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Healthcare Debate Rages Over Pubes

by Sara K. Smith  11:43 am August 17, 2009

Tarheels do it Brazilian style.So once upon a time the inventor of English decided it would be a very clever thing to spell certain dirty(ish) words very much like certain very chaste words. Now as a result, the Punic Wars are constantly and mistakenly referred to as the Pubic Wars, members of the GOP must stress that they are not “Repubicans,” and as to the so-called “public option” for health insurance — it takes a single omitted letter to turn this noble alternative into a snicker-worthy item on a menu of waxing services.

PUBLIC –> PUBIC, that is what we are talking about here.

Anyway, some jackass wrote “No Pubic Option” on a sign and proudly held it up at a healthcare reform protest, and the Raleigh News & Observer kindly cropped that mistake out of a protest photo it ran on its website. However, the image appears INTACT, so to speak, in their print edition. Thank goodness nobody reads the real newspaper anymore!

North Carolina Republicans Still Dumb (After All These Years) [See Tim Blog]

{ 109 comments }

Dr. Spaceman August 17, 2009 at 11:46 am

Not Republicans My Ass – NoRMA!

magic titty August 17, 2009 at 11:46 am

LANDING STRIP OPTIONS FOR ALL

Gopherit August 17, 2009 at 11:47 am

No Pubic Option? Is that the rallying cry for the Abstinence Only movement?

Native of SL UT August 17, 2009 at 11:47 am

We already tried to reject the pubic option, but Thomas was appointed to the Supreme Court anyway.

Downtheroadapiece August 17, 2009 at 11:48 am

Proof reading is for elitists.

Vacation Without Hats August 17, 2009 at 11:49 am

Can someone get a better scan of that paper?

That’s priceless.

Min August 17, 2009 at 11:49 am

I see the sign holder is wearing her Ann Coulteresque LBD, which really shouldn’t be worn until after 5.

Rubes.

memzilla August 17, 2009 at 11:51 am

I’m in favor of the Pubic Option: these hate-filled ignorami should all, collectively, eat a large bag of lightly salted poison rat dicks.

[Internet meme ©2009 Jim Newell. All rights reserved. For which he will receive a little nothing extra in his paycheck.]

CrunchyKnee August 17, 2009 at 11:55 am

Thinking about anything pubic wrt most birthers, neo-fucks and fat ass middle aged haters makes me rather sick. Just SAY NO!

The Church of Realism August 17, 2009 at 11:57 am

Yes, only real Merkins care about the Pubic Option…

Scruffy_The_Janitor August 17, 2009 at 11:58 am

NOBAMA = Pubic Enemy No. 1

RoscoePColtraine August 17, 2009 at 11:58 am

She could be a libtard infiltrating the protest to mock the protesters. I think waving a sign with the word ‘Pubic’ in front of a bunch of self righteous simpletons is a master stroke. Hey, somebody needs to make a sign with the word ‘Stroke’ used as a double entendre and take it to a health care rally.

Naked Bunny with a Whip August 17, 2009 at 12:01 pm

I can’t buy Truck Nutz with pubic hair, so these people have already won.

Lascauxcaveman August 17, 2009 at 12:02 pm

I agree with the protester. Pubes are just gross. They should be banned/shaved/whatever.

zenferret August 17, 2009 at 12:03 pm

[re=388055]Min[/re]: Rubes with no pubes?

DoctorCulturae August 17, 2009 at 12:04 pm

Eelitists!

eleventybillionblogs August 17, 2009 at 12:05 pm

The sad thing is, about 90% of Americans, when given that photo to look at, wouldn’t find the error.

The pubic is pretty much none the wiser.

Rodney Badger August 17, 2009 at 12:05 pm

The Pubic Option is the name of my new alt-indy-rock band. I’ll make sure we never play Raleigh.

AnnieGetYourFun August 17, 2009 at 12:05 pm

Oh, Christ. You’d have to go to a massage parlor in Beijing to get a single-payer, socialist pubic option. Who has time for that these days?

germansteel August 17, 2009 at 12:05 pm

She probably learned to spell in a pubic school.

