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I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

I've been reading these last few posts in Gene's voice from Bob's Burgers, like when he shouts something in response to someone else. It helps. Merry Christmas, everyone.

# ¿ Dec 24, 2014 20:04

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 13:15

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Who What Now posted:

I don't ever want to associate a show as fantastic as Bob's Burgers with something as vile as Freep.

"Gene, you can't...kill all Muslims. I mean, that's crazy. Lin, tell...tell Gene that's crazy."

"Then maybe I'll go back to finding that biiiiirth certificate!"

"No honey, listen to your father. Mr. Obama's just a regular man. Remember when you pulled down his pants looking for that lizardman tail?"

[Chanting] "Birth certificate! Birth certificate! Birth certificate!"

"No, Gene. We're going to cater the DNC meeting this year and we're just going to be a normal family. No lizardman Acorn conspiracies."

[Whispering] "birth certificate! Birth certificate! Birth certificate!" [Shouting] "Merry Christmas!"

# ¿ Dec 24, 2014 22:04

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

I kind of feel for the person with the kitties. There's compassion in the moment of that post at least, and it's at least sweet and cute to hug some cats at night, right?

# ¿ Dec 25, 2014 05:38

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Logikv9 posted:

Hey, after 4 years I finally get a thread title. Neat.

There was a post by laz about putting illegal immigrant children in gas chambers, are you talking about that one?

Logikv9 posted:

Hey, after 4 years I finally get a thread title. Neat.

There was a post by laz about putting illegal immigrant children in gas chambers, are you talking about that one?

I need to read this.

# ¿ Dec 26, 2014 16:34

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

What was the context? Just, "What do we do about kids from South America looking for asylum?"

# ¿ Dec 26, 2014 17:11

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

SedanChair posted:

I have to say, I did not see the right rushing headlong into measles birtherism. Why did my instincts fail?

The runaway authoritarian feedback loop that's eating the republicans alive will soon consume us all in cleansing fire. Let the birds have our planet again. We did not deserve it.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2015 00:01

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

How do they feel about the revelation that the gross redneck who killed those Muslims did it solely to get a parking space?

# ¿ Feb 16, 2015 14:39

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Pander posted:

There are stories, I'm not sure if they're apocryphal or not, about how during her tours of NC prison camps, American POWs tried to slip her paper with information to bring to the US military and she immediately turned it over to the NC guards.

Those stories are not true. Fonda did in fact keep messages given to her by captured Air Force pilots and gave them to the soldiers' families after she returned to the US. But she also said for years afterward that because the pilots she met were not tortured, that means that all the returning pilots who said they were tortured were lying. Which is beyond lovely and really unconscionable. John McCain was known back then as a survivor of torture: all she had to do was ask for a high-five.

She also said that she was tricked into posing on the antiaircraft gun and that her talking on the radio wasn't a big deal because she was just describing what she saw. So she is a lovely idiot, but calling her a traitor while jerking off about the losing side in the US Civil War and writing Turner Diaries fanfiction on the internet is kind of hypocritical.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2015 04:08

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Your Gay Uncle posted:

If you want to see semshit get real just mention Jane Fonda in the presence of Baby Boomers.

My drunk uncle would for sure talk about masturbating to Barbarella, and maybe those aerobics videos. My dad for sure would say hateful, worrisome things.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2015 09:59

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

There was a former libertarian in D&D who explained the mindset pretty well--basically anyone who does anything bad is the government. He said that at some point a crazy guy broke into his apartment and stole his tv and he blamed the government because that guy was stealing from him and abridging his freedom just like the government does.

I'm not doing a great job of explaining it, but the whole thing boiled down to the idea that for him "the government" was a belief system or set of behaviors rather than a single institution. He would be mad at people or businesses for "doing what the government would do," which was anything bad.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2015 06:55

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Wasn't he the guy who got in trouble for trying to seduce a cable news correspondent on his boat, or something like that?

