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:22:19pm

re: #25 GeneJockey

I’m always late to the party.

Join the club.

36 dragonath  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:22:41pm

Muslims, Jews, Communists, Gays, Ellen DeGeneres, Most Christianity

All damned obviously.

37 sizzzzlerz  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:31:59pm

He could throw a punch, sure. Like a mule. But the fucker had a glass jaw. You wave a glove near that chin and he’s down on his back for the count. Only reason he got that shot at the title was because of his father who owned the boxing commission.

38 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:33:44pm
39 Patricia Kayden  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:34:34pm

Christ should throw a punch at Erickson.

What does that have to do with Boy Scouts admitting openly gay members?

40 Stanghazi  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:34:48pm

re: #38 jaunte

hahahahaha

41 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:35:42pm

re: #38 jaunte

Gay porn HARD!

Youtube Video
42 dragonath  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:36:50pm

I guess left handed people should watch out for Jesus’s right cross then?

43 Charles Johnson  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:37:01pm

re: #37 sizzzzlerz

Let’s face it. The kid had glass cheeks.

44 Kragar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:37:09pm

re: #39 Patricia Kayden

Christ should throw a punch at Erickson.

What does that have to do with Boy Scouts admitting openly gay members?

Tolerating homosexuals means God will drop the magical force field protecting the United States from an army of demons.

45 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:37:36pm
46 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:38:26pm

Yeesh. Matt Barber’s timeline is just full of it.

47 Kragar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:38:35pm

Great now the Catholic Church and the BSA will get into a trademark lawsuit. That is just great.
/

48 Kragar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:40:07pm

And Bryan takes the time to take a swipe at the Mormons too

49 Stanghazi  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:40:56pm

Roger!!

50 AlexRogan  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:42:49pm

re: #44 Kragar

Tolerating homosexuals means God will drop the magical force field protecting the United States from an army of demons.

Yeah, that’s pretty much the gist that Erickson, Fischer, and the other whiny RWNJs are going for.

As someone who has a gay brother, gay co-workers and friends, and who has been active in Scouting since I was 11 (in 1986; do the math ;-P), I’d like to tell those asshats that National’s decision is a start in the right direction, but it still doesn’t satisfy me since adults have been expressly excluded from this policy change.

51 Gus  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:43:21pm

re: #49 Stanghazi

Roger!!

Smeriglio told police he bought the gun last month at a party.

While police were investigating at the home where it happened, they discovered marijuana in the house. That led to the arrest of the homeowner Joseph Lamar James, 22, on drug charges.

Same old same old.

52 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:44:02pm

Evening Lizardim from the cool and clear wild north country. So today, we shipped 125,000 bottles of water - 5,000 cases in 5 semi trucks - from Minneapolis to Moore. Things like this just make me feel good about living in Minnesota. How go things in the war on derp?

53 darthstar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:44:09pm

You know who can’t throw a punch? Erick Erickson.

54 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:47:42pm

re: #15 jaunte

I Endorse Mark Sanford for Congress

By: Erick Erickson

“Mark Sanford can man the ramparts”, but he’s more likely to be AWOL ‘hiking the Appalachian Trail’.

55 EPR-radar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:48:57pm

re: #44 Kragar

Tolerating homosexuals means God will drop the magical force field protecting the United States from an army of demons.

Another motivator is that present day US right wing ideology requires making some fraction of the populace into marginalized scapegoats to use as ritual hate totems. The mainstreaming of non-straight people interferes with this project.

56 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:49:37pm

re: #52 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the cool and clear wild north country. So today, we shipped 125,000 bottles of water - 5,000 cases in 5 semi trucks - from Minneapolis to Moore. Things like this just make me feel good about living in Minnesota. How go things in the war on derp?

Don’t know about the war on DERP, but the battle to enlarge DF’s commission check goes better. I just booked two more attendees for the event I’m working on, with more possible tomorrow.

