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Am I a genius or did I subconsciously rip someone else off?
Curious — has anyone coined the term “The Alaskan Quitbull” to describe Sarah Palin yet? Because if not, I’m a genius.
UPDATE: Dammit.
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N__B said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:39
Yes.
Xecky Gilchrist said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:39
The term “quitbull” had occurred to me, but I never typed it anywhere or said it aloud, so I have no prior claim. Well done!
St. N.C. of the Initials said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:40
Yes. Here.
Brad said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:41
Damn. Oh well.
Marco said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:43
It’s still hilarious. I will give you credit and pretend I never knew nuthin’ about the origin.
Fo Shiz said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:44
Barracudn’ta?
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:44
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=alaskan+quitbull
Marco said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:45
Sarah Palin: The Quitter Giver Uperer?
Okay, it’s early. I know.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:46
I like that one.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:46
Golf clap, regardless of origin.
commie atheist said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:51
I applaud Righteous Bubba’s mad Google skilz.
Ted the Slacker said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:51
Iquitarod has been doing the rounds as well.
Also.
What’s the difference between Sarah Palin and a Hockey Mom? One’s a pitbull with lipstick, the other’s, er, I dunno, I quit.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:52
There was at one point a video game called “Pit Fighter”.
Mizz Sarah said she was a “fighter, not a quitter”.
Well, why not be both?
JPG, photoshop, etc. left as exercise for the student.
commie atheist said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:52
Sarah Palin: The Quitter Giver Uperer?
Department of Redundancy Department. Still, somehow appropriate in her case.
cowalker said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:54
I hope some of Teh Sadly commentors respond to this terrific term with jokes based on the “difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull” schtick.
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:55
She makes quilts?
What? Oh, never mind.
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:56
My faves are “Half-baked Alaska” and “Iquitarod”.
MzNicky said,
July 10, 2009 at 17:59
The Quitter Giver Uperer
a/k/a Dr. Pooper. Anyone? I’m old.
truculent and unreliable said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:00
It’s okay. I still think you’re a genius.
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:01
Hookey Mom?
Governot?
MzNicky said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:01
“difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull”
Lipschtick?
No?
Xecky Gilchrist said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:03
Hookey Mom?
Yeah!
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:05
That’s awesome.
Ted the Slacker said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:06
Schlocky Mom?
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:09
There’s nothing we could possibly call her that’s funnier than “leader of the Republican party”, “presidential contender”, or “family-values conservative”.
Ted the Slacker said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:11
Shouldaknown, teh gazoogle sez schlocky mom is already an internets tradition.
Hookey Mom, however, is WIN.
Ken Lowery said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:11
The Philly columnist makes a good point. Palin quitting because of “family” just reinforces the stereotype that women can’t hold their own in the workplace because of their mysterious lady junk.
Fits in with conservative stereotyping, I guess.. that she’s a TUFF BROAD but also everyone’s been real mean to her so BACK OFF THAT’S MY LADY YOU’RE TALKIN’ TO.
The Goddamn Batman Insists On His Originality, Despite The Prior Art Of Die Fledermaus said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:11
You’re still a genius. Next to Sarah, we all are.
Ken Lowery said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:12
Also I’m a fan of Barracudn’t.
Newbie McNoob said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:14
Puttin’ it all together:
“What’s the difference between a hookey mom and a quitbull?”
“Lipschtick!”
g said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:14
Geez, none of them can shut their pieholes, can they?
Levi talks, Palin’s spokesperson snips back
“It is interesting to learn Levi is working on a piece of fiction while honing his acting skills,” Palin family spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
guess which one can’t leave high school behind.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:16
Barracouldn’t?
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:16
Cari-boo hoo Barbie?
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:18
Frightening thing is that the “Palin family” evidently needs a spokeswoman in the first place.
OneMan said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:18
So Sarah Palin, Todd Palin, Yakutat Palin and John McCain take their act on the road.
First, John goes out on stage and does his terriffic mesmer act, putting the audience to sleep.
Then Yakutat comes out and does her famous fan / contortionist dance which ends with an audience member (heh) entering her from behind while she’s folded into a ball.
Then Sarah comes out and shits all over the stage and the audience, then suddenly stops and runs offstage.
Todd comes out on a snow machine and parks in the middle of the stage.
Somebody in the audience yells out, “What the fuck was that?!”
Todd says, “The Aristocrats!”
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:19
Highlander: The Quitt’ning
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:21
Palinder.
jim said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:22
Baracouldashouldawoulda?
Governor To Nowhere?
Betcha you can’t tell I’ve got jack-shit here, can you?
I keep desperately wanting to insert “dipstick” for “lipstick” & make it somehow not suck – but it’s like trying to pass a kidney-stone the size of a SmartCar.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:23
Go-vernor.
Bill E Pilgrim said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:27
It should just be a new line of “I Quit” jokes, like knock-knock or elephant jokes.
Q) What’s the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom?
A) I quit
Q) How many Alaskan Governors does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A) I quit
Q) Knock knock
A) Who’s there?
Q) I quit
Q) During WWII, what did they call Eisenhower’s famous sense of humor?
A) I quit
and so on.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:27
Miss Won’t Silla
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:27
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Juneau.
Juneau who?
Juneau Palin’s a quitter?
LD said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:28
Soon she will have her own youtube fans demanding that we QUIT making fun of her.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:28
Sarah Palin, Mayor of WAAAAAAAHH-silla
g said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:29
Wonder what Stapleton is going to do for a living after the end of July?
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:29
Moose Bur-gone
The Cool Coach has his EYES ON THE PRIZE said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:29
LOL to the WALL, loony libs! Coach Urban Meyer here, laughing it up while you Silly Sadlies here at Sadly, D’oh!, preen and prance about like you don’t see the freight train bearing down! That’s right, it’s SUPER SARAH, the POWER PALIN, unleashing a SPREAD of VICTORY all over 2012, whether you loony libs see it or not! So yeah, keep on upchuckling about Super Sarah stepping down; too bad you don’t see that everything is going to plan!
Badoodle-boo-yeah! Take a bite of that SPREAD, libs. Urban out.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:31
New cartoon character: Quit Draw Mamaw
(okay, I got nothin’ either.)
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:31
Thank you for the Jenice Armstrong link. She may have beaten you to Quit-bull, but you gotta forgive her for the following bit of snark:
Bill E Pilgrim said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:33
Moose-eating surrender monkey.
If I get to have actually come up with that first I’ll be amazed.
kingubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:33
Barracouldn’t
LD said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:35
Sarah De Quit?
Mrs. Quittington?
Maybe she has a poor hearing, and was reacting to an aid who said that twitting is the latest craze?
Any suggestions to acronym Q.U.I.T.?
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:35
“What’s the Point” Guard
calling all toasters said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:36
It’s obviously Barraquitter.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:37
Beaten.
jim said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:37
BUSSSTED!
I call fake Coach – “upchuckling” was actually sort of jocular.
The humor has to be something along the lines of Danny De Vito doing a stag party for televangelists – which is to say that the use of any actual funny ruins it.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:38
Que Sera Sarah
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:38
Sarah, Sarah, Starburst were shining in your eyes.
Sarah, Sarah – all the time is the right time for good-bye.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:40
FFS, RB – save some snark for the rest of us. Beaten and Que Sera Sarah? You can only win so many internets before people start getting upset.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:45
Behold!
Beaten.
J— said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:46
A commenter at Wonkette.
Andy said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:48
Va-Moose?
jim said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:48
Querulous Underachiever In Training?
Queen’s Underpants Increasingly Tightening?
Yeah, I think I better leave this to the pros.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:51
Faster, Moosiecat! Quit! Quit!
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:52
(apropos of my last one it’s a shame I’m not into writing stuff for the Call of Cthulhu RPG, ’cause “Valley of The Dholes” would make SUCH a great adventure title…)
Sirius Lunacy said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:53
So long and thanks for all the vamoose?
Sirius Lunacy said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:54
Darn you Andy!!
tigrismus said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:54
Sarah Palingerer?
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:56
How about P.A.L.I.N.?:
Pathetic Alaskan Loser Idiot Nitwit
Maybe?
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:57
Beaten.
Like a red-headed step-child or a teenager with his first broadband connection.
Okay, how about
Sarah Thanks, but no thanks Palin
Sirius Lunacy said,
July 10, 2009 at 18:59
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:00
Three Weeks Notice?
Andy said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:00
Darn ME? No, darn you!
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:01
Moose-eating Sarah’under monkey.
Fiqt’d?
RedCon said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:01
I got a question for all the leftists:
Why should we bother wasting taxpayer dollars oh “high speed” rail when Amtrak is a disaster and has been a fiscal loser ever since it was creàted?
If there was a real demand for “high speed” rail, a private company would invest in it, like our private airliners run. Since the government has to do it, there must not be real demand!
Willy said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:02
How about P.A.L.I.N.?:
Pathetic Alaskan Loser
Idiot NitwitIn Nylonsfexd.
Newbie McNoob said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:02
The term I came up with isn’t a slam on Palin’s propensity for quitting. So forgive me for straying from the theme slightly.
I often thought that based on the almost (almost?) worshipful fervor her fanbase exhibits, the phrase “Holy Trig-nity” should be applied to SP, prop and whatever third family member is enduring the mockery du jour.
John D. said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:03
Lady Quittsalott?
Mooserella?
Simple Sarah?
Sarah, Plain And Dull?
Little Miss Shit-For-Brains-Imbecile?
The Grifter That Keeps On Taking?
bklyn said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:03
sailn palin
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:03
Since the government has to do it, there must not be real demand!
Like going to the Moon!
Or invading Iraq.
*daaaaah*
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:05
I got a question for all the leftists:
Address my post, Libs! If you don’t answer, it’s because you’re a bunch of pathetic poopy-heads! This is MY playground, and I get to decide what games we play because shut up, that’s why!
ACORN said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:05
Sa-yona-rah Palin.
Sirius Lunacy said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:05
Why should we bother wasting taxpayer dollars on “high speed” intersate highway system when it has been a fiscal loser ever since it was created?
Since the government has to do it, there must not be real demand!
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:05
Sarah, Duchess of Can’t
RedCon said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:07
National defense is a proper role for government.
I agree about NASA, it is a waste of taxpayer dollars. Scrap it.
Willy said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:08
If there was a real demand for “high speed” rail, a private company would invest in it, like our private airliners run. Since the government has to do it, there must not be real demand!
I like how all the airlines paid for and built the airports and the radar stations and the air traffic control systems. It is central to Troofie’s point.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:09
Invading Iraq != national defense.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:09
That’s good.
N__B said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:10
I like how all the airlines paid for and built the airports and the radar stations and the air traffic control systems.
Not to mention the highways leading to the former cornfields and swamps.
ACORN said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:10
Nobody doesn’t like Sarah Leaving.
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:10
Let’s all agree not to play with Red Corn today. He smells funny.
Willy said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:12
Sarah Bailin’?
DBR said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:13
The Moose-iah that won’t be resurrected.
John D. said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:13
Liitle MILF Marker?
Sirius Lunacy said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:13
Awww, c’mon Steerpike, can’t I at least say…
Adress my post RedCons
PeeJ said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:13
keep ‘em coming, folks. I’m assembling a list.
RedCon said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:14
The radar stations and air traffic controllers are regulation, not subsidization. And anywayan that cost is passed onto the consumer through the ticket price.
Airliners can and do go out of business when they fail to make a profit. Compare that to Amtrak.
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:15
Little Miss Done-Shine!
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:15
Deadbeat Grizzly
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:16
RC, did you take a wrong turn at the sign that said, “This way to debate transportation subsidies”?
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:17
Miss Alaskanotherguytodoit.
