Rep. Paul Broun: Immigration Reform Is a Plot to Destroy America

Rebranding!

WingnutsAugust 2013 • Views: 17,423

Georgia Republican congressman Paul Broun believes that evolution, embryology, and the Big Bang theory are all lies straight from the pit of hell — an opinion that eminently qualifies him to serve as a Republican member of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology.

So it shouldn’t be a surprise to discover that he’s also a first-class fear-mongering anti-immigration xenophobe. It’s just part of the total GOP package these days.

Georgia Republican congressman and Senate candidate Paul Broun has hardly hid his opposition to creating a new immigration policies. Back in June, for instance, he warned that immigration reform would “destroy our country” and “destroy our Constitution and limited government.”

Speaking with Steve Malzberg earlier this week, Broun repeated his warning that if the House GOP compromises at all on immigration, “America, economically, is doomed because we cannot afford to put these people on government largesse.”

Science Committee Member Broun: Evolution, Embryology, Big Bang Are ‘Lies From the Pit of Hell’

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105 comments

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:32:42pm

The only people I see working actively to destroy America are conservatives.

Eclectic Cyborg Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:35:27pm

When exactly did we cross the line between immigration being part of the great American story to it being an unholy evil upon this nation?

As an immigrant myself, these whackos drive me nuts.

Pavlovian Hive Mind Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:36:21pm

Dear Crazy Man,

The CBO says otherwise, chief.

Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:36:47pm

Oh, fuck. Not Broun again. [Sigh]

engineer cat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:37:04pm

America, economically, is doomed because we cannot afford to put these people on government

this can be calculated thusly:

(non white => welfare) == racist

QED [x]

Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:37:04pm

Amazing capture of predator and prey in nature, Australia. pic.twitter.com/L2G4pLBSnK
— National Geographic (@NatGeopix) August 10, 2013

Pavlovian Hive Mind Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:39:46pm

Greek Unemployment Hits Another Record High

The unemployment rate in Greece was 27.6 percent in May, marking yet another record high for the country. That figure is up from 26.9 percent in April, which was also a record, but even that number has now been revised up to 27 percent. The country’s rate is more than double the average rate across the euro zone.

The news is even worse for the country’s young people. The unemployment rate for those ages 15 to 24 is 64.9 percent. In total, 1.38 million people are jobless.

This is the Greek economy’s sixth straight year of recession. Its economy has been struggling under a heavy burden of austerity imposed by eurozone leaders in exchange for bailout funds. The country recently laid off 25,000 public workers even with so many out of work to meet the terms of the next $9.2 billion in rescue funds. It has been steadily cutting the public workforce, reducing wages, raising taxes, and slashin public services.

EPR-radar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:40:25pm

re: #1 Kragar

The only people I see working actively to destroy America are conservatives.

This x100. Although the formal definition of treason does not apply to movement conservatives, they really are anti-American in every other sense of the word.

As one telling example, the US is a creation of political thought that has its foundations in the Enlightenment. The same Enlightenment that the movement conservatives want to undo, of course.

EPR-radar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:43:07pm

re: #7 Varek Raith

Has any of these Eurozone budget hawks regarding Greece even bothered to calculate how many decades of deprivation are entailed by the austerity plans of record?

Idiots.

A Mom Anon Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:43:20pm

He’s a tea party asshat who is running for Saxby Chambliss’ Senate seat. So is my idiot tea party butt kissing rep, Phil Gingrey. They aren’t doing their jobs, they’re auditioning to see who can be the biggest racist, sexist, anti-science, pandering nutbag.

I live on a road that’s about 6 miles long. There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 4ft square Paul Broun for Senate signs on just my street. He cannot get elected by being sane, not that he was in the first place.

I weep for my state, I seriously do.

wrenchwench Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:43:45pm

10 tips for news websites in 10 minutes

1. when someone clicks a link to your website, do not welcome them to your site with a complete page takeover and some crappy ass quote of the day that no one asked for. heres a quote of the day “you suck at the web. stop sucking.” if i was an advertiser i wouldnt want an ad on such a page because the prospective customer is now pissed off. just give them the dumb story they wanted to read and sell them an ad somewhere on that page.

2. if you build your entire business model on stealing other peoples pictures and making funny jokes around them, do not use the smallest type size that you can to “credit” the source. not only are you being a prick, but you inspire other people to your douchey behavior. Here’s an idea, if you really want to throw some love back at the people who’s pictures you jacked, how about linking the entire picture to where you got it? It’s very easy. Ask an intern to show you.

[…]

Later, lizards.

StephenMeansMe Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:45:10pm

He really needs to go back to making speeches in front of thousands of mounted deer heads, and stop deciding science policy… or any policy, really.

Gah, the fact that this clown is in a position of power in anything but some sick farce…

FemNaziBitch Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:46:20pm

I’m going to listen to my book for a while.

bbl maybe, or not.

