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1 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 10, 2014 8:57:58am

Here’s the outrageous plan:

2 missliberties  Nov 10, 2014 9:05:20am

Wingnuts need an education.

Let’s remember that most of these folks aren’t bad people they have been misinformed at heroic levels to associate the O word with all things evil.

Ted Cruz tweets. Net nuetrality is the obamacare of the interenets. Wingnuts follow like zombies.

May I also add that Ted Cruz is the ebola of Congress.

3 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 10, 2014 9:08:29am
4 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 10, 2014 9:15:27am
5 Skip Intro  Nov 10, 2014 9:16:49am

“Obama wants” is all it takes to get the loons to stop baying at the moon and post their opposition.

6 CriticalDragon1177  Nov 10, 2014 9:20:28am

Vicious Babushka,

These idiots really don’t know what’s good for them. It seems that they’ll oppose anything the government does as long as Obama is in the white house.

7 Kragar  Nov 10, 2014 9:30:23am
8 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Nov 10, 2014 9:49:39am

re:
#7

Can Cruz or any other Republicanteabag point to something, anything, about Obamacare that they honestly object to?

9 Dr. Matt  Nov 10, 2014 9:50:38am

It’s no coincidence that Ted Cruz compares Net Neutrality to Healthcare. In RWNJ world, the best service goes to the highest bidder.

10 Targetpractice  Nov 10, 2014 9:50:54am

re: #8 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#7

Can Cruz or any other Republicanteabag point to something, anything, about Obamacare that they honestly object to?

It exists.

11 iossarian  Nov 10, 2014 9:51:15am

“X is the Y of Z” really is the touchstone for know-nothing politics, isn’t it?

Simply plug in three unrelated values for your go-to frenzification of the day.

“The estate tax is the Roe vs. Wade of civil liberties.”

“Citizens United is the Martin Luther King of freedom.”

12 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Nov 10, 2014 9:51:39am

I bet this new thread was promoted to change the subject from how great Chuck c. Johnson was at pointing out Breitbart’s error and how he’s won all the journalism awards everywhere.

//

13 iossarian  Nov 10, 2014 9:52:02am

re: #8 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#7

Can Cruz or any other Republicanteabag point to something, anything, about Obamacare that they honestly object to?

They honestly object to the fact that it’s a redistribution of wealth, but they won’t actually say so.

14 Mattand  Nov 10, 2014 9:55:44am

The libertarian intelligentsia over at Ars Technicha, many of whom consider Obama as bad as or worse than Bush, are hailing this is a great move.

If that group, which is the peak nexus of tech and “Ya know, Ayn Rand makes some good points” thinks it’s a good idea, the GOP should listen.

Regardless of how much their party hates the idea of working with a black president.

15 Dr. Matt  Nov 10, 2014 9:55:46am

re: #8 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#7

Can Cruz or any other Republicanteabag point to something, anything, about Obamacare that they honestly object to?

It was signed into a law by a Blah Democratic President.

16 Targetpractice  Nov 10, 2014 9:55:58am

Of course, if Cruz actually compared Net Neutrality as the White House proposes it to the ACA that regularly ranks high when people are told about all the good things it does, his argument would collapse like the Hindenburg.

So instead, he compares it to Obamacare, that phantom and horrific law that the GOP has spent years of valiant effort trying to “save” us from.

17 Kragar  Nov 10, 2014 9:58:25am

#DefinitionsbyTedCruz

18 bill d  Nov 10, 2014 10:01:23am

IF THE INTERNET PROVIDERS WANT TO TREAT ME LIKE A 2nd CLASS CITIZEN IT IS MY FAULT FOR NOT WORKING HARD ENOUGH TO BECOME AN ELITE

19 bratwurst  Nov 10, 2014 10:04:19am

I didn’t think there was any way I could dislike the Ted Cruz wing of the GOP more…but if they want to climb into bed with Comcast (et al) strictly to spite Obama, I was very wrong indeed.

20 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 10, 2014 10:04:35am

palate cleanser:

21 Zamb  Nov 10, 2014 10:06:14am

Don’t forget guys, Obamacare is the holocaust of healthcare plans therefore net neutrality is also genocide.

