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1. 1966

   Posted December 29, 2012 at 7:10 PM

   jeff
   where have you been?

2. Jeff

   Posted December 29, 2012 at 7:11 PM

   The Sarah Palin Chronicles: A 2012 Retrospective Of Humiliation And Hilarity

   The past year has presented a wealth of unintentional comedy from right-wing raconteurs whose generosity in embarrassing themselves was profound. There was Donald Trump and Dick Morris and Allen West and many others vying for the top spot in the Crackpottery Hall of Fame.

   However, this year, as in much of the recent past, the competition was too stiff and everyone had to bow, once again, to the Queen of Quackery: Sarah Palin. What follows are just a few of the most memorably humiliating hijinks in a year of world class buffoonery.

   Today Show Ratings Down With Sarah Palin As Guest Host
   In a desperate attempt to counter-program ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC invited Palin to guest host their Today Show. The result was an episode that underperformed NBC’s average and may have been the catalyst that led to ABC eventually beating NBC in the morning news wars for the first time in years.

   Sarah Palin Calls Nancy Pelosi A ‘Dingbat’ – No, Really!
   Appearing with fellow crackpot Sean Hannity on Fox News, Palin responded to a question about Democratic Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi by saying…

   “Well, first off, Nancy Pelosi is a dingbat. And she is the perfect spokesperson for this whole agenda of the far-left running the Democrat Party.”

   And if that weren’t bad enough, Palin also made a disparaging, phallus-related insult directed at President Obama, calling him a “tool.”

   The Alaska Mistake Mouths Off: Sarah Palin Finally Responds To Dick Cheney
   After former Vice-President Dick Cheney told ABC News that her selection as John McCain’s running mate was “a mistake,” Palin fired back saying that…

   “It would have been a mistake to have hunkered down, just lived that luxurious, if you will, comfortable lifestyle in Alaska.”

   Of course, we now know that Palin gleefully exploited the notoriety she attained from the nomination. She peddled her books and speaking engagements. She signed a multimillion dollar deal with Fox News. She starred in laughably inept reality TV programs. She increased her net worth many times over, yet recalls wistfully her “luxurious” lifestyle in Alaska. Palin is a notorious grifter and Cheney, for once, is quite right.

   Sarah Palin Wants One Name Of A Hostile Republican
   When Palin appeared on Fox News with her friend Greta Van Susteren, the conversation turned to some of the nastiness on the campaign trail that Palin thinks is exclusively on the side of the Democrats. In a hilarious demonstration of self-delusion, Palin said…

   “Name one — name one prominent Republican who even comes close to what like the Alan Graysons, the Harry Reids, the Joe Bidens come up with and spew to the American public. I can’t think of one prominent Republican who talks the way that they talk.”

   Sarah Palin is about the most vituperative, mean-spirited, mud-slinger in America today. But, in her defense, she did specify a “prominent Republican.”

   Sarah Palin Says You Are Diminished By Even Mentioning Her Name
   Palin was so upset that John Kerry referenced her in joke that was directed at Mitt Romney that she unleashed this bit of nonsense on Neil Cavuto’s show on Fox News:

   “I think he diminished himself by even mentioning my name. How does he even know my name? I mean aren’t these guys supposed to be these big-wig elites who don’t waste their time on the little people like me?”

   So Palin is surprised that someone should know her name after running for vice-president, conducting bus tours (and book signings) across the country, hosting in two unintentionally hilarious reality shows on cable TV, and appearing regularly on Fox News as part of her million dollar contract? After all of that she still has some bizarre impression of herself as a little person. Little, perhaps, in mental acuity.

   Sarah Palin Drips With Envy Over Obama’s Selection As Time Magazine’s Person Of The Year
   Sarah Palin appeared on her old pal Greta Van Susteren’s show on Fox News where she was asked to comment on Time Magazine’s selection of President Obama as “Person of the Year.” And, what a surprise, the ego-driven Queen of the North could only find nasty things to say about Obama. But she concluded with a statement I agree with wholeheartedly:

   “Time Magazine, you know, I think there’s some irrelevancy there to tell you the truth. I mean consider their list of the most influential people in the country and in the world, some who have made that list – yours truly – that ought to tell you something right there regarding the credence that we should give Time Magazine and their list of people.”

   It’s interesting to see just how little Palin thinks of herself. She doesn’t think anyone should have heard of her, and she doesn’t think she’s relevant enough to be mentioned in Time. However, these bouts of low self-esteem only seem to flare up when she is being attacked. Whenever she is promoting herself her abundant ego is in full effect.

   The big problem Palin has is that many others share her opinion about her being an insignificant has-been. Her books don’t sell, her TV and film ventures bomb, and speculation has it that Fox News will not be renewing her contract next year. Consequently, there is not likely going to be another Palin retrospective at the end of 2013. I miss her already.

3. Jeff

   Posted December 29, 2012 at 7:14 PM

   Hiya 1966, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

   I always read from the folks in hereI don’t always comment.

4. cathy

   Posted December 29, 2012 at 7:14 PM

   Being tax exempt is a major benefit. Not paying taxes and allowing donations to your org to be tax deductible, I think adds it into being tax payer supported. The government has to make up for not collecting those taxes from somewhere else.