Gopherit August 17, 2009 at 12:06 pm

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T-J2hjN2HaE/SodM4KNjXOI/AAAAAAAACCw/SD15ws18GoE/s1600/asignnando.jpg

I am struck by the sad woman in the wheel chair. Who dragged her to the rally to say,”Yeah, I love my pre-existing condition!”?

Mahousu August 17, 2009 at 12:06 pm

So there are protests in the Pubic Triangle? I am a bit confused as to why Edinburgh’s strip club area would be concerned with U.S. health care plans.

Rodney Badger August 17, 2009 at 12:08 pm

This Tim fella has a better picture up at his site. One of the protesters in the background has a “Where’s the Birth Certificate Sign.” Also, everyone is white.

liquiddaddy August 17, 2009 at 12:09 pm

I am personally shocked at the vulva level of pubic intercourse in this cuntry. The fundemental issue of decency is seminal in getting over the hump of clapping and ejeculation of the masses as they spew their vitriol as a distraction of the rump issues. The head of the matter is in our hands.

Thank you.

imissopus August 17, 2009 at 12:11 pm

No bikini waxes without representation!

Rodney Badger August 17, 2009 at 12:12 pm

[re=388081]Rodney Badger[/re]: Tim likes to mess with Blingee also.

Cape Clod August 17, 2009 at 12:15 pm

It’s too bad these people no longer have the option of voting for Jesse Helms as their Senator. The North Carolina racist cracker population may as well move to Kentucky if they really want their voices heard.

S.Luggo August 17, 2009 at 12:15 pm
jetjaguar August 17, 2009 at 12:16 pm

They also had to crop the corn dog out of her mouth.

MGBYG August 17, 2009 at 12:16 pm

No Pubic Options!

No Pubic Soap Klingons!

Uncertainty Vice-Principal August 17, 2009 at 12:17 pm

Maybe we should bring back pubic executions.

Uncertainty Vice-Principal August 17, 2009 at 12:19 pm

[re=388091]S.Luggo[/re]: Brilliant. Thanks.

finallyhappy August 17, 2009 at 12:19 pm

I see there is a birth certificate sign as well. I’d like to see these people’s birth certificates- is it legal if your parents are also siblings?

Roger the Shrubber August 17, 2009 at 12:20 pm

Cleavage must be destroyed.

biggiantannoyingthing August 17, 2009 at 12:22 pm

Pubic options are part of those god damn scholiast policies: http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s129/PeaceNikki72/scholiastpolicies.jpg

The Station Manager August 17, 2009 at 12:22 pm

[re=388064]The Church of Realism[/re]: Hair Donuts for All!

user-of-owls August 17, 2009 at 12:23 pm

[re=388059]memzilla[/re]: Better yet, they should all come down with the Pubonic Plague.

SmutBoffin August 17, 2009 at 12:23 pm

[re=388083]liquiddaddy[/re]: Twat? I cunt hear you. I have an ear infucktion.

kth August 17, 2009 at 12:23 pm

The black dress, the bob, and not being morbidly obese all point to libtard provocateur.

american mutt August 17, 2009 at 12:23 pm

I told my last girlfriend, “No Pubic Option” so she went Brazilian.

ZapThunder August 17, 2009 at 12:26 pm

These Town Hall pictures could easily be turned into a racist version of Where’s Waldo.

jetjaguar August 17, 2009 at 12:27 pm

[re=388106]american mutt[/re]: I told mine “No Single Payer” so we split the bill.

user-of-owls August 17, 2009 at 12:27 pm

[re=388101]biggiantannoyingthing[/re]: The other sign is better. Truly Palinesque.

Holding Out for a Hero August 17, 2009 at 12:27 pm

Where’s the Coke can?

DoctorCulturae August 17, 2009 at 12:28 pm

Daily Show bread and butter. Also, I believe I’ve had my shots for scholio.

S.Luggo August 17, 2009 at 12:28 pm

[re=388085]imissopus[/re]: A clean triangle is a free triangle.

Uncertainty Vice-Principal August 17, 2009 at 12:28 pm

[re=388106]american mutt[/re]:

How did you know she’d be your last girlfriend?

Aquannissiwamissoo August 17, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Pubic Option = hermaphrodite?

I oppose. It would cut down on pr0n revenues.

