After Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders called on him to resign, a spokeswoman for Congressman Anthony Weiner announced today that he’ll be entering a “treatment center,” and has requested a leave of absence from the House of Representatives.
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Obdicut Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:10:57pm |
My only response whenever I see a celeb going in for 'treatment' is "I could use a vacation."
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:11:13pm |
Sex addiction meetings are a great place to meet chicks.
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:11:30pm |
re: #1 Jeff In Ohio
Pulling a GOP, quit already.
Why should he quit? Or take a leave of absence for that matter? I'm not sure what kind of treatment one receives in this situation, perhaps he just needs more passion in his marriage so he doesn't need to be tempted by the prospects of women on the internet, but that's hardly a reason to quit.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:11:42pm |
re: #1 Jeff In Ohio
Pulling a GOP, quit already.
Speaking of the GOP, Newt Gingrich doesn't look like the stupidest candidate on their side - for today - as Gary Johnson went on John Stossel (ex-ABC, now Fox idiotfucktard) and debated (yes DEBATED) an Obama look-a-like.
Really, I'm surprised nobody thought of this before. If he can get an Abe Lincoln impersonator to endorse him, he'll be in even better shape.
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Targetpractice Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:12:07pm |
re: #2 Obdicut
My only response whenever I see a celeb going in for 'treatment' is "I could use a vacation."
"Let me disappear from the spotlight for a bit, maybe that will make them forget what a sleazeball I am."
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:12:39pm |
sorting through his options...stepping sideways oughta do it
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:12:53pm |
re: #6 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
"Let me disappear from the spotlight for a bit, maybe that will make them forget what a sleazeball I am."
Newt recommends the Greek Isles.
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:14:06pm |
re: #4 RanchTooth
I'm projecting, if he was my Rep, his judgement is lousy and he has no future ability to be effective. Of course, I wish my Rep would quit. He's a fucking loser and his cock is probably small and no one for sure wants to see it.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:14:15pm |
re: #8 RanchTooth
Newt recommends the Greek Isles.
He just went there because he didn't want to leave the sailors behind.
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MarkAM Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:15:06pm |
Looks like this will generate more publicity for the promoters of "sex addiction" a vague and dubious diagnosis if ever there was one.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:15:07pm |
21 days and $50k later he's cured!
and consider the personal sacrifice....
pass the kleenex
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:15:52pm |
re: #9 Jeff In Ohio
I'm projecting, if he was my Rep, his judgement is lousy and he has no future ability to be effective. Of course, I wish my Rep would quit. He's a fucking loser and his cock is probably small and no one for sure wants to see it.
You voted for a loser with a small dick?
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:15:53pm |
It's the last smart move left to him if he intends to stay in office. Another couple of weeks go by and people move on from crap like this, even in slow news seasons like this.
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:16:04pm |
re: #12 albusteve
21 days and $50k later he's cured!
and consider the personal sacrifice...
pass the kleenex
If he became a protestant, he could be forgiven tomorrow and solider on as if nothing happened.
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Obdicut Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:16:17pm |
re: #6 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
I don't care about any of the sex stuff. I really don't. I don't for Republicans and I don't for Democrats.
I think Spitzer's takedown was righteous because he was consorting with prostitutes, which is both against the law and highly exploitative.
I think Foley's resignation was appropriate because it was Congressional pages he was going after.
Anyone who just has an affair, waves their bits out the window, turns out to jerk off to goat porn, I just don't give a shit.
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:16:31pm |
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b_sharp Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:16:34pm |
re: #13 darthstar
You voted for a loser with a small dick?
Isn't it more usual to vote with your fingers?
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:16:53pm |
re: #15 Jeff In Ohio
If he became a protestant, he could be forgiven tomorrow and solider on as if nothing happened.
ala Larry Craig, and a few talk show hosts.
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:16:53pm |
re: #9 Jeff In Ohio
I'm projecting, if he was my Rep, his judgement is lousy and he has no future ability to be effective. Of course, I wish my Rep would quit. He's a fucking loser and his cock is probably small and no one for sure wants to see it.
So is his judgement lousy for having these conversations or for getting caught? No one thought this of Weiner before. Sure, he's always been bombastic and sensational, but he's hardly an ineffective politician if you ask any liberal household.
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b_sharp Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:17:37pm |
I wish I could go get treatment for sex addiction, but no, all I get is treatment for foot fungus.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:18:14pm |
re: #19 b_sharp
Isn't it more usual to vote with your fingers?
Apparently they use big punch cards in Ohio...hot ones.
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jaunte Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:18:24pm |
Tim Siedell tweets:
Anthony Weiner has entered a twelve-step program.
All twelve steps are "Seriously, don't send it."
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Targetpractice Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:19:53pm |
re: #16 Obdicut
I don't care about any of the sex stuff. I really don't. I don't for Republicans and I don't for Democrats.
I think Spitzer's takedown was righteous because he was consorting with prostitutes, which is both against the law and highly exploitative.
I think Foley's resignation was appropriate because it was Congressional pages he was going after.
Anyone who just has an affair, waves their bits out the window, turns out to jerk off to goat porn, I just don't give a shit.
Personally wouldn't care what he was doing, if he hadn't been lying about it from the start. Doing something stupid, getting caught, and fessing up are forgivable. Spending over a week playing the "victim," that I don't abide by.
The man's becoming a liability, something that Dems can't afford when they're hoping to regain the House while keeping the presidency and the Senate.
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:20:04pm |
re: #21 RanchTooth
So is his judgement lousy for having these conversations or for getting caught? No one thought this of Weiner before. Sure, he's always been bombastic and sensational, but he's hardly an ineffective politician if you ask any liberal household.
His judgement is lousy because:
1. as a rule, men and women do not send unsolicited pictures of their genitalia to people who are essentially strangers
2. in the 21st century, I expect my Rep to understand how the internet works
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:21:14pm |
Well, just when you thought it couldn't get more embarrassing...Weiner's sponsor will be Lindsey Lohan.
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:21:17pm |
re: #26 Jeff In Ohio
And he was an effective politician, now he's toast with cream cheese.
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Alexzander Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:21:28pm |
On a national and utilitarian scale, the worst thing Weiner did was derail the highly effective national discussion of the cutting of medicare. It was totally biting the republicans in the ass at the time. Now its been all Weinergate for the past two fucking weeks. Seriously fucking stupid.
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:22:05pm |
re: #27 darthstar
Well, just when you thought it couldn't get more embarrassing...Weiner's sponsor will be Lindsey Lohan.
You made that up.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:22:24pm |
re: #29 Alexzander
On a national and utilitarian scale, the worst thing Weiner did was derail the highly effective national discussion of the cutting of medicare. It was totally biting the republicans in the ass at the time. Now its been all Weinergate for the past two fucking weeks. Seriously fucking stupid.
That conversation can be brought back easily enough.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:22:34pm |
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Targetpractice Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:22:41pm |
re: #29 Alexzander
On a national and utilitarian scale, the worst thing Weiner did was derail the highly effective national discussion of the cutting of medicare. It was totally biting the republicans in the ass at the time. Now its been all Weinergate for the past two fucking weeks. Seriously fucking stupid.
Yeah, I hear Paul Ryan sent him a fruitbasket as thanks for giving the GOP the first good press they've had in months.
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:23:03pm |
re: #26 Jeff In Ohio
His judgement is lousy because:
1. as a rule, men and women do not send unsolicited pictures of their genitalia to people who are essentially strangers
2. in the 21st century, I expect my Rep to understand how the internet works
I definitely agree with your second point. To your first point, I hope to god you've never looked at the personals section of craigslist. I do believe that politicians should be a cut above the rest. I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just trying to understand your POV. Thanks =)
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:23:08pm |
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Obdicut Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:23:21pm |
re: #25 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Yeah, the lying sucks. But a week is actually a short time to lie about shit, going from the past. Look how long Clinton took.
Don't get me wrong, if he resigns, or his district gets taken away, I won't shed a tear.
But the damage is done. In a weird way, I think it's making the right-wing overconfident. This has taken up all the oxygen in the news sphere; once this scandal recedes, the GOP is going to be right back where it was before.
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windsagio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:23:34pm |
The problem here is that he pretty much doesn't think he did anything wrong (which, duh), and is just trying to salvage his career. To my mind he should either man it out, or just bail.
Well except from being politically stupid, of course.
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dragonfire1981 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:23:57pm |
I'd bet anything he gets a book deal out of this.
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:24:31pm |
re: #35 RanchTooth
I definitely agree with your second point. To your first point, I hope to god you've never looked at the personals section of craigslist. I do believe that politicians should be a cut above the rest. I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just trying to understand your POV. Thanks =)
Of course I've LOOKED at the personal section of Craigs List. I'm a freak, though I tend to keep that between me and mine, but I love the show! I wouldn't want the DNC recruiting from there, though.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:26:21pm |
re: #38 windsagio
The problem here is that he pretty much doesn't think he did anything wrong (which, duh), and is just trying to salvage his career. To my mind he should either man it out, or just bail.
Well except from being politically stupid, of course.
My take on it is this. If you love your wife you won't be sending "I'm throbbing right now" tweets to some woman across the country.
And, as there's a country song for everything...here's Reba.
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Obdicut Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:26:42pm |
re: #40 Jeff In Ohio
Field Marshall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher told people repeatedly that he'd been raped by a French soldier and was now pregnant with an elephant.
Still a great general.
Some psychos are highly effective people.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:27:00pm |
re: #39 dragonfire1981
I'd bet anything he gets a book deal out of this.
Ron Jeremy can play him in the movie.
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Alexzander Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:27:02pm |
re: #31 darthstar
That conversation can be brought back easily enough.
I hope so. We seem to have finicy taste with respect to our media narrative. Its almost as if the 24 hour news cycle has made it hard to ever go back to a story once its passed. Everything has to be "new" all the time.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:28:03pm |
If lying is a prereq for having to quit...
Well, we'd have no government.
;)
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windsagio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:28:04pm |
re: #41 darthstar
Tell that to my friend whose wife does fanfic sex rp. She still loves him.
As long as its something the partner is cool with, whats the damage?
