3 | Justanotherhuman Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:44:47pm |
Yeah, what could possibly, possibly, go wrong?
4 | Political Atheist Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:47:09pm |
Legally Blind Motorists Joining Local Roadways
Forty Blind Drivers Licensed In Kentucky
Read more: wlky.com
5 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:49:04pm |
re: #4 Political Atheist
Legally Blind Motorists Joining Local Roadways
Forty Blind Drivers Licensed In KentuckyRead more: wlky.com
Mythbusters did prove that a blind person can drive with direction. And if the person giving direction is drunk, the blind person drives like they’re drunk too!
At the Mythbusters’ museum exhibit (yes, I am an unashamed fan, shush), they have something where you can give a partner driving directions based on a screen. It was funny to watch kids who can’t drive in real life try it. I am pleased to say that, for the most part, I can tell my husband what to do fairly well.
6 | Kragar Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:50:16pm |
Bryan Fischer Doesn’t Need ‘Evidence’ Before Making Wild Accusations - See more at: rightwingwatch.org
7 | Justanotherhuman Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:51:00pm |
I just added Joan Walsh of Salon to my list for her effusiveness in stroking Rand Paul.
She’s giving himl “credit” for his rebuttal tonight, and called him “consistent” and principled, and welcomes him to Emoprogville.
Surely she understands he won’t return the favor?
8 | Kragar Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:51:49pm |
Glenn Beck: ‘This Is the Week That America Lost Its Superpower Status’
9 | psddluva4evah Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:51:55pm |
Alright, if this is Rubio and not an intern, then haha Rubio…haha
MT @marcorubio: drink pleny of water! RT @skenigsberg: yess @SenRandPaul to deliver a video response to Obama speech: http://t.co/JBfBHmRJrE— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) September 10, 2013
11 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:52:58pm |
re: #9 psddluva4evah
I’m sort of curious when it became common for the opposing party to deliver a rebuttal to every single address of the President to the American public. I thought they used to save it just for the State of the Union, but at this point it seems to be every single time.
12 | Amory Blaine Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:53:17pm |
13 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:55:04pm |
re: #10 Justanotherhuman
Do you give them reaction times, too?
The person driving or Mythbusters?
With my husband, he can tell the difference between “OH GOD TURN RIGHT NOW NOW NOW NOW” and “there’s a right coming up” without having to have it clearly stated. Thankfully.
I did try the “hanging on the edge by your fingertips” myth. It did not end well.
14 | Kragar Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:55:52pm |
Orson Scott Card appointed to PBS board in NC
Screw you, NC.
15 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:56:05pm |
Can we tell I am trying to avoid cleaning the living room? Not to mention cleaning and rearranging my desk.
16 | Jack Burton Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:56:30pm |
re: #4 Political Atheist
Legally Blind Motorists Joining Local Roadways
Forty Blind Drivers Licensed In KentuckyRead more: wlky.com
The definition of “Legally Blind” also slightly differs from common usage of blind and I’m pretty sure more than a few people who require glasses or contact lenses to drive are technically legally blind without them.
17 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:58:19pm |
re: #14 Kragar
Orson Scott Card appointed to PBS board in NC
Screw you, NC.
I refuse to give Orson Scott Card any money again. This includes the movie coming up. (Also, OH JOHN RINGO NO is on that list.)
NC has just been ….disappointing to me lately. My in-laws live there and I am sure they are occasionally thrilled. We don’t talk politics so that I can have a good relationship with them.
18 | Kragar Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:02:00pm |
re: #17 klys
I refuse to give Orson Scott Card any money again. This includes the movie coming up. (Also, OH JOHN RINGO NO is on that list.)
NC has just been ….disappointing to me lately. My in-laws live there and I am sure they are occasionally thrilled. We don’t talk politics so that I can have a good relationship with them.
I was stationed there from 1996-2002. I thought it was bad then. They’ve gone downhill from there.
19 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:02:14pm |
re: #5 klys
Mythbusters did prove that a blind person can drive with direction. And if the person giving direction is drunk, the blind person drives like they’re drunk too!
At the Mythbusters’ museum exhibit (yes, I am an unashamed fan, shush), they have something where you can give a partner driving directions based on a screen. It was funny to watch kids who can’t drive in real life try it. I am pleased to say that, for the most part, I can tell my husband what to do fairly well.
