Texas State Representative Identifies Himself as Former Fetus

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Austin may like to keep it weird, but this is definitely taking that weirdness to new levels. Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R-Dist 92) is trying to make a point in favor of pro-life/anti-abortion, by indicating that he’s a former fetus.

Texas State Representative Jonathan Stickland (R) came up with a unique way to great abortion activists when they visited the State Capitol.

On a sign outside of his office door, Stickland now identifies himself as a “FORMER FETUS” — right next to “District 92.”

Stickland wrote on Facebook that he posted the new sign “in honor” of Planned Parenthood’s visit to the Legislature.

“Today Planned Parenthood is visiting and lobbying the Capitol. In honor of their visit, I put this sign up on my office door,” he wrote. “Organizations that murder children are not welcome in my office.”

Clearly, his mental faculties haven’t fully developed, because he could also be a former sperm, former zygote, former embryo, etc.

He could also be former Star Stuff (since everything on this world was synthesized in stars across the universe):

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But I think that might have gotten in the way of his message since he’s catering to a specific group of people who don’t particularly care for science.

This Rep also supports TRAP laws and reducing access to health care for women across the state.

UPDATE at 3/11/15 10:15:57 am by lawhawk
UPDATE at 3/11/15 11:26:25 am by lawhawk

Should it be surprising that Stickland can’t follow legislative rules?

Now expect the typical “I’m being repressed” BS from Stickland even though he can’t be bothered to follow the rules.

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142 comments
1 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 10:47:42am

Why not go a step further and point out that he’s also a former sperm that his father could have jacked out.Sorry for being crude but this is just creepy shit.

2 team_fukit  Mar 11, 2015 10:48:13am

Former “twinkle in my dad’s eye”

3 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 11, 2015 10:49:22am
He could also be former Star Stuff (since everything on this world was synthesized in stars across the universe):

If I had an office with a door instead of a cube, I’d have the building manager add that to my door right now.

4 Justanotherhuman  Mar 11, 2015 10:49:43am

Too bad that one’s mother wasn’t on birth control…

5 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 10:50:59am
6 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 10:51:51am

re: #5 The Mother Of All Pies

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Pretty much. The GOP pro life until the first breath and then you’re on your own moocher.

7 Kragar  Mar 11, 2015 10:52:15am

Former Fetus, current douche

8 RadicalModerate  Mar 11, 2015 10:52:59am

Stickland’s sign was removed because it was in violation of Legislature rules:

9 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 11, 2015 10:53:34am

Does a day go by when Conservatives don’t remind us how weird they are? I don’t think so.

10 Mike Lamb  Mar 11, 2015 10:53:43am

re: #7 Kragar

Former Fetus, current douche

I dunno, I think that level of douchiness is genetic…

11 William of Orange  Mar 11, 2015 10:55:44am

I present myself as “future millionaire”.

12 Justanotherhuman  Mar 11, 2015 10:56:13am

Obviously, Stickland snorted too much of the insecticide he was spraying…

In 1988, Stickland’s parents moved the family from his native Plano in Collin County to Hurst in Tarrant County, where he attended W. A. Porter Elementary School and Smithfield Middle School. He enrolled for his freshman year at Richland High School and then for two years at the newly opened Birdville High School of the Birdville Independent School District, both in North Richland Hills in Tarrant County. Stickland ended up leaving high school between his junior and senior year and obtained his G.E.D.

Stickland entered the community college, Tarrant County College, and also Parkland College, in which he studied sales and marketing.[3]

After college study, Stickland went to work in the pest-control business. He took a full-time sales position with Truly Nolen Pest Control and then as manager of residential accounts for Prime Pest Management, both in Fort Worth. He obtained a pest control state technician license and launched his own consulting business, which he still operates.

Stickland and his wife, Krissy, met in church. The Sticklands have two daughters, Andie and Carlie.[4]

en.wikipedia.org

So, basically, his constituents are being represented by a fundie who has a GED and nothing more.. Terrific.

13 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 10:56:28am

I am a former potential woman.

14 Dr. Matt  Mar 11, 2015 10:56:38am

re: #10 Mike Lamb

I dunno, I think that level of douchiness is genetic…

You might be correct. These “people” have such an innate anti-choice obsession that an inherited condition is a likely explanation.

15 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 10:57:17am

Future corpse.

16 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 10:57:34am

re: #12 Justanotherhuman

Obviously, Stickland snorted too much of the insecticide he was spraying…

In 1988, Stickland’s parents moved the family from his native Plano in Collin County to Hurst in Tarrant County, where he attended W. A. Porter Elementary School and Smithfield Middle School. He enrolled for his freshman year at Richland High School and then for two years at the newly opened Birdville High School of the Birdville Independent School District, both in North Richland Hills in Tarrant County. Stickland ended up leaving high school between his junior and senior year and obtained his G.E.D.

