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July 19, 2009
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Posted by Van Helsing at July 19, 2009 11:42 AM
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Did that last speech sound just a mite...queer?
Posted by: Cliff47 at July 19, 2009 12:11 PM
Yes, a good allusion to the type of screwing Chairman Zero is giving us.
Posted by: Henry at July 19, 2009 12:15 PM
I have a bumper sticker for every occasion. This one is about his smoking:
BrokeBarack Butts, I Can't Quit You
Posted by: Obumbler at July 19, 2009 12:27 PM
PETA, People Evolving Toward Assininity, aka People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has long been known for its concern that we humans wise up and smell the reality that animals are people, too!
Okay, they don’t precisely say that. In truth, they feel that the many species of beasties that inhabit the planet are not really people. They’re much better. They don’t hate, they don’t murder, they don’t backbite, they don’t hold grudges, and they don’t vote.
See “President Obamabortion . . . ” (et al.)http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=213
PETA’s Mission Statement proclaims that its alleged 2 million strong membership is dedicated to relieving the suffering of animals, which is certainly admirable. It also focuses on protecting “beavers, birds, and other ‘pests’ and the abuse of backyard dogs.” http://www.peta.org/about/index.asp.
That, I guess, is admirable as well although its inattention to frontyard and sideyard dogs is somewhat disturbing.
Its mission statement also omits all reference to that animal designed to be the ruler of the animal pack, that animal intended by God to be at the top of the food chain, the only animal infused with an immortal soul, the human animal.
“PETA people” is not intentionally synonymous with “PITA people,” which acronym has to do with what some doctors were wont to scribble on patient charts to describe those who were Pains In The Arse. Still, that designation aptly applies to PETAs.
PETA is always thirsting for publicity, whether through over-the-top, and banned ads, such as those depicting “poultry morgues” in supermarkets or bulging, impotent pizza delivery guys or singing cows or copulating cats, http://www.spike.com/collection/15167.
More “mainstream” PETA advertisements and demonstrations, such as nude women covered in animal blood and attacking fur-wearing women, were deemed acceptable.
PETA was recently in the news in a story relating to the title of this piece. The super-sensitive organization objected to our super-sensitive president’s swatting a fly and suggested a more humane approach to dealing with such pests, namely trapping future flies and then releasing them in the great outdoors.
Criticized by Pro-Lifers for its focus on flies and ignoring people, a spokesman said employed the glib reductio ad absurdum argument that, “We don’t take a stance on that (abortion) any more than Operation Rescue would take a stance on going vegetarian:” http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51096
Well, not exactly, PETANS. Your organization’s very name indicates your interest is in ethically treating “animals,” which should reasonably incorporate the top of the food chain unless, of course, you feel humans are not atop that chain and that dogs, cats, snakes, chickens–and flies–supersede people.
PETA even offered its alternative to smushing flies, its handy-dandy “Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher,” available for eight bucks for fly/bug lovers.
Now, I’m sure PETA people are very intelligent folks. After all, aren’t all caring folk sensitive? However, they may not be aware of the nature of the fly.
Flies may be cute lil creatures to PETA . . .
(Read the rest at http://genelalor.com)
Posted by: Berlet98 at July 19, 2009 1:06 PM
Berlet, I can tell you from first hand experience, PETA does actually do some great work. I rarely agree with their tactics, but they were a great help in rescuing "backyard dogs" in my neighborhood. Unable to get animal control's assistance, I contacted PETA, and a 1 year old male Pit and a litter of 8 were placed in good homes. Knocking them for nonsense, which they often bring on themselves, is petty. However, noting their accomplishments does both them and us good.
Posted by: Kyle at July 19, 2009 1:39 PM
Uber-Left C*nt puts herself back into the fray....
What a twit. Goast of Welstone's Blue Balls probably has .....about her ........ but, probably not, because he GOW is into men, and she is not quite a man yet.
Janeane Garofalo: There Is Almost No Liberal News Outlet in America
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/07/19/janeane-garofalo-there-almost-no-liberal-news-outlet-america
Posted by: Oiao at July 19, 2009 1:45 PM
I'm not sure I understand the purpose of the local 'animal control' organizations; keep the pit bulls from munching up granma? Or save the whales??
I found a fawn on my son's suburban front lawn and figured I'd better put it his fenced yard before some feral dogs find dinner. Then I thought, hmmm, what happens when Bambi comes looking for her baby? She'll bust down the fence or break some glass to get inside his yard. So I called police. They don't deal with that. Then I called animal control. I'm in the wrong county.
