Stupid Republican idea of the day

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by BigAppleBucky

In the same vein.

This is what happens when you start making exceptions to the first amendment:

Louisiana Republican: When I Voted for State Funds to go to Religious Schools, I Didn’t Mean Muslim Ones



http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendl...n-muslim-ones/

The photo of her in the article reminds me of Christine O'Donnell or Sarah Palin. Maybe the three of them are distant cousins.

Imagine what she would do if she was told a Muslim is allowed to serve in the military...or run for congress...or be a policeman...or fireman...or even\, the President!

[elucidator]

I should like to introduce her to my personal Congressman, the Hon. Keith Ellison (D-MN). (He's a Lutheran Muslim, so that's more or less OK....)

[jayjay]

Originally Posted by elucidator

I should like to introduce her to my personal Congressman, the Hon. Keith Ellison (D-MN). (He's a Lutheran Muslim, so that's more or less OK....)

I'm so jealous! I have to live with Joe (R-Seance Politics) Pitts.

[Revtim]

Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus

Imagine what she would do if she was told a Muslim is allowed to serve in the military...or run for congress...or be a policeman...or fireman...or even\, the President!

She probably already thinks a Muslim is president.

[johnpost]

fortunately this guy is only at the state level.

Does kindergarten lead to crime? Fact-checking N.H. legislator's 'research'

http://news.yahoo.com/does-kindergar...research-.html

[rockle]

Originally Posted by johnpost

fortunately this guy is only at the state level.

Does kindergarten lead to crime? Fact-checking N.H. legislator's 'research'

http://news.yahoo.com/does-kindergar...research-.html

What the actual fuck?

[waterj2]

I always try to defend New Hampshire slightly by pointing out that their House of Representatives has 400 legislators, who meet for about two weeks per year, and get a $200 stipend (off the top of my head; I know 400 members is correct, the other two figures are IIRC). Also, there are districts which elect multiple (I think up to nine) members. In a year like 2010, where there's a huge wave election, you're getting a whole bunch of crazy retired people filling out those #8 and #9 slots from some legislative district in the middle of nowhere that still make it in on a party line vote. It's like a perfect storm situation for giving the cranks that write letters to the editor of the local paper every week an actual political job.

[foolsguinea]

Two weeks per year? How can 400 pols get aught done in two weeks a year?

Also, I wonder how many righties like the book of Job because Job is described as a faultless man who owned slaves. That little contradiction took me out of the story, but a Southern Baptist might want to reinforce the idea that God endorses slavery.

[ScarletNumber]

Originally Posted by waterj2

I always try to defend New Hampshire slightly by pointing out that their House of Representatives has 400 legislators, who meet for about two weeks per year, and get a $200 stipend (off the top of my head; I know 400 members is correct, the other two figures are IIRC). Also, there are districts which elect multiple (I think up to nine) members. In a year like 2010, where there's a huge wave election, you're getting a whole bunch of crazy retired people filling out those #8 and #9 slots from some legislative district in the middle of nowhere that still make it in on a party line vote. It's like a perfect storm situation for giving the cranks that write letters to the editor of the local paper every week an actual political job.

Just to clarify, that is $200 per 2 year term.

They also get a per diem.

[foolsguinea]

Since Google apparently knows my home state, I just now saw a Google ad (not a vid, just a clickthrough) on YouTube against incumbent US Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri):

Tell Senator McCaskill:
NO MO SPENDING
LEARN MORE

:facepalm: So, no spending on Mo? Yeah, that'll help.

What part of Missouri are you from that you don't call Missouri, "Mo"? Oh, no, the ad writer's probably somewhere else.

Maybe they thought it would read as spending by Mo. Yeah, sure, as if.

Guess what doesn't sell that well (outside a subsistence-level agrarian economy) in a depression: Telling people you aren't spending money on them or their services, so they just can't make any money.

[boytyperanma]

Originally Posted by waterj2

I always try to defend New Hampshire slightly by pointing out that their House of Representatives has 400 legislators, who meet for about two weeks per year, and get a $200 stipend (off the top of my head; I know 400 members is correct, the other two figures are IIRC). Also, there are districts which elect multiple (I think up to nine) members. In a year like 2010, where there's a huge wave election, you're getting a whole bunch of crazy retired people filling out those #8 and #9 slots from some legislative district in the middle of nowhere that still make it in on a party line vote. It's like a perfect storm situation for giving the cranks that write letters to the editor of the local paper every week an actual political job.

