(2008-03-13) — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, recently-retired pastor of Sen. Barack Obama’s home church in Chicago, announced that he’s teaming up with the producers of the Veggie Tales children’s videos to promote his own brand of biblical race relations for boys and girls.
The pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, has become nationally-known in recent days for a sermon about Jesus of Nazareth — a poor, black man who was oppressed by rich, white people at a time when no one like Sen. Obama was available to rescue Jesus by bringing change to government.
The movie, tentatively titled “Jeremiah and the Giant White Turnip”, will use Veggie Tales’ trademark computer-generated vegetable characters to re-tell the story of Jesus and the whole “of Nazareth” family, starting with their early battles against institutional racism in housing policy, when there was “no room at the inn.”
The Rev. Wright will do the voice of a bitter brussels sprout who pleads with God to ‘damn America‘, because Sen. Hillary Clinton has never been disparaged as a black man.
169 responses so far ↓
1 boberinyetagain // Mar 13, 2008 at 1:59 pm
OK then…interesting!
2 prettyold // Mar 13, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I would assume the veggies used would be, of course, the Great White Stinky Turnip and little black and pinto beans . Maybe some Eggplant.
Goodman All Yes we Are!
3 prettyold // Mar 13, 2008 at 2:02 pm
There sure won’t be any Italian food.
4 gafisher // Mar 13, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Surely a 24-carrot performance.
5 prettyold // Mar 13, 2008 at 2:26 pm
From the sounds of it all white veggies will be deepfried in boiling oil.
6 gafisher // Mar 13, 2008 at 2:30 pm
It’s a shame Flip Wilson isn’t around anymore. He could have voiced a mean Geraldine.
7 mindknumbed kid // Mar 13, 2008 at 3:33 pm
What about the tax bill he is pushing? Do the stupid American voters really want to send more money around the globe to end other nation's poverty? C'mon, when has such redistribution ever been shown to be effective? Hey, the dems are calling for higher taxes, gonna raise big bucks to spend more on social programs AND get rid of the deficit too. Forrest's momma used to say "stupid is as stupid does", hasn't it been demonstrated time and again that tactic has never worked? I thought it was time for CHANGE, the more things change, the more they seem the same. I'm glad to see they are using the same stupid plays that have gotten them nowhere, I fear that today's voters might not be able to think about the fact it never has worked, ever. But ET is pumped up and ready to vote for the change that he ain't gonna get even if his cousin (and mine too) prevails.
8 Maggie // Mar 13, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Scott,you must have been hitting the V8
juice bottle when you wrote this .
9 RedPepper // Mar 13, 2008 at 3:47 pm
“The Rev. Wright will do the voice of a bitter brussels sprout … â€
The reason why so many people are prejudiced against Brussel Sprouts is ignorance. Don’t understand how to grow ‘em, don’t understand how to cook ‘em.
As with many other vegetables, superior quality is achieved by growing your own. And they should never be harvested too soon. Like most Brassicas, Brussels Sprouts are actually improved by cold; old-timers would not even think of eating sprouts that had not yet been touched by a good frost.
Remember: many are cold, but few are frozen.
10 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 13, 2008 at 4:51 pm
How about some turnip greens and fried Okra protesting in the streets and burning down the produce market.
What is fair for one is fair for all.
wv: and picked-and plucked
11 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 13, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Yes! Who will Rise Up in defense of the Much-Maligned Brussels Sprout (Brassica oleracea gemmifera)!?!
Anyway, I must be blunt:
That Wright person is beyond vile and, yet, people Applaude and Wave their Arms and make Odd Sounds. It’s a surreal peep into the pit. It’s hideous. Earlier today, I saw R-Rated [more like X] video of that Blaspheming Heretic—immediately I desperately wanted to gouge my eyeballs out, but I had just trimmed my fingernails and, besides, somebody complimented me on their Blueness just the other day.
I pray for all those poor souls under that man’s spell—right now, that’s where my compassion goes.
9 days or so till Easter. Thank You, Jesus.
12 da Bunny // Mar 13, 2008 at 5:37 pm
This satire is based in actual fact. Rush played audio of Wright’s racist, hate-filled “sermon” on his show today. Obama has been a member of Wright’s congregation for how many years now? He appears to have no problem with the “Reverend Jeremiah Wright,” aka the “bitter brussels sprout.” Actually, Wright sounds a lot like “Calypso Louie” Farrakhan when he gets going…
13 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 13, 2008 at 5:51 pm
In my opinion, even if BO bailed out of that church pronto
…..well…..
he’s still stuck with it for having grinned and clapped his hands to pure Hate Speech for, like, 20 years—for political gain, no less.
Until he Repents, of course.
14 prettyold // Mar 13, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Parsnip Jeremiah Wright should be having his bells peel out in a joyful medley. He has been peppered with a cornucopia of blessings . If he continues to doubt ,he may find all his hopes for Barak Hussein Obama squashed and even chard. They may end up in a serious pickle.After all ,Barak yam what he yam and that’s all that he yam.
15 prettyold // Mar 13, 2008 at 6:25 pm
I wonder if Barak Hussein Obama is in the Choir?
Then Parsnip Wright would have been preaching to the choir, these 20 years.
JL3 Rev Wright has stopped preaching at the church and is now part of Obama’s campaign staff.Maybe religious advisor?
16 mindknumbed kid // Mar 13, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I just got off the phone (conference call with Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, Jr. Asparagus, the French Peas, etc.) It appears that they are boycotting the production, there will be no silly songs with Larry, the French Peas were willing to join the cast until they found out they had to line up and receive genuine back eyes - instead of using make-up for the effect. Sounds to me as though the whole thing has fallen apart, and the project is fixing to be nixed. I contacted an unofficial unnamed confidential campaign spokesperson from the Obama for President organization who declined to comment on the claim that Obama had asked for a cameo, but was denied because of his unofficial black status. No film at eleven should be expected.
17 camojack // Mar 13, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Obama’s “pastor” is not a very good example of a Christian, spewing hate as he does.
But then, nobody’s perfect…
wv: buffalo league - bowling for hot wings?
18 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 13, 2008 at 7:15 pm
prettyold~~
Thanks. He’s still listed as pastor on their web site but, now that you mention it, I believe I heard that, these days, he only preaches every now and then or something like that.
BO has other things to worry about, too. I predict the list will grow.
Meanwhile, John Sidney McCain III is going about the job he is paid to do.
19 mindknumbed kid // Mar 13, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Larry wanted me to reiterate that he is a cucumber, not a pickle.
20 Hawkeye // Mar 13, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Way too funny, Scott!
I think I’ll “squash” my desire to “produce” a bunch of “corny” puns and “beet” it outta here, OK?
“Lettuce” move on to fruits, shall we?
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21 Hawkeye // Mar 13, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Prettyold #13,
Oh well. It looks like you beat me to the ‘pun’ch… Funny!
Best regards…
22 gafisher // Mar 13, 2008 at 8:04 pm
daBunny Re#11: “Actually, Wright sounds a lot like “Calypso Louie†Farrakhan when he gets going…”
Calypso Louie wouldn’t defend black Jews …
23 prettyold // Mar 13, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Calypso Louie ,being a Muslim has no use for Jesus Christ ,even if he was black. I think that is sorta funny Louie is not very black ,himself.
24 mindknumbed kid // Mar 13, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Would a couple of those Wrights make the whole world wrong? Why do we need guys like this, it is already illegal to discriminate in the area of housing in these here United States of America. So now, if Jesus shows up, he’ll be welcome, right?
25 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 13, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Spitzer Finds Organics and Water Where New Planets May Grow
Regarding Hillary’s Adventures Abroad, FactCheck has this to say.
Those Democrat candidates are both so devoid of substance, they are depleting Earth’s Atmosphere.
Thank you
26 prettyold // Mar 13, 2008 at 9:23 pm
JL3 ,I just don’t understand whey Eliot gets to have his own telescope. Granted the prostitute is about to become a big star ,but I thought he was giving all that up.Gonna be a good boy now. Well, maybe where he lives in NY he can see into some $4,300 windows.
I didn’t notice ,does he have big long creepy white fingers?
27 prettyold // Mar 13, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Has anyone ever asked Obama if he intends to change America for the better?