22 Mattand  Nov 10, 2014 10:07:48am

re: #21 Zamb

Don’t forget guys, Obamacare is the holocaust of healthcare plans therefore net neutrality is also genocide.

You know who else liked Obamacare and net neutrality????

23 Zamb  Nov 10, 2014 10:08:57am

re: #22 Mattand

You know who else liked Obamacare and net neutrality????

Confirmed fact Net Neutrality was the brainchild of the Nazis

24 Skip Intro  Nov 10, 2014 10:09:41am

re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth

palate cleanser:

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That’s what you see. To the GOP, that could be the world’s largest open pit mine, and it should be.

25 nines09  Nov 10, 2014 10:10:18am

These people cannot even dress themselves and they are winning? They don’t even know what “Net Neutrality” means. Here’s your razor. Now go do to yourself what I want to do to you.

26 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 10, 2014 10:10:31am

re: #24 Skip Intro

That’s what you see. To the GOP, that could be the world’s largest open pit mine, and it should be.

and when done mining…LANDFILL!!!!

27 dog philosopher  Nov 10, 2014 10:10:45am

Obama urges net neutrality; Cruz calls it ‘Obamacare for the Internet’

obama asks visitor to take a seat; cruz calls it ‘obamacare for your ass’

28 nines09  Nov 10, 2014 10:11:21am

re: #24 Skip Intro

That’s what you see. To the GOP, that could be the world’s largest open pit mine, and it should be.

Red Rocks in Colorado would make a nice gravel pit. Sell it.

29 Skip Intro  Nov 10, 2014 10:11:26am

re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth

and when done mining…LANDFILL!!!!

Or nuclear weapons testing range.

30 Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 10, 2014 10:11:29am

re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth

palate cleanser:

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Ooo… lots of pretty sedimentary rocks.

31 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 10, 2014 10:12:01am
32 Kragar  Nov 10, 2014 10:12:30am

re: #28 nines09

Red Rocks in Colorado would make a nice gravel pit. Sell it.

Obama’s refusal to turn our national parks into strip mines proves he is anti-business.
/

33 Dr. Matt  Nov 10, 2014 10:12:54am
34 nines09  Nov 10, 2014 10:13:18am

re: #32 Kragar

Obama’s refusal to turn our national parks into strip mines proves he is anti-business.
/

I see no reason why we cannot use our streams and rivers as natural open sewers.

35 dog philosopher  Nov 10, 2014 10:13:52am

obama urges massive iraq troop increase; cruz calls it ‘obamacare for islam’

36 nines09  Nov 10, 2014 10:14:36am

re: #35 dog philosopher

I thought Cruz and his party had accomplished that mission?

37 Skip Intro  Nov 10, 2014 10:15:33am

re: #34 nines09

I see no reason why we cannot use our streams and rivers as natural open sewers.

That’s what The Founders did, and it didn’t hurt them. Clean air and water is just another Communist myth from the pits of hell.

38 Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 10, 2014 10:16:45am

re: #35 dog philosopher

obama urges massive iraq troop increase; cruz calls it ‘obamacare for islam’

That’s because ISIS is no longer a threat after the election. Wait 18 months and they will be on the verge of destroying America again.
//

39 dog philosopher  Nov 10, 2014 10:19:06am

obama mentions 60s desegregation of resaurants; cruz calls it ‘obamacare for hamburgers’

40 nines09  Nov 10, 2014 10:19:40am

re: #37 Skip Intro

That’s what The Founders did, and it didn’t hurt them. Clean air and water is just another Communist myth from the pits of hell.

Native brown trout streams in the Marcellus Shale gas pad areas were highly protected. Until Marcellus gas Pads showed up. What trout?

41 klystron  Nov 10, 2014 10:22:52am
42 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 10, 2014 10:22:54am

Followup on someone’s post earlier downstairs:

15 Hikers From California Church Group Found Safe

43 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 10, 2014 10:23:39am

re: #41 klystron

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Didn’t “era of bipartisanship” already die back in 2009?

44 Decatur Deb  Nov 10, 2014 10:23:41am

re: #34 nines09

I see no reason why we cannot use our streams and rivers as natural open sewers.