EPR-radar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:46:33pm

re: #12 StephenMeansMe

He really needs to go back to making speeches in front of thousands of mounted deer heads, and stop deciding science policy… or any policy, really.

Gah, the fact that this clown is in a position of power in anything but some sick farce…

The mounted deer head would make a better Representative or Senator than Broun.

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:47:55pm

Speaking of conservative fuckers…

In Leaked Audio, Cuccinelli Affirms Support For E.W. Jackson

Ken Cuccinelli, the attorney general and Republican nominee for governor in Virginia, told supporters recently they should have no question about his support for E.W. Jackson, the GOP’s polarizing nominee for lieutenant governor in that state.

Cuccinelli made his comments over the weekend in private conference call with a group called Homeschoolers for Ken after a woman asked why he hadn’t “linked up” with Jackson or made a formal endorsement. TPM obtained audio of that call.

Pavlovian Hive Mind Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:48:04pm

re: #14 EPR-radar

The mounted deer head would make a better Representative or Senator than Broun.

Pro-deer propagandist!

ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:49:15pm

re: #7 Varek Raith

Something is going to snap in Greece soon.

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:49:28pm

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner Completes Therapy One Week Early

Embattled San Diego Mayor Bob Filner (D), who’s facing numerous allegations of sexual harassment, completed his two-week therapy session a week early on Friday, ABC’s 10 News reported.

Finer’s chief-of-staff confirmed to 10 News that the mayor entered his “intensive” therapy session, originally scheduled for August 5, one week early because of “intense media coverage.”

Just go away Bob.

engineer cat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:49:48pm

re: #14 EPR-radar

The mounted deer head would make a better Representative or Senator than Broun.

Mounted Deer Head For Congress!

b_sharp Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:49:57pm

re: #7 Varek Raith

Greek Unemployment Hits Another Record High

That austerity plan is working pretty well.

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:50:41pm

re: #20 b_sharp

That austerity plan is working pretty well.

I like the old Roman model myself.
///

engineer cat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:51:10pm

San Diego Mayor Bob

he should be sentenced to 40 years of getting french kissed against his will by a repulsive slobbery person

EPR-radar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:51:30pm

re: #17 ProTARDISLiberal

Something is going to snap in Greece soon.

What’s wrong with asking the people of Greece to subsist on gruel and boiled shoe leather for a century in order to pay back the loans on schedule? ///dripping

Q: What could possibly go wrong?

A: Golden Dawn et al.

Targetpractice Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:53:06pm

re: #7 Varek Raith

Greek Unemployment Hits Another Record High

Yes, yes, but I’ve been assured that Greek suffering is necessary. That when the Greek economy has shrunk to it’s “proper size,” then prosperity will return and businesses will hire like there’s no tomorrow. Just look at how it’s working in Spain and Ireland!!

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Pavlovian Hive Mind Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:53:17pm

re: #21 Kragar

I like the old Roman model myself.
///

Remember!
Pillage then burn!

A Mom Anon Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:53:59pm

re: #22 engineer cat

How is he allowed to keep his job? I do not get this. If my husband did this at work, he’d be fired and charges most likely pressed against him. Arrest, jail time possibly, and no way he could get a job in his field in this area ever again. It’s such bullshit he’s even allowed to go back to a job after this.

ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:54:07pm

re: #23 EPR-radar

Of course, if that happens, we have to step in to protect Albania. The Greek Irredentists still crave Northern Epirus.

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:54:09pm

re: #25 Varek Raith

Remember!
Pillage then burn!

I’ll need that in a diagram.

Single-handed sailor Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:55:15pm

re: #24 Targetpractice

Speaking of Spain, their elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top.

Targetpractice Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:55:55pm

re: #26 A Mom Anon

How is he allowed to keep his job? I do not get this. If my husband did this at work, he’d be fired and charges most likely pressed against him. Arrest, jail time possibly, and no way he could get a job in his field in this area ever again. It’s such bullshit he’s even allowed to go back to a job after this.

13 women have come forward and not only has he finished his “therapy” a week early, but last I heard he still expects the city to cover the costs of fighting any court cases that come from these accusations.

Pavlovian Hive Mind Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:56:08pm

re: #29 Single-handed sailor

Speaking of Spain, their elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top.

FFS…

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:56:45pm

re: #30 Targetpractice

13 women have come forward and not only has he finished his “therapy” a week early, but last I heard he still expects the city to cover the costs of fighting any court cases that come from these accusations.

It hit 14 last night.

Drimble Wedge Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:56:55pm

The only rebranding the GOP wants to institute involves free labor and red-hot irons:

Image: GOP_Rebranding.jpg

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:57:27pm

Filner accusers at 14 after city employee alleges sexual harassment

EPR-radar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:58:47pm

re: #32 Kragar

It hit 14 last night.

