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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 07:38 PM
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Grounded for Life (or, God Willing, MY Lifetime Anyway)
Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 08:25 PM by NanceGreggs
It would seem that the utter childishness of some citizens warrants a little motherly-type discipline – and I’m here to mete it out.

All of you kids who have been hangin’ with the Teabagger crowd are hereby grounded. Stay in your room and STFU, until such time as you actually know what it is you’re whining about. I will slide your meals under the door – for the first year ONLY. After that, you’re on your own – and can eat the wallpaper, for all I care.

Those youngsters who have been playing “I’m A Journalist!” while blatantly ignoring the prescribed game rules (look at the back of the box, you idiots, for guidelines on presenting actual facts, NOT your opinion) will also be confined to your rooms without access to to your mainstay of “reliable sources” – like Twitter or your own ass.

Children who have been decrying the out-of-bounds spending of the Obama administration will sit at the dining room table, and write a 1,000-word essay entitled “Where Was My BIG FAT FUCKIN’ MOUTH When the Bush Administration Plunged the Country into Unprecedented Debt?”

I also demand a 1,000-word essay from the jaw-droppingly stupid juveniles who oppose healthcare reform: “Why Insurance Companies Should Be Entitled to Make a Profit from the Pain and Suffering of my Fellow Citizens – and Be Accountable to NO ONE.”

Despite numerous warnings that it will lead to brain damage, many of you kiddies have been tuning-in to the Glenn ”I Can Prove it with a Blackboard” Beck show. Those of you guilty of same will write “My Brain is Mush – That’s Why I Believe This Shit” on a blackboard, 5,000 times – or until your brain starts to re-solidify and function as normal, whichever comes first.

The Birthers R Bitter contingent will be given extra chores around the house to keep them occupied with more important tasks than questioning the President’s birth certificate – like finding the records that prove George W. Bush fulfilled his military service.

Those who have been whining and complaining, ad nauseum, about President Obama’s use of a teleprompter as an aid to giving coherent, informative speeches will sit in the corner, sporting a dunce-cap, while repeating – over and over – phrases like “putting food on your family” and “male doctors practicing love with their female patients”. (Feel free to throw in a shout of ”I’m the Decider Guy” every once in a while, just so Daddy and I get some yuks out of this exercise.)

All immature adolescents who have been spending their days throwing temper tantrums over the “incompetence” of Obama’s leadership will make a presentation at their next Kindergarten “Show-&-Tell Day" that includes slides of W reading “The Pet Goat” while the country was under attack, and/or W on vacation while New Orleans residents were drowning, accompanied by a speech about what true leadership entails.

The errant rascals who have been spouting nonsense about ”making Inglish the offical langage”, “no amnety”, and “this is are country” will put their energies to more productive use – like learning how to read, spell, and punctuate in English. Yes, there WILL be a test – and yes, spelling WILL count.

As for the Onward Christian Soldiers portion of the family – those of you who spew bigotry, hatred and racism – you will spend the next six months reading the Bible, acquainting yourself with the teachings of Jesus (which you are apparently ignorant of as of today). If, after the half-year is up, you are still insistent on supporting gay-bashers and whoring politicians who have been caught with their dicks in a woman-not-their-wife, Daddy and I will have to get into that tough love thingy – sending you to live in that Glass House you are so fond of, which will be surrounded by people armed with stones. (It’s just SO Biblical, I know you’ll enjoy the irony of it!)

With the holidays soon upon us (including that “War On Christmas” event that the small (minded) fry amongst you look forward to at this time of year!), please be advised that at upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings, those identified above will be seated at the “kiddie table” – along with Aunt Mildred’s six-year-old twins and Cousin Diane’s toddlers. Don’t look at it as part of your punishment – it’s really just an attempt to get you interacting with children who are probably better informed than you are.

Now off to your respective rooms – and I mean it! I have had enough of your whimpering, simpering, slobbering stupidity. And while you’re there, wipe the drool off your mouth, the ”I’m proud of my ignorance” smirk off your face, and the ”I don’t know nuthin’, but I’m going to open BIG my trap about it anyway” attitude out of your mind – or whatever is left of what passes for a mind nowadays.