Pointing out a Republican majority maintains a stupid system is not really much of a defense.

[Boyo Jim]

Originally Posted by Boyo Jim

McCotter has given up on his write-in candidacy. It seems that providing the name of the staff member who falsified the signatures (he has apparently suggested he already knows who it is) will somehow take up so much time that he won't have time to ask people to write his name on the ballot, let alone teach them how to spell it.

A little followup on an earlier stupidity. You may recall that Congressman Thaddeous McCotter (R) ran a fleeting campaign for President. Then somehow his re-election campaign to Congress went off the rails and failed to get enough signatures to get on the ballot. The he decided to run a write-in campaign to keep his seat. Then he decided to drop out of the race, possibly because of a criminal investigation related to fraudulent signatures on the ballots he did turn in.

Now he has outright resigned his seat, not even waiting for the end of his term. His resignation statement is rather endearing and stirring, though the same kind of nonsense one would expect from, say, Newt Gingrich.

[Brown Eyed Girl]

Originally Posted by galen ubal

There is (unfortunately ) a bit more to the story.




...and a bit more at the link. Still screwy, but not as bad as it first appears.

Nope, it's worse.

She was repeatedly physically abused as a child by a relative who doused her with gasoline and set her on fire leaving her visibly scarred with tremendously low self-esteem and an alcohol problem. Unmarried, three children, of whom only the youngest will be in the father's custody while she serves her sentence, the other two to be cared for by her pastor.

And then this:

Jack Swerling, a Columbia defense lawyer who has been trying cases for 40 years, said he hasn’t witnessed a ruling quite like this one.

Swerling isn’t connected to Tolley’s case, but he said he has argued cases before Nettles.

“He is very well respected on both sides of the fence,” Swerling said. “He enjoys a really great reputation. My feeling about Judge Nettles is, he really tries to be fair.”

Given Tolley’s background, the ruling “is entirely appropriate,” Swerling said.

“It’s pretty clever and creative.”

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/07/...#storylink=cpy

The court feels it's important she understand that God is just testing her faith. What a creative and clever ruling!

[Zakalwe]

Originally Posted by Boyo Jim

Now he has outright resigned his seat, not even waiting for the end of his term. His resignation statement is rather endearing and stirring, though the same kind of nonsense one would expect from, say, Newt Gingrich.

Look I think the guys a jackass, but as those things go, that's a pretty good resignation letter. Newt's would have been *very* specific (and probably inaccurate) about exactly who created the "calumnies, indignities and deceits" which were causing him to quit.

[BigAppleBucky]

That's no big surprise. It happens every week. But this time he did it in MTV-Jersey Shore fashion.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1654583.html

While on vacation with his family in Seaside Heights, N.J. on Thursday, the Republican governor lashed out at a passerby who, according to TMZ, made a derisive comment about his education policies.

"You're a real big shot," Christie fired back at his heckler. "You're a real big shot shooting your mouth off."

The man responded: "Just take care of the teachers."

Christie approached the man, yelling at him to "keep walkin' away ... keep walkin'." A man accompanying Christie then put his hand on the governor's shoulder and walked with him in the opposite direction.

Well, at least it wasn't Guido Beach.

[waterj2]

Originally Posted by boytyperanma

Pointing out a Republican majority maintains a stupid system is not really much of a defense.

The previous session of the legislature, under which the rules that the current crop of clowns was elected could have been changed, had a Democratic majority. I think the next election will involve some changes to the multi-member districts part.

[The Other Jeffrey Lebowski]

Originally Posted by BigAppleBucky

Well, at least it wasn't Guido Beach.

Apparently you're unfamiliar w Seaside Heights.

[user_hostile]

Originally Posted by elucidator

I should like to introduce her to my personal Congressman, the Hon. Keith Ellison (D-MN). (He's a Lutheran Muslim, so that's more or less OK....)

Sounds like Congresswoman Michele Bachmann isn't going to be Ellison's BFF anytime soon; she's decided to consort with Satan instead and channel Joseph McCarthy.

Kudos to Congressman Ellison, who has to put up with 'ol Crazy Eyes.

[jayjay]

Originally Posted by elucidator

He's a Lutheran Muslim

Ah, I see they've resolved the "Is lutefisk halal?" question, then...

