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Wednesday Thread

by Tim F|  October 10, 200711:09 am| 31 Comments

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Some would have you think that John evolved away from the Republican party because of loony, corrupt, incompetent nanny statism running from the top all the way down to Dan Riehl. Not so! To set the record straight, here is actual footage of me helping John see the light:

Rumors that Bradrocket and Editors softened John up before I arrived are silly enough not to merit a response.

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  1. 1.

    capelza

    October 10, 2007 at 11:18 am

    “Brother…life’s a bitch and then she’s back in heat!”

    One of the best movies EVAH!

    Good one Tim.

  2. 2.

    Fe E

    October 10, 2007 at 11:25 am

    I’m here to kick ass and chew bubble gum; and I’m all out of bubble gum.

    Another vote for One of the best movies EVAH!

  3. 3.

    Teak111

    October 10, 2007 at 11:28 am

    I say FUCK YOU!! to the MM and Rush and all the rest. When your kids screwed up in a auto accident, hospitalized for 5 months and will never be the same, never, you deserve help and prayer and sympathy, not fucking rightwing idiots crawling up your ass. From the Bal Sun:

    Bonnie Frost was driving children Zeke, Graeme and Gemma in Baltimore County in December 2004 when the family SUV hit a patch of black ice and slammed into a tree. Graeme sustained a brain stem injury; Gemma suffered a cranial fracture.

    The family relied on SCHIP during the more than five months that the children were hospitalized. Graeme had to learn again to walk and talk, his parents say; he remains weak on his left side and speaks with a lisp. Gemma is blind in her left eye; she has difficulty with memory, learning and speech, and sees a behavioral psychologist to help her deal with her frustration.

    “Her personality has changed,” Bonnie Frost said yesterday. “She’s not the same girl.”

  4. 4.

    Billy K

    October 10, 2007 at 11:31 am

    Is dat sum “They Live!?”

    (YouTube blocked at work)

  5. 5.

    jcricket

    October 10, 2007 at 11:52 am

    Yes, “They Live” a giant middle finger to all those that say wrestlers can’t act :-)

  6. 6.

    jcricket

    October 10, 2007 at 11:53 am

    Although I believe the bubble gum line is actually a quote from Hell Goes to Frogtown (another Rowdy Roddy Piper classic)

  7. 7.

    F

    October 10, 2007 at 11:53 am

    Tim F.,

    BEST FIGHT SCENE EVAHHHHH!!!

    If only it was true, I would pay my next 3 months George Soros liberal conspiracy checks to see that.

    F

  8. 8.

    Kallisti

    October 10, 2007 at 12:14 pm

    Best post I’ve read in weeks.

  9. 9.

    Zifnab

    October 10, 2007 at 12:16 pm

    Hey John, you’re front-page news down in KosLand.

  10. 10.

    Jimmmmm

    October 10, 2007 at 12:17 pm

    Hey, it’s that guy from The War … and the former governor of Minnesota.

    Seriously, I doubt that Tim looks anything like Roddy Piper.

    And you may believe that, Jcricket, but then you’d be wrong: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/movieconnections

  11. 11.

    The Other Steve

    October 10, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    Bush is now urging Congress not to call evil by it’s real name.

    Bush tells Congress not to pass Turkish-Armenian Genocide resolution

    This is the weird thing about Republicans. I don’t have any problem telling other countries to fuck off, what you did was wrong. Hell, I think the US should more firmly support Taiwan independence, as well as Georgia and Moldova and so forth.

    But Bush only seems interested in doing that for non-important countries.

  12. 12.

    Tim F.

    October 10, 2007 at 12:22 pm

    Although I believe the bubble gum line is actually a quote from Hell Goes to Frogtown

    Nyet.

  13. 13.

    jcricket

    October 10, 2007 at 12:26 pm

    I guess you’re right. Although you should have said “Nada”. It would have been funnier.

    You try making love commenting on blog posts in a hostile, mutant environment, see how you like it.

  14. 14.

    The Other Steve

    October 10, 2007 at 12:26 pm

    The vehicle was hit by the motorcycle as it attempted a left turn just south of Hampton, where Michelle Obama was due at a rally.

    Someone read that and tell me who made the left turn?

  15. 15.

    Billy K

    October 10, 2007 at 12:31 pm

    Hey John, you’re front-page news down in KosLand.

    So…wait…does John get a check from Mellon-Scaife AND Soros now?

    I’m soooo confused…

  16. 16.

    LarryB

    October 10, 2007 at 12:40 pm

    The Other Steve Says:

    The vehicle was hit by the motorcycle as it attempted a left turn just south of Hampton, where Michelle Obama was due at a rally.

