Comments for Grumpasaurus.com http://grumpasaurus.com Bringing happiness and joy to the masses. Sunshine, anyone? Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Hey, Remember When Republicans Cared About Extramarital Sex? by Grumpasaurus.com » That Wardrobe Budget was Necessary http://grumpasaurus.com/2008/09/27/hey-remember-when-republicans-cared-about-extramarital-sex/comment-page-1/#comment-50679 Grumpasaurus.com » That Wardrobe Budget was Necessary Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:39:16 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/?p=659#comment-50679 [...] you’re having an affair on your yacht with a model (and given that flag-draped picture and Palin’s known indiscretions, she might have been), there’s no way that look plays in the Halls of [...] [...] you’re having an affair on your yacht with a model (and given that flag-draped picture and Palin’s known indiscretions, she might have been), there’s no way that look plays in the Halls of [...]

]]> Comment on You’re so busted, racist by Grumpasaurus.com » Hey, it’s that busted racist again http://grumpasaurus.com/2008/10/13/youre-so-busted-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-50501 Grumpasaurus.com » Hey, it’s that busted racist again Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:27:06 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/?p=691#comment-50501 [...] Remember him? He makes a cameo here among the rage filled hatemonkeys [...] [...] Remember him? He makes a cameo here among the rage filled hatemonkeys [...]

]]> Comment on The Decline Phase by Grumpasaurus.com » Sunset on the Empire http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/09/11/the-decline-phase/comment-page-1/#comment-19154 Grumpasaurus.com » Sunset on the Empire Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:40:11 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/09/11/the-decline-phase/#comment-19154 [...] been talking about the decline and fall of the American empire forever (or close thereto. No, really), but it appears that the New America Foundation realizes [...] [...] been talking about the decline and fall of the American empire forever (or close thereto. No, really), but it appears that the New America Foundation realizes [...]

]]> Comment on Those Crazy Shredders by Grumpasaurus.com » Travesty of Justice http://grumpasaurus.com/2008/01/21/those-crazy-shredders/comment-page-1/#comment-19038 Grumpasaurus.com » Travesty of Justice Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:31:05 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2008/01/21/those-crazy-shredders/#comment-19038 [...] 2. The tapes of Padilla’s interrogations have, naturally, vanished and could not be produced at his trial. Convenient, no? [...] [...] 2. The tapes of Padilla’s interrogations have, naturally, vanished and could not be produced at his trial. Convenient, no? [...]

]]> Comment on We could all be Jose Padilla by Grumpasaurus.com » Travesty of Justice http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/12/04/we-could-all-be-jose-padilla/comment-page-1/#comment-19034 Grumpasaurus.com » Travesty of Justice Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:04:11 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/12/04/we-could-all-be-jose-padilla/#comment-19034 [...] Padilla, an American citizen, was taken on U.S. soil (with Ashcroft holding a press conference to announce the grab of the dirty bomber), held without charges for 3.5 years,1 in solitary confinement, denied access to an attorney, and tortured.2 I’ve mentioned this before. [...] [...] Padilla, an American citizen, was taken on U.S. soil (with Ashcroft holding a press conference to announce the grab of the dirty bomber), held without charges for 3.5 years,1 in solitary confinement, denied access to an attorney, and tortured.2 I’ve mentioned this before. [...]

]]> Comment on Fire up the Shredders! by Grumpasaurus.com » Those Crazy Shredders http://grumpasaurus.com/2008/01/17/fire-up-the-shredders/comment-page-1/#comment-18973 Grumpasaurus.com » Those Crazy Shredders Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:46:00 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2008/01/17/fire-up-the-shredders/#comment-18973 [...] what a coincidence! It just so happens that the missing emails (related deletions discussed previously) from the records the White House turned over to Congress aren’t complete. Golly gee [...] [...] what a coincidence! It just so happens that the missing emails (related deletions discussed previously) from the records the White House turned over to Congress aren’t complete. Golly gee [...]

