lolbama! Part 48

This week, That One. Next week, terrorists. Submit for either at lolterizt@gmail.com

Meanwhile, pass ’em around, spread the love, and if you make your own, don’t be shy about dropping a link to your pics in the comments. The more, the merrier.

NOTE TO READERS: Hovering your mouse over the picture activates closed captioning for the l33t-speak/txtmsg impaired.


From Bassguy:

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From Kris:

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From Tex Rushmore:

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My favorites from the submissions using last edition’s uncaptioned picture:

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This week’s uncaptioned picture for you to play with [Hat Tip: Granny Boo]:

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Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

I hadn’t plugged t-shirts in a while, so I was thinking, “Hey, maybe I should plug t-shirts.”

See, the baby is coming soon and we still have to buy the baby baby stuff and baby stuff costs money and I get money anytime you buy an IMAO branded t-shirt. Plus, SarahK says if I don’t get enough money, she’ll beat me, and I am very scared. Pregnancy has made her crazy!

So buy my t-shirts!

You can also put money in my tip jar through Pay Pal (link on left sidebar) if you want. If it helps, imagine I have a gun to your head and a crazy look in my eyes.

Anyway, there is my begging. I don’t beg much, but with a baby coming I guess it’s worth begging. She better be an awesome baby with cool baby powers.

Obama Is Not a Dog

Obama said about powerful interests, “They talk about me like a dog.” I don’t know what’s that supposed to mean. As he said it, he added it wasn’t in his prepared remarks; we know that when Obama prefaces something with, “Let me be clear,” that means a lie is coming, so apparently when he says, “That’s not in my prepared remarks”, that means he’s saying something stupid and meaningless.

Anyway, doesn’t Obama remind you more of a cat? He has this blank expression like he’s not quite comprehending what we’re saying or even paying attention to us. Makes a lot of noise when he wants attention and when he’s done with us acts like we’re not even there. He’s always tearing up valuable things if we’re not keeping a close eye on him. He a complete sociopath. He defecates in a box. The guy is a cat.

So what animal would you compare Obama too? You can’t all pick blobfish.

Obama Rug Quotes

Obama redecorated the Oval Office because he’s a thin, neat person who likes redecorating things — not that there’s anything wrong with that! — but one of the things he changed was to add a new rug with quotes on it. And on that, he mis-attributed a quote to Martin Luther King that was actually from abolitionist Theodore Parker. Not only that, but here are some of the other quotes on the rug:

“What are we going do? What are we going to do? Game over, man! Game over!” -Herbert Hoover

“Good, bad – I’m the guy with the gun.” – Harry Truman

“Get in my belly!” -William Howard Taft

“Are you going to do something or just stand there and bleed?” -Margaret Thatcher

“Relax, don’t do it.” -Calvin Coolidge

“You’re failing! What’s it with you and failure?” -Jimmy Carter’s mom

“One of these days – POW! Straight to the moon!” -John F. Kennedy

“Do or do not; there is no try.” -Confucius

“Why so serious?” -Richard Nixon

“If you can’t do something smart, do something right.” -George W. Bush

“Say hello to my little friend!” -Michael Bloomberg’s Friend

“I get up every morning and piss excellence!” -Ronald Reagan

“You better Czech yourself before you wreck yourself.” -President of the Czech Republic

“You shall not pass!” -Ted Kennedy’s Bar Examiner

“I know Kung Fu.” -Adolph Hitler

“Only the Sith speak in absolutes.” -Mother Teresa

“I don’t nothin’ ’bout birthin’ no babies!” -Margaret Sanger

“I’m getting too old for this @$%&.” -Strom Thurmond

Random Thoughts

Cool. I now have that priority inbox for GMail. More ways to ignore people.

Which do you think would be more dangerous: A tiger or a house cat the size of a tiger?

I think liberals go by the one drop rule when deciding whether a violent extremist is right-wing.

Obama said he was going to improve the jobs situation, but since we were mean and yelled at him now he won’t.

A “Musburger” does not sound very appetizing.

If I were ruler, it would be easy to tell who is a citizen because all citizens would have to wear their citizen hats.

I would wear a ruler hat. Don’t take orders from anyone not wearing a ruler hat.

The plan for BSU is to head back to Arizona. BSU likes playing bowl games in Arizona.

So, how’d that whole “Ask A Congressman” thing go?

One word: Not too good.

Okay, that’s three words. But it describes that whole “Ask A Congressman” thing.

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL/3) held a town hall in Phenix City last week, and I asked you to submit questions for me to ask. Only, he wouldn’t take your questions.

While the crowd wasn’t huge, locals had some questions. So, when it was all done, I asked if he had time for some questions from blog readers. Since most of you live outside his district, he declined to take them, beginning to say that his town hall was for the 3rd district. He was polite, but that’s what the answer was. Almost. He didn’t get through it, because someone else interrupted him mid-sentence to shake his hand. So, I didn’t get to remind him that … I live in the 3rd district!

He was up against a timeline, having a scheduled meeting with county officials across town.

His press secretary asked me to send the questions her way. However, there hasn’t been a response.

But, that doesn’t mean he didn’t answer some of the questions. Sort of.

Let’s ignore the silly questions for a minute — Mike Rogers isn’t Thaddeus McCotter and IMAO isn’t Red Eye, after all — and focus on serious questions.

Some asked, about repealing Obamacare. As it turns out, in his remarks, Rep. Rogers did address that. He said the new GOP Congress will try, but he thinks the effort will fail:

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Let’s assume best case scenario, both houses flip. “You’re gonna repeal all this stuff that’s been done in the last two years?”

Well, we’re gonna try, but it, everybody in this room knows that, let’s say, for example, that we put a bill on the floor to repeal the health care reform bill, and we pass it through both chambers. Do you think the president’s gonna sign that new law? No, he’s gonna veto it.

Well, the fact is it takes a two-thirds vote to override a veto. So I want people to have realistic expectations about what can be done, uh, over the next two years.

Best thing is we can stop, we can put the brakes on the spending, because the Congress controls the budget. That’s the best thing that can happen.

There were questions about spending, which he also addressed in those same remarks. Remember that whole “we can put the brakes on the spending” comment?

So, while he didn’t answer questions — heck, he didn’t even let me ask them — he did address the top two topics asked on the blog or sent to me in email.

No, I’m not happy he didn’t take the questions. But, seriously, would you take questions from you? I didn’t think so.

And, despite my displeasure, it’s not like I’m gonna campaign or vote for the guy who’s running against him. I don’t even know who that guy is. I think it’s a guy. Doesn’t matter.

I’m voting for Rogers in November. Again. I voted for him in 2008. And 2006. And 2004. And 2002 (when he first ran for Congress).

Capitalist Propaganda: “Milton Friedman Puts A Young Michael Moore In His Place”

From circa 1977, economist Milton Friedman eats a snot-nosed young liberal for breakfast in “Milton Friedman Puts A Young Michael Moore In His Place” [via Fox Nation]:


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Now… is that REALLY Michael Moore, or is the guy who uploaded the video just using “Michael Moore” as a generic epithet meaning ANY snot-nosed young liberal?

I don’t know, Google is decidedly unhelpful, and it really doesn’t matter. The important thing is that you get to watch a scrumptiously epic intellectual beat-down.

UPDATE: I Own the World makes a convincing case that it’s not actually Michael Moore.

Make a Funny, Win a Tripod

Geez, I gotta check my e-mail more often. Sorry about the late notice.

Brian of Snapped Shot and EvilFeed is giving away a tripod to the commenter who can make him laugh hardest.

The kind folks at National Geographic and Energizer are looking to give away this fantastic tripod to one lucky winner—And we here at Snapped Shot get to pick who that’s going to be. I’d pick one of you at random, but that wouldn’t be fair. So here’s what we’re going to do:

Click on down in the Comments field below, and leave me a funny comment. It could be a story, it could be a joke, I don’t really care what it is—But you’ve got until next Monday, the 6th of September, to make me laugh. The reader who does that wins the shiny new tripod above, thanks to the kindness of National Geographic and Energizer!

Leave teh funneh over at Brian’s place, and be quick about it!

Award!

Brian of I Salute You has honored IMAO with the “This Site Is Approved By Official Iranian Salute Guy” Award.

Another corrupt regime genuflects before the might of IMAO!

Still waiting for a bow from Obama, but that’s probably just a matter of time.


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Clarification

In a comment thread regarding the Ground Zero mosque, Fishboy feigns ignorance:

I’m still bemused – no-one seems to be able to say *why* it’s poor taste.

Fishboy – let me take a stab at this:

They’re building a Muslim house of worship at a site where innocent Americans were killed by Muslim terrorists.

If 9/11 were the work of Irish terrorists, building an Irish pub there would be in poor taste for the same reason.

IMAO Podcast Reruns (8-22-05)

Episode 13, from 8-22-05 is now available.

NOTE: Each podcast is self-contained, so you won’t be lost if you haven’t listened to them all, or in order. Jump in anytime.

* IMAO’s College (Part 1)
* Introduction & sponsors
* IMAO’s College (Part 2)
* Right Wing Duck’s College Class
* “World of Knowledge” w/ host Frank J: Stupidity
* Harvey: Fun Facts About Illinois Part 1
* Safe Partying Tips
* Harvey: Fun Facts About Illinois Part 2
* Spacemonkey’s College Class
* SarahK: She Blonded Me with Science
* Frank J’s College Class
* SarahK’s College Class
* Laurence Simon’s Crappy Bedtime Stories: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
* Harvey’s College Class
* SarahK reviews “Arrested Development”
* IMAO’s College (Part 3)
* Conclusion

DISCLAIMER: I offer no guarantees as to the quality of the audio or of the material. Listen at your own risk.

