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You know, I never realize random people in the news are black until someone points it out. I didn't even realize Ward Connerly was black until I recently saw his picture on NR. It's just not something I think about.
(For the record, I had the biggest crush on Geordi when I was a kid. So, that means that when I was, like, 9, I fantasized about dating a black, blind dude. Most importantly, he was an engineer. Hawt.)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at October 31, 2008 09:58 PM (8CGjC)
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Hope. Change. Using state employees to up dirt on a guy who dared to ask The One a tough question and then lying about it.
Posted by: Sean M. at November 01, 2008 03:39 AM (5cHxi)
I swear, I must have had a stupid grin on my face through half the protests, just because of the silly things coming out of peoples' mouths. Her schtick was that she wanted the debates opened up to include her and Nader. My personal thought was that if anyone actually wanted to hear her speak, she would have ended up at the debates, but she couldn't even command the audience enough at the protests to keep them quiet and listening while she spoke. Her veep, Rosa Clemente, was actually more compelling. But then, she's got the 'community organizer' experience.
*Nader's running too, I forget which party, and he spoke at the protests
but it was in a closed auditorium and you had to pay to get in and I
was trying to avoid actually giving any money to lunatics.
Posted by: Alice H at October 31, 2008 06:48 PM (jRtPb)
"No ma'am, I'm voting for Cynthia McKinney, Obama's too right-wing for America, what with all those BushCo endorsements. I heard even Dan Quayle endorsed him. I don't want that guy in the White House, 8 years of George Bush is enough."
Posted by: leoncaruthers at October 31, 2008 07:45 PM (JSO4h)
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completely OT, but I checked out Mrs. Peel's picture last night.
Uh, dear, how do you feel about old fat guys with bad teeth and skin?
(Note to alexthechick- you're still my first internet love, don't get jealous)
Posted by: XBradTC at October 31, 2008 09:03 PM (Kdweh)
5(Note to alexthechick- you're still my first internet love, don't get jealous)
Don't worry about it, I'm gracious and can share. Again with the nobility over here.
Posted by: alexthechick at October 31, 2008 09:13 PM (zXJGz)
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After braces and oral surgery (one of my adult teeth was embedded in my palate), I definitely notice bad teeth...
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at October 31, 2008 09:51 PM (8CGjC)
Many people don't realize this, but the current Ohio state song is Stick a Buckeye Up Your Butt and Tell Me You Love Me. In order to help the state really reflect the modern world, I have come up with two possibilities to change from this overly sentimental song that hearkens back to a world riddled with covered wagons and rampant diarrhea.
The first, and most obvious, is the Rockwell hit Somebody's Watching Me. However, in my continuing bid to gain entry to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the dingiest non-porno attraction in the greater Cleveland area, I have written an all-new theme song for Ohio, called Helen's Kind of Place.
It's sung to the tune of the Cheers theme song:
Make a politician sweat We'll take everything you've got If you dare to ask a question Your credit rating's shot Wouldn't you like to live in a place
Like our happy Ohio Where everybody checks your name And your records are fair game You wanna be where big brother Checks your every move
Dan Quayle Endorses Obama
In what comes as a final, shattering blow to the Republicans' hopes in 2008, former Vice President and conservative standard-bearer Dan Quayle endorsed Barack Obama for president today.
Quayle, who was once a rising star in the conservative movement only to find himself a national laughingstock after his debate with Lloyd Bentsen, said that this election was important "to correct some historical mistakes."
"I am confident that four years of listening to Joe Biden will leave people yearning for me," Quayle said to a roomful of reporters who had missed their plane. "After his stupid mouth costs us allies and drags us into wars, my arguing over the spelling of tomato will seem like small potatoes. At least my rhetorical flourishes were never slanderous or revealed shocking incompetence."
He went on to note that he is afraid of Sarah Palin, because "she didn't wilt under the media glare like I did, which means she must have a steely heart which harbors only hatred for her enemies."
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Dan, if you're out there, you're an awesome guy and got a seriously raw deal. I hope all is well with you and yours. After this season, you're owed a serious apology.