I met Grant and Tory at the gun shop in San Carlos, filming a segment. They seemed nice.
20 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:03:55pm |
re: #19 GeneJockey
I met Grant and Tory at the gun shop in San Carlos, filming a segment. They seemed nice.
I’ve seen Grant, Adam, and Kari at various w00tstocks, and Jamie and Adam doing the Mythbusters tour. That’s the closest I come though. :(
There are days I really think being a researcher for Mythbusters would be cool as heck, but on the flipside I need better job security and the commute would suck ass.
21 | sattv4u2 Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:04:00pm |
Exclusive Text of President Obama’s Awkwardly Timed Syria Speech
nymag.com
22 | Dr Lizardo Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:04:13pm |
re: #16 Jack Burton
The definition of “Legally Blind” also slightly differs from common usage of blind and I’m pretty sure more than a few people who require glasses or contact lenses to drive are technically legally blind without them.
I actually fall into that category. Without corrective lenses, I am legally blind. Severe myopia and astigmatism.
23 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:06:31pm |
re: #8 Kragar
Glenn Beck: ‘This Is the Week That America Lost Its Superpower Status’
Lemme see - we used a credible threat of force against Syria to induce them them to give up their chemical weapons, with the help of their sponsor state.
Wow, we just look completely powerless in all that.
/////////biting
24 | Killgore Trout Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:08:14pm |
25 | sattv4u2 Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:10:52pm |
re: #24 Killgore Trout
Heh…
Did anyone watch Monday Night Football last night? Those were some okay games. I’m really excited about this season
26 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:11:13pm |
As a coda to the article, the Social Security definition for legal blindness includes the use of correcting lenses - you cannot be “legally blind” if lenses correct your vision past 20/200 (or various field of view tests).
I was curious.
27 | Justanotherhuman Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:11:47pm |
re: #22 Dr Lizardo
I actually fall into that category. Without corrective lenses, I am legally blind. Severe myopia and astigmatism.
So, the headline is really wrong.
I worked for an ophthalmologist as a young woman and we prescribed some very strong lenses for some people. None were ever denied a license, to my knowledge. Even cataract patients were able to continue driving once the cataracts were removed (contact lenses were starting to be used back then, in the early 60s, replacing those heavy corrective lenses).
Corrected vision means just what it says. I was very myopic at the time and the dr used to kid me about being “almost legally blind”. Now, I don’t need corrective lenses for anything—distance or close vision.
28 | wrenchwench Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:11:48pm |
Finally! GOP finds 2016 candidate that embodies all their ideology. Get ready for Putin 2016! #KGBGOP #p2— justamexican (@justamexican) September 10, 2013
29 | Kragar Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:12:23pm |
30 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:12:26pm |
re: #26 klys
I should note here that “legally blind” is according to the SSA there. It appears these are the same standards used elsewhere by a 30 second search, but that is clearly not exhaustive.
31 | wrenchwench Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:13:03pm |
32 | Amory Blaine Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:13:26pm |
Scott Walker gave a doozy of an interview with Democracy Now during last year’s Republican convention, that somehow got lost in the shuffle.
In the tirade, Walker (who not only wants all abortions banned, but believes that garden-variety birth control bills are “abortificants” and should also be banned) takes offense to being asked a general question about the issue of reproduction rights, calling it “ridiculous” to bring up “an issue only the media wants to talk about” and saying that “women I talk-to in my state never talk about that isssue.”
33 | AlexRogan Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:14:09pm |
re: #22 Dr Lizardo
I actually fall into that category. Without corrective lenses, I am legally blind. Severe myopia and astigmatism.
AFAIK, the most common definition for legal blindness is 20/200 vision or worse in your best eye, corrected.
34 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:14:54pm |
35 | erik_t Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:15:32pm |
re: #32 Amory Blaine
That’s because you hide from the people you purport to represent and govern, dingleberry.
36 | Justanotherhuman Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:15:34pm |
re: #32 Amory Blaine
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He probably only talks to his wife and female employees. What does he expect them to say?
37 | calochortus Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:15:55pm |
re: #32 Amory Blaine
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Because if I lived there, Walker is the first person I’d chat with about reproductive rights? Would he even listen?
38 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:16:01pm |
re: #32 Amory Blaine
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He needs to get out more. Maybe talk to women who aren’t at his own fundraisers.