(If the wife has come out in the meantime and said 'I never wanted him to do this!', I'll have to apologize or something :p I spent the last few days with my disabled brother, didn't have computer time)
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:28:05pm |
re: #40 Jeff In Ohio
Of course I've LOOKED at the personal section of Craigs List. I'm a freak, though I tend to keep that between me and mine, but I love the show! I wouldn't want the DNC recruiting from there, though.
If politicians WERE recruited through there... I dunno. Confident men (or women) wouldn't be THAT hard to find.
Hmmm... what would be a good way to FIND them though? Liberal flip-flopper seeks hard-ass?
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ProGunLiberal Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:28:15pm |
re: #42 Obdicut
Wat? Did that actually happen? That seems so far in left field to be almost impossible.
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Targetpractice Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:28:17pm |
re: #37 Obdicut
Yeah, the lying sucks. But a week is actually a short time to lie about shit, going from the past. Look how long Clinton took.
Don't get me wrong, if he resigns, or his district gets taken away, I won't shed a tear.
But the damage is done. In a weird way, I think it's making the right-wing overconfident. This has taken up all the oxygen in the news sphere; once this scandal recedes, the GOP is going to be right back where it was before.
I'd like to hold out that hope, but I'm fearful that it did the exact opposite and simply gave them breathing room by which to plan and execute a new offensive.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:29:05pm |
re: #42 Obdicut
Field Marshall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher told people repeatedly that he'd been raped by a French soldier and was now pregnant with an elephant.
Still a great general.
Some psychos are highly effective people.
Say, like, WHAT.
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windsagio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:29:18pm |
re: #48 ProLifeLiberal
Yeah, you should have seen the baby >>
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Obdicut Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:30:19pm |
re: #48 ProLifeLiberal
Wat? Did that actually happen? That seems so far in left field to be almost impossible.
He was probably going insane with syphilis. It was all the rage.
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BishopX Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:30:23pm |
re: #37 Obdicut
Yeah, the lying sucks. But a week is actually a short time to lie about shit, going from the past. Look how long Clinton took.
I think that week was for getting his house in order. Talking to his staff, his lawyer and most of all his wife. That stuff takes time, and if your going to deal with a scandal effectively you need to have it done before you go in front of the cameras. There is nothing more damaging than leaks or new revelations coming from your family or staff after you've gotten up and apologized.
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:31:43pm |
I just watched the ending of WW2 in High Def..I saw the many dead bodies of the Jews...It has brought tears to my eyes...
The final quote is from a US Nurse ' God are you still here?'
My heart is broken
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What, me worry? Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:32:41pm |
re: #46 windsagio
Tell that to my friend whose wife does fanfic sex rp. She still loves him.
As long as its something the partner is cool with, whats the damage?
(If the wife has come out in the meantime and said 'I never wanted him to do this!', I'll have to apologize or something :p I spent the last few days with my disabled brother, didn't have computer time)
What the neighbors do is what the neighbors do, but I'm sure you can see how members of Congress are supposed to conduct themselves maturely when interacting with the public.
Imagine if the Dem party had NOT called for his outing...
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Obdicut Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:32:43pm |
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windsagio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:34:38pm |
re: #55 marjoriemoon
Oh I totally get it, believe me.
The damn kid in me still is annoyed that it has to be that way.
He's gonna be a huge political liability for them if they don't boot him, so I can't imagine the pressure he's under.
appropriate song:
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:36:46pm |
Sad, sure go get "treatment" for your attraction to (legal age so far, damnit!) teenagers instead of your beautiful wife. I can only hope it will involve something along the lines of what was shown in "A Clockwork Orange" for aversion therapy so it would have some possibility of actually being successful.
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windsagio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:36:53pm |
re: #57 windsagio
And I think in this case he should just fall on his own sword, really. The cause is more important than he is.
~~~
This halfway whinging is also kind of sad, like I said, if you're not gonna quit at least brazen it out ><
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sagehen Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:37:55pm |
re: #4 RanchTooth
Why should he quit? Or take a leave of absence for that matter? I'm not sure what kind of treatment one receives in this situation, perhaps he just needs more passion in his marriage so he doesn't need to be tempted by the prospects of women on the internet, but that's hardly a reason to quit.
Always some asshole ready to blame the wife.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:38:32pm |
re: #42 Obdicut
Field Marshall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher told people repeatedly that he'd been raped by a French soldier and was now pregnant with an elephant.
Still a great general.
Some psychos are highly effective people.
My.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:39:57pm |
re: #59 windsagio
And I think in this case he should just fall on his own sword, really. The cause is more important than he is.
~~~
This halfway whinging is also kind of sad, like I said, if you're not gonna quit at least brazen it out ><
apparently, he is far smarter than you are
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allegro Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:40:41pm |
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sagehen Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:41:23pm |
re: #21 RanchTooth
So is his judgement lousy for having these conversations or for getting caught? No one thought this of Weiner before. Sure, he's always been bombastic and sensational, but he's hardly an ineffective politician if you ask any liberal household.
He is now -- do you really think he can go on the cable shows to talk about single payer healthcare, and that's what they'll let him talk about? Or tax rates, or any other issue for which he's the standard-bearer?
His judgment is lousy for giving ammunition to people he knew were wanting to take him down.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:45:17pm |
Gee, all that's talked about in politics is Wiener's wiener.
Attention span of a freaking rock.
Glad too see that kill medicare thing is taken care of.
Oh, wait...
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Alexzander Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:46:51pm |
re: #67 Varek Raith
See my #29. We are all partly to blame though. Seems like half the posts here have been about Weinergate.
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Obdicut Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:48:25pm |
re: #69 Alexzander
I think part of it is that it represents a moral failing that people can get righteous about.
Facing the actual political realities that are endangering us is a lot harder.
It's easier to understand a man sexting people online than someone attempting to deny civil rights to other people, or trying to end Medicare.
This is simpler and less complicated.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:48:55pm |
re: #67 Varek Raith
Gee, all that's talked about in politics is Wiener's wiener.
Attention span of a freaking rock.
Glad too see that kill medicare thing is taken care of.
Oh, wait...
Why does Wiener's penis hate poor people?
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:49:19pm |
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:51:46pm |
re: #42 Obdicut
Field Marshall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher told people repeatedly that he'd been raped by a French soldier and was now pregnant with an elephant.
Still a great general.
Some psychos are highly effective people.
Not really the same skill set. One tells people what to do and can fuck them royally if they don't respond, the other, pretty much the opposite.
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AK-47% Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:52:16pm |
I think the tactic is to get himself out of the public eye long enough for this to blow over (*snigger*)
Now if he is attacked, he can pull the "leave the poor sick fellow alone" gambit.
Can we move on now?
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navi Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:52:25pm |
@ranchtooth, from all the references from pre-marriage articles referring to him as "swingingly single" I don't think no one thought this of him before... Really, no one has had the wool pulled over their eyes. He lied about it, and admitted to it less than a week later, and before more people came out of the woodwork.
It's meaningless online conversations posted in his personal time, or did I miss the article about how he was using government email to do this, and harassing government employees/volunteers, or getting in bed with lobbyists? I'm sorry, he is no john edwards, mark foley, bill clinton, or elliot spitzer. And most of us can agree Bill Clinton was an effective leader, even if he was a sleazy womanizing ass.
But then, I guess I have poor judgement because my ex husband might have posted pics of me from before our divorce... yep. poor judgement. it's not him having the poor judgement for impersonating me and submitting to a contact form at my work place with a link. Nope it's me. (and unfortunately our ass of a prosecutor apparently hasn't filed harassment charges, despite my pages of email proof of asking him to leave me alone, evidence of a past ppo and a renewed one. you know, because women just really want the attention). Bite me.
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Alexzander Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:52:46pm |
re: #70 Obdicut
Good analysis. Especially with respect to the motivation to find things to be "righteous" about.
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:56:58pm |
re: #65 sagehen
He is now -- do you really think he can go on the cable shows to talk about single payer healthcare, and that's what they'll let him talk about? Or tax rates, or any other issue for which he's the standard-bearer?
His judgment is lousy for giving ammunition to people he knew were wanting to take him down.
What about every other politician who's ever done this though and NOT come clean about it? Sitting Senator David Vitter is IN the Senate! If it's the vindication of the people of his district that makes it OK, then let his people vote on it and let that be the referendum.
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Charles Johnson Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:57:26pm |
Anothony Weiner could have avoided all this if he had just put on a diaper before taking those photos.
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:59:32pm |
re: #78 Charles
Anothony Weiner could have avoided all this if he had just put on a diaper before taking those photos.
It would still require a party affiliation change and religious conversion.
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The Ghost of a Flea Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:59:55pm |
re: #78 Charles
Anothony Weiner could have avoided all this if he had just put on a diaper before taking those photos.
re: #78 Charles
Anothony Weiner could have avoided all this if he had just put on a diaper before taking those photos.
It was terribly cunning of Senator Vitter to have a fetish that nobody wants to hear about, let alone see pictures of.
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:00:05pm |
re: #77 RanchTooth
I honestly believe that in a few months, it'll be in the back of our heads, but we won't care anymore. I mean hell, Newt Gingrich is running for POTUS. He cheated on his wife. That was after his ethics scandal got out. No one even remembers the ethics scandal.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:01:58pm |
re: #81 RanchTooth
I honestly believe that in a few months, it'll be in the back of our heads, but we won't care anymore. I mean hell, Newt Gingrich is running for POTUS. He cheated on his wife. That was after his ethics scandal got out. No one even remembers the ethics scandal.
Ted Kennedy was the Lion of the Senate
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sagehen Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:03:40pm |
re: #77 RanchTooth
What about every other politician who's ever done this though and NOT come clean about it? Sitting Senator David Vitter is IN the Senate! If it's the vindication of the people of his district that makes it OK, then let his people vote on it and let that be the referendum.
Senator Vitter's only function is to be a reliable party-line vote -- his disgrace does not prevent him from doing that. Anthony Weiner's function is to be the guy who can debate effectively on opposition media. He can't do that anymore.
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navi Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:07:07pm |
I don't watch opposition media. I've only seen video of him debating effectively on the house floor. Which is where he really needs to debate effectively.
Our country is full of media addicts.
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:07:32pm |
re: #83 sagehen
Senator Vitter's only function is to be a reliable party-line vote -- his disgrace does not prevent him from doing that. Anthony Weiner's function is to be the guy who can debate effectively on opposition media. He can't do that anymore.
