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9 out of 10 drama queens preferred this picture over the next highest…
Thank you, honestly………
Nine out of ten humorless conservative get offended when anyone disrespects their sports team, erm, I mean political party.
Heh. You seem to be in no position to call anyone “humorless”. It must be hard for you, being so angry. Not just the anger, though…. you seem to have an insanely dark view of the current state of the country. Relative to the post-war averages, things are on the good end … and have been for a decade or two. I have to wonder about someone who is as sadly negative as you.
Too bad your not out of the war yet. Wars bring the economy into an upswing,, unless you really fuck it up.
Hmm… it’s been a long time since I’ve heard the claim that war boosts the economy. That hoary old claim was based on exactly one data point : WW II.
Nobody believed that nonsense before WW II … and I had thought people had learned better ever since.
War is good for business–Ferengi rule of acquisition #35
HA! That’s what I was thinking!!
Only a psychopath would welcome war, for any reason. Your fools are messing with divine justice,- ” what goes around,-comes around”…including DU (depleted uranium)
Did you, ummm, miss that that was a Star Trek reference? As in, not to be taken seriously?
That was true in WW2 because America’s military at the time followed the “quantity over quality” philosophy. Cranking out tens of thousands of tanks and planes was great for creating jobs while casualty figures like those in Normandy helped reduce the amount of job applicants flooding the market when the war ended.
Post WW2, however, America began to mirror the Nazi’s philosophy on waging war and adopted the “quality over quantity” approach. This means that war no longer stimulated the economy because America no longer loses enough of anything to justify building a new assembly line to replace the stuff. Have we lost even a dozen tanks and/or planes in Gulf War2 ? Have the casualties we’ve sustained made any dent in the total figure for unemployment? We don’t even waste that much in terms of munitions. Now we do with one smart bomb what used to require a half hour artillery barrage. Oh sure, the new missiles cost more, but does that make for more jobs? Not in the least. A dozen fairly paid factory worker from WW2 has been replaced by a single overpaid factory working in GW2. The other eleven potential workers are still left unemployed.
War no longer revitalizes the American economy anymore because we’ve simply gotten too good at waging war. We no longer lose enough equipment, expend enough munitions or take enough casualties for war to make any dent in the state of unemployment; a state which, at last check, had a higher population that 38 of the 50 states of the USA.
Relative to the post war averages, things are pretty good for the wealthy. For the common person, between the cuts in social services, stagnant wages, and home foreclosures, things pretty much suck. But go ahead, dismiss everyone’s criticism of your hero Bush, see where not listening to the American public actually gets your party of thieves.
The responsibility of most of what you listed lies with Congress…
It’s called the Presidential letter of intent. Bush can decide to not implement whatever he wants. So much more fun than the veto!
Seth listed actions that _were_ taken, not actions that were _not_ taken (the only kinds of actions that are affected by presidential veto).
Yeah, nice talking points, but you need to indulge in a bit of reality check. Just one example : the vast majority of the home foreclosures are because people took loans that they simply couldn’t afford. How is that the fault of Bush?
The idea that the “common person” isn’t better off materially than in, say 1980, 1970 or 1960 is laughable.
but…but…but bush made hurricane katrina cause he hates balck people… O_o
pwnt!
snicker
To you, it may be laughable. To intelligent people that ACTUALLY LOOK UP WHAT THEY’RE DISCUSSING, it’s the truth:
http://money.cnn.com/2003/09/11/commentary/everyday/sahadi/index.htm
http://stats.org/stories/2008/decline_two_income_skewed_july1_08.html
http://a.abcnews.com/Business/Economy/wireStory?id=4624416
And yes, Bush’s administration is partly responsible for the foreclosure crisis. Their policy of reducing oversight and regulation for industry, including the insurance industry, provided an environment which allowed insurance companies to give away sub-prime mortgages with impunity. And let’s not forget the general economic situation reducing peoples’ real wages, making it easier for people to go bankrupt in the first place…
And, of course, only the people who think like you are intelligent. It couldn’t be that there are sound minded, consiencious people out there who have carefully considered the given topics, and come to defferent conclusions.
Nobody believes anybody ‘thinks’ unless the other person agrees with their own opinion.
There are few exceptions.
The foreclosure crisis is due to Republicans who controlled Congress relaxing laws that regulate loans, bankruptcy, etc. Sure, people should be more responsible about the kinds of loans they sign up for, but a lot of people don’t read fine print and take the bank agent’s word for it… And by the time they realize they got bent over the banker’s table and given the ol’ “in’n'out,” it’s too late for them to save their house, their car, or their finances.
Cause and effect = things don’t happen immediately. Let’s not forget that the Republicans controlled Congress from 1994-2006.
You reveal much about your attitude in that statement. I fail to see how your stagnant wages are anyone’s problem but yours… no one, including the government owes you a good job. As for social services…dont’ rely on them..that’s my advice and that’s pretty much the way it should be…the idea the “social services” should take care of everyone is a real problem in my book. Home foreclosures? Sorry, but if you take a loan you can’t keep up with foreclose is *supposed* to happen…and it’s no one’s fault but yours.
