# You gotta love the stupidity of our government **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281 "2013-06-30T19:46:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/81 "2013-07-02T03:22:34Z")
[quote=“Clothahump, post:34, topic:662281”] I did for a while. But the Derp like watching a massive trainwreck unfold. Just can’t turn away.[/QUOTE You forgot to put an s on the end of “likes”. Also, why refer to yourself in the third person? (Yes, I signed up just to say that.) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/82 "2013-07-02T04:03:50Z")
Run. Flee while you still can. I used to right real good. Literally. Now… If these people gave up all their bad habits, posts would read like the personal ads in the _New York Review of Books_: well enough written, even intelligent, but sad and vaguely creepy. Here’s your hat. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/83 "2013-07-02T04:21:19Z")
> [@digs](#): > > (d) Pull rabbit out of hat. > > (If you’re a real magician) That trick never works. Wasn’t there a problem with someone who had several large cats and such that got loose during a storm or flood and the animals were hunted down and killed? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/84 "2013-07-02T04:39:54Z")
Yeah, but the lion crawled into Bullwinkle’s hat and hid. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/85 "2013-07-02T11:42:32Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Wasn’t there a problem with someone who had several large cats and such that got loose during a storm or flood and the animals were hunted down and killed? No, those were people. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/86 "2013-07-02T12:12:39Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > This speaks for itself. Good that it “speaks for itself” since you seem incapable of sustaining coherent thought. What I see is an unfortunate dialog between cutting-edge social philosophers, like Glen Beck, and their undiscerning disciples like Mr. Hahump: > [@](#): > > Mr. Beck: Here’s something unbelievable! Don’t forget to click-click-click on the ads. > > Mr. Hahump: Wow! More, give me more! > > Mr. Beck: Well, OK. Did you hear the one about the Kenyan who needed an umbrella? > > Mr. Hahump: Wow! Click-click-click. Give me more!!! Click-click-click. Mr. Hahump, there’s a whole world of information out there beyond Glen Beck. Are you afraid of it? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/87 "2013-07-02T15:47:33Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Mr. Hahump, there’s a whole world of information out there beyond Glen Beck. Are you afraid of it? Why are you so afraid of Beck? And for the record, I don’t listen to him all that much. I happened to quote the Blaze because that is what the original story I read quoted. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/88 "2013-07-02T16:05:34Z")
We FEAR the Beckster for his brilliance Clothy. All true prophets have to undergo this type of ostracization from normal society. It’s a good thing you’re willing to sit at his knee and be inseminated with _the truth_ and charged with the deseminization to the doubting Thomases on this board. I salute your sacrifice. (Just try not to get any of the gunky stuff on me…) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/89 "2013-07-02T16:10:45Z")
Being laughed at is \*not \*evidence that you’re a genius. ---
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/90 "2013-07-02T17:39:44Z")
Clothy’s nervous that he’ll have to have someone literate write out a plan for the gerbil he keeps… somewhere. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/91 "2013-07-02T17:51:13Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I happened to quote the Blaze because that is what the original story I read quoted. Serious question: Which authoritative source cited the Blaze? Did you Google “Tell me something stupid about the stupid guvmint” … or did you already have your bookmarks set to the erudite sources that get their info from The Blaze? ---
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/92 "2013-07-02T18:18:48Z")
I’m guessing Breitbart. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/93 "2013-07-02T18:50:23Z")
[quote=“Not\_Carlson, post:81, topic:662281”] [quote=“Clothahump, post:34, topic:662281”] I did for a while. But the Derp like watching a massive trainwreck unfold. Just can’t turn away. [/QUOTE You forgot to put an s on the end of “likes”. Also, why refer to yourself in the third person? (Yes, I signed up just to say that.)[/QUOTE] That, my friend, is a sign that you belong. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/94 "2013-07-02T21:40:47Z")
_Any_body ELSE for a swing at the Clothahump pinata? But be warned, it’s not candy that spills out when you whack’im… ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/95 "2013-07-02T21:58:36Z")
Piñata. Also edited to add fuckity fuck fuck fuck. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/96 "2013-07-02T22:25:22Z")
> [@sylmar](#): > > _Any_body ELSE for a swing at the Clothahump pinata? … He’s either [selectively illiterate](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16422491#post16422491) or can’t be bothered to actually participate in threads by, ya know, reading the fucking posts (See: this thread). Also, he isn’t smart enough to just post this OP in [his thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=605448), where it _probably_ wouldn’t have gotten the same level of response. (It’s been a while, but there was a time, when one could’ve made decent money on bets that a **Clothahump** OP would include a cite that completely contradicted his position. Lower hanging fruit didn’t exist. Ahh, the good ol’ days of The Pit :(.) CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/97 "2013-07-03T00:51:07Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > That, my friend, is a sign that you belong. Thanks. Couldn’t figure out the quote function though. After years of lurking, I was finally brought into the fold by Clothahump! (He′s dead right about the irresistible allure of train wrecks.) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/98 "2013-07-03T01:59:40Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Serious question: Which authoritative source cited the Blaze? Did you Google > “Tell me something stupid about the stupid guvmint” > … or did you already have your bookmarks set to the erudite sources that get their info from The Blaze? Sigh. As I posted earlier, I found the story on another message board. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/99 "2013-07-03T02:01:07Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > He’s either [selectively illiterate](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16422491#post16422491) or can’t be bothered to actually participate in threads by, ya know, reading the fucking posts (See: this thread). > > Also, he isn’t smart enough to just post this OP in [his thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=605448), where it _probably_ wouldn’t have gotten the same level of response. > > (It’s been a while, but there was a time, when one could’ve made decent money on bets that a **Clothahump** OP would include a cite that completely contradicted his position. Lower hanging fruit didn’t exist. Ahh, the good ol’ days of The Pit :(.) > > CMC fnord! I gotta admit… Reading these responses is like watching the chimps in the monkey house fling shit at each other. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/100 "2013-07-03T02:12:30Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I gotta admit… > > Reading these responses is like watching the chimps in the monkey house fling shit at each other. Ahh, now this, > [@sylmar](#): > > … > But be warned, it’s not candy that spills out when you whack’im… makes sense! Is it, can’t respond to the substantive replies you’ve gotten or just here to troll? CMC fnord! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281.md?page=6)