[elucidator]

The Prophet had nothing against fish, he never saw one.

[jayjay]

Originally Posted by elucidator

The Prophet had nothing against fish, he never saw one.

Yeah, but even if he had, he wouldn't recognize lutefisk as one...

[EddyTeddyFreddy]

Originally Posted by jayjay

Yeah, but even if he had, he wouldn't recognize lutefisk as one...

That's what it is? I always thought it was oddly-shaped wallboard.

[BigAppleBucky]

Originally Posted by Smapti

Joe Walsh, the tea party congressman you may recall as a deadbeat dad, who accused American Jews of anti-semitism, and shouted at one of his constituents that her Post Office job "wasn't necessary", is now running for reelection against Lt. Col. Tammy Duckworth, an Army helicopter pilot who lost both her legs during the Iraq war.

According to Walsh, however, she's not a "true hero", because she talks about her service, unlike John McCain, who never mentioned it.

He's at it again.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...fSW_story.html

. . . Thursday afternoon, when he managed to utter the word “Ashleigh” 91 times over the course of a 12-minute interview.

This bizarre verbal obsession had origins in the freshman tea party Republican’s town hall meeting in Illinois a few days earlier, . . .

. . . the lawmaker continued his self-destruction by appearing on CNN and declining host Ashleigh Banfield’s invitation to cast his remarks as a “slip-up.” Instead, he scolded “Ashleigh,” using her first name repeatedly when he wasn’t calling the 44-year-old anchor “kiddo” or asking the recently naturalized citizen whether she served in the military. . . .

The guy gives me creeps and I've only read about him a couple of times and watched two videos. I'd shudder if I lived in his district.

[legalsnugs]

Originally Posted by BigAppleBucky

He's at it again.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...fSW_story.html...

The guy gives me creeps and I've only read about him a couple of times and watched two videos. I'd shudder if I lived in his district.

Shudder?! I'd freaking MOVE, if only to avoid the people who elected this slimeball!

[gamerunknown]

Why not vote for this guy?

[ScarletNumber]

Originally Posted by BigAppleBucky

That's no big surprise. It happens every week. But this time he did it in MTV-Jersey Shore fashion.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1654583.html



Well, at least it wasn't Guido Beach.

I wouldn't say he lost his temper.

[jsgoddess]

Originally Posted by Even seven

I wouldn't say he lost his temper.

Really? I'd say he lost his temper like a rather petulant child.

[foolsguinea]

He doesn't have any temper (temperateness) to lose! Ba-dum tish

[silenus]

He can't have any temper. He's still in a molten, liquid state.

[ScarletNumber]

Originally Posted by jsgoddess

Really? I'd say he lost his temper like a rather petulant child.

He yelled at the guy, but didn't lose control.

[xenophon41]

Originally Posted by Even seven

He yelled at the guy, but didn't lose control.

He didn't foam at the mouth and void his bowels, but he parted from acceptable norms of behavior for interaction between elected officials and their constituents.

We might wish for public servants to exhibit self control beyond that required to resist flinging their own poo. (Or anyone else's.)

[jsgoddess]

Originally Posted by Even seven

He yelled at the guy, but didn't lose control.

Yelling at people is not normal.

[Lobohan]

Originally Posted by jsgoddess

Really? I'd say he lost his temper like a rather petulant child.

Tea Party types pretty much run at that setting.

[BigAppleBucky]

Originally Posted by smithsb

Rep. Allen West: Democratic group is Communist
Initial paragraph from the story. "Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., had initially declined to name names when he said "he's heard" that up to 80 House Democrats are members of the Communist Party.

Exactly how do these people get elected? I weep.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...6pLid%3D176704

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) on Sunday called Social Security "a form of modern, 21st century slavery."

**snip**

This isn't the first time he's compared U.S. social programs to slavery. Last week, he said that President Obama "does not want you to have the self-esteem of getting up and earning, and having that title of American ... he'd rather you be his slave."

[jsgoddess]

My favorite comment of the day is from Reince Priebus:

The only job that we need to outsource in this country is Barack Obama's job

[mhendo]

Originally Posted by jsgoddess

My favorite comment of the day is from Reince Priebus:

Awesome!

So the morons spend the better part of four years complaining that Obama can't be President because he's not a natural-born citizen, and now the RNC's Moron in Chief wants to send the job itself overseas.