Willy said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:17
Where’d them goalposts go?
Newbie McNoob said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:17
I would argue that since Palin’s real vocation is finding any TV camera that will transmit her vacant expressions across the airwaves, she hasn’t “quit” in any meaningful sense of the word.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:19
Runaway Gov
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:19
Miss Alaskanotherguytodoit.
Ossum!
ACORN said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:20
SARAH LEAVING BAKERY
Apple Custard Deep Dish Bye
Not Toffee ‘Nuff
Custard Vanish
Raspberry Ramble
Word Salad Whirl
Fudge This, I’m Outta Here
Ice President Manqué
Mystery Mango Passions Swirl
Iced Custard Waffle
Frozen Strawberry Crumble
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:21
Sarah the Quitter
Bill E Pilgrim said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:23
RedCon:
You’re probably right, they built ten gazllion kilometers of train lines all over Europe where I live, and NO one ever uses them. Every time I get on one I’m the only one on it. I can stretch out, have parties, it’s like a ghost train, I tells ya.
Of course, the government had a lot to do with building them, forcing these unused empty ghost train lines on everyone. Damn guvmint can’t do anything right.
NB: Have you considered Somalia? Very low government participation, I’ve heard.
Caliph Garrett said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:25
Nome más! Nome más!
RedCon said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:26
Somalia doesn’t have an effective police system, courts system, or military, which are the core role of government.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:26
Hahahaha. Very funneh you mean-spirited libs. No big surprise since you all take your cues from your Obamessiah. You just have to kick a woman when she’s down.
Newbie McNoob said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:26
Sarah Palin: “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!”
OneMan said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:27
Sarah Set-sailin’
PeeJ said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:27
Oh sure, we won’t have Sarah Palin to kick around anymore. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TURKEYS?!?!?!?!
Lunch Lady said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:28
It’s Budget Fish Sticks Friday, kid. Now with extra sticks.
RedCon said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:28
It’s unoriginal and you suck and I hate you.
owlbear1 said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:29
Sarah “notaccountabletoanyoneanymore!” Palin.
You Betcha!
You Can't Put Lipstick On A Repig said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:30
No big surprise since you all take your cues from your Obamessiah. You just have to kick a woman when she’s down.
I like how he pauses for a split second right after saying the joke to see if anybody laughs. What a delight.
Fo Shiz said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:31
Sarah, Dutchess of Yack
Sarah PayLess
Milk supplier of my child AND grandchild
RedCon said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:32
I like making simple, sweeping, un-proven statements with absolutely no evidence or backing for them.
It gives me a warm feeling.
Bill E Pilgrim said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:34
RedCon said,
Somalia doesn’t have an effective police system, courts system, or military, which are the core role of government.
Ah, a “big government” type I see.
You came to the right place with all of us libruls then I guess. Welcome comrade.
ACORN said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:34
Saramisu
Berry ice pecan freeze
Lemming moran bye
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:34
To be fair to Sarah Palin, she did warn us as far back as Republican Convention:
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:34
Does the warm feeling match the wet stain we can all see?
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:34
Seems as possible as a presidential run if not more so…
owlbear1 said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:35
Sarah “ethicsrulesarestupidshowmethemoney” Palin
I don’t think I’m very good at these.
J— said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:39
The pit bull with lipstick now wears the Cone of Shame.
The Kid from Kounty Meath said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:39
The Red State Darling with a Yellow Streak.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:40
Sarah la prochaine
actor212 said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:40
National defense is a proper role for government.
I agree about NASA, it is a waste of taxpayer dollars. Scrap it.
Gee….without a space program, we’d never be able to test missile defense systems….so then national defense really isn’t a proper role for government, in your estimation.
Are you Islamic?
Sirius Lunacy said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:41
Parah Salin’
Zombie Ronald Reagan said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:42
RedCon is making fun of my super-duper space missile Commie-busters! This is insufficient exaltation of Myself! Anger my fishpicker into the disappearing face-tooth, libs!
actor212 said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:43
Why should we bother wasting taxpayer dollars oh “high speed” rail when Amtrak is a disaster and has been a fiscal loser ever since it was
creàtedtaken over from the private sector who ran our commuter rail systems into the ground in favor of more profitable freight hauling, thus creating an almost instantaneous spike in lung cancer from air pollution, traffic deaths and government spending on highways?Fixed for accuracy and rebuttal.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:43
How did this come so late?
RedCon said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:44
Wait, the real guy’s here again? Don’t trolls usually fuck off after about five days when there isn’t an election or something?
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:45
A variation on an earlier entrant:
“Idiotarod”
Bill E Pilgrim said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:47
Withdraw McGraw
Grover Norquist said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:48
Somalia doesn’t have an effective police system, courts system, or military, which are the core role of government.
Hey, you’ve got concealed carry. What do you need police or a military for?
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:48
Thread is far funnier without troll feeding.
Newbie McNoob said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:49
Ziegler’s Folly
Bill E Pilgrim said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:51
There’s got to be something with “Abstinence-only political strategy”. Though that might not be it.
J— said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:51
All comments in thread, including responses to troll, are hilarious because this is a humor blog.
RedCon said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:52
Things I would eliminate were I President:
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
NASA
Amtrak
The FAA
Peace Corps
Americorps
Department of Housing and Urban Development
National Park Service (turn it over to the states)
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:52
Palinterrupted
OneMan said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:52
Why did the Alaskan governor cross the sound?
I quit.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:53
Somalia doesn’t have an effective police system, courts system, or military, which are the core role of government.
Shorter glibertarian Redcock: Gummint is only for shooting, prosecuting and arresting brown people.
Newbie McNoob said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:53
Palinterrupted
Epic Win right there! I don’t care who you are.
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:54
Seriously, Red Corn-hole. You wanted an argument? This is Abuse! Shoo!
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:55
God damn it, this one requires me to know stuff I would rather not know.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:55
Anyone remember the “Failure Song” from the MST3K “Day The Earth Froze” episode?
Failure failure
She is a failure
She’s a loser and a chump
Failure failure
total failure
Failure failure
la la la!
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:55
I don’t care who you are.
I hope so, but RB’s probably ran with it weeks ago.
SarAWOL
a concerned citizen said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:57
Dammit, I was just about to post “Sarah, Plain and AWOL”.
owlbear1 said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:57
Turn-tailing Palin
Citizen_X said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:59
an effective police system, courts system, or military, which are the core role[sic] of government.
If you think spending more on defense than the entire world put together and then failing so utterly on 9/11 are marks of an “effective” military then you’re even stupider than you sound.
Mouthful of Kelp said,
July 10, 2009 at 19:59
Vamooseburger
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:01
A-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah
She comes from the land of the ice and snow
from the moose shotgun where the oil wells flow
owlbear1 said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:02
SheKook of the North.
owlbear1 said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:04
New Rules for Sister Sara
Bill E Pilgrim said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:05
National Harpoon’s Vacation
You Can't Put Lipstick On A Repig said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:06
OT, new Harry Potter movie: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/10/emma-watson-lovely-in-lea_n_229345.html
Best comment: “I have sinned in my pants”
Boneless Meatloaf said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:07
Aleutians Of Grandeur?
Arguing With Signposts said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:07
Ron? Ron Paul? Is that you?
St. Olmos of the Blessed Inspirational Teacher said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:07
Troofie wants to eliminate the Dept. of Education under a writ of Misery Loves Company.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:07
Excellent.
You Bitcha.
OneMan said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:08
A-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah
She comes from the land of the ice and snow
from the moose shotgun where the oil wells flow
The queen of Wasilla
Goin’ to a new land
To fight the libs, whining and crying
Oh forget it I am quitting!
Bill E Pilgrim said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:10
The Checkout Girl from Wassila
I think I’m writing movie titles now. Get me an agent, STAT.
Dirk Diggler said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:10
Gimme a call, Bill.
kingubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:11
The Lyin’, The Twitch, and The Wardrobe.
Newbie McNoob said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:13
God damn it, this one requires me to know stuff I would rather not know.
I was aiming for a portmanteau between John Ziegler and Ziegfeld Follies. Obviously I failed.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:14
I got it, I just felt shame.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:14
Just say QUIT! Do it now! Let yourself go!
Just QUIT! Don’t look! Or you’ll never know
What she’s talling about – Some sort of metaphor
Like a point guard, who walks off the court
Oh come on – come on and love it!
Yes! This is it, don’t be cautious, don’t think twice
Pleeeeaaasssee, don’t listen to her, just say she looks nice
Sheeeee ain’t staying, for us to kick her around
This is it, her resignation speech, don’t try to work it out.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:15
The hammer of the blogs will drive our shit to new lands
To fight the libs and sing and cry, starbursts, I am coming
On we sweep with, with threatening bore
Our only goal will be the D.C. shore
You Can't Put Lipstick On A Repig said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:15
The Lyin’, The Twitch, and The Wardrobe.
Excellent, but why not:
The Lyin’, The Wink, and The Wardrobe.
Andy said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:17
Someone already touched on this above, but: The Abstinence-Only Governor.
Also, if she does run in 2012, she’ll need a campaign song. I humbly suggest the Stylistics’ “Betcha By Golly Wow”.
Sirius Lunacy said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:17
A-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah
She comes from the land of the ice and snow
from the moose shotgun where the oil wells flow
The Pitbull of the Gops I drive our ship to new lands
Till I get bored I whine and cry Wasilla I am quitting.l
wordyeti said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:18
At the LA premiere of “Spamalot,” during the Knights of Ni! sequence, the head knight started riffing on their “new” name, singing (to the tune of Frere Jacques)
“Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
Please don’t go
Please don’t go!
Who will watch for Putin
Who will watch for Putin
We don’t know.”
At the end, when Eric Idle came out to talk to the audience & thank us all for coming out, he mentioned that he used to think that Michael was the funniest Palin he had ever seen (repeating what John Cleese had said last fall in an interview).
The larger issue with Sarah’s ambitions are that the big-money corporate types that bankroll everything the GOP does will never write her a check, from now until infinity (couldn’t figure out how to put that sideways “8″ here, dammit). Unless she manages to cobble together some kind of grassroots funding organization the way Obama successfully did to challenge the DLC-Clinton juggernaut, Palin doesn’t have a hope in hell of being relevant, other than as a Fox News sideshow. And she’ll find that Rush, Hannity & O’Reilly will not be smiling once she transitions from being chum ratings-bait on their shows, to potentially stealing away their viewers, sponsorships & speaking fees.
Palin will make a big splash when she gets her show. And then it will wither and die the Death of 1,000 Cuts from her former “friends.”
Bill E Pilgrim said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:19
Scary Plotter and the Philosopher’s Stoned
Tata said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:20
The Wolf Whisperer.
cyntax said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:20
I can’t haz librul shibbolethz?
Sarah Palin said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:21
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of…Aw fuck it!
You Can't Put Lipstick On A Repig said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:22
The mentions of “cry” make me think of
Don’t cry for me, Anchorage
which is lame as hell but maybe somebody with a BA (rather than the BS I have) can do better with the concept.
St. Other Side of the Same Boring Fucking Coin said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:22
Some of you people are such killjoys. Besides we must dance to the troll’s tune for hours or he wins! Will you EVER understand this?
cyntax said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:23
The Lyin’, The Wink, and The Wardrobe.
FTW!
Bill E Pilgrim said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:24
Someone already touched on this above, but: The Abstinence-Only Governor.
Hey I did more than touch on it, I dibsed on it, which means it’s legally binding even though I’m a completely made up name on some blog that I even I have no idea how I got. To. Also.
Sirius Lunacy said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:25
No more Putin up with Palin.
Marion in Savannah said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:26
“kingubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:11
The Lyin’, The Twitch, and The Wardrobe.”
