The preceding entry is just priceless…

Hasn’t there been a whole lot of seemingly spontaneous and semi-mindless mentioning of Twitter lately? And attention-getting celebritweeting? Hmmm. You don’t think that a lot of it might be the result of a paid mentioning campaign? Tough times make people easy to buy. forge a consulting relationship with. I’m not naming names, or even linking (I’d have to talk to the lawyers, and who needs that). But do any of you know someone who’s getting what would amount to Twitterola?

That’s absolutely perfect: “I’d link to evidence for my perfectly baseless assertion, but who needs those pesky lawyers?”

Jesus that’s gross.
“I knew it was BS before I had any actual evidence, so clearly all my evidence designed to show that it was BS is accurate and unbiased.”

And his whole, “homeless for JUST ONE NIGHT! That’s not homeless, that’s a sleepover!” vibe … I mean, is this the first fucking time Mickey Kaus has ever heard of any of the varieties of homelessness ever?

Does he think every homeless person was thrown out of a mental institution by Reagan?

Besides I don’t claim I’m homeless every time I go visit my brother.

That might be true, but I’d love to hear his sister-in-law’s take on it when he stays more than one night.

I guess Twitter is just another one of those things that you know is BS before you even set out to show it’s BS, so why exert yourself, y’know?

If there were really a god, Mickey Kaus would’ve woken up this morning from his new home under a bridge in Minnesota.

Is there some sort of law that says that all of our media pundits have to be completely free of empathy, self-awareness, shame, and the ability to do any kind of research?

Besides I don’t claim I’m homeless every time I go visit my brother.

Maybe he’d claim differently if he HAD to stay with his brother because he was, you know, HOMELESS.

I’m trying not to wish for his house to explode. It’s an effort.

Hey, give the man credit. At least he didn’t call the kids a bunch of winos.

Kaus puts the chupa in chupacabra.

Hey, give the man credit. At least he didn’t call the kids a bunch of winos.

Miracles never cease.

All those references to “kids” — the man is just obsessed with goats, isn’t he?

Is it me, or is that teh hawtest goat to ever blow Mickey?

We just love staying at Uncle Mickey’s house! All the tin cans and apple cores we can eat…plus the blowjobs!

These kids in motels probably have swimming pools, maid service, ice machines and free HBO.

Luxury! I bet their parents have cell phones, too. Whereas when Kaus was a child he was thrown out of the orphanage for asking for more gruel, but not before the entire orphanage burst into an elaborate song and dance routine.

Kaus has a BS detector?

Is he pointing it in the right direction?

The part of the question immediately after what goat-blower bolded

With shelters at full capacity, tent cities are sprouting up across the country.

What, aren’t tents considered homes? No, I think Mickey’s implying that the whole Tent City thing is just “BS”.

Kaus puts the chupa in chupacabra.

I do believe….yes…the judges say WIN!

Kaus is right, though. The speeches Obama reads to the nation are intellectually dishonest, and he knows it. I don’t want to sound coldhearted, but many of the kids liberals try to label as “homeless” are really “unfortunately inconvenienced”. It’s too bad, but it’s not an epidemic.

Kaus has a BS detector?

Yeah, I know. It’s about as useful as a moisture detector at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

I’ve been pretty hard on Mickey, but after seeing his dancing and singing skillz, I am quite impressed.

Is there some sort of law that says that all of our media pundits have to be completely free of empathy, self-awareness, shame, and the ability to do any kind of research?

That’s elitist talk, the sort of stuff you’d never see in line for the salad bar at Applebee’s.

I don’t want to sound coldhearted, but many of the kids liberals try to label

Read. The. Post. You. Moron.

I believe that being uncaring jerkoffs toward the poor is central to the wingnuts retaking the White House. Boss Bobby, badoodle-boo-yeah.

but many of the kids liberals try to label as “homeless” are really “unfortunately inconvenienced”.

Are they living in their own homes, yes or no?

No?

Then they’re homeless, full stop.

Now, you can say it’s for one night or one week, but the simple truth is, there’s no way of ascertaining that until post facto they find a new home. As far as they know in real time, they are without homes, permanently, and all the demagoguing the right wing can do is meaningless to a kid who has to sleep on a slab of concrete.

Tintin, you forgot to scatter the summary with sections that have been bolded for no good reason. For shame.

Another day of being completely ignored by wingnuts. I’m lonely.

Kaus has completely fallen off the cliff. Dissing homeless children? He must have slept through the Wingnut Lecture Series (now on BluRay) section that pointed out that widows, orphans, homeless children and veterans are off limits. Attacking liberals by attacking homeless children is as smart as attacking wingnuts by attacking crippled vets. Maybe Kaus has noticed that teh liberals don’t attack crippled vets when mocking him and his wingnut buddies (e.g., Taranto, of all the people to cite — off the cliff, like I said). Maybe he’ll rethink this when passersby cross the street to avoid him, whispering to each other, “How can that man show his face?”

“Kaus is right, though.”

Fail.

He must have slept through the Wingnut Lecture Series (now on BluRay) section that pointed out that widows, orphans, homeless children and veterans are off limits.

The 2006 edition, however, created the Malkin Exception, where you stalk a kid to see if his kitchen countertops cost $40,000 or not.

Kaus filed for this exemption when he submitted this column to his Republican overlords.

