1 Tigger2  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 9:30:45am

The Republican Party is an thorn in our Democracies ass.

2 darthstar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:11:12am

Welcome back, Charles.

3 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:12:03am

Rand Paul: ‘We haven’t had a big debate about Obamacare’

/jawdrop

4 darthstar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:12:08am

I’m really loving all the personal testimonials about how people are finding lower health care rates today. Nothing says, ‘fuck the GOP’ like people getting better health care and liking it.

5 Skip Intro  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:12:23am

Image: TP-republicans-shut-down.jpg

6 darthstar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:12:50am

re: #3 Kragar

Rand Paul: ‘We haven’t had a big debate about Obamacare’

/jawdrop

No, only A FUCKING NATIONAL ELECTION!

7 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:14:06am

re: #6 darthstar

No, only A FUCKING NATIONAL ELECTION!

And 40+ votes in Congress…

And a Supreme Court case…

but no real debate…

8 Skip Intro  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:14:18am

re: #4 darthstar

I’m really loving all the personal testimonials about how people are finding lower health care rates today. Nothing says, ‘fuck the GOP’ like people getting better health care and liking it.

Just for kicks, I checked my rates for the “Platinum” plan here in California. Roughly $200 a month less than my current “Bronze” level plan with Blue shield.

Edit: I should mention that the lower rate for the better plan is with the same insurance company I have now!

Too bad the exchange is so jammed I can’t get on to sign up. Maybe in a month things will calm down.

9 Jack Burton  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:15:16am

re: #7 Kragar

And 40+ votes in Congress…

And a Supreme Court case…

bu no real debate…

And all the… what do you call it? Oh yeah right, DEBATE, that happened before it was passed in the first place.

10 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:15:19am

re: #7 Kragar

And 40+ votes in Congress…

And a Supreme Court case…

bu no real debate…

GOP has an odd definition of “real”. They trot out “real Americans”, “real debate”, “real POTUS”, etc. a lot.

11 lawhawk  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:15:20am

re: #3 Kragar


IOW, Sen. Paul must be deaf, dumb, and blind - and can’t even play pinball to have missed the years’ worth of debate on ACA.

12 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:16:19am

re: #3 Kragar

Rand Paul: ‘We haven’t had a big debate about Obamacare’

/jawdrop

Fuck that Aqua Buddha asshole sideways. How the fuck does he think he got into the Senate in the first goddamn place?

13 Skip Intro  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:16:22am

re: #11 lawhawk

I think “dumb” explains it all.

14 darthstar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:17:21am
15 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:17:41am

Well, if this doesn’t make the ‘baggers cave, I don’t know what will.


We know what their priorities are.

16 Romantic Heretic  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:19:01am

re: #13 Skip Intro

I think “dumb” explains it all.

If he was dumb we wouldn’t have to listen to him.

This statement of Sen. Paul’s is stupid, and evil.

17 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:19:47am

Bryan Fischer wants us to go Single Payer now.

18 Targetpractice  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:19:50am

re: #15 Justanotherhuman

Well, if this doesn’t make the ‘baggers cave, I don’t know what will.

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We know what their priorities are.

As if my old man wasn’t pissed already. First furloughed, now no Air Force-Navy game on Saturday? He’s gonna be spittin’ nails.

19 klys  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:20:29am

re: #17 Kragar

Bryan Fischer wants us to go Single Payer now.

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Hahahahahahaha. Oh man.

No, really, that’s great. Tell me another one!

20 darthstar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:20:49am
21 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:21:01am

re: #15 Justanotherhuman

Well, if this doesn’t make the ‘baggers cave, I don’t know what will.

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We know what their priorities are.

The teabaggers have that covered, TEH SHUTDOWN IS HARRY REID’S AND TEH PRESIDENT’S FAULT!!!1!!!!!1

22 lawhawk  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:21:38am

Oh Snap. Not a fan of Pelosi, but Burn!

23 Charles Johnson  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:22:03am
24 Eclectic Cyborg  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:22:22am

re: #15 Justanotherhuman

Well, if this doesn’t make the ‘baggers cave, I don’t know what will.

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We know what their priorities are.

I bet they are already trying to raise money to send the team themselves.

25 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:22:35am

re: #19 klys

Hahahahahahaha. Oh man.

No, really, that’s great. Tell me another one!


Try telling the grocery store you’ll pay for your food once you get a paycheck again.

