the banning of happiness is out of control

[Zanchief]

I never said it was.

So what's with the "but"?

[Martrae]

I was 'but'ing your 'but'.

[Zanchief]

Hrrmm now I'm confused.

I just don't see why it's the end of the world. It's just a topic that's easy to get people riled up when there really isn't anything there.

[araby]

when I heard the story about them asking santas to say "ha ha ha" in australia this morning on the news, they didn't say it was because it was offensive to women.

they said that it was because the "ho ho ho" scares children...so they want to change it to "ha ha ha"

which I think, in essence..is worse. (in scary factor)

any women are offended by "ho ho ho" are probably whores.

edited because I can't construct a sentence if i tried any harder.

[Ouchyfish]

It is destroying life as we know it because the motherfucking lawyers are having a god damn coronary every motherfucking time someone says indian instead of native american or black instead of african american. (Exaggerating, but you know exactly wtf I am talking about.)

OMFG let's all bow down and make sure no one's fewing get hurt!!!! You can't fucking remark about "brokeback mountain" because HOLY FUCKING SHIT the fuckin fags get upset. (re: Phil Jackson)

Jerry lewis makes a little crack about the gay cousin and HOLY SHIT DEMAND AN APOLOGY!

That fucking shit has GOT TO motherfucking stop, man!!!!

Fuck your right to free speech--the government isn't the greatest threat to it anymore--the LAWYERS ARE!

[Narrock]

The liberals are trying to take that right away from us. They are wolves in sheeps clothing. Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Harry Reid, and a whole gaggle of their ilk are trying to shut down conservative talk radio right now, in addition to being PC nazis.

[Evermore]

it couldnt be all the bullshit that comes out of conservative talk radio, Could it?

[araby]

it couldnt be all the bullshit that comes out of conservative talk radio, Could it?

It's a combination of many things, probably mostly due to people realizing they can demand things and get them. It's a card people are pulling now. It's like when black people complain, everyone says "oh they're pulling the racial card" but instead it's the "I'm offended now change it" card...

I don't use it. I don't really get offended that often and if I did I probably wouldn't do anything about it. If I ate too many cupcakes I'd eat less. If when I hugged someone I also gave a pelvic thrust then I might stop hugging people. But I don't need monitoring. These people are control freaks. They must be stopped.

Santa Claus-the big fat man with the white beard and the red suit says "HO HO HO" and that's that. I'm not letting them take it away from me, so they can do whatever they want. We don't say "No" often enough anymore.

edit-I was proactive in suing my landlord and I felt good about that. but she didn't really offend me. actually, she did, she tried to steal from me and lie about it. That was pretty offensive. but yah that was different. some things are justified. You just can't justify these things.

[Gaazy]

how much money did you end up winning anyway, Ash? I dont think I remember ever seeing a conclusion on that ordeal?

[araby]

The first thing our attorney did was motion that her list of deductions she submitted to the court be thrown out on the count that she didn't give us a copy of that list until after the 30 day mark. In the statute it states that we can use that, but for some reason the judge denied that motion.

so he actually took her list into consideration and found that she could only hold a couple hundred, she didn't have photographs, she didn't have receipts, she basically pulled numbers out of her ass and the judge knew it and called her on it.

he decided on 926 total. She really only owed us 770 so we did pretty well, even though he didn't rule for triple the amount of the deposit, which is also in the statute, he doubled it instead.

I think it was a pretty fair judgement, and even though we won and I'm grateful, I really do think he was too lenient on them and should not have allowed the list of deductions. We knew going in that day we'd probably walk away with 900. Wasn't far off the mark..

[Gaazy]

cool!

I wouldnt have even been worried about a measly couple hundred dollars, just to piss that cunt of a landlord off haha and it sounds like you got er did too

[Ouchyfish]

christ what a derail

[Lyion]

it couldnt be all the bullshit that comes out of conservative talk radio, Could it?

All media spouts bullshit.

Please tell me you aren't a supporter of the 'Fairness' Doctrine.

[Narrock]

it couldnt be all the bullshit that comes out of conservative talk radio, Could it?

I don't hear bullshit coming from REAL conservative talk show hosts, like Michael Savage. I do hear the same old "republicans good, democrats bad" BS from Rush and Hannity though. Michael Savage is spot on. No longer are "Republicanism" and "Conservatism" synonymous terms. Bush has already out-spent Clinton by 2:1, and that doesn't even include the war in Iraq. Bush has been spending like a liberal for a couple years now.

[araby]

it couldnt be all the bullshit that comes out of conservative talk radio, Could it?

I don't hear bullshit coming from REAL conservative talk show hosts, like Michael Savage. I do hear the same old "republicans good, democrats bad" BS from Rush and Hannity though. Michael Savage is spot on. No longer are "Republicanism" and "Conservatism" synonymous terms. Bush has already out-spent Clinton by 2:1, and that doesn't even include the war in Iraq. Bush has been spending like a liberal for a couple years now.

Michael Savage is the biggest ill-informed, loud-mouthed talk show host of them all and I will not listen ever again after last week, not even for fun.

