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The GOP’s golden calf

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  • RainmanR Offline
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    Rainman
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    #33

    You must admit, that without left-wing nuttery and right-wing nuttery, the centrists couldn't handle carrying either torch and our lives would be all the more boring. And "reporters" could save hundreds of hours of writing nonsense.

    I liked the Nazi's boots. The ones that come up almost to the knee, and are polished like a high priced tier 1 polyester.

    That was one of only a couple of things my dad was able to bring over to the U.S. from his years in the Wehrmacht. I think he wore the boots under his pants both in Germany in the DP camps, and on the ship.

    When I was in Jr. High and in a rock band, and even into high school where we were playing gigs every weekend, I wore those boots. The souls were so worn out I had to use nails to keep it together. But everyone thought they were way cool, and were certainly a catalyst for lame jokes of every politically incorrect persuasion.

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    • MikM Offline
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      #34

      This cartoon struck me as appropriate.

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      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • George KG George K

        @aqua-letifer said in The GOP’s golden calf:

        They're far, far older than the Third Reich assholes who used them for their terrible propaganda.

        You're, of course, right. But try explaining that to someone who puts a swastika on his sleeve.

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        xenon
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        #35

        @george-k said in The GOP’s golden calf:

        @aqua-letifer said in The GOP’s golden calf:

        They're far, far older than the Third Reich assholes who used them for their terrible propaganda.

        You're, of course, right. But try explaining that to someone who puts a swastika on his sleeve.

        Sisters and female cousins tie a decorated string on your wrist for a particular annual Indian holiday. I remember one year, maybe I was 10 or 12 - one of the strings had a swastika on it.

        Edit: it was more subtle than this. Still, example:

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          taiwan_girl
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          #36

          (Almost) every temple in Taiwan (and rest of north Asia) will have many swastikas on them.

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          • jon-nycJ Offline
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            #37

            I remember seeing swastikas on the B’hai temple in Evanston near George.

            You were warned.

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            • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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              Doctor Phibes
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              #38

              A swastika's nowhere near as embarrassing as that statue.

              Jesus, what is wrong with you people?

              I was only joking

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              • RenaudaR Offline
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                Renauda
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                #39

                I agree that statue is just too much.

                Beyond tacky.

                Elbows up!

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                • Catseye3C Offline
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                  #40

                  It's crap.

                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                  • MikM Offline
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                    #41

                    It is unclear what the intent was in such a ridiculous piece.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • MikM Mik

                      It is unclear what the intent was in such a ridiculous piece.

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                      Doctor Phibes
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                      #42

                      @mik said in The GOP’s golden calf:

                      It is unclear what the intent was in such a ridiculous piece.

                      It sounds like the guy's trying to sell it. $100K and it's yours, to do with as you will!

                      Maybe one of his sons will buy it.

                      I was only joking

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                      • MikM Mik

                        @horace said in The GOP’s golden calf:

                        @mik said in The GOP’s golden calf:

                        You are of course correct, Horace. The problem is that any attempt at reason would simply be met with a tirade of nutzi indignation from he and his friends. There's just no point.

                        It's anecdotes like this that make me believe that left wing nuttery is way more prevalent than right wing nuttery. I hear about right wing nuttery from twitter reports by jon, little elsewhere. I live with, and hear personal accounts of, left wing nuttery.

                        I see both regularly. Don't like it from either side.

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                        @mik said in The GOP’s golden calf:

                        @horace said in The GOP’s golden calf:

                        @mik said in The GOP’s golden calf:

                        You are of course correct, Horace. The problem is that any attempt at reason would simply be met with a tirade of nutzi indignation from he and his friends. There's just no point.

                        It's anecdotes like this that make me believe that left wing nuttery is way more prevalent than right wing nuttery. I hear about right wing nuttery from twitter reports by jon, little elsewhere. I live with, and hear personal accounts of, left wing nuttery.

                        I see both regularly. Don't like it from either side.

                        This.

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          I remember seeing swastikas on the B’hai temple in Evanston near George.

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                          @jon-nyc said in The GOP’s golden calf:

                          I remember seeing swastikas on the B’hai Baha'i temple in Evanston Wilmette near George.

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                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            jon-nyc
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                            That’s right! Hundreds of them, all placed below the Jewish star.

                            You were warned.

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                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                              That’s right! Hundreds of them, all placed below the Jewish star.

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                              @jon-nyc said in The GOP’s golden calf:

                              That’s right! Hundreds of them, all placed below the Jewish star.

                              LOL.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                jon-nyc
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                                You were warned.

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                                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                  That’s right! Hundreds of them, all placed below the Jewish star.

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                                  @jon-nyc said in The GOP’s golden calf:

                                  That’s right! Hundreds of them, all placed below the Jewish star.

                                  But it's the left-facing version, not the right-facing one.

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