26 Skip Intro  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:23:15am

re: #23 Charles Johnson

It’s his fault because he didn’t pay the ransom.

27 SpaceJesus  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:23:29am

re: #17 Kragar

hahahaha

28 Skip Intro  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:24:21am

re: #25 Kragar

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Try telling the grocery store you’ll pay for your food once you get a paycheck again.

As they should, since their suspension has nothing to do with them.

Douchebag cubed, that Bryan.

29 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:25:05am

What? What? What? What?

Perry: Wife Misspoke About Abortion

go.bloomberg.com

So, even Anita Perry can’t speak for herself? In any situation?

Anita, set yourself free from the bullshit!

30 darthstar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:25:24am
31 Carlos Danger  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:25:32am

Obama looks pissed.

32 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:25:36am
33 lawhawk  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:25:47am


No pent up demand or anything… But if you get the 404 or other error indicating site overload, that’s a fail according to GOPers? Hardly.

But it shows that fighting the ACA/Obamacare will be the worst thing you’ve done in a long long time. And that’s saying something.

The GOP went from compassionate conservatism and expanding Medicaid Part D to demanding that Obamacare be defunded, delayed, and ultimately destroyed for its ability to provide affordable health insurance to those who were previously unable to access affordable insurance.

34 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:26:06am

re: #17 Kragar

Bryan Fischer wants us to go Single Payer now.

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Maybe he misheard it as “single prayer.”

35 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:26:12am

re: #28 Skip Intro

As they should, since they’re suspension has nothing to do with them.

Douchebag cubed, that Bryan.

No worries, they can just apply for food stamps and…

Well, fuck.

36 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:26:29am

GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs if you do not defund Obamacare!

POTUS: Hey man, it’s the law that Congress voted on and SCOTUS upheld.

GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs RIGHT NOW!!

POTUS: Oh don’t do that man.

GOP: (Drowns the kittehs) NOW LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!

TEAPARTY: Obama drowned a bag of kittehs! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!11!! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!!11!!!!!! (ReTweet a bazillions times)

37 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:26:59am

re: #30 darthstar

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Rick Perry: “Tell them, honey.”
Anita Perry: “I fell down the stairs.”

38 klys  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:27:12am

re: #36 Vicious Babushka

GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs if you do not defund Obamacare!

POTUS: Hey man, it’s the law that Congress voted on and SCOTUS upheld.

GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs RIGHT NOW!!

POTUS: Oh don’t do that man.

GOP: (Drowns the kittehs) NOW LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!

TEAPARTY: Obama drowned a bag of kittehs! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!11!! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!!11!!!!!!

That I can only give this one upding depresses me. UPDING HER MORE, LIZARDS.

39 lawhawk  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:28:21am

re: #29 Justanotherhuman

The “misspeak” is meant to soften up Perry’s image going into 2016 and the court review of the abortion regs the Texas legislature just rammed through. They think that because Perry may have a family member who’s open to abortion doesn’t make his actual position and legislative/political actions any less odious. His goal is to outlaw abortion, and the means/methods show that he doesn’t tolerate dissent. That’s why he needed special sessions (plural) to get it done, especially when Davis filibustered (a real one to run out the clock, not the Cruz pontification with approval from the chair).

40 Interesting Times  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:28:29am

re: #36 Vicious Babushka

GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs if you do not defund Obamacare!

POTUS: Hey man, it’s the law that Congress voted on and SCOTUS upheld.

GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs RIGHT NOW!!

POTUS: Oh don’t do that man.

GOP: (Drowns the kittehs) NOW LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!

TEAPARTY: Obama drowned a bag of kittehs! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!11!! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!!11!!!!!!

CHUCK TODD: Why wouldn’t Obama compromise and agree to put off drowning the kittehs for a year?

41 Targetpractice  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:28:53am

re: #36 Vicious Babushka

GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs if you do not defund Obamacare!

POTUS: Hey man, it’s the law that Congress voted on and SCOTUS upheld.

GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs RIGHT NOW!!

POTUS: Oh don’t do that man.

GOP: (Drowns the kittehs) NOW LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!

TEAPARTY: Obama drowned a bag of kittehs! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!11!! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!!11!!!!!!

Media: “Obama refuses to save bag of kittens, Republicans argue they were right to drop the bag.”

