COLLECTIVE MADNESS


“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."

Saturday, March 01, 2014

To the fools and knaves that kill and call for the irradication of the wolves

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    1. Management by man = Socialism & Communism and Fascism.
      While nature, in it' own way equates to liberty and freedom.

      There are contributors, here at the Libertarian, that bitch incessantly and bemoan government interference in the economy, in the society and in the culture, while defending and applauding those same type of efforts by the government to control the natural world.

      Why would they suppose Obama and his ilk could manage Yellowstone, or the land of the western United States better than they manage Health Care or the over all state of the Economy?

      Why would they advocate freedom from government for themselves, but not for nature?

      Why do they suppose that man can manage the wild, better than man can manage Detroit or Chicago and New York City, just for examples?

      Their hypocrisy is so evident, it'd make a sane man crazy attempting to understand their irrational behavior.

      The answer is not to 'walk away' from the challenges presented and evidenced currently, due to the past land and natural resource management disasters perpetuated by the government, but to try to set the scales right. To restore the natural balance that has been destroyed, by human management of the wild places in the country.

      The 'wild' horse, managed by the BLM are another shining example of political incompetence in the management of natural resources, defended by fools and knaves, here at the libertarian.

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    Fools AND knaves. Oh, I like that.

    And I suspect all the usual suspects will step forward.

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      I'm for anything that increases available beaver.

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      One more chance to post the Ode du Boobi.


      Wolf Bane (Le Chant du Boobi): Outfitters and Guides and the Lies That They Lay in Order to Make a Buck

      sub-title: How the Uneducated and Woebegone Cling to Fairy Tales from Their Past And Snake Oil in the Present


      Wolves and wargs and dwarfs and trolls and things that go bump in the night
      These are the things that scare the dull and slow and give Ideeho villagers a fright

      So they gather their children and gather their cats and bar the doors to their huts
      They stoke their fires and hide under the bed and cower like whimpering mutts

      For the snow is crisp and the snow is deep, the wolf bane blooms and the moon is bright
      Were-rabbits creep forth but the hicks pay no heed for Fenrir comes out at night

      The Idaho hayseeds clutch their pitchforks and pikes and spread poisons as they pray to be saved
      For the guides and outfitters and the pricks and the pols predict the threat from the wolves remains grave

      For soon they’ll no longer be free to lay bait and hunt in pajamas from porches
      Instead out-of-shape yokels must trek up the hill, struggling with gear, looking for spoor, wading through muck, and sometimes carrying torches

      For the elk will have all gone higher up in the hills searching for safety in faraway glens
      And fat-assed hicks will be found by the trail clutching their chests as their hearts finally fail and swearing by god that the truth in the end is that it was that faraway wolf that at last did them in.


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    Maui Haole: If I murder my roommate, will God send me to Hell for committing suicide?

    Which God?

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    1. Terrible.

      What do you smoke that allows you to watch and listen to such slop?

      Try country/western.

      Read this...There's still an outside chance that there may be some hope for you yet -

      http://theweek.com/article/index/257048/why-i-stopped-hating-country-music

      You must confront your former self, O Quirk. Can you do it?

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  5. This is very sad, and I damn all you sadistic, voyeuristic bastards for re-energizing my burrow-dwelling Bunny.

    Since the occasion of my brother losing his beloved wife of 50 plus years (an academic mindbot twit, by my account) we have talked more than we have since I was a tyke.
    (He went off and became a Spartan at San Jose State college when I was only 6)

    What do 6 year old kids and Spartans share in common other than the sheer joys of sadistic pleasures?

    Anyhoo, the high point of my family's vacation was one we all took together by rail, even after my brother became a Spartan.

    So...
    My brother and I shared a rustic and charming room in the MAGNIFICENT Yellowstone Lodge, and after dinner I pulled my usual trick of pulling the sheet up over my head, and pretending to be asleep, when lo and behold (a tax-sheltered limited partnership) showed up in the persons of my brother and some Babe...

    I'll spare you the details...

    Question for The Forum:

    Should I sue my brother for child abuse?

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    1. I can't even remember much of our conversations prior to him becoming a Spartan, so do I really owe him Jack Shit?

