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Yeah So, Establishment Republican Appropriators Are Now, Get This, Lying to You Like Jon Gruber

You're all dangerous like wild animals and you need to be sedated with a constant drip of deceit.

Posted by: Ace at 02:10 PM




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1 Grubed.

Posted by: --- at November 20, 2014 02:11 PM (MMC8r)

2 Registered unaffiliated since 2007.

You Republicans will have to hash this out.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 20, 2014 02:12 PM (wZ3EP)

3 It's what they want.

Posted by: --- at November 20, 2014 02:12 PM (MMC8r)

4 Yeah, about your mouth, here's a napkin.

Posted by: eman at November 20, 2014 02:12 PM (mR7Es)

5
What difference, at this point, does it make?!1/1!?1!!1/1??

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 20, 2014 02:13 PM (HSmrB)

6 You need to put your faith and trust in your betters.

(uppity peasants, can't we just shoot them?)

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:13 PM (J7NUM)

7
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Posted by: Shit The Who said at November 20, 2014 02:13 PM (JaAIq)

8 i'm kinda wondering if the establishment itself isn't in favor of ending the tax exemption for health care -- employers have long complained that providing health insurance is expensive and reduces their global competitiveness.

maybe we're being played by all sides.

Posted by: ace at November 20, 2014 02:14 PM (/FnUH)

9 You've got potential.

And you've got potential.

And. you've. got... potential.

*sigh*

Posted by: GOPinocchio at November 20, 2014 02:14 PM (nlPax)

10
maybe we're being played by all sides.


Posted by: --- at November 20, 2014 02:14 PM (MMC8r)

11 It is for the best if you loons would just let elites with nicely creased pants run things.

Posted by: David Brooks at November 20, 2014 02:15 PM (PvZ8F)

12 Trust us, we are doing so well with Foreign Policy, the Economy, and Jobs.

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:16 PM (J7NUM)

13 "maybe we're being played by all sides."

Posted by: ace

Like a beam of light in the darkness, a realization dawns.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 20, 2014 02:16 PM (wZ3EP)

14 bonk bonk on tha head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 20, 2014 02:17 PM (fIv/H)

15 Been voting against liberal Republicans in the primary for decades, it's not working. Well we beat Dewhurst, but other than that, it's not working.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at November 20, 2014 02:17 PM (zauWW)

16

These posts are stinging today.

Ouch.

Maybe a review of El laberinto del fauno?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2014 02:18 PM (IXrOn)

17 Unlike the rank and file democrats, Republicans both in the House and in the Senate will challenge the Republican Leadership and over this I believe they will revolt. So I really don't give a rat's ass what anyone in "Leadership" says

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:18 PM (M0mf2)

18 What have I been yelling about?

THEY ARE COMPLICIT!

Posted by: Mrs. Ida Lowry at November 20, 2014 02:18 PM (2cjR7)

19 I'm shocked our GOPe betters would lie to us.

Posted by: Said no one, ever at November 20, 2014 02:18 PM (Y0Piu)

20 If RINO's do it , is it *Gruber*- Grubering?

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:18 PM (Ae7K+)

21 "maybe we're being played by all sides.





Posted by: ace"

See above.

Posted by: Mrs. Ida Lowry at November 20, 2014 02:19 PM (2cjR7)

22 Just took a spin through National Review.

Give Obama his due, he's managed to unite the right.

NRO looks like AoSHQ today. But then, so do the comments to the Detroit Free Press which ordinarily are indistinguishable from Pravda.

Anybody know what the RINOs at the WSJ are saying today?

Posted by: Eddie at November 20, 2014 02:19 PM (Xv7f/)

23 Those GOP fucks better pull their worthless heads out of their asses. We aren't half as stupid as they think we are. In fact they are the stupid people.

Posted by: maddogg at November 20, 2014 02:19 PM (xWW96)

24 "Been voting against liberal Republicans in the primary for decades, it's not working."


Like a beam of light in the darkness...you know the rest.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 20, 2014 02:19 PM (wZ3EP)

25 and you need to be sedated with a constant drip of deceit.

I'd prefer bourbon.

Posted by: HR needs donuts at November 20, 2014 02:19 PM (ZKzrr)

26 Better to Rule In Hell, than to Serve In Heaven.

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:19 PM (J7NUM)

27 "And then.....wait ...wait.....and then.....they still voted for us!!!!"

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:20 PM (Ae7K+)

28 "(uppity peasants, can't we just shoot them?)"

no,because we have guns and you don't...AND *we* know how to use them properly.

if anyone needs to worry about getting shot, it's not us. just sayin'...

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 20, 2014 02:20 PM (pZtrP)

29

Exactly.

We are just Dancing With Ourselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU

~Billy Idol

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2014 02:20 PM (IXrOn)

30 Just wait til we get control of the Senate!

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at November 20, 2014 02:20 PM (l5QMI)

31 Personally, I prefer to be sedated with a constant drip of Val U Rite.


I wonder if the Establishment types know that the Unpeople of their base know how to use the google on the internet machine.

Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM (mf5HN)

32 You're all dangerous like wild animals and you need to be sedated with a constant drip of deceit.



I prefer blow, some for my nose, one from Reggie.

Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM (0FSuD)

33
I hate being 32. All I've seen has been the country sliding into decay. I keep telling my dad that the worst will happen, somehow he still tries to be an optimist. I haven't been wrong yet.
And now the slide into the endis greased.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM (wrS2o)

34 Shorter GOPe: Nah, bro! He's not gonna do that thing in your mouth. Trust.

Posted by: Planned Parenthood / NARAL at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM (ABcz/)

35 "'Im kinda wondering if the establishment itself isn't in favor of ending the tax exemption for health care -- employers have long complained that providing health insurance is expensive and reduces their global competitiveness.

maybe we're being played by all sides. "

Haven't McCain and Paul Ryan said as much? I thought they openly have said so.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM (pYEaj)

36 Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:18 PM (M0mf2)

Ooh, I like this so far.

And the result of this "revolt" will be?

Posted by: Meremortal at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM (wZ3EP)

37 Anybody know what the RINOs at the WSJ are saying today?

"Huzzah, Chumley, our yard man's future is assured!"

Posted by: --- at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM (MMC8r)

38 Bite their dicks

Posted by: ThunderB at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (f5WTX)

39 It was brought up in the last thread. If Congress has to pass a bill to defund ICE, can't O simply veto it? I'm asking.

Posted by: pep at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (YXmuI)

40 The Tea Party is bad...um K

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (l5QMI)

41 Politicians are lying to us? The deuce you say! Quick, someone call the NY Times!

Posted by: Scot at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (swH0u)

42 To be fair, we're probably lucky they are just lying to us for now.

They would much rather be able to tell us the truth without consequence over loudspeakers as we marched the Trail of Tears.

Posted by: The Chewbacca Defense at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (FB3ik)

43 the GOP establishment wants this, their donor class wants this, their consultant class wants this. Their voters are opposed to it but hey WE don't count.

Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (HEa5q)

44 the GOP establishment wants this, their donor class wants this, their consultant class wants this. Their voters are opposed to it but hey WE don't count.

Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (HEa5q)

45
**types**

**deletes**

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (NaV4z)

46 If we don't give amnesty, Where will we get our Nannies, Gardeners, and cheap labor?

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (J7NUM)

47 We're not being played by all sides. There is only one side, it just has a few different faces.

Small difference, but all the difference.

Posted by: Mega at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (hHFOx)

48 Whythehell aren't we marching on Washington with torches and pitchforks? Are we just going to sit here, tapping at our keyboards, while the nation burns?

Posted by: creeper at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (VROqb)

49 If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.

Posted by: Free Willy at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (W5DcG)

50
employers have long complained that providing health insurance is expensive and reduces their global competitiveness.

So does the 30% corporate tax rate.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (JtwS4)

51 I'm confused. If the shutdown of 2013 was so very disastrous to the GOP's long-term chances, how is it they rode the wave in 2014?

Posted by: Said everyone who isn't stupid at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (Y0Piu)

52 8 i'm kinda wondering if the establishment itself isn't in favor of ending the tax exemption for health care -- employers have long complained that providing health insurance is expensive and reduces their global competitiveness.

maybe we're being played by all sides.

Posted by: ace at November 20, 2014 02:14 PM (/FnUH)

********

Well--not one republican voted for ACA.

Not even Collins.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (RJMhd)

53
Exactaticatactly.
That's why govt should be small and let people just do their own thing.

Posted by: Justamom at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (Sptt8)

54 **types**



**deletes**





Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (NaV4z)

**reads***

Posted by: The NSA at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (hHFOx)

55 33

I hate being 32. All I've seen has been the country sliding into
decay. I keep telling my dad that the worst will happen, somehow he
still tries to be an optimist. I haven't been wrong yet.
And now the slide into the endis greased.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM (wrS2o)

Except for a brief Reagan run, it's been down hill since Kennedy stole the election in 1960.
After a while you sort of get use to it. Like The Chicken.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 02:24 PM (0FSuD)

56 They can add to the appropriations bill - any - that all collected fees, etc. can only fund those activities authorized by law.* They don't want to do that, but it can be done.

I wonder how many are going to take advantage of this to actually acquire work papers and place their names and adresses into the system? When the whole thing can be rescinded at any time leaving them in the lurch with a papertrail leading to them.**

*It shouldn't have to be said, but with this crowd....
**The fraudulent voting will go on whether president petulant issues his order or not.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy Family-Sized DOOM! at the Outrage Outlet! at November 20, 2014 02:24 PM (hLRSq)

57 I hate being 32. All I've seen has been the country sliding into decay. I keep telling my dad that the worst will happen, somehow he still tries to be an optimist. I haven't been wrong yet.
And now the slide into the endis greased.
Posted by: nnptcgrad at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM (wrS2o)

-----


You're standing on my lawn.....

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 02:24 PM (NaV4z)

58 And the result of this "revolt" will be?
Posted by: Meremortal at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM (wZ3EP)

From my perspective I hope

1) selective Defunding forcing Fredo- not us- to close down the Gov

2) Making a case before the Supreme Court

But mostly defunding

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:24 PM (M0mf2)

59 "
It was brought up in the last thread. If Congress has to pass a bill to defund ICE, can't O simply veto it? I'm asking.


Posted by: pep"

Funding is through bills that are signed. Refuse to provide a bill that funds XYZ, there is nothing for Obama to sign.

And this is my point; the house is funding what they want to do. They can say anything they want, and then they continue to fund the destruction of our liberties.

They are active and complicit statist enablers.

They are statists.

Is this thing on?

Posted by: Mrs. Ida Lowry at November 20, 2014 02:24 PM (2cjR7)

60 reminds me of the "Peasant" scene from Monty Python.


"PULL!!!"

Posted by: Peasant at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (HRo7B)

61 And I still do not see what defunding does to stop Obama from inaction when it comes to deportation.

If he plans on doling out green cards--then defunding would work against that....

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (RJMhd)

62 Just got this in an email. The natives are restless.



"By means of ever more effective methods of mind manipulation, the democracies will change their nature;
the quaint old forms - elections, parliaments, Supreme Courts and all the rest - will remain.
The underlying substance will be a new kind of totalitarianism. All the traditional names,
all the hallowed slogans will remain exactly what they were in the good old days.
Democracy and freedom will be the theme of every broadcast and editorial.
Meanwhile the ruling oligarchy and its highly trained elite of soldiers, policemen, thought-manufacturers
and mind manipulators will quietly run the show as they see fit."
Aldous Huxley

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (0FSuD)

63 OT gloat: it is 42 degrees here, near Dawson Creek, Mile Zero of the Alaska Highway. Sucks to be you, Buffalo.


Seriously, though, best wishes to those people burdened by a heavy dump of Global Warmening.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (7MWCL)

64 The Rubes will have a "real choice" in 2016.

We will make sure the next Presidential candidates are both Washington Insiders.

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (J7NUM)

65 Cruz

Posted by: ThunderB at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (f5WTX)

66 i'm kinda wondering if the establishment itself isn't in favor of ending the tax exemption for health care -- employers have long complained that providing health insurance is expensive and reduces their global competitiveness.

maybe we're being played by all sides.

Posted by: ace at November 20, 2014 02:14 PM (/FnUH)


I agree with this, have always believed this.

I think the GOP just didn't like the way the Dems went about it. They couldn't get their sticky fingers in the pot, too. Dems took control, got the kickbacks from the companies, including the insurance companies.

Awash in campaign cash.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (IXrOn)

67 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (M1uf/)

68 Whythehell aren't we marching on Washington with torches and pitchforks?

Because the stores still have goods and the teams are still playing on TV.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (W5DcG)

69 "...how is it they rode the wave in 2014?"

because all you racists H8 Our G*d King.

#duh

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (pZtrP)

70 Not even Collins.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (RJMhd)
----------------------------------
But Olympia had a chance to kill it in it's crib... errrr... or should I say hospital closet. And expressly did not. The fate of the Republic once rested on that sow but "history" called.

Posted by: Mega at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (hHFOx)

71 **types**

**deletes**




BANNED!!

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:26 PM (Ae7K+)

72 Rogue Executive.
Illegitimate Government.

Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 02:26 PM (M1uf/)

73 i don't this arguement that the donor class/rich want this amnesty so they can get their yards manicured.

What is the real reason they supposedly want amnesty? Labor isn't going to get any cheaper after amnesty, it will probably get more expensive.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 20, 2014 02:26 PM (wZ3EP)

74 The Liar in Chief will simply take money from something else -- The Military, Ed, Agriculture -- Whatever, and use it to fund whatever he wants.

Oh, 'He can't do that' you say?

Horse shit. He can't do what he's doing right now, can he?

This is an exercise in mental masturbation, people.

We have a dictator on our hands.

Deal with it

Posted by: Uncle Rick at November 20, 2014 02:26 PM (ZbB1q)

75 I'm confused. If the shutdown of 2013 was so very disastrous to the GOP's long-term chances, how is it they rode the wave in 2014?
Posted by: Said everyone who isn't stupid at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (Y0Piu)

----

well..... just think of how many MORE seats we would have picked up if it wasnt for that idiot Cruz......

(if I have to add the sarc tag.... you havent been paying attention)

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 02:26 PM (NaV4z)

76 Call it stupidity of the american voter or whatever, but this is how washington gets things done.

Posted by: dedomeno at November 20, 2014 02:27 PM (UccCH)

77 Annnnd I'll just put this here for no reason:


http://youtu.be/n-wUdetAAlY

Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 02:27 PM (mf5HN)

78 If Congress has to pass a bill to defund ICE, can't O simply veto it?

*********

I do not get how defunding ICE--stops Obama from not deporting.


I guess I'm not as smart as Ace and others.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:27 PM (RJMhd)

79 Why aren't we replacing them, again, exactly?

'cause it's clear to me they've officially outlived their usefulness to us. Though clearly not to the Left.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at November 20, 2014 02:27 PM (zWC0k)

Posted by: Mitt Romney at November 20, 2014 02:27 PM (Qgr71)

81 60,

I think you mean History Of The World Part 1, unless you are talking about the Brian Dennehy version.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2014 02:27 PM (yCZVl)

82 "And I still do not see what defunding does to stop Obama from inaction when it comes to deportation.



If he plans on doling out green cards--then defunding would work against that....

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at"

Of course there is no magic button they can just push.

But at least they would be fighting for something!

You do not win what you do not even fight for.


Posted by: Mrs. Ida Lowry at November 20, 2014 02:27 PM (2cjR7)

83 63
OT gloat: it is 42 degrees here, near Dawson Creek, Mile Zero of the Alaska Highway. Sucks to be you, Buffalo.


Seriously, though, best wishes to those people burdened by a heavy dump of Global Warmening.


Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (7MWCL)

Buffalo only got six inches. 20 miles South? SIX FEET.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 02:27 PM (0FSuD)

84 It is past time to sack DC.

Posted by: pam at November 20, 2014 02:28 PM (cgrL5)

85 We aren't worried.

We have the Police, IRS, and the Media to protect us from the peasants.

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:28 PM (J7NUM)

86 Name the culprit. House Approp. Chair Hal Rodgers.

Posted by: aquaviva at November 20, 2014 02:28 PM (50YB2)

87 And I still do not see what defunding does to stop Obama from inaction when it comes to deportation.

If he plans on doling out green cards--then defunding would work against that....
Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (RJMhd)


Again:

1) Fund the Gov thru Feb of next year when the New COngress sits

2) Selectively fund each Federal Department one at a time, with Defense First

3) Let Fredo Veto everything. It will ALL be on his head

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:28 PM (M0mf2)

88 70 Not even Collins.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (RJMhd)
----------------------------------
But Olympia had a chance to kill it in it's crib... errrr... or should I say hospital closet. And expressly did not. The fate of the Republic once rested on that sow but "history" called.
Posted by: Mega at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (hHFOx)

********


Okay so Olympia did that--so therefore the GOP is playing us on ObamaCare too.


Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:28 PM (RJMhd)

89 At this time our South West Regional Conference on 'What it all means' will break for lunch. For those of you staying over, there well be panel discussions all afternoon on what the President Might Say, or Could Do, and What Effects these policy changes will have on department budgets and priorities.

Then we will have fine dinning, and cocktails as we view The President's speech in it's entirety.

Starting at exactly 9am we have a long list of distinguished academics, world recognized pundits, policy experts, and Hollywood Celebrities who will tell us "What the President Said", "What the President meant when he said what he said", and "What to think about the President's Speech".

Thank you all for attending our semi annual South West Regional Conference here in sunny Las Vegas.

Posted by: Assistant to the Second Undersecretary to the Secretary for Redundancy at November 20, 2014 02:28 PM (qUO+q)

90 It was brought up in the last thread. If Congress has to pass a bill to defund ICE, can't O simply veto it? I'm asking.




Posted by: pep"

Funding is through bills that are signed. Refuse to provide a bill that funds XYZ, there is nothing for Obama to sign.


Right, but the question is if nothing happens, i.e. no new bill, does the status quo prevail? Doesn't something active have to happen to changes things from what they are now?

Posted by: pep at November 20, 2014 02:28 PM (YXmuI)

91 maybe we're being played by all sides.



Posted by: ace at November 20, 2014 02:14 PM (/FnUH)



********



Well--not one republican voted for ACA.



Not even Collins.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM

--------

That's only because they already had the votes. Had Ocare needed 2 or 3 (maybe more) repub votes I believe it would have got them.

Posted by: da Rev. at November 20, 2014 02:28 PM (pMGkg)

92 It is past time to sack DC.

Just remember, pillage, THEN burn.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at November 20, 2014 02:29 PM (zWC0k)

93 KEEP VOTING RETARDS!!

Posted by: GOP at November 20, 2014 02:29 PM (SyKbw)

94 unsocked

Posted by: irright at November 20, 2014 02:29 PM (pMGkg)

95 What's the only thing worse than Buffalo?



South of Buffalo.

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:29 PM (Ae7K+)

96 You see this also with the USPTO (fee supported) budget as well. Fees are always being siphoned off, such that the money raised by the USPTO is not appropriated for USPTO functions.

Posted by: flounder at November 20, 2014 02:29 PM (sDapq)

97 3) Let Fredo Veto everything. It will ALL be on his head

----

Yeah... about that...

Posted by: MFM at November 20, 2014 02:29 PM (NaV4z)

98 Call your governors and state reps. They are our last line of defense politically.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 02:29 PM (4jDmb)

99 As has been pointed out many times, the Republicans were elected in large numbers in 2014 in order to stop Obama. If they refuse to do so, they will find themselves in the minority again in 2016. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

Posted by: Null at November 20, 2014 02:30 PM (P7hip)

100 96
You see this also with the USPTO (fee supported) budget as well. Fees
are always being siphoned off, such that the money raised by the USPTO
is not appropriated for USPTO functions.


Posted by: flounder at November 20, 2014 02:29 PM (sDapq)

Free money!

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 20, 2014 02:30 PM (o2Jt2)

101 Lying cocksmokers.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 02:30 PM (DrWcr)

102 KEEP VOTING RETARDS!!




OKAYYYY!!! Good luck Guyssss!!!!

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:30 PM (Ae7K+)

103 We will make sure that any outsiders like Palin, Rand, and Cruz are either co-opted or destroyed. It is a Bi-partisan Mission.

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:30 PM (J7NUM)

104 What's the only thing worse than Buffalo?

-----

Buffalo Chips

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 02:31 PM (NaV4z)

105 >>I do not get how defunding ICE--stops Obama from not deporting.

It's not about deporting. Hell, he's not deporting anyone now.

This is still going to require a bunch of money to process all these people, do the Green Card administration, etc.

It's a small weapon but it is a weapon.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 02:31 PM (g1DWB)

106 i'm kinda wondering if the establishment itself isn't in favor of ending
the tax exemption for health care -- employers have long complained
that providing health insurance is expensive and reduces their global
competitiveness


No "maybe" about it. We're being played by all sides.

That said, 1) employers don't "have" to provide health insurance, they could choose not to, and simply pay higher salaries. They could have done that for decades. Indeed, some do.
2) Making employer paid health insurance tax deductible, not private insurance is a massive market disruption; one of those has to change.


Re: 68. That's so terribly depressing precisely because its true.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 02:31 PM (M1uf/)

107 We aren't worried.
We have the Police, IRS, and the Media to protect us from the peasants.


Two words: DC Beltway Sniper.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2014 02:31 PM (xgvvD)

108 Buffalo Chips
Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 02:31 PM (NaV4z)

What's not to like? They're crunchy and spicy and...oh wait, that's not what you meant, is it?

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 02:31 PM (DrWcr)

109 "Right, but the question is if nothing happens, i.e.
no new bill, does the status quo prevail? Doesn't something active have
to happen to changes things from what they are now?


Posted by: pep"

When funding stops it doesn't start until its funded again by something else.

This is what the "shutdown" was, which, by the fucking way, is NOT a government shutdown, excuse my french.

Essential parts of the government always run.

Frankly, it is only that part of the government that should exist anyway, all of it needs to be disbanded.

And then we cut that 'essential' part in half.

Then we would all be rich.