EDIT: Yep:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O%27Keefe#Plan_for_Abbie_Boudreau_.282010.29

quote:

Plan for Abbie Boudreau (2010)

In August 2010, O'Keefe planned a staged encounter with the CNN correspondent Abbie Boudreau, who was doing a documentary on the young conservative movement. He set up an appointment at his office in Maryland to discuss a video shoot.[1] Izzy Santa, executive director of Project Veritas, warned Boudreau that O'Keefe was planning to "punk" her on the boat by trying to seduce her�which he would film on hidden cameras.[1][74] Boudreau did not board the boat and soon left the area.[1][74]

CNN later published a 13�page plan written by O'Keefe's mentor Ben Wetmore.[75] It listed props for the boat scheme, including pornography, sexual aids, condoms, a blindfold and "fuzzy" handcuffs.[1][74][76] When questioned by CNN, O'Keefe denied that he was going to follow the Wetmore plan, as he found parts of it inappropriate.[74] Boudreau commented "that does not appear to be true, according to a series of emails we obtained from Izzy Santa, who says the e-mails reveal James' true intentions."[77]

Following the Boudreau incident, Project Veritas paid Izzy Santa a five-figure settlement which included a nondisclosure agreement.[78] Funding decreased from conservative political organizations following this CNN incident.[78]

I guess he tried to play it off like it was one of his gonzo journalism schemes instead of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar9spNzOFPk

I AM GRANDO fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Feb 23, 2015

# ¿ Feb 23, 2015 04:50

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Cognac McCarthy posted:

^ Definitely edited, check out his other videos.

Evangelicals were terrified of the occult in the '80s, and they love mixing family-friendly entertainment with serious moralizing. It seems like such a quaint thing to be preoccupied by now, but I think the sentiment is alive and well among people who were already old and crazy in the '80s. The video is just edited to highlight the surrealism of it all.

It's by the same guy who made the "Olsen Twins Pizza Rap Slowed Down" video, for reference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnjdq32u-MU

# ¿ Feb 25, 2015 13:34

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

You'd have to do things. Things where you'd never feel clean after.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2015 03:06

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

I love all the posts that say that the facts about net neutrality make it good, but that it must be bad because the mean ol' government is enforcing it.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2015 14:20

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

How does freep feel about Nimoy? I'd imagine they're at the right age to have been weird outcast teenagers when Star Trek was on, but also he was Jewish. Could go either way.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 05:48

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Twelve by Pies posted:

Most of Freep loves old Star Trek because Kirk was always interfering with other cultures and basically saying "I don't give a poo poo what the regulations say" and was always shooting the bad guys. It's TNG where most of them start to fall away from it as being "ruined" by liberals.

I can remember my racist dad complaining about the Deep Space 9 episode where they go back in time to a 21-century debtors' prison because it was trying to make black people look sympathetic--and he loved old Star Trek and got me to watch it. I was like 12 and that was the last time I ever watched television with him. This memory has made me realize that if he were computer literate, he would be a freeper.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 21:17

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Twelve by Pies posted:

If Freepers could stand DS9 I'm almost certain they'd view Kai Winn as the hero of the series.

No, it's those two 1950s cops who put that uppity black in his place.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2015 02:44

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Did Freep poster SkyPilot name himself for the Venture Bros. character or the Depression-era IWW insult for pro-establishment preachers?

# ¿ Mar 2, 2015 04:28

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Is this obsession with race war like a boomer-and-up thing? I've never heard of it outside of racists on the internet. Is it for people old enough to remember race riots from the 60s who think that everyone who is a certain color is part of a secret club?

# ¿ May 3, 2015 04:26

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Middle-class asians without accents are pretty close to white or white. Immigrants whose English is even a little weak get poo poo on even in places with tons of American-born asians.

# ¿ May 3, 2015 06:03

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

It is possible to mistreat a bad person and be wrong for doing it. There are many right ways to mistreat Ted Cruz that I look forward to seeing in the coming months.

# ¿ May 10, 2015 22:06

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Do they not like libertarians or something? Or is this just a function of their manichean worldview lumping everything they have into a single group? You'd think Rand's racism would give him some credibility with the freep crowd.

