With polls showing significant GOP momentum this fall, Republicans in recent weeks began to believe they had a real chance of retaking control of the Senate in November. But a major primary upset at the hands of a tea party insurgent on Tuesday may have put the Senate GOP's dreams of a majority at serious risk.
In the biggest electoral surprise of the night, conservative activist Christine O'Donnell defeated longtime GOP Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware's Republican Senate primary. Castle, a moderate who once served as the state's governor, had been so favored to win in November that his decision to run had reportedly influenced Democrat Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, to abandon plans to seek his father's old seat.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100915/el_yblog_upshot/tea-party-victory-endangers-gops-goal-of-retaking-the-senate
I am confused. Isn't a Tea Bagger a Republican? And if not how are they running in the Republican Primary>
If I understand it right, The Reps are afraid that in the General Election, the Teabaggers are so batshit wingnut crazy, the (majority) centrist Reps voters will run away from them, and either stay away from the polls or vote Dem.
Yes.
The belief is this though:
Teabaggers appeal to declining and increasingly nutty base of GOP voters, defeating more moderate opposition.
Democrats put up a centrist, DLC-approved candidate.
Public goes "hmm, corporatist or nutter. I'm going for the corporatist, at least they wont draft my fetus to serve in repelling Russian aggression in Georgia".
Democrat wins.
Of course, what will actually happen is:
Teabaggers appeal to declining and increasingly nutty base of GOP voters, defeating more moderate opposition.
Democrats put up a centrist, DLC-approved candidate.
Public goes "hmm, corporatist or nutter. I'm going for the nutter, because the corporatists keep fucking me and everyone I know in the ass constantly and I'm pretty fucking sick of it. Plus if we go to war with half the world I might just get a job again, even if it's making depleted uranium rounds in a factory, with my bare hands."
Teabagger wins, Senate shuts down out of spite towards Obama, economy crashes, Republicans promise if they win the presidency they will restore the economy.
We are fucked forever.
Thanks guys, I thought I was really losing it this time. It should be a fun election.
True.
I would hope for lots of internal division in the Republican party, but I suspect the moderates will roll over and take it in the name of getting elected again, because that's how it goes.
I found this right before I logged onto PD.com. Political analyst guy sez: Weird primaries have never been a good indicator for election results and Tea Party success is greatly overstated.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/14/christine-odonnell-rand-paul-and-the-primaries-are-they-the-r/
I'm only posting this because it makes me feel warmer, safer & fuzzier than what Cain said (even though he's probably right....)
Quote from: Mangrove on September 15, 2010, 07:45:14 PM
I found this right before I logged onto PD.com. Political analyst guy sez: Weird primaries have never been a good indicator for election results and Tea Party success is greatly overstated.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/14/christine-odonnell-rand-paul-and-the-primaries-are-they-the-r/
I'm only posting this because it makes me feel warmer, safer & fuzzier than what Cain said (even though he's probably right....)
Seems to be what I'm seeing in Ohio. The Tea Partiers are excited, the Republicans are horrified, the Democrats are laughing their asses off.
What happens in November? I dunno... but if they successfully elect Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell the laughs will just keep coming till the blood starts pouring out of every orafice.
:lulz: :D :) :? :eek: :argh!: :sad: :cry: :horrormirth: <---- Like that
Even if all the other teapartiers lose, Utah is pretty much guaranteed to put Mike Lee in the senate. So laughs will come regardless.
The political junkie in me would be interested to see what would happen if we had a Dem Senate and a GOP House. Hell, even the GOP having both houses with Obama as Prez would be interesting. Wouldn't result in any good or meaningful policy of course, and I imagine we could kiss a repeal of DADT goodbye.
Quote from: Rev. Where's-My-Hat? on September 15, 2010, 08:40:32 PM
The political junkie in me would be interested to see what would happen if we had a Dem Senate and a GOP House. Hell, even the GOP having both houses with Obama as Prez would be interesting. Wouldn't result in any good or meaningful policy of course, and I imagine we could kiss a repeal of DADT goodbye.
Gridlock. Been there, wasn't too bad.
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 15, 2010, 09:53:28 PM
Quote from: Rev. Where's-My-Hat? on September 15, 2010, 08:40:32 PM
The political junkie in me would be interested to see what would happen if we had a Dem Senate and a GOP House. Hell, even the GOP having both houses with Obama as Prez would be interesting. Wouldn't result in any good or meaningful policy of course, and I imagine we could kiss a repeal of DADT goodbye.
Gridlock. Been there, wasn't too bad.
I find myself agreeing with you a lot CB..
I'd rather have a government that doesn't keep trying to "fix" things through new laws and throwing more money at the problem because they umm.. never seem to work?
more thinking and reading of potential legislation before pressing yea or nea would be helpful too but that's just me being completely insanely wishful.
I'd welcome gridlock with open arms.
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
TARP money isn't (for the most part) funding anything that KEEPS people employed.. one shot jobs are not a pancea for the problem.
If the monkeys in this country aren't spurned to innovation and creation of new sources of income by the current climate, then maybe I really will loose all faith in the future of the US and grab some popcorn while it burns, then move to mexico and invest and grow farm raised fish like my sons mother wants me to do.
Even if the world burns, people have to eat.
Necessity is the mother of invention may sound trite, but I'm really hoping for some god damn new ideas rather than old, stale ones. If gridlock is what it takes for people to realize that DC isn't their cure-all be-all then so be it.
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 15, 2010, 10:58:17 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
TARP money isn't (for the most part) funding anything that KEEPS people employed.. one shot jobs are not a pancea for the problem.
If the monkeys in this country aren't spurned to innovation and creation of new sources of income by the current climate, then maybe I really will loose all faith in the future of the US and grab some popcorn while it burns, then move to mexico and invest and grow farm raised fish like my sons mother wants me to do.
Even if the world burns, people have to eat.
Necessity is the mother of invention may sound trite, but I'm really hoping for some god damn new ideas rather than old, stale ones. If gridlock is what it takes for people to realize that DC isn't their cure-all be-all then so be it.
I TOTALLY want to be there when your idealism dies. :horrormirth:
Quote from: phoenixofdiscordia on September 15, 2010, 11:02:22 PM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 15, 2010, 10:58:17 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
TARP money isn't (for the most part) funding anything that KEEPS people employed.. one shot jobs are not a pancea for the problem.
If the monkeys in this country aren't spurned to innovation and creation of new sources of income by the current climate, then maybe I really will loose all faith in the future of the US and grab some popcorn while it burns, then move to mexico and invest and grow farm raised fish like my sons mother wants me to do.
Even if the world burns, people have to eat.
Necessity is the mother of invention may sound trite, but I'm really hoping for some god damn new ideas rather than old, stale ones. If gridlock is what it takes for people to realize that DC isn't their cure-all be-all then so be it.
I TOTALLY want to be there when your idealism dies. :horrormirth:
MY idealism? weren't you the one advocating Communism?
for the record, when it does, it'll likely be with a whimper, not a big bang. More of a "yeah, I kind of figured that would happen, even if I secretly pulled for the opposite."
Though, I'm notoriously optimistic about almost everything.. which makes for a bad Discordian I think.. unless I'm optimistic about chaos, which I actually am, and advocate to some degree.
Hard to compete with some of you misanthropes for chaos creation.
But I learn fast.
