Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

When trying to understand a bigot, it is best not to analyze too deeply. Buchanan would probably call me "Anglo," despite my pure Italian blood. I've been referred to as such in the past.


That said, I otherwise agree with you. What makes America great is the devotion to meritocracy. We all learn in grade school that "anyone can be President" -- and we are inculcated with the knowledge that the person who ultimately is president will be he or she who is smartest and works the hardest, and that race, religion, sex, patronage, family connections, and inherited wealth will not be factors.

What's America Without Greed And Glamour?
 

Shaved pussies - truly a uniter, not a divider.

You have made me stop Hating America. Thank you. Thank you.

Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

Down in Southern California, the rough categorization shows that Anglo appears to include anyone who isn't Latino. So yes, Sidd, you're now an Anglo, though we know you're-a one spic-y meatball!

Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

Even the Jews?

Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

Jews are the devil. Haven't you ever heard daniel Carver?

Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

Surely. Shalom, brother!

Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

Well, let's not get carried away here.

Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

No. Is he Italian? They killed Jesus, you know..

Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

They control Hollywood, you know.

Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

And they hate the Exclusionary rule.

Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

Don't you mean the exclusionary Rule?

Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

Jews like the fact of rules mostly. It helps them with developing thier guilt.

Anglo Culture = Superior Culture?
 

That's your funniest post yet! Keep up the good work!

just saying
 

Or my name's not Bluto.
 

Wormer, dead!

Niedermeyer, dead!

DeLay, dead!

Or my name's not Bluto.
 

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Zip-A-Dee-A
My oh my, what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine heading my way
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Zip-A-Dee-A

Mister bluebird on my shoulder
It's the truth
It's actual
Everything is satisfactual

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Zip-A-Dee-A
Wonderful feeling
Wonderful day

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Now maybe we can get Cynthia to follow suit!

Maybe we should save this one for Rove?
 

As an alternative, when you're sick of that one:

Ding-dong, the witch is dead!
Which old witch? The Wicked Witch!
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.
Wake up, you sleepyhead,
Rub your eyes, get out of bed,
Wake up the wicked witch is dead!
Going where the goblins go
Below - below - BELOW
Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out!
Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high (sing it low)
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead !

Or my name's not Bluto.
 

Who?

Or my name's not Bluto.
 

I think she's the twit Congresswoman who apparently assaulted a US Capitol Police Officer recently.

Yeah, she should go. Her sins of idiocy sound pretty equivalent to those of DeLay.

Or my name's not Bluto.
 

Oh yeah. Her. I thought he was talking about Cindy Sheehan. I'm sure it's the fault of the liberal media that her sins have not been as widely reported as those of Tom DeLay or even Duke Cuttingham.

But I'm in a good mood today, so I've got no problems not kick her out? She sounds like a real moron.

Though, to be fair, I wasn't too pleased with concert security people when they confiscated my pen the other day. I imagine that the Congressional police are even more of a pain in the ass to deal with than some $5 an hour Clear Channel security guard.

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ummm, no.

only Republicans step down when compromised. Dems make the country fight through impeachment proceedings then all vote to cover each other's backs.

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Did you throw your cell phone at him/her?

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You're right, Hank. DeLay's doing the Right Thing, and is emblematic of today's GOP. Let's see the rundown, from Wonkette:

• Our deepest condolences to Tom DeLay, who ended the portion of his political career that relied on convincing people to vote for him in order to embark on that much more lucrative portion in which he just makes a shitload of money and exercises roughly the same amount of power and influence (depending, of course, on his legal situation — but we don’t think a little jail time will really stop the checks from flowing in for work in defense of Christianity).
  
  Yeah, we’ll miss the old bastard — he knew how to be a majority leader, dammit. It’s about taking the R.J. Reynolds corporate jet to your arraignment and not giving a shit, not being famous for your goddamn tan like some dimestore George Hamilton. It’s about multiple admonishments from the House ethics committee, comparing yourself to Jesus, flashing a shit-eating grin in your mugshot, money-laundering, calling for violent retribution against activist judges, and contacting six federal agencies to trail Texas Democrats! Boehner — you have some mighty big shoes to fill. And Tom — we’ll miss you. We hope you keep up the shamelessness, wherever you end up.
  