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    2. Thanks for reminding me, Q, I'll put them on my grocery list.

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    3. I like my recycled Depends battered and deep-fried.

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      Should this Bunny be brought up for Battery?

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  6. :)

    Well at least the thread is not about Israel.......or me !

    The bison migrate out of Yellowstone to wolf free territory.....ranch land, the land of the .30-30, where the cattle folk don't like wolves killing their stock.......nor bison eating their food.

    Meanwhile out in God's Blessing to the world, the wolf hunt continues......via helicopter gunship, profession hunter......to cull the wolf herd, and save our remaining elk.
    *******

    "Bullying, outing, taunting and making false or malicious unsubstantiated charges against another member is not allowed."

    What are you going to do, Deuce, about the above behavior of Jack exhibited in the headline of the last thread?

    Or, is the headline of this thread your answer?

    Quirk is curious to know.



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      ...to cull the wolf herd, and save our remaining elk for the hunters to kill.

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    2. You mean Elk Unlimited, a hunters group dedicated to increasing elk numbers, habitat and winter survival rates.....and contributing to the hunting rules and regs through their expertise,.are those the hunters you are speaking of?

      Stick with controlling the feral dog and coyote populations of Detroit, you cur.

      There is an outside chance that would be a topic about which you might know something.

      Though I doubt it.

      Wayne has lost another cow and calf to the wolves this year.

      A lady at the Oncology Unit who drives in for treatment was telling me how out of control the wolves are out her way, hanging around the ranchstead this cold winter......

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      I understand most Swedish farmers like to grind up elk antlers into a powder and mix it with goat glands to combat the widespread congenital impotence in their species, a distinct sub-set of Homo Sapiens. The recent growth in demand for elk antlers is generally attributed to the decline in availability of rhino tusks.

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      Wayne has lost another cow and calf to the wolves this year.

      Tipped the cow and ran off with the calf. Damned straight. We had just finished the bottle and I was getting up to get another...

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      A lady at the Oncology Unit who drives in for treatment was telling me how out of control the wolves are out her way, hanging around the ranchstead this cold winter...... drinking and carousing, up to all hours of the night. We went to bed at 8:30 and they were still a carrying on with their gypsy music and all.

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      You mean Elk Unlimited, a hunters group dedicated to increasing elk numbers, habitat and winter survival rates.....and contributing to the hunting rules and regs through their expertise,.are those the hunters you are speaking of?


      That's right, rich guys with guns who say, "Hey, if there is going to be any elk killing around here we'll be the ones who do it."

      Think about it. The hunters kill the healthy trophy elk. The wolves kill the sick and the lame. Who do you think is doing more harm to the heard.

      Talk about nitwits.

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  7. The Rise of the New Quacks -

    More unqualified medical services showing up under Obamacare

    POSTED AT 2:31 PM ON MARCH 1, 2014 BY JAZZ SHAW - Hot Air


    Nearly a year ago now, I took a look at an unsettling trend in medical practices in the age of Obamacare. As states struggle to keep up with restrictions and fiscal strains under the provisions of the new law, people were looking to both cut costs and make up for a decreasing number of doctors. One area which was being considered was lowering the bar for who could be licensed to perform certain practices. This was of particular concern in the area of eye care, where Kentucky was looking at expanding the role of optometrists (who are not medical doctors), allowing them to perform certain procedures typically left to ophthalmologists.

    It seems that this trend has not gone away as Obamacare gears up to full speed, and a similar move is now under consideration in nearby Tennessee.

    60 Plus Association, the nation’s leading conservative senior advocate organization is calling on Tennessee lawmakers to oppose House Bill 555 and Senate Bill 220. These bills would allow optometrists – who are not medical doctors and do not go through surgical residency training– to inject anesthesia into the tissues surrounding the eye and perform scalpel surgery on the eyelid. The proposal to expand the legal scope of practice by non-medical eye care providers follows along a similar path that optometrists and legislators in California are currently pursuing in their implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as ObamaCare…