Stickland entered the community college, Tarrant County College, and also Parkland College, in which he studied sales and marketing.[3]

After college study, Stickland went to work in the pest-control business. He took a full-time sales position with Truly Nolen Pest Control and then as manager of residential accounts for Prime Pest Management, both in Fort Worth. He obtained a pest control state technician license and launched his own consulting business, which he still operates.

Stickland and his wife, Krissy, met in church. The Sticklands have two daughters, Andie and Carlie.[4]

en.wikipedia.org

So, basically, his constituents are being represented by a fundie who has a GED and nothing more.. Terrific.

He probably got elected by saying he was one of “us” and his opponent was one of those darn liberal outsiders.

17 Kragar  Mar 11, 2015 10:57:37am

“Christian Conservative Liberty Loving Republican”

It would be simpler just to write “Asshole”

18 jaunte  Mar 11, 2015 10:57:38am

Looks like he could be Blake Fahrenthold’s creepy cousin.

19 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 10:58:50am

re: #17 Kragar

“Christian Conservative Liberty Loving Republican”

It would be simpler just to write “Asshole”

Which means in layman terms, he’s all for liberty unless you’re not a Christian Conservative like himself then here’s a constitutional amendment to deny you and yours from having equal rights.

20 Justanotherhuman  Mar 11, 2015 10:59:10am

re: #18 jaunte

He forgot to add, “ignorant, uneducated moron. But I have my GED!”

21 stpaulbear  Mar 11, 2015 10:59:37am

re: #7 Kragar

Former Fetus, current douche

Future maggot happy meal.

22 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 10:59:56am

Wait another Texas bug man Bible thumper? Gee who does that remind me of.

23 Justanotherhuman  Mar 11, 2015 11:00:34am

BBL. Have to get my Ph.D while driving.

Heh. : )

24 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 11:00:41am

“Liberty Loving Republican”

BUT NO LIBERTY FOR U SLUTS & SODOMITES & MAHOMETANS!!!!1!!!!!

25 Dr. Matt  Mar 11, 2015 11:00:43am

re: #18 jaunte

@RepStickland Former Zygote, Current Douche #txlege
26 Egregious Philbin  Mar 11, 2015 11:02:03am

Former fetus….current talibornagain zealot whackjob.

27 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 11, 2015 11:02:24am

re: #18 jaunte

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Looks like he could be Blake Fahrenthold’s creepy cousin.

Looks like he’s had the liberty to stuff his face and not exercise.

28 Kragar  Mar 11, 2015 11:03:07am

re: #18 jaunte

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Looks like he could be Blake Fahrenthold’s creepy cousin.

The kind of face that screams “Wanted for questioning in the disappearance of…”

29 team_fukit  Mar 11, 2015 11:04:01am

re: #18 jaunte

he looks like he just ate a bowl full of fetuses

30 jaunte  Mar 11, 2015 11:04:21am

“Liberty-loving” unless you’re one of the wimmens.

31 team_fukit  Mar 11, 2015 11:05:17am

re: #18 jaunte

“Jesus didn’t say ‘Feed my sheep,’ he actually said ‘Feed me the sheep.’”

32 allegro  Mar 11, 2015 11:06:22am

He makes a better argument for therapeutic abortion.

33 Varek Raith  Mar 11, 2015 11:07:23am

Former stardust.

34 Kragar  Mar 11, 2015 11:07:25am
35 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:08:14am

re: #30 jaunte

“Liberty-loving” unless you’re one of the wimmens.

or a Muslim.

36 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:08:54am

re: #34 Kragar

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Very cool. Bigots forget that groups like ISIL, Al Queda, the Taliban have ruined the lives of more Muslims than non-Muslims.

37 jaunte  Mar 11, 2015 11:08:57am

State Rep. Jonathan Stickland Swears He Wasn’t Threatening to Shoot People, Just Wishing Fetuses Had Guns

“…Stickland is bent on living up to his pledge to have “the most conservative voting record in the entire House of Representatives,” which may or may not have something to do with the sidearm he carries to the Capitol every day.”

38 RadicalModerate  Mar 11, 2015 11:08:59am

Bigotry is nothing new to Stickland. Here’s a story about his current chief of staff from a couple of years ago.

burntorangereport.com

39 Drive By Commenter  Mar 11, 2015 11:09:32am

OH MY GOD…..A Republican “ripped” down his sign……The Horror

40 jaunte  Mar 11, 2015 11:09:40am

re: #29 team_fukit

he looks like he just ate a bowlful of fetuses

He’s eaten many bowls of something.