Been done. We called it ‘Pittsburgh’.

45 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 10, 2014 10:24:26am

I blame Obama!!!

46 Targetpractice  Nov 10, 2014 10:24:51am

re: #41 klystron

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So if the President takes action in the face of GOP opposition, they’ll oppose him even more?

HA!

47 klystron  Nov 10, 2014 10:25:07am

re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth

Didn’t “era of bipartisanship” already die back in 2009?

I’m pretty sure someone took a flamethrower to it to make sure it couldn’t come back as a zombie then.

48 Mike Lamb  Nov 10, 2014 10:25:41am

re: #41 klystron

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Call me when it starts…

49 Dr. Matt  Nov 10, 2014 10:27:11am

Definition of the “GOP era of bipartisanship”: Everything will be fine if you just agree with everything we want.

50 Targetpractice  Nov 10, 2014 10:27:14am

re: #47 klystron

I’m pretty sure someone took a flamethrower to it to make sure it couldn’t come back as a zombie then.

Then put a bullet in its head with the ACA to make sure. Before pulverizing the corpse during the debt ceiling talks of 2011 to make doubly sure. And finally shot it into the sun with the government shutdown to be absolutely sure.

51 Skip Intro  Nov 10, 2014 10:30:08am

re: #49 Dr. Matt

Definition of the “GOP era of bipartisanship”: Everything will be fine if you just agree with everything we want.

And once you do, we’ll demand even more.

52 BlueGrl21  Nov 10, 2014 10:30:48am

This is one of the few things myself and my Republican friends agree about. But we’re in tech and some came from internet startups. Amazing how a bit of education and experience can mold a person’s mind.

OTOH, I would LOVE to debate one of these “free market’ idiots over net neutrality. I would really enjoy hearing the theory of why an open, free internet is hurting the free market. It’d be shooting fish in a barrel.

53 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Nov 10, 2014 10:31:11am

re:
#41

GOP leaders warn if
@BarackObama
reforms immigration the era of bipartisanship will end.

BWWWWwwwwaaaaaaaahahhahhhhhaaaaaahahahahh

54 Dr. Matt  Nov 10, 2014 10:32:15am

But. but, but the Democrats are RACISTS!!!

55 Higgs Boson's Mate  Nov 10, 2014 10:33:16am

re: #11 iossarian

“X is the Y of Z” really is the touchstone for know-nothing politics, isn’t it?

Simply plug in three unrelated values for your go-to frenzification of the day.

“The estate tax is the Roe vs. Wade of civil liberties.”

“Citizens United is the Martin Luther King of freedom.”

You’ve just described the basis of a wonderful wingnut meme generator.

56 Targetpractice  Nov 10, 2014 10:36:05am

In fact, as I remember it, “bipartisanship” didn’t make it through the President’s first month in office. Or have we all forgotten how the GOP stamped out of the White House when their calls to solve the recession with more tax cuts and deregulation got circular-filed?

57 Higgs Boson's Mate  Nov 10, 2014 10:37:06am

re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth

palate cleanser:

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National Parks are the Ebola of strip mining!

58 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 10, 2014 10:38:36am

re: #56 Targetpractice

In fact, as I remember it, “bipartisanship” didn’t make it through the President’s first month in office. Or have we all forgotten how the GOP stamped out of the White House when their calls to solve the recession with more tax cuts and deregulation got circular-filed?

The night of Obama’s first inauguration, when McConnell and Friends met and discussed how to make Obama a one-term president. Bipartisanship in action!!!11!!

59 Timothy Watson  Nov 10, 2014 10:40:24am

RONNY APOLOGIZING TO FOREIGNERS!1!!

So sorry we kept it a secret. That was Ronald Reagan’s message to Margaret Thatcher when U.S. troops invaded the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada in 1983 without telling the British leader first.

The American president called the British prime minister as the invasion unfolded to apologize for having kept her in the dark, saying “I’m sorry for any embarrassment we caused you.”

