# Stupid liberal idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 20, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086 "2011-04-20T15:35:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 68
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1341 "2013-10-09T22:04:52Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > In his _NatLamp_ days, perhaps. Eh, I like him on _Wait, Wait_. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1342 "2013-10-11T18:03:53Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Poor Dennis Miller. Can’t even get on the “D” list. C’mon, **Clothy** , throw the guy a bone. He was never funny anyway. Being a sarcastic smart ass does not necessarily equal funny. In short, he was always boring. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1343 "2013-10-13T06:55:40Z")
I used to have respect for FoxNews, the only balanced media left in Fascist Amerika. But now [they’ve turned into liberal scumbags also](http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/10/12/us-turns-out-lights-on-science-research/). [QUOTE=Fox News] **From Antarctica to America, US turns out the lights on science research** Two weeks of sliced budgets and suspensions following Congressional gridlock have been a disastrous setback to a variety of American science programs, wasting millions of dollars and months if not years of research. … “Holy cow, this is really bad,” radio astronomer Mark Reid said. “If they don’t operate the telescopes, it could mean a year’s worth of data becomes useless.” The National Climatic Data Center, an arm of the National Weather Service in Asheville, N.C., that studies long term climate change, was shut down on the first day. … “Once we start this process of drawing down to caretaker status we cannot back out of it and restart the season,” wrote Genevieve. “Mostly we are sad. Frustrated. Angry at our government and ashamed to be Americans.” [/QUOTE] If Fox were still the balanced media we used to love, it would point out that the “researchers” in Antarctica are just studying the mating habits of penguins or some such liberal garbage. And instead of writing “ashamed to be Americans” wouldn’t it have been clearer to write “ashamed to live under the Obamination”? But thank the Baby Jesus that Al Gore’s “long term climate change” study was shut down. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1344 "2013-10-13T07:43:05Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > If Fox were still the balanced media we used to love, it would point out that the “researchers” in Antarctica are just studying the mating habits of penguins or some such liberal garbage. Do you have anything to back that up, or do you get your exercise by jumping to conclusions? > [@](#): > > And instead of writing “ashamed to be Americans” wouldn’t it have been clearer to write “ashamed to live under the Obamination”? You’re absolutely right. They should have changed the contents of a quote, like any balanced journalist would. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1345 "2013-10-13T11:25:24Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Do you have anything to back that up, or do you get your exercise by jumping to conclusions? Sarcasm? Meet Robot Arm. I know he won’t remember what you look like, but hopefully he’ll remember the circumstances under which he encountered you and if found in similar circumstances some time in the future with you, might pause and think,"Wait a minute, this guy seems familiar… " ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1346 "2013-10-13T16:38:51Z")
**sylmar** is correct, my Radio Shack Sarcastometer measures that post at 724 millihicks. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1347 "2013-10-13T19:28:34Z")
Yeah, I knew it was sarcasm. I still can’t figure out what message is supposed to be behind the sarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1348 "2013-10-13T21:27:07Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yeah, I knew it was sarcasm. I still can’t figure out what message is supposed to be behind the sarcasm. I just think it’s interesting that even FoxNews and the Koch Brothers are now turning against Teabagger lunacy. I wanted to compliment the FoxNews writer, so couldn’t post in _Stupid GOP ideas._ But this thread, despite the title, is used mainly for _Smart Liberal Ideas that Stupid Republicans think are stupid_. Thus the article seemed perfect for the thread. I didn’t want to wait for Mr. Hump so I posed as the stupid Republican myself. OK? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1349 "2013-10-14T19:10:46Z")
Way to go. Obama. You sure as hell didn’t get the message when the vets took down the barriers and tossed them on the White House lawn. So what do you do in response? > **[Examiner is back - Examiner.com](https://examiner.com)** > > Examiner.com is the go-to source for millions of people who want to know what's happening in their city. And we're still growing! You can’t fix stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1350 "2013-10-14T19:14:59Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > You can’t fix stupid. But do you really have to prove repeatedly by posting here so often? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1351 "2013-10-14T19:17:33Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Way to go. Obama. You sure as hell didn’t get the message when the vets took down the barriers and tossed them on the White House lawn. So what do you do in response? > > [StockBot by Examiner.com - Stock Examiner bot by Examiner.com](http://www.examiner.com/article/spite-white-house-reinstalls-barricades-at-world-war-ii-memorial) > > You can’t fix stupid. Linking to a site with autoplay ads is stupid. That article was stupid. Pretending that barricades around a veteran’s memorial is important is stupid. Thinking that Obama personally put those barricades up himself is moronic (hint: the government is neither liberal nor conservative — it is a bureaucracy which by definition does things that don’t necessarily make sense). ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1352 "2013-10-14T19:22:17Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Way to go. Obama. You sure as hell didn’t get the message when the vets took down the barriers and tossed them on the White House lawn. So what do you do in response? > > [StockBot by Examiner.com - Stock Examiner bot by Examiner.com](http://www.examiner.com/article/spite-white-house-reinstalls-barricades-at-world-war-ii-memorial) > > You can’t fix stupid. “In a move being seen by many as part of President Obama’s spiteful and vindictive campaign” Yeah, Twitchy said so, I believe it… Not, if that was the whole truth then the polls would already had said so. Looking at the “news” they report it is clear that the bubble is strong with that one. Those are News for Twits indeed… ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1353 "2013-10-14T19:24:37Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Way to go. Obama. You sure as hell didn’t get the message when the vets took down the barriers and tossed them on the White House lawn. So what do you do in response? > > [StockBot by Examiner.com - Stock Examiner bot by Examiner.com](http://www.examiner.com/article/spite-white-house-reinstalls-barricades-at-world-war-ii-memorial) > > You can’t fix stupid. I congratulate you for freely accepting the Michele Bachmann narrative. With leaders like that, and rock-solid sources like “Steve King has a feeling Obama is doing this”, you will never go astray. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1354 "2013-10-14T19:29:37Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Way to go. Obama. You sure as hell didn’t get the message when the vets took down the barriers and tossed them on the White House lawn. So what do you do in response? > > [StockBot by Examiner.com - Stock Examiner bot by Examiner.com](http://www.examiner.com/article/spite-white-house-reinstalls-barricades-at-world-war-ii-memorial) Actually, _spiteful and vindictive_ would be arresting the vets who were acting like soccer hooligans. You fucking idiot. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1355 "2013-10-14T19:50:40Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Actually, _spiteful and vindictive_ would be arresting the vets who were acting like soccer hooligans. > > _You fucking idiot_. kaylasdad, you should denote that as _your_ opinion if you have no verifiable proof (ie photos) that Clothy’s currently engaged in fornicative acts. Not that you have to share the pics. I’m willing to take your word for it…😉 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1356 "2013-10-14T20:17:56Z")
He has a SWMBO. I’m happy to give him the benefit of the doubt. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1357 "2013-10-14T20:28:50Z")
> [@](#): > > …not that you have to share the pics. I’m willing to take your word for it… I’m sure we have someone in our midst so utterly depraved that viewing and confirming such pix would not significantly add to their deevitude. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1358 "2013-10-14T20:50:03Z")
Previously] posted in the long running “Stupid” thread, Charlie Pierce at Esquire more than adequately addresses friend Clothshump’s concerns. [http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/republicans-using-wwii-vets-for-political-agenda-](http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/republicans-using-wwii-vets-for-political-agenda-)][Republicans Using WWII Vets For Political Agenda - The Grave Robbers In Washington](http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/republicans-using-wwii-vets-for-political-agenda-101413) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1359 "2013-10-14T21:46:42Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > But do you really have to prove repeatedly by posting here so often? Your post is a perfect example. You obviously agree with Barry’s action. Why not debate that point instead of just calling me names? Oh…it’s because you can’t refute what I said, so you dive straight into ad hominem mode. Now, if I were in a really bad mood, I could say that I post solely so that retarded assholes like you can crawl out from under their rocks and show their stupidity alongside Barry O. But I’m not, so I won’t. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1360 "2013-10-14T22:37:46Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > You obviously agree with Barry’s action. Or, more likely, he thinks Steve King is incorrect (imagine that!), and Obama is not involved in decisions about the closings of memorials (especially considering that memorials were closed in the 95 shutdown). If you think Steve King is right (not that he has any evidence), just say so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=69)