41 Drive By Commenter  Mar 11, 2015 11:10:29am

re: #37 jaunte

State Rep. Jonathan Stickland Swears He Wasn’t Threatening to Shoot People, Just Wishing Fetuses Had Guns

“…Stickland is bent on living up to his pledge to have “the most conservative voting record in the entire House of Representatives,” which may or may not have something to do with the sidearm he carries to the Capitol every day.”

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Looking like one tough hombre…….Twit.

42 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:10:57am

re: #37 jaunte

State Rep. Jonathan Stickland Swears He Wasn’t Threatening to Shoot People, Just Wishing Fetuses Had Guns

“…Stickland is bent on living up to his pledge to have “the most conservative voting record in the entire House of Representatives,” which may or may not have something to do with the sidearm he carries to the Capitol every day.”

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So his whole thing is about having the biggest dick in conservativeland. How about actually being a representative, Mr. Strictland instead of constantly waving your puny right wing dick around.

43 BlueGrl21  Mar 11, 2015 11:11:02am

John represents District 92, west of Dallas on the way to Fort Worth. 80% white, occasionally batshit insane. He’s the resident Tea Party ghoul, beat out an establishment Republican for the seat. He’s a bit theatrical in a total asshole kind of way.

As a Houstonian, I will not comment on the City of Dallas, Fort Worth, or the surrounding environs. I’ll deal with my own redneck freaks, thankyouverymuch.

44 jaunte  Mar 11, 2015 11:11:42am

re: #43 BlueGrl21

Hey, good to see another Houstonian here.

45 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:12:16am

re: #43 BlueGrl21

John represents District 92, west of Dallas on the way to Fort Worth. 80% white, occasionally batshit insane. He’s the resident Tea Party ghoul, beat out an establishment Republican for the seat. He’s a bit theatrical in a total asshole kind of way.

As a Houstonian, I will not comment on the City of Dallas, Fort Worth, or the surrounding environs. I’ll deal with my own redneck freaks, thankyouverymuch.

So the seat is his as long as he doesn’t do anything “insufficiently” conservative.

46 allegro  Mar 11, 2015 11:12:50am

re: #44 jaunte

Hey, good to see another Houstonian here.

That makes 3 of us!

47 Kragar  Mar 11, 2015 11:13:44am

John Kerry is sick of your shit:

The protester went on to shout that war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was “creating more terrorism, killing more innocent people.”

Kerry, who famously protested the Vietnam War after serving in the conflict shot back: “Killing more innocent people? I wonder how our journalists, who were beheaded, and the pilot who was fighting for freedom, who was burned alive — what they would have to say to their efforts to protect innocent people.”

48 jayjaybear  Mar 11, 2015 11:15:18am

Strickland seems to be compensating for a multitude of things. My gaydar instantly pointed out at least one.

49 BlueGrl21  Mar 11, 2015 11:15:38am

re: #45 HappyWarrior

So the seat is his as long as he doesn’t do anything “insufficiently” conservative.

I think so. The locals have no reason to kick him out and I’m sure we don’t have to worry about him finding his ass with two hands any time soon.

50 Dr. Matt  Mar 11, 2015 11:16:13am

re: #47 Kragar

John Kerry is sick of your shit:

Now the RW-nutbags are in a predicament: agree with Kerry or agree with the Code Pink crazies.

51 Great White Snark  Mar 11, 2015 11:16:18am

That’s it. Pro science. I’m putting “Former unorganized collection of atoms that became molecules” on my door.

52 Romantic Heretic  Mar 11, 2015 11:16:22am

re: #18 jaunte

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Looks like he could be Blake Fahrenthold’s creepy cousin.

Yet another R who has a face that just begs to be punched.

53 Drive By Commenter  Mar 11, 2015 11:17:17am

re: #51 Great White Snark

That’s it. Pro science. I’m putting “Former unorganized collection of atoms that became molecules” on my door.

Walking, talking, egg and sperm alliance.

54 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 11, 2015 11:17:51am

re: #37 jaunte

State Rep. Jonathan Stickland Swears He Wasn’t Threatening to Shoot People, Just Wishing Fetuses Had Guns

I get the feeling that he sucks at assessing risk. That gun is not going to protect him against his greatest threat, heart-disease.

55 jaunte  Mar 11, 2015 11:17:59am

re: #51 Great White Snark

“I embody my own championship swimming trophy.”

56 Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 11, 2015 11:18:49am

re: #55 jaunte

“I embody my own championship swimming trophy.”