Posted by: Mrs. Ida Lowry at November 20, 2014 02:31 PM (2cjR7)

110
Iran nuclear talks stuck deadline may be extended till March


because no stone will be left unturned in kerry's efforts to sell out Israel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM (M0mf2)

111 Okay so Olympia did that--so therefore the GOP is playing us on ObamaCare too.



Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:28 PM (RJMhd)----------------------------------

Hey I didn't therefore anything. I just remember what happened. None of it happens in a vacuum. None of it.

Posted by: Mega at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM (hHFOx)

112 Damn you right-wingers for making us take a leadership role!

All we had to do as the minority was go along with the Dems, tell you that you have to send us money, and in return we'd get kushy jobs on K-street when we retire!

Posted by: Boehner & McConnel at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM (lN8KC)

113 But mostly defunding

Posted by: Nevergiveup

Thanks.

The odds that amnesty will be stopped are high or low in your opinion?

Posted by: Meremortal at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM (wZ3EP)

114 Shooter at FSU? Black guy, just out of law school, Myron May.



AP is trying to imply he was a bible nut, with no proof at all, except he quoted bible verses on his Face Book page.



Work place violence. It's a killer.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM (0FSuD)

115 20
If RINO's do it , is it *Gruber*- Grubering?

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:18 PM (Ae7K+)

No "Grubering," if I may, requires a willing dupe.

Posted by: flounder at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM (sDapq)

116 This is how revolutions get started....

Posted by: thefritz at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM (HUo8E)

117 Does the Treasury collect the CIS fees and then the Congress doles that money to CIS through appropriations? What I hear from the spin , is that these fees fund CIS and Congress can't stop these fees from going to CIS.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM (yshTX)

118 @22 Anybody know what the RINOs at the WSJ are saying today?
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You mean the heavily pro-immigration WSJ? I don't know for sure, but I'm afraid to check...

Posted by: junior at November 20, 2014 02:33 PM (UWFpX)

119 Ryan is for amnesty

He reasons if illegals are made legal they will pay more tax, make social security more solvent. More bodies to prop up the Ponzi scheme. To delay the inevitable when the population drops


Of course, that assumes they will no longer be paid under the table and will declare all their income. Which is stupid. And ignores the burden of payments they receive like EAT and medicaid

Posted by: ThunderB at November 20, 2014 02:33 PM (f5WTX)

120 The Roman Senate made sure there was Bread and Circuses.

We make sure there is EBT and Kardashians.

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:33 PM (J7NUM)

121 I'm confused. If the shutdown of 2013 was so very disastrous to the GOP's long-term chances, how is it they rode the wave in 2014?
Posted by: Said everyone who isn't stupid at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (Y0Piu)

The argument is that the Oct. 2013 shutdown was forgotten in the wave of Obama stepping all over his crank in golf cleats that followed - ObamaCare blowing up, ISIS, ebola, the wave of children, and so on. They don't want to bring it up, they would rather sit back and watch Obama continue to screw the pooch all by himself.

That's what I think the argument is.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy Family-Sized DOOM! at the Outrage Outlet! at November 20, 2014 02:33 PM (hLRSq)

122 No "Grubering," if I may, requires a willing dupe.


Point taken.

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:33 PM (Ae7K+)

123 3) Let Fredo Veto everything. It will ALL be on his head

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Yeah... about that...
Posted by: MFM at November 20, 2014 02:29 PM (NaV4z)

Things are different this time. We WON the Elections and won BIG. The onus is on Fredo to work with us. THIS time he will get the blame. He is not a Dictator and the American People have noticed. And anyway this is a FIGHT and a HILL we must die on

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (M0mf2)

124 Okay so Olympia did that--so therefore the GOP is playing us on ObamaCare too.
Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:28 PM (RJMhd)


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Probably. DC is gone, people. They are the "Anti-America" now.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (4jDmb)

125 AP is trying to imply he was a bible nut, with no proof at all, except he quoted bible verses on his Face Book page.

Ezekiel 25:17, by any chance?

Posted by: Brother Cavil at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (zWC0k)

126 All your money belong to us.

Posted by: Congress at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (VROqb)

127 BUT TUESDAY WAS THE MAGIC IT WAS MAGICAL AND MAGIC GOOD THINGS WERE TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF TUESDAY YOU PROMISED.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (oFCZn)

128 91 maybe we're being played by all sides.



Posted by: ace at November 20, 2014 02:14 PM (/FnUH)



********



Well--not one republican voted for ACA.



Not even Collins.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM

--------

That's only because they already had the votes. Had Ocare needed 2 or 3 (maybe more) repub votes I believe it would have got them.
Posted by: da Rev. at November 20, 2014 02:28 PM (pMGkg)

**********


The Dems passed it through Reconciliation--they had to go to that fallacy.

And they actually locked Republicans out of the OVersight Room and the Senate room when the Dem hieracchy met with the Whte House.


See here--

Neil Cavuto had the video tape.


The Dems actually had the locks changed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8xd7VKGrpE#t=65


Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (RJMhd)

129 I have a crackpot theory ... surprise, surprise.


I think an agreement has already been reached. The Guild Navigator from Kentucky doesn't block amnesty ... and Obama doesn't push hard on a higher federal minimum wage.


Obama gets his legacy, McConnell gets a talking point to try and keep his Leader spot. Dems get their voters, CoC gets their cheaper labor.


Discuss !!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (+jsVQ)

130 Dear name goes here.

Send us money or this anchor baby gets it.

Will you donate:

☐ $100?
☐ $10,000?
☐ Your first born child?

Posted by: The RNC at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (lN8KC)

131 I'm actually legit confused.

I hope Sean Davis is right.

I'd like some other legal experts to weigh on his side.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 02:35 PM (ZPrif)

132 I've decided that from now on when anyone around me mentions Obama, I'm going to say loudly, "Long live the King!" Might as well get a head start it.

Posted by: Turnip Defense League at November 20, 2014 02:35 PM (O7Q1u)

133 Gee, who would ever have imagined that putting a fat old porkmeister like Hal Rogers in charge of House Appropriations would lead to a go-along-to-get-along atmosphere?

Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2014 02:35 PM (noWW6)

134 Right, but the question is if nothing happens, i.e. no new bill, does
the status quo prevail? Doesn't something active have to happen to
changes things from what they are now?


It depends on if ICE (actually DHS) is counted as "Mandatory" or "Discretionary" spending. If it's "discretionary," it has to be re-appropriated every budget. So not passing any funding for it would stop it cold.

If it's "mandatory" then it would automatically have funds appropriated equal to whatever they spent last year + x%.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 02:35 PM (M1uf/)

135 This is how revolutions get started....


Posted by: thefritz at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM (HUo8E)
No, it's more like how they end. Congratulations, you just witnessed one.

Posted by: Mega at November 20, 2014 02:35 PM (hHFOx)

136 Ok, so I'll repeat my question from two threads ago -


So if the Donks can't be stopped by any legal means, would the
Republicans care to explain what their function just might happen to be?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 20, 2014 02:36 PM (xSCb6)

137 The odds that amnesty will be stopped are high or low in your opinion?
Posted by: Meremortal at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM (wZ3EP)

Stopped? Damn near impossible. But thrown into such turmoil to prevent it's implimentation and also may stop Fredo the Emperor in his tracks from doing worse things. But ya never know. All I know this is a fight we have to make

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:36 PM (M0mf2)

138 Probably. DC is gone, people. They are the "Anti-America" now.
Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (4jDmb)

It's the Capital. We are the Districts.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 02:36 PM (DrWcr)

139 *on it.

Posted by: Turnip Defense League at November 20, 2014 02:36 PM (O7Q1u)

140 Investment tip: rope companies.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 20, 2014 02:36 PM (oKE6c)

141 So if the Donks can't be stopped by any legal means, would the
Republicans care to explain what their function just might happen to be?
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 20, 2014 02:36 PM (xSCb6)

----

*snort*

Its to meet them halfway.... duh...

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 02:37 PM (NaV4z)

142 >>I'm confused. If the shutdown of 2013 was so very disastrous to the GOP's long-term chances, how is it they rode the wave in 2014?
Posted by: Said everyone who isn't stupid at November 20, 2014 02:23 PM (Y0Piu)

>>Sean T at RCP @SeanTrende · Nov 18
The idea that the 2013 shutdown actually benefited Republicans might well be the most inane political spin I've heard in my life.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 02:37 PM (g1DWB)

143 Please pass the tissues. I have a Gruber.

Posted by: Roy at November 20, 2014 02:37 PM (VndSC)

144 Congress is not paid enough to treat the oath of office as an obligation of their persons. Defending their branch of government is above their pay grade.

Posted by: dedomeno at November 20, 2014 02:38 PM (UccCH)

145 132 I've decided that from now on when anyone around me mentions Obama, I'm going to say loudly, "Long live the King!" Might as well get a head start it.
Posted by: Turnip Defense League at November 20, 2014 02:35 PM (O7Q1u)



Nah, I've got you beat. I'm going to yell, "Viva El Jefe! Viva! Viva!"

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 20, 2014 02:38 PM (oKE6c)

146 The Dems actually had the locks changed.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8xd7VKGrpE#t=65







Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (RJMhd)

Sorry...somebody should have had the sack to get the door busted open...to much nicey nice going on...F THESE GUYS.

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 20, 2014 02:38 PM (o2Jt2)

147 Iran nuclear talks stuck deadline may be extended till March


because no stone will be left unturned in kerry's efforts to sell out Israel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM


We know that the Iranians will never be able to attack DC, so what do we care if they get the bomb?

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:38 PM (J7NUM)

148 I actually agree that exempting employer provided health insurance is dumb -- especially since I always had to buy mine with after-tax money.

I agree with Gruber that this is a dumb economic policy. I agree that health insurance shouldn't be tied to your job. It should be an open market like car insurance.

My understanding is that this stupid policy is a result of wage and price controls imposed by Feds in the past that forced employers to compete on compensation with benefits.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 02:38 PM (ZPrif)

149 143 Please pass the tissues. I have a Gruber.
Posted by: Roy at November 20, 2014 02:37 PM (VndSC)



Then you'll be needing Preparation H.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 20, 2014 02:38 PM (oKE6c)

150 If it's "mandatory" then it would automatically have funds appropriated equal to whatever they spent last year + x%.

That's what I thought was the case from the previous discussion. IOW, it's on autopilot until someone changes something, and that change requires O not to veto it. No action = steam as before.

My head hurts.

Posted by: pep at November 20, 2014 02:39 PM (YXmuI)

151 The idea that the 2013 shutdown actually benefited Republicans might well be the most inane political spin I've heard in my life.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 02:37 PM (g1DWB)

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Yeah.... cause the park barricades (with preprinted signage) and Vets getting kicked out of their own memorials really REALLY helped Kings Putts image.

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 02:39 PM (NaV4z)

152 Like a beam of light in the darkness, these are The Days of Despair.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 20, 2014 02:39 PM (oFCZn)

153 147 Iran nuclear talks stuck deadline may be extended till March


because no stone will be left unturned in kerry's efforts to sell out Israel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:32 PM


We know that the Iranians will never be able to attack DC, so what do we care if they get the bomb?
Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:38 PM (J7NUM)

********


Just about a week ago we had to send people to Jordan to test for seismic activity...that isn't about earthquakes.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:39 PM (RJMhd)

154 My understanding is that this stupid policy is a
result of wage and price controls imposed by Feds in the past that
forced employers to compete on compensation with benefits.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 02:38 PM (ZPrif)

Yep. Started with GM during WWII, to get around wage controls.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 20, 2014 02:39 PM (oKE6c)

155
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2014 02:25 PM (7MWCL)

My parents SE of Buffalo as of last night had 75 inches of snow in the backyard.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 02:39 PM (sWgE+)

156 So if the Donks can't be stopped by any legal means, would the

Republicans care to explain what their function just might happen to be?
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Biting

Posted by: Mega at November 20, 2014 02:39 PM (hHFOx)

157 Republicans care to explain what their function just might happen to be?
-------------------------------

Biting
Posted by: Mega at November 20, 2014 02:39 PM (hHFOx)

That would assume they have teeth.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 02:40 PM (DrWcr)

158 Of course they need to lie to you, republicans blame ISIS, Ebola, and global warmening on immigrants.

Posted by: Jerry Riveira at November 20, 2014 02:40 PM (ttJ2z)

159 The idea that the 2013 shutdown actually benefited Republicans might well be the most inane political spin I've heard in my life.
--
Really?

It objectively did not hurt them. We have actual, you know, proof of that. It's called the 2014 election.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 02:40 PM (ZPrif)

160 "maybe we're being played by all sides."


Ding, ding, ding!! Give that man a ceegar!!!!!!

Posted by: FITP at November 20, 2014 02:40 PM (//JYc)

161 We know that the Iranians will never be able to attack DC ...


Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:38 PM (J7NUM)


Damn, this is a depressing day for news.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 20, 2014 02:40 PM (oKE6c)

162 Gumming?

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:40 PM (Ae7K+)

163 @128 The Dems actually had the locks changed.

--------------

All those crooks and thieves in the Senate, and not one of them knew how to pick a lock!?

Disgraceful!

Posted by: junior at November 20, 2014 02:40 PM (UWFpX)

164 My understanding is that this stupid policy is a result of wage and
price controls imposed by Feds in the past that forced employers to
compete on compensation with benefits.


Yes, that's where it started.

But those wage and price controls are gone. If it cost me, say, $5000.00/yr per employee (plus their own contributions of, say, $1400/yr), I would gladly pay people an extra $3000.00/yr to let them get their own insurance.

And really the numbers were higher than that. Try 8 - 10k/yr per employee on the employer side of that ledger.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 02:41 PM (M1uf/)

165 Our system of government does not have a lawful non-violent method of dealing with a rouge executive and a complicit congress and judiciary.

Not even an article V Convention will be enough to bring the federal empire to heal.

Anything enacted through an Article V can simply be ignored by the executive and or nullified through the judiciary.

The question everyone has to ask is this...

What would the founding fathers do?

Posted by: Kreplach at November 20, 2014 02:41 PM (9J34u)

166 146 The Dems actually had the locks changed.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8xd7VKGrpE#t=65







Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (RJMhd)

Sorry...somebody should have had the sack to get the door busted open...to much nicey nice going on...F THESE GUYS.
Posted by: A dude in MI at November 20, 2014 02:38 PM (o2Jt2)

*********

Still would not have stopped the Dems from doing the Reconciliation maneuver.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:41 PM (RJMhd)

167 "maybe we're being played by all sides."



TWSS

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:41 PM (Ae7K+)

168 That would assume they have teeth.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 02:40 PM (DrWcr)
-----------------------------------
It assumes a lot of facts not in evidence.

Posted by: Mega at November 20, 2014 02:41 PM (hHFOx)

169 No, it's more like how they end. Congratulations, you just witnessed one.
Posted by: Mega at November 20, 2014 02:35 PM (hHFOx)


----------------------------------------


That about sums it up.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 02:41 PM (4jDmb)

170
What would the founding fathers do?
Posted by: Kreplach at November 20, 2014 02:41 PM (9J34u)


the same thing they did the first time I assume

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:42 PM (M0mf2)

171 Can we change the locks?

Posted by: ThunderB at November 20, 2014 02:42 PM (f5WTX)

172 I've had the same car insurance from the same company since I started driving -- even though I've changed jobs tons of times and lived in a bunch of different states. I could switch, but I have a good deal so I don't.

Health insurance should be a similar market -- but it's not.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 02:42 PM (ZPrif)

173 THIS time he will get the blame. He is not a
Dictator and the American People have noticed.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (M0mf2)

I'd like to believe that.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 20, 2014 02:42 PM (oKE6c)

174 That's what I thought was the case from the previous discussion.

I don't think DHS is listed as "Mandatory Spending," though. The only things (in general) that are, are the entitlements- SS, Medicare/Medicaid, etc.

Even DoD is "discretionary" spending.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 02:42 PM (M1uf/)

175 Actually we are doing it under the guise of the UN--but it is our experts.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:43 PM (RJMhd)

176 Put a toll booth up outside of Congress. Most of those cheap bastards would never use their own money for anything and will go home

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:43 PM (M0mf2)

177 Can we change the locks?



Or maybe coat the entire Capitol Building in about 3 inches of SuperGlue (TM).

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:43 PM (Ae7K+)

178 Happy Mexican Revolution Day!


Es Muy Bueno!

Posted by: Jose at November 20, 2014 02:43 PM (0FSuD)

179 More evidence for Amishdude: FSU shooter was an attorney.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 02:43 PM (XUKZU)

180 I'm not fighting Obamacare and Obama and Gruber lies because I'm trying to save the tax exemption for employer-based health insurance.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 02:43 PM (ZPrif)

181 >>Really?

>>It objectively did not hurt them. We have actual, you know, proof of that. It's called the 2014 election.

True. Because absolutely nothing happened between the shutdown and the election. No Obamacare rollout that blew up worse than a Wylie Coyote ACME bomb, no ISIS, no head chopping, no ebola, no thousands of kids rushing the border. Nope, none of that stuff happened.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 02:44 PM (g1DWB)

182 Today is my girlfriend's birthday. Tonight, the local Lion's Club is having their annual turkey raffle at the little watering hole. I'm going take her there, get drunk, and buy raffle tickets. This whole country can just burn down. I'm tired.

Posted by: chiefjaybob at November 20, 2014 02:44 PM (z1e9n)

183 Republicans care to explain what their function just might happen to be?


Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 20, 2014 02:36 PM (xSCb6)

The illusion of representative government. Yeah!

Posted by: flounder at November 20, 2014 02:44 PM (sDapq)

184 THIS time he will get the blame. He is not a
Dictator and the American People have noticed.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (M0mf2)
I'd like to believe that.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 20, 2014 02:42 PM (oKE6c)


I HAVE to believe that to get thu the day sober

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:44 PM (M0mf2)

185 My parents SE of Buffalo as of last night had 75 inches of snow in the backyard.
Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 02:39 PM (sWgE+)



How much are they getting today?

I read somewhere today that many areas around Buffalo will hit their seasonal snow totals by Saturday.

Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 02:44 PM (mf5HN)

186 I'm starting to think that whacking a pinata might be very therapeutic.

Posted by: notsothoreau at November 20, 2014 02:44 PM (5HBd1)

187 57 I hate being 32. All I've seen has been the country sliding into decay. I keep telling my dad that the worst will happen, somehow he still tries to be an optimist. I haven't been wrong yet.
And now the slide into the endis greased.
Posted by: nnptcgrad at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM (wrS2o)


Try being 59. It's like being the last locust in the swarm.

Posted by: West at November 20, 2014 02:45 PM (1Rgee)

188 2 Registered unaffiliated since 2007.

You Republicans will have to hash this out.

Posted by: Meremortal


I'm still, technically, a Democrat, believe it or not.

Though in truth, even when I was an actual "Democrat" in beleif and just just name, I still rarely voted for actual Democratic candidates.

I'm one of those rare people who might be characterized as "sarcastic voters" -- I generally would choose the kookiest and most absurd candidate in every race, just as a "protest against the system."

Want to know who I voted for president in 2000!

Nader. Not because I cared about his platform, because he was the most absurd candidate.

'92? Ross Perot.

As far as local races (BART board, School District), I just scan the ballot for obviously psychotic vanity candidates, with names like "Frou Frou McGillicuddy Sharktank Faeriedust," and always vote for them.

You may have aleways wondered: How do these kook candidates rack up the 59 votes they get? Who is voting for them?

The answer: Me.

That all changed with the Gray Davis recall election in 2003. That was the very first election I ever got "serious" and voted for the best guy. It came down to a choice between Peter Camejo and Tom McClintock. You might that's nots, because Camejo was a Socialist and McClintock a far-right constitutionalist. But both were honest, sincere, and intelligent; I inspected both their positions, and chose McClintock as the obvious winner. (And really, I'm serious about Camejo: Despite socialist beliefs, he was a rare honest and sincere politician, which counts for a lot.)

Since 2003, I'm mostly voted for Republicans, by default, as the Dem party spun out of control, and I realized the time for childish protest voted was over.

Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 02:45 PM (K4YiS)

189 171 Can we change the locks?
Posted by: ThunderB at November 20, 2014 02:42 PM (f5WTX)

*********

Probably.

Still it would be nice to do it once the Republican senate majority is in place.



Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:45 PM (RJMhd)

190 The government shutdown was so disastrous, Republicans were punished by winning majority power in Congress!

Posted by: SGT York at November 20, 2014 02:45 PM (9b/gn)

191 43 the GOP establishment wants this, their donor class wants this, their consultant class wants this. Their voters are opposed to it but hey WE don't count.

Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at November 20, 2014 02:22 PM (HEa5q)



It's not our country any more. "Consent of the Governed" means jack and squat. We are to do as we are told or else.

Posted by: rickl at November 20, 2014 02:45 PM (zoehZ)

192 in beleif and just just name
=
in belief and not just name

Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 02:45 PM (K4YiS)

193 Even DoD is "discretionary" spending.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 02:42 PM (M1uf/)



Yep. That's why when they talk of cutting discretionary spending, they mean DoD. Most of the budget is non-discretionary. Yet another thing has to change.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 20, 2014 02:46 PM (oKE6c)

194 We may bumble the US into another World War, but we know we won't be hurt by the war.

The people will rally around us if we have a war. They always do. We will be able to get more power and prestige if there is a war.

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:46 PM (J7NUM)

195 -
And now the slide into the end is greased.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at November 20, 2014 02:21 PM
---------------------------

RAYCISS!

Posted by: irright at November 20, 2014 02:46 PM (8GKDa)

196 185 My parents SE of Buffalo as of last night had 75 inches of snow in the backyard.
Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 02:39 PM (sWgE+)


How much are they getting today?

I read somewhere today that many areas around Buffalo will hit their seasonal snow totals by Saturday.

Well, they better not be late to work.

