Glenn Beck Remixed
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Hilarious remix of Glenn Beck’s latest freakout:
Here’s the original recording — the sound of one head exploding.
384 comments
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lawhawk Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:23:55pm |
Ummm... how is that different than his regularly unremixed drivel?
Oh wait. It's actually funnier.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:25:04pm |
Remix as much as you want, it's still equal parts unhinged cuckoo....
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:25:30pm |
I don't particularly like him but out of curiosity, what are his ratings like? Anyone Know?
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:27:16pm |
Speaking of Clowns
Schumer Says CBO ‘Wacky’ on Health Cost, Sees Passage
July 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate can pass legislation overhauling the U.S. health-care system by August with some Republican support even with the “wacky” cost estimates by the Congressional Budget Office, Senator Charles Schumer said.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus thinks his panel can draft a bill by July 21 or 22, Schumer, the No. 3 Democrat in the Senate, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing today.
“Our preference far and away is for a bipartisan bill,” Schumer said. “If we can’t come to a bipartisan agreement, the Finance Committee will report out a Democratic bill.”
The New York senator said the CBO’s assessment that health-care costs would rise under legislation being considered by congressional Democrats doesn’t take into account savings from preventive care and efficiencies in the system.
“CBO’s scoring is a little bit wacky,” Schumer said of the nonpartisan agency’s estimates. “They are not quite fair because they don’t measure the cost savings down the road, just the immediate spending.”
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:30:05pm |
Now that's funny. Does anyone know what caused Beck to cry in that one shot? He's got an impressive pouty lower lip.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:32:41pm |
Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended.
The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.
[Link: www.politico.com...]
Now that's no only crazy as a loon but also IMPORTANT!
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Racer X Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:32:50pm |
Oh shit! That's the funniest thing I've seen in a month.
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Son of the Black Dog Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:32:59pm |
re: #8 Nevergiveup
I don't particularly like him but out of curiosity, what are his ratings like? Anyone Know?
IIRC, he has the highest cable ratings in his time slot, and the highest ratings of anything Fox has ever put in that time slot.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:33:30pm |
re: #15 Son of the Black Dog
IIRC, he has the highest cable ratings in his time slot, and the highest ratings of anything Fox has ever put in that time slot.
Thanks
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:34:00pm |
re: #15 Son of the Black Dog
IIRC, he has the highest cable ratings in his time slot, and the highest ratings of anything Fox has ever put in that time slot.
And FOX is a publicly traded company isn't it?
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:36:12pm |
I listened to an audio of Beck recently - the caller was involved with the Rhode Island Tea Party group that was banned from a yearly 4th of July parade. He sounded ok/normal.
How much of the on-air theatrics is for ratings?
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Bloodnok Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:36:39pm |
re: #11 scottishbuzzsaw
Now that's funny. Does anyone know what caused Beck to cry in that one shot? He's got an impressive pouty lower lip.
Alfred Hitchcock would be jealous.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:36:41pm |
re: #15 Son of the Black Dog
IIRC, he has the highest cable ratings in his time slot, and the highest ratings of anything Fox has ever put in that time slot.
Sort of like McDonald's hamburgers. Millions sold world wide, every day. Doesn't mean it's good food, though.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:36:58pm |
re: #15 Son of the Black Dog
IIRC, he has the highest cable ratings in his time slot, and the highest ratings of anything Fox has ever put in that time slot.
That answers my #18 question. :)
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:37:06pm |
And remember... Vampires should NEVER sparkle.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:38:16pm |
re: #18 rightymouse
I listened to an audio of Beck recently - the caller was involved with the Rhode Island Tea Party group that was banned from a yearly 4th of July parade. He sounded ok/normal.
How much of the on-air theatrics is for ratings?
I'd estimate about... ALL!
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debutaunt Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:38:20pm |
re: #18 rightymouse
I listened to an audio of Beck recently - the caller was involved with the Rhode Island Tea Party group that was banned from a yearly 4th of July parade. He sounded ok/normal.
How much of the on-air theatrics is for ratings?
I accidently flipped by once and he was looking at the camera like a two year old kid who was going to break into sobs. I left quickly.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:38:28pm |
re: #20 Slumbering Behemoth
Sort of like McDonald's hamburgers. Millions sold world wide, every day. Doesn't mean it's good food, though.
If you were a stock holder in McDonald's would you rather they sell "healthy" food or profitable food?
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:39:14pm |
re: #8 Nevergiveup
I don't particularly like him but out of curiosity, what are his ratings like? Anyone Know?
he pulls huge numbers, especially considering he's in the 5-6pm ET time slot ...
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:39:50pm |
re: #22 MrSilverDragon
And remember... Vampires should NEVER sparkle.
Though one should not be suprised by a few sparks when one deals with them. They never die pretty.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:40:24pm |
re: #17 Nevergiveup
And FOX is a publicly traded company isn't it?
yes ... news corp is the parent company
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Lee Coller Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:40:36pm |
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:40:52pm |
re: #25 Nevergiveup
If you were a stock holder in McDonald's would you rather they sell "healthy" food or profitable food?
HAH! Trick question! The Dems are trying to put in similar restrictions like they did the tobacco industry to try and drive them out of business.
/Profit is bad, mm'kay?
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:40:55pm |
The men in the rubber coats are here with my long sleeve jacket and the buckle in the back. Have a good night, y'all, and have a safe and happy weekend!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:41:08pm |
Beck has been saying "get off my phone" years. Kinda like the time a couple weeks ago a guy called and tried to justify being 50 years old with a 20 year old wife. That the guy dated her for 3 years before marrying her. And the guy couldn't figure out why the girls parrents were upset. Wow.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:41:13pm |
re: #28 _RememberTonyC
yes ... news corp is the parent company
That was kinda rhetorical, but I think we are on the same pager here.
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CommonCents Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:41:35pm |
re: #13 Nevergiveup
Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended.
The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.
[Link: www.politico.com...]Now that's no only crazy as a loon but also IMPORTANT!
So Google is the measuring stick for our economy? Who knew?
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:42:21pm |
re: #33 Nevergiveup
That was kinda rhetorical, but I think we are on the same pager here.
i thought you wanted to buy some glenn beck stock ...
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Baier Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:42:21pm |
Nice. Glenn Beck is so douchetastic. He is a skid mark in the underwear of conservatism.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:43:08pm |
re: #25 Nevergiveup
McDonalds sells what most people want, junk food. Fox does the same with Beck. He gets high ratings and makes a lot of money for Fox, but it doesn't change the fact that it's junk food for the mind.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:43:09pm |
re: #23 unrealizedviewpoint
I'd estimate about... ALL!
I used to listen to his radio show in the morning until the station put on a local guy. Loved the "ya twisted freak" edge. :)
The one thing to know about Beck is that he is very angry with the status quo in gummint.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:43:25pm |
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:44:26pm |
re: #38 Slumbering Behemoth
McDonalds sells what most people want, junk food. Fox does the same with Beck. He gets high ratings and makes a lot of money for Fox, but it doesn't change the fact that it's junk food for the mind.
Sure OK but MSNBC,CNN, CBS, ABC and on and on do also but their ratings suck!
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:44:30pm |
Wasn't there a song about this?
I'm a liar
And I'm famous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious...
Guess Nirvana was ahead of their time.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:44:32pm |
re: #34 CommonCents
Huh....if that's the case, how come my searches along the lines of [insert name of fotrune 500 comany] + Careers or [inster name of municipality] + Jobs doesn't factor in to that particular measuring stick?
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:44:44pm |
re: #24 debutaunt
I accidently flipped by once and he was looking at the camera like a two year old kid who was going to break into sobs. I left quickly.
I don't watch any network news or political shows, including FOX.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:44:53pm |
beck is good TV and good radio, from a certain perspective. his ideas are not always to my taste, but I agree with him about 20% of the time. his work exposing ACORN has been very good.
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CommonCents Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:45:33pm |
re: #43 Fenway_Nation
Huh....if that's the case, how come my searches along the lines of [insert name of fotrune 500 comany] + Careers or [inster name of municipality] + Jobs doesn't factor in to that particular measuring stick?
Dude, don't ask me, ask Larry Summers.
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:45:40pm |
yeah, yeah, Beck's a wacko...you don't need to MIX his audio to prove it.
Right wing wackos!......mmmmmmmmmm.....donuts.....mmrrff.....mmrrff....
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:45:42pm |
re: #41 Nevergiveup
Sure OK but MSNBC,CNN, CBS, ABC and on and on do also but their ratings suck!
Their junk food must not be as tasty, then.
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Baier Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:46:03pm |
re: #44 rightymouse
I don't watch any network news or political shows, including FOX.
You may like Special Report, if you gave it a shot. I think it's a pretty good show.
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:46:05pm |
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:46:06pm |
OK, I know I'm going to regret asking this, but: does he really sound like that? Frequently?
And has he had his meds adjusted, recently?
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:46:19pm |
re: #37 Baier
He is a skid mark in the underwear of conservatism.
Wonderful. Nom for rotating title?
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Sharmuta Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:46:29pm |
re: #11 scottishbuzzsaw
Now that's funny. Does anyone know what caused Beck to cry in that one shot? He's got an impressive pouty lower lip.
I believe that picture is a take on the crying baby pictures that have been popularized. I think it might have been designed as self-parody, but it really works best to illustrate beck's real nature, imo.
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snowcrash Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:46:45pm |
Wow, can he emote! LOL. Gotta be hard to live with.
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:46:54pm |
re: #38 Slumbering Behemoth
McDonalds sells what most people want, junk food. Fox does the same with Beck. He gets high ratings and makes a lot of money for Fox, but it doesn't change the fact that it's junk food for the mind.
When I want mental junk-food, I read Terry Pratchett.
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CommonCents Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:47:23pm |
re: #49 Baier
You may like Special Report, if you gave it a shot. I think it's a pretty good show.
If that's the 6:00 News show then I agree. The 7:00 slot is to e-News.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:48:28pm |
re: #48 Slumbering Behemoth
Their junk food must not be as tasty, then.
Vomit-inducing, one might say...
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:48:51pm |
re: #55 Dianna
When I want mental junk-food, I read Terry Pratchett.
I used to go for Stephen King, but I have not had any time for reading fiction for quite a long while now.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:48:58pm |
re: #39 rightymouse
I used to listen to his radio show in the morning until the station put on a local guy. Loved the "ya twisted freak" edge. :)
The one thing to know about Beck is that he is very angry with the status quo in gummint.
Beck's just doing his schtick, making lots a noise and lots a money, whilst most just sit silent.
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:50:40pm |
Is it just me, or does this remix leave out the most freaked-out portion of his audio from yesterday?
I remember, at one point near the end, sort of a wordless, high-pitched shriek that was way above the "get off my phone" level. I'll go back and check.
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:51:18pm |
re: #58 Slumbering Behemoth
I used to go for Stephen King, but I have not had any time for reading fiction for quite a long while now.
My commute keeps me reading fiction. Otherwise, like you, I probably wouldn't have time.
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:51:56pm |
re: #60 ShanghaiEd
Link when you find it? I have managed not to see or hear Beck, except when linked here.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:52:09pm |
re: #59 unrealizedviewpoint
Beck's just doing his schtick, making lots a noise and lots a money, whilst most just sit silent.
He does believe his own shtick to a certain degree just as much as Alex Jones or Benny Hinn. Making money from a poorly informed and gullible audience is a nice side effect.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:52:33pm |
re: #49 Baier
You may like Special Report, if you gave it a shot. I think it's a pretty good show.
Nope. Am pretty good at keeping in touch with reality with alternate news/information sources. Besides, by the time I hit the couch with my men folk at 8:00 or later, we watch things like Law & Order or a flick if a good one is on.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:53:50pm |
re: #59 unrealizedviewpoint
Beck's just doing his schtick, making lots a noise and lots a money, whilst most just sit silent.
