The "Stay Classy, Republicans" Super Nintendo Chalmers Thread

I don't believe this was posted here.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/john-mccain-benghazi-briefing_n_2138973.html

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was less than willing to entertain questions Thursday on why he held a press conference Wednesday to complain about lack of information on the September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, while simultaneously skipping a nearly two-hour classified briefing with administration officials about the investigation...
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When CNN approached McCain in a Capitol hallway Thursday morning, the senator refused to comment about why he missed the briefing, which was conducted by top diplomatic, military and counter-terrorism officials. Instead, McCain got testy when pressed to say why he wasn’t there. “I have no comment about my schedule and I’m not going to comment on how I spend my time to the media,” McCain said.
Asked why he wouldn’t comment, McCain grew agitated: “Because I have the right as a senator to have no comment and who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?”

When CNN noted that McCain had missed a key meeting on a subject the senator has been intensely upset about, McCain said, “I’m upset that you keep badgering me.”
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McCain: I want to know about what happened!
Official: Well we're having a briefing about that very subject right no-
McCain: fuck you, I want to know!
Official:.........
 
I think its time to start telling random women that I'm a doctor. The dude looks like raw pizza dough and hes getting Christmas party strange?
 
We're getting off topic here, and I'm not liking it. Neither is he:

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Dude gets the senior citizen discount and a Kroger plus card. Yeah , still hard to feel sorry for the guy.
: I went back to my millions and Im going to live in La Jolla where I'll probably play golf everyday.
Must be rough...
What , did people think he was gonna grow a beard?
 
So uh, this is the latest one to pop up on yahoo...

Obama administration has spent $23 million of U.S. taxpayer dollars in Kenya to fund a “Yes” vote on a constitutional referendum scheduled for Aug. 4 that would increase access to abortions in Kenya and establish legal status for Islamic law tribunals, AKA Sharia Law...
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Don't worry thinking about it. I don't want any of you to have an anyeurism or however you spell that.
 
To be fair, that guy could have tripped and fell as the video "evidence" is choppy and crappy and too hard to tell either way. Of course if you want to stand there and say that Crowder didn't instigate anything at all then you're a dick.
 
I heard Crowder on the Sean Hannity radio show the past few nights. It's a shame that he's getting air time and notoriety for walking into the event with a goal, achieving that goal, and using it to support his preconceived agenda.

On the first night he was on Hannity, he talked about how he was a trained wrestler (not exactly "fighting," but I digress, it's something) and all he wanted was something like "5 minutes locked in a raquetball court with union guys."

This is the political end that killed Dan Rather's CBS career, mind you.

Crowder is a troll and a pig with an agenda, and anyone exalting him, seeing how he is *manufacturing* news and not reporting it, should be ashamed.
 
I'd heard he'd been going around claiming that some dude attacked him, but I didn't know exactly wtf he was talking about until today.
 
Mike Crapo DUI: GOP Senator From Idaho Arrested In Virginia For Driving Under The Influence

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/23/mike-crapo-dui_n_2357148.html

Well we have several things going on here. First he was arrested for DUI. But really that is not a first for a politician on either aisle so I am not going to harp on the dangers of drinking and driving. What I WILL talk about is that this is a MORMON Senator from Idaho getting caught drinking and driving. I will wait to see how he handles that with the large Mormon population in his next run. Oh...hypocrisy...rabble rabble...does not practice what he preaches...derp derp.


Oh yeah... Someone named CRAPO is making our laws? Sounds about right actually.
 
[quote name='UncleBob']Don't get to mad at him for drinking and driving. A few of our more liberal forum members have admitted they've done it.[/QUOTE]

I find it mostly funny that he is Mormon since I lived in Utah for 6 years. I am from WI so drinking and driving is like jaywalking to me (not doing it but hearing about it). We just had a guy get busted here with his 12th DUI. It is ridiculous.
 
Well we have several things going on here. First he was arrested for DUI. But really that is not a first for a politician on either aisle so I am not going to harp on the dangers of drinking and driving. What I WILL talk about is that this is a MORMON Senator from Idaho getting caught drinking and driving. I will wait to see how he handles that with the large Mormon population in his next run. Oh...hypocrisy...rabble rabble...does not practice what he preaches...derp derp.Oh yeah... Someone named CRAPO is making our laws? Sounds about right actually.
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And no Catholics use birth control :eyeroll:
 
[quote name='perdition(troy']And no Catholics use birth control :eyeroll:[/QUOTE]

Considering most Catholics in this country really don't seem to have a problem with birth control despite what the Pope says, I'm not exactly sure how comparable this is. It's doubtful a Catholic Senator would lose many votes if he or she was found to have used birth control.
 