Ha ha ha,

Well played sir.

57 BlueGrl21  Mar 11, 2015 11:19:01am

re: #46 allegro

That makes 3 of us!

Woohoo! 3 is a quorum!

We’re in Sugar Land. My district actually went for Obama twice and is reliably Democrat. I have to explain this to many people.

58 Ace-o-aces  Mar 11, 2015 11:19:45am

You know who else used to be a fetus? HITLER!!!!!!

59 Kragar  Mar 11, 2015 11:21:07am
60 Kragar  Mar 11, 2015 11:21:32am

re: #58 Ace-o-aces

You know who else used to be a fetus? HITLER!!!!!!

SO WAS JESUS!

Or was he?

61 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 11:22:06am

Wow this sucks, this is where I go swimming every week==>

What they should do is partner with the Muslim community (I know this would not be popular with people like D. Schlussel). Muslim ladies would certainly appreciate a swimming pool that has women-only swim times. In fact all women should appreciate women-only swim times. When men are in the pool they crowd women out of the lap lanes.

62 Romantic Heretic  Mar 11, 2015 11:22:27am

re: #38 RadicalModerate

Bigotry is nothing new to Stickland. Here’s a story about his current chief of staff from a couple of years ago.

burntorangereport.com

Looked at McDonald’s picture and imagined taking the finger he was pointing at me then using an aikido technique I learnt years ago.

63 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 11:22:40am

re: #52 Romantic Heretic

Yet another R who has a face that just begs to be punched.

Backpfeifengesicht.

64 Kragar  Mar 11, 2015 11:23:59am
65 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 11:24:01am
66 BlueGrl21  Mar 11, 2015 11:24:46am

re: #64 Kragar

They’re dropping like flies…finally.

Thank God for the Feds.

67 wrenchwench  Mar 11, 2015 11:25:45am

“Former Human.” He’s lost his empathy for women (and other humans who aren’t straight and white men). To me, that makes him formerly human, and now sub-human, because he prefers a brainless fetus to a woman when that choice is to be made.

68 Romantic Heretic  Mar 11, 2015 11:25:46am

re: #49 BlueGrl21

I think so. The locals have no reason to kick him out and I’m sure we don’t have to worry about him finding his ass with two hands any time soon.

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Reminds me of this.

69 Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 11, 2015 11:25:49am

re: #61 The Mother Of All Pies

Wow this sucks, this is where I go swimming every week==>

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What they should do is partner with the Muslim community (I know this would not be popular with people like D. Schlussel). Muslim ladies would certainly appreciate a swimming pool that has women-only swim times. In fact all women should appreciate women-only swim times. When men are in the pool they crowd women out of the lap lanes.

The votes come days before the Jewish Federation’s annual phone fund-raising effort, set for Sunday. Tobin said “they’re going to be getting an earful” from some residents over the closing.

Timing fail. I’d hate to be on the other end of those phone lines.

70 Timothy Watson  Mar 11, 2015 11:26:33am

One thing that has remain constant from switch of being a conservative several years ago: My dislike of Jim Webb (and Mark Warner)

71 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 11, 2015 11:26:49am

re: #67 wrenchwench

“Former Human.” He’s lost his empathy for women (and other humans who aren’t straight and white men). To me, that makes him formerly human, and now sub-human, because he prefers a brainless fetus to a woman when that choice is to be made.

He probably never had it. Not being able to empathize with anyone who’s at all different from you seems to be a Conservative trait.

72 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 11:27:27am

re: #69 Eclectic Cyborg

Timing fail. I’d hate to be on the other end of those phone lines.

They outsource these fundraising phone calls to telemarketing groups, so yelling at some call center in Rawalpindi won’t do any good.

73 Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 11, 2015 11:27:54am

re: #65 The Mother Of All Pies

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There are many reasons to oppose the normalization of homosexuality, among them that it is not only immoral and unnatural but grievously unhealthy. Public health officials are now providing abundant confirmation that the pro-family community has been entirely correct all along in warning men about the hazards of engaging in the homosexual lifestyle.

Because straight people never, EVER get STDs.

74 Romantic Heretic  Mar 11, 2015 11:28:32am

re: #64 Kragar

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I’m betting both he and the recently resigned city manager are busily planning a trip to a place with no extradition to the US.

75 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 11:29:11am

What pisses me off even more than closing the JCC where I live, the “Jewish” Federation is keeping another facility where the rich folks live. Talk about perpetuating ugly stereotypes.

76 lawhawk  Mar 11, 2015 11:29:20am

re: #65 The Mother Of All Pies

77 Targetpractice  Mar 11, 2015 11:29:21am

re: #64 Kragar

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No doubt with full pension and benefits.