I’m the laziest MF you will ever meet and I will retire in my mid 40’s a multimillionaire and a few homes owned outright all through my own doing…it’s so easy in the US, anyone who is able bodied and average intelligence who doesn’t have some horrible medical travesty or accident happen to them or whatever very specific calamity that I haven’t thought of should be able to make is so friggin easy it’s laughable…..go live in other countries like I have for a few years then come talk to me with your woe is we story…
O_o Are you open to the prospect of marriage? 23/F looking for well traveled, well spoken, multimillionaire-to-be.
hmm.. a full commitment’s what you’re thinking of? you wouldn’t get it from any other guy! i’m never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you…
;D
never gonna make you cry! never gonna say good-bye never gonna tell a lie, and hurt you!
Yes, of course this country is great if you’re coming from elsewhere. But those of us who were born here are seeing it slide downhill very fast, mostly due to corporate greed and political corruption. And people griping about ’social services’ and whining about taxes is just pathetic. Do you like the highways and bridges here? How about the schools? How about the environmental protections (clean water, clean air), police forces, fire departments, US military, national parks, state parks, etc. Those could all be called “social services” paid for by taxes. And yes, even giving people a little help when they’re down. Maybe where you come from, you learned to kick people when they’re down.
…and GM is a great example of the wealthy doing very well.
I…just can’t believe that people actually still support Bush after everything.
And that whole “things are on the good end” nonsense? That is the most delusional claim I’ve heard in years.
I’m baffled.
I am surpised any of you left wing whiners remember what the flag looks like
All I can say is
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
What? The President you fascists put in office has a 28% approval rating?
Yeah. I know.
I find it funny to see people talking about conservatives getting offended when people disrespect their political party. After all, seeing the democrats resort to cries of racism because I don’t like the president’s policies is a new low, even for them.
I’d say that’s a foreclosed house, with a flag that needs to be burned properly.
Plz to inform teh American Legion?
agreed. sad to show a picture like that. has nothing to do w/ democrats or republicans. disrespect for our country period to leave it hanging like that.
I think this should also go in the Fail Blog…. just as it is…
It makes me sad….
I think it’s the aftermath of a flood. Look at the bottom of the door. The flag itself might have been underwater, or it’s storm damage. It’s Iowa, maybe, or New Orleans. I’m from New Orleans, the rest of my family is still there, and I’m stilled pissed about this administration’s pathetic response to Katrina. I’m not normally a sentimental person but I find the memories of that are taking a long time to fade. Drama queen? You try having your city underwater, asshole.
Yeah, your governor really dropped the ball there.
his govenor his mayor and his mailman couldnt f’up as bad as FEMAS and the federal government! It was the Bush administration lack of repsonse that let things get so bad at first and then their inept response that made things worse, that should be the mother of all failblogs
His governor _refused_ help… at first. And by the time the governor was ready to accept it, whelp, too late. Oh, but now it’s the President’s fault. Not so. Facts are rather amazing, no?
Not to mention the saddest picture of all of them…the hundreds of school busses the mayor could have pressed into service to get some of his citizens out. But, no hey, lets blame Bush. Everything is his fault, right?
Disasters such as this, and the ‘It’s cool to blame Bush’ attitude help out the people of the USA in no way. Get politicians that will do their job properly (and Bush is being replaced, therefore needs no mention), and we’ll be better off.
But then it’ll be nobody’s fault but our own, when things go wrong.
It sorrows my heart, to see the country head down this path of ignorance on so many levels. Because it’s easy. Simple. Lazy. We can’t keep doing this and expect to get anywhere as a country.
I think it’s already our fault that we can’t produce any better leaders to begin with. Every President, governor, mayor, Congress person and Senate rep that anyone has ever complained about was a result of our poor decisions to even allow them to even make it on the ballot.
I’m glad I get to waste my votes by voting for Kermit the Frog every election!
So you’re a member of the Green Party? (I know, I know, I couldn’t help it!)
It ain’t easy bein’ green, hehe!
I guess I can say I just don’t believe in the less of 2 evils. And c’mon. Kermit’s not evil. He’s Kermit!
That man NEVER set foot in New Orleans for 2 full weeks after Katrina. When a tornado hit a high school in Enterprise, AL where 8 white kids were killed.he was down here the NEXT DAY!!! Shows what he really thinks. And he has fucked this country up. If you can’t see it, then you’re an idiot!!!
We shouldn’t even have FEMA in the first place.. all those tax dollars going to pay for trailers that people are STILL living in is b.s.
Sounds like you are fucked in the head. Every hear of security? Ever hear of the Secret Service telling the President not to go somewhere? Ever hear of a landing strip that had to be made/repaired/cleared after the hurricane? You are the worst type of loudmouthed megaphone. I feel sorry for any person within earshot (which I would predict is about eight mile) of your bile and voice.
… because it’s all about race, apparently, too.
I hate that card.
The governor refused help for a good period of time. She ‘fucked’ New Orleans.
Try to comment without abusive name-calling and profuse swearing, and perhaps your voice will be better heard.
Bush stayed away from NO for two weeks, and he gets accused of not caring.
Bush immediately goes to NYC in 2001, and he gets accused of using 9/11 as a political photo-op.