42 erik_t  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:29:07am

They were actually statues of kittehs, but that’s not really my job to correct.

43 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:29:41am

re: #40 Interesting Times

Perfect!

44 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:29:46am

But it was only a bag of “non-essential” kittehs

45 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:29:47am

re: #29 Justanotherhuman

What? What? What? What?

Perry: Wife Misspoke About Abortion

go.bloomberg.com

So, even Anita Perry can’t speak for herself? In any situation?

Anita, set yourself free from the bullshit!

Yeah, she didn’t misspeak. She just forgot that her husband still considers himself relevant.

I wish people like Markos in the tweet below your comment, and Skip in a comment here, would refrain from dissing her the way her husband does, even if it’s supposed to be sarcasm.

46 klys  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:29:49am

/sniffle

I love you people all so much.

47 jaunte  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:30:00am

George Will joins Fox ‘News’

48 Backwoods_Sleuth  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:30:28am

Well….I’ve been putting it off all day…

Guess I’ll go check to see what my wingnut family and friends have to say on FB…

49 jaunte  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:31:34am
50 darthstar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:31:40am

re: #37 Kragar

Anita Perry: “I fell down the stairs.”

She’s just a little clumsy.

51 klys  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:32:02am

re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth

Well….I’ve been putting it off all day…

Guess I’ll go check to see what my wingnut family and friends have to say on FB…

I have them all conveniently filtered into a list that I can ignore safely most of the time.

Facebook is strictly politics-free for me. Mostly because I don’t tolerate idiocy well and that comes across, and when dealing with family it is rarely the right decision.

52 missliberties  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:32:33am

I thought I had been paying attention, but honest, I didn’t know that the tea party campaigns rallying cry was shut down the government. Wow!

53 Romantic Heretic  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:33:00am

“And then what?” This is a question not asked often enough.

Especially among the neo-Bolsheviks masquerading as conservatives. But then they don’t ask questions because they have all the answers.

54 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:33:33am

Fox News’ Kilmeade slams GOP for shutdown: ‘8 million more people voted for’ Obamacare

Just hours after a stalemate in Congress forced a partial government shutdown, Fox & Friends host Elisabeth Hasselbeck praised Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and tea party Republicans because she said “it is worth the fight” to defund or delay Obamacare.

“All you have to do is look at the polls,” co-host Steve Doocy agreed. “While it is law of the land, it is wildly unpopular in this country. So a lot of people go, ‘You know what? The tea party wing of the Republican Party, they’re holding the rest of the Congress hostage.’ You know what? Those people, many of them were elected to — they campaigned on, ‘If you send me to Washington, I will do everything I can to defund or delay it.’”

Kilmeade then stunned his co-hosts by speaking up in defense of the law.

“You say it’s unpopular and over 50 percent of the country doesn’t seem to want it, but 8 million more people voted for it because Mitt Romney would have been president,” Kilmeade pointed out.

“But the November election last time was not about Obamacare,” Doocy objected.

“But he talked a lot about it,” Kilmeade insisted. “And they knew that if they elected Mitt Romney, he would have repealed it.”

“And on top of that, too, if this thing is so bad and is so unorganized as we’re seeing this morning it is, why not let it start?” he added. “Because then you could get the Senate if you’re a Republican and maybe you have a shot at the White House if you’re a Republican, and you could begin to unwind it. But right now, it’s been flooded with the lockdown information.”

Neural whips and shock batons were then used to restore order.

55 thatthatisis  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:33:51am

With the Tea Party, House Republicans take all the credit for doing what they want and shutting down the government. Yay! Let’s roll! Shut ‘er down!

For everyone else, House Republicans say it’s Harry Reid and Obama’s fault.

Am I missing something?

56 darthstar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:33:54am
57 Eclectic Cyborg  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:34:50am

re: #35 Kragar

re: #35 Kragar

No worries, they can just apply for food stamps and…

Well, fuck.

Dude this comment totally made my day.

58 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:34:56am

re: #50 darthstar

She’s just a little clumsy.

“KISS THE PAN!”

59 lawhawk  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:35:37am

OMG: The veterans have stormed the mall… they’ve crossed the line. They’ve … wait, a couple of the usual suspects (including Bachmann) from Congress opened up the WWII memorial to veterans who had been scheduled to visit despite it, and all other NPS sites nationally closed due to the shutdown.