And better for whom?
Oh, Heaven forfend we ask him any tough questions.
His favorite saying now is “You can’t say that.”
28 da Bunny // Mar 13, 2008 at 9:38 pm
gafisher #22
I was referring to Wright’s yelling, jumping around, and ranting like Calypso Louie…cadence only, not content.
29 mindknumbed kid // Mar 13, 2008 at 9:44 pm
The libs make a big deal about Mary and Joseph not being able to find adequate lodging, yet they are not offering Christ a “room” in our nation. Interesting, is it not?Maybe it is OK to get a room in Jesus’ name but never to have a prayer in his name. And then the trolls come in here and preach the scriptures to us? How utterly absurd!
30 mindknumbed kid // Mar 13, 2008 at 9:50 pm
To the tune of “Can’t Touch This”
Can’ Say That
Duh -duh-duh-duh
Can’t say that…
Duh-duh-duh-duh
Cant say that…
(repeat 37 times)
31 mindknumbed kid // Mar 13, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Or should it be:
Dum-dum-dum-dum ?
32 Fred Sinclair // Mar 13, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I understand this came from Mark Steyn’s blog but if Obama isn’t quoted precisely, then in Mark’s satire it probably reflects his real thoughts.
“My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world.
I hope you’ll join with me as we try to change it.” — Barack Obama
Heirborn Ranger
ANY QUESTIONS?
33 debass // Mar 13, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Vegetables come and go, but the beet goes on.
34 MajorDomo // Mar 14, 2008 at 12:15 am
“Jesus of Nazareth ? a poor, black man who was oppressed by rich, white people at a time when no one like Sen. Obama was available to rescue Jesus by bringing change to government.”
Great shot, Scott!
MNK: Yes, indeed! Since Jan 15, 1954. Not a very good one until about 20 years ago, though. I know what it’s like to talk like a Christian, and be far from one! Lotta that going around. I also am familiar with those who spew hate from the pulpit. Wright isn’t the only one.
35 Possumtrot // Mar 14, 2008 at 2:14 am
Somehow, I knew it wouldn’t take five minutes for y’all to jump on this one.
My comment on Eliot Spitzer at United Possums International is now as irrelevant as he is.
The possible influence of Osama Bamalama’s marryin’ minister is scary enough to persuade a lot of people to start wearing their sheets instead of sleeping on them. Maybe Barack Hussein Obama is a Christian, but I’ll hazard a guess that what his preacher is preachin’ isn’t what Jesus had in mind.
36 Darthmeister // Mar 14, 2008 at 6:29 am
Why doesn’t Reverend (sic) Wright team up with the wonderful Palestinian children’s programming staff and really shock America with the “truth” that Jews are little more than “apes and pigs” (Koran). They can also throw in the bit that President Bush is really a chimp. If the truth be told, I bet Obama would support that, too. Obama continues to defend Reverend (sic) Wright as someone like a “crazy, old uncle.” Yep, great source to get your spiritual advice, a “crazy, old uncle.”
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More startling evidence Global Warming is man’s fault.
37 boberinyetagain // Mar 14, 2008 at 7:29 am
MKK, Jesus is welcome to vist the White House, he just can’t rul from there. At least that was the original idea…
$26,000,000 Mays…more than Wille made in his whole career!
38 Stop The ACLU » Blog Archive » Obama’s Racist Pastor: God Damn AmeriKKKa // Mar 14, 2008 at 8:36 am
[...] right after the part of the Sermon on the Mount that justifies homosexual unions. Awesome satire at Scrappleface [...]
39 da Bunny // Mar 14, 2008 at 9:46 am
“Tell me who you hang around with, that’ll tell me who you are…”
————————————————————
Obama has “hung out” for two decades with a “spiritual leader” who is a racist, anti-Semite, anti-AmeriKKKa hate-monger. This “pastor” married Obama and his wife, and this “church” has provided the “spiritual” education for his children. He cannot now distance himself from Wright, as if he has only just become aware of what Wright is all about.
Eliot Spitzer likes to pay huge sums of money to “hang out” and have illicit and illegal relations with prostitutes, betraying his family and his constituency. He vigorously proscuted publicly that which he sought out privately.
We’re just seeing the “tip of the iceberg” with both of these “men.” Their choice of “companions” tells us who these people are far better than the words that they speak.
40 Maggie // Mar 14, 2008 at 10:04 am
da bunny re#39 (:>)
You are saying that Obama and Wright are like two peas in a pod?
Speaking of which……I wonder if Obama cooks carrots and peas in the same pot?
41 da Bunny // Mar 14, 2008 at 10:51 am
Yes, Maggie…and they aren’t “sweet peas.”
42 Hawkeye // Mar 14, 2008 at 11:51 am
da Bunny #39,
Are you suggesting that “actions speak louder than words”?
with cameras — another Kodakâ„¢ moment.
43 ref // Mar 14, 2008 at 11:51 am
Veggie-Tales. whodathunkit? Thanks bro, I needed that.
44 ref // Mar 14, 2008 at 11:54 am
Did somebody already tell Hawkeye (20) to please asparagus the dry humor?
45 da Bunny // Mar 14, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Hawkeye #42…That’s exactly what I’m saying.
46 Possumtrot // Mar 14, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I’m totally insulted, as my daughter might say. It ain’t my fault I was born a white man, and I have always tried to do the right thing. I apolgize for nothing. The rhetoric that Jeremiah Wright brings to the table grinds my gears, and brings out a past I tried to leave in the dust. This is a guy who mentors a future president? I am afraid; I am very afraid. Yoda was right.
47 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 14, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Off Topic:
Popcorn sales will soar.
Oh, wait…..there’s no corn…..
Thank you
48 mig // Mar 14, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Sounds like Stone Soup…
Hey I have a request:
Patti, the mom that started Soldiers Angels is in the running to be on the today show to publicize Soldiers Angels. Can you all take the time to vote for her here please.
romantic marry: Hillary and Hussein
49 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 14, 2008 at 3:06 pm
On Topic~~
BO’s inept Tap-Dancing is further Concrete (anecdotal) Evidence that he is actually White and that he ain’t no Fred Astaire!?!
Now that BO’s attention has been drawn to this Diabolical Issue [and he knows that we (God-Fearing, Patriotic Americans, that is) know, too], he should bail out of the campaign, posthaste, as a sign of Repentance.
Thank you
50 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 14, 2008 at 3:26 pm
mig~~
Done.
51 Fred Sinclair // Mar 14, 2008 at 4:30 pm
IT’S IMPORTANT STUFF TIME
101st AIRBORN BEER CHEESE SOUP
1 large can chicken broth
1 medium jar cheese whiz
1 can stale beer
cayenne pepper to taste
Heat broth to boiling, reduce heat, add cheese whiz, stir till melted, add
beer and reheat, but do not boil. Top with bacon bits and green onions
Heirborn Ranger
52 Fred Sinclair // Mar 14, 2008 at 4:40 pm
mig #48 - That Stone Soup would be easy to make but didn’t sound all that tasty; hence the 101st Airborne Beer Cheese Soup
For the 1 large can chicken broth - I use Swansons that comes in a box not a can.
Heirborn Ranger
53 gafisher // Mar 14, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Oh my stars and garlics; the Veggies are getting violent!
54 mindknumbed kid // Mar 14, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Would somebody inform AllGore that it is snowing in my ‘hood again? The pile in front of my house was down to under two feet deep, and then it has to snow again, drats! We’s havin’ a git-tagedder marronite at ar house, problee be a messa snow to track around, hope we gots enough room fer’em all. C’mon over to Rodeo street and join the fun….
55 Possumtrot // Mar 14, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Fred is giving good advice: How to live on MREs.
You eventually reach that point where you heat the MRE under your shoulder. You then add the Tabascoâ„¢ and whatever Catsup you have at hand. Under no account do you add Heinz products; Theresa Kerry Heinz is married to John Kerry; if there is one piece of political activism I can manage, it’s not buying Heinz products.
I get my broccoli from other sources, and with the scrubbed-out cheese, it’s going to taste darn good.
I am dead serious about political activism regarding Heinz products. There is little else I can do, but whatever my two cent’s worth might add to the catsup fortune that supports John Kerry, I deny it. I’ll buy the other brand.
