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  1. 1.

    shortstop

    Obama has not let me down, but you’re a terrible person because I asked you nicely several times if you ever grow turnips, rutabagas, parsnips, etc. in your garden, and you’re still all secretive and shit about it. And there aren’t that many of us who love turnips, so I thought it would be a little bonding thing.

  3. 3.

    Svensker

    what Obama has done to let you down.

    Didn’t you fucking hear? He changed a speech schedule! The end of the U.S.of A. as we know it has occurred and you have to ASK?

    Try to keep up.

  4. 4.

    Roger Moore

    Sorry, you’re going to be woefully short in the stupid bitching and complaining department after your temporary ban on our most idiotic and repetitive recent troll. I’ll do my best to make up for it by pointing out the disappointing lack of pet pictures recently. We want Tunch!

  5. 5.

    taylormattd

    HE CAVED TO BOEHNOER, HE SHOULD HAVE SPOKEONLY TOSENATE, HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE SPOKE, AND ANYWAYS ITS JUST WURDS!!!

  7. 7.

    catclub

    headline at Thinkprogress: “White House will consider any online petition that gets 5,000 signatures.”

    have they heard of what Ron Paul followers do to online polls?

  10. 10.

    Brian S

    So I had to move to Iowa to discover that Abita has an IPA. It’s crazy hoppy, and the name has had me singing “Iko Iko” for the last two days.

  11. 11.

    jeffreyw

    @shortstop: My dad would often ask my mom why she never served turnips. She would put him off with one reply or another-all you have to do is ask-until one day he was all sarcastic and shit, saying that he knew her folks raised plenty of turnips on the farm. She shut him up pretty quick when she said, “yes, and we fed them to the hogs”.

  12. 12.

    trollhattan

    @ John Cole

    Uh, lemme see [rummages] you’re supposed to say the stock market is updown, give a libertarian a “reach around,” damn yourself for serially voting for Bush, confess you’re an Obot and post Tunch pictures taken with a wide, wide-angle lens.

    I think that’s everything. Oh, mop the floor.

  13. 13.

    Davis X. Machina

    Reagan Snubbed Again—Networks Refuse Air Time
    June 24, 1986 | From Times Wire Services
    __
    President Reagan, denied a speech podium in the House, received a second snub today when the three major television networks denied him live air time to argue his case for sending $100 million in aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua.

    I think of this whenever I drive by the monument in town to the servicemen and women we lost during Reagan’s invasion of Nicaragua, the casualties of a war that the Great Communicator bulled through an unresponsive congress through sheer charisma, appeals to the American people, and general armbullyfiresidechatpulpitwtisting.

  14. 14.

    danimal

    The emoprog-conservadick alliance reared its ugly head, but otherwise the state of the union is fine.

  15. 15.

    Brian S

    @catclub: “Consider” is one of those words like “unique” or “interesting” which can be used in that backhanded compliment way. They’ll consider some of them-most of them, probably-just long enough to laugh and move on. And I don’t blame them, frankly. In a country of 300 million, you can get 5000 people to sign on to some really stupid shit.

  18. 18.

    PurpleGirl

    Not thinking about President Obama today. Haven’t even read some of the posts. Have no problem with you being out of the loop either, JC. Been hanging out at the Ravelry site (for knitters, crocheters and fiber/yarn lovers).

    Also spent some time at Making Light, catching up with their Irene thread from the weekend. (http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/013191.html#013191) There’s a comment (#295) about a library in Vermont which was flooded out and lost all their childrens books. See the comment for a link to an author who has become involved with helping them get books and cash donations. The comment thread linked to the author also talks about other libraries in VT and upper NYS which need help.

  19. 19.

    dpCap

    You should at least use the “Fucked-up-edness” and “Fucksaw” tags at least you fuckin’ Galtian O-Bot!

  22. 22.

    Tomjones

    Obama scheduled a speech without personally making sure it didn’t interfere with my raid that evening. HELL NO I WON’T POSTPONE MY ASSAULT ON RAGNAROS OBAMBI

  23. 23.

    dpCap

    A yes… I sometimes wish I could too.

