Holy Hypocrites, Batman !!! - Classic Teabag Idiot Here !!!

[WillyT]

Actually, you'll find several idiots at the link below, but I'm focusing on this particular one...

<snip>

They were enraged about the growing costs of entitlements, the surging national debt, and everything from the bailouts of the banks to the new health care law.

Early yesterday morning, Valerie and Rob Shirk corralled their 10 home-schooled children into their van for the 2 1/2-hour drive from their home in Connecticut to Boston, arriving just in time to hear Sarah Palin denounce government-run health care at the tea party movement rally on Boston Common.

They thought it would be a learning opportunity for their children, who range in age from 9 months to 15 years old and who held up signs criticizing the government for defying the “will of the people.’’

“The problem in this country is that too many people are looking for handouts,’’ said Valerie Shirk, 43, of Prospect, Conn. “I agree with the signs that say, ‘Share my father’s work ethic — not his paycheck.’ We have to do something about the whole welfare mentality in this country.’’

The Shirks were among the thousands of people who attended the rally from around the region, many of them carrying signs with slogans such as, “What Part of Live Free or Die Don’t You Understand?,’’ “Don’t Tread on Me,’’ and “Starve the Beast by Tax Cuts.’’

...

For the Shirks, it was a day for their children to seek inspiration from Palin and the other speakers, who questioned Obama’s patriotism and at least one of whom referred to him repeatedly as Barack Hussein.

The couple, who rely on Medicaid for their health care, were also upset about the nation’s new health reforms.

When asked why her family used state-subsidized health care when she criticized people who take handouts, Valerie Shirk said she did not want to stop having children, and that her husband’s income was not enough to cover the family with private insurance.

“I know there’s a dichotomy because of what we get from the state,’’ she said. “But I just look at each of my children as a blessing.’’

<snip>

Link: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/04/15/tea_party_rally_generates_plenty_of_criticism_opposing_views?mode=PF

:wtf:

:banghead:

:crazy:

[WCGreen]

1. Yikes...

[SoCalNative]

6. I'm all for forced sterilization

in this entitled bitch's case.

[BrklynLiberal]

56. I am afraid I would have to agree. Calling her a hypocrite is an insult to hypocrites.

[MindPilot]

2. Yeah, you may see them as a "blessing"...

But to the rest of us your kids are a tax burden. Frankly I'm getting tired of working and paying taxes to bankroll other people's offspring.

[Downtown Hound]

22. Especially ones that are probably going to grow up to be just as

selfish, stupid, and hypocritical as their parents. These asshats are going to raise a whole breed of anti-government nutjobs on government handouts.

[Mark D.]

99. Well Said

So true. I remember having a huge debate with some 'anti-NWO' person, convinced we were headed into communism. Only later to find out, the person never held a job in his life. Lives off of, at age 30-something, his mother and 'welfare' (SSI, Medicaid, probably other things). At that point you realize the person has a mental condition. There's really no hope. Put the argument down and back away slowly. You don't have a chance of changing their heart.

[PatSeg]

23. But, but THEIR children are "blessings"

The government should support blessings, provided the parents are white, conservative, married heterosexuals.

[distantearlywarning]

36. +1000

:grr:

[Sparkly]

3. "The Shirks" -- too funny. nt

[WillyT]

5. LOL !!! - I Didn't Even Think Of THAT !!!

Great catch !!!

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[theaocp]

46. *Exactly* what I was thinking

as I saw the name used the second time in the snip and went, "Wait a minute ... really?" What you said: too funny. :D

[rcrush]

4. Please don't use Batmans name in vein.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

101. LOL!

:hi:

[demigoddess]

7. they don't understand that the people they are marching with would take away

that medicaid that they rely on. The really conservatives believe that the government should only pay for national defense. In other words, the military. Which now pays for over 700 bases around the world which in many ways supports the economies of the cities and countries in which they are located. In other words, they are happy to support the governments of countries that provide universal health care, they are happy to visit those countries because they are beautiful and well kept but they are not willing to give those same benefits to their fellow citizens. Lord preserve us!!!!