Way, way past time for this piece of garbage Filner to be removed from office to face charges.

Drimble Wedge Fri, Aug 9, 2013 5:59:32pm

re: #34 Kragar

Show me on the doll where Bob Filner didn’t touch you.

Targetpractice Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:00:16pm

re: #34 Kragar

Filner accusers at 14 after city employee alleges sexual harassment

The cajones on this nutbar, that not only does he expect to continue being taken seriously while 14 women are leveling accusations at him, but he expects the taxpayers to bail his out by paying for the lawsuits.

This one’s gonna get drug, kicking and screaming, out the front door before he ever considers resigning.

Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:04:16pm

re: #26 A Mom Anon

How is he allowed to keep his job? I do not get this. If my husband did this at work, he’d be fired and charges most likely pressed against him. Arrest, jail time possibly, and no way he could get a job in his field in this area ever again. It’s such bullshit he’s even allowed to go back to a job after this.

Yes, he should be recalled, if that process is in place, or some other mechanism available to get him out of office.

I can’t figure out how half of Congress is allowed to keep their jobs. Yeah, yeah, they’re elected, but that means that a lot of people in the US agree with them in their own uneducated/low information way and based on their own biases to which those candidates pander, and that is scary as hell.

I can’t even discuss politics w/most people around here because they simply won’t accept simple facts and operate on their own assumptions, gossip and prejudices.

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:06:10pm

Big donor joins Filner recall campaign

Councilwomen Myrtle Cole and Marti Emerald issued a joint statement that pointed to new evidence of Filner’s conduct, including statements by members of the mayor’s staff to investigators about alleged daily harassment and abuse.

Cole and Emerald, who are closely aligned to the mayor politically, joined the seven other members of the panel in calling on him to step down.

Cole, who won a special election to join the council in May, had previously backed the mayor’s plea for due process rights while allegations of sexual harassment swirled around him.

Emerald, who was attending a governance seminar at Harvard University when the scandal erupted, criticized Filner’s conduct upon her return but did not call for his resignation at that time.

“Mayor Bob Filner must resign immediately,” the councilwomen said in Friday’s joint statement. “Disturbing new evidence about the mayor’s conduct makes it crystal clear he can no longer remain the chief executive of the city of San Diego.”

After acknowledging their previous support for the mayor, Cole and Emerald said, “We are shocked by his conduct and his lack of respect for women, his employees and the office he holds.”

Friday, the campaign to recall Mayor Bob Filner received a financial boost from a local businessman.

Rancho Santa Fe businessman John Cox says he’s opening up his wallet to help fund the grassroots recall effort against the embattled mayor, who has been accused of unwanted advances by women.

engineer cat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:06:12pm

Mounted Deer Head will never raise your taxes!

Mounted Deer Head respects all peoples and will never make racist, disparaging remarks

Mounted Deer Head will never “hike the appalachian trail” because he is NAILED TO THE WALL

EPR-radar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:07:35pm

re: #27 ProTARDISLiberal

Of course, if that happens, we have to step in to protect Albania. The Greek Irredentists still crave Northern Epirus.

If by ‘we’ you mean the US, why?

ProTARDISLiberal Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:08:38pm

re: #41 EPR-radar

Albania is a rather loyal, if tiny, ally.

EPR-radar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:09:26pm

re: #40 engineer cat

Mounted Deer Head has a superior understanding of science than Rep. Broun, and is more qualified to sit on the House Science committee.

Justanotherhuman Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:17:35pm

Too many people with Dunning-Kruger syndrome running for elective office these days, all of them seemingly ‘bagger types, though. Same with their supporters.

Lidane Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:21:14pm

re: #18 Kragar

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner Completes Therapy One Week Early

He could’ve completed therapy in ten minutes via osmosis and I’d still call him a total fucking sleazebag that’s unfit for office and who needs to resign.

engineer cat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:22:49pm

re: #26 A Mom Anon

How is he allowed to keep his job? I do not get this. If my husband did this at work, he’d be fired and charges most likely pressed against him. Arrest, jail time possibly, and no way he could get a job in his field in this area ever again. It’s such bullshit he’s even allowed to go back to a job after this.

i think he has immunity while an elected public official

on the other hand once his term of office is up or he gets impeached he is one very burnt piece of toast

Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:24:11pm

Slow Motion Water Balloon Fight with 1500 people. What more is there to say.

Youtube Video

aagcobb Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:26:35pm

re: #17 ProTARDISLiberal

Something is going to snap in Greece soon.

If liberal government fails the people in a crisis, history tells us that they will turn to communists or fascists out of desperation. What Greece ought to do is pull out of the Euro. Will the value of the Drachma plummet? You bet. Then Greek exports and Greek vacations will be dirt cheap, and Euros, Pounds, Rubles and Dollars will come pouring in to take advantage of the bargains, putting Greeks back to work. Better to do it now then wait for Golden Dawn to take over and do what’s needed.

