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Hitler Descendants Sue GOP For Copyright Infringement

Kalima, yes I saw that and wondered if the Tea Party should name crayon colors to go with the Cruz coloring book. Like, Bullshit Brown, Cowardly Crimson and Yahoo Yellow.

BTW, YGM so check your email when you can.

» Posted By AdLib On December 10, 2013 @ 6:11 pm

Thanks Kalima!

It is the Atwater/Rove strategy to accuse your adversary of what you’re guilty of so the sympathy some Repubs have for views that Hitler shared is not so surprising.

I can imagine Ted Cruz having a secret shrine to Hitler and reading Mein Kampf repeatedly. Lucky for us he is more clown than conqueror.

» Posted By AdLib On December 10, 2013 @ 4:00 pm

Thanks pal! And using “shit” to describe Hitler is an insult to shit!

» Posted By AdLib On December 10, 2013 @ 1:11 pm

The Weekend Music Thread-A Tribute To Nelson Mandela

Been tied up all weekend with some tech issues but really wanted to join the tribute here for this great man. So here’s one from me before I sink back into tech hell:

Pride (In the Name of Love) – U2

» Posted By AdLib On December 8, 2013 @ 8:45 pm

Famous Movie Quotes If Republicans Had Starred in Classic Films

Hey MarshRabbit, sounds like a real blockbuster…a city block buster.

» Posted By AdLib On May 11, 2014 @ 5:15 pm

Good one, AB! it actually seems like the whole Tea Party movement is a remake of Cuckoo’s Nest. With Sarah Palin as Nurse Ratched, Americans as McMurphy and Obama fittingly as Chief.

» Posted By AdLib On December 6, 2013 @ 1:05 pm

KT, man, how could I leave that one out?! Perfect!!!

» Posted By AdLib On December 5, 2013 @ 10:09 pm

😆 Kalima, you are great at this, each one made me chuckle!

» Posted By AdLib On December 5, 2013 @ 10:08 pm

KT, too funny! Love both!

» Posted By AdLib On December 5, 2013 @ 10:06 pm

Yep, that’s Darrell Issa as described in my post as the bandit leader, Gold Hat in Treasure of the Sierra Madre

You win an autographed copy!

It turned out better than I thought it would, didn’t know if folks would recognize him!

» Posted By AdLib On December 5, 2013 @ 10:05 pm

BTW, anyone notice whose face is in the image above?

» Posted By AdLib On December 5, 2013 @ 4:39 pm

Thanks Kalima, your choices I shared in the post and in this comment rock too!

Here’s a couple back at ya!

If Ted Cruz co-starred in Dr. Strangelove:

“Your Commie has no regard for human life, not even of his own. For this reason men, I want to impress upon you the need for extreme watchfulness. The enemy may come individually, or in strength. He may even appear in the form of our own troops. But however we must stop him.”

If Rick Santorum was in Ghostbusters:

“This country is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes. The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!”

» Posted By AdLib On December 5, 2013 @ 4:37 pm

Those are some fantastic picks, Kes! Especially loved the Rush/Newt Of Human Bondage quote!

Which reminds me, here’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington if Rupert Murdoch co-starred in it:

“I’ll make public opinion out there within five hours! I’ve done it all my life. I’ll blacken this punk so that he’ll – You leave public opinion to me.”

If Barack Obama starred in it:

“You think I’m licked. You all think I’m licked. Well, I’m not licked. And I’m going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. Even if the room gets filled with lies like these, and the Kochs and all their armies come marching into this place.”

And here’s if Elizabeth Warren starred in it:

“Just get up off the ground, that’s all I ask. Get up there with that lady that’s up on top of this Capitol dome, that lady that stands for liberty. Take a look at this country through her eyes if you really want to see something. And you won’t just see scenery; you’ll see the whole parade of what Man’s carved out for himself, after centuries of fighting. Fighting for something better than just jungle law, fighting so’s he can stand on his own two feet, free and decent, like he was created, no matter what his race, color, or creed. That’s what you’d see. There’s no place out there for graft, or greed, or lies, or compromise with human liberties.