]]> Comment on That’s got to sting a little by CMoore.com » Things I learned while watching football http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/11/08/thats-got-to-sting-a-little/comment-page-1/#comment-18934 CMoore.com » Things I learned while watching football Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:56:39 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/11/08/thats-got-to-sting-a-little/#comment-18934 [...] The Sports Guy is right - “This is Ouuuur Couuuuuuntryyyyy” song is the worst thing I’ve heard since Jesus take the Wheel. [...] [...] The Sports Guy is right - “This is Ouuuur Couuuuuuntryyyyy” song is the worst thing I’ve heard since Jesus take the Wheel. [...]

]]> Comment on Obama Hearts Reagan by Grumpasaurus.com » Whoaaaah-bama http://grumpasaurus.com/2008/01/17/obama-hearts-reagan/comment-page-1/#comment-18875 Grumpasaurus.com » Whoaaaah-bama Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:00:14 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2008/01/17/obama-hearts-reagan/#comment-18875 [...] (this is from the back end of the talk we discussed earlier) [...] [...] (this is from the back end of the talk we discussed earlier) [...]

]]> Comment on Further Thoughts on Iowa by ghostfinger http://grumpasaurus.com/2008/01/03/further-thoughts-on-iowa/comment-page-1/#comment-17207 ghostfinger Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:25:33 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2008/01/03/further-thoughts-on-iowa/#comment-17207 Brilliant parody along the lines of Malkin et al . Brilliant parody along the lines of Malkin et al .

]]> Comment on Alright, Barack by Grumpasaurus.com » Further Thoughts on Iowa http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/01/20/alright-barack/comment-page-1/#comment-17141 Grumpasaurus.com » Further Thoughts on Iowa Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:39:07 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/01/20/alright-barack/#comment-17141 [...] already covered. He’s still black, which hurts in the general election and he’s still running a [...] [...] already covered. He’s still black, which hurts in the general election and he’s still running a [...]

]]> Comment on Inflated “Suggested” Gratuity Amounts on Receipts by Independent Street : Suggested Gratuity: Good Business, Or Insult? http://grumpasaurus.com/my-grumps/inflated-suggested-gratuity-amounts-on-receipts/comment-page-1/#comment-17094 Independent Street : Suggested Gratuity: Good Business, Or Insult? Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:05:00 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/my-grumps/inflated-suggested-gratuity-amounts-on-receipts/#comment-17094 [...] quick Google this morning showed others agree. Grumpasaurus.com bemoaned the practice. “Handy yet annoying” is how an Aussie named Mike blogging on his [...] [...] quick Google this morning showed others agree. Grumpasaurus.com bemoaned the practice. “Handy yet annoying” is how an Aussie named Mike blogging on his [...]

]]> Comment on Alright, Barack by Grumpasaurus.com » Dem primaries - who cares what I think edition http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/01/20/alright-barack/comment-page-1/#comment-17040 Grumpasaurus.com » Dem primaries - who cares what I think edition Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:33:39 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/01/20/alright-barack/#comment-17040 [...] Clause (you know, the separation of Church and State thing), but this past week’s pandering to bigoted homophobes in a pathetic Mistah Souljah attempt combined with his almost Lieberman-esque [...] [...] Clause (you know, the separation of Church and State thing), but this past week’s pandering to bigoted homophobes in a pathetic Mistah Souljah attempt combined with his almost Lieberman-esque [...]

]]> Comment on Alright, Barack by CMoore.com » Dem primaries - getcher Dodd on http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/01/20/alright-barack/comment-page-1/#comment-12807 CMoore.com » Dem primaries - getcher Dodd on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:44:05 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/01/20/alright-barack/#comment-12807 [...] Clause (you know, the separation of Church and State thing), but this past week’s pandering to bigoted homophobes in a pathetic Mistah Souljah attempt combined with his almost Lieberman-esque [...] [...] Clause (you know, the separation of Church and State thing), but this past week’s pandering to bigoted homophobes in a pathetic Mistah Souljah attempt combined with his almost Lieberman-esque [...]

