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Michele Bachmann: too crazy even for the wingier nuts.

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  • Premier kakosPremier kakos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
    Feral wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Ketchup on cereal is pretty awesome.

    Oh, kakos. You just like to go against the grain.

    What? It's a perfectly legitimate meal.

    If you have one kernel of integrity you'll stop this nonsense.

    I believe you mis-spelt "awesomeness".

    No, no, no. A mill-ion times, no.

    Just because you can't handle my bran-d of awesomeness, doesn't mean you have to call it nonsense.

    I can barley tolerate this depravity. I never thought I'd be the square sticking up for wholesome values, but I have to crop this trend before it germinates in our youth.

    Whooaaa. Breaking out the big guns, I see. It's a veritable maize of puns there.

    Anything I can do to winnow your resolve.

    You'll reap what you sow, I promise you.

    As much as I'd like to feed this pun competition further, we should get back to the actual topic, which I believe is how crazy the rye-ght wing is. So, let us put these puns in the pasta.

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  • GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Drakeon wrote: »
    I was so depressed to learn on election day (or rather the day after) that Bachmann was still a representative to the United States Congress. I was really pulling for Tinklenberg (god, what a terrible name) to pull through and beat her, but alas, it didn't happen :(

    However I do admit, the fact that she can out-crazy Glen Beck is nothing short of extraordinary. That man is pure, concentrated crazy and she manages to outdo him (well, some of the time).
    To be fair, Tinklenberg only had a few weeks to take advantage of Bachmann October Surprising herself. There wasn't anything particularly special about him other than he just happened to be the guy Bachmann was up against last season. He was simply too far back to make up the difference in those few weeks. And Bachmann had no real history of lunacy before that.

    Now, the crazy train is well out of the station, it's a brand new campaign season and the last before the census shuffle. And if the Minnesota legislature has the option, they'd probably like to do something with the district boundaries besides eliminating Bachmann's district.

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Duffel wrote: »
    It seems like Bachmann gets a hell of a lot of press time for a Representative from the frozen north. Is this just because of the "Tornado effect" (finding the most ridiculous person available to comment on an issue because it's entertaining) or is there some particular reason she keeps popping back into the news like some kind of sinister Weeble?
    It's definitely got a tinge of sensationalism to it. If you want people watching your show, or other cable news jockies replaying clips from it, you want crazy people on. They make for great television, if not so much for governance.

    Also; nutbar constituencies elect nutbar officials. It's one of the less pleasant aspects of representative democracy, I'm afraid.

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    moniker wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    I've met my share of liberal crazies too, to be fair. And I'm about as liberal hippie as you can get.

    Were any of those people elected to Congress?

    Well, Dennis Kucinich has been in Congress since 1996, which is about as close to a Bizarro Michelle Bachman as I can think of.

    Only, you know, I agree with him on more things, so the crazy burns less.

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  • Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Kind of like with Ann Coulter, I wonder how much Bachmann crazy is real crazy, and how much is manufactured for her adoring fans. Even if it's the latter, people tend to buy into their own bull just a little. And either way, it's a terrible thing.

    In other news, I went to a Subway in Beijing for a meatball sub, and I figured I'd order a little tomato sauce on top of that. I figured, with the quality of service I'm used to in Hangzhou, how could things go wrong in Beijing?

    That "tomato sauce" was ketchup.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Kind of like with Ann Coulter, I wonder how much Bachmann crazy is real crazy, and how much is manufactured for her adoring fans. Even if it's the latter, people tend to buy into their own bull just a little. And either way, it's a terrible thing.

    In other news, I went to a Subway in Beijing for a meatball sub, and I figured I'd order a little tomato sauce on top of that. I figured, with the quality of service I'm used to in Hangzhou, how could things go wrong in Beijing?

    That "tomato sauce" was ketchup.

    She's pretty clearly legitimately crazy.

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    moniker wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    I've met my share of liberal crazies too, to be fair. And I'm about as liberal hippie as you can get.

    Were any of those people elected to Congress?

    Dennis Kucinich.

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  • jungleroomxjungleroomx It's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovels Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Michelle Bachmann is crazy?

    No. Sally Kern is fucking crazy.

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  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Kind of like with Ann Coulter, I wonder how much Bachmann crazy is real crazy, and how much is manufactured for her adoring fans. Even if it's the latter, people tend to buy into their own bull just a little. And either way, it's a terrible thing.
    Michelle Bachmann is crazy?

    No. Sally Kern is fucking crazy.