Lidane Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:32:09pm

re: #2 Eclectic Cyborg

When exactly did we cross the line between immigration being part of the great American story to it being an unholy evil upon this nation?

November 4, 2008

A Man for all Seasons Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:36:51pm

Rep. Paul Brown: This country has already been destroyed by immigration for hundreds of years..
Like when they let those God damn Irish come in..Fucking Mics ruined everything..And then Italians came over..Those freaking noodle eat’n and red wine swilling doomed America..And then the god damn Jews showed up and took over the whole world..
.Can you believe we could only enslave Chinese to build our shit for a few years? Can you believe it? Who the hell are they letting come to America any more? And you Sir from the South..How dare them damn slave be citizens..We ship them in like cattle and they demand justice and to be equal? What the hell is this world coming to?
Yup, Our Immigration policy will doom America..It always has..I hear ya sir..
*Spit*

Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:37:10pm

Yes Please! Empty Hammock, Maldives #EarthPics pic.twitter.com/q8bx1omayk
— Google Earth Pics (@GoogleEarthPics) August 10, 2013

Dancing along the light of day Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:42:23pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

I can has? Will share!

bratwurst Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:45:44pm

Sanjay Gupta apologizes for denying health benefits of marijuana, says he will now work on convincing Ken Cuccinelli blowjobs aren't so bad
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) August 10, 2013

Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:46:04pm

An Appreciation of George Duke, by A. Scott Galloway http://t.co/gYjrSlPRPs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 10, 2013

Amory Blaine Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:47:35pm

I posted a month or so ago that Walker said he was open to abolishing the unions for police and fire fighters. Now it looks like Alberta Darling is preparing for the other shoe to drop.

Sen. Alberta Darling says state should review public employees retiring at 55

State Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) says she hopes police and firefighters around the state will be open to accepting the strict limits on collective bargaining that were imposed on other public workers by Act 10.

“I really am hoping fire and police will come into the fold,” Darling told a Mequon-Thiensville Chamber of Commerce forum this week, the News Graphic reported. “They realize their brothers and sisters will lose jobs unless they contribute.”

Darling also said, according to the article, that the state retirement system should be reviewed. “The idea of retirement at 55 for public employees is something we’re going to have to test — don’t you agree?” she said.

This tells me the wheels are already in motion. Why else should they be “open” to it?

Decatur Deb Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:50:08pm

re: #55 Amory Blaine

I posted a month or so ago that Walker said he was open to abolishing the unions for police and fire fighters. Now it looks like Alberta Darling is preparing for the other shoe to drop.

Sen. Alberta Darling says state should review public employees retiring at 55

This tells me the wheels are already in motion. Why else should they be “open” to it?

Sixty yr. old cops and firemen=more dead citizens. It’s not a bennie—they’re shot out.

BongCrodny Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:50:44pm

re: #40 engineer cat

Mounted Deer Head will never raise your taxes!

Mounted Deer Head respects all peoples and will never make racist, disparaging remarks

Mounted Deer Head will never “hike the appalachian trail” because he is NAILED TO THE WALL

You make a good argument, but I’m still going for Inanimate Carbon Rod.

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:54:38pm

re: #57 BongCrodny

You make a good argument, but I’m still going for Inanimate Carbon Rod.

I still think Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage has a real shot in 2016.

thedopefishlives Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:54:41pm

re: #57 BongCrodny

You make a good argument, but I’m still going for Inanimate Carbon Rod.

My vote has, and will always, lie with the Companion Cube. Sorry.

Lidane Fri, Aug 9, 2013 7:00:04pm

re: #59 thedopefishlives

My vote has, and will always, lie with the Companion Cube. Sorry.

Companion Cube is old and outdated. Clearly, it needs an upgrade.

engineer cat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 7:01:19pm

re: #60 Lidane

Companion Cube is old and outdated. Clearly, it needs an upgrade.

Great for occupying your kitty while you spend hours teleporting around trying to get some cake

in soviet union, kitty bed occupies kittycat

bratwurst Fri, Aug 9, 2013 7:02:26pm

What is the opposite of Must See TV?

Turn on @foxnews now for a special report on “The Great Food Stamp Binge” hosted by @BretBaier http://t.co/SqoNArpZCN
— Karl Rove (@KarlRove) August 10, 2013

GeneJockey Fri, Aug 9, 2013 7:03:04pm

re: #58 Kragar

I still think Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage has a real shot in 2016.

Jesus. WHICH Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage? There are several to choose from.

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 7:03:20pm

re: #62 bratwurst

What is the opposite of Must See TV?

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Anything on Fox

Lidane Fri, Aug 9, 2013 7:11:03pm

re: #63 GeneJockey

Jesus. WHICH Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage? There are several to choose from.