5. 1966

   Posted December 29, 2012 at 7:15 PM

   right back at ya jeff.

6. Pete S

   Posted December 29, 2012 at 7:17 PM

   usa8888
   Posted December 29, 2012 at 8:29 AM
   “You can carry your”regular” weapon but not weapons of mass death.”
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   You can drive your ford escort but not a f-350 4×4 that can cause mass death.

7. RedBarSoup

   Posted December 29, 2012 at 7:21 PM

   I love these idiots that try to compare assault rifles to big vehicles.

8. 1966

   Posted December 29, 2012 at 7:55 PM

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6NOABgKj-k&feature=player_detailpage

9. BevAG

   Posted December 29, 2012 at 7:58 PM

   1966, you’re hilarious!!! I love it.

   You must be a lot of fun at parties. lol

10. 1966

    Posted December 29, 2012 at 8:09 PM

    @bevAG
    this site needs some love.

11. 1966

    Posted December 29, 2012 at 8:35 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9qbbAB4ruvg
    for you hillbilly is that you and faith3?

12. usa8888

    Posted December 29, 2012 at 9:27 PM

    Even the most obvious and intuitive economics principles escape the right wing uneducated. They can’t grasp the fact that if, in a bad recession, you drastically cut spending (as the uneducated right suggests)you will immediately precipitate a depression. It is SO obvious, one can not understand why the right doesn’t realize if nobody is spedning any money and the money supply and its velocity and mass are slowing down, the economy contracts to nothing. Obama was re-elected for his sensible economic (and social) policies. The radical right theses have been rejected soundly by the American People–notwithstanding there are still a few right wingers left, as seen on this blog. Now, hopefully the t-bags left in the House will stop kissing Norquist’s patooti and do what’s right for America: raise tax rates on the rich who have not created jobs in YEARS and whose rates are the lowest in 60 years! And continue unemployment benefits, as well as continue the tax rate for the middle class. We will see in 48 hours…..

13. usa8888

    Posted December 29, 2012 at 9:32 PM

    Jeff– like your commentary re Palin–one of the dumbest women ever to enter politics. The master of slime–Rush Limbaugh–is probably equally vacuous and erroneous in his comments. Yet these two manage to sucker the right wing kooks out of tens of millions of dollars. Oh, I alomst forget to mention Glen Beck……..These people do provide some good comedy, however, for those of us with logic and reason……..

14. BevAG

    Posted December 29, 2012 at 9:39 PM

    It’s SO obvious by the 40-year Democrat controlled fiscal policies that have driven California to bankruptcy that Democrats have no idea about economics.

15. usa8888

    Posted December 29, 2012 at 9:46 PM

    They Bay Area and California were in great shape when I lived there, Bev…and further what happens in California bears NO resemblance to the US economy……

16. 1966

    Posted December 29, 2012 at 10:03 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abfZH2-Iiqc&feature=player_detailpage

17. 1966

    Posted December 29, 2012 at 10:21 PM

    the above song was from september 1968. and was from a movie called wild in the streets.

18. BevAG

    Posted December 29, 2012 at 10:21 PM

    @usa They Bay Area and California were in great shape when I lived there, Bev…and further what happens in California bears NO resemblance to the US economy……

    ________________

    You must have lived here in a past life form.

    And, yes, what happens in California is EXACTLY what the Democrats want to do to the entire country. The fact that you can say that what happens in California bears NO resemblance to the US economy furthers shows your ignorance.

19. AppleStinx

    Posted December 30, 2012 at 5:02 AM

    Sunday Morning
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qK82JvRY5s

20. d.d.

    Posted December 30, 2012 at 5:31 AM

    Good Sunday Morning,Apple & All

    Rats,

    I got up in the dark, turn my i-Phone 5 on , & , I got a message that my county had issued a snow warning (not watch) @ 3 A M. I waited until it was light , looked out , & we have no more than a dusting, but, it would be enough to cancel school if it wasn’t still vacation . We never understood that when we first moved to TN. Now we do. The school buses have so many country ,windy roads, & hills, they must navigate that accidents could happen.

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    Jeff,

    You may have reported an article from ‘The Hill, ‘ but you read it on the liberal rag ,’Think Progress,’ which changed the wording from ‘The Hill ’ to favor a progressive slant. Tip: It’s always best to read original sources.

    @ Jeff
    Two Republican senators want to use the threat of an economic meltdown to raise the retirement age and cut Medicare. Sens. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced a plan today that would raise the federal debt limit by $1 trillion in exchange for $1 trillion in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, as The Hill reported: Think Progress version

    BTW, hope you had a nice Christmas.

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    cathy,

    Reading the list of freebies you posted, didn’t surprise me. Both my husband & I took the benefits gov test that the Administration released this month on You Tube. First of all, we are comfortable . We have no debt except things like DISH & utilities. We live on a golf course, our home is paid for, so are our cars, & both boats. We have money in the bank, stocks, etc. My husband qualified for 67 freebies, myself 20 (I’m younger) While not all apply, some do . Taxpayers need to do something about how unwisely their money is being used. I’m disgusted.
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    What I Learned in the Poverty War

    Work, not welfare, uplifts the poor.

    http://city-journal.org/2012/22_4_poverty.html