It makes for a great photo op, but not in the way that Bachmann and the rest of the GOP think.

It shows just how they’re screwing everyone, including those veterans (who get the federal TriCare health insurance) while fighting to prevent anyone from using Obamacare’s exchanges that offer up insurance policies provided by multiple insurers to people who were previously unable to afford them.

No, what those veterans should have done is stormed GOP offices in Congress demanding that they cut the crap and pass a clean budget.

60 Carlos Danger  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:35:37am

If you were wondering what Bachmann and Gohmert were up to, they’re politicking as usual:

Veterans break past World War II Memorial barricade

61 jaunte  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:36:08am

re: #60 Carlos Danger

Occupy Memorial

62 Targetpractice  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:37:15am

re: #59 lawhawk

OMG: The veterans have stormed the mall… they’ve crossed the line. They’ve … wait, a couple of the usual suspects (including Bachmann) from Congress opened up the WWII memorial to veterans who had been scheduled to visit despite it, and all other NPS sites nationally closed due to the shutdown.

It makes for a great photo op, but not in the way that Bachmann and the rest of the GOP think.

It shows just how they’re screwing everyone, including those veterans (who get the federal TriCare health insurance) while fighting to prevent anyone from using Obamacare’s exchanges that offer up insurance policies provided by multiple insurers to people who were previously unable to afford them.

No, what those veterans should have done is stormed GOP offices in Congress demanding that they cut the crap and pass a clean budget.

Probably has a connection with muttering in the House GOP caucuses back room about putting forth bills to fund the VA and NPS while leaving the rest of the government to stew until a debt ceiling deal is reached.

63 Carlos Danger  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:37:24am

Maybe these representatives can give up their jobs and be park security from now on.

64 jaunte  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:37:30am
65 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:37:33am

‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats

Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.

66 dog philosopher  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:37:45am

i’m really happy to see that the administration is refusing to negotiate with terrorists here

i wonder when and if it will dawn on the radicals that they have no move but to give in and vote for the clean bill

67 Ming  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:38:23am

I don’t always agree with Andrew Sullivan, but I think he put it very well today:

“But what has to be resisted is any idea that this is government or politics as usual. It is an attack on the governance and the constitutional order of the United States.

“When ideologies become as calcified, as cocooned and as extremist as those galvanizing the GOP, the American system of government cannot work. But I fear this nullification of the last two elections is a deliberate attempt to ensure that the American system of government as we have known it cannot work. It cannot, must not work, in the mindset of these radicals, because they simply do not accept the legitimacy of a President and Congress of the opposing party.”

68 piratedan  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:38:27am

re: #53 Romantic Heretic

then divide up the disposable assets to cronies (Hellooooo Haliburton!) and retire to gated community. profit!

69 jaunte  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:38:56am

re: #65 Kragar

“I own a vitamin company with my friend and we moved out of state because of overregulation.”

No, you can’t make unproven health claims.

70 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:39:16am

re: #65 Kragar

‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats

Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.

re: #66 dog philosopher

i’m really happy to see that the administration is refusing to negotiate with terrorists here

Heh.

71 Carlos Danger  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:40:16am

re: #69 jaunte

No, you can’t make unproven health claims.

Vitameatavegamin

72 jaunte  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:40:52am

re: #71 Carlos Danger

“Puts a smile in your Chi.”

73 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:40:56am

re: #65 Kragar

‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats

Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.

7 years of bullets dodged thanks to Democrats, apparently.

74 GeneJockey  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:40:59am

re: #65 Kragar

‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats

Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.

No, you see, the Democrats took over the Assembly last year, stormed through the Time Tunnel, and shat all over each of his pitch meetings.

75 SpaceJesus  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:42:07am

Jay Carney wants to do crimes

76 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:42:11am
77 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:43:30am

Please proceed:

78 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:43:43am

re: #76 Vicious Babushka

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The problem with the 700 club is they overshot their target by 34.

79 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:43:49am

Did anybody actually show up for Glenn’s Reddit session other than all his sockpuppets?

80 lawhawk  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:43:58am

re: #65 Kragar

I’m calling BS. His IMDB list - quite a few of his movies had CA filming locations; if the movie or show wasn’t in CA, it was due to other states providing incentives to film there, that trumped the Hollywood and CA incentives. Film production incentives are significant reason film productions go outside CA or even NY. Costs to film on location another reason, which is why Toronto or Vancouver are frequently stand-ins for NYC or LA.