[polmaven]

86. Exactly right...

How much rent do you suppose they paid to the City of Boston to use the Boston Common? I men, we're supposed to pay our own way, right? The landscape repairs alone, never mind the police protection and the cleanup crews cost the Socialist Gubmint in Boston quite a bit, I'm sure.

[bluestateguy]

8. She could at least send me a thank you note

My tax dollars pay for her Medicaid to support her breeder lifestyle (10 kids!?).

[Rex]

9. So she admits to being a huge hypocrite of life.

Well then she should fit right into the Teabagger Movement. Teabaggers idea of medical coverage? Go to hospital, get as much free treatment as possible then bail on the bill. :eyes:

Correct me if I am wrong, lurkers...

[LonePirate]

10. There is simply no reasoning with these dimwits. I am ashamed to call them fellow Americans.

[Enthusiast]

30. Dimwits is the word. nt

[Warren Stupidity]

11. It is easy to explain if one introduces racism into the equation.

White entitlements are good: medicaid to subsidize their little white blessings. Colored entitlements are bad: 'we have to something about the whole welfare mentality' - i.e. lazy non-white people.

If there is some other explanation that works better, let me know.

[The Doctor.]

14. No, that's basically it.

Welfare for white people = "good"
Welfare for black people = "bad"

Racist assholes.

[Hansel]

27. Nope, that's the one. nt

[kestrel91316]

44. [phone] 000 000 000 000

^^^ - becoming my favorite post these days. Maybe with even more zeros.

[susanr516]

52. We have a winner! n/t

[Skittles]

84. WARREN STUPIDITY NAILS IT

there's really no other explanation

[YOY]

95. It's seldom as obvious as this case.

And usually it is quite obvious...just not as blatantly so in this case.

[theoldman]

12. There is something here that all of you should take notice of.

A lot of people have no common sense.

[marew]

25. Right! As Voltaire said---

"Common sense is not so common."

[msanthrope]

13. My tax dollars pay for this personal "Idiocracy." n/t

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

15. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you'll NEVER win an argument with these people...

Let's be clear. About a quarter of the American public is simply too stupid to function. They need harnesses, round-edge scissors, and safety helmets. And that's just for eating their lunch. These people are hoplelessly moronic and I would say they're borderline retarded if it weren't such a colossal insult to the millions of people who have learning disabilities, but are also kind and loving human beings. The teabaggers are idiots, but they're also pricks.

And in the case of the Shirk family, they're apparently breeding like rabbits.

Write them off. There is nothing that you can say to these people that will change their opinion. There is no policy that the Obama Administration can pursue that will cause ONE of these nutjobs to say, "You know, maybe I was wrong about President Obama." Nope. Nuh-uh. Never going to happen. Forget about it.

While it's amusing for us to point out their inability to spell and their laughably incoherent something-that-might-pass-for-it-but-isn't-quite logic, that's pretty much the extent of how much attention we should pay to these idiots. Except the ones who are armed to the teeth, but that's a matter for the FBI and the Secret Service. For us civilians, the Teabaggers are like that pesky honeybee that keep flying around the picnic table in the summertime.

Concentrate on that friend or neighbor of yours who maybe voted for Obama and is experiencing something like buyers' remorse, or who maybe even voted for McCain but is willing to be honest about the state of the country and what needs to be done about it. Those are the votes we need, and those are the voters we need.

Let the Teabaggers rage, because rage is all they've got.

[Technodaoist]

90. Honeybees contribute...

... and work towards a common goal.

Perhaps a more violent, aggressive insect - a WASP maybe?

We're talking insects here - nothing is ever racist donchaknow...

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

92. That's true...

Bees are socialist

[AnArmyVeteran]

16. Why did they drive over government roads to see Palin?

Shouldn't they have hitched up a team of horses to pull their covered wagon instead? Even that wouldn't work because they would still have to at least cross a government built road somewhere on their journey.

