“Ha ha, running for president in 2016! That’s hilarious. No, seriously, what are you up to?” pic.twitter.com/eAhm6XpXiB
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) July 10, 2014
And yet, while Louie Gohmert remains in office, Perry will never be the dumbest pol in Texas.
I’ve been trying to regain Internet access, and my email, for the last twelve hours. Being as I am not technologically skilled, this mostly involved yelling at people. How was your day?
I'm thinking the president's plan to deport Rick Perry will be controversial but it's a time for sacrifice.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 9, 2014
Little Boots
they are lost, because they’ve lost their faith in l’amour.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Little Boots: Let’s stay with a French theme.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Here’s the cure.
Little Boots
oh, best juicers ever.
Joey Maloney
And while Blake Farenthold remains, Gohmert will never be the funniest-looking.
Little Boots
I can’t believe I’m still on this timer. I think sometimes that Johnny may not love me.
RSR
looking at the hands, POTUS has hands out, open and flat, and everybody else has them pulled together. I imagine that’s some coaching. And I won’t even get into the black guy keeping his hands where everybody can see them.
gian
@Little Boots:
(isn’t there a big western author http://www.louislamour.com/)
edit I think WP ate the kingsmen song, oh well
hell it’s been a long week.
lahke
Went to hear Don Berwick make his pitch to be Massachusetts governor. He’s very impressive, very progressive, and not just a one-issue candidate (though when you consider that health care costs are 42% of the MA state budget, you can do a lot just with that one issue). Anyway, I ponied up some funds and want to encourage any other MA folks to do the same.
Here’s his website:
http://www.berwickforgovernor.com/
Little Boots
@gian:
there is indeed a big western author.
there’s also a big gay movie, the women.
Mnemosyne
Could Perry look any more like the stereotypical vice principal in that picture?
“That is NOT funny!”
Somebody needs to perform a stickectomy on the poor man’s colon. He must be in serious pain.
Little Boots
needs more omnes, and steeplejack.
yes, needs more.
Suffern ACE
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): let’s stick with l’amour.
Amir Khalid
If it’s any comfort, America is not alone in being blighted with stupid politicians. Facepalm.
Steeplejack
At least for me (Firefox/Windows 7), the picture at the top is not accompanied by the Dave Weigel tweet that appears on my tablet (Chrome/Android):
“Ha-ha, running for president in 2016! That’s hilarious. No, seriously, what are you up to?”
Really makes the picture pop, as they say on the home-reno shows.
Little Boots
@Amir Khalid:
I suspect we’re not the worst, but we do sort of go on and on about our democracy, so maybe we could step it up a bit.
Higgs Boson's Mate
@Joey Maloney:
Blake Farenthold always reminds me of that androgynous character, “Pat,” who used to appear on SNL during the Nineties.
Violet
I love that picture. It makes me laugh every time I see it. Perry’s glasses just look ridiculous.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
yeah, yeah, yeah, that dave weigel.
but more importantly, how are you?
Higgs Boson's Mate
@Amir Khalid:
I think that all American Congresscritters should have to use “Bung” as their first name for as long as they’re in office.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Keepin’ it in your demographic.
Suffern ACE
@Amir Khalid: if the German team had played like hitler, they would have jumped out to a 4-0 lead, only to lose 10-2.
Violet
@Amir Khalid: Wow. That’s quite the guy.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
you really are the best. sometimes insultingly so, but really the best.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Doing okay. The Juice has been bitter and bitchy today, so I was about to go to bed until I saw this thread. Multitasking with Craig Ferguson on the DVR. How you?
Steeplejack
@Steeplejack:
What the hell? Got moderated and figure out for what.
Anyway, @Little Boots, I”m doing okay. Was about to go to bed when I saw this thread. The blog has been very testy today.
Amir Khalid
@Violet:
In 2012 Rick Perry was a stupid man who wanted to be president. Now he’s a stupid man with glasses who wants to be president.
Amir Khalid
@Little Boots:
Bung Mokhtar Radin’s tweet got covered in The Washington Post. The idiot revels in being a public embarrassment.
Joey Maloney
@Higgs Boson’s Mate: Really? He reminds me more of Flounder from Animal House.
Air-raid sirens again this morning (3rd day in a row) and a missile interception right overhead this time. And right on schedule, my FB feed fills up with posts from locals talking about how scared they are. I can now articulate why I find that so annoying.
Yes, it’s scary. I’m a little scared (although to be fair I’ve lived in neighborhoods in the USA which random gunfire made statistically far more dangerous than here). But the fear has to be tempered by the realization that we have one hell of a lot of military hardware and expertise on our side including a very effective antimissle system, not to mention the backing of the US military. Compare that to the civilians in Gaza. They’re fucking defenseless. That’s a whole different level of scary.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Wha . . . ? You must be confusing me with someone else. I’ve always got your back in these music threads. I even pointed you to your signature song.
