Well, they are both balding men with little wire-rimmed glasses. I can see that.

If Cheney takes McCain hunting with him, he might make McCain look like Ghandi.

*BANG!* Oh god...

/window seat, please.

McCain encourages illegal immigrants to invade our country. Perhaps so he can form his own army of tobacco gardeners, construction workers, and painters to make a big statue of him?

If Mcain wins the election, he'll make Cheney look like Ghandi

Little known fact: McCain is a master of cosmetic arts, specializing in disguises

Buchanan said this well over a week ago.

And for once, I actually agree with him.

At least the left will still have someone to demagogue. I was worried for them for a bit.

RodneyToady: Little known fact: McCain is a master of cosmetic arts, specializing in disguises

Lesser-known fact: McCain died of cancer in 2000, and was secretly replaced by a custom-made Muppet.

It's Gandhi, moran.

Cheney could afford to lose a little weight.

HansensDisease: It's Gandhi, moran.

THIS! Subtard needs to learn how to spell Gandhi! Gandhi Gandhi Gandhi!

Easy way to remember how to properly spell Gandhi: Imagine you're encountering your old friend whose name is Gand on the street.

"Gand? Hi!"

And... scene.

Ghandi was a racist, so are we saying that McCain can help heal our nations prejudicial history?

5000_gallons_of_toothpaste: If Cheney takes McCain hunting with him, he might make McCain look like Ghandi.

*BANG!* Oh god...

/window seat, please.

Well played!

I think he'd make Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X.

What utter nonsense this ridiculous video blogger is blathering. Taking quotes out of context is completely infantile.

The "Bomb Iran" quote was McCain making a joke saying that everyone wants to bomb Iran. He wasn't saying he wants to bomb Iran, for crying out loud. If you listen to the rest of the quote you'll see that he's all for diplomacy.

As well, his "century in Iraq" quote is saying that the US has bases everywhere they have won, including Germany, Korea and Japan. We've been in Germany and Japan for over 60 years now, which is why it's not inconceivable that we could be in Iraq for a long time but not in a position where American troops are in harm's way.

This guy is a 'tard.

McCain knows we need that oil but the yahoos on the right wing need to be told we are protecting freedoms because they have a total disconnect when it comes to the idea of using our military to secure natural resources.

The yahoos on the left are slightly smarter, they have deduced that Iraq posed no real threat but they have a total disconnect when it comes to the realization that they use large amounts of oil.

lol

Protip: If you find yourself agreeing with Pat Buchanan, you're probably doing it wrong.

mercator_psi: HansensDisease: It's Gandhi, moran.

THIS! Subtard needs to learn how to spell Gandhi! Gandhi Gandhi Gandhi!

Easy way to remember how to properly spell Gandhi: Imagine you're encountering your old friend whose name is Gand on the street.

"Gand? Hi!"

And... scene.

Isn't "gand" the Hindi word for "butt?"

mongbiohazard: Protip: If you find yourself agreeing with Pat Buchanan, you're probably doing it wrong.

True in a lot of ways, but I honestly think MSNBC has the best conservative pundits on the air (as in, can make accurate predictions and give very good insight)

Buchanan
Scarborough
Carlson (I know, it's fark, we hate him, but he knows his shiat)

It's so weird, but it is like some of the Republicans are already trying to sink McCain before his campaign even gets off the ground. He is probably the only Republican on Earth who has enough respect across the board to defeat a Democrat in this election.

I think McCain shot himself in the foot for the past 4 years, too. If he wanted to win, he should have been opposing Bush at every turn. He should have been a true voice of dissent in his party. Everybody knows that America is going to be looking for the polar opposite of Bush in this next election, and we've known it for years. If McCain wanted to win, he should have proved to us that he is the Republican anti-Bush, and not a party lap-dog.

HansensDisease It's Gandhi, moran.

Pay attention, can'tspellmitter.

Headso: The yahoos on the left are slightly smarter, they have deduced that Iraq posed no real threat but they have a total disconnect when it comes to the realization that they use large amounts of oil.


And they want to use less oil so that this problem doesn't occur - crucial difference that doesn't seem to register with the folks who drive big SUVs with yellow ribbon magnets.

Better than Hill-Billy, says I.

can't wait until Hill-Billy STFU!

John McCain will make Khan Noonien Singh look like Edith Keeler.