57 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:49:58pm

re: #56 Dark_Falcon

Don’t know about the war on DERP, but the battle to enlarge DF’s commission check goes better. I just booked two more attendees for the event I’m working on, with more possible tomorrow.

Congratulations.

58 Kragar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:50:11pm

re: #55 EPR-radar

Another motivator is that present day US right wing ideology requires making some fraction of the populace into marginalized scapegoats to use as ritual hate totems. The mainstreaming of non-straight people interferes with this project.

I propose we marginalize self righteous old farts who think they have a direct pipeline to the Almighty

59 Cardio (formerly JRCMYP)  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:50:23pm

Still waiting for adult leaders to be allowed to be part of the boy scouts before letting my boys participate.

60 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:50:40pm

re: #54 Dark_Falcon

I’m not against forgiving people for having chaotic and uncomfortable personal lives, but I suspect Erickson’s ‘redemption’ is highly selective.

61 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:51:48pm

re: #47 Kragar

Great now the Catholic Church and the BSA will get into a trademark lawsuit. That is just great.
/

Bryan Fischer’s first instinct is to attack ‘sodomy’. I find that rather telling, don’t you?

62 EPR-radar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:52:15pm

re: #60 jaunte

I’m not against forgiving people for having chaotic and uncomfortable personal lives, but I suspect Erickson’s ‘redemption’ is highly selective.

(D) = Go to hell.

(R) = Go to heaven.

Move over Aquinas, a new theological genius has appeared.

63 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:52:32pm

re: #62 EPR-radar

(D) = Go to hell.

(R) = Go to heaven.

Move over Aquinas, a new theological genius has appeared.

(R) for Redeemed, duh.

64 EPR-radar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:53:13pm

re: #63 thedopefishlives

(R) for Redeemed, duh.

And (D) for Damned. How could I have missed this?

65 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:53:35pm

re: #64 EPR-radar

And (D) for Damned. How could I have missed this?

It’s all so clear to me now!

66 AlexRogan  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:54:24pm

re: #62 EPR-radar

(D) = Go to hell.

(R) = Go to heaven.

Move over Aquinas, a new theological genius has appeared.

re: #63 thedopefishlives

(R) for Redeemed, duh.

re: #64 EPR-radar

And (D) for Damned. How could I have missed this?

It’s all so easy peasy, lemon squeezy, dontchaknow?

67 EPR-radar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:54:38pm

re: #65 thedopefishlives

It’s all so clear to me now!

Praise free market Jesus, and the dinosaur he rode in on!!

68 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:54:49pm

re: #60 jaunte

I’m not against forgiving people for having chaotic and uncomfortable personal lives, but I suspect Erickson’s ‘redemption’ is highly selective.

I’m not against that either, but Sanford’s adultery stands in my mind as a mark (heh) of bad character. I consider him to have demonstrated severe dishonesty and disloyalty by his actions, and it makes him unfit for my support for any position of authority.

69 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:55:35pm

re: #68 Dark_Falcon

Yes, I wouldn’t trust him enough to elect him to office.

70 Kragar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:55:55pm

re: #61 Dark_Falcon

Bryan Fischer’s first instinct is to attack ‘sodomy’. I find that rather telling, don’t you?

Somewhere in an alternate universe, a happy and cheerful Bryan Fischer is the toast of Broadway musicals.

71 Gus  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:57:21pm

re: #64 EPR-radar

And (D) for Damned. How could I have missed this?

(D) is for Demoncrats.

72 EPR-radar  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:58:39pm

re: #71 Gus

Oddly enough, that’s a misspelling I almost always make and have to correct.

73 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:58:47pm

re: #68 Dark_Falcon

Also, his asking his former wife to be his campaign manager after the whole secret affair blowup was a good indication that he was off his rocker.

74 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 6:59:12pm

re: #72 EPR-radar

Oddly enough, that’s a misspelling I almost always make and have to correct.

Because it’s Da Twoof!

75 EPR-radar  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:00:13pm

re: #73 jaunte

Also, his asking his former wife to be his campaign manager after the whole secret affair blowup was a good indication that he was off his rocker.