So I put the thing back where I found it. It just wandered away. Maybe some day, if I get into an accident this guy will remember me, call 911 and save my sorry ass!
Posted by: Shooter1001 at July 19, 2009 2:36 PM
Oiao, your point? How clever "GOW is into men" You have so little, so within your own homophobia you get to call someone gay? What are you 12? No wonder the conservative agenda is in the toilet.
Posted by: Ghost of Wellstone at July 19, 2009 3:06 PM
Guess again Wellstoned. Your movement is tanking.
You liberal dip shits keep doing what you're doing and 2010 political landscape will change.
Condescending elitist ass wipe.
Posted by: Dave at July 19, 2009 3:12 PM
Dave, you guys are lost somewhere on the bottom of the ocean. This twisted logic that racially attacking Sonia Sotomayor, GOP members e-mail racist Presidential attacks, affairs,and the cult like behavior over on C Street is laughable at best. Keep focusing on nonsense, it makes the Progressive job easier, the sad part is, is that while we push an inclusive agenda that helps all of us, your sorry ass is included. Volunteering with people to the right of you at least have the decency to note good efforts without partisan blinders on.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 19, 2009 3:32 PM
Fuck Off anonytard. Sell your snake oil elsewhere.
An inclusive agenda you say? Are you in fantasyland you dip shit? Wake up you liberal freak and smell the coffee. If you don't like my posts or opinions you have every right to FOAD.
I can't believe that I would even respond to your inbred sorry sorry ass.
IDIOT TROLL!!! You must be Wellstoned
Posted by: Dave at July 19, 2009 3:47 PM
Dave, that actually was me, forgot to sign back in. The issues that you have are deep seeded to the point where you can't even debate any of the nonsense you pretend to support.
Posted by: Ghost of Wellstone at July 19, 2009 3:51 PM
Obama snubbed in Russia. Nobody will shake his hand. NOBODY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHEposwhovk
Posted by: cwking at July 19, 2009 3:57 PM
I don't debate liars and elitist. You are a condesending liberal and I will do my part to get people like you out of office.
Deep seeded issues? You bet your pinko ass!
There's a reason Wellstoned, socialist like you are just a small part of it.
Posted by: Dave at July 19, 2009 3:59 PM
Dave, if you think socialist is an insult, think again as I am from the Senator Sanders school of Democratic Socialism. What have I lied about and when did I get into office? I'm a paid media whore, remember? And to think an agenda of the liberal persuasion is tanking, I suggest you look to states like Iowa where same sex marriage is legal. It is equality and peace we seek, not war and corporate sponsorship like the teabagging parties have been. You can wallow in racism,hatred, and fear all you want, but at the days end you lost and with the current behavior of the likes of jefferson Beauregard Sessions will continue to lose.
Posted by: ghost of Wellstone at July 19, 2009 4:12 PM
Posted by: Kathleen at July 19, 2009 4:16 PM
Not a racist Wellstoned, I hate everybody!
LOL!!!
I don't come here to win or loose you dip shit, I come here to criticize idiots like you.
To me this is good therapy.
Stupid, you support liberalism in political office.
You're not the sharpest TOOL in the shed.
Posted by: Dave at July 19, 2009 4:17 PM
Hey Wellstoned,
Check out what Kathleen posted. More chicken shit liberal tactics. they called police on peaceful protesters.
You dip shits are PATHETIC.
Posted by: Dave at July 19, 2009 4:27 PM
"Loose"? A dictionary may be good therapy Dave. The point is not winning or losing, it is collectively improving the lives our fellow Americans. That includes the poor, the impoverished, the elite, and the minorities. America is not just for the white and powerful, and contrary to what Pat Buchannan says, this country was not built by whites, this country is still under construction from the Asians that the railroads to the African-Americans that cultured it, and liberals and conservatives that fight tooth and nail to preserve it. It is a combined effort Dave. Failing to recognize that is shortsighted and serves no logical purpose.
Posted by: Ghost of Wellstone at July 19, 2009 4:46 PM
Then why do you bring up winning or LOSING?
Stop back tracking dip shit.
What the fuck is your racist ass talking about.
What happened to you blog? I like to go there and read your liberal bullshit. Your blogs are all alike, stuck on Bush.
Infantile jackass....
