The Democrat Thread

[BigSqwert]

Between this and the hilarious "volcano monitoring" timing, t's almost as if nature is out to make the GOP look like idiots.

Now all we need if for coastal cities across the globe to become submerged for the trifecta.

[StrangeSox]

Now all we need if for coastal cities across the globe to become submerged for the trifecta.

 

That'll show 'em!

 

Oh, wait...

 

Balta, I've been meaning to ask what your geological specialty is, if you don't mind.

Edited April 27, 2009 by StrangeSox

[Balta1701]

That'll show 'em!

 

Oh, wait...

 

Balta, I've been meaning to ask what your geological specialty is, if you don't mind.

Igneous Petrology. Specifically, I melt rocks for a living looking at the chemistry. But I like to consider myself fairly well rounded...the only part of geology I usually can't at least talk intelligently about is geobiology (detailed genetics are just beyond me and there's a lot of that in that discipline.) If nothing else, a well rounded set of skills should be useful in teaching classes.

[Balta1701]

Now all we need if for coastal cities across the globe to become submerged for the trifecta.

I'm not sure we don't already have the trifecta...

 

Remember the campaign against "Pig odor research?" from a few months back?

 

Yeah....

According to one community resident, the organic and fecal waste produced by Granjas Carrol isn’t adequately treated, creating water and air pollution in the region. I witnessed—and smelled—the same thing in Hardin County, Iowa, a couple of years ago, another area marked by intensive industrial hog production. The article goes on to say that area residents have long complained of “fetid odors” in the air and water, and swarms of flies hovering around waste lagoons. Like their counterparts who live in CAFO-heavy U.S. areas, they also complain of respiratory ailments. Now, with 30 percent of the area’s residents now infected with the virulent flu bug, people are demanding that state and federal authorities inspect hog operations there. So far, reports La Marcha, the response has been: nada.

 

The Mexico City daily La Jornada has also made the link. According to the newspaper, the Mexican health agency IMSS has acknowledged that the orginal carrier for the flu could be the “clouds of flies” that multiply in the Smithfield subsidiary’s manure lagoons.

[HuskyCaucasian]

wow, really?

 

Colbert Study: Conservatives Don't Know He's Joking

according to a study from The Ohio State University, which proves, with math and stuff, that lots of conservatives seem to not understand the intrinsic, underlying joke of The Colbert Report:

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I think a lot of conservatives are going to pissed when they realize that Stephen Colbert's performance at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner was not, in fact, an awkward and ineffective attempt to praise President George W. Bush, but actually a bitter and satiric criticism of his incompetence!

[BigSqwert]

Arlen Spector is switching to the Democratic Party. Once Franken is seated that will make it 60 seats for the Dems. Edited April 28, 2009 by BigSqwert

[lostfan]

I just saw breaking news that Sen. Specter is switching from the GOP to the Dems.

[Balta1701]

Jaw. Open.

[Balta1701]

Immediate reaction: It's going to be a long, long, long time before Minnesota seats its 2nd Senator.

[bmags]

in the dem thread, i'll say,

 

LOL GOP haha. The problem with your party was not the Specters, it is the idiots like Cantor you trot out day after day.

[BigSqwert]

News In Photos

 

Last Few Republican Senators Form Roman Tortoise

[HuskyCaucasian]

Michelle Buchman- Interesting coincidence: Both swine flu out breaks happened during dem. administrations.... not saying the caused it.... (riiiight)

 

 

Except.... it happened under Ford... not Carter. OOPS!

Edited April 29, 2009 by Athomeboy_2000

[Balta1701]

Wow.

"I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter. And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence."

Bachmann.

 

And the last time it happened was 1976. The Ford administration.

[HuskyCaucasian]

Wow.

Bachmann.

 

And the last time it happened was 1976. The Ford administration.

yea, she's absolutely ape-s*** crazy. She wont get re-elected.

[lostfan]

yea, she's absolutely ape-s*** crazy. She wont get re-elected.

She just did though.

[HuskyCaucasian]

She just did though.

she wasnt talking crazy like this though. She went crazy after she as re-elected.

[bmags]

nope, she had her unamerican hunt in October. She then saw an influx of rival donations that nearly put the other candidate in office, but he lost by a few points.

 

She'll be vulnerable though.

[lostfan]

Well, she did the crazyassed rant, then her opponent had a surge, but she kept relatively quiet until the election and gave a half-assed apology for being misquoted (even though her comments were aired in their entirety, live). Then after the election she went completely apes***.

[HuskyCaucasian]

nope, she had her unamerican hunt in October. She then saw an influx of rival donations that nearly put the other candidate in office, but he lost by a few points.

 

She'll be vulnerable though.

oh yes. i forgot when that unamerican thing happened. you are giht. but it showed that she almost talked herself out of the seat with ONE statement. Not the DNC has a whole book to throw at her... and it's only been 6 months.

[HuskyCaucasian]

Talking out of her butt again... maybe she should read a history book, and brush up on her Poli-Sci....

On Monday night, our friends at Dump Bachmann reported, Bachmann took to the House floor and paid tribute to the economic policies of Calvin Coolidge and the "Roaring 20s" (the era that ended with a massive monetary contraction and the Great Depression). One particular line really does stand out, though -- saying Franklin Roosevelt turned a recession into a depression through the "Hoot-Smalley" tariffs:

 

Here's what really happened: When Franklin Roosevelt took office, unemployment was already about 25%. And the tariff referred to here was actually the Smoot-Hawley bill, co-authored by Republicans Sen. Reed Smoot of Utah and Rep. Willis Hawley of Oregon, and signed into law by President Herbert Hoover.

 

Interestingly, this speech also happened on the same day as when Bachmann connected the 1970s swine flu outbreak to Democrat Jimmy Carter being president, even though it was actually Gerald Ford in office at the time.

[NorthSideSox72]

Talking out of her butt again... maybe she should read a history book, and brush up on her Poli-Sci....

We get it, she's bat-s*** crazy. Can we just ignore her now? Please?

[Balta1701]

We get it, she's bat-s*** crazy. Can we just ignore her now? Please?

She's a voting member of the U.S. congress. That's up to the people of Minnesota in 1.5 years.

 

(After that of course, she's almost certain to become a regular contributor to Fox News)

[bmags]

I think it's hysterical. How would politics be fun without making fun of the bats*** crazies

[NorthSideSox72]

I think it's hysterical. How would politics be fun without making fun of the bats*** crazies

If everyone knew what a joke she was, I'd be in agreement. But to me, its sad, in a train car sort of way. She's obviously not very bright, clearly full of hate and anger, and yet there are still going to be people who support her. I know its hard to look away, but, I am trying to.

 

[Balta1701]

If everyone knew what a joke she was, I'd be in agreement. But to me, its sad, in a train car sort of way. She's obviously not very bright, clearly full of hate and anger, and yet there are still going to be people who support her. I know its hard to look away, but, I am trying to.

Palin/Bachmann 2012.