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Ledeenfreude
ABOVE: Franz Hals, Michael van Ledeenhoof
(c. 1660)(grease on polyester)
Michael Ledeen, Bunny Suit Media:
Obama and the Constitution; He Has His Doubts
- For all you libs who made up quotes from Rush Limbaugh, why don’t you suck on something Obama actually said?
Michael Ledeen, Bunny Suit Media:
The Obama “thesis” hoax
- Central to my point was that it’s believable that Obama could have said that the U.S. Constitution is a piece of shit even if he, uh, didn’t.
‘Shorter’ concept created by Daniel Davies and perfected by Elton Beard. We are aware of all Internet traditions.™
kg said,
October 25, 2009 at 16:30
Not only did I not trust the shorter, I actually read through some of the comments…
/runs screaming to the shower a la silkwood/
El Cid said,
October 25, 2009 at 16:31
Via the Great Orange Satan: Rush Limbaugh’s real fear is that Obama will take yur candee:
Do not make boss Limbaugh think you will take his candee, either the sugary variety or the handy pill form.
slippy said,
October 25, 2009 at 16:35
It’s like he has no nerve endings to feel the burn of his self-pwnage.
D.N.Nation is a tard said,
October 25, 2009 at 16:36
Well, the US Constitution *is* a piece of shit.
El Cid said,
October 25, 2009 at 16:36
By the way, after following Rush’s advice and being the neighborhood asshole who steals the little kids’ candy in order to be a libertard fuckwad, make sure and then go out to eat at an expensive restaurant and tell the waiter / waitress that you’re not tipping because you’re going to give his / her tip to the homeless, except, hee hee, you’d never actually give that money to the homeless, but do make sure and find a homeless person and tell them that you will not give them any money because (a) the government already robs too much money from you due to wrong socialist theories of social goods, and (b) get a job, loser.
g said,
October 25, 2009 at 16:41
So! We’re going to call it ‘Obama Halloween’.
Hey!! What a great opportunity to act like the asshole I am and blame it on someone else!
kg said,
October 25, 2009 at 16:43
I think if you want to get your ass kicked or your house vandalized tehn Rush is really on to something.
Lets steal from children to prove some nonexistent point!!:LOVL!! What could possibly go wrong?
Prudence Goodwife said,
October 25, 2009 at 16:45
“So he got me, and lots of others. It worked because it’s plausible.”
Just like Bush’s Air National Guard records that Dan Rather found, right ?
N.C. said,
October 25, 2009 at 16:49
Of course, a Limbaugh Halloween is when you take all the kids’ candy, stuff as much as you can in your face while you’re still standing at the door, and throw away the rest because otherwise it might go to a black person.
dino goposaur said,
October 25, 2009 at 16:57
I rest my case.
Jjim in Virginia:
Alireza, are you a product of the American educatioanal system or is English your second language?
Jennifer said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:00
I thought Limbaugh Halloween was where you drag your corpulent, bloated carcass onto a huge dumptruck loaded with candy, more candy than one man or even a small group of men could ever possibly eat themselves, all of the candy in the world, and then ride through the streets, shaking down others for the few paltry pieces of candy you don’t already have on the truck, while proclaiming loudly over a PA system that if anyone else was “productive”, then they would have some candy, too.
Snorghagen said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:02
Commenter Amy Marie, at Ledeen’s site:
Or “Our stupidity only proves our point.”
OT but choice, George Will pines for Michele Bachmann, despite his ‘petite pistol that occasionally goes off half-cocked’.
tigrismus said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:07
“So he got me, and lots of others. It worked because it’s plausible.”
It’s the old “what does it say about so-and-so that we fell for this like an egg from a tall chicken?”
g said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:13
Just curious – what’s with the “mystery” over Obama’s time at Columbia?
And if his past is so secret, why did the HIllary campaign already unmask his kindergarten ambitions to be president?
Chief Editor Korir said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:17
I have the thesis.
Or rather, I know a man who can get it, but he needs 3 million U.S. dollars before he can hand it over.
Cough up.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:26
And if his past is so secret, why did the HIllary campaign already unmask his kindergarten ambitions to be president?
That was all an elaborate fake because the Democrats are secretly all in it together – she’s Secretary of State, now, right? Her reward for pretending to be a total fuckhead on the campaign trail in order to make conservatives look bad.
Oh, and the liberals are coming to get you.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:27
Like an egg from a tall chicken.”
I like that one.
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Stephen said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:33
OT: Clearly the DHS’ report about right-wing terror was an unfounded smear
J Neo Marvin said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:36
This is what happens when your paycheck requires you find something, anything, to be OUTRAGED about. I think these losers need to be inundated with even more easily disprovable hoaxes and exposed again and again as the mendacious suckers they are.
The only downside is that no matter how ridiculous the stories are, 20% of the population will still believe every word. I won’t be surprised to see wingnuts continuing to talk about this “thesis” for the next seven years.
Nosfer-Blart-Two said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:38
Next up, Ledeen has reliable info that Obama looked at a white woman’s ass and went “uh-hummm”. Video to follow…later…maybe.
Hey, isn’t it true that we believe it may be possible?
J— said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:38
Ledeen in the second post:
Next paragraph:
Like Lt. Hauk in Good Morning, Vietnam, Ledeen knows funny.
Nonetheless, now he’s being extra careful, just to be on the safe side. Next post, on Hugo Chávez’s recent water conservation recommendation:
If only there were some way to find video of this segment of the broadcast.
g said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:40
Maybe he should spend a little time investigating the millions of dollars in stacked currency that disappeared under this daughter’s watchful eye in Iraq.
Just sayin.