[ima_sinnic]

17. if it's any consolation, it appears this story has gone viral

was curious to see if I could find contact info to send these waste products an e-mail or letter with my opinion and found two pages of google results linking to various blogs and news articles running this story.

may the deadbeat breeders at least feel embarrassed!

the tragedy is that they are home-"schooling" their brood.

[Atman]

18. Damn near everything that's wrong with the Tea Baggers in in that post.

Scary.

.

[Downtown Hound]

19. Let's cut hers first

Seriously, I'm sick of all these fucking hypocrites and idiots. You don't want government handouts? All right then, none for you. Onto somebody a little more worthy. NEXT!

[prole_for_peace]

20. what about this guy...

Gene Theroux, of Springfield, held up a sign that read “Against Progressivism,’’ which he said meant he was protesting “the movement to socialism’’ and the United Nations’ “sovereignty violations’’ against the United States. The 57-year-old retired Air Force chief master sergeant said he likes his government-run health care administered by the US Department of Veterans Affairs, but he worries about what will happen when some 30 million newly insured Americans enter the system.

“Where does it say in the Constitution that there’s a mandate for all Americans to have health care?’’ he said. “This bill will ravage the health care that I get.’’

[WillyT]

21. Yep... Classic "I Got Mine, Screw You !" Syndrome...

Another member of the selfish and greedy klan.

:shrug:

[BrklynLiberal]

57. Exactly! The repuke philosophy of life.

[marew]

24. What a selfish bastard!

[HughMoran]

39. Selfish, ignorant, un-Christian

Everything we're supposed to teach our children NOT to be - that's a right-wing moron (AKA TeaKluxBagger)

[liberalhistorian]

49. Well, hey, genius, where in the constitution does it

say that military members must be provided government-run health care? NOWHERE. Fucking I've-got-mine-fuck-you hypocritical dipshit.

MY taxes pay for your health care, as do the taxes of millions of others who do not have health insurance, but our jobs don't offer insurance and you don't want me and hubby to have the same thing that you do that WE FUCKING PAY FOR? What are you, a member of Congress?

Now, don't get me wrong, I have no problem paying for such health care for you, other veterans and servicemenbers or anyone else, for that matter. I can think of few better uses for my tax money. But what I absolutely hate and cannot abide is your usage of such services, and your expecting me and millions of other Americans who don't have the same coverage to pay for yours while not wanting us to have the same thing. I simply can't wrap my head around that level of selfishness and hypocrisy.

[tsuki]

62. It all goes back to Medicare. Sometime in the late 70's, early 80's, retired

military was told that they would have to go on Medicare, and pay for a supplement. Their free, socialized medical care was a thing of the past.

They were angry and sued the government. A settlement was reached where if you joined before 1952, you would receive Medicare and Tricare for life.

They are afraid that if there is a public option, they will be forced on it and have to pay like they do for Medicare. (I had one retiree level with me.)

[Democat]

60. Seniors are the most likely to oppose health care in many polls.

Why? Because some of them don't want it to get in the way of their handouts.

[jmowreader]

67. Actually, it's not in the Constitution

It's in the Declaration of Independence, second sentence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

We could also argue the Preamble to the Constitution covers it: "We the People...insure domestic tranquility (people are much more tranquil when they know a minor disease won't land them in bankruptcy court)...promote the general welfare..."

[tavalon]

26. Major disconnect there

[Rage Inc.]

28. "Teabag Idiot?"

Now now, Willy, let's not devolve into redundancy! :fistbump:

[WillyT]

29. I Was Gonna Use "Tea Party Douche Bag", But Shortened It For Brevity...

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[bulloney]

31. Loved the one about the guy bitching about social programs while drawing unemployment.

There are at least two in that article who drove to Boston to oppose social spending while they're attending STATE COLLEGES! Hey goofy! Your college education is subsidized by taxpayers. Why don't you practice what you preach and attend private colleges?

Do you clowns think?