56 Fred Sinclair // Mar 14, 2008 at 5:12 pm
DRUDGE - “UPDATE: Republican treasurer diverted up to $1M into personal accounts…”
MSM went to great lengths to avoid using (D) or Democrat in connection with the New York Governor’s recent faux pas. But boy howdy let it be a Republican faux pas and over and over is the reminder that it was a Republican screw up.
If it’s a Democrat - well that’s a personal, individual matter.
If it’s a Republican - the whole party has to bear the smear.
Heirborn Ranger
57 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 14, 2008 at 5:17 pm
As the Infamous Pastor of BO (and Grand Master of Lewd Pantomime) would say, “[BLEEP]!”
58 gafisher // Mar 14, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Fred Re#56: I’m beyond caring what the MSM thinks, but isn’t it interesting that if a Democrat is crooked, it’s expected; but if a Republican screws up, it’s news.
59 mindknumbed kid // Mar 14, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Re: #37 But who is gonna stop him? In these times, I can’t see him being welcome there, d’ya think he would keep silent about abortion, gay wrongs, and the appeasement of radical Islam? Not likely…
60 mindknumbed kid // Mar 14, 2008 at 6:24 pm
da bunny - them poor Democrats are just misunderstood and maligned, the truth of the matter is that Elliot had heard of the poor girl’s problems paying the rent and was merely there to assist her by helping her brush up on her secretarial skills. It was all a frame-up, but such a good one that he knew he could not deny it. Therefore he reluctantly resigned his governorship and went away quietly. That $4300.00 was directly from their children’s lunch monies that they refused to take so that he could help poor innocent young working girls to succeed. VRWC got another one, next up ????? Politics is a dirty business.
61 mindknumbed kid // Mar 14, 2008 at 6:29 pm
I overheard someone telling ET that his (and my) cousin’s pastor is being targeted by the VRWC. I said, surely not an attack against a man of the cloth, is it really possible?
62 prettyold // Mar 14, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Fred said,”MSM went to great lengths to avoid using (D) or Democrat in connection with the New York Governor’s recent faux pas.
The Democrats only commit faux pas,while the Republicans commit genuine pas.
delphia quested Lookin’ for Phila
63 mindknumbed kid // Mar 14, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Maybe it’s just that the Democrats are faux . . .therefore their screw-ups are not genuine?
64 prettyold // Mar 14, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Oh I think Spitzer’s screwup was real.
You are right about the Dems being faux,they don’t even know when they are lying anymore. Or “fudging ” as Hillary calls it.(Gag)
65 Fred Sinclair // Mar 14, 2008 at 8:36 pm
When the Gov. of NY gets nailed the “she” involved is called a hooker or prostitute due to the $2,000.00 per hour she charged.
At the rate of $342,465.00 a day (roughly), that Heather Mills charged Paul McCartney for the 4 years she was with him (before they separated), on a 24/7 basis, Heather was charging $14,269.38 an hour.
Heirborn Ranger
Seems the only differences between Kristen and Heather are that one was legal, the other not. One just charged more.
66 prettyold // Mar 14, 2008 at 9:02 pm
MKK about #30 and#31 ,I forgot to tell you how much I enjoyed your song . It stuck in my head all day and the words are so easy to remember.Itried it both ways and I prefer the Dum,dum,dum,dum.
sists vants Say what?Sisters what?
67 prettyold // Mar 14, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Fred ,I think Kristen and Heather had the same goal : Selling themselves for money.
Daisies purchase This Easter they sure will be.
68 seriocomic22 // Mar 14, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Apropos of whatever, I noticed at the store today that Hostess sells something called HoHos. Sure, this comes right from the company’s name, but even that’s offensive. I mean, HO-stess? Do Jesse and Al know about this?
69 mindknumbed kid // Mar 14, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Ya, them folks @ Hostess better change the name to HaHas or something, They’re even cracking down on Santa nowadays for saying that . . .
70 Darthmeister // Mar 14, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Given Messiah Obama’s rather limp “repudiation” of his Reverend (sic) Wright’s racist rants and almost pathological hatred of America, an even more important point now arises. Obama apparently is claiming that for 20 years, while sitting in the pew along with his wife and children at Trinity United Church of Christ, that he had no idea Rev Wright was spewing this vile filth plagiarized from the likes of Louis “the Screwy” Farrakan. What does this say about a man so disconnected from reality that he could sit in a pew for twenty years and not realize his “pastor” was spewing the most vile, racist and un-American screeds? And what does that say about a man who would expose his children to such filth, filth coming from a pulpit of a mentor? Someone this disconnected from reality has no business in the White House if Obama would have us believe he only recently became aware of Reverend (sic) Wright’s racist views. Maybe this excuse flies with brain-dead liberals but not with rational, thinking Americans.
But maybe the good messiah slept through all those sermons. But if he didn’t sleep through those sermons, then why didn’t he challenge the race-baiting, anti-Semitic, blame-American pastor at least once during those twenty years? Obama has never claimed having done so! For Messiah Obama to say he wasn’t some kind of fan of Reverend Wright would be like saying someone who bought twenty years of season tickets to the Chicago Cubs baseball games wasn’t really a fan. How can a person expose themselves to twenty years of such racist hatred and not be affected … or at least leave the church for a real minister of the Word.
Change of subject. Normally I’m skeptical of claims about healings, demon possession or exorcisms, but this well documented case at the New Oxford Review is quite remarkable.
71 Darthmeister // Mar 15, 2008 at 12:29 am
Given how Major Garrett of Fox News and Anderson Cooper of CNN eviscerated B. Hussein Obama over his 20 years I-never-heard-Rev.-Wright-ever-make-a-racist-comment association with the Chicago Unity Church of Christ, I bet messiah Obama now wishes he were a Mormon.
One used halo may soon go up for sell on eBay. I bet neverthink will put a bid on it.
Can’t wait until the Clinton campaign releases a videotape by some parishioner showing Obama sitting in a pew intently listening to the Reverend (sic) Wright spewing his anti-American, racist hate from the pulpit. No wonder Michelle Obama was never proud of America, despite the fact she lives a well-heeled lifestyle better than most of us posting here, she actually listened to the Rev!
Now what does this say about messiah Obama who continues to claim he never heard any of Wright’s despicable hate speeches until he began his campaign for Presidency? If this guy is really that disconnected from reality that he can sit for 20 years - no, make that just one year - in a black leftist church shepherded by this racist “reverend” and never was aware of said comments, I wouldn’t exactly call him presidential material. Maybe B. Hussein Obama should have taken to heart his present message to America about CHANGE, as in change his church affiliation starting 19 years ago. But then maybe Obama is nothing more than a political opportunist who made the calculation that to be a real muckety-muck in the Chicago Democrat machine, it would benefit him to associate with the hottest thing going in that particular political precinct, Wright’s “church”.
BTW, Reverend (sic) Wright also subscribes to “liberation theology”, i.e. “Christian” Marxism.
72 Darthmeister // Mar 15, 2008 at 12:32 am
… push.
73 Fred Sinclair // Mar 15, 2008 at 1:36 am
Picture of A-10 C, the AF’s newest toy, with pic is their motto - “You Can Run, but why die tired?” I love it.
Heirborn Ranger
74 DrivebyMeteor // Mar 15, 2008 at 7:37 am
Why are we surprised to learn that Barack Obama’s minister goes off on these jeremiads ?
75 Darthmeister // Mar 15, 2008 at 8:35 am
No, Meteor, we aren’t surprised by this, we’re simply making it plain to the trolls and moonbats who were going to pull the lever for messiah Obama that he’s not what he appears since the liberal media has been whitewashing him the last three years. Some of us here were posting Reverend (sic) Wright’s trash talking here going back almost a year. One needn’t look any further than the racist mission statement of the Trinity United Church of Christ Obama (pbuh) had been attending the last twenty years.
Though Obamination (pbuh) had previously made it plain that his church has been an important part of his life for the last twenty years, now he claims he was never there when Reverend (sic) Wright spewed his racist, anti-American hate. So just where was messiah Obama on those days, worshipping at Farrakhan’s mosque?