Yep.
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:54:01pm |
re: #61 Dianna
My commute keeps me reading fiction. Otherwise, like you, I probably wouldn't have time.
I spend my day and when I get home reading technical material. I treat myself to fiction when I go to bed.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:54:21pm |
re: #64 Killgore Trout
He does believe his own shtick to a certain degree just as much as Alex Jones or Benny Hinn. Making money from a poorly informed and gullible audience is a nice side effect.
So I see
1) you know him well and know what he thinks?
2) And your "assuming" his audience is poorly informed and gullible?
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haakondahl Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:54:36pm |
re: #13 Nevergiveup
Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended.
The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.
[Link: www.politico.com...]Now that's no only crazy as a loon but also IMPORTANT!
I, of course, have gone to Google and done my part.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:54:41pm |
re: #64 Killgore Trout
He does believe his own shtick to a certain degree just as much as Alex Jones or Benny Hinn. Making money from a poorly informed and gullible audience is a nice side effect.
Tell me when Beck said 9/11 was an inside job, or talked illuminati, ala Alex Jones.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:55:24pm |
re: #60 ShanghaiEd
Yes, this is a combination of two rants. Here's his phone freak out from earlier this week....
...and his Vampire rants. There are allegations that his Vampire rants are inspired by a popular militia/conspiracy handbook....
Glen Beck's Vampire Dog Whistle
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:55:56pm |
re: #70 Cannadian Club Akbar
Tell me when Beck said 9/11 was an inside job, or talked illuminati, ala Alex Jones.
Your talking to a liberal who is trying to define the conservative movement?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:55:58pm |
re: #61 Dianna
My commute keeps me reading fiction. Otherwise, like you, I probably wouldn't have time.
I've spent so much time reading text books that I am burnt out on reading for leisure. 'Cept for reading the mostly excellent commentary here, of course.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:56:35pm |
Lemme try that link again...
Beck "Lose[s]" His "Mind;" Screams At Caller: "Get Off My Phone You Little Pinhead!"
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wahabicorridor Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:56:41pm |
Well, at the risk of getting voted off the island............
Beck's delivery style is REALLY annoying. But. I agree with much of what he has to say and he covers stuff almost no one else does, ACORN, etc., in good detail.
So, for that I like him.
CNN however, is trying to tell us we're still racist. BAD Americans, BAD BAD BAD
Can't stand 'em.
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Sharmuta Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:57:03pm |
re: #60 ShanghaiEd
Is it just me, or does this remix leave out the most freaked-out portion of his audio from yesterday?
I remember, at one point near the end, sort of a wordless, high-pitched shriek that was way above the "get off my phone" level. I'll go back and check.
It's in the background noise.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:57:26pm |
Lot's of Glenn Beck supporters around here these days. I assumed most of them had gone elsewhere already.
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Picayune Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:57:42pm |
re: #64 Killgore Trout
Yep, your probably right. And now it's time for:
Howard Beale: I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's work, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad."
Life imitating Art?
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:57:43pm |
re: #62 Sambo
Like the Dean Scream, right?
Oh, even worse than that, Sambo. And that takes some doing. :)
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:57:50pm |
re: #65 rightymouse
I can no longer tolerate "Law & Order" with the little liberal sermon-ettes thrown in to every episode or their constant portrayal of conservatives as demented greedy characters. The smarmy self righteous attitude of the left has totally infiltrated that show propaganda.
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haakondahl Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:58:02pm |
re: #39 rightymouse
The one thing to know about Beck is that he is very angry with the status quo in gummint.
So is McVeigh.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:58:51pm |
re: #77 Killgore Trout
Lot's of Glenn Beck supporters around here these days. I assumed most of them had gone elsewhere already.
And we assumed that about yo....ah never mind, I don't have the protection here some do.
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astronmr20 Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:59:02pm |
All of the rhetoric aside,
I know bipolar disorder when I see it. He has it.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:59:13pm |
re: #77 Killgore Trout
Lot's of Glenn Beck supporters around here these days. I assumed most of them had gone elsewhere already.
No... not necessarily supporters, just folks who see through bullshit when presented.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:59:38pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:59:56pm |
re: #77 Killgore Trout
Lot's of Glenn Beck supporters around here these days. I assumed most of them had gone elsewhere already.
And I assume you hear Beck for 4 whole minutes a week, so I trust your judgement.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:00:11pm |
re: #84 unrealizedviewpoint
No... not necessarily supporters, just folks who see through bullshit when presented.
Speaking of, where's Cato lately? I saw that he was back from vacation. Did he have a flounce-off and I missed it?
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:00:34pm |
re: #83 astronmr20
All of the rhetoric aside,
I know bipolar disorder when I see it. He has it.
Possibly. There is some sort of chemical imbalance at work. I suspect it might be part of his past drug use.
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Lincolntf Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:01:11pm |
Wow. Tiger missed the cut and Tom Watson is tied for the lead of the British Open.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:01:30pm |
re: #87 Fenway_Nation
Speaking of, where's Cato lately? I saw that he was back from vacation. Did he have a flounce-off and I missed it?
He populated most all positions on the "bottom list" last I saw.
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astronmr20 Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:02:02pm |
re: #88 Killgore Trout
Possibly. There is some sort of chemical imbalance at work. I suspect it might be part of his past drug use.
Could be.
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:02:04pm |
re: #74 Killgore Trout
Lemme try that link again...
Beck "Lose[s]" His "Mind;" Screams At Caller: "Get Off My Phone You Little Pinhead!"[Video]
Thanks, Killgore! The high-pitched "shriek" I referred to is at about the 3:30 point in the video.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:02:07pm |
re: #89 Lincolntf
Wow. Tiger missed the cut and Tom Watson is tied for the lead of the British Open.
And if you woke up from a 5 year coma and I told you who is living in the White House!
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:02:09pm |
re: #80 IslandLibertarian
I can no longer tolerate "Law & Order" with the little liberal sermon-ettes thrown in to every episode or their constant portrayal of conservatives as demented greedy characters. The smarmy self righteous attitude of the left has totally infiltrated that
showpropaganda.
I only watch SVU and the old ones with Jerry Orbach. If there's a moonbat theme, we change the channel.
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wahabicorridor Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:02:18pm |
re: #88 Killgore Trout
Possibly. There is some sort of chemical imbalance at work. I suspect it might be part of his past drug use.
I thought it was booze? Both, maybe?
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:03:41pm |
re: #94 rightymouse
I only watch SVU and the old ones with Jerry Orbach. If there's a moonbat theme, we change the channel.
Yeah Law & Order seems to be a tad left wing sometimes
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:03:45pm |
re: #81 haakondahl
So is McVeigh.
McVeigh is dead. And I really don't see Beck blowing up buildings and killing people. Do you?
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:05:04pm |
re: #76 Sharmuta
It's in the background noise.
Thanks, Sharm. I must have missed it. I'll go listen again...
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:05:07pm |
re: #90 unrealizedviewpoint
That's how I knew he was back...
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Bill the Cat Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:05:16pm |
Is it just me, or does anyone else think Glenn Beck looks a lot like Rodney Dangerfield?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:05:18pm |
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Son of the Black Dog Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:05:21pm |
re: #96 Nevergiveup
Yeah Law & Order seems to be a tad left wing sometimes
I quit watching when it seemed to be that all the episodes had a left wing theme of some sort.
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:05:48pm |
re: #87 Fenway_Nation
Speaking of, where's Cato lately? I saw that he was back from vacation. Did he have a flounce-off and I missed it?
He's still on a road trip - he popped in the other morning, riled a lot of people, used "non plus ultra" rather than "ne plus ultra" after getting snooty about someone typing the Queen Mom rather than the Queen Mum....
It was dramatic.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:06:30pm |
re: #100 Bill the Cat
Is it just me, or does anyone else think Glenn Beck looks a lot like Rodney Dangerfield?
Rodney is not even getting any respect when he is dead?
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wahabicorridor Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:06:59pm |
re: #101 Cannadian Club Akbar
He was a HUGE coke head.
Well, kudos to him for getting clean. It can't be easy.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:07:11pm |
re: #96 Nevergiveup
Yeah Law & Order seems to be a tad left wing sometimes
It can be. If it goes beyond what we can stomach, we change the channel. The worst ones are Law & Order/CI with that nutjob-in-real-life Vince D'Onofrio. We don't bother with that one.
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:07:15pm |
re: #88 Killgore Trout
Possibly. There is some sort of chemical imbalance at work. I suspect it might be part of his past drug use.
I thought that he is a reformed alcoholic, not drugs.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:07:34pm |
Some folks do not like hearing that junk food is not good for them. Which is fine, we are all free to consume garbage if we choose.
It's the ones that react in a highly emotional manner to the news that junk food is bad which cause me to scratch my head.
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:07:43pm |
re: #97 rightymouse
McVeigh is dead. And I really don't see Beck blowing up buildings and killing people. Do you?
Beck doesn't have McVeigh's guts. Beck doesn't mind inspiring other people to get their hands bloody, though. Just my two cents.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:08:17pm |
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:08:39pm |
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Son of the Black Dog Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:08:53pm |
re: #111 Slumbering Behemoth
Some folks do not like hearing that junk food is not good for them. Which is fine, we are all free to consume garbage if we choose.
It's the ones that react in a highly emotional manner to the news that junk food is bad which cause me to scratch my head.
They can have my Quarter Pounder when they pry it from my cold, dead, greasy, fingers.
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:09:07pm |
Reality check:
How many here listen to Beck all the way through his show every day?
All the way through couple of shows a week?
1 show a week?
Part of a show?
A clip?
A satirical clip?
/ewwww! I hate artichokes!
'ever had one?
No, but I was told............
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:09:15pm |
re: #108 rightymouse
It can be. If it goes beyond what we can stomach, we change the channel. The worst ones are Law & Order/CI with that nutjob-in-real-life Vince D'Onofrio. We don't bother with that one.
SVU gets political sometimes. Whacked out ex-soldiers on killing sprees, bad shrinks working for the GOV, Secret prisons.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:09:39pm |
re: #95 wahabicorridor
I thought it was booze? Both, maybe?
I think he was into more than booze. Last year he had one of those nightmare hospital stories where we woke up in the middle of surgery and they couldn't put him out again. This happens sometimes with people who have seriously abused opiates for long periods of time. Their neuron receptors become immune to anesthesia.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:10:19pm |
re: #110 Lee Coller
I have this sudden urge to downding.
By the looks of who down dinged ya, somebody has an inferiority complex I think?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:10:29pm |
re: #112 ShanghaiEd
Beck doesn't have McVeigh's guts. Beck doesn't mind inspiring other people to get their hands bloody, though. Just my two cents.
Just a stupid statement. Kinda like Clinton said about Rush after OKC.
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:10:39pm |
re: #96 Nevergiveup
Yeah Law & Order seems to be a tad left wing sometimes
Michael Moore changed his name to "Tad"?
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:11:05pm |
re: #112 ShanghaiEd
Beck doesn't have McVeigh's guts. Beck doesn't mind inspiring other people to get their hands bloody, though. Just my two cents.
Look, I don't have a dog in the fight, but when did Beck ever advocate violence?
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Lee Coller Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:11:12pm |
re: #120 Nevergiveup
By the looks of who down dinged ya, somebody has an inferiority complex I think?
I think someones paranoid. In any case, I'm practicing my self control. Lets see how long I can hold out :-)
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:11:52pm |
re: #118 Nevergiveup
SVU gets political sometimes. Whacked out ex-soldiers on killing sprees, bad shrinks working for the GOV, Secret prisons.
Well....can you blame the Law & Order writers for wanting to emulate the formulas behind the writing for such box-office gems as Redacted, In The Valley of Elah, Stop Loss or Rendition?
