"This image seemed like a proper response to the first Presidential debate... but I’m not sure I realized how hard it is to caricature furniture.”
Remember Blitt's famous cover from the 2008 campaign.
October 5, 2012
"One on One" — the New Yorker cover by Barry Blitt.
"This image seemed like a proper response to the first Presidential debate... but I’m not sure I realized how hard it is to caricature furniture.”
Remember Blitt's famous cover from the 2008 campaign.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 221 of 221I see ritmo is...
Uh, busy having a life?
Crack Sez:
Dante,
That's the point:
Nothing's a problem for Mitt.
Yeah? That's what Religion Does, Crack. Follow the rules.
It all sounds stupid to me, so what if some of it sounds stupid to you. Orthodox Christianity does it for you? Never heard of Christ, going to hell? All those African asses going to hell? All those Asians going to hell? All those American Indians going to hell? Shit, that's even too much for Hitler, and he deserves some big ass whopping.
I was reading Twitchy just now and had an epiphany. Remember all those studies where they feed rats 300 gallons of coke(the drink, not the drug) to a rat every day for 5 years, and then discover that "Surprise!" the rat has some sort of cancer?
I think that's the same effect going on with the libtards. They have been drinking the "kool-aid" for so long and so deep, they have actually become dumber than a normal person. Maybe dumber is a poor choice of words...more credulous, might be better. But the lack of critical thinking about who to blame for Zero's problems, and the problems of the country as a whole, show an utter absence of logic.
PS.
Watched Eliot Spitzer vs. Glenn Beck:War of Words today with the wife on the computer. They had a "debate" the day before the Rumble in Denver. Spitzer was good, I admit, but then he should be, he was AG for NY, and Governor as well.
My wife while smarter than I am by far is not as sneaky as me, so she was getting more and more agitated as the thing went on, because it appeared that Beck was losing(she's a BIG beck head. My fault. I kept talking about his radio show, which I find entertaining, sorta' like the Daily Show for conservatives).
I finally had to stop the podcast and explain what a strawman argument was to her and how that was all Spitzer was using. AS an example, he kept to the point that we need government to have a civilization, and that the right wanted to do away with it, which leads to anarchy.(no rebuttals were done on this debate). So I explained to my wie that Spitzer was arguing a false premise, conservatives want to eliminate government. While I am sure that there are some who do most just want it smaller, and to live within its means. Then I had to explain how you can;t disprove a negative, and that was why strawmen arguments worked so well.
Altogether a credible effort by Spitzer to "win" the debate, but ultimately, it's not about winning, it's about doing what's right, for us, for our children, for the country.
The 47% is really 99%. Romney represents the Little red Hen - Obama represents all the other animals.
Ritmo said--1. Blame Democrats for EVERYTHING!
Have you ever in your life seen conservatives villify something called a RINO?
2. Blame job non-creation on the unemployed.
Link or it's bullshit. Nope not even that, just bullshit.
3. Blame low/stagnant wage growth and unemployment on the higher taxes that Democrats have somehow not implemented.
Because Zerocare is totally tax neutral.(just the major one, you can find more if you really wanted too. Do you?
4. Pretend to know and believe that the "middle class" is important, for some reason.
Because Democrats never pander to special interest groups.
5. Blame every businessperson's ingrown toe and hangnail on some as yet unspecified regulation. Identify regulation as the cause of all economic evil, but don't say what that regulation is and how it somehow got in the way of making money.
Tell it to the EPA and their shutting done coal plants, the DoI for shutting down the pipeline, and Gibson Guitar.
6. When in doubt, alert us to the Muslim terror and remind us that there are people less enlightened than us in the world who aren't up to much good. We should be spending every last resource trying to better them and hunt down their miscreants. It helps take the focus off anything that comes up short on the domestic front.
Says the guy backing the guy who is "not" dancing on Osama's grave, shooting missiles up the ass of American citizens, and arresting the producers of internet videos. Oh! Chris Stevens raped corpse wants to have a word with you.
Was this even a serious effort? I saw this, and I know someone else said something, but I had to get my 2 cents in.
