On Ashley Judd, $1 trillion coins and other matters of import
I see where Kentucky-born movie star Ashley Judd continues to talk about running for the U.S. Senate against Mitch McConnell. McConnell may be in a bit of political trouble, and as Al Franken has demonstrated, it is quite possible for a Hollywood celebrity to perform credibly in the Senate. But Minnesota ain’t Kentucky, and in this case, Judd has as much chance of becoming a U.S. senator as McConnell has of being a Hollywood leading man.
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Cyclist Lance Armstrong is scheduled to appear next week on Oprah, where he may finally, publicly confess to years of performance-enhancing drug use on the way to seven Tour de France titles, all of which have been stripped from him.
The American people will supposedly forgive almost anything after a public confession, and Oprah has become our culture’s official Mother Confessor. But all the tears from all the crocodiles on the planet won’t wash away the stain on Armstrong’s reputation.
Set aside, for the moment, his use of performance-enhancing drugs and his supposedly heart-felt, offended claims of innocence. By multiple, multiple accounts, Armstrong conducted himself like a first-class, egotistical jerk throughout this entire scandal. He fooled the naive and gullible into vouching for his honesty, he strong-armed teammates into joining him in drug use, he intimidated others into silence and he conducted a decade-long campaign to ruin anybody who threatened to reveal him as he truly is, which is a self-centered, arrogant bully.
So please, Lance, spare us the dramatics and groveling. Live strong, dude.
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Speaking of cheating, arrogant, self-centered bullies, neither Barry Bonds nor Roger Clemens got enough votes this week to be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. I don’t have much sympathy for those guys, and if they never get in the hall, that would be fine with me.
But let’s at least be honest with ourselves. Everybody in baseball — casual fans, baseball writers, managers, agents, the players’ union, broadcasters, team owners and MLB executives such as Bud Selig included — all knew what was going on in the steroid era, and we pretended otherwise. When punch-and-judy second basemen suddenly turn into 50-homer sluggers, and when baseball records that have lasted for decades get obliterated by multiple players, it ain’t natural and we all knew it at the time. But it was selling tickets and raising TV ratings and it was FUN! Even chicks dig the long ball, right?
The baseball establishment now seems to believe that by casting all the blame on prominent scapegoats such as Clemens and Bonds, it can expunge itself of its own guilt for that era, and it cannot and should not.
I think Bud Selig should schedule a session with Oprah.
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Finally, in the stupid-government-tricks department, there’s the $1 trillion platinum coin. According to proponents of the idea, some of them pretty prominent (see here and here and here, among others), an odd provision in federal law would allow the U.S. Treasury Department to create a coin, made out of platinum, in a $1 trillion denomination. Federal assets would suddenly increase by $1 trillion, meaning the U.S. government would no longer be running up against its congressionally imposed debt ceiling.
Voila! Problem solved!
Look, the entire debt-ceiling debate is inherently silly. I get that. Congress has voted to spend trillions and borrow trillions, and it’s totally ridiculous to pretend that it can now refuse to pay that money back, which is what it would do by refusing to raise the debt ceiling. Given all that, solving a silly, make-believe problem with a silly, make-believe coin apparently has some appeal to otherwise serious people.
But this is clown-car politics beneath the dignity of the United States of America. It also would dynamite what little credibility the governing process in this country might still retain, and it’s a mark of our decline that such a concept would even be broached.
– Jay Bookman
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DownInAlbany
January 10th, 2013
6:16 pm
There was some debate on here today as to whether Eric Holder used the word, “brainwash” or not. After hearing it on the news tonight, I looked it up…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-R0P0jB6-U
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:17 pm
That Black Guy
January 10th, 2013
6:13 pm
Bro, not going to dye it.
The lady I’m seeing right now likes it. Says it’s sexy.
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And this is the same lady that wouldn’t give you your ballsack to go watch football on the final football Saturday of the season?
Hope that works out for you……….
Jay
January 10th, 2013
6:22 pm
“A shot gun can cause a lot more damage than a .22 cal.
Depending on the shotgun, of course. A traditional double-barrel can do immediate damage, but once fired takes time to reload. A semi-auto is much more dangerous.
