Top Ten Conservative Idiots of the Week (Graphic Warning on #6)

[Nanjing to Seoul]

[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]The Slimmed down EDITION[/font]

Okay, it’s the week of Thanksgiving. Apparently, conservative idiots can’t do stupid things and speak moronically while filling their face with turkey, celebrating the sanitized holiday that honors invading white people killing off the native populations. Happy Thanksgiving, all. But, some still manage to dumb or say some crap. Congressional Republicans (1) are worthless, Mitch McConnell (3) is brainless, Bob McDonnell (7) is jobless , Pizza Hut (9) is shameless and Sarah Palin (10) is clueless. And as always, don't forget the key. Remember, you can run your mouse over the icon to see what it means.

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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Do Nothing Republicans[/font]
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It’s now December and it’s time to look at everything the Republicans have done or allowed to be done this year in Congress. Hint: It isn’t much.

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Wow. 52 bills and most are meaningless crap like naming something else after Ronald Reagan. 52. Damn. Bills. Way o justify that single digit approval rating, folks!

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Yes. . .because naming a public outhouse is more important than dealing with issues that are destroying the planet, country and the economy.

And everyone knows sexual assaults aren’t real because she was wearing a tight skirt. Besides, she won’t get pregnant because the body has protections and shut-off valves in case of legitimate rape. And everyone know no rape is legitimate.

Their approval rating is five points higher than crotch rot and they earned every point of it. Worst. Congress. Ever!


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]John Boehner[/font]
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One of the reasons Congress sucks as much as it does is because of Speaker of the House, John “the Ohio Tearduct” Boehner.

You see, Orange Glo has a problem. The tea party Congressmen don’t trust him, his leadership team doesn’t like him and most, if not all, Democrats don’t respect him. Politically, he is impotent. Professionally, he’s past his prime. But he still gives off that Orange Goodness through those massive tear stains on his face.

Anyway, according to Mother Jones:

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Wow. Maybe that near negative number approval rating isn’t justified. There is working in the two chamber to help farmers. Usually farm bills are loaded with more pork than a ham sandwich, but the working together is a start.

Maybe Speaker Tearduct will help the process.

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Oh, not surprised. Speaker Worthless McOrangetears needs to balance the budget on the backs of the poorest, most vulnerable of Americans. And of course (to quote the Young Turks) Orange Crush’s mouthpiece denies it. Can’t do anything to make the boss look worse. HE does a good enough job of that himself.

Please continue.

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So there was compromise. There was working together. There was bipartisanship. And the Speaker of the House screwed it all up.

2014 is coming and November is a long time away. One wonders how tissue and vodka sales will be around Boehner’s office the day The Worst Speaker in the History of Forever has to give the gavel back to the Best Speaker in the History of Forever, Madame Nancy Pelosi.

Worst. . .Speaker. . .Ever!


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Mitch McConnell[/font]
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Mitch McConnell is one of the most slimy pieces of tweed to ever sit in Congress. His passive aggressive projection, his hypocrisy, his flag-like approach to any issue. He has no convictions, no courage and little brains. And last week, he showed he has no shame either.

Time to listen to a quote Turtle-boy gave to the media through another mouthpiece (why can’t these people talk for themselves).

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Well, he showed that by giving you a job, Allison. Does the record reflect the rhetoric? Computer says no.

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Well, maybe that was just three mistakes. I mean, I’m sure he will explain himself as to why the VAWA was so bad. Maybe he’ll do it after a rousing round of wife beating jokes. You know something about telling your wife someone, two black eyes and not having to do it again. Hyck, hyck, hyck!

Oh well, so in The Chinless Wonder’s eyes, beating women is a-okay. Maybe women’s pay is different.

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Four times, this champion for women voted down laws stopping the salary glass ceiling. Four. Damn. Times! McConnell is a supporter of woman’s issues in the same way David Duke supports racial issues.

Be prepared for McConnell’s next bill: The “Women belong in the home making my dinner, except for my wife who can become Sec. Of Labor” Act. Sure fire plan to win over dem women folk.

Worst. Liar. Ever!


