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Alex
February 24th, 2013
8:28 pm
Looks like the sequester will occur , Repubs have a popular disadvantage as Obama hits the publicity trail. It will be interesting if the public really cares and who they blame if they care…Personally, I think it’s good for the country to decide if cost cutting is appropriate, of course it would be much better if we could have specified cuts.
KEITH
February 24th, 2013
8:29 pm
finally gun manufacturers are talking about leaving the anti gun states and relocating to states that will appreciate them. bring those jobs to Georgia.
KEITH
February 24th, 2013
8:29 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/berettas-future-in-maryland-tied-to-states-gun-control-debate/2013/02/23/bcc56c62-7776-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story_1.html
Alex
February 24th, 2013
8:36 pm
A question to the NASCAR fans: what is it about this sport that you find interesting. I’m not much of a car person and overall am much less interested in sports then I used to be (except baseball and wrestling). Is it the personalities, the technology…?
Brosephus™
February 24th, 2013
8:39 pm
what is it about this sport that you find interesting.
Speed and the skill and ability to handle it. I watch NASCAR, NHRA, Formula 1, Indy, and even bar stool racing if I can catch it on tv.
josef
February 24th, 2013
8:43 pm
Okay, that’s over 1000…let’s see what we get on the new format…
Brosephus™
February 24th, 2013
8:48 pm
Yes, let us all pitch in so that the people that do not want to take the responsibility of their own health care can get it for free so that they can still afford their tobacco habits, drinking habits, eating habits and sedentary lifestyle choices. Yes, I think this is the best move for the nation to go forward with.
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Gotta get one last facepalm in, and that was deserving of one…
Alex
February 24th, 2013
8:48 pm
@ Bro, thanks..
Look before I leap...
February 24th, 2013
8:51 pm
Wow: Chris Waltz.
KEITH
February 24th, 2013
8:57 pm
secret meeting of the Chicago political machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J_sfX1ol-VY
td
February 24th, 2013
9:00 pm
Brosephus™
February 24th, 2013
8:48 pm
“Gotta get one last facepalm in, and that was deserving of one…”
Well you are finally embarrassed for Obamacare. Great, glad to have been assistance to helping that light go off. You can now leave the dark side of the force.
Look before I leap...
February 24th, 2013
9:00 pm
A man in a kilt wins best animated film.
The coincidence is just scary.
Brosephus™
February 24th, 2013
9:10 pm
Well you are finally embarrassed for Obamacare. Great, glad to have been assistance to helping that light go off. You can now leave the dark side of the force.
Nope. Embarassed for you and your sad attempt at trolling. I didn’t like the ACA when passed and made it well known. Still don’t like it now, but the dumbass GOP failed in offering any plausible alternative. Therefore, we’re stuck with it. That’s just par for the course though as the GOP hasn’t had an original thought since Reagan.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 24th, 2013
9:11 pm
Alex:
NASCAR used to be fun to watch. Unfortunately, it has degenerated into cars just following each other around the racetrack with a so called “sprint” the last two laps.
Bottom line: Used to be you always had the extra horsepower to pass someone (if you had the guts) but you had to break for the turns. If you can’t pass someone, it ain’t racin’ it’s just “follow the leader”.
JamVet
February 24th, 2013
9:14 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ICBrhQ-c0
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 24th, 2013
9:15 pm
“Christoph Waltz, who played a bounty hunter in “Django Unchained,” won best supporting actor at the 85th Academy Awards.”
Geez ……. there those liberals go promoting handgun violence again !
JamVet
February 24th, 2013
9:24 pm
Scout, they know they can get most libs and cons to watch. But not this one.
Since the time of FNM may be coming to an end, I’m going out playing the stuff I like. If you don’t, watch the Oscars!
Well maybe it is just the time of year,
Or maybe it’s the time of man.