For instance, he was in The Chosen One (2010) - filming locations include: Santa Clarita CA, Costa Rica, and Los Angeles, CA.

I rate his statement - pure, unadulterated BS (and I can’t believe I’m fisking Rob Schneider).

81 SpaceJesus  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:43:58am

re: #76 Vicious Babushka


He knows his audience and he knows right where his dog whistle is

82 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:44:17am

re: #77 Lidane

Please proceed:

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Donald Trump has more sockpuppets than Glenn Greenwald.

83 erik_t  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:44:37am

I’m really having a lot of fun watching what passes for elder statemen in the GOP (McCain, etc) wiggle and writhe. They’ve seen this show before and it didn’t end well.

But they have nothing, because they are not leaders. I hope they enjoy this derpnological terror they’ve created. The ability to destroy an economy is insignificant next to the power of the Force ZOMGOBAMACARE.

84 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:44:50am
85 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:45:31am
86 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:45:44am
87 GeneJockey  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:46:29am

re: #76 Vicious Babushka

“The big problem is that President Obama refuses to behave like an American President.”

— Newt Gingrich, in an interview with The 700 Club.

“If only he’d get a blowjob from an ambitious intern who then blabs about it to a disgruntled mid-level functionary who happens to know a right-wing publishing agent, who leaks the information to network news, allowing the plaintiff’s counsel in a frivolous lawsuit to set a perjury trap in a deposition so the Congress can accuse him of perjury and impeach him. That’s what a REAL American President does”

89 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:47:48am

“Non-essential” includes the IT contractors who provide website support for the healthcare.gov that everybody is complaining they can’t get into.

Wingnuts think “non-essential” means “non-necessary”

90 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:48:22am

Rob Fucking Schneider?

I thought he was dead or something. Well, his career is, I suppose.

91 Justanotherhuman  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:49:10am

re: #76 Vicious Babushka

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Despicable doesn’t begin to describe it.

92 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:49:12am
93 Dr Lizardo  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:49:13am

re: #65 Kragar

‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats

Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.

Yeah, that might have more to do with it. Rob Schneider is to acting as Josef Stalin is to mellow, pot-smoking peaceniks and hippies.

94 GeneJockey  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:49:18am

re: #89 Vicious Babushka

“Non-essential” includes the IT contractors who provide website support for the healthcare.gov that everybody is complaining they can’t get into.

Wingnuts think “non-essential” means “non-necessary”

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I was explaining this to my wife:

Garbage pickup today: nonessential.

Garbage pickup this week: important.

Garbage pickup this month: Essential.

95 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:50:00am

re: #89 Vicious Babushka

“Non-essential” includes the IT contractors who provide website support for the healthcare.gov that everybody is complaining they can’t get into.

Wingnuts think “non-essential” means “non-necessary”

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A buddy of mine from my USMC days is an IT contractor on a military base overseas right now. He’s been deemed “non-essential.”

96 lawhawk  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:50:12am
97 klys  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:50:23am

How do people who utterly lack self-awareness survive?

I mean, clearly they do, because Republicans and tea partiers are giving us examples all over. But I’m trying to figure out how.

98 jaunte  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:50:27am

re: #89 Vicious Babushka

Must be one of those “only a theory” people.

99 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:51:45am

re: #97 klys

How do people who utterly lack self-awareness survive?

I mean, clearly they do, because Republicans and tea partiers are giving us examples all over. But I’m trying to figure out how.

Luck and privilege, mostly.

100 darthstar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:51:52am

Burn.

101 lawhawk  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:52:01am

re: #94 GeneJockey

Same thing goes for the secretarial staff at the FAA. They might not be essential for today, but making sure that all the paperwork and filings are handled appropriate over time will surely come home to roost.

There’s a reason that offices have support staff.

102 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:52:14am
103 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:52:26am

Anyone who has ever rolled out a new application to production knows that Murphy’s Law always prevails.

Healthcare.gov did a major rollout on the same day that the support team was declared “non-essential.”

104 klys  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:53:18am

re: #99 wrenchwench

Luck and privilege, mostly.

You will laugh: francis has suggested that the ACA should have considered two good examples of healthcare programs in this nation - Medicare and the Mass. program.

Without the least hint of irony.