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 15, 2010, 11:11:17 PM
Quote from: phoenixofdiscordia on September 15, 2010, 11:02:22 PM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 15, 2010, 10:58:17 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
TARP money isn't (for the most part) funding anything that KEEPS people employed.. one shot jobs are not a pancea for the problem.
If the monkeys in this country aren't spurned to innovation and creation of new sources of income by the current climate, then maybe I really will loose all faith in the future of the US and grab some popcorn while it burns, then move to mexico and invest and grow farm raised fish like my sons mother wants me to do.
Even if the world burns, people have to eat.
Necessity is the mother of invention may sound trite, but I'm really hoping for some god damn new ideas rather than old, stale ones. If gridlock is what it takes for people to realize that DC isn't their cure-all be-all then so be it.
I TOTALLY want to be there when your idealism dies. :horrormirth:
MY idealism? weren't you the one advocating Communism?
for the record, when it does, it'll likely be with a whimper, not a big bang. More of a "yeah, I kind of figured that would happen, even if I secretly pulled for the opposite."
Though, I'm notoriously optimistic about almost everything.. which makes for a bad Discordian I think.. unless I'm optimistic about chaos, which I actually am, and advocate to some degree.
Hard to compete with some of you misanthropes for chaos creation.
But I learn fast.
As a professed Hobbesian, did you really think I
believed that Communism could/would work? Given the fact that Hobbes advocates iron-fisted dictatorships and believes that human beings are terrible, terrible monsters when left to their own devices, I would think that most people would have realized I was playing devil's advocate with that argument.
I'm as cynical as the come, Pickles. I just like arguing with people. :D
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
Wasn't the TARP money a republican plan to begin with?
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 15, 2010, 11:51:12 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
Wasn't the TARP money a republican plan to begin with?
It was a Central Bankers idea, pushed through a republican executive and complacent democrat house, who knew they could lay the blame on the previous admin, as they were all but guaranteed the executive in 2010.
anyone still thinking there's a difference between the two parties should really pick the right day to stop sniffing glue.
Hank Paulson and Tim Geitner are not different. And that fuck Bernanke is still.. well, he's still there, despite all evidence to his ineptitude.
I wouldn't be surprised if they're just rolling dice in a back room on what to predict before the congressional committiees.
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 01:19:58 AM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 15, 2010, 11:51:12 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
Wasn't the TARP money a republican plan to begin with?
It was a Central Bankers idea, pushed through a republican executive and complacent democrat house, who knew they could lay the blame on the previous admin, as they were all but guaranteed the executive in 2010.
anyone still thinking there's a difference between the two parties should really pick the right day to stop sniffing glue.
Hank Paulson and Tim Geitner are not different. And that fuck Bernanke is still.. well, he's still there, despite all evidence to his ineptitude.
I wouldn't be surprised if they're just rolling dice in a back room on what to predict before the congressional committiees.
So the entirety of American politics is...
a DnD game?(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/rx78ghost/dddice.jpg)
74% chance to invade Iraq!
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 16, 2010, 03:29:13 AM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 01:19:58 AM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 15, 2010, 11:51:12 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
Wasn't the TARP money a republican plan to begin with?
It was a Central Bankers idea, pushed through a republican executive and complacent democrat house, who knew they could lay the blame on the previous admin, as they were all but guaranteed the executive in 2010.
anyone still thinking there's a difference between the two parties should really pick the right day to stop sniffing glue.
Hank Paulson and Tim Geitner are not different. And that fuck Bernanke is still.. well, he's still there, despite all evidence to his ineptitude.
I wouldn't be surprised if they're just rolling dice in a back room on what to predict before the congressional committiees.
So the entirety of American politics is... a DnD game?
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/rx78ghost/dddice.jpg)
74% chance to invade Iraq!
Me thinks you haven't played DnD In awhile.. hell, I haven't played DnD in awhile, but I believe it's more like this:
"We're going to invade Iraq!!!!"
(insert that pic I'm too lazy to repost at the moment)
2d6 for WMD's and 1d20 for people not giving enough of a fuck to change anything.
still have to have a DM to decide what happens, you just roll dice on the outcome.
bad analogy and my explanation may be bad.. hard to tell through a 6 pack.
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 04:05:22 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 16, 2010, 03:29:13 AM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 01:19:58 AM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 15, 2010, 11:51:12 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
Wasn't the TARP money a republican plan to begin with?
It was a Central Bankers idea, pushed through a republican executive and complacent democrat house, who knew they could lay the blame on the previous admin, as they were all but guaranteed the executive in 2010.
anyone still thinking there's a difference between the two parties should really pick the right day to stop sniffing glue.
Hank Paulson and Tim Geitner are not different. And that fuck Bernanke is still.. well, he's still there, despite all evidence to his ineptitude.
I wouldn't be surprised if they're just rolling dice in a back room on what to predict before the congressional committiees.
So the entirety of American politics is... a DnD game?
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/rx78ghost/dddice.jpg)
74% chance to invade Iraq!
Me thinks you haven't played DnD In awhile.. hell, I haven't played DnD in awhile, but I believe it's more like this:
"We're going to invade Iraq!!!!"
(insert that pic I'm too lazy to repost at the moment)
2d6 for WMD's and 1d20 for people not giving enough of a fuck to change anything.
still have to have a DM to decide what happens, you just roll dice on the outcome.
bad analogy and my explanation may be bad.. hard to tell through a 6 pack.
Try that again tomorrow.
That sounds a bit like 4th ed... :argh!:
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 16, 2010, 04:18:53 AM
That sounds a bit like 4th ed... :argh!:
Um.
He was being pedantic about a role playing game being used as an analogy as a joke. :lulz:
Remember, kids, we don't post while drunk on antifreeze.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 04:25:59 AM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 16, 2010, 04:18:53 AM
That sounds a bit like 4th ed... :argh!:
Um.
He was being pedantic about a role playing game being used as an analogy as a joke. :lulz:
Remember, kids, we don't post while drunk on antifreeze.
Shoosh, you. I am tired and retarded. :lulz:
MY BRAIN IS ANTIFREEZE
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 16, 2010, 04:28:15 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 04:25:59 AM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 16, 2010, 04:18:53 AM
That sounds a bit like 4th ed... :argh!:
Um.
He was being pedantic about a role playing game being used as an analogy as a joke. :lulz:
Remember, kids, we don't post while drunk on antifreeze.
Shoosh, you. I am tired and retarded. :lulz:
MY BRAIN IS ANTIFREEZE
Was talking about him, but that works, too. :lol:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 04:25:59 AM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 16, 2010, 04:18:53 AM
That sounds a bit like 4th ed... :argh!:
Um.
He was being pedantic about a role playing game being used as an analogy as a joke. :lulz:
Remember, kids, we don't post while drunk on antifreeze.
aww you guys.. aren't I allowed to be a bit pedantic about a bad role playing game being used as a bad analogy for a bad joke?
and if PBR = antifreeze, then I've solved... wel.. nothing.. I live in north florida.. it froze here once.. in '89..
predicted DH response: "well then you should just save PBR the trouble of bottling and drink antifreeze"
how are off am I?
:lulz: @ Dok
:? or :| at pickle
I can't really decide.
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 04:35:57 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 04:25:59 AM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 16, 2010, 04:18:53 AM
That sounds a bit like 4th ed... :argh!:
Um.