I don’t know who I am,
But you know life is for learning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gunGDjIWuHU
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 24th, 2013
9:24 pm
Headline (ABC): “President Obama Faces ‘Cliff Fatigue’ in Latest Budget Fight”
“Hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk. Delays await at airports. Padlocks are ready at national parks.
The nation will suffer greater risk of wildfires, workplace deaths, and even surprise weather events, if government predictions are to be believed. Our entire military readiness and superiority are at risk.
What if nobody cares?”
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/02/president-obama-faces-cliff-fatigue-in-latest-budget-fight/
WOLF ! WOLF !
td
February 24th, 2013
9:25 pm
Brosephus™
February 24th, 2013
9:10 pm
Why should there be a Federal government solution to health care? If we did not have the government solutions of Medicaid and Medicare now then the market would have determined that the prices were to high and we would have been paying less. If the government had not determined to restrict admissions to medical school then more Dr’s would be setting prices according to more competition. If government had not interfered and written all these laws that allowed lawyers to get rich at the cost of all of us that are paying premiums then health care cost would be lower.
Government is the problem when it comes to healthcare. The progressives refuse to realize this concept.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 24th, 2013
9:25 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJFcIvZ_X50
TBS
February 24th, 2013
9:25 pm
Jam
If you have the Palladia channel, they are playing a Queen concert from 81 in Montreal.
Pretty damn good
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 24th, 2013
9:26 pm
JamVet:
Good for you. I don’t watch either.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 24th, 2013
9:29 pm
Are there any drones over the Oscars per chance ?
JamVet
February 24th, 2013
9:29 pm
0311 etc…, just SNL, right? (grin)
Nope on the Palladia, TBS, But wish I did now.
One of my favorite Queen tunes..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pm4fQRl72k.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 24th, 2013
9:31 pm
“Obama to govs: Let’s work together”
“The president applauds the work governors have done and asks for their help moving forward.”
Aw ……….. isn’t that sweet.
TBS
February 24th, 2013
9:31 pm
Jam
80 percent of what they play imo is crap, but they do have some gems like tonight
Peace
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 24th, 2013
9:32 pm
JamVet:
Nope ………… don’t watch SNL either.
I did in the old days when it was decent.
getalife
February 24th, 2013
9:35 pm
There is no cliff fatigue, the majority voted no so it is just a matter of time before the gop surrender and get out of the way.
td
February 24th, 2013
9:36 pm
Maybe this has something to do with me receiving an absentee ballot in the mail in Florida.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/23/v-print/3250726/the-case-of-the-phantom-ballots.html
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 24th, 2013
9:38 pm
If the invisible hand of the market would stop giving us the finger, health care costs would drop.
td
February 24th, 2013
9:40 pm
getalife
February 24th, 2013
9:35 pm
There is no cliff fatigue, the majority voted no so it is just a matter of time before the gop surrender and get out of the way.
$85 billion cut out of a $3.7 trillion budget or 2.3% cut. How much has Georgia and other states cut in the last 5 years. Did children die in the streets?
Brosephus™
February 24th, 2013
9:41 pm
NASCAR used to be fun to watch.
That’s why you don’t lock yourself into one particular form of racing. There’s far more to enjoy out there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY9mrKR5SkA
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yNbtmNjs10
In the second clip you’re looking at 32,000hp (8000×4) in Charlotte vs 19350hp (450×43) on the track at Daytona today.
Brosephus™
February 24th, 2013
9:43 pm
Why should there be a Federal government solution to health care?
Did I say there SHOULD be one in the first place? Once again, I don’t debate or defend YOUR statements, only mine.
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GovernmentThinking for others is the problem when it comes tohealthcareconservatives. Theprogressivesconservatrolls refuse to realize this concept.”JamVet
February 24th, 2013
9:44 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYvWlQlO5vk
Keep Up the Good Fight!
February 24th, 2013
9:44 pm
Did children die in the streets?
