Open Thread – Troll of the Month
21 09 2009Well, I’ve been waiting for more, but I think this one finally gave up. And that’s a shame really, because its name and message just kept evolving over time. It has visited several times in the past few weeks and I think it may have visited under another name long ago.
Our troll’s current name? It started out as twomillion and then grew to twomillionstrong. I assume that does not refer to the actual two million that showed up for President Obama’s inauguration, but rather to the 60,000 (give or take a bazillion) that attended the Teabagger Rally on 9/12.
But in any case…. sit back, pop a beer, or some corn, or a cup of coffee, whichever is appropriate for your time zone, and enjoy.
Post #1)
Bury Obamacare with Ted Kennedy
Post #2)
Bury Obama(Baucuscare) with Ted Kennedy
Post #3)
Bury Obama(Baucuscare) with Ted Kennedy
No to the Indonesian-Kenyan muslim socialist.
Post #4)
I like Orly
Post #5)
Palin\Wilson in 2012
Michelle Bachmann for Speaker of the House
Orly Taitz for the Supreme Court
Stop the Indonesian Muslim Socialist
Post #6)
Palin\Wilson in 2012
Michelle Bachmann for Speaker of the House
Orly Taitz for the Supreme CourtStop the Indonesian Muslim Socialist
F*** you!!
I almost did a coffee spit when I got #5. And I waited eagerly to see what other possible nightmare appointments twomillionstrong could possibly make to top that one. And then came #6… It had to go and get all mad and use a bad word. I had such high hopes. Oh, well. And with that, it slithered back into the mudflats. And where might this troll be located? Before you start guessing Texas or Alabama or Arkansas like those we’ve had in the past, cast your stereotypes aside. This one’s from Pittsfield, Massachussetts! There are trolls in New England! I thought they were extinct there, but apparently one has survived.
And with that, I say…
Glenn Beck for Fed Chairman!
Larry Craig for Scoutmaster!
Bill O’Reilly for Secretary of Education!
Dick Cheney for Health and Human Services!
Rush Limbaugh for the head of the Food & Drug Administration!
Carrie Prejean for Governor of Alaska!
Donald Rumsfeld for Secretary of Defense! Oh, wait….
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:26 AM
I am late to the party….but how about Dick & Liz Cheney as test dummies for torture techniques?
thanks all for the LOLs
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:30 AM
@Desert Mudpup #90
No gainful employment for Perry in the Great Sovereign Nation of Texas?
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Lou Dobbs-In Charge of Immigration
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Georgia is looking for federal disaster funds. I thought gov’t was evil. Why do these fiercely independent, god-fearing flag-loving gvmnt-hating morons always have a hand out for federal money? Wait til South Carolina has to ask.
I hope as a nation we can laugh them out to sea.
Lou Dobbs – Office of Irrelevancy
Rick Perry – Loyalty Officer
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Before appointing someone to a position… they must have a successful track record to show they are qualified. { except when George Dubya did it }
Meg must be The ‘ Internet CZAR’… responsible for internet traffic and such.
Just a few simple words like ‘ Iconic image ‘ and the internet went CRAZY… upon her command. That’s POWER!!
Todd would be best suited for something like HUDD, Housing and Urban Development.
Who ELSE… with such a small, limited supply of ‘ building materials ‘ , and Volunteer manpower , would have been able to erect that HUGE House with such limited resources. AND it came in ‘ under his budget’. No small feat indeed.
What a job…People should ‘ investigate ‘… to see how it was done.
$arah…..What Dept. is in charge of or oversees ‘ Trust Funds ‘..? Tax Free Trust Funds that is.
As a ‘ part time ‘ gig on the side $arah could be involved with the AIP…BOTH of them.
1)AIP- American Institute of Philanthropy – The American Institute of Philanthropy is a nonprofit charity watchdog organization that helps donors make informed giving decisions. { W o W… does THAT description fit ! }
2) AIP- American Institute of Physics-Highly cited, highly respected, and highly relevant, AIP Journals are the cornerstone of many physics collections.
{ Sarah took PHYSIC-cal Education… Is THAT the same thing?? }
Physics Collections… like Basketball Trophies and Ribbons…?
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Clearly, Caitlin Upton (Miss Teen South Carolina) stands head and shoulders above the rest for the post of Secretary of Education:
“I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, people out there in our nation don’t have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our [children].”
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:32 PM
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090922/BREAKING/90922016?source=rss_breaking
Palin’s appearance in Hong Kong has generated a mixed response from the financial community. Investor Marc Faber, a fellow speaker at the CLSA conference who publishes the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, said he has no plans to attend Palin’s presentation.