]]> Comment on Battlestar by Grumpy http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/10/12/battlestar/comment-page-1/#comment-1663 Grumpy Sat, 19 May 2007 04:42:31 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/10/12/battlestar/#comment-1663 Yeah, sorry about that - comment moderation. I still haven't seen the second or third seasons (the season 2 and 2.5 are, like, somewhere near the 70's on my Netflix queue) though, so NO SPOILERS or I will have to do to you what I did to the televisionwithoutpity fuckers who spoiled the Sopranos season 6 for me ... which is nothing, but I will glare menacingly at the monitor. I've actually been going through the Stargate SG-1 series more rapidly than BG, and who appears somewhere in season 4 or 5? Why, none other than Linda "Boomer" Park! Still smoking hot... still can't act worth a damn. Yeah, sorry about that - comment moderation.

I still haven’t seen the second or third seasons (the season 2 and 2.5 are, like, somewhere near the 70’s on my Netflix queue) though, so NO SPOILERS or I will have to do to you what I did to the televisionwithoutpity fuckers who spoiled the Sopranos season 6 for me … which is nothing, but I will glare menacingly at the monitor.

I’ve actually been going through the Stargate SG-1 series more rapidly than BG, and who appears somewhere in season 4 or 5? Why, none other than Linda “Boomer” Park! Still smoking hot… still can’t act worth a damn.

]]> Comment on Battlestar by thehidden http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/10/12/battlestar/comment-page-1/#comment-1592 thehidden Thu, 17 May 2007 00:12:50 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/10/12/battlestar/#comment-1592 Um, I left a reply but its not showing up? Um, I left a reply but its not showing up?

]]> Comment on Battlestar by thehidden http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/10/12/battlestar/comment-page-1/#comment-1591 thehidden Thu, 17 May 2007 00:10:22 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/10/12/battlestar/#comment-1591 Its a shame really, this series is not shit, unlike All, every single one, of the star trek pieces of shit. The reason appears to be the british Sky One influence/contribution. The original series of BG was embarassingly shit, almost as bad as the flying saucers 'v' series (shudders). This re-imagining is actually kinda cool, the Cylons are really strange and interesting. I like the clever bits of writing where they Cylons' inner minds get exposed and their behaviour is teenage and petulant - _almost_ human emotions as my partner puts it. That's cute, that's actual Science Fiction, whereas the series as a whole is just Space Opera (but hey I love a well executed Space Opera - Firefly is probably the best one ever made, back before Jos Whedon started really hitting the cocaine). But. Yes some of the acting is bad, but its american so what do you expect. No I don't give a flying fuck about any of the characters' lives, I just want to see wierd SF interactions with Cylons and lots of battles. This series would be UNWATCHABLE on TV, so I've been hiring the DVD's (YES HIRING NOT TORRENTING DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT!!??) and fast-forwarding through the crap. 'Litmus' ended up being about 40 sec long and my god I'm glad I didn't hit it on TV. So, I'm intrigued, just wondering where they are going to go with it. I've got a lot of catching up to do, I'm still only in Season 1 of the 3, but I'm getting there quick. But the 'god' crap. Yes, what the FUCK is that all about?? My own theory: The Cylons are controlled by a huge AI that has gone completely insane, and now believes it is god. That fits. Btw love a page that complains, there need to be more of then. And I'm so fucking sick of PC blogs, they can all go fuck themselves. Keep up the good work! Its a shame really, this series is not shit, unlike All, every single one, of the star trek pieces of shit.

The reason appears to be the british Sky One influence/contribution.

The original series of BG was embarassingly shit, almost as bad as the flying saucers ‘v’ series (shudders).

This re-imagining is actually kinda cool, the Cylons are really strange and interesting. I like the clever bits of writing where they Cylons’ inner minds get exposed and their behaviour is teenage and petulant - _almost_ human emotions as my partner puts it. That’s cute, that’s actual Science Fiction, whereas the series as a whole is just Space Opera (but hey I love a well executed Space Opera - Firefly is probably the best one ever made, back before Jos Whedon started really hitting the cocaine).

But. Yes some of the acting is bad, but its american so what do you expect. No I don’t give a flying fuck about any of the characters’ lives, I just want to see wierd SF interactions with Cylons and lots of battles. This series would be UNWATCHABLE on TV, so I’ve been hiring the DVD’s (YES HIRING NOT TORRENTING DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT!!??) and fast-forwarding through the crap. ‘Litmus’ ended up being about 40 sec long and my god I’m glad I didn’t hit it on TV.