[quote name='cancerman1120']Mike Crapo DUI: GOP Senator From Idaho Arrested In Virginia For Driving Under The Influence

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/23/mike-crapo-dui_n_2357148.html

Well we have several things going on here. First he was arrested for DUI. But really that is not a first for a politician on either aisle so I am not going to harp on the dangers of drinking and driving. What I WILL talk about is that this is a MORMON Senator from Idaho getting caught drinking and driving. I will wait to see how he handles that with the large Mormon population in his next run. Oh...hypocrisy...rabble rabble...does not practice what he preaches...derp derp.


Oh yeah... Someone named CRAPO is making our laws? Sounds about right actually.[/QUOTE]

Maybe I missed it but where exactly does it state that the DUI was alcohol related?

Edit: Nevermind; I see the update at the bottom of the article. [BAC .110]

In Maine we have a huge problem with methadone related DUI's. Methadone clinics are popping up left and right and although the medication specifically says you aren't supposed to drive after taking it the clinics allow people to come in, take their medication and then drive home.

Anyways I'm sure his DUI is most likely alcohol related but you never know; I've read about people getting them for anything from cocaine to huffing paint.
 
[quote name='perdition(troy']And no Catholics use birth control :eyeroll:[/QUOTE]

Your lack of understanding the Mormon faith is showing. As someone who almost married a Mormon I can guarantee drinking alcohol/doing drugs is a big deal. To have that as public knowledge is very embarrassing within his faith. I could care less since they are all silly made up rules but for the true believers in his state they will consider this a problem. Adding that he drove also will not help.
 
lol.

I attended a Mormon wedding earlier this year. Pretty sure I was the only one there that didn't drink. And it was on a cruise, so there was a lot of drinking for the week that followed.

PROTip - if you don't drink, cruises are about the most boring thing ever.
 
[quote name='UncleBob']Don't get to mad at him for drinking and driving. A few of our more liberal forum members have admitted they've done it.[/QUOTE]

I'm no liberal and having a beer on the way home from work does not equal hopping behind the wheel when I'm so smashed I can't walk.
But hey, false equivalence is a lot of fun so why not?
 
[quote name='UncleBob']lol.

I attended a Mormon wedding earlier this year. Pretty sure I was the only one there that didn't drink. And it was on a cruise, so there was a lot of drinking for the week that followed.

PROTip - if you don't drink, cruises are about the most boring thing ever.[/QUOTE]

If you were on a cruise ship during a Mormon wedding then you were not at an actual Mormon wedding. Devote Mormons get married in their Temples and only other Mormons who have a Temple recommend can attend. Some Moromons will do a ceremony afterwards for all us heathens to feel like we are part of the event but it would not surprise me to see people drinking at a "Mormon wedding" on a cruise ship. I have been to about a dozen Mormon receptions and it is all punch and cake. :D Sat outside a bunch of Temples also. Pro-tip. Never fall for a Mormon girl.
 
[quote name='cancerman1120']If you were on a cruise ship during a Mormon wedding then you were not at an actual Mormon wedding. Devote Mormons get married in their Temples and only other Mormons who have a Temple recommend can attend. Some Moromons will do a ceremony afterwards for all us heathens to feel like we are part of the event but it would not surprise me to see people drinking at a "Mormon wedding" on a cruise ship. I have been to about a dozen Mormon receptions and it is all punch and cake. :D Sat outside a bunch of Temples also. Pro-tip. Never fall for a Mormon girl.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, anyone who went to a Mormon wedding where everyone is drinking alcohol either didn't really attend a Mormon wedding or attended a wedding where the couple are non-practicing members.

Not drinking alcohol isn't a suggestion or preference among Mormons. It's explicitly banned in Doctrine and Covenants, and if your Bishop finds out you have been drinking, you can be disfellowshipped, and I'd hazard a guess that someone who was drinking and driving almost certainly would be.
 
Mostly non-practicing members.

Yet they still consider themselves Mormon.

It's not that different than Catholics that use birth control but consider themselves Catholic, in spite of the fact that the Vatican is pretty clear on it.
 
