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The Obamas Have $450,000 Invested In Companies That Outsource
This is so stupid. But Obama has dictated we have to talk about dumb shit like this, so we don't talk about the fact that he is a Stuttering Clusterf**k of a Miserable Failure.
Something has just occurred to me: That Obama is counting on the Bain attack not to reap dividends in and of itself, but to prepare the battlespace for his real attack, Mediscare. Paint him as a brutalizer of poor, vulnerable folk now so when they bring on the Throw Grandma Down The Stairs attack, the public will be inclined to think the worst. If this is the case -- and it seems likely to me -- Romney really has to push back against this, and not merely in a tu quoque way against Obama; he has to push the image of a smart, careful custodian of money, whose decisions, while unfathomable to a piker like Obama, were ultimately good for the economy.Comments
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And Obama knows this because he doesn't have a blind trust as American Presidents do.
Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2012 02:46 PM (FcR7P)
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Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*%# of a miserable failure.
Posted by: Alex at July 17, 2012 02:47 PM (G39HO)
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and not merely in a tu quoque way against Obama
I'm going to go look that up, but I'm guessing it's legalese for, "You cock!"
I'm going to go look that up, but I'm guessing it's legalese for, "You cock!"
Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2012 02:48 PM (FcR7P)
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Racist!!!!! How else can the black man climb out of poverty?
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 17, 2012 02:49 PM (6WUgy)
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My grandma is so poor after Obamaconamy there are no more stairs to be thrown down. She sold them to buy doggeh food to eat.....
Posted by: Cicero Kid at July 17, 2012 02:49 PM (qZJiO)
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Outsource or offshore?
(You think I'm a pedant? I just got out of a meeting with the FAA, where we haggled over the meaning of the word "input")
(You think I'm a pedant? I just got out of a meeting with the FAA, where we haggled over the meaning of the word "input")
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 17, 2012 02:49 PM (ZKzrr)
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Obama wants to talk about Romney's offshore accounts.
He doesn't seem eager to talk about all the foreign deposits made in Stanley Dunham's unwashed libtard oyster ditch.
Obama wants to talk about Romney's offshore accounts.
He doesn't seem eager to talk about all the foreign deposits made in Stanley Dunham's unwashed libtard oyster ditch.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 17, 2012 02:51 PM (rXGCl)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at July 17, 2012 02:52 PM (+FMYM)
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Yeah, the whole subject is stupid but I'm sick and tierd of queen Obama telling people how to live and then he does the exact opposite.
If it's possible to mold this deal into a baby seal beating club then do it and get cracking.
You know the best way to define Obama is how we define ourselves.Family.
The guys brother lives in a cow dung hut in Africa and makes like 12 bucks a month.What has Obama done for his own flesh and blood?
If it's possible to mold this deal into a baby seal beating club then do it and get cracking.
You know the best way to define Obama is how we define ourselves.Family.
The guys brother lives in a cow dung hut in Africa and makes like 12 bucks a month.What has Obama done for his own flesh and blood?
Posted by: Drider at July 17, 2012 02:53 PM (HaJD9)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 17, 2012 02:53 PM (rXGCl)
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Right, Romney should focus on the "he thinks I ran a big financial business well while also running the first financially successful Olympics of all time?" and how good he is with economic and business issues. This opens up a door to look great instead of one to attack or push back on.
Romney should focus on how good he is at business and contrast that with how lousy Obama has. And maybe he has that in mind, for later.
Romney should focus on how good he is at business and contrast that with how lousy Obama has. And maybe he has that in mind, for later.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 17, 2012 02:54 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Ken at July 17, 2012 02:54 PM (ayCbQ)
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"Mediscare"? Hunh. Girl, I could scare you more than any ghoul would ever dare.
Except maybe Chocolate Phyllis Diller.
Except maybe Chocolate Phyllis Diller.
Posted by: LIBORis Karloff at July 17, 2012 02:54 PM (QjSgY)
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I hope this does lead to a discussion on anything that has to do with healthcare. The SCOAMT will lose and he knows it. That's why he has been steering away from it as much as he can.
Posted by: Soona at July 17, 2012 02:55 PM (gaYoA)
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Hey look keeping jobs here in America is all fine and dandy, but lets be honest, the way world economics is now a days, we CAN NOT compete on in certain manufacturing areas. And to sit here and assume we can is a stupid and a waste of time. We have to create the kind of Industries, Ideas, and products we can compete in. And we have to outsource in the other areas. Romney should stand up and say of course we outsource some things, only an Idiot doesn't understand that.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 02:55 PM (05RcU)
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Or Romney could just tell Bambi to lick his oily mormon balls. That would be good too.
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 17, 2012 02:55 PM (RD7QR)
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So how does he hit back in a way that takes his Mediscare tactic off the table?
Some where, somehow there, buried in his Obamacare (denouncing myself) bill is something that benefits an offshore company.
The attack ad I'd produce would say, "[the JEF] raided $500 billion from Medicare to pay companies to outsource medical transcription to India!" Then I'd have grandmas and grandpas, "$500 billion?! From my healthcare?! And he took jobs away from Americans?!!!"
Without even looking, I guarantee that has happened. And I don't give a flying fuck it it hasn't--the JEF laid the ground rules, you can lie, lie, lie and even if the media says it's a lie, keep lying. When the JEF side says it's a lie, say, "So was his claim that I outsourced jobs at Bain, but you didn't care about that."
Some where, somehow there, buried in his Obamacare (denouncing myself) bill is something that benefits an offshore company.
The attack ad I'd produce would say, "[the JEF] raided $500 billion from Medicare to pay companies to outsource medical transcription to India!" Then I'd have grandmas and grandpas, "$500 billion?! From my healthcare?! And he took jobs away from Americans?!!!"
Without even looking, I guarantee that has happened. And I don't give a flying fuck it it hasn't--the JEF laid the ground rules, you can lie, lie, lie and even if the media says it's a lie, keep lying. When the JEF side says it's a lie, say, "So was his claim that I outsourced jobs at Bain, but you didn't care about that."
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 17, 2012 02:56 PM (kSaUf)
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Obama sucks cock.
Posted by: other possible campaign slogans at July 17, 2012 02:56 PM (QupBk)
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Health insurance is not medical care.
Outsourcing is not offshoring.
We've already lost the battle by conceding the fraudulent use of language.
Outsourcing is not offshoring.
We've already lost the battle by conceding the fraudulent use of language.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 17, 2012 02:57 PM (ZKzrr)
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You can only holler "SQUIRREL!" for so long before people tune you out. I know because I'm a RACIST!
Posted by: Roy at July 17, 2012 02:57 PM (VndSC)
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I read that Obama is going to link Bain, to Romney's tax returns, then no matter what they reveal claim that he's using 'loopholes'. Then tie it to fairness in the tax code and increasing rates on guys like 'me and Romney.'
Posted by: MJ at July 17, 2012 02:57 PM (TR60b)
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Barack Obama IS...
A
F O R E I G N
D E P O S I T
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 17, 2012 02:53 PM (rXGCl)
Barack Obama in:
AN
APPLE
IN
SHANGHAI
A
F O R E I G N
D E P O S I T
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 17, 2012 02:53 PM (rXGCl)
Barack Obama in:
AN
APPLE
IN
SHANGHAI
Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 17, 2012 02:57 PM (136wp)
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We've already lost the battle by conceding the fraudulent use of language.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 17, 2012 02:57 PM (ZKzrr)
Exactly. Just like we lost the Battle on "Profiling"??? Of course we profile, it's the only way real police work is done
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 17, 2012 02:57 PM (ZKzrr)
Exactly. Just like we lost the Battle on "Profiling"??? Of course we profile, it's the only way real police work is done
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 02:58 PM (05RcU)
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>I just got out of a meeting with the FAA
You have my deepest condolences. I left an avionics company about six years ago because I was loosing the battle of wills against a supernova hot desire to murder some FAA dickheads.
You have my deepest condolences. I left an avionics company about six years ago because I was loosing the battle of wills against a supernova hot desire to murder some FAA dickheads.
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at July 17, 2012 02:58 PM (SDkq3)
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Didn't he sign something, a tax return maybe, that says he's responsible for his investments and the decisions made with them? Even if he left that in the hands of some able-minded trustee, isn't he ultimately responsible for those choices? This could be a felony that he committed. Or is he just plain shit-for-brains stupid?
Posted by: Jay Bee at July 17, 2012 02:58 PM (Xwgt3)
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The Obamas tell us about our need to cut energy use and yet they use private jets like most people use paper towels.
Posted by: The Annals of Hyprocrisy, Obama Gift Edition at July 17, 2012 02:59 PM (QKKT0)
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My profile says ... hot and sexy.
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 17, 2012 02:59 PM (GvYeG)
Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 17, 2012 02:59 PM (136wp)
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Must see: the RNC's released a bunch of great "You didn't build that!" Photoshops. Link (safe to Weasel Zippers) in my name.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2012 02:59 PM (tqwMN)
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Romney needs to start peppering the field on Medicare right now!!!
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2012 02:59 PM (TKpwb)
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@25
no, no, no and you're projecting.
no, no, no and you're projecting.