The issue was particularly sensitive because Grenada was part of the British Commonwealth and recognized Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.

timesdispatch.com

60 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 10, 2014 10:40:25am
61 Kragar  Nov 10, 2014 10:40:29am
62 Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 10, 2014 10:40:46am

re: #49 Dr. Matt

Definition of the “GOP era of bipartisanship”: Everything will be fine if you just agree with everything we want.

You’d think that, but what i and others observed was that the closer Obama compromised to the GOP’s initial position, the farther to the Right they moved. Call it the Political Uncertainty Principle - you CHANGE their position simply by trying to ACCEPT it.

63 Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 10, 2014 10:42:45am

re: #60 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Boehner, Cruz, and McConnell would just do the opposite of whatever Obama did.

64 Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 10, 2014 10:44:04am

re: #61 Kragar

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“Hello, Central Casting? I need a Slack Jawed Yokel. Ooo, muttonchop sideburns? Yeah, he’ll be GREAT!”

65 Decatur Deb  Nov 10, 2014 10:44:17am

re: #63 Blind Frog Belly White

Boehner, Cruz, and McConnell would just do the opposite of whatever Obama did.

Don’t know what this lady expects for an answer. Obama, Clinton and Warren could follow me out of the woods. The others are bear food.

66 Higgs Boson's Mate  Nov 10, 2014 10:44:18am

re: #62 Blind Frog Belly White

You’d think that, but what i and others observed was that the closer Obama compromised to the GOP’s initial position, the farther to the Right they moved. Call it the Political Uncertainty Principle - you CHANGE their position simply by trying to ACCEPT it.

Exactly. The ACA as proposed was more conservative than the plan that Nixon intended to put forth back in 1972.

67 Kragar  Nov 10, 2014 10:46:11am

re: #64 Blind Frog Belly White

“Hello, Central Casting? I need a Slack Jawed Yokel. Ooo, muttonchop sideburns? Yeah, he’ll be GREAT!”

“We need these arms to defend our pure bloodlines.”

68 CriticalDragon1177  Nov 10, 2014 10:47:31am

re: #21 Zamb

Don’t forget guys, Obamacare is the holocaust of healthcare plans therefore net neutrality is also genocide.

At this point I might not be surprised if someone on the far right actually said that, and meant it, literally.

Radio Host: Obama Will Outkill Pol Pot, Mao & Stalin
Youtube Video

69 Dr. Matt  Nov 10, 2014 10:47:55am

re: #60 Backwoods_Sleuth

If I had to resort to cannibalism, the Boehner-Cruz-Gohmert team are slower, fatter, and intellectually challenged.

70 Higgs Boson's Mate  Nov 10, 2014 10:48:25am

re: #65 Decatur Deb

Don’t know what this lady expects for an answer. Obama, Clinton and Warren could follow me out of the woods. The others are bear food.

Before leaving the woods I’d take the good time and trouble to dig a pit trap and line it with sharpened sticks. Bet I could bag BoehnerCruzGohmert all at once by baiting it with a picture of Ronald Reagan.

71 Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 10, 2014 10:48:54am

re: #66 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Exactly. The ACA as proposed was more conservative than the plan that Nixon intended to put forth back in 1972.

I finally got tired of my Wingnut cousin liking’ anti-ACA posts on FB, so I aske him point blank (on a post he liked) why it’s so important to him to take affordable health insurance away from 10 million Americans who hadn’t had it, to make my wife and I with our preexisting conditions unable to get new insurance if we had to, and to put millions of Americans in danger of bankruptcy from unexpected illnesses.

We’ll see whether he responds. I expect “We’ll have to agree to disagree”, which is Wingnut for “I can’t answer that, but it’s got Obama in it so I have to oppose it with every fiber of my being!”

72 Decatur Deb  Nov 10, 2014 10:49:18am

re: #69 Dr. Matt

If I had to resort to cannibalism, the Boehner-Cruz-Gohmert team are slower, fatter, and intellectually challenged.

Whole new take on the word “jerky”.

73 Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 10, 2014 10:49:26am

re: #65 Decatur Deb

Don’t know what this lady expects for an answer. Obama, Clinton and Warren could follow me out of the woods. The others are bear food.