Marco said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:40
” I once wrote one that said that Bill Casey did not die, and was hiding in a bunker under the St Andrews golf course from which he was running Mikhail Gorbachev. I thought it was obviously satirical, but it went like wildfire all over the world. And that was in the days before the Internet.” —-Ledeen
Yes, I remember. I was but a child but my mother and other ladies of my neighborhood ran naked and screaming into the street with their hair on fire because of Mike’s hi-fucking-larious “satire.”
Remember that piece? No? Me neither, although I am sure it was the “Ghostbusters”of conservative circles.
Dr.BDH said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:53
Ledeen’s second post: Rush Limbaugh, who had many very wise things to say about the Constitution and the views of the Founders today… Like the other day when Rush had Tom Jefferson on his show and Tom was going on about the kids’ these days and their free speech and John Adams phoned in to say Jefferson didn’t know his Articles from a hole in the ground but he thought “The Founders” would be a good name for a 70s cover band — 1770s, that is, and they all had a good laugh.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 25, 2009 at 17:53
Dr. Michael Ledeen is the Freedom Scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
That whole Iran-Contra thing was an extended bit of satire authored by Dr. Mike.
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D.N. Nation said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:00
Taking satire as truth is the D-Day of liberal fascism.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:01
Was it satire when he suggested that every ten years we take some crappy little country and throw it against the wall just to show the world we mean business?
Or was it a wet dream of the Doughy Pantload?
Scott said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:02
So you then reach in into each kids bag and take a couple of pieces of candy out, or maybe a handful, and smile, and thank them for being great Americans, and great Obama supporters.
Please, please, conservatives of America, please do this.
As if Limbaugh’s Legions showing up for the work the next week with blackened eyes and broken teeth isn’t enough, I’m relishing the potential police reports: “Complainant reported a parent beat him senseless after complainant stole candy from parent’s children. Parent released with a warning. Complainant told to fuck off and die.”
eidos said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:02
Rush did the same. He spent a whole hour segment quoting from and ranting about the thesis. After a while someone on his staff must have finally realized it was from a parody site because he started to suggest that it just might possibly not be legit. However, it didn’t detract from the validity of Rush’s points because “we all know Obama does think these things.” I’m sure few ditto-heads even realized their hero had been punked.
Great p-shop and caption!
TruculentandUnreliable said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:06
“That’s quite an indictment, even for an Ivy League undergraduate…”
Yet again demonstrating why the Republican party is full of barely-literate racists and chronic mis-spellers who will believe anything a poorly-educated, drug-addled blowhard and/or a poorly-educated end-of-times obsessed Mormon say.
Arky said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:14
The fact that Nell Ledeen refuses to deny accusations that he regularly has sex with goats just goes to show that smoke, fire, &c.
Also:
A mean, nasty and vicious person would suggest that Rush is forbidden to have contact with minors.
But I’m not, so I will just note that Fat Bloated Fuck is obviously shit scared of his TalEvangical listeners.
Substance McGravitas said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:15
That part was funny. Undergraduates: to be trusted on matters of policy.
mmy said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:19
It’s not surprising that Ledeen has no shame. If you display any, the Wingnut Welfare office cuts off your benefits.
g said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:23
Please, please, conservatives of America, please do this.
AND say where you got the idea!
J— said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:32
Score this one as another resounding victory for right-wing bloggers, who quickly and responsibly corrected their posts once the story’s veracity was cast in doubt. One cannot say the same of the liberal MSM.
Citizen_X said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:34
Not only that, but any dittohead assholish enough to do this would be hit by the mother of all tricks by the neighborhood kids. Kids would go shithouse on these people. Big, delinquent brothers would happily go to town against the dickwad that stole little sister’s/little brother’s candy.
Jennifer said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:41
When we were growing up, there was a guy who reminded me a lot of Limbaugh living across the street – fat, stupid, selfish, rude. Just a huge asshole. We made a big deal out of how we were going to tp his house on Halloween, so big weenie went out and bought a bunch of floodlights and strung them up all over the front yard.
So, that night, we hopped the fence and festooned the entire back yard with rolls and rolls and rolls of tp.
While the ex-Marine and his wife next door watched from their window and laughed.
ignatov said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:46
“Kids would go shithouse on these people.”
And all the while burning with hatred for Obama’s enemies. Or does Rush imagine that the kids will think the candy-grabbers are Obama supporters? Kids aren’t stupid (generally speaking).
g said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:49
I think in Limbaugh World the children will turn to one another and say, “That patriotic gentleman is making a wonderful point! Let us go home and tell Mother and Father to oppose President Obama’s wealth re-distribution scheme! Right after we place a bag of flaming dogshit on this guy’s front porch.”
Djur said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:50
I didn’t know that Rush Limbaugh took advice from Beavis and Butthead.
kg said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:54
Kids aren’t stupid (generally speaking).
quite the opposite in fact. and they can be quite inventive when it comes to pranking motherfuckers who piss them off. we had a group of kids who would hollow out eggs and refill them with Nair. hilarious mayhem ensued (probably funny because I was never the victim)
Arky said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:55
Because stealing candy from babies is something only the bravest RealAmericans(R) would dare to attempt!
Pansy-arsed liberals just hand the candy over and compliment the kids’ costumes, the wimps.
Major Kong said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:58
Just thought I’d point out that Michael Ledeen is, you know evil.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 25, 2009 at 18:59
LOL I’d forgotten that one.
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Andrew N.P. said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:00
And has anyone seen Obama’s long-form college transcript? I bet he never even went to Columbia!
J— said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:04
One year ago: “No candy for you, little Obots.“
J— said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:06
This one is also from a year ago. It has a funky beat you can dance to as you learn about socialism.
