Wow they're using the same Twilight Joke three episodes running now... and yet it hasn't stopped being funny....

Man it's brutal when someone who doesn't know a thing about law or criminal justice tries to argue against hate crime legislation with a bunch of mumbojumbo talking points

Ahh, pet peeves

Love the Crawl!

Patty is Irish
anybody know what a scott is?

I used both words not 2 minutes ago.

YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE!
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?

re: #1 jamesfirecat

Wow they're using the same Twilight Joke three episodes running now... and yet it hasn't stopped being funny...

yes it has

I agree with Wyatt Cenak - Dr. Laura's use of the "N" word was about the least racist and offensive thing she said in that whole diatribe. That is, the other parts were way worse!

re: #4 spikester

Patty is Irish
anybody know what a scott is?

Feckin' bastard, that's what!
//

if's it's nae Scottish it's crap!

You gotta love the "they say it all the time in HBO" argument.

re: #10 Nimed

You gotta love the "they say it all the time in HBO" argument.

They throw slime on people on Nickelodeon, too. But you don't see adults dumping buckets of green goo on each other in polite company. (rhetorically, maybe, but not literally)

I am still amused by her definition that "First Amendment Rights=Radio Show"

In that case, I'd like mine, please?

re: #10 Nimed

You gotta love the "they say it all the time in HBO" argument.

I saw this in a movie once is always a good defence.

re: #10 Nimed

You gotta love the "they say it all the time in HBO" argument.

Which is why I don't subscribe. Civility is an endangered concept.

re: #11 darthstar

Ex-Nickelodeon Stars Relate Horrors Of Green Slime Syndrome

re: #12 Alecto

I am still amused by her definition that "First Amendment Rights=Radio Show"

In that case, I'd like mine, please?

Sorry, that right also comes with a side order of I can ignore the crap out of any stupid thing you want to broadcast.

re: #11 darthstar

They throw slime on people on Nickelodeon, too. But you don't see adults dumping buckets of green goo on each other in polite company. (rhetorically, maybe, but not literally)

There must be a fetish site somewhere... /

re: #16 DaddyG

Sorry, that right also comes with a side order of I can ignore the crap out of any stupid thing you want to broadcast.

And people have to sponsor me even if I say dumb things?

re: #11 darthstar

They throw slime on people on Nickelodeon, too. But you don't see adults dumping buckets of green goo on each other in polite company. (rhetorically, maybe, but not literally)

Actually, if you look around the Internet... I would advise safe mode, however. After being in the business 15 years, there are few surprises anymore...

re: #17 DaddyG

There must be a fetish site somewhere... /

Teapartyexpress.com/org/whatever

re: #18 Alecto

And people have to sponsor me even if I say dumb things?

And no one can say a word of protest. Says so, right in the constitution...

We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet... and in my view we have nothing to show for it. We haven’t invested in our roads, our bridges, our waste-water systems, our sewer systems. We haven’t even maintained the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us.

re: #12 Alecto

I am still amused by her definition that "First Amendment Rights=Radio Show"

In that case, I'd like mine, please?

Here ya go. Dr. Laura can go there too, for all I care.

re: #21 ShaunP

And no one can say a word of protest. Says so, right in the constitution...

Is that before or after the "Christian nation" clause?

re: #21 ShaunP

And no one can say a word of protest. Says so, right in the constitution...

Right... protest is Un-American.

re: #18 Alecto

And people have to sponsor me even if I say dumb things?

No - but there's always a sucker who will pay to get whipped.

re: #24 elbruce

Is that before or after the "Christian nation" clause?

It's between Christian nation and mandatory gun ownership...

re: #22 Walter L. Newton

I just looked out the window, and we still do have roads. Phew.

re: #28 Obdicut

But some are rough as a cob.

re: #22 Walter L. Newton

We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet... and in my view we have nothing to show for it.

Have you seen the green zone "ambassadorial complex" in Baghdad? I'm told it's quite lovely.

Daily Show nails it again. Love the chemistry that Oliver and Cenac have with each other. Both are funny dudes. Agree with Wyatt too that the use of the word was the least offensive thing Dr. Laura did. Telling the woman she shouldn't marry interracially if she can't take racial insults is bullshit and screw Palin for defending her and comparing this to Shirley Sherrod.

re: #30 elbruce

Have you seen the green zone "ambassadorial complex" in Baghdad? I'm told it's quite lovely.

re: #28 Obdicut

I just looked out the window, and we still do have roads. Phew.

I'm sorry, I was getting ready for work and didn't really complete that comment before posting it...

“We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet,” he said. “In my view we have nothing to show for it. We haven’t invested in our roads, our bridges, our waste-water systems, our sewer systems. We haven’t even maintained the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us.”

Democrat Senator Michael Bennett - Colorado

[Link: www.nationalreview.com...]

Ha... November is going to be a three ring circus...

re: #32 Walter L. Newton

Gottle of geer, gottle of geer!

re: #33 Obdicut

Gottle of geer, gottle of geer!

Whatever... I have to go check out some people until 10 pm... see you all later.

re: #22 Walter L. Newton

We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet... and in my view we have nothing to show for it. We haven’t invested in our roads, our bridges, our waste-water systems, our sewer systems. We haven’t even maintained the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us.

well, my city is invested in roads, repaving streets (I can only assume they're doing something worthwhile to the pipes or power lines under the streets).

Unfortunately, they're doing it from 8pm-1am, right below my windows. Which I like to keep open in this weather...

re: #35 sagehen

well, my city is invested in roads, repaving streets (I can only assume they're doing something worthwhile to the pipes or power lines under the streets).

Bet you anything there's some stimulus money in that.

re: #35 sagehen

well, my city is invested in roads, repaving streets (I can only assume they're doing something worthwhile to the pipes or power lines under the streets).

Unfortunately, they're doing it from 8pm-1am, right below my windows. Which I like to keep open in this weather...

No, no... when they get to the pipes and power phase of the project you will know it. That's when they rip up the new pavement and replace it with large metal plates. /

Does it ever occur to these people on the right who get in social trouble (not legal trouble) for saying hateful things that when they claim their First Amendment rights are being violated, that they are trying to defend the use of hate speech? Set aside, for the moment, whether or not the government is taking away their First Amendment rights. They are defending the use of hate speech. Hate speech. And yet they claim not to be hateful people.

re: #38 Wayne A. Schneider

Does it ever occur to these people on the right who get in social trouble (not legal trouble) for saying hateful things that when they claim their First Amendment rights are being violated, that they are trying to defend the use of hate speech? Set aside, for the moment, whether or not the government is taking away their First Amendment rights. They are defending the use of hate speech. Hate speech. And yet they claim not to be hateful people.

Well, it's a valid question whether the First Amendment should protect hate speech. It's just interesting that they'd make themselves the object of that discussion.

re: #39 elbruce

I know that the SCOTUS has invented exceptions to free speech. Personally, I do not see how the First Amendment derived such exceptions (including yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater. There is no theater in the Constitution.) But the point is that they have said there are limits. You can't defraud people by lying about they are giving you money for. You can't incite people to riot. And I also think they said that "Fightin' words" are not protected speech. And, of course, fucking obscenity. As long as they don't incite to riot or defame people, it's very probably protected speech. I am not arguing about their right to say these stupid, ignorant, hateful things. I just wonder if they understand that they are not just defending "free speech", they are defending the right to say hate speech?