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SmartRat

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179. This video made me cry...
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:18 AM
Nov 2012

I worked in Tahiti for 15 months back in the 1980s and found it to be the happiest place I've been in my life...ever! I'm convinced that if there's a heaven at all, it looks, sounds, and smells like Tahiti!

When that picture popped up on my screen... liberal N proud Nov 2012 #1
Yeah--crazy eyes. TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #13
The kids from Jesus Camp have all grown up Turborama Nov 2012 #34
Yes and they still think the Planet Earth is only 5,000 years old... Raster Nov 2012 #188
She'd be cute if she just relaxed a bit. tridim Nov 2012 #37
STOP THAT DarleenMB Nov 2012 #60
I think he isn't bashing CO kwolf68 Nov 2012 #71
Sorry, yea, I assumed that was implied. tridim Nov 2012 #87
oh I don't know PatrynXX Nov 2012 #173
It is a crazed look liberal N proud Nov 2012 #185
Australia's PM txdemsftw Nov 2012 #2
So has God brought his judgement exboyfil Nov 2012 #3
That Aussies posted this to set Repukes straight. And heck! Now I'm thinking of moving there... Moonwalk Nov 2012 #4
Oops, Delphinus Nov 2012 #8
Same thought here! treestar Nov 2012 #58
Whenever a right-winger tells me "America, love it or leave it" I say,... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #78
+1 noiretextatique Nov 2012 #95
For those who claim "America is the greatest country in the world"... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #116
Ahhhh... outstanding, but let's not forget the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, the Florida Keys, the Cal The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #163
How can I forget Guam? I was born there. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #164
dah. Hey hope you didn't forget to vote? Just kidding. Warm hugs in Guam. The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #170
Left there when I was a baby in 1960... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #172
Titty witty aren't you? The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #186
Those things can save a fortune on coffee creamer. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #215
Eww. not where I was going. I was commenting on how clever you were. The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #238
Thanks. It's experience.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #243
Can they all become states.... AlbertCat Nov 2012 #167
That's a question that is so up in the air. Not likely till 2015. The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #171
This video made me cry... SmartRat Nov 2012 #179
Those "tropical" air fresheners don't cut it. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #216
LOVE IT. +10000! MessiahRp Nov 2012 #102
+2 n/t DissidentVoice Nov 2012 #134
I was just thinking the same thing. Liberalynn Nov 2012 #158
Bwah! Rob H. Nov 2012 #15
can i recommend, lol. nt seabeyond Nov 2012 #17
Ha! JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Rob H. Nov 2012 #26
LMFAO! nt laundry_queen Nov 2012 #31
Sounds like Heaven! Dustlawyer Nov 2012 #56
It is. And they have excellent beer and wine, too AnnieBW Nov 2012 #169
But everything is upside down! Walk away Nov 2012 #177
LOVE IT! Thank you, Moonwalk!! Love the Aussies! Cha Nov 2012 #105
There are a few areas where Australia lags behind the US on... Violet_Crumble Nov 2012 #117
That post is hilarious!!!! (From a proud Aussie)..... Prana69 Nov 2012 #138
Zombie eyes get the red out Nov 2012 #5
"Antarctica". . .Bwahahahahaha!!! DinahMoeHum Nov 2012 #6
Yeah, that's where she needs to chill out for awhile and get some Cha Nov 2012 #103
I liked that one too Liberalynn Nov 2012 #157
Well, she is decent looking. She will become a concubine to some right-wing nut-case that will keep bluestate10 Nov 2012 #7
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #28
Sea, WTF are you talking about here. That is exactly what Republicans have in mind for women stevenleser Nov 2012 #40
i stay at home and raise my kids. am i a concubine. you know... not a person, but a thing to be seabeyond Nov 2012 #43
Are you a stepford wife under the control of your husband with no choices available? stevenleser Nov 2012 #48
You choose to stay home Firebirds01 Nov 2012 #49
Exactly. This isn't hard to get. A woman who has no choices or self determination stevenleser Nov 2012 #57
For the record, and I know you cannot respond, I did not alert your post. nt stevenleser Nov 2012 #61
