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I never understood why Republicans get so upset about healthy food choices.
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Feb 17, 2016 13:07
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Why is she so loving angry? It's making me angry! Angry about nothing! ...Oh God, I'm... becoming a Republican...
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Feb 17, 2016 13:08
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ToxicSlurpee posted:That's been their modus operandi for a while now, though. They'll do a thing and then scream nonstop about how it's actually the left doing the thing so loudly it drowns out what's really going on. Granted their opposition to letting the VA actually have enough money centers on their opposition to all taxes and all spending. Then when something inevitably goes wrong it's "blame the Democrats!!!" Sadly, true. The GOP is more dogma than politics these days. They've latched onto religion and bigotry to ensure that their base is so rabid that they never question even the most blatant logic flaws in thier plans. All that really matters is how much fervor they out into their campaign sermons, explaining why Trump, a bloated rodeo clown, is dominating these days. Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:I never understood why Republicans get so upset about healthy food choices. "You can't tell me what to do, Dad!! Only *insert celebrity here* can do that! They understand me, not you!!"
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Feb 17, 2016 13:31
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:I never understood why Republicans get so upset about healthy food choices. Many of the 'unhealthy' things are things that they do, so clearly those things were declared unhealthy as an attack on their lifestyle.
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Feb 17, 2016 13:39
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I really like how you have to have some familiarity with pro wrestling to follow the GOP primary in these threads these days. If JR only knew.
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Feb 17, 2016 14:42
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Manuel Calavera posted:Terrorism...at a suburban restaurant. I doubt it honestly. A quote from near the middle of the WaPo article "Authorities did admit, however, that the FBI had previously investigated Barry, a Muslim, for allegedly making radical Islamic threats four years ago, but the agency had abandoned the investigation, according to NBC4.  sounds like a hate crime to me.
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Feb 17, 2016 15:56
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whaley posted:It was weird how he started screaming about how he couldn't do anything about it as it went into the break. I've never really heard Rush get that angry sounding ever and I've been torturing myself with him for many years.  " mentality from listeners, and now that is manifested in callers wanting him to explicitly support Cruz or Trump. Much like with freep, the listeners are divided on Trump/Cruz's flaws which means when they call in they want Rush to coo them and assure them that they're making the conservative choice. But because Limbaugh can never be perceived as being wrong, he can't give even the slightest nod (even though he is fellating Trump non-stop) of official support. This kind of rare event is best heard though, check out the last couple minutes  http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/02/16/limbaugh-lashes-out-its-not-my-job-to-get-votes/208616
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Feb 17, 2016 18:08
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kik2dagroin posted:Yeah he really flipped out, I was pretty surprised myself at how out of left-field it seemed. I think it's funny that his show basically solicits this "with us or against us It's really funny cause he's so obviously for Cruz and it's rubbing him the wrong way to even have to be neutral towards Trump but he knows it would alienate like half his base to be against him. Listening to him squirm and agonize is delightful shadenfreude
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Feb 17, 2016 18:33
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That reminds that our local right wing AM guy was talking a few weeks ago about how the "scales had fallen from his eyes" now that he seeing all the so called conservatives who support Trump. He said that it seemed over the last several years these authoritarians who like Trump had been hanging with the true conservatives and now it's apparent that through endorsing Trump that they are not of the same mind. He calls Trump a fascist. All this infighting rules.
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Feb 17, 2016 18:47
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Ted Cruz was cutting promo's against Trump. I hope Trump comes back with full force and completely destroy that little toads political career. He's already it done it to Jeb, and Scott Walker.