Unless you can prove that you are mature, thinking, well-informed adults by the next election, Daddy and I will have no choice but to petition the government for an Adults Only voting process - something that should have been instituted long before you crybabies were ever allowed to get a word in edgewise, or have a say in the running of our country - an all too important activity that that should be restricted to the exclusive participation of grown-ups.

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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 07:39 PM
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1. Pure win.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 07:47 PM
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2. I needed a laugh; thank you so much!
:applause:

:rofl:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 07:47 PM
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3. I finally was number 5...

Great stuff as always...
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 07:55 PM
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4. ! ! ! !

L O L !!!!!




:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:applause: :applause: :applause:
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 07:56 PM
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5. Outta da park---again!
Mollie Ivans and Ann Richards must be laughing their asses off over this one! Thanks, Nance.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 07:59 PM
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6. My God, my dear Nance!
I'm so glad I'm a (theoretically) intelligent woman, and not one of these children!

GREAT stuff, and WOW.

Thank you, sweetie...

K&R

:scared:

:hug:

:rofl:
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 08:02 PM
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7. If I see Nancy's name on a post, I KNOW it will be a great
read..way to go Nancy and a recommend for ya.
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 08:20 PM
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8. Nance. Oh My Holy Wow.
Just K&Rf'nly brilliant :)
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 08:29 PM
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9. No shit!
:spank:
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Althaia Donating Member (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 09:03 PM
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10. the Bush Administration and OUR Money..
Children who have been decrying the out-of-bounds spending of the Obama administration will sit at the dining room table, and write a 1,000-word essay entitled “Where Was My BIG FAT FUCKIN’ MOUTH When the Bush Administration Plunged the Country into Unprecedented Debt?”


here's one disgusting example of the Bushie's mismanagement, from http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_wasted_aid_to_pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The United States has long suspected that much of the billions of dollars it has sent Pakistan to battle militants has been diverted to the domestic economy and other causes, such as fighting India.

Now the scope and longevity of the misuse is becoming clear: Between 2002 and 2008, while al-Qaida regrouped, only $500 million of the $6.6 billion in American aid actually made it to the Pakistani military, two army generals tell The Associated Press.


So, billions of our money for the wealthy and corrupt of various nations, but nothing for us working stiffs. Where was their outrage over government spending when Bush was handing out the cash?
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 09:05 PM
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11.  brilliant as usual
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stevenleser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 09:23 PM
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12. K & Effin R'd !!!!!
Loved it Nance!!!!
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 09:27 PM
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13. Hey Nance. Thanks for giving the little squawking crybabies on the Far Right
the whuppin' they've earned.

You call 'em 'crybabies' and that's exactly what they are.

Bravo.
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 09:30 PM
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14. Funny stuff as always Nance.
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Old Codger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 09:36 PM
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15. ROFLMAO
had to stop reading til I stopped laughing twice ....
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 09:41 PM
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16. Fantastic read, Nance!
:yourock:

:applause:

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bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 09:47 PM
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17. I don't know how you come up with this stuff that makes me grin and shout AMEN
every time, but I love it.

This should be good for laughs for years to come.

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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:18 PM
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18. Having studied on various matters related to the economy
Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 10:23 PM by truedelphi
And having come to the conclusion that the only semi-legit reason for the existence of the Federal Rserve is that it exists to inflate the dollar for the purpose of propping up banks, I was rather excited about Obama's win in Nov 2008. I couldn't sleep that night. Mentally I was dancing with everyone who had made it to Grant Park and was celebrating the win. (Although in truth I was stuck in a cottage in No California.)

Oh this is great I thought to myself. The entire banking industry has shown everyone how much it likes to shit on all of us, and now that we have someone who is all for "Change We can Believe In" about to go off to be our President."

