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beckyboo's picture

That does kind of boil a lot of arguments down to the basics.

Don Davis's picture

Another Sign of the Times: U.S. Borrows Chinese Athletes to Compete in Olympics
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=2472

Zenrage's picture

I say we stick a lo-jack on every Conservative brain. That way, we can just punch in a code and shut them all down.

Chopvac's picture

Hey look, isn't that John McCain and his wife, Cindy?

http://www.creepygif.com/images/full/530.gif
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It's funny how those who can't figure out that "freedom of religion includes freedom from religion" are the very same idiots, such as McCain, who thing "Freedom of speech means freedom from speech"?

But then, what would you expect from someone who made pro-communist propaganda for three years and never made amends or faced consequences for doing it? Songbird McCain was a willing participant in his communist political ideology before his personal freedom.

Trekkie's picture

It seems the Westboro Baptist Church is realizing that you can't go to other countries and then argue that your particular brand of hatred is protected speech. Especially when you illegally sneak into said country.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/local/story/4210269p-4802837...

ysbaddaden's picture

My man

Red Foreman!!!

If they ever wanted to start a new All In The Family series, I'd choose him to play Archie Bunker.

Remember when he tortured and shot up Robo-Cop?

Why wasn't there ever a Robo-Boy, aRobo-Woman, a Robo-Girl, a Robo-Hound, and a Robo-Mite?

P.D.'s picture

Trekkie@5, Some of those people actually believe that the Iraq War wasn't about WMDs or Iraqi Freedom, they believe good ole Georgie is actually spreading Christianity! My mother is one of the so-called religious right. To these people, it is all about religion and when they lose an argument they clutch their Bibles and say the Rapture is coming. My mother has been waitng for the rapture since Y2K. Then again in 2006 when the Demo's won. Now onto 2008...

ysbaddaden's picture

It seems the Westboro Baptist Church is realizing that you can’t go to other countries and then argue that your particular brand of hatred is protected speech. Especially when you illegally sneak into said country.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.c.....2837c.html

I'm presuming for the time being that the funeral will be religious. The filth of phelps are claiming religious discrimination for being prevented from practicing their religious discrimination.

I thought in-breeding was illegal.

ysbaddaden's picture

7 P.D.

I remember one fat-ass at work claiming what boosh was doing was religious and righteous.

I pointed out that the Vatican, the Arch-bishop of Canterbury and the WCC (with it's 300 member churches) all came out against the war. So therefore, they didn't see it as moral. What made boosh a moral authority?

He asked what morality had to do with it.

I had to remind him he brought it up.

constituent's picture

it's diificult for anyone to be sure but the oil bubble may
be deflating.....bush has nothing to do with it. the dollar
strengthen alittle relative to the euro. in addition to that
the world economy is slowing down. japan looking in recession,china has inflation red hot economy and much of europe is looking at credit problems/house foreclosure.
dollar gains some strength investors get out/lighten exposure in commodities.
so of course (R) congressional leaders trying to get some attention in calling back the legislative branch to
provide a statement.....i say don't dems. hold your ground.......the experts that i have listened to say the off-shore drilling strategy is public relations nonsense.

Batocchio's picture

Well played, drifty!

ysbaddaden's picture

I don't know what this man's religion is, if any, but I certainly like it better than phelp's filth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsOszVoenpg

Fil Hussein Oaks's picture

P.D. @ 7:

Trekkie@5, Some of those people actually believe that the Iraq War wasn't about WMDs or Iraqi Freedom, they believe good ole Georgie is actually spreading Christianity! My mother is one of the so-called religious right. To these people, it is all about religion and when they lose an argument they clutch their Bibles and say the Rapture is coming. My mother has been waitng for the rapture since Y2K. Then again in 2006 when the Demo's won. Now onto 2008...

I wish the rapture would hurry up and get here so she (God) can swoop up all of the nutjobs.

Any government that cannot pay its own bills should not be in business.

McCain is supported by the KKK.

Meanwhile we must impeach if only to stop the forthcoming presidential pardons by the current muttonhead Bushco.

Paul's Bunions's picture

Comedian and actor Bernie Mac dies at 50 RIP.

pinkobait's picture

The scary part is how many people would willingly submit to being suit cased with a tracking device if they were compelled to do so for "patriotic" reasons by the government.
Now bend over and salute.

MountainMan23's picture

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/08/MNC2127RCJ.DTL

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on the ballot

(08-08) 17:08 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan qualified Friday for a November showdown with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, collecting the signatures needed to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for Congress.

"We're very excited," said Sheehan, 51, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq who is well-known for her protest outside President Bush's Texas ranch. "Now we have to get organized and regroup."

Republican Dana Walsh and Libertarian Philip Berg will join Pelosi and Sheehan on the Nov. 4 ballot.

The collection of signatures by Sheehan's campaign was more exciting than usual. On Wednesday, the campaign was well short of the 10,198 signatures needed to get on the ballot after San Francisco elections officials found that more than 40 percent of the people who signed weren't registered in the city's Eighth Congressional District.

