• May 27, 2012

Bachmann Vows To Save Successful Gov’t-Funded Factory From Itself

by Kirsten Boyd Johnson  2:36 pm September 20, 2011

Hatched from a llama egg, she was.Hoo-wee, Michele Bachmann is back in Waterloo, Iowa where she was hatched, spouting as usual just “the complete opposite of whatever is actually the case in reality.” So what this time? Bachmann rambled a righteous yarn about the devilry and downfall of government spending and regulation Monday as she stood promising growth in front of a booming traffic-signal factory, one that is just doing really super well for itself because of the surge in infrastructure repair projects, which, oh hey, who pays for infrastructure projects? Who knows, probably the mystery billionaire fairy nymphs that go around financing public works projects when government red tape isn’t tangled in their wings. Whoever they are, Michele Bachmann is on their team to save this factory (that, again, is doing well despite the downturn).

The company that owns the factory, OMJC, receives about 80% of its revenues from the government, and the company’s chief executive told this to Bachmann. Her response, from the LA Times:

[OMJC CEO Alan] Yost, a conservative Republican, took pains not to spoil Bachmann’s event, playing down his company’s reliance on government spending in a conversation with the candidate.

“So you don’t get a government grant to do what you do?” she asked him.

No grants, he assured her. “I wish I could say we had great success in government funds, because everybody likes a handout,” he said.

“Oh oh oh, so you get government money. Just as long as you aren’t getting a government grant. We’re cool.” It’s from the book called How To Speak Republican, children! [LA Times]

{ 249 comments }

Crank_Tango September 20, 2011 at 2:39 pm

Traffic signals are socialism! Let the fucking invisible hand direct traffic, like Ayn Rand always wanted.

RedneckMuslin September 20, 2011 at 2:49 pm

Let God sort out who goes first and who lives and dies.

Arken September 20, 2011 at 2:51 pm

The really sad thing is that a libertarian essentially argued that point with me once about stop signs.

Terry September 20, 2011 at 3:00 pm

A libertarian's dream state is Somalia. No kidding.

foog September 20, 2011 at 5:45 pm
Crank_Tango September 20, 2011 at 3:02 pm

yeah there is a yawning chasm between Society and Socialism, but it seems that some people only see the first few letters and start screeching about freedum.

emmelemm September 20, 2011 at 3:03 pm

It's pretty fucking amazing, isn't it? The lengths "libertarians" will go to to argue these things…

SorosBot September 20, 2011 at 3:17 pm

But what about the roads themselves? I suppose without government interference the Free Market would create them, by magic.

gurukalehuru September 20, 2011 at 2:56 pm

NO more traffic stop slavery! Bachmann/Marceaux 2012!!1!

tribbzthesquidz September 20, 2011 at 5:30 pm

There is a Phish song called "Slave To The Traffic Light." I believe it might be one of the all-time stupidest songs of all-time. Like, it's the traffic lights holding us down, man.

chicken_thief September 21, 2011 at 7:00 am

Well, One L might be down with Phish, but it's for damn sure that Marcus isn't.

Callyson September 20, 2011 at 3:11 pm

I've got an invisible middle finger for these libertarian nutcases…

Geminisunmars September 20, 2011 at 3:12 pm

Well, if the invisible hand wore a white glove, then it could direct traffic. Problem solved.

V572 T-Blow September 20, 2011 at 3:45 pm

Oddly enough there's a school of traffic engineering thought which argues that we need fewer traffic control devices, and sometimes none.
http://www.slate.com/id/2254863/pagenum/all/#p2

In any case, the proliferation of roundabouts should put this guy out of business soon.

not that Dewey September 20, 2011 at 4:31 pm

They failed to make the case that their idea is less ridiculous than the parody.

Some people just don't read, you know?

BerkeleyBear September 20, 2011 at 5:26 pm

Yeah, but that's a far cry from saying there's no need (or right) of society to step in and regulate where necessary, which is where the idiots screaming "invisible hand" lose me.

V572 T-Blow September 20, 2011 at 7:05 pm

You are correct, sir or madam!Turns out though, that if you take away all the signs, crosswalks, etc, people slow down and drive carefully…in Denmark. Not sure it would work as well in, say, Gadsden Alabama.

MOG2410 September 20, 2011 at 7:43 pm

Where Nascar is the role model for most drivers.

BerkeleyBear September 20, 2011 at 7:50 pm

It would work in some parts of the burbs, especially if accompanied by roundabouts (either true rounds or dog bones) or speed bumps, but not very broadly.

I just moved to speed bump hell, btw. Put in by my socialist overlords because (I assume) the non-crosswalked, non-signed roads were way too tempting to speed demons in the past.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 10:32 pm

Actually, I don't think that would work well in most urban areas, especially if you've got people dealing drugs and hotfooting it away from the local plod, or racing cars late at night. Although the introduction of speed bumps through parts of our neighbouring city have caused some hahas since the plod rely on cars and the local druggies are fleeter of foot than their drugged-out state might indicate.

Redhead September 20, 2011 at 4:25 pm

Why not – most of the drivers around here ignore the lights and stop signs and trust in the invisible hand anyway!

riverside68 September 20, 2011 at 4:38 pm

It works for the first three minutes and 15 seconds in a figure eight race:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c4h4hwTiIY

Dashboard_Jesus September 20, 2011 at 11:57 pm

AWESOME!

tihond September 20, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Up next, Bachmann will give a speech on an army base talking about how the government doesn't create any jobs.