Posted by: Roy at July 17, 2012 03:00 PM (VndSC)
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By the way, when he invests his money, does he make a profit? Because I know when he invests my money, he doesn't.
Posted by: Jay Bee at July 17, 2012 03:00 PM (Xwgt3)
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Obama, the careful custodian of money? The guy who refuses to pass a budget, leaving himself the stimulus as base line. For all his talk, the real obama is simply a bag man for donors and union thugs, that he's been robbing America dry to pay off his supporters. Forget fair, or making it with the help of govt or not, he's doing what the Sopranos calla bust out.
As i said earlier, he's the monorail presidency.
As i said earlier, he's the monorail presidency.
Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at July 17, 2012 03:00 PM (QxSug)
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They also have a big chunk invested in tax free mutual funds. Hypocritical assholes.
Posted by: Dirty Old Man at July 17, 2012 03:00 PM (ex1ST)
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No doubt he can counteract this by discussing the millions in foreign money he's been able to bring in to campain finance. Oh wait...
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at July 17, 2012 03:01 PM (6gk77)
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Racist. You're not supposed to point out that the Democrat argument against Romney is hypocritical.
Posted by: © Sponge at July 17, 2012 03:01 PM (UK9cE)
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7-EOJ, you have such a way with words. The images you create are, uh, vivid.
As for Romney, hit hard. Don't be a pussy. Don't take "the high road" like idiot McCain, or even W. Talk smack back to this jerks, get in their faces, talk louder, and give back to them exactly what they have been giving to us-except the finger biting, cause that's gross.
And I have to agree with Trump on this-Romney offers up his records/documents when Preezy releases unedited college and law school transcripts.
As for Romney, hit hard. Don't be a pussy. Don't take "the high road" like idiot McCain, or even W. Talk smack back to this jerks, get in their faces, talk louder, and give back to them exactly what they have been giving to us-except the finger biting, cause that's gross.
And I have to agree with Trump on this-Romney offers up his records/documents when Preezy releases unedited college and law school transcripts.
Posted by: moki at July 17, 2012 03:01 PM (dZmFh)
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The "Bain" meme is to edumacate the voters on the name. Next, they will link "Bain" to companies that dispose of aborted fetuses and who knows what else. David Corn(hole) said as much recently and he is one of them. Watch. 'Tis going to be ugly.
Posted by: eureka! at July 17, 2012 03:02 PM (ZIccV)
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I would think it is worse To have given tax dollars and favors to a company such as GE, than personal investments
Posted by: willow at July 17, 2012 03:02 PM (TomZ9)
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Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 17, 2012 03:02 PM (8y9MW)
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Vincini, he like to fuss...
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 17, 2012 03:03 PM (8y9MW)
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President Obama is weaning himself off his teleprompter.
At
recent campaign events in Pennsylvania, Virginia and again Monday in
Ohio, Obama spoke to crowds in high school gymnasiums and at crowded
outdoor events without his teleprompter, instead using written notes.
The
difference is dramatic. Instead of turning in his characteristic manner
from right to left and back again, reading from the two sloping,
clear-plastic planes of his teleprompter, Obama has glanced down at
pages in a binder on his podium.
Team Obama thinks the switch, or
partial switch — the president is not giving up the teleprompter
entirely — will help him better connect with voters.
President Obama is weaning himself off his teleprompter.
At
recent campaign events in Pennsylvania, Virginia and again Monday in
Ohio, Obama spoke to crowds in high school gymnasiums and at crowded
outdoor events without his teleprompter, instead using written notes.
The
difference is dramatic. Instead of turning in his characteristic manner
from right to left and back again, reading from the two sloping,
clear-plastic planes of his teleprompter, Obama has glanced down at
pages in a binder on his podium.
Team Obama thinks the switch, or
partial switch — the president is not giving up the teleprompter
entirely — will help him better connect with voters.
Posted by: unemployed TOTUS at July 17, 2012 03:03 PM (e8kgV)
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Yeah, offshoring and outsourcing are two different things, though Barry sure doesn't undertstand that. No one else seems willing to explain the difference either, which is a shame, because I'm sure Romneygets it.
Offshoring isn't even necessarily bad, because hey, reduced costs are generally a good thing. Comparative advantages are a little harder to explain, but it can be done. (Wasn't it a Founding Father who said, "I will go where I can buy products the cheapest?", in response to the British trade monopoly on the Colonies? I'm sure it's in Stuff Jefferson's BFF's and FrenemiesSaid.) It's justso much easier to demagogue, which is, like, 90% or so of the Democrat/media playbook.
(Anyway, outsourcing-- well, domestic outsourcing-- is more of a wash, in the sense of X fewer jobs here, but roughly X more jobs there, and they're better at it, etc.)
Yeah, offshoring and outsourcing are two different things, though Barry sure doesn't undertstand that. No one else seems willing to explain the difference either, which is a shame, because I'm sure Romneygets it.
Offshoring isn't even necessarily bad, because hey, reduced costs are generally a good thing. Comparative advantages are a little harder to explain, but it can be done. (Wasn't it a Founding Father who said, "I will go where I can buy products the cheapest?", in response to the British trade monopoly on the Colonies? I'm sure it's in Stuff Jefferson's BFF's and FrenemiesSaid.) It's justso much easier to demagogue, which is, like, 90% or so of the Democrat/media playbook.
(Anyway, outsourcing-- well, domestic outsourcing-- is more of a wash, in the sense of X fewer jobs here, but roughly X more jobs there, and they're better at it, etc.)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at July 17, 2012 03:03 PM (zgHLA)
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Or Petrobus, taxdollars also given so american oil workers are not working.
or shutting down coal. losing jobs for american workers.
really he wants to go here?
or shutting down coal. losing jobs for american workers.
really he wants to go here?
Posted by: willow at July 17, 2012 03:03 PM (TomZ9)
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Being Obama means never having to say, "I'm sorry."
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 17, 2012 03:04 PM (u16FL)
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Next, they will link "Bain" to companies that dispose of aborted fetuses and who knows what else.
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I believe Obama favors Planned Parenthood, which actually destroys the fetus.
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I believe Obama favors Planned Parenthood, which actually destroys the fetus.
Posted by: MJ at July 17, 2012 03:04 PM (TR60b)
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39 I would think it is worse To have given tax dollars and favors to a company such as GE, than personal investments
Posted by: willow at July 17, 2012 03:02 PM (TomZ9)
And GE outsources American jobs faster than John Travolta propositioning the dude massaging him...
Posted by: willow at July 17, 2012 03:02 PM (TomZ9)
And GE outsources American jobs faster than John Travolta propositioning the dude massaging him...
Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 17, 2012 03:04 PM (136wp)
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Argh, formatting fail. Been so long, I forgot to do the HTMlery.
<p>
Sorry about the mess. [tosses a coin at the bar]
Argh, formatting fail. Been so long, I forgot to do the HTMlery.
<p>
Sorry about the mess. [tosses a coin at the bar]
Posted by: Lance McCormick at July 17, 2012 03:04 PM (zgHLA)
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Yeah, offshoring and outsourcing are two different things,
I just look at the profits-to-earnings ratio.
I just look at the profits-to-earnings ratio.
Posted by: Barry McBucks at July 17, 2012 03:05 PM (FcR7P)
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How many great inventions and resulting products have been outsourced because the government got in the way? The gov't doesn't do it's part. If it did, then they would work on the reason why good products get outsourced, like over-regulation. Instead they just provide the roads from the docks that we use to bring the product in.
Posted by: Jay Bee at July 17, 2012 03:06 PM (Xwgt3)
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Of course they did. Considering how many companies outsource, and how many people invest in 401(k)'s and so forth, then most everyone is going to have invested in companies that offshore.
And that will be realized by more and more people as this attack sticks around. Which is why I am surprised that the Obama campaign is shooting off so much of these good shots so early, when there is time for damage control and for the entire thing to die down. It only makes sense when I start reading so many coming to the conclusion that Obama is doing this to prevent his total collapse in the summer polls.
And that will be realized by more and more people as this attack sticks around. Which is why I am surprised that the Obama campaign is shooting off so much of these good shots so early, when there is time for damage control and for the entire thing to die down. It only makes sense when I start reading so many coming to the conclusion that Obama is doing this to prevent his total collapse in the summer polls.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - trying to stay awake in the middle of the afternoon at July 17, 2012 03:06 PM (hLRSq)
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Robot Devil, right, my mind was flopping around trying to remember Petrobus (soros american tax invstment) etc. so i skippedTHE major component.
hangs head
hangs head
Posted by: willow at July 17, 2012 03:06 PM (TomZ9)
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Convicted Felon and Nazi Collaborator George Soros.
Whose finances am I supposed to be concerned about, again?
Whose finances am I supposed to be concerned about, again?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 17, 2012 03:07 PM (8y9MW)
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>> The Obamas Have $450,000 Invested In Companies That Outsource
The term is "offshore", goddammit! OFFSHORE!
Every small company with an independent bookkeeper outsources.
The term is "offshore", goddammit! OFFSHORE!