But dismissing the Bushmaster as a “.22″ is more than a little misleading, given that .223 rounds have roughly three times the muzzle velocity of a .22 long rifle round, and you can empty a 30-round magazine in less than a minute if it doesn’t jam.
Brosephus™
January 10th, 2013
6:23 pm
Fred
You’re not the only one who misspelled it. It’s just not that big of a deal since there’s no other name remotely near mine. I saw that #2 ranking while looking for championship t-shirts.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 10th, 2013
6:24 pm
Fred, btw, missed your post last night but yes I have seen that show. In fact, I recommended it to a friend who loves to ride.
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:24 pm
But dismissing the Bushmaster as a “.22″ is more than a little misleading
Understatement of the Century. And anyone who would try to do so is either the dumbest person on the face of the earth or the biggest liar. Either way, they should be shunned.
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:25 pm
Keep: I think I’m in love with Angie Carlson. I don’t want no wimpy woman and she sure as heck ain’t a wimpy woman……..
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 10th, 2013
6:28 pm
Fred, I think you are buying the beer next time. I’d hate for your wife to have to see that post.
And no, wimpy is not the term that would even cross my mind. 
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:31 pm
Jay is ripping off David O’Brien from the sports section.
As for the coin, Taxpayer said that was a great idea. Suddenly, Taxpayer looks even MORE ignorant.
DownInAlbany
January 10th, 2013
6:31 pm
Jay
January 10th, 2013
6:22 pm
“A shot gun can cause a lot more damage than a .22 cal.
At short range, you are right. But, back up 100 feet and it’s a different story. The thing about .22 caliber is, shot into the chest cavity, for example, it tends to not exit the body, instead tends to bounce around, damaging organs as it goes.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:31 pm
“A semi-auto is much more dangerous.
A car is even more dangerous because cars kill more people than guns.
barking frog
January 10th, 2013
6:32 pm
What kind of intelligence thinks that the US Military gave up
30 caliber rifles for 22 rifles ?
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:33 pm
Jay, if you think Mitch will lose to a third rate actress you’ve got another thing coming. Minn is a bat $hit crazy state and KY will NOT elect an actress.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:34 pm
The next round of HOF players will include Maddox and Glavine.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 10th, 2013
6:34 pm
A car is even more dangerous because cars kill more people than guns.
Stop the presses….now that is in-depth analysis.
But it is representative of the NRA absurd talking points.
Hammer time in 3….2….1
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:34 pm
Where’s JamVet? Is gonna have more angry old man melt downs like he did last night?
Can’t wait for him to tell me to “get off his lawn.”
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:35 pm
Keep.
NRA membership added 100,000 members in the last week.
Hammer time indeed.
Paul
January 10th, 2013
6:35 pm
Well, all I can say after reading this is, isn’t anything I’ve read causes more fear and danger than a really mad Mrs. Redneck Convert with a cast iron frying pan. Both are deadly weapons, she can whack you with that frying pan faster than you can empty the clip on a 30-round mag and it’s a shield against anything you might want to hit back with.
JamVet
January 10th, 2013
6:36 pm
…possessing a gun turns a coward into a badass who thinks he can take on the world.
No doubt.
Speaking of cowards, other than the insane, utterly realistic admonition to put armed guns in every school in the nation, what ideas did the Wayne LaPierre come up with?
Bueller?
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:36 pm
Well our resident Blog Buster has shown up. One can only assume that Kyles is now shut down……..
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:38 pm
Fred, I’m still laughing at your “if I wanted a job I’d create one.” Classic.
“put armed guns in every school in the nation”
blah blah blah. Does JamVet ever have ANYTHING relevant to say other than putting other people down? Does the anger of this old man ever end?
Soothsayer
January 10th, 2013
6:38 pm
Tiger Woods Playing Torrey Pines as Qatar Event Rejects Fee
Tiger Woods announced he will make his U.S. PGA Tour debut in two weeks at California’s Torrey Pines golf course, as a European Tour event the same weekend said it wouldn’t pay him a $3 million appearance fee.
