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Sunday, December 02, 2012
Douchebag level: NRA Member!
Okay look we understand that pro-gun nuts are assholes, but do they REALLY need to drive that point home?
And before you ask, no I don't know if this is in Texas or not. But the odds are good, don't you think?
I think I'd put one up on my lawn saying the next door neighbor finally stopped beating his wife or dog and that he hasn't ever fired his guns so odds are he will kill himself trying to load them instead of any robber.
42 Republicans, 30 in the House and 12 in the Senate, have now renounced the Grover Norquist pledge. This does not include "revenue" comments from Boehner and Cantor. In addition, 6 GOP members of the House and 7 GOP members of the Senate never signed it.
In all, 36 current Republicans in the House, and 19 current Republicans in the Senate are against it. This leaves him only 205 supporters in the House and 28 in the Senate.
The following Republicans have renounced their pledge:
I just checked the list and Dave Camp's name is not on so that means that he pledged to Grover Norquist and is still ready to uphold that pledge over his oath to uphold the Constitution. And he is chairman of House Ways and Means.
And the idiot teabagging doctor, Dan Benishek (I'm not sure if I'm spelling his name correctly) is also not on either the list of "un-pledgers" or the list of "non-pledgers." He will be our Congressman come January 2013. Oh great. I'll get to send him the same kinds of emails I've been sending Dave Camp for years! In fact I tried to email "Doctor Dan" (as he referred to himself during the campaign which he only won by 2300 votes in a very Republican Michigan district) but my email was rejected - wrong zip code. Well, just wait until January, Doctor Dan! I cannot wait to email him about his miserable traitorous positions! Beaglemom
Benishek is now my rep too. It was Camp until they gerrymandered. I wrote Camp, too, he always wrote back totally ignoring my message to him. But he made sure he told me how great his plans were. - puke -
When I lived on Long Island, Peter King wrote me back one time and told me I was a stupid fool. That was exciting - not! He tends to answer his Liberal constituents that way. I wasn't the first or last one he insulted.
To the poster at 3:46: As far as Republicans ignoring Grover's pledge - don't trust that. Much of that is window dressing to tell the Independents back home they are 'reasonable'! It's all about hanging on to their Congressional seats. I wouldn't trust a Republican no way, no how.
Exactly. Tell any would be thief to "Go there! They can't shoot you!" is obscene. The grass does not look like Texas...my son lives there and his grass looks like northern crabgrass gone wild. Maybe one of those other stellar knowledge states..Arkansas or Missouri?
If I were this "gentleman's" neighbor and I was subsequently robbed, I would sue his ass for EVERYTHING he owned - and his guns would be first on the list. And I am a gun owner!
Well, all of the words are spelled correctly and the sentences are grammatically correct, so that excludes a lot of states. The sentiment is absurd, of course. Of course, there is a segment of the population that is sure that the end is coming because President Obama was re-elected but, then, they were sure of it four years ago too. Beaglemom
That's what hit me too, Beaglemom. Where are all the apostrophes denoting plural? That's usually a giveaway to a person's lack of education. So we have a semi-educated person ordering up a sign. Or we have a clever photo-shopper. (I think it's the latter.)
I think this is not real. I did a short search on the sign & found a number of rightwing sites that had this or variations it...several years old. One even had a story about this interactions with his "leftist" neighbor...it doesn't pass the smell test.
The Ecstasy and Agonies of a Permanent Democratic Majority
In the wake of Obama’s reelection, the crucial question is whether the political realignment taking place will lead to an equally dramatic breakthrough for his agenda, which includes increasing spending on education and infrastructure and counteracting global warming. At the polling booth, Democrats have gained the upper hand. But outside the electoral arena, powerful forces will continue to encourage Republican intransigence. Only by taming and defeating them can Obama and his party deliver on the promise of realignment.
Hey, we may have a lot of douchebags here in Texas, but at least we didn't vomit up the nation's worst vice presidential candidate in the history of the United States: Sarah Palin the Blackhearted.
Some of the kindest, generous warm people I know are Texans...the rest are 10lbs of shit in a 5lbs sack. you have to excuse folks who use a broad brush when painting a group of people. Happens everywhere. I'm from Ohio and even the Chinese blame our state for Bush's second term.
I'm in TX and have no idea if that sign is in my state. But, an idea I do have is that it could actually be in many, many, many other states including Alaska because there are wingnuts everywhere. I have read this blog for a long time but I always cringe when there is TX bashing. Yes, there are some nuts here in Tx. But there are some very good people here as well.