He was being pedantic about a role playing game being used as an analogy as a joke. :lulz:
Remember, kids, we don't post while drunk on antifreeze.
aww you guys.. aren't I allowed to be a bit pedantic about a bad role playing game being used as a bad analogy for a bad joke?
and if PBR = antifreeze, then I've solved... wel.. nothing.. I live in north florida.. it froze here once.. in '89..
predicted DH response: "well then you should just save PBR the trouble of bottling and drink antifreeze"
how are off am I?
I'd rather drink the antifreeze, to be honest.
PBR is worse than no beer at all.
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 16, 2010, 04:37:24 AM
:lulz: @ Dok
:? or :| at pickle
I can't really decide.
I haven't felt very funny lately anyway.
humor is subjective anyway. or at least, that's what this one guy who I thought wasn't very funny told me once.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 04:41:08 AM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 04:35:57 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 04:25:59 AM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 16, 2010, 04:18:53 AM
That sounds a bit like 4th ed... :argh!:
Um.
He was being pedantic about a role playing game being used as an analogy as a joke. :lulz:
Remember, kids, we don't post while drunk on antifreeze.
aww you guys.. aren't I allowed to be a bit pedantic about a bad role playing game being used as a bad analogy for a bad joke?
and if PBR = antifreeze, then I've solved... wel.. nothing.. I live in north florida.. it froze here once.. in '89..
predicted DH response: "well then you should just save PBR the trouble of bottling and drink antifreeze"
how are off am I?
I'd rather drink the antifreeze, to be honest.
PBR is worse than no beer at all.
I agree with this completely. except that antifreeze may be cheaper.
I AGREE
that we are all fucked.
I DISAGREE
that no beer is worse than any beer at all.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 04:41:08 AM
PBR is worse than no beer at all.
PBR's only use is to drink at bars after you had two or three mixed drinks
PBR is also useful as building material for alcohol stoves. :lulz:
Quote from: E.O.T. on September 16, 2010, 06:15:03 AM
I AGREE
that we are all fucked.
I DISAGREE
that no beer is worse than any beer at all.
PBR isn't beer, it's hipster juice.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 01:48:06 PM
Quote from: E.O.T. on September 16, 2010, 06:15:03 AM
I AGREE
that we are all fucked.
I DISAGREE
that no beer is worse than any beer at all.
PBR isn't beer, it's hipster juice.
It's water with alcohol in it.
and it's cheap.
when I want to spoil myself I pick up Guiness, or if I really want to spoil myself I pick up some Glenlivit, but money is tight these days
I do happen to live in the hipster area of this city, but in my defense, the houses here are much nicer than the particle board shit they have built in other parts of town.
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 15, 2010, 10:58:17 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
TARP money isn't (for the most part) funding anything that KEEPS people employed.. one shot jobs are not a pancea for the problem.
If the monkeys in this country aren't spurned to innovation and creation of new sources of income by the current climate, then maybe I really will loose all faith in the future of the US and grab some popcorn while it burns, then move to mexico and invest and grow farm raised fish like my sons mother wants me to do.
Even if the world burns, people have to eat.
Necessity is the mother of invention may sound trite, but I'm really hoping for some god damn new ideas rather than old, stale ones. If gridlock is what it takes for people to realize that DC isn't their cure-all be-all then so be it.
Agreed that TARP isn't doing very much, I should have been more broad. In general, government money seems to be making the difference between employment and not in a lot of sectors right now though, such as in education and research, obviously the military-industrial complex etc. Not to mention those currently unemployed (roughly 10% of the population, at last count). In good times, a shutdown would be a nusciance, but could be survived. Now I'm not so certain.
And while some new ideas on Capitol Hill, or indeed any ideas at all, would be a welcome change, I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for it to materialize. We had a deadlocked Parliament over here....for a week, and then a coalition arose to chart the exact same disastrous course this country has been on since 1979. The political consensus here, like in America, is shared by all major politicians and the arguments are mostly about rhetoric, or variations within the same overall plan. Things may get interesting when the next election rolls around, but for now we have a government that absolutely no-one voted for. What will most likely happen in the US is the creation of ad hoc alliances between members of the GOP and the Donks on matters they can agree on. Which in the past several years has been the unrestrained power of the executive, how awesome torture is, reclassifying everything in sight as above top secret, increased military spending and waging foreign wars. My assumption is that this would start after the GOP get over their shutdown attempt, in order to strongarm potential Democratic critics, which will work because the Dems are giant wimps.
I'm thinking though that, unless the Dems do something really fucking stupid into the election season, the Repubs will have a slight win in the House, while the Dems retain the Senate. And I don't believe that has sufficient power for the shutdown scenario, just enough to be a major nusciance. We'll see though.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 15, 2010, 11:51:12 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
Wasn't the TARP money a republican plan to begin with?
You were hoping for consistency, maybe?
My supposition would be that if there's a GOP congress (of any combo) with an Obamite administration, I think it wouldn't last past the next election cycle.
But I've been wrong before.
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 01:58:55 PM
It's water rat piss with alcohol in it that's been run through a cow.
Fixed.
Even bikers won't drink that shit here, and these bastards will drink anything.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 05:08:11 PM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 01:58:55 PM
It's water rat piss with alcohol in it that's been run through a cow.
Fixed.
Even bikers won't drink that shit here, and these bastards will drink anything.
They still can that horse piss?
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 16, 2010, 05:36:10 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 05:08:11 PM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 01:58:55 PM
It's water rat piss with alcohol in it that's been run through a cow.
Fixed.
Even bikers won't drink that shit here, and these bastards will drink anything.
They still can that horse piss?
Sure. It's a public service, so that Hipsters will get too drunk to breed.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 05:57:02 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 16, 2010, 05:36:10 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 05:08:11 PM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 01:58:55 PM
It's water rat piss with alcohol in it that's been run through a cow.
Fixed.
Even bikers won't drink that shit here, and these bastards will drink anything.
They still can that horse piss?
Sure. It's a public service, so that Hipsters will get too drunk to breed.
:lulz:
good god, that's why my sperm count is so low..
my swimmers are collateral damage in a cold war against hipsters.
It all makes so much sense now.
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 06:10:21 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 05:57:02 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 16, 2010, 05:36:10 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 05:08:11 PM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 01:58:55 PM
It's water rat piss with alcohol in it that's been run through a cow.
Fixed.
Even bikers won't drink that shit here, and these bastards will drink anything.
They still can that horse piss?
Sure. It's a public service, so that Hipsters will get too drunk to breed.
:lulz:
good god, that's why my sperm count is so low..
my swimmers are collateral damage in a cold war against hipsters.
It all makes so much sense now.
By virtue of drinking PBR, you are at least 1/4 hipster. Sorry about that.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 06:12:18 PM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 06:10:21 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 05:57:02 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 16, 2010, 05:36:10 PM
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Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 01:58:55 PM
It's water rat piss with alcohol in it that's been run through a cow.
Fixed.
Even bikers won't drink that shit here, and these bastards will drink anything.
They still can that horse piss?
Sure. It's a public service, so that Hipsters will get too drunk to breed.
:lulz:
good god, that's why my sperm count is so low..
my swimmers are collateral damage in a cold war against hipsters.
It all makes so much sense now.
By virtue of drinking PBR, you are at least 1/4 hipster. Sorry about that.
guilt by association? If it drinks like a fish, it must be a fish?
If I was the sort to take offense at something, I'd be offended.