Last March

Q: "What about grants for sex education in the United States? Should they include instructions about using contraceptives? Or should it be Bush's policy, which is just abstinence?"

Mr. McCain: (Long pause) "Ahhh. I think I support the president's policy."

Q: "So no contraception, no counseling on contraception. Just abstinence. Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?"

Mr. McCain: (Long pause) "You've stumped me."

Q: "I mean, I think you'd probably agree it probably does help stop it?"

Mr. McCain: (Laughs) "Are we on the Straight Talk express? I'm not informed enough on it. Let me find out. You know, I'm sure I've taken a position on it on the past. I have to find out what my position was. Brian, would you find out what my position is on contraception - I'm sure I'm opposed to government spending on it, I'm sure I support the president's policies on it."

/ Not terribly relevant, I just love to post it.

Edsel: And they want to use less oil so that this problem doesn't occur

I work in one of the wealthiest, most liberal parts of western MA, and let me tell you, I see many giant SUVs driving around with "no blood for oil" and "impeach" stickers on them. Not to mention, it isn't just our cars, you can go to the grocery store on any day of the year and buy food from 6 continents. The total shipping miles on the food in your cart could be like you know, 100,000 miles or something..

tstoneman: What utter nonsense this ridiculous video blogger is blathering. Taking quotes out of context is completely infantile.

The "Bomb Iran" quote was McCain making a joke saying that everyone wants to bomb Iran. He wasn't saying he wants to bomb Iran, for crying out loud. If you listen to the rest of the quote you'll see that he's all for diplomacy.

As well, his "century in Iraq" quote is saying that the US has bases everywhere they have won, including Germany, Korea and Japan. We've been in Germany and Japan for over 60 years now, which is why it's not inconceivable that we could be in Iraq for a long time but not in a position where American troops are in harm's way.

This guy is a 'tard.

Dude, McCain defended his "100 years in Iraq", as active duty military forces in numbers near 100,000, be it necessary for the "stability" of Iraq. Not as in "we might keep bases there forever", which he is also for.

As for Iran - what is his diplomacy? A continuation of this Arms race in the Gulf? Belittling a leader and his people (however much deserved it may be)? Calling eastern Asians 'gooks'? That's bound to win "friends" (to borrow from the parlance of McCain) in China and Korea. Telling the Afghani's that they should be "trading turbans"?

I won't call you any name implying intellectual deficiencies, because I think you do quite well implicating yourself.

moops:

I think he'd make Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X.

Is John McCain going to have to choke a biatch?

More Republican trashing McCain because he's a moderate.

(Yawn) What else you got?

He's a moderate like I'm a leprechaun.

I disagree. McCain will have a plan, and an exit strategy. At least it will be the truth.

"We're going to bomb the place into submission, march troops in, make it a police state, and stay there until they cave in, and accept Western 'culture. Get farking used to it."

kenwastinger: I disagree. McCain will have a plan, and an exit strategy. At least it will be the truth.

"We're going to bomb the place into submission, march troops in, make it a police state, and stay there until they cave in, and accept Western 'culture. Get farking used to it."

We have neither the money nor manpower for that. In Iran, or even for Iraq much longer.

tstoneman: What utter nonsense this ridiculous video blogger is blathering. Taking quotes out of context is completely infantile.

The "Bomb Iran" quote was McCain making a joke saying that everyone wants to bomb Iran. He wasn't saying he wants to bomb Iran, for crying out loud. If you listen to the rest of the quote you'll see that he's all for diplomacy.

As well, his "century in Iraq" quote is saying that the US has bases everywhere they have won, including Germany, Korea and Japan. We've been in Germany and Japan for over 60 years now, which is why it's not inconceivable that we could be in Iraq for a long time but not in a position where American troops are in harm's way.

This guy is a 'tard.


This.


I Said: True in a lot of ways, but I honestly think MSNBC has the best conservative pundits on the air (as in, can make accurate predictions and give very good insight)

Buchanan
Scarborough
Carlson (I know, it's fark, we hate him, but he knows his shiat)


I'm a fairly conservative Republican myself, a long time one. In fact, I *like* president Bush... and yeah, I can't stand any of those three. Buchanan in particular is full of copious amounts of fail.

iawai: tstoneman: What utter nonsense this ridiculous video blogger is blathering. Taking quotes out of context is completely infantile.

The "Bomb Iran" quote was McCain making a joke saying that everyone wants to bomb Iran. He wasn't saying he wants to bomb Iran, for crying out loud. If you listen to the rest of the quote you'll see that he's all for diplomacy.

