@skahammer: I know! It had Raspberry Beret, Into the Groove, King of Rock, Running Up That Hill, and fucking La Di Da Di. Fuck you, Rolling Stone listicle from 2004. #america
@snugbug: @Pareene: Thanks. I wasn't specifically asking about the musical preferences of home-schooled junior-high girls wearing acid-washed jeans, but I'm nevertheless glad to add this to the dataset.
@flossy: Good alternate read, except Rolling Stone launched in 1967, so it would follow the mag attained the apex of relevance before it even existed. #america
Truthers claim the U.S. government was complicit in the largest act of terror on American soil. Birthers think Obama was born overseas. Now, in a fair and sane world, there would be no natural-born requirement for our Presidents. Objectively, truthers are A LOT worse, for thinking the government complicit in mass terror and for assuming the government's competent enough to get away with it.
@oneinsixbillion: Perhaps the government has a hand in this in that the Bush administration resisted the 9-11 commission and then stonewalled it when it finally gave in. Just a thought.
Was there a choice for "Bush was incompetent and unfocused on national security because he took more vacation time than any U.S. President in his first eight months in office and was surrounded by a bunch of dumbass partisan yokels already planning an invasion of Iraq?"
What's wryly amusing is that their crazies are half again crazier than we are, over "our" issue.
Then they go over to "their" issue and prove themselves Whoa Unholy Momma Bat-Sh*t Insane.
Although, I have to say, if "allowed" includes "willfully closing one's eyes to actionable, credible and critical intelligence so one could saw logs on one's Texas estate while barely avoiding being assassinated by a pretzel", then count me in for the "allowed" category.
@Trai_Dep: I don't know, I'm pretty sure the truthers are about as crazy as crazy gets.
Conservatives may be living in a constant state of abject, debilitating fear over 9/11 that drives every single foreign policy decision any of them make, but at least fear is understandable on some level given the event itself. Wild conspiracy theories are a whole different thing.
Also, let's not forget that the truther conspiracy movement started with the claim that the airplanes involved were actually US military tankers, supposedly identified by the "pods" on their underbellies. This, of course, ignored the fact that there were actually victims on those (commercial) planes. Once that was pointed out, repeatedly, there was an almost audible "oops" and the truthers pretty much dropped that claim. It's pretty much the only time they've been convinced of the truth of anything about 9/11. It's almost like they feel like they gave us all a mulligan, and now whenever we point out anything that's wrong with their crackpot theory, we're just being belligerent and mean.
I love that "Independent" thing. Imagine asking someone "are you Presbyterian or Episcopalian?" and then writing down "Independent", because they were neither. Gotta love that freedom of choice in this country!
Yeah, it's not like George Bush got personally handed a memo that said "Bin Laden determined to attack inside United States" and did nothing. And then used an attack by Al Qaeda to then invade a sovereign country that had nothing to do with said attack.
Where do these crazy pants people get such wacky ideas? I mean he didn't intentionally let New Orleans drown either... but I can see where people get that perfect blend of incompetence mixed with ruthless opportunism confused with actual intent.
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Then they go over to "their" issue and prove themselves Whoa Unholy Momma Bat-Sh*t Insane.
Although, I have to say, if "allowed" includes "willfully closing one's eyes to actionable, credible and critical intelligence so one could saw logs on one's Texas estate while barely avoiding being assassinated by a pretzel", then count me in for the "allowed" category.
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Conservatives may be living in a constant state of abject, debilitating fear over 9/11 that drives every single foreign policy decision any of them make, but at least fear is understandable on some level given the event itself. Wild conspiracy theories are a whole different thing.
Also, let's not forget that the truther conspiracy movement started with the claim that the airplanes involved were actually US military tankers, supposedly identified by the "pods" on their underbellies. This, of course, ignored the fact that there were actually victims on those (commercial) planes. Once that was pointed out, repeatedly, there was an almost audible "oops" and the truthers pretty much dropped that claim. It's pretty much the only time they've been convinced of the truth of anything about 9/11. It's almost like they feel like they gave us all a mulligan, and now whenever we point out anything that's wrong with their crackpot theory, we're just being belligerent and mean.
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Where do these crazy pants people get such wacky ideas? I mean he didn't intentionally let New Orleans drown either... but I can see where people get that perfect blend of incompetence mixed with ruthless opportunism confused with actual intent.
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...This.