76 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 15, 2008 at 9:11 am
re:42
Mig, back in Sweden we have the same recipe, but we use a nail instead, thus we call it nail soup. I told the story all the time at different events and a lucky listener got to take home the prized nail on a string in order to make a pot of boiling Nail Soup.
Cambells can not duplicate the soup.
Speaking of which-I ask all of you to pray for me as I am Mc’ing a large event tonight. I will be telling tales of old Ireland (Rland), announcing different events and in the late hours, auctioning off several high dollar items.
This is my first gig in 4 years. My New Year’s resolution was to get my voice kicked in once more and here we go.
Speaking of stories, are we going back to Pa. again this fall. If so I need to get my reservations in for a cabin near the, uh hem, the ladies room
77 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 15, 2008 at 9:11 am
I may be missing something—I only tune in to FNC and FBN (I cannot stand local news), the rest of my “news” comes via Internet—but this morning I think I detected a pattern of lack of…..dare I say it?…..context in the dialog surrounding the Pastor of BO.
I’ve definitely heard the word “context” used by BO defenders, and many times, but I contend that (in virtually every case) such usage demonstrated ignorance of the word’s definition.
Other sources of my news are focusing on the insidious connection between the Pastor and BO, not mentioning the word “context” or even hinting at the existence of one, let alone acknowledging One that might be preeminent over any and all others—i.e., The One Almighty God has, through His Benevolent Grace, presented to us; not simply through pen and ink but through His Son, Who is alive today, Lord of all; His Definition of “Religion”.
Jesus the Christ sent the Holy Spirit to be within me as my conduit to Him, as my strength, wisdom and conscience, the instant I was born again. This is why I am ever mindful of exactly who and what I am and, thus, I *strive* to worship Almighty God in all my words, deeds and thoughts.
I said all that to say this: They aren’t worshiping Almighty God in that “church”, they’re worshiping the word “black”.
Thank you
78 Fred Sinclair // Mar 15, 2008 at 9:56 am
Unfortunately there are people here in the United States that will actually vote for Mr. Obama.
If you give a talk at Bob Jones University you are painted with the tarbrush of “guilt by association” but if you expose the subject of a wanabee Presidential Candidate sitting under the tirades of minister Wright for 20 years, then you are accused of wielding the tarbrush.
The liberals have their own playbook, based on the “Heads we win, tails, you lose” concept.
It’s about time we conservatives bring out our own playbook, based on the “Heads we win, tails we also win.” cooncept.
79 RedPepper // Mar 15, 2008 at 10:30 am
(Sigh)
I must say, it’s become increasingly difficult to find the nuggets of humor in this heap of crap.
Oh, Bummer!
80 Possumtrot // Mar 15, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Red Peppah: It’s always funny to find a point of laughability herein.
Great Scott is one of the finest jokers of our day. I am struggling with the spelling, but you know what I mean. Satire is all.
Meanwhile, eight years and counting, and I have never lost my sense of humor with ScrappleFace. Lighten up. Bush will be gone. You will have the Afro-American president you deserve. He will betray another generation of troops as quickly as Nixon betrayed Vietnam.
Hide somewhere and watch.
81 EXT // Mar 15, 2008 at 1:57 pm
A generation of Americans was forced to read “Atlas Shrugged” by liberal “educators” using it to prove evil and corruption.
Amazing that many of those readers, having somehow gotten together even a tiny bit of wealth, are re-reading it as a sort of instruction manual for how to deal with the next four years.
82 Beerme // Mar 15, 2008 at 2:25 pm
MsRW, Ink.,
Best of luck tonight and break a leg!
Don’t worry, though. You’ll knock ‘em dead! I’ve heard a few of your offerings and they will be mesmerized…and then they’ll want to donate money, lotsa money!
83 sisternan // Mar 15, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I never doubted for a minute it would come to this.No black leader really wants to see Obama win. Even as he win state after state they just don’t want to lose the race card. White people have proved race did not matter. The black man will ruin him. He was set up to fall.
84 mindknumbed kid // Mar 15, 2008 at 3:45 pm
“Christian Marxism”, sad but true there are a lot of people out there that will swallow any pill they’re offered, so long as you put the term “Christian” in front of it. And then there are the ones that have a panic attack anytime the word “Christian” is spoken. And then there are the sensible ones, such as ourselves that know the Word and can sensibly and rightly divide it, apply it, and love it. What a quirky world we are living in these days!
85 Fred Sinclair // Mar 15, 2008 at 5:31 pm
mkk #84 - You’re right, I’ve been hearing the strangest, weirdest one of all, that I’d promote as the oxymoron of the century - “Christian Democrat”.
One does not have to be a Christian to be a Conservative but I maintain it is impossible to be a Christian, and not be a Conservative.
Heirborn Ranger
86 seriocomic22 // Mar 15, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I’ve read Scott’s stuff for years and consider him to be the best political humorist writing today. In fact, he inspired me to try my hand at Ott-type satire a while back. I’ll tell you, you can’t understand how devilishly hard it is to do what Scott does until you try it yourself. And he appears to produce material effortlessly. Unbelievable talent.
On the political forums I visit and post on, I tend to scan comments quickly because of the repetition, pasted text, flaming, etc. So many people talk past each other on those sites. Except for political leaning, there’s no common denominator.
I’ve been at this site before, but yesterday for the first time, I looked at the comments section and found myself reading through them all. There’s a sense of community here based on appreciation for Scott’s quirky humor. I registered immediately.
Related note: a few weeks back, I posted a three sentence “Future News,” over-the-top Ott-type bit at one of those other forums. (It had to do with the Obama/soldiers-scrounging-weapons story). I didn’t label it as satire. I was stunned to discover posters taking it literally, even after I followed up with a, “Um, everyone, that was satire” comment. My experience has been that political satire isn’t always welcome on political discussion forums, and it isn’t always understood.
87 mindknumbed kid // Mar 15, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Scott does what he does through a God given talent.(my opinion) When I was a young man I spent many long hours in my room, thinking and writing, mostly poetry, mostly to the girl that had me convinced that she’d hung the moon and stars, she was off to college and I was just off in my own world. Actually, she was the only person I ever met that brought me out of who I was and made me someone I never had known.(for the better) Anyhow, as I went back years later and revisited what I had written, I found it to be amazingly “prophetic” and even though I was a very new Christian at that time I came to believe that much of what I had written was done through some “insight” that God must have given to me. I learned a lot during that time, to this day that awesome young lady still affects me, I know one thing God wanted me to learn from the experience, but I still wonder if there isn’t more that I could learn from it. And though very happily married to the one I know God had for me, I would love to spend a day with the “other woman” just to see her and talk - about what I really haven’t a clue. That is why one day when I get up to heaven I hope God will permit us the chance to really know each other - I believe we all will indeed really know each other there. I’d go tomorrow, if He would allow it!
88 mindknumbed kid // Mar 15, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I sort of chased a rabbit on that last post, meant to just speak about Scott’s talent, about which I only wish to say “To God be the Glory”, I am so glad I found this” sweet spot”,I’ve met some great people here too.
89 Fred Sinclair // Mar 15, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Er, uh, my post #78 - typo correction; the last word should read concept - not cooncept. - my bad. I missed it completely but Barb caught it and let me know. - sorry, didn’t mean to offend.
Heirborn Ranger
WV After believed - oops, too late
90 prettyold // Mar 15, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Fred ,I type with both hands and make lots of typos ,you do wonderfully and with only one hand.
I too have read a lot of other Blogs and found them very informative ( How on earth did we know what was going on before the internet?),but none,that I have read have the interconnection amongst the posters,that there is here. Other than expecting us to used civility and the no dirty words rule,Scott just lets us run . I feel as though I know just about everyone on here personally ,I can even tell when some one is in a bad mood or having a bad day.
There are some brilliant thinkers and writers on here ,and some should be writing for comedy shows.
But it is Scott that gives us that “jumpstart”,that gets us thinking and researching.
porary follows temp
91 camojack // Mar 16, 2008 at 12:37 am
mindknumbed kid // Mar 15, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I am so glad I found this “sweet spot?, I?ve met some great people here too.
And at least one not-so-great one in the flesh!
wv: Sigmund Goodspeed - Freudian zip?