Posted by: The average Buffalo employer. Really, that's what it is like. at November 20, 2014 02:46 PM (1Rgee)

197 Nope, none of that stuff happened.
-
Ah, I get it, super smart points.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 02:46 PM (ZPrif)

198 I HAVE to believe that to get thu the day sober
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:44 PM (M0mf2)

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Oh.... I see the flaw in your plan now.....

btw.... cool hash MomFor2

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 02:46 PM (NaV4z)

199 The idea that the 2013 shutdown actually benefited Republicans might well be the most inane political spin I've heard in my life. Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 02:37 PM (g1DWB)


Ah, shit. And I was thinking of taking a day off today.

Posted by: The Chicken at November 20, 2014 02:46 PM (4jDmb)

200 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

-- Dylan Thomas

Fcuk it, let's have another drink.

--John Boehner

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 02:46 PM (XUKZU)

201 I read somewhere today that many areas around Buffalo will hit their seasonal snow totals by Saturday.



You mean seasonal Climate Uncertainty totals I'm sure.

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:46 PM (Ae7K+)

202 You say you want a revolution
Well
You'll get amnesty instead

You tell me it's the Constitution
Well
You better forget what it said

And if you want to fight corruption
Brother don't you know that you can count me out

And you know I'm gonna be
Alright

Posted by: GOPe band at November 20, 2014 02:47 PM (YEelc)

203 8
i'm kinda wondering if the establishment itself isn't in favor of ending
the tax exemption for health care -- employers have long complained
that providing health insurance is expensive and reduces their global
competitiveness.



maybe we're being played by all sides.


Thread winner!!!

Posted by: Null at November 20, 2014 02:47 PM (P7hip)

204 I read somewhere today that many areas around Buffalo will hit their seasonal snow totals by Saturday.Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 02:44 PM (mf5HN)Probable another foot. Buffalo city average 100 inches of snow a year. The area my parents live in (the Boston Hills) gets on average 250 a year.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 02:47 PM (sWgE+)

205 "The idea that the 2013 shutdown actually benefited Republicans might
well be the most inane political spin I've heard in my life."



Just as insane as the idea that the shutdown hurt the Republicans.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 20, 2014 02:47 PM (xSCb6)

206 Flounder
Congrats on the new member of the family on the way

Posted by: ginaswo at November 20, 2014 02:48 PM (+X1qa)

207 If you want to insist the shutdown did irreparable damage, you're gonna need some actual evidence at some point.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 02:48 PM (ZPrif)

208 "True. Because absolutely nothing happened between the shutdown and the election. No Obamacare rollout that blew up worse than a Wylie Coyote ACME bomb, no ISIS, no head chopping, no ebola, no thousands of kids rushing the border. Nope, none of that stuff happened.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 02:44 PM (g1DWB)"

So what you're saying is, we can't have a shut down, because unless Obama totally fucks up every foriegn, domestic, economic and administrative decision between the shutdown and the election, the Democrats will triumph?

Hmph. Well, no argument.

Now how about that shutdown?

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at November 20, 2014 02:48 PM (pYEaj)

209 I don't think DHS is listed as "Mandatory Spending," though. The only things (in general) that are, are the entitlements- SS, Medicare/ Medicaid, etc.




Not seeing any of that in Article 1, Section 8.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2014 02:49 PM (xgvvD)

210 >>Just as insane as the idea that the shutdown hurt the Republicans.

Hey, don't blame me. That tweet was from Sean Trende, the highly respected election analyst at RCP.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 02:49 PM (g1DWB)

211 The people who insist the shutdown was an epic disaster should just admit they were wrong.

I'm not saying it was a good thing. But the doomsayers were clearly, objectively, as proven by the actual frickin elections --- totally and completely wrong.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 02:50 PM (ZPrif)

212 Obama gets his legacy, McConnell gets a talking
point to try and keep his Leader spot. Dems get their voters, CoC gets
their cheaper labor.





Discuss !!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at November 20, 2014 02:34 PM (+jsVQ)

Obama doesn't make deals. He simply dictates.

Posted by: Blame Whom at November 20, 2014 02:50 PM (7wyDO)

213 So glad I unenrolled from the GOP this year. I even wrote and mailed a letter to my local state GOP leadership before doing it, and I told them that I wouldn't be volunteering for the state GOP either. (I had actually volunteered for every election since 200. The assholes didn't even have the courtesy to send me a reply. Fuck them.

Posted by: Zmaxx at November 20, 2014 02:50 PM (U7Pnn)

214 >>Sean T at RCP @SeanTrende Nov 18
The idea that the 2013 shutdown actually benefited Republicans might well be the most inane political spin I've heard in my life.
Posted by: JackStraw


2012:
GOP loses in a rout.

2013:
Gov Shutdown, GOP takes credit/blame.

2014:
GOP wins in a rout.

Hmmmmmm...let me ponder this.

Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 02:50 PM (K4YiS)

215 I HAVE to believe that to get thu the day sober

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 02:44 PM (M0mf2)


Why? Drunk makes it less troubling.

I heard this from a friend.

Posted by: Jose at November 20, 2014 02:50 PM (0FSuD)

216 These Kegel exercises only do so much people.

Posted by: The Chicken at November 20, 2014 02:51 PM (xSCb6)

217 Try being 59. It's like being the last locust in the swarm.



All you see are assholes?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2014 02:51 PM (xgvvD)

218 My understanding is that this stupid policy is a
result of wage and price controls imposed by Feds in the past that
forced employers to compete on compensation with benefits.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 02:38 PM (ZPrif)

That's a huge aside from the point that, the obfuscation and deception campaign to avoid legitimate and honest debate and compromise about the issue of whether it was good policy.

Who knows how affordable insurance could have been or what net good could have come from reform, if legitimate and honest debate and compromise were allowed as intended.

Posted by: flounder at November 20, 2014 02:51 PM (sDapq)

219 I'd feel better about your condition if you'd just take this pill.

Posted by: Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable at November 20, 2014 02:51 PM (UzPAd)

220 Andrew Stiles @AndrewStilesUSA 9m
Senior White House aide's brother to become president of CBS News
https://t.co/1kDmE5yRmU

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 02:51 PM (ZPrif)

221 So if this snow storm in Buffalo is like any of the other big ones over the last 40 years the hospitals will need extra staff in the maternity wards come August 2015 for the rush.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 02:51 PM (sWgE+)

222 Obama gets his legacy, McConnell gets a talking
point to try and keep his Leader spot. Dems get their voters, CoC gets
their cheaper labor.





Discuss !!!

-
And you get to pay for it.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 02:51 PM (XUKZU)

223 "I've had the same car insurance from the same company since I started
driving -- even though I've changed jobs tons of times and lived in a
bunch of different states. I could switch, but I have a good deal so I
don't. Health insurance should be a similar market -- but it's not."

Health care is cartelized and controlled and uncompetitive and price-opaque, so it's costly as hell. Hence the need for "insurance" (basically expensive prepaid medical).

Car repair isn't cartelized and controlled. There are no artificial limits, for instance, placed on people training to become mechanics, as there are in medical education. Car repair is not perfectly price-transparent, but it's a hell of a lot more so than medicine. A good transmission shop WILL quote you a price over the phone in advance of the work. And you have legal recourse if it's radically more than the estimate provided.

If the government stuck its tentacles and snout and foul breath into auto repair to the same degree it has health care, then every time you needed an ordinary brake job or oil change, you'd be filing an insurance claim for four figures and worrying about the deductible.

While Democrats would be clamoring to "fix" everything by forcing through Obamacarcare.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2014 02:51 PM (noWW6)

224 The shutdown did do irreparable damage, approval ratings went down for a month or two. It took Chris Christie and Jeb Bush rallying the moderates to eek out a Senate win by the skin of their teeth.

That's why we can't shut down the government again and why we can't defund Obama's executive action.

Posted by: Gerard Oliver Percvial esq. at November 20, 2014 02:51 PM (ttJ2z)

225 These Kegel exercises only do so much people.


I lolled. But I'm a moron.

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:51 PM (Ae7K+)

226 I'm a wild animal. ROOOOOOAAAAAR!

Posted by: Citizen X at November 20, 2014 02:52 PM (7ObY1)

227 The people who insist the shutdown was an epic disaster should just admit they were wrong.

---

They should also admit its not REALLY about the shutdown.

Its about that fricken idiot Cruz and his ilk mucking up the works.

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 02:52 PM (NaV4z)

228 off Jose sock

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 02:52 PM (0FSuD)

229 Posted by: Chris_Balsz at November 20, 2014 02:48 PM (pYEaj)


********

Yesterday--if D-Lamp has to show you the caution flag...you might really be out of line.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:52 PM (RJMhd)

230 So if this snow storm in Buffalo is like any of the other big ones over the last 40 years the hospitals will need extra staff in the maternity wards come August 2015 for the rush.


Gon' be some "Buffalo Humpin" tonite y'all.

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 02:53 PM (Ae7K+)

231 220,

Same guy responsible for shit canning Atikisson's stories, right?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2014 02:53 PM (yCZVl)

232 There is love in the air!

Posted by: Jeb Bush at November 20, 2014 02:53 PM (UlJ3l)

233 "Hey, don't blame me. That tweet was from Sean Trende, the highly respected election analyst at RCP.


Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 02:49 PM (g1DWB)"


I don't blame you. My opinion comes from the widely publicized election results from November 2014.

But thanks for the name drop anyway.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 20, 2014 02:53 PM (xSCb6)

234 Repubs, dems whatever. Fubar, snafu whatever.

Posted by: Confused at November 20, 2014 02:54 PM (cmBvC)

235 and?

Posted by: willow at November 20, 2014 02:54 PM (nqBYe)

236 >>So what you're saying is, we can't have a shut down, because unless Obama totally fucks up every foriegn, domestic, economic and administrative decision between the shutdown and the election, the Democrats will triumph?

No, and as I've said repeatedly I would support a forcing Obama to sign a budget that zero's out money for his EO. Times change and so do circumstances.

We now have all of Congress and just as importantly public opinion in our camp. We had neither of those last time.

But the idea that the 2013 shutdown did not hurt Republicans is just not true. And worse, there was no way we were ever going to win. Reid has sat on over 350 bills from the House, he rammed through Obamacare using bribes and threats. There was no way in hell either he or Obama was going to agree to defund Obamacare. And the public, which had largely been sheltered from Obamacare up to that point didn't want the shutdown.

I want to see them use every tool they have short of impeachment this time to stop this EO.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 02:54 PM (g1DWB)

237 Why? Drunk makes it less troubling.

I heard this from a friend.


Was he driving at the time?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 20, 2014 02:54 PM (YEelc)

238 I read somewhere today that many areas around Buffalo will hit their seasonal snow totals by Saturday.



Got to be getting close.

We are on our third day of trying to keep the office going with about 5 people out of 30.

I work in the northtowns but we have a disproportionate number of employees from the southtowns.

More of the same tomorrow.

I am beat.

Posted by: Citizen X at November 20, 2014 02:54 PM (7ObY1)

239 Hey, don't blame me. That tweet was from Sean Trende, the highly respected election analyst at RCP.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 02:49 PM (g1DWB)


But you agree.

*starts lubing up*

Posted by: The Chicken at November 20, 2014 02:54 PM (4jDmb)

240 214 >>Sean T at RCP @SeanTrende Nov 18
The idea that the 2013 shutdown actually benefited Republicans might well be the most inane political spin I've heard in my life.
Posted by: JackStraw

2012:
GOP loses in a rout.

2013:
Gov Shutdown, GOP takes credit/blame.

2014:
GOP wins in a rout.

Hmmmmmm...let me ponder this.
Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 02:50 PM (K4YiS)

*******


I doubt it's casual.

You have three points of data--so really not much to make a significant conclusion about.

It's only an observation.

I also kind of doubt when people go to the polls they are remembering those events.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:55 PM (RJMhd)

241 Buffalo Gal won't you come out tonight?

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 02:55 PM (DrWcr)

242
Gon' be some "Buffalo Humpin" tonite y'all.

SHHHH!!! Don't let THAT out. AtC will get mad if you play wih her toys.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 02:55 PM (sWgE+)

243 "The people who insist the shutdown was an epic disaster should just admit they were wrong."

As I pointed out about ten million goddamn times after the shutdown, the Beltway GOP totally panicked due to one (1) poll which said that the public thought the shutdown was all the fault of evil Republicans who should suffer eternal banishment to outer darkness.

That one (1) poll was from CBS and it had absolutely ridiculously biased internals. Oversampling Democrats so heavily it might as well have been exclusively conducted in the worst ward of Newark, NJ.

That didn't stop the firecracker-in-a-henhouse shrieking hysterical flight away from the shutdown by the oh so brave Beltway GOP.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2014 02:55 PM (noWW6)

244 Repubs, dems whatever. Fubar, snafu whatever.


SSDD.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2014 02:56 PM (xgvvD)

245 Was he driving at the time?


Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 20, 2014 02:54 PM (YEelc)

Not that fast. Amazing how he was able to use both lanes while driving us home.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 02:56 PM (0FSuD)

246 *causal*

ugh.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 02:56 PM (RJMhd)

247 The shutdown hurt both sides in different ways. It further beclowned the idea of a respectable federal government.

Posted by: Phil at November 20, 2014 02:57 PM (gTSL/)

248 Since 2003, I'm mostly voted for Republicans, by default, as the Dem party spun out of control, and I realized the time for childish protest voted was over.
Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 02:45 PM (K4YiS)

But futile gesture votes are still permitted?

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy Family-Sized DOOM! at the Outrage Outlet! at November 20, 2014 02:57 PM (hLRSq)

249 Gonna be a lot of Buffalo-area babies coming around next August.

Posted by: Citizen X at November 20, 2014 02:57 PM (7ObY1)

250 OT: If you need a pick me up story:

http://tinyurl.com/payyboz

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 02:57 PM (XUKZU)

251 Honestly, there's no reason for the GOP to exist except to make sure money keeps flowing to friends and near relations.

Posted by: MTF at November 20, 2014 02:57 PM (LISuA)

252 Don't tell anyone, but the financial house of cards is going to collapse again. About the same as 1932 happened after 1929.

The DOW hit a new record, Oil and Coal are suddenly a glut on the market. Dictators are getting froggy.

We are all hoping we can blame this on ISIS or Iran or EBOLA or Ukraine. Why do you think we are screwing this up so much? We need something to blame besides our own greed and mismanagement.

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 02:58 PM (J7NUM)

253 "But the idea that the 2013 shutdown did not hurt
Republicans is just not true.


Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 02:54 PM (g1DWB)"


So, what you're suggesting is that the Republican rout in 2014 would have been bigger were it not for the shutdown?
Do you have any evidence for this opinion, or do you think that if you keep saying it over and over again that it'll start making sense?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 20, 2014 02:58 PM (xSCb6)

254 See, this is why I'm a demoncrat and not a rethugikkkan
You already know we're going to screw you

Posted by: policiadearmadajose at November 20, 2014 02:59 PM (CVCGQ)

255 241 Buffalo Gal won't you come out tonight?

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 02:55 PM (DrWcr)



I'd like to, but I can't open my door.

Posted by: Buffalo Gal at November 20, 2014 02:59 PM (zoehZ)

256 Gon' be some "Buffalo Humpin" tonite y'all.

SHHHH!!! Don't let THAT out. AtC will get mad if you play wih her toys.
Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 02:55 PM (sWgE+)


*narrows eyes*

*revises The List*

Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 02:59 PM (mf5HN)

257
Posted by: Citizen X at November 20, 2014 02:57 PM (7ObY1)

Yea, I remember the blizzard of 77. It seemed that half my little towns women folk were with child that summer.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 02:59 PM (sWgE+)

258 Not that fast. Amazing how he was able to use both lanes while driving us home.

Probably worried about the deer just out of sight in the woods.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 20, 2014 02:59 PM (YEelc)

259 Overheard in the office:

Employee 1 : "Cuomo is asking President Obama for help with the Buffalo snow"

Employee 2: "Obama won't help, there's no illegal immigrants stranded in the snow."

Heh.

Posted by: Citizen X at November 20, 2014 02:59 PM (7ObY1)

260 Gonna be a lot of Buffalo-area babies coming around next August.
Posted by: Citizen X at November 20, 2014 02:57 PM (7ObY1)

----

Well tell the fine ladies of Buffalo that to stop that they can piss thesmelves, vomit, .... and if that fails.... they can always bite a dick.

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 03:00 PM (NaV4z)

261
Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 02:59 PM (mf5HN)

Sorry my forgiving queen

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:00 PM (sWgE+)

262 I see the Dems ability to determine cause and effect have rubbed off on some people.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 20, 2014 03:01 PM (yshTX)

263 "That one (1) poll was from CBS and it had absolutely ridiculously biased
internals.



But I have it on good authority that a highly respected analyst says that this was so.

A highly respected analyst do you hear??

Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 20, 2014 03:01 PM (xSCb6)

264 The people who insist the shutdown was an epic disaster should just admit they were wrong.

---

They should also admit its not REALLY about the shutdown.

Its about that fricken idiot Cruz and his ilk mucking up the works.

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 02:52 PM



Cruz made us all look bad. The Shutdown was not as disastrous as we thought.

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 03:01 PM (J7NUM)

265 You tell the dummies Bob!

Posted by: Gerard Oliver Percvial esq. at November 20, 2014 03:02 PM (ttJ2z)

266 It's very hard to tell exactly what the shutdown meant, good or bad.

Bad was media saying mean things about Repubs. LIVs being vaguely upset Repubs weren't "getting things done".

Good was Repubs cementing ever harder the idea that they did everything humanly possible to stop Obamacare.

We do know for a fact, that claims that it was doing massive, historical damage to the Repub brand were false, were wrong.

It's possible it seriously helped Repubs. It's not possible it seriously hurt Repubs.

We can rule the doomsayers out.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 03:02 PM (ZPrif)

267 Gon' be some "Buffalo Humpin" tonite y'all.

SHHHH!!! Don't let THAT out. AtC will get mad if you play wih her toys.
Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 02:55 PM (sWgE+)

*narrows eyes*

*revises The List*
Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 02:59 PM


Suddenly the song Buffalo Stance has a whole new, and much wider, meaning....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2014 03:02 PM (knoK7)

268
its a club,the club may have two diffirent wings but its still a club and its members will do what they have to do to maintain their membership in the club

Posted by: kj at November 20, 2014 03:02 PM (lKyWE)

269 Sorry my forgiving queen
Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:00 PM (sWgE+)



Ahhh, yes. Forgiving. Another word that immediately springs to mind when people think of me.

Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (mf5HN)

270 2012:
GOP loses in a rout.

2013:
Gov Shutdown, GOP takes credit/blame.

2014:
GOP wins in a rout.

Hmmmmmm...let me ponder this.
Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 02:50 PM (K4YiS)

*******


I doubt it's casual.

You have three points of data--so really not much to make a significant conclusion about.

It's only an observation.

I also kind of doubt when people go to the polls they are remembering those events.
Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide


True.

HOWEVER, the results of 2014 prove beyond any doubt that the 2013 shutdown was NOT "disastrous" for the GOP.

It had no downward effect on the GOP's popularity.

The 2014 election results may not prove causality, but they do prove the ABSENCE of causality between the shutdown and the GOP's popularity. Because, whatever the cause, their popularity went UP afterward.

Also: Considering the absolutely FAIL and fakery of the 2014 polling, all slanted toward the Dems and against the GOP, I now think (as I did then, actully) that the "polling" in 2013 upon which we base our "knowledge" that the shutdown was "unpopular" was also all faked. I suspect the shutdown was very popular indeed.

Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (K4YiS)

271 By and large the state exists to perpetuate itself. I can see them making a deal with the big employers to dump healthcare. Just like the insurance companies colluded with the regime to sell us the shit sandwich known as OVomitcare. The people that always end up paying are the proles. You and me in other words.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (32Ze2)

272
my forgiving queen

**Snort!**

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (JtwS4)

273 *munches popcorn*

Alex?

Posted by: BCochran1981 Esq. at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (da5Wo)

274 A highly respected analyst do you hear??
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 20, 2014 03:01 PM (xSCb6)

----

.... with RCP no less....

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (NaV4z)

275 Cool if you're a history nerd. ted Cruz reads Cicero's first Oration Against Catiline updated slightly to attack Obola.

http://tinyurl.com/kqva24t

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (XUKZU)

276 Buffalo girls want you come out tonight?

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (X+nFp)

277 It comes as no surprise to me why the Drunken Crybaby/Kentucky Turtle faction of the GOP are not really making much noise about Obama's historic lawlessness tomorrow, his utter destruction of the Constitution. I don't wonder why McConnell sounds like he's on lithium in his response to this outrage. No morals and no balls. In varying degrees, they're all in on the destruction of our free society and equally all in on growing their own power, to the exclusion of everything else. We gave the gov't their powers, and they have abused them in spectacular fashion. I don't see much of a way out of this short of.....?

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (tsGZY)

278 Sorry my forgiving queen
Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:00 PM (sWgE+)

Isabella of Spain was more merciful.
Try not to get your viscera on the good rug.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy Family-Sized DOOM! at the Outrage Outlet! at November 20, 2014 03:04 PM (hLRSq)

279
Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (mf5HN)

As with all thing good, sweet and kind my grace.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:04 PM (sWgE+)

280 Health insurance should be a similar market -- but it's not.
-------
But has that not been up to the states (pre-PPACA) themselves per the McCarran-Ferguson Act?

Does the recent health reform allow states to form inter-state compacts?

How is state (not federal) regulation of health insurance any different than for auto insurance?

Posted by: RioBravo at November 20, 2014 03:04 PM (z27Ny)

281 206
Flounder

Congrats on the new member of the family on the way



Posted by: ginaswo at November 20, 2014 02:48 PM (+X1qa)

Thanks. All is well so far. ETA January 2016.

Posted by: flounder at November 20, 2014 03:05 PM (sDapq)

282 Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 02:59

What happened to "round round baby right round" ??

Posted by: Sean Bannion at November 20, 2014 03:05 PM (kl7+/)

283
Wait, I thought the White House chief of staff or something like that had a brother at head of NBC.
Am I mistaken, or does this make two?

Posted by: Justamom's stealing hubby's pad at November 20, 2014 03:05 PM (Sptt8)

284 Try not to get your viscera on the good rug.

I splorfed.