    Jim Martin, Chairman of 60 Plus, explained that among the many problems related with Obamacare, it is resulting in states considering proposals to re-define who can practice medicine and surgery. “It’s one thing for politicians in California to be pushing these radical proposals to implement Obamacare, but why would lawmakers in Tennessee even consider similar legislation that dumbs down patient safety standards,” Martin said. “Our seniors were promised we could keep our health plans and our doctors. Neither promise rang true. But what is true is that Obamacare is tempting states into legislating a new type of doctor or surgeon, one that doesn’t have to go through medical school or residency to perform surgery, but rather to the state legislature instead.
    As the article mentions, there has been a similar move underway in California, and it’s no less controversial there. They tried the same thing in Louisiana last year, but the public outcry was such that it was abandoned by its own sponsor. While the temptation to lower the bar and make up for shortfalls under Obamacare is obviously compelling for legislatures, it’s hard to find any unbiased observer who thinks this is a good idea.

    I would like to stress yet again that this is not a knock against optometrists. I see one myself on a yearly basis and they do very important work. But if they don’t have the same level of training as an ophthalmologist in terms of performing surgical procedures or the duties of an anesthesiologist, do we really want to begin assigning them this work simply because a new federal law is driving qualified professionals out of the marketplace? That sounds like a very dodgy tradeoff.

    Gee… if only someone had warned us about all of this before they voted the law into place. (/sarc)

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    Here we have another new and previously unmentioned problem with ObamaCare.

    You can keep your doctor, but he may not be a doctor.

    Question: Should veterinarians be allowed to practice on humans under ObamaCare?

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    1. Our son's finance has taken time off from her duties as a Cardiac Nurse to hit the books again and become a Doctor Wannabe, for the bigger bucks.

      We don't need no stinking Medical Schools!

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    2. Doctors will be moonlighting on Cats and Dogs if Rufus and Obammie get their ways.

      ...a guy's gotta eat.

      (Female Md's are Subsidized under Obammiecare)

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    4. We don't need no stinking doctors, that's for sure.

      Soon Rufus will be back to being treated by an ObamaCare approved Medicine Man, and Quirk will be practicing Medical Voodoo, MV Degree not required, on the streets of Detroit.

      Can't you imagine Quirk's MV Specials offerings?

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    5. I forgot Rufie's Tribe, but I know they are qualified for the Shaman Subsidy under the ACA.

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    6. The US can import doctors, from India.

      All we have to do, make sure the leave their slaves, in India.
      Their diplomats thought they could bring slaves to NYCity, but there are laws, there in NYCity, that prohibit slavery.

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    7. Male Indian MD's must scrub twice as long as Native MD's.

      Female Indian MD's must always mount their patient's heads when menstruating.

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  8. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/02/28/dont_expect_ukraine_to_end_up_divided.html

    Don't Expect Ukraine To End Up Divided

    The amicable divorce seems under great pressure in the world these days.

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    1. If you read real news sources, you would know that the Ukraine is already divided.

      SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Russian armed forces seized control of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula on Saturday, as the Russian Parliament granted President Vladimir V. Putin broad authority to use military force in response to the political upheaval that dislodged a Kremlin ally and installed a new, staunchly pro-Western government.

      Russian troops stripped of identifying insignia but using military vehicles bearing the license plates of Russia’s Black Sea force swarmed the major thoroughfares of Crimea, encircled government buildings, closed the main airport and seized communication hubs, solidifying what began on Friday as a covert effort to control the largely pro-Russian region.

      http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/world/europe/ukraine.html

      They're not going to leave.

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    2. Map of the Ethnic makeup of the Ukraine

      The Ukraine in Maps

      Ukraine's political split reflects a deeper cultural divide in the country. In the 2010 presidential election, the opposition won in all of Ukraine's western provinces, where most people speak Ukrainian rather than Russian and many call for deeper economic and political ties with Europe.

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    3. Culture is thicker than water, but a warm water port never hurts.

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    4. Time for a Bucharest, I'm Bushed.

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    5. (Following my Romaine Salad appetizer, of course.)

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  9. Be sure to mix your Concrete dry to conform with the 4,000 psi code.

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  10. For those that are niether fools nor knaves, but find war in Europe to be of interest ...

    n Moscow, Mr. Putin convened the upper house of Parliament to grant him authority to use military force to protect Russian citizens and soldiers not only in Crimea but throughout Ukraine. Both actions — military and parliamentary — were a direct rebuff to President Obama, who on Friday pointedly warned Russia to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity.