$3 million just don’t go as far as it used to.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
January 10th, 2013
6:39 pm
As for the coin, Taxpayer said that was a great idea. Suddenly, Taxpayer looks even MORE ignorant.
Well, I don’t see nothing ignorant about it. This Bernanke already creates money. He comes up with billions of dollars to buy treasury bonds. Nobody allows him to do it. Congress don’t pass a law to tell him to create the money. And Bernanke don’t even so much as tell Obama to kiss his hind end when he creates the money. If he can come up with 50 billion bucks to buy treasury bonds in a month, why not a trillion? There’s nothing crazy or ignorant about it. He’s doing it all along. Might as well go big.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 10th, 2013
6:39 pm
After [today's] meeting [with VP Biden], the N.R.A. issued a blistering statement accusing the White House of having an “agenda to attack the Second Amendment.”
In the statement, the group said it was surprised at how little the meeting addressed keeping children safe.
“While claiming that no policy proposals would be ‘prejudged,’ this task force spent most of its time on proposed restrictions on lawful firearms owners — honest, taxpaying, hardworking Americans,” the organization said. “It is unfortunate that this administration continues to insist on pushing failed solutions to our nation’s most pressing problems. We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen.”
The group also suggested that it was done talking with the administration about proposals and would use its political muscle to block Mr. Obama’s proposals.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:39 pm
Fred, I told you last night that I’d be back after work. Unlike you and almost every other blogger on this blog, I work for a living. I can’t spend all day long arguing like a little kid all day.
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:39 pm
Paul: You mean something like this old clip where the little old lady beats hell out of a guy with a Bible?
(and yes, to anyone who thinks they discovered fire, I know it’s not real…..)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-bsCv1RUI
Paul
January 10th, 2013
6:40 pm
barking frog
“What kind of intelligence thinks that the US Military gave up
30 caliber rifles for 22 rifles ?”
Isn’t the M16A2’s 5.56mm diameter pretty much a .22 diameter? I think that’s what people may mean.
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:40 pm
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:39 pm
Fred, I told you last night that I’d be back after work. Unlike you and almost every other blogger on this blog, I work for a living. I can’t spend all day long arguing like a little kid all day.
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Well if you were qualified to work someplace other than McDonalds for minimum wage and only 39 hours a week, you wouldn’t have to have so many jobs……….
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:41 pm
“We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen.””
EXACTLY! Why left wingers can’t grasp this concept is amazing. Chicago has this problem and their gun crime rate is through the roof.
JamVet
January 10th, 2013
6:42 pm
Fred, just checked and yep, Mr. Wingfield pulled the plug on those who must be constantly supervised.
And guess who shows up?!
Notre Dame looked like a bunch of Romney Republicans the other night, didn’t they?
One of my buds, who is an Ohio State alum, was wearing his “OSU 2012 Bowl t-shirt”.
It was blank white one…
F. Sinkwich
January 10th, 2013
6:42 pm
Well, I guess the news today is O’bozo is a gun grabber. Talk about dog bites man.
It’s common knowledge that he pretty much despises America, its Constitution (negative document and all), and its prosperity (he’s done all he can to kill that). He said to the cheers of the MSM and all associated lib ilks he wants to “fundamentally transform” the USA. After all, if he actually loved this country, why would he want to do such a thing?
But all is not well in O’bozo-land. Apparently he hates women and minorities as much as he accuses conservatives of. Don’t believe me? Ask Charlie:
“Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Thursday called it “embarrassing as hell” that President Barack Obama is facing charges that his White House lacks diversity. “It’s embarrassing as hell.”
barking frog
January 10th, 2013
6:42 pm
The Redneck Convert addendum to the Kamchak corollary;
If you are gonna create money you should create a lot of it.
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:42 pm
Paul
January 10th, 2013
6:40 pm
barking frog
“What kind of intelligence thinks that the US Military gave up
30 caliber rifles for 22 rifles ?”
Isn’t the M16A2’s 5.56mm diameter pretty much a .22 diameter? I think that’s what people may mean.
