Joementum posted:

Quote of the day, this Sarah Palin speech in its entirety.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYc92hi5shE

Grouchio posted:

Lemme know if there's a better place to post this:

Apparently there was a bomb scare amongst two US airliners in Atlanta today. All passengers have been safely evacuated, search is currently in progress: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30971220

Joementum posted:

Quote of the day, this Sarah Palin speech in its entirety.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYc92hi5shE

BatteredFeltFedora posted:

I can't stand actually listening to her talk but I'd be interested in a transcript if and when one pops up.

quote:

I won't forget the men who died, who gave that away And I'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless the USA From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee Across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA

Well, there's pride in every American where as least I know I'm free And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that I'm proud to be an American heart And it's time to start again with just my children and my wife I'd thank my lucky stars to be livin' here today 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless the USA From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee Across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA

Well, there's pride in every American where as least I know I'm free And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me and I'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless the USA see Across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA Well, there's pride in every American heart And it's time to start again with just my children and my wife I'd worked for all my life

And I had to start again with just my children and my wife I'd thank my lucky stars to be an American where as least I know I'm free And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me And I'd gladly stands for freedom and they can't take that away And I'm proud to be an American where as least I know I'm free And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me And I'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless the USAnd up next to you and defend her still today 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless the USA From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee Across the USA From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee Across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA

Well, there's pride in every American where as least I know I'm free And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me
And I'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless the USAt again with just my children and my wife I'd thank my lucky

FAUXTON posted:

BatteredFeltFedora posted:

I can't stand actually listening to her talk but I'd be interested in a transcript if and when one pops up.

quote:

I THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS SO GREAT TO BE BACK IN IOWA. WE HAVE GREAT MEMORIES HERE. MANY TRIPS THAT WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO TAKE HERE. THE 2008 CAMPAIGN. THEN EVEN MORE FUN, THE TEA PARTY RALLY WE HAD. THAT WAS FUN. WE HAVE HAD FRIED EVERYTHING YOUR STATE FAIR. OF COURSE, ONE YEAR THINKING THAT AFTER THE SAY ARE, I WAS GOING TO WORK SOME OF IT OFF, WE DRIVE UP TO STORM LAKE. I THINK THERE IS A HALF MARATHON GOING ON. I CAN GO INCOGNITO AND GO SEE THIS RACE. INCOGNITO. IT MEANS FOR ME NO MAKEUP.
[LAUGHTER] I’M GOING TO SCARE LITTLE CHILDREN. I AM RUNNING THE RACE AND JUMP IN THERE. I’M INCOGNITO I’M THINKING. I’M RUNNING IN PEACE. NO ONE IS TALKING POLITICS. I CAN’T TALK ANYWAY. BUT NO PRESS THERE WITH SUSPICIOUS THINKING OF THEIR SIGNALS, SHE IS IN IOWA, WHAT IS SHE DOING? THEY ARE GOOD AT SENSING WHO IS COMING, WHO IS GOING AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF YOUR STATE. I’M RUNNING, BUT NO PRESS BUGGING ME IF I WANT TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OR NOT. THAT WAS THE YEAR OF THAT QUESTION. JUMPING INTO THE RACE, I’M RUNNING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. BOOM, THEIR IM ACCUSED OF RUNNING THE RACE FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. I FIND OUT THAT OK, I’M IN IOWA, THE RACE HAPPENED TO BE CALLED THE JUMP RIGHT IN AND RUN RACE. I GOT A MEDAL. THE PRESS IS LIKE YOU ORCHESTRATED THAT. I’M LIKE OH YEAH, ASKED TODD. ANYWAY. MY BEST MEMORIES ARE OF THE WONDERFUL FRIENDS WE HAVE MADE HERE, GOOD PEOPLE, HARD WORKERS WITH LOVE FOR THIS GREAT COUNTRY. THEY SHOW YOUR WORK ATHLETIC — WORK ETHIC. EVEN DRIVING BY YOUR HOMES WITH FLAGS WAVING ON THE FRONT PORCHES, ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT I THINK A LOT OF YOU MAY BE FOUND OUT THERE ON YOUR PORCHES CLINGING TO YOUR GUNS, YOUR GOD, YOUR CONSTITUTION. IT IS BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE OF YOU THE REST OF THE COUNTRY KNOWS THIS PART OF AMERICA AS THE HEARTLAND. LAST TIME I WAS HERE TO CAMPAIGN
, IT WAS FOR ONE OF THOSE FRIENDS WHOM WE HAVE MADE, AND YOU KNOW HER, THE SOLDIER, THE FARMER, A GOOD NEIGHBOR, AND BACK THEN I CALLED HER A PISTOL PACKING HARLEY RIDING MAMA GRIZZLY. NOW I AM THRILLED TO CALL HER YOUR SENATOR, JONI ERNST.

quote:

{transcript ends, quite possibly due to an act of a merciful God}

SnakePlissken posted:

Oh, you just scratched together an emulator, didn't you.

420DD Butts posted:

Ugh, she reminded me that Ernst is an Iowa senator. Cannot wait for her to be voted out in 6 years.

quote:

It has almost become a cliche that the politicians who bray the loudest about cutting government waste and slashing "entitlements" turn out to have learned what they know about the government trough from the inside.