One summer when I was home from college, I got a little too happy one night and put my parents’ car in the ditch. My mom got so pissed at me for it she kicked me out and I ended up moving into my girlfriend’s dad’s guesthouse for a couple of weeks. Under Obama’s definition, I would’ve joined the ranks of “the homeless”.

But what kind of countertops do they have in those tent cities? Because if they have granite countertops, they can’t be poor.

Under Obama’s George Bush’s definition, I would’ve joined the ranks of “the homeless”.

Read the post, idiot.

Because if they have granite countertops, they can’t be poor.

In Central Park, some of the oldest rocks in North America poke up thru the Sheep Meadow, so the homeless who sleep there have schist countertops.

Fucking elitists…

That picture … that face … I don’t know whether to burst out laughing or crying. I seem to be doing both.

g: fair enough. dubya was a schmuck too, though. i should’ve said “under the current definition, most recently read to the nation by obama”.

“One summer when I was home from college, I got a little too happy one night and put my parents’ car in the ditch.”

So that’s where you were last July. Thanks for sharing.

Under Obama’s definition, I would’ve joined the ranks of “the homeless”.

First, it was NCLB that defined homelessness.

Second, I didn’t realize you were in college AND driving when you were a child. What happened to your intelligence?

I respect your attempt at parody, but Kaus beats you to it by essentially parodying himself.

so the homeless who sleep there have schist countertops

Allow me:

Home is where the schist is.

Wingnut politicians and pundits are great. Until people stop liking them and make fun of me for liking them. Then they suck.

Since when have widows, orphans, homeless children and veterans been off limits to wingnuts?

Widows and orphans
Homeless
Veterans

Just off the top of my head…

Shrug This!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-dorchen/atlas-shrug-this_b_176699.html

If only the government would get out of way so that the kids could start working at garment factories again.

Under Obama’s definition, I would’ve joined the ranks of “the homeless”.

Didn’t read the post? It’s the NCLBA definition of homelessness – not Obama’s.

Didn’t read the study either?

1,555,360 American children living in families lacked permanent homes during 2005-2006. This number excludes youth who are homeless and living without their families. The total number is an under-count.

Under my definition, you have already joined the ranks of “the morans”.

Dammit Mickey, stop sending me the same fucking script!!!

And for the last time, NOBODY (else) is interested in a movie about a guy that tricks blind children into eating toxic waste!
Making them homeless orphans doesn’t help the fucking plot either!

MSA–that made me l.o.l.

What I do think this study shows, if anything, is that we need to re-evaluate both the idea of compulsory schooling up through grade 12 and take another look at laws regarding how young a person can be when they get a fulltime job. It may be time to admit that some of the cherished myths of 20th century maudlinism should be subverted to deal with the realities of living in the 21st century post-Imperial America.

So, what’s the big fucking deal if these guys are homeless. It’s clearly a lie-beral made-up word. There living with their cousins or in motels – that there’s this huge number of them is no biggie, right?

• Children without homes are twice as likely as other children to experience hunger.
• More than one-third of homeless children have been forced to skip meals.
• Two-thirds of homeless children worry they won’t have enough to eat.

and

More than one in seven homeless children have moderate to severe health conditions. In comparison, less than one in sixteen middle-class children report these health conditions

and

• Proficiency rates for homeless children in reading and math fall on average 16% lower than the scores for all students.
• Less than one in four homeless children graduates from high school.

These percentages and ratios are based on the “inflated” homelessness numbers.

White Knight,

Obama advocated for full time education until grade 12 with the proviso that those who can’t make it academically should have an expanded vocational education opportunity.

I think starting child labor up again is a bad idea, but if you’re presenting the idea of apprentice plumbers and carpenters and welders in high school, I’m for it.

Keep in mind, tho, that its up to the individual states to determine many of the changes you’re advocating.

actor212 I agree. And yes, it should be up to the states and their taxpayers. I’m all for states’ rights.

It may be time to admit that some of the cherished myths of 20th century maudlinism should be subverted to deal with the realities of living in the 21st century post-Imperial America.

This way to the 19th century, toot toot!

What I do think this study shows, if anything…

Based on not reading it.

Section 4 of the study is “Policy and Planning Efforts”. The study breaks down the findings by state (according to Kaus, this is so that they can get local news attention). Each state has different policies and efforts directed at ignoring addressing the issue. Thus the study can be used to determine, at least in part, what types of policies and planning efforts actually lead to lower levels of child homelessness. i.e. THE ENTIRE FRIGGING POINT OF THE THING.

Anyone who’s all “I favor states’ rights” has never lived in MY state.

Didn’t read the post? It’s the NCLBA definition of homelessness – not Obama’s.

Don’t forget – the lower-grade wingnuts are trying their hand at Big Lie revisionism these days by asserting that Obama is Bush.

Another finding – from the actual report and not pulled out of nowhere:

• Benefits generosity and household structure also tended to reflect states’ overall risk scores, with some exceptions.
• In contrast, states that have more robust housing stocks did not necessarily score well on overall risk for homelessness.

IOW – In terms of lowering child homelessness, <ominousness>SOCIALISM</ominousness> 1, Teh Invisible Hand of Teh Free Market 0

Kaus has a BS detector? Is he pointing it in the right direction?

Please, have some compassion. If he pointed it at himself, the explosion and flying parts could endanger innocent bystanders.

I forgot about Greasemonkey and kept searching for all the fail y’all were quoting.

Dave’s not here, man.

Isn’t Mickey Kaus dead?

