John Boehner Is Sick of Unemployed People Who Would ‘Rather Just Sit Around’

The GOP still has nothing but contempt for people struggling to make it
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Richard Cowen, Reuters: John Boehner Is Sick of Unemployed People That Would ‘Rather Just Sit Around’

Boehner then lamented “this idea that has been born, maybe out of the economy over the last couple years, that you know, I really don’t have to work. I don’t really want to do this. I think I’d rather just sit around. This is a very sick idea for our country.”

The evidence is clear that once someone has been unemployed for six months, as happened to millions of Americans as jobs disappeared during the Recession, virtually no employer is willing to give them a chance. But we can always count on the GOP to kick people when they are down.

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1 Romantic Heretic  Sep 20, 2014 4:51:16am
The evidence is clear that once someone has been unemployed for six months, as happened to millions of Americans as jobs disappeared during the Recession, virtually no employer is willing to give them a chance.

That’s been known for centuries. I recall reading a bit from a Parliamentary inquiry in England from the mid-19th Century.

As to the skilled working man it is well known that if he is without work for six months he is never the same again.

You would think that the alleged ‘conservatives’ would be concerned with conserving the livelihoods and hope of Americans. But nooooo.

2 Charles Johnson  Sep 20, 2014 12:08:18pm

They just can’t help revealing themselves.

3 sizzzzlerz  Sep 20, 2014 12:19:54pm

If they had any pride, they would have voted to repeal Obamacare a minimum of 50 times by now.

4 nines09  Sep 20, 2014 12:34:39pm

Why does the GOP hate America and Americans?

5 Boondocksaint  Sep 20, 2014 12:52:44pm

Sick of people sitting around and doing nothing? Pretty rich coming from a member of Congress.

6 HappyWarrior  Sep 20, 2014 2:48:58pm

re: #5 Boondocksaint

Sick of people sitting around and doing nothing? Pretty rich coming from a member of Congress.

You ain’t kidding. Fuck off Boehner you hypocritical shithead.

7 Charles Johnson  Sep 20, 2014 3:24:32pm

So many hits on the tweeted link, I had no choice but to promote this one!

8 HappyWarrior  Sep 20, 2014 3:30:57pm

You know what really pisses me off as someone unemployed? It’s this insidous lie spread by right wing assholes like Boehner that people like me like our station. Hey asshole if you actually lived in reality and hint not listening to your wealthy campaign donors, you’d know that unemployed Americans are eager to work, eager to prove ourselves, and tired of disconnected from reality politicians like yourself accusing of us being lazy. For a man whose salary is paid courtsey of the U.S taxpayer, this fucker has a lot of nerve. Really Boehner just quit and become a lobbyist already if you have such outward contempt for your own people and show such a blatant disregard for their interests. President Obama may not be perfect but at least he tries to get shit done for the betterment of all Americans not just the very wealthy.

9 A Mom Anon  Sep 20, 2014 3:31:12pm

This should be played back over and over and over again. It should follow him any time he sticks his candy corn colored face out the door for any reason. Fuck him.

10 HappyWarrior  Sep 20, 2014 3:33:47pm

As far as I’m concerned. This is another Romney 47% moment where a prominent Republican thumbs his nose at the American people who aren’t rich and well connected like him.

11 Charles Johnson  Sep 20, 2014 3:39:01pm
12 GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 20, 2014 3:39:11pm

re: #5 Boondocksaint

Sick of people sitting around and doing nothing? Pretty rich coming from a member of Congress.

He’s not home. He’s at one of his vacation houses, golfing.

13 HappyWarrior  Sep 20, 2014 3:40:26pm

re: #12 GlutenFreeJesus

He’s not home. He’s at one of his vacation houses, golfing.

Hey getting par is hard work and then to sip on expensive booze at fundraisers. Hard work I tell you.

14 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 20, 2014 3:42:42pm

re: #11 Charles Johnson

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If Adam came from dust, why is there still dust?

15 blueraven  Sep 20, 2014 3:45:07pm

No shit! I mean really, I know these guys are great and all, but to have allowed someone to get all the way inside the WH!
He could have had a bomb strapped on.

They need to do some serious re-evaluation.

16 b.d.  Sep 20, 2014 3:46:28pm

The long term unemployed have worked more days this year than John Boehner and have accomplished far more.

17 Dark_Falcon  Sep 20, 2014 3:48:34pm

re: #15 blueraven

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No shit! I mean really, I know these guys are great and all, but to have allowed someone to get all the way inside the WH!
He could have had a bomb strapped on.