That hardly means the two shouldn't be held to the same standards. I agree that Tony won't get nearly as many invites to debate on Fox News anymore, but that doesn't mean there aren't other hot-headed Dem politicians with funny last names just waiting to be elected elsewhere. When it comes down to it, they are both politicians and he can just as effectively do his job as a politician regardless of this scandal.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:12:26pm |
supposedly he explained all of this to his wife and she married him anyway?...you gotta know shit from shinola
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elizajane Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:12:33pm |
re: #11 MarkAM
Looks like this will generate more publicity for the promoters of "sex addiction" a vague and dubious diagnosis if ever there was one.
Dunno, a person to whom I am related (with SEVERAL degrees of remove, no biological connection) also went to rehab for "sex addiction" and while I do have a sneaking suspicion that this was more about self control than addiction, the things this person did were much, much, much worse than anything Weiner did. They were more or less legal (except embezzling money from his wife to pay for them) but they were awful at the level where, if a politician did them, he would be out of a job faster than you could say "orgies in Mexico."
Unless something came out about the 17-year-old that I don't know, I think this is kind of a travesty, and really does exemplify the decline of our political culture (cf. Page on this referencing E.J. Dionne and Andrew Sullivan and Stephen Walt). The only rehab Weiner needs is for narcissism, which is probably suffered by 90% of politicians although his does seem to have been more extreme.
Does anybody even remember when he stood up for the 9/11 first responders on the floor of House? He did things that mattered and nobody else had the guts (or the balls) or the reckless self-regard to do them.
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nines09 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:12:42pm |
"Welcome to your 5th day of therapy Mr Weiner. You must admit, it's rather ironic that you are here for pictures of a member of the Weiner family that I am sure is not on any walls in your home. That aside, what we would like you to do is now, from this moment on, think of a tweet from you with an attachment, as a cinder block. A real building code approved, home foundation, cinder block. Now if we can get you to visualize that tweet as a cinder block we now have to think of ourselves and our careers as us in a swimming pool. A pool with a very deep end, Mr Weiner. As you send that Tweet with aforementioned attachment it is now a cinder block and you are in the deep end of the pool and you cannot touch bottom. Are we there yet? Can you see it? Can we go on from here? Can you feel your lungs filling with newspaper headlines? Good."
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:13:30pm |
I think we all know what this calls for...
When I grow up I wanna be in the Betty Ford Center!
You better start saving now it's awfully expensive....
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jvic Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:16:30pm |
If Weiner heads to some tony retreat to talk about his dysfunctional family of origin and get in touch with his inner child, that's fine with me.
But I don't want American taxpayers to pay for it.
(Written while getting in touch with my inner mean-spirited bitter clinger.)
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bratwurst Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:18:52pm |
re: #81 RanchTooth
Newt Gingrich is running for POTUS. He cheated on his wife. That was after his ethics scandal got out. No one even remembers the ethics scandal.
Gingrich is BARELY running for POTUS...and if photos of his moral lapses had spread around the world, he wouldn't even be doing that.
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:20:12pm |
re: #91 bratwurst
Gingrich is BARELY running for POTUS...and if photos of his moral lapses had spread around the world, he wouldn't even be doing that.
That has NOTHING to do with his scandal though. He was actually trying at one point before he severely gaffed and then went on a pleasure cruise to Greece.
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:20:38pm |
re: #86 albusteve
supposedly he explained all of this to his wife and she married him anyway?...you gotta know shit from shinola
He never made the transition from swingin' bachelor to married man. Nobody explained it to him, apparently. Maybe that's what he's going to rehab for. I don't know whether fidelity can be taught, but it sure doesn't come naturally to most people.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:21:45pm |
a third of America is one big horny mob...consider Hollywood and the ad business, peer pressure, kids with zero parents....no surprise here...Weiner is another casualty of our highly sexed up culture....I honestly enjoy watching this trash unfold to a notable younger pol...it was gonna happen sooner or later and anyone shocked is just out of touch
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:23:31pm |
re: #92 RanchTooth
The fact is: HE RECOVERED FROM IT. Weiner can too.
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windsagio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:25:38pm |
re: #94 albusteve
So it really is a case of 'men in plaid shirts experiencing something he can never imagine'?
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windsagio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:29:28pm |
re: #97 Alexzander
its a book reference.
My point is that this whole thing is different and uncomfortable territory for people, and they're kinda squicked, which fuels the reaction.
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Interesting Times Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:29:48pm |
re: #95 RanchTooth
The fact is: HE RECOVERED FROM IT. Weiner can too.
I don't know about that. These are the conditions under which Dems throw their own under the bus:
- engaging in actual bad behavior
- bringing about unwanted drama
- getting caught by the right wing propaganda machine
...while these are the conditions under which GOPers throw their own under the bus:
- not being "conservative" enough
So, it doesn't matter what degree of horrid behavior a GOPer engages in - as long as he continues to spout Limbaugh-approved lines, he's golden.
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windsagio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:29:54pm |
re: #98 windsagio
(oops, from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, I hate it when people do the whole 'you should know what this is!')
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Alexzander Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:31:06pm |
re: #98 windsagio
Ah ha. I dont read books.
And while I agree with your sentiments, I think Albusteve is correct that we live in a hyper-sexualized culture.
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Interesting Times Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:32:03pm |
re: #100 windsagio
(oops, from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, I hate it when people do the whole 'you should know what this is!')
Speaking of which, meant to ask this before - what the heck is "cat piss" supposed to refer to, meme-wise? The only thing I could find on urban dictionary was a reference to extra-strong-smelling pot.
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windsagio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:32:29pm |
re: #101 Alexzander
Steve and I just have this game we like to play (altho he denies it :p)
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windsagio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:32:54pm |
re: #102 publicityStunted
I got it slightly wrong, it was supposed to be cat food. Beyond that, I am so not going there. I learned my lesson :p
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sagehen Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:33:21pm |
re: #102 publicityStunted
Speaking of which, meant to ask this before - what the heck is "cat piss" supposed to refer to, meme-wise? The only thing I could find on urban dictionary was a reference to extra-strong-smelling pot.
American beer.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:36:06pm |
re: #103 windsagio
Steve and I just have this game we like to play (altho he denies it :p)
please don't associate yourself to me like that...it's the primary reason I dislike you
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MarkAM Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:36:37pm |
Oh, I'm not denying that compulsive sexual behaviors can cause problems for people. I do quarrel with the tendency to lump all of these behaviors - from watching porn to texting to picking up strangers in airport bathrooms - as "sex addiction." There's also a lot of reason to be skeptical about many of the people promoting this idea (some of them are the same folks who claim to be able to "cure" homosexuality) and the treatment model they advocate.
re: #87 elizajane
re: #87 elizajane
Dunno, a person to whom I am related (with SEVERAL degrees of remove, no biological connection) also went to rehab for "sex addiction" and while I do have a sneaking suspicion that this was more about self control than addiction, the things this person did were much, much, much worse than anything Weiner did. They were more or less legal (except embezzling money from his wife to pay for them) but they were awful at the level where, if a politician did them, he would be out of a job faster than you could say "orgies in Mexico."
Unless something came out about the 17-year-old that I don't know, I think this is kind of a travesty, and really does exemplify the decline of our political culture (cf. Page on this referencing E.J. Dionne and Andrew Sullivan and Stephen Walt). The only rehab Weiner needs is for narcissism, which is probably suffered by 90% of politicians although his does seem to have been more extreme.
Does anybody even remember when he stood up for the 9/11 first responders on the floor of House? He did things that mattered and nobody else had the guts (or the balls) or the reckless self-regard to do them.
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b_sharp Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:41:53pm |
re: #45 Varek Raith
If lying is a prereq for having to quit...
Well, we'd have no government.
;)
I stood on my head while reading this and still couldn't make heads nor tales of it.
I did get a kind of a head rush though.
Then it hit me. If being forced to quit was a consequence of lying then all the politicians would have to quit, leaving the government empty.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:42:24pm |
Boy pushing ice cream cart detonates bomb as string of suicide attacks
kills 21 people across Afghanistan
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:43:30pm |
re: #108 b_sharp
I stood on my head while reading this and still couldn't make heads nor tales of it.
I did get a kind of a head rush though.
Then it hit me. If being forced to quit was a consequence of lying then all the politicians would have to quit, leaving the government empty.
instead we have 535 zombies in office
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:44:04pm |
re: #110 albusteve
instead we have 535 zombies in office
Why must you denigrate zombies like that?
Not cool, man!
/
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b_sharp Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:44:33pm |
re: #52 Obdicut
He was probably going insane with syphilis. It was all the rage.
They had all the fun back then.
Mind you the cure was as painful as being jabbed with a red hot poker.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:45:27pm |
re: #109 albusteve
A second suicide bomber, this one pushing an ice cream cart, killed one child and wounded three more in the central province of Ghazni.
All that just to kill a single child. What a waste.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:47:49pm |
a broke Weiner?
from Russ Vaughn at Am Thinker...
The New York Post may have discovered why Anthony Weiner is so reluctant to resign from Congress: he can't afford to. According to the post, Weiner is not a lawyer, like so many of his congressional colleagues, nor does he have any business experience. Weiner is truly a public parasite, a purely professional politician. Politics has been his entire life experience since his start as a congressional staffer and he knows no other means of earning a living.
well!
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:50:38pm |
re: #113 Killgore Trout
All that just to kill a single child. What a waste.
I just don't think we can defeat this sort of mindset....and there were heavy casualties in the latest Pakistan bombings....I'm thinking our presence over there is doing more bad than good
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:50:41pm |
re: #114 albusteve
a broke Weiner?
from Russ Vaughn at Am Thinker...The New York Post may have discovered why Anthony Weiner is so reluctant to resign from Congress: he can't afford to. According to the post, Weiner is not a lawyer, like so many of his congressional colleagues, nor does he have any business experience. Weiner is truly a public parasite, a purely professional politician. Politics has been his entire life experience since his start as a congressional staffer and he knows no other means of earning a living.
well!
aka lobbyist
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:51:24pm |
re: #114 albusteve
a broke Weiner?
from Russ Vaughn at Am Thinker...The New York Post may have discovered why Anthony Weiner is so reluctant to resign from Congress: he can't afford to. According to the post, Weiner is not a lawyer, like so many of his congressional colleagues, nor does he have any business experience. Weiner is truly a public parasite, a purely professional politician. Politics has been his entire life experience since his start as a congressional staffer and he knows no other means of earning a living.
well!