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Darrell Issa[/font]
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Yes, suspected arsonist and car thief Darrell “Fisherman” Issa is back and on another “fact-finding” mission to look for anything he can impeach Barack Obama for. The idiot’s “Joe Friday” is on the mission to get that socialist, communist, fascist, black power supporting, Muslim Kenyan and nothing will stop him. . .because he if he can’t find “just the facts,” he’ll make them up!

Since the rollout of Obamacare’s website has been plagued with problems, Darrell Issa has decided to take it upon himself to ask the question “”What did the president know and when did he know it” yet again. So, he asked Aetna, BC/BS, Humana, Kaiser, UnitedHealth and others specific leading questions.

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Start the fishing trip, please. Issa’s trying to reel in a blackfish!

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All that can be heard is Issa standing over these people saying “Ve haft ways ov making your speak!” Followed by “Get the Comfy CHAIR!”

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After, he then demanded blood samples, DNA samples, urine test results, a stool sample, six letters of canonization and a record of all phone calls made by each member of their families going back to their great-grandparents. Because, their great-grandparents might have come in contact with the man who carried the pants of the man who lived next to to the woman who might have known Obama’s father, which proves Obamacare is a sham.

Nah. . .that couldn’t happen. Obama’s a Kenyan.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Mark Halperin[/font]
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Any time right wing media is mentioned, be sure a lie will be spoken within six seconds. Mark Halperin, a man famous for being suspended for calling Obama “a dick” on “Morning Blow,” decided to challenge his inner Palin at that echo chamber knows as Newsmax and fart out one of the biggest lies of Obamacare and the ACA.

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Death panels? Please tell us. Markie, where that is. Where in the law are the death panels?

Speechless, except for. . .

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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Martha MacCallum[/font]
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When it comes to lying, nothing holds a candle to the USA’s answer to Pravda, Fox News. . .Rupert Murdoch’s personal vanity news agency.

One of their spokesmodels, Martha MacCallum, decided to do what Fox News jackasses always do. . .Put her foot in her mouth. Sometimes, using horrific events to prove your point only makes you look like an obtuse asshole.

Take it away, Martie!!!!

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Umm. . .what? Not sure I follow you, Martie. . .there seems to be stupid in my ear! Please speak again.

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Ummm. . .what? Obamacare cares touches more live than the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina.

Let’s see what’s worse:

This:
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This:
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Or this:
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Unless MacCallum is implying that the people that died in NOLA, the soldiers that died and came back mutilated on a war based on lies and the Iraqi civilians aren’t human (which would make her heartless, stupid and racist), then maybe something is askew.

Or maybe this harpie is just heartless, stupid and racist.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Bob McDonnell and Scott Walker[/font]
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A two-fer in jackass Republican Governors. First, Virginia ex-governor and soon-to-be DOC#VA45304533, Bob McDonnell. What a said tale he is, He entered politics as a firebrand right wing blowhard, trumping himself as a breath of fresh air in Richmond and soon became one of the most corrupt slimebags in the country. Puts smiles on alot of faces watching this prick’s fall from grace.

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"What a great governor you have," Romney told cheering Virginians. "What a terrific man and a terrific leader. Way to go."

Yes, Bobby is a terrific man and a terrific leader. But underneath the veneer of his smile lurked the heart of a man who used the governor’s mansion as his own personal commissary and depository account.

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Risks? Tarnishing? It’s over, AP. O. V. E. R.

But, only far away, professional toad and Koch-sucker Scott Walker (R-Also Soon-To-Be Inmate) knows his prospects of re-election suck. So he did the next best thing to get money since the fund raising is drying up: Played Grinch.

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Yes, he has declared war on Christmas. Call Bill O’Reilly and Fox News. Scott Walker hates Christmas.

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Wow, talk about pandering. Explain that to your child. Sorry, you won’t get the XBOX. Our leader needs money. All praise the leader! Eastasia for all. . .oops, that’s only if you’re a Communist!


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Robert Kerns[/font]
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You’re all asking. Who is Robert Kerns? Well, here’s his mugshot.