    The US attacks Libya to protect Libyans from their government, yet Obama is peeved when the Russians do the same, in the Ukraine. With the blessing of Ukraine's elected President.

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  11. Anyone who wants some memory lessons, call Hawaiidoug.

    If I'm not in, try Google.

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  12. I foolishly sliced my finger fucking with my knave.

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  13. The Russians even have a "Gulf of Tonkin" provocation to respond to.
    Plus a cry for help from the Crimean leadership, to boot!

    Earlier in the day, the new prime minister of the Crimea region, Serhiy Aksyonov, appealed to Putin for help maintaining “peace and tranquility.”

    In short order, the Russian Foreign Ministry claimed that “unidentified gunmen directed from Kiev” had tried to capture the Crimean Interior Ministry headquarters. Calling the attempt a “treacherous provocation,” Moscow said, “We believe it is irresponsible to continue whipping up the already tense situation in the Crimea.”

    Igor Aveytskiy, who was named by the Kiev government to serve as chief of Crimea’s national police, said there was no attack.

    “It’s all rumors, all lies,” said Mikhail Amirov, a member of a pro-Russia self-defense militia on guard in front of the headquarters building

    But Moscow apparently had the allegation it needed.

    A committee of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, asked Putin to intervene. He made his request, and the Federation Council, the upper house, promptly gave it unanimous approval. The authorization does not limit the troops to Crimea but allows them to be sent to all of Ukraine.

    On Saturday afternoon, 10 troop carriers, accompanied by armored jeeps, arrived at the Ukrainian coast guard base in the resort town of Balaklava and took up positions inside and outside the installation. Russian Orthodox priests stood among the troops and sang hymns.


    The Russians, they're marchin' with Jesus, Amen!

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  14. The Obama Administration now has zero credibility with other countries around the world, and the Obama Administration would have better served itself by keeping its mouth shut about some 'costs' or whatever to the Russians about the Ukraine.

    The Obama Administration has lost its credibility with the 'kids', the independents, many of the the democrats, even some of the blacks who had great and legitimate hopes for something better, and all the rest of us.

    The Administration has really screwed the pooch.

    The Senate goes Republican this fall.

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    1. So what if it does?

      There will not be enough of them to over ride a veto.
      And they won't vote for change, anyway.

      Never have, never will.
      The two Parties are one and the same, two sides of the same coin.

      Playin' the fools and knaves for what they, fools and knaves.

      Fool

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    2. And I'm driving into the casino.

      It's a futility waiting for Deuce to enforce his own rules.

      What a farce.

      But it is fun reading Quirk and Doug.

      tata

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    3. Playin' the fools and knaves for what they ARE, fools and knaves.

      Fool

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    4. The fellow that just last Sunday wanted to butcher the people of Arizona, then sell the meat to foreigners, is awash in a sea of futility.

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    5. I'm sorry, he did not want to sell the meat to foreigners, he wanted to 'give it' to poor folk.

      BobSun Feb 23, 10:56:00 PM EST

      "The argument that they are not native is amazing in light of the fact that neither are Europeans native."

      Exactly.

      Shoot the Arizonans as well, give the meat to the poor.

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    6. Four million people, shoot and then butcher 'em, for the meat.

      He's had a week to walk it back, and has not.

      Now he thinks he is being 'abused'.
      What a farce.

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  15. Mr. Obama accused Russia of a “breach of international law” and condemned the country’s military intervention, calling it a “clear violation” of Ukrainian sovereignty.

    Which begs the question, what was the US doing in Libya?
    Somalia?
    Yemen?

    What did the Conga Line want US to do in Syria?

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    1. I come from a long line of Syrian Somalian Yemenis.

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    2. I might add that our young warriors are pretty good at dyin.

      Our tithe to DC.

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    3. What are the Israeli doing in Palestine, but violating international law?

      Why is Obama so concerned about international law, in the Ukraine, now?

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  16. The Russians have a very strong claim to Sevastapol, and a reasonably strong claim, I suppose, to the rest of the Crimea.