    See the thing is this: Coulter, Bachman and this Sally Kern act so crazy we tend to have the reaction that they are just pretending to sell books. No one could be that whackjob. But the problem with that is in order to be playing for booksales/votes, there has to be thousands of people that crazy.
    D:
    Khavall wrote: »
    I've met my share of liberal crazies too, to be fair. And I'm about as liberal hippie as you can get.

    I mentioned to one of my friends that I was considering joining the Navy as an enlisted Musician for several reasons... and she just had this idea that no "they" just told me I'd be able to but really I'd be put into ground combat and killed or something because it's the military and boo them.


    Though really, Liberal craziness I've run into has never sunk to the level of "THEY'RE COUNTING PEOPLE RUN!"

    There's a pretty good chance she was right. The recruiter will lie to you, or at least deceive you, into thinking you can choose your billet. You can't. Now its possible that as an Enlisted Musician that the situation is different since that's such a specialty field, I don't know. But I do know they lie and tell every kid that comes in that they can work in the field they want.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    PantsB wrote: »
    There's a pretty good chance she was right. The recruiter will lie to you, or at least deceive you, into thinking you can choose your billet. You can't. Now its possible that as an Enlisted Musician that the situation is different since that's such a specialty field, I don't know. But I do know they lie and tell every kid that comes in that they can work in the field they want.

    Yeah, a recruiter told me I could play as an Enlisted Musician after I told him I play piano.

    Not sure how you march with one of those.

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  • galenbladegalenblade Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Wingnuts, you say? Pennsylvania State Sen. John Eichelberger, come on down!
    Leach: Should our only policy towards [same-sex] couples be one of punishment, to somehow prove that they’ve done something wrong?

    Eichelberger: They’re not being punished. We’re allowing them to exist, and do what every American can do. We’re just not rewarding them with any special designation.

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  • HerrCronHerrCron It that wickedly supports taxation Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Michelle Bachmann is crazy?

    No. Sally Kern is fucking crazy.

    Ok... that's.....



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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    galenblade wrote: »
    Wingnuts, you say? Pennsylvania State Sen. John Eichelberger, come on down!
    Leach: Should our only policy towards [same-sex] couples be one of punishment, to somehow prove that they’ve done something wrong?

    Eichelberger: They’re not being punished. We’re allowing them to exist, and do what every American can do. We’re just not rewarding them with any special designation.

    Eichelberger remembers fondly the good old days when homosexuality was a crime punishable by Ultimate Nullifier.

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  • Idx86Idx86 Long days and pleasant nights.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I'm ashamed to say that I am from the same state. Unfortunately I don't have the pleasure of voting against her because she is not in my district.

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  • shosarshosar Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I voted against her. The district isn't my home district, but I've never changed my address with the govt. so they still think I live there, so I trekked there to vote against her. I wasn't surprised that she won, Tinklenberg just didn't have any real political clout or pull to him. Kinda sad since he was a pretty nice guy.

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  • RendonRendon Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    KalTorak wrote: »
    PantsB wrote: »
    There's a pretty good chance she was right. The recruiter will lie to you, or at least deceive you, into thinking you can choose your billet. You can't. Now its possible that as an Enlisted Musician that the situation is different since that's such a specialty field, I don't know. But I do know they lie and tell every kid that comes in that they can work in the field they want.

    Yeah, a recruiter told me I could play as an Enlisted Musician after I told him I play piano.

    Not sure how you march with one of those.

    Recruiters will tell you anything to get you to join. It is is not in writing, and signed as part of your enlistment it will not happen. If it is in writing and signed, the needs of the service can still over rule it.

    An FYI for people
    Billet=Where you are stationed, and what your exact job is at that station... you will never get to pick this while enlisting
    Rate= What you job is, mine was ET (Electronics Technician)... you will get some say in this, but the needs of the service will always come first.

    On a side note, I enlisted in the Coast Guard, had a guaranteed "A" school (A school is where you learn your rate) and had no problems getting what I was promised. But know this, if you enlist your wishes no longer count.

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  • CauldCauld Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Gosling wrote: »
    Drakeon wrote: »
    I was so depressed to learn on election day (or rather the day after) that Bachmann was still a representative to the United States Congress. I was really pulling for Tinklenberg (god, what a terrible name) to pull through and beat her, but alas, it didn't happen :(

    However I do admit, the fact that she can out-crazy Glen Beck is nothing short of extraordinary. That man is pure, concentrated crazy and she manages to outdo him (well, some of the time).
    To be fair, Tinklenberg only had a few weeks to take advantage of Bachmann October Surprising herself. There wasn't anything particularly special about him other than he just happened to be the guy Bachmann was up against last season. He was simply too far back to make up the difference in those few weeks. And Bachmann had no real history of lunacy before that.