I thought all his columns over the last few year’s were just retreads from when he was relevant back in 2000. I heard he gave up this mortal coil after the Florida recount.

He’s really still writing?

And someone is reading him?

Kaus has a point. Many of those filthy gamins and guttersnipes kids aren’t actually “homeless.” They’re differently domiciled.

Jesus.

I was going to whore out my George W. Bush Miserable Death Watch – Day 65 post, but maybe I should start a Mickey Kaus Goat-Blowing Watch instead.

What a shit ball. What a couple of shit balls.

Definition of Homelessness Used in the Report Card
The Report Card describes homeless children from birth to age 18 who are accompanied by one or more parents or caregivers. By definition, they comprise a homeless family. Our counts and descriptions do not include unaccompanied children and youth (e.g., runaway, throwaway, or homeless youth).
The Report Card uses the definition of homelessness contained in the subtitle of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Title X, Part C, of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and adopted by the U.S. Department of Education. The definition16 includes children and youth who are:
• Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason (sometimes referred to as doubled-up);
• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative accommodations;
• Living in emergency or transitional shelters;
• Abandoned in hospitals;
• Awaiting foster care placement;
• Using a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
• Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
• Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above.

Sure, using this definition there might have been some inflation. Maybe for some of those counted, their homelessness ended the next day. But how many more became homeless the next day? How many runaway, throwaway, or homeless youths living independently of their families were missed? How many families living in doubled-up circumstances weren’t counted because the families were not seeking assistance?

And yes, it should be up to the states and their taxpayers. I’m all for states’ rights.

Would that the problems of this or any other nation be so simple that they could be easily divided up into 50 small pieces for those populations to swallow.

But they ain’t. Get used to it.

All those references to “kids” — the man is just obsessed with goats, isn’t he?

WIN!

TEAT,
Runaways, throwaways and homeless youth living without parent(s)/caregiver were not counted at all. Their number is estimated by the study at 1.6 million.

The Methodology and Limitations section also has some eye-openers. Including the bit about Rural Homelessnes (pg 171) and Limitations of the McKinney-Vento numbers (pg 172).

In addition, lack of program capacity and funding affects the outreach and identification efforts of many school districts. Finally, the U.S. Department of Education data collection requirements are relatively new; thus, not all schools report complete data to their districts (LEAs) and not all LEAs report complete data to their states for transmission to the federal government.

Hey libs!

California now wants to ban black cars because they heat up faster and therefore take more power to cool down, which increases “global warming”.

I told you the global warming fraud is just an excuse for Papa Government to take more and more of our freedoms.

Some will be happy with the emerging police state we live because then they wont have to think. They will be told what to do and think, and like it. Even if it means what color car big brother says they can have in the name of “being green”. While they leave a bigger carbon footprint than us serfs could ever imagine.

Disgusting. It’s nothing more than SLAVERY.

If Mickey were a politician, he would undoubtedly be included in this story.

I think the survey of worldwide beatiful politicians further illustrates, liberal, anti-American media bias.

Palin, Condi, Thatcher and Moonbean Bachman all failed to make the list.

Hey look! Amperslab is right!

And look! It’s based on the actual logic that California has a strong sun that shines a lot and makes cars heat up and that dark cars heat up hotter and faster than light colored cars, and that means more energy wasted cooling them off!

Gee, Amperslut…maybe you could give up your air conditioning if you want to drive a black car!

Every time I see a pic of Mickey Kaus, the first thing that comes to mind is, “Wow, Elliott Gould really looks like shit.”

Also, PENIS.

I think the survey of worldwide beatiful politicians further illustrates, liberal, anti-American media bias.

Sarah Palin ranked ahead of Segolene Royal?

Nonsense! This is clear evidence of the insidious conservative bias

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Expanded-Americorps-has-an-authoritarian-feel-41889742.html

Ready to serve, Brownshirts?

Poor wingy. Welcome to the future you’ve always craved: the past!

It should be MY CHOICE, not the GOVERNMENT, if I want to drive a black car or not!

The GOVERNMENT has no right to dictate to me what color car I can drive. If you’re so concerned about the environment you can CHOOSE not to get a black car, but don’t force me to give up mine.

Palin, Condi, Thatcher and Moonbean Bachman all failed to make the list.

Palin IS on the list. But I don’t see Barack Obama on there anywhere. WTF is U w/That?

The GOVERNMENT has no right to dictate to me what color car I can drive. If you’re so concerned about the environment you can CHOOSE not to get a black car, but don’t force me to give up mine.

Sure it does! You can’t inject heroin in your flesh…well, maybe you should, you know, to gain some perspective on the world, but I digress…so who’s to say that you “deserve” a certain color car?

Can you point to me where in the Constitution that’s an enumerated right, please?

There should be tax disincentives for driving/purchasing a black car severe enough to make the act into a true hardship. This will have the effect of both protecting the environment and making black cars into a true status symbol.

I believe all cars should be pink with the word FAG written all over them in fluorescent green. This will ensure less illicit sex and wasting of fuel.

White Knight,

What’s really funny about AndSignboi’s rant is that…the directive does nothing of the sort!

All it does is mandate a 20% reduction on a fleet-wide basis in interior car temperature. It doesn’t say that car manufacturers have to stop making black cars, altho it does mention that jet black cars are an issue, and in fact, it states that many car paint companies have been working hard to come up with new pigments that can reflect heat away from the car, thus complying with the regulation without changing a single color in the palette.

