Thursday, October 27, 2011

You can't make this up.

24 comments:

Chris Merck said...

Move over, Miss South Carolina

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a verbatim Nancy Pelosi speech.

Kingfish said...

I wonder if she knows cash is as good as money.

Anonymous said...

Protest 'equality and change' .... wow. Just wow. I received this in an email earlier today - good to see the news is spreading about 'haftin to be uproared'.

Anonymous said...

The selectivity of both the liberal and conservative media is fascinating. They each find the craziest or dumbest people in the crowd ( be it Occupiers or Tea Partyers) to interview.
That there are college graduates in both crowds and those who have " done the right thing" or that both crowds are frustrated with the irresponsibility of Congress gets lost. Hell, it's even lost to those protesting either Wall Street or deficit spending...two problems which are not unrelated.
As long as we fight among ourselves, those laughing all the way to the bank with our tax dollars or all the way to China with our technology and knowledge , will be pleased.

Anonymous said...

With that clear and succinct of a message, she should replace Obama.

Anonymous said...

You know......you know....you know...

Shadowfax said...

5:59; I've listened to enough Hannity radio shows (and so have you) to know that if you were to interview two hundred of these people (or four hundred), not a single one could tell you 'where congress is located', not a one could identify the House and the Senate and none could not tell you which party controls either.

Aren't you embarrassed to be part of a generation that can't identify the vice president by name, can't tell you the name of the past three presidents in order and can't name a single current cabinet member?

Yet you DO know you want more stuff you haven't worked for and you're (collectively) willing to smell like urine to demand it.

Anonymous said...

As long as we fight among ourselves, those laughing all the way to the bank with our tax dollars or all the way to China with our technology and knowledge, will be pleased.

Oh, yes, the myth about the great accomplishments that can be achieved through compromise and respectful dialogue.

Anonymous said...

You Know = Brain Freeze

Anonymous said...

That's easy for her to say.

stilettoGOP said...

WHAT the actual F??

I like how she speaks of how traveled (I guess?) she is from all of her "train system" experience. She must be a very learned person.

stilettoGOP said...

Wait, I just watched it again, and I think she has me on her side.

See, it's that dern Homeland Security keeping them down, y'all. I didn't realize before that's what she was trying to say. They can't concentrate on getting jobs and degrees because of HOMELAND SECURITY. perfect sense now.

bill said...

Pathetic, but 7:05 is right. The current youth, regardless of social or financial position, are not as smart as we were. I have a test that I give my kids' friends, and I have four from 16 to 30 so I have been doing it awhile. I ask them to start with the current President and work backward. Most get the first one right, many can remember the one before, but it drops off pretty quickly after that unless hints are provided. Most of the kids are high level public school or private school educated. One young man was able to get back to Nixon, although it was during the Clinton years so he had a shorter path. Our kids don't read anymore and it's going to be a problem at some point. Bill Billingsley

Anonymous said...

No, the generations that have come after you have just figured out that it doesn't matter who the president is, because both parties in this country are controlled by large corporations, and a huge, self absorbed, whiny assed block of voters called baby boomers.

And since when is rote memorization the same thing as learning? Or in any way indicative of intelligence?

Reed said...

It's not rote memorization, it is interest in one's society, gov't, etc. Particularly if you are wont to hang out in a park for a month under the auspices of protesting said government and its connection with those in the finance world, you should be able to prove that you have at least a modicum of understanding.

Otherwise, I suspect you're just looking for an excuse to slack off, misbehave and complain.

Anonymous said...

Please leave Obama's voting base alone!

Anonymous said...

Reed and Bill are right.
The average IQ in the US has dropped from 100 to 90 as well.
But, we've also devalued a liberal arts education ( for Pavlov's dogs who want to bark when hearing the word " liberal" that means simply that a general education needs to precede a specialized subject focus). We no longer give our students a general understanding of philosophy, logic, science, history,anthropology or psychology and so they have no context and no general understanding of the world around them and how subjects interrelate or simply " how things work".
When I went to college it was required that I have a foreign language proficiency,philosophy,history, civics or political science,literature,psychology,sociology,art or music appreciation, advanced math courses,religion, biology/botany or physical science all before I was allowed to take the first course in my major. Now students are " exempted" from some of these courses before they ever get to college or the colleges don't require them at all. Having taken AP like courses in high school simply meant I had to take the higher level of math or foreign language etc. offered, not to be exempted .
If you were a " smart" kid the " benefit" was getting to learn MORE, not getting a pass.