Posted by: Dave at July 19, 2009 5:01 PM
Dave, if you think socialist is an insult, think again as I am from the Senator Sanders school of Democratic Socialism.
Socialist is an insult, as it requires a deeply ignorant and unenlightened mind to subscribe to the snake oil of socialism, even if it entails joining dinner parties.
Furthermore, socialists are lazy individuals who eye the wealth of others with greedy envy.
Additionally they are hypocrites, because they never eye the wealth of other self proclaimed socialists.
Posted by: J at July 19, 2009 5:31 PM
"The point is not winning or losing, it is collectively improving the lives our fellow Americans. That includes the poor, the impoverished, the elite, and the minorities"
Oh really??? 40 million out of 320 million don't have healthcare at any time. Half are between jobs and are out of the system for a few weeks or don't want to pay for it even though they can afford it. That leaves 20 million, half of whom are illegal aliens and most could qualify for a govenment plan if they BOTHERED to sign up. More than 90% of people are HAPPY with their health care so how is stripping us of our current coverage going to COLLECTIVELY IMPROVE our lives? According to polls more poor here are happy with their healthcare coverage than the insured in England are today.
The whole point of both healthcare plans in the house and senate are to lower the access to quality healthcare by the middle class to that of the poor,ie medicare. This is EQUALITY under Obama, dumb down the healthcare system. He has stated he would not pledge that HIS family would only use a govenment healthcare plan most of us would be forced to use because he knows private care will still be available to the rich, like him who can pay cash for medical care under the new system. Neither plan will cut long term costs according to the CBO which is the "crisis" the Dems are using a pretext to "rham" these plans through Congress. By making sure your private insurance will become taxable income or banning people for signing up to new policies when they switch jobs or by subsidizing public plans on the taxpayers dime so private insurers can't compete will eventually compel all but the rich into a government healthcare plan. Then when we're hooked watch EVERYONE'S TAXES go through the roof while we receive government crap care.
Posted by: tired of liberal lies at July 19, 2009 5:33 PM
J,
I have been saying that about Wellstoned and candy Andy since I've been here.
They are all hypocritical dip shits.
And these ass wipes want to debate every thing and everyone.
Wellstoned did you check out Kathleen's last post?
You should so that you can see chicken shit liberalism in action.
Posted by: Dave at July 19, 2009 5:51 PM
It sucks watching the liberals gloat on this blog, just as they gloat now on all blogs and in all media. The only solace is seeing the "incredibly popular", "amazingly popular", "most astounding approval ratings ever", "highest approval rating in the history of presidential polling" Messiah's approve/disapprove now down to 51/49. We're within 2 points of the media having to explain why Obama is the most popular president in the History of Planetary Life Forms And Even In The Entire History Of All Matter In The Universe while he's carrying a negative sub-50 rating. I can't wait. I can't stand these gloaters, and it will be a joyous day when they go back to being whiny defeatists, as they will when health reform and cap and trade go down in flames and the American people increasingly conclude that they elected a fraud. We are much more than half way there.
Posted by: mega at July 19, 2009 5:56 PM
obamaland - where the men are sissies and the sheep are nerrrrrrrrrrrrvous!
Posted by: nancz at July 19, 2009 6:05 PM
Profile in Countermoonbattery:
Steven A. Burd, CEO, Safeway, Inc.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124476804026308603.html
"As a self-insured employer, Safeway designed just such a plan in 2005 and has made continuous improvements each year. The results have been remarkable. During this four-year period, we have kept our per capita health-care costs flat (that includes both the employee and the employer portion), while most American companies' costs have increased 38% over the same four years."
Safeway is not safe from the Moonbat Messiah's plans to ensure equality of circumstance for every overweight smoker in America.
Once Chairman Zero has made sure that every trace of personal responsibility is eradicated from Safeway, the company will be looted by bureaucrats and their wasteful public mandate. The result? Workers will have to be laid off to cope with the costs of irresponsibility and waste in health care.
Make no mistake, the public "option" is not an option. It is a job killer.
Posted by: Anonymous Countermoonbat at July 19, 2009 6:06 PM
^^^^^^ Welstoned, You support this bullshit^^^^^
Posted by: Dave at July 19, 2009 6:09 PM
Obamacare: the ail for what cures us.
Posted by: Mr Evilwrench at July 19, 2009 6:28 PM
OK - now I'm really confused and proud that there may be some rational people on all sides of the issue.