MAKE UP YOUR MINDS!
It must be “so much fun” for whiny people to blame Bush for everything.
A country that wishes to be ignorant and free, wishes for that which never was, and never will be. -Thomas Jefferson-
Provide evidence for your claims, especially for the “whoops, too late” part. You’re telling me that there’s a legal deadline for accepting aide form the federal government, and afterward it is legally impossible for the federal government to do more of what’s right to help it’s own nation’s citizens?
I didn’t mean too late for help, I meant too late to alleviate the catastrophe as would have been done if help was accepted from the get-go.
You go girl!! It was f’ing CRIMINAL how Bush let those people in New Orleans die.
sigh. you’re one of those people that thinks they were eating people and raping babies?
oh, so you saw the Cheney pics, too?
cornflkgrl is a little nuts
which is why she has flk, meaning Flake in her name. And shes fooling herself if she thinks otherwise. She equates a dogs life to the same as a humans life…..wonder what she thinks of abortion.
Um, Bush? I’m sorry, but I’m with Kinson. I’m also from NOLA, and yes, Bush effed up. But we had a governor who initially told him WE DIDN’T NEED THE FEDS’ HELP. Blanco did nothing good during Katrina. Barbour was in Mississippi and he took care of his people just fine. Don’t put all of the blame on Bush.
Apparently, some people wanted Bush to invade Willie Nagan’s Chocolate City. Go fig.
oh, get over yourself. I’m curious what kind of “mind” goes from my rejection of an (alleged) LOL and your feelings regarding hurricane Katrina. Please explan your “thought” process on this one.
How is it Bush’s fault that local administrators allowed houses to be built in flood plains?
People are pissed at the federal government for it’s RESPONSE to the disaster (one that was written out ahead of time, but not implemented to the fullest extent), not the disaster itself.
Reading comprehension fail.
Comment still stands: “How is it Bush’s fault that local administrators allowed houses to be built [on] flood plains?”
If I don’t put a lot of stuff in my house, I won’t be as pissed when the dog starts tearing it all up. In case you missed it: Dog is to Katrina as Stuff in My House is to Houses in Flood Plains. My pissedness = your pissedness, just yours is misguided.
I kind of agree with the message but it is like there is not even an attempt at humor here. What is funny about a crisis that hurts people and/or an incompetent response? It would be kind of like seeing a flag flying upside down and say, “lol, we’re in troublez.”
This seems to be a recurring problem; too many people can’t tell the difference between humor and having their ideology stroked.
It’s a humorless photo with a humorless-trying-to-pontificate caption.
It’s a sad, disillusioned conservative trying to salvage its dignity.
Well, while I realize some like the juxtaposistion of someones misfortune to the caption, it’s reasonable to assume the homeowner wouldn’t appreciate it.
I notice how you don’t even try to claim that the caption was funny.
So…. roscoe was correct… and that pisses you off?
The caption was funny. Only sad, disillusioned Repugs trying to hold on to their dignity find it offensive and unfunny. You just can’t accept that you made a very bad choice and collectively screwed our nation. You can’t admit you were wrong, so no matter what happens, you have to keep pretending like everything is A-OK.
Actually, I believe the liberals collectively screwed the nation for not acting
8 or 4 years ago enough to keep the “Repugs” out of office. Hey, blame the
liberals who didn’t vote.
It’s a bitter, media-fed labelist trying to be witty.
still not sure why this pic is funny.
It seems to combine humorlessness with unreality.
The REALLY funny thing here… I a few images in the “vote” tab with the same caption. I wonder if the guy that did this one did all of them…
nope… just the one.
hmm. copylolcats?
Not only is it not funny, but if the subliminal message behind it (Leave the flag up all 8 years, or just the second 4, to make a statement) is true, then it’s also illegal, as that flag is not properly hung for 24-hour display. If only we had an address so we could press charges, were that the case.
Archaic laws on how the flag must be displayed don’t stand up too much anymore. Anyone could challenge that on Freedom of Speech, stating its a commentary on their view of the state of our country, and win. The pic is definitely more commentary than LOL.
People today are more concerned with their right to desecrate the American flag (in all likelihood for attention, as opposed to the expression of feelings), than they are about respecting a nation that allows them the right to say and do, for the most part, as they please in the first place.
You can make the counter argument that desecrating the American Flag (A piece of cloth often made in China by the way) for a purpose IS an expression of patriotism, and therefore respect for this nation and the ideals it was founded upon. People seem to think today that agreeing with the government equals patriotism, when in fact, there are times when the highest form of patriotism is DIS-agreeing with your government (revolutionary war, anyone).
I’m not talking about desecration, I’m talking about disrespect, which can be different, like in this case. There are clear cut laws on how a flag must be displayed and maintained, and if this is a case of “leave it out to make a statement,” then they are in direct violation of said laws.
True, but if challenged, its debatable whether those laws would hold up. Then again, we are talking about a Supreme Court that couldn’t figure out that the primary reason for the 2nd Amendment was to ensure that people are armed against their own government to protect their freedoms, so you may be right..
*Necromantic comment*
No, there is no ‘laws’ written in the US Code anywhere; you might be talking about “United States Flag Code” which *advises* on the display and care, but there is no penalty for failure to comply with it and it is not widely enforced.