Sheehan's supporters redoubled their efforts to collect enough signatures to beat the 5 p.m. Friday deadline, ultimately turning in more than 17,000 signatures to ensure that she qualified. ..

Uncle Joe Mccarthy's picture

please...everyone go to the youtube why i am a dem/repug and vote

http://www.youtube.com/2008conventions

my favs

the doofus repug who starts off his vid with his big smiling pampered pic

the repug girl who does the "song parody" for mccain

the dem vids are all good, so i cant really decide (although i like the one done by the vet...its stark and made me tear up)

but i want that girl in primetime, pushing her hair back and showing off her boobs

yea family values

P.D.'s picture

I just want to see how the Religious Right reacts if Obama wins, they have been very cocky since 2000 when the Supreme Court gave them Georgie boy. And they had some stuffing knocked out of them in 2006. But a big Democrat win in both the House and Senate and the Presidency will knock them way out of the political stratisphere and back into the churches they came from.

Plisko's picture

I have to made a video that attempts to push back against Newt Gingrich's "Drill Here Drill Now" campaign in a way that is designed to use their argument against them in a way that would appeal to the conservative mindset. For example, hunting is a wildlife activity conservatives love. If the environmental argument is that the oil companies want to take over their pristine hunting land, it is more effective that calling it "environmentally protected areas." I also wanted to show that their patriotism is being used against them in the term "American Oil" because there is loads of "American Oil" available to Oil companies in land they already have access to and that oil isn't being brought to market. In fact, the Oil companies haven't even paid billions in royalties for the American oil they have already taken.

I'd love to know what people think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQvgN9w7zw

I believe that videos are an extremely powerful way of getting points across. Many times more effective than other media. I wanted to provide this as a tool for bloggers to help reinforce the great arguments they are already making in text.

Hope it helps.

constituent's picture

Fox anchor lies says bush never said there was link between al queda and saddam.....complete nonsense
somebody should come up with a news show that does computerized fact check watch this 60 second video

http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48371-fox-anchor-kilmeade-lies-about-bush-...

constituent's picture

Plisko @ 19:

I have to made a video that attempts to push back against Newt Gingrich's "Drill Here Drill Now" campaign in a way that is designed to use their argument against them in a way that would appeal to the conservative mindset. For example, hunting is a wildlife activity conservatives love. If the environmental argument is that the oil companies want to take over their pristine hunting land, it is more effective that calling it "environmentally protected areas." I also wanted to show that their patriotism is being used against them in the term "American Oil" because there is loads of "American Oil" available to Oil companies in land they already have access to and that oil isn't being brought to market. In fact, the Oil companies haven't even paid billions in royalties for the American oil they have already taken.

I'd love to know what people think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQvgN9w7zw

I believe that videos are an extremely powerful way of getting points across. Many times more effective than other media. I wanted to provide this as a tool for bloggers to help reinforce the great arguments they are already making in text.

Hope it helps.

it's pretty good i personally would have used the words
"use it or lose it" regarding the unused leased land...
it's catchy easy to remember....many people aren't
aware that some oil companies aren't paying royalties
for leases

L.A. Confidential's picture

"With that clearing, all desire for drugs or alcohol vanished. I became sober overnight. And then I became a spiritual seeker, addicted to a higher consciousness, addicted to enlightenment." Rielle Hunter

Hilarious. From one addiction to another.

Geraldo's picture

ysbaddaden @ 8:

It seems the Westboro Baptist Church is realizing that you can’t go to other countries and then argue that your particular brand of hatred is protected speech. Especially when you illegally sneak into said country.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.c.....2837c.html

I'm presuming for the time being that the funeral will be religious. The filth of phelps are claiming religious discrimination for being prevented from practicing their religious discrimination.

I thought in-breeding was illegal.

Oh, I thoroughly encourage them to go picket in Winnipeg. Preferably on Main Street.

Winnipeg is the murder capital of Canada.

L.A. Confidential's picture

It's the most winnable presidential election in American history - but the Democrats are old hands at losing. Michael Moore offers some helpful hints on how they might gift it all to the Republicans.

By Michael Moore

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20473.htm

Amitola's picture

This would be funny.......except it isn't.

getalife "whiners"'s picture

'"Georgia is a sovereign nation, and its territorial integrity must be respected," Mr. Bush said in a hastily arranged appearance at his hotel in Beijing.

The world rolls their eyes.

diana's picture

george bush's gay photos, anthrax & the national enquirer-rudy guiliani later
bought the national enquirer building for a song-
http://poland.indymedia.org/pl/2004/09/9014.shtml

John - really disappointed by the Democratic Party's picture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUlhmOQEI_M

Another slacker refuses to earn wages.

♥♦♣♠BB♥♦♣♠'s picture

getalife "whiners" @ 26:

'"Georgia is a sovereign nation, and its territorial integrity must be respected," Mr. Bush said in a hastily arranged appearance at his hotel in Beijing.

The world rolls their eyes.

And hold their breath.

That dog needs to be spayed.

momly's picture

Ran across this link at Digby's blog in the comments. Interesting reading.

John - really disappointed by the Democratic Party's picture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUlhmOQEI_M

Pelosi hastes the constitution also it seems. Or she would be doing her duty.