39 | calochortus Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:16:52pm |
40 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:17:48pm |
41 | dog philosopher Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:19:35pm |
42 | Ming Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:19:40pm |
43 | Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:21:52pm |
44 | darthstar Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:22:42pm |
Rand Paul's speech writers using Mad Lib strategy for response to Obama's speech. All nouns and verbs changed to #Benghazi.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 10, 2013
45 | Gus Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:23:35pm |
#AssholeOfTheDay Ann Coulter for saying Putin is making a “monkey” out of Obama on #Syria http://t.co/QcBeq5FA8a pic.twitter.com/cLWWbOiLkd— Some Asshole (@assholeofday) September 10, 2013
47 | NJDhockeyfan Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:28:13pm |
Get out the tissues!
The Hospital allowed this lady's cat to visit her during her last day on earth! pic.twitter.com/qXVVQvLua9— Planet Earth (@planetepics) September 5, 2013
49 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:29:11pm |
re: #29 Kragar
I want to see the birth certificate.
Sarah Palin can see his birthplace from her house.
50 | Amory Blaine Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:30:45pm |
re: #49 Vicious Babushka
Someone should tell her then because she can’t seem to see it…
51 | Amory Blaine Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:33:01pm |
Jesus Christ the press couldn’t be anymore obvious with their agenda in “proving” Obama weak.
52 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:33:26pm |
re: #47 NJDhockeyfan
All I can see is that the cat knows her too and is finding comfort and I’m just losing it right over here.
53 | EPR-radar Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:37:15pm |
re: #44 darthstar
Benghazi had a little Benghazi,
whose Benghazi was white as Benghazi.
And everywhere that Benghazi went,
the Benghazi was sure to go.
54 | NJDhockeyfan Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:37:45pm |
Heh.
ABC News report just now described Assad as having a “soft, lisping voice and a weak chin” #journalism— Casey Morell (@csymrl) September 10, 2013
55 | brennant Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:39:30pm |
56 | EPR-radar Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:45:00pm |
Distinctly less wonderful is this: rightwingwatch.org
After a lengthy interview with Jan Markell about President Obama’s supposed push for an Islamic caliphate, Michele Bachmann spoke to the Christian Right radio host about the 2016 presidential election, immigration reform and the Last Days.
Bachmann pushed back on Markell’s fear that Hillary Clinton will be elected president: “I don’t at all because I look at the story of David and Goliath, all David needed was one smooth stone to fell the giant. It wasn’t the stone, it wasn’t David, it was the strong right arm of a Holy God.”
She said that if “we repent, if we cry out to God, we have no idea what the Lord God will do for us in 2016.”
…
Bachmann then explained how she sees the “signs of the times.”
“We are in times that are unprecedented,” Bachmann said. “These are the times of birth pangs, we’re seeing the intensity of age and the speed and rapidity that these events are starting to speed up so fast that we can hardly get our minds about it.”
Marell lamented “that many are heartbroken because we’ve watched this wonderful country of ours just tank more and more and more because of this secular humanist, hardcore, atheistic, left who is hell bent on socialism for America.”
57 | Pavlovian Hive Mind Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:46:21pm |
58 | dog philosopher Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:47:39pm |
this secular humanist, hardcore, atheistic, left who is hell bent
i spank you hard with my big adjective collection you bad bad mans
59 | Justanotherhuman Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:47:49pm |
re: #56 EPR-radar
Distinctly less wonderful is this: rightwingwatch.org
My mind burped reading that.
60 | Pavlovian Hive Mind Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:50:27pm |
61 | NJDhockeyfan Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:51:09pm |
This deal Putin is selling doesn’t include biological weapons. Does Assad get to keep those?
62 | Pavlovian Hive Mind Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:58:06pm |
re: #61 NJDhockeyfan
This deal Putin is selling doesn’t include biological weapons. Does Assad get to keep those?
From what I’ve been reading they don’t possess any quantifiable amount of bio weapons. Research, yes.
They put most of their eggs in to the CW basket.
63 | Decatur Deb Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:58:11pm |
re: #56 EPR-radar
Distinctly less wonderful is this: rightwingwatch.org
“She said that if “we repent, if we cry out to God, we have no idea what the Lord God will do for us in 2016.”
Pray away the OfA.
64 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:58:20pm |
Reading through my journal entries from 12 years ago, thinking about tomorrow.
