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patrice

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7. The reason that kind of crap works for republicans is that they can't imagine minds more complicated

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 05:39 PM

Nov 2012

than their own, so "mind control" is a likely possibility to them, easy to believe that others' minds are being controlled, because they have no idea of what they're talking about when it comes to the word "mind". They don't know that they don't know and they can't even imagine that they don't know what they don't know, so they underestimate others frequently and by a great deal.

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Top Georgia GOP Lawmakers Host Briefing on Secret Obama Mind-Control Plot [View all] sufrommich Nov 2012 OP

Liars, and Teapots, and Bores! Oh, my! struggle4progress Nov 2012 #1

These people are nuts. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2012 #2

On the plus side, we can use this to turn Conservatives against The Chamber of Commerce. n/t Ian David Nov 2012 #3

The GOP has some very very serious mental issues! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2012 #4

Like he took our guns away? Turbineguy Nov 2012 #5

Shh, some of us still have ours nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #19

And built FEMA concentration camps! N/T Grins Nov 2012 #71

Maybe secession isn't all that bad an idea for Georgia. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2012 #6

It's a little known fact that when Bob Barr was still in congress Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #29

The reason that kind of crap works for republicans is that they can't imagine minds more complicated patrice Nov 2012 #7

You're making my head hurt TrogL Nov 2012 #69

Yeah, me too. I'm dizzy from re-reading that. I'll work on it again sometime. nt patrice Nov 2012 #73

Won't work. Downwinder Nov 2012 #8

uh buoy glinda Nov 2012 #9

The Onion? Satire? Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #10

Republicans need to be rounded up and put in these: SpartanDem Nov 2012 #11

I prefer this version. Heywood J Nov 2012 #39

kick to find it later n/t hootinholler Nov 2012 #12

OK Georgia The Wizard Nov 2012 #13

Hey, not so hard on us! trishtrash Nov 2012 #32

Can we not blame a lot of this GA GOP insanity on the statewide use of voting machines? We People Nov 2012 #36

I spent 14 years in Ga..... Plucketeer Nov 2012 #45

Dammit, they're on to us! PD Turk Nov 2012 #14

Does the ACA have a mental health prrovision? n/t Control-Z Nov 2012 #15

Yup, Operation Delphi you silly nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #17

Who violated OpSec? WHO? nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #16

Ironic PD Turk Nov 2012 #18

Can't you see? President Obama's only wearing the glasses to fool Lloyd Braun! Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #20

Jesus on toast. They mixed up the lead paint chips and hifiguy Nov 2012 #21

Batshit crazy. sarcasmo Nov 2012 #22

Shit, they're on to us! Everyone, pack up your Tesla coils and meet me back at "The Ranch." Bucky Nov 2012 #23

lol. nt sufrommich Nov 2012 #24

No way am I giving up my Tesla coil! blogslut Nov 2012 #25

So that box from USPS in the corner is a tesla coil? nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #27

Nope. They sent you a Theremin. You've been supposed to have been practicing all this time. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #57

Gotcha nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #58

I'm sorry, Dave! I can't let you do that! LongTomH Nov 2012 #52

You have got to be kidding me. PDJane Nov 2012 #26

It's almost a shame that Obama can't control their minds ... surrealAmerican Nov 2012 #28

I tried watching the video d_r Nov 2012 #30

*lmao* Hydra Nov 2012 #31

Wow. Glamrock Nov 2012 #33

I've actually run Delphi groups - seriously Patiod Nov 2012 #34

EXACTLY! AikidoSoul Nov 2012 #74

These are the same type of people who think Obama is controlling the weather with HAARP. Incitatus Nov 2012 #83

Wait...the US Chamber of Commerce is in on this nefarious plot? DebbieCDC Nov 2012 #35

LOCAL Chambers of Commerce. Fuddnik Nov 2012 #46

Obviously, they cannot deal with the fact that THEY LOST We People Nov 2012 #37

And, the presentation ended with, "So, don't let them out-Fox us." Coyotl Nov 2012 #38

All the GOP are on a huge Acid Trip and they can't get off... crunch60 Nov 2012 #40

Message deleted by the DU Administrators crunch60 Nov 2012 #41

"Cats Who Stare At Freepers" hifiguy Nov 2012 #70

SETI needs to turn their antennas towards GA hockeynut57 Nov 2012 #42

I don't see too many people in the audience for that presentation. mrsadm Nov 2012 #43

Mind control. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #60

In other news from Georgia: coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #44

OMG. That image! Now I gotta clean my keyboard! Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #84

Instant frontrunner for Derp Of The Year Award WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #47

Reagan turned them loose, now they're running the place. Fuddnik Nov 2012 #48

I think it started with Reagan flamingdem Nov 2012 #53

ROFL! These folks have been watching too many old Cold War conspiracy movies gollygee Nov 2012 #49

The Republicans are telling the truth about what THEY ARE DOING TO US. yardwork Nov 2012 #50

And after NC, we were the second closest red state for Obama. dawg Nov 2012 #51

These guys are Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies.... LongTomH Nov 2012 #54

They're against this??? >>>> Roland99 Nov 2012 #55

I saw keep the suburbanites where they are. geardaddy Nov 2012 #56

Idiots. Delphi is not a "mind control technique". drm604 Nov 2012 #59

The first rule of Delphi... MustBeTheBooz Nov 2012 #61

"Both sides are the same". How much of this RW nuttery do we have to witness for this meme to die? NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #62

re: Top Georgia GOP Lawmakers Host Briefing on Secret Obama Mind-Control Plot allan01 Nov 2012 #63

Oh hell, Chip Rogers is the representative of my district, RebelOne Nov 2012 #64

I can understand his position. He has a lot to fear. olegramps Nov 2012 #68

Eventually the GOP will alienate more and more people Andy Stanton Nov 2012 #65

It's only a matter of time before we have them all under our control. Ganja Ninja Nov 2012 #66

They were warned about those shock treatments. They thought it was a brain detector. olegramps Nov 2012 #67

You might be able to avert the plot by wearing tin-foil hats every time you appear in public. tanyev Nov 2012 #72

I was on a bus coming back from a conference to my hotel, phylny Nov 2012 #75

'It's also known as "consensive process." ' Matariki Nov 2012 #76

To the Georgia GOP: Doesn't this seem a little "over the top" to you? n/t are_you_serious_1234 Nov 2012 #77

I've been trying to tell you , it's a big plot, a sinister plot, a diabolical plot , crunch60 Nov 2012 #78

These folks should be on medication and institutionalized. blackspade Nov 2012 #79

Ironically, in _Manufacturing Consent_, Noam Chomsky tblue37 Nov 2012 #80

Absolutely beyond comment defacto7 Nov 2012 #81

Another name for the secret mind-control technique is called "convincing." This is serious, people. enki23 Nov 2012 #82

.. unhappycamper Nov 2012 #85

sufrommich Diclotican Nov 2012 #86