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Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 14, 2013 18:23:51 GMT -5
I haven't laughed like that in a year. Every time I was about to... Sensitivity Trainer: OK, class. We have some newcomers today. I'd like you all to be warm and welcoming. First, let's go around for some introductions. Student: Hullo. Name's Bozo. 'm'a rodeo clown. Job's makin' the bulls ta chase me, make folks laugh. Sometimes dress up like someone folks don't like much an' then makin' the bulls ta chase me. I like... peanuts n' stuff. Class: Welcome, Bozo!
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 14, 2013 18:26:07 GMT -5
Ouch! You have one more than I do, but my daughter and SIL have us both beat. Counting his "business cats", they've got ten! Must be tough on your wife, though. I hope her symptoms aren't too miserable. they are less miserable since she got on medication!
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 14, 2013 18:41:16 GMT -5
Oh, good! I'm glad she found something that worked for her. Some people just can't seem to find anything that really brings relief.
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Post by Opti on Aug 14, 2013 19:30:01 GMT -5
DJ, see if they still make Allerpet. Its a spray that keeps dander down.
Its what I'd use if I had to. I'm allergic to cats which is challenging as they usually like me. Hopefully her allergies are mild. Just watch it. My Dad thought he beat his allergies and they came back and turned into asthma when we had pets with dander.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 14, 2013 20:02:48 GMT -5
Can you people stop talking about cat dander for one minute? The President of the United States of America was blatantly mocked by a rodeo clown. Show some respect for the gravity of the situation.
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Post by billisonboard on Aug 14, 2013 20:08:40 GMT -5
...all clowns to undergo sensitivity training ... More Music a Must
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Post by EVT1 on Aug 14, 2013 20:09:09 GMT -5
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 14, 2013 20:48:48 GMT -5
Can you people stop talking about cat dander for one minute? The President of the United States of America was blatantly mocked by a rodeo clown. Show some respect for the gravity of the situation. i'm already bored. cat dander it is.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 9:37:00 GMT -5
Can you people stop talking about cat dander for one minute? The President of the United States of America was blatantly mocked by a rodeo clown. Show some respect for the gravity of the situation. Pelosi has introduced legislation requiring licensing and background checks for all future rodeo clowns. There will also be a registration list for all current clowns performing. Media perception is extremely important to our current potus, so toe the line or you will be banned from performing.
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Post by doc on Aug 15, 2013 10:18:53 GMT -5
Pelosi can intruduce whatever she likes. No one will read it. Not even her!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 11:42:05 GMT -5
Pelosi can intruduce whatever she likes. No one will read it. Not even her! Hello doc, welcome!
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 15, 2013 11:47:19 GMT -5
Can you people stop talking about cat dander for one minute? The President of the United States of America was blatantly mocked by a rodeo clown. Show some respect for the gravity of the situation. Pelosi has introduced legislation requiring licensing and background checks for all future rodeo clowns. There will also be a registration list for all current clowns performing. Media perception is extremely important to our current potus, so toe the line or you will be banned from performing. LOL! I do hope there's nobody out there who actually believes this!
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Post by The Captain on Aug 15, 2013 11:50:20 GMT -5
You know, if the article about the sensitivity training for the clowns was not from a reputable source I would have not believed it myself...
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 15, 2013 11:55:28 GMT -5
My cousin still has her old TRICKY DICK mask from Halloween eons ago. Ill try to post it but that was one UGLY POTUS. At least Obama is better looking!
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 15, 2013 11:59:46 GMT -5
You know, if the article about the sensitivity training for the clowns was not from a reputable source I would have not believed it myself... Oh, I didn't have any trouble buying that one, captain. I imagine the state pols were in a state of apoplexy over the national attention being given to their freaking fair and its clown! Pelosi, on the other hand ... nah. However, what you say is precisely why I posted what I did. When people post stupid stuff like that, there are those who will buy in. Most here won't, but we have people who just read and don't post, and we have new members and guests who don't know the posters here so can't read humor into things quite as easily.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 12:12:14 GMT -5
Pelosi has introduced legislation requiring licensing and background checks for all future rodeo clowns. There will also be a registration list for all current clowns performing. Media perception is extremely important to our current potus, so toe the line or you will be banned from performing. LOL! I do hope there's nobody out there who actually believes this! Most are wise to my special brand of idiotic humor, but not always as recently proven !