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If that’s what they “mean” then they really need to educate themselves before they speak or maybe just shut the heck up……………
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:43 pm
“Well if you were qualified to work someplace other than McDonalds for minimum wage and only 39 hours a week, you wouldn’t have to have so many jobs……
Working any job is better than what you do all day which is sit around on your unemployed butt mocking others.
Paul
January 10th, 2013
6:43 pm
Fred
That was great! And yup, that’s about how I imagine Mrs. Redneck Convert.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:43 pm
“And guess who shows up?!”
Awe, JamVet, in his old paranoid state, thinks I’ve been hanging out at Kyles blog all day. How cute.
Soothsayer
January 10th, 2013
6:43 pm
Just 91 days until the 2013 Masters! Hurry, Spring!
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:45 pm
“Notre Dame looked like a bunch of Romney Republicans the other night, didn’t they?”
Actually, ND looked like the Small Ten. What’s that? UGA scored again on lowly ole Nebraska. Poor cornhuskers. They just suck.
Doggone/GA
January 10th, 2013
6:45 pm
Paul – maybe you should suggest your “iron frying pan as a shield” to Mythbusters! Be interesting to see just what one COULD stop.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 10th, 2013
6:45 pm
swampy, do you have any verifiable evidence of that increase in membership (and also the numbers of those who may join to, say, get a discounted gun class which may be a permit requirement) but who otherwise could not give a crap about the NRA.
Soothsayer
January 10th, 2013
6:45 pm
So, Kyle’s shuts down and Andy (Fish Sandwich) and Little Davy Crybaby (Criberius) show up at the same time. Perfect!
Paul
January 10th, 2013
6:45 pm
Fred
I hardly ever post anything on Facebook but I did post that -
barking frog
January 10th, 2013
6:45 pm
Paul,
Yes it is a .223 and there the similarity ends.
Thulsa Doom
January 10th, 2013
6:46 pm
Its a scary thing when Doomy agrees with every point in a Bookman column.
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:46 pm
Working any job is better than what you do all day which is sit around on your unemployed butt mocking others.
You don’t HAVE to lie although you seem to go straight for it. I’m RETIRED goofy, not unemployed. My company is STILL listed. I STILL pay the Corporate fees every year. I STILL do some business every once in a while when the notion hits me. Unemployed is what YOU would be if McDonalds didn’t have to scrape the bottom of the barrel.
Whenever I want more money, I go out and make it. Right now I’m having fun sitting at home. I know you envy that, but don’t be so blatant about it. it’s embarrassing. It’s like watching some old person who has dementia crap his pants in public and not be able to say anything about it. Don’t be that guy. Hold your bowels………
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:46 pm
F. Sinkwich
There are over 80 million legal gun owners in this country. There is no way Obama and his do nothing congress will even attempt taking away guns.
Paul
January 10th, 2013
6:47 pm
Swamp Thang
Who blamed law-abiding gun owners?
Sounds like another LaPierre strawman to me.
Ah well, gotta keep people riled up and the subscriptions coming in to make sure that million-dollar salary doesn’t dry up -
Thulsa Doom
January 10th, 2013
6:47 pm
“Notre Dame looked like a bunch of Romney Republicans the other night, didn’t they?”
They shouldn’t have brought a leprechaun to an elephant fight.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:48 pm
“do you have any verifiable evidence of that increase in membership
Why yes, yes I do.
NRA Membership Surges By 100,000 In Wake Of Sandy Hook Shooting
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/10/nra-membership_n_2449236.html
Paul
January 10th, 2013
6:49 pm
“It’s common knowledge that he pretty much despises America”
Sinkwich, we keep telling ya’…. don’t drink and post!
Or inhale and post, either!
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:49 pm
” I’m RETIRED goofy”
Goofy, yes you are. Retired, doubt it.
DownInAlbany
January 10th, 2013
6:50 pm
JamVet
January 10th, 2013
6:36 pm
Apparently, 2 out of 3 Virginians disagree with you!
Paul
January 10th, 2013
6:51 pm
Fred 6:42
In all fairness to them, if people wrote “5.56mm’s about the same as a .30 cal” there’d be plenty of savvy gun people telling them they were way off, too -
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:51 pm
Alabama, UNLIKE Florida did not embarrass the SEC. I’ll give them that much………….