“I would not waste my time with hearing what a totally ignorant character has to say about the world,” Faber said in an e-mail.
WOW – totally ignorant character – that about sums her up!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:41 PM
New Jersey Mudpups – Please watch this video of your Rep. Chris Smith from the Values Voter Summit and call his a$$ out on this . He goes on and on about Pres. Obama’s culture of death, labels him the abortion president, says that his entire admin. is dedicated to escalating the abortion agenda and that a huge push for increasing abortions is hidden throughout the health care bill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhNjFwhTzrM
Please send this to your local news stations and newspapers and ask them to interview him about this speech. I’m going to send my opinions but as I’m from out of state, I doubt I’ll they’ll care.
I tried to take a mental health day today. Turned the phones off, tried to cut back on the news, etc. but a few things snuck through the filter. Going to go take a walk now.
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:59 PM
102 Evelyn Says: September 22nd, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Georgia is looking for federal disaster funds…
***WARNING: RANT COMING!!!***
Evelyn, please remove your blinders. I live smack dab of the hell that is going on now in the Atlanta Metro area and trust me, it doesn’t matter where you live, you deserve emergency help. We are a heck of a lot bigger population and area wise than New Orleans (Katrina – remember that???), and we have as bad, if not worse, flooding here.
Check out the photo slideshows at http://www.ajc.com for one, then try http://www.cbsatlanta.com, etc. Heck…GOOGLE IT! Educate yourself, please, before you go off on “Georgia is looking for federal disaster funds”, even if the Reds/Rethugs are in charge.
We have interstate highways closed, fish on those interstates trying to get back to where they should be (and losing the battle), bridges and roads gone, 2 story homes completely under water, an entire town evacuated due to a levee break, schools completely under water, hospitals without water or sewage treatment abilities and areas where there have never been floods before.
A family with 2 kids (one 2 yo, the other 1 yo) had their home torn in 2 – the 2 yo was found dead in one part of the broken up home, found some distance from the foundation; the rest of the family was rescued from trees – they got out of the broken home. I may be hosting some former co-workers who live less than 5 miles from me that have lost everything!
You try living with over 24″ of rain in your area since last Tuesday morning.
*** RANT OVER***
I’m currently running off of a neighbor’s wireless network since my phone doesn’t work (yes, I only have dial up, since I’ve been out of work since January). But I have power, so I can’t complain too much.
(Sorry AKM/handy dandy administrators…but this whole us/them mess needs to stop when it comes to natural disasters.)
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Have y’all seen Cristina vs. Kirk (Cameron)?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/22/kirk-camerons-origin-of-s_n_294349.html
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Someone needs to tel all these ( GOP ) Hatriots out there what the definition of sarcasm, irony and humor is. And show examples, because they just don’t GET it. Huffpo has a story about the CPR ( Conservatives for Patients Rights ) group trying to defeat reform. This is led by Rick Scott. He is truly scum. His Hospitals bilked the Government and was forced to pay a fine of like 1.7 Billion I think.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/22/rick-scotts-group-unveils_n_294954.html
The Huffpo story links to The Plum Line. The CPR ad is posted there with the story. The very First comment on the page is this …..
( I have seen ‘amk’ post before… he is a mindless troll.. just like the one here)
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amk | September 22nd, 2009 at 01:23 pm
Here is another shocking video from the librul hollywood types rooting for the insurance industry. (hopefully the linky is embedded here)
What shameless shills !!!
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Notice the standard GOP troll meme … bashing ‘ librul hollywood ‘( so original)
However, He didn’t know WHAT he was watching, didn’t understand it… or never watched IT before making his point. ( Not very smart…. and Ironic )
The clip he wants to bash/use in HIS defense was titled
” Protect Insurance Co’s -Public Service Announcement” so he must have thought ‘lefty librul hollywood ‘ … those ” shameless shills ‘ was supporting/defending the Insurance Co’s.( Oops…big mistake…get the Facts)
Will Farrell sounds so ‘ serious ‘ in the ad and says it with such a straight face that someone never noticed all the ‘ sarcasm make-up ‘ he had on as well.
BTW : Huffpo had sent me a Comedy Alert email this morning mentioning Will Farrell and some other actors….in a video.
One minute into the vid their defending the Insurance Co’s seems a little silly and if troll ‘ amk ‘ had watched to the end it was hard not to notice that the ad was paid for by MoveOn.org.( CLUE !!) Humor, irony, and in this case a double shot of sarcasm poured in and mixed together. { he didn’t get it though }
The Video is posted on ‘ funny or die ‘… THAT should have been a CLUE right there.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:03 PM
You go, PepperzMom (GA). I’m w/ you. This flooding is unprecedented in GA.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:04 PM
PS: we have 2 lakes in the area that may go above flood stage once all the rain runoff reaches them.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:08 PM
@105 Pants on fire`~ Wooo hooo good one…I’ll drink to that…lmbo
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:09 PM
#110 GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble Says: September 22nd, 2009 at 1:03 PM
You go, PepperzMom (GA). I’m w/ you. This flooding is unprecedented in GA.