Yep, insitituion after institution had shown the American people how badly run these institutions were. Not only the Federal Reserve and Treasury, but also the health insurance "providers," several of whom had affected to take down my spouse (didn't succed at that) and destroy us financially (Did succeed at that.) But it was, as they say, a new day for America. SPECIAL ASIDE And to Kaiser Permanente - haha we both lived to see it.

However, once Obama named his Larry Summer/Alan Greenspan team of economic controllers, I became chagrinned. Now I am more than chagrinned, I am rather angry.

In less than eight months, we have more than quadrupled the amount of monies that Bush spent on the banksters. Which would not of itself be a problem - if Obama's people had spent that money in the right places, for instance distributing it out to the individual states who could then keep their budgets positive and keep their people employed, I wouldn't mind the debt. But the fact is - most of what we know about the monies is that it has gone to the same banksters that caused the economic collpse. And they have not reformed the policies that they operate under - so it is likely there will yet be another collapse.

For some on this board, Obama has a "D" after his name and thus should not be criticized. But if Bush's worst nightmare policies are still being inflicted on us, are we really supposed to what? Wait for Santa Claus?

Insanity is doing the same thing again and agian, and expecting different results.

And when someone sees that the emperor's team of economic wonks offers the same rank offal as what the Ol' Boss offered, I do think it worth mentioning.

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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:04 PM
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20. You might want to post this as its own thread ...
Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 11:05 PM by NanceGreggs
... instead of posting it here, where it is completely off the topic of the OP.

Please be sure to advise me when you have posted the above as your own OP, so I can add my two cents about the inherent dangers of consuming under-cooked fiddleheads.

Thank you ever so ...
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:09 PM
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21. I had similar remarks made
The first few dozen times I said the Elections were being stolen. That the electronic equipment wasn't quite right.

And fiddleheads, can't say I know where to find any. But the fennel has been lovely.

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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:22 PM
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22. I've no doubt your thoughts about elections being stolen ...
... warranted attention and serious consideration.

However, if you posted such thoughts on a thread about child pornography or the need for healthcare reform, I doubt you got much traction.

I reiterate: If you feel your comments deserve consideration, I would suggest you post them in an OP, rather than inserting them in a thread devoted to a completely different topic.

As for the culinary delights of well-prepared fiddleheads, I would refer you to the DU cooking group - where exchanges on same are not only informative, but actually appropriate.
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Oldtimeralso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:18 PM
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19. Great Job Nance!
Maybe the "Religious Right" can be raptured out of their room!
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 12:02 AM
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23. This OP is full of WIN!!!
:rofl:
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HappyCynic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 02:10 AM
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24. Excellent
Excellent as usual. Glad to K & R.
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 02:17 AM
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25. Cheerfully recommended. n-t
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 04:25 AM
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26. hear hear!
I wrote something a couple days ago as an OP about those same people's desire to bark at us how all that's going on is Obama's fault - as if B*sh never existed! We dare not let these people, or ourselves for that matter, forget how we know this troubled America was spawned by Dick & B*sh!

I liked the assignments you've given them to complete! Definitely a good chuckle. Slapping them in the face with the truth while asking them to explain why they support such abysmally twisted logic - it doesn't get better.

:hug:
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 06:46 AM
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27. Thanks Nance!
It needed to be said.

K&R
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ehrnst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 12:55 PM
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28. THANK YOU, NANCE!!!!
Edited on Mon Oct-05-09 12:55 PM by ehrnst
I actually emailed a birther family member this link - and said, "Tell you what. If Orly Taitz can find *actual* proof of George W. Bush's fulfillment of his military duties, then maybe I'll read your forwarded emails before deleting them.

http://archive.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=154
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newtothegame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 01:47 PM
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29. Wow obnoxious and bitter. n/t
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 05:02 PM
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30. another winner!!!
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 05:11 PM
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31. TESTIFY, sistah!
Testify!



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badgerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 06:05 PM
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32. Dear GODS, but I love you NanceGreggs! n/t
:loveya:
:applause::yourock::patriot:


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