Gawd forbid that they would be so rude to do that. Instead they are dying slow deaths from lack of preventative healthcare, poor education and more quietly behind closed doors or homeless living out of sight so that you don’t have to be troubled.
Brosephus™
February 24th, 2013
9:46 pm
If the invisible hand of the market would stop giving us the finger, health care costs would drop.
I guess it depends on WHERE that invisible hand is giving you the finger. You could likely write it off as a medical deduction and claim it as a prostate exam.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 24th, 2013
9:54 pm
SoCo/Bro
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 24th, 2013
9:56 pm
This is very informative “especially” the reloading drill at the end (one 20 round magazine vs. two ten round magazines) :
Assault Rifle vs. Sporting Rifle
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=8C-CLsMRcA0
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 24th, 2013
9:57 pm
Brosephus:
I hear you but it’s just not the same. Starting in the 80’s it changed.
Brosephus™
February 24th, 2013
10:05 pm
Scout
It had to change for safety reasons. Have you ever read up on Rusty Wallace’s test back in the early 2000s at Talladega?
http://www.caranddriver.com/news/rusty-runs-unrestricted-car-news
Have you ever wondered how restrictive a NASCAR restrictor plate is? Well, Rusty Wallace decided to toss his and find out. On June 9, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Wallace hit a trap speed of 228 mph in his Miller Lite Dodge. “We hit 228 at the end of the straightaway,” he said. Wallace’s top lap speed was 216.306 and was 25 to 30 mph faster than with a restrictor plate. “It was a helluva deal that I certainly will remember for the rest of my life,” Wallace added. “We’d all been wondering what it would feel like to run at Talladega again without the plates, and now I know. I’ll bet we could be running speeds up to 235 without the plates if we spent time doing some tweaking. But I’ll tell you this—there’s no way we could be out there racing at those speeds. It was neat to be out there running that fast by myself, but it would be insane to think we could have a pack of cars out there doing that.”
Those cars are not designed with enough downforce to stick to the track at those speeds. Bobby Allison ripped down fence at a little more than 200mph, so imagine what a 230mph car would do. They could have stuck with Winston as a sponsor, but they would not be nowhere near as popular now. They could have stuck with old tracks like North Wilkesboro and Rockingham, but the money wouldn’t be there. Change was coming or NASCAR would have died a slow and painful death.
JamVet
February 24th, 2013
10:05 pm
We need a Homeland Department of Peace in this country. “hic habitat felicitas”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxdmw4tJJ1Y
getalife
February 24th, 2013
10:14 pm
td,
Another 750,00 jobs killed job killer.
Proceed.
breckenridge
February 24th, 2013
10:14 pm
“If the invisible hand of the market would stop giving us the finger, health care costs would drop.”
If you look at what’s caused the skyrocketing in health care costs over the past 2 decades the #1 reason, far and away, is the cost associated with obesity. We’ve turned into a nation of big fat slobs. And I don’t mean 40-somethings with a little beer gut. We’re talking about people 50, 80, 130, 210 pounds and more overweight. And they’re everywhere. But don’t dare make a subtle mention of exercise or diet modification because you’ll get blistered with “don’t you dare tell me how to live my life!”
Well the time for niceties is over. Get off your fat asses America. A 30 minute walk after dinner every evening. Is that so hard? No, no it’s not, and it goes a hell of a long way. And don’t tell me you don’t have time, you have plenty of time to sit in front of your mega-screen and jam potato chips in your mouth while watching mindless drivel such as Dancing With Talentless Millionaires.
Cherokee
February 24th, 2013
10:16 pm
td your 9:25 simply proves that you haven’t done your research.
Personal example – my dad retired at age 62, and lost his health insurance. He and Mom were pretty healthy – and the job was killing him, frankly – so he quit. They – because of their age – were not able to get health insurance. Within a few months my Mom developed severe arthritis in her knees, and spent the next 30 months or so in agony, till the night of her 65th birthday when she qualified for Medicare and could get knee replacement surgery.
