Comments on: The ‘I’m Dumber Than A Box Of Styrofoam Peanuts’Crowd http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html Poise! Poise! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:57:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tehanu http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182933 Tehanu Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:30:15 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182933 But hey, RobW, they're <b>consistent</b>, and as we all know that Ralph Waldo Edison said, a brilliant consistency is the hallmark of a great mind... But hey, RobW, they’re consistent, and as we all know that Ralph Waldo Edison said, a brilliant consistency is the hallmark of a great mind…

]]> By: RobW http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182843 RobW Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:20:00 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182843 <i>any politician, columnist, or blogger should know that it’s not the least bit unusual for wars to be much longer and considerably more difficult than anticipated.</i> And when they are so much longer and more difficult than expected, those who said: a) it would be over within weeks, er, months, er, one more Friedman Unit b) the natives would be overjoyed by our presence c) the unproven rationales would be gloriously vindicated d) it wouldn't cost us a thing (remember? Iraq's oil would pay for it?) e) trust the folks in charge, they really, really know what they're doing. f) anyone who thinks this war won't be quick and easy is a fool and/or a traitor Then those politicians and pundits are entirely deserving of scorn. Funny how they never seem to lose their jobs, though... any politician, columnist, or blogger should know that it’s not the least bit unusual for wars to be much longer and considerably more difficult than anticipated.

And when they are so much longer and more difficult than expected, those who said:

a) it would be over within weeks, er, months, er, one more Friedman Unit
b) the natives would be overjoyed by our presence
c) the unproven rationales would be gloriously vindicated
d) it wouldn’t cost us a thing (remember? Iraq’s oil would pay for it?)
e) trust the folks in charge, they really, really know what they’re doing.
f) anyone who thinks this war won’t be quick and easy is a fool and/or a traitor

Then those politicians and pundits are entirely deserving of scorn. Funny how they never seem to lose their jobs, though…

]]> By: Left_Wing_Fox http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182833 Left_Wing_Fox Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:08:38 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182833 Huh, interesting "Liberal" strategies. Someone call Lucianne's dipshit son, I think Richard Mgrdechian has stolen his manuscript. Huh, interesting “Liberal” strategies. Someone call Lucianne’s dipshit son, I think Richard Mgrdechian has stolen his manuscript.

]]> By: Jrod http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182826 Jrod Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:55:37 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182826 <i>â—? A Swarm of Ants: Find out the real reason liberalism continues to permeate more and more elements of our society and why there just may be no way of stopping it.</i> And despite the superhuman efforts of the 101st Cheetos Brigade too! My theory is that the leftists are all Skrulls. â—? A Swarm of Ants: Find out the real reason liberalism continues to permeate more and more elements of our society and why there just may be no way of stopping it.

And despite the superhuman efforts of the 101st Cheetos Brigade too! My theory is that the leftists are all Skrulls.

]]> By: Ms. Clio http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182824 Ms. Clio Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:51:12 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182824 “Kudos to the author's writing skills.â€? — The Sheep's Crib I need about 100 of those ROFL smilies right here. “Kudos to the author’s writing skills.â€?

— The Sheep’s Crib

I need about 100 of those ROFL smilies right here.

]]> By: Righteous Bubba http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182820 Righteous Bubba Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:41:19 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182820 Thanks J. I see historical inevitability remains with us. <i>â—? A Swarm of Ants: Find out the real reason liberalism continues to permeate more and more elements of our society and why there just may be no way of stopping it.</i> Thanks J. I see historical inevitability remains with us.

â—? A Swarm of Ants: Find out the real reason liberalism continues to permeate more and more elements of our society and why there just may be no way of stopping it.

]]> By: J— http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182819 J— Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:38:12 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182819 Yowza. One of the ads currently running at the top of the Right Wing News home page is for <a href="http://www.howtheleftwaswon.com/" rel="nofollow">this book</a>. Classy cover art. Yowza. One of the ads currently running at the top of the Right Wing News home page is for this book. Classy cover art.

]]> By: milo http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182818 milo Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:30:06 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182818 Many people read Orwell's 1984 as cautionary fiction. Hawkins thinks it's an instruction book. Many people read Orwell’s 1984 as cautionary fiction.

Hawkins thinks it’s an instruction book.

]]> By: Rufus http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182816 Rufus Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:28:09 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182816 "but the people who have changed their minds since the start of the war have gotten entirely too much of a free pass for their wishy-washiness." What about the ones who changed their minds from "against" to "for?" Are they wishy-washy, too? Or is zero too small a sample size to make that determination? “but the people who have changed their minds since the start of the war have gotten entirely too much of a free pass for their wishy-washiness.”

