Morning, people.
I was sitting here Friday afternoon when the funniest thing happened – the capstone for this week’s post just fell into my lap,
I was looking at my Facebook feed and saw something funny – something that the Freeperati turned out to be connected with – so I kinda backed into this one, starting with teh funneh and ending up at Freeperville, where this was on display – someGaster-nomics!
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Georgia lumberyard owner hammers Obama on ‘You didn’t build that’
FOX News ^ | 8/1/12 | Maegan Vazquez
Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 1:47:53 PM byKartographer
President Obama’s message to entrepreneurs that “you didn’t build that” prompted one Georgia business owner to respond with a not-so-subtle retort.
“I built this business without gov’t help. Obama can Kiss my ass,” reads the sign outside Gaster Lumber & Hardware in Savannah, Ga. Owner Ray Gaster posted that and two similar ones at all three of his company’s locations in response to Obama’s comments during a speech to supporters in Virignia, which struck a nerve with small business owners around the nation.
Ray Gaster poses in front of one of his “you didn’t build that” response signs.
Wow – I’m suprised he didn’t tell the President to “suck my dick”.
But I digress.
To: Kartographer
I’ll have the chicken sandwich with a side of 2×4’s.
5 posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 1:58:07 PM by
Homer_J_Simpson (“Every nation has the government that it deserves.” – Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
The 2x4s are probably more nutritious, and definitely tastier.
To: Kartographer
This picture started circulating through the lumber industry on Monday. By yesterday I had received it at least three times. It has gone viral since then.
God Bless Ray Gaster and America
I’m sorry – “viral” and “lumber industry” aren’t two phrases that belong on the same continent, much less in the same sentence.
It’s like saying “lulz” and “insurance salesman”.
Really wanna see some “viral”?
OK.
This is teh funneh that showed up in my Facebook feed Friday afternoon.
Several times.
And other blogs,
And emails from friends.
Someone suggested mailing this picture to the good Mr. Gaster.
Being up for some fun, I did a quick web search.
And found this –his Yahoo business page :
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These darn kids and their internets-tomfoolery.
More after the jim-jam-jumpin jive…
Next up –Flayed Rice!
Why It Will Be Condi RiceBreitbart ^ | 7-13-12 | Charles Johnson
Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 6:13:04 PM bySTARWISE
*snip*
Now, the tactics. It is clear that Rice, despite protestations to the contrary, has political aspirations. She is on the lecture circuit and spoke at my alma mater—Claremont McKenna’s Res Publica Society. This is the same program that brought Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and Mitt Romney. There was a meeting beforehand with top fundraisers at Claremont. Rice has also written two books post-Bush office, but unlike others, notably Rumsfeld and Cheney, the books reveal precious little, indicative that she is not yet finished in the public eye. They discuss her historic life as the child of segregated Birmingham, Alabama. It is historic and it is impressive.
It is the real black American experience, not the contrived, composite experience of Barack Obama.
Naming Rice protects Romney from the race question, which will surely be raised because of his Mormonism. It reminds people of his family’s commitment to civil rights (something he has long shared), and it allows him to speak to women. Besides, like with Healey, Romney doesn’t have to worry about being overshadowed by Rice.
It is not surprising in the least that Ann Romney endorsed Mia Love, the black Mormon candidate running for Congress in Utah, in late June. This is the only candidate that Ann Romney has endorsed. Why? It is simply likely that they have race on the mind.
In the same way, Ann’s statement about how the vice president is likely to be a woman shows a desire to appeal to female voters. There are no accidents in this campaign, and that trial balloon was certainly something that they had in mind.
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One man’s opinion …
1 posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 6:13:12 PM by
STARWISE
…is another man’s lulz.
To: STARWISE
Because she did such an excellent job secretly agreeing to cooperate with Spain in taking Odyssey Marine’s find from it and giving it to Spain, in exchange for some stolen WWII loot that the United States government would then get to keep?(According to Wikileaks.)
6 posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 6:16:33 PM by
coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas – or the republic.)
Freepers readingWilileaks???????
I think I just heard the Fourth Seal cracking open.
To: STARWISE
Why It Will Be Condi Rice
um, cuz she’s black?
hey condi, can we use you cuz you’re black and you’re a woman?
7 posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 6:17:49 PM by
the invisib1e hand (America has enemies. And friends.)
Well, it worked the last time, didn’t it?
To: the invisib1e hand
Blacks no longer have the political influence they once had,
Welcome to “Short Attention Span Theatre”!
and most blacks would not change their vote to Republican anyway.
If Romney is interested in getting people to change their vote, he’d get a bigger bang for the buck by asking Susana Martinez to be his running mate.
9 posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 6:26:10 PM by
Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: STARWISE
Nost odious female after Michelle Obama, Suha Arafat and that Mugabe broad.
Smellable clean across the atlantic.
You dropped your dog whistle.
Lest you think all the Freeperati who were singing her praises when she was Dubya’s Dominatrix(note to self – copyright that phrase before the pron industry gets it) have come down with GOPzheimer’s disease:
To: STARWISE
People on this site used to be passionate about Condoleeza Rice (in a good way) as this
2002 Free Republic thread clearly shows.
What has changed? People here charge that she voted for Obama but I can’t find proof of that anywhere. People also say she’s pro-abortion and I can’t find that anywhere either. Realize that I’m defining “pro-abortion” as somebody who advocates for and encourages the practice.
21 posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 7:12:02 PM by
SamAdams76
What has changed? There’s a black persongiving the orders now instead oftaking them, and you know how they all stick together, Guilt by association.
To: SamAdams76
Here’s another 2002
Free Republic Condi Rice thread (same article) with
even more rapturous Freeper response.
What has changed the most over the past 10 years? Condi Rice or Free Republic?
23 posted on Saturday, July 14, 2012 7:17:04 PM by
SamAdams76
Not to mention the inspection stickers and tags and insurance and gov’t safety regulations on the vehicles and the property rights that allow him to erect a fence around his property.
Oh, and that little “freedom of speech” government thing that allows him to tell the POTUS to kiss his ass.
Thanks TommyT!
Excellent as always, Tommy!
RE: Who Built it – Kudos to the annotated picture pointing out that even it the owner didn’t get any tax breaks, he still relies of govt a lot. I’d even like to see expanded to the infrastructure – currency for exchange, roads and other transport of goods, govt grants for his business partners, etc.
RE: Romney’s female Veep – I’m cynical enough to think the rumor of a female veep candidate is an attempt to win over women voters while staying vague enough that no actual action us being considered.