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Kerns is so full of love he can’t help getting a little of it a girl. . .who’s passed out. Impaired. . .and drugged up. At least that’s what the police report says.

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Sources told several news outlets last week that Robert Kerns had gotten drunk and assaulted a woman following a GOP dinner in October.

She was asking for it. She was wearing clothing and passed out in a provocative position. But was it legitimate rape? Need to call in Todd Akin to tell the woman she won’t get pregnant.

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Damn. . .he went to town on this poor woman. How did he go this? What else is he charged with?

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Drugs, rape. . .sounds like good family values from Republicans.

Thank God Mitch McConnell voted against the VAWA three times. Maybe he can protect a fellow Republican.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Pizza Hut[/font]
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Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la, la la la la. . .deck the halls with pink slips and slander if you decide to celebrate! We all need to be at work on every national holiday. Screw tradition and your family, fa la la la la, la la la la!

Yes, it’s the holiday season. . .enough avarice to last an entire year. Pizza Hut decided to jump on the holiday spirit bandwagon by firing a middle manager that refused to work on Thanksgiving. The man’s name is Tony Rohr and he has worked for Pizza Hut for more than 10 years.

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Good for him. People should be home with family, not serving people crappy pizza on a national holiday, even if the reason for the holiday is repugnant.

[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#F4E0E0; border:1px solid #E8C0C0; box-shadow:-1px -1px 3px #C66666 inset; border-radius:0.6em; margin:0.5385em 0em 0em 0.5385em;"]"I said, 'Why can't we be the company that stands up and says we care about your employees and you can have the day off?'" Rohr told CNN affiliate WSBT Wednesday. "Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only two days that they're closed in the whole year. And they're the only two days that those people are guaranteed to have off to spend with their families."
Rohr told the affiliate he refused to quit and detailed his frustration in the letter.
"I accept that the refusal to comply with this greedy, immoral request means the end of my tenure with this company," he says he wrote. "I hope you realize that it is the people at the bottom of the totem pole that make your life possible."

Wow! I wish I knew this guy. What a model citizen! And a model leader. He fell on the sword for his fellow employees against an act of corporate tyranny and greed.

This crap gets worse as the restaurant Rohr worked at went into full on spin mode.
[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#F4E0E0; border:1px solid #E8C0C0; box-shadow:-1px -1px 3px #C66666 inset; border-radius:0.6em; margin:0.5385em 0em 0em 0.5385em;"]The local franchise told the affiliate that Rohr was not fired, but quit. "

Oh, I see how it works. Tell a guy to write his resignation letter, then when the press gets bad, inform the world that he quit. Passive termination. We know it will look bad if we fire you. So give us a letter of resignation so we can cover our ass.

Did Pizza do the right thing?

[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#F4E0E0; border:1px solid #E8C0C0; box-shadow:-1px -1px 3px #C66666 inset; border-radius:0.6em; margin:0.5385em 0em 0em 0.5385em;"]Now, Pizza Hut's corporate office says the franchise "made a serious error in judgment, one which we hope to help remedy.

(Pizza Hut) sent CNN a statement that said the store has agreed to hire him back.

"We fully respect an employee's right to not work on a holiday, which is why the vast majority of Pizza Huts in America are closed on Thanksgiving," the corporate office said in a statement. "As a result, we strongly recommended that the local franchisee reinstate the store manager and they have agreed. We look forward to them welcoming Tony back to the team."

Thank God this has a happy ending. Still, how many of Rohr’s bosses will be fired for this shit? I guess none.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Sarah Palin[/font]
[div style="display:inline-block; padding-left:0.3077em;" title="Shocked, Shocked I Tell Ya"] [div style="display:inline-block; padding-left:0.3077em;" title="Misogyny"] [div style="display:inline-block; padding-left:0.3077em;" title="Misogyny"] [div style="display:inline-block; padding-left:0.3077em;" title="Dumb"]

And finally, Gidgot released a new book. Another screechfest of the worst odor. “Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas.” I say released, because it was ghost written of course.

What a good gift for the staunch teabagger (if they can ready more than coloring books). Saran Palin’s new “trees had to die for this crap” tome. How is it selling?