Posted by: HR needs donuts at November 20, 2014 03:05 PM (ZKzrr)

285 Posted in another dead thread, but here's what I think

My best guess, for what its worth (which ain't much) is that they will do a lot of delaying actions, avoid controversy, and be fairly quiet until 2016 (like the Democrats largely did from 2006-2008 ). So don't expect anything impressive, significant, or that could be portrayed as divisive from the GOP for 2 years of power. They're looking forward to the next election as they always have.

The problem with this approach is that there's ALWAYS another election just around the corner, so you end up like a baseball team that's "rebuilding" every year and never gets anywhere.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:05 PM (39g3+)

286 Thanks. All is well so far. ETA January 2016.



He means 2015 I'm sure.

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:05 PM (Ae7K+)

287 GOP loses in a rout.

2013:
Gov Shutdown, GOP takes credit/blame.

2014:
GOP wins in a rout.

Hmmmmmm...let me ponder this.
Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 02:50 PM (K4YiS)

*******


I doubt it's casual.

You have three points of data--so really not much to make a significant conclusion about.

It's only an observation.

-
Let's see how well it works out when the people elected to stop Obama act like the burglar in this video.

http://tinyurl.com/kkcxhf6

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 03:05 PM (XUKZU)

288 250
OT: If you need a pick me up story:



http://tinyurl.com/payyboz

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 02:57 PM (XUKZU)

Thanks, great story.. The chances any of the MSM will cover this?

Slim and none. Slime left town.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 03:06 PM (0FSuD)

289 100 + posts. Need to ask. Settling a bet.shortly after 9/11 there was a "friendly" soccer match between USA and Mexico in Dallas, iirc. The fans were needling the US by chanting OBL's name.
Does anyone remember that?

Posted by: TheThinMan at November 20, 2014 03:06 PM (EVeeU)

290 "Try not to get your viscera on the good rug."

That's what she said!

Posted by: The guy that always says that's what she said at November 20, 2014 03:06 PM (39g3+)

291 "... sedated with a constant drip of deceit."

Very clever turn of phrase right there.

10/10. Would read again.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 20, 2014 03:06 PM (kqGWM)

292 Ahhh, yes. Forgiving. Another word that immediately springs to mind when people think of me.
Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (mf5HN)

-----

Got to hand it to the Royalty.


She'll NEVER talk down to you..........

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 03:06 PM (NaV4z)

293 Unless he's an elephant.

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:07 PM (Ae7K+)

294 Holy crap. Cicero Cruz is awesome.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 03:07 PM (JtwS4)

295 >>>Ahhh, yes. Forgiving. Another word that immediately springs to mind when people think of me.

Posted by: alexthechick - Beware the Jazz Hands at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (mf5HN)<<<

It absolutely is. You are so, so forgiving...


... for giving out throat punches, for giving out ankle/shin kicks, for giving out ravage attacks.

Posted by: hiding in a bunker at November 20, 2014 03:07 PM (nlPax)

296 I love Cruz's intellect, but is it just me or does he have a face that you want to punch?



Reminds me of Pee Wee Herman.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (0FSuD)

297 It comes as no surprise to me why the Drunken Crybaby/Kentucky Turtle faction of the GOP are not really making much noise about Obama's historic lawlessness tomorrow, his utter destruction of the Constitution. I don't wonder why McConnell sounds like he's on lithium in his response to this outrage. No morals and no balls. In varying degrees, they're all in on the destruction of our free society and equally all in on growing their own power, to the exclusion of everything else. We gave the gov't their powers, and they have abused them in spectacular fashion. I don't see much of a way out of this short of.....?
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (tsGZY)


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If your governor is a repub, give him/her a call and let your opinions be heard. Same for your reps.

If you live in a blue state, then call the nearest red state governor........and then move.

Posted by: The Chicken at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (4jDmb)

298 As I pointed out about ten million goddamn times after the shutdown, the Beltway GOP totally panicked due to one (1) poll which said that the public thought the shutdown was all the fault of evil Republicans who should suffer eternal banishment to outer darkness.

That one (1) poll was from CBS and it had absolutely ridiculously biased internals. Oversampling Democrats so heavily it might as well have been exclusively conducted in the worst ward of Newark, NJ.

That didn't stop the firecracker-in-a-henhouse shrieking hysterical flight away from the shutdown by the oh so brave Beltway GOP.

Posted by: torquewrench


THANK YOU for driving home this point.

Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (K4YiS)

299 Free Beacon @FreeBeacon
#TBT Obama: "I take the Constitution very seriously."
https://t.co/mR9MAgqGMB

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (ZPrif)

300 *munches popcorn*

Alex?
Posted by: BCochran1981 Esq. at November 20, 2014 03:03 PM (da5Wo)



*takes popcorn*

*munches*

Yes?

There you go, Bannion.

Posted by: alexthechick - Right round baby right round at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (mf5HN)

301 Sock be gone

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (4jDmb)

302 So, what you're suggesting is that the Republican rout in 2014 would have been bigger were it not for the shutdown?
Do you have any evidence for this opinion, or do you think that if you keep saying it over and over again that it'll start making sense?

No. And I never said that. What I said back in 2013 was that it was a futile battle with absolutely zero upside. Even if the entire Republican Congressional group was made up of Ted Cruz clones, they did not have the votes. And as people note here everyday, usually 2 or 300 hundreds times a day, the msm will spin anything as something evil done by Republicans.

So, you first explain to me how that was a winning strategy. Nobody has ever done that absent saying that if they just held out Obama and Reid would have caved. Uh huh. They would have caved on Obama's signature piece of legislation which, whether we like it or not, passed Congress and was certified as lawful by the SC.

I always thought a much better strategy was to get out of the way and let people see what Obamacare was really all about. Let Obama's destructive policies drag them down. Let the 6th year curse which almost always kills the incumbent presidents party do its thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (g1DWB)

303 The fans were needling the US by chanting OBL's name.
Does anyone remember that?



I remember reading about it. Mexicans are retards for soccer.


It's all they got.

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (Ae7K+)

304 The last two major government shutdowns, the press was unable to really portray the GOP as monsters. From what I've read by insiders, by the time congress caved in 96 Clinton was about to surrender, and even with the coverage of sad park rangers, the damage wasn't nearly as significant as the impeachment hearings turning Bill Clinton into the underdog.

And this last shutdown was a PR disaster for the Obama administration.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (39g3+)

305 The fans were needling the US by chanting OBL's name.
Does anyone remember that?



I remember reading about it. Mexicans are retards for soccer.


It's all they got.

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:09 PM (Ae7K+)

306
I cannot follow links.
Site for Cruz reading, pretty please?
Thanks, Mr. Snark.

Posted by: Justamom at November 20, 2014 03:09 PM (Sptt8)

307 Holy crap. Cicero Cruz is awesome.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 03:07 PM (JtwS4)


ಠ_ಠ

Posted by: White House Chief of Staff Marcus Antonius at November 20, 2014 03:09 PM (lN8KC)

308 I AM NOT AN ANIMAL

I R A HOOMANED BEAN

Posted by: Bigby's Chinese Finger Trap at November 20, 2014 03:09 PM (3ZtZW)

309 Let me be sure I understand this. The GOP ran on nothing more than people's general dissatisfaction with the democrats, and now that the election is over, they don't want to actually do anything beyond collecting a check (and sending bigger checks to their buddies).

I really wish there were some honest, trustworthy, I may even say, 'American' folk who could have warned us this would happen.

Posted by: Methos at November 20, 2014 03:09 PM (A6vWB)

310
Site for Cruz reading, pretty please?
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Teh Blaze

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 03:09 PM (JtwS4)

311 "I love Cruz's intellect, but is it just me or does he have a face that you want to punch?"

He needs a beard, makes all the difference

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:10 PM (39g3+)

312 I can think of a whole lot of Congress Creeps I'd rather punch than Cruz.

Luis Gutierrez for starters.

Posted by: Citizen X at November 20, 2014 03:10 PM (7ObY1)

313 We are deluded loons to them.

Personally, I've decided to embrace it.

Posted by: Y-not, deluded loon at November 20, 2014 03:10 PM (wlPue)

314
Gruber, you're nothin but a gruber

Can you put your hands in head, oh no ?

Posted by: The Jackhole at November 20, 2014 03:10 PM (6/J77)

315 So, why did that guy go nuts and shoot up the library?

Posted by: The Progs at November 20, 2014 03:10 PM (iQIUe)

316 It's all they got.

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (Ae7K+)

What? You want to see my sister?

Posted by: Jose at November 20, 2014 03:10 PM (0FSuD)

317
Headline at the National Journal:

Pelosi Compares Obama Immigration Order to Emancipation Proclamation

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:11 PM (sWgE+)

318 So, why did that guy go nuts and shoot up the library?
Posted by: The Progs at November 20, 2014 03:10 PM (iQIUe)

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.... attourney....

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 03:11 PM (NaV4z)

319 "I suspect the shutdown was very popular indeed."

And would have been more so if the establishment GOP had been behind it solidly, instead of resentfully looking for a way out.

You know those captioned photos people will post after a storm that was supposed to be huge and was instead a fizzle? One lone lawn chair knocked over, captioned as "We WILL rebuild."

That's the sort of mockery that should have been being visited on the government during the shutdown, constantly, during every opportunity, including interviews with the press.

::: Live shot, standing on sidewalk :::

"Well, as you can all see, the government shutdown, now in its second week, has resulted in violent chaos everywhere. Organized society has completely ceased to function. Just look!"

::: sweeps arm wide, camera pans back and forth :::

Birds and crickets chirping, people calmly going about their business, no fuss, no muss.

Enough of that type of clever agitprop, and people will start to ask, hey, gee whiz, what exactly DOES this whole huge expensive federal apparatus actually DO all day? It certainly has little or no effect on ordinary daily life when it's turned off.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2014 03:11 PM (noWW6)

320 We always hang in the Buffalo stance, we shovel snow every time we dance...

Posted by: Citizen X at November 20, 2014 03:11 PM (7ObY1)

321 315
So, why did that guy go nuts and shoot up the library?

Posted by: The Progs at November 20, 2014 03:10 PM (iQIUe)

Why does anyone "go nuts"? Sounds like suicide by cop to me.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 03:11 PM (0FSuD)

322 We are deluded loons to them.


Wacko Birds local 1776

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at November 20, 2014 03:12 PM (X+nFp)

323 This is beyond OT, but I'm sick and tired of being depressed by the complete destruction of our republic. So enjoy this earworm: the theme from "Megas XLR."



https://archive.org/details/MegasXlrFullTheme



I dig giant robots!
YOU dig giant robots!
WE dig giant robots!
CHICKS dig giant robots!
Nice.




If I must have this stuck in my head, I'm not going to suffer alone.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 20, 2014 03:12 PM (4df7R)

324 @283 Wait, I thought the White House chief of staff or something like that had a brother at head of NBC.
Am I mistaken, or does this make two?
-------------------

It's always been CBS. Ben Rhodes in the administration, and David Rhodes at CBS.

Posted by: junior at November 20, 2014 03:12 PM (UWFpX)

325 @8
We Are being played by all sides. This is mostly theater. It was decided in board rooms and on golf courses and at fundraisers.

Posted by: Y-not, deluded loon at November 20, 2014 03:12 PM (wlPue)

326
>>>I love Cruz's intellect, but is it just me or does he have a face that you want to punch?<<<

That's the Canadian part of him that you're seeing. It's one of their natural characteristics.

Posted by: Fritz at November 20, 2014 03:12 PM (UzPAd)

327 Senior White House aide's brother to become president of CBS News


No wonder they're so hot on "abortion for incest." They're all incestuous.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:12 PM (M1uf/)

328 Pelosi Compares Obama Immigration Order to Emancipation Proclamation
Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:11 PM (sWgE+)
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That comparison has been making the rounds since the elections.

Posted by: RioBravo at November 20, 2014 03:12 PM (z27Ny)

329 Meanwhile... in Texas:

Texas House Republicans Set to Elect NARAL-Favored Candidate for Speaker

http://tinyurl.com/nhhu7hb

Posted by: The 10 gallon Hat at November 20, 2014 03:12 PM (lN8KC)

330 Primaried Cantor and it actually worked. I couldn't believe our good luck.

So get on the stick y'all good things can happen if you stay away from the fruitcakes that usually fail.

Posted by: SarahW at November 20, 2014 03:13 PM (Lbv/k)

331 313 We are deluded loons to them.

Personally, I've decided to embrace it.
Posted by: Y-not, deluded loon at November 20, 2014 03:10 PM (wlPue)

Maybe we should start acting like the people they accuse us of being. I don't think they'd like it very much.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 03:13 PM (DrWcr)

332 Free Beacon @FreeBeacon
#TBT Obama: "I take the Constitution very seriously."
https://t.co/mR9MAgqGMB

-
Well, I take athlete's foot very seriously.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 03:13 PM (XUKZU)

333 I remember reading about it. Mexicans are retards for soccer.


Well to be fair, being a soccer fan seems to erode a good 50 points off your IQ when the topic comes up or at a game.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:13 PM (39g3+)

334 >>>We are deluded loons to them.



Personally, I've decided to embrace it.

Posted by: Y-not, deluded loon at November 20, 2014 03:10 PM (wlPue)<<<

Suggestion for new Saturday Gardening Thread title -- Fruit of the Loon

Posted by: hiding in a bunker at November 20, 2014 03:13 PM (nlPax)

335 This is beyond OT, but I'm sick and tired of being depressed by the complete destruction of our republic. So enjoy this earworm: the theme from "Megas XLR."



https://archive.org/details/MegasXlrFullTheme



I dig giant robots!
YOU dig giant robots!
WE dig giant robots!
CHICKS dig giant robots!
Nice.



If I must have this stuck in my head, I'm not going to suffer alone.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 20, 2014 03:12 PM (4df7R)



To be fair, young padawan, giant robots are freaking awesome.

Posted by: alexthechick - Right round baby right round at November 20, 2014 03:13 PM (mf5HN)

336 That's the Canadian part of him that you're seeing. It's one of their natural characteristics.



Ooooh... Heyyyyyooohhhhhhhh!!

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (Ae7K+)

337 "I take the Constitution very seriously."


Then why do you treat it the way Don Lemon treats a dick, asswipe?

Posted by: Citizen X at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (7ObY1)

338 The illegal Nigerian 7-11 employees here in
Texas are really pissed about amnesty for illegal Mexicans. So are the illegal Russians, Iranians and Phillipinos. Things could get nasty. I'll be in my foxhole.

Posted by: mikeyslaw at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (Wkdli)

339 Why does anyone "go nuts"? Sounds like suicide by cop to me.

-
My guess: domestic violence.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (XUKZU)

340 http://preview.tinyurl.com/nmlq8z4

Ted Cruz, on the Senate Floor...

Paraphrasing Cicero....


Only way it would have been better is if he was wearing a Toga!

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (f0pWu)

341 Suggestion noted!

Posted by: Y-not, deluded loon at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (wlPue)

342 Alex ... DID YOU KNOW that, as an EE working in Industrial Automation ... I have a working knowledge of Motion Control ?


I can, for example, design and program stuff to ... Just spit balling here .. swivel. And rotate. And move back and forth. Hell - even all at once - given enough battery.


Just throwin' that out there.

Posted by: ScoggDog at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (+jsVQ)

343 329 Meanwhile... in Texas:

Texas House Republicans Set to Elect NARAL-Favored Candidate for Speaker

http://tinyurl.com/nhhu7hb
Posted by: The 10 gallon Hat at November 20, 2014 03:12 PM (lN8KC)

So, Wendy Davis getting the absolute shit kicked out of her didn't teach them anything. Dumbasses.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (DrWcr)

344 If this turns out the way it's looking and the states do nothing about it, then I am going to be checking out Belize. Guns or no guns, I've about had it with the people in this country.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (4jDmb)

345 Is this the big secret on page 859?

Posted by: garrett at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (ylEE0)

346 Well to be fair, being a soccer fan seems to erode a good 50 points off your IQ when the topic comes up or at a game.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:13 PM (39g3+)

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...they dont call it Kommie Kickball for nuthin....

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (NaV4z)

347 To be fair, young padawan, giant robots are freaking awesome.

Posted by: alexthechick - Right round baby right round at November 20, 2014 03:13 PM (mf5HN)


*presses nose to glass*

Pacific Rim 2? I can haz it?

Posted by: BCochran1981 Esq. at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (da5Wo)

348 I'm a top national security advisor bitch! And I'm smart enough for the job too, I've got an English degree!

Posted by: Ben Rhodes at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (ttJ2z)

349 As I pointed out about ten million goddamn times after the shutdown, the Beltway GOP totally panicked due to one (1) poll which said that the public thought the shutdown was all the fault of evil Republicans who should suffer eternal banishment to outer darkness.

That one (1) poll was from CBS and it had absolutely ridiculously biased internals. Oversampling Democrats so heavily it might as well have been exclusively conducted in the worst ward of Newark, NJ.

That didn't stop the firecracker-in-a-henhouse shrieking hysterical flight away from the shutdown by the oh so brave Beltway GOP.

Posted by: torquewrench



Don't you realize how inconvenient that Shutdown was? We had to go back to DC and look like we were doing something. Some of us actually got BAD PRESS!

Thank the Stars those idiot programmers screwed up the Obamacare Website.

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (J7NUM)

350 As I pointed out about ten million goddamn times after the shutdown, the Beltway GOP totally panicked due to one (1) poll which said that the public thought the shutdown was all the fault of evil Republicans who should suffer eternal banishment to outer darkness.

That one (1) poll was from CBS and it had absolutely ridiculously biased internals. Oversampling Democrats so heavily it might as well have been exclusively conducted in the worst ward of Newark, NJ.

That didn't stop the firecracker-in-a-henhouse shrieking hysterical flight away from the shutdown by the oh so brave Beltway GOP.

Posted by: torquewrench



Don't you realize how inconvenient that Shutdown was? We had to go back to DC and look like we were doing something. Some of us actually got BAD PRESS!

Thank the Stars those idiot programmers screwed up the Obamacare Website.

Posted by: The Establishment at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (J7NUM)

351 >>>This is mostly theater. It was decided in board rooms and on golf courses and at fundraisers.

This. Only question in my mind is how large and international the agreements might be. I do not think its just US honchos behind all of this transformational crap.

Posted by: Bigby's Chinese Finger Trap at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (3ZtZW)

352 The GOP can not and will not stop the slide toward open rebellion.

Posted by: eman at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (mR7Es)

353 332 Free Beacon @FreeBeacon
#TBT Obama: "I take the Constitution very seriously."
https://t.co/mR9MAgqGMB

-
Well, I take athlete's foot very seriously.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 03:13 PM (XUKZU)


Yes, you always take things you wish to destroy, seriously...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (f0pWu)

354 To donor call: No thank you unless you would like some tar and the contents of my vintage Ikea duvet.

Posted by: SarahW at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (Lbv/k)

355
Ryan is ... stupid

and complicit.

Posted by: DaveA at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (DL2i+)

356 347 To be fair, young padawan, giant robots are freaking awesome.

Posted by: alexthechick - Right round baby right round at November 20, 2014 03:13 PM (mf5HN)

*presses nose to glass*

Pacific Rim 2? I can haz it?
Posted by: BCochran1981 Esq. at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (da5Wo)

Are you two drift compatible?

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (DrWcr)

357 I also take toiler paper very seriously.
Two ply. At a minimum.

Posted by: Barack Obama at November 20, 2014 03:16 PM (ZPrif)

358
To be fair, young padawan, giant ro sexbots are freaking awesome.

fixt

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 03:16 PM (JtwS4)

359 "Drift Compatible" sounds like a Tangerine Dream album.

Posted by: Citizen X at November 20, 2014 03:16 PM (7ObY1)

360 You've come a long way, baby.

Posted by: Establishment Republican at November 20, 2014 03:16 PM (ylEE0)

361 He means 2015 I'm sure.

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:05 PM (Ae7K+)

She don't tell the wife. Must keep trying.

Posted by: flounder at November 20, 2014 03:16 PM (sDapq)

362 AtC I'm sure you would have no problems with all the snow in WNY. You would tread so lightly across the top of the snow that the traces of your foot steps would not be visable to us mere mortals.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:16 PM (sWgE+)

363 362 AtC I'm sure you would have no problems with all the snow in WNY. You would tread so lightly across the top of the snow that the traces of your foot steps would not be visable to us mere mortals.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:16 PM (sWgE+)




HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

Posted by: BCochran1981 Esq. at November 20, 2014 03:17 PM (da5Wo)

364 248 Since 2003, I'm mostly voted for Republicans, by default, as the Dem party spun out of control, and I realized the time for childish protest voted was over.
Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 02:45 PM (K4YiS)

But futile gesture votes are still permitted?
Posted by: Mikey NTH


Voting GOP is NOT a "futile gesture vote."

It is a vote to keep constitution-shredding communists out of office.

A GOP candidate who does absolutely nothing is VASTLY preferable to a Dem politician who is actively trying to destroying the nation.

I would vote for a Pet Rock if it was running against a D and had a chance of winning.

Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 03:17 PM (K4YiS)

365 Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (g1DWB)

I agree with your strategy but I thought the shutdown greatly assisted that strategy. The shutdown focused the LIVs on Obamacare so when the consequences began to show the GOP was able to say I told you so and the LIVs knew what they were talking about.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 20, 2014 03:18 PM (yshTX)

366 *presses nose to glass*

Pacific Rim 2? I can haz it?
Posted by: BCochran1981 Esq. at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (da5Wo)


Only after I get Crimson Peak (don't do it, Horde. Do not do it.)


Posted by: alexthechick - Right round baby right round at November 20, 2014 03:18 PM (mf5HN)

367 Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:16 PM (sWgE+)


Or buried by two feet. Either way right.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at November 20, 2014 03:18 PM (X+nFp)

368 351
>>>This is mostly theater. It was decided in board rooms and on golf courses and at fundraisers.


That.

And there has to be someway to make them tremble, which is first notice what they are doing and call them out, and catch them in every dulcet fibbination, and make the threat of loss of gravytrain job real.