    Russia probably doesn't want to do a full-fledged war over the Ukrainian-speaking Western Provinces. I'm guessing that the only uncertainty is in regards to the large, Russian-speaking Eastern Provinces.

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    1. The country WILL dissolve with the major component parts separating themselves..

      Just like Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia did.

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    2. Sure seems logical, doesn't it?

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    3. The political drama began in the morning, when the pro-Russia prime minister of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, declared that he had sole control over the military and the police, and appealed to Mr. Putin for Russian help in safeguarding the region. He also said a public referendum on independence would be held on March 30.

      The Kremlin quickly issued a statement saying that Mr. Aksyonov’s plea “would not be ignored,” and within hours the upper chamber of Russia’s Parliament had authorized military action.

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    4. The Fools and Knaves do not find this interesting.

      Which is why, I suppose, they are foolish knaves, aye.

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    5. I have to admit, without the complicating issues of "oil," and Judeo-Christian Armageddon, it is a little hard to stay awake on. :) :)

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    6. I am not sure what religion the western Ukrainians are, but the Eastern Ukrainians are marchin' with Jesus by their side.

      Russian Orthodox priests stood among the troops and sang hymns.

      It does not get more Judeo-Christian than that. As to Armageddon, the Ruskies are more capable than either the Iranians or Libyans. More than the North Koreans or Pakistani. Even the Indians need Russia to float their boat.
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    7. The Russians are going to give the Iranians an object lesson on the importance of having a nuclear arsenal.

      It is teaching opportunity that will not go unheeded, all around the world.

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    8. Welll, we haven't had a good war on tv in a long time. I'm looking forward to it (not being a large basketball fan, and all.)

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  17. In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron said that “there can be no excuse for outside military intervention” in Ukraine.

    but about Libya he said ...

    We'll use military force to free Libya

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361629/Libya-David-Cameron-plans-fly-zone-threatens-send-British-troops.html

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    1. I think we all recognize that Dave could come up with an excuse if he was afforded access to match Obama's Selfie with that Scandinavian Hottie.

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    2. were?
      "Farmer" Bob:

      Assistance needed!

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    3. Were is correct, Doug -O, always glad to help.

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    4. Though, actually, was is just as good.

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  18. In Crimea, however, officials said they did not recognize the new government, and declared that they had taken control.

    Mr. Aksyonov, the regional prime minister, said he was ordering the regional armed forces, the Interior Ministry troops, the Security Service, border guards and other ministries under his direct control. “I ask anyone who disagrees to leave the service,” he said.

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    1. I don't recognize you.

      I'm not even sure if you belong to our Order of Rodentia.

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    2. “I ask anyone who disagrees to leave the service”

      Guess who the First Volunteer would be if Hawaiidoug were Crimean?

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  19. Question #4:

    If North Korea's Dictator becomes a champion for Human Rights, would we address him as Martin Luther Un?

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  20. Next up:

    Patina-ed Pipes:

    Should you hide or feature your copper plumbing?

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    1. I don't know about patina, but ...

      It was Daniel Pipes that explained, quite thoroughly, why the Alawites of Syria are not Muslims, neither Shiite nor Sunni.

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    2. The country reflected that, before we got involved.

      "The only "good" Nazi is a non-Muslim Nazi"

      'Long as they keep it to themselves.

      Sure beat any Arabian Towelheads.

      If Bush woulda taken out them tanks, the Doctor would be living in "peace" given the circumstances.

      Mighta even been able to politely ask for any of the sundry Iraqi/Iranian weapons that ended up there.

      The Wages of Cowardice...

      Condi for POTUS!

      At least a double win, perhaps a triple.

      Anybody know her dating habits?

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    3. Pipes would be well served by a regular reaming.

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    Well, as I once stood in and represented the pirates and piratesses of the blog in our struggle against the 1% here who were actually producers, I now stand in as surrogate for our resident knave/fool, Bob, aka Farmer Bob, aka Anonymous, aka bob, aka Anonymous-Bob, who is currently off looting Indian Casinos in Idaho.

    I speak in response to aspersions cast upon that gentle, some would say simple, lad by the outlaw poster rat who often goes by the moniker Jack Hawkins .