[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#F4E0E0; border:1px solid #E8C0C0; box-shadow:-1px -1px 3px #C66666 inset; border-radius:0.6em; margin:0.5385em 0em 0em 0.5385em;"]Sarah Palin’s miserable hackish attempt to profit off Christmas totally bombed on Black Friday to the point where it was outsold by comedian Rob Delaney’s book.

But Amazon just updated their top 100 list and Delaney is now at 62 as of this writing with “Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.”

To quote George Takei: Oh My!

That poorly huh? Didn’t conservative website buy this book in bulk to shore up the sales so she would be on the best seller’s list with an asterisk??? No. . .time to sink or swim on your own, Sister Sarah.

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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

Please, continue. This is too rich!

[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#F4E0E0; border:1px solid #E8C0C0; box-shadow:-1px -1px 3px #C66666 inset; border-radius:0.6em; margin:0.5385em 0em 0em 0.5385em;"]Many unhappy customers took to Amazon to vent their displeasure with her book.

Buyer’s remorse (snicker). Didn’t like the book. (gaffaw).

[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#F4E0E0; border:1px solid #E8C0C0; box-shadow:-1px -1px 3px #C66666 inset; border-radius:0.6em; margin:0.5385em 0em 0em 0.5385em;"]George Waters wrote, “Despite its title, there is no “great joy” to be found in this book. I also could not find the good tidings. In fact there is mostly petty griping about various entities seeking to “destroy” Christmas (but only Christmas as defined by Sarah Palin). Palin manages to both rehash the War on Christmas and wage her own war on hope and charity (AKA love). Her sense of irony is as dead as is her sense of reality.”

That does not sound too uplifting. Maybe there is a better one?

[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#F4E0E0; border:1px solid #E8C0C0; box-shadow:-1px -1px 3px #C66666 inset; border-radius:0.6em; margin:0.5385em 0em 0em 0.5385em;"] Priscilla Wood wrote, “I truly thought Palin was going to make a case for why Christmas is important, instead the book is full of rants, misleading assumptions while showing more love with the idea of Christmas rather than the real meaning of it. Her argument makes it scary to think that she held public office at some point. If you enjoy reading juvenile literature you’ll enjoy this book.”

Killjoys. Surely there is one better.

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Sure, Rob Delaney “has been named the “Funniest Person on Twitter” by Comedy Central and one of the “50 Funniest People” by Rolling Stone, according to his website. But let’s face it – no one is funnier than Sarah Palin. She doesn’t even have to try. After all, they’re claiming she “wrote” this in “English” — punk’d, because we can tell by the bitterness that it came from the very angry person that is Sarah Palin.

ROFLMFAO!!!!

See you next week.

[JTFrog]

1. Please edit to include a graphic warning. n/t

[Nanjing to Seoul]

2. Done!

[JTFrog]

3. Thank you. n/t

[Dr Hobbitstein]

4. #9 wasn't actually Pizza Hut...

It was the local franchise. Pizza Hut MADE the local franchise hire him back.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

5. Pizza Hut only did the right thing because of media attention and possible negative pub

But I did write it was a happy ending.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

6. Or did they just do the right thing?

I didn't hear about the story until Pizza Hut demanded the franchise hire him back. And that was the day after Thanksgiving. Aside from that, you put the heat on Pizza Hut as a whole, when it was a franchise. It's disingenuous to put the blame on the company when the blame resides with a franchise. They're the ones who deserve our ire.

[lame54]

14. I heard about the firing first...

The next day I heard about the re-hiring

[CBGLuthier]

7. Warning or not number 6 is over the fucking line

You could have made the same point without that disgusting image.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

11. Please check your personal messages.

[Capt. Obvious]

8. AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service
Mail Message
At Wed Dec 4, 2013, 08:28 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

Top Ten Conservative Idiots of the Week (Graphic Warning on #6)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024129732

REASON FOR ALERT:

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS:


Graphic image is wrong.The warning is not enough. This shit is sickening and serves no purpose.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Dec 4, 2013, 08:39 AM, and the Jury voted 2-4 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Interesting (as in not) alert. I put together a similar post of Katrina photos but decided to leave out the dead body photos as I know some idiot would alert on it, and really, who knows what jury you get these days.
Thanks for confirming my suspicions alerter.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: Although I'm reluctant to hide a top 10 conservative idiots, the graphic is WAY over the line. The OP was asked 3.5 hours ago to change it, and while s/he is probably asleep, it's too much for members to have to put up with.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: perhaps a bit over the top but i have been wanting this post to reappear and i will not vote against it
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: oh please
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

10. jury results for what? I deleted the photo!