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Feb 17, 2016 19:01
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://time.com/4225884/ted-cruz-military-gluten-free-meals/ Are people with celiac disease or wheat allergies even allowed to serve in combat roles or other situations that may depend on MREs? I know Ted doesn't know because gluten-free is just another hippie-dippie buzzword for him. UFOTofuTacoCat posted:That reminds that our local right wing AM guy was talking a few weeks ago about how the "scales had fallen from his eyes" now that he seeing all the so called conservatives who support Trump. Medved hates both Trump and Cruz and he seems to go back and forth on who he hates more. Right now he's in full-blown attack mode on Trump because he recently said the GOP wasn't holding up their end of their bargain for Trump not to run 3rd party if he loses the nomination. Republicans fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Feb 17, 2016 |
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Feb 17, 2016 19:13
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Ted Cruz is an rear end in a top hat and his whole deal here is clearly just another attempt to rile up his base, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Actual celiacs disease affects less than one percent of the population, so the explosion of gluten-free products is pretty much the definition of hippy-dippy bullshit, specifically marketed to draw out idiots who don't know any better.
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Feb 17, 2016 19:33
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Republicans posted:Are people with celiac disease or wheat allergies even allowed to serve in combat roles or other situations that may depend on MREs? I know Ted doesn't know because gluten-free is just another hippie-dippie buzzword for him.
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Feb 17, 2016 19:39
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Ran Mad Dog posted:Ted Cruz is an rear end in a top hat and his whole deal here is clearly just another attempt to rile up his base, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Actual celiacs disease affects less than one percent of the population, so the explosion of gluten-free products is pretty much the definition of hippy-dippy bullshit, specifically marketed to draw out idiots who don't know any better. Well, sure, but we're not talking about consumer products, we're talking about the military. I don't see the sense in full-stop refusing to accommodate soldiers who have celiac disease. It reminds me of how the military screwed itself over by discharging dozens of competent Arabic-speaking soldiers for being gay... not that being gay is a disease, you know what I mean. I mean, maybe making gluten-free MREs costs a zillion dollars and so it isn't feasible, I dunno, I'm just some jerk posting on the internet. But if there's some soldier who would be incredibly useful on a mission, but they can't go because BY GOD EVERY MRE WILL BE CHOCK FULL OF GLUTEN IN MY AMERICA, that seems dumb to me.
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Feb 17, 2016 19:44
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Feb 17, 2016 19:49
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Republicans posted:Medved hates both Trump and Cruz and he seems to go back and forth on who he hates more. Right now he's in full-blown attack mode on Trump because he recently said the GOP wasn't holding up their end of their bargain for Trump not to run 3rd party if he loses the nomination. Medved is a hardcore neocon, I'm surprised that he even wastes his breath on Cruz considering Trump savaged his precious George W and the Iraq War. He would probably be supporting Jeb! if he wasn't such a godawful candidate but he's now really in love with Rubio, unsurprisingly.
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Feb 17, 2016 19:49
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I just heard Limbaugh rant about how "LIBERALISM" is not about facts or telling the truth, but rather it's about "FEELING GOOD". Oddly enough I became a democrat because I found the facts were not in the favor of the GOP after doing some reading. He's mocking the concept of "Free education", "Free Healthcare" and such as silly concept. He's also mocking the concept of equality, and claiming that it's all about "COMPETITION". My brain literally hurts. e: he's also saying that it's us that are delusional and are working to undermine this county's great history of morality. You mean the same country that was founded by people that hosed whores, grew cannabis, edited it out the bible to remove Jesus's miracles, and owned slaves? Yeah....okay. FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Feb 17, 2016 |
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Feb 17, 2016 19:55
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FuzzySkinner posted:I just heard Limbaugh rant about how "LIBERALISM" is not about facts or telling the truth, but rather it's about "FEELING GOOD". I always love this "Stupid Liberals are all about feelings" cause the number one thing I always hear about Reagan is I don't know what it was like in the late 70s and Reagan made everyone feel good again
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Feb 17, 2016 20:07
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KomradeX posted:I always love this "Stupid Liberals are all about feelings" cause the number one thing I always hear about Reagan is I don't know what it was like in the late 70s and Reagan made everyone feel good again Apparently he's ranting about socialism and getting mixed up with communism. "THE COUNTRY IS CONTROLLED BY THE ELITE...WHILE THE PEOPLE BELOW THEM JUST GET CHECKS" The...country...is...controlled...by...the...elite. uh....okay? And that's different from how the country is ran now how? e: Apparently all "liberals" are against hard working, and "stick-to-it-ness". O....kay?