As for Crack and his Mormon bugaboo...If Romney is SOOOO brain dead, and he wipes the floor with Zero, what does that say about Zero? To me it sez, I have a choice, a cultist who can add, and hold a cogent argument, or a zombiefied choom smoker who has to be dragged off the golf course to do his duties. MMMMM...tuff choice...someone who believes differently than I do, but is otherwise logical, approachable, and not a flaming idiot, or the flaming idiot...mmmm...wants people to work, wants people to get food stamps...uuhhhhh...damn, this election shit is hard...shut down business to look for lost girl, just shut down businesses.
throws hands up walking awayToo tuff for me.
Carnifex, good stuff. Your point by point rebuttal of Ritmo (and then of Crack) is fluking great.
By the way, consider me a frequent fan of your late night stuff (e.g. your anecdotes, like the high school football pizza hut vomit story-- from a while ago, but it very memorably stuck in my mind). I don't always get a chance (or make it a point to) express that appreciation. So... since I happen to be up late, doing that now.
OMG! The New Yorker allows itself to crack the facade. Waiting for Godot (my title).
Gaslighting.
Something the elites have done a good job of.
Just look at the manipulation of numbers. U-3, U-6, energy costs, spending levels, and of course our sorry, sad, pathetic congress that has punted any sense of fiscal responsibility with a Continuing Resolution scheme that if left in place ensures bankruptcy.
One big charade, with side charades to draw attention away from the stuff that matters.
The parents aren't home, the children have the credit card and the siding is coming off the house.
And there are enablers that worry about cultish things. The biggest cult going is the democrat party, and anyone that worships at the altar of big government. Republicans bear some of the blame for their silence in the face of the depravity in many many instances.
We are witnessing the historic unravelling of a once great republic.
Carnifex,
As for Crack and his Mormon bugaboo...If Romney is SOOOO brain dead, and he wipes the floor with Zero, what does that say about Zero? To me it sez, I have a choice, a cultist who can add, and hold a cogent argument, or a zombiefied choom smoker who has to be dragged off the golf course to do his duties. MMMMM...tuff choice...
Oh, he can "hold a cogent argument" when the question amounts to "What's the difference?" or "How does it feel to be the first Mormon candidate for president?" He can knock those toughies out of the park!
But pin him down on whether cold fusion was "solved" by Utah cultists - who, BTW, just can't duplicate it yet - or whether it's a way to conduct electricity, or whether he has an understanding of basic science (which he loves so much) and then, rather than the Smooth Operator you're all creaming over, we're back to witnessing a bumbling, fumbling, Mr. McGoo who likes cars and thinks trees are all the right height.
Come on.
It's bad enough that HE'S like that, but watching the rest of you act like,....what? You forgot? Now he's the definition of "coherent" because he stood next to Obama having a bad night?
You guys just make politics - or yourselves - look pointless and silly,...
Kill them all... God will sort 'em out.
Excuse me, when did Romney claim to be a physicist?
A BETTER COVER WOULD BE THIS:
- MITT JUST AS HE IS. STANDING AT A DESK WITH NO PROPS.
- BHO AT DESK WITH TELEPROMPTERS AND A MICROPHONE CONNECTED TO A COMPUTER (TO PROVIDE INSTANT TEXT). THE DESK WITH THE POTUS SEAL.
- THE ENVIRONMENT EXPECTS THIS AS NATURAL. THAT IS, NO ONE MINDS.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT COVER (OR SNL SPOOF).
One on One? Or One on None--is more like it. Of course I don't know how you paint an empty suit.
I just watched the debate a second time.
IMO anyone who's indifferent as to which of those two men will be POTUS for the next 4 years, is an imbecile.
I know I've probably just insulted a lot of people I might like and respect. But sorry, I still think, on this topic-- you're an imbecile.
That New Yorker cover is uncannily accurate. Obama is utterly, absolutely out of his depth. Frighteningly so.
2. Blame job non-creation on the unemployed.
Link or it's bullshit. Nope not even that, just bullshit.