The one that’s not a filthy RINO squish, obviously.

gunnison Fri, Aug 9, 2013 7:17:44pm

Georgia Republican congressman Paul Broun believes that evolution, embryology, and the Big Bang theory are all lies straight from the pit of hell — an opinion that eminently qualifies him to serve as a Republican member of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology.

It’s sentences like that which have kept me dropping in here a few times a week.

Let’s just sit back and relish the implications of having a bobblehead who actually no-joke believes that Evolutionary Theory is the handiwork of the devil. Really. The Devil. Old Scratch hisself personally.

Then let’s contemplate that Talibanesque characters like this have colonized School Districts and local politics from coast to coast as a direct result of a program initiated by the likes of Paul Weyrich and Ralph Reed and other sundry and pissed-off operatives who emerged from the rubble of Goldwater’s presidential campaign and set about colonizing the GOP at precinct level.
Here in my part Western Colorado the GOP at precinct level is a collection of deeply insane theocrats, no small number of whom vocally support the death penalty for homosexuals.

Then consider that the US has the most powerful military apparatus in the entire history of human affairs, and that no small number of these fuckwits are an oddball mix of Christian Zionists and Dispensationalists who consider a massive war in the Middle East to be a necessary condition for the return of Jesus Christ.

Not so funny, that.

simoom Fri, Aug 9, 2013 7:18:17pm

AP apparently is still throwing a tantrum at the admin about that leak investigation a while back. Check out how they keep off-handedly referring to the FISA section 215 phone record metadata collection as “spying”:

AP: OBAMA SAYS PHONE SPYING NOT ABUSED, WILL CONTINUE

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made it clear Friday he has no intention of stopping the daily collection of American phone records. And while he offered “appropriate reforms,” he blamed government leaks for creating distrust of his domestic spying program.

In an afternoon news conference, the president acknowledged the domestic spying has troubled Americans and hurt the country’s image abroad. But he called it a critical counterterrorism tool.

By calling it “his domestic spying program” they’re pretending he’s contradicted himself from what he said on Leno: “We Don’t Have a Domestic Spying Program” even though he didn’t say anything of the sort in the news conference.

The whole article is filled with misleading paraphrasing/summations and weirdly passive-aggressive passages like:

The White House chose to announce the changes and release the documents on a Friday afternoon in August when Congress was on vacation and much of Washington had cleared out.

Should’ve waited a month-and-a-half for Congress to get back, vs doing a midday news conference. ///

[edit: Interestingly, their twitter account went with a much less inflammatory title in linking to the article:

Obama says phone record surveillance will continue, but with “appropriate reforms”: http://t.co/e5CS03pDP5
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 9, 2013

]

Lancelot Link Fri, Aug 9, 2013 7:30:27pm

re: #62 bratwurst

I can’t think of anything more worthwhile than a guy who makes 7 million dollars a year complaining about poor people. //

Mike Lamb Fri, Aug 9, 2013 7:52:59pm

Anti-evolution, anti-embryology, anti-Big Bang, anti-climate change and anti-immigration…I believe that’s what the GOP would call a 5 tool player.

Sad thing is that he used to stand out for his crank-itudeness (look it up, it’s legit). Now? He’s just some guy.

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:06:28pm

Arkansas GOP Rep. in college column: Women are ‘the problem’ in divorce

Thanks to online archives, Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR)’s college-era thoughts about women have been exposed to voters who may be asked to consider him for the U.S. Senate in 2014. Cotton, during his time at Harvard University, penned a 1997 column in which he wrote that men are “simple” and women are “the problem” when it comes to divorce in the United States.

According to the Huffington Post, Cotton argued in a column titled “Promises and Covenants” for the Harvard Crimson he interviews an unspecified number of women (which he admits is a “admittedly small and perhaps unrepresentative”) about their greatest fear only to discover that it is living without a man.

calochortus Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:09:18pm

re: #70 Kragar

Let me get this straight-Women’s greatest fear is having to live without a man, but they are the ones to blame for divorce? How exactly does that work?

Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:09:21pm

re: #37 Targetpractice

The cajones on this nutbar, that not only does he expect to continue being taken seriously while 14 women are leveling accusations at him, but he expects the taxpayers to bail his out by paying for the lawsuits.

This one’s gonna get drug, kicking and screaming, out the front door before he ever considers resigning.

I wonder how much pull he still has with local democratic politicos, though. If San Diego Dems are smart, they’ll unite behind dumping this chump. The good news for them is that unlike in Wisconsin the recall itself and the choosing of a new governor if the recall succeeds are two separate ballot items.

Lidane Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:11:15pm

re: #71 calochortus

Let me get this straight-Women’s greatest fear is having to live without a man, but they are the ones to blame for divorce? How exactly does that work?

