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"If Obama wins, I will shutdown my business and go on every govt assistance program I can find" (Original Post) apples and oranges Jul 2012 OP
And ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #1
Couldn't a said it better myself! Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2012 #2
well said!!!! k&r spanone Jul 2012 #3
And, remember ketchup counts as your second vegetable. Good luck to ya, TeaPartier. leveymg Jul 2012 #4
I'm going to sign up to FB katsy Jul 2012 #5
Already have her on my friends list, along with xmas74 Jul 2012 #133
If only they would ever follow through on their idiotic threats. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #6
The Rock is jealous of that smackdown. hifiguy Jul 2012 #7
At the intersection of Loser St. and Jebroni Ave,, A block fron the Smackdown Hotel......... Mopar151 Jul 2012 #70
LOL @ "Teabilly Fucksticks"! NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #8
that was the BEST part! progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #28
Same here! pacalo Jul 2012 #42
Me too!!! truebrit71 Jul 2012 #95
I will treasure it forever. aquart Jul 2012 #180
That is hilarious. Best laugh in many days. mnhtnbb Jul 2012 #9
LOL, this idiot is likely a loser who lives in his parents' basement. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #10
Naw, he probably had his mother sign over the house, then kicked her out in Tea Party style. n/t progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #27
" LOL, this idiot is likely a loser who lives in his parents' basement." YOHABLO Jul 2012 #185
I've been there too nxylas Jul 2012 #188
Yeah, I was talking about the ones that make shit up. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #212
K. 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #11
Wah! reflection Jul 2012 #12
oh that...was....so...freaking AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #13
Here's to Duchess St. Rollins BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #14
Now that was beautiful! Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #15
Oh Lordy, I wanna meet this person!!! Sheepshank Jul 2012 #16
+1 freshwest Jul 2012 #37
Meet her? I wanna vote her into congress! Please tell me she's at least thinking... Moonwalk Jul 2012 #110
+1000 Sherman A1 Jul 2012 #149
Silly rabbit.... Kalidurga Jul 2012 #17
Any guesses on what his 'company' is? louis-t Jul 2012 #18
taxidermy or lawnmower repair, is my guess. lol. n/t progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #26
Not nice to make fun of the way people make their living, unless it's illegal. juajen Jul 2012 #220
Government contractor? Typically libertarians corral tax dollars and scream: freshwest Jul 2012 #36
Consumer research. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #38
I'm going to say it's construction-related, with 70% of his income in government contracts. Marr Jul 2012 #49
Fictitious? (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #90
lol chollybocker Jul 2012 #92
Phhhwaaaa! louis-t Jul 2012 #96
Joe The Plumber - is that you? Marie Marie Jul 2012 #123
Can't be. Everything in the post was non-fiction. MatthewStLouis Jul 2012 #231
the Jerk Store Enrique Jul 2012 #102
Fly by night used car dealer? part man all 86 Jul 2012 #113
Cayman Islands Offshore Holding Corporation? Initech Jul 2012 #139
Amway dealer. Iwillnevergiveup Jul 2012 #184
Aw man, poor guy. He's getting ripped off by the DeVos family.. louis-t Jul 2012 #210
Lemonade stand. JoePhilly Jul 2012 #207
Remember what they used to say during the corrupt and evil BushCo Regime? lpbk2713 Jul 2012 #19
Sorry. You are wrong. longship Jul 2012 #97
Yeah... chervilant Jul 2012 #208
Now That's an Answer! lol mckara Jul 2012 #20
Awesome rant!!!!!!!!! Marrah_G Jul 2012 #21
Absolutely brilliant! LeftofObama Jul 2012 #22
Go get 'em Duchess! That was righteous! Everything we say to ourselves, is right there. n/t progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #23
K&R. Thanks for sharing this. JimWis Jul 2012 #24
Maybe Obama isn't his problem. JohnnyRingo Jul 2012 #25
Why and How? Haven't you been listening? Thav Jul 2012 #204
wow riverwalker Jul 2012 #29
K&R The Wielding Truth Jul 2012 #30
I need a cigarette after that. JNelson6563 Jul 2012 #31
She's telling that 'teabilly fuckstick' where to go! That's DUzy material right there! freshwest Jul 2012 #32
Bravo mzmolly Jul 2012 #33
I'm guessing you wrote that response. Courtesy Flush Jul 2012 #34
Unless the poster really is teh Duchess xmas74 Jul 2012 #135
No, I'm not that talented apples and oranges Jul 2012 #218
Bed Pissing Red Neck... xchrom Jul 2012 #35
Well, to be fair, incontinence can be a debilitating condition. TahitiNut Jul 2012 #82
Still laughing at that phrase. n/t FSogol Jul 2012 #141
Beautifully said! nt valerief Jul 2012 #39
re:"If Obama wins, I will shutdown my business and go on every govt assistance program I can find" allan01 Jul 2012 #40
Made me tear up just reading it,,,,, benld74 Jul 2012 #41
I'm on that page reading other comments CatWoman Jul 2012 #43