David Koch
The funniest part is during the meeting Perry told the President not to wait for Congress because they won’t do anything and use executive action.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
maybe. do miss you, though.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Damn it, FYWP is screwing with me. Won’t let me edit.
Your signature song.
And your other signature song.
Amir Khalid
@Little Boots:
It may be that this is the Les Mis number for you.
Violet
@Amir Khalid: Yep. The stupid hasn’t changed. I don’t know who told him to go with the hipster glasses but it was a mistake. They’re too drastic a change for him and it makes him look like he’s trying too hard. They’re still being talked about, which isn’t a good thing for him. Not that I care. It just seems like an obvious mistake. Can’t figure out who’s advising him.
@David Koch: I love that. I hope it gets lots of coverage. Not holding my breath.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
oh, goddammit, son of a bitch, you know me much too well.
Little Boots
I do get a bit obsessive.
Steeplejack
@Violet:
Plus the hipster glasses on Perry look “fake,” as in the TV ads for LensCrafters, etc., where they have models wearing glasses who look like they’ve never worn glasses a day in their life.
Little Boots
yeah, that’s the problem. the perry glasses.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Settle back into your groove thang.
David Koch
Weigel’s joke was funny. But considering how Weigel has a crush on Aqua Buddha, he’s the last one who should poke fun of the credibility of other candidates.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
you might be the devil. I’m not sure, but you might be.
that is an awesome song.
Steeplejack
For in the road: which way do you go?
Left.
Right.
Or both. That’s okay.
Little Boots
seriously? nobody is still awake?
and what the hell happened to omnes?
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
you are so annoying. and so funny.
A Humble Lurker
@Little Boots:
You don’t say.
Little Boots
@A Humble Lurker:
I do.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
It doesn’t matter.
phoebes-in-santa fe
Where was that picture taken? I can’t find anything about it. It is funny but I’d like it in context. And what Obama was laughing at that Perry was frowning.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
it does, and that suddenly stopped.
David Koch
@phoebes-in-santa fe: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/07/09/president-obama-arrives-in-north-texas-meets-with-leaders/
Anne Laurie
@Joey Maloney: Sissy Farenthold was one of my first feminist heroes. Every time I see Blake “Baby Huey” Farenthold’s ugly mug, I wonder how often the poor lady has to explain that, really, he’s only her step-grandson, they hardly ever meet, even at the big family parties…
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
that is nice. you are insidious.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Feeling kinda country tonight.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
you are so annoying. you are no omnes, for a fact.
Steeplejack
@Steeplejack:
“Dwight Yoakam” is a great name.
Amir Khalid
@Violet:
As I understand, Rick Perry’s political opponents in his state party took to pointing and laughing at him because he quit wearing cowboy boots. (I think he said the stacked heels were bad for his back, which does sound plausible.) That level of superficiality is way beyond my comprehension.
Little Boots
that was mean, sorry, buddy, I apologize.
Joseph Nobles
#GrumpyGov
“Three things we need at the border, Mr. President: a fence, you, and, uh…”
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Let me bring it home for you.
BruinKid
“We need three things to secure our border: a moat, a fence, and… uh…….. oops.”
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
there was only an error message.
Steeplejack
@Anne Laurie:
Thank you for rescuing me from moderation. Don’t know what dropped me in.
Amir Khalid
@BruinKid:
Aide whispering to Governor: “Laser beams with fricking sharks on their heads, sir …”
Hilfy
That Texas meeting started with Gov. Perry sitting at the head of the table. When he realized that the video camera’s angle was showing him in the same shot as the President, Perry moved his chair to the side to hide. The video clip of the move was on MSNBC Wed. evening, on Chris Hayes or Maddow. Maybe his sour smile was caused by his need to move aside?
Little Boots
can we take the trail marked on steeplejack’s father’s map?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N-qO3sPMjc
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Are you saying the link didn’t work? Sometimes I have gotten an error message on YouTube saying “Try again later,” but if you refresh the page it usually works.
NotMax
Speaking of Rick Perry’s greatest hits.
(Yes, it’s the maple syrup video.)
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
wwit, that works.
Little Boots
love steeplejack.
still miss omnes, a little.
but love steeplejack.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Good song. And maybe something in a slightly lower register?
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
You are the best.
I’m not.
Tommy
Shit. Laid out my family tree to show you all. Camera/phone dead. It takes up a room or two. Back to 1545. What I am stunned by is how far right seems to think life is so tough here. Try being a Scottish Protestant standing up to the King of England in that time and see how it worked out.
I think a century or more ago they made a popular movie about it all ….
Why family members came here …..
Freedom.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
I do get my love of honky-tonk country music from my father. “Are you sure Hank done it this way?”
Little Boots
@Tom
good, can you tell steeplejack I wish I loved him. I got issues.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
My mother liked country music too.