    The latest ratiquity against Simple Bob was posted upstream, to wit, "The fellow that just last Sunday wanted to butcher the people of Arizona, then sell the meat to foreigners, is awash in a sea of futility."

    :-o

    I know.

    Rather a mixed metaphor there, but still.

    To summarize the incident in question,

    Rat put's up a post about how horses in the southwest are being held by the government at hefty expense. He argues they should be butchered and the meat sold, possibly to the French or whoever.

    Bob, cavalierly suggests the horses should be shot just like the wolves in Idaho.

    Rat is appalled that anyone would suggest the horses be killed without using the meat to feed people.

    Bob says 'Lighten up, rat. I was just kidding. Go ahead and butcher the horses if you like.'

    Deuce jumps in and suggests the horses be set free. Rat is metagrabolized by the suggestion.

    Deuce then adds to the fun by saying "The argument that they [the horses] are not native is amazing in light of the fact that neither are Europeans native."

    To which Bob replies, Exactly. Shoot the Arizonans as well, give the meat to the poor.

    To which rat responds,

    Farmer Bob threatened my life, last Sunday.
    Me and all the other residents of Arizona.
    Said we should be shot and our carcasses sold for their meat.

    I did not find it at all 'humorous'.
    Do not think that threatening genocide is 'funny'.

    I take umbrage at the threat and will not let it go.



    Whew!


    Truth be told, in the proceeding contretemps, I am embarrassed to say my sympathy rests with Deuce even though it is obvious he was the instigator that caused the whole kurfuffle. But I have decided to eschew the role of either advocate or arbiter and instead present the case to you, the blog, so that you can decide for yourself where you think the fault lies. To that end, I offer the following quiz to assure the principals in this affair are clear in your minds.

    Please, based on your considered opinion, match up the names in the numbered column with the descriptions in the lettered column that seem most appropriate.

    1. Rat
    2. Deuce
    3. Bob

    (match with appropriate letter below)

    A. Faux farmer who being somewhat simple mistakenly thinks that he is humorous.
    B. Unwitting enabler in the aforementioned farce.
    C. Batshit crazy cowboy straight out of No Country for Old Men.

    *Answers will be published in three days at which time responsibility shall be assigned and damages (if any) awarded.

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    1. I tend not to take sides, but for the edification of this blog's readers, the great San Andreas Fault runs directly through Cholame, CA, where James Dean met his maker, about 40 miles East, Southeast of the birthplace of the blog's Patron Saint, Hawaiidoug.

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      Excellent, Quirk.

      Let's see, I think it is -

      1 - C
      2 - B
      3 - A

      You, and Doug, keep me coming back.

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    3. You might want to reconsider:

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      Believe me, I completely support the current US non-intervention in the various hot-spots around the world, but how much longer must we be embarrassed by the toothless outrage being spouted by our leaders?

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    4. Does anyone here genuinely believe that he's really embarrassed?

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    5. Seems about as authentic as:

      "I take umbrage at the threat and will not let it go."

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      He could be embarrassed, dammit.


      Theodore B

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  23. If I were to go to the trouble of putting up a thread, I'd name it R.I.P. - THE LIBERTARIAN CEMETERY, then in due regard to Deuce's love of art, have a graveyard with gravestones and the names of the Libertarian departed, fleeing from Jackrat and his insanity, to a better lighted world, with Van Gogh crows and such flying around from one of his beautiful paintings, Munch's The Scream, representative of Jackrat's schizophrenic mind, a religious painting with sun showing through the clouds on the far horizon, etc etc etc.........a disarmed powerless policeman representing Deuce the Enabler, etcetc......along with some appropriate ethanol glance to Rufus......etc

    That sort of thing....

    Quirk, if you or Doug were to put up an alternative thread.......

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    2. And a strong, sane surfer riding a wave, representative of Sam, the hope of the coming generation to ride rat free seas.

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    3. I'd be better served seeing a shrink.
      I woke up and misread my stupid clock featuring a minute hand that's easily mistaken for an hour hand, congratulated myself on an early start after a good night's sleep, made my morning coffee, only to discover three hours later at ten o'clock that it is pitch-black outside!

      Ten PM, Moron!