Yep. And the saddest thing? Most of the hardest hit neighborhoods are BLUE folks, not Red.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:16 PM
PepperzMom, GA Peach and anyone else in the flooding..take care..sending good thoughts your way. Stay dry?
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:18 PM
The aerial photos are just mind boggling. And this is metro Atlanta!
http://projects.ajc.com.coxnewsweb.com/gallery/view/metro/atlanta/atlanta-flood-aerial-0922/
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:19 PM
It is not just natural disasters that bring out this kind of reaction; anytime some fool politician or redneck in the South makes an absurd comment, all of a sudden EVERYONE in the South gets painted with the same broad brush. EVERY state in this country has a collection of red and blue folks, as well as a fair share of fools and rednecks. Let us not tar an entire state because of the foolishness of some. There are many, many good folks on this board from the South.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:23 PM
CNN coverage here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ8Dwptcj8Q
Its long…about 5 minutes.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:33 PM
ABC News coverage…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz88OUdpMJo
Also long…about 7 minutes.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Here is a story off the Huffpo.
Hopefully $arah can also team up this fellow GOP Woman. And they have a connection as well. Carly Fiorina was working for McCain last year.
She has set up a political website. ( or is the process of )
( Please.. please ..please help $arah set up Her’s as well … just like your’s)
As per the story and in the words of Jason Linkins at Huffpo.
Carly Fiorina Launches “Worst Political Website Ever”
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/22/carly-fiorina-launches-wo_n_295233.html
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Honolulu Advertiser:
Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will address fund managers in Hong Kong today in a speech that may augment both her bank account and overseas profile ahead of a possible 2012 White House bid.
Palin’s appearance in Hong Kong has generated a mixed response from the financial community. Investor Marc Faber, a fellow speaker at the CLSA conference who publishes the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, said he has no plans to attend Palin’s presentation.
“I would not waste my time with hearing what a totally ignorant character has to say about the world,” Faber said in an e-mail.
[According to various news sources, Dr. Marc Faber had been scheduled to speak WITH Sarah.]
Palin will probably tell investors that Obama’s health care plan may saddle the U.S. with a heavy debt burden for years to come, said Uwe Parpart, chief Asia strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald LP in Hong Kong. Investors outside the U.S. have helped finance unprecedented budget deficits, buying 43.1 percent of the $1.41 trillion of notes and bonds sold by the Treasury Department this year, government figures show.
“There is a lot at stake, and Palin in some ways symbolizes that for a lot of people,” said Parpart, who worked for the U.S. White House National Security Council under President Ronald Reagan. “She’s certainly a significant spokesperson for this kind of social conservative anti-Obama movement, which has picked up steam recently and chalked up some important successes.”
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Georgians (((hugs))),
Evelyn didn’t mean that you don’t urgently need and deserve help and support. She was being snarky about state leaders who complain about the federal government (and our POTUS and threaten to secede, etc.), then apply for federal disaster funds and other assistance.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Dick Cheney for Head of Dicks, of course.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Good one on HuffPost regarding one of Murkowski’s staffers:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/22/murkowski-staffer-confuse_n_295102.html
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:00 PM
119 Lani Formerly Bash Budweiser Palin Says: September 22nd, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Georgians (((hugs))),
Evelyn didn’t mean that you don’t urgently need and deserve help and support. She was being snarky about state leaders who complain about the federal government (and our POTUS and threaten to secede, etc.), then apply for federal disaster funds and other assistance.
Sorry, but snarky is not acceptable in times like this, same as it wasn’t when NO and the Gulf Coast states were hammered by hurricanes.
And GA has been relatively quiet on the Red/fed complaints, unlike TX and AK.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Now, back to the funny stuff…
Michael Steele: for head of the Backbone Division…
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:45 PM
As Bruno Tonioli of DWTS, said to Delay, “You’re crazier than Sarah Palin”, so I submit the troll is crazier than both Delay the Missy Quittypants.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:47 PM
What? You’re leaving Joe the Plumber unemployed?
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:04 PM
#124 @zyggy Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:45 PM
As Bruno Tonioli of DWTS, said to Delay, “You’re crazier than Sarah Palin”, so I submit the troll is crazier than both Delay the Missy Quittypants.
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But much less dangerous and more entertaining!