They need to do some serious re-evaluation.

Well, the other guy is Latino, so perhaps the Secret Service just didn’t want to come off looking like the Ferguson PD.

This points to yet another problem that comes up when cops act like complete shitheads: They make other law enforcement officers who are not shitheads worry about if they’ll be lumped in with that shithead for doing their jobs right.

18 Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 20, 2014 3:49:45pm

It all comes down to racist attitudes. Boehner is just repeating an oft mentioned talking point with racial undertones.

When they say “lazy unemployed” they really mean “impoverished blacks and minorities” who are, in their opinion little more than welfare moochers sucking down resources from the hard working white man that could better be used elsewhere.

They they think that every unemployed person is a scammer who sells their ebt cards for liquor, drugs and big screen TVs.

It goes right back to what I said a couple of days ago regarding the impact on Fox News on public discourse in America.

19 klys  Sep 20, 2014 3:51:10pm

Today in WoW weather…

20 b.d.  Sep 20, 2014 3:51:42pm

GLENN DIDN’T SWAY TEH ELECTION!?!?!

‘Dotcom brand is poisoned’: Internet Party crashes in NZ elections

rt.com
(link chosen for delicious irony)

The Internet-Mana party gained just 26,500 votes - 1.3 percent of the total, and short of the five percent needed to cross the parliament threshold.

The bloom is off the lily.

21 ObserverArt  Sep 20, 2014 3:51:55pm

Being from Ohio and knowing Johnny boy is just down state, but there is nothing I can do about him electorally just bugs the crap out of me. Grrr.

How arrogant do you have to be to say this stuff and yet you are the leader of possibly the most despised House of Reps in history and do your own amount of sitting around doing nothing?

These guys do not represent the people of their area. I just wish the people realized it. Wake the hell up southern Ohio district of Boehnhead’s…dump this bozo.

22 blueraven  Sep 20, 2014 3:52:33pm

re: #17 Dark_Falcon

Well, the other guy is Latino, so perhaps the Secret Service just didn’t want to come off looking like the Ferguson PD.

This points to yet another problem that comes up when cops act like complete shitheads: They make other law enforcement officers who are not shitheads worry about if they’ll be lumped in with that shithead for doing their jobs right.

Sorry, I don’t buy that. Somebody fucked up.

23 Dark_Falcon  Sep 20, 2014 4:00:05pm

re: #21 ObserverArt

Being from Ohio and knowing Johnny boy is just down state, but there is nothing I can do about him electorally just bugs the crap out of me. Grrr.

How arrogant do you have to be to say this stuff and yet you are the leader of possibly the most despised House of Reps in history and do your own amount of sitting around doing nothing?

These guys do not represent the people of their area. I just wish the people realized it. Wake the hell up southern Ohio district of Boehnhead’s…dump this bozo.

He secured continued production of the M1 Abrams, so they’ll likely keep him.

24 Jenner7  Sep 20, 2014 4:03:06pm

re: #17 Dark_Falcon

There is a big difference between shooting an unarmed teenager on a street and a man jumping the WH fence and getting inside the doors with a weapon.

25 b.d.  Sep 20, 2014 4:03:09pm

Kim Dotcom probably was polling around 10% before Greenwald showed up and stumped for him.

/

26 Targetpractice  Sep 20, 2014 4:04:17pm

re: #23 Dark_Falcon

He secured continued production of the M1 Abrams, so they’ll likely keep him.

Yes, the leader of a party that loves to bitch about Democrats “buying votes” relies upon defense contracts to get voters out there for them on Election Day.

27 ObserverArt  Sep 20, 2014 4:06:54pm

re: #23 Dark_Falcon

He secured continued production of the M1 Abrams, so they’ll likely keep him.

Which is a move to help his military manufacturers backers and has nothing to do with the people in his district. Yes, it is Ohio, but the Lima tank plant made tanks for a long time. Lima is a good distance away from Boehner’s district.

28 Varek Raith  Sep 20, 2014 4:09:28pm

re: #19 klys

Today in WoW weather…

Yep, that’s a cow alright.

29 Dark_Falcon  Sep 20, 2014 4:09:45pm

re: #27 ObserverArt

Which is a move to help his military manufacturers backers and has nothing to do with the people in his district. Yes, it is Ohio, but the Lima tank plant made tanks for a long time. Lima is a good distance away from Boehner’s district.

I understood the plant to be in his district, actually.

30 b.d.  Sep 20, 2014 4:09:49pm

Let’s bring in Greenwald, get Snowden and Assange on video feed and I bet we’ll come close to getting 1.5% of the vote in the election

Brilliant!