/
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:11:52pm |
re: #112 ShanghaiEd
Beck doesn't have McVeigh's guts. Beck doesn't mind inspiring other people to get their hands bloody, though. Just my two cents.
That's out of line comapring him to
A) a Mass Murder
B) calling McVeigh having Guts. He was and is a gutlessw mass murder and of women and children also
| 128 |
Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:12:03pm |
re: #120 Nevergiveup
By the looks of who down dinged ya, somebody has an inferiority complex I think?
Just a temper, I think.
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poteen Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:12:13pm |
re: #8 Nevergiveup
I don't particularly like him but out of curiosity, what are his ratings like? Anyone Know?
Therein lies the problem. Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity TV, et al, are all bucking for ratings. They all have to say something loud to get noticed. The rapid cycle of TV breeds lack of content.
News, Information and reasoned opinion don't sell. Rants and special commentary do. Deaths of soldiers don't rate mention unless civilians are also killed and nothing is as important as Michael Jackson, dead or alive. Dog the bail jumping bounty hunter sells a few ads.
Newscasts aren't news. Reality shows aren't real. With the laudible exception of The New Yankee Workshop.
Radio has the same to a lesser degree as does the internet,. and it takes more research to establish the truth through the bull.
That takes more time than most working people have.
People have to work harder every day just to get by.
So we ,as a group, buy the bull.. And around it goes.
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wahabicorridor Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:12:30pm |
re: #119 Killgore Trout
That can be booze also. Never lie to the anesthesiologist, you'll be sorry.
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Picayune Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:12:48pm |
re: #125 taxfreekiller
Why he's just busy "serving the people!"
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:13:07pm |
re: #109 opnion
I thought that he is a reformed alcoholic, not drugs.
that shit usually goes hand in hand.
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wahabicorridor Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:13:07pm |
re: #117 IslandLibertarian
Part of a show several times a week - depending on what he's talking about.
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Son of the Black Dog Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:13:35pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:13:41pm |
re: #115 Son of the Black Dog
They can have my Quarter Pounder when they pry it from my cold, dead, greasy, fingers.
In the daytime, I'm Mr. Natural
Just as healthy as I can be
But at night, I'm a junk food junkie
Good L-rd, have pity on me
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:14:05pm |
re: #118 Nevergiveup
SVU gets political sometimes. Whacked out ex-soldiers on killing sprees, bad shrinks working for the GOV, Secret prisons.
Law & Order had an episode shortly after 9/11. The upshot ,virtuous peaceful Muslims were being set up by evil Americans.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:14:11pm |
re: #130 wahabicorridor
That can be booze also. Never lie to the anesthesiologist, you'll be sorry.
I didn't know alcoholics had the same problem.
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:14:56pm |
re: #134 IslandLibertarian
that shit usually goes hand in hand.
Possibly more these days?
My father wouldn't touch drugs, and didn't abuse even the over-the-counter stuff. But he certainly had his troubles with drink.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:15:15pm |
re: #125 taxfreekiller
Beck gets paid to be a TV clown, what the f' is Chuck Sc hummers excuse.
tfk shoots and scores a bullseye
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:15:57pm |
re: #112 ShanghaiEd
Beck doesn't have McVeigh's guts. Beck doesn't mind inspiring other people to get their hands bloody, though. Just my two cents.
McVeigh is your hero? Wow!
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wahabicorridor Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:15:58pm |
re: #139 Killgore Trout
I didn't know alcoholics had the same problem.
They do.
And re: Law and Order - the real life nut case in that cast is the guy who plays Munch. He makes Keith Olberman look sane. Does love dogs, tho', I'll give him that.
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:16:33pm |
re: #134 IslandLibertarian
that shit usually goes hand in hand.
Yeah usually, but I have never heard anything about Beck & drugs.
Obama & drugs, yes.
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astronmr20 Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:16:47pm |
re: #138 opnion
Law & Order had an episode shortly after 9/11. The upshot ,virtuous peaceful Muslims were being set up by evil Americans.
That's been an ongoing plot in TV and Hollywood for some time. Happened more than once in "24," etc.
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:16:59pm |
re: #135 wahabicorridor
Part of a show several times a week - depending on what he's talking about.
so, is he the raving lunatic as portrayed here?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:17:18pm |
re: #140 Dianna
Possibly more these days?
My father wouldn't touch drugs, and didn't abuse even the over-the-counter stuff. But he certainly had his troubles with drink.
There's so much more variety and potency these days. Don't get me started, I have a cross-addicted person in my life.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:17:51pm |
re: #123 opnion
Look, I don't have a dog in the fight, but when did Beck ever advocate violence?
Beck has never advocated violence. He's been researching Ghandi and Martin Luther King.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:18:18pm |
re: #145 opnion
Yeah usually, but I have never heard anything about Beck & drugs.
Obama & drugs, yes.
Well, Beck will talk about it ... IIRC I've heard him discuss it. Obama?
Heh.
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wahabicorridor Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:18:49pm |
re: #147 IslandLibertarian
so, is he the raving lunatic as portrayed here?
Well, his delivery style can sometimes approach hysteria - which I find very offputting. But, a lot of what he says I agree with - especially about this administration.
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Canoe Train Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:19:11pm |
Wow. All I can type is, "wow." Who would have thought that acting (if not truly being) bipolar would be what it takes to get ratings on TV ?
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:19:19pm |
re: #140 Dianna
My father was a wonderful and talented man, never touched drugs, but his alcoholism destroyed our family.
Me, I'd do anything.........almost did......
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:19:20pm |
re: #148 OldLineTexan
There's so much more variety and potency these days. Don't get me started, I have a cross-addicted person in my life.
I am very, very sorry.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:19:44pm |
re: #138 opnion
They had another one where a Muslim immigrant living alone was killed by a vigilante after 9/11. Turns out the Muslim had ties to terrorist groups, just like the vigilante had suspected, and it turns out that the cops and the Feds weren't doing anything about it, just like the vigilante had suspected.....but that promptly got swept under the rug when the 'Islam-o-phobic' defendant went on trial.
The writers mande sure to get in plenty of cheap shots at profiling and blogging, too (altho' I'm pretty sure this was well before 60 Minutes used those phony memos)....
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:19:50pm |
re: #153 IslandLibertarian
My father was a wonderful and talented man, never touched drugs, but his alcoholism destroyed our family.
Me, I'd do anything.........almost did......
Again, I'm very, very sorry.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:19:53pm |
re: #152 Canoe Train
Wow. All I can type is, "wow." Who would have thought that acting (if not truly being) bipolar would be what it takes to get ratings on TV ?
Ah Oprah is not all that bad?
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wahabicorridor Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:20:33pm |
I'm starving, must get food.
Take care lizards............
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:20:39pm |
re: #138 opnion
Law & Order had an episode shortly after 9/11. The upshot ,virtuous peaceful Muslims were being set up by evil Americans.
They had one about Americans beheading people for some right-wing radical cause. Was so disgusted, we changed the channel.
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:20:45pm |
re: #146 astronmr20
That's been an ongoing plot in TV and Hollywood for some time. Happened more than once in "24," etc.
Right, all of this backlash against American Muslims never happened, but Hollywood just fabricated it & produced what they wanted.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:21:08pm |
Here's Beck's take on Zombie's story....
Glenn Beck - The New Science Czar - Abortion and Sterilization Population Control
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:21:58pm |
re: #162 Killgore Trout
Thank you for the link, but I don't think I can take that level of hysteria, for a third time in an afternoon.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:22:17pm |
re: #154 Dianna
I am very, very sorry.
You know what? I have learned a LOT from it ... some of it good, most of it in the "things wish I didn't know" category. But it has been extremely expensive and life-consuming.
The brain chemistry that leads some to addictive behavior is fascinating, even at the pablum-level that I have to stick with.
;)
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Nantucket Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:23:16pm |
beck reminds me of a carnival barker. he over-sensationalizes certain things so greatly that it degrades his believability and I just don't trust that he is accurate....even if he is telling the 100% truth. I guess over-the-top sensationalism is what puts asses in the seats, and that is the name of the game in media. sad.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:23:28pm |
re: #151 wahabicorridor
Well, his delivery style can sometimes approach hysteria - which I find very offputting. But, a lot of what he says I agree with - especially about this administration.
Rotating title nomination.
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Son of the Black Dog Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:23:43pm |
re: #161 taxfreekiller
So, just paid out mega $ for tractor fuel for next year, via futures bet
ya, I bet on Obama being a screw up....and all around him now and forever
mucho same/same
Thank you for ensuring that the rest of us will enjoy low fuel prices next year.
/Isn't that the way it always works?
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:24:02pm |
re: #149 rightymouse
Beck has never advocated violence. He's been researching Ghandi and Martin Luther King.
Ok, so you just don't have an example. You sure know Becks research material.
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FrogMarch Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:24:03pm |
I'm not so sure I'd place Glen Beck on par with Alex Jones.
Alex Jones is the ultimate 9/11 troofer. I doubt anything Beck says, no matter how nutty, comes close.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:24:45pm |
re: #163 Dianna
You're missing out. Beck says they were working on putting contraceptives in corn. They stopped the plan a few days before 9-11.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:25:21pm |
re: #169 opnion
Ok, so you just don't have an example. You sure know Becks research material.
Sorry. Do you have an example of Beck advocating violence?
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:25:46pm |
re: #127 Nevergiveup
That's out of line comapring him to
A) a Mass Murder
B) calling McVeigh having Guts. He was and is a gutlessw mass murder and of women and children also
OK, I said that in anger, and it's hyperbole.
But "guts" is a relative term, and he had more guts...or at least, initiative...than somebody who just cheerleads. Even though his goal was horrible and evil.
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jorline Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:25:48pm |
Biden is sooooooooooo full of shit.
Cantor called an afternoon news conference to pre-empt remarks Biden is expected to make today in Richmond in support of the recovery bill, excerpts of which were obtained in advance by The Washington Post.
"To those who say that our economic decisions 'have not produced jobs, have not produced and simply have not worked' I say, take a look around," Biden will say while visiting Cantor's home district.
"I say, 'Don't let your opposition to the Recovery Act blind you to its results. Come see what I see everywhere I go: workers rehired, factories reopened, cops on the street, teachers in the classroom, progress toward getting our economy back on the move.'"
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh and don't forget this gem...Go Joe Go!
Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is for the government to spend more money.
A one man wrecking crew...Obama will put Biden out to pasture within the next year.
Joe...the administrations soiled underwear in the clothes hamper.
| 176 |
Racer X Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:27:00pm |
I like Glenn Beck.
He is a clown.
He makes me laugh.
Does that make me a racist/nazi/nirther/troofer?
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Alouenghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:27:28pm |
re: #174 jorline
Biden is sooooooooooo full of shit.
A one man wrecking crew...Obama will put Biden out to pasture within the next year.
Joe...the administrations soiled underwear in the clothes hamper.
I hope all you people who didn't vote for Sarah Palin because the MSM told you she was a dumb redneck bimbo are fucking happy now!
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:27:34pm |
re: #171 Killgore Trout
You're missing out. Beck says they were working on putting contraceptives in corn. They stopped the plan a few days before 9-11.
I thought the polenta tasted vaguely of saltpeter.
/
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:27:37pm |
re: #155 Fenway_Nation
They had another one where a Muslim immigrant living alone was killed by a vigilante after 9/11. Turns out the Muslim had ties to terrorist groups, just like the vigilante had suspected, and it turns out that the cops and the Feds weren't doing anything about it, just like the vigilante had suspected.....but that promptly got swept under the rug when the 'Islam-o-phobic' defendant went on trial.
The writers mande sure to get in plenty of cheap shots at profiling and blogging, too (altho' I'm pretty sure this was well before 60 Minutes used those phony memos)....