Lionel[redacted]Esq September 20, 2011 at 2:51 pm

And the army guys will stand up proudly and announce that the US Army does not get grants from the Feds.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 3:56 pm

I want to hear the Army Corps of Engineers make that claim with a straight face.

littlebigdaddy September 20, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Traffic lights are socialist! We should all be free to drive through intersections whenever we want!

jus_wonderin September 20, 2011 at 2:50 pm

You have just convinced me to buy the Ford Annihilator over the Chevy Abomination. Bigger is better. Thanks!

BaldarTFlagass September 20, 2011 at 2:57 pm

What, no love for the Toyota Leviathan? Built in San Antonio Texas, even!!!

freakishlywrong September 20, 2011 at 2:59 pm

♫Canyonero, Canyonero!! ♪

V572 T-Blow September 20, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Mojopo September 20, 2011 at 3:20 pm

I'm going to put wheels on Idaho and run everyone over, and throw potatoes into your graves.

jus_wonderin September 20, 2011 at 3:24 pm

You should strap the Rockies on the grille. Like a cow catcher but deadly. Mow 'em down. Oh, don't forget the Florida Trucknutz.

JustPixelz September 20, 2011 at 2:51 pm

So you've never been to Boston, eh?

jus_wonderin September 20, 2011 at 3:25 pm

I had a girl ask me once, please come to Boston, in the springtime.

Goonemeritus September 20, 2011 at 2:42 pm

I think you’re underestimating the miles of Libertarian built highway in this country. After all the government is the problem.

Tundra Grifter September 20, 2011 at 2:47 pm

National highways built during the Republican administrations of Ike for national defense.

Preferred Customer September 20, 2011 at 3:20 pm

Ike was a socialist. Look how long he worked for the government.

Sue4466 September 20, 2011 at 3:43 pm

I actually had a, let's call it a "discussion" with a libertarian who wanted only private roads. So you'd have to pay your way driving down any road, roads of constant toll booths. Because if people want to drive on roads, they should pay for them, but no one should force him to pay for roads other people drive on. Everyone should be independent, stand on their own two feet, no government handouts.

His wife was a fellow student of mine at a state law school. They'd both gone to state universities for undergrad. And public school all their lives before that. But the government never did nothing for him. Fuckwit.

V572 T-Blow September 20, 2011 at 3:47 pm

See? You just proved that private education is better than public.

jus_wonderin September 20, 2011 at 4:00 pm

And if they were home-schooled, they need no roads at all.

MOG2410 September 20, 2011 at 7:45 pm

just dirt paths to protect their bare feet.

Barb September 20, 2011 at 2:43 pm

“So you don’t get a government grant to do what you do?” she asked him.

His answer should have been, "so you get a government grant to do what you do, too?"

ManchuCandidate September 20, 2011 at 2:43 pm

If she believes Marcus is straight then she'll believe any wacked out story.

MLite September 20, 2011 at 2:43 pm

If only John Gault were here, we'd have high speed rail/socialist boondoggle.

freakishlywrong September 20, 2011 at 2:45 pm

So. The conservative asshole lied so's not to embarrass the conservative batshit candidate. Give the money and the jobs back, dickweed. Then make it successful using just your bootstraps. You're profiting off of our tax monie$. Say fucking thank you.

Maman September 20, 2011 at 2:45 pm

Did Michele Bachmann get one of those HPV shots?

JustPixelz September 20, 2011 at 2:54 pm

No government issued stupid for MB. She got it the old fashioned way: From leaking silicone.

baconzgood September 20, 2011 at 3:01 pm

All of them Katie.

Sue4466 September 20, 2011 at 3:44 pm

Damn you bacon! you stole my line.

Negropolis September 20, 2011 at 11:51 pm

That line belongs to all of the people, bub, like socialism.

DaRooster September 20, 2011 at 2:46 pm

"…who pays for infrastructure projects? Who knows, probably the mystery billionaire fairy nymphs…"

Huh? The Military?!? WTF!?! Clem, I told ya… DADT is gone and look at 'em all now! They own the roads!

Mumbletypeg September 20, 2011 at 2:46 pm

From the caption in the article:

" at a traffic-light company in Waterloo, where she said her plans for a smaller government and lower spending would help it 'grow, grow, grow, grow, grow.' "

Semantics-wise, there is such a thing, as Alice in Lewis Carroll Land* learned, as growing smaller.. which is what our pill-swillin' migraine-aura exhibitionist meant, to the discerning ear.

*it can't be called Wonderland anymore, what Alice experienced. That's now everyday life in these modern timez

not that Dewey September 20, 2011 at 4:26 pm

The question is, whether you can make words mean so many different things?

Tundra Grifter September 20, 2011 at 2:46 pm

I'll be impressed when a Presidential candidate visits that Amazon warehouse.

Meanwhile, back here on earth, I continue to be astonished that Ole Crazy Eyes can take a few fragments of fact and spin them into the most absurd statements. How she's claiming the mental retardation from vaccine isn't "hers?"