The latest example is Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who rode her tea party small-government platform to victory in the 2014 election. Ernst is viewed as such an appealing figure by her GOP colleagues that they chose her to deliver the party's official response to President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday.

The public spotlight might not prove to be Ernst's best friend. The District Sentinel, a Washington, D.C., news co-op, reports that despite her campaign pitch that her parents "taught us to live within our means," her family members collected $463,000 in federal farm subsidies from 1995 through 2009.

The figures come from the Environmental Working Group's authoritative database of farm supports. Most of the money, more than $367,000 in mostly corn subsidies, went to Ernst's uncle, Dallas Culver, and his farm in her home town of Red Oak, Iowa. An additional $38,665 went to her father, Richard Culver, and $57,479 went to her grandfather, Harold Culver, who died in 2003.

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

Speaking of Joni Culver Ernst...


Big surprise, her family are ag sub-collecting welfare queens. Also 20% of the people in her county are on food stamps but she wants to cut that too.

FAUXTON posted:

http://projects.haykranen.nl/markov/demo/

It was the product of a frantic google search for a markov chain generator.

DemeaninDemon posted:

They're not welfare queens they're job corn syrup creators.

Lote posted:

Rising blood sugar bouys all boats.

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

Speaking of Joni Culver Ernst...


Big surprise, her family are ag sub-collecting welfare queens. Also 20% of the people in her county are on food stamps but she wants to cut that too.

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

I was laughing the other day when this rich high school classmate of mine posted a Milton Friedman quote saying "if you put the government in charge of the Sahara there would be a shortage of sand within a few years" or something like that. This from a guy who went to public K-12, has went to two public universities, drives on government-built and government-maintained roads...

These Randian supermen are almost invariably two steps removed from that one guy who said "I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone ever help me out? No!"

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

I was laughing the other day when this rich high school classmate of mine posted a Milton Friedman quote saying "if you put the government in charge of the Sahara there would be a shortage of sand within a few years" or something like that. This from a guy who went to public K-12, has went to two public universities, drives on government-built and government-maintained roads...

These Randian supermen are almost invariably two steps removed from that one guy who said "I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone ever help me out? No!"

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

I was laughing the other day when this rich high school classmate of mine posted a Milton Friedman quote saying "if you put the government in charge of the Sahara there would be a shortage of sand within a few years" or something like that.

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

These Randian supermen are almost invariably two steps removed from that one guy who said "I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone ever help me out? No!"

420DD Butts posted:

I just assume all Republicans that talk about "government excess" are hypocrites that benefited from federal aid throughout their life at this point.

Captain_Maclaine posted:

Hah, like that they aren't planning on doing exactly that concerning a Mr. Benjamin G. Hazi that we've all heard so much about.


A distressing number of people think of college as nothing more than vocational training these days, I find and have gotten into screaming arguments about. Getting a well rounded education that allows you to participate more fully and capably in society? gently caress that, what job prospects does it open up?!

Thankfully, none of my students have (yet) pulled their equivalent, the "well I'm paying a lot to be here so I'm entitled to a good grade or else I might not land a good job and that'll be your fault." I'm thinking about seriously losing my temper when/if that one comes along.

Meat Recital posted:

I dont know if they're hypocrites or they just dont realize the federal aid they've received through out their lives. I cant imagine there's anyone in the country who hasn't benefited from federal aid at some point.

chitoryu12 posted:

It seems like people who are against federal aid just don't view something as aid if it's not spelled out as such. Literally everyone benefits from "socialism" in America: roads, police, firefighters, paramedics, and every other service that you're not paying a specific fee for is paid for by your taxes. Public schools are paid for by your taxes. America has always been a capitalist/socialist hybrid rather than purely capitalist, which is why you're not billed when the cops show up to help you. But since it's not called "federal aid" and your taxes don't say exactly what every dollar goes to, they just kinda view it as a cost of some sort and ignore it.

Keep in mind that if you look at any politician, he's likely to be woefully out of touch with reality even if he's a decent guy. These are people who often don't know how to drive themselves or maintain their own house, let alone understand what life is like below the poverty line, because they've often had years of people being paid to do poo poo for them.

computer parts posted:

Cops are a bad example of that though because they really don't have anything to do with the federal government. They're an entity of the city you're in and are primarily funded by the state. Yes, they receive federal grants but that's a very far way from saying that they're paid for with your taxes.

chitoryu12 posted:

So what funds them?

computer parts posted:

The state government, which most conservatives would agree has a legitimate place (the ones that don't think that the county sheriff is the only legitimate lawman. Also they are named Bundy).

computer parts posted:

The state government, which most conservatives would agree has a legitimate place (the ones that don't think that the county sheriff is the only legitimate lawman. Also they are named Bundy).

HBNRW posted:

Where does the state government get the money to give grants to municipal cops?

Grouchio posted:

At any rate, given the airline bomb threats, should I still fly to Georgia come feburary holiday?

repeating posted:

I don't always fly to Georgia, but when I do, I fly under the shadow of a bomb threat.

BatteredFeltFedora posted:

I can't stand actually listening to her talk but I'd be interested in a transcript if and when one pops up.

Eat_at_Milliways posted:

Every time she says "so, anyway," take a shot

HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:

Double your pleasure, double your fun. So glad I went to Detroit yesterday instead of listened to these people talk.

http://youtubedoubler.com/epvx

Grouchio posted:

You're...glad you went to Detroit? America's industrial corpse?