Then, there's the hose queen with the 10 kids who came to bitch about health care reform. Her 10 'blessings' are covered under MEDICAID. Hello McFly! Is anyone in there? In the article, she comes across as one of those good Catholics who think their priests, bishops and pope know more about married life and parenthood, even though they are celibate and not allowed to marry.

Teapartiers should change their name to something that more accurately describes them. How about Hypocrites 'R Us?

[mnhtnbb]

33. Re changing their name. How about A$$hole$ and Morans?

[jmowreader]

72. Dude, that's not the best one

On the 15th there was a teabag rally in front of the Fayetteville, NC, post office. They were protesting taxation. The head of the Cumberland County Republican Party (his name is Ralph Reagan, and I swear to God, Buddha, Allah, Cthulhu and the Flying Spaghetti Monster I did not make that up) announced the day before the rally he was going to bring a huge sign that said "no tax is a good tax."

In case any of you are unaware of exactly what is sitting on the northwest side of this hellhole, Fayetteville, NC is the bedroom community for Fort Bragg. GlobalSecurity.org estimates there are around 43,000 soldiers (by the time all the realignment is finished about one of every 10 soldiers in the army will be stationed here) and 8000 civilians employed on base, plus a very large number of people who work for or own companies that are dependent on Fort Bragg and the military. The economic impact of that base to this area, if military spending and personal purchases made by base-connected people are combined, is over $6 billion. And every penny comes from taxes.

I kinda wish I had access to a tractor-trailer and about $5000 for a wrap...what SOMEONE needs to do is to get a 53-foot trailer, wrap it with "Freedom Is Not Free - Taxes Pay For It" and park it right across from the next Fayetteville teabag rally. I was first thinking bumper stickers and banners, but nothing says "you guys are morans" like a rolling billboard.

[Technodaoist]

91. Thanks

My new oath:

"I swear to God, Buddha, Allah, Cthulhu and the Flying Spaghetti Monster"

Though one could get carried away adding names what with all the omnipotent beings available.

[mnhtnbb]

32. Learning opportunity for a 9 month old? What?!?

:wtf:

Where do you begin with this woman? Reason is not possible with someone like this.

[mzteris]

41. um -

A) what? was she supposed to leave that one at home? (She didn't write the article.)
B) it's been shown that the more diverse experiences a child is exposed to the better their ability to learn and adapt as they get older. I took my babies to the art museum! (tHough my son (about 9 mos) did like the temperature gauge better than the "exhibits"! lol...


That said, though, yeah, they're not only ignorant, but hypocrites!

[provis99]

34. I'm fed up with these fuckheads.

Ship them all to Texas, and force Texas to secede. Maybe then I'll have some peace of mind in this screwed up country.

[theaocp]

48. I can't say I agree whole-heartedly with the conclusion

I definitely sympathize with the motivation. My personal fuckhead-meter is off the scales, as well. Imagine the possibilities for these 10 poor blessings that are being squandered by these horrifyingly-inept and unfortunately-fertile worthless sacks called parents. An unfortunate label, perhaps, but one I'm willing to make. What was done to these people to allow them the freedom to be so completely without curiosity? Sad and dangerous.

[road2000]

74. The Palin family on a less majestic scale... n/t

[iceman66]

35. This is the problem with democracy.

Terminally stupid people still get to vote!

[Political Bitch]

66. I'm with Marilyn Manson

He has said (so I've heard from others) that if he were ever to be voted Prez, he would institute IQ tests for breeding licenses. Right on, in my book. We're living 'Idiocracy' and the whole damned country is too stupid to see it. And, if you can't at least name two facts about any given issue or candidate, you're not allowed to vote on it! I always tell my kids, "Educate yourself! Your life depends on it!" These fucks wouldn't even know the meaning of educating themselves.

:banghead: :puke:

[HughMoran]

37. These TeaKluxBaggers are imbeciles

Why do we waste time paying attention to such low-information nitwits?

[corkhead]

38. This could be an article from the Onion

[BrklynLiberal]

59. but in this case, truth is more absurd than fiction...

