I’ve made it…
Posted by Duncan on July 6th, 2008
That’s right folks, I’ve been officially designated as Sadly, No’s New Wingnut of the Week! YES!
Ofcourse, the author of the post who bestowed this wonderful honor upon me, Clif, does a pretty lousy job of fisking me.
Duncan hails from Texas and has this to say about himself:
I am a conservative first and foremost. …. I believe that the U.S. Constitution is the best governing document that has ever been created by man, and I believe that the liberal left (and increasingly the Big Government Republicans) have been eroding what the Founding Father’s intended, which was not a huge federal government that continuously stomps on areas reserved for individual states.
Notwithstanding his hatred for the federal government, it hasn’t dissuaded him from taking a paycheck from the federal government for his entire career:
I served in the U.S. Air Force for 8 years as a C-130 pilot and as a primary instructor. I got out and now work for the federal government as a civilian protecting our nation. I reconcile the fact I work for Uncle Sam in that both jobs I have held were Constitutionally mandated, not the creation of some politician looking to spend more tax dollars.
Please discuss amongst yourselves what civilian job that Duncan could possibly hold is “Constitutionally mandated.”
First off, the douche-nozzle (apologies to all actual douche-nozzles) thinks I hate the Federal Government. Anybody else see the “hate”? Simply stated, I don’t believe in the nanny-state, cradle-to-grave liberalism that Clif and his ilk propose. And that being stated, I have had no problem working for the federal government in areas that are, what I believe, Constitutionally mandated and harken back to the very creation of this nation itself. I know he is trying to find some hypocrisy there… perhaps he is just projecting….and being the typical liberal, it probably annoys him to no end that I served in the U.S. Armed Forces… surprised that he didn’t take a strike at me as a baby-killer or the such..
Duncan’s bio concludes with a stunningly inane mixed metaphor:
I have a wife and two beautiful children. And I want those children to grow in a country not swirling down the socialist toilet bowl of mediocrity and misery that the left seems to be pushing this country towards like little lemmings following each other off a cliff.
Inane. Matter of opinion I guess. Mixed metaphor. Sure. But if the shoe fits….
And now for Duncan’s award winning post:
I am really starting to get annoyed with all of the global cooling er.. global warming.. er Climate Change bull crap.
My irritation started today when I bought tickets for my family to fly out to visit me in California while I am out there for some training. There was an option on Orbitz.com for me to purchase, since I was having my girls fly on a big-bad-evil corporate airline, some CARBON-FRIGGIN-OFFSETS! I shi’ite you not. I could buy some carbon credits in order to offset the carbon emissions to make myself feel better. I honestly could not believe my eyes. I almost wanted to look elsewhere for tickets, …
Will Duncan have the courage of his convictions and find his tickets elsewhere? Or will he send an outraged email to Orbitz customer service? Will he buy the credits with a stolen credit card? Will he decide to idle his SUV in the driveway for six hours to offset the offsets? (Cue drum roll.)
Maybe I confused him as he continued to project his values upon me. See, that’s why I love the free market, because if I was indeed offended enough, then I could go look elsewhere. Had orbitz mandated that I buy such carbon offsets, then yes, I would have looked elsewhere. I was simply commenting that yet another commercial organization has joined the eco-chic community and is pushing Sales of Indulgences Carbon Credits upon the thoughtless masses who’ve been told they’re evil because of the carbon footprint..
then realized that this was a pretty good deal and I could not pass it up.
Well, as those stinky-cheese-loving Socialists in that swirling toiled bowl called France say, quelle surprise!
Yep. I guess I am just a hypocrite. Ya know, the kind who tells people to do one thing, but then does something completely different. Because those people who love the environment are doing so much to protect it themselves….
