Controversial Statements - Bring em - No weak sauce allowed! Homelessness: A Mercy Sex Ploy?

[Félix]

She. Is. So. Disgusting.

[~Geektastic~]

Because being a vitriolic, loud mouthed, horse-faced* political commentator is such a "useful" job.


*I apologize to any horses whose feelings I have wounded.

[Mary]

Phil wrote: "BunWat wrote: "This is the poverty trap. You can't get far enough ahead to buy things that actually work and hold together for any reasonable length of time because you're spending your money repla..."

good old jib jab

[Mary]

Larry wrote: "She. Is. So. Disgusting."

Ditto, ditto and ditto

[[deleted user]]

Larry wrote: "She. Is. So. Disgusting."

That assinine comment is merely her SECOND mistake. Her first was messing with someone named "Hoffa," love them or hate them. I wouldn't discount the possibility of Jimmy Sr. emerging Romero-like from a landfill somewhere to feast on her brain, which would apparently be a snack rather than a meal.

[Scout]

American politics needs third party.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

America has many parties. A 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and on and on. None of them will ever be truly viable. To me, saying "America needs a third party" is about as uncontroversial a thing as you could possibly say. You hear people say it about every 2 minutes.

Scout, what would the platform of your third party be?

[Scout]

Damn, I was hoping someone would take up the cause for a third party. Nothing in the thread title says that you have to be able to defend your controversial statement, and I certainly can't defend this one. I know it's wishful thinking to expect that a third party could accomplish anything within a two-party system, but I sure as hell am tired of the status quo.
Aren't you?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I don't see how "a third party" would change the status quo. Both parties are quite corrupted by big money, because our political process is. Would "a third party" not be? If so, how would they be funded? How would they exist outside the political system? Perhaps they could meander along for awhile on small donations, maybe win some local elections, maybe even a seat in Congress (but even that is very dubious). How would that actually change the status quo? Their numbers would simply be too small to change anything.

[Scout]

As I said, I know it's wishful thinking to expect that a third-party politician could accomplish anything within a two-party system. Hell, a third-party candidate couldn't even be elected without campaign contributions from the wealthy, who would then have him by the neck. We don't have a meritocracy or a democracy. Is there a name for it - government controlled by the wealthy?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Why yes. Funny you should ask. Plutocracy.

That's exactly what we have. And not just government - the media is also controlled by the wealthy.

Matt Lauer: $17 million/year.
Brian Williams: $13 million.
Diane Sawyer: $12 million.
Anderson Cooper: $11 million.
Bill O'Reilly: $10 million
Chris Matthews: $5 million
Rachel Maddow: $2 million

At those income levels, can those people relate to you? Can they understand what it's like to be struggling, maybe to not have health insurance? Do they have your interests at heart, or the interests of the corporate masters signing their paychecks?

And the same question to all the politicians funded by corporate donations. Politicians funded by Wall Street. Are they like you?

[Scout]

No. So how, as citizens, do we change this? The people nominally in charge (media moguls and elected politicians) are the only ones who can change things. And they have no motivation to change because they answer to the people who pay them. We might as well stop struggling and go fishing. Nice weather for it.

[Kevin]

i can't call chaz bono a he.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "i can't call chaz bono a he."

Hopefully you'll be able to once he's had the genital reassignment surgery. Crossing my fingers for you, Kevin.

[[deleted user]]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "i can't call chaz bono a he."

Now that he's had his addadicktome surgery you can.

[Kevin]

nope. gluing a horn on a donkey doesn't make it a unicorn

[Phil]

::cries because kevin has ruined the dream::

::wonders what to do with the unicorns horned donkeys he has collected over the years::

[Jim]

Want suggestions?

[Phil]

I'll send you a few, Jim, and you can take photos of your solutions. :)

[Scout]

Statement: Plastic surgery sucks.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

When paired with peanut butter, celery just might be the finest vegetable on earth.