In my book this is the winner! Made me howl.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:30
Besides we must dance to the troll’s tune for hours or he wins!
Do you think those dancing badgers are going to make themselves, Mr. Objectively Anti-Badger?
OneMan said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:30
Friday morning at 12 o’clock the presser begins
Loudly proclaiming that she’ll do more
Speaking the gibb’rish that she hoped would say more
She goes to the lower 48 clutching her pearls
Griping about the ethics probes
Grabbing some things from her big wardrobe
She (We’ve seen too much of this girl)
is quitting (Heard way too much from this girl)
job (Kiss ole Miss Moosbergers goodbye)
She’s left her job after being a slob
For so many years. Bye, bye
g said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:31
Ziegler’s Folly
has Zieggy spoken up since his girlfriend stepped down?
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:32
Yeah, there was a long piece at Big Hollywood.
Marco said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:33
In Mexico, Sarah Palin is know as Quitzalcoatl.
OneMan said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:34
For
so manya couple years. Bye, byeDragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:35
Ia! Ia! C’ribou Fhtagn!
P’per Track W’llow Br’stol W’silla Todd’nTrig fhtagn!
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:35
Quitzalcoatl
MAYAN WIN
Sirius Lunacy said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:36
She (We’ve seen too much of this girl)
is
quittingleaving (Heard way too much from this girl)jobNome (Kiss ole Miss Moosbergers goodbye)She’s left her job after being a slob
For so many years. Bye, bye
She’s leaving Nome. bye, bye.
MC Mitt Romney said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:37
Yo yo yo this news is good
For the MC understood
It’s me: Romney
Holla if ya feels me, S,N
J— said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:37
Yeah, there was a long piece at Big Hollywood.
And long it is. I’m still waiting for that popular uprising now that he’s revealed the truth behind her resignation.
J— said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:40
Quitzalcoatl
In this instances, Nahua. Maya would be Kukulkan.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:40
Oh dear.
OneMan said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:41
Lunacy:
Yes! And he scores!
OneMan said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:41
RB: great minds.
Also mediocre ones.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:42
In this instances, Nahua. Maya would be Kukulkan.
SHUSH, YOU PEDANT
Koo-koo-can’t, then.
J— said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:43
Pedants don’t shush. It isn’t in their nature. Besides, this is a safe haven for them.
kingubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:43
Geez, RB, we get it– you’re smart, funny, and quick on the draw. Do you want a cookie or something?
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:46
YES.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:47
I thought this was safe haven for POOP.
kingubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:47
Excellent, but why not: The Lyin’, The Wink, and The Wardrobe.
Yep, mo’ better.
Quitzalcoatl
Teh Win.
kingubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:49
PENIS COOKIE
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:50
How often does the smaller penis cookie cutter get used?
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:53
Well all those folks who said Sarah Palin ain’t gots no quit in her are probably right. She uses it up at an alarming rate.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:53
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/beatles594.shtml
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:54
PENIS COOKIE
DICKERDOODLES!
kingubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 20:59
How often does the smaller penis cookie cutter get used?
Yeah, what ever did happen to Lorena Bobbit?
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:03
You haven’t been “scooped”, Brad, it’s a case of convergent evolution!
Hey, remember the troll harping on how bad it is to live in cities?
I left the house to go to work, and two of my neighbors were hurling in the street. Hurling, I tells ya!
My neighborhood kicks ass.
Interrobang said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:07
I’m a fan of W.P. Kinsella, so I think of her as “Governor Mooseface.” On the other hand, at least Constable Mooseface managed to memorise how to say “lock up your daughters” in Cree, which is more language proficiency — and in a second language, too! — than Palin ever managed.
FWIW, government subsidies to automobile-based transportation: $500-700 per car; government subsidies to Amtrak: $40 per passenger (cite: Reuters interview with Alex Kummant), thrashing an anti-rail propagandist: Priceless.
actor212 said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:12
I left the house to go to work, and two of my neighbors were hurling in the street
Big friggin’ deal. I live upstairs from a bar and people hurl and puke all the time!
Xecky Gilchrist said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:16
Aleutians Of Grandeur?
Superb.
Bullshitwinkle?
77south said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:20
Has anyone called dibs on ‘Balked Alaska’ yet? cause its all I got.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:20
The Northwest I Passage.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:20
Heh.
Sirius Lunacy said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:21
But…but…I’m a Murikan! I can’t live without my car! My big V8 manly muscle car! You know, my Camaro!
What? Oh, never mind.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:23
I was aiming for a portmanteau between John Ziegler and Ziegfeld Follies. Obviously I failed.
Not at all! It is also a riff on Seward’s Folly.
I lurve you people!
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:27
OT: I just heard a great joke:
When Farrah Fawcett died and went to heaven, she was told she would be granted one wish.
She said, “I only wish for all the children in world to be safe…”
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:32
Plenty of MJ jokes here:
http://thepoorman.net/2009/07/07/god-hates-celebrities/
cur said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:34
She is taking ODB’s place in the Qui-Tang Klan.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:45
The Notminee.
you leftards are whiny babies who would've wilted under 1/10th the attacks leveled at Palin and her family said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:50
Palin’s a quitter!! Boo hoo hoo!! Waaaaaaahhhh!!
“….I’m a genius.”
You’re a thin-skinned idiot who would have gnashed his teeth and threatened death on the perps if he had been subjected to 1/1000th of the feral, demonic, vomit-drenched attacks thrust upon Palin and her children.
As would all of you demon-possessed, mentally-ill, “adult” 5 year-olds that populate this Satanic cesspool.
actor212 said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:52
Not To Alaska
J— said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:55
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some quit.
tigrismus said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:57
You’re a thin-skinned idiot
*poke*
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 21:59
the feral, demonic, vomit-drenched attacks thrust upon Palin and her children
HUHUHUHUHUHUHUHUHUHUHUHHUHUHH he said “thrust”
Newbie McNoob said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:00
Well, which is it? 1/10th or 1/1000th?
Dàrþ Revàn said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:01
The Palinwan of Quit-Gon Galt?
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:06
Sarah, Duchess of YECCHHHHHH
Newbie McNoob said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:11
If someone is demon-possessed, wouldn’t they be able to withstand a lot more pressure than Palin?
Theology was never my strong suit.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:12
They’re demons of wussiness. Like Asmodoofus, Beliearound, and Assholeroth.
Dàrþ Revàn said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:16
Failzebub. Also.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:17
Giveupper Palin.
actor212 said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:17
If someone is demon-possessed, wouldn’t they be able to withstand a lot more pressure than Palin?
You miss the point, she’s not possessed, she’s been re-possessed.
Dàrþ Revàn said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:18
Mmmmm… nah. “Giveupper” was the nickname given to the late 40th president and all of his progeny.
RedCon said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:21
Road subsidies are not really subsidies, they are taxes collected for just that purpose–roads.
Johnny Coelacanth said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:23
“Failzebub.”
Oooh, ooh oooh! New Pseudonym Alert!
Xecky Gilchrist said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:27
If she were from England, she’d be singing “Rule Quitannia”.
Pack up your troubles in your old quit bag and smile, smile, smile!
actor212 said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:31
Oooh, for Sarah Palin and her supposed opposition to the Bridge To Nowhere:
Road Whoreeor
Newbie McNoob said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:32
She didn’t quit as governor of Alaska. She seceded from the position.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:32
OT, via Tim F.
Okay, Tim. What do they call the other intelligence activities?
S
P
O
I
L
E
R
O.o
Fucking Awesome!
kg said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:40
doodz. Larry Craig and BoBo are BFFs with benefits!
wow
Boneless Meatloaf said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:50
Vice Presididn’t
Boneless Meatloaf said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:52
Also, PENIS.
Steerpike said,
July 10, 2009 at 22:53
Wasilla, Queen of desert
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 23:01
Queen of dessert?
MikeBoyScout said,
July 10, 2009 at 23:08
Quitbull with lipschtik
Xecky Gilchrist said,
July 10, 2009 at 23:17
OT, but I’d like to see a Sadlification of OgleGate or whatever it is that the fRightards are calling the picture of Obama apparently looking at a woman’s butt.
Further proof that Obama Hussein X is a commie – Brezhnev himself was an ass-gawker.
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 23:23
the picture of Obama apparently looking at a woman’s butt
So THAT’S what the “obama peeks” headline on MSNBC.com is about. Lordy.
WINGNT OUTRAGE OF WEEK WE HAZ IT
Xecky Gilchrist said,
July 10, 2009 at 23:27
WINGNT OUTRAGE OF WEEK WE HAZ IT
Yeah. People are apparently claiming he isn’t really looking at her, etc., etc., and I don’t really care one way or t’other, personally.
If it was OK to want to have a beer with Gee Dumbya, I want to go girl-watching with Obama.
The Kid from Kounty Meath said,
July 10, 2009 at 23:38
Mark today as the day “Hey, where the white women at?” was officially all they had left.
tigrismus said,
July 10, 2009 at 23:45
There’s got to be something with “Abstinence-only political strategy”
If not completely abstinence-only, at least you can say she believes in pulling out early.
Althouse: “I see a distinct difference between these 2 stances. Yes, there are similarities. Both are blatant and hilarious. But the Sarkozy ass-gawking stance says: I admire but I must not act. And Obama is caught at the moment of as-yet-unconstrained pursuit.”
She is one dumb cluck. And oh God, some of those commenters, Jesus H.
Boneless Meatloaf said,
July 10, 2009 at 23:55
Noonan comes close to one in her column:
“In television interviews she was out of her depth in a shallow pool…”
ergo, Shallow Poolin
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 23:57
But the Sarkozy ass-gawking stance says: I admire but I must not act. And Obama is caught at the moment of as-yet-unconstrained pursuit.
Alternate Althouse: “When can we catch this one cheating so we can impeach him, too?”
Pere Ubu said,
July 10, 2009 at 23:58
But the Sarkozy ass-gawking stance says: I admire but I must not act.
In Russia ladie’s ass watch YOU!
David Brooks' Inner Thigh said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:00
If you could see my cottage cheesy texture, you’d have your hand somewhere else, sweetie.
protected static said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:01
Stupid badgers.
John Ensign said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:02
I would never be caught in an action so unseemly as staring at the derriere of a woman who is not-my-wife. For shame, Obama! For shame!
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:03
There was a boner going on for like a split-second there and only one trained in the mastery of eyeblink code could spot it.
Larry Craig said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:16
Fortunately for me, I found the solution to the whole staring problem.
tigrismus said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:17
And the comment on Sarkozy’s restraint is extra funny if you know he met his second wife while he was mayor and presiding over her marriage ceremony to the man she later left for Sarkozy(he was still married to his first wife at the time). He’s on his third wife, and there have been rumors of at least one other affair. Obama, on the other hand, is still married to the same woman. So, they both look, but Sarko is the restrained one? Hee hee hee!
John Ensign said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:18
I would never be caught in an action so unseemly as starring at the derriere
Or even staring at the derriere for that matter. Also
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:19
I am loving Teen Ass Gate better than any Gate, be it Mustard or Date Night, that the wingnuts have soiled themselves in yet. No matter than video of the ogling clearly shows no ogling whatsoever. Their collective fake rage boner’s are finally, fully erect.
And yes, Rage Boner is the name of my new band.
kingubu said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:26
And yes, Rage Boner is the name of my new band.
Rage Boner and The Spray-tans
Gabriel Ratchet said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:27
Obama looked at a woman’s butt? Horrors! Why couldn’t he have the class of George W. Bush?
J— said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:27
Althouse:
Even though the video totally refutes it, for both Obama and Sarkozy. There is no restraint on the part of the latter.