Decry federal involvement in health care all you want – but Medicare has made a tremendous difference in lots of Americans’ lives – and there was NO private market solution available.
I expect someday you will also be glad that it’s available to you.
td
February 24th, 2013
10:17 pm
getalife
February 24th, 2013
10:14 pm
td,
Another 750,00 jobs killed job killer.
Proceed.
Only if Obama wants it to be and it is all on him.
Cherokee
February 24th, 2013
10:18 pm
“You could likely write it off as a medical deduction and claim it as a prostate exam”
Post of the day, Mr. Bro….
Cherokee
February 24th, 2013
10:20 pm
“Only if Obama wants it to be and it is all on him”
yeah well good luck with that, Mr. td… methinks you don’t understand public opinion any more than you understand health insurance….
td
February 24th, 2013
10:23 pm
Cherokee
February 24th, 2013
10:16 pm
I feel for you brother but you are missing my point. What if there was not government run medicare? Do you really think the market would allow billions upon billions of dollars and not provide a solution?
Cherokee
February 24th, 2013
10:26 pm
Thanks.
But absolutely, yes. Insurance companies are in business to make a profit – there’s no way they can do that by selling individual policies to elderly people.
getalife
February 24th, 2013
10:30 pm
td,
Both parties agree it is bad policy.
It is on the gop.
Proceed.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 24th, 2013
10:33 pm
Get off your fat asses America. A 30 minute walk after dinner every evening. Is that so hard?
I understand the lack of exercise thingie, but I submit there are more factors in play. I am concerned about steroids in our protein supply provided by big Ag.
td
February 24th, 2013
10:34 pm
Cherokee
February 24th, 2013
10:20 pm
“Only if Obama wants it to be and it is all on him”
yeah well good luck with that, Mr. td… methinks you don’t understand public opinion any more than you understand health insurance….
I understand that the voters of the state of Wisconsin were upset but after the cuts were implemented and the voters realized that most of what the Democrats were saying was nothing more then attempting to scare them into submission and to demagog a nothing crisis then public opinion polls changed and they voted the evil Walker back into office by a larger % then he was elected the first time.
JamVet
February 24th, 2013
10:34 pm
The GOP just nominated a candidate that was clearly unfit to lead this nation. And got pretty embarrassed in the process.
Things are not exactly looking rosy over there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE
td
February 24th, 2013
10:42 pm
Cherokee
February 24th, 2013
10:26 pm
Thanks.
But absolutely, yes. Insurance companies are in business to make a profit – there’s no way they can do that by selling individual policies to elderly people.
If you think that is true then here is your government intervention: State writes a law that says an insurance company can only do business in this state if they offer X% of policies to people over 65 or 60 or even 55. Now get out of the way and let them figure out how to provide this coverage and get the coverage for everyone else under X age and still maximize their profit.
JamVet
February 24th, 2013
10:42 pm
Have fun fellow Bookmaniacs.
It’s been real!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AN7S7n8VdM
td
February 24th, 2013
10:45 pm
getalife
February 24th, 2013
10:30 pm
td,
Both parties agree it is bad policy.
It is on the gop.
Proceed.
No it is on Obama. Propose cuts equal to the ones currently on the table (Or get your flunky Reid to do it in the Senate) without any more tax increases or let the sequester happen.
Brosephus™
February 24th, 2013
10:52 pm
I am concerned about steroids in our protein supply provided by big Ag.
AMEN!!! I’ve wondered why sports make a big deal out of performance enhancing drugs when they’re readily available in chicken, beef, pork, and other foods we eat on a daily basis.
Brosephus™
February 24th, 2013
10:53 pm
Cherokee @ 10:18
Thanks for the nod. You have to laugh here sometimes to keep from crying, and sometimes the laughing ends up making you cry anyway.
getalife
February 24th, 2013
11:00 pm
td,
The turtle will cave.
