Teabagging
Started by TAP, Apr 10 2009 07:19 AM
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Posted 13 July 2010 - 07:34 PM
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, that's not laced with fear nor is it pandering to the naive.
I told my kid the other day that in general if a message that somebody is trying to convey to you is wrapped in fear, then they should be leery of it.
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Posted 20 August 2010 - 05:53 PM
No as a conservative, I say you can hate Beck...
Well what are your thoughts on the Beckster?
A fine human being. He has an entertaining radio show, a good show on Fox News, and he has some good interview segments on the Factor. I am well aware that many people find Glenn to be a very bad person, but with the exception of a few subjects, I don't find his views to be that extreme or offensive. He can go overboard on topics, but I don't think he does so out of hate. He's just weird.
Two people who I think are more fair, and much more balanced, would be Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly. Watch the Factor. Don't be fooled into thinking Bill O'Reilly is a strict Republican. (I don't consider Beck to be a Republican either)
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Posted 01 September 2010 - 12:48 PM
Enjoyed a classic bit or retard politics today. Outside my local post office was a group of activists. Their most noticeable sign was akin to the one that this dumbass is holding:
However, the words read "IMPEACH OBAMA", rather than what is in this picture. First of all, I found this amusing because, clearly, they don't understand impeachment. No one petitions to impeach someone. That isn't how it works. It's not a fucking recall process. Rather, the person who might be impeached needs to have broken a law.
The second reason I found it amusing is because an additional sign read "Restore Glass-Steagall", which placed barriers between banks and regulated some forms of speculation. Why is this funny to me? Because, on the one hand, with the Hitler stash they're accusing Obama of things like socialism (because they don't understand the major differences between socialism and NATIONAL Socialism aka Nazism). On the other hand, they're advocating the restoration of a law that is inherently anti-capitalist, because it increases regulation. Moreover, this law was repealed by a newer law put in place by a REPUBLICAN Congress.
I'm sorry, but these people are fucking idiots. They're not even sure which side they're on. There's a great wealth of populist anger because of job losses, golden parachutes and other CEO compensation that's outrageous in this economy, and losing their houses (or at least 1/3 of their house's value). But the ways in which this anger has been funneled make no sense. Anti-bank, but also anti-government regulation? Anti-Obama, but also anti-CEO? They somehow believe that Obama is both too socialist and too capitalist!
When November rolls around, undoubtedly the GOP will pick up a fair amount of seats in both houses of Congress, and idiot talking heads will spew their nonsense about how the people are sick of the Democrats and ready for new leadership. But what they'll ignore is the one most basically true fact in all of this. When you have a two party system and you kick a party out of power, you are, by definition, putting back into power those you RECENTLY kicked out, probably for similar reasons.
However, the words read "IMPEACH OBAMA", rather than what is in this picture. First of all, I found this amusing because, clearly, they don't understand impeachment. No one petitions to impeach someone. That isn't how it works. It's not a fucking recall process. Rather, the person who might be impeached needs to have broken a law.
The second reason I found it amusing is because an additional sign read "Restore Glass-Steagall", which placed barriers between banks and regulated some forms of speculation. Why is this funny to me? Because, on the one hand, with the Hitler stash they're accusing Obama of things like socialism (because they don't understand the major differences between socialism and NATIONAL Socialism aka Nazism). On the other hand, they're advocating the restoration of a law that is inherently anti-capitalist, because it increases regulation. Moreover, this law was repealed by a newer law put in place by a REPUBLICAN Congress.
I'm sorry, but these people are fucking idiots. They're not even sure which side they're on. There's a great wealth of populist anger because of job losses, golden parachutes and other CEO compensation that's outrageous in this economy, and losing their houses (or at least 1/3 of their house's value). But the ways in which this anger has been funneled make no sense. Anti-bank, but also anti-government regulation? Anti-Obama, but also anti-CEO? They somehow believe that Obama is both too socialist and too capitalist!
When November rolls around, undoubtedly the GOP will pick up a fair amount of seats in both houses of Congress, and idiot talking heads will spew their nonsense about how the people are sick of the Democrats and ready for new leadership. But what they'll ignore is the one most basically true fact in all of this. When you have a two party system and you kick a party out of power, you are, by definition, putting back into power those you RECENTLY kicked out, probably for similar reasons.
