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DollarBillHines

(1,922 posts)
59. You nailed it
Mon Feb 11, 2013, 05:57 PM
Feb 2013

It was early 80s, and they were exactly as you describe. Anti-union crap would bubble out from their spittle-flecked lips as soon as they started making noise in a 'conversation'. I always found that to be a real head-scratcher since - back then, anyway - both union and non-union people worked side by side.

Please Please Please Ted ajk2821 Feb 2013 #1
He's a coward leftynyc Feb 2013 #3
I can dream, can't I? ajk2821 Feb 2013 #11
+/- 30 leftynyc Feb 2013 #15
30? ajk2821 Feb 2013 #17
Hell, FOX will probably keep the camera on him the entire time Mike Daniels Feb 2013 #87
there is a chance Dan Feb 2013 #93
He is the worse kind of a coward. He gets people worked up then they go do the southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #101
Both him and the congressman he rode in on. nt valerief Feb 2013 #6
Excuse me Scairp Feb 2013 #26
barred - one would hope so. RILib Feb 2013 #41
Yes, I would think so. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #51
Both he and the Congresscritter who invited him should be barred. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #84
Don't bar him. Let him shoot off his mouth helping to bury the Repuks. olegramps Feb 2013 #91
yeah PatrynXX Feb 2013 #77
So hard to believe I used to like him Scairp Feb 2013 #78
In 10 years Texas is going to be a Blue State and Drale Feb 2013 #2
Here, here! narnian60 Feb 2013 #12
Maybe sooner than that. Crowman1979 Feb 2013 #52
Yep. And each time Poopypants Fever opens his anal hole on FAUX SNOOZE Amonester Feb 2013 #71
Yep..... paleotn Feb 2013 #73
Don't we have procedures in place to keep people who have made threats Kber Feb 2013 #4
seems to me that would be automatic - hopefully so tomm2thumbs Feb 2013 #5
KILLER DRONES! nt valerief Feb 2013 #9
I remember when the escorted Cindy Sheehan out! FarPoint Feb 2013 #70
Which is why they were dumb ass blustering but weren't threats. The USG rightly takes a strict 24601 Feb 2013 #19
I'm pretty sure anyone who was the target RILib Feb 2013 #83
His words were "suck" and "ride", not shoot or kill. Probably not the favorite words when 24601 Feb 2013 #95
I’m glad hes sitting with his right wing idiot friends.. busterbrown Feb 2013 #7
Perhaps Mr Nooogent will be met at the door by the Secret Service ashling Feb 2013 #8
Yes, to your BTW. narnian60 Feb 2013 #14
No Worries lobodons Feb 2013 #16
That's how it works Turbineguy Feb 2013 #10
Don't Forget lobodons Feb 2013 #25
good grief,,,, why would he even go??? n/t KarenS Feb 2013 #13
To make a scene and pull a "Joe Wilson" like the vile little attention whore he is. nt DRoseDARs Feb 2013 #20
Never liked that guy: I've always found his music simple, dumb and boring. lexw Feb 2013 #18
exactly the reason it appeals to simple, dumb and boring people. olddad56 Feb 2013 #99
Ironically, neither Stockman NOR Nugent were born in Texas. hamsterjill Feb 2013 #21
there are plenty of asshole Texans Skittles Feb 2013 #23
There aren't nearly as many who were born here as those who have moved here. hamsterjill Feb 2013 #24
in my experience it is the other way around Skittles Feb 2013 #27
Please re-read my original post here. hamsterjill Feb 2013 #31
nice disclaimer Skittles Feb 2013 #43
That's your opinion. hamsterjill Feb 2013 #46
Hey! My best friend just moved to Houston last month and she's Blue! Walk away Feb 2013 #33
We welcome fellow Dems with open arms!!! hamsterjill Feb 2013 #35
you can always tell a Texan, but not very much. olddad56 Feb 2013 #100
Yep. We called them Black Plates. DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #42
Must have been the anti-union Scamway types that moved down there. Crowman1979 Feb 2013 #53
You nailed it DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #59