I'm going to have to find a new beer and purge my system now. Thnx Dok.
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 06:16:58 PM
guilt by association? If it drinks like a fish, it must be a fish?
If I was the sort to take offense at something, I'd be offended.
I'm going to have to find a new beer and purge my system now. Thnx Dok.
1. Guilt by poisoning. You think hipsters
start out that way? No, they're normal people who develop an unfortunate taste for shit beer, and then their glands get all fucked up, and before you know it, they're wearing Buddy Holly glasses, skinny jeans, and using the word "ironic" incorrectly.
2. No sweat. We Doktors are here to point this sort of shit out.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 06:19:14 PM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 06:16:58 PM
guilt by association? If it drinks like a fish, it must be a fish?
If I was the sort to take offense at something, I'd be offended.
I'm going to have to find a new beer and purge my system now. Thnx Dok.
1. Guilt by poisoning. You think hipsters start out that way? No, they're normal people who develop an unfortunate taste for shit beer, and then their glands get all fucked up, and before you know it, they're wearing Buddy Holly glasses, skinny jeans, and using the word "ironic" incorrectly.
2. No sweat. We Doktors are here to point this sort of shit out.
This is why I think I can't be a Doktor. I enjoy far too much watching the sheep walk off of cliffs to warn them about the danger.
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 16, 2010, 06:21:06 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 06:19:14 PM
Quote from: The Dancing Pickle on September 16, 2010, 06:16:58 PM
guilt by association? If it drinks like a fish, it must be a fish?
If I was the sort to take offense at something, I'd be offended.
I'm going to have to find a new beer and purge my system now. Thnx Dok.
1. Guilt by poisoning. You think hipsters start out that way? No, they're normal people who develop an unfortunate taste for shit beer, and then their glands get all fucked up, and before you know it, they're wearing Buddy Holly glasses, skinny jeans, and using the word "ironic" incorrectly.
2. No sweat. We Doktors are here to point this sort of shit out.
This is why I think I can't be a Doktor. I enjoy far too much watching the sheep walk off of cliffs to warn them about the danger.
That's the beauty of it. I warn them, they don't listen, and I get both the fun you get, AND a sense of vindication.
Quote from: Cain on September 16, 2010, 03:22:31 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 15, 2010, 11:51:12 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 15, 2010, 10:49:13 PM
It wouldn't just be gridlock. If they seized both houses, they'd shut down the government (they'd find some pretext, easily enough) and what little TARP etc money that is actually finding it's way to getting people employed would be shut down as well. In this economic climate, I'd give it two weeks before looting started.
Wasn't the TARP money a republican plan to begin with?
You were hoping for consistency, maybe?
Yes dammit. It's bad enough I have to choose between asshole A and psychotic B every November without them flip flopping all the time.
For those of us who don't live in Delaware, one question we might ask is "Who is Christine O'Donnell?" And also "What are her qualifications to enter one of the most important governing bodies in our modern democracy?" Good questions. Very critical. Well, after O'Donnell's surprise win last night, Rachel Maddow provided answers to both of these questions when she unearthed a clip from 1996 in which O'Donnell appears on an MTV documentary about sex (AN MTV DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SEX!) talking about her IMPORTANT mission to END masturbation in America. Because life is precious, and God, and the Bible.
http://videogum.com/222722/anti-masturbation-candidate-christine-odonnell-wins-delaware-primary-that-is-your-candidate-delaware/top-stories/
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
How do you enforce that?
excuse me sir, i am with the pud police and we have a 'tip' that you are pounding things you shouldn't be.
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 17, 2010, 02:39:15 PM
For those of us who don't live in Delaware, one question we might ask is "Who is Christine O'Donnell?" And also "What are her qualifications to enter one of the most important governing bodies in our modern democracy?" Good questions. Very critical. Well, after O'Donnell's surprise win last night, Rachel Maddow provided answers to both of these questions when she unearthed a clip from 1996 in which O'Donnell appears on an MTV documentary about sex (AN MTV DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SEX!) talking about her IMPORTANT mission to END masturbation in America. Because life is precious, and God, and the Bible.
http://videogum.com/222722/anti-masturbation-candidate-christine-odonnell-wins-delaware-primary-that-is-your-candidate-delaware/top-stories/
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
How do you enforce that?
By the power of SEX MADJICKQUE??
Obviously she is trying to fight the Chaos Magicians in America! I call religious persecution!!!!!
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 17, 2010, 02:42:08 PM
excuse me sir, i am with the pud police and we have a 'tip' that you are pounding things you shouldn't be.
But officer I have to charge these sigils -whiiiiiine-
Drop it or it WILL be confiscated!
I for one would like to extend my unconditional support to Christine O'Donnel, who has seen past the distractions of this modern age, to address the root cause of all our problems.
Not overpopulation.
Not poor farming techniques.
Not an insufficient supply of drinkable water.
Not insane financial practices.
Fappery. Fappery is the architect of our misfortune, and I call upon all of you to pull your fucking pants up and get back to work.
Thanks.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 17, 2010, 06:02:51 PM
I for one would like to extend my unconditional support to Christine O'Donnel, who has seen past the distractions of this modern age, to address the root cause of all our problems.
Not overpopulation.
Not poor farming techniques.
Not an insufficient supply of drinkable water.
Not insane financial practices.
Fappery. Fappery is the architect of our misfortune, and I call upon all of you to pull your fucking pants up and get back to work.
Thanks.
I wonder if fapping in church would make her happy?
...doubt it would make her fap-happy...
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 17, 2010, 07:06:17 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 17, 2010, 06:02:51 PM
I for one would like to extend my unconditional support to Christine O'Donnel, who has seen past the distractions of this modern age, to address the root cause of all our problems.
Not overpopulation.
Not poor farming techniques.
Not an insufficient supply of drinkable water.
Not insane financial practices.
Fappery. Fappery is the architect of our misfortune, and I call upon all of you to pull your fucking pants up and get back to work.
Thanks.
I wonder if fapping in church would make her happy?
Only if you're a nun. Because, arguably, you're getting it on with Jesus.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 17, 2010, 07:16:50 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 17, 2010, 07:06:17 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 17, 2010, 06:02:51 PM
I for one would like to extend my unconditional support to Christine O'Donnel, who has seen past the distractions of this modern age, to address the root cause of all our problems.
Not overpopulation.
Not poor farming techniques.
Not an insufficient supply of drinkable water.
Not insane financial practices.
Fappery. Fappery is the architect of our misfortune, and I call upon all of you to pull your fucking pants up and get back to work.
Thanks.
I wonder if fapping in church would make her happy?
Only if you're a nun. Because, arguably, you're getting it on with Jesus.
I have decided to vote a straight tea bagger ticket.
It's the only real way to fuck shit up.
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 17, 2010, 07:55:47 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 17, 2010, 07:16:50 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 17, 2010, 07:06:17 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 17, 2010, 06:02:51 PM
I for one would like to extend my unconditional support to Christine O'Donnel, who has seen past the distractions of this modern age, to address the root cause of all our problems.
Not overpopulation.
Not poor farming techniques.
Not an insufficient supply of drinkable water.
Not insane financial practices.
Fappery. Fappery is the architect of our misfortune, and I call upon all of you to pull your fucking pants up and get back to work.
Thanks.
I wonder if fapping in church would make her happy?
Only if you're a nun. Because, arguably, you're getting it on with Jesus.