78 Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 11, 2015 11:29:31am

re: #74 Romantic Heretic

I’m betting both he and the recently resigned city manager are busily planning a trip to a place with no extradition to the US.

Either that or they’ve got new jobs lined up in Texas.

79 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:29:43am

re: #65 The Mother Of All Pies

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You should just laugh at that poor pathetic bigot.

80 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 11:30:57am
81 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:31:20am

re: #73 Eclectic Cyborg

Because straight people never, EVER get STDs.

Yeah what the fuck is he babbling about. Yes STDs happen with gay people but they also happen with straight people and if you really want to infuriate Bryan, point out that HIV is at its lowest among lesbian women.

82 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:31:43am

re: #80 The Mother Of All Pies

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Tom, just do us a favor and resign already.

83 lawhawk  Mar 11, 2015 11:32:06am

re: #66 BlueGrl21

The City Council is next to go - anyone who was in office there before Brown was shot needs to be gone. They’re all responsible for the conditions found by the DoJ report. They’re the ones who used the racist police force to turn the population in a revolving door revenue generating system that perpetuates the racism and keeps the poor from ever advancing out of these conditions.

And when that’s done, tackle the county police, along with all the other fiefdoms that do the same thing that Ferguson did.

And not just in Missouri. There are states across the country that have the same situation - just not the spotlight shone on them the way it was in Ferguson.

84 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:33:28am

re: #70 Timothy Watson

One thing that has remain constant from switch of being a conservative several years ago: My dislike of Jim Webb (and Mark Warner)

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i’ve always been more partial to Kaine so I wasn’t too upset that Webb stepped down though he’s done some good things on CJ and Veterans issues. I don’t know what the fuck he’s doing here though.

85 Targetpractice  Mar 11, 2015 11:33:44am

re: #70 Timothy Watson

One thing that has remain constant from switch of being a conservative several years ago: My dislike of Jim Webb (and Mark Warner)

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I’m ambivalent about Warner right now, but you’re right about Webb. He’s trying ye old “moderate” (read: corporate) Democrat schtick and being so painfully obvious about how he’s saying whatever it takes to get elected.

86 sagehen  Mar 11, 2015 11:34:40am

re: #61 The Mother Of All Pies

Wow this sucks, this is where I go swimming every week==>

What they should do is partner with the Muslim community (I know this would not be popular with people like D. Schlussel). Muslim ladies would certainly appreciate a swimming pool that has women-only swim times. In fact all women should appreciate women-only swim times. When men are in the pool they crowd women out of the lap lanes.

The JCC I go to is a little more crowded during the Adult hours than the Women’s hours, the most crowded time for laps is when half the pool is Family hours… but the women’s hours does seem to have a huge percentage of morbidly obese. It’s not the crowd, it’s about not wanting to be seen in swimwear.

87 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:35:56am

re: #85 Targetpractice

I’m ambivalent about Warner right now, but you’re right about Webb. He’s trying ye old “moderate” (read: corporate) Democrat schtick and being so painfully obvious about how he’s saying whatever it takes to get elected.

Which is funny as hell given that he beat his primary opponent who had much better Democratic party bonafides than he did by pointing out Miller’s corporate ties. I’ll always have an appreciation for Jim since he help rid this state and possibly country of George F. Allen having any kind of political power but the man’s a doofus at times.

88 Kragar  Mar 11, 2015 11:37:29am

re: #80 The Mother Of All Pies

89 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 11:38:43am

re: #86 sagehen

The JCC I go to is a little more crowded during the Adult hours than the Women’s hours, the most crowded time for laps is when half the pool is Family hours… but the women’s hours does seem to have a huge percentage of morbidly obese. It’s not the crowd, it’s about not wanting to be seen in swimwear.

Fat people do not take up more space in the lap lanes than non-fat people.

90 wrenchwench  Mar 11, 2015 11:40:11am

re: #71 No Country For Old Haters

He probably never had it. Not being able to empathize with anyone who’s at all different from you seems to be a Conservative trait.

Only if his mother was a sicko would he lack empathy for women as a six year old.

91 Eventual Carrion  Mar 11, 2015 11:41:04am

“Former fetus”, hey so were all the monkeys on the face of the planet.

92 sagehen  Mar 11, 2015 11:41:14am

re: #89 The Mother Of All Pies

Fat people do not take up more space in the lap lanes than non-fat people.

No, but they don’t want the opposite sex to look at them while they exercise.

93 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 11, 2015 11:41:30am
94 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 11:42:43am

re: #92 sagehen

No, but they don’t want the opposite sex to look at them while they exercise.