damn, that is a RIGHTEOUS arse drubbing.... mike_c Jul 2012 #128
WHY are these people so WHINEY? Marr Jul 2012 #44
An excellent question which one of my bumper stickers addresses thusly: whathehell Jul 2012 #203
That's a great retort! They usually make a big deal of 'supporting the troops,' but.. freshwest Jul 2012 #216
Thanks! whathehell Jul 2012 #221
Great post thanks for the smack down of the day kimbutgar Jul 2012 #45
Am I missing something? markpkessinger Jul 2012 #46
i see the comment and the response right in the op...no link needed spanone Jul 2012 #56
Congratulations. That's great if you're not behind a proxy server that blocks Facebook. n/t markpkessinger Jul 2012 #124
its not linked to facebook Go Vols Jul 2012 #136
Whatever site it was, it was blocked -- but i'm home now, so I can see it. n/t markpkessinger Jul 2012 #174
If you're proxy server blocks FB then xmas74 Jul 2012 #137
That was awesome. warrior1 Jul 2012 #47
That guy is so stupid that he doesn't know that if he did shut down his business Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #48
PROUD 100th rec. You GO Duchess. nolabear Jul 2012 #50
The richest Americans get the most assistance. McCamy Taylor Jul 2012 #51
That by far is the best read for me today! rexcat Jul 2012 #52
Wow, I want to see the responses to that. Very well written. Arkana Jul 2012 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #54
Note: The majority of those on Welfare are white and live in red states. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #55
Note: "Welfare" is virtually non-existent. Atman Jul 2012 #67
Uhm...it would prove you're a FUCKING IDIOT. Atman Jul 2012 #57
I love a good FU LittleGirl Jul 2012 #58
The Duchess is brilliant duhneece Jul 2012 #59
Dw should go out and beg the .10 a day to feed himself that he would have paid into Food Assistance patrice Jul 2012 #60
But who will deliver the newsw papers?? JoePhilly Jul 2012 #61
More from the Dutchess: (Paul Ryan response) Bennyboy Jul 2012 #62
That's worthy of the Rude Pundit. hifiguy Jul 2012 #81
I sent her the link to this thread... Bennyboy Jul 2012 #93
We would be on permanent Jury Duty every night, but I'd welcome it just for the laughs eom Submariner Jul 2012 #163
'Rich Fucks of America Club' and he left that there? Whoa, he must be pissed off! freshwest Jul 2012 #144
Well he's four years late gollygee Jul 2012 #63
I, too, hope that the Duchess goes on welfare. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #64
The Duchess delivered the smackdown. Moosepoop Jul 2012 #79
+1 freshwest Jul 2012 #146
if you want welfare, stay in business--corporate welfare beats social services by millions! librechik Jul 2012 #65
that poor dumbass is getting his ass kicked up and down his own wall! frylock Jul 2012 #66
Undoubtedly a military contractor. earthside Jul 2012 #68
I know one of those. Never competed for work his ENTIRE life & is FREAKED out about patrice Jul 2012 #112
I know vets who are champions for all peoples' social safety net. But run into the others, too. freshwest Jul 2012 #147
I know several fine vets. They are not negated by this jerk. It's just that he's a HUGE jerk. patrice Jul 2012 #175
Definitely. They come from all walks of life. It just seems so clueless, though. I think hate radio freshwest Jul 2012 #178
I am a veteran mick063 Jul 2012 #170
I know you're right. & This guy might just be the same even if he weren't a veteran. patrice Jul 2012 #176
You know Mitt Romney? aquart Jul 2012 #182
A statement like that says more about the person making it than it does about Obama's policies. craigmatic Jul 2012 #69
Somalia Awaits! Haiti Awaits! Libertarian paradise! Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2012 #71
That pie in the sky government assistance LWolf Jul 2012 #72
I take it . . . Brigid Jul 2012 #134
Yes. nt LWolf Jul 2012 #201
Just liked and shared it to my FB page and to Mrs. C_U's FB page - n/t coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #73
Best sermon I have ever heard! asjr Jul 2012 #74
Fuck yes.... Aviation Pro Jul 2012 #75
No joke. They really are a disgrace to our country nt DaveJ Jul 2012 #76
Awesome - thank you Duchess......... Smilo Jul 2012 #77
If Obama wins I will be very happy Pakid Jul 2012 #78
"Like" Chorophyll Jul 2012 #80
K&R tallahasseedem Jul 2012 #83
was this asshole as upset at social programs when the white guy was in office? spanone Jul 2012 #84
That is a thing of beauty treestar Jul 2012 #85
We need a drivers' insurance assistance program.. fadedrose Jul 2012 #86
Likes ... TahitiNut Jul 2012 #87
Duchess, please, please join DU. Brigid Jul 2012 #88
+1,000 freshwest Jul 2012 #150
Do it. Talk is cheap. bluestateguy Jul 2012 #89
WOW! That is spot on!! madinmaryland Jul 2012 #91
Yeow!!!!! dtom67 Jul 2012 #94
Another reply to our friend of Tea (imported from China) ... TahitiNut Jul 2012 #98
But other folks keep putting it back up ncgrits Jul 2012 #131
Give 'em hell! Jessy169 Jul 2012 #99
The Duchess is aware we're in love with her and is posting and linking back to us. nolabear Jul 2012 #100
Hi! freshwest Jul 2012 #151
EPIC!! VenusRising Jul 2012 #101