He was talking shit about Autistic kids and that they are all the way they are because their parents don't know how to deal with them. He went on for several minutes..I couldn't tell if he screwed up and confused Attention Deficit for Autism but if he did..even more of a reason to change the channel.

Not to mention I am truly sick of hearing him say the word "Jew".

But no..Michael Savage, nor anyone else in is talk radio responsible for the ban of happiness.

[Arlos]

Michael Savage's real name is Michael Weiner, and he's a russian jew from the Bronx. (true fact). I guess he figured that "Savage" sounded more manly or something than "Weiner".

-Arlos

[Lyion]

A disproportionate amount of media types tend to be of Jewish persuasion, ya know, regardless of which side of the spectrum they represent.

A few percent of the population. Probably 50% of media, news, and hollywood, in all spectrums. Nothing wrong with that, but find a radio personality and there's a pretty good chance they are a Jew.

[Arlos]

I make no claim of any sort related to his ethnicity, nor did I mean to imply any. I just found it ironic that apparently he rants about people of Jewish persuasion (according to Araby, I have never listened to his show, nor have I any intention of EVER doing so), given that he is of that ethnicity himself. It would appear akin to, say, an african-american going off on pro-KKK rants from the evidence presented here, and thus possessing a certain ironic value.

Now, changing his last name from "Weiner" to "Savage" is just plain funny.

-Arlos

[Ouchyfish]

Fuckin jews run everything....worst goddamn "bubba" system in the motherfuckin world.

[Narrock]

Well, you don't have to like him... I don't care. The man is spot on accurate with politics. Yes, he is Jewish, yes "Savage" is his professional name -- which there's nothing at all wrong with doing. I bet 90% of hollywood actors/musicians have professional names. He is a true conservative and he loves America with a passion. He is fighting for our borders, language and culture every day on his show. If he ran for president I'd vote for him in a heartbeat.

[Arlos]

I would disagree on him being a "true" conservative, actually.

To me, if you want to find a "true" conservative, you have to look at someone like Barry Goldwater.

Weiner is far too partisan and shrill (and indeed, radical in some of what he advocates) to really be a "true conservative". I doubt you can find any evidence, anywhere, of Goldwater calling any other political group as being a "mental disorder"...

There isn't a single "true" conservative out there in the Republican lineup. Ron Paul comes the closest, which is, perversely enough, why I like him the best out of the rest of them.

-Arlos

[Narrock]

I would disagree on him being a "true" conservative, actually.

To me, if you want to find a "true" conservative, you have to look at someone like Barry Goldwater.

Weiner is far too partisan and shrill (and indeed, radical in some of what he advocates) to really be a "true conservative". I doubt you can find any evidence, anywhere, of Goldwater calling any other political group as being a "mental disorder"...

There isn't a single "true" conservative out there in the Republican lineup. Ron Paul comes the closest, which is, perversely enough, why I like him the best out of the rest of them.

-Arlos

Savage is a true conservative, Arlos. Listen to him daily for 2 weeks, and then dare to say otherwise. You can't just listen to 15 minutes of him once a month to get a feel for him. The man is brilliant. He does get emotionally charged up and starts shouting every now and then, but that's just when he gets his panties in a bunch about something. He can't stand democrats OR republicans. Politically, he's an independent conservative... unlike Bill O' Reilly who claimed that one time, but was really a registered republican.

[araby]

I heard this morning on Neal Boortz that an author of a children's book got published through Orchard and the publisher made the author make changes.

The changes were the fire-breathing dragon..apparently they didn't want the dragon to breathe fire. Might be dangerous.

A little boy is pictured climbing a ladder and she had to take that out..might be dangerous. Some kid might climb a ladder.

AND the filment color had to be changed from red to GREEN. They thought the color red was a bad color..scary color.

[Lyion]

Savage is a savage. He's more attack dog than anything.

Arlos, no offense but you aren't the right dude to be discussing who is a conservative. It's like Lenin discussing who is a capitalist.

[Arlos]

I don't have to agree with someone to identify them.

As I've said before, while I may disagree with real conservatives on some issues (there were several things that Goldwater advocated that I disagree with, for example), I can respect them far more than I can the current crop of neocons and theocraticons that are currently making up most of the right wing in this country. (ie, people in the Cheney/Wolfowitz camp and those who are in Robertson's, Dobson's, etc. pockets)

Goldwater particularly I respect. For example, during Watergate he was pro-Nixon, especially at first, because he just didn't believe the accusations. As soon as he heard the tapes, however, he became one of the leading voices calling for Nixon to resign. Personal integrity was absolute, but he came from a different era in Washington, one where people on both sides of the political divide could actually COMPROMISE on issues, rather than just draw ideological lines in the sand and then engaging in pissing and shouting contests. We need more of that, not less. I'm sorry, Mindia, but I just can't even begin to imagine Weiner ever engaging in the great American art of compromise for the good of all, rather than being an ideologue. That, among other reasons, is why I cannot and will not consider him to be a "real" conservative.

-Arlos