After listening for the entire morning about CPAC, I have one question: can we go back to hearing about the Pope? Seriously, these people make me want to puke. Especially the “young conservatives,” who seem to think that us old “wealthy” folks are stealing their money in taxes. Well boo-fucking-hoo you miserable greedy little bastards.
You didn’t mind stealing my money for your public school education. And if you went to college, I bet you stole some of my money in grants and low-interest loans (that you’ll probably blow off paying back, you snotty little creeps).
I’ll bet you “stole” plenty of my money that went to paying for the roads you drive on and the parks you hung out it in, and the public transportation you rode in, and every other damn thing you ever got in your short little lives.
You’ve been in the workforce for what? A couple years (assuming you’re not unemployed and living in mommy’s basement), maybe? Come cry to me when you’ve been out there for 40 years or so paying for both past and future generations and finally managing to get a little bit for yourself and your family only to have a bunch of snotballs want to take away your retirement.
Just remember this: if I can’t retire, then there’s no job for you to take over.
Better practice saying this, “thank you for shopping at Wal-Mart.”
Now get off my lawn.
I have to admit that the fawning, vapid coverage of the pope was preferable to listening to anything the CPAC dolts had to say. However, the best news is that Palemale and mate #8, appropriately named Octavia, have an egg to sit on and some great photos by Lincoln Karim.
Awesome shots. Sure hope Bloomie outlawed rat poison this year.
Only over 16 ounces with sugar. I am not sure if you can ban rat poison in NYC but the problem doesn’t just exist there.
Schultz called CPAC the Konservative KonKlave last night (my spelling).
Rubio said he paid off $100K in student loans. If there was no federal or public money in there, he was probably afraid of having his legs broken.
Paul Ryan took the same Social Security money he wants to attack now.
Of course, their heroin (my spelling) and namesake Ayn Rand took Social Security and Medicare money under her married name.
But certainly Ron and Rand Paul never took any Medicare, Medicaid, or any other gubment payments in their medical practices. Surely Dad Paul probably doesn’t take any of the gubment ‘giveaways’ that might be available to a man of his age. I’ll bet he never took down any gubment money for his district either.
How could we forget the Ides of March?
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:cake: And my Pop’s birthday! :love:
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I guess we have Rome fatigue.
He’s in good company. Phil Lesh (73! :omg: ) and Sly Stone (70).
Kitchen Hat Fashion — for OKat
Them’s some pretty snazzy chapeaus. 😀
Don’t you mean tasty?
Fun! I’ve been mired in watching those old clips!
There is certainly an uncanny resemblance.
Except Cruz is a little dopier looking. Like he’s the spawn of Joe McCarthy and Scott Walker.
So funny. I just woke up and thought of their eyes and the vacant stare I attribute to Walker. I watch Kruz speak last night and he is slick. That scares me. Clad he was born in Canada.
Only black presidents need to prove they are “naturally born” citizens. White McCarthyites are automatically considered to be naturally born.
Only women carrying mixed race babies fly to Kenya right before giving birth and then twist and connive to have birth announcements and birth certificates faked. Women carrying little McCarthys know that simply having the kid in the US takes care of all that. Obviously!
The Dread That Is Ted
By GAIL COLLINS
Published: March 15, 2013
It is possible that the high point of this week in Washington came when Senator Dianne Feinstein told Senator Ted Cruz to stop treating her as if she were in middle school.
Let me set the stage. First, pretend you’re Feinstein. You started your political career in San Francisco. While you were on the Board of Supervisors in 1978, your colleague Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated in City Hall. You were the one who discovered Milk’s body.
You arrived in the Senate with an understandable interest in gun violence. The ban on assault weapons you successfully sponsored has long since expired. You’ve been working on a new one for almost a decade, and, after the Sandy Hook slaughter, it looked for a minute as if there might be a chance.
But, as the immediate impact of the tragedy faded, the assault weapons ban lost traction. This had nothing whatsoever to do with the power of the opponents’ arguments, which seem to get weaker by the day. The big pitch of the anti-ban lawmakers is that people need assault weapons for self-defense. But there’s a distinct shortage of examples of when they’ve worked better than a normal rifle or pistol.
During a meeting of the Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Senator John Cornyn of Texas tried to shore up the pro-gun side by offering nine “news stories of people defending themselves with assault weapons†for the record. The list spanned 17 years and included things like “tenant shoots intruder on porch.†If this is the best the ban opponents have to offer, Feinstein’s bill should be passed by unanimous consent.
The other argument, which does not require examples, is that the founding fathers wanted Americans in the 21st century to be able to stock up on guns that can fire 45 rounds a minute.
Enter Ted Cruz of Texas, a Tea Party darling. He’s been in office only a few months, but he’s made quite an impression. You may remember his suggestion that Chuck Hagel might have been taking money from North Korea. Or his interesting theories about a United Nations plot to exterminate American golf courses.
Cruz said he had a question for the senator from California. “It seems to me that all of us should begin, as our foundational document, with the Constitution,†he began, in a tone that combined sublime pomposity with a total lack of actual curiosity. “And the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights provides that. …â€
He delivered an extensive lecture to the 79-year-old Feinstein. The question buried in the harangue was whether she could imagine listing exceptions to other parts of the Bill of Rights. He could not have asked it in a more patronizing way if he had illustrated his remarks with pictures of large, brightly colored stick figures.
“I’m not a sixth grader,†said Feinstein, before launching into a fiery defense. The bill, she noted, includes a list of 2,271 types of weapons specifically exempted from its scope: “Isn’t that enough for the people in the United States? Do they need a bazooka?â€
“She gave a new meaning to the phrase ‘Leaning In,’ †said her fellow committee member Senator Amy Klobuchar.
Later, Feinstein would tell CNN that she felt Cruz was being “somewhat arrogant,†which seemed like an understatement. Even in an age of political polarization, there apparently is still an unwritten rule against calling someone “a stupendously irritating twit†on national TV.
In committee, Cruz sat sullenly while Feinstein gave her response. “I would note that she chose not to answer the question that I asked,†he said when she finished.
Other Democratic senators jumped in and pointed out some of the ways that other parts of the Bill of Rights were, indeed, limited by exceptions. Interestingly, none of the Republicans came to Cruz’s support. Do you think they ever take a vote for Colleague We’d Most Like to Avoid Meeting in the Elevator? I think we have a candidate.
Then Cruz announced he wanted to “make four points briefly. …†It’s highly unlikely that a single person in the room wanted four points. And they were not in the least brief. But they were remarkable for their incessant self-reference.
“My fourth and final point is that the Constitution, in my opinion, should be the touchstone of everything we do. …â€
“I would point out that I am not unfamiliar with the Heller case. Indeed, I represented …â€
“In my view, the Constitution is particularly important. …â€
Do you think, people, that this is a key to the stupendous impact the Tea Party continues to have on Congress, even now that it’s proved itself to be a loser when it comes to elections? If you combine a lack of a sense of humor with an absence of humility and then stir in a cup of self-righteousness, you are definitely not working on a recipe for cooperative achievement.
Well, I guess it is time to wish everyone a happy St. Patrick’s Day! I wasn’t sure if O’Sauter would make a thread.
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