The coming liberal thugocracy
 

Michael Barone COMMENTARY:

Very interesting article and contrary to what most of the media is thinking. I hope that all this smoke doesn't lead to a fire. I hope all the whispers about Obama and his alleged associations aren't true. This is too important an election.

Holy crap, I remember seeing that sketch, and thinking, "This is unusually good critique of both sides - I'm used to SNL skewering the right mercilessly, but this is new!"

Then, the clip was edited. Here's the edit - the original dialogue about campaign contributions went right the line "Nice to see you again, Nancy" in the original broadcast. I'll see if I can lift it from TIVO and post it.

I got something different from that sketch.

Hmph....Yes people that don't qualify aren't just poor. They are losers. As we all know, basic logic:

All poor people are losers:
Tony is a poor person therefore:
Tony is a loser.

*don't feel sorry for those people, losers*


People that don't qualify are also quazi criminals (single males as well, it would seem).

laffy.

Just a little FYI, the following is a more complete version of the quote that was taken out of context.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...&type=politics

Um, what the skid did actually say was that these guys portrayed as jobless, perhaps with a criminal record...did qualify for a sub prime loan. I mean, that is exactly what the skit said, in one segment of the skit. I think that was a joke, with some grounds in reality. People have been given loans that they just can't afford.

You know, the only reason I'm not personally affected by the sub prime loan thing is I can't afford a home. I have been qualified by several lending institutions as to be able to afford a home, well not lately. The bottom line is I can't buy what I can't afford. I will not let someone who wants between 5 and 30 percent of my money convince me that I can afford one. Even if I could afford one, I'm not willing to pay 5 to 30 percent of that phenomenal cost to anyone. I'm trying to convince my wife that this is a true statement. I'm so sick of credit that if I needed a tooth pulled and couldn't afford it, I'd barter.
I'd rather put the money in a mason jar and save enough to buy a home then put one on credit right now.

Yes and it also stated: do you feel sorry for these guys, then portrayed complete losers....like they were the majority of people that got screwed. That's alright I didn't expect anyone here to have compassion for the people that lost their homes. But I definitely didn't expect SNL to make a mockery of the affected jobless sniveling criminal losers. Must be a nation of whiney losers.

This is what i disagree with. I don't think it matters at all who gets elected. not even a little bit. I'm going to vote, but I'm going to vote for whatever the Libertarian candidate is. I will continue to do that until our two party sham of a system is disassembled.


this has been my political contribution for the year. I hope you enjoyed it.

Nothing was taken out of context - In fact, this (bold mine) is incorrect. If someone is making over $250,000 then he admittedly and unabashedly states that he will raise their taxes.

People making over $250,000 rarely attend Democratic campaign rallies. :eyebrow:

Well yes, something was. Obama wasn't talking about shutting people up, as the commentary implies.

And come on, you have to know that all the speeches, ads, etc. by both parties are being aimed at folks who make under $250k, because that's where most of the potential votes are.

not enough acts of contrition, no self-flagellation?

oh, and

He forgot to say 10 Hail Marys and 10 Our Fathers?

What's all this then? classicman is conceding?

We've already gone the way of the liberal thugocracy? I'm pretty sure only republicans are allowed to be thugs... :)

Bri - What am I conceding? I haven't even decided who to vote for yet - I gave myself another week to decide.

Blue - that was part of the semantics game - sorry my wiseass humor didn't translate well....again! maybe I should just stop trying.

A few of these liberal thugs have already been thrown mercilessly into prison, without trial!
Sisters and brothers, I beg you to join the Campaign to Free the Thugs.

That's a joke, right?

Your face is a joke.

Just kidding. I was channeling Flint.

No, not a joke. I'm guessing most people in his audience that day weren't millionaires, or even quarter millionaires.

Don't be fooled. Plenty of millionares and sub millionaires are Demoncrats. Name anyone in Congress. Look at who is supporting his campaign and what businesses are supporting him. The Demoncrats, and Hillary was the best at it, appeal the poor and downtrodden. Because they are the ones out there making all the promises about what they are going to do for them. Guess what, it isn't going to happen. Congress makes the laws, and Congress appropriates the monies. No promise made by any politician during an election cycle has been kept in full.

Yeah. I'm still just a million dollars short of being a millionaire.

Now if only I were a Dem.