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Feb 17, 2016 20:13
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FuzzySkinner posted:Apparently he's ranting about socialism and getting mixed up with communism. Spewing hateful gibberish is Limbaugh's entire act. KomradeX posted:I always love this "Stupid Liberals are all about feelings" cause the number one thing I always hear about Reagan is I don't know what it was like in the late 70s and Reagan made everyone feel good again Let's not even get into the fact that the people saying this are the same ones throwing a tantrum whenever a scientific, economic, or tactical study saying that what they want simply doesn't work comes out. Apparently, feelings really do matter, much more than silly things like "facts" or "evidence", but only theirs. Everybody else can go screw themselves for being so mean and selfish as to not bow before their right to dominate them.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:28
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We're terrible because we want people to not go hungry or be poisoned by drinking water or spend their last years eating cat food, & we want sick/disabled people to have access to services. We're just big greedy moneygrubbers who salivate while the taxpayers' money flows freely into all these pointless, wasteful socialist programs.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:29
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FuzzySkinner posted:I just heard Limbaugh rant about how "LIBERALISM" is not about facts or telling the truth, but rather it's about "FEELING GOOD". I heard the same rant. Yeah, it was really something. He talks so fast that by the time I get home I forget the rebuttals I was shouting in my car and trying to scrawl on my hand. It was insane. First of all, what the gently caress is wrong with feelings? "I feel good about this person" is a reasonable criteria to vote for them. Second, the entire GOP field is based on nothing other than feelings. Feeling ANGRY and scared. He basically admitted that the conservative ideology is about nothing more than robotic indoctrination, unquestioning adherence to authority and tradition and the insatiable pursuit of money. Then he threw out a strawman saying that democrats want everyone to make the exact same amount of money and that this is their goal. No one is running on that platform. If a CEO makes 350 times more money than an average worker at the same company and someone points out that's hosed up and skewed, gee, I guess it must mean that we expect to make the same money as our boss. What a disingenuous turd.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:31
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FuzzySkinner posted:e: Apparently all "liberals" are against hard working, and "stick-to-it-ness". O....kay? Most liberals I know work harder than your average conservative or CEO. In my experience, the higher up the ladder I've climbed, the easier my work was. Somehow, whenever it was a Holiday weekend, all the sales managers wound up on the golf course at 1pm on a Friday while the rest of us had to work longer hours to make up for the holiday. A lot of vacation days I took weren't vacation days at all. I just had to cram 50 or 60 hours worth of work into one week so that I could go on my honeymoon.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:35
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Apparently the concept of "Socialism" has never worked anywhere, ever. This is according to Rush Limbaugh. Welp. Guess I gotta go tell the rest of the devoloped world the news guys. Pack up, it's over.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:36
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America is the best country in the world but we can't have nice stuff like other countries because we are apparently also an exceptional shithole.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:38
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BiggerBoat posted:Most liberals I know work harder than your average conservative or CEO. In my experience, the higher up the ladder I've climbed, the easier my work was. Somehow, whenever it was a Holiday weekend, all the sales managers wound up on the golf course at 1pm on a Friday while the rest of us had to work longer hours to make up for the holiday. Temporarily embarrassed millionaires and all. It's easy to get people to vote against their interests if you get them hopped up on the idea that it could be them being the rich and powerful tomorrow. FuzzySkinner posted:Apparently the concept of "Socialism" has never worked anywhere, ever. This is according to Rush Limbaugh. Bah, we don't need some some filthy foreign ideas. 'Murrica is the best thing ever so everybody else has to be worse.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:39
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BiggerBoat posted:What a disingenuous turd. So a pretty standard conservative at this point.  It's worth repeating, conservatives believe liberals and leftist are limp wristed pansies, who are overly sensitive and afraid and offended by everything who want to censor everything, while also believing that liberals and leftists are godless, immoral heathens, obsessed with sex and drugs and violent media. American conservatism has lost its goddamned mind and no conservative who is unwilling to admit this is worth taking seriously at this point.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:40