Or a male chauvinist pig with entitlement issues piled mile high.

76 Stanghazi  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:00:25pm

re: #73 jaunte

Also, his asking his former wife to be his campaign manager after the whole secret affair blowup was a good indication that he was off his rocker.

He was trying to figure out a way to funnel campaign $ to her in lieu of spousal support I bet.

She didn’t do it did she??

77 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:00:56pm

re: #76 Stanghazi

No, she refused.

78 Kragar  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:00:57pm

Coming soon to an Alternate Universe’s New York.

Celebrate the 15 year anniversary to Bryan Fischer’s One Man show - “Liberace! Liberace! Liberace!”

79 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:01:34pm

re: #76 Stanghazi

He was trying to figure out a way to funnel campaign $ to her in lieu of spousal support I bet.

She didn’t do it did she??

Nope. She pretty much told him to take his ploy and shove it where the sun don’t shine.

80 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:03:04pm

re: #77 jaunte

No, she refused.

Heh. I totally would’ve taken the job, wrecked him utterly, then left his smoking ruin behind.

81 ProTARDISLiberal  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:04:00pm

Wow. Well, this helps us out.

82 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:04:06pm

re: #80 thedopefishlives

She probably didn’t relish the idea of spending any more time in his presence than she absolutely had to.

83 Stanghazi  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:04:51pm

re: #82 jaunte

She probably didn’t relish the idea of spending any more time in his presence than she absolutely had to.

Seriously. What an arrogant dick!

84 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:05:13pm

re: #82 jaunte

She probably didn’t relish the idea of spending any more time in his presence than she absolutely had to.

Which is a very valid argument.

85 EPR-radar  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:05:27pm

re: #80 thedopefishlives

Heh. I totally would’ve taken the job, wrecked him utterly, then left his smoking ruin behind.

Wrecking Sanford’s campaign might not have been possible.

86 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:06:01pm

re: #80 thedopefishlives

Heh. I totally would’ve taken the job, wrecked him utterly, then left his smoking ruin behind.

She had more honor than that. I mean no offense, but I’m firmly of the belief that if one takes money to do a job, one owes that job honest effort in its accomplishment. To deliberately screw it up is dishonest, and she’s better off letting her ex be the dishonest one. One man’s opinion, YMMV.

87 Vicious Babushka  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:07:11pm
88 Vicious Babushka  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:07:50pm

HILLARY IS PRAYING THAT THE GOP NOMINATES THIS DOUCHE

89 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:08:45pm

re: #86 Dark_Falcon

She had more honor than that. I mean no offense, but I’m firmly of the belief that if one takes money to do a job, one owes that job honest effort in its accomplishment. To deliberately screw it up is dishonest, and she’s better off letting her ex be the dishonest one. One man’s opinion, YMMV.

Eh, you make a good point. I admit that I have a vengeful streak in me that borders on the pathological. I have to ride herd on it a lot when I’m driving through crazy-hour traffic in the downtown area.

90 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:08:48pm

re: #81 ProTARDISLiberal

Wow. Well, this helps us out.

If the ad in question did indeed juxtapose Gomez with bin Laden over a information disclosure policy difference, then ‘pondscum’ seems an appropriate characterization.

91 Vicious Babushka  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:09:16pm

Does the person who made that graphic realize that it looks like Rand Paul is burning the Bill of Rights, along with a drone, money, and the Obama campaign logo?

And if it was done on purpose, all the wingnuts who are Tweeting it have been massively pwn3d.

92 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:09:55pm

re: #91 Vicious Babushka

Does the person who made that graphic realize that it looks like Rand Paul is burning the Bill of Rights, along with a drone, money, and the Obama campaign logo?

And if it was done on purpose, all the wingnuts who are Tweeting it have been massively pwn3d.

I thought the exact same thing when I saw the image. This could be amusing.

93 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:10:44pm

re: #88 Vicious Babushka

That looks like Jerry Lee Lewis.