Conservative logic, of course.

Kragar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:13:12pm

re: #71 calochortus

Let me get this straight-Women’s greatest fear is having to live without a man, but they are the ones to blame for divorce? How exactly does that work?

Well, first you have to realize that all sin comes from women.
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calochortus Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:14:02pm

re: #74 Kragar

Well, first you have to realize that all sin comes from women.
///

Sure, but most of the fun comes from us too, right?

calochortus Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:14:15pm

re: #73 Lidane

Conservative logic, of course.

Of course.

jamesfirecat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:16:40pm

re: #55 Amory Blaine

I posted a month or so ago that Walker said he was open to abolishing the unions for police and fire fighters. Now it looks like Alberta Darling is preparing for the other shoe to drop.

Sen. Alberta Darling says state should review public employees retiring at 55

This tells me the wheels are already in motion. Why else should they be “open” to it?

I wonder what DF will have to say about this…

Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:19:52pm

re: #77 jamesfirecat

I wonder what DF will have to say about this…

I’d have to review how the pension systems works up there to know if her claim is correct. That’s not something I’ll have time for till the 21st at the earliest.

EPR-radar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:21:18pm

re: #55 Amory Blaine

I posted a month or so ago that Walker said he was open to abolishing the unions for police and fire fighters. Now it looks like Alberta Darling is preparing for the other shoe to drop.

Sen. Alberta Darling says state should review public employees retiring at 55

This tells me the wheels are already in motion. Why else should they be “open” to it?

First they came for the….

This really is the GOP plan these days: 1) make things worse for the easiest targets; 2) then make things equally bad for everyone, for consistency; 3) Go to step #1 and repeat.

jamesfirecat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:22:39pm

re: #78 Dark_Falcon

I’d have to review how the pension systems works up there to know if her claim is correct. That’s not something I’ll have time for till the 21st at the earliest.

That’s “funny” cause I’m pretty sure back when this shit was all going down you used to talk about how you were okay with it because Firefighters and cops (you know people who risk their lives as part of their job description) were not getting harmed by Walker’s Union Busting,,..

jamesfirecat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:23:12pm

re: #79 EPR-radar

First they came for the….

This really is the GOP plan these days: 1) make things worse for the easiest targets; 2) then make things equally bad for everyone, for consistency; 3) Go to step #1 and repeat.

A rising ocean of shit makes all boats stink equally.

Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:24:20pm

re: #80 jamesfirecat

That’s “funny” cause I’m pretty sure back when this shit was all going down you used to talk about how you were okay with it because Firefighters and cops (you know people who risk their lives as part of their job description) were not getting harmed by Walker’s Union Busting,,..

I was referring to the ‘retire at 55’ part. I don’t favor extending Act 10 to police and firefighters.

jamesfirecat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:25:58pm

re: #82 Dark_Falcon

I was referring to the ‘retire at 55’ part. I don’t favor extending Act 10 to police and firefighters.

I think someone else raises a very salient point to the matter..l do you really want police and firefighters to be forced to keep doing their jobs as they get older?

Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:27:44pm

re: #83 jamesfirecat

I think someone else raises a very salient point to the matter..l do you really want police and firefighters to be forced to keep doing their jobs as they get older?

I said ‘not now’ on that point, James. I’m sorry, but I just got put on a new event at work, so my research time this weekend has to be devoted to that.

EPR-radar Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:30:22pm

re: #83 jamesfirecat

I think someone else raises a very salient point to the matter..l do you really want police and firefighters to be forced to keep doing their jobs as they get older?

Public sector unions and pensions are anathema to today’s GOP, since they are visible reminders of those long ago days when labor hadn’t been as thoroughly beaten down as it is today.

Naturally, the conservative response to this is to get rid of unions and pensions for everyone, as opposed to the civilized alternative of unions and pensions for all workers.

jamesfirecat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:31:53pm

re: #84 Dark_Falcon

I said ‘not now’ on that point, James. I’m sorry, but I just got put on a new event at work, so my research time this weekend has to be devoted to that.

Honestly I don’t feel research is needed I am fine with those people whose jobs involve risking their lives getting paid more than most people and being able to retire earlier than most people. If we need to worry about cash inflow/outflow there should doubtlessly be better places to look for it than those who preserve the stability necessary for a society and protect our lives/property from harm.

IE anyone who talks about how firefighters and cops need to loose collective bargaining/be forced to retire later is advancing a plan which will hurt society.

blueraven Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:31:55pm

Really, must DF answer for everything Scott Walker does? Or any other republican for that fact.

The targeting of one conservative here gets boring. It would be better to discuss ideas rather than the finger-pointing and accusations.