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Posted 15 September 2010 - 03:53 PM
Show me your dragon magic
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Posted 15 September 2010 - 03:57 PM
http://www.nytimes.c.../11collins.html
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The sole exception is Louisiana, which is having yet another series of runoffs on Oct. 2. What is it with you, Louisiana? We worry about your weather, your oil wells, your family-values senator consorting with prostitutes. And now it seems you’re never going to stop voting. Why are you making this so complicated?
But let’s focus on Delaware, which is having one of several big primaries on Tuesday that pit an established Republican against a Tea Party insurgent. Until recently, everyone presumed the Senate nominee would be Mike Castle, 71, a former governor who has been the state’s one and only congressman for the last 18 years. (We will stop here and briefly contemplate the fact that while Delaware has enough people to fill only one of the nation’s 435 Congressional districts, it gets two senators.)
Then the Tea Party Express, which provided critical financial help to a little-known right-wing insurgent who won the Senate nomination in Alaska, announced it was sending $250,000 to Christine O’Donnell in Delaware. That was followed by The Endorsement. Sarah Palin called Sean Hannity’s radio show and then made the all-important Facebook posting, predicting O’Donnell would “help usher in the real change we need to get America on the right track.”
The Democrats, who had nominated a county executive, Chris Coons, without much optimism, did their happy dance. “Thank you, Jesus,” breathed a Democratic operative when Palin bestowed her blessing. There was perhaps a time when the Democrats would have rooted for Castle, who has worked well with them on bipartisan legislation in the past. That is so over.
O’Donnell is a marketing consultant whose clients included the movie “The Passion of the Christ” and a Vatican portrait-painter. One of the most notable things on her political résumé is her well-publicized position against masturbation. (“The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery. So you can’t masturbate without lust.”)
Her real drawbacks as a candidate are numbers and shrubbery. O’Donnell has had a series of financial problems, and her disclosure form says she earned only $5,800 last year, although she claims she had other income that didn’t require disclosing. She said for years that she was a 1993 graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, but it turns out she actually got her degree ... last week. And a conservative radio host was compelled to correct her when she claimed that she had won two counties in a 2008 race against Senator Joe Biden. That would have been quite a trick, given that Delaware has only three counties and she lost the election by 65 percent to 35 percent.
“I meant tied,” she said, forcing the host to point out: “You didn’t tie him either.”
About the shrubs. O’Donnell’s campaign pays half the rent on her town house, which she argued is appropriate since she really lives elsewhere, in a location she needs to conceal from her opponents. She told The Weekly Standard that she returns at the end of the day to the town house “and then we have our team come out and check all the bushes and check all the cars” to see if she is being followed by someone who might jeopardize her safety. Her opponents, she added, are also “hiding in the bushes when I’m at candidate forums.”
Political parties traditionally stay neutral in primaries, and encourage the contenders to save their negative ads for the general election. But those rules shouldn’t apply if there’s a truly strange and unelectable person on the ballot. Otherwise you wind up with situations like South Carolina, where Democrats gave their Senate nomination to Alvin Greene, an unemployed political novice recently indicted on a felony charge who has an economic development platform that seems to center on encouraging the manufacturing of Alvin Greene action figures.
So this week the Republican Party of Delaware filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, claiming the O’Donnell campaign and the Tea Party Express are illegally working in concert. Castle abandoned the high road and began running ads about O’Donnell’s past financial difficulties. (“Owes $11,744 in back taxes. Defaulted on her mortgage.”)
Her campaign believes this will all increase sympathy for their candidate and remind Delaware that O’Donnell is a woman of the people. Which is definitely the case if you define people as individuals whose foliage is filled with enemies.
Horror in the Hedges
190,240http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/07/18/timesselect/collins-190.jpg[/img]
The sole exception is Louisiana, which is having yet another series of runoffs on Oct. 2. What is it with you, Louisiana? We worry about your weather, your oil wells, your family-values senator consorting with prostitutes. And now it seems you’re never going to stop voting. Why are you making this so complicated?