Outrageous! Not a scummy lawyer or greedy corporate shill but a lifelong public servant? That kind of shit should be outlawed!
/
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Kronocide Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:51:27pm |
American Thinker is a fucking cesspool of putrid ass logic.
If you get my drift.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:51:43pm |
re: #113 Killgore Trout
All that just to kill a single child. What a waste.
Just when someone there thinks there may be a sliver of normalcy, a ray of hope
"hey ,, look , and ice cream cart"
Something that we take as a right of spring, hearing the music of the oncoming truck
Can you even fathom, walking through a city park, moving towards the vendor with your children to get them a treat
then ,,,,
{sigh}
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:52:05pm |
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:52:35pm |
re: #119 BigPapa
American Thinker is a fucking cesspool of putrid ass logic.
If you get my drift.
You mean that in the "not good" sense?
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:52:43pm |
re: #118 Killgore Trout
Outrageous! Not a scummy lawyer or greedy corporate shill but a lifelong public servant? That kind of shit should be outlawed!
/
GUARDS!
ARREST THAT MAN!
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Kronocide Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:53:21pm |
I also detest the cynical criticism of people who are lifelong politicians. Not a job I would choose, a necessary job, probably not worth the $ or headaches for most of us.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:53:55pm |
re: #119 BigPapa
American Thinker is a fucking cesspool of putrid ass logic.
If you get my drift.
they print some goofy shit....gotta keep an eye on them, you know
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:54:09pm |
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Kronocide Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:54:41pm |
re: #122 wrenchwench
You mean that in the "not good" sense?
Yes, the bad kinda putrid, plus 'ass logic' on top. As in, extra mega craptastic.
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sod Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:54:52pm |
OT:
Listening to the epic song, non-populus off Matthew Good's latest release, on my Latte Chumby Classic that just arrived (ebay score!).
Life is good!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:55:18pm |
re: #125 albusteve
they print some goofy shit...gotta keep an eye on them, you know
Same story was other places
[Link: www.realjock.com...]
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
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Kronocide Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:55:28pm |
re: #125 albusteve
they print some goofy shit...gotta keep an eye on them, you know
It's Bircher Nursery School there.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:56:00pm |
re: #129 sattv4u2
New York Post ain't much better.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:56:26pm |
re: #129 sattv4u2
Same story was other places
[Link: www.realjock.com...]
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
AT linked to the post, but they don't get the same vile reaction...go big!
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b_sharp Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:56:42pm |
re: #120 sattv4u2
Just when someone there thinks there may be a sliver of normalcy, a ray of hope
"hey ,, look , and ice cream cart"
Something that we take as a right of spring, hearing the music of the oncoming truck
Can you even fathom, walking through a city park, moving towards the vendor with your children to get them a treat
then ,,,
{sigh}
Their god apparently thinks killing children in his name is worth rewarding. Or so the humans thrown away like so much waste have been convinced by their political-religious leaders.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:56:45pm |
re: #132 albusteve
AT linked to the post, but they don't get the same vile reaction...go big!
Good on you!!!
:)
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 2:58:29pm |
re: #127 BigPapa
Yes, the bad kinda putrid, plus 'ass logic' on top. As in, extra mega craptastic.
At least it has a variety of fucking cesspool putrid ass logic. Wouldn't want the same old shit every day.
NB: I never go there. Might run into the Geller Thing.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:00:35pm |
re: #124 BigPapa
I also detest the cynical criticism of people who are lifelong politicians. Not a job I would choose, a necessary job, probably not worth the $ or headaches for most of us.
It's like the people who bitch about pot-holes in the road but don't want to pay a dime in taxes.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:01:11pm |
Ted Kennedy killed a woman with his drunken shenanigans and went on to have a decades-long career in the Senate. *COUNTLESS* congresscreatures in both the House and the Senate have admitted to extra-maritally screwing interns, pages, staffers, and lobbyists of all 37 sexes (because merely screwing the constituents wasn't satisfying enough.) Also: Congressional diaper fetishist.
I no longer give a shit what happens with Weiner, but can we for pity's sake quit acting like this is the biggest scandal ever to come down the pike?
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:01:47pm |
re: #3 Killgore Trout
Sex addiction meetings are a great place to meet chicks.
The Rep, at the 1st meeting
"Hello, my name is Weiner, and I have a problem"
The counselor
"Aw, c'mon man, this gig is difficult enough as it is"
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b_sharp Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:02:26pm |
re: #136 darthstar
It's like the people who bitch about pot-holes in the road but don't want to pay a dime in taxes.
I'd like to find out who pays the nameless people to go out at night to dig those pot-holes.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:02:42pm |
more Weiner fun....from Natl Review
Alec Baldwin sez
He exists under a constant pressure cooker of self-analysis and public appraisal. Like other politicians, he needs something to take the edge off… For high functioning men like Weiner and other officials….
to which Mark Steyn replies...
Whoa, wait a minute: What “constant pressure cooker”? He’s got nothing to do but appear on MSNBC all day long. Everything else is done by one of his 19 staffers – for example, the official statement from his office on his relationship with this 17-year old girl in Delaware. Baldwin’s got it backwards: Congressional life is very undemanding and certainly not performance related; on the other hand, I can see that juggling jailbait on your Twitter feed could get pretty stressful. Good thing he has an unimportant day job with 19 staffers to “take the edge off”.
yeeha!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:03:53pm |
re: #140 b_sharp
I'd like to find out who pays the nameless people to go out at night to dig those pot-holes.
It's not same guy that drives the truck that lays down the yellow painted lines
[Link: www.dw-jotd.com...]
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b_sharp Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:04:03pm |
re: #141 albusteve
more Weiner fun...from Natl Review
Alec Baldwin sez
He exists under a constant pressure cooker of self-analysis and public appraisal. Like other politicians, he needs something to take the edge off… For high functioning men like Weiner and other officials….to which Mark Steyn replies...
Whoa, wait a minute: What “constant pressure cooker”? He’s got nothing to do but appear on MSNBC all day long. Everything else is done by one of his 19 staffers – for example, the official statement from his office on his relationship with this 17-year old girl in Delaware. Baldwin’s got it backwards: Congressional life is very undemanding and certainly not performance related; on the other hand, I can see that juggling jailbait on your Twitter feed could get pretty stressful. Good thing he has an unimportant day job with 19 staffers to “take the edge off”.yeeha!
Onion worthy material.
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b_sharp Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:05:36pm |
re: #142 sattv4u2
It's not same guy that drives the truck that lays down the yellow painted lines
[Link: www.dw-jotd.com...]
Looks like a job for a road peeler.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:08:57pm |
Oh,,, goody
My son just came into the room
"Hey,, dad, some of the guys are going to come over,, do we have any food?"
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:11:07pm |
During an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," Janeane Garofalo said, "Anthony Weiner deserves to be supported and hopefully he will be mayor of New York one day
A liberal actress and comedian is strongly defending embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), saying "everyone lies about sex" and expressing hope he becomes the mayor of New York City.
"I don't know why he's being thrown under the bus. He hasn't done any -- he hasn't broke any laws," she said.
She blamed the media for being "overly obsessed" with the Weiner story.
Howwywood!
[Link: thehill.com...]
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:12:19pm |
re: #141 albusteve
Whenever I want to know for sure whether or not someone's job is demanding and "performance-related", I turn immediately to Mark Steyn. Be it congress, coal mining, thoracic surgery, cinematography, economics, theoretical physics, or mopping floors, I can't think of anyone better qualified than Mark Steyn to expound and elucidate upon the intricacies and relative merits of one's occupation.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:14:36pm |
re: #147 negativ
Whenever I want to know for sure whether or not someone's job is demanding and "performance-related", I turn immediately to Mark Steyn. Be it congress, coal mining, thoracic surgery, cinematography, economics, theoretical physics, or mopping floors, I can't think of anyone better qualified than Mark Steyn to expound and elucidate upon the intricacies and relative merits of one's occupation.
that's nice
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:14:43pm |
re: #145 sattv4u2
Oh,,, goody
My son just came into the room
"Hey,, dad, some of the guys are going to come over,, do we have any food?"
Teenage boys=locusts.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:15:08pm |
Carnac The Magnificent says
"Off to the market"
The question is
Where is Satty headed now that his sons swarm of locusts are about to descend upon our abode
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:15:55pm |
re: #150 Decatur Deb
heh ,,, thats wht I call them ,, beat me by 25 seconds
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b_sharp Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:16:15pm |
re: #151 sattv4u2
Carnac The Magnificent says
"Off to the market"
The question is
Where is Satty headed now that his sons swarm of locusts are about to descend upon our abode
I suggest you polka round the local beer barrel.
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bratwurst Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:16:18pm |
re: #147 negativ
Whenever I want to know for sure whether or not someone's job is demanding and "performance-related", I turn immediately to Mark Steyn. Be it congress, coal mining, thoracic surgery, cinematography, economics, theoretical physics, or mopping floors, I can't think of anyone better qualified than Mark Steyn to expound and elucidate upon the intricacies and relative merits of one's occupation.
Yes, the guy who can't figure out why so many people consider Rush Limbaugh a racist is obviously on the ball.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:16:30pm |
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:16:46pm |
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The Ghost of a Flea Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:17:11pm |
re: #116 albusteve
I just don't think we can defeat this sort of mindset...and there were heavy casualties in the latest Pakistan bombings...I'm thinking our presence over there is doing more bad than good
The terror campaign is the only way they have of nailing the locals down to their particular version of Islam. For all of their posturing about the US, the Af-Pak radicals spend most of their energy and time killing Muslims...particularly imams and qutbs...who won't knuckle under. And that's a lot of people, since the area they're trying to dominate has a lot of Shiites, Sufi, Ahmadi, and even the "proper" Sunni are practitioners of fast-and-loose folk Islam.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:22:02pm |
re: #156 negativ
UPDATE: Here's a really clean copy (why townhall cut me out I'll never know)
Uh, because you look like a deranged lunatic, Pam?