Not-So-Newbie McNymchanging said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:08
Limbaugh is correct in a way: It will be a great teachable moment. The main lesson being never get your political stunt ideas from a bloated junkie.
noen said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:32
Hehee, grease on polyester is my new medium from here on. It’s what all the Old Masters used.
eidos said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:32
I believe it was also on Friday’s show (I was in a car in traffic) where Rush outlined Obama’s long range plan: 1. hand over U.S. sovereignty to the U.N., 2. become Secretary General, 3. rule the world. He said this in complete seriousness, knowing a certain fraction of his audience would actually swallow it.
That is what he does. He interleaves the vilest of hate speech and paranoia with comedy bits like song parodies. It gives him plausible deniability. When someone calls him out on his crazy shit he points to the deliberate comedy stuff and says it’s all just “entertainment”.
professor fate said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:33
I don’t remember who butI think one of the current crop of wing nuts had a father who would take bites out of his kid’s cookies saying “this is sales tax, and this is income tax” and so on.
And they think this is funny as well. I don’t get it.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:35
Rush outlined Obama’s long range plan
Weird – are you sure it wasn’t a repeat from 1992 with “Clinton” overdubbed with “Obama”?
jim said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:40
Snurf!
Mmmmmm. I love the smell of an oldschool name-brand wingnut eagerly taking a swig of journalistic shotgun-mouthwash in the morning … it smells like … like irony.
All these decades later it still tickles my pickle that this same dolt who buttered up Benito Mussolini also took loads of heat off of Eurofascism when he had the
public-relations assignmentbrainwave that “Teh KGB Did JohnPaul2″ – & sold it to Les Putins d’Media Americaine, to much delicious profit.The political-science version of a child-pimp moralizing about the man who brought America Cash For Clunkers & is trying to get US healthcare more in line with the Canadian/European “Non-Raving-Bugfuck-Crazy” model … poor old LeP33N hasn’t got a brain worth the name – he’s got an 8-track tape of Reagan & Thee Coup-Boys Greatest Hit’s Volume 2 that won’t stop because it’s been duct-taped in place.
Michael Ledeen, “Terrorism Expert” – try saying it with a straight face!
N.C. said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:46
That’s none other than Grover Norquist, who nowadays compares the estate tax to the Holocaust. So, maybe repeatedly depriving children of treats turns them into rabid libertarians.
ignatov said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:49
Hilarious clip, J-
Shorter: “Your kids work hard begging for candy all night. Imagine if the government took it away!”
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:50
maybe repeatedly depriving children of treats turns them into rabid libertarians.
I was thinking similar, except without the “r” in “treats”.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:51
But srsly isn’t there psychological research – actual science! – that shows having a domineering fuckhead for a dad makes you conservative?
George Johnston said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:52
Isn’t candy a code word for Oxycontin? That would explain Rush’s fascination with it.
Andrew N.P. said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:53
Oh, come on. That’s just silly. Not even El Rushbo is crazy enough to… oh God dammit.
jim said,
October 25, 2009 at 19:54
I did a big
stupid-arsedkick-ass comment butsome dipshit poked F5 without saving firstW0RDPRESS GOT IN MAH BASE N K1LLeD MAH DO0DZ (unless I’m baked enough not to even know if I posted already or not)! Gosh darn you to heck & back again, you WordPressy WordPress! From Tarnation’s depths I stab at thee!That’s okay – I don’t imagine this one will do any better:
Once moderation arrives, this comment will jump at it from the shadows, mug it & brand a backwards “$$$” into its butt.
tigrismus said,
October 25, 2009 at 20:04
That’s none other than Grover Norquist, who nowadays compares the estate tax to the Holocaust. So, maybe repeatedly depriving children of treats turns them into rabid libertarians.
Ayn Rand told a tale of being asked to give up her toys for a year, and when the year was up and she asked for her toys to be returned she was told they were given away.
Alex said,
October 25, 2009 at 20:12
Michael Ledeen and Rush Limbaugh enjoy raping small children, killing them, and hiding the corpses.
No, they’ve never said that, but we all know they think about it.
Rush Limbaugh said,
October 25, 2009 at 20:44
And on Obama Valentine’s Day send your wife on a date with a black guy. See how she likes that!
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
October 25, 2009 at 20:52
Or does Rush imagine that the kids will think the candy-grabbers are Obama supporters?
More to the point, even if his strategy were to succeed on the smallest percentage of kids, they’re still going to remember which houses stole their candy. Which means that in order to make a stupid political point, you need to be willing to condemn your house to at least five more years of dirty fucking children’s tricks because they’re going to remember, and they will get their revenge.
And then you’re going to put up a placard for the Republican party a few years down the line, and oh, the big reveal, and they’ll know who you were on the side of all along.
Then comes the burning hatred.
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
October 25, 2009 at 20:55
Also, on Obama Thanksgiving, you should invade someone else’s house, put a gun to their youngest, and then threaten them until you give them your turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, yams, corn, and all your other stuff and then death march them towards a soup kitchen to redistribute the wealth.
I’m sure no bad things will arrive from that political bon mot.
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
October 25, 2009 at 20:56
To sum up, Rush keeps trying to get his listeners to commit misdemeanors and felonies. Weird, that.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 25, 2009 at 20:59
To sum up, Rush keeps trying to get his listeners to commit misdemeanors and felonies.
And even worse, from their POV – vote for Hillary Clinton.
I don’t think Rush is a liberal mole in the Conservative Movement, but he makes it so we don’t really need one.
Smut Clyde said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:05
Also, on Obama Thanksgiving, you should invade someone else’s house
You mean, bringing the celebration back to its origins?
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:16
exactly. You’ll also note the home invader is forcing his own food on the house invaded. I believe this is an accurate portrayal of the conservative tendency to shoot themselves in the foot while thinking they’re so goddamn smart.
Next up, Obama Advent.
Stephen said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:17
Ayn Rand told a tale of being asked to give up her toys for a year, and when the year was up and she asked for her toys to be returned she was told they were given away.