The American Civil Liberties Union has sent a letter to the Loveland Police Department alleging that officers illegally searched and briefly detained a man carrying a gun at South Shore Parkway.
http://www.reporterherald.com/news_story.asp?ID=23999
Posted by: Oiao at July 19, 2009 7:53 PM
US News and World Report.
Why Obama Looks Like a One Termer.....
Just for your reading fun.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/11/11/why-obama-could-be-a-one-term-president.html
Posted by: Oiao at July 19, 2009 8:57 PM
Posted by: BURNING HOT at July 19, 2009 9:04 PM
BUTCH CAUSIALTY AND THE SUNDUNCE KID
Posted by: SPURWING PLOVER at July 19, 2009 9:04 PM
Well, its not like this is really 'news' to us, but it is good to see someone reporting on it.
Obama Health Plan to Cover 12 Million Illegals
Duh! You think? Got to keep those illegal voters at the polls happy for 1012.
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/health_care_obama/2009/07/19/237484.html?s=al&promo_code=83A3-1
Posted by: Oiao at July 19, 2009 9:11 PM
good news .... now Hillary's out there apologizing on behalf of the United States.
Notice the subtle wording in her statement - she's too smart to get left holding the apology bag, no doubt expecting Obama to zig-zag over to nationalism now that everyone's getting sick of the apology tours, so she pins that tail right on the donkey:
"We acknowledge now with President Obama that we have made mistakes in the United States......
Posted by: mega at July 19, 2009 9:13 PM
Shout out to Jimbo!
Posted by: Oiao at July 19, 2009 9:40 PM
LDS Church President Thomas Monson will meet with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office today, marking the commander-in-chief's first meeting with Monson as head of the church. The White House said Sunday that the two leaders, along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Mormon,
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12872708
Posted by: Oiao at July 19, 2009 9:54 PM
Posted by: BURNING HOT at July 19, 2009 10:29 PM
Posted by: BURNING HOT at July 19, 2009 10:29 PM
Posted by: BURNING HOT at July 19, 2009 10:30 PM
Breaking: TVNewser has learned CNN correspondent Susan Roesgen's contract will not be renewed and she will be leaving the network.
Posted by: BURNING HOT at July 19, 2009 10:34 PM
Posted by: BURNING HOT at July 19, 2009 11:44 PM
Anyone paying attention to Rasmussen this morning?
Total approve / total disapprove
One point to go. Be sure to make some popcorn and put on CNBC when that point switches columns.
Posted by: mega at July 20, 2009 8:10 AM
Ghost of Wellstone, how does it feel to be a paid Communist whore?
Posted by: SK at July 20, 2009 8:22 AM
Don't look now. Rasmussen has Obama-Romney tied. :^O :^D
http://tinyurl.com/RR0384
http://wannabeanglican.blogspot.com/2009/07/breaking-rasmussen-poll-has-obama.html
Posted by: Wannabe Anglican at July 20, 2009 8:43 AM
Goatse of Wellstoned at July 19, 2009 4:12 PM- "Dave, if you think socialist is an insult, think again as I am from the Senator Sanders school of Democratic Socialism."
Indeed. Why would a communist be insulted when called a socialist? One can no more offend a communist than a Bot-fly.
Goatse of Wellstoned at July 19, 2009 4:12 PM- "It is equality and peace we seek..."
Yeah. Sure. "Democratic Socialists" have been squeezing out the same turds since it's founding by Marx and Engels. Trying new toppings every generation doesn't change a thing. Whether it's candy sprinkles, powdered sugar or honey glaze, it's still crap. Your leprosy movement was communist. Then socialist. Then "democratic socialist", liberal and "progressive". But world communism is still the goal
Goatse of Wellstoned at July 19, 2009 4:12 PM- "not war and corporate sponsorship..."
Not corporate sponsorship? Just because you don't openly advertise your funding, doesn't equal "non-sponsored". Not war, huh? Your bowel movement has been up to it's neck in war and murder since the 1st International. Central America and Africa, for starters, waging civil war with your pals the USSR and Red China. Am very familiar with your brand of "no war" in Mozambique and Rhodesia.
Goatse of Wellstoned at July 19, 2009 4:46 PM- "The point is not winning or losing, it is collectively improving the lives our fellow Americans."
That's a good one- "fellow Americans". Your party is not not the least interested in Americans, or America. You are Transnational Progressivists, the latest brand of World Communism. Don't assume that everyone is not familiar with the inner workings of your organization. You are a disease, for which there is only one cure.