And, uh, if that’s what the grownups have done with this world that was given to them, then we’d better get those boys’ camps started fast and see what the kids can do. And it’s not too late, because this country is bigger than the billionaires, or you, or me, or anything else. Great principles don’t get lost once they come to light. They’re right here; you just have to see them again!”

Ah, they don’t make movies like they used to.

» Posted By AdLib On December 5, 2013 @ 4:26 pm

Good one, JJ!

And from O Brother Where Art Thou, also starring the Tea Party:

“You’re just dumber than a bag of hammers!”

» Posted By AdLib On December 5, 2013 @ 2:22 pm

Cheers, Nirek! The Tea Party is a never-ending punchline.

» Posted By AdLib On December 5, 2013 @ 2:14 pm

Thanks Sabreen!!!

» Posted By AdLib On December 5, 2013 @ 2:13 pm

The GOP Problem with the Problem About the Problem with Obamacare

jj, these Baggers don’t even know what impeachment is, they think it is the same thing as a censure or a recall.

They can’t list one specific high crime or misdemeanor, just general BS about how he is violating the constitution, acting like a dictator, etc.

This is why you don’t let little kids play with knives, they don’t understand or appreciate the dangerous nature of them and would play with them as if they were toys.

To Repubs, Congressional power is simply a toy to be used and abused however they want, they don’t see it for what it is.

In their minds, calling a politician “a socialist” is just a nasty insult, they don’t understand what socialism is either.

I hope they do try to impeach Obama, it will only doom their party and whip up support for Obama and Dems.

Repubs are such anti-democracy extremists, they really don’t deserve to have any power. When they lose an election, they feel justified in declaring the results and the winning Dem illegitimate. For them, elections are only valid if they win.

So they try to claim Obama stole the election, he’s a Kenyan who can’t legally be President, he’s a Muslim, socialist tyrant who shouldn’t be allowed to be President, etc.

The irony of course is that Republicans are all about stealing elections and subverting democracy and following the Lee Atwater/Karl Rove playbook, they accuse their opponents of the thing they are guilty of themselves.

We’ll see what happens but if the Baggers get their way and try to impeach Obama, it will be the last straw that breaks the Baggers’ back.

» Posted By AdLib On December 4, 2013 @ 4:07 pm

jj, can you imagine what would happen if we didn’t stand up against the idiocy and dishonesty of the Republicans?

As long as we do, I am confident they won’t be getting into the WH until they reintroduce themselves to reality but imagine if we didn’t push back and they won the Presidency.

Bush was horrible and a reflection of that dishonest and deluded mindset but it has grown exponentially. I could honestly imagine a popular uprising against a Bagger-run government that killed SS and Medicare, slashed spending on all other social programs, trashed the ACA and kicked 30 million Americans off of health insurance, let the wealthy steal our tax money and poison our food, land and water, etc.

Not to mention plunging us into a second Great Recession after choking our economy and defaulting on paying our debts.

As long as we stand up against their delusions, they’ll never become reality.

» Posted By AdLib On December 4, 2013 @ 9:00 am

agrippa, nationally, the GOP has only about 40% of votes, it is conservative independents that swing to them that bring them up higher but they can abandon them just the same.

Even though off year elections typically favor the party out of power, I think we’ll see a far more competitive 2014 because people have become sick and tired of the Tea Party and Republican House. It’s almost surreal to think that Dems have a slim chance of taking back The House but they do.

Yes, unfortunately the GOP has majorities in the South thanks to their racist sensibilities but that crap will never fly in the rest of the US…which represents the majority of the population, the South is a minority.

And speaking of minorities, it is an eventuality that Latinos will overwhelm the white racists and radical conservatives in the South, especially Texas and when TX turns purple then blue, the GOP will become a minority party for decades.

In the meantime, Dems need to control redistricting in 2020 by winning back control in states. That would assure the end of the Tea Party and likely hand Dems a decade to prove what they can do to make this country better.

» Posted By AdLib On December 4, 2013 @ 8:41 am

agrippa, what is annoying though is that it has even become necessary to argue on behalf of reality. It’s reaching a point where we’ll have to forcefully assert that the Earth revolves around the Sun and airplanes use aerodynamics to fly, not prayer.