105 lawhawk  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:53:28am
106 GeneJockey  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:53:39am

re: #97 klys

How do people who utterly lack self-awareness survive?

I mean, clearly they do, because Republicans and tea partiers are giving us examples all over. But I’m trying to figure out how.

Not only survive, but actually THRIVE. I think the answer is that a grasp of reality can actually hold you back from doing things that sober reflection would tell you are bound to fail, and often these things succeed spectacularly, reaching a zenith of success just before they inevitably crash to earth in a Hindenburg-like conflagration, which sober reflection predicted.

But if you can sell out before the hydrogen catches fire, you’re golden.

107 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:53:40am

Last year: “Obama hates America because he cut the number of White House tours.”

This year: “They’re non-essential? Fuck ‘em. Fire ‘em.”

108 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:53:40am

Ahahahahaa:

109 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:54:14am

OWN IT DANA. OWN THE SHUTDOWN.

110 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:54:30am

re: #65 Kragar

‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats

Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.

Youtube Video

111 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:55:53am

re: #104 klys

You will laugh: francis has suggested that the ACA should have considered two good examples of healthcare programs in this nation - Medicare and the Mass. program.

Without the least hint of irony.

I’m going to ignore him today.

112 klys  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:56:13am

re: #111 wrenchwench

I’m going to ignore him today.

That is an excellent plan and I applaud it.

113 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:56:26am

re: #111 wrenchwench

I’m going to ignore him today.

Lamest. Troll. Ever.

114 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:56:32am

Glenn Beck Vows To Camp Outside Of Louie Gohmert’s House Until He Agrees To Runs For US Senate

“Last night, I made up my mind,” Beck declared. “I am going to camp outside of Louie Gohmert’s house if I have to, and I mean it. I am going to be Louie Gohmert’s worst nightmare until he says ‘yes, I’m going to run for Senate.”

Beck went on to call upon his listening audience to take over the various government institutions in their respective hometowns and “make sure there is not a single progressive that is running our towns, there’s not a single progressive on our city councils, there’s not a single progressive in our school boards … Zero tolerance!”

But the Democrats need to negotiate.
/

115 jaunte  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:57:18am

re: #114 Kragar

I am going to be Louie Gohmert’s worst nightmare

Strangest ambition ever.

116 piratedan  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:57:38am

re: #114 Kragar

yes, Operation Occupy GOHMERT begins! ////

117 CriticalDragon1177  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:57:51am

re: #36 Vicious Babushka

GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs if you do not defund Obamacare!

POTUS: Hey man, it’s the law that Congress voted on and SCOTUS upheld.

GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs RIGHT NOW!!

POTUS: Oh don’t do that man.

GOP: (Drowns the kittehs) NOW LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!

TEAPARTY: Obama drowned a bag of kittehs! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!11!! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!!11!!!!!! (ReTweet a bazillions times)

Hey, its not the Kittens’ fault, they supported Obama Care! ;)

118 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:57:51am
119 GeneJockey  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:57:58am

re: #104 klys

You will laugh: francis has suggested that the ACA should have considered two good examples of healthcare programs in this nation - Medicare and the Mass. program.

Without the least hint of irony.

I heard a caller on KGO this morning say the problem was that Obama absolutely refuses to compromise about anything. I had to turn the radio off, because seeing the guy in the next lane pounding the roof of his car with his fist a la John Goodman in Raising Arizona would be disconserting.

120 erik_t  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:58:16am

re: #114 Kragar

I am going to be Louie Gohmert’s worst nightmare

You’re going to pick up a book?

121 Targetpractice  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:58:28am

re: #118 Lidane

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You first, Ted.

122 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:58:43am

re: #115 jaunte

I thought Gohmert’s worst nightmare was TERROR BABIES!

123 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:58:45am
124 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:58:59am

re: #114 Kragar

Glenn Beck Vows To Camp Outside Of Louie Gohmert’s House Until He Agrees To Runs For US Senate

But the Democrats need to negotiate.
/

Uh…
ok…
?

*calls cops*

125 jaunte  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:59:03am

re: #122 Kragar

Glenn Beck may already qualify.

126 jaunte  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:00:09pm

re: #123 Lidane

127 klys  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:00:17pm

re: #119 GeneJockey

I heard a caller on KGO this morning say the problem was that Obama absolutely refuses to compromise about anything. I had to turn the radio off, because seeing the guy in the next lane pounding the roof of his car with his fist a la John Goodman in Raising Arizona would be disconserting.

