GWiz Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 If you want a quick, elevator explanation for Sarah Palin's career, you are going to be forever flummoxed if you are just looking at politics. Palin's influence cannot be explained without considering that she is the first Pentacostal to appear on a WhiteHouse ticket, and claim to have an "anointing" of the holy spirit. Back during the 2008 Election, one of the most influential behind-the-scenes men in the Christian Right - J. Lee Grady - editor of Charisma Magazine, wrote this rapturous editorial about the addition of Palin by the McCain Campaign: Talk about a role model. Palin’s life is a prophecy to America. She doesn’t have to preach against abortion. She and her family, even with their flaws, are the embodiment of the compassionate pro-life values America desperately needs to adopt. When McCain announced that he had chosen Palin as his running mate, I was reminded of the biblical story of Deborah, the Old Testament prophet who rallied God’s people to victory at a time when ancient Israel was being terrorized by foreign invaders. Deborah’s gender didn’t stop her from amassing an army; she inspired the people in a way no man could. She and her defense minister, Barak, headed to the front lines and watched God do a miracle on the battlefield. In her song in Judges 5:7, Deborah declares: “The peasantry ceased, they ceased in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Israel” (NASB). Sometimes it takes a true mother to rally the troops. I hope that Palin, a woman who believes in prayer and is filled with the Holy Ghost, will take her hockey stick and smash the glass ceiling in American politics once and for all. http://fireinmybones.com/index.php?col=091008~Sarah%20Palin%20and%20the%20Deborah%20Anointing Now, if you're a shrewd, poll-driven Republican with goals of achieving high political office, and you read something like this, which was one of the most forwarded emails of 2008, you are not going to criticize Sarah Palin, or try to run against her head on even if you think she's a total dumbass, and would take the Party down. If you're a rightwing media hack, it's the same thing! You have to pretend to take her rambling word-salad speeches seriously, or you get swamped with hatemail and demands that you be taken off the air. And the rest of the followers in the media see the crowds at her book-signings, and the red carpet treatment she gets from conservative circles, and they think that maybe she does actually have a thought in her head. But, the wolves are now circling and looking for the chance to steal her base because of the mess she made with her Tucson speech. If Pentacostals decide that she is not an anointed prophetess of God, her political and media career is over. Whew, and here I thought that Republicants were just a little dense, and that I actually understood something about US politics... Thank you for the enlightenment... She really is much more representative of the "main stream" right wing than I had thought... BTW - You seem very knowledgeble, with the Republicans forcing an unessesary $800 billion unto the US debt load financed by China what does "Conservative" mean in "American"? Also, why would anyone with a NET income under $250,000.00 vote Republican after seeing that extra debt burden put on them, and more importantly their children and childrens children? Quote There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz
GWiz Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 Hey dude who's calling everybody names. How about not posting in bold all of the time? Even Sarah Palin doesn't do that. Sorry, it's an age thing, easier for me to read nothing more... Thought there might be more people like me that would find the bold easier to read (it sure makes finding my posts here easier)... Quote There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz
GWiz Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 No...you don't understand her political and media appeal. Instant ratings points. She is a former governor and major-party candidate for Vice President, cementing her political relevance in history. Remember, American television is produced for Americans....that it often happens to be more entertaining than CBC dreck is just a coincidence! So, she's a has been hack that has an IQ in the single digits... You're right, perfect sybolism for the "main stream" right... That's OK...go ahead and say it. I think several Canadian political parties are closet commies! Ok, the beginings of the Nazis... I think the NDP are worse, and farther left, than the Communist party (legal here so no closet needed) so we can agree on this one... Good, because that's just how the country was founded. Are you talking about the "carpetbaggers" post civil war as the modern US founders? And that's just tough titties for satellite Canada for being locked into Jupiter's gravity. I can assure you that most Americans don't know much about Canada, don't care what happens there, and don't care that they don't know. Ok, and thanks for proving my points... Quote There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz
bush_cheney2004 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 So, she's a has been hack that has an IQ in the single digits... You're right, perfect sybolism for the "main stream" right... Again...Ms. Palin has been very successful by American standards, not yours. It's not a right or left thing at all. Right now...Sarah Palin matters...far more than you (or I). Ok, the beginings of the Nazis... I think the NDP are worse, and farther left, than the Communist party (legal here so no closet needed) so we can agree on this one... OK...but like I said, few of my fellow citizens know or care what or where the Dippers, Grits, or Tories are on about. But lots of Canadians think they know all about Democrats and Republicans. Are you talking about the "carpetbaggers" post civil war as the modern US founders? No...more like an older favorite, as in booting your monarchy in the ass. Ok, and thanks for proving my points... No problem, I am a straight shooter. America is what it is, not what you may want it to be. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
GWiz Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 Again...Ms. Palin has been very successful by American standards, not yours. It's not a right or left thing at all. Right now...Sarah Palin matters...far more than you (or I). Sorry, based on the media's attention to "Ms. Palin" I didn't realize America had any "standards"... I know Sarah Palin "matters", at least to some of you on the far right, my only question was why she does... That question was answered... OK...but like I said, few of my fellow citizens know or care what or where the Dippers, Grits, or Tories are on about. But lots of Canadians think they know all about Democrats and Republicans. Since we up here in Canada spend a lot more time in your country, ie-Snow Birds and bargain shoppers, than you yanks spend time and cash up here in the cold country it's hardly surprising that Canadians know, or care, a whole lot more about you than you know, or care, about us, that's simple geography... Having followed US politics since Kennedy, and prior to the 2000 election, I actually thought you guys had the better political system, you know, elected and relevant senate, choose the leader of your country directly, stuff like that... The 2000 elections showed up every flaw with your system of government and it sure made me, and most Canadians, aware of how lucky we in Canada are with what we have up here... Since I don't have an "inferiority complex" like admittedly many Canadians do but rather a superiority complex vis-a-vie the US of A you admitting that most "Americans" don't know or care about Canada and what happens here is hardly surprising to me... Nor does it matter to me one bit... The ignorance of "Americans" about anything outside their borders is well known... Hell, most Canuks know a whole more about the States than most "Americans" do, including their politics... No...more like an older favorite, as in booting your monarchy in the ass. Ahhh, I see, however, it's not "my monarchy", Canada is an independant nation... You kicked the Brits ass, not Canada's... Anyway, your war for indendance doesn't match up with what you said in your earlier post about that being how your country was founded which is why I thought you were referring to the post civil war carpetbaggers which matches up with what you said in that post perfectly... No problem, I am a straight shooter. America is what it is, not what you may want it to be. Good, I'm a straight shooter too, so we should get along just fine... I don't "want", nor particularily care, other than what affects me as a US property owner or as a good neighbour and a Canadian what the US does... btw - the term "American" when referring to yourselves is a bit confusing since anyone and everyone residing in North, Central, or South America are all Americans, eh... Quote There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz
bush_cheney2004 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 (edited) Sorry, based on the media's attention to "Ms. Palin" I didn't realize America had any "standards"... I know Sarah Palin "matters", at least to some of you on the far right, my only question was why she does... That question was answered... She matters because some Americans want her to matter. It's not complicated. What you or Heather Mallick may think in Canada is irrelevant. ...Nor does it matter to me one bit... The ignorance of "Americans" about anything outside their borders is well known... Hell, most Canuks know a whole more about the States than most "Americans" do, including their politics... Oh, I'm sure many Canadians think they do. That's why I call them the "Vicarious Americans". They are wannabes who think they know everything because they can watch American television or Google "Thomas Paine". Ahhh, I see, however, it's not "my monarchy", Canada is an independant nation... You kicked the Brits ass, not Canada's... Anyway, your war for indendance doesn't match up with what you said in your earlier post about that being how your country was founded which is why I thought you were referring to the post civil war carpetbaggers which matches up with what you said in that post perfectly... Matches up fine for me...someone will tell me again how Canada burned down the White House all by itself. And yes...it is still your constitutional monarchy...God Save The Queen. ...I don't "want", nor particularily care, other than what affects me as a US property owner or as a good neighbour and a Canadian what the US does... btw - the term "American" when referring to yourselves is a bit confusing since anyone and everyone residing in North, Central, or South America are all Americans, eh... Hmmmm...when we use the term "American" nobody else around the world is confused. Hell, many Canadians use NOT-American to define their very identity. The USA is not your neighbour, cousin, or brother...it is a nation state with interests....just like Canada. Edited January 28, 2011 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