MountainMan23's picture

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/343356

Election Shocker!

Biblical scholars in Colorado Springs have uncovered startling evidence that Senator John McCain may be the Antichrist. Their conclusions, while highly controversial, may have a dramatic impact on the 2008 elections, since many Bible-believing Christians have already expressed doubts about McCain's fealty to Christianity.

The analysis was conducted by the respected True Bible Society, and it will be published next month in the End Times Journal.

The analysis was especially ironic, given that it came out just one day after McCain was accused of subtly hinting that Barack Obama could be the Antichrist. McCain ran a commercial depicting Obama as "The One," giving rise to charges that he was sending a subliminal messages to anti-Obama Christians.

"What started us looking at this issue is the fact that Senator McCain has declared his intention to maintain US forces in Iraq for a hundred years," said David Jenkins, a leading Biblical scholar. "That means that McCain wants to control Babylon for at least a century." According to many scholars of the Book of Revelation, the Antichrist will try to rebuild the ancient city of Babylon in order to use it as a springboard for an international effort at world domination.
..

Brad's picture

L.A. Confidential @ 22:

"With that clearing, all desire for drugs or alcohol vanished. I became sober overnight. And then I became a spiritual seeker, addicted to a higher consciousness, addicted to enlightenment." Rielle Hunter

Hilarious. From one addiction to another.

Yeah. Edwards is only human, and a male at that. He can't be held responsible for acting on his cravings, or what are you saying?

Plisko's picture

constituent @ 21:

Plisko @ 19:

I have to made a video that attempts to push back against Newt Gingrich's "Drill Here Drill Now" campaign in a way that is designed to use their argument against them in a way that would appeal to the conservative mindset. For example, hunting is a wildlife activity conservatives love. If the environmental argument is that the oil companies want to take over their pristine hunting land, it is more effective that calling it "environmentally protected areas." I also wanted to show that their patriotism is being used against them in the term "American Oil" because there is loads of "American Oil" available to Oil companies in land they already have access to and that oil isn't being brought to market. In fact, the Oil companies haven't even paid billions in royalties for the American oil they have already taken.

I'd love to know what people think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQvgN9w7zw

I believe that videos are an extremely powerful way of getting points across. Many times more effective than other media. I wanted to provide this as a tool for bloggers to help reinforce the great arguments they are already making in text.

Hope it helps.

it's pretty good i personally would have used the words
"use it or lose it" regarding the unused leased land...
it's catchy easy to remember....many people aren't
aware that some oil companies aren't paying royalties
for leases

That's a good idea. I said that when I talked about the democrats but I could have put "use it or Loose it" over the map shot that comes up in that section and at the end.

Trekkie's picture

Update from Winnipeg - apparently the WBC realized that being hauled off to jail was a real threat, and decided to skip their planned protest.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/story/4210468p-4802837c.html

tyree's picture

times running out!remember i told you so!

ken's picture

That is not a comedy show. That is what should be rated as, a reality show.

In the time it took me to type this in, I saw 2 pharmaseutical commmercials, and a recall on over a million pounds of beef becase of a seriously deadly e coli.

Welcome to USA Inc. The land of bubbles and bailouts bursting n' air.

Nineteen Kilo's picture

Tech support, please.

Why don't I have the "quote this post" option? Have I been a naughty boy?

truthhurtz's picture

This crap is real folks. Or else it is the most elaborate special effects I've ever seen.
http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/6945/Martial_Law_2012/

"Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran"
http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/6943/Massive_US_Naval_Armada_Hea...

The few insiders said something major is going to happen, very soon.

Clarence Boddicker's picture

Bitches, leave!

Left&Left's picture

Here I am at a Oak Park, Illinois sports bar enjoying the great swimmer Micheal Phelps win the gold in the 400IM and set a new world record in the process!

Then NBC fucks everything up by showing Presidunce Bush in the audience smirking and flag waving....Damn!

bayonet's picture

Trekkie @ 5:

It seems the Westboro Baptist Church is realizing that you can't go to other countries and then argue that your particular brand of hatred is protected speech. Especially when you illegally sneak into said country.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/local/story/4210269p-4802837c.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg7O0GzrHmA

Fuck 'em, they are a disgrace. Anyone braindead can agree with that.

New_Damage's picture

ysbaddaden @ 6:

My man

Red Foreman!!!

If they ever wanted to start a new All In The Family series, I'd choose him to play Archie Bunker.?

Red Forman and Archie Bunker are fictitious contemporaries. Both have blue-collar credentials, both are white, both are middle-class, both are conservative, both are not from dixie. Archie is from NY, while Red is from WI. Weird thing is--and this may simply have to do with when the series were actually written--Red is most likely a culturally liberal Rockefeller republican, whereas Archie is a very culturally conservative labor Democrat. They would disagree on practically zero issues, yet their votes would cancel one another out.

Things are much clearer these days.

P.S.: You're right; Kurtwood Smith would portray an excellent Archie Bunker.

RonPaul's picture

Little did he know that he would only have to wait another 20 years or so before they came up with the way to track you.

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