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jvic Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:24:08pm |
re: #147 negativ
...Be it congress, coal mining, thoracic surgery, cinematography, economics, theoretical physics, or mopping floors, I can't think of anyone better qualified than Mark Steyn to expound and elucidate upon the intricacies and relative merits of one's occupation.
Radley Balko of Reason Magazine (now at the Huffington Post) on pundits:
They're on TV not because they have specialized knowledge about a given story, but because they're talented at applying standard partisan talking points to a wide variety of issues. And now, Dick Morris will talk about the Federal Reserve. Joining us to explain what the drug war violence in Mexico means to you, here's Democratic strategist Bob Beckell. Their job is to tell the portion of the audience that already agrees with them what the audience already thinks it knows. Everyone is stupider for it.
And a few people are richer.
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freetoken Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:25:03pm |
Speaking of needing treatment, here is a "local news" ("Birmingham News Living" section) story at one of leading news outlets in Alabama:
Birmingham conference opens a debate among believers in evolution, creation and intelligent design
The article writer uncritically just repeats whatever lines AiG or RTB or Behe feeds them. E.g., the paragraph:
Three trains of thought will be discussed and debated: young-earth creationism, which holds that the earth is less than 10,000 years old; old-earth creationism, which holds that the earth is billions of years old; and intelligent design, which takes a theistic view of evolution.
The boldfaced phrase is especially deceptive, as there is a real difference between ID and the theistic evolution of Francis Collins (BioLogos).
Anyway, the one thing missing from the conference is... actual scientists working in evolution! The listeners will not hear real science at this gathering.
The author of this piece, Greg Garrison, fail completely in the responsibility of the journalist to get to the heart of the story. However, he did inadvertently let it slip in through quoting someone else:
"Some Christians use the creation story as a test of authenticity for your faith, 'If you don't believe the earth is 6,000 years old, you just don't know Jesus,'" Taunton said. "I encounter a lot of Christians who would like to cover their ears and never hear an opposing view."
The whole gathering is one big exercise to "cover their ears."
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:26:18pm |
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:27:07pm |
re: #162 b_sharp
Time to go. We have a retirement party to go to.
Oh joy.
Stay away from the pickle forks.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:28:26pm |
re: #166 albusteve
I'm gonna go out on a limb and just sorta guess that you haven't really paid attention to much of anything Balko's had to say.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:29:48pm |
re: #168 negativ
I'm gonna go out on a limb and just sorta guess that you haven't really paid attention to much of anything Balko's had to say.
I've been saying the same thing, right here, for over 4 years...maybe he surfs LGF
and btw, I hate the MSM
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blueraven Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:32:37pm |
Well my unsolicited and possibly nutty theory about Weiner is that it wasn't really about sex per se. Although that was the vehicle. It was about taking risks. It was doing something that was on the edge and dangerous. Something he could do in cyberspace in the comfort of his own home, but still experience the thrill of doing something illicit.
How many of us have done things that were illicit or illegal? Most of us I would wager. The adrenalin, the danger that you might get caught...its all part of it.
This is not to excuse his behavior at all. But as long as the photos and conversations were consensual, between adults, I do think more is being made of it than it warrants.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:32:52pm |
re: #169 albusteve
I've been saying the same thing, right here, for over 4 years...maybe he surfs LGF
and btw, I hate the MSM
The Agitator isn't exactly MSM...
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:34:22pm |
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jvic Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:35:53pm |
re: #171 negativ
The Agitator isn't exactly MSM...
But the agenda & content should be prominently in the MSM.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:39:25pm |
When Tiger said he was going into treatment? I thought that was horseshit too.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:43:26pm |
re: #174 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
When Tiger said he was going into treatment? I thought that was horseshit too.
Well, they did cure him of his ability to win tournaments.
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William of Orange Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:45:09pm |
He should not resign. This leave should be used indeed to get his bearings back in order. Before this disaster happened I had a high regard for him. The way he stood for the 9-11 first responders is bound to be engraved in our minds forever. The passion he showed concerning the fate of these men and women who were left to fend for themselves was sincere. And there were other instances where he showed what a Representative should sound like, like a man representing people and not corporations.
It's a shame this had to happen. And the sad thing is that he wasn't lured in a trap. He dug this hole himself en fell in. I think this time off will make him think about what a mess he made. This will stick with him. But I am convinced he'll bounce back. His political career is not over. Men have done worse things and came back. Hell, Newt is still in the race for presidency, albeit with a snowball in hell of a chance...
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blueraven Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:45:39pm |
re: #174 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
When Tiger said he was going into treatment? I thought that was horseshit too.
Why? Look at this life. Do you think he had a normal childhood? Adored, admired, held up a a prodigy since he was an young child. He probably has/had? such an overblown sense of himself. Treatment or ongoing therapy of some type doesn't seem like horseshit to me.
I find him rather a sympathetic figure now. He has totally lost his game. His has suffered plenty for his behavior.
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The Ghost of a Flea Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:48:16pm |
It rankles me that "pandit" is a term of great respect in India, but has been appropriated in US politics to refer to the hackiest, least-informed, least scholarly bullshit-munchers possible.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:51:40pm |
IIRC, Weiner never cheated on his wife, right? His problem is the interwebz. He didn't send pics through snail mail. Perhaps this is the rehab he needs.
[Link: mashable.com...]
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:53:01pm |
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jvic Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:53:05pm |
Notwithstanding my foregoing snark, I wish Weiner well if he is sincerely trying to straighten himself out. My opposition to his politics is irrelevant.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:54:50pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:56:16pm |
re: #177 William of Orange
You are obviously a wonderful, forgiving person.
Personally? I kind of expect one of the 600 or so most powerful officials in America to have better judgement and be a hell of a lot smarter than me.
What he did was dumber than a sack of stupid things.
But he doesn't represent me; and his constituents will make the final determination.
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freetoken Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:57:12pm |
re: #180 Cannadian Club Akbar
His "sin" seems to be sexting, and doing it outside of his marriage.
IOW, he's doing what millions of other people are doing (this, btw, is not a moral statement).
In many nations a mid-to-upper-level politician doing this wouldn't be a big deal. In autocratic states we wouldn't even be allowed to know about it, but since we are a relatively open society stuff like this gets out.
Anyway, I can right now pull off at least a 100 stories from the wires that are much more important to my life than the revelation that some married guy gets thrills by snapping images of his semi-erect penis and sending them to women.
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AK-47% Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:59:03pm |
re: #170 blueraven
You are getting at something, namely that human behavior is too complex to just boil down to a single motive, like sex. There are most always other motives in play.
But we are sure fixated on the lurid aspects of it...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 3:59:05pm |
re: #185 freetoken
Agree, but there is a code of conduct and he didn't follow it.
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AK-47% Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:00:11pm |
re: #177 William of Orange
I am not calling for his resignation, but if I lived in his district, I proboably would never vote for him again.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:00:23pm |
re: #185 freetoken
Can you help me put "flaccid" in a limerick? I think that'd be funny.
The limerick possibilities for this are just endless.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:00:39pm |
re: #181 Varek Raith
Fox's Eric Bolling: Obama Is Hosting "Hoodlums" In "The Hizzouse"
Fox is so confident they don't even hide it any more. It's better this way.
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ProGunLiberal Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:01:26pm |
re: #181 Varek Raith
Any other place and that piece of human excrement would be fired. But not News Corp.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:02:29pm |
re: #190 Decatur Deb
Fox is so confident they don't even hide it any more. It's better this way.
hosting Bongo at the WH is pretty low....stupid in fact, considering the message it sends
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:02:39pm |
re: #189 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Placid rhymes with flaccid. Hmm that might not work too well.
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Obdicut Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:03:03pm |
re: #190 Decatur Deb
Same guy who made the '40s joke, right?
Open racism on Fox: perfectly fine. Not much of a hubbub.
He never apologized or was in any way disciplined for that last racist piece of crap he said, right?
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:03:25pm |
for Weiner
CSNY
American Dream
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:03:37pm |
Fiscal responsibility in Oregon....
Legislature taps medical marijuana cash cow and rejects bills to make it tougher to get a card
Faced with tough budget decisions, Oregon lawmakers are tapping the popular medical marijuana program for an estimated $7 million to fund other health programs and rejecting a bill that would have made it much tougher for people to get a medical marijuana card.The landmark attitude adjustment has marijuana advocates crying foul at the idea of doubling the annual fee to $200.
But they hope this takes them a political step closer to bringing medical marijuana into the mainstream economy, where it is more readily available and can be taxed.
A Ways and Means subcommittee approved doubling the $100 annual fee for patients, and imposing a new $200 fee on growers.
If approved, the $7 million raised would help pay for clean water, emergency medical care, and school health centers.
It's peanuts when compared to what they could be making if the legalized the sale of weed and taxed it but I suppose this is a start.
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Obdicut Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:03:46pm |
re: #192 albusteve
hosting Bongo at the WH is pretty low...stupid in fact, considering the message it sends
What message does it send, Steve?
"If you're an African leader and you visit the White House, expect the president to pressure you on your abysmal human rights record"?
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freetoken Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:04:31pm |
re: #189 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Well, a limerick is supposed to rhyme, and in 5 short lines the relationship is supposedly aabba.
So if "flaccid" is the a line ending, some rhymes could be:
placid
acid
...hmmm....
Wish all could be placcid,
Instead we get acid
(line)
(line)
If only Weiner had been flaccid.
I'll let you work on it, I'm going to the gym.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:04:33pm |
re: #192 albusteve
hosting Bongo at the WH is pretty low...stupid in fact, considering the message it sends
I'm behind in my Third-World Dictators Trivia, but he's probably got something we want.
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Kronocide Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:05:23pm |
re: #197 Obdicut
What message does it send, Steve?
"If you're an African leader and you visit the White House, expect the president to pressure you on your abysmal human rights record"?
I doubt there was any pressure at all. It was Hi and Low Fives with 40's and shorties all around. According to Bolling.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:05:36pm |
re: #196 Killgore Trout
Is the money from patients out of pocket or covered by medicare/medicaid? Extra money from the growers, I'm OK with.
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AK-47% Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:06:11pm |
re: #189 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
this from an earlier thread:
There once was a congressman Wiener
Whose junk shot was sure a full-screener
He sent it on Twitter
and wound up in the shitter
and none of it ever came cleaner
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Obdicut Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:07:21pm |
re: #199 Decatur Deb
Gabon is absolutely nowhere near the worst nation in Africa, and Bongo is nowhere near Africa's most wanted. It's a pretty insane thing to say.