Posted by: SarahW at November 20, 2014 03:18 PM (Lbv/k)

369 AtC I'm sure you would have no problems with all the snow in WNY. You would tread so lightly across the top of the snow that the traces of your foot steps would not be visable to us mere mortals.
Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:16 PM (sWgE+)

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Jeebus dude.... yer a dead man already.... suckuppery is a moot point Go out with a modicum of honor...... mmmmmmkay???

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 03:19 PM (NaV4z)

370
I'm sure El Dictator will fund 2 tacos in every pot each Christmas season.

You know, as a symbol of his love for us.

Posted by: Hombre Mohawk at November 20, 2014 03:19 PM (1nB6R)

371 Or buried by two feet. Either way right.Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at November 20, 2014 03:18 PM (X+nFp)Quit! I'm sucking up.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:19 PM (sWgE+)

372 I would vote for a Pet Rock if it was running against a D and had a chance of winning.

Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2014 03:17 PM (K4YiS)


It'd at least raise the collective IQ in Congress by many magnitudes of order...

Posted by: The Pet Hat at November 20, 2014 03:19 PM (lN8KC)

373 "I thought the shutdown greatly assisted that strategy. The shutdown
focused the LIVs on Obamacare so when the consequences began to show the
GOP was able to say I told you so and the LIVs knew what they were
talking about."

It did help. It helped a lot.

Posted by: SarahW at November 20, 2014 03:19 PM (Lbv/k)

374
Crimson TWIN Peaks

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 03:19 PM (NaV4z)

375 "Meanwhile... in Texas:
Texas House Republicans Set to Elect NARAL-Favored Candidate for Speaker"

But does she have the all-important pink sneakers?

Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2014 03:20 PM (noWW6)

376 AtC I'm sure you would have no problems with all the snow in WNY. You would tread so lightly across the top of the snow that the traces of your foot steps would not be visable to us mere mortals.
Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:16 PM (sWgE+)



Hush, do not listen to the naysayers. That is some quality suckuppery there.

Posted by: alexthechick - Legolas has nothing on me at November 20, 2014 03:20 PM (mf5HN)

377 My guess: domestic violence.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 03:14 PM (XUKZU)

I don't think he was married and he shot random people.

Funny when a Black guy goes nuts and shots people, ever notice you never see a picture with the story.

Just a coincidence I guess. Yeah, right.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 03:20 PM (0FSuD)

378
Well, I take athlete's foot very seriously.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 201

Sharks take tuna seriously, fleas take dogs seriously, and Barack Obama take the Constitution *very* seriously.

Posted by: Secundus, half potato eater at November 20, 2014 03:20 PM (AePd+)

379 Are you two drift compatible?

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 03:15 PM (DrWcr)


A Moron mind-linking with AtC? Seeing and feeling her innermost thoughts and experiences? Over and over again???


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2014 03:21 PM (GQ8sn)

380 I would vote for a Pet Rock if it was running against a D and had a chance of winning.

I think the qualifier you put there makes Mikey's point.

Posted by: @JohnTant at November 20, 2014 03:21 PM (PFy0L)

381 Texas House Republicans Set to Elect NARAL-Favored Candidate for Speaker


To that I give the only appropriate response:

Gawddammit y'all!

When Republicans had near-parity with Democrats in the House, Strauss made at least an amount of sense (we have our RINO squishes, too, after all). But he should have been unseated as speaker for the last legislative session, forget about this one.

So, obviously, what needs to happen is that he needs to be primaried out of his seat next time he's up for election.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:21 PM (M1uf/)

382 "there's a Monkey in the grass with a bugle up his ass,
get it out , get it out , get it out!!!

That said:

The Old Man warned us of this shit.

Now how are you going to get them off our hill?

Posted by: Hee Haw at November 20, 2014 03:21 PM (/WmRg)

383 AtC I'm sure you would have no problems with all the snow in WNY.

They're going to find your mutilated body during the spring thaw, you realize...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at November 20, 2014 03:22 PM (zWC0k)

384 >>>I would vote for a Pet Rock if it was running against a D and had a chance of winning.

Pet Rock is a Green Party candidate

Posted by: Bigby's Chinese Finger Trap at November 20, 2014 03:22 PM (3ZtZW)

385 Well, you can't say this isn't interesting.

I have no fucking idea what's gonna happen after Obama rapes the Constitution on live TV tonight.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 03:22 PM (ZPrif)

386 Now how are you going to get them off our hill?
Posted by: Hee Haw at November 20, 2014 03:21 PM (/WmRg)

----

This aint the Hill to die on, son.

Posted by: fixerupper at November 20, 2014 03:22 PM (NaV4z)

387 A Moron mind-linking with AtC? Seeing and feeling her innermost thoughts and experiences? Over and over again???





"No capes!!"........."No capes!!"..............

"No capes!!"

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:22 PM (Ae7K+)

388 AtC I'm sure you would have no problems with all the snow in WNY. You
would tread so lightly across the top of the snow that the traces of
your foot steps would not be visable to us mere mortals.


Dude. You just called AtC short and said she has big feet.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:23 PM (M1uf/)

389 @364 I would vote for a Pet Rock if it was running against a D and had a chance of winning.
----------------------------

Likewise. Though admittedly most of those chances are pretty slim.

But as screwed up as California is, I'm not ready to give up on it yet.

Posted by: junior at November 20, 2014 03:23 PM (UWFpX)

390 They're going to find your mutilated body during the spring thaw, you realize...
Posted by: Brother Cavil at November 20, 2014 03:22 PM (zWC0k)



Don't be ridiculous, of course they won't.

Posted by: alexthechick - Legolas has nothing on me at November 20, 2014 03:23 PM (mf5HN)

391 Hush, do not listen to the naysayers. That is some quality suckuppery there. Posted by: alexthechick - Legolas has nothing on me at November 20, 2014 03:20 PM (mf5HN)Thank you my gracious queen. My the Light of Eärendil forever grace your beauty.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:23 PM (sWgE+)

392
Voting GOP is NOT a "futile gesture vote." A GOP candidate who does absolutely nothing is VASTLY preferable to a Dem politician who is actively trying to destroying the nation.
Posted by: zombie




"My husband only hits me when he drinks. Besides, he's a good provider and the kids love him."


Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 20, 2014 03:23 PM (kdS6q)

393 Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (g1DWB)



"No. And I never said that".


You didn't, but it's a logical extension of your argument.

"What I said back in 2013
was that it was a futile battle with absolutely zero upside. Even if the
entire Republican Congressional group was made up of Ted Cruz clones,
they did not have the votes. And as people note here everyday, usually 2
or 300 hundreds times a day, the msm will spin anything as something
evil done by Republicans."


Not having zero upside is simply your opinion. You're completely lacking any evidence so far that supports the assertion that the shut-down was a negative for the GOP. Far more empirical evidence suggests that the shutdown was a positive. At worst it was a net neutral. Feel free to offer some actual evidence that it hurt the GOP.

Waiting for a favorable media environment is a pretty stupid strategy. Zero upside? Bringing national attention to government finance and the abuses of the Obama administration? Hardly "zero".



"I always thought a much better strategy was to get out of the way
and let people see what Obamacare was really all about. Let Obama's
destructive policies drag them down. Let the 6th year curse which almost
always kills the incumbent presidents party do its thing."



With the adversarial media environment you just talked about? And the issue in this thread being immigration and not Obamacare? So basically you're fine with vastly increasing the size of the Donk voting pool while the Media gets its act together and stops burying Obamacare.


With a proven winning strategy like that, it's no wonder we keep sliding left.




Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 20, 2014 03:23 PM (xSCb6)

394 Hand to God, Horde, I just got an email with the subject line of Spatchcock this way.


Posted by: alexthechick - Legolas has nothing on me at November 20, 2014 03:24 PM (mf5HN)

395 Temporarily.

*wink*

Exclusive: U.S. to allow people from nations hit by Ebola to stay temporarily http://reut.rs/1F40iYm via @reuters

Posted by: Barack Obama at November 20, 2014 03:24 PM (ZPrif)

396 Funny when a Black guy goes nuts and shots people, ever notice you never see a picture with the story.

-
black and an attorney? A two time loser.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 03:24 PM (XUKZU)

397 I have no fucking idea what's gonna happen after Obama rapes the Constitution on live TV tonight.

Nothing.

Because Holder was right. We are a nation of cowards.

Posted by: Methos at November 20, 2014 03:24 PM (A6vWB)

398 Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:23 PM (sWgE+)


She didn't say it would save you, simply that it was quality suckuppery.

Two very different things.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:24 PM (M1uf/)

399 Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 03:08 PM (g1DWB)


You still don't understand what the shutdown was all about.

It was not an effort to stop Obamacare.

It was an effort to sort the wheat from the chaff and reveal who was willing to stand up and fight and who was not.

Who acted on principle and who acted on fear.

The shutdown revealed a lot and the public did not forget it in 2014.

It needs to be done again and be turned up to eleven.

Posted by: eman at November 20, 2014 03:25 PM (mR7Es)

400 A Moron mind-linking with AtC? Seeing and feeling her innermost thoughts and experiences? Over and over again???


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2014 03:21 PM (GQ8sn)

Good point. The frustration over trying to reach the silverware drawer could be problematic.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 03:25 PM (DrWcr)

401 Buying ammo this wknd. That always makes me feel just a teeny bit better, or less rage-strokey.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 20, 2014 03:25 PM (7RXcs)

402 Only after I get Crimson Peak (don't do it, Horde. Do not do it.) Posted by: alexthechick - Right round baby right round at November 20, 2014 03:18 PM

*types*

*deletes*

*types*

*deletes*

Posted by: Sean Bannion at November 20, 2014 03:25 PM (V+kmg)

403 So anybody from West Africa who can get here, can stay cause it's too dangerous to go back to Africa cause Ebola.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 03:25 PM (ZPrif)

404

"No capes!!"


And no monologing.

Posted by: Frozone at November 20, 2014 03:26 PM (JtwS4)

405 347 To be fair, young padawan, giant robots are freaking awesome.



Posted by: alexthechick - Right round baby right round at November 20, 2014 03:13 PM (mf5HN)





You are as wise as you are benevolentish, my queen.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 20, 2014 03:26 PM (4df7R)

406 >>I agree with your strategy but I thought the shutdown greatly assisted that strategy. The shutdown focused the LIVs on Obamacare so when the consequences began to show the GOP was able to say I told you so and the LIVs knew what they were talking about.

There maybe something to that. Obamacare was such an unmitigated disaster it changed fortunes almost overnight so the pain was short-lived anyway.

Honestly, I think most LIV's don't have a clue what the shutdown was all about. All they heard everyday from the msm is that the Republicans shutdown the government and were killing park rangers or other crazy stuff. And you were never going to get politicians who were just starting their campaigns to hold out for a cause they had no chance of winning.

I'm not against pushing things to the brink if we have a chance to win. This time I think we have a chance and I support it. Different time, different circumstances. But its silly to say there was just one poll that showed the Republicans were taking the majority of the blame for the shutdown. There are many polls and data points that show it was doing just that.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 03:26 PM (g1DWB)

407 The frustration over trying to reach the silverware drawer could be problematic.


No to mention the 'Brown-Outs'.

Posted by: garrett at November 20, 2014 03:26 PM (ylEE0)

408 Scorched earth response to Obama is the only way to get it through his head that he's not the King of this country.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at November 20, 2014 03:26 PM (zxQ4h)

409 Good point. The frustration over trying to reach the silverware drawer could be problematic.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 03:25 PM (DrWcr)

-----

Excuse me..... can you help me reach up and tie my shoelace???

Posted by: Mind Melded Moron at November 20, 2014 03:26 PM (NaV4z)

410
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:24 PM (M1uf/)Hey, I'm working it the best I can.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:26 PM (sWgE+)

411 You forget about me?

From CNN, 19 Nov.

==>

The 26-year-old man, an Indian national, traveled to New Delhi from Liberia on November 10, almost two months after he was hospitalized in the West African nation after showing symptoms of the illness, India's health ministry said in a statement.

He was released from the Liberian hospital on September 30 with documents declaring him free of clinical signs linked to Ebola, the ministry added.

As a precautionary measure, Indian authorities carried out tests on his body fluids, which confirmed traces of the virus in his semen, the statement said.

'Currently, this person is not having any symptoms of the disease. However, he would be kept under isolation in the special health facility of (the) Delhi Airport Health Organization, till such time his body fluids test negative and he is found medically fit to be discharged,' it said.

Posted by: Globetrotting Ebola at November 20, 2014 03:26 PM (z27Ny)

412 A Moron mind-linking with AtC? Seeing and feeling her innermost thoughts and experiences? Over and over again???
Posted by: EC at November 20, 2014 03:21 PM (GQ8sn)


---------------------------------------


........on top of one another and then sideways, scrambled and then neatly layed out on a bloody tarp.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 03:27 PM (4jDmb)

413 The frustration over trying to reach the silverware drawer could be problematic.


Or the grownups table at Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at November 20, 2014 03:27 PM (X+nFp)

414 I don't think the shooting was related to domestic violence. I think the guy was off his rocker in the usual way.

He was kooks from way back, very bright, high hopes, but nuts.

Don't take this the wrong way, but he not only posted bible verses constantly, which is in and of itself not dispositive but a warning sign, and he made up his own proverbs in biblical form, which sends that into odd country. At any rate he was obsessing about his mood and trying to manage it.

He was under a great deal of financial stress, likely unemployable in a bad job market, because he is weirding people out, despite his fairly good-looking resume.

Posted by: SarahW at November 20, 2014 03:27 PM (Lbv/k)

415 So anybody from West Africa who can get here, can stay cause it's too dangerous to go back to Africa cause Ebola.

Well, yes, but the DHS directive is really aimed at people already here. It's a "humanitarian" move.

So even if their main point is to allow more illegal immigration (not likely, really, considering where it would be coming from), you're never going to get anyone in charge to stand against it. Nor, frankly, do I necessarily think they should. I cannot imagine that illegal immigration from Sierra Leone and West Africa are a huge issue.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:28 PM (M1uf/)

416
So, yeah, we are being RINO Grubered. And just what are we going to do about it?

There aredistinct aspects of Gruberring:

1. Lie to the American people, believing they are too stupid to glean the truth.
2. While you're lying, know that even if your lies are exposed, the American people won't do anything drastic to remedy it.
3. Be fully comfortable that the Americans that will speak out about it will not be supported by their RINO overlords.

So in effect, Gruberring, when identified and reported,does noting worse than provide some intense bad publicity for a short period of time.


Again, I ask, what are we going to do about our Constitutional Republic being destroyed right before our eyes?

Posted by: Havedash at November 20, 2014 03:28 PM (gvqyH)

417
*types*

*deletes*

*types*

*deletes*

Posted by: Sean Bannion at November 20, 2014 03:25 PM (V+kmg)


Ground's already froze. Gonna have to leave Bannion in the shed 'til the thaw.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 03:28 PM (JtwS4)

418 I can be sure of one thing. No matter how mad you all are right now, and me, I am sure Fredo will saying something so insulting tonight ( that I will read on Weasel Zippers or here- since I will NOT be watching) that it will make me want to spit blood

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 03:29 PM (M0mf2)

419
A Moron mind-linking with AtC?

Sorry the number you are trying to reach is no longer in service. Please try you number again later.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:29 PM (sWgE+)

420
At least I hope the Repubs and people that live down in the border states will at least film the mass border crossing to come, not to mention the dancing like palestinians in the streets after El Dictator makes his dictation tonight.

Posted by: Hombre Mohawk at November 20, 2014 03:29 PM (1nB6R)

421 Whoa -- so the FSU was handsome black lawyer guy -- which is why the media is weirdly ignoring a school shooting.

Was he gay? Quick factoid I saw lists LGBT law as an area of practice.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 03:29 PM (ZPrif)

422 Gee, what gave you the first recent clue that we're in bed being fucked by our partners in the bipartsian Party-In-Government? The fact that we gave them every fucking penny they wanted for PlaceboCare, even money that they didn't think they needed back in 2010?

Fuck you, pay me.

Posted by: House RepublicRATs at November 20, 2014 03:29 PM (cL79m)

423 Good point. The frustration over trying to reach the silverware drawer could be problematic.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2014 03:25 PM (DrWcr)

------

**looks down**


OH.MY.GAAAAAWWDDDDD.

Posted by: Mind Melded Moron at November 20, 2014 03:29 PM (NaV4z)

424 PSA to the Ettes if you haven't seen it already. Stay out of Cape Breton.

http://tinyurl.com/moxe7wn

Posted by: CM at November 20, 2014 03:29 PM (0NdlF)

425 it will make me want to spit blood

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 03:29 PM (M0mf2)


Rinse.

Posted by: garrett at November 20, 2014 03:30 PM (ylEE0)

426 first defunding target?

yeah, how about that 7 grand a month ppl were getting for housing (wink, wink) the DACA express kids.

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 20, 2014 03:30 PM (Gysa/)

427 I can be sure of one thing. No matter how mad you
all are right now, and me, I am sure Fredo will saying something so
insulting tonight ( that I will read on Weasel Zippers or here- since I
will NOT be watching) that it will make me want to spit blood

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 03:29 PM (M0mf2)


*raises hand* Me, too.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 20, 2014 03:30 PM (4df7R)

428 I would vote for a Pet Rock if it was running against a D and had a chance of winning.



Pet Rock is a Green Party candidate
Posted by: Bigby's Chinese Finger Trap


Shit! I thought that said PAT Rock!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2014 03:30 PM (xgvvD)

429 >>>The frustration over trying to reach the silverware drawer could be problematic.





Or the grownups table at Thanksgiving.<<<





**AtC staring up at table**




De plate, Boss, de plate!

Posted by: hiding in a bunker at November 20, 2014 03:31 PM (nlPax)

430
413 The frustration over trying to reach the silverware drawer could be problematic.
------------
Or the grownups table at Thanksgiving.



It is easier to stab people with forks at the kid's table.

Posted by: CM at November 20, 2014 03:31 PM (0NdlF)

431 There's plenty of illegal Africans - and it's growing every day.

How many illegals are in Obama's own family?

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 03:31 PM (ZPrif)

432 PSA to the Ettes if you haven't seen it already. Stay out of Cape Breton.



http://tinyurl.com/moxe7wn

Posted by: CM at November 20, 2014 03:29 PM (0NdlF)


So THAT'S why I've seen so many Nova Scotia license plates lately.
The spiders are INVAAAAAADINNNNNG!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 20, 2014 03:31 PM (4df7R)

433 >>Not having zero upside is simply your opinion. You're completely lacking any evidence so far that supports the assertion that the shut-down was a negative for the GOP. Far more empirical evidence suggests that the shutdown was a positive. At worst it was a net neutral. Feel free to offer some actual evidence that it hurt the GOP.

Why? I could give you polls and you would say polls are meaningless. I give you the opinion of one of the most respected election analysts in the business, Sean Trende, and you wave it away.

Why aren't you showing me all the evidence that you have that it was a net plus for Republicans.

You're never going to convince me and I'm never going to convince you so we'll leave it at that.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 20, 2014 03:31 PM (g1DWB)

434 He was under a great deal of financial stress,
likely unemployable in a bad job market, because he is weirding people
out, despite his fairly good-looking resume.


Posted by: SarahW at November 20, 2014 03:27 PM (Lbv/k)

Good take on the problem. Leads me to my conclusion, suicide by cop.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 03:31 PM (0FSuD)

435 I have a feeling that the JEF timed his amnesty announcement to coincide with the Ferguson Grand Jury just so he can do this triple-head feint:

"As Americans we all have a duty to respect the decisions of our lawful representatives. Just as the protesters in Ferguson must non violently accept the decision of the Grand Jury (* however racist, ahem*) so must the Tea Party and other extreme, domestic terrorist right wingers accept the authority of the President in matters of prosecutorial discretion.."

Becha

Posted by: NYC Parent at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (HEo6y)

436 Or it's because we just raised taxes on you stupid duck hunters...by 67%?

Posted by: House RepublicRATs at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (cL79m)

437
Or the grownups table at Thanksgiving

How about a booster seat or high chair?

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (sWgE+)

438 yay, isn't sooooo great how we won the election? Woo hoo.

Posted by: Dan at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (COpZ4)

439
Because Holder was right. We are a nation of cowards.
Posted by: Methos at November 20, 2014 03:24 PM (A6vWB)

Okay, I've had enough. Enough with wailing and rending of garments.

What has happened is that we've officially crossed the line from "What are the Pubbies going to do about this?" to "What am I going to do about this?

'Cause the establishment doesn't give a shit and won't protect you, or us. Therefore, we must do it ourselves. How? Dunno yet. Working on it. I've never been to a MoMee. Maybe I should.

Maybe we all should. Maybe this is the time for me to stop venting on a website and actually get tore into this thing. The other side is. We'd better be, too.

Posted by: Secundus, half potato eater at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (AePd+)

440 *raises hand* Me, too.



"There are those who believe it is okay to tear brown children away from their mothers....."

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (Ae7K+)

441 At least I hope the Repubs and people that live down in the border states will at least film the mass border crossing to come, not to mention the dancing like palestinians in the streets after El Dictator makes his dictation tonight.
Posted by: Hombre Mohawk at November 20, 2014 03:29 PM (1nB6R)


-------------------------------------------------


It's already been done, many times. And to what affect?

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 03:33 PM (4jDmb)

442 How about a booster seat or high chair?

She still won't be able to pass the mashed potatoes!

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at November 20, 2014 03:33 PM (X+nFp)

443
**shinkcks**

**pokes**

**strokes riding crop**



Posted by: Mind Melded Moron at November 20, 2014 03:33 PM (NaV4z)

444 Should I bite Jon Gruber's penis? Anyone want to dare me? Anyone?

Posted by: Don Lemon at November 20, 2014 03:33 PM (MNq6o)

445 "You would tread so lightly across the top of the snow that the traces of your foot steps would not be visable to us mere mortals."