Before that, earthquakes and storms were God's warnings. Then that was a joke. Then it was a metaphor.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 3:36 pm

How did she ever get through law school without understanding the meaning of "metaphor"?

WriteyWriterton September 21, 2011 at 5:37 pm

Simple enough. She didn't go to an actual law-school. She went to Xtian "law" school.

Pristine_ODummy September 21, 2011 at 7:50 pm

Writey! You're back!

You're write. :) She did go to Regent, or was it Anal? But she got her degree in tax law (which I think was an LLM) from William & Mary, which is actually a decent school. Why/how they took her, deity alone knows.

PuckStopsHere September 20, 2011 at 2:46 pm

Not to mention that they were the wrong kind of traffic lights: solar powered. French, socialist, solar powered traffic lights. As soon as she learns this (which will probably be read soon since I'm sure she reads the LA Times–"all of them, Katie"–like, every day) Michele will, no doubt, introduce a Traffic Light Freedom Act in congress.

An_Outhouse September 20, 2011 at 5:32 pm

They will be required to use incandescent bulbs. Also.

Biel_ze_Bubba September 20, 2011 at 6:39 pm

We'll call them Freedom Lights, and they'll always be green.

Negropolis September 20, 2011 at 11:52 pm

I regret that I have but one up-fist to give.

However, we have a problem. Green is the color of Islam, and red the color of communists and hookers, and yellow the color the French, so we'll have to choose a new one.

Speaking of which, why weren't lights ever just the primary colors? Why green instead of a blue? I'd so very much like to see a blue light.

Dashboard_Jesus September 21, 2011 at 12:21 am

say my brotha, while I immensely enjoy your pithy and insightful comments I've also noticed that you seem to be a late night reader/ commentater like myself, also…so how is it that you got a HUGE 124 p-ness and I have been stuck on 94 for years? Not meaning to be too personal but is it because you're BLACK? if so I'll gladly have a pigment infusion just to see my p-ness rise, also…too ;)

FakaktaSouth September 20, 2011 at 2:46 pm

Yep, just two conservative Republicans, each of whom get at least 80% of their money from the government, talking bout those evil government handouts. Just hate em. Hate hate hate.

horsedreamer_1 September 20, 2011 at 2:59 pm

Pss! They're white.

Sue4466 September 20, 2011 at 3:46 pm

Exactly. Fucking hate the hypocrisy.

SorosBot September 20, 2011 at 2:47 pm

Next up is probably a similar speech in front of a GM plant saved by the auto bailout.

Terry September 20, 2011 at 3:02 pm

Mitt already did a Detroit speech, but his twist was that we should have let GM and the rest fail.

SorosBot September 20, 2011 at 3:11 pm

He said that in Detroit? It's a wonder he left there alive.

Negropolis September 20, 2011 at 11:56 pm

No, he penned it like a coward in the New York Times, and the Reopublicans here still love him (i.e. one of the only places he's currently beating Perry by double digits) 'cause he's the "local". He'll still lose the state to Obama, so whatever.

BTW, this was literally months after he criticized John McCain for telling Michiganders that most of the jobs lost here were never coming back. Leave it to Mitt to take every fucking angle, every. single. one, of an issue.

Preferred Customer September 20, 2011 at 3:22 pm

Mittens has already driven around Detroit in a brand new Chrysler ranting about how the auto bailout didn't help anyone. It doesn't get much better than that.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 3:38 pm

Does that man have ANY sense of irony at all? ANY?

I feel like that old lady in Brother From Another Planet, going, "Do he wash? DO that man EVER wash?"

Biel_ze_Bubba September 20, 2011 at 6:42 pm

I think of that movie every time I change trains at Broadway and 96th.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 7:40 pm

HAH! It's one of my all-time favourite films. Joe Morton is one hell of an actor, to have carried that entire movie without a single line of dialogue.

Dashboard_Jesus September 21, 2011 at 12:24 am

yes but it MUST be one that only makes excessively large/ obscene gas-hoggin' SUVs. preferably Cadillac Excalades (or Ford Excessives) favored by rappers and GOP pimps alike

baconzgood September 20, 2011 at 2:48 pm

I find no sense of irony that she's in Waterloo.

SorosBot September 20, 2011 at 3:12 pm

Because her husband is probably a secret Abba fan?

Chichikovovich September 20, 2011 at 3:18 pm

The history book on the shelf. Is always repeating itself.

jqheywood September 20, 2011 at 5:01 pm

The question is whether the Tea Party Old Guard will sacrafice itself for her, or will they go over to Perry in his Wellies?

Negropolis September 20, 2011 at 11:59 pm

Hell, she was raised in Waterloo, so she'd lost before she even tried.

Goonemeritus September 20, 2011 at 2:50 pm

I wonder how Alan Yost would feel if the government went all “free market” and sourced those traffic lights from the lowest bidder. Do you think he would be all lets stick to conservative principles if we could save 50% by buying his product from China?

freakishlywrong September 20, 2011 at 2:56 pm

The answer is no.

Preferred Customer September 20, 2011 at 3:23 pm

He would just move production to China, so no skin off his nuts.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 3:39 pm

That's when he starts sobbing into his handkerchief, made in China, bought at Walmart for $1/- per dozen, guaranteed to fall apart at the second hit of Crocodile Tears or Snot.