    Now, the crazy train is well out of the station, it's a brand new campaign season and the last before the census shuffle. And if the Minnesota legislature has the option, they'd probably like to do something with the district boundaries besides eliminating Bachmann's district.

    Oh there were hints of crazy before that. She introduced the "Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act" in March 2008... I'm not kidding. Just read her wikipedia page, she's all kinds of crazy. I especially liked the part where her church apparently believes the pope is the antichrist.

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  • Gabriel_PittGabriel_Pitt Stepped in it Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Does that also make him the anti-pope?

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2009
    GOP has done nothing note worthy in the last few hours.

    Nah.

    There was that one lady who said we should stop offering free lunches in school because "hunger is a motivator".

    Sheep on
  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    GOP has done nothing note worthy in the last few hours.

    Nah.

    There was that one lady who said we should stop offering free lunches in school because "hunger is a motivator".

    Who said it and where are they from? I mean is their idea, "We should starve our children, and teach them that food is earned and worked for!" And free lunches in school? All my schools we had to pay a couple bucks. 40 cents for milk. 50 if it was chocolate!

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  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    RUNN1NGMAN wrote: »
    moniker wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    I've met my share of liberal crazies too, to be fair. And I'm about as liberal hippie as you can get.

    Were any of those people elected to Congress?

    Dennis Kucinich.


    Please. He's not crazy AND he has a ridiculously hot wife.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2009
    Henroid wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    GOP has done nothing note worthy in the last few hours.

    Nah.

    There was that one lady who said we should stop offering free lunches in school because "hunger is a motivator".

    Who said it and where are they from? I mean is their idea, "We should starve our children, and teach them that food is earned and worked for!" And free lunches in school? All my schools we had to pay a couple bucks. 40 cents for milk. 50 if it was chocolate!

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/colbert-tells-viewers-to_n_224628.html

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Henroid wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    GOP has done nothing note worthy in the last few hours.

    Nah.

    There was that one lady who said we should stop offering free lunches in school because "hunger is a motivator".

    Who said it and where are they from? I mean is their idea, "We should starve our children, and teach them that food is earned and worked for!" And free lunches in school? All my schools we had to pay a couple bucks. 40 cents for milk. 50 if it was chocolate!
    It was a Rep from MO I think. She said that offering free lunches to underprivileged kids during the summer detracts from those kids' motivation to go out and get summer jobs.

    Which has some small sliver of merit as a thought experiment, but falls down and shits itself when you realize that she's talking about starving kids to encourage child labor.

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  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Henroid wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    GOP has done nothing note worthy in the last few hours.

    Nah.

    There was that one lady who said we should stop offering free lunches in school because "hunger is a motivator".

    Who said it and where are they from? I mean is their idea, "We should starve our children, and teach them that food is earned and worked for!" And free lunches in school? All my schools we had to pay a couple bucks. 40 cents for milk. 50 if it was chocolate!

    Cynthia Davis, state rep and the chairwoman for the Missouri House Special Standing Committee on Children and Families.

    Generally I don't give a fig about state politics from states not ending in -ew York, but this is a special 'HOLY SHIT' level of crazy.

    linky
    http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/21/cynthia-davis-hunger/

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Henroid wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    GOP has done nothing note worthy in the last few hours.

    Nah.

    There was that one lady who said we should stop offering free lunches in school because "hunger is a motivator".

    Who said it and where are they from? I mean is their idea, "We should starve our children, and teach them that food is earned and worked for!" And free lunches in school? All my schools we had to pay a couple bucks. 40 cents for milk. 50 if it was chocolate!
    In her June newsletter, State Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-MO) provided several “commentaries” to a press release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on a summer food program. The program provides “food during the summer for thousands of low-income Missouri children who rely on the school cafeteria for free or reduced-price meals during the regular school year.” Davis, who serves as the chairwoman of the Missouri House Special Standing Committee on Children and Families, questioned whether the program is “warranted,” and extolled the hidden benefits of child hunger:

    Who’s buying dinner? Who is getting paid to serve the meal? Churches and other non-profits can do this at no cost to the taxpayer if it is warranted. [...] Bigger governmental programs take away our connectedness to the human family, our brotherhood and our need for one another. [...] Anyone under 18 can be eligible? Can’t they get a job during the summer by the time they are 16? Hunger can be a positive motivator. What is wrong with the idea of getting a job so you can get better meals? Tip: If you work for McDonald’s, they will feed you for free during your break. [...] It really is all about increasing government spending, which means an increase in taxes for us to buy more free lunches and breakfasts.