94 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:12:04pm

cbswcbsfm.files.wordpress.com

95 Stanghazi  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:12:15pm

re: #91 Vicious Babushka

Does the person who made that graphic realize that it looks like Rand Paul is burning the Bill of Rights, along with a drone, money, and the Obama campaign logo?

And if it was done on purpose, all the wingnuts who are Tweeting it have been massively pwn3d.

First thing I noticed is they tamed down his curls. But I’m superficial that way.

96 EPR-radar  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:13:35pm

re: #89 thedopefishlives

Eh, you make a good point. I admit that I have a vengeful streak in me that borders on the pathological. I have to ride herd on it a lot when I’m driving through crazy-hour traffic in the downtown area.

Back when I was in LA, I once flipped off a driver that was being a total jackass. My reward for this was getting tailgated half way to work, deliberately bumped when stopped at a light, and getting left with the firm conviction that if the jackass had a gun in his glove box, he’d have taken a shot or two.

Since then, I’ve pretty much avoided escalating traffic situations.

97 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:15:38pm

re: #96 EPR-radar

Back when I was in LA, I once flipped off a driver that was being a total jackass. My reward for this was getting tailgated half way to work, deliberately bumped when stopped at a light, and getting left with the firm conviction that if the jackass had a gun in his glove box, he’d have taken a shot or two.

Since then, I’ve pretty much avoided escalating traffic situations.

I learned to drive in the Chicagoland area, so my driving is by nature very aggressive and angry. Also, driving through the downtown area of the Twin Cities tends to skew my driving in that direction. I’m hoping that I can keep it enough under control that I don’t cause any accidents - this is the first time in my life where I have two fine, respectable automobiles, and I don’t need to be wrecking either of them.

98 Vicious Babushka  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:18:06pm

re: #97 thedopefishlives

I learned to drive in the Chicagoland area, so my driving is by nature very aggressive and angry. Also, driving through the downtown area of the Twin Cities tends to skew my driving in that direction. I’m hoping that I can keep it enough under control that I don’t cause any accidents - this is the first time in my life where I have two fine, respectable automobiles, and I don’t need to be wrecking either of them.

Worst drivers I have ever experienced: New York.
Nicest drivers: Birmingham Alabama, except the GPS kept sending us down this dead end road.

99 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:19:10pm

re: #98 Vicious Babushka

Worst drivers I have ever experienced: New York.
Nicest drivers: Birmingham Alabama, except the GPS kept sending us down this dead end road.

Minnesota drivers out away from the urban area (inside the 494-694 circle) are fantastic. Even I do pretty well at not being a total douchecanoe when I’m on the rural highways.

100 Gus  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:20:26pm

Uh oh. Firefox update.

101 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:21:24pm

Evening lizards. What did I miss?

102 ProTARDISLiberal  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:21:47pm

Apparently, Gomez has been bashing Markey over being “soft on Homeland Security.”

Markey seems to have reacted to this. Thing is, with all the rape, molestation, and voyeurism scandals in the US Military, combined with a handful of generals still deciding to be holy rollers and trying to force Evangelical Christianity, my respect for the military has fallen a bit. Just because someone was in the military doesn’t mean I’ll defer to them.

Hell, I know someone who joined the military for political porposes. Went to USAFA, got immediate deferment to Harvard to study “Public Policy.”

When he was in USAFA, he had a girlfriend that was in High School that was a friend of mine. And that’s compounded by the fact he took he out drinking when she was underage.

Classy Guy.

103 sattv4u2  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:23:06pm

re: #101 NJDhockeyfan

Evening lizards. What did I miss?

the boat

104 Gus  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:23:11pm

re: #101 NJDhockeyfan

Evening lizards. What did I miss?

Kristin Shepard shot J.R.