Apparently RB has been stalking me. But it’s not pink, it’s lavender.

It should be MY CHOICE, not the GOVERNMENT, if I want to drive a black car or not!

Oh, dammit. He’s on the lobby computer again. Hold on, getting my can of Raid.

Yes, your moral happiness and freedom relies on the color of your car, you fatuous idiot. Do you even know or care about what the law is attempting to achieve? Do you know when it’s supposed to be phased in — if it passes? Do you know that there’s already building codes in place which restrict the color of skyscrapers and it has dramatically lowered energy consumption in the buildings as a result? You do know about building codes and zoning laws, right? There are even modern laws about your car that LIMIT YOUR FREEDOM! You have to register it! You have to have the proper emission rate! You have to have brakes! All these useless laws!

Did you know that in some places you can’t choose the color of your house! And this has been going on for a long, long time. Sometimes the government doesn’t even have anything to do with it. But since you are a dick, you don’t know this.

Meanwhile, the government is giving the auto industry notice — make a reflective black paint and you can keep it in. Horrors!

Why don’t you go hate on some homeless kids next asshole.

It should be MY CHOICE, not the GOVERNMENT, if I want to drive a black car or not!

And since Global Warming is all a big hoax, we know the real reason for the ban. SOCIALISM!!!! And the need to wipe all successful industrialists out of the history books.

“There are even modern laws about your car that LIMIT YOUR FREEDOM! You have to register it! You have to have the proper emission rate! You have to have brakes! All these useless laws!”

I don’t believe in zoning laws or ANY of this state-sanctioned SLAVERY!

Actor212–

What makes you think they won’t ban black anyway? Ever seen the amount of useless laws and regulations this government passes?

They even regulate how much water your toilet can flush now!

Palin, Condi, Thatcher and Moonbean Bachman all failed to make the list.

Correction: Palin is on the list – but only at No. 24. But that just reinforces, the theory of an Anti-American Liberal media bias. The fact that she isn’t in the Top 23 of babelicious global pols is another Anti-American smear by Europe.

This is about the government FORCING me to do something based on unproven assumptions!

They even regulate how much water your toilet can flush now!

Clearly, even under the old regulations, 3.5 gallons wouldn’t have been enough to flush a turd as big as you.

And so what if they DO ban black cars? Can you paint your car now to look like a police car? No. Is it harming you? I’d argue just the opposite.

So what?

Help! I’m being oppressed!

The fact that she isn’t in the Top 23 of babelicious global pols is another Anti-American smear by Europe.

On the other hand, the top five are MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROW!

“And so what if they DO ban black cars? ”

It’s yet another step in the direction of a liberal fascist police state.

It’s no big deal until they ban something YOU like.

When Obama’s feds begin putting computer chips inside our thermostat so some government beaurocrat can control the temperature INSIDE OUR OWN HOME to “protect” us from “global warming” I can just see you saying “oh, no big deal! So what if you can’t control your own property?!”

This leads to FASCISM.

I can just see Actor212 in 1930s Russia:

“Oh no big deal if Stalin tells us how much grain we can buy, he’s protecting you! What’s the big deal?”

What specific part of the constitution empowers you to decree the color of cars?

Apparently, the concept of “the greater good” seems to escape many people.

“It’s my right to water my lawn when there is a water shortage!”

“It’s my right to burn my woodstove when there is a high pollution warning!”

“It’s my right to drink a six pack of beer and then go joyriding on backroads at 90 mph!”

Etc., etc.

Slavery! Facism!!

“And so what if they DO ban black cars? ”

It’s yet another step in the direction of a liberal fascist police state.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You have American citizens having their phones tapped for no apparent reason, and yet somehow, car colors matter…

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

“The greater good” has been used to justify totalitarian governments from time immamorial.

STALIN used to talk about the “greater good”. Whats a few million liquidated kulaks for the “Greater good”, right?

Apparently RB has been stalking me.

Well if this is what you want to call following you around all the time, going through your garbage and intimidating all your friends and acquaintances then go ahead Mr. Sensitive.

The right to life, liberty, and property is in the bill of rights.

My car is MY PROPERTY! Property rights!

The fact that she isn’t in the Top 23 of babelicious global pols is another Anti-American smear by Europe.

On the other hand, the top five are MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROW!

Fujikawa Yuri can regulate my banks any day!

I was looking more at Mara Carafagna, who can minister me in any way she sees fit…

I love this phrase. A “liberal fascist police state”…

We’ve all forgotten about the last 8 years, have we?

People arrested for “tresspassing” who just happened to be wearing a “No War In Iraq!” T-shirt.

Thousands of people who have done absolutely nothing wrong rounded up and sent to ICE facilities where they have no access to legal council.

Secret legal memos written by the Bush White House staff saying that the President can pretty much abrogate much of the Constitution any time he wants and is not subject to oversight.

And on and on…

I am in awe: “liberal fascist police state”. The mind boggles.

The right to life, liberty, and property is in the bill of rights.

It’s not your property until you own it, and if the government says you can’t own it, it’s not your property.

Please do try to keep up.

My car is MY PROPERTY! Property rights!

If you can’t buy it, it’s not your property. Durr.

Likewise for illegal drugs. “They’re taking away my crystal meth! ZOMG TYRANNY!”

STALIN used to talk about the “greater good”.

So did Adam Smith.

“If you can’t buy it, it’s not your property. Durr.”

