Is that FREEDOM ROCK?

On the follow-up CD, Hank Williams Jr covers their greatest hits...

whidbey: Is that FREEDOM ROCK?

Derp it up, man.

"Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-istan-stan" is still climbing up the charts.

/Yes, I know he meant it in jest.

make me some tea: Huh, actually on this one Bachmann is right and the Atlantic is wrong: Link (new window)

Bush swept it under the carpet though. I don't remember hearing about it either.

I like how the sources are very specific. Well, my sources say I'm the Queen of England, therefore it must be true!

Wait, we're invading Mexico? I'm okay with that. BLOOD FOR COKE!

Bill_Wick's_Friend: whidbey: Is that FREEDOM ROCK?

Derp it up, man.

Big mouths keep on derpin'
Drool drippin' down the chin
Spewin' all the propaganda
Listen to AM radio once again
And I think its a sin, yes

Ghastly: [cdn.theatlantic.com image 600x300]
So I accidentally walk into the men's room when I was in the White House and no word of a lie...

BAHAHA.

"So, this one time at Bible Camp..."

Slideshow and ad avoider:

1: Hezbollah will set up missile sites in Cuba, Bachmann
2: May have to invade Mexico because of drug violence there, Perry
3: Ubeki-Beki-Bek-Beki-Stan-Stan and thinking that a question about gotcha questions is itself a gotcha, Cain
4: Arab Spring will let extremists take over countries, Obama should have helped Mubarak, Bachmann
5: To keep terrorists from stealing Pakistani nukes, sell India new F-16, Perry
6: To keep terrorists from stealing Pakistani nukes, we should support President Musharraf (who isn't president of Pakistan anymore), Santorum
7: Aegis sea-based missile defense would have stopped Iran from trying to assassinate an ambassador in Washington D.C., Cain
8: "Put a no fly zone over Libya" - two weeks later "I would not have intervened", Gingrich
9: Hezbollah and Al Qaeda will take over Libya, Bachmann
10: Israel is OK with Palistinian right of return, Cain
11: China attacked US satellites with lasers, Bachmann
12: Romney lists a Lebanese war criminal as a foriegn policy advisor, Romney
13: I want to go to war-war with China, not a trade war, Santorum.

So totals are:
4 Bachmann
3 Cain
2 Santorum
2 Perry
1 Gingrich
1 Romney

Karac: Slideshow and ad avoider:

1: Hezbollah will set up missile sites in Cuba, Bachmann
2: May have to invade Mexico because of drug violence there, Perry
3: Ubeki-Beki-Bek-Beki-Stan-Stan and thinking that a question about gotcha questions is itself a gotcha, Cain
4: Arab Spring will let extremists take over countries, Obama should have helped Mubarak, Bachmann
5: To keep terrorists from stealing Pakistani nukes, sell India new F-16, Perry
6: To keep terrorists from stealing Pakistani nukes, we should support President Musharraf (who isn't president of Pakistan anymore), Santorum
7: Aegis sea-based missile defense would have stopped Iran from trying to assassinate an ambassador in Washington D.C., Cain
8: "Put a no fly zone over Libya" - two weeks later "I would not have intervened", Gingrich
9: Hezbollah and Al Qaeda will take over Libya, Bachmann
10: Israel is OK with Palistinian right of return, Cain
11: China attacked US satellites with lasers, Bachmann
12: Romney lists a Lebanese war criminal as a foriegn policy advisor, Romney
13: I want to go to war-war with China, not a trade war, Santorum.

So totals are:
4 Bachmann
3 Cain
2 Santorum
2 Perry
1 Gingrich
1 Romney

Interesting...Jon Huntsman avoids gaffs on foreign policy because, and this may come as a shock to some of you libs, he's a Republican with a CLUE! The rest are idiots

Le Grand Inquisitor: Karac: Slideshow and ad avoider:

1: Hezbollah will set up missile sites in Cuba, Bachmann
2: May have to invade Mexico because of drug violence there, Perry
3: Ubeki-Beki-Bek-Beki-Stan-Stan and thinking that a question about gotcha questions is itself a gotcha, Cain
4: Arab Spring will let extremists take over countries, Obama should have helped Mubarak, Bachmann
5: To keep terrorists from stealing Pakistani nukes, sell India new F-16, Perry
6: To keep terrorists from stealing Pakistani nukes, we should support President Musharraf (who isn't president of Pakistan anymore), Santorum
7: Aegis sea-based missile defense would have stopped Iran from trying to assassinate an ambassador in Washington D.C., Cain
8: "Put a no fly zone over Libya" - two weeks later "I would not have intervened", Gingrich
9: Hezbollah and Al Qaeda will take over Libya, Bachmann
10: Israel is OK with Palistinian right of return, Cain
11: China attacked US satellites with lasers, Bachmann
12: Romney lists a Lebanese war criminal as a foriegn policy advisor, Romney
13: I want to go to war-war with China, not a trade war, Santorum.

So totals are:
4 Bachmann
3 Cain
2 Santorum
2 Perry
1 Gingrich
1 Romney

Interesting...Jon Huntsman avoids gaffs on foreign policy because, and this may come as a shock to some of you libs, he's a Republican with a CLUE! The rest are idiots

Well, that and nobody pays attention to John Huntsman so nobody can quote him.

/He's like Pawlenty with a less mockable name.
//Actually, Pawlenty's got to be regretting dropping out at this point

Le Grand Inquisitor: Interesting...Jon Huntsman avoids gaffs on foreign policy because, and this may come as a shock to some of you libs, he's a Republican with a CLUE! The rest are idiots

I would hope so, given he served as an ambassador. Foreign policy was his job for awhile.

Le Grand Inquisitor: Interesting...Jon Huntsman avoids gaffs on foreign policy because, and this may come as a shock to some of you libs, he's a Republican with a CLUE!

As were Clinton and Obama.

dahmers love zombie: In before the "57 states" diversionary tactic.

I think the proper response in this case would be to A) Point out that Obama has only been to all these foreign countries because he is already President; and B) What little he does know about foreign countries comes from the glimpses he sees either while flying overhead on a luxury jet or while staying at ultra-expensive resort hotels - all on the taxpayer dime, mind you. $700 million a day. Lobster snacks.

Shaggy_C: dahmers love zombie: In before the "57 states" diversionary tactic.

I think the proper response in this case would be to A) Point out that Obama has only been to all these foreign countries because he is already President; and B) What little he does know about foreign countries comes from the glimpses he sees either while flying overhead on a luxury jet or while staying at ultra-expensive resort hotels - all on the taxpayer dime, mind you. $700 million a day. Lobster snacks.

Hot damn, that's a lot of derp crammed into one paragraph.

Karac: So totals are:
4 Bachmann
3 Cain
2 Santorum
2 Perry
1 Gingrich
1 Romney

Thanks, you rock!

Ugh, of course Bachmann is first. She's a humiliation to ALL women, let alone Republican women.

Ghastly: [cdn.theatlantic.com image 600x300]
So I use the tips of my fingers like this to massage his sphincter while I gently cup his balls and it drives Marcus absolutely wild. We're talking LIKE... A... FIREHOSE!

Catchy tunes were so much better in the past

Phoenix87ta: Hot damn, that's a lot of derp crammed into one paragraph.

Damn, I finally found the perfect image to go along with it, too:



It hits all the bases. It minimizes Republican foreign policy failures by straight out attacking Obama's credentials, reminds people about the old elitism charges that boil the blood, and then caps it off with a reminder about the shiatty "Obama economy". Karl Rove would be proud.

Le Grand Inquisitor: Karac: Slideshow and ad avoider:

1: Hezbollah will set up missile sites in Cuba, Bachmann
2: May have to invade Mexico because of drug violence there, Perry
3: Ubeki-Beki-Bek-Beki-Stan-Stan and thinking that a question about gotcha questions is itself a gotcha, Cain
4: Arab Spring will let extremists take over countries, Obama should have helped Mubarak, Bachmann
5: To keep terrorists from stealing Pakistani nukes, sell India new F-16, Perry
6: To keep terrorists from stealing Pakistani nukes, we should support President Musharraf (who isn't president of Pakistan anymore), Santorum
7: Aegis sea-based missile defense would have stopped Iran from trying to assassinate an ambassador in Washington D.C., Cain
8: "Put a no fly zone over Libya" - two weeks later "I would not have intervened", Gingrich
9: Hezbollah and Al Qaeda will take over Libya, Bachmann
10: Israel is OK with Palistinian right of return, Cain
11: China attacked US satellites with lasers, Bachmann
12: Romney lists a Lebanese war criminal as a foriegn policy advisor, Romney
13: I want to go to war-war with China, not a trade war, Santorum.