105 ProTARDISLiberal  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:24:38pm

Ah, and here is what Gomez was whining about:

The Markey campaign has pushed back by pointing out that the bin Laden image comes from a video made by the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund, which accused President Obama of trying to exploit the killing of bin Laden for political gain. Gomez appeared on MSNBC in August 2012 to defend OPSEC and spoke to

106 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:25:25pm

re: #104 Gus

Kristin Shepard shot J.R.

Was that gun registered?

107 Gus  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:26:11pm

re: #106 NJDhockeyfan

Was that gun registered?

Probably not. It was Dallas.

108 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:26:26pm

re: #105 ProTARDISLiberal

A False Claim of Blame in Mass. Senate Race

“The Markey campaign also produced a Web video that displays an image of Gomez while simultaneously playing part of a controversial film that includes a photo of bin Laden. The Markey video makes the point that Gomez championed a film that “swift boated” President Obama. It does not directly compare Gomez to bin Laden.”

Gomez is reaching.

109 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:26:33pm

Oh, my. Look at the front page of HuffPo. They want Holder out of here.

110 ProTARDISLiberal  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:26:49pm

Sorry about wording on the last post. Mea Culpa. Has been fixed.

111 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:27:35pm
I am a democrat because I believe that no man or group of men is good enough to be trusted with uncontrolled power over others. And the higher the pretensions of such power, the more dangerous I think it both to rulers and to the subjects. Hence Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant a robber barron is far better than an inquisitor. The baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity at some point may be sated; and since he dimly knows he is doing wrong he may possibly repent. But the inquisitor who mistakes his own cruelty and lust of power and fear for the voice of Heaven will torment us infinitely more because he torments us with the approval of his own conscience and his better impulses appear to him as temptations..

C S Lewis then dropped his mike and walked off, leaving Erick Erickson alone on the stage.

112 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:29:29pm

re: #91 Vicious Babushka

Does the person who made that graphic realize that it looks like Rand Paul is burning the Bill of Rights, along with a drone, money, and the Obama campaign logo?

And if it was done on purpose, all the wingnuts who are Tweeting it have been massively pwn3d.

I was left wondering why Rand Paul was waving his winged grey penis at the viewer.

113 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:29:58pm

re: #111 The Ghost of a Flea

C S Lewis then dropped his mike and walked off, leaving Erick Erickson alone on the stage.

WINNING.

114 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:33:00pm

re: #112 The Ghost of a Flea

I was left wondering why Rand Paul was waving his winged grey penis at the viewer.

He’s showing his inner Weiner?

115 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:34:16pm

re: #114 NJDhockeyfan

That guy has given comics such a gift!

116 erik_t  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:36:21pm

The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit river in NW Washington just collapsed.


But OMG WE HAVE TO PAY LESS TAXZZZ. Fucking stupid people doing fucking stupid things. Hopefully everyone lived. It’s a nice low bridge.

117 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:37:46pm

re: #115 jaunte

That guy has given comics such a gift!

Wait till the NYC mayor race gets cooking.

118 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:37:55pm

re: #116 erik_t

…at least two cars with people inside are in the water…
king5.com

119 thedopefishlives  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:38:19pm

re: #116 erik_t

The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit river in NW Washington just collapsed.


But OMG WE HAVE TO PAY LESS TAXZZZ. Fucking stupid people doing fucking stupid things. Hopefully everyone lived. It’s a nice low bridge.

The twisted and broken remnants of our I-35W bridge across the Mighty Mississippi lie rolling in their graves at the lessons not learned.

120 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:39:05pm

re: #111 The Ghost of a Flea

C S Lewis then dropped his mike and walked off, leaving Erick Erickson alone on the stage.

But that was C.S. Lewis, a thoughtful, well-educated and read, and fundamentally tolerant and decent man, a product of an earlier age.

Erick Erickson is a product of the modern media age, where angry rants are the stock in trade, genuine intellectual debate is considered ideological apostasy, and volume is substituted for actually making a point.

121 Kragar  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:40:42pm

Republican congressman fined $500 over sexual misconduct

Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) was fined on Thursday in connection to inappropriate sexual affairs with his patients.

Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners hit the pro-life Republican and doctor with a $500 fine and reprimand. The medical ethics board held DesJarlais violated Tennessee law by having affairs with at least two woman while serving as their physician more than a decade ago.

“I take responsibility for past mistakes and am happy to get this resolved,” DesJarlais told The Tennessean.

122 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:40:47pm

re: #116 erik_t

The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit river in NW Washington just collapsed.


But OMG WE HAVE TO PAY LESS TAXZZZ. Fucking stupid people doing fucking stupid things. Hopefully everyone lived. It’s a nice low bridge.

I thought all those $ billions issued for ‘Shovel Ready Jobs’ was supposed to prevent things like that.

123 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:42:34pm

re: #121 Kragar

Republican congressman fined $500 over sexual misconduct

FAMILY VALUES!

/spits

124 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:42:46pm

That’s a big bridge.
Image: Screen-Shot-2013-05-23-at-9.41.jpg

125 erik_t  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:43:41pm

re: #122 NJDhockeyfan

I thought all those $ billions issued for ‘Shovel Ready Jobs’ was supposed to prevent things like that.

Goodness, you’re fast. Can you share with the class why the bridge fell down, and if there were any previous indications it was or should have been on the short-list of bridges due for replacement? I haven’t been issued my talking points yet.

There are still people in the fucking river, for Christ’s sake. Can you hold off on the politicking for, I dunno, an hour?

126 gwangung  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:43:50pm

re: #122 NJDhockeyfan

I thought all those $ billions issued for ‘Shovel Ready Jobs’ was supposed to prevent things like that.

It could have, if our backlog to fix infrastructure wasn’t so damn big….A trillion dollar backlog is gonna take SOME time to get through.

127 Stanghazi  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:44:25pm

re: #122 NJDhockeyfan

I thought all those $ billions issued for ‘Shovel Ready Jobs’ was supposed to prevent things like that.

Very very idiotic statement there…Very

128 dragonath  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:45:40pm

re: #124 jaunte

That’s a big bridge.
Image: Screen-Shot-2013-05-23-at-9.41.jpg

I hope the road was as empty.

129 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:46:34pm

re: #125 erik_t

Goodness, you’re fast. Can you share with the class why the bridge fell down, and if there were any previous indications it was or should have been on the short-list of bridges due for replacement? I haven’t been issued my talking points yet.

There are still people in the fucking river, for Christ’s sake. Can you hold off on the politicking for, I dunno, an hour?

You were the one who started it, Erik, so don’t go all indignant at NJDhockeyfan. Because after opening with “But OMG WE HAVE TO PAY LESS TAXZZZ.”, you really aren’t one to talk.

130 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:48:18pm

re: #125 erik_t

Goodness, you’re fast. Can you share with the class why the bridge fell down, and if there were any previous indications it was or should have been on the short-list of bridges due for replacement? I haven’t been issued my talking points yet.

There are still people in the fucking river, for Christ’s sake. Can you hold off on the politicking for, I dunno, an hour?

I was just responding to your stupid tax comment. Sorry about that. You are right though. Lets keep politics out of it for now.

131 sattv4u2  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:48:32pm

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

Zaccly !

132 erik_t  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:48:48pm

The usual derp brigade saddles up and rolls into battle. I know too many people up that way. I’m out. Y’all have a good night, or not.

133 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:49:07pm

Skagit County Police and Fire Live Audio Feed
broadcastify.com

134 Gus  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:49:43pm

re: #133 jaunte

Skagit County Police and Fire Live Audio Feed
broadcastify.com

Street view.

135 jaunte  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:51:28pm

twitter.com

136 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:51:42pm

re: #128 dragonath

I hope the road was as empty.

This reminds me of the Mianus River Bridge collapse on Connecticut back in 1983. Unfortunately it happened after 1:00 AM so some cars and trucks couldn’t see the missing parts of the bridge.

137 sattv4u2  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:51:47pm

re: #132 erik_t

The usual derp brigade saddles up and rolls into battle. I know too many people up that way. I’m out. Y’all have a good night, or not.