[quote name='UncleBob']It's not that different than Catholics that use birth control but consider themselves Catholic, in spite of the fact that the Vatican is pretty clear on it.[/QUOTE]

If we're speaking theologically, I'd agree that, yes, they are similar insofar as they are both decrees from the head of the church. However, I do think they carry different weights to some degree. If your Catholic priest finds out you've been using condoms, you might be refused Communion until you confess and repent. If your Mormon bishop finds out you've been drinking, you might get disfellowshipped, which means you are refused Communion and also have your Temple Recommend suspended (which means no Temple work, which is a pretty big deal among Mormons), and it's generally a little more difficult to get a disfellowship lifted.
 
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PROTip - if you don't drink, cruises are about the most boring thing ever.[/QUOTE]

fucking christ, lighten up francis
 
[quote name='Cantatus']If we're speaking theologically, I'd agree that, yes, they are similar insofar as they are both decrees from the head of the church. However, I do think they carry different weights to some degree. If your Catholic priest finds out you've been using condoms, you might be refused Communion until you confess and repent. If your Mormon bishop finds out you've been drinking, you might get disfellowshipped, which means you are refused Communion and also have your Temple Recommend suspended (which means no Temple work, which is a pretty big deal among Mormons), and it's generally a little more difficult to get a disfellowship lifted.[/QUOTE]

Yeah my ex's Mom was excommunicated from the LDS church because she had some sort of affair or inappropriate relationship. Her husband stayed with her but eventually she had to be rebaptized and everything. I am not saying Mormons don't do crap they are not supposed to but if they admit it to their church that stuff is treated way more seriously than a lot of other Christian based religions.
 
[quote name='nasum']fucking christ, lighten up francis[/QUOTE]

Lounging around and doing nothing isn't my idea of fun. The 75 cents/minute WiFi didn't help things either.
 
Yeah, that's a pretty old story about Red State Socialism. Now they're doing something about it? Taking away the money normally used for those in poverty and putting it in gubment waste? It's just to show how big government fails.

Pretty sickening that Georgia's welfare to work program is designed in a manner that if you don't follow THEIR rules to the T, they'll cut whatever measley amount of money you get in the first place. This must be worse in other states facing "budget shortfalls."
 
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...welfare.4.html

'If you can't find a job, we'll have you shoveling shit at the dog pound.'


That lady is my new hero, and I'm all for the states taking these federal grants and applying them as they see fit. The federal government has been usurping state's rights since our Union formed.

"Instead, according to a September 2012 study by the nonprofit Georgia Budget & Policy Institute, the state has found ways to use TANF money to paper over other program budgets, with more than half of Georgia's welfare funds being siphoned off to pay for the state's unrelated child welfare program."

Child welfare program= gubment waste, conan? And following rules to receive other people's money seems darn appropriate to me. Requiring people to ACTUALLY fill out applications and attend educational meetings to get their free handouts?!? HOW DARE WE! Buncha freaking whiners in this country now. Grow up, nut up, and stop having babies....I should run for governor on that slogan. ;-)
 
And you can't take a joke. Keep up with the derogatory comments though, camoor, it lets me know when I strike a liberal nerve.
 
[quote name='egofed']And you can't take a joke. Keep up with the derogatory comments though, camoor, it lets me know when I strike a liberal nerve.[/QUOTE]

A joke with you as the punchline? Carry on good sir.
 
[quote name='egofed']I'm all for the states taking these federal grants and applying them as they see fit.[/QUOTE]

Something to keep in mind next time you voice your opinion on the federal budget.
 
You misinterpret my meaning, myke. I still fully support doing away with most of the federal governments bloated and wasteful spending programs, but, since we appear stuck with them, then states should gladly absorb as much of this taxpayer cash as possible and apply it to the issues that they see fit. Tougher welfare rules and enforcement seems more possible than an entire abolishment of the program. Individual states' governments should be more in-tune with what their constituency wants than an all powerful federal government.

It's quite comical to see the "stay classy" snark used in association with Republicans in this thread, and then see how classy the libs here are while throwing insults.
 
[quote name='egofed']You misinterpret my meaning, myke. I still fully support doing away with most of the federal governments bloated and wasteful spending programs, but, since we appear stuck with them, then states should gladly absorb as much of this taxpayer cash as possible and apply it to the issues that they see fit. Tougher welfare rules and enforcement seems more possible than an entire abolishment of the program. Individual states' governments should be more in-tune with what their constituency wants than an all powerful federal government.