It’s the PROPERTY of the car company.

So they should be able to paint it whatever color they want.

All right, dingus, you apparently aren’t on the lobby computer. Time to check the bathrooms.

It’s the PROPERTY of the car company.

So they should be able to paint it whatever color they want.

Again, let them try painting it to mimic a police cruiser for sale to the general public and see how far that gets them.

&, you just finished “Atlas Shrugged” for sophmore social studies, didn’t you?

OK, so let us adults clue you in: Rand was kidding around.

troofie, you won’t get to go on the Pirates of the Caribbean unless you go stand in line. Your mother is not going to be happy that you’re not doing anything with the family.

So they should be able to paint it whatever color they want.

And they should be able to use lead paint to do it! I like the chips. You clearly are a fucking moron. I mean a really really really stupid fucking moron.

Ampersand, give it up: these people have never matured emotionally beyond the child stage. That’s why they are all for Mommy and Daddy Gubmint telling them what to do. It’s comforting to them, like Linus and his blanket. That way they don’t have to take any personal responsibility for anything.

BTW, none of you Sadlynauts have answered my question:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Expanded-Americorps-has-an-authoritarian-feel-41889742.html

…checking the pool…

Why’d it have to be MY Sleep Inn, dammit? The boys down at Travelodge are gonna have a field day with this.

Ampersand, give it up: these people have never matured emotionally beyond the child stage. That’s why they are all for Mommy and Daddy Gubmint telling them what to do. It’s comforting to them, like Linus and his blanket. That way they don’t have to take any personal responsibility for anything.

It’s like I never happened!

“California now wants to ban black cars because they heat up faster and therefore take more power to cool down, which increases “global warming” … Disgusting. It’s nothing more than SLAVERY.”

Oh my god! Telling me what color my car should be is exactly the same as clapping irons on me! Come and see the violence inherent in the system!

Ready to serve, Brownshirts?

Wingy, welcome to the future you’ve always craved: the past!

Does anyone else here remember the 70’s, during the OPEC oil embargo? Gas was in very short supply. I remember blocks long lines of cars waiting to get gas. I also remember a very long trip in my brother’s car, running on fumes, hoping like hell we would make it home before we ran out of gas because there was absolutely none to be had.

I remember that the government lowered ALL speed limits to 55 mph. It saved the country quite a lot of imported oil, as reduced speeds SAVE GAS. Lots of grumbling, especially in places like Montana, but I seem to remember that everyone did it. I do not remember anyone accuse the government of being fascist.

“Oh my god! Telling me what color my car should be is exactly the same as clapping irons on me! Come and see the violence inherent in the system!”

The THREAT of violence is inherint in the state.

How do they enforce the regulation? THE THREAT OF OR ACTUAL VIOLENCE BY THE STATE!

A government is little different from a mob protection raquet.

So, Actor212, you’re all ready to serve Herr Obama in his new Civilian Service Corps?

Good for you!!!

The THREAT of violence is inherint in the state.

I’m confused: either you’re a Marxist or a Paultard.

Could you give us a clue here?

You’re in the vending machine room, aren’t you?

Nah, Wingy, I’m just preparing to pay an additional $4,000 in taxes under his new budget. You guys can pick up my slack for me.

Giving someone a ticket or removing certain products from the market is hardly THE TREAT OF OR ACTUAL VIOLENCE BY THE STATE.

Jeez… Hyperbole much?

I’m an anarcho-capitalist.

It’s not hyperbole zeppo.

Don’t pay your taxes for a year and see what happens.

You will get ARMED MEN at your door!

Marxist
Paultard
Whimpersand

♪♫One of these things is not like the others ♪♫
♪♫One of these things does not belong ♪♫

A government is little different from a mob protection raquet.

So are mobs, if you’re part of them.

Wimpersand, if you don’t like it, move to a non-socialist state.

I’m an anarcho-capitalist.

We’ve had that for eight years and look where it’s left us.

Good idea L. I suggest Somalia – it’s got most of what he’s looking for.

A government is little different from a mob protection raquet.

The all-new Mob Protection Racquet! Whether you want to fend off the angry hordes of dirty commoners or improve your backhand in your favourite net sport, the all-new Mob Protection Racquet is for YOU!

I’m an anarcho-capitalist.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Shorter intellectual midget: Corporations? They hardly impose limitations on people or invade people’s privacy like government.

A government is little different from a mob protection raquet.

*rolls eyes*
The mob never built you a freeway to drive your car on, regardless of its color.

It’s not hyperbole zeppo.

You will get ARMED MEN at your door!

Oh really?

So when Geithner forgot to file for two years, he spent one of those in jail?

Wow, that didn’t come out in the hearings!

A government is little different from a mob protection raquet.

The new Mob Protection Racquet! Whether you want to fend off the angry hordes of dirty commoners or improve your backhand in your favourite net sport, the all-new Mob Protection Racquet is for YOU!

“A government is little different from a mob protection raquet.”

And a mob protection racket is little different from anarcho-capitalism.

I think I would probably get a nice little note from the IRS requesting that I visit them, preferrably with an armload of supporting documentation first before I get “armed men” at my door.

You haven’t addressed my question about everything that went on during the Bush years, that we will spend many more years trying to undo.

And I am supposed to worry about getting hauled up before the authorities if I don’t pay my taxes? I thought we were talking about the color of one’s car…. Stay on subject, please.

Glenn Beck is right.