Targetpractice Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:34:07pm

re: #70 Kragar

Arkansas GOP Rep. in college column: Women are ‘the problem’ in divorce

Any time I read stories like this, I can’t help but hear Kiefer Sutherland’s line in Phone Booth:

“Yes! Finally some honesty.”

jamesfirecat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:35:51pm

re: #87 blueraven

Really, must DF answer for everything Scott Walker does? Or any other republican for that fact.

The targeting of one conservative here gets boring. It would be better to discuss ideas rather than the finger-pointing and accusations.

DF Durring the Scott Walker debate said that he would not support such union busting measures aimed at police/firefighters I felt it was a fair question to ask if he still stood by those statements now that Walker seems to be putting the screws to those two groups.

blueraven Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:39:04pm

re: #89 jamesfirecat

DF Durring the Scott Walker debate said that he would not support such union busting measures aimed at police/firefighters I felt it was a fair question to ask if he still stood by those statements now that Walker seems to be putting the screws to those two groups.

A lot of people say a lot of shit on a blog. I just don’t think he needs to be held accountable any more than the rest of us. And when he says he will discuss it later, that should be respected.

Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:43:40pm

re: #90 blueraven

A lot of people say a lot shit on a blog. I just don’t think he needs to be held accountable any more than the rest of us. And when he says he will discuss it later, that should be respected.

Thank you.

I’m not trying to evade so much as that pension reform is a highly complex issue. My primary focus on this issue is my own home state of Illinois’ deeply troubled pension system, and so I know very little about Wisconsin’s pension system.

This isn’t an issue on which I can afford to talk out of my ass, but neither can I give it the time it would need right now. Therefore, I must decline to comment.

Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:47:52pm

The owner of the Tumblr blog “You’re not bulletproof” takes an anti-Israel commenter to the woodshed:

In regards to the “Uzi Eagle” post…

I read this comment and thought for a little while how I should respond because this is something that greatly annoys me.

You talk about some sort of morale high road because you don’t want to spend your money on an Israeli made gun cause in essence you don’t want to fund a country you disagree with because of their practices. Or maybe you’re anti-Semitic?

Yet so many of you sing high praise for Russians and other countries, when they’re just as covered in blood as the Israeli’s and Palestinians. You can go to Israel as an American and feel safe. I’d like to see you go to Syria, Yemen, Libya, Iraq, Iran, etc and wear a big American flag t-shirt.

If you’re in the mindset that the Israeli’s are committing crimes against humanity, you might as well stop buying everything made in China, and stop drooling over Russian guns cause as I’ve said, all countries are covered in blood, but you choose to focus on one.

Franky I don’t care where my guns are made. I’ll buy Russian, Chinese, Israeli stuff. You’re being hypocritical by saying no to Israeli guns but yes to Chinese and Russian guns. Might as well not buy German and Japanese made products cause of what they did during World War II in accordance to your mentality.

Full post is here. I must warn that it has graphic footage of a Chinese execution squad and the aftermath of a Russian airstrike and so is NSFW.

Interesting Times Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:47:52pm

re: #87 blueraven

Really, must DF answer for everything Scott Walker does?

He donated money to his campaign, IIRC (as if a Koch-puppet like Walker needs donations from the people his type screws over on a regular basis…the very concept is nauseating)

jamesfirecat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:47:53pm

re: #91 Dark_Falcon

Thank you.

I’m not trying to evade so much as that pension reform is a highly complex issue. My primary focus on this issue is my own home state of Illinois’ deeply troubled pension system, and so I know very little about Wisconsin’s pension system.

This isn’t an issue on which I can afford to talk out of my ass, but neither can I give it the time it would need right now. Therefore, I must decline to comment.

Sorry for putting you on the spot DF its sad because there just are not that many sane conservatives out there and I appreciate the mental sparring that comes from having an argument with one, but that does not give me the right to force you to have an argument with me when you are busy…

Now maybe if I paid you for the full half an hour instead of just five minutes…

calochortus Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:49:23pm

Speaking as a 60 year old, I can’t imagine trying to put out a fire, or conduct a rescue at my age. I realize some people might be able to do it, but 55 seems a very reasonable retirement age for that sort of work. Of course, it also seems a reasonable retirement age for someone harvesting tomatoes as well, but that doesn’t seem to be under discussion anywhere.

blueraven Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:51:56pm

re: #93 Interesting Times

He donated money to his campaign, IIRC (as if a Koch-puppet like Walker needs donations from the people his type screws over on a regular basis…it’s just nauseating)

Yes, and he caught a lot of hell for it then. Does he have to go away now? I do think there is room for honest differences of opinions here without the accusatory tone that often surfaces.

Interesting Times Fri, Aug 9, 2013 9:03:18pm

re: #96 blueraven

Yes, and he caught a lot of hell for it then. Does he have to go away now? I do think there is room for honest differences of opinions here without the accusatory tone that often surfaces.

