Yes do this in the middle of the primaries. DO IT!

ah the changing of the seasons: trees begin to bud, snow gives way to grass, obama shifts from being a power-mad tyrant to a feckless and ineffective empty suit.

FTA: The question is whether they're delusional enough to think it's a good idea just months before an election, when they're already facing unprecedented disapproval numbers with the voting public.

You're kidding, right?

Any sentence that includes the phrase "are Republicans delusional enough to..." you can answer "yes" even without knowing the verb and have at least an 85% chance of being correct.

I'm going to need to turn that into a machine gun

But enough of what was said at the Gingrich rally

*chuckle* It's like the GOP doesn't remember the 1990s at all.

This is what the Tea Partiers wanted all along.

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: *chuckle* It's like the GOP doesn't remember the 1990s at all.

The 90s? They don't remember last summer.

Rev. Skarekroe: This is what the Tea Partiers wanted all along.

You know, maybe it's because I've stopped huffing paint, but I really want to know *why* anyone would want this. It doesn't make sense to me, like a fat person cutting off his own leg to prevent diabetes.

YES PLEASE REPUBLICANS DO THIS.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: You know, maybe it's because I've stopped huffing paint, but I really want to know *why* anyone would want this. It doesn't make sense to me, like a fat person cutting off his own leg to prevent diabetes.

It makes sense if your biggest donors are all people that don't want to believe in global warming and only care about how much money they make in the next 3 years.

Would it be elitist of me to want anyone running for the congress to take and pass a GED before being put on the ballot?

SnakeLee: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: You know, maybe it's because I've stopped huffing paint, but I really want to know *why* anyone would want this. It doesn't make sense to me, like a fat person cutting off his own leg to prevent diabetes.

It makes sense if your biggest donors are all people that don't want to believe in global warming and only care about how much money they make in the next 3 years.

I suppose so, but that relies on a huge mass of people to be so uninformed, misinformed and ignorant as to believe even the most ridiculous of suggestions.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Rev. Skarekroe: This is what the Tea Partiers wanted all along.

You know, maybe it's because I've stopped huffing paint, but I really want to know *why* anyone would want this. It doesn't make sense to me, like a fat person cutting off his own leg to prevent diabetes.

Well, they believe that less government is better, right?
Therefore no government is best.
I'm not one of them, so I can't get into that headspace enough to fully explain why they still consider themselves patriots and not anarchists (probably has something to do with the military) but you could probably lurk on breitbart or freerepublic and get some idea.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Rev. Skarekroe: This is what the Tea Partiers wanted all along.

You know, maybe it's because I've stopped huffing paint, but I really want to know *why* anyone would want this. It doesn't make sense to me, like a fat person cutting off his own leg to prevent diabetes.

1) Government is useless and serves no purpose but to rob us of our hard-earned money
2) If govenment shuts down, then we will no longer be taxed too much
3) PROFIT

Rev. Skarekroe: Well, they believe that less government is better, right?
Therefore no government is best.

Lando Lincoln: 1) Government is useless and serves no purpose but to rob us of our hard-earned money
2) If govenment shuts down, then we will no longer be taxed too much
3) PROFIT

I just can't wrap my head around those kinds of things. Maybe it's because when I think those kinds of things to their logical conclusion, the people that seem to espouse those kinds of ideas would be some of the first to lose out.

/Maybe I'm just pissed because the like minded a-holes at the state legislature are holding up transit funding, which means my bus route is going to be cut

Jake Havechek: The Republicans seem determined to step on their dicks as many times as possible before November.

It's the only attention their dicks are getting since they went to war against gays and women.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: I just can't wrap my head around those kinds of things. Maybe it's because when I think those kinds of things to their logical conclusion, the people that seem to espouse those kinds of ideas would be some of the first to lose out.

It's because the folks who go for this sort of thing *don't* think it all the way through.

They get to step #2 and then fail to realize that step # 3 isn't so simple.

Most of those sorts of folks also tend to think that they're much more self-reliant than they actually are.

Jake Havechek: The Republicans seem determined to step on their dicks as many times as possible before November.

The conservatives are fighting the fascists for the agenda. Maybe they think this is their one true shot before losing it all.

Nadie_AZ: Jake Havechek: The Republicans seem determined to step on their dicks as many times as possible before November.

The conservatives are fighting the fascists for the agenda. Maybe they think this is their one true shot before losing it all.

The sane conservatives need to swallow their pride, ditch the religious right rhetoric, join the Democratic party, and wait a few terms until the Democrats split along entirely new (and more reasonable) policy lines into the New Conservatives and the Progressives.

/pipe dream, I know

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: Most of those sorts of folks also tend to think that they're much more self-reliant than they actually are.

See, that's one of the reasons that I'm pissed about them cutting my bus route: the same transportation bill that would fund my bus route, funds the state police to patrol the towns in the state who don't have their own forces and don't share with a neighboring community. It's like they want the services, but they don't want the responsibility. Again: I don't think they've thought this all the way through.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: Most of those sorts of folks also tend to think that they're much more self-reliant than they actually are.

See, that's one of the reasons that I'm pissed about them cutting my bus route: the same transportation bill that would fund my bus route, funds the state police to patrol the towns in the state who don't have their own forces and don't share with a neighboring community. It's like they want the services, but they don't want the responsibility. Again: I don't think they've thought this all the way through.

Yeah, it's like the folks who don't want to pay their portion for a standing Fire Department, but instead just want to write out a check only when they need them (which, again, harkens back to the book I'm reading where the states during the Articles of Confederation days didn't want to pay for a standing Navy, even though our trade routes were getting raided on a regular basis and we were paying ridiculous tributes to the same pirates to stop).