[mzteris]

40. Be still my heart!

I think I :loveya: you all!!!

Not one - no, not ONE - crack about homeschooling! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!

I guess there is hope for educating people on DU about alternative education for "real" Democrats and Liberals!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Political Bitch]

69. I homeschool my son. Wouldn't do it any other way!

I can't trust the teachers in my part of the nation to not try to indoctrinate my kids with right-wing, redneck bullshit. Besides, I'm more intelligent and well-read than any of the teachers he ever had, and my kids are MINE. This means I have THEIR best interests at heart. I'm not worried about 28 or 30 other kids, while one or two need (and never get) extra attention. I also refuse to subject my daughter (still under 2) or my son to all those moran's kids, who are just as stupid, bigoted, and intolerant as their parents. I know it's not the kids' fault, but my son has gay grandparents and he was teased incessantly, even by the teachers. There is just no place for a child like my son (very much a square peg) in their little round holes.

Besides, kids graduating from the high school he would have been in can't even tell you why Napoleon was important, nor whether or not Ben Franklin was ever President. Those who do not understand history, are doomed to repeat it.

We LOVE homeschool!

:pals: :fistbump:

[mzteris]

79. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

Our DU homeschool group is not very active at all, but know that there are some of us around and we do our damndest to educate our fellow DU'ers.

[Maat]

106. Homeschooler here, too.

Proud pal of Mzteris.

Welcome!

[kestrel91316]

42. I think their family surname suits their attitude toward accepting personal responsibility

for the consequences of their actions to a "t".

[npk]

43. These people have largely been brainwashed by wealthy conservatives

That they really have no idea why they are yelling or fighting against this or that. All they know is there is a black man in the White House, who for a change, isn't sweeping the floors but running the country. They are led to believe by many of these same wealthy conservatives, that their cause is a righteous one, because they are fighting against big government and entitlements. But we all get some entitlements at some point in our lives. If you are your child have ever attended a public school, a public library, asked for the aid of police or firefighters you are receive some form of tax payer service and/or entitlement. These people on the right like to think that they can live without government, without paying taxes, but the truth is if we got rid of these entitlement programs, like social security, medicare, and medicaid, it is people like this family that will suffer the consequences. They are just spoon fed this shit from people like Hannity and Beck and Limbaugh, who themselves have taken advantage of government entitlements at some point in their lives and some of them still do. It is really a shame how these people can't take a step back and see how they are just being used so that the wealthy elite in this country can save a few bucks on their taxes. Sad really.

[depakid]

45. 10 homeschooled kids?

Sounds like child services might want to have a look at that....

[Maat]

107. Retired Child Protective Services worker here.

The fact that a child is homeschooled is not a basis for a CPS referral. Homeschooling is legal, and absent any other basis, a report would not be taken on homeschooling alone.

By the way, I homeschool - and I'm a law school graduate also (non-practicing); so, I know my rights, and no one will hassle me about it (know the best Dependency Court attorneys, too; worked for one).

[femrap]

47. Their last name says it all....

'shirks' responsibility. 'I got mine so fuck you.'

[DRex]

50. pretty damning stuff. K&R

[AlbertCat]

51. Well, Mrs. Mattel Baby Factory's little blessings can be looked after by god.

[progressoid]

53. Dichotomy??? No, honey, that's called hypocrisy.

Assholes.

[MkapX]

54. hypocrites

"The couple, who rely on Medicaid for their health care, were also upset about the nation’s new health reforms."


LOL thats the cream of the crop right there. And if their loves one get cut by a health insurance copy for a pre existing condition you know they are going to be the first to take advantage of the new healthcare law

[TwilightGardener]

55. Translation: "I can't seem to keep my legs closed...but my children are precious snowflakes, we

deserve the help. On the other hand, the rest of you and your children are all lazy, undeserving leeches." Insane.