You missed my point. Lots of talented women are stay at home moms.But they are also equals bluestate10 Nov 2012 #165
The "point" was made, ad nauseum, thoughout the thread. It didn't need your sexual jibes. whathehell Nov 2012 #202
seabeyond is correct. It' bullshit that her message was hidden by jury. SpankMe Nov 2012 #89
That person did not call her a whore. Context matters. GOP intends women to be concubines stevenleser Nov 2012 #100
Concubine is not equal to a whore Confusious Nov 2012 #152
Oh Riiiight. whathehell Nov 2012 #192
Great idea Major Nikon Nov 2012 #205
Yeah, sure. whathehell Nov 2012 #207
Since you seem to be fond of literacy lessons, I have one for you Major Nikon Nov 2012 #221
Since you seem not to know what "goodbye" means, I doubt you're capable of "giving lessons".. whathehell Nov 2012 #223
Thank you Major Nikon Nov 2012 #227
Ahh, yes.... opiate69 Nov 2012 #228
Ahhh, yes, except whathehell Nov 2012 #231
Words of wisdom, which you probably do well to heed. opiate69 Nov 2012 #233
Wow....That's original, LOL! whathehell Nov 2012 #245
THANK You, Spank. No, this thread should NOT have been hidden whathehell Nov 2012 #203
Great example of the failings of our jury system, frankly. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2012 #209
Correct. Thanks for speaking up about it.. One dumb ass response I got to an alert -- besides whathehell Nov 2012 #229
The jury was 100% correct. That persons post does not mean what Seabeyond attributed to it. nt stevenleser Nov 2012 #246
Not cool. She's just a kid, for fuck's sake. Don't slime her for things she's not responsible for. whathehell Nov 2012 #191
18 is old enough to sign a contract, vote, get married, hifiguy Nov 2012 #218
Those Australians can laugh at us all they want, but LeftinOH Nov 2012 #9
The Alps are beautiful this time of year in Australia LondonReign2 Nov 2012 #24
Roight! The wallaby is yodeling! Gruenemann Nov 2012 #36
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! hifiguy Nov 2012 #99
Funny, all this time I thought it was the Brits! AAO Nov 2012 #46
You mean like we saved their asses whathehell Nov 2012 #234
Blond, cute, right-wing, dumb: She's gonna be a Fox News-host! DetlefK Nov 2012 #10
+1 mmonk Nov 2012 #18
lol SpartanDem Nov 2012 #21
You called that one Hans Delbrook Nov 2012 #25
Freedum!! dchill Nov 2012 #181
Australia is looking better and better... txdemsftw Nov 2012 #11
An atheist PM with a long time live in lover who is a hairdresser malaise Nov 2012 #183
doesn't Australia have strict immigration proceedures? SemperEadem Nov 2012 #12
Probably immaterial Doctor_J Nov 2012 #23
To say nothing of the fact that Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #44
Exactly. Americans are forever declaring they are moving to Canada treestar Nov 2012 #63
This American was asked to move there by his company when they shut down their US office.. whathehell Nov 2012 #88
Haha treestar Nov 2012 #97
I live near the Canadian border... DissidentVoice Nov 2012 #137
Just saying whathehell Nov 2012 #190
Thanks for that link! treestar Nov 2012 #204
Sure...Motives aside, it seems they ARE just as clueless regarding the ability to just "go there". whathehell Nov 2012 #206
Yes. Must be the next door quality of it. treestar Nov 2012 #208
Gee..Wouln't he "next door quality" tend to make them more knowledgeable? whathehell Nov 2012 #214
I doubt it treestar Nov 2012 #222
Do you imagine the "average Canadian" knows any more? whathehell Nov 2012 #225
Well as you've said, both sides are equally ignorant treestar Nov 2012 #230
Maybe, but I wouldn't rule out that "white skin" thing too fast.. Until about 1970, they had a whathehell Nov 2012 #195
lolol Solly Mack Nov 2012 #14
The Republic Party's Poster Girl Pachamama Nov 2012 #16
re:aussies laughing their heads off over anti-Obama teen girl. allan01 Nov 2012 #19
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #129
Translation: She wanted to get away from black people agentS Nov 2012 #22
Heh heh. Aborigines ain't exactly lily-white. DinahMoeHum Nov 2012 #107
I say good luck to her with getting away from black people in Australia ;) nt markpkessinger Nov 2012 #142
Yeah, but if she's bigoted toward them, she could feel right at home there. whathehell Nov 2012 #194
Two LOLworthy comments at Buzzfeed re: the tweet Rob H. Nov 2012 #27
How did you find this? Doctor_J Nov 2012 #41
Dang! Sorry, I thought the link was in the OP Rob H. Nov 2012 #53
Merciful Mother of God!... Aristus Nov 2012 #29
OMG this post is fabulous! DarleenMB Nov 2012 #66
That's very nice, thank you. Aristus Nov 2012 #84
That post is a work of art! treestar Nov 2012 #67