So totals are:
4 Bachmann
3 Cain
2 Santorum
2 Perry
1 Gingrich
1 Romney

Interesting...Jon Huntsman avoids gaffs on foreign policy because, and this may come as a shock to some of you libs, he's a Republican with a CLUE! The rest are idiots

Interesting... Jon Huntsman has no chance in hell of getting nominated.

Look, it's like this: The GOP is fundamentally unserious when it comes to governing. It isn't what they are interested in. What they are interested in is ruling. That's about it.

Of course, since a necessary first step (in the annoyingly inconvenient system we have in this country) is actually winning an election, they tend to be pretty serious about campaigning. And since a very significant part of campaigning is PR and advertising, they are damn serious about those things. That's why their policies seem so pants-on-head retarded. Because they never were formulated to provide any benefit to the nation at all, but instead to be easy to create a 30 second ad or a 12 word soundbite about.

"Barack Obama stood down while Hezbollah threatened Florida!"

"Rick Perry: Defending our southern border!"

"How's that going to create one job!"

etc.

They don't care about the facts, because they are catering to a portion of the electorate who doesn't care about facts. Statements by GOP politicians should be treated with the same weight as ad slogans. "We shouldn't punish success" should be considered as meaningful as "Coke adds life!"

Shaggy_C: Phoenix87ta: Hot damn, that's a lot of derp crammed into one paragraph.

Damn, I finally found the perfect image to go along with it, too:

[www.okobserver.net image 610x469]

It hits all the bases. It minimizes Republican foreign policy failures by straight out attacking Obama's credentials, reminds people about the old elitism charges that boil the blood, and then caps it off with a reminder about the shiatty "Obama economy". Karl Rove would be proud.

I liked the $700 million-a-day figure. Not particularly believable if you think about it for long enough, but a number of people would run with it anyways.

Incidentally, I never could tell which side you were ACTUALLY rooting for and which side you were spoofing. Well done, indeed.

Shaggy_C: Phoenix87ta: Hot damn, that's a lot of derp crammed into one paragraph.

Damn, I finally found the perfect image to go along with it, too:

[www.okobserver.net image 610x469]

It hits all the bases. It minimizes Republican foreign policy failures by straight out attacking Obama's credentials, reminds people about the old elitism charges that boil the blood, and then caps it off with a reminder about the shiatty "Obama economy". Karl Rove would be proud.

You forgot the base of being flat-out incorrect. "Point out that Obama has only been to all these foreign countries because he is already President". However, there is the difficulty of saying that Obama has no experience of foreign lands while at the same time saying that he isn't american because he grew up overseas and was educated in an Indonesean madrassa.

Karac: However, there is the difficulty of saying that Obama has no experience of foreign lands while at the same time saying that he isn't american because he grew up overseas and was educated in an Indonesean madrassa.

Well, he was born in Kenya too, but who really claims they 'know' anything about a foreign land just because they were there for a while as small children, even if they were involved in all of the local (read: Muslim) traditions?

I have heard that China has illuminated some of our satellites with lasers on a number of occasions, so that is not completely untrue. They have a site that is suspected to be an anti-satellite laser installation, for example, Wired

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make me some tea: Huh, actually on this one Bachmann is right and the Atlantic is wrong: Link (new window)

Bush swept it under the carpet though. I don't remember hearing about it either.

Shhh.... don't talk like that. Someone might hear you!

FTA: * -- Thanks to reader and foreign policy buff Morgan Fairchild for suggesting this item.