92 mindknumbed kid // Mar 16, 2008 at 7:22 am
But one day Camo, at the next Scrappleface2face, perhaps the 17th annual Scrappleface2face, I will meet more great folks live “in the flesh”. But we all must remember too, that in our flesh we ain’t much. One day, I’ll really be something, compliments of my spiritual brother, the Lord Jesus Christ. It is all him, not us, that makes for true greatness.
wv - compose Absurd: it may sound absurd, but it is true, Jesus Christ died for all of us dirty rotten sinners, to redeem us for a glorious eternity in heaven!
93 mindknumbed kid // Mar 16, 2008 at 7:29 am
Speaking of dirty rotten sinners, I see that China is still terrorizing Tibet, and Obama, cHillary, and the other Demonrats are still “terrorizing” America. Yep, same world, different day.
Ms rightWing, Ink -
Our little get together here went fine, too much food leftover, anyhow, I was wondering how the MC-ing gig went last night ?
94 Fred Sinclair // Mar 16, 2008 at 7:52 am
NBC news puts their spin on Iraq. “Today is the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war we’ve been there five years, and we’re still there”.
They did not say, This year is the 67th year of WWII, we’ve been there 67 years and we’re still there. 57 years of the Korean War, and we’re still there.
After the War with Japan was over, we stayed. Goods from Japan, sold in America were stamped or labeled, “Made in occupied Japan”. The war with Germany was over in 1945 - We Won! there was continued terrorist attacks for a couple of years, by a few German holdouts, (trains blown up or derailed, etc.) but we’re still there.The Iraq War is over. We won! and “mop up operations” will require our presence for yet years into the future.
Heirborn Ranger
95 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 16, 2008 at 11:30 am
re:93
Last night was a hoot, some what of a bust, but all in all, a great time was had by all. The lady who was in control of time allotments screwed up, the noise from a wedding party in the room behind ours was to loud for good storytelling.
The time alloted for Irish tales was the same time folks were going to the buffet and walking to and fro. Not good. The Irish dancers ran over their time-but when I grabbed the mike to auction off the different items donated, then I had the crowd. They just didn’t believe that lady could run through the auctioneers spiel. (I always wanted to be an auctioneer). I had them in the palm of my hand.
I did get a few stories in, but my favorite ones never got told. Toady, I could hardly move. Oh, how I ached. I spent a lot of time schmoozing the crowd, signing autographs and going back and forth to the mike.
Most Scrapplers don’t know, but I got a scholarship to our new Y two months ago and I work out 5 days a week and I am loosing weight, and by this time next year I hope to shed another 75 pounds.
By working out I now have put myself back to a cane and walker and rarely in my chair, so last night I was showing off, so to speak, and hobbling around from table to table. Yup, my legs were numb, sore and just about useless.
Now, I feel better this noon.
So was my first gig in four years a bust? Yes and no-but I am ready for another speaking engagement. To all, remember, we can rise above our situations because with God all things are possible.
Have I been cured of MS-absolutely not. I always feel like my body is near death after working out, but it is better than wallowing away in the chair. And dang it, I am almost ** years old. Time to live again.
Top of the morning to you she says
96 Darthmeister // Mar 16, 2008 at 11:30 am
Obama’s Pastor No Longer With Campaign
The America hating racist Reverend (sic) Wright shouldn’t have been with Obama’s campaign in the first place. Says a lot about Obama’s lack of judgment. Clearly Obama is an tone-deaf empty suit since it too him 20 years to condemn the rantings of his racist pastor.
POPE: ENOUGH WITH THE SLAUGHTERS IN IRAQ…
The “slaughter”, sir, is coming from the Islamofascists. Speak directly to them about their inhumanity to their own Muslim brethren. Oh, and I wish past popes had the same attitude you did about “slaughter” when it came to your Church’s own Inquisitions that killed many thousands of times more people than were killed in Iraq by American soldiers trying to liberate yet another Islamic hellhole from Arab tyranny.
PAPER: PLANNED PARENTHOOD caller encouraged aborting black babies…
I bet the founder of Planned Abortionhood, Margaret Sanger, would have been proud of that caller since that’s exactly what she was advocating when she first established PP. But then we don’t want to confuse liberal lemmings with historical facts now do we?
97 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 16, 2008 at 11:41 am
re: 95
I know there was a lot of I’s in the story. Sorry, life is not about me all the time. Without God’s help there would be no story to tell my Scrappleface friends. Guess there was no way to tell you about last night and the many days of previous excitement without using the I’s.
Today is Sunday so it is easy to talk about Jesus, but tomorrow is Monday and I will need his help just as much. So ignore all the I’s after you read the post. Just hear my real life story
98 mindknumbed kid // Mar 16, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Either let it "live", or gimme a shovel to bury it….er, I mean, shove.
99 Darthmeister // Mar 16, 2008 at 12:08 pm
A moonbat “friend” of mine wrote a whiny letter-to-the-editor about how he used to patriotically weep when the Star Spangled Banner was played but now with evil BushHitler’s vetoing of the anti-waterboarding bill he’s embarassed to be considered an American. Which brings a couple of things to mine mind given we used to be … er, good acquaintances.
First, why was he all weepily patriotic when the Star Spangled Banner was played during the era immediatley after American pilots used to shoot unarmed Nazi pilots parachuting over Europe so they wouldn’t fly again and kill more American pilots. And why is he just becoming embarassed for America long after American guards used to break out the teeth and brutally beat Nazi prisoners at the Nuremburg trials with their rifle butts and fists to get confessions? Some of that damage could be seen on film! It happened and I don’t remember one leftist losing any sleep over how that was embarassing America or was making us more like Nazis.
Second, why is waterboarding considered training when used on American troops yet considered “torture” by anti-war ideologues when used on Islamic terrorist prisoners?
Third, Congress must begin passing laws banning anti-war protestors using waterboarding techniques in front of the Capital Building since it doesn’t look good when those waterboarded individuals then whip out a towel, dry off, plug in their iPod and earphones and hop on the nearest bus without needing extra psychological couseling or a trip to the hospital for injuries suffere? What those anti-war protestors proved so eloquently is waterboarding may be a form of uncomfortable, temporary torment but it certainly isn’t torture in the classical understanding of the word. I don’t remember seeing anti-war protestors beheading one another, shoving bamboo sticks under fingernails, cutting off noses/ears/tongues, drilling out eyes, shoving water hoses down throats, or dismembering one another to make their point. Now that would be true torture. Funny thing, even when American military forces never used the techniques above, American prisoners were still being tortured and sometimes murdered by our enemies. We haven’t lowered ourselves to the level of our enemy and its a false moral equivalence to compare waterboarding with other forms of physical torture.
Fourth. The Bush-hating anti-war crowd themselves prove waterboarding isn’t torture. If torture doesn’t really generate actionable intelligence but only makes prisoners say anything to get out of more torture, and if waterboarding does produce actionable intelligence in a significant number of cases it is used, then by definition waterboarding isn’t torture. Doh!
For instance, the three documented times waterboarding was used on high-profile al Qaeda leaders, it produced actionable intelligence which busted up terrorist cells and prevent further planned attacks. Former CIA agent John Kiriakou, a leader of the team that captured al Qaeda’s Abu Zubaydah, told news interviewers that it’s his first hand experience that waterboarding can and does produce instant results. Case in point, Abu Zubaydah started talking in less than 35 seconds. “The next day, he told his interrogator that Allah had visited him in his cell during the night and told in to cooperate,’’ Kiriakou told ABC News World News. “From that day on, he answered every question. The threat information he provided disrupted a number of attacks, maybe dozens of attacks.’’
Of course don’t expect moonbats to comprehend any of this logic. They would much rather plug their ears and scream, “Waterboarding is torture … lalalalalalalalalalala!” I suppose these utopians will really be happy when mishandling the Koran by American guards is defined as “torture” since it clearly causes such emotional and mental distress in innocent Islamic freedom fighters being unfairly kept in prisoner detention centers against their wills. Can’t have that, after all, murderous illegal enemy combatants have constitutional rights, too!
If these utopian whiners had their way they would reduce the CIA and military interogators to hoping that prisoners will give up vital information out of a sense of goodwill, and failing that hoping a few harsh words and disapproving glares would intimidate committed Islamofascists into spilling their guts. But God forbid if those interogators would make fun of their captor’s family tree. Now that would be really an outrage … a torturous outrage I say!