Yep. Herman Cain is a good representation of the bullshit that is modern Republicanism.
Your apology is ready to be accepted as soon as you wake up.
3. Blame low/stagnant wage growth and unemployment on the higher taxes that Democrats have somehow not implemented.
Because Zerocare is totally tax neutral.(just the major one, you can find more if you really wanted too. Do you?
You can find the evidence for your own bs assertions. If you really believed them. (But you probably don't).
Don't expect me to do the work that you were too lazy to do. If you want to make a point, bring the evidence. (Although that would prevent you from making nearly all of them).
4. Pretend to know and believe that the "middle class" is important, for some reason.
Because Democrats never pander to special interest groups.
Yup. Democrats waste no time in pandering to groups powerful and venal enough to plow over the middle class, who never fail in making every attempt to smash them and their interests. Yep.
5. Blame every businessperson's ingrown toe and hangnail on some as yet unspecified regulation. Identify regulation as the cause of all economic evil, but don't say what that regulation is and how it somehow got in the way of making money.
Tell it to the EPA and their shutting done coal plants, the DoI for shutting down the pipeline, and Gibson Guitar.
I will tell the EPA that you want to convince them that a third-world energy strategy is a growth strategy. So is shunning emerging, much cleaner technologies with exponentially declining costs. That would be awesome.
6. When in doubt, alert us to the Muslim terror and remind us that there are people less enlightened than us in the world who aren't up to much good. We should be spending every last resource trying to better them and hunt down their miscreants. It helps take the focus off anything that comes up short on the domestic front.
Says the guy backing the guy who is "not" dancing on Osama's grave,
Because Bush/Rove wouldn't hype up the same if their incompetent asses actually managed to pull that off. Hell, they'd have released video footage of the body, probably.
...shooting missiles up the ass of American citizens,
So much less troubling than Republicans applauding the execution of innocents in Texas under Rick Perry, or applauding the policy-directed death of the uninsured.
...and arresting the producers of internet videos. Oh! Chris Stevens raped corpse wants to have a word with you.
Now who's "dancing on corpses"?
Was this even a serious effort? I saw this, and I know someone else said something, but I had to get my 2 cents in.
With mental inflation as bad and as bloated as yours, the value of that was closer to 2 Weimar pfennigs.
Kind of Cute! AP cited Big Sis and asked about email...
Should I follow Sec. of DHS?
Uh, she's fibbing AP, she says she doesn't use personal email accounts. She does use it for work, in fact has no choice, since the minute you are employed by Uncle Sugar your particulars are inserted in the the big fat jumbo database e-directory in the sky. It is impossible to function in government today without email, to PC, tablet, or to your smart phone.
If she really doesn't have any personal email account, my guess is she uses government email for personal affairs from time to time. A lower rank employee could be fired for that, but a cabinet Secretary....fat chance.
Hell, I retired some years ago now and I still have a government email via Dept of Army's "Knowledge on Line" (AKO) system. I don't use it, but it is there.
Dante asked ...
All those African asses going to hell? All those Asians going to hell? All those American Indians going to hell?
Anybody here old enough to recall the "Save the Pagan Babies" annual campaigns? :-))
When I returned from the Philippines in the late 70's, I was surprised at how the alphabet and print media were trashing Carter. Armed Forces TV and Stars and Stripes had filtered this stuff out. After all he was still commander in chief.
Coming from the New Yorker, I take this as a good sign. I look forward to reading their letters to the editor—BTW I read it in the library, I don't pay for it.
yashu,
Excuse me, when did Romney claim to be a physicist?
If you think you have to be a physicist to know cold fusion is straight out of Cranksville, then you're as braindead as he is.
And as proof (I love stuff with proof) let me remind you the real scientists who checked the cultist's work said they were guilty of "incompetence and delusion."
But your equally incompetent and delusional hero isn't going to let a little thing like that make him stop believing!
And let me also point out, he's NOT firing these people who aren't doing a good job - they're his fellow Mo's - so they can keep on with the incompetence and delusion and Mitty's just fine with that. But I guarantee you:
He will not be so generous towards anyone else,...
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