Erick Erickson: Obama’s Policies Are Designed to “Humble the Arrogant Crackers”

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It’s really amazing how open the right wing has gotten about their bizarre racist persecution complexes. It’s hard to imagine someone actually believing the whacked out garbage Erick Erickson spouts, but it seems like he does.

The US conservative movement is deeply deranged.

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1 Single-handed sailor  Mar 13, 2015 5:48:58pm

He would know, he’s an arrogant cracker.

2 b.d.  Mar 13, 2015 5:50:43pm

the intellectual gymnastics being pulled off by the eternal butthurt wingnuts makes my head hurt, they are making themselves insane.

3 Swift2991  Mar 13, 2015 5:51:40pm

No, he makes a policy and they humble themselves.

4 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 5:52:04pm

re: #2 b.d.

the intellectual gymnastics being pulled off by the eternal butthurt wingnuts makes my head hurt, they are making themselves insane.

Let’s not let them take the rest of us with them.

5 Charles Johnson  Mar 13, 2015 5:55:35pm
6 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 13, 2015 5:57:54pm

Whereas Erickson’s policy is to fleece the crackers.

7 #FergusonFireside  Mar 13, 2015 5:58:22pm

My Friday drive talking to my parents recap:

I got my Mom off of her normal blah blah complaints & into Ferguson et al. I send her all the links etc. Again, she said that she thought that the movement of the 1960’s “fixed it” She is sad and amazed that it continues. Glad to hear that her news stations were Al Jazeera, BBC & CNN.

Dad in SC, I’ve applied for 6 jobs, hoping hoping.

2 hour commute - 42 miles. Friday is always a joke.

8 Charles Johnson  Mar 13, 2015 5:58:22pm
9 b.d.  Mar 13, 2015 5:58:47pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

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Stop it! Chuck C is never wrong!

10 thedopefishlives  Mar 13, 2015 6:00:14pm

re: #9 b.d.

Stop it! Chuck C is never wrong!

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Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me. “Social media analysis”? “Boots on the ground”? Do either of those sources account for sampling bias? Does Chuck C. Johnson, award-winning journalist douchecanoe, even know what sampling bias is?

11 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 13, 2015 6:01:27pm

re: #10 thedopefishlives

Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me. “Social media analysis”? “Boots on the ground”? Do either of those sources account for sampling bias? Does Chuck C. Johnson, award-winning journalist douchecanoe, even know what sampling bias is?

For all that they should, I’m not sure any polisci major is required to take a statistics class.

12 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 6:02:42pm

re: #11 klys (maker of Silmarils)

For all that they should, I’m not sure any polisci major is required to take a statistics class.

Weird considering I had to take stats for my psych degree.

13 Charles Johnson  Mar 13, 2015 6:02:47pm
14 b.d.  Mar 13, 2015 6:03:13pm

re: #10 thedopefishlives

Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me. “Social media analysis”? “Boots on the ground”? Do either of those sources account for sampling bias? Does Chuck C. Johnson, award-winning journalist douchecanoe, even know what sampling bias is?

SHUT UP AND GIVE HIM MONEY AND PRAISE!

15 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 13, 2015 6:05:25pm

re: #12 b_sharp

Weird considering I had to take stats for my psych degree.

I would think it logical, so it may be that I am incorrect. But the “understanding” demonstrated by many political scientists leads me to think the answer is they didn’t.

16 Charles Johnson  Mar 13, 2015 6:08:37pm

Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a total putz. In every way. He’s so pumped up on himself, with so little reason to be.

17 A Cranky One  Mar 13, 2015 6:14:10pm

re: #15 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Coached my ex through her grad stat classes. She got through them, but never really understood what statistics are about. I’m always depressed that the majority of folks were never taught that math is a language that can provide elegant, precise information.

18 A Cranky One  Mar 13, 2015 6:17:25pm

re: #16 Charles Johnson

I wonder what he did that no one else ever thought possible?

I’m a little embarrased to confess the first thought that entered my head:

Upchuck finally got laid?