She posted a thanks on her page for DU support. livvy Jul 2012 #103
I do not like facebook, and RARELY visit, however.... Raster Jul 2012 #104
That is one of the best things I have EVER read. Zoeisright Jul 2012 #105
Me too, this is just what needs to be said. a kennedy Jul 2012 #108
I just became a fan of the Duchess HarveyDarkey Jul 2012 #106
That was a thing of beauty. ellie Jul 2012 #107
That was awesome! dmr Jul 2012 #109
I wish that the Duchess would say what she really meant... WCGreen Jul 2012 #111
The truth is a beautiful thing amuse bouche Jul 2012 #114
Very Refreshing! NS2012 Jul 2012 #115
OMG AWESOME!! SunsetDreams Jul 2012 #116
Sadly, I think that low-life T-Partier Jamaal510 Jul 2012 #117
Teabaggers simply need to be publicly beaten down the way that reply on Facebook did. meanit Jul 2012 #158
+1 Welcome to DU freshwest Jul 2012 #222
Dearest Duchess LiberalAndProud Jul 2012 #118
The Women's Institute agrees hifiguy Jul 2012 #132
This is awesome! Alduin Jul 2012 #119
I LOVE that response! nt Raine Jul 2012 #120
Standing ovation at my computer! Loki Jul 2012 #121
don't join them daybranch Jul 2012 #122
+1 Go Vols Jul 2012 #143
I'm with you. ncgrits Jul 2012 #148
I'm a hillbilly kurtzapril4 Jul 2012 #160
Think of it this way though: AynRandCollectedSS Jul 2012 #161
Maybe. ncgrits Jul 2012 #165
Send them this link for me! snooper2 Jul 2012 #209
Whoa - quitters & whiners + Republicans Berlum Jul 2012 #125
I think I just turned gay. Marie Marie Jul 2012 #126
I know, right? LiberalAndProud Jul 2012 #130
I'll keep my graphics arts business open to help you make a sign begging for money on the corner of Coyotl Jul 2012 #127
Now, THAT was a work of art! .. . . . .n/t annabanana Jul 2012 #129
rofl liberal N proud Jul 2012 #138
Give the Duchess her own show after Colbert! Initech Jul 2012 #140
Gee what a patriot proud patriot Jul 2012 #142
Duchess YOU are AWESOME! Liberal In Texas Jul 2012 #145
If people on facebook could win a Duzy I would nominate this person for one. nt cstanleytech Jul 2012 #152
Love it Kyad06 Jul 2012 #153
That response was awesome! liberalmuse Jul 2012 #154
I'm in total awe.. sendero Jul 2012 #155
Oh, c'mon, teabagger. I dare you. I double dog dare you! Arkansas Granny Jul 2012 #156
That's a keeper. Just saved it to harddrive... 1monster Jul 2012 #157
K & R my2sense Jul 2012 #159
Her Facebook page is public Oilwellian Jul 2012 #162
She, Duke, and Ahnold S xmas74 Jul 2012 #169
Found the link below. Thanks. freshwest Jul 2012 #217
Those people are nuts but, there are alot of liberals posting there and giving them crap. jillan Jul 2012 #164
There is a Duke as well... livvy Jul 2012 #166
I believe Duke was around first. xmas74 Jul 2012 #167
Well done. killbotfactory Jul 2012 #168
we're mad and we won't teatake it anymore flamingdem Jul 2012 #171
I love that motherfucking tellemhowtheboreeatsthecabbage fucker! lonestarnot Jul 2012 #172
Talk about kicking ass!!! B Calm Jul 2012 #173
Love it! Catherine Vincent Jul 2012 #177
Oh hell ... It's the mother of all beatdowns .... Trajan Jul 2012 #179
This is excellent!!! gopiscrap Jul 2012 #181
One less meth lab to worry about. Frank Cannon Jul 2012 #183
Best thing I've read all week. n/t FourScore Jul 2012 #186
Do it, pal. caseymoz Jul 2012 #187
harsh -- but well-deserved. those people are so surprised when their business goes bust that HiPointDem Jul 2012 #189
TEABILLY FUCKSTICKS!!!!!!! PossumSqueezins Jul 2012 #190
Dutchess is smokin' like Jack Dempsey... VOX Jul 2012 #191
...Is He Serious? Peaceful Protester Jul 2012 #192
Made my day! RegieRocker Jul 2012 #193
Duchess St. Rollins rocks! lunatica Jul 2012 #194
Thats absolutely epic! Firebrand Gary Jul 2012 #195
That's fantastic. Unfortunately, if that were posted here, someone would alert on it as being MADem Jul 2012 #196
Best "rant-tort" I have read in a very long time! :) nt Javaman Jul 2012 #197
I said something similar to my father over a year ago. EnviroBat Jul 2012 #198
and that should be how we sweet talk them. TheKentuckian Jul 2012 #199
Teabillies. Madmiddle Jul 2012 #200
This Teabrained douche says it all... VPStoltz Jul 2012 #202
bed-pissing rednecks... emald Jul 2012 #205
Quite, well, unfortunate, I'll say, that Duchess Bertha Venation Jul 2012 #206
It is a thing of beauty Blue Owl Jul 2012 #211
Just wait teabag idiot CountAllVotes Jul 2012 #213
He owns his car and house, those are assets. He can't get food stamps without agreeing to pay back. freshwest Jul 2012 #223
I have five dollars that says nichomachus Jul 2012 #214
I just facebooked the Duchess a link, duhneece Jul 2012 #215
Count me as a fan!!!! B Calm Jul 2012 #224
This is enough my2sense Jul 2012 #219
WELL SAID Skittles Jul 2012 #225
"tens of thousands of ballots are likely to be disqualified" in the key swing-state, once again, midnight Jul 2012 #226
An excellent response burnsei sensei Jul 2012 #227
Five Hundred Recs!! That is some righteous indignation right there. nolabear Jul 2012 #228
Awesome response - dead on! k&r polichick Jul 2012 #229
I love it! MatthewStLouis Jul 2012 #230
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #232