Speaking for myself, it’s not so much “accusing” as sheer frustration. I can understand rich sociopaths like the Kochs supporting the GOP, because it’s pure short-sighted self-interest for them. But to see the very people directly harmed by GOP policy continue to enable the abuse is maddening and despair-inducing. I just hate the human capacity for self-delusion when it turns into such a destructive form of Stockholm syndrome.

Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 9, 2013 9:08:37pm

re: #97 Interesting Times

I get frustrated a lot in my life, too. That doesn’t make it OK for me to take it out on you, nor for you to aim your frustration at me.

blueraven Fri, Aug 9, 2013 9:10:04pm

re: #97 Interesting Times

Speaking for myself, it’s not so much “accusing” as sheer frustration. I can understand rich sociopaths like the Kochs supporting the GOP, because it’s pure short-sighted self-interest for them. But to see the very people directly harmed by GOP policy continue to enable the abuse is maddening and despair-inducing. I just hate the human capacity for self-delusion when it turns into such a destructive form of Stockholm syndrome.

Oh, I totally agree. I see it all the time.

To turn it around though, conservatives think that liberal policies have enslaved the working poor, minorities etc…and wonder why they keep voting for democrats.

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jamesfirecat Fri, Aug 9, 2013 9:13:20pm

re: #99 blueraven

Oh, I totally agree. I see it all the time.

To turn it around though, conservatives think that liberal policies have enslaved the working poor, minorities etc…and wonder why they keep voting for democrats.

The problem is that when they (republican talking heads not DF) talk about why they can’t figure out why minorities keep voting democratic they often compare having a strong preference for one party over another to the mindset that would come with actually being owned by another human being and treated like a piece of property, thereby reminding minorities (or at least a certain group of them) why they have such a strong preference for the Democraric party.

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Interesting Times Fri, Aug 9, 2013 9:19:46pm

re: #99 blueraven

To turn it around though, conservatives think that liberal policies have enslaved the working poor, minorities etc…and wonder why they keep voting for democrats.

I know that’s what many of them think, but only one set of beliefs is actually supported by objective reality, and it ain’t the one the GOP pushes! (though of course it’s mostly the bought-out corporatist media responsible for this state of mass delusion/lack of awareness).

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

I get frustrated a lot in my life, too. That doesn’t make it OK for me to take it out on you, nor for you to aim your frustration at me.

But I don’t do that. I aim my frustration squarely at evil, destructive politicians and their evil, destructive actions, and simply ask how could anyone support something like this.

_{(though if that comes in the context of several others doing the same, and in harsher language than I would use, I can see how it could feel like a pile-on)}

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blueraven Fri, Aug 9, 2013 9:27:12pm

re: #101 Interesting Times

I know that’s what many of them think, but only one set of beliefs is actually supported by objective reality, and it ain’t the one the GOP pushes! (though of course it’s mostly the bought-out corporatist media responsible for this).

Not only that, the true conservatives would have alternate plans…for health care, immigration etc…but today’s Republican party has abandoned all reason and debate. They operate on obstruction and hate for those not like them. Their fiscal policy is the same for all situations; Lower taxes/cut spending.

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alpuz Fri, Aug 9, 2013 9:46:03pm

re: #47 Charles Johnson

Late to the party, but how about this?

“That earhole had it coming?”

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Amory Blaine Fri, Aug 9, 2013 10:25:10pm

The Wisconsin Retirement System is one of the best in the country. Conservascum can’t wait to get their fingers on it. So Alberta Darling doesn’t think people should retire at 55 with thirty years hey? She thinks an aging workforce, who cpst the most should stay on the taxpayers payroll. BTW when they enter the pension system they are off of it.

From assknuckles own mouth:

Gov. Scott Walker is used to hearing cheers from conservative audiences when highlighting fiscal constraints he put on Wisconsin’s budget in 2011.

He seemed a bit surprised, though, during his November 2012 address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library when scattered applause broke out after he mentioned the state’s pension fund.

Walker was comparing Wisconsin’s fiscal condition to that of California and of his standard punching bag, Illinois, which raised taxes to close a budget gap.

“They have a pension system that’s not even halfway funded,” Walker said of the Land of Lincoln. “Now, in contrast, in our state, our pension system is the only one in the country (that’s) 100 percent funded.”

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Decatur Deb Sat, Aug 10, 2013 12:25:32pm

re: #104 Amory Blaine

The Wisconsin Retirement System is one of the best in the country. Conservascum can’t wait to get their fingers on it. So Alberta Darling doesn’t think people should retire at 55 with thirty years hey? She thinks an aging workforce, who cpst the most should stay on the taxpayers payroll. BTW when they enter the pension system they are off of it.

Will you never learn to think like a Republican? Raising the retirement age beyond physical ability guarantees poor performance. The fireman who can’t get a 200-pounder down a ladder can be demoted for failure and, ideally, fired. Big savings!!!

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