19 Floral Giraffe  Mar 13, 2015 6:19:56pm

re: #18 A Cranky One

I wonder what he did that no one else ever thought possible?

I’m a little embarrased to confess the first thought that entered my head:

Upchuck finally got laid?

LOL! I thought that too!

20 Higgs Boson's Mate  Mar 13, 2015 6:19:58pm

re: #16 Charles Johnson

What? No one thinks that being wrong every time is impossible, most people just try to avoid it.

21 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 6:20:02pm

re: #15 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I would think it logical, so it may be that I am incorrect. But the “understanding” demonstrated by many political scientists leads me to think the answer is they didn’t.

I can’t remember much, it was 32 years ago, but I still know enough to see the fuckups.

22 Snarknado!  Mar 13, 2015 6:20:47pm

re: #15 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I would think it logical, so it may be that I am incorrect. But the “understanding” demonstrated by many political scientists leads me to think the answer is they didn’t.

Never trust something that calls itself a science and isn’t.

23 Charles Johnson  Mar 13, 2015 6:21:13pm
24 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 6:21:49pm

re: #22 Snarknado!

Never trust something that calls itself a science and isn’t.

Like computer science?

25 Belafon  Mar 13, 2015 6:22:36pm

re: #24 b_sharp

Hey now!

26 A Cranky One  Mar 13, 2015 6:22:38pm

re: #24 b_sharp

Like computer science?

Especially computer science! /////

27 #FergusonFireside  Mar 13, 2015 6:22:51pm
28 A Cranky One  Mar 13, 2015 6:24:09pm

re: #23 Charles Johnson

You really, really don’t want to know how Upchuck would like to collect the DNA. /

29 #FergusonFireside  Mar 13, 2015 6:24:43pm

Read the post.

30 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 6:24:48pm

re: #25 Belafon

Hey now!

Just kidding. My second degree is in CS.

31 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 13, 2015 6:25:27pm

re: #27 #FergusonFireside

I don’t see anything in the article about inviting Boehner to speak though.

32 Belafon  Mar 13, 2015 6:26:46pm

re: #26 A Cranky One

Don’t confuse software engineering with computer science. They really are as different as mechanical engineering and physics.

33 Nyet  Mar 13, 2015 6:26:53pm

re: #28 A Cranky One

You really, really don’t want to know how Upchuck would like to collect the DNA. /

I think we all know.

34 #FergusonFireside  Mar 13, 2015 6:28:58pm

re: #31 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I don’t see anything in the article about inviting Boehner to speak though.

That was the click bait satire.

35 Belafon  Mar 13, 2015 6:29:24pm

re: #26 A Cranky One

Especially computer science! /////

I should also include that I hear that from Software Engineers as often as anyone else.

36 b.d.  Mar 13, 2015 6:29:29pm

re: #33 Nyet

I think we all know.

Is that where the 99 ¢ per tip thing comes from?

37 BeachDem  Mar 13, 2015 6:30:23pm

re: #7 #FergusonFireside

My Friday drive talking to my parents recap:

I got my Mom off of her normal blah blah complaints & into Ferguson et al. I send her all the links etc. Again, she said that she thought that the movement of the 1960’s “fixed it” She is sad and amazed that it continues. Glad to hear that her news stations were Al Jazeera, BBC & CNN.

Dad in SC, I’ve applied for 6 jobs, hoping hoping.

2 hour commute - 42 miles. Friday is always a joke.

Any of the 6 near Dad? (hoping.)

38 Charles Johnson  Mar 13, 2015 6:31:04pm
39 A Cranky One  Mar 13, 2015 6:31:29pm

re: #32 Belafon

Don’t confuse software engineering with computer science. They really are as different as mechanical engineering and physics.

I have some idea: littlegreenfootballs.com

After 30 years and counting in the industry I can poke a little fun. ;)

40 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 13, 2015 6:32:42pm

re: #34 #FergusonFireside

That was the click bait satire.

To his loss. I think clickbait is shit, and doing so deliberately just eroded some of his reputation for trustworthiness in my eyes.

41 goddamnedfrank  Mar 13, 2015 6:32:56pm

Sorry, the fruit was low hanging, so to speak.

