For the week Dec 25 thru Dec 31
Happy New Year to everyone! Well the last week of the year for POU was just as rowdy and raucous as the rest! Y’all bout it with the comments and we know you’ll keep bringing it in 2012!! Now let’s see what riled up the Obots the last week of the year. “You Can Put Up All The Billboards Around the Country You Want Too….Won’t Matter!” Comment of the Week
Have you guys seen the “I’m a mormon” billboards in your neck of the woods? They’re in abundance in Atlanta and I noticed them while I drove to my parents home in Alabama over the holidays. Huh….I dont know Williard! Me thinks it just won’t nudge these evangelical southerners. Isonprize, Monday Evening Thread
Gingrich is pond scum, mean, nasty stinky pond scum. Of this there is no doubt. This story is interesting only in that it shows how desperately, DESPERATELY, the Republican establishment (translation Koch & Co.) want Willard to be the Republican nominee. I could give a less than a damn how Leroy’s first marriage ended. He could have stayed married to the same woman for 30+ years for all I care. He’s still a weasel. What the establishment is fighting hard, very hard, against is the fact that Willard is a Mormon. It’s like the elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about. The majority of Republicans — the wingnuts, Teathugs, run-of-the-mill Repubs, NOT the ridiculously rich ones like Koch & Co, — the regular everyday Rs, just DON’T LIKE MORMONS, period. There, I said it.
“When Willl These Mofos Realize This Ain’t Oz and PBO is not The Wizard” Comment of the Week
Oh so this emoprog discovered 2 years after 2010 that elections have consequences?? Really?
F U
GN, Tuesday Open Thread
The counterproductiveness of the new media has consequences as well. I’m getting pretty tired of hearing from “disenchanted with POTUS” people. Anyone who expected perfection and utopia in place of progress simply has no grasp of politics or American history. As far as I’m concerned, neither this blog post nor the Krugman article which it cites are reflective of a lefty media which has it together. By FAR, the BIGGEST disappointments of the past three years have been in the lefty media, with absolutely no contest. Spaces and people who formerly acknowledged the foolhardy and counterproductive nature of Naderism, all of a sudden embracing and selling purity politics, as well as holding President Obama to an impossibly high standard. Sellout after sellout as people’s egos and pockets got the better of them, and they bashed for cash (looking at you, Arianna). These people are the absolute biggest disappointments, and mark my words, they will be remembered as such, if history remembers them at all. Glad to see that D. Atkins is not advocating “both parties are the same” counterproduction, but that blog post (with its tepid praise and disappointed narrative) is an example of why the netroots lost touch, lost focus, and failed to live up to its potential during the Age of Obama.
Daltex82, Tuesday Open Thread
ICAM GN. The media (old and new) have proven to be as useless as a condom with a hole in it. Smears, fears, misinformation, sensationalism, and flat out lies dominate what passes for news these days. Instead of reporting the news they want to make the news, dictate the news and if possible shape the outcome. I know some of the old school news hounds would be shaking their heads at what passes as journalism now a days.
“Mike Jones!” Comment of the Week
Back then they didn’t want me, now I’m hot they all on me!
Who You Pose To Be?The “beltway” crowd can kiss it. POTUS and FLOTUS are with their REAL friends right now.
Daltex82, Thursday Open Thread
I guess I must be slow! Can someone explain to me why President Obama would want to hang out with people who have disrespected, lied, dismissed and bagged on him since 2007. People like Carville, Tweety Matthews, and a whole host of others are simply pissed that the President as well as the First Lady has no interest in being surrounded by and giving access to a bunch of whining, opportunistic, gossipy backstabbing wannabes. I don’t give a damn that Clinton smoozed folks, all that does is get you into trouble and if something goes down with these people then President Obama’s name is automatically attached to that trouble. I think the Obama’s have been wise to keep these folks at arms length. Besides, I think a lot of these folks have overestimated their influence in today’s ultra partisan, mean-spirited political climate.