Unless of course no one thought to grab the flag as they evacuated.
How divorced from reality are you?
The owner of this house has lost his/her home, and maybe friends and family members in a disaster.
We have a flag outside our house too, and i can guarantee you that if we have to evacuate for any reason I am not going to give a crap about the scrap of fabric on the pole outside.
*clappity clappity*
Indeed! See: Nationalism and Patriotism, The difference between.
Actually, the correct caption is:
“70 years of Congressional Democrats/Socialists summed up in one photo”
Because that would be both less funny and more untrue?
as funny and more true.
think back to the late 1970s, the last time that the Dems were in complete control.
… by as funny, I mean as unfunny.
Mathematically : if X == X then – X == – X
Provide evidence.
Hey dumbass! I’m a Democrat! Not a Socialist. Fuckin’ idiot heads up your asses Republicans. Why don’t you learn the difference between the 2 parties.
HAHAHAHA alright would you like the title populist better?? Cause even hillary effing clinton claims that affiliation
There’s medication that will help that Tourette’s syndrome of yours !
At least in the past they admitted it. Now you think there is a difference. Democrat, Socialist, Communist, Fascist, or Progressive it is all from the same ilk.
Fascist?? Hate to say it, Kinson, but most fascist groups are incredibly right-wing. I’d hate to resort to a Godwin, so I’ll stop here.
Nope, fascism is a left-wing ideology. Who put the socialism in National Socialism?
The previous, communist leaders, the Furher was in fact very right wing and supported by big business, and opposed left-wing ideals such as unions. He even blamed the Reichstag fire on the communists. Learn history, or cease to comment
I like how its cool to bash our president. It’s so nice how everyone came together after 9/11 and the beginning of the war, but now hates the fact that there is actually a war. Katrina hit harder in other cities but they did not blame Bush. Thanks Mississippi for making New Orleans look bad.
Not everyone came together and supported the war. Many of us said we have no business being over there deposing a pissant dictator in the first place. Afghanistan is one thing, Iraq is totally different.
In 2003, 53% of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the WTC and Pentagon bombings, and 70% believed going to war in Iraq was worth the cost. It goes to show that plenty of us Americans bought into the bullshit propaganda and rhetoric of the Bush administration, but also that more than a few of us understood reality and the ramifications of that course of action.
bullshit propoganda?? did you not see the latest report come out of Congress, which a democrat published?? Oh that’s right you probably don’t keep up with the news.. well let me inform you..
This dem on the hill wanted to impeach Bush so he brought a full fledged report against him.. and in the report, guess what ever conclusion he came up with about the reasons to go to war was- Based on credible evidence at the time.
Pull your head out of your ass.
You want him to pull his head out of his ass so you can see if yours fits there in its stead?
Many people involved in trying to get support for the Iraq war have later recanted, declaring that they fabricated evidence and exaggerated conclusions drawn from speculation – they didn’t have *hard* evidence of *anything*. They had very strong notions and beliefs of what was there, but no proof.
But they told people they had proof, then eyeshifted when people asked to see the proof. “Oh no!” they cried, “it’s classified! But it’s there! We swear!”
It wasn’t evidence. It was entirely speculation.
If you remember correctly, back then one was labled a traitor if one dared to convey the slightest bit of common sense or education on the issue of Iraq. Yes, the majority of people let themsleves being bullied into sumbission and supporting a war that was clearly not justified. 50% of the people believed that Saddam was linked to 9-11 and while that is certainly their fault on account of being utterly moronic, it is nonetheless a result of the blatant lies of the shrub and his ilk.
Long story short: While bringing him to justice does not seem to be an option, bashing Bush is a civil duty. Also, the people who were for the war should be seriously ashamed and learn from their mistakes.
SO if people do not think the way you do, they are being moronic or bullied into the thought? And since when is it a civil duty to bash the man in charge of our country? There is no civil duty. It is not Bush’s fault that he is not impeached like the last president. One more thing, I am not ashamed and I find it insulting that you think you have the “civil duty” to tell me I should be.
“SO if people do not think the way you do, they are being moronic or bullied into the thought?”
No, that does not follow from what I wrote. The claim that Saddam was linked to Al Qaida, however, was moronic, because Saddam was probably the only ruler who had more reason to fear Al Qaida than the shrub. I hitherto did not believe that it was possible that people were willing to start a war without getting the facts in, first. That is indeed slightly more of a moral issue than a blow job in the oval office. As to being bullied, that is a description of my recollection of that time and a conclusion from the fact that people – and our closest allies – were labled as traitors for displaying common sense.
“And since when is it a civil duty to bash the man in charge of our country? There is no civil duty. It is not Bush’s fault that he is not impeached like the last president.”
It is no duty to bash just any holder the office of president, yet given that the current holder is not being held accountable for his action, I see this as the least a person that a man that loves his country should do. It is not Bush’s fault that he is not being impeached and neither is it his fault that he is an idiot. That, however, is not the point. I find it scary that you compare the ecapades of the lovable rascal of our former president with imprudent decisions that lead to the unnecessary death of hundreds of thousands of people.