[Scout]

Gotta say no to your pairing. Peanut butter and banana is finer. I challenge you to a duel!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

We use the weapons celery (me) and banana (you). Hope your banana is very, VERY HARD!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Scout wrote: "Statement: Plastic surgery sucks."

Not reconstructive surgery after mastectomy, or burns.

[~Geektastic~]

Gabby wrote: "Human beings are the most cruel, greedy, impatient, jealous, ungrateful and yet the weakest among all the species."

I won't disagree with you. But human beings are also the most creative, resourceful and complicated creatures on earth. It's only because we are terrible that other things can seem so beautiful.

[Félix]

Gabby wrote: "Human beings are the most cruel, greedy, impatient, jealous, ungrateful and yet the weakest among all the species."

And yet we have risen to the very top of the food chain.

[Jim]

Lobstergirl wrote: "We use the weapons celery (me) and banana (you). Hope your banana is very, VERY HARD!"

TWSS!

[Phil]

Larry wrote: "And yet we have risen to the very top of the food chain."

Larry (unarmed) vs. Grizzly Bear

Grudge match!

[~Geektastic~]

Phil wrote: "Larry wrote: "And yet we have risen to the very top of the food chain."

Larry (unarmed) vs. Grizzly Bear

Grudge match!"

[Félix]

Excellent.

[Cynthia]

Look for the bare necessities.

[Scout]

Lobstergirl wrote: "We use the weapons celery (me) and banana (you). Hope your banana is very, VERY HARD!"

**Whipping out my FROZEN BANANA**

[[deleted user]]

What is it about people that can't leave their fucking dogs at home when they go out? Do Fido and Rover really need to go with you to Kroger and sit alone in the car while you pick up a sixer and some feminine napkins?

Whenever I park next to a vehicle and the dog inside starts barking at me, I purposely antagonize the fucker with a quick smack on the glass to see if I can make it start foaming at the chops. Or better yet, stroke out.

Fuck 'em...

[Koeeoaddi]

You're a prince among men, Clark. :p

[Lori]

Fido comes with me because I'm running an errand after taking him to the park. And I hope you get bit!

[[deleted user]]

Lori wrote: "Fido comes with me because I'm running an errand after taking him to the park. And I hope you get bit!"

But Kevin said no weak sauce allowed.

Sorry, Fido. I'm still perched high atop the food chain. If you lunge at me from inside a parked car, I'm going to mess with your primordial instinct because there are few things that piss me off more. Obsessive-compulsive dog owners: If you can't control your vicious, ill-mannered cur, leave it at home.

I still say the Chinese have the right idea.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The one child policy?

[Sally, la reina]

The underaged gymnast policy?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The melamine in milk policy?

[Félix]

The ultimate in corrupt government policy?

[Kevin]

Sally wrote: "The underaged gymnast policy?"

an this ^^^^ is why i love sally

[Scout]

President Obama is having problems because there's a difference in mindset between representing and governing, and he hasn't made the transition.

[Scout]

No replies must mean that the previous post isn't controversial but accepted.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Yeah, Scout, I have to say, I found your comment @214 bogus. I tried to delete it, but it turns out you can't delete other people's comments.

I don't even know what "representing" means. As to governing, he's gotten a lot of legislation passed, some of it under extremely trying circumstances. If that's not governing, I don't know what is. He killed Osama bin Laden with his bare hands. What the fuck more do you want??

[Scout]

So no discussion.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

End of discussion. Duct tape time.

[Scout]

What the fuck?? The thread is entitled "Controversial Statements." I made one, and I thought we'd discuss it.

Duct tape? Deleting my comment? That's fucked up, Lg.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I thought we were supposed to be controversial. No weak sauce was the command. Didn't you find my sauce strong?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan: will SAVE SOCIETY !!

[Scout]

Shut up and listen. Obama was a senator prior to his election as president. He represented the people. I'm saying that there's a difference between representing the people and governing them, and nothing in Obama's experience helped him make the transition to being President.