He's a shitheel, but making him out to be more evil than he is just to launch a racist attack on Obama is sickening.
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jvic Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:07:34pm |
re: #183 Cannadian Club Akbar
He wouldn't be going if he didn't get caught. This is just him trying to save face.
IMHO his motives for going will be irrelevant if he gets straightened out.
I am not saying that behavior like Weiner's is in any way acceptable. My attitude toward him will be very different if his behavior recurs in the future, no matter what job he has.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:07:37pm |
re: #196 Killgore Trout
Fiscal responsibility in Oregon...
Legislature taps medical marijuana cash cow and rejects bills to make it tougher to get a card
It's peanuts when compared to what they could be making if the legalized the sale of weed and taxed it but I suppose this is a start.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:08:25pm |
re: #201 Cannadian Club Akbar
Is the money from patients out of pocket or covered by medicare/medicaid? Extra money from the growers, I'm OK with.
Oregon laws are a mess. Although you can legally posses, smoke or grow marijuana here it can not be sold or bought legally. I think a 5% tax would be easily accepted by all parties involved. It would probably even lower the price of weed if it were fully legal.
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AK-47% Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:08:46pm |
re: #196 Killgore Trout
Fiscal responsibility in Oregon...
Legislature taps medical marijuana cash cow and rejects bills to make it tougher to get a card
It's peanuts when compared to what they could be making if the legalized the sale of weed and taxed it but I suppose this is a start.
One good thing that could come out of the financial collapse: not only will the WOD become too expensive, but the lure of taxing it will be come too much to ignore
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freetoken Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:09:58pm |
Yesterday UCSD got up on Youtube this years "Keeling Lecture". Lonnie G. Thompson, distinguished professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University, spoke about his research in glaciers as recorders of climate change:
Hour long... learn lots of stuff.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:11:47pm |
re: #207 Killgore Trout
Oregon laws are a mess. Although you can legally posses, smoke or grow marijuana here it can not be sold or bought legally. I think a 5% tax would be easily accepted by all parties involved. It would probably even lower the price of weed if it were fully legal.
these are the growing pains the issue has do get through...just from the economic standpoint there is a lot of money involved and everybody wants to carve as much as possible out of it...I think an excessive tax will be simply laughed at...it's just too widely available now
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:12:17pm |
re: #209 darthstar
Heh...pretty good song.
The girl playing the uke was on Scrubs, she was Ted's girlfriend.
Which makes this that much more perfect...
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:14:02pm |
re: #202 ralphieboy
A congressman, Anthony Weiner
Loved a gal, though he's never seen 'er.
But she has seen him.
She said with a grin,
"The congressman is a left-leaner."
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:14:56pm |
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:15:07pm |
re: #213 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That is a good one. :)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:18:58pm |
re: #213 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I thought I had a funny one today. I GOT BUPKIS!
I'm sure y'all just missed it...ahem...
Rep. Weiner, who thinks he's a hunk,
Went texting some shots of his junk,
Can't be blamed on Fox,
It wasn't their cocks,
That put Weiner's career in a funk.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:19:42pm |
re: #218 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I thought I had a funny one today. I GOT BUPKIS!
I'm sure y'all just missed it...ahem...
Rep. Weiner, who thinks he's a hunk,
Went texting some shots of his junk,
Can't be blamed on Fox,
It wasn't their cocks,
That put Weiner's career in a funk.
Ding Whore!!!!
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:20:06pm |
re: #199 Decatur Deb
I'm behind in my Third-World Dictators Trivia, but he's probably got something we want.
re: #192 albusteve
hosting Bongo at the WH is pretty low...stupid in fact, considering the message it sends
Thought it sounded familiar. We have a military relationship w/ Gabon through USASETAF.
[Link: webcache.googleusercontent.com...]
(That's cached because Globalsecurity is a great site, but one of its ads once tripped a malware warning.)
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:20:06pm |
re: #208 ralphieboy
One good thing that could come out of the financial collapse: not only will the WOD become too expensive, but the lure of taxing it will be come too much to ignore
It would be politically difficult to fully legalize and would require some cooperation on the federal level. It might be too early but it would be an epic move if Obama could make it happen in his second term.
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Velvet Elvis Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:20:32pm |
re: #214 Varek Raith
He's asking them to pay us for invading and occupying their country? I hate to break it to him, but the half million dead Iraqis are the ones who got the shit end of the stick here.
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blueraven Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:20:52pm |
re: #214 Varek Raith
Now this, this is behavior that I find much more obnoxious, not to mention actually dangerous, than anything Weiner has done. He could literally be putting our troops in harms way with this crap. What a POS!
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AK-47% Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:21:01pm |
re: #221 Killgore Trout
It would be politically difficult to fully legalize and would require some cooperation on the federal level. It might be too early but it would be an epic move if Obama could make it happen in his second term.
States' Rights!!!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:21:21pm |
Probably the most limerick capable news story evah.
Nothing good rhymes with Newt or Foley.
Or does it?
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:21:40pm |
re: #212 jamesfirecat
The girl playing the uke was on Scrubs, she was Ted's girlfriend.
Which makes this that much more perfect...
Ha! The "Sex With a Duck" kids.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:21:50pm |
Twitter Tutorial for those lizards who aren't on twitter yet. It really does help LGF a lot to have articles tweeted.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:21:55pm |
re: #219 Cannadian Club Akbar
hey! A girls gotta make a living...
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:23:01pm |
It seems that Science has weighed in on types like Weiner.
How is everyone?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:23:05pm |
re: #224 ralphieboy
States' Rights!!!
Yup, pretty much. It doesn't have to be legalized by the feds but they need to decriminalize it on the federal level and allow the states to choose.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:25:58pm |
re: #230 Killgore Trout
Yup, pretty much. It doesn't have to be legalized by the feds but they need to decriminalize it on the federal level and allow the states to choose.
If the feds decriminalize it and a state legalizes it and gets a wave of cash from the taxes, others will follow suit.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:26:30pm |
re: #212 jamesfirecat
She's got a small part on the show "Raising Hope" which is very good.
Her character steals every scene she's in.
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blueraven Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:27:35pm |
re: #225 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Probably the most limerick capable news story evah.
Nothing good rhymes with Newt or Foley.
Or does it?
loot, fruit, coot, root, moot...
holy, goalie, lowly...
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:27:38pm |
re: #230 Killgore Trout
Yup, pretty much. It doesn't have to be legalized by the feds but they need to decriminalize it on the federal level and allow the states to choose.
it needs to be resheduled...it's a joke that it's a Schedule 1 controlled substance
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:28:29pm |
re: #219 Cannadian Club Akbar
(people don't appear to like my fox line)
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:29:58pm |
re: #234 albusteve
it needs to be resheduled...it's a joke that it's a Schedule 1 controlled substance
When I was exploring the laws here in Oregon I talked to the people from NORML. They are nice enough but just too damn fruity to be an effective lobby, it's a shame because I'd like to be more politically active on the issue.
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sagehen Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:30:07pm |
re: #225 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Probably the most limerick capable news story evah.
Nothing good rhymes with Newt or Foley.
Or does it?
suit
boot
cute
root
toot
galoot
holey moley
cannoli
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:30:09pm |
re: #235 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
(people don't appear to like my fox line)
Change it to:
You could blame it on Fox,
But it wasn't their cocks.
You're CLEAR!!
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:31:13pm |
re: #237 Killgore Trout
When I was exploring the laws here in Oregon I talked to the people from NORML. They are nice enough but just too damn fruity to be an effective lobby, it's a shame because I'd like to be more politically active on the issue.
probably seem too eccentric....they should hire a team of lawyers
| 242 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:31:47pm |
You people do realize you're doing FBV's homework for him, right?
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:31:49pm |
Large manufacturers and chemical producers have lobbied ferociously to stop the National Institutes of Health from classifying formaldehyde as a carcinogen. A wide body of research has linked the chemical to cancer, but industrial polluters have stymied regulators from action.Last year, the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer reported that billionaire David Koch, whose company Georgia Pacfic (a subsidiary of Koch Industries) is one of the country’s top producers of formaldehyde, was appointed to the NIH cancer board at a time when the NIH delayed action on the chemical. The news was met with protests from environmental groups. Faced with mounting pressure from Greenpeace and the scientific community, Koch left offered an early resignation from the board in October.
Yesterday, the NIH finally handed down a report officially classifying formaldehyde as a carcinogen:
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:31:56pm |
re: #233 blueraven
It's not Noot. It'd have to be "beaut" or sumsuch.
"Protected boy pages with a goalie."
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:33:04pm |
re: #237 Killgore Trout
When I was exploring the laws here in Oregon I talked to the people from NORML. They are nice enough but just too damn fruity to be an effective lobby, it's a shame because I'd like to be more politically active on the issue.
forgot to say, that I remember NORML demonstrations back in the 70's in Ann Arbor and they sorta turned me off....too cultish, but that's probably changed
| 247 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:33:16pm |
re: #243 Varek Raith
Formaldehyde is bad. Everytime I've seen it, there is something dead in it.
/
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:33:22pm |
re: #234 albusteve
it needs to be resheduled...it's a joke that it's a Schedule 1 controlled substance
Cause remember folks, Cocaine is a drug that is "considered to have a strong potential for abuse or addiction but that have legitimate medical use" but not Marijuana oh no it is considered "not fit for medical use" by the United States Government!
That's why so many people who have cancer choose to ingest weed, they figure they're on the way out anyway, why not splurge on some of those dangerous and useless drugs a human can take?
| 249 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:33:41pm |
re: #237 Killgore Trout
Really.
And now, our next testimony is going to be given by Skootch Bogart...
| 250 |
Kronocide Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:36:04pm |
if formaldehyde is carcinogenic how come all those animals soaked in it never get cancer?
| 251 |
PhillyPretzel Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:37:01pm |
re: #250 BigPapa
They are dead. You cannot get cancer if you are dead.
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Velvet Elvis Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:38:34pm |
re: #251 PhillyPretzel
They are dead. You cannot get cancer if you are dead.
No zombies with leukemia then?