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Hugs to those in Atlanta. Flooding is serious business and I hope you get the help you need, and fast.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Have you seen this story yet?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/22/whoops-anti-acorn-bill-ro_n_294949.html
“The congressional legislation intended to defund ACORN, passed with broad bipartisan support, is written so broadly that it applies to “any organization” that has been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws, campaign finance laws or filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. It also applies to any of the employees, contractors or other folks affiliated with a group charged with any of those things.
In other words, the bill could plausibly defund the entire military-industrial complex. Whoops.”
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Michele Bachmann has got to go! Democratic candidate Dr. Maureen Reed is running against her and she is the ticket to beating Bachmann’s craziness! You can learn more about Maureen, and donate, at:
http://maureenreedforcongress.com/
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Reed
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:31 PM
haha that’s a pretty sweet video. I’d never seen that before…
Michele Bachmann has got to go! Democratic candidate Dr. Maureen Reed is running against her and she is the ticket to beating Bachmann’s craziness! You can learn more about Maureen, and donate, at:
http://maureenreedforcongress.com/
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Reed
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Gardenslug: “Whoops! – Woo hoo!
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Gardenslug ( #128)
“filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. It also applies to any of the employees, contractors or other folks affiliated with a group charged with any of those things.”
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Based the the ‘ work ‘ that Blackwater has done in Iraq….Blackwater would
have been de-funded about 2 seconds after the Bill was signed.
I Guess we’ll have to see how all those Neocon Contractors react to what the GOP has pushed through. Whoops… might be an understatement.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Rod Blagojevic for Quid Pro Quo czar.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Ben Smith on politico.com
Scheunemann advising Palin for ‘wide-ranging’ Hong Kong talk
John McCain’s campaign foreign policy advisor, Randy Scheunemann, has emerged as an advisor to former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as she attempts to build a serious public profile and begins to build a network of aides and advisors typical of a national politician.
Scheunemann confirmed this evening that he’s with Palin in Hong Kong, where she is delivering a paid speech at a conference hosted by the brokerage house CLSA, which has in the past heard keynotes from Bill Clinton and Al Gore.
His presence offers a clue as to who in the McCain orbit has survived a bitter set of post-campaign recriminations, and suggests that this won’t be an anodyne foreign policy address, and one source familiar with it says it’ll be a wide-ranging talk encompassing everything from the financial crisis, health care, and energy to Afghanistan and policy toward China and the entire East Asian region.
Scheunemann been a sharp critic of many aspects of Obama’s approach, most recently scoffing at what he described as a “unilateral preemptive concession” to Russia on missile defense bases in Eastern Europe. Scheunemann, an early supporter of the Iraq war, is prominent in the hawkish, internationalist, neo-conservative wing of the party’s foreign policy thought, and his place beside Palin also offers a bit of a clue as to the direction in which her vaguely-defined foreign policy views are likely to develop. Two other Republican policy hands, worked on the speech as well, I’m told: AEI China expert Dan Blumenthal and D.C. lawyer Kim Daniels.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:52 PM
@123 PepperzMom (GA):
1. “Snark” is irrelevant. If GA needs relief (and you do), you should get it as promptly as possible. That’s because we are, how you say, a “union”.
2. Red v fed: Sorry, but you all (that’s Georgians collectively, not you personally) RE-elected Saxbe. That’s red enough for me to despair for your state.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:55 PM
@lynnrockets (wayback):
Rather than 9/11 Czar, I think Rudi should be “Grammar Czar”, and enforce the rule that all Amerkin English sentences must have the structure “Noun, verb, ‘9/11′ “.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:05 PM
joe the plumber can be the assistant to jack the tax evader – or at least his speechwriter.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Has anyone seen or heard from ennealogic? Her blog has been dark for weeks, no posts. I have not seen her on other blogs either. I met her in Pittsburgh – nice lady, hope she is ok.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:54 PM
And along with Rummy, Condi for Secretary of State.
Seen any actual statesmen latesly (Austin, Tx’s newspaper doesn’t count)?
Last one I remember is Adali Stevenson. (OMG I’m getting old.)
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:04 PM
someone live-blogging Palin’s speech in Hong Kong, also link to picture of her there. http://twitter.com/cellomonkey
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Hey #111 Georgia Peach
You got me stuck on Ray Comforts (Living Waters) ‘new intro’ to Darwin’s Origin of Species and links there led me to TED.com with a lecture about the evolution of skin color by Nina Jablonski (14 min video). Good learning y’all…
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Oop’s Ray Comfort’s. Sorry.
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:44 AM
*taking a ride to Pittsfield, Mass*
I got you covered AKM!