“One more thing, I am not ashamed and I find it insulting that you think you have the “civil duty” to tell me I should be.”
Great, you made my day.
In a democracy (well, ok, representative government) it is the duty of its people to hold its elected leaders accountable for misguiding the public and making poor decisions. By re-electing him in 2004, we failed to do so. The same goes for our congressmen, who are retained in 96% of the elections. They went right along with the president like sheep with certain pieces of the Patriot Act and the war in Iraq. Bush wasn’t going to voluntarily impeach himself. That duty falls to our elected officials.
And if based on the wealth of evidence and the number of executive orders issued by this administration to cover up what they knew you still believe the decision to go to Iraq was justified, regardless of what you believed at the time, and that all the human rights violations and other political blunders of this administration do not warrant impeachment, well… maybe you’d prefer a country like North Korea or Myanmar, where you need not trouble yourself with such things and your leader is always glorious and righteous.
Careful how you swing that “we” around. I did not vote for him in ‘00 and I did not vote for him in ‘04. The election in ‘04 was an interesting one to watch however, it showed (to the dismay of the democrats) what an efficient machine the republican party is, for better or worse. They proved that fear is a powerful tool in winning elections.
I like how it’s cool to suck our administration’s cock and blindly follow it’s misleading propaganda. It’s so nice how everyone came together after 9/11 and willingly accepted a lie to root on the beginning of the war, but now realizes that there isn’t enough money to pay for the war.
Your last two sentences were bullshit. The eye of the fuckin’ storm hit New Orleans, and no other states had a higher death or financial toll as Louisiana: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?ID=192&Detail=5248
You’re welcome.
This is posted and described as a funny picture? This is shameful and pathetic. It is more befitting the fools in the AOL boards.
I must agree that this photo isn’t funny really in anyway, even in the Bush bashing world. I think debate is all well and good given that this site is devoted to politics, but at the same time, I feel it should be more light hearted and actually funny. I mean its LOL! Come on.
Politics isn’t really funny any more. Sometimes you have to step back and realize these things are serious, lives are at stake, the future is at stake. Laugh, because crying hurts too much, but sober up, roll up your sleeves, there’s work to be done.
Uhm… And this isn’t tagged as offensive?
It’s bad enough that a heinously tattered American flag is shown. It’s even worse that some people are still buying into the liberal media bias, and are making comments like these.
Like the guy or not… This is over the top. Show some dignity.
What a touchy piece of shit. It’s a tattered flag because a flood got to it, jackass.
I can’t believe that some people are still buying into the conservative media bias, and are making comments like these.
Like me or not… your comment is over the top. Show some dignity.
you=my hero.
couln’t have said that better…
Being offended by a flag still hanging in that shape, and more offended at the (ad nauseum) tasteless comment about our president makes me “touchy”. And, I’m the one that’s not showing dignity because I’m offended by something as tasteless as this.
…Okay, sure. Whatever.
If Obama gets elected (shudder!!!) can we later use this picture as 4 Years under Obama ? Or is the Half-Honkey Donkey Messiah going to cure all ills and lead us into a path of enlightenment and glorious shining socialism ?
Meh… the alternative is another four years of putting religious beliefs ahead of social progress, trickle-down economics to reward corporations for putting American jobs overseas, and tossing thousands of troops and billions of dollars into the wrong war.
Sounds like you’re spouting cant.
“Let them revere nothing but religion morality and liberty”- John Adams
“Half-Honkey Donkey Messiah”
racist much?
Yeah, pretty much.
Right, if someone disagrees with Obama they are racist. And honkey is prejudiced against white people. Most black folks will tell you that it is impossible to be racist against whites as the majority (vector) from which racism comes. I do not agree, but that is one thing I have learned from their views of racism. So I fail to see how calling him half-honkey is offensive. If I were a democrat, I would be more offended by having such a poor candidate labeled as my messhiah. Just as I would be offended at having McCain or just about any other currently-prominent Republican labeled as the Republican Messiah. Jane, you ignorant slut, thanks for the “Pretty much.” That added a lot to the conversation. You are usually good for better reparte than that. I have high expecations of you, now start living up to it, dammit.
The fact of the matter is, I believe honkey is a racist term, I don’t care WHAT the race is, if you are making an inflammatory remark about someone on the basis of their race you are being racist, end of story. You want to attack Obama’s policies then go right ahead, I welcome that. Also where is it written that every time I make a comment it has to be a lengthy, well-thought out dissertation on the current political topic. You can not hold yourself to that 100% of the time and I don’t get on your case for it. I happened to agree with what fillerbunny said and didn’t have either the time or the inclination to add more, this is not a crime. Although I think you kinda gave me a compliment, so I will take that, thank you very much, my ego sooooo needs them!
Oh, and I meant to add, I’m not annoyed by what you said, although it may have come out sounding like it. I generally enjoy debating with you even though I think we only agree like 10% of the time.
Awww..the niciest disagreement on the web.
I think I need to screen shot this just to let people know that actually intelligent political debate exists.
What can I say, if everyone on this site agreed with me I’d lose interest quickly. Besides, it’s way too funny when Steve, Danny, and Seth start to throw down, I’d hate for them to go anywhere.