More fun with G8 summit stills.
Merkel checks her back, still not convinced that George W. Bush will not suddenly appear at the meeting.
Lula inspects Zarkozy’s nostril.
There they go again! Shameless! Save that for Berlusconi’s villa.
For all the Gaddafi fans in the house: There are some good shots of him scattered throughout the album.
Gabriel Ratchet said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:29
That link should have been http://wonkette.com/401811/a-childrens-treasury-of-stupid-bush-in-china-pictures
And FYWP. Also.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:32
Me! Me!
The thumbs-up is really great, could be from a Foghat show.
J— said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:33
For that special someone who so loves these corrections:
Zarkozy’sSarkozy’sa concerned citizen said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:33
The Best of Palinment/Spunkadelic
-Litigit It ‘n Quit It
-Funky Clothing Bill
-Up For The Down Syndrome
-Fleshlight (Seeing Starbursts Remix, feat. Rich Lowry and JoJo)
-Give Up the Funk (and Oil and Gas Rights)
-Vanilla City
-Cop. Gun (Endangered Species)
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:34
Althouse stands by her redoubtably stupid analysis? Well, this is the same woman who think biting into an onion ring = eating vadge.
concerned about Wordpress said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:38
The Best of Palinment/Spunkadelic
-Litigit It ‘n Quit It
-Funky Clothing Bill
-Up For The Down Syndrome
-Fleshlight (Seeing Starbursts Remix, feat. Rich Lowry and JoJo)
-Give Up the Funk (and Oil and Gas Rights)
-Vanilla City
-Cop. Gun (Endangered Species)
J— said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:40
In his piece sign shot Gaddafi looks like a mix of Tony Montana, an admiral, and Bono.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:41
I think of Gene Simmons.
tigrismus said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:46
Duuuuuude
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:47
That one’s totally Gene.
Gaddafi wins the news cycle once more.
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:49
He reminds me of Little Carmine from the Sopranos.
http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/img/cast/character/little_carmine.jpg
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:58
The thumbs-up Gaddafi looks like The Dude to me.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:01
http://www.kissonline.com/news/images/1_gene_simmons.jpg
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:02
OK, Gene Simmons.
J— said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:06
Jheri curl. The dude certainly has abided.
Snorghagen said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:11
The electric car Qaddafi has more of the Maynard G. Krebs touch.
You gotta admit, Muamar has an interesting wardrobe.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:12
He’s lookin’ kinda frumpy there. The white suit just blows everyone away.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:14
It’s like he’s rummaging through the dress-up box.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:20
Teen Ass Gate.
Wow.
J— said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:26
You gotta admit, Muamar has an interesting wardrobe.
In that first image (“Muamar”) he looks like Hans Gruber from Die Hard. He certainly is versatile.
Pere Ubu said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:37
I finally got home and clicked through to the Althouse article.
I don’t blame Obama for looking. You ain’t hurting anyone by looking, f’crissake, and it’s a very look-at-worthy can, I must say.
Still, according to the comments over there this shows how all black men are oversexed and want the white women and Obama’s a slack-jawed “yokel” and liberals are perverts and yadda yadda yadda.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:40
I grieve for the Libyan button-making industry that they do not have the technology to make the picture he’s wearing small and circular.
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:44
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 0:19
What is with my typing and grammar in that post? Was I high, tired, or was it my Teen Ass Gate Rage Boner?
Protecting Their Own: The International Community Sides With Zelaya said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:45
Protecting Their Own: The International Community Sides With Zelaya
By Brian Garst
Liberal institutionalism is a branch of international relations theory which holds international organizations in high regard. Liberal institutionalists believe that such organizations can promote peace by fostering cooperation between states. Honduras is learning the hard way how this same cooperative structure can also be abused by dictators to assault democracy, while the response by the international community at once reveals both the folly of placing too much faith in such organizations and the shallowness of the West’s rhetoric on liberty.
Let there be no doubt that the situation in Honduras is not ideal. Supporters of democracy should never wish to see elected leaders removed by force; yet sometimes there is little alternative. Given the recent string of populist, left-wing strongmen in Latin America – such as Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez – who have successfully rewritten their nations’ constitutions, undermined democratic institutions and rolled back liberal freedoms, the legislative and judicial branches of Honduras were right to be concerned over ex-President Manuel Zelaya’s intentions in calling for a referendum to explore constitutional change. In response, the Honduran Supreme Court ruled this act unlawful while the congress even passed a new law making perfectly clear the illegal nature of Zelaya’s plan.
When the head of the Joint Chiefs refused to provide logistical support for the referendum on the basis that it would be in violation of the law, Zelaya sacked him. He then blamed the growing political crisis on “some sectors that have promoted destabilization and chaos.” These sectors, we must take it, include every political branch of the Honduran government other than Zelaya, as he has acted without even the support of his own party.
Although he tried to cast blame elsewhere, it is clear from his actions that the primary instigator of the crisis has been Zelaya himself. After dismissing his highest military officers, an act which prompted the heads of all major branches to resign in protest, Zelaya personally led a mob to storm an air force base where Venezuelan-printed ballots for the referendum were being held.
When the courts ordered General Vasquez reinstated, Zelaya not only refused to comply, but also wrapped himself in left-wing populism. “[The Supreme Court] only imparts justice for the powerful, the rich and the bankers,” he told his supporters before adding, “[it] only causes problems for democracy.” Zelaya has apparently confused himself for democracy. Hugo Chavez often expressed similar views on his own country’s court system before eventually packing it with allies in his constant quest to undermine Venezuela’s democratic institutions. Honduras decided it would not wait around for Zelaya to do the same.
Fed up with Zelaya’s illegal actions, and accusing him of “preparing his own coup by conspiring to shut down the congress and courts,” as Justice Rosalinda Cruz put it, the Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant for Zelaya. The warrant was the culmination of an investigation that had been underway for weeks. It was also unanimously approved by all 15 judges. It was under this authority that the military acted when it shuttled Zelaya out of the country. The military then immediately stepped aside so that civilian authorities could follow the legal process for appointing a replacement.
The international community, previously uninterested in Zelaya’s illiberal actions, promptly responded with righteous indignation and demands for Zelaya’s return. Democracy, they proclaimed against all fact or reason, was not under assault by Zelaya, but by those who removed him. The Organization of America States, with the support of the Obama administration, demanded Zelaya be immediately returned to office with no additional limits on his presidential powers. If Honduras did not comply, the OAS threatened a suspension of their membership along with economic sanctions.
Washington even joined Venezuela and Bolivia in cosponsoring a UN resolution condemning the removal of Zelaya as an illegal military coup. The U.N. General Assembly, where only 90 of the almost 200 world leaders represent nations that are ranked fully democratic by Freedom House, unanimously voted for the measure. Barack Obama then had the gall to claim that he would “stand with democracy,” all the while carving out a position indistinguishable from that of Hugo Chavez and his client states. This kind of international circling of the dictatorial wagons is to be expected from a mostly undemocratic body like the U.N., but change has indeed come to Washington when even the United States cannot differentiate between illiberal Latin American leftism and real democracy.
Apparently neither President Obama nor anyone in his administration has bothered to read the Honduran constitution, which prohibited even a proposal of reforming the term limits placed on their president. Article 239 states,
“No citizen who has already served as head of the Executive Branch can be President or Vice-President. Whoever violates this law or proposes its reform, as well as those that support such violation directly or indirectly, will immediately cease in their functions and will be unable to hold any public office for a period of 10 years.”
This provision is easy to understand given the history of Honduras, where, like many Latin American nations, the people have suffered under years of military rule. In 1982 they carefully crafted a constitution that finally allowed the nation an orderly return to democracy. Unlike other Latin American constitutions, this one has been able to stand up to rabble-rousing, referendum-using populists precisely because some sections may not legally be repealed by any means. Zelaya, in even attempting to remove his term limits, forfeited his office long before the military showed up on his doorstep.
The prospect that such a system might successfully fight off illiberal strongmen has Latin America’s remaining socialists deeply concerned, and so they have been working tirelessly to see their partner in crime restored to office. Chavez and his Nicaraguan buddy, Daniel Ortega, have both threatened military action against Honduras. Yet the White House is too busy condemning the enforcement of the Honduran constitution to take issue with this bullying. The OAS, which recently welcomed Castro’s still communist Cuba back into organization’s fold, even hypocritically dusted off and trotted out its democracy promoting charter to justify the suspension of Honduras. Honduras promptly and rightfully told them to shove off, and left the discredited body.
Democracy promoting institutions like the OAS have been utterly compromised by the inclusion of illiberal, anti-democratic strongmen. Proponents of allowing undemocratic nations to participate in international organizations have long claimed that such engagement will enhance the spread of freedom to those countries. The opposite has turned out to be the case. While nation’s such as Cuba have not become more democratic, the West has decidedly become less willing to defend liberal democracy. The language of democracy has now become a tool for the undemocratic, used to fool the willfully blind while petty, would-be tyrants rip apart the very institutions they claim to be protecting.
Until recently the United States has at least rhetorically stood against these efforts, but America’s new President, in all his cowardice, has decided to surrender the language of freedom to those who would deny its application to their own people. The fledgling – yet still bravely democratic – government of Honduras has stood strong despite this betrayal. It is a sad day that sees America abdicate its once proud role as the beacon of freedom in the world. I pray that they can forgive our governments now that the people of Honduras have been left in the dark, abandoned by the supposedly free nation’s of the world, to find their own way.
Troofie said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:47
Yay! I finally have no voice of my own!
Troofie said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:50
Non-whites… I haetz dem.
J— said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:51
I just learned the photo shows Omar Mukhtar. I guess Gaddafi wanted to make sure Berlusconi didn’t miss it.
And this from the Guardian on their meeting last month:
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:51
Poor scroll troll Troofus McDoofus.
He’s always overcompensating.
Teh Great Gazoogle said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:52
No results found for “Gaddafi dress-up doll”.
MARKET NICHE.
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:53
Yeah. I don’t feel so bad about being a tired, lazy ass after that obnoxious display of cut & paste.
D?rþ Ræwann said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:57
Maître d’! We didn’t order five orders of copypasta with extra failinara sauce.
Pere Ubu said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:58
Kindergarden must have let out late today.
Dàrþ Revàn said,
July 11, 2009 at 1:59
… aaaand we hit the FYWP end of the character map.
Shorter Copypasta Troll said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:07
GOD DAMN THE BLACK MAN!
owlbear1 said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:09
When did Townshend get his own dictatorship?
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:11
Scroll past my paste, libs!
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:11
Second video will change your life.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/07/the_best_thing.php
a concerned citizen said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:12
You are so 8 hours ago. They’re on to T-Shirt Gate now.
Also, FYWP.
Johnny Coelacanth said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:14
“Second video will change your life.”
For the worse. Don’t fall for it.
tigrismus said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:14
Does anyone ever read the c&p comments? I hit the kill button instantly. It kind of makes you wonder who would spend time reading multiple articles and copying and pasting them into the comment form, including recopying the title to paste in the Name field, knowing the only responses will be the silence of the kill-button, quick scrolling past, or well-earned accusations of fail. Sad.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:15
That Logo belongs to the Hippies, it’s called the broken peace sign, the cross upside down. Miss Obama should not have worn such a logo.
- Carole, Orlando, Fl. U.S.A., 08/7/2009 23:26
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:16
I read the Ken Russell ones in case Amanda Donohoe is cavorting naked within them.
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:16
You are so 8 hours ago. They’re on to T-Shirt Gate now.
An eleven year-old wishing for peace? What a cunt.
Cap'n Fatback said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:20
Jerry Rubin awaits his royalties.
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:22
From the JammieWearingFool blog.