Actually, I truly feel sorry for professional wingnuts like Duncan who can scarcely open their eyes and crawl out of bed in the morning without succumbing to outrage over this or that liberal indignity. Gays on the TeeVee! Carbon credits at Orbitz!! No more trans fats at McDonalds!!1! Al Gore is still alive!!!111 Para español, oprima el dos!!!!!1!1!one! No wonder Duncan probably spends his spare time in a small funky room with shades drawn reading a survivalist manual stained with Ranch dressing and Pop-Tart crumbs.
A Professional WingNut eh? Almost makes me want to go and make it my pseudonym. I find it somewhat humorous how Clif likes to paint me with such a broad brush. And typical of his ilk, he would like to portray me as some sort of redneck or social retard (more projection by Clif?) who hates illegal immigrants undocumented border crossers and homosexuals.
All because I haven’t bought into man-made global cooling global warming climate change.
I was under the impression that Sadly,No was somewhat of a humor site, like IMAO.us. Guess I was wrong, especially when I read this comment from Alec:
Of course, none of that absolves some fucking parasite who goes from plodding around bombarding random villages on CIA orders to bombarding random villages on CIA orders for $500,000 raided from GI scholarships per year.
Christ, these people make me so fucking angry. I get hives
But please… don’t question their support of our troops…
July 6th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
What does “don’t question their support of our troops ” even mean? Liberals support the troops far more than conservatives. We don’t think they should be put in harm’s way for spurious reasons, or kept there to help politician’s save face.
And, before you belittle my opinion, I served my country for four years in the Navy. I support the troops, and I do it with more than a magnet on my SUV.
July 6th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
We are indeed like IMAO, except that, you know, we’re actually funny.
And re: supporting the troops—I don’t think you have any room to talk about that on this blog. Unless you’d like to reiterate that PTSD suffering Iraq veterans are just a bunch of welfare leeches.
July 6th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Jacob,
Thanks for your service in the US Navy. I agree that war should not be fought for “spurious reasons” or to “save face”. That’s why we are supposed to have a Congress that controls the purse strings (and is supposed to declare war), but they’ve apparently failed… and they’re Dhimmicratically controlled at the present.
And many of the troops probably (and I can only speak for myself but I feel comfortable in saying this) wouldn’t appreciate the kinda support that resembles retreat and failure masked in a “Bring Our Troops Home Now!” banner. Call me crazy…
July 6th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Simba,
Guess one man’s trash is indeed another’s treasure….
I am not a medical professional of any kind and I have no current position on the diagnosis of PTSD in our soldiers. I think you are referring to a post by Raven. She is much more qualified than me to defend her reasoning behind her post. Nice try though.
July 6th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
AH Duncan…you’ve pissed off the soft kneed, limp dicks of the left who like to think they’re funny: The SadlyNo! crowd. A bunch of losers- every one of them.
What did they all do on July 4th? Betcha they sat around drinking, stuffing their faces and having a good time. Meanwhile:
July 6th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Oh and Duncan: These are liberals who graze the green pastures at SadlyNo….remember they are like little children who need constant re-direction and reminder to stay on topic. To focus. To pay attention to the task at hand. Often they allow themselves to become scatter brained and can’t defend their own thoughts, so they bring up irrelevant things from the past. It’s not a nice try…it’s how liberals think and process.
As for THAT post, how dare someone question a veterans’ dx of PTSD?? How dare someone take to task the things she has seen and simply attempted to compare, and then question. How unAmerican of me to do that. Course had I been defending a proud veteran without PTSD I would have been called a blood thirsty wing nut. These liberals could care less about a true case of PTSD because it goes against everything they believe in; they only pretend to care when it suits their cause and agenda. Mind you, I don’t bore myself by visiting blogs such as SadlyNo to see if they ever post on such things as PTSD (my post being the exception of course, since I asked the question liberals don’t ever think to ask…)
July 6th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Oh and Simba please do tell us how you support the troops since you like to ask us and bash me for questioning. What is it YOU have done in support of any member of the US Military? Nice try indeed.