Yep, and that’s why she hates charities. No, seriously. It is.
kingubu said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:22
I may have to have “fell for it like an egg from a tall chicken” tattooed on my body somewhere, just so I don’t forget it.
kg said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:28
I think O’Advent was already covered in “Bad Santa”
chimpevil said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:31
I believe it was also on Friday’s show (I was in a car in traffic) where Rush outlined Obama’s long range plan
Man, wait, did the car have an AM only radio that was welded to one station and the on-off thing broken!!! (My family did have cars like that growin up!) Because otherwise why are you giving pigboy any play at all? I mean it’s a free country (till we get our plans in place of course) and you can tune into what you want, but for godsakes, listen to a CD, get XM, masturbate, anything but giving pigfart precious moments of your life you won’t get back!
Thrillhouse said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:34
Am I the only one who could see Limbaugh’s “Obama Halloween” totally backfiring. Sure, kids like their candy, but there are a lot of little ones out there who understand that there are other kids who are less fortunate than they are and have been raised to share. There’s a reason they still do Trick or Treat for UNICEF. I would love to hear some child was willing to give away some of his or her candy and the Limbaugh follower kept trying to explain why it was so evil to share with those who have less. As for the trick-or-treaters not willing to part with their candy, I’m sure plenty of kids will have eggs, toilet paper, etc. left over from Mischief Night. Limbaugh really is a jackass and a coward since he’s not willing to practice what he’s asking his followers to do.
Snorghagen said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:43
But Michael Ledeen is, bought and paid for. Commenter HiddenRed at Ledeen’s site:
I can’t tell whether that’s a parody or not.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:48
I can’t tell whether that’s a parody or not.
I never can.
there are a lot of little ones out there who understand that there are other kids who are less fortunate than they are and have been raised to share.
The encounter between such a child and a Limbot would be pretty interesting, all right. The right-wing tax protester sort can’t conceive of any way in which sharing could possibly be good, and would be made to look like an utter dick by a child.
If it weren’t for the very real possibility of the Limbot acting out violently on seeing that they were losing the argument, I’d be all for this.
N.C. said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:49
Man, it’s up to $921 million now? Last time I checked, they were just claiming that Obama had spend “up to a MILLION DOLLARS” on legal fees to hide his Certificate of Unnatural Gestation.
Snorghagen said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:54
$921 million is the latest estimate by the Chicago comptroller.
N.C. said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:56
The problem is that the tax protester could rationalize that too: “look, the kids have been brainwashed into supporting communism by the public schools/PBS/hippie communes/that dirty fencehopper Dora the Explorer! I am vindicated forever!”
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 25, 2009 at 21:59
The problem is that the tax protester could rationalize that too
Yes, indeed. Best just to keep the youngins away from That Sort.
Interrobang said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:02
So in other words, Ayn Rand’s whole trip was that she once got conned by an abuser she trusted and so then she felt compelled to spread the misery to the whole world? Greaaaat…
I’m now imagining how much better the world would have been if she’d had enough spine to pitch enough fits at the suggestion that it stopped being one.
Imagine a world in which Ayn Rand grew up moderately well-adjusted. *sigh*
Substance McGravitas said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:12
I wonder how much government money Orly Taitz has burned through? All those filings cost money…
kg said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:15
In that vein, imagine a world in which Alan Greenspan’s raging hardon for AR wouldn’t have guided our economic policies for 20yrs. Speaking of questionable dissertations…
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:20
Unholy Crap!
I turn my TV on for the first time in a week, and there on C-Span is Dick The Baby Eater Cheney, wearing a tuxedo and criticizing Obama’s Middle East strategy.
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ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:22
“Center for Security Policy – Keeper of the Flame Dinner”
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:25
The fun thing about the fake Limbaugh quotes is fuck him. He’s spewed so much vile crap over the last two decades that anything sticks to him; he’s a strip of greasy fly-paper. Normal people easily believe anything vile about him.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:26
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Substance McGravitas said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:12
I wonder how much government money Orly Taitz has burned through? All those filings cost money…
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Fillings are cheaper, but not as exciting. Except for certain dentists...
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Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:28
“I turn my TV on for the first time in a week, and there on C-Span is Dick The Baby Eater Cheney, wearing a tuxedo and criticizing Obama’s Middle East strategy.”
Yeah, and I finally have reason to like a politician from Florida:
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:29
OK, I changed channels and there’s a wicked witch in black skating around an ice rink.
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Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:30
I finally have reason to like a politician from Florida:
I liked Biden’s response to Cheney – “who cares?”
Lady Doctor Missus Mommy Marita said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:32
Ayn Rand told a tale of being asked to give up her toys for a year, and when the year was up and she asked for her toys to be returned she was told they were given away.
Anyone tries to take away Dash’s toys (or his Halloween candy, and I don’t want to hear any of this “but he doesn’t have any teeth yet and can’t have solid foods” bullshit), and they’re going to face the Goalie Stick of Doom. I’m just sayin’.
Also: Daily Dash. Who would try to take candy from that young man?
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:40
Now there’s a disco-skating mummy…that’s gotta be Donald Rumsfeld.
P.S. LDMMM, Dash is very cute (of course, I already know this…I couldn’t open the Daily Dash).
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Substance McGravitas said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:42
Yahoo is protecting that young man’s candy by asking for a log in.
Lady Doctor Missus Mommy Marita said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:42
P.S. LDMMM, Dash is very cute (of course, I already know this…I couldn’t open the Daily Dash).
~
Ummm… fixed!
And thank you all for being so nice. I know the proud mommy thing is wearing (has worn) thin. But I don’t have much else to focus on, being on maternity leave and all…
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:49
Woof!
El Cid said,
October 25, 2009 at 22:57
I had some candy but Obama took it.
