tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post8953294185908929978..comments2024-03-28T09:14:20.479-05:00Comments on driftglass: McArdle's Golden Elixir driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-56834257442557742562014-08-24T08:59:14.664-05:002014-08-24T08:59:14.664-05:00That Blenderella continues to find employment as a...That Blenderella continues to find employment as a writer is further proof of a random and uncaring universe.<br /><br />But we can at least enjoy watching her slide down the media scale. From The Atlantic and the Economist to the The Daily Beast and the New York Post.<br /><br />Final destination: Frequent guest commentator on the Sarah Palin Channel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-72029079184922019332014-08-22T13:24:34.768-05:002014-08-22T13:24:34.768-05:00Having to change insurers IS just like facing down...Having to change insurers IS just like facing down a riot squad to try to prevent grannies & kids from getting barbecued in McArdleville!<br /><br />( 2X4s not included? )jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840719620959481121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-64617323602185662352014-08-22T10:40:04.353-05:002014-08-22T10:40:04.353-05:00Sure, liberals were mad at Bush for lying us into ...Sure, liberals were mad at Bush for lying us into a costly and destructive war but conservatives are mad at Obama for passing a conservative reform on health care, which was similar to plans advocated by the GOP back in the 90s. <br /><br />So, BOTH SIDES!<br /><br />Meanwhile, earthquakes rattle the east coast as our founding fathers spin in their graves. Coincidentally, this activity began when the so-called "Tea Party" adopted their image and pretended to be just like these revered figured.DeistPaladinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-11081718769573783952014-08-22T02:53:43.907-05:002014-08-22T02:53:43.907-05:00As others have already noted, the rebranding of co...As others have already noted, the rebranding of conservatives as "the tea party" long predates legislative efforts to pass the Affordable Care Act. <br /><br />I will never get tired of seeing McArdle skewered. Krauthammer at least takes some pride of craft in his despicable hackery.Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-79692022643594927952014-08-22T01:51:30.687-05:002014-08-22T01:51:30.687-05:00my GOD...
they're BREEDING...my GOD...<br /><br />they're BREEDING...eddie blakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-26653467563813243752014-08-21T17:42:16.924-05:002014-08-21T17:42:16.924-05:00Democrats would be better off if the ACA hadn'... Democrats would be better off if the ACA hadn't passed? Really?<br /> Like for instance, me? I need cataract surgery in both eyes and my MediCal approval came in the mail yesterday. If I had another $100./mo income, I'd have an unaffordable co-pay, but because of the the Medicaid (=MediCal) expansion, I do not. It will be nice to be able to see again.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-50326080137549249902014-08-21T16:40:39.285-05:002014-08-21T16:40:39.285-05:00This is a sad, confused woman.
And let us not forg...This is a sad, confused woman.<br />And let us not forget, that on the streets of the New <br />America police are allowed to shoot sad confused people.<br />As long as they are not white Republicans.<br />Class dismissed.bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-35859093921575281432014-08-21T14:09:12.956-05:002014-08-21T14:09:12.956-05:00the OTHER anonymous sez
"...when Prick Sante...the OTHER anonymous sez<br /><br />"...when Prick Santelli blamed homeowners who were underwater with their mortgages for the fucking recession..."<br /><br />godDAMN, anonymous, I saw that live on the TeeVee machine and it made me seethe. Can't STAND that guy...makes my fucking skin hurt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-88284082500413080472014-08-21T13:19:14.644-05:002014-08-21T13:19:14.644-05:00Good afternoon, Mr. Glass.
“I think liberals real...Good afternoon, Mr. Glass.<br /><br />“I think liberals really do not understand emotionally the extent to which the Tea Party was created by the Affordable Care Act and the feeling that its government was simply steamrolling it.”<br /><br />Ah, yes. The Tea Party, named after the Boston Tea Party, the famous...healthcare...protest?<br /><br />Maybe she's a refugee from Dark City, and the Strangers have been rewriting her memories too many times.<br /><br /><br />Enjoy your day.<br /><br />---Kevin HolsingerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-82239488212661249212014-08-21T11:53:51.089-05:002014-08-21T11:53:51.089-05:00Megan continues to fail upward while displaying no...Megan continues to fail upward while displaying no evident ability to think reflectively or deeply on any subject at all. The Denver Post today featured her Bloomberg piece on the high cost of raising kidz these days in which she opined that parents should buy clothes at the local thrift shop and live in 3 bedroom houses. Cuz the Duggars. I shit you not. She of the 4 figure glorified food processor and pink Himalayan salt actually wrote that.marindenverhttp://www.rumproast.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-4138155856269634012014-08-21T11:34:56.162-05:002014-08-21T11:34:56.162-05:00I already knew McArdle had the mathematical aptitu...I already knew McArdle had the mathematical aptitude of a 3rd grader, but she also apparently can't be bothered to remember WHEN SHIT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, either.<br /><br />The "Tea Party" was "launched" almost before Obama finished taking his oath, when Prick Santelli blamed homeowners who were underwater with their mortgages for the fucking recession and declared the OHHHH BOOGA BOOGA MORAL HAZARD that could result from them receiving government relief as the greatest threat to civilization since fascism. That was in FEBRUARY 2009.<br /><br />The ACA debate hadn't even started at that point, and the bill didn't actually pass until spring of the following year. But sure, let's blame Obama's signing of a bill in 2010 for the "formation" of the Tea Party in February 2009. I mean, this is the same guy who hatched a scheme to forge his birth certificate while still in utero, so he's capable of anything!<br /><br />And that's not even getting to the fact, as dg explains better than I, that the "tea party" was so angry at Obamacare because they were told filthy lies about it on a continuous loop the entire time the bill was being developed (and ever since). And McArdle of course must continue to inhabit the fact-free world where Obamacare is self-evidently a "mistake", even as it does exactly what it was intended to do and makes life better for millions of people at little to no cost to anyone other than her masters - angry white rich guys who never EVER benefited from evil government EVER. Assholes.<br /><br />McArdle sometimes seems like she's on a mission to be as much of a fucking idiot as possible, and each piece she writes must surpass the previous in stupidity. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-18232651299660617392014-08-21T11:18:17.986-05:002014-08-21T11:18:17.986-05:00"...but rich backers cannot create a grassroo..."...but rich backers cannot create a grassroots campaign unless the underlying passion is there in the voters (paging Karl Rove and Crossroads)."<br /><br />Wow, I would have thought they COULD do that, and then, I dunno, CALL it a grasroots campaign even though they initiated it, drove it and funded it. But I guess I was wrong because Ms.McArdle said so.<br /><br />Good to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com