LOL I watched every second of that game and was only sad that they didn’t score more and shut out those undeserving little dwarfs……. I mean leprechauns……
I wonder how Oregon would have faired? I doubt they would have done much better, but I would have liked to have seen that game.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:51 pm
“Unemployed is what YOU would be if McDonalds didn’t have to scrape the bottom of the barrel.
What’s ironic about your lame put down is the fact that I posted an application for you for Mcdonalds last night. Pathetic you is.
Living With Open Eyes
January 10th, 2013
6:52 pm
Minting a trillion dollar coin is no more ludicrous than paying compounding interest-if everybody believes in it than it is reality.The people who need a reality check are the financiers of the world with their money lending schemes that enslave common people.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:52 pm
“I wonder how Oregon would have faired?”
About the same. Oregon can not beat a top ten SEC team.
See: Auburn and LSU.
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:53 pm
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:49 pm
” I’m RETIRED goofy”
Goofy, yes you are. Retired, doubt it.
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No one really cares what you doubt or don’t doubt. you have zero credibility here and a huge reputation for your lies, trolling, and all around jackassery.
Your stamp of approval is taken as a bad thing.
Paul
January 10th, 2013
6:53 pm
Doggone/GA
Well, one thing it couldn’t stop is a really mad Mrs. Redneck Convert!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 10th, 2013
6:54 pm
Swampy, I said verifiable. You do comprehend the word right? NRA claims about itself are about as reliable as their claims that Obama is going to take away all their guns.
So the bottom line, you have nothing but their own self-serving non-verifiable claims in their effort to try to claim relevancy.
Silly poster.
Thulsa Doom
January 10th, 2013
6:55 pm
Oregon at least showed up and competed against Auburn 2 years ago. Otherwise I don’t think any of the other conferences have played SEC teams to the wire. Personally I would have liked to watch my Crimson Tide take on Oregon. That would have been much more interesting than the Notre Dame game.
JamVet
January 10th, 2013
6:55 pm
Nah, Doomy, we all know you are a closet lib!
Albany, what are you talking about?
Auburn??????????
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
They should move them into the Big East.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
That is a team that really does suck!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
The suck so bad you can feel the breeze here in Atlanta!
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:55 pm
“No one really cares what you doubt or don’t doubt’
You do, unemployed man.
“you have zero credibility here and a huge reputation for your lies, trolling, and all around jackassery.”
HAHAHA!!!!!!! As if I care what you think about me!!!!!!! Dude, you are STRUGGLING worse than Nebraska against ANY team in football!
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:55 pm
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:52 pm
“I wonder how Oregon would have faired?”
About the same. Oregon can not beat a top ten SEC team.
See: Auburn and LSU.
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Auburn was 3-9 0ver all and 0-8 in the SEC. LSU lost to Clemson.
Did you have a point there? I didn’t think so. You apparently know as little about college football as you do everything else.
Doggone/GA
January 10th, 2013
6:56 pm
“Well, one thing it couldn’t stop is a really mad Mrs. Redneck Convert!”
I could believe that!
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:57 pm
“Auburn??????????
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
They should move them into the Big East.
”
Yeah, lets move a team that has a recent title to the Big East. Nebraska belongs in C-USA because they SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK@!!!!!!
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:57 pm
LOL Swamp Thang. You WISH you were “unemployed” like me.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
6:59 pm
“Auburn was 3-9 0ver all and 0-8 in the SEC. LSU lost to Clemson.
And Fred misses the point once again.
Auburn claims SEC’s fifth straight national title by dropping Oregon on late field goal
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=310102483
LSU Beats Oregon, 40-27, In Battle Of Top College Football Teams
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/04/lsu-beats-oregon-40-27-college-football_n_948208.html
See Fred, do you get it now? Should I color a picture for you?
Jefferson
January 10th, 2013
6:59 pm
OR would beat UGA easy, don’t fool yourself.
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:59 pm
Well I’ll let the Kyle reject do their nightly attempt at closing down Jay’s board without me. They aren’t worth it.