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
4. And, remember ketchup counts as your second vegetable. Good luck to ya, TeaPartier.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:18 PM
Jul 2012

Last edited Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:24 PM - Edit history (1)

 

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)
6. If only they would ever follow through on their idiotic threats.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:20 PM
Jul 2012

Imagine the overnight rise in competence in professions across the board.

Mopar151

(9,992 posts)
70. At the intersection of Loser St. and Jebroni Ave,, A block fron the Smackdown Hotel.........
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:19 PM
Jul 2012

"Geeks like dese is a dime a dozen - I'm lookin fa da guy what's handin' out da dimes!" "Classy" Freddie Blassie

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
185. " LOL, this idiot is likely a loser who lives in his parents' basement."
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 02:13 AM
Jul 2012

I got a real problem with that statement since I am living in my parents basement. Little does this guy know how really hard it is to qualify for programs like Welfare, Social Security Disability, Medicaid, or sometimes food stamps. It took me several years to get SSDI .. I had to get a lawyer who got to take his entitlement ($) as well. If you're going for Medicaid, be sure to have spent down all of your savings and get rid of all your assets, that goes for Medicaid too .. they don't want you to have much. I am going for the food stamp program next .. simply because my Disability payments aren't really enough to keep myself fed. I am actually very happy to be on Medicare, I no longer have to pay thousands upon thousands of dollars for HIV meds. That has been going on for almost 25 years now. So I guess I am suppose to be ashamed that I have a room in my 80 year old parents home ... well I had no where else to go, and the very little money I receive is hardly enough to pay off my debt, let alone afford a decent apartment in this area. I don't consider myself a loser at all .. but some of us, because we are disabled don't have many choices.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
188. I've been there too
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 03:55 AM
Jul 2012

I don't think the Teabagger is being criticised for being poor, he is being criticised for pretending to be a successful businessman who has pulled himself up by his own bootstraps without any assistance from anybody. It's like these keyboard warriors who boast about their heroic deeds protecting America from the Saracen hordes when in reality, they'd shit their pants if they had to join the armed forces for real.

reflection

(6,286 posts)
12. Wah!
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:32 PM
Jul 2012

"I'll take my ball and go home!"

I swear if you listen to these Tea Party types, America must have the most inept, risk-averse, frightened bunch of children in the free world running businesses.

Moonwalk

(2,322 posts)
110. Meet her? I wanna vote her into congress! Please tell me she's at least thinking...
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:40 PM
Jul 2012

...of running for office

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
36. Government contractor? Typically libertarians corral tax dollars and scream:
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:51 PM
Jul 2012
Noooo! It's mine now! All mine! Taxes are theft! You can't have it because it's mine! I did it all by myself! Stop thief! Help! I'm being repressed, the mean government wants some of the money back! What about my freedumb and liberty?
 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
49. I'm going to say it's construction-related, with 70% of his income in government contracts.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:03 PM
Jul 2012

louis-t

(23,297 posts)
210. Aw man, poor guy. He's getting ripped off by the DeVos family..
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 11:13 AM
Jul 2012

AND the government. He should just move to Canada.

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)
19. Remember what they used to say during the corrupt and evil BushCo Regime?
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:35 PM
Jul 2012



AMERICA, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT


I'd be glad to help this asshole out with
a ride to the airport if he needs one.


longship

(40,416 posts)
97. Sorry. You are wrong.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:14 PM
Jul 2012
Love it or leave it. goes back to the sixties. It was a Republican meme during the Viet Nam war when liberal Democrats were protesting the unjust war.

But I agree that the meme is still active, albeit not overtly.

chervilant

(8,267 posts)
208. Yeah...
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 10:32 AM
Jul 2012

I was invited to 'move to Russia' because I refused to vote when Reagan's corporate handlers 'helped' him win by a landslide for his second term. (I've since come to understand that I MUST participate in the political process, even though I currently view the electronic touch screen voting machines as the corporate megalomaniacs' newest invention for vote theft.)

JohnnyRingo

(18,640 posts)
25. Maybe Obama isn't his problem.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:39 PM
Jul 2012

Considering the depth of thought he put into that post, he may not be smart enough to run a business.

Businesses are generally doing much better here since Bush's Great Recession. Why and how is the president holding his company back?

I have a feeling his "business" is running the cash register at the local WalMart.

BTW.... Nice reply. Good job.

Thav

(946 posts)
204. Why and How? Haven't you been listening?
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 10:11 AM
Jul 2012

It's the absolute surge in government regulations and taxes that are holding the company back. I mean, since Obama took office regulations have been KILLING businesses left and right. Sure, there's no evidence to that, but it's true, just ask anyone who listens to Fox News, the most reputable and honest news reporting outlet in the WORLD. If Obama didn't STIFLE businesses with CRIPPLING REGULATIONS and OVERBEARING TAXES, can you imagine what the world would be like? It'd be PARADISE!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
32. She's telling that 'teabilly fuckstick' where to go! That's DUzy material right there!
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:46 PM
Jul 2012
That just made my week, oh, please, post more of the Duchess!

'You bed-pissing rednecks are a fucking disgrace to this country.'

OMG, I love her.

xmas74

(29,675 posts)
135. Unless the poster really is teh Duchess
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 07:50 PM
Jul 2012

then I'd love to add them to my friends list.

Duke St Rollins, Duchess St Rollins,and Ahnold Schwazeneggah are facebook characters who are proud to troll RW, RR, and Tea Party pages. Duke will even ask for requests on his page-he wants you to tell him who to troll. His current favorite? Joe Arpaio, the infamous sheriff of Maricopa County, AZ.

TahitiNut

(71,611 posts)
82. Well, to be fair, incontinence can be a debilitating condition.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:46 PM
Jul 2012

No matter what color scarf one wears.


allan01

(1,950 posts)
40. re:"If Obama wins, I will shutdown my business and go on every govt assistance program I can find"
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:57 PM
Jul 2012

Just try to get on ssi . medicare. medicaid .(medical in ca) . social security. etc . for me it was constant denail and took my team and i 5 years to get on ssi. i was constantly denied social security too along w food stamps and so on. finaly i asked for a appeal. helps with the right team. none of the fancy high priced socalled ssi laywers wouldnt even help. good luck dear sir. you want it when ? :

mike_c

(36,281 posts)
128. damn, that is a RIGHTEOUS arse drubbing....
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 07:30 PM
Jul 2012

Somewhere there is a fourteen year old boy who has turned his computer off and might not turn it back on for a few days.