Every small company with an independent bookkeeper outsources.
Posted by: Andy at July 17, 2012 03:08 PM (wLibB)
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Barky commercials....playing over and over...on SyFy channel....
"Mitt Romney Outsourced Jobs!..Mitt Romney Outsourced Jobs!.. Mitt Romney Outsourced Jobs!..Mitt Romney Outsourced Jobs!..Mitt Romney Outsourced Jobs!..MITT ROMNEY OUTSOURCED JOBS!!!!"
It shows Barky, hugging some women on an auto-assemblyline.
Talks about how Barky "cares about creating Jobs here in America".
Really. fucking. pukeworthy.
Barky commercials....playing over and over...on SyFy channel....
"Mitt Romney Outsourced Jobs!..Mitt Romney Outsourced Jobs!.. Mitt Romney Outsourced Jobs!..Mitt Romney Outsourced Jobs!..Mitt Romney Outsourced Jobs!..MITT ROMNEY OUTSOURCED JOBS!!!!"
It shows Barky, hugging some women on an auto-assemblyline.
Talks about how Barky "cares about creating Jobs here in America".
Really. fucking. pukeworthy.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 03:09 PM (MbB0O)
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This could be a felony that he committed. Or is he just plain shit-for-brains stupid?Posted by: Jay Bee
As a Christian, would you say you are concerned or vexed?
As a Christian, would you say you are concerned or vexed?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 17, 2012 03:09 PM (mIoJ0)
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The SCOAMT gave the Romney campaign a gift with his Americans-can't-build-businesses-by-themselves meme. That should be the mainspring of this campaign. It encompasses everthing about what Barky does and says. It can be played even with healthcare.
Posted by: Soona at July 17, 2012 03:09 PM (gaYoA)
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"President Obama is weaning himself off his teleprompter.At recent campaign events in Pennsylvania, Virginia and again Monday in Ohio, Obama spoke to crowds in high school gymnasiums and at crowded outdoor events without his teleprompter, instead using written notes.The difference is dramatic. Instead of turning in his characteristic manner from right to left and back again, reading from the two sloping, clear-plastic planes of his teleprompter, Obama has glanced down at pages in a binder on his podium.Team Obama thinks the switch, or partial switch — the president is not giving up the teleprompter entirely — will help him better connect with voters."
You dont do things like this unless you are VERY worried about how things are going.
You dont do things like this unless you are VERY worried about how things are going.
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 17, 2012 03:09 PM (GvYeG)
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Still want to know what outsourcing is bad but allowing anyone to walk across the border to work here undocumented is ok.
Posted by: Doc at July 17, 2012 03:09 PM (biMBg)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - trying to stay awake in the middle of the afternoon at July 17, 2012 03:10 PM (hLRSq)
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He doesn't seem eager to talk about all the foreign deposits made in Stanley Dunham's unwashed libtard oyster ditch.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 17, 2012 02:51 PM (rXGCl)
*snerk*
This is why I love the HQ.
He doesn't seem eager to talk about all the foreign deposits made in Stanley Dunham's unwashed libtard oyster ditch.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 17, 2012 02:51 PM (rXGCl)
*snerk*
This is why I love the HQ.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2012 03:10 PM (TIIx5)
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How much of Obama's own money has he contributed to his own campaign not counting the donation he gave himself in lieu of a wedding present for Valerie Jarrett's daughter's wedding? He could have used some of this 450,000 at the same time he's begging the 25,000 a year Joe to pony up some cash.
I would have our PACs hit this similar message to counter Obama's class warfare theme. I would contrast his 1.65 million dollar mansion with his rhetoric. I would bring up Michelle's Potemkin 317,000 a year job with Obama's snippet of at some point you've made enough money.
These type of attacks are the PAC's job.
I would have our PACs hit this similar message to counter Obama's class warfare theme. I would contrast his 1.65 million dollar mansion with his rhetoric. I would bring up Michelle's Potemkin 317,000 a year job with Obama's snippet of at some point you've made enough money.
These type of attacks are the PAC's job.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2012 03:10 PM (ETWo2)
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interesting i put 'Obama invests in overseas" and 12 pages i'm still getting Bain and Romny.
no problem with that at all here.
no problem with that at all here.
Posted by: willow at July 17, 2012 03:11 PM (TomZ9)
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The SCOAMT gave the Romney campaign a gift with his
Americans-can't-build-businesses-by-themselves meme. That should be the
mainspring of this campaign. It encompasses everthing about what Barky
does and says. It can be played even with healthcare.
I have nothing to add to this, it just needs to be repeated.
Americans-can't-build-businesses-by-themselves meme. That should be the
mainspring of this campaign. It encompasses everthing about what Barky
does and says. It can be played even with healthcare.
I have nothing to add to this, it just needs to be repeated.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 17, 2012 03:12 PM (8y9MW)
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Ahh... AverageJoe's post didn't even stay up long enough for me to point out that all Trolls are AverageJoe, and that AverageJoe sucks cock by choice.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 17, 2012 03:12 PM (8y9MW)
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Here's the direct link to the RNC for the crazy awesome Photoshops:
http://rncresearch.tumblr.com/
http://rncresearch.tumblr.com/
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2012 03:13 PM (tqwMN)
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"OFFSHORE!"
God-blasted stupid fat fingers and sleepy, sleepy brain miserable hot weather busted thirty-year-old airconditioning system what needs specially manufactured part that will be in sometime around Labor Day...
I'm blaming the SCOAMF.
God-blasted stupid fat fingers and sleepy, sleepy brain miserable hot weather busted thirty-year-old airconditioning system what needs specially manufactured part that will be in sometime around Labor Day...
I'm blaming the SCOAMF.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - trying to stay awake in the middle of the afternoon at July 17, 2012 03:13 PM (hLRSq)
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He doesn't seem eager to talk about all the foreign deposits made in Stanley Dunham's unwashed libtard oyster ditch.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 17, 2012 02:51 PM (rXGCl)
Harr!
I really should know better than to be taking a drink of something while reading the threads.
He doesn't seem eager to talk about all the foreign deposits made in Stanley Dunham's unwashed libtard oyster ditch.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 17, 2012 02:51 PM (rXGCl)
Harr!
I really should know better than to be taking a drink of something while reading the threads.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 03:13 PM (MbB0O)
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You dont do things like this unless you are VERY worried about how things are going.
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 17, 2012 03:09 PM (GvYeG)
It will also make it easier for him to go "off script" and make more remarks about what he really believes- which will be pure gold for advertising sound bites.
I'm surprised his handlers are letting him do this.
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 17, 2012 03:09 PM (GvYeG)
It will also make it easier for him to go "off script" and make more remarks about what he really believes- which will be pure gold for advertising sound bites.
I'm surprised his handlers are letting him do this.
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 17, 2012 03:14 PM (2lB7O)
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Talk smack back to this jerks, get in their faces, talk louder, and give back to them exactly what they have been giving to us
Posted by: moki at July 17, 2012 03:01 PM (dZmFh)
Paging John Sununu, paging Mr. John Sununu, pick up the white courtesy phone in the lobby. It's CNN News questioning your frontal assault on the honesty and integrity of Preznit Baracka Hussein O'Stumblefart.
Talk smack back to this jerks, get in their faces, talk louder, and give back to them exactly what they have been giving to us
Posted by: moki at July 17, 2012 03:01 PM (dZmFh)
Paging John Sununu, paging Mr. John Sununu, pick up the white courtesy phone in the lobby. It's CNN News questioning your frontal assault on the honesty and integrity of Preznit Baracka Hussein O'Stumblefart.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at July 17, 2012 03:14 PM (hvwLi)
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@7 "...foreign deposits made in Stanley Dunham's unwashed libtard oyster ditch."
Hey, the poetry thread is over there, pal.
What's the best way to get vomit out of a keyboard?
@7 "...foreign deposits made in Stanley Dunham's unwashed libtard oyster ditch."
Hey, the poetry thread is over there, pal.
What's the best way to get vomit out of a keyboard?
Posted by: Jaws at July 17, 2012 03:14 PM (4I3Uo)
72
Team Obama thinks the switch, or
partial switch — the president is not giving up the teleprompter
entirely — will help him better connect with voters.
Team Obama is desperate and stupid. First, if you want to wean him off the teleprompter, you don't wait until 3 months before the election. Reading off a teleprompter is a skill Obama has honed (I will give him that) but making him do something different will make him look awkward and weird.
And he CANNOT speak extemporaneously. That's when he starts going all Dr. Strangelove and making a commie salute.
One thing, this is probably his stump speech that he gives about 5 times a week so it ought to be memorized. He isn't leaving TOTUS for anything else.
But they don't want teleprompter mockery and so that's why (a) they're doing it and (b) pointing it out to the media.
partial switch — the president is not giving up the teleprompter
entirely — will help him better connect with voters.
Team Obama is desperate and stupid. First, if you want to wean him off the teleprompter, you don't wait until 3 months before the election. Reading off a teleprompter is a skill Obama has honed (I will give him that) but making him do something different will make him look awkward and weird.