Downtheroadapiece August 17, 2009 at 12:30 pm
biggiantannoyingthing August 17, 2009 at 12:34 pm

[re=388110]user-of-owls[/re]: And the protester is getting tea-bagged makes it a trifecta. Also.

Harvey Birdman August 17, 2009 at 12:34 pm

Liberals are always trying to wax and bend.

RoscoePColtraine August 17, 2009 at 12:35 pm

Does it bother any of you other elitists in here that the Raleigh News & Observer editors managed to put a city with a state in the headline in an analagous fashion? Or am I the only freak?

Oldskool August 17, 2009 at 12:35 pm

[re=388090]Cape Clod[/re]: You know Jesse Helms is smiling up at them from his toasty spot in Hateys.

CapnFatback August 17, 2009 at 12:38 pm

That’s the difficulty when you are morally dead-set against so many things: your hatred for gay marriage is bound to influence your opinion on health care. I’m surprised that she didn’t make her feelings about masturbation (“single player”) known too.

DoctorCulturae August 17, 2009 at 12:40 pm

RoscoePColtraine: It only bothers me from Schenectady to Colorado.

Prommie August 17, 2009 at 12:42 pm

They can have my pubic option when they pry it from my cold dead hands! (I heard thats what they had to do with David Carradine, BTW.)

geminisunmars August 17, 2009 at 12:43 pm

[re=388122]RoscoePColtraine[/re]: The pubic of Raleigh have it over the Veneris of Montana

V572625694 August 17, 2009 at 12:43 pm

[re=388122]RoscoePColtraine[/re]: All the way from Bangor to mighty Maine…

RoscoePColtraine August 17, 2009 at 12:45 pm

[re=388125]CapnFatback[/re]: HA! If her sign had said that, we’d be all over “which wonktard made the paper!”

queeraselvis v 2.0 August 17, 2009 at 12:48 pm

[re=388055]Min[/re]: That expression makes her look like a blow-up doll. And not a particularly attractive one, either. Too. As well.

magic titty August 17, 2009 at 12:50 pm

[re=388085]imissopus[/re]: Merkins for ‘Murkins?

Johnny Zhivago August 17, 2009 at 12:54 pm

Now I’m really confused, I thought Pubic Options had something to do with Hedge Funds.

trickyrick August 17, 2009 at 12:56 pm

The tea baggers in Vermont are all ‘right to lifers’…they protest against children having health care. I guess they are for the right to life, then the right to be sick and get no care. and die. the end.

groove August 17, 2009 at 12:57 pm

I am for a limited public option. Although it is sometimes nice to have a no pubic option, a limited pubic option is a little more classy.

groove August 17, 2009 at 12:58 pm

[re=388154]groove[/re]: “…for a limited pubic option” dammit. Even when I try I can’t fail as hard as the failbags in the newspaper.

mookworthjwilson August 17, 2009 at 12:59 pm

[re=388064]The Church of Realism[/re]: FTW…You are now my god…

GreatOldOnesParty August 17, 2009 at 1:02 pm

[re=388048]Dr. Spaceman[/re]: You win the poltical Neologism of the day contest! We needed a word for that!

kernelPanic August 17, 2009 at 1:06 pm

Aha, now the section in the healthcare bill covering Obama’s Depilatory Panel starts to make sense.

Gopherit August 17, 2009 at 1:09 pm

http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2009/08/17/20090817obama-scene.html – S.C. is filled with pubic-hating cowards. Come to AZ where we know about phallic symbols.

Carrie_Okie August 17, 2009 at 1:10 pm

This did not work for Bristol, it will not work for ‘Murica.

El Pinche August 17, 2009 at 1:11 pm

REPUBLICANS FOR BRAZILIAN WAXATION

Dashboard_Buddha August 17, 2009 at 1:13 pm

[re=388130]V572625694[/re]: Nice FST riff

teebob2000 August 17, 2009 at 1:15 pm

Right now there are 69 comments. Ha ha ha ha.

BlueStateLibtard August 17, 2009 at 1:18 pm

I’m confused as usual. Is she worried Obama care will put an end to her Medicare-paid for Brazilian waxes??? Is this why the oldsters are upset?

On a more serious note, if the public option goes down, I’ll be especially glad that it was due to the efforts of retarded people like this!