[defendandprotect]

58. They're talking still about the "welfare mentality" -- not MIC . . .!!! Amazing!!!

The major part of our budget vs the most miniscule --

but why take on the almightly MIC if you can ignore it!!

[AllyCat]

61. Can her state-subsidized insurance pay for her tubal ligation?

WTF???? This is unbelievable!

[Clyde39]

63. Arrogant and ignorant in one tidy package!

It's hard not to feel angry at such disgusting comments!

[sam sarrha]

64. Holy Scrotum Bagman.! while getting rich too, 80% of americans only hold 7% of financial wealth, and

74% 0f debt.. top 1% has 37% of wealth.. http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html

[JI7]

65. stupid fucked up people

[caseymoz]

68. Lost in a Rand-Reagan-Biblical fantasy.

I now think the Reagan Era was actually mentally damaging to the country.

This movement can't go anywhere. These people are just too ignorant, and most people see that and recoil from the movement. Conservatives are already in full damage control mode over it.

[lunasun]

70. a family of 12 on Public Medical Aid

with that number family ,most likely pick up food stamps and WIC, etc. on our dime too.
Home schooling means at least one person unavailable for daily work for a paycheck if done proper...

I really doubt they have any taxes to protest if on Medicaid and 10 children ????
(So lets be real... why are they there???)

But it is OK because her children are white and therefore 'blessings'
and not a curse on the United States of America like you know who!!

[iceman66]

93. It is a pretty safe bet

that this family gets back far more from the taxpayers than they pay in taxes!

And yet they protest high taxes!

[Historic NY]

71. The I get mine but screw everyone else attitude.

[DesertDiamond]

73. "I know it's hypocrital to breed like a rabbit and make the state pay for it,

but it's okay because I'm only doing it because I'm a selfish hypocrite."

[nadinbrzezinski]

75. Do as i say not as I do....

:facepalm:

[SpankMe]

76. There's also this one from the same article:

Gene Theroux, of Springfield, held up a sign that read “Against Progressivism,’’ which he said meant he was protesting “the movement to socialism’’ and the United Nations’ “sovereignty violations’’ against the United States. The 57-year-old retired Air Force chief master sergeant said he likes his government-run health care administered by the US Department of Veterans Affairs, but he worries about what will happen when some 30 million newly insured Americans enter the system.

“Where does it say in the Constitution that there’s a mandate for all Americans to have health care?’’ he said. “This bill will ravage the health care that I get.’’

So, the selfish, hypocritical mother fucker wants to keep his government run health care, but wants to deny this privilege to others so it doesn't affect his.

Fuck me.

Fuck him.

[Zambero]

77. So Bless ME, and Damn YOU

Since I'm doing my best to overpopulate the planet, my health care handouts have an official OK from God, but yours don't. And there's even more youngins on the horizon, so I ain't done yet! In the meantime, let's reduce the deficit and reign in these entitlement programs (but not too much).

Like the song says "Jesus loves me, but he can't stand you!"
:sarcasm:

[tango-tee]

81. Seems her kids are "a blessing" but everyone else's are a curse.

She needs help and deserves it with her ten "blessings". Others are leeches, with one or two "curses". Amazing how they can twist the facts to fit their own situation.

Earth to Dimwit Central! Dimwit Central, come in!

[Foo Fighter]

78. Well, apparently she's pro-choice.

After all, she chose to have all of her "blessings." She can choose to pay for them too. Some people need to be cut off the taxpayer trough and she's one of them. She made her choice and she needs to live with it. Take the money spent on her brood and let it go to the poor and homeless that need healthcare. They don't have a choice about their situation. She does.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

80. Ka-Boom!!!! n/t

[Stumbler]

82. Wow. Here's what scares me about what I just read

This woman has already produced more children than I ever will and as such, those children will be brought up with her "beliefs." And I'll bet dollars-to-doughnuts that she calls herself a Christian. Which makes her a hypocrite: "I don't mind asking for help, but you better not ask for any." Even the head-banging-against-a-wall emoticon is not sufficient to show my frustration at these people...