 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
44. WHY are these people so WHINEY?
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:00 PM
Jul 2012

Some of them actually have a few legitimate complaints-- but they're so committed to self-aggrandizement and whining that I just can't stand to listen to them.

whathehell

(29,082 posts)
203. An excellent question which one of my bumper stickers addresses thusly:
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 09:48 AM
Jul 2012

"Freedom isn't free, so stop whining and pay your taxes"

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
216. That's a great retort! They usually make a big deal of 'supporting the troops,' but..
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:32 PM
Jul 2012

Last edited Tue Jul 31, 2012, 01:41 PM - Edit history (1)

Someone needs to inform them that the military and soldiers don't work and live on red, white and blue pixie dust.

markpkessinger

(8,401 posts)
46. Am I missing something?
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:00 PM
Jul 2012

I don't see a link, nor do I see a quote of any response. Could you possibly post the response to this guy (for those of us who are reading from computers where we don't have access to FB?).

xmas74

(29,675 posts)
137. If you're proxy server blocks FB then
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 07:52 PM
Jul 2012

you might not want to read this at work. It's pretty vulgar. Funny, but vulgar.

Wait til you get home, so you can laugh out loud.

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)
48. That guy is so stupid that he doesn't know that if he did shut down his business
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:03 PM
Jul 2012

(probably selling its assets off), he'd have TOO MUCH MONEY to qualify for any kind of assistance.

Tea Partiers have this notion that all they have to do is go down to the welfare office and say they don't want to work anymore and they'll get all sorts of luxurious freebies.

Response to apples and oranges (Original post)

Atman

(31,464 posts)
67. Note: "Welfare" is virtually non-existent.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:17 PM
Jul 2012

There is the SNAP program, and some other mediocre benefits for the poor. A friend of mine sent me a PM the other day telling me how much she admired Clinton, because he eliminated "Welfare" and empowered women to go get jobs and get off the government dole. She went on and on about how great black low-income women were doing now, because they don't have to suck off the government teat. They are "empowered" now.

So, you see, she's not racist. She explained it to me. She likes what Clinton did. Which is why she is going to vote for Romney. He'll "empower" even more single mothers and poor people.

I vomited, and went on about my day.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
57. Uhm...it would prove you're a FUCKING IDIOT.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:07 PM
Jul 2012

This guy is stupid fucking douche bag.

Translate: "I'd rather accept a small fraction of my pay via temporary unemployment benefits, and pay four times more for health insurance through COBRA, than re-elect a black man as President!

What a goddam moron.

.

patrice

(47,992 posts)
60. Dw should go out and beg the .10 a day to feed himself that he would have paid into Food Assistance
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:10 PM
Jul 2012

if he had not shut down his business.

 

Bennyboy

(10,440 posts)
62. More from the Dutchess: (Paul Ryan response)
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:15 PM
Jul 2012

oh good god, this lady has some funny comments all over FB. This one is from Paul Ryan's FB outlining the Path to Prosperity:

You jackass Eddie Munster-looking douchecanoe. There are so many blatant lies here that it's hard to know where to begin. First of all, we wouldn't continue down the "Current Path" (including Bush tax-cuts which will be GONE soon) as stated in your bullshit graph. A different budget would be enacted by the Democrats. Strike one.

Secondly, if your plan is so fucking fantastic, then why did The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee Chairman's Staff just come out with a report called, "Winners and Losers: Understanding the Ryan Plan’s Potential Tax Implications for America’s Workers
which outlines the fact that this festering pile of dog shit proposal raises taxes on the middle class, but reduces taxes for the 1% by over a million dollars per household? Strike two.

Thirdly, how are you going to pay for this shit, Paul? So far, you've proposed reducing several tax expenditures, but have failed to specify which and by how much. There's really no way to tell if your budget would reduce anything, as opposed to the way I can easily tell that your ugly ass face reduces my libido the instant I gaze in your horrifying direction. Strike three, you're OUT.

Face it, asshole, you just want to be part of the Rich Fucks of America Club and since you suck cock like old people fuck, slow and sloppy, this is the only way you can figure out how to get in. I hope you get AIDS from blowing Sheldon Adelson's diseased cock. I bet you look a little better than usual in that lipstick and wig he makes you put on when you do it though. Bitch.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
144. 'Rich Fucks of America Club' and he left that there? Whoa, he must be pissed off!
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:18 PM
Jul 2012
But that is what he's trying to get into, that's for sure.

That's a keeper, 'Rich Fucks of America Club.'

Fits every single Republican.



JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
64. I, too, hope that the Duchess goes on welfare.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:15 PM
Jul 2012

Remember, you can't stay on it very long before they put you in a workfare program. She will regret her decision. Of that you can be sure.

I assume she doesn't own anything of value and has no cash or investments. You have to qualify for food stamps and welfare by proving you don't have any money.

In my experience, people are always shocked to learn how little money they can have to qualify for welfare and even just food stamps. Medicaid is also hard to qualify for.

A job of almost any kind is better. Unfortunately, many jobs in the US do not pay enough to cover food, rent, utilities and transportation. So some of the food stamps and other government assistance goes to the working poor. That is a shameful thing.

Moosepoop

(1,922 posts)
79. The Duchess delivered the smackdown.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:37 PM
Jul 2012

It was "Tea Party Conservatives of America" who posted the drivel about welfare.

earthside

(6,960 posts)
68. Undoubtedly a military contractor.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:18 PM
Jul 2012

If the teabagger really does have a company, odds are that he/she gets most of their revenue from the federal government.