Posted by: leoncaruthers at October 31, 2008 05:32 PM (JSO4h)
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You know, that would be an endorsement that would be completely valid.
Posted by: alexthechick at October 31, 2008 05:44 PM (zXJGz)
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Amazing. All these posts, and I have yet to see any of you giving any reason to vote for McCain other than he's not Obama. What the evidence about Obama actually points to is not that he's a Marxist. It points to the fact that he's attracted to power, just like any other politician. When he needs someone, he's friends with them and uses them. Then, once he no longer needs them, under the bus they go. He wants power and he'll want to say in power once he's elected (assuming he is). Which means in office he's pursue an aggressive foreign policy and a centrist domestic policy, because that's what will keep him in power.
And your fear of his being a Marxist is rather laughable. We already have Marx's idea--the progressive income tax--in place, for a long time. And the EIC is exactly the sort of redistributionism you condemn--but I haven't seen McCain or any other Republican call for repealing that.
IOW, socialism had been the dominant philosophy of both parties for a long time already. They only differ in the people who get to suck at the public trough. The Democrats want to vastly increase it. But the Republicans don't want to reduce the number to zero, and until they do, they're not really any better than the Democrats.
If you are voting for McCain the Socialist, be my guest. But at least give a positive reason why he would be a good POTUS. I don't know of any. In the name of maverickyness, he'll do everything the Democrats will ask him to do. He'll combine the worst features of both parties. But of course, I'm voting for Barr, and a plague on both their houses.
Posted by: kishnevi at October 31, 2008 04:41 PM (ntdZU)
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Wow. Seems like such a waste of time to write a 3000 word comment that I'm not even going to read.
Posted by: alexthechick at October 31, 2008 05:42 PM (zXJGz)
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I thought I told you to put down that Doom Meter.
Posted by: Sean M. at October 31, 2008 06:43 PM (5cHxi)
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Not being Obama is a perfectly good reason to vote for McCain. And I'm not that despondent. That post was meant as a rallying cry. Hell, I threaten to move to the mountains when Wal-Mart puts 1 inch valve stems on my new tires instead of 2 inch. Hyperbole and drama. I'll be around to fight the good fight.
Posted by: Velociman at October 31, 2008 07:13 PM (1Ye/9)
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Velociman--I totally agree with you on one important thing: your description of Florida. However, prices are going down now, as you may have noticed. It is actually possible pay a reasonable price for a condo near the beach and get something that's actually as big as two walk in closets combined. For the rest of you, I have only two things to say: Obama doesn't believe in Marxism. Obama believes in Obama. Whatever he needs to do to get into office and stay there, he does, and once a person has served his purpose, he gets rid of them. I expect that by the end of an Obama presidency, he'll have thrown the whole Democratic party under the bus. And as for McCain, just remember when you vote for him that you are voting for Hope and Change. You're Hoping he's Changed into a real conservative,. against all the evidence. He's less of a conservative than George W. Bush, and he'll be eager to sign onto almost anything the Democrats in Congress send him just to prove he's bipartisan. Do you really want to vote for that?
Posted by: kishnevi at October 31, 2008 09:26 PM (Mcbdi)
Not really, but then I don't buy your premise that Obama is just a Clinton-like opportunist. Trust me, we know McCain is going to try and screw over us the second he's sworn in. We know that going in, we know that stopping Obama is just the first fight. The next four years are going to suck ass no matter what, but they're going to suck slightly less with McCain in charge as opposed to Obama. McCain has his ugly side, but the strongarm nature of Obama's campaign and the insanity, cultist behavior and aggression of his supporters means that stopping them takes priority.
Posted by: doubleplusundead at October 31, 2008 10:53 PM (1xqu1)
We can win this thing, if everyone gets out and votes. And again, talk to anyone you know who's still undecided or who's considering staying at home. Show them video clips on YouTube, if they're not paying attention to that stuff. Do what you can. But most of all, don't let ANYONE tell you that this is over.
More: I can't emphasize this enough: Do NOT listen to the polls. Especially on Election Day. If you're in a swing state and you haven't had a chance to get to your polling place, you're going to hear a lot of talk about how Captain Bullshit has already clinched it. That's a ploy to keep you from showing up. David Axelturf wants you to think this is hopeless. You know what? Fuck him. He and his boss and all the MSM douchebags who are in the tank for them want you to think this is already over. But you know what?
