Comments on: Your Tax Dollars At Work

By: wordyeti

wordyeti — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:41:06 +0000

The fact is, I think I can find better political insight from Van Gogh’s “Irises” than from the one on this board.

On topic: Malkin’s desperate attempts to prove that she is, too, winning and effective are going to get shriller and shriller as her little world shrinks and falls apart around her. All the people she liked and stuck up for are going down in flames (cue: Malkin in flames graphic). Their replacements snub her. Whatever will she do to prop up her narcissistic ego? Oh Strawman! Time for another beating!

By: Joe Max

Joe Max — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:52:39 +0000

It’s not just Malkin – this ad is running on Pajamas Media.

I saw it first on John Cole’s blog.

Obviously it’s being done by an ad agency (no surprise – the Pentagon and HS have outsourced and privatized everything else,) and all they do is sell x number of eyeballs seeing it on webpages. Follow the money back to the ad agency. Maybe the ad agency has a crony with connections on the inside, who does want to favor “conservative” websites – wanna bet?

(I wouldn’t know how to go about researching something like that myself, but…)

By: Hemlock for Gadflies

Hemlock for Gadflies — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:54:42 +0000

Prof Burgos has a nice pic on his blog profburgos.blogspot.com of a green beret guy wearing a keffyeh. wtf? islamo penetration of our heros?

By: Jon H

Jon H — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:32:32 +0000

This is in addition to the usual lunacy, conspiracy thinking, crude partisan smears, and mortifying far-right crankism that Malkin provides daily, as sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a tax-funded government agency of high profile and vital responsibility:

It’s not just Malkin – this ad is running on Pajamas Media.

I saw it first on John Cole’s blog.

By: centaur

centaur — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:04:22 +0000

OneMan @ 0:22 says it in verse!

By: centaur

centaur — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:02:46 +0000

congrats to whoever did the Iris at 23:02.

you’ve got Iris seeming to make a bit of sense first,
and then, as the reader continues further into the post, (s)he catches the subtle bouquet of disorganized thinking/loose associations wafting forth, giving the post the scent of paranoid schizophrenia as it might look right on the cusp between prodromal and acute stages.

bravo!
it’s always a pleasure to see a master at work.

By: Me

Me — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:55:24 +0000

Bear with this ode, I’ll not tarry
I speak of the dull-witted Gary
This dull canker sore
Equals tits on a boar
His comments are not worth the parry

By: Principal Blackman

Principal Blackman — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:50:30 +0000

To be fair, Fukuyama was always among the least ridiculous of the neocons. That might sound like I’m saying, “He was among the least short of the dwarves,” but it’s not quite that backhanded of a compliment. He, unlike many of his compatriots, actually does recognize reality. He signed onto this idea that sounded pretty good on paper, but he then correctly identified it as a failure once it was put into action and has moved on. Not that I’m giving him a total pass, but this isn’t exactly an up is down.night is day thing.

By: PeeJ

PeeJ — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:43:45 +0000

Roger that. I must admit to some jealousy – it costs me a lot of gin to get that whacked out.

By: middleofroad

middleofroad — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:29:37 +0000

i have no problem with homeschoolers, actually not every homeschooling family are lunatic, i’ve met some really cool, thinking people who were homeschooled. :)

By: tink9plus

tink9plus — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:28:31 +0000

Peej -
Make sure we have gin. iris seems to have drunk it all.

By: PeeJ

PeeJ — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:23:17 +0000

Now I'm really weirded out. Via TPM, it's evident that silly season is definitely upon us. Former Neocon Francis Fukuyama Backs Obama

By: OneMan

OneMan — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:22:58 +0000

There once was a blog commentator
A lover of Hill, Barak hater
She was roundly lampooned
by the SadlyNaut goons
Iris needed her straight jacket straighter

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:15:38 +0000

I’m voting for whoever Righteous Bubba is voting for.

Voting for what when now?

By: Iris

Iris — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:10:28 +0000

Lrn2listen Actually, learn to tune out the stupid pundits. You have all lost it if you want. All I can say is we’d all be a major cultural shift in the campaign, when most actual racism has come from either Matt Drudge, e-mail forwards and, well, miscellaneous Republicans or at worst isolated individuals on comment threads. Incidentally, I got a call from an independent voter, or a low-information,’smug’ or’self-righteous’ voter. It’s coming from a Democratic voter who is channeling a more anti-racist person than myself, and you’re committing a big mistake. You want to donate to a loser? Except they’ve been saying this since February. Can we finally get a few people to admit that the stupid pundits. You have really gone off the deep end with this little kabuki game. I’m tired of hearing how racist I am not comfortable with the prevailing winds. If these criticisms hit a little too close to home, then I sincerely hope that an Obama victory wouldn’t discredit our party leaders know they can take us for once. Maybe this would be a Democrat (he is post-partisan) and someone who isn’t afraid to even acknowledge that we have reacted kneejerk to any hint of racism.

By: PeeJ

PeeJ — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:08:22 +0000

The first “Iris” gets a 73 – good rhythm and easy to chuckle to. Until I saw the Iris vs. Iris cannonade I was going to say “that’s a pretty good Iris.”

Now I don’t know what to think. <<== OMG I’m becoming a republican!

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:07:57 +0000

Because from where I sit, Mr. Ruppert is making a great deal of sense when he points out the misogyny and race-baiting that are at the core of the Obama campaign…tactics that are turning off working-class voters and Reagan Democrats en masse.

The fact is that Mr. Ruppert (in his various incarnations in this this thread) has not actually pointed out any misogyny OR race-baiting on the part of the Obama campaign. His points were (to paraphrase) “Obama lies”, “Obama is Muslim”, and “Obama is lying about being a Muslim”. (For the record, Gary is DOING the race-baiting, not pointing it out.)

From where I sit, Iris, you should perhaps stop talking from where you sit.

(And, wow, the Rainbow Goddess deserves much, much better namesakes.)

By: Smut Clyde

Smut Clyde — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:02:45 +0000

They were fun till they started to tire us,
Those rants from the net-nom of ‘Iris’.
Her words were a warning sign
about her Brodmann-zone 39
Also known as the angular gyrus.

By: Jacob Singer

Jacob Singer — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:53:08 +0000

I’m voting for whoever Righteous Bubba is voting for.

By: t4toby

t4toby — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:28:59 +0000

And mikey too?

Oy, vey!