BaldarTFlagass September 20, 2011 at 2:50 pm

In honor of the candidate's visit, they built traffic signals with nothing but red lenses in them on that day. No green (Envirohomos!!) or yellow (Commie Chinkslantgooks!!).

Biel_ze_Bubba September 20, 2011 at 6:45 pm

Commie red? I dunno … that's quite a tough set of choices. Maybe they put in blue lenses. They could put out blue traffic lights, and let the market decide.

AJWjr. September 20, 2011 at 7:24 pm

Tomorrow. At least that's what Hendrix said back in 1967.

DerrickWildcat September 20, 2011 at 2:50 pm

Color blind people have to go to a special school to teach them how to know if they can go or not. Some of the newer fancy Traffic lights will yell out what color they are.

DashboardBuddha September 20, 2011 at 3:01 pm

"Hey bitch, stop! Motherfucking STOP I said!!!"

jus_wonderin September 20, 2011 at 3:01 pm

"Stale Green!!!"

Terry September 20, 2011 at 3:03 pm

Or, you can just recall that the top one means stop and the bottom one means go. (or left versus right, of course)

BaldarTFlagass September 20, 2011 at 3:24 pm

Well, except in Houston.

HistoriCat September 20, 2011 at 3:36 pm

Traffic signals are merely guidelines.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 3:41 pm

They certainly drive like that in Jakarta. And pretty much everywhere in India. I got used to taking cabs to cross the street.

tihond September 20, 2011 at 4:09 pm

I'm imagining the light being like "GREEN MEANS GO, ASSHOLE!"

Negropolis September 21, 2011 at 12:02 am

We've got some of 'em new-fangled talking lights where I live. Well, at least the ones that tell you when to walk and when to stop. You couple that with the talking buses, and it can get a bit confusing.

justkillmenow September 20, 2011 at 2:50 pm

I just read about her visiting a meat packing plant and supporting fewer government regulations.

Michele supports e-coli.

Preferred Customer September 20, 2011 at 3:32 pm

She is pro-life.

tihond September 20, 2011 at 4:10 pm

She is suffering under Mad Cow Disease, after all.

AJWjr. September 20, 2011 at 7:36 pm

As did Denny Crane.

WhatTheHolyHeck September 20, 2011 at 2:50 pm

Here's how the math works:

Infrastructure $$ + Dem prez = Evil

Infrastructure $$ + GOP prez = Lalala I can't hear you

Infrastructure $$ + Dem congresscritter / funding for home state = CORRUPTION!!

Infrastructure $$ + GOP congresscritter / funding for home state = WOOT!!

Terry September 20, 2011 at 3:03 pm

I believe these guidelines were first written by Ted Stevens.

WhatTheHolyHeck September 20, 2011 at 3:09 pm

Dude knew what he was talking about; he got that bridge to nowhere last August.

Geminisunmars September 20, 2011 at 3:19 pm

That was the Rainbow Bridge, I believe.

jus_wonderin September 20, 2011 at 4:24 pm

I hope all the pets I have ever had chew on his bones.

baconzgood September 20, 2011 at 2:50 pm

I don't get government money….I get government currency.

FIXED.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 7:23 pm

I wish she had been. Fixed, that is.

Chillwaver September 20, 2011 at 2:51 pm

5%. That's were you are at the polls, Shelly. And the Marcus gay escort scandal hasn't even surfaced yet…

WhatTheHolyHeck September 20, 2011 at 2:52 pm

From your mouth to…

__kth__ September 20, 2011 at 4:14 pm

Yes, truly Bachmann is the new Santorum.

Monsieur_Grumpe September 20, 2011 at 2:52 pm

There must have been an awful lot of winking between these two. Bachmann owns a farm that is receiving government subsidies not to mention her gay hubby's pray-away-teh-gay scam that is also on the dole. Friggin hypocritical parasites.

HistoriCat September 20, 2011 at 3:40 pm

That is completely different! They're white. And Republican.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 3:43 pm

Don't forget her million-dollar baby-farming business.

Dashboard_Jesus September 21, 2011 at 12:47 am

wow you can do baby-farming now? I thought it was limited to shrimp and salmon and cows and pigs and other such animal *husbandry*…hell where do I sign up, I got some lil fellers just waitin' to fertilize some ovum!

Pristine_ODummy September 21, 2011 at 1:47 am

Ted? Is that you?

chicken_thief September 21, 2011 at 7:20 am

Bill, Hillary called and said to get yer ass home RIGHT NOW.

Negropolis September 21, 2011 at 12:04 am

That assumes that Michele is self-aware. There was only one person winking, and Michele was probably wondering what was stuck in his eye.

RedneckMuslin September 20, 2011 at 2:52 pm

Well, it was either this or lick that Llamas ass.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 3:43 pm

She's had a lot more experience licking taint.

OzoneTom September 20, 2011 at 4:56 pm

Clearly, the llama had no say in that decision.

baconzgood September 20, 2011 at 2:52 pm

Bachmann 2012: Losing votes by showing how brain dead I am. 1 Republican at a time.

CrunchyKnee September 20, 2011 at 2:53 pm

The invisible hand drives a fucking huge GMC.

BaldarTFlagass September 20, 2011 at 3:05 pm

And doesn't use its turn signals.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 3:44 pm

The Invisible Hand also extends a fucking HUGE Rigid Digit in Bachmannia's direction.