I was really glad that people were restrained toward Mulims living in this country after 9/11 & Bush had a lot to do with it.
Hollywood however siezed the opportunity to make Mulims the victims.
As I recall the 3,000 that died on 9/11 were the victims.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:27:53pm |
re: #176 Racer X
I like Glenn Beck.
He is a clown.
He makes me laugh.Does that make me a racist/nazi/nirther/troofer?
YES!
/off to Re-Neducation camp with you
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LatinGent Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:28:02pm |
Obama will put Biden out to pasture
Like he tried to do to Hillary? Wonder how thats gonna work out for him.....
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:28:05pm |
re: #173 ShanghaiEd
OK, I said that in anger, and it's hyperbole.
But "guts" is a relative term, and he had more guts...or at least, initiative...than somebody who just cheerleads. Even though his goal was horrible and evil.
Sorry I don't think he had guts. It doesn't take guts to blow up innocent babies. You should have quit after "Hyperbole" and stopped digging.
| 183 |
Summer Seale Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:28:45pm |
re: #129 poteen
Therein lies the problem. Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity TV, et al, are all bucking for ratings. They all have to say something loud to get noticed. The rapid cycle of TV breeds lack of content.
News, Information and reasoned opinion don't sell. Rants and special commentary do. Deaths of soldiers don't rate mention unless civilians are also killed and nothing is as important as Michael Jackson, dead or alive. Dog the bail jumping bounty hunter sells a few ads.
Newscasts aren't news. Reality shows aren't real. With the laudible exception of The New Yankee Workshop.
Radio has the same to a lesser degree as does the internet,. and it takes more research to establish the truth through the bull.
That takes more time than most working people have.
People have to work harder every day just to get by.
So we ,as a group, buy the bull.. And around it goes.
That's why I haven't watched TV news or anything else, apart from some PBS, in years. =)
| 184 |
Digital Display Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:28:52pm |
re: #174 jorline
Hi jorline! Hope you are well..
I decided to follow Biden's advice and spend massive amounts of money in order to propel myself into riches and fame...
what could go wrong?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:28:55pm |
re: #171 Killgore Trout
You're missing out. Beck says they were working on putting contraceptives in corn. They stopped the plan a few days before 9-11.
No "Children of the Corn".
/man, this is a goldmine of snarky dumb jokes
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:29:56pm |
re: #179 opnion
I was really glad that people were restrained toward Mulims living in this country after 9/11 & Bush had a lot to do with it.
Hollywood however siezed the opportunity to make Mulims the victims.
As I recall the 3,000 that died on 9/11 were the victims.
And what gets shown abroad isn't the news coverage, where there were no more than a couple of isolated incidents of attacks against Muslims, but the TV shows and movies, leading Muslims and others to think that there really were a lot of such attacks.
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:30:03pm |
re: #156 Dianna
no sorry's needed.....the adversity provided an education I'll cherish the rest of my life.
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Racer X Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:30:03pm |
We're looking at a $3 Trillion Dollar deficit, and $11 Trillion Dollar debt.
I need to laugh once in a while.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:30:19pm |
re: #159 rightymouse
They had one about Americans beheading people for some right-wing radical cause. Was so disgusted, we changed the channel.
I remember one where some right-wing milita group robbed an armoured truck in NYC. As they raid the basement of one of the leader's homes, the basement is bristling with all kinds of nasty-looking weaponry (most of which probably wouldn't have been legal in NY state in the first place) and one of the detectives said 'Charlton Heston should take a look at this'.....
I'm not saying right-wing extremists robbing armoured cars is beyond the pale, but that would probably be more likely in Denver or Seattle.
Left-wing terrorist shitstains robbing armoured cars in the NY Metropolitan area? That's happened in my lietime....
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:30:20pm |
re: #172 rightymouse
Sorry. Do you have an example of Beck advocating violence?
Maybe I misunderstood you. I thought that you were saying that he did advocate violence & I wanted an example. Am I wrong?
| 192 |
haakondahl Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:30:32pm |
re: #13 Nevergiveup
Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended.
The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.
Meanwhile, the sun has recently outshone the Earth in Google searches, despite both having been eclipsed by the moon for a moment earlier this year.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:30:54pm |
re: #188 Racer X
We're looking at a $3 Trillion Dollar deficit, and $11 Trillion Dollar debt.
I need to laugh once in a while.
This one time, at Re-Neducation camp ...
/
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:31:25pm |
re: #191 taxfreekiller
The D loons still have their "collective" tongues out ready to lick the
big rock candy mountain of free stuff, but nothing to lick yet,,,just wait, pretend your in a chow line in the draftee army thingey
Corn with saltpeter AGAIN?
/
| 195 |
Racer X Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:31:57pm |
| 196 |
Summer Seale Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:32:15pm |
re: #183 Summer
That's why I haven't watched TV news or anything else, apart from some PBS, in years. =)
And to add to that: I don't even understand why anyone else still actually does watch TV news....or anything else on TV for that matter. I mean, everyone does what they want - that's fine. But I don't honestly think that there is an actually good reason that anyone else can give me for continuing to watch that shit on TV. =) Kinda like junk food: people eat it and don't really have an actual good reason other than "well, I like it...". Okay fine. =)
| 198 |
rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:33:24pm |
re: #190 opnion
Maybe I misunderstood you. I thought that you were saying that he did advocate violence & I wanted an example. Am I wrong?
He is NOT advocating violence. You must have misunderstood me.
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:33:36pm |
re: #186 Kosh's Shadow
And what gets shown abroad isn't the news coverage, where there were no more than a couple of isolated incidents of attacks against Muslims, but the TV shows and movies, leading Muslims and others to think that there really were a lot of such attacks.
Your exactly right & it puts Americans in danger when traveling & fuels the Jihad.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:33:45pm |
re: #190 opnion
Maybe I misunderstood you. I thought that you were saying that he did advocate violence & I wanted an example. Am I wrong?
You guys are on the same page.
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Throbert McGee Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:33:48pm |
Wow... kinda takes me back to my college magazine days, when my friends and I would stay up all night to meet a publishing deadline, and listening to albums by Negativland... and Bongwater:
♪♫
Talent is a VAMPIRE
Talent is a whore
Talent is American,
Always wanting more
That which doesn't kill,
More grist for the mill...
♫♪
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yochanan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:34:02pm |
re: #186 Kosh's Shadow
well it might keep some of them from coming here.
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Ziggy Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:34:05pm |
That was really funny. Unlike many lizards here, I happen to think he makes many a lot sense. I can appreciate the chicken little comparison to Beck, but clearly he doesn't make this stuff up that he rants about. The world is going frigging nutz and the US is joining the cuckoo party. Don't any of you ever feel like freaking out at the total insanity coming out of government? The problem is that the Republicans were letting us all down too, just not as badly or quickly. It really is enough to make a sane person go total ape shit. Insanity is all relative. If your the only sane one in a crazy world, who's really the crazy one?
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:34:09pm |
re: #143 rightymouse
McVeigh is your hero? Wow!
No hero of mine, RM. Please see my #173 to nevergiveup for elaboration.
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blueherron Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:34:14pm |
re: #117 IslandLibertarian
Reality check:
How many here listen to Beck all the way through his show every day?
All the way through couple of shows a week?
1 show a week?
Part of a show?
A clip?
A satirical clip?/ewwww! I hate artichokes!
'ever had one?
No, but I was told............
Since I got laid off, I watch him every day. (I don't watch TV till 5--or else I'm afraid I'll never get a job and will die alone and in despair in some flophouse...) sorry, TMI. But I watch because I disagree with everything he says. And I'm appalled at the way he says it--his whole "persona." And his guests are some of the Worst People in the World." Today it was Ann Coulter. That's some great TV. His show is the deep-fried oreo of televised political commentary.
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:34:35pm |
re: #198 rightymouse
He is NOT advocating violence. You must have misunderstood me.
My apologies, I did misunderstand.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:34:49pm |
re: #179 opnion
As I recall the 3,000 that died on 9/11 were the victims.
As far as Hollywood's concerned they're an abstract number that's soon forgotten about.
Or eventually made into a punchline so one can be seen as 'edgy'....
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doppelganglander Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:35:11pm |
re: #184 HoosierHoops
Hi jorline! Hope you are well..
I decided to follow Biden's advice and spend massive amounts of money in order to propel myself into riches and fame...
what could go wrong?
I think Biden's been listening to one of those "spend your way out of debt" infomercials. I've heard ads for this program on the radio and they never really explain how it works. Maybe Joe can enlighten us.
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poteen Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:35:51pm |
re: #196 Summer
Totally agree.
I get news and info from the radio while I work, check it on the web when I have time, and if I really want to see how bad something can be twisted and screwed up, I turn on the TV.
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haakondahl Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:36:22pm |
re: #117 IslandLibertarian
Reality check:
How many here listen to Beck all the way through his show every day?
All the way through couple of shows a week?
1 show a week?
Part of a show?
A clip?
A satirical clip?/ewwww! I hate artichokes!
'ever had one?
No, but I was told............
Insanity check:
How much flying spittle do you need on your face before you walk away?
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zombie Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:36:30pm |
Some weird Austrian Ron Paul Truther has now translated my Holdren thing into German.
Stranger and stranger.
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Ziggy Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:36:36pm |
re: #181 LatinGent
Obama will put Biden out to pasture
Like he tried to do to Hillary? Wonder how thats gonna work out for him.....
Not a chance, he makes Obama look too good. Plus he's his best insurance policy ever
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:37:06pm |
re: #210 haakondahl
Insanity check:
How much flying spittle do you need on your face before you walk away?
I would get rid of any TV that had a "spittle" function, srsly.
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zombie Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:37:25pm |
re: #201 Throbert McGee
Wow... kinda takes me back to my college magazine days, when my friends and I would stay up all night to meet a publishing deadline, and listening to albums by Negativland... and Bongwater:
Ah, another Negativland fan!
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:37:43pm |
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Son of the Black Dog Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:38:52pm |
re: #197 taxfreekiller
of some note:
buy coal , global warming failed, gonna be one cold ass winter.....
In my undisclosed location it is one cold ass day for mid-July.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:38:57pm |
re: #173 ShanghaiEd
I thought progressives hated intiative....or does that only apply to small businesses?
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:38:58pm |
re: #94 rightymouse
I only watch SVU and the old ones with Jerry Orbach. If there's a moonbat theme, we change the channel.
I like the old Jerry Orbach ones. I cant stand the SVU ones. There is some serious overacting going on there.
I pretty much fell out of my chair when Fred Thompson fired the girl and she said it was because of her Lesbianism. I mean, sure, I didn't see it all that often but I dont remember a sing "I'm a Lesbian" episode.
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Digital Display Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:39:13pm |
re: #214 zombie
Ah, another Negativland fan!
We used to stay up all night playing cards and listening to Supertramp in College....Damn it was fun
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:39:16pm |
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Ziggy Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:39:30pm |
re: #112 ShanghaiEd
Beck doesn't have McVeigh's guts. Beck doesn't mind inspiring other people to get their hands bloody, though. Just my two cents.
You obviously never watch/listen to him. His stand on violence is clear and unequivocal. If you think McVeigh had guts, you should be on a watch list. He was a psycho coward for his acts.
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Summer Seale Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:39:33pm |
re: #209 poteen
Totally agree.
I get news and info from the radio while I work, check it on the web when I have time, and if I really want to see how bad something can be twisted and screwed up, I turn on the TV.
Yea totally. I mean, if something huge happens (election night, etc...) I'll watch a bit of TV. Other than that....*shrugs*.....I live fine with the net, I don't have to listen to assholes with their big mouths full of hot air, and I don't have to sit through tons of boring commercials. In fact, now that I'm totally off TV, I find commercials to be so incredibly "in your face" when I do see one that it's obnoxious as total hell and all. It's incredible. I used to watch TV all the time, and I never noticed. Now I'm all like wow every time I see one. It really blew me away the first time that happened to me too. I was a bit shocked at how loud they were and how invasive they were - and I'm like really far from sensitive.