As well, his "century in Iraq" quote is saying that the US has bases everywhere they have won, including Germany, Korea and Japan. We've been in Germany and Japan for over 60 years now, which is why it's not inconceivable that we could be in Iraq for a long time but not in a position where American troops are in harm's way.

This guy is a 'tard.

Dude, McCain defended his "100 years in Iraq", as active duty military forces in numbers near 100,000, be it necessary for the "stability" of Iraq. Not as in "we might keep bases there forever", which he is also for.

As for Iran - what is his diplomacy? A continuation of this Arms race in the Gulf? Belittling a leader and his people (however much deserved it may be)? Calling eastern Asians 'gooks'? That's bound to win "friends" (to borrow from the parlance of McCain) in China and Korea. Telling the Afghani's that they should be "trading turbans"?

I won't call you any name implying intellectual deficiencies, because I think you do quite well implicating yourself.

So are you implying that we should elect Obama just to appease the rest of the world? I will remind you that in the 70's, Carter was elected as the feel good president who would make everything all better.

It didn't turn out so well.

but please, continue Goldwatering John Mccain. I'll continue Cartering Obama.

I disagree. I really think that McCain isn't a godawful man. I think he sold out, and very much dislike him for it, but he isn't Cheney... Cheney is pure concentrated evil.

mongbiohazard: lol

Protip: If you find yourself agreeing with Pat Buchanan, you're probably doing it wrong.

unless, of course, pat buchanan happens to be right. like, pat buchanan and i would probably agree that wearing pants to a business interview is more appropriate than wearing a speedo

Do you all want to know whose fault it is the United States is occupying Iraq?

It's their fault:

canyoneer: Do you all want to know whose fault it is the United States is occupying Iraq?

It's their fault:

What?

canyoneerDo you all want to know whose fault it is the United States is occupying Iraq?

It looks like Texas, with the second largest population and almost double the oil usage of the most populous state is filled with the worst offenders, and they probably use no, if not very little, heating oil.

Oil Consumption (most recent) by state

#1 Texas: 1,129,174,000
#2 California: 656,863,000
#3 Florida: 358,559,000
#4 New York: 308,658,000
#5 Louisiana: 288,775,000
#6 Pennsylvania: 263,233,000
#7 Illinois: 242,768,000
#8 Ohio: 239,603,000
#9 New Jersey: 225,683,000
#10 Michigan: 198,641,000
#11 North Carolina: 178,544,000
#12 Virginia: 167,126,000
#13 Indiana: 153,631,000
#14 Washington: 152,846,000
#15 Massachusetts: 137,854,000
#16 Missouri: 135,381,000
#17 Kentucky: 130,888,000
#18 Tennessee: 129,979,000
#19 Wisconsin: 124,783,000
#20 Minnesota: 124,687,000
#21 Oklahoma: 106,891,000
#22 Maryland: 103,914,000
#23 Alabama: 100,835,000
#24 Arizona: 96,789,000
#25 Mississippi: 89,145,000
#26 Colorado: 86,814,000
#27 Iowa: 78,715,000
#28 Kansas: 73,906,000
#29 Arkansas: 71,038,000
#30 Oregon: 67,081,000
#31 Alaska: 51,098,000
#32 Utah: 47,939,000
#33 New Mexico: 47,125,000
#34 Nevada: 45,866,000
#35 West Virginia: 39,424,000
#36 New Hampshire: 33,295,000
#37 Montana: 30,276,000
#38 Idaho: 28,576,000
#39 Wyoming: 28,063,000
#40 North Dakota: 26,444,000
#41 Delaware: 26,155,000
#42 South Dakota: 20,935,000
#43 Georgia: 19,168,000
#44 Rhode Island: 18,275,000
#45 Vermont: 16,984,000
#46 South Carolina: 8,715,000
#47 District of Columbia: 6,134,000
#48 Maine: 4,174,000
#49 Hawaii: 4,148,000
#50 Nebraska: 4,081,000
#51 Connecticut: 795,000

ahh, here is the same data, per capita, now we get down to the nitty gritty...

