http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2009/04/21/wile-e-republicans/ Random rants and curious explanation. Sat, 19 May 2012 14:42:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2009/04/21/wile-e-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-3137 Al Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:39:35 +0000 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/?p=429#comment-3137 Ah, yes. Karl Rove's "permanent majority" is circling the drain, and John Boehmer was on ABC this past Sunday using the cow fart defense against carbon dioxide being involved in global warming. Sounds like he's getting pretty close to the bottom of the barrel. Ah, yes. Karl Rove’s “permanent majority” is circling the drain, and John Boehmer was on ABC this past Sunday using the cow fart defense against carbon dioxide being involved in global warming. Sounds like he’s getting pretty close to the bottom of the barrel.

]]> http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2009/04/21/wile-e-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-3135 Steve Alber Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:53:20 +0000 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/?p=429#comment-3135 Are you suggesting that in the end, they're defeeted? Are you suggesting that in the end, they’re defeeted?

]]> http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2009/04/21/wile-e-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-3133 Al Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:34:11 +0000 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/?p=429#comment-3133 Perfect analogue! And isn't it nice to see them apply that grim determination to shooting off their own feet? Perfect analogue! And isn’t it nice to see them apply that grim determination to shooting off their own feet?

]]> http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2009/04/21/wile-e-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-3131 Steve Alber Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:27:44 +0000 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/?p=429#comment-3131 All of what you say is pretty much true, except that the people who need to hear it are precisely the ones who are genetically programmed not to believe it. I mean, what kind of life could you possibly have if, in a flash, you realized that listening to Fox was pointless? Sadly, people who tend to cleave to dearly help opinions can never be swayed by fact ... not that facts actually have any place in the American political lexicon. "Socialists bad! Republicans good! Socialists bad! Republicans good!" Such is the power of the mantra. And look what happened at the end of Animal Farm: "They looked from pig to man and man to pig, and no one could tell the difference." All of what you say is pretty much true, except that the people who need to hear it are precisely the ones who are genetically programmed not to believe it. I mean, what kind of life could you possibly have if, in a flash, you realized that listening to Fox was pointless? Sadly, people who tend to cleave to dearly help opinions can never be swayed by fact … not that facts actually have any place in the American political lexicon. “Socialists bad! Republicans good! Socialists bad! Republicans good!” Such is the power of the mantra. And look what happened at the end of Animal Farm: “They looked from pig to man and man to pig, and no one could tell the difference.”

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