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AK-47% Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:38:35pm |
A friend of mine used to work with dangerous heavy metals. he told me that they have never been able to establish if Thallium was carcinogenic, because all the test animals died of poisoning before they could develop cancer...
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Kronocide Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:39:06pm |
re: #251 PhillyPretzel
They are dead. You cannot get cancer if you are dead.
Hey, I'm in character. I can't figure out the purple tags.
| 255 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:39:53pm |
re: #250 BigPapa
if formaldehyde is carcinogenic how come all those animals soaked in it never get cancer?
When my step brother was in skool and they dissected frogs, the rooms didn't have walls. They had dividers, that didn't reach the ceiling. He threw the "parts" over the divider. Heh.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:40:12pm |
re: #243 Varek Raith
The listing as a 'carcinogen' varies from Fed agency to agency, sometimes for good reasons. Formaldehyde has been regulated as one (Subpart Z) by OSHA for some time.
[Link: web.princeton.edu...]
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:40:14pm |
re: #252 Conservative Moonbat
No zombies with leukemia then?
Note to self... there's an upside to being a zombie.
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goddamnedfrank Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:40:46pm |
I wish the Democrats knew when to shut the fuck up.
“Congressman Weiner has the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents, and the recognition that he needs help,” Ms. Pelosi said in a statement. “I urge Congressman Weiner to seek that help without the pressures of being a member of Congress.”
Hey, who gives a shit about representative democracy, right? She concedes that he has the confidence of his constituents, and tells him to resign anyway. I'm so sick of Democrats not knowing when to go on the offensive. What they should be saying when asked about Weiner is "Senator Vitter is a disgusting whoremonger with a diaper fetish, a veritable circus freak, yet his Republicans colleagues defend him tooth and nail because they are creepy fucks who worship power above integrity. Unlike Vitter, Weiner appears to have broken no laws. End of story."
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:41:55pm |
re: #248 jamesfirecat
Cause remember folks, Cocaine is a drug that is "considered to have a strong potential for abuse or addiction but that have legitimate medical use" but not Marijuana oh no it is considered "not fit for medical use" by the United States Government!
That's why so many people who have cancer choose to ingest weed, they figure they're on the way out anyway, why not splurge on some of those dangerous and useless drugs a human can take?
there is absolutely no excuse for terminal people to experience much if any pain in the end....my dad had congestive heart failure....the last couple of days I'd take my stethoscope and could here the fluids filling his lungs...he became restless then agitated so I OD'd him with morphine and never looked back
| 260 |
Shiplord Kirel Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:42:45pm |
Weiner was a congress-critter,
who showed his cock on Twitter,
Breitbart took note,
The story did float,
Now Weiner's career's in the shitter.
| 261 |
Kronocide Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:43:50pm |
It seems as if Harold Camping had a stroke.
Sad situation just got a little sadder.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:44:36pm |
re: #258 goddamnedfrank
I wish the Democrats knew when to shut the fuck up.
“Congressman Weiner has the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents, and the recognition that he needs help,” Ms. Pelosi said in a statement. “I urge Congressman Weiner to seek that help without the pressures of being a member of Congress.”
Hey, who gives a shit about representative democracy, right? She concedes that he has the confidence of his constituents, and tells him to resign anyway. I'm so sick of Democrats not knowing when to go on the offensive. What they should be saying when asked about Weiner is "Senator Vitter is a disgusting whoremonger with a diaper fetish, a veritable circus freak, yet his Republicans colleagues defend him tooth and nail because they are creepy fucks who worship power above integrity. Unlike Vitter, Weiner appears to have broken no laws. End of story."
Check out the Plum Line. Apparently they are more pissed off about the lying.
ThePlumLineGS Greg Sargent
The real backstory on Dem leaders calling on Weiner to resign today: wapo.st/lZU67M
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:45:15pm |
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The Ghost of a Flea Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:45:30pm |
re: #214 Varek Raith
That creature is in Congress.
/spit
...suddenly I remember why I rarely care about who politicians bed.
| 269 |
Alexzander Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:47:18pm |
re: #268 Decatur Deb
Or was it a cruel joke to make us believe we were the ones suffering a stroke?
| 270 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:47:47pm |
wingnut!!
re: #254 BigPapa
Hey, I'm in character. I can't figure out the purple tags.
[ then wingnut-no spaces, then ] text here, then [/ wingnut-no spaces]
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Kronocide Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:48:08pm |
I'm a dufus. Here's the link about Harold Camping having a stroke.
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AK-47% Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:48:38pm |
re: #264 Stanley Sea
Check out the Plum Line. Apparently they are more pissed off about the lying.
That is why I would never vote for him again if I were a member of his constituency. But I am not.
| 274 |
Kronocide Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:50:40pm |
American Thinker is, like, so awesome and partiotic and shit!
Finally got it to work.
| 275 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:52:28pm |
re: #274 BigPapa
Purple letters. How do they fuckin' work?
| 277 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:53:23pm |
| 278 |
Shiplord Kirel Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:53:46pm |
re: #258 goddamnedfrank
I wish the Democrats knew when to shut the fuck up.
“Congressman Weiner has the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents, and the recognition that he needs help,” Ms. Pelosi said in a statement. “I urge Congressman Weiner to seek that help without the pressures of being a member of Congress.”
Hey, who gives a shit about representative democracy, right? She concedes that he has the confidence of his constituents, and tells him to resign anyway. I'm so sick of Democrats not knowing when to go on the offensive. What they should be saying when asked about Weiner is "Senator Vitter is a disgusting whoremonger with a diaper fetish, a veritable circus freak, yet his Republicans colleagues defend him tooth and nail because they are creepy fucks who worship power above integrity. Unlike Vitter, Weiner appears to have broken no laws. End of story."
David Vitter, diaper-dude,
Paid the whores,
their acts were lewd.
The GOP loves him yet,
Jesus heard him, they don't fret.
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AK-47% Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:54:47pm |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:55:20pm |
re: #278 Shiplord Kirel
David Vitter, diaper-dude,
Paid the whores,
their acts were lewd.
The GOP loves him yet,
Jesus heard him, they don't fret.
oh my god
| 281 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:55:39pm |
[ wingnut ] then text [/ wingnut] No spaces between the characters.
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goddamnedfrank Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:56:16pm |
re: #264 Stanley Sea
Check out the Plum Line. Apparently they are more pissed off about the lying.
ThePlumLineGS Greg Sargent
The real backstory on Dem leaders calling on Weiner to resign today: wapo.st/lZU67M
What they're pissed off about is the spectacle. They can say it's the lying, but that's clearly self-serving bullshit. By political sex scandal standards Weiner probably fessed up in world record time, Clinton, Vitter, Ensign, and Craig all clung to their lies for much longer. Hell, to this day I don't think Clinton believes he did lie, with his contortionist definition of "sexual relations." That's the kind of never ending weaseling crap that makes me think he deserved to be convicted on impeachment, in comparison Weiner is a paragon of honesty and personal integrity.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:56:26pm |
Ya'll want to know how fucked up and behind the curve my life is?
Just started playing Angry Birds today.
HELP!
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Achilles Tang Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:56:35pm |
Two questions.
What's the treatment for; internet reality training?
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ReamWorks SKG Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:56:42pm |
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Achilles Tang Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:57:09pm |
re: #284 Naso Tang
Two questions.
What's the treatment for; internet reality training?
That was one. The second was stupid.
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Kronocide Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:57:50pm |
re: #275 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Purple letters.Wingnuts? How do they fuckin' work?
I don't know. I seemed to have kicked the disease though.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:57:51pm |
re: #282 goddamnedfrank
What they're pissed off about is the spectacle. They can say it's the lying, but that's clearly self-serving bullshit. By political sex scandal standards Weiner probably fessed up in world record time, Clinton, Vitter, Ensign, and Craig all clung to their lies for much longer. Hell, to this day I don't think Clinton believes he did lie, with his contortionist definition of "sexual relations." That's the kind of never ending weaseling crap that makes me think he deserved to be convicted on impeachment, in comparison Weiner is a paragon of honesty and personal integrity.
agreed...well said
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:58:02pm |
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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:58:47pm |
Weiner is a creep that seems to have little respect for women. If he decides on his own to step down I won't be sad one bit. But all the people calling for his resignation should get a grip, unless they can demonstrate any laws or ethics rules he violated. I'm so tired of the sex life or other personal matters having more of an effect on politician's careers than their actual policies and voting record.
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:58:51pm |
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AK-47% Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:59:00pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:59:08pm |
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Jun 11, 2011 4:59:18pm |
re: #292 Decatur Deb
Shit. I have been caught and I can't talk my way out of it.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:00:09pm |
re: #293 prononymous
Weiner is a creep that seems to have little respect for women. If he decides on his own to step down I won't be sad one bit. But all the people calling for his resignation should get a grip, unless they can demonstrate any laws or ethics rules he violated. I'm so tired of the sex life or other personal matters having more of an effect on politician's careers than their actual policies and voting record.
He broke House Code of Conduct rules.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:00:32pm |
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:00:34pm |
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goddamnedfrank Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:00:36pm |
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:00:40pm |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:01:07pm |
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AK-47% Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:01:38pm |
re: #299 Cannadian Club Akbar
He broke House Code of Conduct rules.
They're more like, well, guidelines!
-Captain Barbossa
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:01:44pm |
re: #299 Cannadian Club Akbar
He broke House Code of Conduct rules.
1. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives.
[Link: usgovinfo.about.com...]
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:02:01pm |
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jaunte Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:02:49pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:03:52pm |
re: #308 jaunte
That's a good limerick name too, imo.
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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:03:54pm |
re: #299 Cannadian Club Akbar
He broke House Code of Conduct rules.
If that's been proven, ok. What's the normal punishment for that?
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:04:00pm |
re: #306 Cannadian Club Akbar
1. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives.
[Link: usgovinfo.about.com...]
Who said bureaucrats had no sense of humor?
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:04:14pm |
re: #306 Cannadian Club Akbar
1. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives.
[Link: usgovinfo.about.com...]
bunch of garbage
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Varek Raith Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:04:35pm |
re: #311 Decatur Deb
Who said bureaucrats had no sense of humor?
Lol seriously.
Every member is guilty of breaking that one.
Do we really wanna go down this path???
