Do We Have A 'Silly Shit Politicians Say' Thread? If Not, Here We Are

[zoobernut]

That was amazing!

[Guyverarmor]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/0...The+Raw+Story)

Not a politician so much as a conservative commentator.

But yeah...younger people are not liking the GOP because of the all the stupid shit and laws that come out of them..no, no, it's Family Guy...

Family Guy is the reason people hate the GOP.

[Moss]

and people loved America because of Superman

what an inane argument

[Kohan]

and people loved America because of Superman

what an inane argument

Long before "Family Guy" existed, I decided that Superman was a dipshit Boy Scout, and then future Batman beat the shit out of him, cementing my beliefs. I only find FG funny occasionally, and consider myself a dedicated liberal.

Argument: defeated.

[ringthree]

I can't even recall what a confederate flag looks like, without looking at it. I also don't believe i've ever actually seen one outside of the internet or a history book.

Come with me on a trip through Virginia wine country.

[Tyrath]

Shouldn't we all be loving America again then with the Man of Steel movie?

[Ragnus]

Nah. Superman isn't American enough anymore now that he gave up his citizenship.

[BaneTheBrawler]

god damned illegal aliens taking jobs from honest american superheros

[Tyrath]

Well then they can root for Batman in the next movie. Corporate guy vs illegal immigrant.

[Tyrath]

I think this fits here

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/relig...where-they-go#

Rep. Christy Perry Defends Faith-Healing After Four Children Die: 'This Is About Where They Go For Eternity'

Idaho lawmakers have proposed legislation making it a requirement that parents seek medical attention for their children. This comes after four kids died of treatable illnesses because their religion calls for faith-healing.

State Rep. Christy Perry, R-Nampa, opposes the law because she fears it will trample religious freedom and a parent’s right not to have their children medically treated.

"This is about religious beliefs, the belief God is in charge of whether they live, and God is in charge of whether they die," said Perry. "This is about where they go for eternity."

Rep. John Gannon, D-Boise, says faith-healing should not be exempt from injury-to-a-child charges.

"These children need a chance to grow up," Martin told The Associated Press Thursday.

The law currently has this exemption: "Treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone shall not for that reason alone be construed to have violated the duty of care to such child."

Many of the child deaths would have been prevented by antibiotics.

In June 2012, 15-year-old Arrian Jade Granden died from food poisoning after three days of vomiting, when his esophagus ruptured, the San Francisco Gate reported.

In November 2011, 16-year-old Pamela Ells died of pneumonia, according to the Payette County coroner.

In March 2011, 22-month-old Preston John Bowers died of pneumonia after suffering from a fever for several days.

The same month, Rockwell Alexander Sevy, 14, died after a two-week illness. The Canyon County coroner ruled the cause of death as complications due to pneumonia.

Gannon wants to make it mandatory that a child receive medical attention "whenever a child's medical condition may cause death or permanent disability."

"Medical treatment for physical harm to a child should supersede every other consideration," Gannon said.

Republican Rep. Rich Wills (Glenns Ferry), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, supports the measure.

"I'm concerned any parent would put their religious beliefs ahead of child welfare," Wills said. "It just stuns me."

Ada County Coroner Erwin Sonnenberg says he favors faith-healing limits, but he said he isn’t confident these parents will heed them.

"At times, you sit back and wonder, 'Is my faith that strong?'" Sonnenberg said. "I understand the faith side of it. But it seems like at least let your kids grow up, when it comes down to it, and decide for themselves."

[zoobernut]

I get it now. Super religious fanatics want to go back to the middle ages when every family had 15-20 kids but only 2 or 3 of them survived to adult hood. That is why they are anti birth control, anti abortion and anti medicine.

[Blubbartron]

I get it now. Super religious fanatics want to go back to the middle ages when every family had 15-20 kids but only 2 or 3 of them survived to adult hood. That is why they are anti birth control, anti abortion and anti medicine.

What's hilarious is that this is actually a viable way of bettering the species. It's eugenics, on the really slow, natural evolutionary scale.

[Jaybar]

I get it now. Super religious fanatics want to go back to the middle ages when every family had 15-20 kids but only 2 or 3 of them survived to adult hood. That is why they are anti birth control, anti abortion and anti medicine.

So those kids could tend the fields until they get old enough (re: live long enough) to marry.

[quannum]

So those kids could be trained for military service.

[Komm Suesser Tod]

So those kids could be trained for military service.

Why bother training them? Just go full on old school and have the wealthy families train their kids and supply them so they can be knights then let all the poors be squires.

[Serra]

So, this was posted on the Iowa GOP facebook page:
http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content...948.cached.jpg

and then promptly removed~

[hey]

Well at least they know they are racist.

[Drex]

it's all just words

Sheila C. Bair, a former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation who once argued that former regulators should be barred from joining the banks they oversaw, is joining the board of Banco Santander, the Spanish bank said on Monday.

Ms. Bair, who ran the F.D.I.C. during the turmoil of the financial crisis, has been appointed a director of Santander, subject to ratification by shareholders, the bank said. She will fill a vacancy left by Terence Burns, a former British official who served for more than a decade on the board.

Though Santander is based in Madrid, it has extensive operations in the United States, with $50 billion in deposits and 705 branches. That division is supervised by the F.D.I.C. in a back-up capacity. The company also owns a bank in Puerto Rico that is regulated by the F.D.I.C. and local authorities.
...
“I would like to see financial regulation be viewed as a lifelong career choice – similar to the Foreign Service – rather than a revolving door to a better-paying job in the private sector,” she wrote in her book, “Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself.”

“There should be a lifetime ban on regulators working for financial institutions they have regulated,” she wrote.

[ringthree]

How has no one posted Huckabee's libido rant? Shit was hilarious.

Now he claims that is was the meeeeeeeeeeeeediiiiiiiiiiiiiiia.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/20...o_comment.html

How do we get to the point where it's ok to say that women should be forced to "control their libido" because we don't want to let them have access to birth control? Say something stupid, blame the media, ignore the main part of the problem: that women shouldn't be allowed to have sex as they choose.

[wipers]

<insert everything Al Sharpton has ever said>