Stupid Republican idea of the day

[The Tooth]

Sounds more like Pickens thinks HE deserves it because someone ELSE got hurt or killed.
:dubious:

The 'You' stood for "United States". Do these people think about what they say? I can't imagine "we deserve it because we took some damage stealing it" would wash with any more than half the 20% if that, it's just that stupid.

 

[Dynastic]

All rebublican ideas are stupid.

 

[Oy!]

LGBT Pride Month

Ah. We're further along than I thought.

 

[spooje]

 

[Boyo Jim]

Please. I try very hard not to imagine three impossible things before breakfast (or any other time of the day!).

Jeez, I'm only asking for one! And please, put in a disclaimer to make clear that you are not creating an attorney-client relationship, which BTW, I don't want either.

 

[Ichini Sanshigo]

RNC pulls game selling offensive items

Seriously? Okay, no way is this genuine. Someone has got to be trolling the RNC from the inside.

 

[Really Not All That Bright]

I suspect Sanford is not well in the head. It's the only explanation.

Well, he is a Republican... but I'm not sure banging some hot Argentine chick really qualifies as a symptom of a psychological disorder.

Well done, Fox. Fucksacks. ("Mark Sanford (D)")

You can't really hold this one against them. They don't have a graphic for Republicans who have heterosexual affairs.

For some reason, Google Chrome won't let me post anything. I'm back on IE for a while. Dammit.

 

[Algher]

If I thought they were being legit (which I do NOT):
1) Fight to keep the nepotism laws in effect
2) Reaction to Hillary's secret health care committee

In reality, it is partisan politics - but there is an argument that if the First Lady is going to be involved in running things, there should be some types of controls in place.

 

[Muffin]

Lobbipop lobbipop
Oh lobbi lobbi lobbi
Lobbipop lobbipop.....

 

[SteveG1]

Along with veterans,

Whites and blacks, Christians and Jews, Cubans and Mexicans, along with tax objectors, were among several political leanings listed in the "Domestic Extremism Lexicon." Both reports were prepared by the department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis.

Why didn't the report simply say everyone is a potential terrorist? If (and I said IF) this report was so poorly researched and written, then it was useless.


Hmmmm. I'm a white, Catholic veteran. Should I start hiring henchmen, building a secret lair and work on my super villain evil laugh or is it too soon?

 

[GIGObuster]

Why should he write a correction?

As you seem to be logically challenged, I have to say that he needed to make a correction since you still thought that his points from the past before the trials and inquiries are still valid. (Time lines are deadly for many right wingers still...)

And besides, denials and lack of forensic evidence does not innocence make, as we all found out once the existence of a certain blue dress finally came to light.

It was Kenneth Star's fishing expedition that found the dress, Kenneth Star himself had to say later that there was nothing to be found regarding the Foster's papers or his death.

The "blue dress" of the Vince Foster papers failed to show up after several investigations. After the verdict of the courts, it is only deluded beings the ones that keep on trying to make something out of that incident.

 

[Really Not All That Bright]

The expressions on the faces of the other two hosts are priceless.

 

[Really Not All That Bright]

The Balanced Bastards?

 

[Equipoise]

Call in the allies! Break out the rationing coupons! Start booking the Squirrel Nut Zippers!

WORLD WAR III IS COMING!

Texas Sen. John Cornyn is threatening “World War III” if Democrats try to seat Al Franken in the Senate before Norm Coleman can pursue his case through the federal courts.

Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, acknowledges that a federal challenge to November’s elections could take “years” to resolve. But he’s adamant that Coleman deserves that chance — even if it means Minnesota is short a senator for the duration.

A three-judge panel is expected to rule any day now on legal challenges to the November election.

...

Sen. Charles Schumer, the New York Democrat in charge of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, says that Minnesota gets its second senator as soon as the state case ends.

Boy, I'm getting the vague idea that Republicans really do not want Franken in the Senate, do they? If a Democrat were this obstructionist you'd hear the screaming of Republicans all the way to Mars.


This happened yesterday but it qualifies:

Michael Steel to Obama: "I'm done" [reaching out to you]

Transcript from CNN interview:

STEELE: Look, I like the president personally, even though I think he has got a little thing about me, that I haven't quite figured out what that is.

CNN: You haven't spoken to him?
STEELE: No.

CNN: You've reach out?
STEELE: Several times, and I'm done.

CNN: So there is no bipartisanship going on there?
STEELE: Not, not that I know of.

CNN: Is there any professional jealousy?
STEELE: Not on my part. What would I be jealous of?

CNN: He's the president of the United States.
STEELE: I'm chairman of the RNC, so, what's your point? We both have leadership responsibilities and roles. I'm not equating the two. My point is: you are on your track. I'm on my track. You do your thing. I do my thing.

Like President Obama gives a shit what Steele thinks. Who does this twerp think he is? Is he taking cues from Howard Dean and Bush's close, bi-partisan relationship when Dean headed the DNC?

 

[Voyager]

But really, we are getting two different types of government conflated here. There is legislative government and there is administrative government. Administrative government is where my main gripe is concerned when it comes to governemnt health care, and administrative government where we have the least control when it comes to the voting booth. And administrative government is where the decisions would get made that directly impact our health care and what we are allowed to have.

Legislative government might be beholding to us at the voting booth every few years, but most of the time they are beholden to the lobbyists with the checks. Or, if they are Republicans, to Rush.
Why would someone in adminstrative government randomly refuse someone? Unlike someone in business, their loyalty is to the taxpayers, and their bosses, not to the stockholders. Sure, some are incompetent, but that is not exclusive to government. If some burger jock at Mickey D's gets your order wrong, that is not an indictment of capitalism.
If some bureaucrat is being truly obnoxious, you have the option of going to your local legislator to complain - and no doubt the problem will get fixed in no time. Try that in business.

BTW, I had to renew my drivers license yesterday, facing the awful MVB bureaucrats in understaffed California. This involved an eye test, a new photo, and a thumbprint. I was in and out of there in under 20 minutes. When I'm stuck going to Lucky's, I spend more time than that in the checkout line. Not only was the system set up efficiently, there was a guy who asked who was waiting for a license renewal and gave us our eye test while we were waiting for a clerk to open up. Awesomely efficient.

 

[spooje]

 

[jayjay]

Why would a Democratic President even bother talking to the chair of the RNC? He's nobody as far as the structure of the government is concerned. He doesn't represent any population at all, he's not in Congress. There's no REASON for Obama to give him the time of day.

 

[Captain Carrot]

It's probably worth noting that Carrot accidentally left out a word. I doubt it was deliberate, since you can't C&P the twitter part from the front page of Hoekstra's blog.

"Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut out in the House"

Puts a bit of a different spin on the statement. Juuuust a tad.

You know, I really don't think it makes much of a difference.

 

[Really Not All That Bright]

So that's why they had all those gay book titles pulled from Amazon listings.

 

[BrightNShiny]

I think what you've got hold of there is what is commonly referred to as "a joke". Admittedly, one in bad taste, but I don't think he was claiming that Sgt. Rock would literally pop a cap in Nancy Pelosi.

Like how the conservatives were so quick to give a generous reading to Kerry's joke about Bush getting stuck in Iraq? I don't see any reason to give a generous reading to these statements.

We'll have to agree to disagree, I guess.