This is why I talk politics here. It’s safe here. You people are sane.

Well, except for francis. I think he’s off his meds, that’s the only explanation I can come up with for why his arguments are all over the place.

128 GeneJockey  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:00:30pm

re: #122 Kragar

I thought Gohmert’s worst nightmare was TERROR BABIES!

Like that doll in the movie with Karen Black….

129 Dr. Matt  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:00:35pm
re: #15 Justanotherhuman

Air Force says travel for all intercollegiate athletics cancelled as result of gov’t shutdown, including football game at Navy on Saturday.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 1, 2013

How come “small gummit” wingnuts do not have a hissy fit about using taxpayers dollars for kids to play a game?

disclaimer: I love college football.

130 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:00:41pm

re: #122 Kragar

I thought Gohmert’s worst nightmare was TERROR BABIES!

TERROR BABIES SIGNING UP FOR OBAMACARE!!!11!!!!!

131 Kragar  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:01:52pm

To be fair, when was the last time a Conservative website ever went down because too many people were trying to get to it?

They have no frame of reference to go off of.

132 Lidane  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:02:25pm
133 GeneJockey  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:02:46pm

re: #131 Kragar

To be fair, when was the last time a Conservative website ever went down because too many people were trying to get to it?

They have no frame of reference to go off of.

Conservatives never go down.

Too selfish.
//

134 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:03:08pm

re: #131 Kragar

To be fair, when was the last time a Conservative website ever went down because too many people were trying to get to it?

They have no frame of reference to go off of.

Put a weak enough server on it and it becomes easier to do.

135 Dr Lizardo  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:03:57pm

re: #118 Lidane

[Embedded content]

Please proceed.

With all due haste.

136 erik_t  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:05:04pm

re: #131 Kragar

To be fair, when was the last time a Conservative website ever went down because too many people were trying to get to it?

They have no frame of reference to go off of.

Romney’s ORCA.

lololololOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

137 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:05:08pm

Youtube Video

138 CuriousLurker  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:07:39pm

re: #118 Lidane

[Embedded content]

Oh, puhleez. That asshat Cruz wouldn’t risk so much as getting a hangnail. They’re pulling this crap because they know not a single one of them or their immediate families is in danger of suffering any real physical consequences from it, yet moron members of their base who WILL suffer keep cheering them on.

139 GeneJockey  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:10:38pm

re: #136 erik_t

Romney’s ORCA.

lololololOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Yeah, that was a thing of beauty -

“Democrats cobbled together something, with volunteers. WE used the power of the Free Market, and PAID someone to build a superior system for us!!!

“They will fear our technological superiority!!!! Turn on…THE ORCA!!!!!!!

*bzzt…fssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh*

“Oh, shit.”

140 GeneJockey  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:11:45pm

re: #138 CuriousLurker

Oh, puhleez. That asshat Cruz wouldn’t risk so much as getting a hangnail. They’re pulling this crap because they know not a single one of them or their immediate families is in danger of suffering any real physical consequences from it, yet moron members of their base who WILL suffer keep cheering them on.

No, no, you’re misinterpreting it. Cruz meant ‘When YOU have nothing left to burn, YOU set YOURSELF on fire. I’ll support you!’

141 A Mom Anon  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:14:25pm

So the usual idiots are out in force today claiming that the busy phone lines and website delays caused by tons of activity are proof Obamacare is a giant failure. Never mind that any new rollout of any new product or business often have the same issues. Oh, and idiot conservatives trying to overwhelm the system? Please do proceed, it makes things look even MORE popular. You freaking dumbasses. God what a bunch of babies(and I mean no offense to actual babies, who are cute and make you go “awww”)

Um, you have until March for this first enrollment period… so give it a couple weeks if you meet delays today. Do they not know this?

Nevermind, these freaks can’t be reasoned with. I would like to know though, how many of those site cloggers end up buying insurance through the exchanges when they see how much money they can save. While still bitching about the horror of affordable healthcare.

142 Slap  Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:39:06pm

re: #127 klys

This guy reminds me of a real-life, disingenuous, not-quite-right-in-the-head nightmare version of Lazlo P. Toth, with none of the humor and an utter absence of an irony meter.

For those who don’t recognize the name, take a look:

sullivansfarms.net

I am a big Don Novello fan.


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