I have decided to vote a straight tea bagger ticket.
It's the only real way to fuck shit up.
What the hell...I'm in.
If only we could get the word out that the Discordian Society has officially endorsed the Tea Party Movement.
I tried PBR once, It tasted, to me, just like every other cheap beer i have tried. Busch, Keystone, not as clean as black label, not as nasty as keystone light. I prefer cheap beer to water only because there is something in the water here that makes my gums bleed.
On the teaparty topic I kinda hope the looting is aimed in the right direction instead of at people that are a different color.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/20/wiccan-community-upset-wi_n_731694.html
QuoteLast Friday, remarks emerged from an appearance the Delaware Republican made during a 1999 taping of "Politically Incorrect," in which she acknowledged that she had "dabbled into witchcraft" but "never joined a coven." O'Donnell immediately distanced herself from the quote, asking whether it was fair to hold candidates responsible for the "questionable folks" they hung out with in high school. The clarification may have been the only sane political move for O'Donnell to make. But it had the side effect of angering an already politically sensitive pagan community.
:lulz: Wow.... just wow.
Also, this: National Rub One Out to a Picture of Christine O'Donnell Day (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158016804225275)
Quote from: Telarus on September 21, 2010, 02:54:47 AM
:lulz: Wow.... just wow.
Also, this: National Rub One Out to a Picture of Christine O'Donnell Day (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158016804225275)
:lulz: The comments on the FB posts are hilarious.
Quote from: Jenne on September 22, 2010, 09:04:20 PM
Quote from: Telarus on September 21, 2010, 02:54:47 AM
:lulz: Wow.... just wow.
Also, this: National Rub One Out to a Picture of Christine O'Donnell Day (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158016804225275)
:lulz: The comments on the FB posts are hilarious.
That's just sheer awesome!
Quote"It's funny to me, Chris, because this is the woman who claimed on another one of our 'Politically Incorrect' episodes from the '90s that she would not lie, even in the case of hiding Anne Frank in her attic," Maher told Matthews. "Eddie Izzard confronted her and said, 'Really? If Hitler was at the door and you had Anne Frank in the attic, you wouldn't lie?' She said, 'No. God would find a way.' "
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/22/christine-odonnells-younger-years-forget-witchcraft-think-me/?icid=main|htmlws-main-w|dl1|sec1_lnk3|172717
This is the logical conclusion of deontological ethics, I'm afraid.
Of course, I wouldn't put it that way when talking to a Tea Partier, but stilll....
The GOP Pledge To America: They Mean It This Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4zekfQGp34 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4zekfQGp34)
Quote from: Remington on September 27, 2010, 06:11:41 AM
The GOP Pledge To America: They Mean It This Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4zekfQGp34 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4zekfQGp34)
Oh lol
Christiane Amanpour tried to get ol' Turtlehead Mitch McConnell into admitting the Teabaggers are costing Republicans votes, and that the new "Pledge" is just b.s. because tax cuts would cost us trillions.
He could't waddle his waddle enough to be convincing about his bland stance on the Teabaggers and his "no way, trickle down really works, really, REALLY!" schtick too...I think I'm gonna really appreciate her on the This Week ABC show (which was more like "This Weak" until she came aboard). Hope she doesn't get ennui too fast and leave.
Quote from: Jenne on September 27, 2010, 06:35:35 PM
Christiane Amanpour tried to get ol' Turtlehead Mitch McConnell into admitting the Teabaggers are costing Republicans votes, and that the new "Pledge" is just b.s. because tax cuts would cost us trillions.
He could't waddle his waddle enough to be convincing about his bland stance on the Teabaggers and his "no way, trickle down really works, really, REALLY!" schtick too...I think I'm gonna really appreciate her on the This Week ABC show (which was more like "This Weak" until she came aboard). Hope she doesn't get ennui too fast and leave.
HAR! Trickle down has failed miserably under 3 presidents, and yet people keep buying this snake oil.
How many times can a man get mugged on the same corner by the same people, before people call him a rube?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 27, 2010, 06:39:35 PM
Quote from: Jenne on September 27, 2010, 06:35:35 PM
Christiane Amanpour tried to get ol' Turtlehead Mitch McConnell into admitting the Teabaggers are costing Republicans votes, and that the new "Pledge" is just b.s. because tax cuts would cost us trillions.
He could't waddle his waddle enough to be convincing about his bland stance on the Teabaggers and his "no way, trickle down really works, really, REALLY!" schtick too...I think I'm gonna really appreciate her on the This Week ABC show (which was more like "This Weak" until she came aboard). Hope she doesn't get ennui too fast and leave.
HAR! Trickle down has failed miserably under 3 presidents, and yet people keep buying this snake oil.
How many times can a man get mugged on the same corner by the same people, before people call him a rube?
Dude, people love to be sold on fake shit. Makes their asses feel all squishy inside.
I just get tired of it. Making Republitards admit that they fucked shit up good and that's why we're still dealing with it, though, is worth wading through their bullshit in these talkshows. And eventually, they do get to admit that sad fact, albeit to the tune of "But Obama's Had Us for 2 Years."
Quote from: Jenne on September 27, 2010, 06:52:06 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 27, 2010, 06:39:35 PM
Quote from: Jenne on September 27, 2010, 06:35:35 PM
Christiane Amanpour tried to get ol' Turtlehead Mitch McConnell into admitting the Teabaggers are costing Republicans votes, and that the new "Pledge" is just b.s. because tax cuts would cost us trillions.
He could't waddle his waddle enough to be convincing about his bland stance on the Teabaggers and his "no way, trickle down really works, really, REALLY!" schtick too...I think I'm gonna really appreciate her on the This Week ABC show (which was more like "This Weak" until she came aboard). Hope she doesn't get ennui too fast and leave.
HAR! Trickle down has failed miserably under 3 presidents, and yet people keep buying this snake oil.
How many times can a man get mugged on the same corner by the same people, before people call him a rube?
Dude, people love to be sold on fake shit. Makes their asses feel all squishy inside.
I just get tired of it. Making Republitards admit that they fucked shit up good and that's why we're still dealing with it, though, is worth wading through their bullshit in these talkshows. And eventually, they do get to admit that sad fact, albeit to the tune of "But Obama's Had Us for 2 Years."
I've been at this plant for 3 years.
It's been fucked for 30 years.
It's not all fixed yet.
http://thinkprogress.org/christine-odonnell-record/ (http://thinkprogress.org/christine-odonnell-record/)
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Quote from: Remington on September 28, 2010, 05:34:06 AM
http://thinkprogress.org/christine-odonnell-record/ (http://thinkprogress.org/christine-odonnell-record/)
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
She dropped 15 points in the polls after the witchcraft comment came out, we might not get to see her in the senate after all :cry:
Edit, misread the article, she's down 15 points total.
QuoteO'Donnell led a campaign against masturbation, claiming it is a form of adultery.
What if you're masturbating while thinking about your wife or husband? I mean, good grief, at least the Vatican prohibition against masturbation has some kind of logic to it.
You can even adulterate yourself?
Don't they realize how 'yesterday' meta is?
The great thing about Catholicism, I've always thought, is that most of their insanity relates back to either
a) the Bible, or
b) Natural Law
The Bible is easy enough. People have been disproving comments in that since the Renaissance, if not before. Natural Law is a little trickier, it has to do with what were were designed or meant to do by nature. The purpose of sex, for example, is reproduction. If you have sex for any other reason, it's sinful. Equally, if everything in the Universe is in motion, you can follow that chain of events back to an original cause, which must of course be God.
