Comments on: Michelle’s Mob

By: lizard

lizard — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:00:50 +0000

looks like both sides are out protesting today:

[LEFTIST] Protestors Arrested at Lieberman’s Office

ABC News ^ | 11/-5/2009 | Z. Byron Wolf
It is protest day, for the Left and the Right, on Capitol Hill. First out of the gate – 9 Protesters backing a universal health care system briefly occupied Sen. Joe Lieberman’s office this morning. Protesters were arrested, one by one, and dragged out of his office amid chants of “Everyone in and noone out, universal healthcare now!” and “Represent Connecticut, not AETNA!”

By: lizard

lizard — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:26:17 +0000

Happy Guy Fawkes Day
Syracuse.com ^ | November 05, 2009 | Josh Shear

In case you needed an excuse to have a couple of cold ones, burn stuff and light fireworks, look no further. November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day.

On November 5, 1605, England held a celebration for the opening of Parliament. Guy Fawkes tried to spark a revolution by blowing up the building – and the royal family along with it – in what is known as the Gunpowder Plot (PDF) .

The plot was foiled when one of Fawkes’s co-conspirators sent a letter to a friend telling the friend to stay away from Parliament that night. The letter was intercepted and Fawkes was found in the basement of Parliament getting ready to light the fuse on several dozen barrels of gunpowder.

He was tortured for a list of his co-conspirators, and was hanged in January of 1606.

Fawkes was born a Protestant but converted to Catholicism at a time when Catholics were persecuted in England. He hoped to incite the country to revolution in an attempt to gain equal (or better) recognition for Catholics (read more from the BBC).

Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated by burning effigies of Fawkes in a communal bonfire, and by setting off Fireworks.

By: Unstable Isotope

Unstable Isotope — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:22:17 +0000

It’s the Democrats’ fault, of course, for trying to pass health care reform.

By: pandora

pandora — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:20:57 +0000

So, given her “it’s not my fault” disclaimer… who’s to blame if something happens?

By: Brooke

Brooke — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:47:59 +0000

She doesn’t use 3rd person for deniability. She uses 3rd person because sometimes the voices in her head want the sound-bite all to themselves.

By: Unstable Isotope

Unstable Isotope — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:41:04 +0000

I'm reading that some Republican members of Congress plan on attending. That should be interesting. In related news, Michelle Bachmann's Chief of Staff quit abruptly yesterday.

A conservative Republican House member, speaking on the condition of anonymity, suggested that Bachmann’s views — and her willingness to state them — make it hard for her to keep staff. “When your captain’s crazy, it’s time to find a new ship,” the lawmaker said.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:40:46 +0000

Because 3rd person and passive voice give you deniability.

By: Unstable Isotope

Unstable Isotope — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:25:36 +0000

You know something’s screwy when conservatives go 3rd person or passive voice.

By: pandora

pandora — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:13 +0000

And her language is typical.

I think that will absolutely scare these members of Congress so much that Pelosi will not get the votes and it will kill the bill. I think it could be dead for 10 years. Why won’t we? Why won’t we go for broke?”

And a tad threatening.

“You can turn the anger on her,” Bachmann said. “It is not Michele Bachmann’s fault” if the activists are angry tomorrow – “it is Speaker Pelosi’s.”

By: anon

anon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:14:03 +0000

President Obama: “Grab a mop”

Republicans: “Grab a mob”