You're saying Alex is an elf?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:34 PM (39g3+)

446 Maybe this is the time for me to stop venting on a website and actually get tore into this thing. The other side is. We'd better be, too.
Posted by: Secundus, half potato eater at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (AePd+)

Call your Congress Critter and Senator- EVEN IF THEY ARE DEMS

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 03:34 PM (M0mf2)

447 Leads me to my conclusion, suicide by cop.

I think we need to revise that.

Out in a blaze of gory is *not* "suicide by cop."

They share a similar outcome, but SbC is more when you point a gun a cop and he shoots you. It does not actually involve the taking of innocent life (well, unless the cops are from LA County, or NYC, but you can't necessarily help *that*).

When you go into some place and just start shooting random people? Yeah, your goal may be to be killed by the cops, but it's no longer "suicide."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:34 PM (M1uf/)

448 I'm not accepting anything, certainly not the method of taking away all the money.

Posted by: SarahW at November 20, 2014 03:34 PM (Lbv/k)

449 look, I don't want the GOP to overplay its hand by exploiting their biggest wedge issue against obama's weakest most destructive political liability. I want to blast that hand into overdrive like a 13 year old seeing porn for the first time.*

* is that moron quality stuff?

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 20, 2014 03:34 PM (Gysa/)

450 that I will read on Weasel Zippers or here- since I will NOT be watching

Yeah, I'll be watching the Chefs beat the tar out of the Raiders.

At least I hope the Repubs and people that live down in the border states will at least film the mass border crossing to come

Or do what they can to make the crossing *difficult*. I'd love to see the fedcoats try to prosecute citizens for doing the border defense job American government won't

Posted by: Methos at November 20, 2014 03:34 PM (A6vWB)

451 Your own alleged leaders are in on the game. You are abherd of animals to be contained and exploited. No one cares what you think. Your votes are meaningless. You spew your racist hate on the Internet and think you are changing things. You aren't. No one takes you Jesusland teatards seriously.

Progress wins, you lose.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at November 20, 2014 03:35 PM (cux11)

452 436
Or it's because we just raised taxes on you stupid duck hunters...by 67%?

Posted by: House RepublicRATs at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (cL79m)

What? Just bought three duck stamps, same price as last year $15 each.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 03:35 PM (0FSuD)

453
You're saying Alex is an elf?

----

HEY!!! That's EMPRESS to you buster.....

Posted by: Mind Melded Moron / ATC at November 20, 2014 03:35 PM (NaV4z)

454 "As Americans we all have a duty to respect the decisions of our lawful representatives. Just as the protesters in Ferguson must non violently accept the decision of the Grand Jury (* however racist, ahem*) so must the Tea Party and other extreme, domestic terrorist right wingers accept the authority of the President in matters of prosecutorial discretion.." Becha
Posted by: NYC Parent at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (HEo6y)


----------------------------------------------


I detect a flaw in your logic.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 03:35 PM (4jDmb)

455 You're saying Alex is an elf?Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:34 PM (39g3+)Of the most splendid kind. Truly a high elf.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:35 PM (sWgE+)

456 "Because Holder was right. We are a nation of cowards."

Not so much cowards as made too comfortable to fight back. We haven't reached the point where misery and outrage outweighs our fear of death and loss.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:35 PM (39g3+)

457

over at breitbart

MEXICO STOPS ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS IN NORTHERN BORDER WITH CALIFORNIA


Mexico thinks California is their territory. They basically have stopped recognizing the border altogether.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2014 03:35 PM (IXrOn)

458 look, I don't want the GOP to overplay its hand by exploiting their biggest wedge issue against obama's weakest most destructive political liability. I want to play that hand like a royal flush all day long.

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 20, 2014 03:36 PM (Gysa/)

459 Panetta and Gates tag-team Obama.

Free Beacon @FreeBeacon
New SuperCut Video: Ouch. Obama's Former Defense Secretaries Dismantle Obama's Defense Policy goo.gl/gKfcZf pic.twitter.com/mNxoikFIOd

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 03:36 PM (ZPrif)

460

We..... are..... Veeger.....

Posted by: Mind Melded Moron / ATC at November 20, 2014 03:36 PM (NaV4z)

461 >>>She still won't be able to pass the mashed potatoes!

TOOT TOOT GRAVY BOAT

Posted by: Bigby's Chinese Finger Trap at November 20, 2014 03:36 PM (3ZtZW)

462 366. Only after I get Crimson Peak (don't do it, Horde. Do not do it.)

O.o
O.O

Is that what you call when the top of your hair reaches the countertop?

***runs away***

Posted by: policiadearmadajose at November 20, 2014 03:37 PM (CVCGQ)

463 I don't think the shooting was related to domestic violence. I think the guy was off his rocker in the usual way.

He was kooks from way back, very bright, high hopes, but nuts.


--
Yeah, looks like. "includes Bible verses and links to conspiracy theories about the government reading people's minds."

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 03:37 PM (XUKZU)

464 Elf would explain her height. But does she have pointy ears?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:37 PM (39g3+)

465 Mexico thinks California is their territory. They basically have stopped recognizing the border altogether.

I'm not altogether against them having it...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:37 PM (M1uf/)

466 I detect a flaw in your logic.
Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 03:35 PM (4jDmb)


Three logical errors to be precise.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at November 20, 2014 03:37 PM (V+kmg)

467
The needs of many .... outweigh the needs of the few....

Posted by: Mind Melded Moron / ATC at November 20, 2014 03:37 PM (NaV4z)

468 So what will all the new free Mexican's eat for Thanksgiving?


Same as usual, pigeons?

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 03:38 PM (0FSuD)

469
>>>>Why aren't you showing me all the evidence that you have that it was a net plus for Republicans <<<<<

How about that last election? That seems to be quite the evidence.

and


>>>It's already been done, many times. And to what affect?

Posted by: Soona <<<<

Well the dancing after El Dictators decision hasn't bee filmed yet, but the affect of the previous film might be that last election.

Posted by: Hombre Mohawk at November 20, 2014 03:38 PM (1nB6R)

470 Elf would explain her height. But does she have pointy ears?


No. But she did want to be a dentist.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at November 20, 2014 03:38 PM (X+nFp)

471 Not so much cowards as made too comfortable to fight back. We haven't reached the point where misery and outrage outweighs our fear of death and loss.



The left better pray we never reach that point.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2014 03:38 PM (xgvvD)

472
Only after I get Crimson Peak

Is that what you call when the top of your hair reaches the countertop?


Topless in Dec.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:38 PM (sWgE+)

473

Outside?????


WHADAYA MEAN *OUTSIDE* ?????

Posted by: Mind Melded Moron / ATC at November 20, 2014 03:38 PM (NaV4z)

474 Now I want some good chicken tamales with Hatch chile salsa verde.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:39 PM (M1uf/)

475 466
I detect a flaw in your logic.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 03:35 PM (4jDmb)



Three logical errors to be precise.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at November 20, 2014 03:37 PM (V+kmg)

Expecting someone from NYC to understand logic? Your crazy, they think the NY Slime is logical.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 03:39 PM (0FSuD)

476 The spiders are INVAAAAAADINNNNNG!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 20, 2014 03:31 PM


They're on to us! Abort! Abort! Abort!

Posted by: Face Sized Spider Pathfinder in MWR's Attic at November 20, 2014 03:39 PM (knoK7)

477 "Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms."
-Aristotle, "Politics"

Posted by: fBW52 at November 20, 2014 03:39 PM (fBW52)

478 "416
So, yeah, we are being RINO Grubered. And just what are we going to do about it?

There aredistinct aspects of Gruberring:

1. Lie to the American people, believing they are too stupid to glean the truth.
2. While you're lying, know that even if your lies are exposed, the American people won't do anything drastic to remedy it.
3. Be fully comfortable that the Americans that will speak out about it will not be supported by their RINO overlords.

So in effect, Gruberring, when identified and reported,does noting worse than provide some intense bad publicity for a short period of time.


Again, I ask, what are we going to do about our Constitutional Republic being destroyed right before our eyes?"

We're going to google up pictures of Kim Kardashian's ass.

Posted by: The American People at November 20, 2014 03:39 PM (1Rgee)

479 "There are those who believe it is okay to tear brown children away from their mothers....."
Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (Ae7K+)


Since Mom's a criminal we're doing them a favor.

Jus' sayin'

Posted by: Sean Bannion at November 20, 2014 03:39 PM (V+kmg)

480 *waves hand* AtC is not an Elf. She is a delicate flower of innocent virtue, and a dewy one at that.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 20, 2014 03:39 PM (4df7R)

481
But does she have pointy ears?

Pointy elbows.

Posted by: wrg500 at November 20, 2014 03:39 PM (sWgE+)

482 **maybe we're being played by all sides**

Crazy conspiracy talk that only idiots buy into, that is.

Posted by: teej says go K-State at November 20, 2014 03:40 PM (Ze9kt)

483 yay, isn't sooooo great how we won the election? Woo hoo.
Posted by: Dan at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (COpZ4)

Well, what are the newly elected Republicans who are not in power yet supposed to do about this?

In reality, this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Obama has been threatening this for two years. He is going to lose a second branch of the government in six weeks, why would he wait until they are in to do this? He couldn't get amnesty through the Congress last year when he still had seats. He won't get it through the new Congress and this is a man who hates this country and wants to change it.

Let's put it this way. Other than federal benefits, why would any state need to recognize the illegals as legal? Just straight up say that what the President is doing is illegal and has no merit and therefore, his dictates won't be enforced. Let Obama then direct whatever department to cut off funds to a state or group of state over this.....

Posted by: Jen the original at November 20, 2014 03:40 PM (hjTr7)

484 yay, isn't sooooo great how we won the election? Woo hoo.
Posted by: Dan at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (COpZ4)

Well, what are the newly elected Republicans who are not in power yet supposed to do about this?

In reality, this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Obama has been threatening this for two years. He is going to lose a second branch of the government in six weeks, why would he wait until they are in to do this? He couldn't get amnesty through the Congress last year when he still had seats. He won't get it through the new Congress and this is a man who hates this country and wants to change it.

Let's put it this way. Other than federal benefits, why would any state need to recognize the illegals as legal? Just straight up say that what the President is doing is illegal and has no merit and therefore, his dictates won't be enforced. Let Obama then direct whatever department to cut off funds to a state or group of state over this.....

Posted by: Jen the original at November 20, 2014 03:40 PM (hjTr7)

485 Bummer, I missed the Don Lemon penis biting thread. Well, gotta go back and read THAT one.

Posted by: wth at November 20, 2014 03:40 PM (wAQA5)

486 They're on to us! Abort! Abort! Abort!

Posted by: Face Sized Spider Pathfinder in MWR's Attic at November 20, 2014 03:39 PM (knoK7)


I laughed. A LOT.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 20, 2014 03:40 PM (4df7R)

487 Now I want some good chicken tamales with Hatch chile salsa verde.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:39 PM (M1uf/)


Spanish French fusion tonight: Jambalaya (Shrimp and Chicken, Sausage).

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2014 03:40 PM (IXrOn)

488 Shooter was a good enough looking guy even if he is dressed a bit Farrakhan-ish with that bow tie.

http://tinyurl.com/mw7ykhn

Not completely crazy looking like the Newton shooter and the Batman shooter.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 03:40 PM (XUKZU)

489 480 *waves hand* AtC is not an Elf. She is a delicate flower of innocent virtue, and a dewy one at that.

That's not dew

Posted by: policiadearmadajose at November 20, 2014 03:41 PM (CVCGQ)

490 The Sun is setting here, on this, the last day of the Republic. Words cannot injoin against the blood and ashes in our mouths.

Posted by: Truman North, Moron Emeritus at November 20, 2014 03:41 PM (7Oo+W)

491 "Because Holder was right. We are a nation of cowards." Not so much cowards as made too comfortable to fight back. We haven't reached the point where misery and outrage outweighs our fear of death and loss.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:35 PM (39g3+)


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Keeping us juuuuussst comfortable enough is by design.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 03:41 PM (4jDmb)

492
Posted by: Face Sized Spider Pathfinder in MWR's Attic at November 20, 2014 03:39 PM (knoK7)


Come on over I've got plenty of room now.

Posted by: face size spider in AtC's Closet at November 20, 2014 03:41 PM (sWgE+)

493 That's not dew
Posted by: policiadearmadajose at November 20, 2014 03:41 PM (CVCGQ)

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That offends ussssss.......

Posted by: Mind Melded Moron / ATC at November 20, 2014 03:41 PM (NaV4z)

494
gentlemen we have to save our phony baloney jobs

Posted by: governor william j. lepetomane at November 20, 2014 03:42 PM (lKyWE)

495 " " and you need to be sedated with a constant drip of deceit."

I'd prefer bourbon."

And I am acting on this sound policy !

*pours Rebel Yell over ice cubes*

It's 5 o'clock somewhere.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, starting to drink early today at November 20, 2014 03:42 PM (go6ud)

496 500!!!

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:42 PM (Ae7K+)

497

Help meeeeee pleeeeeeease......

**sob**

Posted by: Mind Melded Moron / ATC at November 20, 2014 03:42 PM (NaV4z)

498 @465 Mexico thinks California is their territory. They basically have stopped recognizing the border altogether.

I'm not altogether against them having it...
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You think the border's long *now*...?

Also, if you think the Longshoremen Union is bad now, wait until the Mexican Government has control of the freight docks in Long Beach and the Bay Area.

Posted by: junior at November 20, 2014 03:42 PM (UWFpX)

499 "There are those who believe it is okay to tear brown children away from their mothers....."

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:32 PM (Ae7K+)



"...Others say we should kill them all and use their bones as fertilizer. I reject these choices."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 20, 2014 03:42 PM (4df7R)

500 Gruber and ObamaCare might be the con job of the century.

So comparing what you think you know about what people might do about something Obama hasn't completely announced yet--is--

asymmetric.


Maybe you don't understand the hugeness of the Grubbering.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 03:43 PM (RJMhd)

501 ::pfffft::

Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2014 03:43 PM (Ae7K+)

502 488 Shooter was a good enough looking guy even if he is dressed a bit Farrakhan-ish with that bow tie.
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Maybe he got confused and thought the grand jury had already made it's announcement?

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at November 20, 2014 03:43 PM (HstNY)

503 Posted by: Jen the original at November 20, 2014 03:40 PM (hjTr7)


Yes, the SCOAMT was going to go Full Amnesty anyway. Nothing can be done about *that.*

The issue is with the Republicans already setting the stage for their retreat. They're already spreading disinformation that "oh, we can't defund this." And even if they can't defund it directly, they have lots of other options. I happen to favor NGU's plan of separate appropriations bills, but that's not the only option.

However, if they've set themselves up to retreat, then they're already planning a retreat. They're already planning to sell us out.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:43 PM (M1uf/)

504
That offends ussssss.......

You need to wash the Buffalo

Posted by: face size spider in AtC's Closet at November 20, 2014 03:43 PM (sWgE+)

505
This place needs more art....and puppehs and another kitten quartet.

Posted by: The Progs at November 20, 2014 03:43 PM (iQIUe)

506 I laughed. A LOT.


Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 20, 2014 03:40 PM


My work here is done...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2014 03:43 PM (knoK7)

507 Help meeeeee pleeeeeeease......



**sob**

Posted by: Mind Melded Moron / ATC at November 20, 2014 03:42 PM (NaV4z)





*Ninja chops mind meld!*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 20, 2014 03:44 PM (4df7R)

508 "Now I want some good chicken tamales with Hatch chile salsa verde."

Now I'm hungry

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:44 PM (39g3+)

509 Just straight up say that what the President is doing is illegal and has no merit and therefore, his dictates won't be enforced.

And put any illegal discovered by police in storage until such time as we have a legitimate federal government to handle border issues.

Federal courts want to piss and moan about it? Screw em. They've had their chance to rein obama in and failed to act.

Posted by: Methos at November 20, 2014 03:44 PM (A6vWB)

510
Also, if you think the Longshoremen Union is bad now, wait until the Mexican Government has control of the freight docks in Long Beach and the Bay Area.

the chinese own the harbor in long beach

Posted by: kj at November 20, 2014 03:45 PM (lKyWE)

511
*Ninja chops mind meld!*

With Kung fu grip!

Posted by: wrg500 Closet at November 20, 2014 03:45 PM (sWgE+)

512

What dart will Ace throw next, at our hearts?

I need a BP.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2014 03:45 PM (IXrOn)

513 *Ninja chops mind meld!*

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Phew.... that was....... horrible.

Posted by: Un - Mind Melded Moron / sans ATC at November 20, 2014 03:46 PM (NaV4z)

514 For your reading pleasure. Carjackers get caught, one goes to the hospital after an "encounter" with police dog. No pics of perps, so you can just guess.



http://tinyurl.com/lv2uzso

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 03:46 PM (0FSuD)

515 A recent meeting of bishops unleashed what one Vatican watcher called a tsunami of conservative backlash against the pope when it followed an agenda that sought to revisit long held doctrine on controversial social issues. The most vocal critic was American Cardinal Raymond Burke, who described the Church under Francis as like a ship without a rudder. But as conservative bishops and lower level clergy in the U.S. began to signal their agreement, Burke quickly found himself demoted from his powerful Vatican post to a purely ceremonial role.

The move sent a chill through the ranks of American conservative bishops

Seems Fredo and the New Left wing Pope have somethings in common?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 03:47 PM (M0mf2)

516 Mexico thinks California is their territory. They basically have stopped recognizing the border altogether.

I'm not altogether against them having it...
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:37 PM (M1uf/)
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Fortunately Greg Abbott and Dumbass 'Dan' Patrick will soon have the Texas border under control. //

Posted by: RioBravo at November 20, 2014 03:48 PM (z27Ny)

517 Read it and weep, Harry.

"November has not been Nancy Pelosi's month. Despite being named the Democratic leader in the House again, she's facing a Republican-controlled Congress and open opposition from within her own party. Now, Pelosi has edged back ahead of Harry Reid and John Boehner to be the least-liked leader in Congress.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey now finds that 58% of Likely U.S. Voters have an unfavorable opinion of Pelosi, including 41% with a Very Unfavorable one. Thirty-one percent (31%) view the San Francisco Democrat favorably, with just nine percent (9%) who have a Very Favorable opinion."

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 03:48 PM (XUKZU)

518 Also, if you think the Longshoremen Union is bad now, wait until the
Mexican Government has control of the freight docks in Long Beach and
the Bay Area.



the chinese own the harbor in long beach


Setting up a fight between the triads and the cartels?

More popcorn, please.

Posted by: Methos at November 20, 2014 03:48 PM (A6vWB)

519 The most vocal critic was American Cardinal Raymond Burke, who described
the Church under Francis as like a ship without a rudder. But as
conservative bishops and lower level clergy in the U.S. began to signal
their agreement, Burke quickly found himself demoted from his powerful
Vatican post to a purely ceremonial role.


The Middle Ages and Renaissance just called (party line) and pointed out that the Pope becoming overtly political doesn't tend to end well.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:48 PM (M1uf/)

520 "A power can be overthrown only by another power, not by a principle, and only one power that can confront money is left. Money is overthrown and abolished by blood."

- Oswald Spengler

[brrr]

Posted by: Bigby's Chinese Finger Trap at November 20, 2014 03:49 PM (3ZtZW)

521 Seems Fredo and the New Left wing Pope have somethings in common?

I have no idea what you're suggesting.

Posted by: Lucifer's Bat-phone at November 20, 2014 03:50 PM (A6vWB)

522
With Kung fu grip!

Is that the kind that sticks up?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 03:51 PM (JtwS4)

523 Also, if you think the Longshoremen Union is bad now, wait until the Mexican Government has control of the freight docks in Long Beach and the Bay Area. the chinese own the harbor in long beach
Posted by: kj at November 20, 2014 03:45 PM (lKyWE)


-----------------------------------------


I still think that this regime (and congress?) will start giving large swaths of government controlled western US land to countries in leiu of paying off our debt.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 03:51 PM (4jDmb)

524 Ace, making a great point on Twitter -- nobody in the media has bothered to ask Hillary if she's for or against Obama's Amnesty tonight.

You'd think that would be something a journalist might ask.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 03:52 PM (ZPrif)

525 Is that the kind that sticks up?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 03:51 PM


You're thinking of the 'shoulder thing.'

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2014 03:52 PM (knoK7)

526 >>>With Kung fu grip!

Is that the kind that sticks up?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 03:51 PM (JtwS4)<<<

Makes you go drip, drip, drip.



Posted by: Sublime at November 20, 2014 03:52 PM (nlPax)

527
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) with a new job at November 20, 2014 03:48 PM (M1uf/)

Well if you believe in bible prophecy, according to St. Malachy, Francis is the last pope and will see the coming of the anti-christ.

Posted by: wrg500 Closet at November 20, 2014 03:52 PM (sWgE+)

528
Usually I don't really like people in general, but sometimes I absolutely love humans, check out the last picture in this article.

http://tinyurl.com/mhj7kqb

Posted by: Hombre Mohawk at November 20, 2014 03:53 PM (1nB6R)

529 It's been two hours since a post. I guess ace is writing a movie review?

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 03:53 PM (0FSuD)

530 her majesty on illegals in 2008

"You know, I was in Atlanta last night, and an African-American man said to me, "I used to have a lot of construction jobs, and now it just seems like the only people who get them anymore are people who are here without documentation." So, I know that what we have to do is to bring our country together to have a comprehensive immigration reform solution."

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 20, 2014 03:54 PM (Gysa/)

531 @515 A recent meeting of bishops unleashed what one Vatican watcher called a tsunami of conservative backlash against the pope when it followed an agenda that sought to revisit long held doctrine on controversial social issues. The most vocal critic was American Cardinal Raymond Burke, who described the Church under Francis as like a ship without a rudder. But as conservative bishops and lower level clergy in the U.S. began to signal their agreement, Burke quickly found himself demoted from his powerful Vatican post to a purely ceremonial role.
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Hmm...

Anyone been keeping an eye on that conference on families that the Catholic Church put together?

Posted by: junior at November 20, 2014 03:54 PM (UWFpX)

532 Word in the pews is St Malachy knew Church suppressed what Our Lady of Fatima wanted known

Just Sayin

obaMABUSh

Posted by: ginaswo at November 20, 2014 03:55 PM (+X1qa)

533
I guess ace is writing a movie review?

I hope it's Birdman.