Really they don’t want ANYONE to look at them while they exercise.

95 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 11, 2015 11:43:51am

re: #94 The Mother Of All Pies

Really they don’t want ANYONE to look at them while they exercise.

But they exercise anyway, which is great. No one should let being out of shape keep them that way due to shame.

96 wrenchwench  Mar 11, 2015 11:44:48am

re: #91 Eventual Carrion

“Former fetus”, hey so were all the monkeys on the face of the planet.

He hasn’t narrowed it down at all. He’s a mammal.

97 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:46:27am

Re:Warner, I expect he’ll get even more like that given that he had a real scare in his last election. I don’t dislike him like Timothy does but I understand where he’s coming from since Warner I think would rather be something for everyone than stand on principle which is something I’d expect and have seen more out of Tim Kaine. Their votes and actions on the Keystone treaty are a good example of that. Webb rubbed me the wrong way since he was a former Reagan admin undersecretary trying to straight to the Senate without having made his bones in state Democratic politics first. I remember and that primary was one of the first things I ever voted in but I really wanted to say fuck it and write in Thomas Jefferson’s name but I couldn’t write people in so I think I ultimately went with Webb over Harris Miller but I wasn’t happy with Webb. Webb as I got has done some good things on veterans affairs and criminal justice issues but he can be a bit of a doofus. I also recall one of our lizards pointing out that he’s as close to a climate change skeptic as you’ll find in the Dem party.

98 allegro  Mar 11, 2015 11:47:27am

re: #95 No Country For Old Haters

But they exercise anyway, which is great. No one should let being out of shape keep them that way due to shame.

Coming from someone who was making fat shaming comments in this very thread. Just sayin’.

99 Nyet  Mar 11, 2015 11:49:46am

re: #18 jaunte

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Looks like he could be Blake Fahrenthold’s creepy cousin.

Former Alien Fetus…

100 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 11, 2015 11:51:12am
101 Blind Frog Belly White  Mar 11, 2015 11:52:05am

Planned Parenthood has prevented more abortions than that attention-seeking sack of crap would in 10 lifetimes.

102 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 11, 2015 11:53:48am

re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth

I got sucked into this blog last night, which seems very relevant now.

103 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 11, 2015 11:53:51am

re: #98 allegro

Coming from someone who was making fat shaming comments in this very thread. Just sayin’.

Are we no longer able to mock Conservatives here now?

104 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 11, 2015 11:54:09am

re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth

105 WhatEVs  Mar 11, 2015 11:54:16am

re: #70 Timothy Watson

One thing that has remain constant from switch of being a conservative several years ago: My dislike of Jim Webb (and Mark Warner)

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The dude who finances his whole family via WebbCare (that once a year update to his website that pays his kid a few hundred grand) said what?

Right. Who gives a fuck?

106 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 11, 2015 11:54:42am
“Today Planned Parenthood is visiting and lobbying the Capitol. In honor of their visit, I put this sign up on my office door,” he wrote. “Organizations that murder children are not welcome in my office.”

What about organizations that pollute the air, water, injure workers, cause animal suffering? Are those OK with you because Freedom?

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107 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:56:59am

re: #101 Blind Frog Belly White

Planned Parenthood has prevented more abortions than that attention-seeking sack of crap would in 10 lifetimes.

Planned Parenthood has and will continue to do more to prevent abortions than any “pro life” Republican ever has.

108 Targetpractice  Mar 11, 2015 11:57:04am

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

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In other words, he’s waiting to see how far the DOJ will go in cleaning house.

109 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 11:57:25am

re: #106 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

What about organizations that pollute the air, water, injure workers, cause animal suffering? Are those OK with you because Freedom?

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Hurr hurr if you live near a nuclear power plant, you should just move.

110 allegro  Mar 11, 2015 11:57:56am

re: #103 No Country For Old Haters

Are we no longer able to mock Conservatives here now?

You are unable to distinguish between mocking conservatives for their dumbass ideas and policies and fat shaming?

111 Teukka  Mar 11, 2015 11:58:07am

re: #102 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I got sucked into this blog last night, which seems very relevant now.

I was a kid when this happened, thankfully just 9 people died:
Tuve Landslide
Image: 645@70.jpg

And yes, it was a residential area.

112 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 11, 2015 12:01:26pm

re: #110 allegro

You are unable to distinguish between mocking conservatives for their dumbass ideas and policies and fat shaming?

No, but I will continue to mock fat Limbaugh-style conservatives who want to control me, and can’t even control their own appetites.