I run into these people all the time -- they're retired military on military pensions; or they are retired military and they have another job working for a military contractor; or they are in business for themselves and get 90 percent of their business from the military.

Then they gripe and whine about the deficit and the size of the government.

I was thinking about this this morning actually since by ultra-conservative brother-in-law just retired from the Marines after 20 years and is now taking a very nice paying job with a military contractor. Oh, and his Rmoney loving wife has been on the public payroll for about twenty years, too, as a teacher's aid.

But according to them the country is doomed because of all the leeches on the government dole/payroll -- except them -- for some reason they are necessary.

What also occurred to me, however, is that we really to have a military "officers class" in this country that is very right-wing, very Repuglican, very pro-war, very nationalistic, very well-off thanks to us, the working class taxpayer. When a special class like this has developed in other countries it has often led to very bad things like coups and unnecessary wars and a military oligarchy.

patrice

(47,992 posts)
112. I know one of those. Never competed for work his ENTIRE life & is FREAKED out about
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:43 PM
Jul 2012

welfare recipients, immigrants, and the un-employed. Very comfortably retired now with full benefits. Drinks and travels whenever he wants to.

Doesn't talk to anyone he disagrees with without insulting them, even when he doesn't even know them from adam.

Honestly, he really does preach about how struggle is good for the soul and everyone is weak. Has this whole warrior cult thing going on, but has never been in combat.

Sorry to say, people like that make it hard on my attitude toward "veterans". If I didn't know others who are more honest, I would be prejudiced against them.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
147. I know vets who are champions for all peoples' social safety net. But run into the others, too.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:24 PM
Jul 2012
It does make it hard when there's that 'I'm better,' mindset, in all categories. I've known union people and even postal workers who think the same thing, despite the GOP destroying the livelihood and safety for current and future generations. 'They got theirs.' Sad.

patrice

(47,992 posts)
175. I know several fine vets. They are not negated by this jerk. It's just that he's a HUGE jerk.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 11:59 PM
Jul 2012

He'd probably be that way even if he weren't a veteran.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
178. Definitely. They come from all walks of life. It just seems so clueless, though. I think hate radio
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:17 AM
Jul 2012

Is responsible for ALL of this. Most vets I know are extremely supportive of the disabled, in particular. Some say that it is just part of what they signed on for, to protect all Americans, even if their government lets them down.

But all it takes is a few that are so off the wall, you just don't know what to say. Because of all people, they know that we have to stick together. That's how they survived.

After arguing with union Reagan Democrats who didn't see the writing on the wall, who decided to elect Reagan, you know you have hit a brick wall with some people. I knew postal workers as well, all GOP, who figured they'd get their retirement and didn't care if it went broke. There are patterns in our lives that are stronger than reason.

I feel that it's a matter of fear and denial at the core. If a person can't convince themselves that they deserve more than others, when they see others doing without, they feel it may happen to them, if they aren't special in some kind of way. So they deny their equality with those suffering, in hopes it won't come to them. That's all I can imagine this is.

 

mick063

(2,424 posts)
170. I am a veteran
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 11:11 PM
Jul 2012

Like any other large group, it is a mistake to categorize all people within as the same. The small groups are the ones you have to worry about. Small groups that manipulate large groups.


Veterans are a cross section of America. It is on the elected Republicans that soldiers are forced fed Rush Limbaugh on Armed Forces Network. Of course the propaganda machine cannot be confined within our borders.

All the flag waving right wing mania adds an added touch as well. The Republican mantra is "We are the only ones that support you."


Considering the forces at play, veterans are still not 100% Teabilly. They have relatives at home. The opportunity to witness reality is there. They predominately come from middle class or poor families.

Don't confuse the Islam phobic, flag waving Teabillys with veterans. They are not all the same.




patrice

(47,992 posts)
176. I know you're right. & This guy might just be the same even if he weren't a veteran.
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:02 AM
Jul 2012

From the things he says, I'd bet money he's a Limbaugh listener.

I'm a veteran myself. I did technical training for 4 months with all branches, so I know in the military, though it has its own culture, the people are pretty much like the rest of us.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
72. That pie in the sky government assistance
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:24 PM
Jul 2012

that's going to let all us deadbeats live high on the hog...

if it existed, I'd quit my job and quit being a punching bag of politicians and the general public.

Smilo

(1,944 posts)
77. Awesome - thank you Duchess.........
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:36 PM
Jul 2012

you are going down in history as a wonderful person and great thinker.

Pakid

(478 posts)
78. If Obama wins I will be very happy
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:36 PM
Jul 2012

since Obama has been good for my business unlike Bush who hurt my business or Mitt who will probably put me in the poor house so tea bagger nut You are an idiot!

treestar

(82,383 posts)
85. That is a thing of beauty
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:49 PM
Jul 2012

Plus I don't believe the moron. He does not have a successful business. If he did there is no way he'd prefer welfare. What an obvious idiot.

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
86. We need a drivers' insurance assistance program..
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:50 PM
Jul 2012

Aren't we all tired of those people who can't drive their junky cars because they can't afford car insurance, so they're always trying to hitch a ride to get to work and back, in rain and snow and heat.

TahitiNut

(71,611 posts)
87. Likes ...
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:51 PM
Jul 2012

Governor Jan Brewer

Christians United for Israel (CUFI)

The Heritage Foundation

Michelle Malkin

Sean Hannity

Americans for Prosperity

Proud to be an American

...

The STUPID! It burns!

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
88. Duchess, please, please join DU.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:53 PM
Jul 2012

Do you have any idea how long I before I could post this reply? This is RIGHTEOUS!!