I've seen that. I hate being left out of movie reviews for being a hermit.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 03:55 PM (JtwS4)

534

David Burge @iowahawkblog


LOL at all those Latin American immigrants who came here to escape tinpot dictatorships.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2014 03:55 PM (IXrOn)

535 I've been looking for nearly an hour & finally found Robert Costa, formerly of NRO, now at WaPo. Tweet that republican establishment is afraid of what Conservatives will do tonight.
Rush said it in last 20 minutes of his show. I searched Twitter from my driveway but wasn't sure of what first name was.
I tried listening to last hour of shoe but it wasn't up yet.

Posted by: Carol at November 20, 2014 03:55 PM (sj3Ax)

536 "Because if we can tighten our borders, if we can crack down on employer who exploit workers, both those who are undocumented and those who are here as citizens, or legal, if we can do more to help local communities cope with the cost that they often have to contend with, if we do more to help our friends to the south create more jobs for their own people, and if we take what we know to be the realities that we confront -- 12 to 14 million people here, what will we do with them?"

so, her majesty used to be somewhat real on immigration although her answer leaves open donk possibility of just putting them on welfare here in us so they don't take our jobs.

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 20, 2014 03:55 PM (Gysa/)

537 AtC, we must get you over this oversized fear of the outdoors you carry around.
Come to Kansas. Firearms deer season opens 12/3. You'll love being out in the woods and fields before the sun comes up.

Posted by: teej says go K-State at November 20, 2014 03:55 PM (Ze9kt)

538 @517 "November has not been Nancy Pelosi's month. Despite being named the Democratic leader in the House again, she's facing a Republican-controlled Congress and open opposition from within her own party. Now, Pelosi has edged back ahead of Harry Reid and John Boehner to be the least-liked leader in Congress.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey now finds that 58% of Likely U.S. Voters have an unfavorable opinion of Pelosi, including 41% with a Very Unfavorable one. Thirty-one percent (31%) view the San Francisco Democrat favorably, with just nine percent (9%) who have a Very Favorable opinion."
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Yeah, well, being mean to a pregnant, double-amputee war vet will have that sort of effect on your popularity...


Posted by: junior at November 20, 2014 03:55 PM (UWFpX)

539 I don't think anyone gets to be pope without someone denouncing them as the antichrist. Its like a subtitle for the job

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:55 PM (39g3+)

540 I don't think anyone gets to be pope without someone denouncing them as the antichrist. Its like a subtitle for the job

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:55 PM (39g3+)


A little mood music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGBHfXPqbgI

Posted by: The Anti-Hat at November 20, 2014 03:57 PM (lN8KC)

541 I don't think anyone gets to be pope without someone denouncing them as the antichrist. Its like a subtitle for the job
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:55 PM (39g3+)
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Hey, does that mean the anti-popes were anti-antichrists? Hence, christs?

Posted by: RioBravo at November 20, 2014 03:57 PM (z27Ny)

542 Ha that video is great, and I think he's dead serious, what makes it more funny

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 03:58 PM (39g3+)

543 AtC, we must get you over this oversized fear of the outdoors you carry around.
Come to Kansas. Firearms deer season opens 12/3. You'll love being out in the woods and fields before the sun comes up.
Posted by: teej says go K-State at November 20, 2014 03:55 PM (Ze9kt)



Dude. You know the rules.

Whatever you are smoking, you have to share with the Horde.

Posted by: alexthechick - Legolas has nothing on me at November 20, 2014 03:58 PM (mf5HN)

544 Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust FEAR the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms

And interestingly enough, Russia is going to allow certain weapons to be carried for self-defense.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2014 03:58 PM (KK+mC)

545
I don't think anyone gets to be pope without someone denouncing them as the antichrist. Its like a subtitle for the job

No, I didn't say that. The prophecy is that he would "see" the coming of the anti-christ. Not that he was the anti-christ.

"In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church
there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock among many
tribulations; after which the seven-hilled city (Rome, the seat of the Vatican)
will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people."

Posted by: wrg500 Closet at November 20, 2014 03:59 PM (sWgE+)

546 fap fap fap

Posted by: Peter Kimg(R-NY) at November 20, 2014 03:59 PM (XzRw1)

547 Word in the pews is St Malachy knew Church suppressed what Our Lady of Fatima wanted known

Wasn't St. Malachy (the list of Popes guy) around within a century of Nostradamus? I ask because I used to conflate the two. Fatima was I thought within the last century. Which is to say I hadn't heard anything about his (would have to also have been prophetic) comment on it.

Posted by: Methos at November 20, 2014 03:59 PM (A6vWB)

548 And interestingly enough, Russia is going to allow certain weapons to be carried for self-defense.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2014 03:58 PM (KK+mC)
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Does that apply in Russia or Ukraine?

Posted by: RioBravo at November 20, 2014 03:59 PM (z27Ny)

549 good vid
Free Beacon @FreeBeacon
GOP Video Hammers Obama Ahead of Exec Amnesty Announcement goo.gl/9lszKH pic.twitter.com/0ZenadyeaG

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 03:59 PM (ZPrif)

550
hillary's spokes-surrogate, the rapist bill clinton, has said this about king obama's order: "I'm for it."

dick durbin: "It doesn't go far enough."

harry reid on obama: "We have his back."

Posted by: Soothsayer, All Knowing Of (Approximate) Knowledge at November 20, 2014 03:59 PM (AVJt6)

551 Posted by: alexthechick - Legolas has nothing on me at November 20, 2014 03:58 PM (mf5HN)

It's gotta be blotter.

The amount of smoke necessary to get that high would set off the fire alarms.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2014 03:59 PM (KK+mC)

552 HRC in the L.A. Dem debate w Obama said she believes what AA is experiencing in re lower wages, job search with illegals taking their jobs etc, is very real
She was against drivers licenses for illegals, which was then Gov Spitzer position also

Obummer and MSm hammered her for it and in that debate Barry suggested AA fears were overblown and not based in reality

AA voters still threw her under the bus

Posted by: ginaswo at November 20, 2014 03:59 PM (+X1qa)

553 like a hammer hit an cantalope, I am the anti-pope!
...
But here comes White Horseman - Defender of God,
Exposing to everyone his powerful rod!
"I alone will fight for Jesus Christ
With sword so sharp I can make cheeses sliced."

I'm not sure English is even this guy's 3rd language

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 04:00 PM (39g3+)

554 Tweet that republican establishment is afraid of what Conservatives will do tonight.

Lest there be any confusion what the GOPe's priorities and true enemies list looks like.

Posted by: Methos at November 20, 2014 04:00 PM (A6vWB)

555 How about a nice invigorating game of Pin the Tail on the Rino?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:00 PM (F2IAQ)

556 Wigan Athletic owner Jews chase money more than anyone
I think Jewish people do chase money more than everybody else owner of British soccer club says in blatantly anti Semitic comments made while defending new coach, who called Malaysian club owner a chink.

These guys are going for the Trifecta

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 04:01 PM (M0mf2)

557 Posted by: RioBravo at November 20, 2014 03:48 PM (z27Ny)

I think Patrick is that Pet Rock zombie referred to. I know he has done a few good things but he just rubs me the wrong way.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 20, 2014 04:01 PM (yshTX)

558 >>>And interestingly enough, Russia is going to allow certain weapons to be carried for self-defense.


Its like Russia wants to replace *their* population too

Posted by: Bigby's Chinese Finger Trap at November 20, 2014 04:01 PM (3ZtZW)

559 that republican establishment is afraid of what Conservatives will do tonight.
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Join the fear.

Posted by: CAIR at November 20, 2014 04:01 PM (z27Ny)

560

What's Hillary going to run on?
The JEF has pulled her ideological rug right out from under her.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2014 04:01 PM (IXrOn)

561
I think there needs to be an additon to the AOS style guide to refer to the SCOAMF as king, majesty or emperor since these could have positive connotations.

The correct terms to use are dictator or tyrant.

Posted by: Hombre Mohawk at November 20, 2014 04:02 PM (1nB6R)

562 How about a nice invigorating game of Pin the Tail on the Rino?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:00 PM (F2IAQ)

After that can we play that circular firing squad game?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 04:02 PM (M0mf2)

563
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 04:00 PM (39g3+)

Malachy was an Irish Saint.

Posted by: wrg500 Closet at November 20, 2014 04:02 PM (sWgE+)

564 So.....anyone else still clinging to the idea that Bitch and Boner will do anything of substance over the next 2 years?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:02 PM (0LHZx)

565 http://t.co/gFHxBsbdEZ
Why is it when I copy link from Twitter that looks like a tiny URL is it website?

This is WaPo article I mentioned above.

Posted by: Carol at November 20, 2014 04:02 PM (sj3Ax)

566 AA voters still threw her under the bus
Posted by: ginaswo
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Maybe it was her accent.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:02 PM (F2IAQ)

567 Obama also released some more Gitmo detainees today.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 04:03 PM (ZPrif)

568
The correct terms to use are dictator or tyrant.


Pretty sure clusterf%$# covers it.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at November 20, 2014 04:03 PM (X+nFp)

569 The shutdown was the most evilest thing ever and ate babies and puppies.

Teh science is settled wingnuts.

Posted by: GOPologists at November 20, 2014 04:03 PM (Qgr71)

570 Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 04:02 PM (M0mf2)

But first a Let's Clean Our Guns at the Table session.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2014 04:03 PM (KK+mC)

571
After that can we play that circular firing squad game?

Hardwood!

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 04:03 PM (JtwS4)

572 After that can we play that circular firing squad game?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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Spoken like a veteran of the Daywalker Wars

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:03 PM (F2IAQ)

573 At this point, although it goes against everything I believe is right and proper, I think I'd like to see millions of armed citizens marching to DC.
These people really only answer to money or violence now.
They are worse than scum and I've known scum and worked with scum.

Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at November 20, 2014 04:03 PM (NHtMs)

574
And interestingly enough, Russia is going to allow certain weapons to be carried for self-defense.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2014 03:58 PM (KK+mC)



I used to joke about Russia becoming more free than here.


It's getting less laughable every year.


Posted by: D-Lamp at November 20, 2014 04:04 PM (txvbW)

575 that too.

Posted by: Hombre Mohawk at November 20, 2014 04:04 PM (1nB6R)

576 New duck stamp prices: From $15 to $25. Rep who sponsored bill, (John Fleming REPUBLICAN - La) said it would medestly increase the duck stamp fee. By 67%.

Gee thanks pubbies. 67% is modest?

http://bit.ly/1uYmQbQ

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2014 04:04 PM (xgvvD)

577 549 good vid
Free Beacon @FreeBeacon
GOP Video Hammers Obama Ahead of Exec Amnesty Announcement goo.gl/9lszKH pic.twitter.com/0ZenadyeaG
Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 03:59 PM (ZPrif)

___________

WOW!!

A video that nobody will see.

This is the equivalent of a letter to the editor by Bitch and Boner.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:04 PM (0LHZx)

578 "I think I'd like to see millions of armed citizens marching to DC."

Having, say 6 million armed and angry citizens hold a very enraged torch-bearing rally at Washington DC would definitely increase the pucker factor for the politicians.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 04:05 PM (39g3+)

579 But first a Let's Clean Our Guns at the Table session.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
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Ooooo. Can I go first?

Posted by: Jose Canseco at November 20, 2014 04:05 PM (F2IAQ)

580 Twitter uses it's own URL shortener.
The text will look like the original link, but the actual link is a twitter shortened link.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 20, 2014 04:05 PM (ZPrif)

581 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:02 PM (0LHZx)

Check with Weft cut loop.

He hacked into me last year for calling Boner a coward and that they'd never repeal Obamacare.

This was before Boner began saluting the Amnesty flag every chance he got.

Why would anyone think the GOP is going to fight Obama on any thing he's done?

They've given him carte blanc, they agree with what he's doing (maybe not to who he's doing it to) and they want that to be there for them when a Republican (of some sort or another) makes it back into office.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2014 04:06 PM (KK+mC)

582 What's Hillary going to run on? The JEF has pulled her ideological rug right out from under her.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2014 04:01 PM (IXrOn)


----------------------------------------


Please. Do not mention "Hillary" and "rug" in the same comment.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 04:06 PM (4jDmb)

583 Yes
Malachi was 12 century
Our Lady of Fatima was 1917

Then there is another priest who said Benedict was lying about the Third Secret Our Lady gave

And the last Pope too

And of course Nostradamus said MABUS

interwebs wind betwixt and between

I really think there was a coup in the Church to put Francis in (not that Benedict was a saint SWIDT) and mebbe Mayans End of Time was End of Life As we KNOW it
Ie end of Church as we know it, social structures, govt, borders who knows

Fun to read
I'm still saying the Rosary

Posted by: ginaswo at November 20, 2014 04:07 PM (+X1qa)

584 523
I still think that this regime (and congress?) will start giving large swaths of government controlled western US land to countries in leiu of paying off our debt.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 03:51 PM (4jDmb)



I've been suspecting that for a while.

Posted by: rickl at November 20, 2014 04:07 PM (zoehZ)

585 WOW!!

A video that nobody will see.

This is the equivalent of a letter to the editor by Bitch and Boner.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:04 PM (0LHZx)

if your so negative why not just give up and vote democratic and get it over with?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 04:07 PM (M0mf2)

586 564 So.....anyone else still clinging to the idea that Bitch and Boner will do anything of substance over the next 2 years?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:02 PM (0LHZx)



For the foreseeable future I am going to constantly remind everyone that I repeatedly said we should hand Mitch McConnell a defeat for picking a fight with the Tea Party.


A Democrat in his position would be far more useful to us (by what she would represent) than a reinvigorated Anti-Reform incumbent.


They have no fear of us because they can shit on us like Mitch McConnell did and we will still elect them.


Posted by: D-Lamp at November 20, 2014 04:08 PM (txvbW)

587 Fatima
Malachy

Marianland website for more

Posted by: ginaswo at November 20, 2014 04:08 PM (+X1qa)

588 "In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church
there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock among many
tribulations; after which the seven-hilled city (Rome, the seat of the Vatican)
will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people."

-
How does Peter the Roman = Pope Francis?

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 04:08 PM (XUKZU)

589 Shouldn't they be named REPUBLICAN'T?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2014 04:08 PM (KK+mC)

590 I used to joke about Russia becoming more free than here.

I happened on an article in Pravda about the USA about a year ago. Ace could have written it.

When the Ruskies know how we're f*ing up better then the 'man on the street' here -- the worlds gone bat-shit crazy.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at November 20, 2014 04:09 PM (zxQ4h)

591 "I think I'd like to see millions of armed citizens marching to DC."


We will unleash the largest cloud of WMD since WWI on you...Terrorist.

Posted by: Peter Kimg(R-NY) at November 20, 2014 04:10 PM (XzRw1)

592 "Please. Do not mention "Hillary" and "rug" in the same comment."

Hey, she's old enough she can probably use a toupee.

Oh.

That.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 04:10 PM (39g3+)

593 Everyday here is Festivus. The airing of greviences. Too bad we can't do feats of strength over the net.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 20, 2014 04:10 PM (yshTX)

594 Having, say 6 million armed and angry citizens hold a very enraged torch-bearing rally at Washington DC would definitely increase the pucker factor for the politicians.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2014 04:05 PM (39g3+)


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Acting as politicians of today will probably act, they will be leaving town before that happens. We'd be demonstrating in front of an empty Capital and empty office buildings.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 04:10 PM (4jDmb)

595 Carpet!

Posted by: T. Jeff at November 20, 2014 04:10 PM (/Ho8c)

596
Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 04:08 PM (XUKZU)

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ was an Argentine cardinal of the Roman Catholic
Church. He was the current Archbishop of Buenos Aires, serving since 1998. He
was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. Pope Francis the 1st took his name in
honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, an Italian Catholic friar and preacher (and
Catholic Saint) who worked with the poor and who founded both the Franciscan
order for men, and the Order of St. Clare for women. Something that may play
into this, which has also been overlooked by many is the fact that Francis of
Assisi was born in Italy. He was a roman priest/friar whose real name was
'Giovanni di Pietro (Peter) di Bernardone', but nicknamed Francesco. Some think
this translates literally to 'Peter the Roman.'

Posted by: wrg500 Closet at November 20, 2014 04:10 PM (sWgE+)

597 AtC @543
Share what I'm smokin'?
Yeah right. Right after you share what you gotta be snortin'.

Okay. Deer season's out.
Hmmm.
Late April - May? White bass and crappie fishing?
Of course the bugs and spiders and snakes and such are out and about then.
But they're more afraid of you than you are of them,,, really.
Look at this face.
Would I lie to you?

Posted by: teej says go K-State at November 20, 2014 04:10 PM (Ze9kt)

598 Merkin!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2014 04:11 PM (KK+mC)

599 Grievances .

Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 20, 2014 04:11 PM (yshTX)

600 Merkin!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
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Okay, that's just inflammatory.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:11 PM (F2IAQ)

601 Irish Saint

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Irish Saint? Did he turn water into whiskey?

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 04:12 PM (XUKZU)

602 Ooooo. Can I go first?

Posted by: Jose Canseco at November 20, 2014 04:05 PM


But first, a few words about shop safety...

Posted by: Norm Abram with a Claning Rod and a Bottle of Hoppes #9...and Safety Goggles at November 20, 2014 04:12 PM (knoK7)

603 What? Just bought three duck stamps, same price as last year $15 each.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 03:35 PM (0FSuD)


It's a gift from our dead-duck betters to their deader-duck betters called the Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, designed to give an additional $119 million per year to expand the federal government's land holdings, allegedly for the purpose of protecting migratory birds.

It flew out of the House on a voice vote on Monday.

Posted by: steveegg at November 20, 2014 04:12 PM (cL79m)

604 But first, a few words about shop safety...

Count your fingers before you start your project, so you know if you need to be digging around in the sawdust for parts before you head off to the ER.

Posted by: HR needs donuts at November 20, 2014 04:13 PM (ZKzrr)

605 Damned misspelled sock...

Posted by: Norm Abram with a Cleaning Rod and a Bottle of Hoppes #9...and Safety Goggles at November 20, 2014 04:13 PM (knoK7)

606 Leslie Graham complaining about anti amnesty congressmen.


Shocke. Ghey RINO

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 04:13 PM (0FSuD)

607 8 i'm kinda wondering if the establishment itself isn't in favor of ending the tax exemption for health care

McCain actually proposed this in his campaign, to be accompanied by a personal tax credit offset. And, thanks to Gruber, we know that Obamacare will end employer health insurance entirely in about fifteen years or so at the outside. So yes, they all support it.

Truth is, so do I. Why should my health insurance be any different than my auto or life insurance?

The whole institution of employer provided health insurance came about originally as a way get around government mandated wage controls anyway, so getting rid of it is good on two counts.

Posted by: MTF at November 20, 2014 04:15 PM (LISuA)

608 Police remain vigilant as Hamas calls for day of rage on Friday

It's almost as if Hamas and Sharpton and Black Congressional Caucus are on the same page?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 04:15 PM (M0mf2)

609 "In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock among many tribulations; after which the seven-hilled city (Rome, the seat of the Vatican) will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people."
-
How does Peter the Roman = Pope Francis?

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 04:08 PM (XUKZU)


Depends on if you think Francis is an anti-Pope.

Posted by: The Anti-Hat at November 20, 2014 04:15 PM (lN8KC)

610
obama's executive order includes a special provision for women crossing the border

All women crossing obama's border will be given the option to receive artificial insemination [obama's, of course] right there on the spot to get them pregnant.

Posted by: Soothsayer, All Knowing Of (Approximate) Knowledge at November 20, 2014 04:15 PM (AVJt6)

611 Its pretty amazing how the Ignorant ones, the tea party, are the ones who dont fall for the bullshit.

I mean, when they talk about the "stupidity of the American voter" they sure as shit aren't talking about us.

Posted by: tooltip at November 20, 2014 04:15 PM (T1lV8)

612 I really think there was a coup in the Church to put Francis in (not
that Benedict was a saint SWIDT) and mebbe Mayans End of Time was End of
Life As we KNOW it

Ie end of Church as we know it, social structures, govt, borders who knows




So this is why the Black lawyer at FSU shot everyone up?

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 04:15 PM (0FSuD)

613
Y'all heard of geocaching? Someone stashes a goodie in the woods and posts lat/lon and people go looking for it?

Well, I just stashed the stompiest stompy boots -- with rhinestones and accessories -- deepin the WOODS.



Because caring giver.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 04:16 PM (JtwS4)

614 All women crossing obama's border will be given the option to receive artificial insemination [obama's, of course] right there on the spot to get them pregnant.
Posted by: Soothsayer, All Knowing Of (Approximate) Knowledge at November 20, 2014 04:15 PM (AVJt6)

So no chance of any future all stars what so ever?

Posted by: NFL, NBA, MLB at November 20, 2014 04:16 PM (M0mf2)

615 Shocke. Ghey RINO
Posted by: Nip Sip
----------------------

On the other hand, did you read Gabe's piece at the Federalist?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:16 PM (F2IAQ)

616 Bitter Clinger,
I like Republicant! They can't do this or stop JEF & for 4 years it's been we only control one half of 1/3 of government. The Power of the Purse is most important!!'

I a really pissed off that they aren't stopping gim & are punishing Jeff Sessions. No wonder Jim DeMint left to go to Heritage.

Posted by: Carol at November 20, 2014 04:17 PM (sj3Ax)

617 Well, I just stashed the stompiest stompy boots -- with rhinestones and accessories -- deepin the WOODS.



Because caring giver.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2014 04:16 PM (JtwS4)

Trap!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at November 20, 2014 04:17 PM (sDapq)

618 SO

Posted by: NFL, NBA, MLB at November 20, 2014 04:17 PM (M0mf2)

619 590 I used to joke about Russia becoming more free than here.

I happened on an article in Pravda about the USA about a year ago. Ace could have written it.