100 seriocomic22 // Mar 16, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Amen, #98. Excellent analysis.
Interesting, but not unexpected, that whenever the subject of waterboarding comes up, the nets use clips of Code Pink types staging mock waterboarding exhibitions, the better to turn people against W and the WOT.
You’ve got to admit, the antis are savvy to peddle the simulation to the left media as a visual aid. It’s not so different when Anwar is mentioned, and they show a clip of caribou grazing on a lush landscape.
101 gafisher // Mar 16, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Ext Re#81: I’m not sure what you’re getting at (maybe this?), but the evil and corruption in “Atlas Shrugged” is virtually all committed by the book’s villainous liberals (a fairly accurate reflection of real life). Ayn Rand had a basketfull of personal, um, issues,” but her economic concepts were foundational to modern conservatism. Those who “are re-reading it as a sort of instruction manual for how to deal with the next four years” could do much worse.
(By the way, I have very little hope for the upcoming movie version.)
102 mindknumbed kid // Mar 16, 2008 at 4:46 pm
If there was an ounce of understanding inside the heads of those moonbats, if there was some way they could be forced into the reality of having to be accountable for the safety and well-being of the entire nation as there are individuals that really do intend to cause any and every American citizen as much harm as their evil brains can imagine, if only there was an ounce of intelligence among the peace, or piece loving leftists loons. As hard as it is for us to fathom such things, apparently it is even more difficult for those of that mindset to fathom the obvious danger posed to our civilized world. The idea of thinking Americans voting for the current crop of liberals is mind-boggling. Even though I am of the opinion that the return of Christ is near, even emminenet, perhaps, I am still a patriotic God-loving American citizen, and I have great difficulty swallowing their “medicine”.
Ms RightWing, Ink - sounds like you did all you could do, the stress of that position is incredible, surviving it is an accomplishment! One day at a time, life is what we are able to make it.
103 mindknumbed kid // Mar 16, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I think that the posts that need “help” getting through are somehow being detained and waterboarded by unknown persons to extract extra information. It is therefore imperative that we push them through as quickly as possible.
104 RedPepper // Mar 16, 2008 at 5:44 pm
gafisher #100: Speaking of Ayn Rand, did you ever read her essay, “The Argument From Intimidation†?
The pattern is always: “Only those who are evil (dishonest, heartless, insensitive, ignorant, etc.) can hold such an idea.”
Gee, now why does that sound familiar ?
105 prettyold // Mar 16, 2008 at 5:51 pm
My keyboard doesn’t seem to have a “push ” button or even a “help ” button,now what do I do?
exchanges the Oh , no , has Obama already gone from changes to exchanges?
106 prettyold // Mar 16, 2008 at 6:08 pm
The Auctioneerette
To : The Auctioneer
There was a girl in Iowa,
Who wouldn’t listen to her Pa,
When he told her she should go to school,
She’d sneak away in the afternoon,
Take a little walk and pretty soon,
You’d find her at the local Auction barn
Well Michaela would listen carefully,
Then oretty soon she began to see,
How the auctioneer could talk so rapidly,
She said,”Oh my it’s do or die,
I’ve got to learn that auctioncry,
Gotta make my mark and
Be an Auctioneer.”
45 dollar 50 now 50 dollar 50 dollar
50 dollar 50 dollar give me a hollar 50 dollar
Who will bid it at a 50 dollar bill?
50 dollar 55 55 make it 55 and a 55 make it 55 and
Who will bid it at a 50 Dollar Bill.
45 dollar 50 now 50 dollar 50 dollar
50 dollar 50 dollar give me a hollar 50 dollar
Who will bid it at a 50 dollar bill?
50 dollar 55 55 make it 55 and a 55 make it 55 and
Who will bit it at a 50 dollar Bill.
107 mindknumbed kid // Mar 16, 2008 at 6:09 pm
prettyold - we don’t need such things, the MSM and libs push our buttons for us.There only here to help us you know…
108 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 16, 2008 at 6:11 pm
smile
109 mindknumbed kid // Mar 16, 2008 at 6:12 pm
They’re only here to help us….I can’t believe I did that! It is one of my pet peeves for goodness sake!
110 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 16, 2008 at 6:13 pm
re:106 that is
111 prettyold // Mar 16, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Darth #98“hoping a few harsh words and disapproving glares “
Even if it was Nancy Pelosi doing the glaring?
I’d bite the poison pill in my tooth.
112 prettyold // Mar 16, 2008 at 6:17 pm
MsRightWing ,Ink ,did you and Leroy go to the same Auctioneer school?
113 gafisher // Mar 16, 2008 at 6:53 pm
RedPepper Re#104: Thank you for that link! What a wealth of insight in just those few pages!
Scene — MSM interviews any conservative: “All this is accompanied by raised eyebrows, wide-eyed stares, shrugs, grunts, snickers and the entire arsenal of nonverbal signals communicating ominous innuendoes and emotional vibrations of a single kind: disapproval.”
Advice John McC ignored: “Truth or falsehood must be one’s sole concern and sole criterion of judgment—not anyone’s approval or disapproval; and, above all, not the approval of those whose standards are the opposite of one’s own.”
wv — airship Libya — How Gaddafi showed Jeremiah Wright around.
114 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 16, 2008 at 8:13 pm
prettyold
If I had time back when I would have taken the 2 week course in Groveport, Ohio to become a licensed auctioneer. Here in the Buckeye you need to be licensed which means you have to work as an apprentice for one year if you can find someone to take you under their wing.
But I didn’t because I just had to much to do like go to auctions and spend all my hard earned money buying boxes of hidden treasures.
How Colonel Ms RightWing sound?
Not a lot of women auctioneers out there. Wonder why?
115 Fred Sinclair // Mar 16, 2008 at 8:25 pm
The sustained Muslim presence in Spain between 711 and 1492 began a few years before and provides a fascinating example of intercultural dynamics. The invasion and conquest, was in it’s very swiftness so hard to explain that it has puzzled everyone for centuries. The political climate was one of complacency and a growing distrust of the line of succession of the rulers (Kings) brought about factions and disunity amid the people. (Citation in part from Cuder-Dominguez, Pilar)
Pretty much like the direction America seem headed. That Spain was disinclined to fight, had more to do with the invasion and conquest than the strength of the invading Muslims.
Heirborn Ranger
116 Fred Sinclair // Mar 16, 2008 at 10:02 pm
High triglycerides
The “key” word in my research is the word “might”. With a sizable aneurism on my aorta; on my list of “Subjects of interest”, triglycerides is way, way down on the list.
I’ve been doing some research on triglycerides it seems that instead of relying on “Big Pharma” they can be lowered by abstaining from: fatty foods, animal fat, such as butter, cheese, meat (lard,/pork, beef, sausages), full fat milk, alcohol, and smoking.
Doing this “might” add 10 - 15 years to one’s lifespan. After carefully reading and re-reading this advice a few times, the question came to mind. “Why on earth would any man desire an extra 10 - 15 years of eating nothing but pablum, tofu, lettuce, carrots, celery, dry toast, and drinking watery 1/2 of 1% milk and decaffinated coffee?” I’m a man not a rabbit.
Besides, I don’t want to live to be 115 anyway. 100 will suit me just fine, additionally, the way things are looking Jesus may return first or the invading conquering Islamofascist will behead me for not converting and they probably won’t check my triglyceride level first.
I don’t believe life was meant to be lived with nips and sips, but rather with gulps and big bites.
Entrepreneurs dare to be great and invest greater than normal risks to obtain greater than normal returns. Liberals on the other hand run up the white flag of surrender before the first shot is fired. Ergo - Live Big!
Heirborn Ranger
117 Fred Sinclair // Mar 16, 2008 at 10:05 pm
***push***
Heirborn Ranger
118 nylecoj // Mar 16, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Hmmm, I had a post here about number 100 earlier but not now.
It was a welcome to seriocomic so I do not know why it would be gone.
119 seriocomic22 // Mar 17, 2008 at 4:49 am
I’d have welcomed your welcome. Already I’m causing trouble.