Little Boots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
I know you’re a one-guy stalker and Omnes is your guy.
We’ve all got issues.
ETA: Addendum.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
yeah, admittedly, you are a bit irresistible.
oh, jeebus.
Little Boots
okay, since it’s getting too serious here, can we just, with the human league?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqqBs6kkzHE
Steeplejack
Trying to do the best that we can.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
you are too much.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Yeah, sure.
And one last one.
Little Boots
yeah, you are the best.
Steeplejack
I’ma ride on outta here.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
oh, fine, miss you.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Damn, hard to let go of the YouTube tiger.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
you are seriously too much.
Tommy
Here is a happy thought. My parents live in a small Illinois town with Ms. Basketball. The last two years. Also a track champ.Tennis camp.3.9 GPA. Not sure she has touched anything that didn’t turn to gold. Watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9cfzy9Jcn0&feature=kp
She hits jumpers that a pro player wouldn’t even try,much less hit like she does. Over and over again. The only thing I can say against her is she is going to Indiana and not Illni.
Steeplejack
@Steeplejack:
Does this connect? Maybe, maybe not.
Gotta like any pop song that works in the word nonchalant and makes it sound natural.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Maybe one more. Another husky voice.
Steeplejack
Ingrid Michaelson, “Girls Chase Boys.”
Tommy
@Tommy: I think this town got kicked out of the conference in football. Won like 22 of 23 titles. Now they rotate through teams in three states.
I went to LSU …
The couple games I’ve been are stunning.
Steeplejack
@Steeplejack:
And since she mentioned Robert Palmer . . .
Another favorite.
ETA: Didn’t want to use the remix, but the original ones all had skips in them.
Steeplejack
Seriously, last one: “Suavecito.” Frisco Latino.
Okay, can’t forget El Chicano.
gnomedad
Grumpy Gov is grumpy.
debbie
The local news ran a clip of Perry claiming that if Obama were serious about this immigration crisis, he’d send 1,000 National Guardsmen to Texas immediately. As governor and commander of his state’s National Guard, isn’t this something he could be doing himself?
JGabriel
@Amir Khalid:
It’s not the stupid that enrages me – it’s the evil.
Another Holocene Human
@Tommy: Interesting, isn’t it? My Irish ancestors showed up here in the 19th century to escape desperate poverty, an artificial situation created by a British state determined to crush Irish Catholics as a race. They benefited from whites-only welfare programs like the Homestead Act and became prosperous. I know Irish families that stayed in cities had it tougher because of job discrimination and the poor working conditions in the civil service jobs available to them, but that changed with political organizing in the 20th century. What really kills me are Catholics calling for prayer in school when they used their last pennies a century ago to create the parish school system to protect their children from Protestant proselytizing and forced religious expression in public schools.
The smarmy movie “Bells of Saint Mary” is a good look at the end of the period where Irish Catholic Americans were still an embattled minority group. The priests and nuns use shame tactics on a wealthy businessman who is reluctant to dole out a good chunk of his fortune to repair the school building.
But now these people’s grandchildren think they’ve achieved a dominant position and can impose their religious beliefs on others. It’s nuts.
J R in WV
@Another Holocene Human:
It’s evil, too. For a religious organization to use political power to impose their beliefs on others is getting right up next to the Spanish Inquisition, in my opinion.
We visited Spain around Bilbao last fall, and southern France, and the omnipresent Catholic religion really hit me where I live. One small city, just outside the main gate in the fortress walls, there was a park bench, with a guy sitting on it, holding a spear, His back was flayed away. It was a bronze sculpture, obviously tortured to death hero, never did get the historical details.
And seeing how much of their wealth was invested in gold and siilver walls in the cathedrals, and how oppressive the power of the religion was, very creepy, I still think about it nearly a year later.
Now, here in America, where many of our ancestors came for freedom from oppresive religion and feudal overlordship, these bastards are working to reimpose religious law on complete strangers. And succeeding in their evil plans, too!!
All this nonsense about America was founded on Christian principles is so depressing, the Constitution is so explicit about this issue, both in the body where it disallows any religious test for holding office AND in the very first Amendment where it bars the government from establishing any religion. You have to believe light is dark to believe the government should be aiding any religion in this country; which is being evil, I suspect.
Hobby Lobby is evil, which you can verify by finding that brief video statement the woman makes, while her hbusband keeps his mouth shut, as I suspect he has learned to do after being trained not to speak in the presence of his better, the wife. I suspect if he utters a sound the taser attached to his gonads will render him docile.
Mike G
@Steeplejack:
Perry is way too old and stupid to be going for the hipster pseudo-intellectual look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP2W0LqQwEE
CDW
That picture is priceless! Thanks for the biggest laugh of my day.
RaflW
Pathetic twerp.
Oh, and I just googled America and the top item was Dinesh D’ipshit’s new movie. So fuck off, D’loser.