When the Ruskies know how we're f*ing up better then the 'man on the street' here -- the worlds gone bat-shit crazy.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at November 20, 2014 04:09 PM (zxQ4h)



I remember a Pravda article a few years ago warning Americans not to give up our guns.

Posted by: rickl at November 20, 2014 04:17 PM (zoehZ)

620 Well, I just stashed the stompiest stompy boots -- with rhinestones and accessories -- deepin the WOODS.

----------------

I keep waiting for one of those things to be booby-trapped.

And, keep the booby jokes to yourselves...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:18 PM (F2IAQ)

621
Posted by: The Anti-Hat at November 20, 2014 04:15 PM (lN8KC)

Again I said nothing about an anti-pope. Only that according to Malachy the last pope would see the coming of the anti-christ. Francis is the last pope according to Malachy's Prophecy.

Posted by: wrg500 Closet at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (sWgE+)

622 586 564 So.....anyone else still clinging to the idea that Bitch and Boner will do anything of substance over the next 2 years?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:02 PM (0LHZx)



For the foreseeable future I am going to constantly remind everyone that I repeatedly said we should hand Mitch McConnell a defeat for picking a fight with the Tea Party.


A Democrat in his position would be far more useful to us (by what she would represent) than a reinvigorated Anti-Reform incumbent.


They have no fear of us because they can shit on us like Mitch McConnell did and we will still elect them.



***********

Yoko Ono and Tokyo Rose

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (RJMhd)

623 I lived in England for two years so I am embarassed to have to ask: what the hell is a "by-election" and how does it differ from a straight election?

Posted by: Truman North, Moron Emeritus at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (LOa3d)

624 The new head of the Congressional Black Caucus issued a thinly-veiled threat that mob violence will break out if a St. Louis County grand jury fails to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown.

Yup no different than Hama

Posted by: NFL, NBA, MLB at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (M0mf2)

625 It flew out of the House on a voice vote on Monday.

Posted by: steveegg at November 20, 2014 04:12 PM (cL79m)

And it does what? Increase the fee next year? You know there is an Federal ammo tax and the states split it up.
All the increased ammo sales have been a huge windfall for the state Wildlife guys.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (0FSuD)

626 OK. Let's get this over with, then:

You're all a bunch of lousy crossbowists.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (zWC0k)

627 if your so negative why not just give up and vote democratic and get it over with?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 04:07 PM (M0mf2)

____________

What difference would it make if there were 55 Republicans in the senate or 55 Democrats?

ABSOLUTELY NONE

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (0LHZx)

628 I lived in England for two years so I am embarassed to have to ask: what the hell is a "by-election" and how does it differ from a straight election?
Posted by: Truman North, Moron Emeritus at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (LOa3d)

Ya know what a bi-sexual is?

Posted by: NFL, NBA, MLB at November 20, 2014 04:20 PM (M0mf2)

629 I lived in England for two years so I am
embarassed to have to ask: what the hell is a
"by-election" and how does it differ from a
straight election?



When it can go either way?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2014 04:20 PM (xgvvD)

630 What difference would it make if there were 55 Republicans in the senate or 55 Democrats?

ABSOLUTELY NONE
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (0LHZx)

Well that just damn foolishness.

Posted by: NFL, NBA, MLB at November 20, 2014 04:20 PM (M0mf2)

631 On the other hand, did you read Gabe's piece at the Federalist?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:16 PM (F2IAQ)

Yes, but Gabe may be ghey, but he's not a RINO. He needs to get a better picture. His current one just screams I am a fruit.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 04:21 PM (0FSuD)

632 627 if your so negative why not just give up and vote democratic and get it over with?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 04:07 PM (M0mf2)

____________

What difference would it make if there were 55 Republicans in the senate or 55 Democrats?

ABSOLUTELY NONE
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (0LHZx)


********

Sing it, Bessie!

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 04:21 PM (RJMhd)

633 80% of military officers prefer _______.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 04:22 PM (RJMhd)

634 Crossbow-h8r.

Posted by: T. Jeff at November 20, 2014 04:22 PM (/Ho8c)

635 bye, or bye election is one that occurs when it is held out-of-cycle. Usually because an office holder has died.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:22 PM (F2IAQ)

636 Wait, so my yard guy is going to be legal now?


I smell a raise request coming.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 04:22 PM (0FSuD)

637 Remember "Let It Burn?"

/good times, good times. I remember when there was an opposition party as well. But then, I'm old.

Posted by: shibumi who is exceptionally cynical today at November 20, 2014 04:22 PM (25HWz)

638 Gabe isnt a RINO. He's in the pocket of Big Anus.

Posted by: Truman North, Moron Emeritus at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (LOa3d)

639 80% of military officers prefer _______.
Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 04:22 PM (RJMhd)

Less paper work and GMTs

Posted by: NFL, NBA, MLB at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (M0mf2)

640 And it does what? Increase the fee next year? You know there is an Federal ammo tax and the states split it up.
All the increased ammo sales have been a huge windfall for the state Wildlife guys.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (0FSuD)


Increases the duck stamp tax (rather radically, I might add) in perpetuity for the sole purpose of allowing the federales to acquire more land. Exactly $0.00 of said increase will go to the states, and so far as it allows the federales to buy up more land, it reduces the property tax base (government-owned land isn't subject to the property tax, after all).

Posted by: steveegg at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (cL79m)

641 630 What difference would it make if there were 55 Republicans in the senate or 55 Democrats?

ABSOLUTELY NONE
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (0LHZx)

Well that just damn foolishness.
Posted by: NFL, NBA, MLB at November 20, 2014 04:20 PM (M0mf2)

____________

I meant with regards to amnesty. Tell me what difference it would make. The GOP has indicated they will do jack shit about it....well except for videos and stuff.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (0LHZx)

642 You're all a bunch of lousy crossbowists.

-
Don't be twisting my crank!

Longbow are alright but I wouldn't want my sister to marry one.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (XUKZU)

643 Sometimes a bye run involves only a single candidate, but the election must be held anyhow. In many, if not most jurisdictions, a body or individual (Governor) may simply designate a replacement to fill an emptied seat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (F2IAQ)

644 Having, say 6 million armed and angry citizens hold a very enraged torch-bearing rally at Washington DC would definitely increase the pucker factor for the politicians.

===============

I kinda think they want that.

Posted by: Bigby's Chinese Finger Trap at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (3ZtZW)

645 Wait, so my yard guy is going to be legal now?I smell a raise request coming.
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2014 04:22 PM (0FSuD)


--------------------------------------


Don't laugh. It's coming.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 04:24 PM (4jDmb)

646 Thanks, Mikehammeretcetc

Posted by: Truman North, Moron Emeritus at November 20, 2014 04:24 PM (LOa3d)

647
Less paper work and GMTs
Posted by: NFL, NBA, MLB at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (M0mf2)

*****

That right there.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 20, 2014 04:24 PM (RJMhd)

648 >>>But first, a few words about shop safety...

Do not wear ties when working the table saw!

Posted by: Guy with half a face at November 20, 2014 04:25 PM (3ZtZW)

649 613 Well, I just stashed the stompiest stompy boots -- with rhinestones and accessories -- deepin the WOODS.

That sounds like the opening for an episode of Criminal Minds, or (as I like to it call it) Creepy FBI Guys.

Posted by: Anachronda at November 20, 2014 04:25 PM (sGtp+)

650 Well, I just stashed the stompiest stompy boots -- with rhinestones and accessories -- deepin the WOODS.

I'll call my brother, he can add them to his list.

Posted by: HR needs donuts at November 20, 2014 04:25 PM (ZKzrr)

651 Having, say 6 million armed and angry citizens hold a
very enraged torch-bearing rally at Washington DC would definitely
increase the pucker factor for the politicians.



===============



I kinda think they want that.

Posted by: Bigby's Chinese Finger Trap at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (3ZtZW)
This.

Posted by: T. Jeff at November 20, 2014 04:25 PM (/Ho8c)

652 I kinda think they want that.
Posted by: Bigby's Chinese Finger Trap at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (3ZtZW)


------------------------------------------


I'm kinda ready to give them what they want then. Betcha' they won't like it if it does happen.

Posted by: Soona at November 20, 2014 04:26 PM (4jDmb)

653 624 The new head of the Congressional Black Caucus issued a thinly-veiled threat that mob violence will break out if a St. Louis County grand jury fails to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown.

Yup no different than Hama

Posted by: NFL, NBA, MLB at November 20, 2014 04:19 PM (M0mf2)



I believe 13% of the population should not be making any threats.


Posted by: D-Lamp at November 20, 2014 04:26 PM (txvbW)

654 638
Gabe isnt a RINO. He's in the pocket of Big Anus.

Posted by: Truman North, Moron Emeritus at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (LOa3d)

Says the guy with the LOAD hash. What are you trying to hide?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at November 20, 2014 04:26 PM (sDapq)

655 This is why they (both sides) want a continuing resolution. After it passes the republicans can honestly say there is nothing we can do to stop earpresident. And beyond impeachment controlling the money is all the republican have. Left and Right wings of the same turkey.

Posted by: Bob from table9 at November 20, 2014 04:26 PM (WNERA)

656 Do not wear ties when working the table saw!
Posted by: Guy
--------------------

Ponytails are not hip when you are operating a lathe. Leads to Detached Scalp Syndrome.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:26 PM (F2IAQ)

657 I meant with regards to amnesty. Tell me what difference it would make. The GOP has indicated they will do jack shit about it....well except for videos and stuff.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (0LHZx)

Bullshit. The New Congress hasn't even been seated yet. And unlike the Democrats, the Republican Majority Leaders in both the House and the Senate don't ride rough shot over the rank and file. And in this case, especially, if they try I have a hunch there will be a revolt. You "may" be right, but both you and Fredo ought to wait till we see what the New COngress will do

Posted by: NFL, NBA, MLB at November 20, 2014 04:26 PM (M0mf2)

658 McCain actually proposed this in his campaign, to be accompanied by a personal tax credit offset. And, thanks to Gruber, we know that Obamacare will end employer health insurance entirely in about fifteen years or so at the outside. So yes, they all support it.

Truth is, so do I. Why should my health insurance be any different than my auto or life insurance?

The whole institution of employer provided health insurance came about originally as a way get around government mandated wage controls anyway, so getting rid of it is good on two counts.

Posted by: MTF at November 20, 2014 04:15 PM (LISuA)

_____________

Agreed.

When employers pays for insurance, the employees have no incentive to be good consumers. Go to the doctor every week because I have the sniffles? Why not, it's free for me, my boss pays for it. Fuck him.

The only reason this exists is due to price controls imposed in WW2. Employers couldn't give raises so they started giving out non-cash income like health insurance. And that shit stuck around for 70 years unfortunately.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:26 PM (0LHZx)

659 Wait! This guy is the new head of the Congressional black Caucus? And they said Tim Scott wasn't black enough?

http://tinyurl.com/mw28len

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 04:27 PM (XUKZU)

660 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:23 PM (0LHZx)

The Republicans are grateful to Obama that they no longer have to vote on this, now they can all pretend they really oppose it for reals. I know, its sickening, but we all knew that a long time ago.

Posted by: tooltip at November 20, 2014 04:27 PM (T1lV8)

661 I believe 13% of the population should not be making any threats.

Posted by: D-Lamp
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On the other hand 2% of the population can alter the underlying basis for civilized society.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:28 PM (F2IAQ)

662 Wait, so my yard guy is going to be legal now?
I smell a raise request coming.


Just ask, "Jesus, you think I'm made of money?"

He'll be so happy you remembered his name.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at November 20, 2014 04:28 PM (zxQ4h)

663 Bullshit. The New Congress hasn't even been seated yet. And unlike the Democrats, the Republican Majority Leaders in both the House and the Senate don't ride rough shot over the rank and file. And in this case, especially, if they try I have a hunch there will be a revolt. You "may" be right, but both you and Fredo ought to wait till we see what the New COngress will do
Posted by: NFL, NBA, MLB at November 20, 2014 04:26 PM (M0mf2)

____________

Did you actually read this post? The GOP is telling you to fuck yourself, shut up and take it up the amnesty ass.

How much more clear do they have to be to convince you they will do nothing...either now or in January.

Shit man how many times do you need to get hit in the mouth by someone before you realize they're trying to beat you up?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:28 PM (0LHZx)

664 Truth is, so do I. Why should my health insurance be any different than my auto or life insurance?

I agree, as long as I get to pick what I want covered and what I choose to take my chances on.

Posted by: Methos at November 20, 2014 04:29 PM (A6vWB)

665 Wait, so my yard guy is going to be legal now?

I smell a raise request coming.


Fire him. Tell him you are hiring a new illegal.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2014 04:29 PM (xgvvD)

666 The Republicans are grateful to Obama that they no longer have to vote on this, now they can all pretend they really oppose it for reals. I know, its sickening, but we all knew that a long time ago.
Posted by: tooltip at November 20, 2014 04:27 PM (T1lV

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EGGS-ACTLY!

Bitch and Boner are the two happiest people in DC today.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:29 PM (0LHZx)

667 http://youtu.be/ep7W89I_V_g

"The fighting will be close at hand."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 20, 2014 04:30 PM (IMqkl)

668 I believe 13% of the population should not be making any threats.

Posted by: D-Lamp

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On the other hand 2% of the population can alter the underlying basis for civilized society.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:28 PM (F2IAQ)


2 is bigger than 13 in Oceana and the ObamiNation.

Posted by: Orwell's NewMath at November 20, 2014 04:30 PM (cL79m)

669
On the other hand 2% of the population can alter the underlying basis for civilized society.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:28 PM (F2IAQ)



Only because we let them. Prosperity has a way of making people indulge nonsense that they would otherwise not put up with.


Posted by: D-Lamp at November 20, 2014 04:30 PM (txvbW)

670 The only reason this exists is due to price controls imposed in WW2. Employers couldn't give raises so they started giving out non-cash income like health insurance. And that shit stuck around for 70 years unfortunately.
Posted by: Mr. Moo
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I have no objection to elimination of employer-paid insurance, but I object strenuously to being *compelled* to pay for someone else's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2014 04:30 PM (F2IAQ)

671 ourself, shut up and take it up the amnesty ass.

How much more clear do they have to be to convince you they will do nothing...either now or in January.

Shit man how many times do you need to get hit in the mouth by someone before you realize they're trying to beat you up?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:28 PM (0LHZx)

Have you read or heard anything Senator Cruz and the other disgruntled Republicans have been saying? And as I said before since you are so eager to surrender why not just do that. Switch to the Democratic Party since you don't think there is any difference.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 04:31 PM (M0mf2)

672 Shit man how many times do you need to get hit in the mouth by someone before you realize they're trying to beat you up?
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We have NO idea what you are talking about.

Posted by: LIVs at November 20, 2014 04:32 PM (F2IAQ)

673 665
Wait, so my yard guy is going to be legal now?



I smell a raise request coming.





Fire him. Tell him you are hiring a new illegal.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2014 04:29 PM (xgvvD)

Thread winner.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at November 20, 2014 04:33 PM (sDapq)

674 Wait! This guy is the new head of the Congressional black Caucus? And they said Tim Scott wasn't black enough?

http://tinyurl.com/mw28len

Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 20, 2014 04:27 PM (XUKZU)


A little mood music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kga2soqvMF0

Posted by: The Black Hat at November 20, 2014 04:33 PM (lN8KC)

675 On that note, saw the most disgusting ad for life insurance ever, which consisted entirely of the spokesperson berating the viewer for being irresponsible in not having enough life insurance. We get it. If we even think about getting it, we get why, now piss off.

Posted by: Methos at November 20, 2014 04:33 PM (A6vWB)

676 I love Cruz's intellect, but is it just me or does he have a face that you want to punch?

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Not me.

I want to punch Matty Iglesias, Greg Sargeant, David Frum, Jon Gruber, and most of the human ticks we call Congressional Leaders. Oh, and all the CEOs clamoring for shamnesty.

Posted by: Y-not at November 20, 2014 04:35 PM (9BRsg)

677 They have no fear of us because they can shit on us like Mitch McConnell did and we will still elect them.


Posted by: D-Lamp at November 20, 2014 04:08 PM (txvbW) When our RINOs Gruber, they at least do it right out in the open? They don't even try to hide it.

Posted by: Havedash at November 20, 2014 04:37 PM (gvqyH)

678 Posted by: Guy with half a face at November 20, 2014 04:25 PM (3ZtZW)

Am I a bad person for laughing at that?

Posted by: rickl at November 20, 2014 04:37 PM (zoehZ)

679 Have you read or heard anything Senator Cruz and the other disgruntled Republicans have been saying? And as I said before since you are so eager to surrender why not just do that. Switch to the Democratic Party since you don't think there is any difference.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2014 04:31 PM (M0mf2)

____________

You can't be so naive to think Ted Cruz will be able to do shit. The GOP has made it abundantly clear that Cruz and a couple of other sane Republicans like Lee are persona non grata.

In other words, Cruz can talk all he wants but he has no power to do anything.

I'm not eager to surrended it's just that I have eyes and I can see what's going on. Bitch and Boner has said in no uncertain terms they will not shut down the govt. The only way - I repeat the ONLY WAY - to stop amnesty is by shutting down the govt.

I think you can now put 2 and 2 together and figure out why the GOP will not stop amnesty.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 20, 2014 04:37 PM (0LHZx)

680 Mirch McConnell is a useless old withered c*nt

Notice I didn't say "cunt"

Posted by: TexasJew at November 20, 2014 04:38 PM (4dbPD)

681 And I want to punch everyone on our "side" who is so heavily invested in taking a guy as accomplished as Ted Cruz and trying to turn him into Christine O'Donnell. *Maybe* I'll listen to them after they've successfully argued before the SCOTUS, otherwise, I'm really not interested in their wailing and gnashing of teeth over his political acumen.

Posted by: Y-not at November 20, 2014 04:38 PM (9BRsg)

682 Posted by: Methos at November 20, 2014 04:33 PM (A6vWB)

Shove me in a Hefty bag and drop me off at the land fill. That shouldn't be more than tree fity.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2014 04:38 PM (KK+mC)

683 Q: Doing the jobs Americans don't want to do.
A: Make them Americans.

What could go wrong? What me worry?

Posted by: Alfred E Obama at November 20, 2014 04:40 PM (zxQ4h)

684 Anthem for the GOPe

http://tinyurl.com/44nr7j7

Posted by: thathalfrican at November 20, 2014 04:41 PM (R5HRU)

685 So how does Slappy the Tyrant reconcile the green card giveaway with the evil voter id disenfranchisement of poor disadvantaged minorities?

Do these people even think thru their own bullshit?

Posted by: Fritz at November 20, 2014 04:41 PM (dVmLD)

686 Mirch McConnell is a useless old withered c*nt

Notice I didn't say "cunt"

Posted by: TexasJew at November 20, 2014 04:38 PM (4dbPD)

...with all due respect

Posted by: tooltip at November 20, 2014 04:42 PM (T1lV8)

687 Does this mean 5 million hispanics will turn into lazy no count layabouts getting their EBT and SNAP and hanging round the house?

I'd like to have Zuckerberg go on TV and show us how many hispanics he's hired for techs.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2014 04:43 PM (KK+mC)

688 Does this mean 5 million hispanics will turn into lazy no count layabouts getting their EBT and SNAP and hanging round the house?

I'd like to have Zuckerberg go on TV and show us how many hispanics he's hired for techs.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2014 04:43 PM (KK+mC)


Which is why we want the border to continue to not exist, so that the next 5 12 30 million non-Americans can come to work for wages we can't pay you.

Posted by: The US Chamber of Commerce at November 20, 2014 04:46 PM (cL79m)

689 If the Senate had been 55 Republican and 45 Democrat at the time we wouldn't be having a discussion on how bad Obamacare sucks.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 20, 2014 04:47 PM (yshTX)

690 If the Senate had been 55 Republican and 45 Democrat at the time we wouldn't be having a discussion on how bad Obamacare sucks.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 20, 2014 04:47 PM (yshTX)


Because the discussion would be how we fucked up RomneyCare so bad, we need ObamaCare.

Posted by: Senate RepublicRATs at November 20, 2014 04:48 PM (cL79m)

691 PlaceboCare lie #342,690 nood up.

Posted by: steveegg at November 20, 2014 04:52 PM (cL79m)

692 So tell me again why we don't want a 3rd party????

Posted by: marine43 at November 20, 2014 05:40 PM (byyvr)

693 "Bullshit. The New Congress hasn't even been seated yet. And unlike the Democrats, the Republican Majority Leaders in both the House and the Senate don't ride rough shot over the rank and file. And in this case, especially, if they try I have a hunch there will be a revolt. You "may" be right, but both you and Fredo ought to wait till we see what the New COngress will do"

A real test is whether Boehner and McConnell are the new Majority Leaders or not. They don't deserve to be. Either one gets the boot, I think we have to admit there's been a real serious change towards real serious opposition.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at November 20, 2014 05:49 PM (pYEaj)

694 A committee spokesman is now the Dreaded Establishment.

Well, guess what: McConnell was right and he and Roberts crushed their opponents. Those who contribute nothing but whining and complaining don't get - or deserve - a seat at the table now. Your little revolution failed. You are losers. No soup for you!

You've got enough wacko birds around here with Drew and many morons. If you want to throw in with them as their stock is downgraded, it's up to you. Stacy McCain just a few weeks ago stated flatly he saw NO DIFFRENCE AT ALL between McConnell and Reid or Boehner and Pelosi. That's just insane, irrational.

It's one thing to be wrong now and again, everyone is sometimes. But when you start talking freaking crazy stuff, you can't just dust off and try again like a mistake.

Credibility is hard to earn, and should not be tossed away lightly just to make the hungry monkeys squeal with delight.

Posted by: Adjoran at November 20, 2014 10:55 PM (QIQ6j)

695 "....a lot of Republicans think the 2013 shutdown seriously hurt the long-term interests of the party."

Only because the Republicans gave up, lay down, and took it.

Posted by: iowaan at November 21, 2014 09:29 AM (hXclJ)

696 Bien peasant

Now I feel smart

Posted by: aggravated libertarian at November 22, 2014 08:53 PM (cmBvC)

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