113 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 12:02:01pm

Cracked regarding Planned Parenthood had a great inside look at what an employee there has to experience in an average day. Really, it’s disgusting how the right has made out PP who does wonderful things for people out to be this abortion on demand factory.

114 wrenchwench  Mar 11, 2015 12:02:34pm

Friday:

115 aagcobb  Mar 11, 2015 12:02:39pm

re: #71 No Country For Old Haters

He probably never had it. Not being able to empathize with anyone who’s at all different from you seems to be a Conservative trait.

I’ve had a conservative tell me he was simply incapable of empathizing with homosexual couples who want to marry; couldn’t even imagine, even as a hypothetical, what it might be like to be legally barred from marrying your loved one.

116 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 11, 2015 12:02:46pm

re: #111 Teukka

I was a kid when this happened, thankfully just 9 people died:
Tuve Landslide
Image: 645@70.jpg

And yes, it was a residential area.

I was reading one of the preliminary reports about the Oso landslide in WA last night. And also a short report about a rockfall in Utah which damaged a house (found that because a subsequent rockfall in the same town killed two people in their house about a quarter mile down the road from the house the report was on).

One of my main conclusions is that humans in general do a very poor job of identifying risk.

117 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 12:05:47pm

re: #115 aagcobb

I’ve had a conservative tell me he was simply incapable of empathizing with homosexual couples who want to marry; couldn’t even imagine, even as a hypothetical, what it might be like to be legally barred from marrying your loved one.

At least he’s honest. But that’s the problem with conservatives and conservatism. Empathy never comes into play. The rare times you’ll see conservative policy makers back things like gay marriage (hi, Senator Portman and VP Cheney) or better health care for the mentally ill (Hi, Senator Dominchi) etc is when the issue hits close to home. What separates ideology aside liberals from conservatives is liberals are willing to place themselves in other people’s shoes. That is to say, I may not be the children of undocumented immigrants myself but I empathize with their situation. Your average con OTOH goes “Tough shit, their parents shouldn’t have broken the law and they should be deported immediately.”

118 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 11, 2015 12:06:46pm

re: #114 wrenchwench

Friday:

Why is Obama always campaigning, using props?!??!?

119 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 11, 2015 12:07:35pm

re: #117 HappyWarrior

At least he’s honest. But that’s the problem with conservatives and conservatism. Empathy never comes into play. The rare times you’ll see conservative policy makers back things like gay marriage (hi, Senator Portman and VP Cheney) or better health care for the mentally ill (Hi, Senator Dominchi) etc is when the issue hits close to home. What separates ideology aside liberals from conservatives is liberals are willing to place themselves in other people’s shoes. That is to say, I may not be the children of undocumented immigrants myself but I empathize with their situation. Your average con OTOH goes “Tough shit, their parents shouldn’t have broken the law and they should be deported immediately.”

And yet just a few weeks ago Mayor Rudy was all apoplectic saying Obama didn’t love him or his audience.

120 Mattand  Mar 11, 2015 12:07:37pm

Jonathan Stickland: former fetus, current asshole.

121 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 12:09:15pm

re: #119 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

And yet just a few weeks ago Mayor Rudy was all apoplectic saying Obama didn’t love him or his audience.

More pandering to the conservatives who love seeing themselves as victims. Rudy sounded more like a pathetic talk radio host than the media proclaimed America’s mayor with that spiel.

122 Rocky-in-Connecticut  Mar 11, 2015 12:09:23pm

But everyone knows that “rules” and “basic civility” and “ethics” are tools of Socialism and the Devil. The most important thing is that far-right white American dogma is advanced at any cost.

123 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 12:09:49pm

re: #122 Rocky-in-Connecticut

But everyone knows that “rules” and “basic civility” and “ethics” are tools of Socialism and the Devil. The most important thing is that far-right white American values are advanced at any cost.

Conservativism above all else.

124 WhatEVs  Mar 11, 2015 12:09:55pm

re: #115 aagcobb

I’ve had a conservative tell me he was simply incapable of empathizing with homosexual couples who want to marry; couldn’t even imagine, even as a hypothetical, what it might be like to be legally barred from marrying your loved one.

That’s the problem with humanity (conservatives and their type mostly). They have the absolute inability to understand, to empathize, to understand anyone other than themselves. They are all either budding sociopaths or full-blown sociopaths (not the kind that kill other people, but textbook sociopath is what I said above).

My sister is a teacher and she arranges a baby to be brought into her classroom several times a year and she discusses empathy (at an appropriate five year old level) and brings that into these children’s lives at an early age. Sometimes, that is the only time this concept is given to a lot of kids.

