This is a thread where you post your realizations about the horrific actions of almost-humans.
I'll start:
I just realized that it's in the Republican's best interests to kill any economic recovery that may have occurred, be occurring, or will occur until the 2012 elections; and if Obama wins re-election, until 2016. If the economy recovers with Obama in power, it will be much harder for the GOP to win elections. Therefore, they are actively hindering any attempts to save the economy.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on April 14, 2011, 01:41:09 PM
This is a thread where you post your realizations about the horrific actions of almost-humans.
I'll start:
I just realized that it's in the Republican's best interests to kill any economic recovery that may have occurred, be occurring, or will occur until the 2012 elections; and if Obama wins re-election, until 2016. If the economy recovers with Obama in power, it will be much harder for the GOP to win elections. Therefore, they are actively hindering any attempts to save the economy.
It took you this long to realize this?
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_03/022639.php
They decided the day Obama took office that he could not be permitted to achieve anything positive.
I understood that on a basic level, but it only recently struck me that they are actively working for the country to fail, just so they can get a chance at the brass ring.
I don't know if it rises to the level of horrific, but the Donald Trump "candidacy" for the GOP 2012 nomination. Just because he is using the birther angle to fuel what I think most people understand to NOT be an earnest attempt to get the nomination, and instead, is just another Trump Gimmick(tm) to get people to watch his stupid reality TV show. Yet, there are people out there who ARE taking him seriously.
AND people, including the White House, are yet again taking the bait and wading back into the birther controversy.
A ticket of Palin/Bachmann has a better shot at getting elected than that moron. Why are the media paying attention to him? Oh yeah........$$$$$$$$$$$
Not sure any of this would properly be Horrorology, as none of it is outside of our frames of reference. More like a study in loathing.
On the other hand, I am a cynical bastard, and I expect all this stuff. It might be utterly new to some.
For example, the "spending cuts" amounted to a whole 1% of the spend, and were exclusively targeted by the social agenda of the lunatic right...IE, the military GAINS $5 Bn, but WIC loses half a billion, Planned Parenthood takes it in the neck, etc. The basic blueprint is this: Ensure poor women have loads of kids, then take away all the funding that helps nourish, raise, educate, etc, those kids.
I seem to remember talking about the banality of Evil recently...
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 14, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Not sure any of this would properly be Horrorology, as none of it is outside of our frames of reference. More like a study in loathing.
On the other hand, I am a cynical bastard, and I expect all this stuff. It might be utterly new to some.
For example, the "spending cuts" amounted to a whole 1% of the spend, and were exclusively targeted by the social agenda of the lunatic right...IE, the military GAINS $5 Bn, but WIC loses half a billion, Planned Parenthood takes it in the neck, etc. The basic blueprint is this: Ensure poor women have loads of kids, then take away all the funding that helps nourish, raise, educate, etc, those kids.
I seem to remember talking about the banality of Evil recently...
The horror there is seeing that many of the people most affected by this kind of evil are part of those who elected to inflict it upon themselves.
Quote from: Luna on April 14, 2011, 03:21:36 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 14, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Not sure any of this would properly be Horrorology, as none of it is outside of our frames of reference. More like a study in loathing.
On the other hand, I am a cynical bastard, and I expect all this stuff. It might be utterly new to some.
For example, the "spending cuts" amounted to a whole 1% of the spend, and were exclusively targeted by the social agenda of the lunatic right...IE, the military GAINS $5 Bn, but WIC loses half a billion, Planned Parenthood takes it in the neck, etc. The basic blueprint is this: Ensure poor women have loads of kids, then take away all the funding that helps nourish, raise, educate, etc, those kids.
I seem to remember talking about the banality of Evil recently...
The horror there is seeing that many of the people most affected by this kind of evil are part of those who elected to inflict it upon themselves.
No, that's the funny bit.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 14, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Not sure any of this would properly be Horrorology, as none of it is outside of our frames of reference. More like a study in loathing.
Good point. In fact, that makes a better thread title.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 14, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Not sure any of this would properly be Horrorology, as none of it is outside of our frames of reference. More like a study in loathing.
On the other hand, I am a cynical bastard, and I expect all this stuff. It might be utterly new to some.
For example, the "spending cuts" amounted to a whole 1% of the spend, and were exclusively targeted by the social agenda of the lunatic right...IE, the military GAINS $5 Bn, but WIC loses half a billion, Planned Parenthood takes it in the neck, etc. The basic blueprint is this: Ensure poor women have loads of kids, then take away all the funding that helps nourish, raise, educate, etc, those kids.
I seem to remember talking about the banality of Evil recently...