SayItWithWookies September 20, 2011 at 2:53 pm

Yost, a conservative Republican, took pains not to spoil Bachmann’s event, playing down his company’s reliance on government spending in a conversation with the candidate.

Now wait a minute — either Mr. Yost is such a complete dumbshit that he'll be polite to someone who misguidedly wants to shut his factory down and lay off the workers there, or he's pretty sure that Bachmann's talk is just that and she can ramble on about what government should do but she's so incompetent that even if she became president, his income would still be safe.

Either way, "Yost is an honest man of principle who calls 'em like he sees 'em, as do most conservatives" doesn't seem to be one of the possible explanations.

Sue4466 September 20, 2011 at 3:49 pm

Just to be clear, he can be a complete dumbshit AND also be sure Bachmann's just talk, right?

Cause I believe he was described as a "conservative Republican," which to me suggests the answer is both (or, all of them Katie).

Gorillionaire September 20, 2011 at 4:41 pm

You don't have to be principled or intelligent to run a manufacturing plant. You will believe such insane things as: "of course I can hire competent, reliable workers for $0.9 an hour and no benefits."

Come here a minute September 20, 2011 at 7:10 pm

No different from military contractors. Down with big gubmint/SupportOurTroops™.

Lionel[redacted]Esq September 20, 2011 at 2:54 pm

Dear God Michele, it's a trap!!!! OMJC? That obviously stands for "Obama Muslim Jihad Center"!!!! Get out while you still can!!!

proudgrampa September 20, 2011 at 2:54 pm

WTF. (Note: For me, this is usually a question (as in WTF???). But for One L Michele it is just a comment. I no longer have any questions about what she says. It's all moronic.)

BaldarTFlagass September 20, 2011 at 2:54 pm

I can't wait to hear what she has to say when she visits General Dynamics' F-16 manufacturing plant up in Fort Worth.

Chichikovovich September 20, 2011 at 3:21 pm

Y'know, I've been itchin' to buy me one of those F-16's myself, but the gubmint keeps hogging them all.

BaldarTFlagass September 20, 2011 at 3:27 pm

Too bad your name isn't "Israel," you'd be all set.

Lionel[redacted]Esq September 20, 2011 at 2:54 pm

Traffic light turns green, traffic light turns red. How can you explain that?

Come here a minute September 20, 2011 at 2:56 pm

The entrepreneurial spirit should be leading these signal manufacturers to create a device for the super-wealthy to allow them to always have a green light at the gubmint owned traffic signals. (They probably already do have this device, but if you have to ask, you can't afford it.)

Biel_ze_Bubba September 20, 2011 at 6:56 pm

Here's your entrepreneurial spirit at work: http://www.themirt.com

MistaEko September 20, 2011 at 2:56 pm

A conservative republican whose company relies on government spending? Preposterous! Why, next you'll tell me that most libertarians are federal government contractors living in the DC suburbs and think their neighborhood gets along just fine by itself!

horsedreamer_1 September 20, 2011 at 3:00 pm

The Cato Institute is in Laramie, Wyoming, too.

baconzgood September 20, 2011 at 2:56 pm

"We need to get government outta of our public works"

-Michele "Chisel Face" Bachmann-

Lionel[redacted]Esq September 20, 2011 at 2:57 pm

And, really, a traffic light is in no way the government getting involved in our daily lives. It is nothing intrusive like the government requiring a business to not put their workers in danger of being killed by heavy machinery, or requiring them not to let harmful chemicals get in the food supply. Galt Lives!!!

TimWasTim September 20, 2011 at 2:59 pm

So… Will President Bachman be paid?

widestanceshakedown September 20, 2011 at 3:06 pm

Ideally, in beatings. On the hour.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 3:48 pm

I'll hold, you hit. Then we'll swap.

zhubajie September 20, 2011 at 6:06 pm

With chickens?

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 10:05 pm

Fish. Someone here referred to her as a Norskie fish-slapper, and we want to be sensitive to all cultural traditions.

zhubajie September 22, 2011 at 9:13 am

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baconzgood September 20, 2011 at 3:00 pm

Her campaign, at this point, reminds me of the one time I saw a rat eat poison and it died twitching painfully before me.

Geminisunmars September 20, 2011 at 3:23 pm

Bet you didn't enjoy that other time as much as this time, didja?

El Pinche September 20, 2011 at 3:03 pm

No wonder Republiteatard bloggers only babble about Biden's gaffes and NOBAMA's race, Republican "policies" are even too r33tarded for the r33tards. Tardlso.

freakishlywrong September 20, 2011 at 3:07 pm

But bet yer ass they'll all vote r33tard come next November, policy be damned.

El Pinche September 20, 2011 at 3:11 pm

Of course. BTW, your gravatar always makes me snort laugh.

metamarcisf September 20, 2011 at 3:04 pm

She's in a tailspin and I think Marcus is about to take Pat Robertson's advice.

BaldarTFlagass September 20, 2011 at 3:13 pm

So, he's gonna "shave his beard off," as it were?

Meta, wtf happened to all your negative p? I mean, it's gone from -4 to -1 just today…

SorosBot September 20, 2011 at 3:15 pm

I don't know; being this stupid plays well with the teabaggers, who want a president just like them.