So, I’m intrigued, just wondering where they are going to go with it. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do, I’m still only in Season 1 of the 3, but I’m getting there quick.

But the ‘god’ crap. Yes, what the FUCK is that all about?? My own theory: The Cylons are controlled by a huge AI that has gone completely insane, and now believes it is god. That fits.

Btw love a page that complains, there need to be more of then. And I’m so fucking sick of PC blogs, they can all go fuck themselves. Keep up the good work!

]]> Comment on The Bank by chartoo http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/04/20/the-bank/comment-page-1/#comment-1548 chartoo Tue, 15 May 2007 16:39:29 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/04/20/the-bank/#comment-1548 <blockquote>Sounding more like a cast member of the Sopranos than an international leader, in testimony by one key witness Mr Wolfowitz declares: "If they fuck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to fuck them too."</blockquote> http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2079878,00.html Class guy, not!

Sounding more like a cast member of the Sopranos than an international leader, in testimony by one key witness Mr Wolfowitz declares: “If they fuck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to fuck them too.”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2079878,00.html

Class guy, not!

]]> Comment on Get on the phone. Now. by chartoo http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/01/31/get-on-the-phone-now/comment-page-1/#comment-403 chartoo Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:57:20 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/01/31/get-on-the-phone-now/#comment-403 <a href="http://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=1896" rel="nofollow">Military-Economic Fascism: How Business Corrupts Government, and Vice Versa </a> <i>The business of buying weapons that takes place in the Pentagon is a corrupt business―ethically and morally corrupt from top to bottom. The process is dominated by advocacy, with few, if any, checks and balances. Most people in power like this system of doing business and do not want it changed. —Colonel James G. Burton Moreover, military-economic fascism, by empowering and enriching wealthy, intelligent, and influential members of the public, removes them from the ranks of potential opponents and resisters of the state and thereby helps to perpetuate the state’s existence and its intrinsic class exploitation of people outside the state. Thus, military-economic fascism simultaneously strengthens the state and weakens civil society, even as it creates the illusion of a vibrant private sector patriotically engaged in supplying goods and services to the heroic military establishment (the Boeing Company’s slickly produced television ads, among others, splendidly illustrate this propagandistically encouraged illusion) Can Anything Be Done? The short answer is “probably not.” The MICC* is deeply entrenched in the U.S. political economy, which itself has been moving steadily closer to complete economic fascism for more than a century (Higgs 1987, 2007). Decades of studies, investigations, blue ribbon commission reports, congressional hearings and staff studies, and news media exposés detailing its workings from A to Z have scarcely dented it (Higgs 2004). For the most part, the official scrutiny is just for show, whereas the unofficial scrutiny is easily dismissed as the work of outsiders who don’t know what they are talking about, not to mention that they are “America haters.” </i> * military-industrial-congressional complex (MICC) <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3799314405910661612" rel="nofollow">The Secret Government</a> . Military-Economic Fascism: How Business Corrupts Government, and Vice Versa
The business of buying weapons that takes place in the Pentagon is a corrupt business―ethically and morally corrupt from top to bottom. The process is dominated by advocacy, with few, if any, checks and balances. Most people in power like this system of doing business and do not want it changed.
—Colonel James G. Burton

Moreover, military-economic fascism, by empowering and enriching wealthy, intelligent, and influential members of the public, removes them from the ranks of potential opponents and resisters of the state and thereby helps to perpetuate the state’s existence and its intrinsic class exploitation of people outside the state. Thus, military-economic fascism simultaneously strengthens the state and weakens civil society, even as it creates the illusion of a vibrant private sector patriotically engaged in supplying goods and services to the heroic military establishment (the Boeing Company’s slickly produced television ads, among others, splendidly illustrate this propagandistically encouraged illusion)

Can Anything Be Done?

The short answer is “probably not.” The MICC* is deeply entrenched in the U.S. political economy, which itself has been moving steadily closer to complete economic fascism for more than a century (Higgs 1987, 2007). Decades of studies, investigations, blue ribbon commission reports, congressional hearings and staff studies, and news media exposés detailing its workings from A to Z have scarcely dented it (Higgs 2004). For the most part, the official scrutiny is just for show, whereas the unofficial scrutiny is easily dismissed as the work of outsiders who don’t know what they are talking about, not to mention that they are “America haters.”