WIP Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 Whew, and here I thought that Republicants were just a little dense, and that I actually understood something about US politics... Thank you for the enlightenment... She really is much more representative of the "main stream" right wing than I had thought... Up till now, she has been the strongest candidate of the religious right, which is one of the three branches of Ronald Reagan's "three legged stool" that consisted of religious conservatives, fiscal libertarians and military hawks. Reagan was able to get the Moral Majority and conservative religious leaders to get active in the Republican Party (before the 80's, these people largely ignored the dirty business of politics), and tie it together with ramped up military spending and tax cuts. After Reagan's time, the three legs of the conservative stool haven't always shared the same interests; so keeping them all happy is a big challenge for Republican candidates trying to ride the beast, and stay in office....like John McCain for example. There is apparently a growing disconnect in the Republican Party between real libertarians who take budget-cutting seriously, and the warhawks who want to keep shoveling money at defense contractors. Some, like Rand Paul, appear to have been bought off already, but there seems to be at least a few who take their rhetoric seriously and want serious budget cutting at the Pentagon also: New York Daily News Palin is trying to play for both crowds in this controversy without having to take a stand. That's not going to possible if a block of new Republicans refuse to be bought off by defense contractors. And, many evangelicals have become disillusioned with the sleaze of associating with people who are primarily motivated by greed, and are going back into isolation mode, reducing the clout of the religious right. In the long run, there is no "mainstream Republican," because it all depends on which group of the coalition is exerting the most influence and control. If John McCain was even standing where he was when he ran for president in 2000, he wouldn't even qualify as a Republican candidate today! He'd just be a Democratic warhawk. BTW - You seem very knowledgeble, with the Republicans forcing an unessesary $800 billion unto the US debt load financed by China what does "Conservative" mean in "American"? Also, why would anyone with a NET income under $250,000.00 vote Republican after seeing that extra debt burden put on them, and more importantly their children and childrens children? Over the course of modern U.S. political history, it's been the Republican administrations that have blown holes in the deficits and national debt. During Reagan's tenure, libertarian advisers coined the expression "starve the beast," when dealing with the size of government. They felt that it was futile and too unpopular to cut domestic spending directly, so the solution was to lower taxes to levels that could not pay for government, and stand back while it disintegrates through lack of funding. The Republicans opposed both Social Security and Medicare for example, but have never had the guts to make cuts to them themselves. Now, they are looking at a possible scenario where a gutless Democratic president will do their dirty work for them, and end up doing both because he can't or won't take on the Military. And at the same time, Barack Obama is still following the discredited strategy that 'tax cuts for the rich pay for themselves?' For all of the carping, and the pretenses that there is an actual political debate going on, Barack Obama is a Republican president. Quote Anybody who believers exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist. -- Kenneth Boulding, 1973
GWiz Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 She matters because some Americans want her to matter. It's not complicated. What you or Heather Mallick may think in Canada is irrelevant. Who's Heather Mallick and why does she matter?Oh, I'm sure many Canadians think they do. That's why I call them the "Vicarious Americans". They are wannabes who think they know everything because they can watch American television or Google "Thomas Paine". Nooo, most Canuks actually DO know more about the states and US politics than a goodly number of Americans... It's a "smarts" thing, not a google or television thing... Just ask Sarah Palin something, almost anything, about the USA to confirm that fact... Hmmmm...when we use the term "American" nobody else around the world is confused. Hell, many Canadians use NOT-American to define their very identity. The USA is not your neighbour, cousin, or brother...it is a nation state with interests....just like Canada. Don't you mean a nation of states with their own interests rather than a nation state? Hmmm, you're using neighbour instead of neighbor now, which of course we certainly are, perhaps you've spent too much time on here? Quote There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz
bloodyminded Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Posted January 28, 2011 That's OK...go ahead and say it. I think several Canadian political parties are closet commies! No you don't. I can assure you that most Americans don't know much about Canada, don't care what happens there, and don't care that they don't know. Correct. Canadians know more. Quote As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. --Josh Billings