42 b.d.  Mar 13, 2015 6:33:10pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

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heh, Peruvian Marching Powder.

I bet his donors must be proud knowing where their money is going to

43 stpaulbear  Mar 13, 2015 6:33:41pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

His ‘real’ life must be so frickin’ pathetic. I can’t even imagine…

44 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 6:33:48pm

re: #39 A Cranky One

I have some idea: littlegreenfootballs.com

After 30 years and counting in the industry I can poke a little fun. ;)

That’s awesome Cranky.

45 Skip Intro  Mar 13, 2015 6:33:59pm

So after less that one month of use my Samsung 960gb SSD is dying, and I’m having one hell of a time trying to back it up before it fails for good.

Less than 1 freaking month!

46 #FergusonFireside  Mar 13, 2015 6:34:18pm

re: #37 BeachDem

Any of the 6 near Dad? (hoping.)

Richland Co. I swear, I’m not even looking at lo-cals till I get a response. I’m throwing bait into a big ass pool.

47 BeachDem  Mar 13, 2015 6:34:45pm

All bow down to the glory that is upchuck.

48 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 6:34:51pm

re: #39 A Cranky One

I have some idea: littlegreenfootballs.com

After 30 years and counting in the industry I can poke a little fun. ;)

My intent was to start modelling the human mind. It never went anywhere.

49 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 13, 2015 6:35:22pm

re: #45 Skip Intro

So after less that one month of use my Samsung 960gb SSD is dying, and I’m having one hell of a time trying to back it up before it fails for good.

Less than 1 freaking month!

On the bright side, you should be able to RMA that sucker without any issues.

50 b.d.  Mar 13, 2015 6:35:31pm

I am sure Chuck C is all for piss testing to get welfare, shouldn’t he do the same for his donors?

51 austin_blue  Mar 13, 2015 6:35:35pm

re: #6 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Whereas Erickson’s policy is to fleece the crackers.

Yes, the poor, oppressed white people. He’s making a pretty good living off of them, but he blames Obama for their lot, and they buy it.

P. T. Barnum and H. L. Mencken were spot on.

52 Great White Snark  Mar 13, 2015 6:35:47pm

Charles/BillInGlendale IIRC we live in the same SoCal micro climate. The light outside right this minute is amazing. Something about late light and the virga/clouds thing going on.

53 #FergusonFireside  Mar 13, 2015 6:36:08pm

re: #40 klys (maker of Silmarils)

To his loss. I think clickbait is shit, and doing so deliberately just eroded some of his reputation for trustworthiness in my eyes.

I know, I regret my post.

54 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 13, 2015 6:36:59pm

re: #53 #FergusonFireside

I know, I regret my post.

Not your fault he decided to step in it. I know the temptation sometime and what’s why I really appreciate the whole sarc tags here. I only leave them off if it is SO blatantly obvious.

55 austin_blue  Mar 13, 2015 6:37:04pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

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I wonder if he’ll notice when Bob Marley falls out of his left nostril?

56 Skip Intro  Mar 13, 2015 6:37:05pm

re: #49 klys (maker of Silmarils)

On the bright side, you should be able to RMA that sucker without any issues.

Yeah, but all my programs and data will be gone, and being a Windows machine I can’t just copy it back like I could on a Mac.

57 b.d.  Mar 13, 2015 6:37:05pm

re: #47 BeachDem

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All bow down to the glory that is upchuck.

Looks like Chuck’s in-laws locked him in their basement again.

58 Charles Johnson  Mar 13, 2015 6:37:12pm

re: #52 Great White Snark

Charles IIRC we live in the same SoCal micro climate. The light outside right this minute is amazing. Something about late light and the virga/clouds thing going on.

Absolutely! The clouds are luminous.

59 Charles Johnson  Mar 13, 2015 6:37:39pm
60 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 13, 2015 6:38:40pm

re: #56 Skip Intro

Yeah, but all my programs and data will be gone, and being a Windows machine I can’t just copy it back like I could on a Mac.

Do a system image backup?