Town, Thursday Open Thread
But another former president, George W. Bush, was not especially tight with much of the Washington establishment. He was known for going to bed at 9 p.m., regularly retreating to his ranch in Texas and having distant if polite relations with Capitol Hill. ————————————— George & Laura Bush did NOT like the assholes in Washington and made it known. But it’s somehow a problem with Barack Obama. Professional Left Liberal White People, listen up: Let me preview some pages from the Black Peoples Handbook®: Black people, especially those in professional occupations, are NOT trying to drink and socialize with you and have you all up in their house. That is a No-no. Why? 1) Most black people know their white coworkers only want to come over to their house to see what they’ve got. Not to visit you and socialize and care about you. If you as a black person have broke down shit, they will whisper and laugh at you behind your back, but if you have stuff that’s “better” than what you’re “supposed” to have, the knives come out. For example, if Barack & Michelle Obama have some broke down Goodwill furniture with scuffs & scrapes & plastic slipcovers, Washington will whisper how tacky and ghetto they are. However, we all know the Obamas do NOT rock broke down thrift store furniture. So if Brad & Molly Ann see the Obamas with that Thomasville set they’ve had their eye on but couldn’t afford, the knives will be out. How can THEY afford THAT? will be the cry. Every black person knows this. My grandmother (RIP) bought a new hat one time, and the white haters on her job used her new hat to justify giving everyone else a raise EXCEPT her. She doesn’t need a raise if she can afford a new hat, they said. I had a black coworker, who drove a 20 year old car for years, b/c it was paid for and still was in great working condition. A relative died and left her a good sum of money. Since her house was already paid for and she had no kids, she bought a used BMW. White coworker eyes instantly turned green and one of them actually told her she had no business driving a car like that! 2) Smart black people do NOT drink and party excessively with their white coworkers because white coworkers who get drunk & rowdy are just “having a good time.” Black coworkers who get drunk & rowdy are “ghetto”, “unprofessional” and “don’t know how to behave.” 3) Most black people know their white coworkers are fine with them coming over to their (white people’s) house, but will find every sort of excuse NOT to come to their (black) house. So if white coworkers are clamoring to come over to your house, there must be a reason “why” and that reason usually isn’t to the benefit of the black coworker. 4) Barack & Michelle Obama have been in the white corporate/educational world for 30 years, they know your tricks & games up close & personal, why would they want to invite you over to their house so you can eat their food and runteldat to Chris Matthews or Fox Noise about how uppity and grandiose they are? Professional Left Liberal White Folks, that was your little excerpt of The Black People’s Handbook®.
“I Wish I Could Punch Your Stupid Ass In The Face Right Now” Comments of the Week!
For this bullshitby Terry Keheler at Colorlines…Terry gets one straight to the head
Camille, Friday Open Thread
Oh fuck off Terry whoever the hell you are… Piece of wannabe shit…
Admiral_Komack, Friday Open Thread
Dear Terry Keleher: What you deserve is a kick in the ass for being so fucking stupid. Get up off your lard ass; yeah, Santa KNOWS you been eating the cookies and drinking the milk left for him. Stop your whining before I cram a fully decorated Christmas tree up your ass AND pour boiling hot plum pudding down your throat. Oh, and it’s “President Obama”, not “Barry”; he’s NOT your BFF, dumbass! Toodles, Rudolph PS: Yeah, it’s me…because Santa Claus has too much to do to deal with your trifling ass. And try “occupying” a bathtub with water in it and use soap liberally; I can smell your crusty butt all the way up here at the North Pole!
Bish GOSITCHOAZZDOWNSUMWHEREWITTHISBULLSHITElie, Thursday Evening Thread
Better still, someone needs to jam a hot pot of stfu up this ugly bitch Luchina Fisher’s ass. What a piece of shit she is. Jealous, petty, inconsequential non-entity.
Tweets of the Week!
This was the week of some real nice twitter beatdowns! Here are the chirpstories you should read if you haven’t already of the best ones! All hail to dvnix for compiling these beatdowns for all of our benefit!
ggreenwald and failing to defend a semantic argument @ggreenwald comes up against a question of semantics from @motorcitylib, @jhw2212, @Maggyw519 & @liberallyjan, and doesn’t handle himself too well.
ZOMG! IT’S A CONSPIRACY! Actually, it’s call “you post, we respond”.
BWA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Spurred by comments regarding his wish for President Obama to be more “gangsta” [http://blackthespian.com/don-cheadle-wishes-president-obama-was-a-little-more-gangsta/], supporters of the president seek to make sure Don was informed on the facts. Thanks to all of you for the wonderful comments throughout 2011! keep it up!