F. Sinkwich
January 10th, 2013
7:00 pm
““It’s common knowledge that he pretty much despises America”
Sinkwich, we keep telling ya’…. don’t drink and post!”
I offered proof of my assertion.
You, Paulie, no so much…
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
7:00 pm
“You apparently know as little about college football as you do everything else.
Fred, I know you’re not smart but you really do crack me up with your sheer ignorance.
Oregon hasn’t defeated a top ten SEC team in recent history.
See AUBURN, LSU.
Make sense, unemployed man?
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
7:01 pm
That was years ago Swamp Thang. I know it’s hard for you to understand but we are talking THIS year.
Silly little man. That poop is running down your leg and piling up on top off your shoe you poor little thing.
Keep up with the insults. Jay will let you insult and attack me as much as you want so have a ball with it.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
7:01 pm
“You WISH you were “unemployed” like me.”
Yeah, that’s it. I wish I was unemployed like you sitting on a blog all day arguing with people you’ll never meet. Yep, that’s it.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
7:03 pm
“That was years ago Swamp Thang”
Auburn and LSU beat Oregon in 2011. Not that long ago, Fred.
“That poop is running down your leg”
Fred eats poop.
“Keep up with the insults.”
What insults, Fred? You mean where you called me names?
getalife
January 10th, 2013
7:03 pm
LSU crushed Oregon.
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
7:03 pm
Yeah, that’s it. I wish I was unemployed like you sitting on a blog all day arguing with people you’ll never meet. Yep, that’s it.
It beats sitting home all day because the Forsyth voters REJECTED you for re-election…………… come on now, ‘fess up. Oh and clean out your drawers. It’s starting to stink.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
7:03 pm
“you have zero credibility here and a huge reputation for your lies, trolling, and all around jackassery.’
Fred, you mean like those insults? You have a very short term memory don’t you.
Swamp Thang
January 10th, 2013
7:04 pm
“LSU crushed Oregon.”
Yes they did but Fred said they did not.
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
7:04 pm
“Keep up with the insults.”
What insults, Fred?
Fred eats poop.
He’ll never understand. Especially because Kyle enables him.
JamVet
January 10th, 2013
7:05 pm
Scam Newton? And his sickening daddy?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
The NCAA will probably end up taking that one away from the cheating slimetigers too!
What did they have? Three wins this year?.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
And all were against true football dynasties!
Louisiana-Monroe, New Mexico State and Alabama A & M!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
And ZERO conference wins?
Oh my Lord!
I was wrong. Saying they suck is an insult to suck!
That level of suck must have turned half of those lil tiggers into Tide fans!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
TM
January 10th, 2013
7:06 pm
Can an undocumented worker purchase a gun in the States, if not why, we want to give them a free education and driver’s license but refuse them the right to bear arms?
Doggone/GA
January 10th, 2013
7:06 pm
Fred – word to the wise…don’t let Swamp Thang drag you down to his level. It’s like the old saw about arguing with an indiot…he’ll drag you down to his level, and beat you with experience
Living With Open Eyes
January 10th, 2013
7:06 pm
Why do a lot of people think college educated people deserve five times what manual laborers make? Have you ever eat a production schedule or slept inside a blue print?
That Black Guy
January 10th, 2013
7:08 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 10th, 2013
6:14 pm
TBG: Jay, I don’t think *that* particular gunman would have caused more damage if he had a Bushmaster. A shot gun can cause a lot more damage than a .22 cal.
You are entitled to your opinion but “cause a lot more damage” may be relative. Sure a shotgun can blast in one direction with shot but with the Bushmaster you can fire multiple .223/5.56 mm in different directions and at multiple targets. So your statement has validity in limited scenarios and not the most likely ones in a mass attack situation.
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point taken and agreed with
TM
January 10th, 2013
7:10 pm
“” Why do a lot of people think college educated people deserve five times what manual laborers make?
Because the college educated people set the rules—unless the laborers join a union.
Steve-USA
January 10th, 2013
7:10 pm
Kamchak – “The real irony is that you “getter” the concept of irony.”