Then take said surplus children living in shitty conditions and say "Hey! Want to go to college? Sign up and be a
shrapnel sponge'hero in the fight against terror' first!"
Quote from: Mangrove on April 14, 2011, 09:35:40 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 14, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Not sure any of this would properly be Horrorology, as none of it is outside of our frames of reference. More like a study in loathing.
On the other hand, I am a cynical bastard, and I expect all this stuff. It might be utterly new to some.
For example, the "spending cuts" amounted to a whole 1% of the spend, and were exclusively targeted by the social agenda of the lunatic right...IE, the military GAINS $5 Bn, but WIC loses half a billion, Planned Parenthood takes it in the neck, etc. The basic blueprint is this: Ensure poor women have loads of kids, then take away all the funding that helps nourish, raise, educate, etc, those kids.
I seem to remember talking about the banality of Evil recently...
Then take said surplus children living in shitty conditions and say "Hey! Want to go to college? Sign up and be a shrapnel sponge'hero in the fight against terror' first!"
Shrapnel sponge. I like it.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on April 15, 2011, 12:24:24 AM
Quote from: Mangrove on April 14, 2011, 09:35:40 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 14, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Not sure any of this would properly be Horrorology, as none of it is outside of our frames of reference. More like a study in loathing.
On the other hand, I am a cynical bastard, and I expect all this stuff. It might be utterly new to some.
For example, the "spending cuts" amounted to a whole 1% of the spend, and were exclusively targeted by the social agenda of the lunatic right...IE, the military GAINS $5 Bn, but WIC loses half a billion, Planned Parenthood takes it in the neck, etc. The basic blueprint is this: Ensure poor women have loads of kids, then take away all the funding that helps nourish, raise, educate, etc, those kids.
I seem to remember talking about the banality of Evil recently...
Then take said surplus children living in shitty conditions and say "Hey! Want to go to college? Sign up and be a shrapnel sponge'hero in the fight against terror' first!"
Shrapnel sponge. I like it.
Some of them call themselves that.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on April 14, 2011, 02:17:53 PM
I don't know if it rises to the level of horrific, but the Donald Trump "candidacy" for the GOP 2012 nomination. Just because he is using the birther angle to fuel what I think most people understand to NOT be an earnest attempt to get the nomination, and instead, is just another Trump Gimmick(tm) to get people to watch his stupid reality TV show. Yet, there are people out there who ARE taking him seriously.
AND people, including the White House, are yet again taking the bait and wading back into the birther controversy.
A ticket of Palin/Bachmann has a better shot at getting elected than that moron. Why are the media paying attention to him? Oh yeah........$$$$$$$$$$$
The thought of Donald Trump being taken seriously as a presidential candidate makes me want to laugh and scream at the same time. Since they both have reality shows to promote, I think there's a possibility we may see an attempted Trump/Palin ticket. :x
Quote from: ridgerunner on April 15, 2011, 04:56:29 AM
The thought of Donald Trump being taken seriously as a presidential candidate makes me want to laugh and scream at the same time.
We call this "horrormirth", and it can be represented as :horrormirth:
Quote from: Don Quixote on April 15, 2011, 01:51:17 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on April 15, 2011, 12:24:24 AM
Quote from: Mangrove on April 14, 2011, 09:35:40 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 14, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Not sure any of this would properly be Horrorology, as none of it is outside of our frames of reference. More like a study in loathing.
On the other hand, I am a cynical bastard, and I expect all this stuff. It might be utterly new to some.
For example, the "spending cuts" amounted to a whole 1% of the spend, and were exclusively targeted by the social agenda of the lunatic right...IE, the military GAINS $5 Bn, but WIC loses half a billion, Planned Parenthood takes it in the neck, etc. The basic blueprint is this: Ensure poor women have loads of kids, then take away all the funding that helps nourish, raise, educate, etc, those kids.
I seem to remember talking about the banality of Evil recently...
Then take said surplus children living in shitty conditions and say "Hey! Want to go to college? Sign up and be a shrapnel sponge'hero in the fight against terror' first!"
Shrapnel sponge. I like it.
Some of them call themselves that.
So much for troop morale. :|
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 15, 2011, 04:57:16 AM
Quote from: ridgerunner on April 15, 2011, 04:56:29 AM
The thought of Donald Trump being taken seriously as a presidential candidate makes me want to laugh and scream at the same time.