125 Kragar  Mar 11, 2015 12:10:21pm
126 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 12:11:17pm

re: #125 Kragar

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Terrible. And yes it wouldn’t surprise me and it also wouldn’t surprise me if he was a reader of people like Geller and Spencer either.

127 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 11, 2015 12:11:32pm

re: #119 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

And yet just a few weeks ago Mayor Rudy was all apoplectic saying Obama didn’t love him or his audience.

I thought that was REALLY, REALLY, REALLY weird, until I read that Obama was talking about loving America, and realized it was just Republicans being their weird selves in response to whatever Obama says.

128 wrenchwench  Mar 11, 2015 12:11:32pm

re: #118 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Why is Obama always campaigning, using props?!??!?

Makes me wonder where Jan Brewer and her finger are.

129 WhatEVs  Mar 11, 2015 12:12:44pm

re: #122 Rocky-in-Connecticut

But everyone knows that “rules” and “basic civility” and “ethics” are tools of Socialism and the Devil. The most important thing is that far-right white American values are advanced at any cost.

Add to that empathy, sympathy, understanding, compassion, and the general ability to think of the greater good of a nation and the people therein…the octafecta of the conservative psyche.

130 Kragar  Mar 11, 2015 12:12:46pm
131 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 11, 2015 12:13:01pm

re: #128 wrenchwench

Makes me wonder where Jan Brewer and her finger are.

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Does AZ have a new governor?

132 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 12:13:24pm

re: #131 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Does AZ have a new governor?

Yeah I think Jan got term limited out.

133 aagcobb  Mar 11, 2015 12:13:40pm

re: #80 The Mother Of All Pies

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Ironically, Cotton’s incredibly bone-headed letter could damage his cause of imposing tougher sanctions on Iran.

134 Rocky-in-Connecticut  Mar 11, 2015 12:13:49pm

re: #16 HappyWarrior

…and I wager that he and a large percentage of his constituents hold those with advanced degrees, particularly from Ivy League colleges, in utter contempt.

135 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 11, 2015 12:15:18pm

re: #131 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Does AZ have a new governor?

Douchey or something

136 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 12:15:46pm

re: #124 WhatEVs

That’s the problem with humanity (conservatives and their type mostly). They have the absolute inability to understand, to empathize, to understand anyone other than themselves. They are all either budding sociopaths or full-blown sociopaths (not the kind that kill other people, but textbook sociopath is what I said above).

My sister is a teacher and she arranges a baby to be brought into her classroom several times a year and she discusses empathy (at an appropriate five year old level) and brings that into these children’s lives at an early age. Sometimes, that is the only time this concept is given to a lot of kids.

It’s not even the inability, it’s the lack of desire and I sadly have seen it here with some of the conservative posters that have posted here throughout the years I’ve been here. It can be difficult I guess not to place yourself in another person’s shoes but I really feel that is ultimately what separates us from the cons. Ideology is one thing but the ability to realize that someone in a tough spot may need a hand and doesn’t want to hear empty rhetoric about bootstraps is really a gamechanger.

137 wrenchwench  Mar 11, 2015 12:16:27pm

re: #135 The Mother Of All Pies

Douchey or something

Certainly close enough.

138 No Country For Old Haters  Mar 11, 2015 12:17:23pm

re: #132 HappyWarrior

Yeah I think Jan got term limited out.

That’s what her Wikipedia page says.

139 HappyWarrior  Mar 11, 2015 12:17:30pm

re: #134 Rocky-in-Connecticut

…and I wager that he and a large percentage of his constituents hold those with advanced degrees, particularly from Ivy League colleges, in utter contempt.

Wouldn’t surprise me. That’s the weird thing about the right. They get their message of contempt for higher learning and the liberal areas from people who have benefited from that. Kind of like when Romney actually said Obama spent too much time at Harvard or when BA, MBA, and JD from public university Santorum called Obama a snob for thinking all American children should have access to post-secondary education.

140 ObserverArt  Mar 11, 2015 12:23:10pm

re: #130 Kragar

Hillary Clinton ✔ @HillaryClinton
Follow
GOP letter to Iranian clerics undermines American leadership. No one considering running for commander-in-chief should be signing on.

Looks like she is punching back at Rand Paul and some of the crap he has been spewing today.

But then again…she could be striking back at Rubio, Graham and Cruz too.

141 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 11, 2015 12:46:22pm

re: #88 Kragar

Also of note: Iran isn’t governed by Republicans, so we might be able to trust them to actually honor a deal they make

Can’t we just topple them with a CIA coup and install a friendly government in the form of a Shah who will advance our interests in the region?

142 Lidane  Mar 11, 2015 1:41:17pm

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