Thurman Munster IV September 20, 2011 at 3:04 pm

In the picture, one of them is saying, "What dumb fucking creature", and the other is saying, "It's a Llama!"

El Pinche September 20, 2011 at 3:06 pm

Or "Damn bitch, your breath smells like Walgreens."

jus_wonderin September 20, 2011 at 3:11 pm

"If I knee her in the khunt, can I break this death stare? Oh please, God of Llamas, let this work."

El Pinche September 20, 2011 at 3:19 pm

I love that movie "Khunts who Stare at Llamas" !

Chichikovovich September 20, 2011 at 3:39 pm

Whenever I see this picture I always imagine Michele saying "Is this any relation to the Dali Llama?"

RedneckMuslin September 20, 2011 at 3:58 pm

Or Fernando Llama

BaldarTFlagass September 20, 2011 at 3:04 pm

Where the fuck is Basil Marceaux when we really need him?

chascates September 20, 2011 at 3:05 pm

Bachmann and Palin have set back the possibility of a woman president back quite a few decades.

Rotundo_ September 20, 2011 at 5:12 pm

I'm not willing to announce that it is dead, or even mortally wounded, but it will take a good while before a woman can run without fear of someone mentioning Palin Bachmann or O'Donnell at some point in the discussion. I think the last couple of election cycles have been the GOP silly season and the three of them bear that out. Have they really had anyone female or male that wasn't an in-your-face opportunistic whore as a candidate for any office? I have yet to see one in the past ten years. Anyone see a worthwhile GOP candidate for any fucking thing? Hello?

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 10:07 pm

Joe Walsh (not the musician), for Worst Father Of The Century?

I know the century's still young, but …

chascates September 20, 2011 at 10:18 pm

What matters is how the father protected the child before birth, not after!

baconzgood September 20, 2011 at 3:06 pm

(Head slap)! This woman talking only hurts her chances. Maybe she should use interpretive dance or free form jazz to get her point across instead.

BaldarTFlagass September 20, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Yes, the world needs more mimes.

jus_wonderin September 20, 2011 at 3:17 pm

Back in the Big War, my Uncle Vernon was a Mime Sweeper. Sis and I used to love when he'd tell stories of his time in the service. You just had to be very careful of those hands. We would sit there for….hours

Edit: When he'd get to the part about how he one time found a Mime in a box. We'd point and laugh and go play Pong.

genxr September 20, 2011 at 3:43 pm

Jazz Hands 2012!

Biel_ze_Bubba September 20, 2011 at 10:39 pm

It wouldn't matter if her point was rendered in dance, music, or ancient Mayan… it's still painfully stupid.

Billmatic September 20, 2011 at 3:08 pm

I bet this woman would eat shit if you promised it had no government dollars in it.

Radiotherapy® September 20, 2011 at 3:09 pm

She went on to say that Mr. Yost is just one of the small-business owner, entrepreneurs who Obama is trying to destroy with his "tax the job creators" bill.

gullywompr September 20, 2011 at 3:10 pm

Q: When is government money not government money?
A: IOKIYAR

TanzbodenKoenig September 20, 2011 at 3:11 pm

Oh shit! I just got hit a wave of cognitive dissonance almost as hard as $arah's face got hit by Glen Rice's balls

hagajim September 20, 2011 at 4:01 pm

Balls deep in dat azzz!

johnnymeatworth September 20, 2011 at 3:15 pm

Back in Waterloo? Is it John Wayne Gacy's birthday already?

DaRooster September 20, 2011 at 3:15 pm

"… everybody likes a handout."

Shut your pie hole Dumb-Ass. Eveybody does not like a handout… however some folks reluctantly take one when faced with their kids starving or not having a roof over their heads. But I'm sure that you, being a CEO, can only be degrading towards such people because of the Government's support of your… lemme guess… six-figure income? Why don't you people look around and realize that if this country had less government and more lawlessness… people like me would just walk up and take your homes… and your womens… if they are deemed worthy.

Callyson September 20, 2011 at 3:16 pm

I am beginning to think that Perry and/or Mittens is secretly funding Shelly's campaign, to keep her nuttiness in the news cycle, so that they look comparatively sane for the general election.
It scares me that this tactic just might work…

Rotundo_ September 20, 2011 at 5:19 pm

It could not be Perry. He already broadcasts crazy at ten million watts in stereo. Mittens I can believe, but with Perry in the race there is all the crazy Mitt wants and more for comparison and contrast.

baconzgood September 20, 2011 at 3:17 pm

Government gives money, infrastructure gets fixed. You can't explain it!!

elviouslyqueer September 20, 2011 at 3:21 pm

Wait a second. What's this?

While thousands of other companies have scaled back during the economic downturn, Yost says OMJC's business has been stable, apart from a costly contract dispute with the state of Texas over a road project in the Fort Worth area.

Well, that explains why Yost is so chummy with La Belle Batshit. He and Parry must've had a pissy little catfight, and now they're on the outs.

Geminisunmars September 20, 2011 at 3:32 pm

We can always count on you to get to the bottom of things. I'm not sure if this is snark or not.