We call this "horrormirth", and it can be represented as :horrormirth:
Noted for future reference. :)
Quote from: Requia ☣ on April 15, 2011, 05:08:38 AM
Quote from: Don Quixote on April 15, 2011, 01:51:17 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on April 15, 2011, 12:24:24 AM
Quote from: Mangrove on April 14, 2011, 09:35:40 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 14, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Not sure any of this would properly be Horrorology, as none of it is outside of our frames of reference. More like a study in loathing.
On the other hand, I am a cynical bastard, and I expect all this stuff. It might be utterly new to some.
For example, the "spending cuts" amounted to a whole 1% of the spend, and were exclusively targeted by the social agenda of the lunatic right...IE, the military GAINS $5 Bn, but WIC loses half a billion, Planned Parenthood takes it in the neck, etc. The basic blueprint is this: Ensure poor women have loads of kids, then take away all the funding that helps nourish, raise, educate, etc, those kids.
I seem to remember talking about the banality of Evil recently...
Then take said surplus children living in shitty conditions and say "Hey! Want to go to college? Sign up and be a shrapnel sponge'hero in the fight against terror' first!"
Shrapnel sponge. I like it.
Some of them call themselves that.
So much for troop morale. :|
We were calling ourselves bullet-sponges back in '90.
It's gallows humor...Um, fuck it, never mind.
Quote from: ridgerunner on April 15, 2011, 05:11:29 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 15, 2011, 04:57:16 AM
Quote from: ridgerunner on April 15, 2011, 04:56:29 AM
The thought of Donald Trump being taken seriously as a presidential candidate makes me want to laugh and scream at the same time.
We call this "horrormirth", and it can be represented as :horrormirth:
Noted for future reference. :)
We do quite a bit of that kind of laughing, around here.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 15, 2011, 05:11:53 AM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on April 15, 2011, 05:08:38 AM
Quote from: Don Quixote on April 15, 2011, 01:51:17 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on April 15, 2011, 12:24:24 AM
Quote from: Mangrove on April 14, 2011, 09:35:40 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 14, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Not sure any of this would properly be Horrorology, as none of it is outside of our frames of reference. More like a study in loathing.
On the other hand, I am a cynical bastard, and I expect all this stuff. It might be utterly new to some.
For example, the "spending cuts" amounted to a whole 1% of the spend, and were exclusively targeted by the social agenda of the lunatic right...IE, the military GAINS $5 Bn, but WIC loses half a billion, Planned Parenthood takes it in the neck, etc. The basic blueprint is this: Ensure poor women have loads of kids, then take away all the funding that helps nourish, raise, educate, etc, those kids.
I seem to remember talking about the banality of Evil recently...
Then take said surplus children living in shitty conditions and say "Hey! Want to go to college? Sign up and be a shrapnel sponge'hero in the fight against terror' first!"
Shrapnel sponge. I like it.
Some of them call themselves that.
So much for troop morale. :|
We were calling ourselves bullet-sponges back in '90.
It's gallows humor...Um, fuck it, never mind.
Again requia misses the fucking everything.
Quote from: Don Quixote on April 15, 2011, 05:13:35 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 15, 2011, 05:11:53 AM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on April 15, 2011, 05:08:38 AM
Quote from: Don Quixote on April 15, 2011, 01:51:17 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on April 15, 2011, 12:24:24 AM
Quote from: Mangrove on April 14, 2011, 09:35:40 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 14, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Not sure any of this would properly be Horrorology, as none of it is outside of our frames of reference. More like a study in loathing.
On the other hand, I am a cynical bastard, and I expect all this stuff. It might be utterly new to some.
For example, the "spending cuts" amounted to a whole 1% of the spend, and were exclusively targeted by the social agenda of the lunatic right...IE, the military GAINS $5 Bn, but WIC loses half a billion, Planned Parenthood takes it in the neck, etc. The basic blueprint is this: Ensure poor women have loads of kids, then take away all the funding that helps nourish, raise, educate, etc, those kids.
I seem to remember talking about the banality of Evil recently...
Then take said surplus children living in shitty conditions and say "Hey! Want to go to college? Sign up and be a shrapnel sponge'hero in the fight against terror' first!"
Shrapnel sponge. I like it.
Some of them call themselves that.
So much for troop morale. :|
We were calling ourselves bullet-sponges back in '90.
It's gallows humor...Um, fuck it, never mind.
Again requia misses the fucking everything.
It's ok Req, I still love you.
My best friend's oldest son is over in Afghanistan right now. Someone in his unit got killed this week. He told the rest of his group that he was still more afraid of his mom (my best friend) than he was the locals. He's a cheerful lad like that. I don't think he considers himself a shrapnel sponge so much as a crazy-shit magnet. And I'm pretty sure he's genuinely having a good time over there. My best friend just breeds 'em that crazy.