    A report by Feeding America found that one in five Missouri children currently lives with hunger. Taking apart Davis’ other arguments, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial noted that most of the summer feeding program sites are actually hosted by churches and that the program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, fed 3.7 million meals at a total cost of less than $9.5 million last summer — “a pretty good use of federal money.” (HT: DailyKos diarist Dem Beans)

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    GOP has done nothing note worthy in the last few hours.

    Nah.

    There was that one lady who said we should stop offering free lunches in school because "hunger is a motivator".

    This is why Ethiopia and Mozambique are such industrial powerhouses today.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
    Does that also make him the anti-pope?

    If he touches himself, he'll explode in a burst of pure energy.

    This is why Catholicism forbids masturbation.

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    edited July 2009
    Rendon wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    PantsB wrote: »
    There's a pretty good chance she was right. The recruiter will lie to you, or at least deceive you, into thinking you can choose your billet. You can't. Now its possible that as an Enlisted Musician that the situation is different since that's such a specialty field, I don't know. But I do know they lie and tell every kid that comes in that they can work in the field they want.

    Yeah, a recruiter told me I could play as an Enlisted Musician after I told him I play piano.

    Not sure how you march with one of those.

    Recruiters will tell you anything to get you to join. It is is not in writing, and signed as part of your enlistment it will not happen. If it is in writing and signed, the needs of the service can still over rule it.

    Yeah, I was thinking this and I was hoping somebody with more direct experience with the military would say something.

    Regarding Bachmann, I know she's crazy and all, but I really wish the incandescent ban didn't go through. I hate CFLs with a fiery passion.

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Feral wrote: »
    Regarding Bachmann, I know she's crazy and all, but I really wish the incandescent ban didn't go through. I hate CFLs with a fiery passion.
    Once incandescents have been gone for a while, the quality of CFLs is going to go up. Technological improvements in the marketplace and all that.

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    edited July 2009
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Regarding Bachmann, I know she's crazy and all, but I really wish the incandescent ban didn't go through. I hate CFLs with a fiery passion.
    Once incandescents have been gone for a while, the quality of CFLs is going to go up. Technological improvements in the marketplace and all that.

    Yep, and once they've been out for a while, the price of CDs will drop too, right?

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Feral wrote: »
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Regarding Bachmann, I know she's crazy and all, but I really wish the incandescent ban didn't go through. I hate CFLs with a fiery passion.
    Once incandescents have been gone for a while, the quality of CFLs is going to go up. Technological improvements in the marketplace and all that.

    Yep, and once they've been out for a while, the price of CDs will drop too, right?
    A valid point, if you could Napster lightbulbs.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Regarding Bachmann, I know she's crazy and all, but I really wish the incandescent ban didn't go through. I hate CFLs with a fiery passion.
    Once incandescents have been gone for a while, the quality of CFLs is going to go up. Technological improvements in the marketplace and all that.

    Yep, and once they've been out for a while, the price of CDs will drop too, right?
    A valid point, if you could Napster lightbulbs.

    Yeah, I'm confused by that comment. Are you saying that the price of CDs didn't go down? Maybe not, but didn't CD players and DVD players used to cost hundreds of dollars each? Now you can't heave a brick in WalMart without hitting half a dozen $8 CD players and $25 DVD players.

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  • BubbaTBubbaT Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Deebaser wrote: »
    RUNN1NGMAN wrote: »
    moniker wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    I've met my share of liberal crazies too, to be fair. And I'm about as liberal hippie as you can get.

    Were any of those people elected to Congress?

    Dennis Kucinich.


    Please. He's not crazy AND he has a ridiculously hot wife.

    Cynthia McKinney - 9/11 truther who also claimed the government executed 50 people and buried them in a Louisiana swamp during Katrina.

    Also, Jim Traficant tried to act crazy in anticipation of an insanity defense similar to Genovese don Vincent "The Chin" Gigante.

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  • kdrudykdrudy Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Does that also make him the anti-pope?

    Like a lion kills an antelope

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    GOP has done nothing note worthy in the last few hours.

    Nah.

    There was that one lady who said we should stop offering free lunches in school because "hunger is a motivator".