Damn straight, Bluto. Let's get out there and win this election!
"invest $15 billion a year in renewable sources of energy to create five million new energy jobs over the next decade"
So, doing some quick math I see that the annual expenditure per job created would be $3,000. Really? What kind of super fucking awesome health care benefits does that come with? Leeches?
not increase taxes on anyone if they "make under $250,000; you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime –- not your income taxes, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains tax"
Unbelievable.
Here is some more laughing material for you:
build "a new electricity grid"
Hahahahhahaha... in 4 years? 8 years? 20 years?
"eliminate the oil we import from the Middle East in 10 years"
At the same time?
"make a deal with every young person who's here and every young person in America: If you are willing to commit yourself to national service, whether it's serving in our military or in the Peace Corps, working in a veterans home or a homeless shelter, then we will guarantee that you can afford to go to college no ifs ands or buts";
Wow. Just wow.
He concluded:
Mark my words. I will personally blow every man in America. I will also empregnate every woman of child-bearing age with my holy seed bringing forth a new empire of light and purity that will last for 1,000 years.
Read the rest if you have a penchant for the absurd.
"Mark my words. I will personally blow every man in America."
I believe he will keep the above promise being the prick that he is!
Posted by: Jaded at October 31, 2008 03:16 PM (0lpqx)
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Eventually, college will be so expensive that serving government will be the only way to afford it. All this crap does is increase demand without increasing supply.
Posted by: leoncaruthers at October 31, 2008 05:21 PM (JSO4h)
Barack Obama refuses to release the names of the 2 million-plus people who have given his campaign less than $200. According to campaign officials, it would be too difficult and time-consuming to extract this information from its database.
Bullshit.
Any person with any experience using databases* (particularly the types of databases generally used to store credit card/billing information) knows that it would be trivially easy to process this data.
We're talking a day tops. More like it would be a matter of minutes. The truth is that the Obama campaign has already looked at the data that would result from such a query and have found that it demonstrates massive fraud. That's why they won't release it.
Yet another glimpse of the future under the Messiah's future Kingdom on Earth.
* - I forgot to mention. I'm one of those people. I have a lot of experience with almost every kind of database on the market and almost any kind of data you could put in one and I know for a fact that this is just a huge, steaming pile of bullshit.
If they don't have the manpower in their 500,000,000 dollar fucking budget, they should give me a call. I'll do it for free on my fucking lunch break.
Posted by: Sockless Joe at October 31, 2008 09:37 AM (UazZY)
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Hell, I hate databases with a blind passion and *I* could figure out how to pull that data out in 45 minutes. That's including 15 minutes of texting the bff to bitch about how much I hate sql.
Posted by: alexthechick at October 31, 2008 10:35 AM (SHHaV)
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Had exactly the same thoughts. Hell - you could pull that stuff with a 3 year old laptop and MS Access. You would not even have to use any of the anointed one's unimpeachable knowledge or light energy.
Posted by: bert26 at October 31, 2008 03:14 PM (eecdW)
Barack Obama's campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as White House chief of staff, officials said Thursday as the marathon presidential race entered its final, frenzied stretch with a Democratic tilt.
What a great choice there, Barack. I mean, it's not like there's any sort of recent congressional scandal (*cough* Mahoney *cough*) that Rahm might have played a part in, right? Of course not. After all, he's been a part of the Mostest Ethical Congress EVAR. Plus, he's been part of the Dem congresssional leadership that's achieved...um...sorry, but I'm drawing a blank here. (Not that I'm complaining about that last point.)
Besides...uhhh...you're all just a bunch of RACISTS!!!11!one!1!!eleventy! And what's more...Look, a shiny thing!
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Is it just me, or is the jockeying to take out Palin for 2012 by her own party disgusting?
Posted by: eddiebear at October 30, 2008 10:21 PM (Vie40)
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Yeah, and I'm getting damned tired of it. Some of us are going to have to start working our way into the GOPs power structure in order to put ourselves into position to drive these tools out.