Now, this makes sense, in a sort of Dark Ages applied logic to the "known" facts of the time way. But when you introduce facts like pair-bonding or the Big Bang...well, you either get Jesuits and Deists, or the kind of people currently in charge of the Vatican. It's something of a crapshoot, but because so much of the theology has an empirical and logical base, it self-negates.
Protestant Christianity of the American kind, however, seems to bundle up a bunch of cultural assumptions about what is considered "conservative" and then says "God demands it, obey or die sinner!" Which is much harder to deal with, since it rests on a core of insanity and irrationality which no amount of applied logic, rationality and humanism can cause to self-negate.
Quote from: Remington on September 27, 2010, 06:11:41 AM
The GOP Pledge To America: They Mean It This Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4zekfQGp34 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4zekfQGp34)
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/09/27/poe-pledge-not-far-enough/
QuoteIndeed, the Pledge completely ignores Social Security and Medicare. Asked to explain this glaring omission yesterday, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) astonishingly said his party's new agenda is not intended to lay out solutions to problems. Rather, it is to explain the problems until Americans are ready to hear the "solutions."
YOU WANT THE SOLUTIONS? YOU
CAN'T HANDLE THE SOLUTIONS!
Or, to translate from politicalese into English:
"We're just going to sit on our hands and wait until things get so fucking shitty you'll accept whatever "solution" we present, which will invariably enrich ourselves and our political backers at your expense. YOU FUCKING SAPS."
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 16, 2010, 01:48:06 PM
Quote from: E.O.T. on September 16, 2010, 06:15:03 AM
I AGREE
that we are all fucked.
I DISAGREE
that no beer is worse than any beer at all.
PBR isn't beer, it's hipster juice.
MADE FROM 100% PURE HIPSTER OUT OF CONCENTRATED HIPSTERThey use mostly Brazilian hipster as they are cheapest to harvest. They are then concentrated by removing most of the water, to save on transportation costs. The hipsters are then rehydrated and carbonated at location. So you get 100% pure Brazilian hipster hydrated with local water.
Hrmmm, around here PBR isn't hipster, its redneck.
That's why the hipsters drink it, for 'authenticity' or some such poser BS.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 28, 2010, 10:34:11 PM
That's why the hipsters drink it, for 'authenticity' or some such poser BS.
Authenticity is always bullshit.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 28, 2010, 10:36:44 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 28, 2010, 10:34:11 PM
That's why the hipsters drink it, for 'authenticity' or some such poser BS.
Authenticity is always bullshit.
One hundred jillion percent truth.
Who the hell wants to be authentic?
Quote from: Sigmatic on September 29, 2010, 01:38:26 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 28, 2010, 10:36:44 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 28, 2010, 10:34:11 PM
That's why the hipsters drink it, for 'authenticity' or some such poser BS.
Authenticity is always bullshit.
One hundred jillion percent truth.
Who the hell wants to be authentic?
Those that are fake
Authentically fake?
Authenticity of what?!
The rednecks only drink it cause its cheap and they're poor. I don't know any of my uncles that were like:
MMMMM PBR!!!
\
:mullet:
Yeah, but the same can be said about the original punk fans started tearing up their clothes and adding saftey pins to emulate bands like the Voidoids, who actually were too poor to get new clothes and had to hold their shirts together with saftey pins.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 29, 2010, 07:06:10 PM
Yeah, but the same can be said about the original punk fans started tearing up their clothes and adding saftey pins to emulate bands like the Voidoids, who actually were too poor to get new clothes and had to hold their shirts together with saftey pins.
...Which is essentially no different than Justin Timberlake keeping a bus-load of Black vocalists, whose job it is to sing about how
real Justin Timberlake is, before he comes on stage to perform.
...Or how airheads like Taylor Swift, who affects an incredibly bad Georgia accent while singing what some people
might call country music, when she is in fact from Pennsylvania.
...Or how Zach De La Rocha "raged against the machine" through Epic Records, which is of course part of the machine.
...Or how ads for various products will use the word "country" three or more times, so that you will associate them with a "clean and wholesome" rural life that does not and has never existed.
I could go on, but I think I've made my point.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 29, 2010, 07:54:45 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 29, 2010, 07:06:10 PM
Yeah, but the same can be said about the original punk fans started tearing up their clothes and adding saftey pins to emulate bands like the Voidoids, who actually were too poor to get new clothes and had to hold their shirts together with saftey pins.
...Which is essentially no different than Justin Timberlake keeping a bus-load of Black vocalists, whose job it is to sing about how real Justin Timberlake is, before he comes on stage to perform.
...Or how airheads like Taylor Swift, who affects an incredibly bad Georgia accent while singing what some people might call country music, when she is in fact from Pennsylvania.
...Or how Zach De La Rocha "raged against the machine" through Epic Records, which is of course part of the machine.
...Or how ads for various products will use the word "country" three or more times, so that you will associate them with a "clean and wholesome" rural life that does not and has never existed.
I could go on, but I think I've made my point.
:cracks a PBR tallboy:
'Or how Zach De La Rocha "raged against the machine" through Epic Records, which is of course part of the machine.'
Audioslave :lulz:
Palin — who earlier this morning held a closed-door fundraiser for Rand Paul, the Tea Party champion running for the U.S. Senate — is railing against a GOP establishment that has just seen Tea Partiers oust entrenched Republican hacks in Delaware and New York. The DINGBAT REVOLUTION, it seems, is nigh.
Emphasis mine. :lulz:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/210904?RS_show_page=0
Quote from: Pēleus on September 30, 2010, 12:33:40 AM
'Or how Zach De La Rocha "raged against the machine" through Epic Records, which is of course part of the machine.'
Audioslave :lulz:
Not on at least one of their albums.
QuoteIt's not like the Tea Partiers hate black people. It's just that they're shockingly willing to believe the appalling horseshit fantasy about how white people in the age of Obama are some kind of oppressed minority. That may not be racism, but it is incredibly, earth-shatteringly stupid. I hear this theme over and over — as I do on a recent trip to northern Kentucky, where I decide to stick on a Rand Paul button and sit in on a Tea Party event at a local amusement park. Before long, a group of about a half-dozen Tea Partiers begin speculating about how Obamacare will force emergency-room doctors to consult "death panels" that will evaluate your worth as a human being before deciding to treat you.
Apart from the emergency room bit, isn't that exactly what the insurance companies do right now, with the measure of worth being your "pre-existing conditions" versus "the size of your wallet"?
Pretty much.
Why the dems never re-framed it that way is completely beyond me.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 30, 2010, 03:47:23 PM
Pretty much.
Why the dems never re-framed it that way is completely beyond me.
That might require a spine.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 30, 2010, 05:25:28 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 30, 2010, 03:47:23 PM
Pretty much.
Why the dems never re-framed it that way is completely beyond me.
That might require a spine.