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:04:51pm |
re: #311 Decatur Deb
It is kind of cute, isn't it?
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:05:06pm |
re: #312 albusteve
Where did yhou think they came up with all of that double speak?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:05:22pm |
re: #310 prononymous
If that's been proven, ok. What's the normal punishment for that?
Going in front of the House Ethic Committee.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:06:37pm |
re: #316 Cannadian Club Akbar
Going in front of the House Ethic Committee.
Where they get their Weiner whacked.
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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:06:50pm |
re: #316 Cannadian Club Akbar
Going in front of the House Ethic Committee.
What a cruel and unusual punishment.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:06:52pm |
re: #316 Cannadian Club Akbar
Going in front of the House Ethic Committee.
who's in that gang of liars?....Charlie Rangle?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:07:24pm |
We had some sun so I got a good look at the tadpoles today. I have 100's of them. Some are getting fat but nobody is sprouting legs yet.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:07:40pm |
re: #319 albusteve
who's in that gang of liars?...Charlie Rangle?
Don't think he's a member--just spends a lot of time there.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:08:00pm |
Whatever happened to Jadespring? Is she still around?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:08:06pm |
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:08:15pm |
re: #320 Killgore Trout
We had some sun so I got a good look at the tadpoles today. I have 100's of them. Some are getting fat but nobody is sprouting legs yet.
if you had road runners up there, in a month they would all be breakfast
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:09:06pm |
re: #321 Decatur Deb
Don't think he's a member--just spends a lot of time there.
LOL....hard to tell them all apart these days
I could give a fuck about House ethics
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:09:17pm |
re: #321 Decatur Deb
Don't think he's a member--just spends a lot of time there.
Is Rangle still on the Ways and Means Committee?
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:10:22pm |
re: #326 Cannadian Club Akbar
Is Rangle still on the Ways and Means Committee?
Dunno. Might be a good spot for Rep Weiner.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:10:46pm |
re: #324 albusteve
if you had road runners up there, in a month they would all be breakfast
The crows try to get at them but I have defenses implemented. They might get a few but I have lots to spare this year.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:11:03pm |
re: #328 Decatur Deb
Dunno. Might be a good spot for Rep Weiner.
We need a 'Land of Misfit Toys" Committee.
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blueraven Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:11:23pm |
re: #244 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
It's not Noot. It'd have to be "beaut" or sumsuch.
"Protected boy pages with a goalie."
There was a congressman named foley
He pretended to love all that was holy
He aimed his puck
For an underaged fuck
But was blocked by the grace of a goalie
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Interesting Times Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:11:31pm |
re: #322 Killgore Trout
Whatever happened to Jadespring? Is she still around?
She tends to disappear every now and then for personal/meat-world reasons. Maybe she's too busy with outdoor stuff to be here.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:11:31pm |
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:11:38pm |
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The Ghost of a Flea Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:12:07pm |
re: #306 Cannadian Club Akbar
1. A Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives.
[Link: usgovinfo.about.com...]
They don't give the public the footnoted exceptions to that rule.
It's a very long addendum.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:12:58pm |
re: #332 publicityStunted
She tends to disappear every now and then for personal/meat-world reasons. Maybe she's too busy with outdoor stuff to be here.
Yeah, she was talking about a restaurant venture. I wanted to know how her quinoa was going. I grew some. Very curious plant.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:14:30pm |
re: #335 The Ghost of a Flea
They don't give the public the footnoted exceptions to that rule.
It's a very long addendum.
Try this.
[Link: ethics.house.gov...]
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:16:39pm |
re: #329 Killgore Trout
The crows try to get at them but I have defenses implemented. They might get a few but I have lots to spare this year.
I saw a road runner take a small toad from my ex wife's pond area...it was brutal
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The Ghost of a Flea Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:17:55pm |
Oh.
I was just being snide and in an oblique manner referencing how unevenly that Article is applied.
Thanks, though.
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Interesting Times Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:18:27pm |
re: #214 Varek Raith
re: #223 blueraven
re: #267 The Ghost of a Flea
Rohrabacher is the same raging douchenozzle who said rainforests should be destroyed to stop global warming. He also puked up the following pearls of derpdom:
Dana Rohrabacher voiced support for the Taliban when they seized power in the 1990s, visiting Afghanistan when it came under their control, saying that the Taliban would provide "stability", and eliminate threats to the United States. He also claimed the Taliban "intend to establish a disciplined, moral society". He said he believed complete Taliban control over Afghanistan would be a "positive development", that they were "devout traditionalists, not terrorists or revolutionaries", and that "sensationalist" media coverage of the Taliban's introduction of Sharia law was "nonsense".
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:18:28pm |
re: #338 albusteve
I saw a road runner take a small toad from my ex wife's pond area...it was brutal
Bird's gotta eat.
And I have to water the veggies--BBL.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:21:35pm |
re: #338 albusteve
I saw a road runner take a small toad from my ex wife's pond area...it was brutal
And now bad taste theater....
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:24:48pm |
Steve, one day a roadrunner was my buddy. He hung out at the house all day long. I'd look out my kitchen window and see him on top of the stepvan. Then he'd be on the back balcony rail. Then I was in the living room and kept hearing this ku ku kuuu sound. I'd get up, walk on the deck. nothing. Really this was like 4 times. Finally I looked up and he was on the chimney. calling for my ass!!!
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sagehen Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:26:14pm |
re: #283 Stanley Sea
Ya'll want to know how fucked up and behind the curve my life is?
Just started playing Angry Birds today.
HELP!
Ha!! So I wasn't the last one after all (I've been at it for a couple of weeks...)
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:26:48pm |
At Weiner's foibles we were amused.
But with worse timing we could be confused.
If we'd seen the wee wee
when gulf oil spilled from BP
the term "junk shot" could not have been used.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:27:19pm |
Alrighty. I've changed oil on 2 cars and an impeller on an outboard. Time for a shower and some grub. BBL.
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:28:32pm |
re: #343 Stanley Sea
Steve, one day a roadrunner was my buddy. He hung out at the house all day long. I'd look out my kitchen window and see him on top of the stepvan. Then he'd be on the back balcony rail. Then I was in the living room and kept hearing this ku ku kuuu sound. I'd get up, walk on the deck. nothing. Really this was like 4 times. Finally I looked up and he was on the chimney. calling for my ass!!!
Is that related in some way to playing "Angry Birds"?
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:30:12pm |
re: #345 sagehen
Ha!! So I wasn't the last one after all (I've been at it for a couple of weeks...)
d e a d l y (I'm not your typical gamer)
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:31:17pm |
re: #343 Stanley Sea
Steve, one day a roadrunner was my buddy. He hung out at the house all day long. I'd look out my kitchen window and see him on top of the stepvan. Then he'd be on the back balcony rail. Then I was in the living room and kept hearing this ku ku kuuu sound. I'd get up, walk on the deck. nothing. Really this was like 4 times. Finally I looked up and he was on the chimney. calling for my ass!!!
yes, it's typical for them to find human women they think will mate with them...strange birds
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:31:23pm |
re: #346 wrenchwench
At Weiner's foibles we were amused.
But with worse timing we could be confused.
If we'd seen the wee wee
when gulf oil spilled from BP
the term "junk shot" could not have been used.
HOLY FUCK, brilliant
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:32:13pm |
re: #348 wrenchwench
Is that related in some way to playing "Angry Birds"?
I replaced him with the animated ones I guess. He was awesome.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:32:58pm |
re: #350 albusteve
yes, it's typical for them to find human women they think will mate with them...strange birds
stop it! it was an expression.
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makeitstop Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:34:20pm |
There was a politician from Queens
With a party going on in his jeans
When recipients blabbed
He entered rehab
To learn not to tweet franks and beans.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:36:16pm |
re: #354 makeitstop
There was a politician from Queens
With a party going on in his jeans
When recipients blabbed
He entered rehab
To learn not to tweet franks and beans.
killing me and I'm saving for the friends.
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Bear Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:39:41pm |
A number of years ago I watched a roadrunner drink from the evaporation pool at Furnace Creek in Death Valley. I wonder just how the roadrunner impacted the weather station evaporation rate report?
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prairiefire Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:43:14pm |
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BongCrodny Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:54:54pm |
A liberal Dem from New York
Had some rather prodigious pork
It had such a heft
That he always turned left
Whenever he came to a fork.
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makeitstop Sat, Jun 11, 2011 6:02:42pm |
Behold the sad story of Weiner
Whose history should have been cleaner
He went on TV
And was almost home free
Until caught trading tweets with a 'tweener.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jun 11, 2011 7:01:38pm |
There was a Representative from Queens
Who decided to follow his dreams
He tweeted his weener
To a Las Vegas dealer
And now off to rehab it seems.
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carefulnow Sat, Jun 11, 2011 7:10:38pm |
Let's face it - that Weiner's a schmuck
who has finally run out of luck.
That tweet of his schmekel
Made everyone heckle,
"Anthony, you're just a dumbfuck."
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SidewaysQuark Sun, Jun 12, 2011 7:56:54am |
What will the "treatment" entail? Saltpeter?
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califleftyb Sun, Jun 12, 2011 1:05:39pm |
Republicans are asking for cloture,
on spending to help those in foreclosure
They whittle away,
a scandal a day,
but this pork is definitely kosher.
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Mike DeGuzman Sun, Jun 12, 2011 1:16:23pm |
TMZ released 11 new pictures of the congressman, taken from what appears to be the House gym, a background which sets off more questions about the congressman's use of congressional facilities for less than official purposes. The pictures were taken by Weiner using the camera on his phone and a mirror.
I've seen the photos on TMZ and its bad. This may be the end of Rep Weiner.
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califleftyb Sun, Jun 12, 2011 1:22:55pm |
re: #363 califleftyb
a bit of editing..... better?
Republicans went asking for cloture,
on money to help those in foreclosure
They aren't fazed
By their scandelous ways
But this pork is definitely kosher.
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JRCMYP Sun, Jun 12, 2011 6:44:07pm |
I just feel bad for his wife. Whateves to the political stuff. His personal life is beyond sad. His incredible, beautiful, smart wife is pregnant with their first child and he's was too selfish to think about the consequences of his juvenile actions ahead of time. What a child.
Whenever I read a news article about him, I think about his wife. And I feel immense sympathy for her.
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