Please!

You got caught with your hand in the cookie jar and now you’re pleading NO FAIR!!

138 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:53:08pm

re: #132 erik_t

The usual derp brigade saddles up and rolls into battle. I know too many people up that way. I’m out. Y’all have a good night, or not.

Youtube Video
139 sagehen  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:53:43pm

re: #122 NJDhockeyfan

I thought all those $ billions issued for ‘Shovel Ready Jobs’ was supposed to prevent things like that.

There’s no such thing as a shovel-ready project just looking for funding.

There’s wishlists, and when the funding is lined up they’ll get it shovel-ready.

140 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, May 23, 2013 7:57:05pm

re: #137 sattv4u2

Please!

You got caught with your hand in the cookie jar and now you’re pleading NO FAIR!!

Heh.

141 Interesting Times  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:03:37pm

re: #122 NJDhockeyfan

I thought all those $ billions issued for ‘Shovel Ready Jobs’ was supposed to prevent things like that.

Intellectually dishonest statement is intellectually dishonest:

Senate blocks $60 billion infrastructure plan, another part of Obama jobs bill

After Claiming To Support Infrastructure Investments, House GOP Blocks Infrastructure Investment Plan

Republicans block infrastructure spending bill

Republicans blocked an infrastructure spending bill that was part of Obama’s American Jobs Act. The reason for their opposition? A 0.7% surtax on people earning over $1 million per year.

Ergo, erik_t is right and you are wrong.

142 sattv4u2  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:06:22pm

re: #141 Interesting Times

Intellectually dishonest statement is intellectually dishonest:

Senate blocks $60 billion infrastructure plan, another part of Obama jobs bill

Ergo, erik_t is right and you are wrong.

Your forgot “naa naa, boo boo”

HOWEVER

en.wikipedia.org

$27.5 billion for highway and bridge construction projects

en.wikipedia.org

143 sattv4u2  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:06:35pm

re: #142 sattv4u2

Ergo

144 sattv4u2  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:08:22pm

re: #143 sattv4u2

Ergo

kinda wish I could downding myself for that one,,,

but ,,, nahhhh!!!

145 sattv4u2  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:09:17pm

hmmm

fta
$1.5 billion for national surface transportation discretionary grants

146 Interesting Times  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:12:41pm

Last I checked, $60 billion > $27.5 billion, though neither amount is anywhere close enough to what’s required to fix all the problems with aging infrastructure.

But as the additional links in my updated comment show, blocking infrastructure spending because it was paid for by a tiny surtax on millionaires is douchebaggery in the extreme.

147 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:17:27pm

re: #146 Interesting Times

Even allowing everything you said, Erik would still be a hypocrite for making a sarcastic comment about taxes in his post with the collapse photo and then attacking NJDHF for “bringing politics into this”. That’s what really bothered me, that Erik tried to have it both ways.

148 sattv4u2  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:23:16pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

Hence, #137

149 Interesting Times  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:24:22pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

The gist of his statement - taxes are required to pay for necessary public services - is true. The snarky “shovel-ready” nonsense was not. You might as well accuse someone of “bringing politics into it” when they mention the OK tornadoes and rightfully slam the GOP for cutting back on weather-warning satellites.

150 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:25:52pm

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

Even allowing everything you said, Erik would still be a hypocrite for making a sarcastic comment about taxes in his post with the collapse photo and then attacking NJDHF for “bringing politics into this”. That’s what really bothered me, that Erik tried to have it both ways.

I wouldn’t have posted that but Erik’s tax comment pissed me off. My apologies to everyone for that post.

151 sattv4u2  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:26:44pm

re: #149 Interesting Times

The gist of his statement - taxes are required to pay for necessary public services - is true. The snarky “shovel-ready” nonsense was not. You might as well accuse someone of “bringing politics into it” when they mention the OK tornadoes and rightfully slam the GOP for cutting back on weather-warning satellites.