120 gafisher // Mar 17, 2008 at 6:15 am
Rumblings from deep within the Party suggest Obama might be advised to name John Glenn as his running mate. It’s hoped that would blunt the issue about the Wright stuff.
wv - rescue stole — SCOTUS 2000 election controversy. Choose 1.
121 gafisher // Mar 17, 2008 at 6:31 am
Fred Re#116: My first grandchild is ten months old. I’d live on stale bread and water if it would guarantee me more time with her.
A few years ago a guy was leaving the Health Food store near where I worked at the time. He failed to see an oncoming car and, well, not to make light of tragedy but his tofu and mung sprouts were wasted. We’ve all heard of people who smoked and drank well into their 90s, and others who lived the healthiest lifestyles and succumbed to disease in their 30s. In the end every breath is a gift from God; what counts is not how many we get but how we use them.
122 boberinyetagain // Mar 17, 2008 at 8:27 am
Ready for the meltdown? Here it comes!
Possum, where are you? This is going to be much worse than a bomb at a recruitment office. Doom and gloom is here.
govern graduates, they need it more than most
123 nylecoj // Mar 17, 2008 at 8:36 am
Re #119
Welcome seriocomic. I lurk more than post around here but it is good to ’see’ a new face.
124 RedPepper // Mar 17, 2008 at 8:47 am
Gafisher # 121:
125 Maggie // Mar 17, 2008 at 8:55 am
Ah shucks nylecoj:
I was also going to welcome “SERIOCOMIC”
and you beat me to the punch.
Welcome to SF.
If you stay awhile.you will meet some of the greatest people you will ever know.
If I may ask, what is your gender?
126 gafisher // Mar 17, 2008 at 10:44 am
Bober Re#122: "Ready for the meltdown? Here it comes!"
I think you're right. The Obama campaign just went from weirder to even weirderer: his Spiritual Mentor Jeremiah Wright cites James Cone as his Guiding Light. Cone was the source of the Black Jesus concept Wright used, and teaches "Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy." More about this inspiring theologian [here].
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127 seriocomic22 // Mar 17, 2008 at 9:50 am
Thanks for another welcome. Gender: male.
“If you stay awhile.you will meet some of the greatest people you will ever know.”
After reading some of the threads, I have a sense of what you mean. Smart people, funny people, people who like each other. That comes across. Once I’ve gotten my bearings, I’ll try to add something to the mix.
128 Maggie // Mar 17, 2008 at 10:10 am
re #126 You already have.
129 Just Ranting // Mar 17, 2008 at 10:41 am
OT:
Halle Berry gave birth to what will undoubtedly be a beautiful little girl. I hope she doesn’t follow the Hollywood trand of giving your kid a goofy name like Apple, Moon Unit et al. The idea of naming her kid Straw, Raz or Huckle would just be too much.
130 boberinyetagain // Mar 17, 2008 at 10:57 am
JR, “Berry” would be the worst of all
131 RedPepper // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:02 am
JR #128: No doubt, naming her “Black” would be viewed as … racist !
Maybe Halle should consider legally changing her last name to Lujah .
132 RedPepper // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:20 am
“I’ll do whatever he says to do,” actress Halle Berry said to the Philadelphia Daily News. “I’ll collect paper cups off the ground to make his pathway clear.” Ms Berry was, of course, referring to the Obamessiah.
Good thing Halle had a girl ; at least the kid will probably not get named “Barack”.
133 seriocomic22 // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:26 am
Berry Magdalene.
134 Fred Sinclair // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:40 am
gafisher #121 - I agree with you, so would I if there was any living relative like a wife, child or grandchild.
In 1956 I was stationed at Fairchild AFB, by Spokane, WA My room-mate Tony and I quit smoking on a $100. bet. We both went through withdrawal - bad, btw. I bought Peppermint Lifesavers by the carton in the PX ate about 5 rolls a day. Became obnoxiously irritable, snapping and yelling at people, quite out of character for both of us, after about 6 weeks we had sort of quieted down.
A hundred bucks was a lot of money back then. (I was getting my Air Force paycheck then of $46.00 every two weeks). About a month later Tony was killed while crossing the street. So with the bet off, I resumed smoking. Going through the difficulty of quitting and then dying anyway - it just wasn’t worth it.
My Dr. doesn’t smoke but says my lung x-rays are every bit as clear as her own, she feels that some people have a genetic predisposition to heart problems, lung problems - if you don’t, then one may be like George Burns (who died at 100, still smoking 12 cigars a day). The problem is one doesn’t know until too late, if he has it.
Heirborn Ranger
135 RedPepper // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:46 am
sc22: Magdalene Berry?
Philosophical question of the day:
“If the Reverend Wrong delivered a jeremiad and Barack was not in church to hear it, did it really happen ?â€
136 Possumtrot // Mar 17, 2008 at 12:07 pm
What the heck are you talking about, Bob?
I am always here; I just don’t blather as much as I used to. Uncle Possum is always here, silently watching.
I only preach doom ‘n gloom from a practical point of view. When some Looney Toon tosses a bomb at your feet and shouts something about the war in Iraq, I may have a comment. Otherwise, you’re on your own, and will get the best government money can buy.
137 boberinyetagain // Mar 17, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Possum, just the end of life as we knew it. The bank meltdown appears to be just getting started. The rest may well seem like childs play when we check the rearview mirror in a few months.
the trojan…a fairly reliable kinda guy
138 prettyold // Mar 17, 2008 at 1:13 pm
How about Halle names her daughter “Cherry Berry”?
139 prettyold // Mar 17, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Here’s a little Irish Drinkin’ song,for when ye head on down t’tha pub.
I’m glad I am an Irishman,
adrinkin’ Irish beer,
I like to meet up with my friends ,
We’re always of good cheer,
We drink at wakes and weddings,
We drink afternoons and nights,
And when we’re through with drinkin’
We love to get in fights.
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Hi-dee di-dee dye,
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Hi-dee di-dee dye.
Someday I will get married,
Someday I’ll take a wife ,
She’ll be so young and feisty ,
She’ll last me all my life,
She’ll cook and clean and raise my kids,
She’ll stay home every night,
While I go to the pub and drink,
Until I’m very tight.
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Hi-dee di-dee dye,
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Hi-dee di-dee dye.
My friends are good at checkers,
My friends are good at darts,
To see them bowling on the green,
It really is an art,
And then we hurry to the pub,
To raise a glass or two,
Or three or four or even more ,
It’s really up to you,
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Hi-dee di-dee dye,
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Hi-dee di-dee dye.
We like to drink in the winter ,
We like to drink in the fall,
In the spring or in the summer,
Most any time at all,
Drink it up when the sun is shining,
Drink it up when it’s pouring rain,
The only thing that is sad ,
Is watching that drink go down the drain.
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Hi-dee di-dee dye,
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Drink go down the drain.
140 boberinyetagain // Mar 17, 2008 at 1:59 pm
hic!
141 upnorthlurkin // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:05 pm
More lies here at one of my fav Milblogs in an obviously faked documentary….. I wasted my money and ordered a copy! (Of course that’s my tongue in my cheek for those of you who don’t get me!!)
142 upnorthlurkin // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:33 pm
What’s green and sits out on the deck?
Paddy O’Furniture!
(She ducks, she runs….)
143 boberinyetagain // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:43 pm
When the Irish say that St. Patrick chased the snakes out of Ireland,
what they don’t tell you is that he was the only one who _saw_ any
snakes!
man chairman…woman chairwoman of course
144 boberinyetagain // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Then there was this guy who was 1/2 irish, 1/2 scottish. he wanted a drink but he couldn’t bring himself to buy one.
scored bass, that’s good, I hate it when fish just wing it
145 boberinyetagain // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:55 pm
and lastly…
Three irishmen, drunk as can be come staggering down the street singing danny boy at the top of their lungs. they stopped in front of flahertys house still singing. After a few minutes the window flies open and mrs. flaherty yells out, why don’t you drunken sots go somewhere else. are you mrs. flaherty? Asks one of the drunks. you know dam well i’m am she says.
Well can you tell us which one of us is your husband so the other two of us can go home.
146 seriocomic22 // Mar 17, 2008 at 4:02 pm
re #121 gafisher
A line from one of Dean Koontz’s books has always stayed with me: “Life is a gift that must be given back.”