To those who lost loved ones, to those who lost their innocence, we do remember. Not in the political way, but in the personal way.
They spoke in school about history being made. History wasn’t made yesterday. It was burned. It was burned into the hearts and minds of every person who watched those towers come crashing down. It was burned into the memories of those who lived through it and those who merely watched.
It was burned, inexorably, into the lives of those who lost loved ones.
All those burned will never be the same again.
The day the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor was a day that would live in infamy. What would they say today? What label would they put on an action that took the lives of so many people - and didn’t even have the courage to admit it? What would this day be to them? Worse? Better? Another feeling to dangerous to contemplate?
It burns. How it burns.
It burns the people who have seen this before - and who had hoped never to see it again. It burns the people who see this now - and wished that they had never seen it at all. It burns their hearts. It burns their souls.
It burns the souls of children, children who do not know and do not need to know what it feels like. Children who now know all too well. It burns their hearts and minds and souls and their tears. Nothing burns like the tears.
It burns.
I remember her dad. I remember his dad’s girlfriend. I didn’t know them, but I saw the ripples and I remember.
I saw the ripples for those who made it out but still carried the scars. I remember them too.
Tomorrow is not about Benghazi, although there is loss there too. Tomorrow is about the people and the loss. The politics don’t have a place there.
65 | Killgore Trout Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:00:48pm |
Hmmmm, even though it seems the Syria deal is popular, military action unpopular but the press is hailing this as a victory for the Russians and Assad.
For Putin, Syria weapons deal would be masterstroke
Syrians divided on support for Russian move but appear to agree it has undercut Obama
66 | Decatur Deb Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:02:00pm |
re: #65 Killgore Trout
Hmmmm, even though it seems the Syria deal is popular, military action unpopular but the press is hailing this as a victory for the Russians and Assad.
For Putin, Syria weapons deal would be masterstrokeSyrians divided on support for Russian move but appear to agree it has undercut Obama
Commie left-wing nazi press?
67 | Kragar Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:03:06pm |
re: #63 Decatur Deb
“She said that if “we repent, if we cry out to God, we have no idea what the Lord God will do for us in 2016.”
Pray away the OfA.
This would be the same God who told her to run for President?
And she keeps falling for it?
68 | Pavlovian Hive Mind Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:03:20pm |
re: #65 Killgore Trout
Hmmmm, even though it seems the Syria deal is popular, military action unpopular but the press is hailing this as a victory for the Russians and Assad.
For Putin, Syria weapons deal would be masterstrokeSyrians divided on support for Russian move but appear to agree it has undercut Obama
Keep thinking that if it makes you feel better.
69 | Decatur Deb Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:05:21pm |
re: #67 Kragar
This would be the same God who told her to run for President?
And she keeps falling for it?
“I am the hand-rube of The Lord.”
70 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:05:23pm |
re: #65 Killgore Trout
Hmmmm, even though it seems the Syria deal is popular, military action unpopular but the press is hailing this as a victory for the Russians and Assad.
For Putin, Syria weapons deal would be masterstrokeSyrians divided on support for Russian move but appear to agree it has undercut Obama
I’m not sure how surrendering their chemical weapons to avoid an attack that was intended largely to prevent them from using CWs again is ‘undercutting’ Obama. Is there an impression somewhere that Obama really, really wanted to bomb Syria, and is disappointed that he didn’t get to?
If, back at the start of the Iraq War, when Bush issued the ultimatum to Saddam to abdicate and leave Iraq, Saddam had complied, would that have been seen as ‘undercutting’ Bush?
71 | Pavlovian Hive Mind Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:06:03pm |
re: #70 GeneJockey
I’m not sure how surrendering their chemical weapons to avoid an attack that was intended largely to prevent them from using CWs again is ‘undercutting’ Obama. Is there an impression somewhere that Obama really, really wanted to bomb Syria, and is disappointed that he didn’t get to?
If, back at the start of the Iraq War, when Bush issued the ultimatum to Saddam to abdicate and leave Iraq, Saddam had complied, would that have been seen as ‘undercutting’ Bush?
Yes, because shut up.
72 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:06:33pm |
re: #67 Kragar
This would be the same God who told her to run for President?
And she keeps falling for it?
This time, God will hold the football and let her kick it, and not pull it away at the last minute.