Woodrowfan said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:01
The USSR has a lot of crimes to answer for, producing Ayn Rand is one of them…
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:11
“And thank you all for being so nice. I know the proud mommy thing is wearing (has worn) thin. But I don’t have much else to focus on, being on maternity leave and all…”
Not at all. You can work that proud mom thing for a good year, or more. It should be listed in the paperwork that the hospital gave you when they took Dash out of his original package.
Snarla said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:19
How out of touch do you have to be not to know that parents accompany their kids trick or treating these days?
I know the limbot is thinking “I’ll take the kids candy and they’ll go crying home to mom and dad, but I’ll turn off my lights and pretend I’m not home and the kid won’t know which house is mine.”
But mom or dad is right there, sucker!
El Cid said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:19
Also, it was totally unexpected that people who had experienced the irritations or even horrors of Stalinist collectivism would occasionally turn to the opposite extreme of unrestrained individualism. No one could have anticipated. It never ever happened with any other figure in history. Just Ayn Rand. Only she ever thought that Soviet collectivism should be opposed by individualism. Totally. This could not have been found in newspapers or comic books or radio shows at all. No. She invented it. The first. Everyone else at the time was totally stupid and pretty much immobile, until Ayn Rand wrote a shitty book about ‘hey what if the best thing for everyone was for each person to be the most selfish person they could?’ because thoughts like that had never ever occured to 4 or 5 year olds, or artists, or stockbrokers.
eidos said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:29
I turn my TV on for the first time in a week, and there on C-Span is Dick The Baby Eater Cheney, wearing a tuxedo …
Are you sure you they weren’t showing an old Batman re-run?
Smut Clyde said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:34
Also: Daily Dash. Who would try to take candy from that young man?
Who would try to photoshop one of those enormous curly Tibetan-buddhist hats onto that young man? Not I, said Smut.
SomeNYGuy said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:41
Ledeen isn’t as hilarious as today’s WaPo op-ed page. Kathleen Parker again jumps the shark, and George Will jumps Parker jumping the shark. The respective comments sections look like Gudalcanal.
That picture is eye candy. Thanks for sharing such sweet goodies.
SomeNYGuy said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:42
I can spell Guadalcanal but my fingers disagree.
ckc (not kc) said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:42
You can work that proud mom thing for a good year, or more.
…harried mom gives you another 15-20 years…
ckc (not kc) said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:45
I can spell Guadalcanal
yeah, sure, but let’s hear you say it!
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:45
Zombie Queen was 2-time Olympic medalist Nancy Kerrigan.
tigrismus said,
October 25, 2009 at 23:53
Who would try to take candy from that young man?
Hee hee, that’s the affronted look the candy highwayman manqué would receive.
Paul Mantarakis said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:04
Looks like you looney libs are in for a beating this upcoming election as well as the midterms. Things are not looking good in Virginia, well not for you anyway, hahahaha.
The Republican challenger for lieutenant governor (can’t remember names and don’t feel like looking for the link) defeated the Democrat incumbent by a vote of 56% to 44%. For the governor’s race in The Old Dominion, Republican candidate Bob McDonnell is completely crushing his Democrat rival Craig Deeds in all demographics. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367963/posts
The Gop is likely to pick up several seats in the Virginia House of Delegates. Yes my looney liberal friends, Virginia is still very much indeed a solid red state. The tide is turning into a Republican whirlwind. A sign of things to come in 2010 and 2012? Very probable indeed.
SomeNYGuy said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:08
Loved you in Dune, dude, but your more recent work sucks.
The Epitome of Passionate Political Convictions said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:13
“(can’t remember names and don’t feel like looking for the link)”
g said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:19
Oh, man, Paul is right. A defeat in a lieutenant governor race would spell our doooooooooom!!!
g said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:20
The tide is turning into a Republican whirlwind.
How’s that work? tide’s water, a whirlwind is something else again. You must mean “whirlpool,” as in the thing water does when it’s going down the drain.
The Conservatroll Handbook said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:31
Remember, when it comes to metaphors, simply invert the rule you use when looking for a girlfriend: mixing is a GOOD thing.
N.C. said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:35
Oh no! Not the Virginia House of Delegates! If the Republicans pick up seats there, we’ll zzzzzzzzzz
El Cid said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:36
You libs laugh now, but you won’t be laughing when the rising tide lifts only the Republican boats!
Ed Darrell said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:43
I’m going to prowl the neighborhood, and for any vandalism I see, I’ll leave a note: “Happy Limbaugh Halloween! Greetings from Rush!”
Will that even things a bit?
Snorghagen said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:44
It’s a volcanic blizzard of doom, an explosive quagmire of political destruction!
The Kid from Kounty Meath said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:52
Don’t overcomplicate things. A Rush Limbaugh Halloween is when the kids come to your door, you take ED medication and rape them.
tigrismus said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:53
You libs laugh now, but you won’t be laughing when the rising tide lifts only the Republican boats!
Yeah, but only the liberal submarines* will survive the Republican boat whirlwind.
*naughty joke removed for the sake of the children.
St. Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:58
TEDISCO WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINS!
…and even if he had, Obama would still be president and Republican party voter ID would be in the sewer.
St. Trotsky, Pope-in-Avignon said,
October 26, 2009 at 0:58
It’s a volcanic blizzard of doom, an explosive quagmire of political destruction!
A vertiable typhoon of avalanchic proportions, which will only stop when the tsunami -like galeforce blows over us like a tornado alley, flooding our homes like a molasses mudslide!
St. Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 26, 2009 at 1:05
But srsly how hard can it be for the Redoublechins to re-establish their permanent majority?
Snorghagen said,
October 26, 2009 at 1:06
It’s a blinding flash of pitch darkness, deafening us with its utter silence!
Kobie said,
October 26, 2009 at 1:10
Some of the comments in Ledeen’s pseudo mea culpa were pretty good. I believe someone pretty much summed up Ledeen’s entire career when they referred to him as an “intellectually dishonest git.”