And he CANNOT speak extemporaneously. That's when he starts going all Dr. Strangelove and making a commie salute.
One thing, this is probably his stump speech that he gives about 5 times a week so it ought to be memorized. He isn't leaving TOTUS for anything else.
But they don't want teleprompter mockery and so that's why (a) they're doing it and (b) pointing it out to the media.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2012 03:15 PM (T0NGe)
73
Saw it on the FB today:
"Fathom the hypocrisy of a Government that requires every citizen to
prove they are insured ...but not prove they are a citizen."
"Fathom the hypocrisy of a Government that requires every citizen to
prove they are insured ...but not prove they are a citizen."
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 17, 2012 03:15 PM (kSaUf)
74
For romney, this can be teachable moment to be the guy who looks like he knows what he's talking about, because with the bain attacks and the outsourcing, it's like the left is forcing Republicans to defend eating broccoli when the democrats are all about eating thin mints for dinner. Look, outsourcing is a fact of economic life, it may not be pleasant, but it happens and it's real, and it's ultimately a good thing. Sort of like how Honda, BMW, MB, and Toyota have opened plants here, you know? And see here, even SCOAMF put $ overseas.
And you know what? A few years ago libs were gay for china as the next big investment spot because they heart totalitarianism.
So, Mitt gets to be mr. downer. He should at least realize that he's the one being asked to defend the facts of life, not the one who's policy goals is to realize santa clause as a valid economic policy.
And you know what? A few years ago libs were gay for china as the next big investment spot because they heart totalitarianism.
So, Mitt gets to be mr. downer. He should at least realize that he's the one being asked to defend the facts of life, not the one who's policy goals is to realize santa clause as a valid economic policy.
Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at July 17, 2012 03:15 PM (QxSug)
75
6 -
I can't believe no one has asked this yet, but if you were arguing over the meaning of the word "input," does that mean Bill Clinton was at the meeting?
I can't believe no one has asked this yet, but if you were arguing over the meaning of the word "input," does that mean Bill Clinton was at the meeting?
Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2012 03:15 PM (TOk1P)
76
Who knew heaven was so hot ?!
Posted by: Coach Joe Paterno at July 17, 2012 03:16 PM (msPO3)
77
"But Obama has dictated we have to talk about dumb shit like this, so we don't talk about the fact that he is a Stuttering Clusterf**k of a Miserable Failure."
Yep. We're on day 9 of the outsourcing distraction. Nine wasted days the Romney team should have used to attack Obama's management of the economy. If this election is about Mitt Romney's past, he will lose. The Romney campaign doesn't seem to realize this - move the focus back to Obama economy Obama economy Obama economy and keep it there.
Yep. We're on day 9 of the outsourcing distraction. Nine wasted days the Romney team should have used to attack Obama's management of the economy. If this election is about Mitt Romney's past, he will lose. The Romney campaign doesn't seem to realize this - move the focus back to Obama economy Obama economy Obama economy and keep it there.
Posted by: Jordan at July 17, 2012 03:16 PM (RSG1I)
78
Barack Obama has
Investment's in a Man's Country Thing
::puts on glasses:
Oh... I see. I get it now.
Investment's in a Man's Country Thing
::puts on glasses:
Oh... I see. I get it now.
Posted by: 66chevelle at July 17, 2012 03:17 PM (QjSgY)
79
So do Barky's handlers really use his big fat ears?
Posted by: Killerdog at July 17, 2012 03:17 PM (NpT96)
80
73Saw it on the FB today:
"Fathom the hypocrisy of a Government that requires every citizen to
prove they are insured ...but not prove they are a citizen."
This is....brilliant.
I just thought it needed repeating.
73Saw it on the FB today:
"Fathom the hypocrisy of a Government that requires every citizen to
prove they are insured ...but not prove they are a citizen."
This is....brilliant.
I just thought it needed repeating.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 03:17 PM (MbB0O)
81
Hey Jordan, is the Texas Legislature still in session?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 17, 2012 03:18 PM (8y9MW)
82
Hey, the poetry thread is over there, pal.
What's the best way to get vomit out of a keyboard?<<<<
JOSHUA:/> A CURIOUS THREAD.
JOSHUA:/> THE ONLY WAY TO WIN IS
NOT TO READ.
Hey, the poetry thread is over there, pal.
What's the best way to get vomit out of a keyboard?<<<<
JOSHUA:/> A CURIOUS THREAD.
JOSHUA:/> THE ONLY WAY TO WIN IS
NOT TO READ.
Posted by: W.O.P.R. at July 17, 2012 03:18 PM (rXGCl)
83
You keep sucking Mitt's cock. Still, doesn't taste quite right, does it, Ace?
Posted by: Andrew Breitbart at July 17, 2012 03:18 PM (jyf+9)
84
Paging John Sununu, paging Mr. John Sununu, pick up the white courtesy phone in the lobby. It's CNN News questioning your frontal assault on the honesty and integrity of Preznit Baracka Hussein O'Stumblefart.
Posted by: Doctor Fish
Which would be fine if the rest of the establishment RINOS wouldn't get their knickers in a twist and start apologizing.
Posted by: Doctor Fish
Which would be fine if the rest of the establishment RINOS wouldn't get their knickers in a twist and start apologizing.
Posted by: moki at July 17, 2012 03:19 PM (dZmFh)
85
What is this mediscare you keep referring to?
What is this mediscare you keep referring to?
Posted by: barack papa doc duvalier obama at July 17, 2012 03:19 PM (mFxQX)
86
Posted by: Andrew Breitbart at July 17, 2012 03:18 PM (jyf+9)
Hah! Got it!
All Trolls are Average Joe, who sucks cock by choice.
Hah! Got it!
All Trolls are Average Joe, who sucks cock by choice.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (8y9MW)
87
Name at least one company on the Dow. That doesn't engage in outsourcing.
You are a fuckdittohead.
You are a fuckdittohead.
Posted by: Andrew Breitbart at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (jyf+9)
88
No Out Sourcing. Great Idea. Hey and lets kick Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, and the Airbus Factory out of the US
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (05RcU)
89
Outsource or offshore?
(You think I'm a pedant? I just got out of a meeting with the FAA, where we haggled over the meaning of the word "input")
There's no need to get pedantic about a made up word like offshoring.
It's just as made up as verbing input.
Outsource or offshore?
(You think I'm a pedant? I just got out of a meeting with the FAA, where we haggled over the meaning of the word "input")
There's no need to get pedantic about a made up word like offshoring.
It's just as made up as verbing input.
Posted by: eleven at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (KXm42)
90
Every day I am more and more convinced these people are simply operating on autopilot. They tore a page out of the John Edwards "Two Americas," and every other low-life, cynical Dem politician who started from the premise that Americans are dumb enough to want to have a class warfare/pigs at the feeding trough fight over who gets what from the federal teet (sorry for the mixed metaphors).
And every day I am more convinced they really don't have a clue what's coming for them. It might depend on how soon it breaks, but if it does break before November, the country is going to so resoundingly reject these idiots that Obama will be lucky to win Illinois.
And every day I am more convinced they really don't have a clue what's coming for them. It might depend on how soon it breaks, but if it does break before November, the country is going to so resoundingly reject these idiots that Obama will be lucky to win Illinois.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (TOk1P)
91
I have a Bold Prediction: I will go on a spree before this election is over.
Seriously, if it's this stupid now, I don't want to think of how much stupider it's going to get.
Seriously, if it's this stupid now, I don't want to think of how much stupider it's going to get.
Posted by: alexthechick SMOD. Now with more ELE! at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (VtjlW)
92
Ha. Erg's still got nuthin.
Posted by: toby928© at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (QupBk)
93
What has occurred to me is that that Mitt even has to campaign at all is surprising.
But alas, there are a lot more takers in our society than there used to be.
But alas, there are a lot more takers in our society than there used to be.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2012 03:21 PM (Y+wkX)
94
Barky is outsourcing....his Fundraising, too.
Hannity showed a map last night....which highlighted all the countries around the world, where Barky is doing Fundraising activities.
Barky is outsourcing....his Fundraising, too.
Hannity showed a map last night....which highlighted all the countries around the world, where Barky is doing Fundraising activities.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 03:21 PM (MbB0O)
95
This is like when Michael Moore's tax returns were published and he was invested in Haliburton.
Posted by: kallisto at July 17, 2012 03:21 PM (jm/9g)
96
"He doesn't seem eager to talk about all the foreign deposits made in Stanley Dunham's unwashed libtard oyster ditch."
Yeah, I think I can guess what an "oyster ditch" is, but, in all seriousness, it sure would be niceifsome daywe couldlearn just what Peter Geithner was doing in mentoring Stanley Ann's career in turd-world microfinance all those years.
And how it was that his son, Timothy "Timmy TurboTax" Geithner just HAPPENED to be the NY Fed Chief who laundered the billions in hush money to Goldman Sachs in December of 2008, after Goldman [working out of the Paulson Treasury Dept]had been so kind as to sabotage the McCain campaign back in September of 2008.