31 Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 20, 2014 4:10:42pm

Some stupid derp just popped up on my Facebook. Apparently I should be terrified that Obama always calls the Mideast terrorist group ISIL and not ISIS.

You can’t make this up folks.

32 Jenner7  Sep 20, 2014 4:11:44pm

re: #31 Eclectic Cyborg

And I’m arguing with some moron who believes Obama is a Muslim terrorist. Sigh…

33 Dark_Falcon  Sep 20, 2014 4:12:30pm

re: #24 Jenner7

There is a big difference between shooting an unarmed teenager on a street and a man jumping the WH fence and getting inside the doors with a weapon.

Didn’t say there wasn’t. But I was think that perhaps the USSS was worried about if the media would draw that distinction.

On further reflection, the ones I think least likely to draw that distinction are the wingnuts. I’m surprised Jim Hoft hasn’t already accused the White House of coddling the intruder in order to keep Latinos happy. Yes, that would be stupid of him, but this is Jim Hoft I’m talking about.

34 ObserverArt  Sep 20, 2014 4:16:10pm

re: #29 Dark_Falcon

I understood the plant to be in his district, actually.

No. Lima is probably 40 miles north of the end of his district along the south western/western edge of Ohio.

35 wrenchwench  Sep 20, 2014 4:21:31pm

re: #33 Dark_Falcon

Didn’t say there wasn’t. But I was think that perhaps the USSS was worried about if the media would draw that distinction.

On further reflection, the ones I think least likely to draw that distinction are the wingnuts. I’m surprised Jim Hoft hasn’t already accused the White House of coddling the intruder in order to keep Latinos happy. Yes, that would be stupid of him, but this is Jim Hoft I’m talking about.

Here’s the RWNJ smart take:

36 Charles Johnson  Sep 20, 2014 4:24:02pm
37 Charles Johnson  Sep 20, 2014 4:24:40pm
38 GeneJockey  Sep 20, 2014 4:25:07pm

OT, but related to yesterday’s Greyhound pics, I realized I’ve only posted pics of the boy, but not the girl. So I tried to take some. She won’t hold still, and he’s a camera hog

I’m ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille!

Finally I was able to get her in a characteristic pose - demanding a tummy rub

You don’t have anything better to do, do you?

39 Lumberhead  Sep 20, 2014 4:28:08pm

Apparently Richard Grenell made it through Mitt Romney’s vetting process and Chris Christie didn’t. Says a lot about Christie (and Romney).

40 Dark_Falcon  Sep 20, 2014 4:28:25pm

re: #38 GeneJockey

OT, but related to yesterday’s Greyhound pics, I realized I’ve only posted pics of the boy, but not the girl. So I tried to take some. She won’t hold still, and he’s a camera hog

I’m ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille!

Finally I was able to get her in a characteristic pose - demanding a tummy rub

[Embedded image]You don’t have anything better to do, do you?

What are they like as pets? I imagine you’d have to be willing to run with them for them to be happy.

41 Bubblehead II  Sep 20, 2014 4:29:04pm

Can’t remember how and can’t seem to find it, but I know there is a way to set up a poll.. Would one of you Lizards kindly point me in the right direction?

42 Charles Johnson  Sep 20, 2014 4:29:18pm
43 TedStriker  Sep 20, 2014 4:30:49pm

re: #20 b.d.

GLENN DIDN’T SWAY TEH ELECTION!?!?!

rt.com
(link chosen for delicious irony)

The bloom is off the lily.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

44 Charles Johnson  Sep 20, 2014 4:31:05pm

Yep, those tricksy scientists, can’t trust ‘em, not a single one of ‘em, they’re tricksy.

45 Targetpractice  Sep 20, 2014 4:32:49pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

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Considering the WSJ is just Rupert Murdoch’s personal sounding board, it’s no wonder the people he’s got writing for it have no originality of their own.

46 GeneJockey  Sep 20, 2014 4:33:29pm

re: #40 Dark_Falcon

What are they like as pets? I imagine you’d have to be willing to run with them for them to be happy.

They’re excellent pets, quiet, loving, grateful, and surprisingly low voltage. Owners call them 40 mph couch potatoes.

The male is very active for a Greyhound, which means he’s like the world’s laziest Border Collie, on Quaaludes. Once a day, he’ll run circles around the circular garden for about 2-5 minutes, then come in, flop down, and pant. Beyond that, two walks of about a mile each, and he’s fine. Most Greyhounds are less active than that.