[Bluzmann57]

83. Another thing about these people

They are always railing against gov't handouts, as the op stated very eloquently, and they cannot accept the fact that a lot of us "no good Liberals" have jobs and don't particularly want food stamps, unemployment, etc. if we don't have to. I have a job, am providing for my family, and want no welfare. But it is nice to know that it's there as a safety net in case something ever happens (again) where I don't have a job. And yet I'm the one who is in favor of the government "nanny" state. I long ago gave up trying to figure out any logic with these people. I just laugh at them and walk away.

[B Calm]

85. They think by pointing their fingers, no one will look at them! The truth

is, republicans are the biggest bunch of hypocrites I ever known. I can name many of them around here who are collecting social security disability.

[Vinca]

87. Just another "I've Got Mine" Republican.

I didn't have the stomach to read the whole article, but I bet she's one of those "full quiver" types who think their purpose on earth is to breed like bunnies. It's a shame she's doing it on the taxpayer's dime. I don't want to share my paycheck with either her or her brood.

[LynneSin]

88. "It’s just the minorities and the illegals who are getting the benefits."

Pretty much sums up that these parties are all about race.

[Swede Atlanta]

89. Breeding should be subject to a reasonable license

We require people undergo a written and skills (driving) test in order to get a driver's license. But we let people breed without any qualification that they are capable of raising a child or can afford it. I have long felt people should have to apply for a license to get pregnant. Pregnancy without a valid license would be a felony.

This woman should have been sterilized at puberty to ensure she can't pass her stupidity genes to another generation.

[BABarackus]

94. good work

Brainwashed people brainwashing their children. The TP continues to make Obama look better and better through their antiquated ideas, bigotry, and all around stupidity.
Perhaps this is something that should be encouraged.
(wow, they got us on that point. I think I need to rethink my philosophy. Boy, helping those in need does seem kind of bad. I also hate paying for things that help people who are not me.)
Helping make the TP stronger will continue to weaken the GOP by helping to drive their policy and ideas farther out of the mainstream, thus eliminating any possibility that they will receive popular support.

[emulatorloo]

96. That is one amazing article. Thanks for linking to it, KICK!!!!! n/t

[Mark D.]

97. Amazing Imbeciles

There is no better example that the more of a sociopath one is, the more the right they are. It's not complicated people. There is a simple battle between good and evil. Money seems to be the root of all evil but it's not the ultimate explanation. There are mostly a mixed bag of people, who care something about others, something about themselves, and very little about some things too. To the far right are extreme sociopaths. Focused on only themselves. To the far are left socialists, often called 'bleeding heart liberals' because some (mostly on the right, especially the far right) think they care too much about others. Those with the right don't feel as strongly, or at all about helping other people. So naturally, they don't want folks on the left making laws that forces their participation. They give tokens to charity to say they do their part and exempt them from blame. They may be religious, and hate that Jesus was a liberal. So they cling to issues he never even talked about in his life (guns, gays, abortion, birth control, living together unmarried) to say: 'see, I'm 'saved', despite being selfish, I'm okay. You on the other hand, who disagree with me on those things' (will go to the hell they've invented). They can't fool themselves. They may still be worried about being okay in God's eyes, but that too, is out of self-interest.

Clearly this woman is thinking about herself and her family first, and other families like hers (mainly because that promotes her case, that there's nothing wrong with popping out as many kids as you can, just stop when you have that Palin moment (ie. when you hit middle age and a kid comes out 'different', call it God's way of saying 'enough already'!). When you can't afford health care, get it from the State. Raise the 'all kids are a blessing' line, nobody would dare disagree, as they'd seem evil. Then carry signs being against, you know, 'other people' 'people who aren't like we are' doing the same thing on a smaller level. Oh let's just come out and say it - against single non-white women having even one kid out of wedlock and daring to ask for any help. Married folks with a litter? Planning to have more? Knowing it will mean more 'welfare' for them? That's different! The consensus in medicine now is that sociopaths cannot be cured. You can't make people care. That doesn't mean full sociopaths. I know folks who care a lot about things that are closer to them. But have huge issues with helping people in general. Prove EVERYTHING they say is wrong, go ahead. Ultimately it won't matter in the end, that's when you'll notice them start 'flailing'. The flailing is almost comical and sad. It is proof, they've lost the argument.