I just moved out of Texas, and while there are some good people there, they really don't balance out the walking excrement that is your average Texan. Moving there from the PNW, I quickly learned that the stereotypes are right for 90 percent of the inhabitants. Dumb- check, Dirty- check, Lazy- check, Ignorant- check, Xenophobic- double check. It really would be nice if it made good on the secession threat, as then we could build a wall around it and keep that scum stuck with all it's ruining.
Frankly I wouldn't want jackbags like this firing off in my direction regardless. Guy would likely shoot someone I love or myself before he hits a villain. He's the type who just might push that stand your ground crap and look for his chance to get a legal kill.
Okay, so I was at my desk in my house in San Antonio one day about 11 am and all of the sudden I heard gunshots. Three. They came from the street directly behind me and in the line of sight from my desk. "What happened?" you may be asking, cause I sure as fuck was. I walked around the block to next street and found out. Some dickwad had tried to steal a large potted plant from someone's front porch and rather than just yelling and scaring the perp away the idiot ran from the house firing wildly. One shot struck the car that the would-be thief was in. The other two? Nobody knows. Luckily they didn't hit a person, but they could have.
Amazing, but it also happens here in Alaska. I worked at a local newspaper where any anti-gun story would get the advertisers’ panties in a wad. The publisher would patrol editorial meetings to make sure none of the national columnists were running an anti-gun story. What a crock of shit when I hear people go off about mainstream media being liberal. Not in my neck of the woods!
I think I'd put one up on my lawn saying the next door neighbor finally stopped beating his wife or dog and that he hasn't ever fired his guns so odds are he will kill himself trying to load them instead of any robber.
ReplyDeleteProgress?
ReplyDelete55 Republicans now oppose Norquist pledge
42 Republicans, 30 in the House and 12 in the Senate, have now renounced the Grover Norquist pledge. This does not include "revenue" comments from Boehner and Cantor. In addition, 6 GOP members of the House and 7 GOP members of the Senate never signed it.
In all, 36 current Republicans in the House, and 19 current Republicans in the Senate are against it. This leaves him only 205 supporters in the House and 28 in the Senate.
The following Republicans have renounced their pledge:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/01/1166244/-55-Republicans-now-oppose-Norquist-pledge
I just checked the list and Dave Camp's name is not on so that means that he pledged to Grover Norquist and is still ready to uphold that pledge over his oath to uphold the Constitution. And he is chairman of House Ways and Means.
DeleteAnd the idiot teabagging doctor, Dan Benishek (I'm not sure if I'm spelling his name correctly) is also not on either the list of "un-pledgers" or the list of "non-pledgers." He will be our Congressman come January 2013. Oh great. I'll get to send him the same kinds of emails I've been sending Dave Camp for years! In fact I tried to email "Doctor Dan" (as he referred to himself during the campaign which he only won by 2300 votes in a very Republican Michigan district) but my email was rejected - wrong zip code. Well, just wait until January, Doctor Dan! I cannot wait to email him about his miserable traitorous positions!
Beaglemom
What does this have to do with the above?
DeleteBenishek is now my rep too. It was Camp until they gerrymandered. I wrote Camp, too, he always wrote back totally ignoring my message to him. But he made sure he told me how great his plans were. - puke -
DeleteWhen I lived on Long Island, Peter King wrote me back one time and told me I was a stupid fool. That was exciting - not! He tends to answer his Liberal constituents that way. I wasn't the first or last one he insulted.
To the poster at 3:46: As far as Republicans ignoring Grover's pledge - don't trust that. Much of that is window dressing to tell the Independents back home they are 'reasonable'! It's all about hanging on to their Congressional seats. I wouldn't trust a Republican no way, no how.
If I were that asshat's next door neighbor, I'd be looking for a way to put them in jail. That sign is encouragement to break the law.
ReplyDeleteExactly. Tell any would be thief to "Go there! They can't shoot you!" is obscene.
DeleteThe grass does not look like Texas...my son lives there and his grass looks like northern crabgrass gone wild. Maybe one of those other stellar knowledge states..Arkansas or Missouri?
If I were this "gentleman's" neighbor and I was subsequently robbed, I would sue his ass for EVERYTHING he owned - and his guns would be first on the list. And I am a gun owner!
DeleteThat sort of behavior is despicable.
39 great photos from Obama's presidency
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politico.com/gallery/2012/09/39-great-photos-from-obamas-presidency/000421-005550.html
Fox News Jumps the Shark by Calling Their Own Viewers Socialists
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/fox-news-jumps-shark-calling-viewers-socialists.html
Well, all of the words are spelled correctly and the sentences are grammatically correct, so that excludes a lot of states. The sentiment is absurd, of course. Of course, there is a segment of the population that is sure that the end is coming because President Obama was re-elected but, then, they were sure of it four years ago too.