DahBoner September 20, 2011 at 7:05 pm

I see what you did there…

owhatever September 20, 2011 at 3:23 pm

Mister Yost — My company, ahem, probably wouldn't, how can I say this, EXIST without federal government spending, but we don't take it from Washington in the form of grants, but rake in those contracts from the SMALLER governments that get the federal largess. So, smaller governments are good.
Michele — And this llama came up from the crowd and told me that taking Washington government money causes retardation.

mavenmaven September 20, 2011 at 3:24 pm

I know we can't use the Re—- word in connection with the Palins, but are we allowed to use it with regards to Bachmann?

Chichikovovich September 20, 2011 at 3:46 pm

Perhaps the euphemism should be "Bachmann is late. In French."

(Google translate will do fine if you don't play the francophone.)

jus_wonderin September 20, 2011 at 3:55 pm

Francophone? Does that come in Avacodo Green? Or Harvest Gold?

Chichikovovich September 20, 2011 at 3:26 pm

If this factory wasn't being forced by wasteful government subsidies to make solar-powered traffic lights they could power them with John Galt's perpetual motion machine. Again the government smothers progress, just like they did with the flying car.

SorosBot September 20, 2011 at 3:28 pm

The laws of thermodynamics are oppressive big government socialism!

jus_wonderin September 20, 2011 at 4:08 pm

Where are my anti-gravity boots, already?

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 10:09 pm

Leonard Nimoy had a pair for that last ST movie.

Eve8Apples September 20, 2011 at 3:33 pm

Bachmann is easily influenced by the last individual she speaks with prior to an event. The llama shared its opinions on socialism and traffic control with Bachmann.

Mort_Sinclair September 20, 2011 at 3:37 pm

Sit on a traffic light and spin, you lying jar of Yost (isn't that Moozlim for semen or something)?

DahBoner September 20, 2011 at 7:04 pm

I think you need some tricked out mag wheels to do that, bro….

BTWBFDIMHO September 20, 2011 at 3:39 pm

Without government there would be no traffic lights, because there no way to charge a price for using them and there is no incentive for private companies to produce them. That's why we need taxes to produce public goods (defense, education, justice, GPS, etc). But don't waste your time trying to explain it to her.

genxr September 20, 2011 at 3:42 pm

I'm looking forward to the day when President Bachmann returns to this factory and triumphantly announces she has defunded all highways and road works. The chief executive, not wanting to spoil her event…

Lucidamente1 September 20, 2011 at 3:46 pm

In his after-dinner speaking days, Reagan used to go off script and start denouncing the TVA, until his sponsor GE gently reminded him that, uh, we here at GE get a shitload of contracts from the TVA.

johnnyzhivago September 20, 2011 at 3:48 pm

This is what she gets for hiring a bunch of high paid llamas to run her campaign!

DahBoner September 20, 2011 at 7:03 pm

Well, they do bring her the Tibetian vote..

V572 T-Blow September 20, 2011 at 3:49 pm

Mainstream media, at the behest of Ed Rollins (whom they seem to adore for some reason) has declared the Bachmann for President campaign to be dead meat
http://media.talkingpointsmemo.com/slideshow/2012....

How we'll miss her!

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 4:07 pm

What will you be throwing?

AJWjr. September 20, 2011 at 8:39 pm

A party!

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 10:11 pm

Ten points to Gryffindor!

hagajim September 20, 2011 at 4:01 pm

So Bachmann decides to do a photo-op in front of a company that receives probably over 90% of its income either directly or indirectly from the government – and one that wouldn't even fucking exist without some of that gubmint regulation – and she has the ballsack to talk about how regulation is hurting business….what a complete fucking idiot.

DerrickWildcat September 20, 2011 at 4:05 pm

"The company that owns the factory, OMJC, receives about 80% of its revenues from the government"

The other 20% is of course from guys that buy them to string up in their backyard.

DahBoner September 20, 2011 at 7:02 pm

Ooooh! Looky there at that pretty traffic light next to your Koi pond, wheredidya git that Bubba?

AJWjr. September 20, 2011 at 8:41 pm

I think those guys usually steal 'em from nearly deserted intersections.

horsedreamer_1 September 20, 2011 at 9:08 pm

Mr. Rogers libel!!!

x111e7thst September 20, 2011 at 4:08 pm

Shorter Bachmann: It is too sad how Elvis died on his birthday because of socialism.

genxr September 20, 2011 at 4:27 pm

I thought Elvis died when his wife hired John Wayne Gacey for his birthday clown. Or did he have a heart attack after being startled by Paul Revere firing shots and ringing bells?

J Rbt. Oppenheiner September 20, 2011 at 4:12 pm

I'm somewhat curious about the 20% of its customers who are not governments. Who are the private citizens buying these? My 9 year old, OTOH, would love one.

DahBoner September 20, 2011 at 7:02 pm

Gated subdivisions with privately owned roads?

anniegetyerfun September 20, 2011 at 4:14 pm

If I am not mistaken, the government also pays Michele's salary. Is that not evil? I think it's evil.

DahBoner September 20, 2011 at 4:22 pm

Probably the mystery billionaire fairy nymphs that go around financing public works projects when government red tape isn’t tangled in their wings

Whaaaaaat?

Everyone knows People who aren't brainwashed by the Republican party know tax revenue pays for Democracy Infrastructure

genxr September 20, 2011 at 4:31 pm

You don't need roads when you have the Ron Paul Blimp!