Tybalt August 17, 2009 at 1:20 pm

FOR THE LAST TIME, GET THE DAM GUBMENT OUTTA MY PUBES

Uncertainty Vice-Principal August 17, 2009 at 1:25 pm

[re=388184]El Pinche[/re]: No waxation without representation!

finallyhappy August 17, 2009 at 1:27 pm

[re=388122]RoscoePColtraine[/re]: I’m surprised they have a newspaper that isn’t the PennySaver- do you expect them to have editors- or even know that Montana isn’t a city?

TGY August 17, 2009 at 1:30 pm

I don’t see what the big deal is. Res pubica is a fine old Latin phrase meaning ‘pubic matters’

Humpback August 17, 2009 at 1:32 pm

[re=388064]The Church of Realism[/re]: I’m one of the elite few who got that joke. Well done! Toupee! I mean, touche!

Aquannissiwamissoo August 17, 2009 at 1:35 pm

Without the Pubic Option there would be no buttsechs.

Aquannissiwamissoo August 17, 2009 at 1:38 pm

A well treed slope is not conducive to beginner’s skiing.

Think of the children.

JamesMichaelCurley August 17, 2009 at 1:42 pm

“Doug Ducharme, of Tempe, was one of those yelling.
“This has nothing to do with the president being Black,” he said. “My ex-wife is Black.”

masterdebater August 17, 2009 at 1:42 pm

I don’t believe the sign was an error. These people are serious about stamping out the nasties! Only leftists like sex….or well, you know, admit it.

Accordion-o-rama August 17, 2009 at 1:43 pm

[re=388091]S.Luggo[/re]: From the position of her mouth, I think I understand why she’s against the pubic option.

GreatOldOnesParty August 17, 2009 at 1:45 pm

[re=388181]Gopherit[/re]: w00h00!
Go us!
We’ve got a BLACK guy with TWO GUNS!
What’s next wingnutz?
A Messican aborted fetus in a tank?
An Asiatic parapalegic with a flamethrower?

Servo August 17, 2009 at 1:51 pm

No surprise. Repugnants always had an appetite for the prepubescent.

June Cleaver 2.0 August 17, 2009 at 1:55 pm

Boy, that looks like Little Rock. That has nothing to do with health care. But that sign does have to do with not paying attention in class and not doing your homework. I will pass that picture out on the first day back to school. I expect intense focus on studies for 2009-2010 school year.

Gopherit August 17, 2009 at 1:57 pm

You know, she almost looks like Rielle Hunter in the blurry picture. That gives a whole new dimension to No Pubic Option. Suck on it Edwards!

Fly Over Girl August 17, 2009 at 2:07 pm

[re=388181]Gopherit[/re]: Or Nebraska’s Penis on the Plains.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_State_Capitol

CapnFatback August 17, 2009 at 2:09 pm

[re=388064]The Church of Realism[/re]: You, sir or madam, have truly been touched by the Muse.

Red Zeppelin August 17, 2009 at 2:21 pm

So I guess that’s what “triangle” refers to in that sign.

Lionel Hutz Esq. August 17, 2009 at 2:28 pm

It currently cost me a “co-pay” of $50 just to get someone to dress up as a nurse and give me a pubic option. Surely Sen. Ensign and Vitters are in favor of a government funded pubic option? Finally, bipartisanship in the face of crazies.

scubaix August 17, 2009 at 2:48 pm

just when it can’t get any stupider and then it does.

Fashion tip, the little black dress theorem falls apart when your sign indicates you’re dumber than…wait do you come here often?

scotack August 17, 2009 at 2:50 pm

I’d hit that, pubes or no pubes.

slowuncle August 17, 2009 at 3:00 pm

WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!! If you think the liberals are laughing at us now, just wait until we have to teabag without recourse to scrotal electrolysis. Yeah it hurts, but all the best things in life do, no??

speedo August 17, 2009 at 3:01 pm

Aren’t pubes already covered? Isn’t that why underpants were invented?

Ducksworthy August 17, 2009 at 3:58 pm

[re=388068]Naked Bunny with a Whip[/re]: Only because pubic hair is not yet legal tender. Ameros will be made of pubic hair.