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FuzzySkinner posted:Apparently he's ranting about socialism and getting mixed up with communism. I used to spend a bunch of time trying to understand his tirades (and others like them), but the affect it had on my mental health made me step back a bit and instead only occasionally observe it from a distance. That sort of poo poo is toxic.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:40
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Doctor Butts posted:
Thinking about it, yeah. That seems about right. No way to know though for sure, Columbus police shot the guy dead.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:40
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FuzzySkinner posted:Apparently the concept of "Socialism" has never worked anywhere, ever.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:45
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FuzzySkinner posted:Apparently the concept of "Socialism" has never worked anywhere, ever. This is according to Rush Limbaugh. What he's saying is that America is too weak to try and adapt a new concept for the betterment of itself.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:47
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FuzzySkinner posted:Apparently the concept of "Socialism" has never worked anywhere, ever. This is according to Rush Limbaugh. You're agreeing with him either way. Either you agree with his statement or you agree with his framing that Europe is Socialist.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:49
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Suitaru posted:Well, sure, but we're not talking about consumer products, we're talking about the military. I don't see the sense in full-stop refusing to accommodate soldiers who have celiac disease. It reminds me of how the military screwed itself over by discharging dozens of competent Arabic-speaking soldiers for being gay... not that being gay is a disease, you know what I mean. I don't think the cost of the food of the problem. Everyone involved needs to make sure that the foods are not mixed during preparation or service, and that the soldier is eating only the appropriate foods. This includes command, suppliers, procurement, mess hall staff, and the soldier himself. Any failure along that chain will result in a someone who is out of commission for up to a week. It's a liability that they don't have to take on because there are plenty of other qualified enlistees. Not to excuse Ted Cruz's comments, which were an obvious dogwhistle.
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Feb 17, 2016 20:49
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beatlegs posted:We're terrible because we want people to not go hungry or be poisoned by drinking water or spend their last years eating cat food, & we want sick/disabled people to have access to services. We're just big greedy moneygrubbers who salivate while the taxpayers' money flows freely into all these pointless, wasteful socialist programs. So what your saying is I should be putting my life savings into Cat Food shares
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Feb 17, 2016 20:50
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It's amazing how Savage is embracing this "Scalia was MURDERED" line. The best part is that he seems to be basing a lot of his suspicions on movies. Like, he seriously compared Scalia's death to a Hitchcock movie. Then again, he liked Scalia so I guess it makes sense that he uses pure fantasy as a basis for reality
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Feb 17, 2016 20:57
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Takoluka posted:What he's saying is that America is too weak to try and adapt a new concept for the betterment of itself. He's right.
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Feb 17, 2016 21:06
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I think that Rush is staying neutral on Trump because anything Rush says negatively about Trump will put Rush in Trump's line of fire. Trump will destroy you if you say anything bad about him.
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Feb 17, 2016 21:44
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Star Man posted:I think that Rush is staying neutral on Trump because anything Rush says negatively about Trump will put Rush in Trump's line of fire. Trump will destroy you if you say anything bad about him. I would love to see Trump tear into Rush.
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Feb 17, 2016 22:14
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I think Rush is staying neutral on Trump because there is still a very real chance Trump will be the nominee. It lets him avoid off-message statements later. If it ever becomes clear that Trump will not win, I expect you'll hear a lot more about his non-conservative positions.
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Feb 17, 2016 22:29
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Star Man posted:I think that Rush is staying neutral on Trump because anything Rush says negatively about Trump will put Rush in Trump's line of fire. Trump will destroy you if you say anything bad about him. If you're a weak debater, yeah. Trump has a ton of weak spots. Which shows you how awful this crop of GOP candidates are at politics.
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Feb 17, 2016 22:31
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