El Cid said,
October 26, 2009 at 1:26
Really? That sounds like a lot more work than Rush Limbaugh would be willing to carry out.
Can’t he just hire his cleaning lady to do it?
El Cid said,
October 26, 2009 at 1:32
We face an unstoppable army of fixed, unmoving battle positions, legions of one-man armies poised in mid-run.
St. Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
October 26, 2009 at 1:44
We face an unstoppable army of fixed, unmoving battle positions, legions of one-man armies poised in mid-run.
Some of them appear to be standing athwart history and yelling “stop”, too.
We’d be in with a better chance against them if they weren’t farting so much.
Hoosier X said,
October 26, 2009 at 2:15
That’s some pretty impressive research methodology right there. Can’t imagine why all sane, honest, decent people point and laugh at the conclusions that conservatives reach when they hitch their reasoning powers to such persuasive data-gathering. I’ll just have to sit here and watch Glenn Beck while I cogitate on this confusing state of affairs where lame sophistry, logical fallacies, name-calling and butt-sourcing for data don’t work so well with informed Americans.
hmm.
hmm.
hmm
Lurking Canadian said,
October 26, 2009 at 2:37
The so-called Founders did not allow for economic freedom. While political freedom is supposedly a cornerstone of the document, the distribution of wealth is not even mentioned.
Okay, I know it’s a hoax, but, is this statement even false? I am not a Constitutional scholar, but I have read it, and I don’t remember much about wealth. It says the government can’t take your stuff without “due process of law”, and it certainly implied that you can keep your 3/5 people if you want to, but I don’t remember any promises about economic freedom not taxing the wealthy or anything like that. The way I read it, the government could impose a 100% wealth tax, provided it passed both houses of Congress and applied equally to everybody. Is there something in there I missed?
g said,
October 26, 2009 at 2:38
A juggernaut of seeping unease, stealthily smothering the howls of rage of the Silent Majority.
El Cid said,
October 26, 2009 at 2:46
Hear my thunderously quiet applause.
Smut Clyde said,
October 26, 2009 at 2:47
Ha ha! You liberal have sown the [meterological phenomenon from Category A] and now you must reap the [natural disaster from Category B]!
El Cid said,
October 26, 2009 at 2:49
Category A:
Zephyr
Category B:
Shrimp with Broccoli
Smut Clyde said,
October 26, 2009 at 2:52
The tide is turning into a Republican
whirlwindshit-moat.Smut Clyde said,
October 26, 2009 at 2:53
Category A:
Aurora borealis
Category B:
Creed.
Substance McGravitas said,
October 26, 2009 at 2:55
Ha ha! You liberals have sown the Whistle Binkie and now you must reap the Scotsman!
Smut Clyde said,
October 26, 2009 at 3:04
Category A:
DKW’s mother
Woodrowfan said,
October 26, 2009 at 3:11
Um yeah, The Republicans will likely win in Virginia. gee, shocker.
Now, about New Jersey…..
Substance McGravitas said,
October 26, 2009 at 3:19
You could certainly reap a buncha wind outta that.
Andrew N.P. said,
October 26, 2009 at 3:19
Article I, Section 9, Clause 4. “No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.”
In other words, a wealth tax is just about the only tax the federal government can’t impose. But since the feds can tax any conceivable use or transfer of that wealth, it doesn’t much matter. So yes, your main point is correct. As much as the Founders (probably) valued economic freedom, they didn’t really bother to write it into the document — which is weird, considering all the stupid crap they did go to the trouble of spelling out.
Substance McGravitas said,
October 26, 2009 at 3:20
85 minutes ago my bad potbellied pig died. She took a lunchbox to the egg and died gracelessly some months thereafter. I blame the primitive yellin’.
Lurking Canadian said,
October 26, 2009 at 3:31
In other words, a wealth tax is just about the only tax the federal government can’t impose.
Thanks for the explanation. Your post motivated me to look it up, so I read the wikipedia entry on capitation and found the following:
The United States government does not levy capitation taxes today — although some American conservatives, such as Rush Limbaugh, have expressed sentiments for replacing the federal income tax with such a tax, and some placards in support of this were observed at the Tea Party protests held throughout the country on 15 April 2009.(citation needed)
I don’t know if it’s true or not, but if it is, my heart is warm. :)
tigrismus said,
October 26, 2009 at 3:46
Category A:
DKW’s mother
Surely that would be in category B?
paperbagmarlys said,
October 26, 2009 at 4:07
Look. I’m not going to read Michael Ledeen. It’s been a nice enough Sunday and nothing Michael Ledeen-related, short of a Heritage Institute announcement that Ledeen is carrying Borat’s child, is going to take that away from me.
However, I’d like to say: The Sadly No Studios have been laying down sweet art recently. I’m feeling the love.
El Cid said,
October 26, 2009 at 4:22
Oh, great, now you libs want Obama to launch decapitation taxes. Nice.
Honus said,
October 26, 2009 at 4:28
“The Republican challenger for lieutenant governor (can’t remember names and don’t feel like looking for the link) defeated the Democrat incumbent by a vote of 56% to 44%.”
Truthy, what does that sentence mean? Are you referring to a poll, because the republican “challenger” (that would be Bill Bolling) hasn’t defeated anyone yet. And he won’t, because the republican running for Light Gov happens to be the incumbent.
Oh, and BTW, George Allen spoke to a teabagger rally here in his old home county last week and drew a crowd of “over 50 people” Very impressive in a red state for a former governor, U.S. senator, and presidential favorite son.
MonkeyChild of the Dragon-King said,
October 26, 2009 at 4:37
still cackling about “falling for it like an egg from a tall chicken”…
like the aht, too.
oh wait, here comes the Dragon King riding in on my mother…oh hey, today it’s vice versa! She’s kinda tiny.