Ducksworthy August 17, 2009 at 4:01 pm

[re=388078]Gopherit[/re]: She’s disabled and therefore most likely on Medicare. She’s there to make sure the gummint keeps its hands off’n her MedieCare

AngryAtheist August 17, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Ohio Wonkette Fan August 17, 2009 at 5:52 pm

Oh yeah, you gotta love that! What’s a roman soldier with hair on his teeth? “Glad he ate her”, get it? gladiator…ha ha

the problem child August 17, 2009 at 6:44 pm

Why do librulz hate the wall to wall carpeting?

slowuncle August 17, 2009 at 9:17 pm

[re=388731]the problem child[/re]: What?? no no no, we like our kitty kats every which way: hirsute or freshly mowed, it’s all good

Oh, Elizabeth Jade
I love the way your triangle’s displayed…

——–from Elizabeth Jade
by Robin Hitchcock
(from the album Jewels for Sophia)

drpangloss August 17, 2009 at 9:29 pm

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kathcom August 18, 2009 at 10:55 am

Bless your snide heart. Maybe pointing out things like this is a cheap shot but these people are begging for it, in my humble opinion.

A friend of mine tipped me off to this post because I recently wrote one of my own about Gillette and Schick using some suggestive phrases and images in their bid to sell pubic hair trimmers. I’ve never done this shameless link thing before but check it out if you feel the urge.

http://www.magicksandwich.org/2009/08/magick-monday-manscaping.html

thefrontpage August 18, 2009 at 10:56 am

Who are these assholes claiming health care “socialism?”

We guess that Medicare and Medicaid–which provide health insurance money for tens of millions of Americans, including conservatives, far-right-wingers and Republicanas–is not socialism? Even though it is government-sponsored, taxpayer-sponsored, tax-money-sponsored health care? Of course it’s not “socialism,” and neither is the Obama administration’s health reform plan.

Nothing done by the Obama administration is in any way “socialism.” If ignorant people think that the government providing money to help certain institutiions is “socialism,” then, fine, we’ll take out all of the government money that goes to Medicaid, Medicaid, Social Security, education, the military, police departments, fire departments, public works agencies, transportation, planning and zoning, code enforcements, consumer affairs regulations, commerce rules, trade laws, import and export laws, existing health care, social services, corrections, jails, prisons, buses, subways, trains, the postal service, drivers’ license agencies, environmental agencies, fish and wildlife agencies, natural resources, pollution controls, and about 5,000 other government functions.

Is government sponsoring all of these areas “socialism?”

Maybe we shouldn’t have any government, and we’ll just live in some crazy, psycho, lawless society. Yes, that would be better.

These protesters need to shut the hell up, get a life, and stop acting like assholes.

slowuncle August 18, 2009 at 4:53 pm

Hillbilly Mob: stop health care reform NOW! Everything you liberals propose is downright SOCIALIST!

Us (mustering awesome rhetorical riposte): If y’all hate socialism so much, then how’s about we just repeal Medicare, Social Security and V.A. medical?? Hmm??

Greek Chorus (comprised of Ron Paul, Grover Norquist, Ronald Reagan & Phil Gramm): We thought you’d never ask!

zhubajie August 19, 2009 at 4:45 pm

[re=388151]trickyrick[/re]: Well, if G-d loves you, you won’t be sick and you will be rich. Lots of born-agains think along those lines.

zhubajie August 19, 2009 at 4:52 pm

[re=389101]thefrontpage[/re]: I suppose their next step will be emigrating to Somalia. The pirates need blonde harlots, don’t you think?

on2u August 24, 2009 at 8:53 am

NPR, August 11th – Obama Says His Health Plan Won’t ‘Pull The Plug On Grandma’

Vancouver Sun, August 14th – The Fraser Health Authority confirmed Thursday it intends to cut surgeries, seniors’ programs and services for the mentally ill to help deal with a budget shortfall of up to $160 million. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Fraser+Health+Authority+confirms+cutbacks+surgeries+services/1892143/story.html

Flashback! Soylent Green is Grandma…. “The Fraser Health Authority will pay $616,000 in carbon tax this year, rising to $821,000 next year, officials there said.” http://spectator.org/blog/2009/06/11/another-green-policy-that-lead

SDA

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