Political Invertebrates?
fuck. okay, i hate democrats too, but just for the hell of it i'm going to do them a favor:
(http://www.spagbook.com/images/THINK_1.png)
On this theme, IOZ has outright stated Glenn Beck is an unconscious Marxist based on his "political thriller"
The Overton Window:
QuoteThe Overton Window, for all its manifold failures as a book, for all its infelicities and inconsistencies, for its schizoid sensibilities, actually--I swear to the baby Jesus--makes a simplistic but acceptable Marxist critique of the American state. I am not kidding. You have to look beyond the superficial stage dressings of American nationalism and generic anti-tax activism. In fact, the book convincingly identifies the political establishment as a subsidiary set of a more diverse ownership class who, through manipulation of public sentiment and political processes, have created a system of wealth expropriation for their own benefit. Haha, they're capitalists! It is a sign of the success of their real-life counterparts that Beck sings the praises of capitalism and calls them elites. But seriously, change the terminology and keep the lousy writing: this coulda been a freshman paper at Oberlin.
Telling hard rightwingers how much they have in common with Marxists is always amusing.
hxxp://www.dailypaul.com/node/48670 :lulz:
...self-government, anarcho-capitalism; it's all good. Anything has got to be better than this crazy 'democratic', socialist, central bank controlled hell-hole of a continent that we live on.
Personally, I don't even care about planning out a new country or economy. I just want to be left alone; I want to go to work and earn a dollar, and come home with that dollar without criminals and gangsters with guns and badges taking even one penny from me. If anyone wants to even take one penny from me that they have no right to, then they are a criminal, pure and simple.
Quote from: Pēleus on October 02, 2010, 07:19:04 PM
...self-government, anarcho-capitalism; it's all good. Anything has got to be better than this crazy 'democratic', socialist, central bank controlled hell-hole of a continent that we live on.
Personally, I don't even care about planning out a new country or economy. I just want to be left alone; I want to go to work and earn a dollar, and come home with that dollar without criminals and gangsters with guns and badges taking even one penny from me. If anyone wants to even take one penny from me that they have no right to, then they are a criminal, pure and simple.
I guess he plans on flapping his arms and flying to work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgn1Psq0V24 8)
Quote from: Telarus on October 03, 2010, 12:55:32 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgn1Psq0V24 8)
Welp, that's it then. We don't need government anymore.
WOOO! ANARKIII!!!
Quote from: Jerry_Frankster on October 03, 2010, 01:33:34 AM
Quote from: Telarus on October 03, 2010, 12:55:32 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgn1Psq0V24 8)
Welp, that's it then. We don't need government anymore.
WOOO! ANARKIII!!!
From manufacturer's website:
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srsly.
More O'Donnell hilarity
http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/odonnell-claimed-to-have-received-classified-information-on-china-from-missionaries/
QuoteOne of the hazards of being a Christian missionary from the USA in certain countries is that one may be accused of being a spy or an agent for US interests. There have certainly been instances where missionary activities and intelligence work have overlapped, although missionary organisations themselves have been keen to discourage this. The practice of using missionaries or journalists as CIA cover was prohibited in 1977, although in 1996 CIA director John Deutch announced that this could be waived in exceptional circumstances. The announcement caused some consternation; World magazine reported at the time that:
QuoteThe Senate Select Committee on Intelligence heard testimony on the use of missionaries and journalists as spies; the National Association of Evangelicals had raised the issue at its annual convention last February...
Missionaries may be sensitive about having their patriotism called into question, but the agencies that sponsor them are unequivocally opposed to any possibility their workers will be hired to spy. The lobbying effort has brought to the same side of the issue [National Association of Evangelicals] members as well as the National Council of Churches and Church World Service, Maryknoll Fathers and Sisters, and U.S. Catholic Mission, among others.
Most important, according to NAE's Rich Cizik, "It's the appearance worldwide that mission agencies, religious workers, clergy, and others are open to being used by the CIA. It's not from our vantage point a special and unique circumstances problem as much as it is an appearance problem." The groups cite cases like Chet Bitterman, a Wycliffe missionary who was killed 15 years ago in Colombia after he was accused of spying for the CIA.
So, it's probably not helpful when a political aspirant brags about receiving "classified information" about China from "nonprofit groups" working with missionaries. As is being widely reported:
QuoteRepublican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell of Delaware said in a 2006 debate that China was plotting to take over America..."There's much I want to say. I wish I wasn't privy to some of the classified information that I am privy to."
...When... challenged... about having secret information, O'Donnell didn't answer specifically but suggested she had received it through nonprofit groups she worked with that frequently sent missionaries there.
It should also be noted that China has used accusations of spying as a justification for persecuting Christians: one case is that of Alimujiang Yimiti, a Uyghur house church leader sentenced to 15 years in 2008 for supposedly "providing state secrets or intelligence to overseas organizations and individuals". O'Donnell's foolish boasting perhaps hasn't done him any favours, either.
Well done, that woman. No doubt the Chinese are rounding up all the missionaries they can find and are asking pointed questions. That is, questions while holding pointed implements which are being repeatedly jabbed into the kidneys of said missionaries.
In my mind a chess game between her and Palin would closely resemble the same game between two toddlers.
Maher talks about O'Donnell. :lulz:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/10/04/jk.maher.on.odonnell.cnn?hpt=C2
I'm You, Unless You're a Witch, Then I'm Not You
http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/im-you-unless-youre-a-witch-then-im-not-you.html
Quote"I'm not a witch," she says, which as an opening line to a political advert is pretty grabby. "I'm nothing you've heard. I'm you."
I love her.
Quote from: Sir Coyote on October 06, 2010, 03:29:39 AM
I'm You, Unless You're a Witch, Then I'm Not You
http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/im-you-unless-youre-a-witch-then-im-not-you.html
Quote"I'm not a witch," she says, which as an opening line to a political advert is pretty grabby. "I'm nothing you've heard. I'm you."
I love her.
She prefers the term "Mage"
I'm not a discordian. I'm nothing you've heard. I'm you.
Quote from: Sigmatic on October 06, 2010, 04:16:34 AM
I'm not a discordian. I'm nothing you've heard. I'm you.
OOOO
Are you something I smelled?
Yep hyena
Latest Tebagger talking point: EVIL MARXIST GOVT DUN STOLE MAH BABY FOR BEING TOO CONSERVATIVE (and a shitty parent).
http://dailyteaparty.com/2010/10/08/alert-peaceful-oath-keepers-newborn-baby-seized-at-hospital/
Ignore the part about numerous firearms violations, history of violence and refusal to attend court-mandated violence program. WAKE UP, SHEEPLE. THEY WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR BABIES JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A MEMBER OF A TEA PARTY MILITIA. THAT IS THE ONLY REASON THEY WILL TAKE THEM AWAY, NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE TERRIBLE PARENTS WITH A HISTORY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
They have already had 2 children removed from them and parental rights were revoked.
Also LOL
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/why-is-this-gop-house-candidate-dressed-as-a-nazi/64319/
QuoteAn election year already notable for its menagerie of extreme and unusual candidates can add another one: Rich Lott, the Republican nominee for Congress from Ohio's 9th District, and a Tea Party favorite, who for years donned a German Waffen SS uniform and participated in Nazi re-enactments.
They are giving tea a bad name.
:lulz:
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2010, 03:24:19 PM
Also LOL
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/why-is-this-gop-house-candidate-dressed-as-a-nazi/64319/
QuoteAn election year already notable for its menagerie of extreme and unusual candidates can add another one: Rich Lott, the Republican nominee for Congress from Ohio's 9th District, and a Tea Party favorite, who for years donned a German Waffen SS uniform and participated in Nazi re-enactments.