[Kobal2]

Originally Posted by mhendo

Awesome!

So the morons spend the better part of four years complaining that Obama can't be President because he's not a natural-born citizen, and now the RNC's Moron in Chief wants to send the job itself overseas.

Be a way to slash that big gummint waste, if someone can President at 10 cents an hour from a Chinese prison-slash-sweatshop. Maybe finance the campaign by farming gold in World of Warcraft. And think of the savings on oversees trips !

[elucidator]

By way of your good friends over at ThinkProgress, which is a leftish site so they may be making shit up but I doubt it.

http://thinkprogress.org/election/20...hats-going-on/

Today, Mitt Romney is holding a series of fundraisers in the Hamptons, culminating with a huge event at the home of billionaire David Koch. The LA Time in on the scene and reporter Maeve Reston caught up with a donor on her way into one of the events.
The woman, who wouldn’t reveal her name, said the following:

"I don’t think the common person is getting it…my college kid, the baby sitters, the nails ladies — everybody who’s got the right to vote — they don’t understand what’s going on. I just think if you’re lower income — one, you’re not as educated, two, they don’t understand how it works, they don’t understand how the systems work, they don’t understand the impact."...

The Wall awaits.

[elucidator]

And guys? If your parents had named you "Reince", you'd have issues, too.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by foolsguinea

Since Google apparently knows my home state, I just now saw a Google ad (not a vid, just a clickthrough) on YouTube against incumbent US Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri)::facepalm: So, no spending on Mo? Yeah, that'll help.

What part of Missouri are you from that you don't call Missouri, "Mo"? Oh, no, the ad writer's probably somewhere else.

Maybe they thought it would read as spending by Mo. Yeah, sure, as if.

Guess what doesn't sell that well (outside a subsistence-level agrarian economy) in a depression: Telling people you aren't spending money on them or their services, so they just can't make any money.

Well, you know what they say .. Missouri money, Missouri problems

[dropzone]

Originally Posted by elucidator

The Wall awaits.

Not pertinent, but I love it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOI5H0n28qY

[boytyperanma]

wrong thread

[Folacin]

Houses of worship for me, but not for thee - CO state senator suggests banning the construction of mosques.

[Gyrate]

Originally Posted by Folacin

Houses of worship for me, but not for thee - CO state senator suggests banning the construction of mosques.

I think you're downplaying the Stupid here:

Originally Posted by Kevin Grantham

Mosques are not churches like we would think of churches. They think of mosques more as a foothold into a society, as a foothold into a community, more in the cultural and in the nationalistic sense. Our churches -- we don't feel that way, they're places of worship, and mosques are simply not that, and we need to take that into account when approving construction of those.

So mosques aren't places of worship like churches are, and churches aren't a "foothold into a community" like mosques are. Got it.

[Rhythmdvl]

Ahead of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, in August, the Republican Party of Sarasota County is giving Donald Trump its “Statesman of the Year” award.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by Gyrate

So mosques aren't places of worship like churches are, and churches aren't a "foothold into a community" like mosques are. Got it.

I sense a certain amount of skepticism.

[Smapti]

Jerome Corsi, of "where's the birth certificate? Oh, wait, there it is" fame, has come up with a new explanation for Obama's "missing" college transcripts.

Apparently, his attending Columbia was just a cover story for the time he spent as a deep-cover CIA agent in Pakistan.

WHAT.

[elucidator]

Ha. Ha ha. Ahhhh HAHAHAHAHA! Oh, my God, stop, you're killing me over here, what an imagination you've.....a link. Oh. A link. Oh, dear.

[Shoujin]

Originally Posted by elucidator

And guys? If your parents had named you "Reince", you'd have issues, too.

His parents wanted to name him "Preince", but they were dissuaded by a girl in a raspberry beret during a purple rain....

Seriously though. Wisconsin has quite the germanic populace, but..

[jsgoddess]

Originally Posted by Smapti

Jerome Corsi, of "where's the birth certificate? Oh, wait, there it is" fame, has come up with a new explanation for Obama's "missing" college transcripts.

Apparently, his attending Columbia was just a cover story for the time he spent as a deep-cover CIA agent in Pakistan.

WHAT.

Wouldn't working to benefit the ol' U S of A be something he'd have to respect Obama for?

No really, stop laughing! That was a serious question!