Thursday Open Thread
Welcome to your Thursday open thread. Is it just me or has this week been really slow? I think it must be because we have a holiday coming up and I’m looking forward to the time off.
The Republican party is a party of geniuses:
Appearing on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell today, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) attempted to justify the threatened Republican obstruction of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia. But in doing so, he wrongly called Russia the Soviet Union — not once, but twice…
While Barrasso may say this was a slip of the tongue and that he knows that the Soviet Union collapsed nearly twenty years ago in 1991, this is not the first time far-right senators have made this mistake when talking about START. Barrasso also tellingly concluded his remarks by asserting that he disagrees “with the component [of START] that weakens our own missile defense against all enemies, not just the Soviet Union.”
We’ve been listening for days about how important it is to sign the START treaty for relations with Russia. I really think that GOP policy is as simple as “if Obama’s for it, we’re against it.” I think he should start playing headgames with them.
For some reason, American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer has been saying a lot of dumb things lately. He’s already come out against the scourge of grizzly bears. Fischer is back – this time he’s criticizing the Medal Of Honor awardee.
Bryan Fischer, the “Director of Issues Analysis” for the conservative Christian group the American Family Association, was unhappy yesterday that President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to a soldier for saving lives. This, Fischer wrote on his blog, shows that the Medal of Honor has been “feminized” because “we now award it only for preventing casualties, not for inflicting them.”
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Fischer’s take? “So the question is this: when are we going to start awarding the Medal of Honor once again for soldiers who kill people and break things so our families can sleep safely at night?”
“We have feminized the Medal of Honor,” Fischer wrote. He also quoted General Patton: “Gen. George Patton once famously said, ‘The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other guy die for his.'” (Actually, Patton doesn’t say anything about the other guy: “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”)
It’s a two-fer! He insults both women and veterans at the same time. Fischer is really quite talented.
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UI – you are missing your opportunity to display your deeply-rooted geekiness, even though it’s physics and not chemistry. Still, though, be geeky!
RSmitty-What in the FUCK are you talking about?
UI doesn’t have to bring deep science equations into this conversation, you fucking jerk.
Get your pompous head out of your ass, you fucking asshole.
Yo, Skip — you need to chill out here. Smitty was winking at UI when he posted that. He meant to be funny, you know?
Wow. That was a little over the top.
Feminized the Medal of Honor? What does that even mean? Good to know you can have zero-grasp on words but still be a fan of blood lust for Jesus.
Cool, I haven’t received a reaction like that in years (except when I go to DP or get MikeyP to say something). Nice to meet ya’, skippertee. 🙄 Can ya’ dig my head out of my ass now? (Hint: I know UI, Cass, and most of DL contributors outside of this blog and on friendly terms…I have faith that UI got my point along with the nod and wink)
And to Cass’ point, I forgot something:
Hey UI, 😉
Who’s Smarter? Night Owls vs Morning People
Dammit Smitty, you’ve ruined tomorrow’s open thread. I don’t understand Skip’s reaction – I often post science stuff. No equations generally though.
Yeah, well I’ve wanted to tangle with him ever since he posted a smarmy comment about a letter to the editor I wrote.
This was my first chance and I took it.
So BACK off cassandra_m and mind your own fucking business.
Then tangle with him over the LTE and stop with this bullshit.
And you are in no position to tell me to do anything in my own damn house. You can step the fuck off, skippy.
Angry villagers with pitchforks and torches fail to defund NPR:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/18/republican-defund-npr-fails_n_785453.html
There appears to be a poster who could use a little time out:)
OH NO I’m having premonitions of the Thanksgiving gathering.
let’s just say that skipper has some issues.
How I’d love to see one of our Dems do this to one of the rethuglican teabaggers in Congress – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/18/carlos-kunkel-slapped-video_n_785601.html?fbwall&ref=nf
OK – let’s not act like our friends over at DP….
you know – the uncivil rabble that want to legislate our lives while keeping government small and taxes smaller..
As far as Mr. Fischer’s comments go: well as a female and a meritorious service medal winner (for saving lives) – ummm he would not be able to peel his diapers off if he dealt with one tenth of one % of what I did to earn it.
What a ball-less wonder! and I would like some time alone in a room with him -he would not be smiling when he left it either.
Yeah, well I’ve wanted to tangle with him ever since he posted a smarmy comment about a letter to the editor I wrote.
Huh? Clue me in then, because I have no idea what you are talking about. Did I comment here or on the news journal? I ask, because I RARELY comment over there. If you’re going to hate me with DP-like rage, at least show me what it’s about. The letter, too, what was it?
Stayin’ for dessert huh Smitty? 🙂
Yeah, I’m a glutton (for punishment).
Still trying to track down more sources for confirmation, but supposedly Sen. Lisa Murkowski has said she will vote to repeal DADT.
I think this is a big FU to the repubs who stripped her of her positions when she announced her write-in campaign.