Half-Honkey, All Donkey is a reference from an earlier picture comment.
I am aware of all earlier picture comments (had to say it…). And Steve- I disagree with some of Obama’s stances/choices (but will still vote for him, given the other options…), but I’m not going to resort to callous, veiled racism to vent those differences.
And messiah? A candidate would have to be able to undo the lasting negative effects of the Truman, Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Chimpy McBozo administrations to even begin to qualify…
Bush-bashing! How new and different!
Until he is out of power and punished for his crimes against humanity and decency, either in this life or the next, he needs all the bashing he can get.
This, our America, is a very dark and tattered place because of him. In eight years, we’ve went from telling our school children about the glory of their righteous nation to telling them “maybe you can find a job if you abandon your souls.” This is not an ideological shift. This is a response to a government that has collapsed in on itself by infighting and having the party of complete evil and incompetence at the helm for six years, with their president in power for two more.
Liberal is not a dirty word. It is the only convenient label that comes anywhere near “political beliefs that are both sustainable and moral.”
lol…If Bush has committed a “crime against humanity” for the Iraq war, then it stands to reason the same charge should be leveled against Clinton. Afterall, it was Clinton who ordered missile and bombings resulting from violations of UN sanctions (same ones as was cited as reasons for going to war) and under the guise of mitigating Saddam’s non-existent WMD program.
Fine. If what you wrote is true, then arrest ‘em both; I don’t give a shit about the goddamn ex-president. The point is: whatever government employee you are, if your lie puts people in danger, you should be prosecuted.
To Clinton’s credit, look at where we are now with Iraq compared to where we were after Clinton’s attack. Process first, then react, you shallow-minded and insane Conservative.
Actually, I’d imagine the Belgians would be real happy to get Bush on charges of “Waging Aggressive War”.
“We’ve went.”
“We’ve gone.”
And again. Want a collapsed government? Try most of South America.
Just a little perspective.
And grammar lesson. Because that’s what they taught ME as a school-child.
Please. Dis Louisiana politicians all you want (I do) but FEMA was set up to handle like this. If our taxes are paying for it it should do what it’s supposed to.
& my point about drama queens? That some of us find this picture affecting and sad, and to see someone just brush it off as something only a “drama queen” would care about is *#%ing annoying, okay?
Oh and the other cities hit worse than New Orleans? Well, no, actually. My cousins house in Ocean Spring was a pile of boards, and Gulfport was a mess, but the water went back out to the gulf. the major problem in New Orleans was the fact that the lake equalized with the city, and that water wasn’t going *anywhere*.
Worry about the flag? Yes. That shouldn’t happen. But it’s only a symbol. How about looking at that picture and thinking about the people who lived there.?
No, I don’t blame Bush for everything. That would be stupid. But almost everyone I know has suffered under this administration, losing jobs, watching their savings go to hell and their husbands off to Iraq, not being able to get health insurance, having to declare bankruptcy because they had a heart attack and no insurance. And people have the nerve to tell me how great things are? Are you living in a different country than the one I live in?
Still better than the alternative. Could be Ethiopia. Or Bolivia. Or Russia. Or China. Or Even France, Italy, Spain, and some of England, where nobody can get any product because gas costs $15/gallon and truck drivers are all on strike.
Yeah, that’d be great. Have you ever considered reading the Constitution?
FEMA is an extension of the Federal Government. The Constitution prohibits the federal government from interfering in the sovereign processes of state government activity.
The same law that protects California’s right to allow gay marriage prevents FEMA from entering a state without invitation.
FEMA proactively stages resources well in advance, and proactively encourages state governments to invite them in. LA rejected that opportunity at the moment of crisis.
Your Louisiana taxes paid Blanco and Nagin to decide to try and ride Katrina out on their own.
I love the whole idea that everything bad *isn’t the President’s fault. It’s all a socialist agenda. Even though the Democrats didn’t have any* control for over 7 years of any branch of government. Any good during Clinton’s term, Repub’s took credit, anything bad, of course it’s the Dem’s fault. Like it or not, indignant or not, you don’t have to be a partisan to appreciate bad leadership. Inconsistencies in statements (numerous video recordings of contradictory statements made by the President and his cabinet), lack of responsibility for decisions made by his White House and it’s underlings and the apparence cronyism. Of course if you don’t agree with everything 100%, you have to be a liberal, can’t just state an obvious.
The conservative/republican movement in this country is doing damage to itself and it’s credibility by trying to insist that this is a good president, doing what he has to, while trying to limit the damage of “the liberals” and defending the constitution. Only the least observant of national politics or the most ardent of his supporters will believe that.
The Democrats need to press for impeachment, but they won’t, too concerned with getting reelected. And I hope for all our sakes that the right-wing posters on here are correct. I would rather be way off base about what I see than correct. If I’m correct then we are all in trouble……
How funny… the rather dull “point” of the picture was that EVERYTHING is Bush’s fault. Funny how objecting to this obvious silliness equates to “nothing is Bush’s fault”. Could you explain your “thought” process?
You’re saying you want to see Dick Cheney as president and Bush impeached for doing his job? What are you afraid he’ll do in the next few months? It’s not like he lied under oath about banging an intern with a cigar or anything.