Hi Mom! What’s for supper?
Honus said,
October 26, 2009 at 4:39
Here’s the link if you thought I was kidding about the attendance at that George Allen rally. There are few things more pleasant to contemplate than how quickly that phony has attained irrelevance and obscurity:
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/hands_off_my_healthcare_tour_makes_local_stop/47427/
slippy said,
October 26, 2009 at 4:41
Maybe because the Founders were creating a political system, not an economic one, and knew full well better than to codify some half-assed economic theories into the bedrock of law. There was no science of economics in the 1790′s (of course, there really is no credible science of economics today).
Snorghagen said,
October 26, 2009 at 5:26
My favorite George Allen-related pic (photo by Lindsay Beyerstein): a distraught Allen supporter at campaign headquarters on election night in November 2006.
Smut Clyde said,
October 26, 2009 at 5:49
Oh, great, now you libs want Obama to launch decapitation taxes. Nice.
Also a defenestration tax, which would be a logical extension of the broken-windows approach to lora norder.
The Red Badger of Courage said,
October 26, 2009 at 6:04
Ha ha! You liberal have sown the third season of “My Name is Earl” and now you must reap Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones!
Jennifer said,
October 26, 2009 at 6:09
Hey, you wanna know what’s even better than Ledeen pwning himself?
The description of Ledeen in the NY Daily News story about Limbaugh falling for the hoax:
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Stephen said,
October 26, 2009 at 6:10
An obscure blogger, Michael Ledeen
Ooh, that’s gotta sting.
Jennifer said,
October 26, 2009 at 6:17
Not only that, but they misspelled Ledeen as Leeden.
The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge said,
October 26, 2009 at 6:34
So is Leeden-hosen German for “Load-pants?” Are they one and the same? Inquiring minds want to know!
Substance McGravitas said,
October 26, 2009 at 6:35
Also from Jennifer’s link:
Substance McGravitas said,
October 26, 2009 at 6:40
My latest rhinoceros just died furthermore and with all the contented garbage going on in this life an exuberant arbitrary rhinoceros story would make my month. I don’t know how he got stuck in that dog dish. I’m sure you know a rhinoceros demands laughter but I had no laughter left.
M. Bouffant said,
October 26, 2009 at 6:51
The Jester to The Court of The Stenographic King.
And how did they miss
“So-called Founders” should have been the give away, even if the word “satire” didn’t leap out at pre- or post-literate Leeden[sic], or any of the other suckers.
M. Bouffant said,
October 26, 2009 at 7:10
Also observed at Bunny Suit (Good one, Tintin!) Media: The Un-Dead Horror that is Andrew Klavan on kultur.
RAPE = DEMOCRATS!
Srsly.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 26, 2009 at 7:20
M.B. I forced myself to watch that whole thing.
Andrew Klavan is a smug douche bag.
That is all.
~
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
October 26, 2009 at 8:44
Yet again demonstrating why the Republican party is full of barely-literate racists and chronic mis-spellers who will believe anything a poorly-educated, drug-addled blowhard and/or a poorly-educated end-of-times obsessed Mormon say.
To complete the picture, the poorly-educated end-of-times obsessed Mormon spent a lot of time as a poorly-educated, drug-addled blowhard.
we had a group of kids who would hollow out eggs and refill them with Nair. hilarious mayhem ensued (probably funny because I was never the victim)
This would totally save me time in the “personal grooming” (HA!) arena.
“Limbaugh Halloween” sounds awesome. Limbaugh “All Saints’ Day”, not so much. If any dittoheads attempt this, I wonder if they’ll attempt to submit their home repair bills to their hero (again, I say HA!).
Smut Clyde said,
October 26, 2009 at 9:30
If “Limbaugh Hallowe’en” is anything like “Snoopy’s Christmas”, then I don’t really want to hear it.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
October 26, 2009 at 9:52
I think Limbaugh’s Hallowmass is much like “Star Wars Christmas”.
Not gonna link… don’t have the intestinal fortitude.
Smut Clyde said,
October 26, 2009 at 11:04
Limbaugh’s Childermass is not within everyone’s reach, involving as it does a ticket to the Dominican Republic.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
October 26, 2009 at 11:29
The expense of the ticket could be avoided if one were to sign on as a seaman.
Smut Clyde said,
October 26, 2009 at 12:29
I think Limbaugh’s Hallowmass is much like “Star Wars Christmas”.
Veiled xkcd reference.
Christopher said,
October 26, 2009 at 12:41
Ledeen is right, though: there is absolutely nothing in the constitution as it was originally written that would be upsetting to a young black man. Not to mention the exemplary behavior of the founding fathers; what could any of them have done that would make Barack Obama doubt their absolute goodness?
Sirius Lunacy said,
October 26, 2009 at 12:45
Rushbo is scared shitless of a four year old? I mean even a four year old with a razor blade? Come on, it’s a four year old! Although, he has complete confidence that his ditto heads can handle four year olds with razor blades and encourages them to do so.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
October 26, 2009 at 13:07
Rushbo is scared shitless of a four year old?
I imagine the real world seldom infiltrates the gated compound in which he lives.
Major Kong said,
October 26, 2009 at 13:50
I think Limbaugh’s Hallowmass is much like “Star Wars Christmas”.
I’m embarrassed to admit that I actually watched that steaming pile of crap back in 1978.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
October 26, 2009 at 14:06
I’m embarrassed to admit that I actually watched that steaming pile of crap back in 1978.
As another military man (crustacean?) would say: “It’s a trap!!!”
Never thought I’d say this to a pilot, but I hope you were totally baked when you watched it!
Major Kong said,
October 26, 2009 at 14:35
Well, since I was 16 at the time there is a possibility that I was baked.