Shady Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 Correct. Canadians know more. Of course. Because American politics is more interesting. American entertainment is more entertaining. And American culture is more influencing. Nobody in America knows who Peter Mansbridge is. Nor should they. Quote
bloodyminded Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Posted January 28, 2011 Of course. Because American politics is more interesting. American entertainment is more entertaining. And American culture is more influencing. Nobody in America knows who Peter Mansbridge is. Nor should they. I never said they should. Only made an observation, with which you agree. Quote As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. --Josh Billings
Scotty Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 Again...Ms. Palin has been very successful by American standards, not yours. It's not a right or left thing at all. Right now...Sarah Palin matters...far more than you (or I). Kind of like the Kardashian sisters, right? Quote It is an inverted moral calculus that tries to persuade the world to demonize one state that tries its civilized best to abide in a difficult time and place, and rides merrily by the examples and practices of dozens of states and leaderships that drop into brutality every day without a twinge of regret or a whisper of condemnation. - Rex Murphy
BubberMiley Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 Kind of like the Kardashian sisters, right? The Kardashians with a PAC. Quote "I think it's fun watching the waldick get all excited/knickers in a knot over something." -scribblet
Bitsy Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 The two with the most far-reaching influence on the US. 4) Justices Alito, Kennedy, Roberts, Scalia and ThomasCharges: Their majority opinion in Citizens United v. FEC was the worst decision since Scalia instituted SCOTUS Hot Pants Fridays. In lifting a century-long restriction on corporate campaign spending, the Justices flouted a firmly-ingrained precedent and finally provided examples of the nefarious and mythical “Activist Judge.” The original case dealt with the very narrow issue of whether Citizen’s hit-piece/documentary Hillary: The Movie was “electioneering communication” under McCain-Feingold. A district court panel ruled that it was and, hence, could be regulated. Citizens appealed, and the Roberts court took it upon itself to hear the case and inexplicably broaden its scope into a corporate free-speech issue. This is the very definition of “legislating from the bench” and ensures our elections will be dominated by well-funded Swift Boating for the foreseeable future. If democracy was an experiment, this case blew up the lab. Aggravating factor: “I will remember that it’s my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.” -Chief Justice Roberts Sentence: Bitch-slapped by Judge Joe Brown. But, no, seriously, they should reverse that decision. It’s not good. 2) David & Charles Koch Charges: In a land filthy with noxious liars, these two are the filthiest. Their dad founded the ridiculous John Birch Society which claimed fluoridated tap water was a Communist mind-control plot—while his company built oil refineries for Stalin. And they’ve not fallen far from the despicable hypocrite tree. Koch Industries, the second biggest privately-held company in the country, generates its annual $98 billion in profits from coal mining, stealing oil from Indian reservations, refining and piping Canadian tar sands oil, and every other clear-cut, mountaintop-removing environmental abomination under the sun. How they make money is dirty; how they spend it is dirtier. From free-market-humping think tanks CATO and Heartland to Tea Party-backing Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Works, they invest vulgar amounts of money in misappropriating populist rage and misinforming the ignorant masses on climate change, tax reform, environmental policy, health care, and any other issue that could cut into their fat bottom line. Aggravating factor: In a philanthropy-meets-disinformation masterstroke, the Smithsonian’s new $15 million David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins is a climate change whitewash, which teaches that destroying our environment is no big deal because we can just adapt and evolve. Sentence: Fed to the Kraken. Quote
GWiz Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 Of course. Because American politics is more interesting. American entertainment is more entertaining. And American culture is more influencing. Nobody in America knows who Peter Mansbridge is. Nor should they. Obama does, and he matters... Quote There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz
Smallc Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 Of course. Because American politics is more interesting. I certainly disagree with that. It doesn't have as much impact on me, and so I don't really care. I also think much of what goes on in American politics is rather ridiculous. Again though, I don't care. Quote
