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bluegal on Monday, May 12th, 2008 at 8:30 PM - PDT
Tough tribble, Spock, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few…
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Hillary Clinton Now Considered the ‘Presumptuous’ Nominee
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=1807
Pure genius.
Barr announces Libertarian White House bid
WASHINGTON - Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr launched a Libertarian Party presidential bid Monday, saying voters are hungry for an alternative to the status quo who would dramatically cut the federal government.
His candidacy throws a wild card into the White House race that many believe could peel away votes from Republican Sen. John McCain given the candidates’ similar positions on fiscal policy.
Barr, who has hired Ross Perot’s former campaign manager, acknowledged that some Republicans have tried to discourage him from running. But he said he’s getting in the race to win, not to play spoiler or to make a point.
“I’ve heard from Americans from all walks of life … they want a choice,” he said at a news conference in Washington. “They believe that America has more and better to offer than what the current political situation is serving up to us.”
Barr first must win the Libertarian nomination at the party’s national convention that begins May 22. Party officials consider him a front-runner thanks to the national profile he developed as a Georgia congressman from 1995 to 2003.
If he wins the White House, he said he would immediately freeze discretionary spending in Washington. He also would begin withdrawing troops from Iraq and consider slashing spending at federal agencies such as the departments of education and commerce — as well as at overseas military bases.
Wings spanked the Stars tonight!! Go Wings!!!!!!!!!!!!
A professional review of tonight’s performance…
STATLER: Boo!
WALDORF: Boooo!
S: That was the worst thing I’ve ever heard!
W: It was terrible!
S: Horrendous!
W: Well it wasn’t that bad.
S: Oh, yeah?
W: Well, there were parts of it I liked!
S: Well, I liked alot of it.
W: Yeah, it was GOOD actually.
S: It was great!
W: It was wonderful!
S: Yeah, bravo!
W: More!
S: More!
W: More!
S: More!
Jon Stewart had the stupidest f**king guy on the planet on tonight. Guess what: he’s still the stupidest f**king guy on the planet.
barr is not a libertarian in the slightest…how the libertarian party could nominate him is beyond me
oh, and today, the largest kosher slaughterhouse in the nation was the target of the largest illegal bust in our history
apparently the plant employed somewhere between 3-600 illegals…some of which were underage
just to show you that this is more than just going after immigrants…the fact that these individuals were illegal allowed this plant to skirt safety measures, hired underaged workers and paid workers well below the prevailing wage and even the minimum wage
i am a jew, and i hope these bastards (the owners, alledgedly religious jews) all go straight to fuckin prison
Leslie [Hussein] @ 6:
Stewart doesn’t come on here until 11:00 PDT. Which stupidest guy are you talking about?
Ron @ 8:
Douglas Feith
I hate to say it, but Penguins don’t stand a chance against the Wings. It’s just not their year.
Leslie [Hussein] @ 9:
Ohhh, yeahhhh!
Leslie [Hussein] @ 6:
Was McChernenko back on?
Cas @ 12:
No.
…or the One.
Wuzup Hussein Dawk @ 10:
Wings are rolling and all cylinders are clicking. But, the Cup finals are a whole new game…..so, I’ll hold my breath until that time.
hells apopin
Dr. Biitter Hussein (Mission Accomplished) Matt @ 15:
Oh, I watched the march of the penguins. Are you guys just getting around to seeing it?
If that was meant to be a commentary on Hillary Clinton, it was one of the funniest bits of political satire I’ve ever seen.
The Army Corps is clueless when it comes to levees.
Ron @ 17:
They can’t fly with those wings. They can swim like hell though.
Tequila @ 19:
At the moment, the US military will protect you against.. nothing..
Cas @ 21:
Who is going to protect us from them?
Ron @ 22:
John Connor
Cas @ 23:
Don Davis @ 1:
When will your posts be considered spam?
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Some penguins can fly.
Ron @ 24:
Is the leader of the resistance in the battle against the (military contractors made) machines..
(Terminator)
Cas @ 27:
So, we have a chance.
Leslie [Hussein] @ 6:
Actually I’d say the stupidest vertebrate on the planet. We mustn’t be anthropo-centric.
Tequila @ 19:
As a fellow engineer I’d have to say that the Corps of Engineers is very highly regarded within the profession. They are however subject to political interference and budget constraints. I’d say they are more worried about what they don’t know and when a bunch of engineers tell you they are worried about something there is usually something to worry about.
It’s just a flesh wound…..
wesisbest @ 31:
Is the heart considered flesh?
Whoa! Something I know something about! Yeah, you really need to watch Trek 2, 3, and 4 to get the complete story on the “needs of the many” philosophy. In 3, Kirk risks everything and actually loses the Enterprise for the needs of the one (Spock). Then the dialogue between Spock and his mom at the beginning of 4 is just brilliant. Spock is answering all these crazy math/physics/etc problems, but when the computer asks him “How do you feel?”, he doesn’t know the answer. Spock lost his humanity. Star Trek 4 is about restoring it. In fact, when Chekov is captured and they’re presented with the choice of risking everything or saving Chekov. Spock says they should go for Chekov. Kirk asks Spock if that’s the logical thing to do. Spock says “No Admiral, but it is the human thing to do.” Then at the end of the movie when Spock is talking to his dad, his dad asks him if he had a message for his mom. Spock pauses for a moment and then says “Tell her…I feel fine.”
CLASSIC! Watch 2, 3, and 4 if you haven’t in the past 10 years or so.
Ron,
I was referencing the video. It reminded me of Monty Python. Sorry.
Leslie [Hussein] @ 9:
WTF? This guy should be in jail…oh wait he is a neo-con.
wesisbest @ 34:
No need to be sorry. I was just jiving.
Given the current state of the primary showdown this might have been more appropriate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
Peter G,
Thank you!
blue balls @ 26:
good joke
This is what the Iraqis think. Somebody tell LIEberman.
“This is a country that was damned by the Americans the moment they stepped on our soil”
As with any difficulty now, many Iraqis believe that the occupation forces want it this way.
“It is obvious that the prices are up and life is difficult in this city and all of Iraq because it has been so planned,” Sheikh Ala’in, a cleric in Fallujah told IPS. “Occupation planners designed this poverty in order to make Iraqis work for them as policemen and spies. Iraq is floating on a lake of oil, but there is no gas to run water pumps. What an irony.”
Whatever the reason, residents simply want relief. “We just want our lives back,” said a college student who gave her name only as Nada. “We want to eat, buy clothes, get proper education and breathe pure air. No thanks to Americans for their effort to bring us democracy that killed half of us by their bombs and is now apparently killing the other half by starvation. Can you pass this message to the American people for us?”
http://www.michaelmoore.com/wo.....p?id=11472
Peter G @ 37:
hopefully the real conflict will not end so bitterly.
CoIntelPro against Repug DoucheBaggery @ 41:
I’m rather hoping so myself.
Janet @ 40:
Then you have to wonder where the flowers and candy are. It seems like they are so selfish and don’t appreciate all we have done for them.
Facetious one.
Costa Rica takes more responsibility for global warming than us.
Hilarious vid.
Thank you!
:)
Ron @ 28:
Only if Sarah Conner lives.
LibertyLover @ 46:
Who is Sarah Conner?
Anyone see Olbermann tonight? Where he pointed out that none of the weapons that were found in Iraq recently that the government is trying to say came from Iran were actually determined NOT to have come from Iran. KO’s best line was: “you realize that they are making this stuff up, right?”
Ron @ 47:
John Conner’s mommy. The one that the terminator was sent to kill.