I even emailed an apology to the poster, telling him I was trying to prove a point, but can understand why that photo was wrong.

What the hell?

[Capt. Obvious]

12. Delicate flowers

[RC]

28. Apparently some people like their wars and killing clean and pain free, like on TV.

[Capt. Obvious]

29. That pisses me off

Everyone should see what it's like.

I'm sure the people that live would love not to see it.

[RC]

30. There would be a lot less pictures like that if we would stay out of other countries business and

stopped trying to rule the world.

By what right do we have to go into other countries and kill their citizens, or anyone, for that matter?
Can you imagine the uproar if another country came here and tried to build military bases. Or use drones, based in Mexico, Canada or Cuba, to take out people who, the rest of the world considers to be terrorist leaders in power in this country? That shoe fits our feet as well as any other country that harbors terrorists.

[Capt. Obvious]

13. Results posted

[lame54]

15. Thanks for the hard work you put into this weekly feature...

It was sorely missed

[BainsBane]

16. The jury was seated before you deleted it

When I looked at it, there was a picture of a guy's blown off head. As you can see, the time stamp on the finished jury results is 4 minutes before your 2nd edit.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

18. Instead of alerting, the alerter could have PMed me. I listened and deleted out of respect

In hindsight, it was a bit over the top, which is partially my fault.

I am getting my PhD and my dissertation is on the Wang Jing Wei government during and after the Rape of Nanking. I see photos like that one on a daily basis.

Sorry for my obtuseness. I will self-edit a bit more next week, but as I said I was trying to make a point. Sorry for offending anyone at all.

It is not, and was not, my intention.

[Capt. Obvious]

19. People upset by those photos

should be extra happy they don't live there.

[BainsBane]

20. I'm glad you edited it.

Part of what I looked at in voting to hide (I was number 2), was that there were several posts on here asking you to edit it, one as long as 3.5 hours ago. I see a lot of complaints about graphic photos that I don't consider graphic, but that one was too much. Most people don't look at that stuff everyday. At any rate, I'm glad it worked out. You edited the photo and everyone gets to appreciate the hard work you put into this. Thanks for putting this together.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

21. Please understand that I live half a world away in China and when all of you are waking up

I am starting to fall asleep. Writing this now, it's 10:00PM and the only reason I am still up is I am grading League of Nation exams for tomorrow.

[dembotoz]

9. k and r

[HappyMe]

17. k&r

[LisaLynne]

22. Thank you for doing these.

I know it's got to be hard to have to stare that much ignorance in the face long enough to write about it, but you're doing a public service by calling these idiots out. Thank you!!!!!!!!

[11 Bravo]

23. K&R! And don't be disheartened by a few of the fainting couch crowd who ...

tried to have your hard work hidden. Please be aware that the VAST majority of DUers very much appreciate you and your tireless efforts to entertain and inform us.

[Javaman]

24. You all must read the "5 star" reviews of failin quitters door stop. The best snark ever! nt

http://www.amazon.com/Good-Tidings-Great-Joy-Protecting/product-reviews/0062292889/ref=cm_cr_dp_qt_hist_five?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addFiveStar&showViewpoints=0

[marble falls]

26. 25. Before I even read this favorite feature of mine, thank you for doing ths column!

[Warpy]

27. Just when I think they've hit the bottom of the (used deadly chemical) barrel

they come up with a real gem like this:

Last week, Walker’s campaign sent an email encouraging supporters not to buy gifts for their children and to use that money instead to support his reelection effort.

Scrooge during the first half hour of the play or movie really is their great hero!