GWiz Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 Up till now, she has been the strongest candidate of the religious right, which is one of the three branches of Ronald Reagan's "three legged stool" that consisted of religious conservatives, fiscal libertarians and military hawks. Reagan was able to get the Moral Majority and conservative religious leaders to get active in the Republican Party (before the 80's, these people largely ignored the dirty business of politics), and tie it together with ramped up military spending and tax cuts. After Reagan's time, the three legs of the conservative stool haven't always shared the same interests; so keeping them all happy is a big challenge for Republican candidates trying to ride the beast, and stay in office....like John McCain for example. There is apparently a growing disconnect in the Republican Party between real libertarians who take budget-cutting seriously, and the warhawks who want to keep shoveling money at defense contractors. Some, like Rand Paul, appear to have been bought off already, but there seems to be at least a few who take their rhetoric seriously and want serious budget cutting at the Pentagon also: New York Daily News Palin is trying to play for both crowds in this controversy without having to take a stand. That's not going to possible if a block of new Republicans refuse to be bought off by defense contractors. And, many evangelicals have become disillusioned with the sleaze of associating with people who are primarily motivated by greed, and are going back into isolation mode, reducing the clout of the religious right. In the long run, there is no "mainstream Republican," because it all depends on which group of the coalition is exerting the most influence and control. If John McCain was even standing where he was when he ran for president in 2000, he wouldn't even qualify as a Republican candidate today! He'd just be a Democratic warhawk. Over the course of modern U.S. political history, it's been the Republican administrations that have blown holes in the deficits and national debt. During Reagan's tenure, libertarian advisers coined the expression "starve the beast," when dealing with the size of government. They felt that it was futile and too unpopular to cut domestic spending directly, so the solution was to lower taxes to levels that could not pay for government, and stand back while it disintegrates through lack of funding. The Republicans opposed both Social Security and Medicare for example, but have never had the guts to make cuts to them themselves. Now, they are looking at a possible scenario where a gutless Democratic president will do their dirty work for them, and end up doing both because he can't or won't take on the Military. And at the same time, Barack Obama is still following the discredited strategy that 'tax cuts for the rich pay for themselves?' For all of the carping, and the pretenses that there is an actual political debate going on, Barack Obama is a Republican president. My friend, please don't take offense, but what you are describing is a Corporate controlled dictatorship and very, very, close to the fascist doctrin for power... Ain't no Government smaller or militaristic, no need for social programs etc., great GDP, ya gotta work your ass off to eat, and cheap because only a few at the top get all the "benefits", which IS what's hapenning in America TODAY... Good call... Only one problem with it... Can't and won't work... Not because of "we the people", as you say, they're too dumb to realize what's being done to them and still vote "republican", but rather because America, along with a lot of other countries, will be BANKRUPT and cease to exist as viable entities leaving China, India, Brazil and sundry smaller nations with the spoils... As for Obama, he got and is bamboosled, much like many Democrats were, including Hillary Clinton et al regarding the Iraq war and WMDs, except it was regarding the $700 Billion bailout and "crisis" of the banks by Bush/Cheney just prior to them leaving office... Fooled 'em twice, shame on them (meaning Obama, McCain, Clinton, and the rest that "swallowed" that crap hook, line and sinker)... I'd need a new thread and more time to go into why I AGREE with much of what you say... Especially what's happening TODAY starting with RR and fommented by 20 years of republican power since then... "Appeasement", in any form, even domestically, has NEVER worked on Americans, they simply don't understand the concept, which is why I can't understand Obama, who I think is basically a "nice guy" with a good heart that CARES about America and Americans and even has some really good ideas, trying to APPEASE Republicans... You're RIGHT, it'll NEVER work... Quote There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz
bush_cheney2004 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 Who's Heather Mallick and why does she matter? Heather Mallick is a CBC op-ed writer who took on Sarah Palin...and lost. Nooo, most Canuks actually DO know more about the states and US politics than a goodly number of Americans... It's a "smarts" thing, not a google or television thing... Just ask Sarah Palin something, almost anything, about the USA to confirm that fact... It's not a smarts thing...it is a gravity thing. Guess which nation is Jupiter? Don't you mean a nation of states with their own interests rather than a nation state? Hmmm, you're using neighbour instead of neighbor now, which of course we certainly are, perhaps you've spent too much time on here? No, I meant is as originally posted. If you were smarter you would know that. Neighbour, labour, colour, etc., are used to keep the locals happy. It's a small concession to make while my own nation's culture suffocates them to death. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
