Comments on: Michele Bachmann goes full retard

By: Jesus going back in womb if you don’t fill out Census « Some Country for Old Men

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:39:26 +0000

[...] course, that would just mean crazy-eyed Michele Bachmann would get what she wants, so we’re not about to do that. In fact, we intend to team with [...]

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We traced the phone call… « Some Country for Old Men — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:51:19 +0000

[...] a Republican member of Congress is a big racist. From leading the birther movement to fostering the teabagger nonsense, these folks rarely miss an opportunity to whip their white troglodyte constituents into an [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:51:54 +0000

First of all, totally agree that Maxine Waters is a terrible member of congress, and if I lived in her district (counting my blessings that I don’t), I’d vote against her in a second. That said, she really doesn’t have anything to do with Michele Bachmann.

In the same vein, I get your point on Katrina and blame (HOWEVER, I think that other than Newsmax, you’re not gonna find a place that says people blamed Katrina on Bush; what you’ll see is that people say his response was abysmal. In fact, I think Bush and Chertoff would pretty freely admit that now.), but I’m not sure it matters; what matters is that Bachmann has a track record of saying ridiculous things and inciting people to follow her. That was my point here.

In fact, big UPS to the Republicans who are actually standing up to Bachmann in this situation. It’s about time someone in her own party told her she’s out of line. We’ve been conducting a census for more than 200 years, and what she’s doing strikes me as fear mongering.

As far as specific questions on the census go, I see a benefit to making the most out of the exercise. Knowing what people do/how they commute/whether they have insurance seem beneficial in terms of allocating resources to states and municipalities, and prioritizing national and local needs. I’m certainly no expert on the census, though, so I can’t say for sure what the info is for. I tend to believe, however, that they’re not just putting those questions out there for the hell of it.

By: hoosierboy

hoosierboy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:11:27 +0000

They are all out to get us — The GOP claims the Dems caused swine flu, the Dems claim Bush caused Katrina. There are plenty of idiots to go around.

Heck on the looney scale I would put Maxine waters up against Bachman at any time.

BTW, what does my health insurance coverage have to do with the purpose of the census — How many people live in this house?

I am just an inquiring mind.