The sheeple aren’t WAKING UP! America is becoming a Liberal Fascist Police State with Dear Leader Obama at the helm.

BUY GOLD! NOW! If you listen to me you will thank me later when the super-hyperinflation comes.

First they came for the black cars. But I said nothing, since I drove a silver/gray colored car.

Then they came for the General Motors products. But again, I did not speak up, because I drove an import.

Then they came for all Japanese cars. But I kept quiet, because my car was made in Germany.

Then they came for the BMW’s. And even though I admit to becoming a little nervous, I said nothing still, since I had already traded in my Beemer.

When they came for all of the Mercedes’, I stayed in my garage and did not speak, because I did not own a Mercedes.

But when I finally opened the garage door, there was no one left to speak. There I sat, alone in my Trabant. With no air conditioning, either.

So, Actor212, you’re all ready to serve Herr Obama in his new Civilian Service Corps?

Actually, I took a moment and read the act.

Gee, it looks like it merely reintroduces the concept of teaching civics in high school backed up with a practical exam.

Sounds like you could stand a course or two in that, Whingey.

(our British readers will get that)

The sheeple aren’t WAKING UP!

…and voting Democratic.

Fixed your post.

Tell me, Great Gazoogle, has anyone uploaded to Youtube the Bullshit song from ‘Captain Invincible’?

BUY GOLD! NOW!

Y’know, at least Randi Rhoades had the decency to warn us she was pitching a commercial when she said this on air.

O.K, troll baiting is fun, but this is getting boring…. My lunch is almost over.

OMG! I have to go back to work now! Facism! Slavery!!

Well, actually it is, but hey, it’s a paycheck….

Look, punk, those cans of paint were for painting the continental breakfast area. Not for huffing.

I’m an anarcho-capitalist.

You’re welcome to leave the country at any time. Please be prepared to inspect your own food, drugs, and water… and to build your own roads and education system. Also, we’re going to de-vaccinate you now. All that crap’s just part of the protection “raquet” anyway, so you won’t miss it, right?

Guys, seriously, let’s quit debating with someone who’s equated car colors to Stalinist purges. “Mental midget” doesn’t begin to cover it.

wingy,
The editorial page for the Examiner? You’re taking that to be your gospel truth?

From the same issue, there’s another op-ed calling on people to waste electricity out of spite. Reminds me a lot of Adam Yoshida.

We’re not addressing your “HITLER HITLER HITLER” garbage because the fucking Washington Eaminer would compare Obama to Hitler no matter what he did.

And in conclusion, PENIS.

“Don’t pay your taxes for a year and see what happens.

You will get ARMED MEN at your door!”

Trust me, you will not. I still haven’t gotten around to sending back the check for $30,000 they accidentally sent me a couple of years ago. It’s fun to show to my friends. So far, no armed men. A couple of polite letters, and a nice lady on the phone told me all I had to do was write ‘void’ on it and send it back and there wouldn’t be any problems.

So much for my tax fugitive status.

It’s Tie-Dye Shirts dipshit…

Ha ha, Melvin’s got trolls breaking into his hotel.

Hey, Mel, we on for poker tonight?

Just try knocking over that bank under Obama. You will get ARMED MEN AT YOUR DOOR!!

“raquet”

That’s like a bouquet of flowers only it’s made out of spare ribs.

I thought a raquet was a French rodent.

Anyways, back to the homeless.
Are there a lot of them? Yes.
Is the problem getting worse, what with all them foreclosures and layoffs? Yes.
Is this actually a serious issue despite the fact that a lot of these so-called homeless are in fact living in homes (sleeping on someone else’s couch or floor)? Yes.

Well, from this we can obviously conclude that Obama’s Administration is a miserable failure! Score one for the wingnuts!

Is this actually a serious issue despite the fact that a lot of these so-called homeless are in fact living in homes (sleeping on someone else’s couch or floor)? Yes.

That’s what kills me. What, exactly, is an acceptable number of homeless children and/or children with no stable address? When is it OK to stop caring? Kaus seems to know!

What, exactly, is an acceptable number of homeless children and/or children with no stable address?

As soon as one Muffy McRichieRich makes it, that’s unacceptable. Even if she’s sleeping off a drunk in jail.

California now wants to ban black cars

In the wingnut mind, a study that identifies a problem = banning my black Mercedes.

Being aware of all internetz Sadly,No! traditions, I can say only one thing about black cars.

“banning my black Mercedes.”

Yeah, how will I project my aura of power and menace when I have been denied my glossy, ebon, German stormtrooper boots sedan?

Ah, but black HELICOPTERS! That’s another thing altogether.

We liberals like black helicopters. Very stylish.

You know, what I find remarkable is how effective 28+ years of indoctrination by the most refined PR machine in history, when combined with a concerted effort to reduce the amount of effective education offered to the general population has produced an entire generation of citizens who are absoultely convinnced that the concepts of empathy and general welfare run counter to their own interests. I’ve always maintained that as long as people can still receive their favorite TV programming and have the freedom and the means to buy whatever crap they’re convinved to buy, there will be no meaningful social change.

Selfishness born of unbridled materialism/consumerism is the new national religion and this goat blowing bitch is one of it’s minor deacons.

What is incontrovertable proof that someone is a brainless fucktard?

Glenn Beck is right.

There it is.

I’ve always maintained that as long as people can still receive their favorite TV programming and have the freedom and the means to buy whatever crap they’re convinved to buy, there will be no meaningful social change.