Lemme see now, we've got an $850 billion bailout of wall street in progress. Pelosi wants to call congress back after the election and pass another $150 billion "incentive" plan. Now Obama wants to throw in an additional $60 billion.

That's $1.6 TRILLION. (Gonna have to buy some more printing presses to handle the load of all that new money there Barrack)

I'm laughing my ass off...when the fuck did the whole financial mess become Obama's fault? Someone said there is a 5-10 year lag in policy change, so we can't blame the current administration (which I don't get, either) but now we're projecting blame into the future?

I see what you did, thar.

It is the fault of Congress and the people who made the laws that allowed the markets to bloat and burst.

Not to nitpick, but I think you got your billions and trillions mixed up there. Just sayin

Oops! :D

No, I'm not projecting blame into the future at all. Its just that many policy changes take a lot of time to actually be implemented and take hold. MOST TIMES.

I never said we cannot blame the current administration either. Lets see - 8 years in office and I said a 5-10 year timeframe... 8 is still in between 5 & 10 right? Cuz if its not I didn't get the memo.

I've just heard it time after time, from both parties. If your guy is in office, it's the fault of the guy before him, or the congress who won't let your guy do what needs done. If your guy is not in office, then it's the fault of the guy in office.

Adjust time frames and blame to taste, stir, serve over rhetoric.

;)

Excuse me that post belongs in the "Political Drinks" thread.

I'll try it this way - All I'm saying is that an incumbent, at any time, inherits some of the effects of the prior two terms and many times they take credit for things they had nothing to do with. Or vice versa.

*I am speaking in general terms.

Just add Ice. :D

Good one.

Did you make this word up yourself, or is it one of those nutty talk radio lingo-isms?

It goes along with Nobama. Yawn.

Its an Obamination I tell ya!

Carter defeated the Soviet Union?

Yeh he did. The Soviets were all allergic to peanuts and that was his secret weapon.

Shhh, now they have to kill you, man.

I doubt I was the first one to think of it, but I have been using it for the last 8 years.

Well stop using it. See what happens.

Blonde walks into doctor's office, says everything hurts. Doc says show me. Blonde touches kneecap, "This hurts"; touches ear, "This hurts"; touches rib, "This hurts"; touches stomach, "This hurts"; touches neck, "This hurts".

Doctor checks her out and hands her a small splint and sends her on her way.

Blonde says "What's this for? I feel pain in all those places."

Doctor says "You have a broken finger."

** ** ** **

mercy, I think you have an inflamed blamer. Try resting that finger. Stop abusing it with that kind of language and see if things don't clear up right away.

Ah. I have said it with less humour on another post.
Name calling demeans the caller.
I know it didn't work like that at school, when no matter what your Mum said no-one thought they were childish because they called you names (and they weren't picking on you because they were jelaous either) but it does apply in the grown up world. Not the jealous bit though.

I think to be more accurate we should use the terms megadollars, gigadollars and teradollars. That way is doesn't sound so bad.

Try it: I'll take 750 gigadollars, please.

giggedy giggedy g

Lookout, it's lookout looking in.

I grok that gigadollar.

I'll see your 750 gigadollars and raise you 500 megadollars

Fuck you all...I got a googol.

Incidentally, that's
$10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
...so suck it!!!

lmao

: snort :

So, the pot is, 750.5 Gigadollars, then? I'll raise it to a gazillion.

Megadollars? Ha, that's a rounding error. If a megadollar falls out of my pocket, I don't even bother picking it up.

That is the cost of Obama's health care plan.

I call - whatta ya got?

Billions. I used to think that meant 1000, 000, 000....because it did! That's one of those little changes that occur around you without you really noticing it. The official definition of billion changed in the UK 1974, but maths teachers were a little reluctant to let go of the old way and I was in my thirties before I bothered noticing that this had changed :P

From wiki:

*chuckles*

I feel a little nausea in my brain right now.

Billions. I used to think that meant 1000, 000, 000....because it did! That's one of those little changes that occur around you without you really noticing it. The official definition of billion changed in the UK 1974, but maths teachers were a little reluctant to let go of the old way and I was in my thirties before I bothered noticing that this had changed :P

From wiki:

*chuckles*

I got FOUR MILLION ACES! And they're ALL DIAMONDS!

Show!

If that's true, then we'll all be super fucking healthy then, won't we.

I got 2-7 off suit :0(

And broke dick as a country. But hey, we won't have any health bills!

An interesting description of Obama tax plan.