    Sources told reporters that when Obama first took office, the thought of pressing the button and launching thousands of ICBMs only crossed his mind two or three times a day. Two-and-a-half years into his term, however, the button consumes him at all times, whether he is watching basketball, playing with his children, or lying in his bed at night. During a deficit-reduction meeting last Monday with House Speaker John Boehner, the president’s index finger was reportedly resting on the button the entire time without his even realizing it.

  24. 24.

    Libby

    Heard a rumor you’ve been abusing your dogs with soap and water, so I’m pretty sure that proves you’re an awful person. Also, too, Obama failed to satisfy the current lust to spend a week pissing off Republicans over inconsequential BS and even worse, failed to instruct his PressSec to take the media’s obsession with Schedulegate seriously. So obviously the republic is doomed and we’re all gonna die.

    Think that about covers it.

  26. 26.

    ForUnDcGetsEnd

    @trollhattan: We also now know that Captain Doom John Galt Buffett Chicken Little Cole is also a homo.

    So make that Captain Doom John Galt Buffett Chicken Little Liberace Cole.

  27. 27.

    BJN

    I left a Kevin Drum article up when a Dell repair guy came to replace a warranteed part in a laptop here. Turns out the tea partiers have taken over the minimally competent computer guy racket too. Did you know, for example, that the Democrats are the real racists? Or that Michelle Obama has a fat butt? Thanks to Dell, I now do.

  29. 29.

    kc

    so use this thread to explain why I am an awful person and what Obama has done to let you down.

    I hope there’s not a character limit for replies. :D

  32. 32.

    Death Panel Truck

    I seriously don’t get why the GOP would be upset about Obama’s speech airing at the same time as the Republican debate. I would think congressional Repubs would be grateful – if the current crop of circus freaks running for the nom are all they’ve got, I wouldn’t want the public to see them in all their ignominious glory.

  37. 37.

    MomSense

    Hey PurpleGirl, I’ve been there all day too! Knitters are such civilized people if you are willing to look past the hoarding.

    I’m MominMaine at Ravelry.

  40. 40.

    ForUnDcGetsEnd

    It does start to make sense knowing that Cole is a homo. I was always being sarcastic when I said he jerked off to Greewald in the mornings. Now I think he REALLY did. I mean Greewald is a nice young pasty white guy with smooth looking skin. I can totally see Cole fapping as Greenwald waxes on poetically about his Libertarians are the only answer.

  45. 45.

    Bondo

    Obama has let me down because when the hell was the last time he posted some pet and garden pics.

    speaking of which, that same criticism explains your awfulness. More Tunch hijinks please.

  46. 46.

    Redshift

    @catclub:

    have they heard of what Ron Paul followers do to online polls?

    I expect there will be a streamlined process for “considering” petitions to legalize pot, and that will take care of most of the problem.

  48. 48.

    fhtagn

    I thought John Cole was Obama. Or have I just fallen for the 11-dimensional chess double-bluff maskirovka West Virginia gambit?

    Also too: I know that Tunch is Biden, because if you spell Tunch backwards while watching the Detroit Lions, you get… Biden. So there.

  49. 49.

    Redshift

    Oh, and you’re an awful person for all of the same old reasons. We’re not impressed with your recent efforts; you need to step up your game.

  50. 50.

    PaulW

    Obama let me down when he refused to create more job openings by having every registered Republican fired to create much-needed vacancies.

  57. 57.

    SFPoet

    I agree moar Tunch photos! Plus, it’s been ages since the right wing sites in the blogroll have been “mocked as needed.” :)

    I’m personally offended that Obama has never invited me to play eleventy dimensional chess with him, and he is yet to sign me up with Soros to get a check every time I post to a blog!

  58. 58.

    BDeevDad

    Did you know

    the average Tea Party event and Tea Party group is more diverse than Andre Carson’s office or the Congressional Black Caucus.

    It’s probably also more diverse than my synagogue, doesn’t mean the Tea Party Nation are not racist assholes.