      Dazed, and more confused than ever! :-(

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  24. I've won my bet with my wife concerning the Ukraine. The roll continues.........

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  25. Justice with Judge Jeannine coming up on Fox......she's a good one......

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    1. ooooo......the disdain just drips from her lovely lips........

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  26. AshThu Feb 27, 04:38:00 PM EST
    Survival bunker on a farm? This from a guy who had to give away a dog he loved because he couldn't provide it the open space it needed. riiiight!

    You didn't watch the video did you? He's not selling survival bunkers.

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    Could someone please update me on the sordid details?
    Somehow I missed that one.

    "Farmer" Bob sacrificed his dog for the guilty pleasures of Big City Life in Idaho?

    What sort of man would sacrifice his best friend for the Casinos?

    He gambled with his soul, and apparently has lost it.

    Sad, very sad.

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    1. :)

      Lookie, here, I GOT Shasta a place on a farm.

      She's out there still, chasing cattle, sheep, and deer as I type........living THE CANINE GREAT LIFE..glad to be done with the stinkin' city.......

      She's no Detroit mutt, like's Quirk's poor abused dog, let out once a day on a chain, to piss on the fire hydrant......

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    2. You and Quirk team up to start a new alternative Libertarian, Doug, it would be a winner......

      off the bed here.....must be night it's dark outside......

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    3. Probly become horsemeat while taking that one last leak when a person of color happens by accompanied by his Pit Bull.

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    4. "must be night it's dark outside......"

      Or else that 37 bucks was money well spent.

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    5. You know our days are numbered when Detroit Iron is replaced by recycled Beer Cans in the F-150.

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    6. Aluminum Alloy

      Our military-grade,* aluminum alloy has earned the Built Ford Tough® badge.

      http://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/2015/

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      Yeah, right, tell us more!

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    7. .

      What sort of man would sacrifice his best friend for the Casinos?

      How many times have we heard the same tale as children?

      Now, now, Timmy. We took Rex to the farm so that he would have fields to run and play in. Don't worry, we'll get you that turtle in the fish bowl you said you liked.

      Pathetic.

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  27. Anyone have a clue why I looked up "Sperm doning bus driver on Google?"

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    Passenger attacks bus driver, causes crash; sperm donor must pay ...

    www.cleveland.com/.../passenger_attacks_bus_...‎
    The Plain Dealer
    by Cliff Pinckard - in 21 Google+ circles Jan 24, 2014 - Passenger attacks bus driver, causes crash; sperm donor must pay child support

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    1. No, not a clue.

      Do you?

      That's the real question.....

      ;)

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    2. Sadly, no.

      Wiping my memory clean was probly an action by the last vestiges of my survival instinct...

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    3. Daily Jihad Watch just came in -

      Nigeria: Islamic jihadists murder at least 10 with bomb in busy market area
      Mar 01, 2014 06:50 pm | Robert Spencer
      Jihad murders by the Party of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad, which is Boko Haram’s real name, are almost a daily occurrence now. Clearly the Nigerian government cannot control these jihadists, and is rapidly losing any control it does have. If the victims were Muslims and the perpetrators non-Muslims, the world […]


      Nigeria: Islamic jihadists murder at least 10 with bomb in busy market area on Facebook Google Plus One Button share on Twitter

      Black South African explains why Israel is not an apartheid state
      Mar 01, 2014 01:11 pm | Robert Spencer

      A man who suffered under real apartheid explodes the Leftist/Islamic supremacist libel that Israel is an apartheid state.

      Too tired too read them tonight. May post the ones I've mentioned tomorrow.

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  28. Ash:

    Bob's latest investment.

    http://thetaoofbadass.com/special/goldfish/

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    1. I got the Digital Download, and it's already transformed my Sex Life!

      A 500 Dollar Value for only 67 Bucks!

      ...special discount only available for 24 hours.

      Guaranteed to work even for those of you with micropenises!

      (You know who you are.)

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    2. What a stupid ad.

      Quirk would be ashamed of it.

      He would have asked $69 bucks, working on the unconscious.......

      Which is what I'm becoming, because that stupid ad NEVER ENDS.......

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    3. A simple $2 dollar increase in price, and a fourfold increase in orders....