“Yes, that is Barry O’s oldest daughter in that picture with the t-shirt bearing a peace symbol and the article says is the symbol for an organization called Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
My question is, did mommy and daddy influence Malia or is Malia helping daddy make important national security decisions? My question for all of y’all is do you still doubt the radical views of your President in Training Pants?
Malia has only been around Barack for 11 years–yes, that is how old she is–which is hard to believe looking at these pictures, and yet we are expected to believe that people like Jeremiah Wright, whom Barack knew for 20 years, had no effect on his thinking.
Can you imagine the outcry if it was the Bush daughters wearing a shirt like this?
Will David Letterman make any jokes about the Obama kids, now that they are using them as stage props to further reinforce dangerous national security policies which seems to revolve around paying the bullies of the world protection money in the hopes they beat up our friends first? Only problem with that type of policy is that sooner or later you no longer have any place to run and you must finally come face-to-face with your tormentor.
Sleep good America, and may the chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.”
What was that ten minutes ago? Oh yeah. How dare you beat up on Sarah Palin’s family.
These people are insufferable ass cramps.
J— said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:23
The guy doing all parts of “It Wasn’t Me” is great. I especially like how he mumbles through the word “banging,” which I assume is censored in the karaoke scroll.
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:25
Oh, the above was found via http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com and the following was found by at commenter wading through Free Republic, so it seems.
“What if an 11 year old white kid wanted to wear a swastika? Certainly an outrageous symbol that would certainly upset many people. Can the child wear it? Why not? The peace symbol really riles up a significant portion of our society. It reminds me of the time Billy Ayres and Co. blew up a police station and terrorized middle class America with threats of violence against normal Americans. It is a hate symbol and I find it offensive. So… can an 11 year old white kid wear a tee shirt with a swastika? How about a president’s kid? Why not? Its a symbol of hate. Just like the peace symbol…”
Sigh.
Cap'n Fatback said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:26
I bet there would be some outcry were they sharing one shirt between them, yeppers.
Pere Ubu said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:28
I love the comment from the Daily Mail article about how an 11-year-old could POSSIBLY know about the link between the CND and the peace sign.
Um, she’s been better educated about recent American history than your drooling home-schooled larva who thinks the Earth is 6000 years old and Ronald Reagan was our first President?
Orange Tom said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:29
Two words come to mind when I reflect on Cheney’s assassins:
Paul Wellstone.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:35
Ken Russell’s “A Kitten for Hitler”
Caliph Garrett said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:35
Out in the woods, up to no good
I want to make friends with the badger.
tigrismus said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:37
Its a symbol of hate. Just like the peace symbol
Also: birthday cakes, hearts, and fluffy, snuggly bunnies.
RUGGED IN MONTANA said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:42
Out in the woods, up to no good
I want to make friends with the badger.
DAMNED FOOL HIPPIE PEACE SIGN TEE SHIRT WEARER!!!!1!! WHAT’S NEXT??? MEBBE YOU WANT TO SOAR NEXT TO A FLOCK OF BEAUTIFUL PELICANS???!!!!???? IDIOT LIE-BRALS, YOU’RE LIKE THE NEVILLE CHAMBERLAINS OF NATURE!!!!!!
Cap'n Fatback said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:43
And, lest we forget, the vilification of the smiley face via the Pantload’s epic tome.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:47
WTF? I clicked on that Hitler kitten link and there was nary a naked writhing Amanda Donohoe in sight. Last time there was a tease of this magnitude, I got really mad at GM.
Republican God Channeler said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:49
So these things are true. And so is this. And don’t forget all these other things that have to be taken as gospel. Then of course we have to remember how big God’s dick is. I mean it’s HUGE PENIS TIME. Which naturally leads one to conclude Obama coached his daughter in order to sap our purity of essence.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:53
Bohemians all! Enjoy your summer encampment !
Is this the real life – or is it just fantasy?
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:53
I’m better than that!
Steerpike said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:58
It kind of makes you wonder who would spend time reading multiple articles and copying and pasting them into the comment form,
“reading” them? Yah really think so? “Having them read to him” might be closer to the truth, but think even the troll’s mommy gets tired and says, “let’s just read ‘Fox in Socks’ again, and you can make fun of the tweedle beetles before bed, OK, Pumpkin?”
Simple, Easy Question for Scroll-trollers said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:03
What turns people into non-classy scumball scroll-trollers?
Republican God Channeler said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:05
Start with a faulty premise based on fear and ignorance. Add in self-righteous indignation. Throw in a something about how big God’s dick is, repeat that a few times to establish authority. Then come to a conclusion that is completely self-aggrandizing and again based completely on fear and ignorance. Do forget My god has a huge PENIS too.
Matt T. said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:06
What does “La Raza” mean in English?
The Raisin.
Steerpike said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:06
Simple, Easy Question for Libs
Undress my ghost, Libs! This is MY playground, and I get to decide what games we play! Because shutup, that’s why!!!
Republican God Channeler said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:07
That should be “Don’t forget my go has a HUGE PENIS too!”
Republican God Channeler said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:07
Arggh, GOD HAS A BIG DICK!!!
Republican God Channeler said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:09
Do you ever think Latinos want to conquer your country through their fertility and STEAL your birthright?
Well, if their God’s dick is bigger isn’t it only natural??
Matt T. said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:09
Do you ever think Latinos want to conquer your country through their fertility and STEAL your birthright?
Man, if they want sixty acres of bottom land in rural Northeast Mississippi, I say andele, amigos.
Pere Ubu said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:10
Simple, Easy Question for Libs said,
July 11, 2009 at 2:54
What does “La Raza” mean in English?
It’s Spanish for “shit, these ‘Republican’ guys will believe ANYTHING!”
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:10
If this guy puts another fucking hyphen in his titles, I’m going to beat someone to death.
Dimwitted badger said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:11
What does “La Raza” mean in English?
The electric razor. Do I win a prize?
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:13
Esta es la casa
Este es el cerro
Esta es la historia
Es algo chiquitito
(Yes, I am that old)
Dimwitted badger said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:14
A hyphen in the titties? What?
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:14
Then gosh, your Southern Strategy is going to be awful imperiled once the South is full of nothing but the illegal immigrants you want to scare the South with.
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:15
This thing:
—
fucks up the killfile. It won’t, well, kill it.
Steerpike said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:16
Stupid troll is stupid.
Come one, peeps, this is exactly what we were talking about last night, remember? How we were all going to ignore the stoopid people who don’t have friends of their own, and stay on-topic and stuff? Rwmember all that? Good times, good times…
Sam Walton said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:17
They’re stealing the South as we speak!
Haha, been there, done that!
N__B said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:19
Do you ever think Latinos want to conquer your country through their fertility
My reaction depends on their proposed method. If some Latinas want to fuck me to death to claim my chunk of ‘Murica…I’ll have to think about it.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:19
Okay RB – try and make fun of this one!
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:19
FYWP!
This one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4skgTYm9m-s&feature=channel_page
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:20
pave over our historic
plantationsprison/work camps andAmericantraitorous HistoryFixed.
Punctuation Pedant said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:20
Trotsky – that is an em dash, not a hyphen.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:22
Struggling…got to…make fun…of…innocent little girl…almost there…
Matt T. said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:23
Hey, guess what the fastest growing race is in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, AND Mississippi is?
Its the Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, El Salvadorans, and other assorted illegals. They’re stealing the South as we speak!
If that means more Mexican restaurants, I say “sweet”. As the late, great Doug Sahm said, “Chicano, soy chicano, right on.”
owlbear1 said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:25
I am often left to wonder how far they make it before they have to run home for clean underwear.
Matt T. said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:25
How does it feel to be a race traitor?
Feels like makin’ love…
Why would you want some latin bitch over a pure white girl?
Hell, I’m not particular and got nothing to do this weekend. I’m sure I could get to both.
Grover Norquist said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:25
How does it feel to be a race traitor?
It’s refreshing when one of these people drops all pretense of civility and lets us see what we’re really dealing with.
Punctuation Pedant said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:26
I’m sure I could get to both.
Making you simultaneously a race apostate and a race heathen. Or something…
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:26
I’ll make it easier on you. There’s a juicy target in the comments.
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:27
“How does it feel to be a race traitor? Why would you want some latin bitch over a pure white girl?”
Now it grows boring. Que tragedia.
Tofu Sushi said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:28
Send all your Latinas to Vermont if you don’t want them down in ass-wipe dixie.
I’ll fuck ‘em!
owlbear1 said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:28
That crowd she is singing to is a scary bunch.
Matt T. said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:28
Making you simultaneously a race apostate and a race heathen. Or something…
I prefer”hillbilly love god”.
N__B said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:29
I prefer”hillbilly love god”.
I’m lighting a candle and sacrificing a pigeon to you as we speak.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:30
Dash, Em’s in their names
They ain’t hyphens you know,
Trying to bypass filters
The trolls do use them so
Oh Cut and Paste
Cut and Paste
Cut and Paste again
Oh what fun it is to cut
to cut and paste again, oh!
Oh Cut and Paste
Cut and Paste
Cut and Paste again
Oh what fun it is to cut
to cut and paste again.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:30
I appreciate you making it easier for me to make fun of a charming youngster singing about her love of America. HARUMPH!
tigrismus said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:30
If this guy puts another fucking hyphen in his titles, I’m going to beat someone to death.
You can go into the about:config page and paste in the nym as it appears and kill will work.
Tofu Sushi said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:30
So yes, I love brown girls, redneck. Sue me.
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:31
Not to mention that the only way anyone’s about to get a pure anything nowadays is through vast historic inbreeding.
g said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:34
Hey, guess what the fastest growing race is in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, AND Mississippi is?
Its the Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, El Salvadorans, and other assorted illegals. They’re stealing the South as we speak!
Those aren’t “races.” Asshole.
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:34
I mean, really, the very best thing I could do for my children, as a fishbelly-pale Irish-American male, is to find some blacker than black Nubian princess to carry my ejaculate to term, because that kid is going to survive all the super-plagues and natural disasters we’ve got coming.
Meanwhile, that pure white girl probably can’t live outside a plastic bubble.
tigrismus said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:36
I’m lighting a candle and sacrificing a pigeon to you as we speak.
Pull out the “Banjo” stop on the pump organ!
No One Ever said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:36
Boy, I sure owe a debt to that troll who copy-pastes essays from sources I would never seek out and don’t respect. Glancing at those screeds while scrolling past changed my entire political philosophy!
Tofu Sushi said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:36
How will all you illegal lovers feel when a little Spic is looking into your eyes and calling you “Papy”?
I’m going to feel really successful.
A Simple Answer said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:37
“How will all you illegal lovers feel when a little Spic is looking into your eyes and calling you “Papy”?”
More joy than your withered, pathetic soul will ever know.
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:39
Carnival already?
N__B said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:39
Pull out the “Banjo” stop on the pump organ!
A veiled penis reference followed by a naked one. I’m so confused.
A Simple Answer said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:40
“What would you say if 10 pregnant Brazilian girls were dropped onto your front lawn tomorrow?”
I guess I’d start with “Hello.”
g said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:41
This asshole needs disemvowellment. He’s an offensive piece of shit.
N__B said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:42
I guess I’d start with “Hello.”
Try “Olá.”
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:44
I let latin guys call me Papi during sweaty, intense homo buttsex. Is that okay?
Steerpike said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:45
Can we please , please ignore the stoopid troll and go back to mocking Sarah Palin?
Or, since this one has kind of run its course, better yet, can we have a fresh thread?
And STOP FEEDING THE TROLLS?!?!?!?
N__B said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:45
I let latin guys call me Papi during sweaty, intense homo buttsex. Is that okay?
I think the correct term is “Romans.”