    Who said it and where are they from? I mean is their idea, "We should starve our children, and teach them that food is earned and worked for!" And free lunches in school? All my schools we had to pay a couple bucks. 40 cents for milk. 50 if it was chocolate!
    In her June newsletter, State Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-MO) provided several “commentaries” to a press release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on a summer food program. The program provides “food during the summer for thousands of low-income Missouri children who rely on the school cafeteria for free or reduced-price meals during the regular school year.” Davis, who serves as the chairwoman of the Missouri House Special Standing Committee on Children and Families, questioned whether the program is “warranted,” and extolled the hidden benefits of child hunger:

    Who’s buying dinner? Who is getting paid to serve the meal? Churches and other non-profits can do this at no cost to the taxpayer if it is warranted. [...] Bigger governmental programs take away our connectedness to the human family, our brotherhood and our need for one another. [...] Anyone under 18 can be eligible? Can’t they get a job during the summer by the time they are 16? Hunger can be a positive motivator. What is wrong with the idea of getting a job so you can get better meals? Tip: If you work for McDonald’s, they will feed you for free during your break. [...] It really is all about increasing government spending, which means an increase in taxes for us to buy more free lunches and breakfasts.

    A report by Feeding America found that one in five Missouri children currently lives with hunger. Taking apart Davis’ other arguments, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial noted that most of the summer feeding program sites are actually hosted by churches and that the program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, fed 3.7 million meals at a total cost of less than $9.5 million last summer — “a pretty good use of federal money.” (HT: DailyKos diarist Dem Beans)

    It's like she misses the point that people under 18 aren't supposed to have to rely on themselves to feed themselves.

    Edit - Oh great, ToTP.

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Please note that McKinney went crazy after she lost her primary, and is no longer in Congress. Also, Kucinich is a little kooky, not batshit insane.

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    edited July 2009
    In all seriousness, I have circadian rhythm and depression issues that are aggravated by lack of exposure to natural light. I've found that when my indoor lighting is all fluorescent, those issues get worse. When it's (particular) full-spectrum incandescent, they get better. I did a lot of research on light temperatures and SAD and sleep phase syndromes before finding light bulbs that worked.

    I recognize that I have a niche issue, but I would have rather have seen a tax on incandescents than an outright ban. Or at the very least, a truth-in-labeling law to go with it so light bulb manufacturers can't use phrases "full-spectrum" or "artificial daylight" without evidence to back it up.

    I also think it's a little ironic that the reason incandescent light bulbs are so much worse for the environment is because we still burn fossil fuels for roughly half of our power grid in the US... so what do we do, pass a law that says we have to start phasing in clean power? Nah, just pass a law banning household incandescents. Go go federal government.

    Feral on
    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    BubbaT wrote: »
    Deebaser wrote: »
    RUNN1NGMAN wrote: »
    moniker wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    I've met my share of liberal crazies too, to be fair. And I'm about as liberal hippie as you can get.

    Were any of those people elected to Congress?

    Dennis Kucinich.


    Please. He's not crazy AND he has a ridiculously hot wife.

    Cynthia McKinney - 9/11 truther who also claimed the government executed 50 people and buried them in a Louisiana swamp during Katrina.

    Also, Jim Traficant tried to act crazy in anticipation of an insanity defense similar to Genovese don Vincent "The Chin" Gigante.
    McKinney lost the Dem primary the next cycle after spouting her crazy and only made it back into congress by winning a 5-way clusterfuck primary for Zell Miller's old seat where she was, as I recall, the only former congresscritter in the race.

    Traficant was a theatrically corrupt idiot who, as you'll notice, is no longer in office.

    On the other side of the aisle we've got "Global Warming is a money-grab by environmentalists" Inhofe, "Lets reinstate HUAC" Bachmann, "Please change my diaper mommy" Vitter, etc. All of which look to have fairly easy relection runs.

    OptimusZed on
    We're reading Rifts. You should too. You know you want to. Now With Ninjas!

    They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Cauld wrote: »
    Oh there were hints of crazy before that. She introduced the "Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act" in March 2008... I'm not kidding. Just read her wikipedia page, she's all kinds of crazy. I especially liked the part where her church apparently believes the pope is the antichrist.

    That's a pretty common belief amongst Protestants.

    moniker on
  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited July 2009
    Please note that McKinney went crazy after she lost her primary, and is no longer in Congress. Also, Kucinich is a little kooky, not batshit insane.

    Kucinich is just kinda... quirky. I find him immensely entertaining.

    He's not 100% nuts, but he's definitely crazier than the average bear.

    McKinney is a fucking space cadet... but not being in Congress anymore, I suppose she doesn't count.

    Chanus on
    Allegedly a voice of reason.
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