  59. 59.

    agrippa

    he has not let me down.
    I am glad that we have a calm, level headed and logical person as president. We need such a person.

  61. 61.

    rlrr

    Obama let me down because abortions are still not mandatory, Islam still isn’t the state religion of the USA, and nobody has been forced to get gay married.

  66. 66.

    Elizabelle

    @PaulW:

    I voted for the insomniac story.

    Will be watching for real time updates from my perch on the West Coast. Midnight Pacific.

  67. 67.

    Violet

    @Arclite:

    In other news, global warming is a hoax.

    We’re having the hottest, driest summer ever where I live and yet no one here seems to be talking about global warming as a real thing. Then if winter comes along and we have a cold snap, it’s all “Ha ha ha! Global warming is a joke.”

    People suck.

  69. 69.

    Elizabelle

    FWIW, I’ve not paid much attention to Michele Bachmann or Rick Perry at this point.

    Along with most Americans, (I am sure), why plunge into the idiocy that is the GOP presidential field before you have to?

    Don’t think either will wear well over the long term.

    And not getting paid to read or opine about either.

  70. 70.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @rlrr:

    Obama let me down because abortions are still not mandatory, Islam still isn’t the state religion of the USA, and nobody has been forced to get gay married.

    john McCain would made us all have gay sex by now. Just saying.

  72. 72.

    MomSense

    Oooh Catclub, do tell. All these years that I’ve been threatening to do that to my kids I thought it was an idle threat.

  73. 73.

    singfoom

    I’m disappointed that Obama hasn’t created a colony on the moon. Oh, and he never explained how I could be a secret Crypto-Muslim-Socialist either.

    My disappointment will always be dwarfed by meta disappointment though.

  75. 75.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    @Violet: I’m saving commenting on this summer for the winter, though I know what they’ll say anyway: That was just a warm summer.

  78. 78.

    Thoughtcrime

    Obama has let all the billionaires down by starting a class war!

    Chant of ‘tax the rich’ growing louder in nation
    …
    Billionaire Warren Buffett may not seem to have much in common with angry laborers at town hall meetings or armies of California nurses protesting in the streets.
    …
    But these days, the executive celebrity in his boardroom and working folks on the front lines have found a common mantra as the economy continues to sputter and the 2012 election approaches: “Tax the rich.”

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/01/MNOB1KTSHP.DTL

  81. 81.

    kwAwk

    I’ve been out of the loop all day, so use this thread to explain why I am an awful person

    I can’t prove it but I’m fairly certain that Cole ate a baby panda quiche for breakfast this morning.

  82. 82.

    AlphaLiberal

    This may be off topic for the thread, but I’d like to point out the various BJ products make for great gifts. Especially for cat lovers.

    Obama Obama Obama Obama Obama Obama Obama

    OK.

  83. 83.

    licensed to kill time

    ♪♫ Obama’s been lettin’ me down so long it looks like up to me ♪♫

    nah, not really.

  89. 89.

    Culture of Truth

    AT&T spent $11 million giving Congress $52 steaks and Obama blocks their deal. Who wouldn’t be disappointed??

  90. 90.

    jnfr

    @cathyx:

    Tomatoes love heat up to a certain point. Much past 90 on a regular basis and the pollen dries up and you get blossom drop instead of fruit. Alas.

  95. 95.

    General Stuck

    Sign of the times? Or isolated incident?

    Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, a conservative, is responding to criticism from the court’s liberals, regarding his allegation to investigators that liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley hit him during a court meeting on September 18, 2008 — a date when the court did not meet. Gableman’s answer is that he is correcting a lapse of memory: It did happen on September 18 –Â but in 2009.

    So a republican Supreme Court Justice in WI, is claiming a liberal woman “hit” him, but screwed up the date when it happened, and the liberal justice woman, happens to be the woman that accused Justice Posser of choking her.

    Normally, I would just shake my head that this is some kind of unique anomaly, and maybe it is. But the hyperpartisan nature of it, in a state having hyperpartisan “troubles” has me wondering if these kinds of things are happening in other, especially purple states, in institutions created for the very purpose of sorting out political and legal discord.