73 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:06:48pm |
re: #70 GeneJockey
I’m not sure how surrendering their chemical weapons to avoid an attack that was intended largely to prevent them from using CWs again is ‘undercutting’ Obama. Is there an impression somewhere that Obama really, really wanted to bomb Syria, and is disappointed that he didn’t get to?
If, back at the start of the Iraq War, when Bush issued the ultimatum to Saddam to abdicate and leave Iraq, Saddam had complied, would that have been seen as ‘undercutting’ Bush?
Shhh, we’re just concerned.
74 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:07:35pm |
76 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:08:45pm |
re: #75 klys
That would require a question.
Unless you just say it as a declarative, and inflect your voice up at the end.
77 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:09:05pm |
re: #76 GeneJockey
Unless you just say it as a declarative, and inflect your voice up at the end.
Too bad all we have is KT’s text to go by.
78 | Killgore Trout Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:18:21pm |
re: #70 GeneJockey
I’m not sure how surrendering their chemical weapons to avoid an attack that was intended largely to prevent them from using CWs again is ‘undercutting’ Obama. Is there an impression somewhere that Obama really, really wanted to bomb Syria, and is disappointed that he didn’t get to?
If, back at the start of the Iraq War, when Bush issued the ultimatum to Saddam to abdicate and leave Iraq, Saddam had complied, would that have been seen as ‘undercutting’ Bush?
It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out. It’s all a choreographed dance until one side sees an opening to make a move. That could be years from now.
I’m am a little curious to see what Obama uses to fill his network slot with tonight. It’s certainly not going to be the same speech he had planned for last week.
79 | A Mom Anon Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:22:56pm |
Oh Jehovah God help me. I have been in a facebook argument with a conservative female jackass over the last several days now and the stupid got to be more than I could bear. She Won!!! Or something. I was as respectful as I could be, but I’m still rude like a liberals. When she’s the one who came in calling liberals lazy idiots and calls the President, oh this is mature, ovomit. She won’t capitalize it even. And his trusty side kicks, John Effin Kerry and Hildabitch Clintoon. Oh she’s a clever one, yes indeedy. Husband retired military, currently living at their third(paid off) home in Canada. Where ovomitcare is causing her insurance to go through the roof.
I had to abort the mission, I was nice even til the end. I told her she was nasty and hateful, but you know, I’m rude. I normally avoid this shit like the plague, but she started in on hard working people being stupid because they give all their money to the government. She went on and on about being sick of HER country being taken over by progressive commies. When I pointed out it was OUR country not hers, I was the rude one. Asshole, hope one of her horses throws her into a lake.
80 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:24:03pm |
re: #79 A Mom Anon
I have a very simple rule: I don’t do politics on Facebook.
It saves so much grief.
81 | A Mom Anon Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:27:08pm |
re: #80 klys
Yeah I know, I was on Hal Sparks’ facebook page and she just shit all over a thread and I really tried to engage her constructively. Over a period of days. I should have known better. I hate liars and I let it suck me in. Lesson learned.
82 | klys Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:27:54pm |
re: #81 A Mom Anon
It can be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tempting at times. That’s why it is a hard and fast rule.
83 | Amory Blaine Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:29:04pm |
re: #60 Pavlovian Hive Mind
You Can See The Historic Flooding On The Chinese-Russian Border From Space
Image: russiachinafloods2-555x370.jpg
Image: russiachinafloods1-555x370.jpg
O_o
So that’s where all the Colorado river water went.
Dear China,
Give it back please.
kthxbai
84 | Amory Blaine Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:30:41pm |
re: #79 A Mom Anon
I cut all wingnuts out of my life. I can’t be friends with these people.
85 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:32:11pm |
I think I actually won an argument on Facebook once. Hard to tell. I was arguing with a Libertarian, and said the problem with Libertarianism is that it only works till one person realizes he has the power to exploit others. He said, ‘But you don’t have the right to exploit others. That’s what people don’t get about Libertarianism!’
So I asked him how you exercise your right not to be exploited, without regulations against it, and a government to enforce it.
Never saw him again.
86 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:32:47pm |
re: #84 Amory Blaine
I cut all wingnuts out of my life. I can’t be friends with these people.
For me, now, it’s not the wingnuts that’s the problem. It’s the moonbats in my family tree.