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
89. Do it. Talk is cheap.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:53 PM
Jul 2012

I won't believe him (or at least I assume it's a him, Angry White Male type) until he closes the business lock stock and barrel.

We also had a lot of dumbasses on the Left swearing that they would leave American if George W. Bush got a second term. I have yet to meet one fool who actually did it.

TahitiNut

(71,611 posts)
98. Another reply to our friend of Tea (imported from China) ...
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:18 PM
Jul 2012
Ronald Reagan Was A Secret Muslim What ever will the population of Pondscum, Alabama do without DW's Used Buttplug Emporium? Some things are more important than political ideology, sir, and I firmly believe that the customers who have spent their hard-earned dollars buying nothing but the finest in second-hand anal gaping sex toys from your fine establishment deserve a little bit better. God forbid, they may even start acquiring used buttplugs through some form of government program. Or even worse, they may engage in some form of non-profit communal buttplug exchange. The last thing we need is communists seizing control of the second-hand butt-toy industry. Do your part for capitalism, DW. For America. The people of Pondscum depend on you and your used anal beads.



The spineless coward deleted the comment from Duchess St. Rollins.

Jessy169

(602 posts)
99. Give 'em hell!
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:21 PM
Jul 2012

Nothing like a slap in the face with a cold slab of truth to knock a Tea Bagging moron to the ground. Hopefully, this Tea Bagger is seeing so many stars that he won't wake up until after the election. Way to go!!

livvy

(6,948 posts)
103. She posted a thanks on her page for DU support.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:28 PM
Jul 2012

I invited her to join us! I hope she does. I love a good rant, especially one that puts an idiot in their place.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
104. I do not like facebook, and RARELY visit, however....
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:30 PM
Jul 2012

....today I logged on to "thumbs up" the Duchess.

Epic Smackdown!

SunsetDreams

(8,571 posts)
116. OMG AWESOME!!
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:50 PM
Jul 2012

I just read that out loud to my family with angry inflection and it felt good to say all those words! They loved it!

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
117. Sadly, I think that low-life T-Partier
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:50 PM
Jul 2012

will probably brush off that comment and continue to resent the poor. I have argued with a handful of conservatives on YouTube and Yahoo Answers, and I eventually realized that people like them are so ignorant and sheepish that it's futile to try to force the facts on them regarding how economics works. They refuse to get their information from anywhere else except Alex Jones and Rush Limbaugh, and those guys will continue to con the masses in order to stay rich.

meanit

(455 posts)
158. Teabaggers simply need to be publicly beaten down the way that reply on Facebook did.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 09:10 PM
Jul 2012

Hoping to convince them of anything different than their latest issued marching orders is a waste of time. These clowns want what they want and will do or say anything that will help them accomplish that.

daybranch

(1,309 posts)
122. don't join them
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 07:07 PM
Jul 2012

I am very very much against the teabaggers but I am also very much against any use of the term teabilly. I have been discriminated against and seen many others labelled as hillbillies discriminated against. Your mixing of hillbilly and tea partier is very insulting. In fact I find it targeted at my family and many friends who I know to be very strong well educated progressives from Appalachia. So please stop acting like a stupid tea party person yourself by resorting to beliefs with no facts.

ncgrits

(916 posts)
148. I'm with you.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:25 PM
Jul 2012

I grew up in the Blue Ridge mountains, surrounded by both well-educated liberals and not-so-well-educated folks who were the salt of the earth. It saddens me when people (especially liberals who know better) refer to "my people" this way. Some of the best folks I've ever known are "hillbillies".

kurtzapril4

(1,353 posts)
160. I'm a hillbilly
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 09:32 PM
Jul 2012

Born and bred in Kentucky. I don't mind the term hillbilly. People can call me hillbilly seven ways to Sunday and I don't care. There are hillbilly's, then there are hillbillys.

AynRandCollectedSS

(108 posts)
161. Think of it this way though:
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 09:33 PM
Jul 2012

If someone is called a "pussy" should all women get angry?

I someone is called "lame" should those with disabilities be offended?

If someone is called a "tool" should all construction workers get mad?

The point is that she was certainly not directing that comment at you and to personalize it is silly. ALL insults are offensive to SOMEONE. Basically, you're being way too sensitive.

ncgrits

(916 posts)
165. Maybe.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 10:02 PM
Jul 2012

But Appalachians and southerners are the last groups it's still ok to insult. Nobody bats an eye. You're right; something will offend nearly everybody somewhere. But insulting a poor region like Appalachia is like kicking us when we're down.

And calling ourselves hillbillies feels a lot different than being called that by other folks.

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
125. Whoa - quitters & whiners + Republicans
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 07:16 PM
Jul 2012

I guess this creep ain't already dodging enough citizen responsibility with his money in his Republican Cayman Islands hidey hole.

Pathetic. Republicans go AWOL on citizenship. As usual.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
126. I think I just turned gay.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 07:18 PM
Jul 2012

Duchess, will you marry me? Anybody that can spank like that must be a tigress in bed.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
127. I'll keep my graphics arts business open to help you make a sign begging for money on the corner of
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 07:29 PM
Jul 2012

of your old business It could say, "I quit my business to live off you hard working taxpayers."

Kyad06

(127 posts)
153. Love it
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:47 PM
Jul 2012

My local teabagger group (about 6 or 8 geriatric imbeciles) are out every Saturday waving to traffic and holding signs like "Big Government, Big Mistake" while they collect their social security and medicare.

sendero

(28,552 posts)
155. I'm in total awe..
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 09:00 PM
Jul 2012

... at a rant that is not only funny as hell but dead-nuts accurate. Kudos to Duchess!