No. The “gist of his statement” was to throw in a snarky “But OMG WE HAVE TO PAY LESS TAXZZZ.”

And thats why he left, because as stated, he got caught!

152 sattv4u2  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:28:05pm

re: #150 NJDhockeyfan

I wouldn’t have posted that but Erik’s tax comment pissed me off. My apologies to everyone for that post.

ftfy

153 gwangung  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:32:33pm

re: #146 Interesting Times

Last I checked, $60 billion > $27.5 billion, though neither amount is anywhere close enough to what’s required to fix all the problems with aging infrastructure.

Which is kinda the point…

154 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:46:09pm

re: #149 Interesting Times

The gist of his statement - taxes are required to pay for necessary public services - is true. The snarky “shovel-ready” nonsense was not. You might as well accuse someone of “bringing politics into it” when they mention the OK tornadoes and rightfully slam the GOP for cutting back on weather-warning satellites.

When you post a photo of a bridge collapse and the very next thing you post is a comment about taxes (before it is even known why the bridge failed), then you are the one who brought in politics. Erik could have disputed the money figures NJDHF put out, as you have done, but that isn’t what he did. What he did was to lambast NJDHF as follows: re: #125 erik_t

Goodness, you’re fast. Can you share with the class why the bridge fell down, and if there were any previous indications it was or should have been on the short-list of bridges due for replacement? I haven’t been issued my talking points yet.

There are still people in the fucking river, for Christ’s sake. Can you hold off on the politicking for, I dunno, an hour?

So to recap: Erik_t brought up the issue of taxes before making any other commentary, and then responded to criticism by attacking his critic for “politicking” as well as demanding information about why the bridge fell down.

It was a poor series of posts that relied on your agreement with their author on some of their issues to skate by after having been hypocritical. Don’t fall for it, PS.

155 Lidane  Thu, May 23, 2013 8:51:22pm

So much for St. Reagan’s 11th Commandment:

156 steve_davis  Fri, May 24, 2013 4:37:47am

re: #13 Mattand

Saturday Night Live is on it.

[voiceover as we seen a mean-assed looking guy in robes working through an Augustus-era crowd]: “Next on NBC, he was a hard-drinking, hard-fighting rabbi from a non-traditional family in Nazareth, busting his way through the Romans one knuckle at a time…”

[scene of blood flying out of a centurion’s mouth as Jesus gives him a right cross]. Centurion: [in a daze] “who are you?”

Jesus: “Jesus of Nazareth. The Holy Spirit sends his regards, mother****.”

157 sffilk  Fri, May 24, 2013 5:32:35am

What these “people” don’t realize is that the US is the only non-Muslim country on the planet that does not allow gay leaders and, up until yesterday, didn’t want gay scouts in it.

158 electrotek  Fri, May 24, 2013 6:17:17am

Can someone forward this to the European far-right who think only Muslims are homophobic? I shutter to think when there are gay conservatives who turn a blind eye to the homophobia of their own wingnuts while whining about Muslim homophobia.

159 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Fri, May 24, 2013 6:22:13am

re: #158 electrotek

Can someone forward this to the European far-right who think only Muslims are homophobic?

Go ahead, champ.

160 electrotek  Fri, May 24, 2013 6:26:42am

re: #159 Bert’s House of Beef and Obdicuts

Go ahead, champ.

Will cross-post on the Spectator comments section lol

161 Bulworth  Fri, May 24, 2013 7:31:18am

Yes, Christ is love, but he is also wrath, vengeance, and redemption. The modern emo Christ is a fiction. Christ could throw a punch.

I have many Bibles here at home all of them containing all four of the gospels that were approved for publication by the councils or popes or whoever. None mention Christ throwing a punch.

162 Bulworth  Fri, May 24, 2013 7:34:03am

BSA now stands for Boy Sodomizers of America, because that’s what will happen. Mark my words.

Bryan, please, I beg of you. There are many fine doctors who would be happy to prescribe something for your condition.


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