Again.
luangtom
February 24th, 2013
11:23 pm
This is sure a nice diversion from the normal run-of-the-mill forum…..
appleseed
February 24th, 2013
11:27 pm
I’m so thankful ex VP CHENEY had medicare,at his age he was so lucky to get a transplant.Must have had some pull.Reckon
G Mare
February 24th, 2013
11:39 pm
Here I am, finally back after surgery, and now facing figuring out how to do the new registration thingie. And we really can’t have FNM? Thanks, AJC.
But maybe there is a GOOD REASON for the change? Somebody please ’splain it to me. Please?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 24th, 2013
11:46 pm
G Mare
Jay told us on the 19th that “sometime in the next few weeks” we would get the new format.
If he gets advance notice, I think he’ll give us a heads up just prior to the change.
KEITH
February 24th, 2013
11:47 pm
Cheney has money. If liberals worked hard they could have some too. But its too easy for you to just sit around waiting for a handout. Good thing people like Cheney worked and paid taxes to support you.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 24th, 2013
11:54 pm
…people like Cheney worked…
Haliburton’s no bid contract says, “What?”
G Mare
February 25th, 2013
12:41 am
Thanks, Kam. From reading through the last few topics, it seems to me that we can say, “what?!?” to all of Kieth’s posts – me thinks he is on the wrong blog!?!? No problem; will just add him to the roster of those I scroll past. And I am sure those who remember me from several months ago will know who I mean. I’ve realized that it is fruitless to respond to them as they are never going to ‘get’ that they are Neanderthals, stuck in the last century, or maybe the one before that. SIGH.
G Mare
February 25th, 2013
12:43 am
Oh, must also say, “First Mom rocks!”
Matti
February 25th, 2013
1:03 am
Goodnight Moon….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HKzwzgRY6o
KEITH
February 25th, 2013
1:16 am
Haliburton is a company. People WORK for that company. That better than your welfare check and free cellphone ANYDAY.
Bernie
February 25th, 2013
2:01 am
Guy @ 8:13 pm – typical Republican you are! Spout out Nasty Names and then pretend to be such a Holy Roller and blame others for your own shortcomings.
Mrs Obama presented the OSCARS tonight? what did your wife do, besides wait on your SORRY BUTT and all the while thinking, she should have married someone else better. show her your comments here and I bet she will agree with me that you are a hateful SOB.
But knowing you, like she does disappointment is a all to regular occurence with you in her Life.
Surely, you have called her Hateful and Nasty names too! Many Times!
Fred ™
February 25th, 2013
5:53 am
You know, I guess I read his post wrong. Jay said in the next few weeks, and I read the 25th lol. The 25 is when he’s giving his speech……………
guy
February 25th, 2013
6:20 am
Bernie,settle down. You have to control your nasty words or you may have a heart attack. After 40 years of marriage I think my wife and I will be just fine without your two cents worth of comments. Take care of Bernie because he is very confused and mad at the world. You are a hoot and thanks for the laughs!!!
Fred ™
February 25th, 2013
6:41 am
guy Must be pretty boring in Maui since you spend time looking for Bernie’s posts on a silly blog. Have you seen the Hershey’s kisses they have there? They have Macadamia nuts in them. I think Hawaii is the only place you can get them. My neighbor brought me some back when she went there. Check them out. It will be more fun than harassing Bernie. Bring me some back while you are at it.
Try some whale watching: http://www.gohawaii.com/maui/guidebook/topics/whale-watching
Or Check out Haleakala National Park: http://www.gohawaii.com/maui/regions-neighborhoods/upcountry-maui/haleakala-national-park
Just don’t forget to bring me back some Hershey’s Kisses with Macadamia nuts in them. I’m almost out. I have nursed this last bag for 6 months……….
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
February 25th, 2013
6:45 am
Good Monday morning, all y’all.