Arkansas Granny

(31,525 posts)
156. Oh, c'mon, teabagger. I dare you. I double dog dare you!
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 09:07 PM
Jul 2012

You'll soon find out that those benefits that you are so jealous of aren't that easy to get and you won't be enjoying the lifestyle that they will afford you.

xmas74

(29,675 posts)
169. She, Duke, and Ahnold S
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 10:19 PM
Jul 2012

all show up regularly, though I think Duke shows up the most.

Duke's really been on a roll lately. He just won't give up trolling Joe Arpaio's fb page and it's very funny.

xmas74

(29,675 posts)
167. I believe Duke was around first.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 10:16 PM
Jul 2012

I have him, the Duchess, and Ahnold all as "friends".

Here's the Duke's newest post:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=270767399695910&set=a.206450812794236.37610.204170076355643&type=1&theater

(warning-extremely crude and vulgar language-some that wouldn't be allowed on DU.)

 

Trajan

(19,089 posts)
179. Oh hell ... It's the mother of all beatdowns ....
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:40 AM
Jul 2012

I have crafted some effective retorts in my day, but I swear - I would give my left arm to deliver such a worthy smackdown ...

I am in awe .....

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
183. One less meth lab to worry about.
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 02:02 AM
Jul 2012

As Powers Boothe once said, "Well... Bye."

("teabilly fuckstick". Priceless.)

caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
187. Do it, pal.
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 03:02 AM
Jul 2012

Live on what I get for disability for a few months. I dare you. I triple dare you. Find out how much you can get if you apply for every government program. You'll know what beating your head against the wall really is.
 

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
189. harsh -- but well-deserved. those people are so surprised when their business goes bust that
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 03:57 AM
Jul 2012

all the rich bennies they believed were available -- aren't.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
196. That's fantastic. Unfortunately, if that were posted here, someone would alert on it as being
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 08:10 AM
Jul 2012

"hurtful" to Teabilly Fucksticks and bed-pissing rednecks.

"Come on, people! Is this how we want to be regarded?"

Duchess St. Rollins, whoever you are, I salute you! That's a righteous beat-down, and well-deserved, too.

 

Madmiddle

(459 posts)
200. Teabillies.
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 09:26 AM
Jul 2012

Now that's funny I don't care who you are. Well said by the way. I'm sure that this teabilly fucktard already gets welfare from the rightwingnut form of government that rewards the people that don't need nor shouldn't get.

VPStoltz

(1,295 posts)
202. This Teabrained douche says it all...
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 09:41 AM
Jul 2012

He hates the government so much he wants it to carry his ass around in a gold sedan.
Now, THAT makes sense!?!?!?!

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
206. Quite, well, unfortunate, I'll say, that Duchess
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 10:23 AM
Jul 2012

uses the epithets "redneck" and "hillbilly."

Other than that, this is gold.

CountAllVotes

(20,878 posts)
213. Just wait teabag idiot
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:24 PM
Jul 2012

You idiot will soon find out that there are not many government assistance programs out there because YOU do not matter.

After chipping away slowly but surely at benefits for the poor, elderly and DISABLED since the Reagun years, you will soon find out idiot that there is really little to be "had".

You like the foodstamps you think.

Well, you'll like them even more when you will be required to submit a statement from YOUR PARENTS that you are not paying any rent and that you and for all practical purposes broke and indigent. Enjoy idiot!

Being this is soon to be your case IDIOT, I hope you enjoy those foodstamps as that may be the only thing that you MIGHT be able to EVENTUALLY get.

What an awhole you are idiot.

Enjoy your two-bit life while you can!





freshwest

(53,661 posts)
223. He owns his car and house, those are assets. He can't get food stamps without agreeing to pay back.
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 01:53 PM
Jul 2012

AFAIK, having never qualified but seen the forms they have. They demand bank account numbers and assets to be declared and when the income goes up again they must pay the state back.

Or if they never work again but need help, when they die, the state will take the assets. At least that's the way it used to be for people that ended up in nursing homes on Medicaid, and to be eligible for one you would be eligible for the other, I'm thinking.

Also, if he is able bodied he will have to show he is looking for work, or if he claims he is sick, he has to prove it, and then prove he is getting treatment to get better and return to work. Being poor is not a carefree vacation, nor is being on disability, etc..

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)
214. I have five dollars that says
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:26 PM
Jul 2012

this douchebag has no business. These conservative assholes make this stuff up all the time.

There was one guy who posted on another blog who used to claim that he was well off, had three business, and a bunch of employees. Strange that with all that going on, he found time to be on the blog 12 hours a day. I know people who have their own businesses and they're lucky to have time to poop, never mind spend the day on blogs.

midnight

(26,624 posts)
226. "tens of thousands of ballots are likely to be disqualified" in the key swing-state, once again,
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 02:37 PM
Jul 2012

during the 2012 Presidential election." http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9439


According to Brad Blog.... So perhaps, DW will not have to shut business down... and not go on every govt. assistance program available...

burnsei sensei

(1,820 posts)
227. An excellent response
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 03:07 PM
Jul 2012

If you force a person to face the danger of poverty and chaos, then your position is ethically untenable. The tea party confounds individualism with backward, corporate capitalism.
It doesn't matter how many years pass beyond 2008, the financial elite of this country has lost the confidence of the people.
And with it, whatever authority they had.
The candidate that runs in their name is a hollow man, and they can do no better.
The corporation is not our democratic republic.
It represents nothing but exploitation.
1. Reinstate Glass-Steagall with extensions for all financial instruments and institutions including insurance companies.
2. Repeal Taft-Hartley, utterly.
3. Turn "Obamacare" into Medicare Part E.
Period.

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