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:40:10pm |
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:40:51pm |
A handful of lawmakers are gearing up for a fight to largely exempt military and veterans benefits from the broader health care reform movement.
Two issues are involved. One has to do with whether military and veterans benefits could be taxed in the same fashion as employer-provided health benefits, a proposal included in the 1,018-page health care bill being taken up by the House Education and Labor Committee.
A second question involves potential federally imposed limits on the types and cost of care covered by health insurance, limits that could apply to both direct care from military hospitals and clinics and from the Tricare health plan, as well as to direct care from the veterans health care system.
[Link: www.navytimes.com...]
This will pose a problem for Democrats, who fear that allowing any exemptions from the overall health reform effort opens the door for other changes that could undermine the legislation
This is interesting both to me personally, but also to possible hope of also torpedoing the whole health care reform mess I hope.
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Throbert McGee Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:41:06pm |
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:41:14pm |
re: #220 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Like the Eggs of Satan!
EVERYTHING looks and sounds more ominous in German, IMO. Try reading the menu at a German restaurant outloud in a "Hitler speech" fashion. My brother and I got tossed from "Bavarian House" once.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:41:37pm |
re: #204 ShanghaiEd
No hero of mine, RM. Please see my #173 to nevergiveup for elaboration.
You said in #173:
OK, I said that in anger, and it's hyperbole.
But "guts" is a relative term, and he had more guts...or at least, initiative...than somebody who just cheerleads. Even though his goal was horrible and evil.
I still haven't the foggiest idea where you stand on McVeigh vs Beck on the issue of advocating AND perpetrating violence.
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haakondahl Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:41:49pm |
re: #97 rightymouse
McVeigh is dead. And I really don't see Beck blowing up buildings and killing people. Do you?
You're the one who said that all I needed to know about Beck is that he's steaming mad about the status quo in gummint. That doesn't make him some kind of hero, or even excuse other less-palatable sentiments. Hence the counter-example.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:42:01pm |
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:42:34pm |
re: #123 opnion
Look, I don't have a dog in the fight, but when did Beck ever advocate violence?
Opnion: No, Beck doesn't advocate violence directly. Their legal department would frown on that. He uses euphemisms, which the faithful have no problem interpreting.
"Take back America." OK, except how do you "take back" America when elections are years away? Well, he explains that:
"We surround them."
Sorry, I can't see "surrounding" somebody you consider an enemy, in anything but a military context.
"Outnumber" would mean we could outvote them. That's not what he said. He said "surround," and "take back." If you believe he chooses his language to encourage people to be better citizens and more informed voters, you have much more trust of Beck's motives than I do.
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nyc redneck Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:43:16pm |
re: #173 ShanghaiEd
OK, I said that in anger, and it's hyperbole.
But "guts" is a relative term, and he had more guts...or at least, initiative...than somebody who just cheerleads. Even though his goal was horrible and evil.
"having guts" is not a relative terem. at least not in this country.
describing mcveigh as someone who has the "guts' to commit heinous terror acts can only be interpreted as subtle praise for the s.o.b.
comparing him to glenn beck is ridiculous.
mcveigh is nothing but a terrorist madman killer. having 'guts' and initiative are very inappropriate ways to refer to him.
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:43:28pm |
re: #224 Nevergiveup
Once all the exemptions are put into play, it will be a very expensive and grandiose medicare/medicaid bill giving free medical to all people who do not have health insurance whether by choice or no choice.
but - the health care system will be fixed.
/
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:43:52pm |
re: #228 haakondahl
You're the one who said that all I needed to know about Beck is that he's steaming mad about the status quo in gummint. That doesn't make him some kind of hero, or even excuse other less-palatable sentiments. Hence the counter-example.
Democrats are Socialist. Republicans are pussies who don't have a spine. What's not to love? Are you happy?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:44:25pm |
re: #230 ShanghaiEd
Opnion: No, Beck doesn't advocate violence directly. Their legal department would frown on that. He uses euphemisms, which the faithful have no problem interpreting.
"Take back America." OK, except how do you "take back" America when elections are years away? Well, he explains that:
"We surround them."
Sorry, I can't see "surrounding" somebody you consider an enemy, in anything but a military context.
"Outnumber" would mean we could outvote them. That's not what he said. He said "surround," and "take back." If you believe he chooses his language to encourage people to be better citizens and more informed voters, you have much more trust of Beck's motives than I do.
You're right. He might have a private army, some sort of Civilian Security Force, large, well-trained, well-funded ... oh, wait ...
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:44:31pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:44:46pm |
re: #226 OldLineTexan
EVERYTHING looks and sounds more ominous in German, IMO. Try reading the menu at a German restaurant outloud in a "Hitler speech" fashion. My brother and I got tossed from "Bavarian House" once.
Do tell.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:44:53pm |
re: #232 Eowyn2
Once all the exemptions are put into play, it will be a very expensive and grandiose medicare/medicaid bill giving free medical to all people who do not have health insurance whether by choice or no choice.
but - the health care system will be fixed.
/
In about the same way my two dogs are.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:45:05pm |
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:45:09pm |
re: #226 OldLineTexan
EVERYTHING looks and sounds more ominous in German, IMO. Try reading the menu at a German restaurant outloud in a "Hitler speech" fashion. My brother and I got tossed from "Bavarian House" once.
Tool has a song called "The Eggs of Satan", which is just a recipe for hash-cookies, but they do it in German over industrial music, so it sounds like pure eeee-vil!
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:45:38pm |
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:45:39pm |
re: #228 haakondahl
You're the one who said that all I needed to know about Beck is that he's steaming mad about the status quo in gummint. That doesn't make him some kind of hero, or even excuse other less-palatable sentiments. Hence the counter-example.
Beck is mad about the status quo in gummint. I don't believe he'd even argue with that statement.
I'm mad about the status quo in gummint. Lots of people here are mad at the status quo in gummint.
So?
You used McVeigh as an example of people who are mad about the status quo of gummint. The difference is that most folks who are mad about the status quo of gummint don't go around blowing up buildings and killing people like McVeigh.
Bad example.
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Ziggy Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:46:34pm |
re: #226 OldLineTexan
EVERYTHING looks and sounds more ominous in German, IMO. Try reading the menu at a German restaurant outloud in a "Hitler speech" fashion. My brother and I got tossed from "Bavarian House" once.
That's hysterical
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:46:37pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:46:40pm |
re: #239 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I FREAKIN' love TOOL. One of the best.
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:46:41pm |
re: #173 ShanghaiEd
OK, I said that in anger, and it's hyperbole.
But "guts" is a relative term, and he had more guts...or at least, initiative...than somebody who just cheerleads. Even though his goal was horrible and evil.
Do you think splodey-dopes have guts, too?
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:46:53pm |
re: #187 IslandLibertarian
no sorry's needed.....the adversity provided an education I'll cherish the rest of my life.
What's the phrase? "Judgment comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgment"?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:47:36pm |
re: #236 MandyManners
Do tell.
Well, we were horsing around after eating (and paying), and the proprietor came over and inquired as to how did we like the food and would we kindly take it off-premises.
Kinda like that.
We both had high school German ...
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Son of the Black Dog Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:47:41pm |
re: #224 Nevergiveup
A handful of lawmakers are gearing up for a fight to largely exempt military and veterans benefits from the broader health care reform movement. ...
Wonderful. Now I get to pay income tax on the wonderful health care I get from the VA.
/mucho
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:47:56pm |
re: #239 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Beat ya by four seconds. In ur face!
/
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albusteve Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:48:00pm |
re: #237 OldLineTexan
In about the same way my two dogs are.
heh...all the fine Texans down through the Hill country with German heritage...I'd a kicked your strudel
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:48:16pm |
re: #245 MandyManners
Do you think splodey-dopes have guts, too?
Well, duh, if you can FIND them afterwards.
/ducking
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:48:19pm |
re: #232 Eowyn2
Once all the exemptions are put into play, it will be a very expensive and grandiose medicare/medicaid bill giving free medical to all people who do not have health insurance whether by choice or no choice.
but - the health care system will be fixed.
/
Fixed - like a vet "fixes" a dog.
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:48:42pm |
re: #249 Slumbering Behemoth
Beat ya by four seconds. In ur face!
/
Yeah, but I did mine with a Scottish accent.
/
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:48:54pm |
re: #250 albusteve
heh...all the fine Texans down through the Hill country with German heritage...I'd a kicked your strudel
Eh, we have Czech heritage ... we're USED to it.
/
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albusteve Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:49:24pm |
re: #254 OldLineTexan
Eh, we have Czech heritage ... we're USED to it.
/
right...well they all sound the same
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:49:31pm |
re: #248 Son of the Black Dog
Wonderful. Now I get to pay income tax on the wonderful health care I get from the VA.
/mucho
We need every bit of ammunition to break this health care fiasco apart. I wasn't even aware they were about to "TAX" my Tricare.
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Yashmak Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:50:08pm |
re: #203 Ziggy
That was really funny. Unlike many lizards here, I happen to think he makes many a lot sense. I can appreciate the chicken little comparison to Beck, but clearly he doesn't make this stuff up that he rants about. The world is going frigging nutz and the US is joining the cuckoo party.
Clearly, he'll be a good fit at that particular party.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:50:15pm |
re: #245 MandyManners
Do you think splodey-dopes have guts, too?
If they didn't, we wouldn't have Car Swarms!
/
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:51:23pm |
re: #247 OldLineTexan
Well, we were horsing around after eating (and paying), and the proprietor came over and inquired as to how did we like the food and would we kindly take it off-premises.
Kinda like that.
We both had high school German ...
A few steins of lager?
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:52:13pm |
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:52:30pm |
Now I'm in the mood for more German Industrial music
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:52:30pm |
re: #230 ShanghaiEd
Opnion: No, Beck doesn't advocate violence directly. Their legal department would frown on that. He uses euphemisms, which the faithful have no problem interpreting.
"Take back America." OK, except how do you "take back" America when elections are years away? Well, he explains that:
"We surround them."
Sorry, I can't see "surrounding" somebody you consider an enemy, in anything but a military context.
"Outnumber" would mean we could outvote them. That's not what he said. He said "surround," and "take back." If you believe he chooses his language to encourage people to be better citizens and more informed voters, you have much more trust of Beck's motives than I do.
I take the "Take Back America" theme is not about violence. It is about attending the local government meetings and zoning commissions and school board meetings and sounding off. The squeeky wheel gets the grease type of thing. AND there are always some local elections, bonds, etc going on. So even if we have to wait until 2010 to actually oust some congresspeoples, we can start NOW to lay the groundwork to discredit them. Obama started campaigning the day he hit the US Senate.
Surround the enemy and pick them off one by one. Not violently but by exposing their idealogical stance. It is what the Dems do every time a Rep becomes well known. Look at what they did to Palin. Wolves do the same thing:
Seperate from the herd
small attacks until hamstrung
move the pack in for the kill
Using these terms in an ideological way is not the same as using them in a military way.
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:52:43pm |
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:53:18pm |
On a Serious Note:
IA sailor killed in Afghanistan laid to rest
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jul 17, 2009 12:53:44 EDT
HENRYETTA, Okla. — An Oklahoma sailor who died in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan was remembered in funeral services for his fire and determination.
[Link: www.navytimes.com...]
Paslay said the news of Randolph’s death overwhelmed him, as it did much of the community who knew the sailor.
Paslay told mourners he had read the Navy’s creed, and three words — honor, courage and commitment — stood out.
“That’s what the Navy is all about,” Paslay said, “and that’s what Tony was all about.
“We should be grateful today as people for having someone like that.”
