THEY'RE TAKING OVER!!! politics thread

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 20:26:18

Warszawa wrote:Obviously at this point its a foregone conclusion that Islam is an evil religion and should be eradicated from the US

I assume you are being sarcastic, of course, but this is where the problem comes in: there are people who do believe this or are very close to believing it or don't believe it but will exploit those who do for their own gain, and they are controlling this debate. I mean, of all the things you hear main-stream conservative, Conservative, or Republican Conservative people say, things like this are by far the most upsetting:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsBb6ExAJZc[/youtube]

I mean, I don't know what to say this.

America is very expressly NOT a Christian nation, and the goddamn originalist Republicans, who ought to be the very first people to recognize this, are the ones encouraging this total eschewing of black-letter Constitutional concepts.

How do you respond to people like Palin and O'Reilly who just keep beating into people this notion that we are a "Christian" nation. This is the most dangerous thing the Republicans have going right now.

All I know it makes me want to hit her and O'Reilly over the head with Rubber mallets, until they change their minds or go away.

by **jerseyhoya** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 20:45:38

Of the things I've read this weekend I like the Imam - this guy - a lot more than I like the developer El-Gamal.

by **pacino** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 21:09:11

jerseyhoya wrote:
dajafi wrote:A serious question: why shouldn't they?

Because she said so

i see you're on board, jh.

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 01:32:59

Socialism is teh awesum

by **drsmooth** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 08:34:25

mozartpc27 wrote:How do you respond to people like Palin and O'Reilly who just keep beating into people this notion that we are a "Christian" nation. This is the most dangerous thing the Republicans have going right now.

All I know it makes me want to hit her and O'Reilly over the head with Rubber mallets, until they change their minds or go away.

palin, o'reilly, rush, et al like america small-minded, fearful, distrustful of potential. that's the only way tinpots like themselves have any footing. Their prospect is what was, not what's coming; they squander their time and that of too many others re-imagining the past. No one, not even (not especially?) their children, should pay them any attention. Not one thing they say, not a word, is uncalculated; is hopeful. As humans, these divisive, pathetic wretches merit pity only. Their appeals to all that is dark, and crabbed, and inferior in us and our countrymen is contemptible.

oh wait, your question was probably rhetorical.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 15:50:07

drsmooth wrote:palin, o'reilly, rush, et al like america small-minded, fearful, distrustful of potential. that's the only way tinpots like themselves have any footing. Their prospect is what was, not what's coming; they squander their time and that of too many others re-imagining the past.

Retrospect tends to only recall the good, not the bad. If the past were in fact so much better, this product from the 1970s would not have failed...

by **drsmooth** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 16:15:26

Phan In Phlorida wrote:Retrospect tends to only recall the good, not the bad. If the past were in fact so much better, this product from the 1970s would not have failed...

"even pork projects were better back then!!"

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 17:09:00

Reddi-Bacon has toaster fire written all over it. And as someone who barely survived a toaster-based inferno I'm glad that product did not catch on.

by **VoxOrion** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 20:59:52

No, Reddi-Bacon has delicious written all over it.

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 21:09:04

VoxOrion wrote:No, Reddi-Bacon has delicious written all over it.

3. Reddi-Bacon

Any company smart enough to bless mankind with sprayable whipped cream -- the sort that promotes direct-to-mouth feeding -- has got to know a thing or two about immediate gratification. But sadly, the makers of Reddi-wip® were unable to meld their keen understanding of human laziness with one of processed meat.

They figured, if you're cooking breakfast in the morning and you've got a hankering for bacon, why dirty up a pan you'll only have to clean later?

The solution: foil-wrapped Reddi-Bacon you could pop into your toaster for piping-hot pork in minutes. It seemed perfect for the busy 1970's household, and what's more, the stuff actually tasted pretty good.

Too bad the absorbent pad intended to soak up the dripping grease tended to leak, creating not only a fire hazard, but also a messy (if not totally ruined) toaster.

Ultimately, the product lasted about as long as it took to cook; the company scrapped it before it went to market nationwide.

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 21:10:29

If you could somehow package bacon in a container so that you could pop it in the microwave and in a couple of minutes have crisp delicious bacon with no mess, you'd probably make a lot of money.

Think microwave popcorn, but with bacon.

by **dajafi** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 21:15:06

Impressively, Hitchens manages to oppose everyone involved in the "Mosque" controversy.

by **VoxOrion** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 21:22:21

TenuredVulture wrote:If you could somehow package bacon in a container so that you could pop it in the microwave and in a couple of minutes have crisp delicious bacon with no mess, you'd probably make a lot of money.

Think microwave popcorn, but with bacon.

Dude that so exists already. Mrs Vox uses it to make BLTs and whatnot.

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 21:27:38

I don't want fully cooked bacon. I want a way to make bacon in my microwave that doesn't come out all limp and greasy.

by **The Dude** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 21:28:07

it's good shit

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 21:30:11

Does it make your house smell all hickory smoked bacony?

by **The Dude** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 21:30:51

idk, it tastes good though

by **VoxOrion** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 21:43:20

See how bacon even livens up the politics thread?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaK9bjLy3v4[/youtube]

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 21:50:07

Moslems don't eat bacon.

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 22:02:37

TenuredVulture wrote:Moslems don't eat bacon.

Maybe Jews not eating bacon is the strongest argument I've ever heard for antisemitism. Although that means more bacon for me.

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