GWiz Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 Heather Mallick is a CBC op-ed writer who took on Sarah Palin...and lost. And your point is? It's not a smarts thing...it is a gravity thing. Guess which nation is Jupiter? The truth seems to bother you... No, I meant is as originally posted. If you were smarter you would know that. Neighbour, labour, colour, etc., are used to keep the locals happy. It's a small concession to make while my own nation's culture suffocates them to death. My tested IQ is 148, I'm smart enough, been around long enough, and know enough... What's your excuse for some of the silly things you post again? Cool, it must hurt you to make any concessions to us Canucks, do I detect some ENVY here? Oh please, an American talking about "culture", simply unheard of, you wouldn't know the meaning of the word except as something in a petrie dish... Quote There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz
bush_cheney2004 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 ....My tested IQ is 148, I'm smart enough, been around long enough, and know enough... What's your excuse for some of the silly things you post again? Cool, it must hurt you to make any concessions to us Canucks, do I detect some ENVY here? Oh please, an American talking about "culture", simply unheard of, you wouldn't know the meaning of the word except as something in a petrie dish... Your tested IQ is irrelevant....spare us all from that. My excuse is delightful entertainment, and newbies like you are always a lot of fun. I get to use all of my old CanAm schtick on the new guy. American "culture" has already enveloped you....resistance is futile. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Bonam Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 Your tested IQ is irrelevant....spare us all from that. My excuse is delightful entertainment, and newbies like you are always a lot of fun. I get to use all of my old CanAm schtick on the new guy. American "culture" has already enveloped you....resistance is futile. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3318326008_7a1e7c28ea.jpg Quote
wyly Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) A few fall a bit flat, but most are pretty funny. Some samples: 41) Christine O’Donnell Charges: Doesn't understand that separation of church and state is in the Constitution; doesn’t understand that you can’t pay rent with campaign contributions; doesn’t understand that lying to Nazis would’ve been moral; doesn’t understand that you can’t run for Senate and repeatedly lie about your education without being found out; doesn’t understand that being pro-life in cases of rape and incest makes one a monster; doesn’t understand climate change; doesn’t understand evolution; doesn’t understand that you can’t breed genetically altered mice with fully functional human brains; doesn’t understand that being a single, “chaste” thirty-something who obsessively evangelizes against masturbation and gay sex gives anyone with even a vague appreciation of human nature the likely correct impression that you’ve had your finger in more dykes than the Little Dutch Boy. Just doesn’t understand. Aggravating factor: “I’m not a witch; I’m you.” Sentence: Burned at the stake. 29) George W. Bush Charges: Worst. President. Ever. Should be in hiding for fear of prison or mob violence, but he was yukking it up on the talk shows, joking about his dad’s withered nutsack and promoting his ghost-plagiarized, revisionist memoir Decision Points, for which he was paid an obscene $7 million for the first printing alone. Told Matt Lauer on “Today” that “one of the most disgusting moments” of his presidency was when Kanye West said, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” which was the least offensive outburst of West’s outburst-plagued career. So a megalomaniac pop star’s unscripted slight was worse than 9/11, Abu Ghraib, the Haditha massacre, the Virginia Tech shootings and the roughly 2,000—mostly African American—Katrina casualties, which West was referring to and you were largely responsible for due to criminal levels of sloth, indifference and incompetence? Motherfucker. Aggravating factor: Remember when he went to Haiti after the earthquake, shook that guy’s hand and then wiped his hand on Bill Clinton’s sleeve? That. Sentence: Made to read Decision Points in jail. 14) Barack Obama Charges: Outside of his promise to never end the pointless war in Afghanistan, his word has the integrity of Halliburton cement. Whether it was a “robust” public option, real net neutrality, importing prescription drugs, barring lobbyists from serving in the White House, meaningful Wall Street reform or ending the Bush tax cuts for the disgustingly wealthy, our President caved like the Metrodome under the weight of a bloated oligarchy. Most irksome, he seemed dignified doing it. Aggravating factor: Authorized the assassination of Americans accused of terrorism. Sentence: Primary challenge from the Rent is 2 Damn High guy. 13) Mohamed Mohamud Charges: The would-be terrorist so nice they named him after a violent pedophile. Twice. Escalated the War on Christmas® to the explosively tangible, when he tried to blow up a tree lighting ceremony. So stupid he couldn’t spot a sting if it starred Robert Redford. Gives everyone of Somali descent a bad name—even the pirates—and justifies insane right-wing hate of brown Muslims. Lived in Portland. Aggravating factor: “It’s gonna be a fireworks show … a spectacular show … New York Times will give it two thumbs up.” Sentence: Married to Pamela Geller. 