Jennifer said,
October 26, 2009 at 14:36
<blockquoteI don’t do Halloween. It’s not that I’m afraid to get into it, I just, I just, folks, I can’t do it. Some four year old from Chicago [future comptroller?] might show up with a razor blade, you never know, front door of my house.
He still hasn’t gotten over Pet Sematary.
Jennifer said,
October 26, 2009 at 14:36
oops, sorry for the bad tag.
The Tragically Flip said,
October 26, 2009 at 15:03
I long for the days when conservatives were keenly aware of their distaste for the constitution*, in their oft screeched remark that “the constitution is not a suicide pact”
But now that a Democrat is in charge, it returns to being a perfect** document.
* – meaning they hate the parts that protect the weak against the strong, and citizens against corporations
** – unless of course an activist judge dares enforce it by striking down any laws they approve of for being unconstitutional
tigrismus said,
October 26, 2009 at 16:30
Ledeen is right, though: there is absolutely nothing in the constitution as it was originally written that would be upsetting to a young black man. Not to mention the exemplary behavior of the founding fathers; what could any of them have done that would make Barack Obama doubt their absolute goodness?
Heh, I think this any time I see the faux quote from Thomas Jefferson, slaveholder, “Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
zombie rotten mcdonald said,
October 26, 2009 at 18:19
To be somewhat fair to the gasbag, and I have no idea why I feel it necessary to do so, I think what he means with the four year old razor blade crap, in his drug-addled way, is that he doesn’t “do” halloween because some nasty liberalses will plant a razor blade in their four year old child’s treats, and use it to frame Rushbo.
So he’s using his flaming paranoia for excusing his living a selfish life in an elite, restricted gated community.
Sirius Lunacy said,
October 26, 2009 at 19:02
It being so believable that Rush could have planted a razor blade in Halloween candy is central to my point.
Xecky Gilchrist said,
October 26, 2009 at 19:22
I’m embarrassed to admit that I actually watched that steaming pile of crap back in 1978.
No need for embarrassment – I did too, and I’d been utterly stoked for weeks beforehand at the prospect of seeing it, because I was a gigantic Star Wars fan. We had no way of knowing what a horrendous, nostril-punishing shitpile it was going to be.
I sat all the way through it mainly because I kept thinking “it has to start getting better at some point.”
handy said,
October 26, 2009 at 19:48
I watched SWHS a few years ago somewhere on the innertubes (was curious “How bad could it be” I thought). The thing that struck me the most about it was just how drawn out it felt. I found myself losing interest (morbid or otherwise) rather quickly.
slippy said,
October 26, 2009 at 19:56
I just re-read this and paused.
When did Rush Limbaugh ever “produce” anything of value? Through the application of “effort?”
Aside from turds that he immediately flushes down the toilet, that is.
Principal Blackman said,
October 26, 2009 at 20:02
This is my favorite example of the wingnuts’ “my dementia is all your fault!” defense since Mark Noonan fell for the Ashley Todd hoax, called it “Naziism 2.0,” then said his stupidity was all “the left’s” fault.
Party of personal responsibility!
stogoe said,
October 26, 2009 at 20:53
Hell, I sought it out and watched it in its entirety three-ish years ago. It was eye-burningly awful, sure, but at least there were the hilarious 1978 commercials that nobody had bothered to edit out.
Turbine Yukon Palin said,
October 26, 2009 at 21:12
I totally thought about this too. Granted, it relies on the candy-taker to explain themselves coherently, which is a stretch right there.
Rush Limbaugh: And so now, I’m going to take your candy and give it to children who don’t have any.
Kid 1: Who doesn’t have any candy?
Kid 2: I didn’t get two Snickerses back there.
RL: No, to children you’ve never met.
K1: Why don’t they have any candy?
K2: Oh, here’s my second Snickers, except it’s an MnMs.
RL: Because they’re lazy and didn’t go out trick or treating.
K1: But everyone’s out tonight. Juan, Tim, the other Tim, Alice, Suma, Garnet . . .
K2: Were they allowed to go out? Couldn’t their parents take them?
RL: What? No, they’re just lazy and didn’t want to bother with trick-or-treating.
K2: Oh, remember Roger’s dad? He came home today smelling like tinkle, stepped on the jack-o-lantern and Roger couldn’t go out?
K1: Ohhh, yeah. He totally NEEDS some candy.
K2: Yeah.
K1: Yeah, are you going to his house? Because he could use the candy.
RL: No, no, no! They were too lazy and didn’t feel like going out, but still they want their candy.
K2: But everybody’s out —
K1: ‘Xcept Roger.
K2: ‘Xcept Roger. Everybody loves trick-or-treating! Who wouldn’t want to go?
K1: It’s all we’ve been talking about for a week!
RL: I –
K1: I bet you’re just going to keep the candy for yourself.
K2: Yeah, who doesn’t like trick or treating? No one I know! You’re just making this stuff up to trick us.
RL: Oh, forget it, you little liberal snots. It’s too late for you. Congratulate your probably-single mother-the-welfare-queen for me, she did her job well.
K1: You’re just cheap, aren’t you?
K2: And you smell like tinkle.
handy said,
October 26, 2009 at 22:31
Like they say, wisdom from the mouths of babes
SqueakyRat said,
October 27, 2009 at 0:14
“So he got me, and lots of others. It worked because it’s plausible.”
Where have I heard that one before? Oh, right, WMD in Iraq.
Nom de Gwar said,
October 27, 2009 at 7:01
Is capitation where you put the head back on?
Muffaroo said,
November 6, 2009 at 3:27
From the second link J– (sic?) helpfully provided above, the blogger speaks:
I’m even more apathetic than ‘left coast renegade’ or whatever his name is (can’t be bothered — works for the Gops!), and I won’t be checking out the video.