Unless they’re Chicago Bears - they can’t catch anything.
:p

74 Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 10, 2014 10:49:30am

re: #69 Dr. Matt

If I had to resort to cannibalism, the Boehner-Cruz-Gohmert team are slower, fatter, and intellectually challenged.

And Boehner would have a nice, smokey, marinated in bourbon flavor

75 Decatur Deb  Nov 10, 2014 10:51:22am

LGF endorses cannibalism !!1!!

76 CriticalDragon1177  Nov 10, 2014 10:52:27am

re: #60 Backwoods_Sleuth

77 Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 10, 2014 10:55:16am

re: #75 Decatur Deb

LGF endorses cannibalism !!1!!

I can nibble, you can nibble, he can nibble, she can nibble - wouldn’t you like to be a can nibble, too?

78 sagehen  Nov 10, 2014 11:01:18am

re: #60 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Depends which Clinton you’re talking about.

79 Romantic Heretic  Nov 10, 2014 1:56:09pm

re: #25 nines09

These people cannot even dress themselves and they are winning? They don’t even know what “Net Neutrality” means. Here’s your razor. Now go do to yourself what I want to do to you.

The teahadis shouldn’t be allowed to play with anything sharper than a rubber ball.

80 lostlakehiker  Nov 10, 2014 2:03:04pm

re: #33 Dr. Matt

“Throttling” can be compared to slow checkout lines at the supermarket for those who are buying a cartload of groceries, and fast checkout lines for those buying a gallon of milk.

“No throttling” is a wasteful rule. If we were all identical copies of each other, we’d want throttling. It’s a perfect example of the golden rule. Whoever has a short, simple internet task should get it filled through the quick checkout line. Whoever has a huge task should expect to go through the not so quick line.

That way, everybody gets their smaller tasks filled quickly, instead of having to wait, and wait, for their turn to get a few thousand bits sent.

81 Interesting Times  Nov 10, 2014 3:47:16pm

re: #80 lostlakehiker

Oh dear. You couldn’t be more wrong. I suggest you read this so you can learn what’s really at stake:

Dear Senator Ted Cruz

82 bratwurst  Nov 10, 2014 4:52:28pm

re: #80 lostlakehiker

“Throttling” can be compared to slow checkout lines at the supermarket for those who are buying a cartload of groceries, and fast checkout lines for those buying a gallon of milk.

“No throttling” is a wasteful rule. If we were all identical copies of each other, we’d want throttling. It’s a perfect example of the golden rule. Whoever has a short, simple internet task should get it filled through the quick checkout line. Whoever has a huge task should expect to go through the not so quick line.

That way, everybody gets their smaller tasks filled quickly, instead of having to wait, and wait, for their turn to get a few thousand bits sent.

Your perfect record of being a shill for the corporate wing of the GOP remains intact.

83 Dr. Matt  Nov 10, 2014 6:28:33pm

re: #80 lostlakehiker

“Throttling” can be compared to slow checkout lines at the supermarket for those who are buying a cartload of groceries, and fast checkout lines for those buying a gallon of milk.

“No throttling” is a wasteful rule. If we were all identical copies of each other, we’d want throttling. It’s a perfect example of the golden rule. Whoever has a short, simple internet task should get it filled through the quick checkout line. Whoever has a huge task should expect to go through the not so quick line.

That way, everybody gets their smaller tasks filled quickly, instead of having to wait, and wait, for their turn to get a few thousand bits sent.

Worst fucking analogy ever. Are you pretending to be an assclown?

84 Varek Raith  Nov 10, 2014 9:11:07pm

re: #80 lostlakehiker

“Throttling” can be compared to slow checkout lines at the supermarket for those who are buying a cartload of groceries, and fast checkout lines for those buying a gallon of milk.

“No throttling” is a wasteful rule. If we were all identical copies of each other, we’d want throttling. It’s a perfect example of the golden rule. Whoever has a short, simple internet task should get it filled through the quick checkout line. Whoever has a huge task should expect to go through the not so quick line.

That way, everybody gets their smaller tasks filled quickly, instead of having to wait, and wait, for their turn to get a few thousand bits sent.

So you’re fine with what Comcast did to Netflix?


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