    The sort of thing like caning in the pre civil war years, and other displays of violence, or otherwise breakdown of comity along pol party lines.

  96. 96.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

    .
    .
    @taylormattd:

    AND NOT ONLY WAS IT NOT A MISTAKE, IT WAS ANOTHER HISTORICAL LEGISLATIVE-RELATED VICTORY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT LIKE ABL THINKS ABOUT IT.
    .
    .

  97. 97.

    singfoom

    @General Stuck: Well, at least we’re not at the point where people are caning each other on the floor of Congress. When we get back to that point, then we’ll know it’s serious.

    The whole Wisconsin thing is crazy. I was very proud of the recall elections. My teacher buddy and I went up to Madison to join the protest back in February. I think they really stirred up a hornet’s nest up in WI. Hopefully the backlash will spread nationwide…

  98. 98.

    Martin

    I’m still reeling over Obama selling out the core liberal position of Wednesday and instead adopting the right-wing frame of Friday. Friday has never worked for the common man, never done anything to advance equality or the needs of the underclasses. Wednesday has always been about eliminating the great power disparities of society, corporate power over citizens, the oppressive power wielded by the majority to retain their narrow interests. If we give in to the middle ground of Thursday, we can never become a truly progressive society.

    Now Kucinich! Oh, he’s a real Tuesday man if I ever saw one! Primary Obama from the left, I say! Force him to tack back to Wednesday or else his base will surely leave him for the lure of Tuesday. Tuesday may not win with voters in the general election, but it’d be worth losing the Presidency in order to preserve the fundamental principles endowed by Wednesday, rather than ceding yet another day to the tea party and their radical ideals. Shit, I remember when Reagan was a solid Wednesday man, sometimes even expressing admiration for Tuesday. How far we’ve fallen as a country.

  101. 101.

    Moonbatting Average

    Obama is worse than Bush because Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football is down an hour before my draft. If only he used the bully pulpit!!!

  102. 102.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @General Stuck: No one else on the Court has any memory of this incident; also too, Gableman is truly a piece of shit. His campaign to unseat Louis Butler was about as low as it could get.

  103. 103.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

    .
    .
    @Trurl:

    Obama is still hiring Blackwater.

    That’s because when he asked the High-Fivin’ Savvy Businessmen if he could be one too, they paused, looked at each other for a moment, and then said in unison, “YES!”
    .
    .

  106. 106.

    ruemara

    @Tomjones: Auch has a server? It is named for a big graveyard, ya know? Rexxar here, on the Alli side. We’ll be looking to wound Shannox by exhausting him to death via the repetitive dying tactics. Also too, Nefarian. Should be a fun night.

  107. 107.

    jl

    No pet pix.

    No attention given to WH petition for ideas on jobs policies.

    Not enough tags

    No “I’ve been out of the loop all day, so use this thread to explain why I am an awful person and what Obama has done to let you down.” tag, which seems a perfect fit for this post.

    There is more (a whole lot more) but I will stop there for now.

  108. 108.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @cathyx: Only to a degree, once it gets into the 90s they shut down and stop setting fruit. They will rebound in the fall once the temps drop though.

  110. 110.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @catclub:

    (gay sex) would be (John McCains’s) plan to re-populate the planet after he had fired off all our nuclear weapons.

    Nuclear disarmament and gay rights, all from McCain.

    FACT: Obama is WORSE than Bush. END OF DISCUSSION.

  111. 111.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @shortstop:

    I love Swede (English name for Rutabaga) my favorite way to serve it is boiled with sliced carrots and then mashed with butter, salt and white pepper. Hmmmmmmm you have inspired me to fix myself some this weekend.

  112. 112.

    Martin

    @gocart mozart: “Cole Doctrine: Grand Unifying Theory of U.S. Intervention”

    Oh, that’s simple. The US, rather than projecting unilateral power toward regimes that, while lying off the baseline for western democratic ideals present no viable threat to western nations, should instead focus on mopping up global hotspots, objectives nakedly exposed, surrounded by pet nations, at least one of which is large enough to try and eat you should you fall, rendered unconscious of the original mission.