Fred ™
February 25th, 2013
6:45 am
HEY guy: Here they are. Check them out: http://www.hilohattie.com/Hershey-Kisses-with-Macadamia-Nuts-P3494.aspx#
Fred ™
February 25th, 2013
6:46 am
Hey Corbin, just trying to get guy to bring me a treat from Hawaii. If you ask nice maybe he’ll bring you some too.
guy
February 25th, 2013
6:49 am
Fred,you are a breath of fresh,positive air. If I knew your address I promise I would mail you those Hershey’s kisses when I get back. You are correct about Bernie’s and my posts. It is silly and not worth the effort. Thanks for being so polite and have a great day! The whales are something else. Again,thanks, Also, I will let Bernie have the last word.
Fred ™
February 25th, 2013
7:00 am
guy: the ONLY time I have been in Hawaii was when I was 18 months old and my family was flying back from Japan (dad was stationed there). I REALLY want to go. But I refuse to fly anymore so I’d have to take a cruise. The one I want to do is 10 grand a pop and I just can’t afford that right now lol. The ones I saw were a week, 10days, and a month and I think you could do a stay over.
Been watching Hawaii 5-0 lately and just developed the urge. Have fun.
Brosephus™
February 25th, 2013
7:01 am
Missed GMare again….
Fred ™
February 25th, 2013
7:02 am
This is what makes NASCAR NASCAR……. no matter how much Brian France tries to screw it up……….
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nascar–nascar-fan-fulfills-lifelong-dream-of-going-to-the-daytona-500–then-passes-away-in-infield-050317237.html
Fred ™
February 25th, 2013
7:03 am
Brocephus: Again? It’s the first time I’ve seen her for months. Remember I asked about her a couple of weeks ago?
Brosephus™
February 25th, 2013
7:18 am
Fred
Yep, I remember. She popped in once before, but it was late night.
Thomas Heyward Jr
February 25th, 2013
7:20 am
I’ll try to get one last one in before the………State-Sponsored censorship kicks in———
.
Sheeple are steeped in the realm of the mainstream. So much so that they have become nothing but a cog in the machine of the collective mind (or hive mind). Their entire existence is predicated on blind faith in the system. If the system is proven to be flawed, then THEY are proven to be flawed by extension. They will ignore all reason and defend the system wildly, as if trapped by some cult, because their fragile identity is dependent upon the continued prosperity of the establishment.
Sheeple are in most cases motivated by nothing but fear. In their early years they likely either caved to the force of peer pressure and learned to diminish their personal pain by constantly conforming to the majority view. Or, they sought inclusion in the majority very early on and became addicted to the power that the collective is able to wield over others. In either case, they never actually questioned whether or not the “majority” was right in its behavior. Instead, they decided at some point in their life that the majority is ALWAYS right simply because it is the majority.
Sheeple are easily impressed by anyone with a nice suit, uniform, lab coat, or an embossed diploma or title. They see and revere the costume, regardless of the man inside it. For sheeple, titles and positions of arbitrary authority make the opinions of a man more than opinion; his opinions suddenly become law.
Because the average sheeple hasn’t the slightest inkling of how to be independent or self sufficient, they attach their survival to the success of the state. They see the word of the state as sacrosanct, and have no concept of government by the people. They will sing the praises of democratic elections and the will of the public in general participation, but, when the state goes against that will and does what it pleases, they will seek to rationalize this criminality.
For them, government as a construct might be fallible (or not), but this fallibility does not change the finality of state authority. The government is not to be interfered with and certainly not to be opposed. To stand against the state is to stand against law, and the law, in their minds, is god. Questions of morality are irrelevant. They have become so far detached from their conscience that there is nothing left but a pitch black void, waiting to be filled with the demands of oligarchy.
When confronted by men who are willing to fight and die to interfere with the abuse of state authority, they respond with shock and revulsion.
