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OMGWTF

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27. George Carlin was so prophetic and right-on.
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 05:07 PM
Jan 9

"Bi-partisan means that a larger than usual deception is being carried out."

"I'm pretty sick of church people. You know what they ought to do with the churches? Tax them. If holy people are so interested in politics, government, and public policy, let them pay the price of admission like everyone else. The Catholic Church alone could wipe out the national debt if all you did was tax their real estate."

"The real owners, the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all of the important decisions. They've long since bought and paid for the senate, the congress, the statehouses and city halls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying to get what they want. I'll tell you what they don't want. They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don't want a well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking."

"Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky and they will believe you. Tell people paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure."

"Boy those conservatives are really something, aren't they? They're all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn. But once you're born, you're on your own. Pro-life conservatives are obsessed with the fetus from conception to nine months. After that, they don't want to know about you. They don't want to hear from you. No nothing. No neonatal care. No daycare, no head start, no school lunch, no food stamps, no welfare. Nothing. If you're pre-born, you're fine. If you're preschool, you're fucked. Conservatives don't give a shit about you until you reach 'military age'. Then they think you are just fine. Just what they've been looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. Pro-life, pro-life, these people aren't pro-life, they are killing doctors! What kind of pro-life is that? What? They will do anything they can to save the fetus, but if it grows up to be a doctor, they just might have to kill it. They're not pro-life. You know what they are? They are anti-woman. Simple as it gets, they are anti-woman. They don't like them. They don't like women. They believe that a woman's primary role is to serve as a brood mare for the state."

"Here's all you have to know about men and women. Men are stupid and women are crazy. The main reason that women are crazy is that men are stupid."

"Respect is taught at home. If your kid is a disrespectful little shit, it's your fault. Not society's. Not music, not video games. Yours."

"Conservatives say that if you don't give the rich more money, they will lose their incentive to invest. As for the poor, they tell us that they have lost all incentive because we've given them too much money."

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She is in Hawaii and her schedule says she had a previous commitment. What's so difficult to understand? SheilaAnn Jan 9 #1
Seems strange to me.......n/t Bengus81 Jan 9 #2
She's on vacation marshall Jan 9 #34
She should have been there HereForTheParty Jan 9 #35
Given the iconic nature of the Carter presidency Unladen Swallow Jan 9 #8
I think she just couldn't play nice Bird Lady Jan 9 #3
Barack Obama is talking to him though Polybius Jan 9 #4
President Obama is certainly far better at diplomacy than me. groundloop Jan 9 #6
OOF! C0RI0LANUS Jan 9 #29
Obama Old Okie Jan 9 #7
It's all a big club and you ain't in it Fullduplexxx Jan 9 #9
This Deminpenn Jan 9 #10
RIP George Carlin. If people had taken seriously 1/2 of what he explained during his shows Escurumbele Jan 9 #18
George Carlin was so prophetic and right-on. OMGWTF Jan 9 #27
Yea sometimes i miss his wisdom Fullduplexxx Jan 9 #28
Gleeful Prairie Gates Jan 9 #12
Do you mean President Obama's expression is gross, or the former guy? mahina Jan 9 #14
Hey diaper don he's laughing at your silly fat ass! endgenocide Jan 9 #16
The reason why we lose. The Grand Illuminist Jan 9 #17
Doesn't explain why Trump was initiating all of the conversations newdeal2 Jan 9 #19
Wasn't her husband sitting next to Trump? ificandream Jan 9 #5
I don't blame her. Can you imagine his hulking, sweaty body (probably odiferous) sitting next to you for an hour or more CTyankee Jan 9 #21
It wasnt about 45. It was about showing respect for President Carter Raine Jan 9 #36
... Prairie Gates Jan 9 #11
Because this merits ink and electrons. mahina Jan 9 #13
THANK YOU Hekate Jan 9 #20
Oh it is nothing love mahina Jan 9 #33
She deeply, deeply loathes Trump ... Auggie Jan 9 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author LisaM Jan 9 #22
Gross take. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 9 #23
Okay, then should we get over 2016 and 2024, not to mention 2000? LisaM Jan 9 #24
Are you comparing Michelle Obama to Trump? ForgoTheConsequence Jan 9 #31
would you? Evolve Dammit Jan 9 #25
PBO drew the short straw I guess. MontanaMama Jan 9 #26
I doubt any of the Dems wanted to be around that orange POS Bengus81 Jan 9 #30
My opinion of Michelle Robinson Obama is that no_hypocrisy Jan 9 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author mentalsolstice Jan 9 #37
Maybe out of compassion for what's happening in CA? mentalsolstice Jan 9 #38
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Jan 9 #39
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