Enjoy the show.

Gloating Preparations

We could still end up disappointed in November, but it’s reached the point we should all make some gloating preparations or otherwise we could end up with a huge conservative wave and not be able to sufficiently gloat. Here’s what I’m getting together:

* Giant inflatable purple gorilla

* Bullhorn

* American flag

* Stick to poke liberals with

* Disco ball

* Loud country music

* Dancing shoes

* Accounts on various left-wing sites so I can inquire with them on their opinion of the apples that they have now received

* Elephant rental to ride around town on

* Effigy of Nancy Pelosi to fire out of cannon

* Cannon

So what preparations are you making for your November gloating?

Don’t Try and Use Kos’s Book to Bring Down Goldberg’s

So even liberals are panning Kos’s book American Taliban. From its title, it’s kinda obvious it’s just aimed at dumb liberals who like to scream and shake their fists, i.e., the Daily Kos audience.

What I find interesting is how many of the liberals compare Kos’s book to Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism (which Kos even made a sort of comparison with by his odd choice of a smiley face Taliban cover). You would think this is a way of denigrating Kos’s book by comparing it to a hated conservative book, but my guess is the goal is more to try and belittle Goldberg’s book by falsely saying it’s like Kos’s.

Apparently, Liberal Fascism really stung liberals since they’re still whining about it, but it wasn’t some idiotic diatribe like American Taliban saying all liberals are evil or something. Liberals want to believe it was that so they can easily dismiss it (What? Liberals misrepresenting something so they can be dismissive of it? When has that ever happened?), but it makes a simple point that most Americans find pretty obvious: A lot of liberals’ nanny state principles lay in some bad fascistic impulses. People don’t pass laws on their equals forcing them to buy health insurance or not letting them have trans fats; these are laws for lesser people liberals feel they need to rule for their own good. This doesn’t mean anyone is getting rounded up into camps, but it’s a bad instinct to start from that leads to bad policy.

Again, this smiley face fascism is as obvious to most Americans as that the media is severely left-titled, and similarly the left like to act like the charge is crazy when all that does is make them look dense. They can pretend that Goldberg’s book is an infantile scream like Kos’s, but all they end up doing is uselessly whining next to that goober.

Oh, I just noticed that Goldberg responded to most of this already, probably making my post redundant. Whatever; I’m sure I’m still smarter.

Frank Responds to Spam Comments

I’ve noticed the spam has been getting smarter as not all of it is broken English. In fact, my post on Stephen Hawking yesterday caused a great amount of spam commenting on just that issue, a lot of which actually was indistinguishable from actual comments (spam does not like Stephen Hawkins) except for the links included with them. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if some spam got through on that one. Also, one porn site kept posting Ground Zero mosque opinions to different posts ranging from “We have to respect their First Amendment rights” to “Let’s wait for them to build it and blow it up with them inside”, I guess hoping I’d cotton to one of those opinions (for the record, I’m not for blowing up mosques — unless they’re in a foreign country we’re bombing).

Anyway, here is the bounty of spam comments the Great Landlord has once again blessed us with:

I can see that you are an expert at your field! I am launching a website soon, and your information will be very useful for me.. Thanks for all your help and wishing you all the success.

Thank you. I work hard to be the smartest guy in the corn field. Seriously, though, I’d love to see a site launched that was based on nothing but the information one learned from IMAO.

This is a good blog. Keep up all the work. I too love to blog. This is great everyone sharing opinions 😀

Yeah, I like that we now have these blogs to share opinions with instead of the previous way of shouting at people on the street. Now I rarely get carted away by the police — even when I use all caps!

I 100 % am loving this internet site!!! totally gonna must placed this on my bookmarks.

You still keep track of blogs through bookmarks? Are you a caveman?

Well it’s great to see that you’re using proper grammar.

Now you’re just mocking me.

Great Harry Potter page. I am a big fan! Do you have a mailing list I could join?

A mailing list? Seriously, is this spam from like ten years ago? How about every time I make a new post, I call you up with my rotary phone.

Contrary to what other people are saying I think your blog could genuinely use some work. I cannot even work out how you can subscribe to your RSS.

Finally, some critical spam. Too much spam is of the form “What an awesome blog! I’m bookmarking it now!” It’s nice to have some spam here and there to tell me like it is.

Uhh are you making this up? This post is some f-ed up sh*t kid. Ive met braindead chimpanzees who were smarter than you.

Okay, now that’s a little too far.

Do you might have any references for what you wrote here?

I mainly just copy whatever Ace of Spades or Allahpundit says; I assume they read something somewhere. Go ask them.

I cant believe there are so many spam comments here like “great post!”, etc. This blog sucks.

Now that’s meta.