July 6th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
I’ve made it…
Yes, we know that you secretly admire us and want to be like us. It’s ok, really.
July 6th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Noen,
Yep. You hit the nail squarely on the head.
July 6th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
both jobs I have held were Constitutionally mandated
I was unaware that “Mall Ninja” was Constitutionally mandated. Who knew?
July 6th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Duncan, your blog sucks ass, and you write like a homeschooled eighth grader, which is to say not very well.
You deserve all the ridicule that’s being heaped upon you and more.
July 6th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
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July 6th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Actually, most of us at Sadly, No! spent the holiday drinking tequila, snorting Bolivian blow, and forcing evangelicals to have gay abortions. It was probably all the blow that made our dicks limp and killed our appetite, but a good time was still had by all.
July 6th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Ohhh. Linda.. OUCH! Stop.. I think I feel a tear developing (/sarcasm)
July 6th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Noen…
is this your website? I guess you must have sparkling eyes and glam of gold?
July 6th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Ok. I’ll admit, I think I got a little chuckle out of that. But that’s the last time…
July 6th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
then realized that this was a pretty good deal and I could not pass it up.
Yeah, I know what you mean, Duncan.
I’m strictly vegan, but whenever Denny’s offers them two-for-one baconburgers, well! Who could pass up a deal like that?
July 6th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
The fact is, liberals have got hate and nothing else.
July 6th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
It’s not worth your time to hang out with the misogynist Obots over at Sadly, O!, who would deny the true blue heart of Appalachia, that sound foundation of Reagan Democrats and hard-working Americans, their democratic right to have the person they want elected and the person they want elected alone be elected, because their delusions have outweighed any sort of reason I have attempted with their dark, sexist hearts, so I choose to walk away from the Democrat Party and will vote for John McCain or, that not being an option, Fred Phelps.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Oh COME on, you nuke all of us but keep friggin Gary Ruppert? Not fair, man.
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Actually, the posts from your IP address are going to moderation. Behave and your comments might post. Worthless junk is going to get flushed.
-CT
July 6th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
To Recap the past 6 years for wingnuts (warning - spoiler):
The war was a lie. The President is a war criminal. You have been played for fools.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
” areas that are, what I believe, Constitutionally mandated and harken back to the very creation of this nation itself.”
You BELIEVE are Constitutionally mandated? It isn’t a faith, dipstick. The Constitution is very clear in what it mandates, and isn’t a faith-based ideology open to whatever truthiness you feel about it. Christ, it’s no wonder wingnuts are so eager to evicerate the Constitution. They don’t even know what the hell it is.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Duncan? I apologize for telling you that most visitors from SadlyNo are intelligent people. I was wrong. As you can see through their comments, they are anything but intelligent.
Typical leftards. All whine; no substance.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
And the Air Force is Constitutionally mandated in what article or amendment to the Constitution? I find no mention of an “Air Force” in that document.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Duncan, no that isn’t my website. I don’t have one but if I did I wouldn’t write such god awful craptastic marketing copy like that.
BTW, how do you rationalize hating carbon trades and then the next second going “Oh!, good deal!”? Doesn’t make any sense if you ask me.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Look Duncan: Some visitors come here from the land down under, using their governments computers and probably wasting time doing this:
New Zealand
patrick172-woa.natlib.govt.nz (192.122.171.11) [Label IP Address]
andrightlyso.com/
andrightlyso.com/2008/07/06/ive-made-it/#more-5102
http://www.sadlyno.com/
July 6th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
I think Raven is another secret admirer of teh Sadlies.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Very strange comment coming from someone who probably agrees with Roe vs. Wade that found a “right to an abortion” as well as the words “separation of church and state”, which we all know are no where in the Constitution.