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Post by workpublic on Aug 15, 2013 12:29:37 GMT -5
The President of the United States of America was blatantly mocked by a rodeo clown. Show some respect for the gravity of the situation. perfect perspective!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 12:30:38 GMT -5
You know, if the article about the sensitivity training for the clowns was not from a reputable source I would have not believed it myself... Oh, I didn't have any trouble buying that one, captain. I imagine the state pols were in a state of apoplexy over the national attention being given to their freaking fair and its clown! Pelosi, on the other hand ... nah. However, what you say is precisely why I posted what I did. When people post stupid stuff like that, there are those who will buy in. Most here won't, but we have people who just read and don't post, and we have new members and guests who don't know the posters here so can't read humor into things quite as easily. The rodeo was a very small part of that fair. There was only a couple hundred farm hands and livestock owners watching the event. Putting that clowns activities on the national stage for riling the Saint Obama followers was just bad luck for Missouri politicians. Ridiculing Obama in rodeos and any other agriculture business activities around here is just standard fare (pun intended) for amusement. I don't know how much of a surprise it is for people who live in city/urban areas, but most in the rural areas around here just hate Obama.
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 15, 2013 12:52:55 GMT -5
The President of the United States of America was blatantly mocked by a rodeo clown. Show some respect for the gravity of the situation. perfect perspective! not really. the mocking doesn't bother me one bit. mock away.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 15, 2013 14:11:44 GMT -5
The President of the United States of America was blatantly mocked by a rodeo clown. Show some respect for the gravity of the situation. perfect perspective! DJ's concern is with the terrorist rodeo clown conspiracy to have the real Pres. Obama trampled by a rodeo bull. That is, these kinds of antics constitute genuine threats of bodily harm. He's a busy man and hasn't been able to present his thesis on where and how the clowns will actually strike, but no doubt his theories are actionable and will be of great interest to the FBI, DHS, SS et al. Since you've commented in this thread, expect a visit from the feds sometime in the next 24-48 hours.
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 15, 2013 14:24:53 GMT -5
The President of the United States of America was blatantly mocked by a rodeo clown. Show some respect for the gravity of the situation. perfect perspective! DJ's concern is with the terrorist rodeo clown conspiracy to have the real Pres. Obama trampled by a rodeo bull. no, actually. but since you have posted on this again and again, and are clearly not getting it, let me point it out to you, and everyone else who seems dumfounded by my lack of a sense of humor, and my fascist attack on said clown's right to expression. it is my opinion that, in the most general case, the more we talk about violence, the more we witness it, and the more we cheer it on, the more numb to it we become. violence should not, imo, pass for entertainment. that would include a lot of sports that people love. HOWEVER, i willingly tolerate the "bread and circuses" mentality, provided that the proximate target for the punishment is something as meaningless as a sports franchise, and the communal support network is nothing else than primary jingoism. let's now go one step further, and make the target of the violence a known person- say- SADDAM. someone who is universally loathed, and an enemy of the US. do i have a problem with this? well, yes- i kinda do. a scum sucking bastard like Saddam has human rights, too- just as anyone does. he has a right to face his accusers (or their families) in court, and a right to speak in his own defense. there is no right whatsoever to kill him, imo, unless you are under threat for your own life, and acting in your own defense. now we come to a third step- our CIC. here is a person who is democratically elected. he not only the living, breathing face of US government, but of all the institutions that we, as a secular nation, regard as sacred. to imply that throwing our president under a bull is not only acceptable, but funny, is about three steps down the road to hell, imo. it shows a profound disrespect for the office of president (which honestly, i don't care that much about, but many Republicans seem to think is important), our institutions, and the rights of individuals. i sure hope that all of that is clear to you, because if it is NOT, i will have to resort to telling you to just piss off.
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 15, 2013 14:31:44 GMT -5
Virgil- just a side note....... you have come after me for spending page after page defending words like "liberal". but here is your chance for a little self awareness. i intentionally abandoned the subject of this thread a while ago, but you have persisted on posting again and again as if i were "running away from it", rather than simply recognizing the futility of it, and behaving like a gentleman. that happens to me a lot here, probably because i post so much. but what you FAILED to recognize is your own role in those endless debates. if you would simply accept that i "probably have a point in there somewhere" and that you either fundamentally disagree, or are simply NOT GETTING IT, it would end these discussions a LOT MORE QUICKLY. rest assured that i think about things a lot before i post. i am not a "reactionary". i loathe reactionary politics, actually. if it can't be reasoned, then it is best left to the churches.
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 15, 2013 14:39:09 GMT -5
PS- forgive me if i disrupted the flow of endless laughter from your chest cavity with my sober posts.
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Post by workpublic on Aug 15, 2013 16:00:49 GMT -5
clown time is over.
Hey DJ, i've met Elvis and partied with Pete(the drummer).
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 15, 2013 22:16:41 GMT -5
clown time is over. Hey DJ, i've met Elvis and partied with Pete(the drummer). f&^king love elvis. i want to cover "Beyond Belief".....