DahBoner September 20, 2011 at 7:01 pm

Can I get a ride in your blimp to work, mister?

I ass-ume their will be legal heroin and hookers onboard???

genxr September 20, 2011 at 4:30 pm

The real story is Michelle outsourcing jobs which should be done by hard working American llamas.

mereoblivion September 20, 2011 at 4:35 pm

One-L was just on some afternoon yakfest trumpeting the latest celeb to endorse her for Prez: the Dalai Llama.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 10:13 pm

And I bet she pronounced it "y-ama," you know, that FURRIN SPANISH MEXICAN way.

fuflans September 20, 2011 at 4:44 pm

i feel good about this because i am too poor to buy gas so i don't need alan's fucking stoplights.

BZ1 September 20, 2011 at 4:45 pm

What's the crony capitalism thing again?

GeorgiaBurning September 20, 2011 at 4:52 pm

Of course you know it's all talk. Any Republican administration will pump trillions into government contracts for privatized services with hardly a glance at oversight. "Rebuilding" Iraq was a test run at this process. There will hardly be a word said about the national debt , only plenty of new $500 bills with Reagan's picture on them; one of which might buy a tank of gas in 2021.

smitallica September 20, 2011 at 5:08 pm

Know who else gets gigantic government "grants," but no "money"? The military.

Fawkdifiknow September 20, 2011 at 5:09 pm

Green lights are libertarian, yellow lights are responsible free enterprise, and red lights are communistic, if not shari'a law terrorism. Every teatard knows that.

DahBoner September 20, 2011 at 7:00 pm

In order to screw communistic red lights, all you need is a MIRT—Mobile Infrared Transmitter—a device used by law enforcement and ambulances to turn red lights green…

JackObin September 20, 2011 at 5:20 pm

Does this fool woman at least give good head?

DahBoner September 20, 2011 at 6:57 pm

YAAAAAAAAY!!!!

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 10:14 pm

Well, her head's kinda flat, but her hair covers that …

ttommyunger September 20, 2011 at 7:12 pm

I'm guessing you are asking the wrong Bachmann.

widget2011 September 20, 2011 at 5:28 pm

Yeah, I'm fairly sure Marcus has cornered the market on traffic lights, in "their bedroom", funny thing is, they are always red. Of course they turn green when Michelle is on the capaign trail, for MEN, that is!

Gleem_McShineys September 20, 2011 at 6:49 pm

This is good news for Michele Bachmann!

(Because her idiot supporters are too stupid to ever notice anything at all, except for pauses for which to fill with teh clappingz)

ttommyunger September 20, 2011 at 7:14 pm

Daddy, is Michele Bachmann crazy or just fucking stupid? Yes, Johnny…..yes she is.

Ayn Rand Paul Tard September 20, 2011 at 7:21 pm

All of them, Jr.

ttommyunger September 20, 2011 at 7:27 pm

Hahahahaha!

antispandex September 20, 2011 at 9:02 pm

Just once I would like to see a Democrat with the balls to suggest that we discontinue all goverment contracts in red state America, so that they don't have to contribute to ""big gument" squeezing out the private sector. Because, I mean, who needs it? Right? Won't happen though. Dammit!

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 10:10 pm

Welp, we really didn't need that dessert tonight anyway.

Negropolis September 20, 2011 at 11:45 pm

Clueless bitch is clueless.

bebecca2298 September 22, 2011 at 8:57 am

How did a person this dumb graduate from law school?

HistoriCat September 20, 2011 at 3:51 pm

Being a pedestrian in Houston is not technically illegal; however, it is frowned upon.

BaldarTFlagass September 20, 2011 at 4:03 pm

For one thing, there's nothing within walking distance except the Hi-Lo Auto Parts (O'Reilly's now, right?).

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 7:22 pm

(scratches Houston off list of places to visit.)

HistoriCat September 20, 2011 at 4:14 pm

Why else would you need to walk somewhere? You get your car fixed up so you can drive to places – duh.

BaldarTFlagass September 20, 2011 at 4:17 pm

Well, I'm glad that at least you got my very subtle joke…

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 7:23 pm

If so, mine will be joining them. Gawd knows I must have a fucking ARMY living on that side, by now.

jus_wonderin September 20, 2011 at 7:27 pm

LOL. Me too. I had a horse that lived for 35 years. All my furbabies could pen him up, then she could kick the crap out of him.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 7:43 pm

I'd gladly volunteer to kick the crap out of him myself, but I'm not sure I'd last long enough to manage. Now, a horse, with four feet, well, let's just say she might be up to the task.

HistoriCat September 20, 2011 at 9:10 pm

That's because you haven't seen the campaign : Houston. It's Worth It.

Pristine_ODummy September 20, 2011 at 9:59 pm

Not to be … ungrateful, or anything, Histori, but the first five items on that page are:

The Heat
The Humidity
The Hurricanes
The Flying Cockroaches
The Mosquitoes

Either there's some serious disaster-themed bands down by y'all, or there's a LOT about Houston that's gonna keep me in Vancouver.

Biel_ze_Bubba October 2, 2011 at 4:35 am

I believe that Mr. Polis is often up so late that he's up early. That's been the secret of my success (such as it is.)

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