Posted by: doubleplusundead at October 30, 2008 10:24 PM (1xqu1)
I used to love Ensign; he was my senator when I lived in Nevada. His voting record was (and still mostly is) spectacular. Unfortunately, as soon as he became head of the NRSC, he turned into a party-line hack.
Posted by: Hermit Dave at October 31, 2008 01:43 AM (WhFvm)
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I had a phone interview for a job with the RNC this past summer. They wanted me to move to Nevada for less than I'm making now. I was willing to do that, and they never followed it up.
IVD, it's probably because they realized they'd never get pictures of you with your face buried in a pair of stripper tits. What good is someone you can't blackmail?
Posted by: Hermit Dave at October 31, 2008 03:24 AM (WhFvm)
Where do we start? I figure we've got morons in most states and many of them are in battle ground states.
Let's kick ass. I'm tired of this shit.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at October 31, 2008 10:40 AM (83gRI)
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Just volunteer for a campaign and a candidate you support, get connections, do a good job, become an invaluable volunteer, get more connections, keep working your way up, then look for people like you and help them up the ladder, whilst pushing the RINOs back down said ladder. This isn't going to happen overnight, and it isn't going to happen during this election, it'll take years, maybe even a decade or two.
Posted by: doubleplusundead at October 31, 2008 10:49 AM (1xqu1)
Pork Fat Jack is panicking
HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!! Awesome, Murtha's looking for one last million dollar earmark from the DNC before Russell and the voters of Western PA kick his corrupt, bloated, Marine-slandering ass out of office. That'd rule so much if we could take PA districts 10, 11 and12. I didn't think Russell had a chance against a guy that'd so thoroughly bought a district, but I guess I was wrong.
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I'm greedy DPU. I not only want 10, 11 and 12... I want 4 (Melissa Hart, running to regain the seat she lost in the '06 tidal wave), 7 (Craig Williams is running a helluva campaign against Joe Sleazeball Sestak) and 8 (Tom Manion vs. Patrick Scumbucket Murphy). I'd love to see at least one of those return to the GOP.
Posted by: either orr at October 31, 2008 01:03 PM (UMePk)
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Posted by: Jeff Hardy at March 05, 2010 07:30 AM (plZIs)
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I just knew I was going to like exploring the Iowa Hawk blog; but I had
no idea how much. Here is some of the most brilliant satire I have ever
had the pleasure of reading and laughing out loud over. I have gotten
pissed at several of the supposed elite. Research Papers and Essay
Posted by: CheryllWard at March 08, 2010 01:42 AM (vuJ/y)
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Brutal, simply brutal as you said. Mike from the comforter sets guide.
Posted by: Mike at March 14, 2010 01:19 PM (o80Y8)
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As anyone seen any mention of this on NRO yet? Vistabay Drug Rehab I'm curious to see if they got there ivy league panties in a wad.
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Posted by: doubleplusundead at October 30, 2008 09:12 PM (1xqu1)
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Just kidding. You were the guy throwing the bottle, right?
Posted by: eddiebear at October 30, 2008 09:16 PM (DkCnF)
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A friend of mine got stuck downtown in the craziness last night and is just thankful to make it out of there. He saw a guy throw a molotov cocktail into a trash can like 20 feet from him.
Posted by: alexthechick at October 30, 2008 09:25 PM (zXJGz)
I received another begging e-mail from the Psychology dorks today, once again pleading with me to post to their survey. Once again, I will not, despite the kindly-worded note from Benjamin. Mostly it's because last time the note was addressed to "Editor of Daily Dollop." This time?
It was addressed simply "Plebian." Since when were we on a first-name basis?
So instead of that, I give you this: a rant against leather pants. That's right, I don't care who's toes I step on.
I feel very strongly that wearing leather pants is a moral issue, and that the practice should not only be frowned upon but should be made illegal.
I'm not speaking of the moral implications of using cowhide to make leather. Cows are both stupid and tasty, so I don't have any problem turning their hide into a wide variety of useful products, from thigh-high dominatrix boots to sexy bustiers.
But leather pants is just one step too far.