Dude, you’re missing the point. Look at the state of the country when “the liberals” ran it. Look at almost every Democratic administration since the Great Depression. Compare the figures with the state of the country now.
Simple, unavoidable statistics. If you and your administration is in charge of the executive branch, why shouldn’t they be held responsible for seemingly taking every opportunity to prevent the situation from improving, even if things like the economic slump are “not their fault?”
Yes, I’ve seen what every democratic administration since the great depression and before it have done. I am not impressed. Our administration should not be a socialist experiment. Our current welfare state is a sad sad thing for you to try to prop up as good.
Holy shit, people are damn touchy and literal-minded here.
It’s a goddamn symbol. Of COURSE it’s not perfectly accurate. But it represents the general mood and state of the economy, inflation of the executive branch’s power, and erosion of rights (warrantless domestic spying + secret, indefinite detainment).
And for all you conservatives who will read this comment and immediately respond with a nasty “counterpoint” without taking me seriously, here’s a coherent source (*gasp*) of information that proves I’m not just a “raving liberal:” http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/project.jsp?project=lossofcivilliberties
Bush is evil, everything is his fault, yadda yadda yadda….*yawn*
Seriously, let’s try something new. Like, maybe….PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Just a thought.
Personal Responsibility? Naaaw, that’s what this country used to be about. When you blame everyone else for your problems, yes even GW, you give away your own power. If we look to the government to fix everything for us, we give away all our power. You may think that is what the government is for, but it never was intended to make our lives wonderful. Sometimes life is going to be crap.
“Sometimes life is going to be crap.”
Quoted! If you don’t mind…
Not at all!
The bottom line is bankruptcy! Regardless of who’s fault it is! How do we fix it! Laying blame isn’t going to fix anything and it looks to me like we better think of something fast! This took half a century to get this messed up! Any man who takes office for personal gain is a traitor to himself and his country!
Bottomline!
And if Obama takes over that flag is gonna be the Mexican flag cause that empty suit is gonna sell us to Mexico sooner or later. Believe me, Obama as president is gonna make George Bush look like a dry taco fart. Start learning Spanish people
And willful ignorance rears its ugly head…
And blind devotion paves the way with good intentions…..
I hate to see us follow the Soviet Union.The Outstanding Public Debt as of 11 Jul 2008 at 08:35:07 AM GMT is:$9,495,630,550,104.10 The estimated population of the United States is 304,334,342
so each citizen’s share of this debt is $31,201.29.
The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$1.70 billion per day since September 28, 2007! I don’t know about you but I don’t have it! Do You?Don,t take my word for it google it! A depression is coming that will make 1929 look like a day at the park! Its time to put aside politics, quit screwing around with the country’s foundations, roll up our sleeves and fix it! It’s our duty as Americans! If we did our jobs the way some politicians have we would have been fired long before! The same rule applies for them, Do your job or we will find someone who can! Why is that so far fetched?
This entire set of comments is why I made my name.
*mimes pulling an overhead cord*
Choo Choo!
Brilliant!
Maybe it was a picture of a battle torn flag from the war, or maybe just illegal immigrants bein a bunch of jack-asses like on the campaign commercial a few years back for Obama when he was tryin to get funding and he showed bad stuff that was brought to the nation due to poor leadership. But his smear campaign I’m pretty sure blocked him from getting enough funding. And I may have him confused with someone else, but the smear campaign said he had a poor schedule and was relatively lazy. Either way, things seem to be turning up better now than the starting debates in 04, ’cause last newspaper I read is showed he was leading Mcain by 3 states in approval. But that was 2 months ago and i only saw like 10 words ’cause I was leaving Kerr Drug where it was on a rack. Plus the “mispoken” Clinton threw all her support to Obama, so Mcain is gonna have to keep his racist behind moving if hes even going to have an honerable mention. So all I can say at this point after 20 minutes of startin this letter, the government is f!@ked up.
now that pic & caption tick me off!!!! y dont u try asking some of the troops!! they honestly love fighting for their country!! and if it werent for war U wouldnt be free!!!!! but ya know i mean at least Bush remembered some of what our country was founded on…like any of ya’ll do!!!
No one should love fighting…. and the country wasn’t founded on the concept of unending war. We fought to liberate ourselves from tyranny, we’ve fought to defend our shores, and we (eventually) fought to support allies and take down a madman’s regime. Then, the military-industrial-congressional complex steeped in…
no actualyy the US was founded bc peaople wanted to be freen to worship the one true God… and now its a crime to pray to God but its ok for a Muslim & all them to pray liek they want but noooo christinas cant do that anymore!!!! wheres the freedom now?!?!?!
but i didnt mean they love fighting….they love defending their country!
Ummmmmmm, what? Only sociopaths “love” killing other people. Any soldier (who’s not crazy) will tell you that war is a sometimes necessary thing but that although they are honored to SERVE their country that does NOT mean they look forward to killing and possibly dying, just that they understand that in the course of their service they may be called upon to do so. *cough* crotchwaffle *cough*
Yes, yes, Crotchwaffle… Yes, good call, there. Wot wot, pip pip cheerio!