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 15, 2013 22:26:49 GMT -5
An explanatory timeline for djAdvocate: Reply #119: You state " threatening people is not a civil right. [Pres. Bush] is a pigbastard, and should be charged with war crimes, imo- but to threaten him with bodily harm is another matter entirely. do you seriously NOT get that?" Hence, 'Do [we] seriously NOT get' your absurd theory that the diorama of a decapitated Bush constitutes a legitimate threat? Yeah, we seriously don't get it, because it's absurd. It is not a threat. Neither is a rodeo clown dressing up like Pres. Obama and taunting a bull. Reply #129: My rebuttal to #119. Rather than calling #119 'absurd', I take the more diplomatic approach of explaining why 'threat' is not an applicable term, concluding "You can claim that both instances are depictions of bodily harm and argue that such depictions should be illegal, but the term 'threat' in no way applies to either case." Reply #131: Rather than agreeing with me or in any way acknowledging my criticism, you reply " your opinion. not mine." I interpret this to mean "This is just a difference of opinion. Apples and oranges." No. Your position in #119 is absurd. I figure that perhaps I should restate my criticism so that the absurdity is more obvious. Reply #132: I point out through satire that your use of 'bodily threat' is in fact, absurd. Reply #138: You claim " I already expressed my theory." As in the theory from Reply #119? Yes, I know. It's still absurd. And yes, by the way, I did notice that " i already expressed my theory. you just don't buy it." is just another way to say "This is just a difference of opinion. Apples and oranges." But, I figure, enough bellyaching for now. Perhaps #119 was just a misfire and you're referring more to your earlier arguments that the POTUS shouldn't be mocked as a matter of respect for his position. The issue dies all the way up to... Reply #168: In response to workpublic's characterization of my post as the 'perfect perspective', you reply " not really. the mocking doesn't bother me one bit. mock away." My thoughts: Oh really? Because there are only two issues at play here: 1) whether the rodeo clown was wrong to have mocked the president by wearing the mask, getting chased by a bull, etc., and 2) whether the rodeo clown's antics constituted a legitimate threat to Pres. Obama. Here we have you clearly stating that "the mocking doesn't bother me one bit". So what does bother you then? The only other issue you've raised is #2, in Reply #119. The same absurd issue you twice dismissed as a simple difference of opinion. Reply #169: I explain to workpublic that the reason you consider my perspective off the mark is because you're (apparently) still clinging to your absurd assertion in Reply #119. Reply #170: You finally get around to explaining what you meant by Replies #131, #138, and #168. And your explanation is not " the mocking doesn't bother me one bit". It's exactly the opposite. Your reply is that the mockery bothers you considerably, and " shows a profound disrespect for the office of president [...], our institutions, and the rights of individuals". Great. I agree with you. I said so back in Reply #87. Where is your absurd supposition of 'threat of bodily harm' in this explanation? Nowhere. Your response is perfectly reasonable. Hence the one and only thing I've been repeatedly criticizing you for since Reply #119 could have been instantly cleared up if you'd simply posted Reply #170 rather than claimed "just a difference of opinion"--twice. Reply #171: You state " if you would simply accept that i "probably have a point in there somewhere" and that you either fundamentally disagree, or are simply NOT GETTING IT, it would end these discussions a LOT MORE QUICKLY."My response: If you would avoid making absurd claims punctuated by snide remarks like " do you seriously NOT get that?" and then refuse to defend them, the discussions would end much faster still. And for an added bonus, try not insisting that " the mocking doesn't bother me one bit" before you provide a long, detailed explanation of why the mockery bothers you.
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Post by workpublic on Aug 16, 2013 7:38:20 GMT -5
f&^king love elvis. i want to cover "Beyond Belief".....
Imperial Bedroom is one of his best albums. I love "Man out of time"
saw that tour 3rd row at Forest Hills tennis stadium back in the day.
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 16, 2013 8:24:22 GMT -5
I hate clowns anyway but seriously, does anyone even remotely think he was a "threat?" Talk about much ado about nothing.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 16, 2013 8:36:03 GMT -5
I hate clowns anyway but seriously, does anyone even remotely think he was a "threat?" Talk about much ado about nothing. This is the same crowd that collectively gave a thumbs up to the FBI for interrogating a young IHOP waitress in California after she tweeted "I hope he's assassinated." when Pres. Obama was reelected in 2012.
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 16, 2013 8:39:50 GMT -5
Frankly, I thought Israel would have him assassinated but somebody just random is not a threat but surely ought to know better than to say something like that out loud. Thinking it is one thing but you ought to be smart enough to know that's going to red flag you. But a clown and a bull? Seriously? I'd be ashamed to have my panties in a wad over that.
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