61 Snarknado!  Mar 13, 2015 6:40:04pm

re: #45 Skip Intro

So after less that one month of use my Samsung 960gb SSD is dying, and I’m having one hell of a time trying to back it up before it fails for good.

Less than 1 freaking month!

If they’re going to fail “prematurely,” it’s usually in the first few months.

62 Charles Johnson  Mar 13, 2015 6:40:36pm
63 Belafon  Mar 13, 2015 6:41:09pm

re: #39 A Cranky One

I have some idea: littlegreenfootballs.com

After 30 years and counting in the industry I can poke a little fun. ;)

That is cool.

64 William Barnett-Lewis  Mar 13, 2015 6:41:55pm

re: #62 Charles Johnson

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I fear for his heart. Even for the young, that much peruvian marching powder combined with booze has to be damaging his body daily.

65 Belafon  Mar 13, 2015 6:42:04pm

re: #47 BeachDem

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All bow down to the glory that is upchuck.

Is that what kids call light bulbs these days?

66 Skip Intro  Mar 13, 2015 6:42:28pm

re: #60 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Do a system image backup?

I’m trying that right now. It’s stopped a couple of time saying it can’t read a sector, but I think so far I’ve successfully persuaded it to keep trying until it can.

Four minutes left on the backup, then comes the verify. After that, I’m pulling the drive and connecting it to my Mac to use its disk utility tools to see wth is going on.

67 goddamnedfrank  Mar 13, 2015 6:42:58pm
68 Snarknado!  Mar 13, 2015 6:44:06pm

re: #56 Skip Intro

Yeah, but all my programs and data will be gone, and being a Windows machine I can’t just copy it back like I could on a Mac.

Here’s a page on disk imaging software. I use macrium.

69 goddamnedfrank  Mar 13, 2015 6:46:04pm

LOL, no, so fucking dumb. The problem of trust in a conspiracy never goes away.

70 A Cranky One  Mar 13, 2015 6:46:07pm

re: #48 b_sharp

My intent was to start modelling the human mind. It never went anywhere.

One of my degrees is in Psych and I’ve actually thought about it a lot. I suspect we’d have a great conversation about the subject.

71 Skip Intro  Mar 13, 2015 6:47:31pm

re: #70 A Cranky One

One of my degrees is in Psych and I’ve actually thought about it a lot. I suspect we’d have a great conversation about the subject.

Maybe you two could model mine. It doesn’t seem to be working very well any more.

72 BeachDem  Mar 13, 2015 6:48:35pm

re: #46 #FergusonFireside

Richland Co. I swear, I’m not even looking at lo-cals till I get a response. I’m throwing bait into a big ass pool.

I want to email you, but when I click on your name I get a website and a 404 error. I might be able to find some leads here.

73 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 6:50:34pm

re: #70 A Cranky One

One of my degrees is in Psych and I’ve actually thought about it a lot. I suspect we’d have a great conversation about the subject.

Possibly, if my mind actually works that day. Might be fun to try.

74 b.d.  Mar 13, 2015 6:50:45pm

re: #69 goddamnedfrank

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LOL, no, so fucking dumb. The problem of trust in a conspiracy never goes away.

why only political assasinations? why not everyone who pisses one off if your local hitman accepts bitcoin?

I know I shouldn’t question the Carnac of Fresno but I have questions

75 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Mar 13, 2015 6:51:05pm

re: #24 b_sharp

Like computer science?

quote inscribed on a bathroom stall in a building where i studied computer science lo these many years ago:

“real science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing”

76 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 6:51:23pm

re: #71 Skip Intro

Maybe you two could model mine. It doesn’t seem to be working very well any more.

Mine is no longer thin enough to be a model.

77 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Mar 13, 2015 6:51:52pm

re: #69 goddamnedfrank

& encryption is perfected

ok, never, then

78 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 6:53:28pm

re: #75 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

quote inscribed on a bathroom stall in a building where i studied computer science lo these many years ago:

“real science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing”

Plumbers don’t have to learn calculus, linear algebra & matrix math.