12) Pamela Geller Charges: The Woodward to Orly Taitz’s Bernstein, publisher of the mendacious blog Atlas Shrugs and co-founder of the hate group Stop Islamization of America. She was the bigoted fountainhead of hysteria over the “Ground Zero Mosque,” which is neither a mosque, nor located at Ground Zero, but rather a former, and totally sacred, Burlington Coat Factory. Her pathological falsehoods include, but are not limited to, the claims that the Bosnian Genocide was actually a clever Muslim mass-suicide/sympathy campaign, Obama—the undercover Muslim—is the love child of Malcolm X, his mom was a porno worker, and that Jewish Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is a Nazi. This lunatic makes Ann Coulter seem the very model of civility, reason and grace. Aggravating factor: “I don’t know where it is in America that you can’t make jokes or make fun.” Sentence: Sharia Law in a five-foot radius around Pam Geller. 9) Tea Partiers Charges: Openly racist and lying about it, uber-religious, hyper-hypocritical, usually-tetched old codgers who wheel around in their Medicare-provided Hoverounds® and rage against fiscally irresponsible social programs, like Medicare, because they’re too dumb to realize that they’re co-opted, Machiavellian mouthpieces of greedy billionaires. Aggravating factor: They elected some 40 candidates to Congress. Sentence: The consequences of their actions. 1) You Charges: Your brain’s been cobbled together over millions of years of blind evolution and it shows. You’re clumsy, stupid, weak and motivated by the basest of urges. Your MO is both grotesquely selfish and unquestionably deferential to questionable authority. You’re not in control of your life. You wear your ignorance like a badge of honor and gleefully submit to oppression, malfeasance and kleptocracy. You will buy anything. You will believe anything. You believe that evolution is a matter of belief. You likely scrolled down to #1, without reading the rest, because you’re an impatient, semi-literate Philistine who’s either unable or unwilling to digest more than 140 characters at a time. You think Epic Beard Man is a national hero and that Bradley Manning might be Eli and Peyton’s brother. You believe in American exceptionalism despite the contrary, compelling and overwhelming evidence. You tacitly partake in all manner of atrocity without batting a lash. You’re actively participating in our species’ extinction and you’re either in denial or you just don’t give a shit. You escape into every sort of mind-numbing distraction and ridiculous, convoluted fantasy, so you don’t have to face the bitter, terrifying fact that your life is utterly meaningless. Aggravating factors: The careers of Rush Limbaugh, Oprah Winfrey, John Stossel and Justin Bieber; the success of The Secret, “Medium” and Atlas Shrugged; the election of Rand Paul; the existence of Kentucky, Texas and “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” Sentence: Bad teeth, an affinity for afternoon tea and the guilt-plagued, nostalgic psyche of a fallen empire. http://www.buffalobeast.com/?p=4182 and here I was thinking I'd see a list with BC and jbg on it Edited January 29, 2011 by wyly Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
GWiz Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 Your tested IQ is irrelevant....spare us all from that. My excuse is delightful entertainment, and newbies like you are always a lot of fun. I get to use all of my old CanAm schtick on the new guy. American "culture" has already enveloped you....resistance is futile. No problem friend... No resistance needed... American "culture" is all smoke and mirrors and can therefore never hurt me... Also, I ain't gonna spare anyone here nutin... I may be a "newbie" HERE but I ain't new to some "exchanges" with you yanks (speaking of that I LIKE yanking chains) having been "seasoned" on the Hannity Forum for some 6 years ('00 - '06, the Bush years pre and post 9/11 and two wars), that's a LIBERAL Canuck "battling" American Right Wing extremists on Hannity, and WINNING every battle... So my yank friend have at me by all means... Just never say I didn't warn you (just as a blackbelt Karate Master must warn his "foes" I must warn all here about my abilities and my one finger that conveys the message)... Quote There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz
GWiz Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3318326008_7a1e7c28ea.jpg Good'un... Quote There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz
Guest American Woman Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 No problem friend... No resistance needed... American "culture" is all smoke and mirrors and can therefore never hurt me... Also, I ain't gonna spare anyone here nutin... I may be a "newbie" HERE but I ain't new to some "exchanges" with you yanks (speaking of that I LIKE yanking chains) having been "seasoned" on the Hannity Forum for some 6 years ('00 - '06, the Bush years pre and post 9/11 and two wars), that's a LIBERAL Canuck "battling" American Right Wing extremists on Hannity, and WINNING every battle... So my yank friend have at me by all means... Just never say I didn't warn you (just as a blackbelt Karate Master must warn his "foes" I must warn all here about my abilities and my one finger that conveys the message)... Apparently your claimed IQ is surpassed only by your even higher opinion of yourself. Quote
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