Prove that 300 million giving a dollar in taxes raises far more than a few thousand generous folks giving $10 each. Easily proven, and why shared taxation over a huge group raises far more, with far less from each, than individual charity, and why 'government getting out of the way of charity' is the great Republican lie! Government is the biggest giver to virtually every major 'charity'. Win your debate (I've tried this) and they will just start flailing. Like Carlin said, how folks resort to 'f-you' when they obviously can't win the argument. "Life's not fair", "America guarantees equal opportunity but not equal luck" or whatever. They're so sure they have enough going for them, or enough family or friends to fall back on, they will never be totally desolate in need. ONLY then, will they change horses. Of course. Then they'll expect help. They'll say they will never take a hand-out, but that's a lie told when things are going okay for them. When one's survival depends on it, it will matter. It's like the infamous cases of anti-choice women marching in front of clinics, who put the sign down, and run in the back door to get an abortion. Because, well, in their case - it's different, they're not like 'them'. When they are done, they remind the doctor after thanking them that they're still a 'baby-killer', and then go pick up their sign once again.

It's not hard to win arguments with those imbeciles, the hard part is changing their heart, which is impossible. We have to realize we can only go so far in hoping to pick up support. Even in good times, the good people can forget. How else can you explain Bush getting enough votes to even make it close? Given how much better the Clinton/Gore years were vs. the prior, Gore should have had such a landslide that Florida and Nader wouldn't have mattered a bit. America got forgetful. I heard people say it wouldn't matter which one had won. How wrong they were. It's a battle and we have to constantly remind people to remain vigilant and stick to their liberal guns and trying to get their message out in a majority-conservative media. Sadly, we have to give up, to some degree, when the person we win the argument with starts 'flailing'. They're saying, in that way, they are not going to change. So you've proven they are selfish. They'll remind you they have a right to be. To some degree, it is true. So let us pick our battles. The majority can still be swayed. We need to keep them on our side.

[sabrina 1]

98. '12 member Tax-Payer Funded Tea-bagger Shirk family attends

rally to protest taxes'!

There is nothing as dangerous as stupidity in action

SNL must do a skit on this ~ and I can't wait to see what Jon Stewart does with it.

Stop their Medicaid NOW! This family is costing tax payers a fortune. They don't believe in taxes, then let them live without the benefits of taxes.

[wial]

100. like billmon says

the real mapping for the teabaggers in the apartheid regime in S Africa. They want government handouts, so long as they are for whites only.

[Motown_Johnny]

102. this looks like more thinly veiled racism to me.

Her white children are looked upon by her as a blessing but all those "other" people's children need to have their benefits reascended.

[Mark D.]

108. EXACTLY

Oh, God-fearin' white folks like them, like Sarah Palin said of our president when she was campaigining in 2008, 'they're not like us'. Oh Sarah, whatever did you mean?

[The Backlash Cometh]

103. WTF?

I guess she figures she's white so it's not a handout.

[Autonomy]

104. Fucking retards

why is it that morons like this tend to breed most prolifically?

[bulloney]

105. If you want to find another group of hypocrites, try a membership drive for a farm organization.

You'll find a bunch of them who'll tell you how they think everyone else who benefits from a social program is a strain on the economy. The Environmental Work Group recently had a website listing all farmers nationwide by county and the amount of federal farm program dollars they received during the previous five years. Almost without fail, the ones who talked the most about why they don't need government programs were the biggest recipients of farm programs paid by taxpayer dollars.

The real topper was the farmer I met with who's in all of the federal farm programs he can qualify for, plus he has an off-farm job as a POSTAL CARRIER!

[Onceuponalife]

109. There is no cure for stupid.