Goatse of Wellstoned at July 19, 2009 4:46 PM- "this country was not built by whites, this country is still under construction from the Asians that the railroads to the African-Americans that cultured it, and liberals and conservatives that fight tooth and nail to preserve it."
Yeah, I read the brochure already. Still felching Goatse?
Posted by: chairman soetoro's oprichniki at July 20, 2009 10:17 AM
Channeling McCarthy these days Chairman? Tossing around names like "communist" "Marxist" and "Socialist" like a beach ball is almost becoming comical, aside from the fact that you are addicted to it. Liberals and Conservatives can either find some common ground, or continue on this path of name calling,and smearing of "fellow citizens". Referring to someone as a "twit" ie; Sarah Palin, and calling someone a "Communist" ie; Moi is a far cry from fixing the American division. You guys could actually try and contribute, but nooooo! you'd rather have a circle jerk of liberal bashing under the influence of hate for Barack Obama. Get over yourselves, you are getting little traction, and making fools of yourselves. Take a look at Dick Morris shaking at a bookstore on Cspan, peime example.
Posted by: Ghost of Wellstone at July 20, 2009 10:44 AM
"Ghost of Wellstone at July 19, 2009 4:12 PM-
"It is equality and peace we seek, not war and corporate sponsorship..."
FIRST, Your "equality" means that you will be STUCK in you political class with no way to better yourself.
And what sort of "equality" are you working for? Is it Social, political, or ECCONOMIC? Do you really think everyone will be as rich as Bill Gates? Or do you want everyone to be as poor as migrant fruit pickers? And what will you do if someone does a better job that his neighbor and makes more money? Will your leaders beat him and take all his money and posessions for being "arrogant"? Why should anyone work at all if your leaders promass "everyone will be taken care of"?
SECOND, with the ELITES running things, inovation would be stiffled. Inventions and modifications would be left to the "science" class, not to tinkerers with brains.
THIRD, Suppression of inovation would stall the advance of technology and society.
FOURTH, The elites would suppress free thought to keep people in their place and keep RIVALS from appiering. They would also suppress ideas to keep people from realising that there was a BETTER form of government and society.
FIFTH, You seem to have forgotten that the commies' are sponcered and by such billionair corporation-owners as Soros, Gates and Oprah. Real "oppressed working class people", right comrade Goat?
You have no idea what you are fighting for, you only know "America is EEEVIL!".
Posted by: KHarn at July 20, 2009 11:19 AM
Ghost of Wellstone eat shit scumbag. Ha ha ha ha.
Posted by: Amused As Hell at July 20, 2009 12:04 PM
Amused, do you ever actually have anything to add other than a childish comment?
Posted by: Ghost of Wellstone at July 20, 2009 12:07 PM
Ha ha ha ha Dickhead.
Posted by: Amused As Hell at July 20, 2009 12:47 PM
"Amused" seems to have a better perspective on you than you yourself.
Posted by: Mr Evilwrench at July 20, 2009 2:22 PM
I just read Witness, by Whittaker Chambers. I recommend it highly to all Americans, and to liberals too. Bottom line: Witness, and more recently the Venona transcripts, make clear that we have a communist infestation in this country, just as we do on this site, and both need the same treatment.
In particular, we need to revive the House Un-American Activities Committee, because God knows we have a lot of un-American activities going on. All those blacklisted back when, despite being portrayed for decades as martyrs, are now known unequivocally to have been communists. Call it the "Rosenberg effect," since we now know beyond the slightest doubt - thanks to co-conspirator Morton Sobell - that the Rosenbergs were as guilty as sin.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 20, 2009 6:13 PM
The worst thing to come out of the McCarthy hearings was the communists got a "get out of any debate free" card. Any time someone would call them on their tendency, they'd just whip out that M word and shut the debate down. Same as with "RACISM" or "HOMOPHOBIA". You know, I've overcome my fear of all those words. They have no power over you beyond what you let them.
Posted by: Mr Evilwrench at July 20, 2009 9:13 PM
You know things are getting really weird when Biden starts looking like the smart one.
Posted by: comet at July 21, 2009 3:24 AM
Goatse of Wellstoned at July 20, 2009 10:44 AM- "Channeling McCarthy these days Chairman?"
That's very flattering, but sucking up will get you nowhere.
Posted by: chairman soetoro's oprichniki at July 21, 2009 4:54 AM