# ¿ May 24, 2015 04:25

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Lots of anti-Clinton black helicopter and UN stormtrooper fear. Drudge actually linked to them a bunch when Clinton was getting impeached. Probably also a lot of militia support for true patriots like Tim McVeigh. According to wiki, the first accusations of RINO were actually directed at George W Bush, before the familiar about-face embrace of him as America's savior once he won the republican nomination:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Republic#1996.E2.80.932000:_Clinton_Administration

EDIT: lol:

quote:

Drudge dropped the link to Free Republic by February 1999, "because they were doing racist stuff over the (imaginary) [Clinton love child]... I click on and I see this headline, 'friend of the family Baby.'" Drudge quickly restored the link, but later dropped it again for unknown reasons.[13] As of April 2008 the Free Republic link is back on Drudge.[14]

# ¿ May 24, 2015 18:57

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

quote:

White House Press Secretary and former Fox News commentator Tony Snow was a registered member of Free Republic. Snow was not afraid to 'mix it up' with the Freepers who sometimes disagreed with his political philosophy and who called him a "pansy".[19]

Free Republic had been criticized during the pre-moderation period for the actions of several of its members. In 1999, FReepers ran a campaign to make fake donations to the legal defense fund of Julie Hiatt Steele, who had been charged with obstruction of justice during then-President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial. Hundreds of fraudulent[20] transactions from this campaign cost Ms. Steele around $4000.[21] Some threatened to assassinate Clinton, like this from February 2001: "If he keeps on he's going to make me come up there. There is only one solution to the Klintons, two 45 rounds and a nice little spot in Marcy Park." [22]

When the bar manager of an Austin, Texas restaurant called 9-1-1 to notify authorities that an underage Jenna Bush had attempted to purchase liquor in June 2001, the bar manager's personal information including her home address, date of birth, driver's license number and physical description was posted on FreeRepublic, along with calls for punitive action.[23] The Clinton threat and some of the bar manager's personal information were removed by Robinson when brought to his attention, and the authors' posting privileges were revoked. He said that the site had had to "delete relatively few posts" over time for violations of its "no-violence" policy despite Free Republic's popularity and ease of registration.[24] [25]

# ¿ May 24, 2015 18:59

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Eddie Murphy must have been Chris Rock for the Vietnam set judging by how that one quotes him.

# ¿ May 24, 2015 21:23

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

I'm honestly surprised they haven't gone after the kids yet. I'm sure the archives over there have plenty of vicious, sexualized discussion about Chelsea Clinton.

# ¿ May 25, 2015 03:03

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Zeroisanumber posted:

The article is actually better than the thread. I forget how much space the National Review devotes to whining about cultural change and how scary that is to some old people.

What's really shocking is that it's from 1992. Yet they treat it like breaking news. It serves a purely ritual function, both for the National Review and the freepers. The old days have always been better. The homosexuals and the communists have always been a danger. The message never changes and the world is always getting worse.

How much do you think most freepers' lives have changed in the last 23 years?

# ¿ May 27, 2015 04:11

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Do we know yet if the killer was registered on feep or stormfront? He looks goony, but freep might skew a little old for him.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2015 09:15

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Doccers posted:

There was also a guy in the utah? arizona? mall shooting where he drew on the guy with an AK-47 from behind, but decided instead of shooting him he'd appeal to his humanity to stop.

It worked about as well as you'd expect.

That's comedian Dan McKown!

http://www.danmckown.com/

quote:

On November 20th, 2005 Brendan (Dan) McKown�s life was irrevocably changed when he attempted to stop a gunman�s rampage in the Tacoma Mall. Shot five times while drawing his own weapon, Dan was instantly paralyzed and left for dead.

It was said that the shooter had 600 rounds of ammunition that he had intended to use on his rampage. But, after looking down the barrel of someone else�s gun; he changed his plans, went on the defensive (taking several hostages) and after a brief stand-off: Ultimately surrendered.

Dan McKown lay on the floor of Kits Camera over an hour before he could receive medical attention and spent many more in surgery. If not for the quick efforts of Crystal Tyler and Moses Martinez; Dan�s wounds might have been too much for his surgeons. With between 30 and 40 people waiting in the Emergency and then Intensive Care wards Dan had a lot of prayers and support. After his surgeries he had a steady stream of visitors keeping his spirits up, not least of which was the friends he had made in the comedy community.