What about the ones who changed their minds from “against” to “for?” Are they wishy-washy, too? Or is zero too small a sample size to make that determination?

]]> By: mikey http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182815 mikey Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:21:43 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182815 <i>“Negative. It didn’t go in. It just impacted on the surface.�</i> Wow. That's an AMAZING coincidence. That's EXACTLY what my girlfriend said last night... mikey “Negative. It didn’t go in. It just impacted on the surface.�

Wow. That’s an AMAZING coincidence. That’s EXACTLY what my girlfriend said last night…

mikey

]]> By: The Crapture http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182814 The Crapture Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:16:04 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182814 "No..I'm alright...AAAAARRRRRRGH!" “No..I’m alright…AAAAARRRRRRGH!”

]]> By: Innocent Bystander http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182810 Innocent Bystander Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:06:28 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182810 Maybe he wears the helmet to protect the soft spot that never solidified. That would explain a lot. Another rightwing know-it-all that turns out to be clueless on how this fiasco would turn out. Who'd a thunk it? Maybe he wears the helmet to protect the soft spot that never solidified. That would explain a lot. Another rightwing know-it-all that turns out to be clueless on how this fiasco would turn out. Who’d a thunk it?

]]> By: agc http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182808 agc Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:03:10 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182808 I thought this guy died attacking the Death Star. (I'm not making fun because he is fat. I'm making fun because of the helmet which he wears by choice. Do you have any idea what it is like to go to the mall wearing that helmet?!) I thought this guy died attacking the Death Star.

(I’m not making fun because he is fat. I’m making fun because of the helmet which he wears by choice. Do you have any idea what it is like to go to the mall wearing that helmet?!)

]]> By: mikey http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182801 mikey Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:46:33 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182801 Hey, chin up, Hawkins. Sure, we didn't find any weapons of mass destruction, because there WEREN'T any, but on the other hand we're finding lots of smaller, more conventional weapons. One at a time. When they go off. Fucking thug... mikey Hey, chin up, Hawkins. Sure, we didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction, because there WEREN’T any, but on the other hand we’re finding lots of smaller, more conventional weapons.

One at a time.

When they go off.

Fucking thug…

mikey

]]> By: bemused http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182790 bemused Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:17:23 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182790 The stages of impending wingnut embarrassment: Shock: "Did I write that? Couldn't have been me. Could it?" Denial: "I did not write that. Dan Rather is at it again." Anger: "Who used my goshdarned computer back in 2003?" Bargaining: "Maybe if I can find a way to pin this on Jonah Goldberg, it'll all go away." Depression: "This just really sucks. I think I need more Cheetos." Testing: "Mom? What was I doing in 2003?" Besides the Dungeons and Dragons marathons, Mom." Acceptance: "Yeah, OK, maybe I did write that, but liberals are still really, really rude, you know. And unpatriotic, too." The stages of impending wingnut embarrassment:

Shock: “Did I write that? Couldn’t have been me. Could it?”

Denial: “I did not write that. Dan Rather is at it again.”

Anger: “Who used my goshdarned computer back in 2003?”

Bargaining: “Maybe if I can find a way to pin this on Jonah Goldberg, it’ll all go away.”

Depression: “This just really sucks. I think I need more Cheetos.”

Testing: “Mom? What was I doing in 2003?”

Besides the Dungeons and Dragons marathons, Mom.”

Acceptance: “Yeah, OK, maybe I did write that, but liberals are still really, really rude, you know. And unpatriotic, too.”

]]> By: J— http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182788 J— Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:12:56 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182788 "Negative. It didn't go in. It just impacted on the surface." “Negative. It didn’t go in. It just impacted on the
surface.”

]]> By: D. Sidhe http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182787 D. Sidhe Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:09:54 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182787 Awesome. I now have the official permission from some idiot I never heard of to start calling Iraq a quagmire and comparing it to Vietnam. Take *that*, Dick Cheney! Awesome. I now have the official permission from some idiot I never heard of to start calling Iraq a quagmire and comparing it to Vietnam. Take *that*, Dick Cheney!

]]> By: Humbert Dinglepencker http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182785 Humbert Dinglepencker Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:07:54 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182785 Porkins seems to have just about as much caring and concern for the "troops" as I do for a box of clothespins. Porkins seems to have just about as much caring and concern for the “troops” as I do for a box of clothespins.

]]> By: owlbear1 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182784 owlbear1 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:53:32 +0000 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/5625.html#comment-182784 Spiders and cobwebs? Fetid rotting corpses? Mitt Romney? Spiders and cobwebs?

Fetid rotting corpses?

Mitt Romney?

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