* military-industrial-congressional complex (MICC)

The Secret Government
.

]]> Comment on Frogs… the water is starting to bubble by Gun Toting Liberal ™ » Blog Archive » Our United States Military and C.I.A. is Spying on Americans http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/01/13/frogs-the-water-is-starting-to-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Gun Toting Liberal ™ » Blog Archive » Our United States Military and C.I.A. is Spying on Americans Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:46:33 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2007/01/13/frogs-the-water-is-starting-to-bubble/#comment-331 [...] Grumpasaurus [...] [...] Grumpasaurus [...]

]]> Comment on Wingnuttia - apparently, their America is not my America by chartoo http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/11/30/wingnuttia-apparently-their-america-is-not-my-america/comment-page-1/#comment-250 chartoo Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:43:04 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/11/30/wingnuttia-apparently-their-america-is-not-my-america/#comment-250 * Funny how they don't make a big deal that Dennis Hastert was sworn in as speaker of the house with his hand on the rostrum! <img> http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/hastertoath.jpg</img> Welcome to bigots are US! *

Funny how they don’t make a big deal that Dennis Hastert was sworn in as speaker of the house with his hand on the rostrum!

http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/hastertoath.jpg

Welcome to bigots are US!

]]> Comment on Don’t say I didn’t warn you by Grumpasaurus.com » OMFG. They made a video http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/10/17/dont-say-i-didnt-warn-you/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Grumpasaurus.com » OMFG. They made a video Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:58:12 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/10/17/dont-say-i-didnt-warn-you/#comment-249 [...] Remember when I linked to the worst vanity cover song in the history of ever? Well, they made a video: [...] [...] Remember when I linked to the worst vanity cover song in the history of ever? Well, they made a video: [...]

]]> Comment on America, land of the … by Grumpasaurus.com » The janitors win! http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/11/19/america-land-of-the/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Grumpasaurus.com » The janitors win! Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:34:37 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/11/19/america-land-of-the/#comment-228 [...] As an update to a previous post, the Houston janitors who were striking for better pay and benefits and who were attacked by the police… won! City-wide union contract will more than double income for more than 5,300 janitors and families, latest victory in national fight for good jobs with health care [...] [...] As an update to a previous post, the Houston janitors who were striking for better pay and benefits and who were attacked by the police… won! City-wide union contract will more than double income for more than 5,300 janitors and families, latest victory in national fight for good jobs with health care [...]

]]> Comment on Shameless inhumanity by Grumpasaurus.com » So much for OJ’s big payday http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/11/15/shameless-inhumanity/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Grumpasaurus.com » So much for OJ’s big payday Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:35:31 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/11/15/shameless-inhumanity/#comment-205 [...] It’s still not going to stop me from running my picture again, though. [...] [...] It’s still not going to stop me from running my picture again, though. [...]

]]> Comment on No Obamarama, Please by Grumpasaurus.com » More from the Obama files http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/10/16/no-obamarama-please/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Grumpasaurus.com » More from the Obama files Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:15:58 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/10/16/no-obamarama-please/#comment-204 [...] Decisive action is always 6 months away for these people. Less talking, more doing please. Until you’re coming with a solution and action rather than words, go away. Again. [...] [...] Decisive action is always 6 months away for these people. Less talking, more doing please. Until you’re coming with a solution and action rather than words, go away. Again. [...]

]]> Comment on I’ll take that bet by Grumpasaurus.com » There is no God http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/11/16/ill-take-that-bet/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Grumpasaurus.com » There is no God Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:02:25 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/11/16/ill-take-that-bet/#comment-191 [...] As an update to a previous post, it is now conclusively proven that there is no God. Republicans Friday chose Rep. John Boehner as minority leader, succeeding Speaker Dennis Hastert in the top GOP leadership post for the Democratic-controlled House that convenes in January. [...] [...] As an update to a previous post, it is now conclusively proven that there is no God. Republicans Friday chose Rep. John Boehner as minority leader, succeeding Speaker Dennis Hastert in the top GOP leadership post for the Democratic-controlled House that convenes in January. [...]

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