Terrified Little Bigot said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:47
Spit in a mirror, spit in a mirror! Reveal massive inferiority complex. Spit in a mirror! Demand attention!
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:47
At first she was afraid, she was petrified.
A Simple Answer said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:48
Sorry Steerpike, you’re right. There’s not much funny about this troll and his “race traitor” turds. Disengaging.
tigrismus said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:49
What would you say if 10 pregnant Alaska Independence Party snowbillies were dropped on your lawn? Me, I’d make a mud wrestling pit and bet on the Brazilians.
A Simple Question for Trolls said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:50
Are you honestly so stupid you think Brazilians speak Spanish?
N__B said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:51
I’d make a mud wrestling pit and bet on the Brazilians.
Hell yes. The people who perfected waxing their pubes are tougher than…anyone.
Marco said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:52
Here’s my impersonation of Sarah Palin typing a sente
Thank you. Thank you.
Smut Clyde said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:52
What would you say if 10 pregnant Brazilian girls were dropped onto your front lawn tomorrow?
As God is my witness, I thought they could fly!
Another Simple Question for Trolls said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:54
What the fuck does this have to do with Sarah Palin?
Steerpike said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:56
As God is my witness, I thought they could fly!
Wins the internets!!
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:57
Welcome, my Latin brothers!
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:58
Maybe Sarah Palin is a race traitor. What do we know about Todd’s genetic makeup?
Perhaps he’s the product of a forbidden romance between a Uraguayan exchange student that was in Nome on an expired work visa and a narwhal.
It would be irresponsible not to speculate.
Smut Clyde said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:58
Palin. noun. A word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., that would read the same backward as forward, but I got bored and stopped half-way through.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:58
Speaking of impersonations, and like I was saying earlier…
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see.
tigrismus said,
July 11, 2009 at 3:58
As God is my witness, I thought they could fly!
*snerk* I think you win forever.
tigrismus said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:00
Palin. noun.
Man, you’re just heaping victory on victory.
pedestrian said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:01
What the fuck does this have to do with Sarah Palin?
It all started with a trip that Todd Palin took to Rio back in February…
Caliph Garrett said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:02
Palin: Was Inuit. Now she’s out-of-it, and having None-avut.
g said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:03
Are you honestly so stupid you think Brazilians speak Spanish?
Yes, he’s that stupid.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:03
Oh dear.
Major Kong said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:05
So where do I sign up for that whole fucked-to-death by Latinas thing?
N__B said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:08
So where do I sign up
There’s a line here, buddy.
commie atheist said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:09
I hope someone has Bookmarked This thread, because it’s full of win (and Righteous Bubba, with “Trig kicks ass,” wins the internets forever. I mean, seriously. Er, srsly.
But I’m serious. This thread is the greatest collection of Palin Repellant I’ve ever seen. Save for 2011-12 and if the idiot actually does run, just cut’n'paste into every comment section in every blog, newspaper, and natural health forum on the INTERNET!!!! AND WE WILL WIN!1!1!!!!!1
Sorry, everything got all wingnutty for a second there. Carry on.
Troll said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:09
Dammit, I forgot… people LIKE sex. Back to the drawing board! (Slide whistle)
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:10
You know, wading around in YouTube looking for karaoke videos, well you have a pretty good idea of what your going to find. So it’s really surprising when you come across the occassional gem.
commie atheist said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:13
Damn, Pere Ubu is a bad motherfucker:
Faster, Moosiecat! Quit! Quit!
Fuck. Too fucking good.
J— said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:13
I’d say this is a good time to link to “The Anthem.” Again.
If Lil Jon has jumped on it, it’s got to be a Good Thing.
pedestrian said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:21
Two questions:
1) Am I still a race traitor for having sex with latino guys, since I know that he won’t get pregnant? Or should I stick to pure white boys?
2) Should I set up an online network to donate sperm to lesbian immigrant couples? I’m trying to make Pat Buchanan cry, but I don’t have a lot of money.
Tofu Sushi said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:24
Seriously, though. Anyone know where I can meet some hot Brazilian girls? Anywhere near Vermont? Please?
I’m really tired of our Pure White Ayrans, or whatever, I want to be a RACE TRAITOR!
Arguing With Signposts said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:25
@Steerpike:
I’m sorry, but at this point, I think the troll is feeding the SN!auts, like a comedy straight man. That 10 pregnant Brazilians line brought forth some belly laughs from these parts. The Palining has been awesome too.
What I can’t figure is if Scrolltroll=RedCon=Truth?
Throwaway Futurama robot said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:27
That=Truth.
jurassicpork said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:30
I just discovered the real reason for the collapse of diplomacy in Iran and religious ideology ain’t it.
Troofie said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:31
Dur-hur, Troofie wuz here!
Arguing With Signposts said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:32
The plot thickens. So you’re Brazilian?
RedCon said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:32
I got blisters on me multiple personalities!
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:33
It’s always fine if it’s funny or interesting. “Hey the troll is stupid” or “Let me ask you a question, troll” is deadly dull. “BWAAHAAHAA I won an argument against a troll!” is never the case.
Will Sotomayor Make Spanish An Official Language? said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:34
Will Sotomayor Make Spanish An Official Language?
By Jared Taylor
I first recall it happening in the 1980s. You could always tell who liked the Sandinistas by the way they said “NicaRAAAgua,” with an exaggerated Spanish accent.
Now Spanish pronunciation is everywhere. On National Public Radio, every Mexican name gets a rolled “R” and flat vowels.
No one does this with French or German names. Not even the wildest Francophile would pronounce Detroit or Illinois or Lake Pontchartrain the way the French do. But it proves you love “diversity” if you talk about Los Angeles the way a Mexican would.
Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court wants to give us language lessons, too. We’re not supposed to pronounce her name the way an American would, with the accent on the first syllable and the last two syllables rhyming with “mayor,” as in the mayor of Chicago. She insists on a Spanish pronunciation.
Zbigniew Brzezinski and Antonin Scalia don’t tell us to pronounce their names the way their Polish or Italian ancestors did. They are Americans and understand the way Americans speak.
Not Sonia. As she keeps telling us, although she is American-born, she is a “Latina”—forget that English dispensed with this type of gender distinction a thousand years ago—and she wants to remind us of this every time we hear her name.
It wasn’t all that long ago that people wanted to fit in, and changed their names to sound more American. Ralph Lauren was born Ralph Lifshitz and campus radical Mark Rudd started life as Mark Rudnitsky. Volodymyr Palahniuk made things a lot easier for himself by switching to Jack Palance.
Of course, no one wants to fit into America any more, not even someone who wants to sit on the Supreme Court. We have to adjust to them, not the other way around.
At the same time, this pronunciation fad is an attempt to sneak Spanish in the back door as a sort of official language—or at least to exempt Spanish names from the Anglicizing process other names go through. Like “Press 1 for English,” this is just one more result of having let 40 million Hispanics come live here.
The Chinese have been pushing us around, too. We’re not supposed to talk about Peking or Canton anymore. They are Beijing and Guangzhou. The Communists changed the spelling after they took over in 1949, but only started bullying Westerners about it in the 1980s.
The Chinese claim the new spellings sound more like the way the Chinese themselves pronounce the name. So what? English-speakers have certain names for certain places and we have used them for centuries. Munich isn’t even spelled the same as München and Florence doesn’t sound much like Firenze, but the Germans and the Italians don’t ask us to change. If the French told us to start calling their capital Paree we would laugh at them.
The Japanese have their own names for things, too. They use the same characters as the Chinese but pronounce them differently. So they are the only people in the world who talk about Moh Taku-toh and Sho Kai-seki rather than Mao Tse-tung and Chiang Kai-shek.
The Chinese don’t like that but the Japanese speak Japanese, not Chinese. And Nancy Pelosi could live in Japan all her life but never be anything but Nahnshee Pehroshee.
Like the Japanese, the French have their own ideas about how our names should be pronounced. Our last president was Zhorzh Boosh, and he lived in la Maison Blanche, not the White House. To them, New England is Nouvelle Angleterre and South Carolina is Caroline du Sud.
And do you think Mexicans ever go to New York? No, they go to Nuevo York. In 2001, Hispanic legislators introduced a bill in the New Mexico state house officially to change the state’s name to Nuevo Mexico. When the bill never made it out of committee, sponsor Miguel Garcia blamed “covert racism.” [Lawmaker Suggests Racism To Blame After New State Name Axed, By S. U. Mahesh, Albuquerque Journal, February 14, 2001]
Americans speak English, and not just any kind of English. We don’t talk about lorries and lifts, and we don’t twist our mouths into funny shapes just because foreigners tell us to.
Why should this Supreme Court nominee get special treatment? Keep pronouncing her name the way an American would.
If someone corrects you, ask him “What’s the capital of Japan? When he says “Tokyo” (and it won’t sound like the way the Japanese say it) explain to him: “Obviously you don’t speak Japanese. I don’t speak Puerto Rican.”
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:35
Not at all funny for instance.
Effort made, but worrying about who the troll is or what the troll does is a fail from the get-go.
Troofie said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:36
My name is pronounced “needle-dicked skinhead closet case” in God’s Tongue (TM), English. If you pronounce it differently you’re anti-American. Never forget this.
Arguing With Signposts said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:40
@RB
But you’ve got to admit:
is spitacular.
The Kid from Kounty Meath said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:41
Since he’s a dishonest shitbag, I’m sure he’d claim it was someone else, but wasn’t Troofie saying “I’m blind to race” a while ago? Bookmark it, race traitors!
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:45
I do admit it. Mr. Clyde is allowed to write anything he wants anywhere any time, except with a needle on my scrotum, no matter how much he begs.
J— said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:53
Smut Clyde is funny, therefore it is okay for others to get trolled.
Smut Clyde said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:53
I even offered to use a clean needle.
pedestrian said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:55
I don’t speak Puerto Rican.
I win every argument with that line.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:55
I want to know what Smut was going to write. I’m almost curious enough to offer up my scroat. Almost.
Arguing With Signposts said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:56
Maybe David Brooks will take you up on that instead.
kingubu said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:58
except with a needle on my scrotum, no matter how much he begs.
Dabbler.
The Dark Avenger said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:59
Here’s some more demons of wusiness:
Abbandon: King of the bottomless quitbull locusts
Palingone: One of the kings of Heck.
Succubut: King of the brown-nosers.
Here’s something for Red Con to practice his reading skills on:
Smut Clyde said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:59
“Contents may settle after packing”.
M. Bouffant said,
July 11, 2009 at 4:59
I think Herr Smut wants to inscribe your crimes on your backs. W/ his “clean” needle.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:02
The rest of us are just cannon fodder, struggling and dying while SC takes his sweet time reloading.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:04
Or rewriting to suit the circumstances.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:04
I’m glad I asked. I haven’t laughed that hard since “Governot” or maybe some of the bad karaoke.
Smut Clyde said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:09
I’m saving up for a rapid-fire trebuchet.
Smut Clyde said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:10
Or rewriting to suit the circumstances.
Not everyone has an enticingly large forehead.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:12
One of those multi-barreled ones? A Ludgar-tling gun?
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:13
One day my plans will come to fruition.
les said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:13
The inability of folk to ignore truthy and his puppets has pretty much killed the deal. Multi hundred response threads, 40-50% troll and response, aren’t worth it. I sad.
a concerned citizen, who sucks at palindromes since he quit drinking said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:17
Sopor Palin: El bailer! reliable nil apropos.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:19
Woe is Palin!
By inviting Andrea Mitchell on vacation.
Arguing With Signposts said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:20
Are you sure about that figure? I’d guess maybe 20% T&R on this thread (are you counting “don’t feed the troll” responses as T&R?). the trolls didn’t show up until there were at least a hundred, IIRC (2 1/2 hours after first comment).