Another. Written on the wall in a bathroom at Harvard’s Philosophy Department: “God is dead-Nietzsche.” Scribbled underneath: “Nietzsche is dead-God.”
147 Maggie // Mar 17, 2008 at 4:08 pm
UpNorth: re 142
So glad you found a way to use Paddy O’Furniture.I’ve always thought it was funny.
‘Erin ga Braughless’.(am certain the spelling is not correct)
148 nylecoj // Mar 17, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Up north, Re#142, my Dad loved that one!
149 RedPepper // Mar 17, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Hmmm.
Usually this sort of thing happens when the 17th falls on a Saturday.
Some here appear to have O.D.’ed on Green food coloring …
150 prettyold // Mar 17, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Oh ,c’mon RedPepper, can’t you be Greenpepper for just one day?
when HankinsWhat Darth’s wife says to him?
151 RedPepper // Mar 17, 2008 at 6:24 pm
prettyold: Wish I could! If you’ve ever grown peppers, then you know we turn red with age …
152 mindknumbed kid // Mar 17, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Hill’ry O’Clinton and Barack O’Bama asked me to wish y’all a happy St. Patrick’s Day. They also wanted to welcome seriocomic22 to the SF family, I certainly hope he enjoys his stay here. Anyone ever heard of an Al-O’Gorey? Sounds like somethin’ real creepy!
153 mindknumbed kid // Mar 17, 2008 at 6:35 pm
RedPepper, all you need to do is buy a Prius and some twisted Chinese bulbs and you will be green. Rather easy to be green these days, and you will be popular too.
154 mindknumbed kid // Mar 17, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Fred - you oughta link to that Obama video on this thread, seems to me that they seem to be well acquainted from what BHO was saying. Does anyone else find him to be about the most boring speaker on earth? Maybe he just don’t move me…
155 seriocomic22 // Mar 17, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Re Clinton’s Iraq address today:
Future News
Washington (AP) - In a new campaign ad designed to lure Reagan Democrats from John McCain, Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton is shown in full field gear patrolling Fallujah with a joint American-Iraqi unit.
Barking at her Secret Service detail to keep up, Mrs. Clinton sprints from house to house, her modified M14 with a Leupold LR/T 10 x 40 mm M3 carried lightly on her shoulder.
Pausing behind a wall after the patrol takes sniper fire, Clinton speaks to the camera: ”Bush screwed up by invading Iraq and staying the course. If you trust me with your vote, I’ll get us out, but we’ll go out fighting, and I’ll be hands on, not conferencing from Camp David with generals.
[Shots] Gotta go. [Spits her chaw] Jones! Flank ‘em. Take the right; I’ll go left. Follow me!” [More shots as Clinton and her unit scale the wall, firing their weapons.]
[Announcer] Hillary Rodham Clinton. She will fight for you.
156 seriocomic22 // Mar 17, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Odd. I posted something fifteen minutes ago, but it didn’t appear. I refreshed the site and saw “155 comments” under the title. Clicked on that and now it was 153 comments. A site quirk, or am I missing something?
157 seriocomic22 // Mar 17, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Oops, there it is. Some kind of lagging glitch.
158 Fred Sinclair // Mar 17, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Irish Lent
An Irishman moves into a tiny hamlet in County Kerry, walks into the pub and promptly orders three beers. The bartender raises his eyebrows, but serves the man three beers, which he drinks quietly at a table, alone.
An hour later, the man has finished the three beers and orders three more. This happens yet again. The next evening the man again orders and drinks three beers at a time, several times. Soon the entire town is whispering about the Man Who Orders Three Beers.
Finally, a week later, the bartender broaches the subject on behalf of the town. “I don’t mean to pry, but folks around here are wondering why you always order three beers?”
“Tis odd, isn’t it?” the man replies. “You see, I have two brothers, and one went to America , and the other toAustralia . We promised each other that we would always order an extra two beers whenever we drank as a way of keeping up the family bond.”
The bartender and the whole town were pleased with this answer, and soon the Man Who Orders Three Beers became a local celebrity and source of pride to the hamlet, even to the extent that out-of-towners would come to watch him drink.
Then, one day, the man comes in and orders only two beers. The bartender pours them with a heavy heart. This continues for the rest of the evening. He orders only two beers. The word flies around town. Prayers are offered for the soul of one of the brothers.
The next day, the bartender says to the man, “Folks around here, me first of all, want to offer condolences to you for th e death of your brother. You know-the two beers and all….”
The man ponders this for a moment, then replies, “You’ll be happy to hear that my two brothers are alive and well. It’s just that I, meself, have decided to give up drinking for Lent.”
Heirborn Ranger
159 Fred Sinclair // Mar 17, 2008 at 8:15 pm
push
Heirborn Ranger
160 mindknumbed kid // Mar 17, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Hillarity carrying an M14? Nah, just give her a handful of White House china and get out of her way!
161 prettyold // Mar 17, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Has she got Bill doing the camera work.?……..
But then who is holding the cuecards?
tallies hippies And here I wasn’t going to say anything about her hips.
162 prettyold // Mar 17, 2008 at 9:27 pm
sc22,We are not really sure what happens to the posts. I’m a big believer in Conspiracies ,so I think the Democrats have a “post catcher ” they use to see if we are really communicating in code ,instead of just having fun.Unless it says “[Deleted]” the posts generally turn up.
163 prettyold // Mar 17, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Irish Drinkin’ Song
Couple more verses,
For Lent a man can give up,
Any item he can choose,
Some folks they give up cigarettes ,
While others give up booze ,
Many give up chocolate
Or beef that they hold dear,
I’m just giving up, ‘giving up’
So give me another beer.
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Hi-dee di-dee dye,
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Hi-dee di-dee dye.
If you drink Irish Whiskey,
You can cure up all your ills,
If you drink Irish Whiskey,
You can throw out all your pills,
You have to wrinkle up you face,
Your agony you must vent,
Or some might say you’re not in pain ,
You’re only Pleasure Bent.
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Hi-dee di-dee dye,
Well , Hi-dee di-dee di-dee di-dee,
Hi-dee di-dee dye.
You’re only Pleasure Bent.
164 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 17, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I think I heard/ seen/read every Irish joke known to mankind but the one that the most laughs Saturday night was this one-and sure be why not.
An Irish man has been at a pub all night drinking. The bartender finally says that the bar is closed. So your man stands up to leave and falls flat on his face. He figures he’ll crawl outside and get some fresh air and maybe that will sober him up.
Once outside he stands up but again falls flat on his face. He crawls home. Reaching the door he tries to stand up, and yet again, falls flat on his face. He crawls through the door and up the stairs. When he reaches his bed he summons the last of his strength and tries one final time to stand.
It’s no use. He tumbles into bed and is soon sound asleep, only to awaken the next morning to the sound of his wife standing over him shouting.
‘So… you’ve been out drinking again!’
‘How did you know?’ he asks, his head hung in shame.
‘The pub called- you left your wheelchair down there again!’
165 mindknumbed kid // Mar 17, 2008 at 9:54 pm
The posts have to be periodically verified as being genuine Scrapleface posts, it seems as though there have been isolated incidents of some “imposters” in the mix of real comments, S**** O**, speaking on conditions of anonymity said that he suspects the source of the imposters to be venomous trolls. I’m afraid it is just something that we are going to have to accept, like elderly grandmothers being strip searched at the airport.
166 seriocomic22 // Mar 17, 2008 at 9:55 pm
prettyold: Ok, good to know. I’m paranoid about double-posting. I’ll stop worrying about this, post hoc.
167 onlineanalyst // Mar 17, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Apropos of St. Paddy’s Day: “It’s not easy being green.” Kermit O’Tadpole
Re Halle Berry’s child not being a male: The name Chuck already has been taken.
Good piece on Obama’s embracing of black liberation “theology” comes from an objective observation in The Asia Times.
168 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 18, 2008 at 7:32 am
Thank God, St Patty’s day is now over. I can now be a good Swede again. Dang, it is hard to be bi-racial.
wv: from crude-where my carbon loaded body came from. Buhahahahaha.
eek! The conservative that went bump in the dark. Yeow, my toe
169 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 18, 2008 at 12:20 pm
boink
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