On the one hand, as someone who plays with 'historical reenactment' I can see the guys position that it an interest in history far more than agreement with the politics of the historical group... on the other hand, Who the fuck thinks its a good idea to dress up as Nazis?
: :?:
Flame-throwing Republican Carl Paladino erupted again, declaring Sunday that being gay is "not the example that we should be showing our children."
"I don't want [children] brainwashed into thinking homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option - it isn't," Paladino said to applause at a meeting with Hasidic Jewish leaders in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/10/2010-10-10_carl_paladino_in_blast_at_gays_nothing_to_be_proud_of_in_being_a_dysfunctional_h.html
Another tea bagger has values! :lulz:
Quote from: Ratatosk on October 11, 2010, 03:22:30 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2010, 03:24:19 PM
Also LOL
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/why-is-this-gop-house-candidate-dressed-as-a-nazi/64319/
QuoteAn election year already notable for its menagerie of extreme and unusual candidates can add another one: Rich Lott, the Republican nominee for Congress from Ohio's 9th District, and a Tea Party favorite, who for years donned a German Waffen SS uniform and participated in Nazi re-enactments.
On the one hand, as someone who plays with 'historical reenactment' I can see the guys position that it an interest in history far more than agreement with the politics of the historical group... on the other hand, Who the fuck thinks its a good idea to dress up as Nazis?
: :?:
BAD PEOPLE
Quote from: E.O.T. on October 11, 2010, 04:15:59 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on October 11, 2010, 03:22:30 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2010, 03:24:19 PM
Also LOL
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/why-is-this-gop-house-candidate-dressed-as-a-nazi/64319/
QuoteAn election year already notable for its menagerie of extreme and unusual candidates can add another one: Rich Lott, the Republican nominee for Congress from Ohio's 9th District, and a Tea Party favorite, who for years donned a German Waffen SS uniform and participated in Nazi re-enactments.
On the one hand, as someone who plays with 'historical reenactment' I can see the guys position that it an interest in history far more than agreement with the politics of the historical group... on the other hand, Who the fuck thinks its a good idea to dress up as Nazis?
: :?:
BAD PEOPLE
PRINCE HARRY.
Quote from: Charley Brown on October 11, 2010, 04:13:34 PM
Flame-throwing Republican Carl Paladino erupted again, declaring Sunday that being gay is "not the example that we should be showing our children."
"I don't want [children] brainwashed into thinking homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option - it isn't," Paladino said to applause at a meeting with Hasidic Jewish leaders in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/10/2010-10-10_carl_paladino_in_blast_at_gays_nothing_to_be_proud_of_in_being_a_dysfunctional_h.html
Another tea bagger has values! :lulz:
That made me sad when I heard about it. He went (in my mind) from crazy-as-fuck whacko who might win and would be hilarious, to FUCKING MOTHERFUCKER in an instant.
LMNO
-has biases.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on October 11, 2010, 04:17:35 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on October 11, 2010, 04:13:34 PM
Flame-throwing Republican Carl Paladino erupted again, declaring Sunday that being gay is "not the example that we should be showing our children."
"I don't want [children] brainwashed into thinking homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option - it isn't," Paladino said to applause at a meeting with Hasidic Jewish leaders in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/10/2010-10-10_carl_paladino_in_blast_at_gays_nothing_to_be_proud_of_in_being_a_dysfunctional_h.html
Another tea bagger has values! :lulz:
That made me sad when I heard about it. He went (in my mind) from crazy-as-fuck whacko who might win and would be hilarious, to FUCKING MOTHERFUCKER in an instant.
LMNO
-has biases.
My question is, what is his solution?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on October 11, 2010, 04:18:20 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on October 11, 2010, 04:17:35 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on October 11, 2010, 04:13:34 PM
Flame-throwing Republican Carl Paladino erupted again, declaring Sunday that being gay is "not the example that we should be showing our children."
"I don't want [children] brainwashed into thinking homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option - it isn't," Paladino said to applause at a meeting with Hasidic Jewish leaders in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/10/2010-10-10_carl_paladino_in_blast_at_gays_nothing_to_be_proud_of_in_being_a_dysfunctional_h.html
Another tea bagger has values! :lulz:
That made me sad when I heard about it. He went (in my mind) from crazy-as-fuck whacko who might win and would be hilarious, to FUCKING MOTHERFUCKER in an instant.
LMNO
-has biases.
My question is, what is his solution?
BACK IN THA CLOSET!
or, something. i read this article earlier this morning and i have a hard time understanding how this guy actually got anywhere in NY's political scene. i mean, in ny? wouldn't he just spontaneously combust, by walking down the street?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on October 11, 2010, 04:18:20 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on October 11, 2010, 04:17:35 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on October 11, 2010, 04:13:34 PM
Flame-throwing Republican Carl Paladino erupted again, declaring Sunday that being gay is "not the example that we should be showing our children."
"I don't want [children] brainwashed into thinking homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option - it isn't," Paladino said to applause at a meeting with Hasidic Jewish leaders in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/10/2010-10-10_carl_paladino_in_blast_at_gays_nothing_to_be_proud_of_in_being_a_dysfunctional_h.html
Another tea bagger has values! :lulz:
That made me sad when I heard about it. He went (in my mind) from crazy-as-fuck whacko who might win and would be hilarious, to FUCKING MOTHERFUCKER in an instant.
LMNO
-has biases.
My question is, what is his solution?
Stop being gay, because, it's a choice, ya know?
Paladino insisted yesterday he's not condoning violence.
"Don't misquote me as wanting to hurt homosexual people in any way," he said. "My approach is live and let live.
"I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family."
He later added: "I oppose the homosexual agenda, whether they call it marriage, civil unions or domestic partnership. Marriage is between a man and a woman - period."
:lulz:
Quote from: Ratatosk on October 11, 2010, 03:22:30 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2010, 03:24:19 PM
Also LOL
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/why-is-this-gop-house-candidate-dressed-as-a-nazi/64319/
QuoteAn election year already notable for its menagerie of extreme and unusual candidates can add another one: Rich Lott, the Republican nominee for Congress from Ohio's 9th District, and a Tea Party favorite, who for years donned a German Waffen SS uniform and participated in Nazi re-enactments.
On the one hand, as someone who plays with 'historical reenactment' I can see the guys position that it an interest in history far more than agreement with the politics of the historical group... on the other hand, Who the fuck thinks its a good idea to dress up as Nazis?
: :?:
Oh yeah, I just wonder if he ever thought about going into politics before or after he started doing this? I mean, he had to know, right? There was no other way this was going to go, once he started.
He just won't stop! I predict lots of comedy.
NEW YORK – Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino said Monday that he does not discriminate against gays but thinks young children shouldn't be exposed to gay culture, especially at gay pride parades.
"They wear these little Speedos and they grind against each other and it's just a terrible thing," Paladino said Monday on NBC's "Today" show. "Why would you bring your children to that?"
The candidate said he opposes same-sex marriage but would actively recruit gays to his administration.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_governor_s_race_paladino;_ylt=AqvBpXMzJHlZ4G.Qg1B0qK7jOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTM0OHM3YjljBGFzc2V0Ay9zL2FwL3VzX2dvdmVybm9yX3NfcmFjZV9wYWxhZGlubwRjY29kZQNleHByZARjcG9zAzcEcG9zAzcEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNueWdvcGdvdmhvcGU-