January 10, 2004

The scary thing is that Dick is widely regarded as one of the sane democratic candidates. OTOH, he thinks that he's a charismatic, well-spoken kinda guy that SHOULD be president and dammit this is his year. Maybe that grasp on reality is more tenuous than I thought.

If labor unions aren't a special interest group, if farmers aren't a special interest group, what the hell do you have to do to be a special interest group? I would really like to know because I want to be pandered to and collect money on behalf of the special interests I represent. (My special interests would be "me".)

Yep, y'all can tell that it's too dang cold for me to go outside and I'm just wasting time and avoiding household chores, can't you? Hmmm...sounds like that could maybe form a special interest group.

I saw several of his commercials when I was up in yankeeland visiting the inlaws over Christmas.

The thing that got me about it was his claim that "I'll fight big agribusiness and help the family farmer"

That eyebrowless jackass has been in agribusiness's hip pocket since before I was old enough to vote.

Well since the farmers and the trade unions supposedly represent Thuh Littul Peepul like you and me, they don't count as a "special" interest.

The companies I hold stock in through my 401(k) and the companies that employ me and the small business I might run, THOSE are special interests, you see.

Why are ALL Georgia Crackers toothless, ignorant hill-billies?
I'm elderly. I vote for IMHO who I think will put the country's [state's, county's, city's] interests first. I don't wear dentures and I will not bankrupt my grandchildren because I don't want any handouts from the government, including free prescription drugs. I'm an independent, cranky, SOB, and I am not in any special interest group.

Way, WAY OT, but are there any good grant writers out there? I've been "appointed" to be a grant writer. When I protested that I had NO qualifications whatsoever, it was pointed out that whenever anybody wanted to know how a word was spelled, they asked me, so I could presumably fill out the paperwork.

I hate failing miserably at things. Any (successful) grant writing tips would be greatly appreciated.

Hey, Earl! Maybe that makes us a Special Interest Group of two. Southernors with they own teeth.

No, Swampwoman, that makes you a "minority."

I believe I'm in the "rather dislike being killed by terrorists" special interest group.

We all need to form some sort of an umbrella group centered around the core of the commenters here on Gut Rumbles. We have way more in common than most groups, mostly "we don't want nuthin from the government; we'll take care of ourselves, thankyouverymuch".

ROFLMAO!!! I love it when even the 'other side' can see what asswipes some of these candidates are. Thanks for the chuckle!

Yep, Mommabear, you got somethin' there. I reckon our song could be (thanks Charlie Daniels):

"And I ain't asking nobody for nothing....
If I cain't get it on mah own.
If you don't lahk the way I'm livin....
you just leave this long haired* country boy* alone.

*insert hair length, color, or lack thereof and proper sex at asterisk.

I'm in the "when can we start shooting liberals?" special-interest group.

I DO want something from governments.

I want them all to get off our asses.

"I'm in the "when can we start shooting liberals?" special-interest group"

Well, durn! I didn't know they was a pro-tected species. Does that mean I gotta get a special tag? When does bow season begin?

Off topic: it's hard to celebrate the implosion of democraps WHEN BUSH IS WEARING THEIR DAMNED JERSEY.
Nonstop drunken-sailor spending and this latest round of pathetic pandering to 'hispanics' (“fabricated minority blend of choice since ‘86!”).

Could someone please explain while Bush is wooing illegal shitsicans with roundabout promises of amnesty (though explicit use of the A-word is taboo) and access to social security benefits (yes, it's true).

Though more dangerous skunk for skunk, why are we sweating a few Rabs compared to a standing army of 10 million illegals ALREADY INSIDE OUR BORDERS.

F**king gummint. The cannons designed to protect us from foreign enemies have U-shaped barrels while Team Waco scrambles to confiscate my measly handgun.

Mommabear, your special interest group awaits you. It's called the Libertarian Party.

Horse with no brain, your use of the word "shitsican" is insightful, not to mention offensive to this lilly white geechee boy. We all agree that the porosity of our borders (southern AND northern) is a huge problem, but your obvious loathing of a group of people based only on their heritage is pretty fucked up and makes you appear to be an ignorant stump jumper. Who's going to take you seriously? Not me.

I hope nobody collects the folks in the kitchen at my favorite Mexican restaurant. By damn, they can cook. George better keep his hands off my Mexicans.

OTOH, the Syrian who is running a small gas station/convenience store here was smuggled up through Mexico by a coyote and his papers say his last name is "Gonzales". There is a serious problem with border porosity.

Some of the home boys decided they would rob his (the Syrian's) ass one night (a previous clerk workin' the night shift there had her throat slit) and one of those bad boys had his front teeth knocked out by that .357 what got jammed in his mouth. (Neither party felt like bringing this little incident to the attention of the police.)

We like him, too, and wanna keep him. He attends all the local mud bogs and has his own 4-wheel drive. He's armed to the teeth. He's one of us. Nobody is afraid of stoppin' there to gas up at night. Some of us redneck folk stopped by to make sure that nobody was lookin' at him funny after 9/11, and the only people there were other redneck folk lookin' to make sure he was okay.

George better keep his hands off my Syrian, too.

Can't we just export some of the lazy worthless locals instead?

Oh, come on Earl. Borrow a little humor. I don't agree with everything the man says, but you gotta appreciate the poetic humor in phrases like "lying, lizard-looking fuck" and "denture-clacking hyenas."

At least he didn't use the word "ALL.." To make such blatant, uni-lateral, across the board generalizations IS stupid.

I can understand the need to set yourself apart, as I often do when the man discusses "wimmin," but I try to do so without offending an entire geographical region.

Well, Earl didn't offend me none, and I even offered to let him join my special interest group (Southernors with their own teeth) but I had to disqualify myself on account of I have some caps on my back teeth. I had to clench my teeth together so hard to keep from saying the preacher was an (F-word) idiot on a couple of Sundays that I cracked a couple o' back teeth. (My mama said it warn't ladylike to cuss out the preacher in church on Sunday.)

Horse with no brain, your use of the word "shitsican" is insightful, not to mention offensive to this lilly white geechee boy.

Well, I'm NOT sorry you're offended. I write what I want and have no control over your feelings.

We all agree that the porosity of our borders (southern AND northern) is a huge problem, but your obvious loathing of a group of people based only on their heritage is pretty fucked up and makes you appear to be an ignorant stump jumper. Who's going to take you seriously? Not me.

One of the signs of intelligence is being able to DISCRIMINATE within one's own mind. I am fully capable of telling the difference between an American with a Mexican background and what I call a 'shitsican', that is, a criminal (for illegally invading MY country) with no plans to assimilate, including LEARNING TO SPEAK ENGLISH. The modern invaders are fleas who berate the dog on whose lifeblood they depend, as opposed to migrants legal and illegal just 40 years ago, who had some respect for the American Way, including self-respect.

If you're not living in an invaded border state already, I invite you to visit mexifornia, where I am, and get a taste of the coming third world.

If you think tender feelings for all peoples is going to save you, think again. You've already been JUDGED guilty by multiculturalists and others who prefer YOU remain a docile, non-judgmental sheep.

We play PC patty cakes while the corrupt SHITSICAN gummint, which has nothing to do with the illiterate peasants of Mexico, has silently declared war on the United States, with OUR gummint's silent approval.

Ponder that, then leave a message after the beep.

Swampy, I'm afraid they ARE a protected species -- protected from reality, protected from having to live with their own fool mistakes, protected from common sense by their own liberal mantras.

If'n ya wanna pop one, ya gots ta be reeeel sneaky.

Dang, Kim, I reckon I better get me the proper cammies, too, so I won't look outta place in them liberal surroundings when I'm sneakin' up on the target. Better ditch the feed store cap and the "I love Rummy" T-shirt.

Horse with no tact: I've got a distribution warehouse in Laguna Hills - I''ve spent more time in California than any Georgia redneck should have to. I have also witnessed firsthand the takeover of the metro Atlanta area by the same class of non-assimilating illegals (and legals) that you refer to in your tactless way. I, too, am disgusted with our government's approach to handling the mexican problem. Your point is taken, but I still don't like your "shitsican" term, so deal with it. You're not likely to sway many thoughtful opinions with that type of obvious hatred, just like a cracker bitching about the "niggaz" turns people off. Communicating your "intelligent discrimination" in such an ignorant way doesn't do much to advance your cause. Like I said, who's going to take you seriously? Not me.