Smut Clyde said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:21
One of those multi-barreled ones?
It’s a quadrebuchet.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:24
This thread has a lotta laffs I’d say. Only a very few were about my scrotum, so better than average.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:27
Speaking of Sarah’s excuses for quitting like the quitting quitter that she can’t quit quittingly quit quit quitter quit….uh where was I?
So apparently she had to go because of all those ethics complaints eating up time and $$$. 1.9 million dollars of it. Only, maybe not quite as much as that, and also plus extra graft!
Mystery overcharges and double counting on accounts related to defenses against ethics complaints? Oh the irony is so OM NOM NOM NOM.
Black-White-East Asian IQ differences at least 50% genetic, major law review journal concludes said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:30
A 60-page review of the scientific evidence, some based on state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of brain size, has concluded that race differences in average IQ are largely genetic. The lead article in the June 2005 issue of Psychology, Public Policy and Law, a journal of the American Psychological Association, examined 10 categories of research evidence from around the world to contrast “a hereditarian model (50% genetic-50% cultural) and a culture-only model (0% genetic-100% cultural).”
The paper, “Thirty Years of Research on Race Differences in Cognitive Ability,” by J. Philippe Rushton of the University of Western Ontario and Arthur R. Jensen of the University of California at Berkeley, appeared with a positive commentary by Linda Gottfredson of the University of Delaware, three critical ones (by Robert Sternberg of Yale University, Richard Nisbett of the University of Michigan, and Lisa Suzuki & Joshua Aronson of New York University), and the authors’ reply.
“Neither the existence nor the size of race differences in IQ are a matter of dispute, only their cause,” write the authors. The Black-White difference has been found consistently from the time of the massive World War I Army testing of 90 years ago to a massive study of over 6 million corporate, military, and higher-education test-takers in 2001.
“Race differences show up by 3 years of age, even after matching on maternal education and other variables,” said Rushton. “Therefore they cannot be due to poor education since this has not yet begun to exert an effect. That’s why Jensen and I looked at the genetic hypothesis in detail. We examined 10 categories of evidence.”
1. The Worldwide Pattern of IQ Scores. East Asians average higher on IQ tests than Whites, both in the U. S. and in Asia, even though IQ tests were developed for use in the Euro-American culture. Around the world, the average IQ for East Asians centers around 106; for Whites, about 100; and for Blacks about 85 in the U.S. and 70 in sub-Saharan Africa.
2. Race Differences are Most Pronounced on Tests that Best Measure the General Intelligence Factor (g). Black-White differences, for example, are larger on the Backward Digit Span test than on the less g loaded Forward Digit Span test.
3. The Gene-Environment Architecture of IQ is the Same in all Races, and Race Differences are Most Pronounced on More Heritable Abilities. Studies of Black, White, and East Asian twins, for example, show the heritability of IQ is 50% or higher in all races.
4. Brain Size Differences. Studies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) find a correlation of brain size with IQ of about 0.40. Larger brains contain more neurons and synapses and process information faster. Race differences in brain size are present at birth. By adulthood, East Asians average 1 cubic inch more cranial capacity than Whites who average 5 cubic inches more than Blacks.
5. Trans-Racial Adoption Studies. Race differences in IQ remain following adoption by White middle class parents. East Asians grow to average higher IQs than Whites while Blacks score lower. The Minnesota Trans-Racial Adoption Study followed children to age 17 and found race differences were even greater than at age 7: White children, 106; Mixed-Race children, 99; and Black children, 89.
6. Racial Admixture Studies. Black children with lighter skin, for example, average higher IQ scores. In South Africa, the IQ of the mixed-race “Colored” population averages 85, intermediate to the African 70 and White 100.
7. IQ Scores of Blacks and Whites Regress toward the Averages of Their Race. Parents pass on only some exceptional genes to offspring so parents with very high IQs tend to have more average children. Black and White children with parents of IQ 115 move to different averages–Blacks toward 85 and Whites to 100.
8. Race Differences in Other “Life-History” Traits. East Asians and Blacks consistently fall at two ends of a continuum with Whites intermediate on 60 measures of maturation, personality, reproduction, and social organization. For example, Black children sit, crawl, walk, and put on their clothes earlier than Whites or East Asians.
9. Race Differences and the Out-of-Africa theory of Human Origins. East Asian-White-Black differences fit the theory that modern humans arose in Africa about 100,000 years ago and expanded northward. During prolonged winters there was evolutionary selection for higher IQ created by problems of raising children, gathering and storing food, gaining shelter, and making clothes.
10. Do Culture-Only Theories Explain the Data? Culture-only theories do not explain the highly consistent pattern of race differences in IQ, especially the East Asian data. No interventions such as ending segregation, introducing school busing, or “Head Start” programs have reduced the gaps as culture-only theory would predict.
In their article, Rushton and Jensen also address some of the policy issues that stem from their conclusions. Their main recommendation is that people be treated as individuals, not as members of groups. They emphasized that their paper pertains only to average differences. They also called for the need to accurately inform the public about the true nature of individual and group differences, genetics and evolutionary biology.
Rushton and Jensen are well-known for research on racial differences in intelligence. Jensen hypothesized a genetic basis for Black-White IQ differences in his 1969 Harvard Educational Review article. His later books Bias in Mental Tests (1980) and The g Factor (1998), as well as Rushton’s (1995) Race, Evolution, and Behavior, show that tests are not biased against English speaking minorities and that Black-White-East Asian differences in brain size and IQ belong in an evolutionary framework.
Arguing With Signposts said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:33
OK, that last scrolltroll bit was way over the line. Maybe there’s a WP plug-in that would prohibit comments that went over x number of characters.
Teh stupid, it burns!
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:36
Like a dog to vomit, the troll will always find its way back to eugenics.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:38
Quitty McQuitsalot
The GOP’s own little Quitsling
MC Quit and Quit-Crew
And, just in case you libs though it was safe, I hear Palin’s announced that she has not yet begun to quit!
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:40
The glove did not fit, so she chose to quit.
Quitter – quitter -quitty -quit!
Quit quit quitter’s got a rubber arm!
Swing and I Quit!
She shoots (her mouth), she QUITS!!!!!!
Leave Palin ALOOONNNNEEEE! She’s at her quits end.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:43
Brevity is the soul of
witlingeriegubernatorial terms!St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:43
Sarah Palin on June 4, 1940:
We shall quit on the beaches, we shall quit on the landing grounds, we shall quit in the fields and in the streets, we shall quit in the hills; we will surrender, you betcha, ’cause I always have a Fox News anchor position open to me, you betcha, you betcha, you betcha…
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:45
I dunno why Palin was woried about “lame duck” status. She’s doing a bang-up job with the day to day quitodian tasks of not governing.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:48
Palin. noun. A word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., that would read the same backward as forward, but I got bored and stopped half-way through.
Able was I… ah, fuck it!
If Obama hadn’t been checking out that girl’s ass, the righties would be saying, “HES GAY!!!!!11!!” (sic).
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:49
What’s Sarah Palin’s favorite restaurant? Quitznos.
HAHAHAHAHHAHHA. It was all just a misunderstanding. She was just tryin to say that she was on Twitter.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:49
If Obama hadn’t been checking out that girl’s ass, the righties would be saying, “HES GAY!!!!!11!!” (sic).
If he had been checking out a man’s ass, they’d be thinking “HES A REPUBLICAN!!!!!!!!!11!”
Not saying it out loud, because they hate to admit that they’re frustrated closet cases.
Smut Clyde said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:53
Q) During WWII, what did they call Eisenhower’s famous sense of humor?
A) I quit
Fredric Brown stole your joke 60-odd years ago.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:55
As someone who has worked for over a decade in the South Bronx, all I have to say to the troll is:
Better to be a race traitor than a Red Stater.
As far as how it feels to be a race traitor, it ranges from, “Man, this pernil with arroz con gandules is good” to “AY MAMACITA!!!!”
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 5:59
Great Moments in History, as Seen Through the Eyes of Sarah Palin
Just remember that The 300 started to hold back Xerxes’ hordes, but then decided that they had something else to do.
It’s a ticking time-bomb scenario, only this one guy can tell us where the bomb is and how to disarm it! About that, see I was going to have a manicure on on Monday, so if I’m going to get any fishing in, it’s gotta be this week-end.
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down half of this wall and then go back to what you were doing before!
First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. Or maybe just going halfway there, same difference. We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. That’s also why we stop half way through.
Arguing With Signposts said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:03
Arguing With Signposts said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:05
FYWP!
Ray Strater said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:08
Better to be me . . .
pedestrian said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:08
I suggest the following ratios:
5% serious response, on topic (includes rants)
10% juvenile response, moderately on topic (includes borderline sexism and mild homophobia)
11% celebrity impersonation/nym-stealing
15% PENIS
10% POOP
8% insufferable pedantry
3% gratuitous gayness
2% obscure woodcut
9% recipes, restaurant & other recommendations
18% OT links to videos, essays, and other blogs of interest
7% troll
14% troll impersonation
2% serious response to trolls/impersonators (includes rants)
6% silly response to trolls/impersonators
4% math
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:10
O beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to somewhere in the Mid-West. I know your a busy man.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:14
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag had disappeared.
O say does that Star Spangled Bannnneeeerrrrrr still wave,
No it doesn’t? Well, that’s okay too.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:14
And Good Night to you all.
PENIS.
justme said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:15
RE: Teh Buttocks,
Whatever Obama was or wasn’t inspecting, Sarcozy is trying to etch dat ass on the back of his eyeballs.
Hellllp said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:18
Okay, I plead guilty to engaging with trolls here sometimes and I apologize. But this copypaste guy is really disruptive. Is there any way to enable limits on comment word count? There’s just no legitimate reason for anyone to ever make a comment over 7,500 words (the approx total of the “Is it wrong for me to talk about race?” comment above.)
Arguing With Signposts said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:19
@pedestrian:
I was so hoping that would equal to 100 percent.
protected static said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:21
4% math! Good Ghu, man!
justme said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:26
Needs more BUTTOCKS!
And POOP. Always more POOP.
Lawnguylander said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:30
Do you live near Gaelic Park, B4?
Hurling porn. Includes footage of my father. Caution, comments section sadly filled with trolls from Cork and Kilkenny. DO NOT FEED THEM!
pedestrian said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:33
I was so hoping that would equal to 100 percent.
I was trying to keep it to 100, but I quit about 63% of the way through.
Major Kong said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:37
Now Spanish pronunciation is everywhere. On National Public Radio, every Mexican name gets a rolled “R” and flat vowels.
Never could roll my damn R’s. Four years of high school Spanish and I still speak it with the worst Middle-American accent you ever heard.
I sound like Ward Cleaver trying to speak Spanish.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:41
I sound like Ward Cleaver trying to speak Spanish.
You’ll never outbad Reagan and his “meee cazza es soo cazza” bullshit.
Candy said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:43
Ahnold governator
Sarah governottor
Let’s call the whole thing off.
According to Levi Johnston:
The old bat said let’s move away from here
She said Californy is the place we oughta be
Todd’s loadin’ up the truck and they’ll move to Beverly.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:56
Troofus, trolling Wonkette? Poor widdle Senator Ensign…It’s NO FAAIIRR!
Simba B said,
July 11, 2009 at 6:58
Troofus, trolling Wonkette? Poor widdle Senator Ensign…It’s NO FAAIIRR!
Yeah, except there, they’ll ban his ass, repeatedly if necessary, and given what we know of Troofy they’ll probably make a public execution of it too.
Smut Clyde said,
July 11, 2009 at 7:17
2% obscure woodcut
Only 2%? Good day sir. I say it.
justme said,
July 11, 2009 at 7:42
Scuse my finGAHs.