In the end, of course reality will remain reality, reforming a failing health care system will reform a failing health care system and helping tens of millions of Americans receive health coverage will make our health care system and their lives better.

This is common sense, there is absolutely no common sense in arguing for taking away health insurance for tens of millions of Americans and trying to re-install a system that was failing and skyrocketing in costs each year.

But then, if it wasn’t for a lack of reason, there wouldn’t be a Republican Party.

» Posted By AdLib On December 4, 2013 @ 8:33 am

The MSM is necessarily short sighted. You can’t whip up people to tune in frequently when you say, “This is not unusual, nothing to be greatly concerned about since most massive programs have had similar rollout problems. Once, the April deadline approaches, we’ll see if there are any real issues here.”

So instead, you set your hair on fire and gleefully ride a magnified conflict between Obama and Repubs into ratings heaven.

Simply put, the MSM sucks.

» Posted By AdLib On December 4, 2013 @ 8:27 am

Very funny!

Okay, before I use up all the ones coming to me, I’m starting to draft a post on this so we can really go to town on this!

» Posted By AdLib On December 4, 2013 @ 8:24 am

Cheers Kes!

Obama is racking up one point after another as President, despite the fickle approval ratings. The MSM has cooperated like good little Republican toadies by echoing all the hatred of the ACA since the poor launch of the website but now that their punching bag has been emptied of stuffing, they are at a loss to attack him.

Lots of lame attempts today on all networks including MSNBC (“Is attention on Hillary running in 2016 going to make Obama a lame duck soon?”) but they all fell short and felt forced.

No story to attack Obama with? Don’t worry, we can make one up!

» Posted By AdLib On December 3, 2013 @ 9:20 pm

Right with you on that, Kes. I absolutely want to see prosecutions. It’s well past time that the law was respected by these Republican saboteurs and if the lawbreakers aren’t prosecuted, more will follow and be even worse.

» Posted By AdLib On December 3, 2013 @ 9:15 pm

Wow, well done CL! It’s an open secret that the Repubs are aggressively trying to sabotage the ACA but going this far has to be illegal. Isn’t it a violation of their oath of office let alone defrauding the taxpayers to have done this? All those involved should be prosecuted if they have indeed broken the law, a message needs to be sent to the rest of the GOP that criminal actions to stop the ACA will have consequences.

» Posted By AdLib On December 3, 2013 @ 9:14 pm

Kalima, you just gave me a great idea for an article, famous movie quotes if Republicans had starred in movies. From “Casablanca” if Darrell Issa had played Rick, “We’ll always have Benghazi.”

It is about time for the foot of God to stomp down on them, “That’s about enough of that!”

[img]http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/14/146226/2861869-monty_foot.jpg[/img]

» Posted By AdLib On December 3, 2013 @ 9:10 pm

JJ, the GOP has been hollowed out and all that they are capable of being now is destructive and opposed to the public welfare. IOW, they can only hate. So, no matter which Dem is President, they will find an irrational reason to hate them and claim they are undeserving of the office and respect.

It sure seems to have worn really thin with the public. If not for gerrymandering, the Repubs would be a minority party with no power. The long game is for Dems to take back statehouses for the 2020 census Anne redistricting.

And you’re so right. Obama has accomplished so much! Future Americans will be bewildered by how blind the people today were to how remarkable Obama has been as President and how clearly terrible the GOP was.

» Posted By AdLib On December 3, 2013 @ 6:54 pm

Nirek, it does seem pretty clear that the ACA had to make things better. And the GOP, instead of sharing credit for it, is trying to destroy it solely because Dems will now get credit for it. They offer nothing in it’s place but continued devastation.

They are on the wrong side of history and reason. We can’t and won’t throw 10s of millions of Americans off of health insurance and the failing health care system we had can’t be brought back.

Success is the only path and in a matter of months, the ACA’s success will be common knowledge…to all but the Republicans who are truly the sickest ones that need care.

» Posted By AdLib On December 3, 2013 @ 6:42 pm

The Weekend Music Thread -The Family of Man

KT, I’m such a sucker for this song!

» Posted By AdLib On November 30, 2013 @ 10:29 pm

Woodstock – CSNY

» Posted By AdLib On November 30, 2013 @ 11:52 am