Not Joe the Non-Plumber, do you really want to compare the bodycount of people who think certain Americans don't trust God enough, versus people who think certain Americans trust God too much?

Isn't this attention whore dying week?

El_Frijole_Blanco: Isn't this attention whore dying week?

Oh SNAP!

This guy's come a long way since he first came on the scene.

Unfortunately, he didn't stick to his original message about spread-the-wealth economic policies. Instead, he became a tool of the neo-conservatives and, accordingly a parody of himself.

RIP JTP

He should run for president in 2012, with Palin as his running mate. I'll bet they'd get the nomination.

Why just the other day I was hanging out with some of my pals and some Christian came by screaming IN GOD WE TRUST! Well, we don't hold too kindly to them words round here, so I grabbed my 12-gauge and sent him to his Christ.

Every time I think he has said something that will never be topped in its retardedness he comes back to surprise me.

To be fair, those parts of the country are libraries, they hate it when people talk too loud.

And God help you if you have any overdue books.

rotsky: This guy's come a long way since he first came on the scene.

Unfortunately, he didn't stick to his original message about spread-the-wealth economic policies. Instead, he became a tool of the neo-conservatives and, accordingly a parody of himself.

RIP JTP

Yeah, that's what happened. He was just some guy who spontaneously 'came on the scene' with a positive family-oriented message about redistribution, before his message was tragically corrupted by big-city neoliberal economists. Sad, really.

I wonder how we could convince him to go to one of those places...

what a shiathead

The GOP wonders why it's failing? Let's see here: Sarah Palin, Mark Sanford, and this attention whoring dickhead. What a piece of shiat.

wyltoknow: Why just the other day I was hanging out with some of my pals and some Christian came by screaming IN GOD WE TRUST! Well, we don't hold too kindly to them words round here, so I grabbed my 12-gauge and sent him to his Christ.

I'm going to assume right before you pulled the trigger, you said "Trust this" in a deep voice.

Hey Tea Party Dipshiats? This guy is a perfect example of why we mock you.

A truer statement might have been:

"If you are a doctor who believes that the state shouldn't be able to control a woman's reproductive system, in certain parts of this country, you will be shot."

make me some tea: He should run for president in 2012, with Palin as his running mate. I'll bet they'd get the nomination.

If it's Palin heading the ticket, they'd be "Dumb and plumber".

How does something like that get by me? Do I have to go get a hunting license or something?

Can we please stop reporting on and discussing what this guy says? Feeding the troll is obviously just making him larger and louder.

Wait, I thought all those godless communist America haters wanted to take everyone's guns away? How does this make sense?

Wait, why am I asking how it makes sense?

I would like a comparison of Sammy Joe's fantasized "militantly irreligious" sections of the nation with sections of the country that have permissive gun ownership laws.

Somehow, I don't think those two line up so much.

axd: Wait, I thought all those godless communist America haters wanted to take everyone's guns away? How does this make sense?

Wait, why am I asking how it makes sense?

Now you know why they want them.

So did somebody shoot him or not?

Fark Joe the dumber and fark his god too.

TheGreatZarquon: Can we please stop reporting on and discussing what this guy says? Feeding the troll is obviously just making him larger and louder.

No, let's please keep discussing him. And laughing at him.

People need to see the ridiculousness of the self-proclaimed "Religious Right" if they're ever going to reject it entirely.

loser_death_spiral: If it's Palin heading the ticket, they'd be "Dumb and plumber".

The win is strong in this one.

rotsky: This guy's come a long way since he first came on the scene seen.

/pet peeve

Oh, and Joe, if you're reading this (and I bet you are, you've got Fark troll written all over you), please let me know what parts of the country those are. I'd love to move there.

Ed Grubermann: rotsky: This guy's come a long way since he first came on the scene seen.

/pet peeve peave

/pet peave

i wonder how the country album is coming along.