It's quite comical to see the "stay classy" snark used in association with Republicans in this thread, and then see how classy the libs here are while throwing insults.[/QUOTE]

I fail to see how cheating the federal budget is classy.

The "anything to win" attitude of the right is anything but classy.
 
"This maneuver, which is allowed under federal law, has effectively saved the state hundreds of millions of dollars that it would otherwise have to cover with tax revenues. "There was all this extra federal money sitting around," explains Clare Richie, a policy analyst at the institute, "so it was easy to use that to fill other holes." (A state DHS spokesperson responded that because TANF is a federal block grant, "this allows state policymakers to use TANF funds in ways that fit both Georgia's program needs and the different needs of other states.")"


Sounds like its pretty legal, camoor. If anything illegal is actually happening, then I would hope for swift repercussions. You gotta love how liberals look past illegal immigration as a criminal activity, but rant about a legal use of federal money. You know that EBT cards were being used to get cash from ATMs on cruises and casinos, right? Rant about that a little, or how a Constitutional right should be restricted before a person ACTUALLY commits a crime.
 
[quote name='camoor']I fail to see how cheating the federal budget is classy.

The "anything to win" attitude of the right is anything but classy.[/QUOTE]

Such an obvious parallel with poll taxes etc. of ol' jim crow. So what they have to jump through needless hoops?
 
[quote name='Msut77']Such an obvious parallel with poll taxes etc. of ol' jim crow. So what they have to jump through needless hoops?[/QUOTE]


You are joking, right?
 
What the hell are you quoting, seriously. You need to include links so we can see where this shit you're posting is coming from.
 
[quote name='camoor']I fail to see how cheating the federal budget is classy.

The "anything to win" attitude of the right is anything but classy.[/QUOTE]

Because for whatever reason, these knuckleheads make an exception for state governments. They can do no wrong, because even if it is wrong, it's their right to do it. States are basically given free reign under conservative ideology. Given past opinions, I doubt any of our own resident thickheads would care if a state brought back segregation. States rights, rabble rabble.
 
[quote name='Clak']Because for whatever reason, these knuckleheads make an exception for state governments. They can do no wrong, because even if it is wrong, it's their right to do it. States are basically given free reign under conservative ideology. Given past opinions, I doubt any of our own resident thickheads would care if a state brought back segregation. States rights, rabble rabble.[/QUOTE]

Well to be fair it isn't just about the pilfered money. The usual gang of morons also feels a little tingle from hearing about people who need help in hard times being humiliated.
 
Humiliated? There was a time in this county when we still had self esteem and a work ethic. People WERE ashamed to receive handouts. That time is loooong gone.

"Ultimately, it didn’t matter. In the end, she was rejected for failing to fill out her paperwork correctly."

Perhaps she was defrauding the system? More facts would need to be known, however, couldn't she just reapply and fill out the form correctly. How can we demand reform if we allow improper info to be accepted into the system?


"Wouldn't you rather work?"

I have no problem with this question. Its honest and direct.

"What B.J. emphasized was that everybody who can work, should work," says Joseph Antolin, who was an Illinois state welfare official when Walker arrived on the scene."

She's right...

"New applicants soon found themselves being handed flyers emblazoned with slogans like "TANF is not good enough for any family," "TANF = work now," and "We believe welfare is not the best option for your family."

It's not the best option! Honesty in government again. Wow.

"Making them go through 60 job searches a week, or come to 8 orientations." One woman in her seventh month of pregnancy was ordered to take a waitressing job that would require her to be on her feet all day. Another was told that if she applied for TANF while living in a shelter her children would be taken away. Smith recalls, "Some of the stuff that was said to individuals was pretty awful—'If you can't find a job, we'll have you shoveling shit at the dog pound.'"

Sounds like they were actively helping/forcing able bodied people to get jobs versus just handing out the checks. The shelter thing sounds weird, but child protection laws can be a tricky subject. Kids would probably be better off in a stable foster home until the mother gets back on her feet, that's assuming that she ever was....

"You really, really catch it trying to get TANF. I've heard women saying they can go and finally get a job, and before they can get that first pay, they cut 'em off."

So they found work and didn't end up on TANF, sounds like the desired outcome to me.

