Quotes of the day
posted at 10:40 pm on August 4, 2009 by Allahpundit
“We’re going to be like a banana republic in 10 years!”
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Progress!!
Pablo on August 4, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Re: the Onion video —
I’d rather have an Old-World-born crazy Muslim dictator that is HONEST about his intentions than our current Old-World-born crazy Muslim dictator that LIES.
ALL HAIL OCTAVIA!!!!!!!!
battleoflepanto1571 on August 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Bananas!!!
Schadenfreude on August 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM
A successful chain of over 500 outlets that sell chic, but functional, clothing and accessories for both men and women?
Or a politically-unstable country run by a corrupt oligarchy?
amerpundit on August 4, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Will Peter Schiff be the new Treasury Secretary?
Lance Murdock on August 4, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Fixed it for ya’ big guy……………
……. Col. Obama is already getting fitted for his uniform.
Seven Percent Solution on August 4, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Oh come on,thats a photo-op,of the Liberal Party!!
canopfor on August 4, 2009 at 10:48 PM
It’s nice to see we’ll at least get some entertainment value from this ongoing farse.
heshtesh on August 4, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Hahahaa!
ladyingray on August 4, 2009 at 10:49 PM
We won’t make it ten years.
But, a set of states will secede (likely, including most of the energy states) and the Constitution and American individualism will live on in them … if we’re lucky.
progressoverpeace on August 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM
I thought everyone realized this during The Precedent’s inaugural speech?
progressoverpeace on August 4, 2009 at 10:51 PM
……. Col. Obama is already getting fitted for his uniform.
Seven Percent Solution on August 4, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Seven Percent Solution: You mean’t Obama is already
getting fitted for his UNICORN!
Haha—:)
canopfor on August 4, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Another winner from The Onion.
The Ugly American on August 4, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Well,it could happen!
Just watch a few of Maxine Waters videos!!
canopfor on August 4, 2009 at 10:54 PM
I thought people would have realize this during the general election…
But I digress
JetBoy on August 4, 2009 at 10:55 PM
10 years? Try 5.
If we’re lucky.
Dave R. on August 4, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Why wait?
I say we do it now, without faking it.
fogw on August 4, 2009 at 10:55 PM
*O/T:
gunman kills 5, wounds a lot more at a gym in pittsburgh… drudge has the link
battleoflepanto1571 on August 4, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Heck, the primary should have taught them, but the Dems were caught up with guilt and self-loathing fever and the MSM found religion in their false idol.
progressoverpeace on August 4, 2009 at 10:59 PM
What? The coup was faked?
Damn.
AaronGuzman on August 4, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Heh. I thought they’d for sure go for the The Incredibles scenario. Obama is, of course, Syndrome Using George Soro’s $$$ he creates the Omnidroid v19. At first it sits off the coast of the U.S. People mistake it for a Russian sub…
Nah…
ROCnPhilly on August 4, 2009 at 10:59 PM
My money says in ten years, The One will have promoted himself to Generalisimo for Life.
Laura in Maryland on August 4, 2009 at 11:02 PM
“Disguising the United States as Canada….”
This is satire?
Marcus on August 4, 2009 at 11:03 PM
I’m still waiting for my unicorn subsidy.
Obama lied. Unicorns died.
I hope this change goes away soon, before everything that I hold dear is gone.
To those who thought that The Jug-eared One would be different:
You get what you
paidvoted for.hillbillyjim on August 4, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Although you’re correct in that assumption, I wasn’t talking about the Democrats…
JetBoy on August 4, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Plastic guns? Man, Obama really is a sissy.
boomer on August 4, 2009 at 11:13 PM
anninCa hasn’t commented yet?!?!?!
Ampersand on August 4, 2009 at 11:13 PM
How about a combo of the two? A Republic teetering on the edge of thug-like rule with the MSM cheering them on, but we’d still be allowed to wear functional clothing. But no accessorising; That would be way too Individualistic of us.
Red State State of Mind on August 4, 2009 at 11:13 PM
I for one welcome Octavia!
Bannas in every pot!
jharada on August 4, 2009 at 11:14 PM
You Gringos should probably sneak across your southern border sometime during the next few years where we will not be a Banana Republic for at least 15 more years, maybe even 25 more years. Just remember to aprenda el Espanol!
VinyFoxy on August 4, 2009 at 11:14 PM
This is from IOwnTheWorld,Michelle Obama’s clothing line
mannequin,hehe!
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/obamas52strip1.jpg
canopfor on August 4, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Can we be a Bacon Republic instead? If we have to be part of the third world, let’s at least have some good chow.
Bishop on August 4, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Featuring media their trusty lapdog. LOL
fogw on August 4, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Personally I was in favor of the “Sandworms” plan. Kull wahad! It looked good on paper anyway.
Dr. Manhattan on August 4, 2009 at 11:32 PM
If it happened, would Sen. Byrd notice, and stop mumbling on and on about his childhood dog?
RBMN on August 4, 2009 at 11:48 PM
but will Ivy league professors maintain their perks in the new world order?
rob verdi on August 4, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Is it wrong of me to wish daily for a military coup? I really do wish it.
SouthernGent on August 4, 2009 at 11:50 PM
canopfor on August 4, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Featuring media their trusty lapdog. LOL
fogw on August 4, 2009 at 11:29 PM
fogw: Tee-hee,I love that site,and lapdogs,no sh#t!:)
canopfor on August 4, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Canopfor, It’s OT for this thread, but you should know that your Canandian Soldiers and Officers are fighting like absolute warriors here in the Kandahar Province just west of here. You should be proud of them.
hawkdriver on August 4, 2009 at 11:56 PM
The Hades with a military coup-I want my griffin!