Agreed. Kaus seems to be arguing that nothing has deviated outside “the norm,” therefore he can go on not pretending to care.

Which is just a horrifying philosophy all around.

Dr.BDH said,
March 26, 2009 at 18:22

Maybe he’ll rethink this when passersby cross the street to avoid him, whispering to each other, “How can that man show his face?”

To be fair, many people who have no idea who Kaus is or what he’s written do this anyway. Others simply scream and flee in panic. And a responsible few call their local cryptozoological society to report a yeti sighting.

“I’ve always maintained that as long as people can still receive their favorite TV programming and have the freedom and the means to buy whatever crap they’re convinved to buy, there will be no meaningful social change.”

Conservatives long held the fifties as some sort of golden era; it was the last decade before the rise of modern consumer culture, largely spurred by TV advertising. Of course, conservative critiques of our materialistic culture cannot blame capitalism for the problem, so it has to be the fault of the commies, or the hippies, or the unions, or the gubmint, or the liberals; but I repeat myself.

Conservatives long held the fifties as some sort of golden era

Let us not forget: women, non-Christians and darkies knew their place, too.

Sigh. I guess wingnut bloggers won’t post pictures of me once again.

It must be a few months since last time I linked to The Man in the Black Dark Sedan.

I am actually up since Barrack Hussein Obama took office.

The Dow (Also) said,
March 26, 2009 at 22:15 (kill)

I am actually up since Barrack Hussein Obama took office.

Google Finance sez down 4.31%.

Homelessness? Been there, done that – & it took years to recover from the psychological damage … I can scarcely imagine how much worse it’d be to do it as a child. Without a minimal income or an address, you are societally subhuman, & it does NOT tickle. For anybody to be without a place to lay their weary bones at the end of the day, in a place as insanely overabundant as North America, is one of the most pornographically insane things I can even imagine.

We’re swimming in goodies (to the point of throwing them away by the kiloton, just because they’re no longer trendy enough) while some of us starve & freeze?

Thorazine for everyone!

It’s not as if homelessness isn’t a real problem. An organization that gained a reputation for not hyping it might have real impact on legislation. But that doesn’t seem to be what the world of non-profit grantsmanship rewards.

You don’t need to sully your precious mind by actually SEEING the suffering of the poor! It’s, like, totally icky-o-rama! Just fund me, & I promise to make sure it goes to the right people – Scout’s Honor! The Great Oz has spoken! Pay no attention to the homeless kids behind that curtain!

Kaus puts the “Goat” in Goatse.

“Of course, conservative critiques of our materialistic culture cannot blame capitalism for the problem, so it has to be the fault of the commies, or the hippies, or the unions, or the gubmint, or the liberals; but I repeat myself.”

To be honest, I feel as though I’m chained to the front row, clinging to a worn out plastic tarp while waiting for some un-funny shithead on stage to smash something with a huge mallet that I and my fellow unwilling audience members (and their progeny) will have to clean up with a single roll of used paper towels, generously provided by an invisible hand.

And, I’m supposed to be grateful for the opportunity to pay for the privilege of attending said “performance”.

Oops, I’ve become a metaphor Cuisinart! Sorry.

You know, at first I figured you guys were probably exaggerating quite a bit and being overly hard on Mickey.

Until I went and read the original at his site.

If anything, you were too easy on him.

I feel really sorry for that poor goat.

No, I’m afraid I’m still down even though I’m in the midst of a temporary Bear Market Rally.

Don’t get too excited until I’m consistently over 10,000. Which isn’t going to happen for longer than a few days this year, if it all.

Funny thing about the Dow.

It’s only now, after something like twenty years, trading at what would be considered normal levels of price-earnings.

So this was less a collapse of the market and more a correction of the exuberant excesses of predatory capitalists intent on focusing on short term stock price movements.

In fact, the economy as a whole pretty much seems to have levelled out to where it should be: modest growth (the PPI was reported up for February) and low inflation.

Now all we need to do is focus on the credit crunch and the unemployment numbers, and we can have an economy traditionally suitable for a Democratic president.

Asshole glibertarian troll compares his college-age crashing at his girlfriend’s pad to actual child homelessness? That’s low, even for him.

Reminds me of that well-heeled young douchebag who started off with $25 bucks, and… well, we all know how his little “year-long” experiment turned out.

So.. .you’re all ready to serve Herr Obama in his new Civilian Service Corps?

Mein Fuhrer, you told me this would be my new fascist ARMY! These just look like a bunch of college grads teaching kindergartners how to read and picking trash up off the highway!

You know, you can probably fit a couple dozen homeless kids in a foreclosed McMansion. That would solve the problem right?

There are foreclosed houses standing empty for months, having all the pipes and wiring nicked, and ending up so worthless and such a big crime magnet that eventually it gets bulldozed. The banks can’t sell em.. they are as toxic as any other asset on their books.

So just give em to the homeless! Hey, who knows, you might get back the exact same house the bank kicked you and the kids out of last year..

So just give em to the homeless! Hey, who knows, you might get back the exact same house the bank kicked you and the kids out of last year..

But… but… that would be SOCIAMALISM!!!!!

Uhh… WOLVERINES!!!! GLUTTONS!!!!

mi chupacabra es su chupacabra

Watching the wingnuts foam about Obama always reminds me of ‘Chinatown’.