By belief I meant interpretation of the words, not a religious belief you douche, though your feelings about religion are displayed through your venom.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Gary Ruppert,
So is hate better then rightwing fear of terrorist/brown people/whatever God’s President George W. Bush/FNC says we should fear? Wait isn’t stormfront/KKK/skinhead psychopaths big Republicans? Aren’t those folks called hate groups? So wouldn’t it mean you have your share of hate as well? So you beat us! We leftie douche-nozzles only hate Bush, the Iraq War, and the no-bid contract warprofiteering that come with this President and his war of choice, you on the other hand hate us and fear us. YOU WIN!!!
lol
July 6th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Dam…uh, darn, are you young. Suppose I should give you some handicap points, whether or not you’d accept them, tho in your case I’m wagering you’re not the type to gain wisdom with age.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Didn’t take too long for someone to invoke “Godwin’s Law. Way to win the discussion dave.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
“By belief I meant interpretation of the words”
Ahhhh, you mean a living constitution then. Nice to have you on board.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
What do you mean? I believe people who buy carbon credits are getting swindled by snake oil salesman. And the purchase of said carbon credits has nothing to do with the good deal I thought I was getting on the plane tickets. I was simply stating that I thought it pathetic that Orbitz was offering its customers the option to purchase the snakeoil, but not pathetic enough that I didn’t want the good deal. Just because I think they’re stupid doesn’t mean I am not willing to business with Orbitz at this time. Ofcourse, the douchenozzles who are crazy, rabid leftists, like White Male above, seem to think I should go climb a tree in Berzerkly or march on Washington or set myself on fire in protest or I’m a hypocrite.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Duncan, this comment thread is a perfect example of the attention spam of the average liberal.
Really…take note of this and note also that very few here have stayed on topic. Instead they resort to sock puppet arguments and other distracting tactics.
Now we know why our country is going down the tube so fast.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Living and breathing.. nope. That’s what amendments are for, not judicial interpretation according to international law or the such..
Here are the words of the Constitution dealing with the military:
Pretty obvious that the Constitution mandates/allows for the creation of the Armed forces.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Raven,
Yeah, I think Noen is the only one who has somewhat of an argument and something resembling an active, human brain. The others… they’re the types of pseudo-intellectuals who think they are independent thinkers… when they can’t explain their positions on certain subjects and issues.. they strike off into ad hominem attacks and the such… so sad and pathetic..
July 6th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
This:
There was an option on Orbitz.com for me to purchase, since I was having my girls fly on a big-bad-evil corporate airline, some CARBON-FRIGGIN-OFFSETS! I shi’ite you not. I could buy some carbon credits in order to offset the carbon emissions to make myself feel better. I honestly could not believe my eyes. I almost wanted to look elsewhere for tickets, then realized that this was a pretty good deal and I could not pass it up.
Does not make that clear. In fact it pretty much implies that you did purchase the carbon offsets. At the very least it’s ambiguous. Anyways… I support carbon cap ‘n trade or even better direct taxation with reimbursements. And we’re running rapidly out of time.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Dear Duncan: A few words of advice. I, too, am an Air Force veteran, serving four years, eight months and fourteen days during and after the Korean War. When honorably discharged, I took advantage of the GI Bill (good old Public Law 550) and went to college, got a degree in journalism, practiced the craft for 15 years, then taught the subject at the university level for 16 years. Point? The quality of your writing undermines the arguments you are trying to advance. Why not enroll in a writing course or two and sharpen your prose? You might also want to take few basic courses in political science. Your unfortunate yoking of the words “socialism” and “misery” utterly destroys your cred. See Denmark and the surveys branding the Danes the happiest people on earth since 1982. Sad, perhaps, but true.
God love you for thinking and engaging us all.
July 6th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
I think Noen is the only one who has somewhat of an argument
Actually I think that MzNicky knows more than I do about quite a few things. She’s just more pissed off and doesn’t think it’s worth her time to engage you. We’re all kinda pissed off. We gave you the keys to the car and you totaled it. The GOP is going down big time and with any luck it’ll be another 40 years before anyone lets you even near the garage again.
