The Glade 4.0

My reactions, in order of their occurrence:

• Oh. My. God.
  
• You know, as painfully square as that is, I can't help but think it's kinda sweet. Too bad it's about Rick Santorum.
  
• Yeah, but maybe I just like it because I'm a liberal who had folksy music mainlined into my veins since I was a kid.
  
• I bet the girl in blue gets to college and goes into full party-girl mode - drinking, sleeping around, having a falling out with Dad, etc. - while the one in red gets married in her early 20s and settles into the classic "mostly a SAHM but with a part time secretarial job and church on Sundays" lifestyle. The one in red will be significantly happier.
  
• I gotta show this to someone. I know, I'll post it to the Glade.
  
• Ah, whatever. They're cute kids being sincere, singing a pleasant folksy song with their family and seemingly having fun. What's not to like?
  
• Still, too bad it's about Santorum.

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2) Is this... from The Onion?
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3) I love the phrase "justice for the unborn" as it conjures a mental image of an army of fetuses enacting swift retribution on all those who oppose them.

Putting all of that aside, I hate politics. I really, really avoid politics at every turn. I don't think I've ever been involved in a political discussion on the Glade in all my years here. I usually don't have more of a leaning on particular politicians other than "he's good", "meh, he's an idiot", or "I wish he'd stop giving my money to lazy people."

This guy is the only politician I've ever openly hated.

As some of you know, meteorology is one of my main hobbies besides computers. (It was a 50/50 which one I'd go into for a career.) A couple years back, Senator Santorum took some significant contributions from AccuWeather, and subsequently decided to try to cripple the National Weather Service's ability to provide free public weather information to the masses.

To break it down: Instead, the proposed bill would filter weather information to the public only through for-profit entities such as *gasp* AccuWeather.

To break it down more: Take a bunch of information that's freely available, and use your political influence to classify it for no other reason except to give ownership to your financial partner.

To further that end, during the tragedy that was the post-Katrina fallout, he tried to twist things around and publicly make the NWS look bad for lack of warnings, despite the very accurate predictions to the contrary. He failed in both respects, but other than weather junkies I don't think anyone paid it much heed.

I don't really pay attention to political news so I don't know if anyone even mentions this as an issue with him. I guess it's a pretty wierd issue to have a problem with. 'Cause you know, fetal justice and whether or not God wrote the bill of rights are way more important things for a president to concern themselves with.

OK, time for another 10-year break from political discussions

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Alol

Ah, Internet...you have everything.

especially red x's.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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Just remember the following, RangerDave ...

The ******* is simultaneously the most important part of your body and your business.

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I 100% in support of arming the unborn.

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“Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general”. - Mark Rippetoe

Every time I see Santorum's name I confuse it with one of the most kickass Metallica songs, ever.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

There's nothing to worry about, Dave.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/FirstLoveBand

Camille (in the red above) and Haley Harris
First Love Band

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Ummmm...

They did a cover of "More than words."

Someone better explain to those girls what that song really means.

Also...playing it with Dad...**** creepy.

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Raell Kromwell

Reposted because I just like it.

I did need to see that red x again.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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Out of curiosity, does anyone know why images sometimes show up as a red x for some people and not for others? Is the issue with the forum, the image, the particular user's network, or what?

It's often a case of caching. If the hosting site doesn't allow hotlinking (embedding their image in a page or post on another site), but you've viewed it in its native habitat (often because *you're* the one trying to hotlink it), you'll often be able to see it while people who haven't already viewed it won't.

In Taly's case, however, I suspect it might be a case of the memegenerator site being blocked at work.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Huh. Seems you're right. The web filter categorized memegenerator as "Tasteless and Offensive."

I'm offended by someone else telling me what is tasteless and offensive.

(Never been to that site, no idea if they've got a point or not.)

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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Ah, interesting. I just grabbed the pic via a Google image search; didn't really think about what the originating site might be.