Anonymous said...

It's so easy for a reporter to find the crazy ones in any crowd...be it these folks or the Tea Party gatherings.
Could it be that both groups have lost confidence in government ? Could it be that the politics of divisiveness are coming home to roost and that both political parties succeeded beyond there wildest expectations in convincing the public that the other party was the root of all evil?
Those in government really ought to realize that their ultimate self-interest isn't solely in their wallets but also in making sure society functions before they find the hordes at their gates.
Haven't they learned anything from the fall of those who enriched themselves at the expense of the public?
For those in politics, please spend some time learning about " noblesse oblige".

Anonymous said...

I asked my 15 year old to name the Presidents in reverse. He missed Gerald Ford and Warren G. Harding. Otherwise he got back as far as McKinley (which is how far back I got).

That is a good test for people today, kids or adults.

Reed said...

@9:07, I'm really tired of this conflation of the tea party and the OWS month-long street party. The two groups have almost nothing in common. It's easy (actually lazy) to lump them together. The funny thing is that those who mercilessly derided the tea party (calling them "teabaggers", for on example) are now trying to assign virtue to the OWS crowd through these specious comparisons.

So which is it? Are the tea partiers racists (a la Janeane Garofalo) hiding their contempt under religion and patriotism, or are they righteously indignant folks who represent the obverse of the OWS coin?

Basically what I'm hearing is, "OWS is not so bad, they're just as fed up as those racist, sexist, Obama hating teabaggers."

Give me a break.

Here's the major difference: Tea Partiers vote, and have for years. They are united in their desire to see this country stop digging into debt and laying it off on the taxpayer, and want government to leave them alone so they can pay their own way.

OWS doesn't vote (except for Obama in 08). They are united in the desire to have a good time in the street for as long as the party lasts, and want government to intercede and pay their way.

How many acts of rape (Occupy Cleveland), public masturbation (Occupy Madison, WI), indecent exposure to children (Occupy Seattle), assault with a knife (Occupy Hartford, CT), or theft (OWS) were reported during tea party rallies?

These groups are as different as night and day and to group them together is idiocy, period.

Anonymous said...

If she says "You know" one more freaking time!!! I know she's an idiot.

Anonymous said...

Reed, these groups are different in that they have " bought" into the blame assignments for the mess we are in that has been offerred up by the extreme wings of both political parties.

Their distrust of government and authority is the commonality or aren't you reading the polls?

Another difference is in how both groups were formed. You really ought to explore the origins of BOTH.

BOTH groups,however, are primarily WHITE and primarily MIDDLE CLASS. That is not MY opinion, by the way, but comes from research by LeHigh and other academic sources.

Sociologists are very interested in these protests for a reason and you might ought to be concerned about why that is the case.

The middle class is suffering and disappearing. Both parties have a role in that and how one's ox has been gored has something to do with which " blame" an individual assigns. Where you reside also is a determining factor. The Deep South, the Southeast, the Northeast and the West and Midwest don't see things the same way for a reason. If you had been born in Boston, your political views would be quite different. If you had been born Latino or Black or into a different religion and all else was the same, you would have different views on political issues.

But, if both movements continue to grow as is likely and if authority and government remains entrenched and unable to see that THEIR power and position is in jeapordy, VERY bad times are ahead.

THAT is what should worry us. That should worry us MORE than a terrorist attack or anything else. But, it won't because our political parties have been very successful in programming us to fight among ourselves so that we cannot see how we are all in a sinking boat.

U R PROGRAMMED said...

But, if both movements continue to grow ...

OWS is a made-for-TV joke. The only thing about that "movement" which is growing is the number of bowel movements they are leaving in public places.



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