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: (which, again, harkens back to the book I'm reading where the states during the Articles of Confederation days didn't want to pay for a standing Navy, even though our trade routes were getting raided on a regular basis and we were paying ridiculous tributes to the same pirates to stop).

Oh. What's the book? I should put this on my 'to read' list.

Nadie_AZ: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: (which, again, harkens back to the book I'm reading where the states during the Articles of Confederation days didn't want to pay for a standing Navy, even though our trade routes were getting raided on a regular basis and we were paying ridiculous tributes to the same pirates to stop).

Oh. What's the book? I should put this on my 'to read' list.

Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present (new window)

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: Nadie_AZ: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: (which, again, harkens back to the book I'm reading where the states during the Articles of Confederation days didn't want to pay for a standing Navy, even though our trade routes were getting raided on a regular basis and we were paying ridiculous tributes to the same pirates to stop).

Oh. What's the book? I should put this on my 'to read' list.

Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present (new window)

Thanks!

MaudlinMutantMollusk: i46.tinypic.com
I'm going to need to turn that into a machine gun

I'm trying to think of a good image to use on shirts with the capiton "Better Dead than Red". That one is close, but not quite right.

timujin: MaudlinMutantMollusk: i46.tinypic.com
I'm going to need to turn that into a machine gun

I'm trying to think of a good image to use on shirts with the capiton "Better Dead than Red". That one is close, but not quite right.

*caption

Nadie_AZ: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: Nadie_AZ: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: (which, again, harkens back to the book I'm reading where the states during the Articles of Confederation days didn't want to pay for a standing Navy, even though our trade routes were getting raided on a regular basis and we were paying ridiculous tributes to the same pirates to stop).

Oh. What's the book? I should put this on my 'to read' list.

Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present (new window)

Thanks!

np. I kinda wish I had gotten the non-Kindle version, as I've recently decided that in spite of how convenient book handling is for me on my iPad2, nothing beats the physical feeling of a book (and the smell, for that matter).

timujin: I'm trying to think of a good image to use on shirts with the capiton "Better Dead than Red".

Zombie Reagan?

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: np. I kinda wish I had gotten the non-Kindle version, as I've recently decided that in spite of how convenient book handling is for me on my iPad2, nothing beats the physical feeling of a book (and the smell, for that matter).

Yeah. I don't own a kindle and don't plan on it. I agree- I like books for many reasons, too.

Nadie_AZ: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: np. I kinda wish I had gotten the non-Kindle version, as I've recently decided that in spite of how convenient book handling is for me on my iPad2, nothing beats the physical feeling of a book (and the smell, for that matter).

Yeah. I don't own a kindle and don't plan on it. I agree- I like books for many reasons, too.

My problem with the Kindle (I tried one last November, before I got the iPad) was that the eInk stuff everyone was raving about really wasn't that great to my eye. The contrast just wasn't good for me. I also tried the Nook Color and was easier to read, but it's Android stuff was kinda meh. So, I ended up shelling out for the iPad2 and I use it *constantly*.

It doesn't feel/smell like a book though.

timujin: I'm trying to think of a good image to use on shirts with the capiton "Better Dead than Red". That one is close, but not quite right.

I've considered modifying it so that the gun is pointed at its head

Nadie_AZ: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: np. I kinda wish I had gotten the non-Kindle version, as I've recently decided that in spite of how convenient book handling is for me on my iPad2, nothing beats the physical feeling of a book (and the smell, for that matter).

Yeah. I don't own a kindle and don't plan on it. I agree- I like books for many reasons, too.

Yous sound like your under the age of 40. :)

quickdraw: Nadie_AZ: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: np. I kinda wish I had gotten the non-Kindle version, as I've recently decided that in spite of how convenient book handling is for me on my iPad2, nothing beats the physical feeling of a book (and the smell, for that matter).

Yeah. I don't own a kindle and don't plan on it. I agree- I like books for many reasons, too.

Yous sound like your under the age of 40. :)

Thanks! I think. Not for long, tho. Stupid time ...

BillCo: What is the matter with these guys. Don't they know that when all of your credit cards are maxed out, the only solution is to get more credit cards and keep spending.

Saying your personal finances are the same as the governments is still the dumbest right wing talking point of the last 3 years, which is basically the Dumb Right Wing Talking Point Renaissance. How many times does this need to get shot down before people stop using it?

BillCo: What is the matter with these guys. Don't they know that when all of your credit cards are maxed out, the only solution is to get more credit cards and keep spending.

it worked for Kevin Smith while he was making Clerks. He's now a millionaire.

Nadie_AZ: quickdraw: Nadie_AZ: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: np. I kinda wish I had gotten the non-Kindle version, as I've recently decided that in spite of how convenient book handling is for me on my iPad2, nothing beats the physical feeling of a book (and the smell, for that matter).

Yeah. I don't own a kindle and don't plan on it. I agree- I like books for many reasons, too.

Yous sound like your under the age of 40. :)

Thanks! I think. Not for long, tho. Stupid time ...

I will always love the feel and smell of a real book but my over 40 eyes adore my kindle.

BillCo: What is the matter with these guys. Don't they know that when all of your credit cards are maxed out, the only solution is to get more credit cards and keep spending.

and if you lined up all of the government's credit cards end to end they'd stretch all the way to the moooooooon! you and me BillCo, we get it. we've got so much common sense and gee-whiz folksy wisdom we could turn the whole country around, if only it would let us.

"Ffh-Ffh-Ffh-Ffh..."



"Mwrahhgh."

Yes, they are that stupid. And Cantor is that power-hungry.Boehner, for all the rhetoric, isn't that stupid, but he's not in control of anything at this point. You can expect the Tea Folks to go particularly insane if Romney is the nominee and he doesn't placate them with a TP VP