Yeah, I've been wondering what effect (if any) this will have on our political discourse.
Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
'Shindig'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Apr 30, 2012 6:35:46 am PDT #2990 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Apr 30, 2012 6:39:34 am PDT #2991 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Republicans are the Problem
Thomas E. Mann is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
Wow.
msbelle - Apr 30, 2012 6:40:42 am PDT #2992 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I really hope they show Revenge over the summer since I took it out of my rotation.
I watched Scandal last night. Really? POTUS??? REALLY!!!??
DavidS - Apr 30, 2012 6:42:18 am PDT #2993 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Republican party just seems insane to me anymore. Literally, like crazy person ranting.
I don't even understand what the strategic value of attacking birth control is. First of all, how can you be opposed to that? Especially if you're anti-abortion. Second of all, how is that going to win elections?
Toddson - Apr 30, 2012 6:43:21 am PDT #2994 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And who, exactly, is Grover Norquist? and why have almost all the Republicans in Congress signed his pledge to never raise taxes and never close any tax loopholes?
Consuela - Apr 30, 2012 6:46:24 am PDT #2995 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
First of all, how can you be opposed to that? Especially if you're anti-abortion. Second of all, how is that going to win elections?
It's all tribalism and resentment, so far as I can tell. It's not "My wife and I used birth control when we first got married, so other people should be allowed to," it's "Those lazy sluts sucking at the public teat want to use MY MONEY to pay for their sex! Stone them!"
Also there's the thing about parents not wanting their kids to behave like they did; so just because Joe and Jill had sex at 16, doesn't meant they want their daughter Jane to. Cognitive dissonance is the order of the day.
Rational discourse went out the door about the time that Ken Starr subpoena'd Monica Lewinsky's blue dress.
Tom Scola - Apr 30, 2012 6:48:23 am PDT #2996 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I don't even understand what the strategic value of attacking birth control is.
I think they tried to frame it as a religious issue, e.g. “See how horrible Obamacare is? It’s forcing churches to go against their religion!”
It kind of spun out of control from there. Limbaugh and a bunch of other people had trouble staying on message.
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2012 6:48:49 am PDT #2997 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
First of all, how can you be opposed to that? Especially if you're anti-abortion.
Honestly? If women are forced into Duggar-hood, having double-digit babies until their uteruses fall out, and then caring for their 15 kids, then those uppity bitches won't have time to cause trouble by demanding equality and jobs.
Second of all, how is that going to win elections?
I think they're grossly overestimating the wingnut vote. Or they forgot that we uppity bitches are still allowed to vote.
Jesse - Apr 30, 2012 6:51:10 am PDT #2998 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think they're grossly overestimating the wingnut vote.
This.
Calli - Apr 30, 2012 6:52:31 am PDT #2999 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
First of all, how can you be opposed to that? Especially if you're anti-abortion.
If you're anti-abortion because you don't want those sluts to get away with having sex without being punished (i.e., babies = wrath of God), then it's a perfectly logical position.
ETA: See also, "opposition to HPV vaccine."