I´ve disagreed with you before but yes you are completely right when you say this.
Well I’m (obviously) pretty liberal, however I am also an Army brat, have a lot of former military in my family, and my brother is in Iraq. So, I know how hard it is to be a soldier and flippancy like Cassie’s annoys me.
MY DAD IS OVER THERE!!!! MY FIANCE IS MIA!!! MY UNCLE WAS KILLED>>>SO WAS MY COUSIN… BUT ASK MY DAD…. HE LOVES FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY!!!!! I AM GOING TO GOING OVER THERE IN A YEAR OR SO… JUST… WHAT EVER!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously…your capslock, its on…check that would you.
i didnt mean they love killing ppl!!! i meant they love serving for their country!!!
OMG Butthurt ahoy!
That picture is actually a flag left after Katrina ravaged it…. So the caption is pretty fitting, actually.
In before someone accuses me of suggesting Bush causes the hurricane!
So you think hurricanes are Bush’s fault.
What amazing godlike powers he has!
ppl cant cause hurricans….
WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW
IS LOVE
YEA YEA
Funny thing is that Bush’s approval rate is higher than congress, need I remind you that congress is filled with liberal democrats? Congresses approval rate is 8 percent, that is the lowest in the history of our government, makes you wonder..
Did you know that congress is comprised of more than just one party. It’s true. It’s been that way since at least 1984. Did you know that it’s actually pretty close to 50/50 at the present time? (54%/46%) Odd that 230+ members of congress constitute it being *filled* with liberal Democrats.
Did you know that Republicans in congress have a lower approval rating than their Democratic counterparts?
Funny how that happens, isn’t it?
Lest your comments have any relation to fact based information.
Canadian Paul, will you become an American, please? We need more smart people down here.
Very very true. Not every caption has to be be laugh-out-loud funny. This isn’t a sitcom.
For all who argue in the comments… Why? People who despise this country burn our flag. People who revere this country, fly them. How can someone say that this picture, is “freedom of speech” and still claim to love this country?
I see what you did there
all of this is just to warm us up so when obama wins and nothing changes liberals can be like “well, he had a lot to clean up after bush”.
How can you be such a child as to blame 1 man for everything? Such a naive and childish view of the world.
I don’t understand why it’s such a big deal to have a tattered flag outside a run down house. Obviously even after they had to deal with something horrible happening to their home, they still believe in this country and are still holding out for something better to come.
I personally would rather see a tattered flag on a run down home than no flag at all. It sends a message to me that, yeah they need to focus on more important things than buying a brand new flag, but they are going to keep that old thing there as a symbol of the city. A symbol that after everything, they are a little worse for wear, but they are still there.
Presidents, and bills, and congress members and trials will all come and go in our lifetime. We will probably all tell stories of the election to our grandchildren and supermarket clerks, but even when we are old and have weathered high gas prices and whatever else, we will still be here and pass our tattered old legacy to some “new flags” who will have to also overcome things and then become old themselves.
This picture does not represent a president, it represents both an individual and a country at the same time. I know I’m not as eloquent or quick witted as some of you, but I really think some of the banter is a little shallow, and in the end it won’t matter anyway. So just go, have a glass of wine, watch the sun set and enjoy being a flag in the breeze. Sooner than you think someone is going to say you are old and tattered and replace you with a new flag.
Who you leftist nutjobs going to hate when Bush leaves office? Probably McCain huh? Since he will be our next President.
i find this caption to be extremely disrespectful. until you know what it’s like to have your airman shipped off to flight school and then iraq, don’t even start complaining about the war. my boyfriend is an airman, he is training to be a pilot. he wants to be fighting for his country, and you know what? i have NEVER been more proud of anyone in my entire life. every single person that is in iraq signed up for the military. nobody has been drafted yet. you can’t support the troops and not the war. so show a little respect. how do you think these men and women feel when they are risking their lives EVERY SINGLE DAY and everyone at home is no appreciating a single bit of it.
can you read this comment? thank a soldier.
because they’re the reason you can.
About half way down this page of comments I got pissed off. Mostly by this back and forth, defend Bush, bash Bush, defend the war, hate on the war. And all I really have to say is this.
We live in America.
Home of Free Speech.
Shut the hell up, go to separate corners and keep bitching.
Its our right to do so.
Thank You.
“We live in America.
Home of Free Speech.
Shut the hell up…”
And yet US-aires can’t understand why the rest of the world holds them in contempt…
Only an idiot tries to defend bush on a libtard site.. hard to defend something that is dead wrong on so many issues…
But Most Conservatives know Bush sold us out, WE know he dropped the ball on a couple of KEY issues. One of the problems is and was he let the left talk him into a “sanitary war” Had he gone in like MOST of the conservative base wanted We would have been out of Iraq a long time ago… but he held on to Rummy.
So here we are, EITHER of the candidates will remove our troops before the other would. Obama talks, he flips and flops… As of now troops will be coming home early BUT the democrats cant have that.. look for violence to rise in Iraq over the next couple of weeks, gotta give Obama some talking points.
Please let this nightmare end soon! Course the bible thumpers are already sniffing palin like a scratch N’ sniff!
You people are awful.