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When confronted, sheeple almost always move immediately to meaningless party labels. They will attack you as a “Democrat”. They will attack you as a “Republican”. But their presumptions of what makes a Democrat or a Republican are entirely skewed and inaccurate. This is, of course, not really a problem for them.
They will not acknowledge the vast similarities of corruption between both major parties because this does not serve their interests. They do not WANT to know what Liberalism is versus Neo-Liberalism. They do not WANT to know what true Conservatism is versus Neo-Conservatism. They only want an easy way to dismiss you and the information you present without having to think. The false left/right paradigm makes this possible.
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Sheeple………..sad breed
Rightwing troll
February 25th, 2013
7:29 am
“Libertarians” are just Republicans too ashamed to admit it…
Granny Godzilla
February 25th, 2013
7:30 am
http://www.alt-market.com/articles/1321-sheeple-another-look-at-a-sad-breedÂÂ
Thomas Heyward Jr
February 25th, 2013
7:20 am
Plagerists ….sad breed and intellectual property thieves to boot.
Scum of the earth if you ask me.
Takers, man, takers.
bookman parrot
February 25th, 2013
7:31 am
being on a skit on SNL makes you wonderful and Pres material. ARGHHH…
america your ignorance is growing exponentially … i hope you wake up in time …
Brosephus™
February 25th, 2013
7:34 am
Seems like someone hit the hooch early.
Granny Godzilla
February 25th, 2013
7:35 am
bookman parrot
February 25th, 2013
7:31 am
being on a skit on SNL makes you wonderful and Pres material. ARGHHH…
america your ignorance is growing exponentially … i hope you wake up in time …
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It does?
Who told you that?
Eric
February 25th, 2013
7:35 am
That’s hillarious!
The court Jester to the Clown Prince>
What an embarrassment.
Granny Godzilla
February 25th, 2013
7:41 am
Yes, Eric
Thomas Heyward Jr posting as his own work that which is someone else’s
is an embarrassment.
How perceptive of you.
Brosephus™
February 25th, 2013
7:43 am
being on a skit on SNL makes you wonderful and Pres material. ARGHHH…
I think your timeline is off a bit, but that’s ok. Some of you “conservatives” can’t seem to form cogent thought without someone else giving it to you first. She was First Lady for more than 4 years before this, but thanks for you concern trolling. It must have really pissed you off that she announced the winner for Best Picture at the Oscars last night.
Granny Godzilla
February 25th, 2013
7:45 am
My personal favorite musical politico video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln5RD9BhcCo
Granny Godzilla
February 25th, 2013
7:47 am
There are loads of people I truly feel sorry for….
amongst them –
the humor impaired.
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
February 25th, 2013
7:49 am
Come on y’all…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sONfxPCTU0
Peadawg
February 25th, 2013
7:52 am
Aaaaand this is why Americans are seen as lazy and fat. This column goes up on Saturday morning and has 1000 comments by Monday. Wow.
Brosephus™
February 25th, 2013
7:53 am
GG
It’s not that they don’t have a sense of humor. They probably giggle like little school girls at jokes about Mrs. Obama’s body. They’re just so uptight about things that they could crap diamonds if they had a bowel movement. They can’t control themselves and acknowledge the First Family are allowed to be people and not some holier-than-thou group.
Doggone/GA
February 25th, 2013
7:54 am
“This column goes up on Saturday morning and has 1000 comments by Monday. Wow”
And we thank you for your contribution to the total
Brosephus™
February 25th, 2013
7:56 am
Peadawg does not appear to be aware of the concept of mobile internet access.
“With age comes wisdom.”
–Confucius Jefferson
Granny Godzilla
February 25th, 2013
7:59 am
Bro
I don’t call that a sense of humor.
I call that being insulting.
Peadawg
February 25th, 2013
8:01 am
“Peadawg does not appear to be aware of the concept of mobile internet access.”
I would love see some statistics (if available, Jay) of posts that came from mobile devices vs. computers.