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:53:29pm |
re: #260 MandyManners
A few steins of lager?
No. It's never a good idea to have me and one (or both!) brothers in the same place. Example: My father would never go back to Monterrey House with us, just because we all proposed to the waitress.
/it was OK, we were all single at the time
/
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:53:37pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:53:54pm |
re: #263 Eowyn2
I take the "Take Back America" theme is not about violence. It is about attending the local government meetings and zoning commissions and school board meetings and sounding off. The squeeky wheel gets the grease type of thing. AND there are always some local elections, bonds, etc going on. So even if we have to wait until 2010 to actually oust some congresspeoples, we can start NOW to lay the groundwork to discredit them. Obama started campaigning the day he hit the US Senate.
Surround the enemy and pick them off one by one. Not violently but by exposing their idealogical stance. It is what the Dems do every time a Rep becomes well known. Look at what they did to Palin. Wolves do the same thing:
Seperate from the herd
small attacks until hamstrung
move the pack in for the killUsing these terms in an ideological way is not the same as using them in a military way.
Maybe it is to the terminally weak-kneed.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:54:15pm |
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Capitalistincharge Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:54:43pm |
I may get slapped but, Beck's segment he is doing now on Acorn is very informative. He's about the only show that has consistently kept Acorn in front of the public, exposing their crimes and cover-ups.
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:54:47pm |
re: #266 OldLineTexan
No. It's never a good idea to have me and one (or both!) brothers in the same place. Example: My father would never go back to Monterrey House with us, just because we all proposed to the waitress.
/it was OK, we were all single at the time
/
Sounds like a fun buncha' guys.
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lincolntf Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:54:52pm |
I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that nothing short of a mushroom cloud will convince certain people that the Iranians are serious about creating a nuclear weapon.
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:54:54pm |
re: #227 rightymouse
I still haven't the foggiest idea where you stand on McVeigh vs Beck on the issue of advocating AND perpetrating violence.
OK. I am 100%, and always, against anybody advocating and perpetrating violence. For any cause. Anybody who's read my hapless ramblings here knows this.
Here's the genesis of the fecal matter I dropped in the punchbowl just now: At #39, you said, "The one thing to know about Beck is that he is very angry at the status quo in gummint." At #81, haakondahl replied, "So is McVeigh." Both very true statements.
I got on my high-horse and offered my opinion that, ends-versus-means aside, it takes more guts to perpetrate violence than to advocate it. "Guts" is a neutral quality, meaning initiative. Having guts doesn't make somebody a hero. Especially if they use that initiative to murder.
See what I'm getting at?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:54:58pm |
re: #270 buzzsawmonkey
BTW, a dissenting post did make the light of day on that we-love-Obamacare site; whether yours or CyanSnowHawk's, I do not know.
One of the posters there who is totally in the bag for Obamacare said that s/he didn't mind paying taxes if it means that some old woman in Georgia doesn't need superglue to keep her teeth in.
How many ways can one say, "clueless?"
No kidding. Two-part epoxy is MUCH better for that.
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:55:13pm |
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:55:38pm |
re: #270 buzzsawmonkey
BTW, a dissenting post did make the light of day on that we-love-Obamacare site; whether yours or CyanSnowHawk's, I do not know.
One of the posters there who is totally in the bag for Obamacare said that s/he didn't mind paying taxes if it means that some old woman in Georgia doesn't need superglue to keep her teeth in.
How many ways can one say, "clueless?"
Yeah superglue doesn't work for that?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:55:41pm |
re: #273 MandyManners
Sounds like a fun buncha' guys.
We're also highly annoying!
/ask any of two ex-wives, two current wives, etc.
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:56:05pm |
re: #272 Capitalistincharge
I may get slapped but, Beck's segment he is doing now on Acorn is very informative. He's about the only show that has consistently kept Acorn in front of the public, exposing their crimes and cover-ups.
But, his other stuff can turn others off completely.
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yochanan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:56:12pm |
re: #262 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
german industrial music gives me the creeps
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snowcrash Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:56:34pm |
re: #272 Capitalistincharge
I was laughing at the Obama dashboard messiah holding a cigarette.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:56:56pm |
re: #275 ShanghaiEd
Put down the shovel and stop digging
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:57:06pm |
re: #274 lincolntf
I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that nothing short of a mushroom cloud will convince certain people that the Iranians are serious about creating a nuclear weapon.
I'm not sure. I think many people just think that Iran will use nukes on Israel, "and they'd deserve it", but not on them. (I don't believe that, but some do).
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formercorpsman Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:57:08pm |
re: #265 Nevergiveup
We had someone lose their son in Afghanistan Monday.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:57:36pm |
re: #275 ShanghaiEd
Good lord rightymouse, we keep telling the boy to stop digging, and you toss him another shovel.
/Re-Neducation for you
/and corn
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:57:50pm |
re: #207 Fenway_Nation
As far as Hollywood's concerned they're an abstract number that's soon forgotten about.
Or eventually made into a punchline so one can be seen as 'edgy'....
Did you notice that the pretty quickly shot down the video of the planes hitting the buildings?I heard one TV honcho say that the footage was provocative. You know us savage Americans might start staring at Muslims.
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nyc redneck Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:58:20pm |
re: #283 Nevergiveup
Put down the shovel and stop digging
why, it is the only "shovel ready job" we are likely to see.
;)
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albusteve Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:58:38pm |
re: #275 ShanghaiEd
OK. I am 100%, and always, against anybody advocating and perpetrating violence. For any cause. Anybody who's read my hapless ramblings here knows this.Here's the genesis of the fecal matter I dropped in the punchbowl just now: At #39, you said, "The one thing to know about Beck is that he is very angry at the status quo in gummint." At #81, haakondahl replied, "So is McVeigh." Both very true statements.
I got on my high-horse and offered my opinion that, ends-versus-means aside, it takes more guts to perpetrate violence than to advocate it. "Guts" is a neutral quality, meaning initiative. Having guts doesn't make somebody a hero. Especially if they use that initiative to murder.
See what I'm getting at?
that's just too much to believe.....and I don't
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:58:52pm |
re: #275 ShanghaiEd
OK. I am 100%, and always, against anybody advocating and perpetrating violence. For any cause. Anybody who's read my hapless ramblings here knows this.
Here's the genesis of the fecal matter I dropped in the punchbowl just now: At #39, you said, "The one thing to know about Beck is that he is very angry at the status quo in gummint." At #81, haakondahl replied, "So is McVeigh." Both very true statements.
I got on my high-horse and offered my opinion that, ends-versus-means aside, it takes more guts to perpetrate violence than to advocate it. "Guts" is a neutral quality, meaning initiative. Having guts doesn't make somebody a hero. Especially if they use that initiative to murder.
See what I'm getting at?
Only a fucking coward drives a rented van into a government building to blow a bunch of people to bits.
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LGoPs Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:58:54pm |
re: #230 ShanghaiEd
Opnion: No, Beck doesn't advocate violence directly. Their legal department would frown on that. He uses euphemisms, which the faithful have no problem interpreting.
"Take back America." OK, except how do you "take back" America when elections are years away? Well, he explains that:
"We surround them."
Sorry, I can't see "surrounding" somebody you consider an enemy, in anything but a military context.
"Outnumber" would mean we could outvote them. That's not what he said. He said "surround," and "take back." If you believe he chooses his language to encourage people to be better citizens and more informed voters, you have much more trust of Beck's motives than I do.
By that standard Bill Clinton should have been in jail for starting a "War Room".......
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:58:55pm |
re: #245 MandyManners
Do you think splodey-dopes have guts, too?
and their all over my sidewalk stall.
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Yashmak Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:59:13pm |
re: #281 yochanan
german industrial music gives me the creeps
I'll up the creepy factor for ya. Try playing some Rammstein over the Saving Private Ryan scene with the Tiger Tanks. It seems frighteningly apt.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:59:40pm |
re: #285 formercorpsman
We had someone lose their son in Afghanistan Monday.
Lets hope all these deaths are not in vain and the Military is allowed to do what it does best. At the very least we owe that to those who made the ultimate sacrifice and their families and friends.
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Sparkizzy Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:00:20pm |
I'm not sure what he did wrong here, except nearly getting an aneurysm.
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:00:23pm |
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Summer Seale Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:01:10pm |
I have that song stuck in my head now. =)
"I Don't Care...You Don't Care...I Don't Care...You Don't (screams)..."
"Get...Off My Phone.....!"
Lol...I'm totally dying. =)
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:01:15pm |
re: #293 Eowyn2
and their all over my sidewalk stall.
It's called the Religion of Pieces for good reason.
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Ziggy Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:01:26pm |
re: #258 Yashmak
Clearly, he'll be a good fit at that particular party.
Frequently I think I would too. The times we are living in is enough to make anyone that is paying attention go looney
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:01:39pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:01:51pm |
re: #296 Nevergiveup
Lets hope all these deaths are not in vain and the Military is allowed to do what it does best. At the very least we owe that to those who made the ultimate sacrifice and their families and friends.
I get a real bad vibe with this excursion into Afghaniland...honestly I don't like it very much...it's looking to me like we are protecting the Pakis and their nukes
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Yashmak Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:02:21pm |
re: #302 Ziggy
Frequently I think I would too. The times we are living in is enough to make anyone that is paying attention go looney
On that, we can certainly agree. I actually start feeling sick to my stomache over it all sometimes.
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:02:22pm |
re: #230 ShanghaiEd
Ed, I am not a big Beck fan, but I do think that you are misreading him.
I have heard him enough to believe that he is into organizing, to influence the government & win elections.
I don't think that his followers If he has any are picking up coded directives.
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:02:26pm |
And now a change up, from German Industrial to solo acoustic, one of my favorite songs
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:02:26pm |
Just because I mentioned corn: Rocky Top
Corn won't grow on Rocky Top,
The dirt's too rocky by far;
that's why all the folks on Rocky Top
Get their corn out of a jar.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:03:05pm |
re: #292 LGoPs
By that standard Bill Clinton should have been in jail for starting a "War Room".......
Does that make him a war-monger or a room-er monger?
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SixDegrees Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:03:10pm |
re: #15 Son of the Black Dog
IIRC, he has the highest cable ratings in his time slot, and the highest ratings of anything Fox has ever put in that time slot.
Yup. The carnival freaks in the sideshow are always the biggest money makers.
People have an incurable need to gawk.
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:03:22pm |
re: #305 buzzsawmonkey
I was a Shotun--a singin', dancin' samurai--in a former life.
I bet you could write some awesome lyrics.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:04:00pm |
re: #304 albusteve
I get a real bad vibe with this excursion into Afghaniland...honestly I don't like it very much...it's looking to me like we are protecting the Pakis and their nukes
And i am worried it is being run from the White House
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opnion Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:05:02pm |
re: #263 Eowyn2
I take the "Take Back America" theme is not about violence. It is about attending the local government meetings and zoning commissions and school board meetings and sounding off. The squeeky wheel gets the grease type of thing. AND there are always some local elections, bonds, etc going on. So even if we have to wait until 2010 to actually oust some congresspeoples, we can start NOW to lay the groundwork to discredit them. Obama started campaigning the day he hit the US Senate.
I agree with you.Surround the enemy and pick them off one by one. Not violently but by exposing their idealogical stance. It is what the Dems do every time a Rep becomes well known. Look at what they did to Palin. Wolves do the same thing:
Seperate from the herd
small attacks until hamstrung
move the pack in for the killUsing these terms in an ideological way is not the same as using them in a military way.
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Yashmak Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:05:40pm |
re: #311 SixDegrees
Yup. The carnival freaks in the sideshow are always the biggest money makers.
Jerry Springer made a fortune on that single incontrovertible fact.
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albusteve Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:05:40pm |
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haakondahl Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:06:03pm |
re: #241 rightymouse
Beck is mad about the status quo in gummint. I don't believe he'd even argue with that statement.