Thank you. Aristus Nov 2012 #104
An Oscar-worthy bit of writing, Aristus! hifiguy Nov 2012 #81
Great post malaise Nov 2012 #115
Interesting... redqueen Nov 2012 #125
Yeah, I meant to. Aristus Nov 2012 #133
"this miserable collection of DNA, plasma, and hairspray" Canuckistanian Nov 2012 #131
Maybe she missed that Australia has a PM... sarisataka Nov 2012 #30
didn't see anyone post this Julia Gillard rant on opposition leader's mysogyny rurallib Nov 2012 #32
yes it is. and it went viral. fun to watch. nt seabeyond Nov 2012 #33
awesome Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #42
She is my new hero yends21012 Nov 2012 #64
I kept waiting for someone to throw in the towel on that beating. JBoy Nov 2012 #73
Awesome. n/t ceile Nov 2012 #75
Yes it is...Thank you! whathehell Nov 2012 #91
Whoa! She flayed him to the BONE. trof Nov 2012 #92
Jayzus! hifiguy Nov 2012 #156
Thanks for that. I was in the hinterlands of VA when I heard about it. DCKit Nov 2012 #174
Wow..she is a woman of beauty. Her and Nancy Pelosi stole my heart. n/t vaberella Nov 2012 #253
She sounds familiar.... mwb970 Nov 2012 #35
"She sounds familiar...." Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #80
That Fox Newsian fried brain look Zambero Nov 2012 #38
The perfect Fax Noise future commentator Dont call me Shirley Nov 2012 #109
trof Diclotican Nov 2012 #39
What a sad state of education down south. nt DippyDem Nov 2012 #45
Great. Another cordelia Nov 2012 #96
It does get tiresome after a while, doesn't it? Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #135
I am in Georgia and in a very red county, as does my 15-year-old grandson. RebelOne Nov 2012 #251
OK- But the Aussie PM it white at least.... Right? WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2012 #47
"I think you meant Antarctica. Move there,'' tweeted @post_rock0. yellowcanine Nov 2012 #50
Aww .... she's actually a cutie. polly7 Nov 2012 #51
She reminds me a little of 'Breakfast Club'-era Ally Sheedy Rob H. Nov 2012 #65
Kids. Iggo Nov 2012 #52
Let's just ship them there for shits and giggles toby jo Nov 2012 #54
More proof Republicans are imbeciles! Liberal1975 Nov 2012 #55
Thanks to twitter and other social media it is now possible PA Democrat Nov 2012 #59
Bahahahahahaha! lilithsrevenge12 Nov 2012 #62
I was wondering where that Australian meme came from ... meegbear Nov 2012 #68
OK now I am moving to Australia!!!!! grantcart Nov 2012 #69
Is this what they mean by the thousand years of darkness. sarcasmo Nov 2012 #70
Poor fool needs to stop getting world geography info from Fox News CakeGrrl Nov 2012 #72
from Dick Morris CreekDog Nov 2012 #110
"president is a Christian and actually supports what he says" Translation: he's white Hamlette Nov 2012 #74
Maybe Palin can teach her a thing or two? lexw Nov 2012 #76
Wow, the derp is overwhelming in that one. hifiguy Nov 2012 #77
Dingo ate my baby! MineralMan Nov 2012 #79
She's competing with Miss North Carolina malaise Nov 2012 #82
The Stupid.... it burns!!! Glaisne Nov 2012 #83
Hahahaha... I'm really starting to like Twitter... redqueen Nov 2012 #85
Does she know about maps? L0oniX Nov 2012 #86
Kristen Neel - Future Mass Murderer for Christ. amb123 Nov 2012 #90
She meets all of the requirements for employment at FOX news. Gregorian Nov 2012 #93
She's just a kid. There have been many teen suicides as Norrin Radd Nov 2012 #94
Yes she is. Liberal1975 Nov 2012 #101
the Christian right are so out of touch lovuian Nov 2012 #98
She probably meant Austria instead of Australia. edbermac Nov 2012 #106
Georgia......... JPK Nov 2012 #108
A NEWTBOT. Hubert Flottz Nov 2012 #111
This poor girl does not deserve to be attacked like this LTR Nov 2012 #112
Boo-hoo Doctor_J Nov 2012 #118
Hey, as long as you're getting your jollies out of it LTR Nov 2012 #120
My own daughter??? Doctor_J Nov 2012 #123
Thank you. Somehow I think the instance of a teenaged boy saying this whathehell Nov 2012 #196
No Major Nikon Nov 2012 #240
But it's not Major Nikon Nov 2012 #239
i understand what you're saying newspeak Nov 2012 #124
No excuse for not knowing that Australia hifiguy Nov 2012 #128
Bullshit. There are adults who don't know such things and they're NOT just in the US whathehell Nov 2012 #197
Like I said, there's Google and Wikipedia. hifiguy Nov 2012 #210
And if you say something Sexist on a progressive site, expect to get called on That.. whathehell Nov 2012 #212
No, I didn't. And it was ridiculous. hifiguy Nov 2012 #219
Yeah, too bad a DU jury thought otherwise and HID the thread that complained about it. whathehell Nov 2012 #226
Well that settles it then Major Nikon Nov 2012 #241
