Comments on: Top Georgia GOP lawmakers host briefing on secret Obama mind-control plot http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 11:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1586524 SomeGuyNamedMark Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1586524  He built gulags and filled them with starving bodies in record time.  He built gulags and filled them with starving bodies in record time.

]]> By: Brad Bell http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1586197 Brad Bell Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1586197 Ray Charles, MLK Ray Charles, MLK

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1585015 Dlo Burns Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1585015 The most outlandish part though is that people think the UN has any kind of staying power over anything. The most outlandish part though is that people think the UN has any kind of staying power over anything.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1585012 Dlo Burns Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1585012 Jill Stein?  Jill Stein? 

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584997 Dlo Burns Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584997 Dey dook urh subbeerbs! Dey dook urh subbeerbs!

]]> By: Frank Diekman http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584753 Frank Diekman Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584753 Soooo...Based on the graphic, they're implying that Obama is a communist dictator because he's doing things that are completely different from what past communist dictators did? Soooo…Based on the graphic, they’re implying that Obama is a communist dictator because he’s doing things that are completely different from what past communist dictators did?

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584727 wysinwyg Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584727  If only.  Libertarians are dead-set against "force" -- as long as they get to define what "force" means.  Starving people or making them homeless aren't considered "force" by libertarians.  As a result, a libertarian who would insist that taxation is theft would have no ethical problems getting what they want by denying food and shelter to those who need it.  So it's not a way to dismantle hierarchies (if it was it would be anarchism), but a way to enforce them on terms even more favorable to the very rich than rule of law already is.  Feudalism in other words.  If only.  Libertarians are dead-set against “force” — as long as they get to define what “force” means.  Starving people or making them homeless aren’t considered “force” by libertarians.  As a result, a libertarian who would insist that taxation is theft would have no ethical problems getting what they want by denying food and shelter to those who need it.  So it’s not a way to dismantle hierarchies (if it was it would be anarchism), but a way to enforce them on terms even more favorable to the very rich than rule of law already is. 

Feudalism in other words.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584722 wysinwyg Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584722  Very interesting, thanks.  Though I'll probably keep using the common usage of the term and just call anarchists "anarchists" so that people will actually understand what the hell I'm talking about.  Very interesting, thanks.  Though I’ll probably keep using the common usage of the term and just call anarchists “anarchists” so that people will actually understand what the hell I’m talking about.

]]> By: Antonio Carrasco http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584714 Antonio Carrasco Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584714  NO. We don't need Bachmann. It is really sad that this whole country has  an "us vs. them" mindset, with the batshit crazies getting all the attention. What we really need is moderate republicans AND democrats who can actually AGREE on things sometimes and actually get things done!  NO. We don’t need Bachmann.

It is really sad that this whole country has  an “us vs. them” mindset, with the batshit crazies getting all the attention.

What we really need is moderate republicans AND democrats who can actually AGREE on things sometimes and actually get things done!

]]> By: DJBudSonic http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584612 DJBudSonic Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584612 This talk of Agenda 21 stuff would seem crazy, were it not for the fact that it is a real UN document, and that many of the things that are supposed to be done to conform to the documents goals are being done, at the local, state and federal level. Many of the goals do seem to go just beyond the development of a sustainable planet, favoring government/corporate control over essential goods and services, as opposed to human rights and reasonable freedom of choice.  Especially worrisome are the sections on food and water, which Boing Boing has covered in the past:  the seemingly odd reaction of local governments to front yard gardens, for example. Similar restrictions on food self-reliance are part of Agenda 21 documents. This talk of Agenda 21 stuff would seem crazy, were it not for the fact that it is a real UN document, and that many of the things that are supposed to be done to conform to the documents goals are being done, at the local, state and federal level. Many of the goals do seem to go just beyond the development of a sustainable planet, favoring government/corporate control over essential goods and services, as opposed to human rights and reasonable freedom of choice.  Especially worrisome are the sections on food and water, which Boing Boing has covered in the past:  the seemingly odd reaction of local governments to front yard gardens, for example. Similar restrictions on food self-reliance are part of Agenda 21 documents.

]]> By: sdmikev http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584404 sdmikev Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584404 Right, they don't sound so "crazy" anymore.. Right, they don’t sound so “crazy” anymore..

]]> By: Walt Buchanan http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584385 Walt Buchanan Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584385 Tea Partiers are like 12 year-old boys. For everyone you add to the group the collective IQ drops by five points. (Kudos to Dave Barry) Tea Partiers are like 12 year-old boys. For everyone you add to the group the collective IQ drops by five points. (Kudos to Dave Barry)

]]> By: egriff5514 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584337 egriff5514 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584337 Just to say 'Agenda 21' is becoming another successful US export... now showing up in UK blog/newspaper comments on wind farms/climate change. It joins previous successes 'Chem Trails' and 'Morgellons'. Please, please stop inventing this stuff! Just to say ‘Agenda 21′ is becoming another successful US export… now showing up in UK blog/newspaper comments on wind farms/climate change.

It joins previous successes ‘Chem Trails’ and ‘Morgellons’.

Please, please stop inventing this stuff!

]]> By: egriff5514 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584335 egriff5514 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584335 but if I put my ear to the sidewalk.... 'I can hear them!' ' They're coming!' but if I put my ear to the sidewalk…. ‘I can hear them!’ ‘ They’re coming!’

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584295 Christopher Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584295 Even though I know nothing else about you I feel pretty confident in saying that your embarrassment is evidence that not all Georgians are loony, and that there is still hope for your state. And I hope everyone recognizes that a state that has produced R.E.M., the B-52's, and Terrapin Brewing, just to name a few of the good things to come out of Georgia, must be doing some things right. Even though I know nothing else about you I feel pretty confident in saying that your embarrassment is evidence that not all Georgians are loony, and that there is still hope for your state.

And I hope everyone recognizes that a state that has produced R.E.M., the B-52′s, and Terrapin Brewing, just to name a few of the good things to come out of Georgia, must be doing some things right.

]]> By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584272 peregrinus Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584272 Oh dear.  Here in Blighty we were confident Obama was a decent fellow.  Now this - good Lord, what terrifying ambitions he has.  Perhaps we should back the other chap -  What was his name again?? Oh dear.  Here in Blighty we were confident Obama was a decent fellow.  Now this – good Lord, what terrifying ambitions he has.  Perhaps we should back the other chap - 

What was his name again??

]]> By: heph http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584264 heph Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584264 Oh no thats different! That totally legal Raptor capitalism where nature and well being of people are exploited to further Monsantos plans to monopolize the "market". Oh no thats different! That totally legal Raptor capitalism where nature and well being of people are exploited to further Monsantos plans to monopolize the “market”.

]]> By: AnthonyC http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584220 AnthonyC Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584220 See also: http://crasstalk.com/2011/03/the-onion-predicts-the-future/ See also:
http://crasstalk.com/2011/03/the-onion-predicts-the-future/

]]> By: Florian Bösch http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584182 Florian Bösch Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584182 Damn those Jesus curve balls. Damn those Jesus curve balls.

]]> By: Steve Miller http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584165 Steve Miller Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584165 Mandatory contraception for Georgia politicians sounds like a fine idea. Mandatory contraception for Georgia politicians sounds like a fine idea.

]]> By: IconoclastTwo http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584124 IconoclastTwo Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584124  I was thinking the same thing; with all of the things that Obama is actually doing wrong, why does it seem like in my lifetime I'll never see the Republicans actually criticizing any of them instead of crackpot insanity like this?  I was thinking the same thing; with all of the things that Obama is actually doing wrong, why does it seem like in my lifetime I’ll never see the Republicans actually criticizing any of them instead of crackpot insanity like this?

]]> By: acerplatanoides http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584123 acerplatanoides Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584123  Maybe when they look at a map they see Georgia surrounded by former soviet nations. It would explain the panic in their eyes.  Maybe when they look at a map they see Georgia surrounded by former soviet nations. It would explain the panic in their eyes.

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584085 efergus3 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584085 Okay, children, take notes. This WILL be on the final. THIS is why you do NOT use Meth. It will destroy your brain and turn you into a Georgia politician. Okay, children, take notes. This WILL be on the final. THIS is why you do NOT use Meth. It will destroy your brain and turn you into a Georgia politician.

]]> By: jhertzli http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584044 jhertzli Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584044 ObSF: "What Song the Sirens Sang" by Charles Sheffield. By strange coincidence, the story was set in Georgia ... ObSF: “What Song the Sirens Sang” by Charles Sheffield.

By strange coincidence, the story was set in Georgia …

]]> By: webstu http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584042 webstu Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584042 Laugh it up.  In my state, there are rumors of military exercises being planned to support a military coup and/or resist an unspecified "takeover" by the Obama administration.   Serious as a heart attack. Laugh it up.  In my state, there are rumors of military exercises being planned to support a military coup and/or resist an unspecified “takeover” by the Obama administration.  

Serious as a heart attack.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584009 buddy66 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584009 Which means his dick is bigger than theirs. Never overlook the psychosexual roots of angry  Southern racism. Which means his dick is bigger than theirs. Never overlook the psychosexual roots of angry  Southern racism.

]]> By: Syn - http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584008 Syn - Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584008 Somebody needs to worry about the onion writers, if this goes on, no one will need them anymore! Somebody needs to worry about the onion writers, if this goes on, no one will need them anymore!

]]> By: Origami_Isopod http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584001 Origami_Isopod Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584001 I think I saw Alex Jones leaving with it. He said you told him he could borrow it. I think I saw Alex Jones leaving with it. He said you told him he could borrow it.

]]> By: Origami_Isopod http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584005 Origami_Isopod Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584005 <blockquote>Something like 2.5 million people die in the US every year, giving us a rough total of 12.5 million people that have died while Obama has been in office.</blockquote>Apropos of nothing, anyone else remember "Bill Clinton's Dead Friends," the email (or Xerox for the teabagger set) that went around in the late '90s?

Something like 2.5 million people die in the US every year, giving us a rough total of 12.5 million people that have died while Obama has been in office.

Apropos of nothing, anyone else remember “Bill Clinton’s Dead Friends,” the email (or Xerox for the teabagger set) that went around in the late ’90s?

]]> By: Origami_Isopod http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/top-georgia-gop-lawmakers-host.html#comment-1584000 Origami_Isopod Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194434#comment-1584000 It's not always your state. Sometimes it's Mississippi. Sometimes it's South Carolina. Sometimes it's Louisiana. Sometimes Jesus throws a curve ball and it's Arizona or New Hampshire. It’s not always your state. Sometimes it’s Mississippi. Sometimes it’s South Carolina. Sometimes it’s Louisiana. Sometimes Jesus throws a curve ball and it’s Arizona or New Hampshire.

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