I'm mad about the status quo in gummint. Lots of people here are mad at the status quo in gummint.
So?
You used McVeigh as an example of people who are mad about the status quo of gummint. The difference is that most folks who are mad about the status quo of gummint don't go around blowing up buildings and killing people like McVeigh.
Bad example.
I am also mad about the status quo in gummint. This is something I have in common with Glenn Beck. Perhaps that one fact is not all we need to know about him.
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jcm Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:06:15pm |
Obama Addresses Concerns Over Health-Care Costs
If we don't get health care reform done now, then no one's health insurance is going to be secure, because you're going to continue to see premiums going up at astronomical rates, out-of-pocket costs going up at astronomical rates, and people who lose their jobs or have a preexisting medical condition or changing their jobs finding themselves in a situation where they cannot get health care.And that's not a future that I accept for the United States of America. That's why those who are betting against this happening this year are badly mistaken.
We are going to get this done. We will reform health care. It will happen this year. I'm absolutely convinced of that.
CBO disses Obama's health care reform
Director Douglas Elmendorf told the Senate Budget Committee Thursday:We do not see the sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount. On the contrary, the legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
It's crisis, we have to act now, disaster awaits.....
Where have we heard that before?
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:06:23pm |
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lincolntf Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:06:54pm |
re: #313 Nevergiveup
Not to worry, we've got a Secretary of State who made her bones hosting First Lady events and dabbling in the cattle futures market. We're all set.
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albusteve Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:06:56pm |
re: #313 Nevergiveup
And i am worried it is being run from the White House
yes, exactly....a political exercise, my worst nightmare...BO will have blood on his hands if that's the case
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:07:14pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:07:17pm |
re: #320 jcm
Obama Addresses Concerns Over Health-Care Costs
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Publius Cornelius TacitusIt's crisis, we have to act now, disaster awaits.....
Where have we heard that before?
Health care is too big to fail?
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Kragarghazi Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:07:49pm |
Iran: "FREEDOM! FREEDOM! DEATH TO THE DICTATOR!"
Sorry, we only meddle with our allies.
/Obama
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Capitalistincharge Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:09:01pm |
re: #282 snowcrash
Hillarious!!
re: #280 MandyManners
No doubt about it. I watch Glenn every so often and think that he does alot of teaching of the issues in a creative way that helps the average person understand those issues and how they will affect them. One of my employees referred to it as an entertaining 30 minute current events daily seminar. He presents stuff I both disagree and agree with. His presentation sometimes is out there but that's entertainment. I don't think he's dangerous or necessarily a buffoon and he has had me laughing out loud at least once each show.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:09:03pm |
re: #320 jcm
Obama Addresses Concerns Over Health-Care Costs
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Publius Cornelius TacitusIt's crisis, we have to act now, disaster awaits.....
Where have we heard that before?
Chicken Little when the sky was falling?
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:09:05pm |
re: #322 lincolntf
Not to worry, we've got a Secretary of State who made her bones hosting First Lady events and dabbling in the cattle futures market. We're all set.
She can hurl an ashtray, too.
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Ziggy Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:09:05pm |
re: #306 Yashmak
On that, we can certainly agree. I actually start feeling sick to my stomache over it all sometimes.
That's kind of my point. I think Beck's appeal is that he makes other people feel like they're not nuts. For 2 reasons, first because no one is as nuts as him and second because it is comforting on a certain level to know that you're not the only one who sees what's going on. Not to mention the fact that I do get a chuckle out of his sarcastic snits.
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haakondahl Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:09:10pm |
re: #283 Nevergiveup
Put down the shovel and stop digging
If you're trying to say that Ed is a crypto-terrorist who has just let the mask slip, you'll have a long uphill pull to convince anyone.
Patton admired Rommel for his genius. He was also hell-bent on killing him.
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yochanan Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:09:27pm |
[Link: www.rammsteinshop.de...]
some of this stuff looks almost illegal in germany
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lincolntf Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:09:44pm |
re: #325 HoosierHoops
Just heard that Yao is going to miss all of next season. Too bad, I like him.
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MandyManners Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:09:54pm |
re: #328 Capitalistincharge
Hillarious!!
re: #280 MandyManners
No doubt about it. I watch Glenn every so often and think that he does alot of teaching of the issues in a creative way that helps the average person understand those issues and how they will affect them. One of my employees referred to it as an entertaining 30 minute current events daily seminar. He presents stuff I both disagree and agree with. His presentation sometimes is out there but that's entertainment. I don't think he's dangerous or necessarily a buffoon and he has had me laughing out loud at least once each show.
My mom adores him.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:10:02pm |
re: #275 ShanghaiEd
OK. I am 100%, and always, against anybody advocating and perpetrating violence. For any cause. Anybody who's read my hapless ramblings here knows this.
Here's the genesis of the fecal matter I dropped in the punchbowl just now: At #39, you said, "The one thing to know about Beck is that he is very angry at the status quo in gummint." At #81, haakondahl replied, "So is McVeigh." Both very true statements.
I got on my high-horse and offered my opinion that, ends-versus-means aside, it takes more guts to perpetrate violence than to advocate it. "Guts" is a neutral quality, meaning initiative. Having guts doesn't make somebody a hero. Especially if they use that initiative to murder.
See what I'm getting at?
No, I don't see what you're getting at. See Mandy's #245 & Ziggy's #221 posts on this.
Probably the best thing to do at this point is to drop the subject.
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Dianna Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:10:19pm |
re: #330 MandyManners
She can hurl an ashtray, too.
If I was married to Bill Clinton, I'd hurl any object to hand, too.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:10:40pm |
re: #330 MandyManners
She can hurl an ashtray, too.
Well not now. She is on the DL with that broken elbow.
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haakondahl Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:10:53pm |
re: #314 buzzsawmonkey
Maybe I'll try my hand at that one of these days.
Me too! Maybe I'll try your hand at it one of these days.
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formercorpsman Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:11:19pm |
re: #337 buzzsawmonkey
Excellent analogy. But you knew that.
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Ziggy Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:11:26pm |
Friday night cocktail time. Have a great night lizards.
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jcm Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:11:42pm |
re: #327 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Iran: "FREEDOM! FREEDOM! DEATH TO THE DICTATOR!"
Sorry, we only meddle with our allies.
/Obama
We only meddle when Supreme Courts and Parliments follow Constitutions and remove wannabe dictators, then wannabe dictators threaten civil war.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:12:52pm |
re: #332 haakondahl
If you're trying to say that Ed is a crypto-terrorist who has just let the mask slip, you'll have a long uphill pull to convince anyone.
Patton admired Rommel for his genius. He was also hell-bent on killing him.
This is the second time your putting words in my mouth. All I OBJECT to is his determination to defend his statement that McVeigh had guts. How you got to Patton and Rommel and crypto-terrorist I'll never know?
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:13:21pm |
re: #231 nyc redneck
"having guts" is not a relative terem. at least not in this country.
describing mcveigh as someone who has the "guts' to commit heinous terror acts can only be interpreted as subtle praise for the s.o.b.
comparing him to glenn beck is ridiculous.
mcveigh is nothing but a terrorist madman killer. having 'guts' and initiative are very inappropriate ways to refer to him.
Point taken. But is "we surround them" a relative term in America? That doesn't sound like a threat to you?
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LGoPs Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:13:49pm |
re: #337 buzzsawmonkey
Re: Healthcare--or anything else--and the need for speed.
I said before, during the Stimulus nonsense, and will say again, that any negotiation in which one of the parties is pushing for speed, speed, speed is a negotiation in which that party is trying to ream the other. Anyone who has ever been hustled by a used-car, computer, or cell-phone salesman knows what I mean. The need for speed--this offer is only good for five more minutes!--is a tactic used by people who don't want you to look at the fine print, don't want you to know what you're committing to.
I know most people here are aware of that, but it needs to be said often anyway.
Beautiful. Any Republican representatitives or staffers or even reasonable Democrats reading this take heed and act on slowing this express train down.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:14:34pm |
re: #319 haakondahl
I am also mad about the status quo in gummint. This is something I have in common with Glenn Beck. Perhaps that one fact is not all we need to know about him.
That's the core of where he's coming from even if some folks are uncomfortable with his past and how he expresses himself verbally.
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VegasRick Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:15:36pm |
re: #347 ShanghaiEd
Point taken. But is "we surround them" a relative term in America? That doesn't sound like a threat to you?
Ed, have you ever heard the phrase "quit while you're behind"?
/
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:15:45pm |
I think that we should be more understanding and forgiving of the rights and feelings of the persecuted vampire minority. It is not easy being undead. There is so much malice and hatred of them.
It is just undeadephobia perpetrated by Hollywood and an evil lobby in congress.
Vampires do not hate the living. They love the living. They could not exist without us, and if you look at the way that vampires treat many of the living, you will see that they are the undead of tolerance and peace. Renfield was a trusted and beloved friend who was happy in his position.
As far as vampires are concerned, the living are a protected class of people, who only need to pay a small tax every now and then for their own protection. Vampires do not discriminate against anyone.
Sure they seem odd to us in the West, but there is a rich and vibrant vampire culture that we should embrace. Vampires have contributed much to society, but they never get credit for it. Without them we would not have fashionable black clothing of the right to be whiny goths.
I for one am tired of the racist apartheid ways in which we force vampires to live on the fringes of society in run down castles or cemeteries. The indignity and humiliation that they feel nightly having to dodge religious fanatics who wave crosses at them is intolerable. The restrictions on their movements, when they only want to go out and get some food is not something that any American would stand for!
So please, join me a supporting vampires against their oppressors.
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poteen Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:17:25pm |
it takes more guts to perpetrate violence than to advocate it
Ed.
Your example doesn't help your point.
Standing, in public, for all to see, takes some guts.
Dropping off a truck bomb, walking anonymously away, and killing kids is absent in ANY definition of guts. Exactly the opposite.
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:17:25pm |
re: #286 OldLineTexan
Good lord rightymouse, we keep telling the boy to stop digging, and you toss him another shovel.
/Re-Neducation for you
/and corn
I've moved on. :)
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Digital Display Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:17:50pm |
re: #334 lincolntf
Just heard that Yao is going to miss all of next season. Too bad, I like him.
I hear is going for foot surgery and looking to come back next season.
How many times has he broken the same damn foot?
Big Ballers just can't handle the stress of the game on knees and feet...
Look at Greg Oden...He is 21 yrs old and walks like an old man..I met Bill Walton at the Airport once and he walked like my grandmother..
It's a shame....The stress in incredible on the body
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:18:13pm |
re: #307 opnion
Ed, I am not a big Beck fan, but I do think that you are misreading him.
I have heard him enough to believe that he is into organizing, to influence the government & win elections.
I don't think that his followers If he has any are picking up coded directives.
I would agree with you, except for his exhortations to "take" and "surround."
What do you do after your group surrounds somebody they don't like? Arm-wrestle them? Give them a stern talking-to? Register them to vote?
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:19:20pm |
re: #246 Dianna
What's the phrase? "Judgment comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgment"?
grasshopper: Master, how did you become so wise?
master: Right decisions.
grasshopper: Master, how did you learn right decisions?
master: Experience.
grasshopper: Master, how did you get experience?
master: Wrong decisions.
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ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:21:08pm |
re: #351 VegasRick
Ed, have you ever heard the phrase "quit while you're behind"?
/
I'm done digging, Rick. Just replying to specific questions now. Don't want to be impolite.
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nyc redneck Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:21:13pm |
re: #347 ShanghaiEd
Point taken. But is "we surround them" a relative term in America? That doesn't sound like a threat to you?
conservatives do need to "fight" the left and the socialist agenda they are pushing. it is not a "threat" to say such statements.