I remember! hamsterjill Feb 2013 #62
So Do I. Remember The Bumper Sticker That Turned Up? Paladin Feb 2013 #64
I vaguely remember that. hamsterjill Feb 2013 #65
Everybody in SE Michigan says... Crowman1979 Feb 2013 #76
speaking of which- Dubya wasn't born in Texas -- although he wore a "cowboy" hat mike dub Feb 2013 #50
Don't forget Stockman's friend, "Mark from Michigan" Gabby Hayes Feb 2013 #85
Sheesh!!! If I didn't already know he was a nut case, I do now! hamsterjill Feb 2013 #89
Stockman apparently missed the "stupid party" memo Mike Daniels Feb 2013 #22
And, I'm pretty sure... Sophiegirl Feb 2013 #44
there will be a surprise debate between Turd and Uncle Joe about guns after the speech farminator3000 Feb 2013 #28
Republicans invite a would-be assassin Berlum Feb 2013 #29
I remember when Cindy Sheehan was marched out of the SOTU for her tee shirt Rose Siding Feb 2013 #30
Ted won't be there for this simple reason: no_hypocrisy Feb 2013 #32
The Secret Service should make sure that Ted wears THIS all night!!! JoePhilly Feb 2013 #34
"excited to have a patriot like Ted Nugent" a Patriot??? AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #36
Sad if not insane ReRe Feb 2013 #37
Because Representative Joe Wilson's bad manners were not enough of a clue. CBHagman Feb 2013 #38
Ted Poogent probably won't be allowed into the SOTU venue. truthisfreedom Feb 2013 #39
DON'T GO, TED . . . IT'S A SETUP!!! OldRedneck Feb 2013 #40
That would be wonderful. Cannot wait... monmouth3 Feb 2013 #56
NOOOO!!! Let him do it! Crowman1979 Feb 2013 #57
By the time they pat him down and do a cavity search, the speech will be over. nt Mean Gene Feb 2013 #45
Anyone else notice a similarity between Ted... KansDem Feb 2013 #47
He will HAVE to STAND when the POTUS walks in! benld74 Feb 2013 #48
With help from DU and other similar sites, Steve Stockman and Ted Nugent achieve their objective onenote Feb 2013 #49
This is why the Republican Party is over, and they are too stupid to realize it still_one Feb 2013 #54
Maybe this is where Ted will make good on his promise to either die or go to jail. Crowman1979 Feb 2013 #55
Maybe the Secret service will say no way. Marrah_G Feb 2013 #58
Maybe the fine Congressman does not realize he is not only giving the President a big FU, but indepat Feb 2013 #60
Fuck fuck fuck. onehandle Feb 2013 #61
Is Nugent presenting the Tea Party response to the SOTU? jmowreader Feb 2013 #63
Maybe Joe will dropkick murphy him. graywarrior Feb 2013 #66
So I guess this means thucythucy Feb 2013 #67
Prevent Him From Being Present erpowers Feb 2013 #68
Since the Secret Service presumably has concluded he's not an actual threat onenote Feb 2013 #69
Insanity Ian Iam Feb 2013 #72
"Patriot"? Does ANY scumbag who hates the president automatically get this honorific now? Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #74
Put them in a "free speech zone." muntrv Feb 2013 #75
Message auto-removed kanooga Feb 2013 #79
As Nugent himself says in the OP article "I told him to suck on my machine gun,” Nugent screamed uppityperson Feb 2013 #80
The Secret Service Had Better Frisk Him AnnieBW Feb 2013 #81
If he's allowed in and tries something, frogmarch Feb 2013 #82
Some people might John2 Feb 2013 #86
"Texas Republican congressman Steve Stockman announced today...." mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2013 #88
Perhaps They_Live Feb 2013 #90
Hope the person sitting behind him holds up a sign that says "smells like shit in here". chelsea0011 Feb 2013 #92
Perfect! mimi85 Feb 2013 #94
"a constitutional amendment banning all Texans from holding political office" oberliner Feb 2013 #96
Seems like a candidate for a full cavity search. eom MyNameGoesHere Feb 2013 #97
So far, I've seen neither of them on screen. truthisfreedom Feb 2013 #98
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