What the author may look like:

Karac: 7: Aegis sea-based missile defense would have stopped Iran from trying to assassinate an ambassador in Washington D.C., Cain

That's the weirdest answer out of all of them. He basically claimed if we did something that we are already doing it would have prevented something that isn't remotely related to the activity he suggests.

oldass31: I live in Michele Bachmann's district and I'm seriously considering running against her next election.
She does not represent the people that live here and it's a shame.

Do it.

Neeek: Karac: 7: Aegis sea-based missile defense would have stopped Iran from trying to assassinate an ambassador in Washington D.C., Cain

That's the weirdest answer out of all of them. He basically claimed if we did something that we are already doing it would have prevented something that we prevented anyway, andisn't remotely related to the activity he suggests.

FTFY.

So, provided the laser thing is completely true, that makes 12. New scorecard

3 Bachmann
3 Cain
2 Santorum
2 Perry
1 Gingrich
1 Romney

Even if the GOP comes up with a "reasonable" candidate, you'd still be an asshole for voting against the current administration.

Sorry, but it really is hard to beat that one. I don't make the rules.

If their supporters don't care about what happens beyond our borders, why should they?

whidbey: Even if the GOP comes up with a "reasonable" candidate, you'd still be an asshole for voting against the current administration.

I don't want to sound like a total asshole, but both sides are showing they're pretty well messed up.

Benni K Rok: whidbey: Even if the GOP comes up with a "reasonable" candidate, you'd still be an asshole for voting against the current administration.

I don't want to sound like a total asshole, but both sides are showing they're pretty well messed up.

Obviously I disagree.

The Democrats can be worked with, and it would massively help if most of their constituents learned how to stop listening to the media's interpretation of what's going on, and actually find time to be part of their local communities and the political process. It's really not that hard, and it doesn't take up as much time as you'd think.

The real problem is the GOP and their astonishingly backward 19th century "vision" of what this country should be.

There is no comparison.

whidbey: Benni K Rok: whidbey: Even if the GOP comes up with a "reasonable" candidate, you'd still be an asshole for voting against the current administration.

I don't want to sound like a total asshole, but both sides are showing they're pretty well messed up.

Obviously I disagree.

The Democrats can be worked with, and it would massively help if most of their constituents learned how to stop listening to the media's interpretation of what's going on, and actually find time to be part of their local communities and the political process. It's really not that hard, and it doesn't take up as much time as you'd think.

The real problem is the GOP and their astonishingly backward 19th century "vision" of what this country should be.

There is no comparison.

I never said that how messed up they were was anywhere near the same. I've actually received multiple letters of response from my reps that are in DC. I pretty always get the same one from the Republican Senator(very generic agree to disagree), but the Democrats(other Senator and Disctrict Rep) actually not only change up their messages to be more to the individual issues addressed, one of them even admitted to enjoying the information I sent, and showed information that was not otherwise provided.

whidbey: Benni K Rok: whidbey: Even if the GOP comes up with a "reasonable" candidate, you'd still be an asshole for voting against the current administration.

I don't want to sound like a total asshole, but both sides are showing they're pretty well messed up.

Obviously I disagree.

The Democrats can be worked with, and it would massively help if most of their constituents learned how to stop listening to the media's interpretation of what's going on, and actually find time to be part of their local communities and the political process. It's really not that hard, and it doesn't take up as much time as you'd think.

The real problem is the GOP and their astonishingly backward 19th century "vision" of what this country should be.

There is no comparison.

And that's what it will come down to in the end. Assholes who want to take us backward or assholes who want us to move ahead. Not making a choice is the same as making a choice.

bluelancer03: "Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-istan-stan" is still climbing up the charts.

/Yes, I know he meant it in jest.

The funny thing is that he actively harmed US interests with those comments as the Uzbeks allow America to use their country as a staging area for the Afghan theater. They are clearly not pleased with this being acceptable in America and there is currently a negotiation about future staging.

How he thinks Central Asia isn't front and center in US policy is baffling. He's right that I don't expect a President to recall every world leader's name on command. I do damned well expect them to at least know where every country in the world is and how it relates to their job.

Ghastly: [cdn.theatlantic.com image 600x300]
So I use the tips of my fingers like this to massage his sphincter while I gently cup his balls and it drives Marcus absolutely wild. We're talking LIKE... A... FIREHOSE!

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