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FrogMarch Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:21:31pm |
re: #320 jcm
Obama Addresses Concerns Over Health-Care Costs
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Publius Cornelius TacitusIt's crisis, we have to act now, disaster awaits.....
Where have we heard that before?
Remember what Obama said before the Stimulus disaster?
That is why I have moved quickly to work with my economic team and leaders of both parties on an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that will immediately jumpstart job creation and long-term growth.
-- Barack Obama
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Son of the Black Dog Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:22:31pm |
re: #338 Dianna
If I was married to Bill Clinton, I'd hurl any object to hand, too.
Maybe you'd just hurl.
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FrogMarch Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:23:44pm |
oops, I forgot quotation marks...
"That is why I have moved quickly to work with my economic team and leaders of both parties on an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that will immediately jumpstart job creation and long-term growth. "
-- Barack Obama
Never mind the transparency promise. Government run health insurance will be a disaster, so it must be enacted quickly - in the dead of night.
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:24:44pm |
re: #357 buzzsawmonkey
Don't forget the difficulty vampires have in obtaining adequate dental plans.
Or all of the mean intolerant things that people say... like vampires just suck. Or the way that white Christian men have been oppressing them for years.
Think of all of the literal crusades against them.
They wake up one night and some evil white Christian European imperialist oppressor is waving a cross at them and trying to drive a piece of wood through their hearts!
I am so ashamed of white culture when I think that they did this. It was a crime like the inquisition. The real holocaust has always been directed at vampires.
The vampires lived in peace in their land of Transylvania for years without bothering anyone or doing anything to hurt anyone when they were colonized by racist Europeans.
///////
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rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:25:37pm |
re: #218 Eowyn2
I like the old Jerry Orbach ones. I cant stand the SVU ones. There is some serious overacting going on there.
I pretty much fell out of my chair when Fred Thompson fired the girl and she said it was because of her Lesbianism. I mean, sure, I didn't see it all that often but I dont remember a sing "I'm a Lesbian" episode.
Believe it or not, I've never seen that episode with Thompson and the dreadful actress (is this because I'm a lesbian) firing.
If the truth be known, I've been watching the episodes to see him fire her and watch her lame rebuttal.
| 366 |
ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:29:22pm |
Look! A new punchbowl...uh, thread. Unsullied by me.
See you there.
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Eowyn2 Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:33:28pm |
re: #269 MandyManners
he's trying to read much into the words and make them a call to arms but there hasn't been a call to arms.
| 368 |
ShanghaiEd Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:40:23pm |
re: #332 haakondahl
If you're trying to say that Ed is a crypto-terrorist who has just let the mask slip, you'll have a long uphill pull to convince anyone.
Patton admired Rommel for his genius. He was also hell-bent on killing him.
haakondahl: Yes! Exactly. I appreciate the vote of confidence.
Old Ed: Sniveling peacenik by day, murderous crypto-terrorist by night...
Would be a good TV series, if it were true. Alas. :)
Hope to see you on the next thread.
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tradewind Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:40:49pm |
re: #37 Baier
That's a bit harsh, since even though he has his whack side, often his rants are spot on.
IMO, a ' skid mark in the underwear of conservatism' would be say, Michael Savage.
| 370 |
Beseduh Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:44:18pm |
This man is a danger to himself and all around him.
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debutaunt Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:47:40pm |
re: #44 rightymouse
I don't watch any network news or political shows, including FOX.
I only tune in on Sunday for Liz Trotta.
| 372 |
rightymouse Fri, Jul 17, 2009 4:05:55pm |
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haakondahl Fri, Jul 17, 2009 4:08:24pm |
re: #346 Nevergiveup
This is the second time your putting words in my mouth. All I OBJECT to is his determination to defend his statement that McVeigh had guts. How you got to Patton and Rommel and crypto-terrorist I'll never know?
Two questions:
What was the first time?
What did you mean by 'Stop Digging'?
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pbird Fri, Jul 17, 2009 4:42:30pm |
re: #307 opnion
Ed, I am not a big Beck fan, but I do think that you are misreading him.
I have heard him enough to believe that he is into organizing, to influence the government & win elections.
I don't think that his followers If he has any are picking up coded directives.
Actually, I've heard him wig out at listeners who think he is advocating a violent revolution of some kind. OTOH, I think he expects some sort of violence directed toward normal citizens, FWIW.
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landline Fri, Jul 17, 2009 5:18:58pm |
Charles,
Your linking to "Media Matters" a partisan group that only attacks Conservatives; for example, you won't ever find any criticism of Olbermann on their site. I can't recall the last time you even remotely critical of a Democrat. What gives?
| 377 |
koedo Fri, Jul 17, 2009 5:25:25pm |
Why is Glenn Beck a target of sorts, a magnet actually, for all kinds of anger. He seems to be in that class which draws the ire of a wide range of people. What did I miss while I was diligently paying attention to other things?
Humbly, Koedo
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Charles Johnson Fri, Jul 17, 2009 5:55:29pm |
re: #376 landline
Charles,
Your linking to "Media Matters" a partisan group that only attacks Conservatives; for example, you won't ever find any criticism of Olbermann on their site. I can't recall the last time you even remotely critical of a Democrat. What gives?
I linked to a recording of Glenn Beck's radio show at YouTube. Maybe you believe that all information from sources like Media Matters is somehow poisoned (maybe it has cooties?), but I don't care who pushed the record button. The recording speaks for itself.
| 379 |
flutesnoot Fri, Jul 17, 2009 6:28:37pm |
re: #115 Son of the Black Dog
They can pry my filet of sea kitten sandwich from my cold dead hands.
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Flyers1974 Fri, Jul 17, 2009 8:42:18pm |
re: #112 ShanghaiEd
Beck doesn't have McVeigh's guts. Beck doesn't mind inspiring other people to get their hands bloody, though. Just my two cents.
I'd guess your primary intent was to bash Beck not praise McVeigh, but insofar as you did praise McVeigh by saying he had guts (which I assume you'd agree is the same thing as courage) I think you were correct. Assuming however, that he was sane and was aware of the possibility of the consequence of his actions to him personally.
A common definition of courage:
1. the ability to control fear and to be willing to deal with something that is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant
The history of the word:
2. c.1300, from O.Fr. corage, from V.L. *coraticum, from L. cor "heart," which remains a common metaphor for inner strength. In M.E., used broadly for "what is in one's mind or thoughts," hence "bravery," but also "wrath, pride, confidence, lustiness," or any sort of inclination. Replaced O.E. ellen, which also meant "zeal, strength."
From the definitions I've seen, courage does not require morality or goodness. Hence a Spanish explorer who came to the new world to pillage, rape and plunder could and would be said to have courage. If I seek out karate masters and professional boxers to attack with my bare hands, while having no such skills myself, I would have courage, regardless of whether I had a right to do so.
On the other hand, a suicide bomber inspired by religious fervor, would not necessarily have courage, if he thinks god is protecting him or that he will immediately go to another better world.
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RexMundi Sat, Jul 18, 2009 1:23:01am |
re: #177 Alouette
I hope all you people who didn't vote for Sarah Palin because the MSM told you she was a dumb redneck bimbo are fucking happy now!
I'm still fucking happy that that glorified pageant contestant Sarah Palin did not become VP, thank you.
The idiot was a creationist bimbo who believed in demonic possession and that she could actively pray to receive boons for Alaska. And for crying out loud, how in the world do you explain the interviews that that doofus did for the "Main Stream Media" that you denigrate so much? You think it was all a bunch of "gotcha" moments? She didn't know what the fucking Bush Doctrine was, let alone whether she agreed with it or not! I think it was more like Palin was so inept that she brought her own rope and hanged herself with it.
I certainly wouldn't say Biden is perfect, but it's a shame that far too many of the people that comment here on LGF would paint someone as idiotic and worthless as Palin as if she's a masterpiece. She's a quitter and a fool.
Now go ahead and down ding this, as I know many of you will. I just wish that there was a technology available on the web where you could 'time capsule' something as ephemeral as blog comments in it and then reopen them later to see how quaint or silly or profound they were, because I'd love to see all of the glowing statements from LGF users defending Palin by talking about how qualified she is and all that other bullshit 5, 10, 15 years later when most people will go, "Uh, who the hell is Sarah Palin?"
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Picayune Sat, Jul 18, 2009 4:33:45am |
re: #381 RexMundi
O.K. hotshot. Since you asked, please tell us all just what you think the Bush Doctrine was. Here's a clue - its a four part answer.
Letterman said it all for your MSM, now didn't he? How's Perky's ratings these days, and oh, BTW, you're on the blog that revealed to the world just how honest Dan Rather is, right?
As for VP Biden, who has become the biggest joke in US VP history, all by himself ("Yea, we're bust folks, but we got to keep on spending like drunken sailors, spending other folk's $, cause Iwon Obeyme says so") - Palin cleaned his clock in their debate. Remember, old "Tell us it ain't so Joe" was telling us that FDR watched TV before TV was even invented, or do you believe the Stalin tactic of the Left to rewrite history to accommodate Biden's stupid claim? Likely.
Open that time capsule in 2010 and see what impact Palin is having on US politics when Obeyme is out of $, jobs, cred, political support from Dems in the House running for their jobs by telling voters they never met the fraud, and posters of your ilk are screaming RACISTS.
Go back to Huuf&Puff/KosakKids/DU, please. Wink, Wink, You Betcha!
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axegrinder Sun, Jul 19, 2009 6:32:29am |
re: #381 RexMundi
I'm still fucking happy that that glorified pageant contestant Sarah Palin did not become VP, thank you.
The idiot was a creationist bimbo who believed in demonic possession and that she could actively pray to receive boons for Alaska. And for crying out loud, how in the world do you explain the interviews that that doofus did for the "Main Stream Media" that you denigrate so much? You think it was all a bunch of "gotcha" moments? She didn't know what the fucking Bush Doctrine was, let alone whether she agreed with it or not! I think it was more like Palin was so inept that she brought her own rope and hanged herself with it.
I certainly wouldn't say Biden is perfect, but it's a shame that far too many of the people that comment here on LGF would paint someone as idiotic and worthless as Palin as if she's a masterpiece. She's a quitter and a fool.
Now go ahead and down ding this, as I know many of you will. I just wish that there was a technology available on the web where you could 'time capsule' something as ephemeral as blog comments in it and then reopen them later to see how quaint or silly or profound they were, because I'd love to see all of the glowing statements from LGF users defending Palin by talking about how qualified she is and all that other bullshit 5, 10, 15 years later when most people will go, "Uh, who the hell is Sarah Palin?"
Um, like all the people who say now, "Uh, who the hell is John Edwards?" For that matter, how many people ever remember losing candidates? Also, I don't see a hell of a lot of Palin supporters in the Republican part so you've a bit of a straw argument going here. I like her personally but unless she improves her knowledge and masters her argument skills her charisma will only take her so far. She will be a tremendous asset in raising cash. This can not be under estimated. Feel free to bash her all you want if it makes you feel better but I think she's great. I wish her and her family the very best. I happen to believe she'd be better off as a lobbyist rather then a politician however.
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israelite Sun, Jul 19, 2009 1:17:26pm |
re: #222 Summer
Yea totally. I mean, if something huge happens (election night, etc...) I'll watch a bit of TV. Other than that....*shrugs*.....I live fine with the net, I don't have to listen to assholes with their big mouths full of hot air, and I don't have to sit through tons of boring commercials. In fact, now that I'm totally off TV, I find commercials to be so incredibly "in your face" when I do see one that it's obnoxious as total hell and all. It's incredible. I used to watch TV all the time, and I never noticed. Now I'm all like wow every time I see one. It really blew me away the first time that happened to me too. I was a bit shocked at how loud they were and how invasive they were - and I'm like really far from sensitive.
They have to be loud and invasive - after all, they have to overcome the stupor that TV induces on you between the breaks.
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