  113. 113.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @gocart mozart: My understanding is that his comment doesn’t need to get liquored up, if you know what I mean. And the dinner don’t need to be too fancy.

  114. 114.

    something fabulous

    JC (not BHO): SO disappointed! You drink too much! And why haven’t you found someone nice and settled down!

    Despair of Jewish mothers everywhere. You probably have your hair in your eyes and aren’t wearing a nice warm sweater, either. Sit up straight.

  116. 116.

    BillinGlendaleCA (aka 10amla)

    We had an earthquake today and Obama didn’t stop it. He didn’t even use the Bully Pulpit to mention it. I’m staying home next November.

  117. 117.

    Gin & Tonic

    @MomSense:

    Knitters are such civilized people

    Back in 2008 I met someone who said she belonged to a group called “Knitters for Obama.” I mis-heard that pretty badly, which led to quite a bit of awkwardness. The light-bulb moment was after we had gone our separate ways.

  119. 119.

    les

    I’m slow, but what the hell. Has anyone seen what the House voted on, on Wed., that was so critical they had to put off the Prez? Given that they’ve passed exactly nothing of any import all year…

  120. 120.

    General Stuck

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Nice state you have there. Will there be a fall offensive, or will the truce hold till spring?

    Though in honesty, my state of NM lost it’s mind too, and elected a wingnut governor, who is busy waging culture and class war, having ordered about 10000 people from around the state with drivers license she thinks could be of illegal alien status, to travel to Albuquerque and show their papers to prove citizenship. We have the most liberal and open attitude on immigration, of any kind, maybe in the country. And to add to the nuttiness, the governor is Hispanic herself, but pure wingnut. We are a state that has some deep blue roots when it comes to social issues, so the Gov ain’t getting to far in the dem leg.

  122. 122.

    2liberal

    obama let the GOP force him to have his speech conflict with the start of the NFL season. Which will probably be used against him in campaign ads in 2012.

  126. 126.

    Dennis SGMM

    @les:
    It wasn’t that the House was doing anything important. Congress has now, officially, become the place where good ideas go to die – even if they were Republican ideas in the first place. The problem is that Obama’s speech, as originally scheduled, would have conflicted with the next Republican presidential debate. The sensible re-scheduling of the speech has led to furious debate on other threads between people who want to make mountains out of molehills and those who feel that any attack, no matter how ludicrous, takes the shine off of Obama’s halo.

  127. 127.

    WaterGirl

    @gocart mozart: Me, too! Can we make that a threesome? If not, we would have to fight over who gets to take the comment out on which day, and then we’d just be going in circles.

  129. 129.

    arguingwithsignposts

    I’m blaming Cole for all the kitten skull-fucking that’s been going on here in the comments lately.

  130. 130.

    Kathy in St. Louis

    @BJN:

    But you know, with the money that he must make working on computers (what, $12 bucks an hour?), why wouldn’t he be either a huge GOPer or a wild-eyed Libertarian. Sorry to hear that Obama has to put up with a big-butted with, though. I’d guess the computer repair guy prol’y doesn’t have to put up with any wife at all.

  132. 132.

    Origuy

    @Tomjones:

    Auchindoun.

    I don’t know that distillery. Is it anything like Auchentoshan?

    While in Oban, I went to a tasting sponsored by Diageo. They had four whiskies: Oban (of course), Coel Ila, Talisker, and Lagavulin. If you like strong, peaty whisky, try to find Lagavulin. I was disappointed when the duty-free shop didn’t have it.

  133. 133.

    WaterGirl

    @Gin & Tonic: When I taught a course in women’s health at the university, I heard a great story about an awkward situation where one person was saying vulva but the other person was hearing uvula.

  136. 136.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @WaterGirl: A few years ago, my parents were coming to visit me and, while discussing plans for their visit, I suggested going to a new tapas place that had opened since the last time they had visited. My mother heard it as topless, but shrugged, figuring that, since I had good taste in restaurants, it probably had good food.