Disclaimer: No sarcasm in this post. You have a good sense of humor.
Paul
January 10th, 2013
7:10 pm
“Sinkwich, we keep telling ya’…. don’t drink and post!”
I offered proof of my assertion.
You, Paulie, no so much…”
Sinkwich, Sinkwich, Sinkwich
At least you explained the mystery to us of how your mind works. Evidently, saying “He said to the cheers of the MSM and all associated lib ilks he wants to “fundamentally transform” the USA. After all, if he actually loved this country, why would he want to do such a thing?”
constitutes ‘proof’ that Pres Obama hates America.
Riiiiggghhhhhhtt…
(inhale again, you’ll feel better)
“
JamVet
January 10th, 2013
7:11 pm
Your point?
They suck with a capital S and you’re an imbecile with a capital I.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
And they damn near lost to Louisiana-Monroe, twink!
Forget the Big East, they need to move down to the Southland Conference where they can beat someone!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
Doggone/GA
January 10th, 2013
7:11 pm
“You find a job yet?”
Have you stopped beating your wife yet?
TaxPayer
January 10th, 2013
7:11 pm
I’m willing to compromise on the gun control stuff and let the cons have 100-round magazines for both musket balls and claw hammers.
Thulsa Doom
January 10th, 2013
7:12 pm
JamVet
January 10th, 2013
6:55 pm
Nah, Doomy, we all know you are a closet lib!
JamVet,
I’m still a far right con. But at times I do find myself agreeing with Jay here and there. Just unusual for me to see a column of his that touches on so many different points where I agree with him on all points. I’m sure I’ll be disagreeing with him soon enough though.
Erwin's cat
January 10th, 2013
7:13 pm
Why do a lot of people think college educated people deserve five times what manual laborers make?
because they took the time, effort and money to invest in their education so they could make that much coin….do you think an hourly should make the same as a eng that can design a bridge that won’t fall down…or better would you get into an airplane designed by a ditch digger?
The other half of your brain.
January 10th, 2013
7:15 pm
Cheesy Grits is gone but not forgotten
January 10th, 2013
5:08 pm
2012 Gun Homicides
Australia 18
Canada 173
England 41
France 35
Ireland 21
Japan 11
Spain 90
United States 9,146
Its the guns stupid.
Which one of those countries has the mixture of people or population that we have? None of the above countries has the melting pot that we have, and guess what! they don’t want it that way either.
They have seen what it did for us and said,… no thanks!
That Black Guy
January 10th, 2013
7:16 pm
Fred ™
January 10th, 2013
6:17 pm
That Black Guy
January 10th, 2013
6:13 pm
Bro, not going to dye it.
The lady I’m seeing right now likes it. Says it’s sexy.
+++++++++++++++++
And this is the same lady that wouldn’t give you your ballsack to go watch football on the final football Saturday of the season?
Hope that works out for you……….
_______________________________
Yup, the very same one.
Let’s see:
Beer and watching football on a 13″ tv with Fred’s old azz
or dinner and stimulating conversation with a smart, beautiful woman?
Decisions, decisions…
barking frog
January 10th, 2013
7:16 pm
Have you stopped beating your wife yet?
…………………………………………………
Yes I have. She bought a gun.
JamVet
January 10th, 2013
7:17 pm
Doomy, I know.
I just like razzin’ ya.
stands for decibels
January 10th, 2013
7:18 pm
Lest this truth from way upthread be lost in the shuffle:
The entire debt/deficit thing is silly.
Indeed it is. And I happened to read something at Atrios I’m going to quote just to back this up, because it really needs to be repeated often.
“it’s good to regularly point out that the deficit scolds don’t care about the deficit. They care about tax cuts for rich people, stealing from Social Security, and kicking the poors and the olds, all while taxing poor and middle class people enough to keep the defense industry rich.”
That’s all you really need to know.
Harry Reed
January 10th, 2013
7:19 pm
Obama is starting to show his real radical extremist self! The country may not survive this pompus clown!
TaxPayer
January 10th, 2013
7:19 pm
I wouldn’t get in an airplane designed by Mitt Romney.