219 senators have just decided that we're not paying enough for gas and electricity (new window) and this is what gets greenlit?

Daniel 6:17 teaches that Joe should be strong and go into those places knowing that God will protect him.

/Joe the Theologist

Could we stop with the religious persecution please! Haven't these people suffered enough already?

/dropped 42 IQ points after typing that one out.

So, talking about murdering a member of the government because they have different views form you. . .why isn't this person labeled a terrorist?

Triaxis: 219 senators

...there are parts of this country where if you say 'there are 219 senators', you will be laughed at.

Triaxis Having 110 states is a biatch, we need revenue.

I'm starting to suspect that Joe deals exclusively with lead pipe.

Triaxis: 219 senators have just decided that we're not paying enough for gas and electricity (new window) and this is what gets greenlit?

Fark is usually for the more bizarre crap. Good news, such as people making an honest attempt to steer the country away from wasteful actions that puts our future in jeopardy... there's not a whole lot there that any sane person could throw rocks at.

Triaxis: 219 senators have just decided that we're not paying enough for gas and electricity

We're not.

/didn't bother with the "219 senators" ridiculousness
//others have it covered

I could see garroting people who say anything too loudly in a movie theatre, once the 'feature presentation' begins. Nix on shooting them, however.

Triaxis: 219 senators have just decided that we're not paying enough for gas and electricity (new window) and this is what gets greenlit?

We're fortunate we have senators from the other fine 106 of these United States watching out for our interests, eh?

What parts of America is he talking about? I mean, he may have a point here.

If JTP were to materialize one night in my living room, nekkid, sweating and wanking hysterically whilst shouting "In God we trust!" I would in fact reach for my revolver.

/has no revolver
//not an invitation

I have never, in my entire life, met someone who says "In God We Trust" in conversation.

Polyhazard: What parts of America is he talking about? I mean, he may have a point here.

If JTP were to materialize one night in my living room, nekkid, sweating and wanking hysterically whilst shouting "In God we trust!" I would in fact reach for my revolver.

/has no revolver
//not an invitation

I'm sure a 2X4 would work in a pinch.

Oh, come on. I'm certainly no Plumber Lover, but he was clearly speaking in metaphor. "Strung up" means punished, people say that all the time. And "will get shot" is stupid, but obviously hyperbole. Stupid hyperbole, granted.

Triaxis: 219 senators have just decided that we're not paying enough for gas and electricity (new window) and this is what gets greenlit?

You're not very smart, and the things you're saying make no sense. And I'm not angry. But you do need to shut up.

Seriously, though, do you know anything about Cap and Trade? Anything aside from what Fox News has been telling you? Because I'll tell you a little secret: the large business interests that fund Fox News want Cap and Trade to fail because they get hurt the worst by it. That's right! It's true! And small businesses-- or even large, clean businesses-- can make some serious dough off of this legislation. AND it helps the environment; that's just a bonus.

This is basically a classical Pigouvian tax with a twist: the tax can be mitigated by allocating the allowable amount of the externality across the entire economy and letting the free market determine who can most efficiently make use of that externality. That's right, this is a HUGE free-market supporting bill, which you would know if you weren't punishingly stupid.

Side note: the companies that are hardest-hit by this are energy companies generating power through oil, coal or natural gas. Guess what? They can't relocate to India or China unless they wanna shell out the cash for 4000+ miles of electrical cable spanning the entire ocean.

Actually I think it's far more likely that there are places where you could get shot for saying something like, "Joe the Plumber is the best thing to happen to the Republican party."

Those places would be Republican majority districts.

Fark is one of those places. You pretty much get slammed for belief in a higher power.

Polyhazard: If JTP were to materialize one night in my living room, nekkid, sweating and wanking hysterically whilst shouting "In God we trust!" I would in fact reach for my revolver.

Shhh, that's the planned commercial for JTP's 2012 campaign, just with Barry O materializing and calling for all yer guns.
/got nuthin