"O'Neal herself previously received TANF, she says, until her husband—a former truck driver who'd suffered a mental breakdown after his father died and one of his daughters was murdered—applied for disability benefits and was told that according to Georgia state law, he'd need to attend 60 to 90 days of a state work program while waiting for those benefits to arrive. She says that when he missed one of his appointments—among his many mental health issues, he suffers from agoraphobia—the state ended her $133 in monthly benefits."

This one needs more details, but if he attended all the other meetings , and needed the assistance that bad, then it should be his first priority. They probably have some sort of call in if your sick policy that he just ignored and went AWOL. Who knows with the lack of info.

"Missed appointments are one common reason for rejected TANF applications in Georgia. Failure to meet state job search rules—which require 30 days of job search before a first check will be cut—is another. Teresa says she was told she'd have to file a record of 24 job applications a week in order to have her welfare application processed. "That was really hard, because I couldn't find any places that were hiring," she says. She was approved for benefits, but only so long as she performed 24 hours a week of community service, plus 12 hours of job search, which she struggled to do during the limited computer time available at the domestic violence shelter. Eventually, she had her benefits cut off for failing to properly record the phone numbers of her job contacts."

So you have to look for work AND perform community service?!? You also have to give truthful and accurate info to the place giving you money?!? How heartless and humiliating. They should hand deliver the money in crisp $100 bills right to your sofa....

"Teresa later landed a job at a Bi-Lo grocery store, and gave up on applying for government aid altogether."

Way to go, Teresa!

Ok, I'm out of time, but fail to see the humiliation mentioned by Msut77. Strict rules and regulations on where our tax money is going is a good thing. Proving you need benefits and providing accurate job search info, as well as attending any required meetings, is a good thing. Hell, the article says they'll fix your car battery to help you out. It looks like people failed to follow the rules, or found work on their own. Welfare has replaced the need for the father in the family unit. A lot of our social ills stem from this lack of a male parent to provide discipline and self respect. Once again, bad side effects of government trying to help.
 
Ok, I'm out of time, but fail to see the humiliation mentioned by Msut77.
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It's humiliating because new legislation prevents welfare recipients from making cash withdrawals at ATM's located in or around Casino's as well as in or around Liquor Stores and Tattoo parlors.

God forbid we have priorities and God forbid we try and regulate how welfare recipients spend the money they earrrrr....... were handed.

But then again the (far) left loves to say that "no one wants to be on welfare...." and that the majority of welfare recipients are hardworking single mothers

or they just tip toe the discussion and deflect by bringing up corporate greed
 
[This article is about Honey Boo Boo]

The show follows a family of shallow, obese, low-education rednecks from Georgia trying desperately to cash in on their fame while contributing nothing to society.
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society is in the process of leaving people like the Shannon family behind, and we as a people are going to have to get to where we're OK with that -- it's going to be too horrible to watch otherwise. This is what the election was actually about, if you knew how to read between the lines -- when politicians talk about the 47 percent of Americans who are leaching off the system, they want you to picture 150 million Honey Boo Boos.

People like the Shannon family aren't new, of course, but there was a time when uneducated fuckups could make a good living by working in a coal mine or on an assembly line, or by marrying somebody who did. But those jobs are gone forever, and society has absolutely no solution for what to do with all of its millions of uneducated fuckups who will never go to college or learn the kind of high-tech jobs the future will be based on. Society doesn't have the money to support them, and they can't produce anything society wants. There is no market for their continued existence.
But exist they will, and as low-skill jobs continue to vanish and government checks dry up, they're going to be left to scrounge in the junkyards and scrape up roadkill to eat. Well guess what: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo portrays the Shannons doing both of those things, and doing it happily. That's why the show exists.
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http://www.cracked.com/cracked-64-top-8-everything-of-2012/TV-Show_p2/#ixzz2GSBhmA5x

So I don't blame you egofed - it's a defense mechanism. Even moreso because you are one of those shallow, obese, low-education redneck fuckups, you just happened to win the job lottery and get a cush job with the state.

PS I don't know if you're obese. If you're really skinny then my bad :D
 
[quote name='Msut77']Such an obvious parallel with poll taxes etc. of ol' jim crow. So what they have to jump through needless hoops?[/QUOTE]

But Msut - it's legal to divert federal funds away from the indigent and into state budgets, so it has to be morally correct!
 
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