Nitpick: Ayn Rand never pretended to be an economist, and Objectivism has no economics as such; its hostility to non-libertarian economic policies is purely moral, and has nothing to do with considerations of economic efficiency.
Apparently, some governors haven’t learned a lesson from the debacle that is Kansas economic policy and are planning to copy it for their own states.
Mississippi state representative Alday thinks that there’s no point in providing more funds to help second graders to learn how to read since it won’t help. After all, “the blacks are getting food stamps and what I call ‘welfare crazy checks.’ They don’t work.”
Basically, if you’ve been elected to higher office in Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, or Texas, odds are, you’re a complete and total fucktard.
I’m in Florida, so I can’t exactly throw stones, but those four states are even dumber than mine.
He hates competition.
Another money quote:
Wille said no calls were received during the newscast about the Obama picture.
No one was watching/old aging eyesight failed, or the typical audience assumed it was true?!
Plenty of folks in Kansas and Missouri would like a word with you for dissing them.
Here’s the followup story about Alday owning up to his comments and taking responsibility for them like a man.
Ha-Ha – had you going there for a moment. Of course, what he really did was spin lame excuses and blame the messenger:
Why do I have this sneaking suspicion that “It was late at night” = “I was drunk off my ass”?
In Vinum Veritas.
I had no idea making racist comments to a reporter would result in a negative outcome for me, and if I had, I never would have made them.
Well, duh, we know you’re stupid, only stupid people are racist. The point is that you’re racist, not that you’re stupid enough to get caught being racist.
One can only imagine what the police were like in a town with him as chief.
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You really shouldn’t expect correct declining from a person reclining with wine.
Arkansas State Senator Jason Rapert: US should nuke those regions of US allies where ISIS is located.
Ben Carson: US soldiers should be told they don’t need to worry about being tried for committing war crimes.
Even if they didn’t have to worry,we still would. Let our enemies lie about us, so long as its not true.
:dubious: Fabricati Diem, Pvnc!
I assume the “t” is silent.
Those Romans, reclining and falling all the time!
It took me a little time to figure out…but well worth it! I owe ya a drink (or a nice half-pound serving of brains, either way…)