47 Lumberhead  Sep 20, 2014 4:35:16pm

Apparently Polly Bergen has died. I’ll always remember her in the original Cape Fear and Kisses for My President.

Link

48 ObserverArt  Sep 20, 2014 4:36:28pm

re: #46 GeneJockey

They’re excellent pets, quiet, loving, grateful, and surprisingly low voltage. Owners call them 40 mph couch potatoes.

The male is very active for a Greyhound, which means he’s like the world’s laziest Border Collie, on Quaaludes. Once a day, he’ll run circles around the circular garden for about 2-5 minutes, then come in, flop down, and pant. Beyond that, two walks of about a mile each, and he’s fine. Most Greyhounds are less active than that.

I’d say the male has a ‘nose’ for the camera. Every time you put up an image I keep thinking: now that is a nose!

49 Lumberhead  Sep 20, 2014 4:36:48pm

re: #47 Lumberhead

Apparently Polly Bergen has died. I’ll always remember her in the original Cape Fear and Kisses for My President.

Link

Apparently, that apparently kid has infected me.

50 b.d.  Sep 20, 2014 4:37:16pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

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heh, This is the lady who wrote that article the wingnuts are slobbering over:

51 Floral Giraffe  Sep 20, 2014 4:37:25pm

re: #46 GeneJockey

The care facility where my Uncle lived, with alzheimers, for many years, had rescued racing greyhounds as pets. Loving dogs, and BIG!

52 Dark_Falcon  Sep 20, 2014 4:37:42pm

re: #46 GeneJockey

They’re excellent pets, quiet, loving, grateful, and surprisingly low voltage. Owners call them 40 mph couch potatoes.

The male is very active for a Greyhound, which means he’s like the world’s laziest Border Collie, on Quaaludes. Once a day, he’ll run circles around the circular garden for about 2-5 minutes, then come in, flop down, and pant. Beyond that, two walks of about a mile each, and he’s fine. Most Greyhounds are less active than that.

I’m somewhat surprised.

53 GeneJockey  Sep 20, 2014 4:40:29pm

re: #52 Dark_Falcon

I’m somewhat surprised.

Most people are. The fact that they’re so thin, with such low body fat gives the impression of enormous energy, but no - give them a comfy bed, lots of scritches, a reasonable walk once or twice a day, and a surprisingly large amount of food and they’re blissfully happy.

54 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 20, 2014 4:42:39pm

re: #46 GeneJockey

They’re excellent pets, quiet, loving, grateful, and surprisingly low voltage. Owners call them 40 mph couch potatoes.

The male is very active for a Greyhound, which means he’s like the world’s laziest Border Collie, on Quaaludes. Once a day, he’ll run circles around the circular garden for about 2-5 minutes, then come in, flop down, and pant. Beyond that, two walks of about a mile each, and he’s fine. Most Greyhounds are less active than that.

One of my Ex’s had a rescued racing hound. He was very affectionate, but not the brightest bulb in the box. I guess with that small aerodynamic head, something had to get left out.

RBS

55 GeneJockey  Sep 20, 2014 4:44:41pm

re: #54 RealityBasedSteve

One of my Ex’s had a rescued racing hound. He was very affectionate, but not the brightest bulb in the box. I guess with that small aerodynamic head, something had to get left out.

RBS

Yeah, but the disadvantage of a smart dog is that you have to keep their brains occupied.

56 Romantic Heretic  Sep 20, 2014 4:45:53pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

Now the right is trying to claim Reagan was correct when he said trees cause more pollution than cars. How much more idiotic can they get?

Please don’t ask that question. They’ll take it as a challenge.

57 Dark_Falcon  Sep 20, 2014 4:49:04pm

re: #53 GeneJockey

Most people are. The fact that they’re so thin, with such low body fat gives the impression of enormous energy, but no - give them a comfy bed, lots of scritches, a reasonable walk once or twice a day, and a surprisingly large amount of food and they’re blissfully happy.

Do they chase rabbits?

supercartoons.net

58 aagcobb  Sep 20, 2014 5:49:27pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

So many hits on the tweeted link, I had no choice but to promote this one!

Thanks Charles!

59 sunnygal  Sep 21, 2014 8:54:17am

re: #21 ObserverArt</em

Oh, but they make money sitting around doing nothing, so that makes everything o.k.

60 Bulworth  Sep 22, 2014 6:28:38am
Boehner then lamented “this idea that has been born, maybe out of the economy over the last couple years, that you know, I really don’t have to work. I don’t really want to do this. I think I’d rather just sit around. This is a very sick idea for our country.”

OK, but enough about Congress…..


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