You know, there are some who believe that the Dunhams might have been CIA, and that the CIA was controlling their careers [and that L'il Barry Soetoro's 1981/82 trip to Pakistan might have been on the behalf of the CIA].
If so, and if Geithner Pere et Fils were themselvesalso CIA, then it sure would explain a lot [in an Oliver Stone/Robert Ludlum conspiratorial kinduva fashion].
"He doesn't seem eager to talk about all the foreign deposits made in Stanley Dunham's unwashed libtard oyster ditch."
Yeah, I think I can guess what an "oyster ditch" is, but, in all seriousness, it sure would be niceifsome daywe couldlearn just what Peter Geithner was doing in mentoring Stanley Ann's career in turd-world microfinance all those years.
And how it was that his son, Timothy "Timmy TurboTax" Geithner just HAPPENED to be the NY Fed Chief who laundered the billions in hush money to Goldman Sachs in December of 2008, after Goldman [working out of the Paulson Treasury Dept]had been so kind as to sabotage the McCain campaign back in September of 2008.
You know, there are some who believe that the Dunhams might have been CIA, and that the CIA was controlling their careers [and that L'il Barry Soetoro's 1981/82 trip to Pakistan might have been on the behalf of the CIA].
If so, and if Geithner Pere et Fils were themselvesalso CIA, then it sure would explain a lot [in an Oliver Stone/Robert Ludlum conspiratorial kinduva fashion].
Posted by: Zombie Shane at July 17, 2012 03:21 PM (Z2i+W)
97
Andrew seems a bit upset today.
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 17, 2012 03:21 PM (GvYeG)
98
77 Romney's past is exemplary. He wins based on his past except with tards like you. Obama's incompetence is just lagniappe. EoJ can explain.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2012 03:21 PM (WY3bD)
99
"It's just as made up as verbing input."
Actually, it's been used as a verb for 700 years. Dictionaries, folks! They work!
Actually, it's been used as a verb for 700 years. Dictionaries, folks! They work!
Posted by: Jordan at July 17, 2012 03:22 PM (RSG1I)
100
All Trolls are Average Joe, who sucks cock by choice.
No, our faux red poseur erg predates AJ, although the sucks cock part is spot on.
No, our faux red poseur erg predates AJ, although the sucks cock part is spot on.
Posted by: toby928© at July 17, 2012 03:22 PM (QupBk)
101
Romny already beat the BO team to the punch with the slogan: "America's Comeback Team"....
He needs to do more of that. The McCain playbook link is all over, he should read about the opposition research on himself and do preemptive strikes. He can send that huge crowd he's vetting for VP, plus Sununu, cause he's just funny, and maybe cheney, to drive the libs/dems nuts, out there to divulge all the secrets. He can use trump for the big blockbuster secrets. Do it all now, while everyone but hardcore political junkies is on vacation. By the time September comes people will be skipping all the commercials anyway and they'll be numb to all this dumb pettiness.
He needs to do more of that. The McCain playbook link is all over, he should read about the opposition research on himself and do preemptive strikes. He can send that huge crowd he's vetting for VP, plus Sununu, cause he's just funny, and maybe cheney, to drive the libs/dems nuts, out there to divulge all the secrets. He can use trump for the big blockbuster secrets. Do it all now, while everyone but hardcore political junkies is on vacation. By the time September comes people will be skipping all the commercials anyway and they'll be numb to all this dumb pettiness.
Posted by: s u n s h i n e at July 17, 2012 03:23 PM (oZfic)
102
#BeatingOnAmerica
Posted by: toby928© pushes the tag at July 17, 2012 03:24 PM (QupBk)
103
Every day I am more and more convinced these people are simply operating on autopilot.
They have to lie too much. The things they want to say, they can't. Obama really wants to scream from the rooftops about the joys of socialism and what a perfect leader he is. But he can't. Even when the mask slips a little, it's a huge gaffe.
That's why they have to be so careful.
They have to lie too much. The things they want to say, they can't. Obama really wants to scream from the rooftops about the joys of socialism and what a perfect leader he is. But he can't. Even when the mask slips a little, it's a huge gaffe.
That's why they have to be so careful.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2012 03:24 PM (T0NGe)
104
Where is the wad thread ?
Posted by: Eleanor's Clit at July 17, 2012 03:24 PM (msPO3)
105
And in 700 years input will have been used as a verb for 700 years dumbfuck.
Posted by: eleven at July 17, 2012 03:24 PM (KXm42)
106
I'd like to see Romney give a Ross Perot-style presentation called "Bain Capital vs. Annenberg Challenge" and use lots of pie charts. It could be very effective.
There's a basic GIGO attack angle there.
There's a basic GIGO attack angle there.
Posted by: tachyonsnuggy at July 17, 2012 03:24 PM (HSQgV)
107
Hey and lets kick Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, and the Airbus Factory out of the US
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (05RcU)
Sarc or not, you can pry my Tundra from my cold dead fingers good sir.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (05RcU)
Sarc or not, you can pry my Tundra from my cold dead fingers good sir.
Posted by: redneck randal at July 17, 2012 03:25 PM (UZQM8)
108
Is it right for people to take contributions from people who aren't Americans in foreign countries? I mean isn't that like taking money from lobbyists only it somehow seems worse?
Posted by: s u n s h i n e at July 17, 2012 03:25 PM (oZfic)
109
83: The free clinic called. They're backed up and need your talent for diagnosing STDs by taste.
Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at July 17, 2012 03:25 PM (GBXon)
110
Obamacare will cause more outsourcing than all the outsourcers combined.
Posted by: The Duke of East Dallas at July 17, 2012 03:25 PM (KHo8t)
111
Deee-fense, deee-fense.
Posted by: eleven at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (KXm42)
112
97 Andrew seems a bit upset today.
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 17, 2012 03:21 PM (GvYeG)
He mad...
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 17, 2012 03:21 PM (GvYeG)
He mad...
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (UZQM8)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (mIoJ0)
114
No Out Sourcing. Great Idea. Hey and lets kick Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, and the Airbus Factory out of the US
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (05RcU)
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What a great idea.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (05RcU)
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What a great idea.
Posted by: Baraka's dick-sucking union bosses at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (gaYoA)
115
Erg just pawn in game of life.
Posted by: mongo at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (QupBk)
116
87 -
Thought experiment for you, genius: Obama accuses Romney of having sex with a woman. Ace posts, saying "hey look, there's evidence Obama had sex with a woman too!" And your response is "name one father who hasn't had sex with a woman!"
See what I'm getting at here? It's kinda the point.
Thought experiment for you, genius: Obama accuses Romney of having sex with a woman. Ace posts, saying "hey look, there's evidence Obama had sex with a woman too!" And your response is "name one father who hasn't had sex with a woman!"
See what I'm getting at here? It's kinda the point.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (TOk1P)
117
A cat pissing out the window and a cat shitting out the window are two different things.
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (SDkq3)
118
There's a basic GIGO attack angle there.
Posted by: tachyonsnuggy at July 17, 2012 03:24 PM (HSQgV)\
I love acronyms. I used the old FIFO routine with Ashley Dupre, even when she ripped me off for 2K. I was her first.
There's a basic GIGO attack angle there.
Posted by: tachyonsnuggy at July 17, 2012 03:24 PM (HSQgV)\
I love acronyms. I used the old FIFO routine with Ashley Dupre, even when she ripped me off for 2K. I was her first.
Posted by: Eliot Spitzer, Client #9 at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (hvwLi)
119
Hey and lets kick Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, and the Airbus Factory out of the US
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (05RcU)
Sarc or not, you can pry my Tundra from my cold dead fingers good sir.
Posted by: redneck randal at July 17, 2012 03:25 PM (UZQM
Of course it's a sarc. I am just trying to show that this bullshit about outsourcing is just that bullshit. Everybody outsources. That is how the world works now a days.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (05RcU)
Sarc or not, you can pry my Tundra from my cold dead fingers good sir.
Posted by: redneck randal at July 17, 2012 03:25 PM (UZQM
Of course it's a sarc. I am just trying to show that this bullshit about outsourcing is just that bullshit. Everybody outsources. That is how the world works now a days.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:27 PM (05RcU)
120
"Obama really wants to scream from the rooftops about the joys of socialism and what a perfect leader he is. "
"Joys of socialism" - have y'all read about that dude in South Korea who thought it would be a bright idea to emigrate [with his wife and daughters] to North Korea?
tinyurl.com/83ryjp7
Whew.
What. A. Doofus.
"Obama really wants to scream from the rooftops about the joys of socialism and what a perfect leader he is. "
"Joys of socialism" - have y'all read about that dude in South Korea who thought it would be a bright idea to emigrate [with his wife and daughters] to North Korea?
tinyurl.com/83ryjp7
Whew.
What. A. Doofus.
Posted by: Zombie Shane at July 17, 2012 03:27 PM (Z2i+W)
Posted by: toby928© at July 17, 2012 03:27 PM (QupBk)
122
A cat pissing out the window and a cat shitting out the window are two different things.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Posted by: eleven at July 17, 2012 03:27 PM (KXm42)
123
I for one don't understand why Romney continually runs from Bain. If I were him, I'd be running ads every day about the amazing things I did at Bain and the successful businesses that resulted.