87 | Decatur Deb Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:35:00pm |
re: #79 A Mom Anon
Oh Jehovah God help me. I have been in a facebook argument with a conservative female jackass over the last several days now and the stupid got to be more than I could bear. She Won!!! Or something. I was as respectful as I could be, but I’m still rude like a liberals. When she’s the one who came in calling liberals lazy idiots and calls the President, oh this is mature, ovomit. She won’t capitalize it even. And his trusty side kicks, John Effin Kerry and Hildabitch Clintoon. Oh she’s a clever one, yes indeedy. Husband retired military, currently living at their third(paid off) home in Canada. Where ovomitcare is causing her insurance to go through the roof.
I had to abort the mission, I was nice even til the end. I told her she was nasty and hateful, but you know, I’m rude. I normally avoid this shit like the plague, but she started in on hard working people being stupid because they give all their money to the government. She went on and on about being sick of HER country being taken over by progressive commies. When I pointed out it was OUR country not hers, I was the rude one. Asshole, hope one of her horses throws her into a lake.
With the truly brainlocked, here is better strategy: Ramp up the dialogue quickly to some crazy Trotskyite paleoMarxist shit. You’re not trying for a ‘win’, you’re going for an aneurysm.
88 | Tigger2 Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:36:51pm |
re: #84 Amory Blaine
I cut all wingnuts out of my life. I can’t be friends with these people.
Have done the same thing. I just can’t take the hate and lies anymore.
89 | A Mom Anon Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:38:27pm |
re: #87 Decatur Deb
LOL. ROTFLMAO. I should have, but I was really trying to win her over with my sunny disposition and stuff. I gave up, no reaching her, she refused to even admit we were both Americans for fuck’s sake.
You sir are evil. I like that in a person.
90 | GeneJockey Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:39:08pm |
re: #88 Tigger2
Have done the same thing. I just can’t take the hate and lies anymore.
I’ve gotten defriended by relatives and high school classmates for having the temerity to point out the factual errors in their re-posts. Nothing pisses off a wingnut faster than the truth.
91 | Amory Blaine Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:45:52pm |
re: #86 GeneJockey
I cut them out too. They can see me at my funeral.
92 | Bubblehead II Tue, Sep 10, 2013 4:56:34pm |
re: #16 Jack Burton
The definition of “Legally Blind” also slightly differs from common usage of blind and I’m pretty sure more than a few people who require glasses or contact lenses to drive are technically legally blind without them.
Count me in as one of those. No glasses, no driving. Reading a book, forget about it. Can see, but not identify large objects at a distance (20 ft plus).
I am NOT someone you would want either driving or in control of a weapon without my glasses. Hell I can’t even read what I am typing here unless I am within 6 inches of the monitor.
My glasses are THE FIRST THING I REACH FOR in the morning. If I can’t find them. I go into search/panic mode. I need them to see.
Without them, I am pretty much useless and dependent upon those around me. Not a comfortable place to be in.
93 | EPR-radar Tue, Sep 10, 2013 5:00:24pm |
re: #92 Bubblehead II
Me too. I have about 6 diopters of near-sightedness correction in each eye. Well past the point where the 20/x visual acuity scale has any meaning.
94 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Sep 10, 2013 5:19:37pm |
re: #79 A Mom Anon
Oh Jehovah God help me. I have been in a facebook argument with a conservative female jackass over the last several days now and the stupid got to be more than I could bear. She Won!!! Or something. I was as respectful as I could be, but I’m still rude like a liberals. When she’s the one who came in calling liberals lazy idiots and calls the President, oh this is mature, ovomit. She won’t capitalize it even. And his trusty side kicks, John Effin Kerry and Hildabitch Clintoon. Oh she’s a clever one, yes indeedy. Husband retired military, currently living at their third(paid off) home in Canada. Where ovomitcare is causing her insurance to go through the roof.
I had to abort the mission, I was nice even til the end. I told her she was nasty and hateful, but you know, I’m rude. I normally avoid this shit like the plague, but she started in on hard working people being stupid because they give all their money to the government. She went on and on about being sick of HER country being taken over by progressive commies. When I pointed out it was OUR country not hers, I was the rude one. Asshole, hope one of her horses throws her into a lake.
Facebook is only for pictures of my grandkids. Derp is for Teh Twitters.