  
  Quote:

  Asked if he had done anything illegal or unethical in public office, DeLay replied curtly, “No.” Asked if he’d done anything immoral, he said with a laugh, “We’re all sinners.”

  Oh, we could parse that “we” (Republicans? Congressmen? House Majority Leaders? Texans? Members of the DeLay family?), but we’d rather just accept it in the spirit in which it was offered. Tom, from those of us equally proud of being sinners, we thank you. While you were running things around here we laughed a little, we cried a little, and we learned a lot.

So hug 'em tight, Hank. From now on, we'll only see glimpses of our hero Tom as he goes deep, deep, DEEP undercover when he's not fighting to stay out of prison, and all we'll have to remember him by is the GOP votes of support to keep DeLay in his leadership position even when under indictment.

Gattigap

Or my name's not Bluto.
 

Please. He resigned to avoid the shame of losing the election. If it was a matter of principle (like you suggest), he would have stepped down when indicted.

Or my name's not Bluto.
 

I'm (honestly) not understanding why he isn't serving out his term, unless there is something that is going to come out, or I missed it but there was a petition or something that 80% of the people in his district signed, asking him to step down. He won the R primary (and pretty handily, I think), so it doesn't seem like his constituents think he's THAT bad for the district . . .

Stepping down just seems whiny.

Or my name's not Bluto.
 

I love this:

. . . who happened to walk around the xray machine and then refused to stop when ordered to do so by a security guard.

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Does the governor get to appoint a replacement, or does it create an early special election?

If not, I agree it's bizarre (unless the party told him to leave now, so he's not an issue for the election this fall, which it could be if he's still around)

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deep deep W-A-T-E-R

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His announcement is that he'll be stepping down in a few months. I suspect this has everything to do with keeping the seat Republican, and that there will be some interesting jockeying to fill his spot on the ticket. He's a conniving son of a bitch even in death - got to admire that.

Or my name's not Bluto.
 

I'm sure he planned to step down then, but we all expected a little delay.

ba-dum-bum. Man, I'm so happy even that makes me laugh.

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She's a Member of Congress. You would think that the security guard might recognize her (especially since this sort of thing has happened before, and they Capitol Police have reportedly put her picture up with a note that says "hey, she's a Congresswoman.").

• The altercation took place at a checkpoint building in the Capitol complex. According to accounts by police officers and Congressional officials, Ms. McKinney went around a metal detector, as members of Congress are allowed to do. The police officer reportedly told her to stop, and when she did not he apparently tried to stop her, provoking a physical response from Ms. McKinney.
  
  She has acknowledged that she was not wearing the lapel pin that identifies her as a member of Congress. But she said that the police responsible for protecting lawmakers should recognize them on sight.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/wa...4mckinney.html

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No, but like I said, suspect that the capitol police are more of a pain in the ass than concert security.

Plus, Naomi Campbell throws her cell phone at people all the time, and she hasn't had to resign from anything.

Or my name's not Bluto.
 

At other security checkpoints -airline or courts- "insiders" have to show ID to go around- do Congressmen need to do something similar? I can't imagine a lapel pin is all that identifies them. And whether he should have recognized or not, perhaps she would have been better off introducing herself- then- if he stopped her again- she could get mad.

I mean the point of the security is to protect all of congress. the cops need to error on the side of challenging, don't they?

Or my name's not Bluto.
 

Yes. The governor gets to appoint a replacement. I'm still not sure why he did this a month after the primary unless Tom Campbell was just plain unpalatable to the Republican party.

I suspect that Steve Stockman, a true looney Republican that decided to run in District 22 as an independent because he can't stand Nick Lampson, the Dem who's running there, is also Unacceptable to the Gop.

Oh shit.
 

Hank and I agree.

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What does this have to do with Tom DeLay?

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It doesn't. But the problem with arguning about DeLay is that no one here has ever defended him. Hell, spankster tried to run him out. So if you want to fight about Delay, you'll have to hope Penske comes back with a sock to argue back.

My point is that you guys, in contrast, cannot get your lips around the words "I agree this Democrat was wrong." GGG is the only one of you with any integrity.

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I just don't see how McKinney's actions are significant enough to talk about.

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But you've posted twice now. Can you type the words "I think she was wrong." -see if you can do that, then hit "post reply." this is a sort of test, i just want to see if you can do it.