I blame this on Romney's idiot handlers - you know the ones who seem to think going on the Sunday Talk Shows and saying "etch-a-sketch" is a good idea - yeah those guys.
C'mon Romney, let's see some, "Bain is so fucking awesome!" ads dammit. Take it to these guys.
I blame this on Romney's idiot handlers - you know the ones who seem to think going on the Sunday Talk Shows and saying "etch-a-sketch" is a good idea - yeah those guys.
C'mon Romney, let's see some, "Bain is so fucking awesome!" ads dammit. Take it to these guys.
Posted by: Bill Mitchell at July 17, 2012 03:27 PM (hlUJY)
124
Obama's next campaign commercial:
Mitt Romney: the other white meat.
What's next? Will he start calling him a honky or cracker?
Honestly, could Obama be more inept, underwhelming and divisive?
Obama's next campaign commercial:
Mitt Romney: the other white meat.
What's next? Will he start calling him a honky or cracker?
Honestly, could Obama be more inept, underwhelming and divisive?
Posted by: Exile in Exile at July 17, 2012 03:28 PM (+1909)
125
See what I'm getting at here? It's kinda the point.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (TOk1P)
What a great idea.
Posted by: Baraka's dick-sucking union bosses at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (gaYoA)
It's the socks that keep me coming back, not ace's stellar counter attacks to the choir. Socks, and Roberts Bashing.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (TOk1P)
What a great idea.
Posted by: Baraka's dick-sucking union bosses at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (gaYoA)
It's the socks that keep me coming back, not ace's stellar counter attacks to the choir. Socks, and Roberts Bashing.
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 17, 2012 03:28 PM (UZQM8)
126
Don't we risk alienating persuadable independents by bringing this up?
I think we should look to Dustin Siggins for the answers.
Don't we risk alienating persuadable independents by bringing this up?
I think we should look to Dustin Siggins for the answers.
Posted by: jwest at July 17, 2012 03:28 PM (ZDsRL)
127
96: Hate to be mister [citation needed], but can you point to sourcing on that? Because if it's true, there's some questions that sorely need answering.
Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at July 17, 2012 03:28 PM (GBXon)
128
Everybody outsources. That is how the world works now a days.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:27 PM (05RcU)
Es verdad senor!
Everybody outsources. That is how the world works now a days.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:27 PM (05RcU)
Es verdad senor!
Posted by: Mexico's Puta Cabal at July 17, 2012 03:28 PM (hvwLi)
129
I don't think their strategy is to prepare the way for mediscare. I think they are doubling down on the Elizabeth Warren strategy - they really think that 51% of this country wants to leech off of the rest of us; that we have crossed the threshold where the majority can now command the minority to provide for them.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 17, 2012 03:29 PM (Pixxe)
130
My October suprise is my homosexuality. Open, outed and unvarnished I will be over- the-top in November IYKWIM.
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at July 17, 2012 03:29 PM (msPO3)
131
No Out Sourcing. Great Idea. Hey and lets kick Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, and the Airbus Factory out of the US
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (05RcU)
The reason Preezy would be against this is because all of those factories are in Right to Work States-because foreign companies who are outsourcing do not want to deal with unions. So yeah, Barky would love for those to shut down, or be redirected to union states.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:20 PM (05RcU)
The reason Preezy would be against this is because all of those factories are in Right to Work States-because foreign companies who are outsourcing do not want to deal with unions. So yeah, Barky would love for those to shut down, or be redirected to union states.
Posted by: moki at July 17, 2012 03:29 PM (dZmFh)
132
102#BeatingOnAmerica
Outsourcing your tax dollars....making you into a Job Creator, overseas.
This is way worse than the old saying..."Beat me, whip me, make me write hot checks".
Barky iswriting hot checksto create overseas jobs....and forcing us to pay for it with less and less money in our pockets to do it with.
102#BeatingOnAmerica
Outsourcing your tax dollars....making you into a Job Creator, overseas.
This is way worse than the old saying..."Beat me, whip me, make me write hot checks".
Barky iswriting hot checksto create overseas jobs....and forcing us to pay for it with less and less money in our pockets to do it with.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 03:30 PM (MbB0O)
133
Speaking of verbs and even though it is tragic it is still kind of funny, one of my young victims wrote in her victim impact statement that the the defendant devirginized her.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 17, 2012 03:30 PM (u16FL)
134
Obamacare will cause more outsourcing than all the outsourcers combined.
Posted by: The Duke of East Dallas at July 17, 2012 03:25 PM (KHo8t)
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Ocare will cause the US to collapse, not only economically but constitutionally. Outsourcing will be the least of our worries.
Posted by: The Duke of East Dallas at July 17, 2012 03:25 PM (KHo8t)
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Ocare will cause the US to collapse, not only economically but constitutionally. Outsourcing will be the least of our worries.
Posted by: Soona at July 17, 2012 03:30 PM (gaYoA)
135
Dick Cheney is going to Capitol Hill to visit top Republican leaders to mainly discuss how to blunt defense budget cuts.
I also hope that 'Big Dick' takes time out to slap around a few Repubs (crying Boehner, et. al.)tell them to man up and save their country or else he's coming back and it won't be pretty.
I also hope that 'Big Dick' takes time out to slap around a few Repubs (crying Boehner, et. al.)tell them to man up and save their country or else he's coming back and it won't be pretty.
Posted by: Cheri at July 17, 2012 03:30 PM (G+Wff)
136
By forcing companies to provide health insurance to their employees, it drives up the cost of creating jobs in the USA compared to creating the same job outside the USA. It is effectively a new tax on companies that employ people in the USA.
But if theyoffshore the job out of the country, they don't have to pay this new tax. This can only have the same effect as a tax break for companies thatoffshore jobs.
But if theyoffshore the job out of the country, they don't have to pay this new tax. This can only have the same effect as a tax break for companies thatoffshore jobs.
Posted by: barack papa doc duvalier obama at July 17, 2012 03:30 PM (mFxQX)
137
We're proud to announce that we've kept all of our production operations right here in the United States, using 100 percent American workers.
Posted by: The Universal Buggy Whip Co. at July 17, 2012 03:31 PM (QKKT0)
138
#91 Start picking out your spree-going-on outfit. Planning like that is essential to all good blood bath multi-state sprees.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - trying to stay awake in the middle of the afternoon at July 17, 2012 03:31 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Doctor Fish at July 17, 2012 03:31 PM (hvwLi)
140
Speaking of McCain, his vetting/opposition profile of Mitt was leaked to reddit. Interesting reading, mostly because of the insights it provides into how campaigns work, not Mitt's character and background. Too lazy to link.
Posted by: Jordan at July 17, 2012 03:32 PM (RSG1I)
141
Posted by: The Universal Buggy Whip Co. at July 17, 2012 03:31 PM (QKKT0)
Yea, but you import the wood from Brazil
Posted by: The Universal Buggy Whip Co. at July 17, 2012 03:31 PM (QKKT0)
Yea, but you import the wood from Brazil
Posted by: barack papa doc duvalier obama at July 17, 2012 03:32 PM (mFxQX)
142
A cat pissing out the window and a cat shitting out the window are two different things.
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (SDkq3)
Not really if your standing right underneath?
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at July 17, 2012 03:26 PM (SDkq3)
Not really if your standing right underneath?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:33 PM (05RcU)
Posted by: eleven at July 17, 2012 03:33 PM (KXm42)
144
135 Dick Cheney is going to Capitol Hill to visit top Republican leaders
Posted by: Cheri at July 17, 2012 03:30 PM (G+Wff)
Darth Cheney is going to inspect the Debt Star, he is not pleased with it's lack of progress...
Posted by: Cheri at July 17, 2012 03:30 PM (G+Wff)
Darth Cheney is going to inspect the Debt Star, he is not pleased with it's lack of progress...
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 17, 2012 03:33 PM (UZQM8)
145
What. A. Doofus.
Posted by: Zombie Shane at July 17, 2012 03:27 PM (Z2i+W)
If only all Libtards would suffer a similar dose of hard justice. The world would be a better place.
Posted by: Zombie Shane at July 17, 2012 03:27 PM (Z2i+W)
If only all Libtards would suffer a similar dose of hard justice. The world would be a better place.
Posted by: Reactionary at July 17, 2012 03:34 PM (xUM1Q)
Posted by: Terry at July 17, 2012 03:34 PM (TJ8HB)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at July 17, 2012 03:35 PM (SDkq3)
148
Michelle and I invest in Maldivian businesses for political reasons. It helps out the Argentinians.
Posted by: Barky O'Dogeater at July 17, 2012 03:37 PM (QKKT0)
149
I think that Noodle Guy was in the earlier thread:
Certainly a person starting a business must work very hard and risk much. They own the success, initially. As time progresses they don't owe it to the government, they owe it to the employees that actually grow the company through sweat and sacrifice.
Posted by: Donald at July 17, 2012 03:02 PM (5UtOA)
Certainly a person starting a business must work very hard and risk much. They own the success, initially. As time progresses they don't owe it to the government, they owe it to the employees that actually grow the company through sweat and sacrifice.