    Someone read that and tell me who made the left turn?

    Oh, that’s an easy one :).

  17. 17.

    Zifnab

    October 10, 2007 at 12:42 pm

    So…wait…does John get a check from Mellon-Scaife AND Soros now?

    I’m soooo confused…

    All I’m saying is, he’s probably got enough money to raise six kids in Baltimore and own a $260k house note and still afford full coverage health insurance without taking money from dirty, communist, social programs.

  18. 18.

    Tom Gellhaus

    October 10, 2007 at 12:54 pm

    Tim, you just made my day !

    I love John Carpenter movies anyway, and that scene is just so…perfect – two grown men beating each other up.
    Because one wants the other to put on sunglasses.
    (yet in the movie context it makes perfect sense)

  19. 19.

    Cain

    October 10, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    You know the one thing I love about this site is the fact that John just totally feeds on right wing mania. The more freepers that show up on here the snarkier everyone gets. It’s like feeding a gremlin after midnight.

    BTW I think I remember that scene. I couldn’t place what movie that was from though. I do remember aliens and what not. Sounds like something out of Twilight Zone. (someone said John Carpenter movie.. not sure which)

    Cheers.

    cain

  20. 20.

    Billy K

    October 10, 2007 at 1:01 pm

    All I’m saying is, he’s probably got enough money to raise six kids in Baltimore and own a $260k house note and still afford full coverage health insurance without taking money from dirty, communist, social programs.

    Wow. Must be nice to be rich.

  21. 21.

    jcricket

    October 10, 2007 at 1:02 pm

    I love how the family has grown by 2 as people have sloppily (not) read the articles about the Frosts. The family has 6 people in it. 2 adults, 4 kids.

    But perhaps they’re practicing “wingnut-approved” birth-control and so have had 2 kids in between the time the articles first started and now.

  22. 22.

    Pb

    October 10, 2007 at 3:14 pm

    But perhaps they’re practicing “wingnut-approved” birth-control

    Which kind–hookers, or anonymous gay sex?

  23. 23.

    jim

    October 10, 2007 at 3:45 pm

    Thanks for showing a clip from one of the greatest movies of all time. :) :)

    South Park did a brilliant almost shot-for-shot remake of this, with their episode “Cripple Fight”.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=fHgcfpgJP3U

    Which in this current crazed-Republican context, is appropriate in others ways as well.

  24. 24.

    Tax Analyst

    October 10, 2007 at 4:26 pm

    Ooh, you wussy LIEBURULS are a lot tougher than people think.

    Loved “They Live”…and now maybe we even get to live it.

  25. 25.

    Jake

    October 10, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Which kind—hookers, or anonymous gay sex?

    Zing!

  26. 26.

    Another former Republican

    October 10, 2007 at 6:38 pm

    I stopped reading this blog years ago after getting fed up with John going along with the administration on something, I forget what.

    For some reason I started coming back here about two weeks before John decided to leave the party.

    Good timing on my part, I think.

  27. 27.

    jake

    October 10, 2007 at 9:13 pm

    Wait, I’ve found actual footage of the real fight.

  28. 28.

    jcricket

    October 10, 2007 at 9:34 pm

    Which kind—hookers, or anonymous gay sex?

    Good one! I myself prefer the anonymous gay interracial hooker blowjob (a la the Republican down in Florida, who was just scared or something). That’s got to be the “trifecta” (or more) of wingnut scandals rolled into one. Throw in the college Republican guy who got a girl drunk enough to pass out and then rape her, and it’s BINGO!

    Also, I see wingnuts have moved on to their next target, Google for putting up a Sputnik “tribute” of sorts.

    I thought these morons “won” the cold war so we could now stop hating the Russkies.

  29. 29.

    The Other Steve

    October 10, 2007 at 9:51 pm

    Also, I see wingnuts have moved on to their next target, Google for putting up a Sputnik “tribute” of sorts.

    I can’t help but think wingnuttia is going to have to find something more powerful than Voltron for this.

    Perhaps the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers?

  30. 30.

    jake

    October 10, 2007 at 10:37 pm

    Throw in the college Republican guy who got a girl drunk enough to pass out and then rape her, and it’s BINGO!

    Don’t forget rising star of the GOP and early riser Glenn Murphy, who allegedly woke up a fellow Young Republican in a novel manner.

    Imagine waking up to find Jabba the Used Car Salesman there latched onto you. I’d have to imitate a male honeybee.

  31. 31.

    jcricket

    October 10, 2007 at 11:50 pm

    Imagine waking up to find Jabba the Used Car Salesman there latched onto you. I’d have to imitate a male honeybee.

    At that point I think the only hope is for a death like the male praying mantis (at least they go quick).

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