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    4. In fact, Quirk might have gone for $969 bucks, since he's an admitted three parent designer child.

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    5. Not to mention that issue with his "penis"

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      You dumb shits.

      I don't want women pointing at me and staring. That's why I invested in the plastic surgery.

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    7. .

      I got the Digital Download, and it's already transformed my Sex Life!


      Nitwit.

      You could have gone to Souls-R-Us Publications, LLC and picked up a significant discount of a three year subscription to Hustler Magazine.

      Instead of virtual stimulation, you could have had the genuine, original, in your face, tactile feel of hardcore porn. And if your wimpy little pussy mind still needs to wrap itself around some virtual googa, we include three DVD's, Jenny Had Eight Daddies and They Had Her, Ass Backwards, and the double-DVD special addition of The Long And Short of It.

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      Not to mention that issue with his "penis"

      You S.O.B.'s just keep bringing it up. Won't let it drop. Always coming back to it. "Not to mention that issue with his "penis". Not to mention that issue with his "penis". But you always do mention it, don't you?

      Damn your eyes.

      I've told you before. It was a car accident, not my fault what with the goat and the SUV and the ice cream truck and all. I needed a penile transplant and the only one available was from that black Michigan State linebacker. Now, I have the bad back from having to carry it around 24/7 as well as the shame and the names, Two-tone, Slick, Zebra, Big-Boy, as well as, the women (and a good portion of men and horses) pointing and staring.

      I've had it.

      The new rules are Bullying, outing, taunting and making false or malicious unsubstantiated charges against another member is not allowed.

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    9. .

      Note: In the post above, I mistakenly said one of the DVD's was titled Jenny Had Eight ...etc, etc.... It should have read Sally Had Eight Daddies...etc., etc. I am thoroughly embarrassed by this mistake. It was a simple error on my part, a case of my fingers running ahead of my brain. I apologize to any person living or dead or virtual who may have been embarrassed or angered by my faux pas.

      And, I deny there was anything Freudian about this mistake.

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  29. Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his actions wrt the Suez Crisis?

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  30. Dog is a good old cat.

    People what you think of that?

    That's where I'm at,
    that's where I'm at,
    that's where I'm at.

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    1. I'm walking all around the town
      I'm seeing all the people down
      Walking around
      Talking around

      Me and my cat named Dog
      We're walking high against the fog
      Singing my song
      Singing my song

      Happy, sad and crazy, wonder
      Choking up my mind with perpetual dreaming

      Drifting up and down the street
      Searching for the sound of people
      Swinging their feet
      Swinging their beat

      Dog is a good old cat
      Now people what d'ya think of that
      'Cause that's where I'm at (That's where he's at)

      Happy, sad and crazy, wonder
      Choking up my mind with perpetual dreaming

      Drifting up and down the street
      Searching for the sound of people
      Swinging their feet
      Swinging their beat

      Hey Dog is a good old cat
      Now people what d'ya think of that
      'Cause that's where I'm at (That's where he's at)

      That's where I'm at (That's where he's at)
      That's where I'm at (That's where he's at)

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    2. Got a 1996 Copyright, but I swear I heard it in the 60's.

      Could I be a Psychic?

      Psycho's more likely.

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    3. Walkin My Cat Named Dog

      Some heavier Dudes or Dudett's covered that.

      Honest

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    4. Guess not.

      Nobody's perfect, certainly not Norma, tone-wise.
      Near tone deafness.

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    5. I find myself singing the words "walkin my cat named dog" when I'm walking my cat. Also there's a cat NAMED dog in my neighborhood we always bump into. I remembered this song from my childhood, but couldn't remember the lyrics. I hadn't heard it since my childhood either. So I decided to google it & found it! and the lyrics!

      I just sang it to my son. I will have to get the CD so I can hear it again.

      He's having me institutionalized in the morning.

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  31. God Bless Idaho's Helicopter Gunships.

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  32. "A lady at the Oncology Unit who drives in for treatment was telling me how out of control the wolves are out her way, hanging around the ranchstead this cold winter......"

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    How does she think you're hung?

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  33. Bob thinks his folksy, down on the farm verbiage distracts us from his cold-blooded, blood curdling ways.

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