#1 Alaska: 76.994 per capita
#2 Louisiana: 63.837 per capita
#3 Wyoming: 55.102 per capita
#4 Texas: 49.395 per capita
#5 North Dakota: 41.534 per capita
#6 Montana: 32.358 per capita
#7 Kentucky: 31.362 per capita
#8 Delaware: 31.007 per capita
#9 Mississippi: 30.518 per capita
#10 Oklahoma: 30.128 per capita
#11 Vermont: 27.259 per capita
#12 South Dakota: 26.98 per capita
#13 Kansas: 26.927 per capita
#14 Iowa: 26.536 per capita
#15 New Jersey: 25.887 per capita
#16 Arkansas: 25.561 per capita
#17 New Hampshire: 25.417 per capita
#18 Indiana: 24.495 per capita
#19 New Mexico: 24.438 per capita
#20 Washington: 24.309 per capita
#21 Minnesota: 24.292 per capita
#22 Missouri: 23.34 per capita
#23 Wisconsin: 22.539 per capita
#24 Alabama: 22.124 per capita
#25 Virginia: 22.085 per capita
#26 Tennessee: 21.798 per capita
#27 West Virginia: 21.699 per capita
#28 Massachusetts: 21.544 per capita
#29 Pennsylvania: 21.178 per capita
#30 Ohio: 20.9 per capita
#31 North Carolina: 20.562 per capita
#32 Florida: 20.155 per capita
#33 Idaho: 19.996 per capita
#34 Michigan: 19.627 per capita
#35 Utah: 19.412 per capita
#36 Illinois: 19.021 per capita
#37 Nevada: 18.994 per capita
#38 Colorado: 18.609 per capita
#39 Maryland: 18.555 per capita
#40 Oregon: 18.424 per capita
#41 California: 18.179 per capita
#42 Rhode Island: 16.981 per capita
#43 Arizona: 16.296 per capita
#44 New York: 16.03 per capita
#45 District of Columbia: 11.142 per capita
#46 Hawaii: 3.253 per capita
#47 Maine: 3.159 per capita
#48 Nebraska: 2.32 per capita
#49 Georgia: 2.113 per capita
#50 South Carolina: 2.048 per capita
#51 Connecticut: 0.226 per capita

Headso: #51 Connecticut: 795,000

BOOYAH!

Population:



Oil production:

Hey canyoneer,

Could you source your data please?

/honest request

Aarontology: Headso: #51 Connecticut: 795,000

BOOYAH!

Looks like we're ahead of the pack, bro.

WaltzingMathilda: unless, of course, pat buchanan happens to be right. like, pat buchanan and i would probably agree that wearing pants to a business interview is more appropriate than wearing a speedo


Even this is right on occasion:


But that doesn't mean relying on it somehow isn't stupid.

Unright: Hey canyoneer,

Could you source your data please?

/honest request

His arse.

WaltzingMathilda: mongbiohazard: lol

Protip: If you find yourself agreeing with Pat Buchanan, you're probably doing it wrong.

unless, of course, pat buchanan happens to be right. like, pat buchanan and i would probably agree that wearing pants to a business interview is more appropriate than wearing a speedo

Yeah. But Pat Buchanan isn't sure that the Holocaust was such a big deal, or that it even happened. He has used his columns to praise Vladimir Putin's gutting of Russian democracy and complain that America was supporting the Ukrainian pro-democracy candidates. In other words, Pat Buchanan isn't a conservative in the American sense of the term. He's an old-school European style fascist. So, him saying that John McCain is "scary" is a bit rich.

Cheney will have to lose some weight first.

Headso

Per capita usage and total use/state depend on a number of variables, but mostly geography and population density. So, you'll find many small, intensely-populated Eastern states have low per capita oil consumption, but virtually all the oil used in those states must be imported, because they produce very, very little, or none at all. It's kind of like people in Nebraska eating fresh seafood, if you see what I mean.

You can easily see that the Eastern States, while consuming half the petroleum used, produce less than 5% of the petroleum produced in the U.S., which translates to about 2% of the petroleum used in the U.S. That means that the rest of the states are roughly producing enough to cover their consumption, and that the Eastern States account for the overwhelming majority of imported petroleum.

So, if we're in Iraq to maintain our access to imported petroleum, it's because of the people east of the Mississippi River. How about that?

RoxtarRyan: Aarontology: Headso: #51 Connecticut: 795,000

BOOYAH!

Looks like we're ahead of the pack, bro.

I think I would attribute it to large percentage of the population taking trains into NYC to work and the lack of, although no complete lack of, farming. Although, Ct. does get cold in the winter and fuel oil is needed.