YellowLinesandArmadillos Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 http://images.politico.com/global/090915_cartoon_600.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 http://images.politico.com/global/090915_cartoon_600.jpg Pretty good. Of course you could have the guy wearing an Obama button instead of the hat and switch the balloons and it would be equally apropos. Plenty of hypocrisy to go around these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjamie12 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Pretty good. Of course you could have the guy wearing an Obama button instead of the hat and switch the balloons and it would be equally apropos. Plenty of hypocrisy to go around these days. Very true. I wonder if the guy who drew the cartoon gets that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 http://images.politico.com/global/090915_cartoon_600.jpg If Bill Maher had any talent, this looks like something he'd draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Very true. I wonder if the guy who drew the cartoon gets that? I'd say the odds of that are about the same as the odds of the Bills closing out a win on MNF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralonzo Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3447/391766..._90cdf838f6.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Frenkle Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3447/391766..._90cdf838f6.jpg This misplaced George Orwell reference was brought to you by the party who gave us the Patriot Act. Had we not fought to break ties with England during the American Revolution, Joe Wilson's act would just be standard Parliamentary procedure. Yet the rednecks and low information voters consider him to be a patriot. It's the equivalent of a student getting rewarded for being disruptive in class. Palin/Wilson 2012! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 This misplaced George Orwell reference was brought to you by the party who gave us the Patriot Act. You mean the Patriot Act that got a total of 455 'Yea' votes in Congress, including the current VPOTUS, Secretary of State and Speaker of the House? Which party was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Frenkle Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 You mean the Patriot Act that got a total of 455 'Yea' votes in Congress, including the current VPOTUS and Secretary of State? Which party was that? Yes, that same one, but Dems are all about the government running things, right? It would have been nice if the then-empowered "party of small government" had not sought to use circumstance force so much government down our throats. Anyone propping up Joe Wilson for his unprecedented lack of restraint and respect for the office of POTUS is a jackass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Lieutenant Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3447/391766..._90cdf838f6.jpg Pssst-George Orwell was a socialist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Frenkle Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Pssst-George Orwell was a socialist. Let's not bombard him with too much information at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Pssst-George Orwell was a socialist. At one point in his life. Later, when he grew up, he disassociated himself from socialism. NEXT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Frenkle Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 At one point in his life. Later, when he grew up, he disassociated himself from socialism. NEXT! It's kind of like a serial killer who repents, confesses his sins and gets rewarded with a one-way ticket to heaven. It's as if he never even strangled all those strippers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Lieutenant Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 At one point in his life. Later, when he grew up, he disassociated himself from socialism. NEXT! Wrong. He disassociated himself with Stalinism, not socialism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Wrong. He disassociated himself with Stalinism, not socialism. Hush your written tongue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 This misplaced George Orwell reference was brought to you by the party who gave us the Patriot Act. Misplaced? I wouldn't even give it that much credit. Nothing more than a weak attempt at an ex post facto justification of impulsive behavior. I don't mind Wilson's outburst (in fact, I wish Congress were more parlimentary. It would make CSpan worth watching. Hell, screw term limits, bring back duelling), but anyone who thinks it was a heroic act of defiance is delusional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Wrong. He disassociated himself with Stalinism, not socialism. Technically...still wrong. Because he never associated himself with Stalinism to begin with, so he could hardly disassociate himself from it. Orwell was a Democratic Socialist (in one sense or another) all his life...but he was largely anti-revolutionary and anti-totalitarian all his life. Which was the central theme of both Animal Farm and 1984. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Frenkle Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Misplaced? I wouldn't even give it that much credit. Nothing more than a weak attempt at an ex post facto justification of impulsive behavior. I don't mind Wilson's outburst (in fact, I wish Congress were more parlimentary. It would make CSpan worth watching. Hell, screw term limits, bring back duelling), but anyone who thinks it was a heroic act of defiance is delusional. It's incredibly mindless. Anything as a rallying point, no matter how inappropriate. I'll disagree with the 'more parliamentary' sentiment though. This country is bipolar enough without the additional mindless rhetoric that would likely spread from that kind of debate. I always thought Tony Blair looked like such a little B word when watching video of Parliamentary debates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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