I didn't see anything that bad right away... the Twitter responses seemed to me redqueen Nov 2012 #136
"we all say and do stupid things at that age" - what, like vote Republican? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #149
I agree with you. She is just a kid. sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #153
Then do you think the age of majority should be raised? treestar Nov 2012 #189
Heh heh. Stupid Republicans, come on down!! We've got a few surprises for you... Violet_Crumble Nov 2012 #113
I think the fact that your PM is a leftish female atheist hifiguy Nov 2012 #248
LOL. I hope that gorge is situated in the US, not here... Violet_Crumble Nov 2012 #249
The average 'pubbie couldn't find Oz hifiguy Nov 2012 #252
This post was alerted on. The jury voted 5/1 to let it stand. ohiosmith Nov 2012 #114
I will, of course, abide by the jury's decision. trof Nov 2012 #119
Maybe she meant the *other* Australia, you know, the one next to Switzerland. Bucky Nov 2012 #121
Australia has a President now? That's news. mwooldri Nov 2012 #122
knr Douglas Carpenter Nov 2012 #126
She had internet access . . . which means she could have wikied it 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #127
The Golden Rule #666 : Godot51 Nov 2012 #130
Do some research before saying you're going to move to Aussie, Kristin! DissidentVoice Nov 2012 #132
Looks like some kind of demented porn actress about to do something unspeakable. BigDemVoter Nov 2012 #139
Oh, I imagine You could "speak of it" whathehell Nov 2012 #201
Maybe it was sarcasm K-Matt Nov 2012 #140
I think this is my first post to ever go 'viral'. trof Nov 2012 #141
Like, Ohmigod! Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #143
Pampered white upper middle class suburban willfully ignorant bigot abelenkpe Nov 2012 #144
She should join the Freepers moving to Canada to avoid socialized medicine. paparush Nov 2012 #145
almost to a person - right-wingers know absolutely nothing about other countries to the point of Douglas Carpenter Nov 2012 #146
Hell, I think I'd like to move to Australia. Curmudgeoness Nov 2012 #147
Aw, how cute tavalon Nov 2012 #148
That's nearly perfect. DirkGently Nov 2012 #150
. ProSense Nov 2012 #151
Looks like someone is stuck in the 80s FieryLocks Nov 2012 #154
You mean her IQ? nt NoGOPZone Nov 2012 #155
Ignorance is bliss for pukes like Kristen Neel. muntrv Nov 2012 #159
Like Mitt, no fact checker will stop her. muntrv Nov 2012 #160
Ahem, repukes... muntrv Nov 2012 #161
What's even more ironic Berlin Expat Nov 2012 #193
Fair Dinkum???? AsahinaKimi Nov 2012 #162
Maybe she should move to "the Iraq" instead. W T F Nov 2012 #166
Aussies know more about U.S. Politics Than Most Americans AnnieBW Nov 2012 #168
And most Aussies would prefer Obama treestar Nov 2012 #224
LOL! That's the funniest thing I've seen in ages. Crunchy Frog Nov 2012 #175
Unh-uh, nope! Male penguins hold the egg on their feet all winter... Peace Patriot Nov 2012 #182
Oh, it just figures that she's from Georgia, our ReThuglicans are mega stupid... Up2Late Nov 2012 #176
It's ignorant people like this that embarrass our country davidpdx Nov 2012 #178
K & R. dchill Nov 2012 #180
reminds me of a young wingnut guy back in 2008 iamthebandfanman Nov 2012 #184
An ignorant "guy", numerous as they may be, will never get the play here a "girl" does whathehell Nov 2012 #199
That is a completely unsubstantiated allegation. hifiguy Nov 2012 #211
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! whathehell Nov 2012 #213
"An ignorant guy... would never get the play here like a girl would" opiate69 Nov 2012 #217
+ a googolplex hifiguy Nov 2012 #220
Fail...Unless, of course, you want to recount all the sexual jibes it engendered. whathehell Nov 2012 #235
The only Fail I see here is your semi-coherent rambling. opiate69 Nov 2012 #236
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #244
Well...there's this... Major Nikon Nov 2012 #250
"recount all the sexual jibes" Major Nikon Nov 2012 #247
Certainly no men have ever been referred to as "Limp Dick" on DU Major Nikon Nov 2012 #242
Looks like she delete here account. O:> pam4water Nov 2012 #187
"Looks like she delete 'here' account"?. whathehell Nov 2012 #198
Sorry to see someone with FDR as an avatar has nothing better to do than snipe. :( pam4water Nov 2012 #254
It went viral on facebook too. That is where I saw it. appleannie1 Nov 2012 #200
Another priceless story post-win! lol!! nt cecilfirefox Nov 2012 #232
I like this one: Catherine Vincent Nov 2012 #237
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