At the behest of Ty Barnett; Kris Brannon & Susan Jones organized a benefit concert hosted by Travis Simmons that showcased no less than 30 comedians and raised several thousand dollars. Now, a little more than six months later & after hundreds of hours of physical therapy: Dan has regained use of his right leg and can walk short distances in a walker or crutches.

He has since returned to his writing and has been asked to tell his story as a guest and occasionally a motivational speaker.

Credited with stopping the rampage and his shooter sentenced to over 160 years, Dan has been invited to participate in local government. Dan has been appointed to the city of Tacoma's Human Rights Commission as well as begining to help with the Cops & Docs program. He is also working on writing as well as working with his Troupe: Comedy Kaleidoscope.

Dan has been called a Hero, a Victim, an inspiration and a symbol for
and against Gun Control, but what ever you call him; He will (with the help

of God, his family, friends, his Physicians and therapists) push forward.

In the end, his funniest joke was walking around with a gun all the time thinking it would keep him safe. He does get mad props from me for admitting that what he did was stupid, and for calling himself a former stand-up comedian at the start of every post-shooting show.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2015 22:30

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

How many mormons stay past the age of 30 or so? I remember a contributor to This American Life and the Moth named Elna Baker, whose thing was that she was a mormon comedian going to art school in New York whose experiences challenged her faith, but she dropped all that like a year later and bugged out because no rational adult can take much of it seriously.

It seems like all that poo poo with people becoming elders at 20 is like what the soviets did with giving everyone medals all the time. It has to wear off at some point. Do they know about mitochondrial dna testing?

# ¿ Jun 22, 2015 02:36

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Ask her why they have an exception for hot chocolate. No hot drinks of any kind, but they can have hot chocolate for some reason.

# ¿ Jun 22, 2015 05:43

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

http://www.mormon.org/faq/law-of-health

God drat I have never seen a purer distillation of the illogic of religious belief. "It doesn't matter why we don't drink hot drinks and people who try to reason it out are wrong!" I wonder what else she has blindly accepted as the unknowable will of god? At night. In the bishop's office. When her parents were asleep.

# ¿ Jun 22, 2015 06:25

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Obamacare too. A good day to watch black-sheep internet grandpas burn up with rage.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2015 07:16

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Would be delicious if the gay marriage ruling came today too.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2015 16:43

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

I know without looking that amish means black in freep code and am sad that they have had this effect on my mind.

# ¿ Jun 26, 2015 20:27

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Stultus Maximus posted:

Muir?

I haven't read the politoons thread in years. Is Muir winding up for a gay marriage story?

# ¿ Jun 26, 2015 21:42

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

LGBT Leaders: Gay Marriage Is Not Enough (Totalitarian System)
the low brow, hmmm

quote:
IOW they want to make their deathstyle mandatory.
12 posted on 6/26/2015, 1:05:09 PM by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)

Dick Hafer, is that you?

# ¿ Jun 26, 2015 21:52

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

They rolled with creationism 10 years ago and they'll roll with this. The true believers in the issue get buried and the party loyalists march on once they convince themselves that gay marriage was always a conservative value. The new magic words: "freedom to marry is the right of the individual. Privatize marriage licenses now!" Freepers may be getting left behind, but the conservative leadership has been dropping religious crazies for young internet libertarians for a while. Expect the next freep 50 years from now to involve gamergate flags and Mencius Moldbug poetry, posted by people who can barely work the hyper-internet.

# ¿ Jun 26, 2015 22:07

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Stultus Maximus posted:

Muir has evolved beyond "linear storytelling" and "making any sense whatsoever"

How long has he had hardcore illustrated nudity on the front page of his site? That seems new to me.

# ¿ Jun 26, 2015 23:41

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 13:15

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Shaocaholica posted:

Seems like there's are similarities ~~fine line~~ between poo poo show polygamy and single guys loving a different girl/guy every weekend and occasionally getting one(girl) pragnant.

That is the bugbear of today's rising republicans and future freepers: MRA internet libertarians angry about women being repulsed by their wretched personalities and grotesque bodies.

# ¿ Jun 27, 2015 17:24

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