Posted by: Donald at July 17, 2012 03:02 PM (5UtOA)
Posted by: toby928© at July 17, 2012 03:37 PM (QupBk)
150
What are the odds Meggs is behind the "leak"?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2012 03:38 PM (tqwMN)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 17, 2012 03:38 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: toby928© at July 17, 2012 03:39 PM (QupBk)
153
jinx, of a sort
Posted by: toby928© at July 17, 2012 03:39 PM (QupBk)
154
"What are the odds Meggs is behind the "leak"?"
I don't think she's figured out email yet. If MM was the leak, the document would have been separated into 37,980 separate tweets.
I don't think she's figured out email yet. If MM was the leak, the document would have been separated into 37,980 separate tweets.
Posted by: Jordan at July 17, 2012 03:40 PM (RSG1I)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 17, 2012 03:40 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: eleven at July 17, 2012 03:40 PM (KXm42)
157
Let's not forget the first two numbnuts to level the 'wrong kind of capitalism' line of attack on Romney in this election: Dumbshit Perry and Pandering Cunt Gingrich.
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at July 17, 2012 03:40 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 17, 2012 03:41 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: eleven at July 17, 2012 03:42 PM (KXm42)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 17, 2012 03:42 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 17, 2012 03:42 PM (bFrcG)
162
Did we get our characters back?
Posted by: eleven at July 17, 2012 03:42 PM (KXm42)
163
"If only all Libtards would suffer a similar dose of hard justice."
In addition to the question of whether the Dunhams [and the Geithners] might actually have been CIA, another thing folks have been wondering about is this whole question of neo-feudalism, and whether the Libtards WANT to re-create North Korea in the USA, precisely because they envision themselves as Kim Jong Il and the gang, partying all night on champagne and caviar and whores, while all of us flyover-country serfs are left trying to survive on a diet of grass and tree bark.
Seriously.
Rush Limbaugh almost went there today [he got so far as to say, "we all know what the real answer is"], but there just seems to be this steadfast reluctance on the part of the Right to confront the awful truth which is that the Left really does want to destroy this country.
On the other hand, I heard David Horowitz say that very thing on television the other day [I think maybe he was talking to Hannity???], so there are some people out there who are starting to broach the topic.
"If only all Libtards would suffer a similar dose of hard justice."
In addition to the question of whether the Dunhams [and the Geithners] might actually have been CIA, another thing folks have been wondering about is this whole question of neo-feudalism, and whether the Libtards WANT to re-create North Korea in the USA, precisely because they envision themselves as Kim Jong Il and the gang, partying all night on champagne and caviar and whores, while all of us flyover-country serfs are left trying to survive on a diet of grass and tree bark.
Seriously.
Rush Limbaugh almost went there today [he got so far as to say, "we all know what the real answer is"], but there just seems to be this steadfast reluctance on the part of the Right to confront the awful truth which is that the Left really does want to destroy this country.
On the other hand, I heard David Horowitz say that very thing on television the other day [I think maybe he was talking to Hannity???], so there are some people out there who are starting to broach the topic.
Posted by: Zombie Shane at July 17, 2012 03:43 PM (Z2i+W)
164
Geraghty and Michelle Malkin are on Twitter raving about a speech that Romney made this afternoon.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at July 17, 2012 03:45 PM (YmPwQ)
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@ 149
He is using the standard Marxist formula of natural resources + labor = wealth, leaving the entrepreneur out of the picture.
He is using the standard Marxist formula of natural resources + labor = wealth, leaving the entrepreneur out of the picture.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 17, 2012 03:46 PM (u16FL)
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U.S. commanders increasingly are turning to a relatively obscure battlefield detective to find buried bombs, a major killer of Americans in Afghanistan.
But getting permission to buy the detection system has not been easy, a congressman says.
The detective is not a sniffer dog, surveillance gear or metal detector. It is a software platform called Palantir that allows intelligence analysts to quickly mine streams of war-fighting data and calculate likely spots where the Taliban are hiding improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to attack allied convoys.
The Washington Times has obtained internal military documents that show commanders praising Palantir as a roadside-bomb buster. At the same time, they had to urge higher-ups to let them buy the system because the software platform is not standard issue or a separate budgeted item.
“The problem with the military is they have big programs for billions and billions of dollars, and Palantir is a semi-off-the-shelf, awesome product — software that’s written by geniuses not working at the Defense Department,” said Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and member of the House Armed Services Committee.
“This is a long-term Pentagon issue in the way that the Pentagon and the war-fighters kind of fight over what they should be using because they don’t see things eye to eye,” he said.
“Palantir is being used, but not without a fight. Ground combat commanders are having to fight to get stuff to use that the Pentagon doesn’t want them to use.”
But we can blow money and flush it down the toilet on shit like the Chevy Volt?
But getting permission to buy the detection system has not been easy, a congressman says.
The detective is not a sniffer dog, surveillance gear or metal detector. It is a software platform called Palantir that allows intelligence analysts to quickly mine streams of war-fighting data and calculate likely spots where the Taliban are hiding improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to attack allied convoys.
The Washington Times has obtained internal military documents that show commanders praising Palantir as a roadside-bomb buster. At the same time, they had to urge higher-ups to let them buy the system because the software platform is not standard issue or a separate budgeted item.
“The problem with the military is they have big programs for billions and billions of dollars, and Palantir is a semi-off-the-shelf, awesome product — software that’s written by geniuses not working at the Defense Department,” said Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and member of the House Armed Services Committee.
“This is a long-term Pentagon issue in the way that the Pentagon and the war-fighters kind of fight over what they should be using because they don’t see things eye to eye,” he said.
“Palantir is being used, but not without a fight. Ground combat commanders are having to fight to get stuff to use that the Pentagon doesn’t want them to use.”
But we can blow money and flush it down the toilet on shit like the Chevy Volt?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:46 PM (05RcU)
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Barry likes waffles! WITH syrup! But, I don't make 'em. Barry takes 'em! Mmmmm. Delicious waffles.
Posted by: Barry Syrup, Int'l Man of Waffles at July 17, 2012 03:47 PM (yn6XZ)
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A man famous for having one of the largest penises on record said he was frisked by TSA agents at San Francisco International Airport after they suspected he was hiding something in his pants, according to his Twitter account.
New York native Jonah Falcon, 41, reported on July 9th that he was returning from a weekend in San Francisco when he was delayed by TSA agents who became curious about the bulge in his pants.
“TSA didn’t know what to make of the massive bulge on my thigh. Even after I went through that body scanner that shows you naked,” Falcon said on his Twitter page.
Hey that happens to me all the time!
New York native Jonah Falcon, 41, reported on July 9th that he was returning from a weekend in San Francisco when he was delayed by TSA agents who became curious about the bulge in his pants.
“TSA didn’t know what to make of the massive bulge on my thigh. Even after I went through that body scanner that shows you naked,” Falcon said on his Twitter page.
Hey that happens to me all the time!
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:47 PM (05RcU)
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159 -
People aren't going to want to hear this, because there are still lots of bitter feelings about it, but what Perry and Gingrich did was point out the fact that Romney didn't want to go into detail about his business dealings. Romney LOOKED like he was hiding something. I know plenty of folks around here were flummoxed that Republican candidates for President were seeming to express a certain distaste for Capitalism (with a Capital C!!), so it might be nice if, now that the primaries are over, we could all acknowledge that they were not, of course, doing that.
Apparently not though.
People aren't going to want to hear this, because there are still lots of bitter feelings about it, but what Perry and Gingrich did was point out the fact that Romney didn't want to go into detail about his business dealings. Romney LOOKED like he was hiding something. I know plenty of folks around here were flummoxed that Republican candidates for President were seeming to express a certain distaste for Capitalism (with a Capital C!!), so it might be nice if, now that the primaries are over, we could all acknowledge that they were not, of course, doing that.
Apparently not though.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2012 03:48 PM (TOk1P)
170
One of the funnier bits from Romney's file:
Favorite novel: Battlefield Earth, by L. Ron "Give me all your money!" Hubbard. Obviously, he's since flip flopped to Huckleberry Finn, a safer choice. Battlefield Earth wasn't terrible, but it's hard to see it as anyone's favorite novel. Props to MR for being honest though; I love me some schlocky science fiction myself.
Favorite novel: Battlefield Earth, by L. Ron "Give me all your money!" Hubbard. Obviously, he's since flip flopped to Huckleberry Finn, a safer choice. Battlefield Earth wasn't terrible, but it's hard to see it as anyone's favorite novel. Props to MR for being honest though; I love me some schlocky science fiction myself.
Posted by: Jordan at July 17, 2012 03:50 PM (RSG1I)
171
OT that video of the concealed carry guy shooting and chasing those thugs thats linked in the sidebar ... holy crap that is hilarious ... Gun.Bitches.
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 17, 2012 03:51 PM (GvYeG)
Posted by: eleven at July 17, 2012 03:53 PM (KXm42)
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Posted by: Jordan at July 17, 2012 03:50 PM (RSG1I)
"...he's since flip flopped to Huckleberry Finn, a safer choice..."