  137. 137.

    WaterGirl

    @arguingwithsignposts: It was with great trepidation that i googled the word “vuvuzela”. But it turned out to be fairly safe, whew!

    That story is part of why I like Volvos so much, too.

    The person who taught the women’s health course before me was putting together a collection of photos of vulvas so women could see more of them and feel more comfortable with their own private parts, and asked for volunteers for the photos.

    Well, one of the women who volunteered shows up for the photo shoot, thinking she is going to have a photo taken – of her uvula. She, of course, couldn’t understand why she was being expected to take off her clothes, etc. Hilarity ensued as people began to understand the dynamics of the situation.

  140. 140.

    WaterGirl

    @Omnes Omnibus: That gave me a chuckle! I have seen the tapas-topless confusion first hand, as well. The best part is your mom being such a great sport. I love your mom for that!

    How did the second job interview pan out? (if you don’t mind my asking)

  141. 141.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @WaterGirl: No answer yet. OTOH my current gig could lead to something permanent and interesting and useful to society.

    ETA: My mom is reasonably open minded and I am really good at picking restaurants-especially when my parents were paying.

  143. 143.

    WaterGirl

    @Omnes Omnibus: Well, that works! I’m sure I should know what your current gig is, but even after shaking my head as if I am trying to get water our of my ears after swimming, the answer hasn’t come to me. I am apparently in the running with Cole for being a bad person.

  145. 145.

    thebeez

    So, there seems to have been a surprising lack of blowback from Kucinich talking to the Libyan government. I thought there would some pressure to resign or something.

  146. 146.

    WaterGirl

    @Omnes Omnibus: That’s a great way for you to see whether that’s a place you would want to work. And working is good. :-)

    I am only good at picking good Italian restaurants.

  147. 147.

    LanceThruster

    Mr. Cole,

    I think you’re an awful person because you expect everyone else to tell you why instead of putting in the hard work on your own to make these determinations.

    Once the nanny-state mentality takes over the interwebs completely, our doom is inevitable.

    Also, too.

  149. 149.

    Origuy

    My comment of 6:42 is still in moderation; the front-pagers are too busy starting new threads. I don’t know why it’s in moderation. Only two links and nothing about see alice or gamm bling. Is whisky a no-no?

  150. 150.

    Lysana

    @thebeez: Last I recall, the evidence for Kucinich’s interactions with Libya was a bit thin on the ground. Besides, the GOP can’t be bothered with a white guy when there’s still a black President to ratfuck.

  152. 152.

    licensed to kill time

    @Origuy: Moderation works in mysterious ways.

    I have been caught by a forbidden word contained within a link before. Or a slightly misspelled handle. Seemingly innocuous words often contain the forbidden ones.

    Basically, FYWP. Or you can blame Obama!

    @Omnes: Heh, I bit.

  156. 156.

    gocart mozart

    @arguingwithsignposts:
    Bush in ’88 based his entire campaign on stopping the rash of flag burning that was sweeping the nation. I think Obama should campaign on a Constitutional Amendment outlawing kitten skull fucking. I heard that Perry is very pro kitten skull fucking. I don’t know if this true but that is what I heard. Someone should ask him. This is a serious issue.

  161. 161.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @WaterGirl:

    True story:

    My uncle was in the hospital and the nurse came in one day and said the doctor had authorized a sitz bath. Would my uncle like a sitz bath?

    Uncle Frank perked right up and said, why yes, he would LOVE a sitz bath.

    Imagine his disappointment when the nurse came back with a, well, a sitz bath.

    “Oh,” he said, crestfallen, ” I thought you said six pack.”

  164. 164.

    Origuy

    @licensed to kill time: Thanks. Now all is clear.

    @Anne Laurie: Thanks for posting the video. I’d never heard that song, and I spent a week only a few miles from the castle. I may have even gone there, but there are so many ruined castles like it in Scotland and it was eight years ago.

    Edit: Wikipedia says it wasn’t open when I was in the area, so I guess I didn’t go there.

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