Righteous Bubba said,
July 11, 2009 at 7:56
Heh.
commie atheist said,
July 11, 2009 at 8:39
I suggest the following ratios:
5% serious response, on topic (includes rants)
10% juvenile response, moderately on topic (includes borderline sexism and mild homophobia)
11% celebrity impersonation/nym-stealing
15% PENIS
10% POOP
8% insufferable pedantry
3% gratuitous gayness
2% obscure woodcut
9% recipes, restaurant & other recommendations
18% OT links to videos, essays, and other blogs of interest
7% troll
14% troll impersonation
2% serious response to trolls/impersonators (includes rants)
6% silly response to trolls/impersonators
4% math
Totals 124%, which sounds about right. But what about lookism? That’s gotta be at least 13%.
Marsupial said,
July 11, 2009 at 9:04
I think it’s pretty cut-and-dried what happened here. In the middle of a bunch of Palin-snark, a bunch of Palin supporters ran in here demanding racial purity and demanding that people attend their Klan rallies.
Bookmark this, libs!
No, seriously, bookmark this… might come in handy in a couple of years (ha!).
islmfaoscist said,
July 11, 2009 at 9:19
From the halls of Wasilla City Hall
To the shores of Prince William Sound
We will quit our country’s battles
On the sea, air, and frozen ground
First to quit for rightwing freedumb
And to keep our record clean
We are proud to claim the title
Of quitter of every elected office ever held
Lesley said,
July 11, 2009 at 10:59
it’s funny when those people say “bookmark” because they don’t read books.
celticgirl said,
July 11, 2009 at 11:38
@pedestrian: needs more woodcut!
celticgirl said,
July 11, 2009 at 11:39
w00t!?? No sandwiches?
N__B said,
July 11, 2009 at 11:50
Needs more BUTTOCKS!
And POOP. Always more POOP.
As Poor Richard said in his almanac, take care of the Buttocks and the Poop will take care of itself.
The Truthful Problem With Copy And Paste said,
July 11, 2009 at 13:48
I see our racist freak show Truthy has kept to his promise to never, ever come back; well, sort of, he doesn’t try and post his own words any more, because he knows he’s not in control of them any more, after he just gave up and showed exactly the sort of rage that means he stays inside all day for fear of being arrested after committing race-hate crimes (or sexual violence ones… is anyone all that surprised that he’s targeting openly female bloggers like Wonkette now?)
But this is why Sadly No, and most blogs for that matter need a registered user name system…. I know people are addicted to anonymity, and have a post modern ironic detachment from what goes on online, it’s easy to forget that some people really are as damaged as we suggest. From people cheering on people to overdose accidentally, or to deliberately commit suicide, to what may have been a murderer posting the whereabouts of the body of his victim to 4chan as a game, there’s some hyper-sick puppies out there. There really are. And whilst a registered name system won’t stop that, it will at least force the sickos to register and re-register every time their nymn is banned, slowing down the decay. Because folks, as it currently is, you cannot ban Teh Troofus because he’s just using open Proxies to keep coming back.
Now you the average snarker won’t have to worry about it. Register once, or 5 times if you really must. But Troofus is just opening a proxy list, changing his IP address, and coming back after being banned 5-10 times a day. As well as trolling multiple other blogs too. He’s a walking, hating, sexist racist machine. And the only way to protect any boundary you care for is to slow him down so he can do less damage per day. Because you know he’s building up to declaring he’s either raped or killed one you liberals.
Jennifer said,
July 11, 2009 at 14:12
I think Margaret and Helen hit the nail on the head when they said, “That woman’s a bitch.”
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 14:20
And whilst a registered name system won’t stop that, it will at least force the sickos to register and re-register every time their nymn is banned, slowing down the decay.
Meh.
Y’know, the last time the troll decided to get on his eugenics kick about selective breeding and supporting the stupid and lazy make the nation weak and effeminate, I ended up posting a link to a comic on a similar topic.
In the comic, there’s the line “More harm has been done by people panicked over societal decline than societal decline ever did.” I have the feeling your proposition would fall under this idea as well. Would it slow him down?
Maybe, although I personally suspect he’s as much propped up by regulars spoofing him than he himself is doing. But, then Sadly, No! would look like every other joint full of jackwads willing to go through the rigmarole just to bring up some concern troll bullshit.
Here, with a fundamental freedom unmatched elsewhere on the blogging community, we’ve gotten a nice little niche of smart folk with smart mouths. And I like that. Aside from the brief moments of ennui and tedium brought on by an em dash-filled paste spree, I even get a little charge out of killfiling the stupid little blights.
The Red Badger of Courage said,
July 11, 2009 at 14:24
For the Sadlys-that-be. I don’t know how well it works, but if it does its job well, you’re gonna have one pissed-off Troofie on your hands.
Jennifer said,
July 11, 2009 at 14:27
But, then Sadly, No! would look like every other joint full of jackwads willing to go through the rigmarole just to bring up some concern troll bullshit.
Here, with a fundamental freedom unmatched elsewhere on the blogging community, we’ve gotten a nice little niche of smart folk with smart mouths. And I like that.
What St. Trotsky said. Not that this would ever happen, but we don’t want this place to end up as the type of site where the mods say they’ve banned someone for using the word “guillotine” but actually ban them because they don’t show enough ass-kissing sycophancy for Atrios and his “inner circle.”
Snarla said,
July 11, 2009 at 14:44
I was enjoying the hispanic erotica. More about honey-skinned, sloe-eyed latinos looking into my eyes, please.
Tommy Deelite said,
July 11, 2009 at 14:48
All About Leave.
lobbey said,
July 11, 2009 at 14:48
Its the Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, El Salvadorans, and other assorted illegals.
well, the soccer would be better..
Johnny Coelacanth said,
July 11, 2009 at 14:50
“But Troofus is just opening a proxy list, changing his IP address, and coming back after being banned 5-10 times a day”
Unfortunately, it’s even easier than that. Using TOR (the onion router) all you have to do is close your browser and re-open it and you get a new IP address.
He might even be delusional enough to think he can “take down” SN via trollflood (I’m sure he imagines mikey’s departure is a victory).
But our troll hurt somebody in real life? Not in a million years. This pathetic bastard is reduced to flailing about on the internet, smearing shit on the walls of an obscure snark blog because the commenters won’t take him seriously. This is not a person who is effective or self-actualized enough to actually get anything done in the real world.
kingubu said,
July 11, 2009 at 15:32
In the comic, there’s the line “More harm has been done by people panicked over societal decline than societal decline ever did.”
Werd.
During the Late Cambrian, I was on a listserv that was much like the cast of regulars here– smart, edumacated people seeking mental refreshment though the delicate mixture of advanced post-doc punsmithing and POOP jokes. Along the way, we picked up a troll. Dude had serious problems– obsessive, paranoid, abusive, threatening– honestly, he made our little Troofy look like a fluffy bunny. Long story short, that joyfully absurd digital commune disintegrated [insert tiny tear]; not because of anything the troll did directly, but because of the over-reaction among the regulars over what to do about him.
Here’s my metric: If something the troll says gives me a chance to bring Teh Funnay– whether its by making fun of him directly or by using him as a proxy for right-wing bullshit generally– I say its all to the good and it doesn’t really disrupt what we come here for in the first place. Any response that proceeds from the notion that you’re gonna learn that stupid asshole a thing or two, or that in any way treats him as anything other than a source of comedy, that’s when you break the snark bubble and make the Baby SadNo cry.
Sirius Lunacy said,
July 11, 2009 at 15:45
Really, I was so looking forward to the Palin/Prejean ticket in 2012. When beuty pageant winners rule the world everyone will be beautiful or at least congenial.
Also, Mark Sanford is a race traitor!
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 16:06
But our troll hurt somebody in real life?
Well, there’s always self-harm, but honestly, I’m bent just enough that I can’t really find myself to break in and go, “no, don’t hang yourself” to someone that’s gonna go for it whether I say so or not.
I mean, I might ask them to not do it around my house, but that’s only because I don’t want to have to board up a room because someone died there.
Plus, when I gave up Catholicism, that “suicide’s a mortal sin!” stuff went right out of my wheel of morality.
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 16:12
well, the soccer would be better..
Obviously, the true danger will be that when the Greater Latin American Conglomeration takes place, the white man will no longer be allowed to call it “soccer” but football, as is proper and true.
And then we’ll have to call America’s football “rugby for pussies in pads and helmets”.
I know, terrifying, but really, it’s much prettier in Portuguese.
a concerned citizen, web developer by day said,
July 11, 2009 at 16:14
Registration sucks. Being able to change your nym is one of the most charming things about SN. Limiting comment length would be a good start, but what is really needed is community moderation of comments. That way you could see the best comments on a thread easily and ignore the worst ones. That would be cool to have beyond just getting rid of the troll.
This is something that could be grafted on to wordpress quite easily (I’d just do it all in javascript if I were doing it; wordpress plugins are even worse than wordpress itself.)
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
July 11, 2009 at 16:21
justme said,
July 11, 2009 at 7:42 (kill)
Scuse my finGAHs.
That SO KICKS ASS.
Or is it “grabs”?
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
July 11, 2009 at 16:23
Registration sucks. Being able to change your nym is one of the most charming things about SN.
Seconded. I agree with kingubu re: troll metric.
POOP
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
July 11, 2009 at 16:27
Cock.
a concerned citizen said,
July 11, 2009 at 16:40
Altsouse’s latest:
Oh, and somebody’s claiming to have had a threesome with Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray in the comments. YIKES.
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
July 11, 2009 at 17:36
Good morning all (just barely though).
Checking in for the sole purpose of fixing pedestrians percentages and celticgirl’s concerns.
Behold, woodcut of a sandwich.
James Earl Obama said,
July 11, 2009 at 18:06
Is it a POOP sandwich?
Jennifer said,
July 11, 2009 at 18:14
justme – that absolutely DOES kick ass. BTW, I have an mp3 of “scuse my finGAHs” that you can add to it if you like, but becasue I’m computer illiterate and all I had to have my 10 year old nephew put it together. But I could email it to you.
owlbear1 said,
July 11, 2009 at 22:01
She’s leaving on a snowmachine.
Let’s hope she don’t come back again!
justme said,
July 11, 2009 at 22:24
Thanks. I’m always up for a good bit of audio. I just registered the relevant phrase, no caps or spaces, at yahoo so as to receive it. So, yeah, scusemyfingahs – yahoo.
I kinda wanted it a bit more choppy/Pythonesque. There’s a v.2 in there somewhere. I think I’d have to do it in Flash to put the audio to it, and I don’t know Flash from a hole in the ground. One way to learn, I suppose.
Oh, and a favorite woodcut, just to skew the stats.
Alice in Wonderland. I used to have one on my wall, twenty-some-odd years ago. The version on my wall had a pastel underprint that made the whole effect all the nicer.
Smut Clyde said,
July 11, 2009 at 22:33
You know that Mervyn Peake also illustrated Alice in Wonderland?
I went looking for Posada woodcuts of skeletons eating SAMMICHES, but no luck. Perhaps J– can help.
justme said,
July 11, 2009 at 23:04
Nifty. I’ll have to look into that dude.
The Dark Avenger said,
July 11, 2009 at 23:27
Here’s a local lady.
Smut Clyde said,
July 11, 2009 at 23:31
As Poor Richard said in his almanac, take care of the Buttocks and the Poop will take care of itself.
Surely you mean P00P Richard.
Not to be confused to “Poo Prichard”, as the anthropologist Evans-Prichard became known after the publication of his 1937 monograph on ‘Stercorarian Rites among the Azande”.