July 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Noen,
I made the statement that it was an option for me to purchase the credits. Based on how I stated I felt ’bout such an option, I guess I made the assumption that the reader would realize I would not purchase said credits. And I made the statement that I thought ’bout looking at another company for tickets, but the prices I felt could not be beat for what I was looking for.
And I disagree as far as cap-n-trade is concerned. I couldn’t disagree more. Who gets to decide the amount to cap? What happens to the production because companies are being capped? What happens to the jobs lost because companies can’t produce due to the caps, and then don’t have the capital to pay their employees so there are layoffs, etc, etc. The law of unintended consequences will come and bite us in the ass, all in the name of the chicken little cries that the sky is falling…..
July 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Noen, I must disagree on carbon-caps or on direct taxation. Let me just highlight, since the whole discussion is rather complex.
Carbon caps will first increase the end-user price as manufacturer will pass the cost on. However, the greatest danger is that the supply and allocation of the credits will be set by political lobbying, which will mean that those industries with the most effective lobbying power will game the system to punish their competitors and/or gain them underserved giveaway at no cost to them (paid by tax payers like us). Over all, this will subsidize inefficient users at the expense of more efficient users.
Carbon credits will also inhibit the ability of new industries and new technologies to gain a market share as they will be forced to take on a premium cost (purchasing carbon credits) because the supply of credits is artifically restricted, and this premium that they will be forced to pay will subsidize their competition. This is not good public policy.
Indeed, Europe is moving away from this approach, if I recall correctly recent articles that I’ve read, because they find that it isn’t accomplishing the goals they want and its hurting their economies in the process.
I’ll tackle direct taxation in my next comment
July 6th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
“The GOP is going down big time and with any luck it’ll be another 40 years before anyone lets you even near the garage again.”
You are probably right, err.. left. Anyways the GOP is dying, I agree. They are more like New Deal Democrats now than Republicans. Ofcourse, what made this country great is not the ideals of socialism which you on the left push, but of hard work and the opportunities capitalism brings with it. And the GOP, if it does not return to its values, will die just like the Whigs did before. And I disagree with your totaling the car analogy. This car is still moving along and in decent shape, considering all. And it isn’t government programs or carbon-caps that will sustain its momentum. They only serve as drag devices…
July 6th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Just what is the point of this site?
Isn’t this ground already covered at Redstate and Freeperland?
July 6th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Oh. I am so sorry Labradog, I didn’t realize that those are the only two websites allowed to exist? Man. I didn’t know. Raven, dear, we’d better go and cancel our hosting, we’re not allowed to give our own opinions, apparently….
July 6th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Please don’t think just because this site leans right, that it’s post authors agree with the GOP of today. Hardly…most of us are fed up with our leaders- for many reasons. Duncan is correct when he says the GOP is dying…but not the fundamental beliefs of true Conservatives and Republicans. No no…we’re pissed off at our leaders for going to far to the left vs. doing the right things for the country.
I see a third party uprising soon. And I will be a part of it if the GOP doesn’t get it RIGHT this time.
July 6th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Duncan isn’t that what the Left would like to see? As many independent web sites and thinking people be silenced?? Why yes…Red State and Freeper speaks for ALL of us.
July 6th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Noen, make direct taxation my next comment after this.
I’m not sure where you’re coming from (Libertarian?) but you’ve nailed it on the head that too many of our Republican congress critters have betrayed conservative, small government principles for their thirty pieces of
silverpork.I think we all at ARS would agree with that. I have no dispute if the Republican party gets punished with a larger Democratic majority - that might wake them up. They deserve a rebuke. However, do acknowledge that some of our Congress people have fought the good fight and are remaining faithful.
However, I do greatly fear for the consequences if we also end up installing Obama as President. The consequence of one-party rule will do irreversible harm to our country, given the way that they will take over the courts to perpetuate their power by changing the Constitution via a judicial coup. We’re only one SCOTUS vote away from that situat