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Monday, August 3, 2009 06:08 PM

@ Steele The First

"I have lost all hope for America. I am getting out."

-- Steele The First

Dear Steele The First (and any other nutjobs),

First, a bit of history plus accompanying observation. The English, wisely in my opinion, ditched the lunatic religious elements in their society by seeding ours. It took a few hundred years for them to reach normality, but it definitely paid dividends. The English appear to be normal, reasonable, rational humans now, while we are burdened with the posterity of Englands nutjobs.

Now, to the heart of it. If you truly want to get out, please be my guest. I'll even buy you a one-way ticket ANYWHERE upon surrender of your passport. Find a similarly minded friend and take him/her with you. I'll get that one too.

Please.Leave.Now. I'm thinking about America's posterity. Please be a chum and do the same.

Yours truly,

A Patriot

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 08:09 AM

I want a refund

all those damn books .. contradicted by an internet post

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 09:48 PM

by all means ..

.. only speak about "legal" changes implicitly and expect everyone else to understand.

Meiji scrubbed a great deal of Shinto's sexuality in order to Westernize Japan, neh?

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 08:03 PM

cough *Meiji* cough

"Japan has historically had a much more casual attitude towards sex than the West, which changed only during and after the US occupation."

Not quite, but close.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 03:56 PM

wandering way OT, @ terkoy

"...damage done by Communist

presidents of the past like Wilson and the Roosevelts.

Now look at Baracky the Bullcrapper, Jowinkle and Fiends trying daily to turn the Constitution upside down.

Mark Levin's book gives a clear picture."

That's "Presidents" with a capital "P". Wilson a Communist? ya right, and Hitler was full of compassion for the Jews and Reagan was a lucid thinker. You might get away with calling FDR a Commie, but only in an alcohol-meth-and-coke-smoothie induced delirium.

If "Baracky" et al, are screwing with the Constitution, it's only because they were started on that slippery slope by Shrub and Darth Cheney.

Reading demented right wing demagogues? Gave up crayons in elementary school. As for listening to them, no thanks. Garbage in - garbage out. Listening to right wing loonies only pollutes the thought process, as evidenced by you trolling losers.

so ...

Suck on it.

Monday, July 27, 2009 09:34 PM

@ -- terkoy

terkoy = Typical troll travesty of (past) times accuracy.

Repubs (back when they were vaguely sane 50+ years ago) put the limit on the Presidential terms. That time they only lasted one round. Their time in the desert was well spent, this time they kept ahold of power long enough to sodomize the Country, Constitution, and Civility.

Suck on it.

Monday, July 27, 2009 08:22 PM

no no no

Ahnold, the Governator, the Schwartz!, whatever you want to call him cannot, canNOT be Prez.

I don't need to read the article for this opinion. Skimming the letters, I see this post is somewhat redundant. Too bad.

The answer is still "no". Aside from the redundancy factor, I concur with most every post along these lines, esp the part about changing the Constitution in order to appease nutcases (we have tee-vee for that). The sedative-deprived have already run this country into the ditch. Time for rational adults to make decisions.

Sunday, July 26, 2009 09:33 PM
Original article: Guy friends rule

this article is little more than ...

public masturbation.

I'm going with Ursula Le Guin (LHOD) on this one.

Heterosexuals want to breed, that's natural. The only thing stopping them is the evolutionary impulse to trade up.

Thursday, July 23, 2009 04:23 PM

Bush, the ethical noble warrior [queue flag and patriotic music]

Whew, I guess there's no need for any pesky investigations now that we know there was some sort of minor quibble of ethics between those two douchebags.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:11 PM

Talk about your slippery slopes

Thanks again, BushCo, for sodomizing the Republic before killing it. All hail Emperor George!

Monday, July 20, 2009 08:17 PM

Coincidence? Fate? Idiomotor response?

A report indicating TARP funds being misused posted just above the inside-baseball navel gazing about Obama's honeymoon numbers.

Hmmmmm.

Sunday, July 19, 2009 08:51 PM

You made the bed ...

So now the chickens have come home to roost, lured by the crys of "wolf! wolf!"

Demagoging those damn brown skins, homos, and (fill-in-the-blank non-mega rich WASPs), gerrymandering so badly as to make Gerry blush, running the economy into the ground, alienating the civilized world with neanderthal chest thumping, lying as public policy, morgaging our children's future for a few bucks, rolling back civil rights to pre-Dark Ages levels, illegal wars, torture.

Gee, what's the solution .. maybe more of the same? Greedy Old Perverts projecting their loathing onto others, that's change you can believe in!

The author appears reasonable, but still remains blinded by his party's propaganda. I'd happily engage a 'conservative' on the issues, but have yet to meet one that utilizes rational thought. Nobody wins when a significant percentage of the population is batshit insane.

Thursday, July 16, 2009 03:19 PM

Bachman/Palin '12!

Yes, please, please, please follow Palin's lead and quit for the good of your State. Then invite Palin to be your VP 'cause she ain't crazy enough to be the lead in your duet.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 02:35 PM

I want what they got

I want the same plan Congress has. They should share their healthcare plan with the little people.

That, or take it away from them until they get their shit together.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 07:11 PM

Or maybe he should do that anyway.

I'm not Hopeful(tm)

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 07:09 PM

well, *IF* this is an accurate indicator

Maybe it's time Obama became the "Liberal" that the GOP is always accusing him of being, instead of the corporate-owned 'center' right politician he is.

Sunday, July 5, 2009 11:36 PM

"Today the telephone has become our most trusted and confidential form of everyday communication."

Trusted? Maybe. Confidential? Not any more (if ever).

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/31/eff-suing-att-for-he.html

Yes, this is slightly OT, but reiterates the double-edged swordiness of technology.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 08:58 PM

in the spirit of that disney chick that got semi-naked and now has an endorsement contract

May I be cynical and speculate that this is the first step in his run for POTUS?

In this day and age, the fast track to fame and fortune is to be [octomom] outrageous, backtrack half a step, then charge forward unapologetically outrageous.

Friday, June 26, 2009 05:22 PM
Original article: Quote of the day

Koppelman shoots and scores

Congrats, you finally worked MJ legitemately into a War Room story.

Too bad the shot get penalized. This story really only works if you can show Roberts not being consistent, right?

Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:21 PM
Original article: Quote of the day

Is Norquist Limbaugh-sized?

Is Grover Norquist small enough to drown in a bathtub?

Metaphorically speaking, of course.

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