ReplyDeleteBeaglemom
That's what hit me too, Beaglemom. Where are all the apostrophes denoting plural? That's usually a giveaway to a person's lack of education. So we have a semi-educated person ordering up a sign. Or we have a clever photo-shopper. (I think it's the latter.)
DeleteAmerica is a failed experiment.......next..!
ReplyDeleteI think this is not real. I did a short search on the sign & found a number of rightwing sites that had this or variations it...several years old. One even had a story about this interactions with his "leftist" neighbor...it doesn't pass the smell test.
ReplyDeleteyeah, that one's been around a while
DeleteO/T interesting analysis for future elections:
ReplyDeleteThe Ecstasy and Agonies of a Permanent Democratic Majority
In the wake of Obama’s reelection, the crucial question is whether the political realignment taking place will lead to an equally dramatic breakthrough for his agenda, which includes increasing spending on education and infrastructure and counteracting global warming. At the polling booth, Democrats have gained the upper hand. But outside the electoral arena, powerful forces will continue to encourage Republican intransigence. Only by taming and defeating them can Obama and his party deliver on the promise of realignment.
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/110222/the-ecstasy-and-agonies-permanent-democratic-majority
Hey, we may have a lot of douchebags here in Texas, but at least we didn't vomit up the nation's worst vice presidential candidate in the history of the United States: Sarah Palin the Blackhearted.
ReplyDeleteSo there.
What? Wait.
DeleteBut that's not fair beca...yeah you're right.
Dammit!
Sarah Palin, reminding people in other states that. no matter how bad it gets, they can always feel superior to Alaska.
I thought that was Idaho's claim to fame, after all wasn't she spawned there?
DeleteYep, Rick Perry is an epic embarrassment, but he's still no $arah Palin.
DeleteSome of the kindest, generous warm people I know are Texans...the rest are 10lbs of shit in a 5lbs sack. you have to excuse folks who use a broad brush when painting a group of people. Happens everywhere. I'm from Ohio and even the Chinese blame our state for Bush's second term.
DeleteI'm in TX and have no idea if that sign is in my state. But, an idea I do have is that it could actually be in many, many, many other states including Alaska because there are wingnuts everywhere. I have read this blog for a long time but I always cringe when there is TX bashing. Yes, there are some nuts here in Tx. But there are some very good people here
Deleteas well.
I just moved out of Texas, and while there are some good people there, they really don't balance out the walking excrement that is your average Texan. Moving there from the PNW, I quickly learned that the stereotypes are right for 90 percent of the inhabitants. Dumb- check, Dirty- check, Lazy- check, Ignorant- check, Xenophobic- double check. It really would be nice if it made good on the secession threat, as then we could build a wall around it and keep that scum stuck with all it's ruining.
DeleteDominance: The New Democratic Voting Base Is an Electoral Steamroller
ReplyDeleteNominate Jeb Bush or Bobby Jindal. It doesn't matter: The Electoral College now favors the Democrats.
http://www.alternet.org/dominance-new-democratic-voting-base-electoral-steamroller
I'd say to the owner of that sign - whether he has the thinking skills or now, he should know he is inviting a dangerous situation to his neighbor.
ReplyDeleteShameful, really.
Or ANY southern state, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Arizona. Douche states of America. Who knew one country had so many ignorant armpits?
ReplyDeleteFrankly I wouldn't want jackbags like this firing off in my direction regardless. Guy would likely shoot someone I love or myself before he hits a villain. He's the type who just might push that stand your ground crap and look for his chance to get a legal kill.
ReplyDeleteOkay, so I was at my desk in my house in San Antonio one day about 11 am and all of the sudden I heard gunshots. Three. They came from the street directly behind me and in the line of sight from my desk. "What happened?" you may be asking, cause I sure as fuck was. I walked around the block to next street and found out. Some dickwad had tried to steal a large potted plant from someone's front porch and rather than just yelling and scaring the perp away the idiot ran from the house firing wildly. One shot struck the car that the would-be thief was in. The other two? Nobody knows. Luckily they didn't hit a person, but they could have.
DeleteAmazing, but it also happens here in Alaska. I worked at a local newspaper where any anti-gun story would get the advertisers’ panties in a wad. The publisher would patrol editorial meetings to make sure none of the national columnists were running an anti-gun story. What a crock of shit when I hear people go off about mainstream media being liberal. Not in my neck of the woods!
ReplyDelete"Okay look we understand that pro-gun nuts are assholes, but do they REALLY need to drive that point home?"
ReplyDeleteThey're only assholes to douchebags, so it evens out quite nicely.