“He’s a socialist!” SLAP “He’s a fascist!” SLAP “He’s a socialist!” SLAP “He’s a fascist!” SLAP “He’s a socialist AND A FASCIST!”

I’m confused: either you’re a Marxist or a Paultard.

Could you give us a clue here?

…now that’s just cruel – he’ll have to go out and find one, won’t he?

Black cars, dark sedans, Who do they think they are?? And where did they get that car?

The local NZ newspapers regularly reprint opinion pieces from the more rightwing UK fishwrappers — after all, it’s cheaper than paying someone to write an opinion or an analysis from scratch — and I have learned from these that Mickey Kaus is “a prominent liberal pundit”.
Just thought I’d pass that one and cheer you up.

lift = elevator
crisps = chips
chips = fries
prominent liberal pundit = notorious goat-raping moron

watery weasel-piss = beer.

so a law that doesn’t actually have any say on what color car you’re buying is a threat to freedom? wow.

American beer=making love in a canoe……….

a lot of these so-called homeless are in fact living in homes (sleeping on someone else’s couch or floor)?

A note: I’ve just ended being homeless for the last 14 mos (literally signed the lease a couple of hours ago). Were it not for the Section Eight housing assistance/subsidy, I probably would have stayed on the streets for the rest of what would have been a shortened life. As it was, I was able to go to the head of the line, as I was homeless. People who just get fucked by their parasite employers & apply have an eight to ten yr, wait.

The point being, from the quote above, that if you are doing the couch tour, Section Eight doesn’t treat you as homeless. I had to tell them exactly where I usually slept each night. (Under the “airplane” playset in Westwood Park, south of the Federal Bldg. in West L. A.)

There are also two classes of homelessness for Section Eight: people who sleep in their car, & those who slept in the (more or less) open. We serious urban campers got priority over (former) middle-class pig car owners.

So, per Section Eight at least, if you’re in someone else’s house, you aren’t homeless. Of course, you can imagine the joy of sleeping on a couch, living w/ a bunch of people who probably aren’t exactly millionaires, whose (probably) already small space is being infringed upon, & who, close friends, family, or whatever, are going to be sick & tired of you.

That doesn’t mean you aren’t homeless, or that your hosts might not ban you like a troll at any moment.

Not the same as NCLB, but there it is.

By the way, does anyone have that goat-blowing fuckwad Kaus’s address? I know he’s somewhere here on the Westside of L. A. (which I’ll be leaving tomorrow) so this will be my last chance to let him know what homelessness is like. Preferably by arson, but … & Is’pose I’d have to destroy his precious fucking car (I know he’s some kind of childish auto-fetishist, maybe trashing his wheels alone would be enough … Naw.) Leave it here, or in comments at my name above. Thank you.

Down w/ animal abusers!!!

1. As the grandchild of someone who was, in fact, an anarchist back in the day (1930s and after), the notion of an “anarcho-capitalist” is goat-blowingly stupid.

2. W/r/t homelessness, and mostly to provide some additional info here: the place where I now work provides an assortment of services (using your and my tax dollars) to people who are experiencing homelessness. In order to spend the tax dollars appropriately, we need to have a pretty clear definition of who counts as homeless–in our case, we use the HUD definition and the HRSA definition, which predate the NCLB definition (and the latter uses the previous two), meaning people who are doubled up and people who are living in shelters or SROs, as well as people who are living on the street, count as homeless. Just to give you an idea of the luxuriousness of the living quarters, some of the SROs don’t have real floors and ceilings; they have chicken wire.

I would happily give up more of my (not-that-high-we-being-a-non-profit-and-all) salary if the additional tax dollars provided more services for people who need them. Everyone–every single person–is an accident, an uninsured-health-event, a shit-happens moment–away from homelessness. And if you can’t muster compassion for people who are already there–for kids who are already there, fer chrissakes!!–I feel sorry for you.

M. Bouffant and others above who’ve experienced homelessness, I’m glad you’re out of it and I hope it stays that way for you.

OT: looks like someone else is being hard-hit by the economy – if by “the economy” you mean losing a court-case based on ethical improprieties while in office.

Naturally she’ll be setting up a legal-defence fund – just like Greenpeace, only for megalomaniacs … so won’t you give until it hurts? If you can only afford to send this Martyr Of McFreedom a check for 5 cents, I’m sure she’ll understand – after all, it’s the thought that counts, amirite?

Still no denial! And it turned out to be true about Edwards!

Thanks, Anon, I think I’m good for the next 20-30 yrs. (Then I’m dead.) By the way, I was helped immeasurably by a non-profit organization. You don’t work in S. M., do you? (The city, not the … Pervs!!)

Hey, those sexiest politicians – pity they didn’t run this thing a couple of years ago. If they had, our Natty would have scored pretty well.

Just Allison,

She could provide housing for a dozen kids in those dimples!

Nah, I’m in the midwest, where our homeless folks can freeze to death in the winter.

And here’s another tidbit for y’all: there are multiple ways to count homeless people, one of them being what’s called a “point in time” count, i.e., a big bunch of volunteers go out on a designated night, in organized & trained teams, to count people–in shelters, under bridges, in SROs, etc. One of its major drawbacks, however, is that it is conducted in the winter–which is precisely when people who are homeless are most likely to be able to get shelter on a couch or floor from a friend or family member and are therefore least likely to be included in the count. That is, the point-in-time count underrepresents the number of people who are homeless. It’s still a useful tool, so long as it’s not regarded as a definitive number.