But let’s focus on Delaware, which is having one of several big primaries on Tuesday that pit an established Republican against a Tea Party insurgent. Until recently, everyone presumed the Senate nominee would be Mike Castle, 71, a former governor who has been the state’s one and only congressman for the last 18 years. (We will stop here and briefly contemplate the fact that while Delaware has enough people to fill only one of the nation’s 435 Congressional districts, it gets two senators.)
Then the Tea Party Express, which provided critical financial help to a little-known right-wing insurgent who won the Senate nomination in Alaska, announced it was sending $250,000 to Christine O’Donnell in Delaware. That was followed by The Endorsement. Sarah Palin called Sean Hannity’s radio show and then made the all-important Facebook posting, predicting O’Donnell would “help usher in the real change we need to get America on the right track.”
The Democrats, who had nominated a county executive, Chris Coons, without much optimism, did their happy dance. “Thank you, Jesus,” breathed a Democratic operative when Palin bestowed her blessing. There was perhaps a time when the Democrats would have rooted for Castle, who has worked well with them on bipartisan legislation in the past. That is so over.
O’Donnell is a marketing consultant whose clients included the movie “The Passion of the Christ” and a Vatican portrait-painter. One of the most notable things on her political résumé is her well-publicized position against masturbation. (“The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery. So you can’t masturbate without lust.”)
Her real drawbacks as a candidate are numbers and shrubbery. O’Donnell has had a series of financial problems, and her disclosure form says she earned only $5,800 last year, although she claims she had other income that didn’t require disclosing. She said for years that she was a 1993 graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, but it turns out she actually got her degree ... last week. And a conservative radio host was compelled to correct her when she claimed that she had won two counties in a 2008 race against Senator Joe Biden. That would have been quite a trick, given that Delaware has only three counties and she lost the election by 65 percent to 35 percent.
“I meant tied,” she said, forcing the host to point out: “You didn’t tie him either.”
About the shrubs. O’Donnell’s campaign pays half the rent on her town house, which she argued is appropriate since she really lives elsewhere, in a location she needs to conceal from her opponents. She told The Weekly Standard that she returns at the end of the day to the town house “and then we have our team come out and check all the bushes and check all the cars” to see if she is being followed by someone who might jeopardize her safety. Her opponents, she added, are also “hiding in the bushes when I’m at candidate forums.”
Political parties traditionally stay neutral in primaries, and encourage the contenders to save their negative ads for the general election. But those rules shouldn’t apply if there’s a truly strange and unelectable person on the ballot. Otherwise you wind up with situations like South Carolina, where Democrats gave their Senate nomination to Alvin Greene, an unemployed political novice recently indicted on a felony charge who has an economic development platform that seems to center on encouraging the manufacturing of Alvin Greene action figures.
So this week the Republican Party of Delaware filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, claiming the O’Donnell campaign and the Tea Party Express are illegally working in concert. Castle abandoned the high road and began running ads about O’Donnell’s past financial difficulties. (“Owes $11,744 in back taxes. Defaulted on her mortgage.”)
Her campaign believes this will all increase sympathy for their candidate and remind Delaware that O’Donnell is a woman of the people. Which is definitely the case if you define people as individuals whose foliage is filled with enemies.
"It was like I was in high school again, but fatter."
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Posted 15 September 2010 - 04:01 PM
Remember, in the GOP it doesn't count as masturbation so long as you do it in another man's ass and then hate yourself for it.
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Posted 15 September 2010 - 04:10 PM
haha! Oh shit...
I find this whole thing really amusing. Didn't the teabag types (ummm....GOP relabeled) scream bloody murder about Obama's lack of "experience" for the entire year preceding the 08 election? Now they're advocating these nutjobs who have little to no experience as a solution for our complicated issues.
Ultimately I think the teabaggers are going to hurt the GOP more than help this November.
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Posted 15 September 2010 - 04:30 PM
haha! Oh shit...
I find this whole thing really amusing. Didn't the teabag types (ummm....GOP relabeled) scream bloody murder about Obama's lack of "experience" for the entire year preceding the 08 election? Now they're advocating these nutjobs who have little to no experience as a solution for our complicated issues.
Ultimately I think the teabaggers are going to hurt the GOP more than help this November.
I don't know about this November, but in the long run...
Sister burn the temple
And stand beneath the moon
The sound of the ocean is dead
It's just the echo of the blood in your head
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