79 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Mar 13, 2015 6:54:15pm

re: #78 b_sharp

Plumbers don’t have to learn calculus, linear algebra & matrix math.

ah but who makes more per hour?

80 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 13, 2015 6:56:45pm

re: #78 b_sharp

Plumbers don’t have to learn calculus, linear algebra & matrix math.

So I confess I wonder, is that mostly because the math classes on formal proofs are only taught after you’ve slogged through calculus?

Because I didn’t use much math in any of my CS classes, while just forget doing a grad level thermodynamics class with a weak knowledge of calculus.

81 Belafon  Mar 13, 2015 6:57:00pm

re: #79 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

I make more per year than most plumbers.

82 goddamnedfrank  Mar 13, 2015 6:57:05pm

re: #74 b.d.

why only political assasinations? why not everyone who pisses one off if your local hitman accepts bitcoin?

I know I shouldn’t question the Carnac of Fresno but I have questions

For one thing his conjecture depends on a regression in surveillance technology and a dismantling of the institutions of justice and public safety. Exactly the opposite trend from reality. He’s extrapolating stupidly from a single facet of technological progress, and using it to project his own creepy, pathologically unstable psyche onto the future.

83 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 6:58:03pm

re: #79 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

ah but who makes more per hour?

The butt crack dude.

84 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 6:58:45pm

re: #81 Belafon

I make more per year than most plumbers.

I make $75 to $85 per hour but I don’t work enough hours to do well.

85 Belafon  Mar 13, 2015 7:03:08pm

re: #80 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Because I didn’t use much math in any of my CS classes

A lot of computer science classes are actually software engineering classes including most undergraduate classes. And most schools don’t even expose students to a lot of real computer science subjects.

I also still think CS is in it’s early, pre-Maxwell Equation, stage, and I still think we’re trying to figure out what Computer Science will ultimately become.

86 stpaulbear  Mar 13, 2015 7:07:22pm

re: #75 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

quote inscribed on a bathroom stall in a building where i studied computer science lo these many years ago:

“real science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing”

My architect boss (20 years ago) was talking to someone about his wife’s job one day and he blurted out ‘That’s like comparing an architect to a drafter’. He forgot that he had a draftsman sitting right in the middle of the office. The guy behind me quickly said ‘Al, don’t listen!’ And I think I said ‘Heaven forbid!’ before the room went quiet, and I decided to take a break and visit the bakery across the street. At the place I’m working now, new people are usually there for a couple months before they realize that I’m not an architect. I’m doing the same work on my projects.

87 stpaulbear  Mar 13, 2015 7:11:05pm

…But of course the thread is dead now.

88 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 7:11:42pm

re: #87 stpaulbear

…But of course the thread is dead now.

Mostly dead.

89 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Mar 13, 2015 7:12:18pm

re: #88 b_sharp

Mostly dead.

“mostly harmless”

90 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Mar 13, 2015 7:14:47pm

re: #86 stpaulbear

My architect boss (20 years ago) was talking to someone about his wife’s job one day and he blurted out ‘That’s like comparing an architect to a drafter’. He forgot that he had a draftsman sitting right in the middle of the office. The guy behind me quickly said ‘Al, don’t listen!’ And I think I said ‘Heaven forbid!’ before the room went quiet, and I decided to take a break and visit the bakery across the street. At the place I’m working now, new people are usually there for a couple months before they realize that I’m not an architect. I’m doing the same work on my projects.

the thing is, programmers are rather practical minded since after all they build things by hand

we had some graduate math teachers teaching computer science classes. they always asked for the proofs. in one class we revolted - “fuck the proofs, just give us the cookbook version so we know how to implement it and get on with the project”

91 b_sharp  Mar 13, 2015 7:16:11pm

re: #90 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

the thing is, programmers are rather practical minded since after all they build things by hand

we had some graduate math teachers teaching computer science classes. they always asked for the proofs. in one class we revolted - “fuck the proofs, just give us the cookbook version so we know how to implement it and get on with the project”

I hated doing proofs.

92 LoonRadio  Mar 13, 2015 9:09:17pm

Political enemies? I thought he was a “journalist.”


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