When you wear leather pants, you're making one of the following statements:
1) "I wanted to wear something which not only made my ass look bigger, but makes it look as if it's trying to escape." Leather pants do not flatter your figure, people. Oh, perhaps one in a thousand people can wear them, but nobody else can. But one in a thousand people can pick their nose with their feet, too, and I don't see anybody pretending that's acceptable.
2) "I'm too chickenshit to wear a short skirt like the rest of the tramps, but still just as much of a skank." I fully support a woman's right to decide to be a skank, but let's stop fooling ourselves that leather pants are some kind of acceptable way to tart yourself up. Just go for the too-short skirt and the fishnet stockings and stop pretending.
3) "I love the squeaking that my thighs make when I walk!" Because nothing says "hot" like audible reminders of balloon sex.
4) "I am a man with poor fashion sense." If you're a man, and you simply must wear leather on your legs, for heaven's sakes, wear chaps. They're fun, they're classic, and they're unique.
Plus, you'll like a member of the Village People, and women dig that.
OT: can someone point me in the direction of a site that has percentages of voters registered (by population) by state?
I ask because, apparently, NH has 90% of its eligible voters registered as of today (with more to come on Tuesday, I imagine) and I'm curious as to whether that's in line with the reality of past elections/states.
Thanks!
Posted by: ECM at October 30, 2008 06:04 PM (q3V+C)
The 2004 election data is here, if you tease the data enough. Nationally the average is 72%, so 90% sounds quite high.
I guesstimate that in 2004 NH probably had 81% registered based on their voter turnout (72%) and the usual percentage of likely voters who vote (88%).
YMMV.
Posted by: plebian at October 30, 2008 06:16 PM (sfcEj)
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Hahahahaaa...lemme guess, you saw some seriously awful muffintop walking down the street, and the seams of said leather pants were creaking like the Titanic before it broke in two?
And ECM, no idea. I know NH has high voter registration, but 90% seems awful high.
Posted by: doubleplusundead at October 30, 2008 06:18 PM (1xqu1)
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OK, so yeah, after digging some more and consulting the data linked by plebian (thank you!) it seems that this is way out of whack. I mean, 90% of the voter-eligible pop is already registered and it's not even election day...wtf?!
Posted by: ECM at October 30, 2008 06:22 PM (q3V+C)
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So, does this mean that a Diana Rigg-style leather catsuit would be frowned upon by the fine folks at ++undead? 'Cause I'm totally going to get one if I ever find one in my size (extra-small), and if it would offend your tender gazes, I'll be sure not to send you any pictures.
(Do any of you guys know what I look like? I occasionally post pics, but always take them down within 24 hours so as to minimize creepy people hanging around my blog. Creepier than are already there, I mean.)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at October 30, 2008 07:22 PM (8CGjC)
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I have no idea what you look like, but I do dig your choice of reading material (you should probably toss The Rise Fall of the Roman Empire in there at some point, though that'd likely eat up two years of your life right there).
Posted by: ECM at October 30, 2008 07:56 PM (q3V+C)
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Oh, Gibbon is definitely in there. It will be a long time before I get that far, though. Could be a decade. I don't know how much time I'll spend in ancient Greece & Rome.
I can put up a cheesecake shot (short skirt, high-heeled boots) by special request, but it'll be up only about 12 hours.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at October 30, 2008 08:03 PM (8CGjC)
Posted by: alexthechick at October 30, 2008 09:09 PM (zXJGz)
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Thanks. I love those boots. I also have some great hooker shoes (red & strappy with high heels) that I am saving for some future date...I've had them for a while, but my ex-boyfriend just didn't happen to take me out somewhere I could wear them. (They go with my red leather jacket that I got in Florence.)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at October 30, 2008 09:26 PM (8CGjC)
Well, It's 5PM Eastern Time, And No October Surprise?
Today was/is probably the final opportune day for an October Surprise to be released, and unless it happens soon, any positive impact will be for naught.
If that bounty offered for the LA Time Tape to be leaked has not had an impact, especially in the light of layoffs at the newspaper, I wonder if those being laid off are scared of getting the "Joe The Plumber" treatment.