Ninja, please...In what universe?
"...he's since flip flopped to Huckleberry Finn, a safer choice..."
Ninja, please...In what universe?
Posted by: 66chevelle at July 17, 2012 03:55 PM (QjSgY)
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People aren't going to want to hear this, because there are still lots
of bitter feelings about it, but what Perry and Gingrich did was point
out the fact that Romney didn't want to go into detail about his
business dealings.
Oh bullshit, they did exactly what Obama is doing now. They were crying about the poor factory worker that was ass-raped by Romney's rapacious greed. Ask ace, even he picked up the baton and ran with it for a little while.
of bitter feelings about it, but what Perry and Gingrich did was point
out the fact that Romney didn't want to go into detail about his
business dealings.
Oh bullshit, they did exactly what Obama is doing now. They were crying about the poor factory worker that was ass-raped by Romney's rapacious greed. Ask ace, even he picked up the baton and ran with it for a little while.
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at July 17, 2012 03:55 PM (+lsX1)
175
rapacious ... nice ...
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 17, 2012 03:57 PM (GvYeG)
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But we can blow money and flush it down the toilet on shit like the Chevy Volt?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:46 PM (05RcU)
Comrade, you forget that our nomenklatura cronies get to skim some funds from the Chevy Volt and Solyndra investments, but the troops don't contribute to the Party and besides we suppress their vote, so we don't need to worry about them!
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 17, 2012 03:46 PM (05RcU)
Comrade, you forget that our nomenklatura cronies get to skim some funds from the Chevy Volt and Solyndra investments, but the troops don't contribute to the Party and besides we suppress their vote, so we don't need to worry about them!
Posted by: Chairman Obamao at July 17, 2012 03:59 PM (Cnqmv)
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"People aren't going to want to hear this, because
there are still lots of bitter feelings about it, but what Perry and
Gingrich did was point out the fact that Romney didn't want to go into
detail about his business dealings. Romney LOOKED like he was hiding
something. I know plenty of folks around here were flummoxed that
Republican candidates for President were seeming to express a certain
distaste for Capitalism (with a Capital C!!), so it might be nice if,
now that the primaries are over, we could all acknowledge that they were
not, of course, doing that.
Apparently not though.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2012 03:48 PM (TOk1P)"There was a WSJ editorial about Romney not quite wanting to really take ownership of what private equity does, essentially, and accusing him of turning his career more into a venture capital scenario. The former deals with the unfortunate fact that, over time, with bad management, market shifts, whatever, companies become bloated and uncompetitive. It really is a case of triage at that point, where some assets and people need to be let go and some stay. And sometimes the few that stay only stay because others' jobs got offshored. I know a lot of people in the field and some of what they do isn't pretty, but the alternative is most often worse. Venture capital, on the other hand, is all about growth and new technology and other more "sexy" stuff. So, I can see where this perception of Romney comes from. He's talking about himself as a "businessman" in the abstract more than a "private equity" guy in particular.
Fact is, the US government needs a private equity guy more trying to bring it back under control more than it needs a guy like Obama playing venture capitalist with the taxpayers' money, trying to find new things for government to expand into.Another thing that I think is at play is just the difference between business and government. Having participated in a few projects that led to mass layoffs myself, the one thing that you notice right away is that at a certain point, debate about whether the layoffs are good or bad is just over and the only thing driving day-to-day decision-making are the cold, hard numbers and facts. It's also very autocratic and in a business context like that where a Bain Capital comes in to your company, what Mitt Romney says is what goes. No questioning his authority like it's some kind of democracy. It's so different from the touchy-feely bullshit discourse in the political arena where every American's vote counts as much as the next guy's, no matter how stupid one of them is. I'm sure that Romney has more stories along the lines of "Those guys told me that we might be able to survive if we only cut 1000 jobs and shut down 1 plant, but I told them to stuff it, we're cutting 2000 and shutting down 2 plants because then we'll definitely survive." That's just the nature of the role he played in that business. But voters don't want to hear about that sort of autocratic decision-making.
Yes, I know that government is actually the worst in terms of treating people like numbers, but, and I'll never really understand how anyone could believe it, the huge hulking government apparatus of the advanced Western nations has somehow convinced a good chunk of its citizenry that it's "compassionate" and "cares" about each and every one of them. The very rhetoric of it makes me puke, but lots of idiots lap that shit up like mother's milk, like that retard who thought Obama was going to pay her fucking mortgage.What I really wish, though, and maybe I just haven't looked for it enough, is that Romney would tie in the need to develop our energy resources and the ability to generate significant numbers of jobs for exactly the type of worker who's been getting the shaft over the past few decades as the offshoring boom has been taking place. Energy production jobs can't be offshored, by their nature, and they'll be more blue-collar than white-collar. If I were Romney, one way I would talk about my experiences in offshoring work would be to say that some of that work had to be offshored in part because we weren't doing enough to develop energy resources here in the US, which raised the cost to manufacture (manufacturing is massively energy-intensive), which meant that the ability to save a few bucks an hour on labor made the shift to non-US locations worth it. Obviously, that's not the whole story of offshoring, but it's part of it and that ramping up energy production can help slow offshoring as well.
there are still lots of bitter feelings about it, but what Perry and
Gingrich did was point out the fact that Romney didn't want to go into
detail about his business dealings. Romney LOOKED like he was hiding
something. I know plenty of folks around here were flummoxed that
Republican candidates for President were seeming to express a certain
distaste for Capitalism (with a Capital C!!), so it might be nice if,
now that the primaries are over, we could all acknowledge that they were
not, of course, doing that.
Apparently not though.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2012 03:48 PM (TOk1P)"There was a WSJ editorial about Romney not quite wanting to really take ownership of what private equity does, essentially, and accusing him of turning his career more into a venture capital scenario. The former deals with the unfortunate fact that, over time, with bad management, market shifts, whatever, companies become bloated and uncompetitive. It really is a case of triage at that point, where some assets and people need to be let go and some stay. And sometimes the few that stay only stay because others' jobs got offshored. I know a lot of people in the field and some of what they do isn't pretty, but the alternative is most often worse. Venture capital, on the other hand, is all about growth and new technology and other more "sexy" stuff. So, I can see where this perception of Romney comes from. He's talking about himself as a "businessman" in the abstract more than a "private equity" guy in particular.
Fact is, the US government needs a private equity guy more trying to bring it back under control more than it needs a guy like Obama playing venture capitalist with the taxpayers' money, trying to find new things for government to expand into.Another thing that I think is at play is just the difference between business and government. Having participated in a few projects that led to mass layoffs myself, the one thing that you notice right away is that at a certain point, debate about whether the layoffs are good or bad is just over and the only thing driving day-to-day decision-making are the cold, hard numbers and facts. It's also very autocratic and in a business context like that where a Bain Capital comes in to your company, what Mitt Romney says is what goes. No questioning his authority like it's some kind of democracy. It's so different from the touchy-feely bullshit discourse in the political arena where every American's vote counts as much as the next guy's, no matter how stupid one of them is. I'm sure that Romney has more stories along the lines of "Those guys told me that we might be able to survive if we only cut 1000 jobs and shut down 1 plant, but I told them to stuff it, we're cutting 2000 and shutting down 2 plants because then we'll definitely survive." That's just the nature of the role he played in that business. But voters don't want to hear about that sort of autocratic decision-making.
Yes, I know that government is actually the worst in terms of treating people like numbers, but, and I'll never really understand how anyone could believe it, the huge hulking government apparatus of the advanced Western nations has somehow convinced a good chunk of its citizenry that it's "compassionate" and "cares" about each and every one of them. The very rhetoric of it makes me puke, but lots of idiots lap that shit up like mother's milk, like that retard who thought Obama was going to pay her fucking mortgage.What I really wish, though, and maybe I just haven't looked for it enough, is that Romney would tie in the need to develop our energy resources and the ability to generate significant numbers of jobs for exactly the type of worker who's been getting the shaft over the past few decades as the offshoring boom has been taking place. Energy production jobs can't be offshored, by their nature, and they'll be more blue-collar than white-collar. If I were Romney, one way I would talk about my experiences in offshoring work would be to say that some of that work had to be offshored in part because we weren't doing enough to develop energy resources here in the US, which raised the cost to manufacture (manufacturing is massively energy-intensive), which meant that the ability to save a few bucks an hour on labor made the shift to non-US locations worth it. Obviously, that's not the whole story of offshoring, but it's part of it and that ramping up energy production can help slow offshoring as well.
Posted by: BS Inc. at July 17, 2012 04:56 PM (P2Ufm)
178
Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.
Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2012 06:16 PM (6o4Fb)
179
"hey were crying about the poor factory worker that was ass-raped by Romney's rapacious greed."
I agree, it was idiotic, treacherous, and self-destructive. They were basically anti-capitalist for a while in their desperation to win and gain power and it was repulsive to behold.
I agree, it was idiotic, treacherous, and self-destructive. They were basically anti-capitalist for a while in their desperation to win and gain power and it was repulsive to behold.
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