*unicorns are for wimps*
annoyinglittletwerp on August 4, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Oh come on,thats a photo-op,of the Liberal Party!!
canopfor on August 4, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Canopfor, It’s OT for this thread, but you should know that your Canandian Soldiers and Officers are fighting like absolute warriors here in the Kandahar Province just west of here. You should be proud of them.
hawkdriver on August 4, 2009 at 11:56 PM
hawkdriver: Holw the h#ll of you been!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on August 4, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Canadian….(sorry)
hawkdriver on August 4, 2009 at 11:57 PM
I’m sure the good Senator would try on his “scary ghost” costume to try and frighten the coup plotters away.
18-1 on August 4, 2009 at 11:58 PM
You should be proud of them.
hawkdriver on August 4, 2009 at 11:56 PM
hawkdriver: Yes I am! I am happy that Canadians are working
along side the US Military,as it was in Europe,
during World War Two!:):):)
canopfor on August 5, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Pretended?
aww.
Reaps on August 5, 2009 at 12:02 AM
According to Gore we will all be either under water or burnt to a crisp in less than five years. What is this 10 year banana crap? The temperate zones will be located in Alaska by then and I won’t have to visit the tropics because in five years they’ll be visiting me.
Americannodash on August 5, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Canadian….(sorry)
hawkdriver on August 4, 2009 at 11:57 PM
hawkdriver: No apology necessary,especially when your
in the theatre of operations!!:)
canopfor on August 5, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Stacked like cordwood here it the unplanned “surge” fiasco of the current administration, but stacking the bad guys even higher.
Your Canadian UAV operators live right next to my CP also. They were supposed to get contract help putting up a new UAV hangar but didn’t. Any other countries contractors would just say screw it and wait for someone to fix it for them. Your UAV guys decided that the ISR they provide is too important and started putting the hangar up themselves late last night.
I hope Canada is telling their soldiers and military contractors that they’re proud of them.
hawkdriver on August 5, 2009 at 12:05 AM
HAWKDRIVER,hang tight,I think Cindy is on her way!:)
canopfor on August 5, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Ha ha: “Financial Fallout Shelter”. Would that be a jab at a certain network‘s “Situation Room”?
jix on August 5, 2009 at 12:07 AM
And when it happens I will be across that border in 24 hours pledging my loyalty to the new USA…unless its California… then I am just going to set off a few nukes in the fault line…
Wolftech on August 5, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Your Canadian UAV operators live right next to my CP also.
hawkdriver on Aug 5,2009 at 12:05AM.
hawkdriver:Where are the Seabee’s,I thought their the can do
builders,who can build anything anywhere!!:)
canopfor on August 5, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Hey Kiddo! Good to “see” you again. I hope you are getting a bit of down time.
Cindy Munford on August 5, 2009 at 12:11 AM
FYI: Banana Republic isn’t that successful. My guess is that it will fold sometime in the next five years–you heard it here first!
ParisParamus on August 5, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Neither was I.
progressoverpeace on August 5, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Bananas are brain food.
If we become a banana republic, we feed on bananas, get smart, then kill the subjugators.
Liberals die = we win.
Spiritk9 on August 5, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Er, pretty weak.
Mike D. on August 5, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Most units can’t get involved in work that was earmarked to be completed by a defense contract. Your UAV Team said they could wait and allow a lapse in coverage they provide the ground guys. The only thing they were worried about was getting the tools to drill into cement to set anchours and lagbolts to hold the frame. We have an NCO in my unit thats going to do that part for them
Cindy Munford, how in the heck are you and yes I’m down this morning after a flight last night.
hawkdriver on August 5, 2009 at 12:16 AM
I saw this when it first hit youtube today. Me and my dad had a lol.
FontanaConservative on August 5, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Damn…
hawkdriver on August 5, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Plus, I’m going to Scotland and Ireland for my midtour leave. 41 days to go.
hawkdriver on August 5, 2009 at 12:19 AM
I am good. I’d have a lot of nerve whining about too much. Especially to you. Other than being called a hired thug trying to interfere with all of The Won’s great works, I have nothing to complain about.
Cindy Munford on August 5, 2009 at 12:20 AM
That is beyond awesome!!!
Cindy Munford on August 5, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Your UAV Team said they couldn’t wait and allow
Damn…
hawkdriver on August 5, 2009 at 12:17 AM
hawkdriver: I hope that means they`ll do it themselves!:)
canopfor on August 5, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Is there enough time for your girlfriend to meet you over there? Such a great opportunity.
Cindy Munford on August 5, 2009 at 12:22 AM
She is. We both leave on around the 15th and we should both be getting to Dublin around the 17th. First order of business, a walking tour of Irish Pubs. (I’ll probably at least change into civies first)
Yep, it was half up already when I was leaving the flightline last night.
hawkdriver on August 5, 2009 at 12:27 AM
Hawkdriver,be careful,and R&R in Scotland and Ireland,
sounds really great,please be careful,and sweet dreams!!
Cindy,glad I got to you for the heads-up,of Hawk on H/A!
Goodnight,Cindy,and especially you Hawk! Stay Safe!
Oh Hawk,ask the next Canadian,if he has heard of my home
town,Sault Ste.Marie,twin sister city to Sault Ste.Marie
Michigan!!!!!!!:)
canopfor on August 5, 2009 at 12:28 AM
I don’t know about that civies thing, we women are suckers for a man in uniform. I am so excited for you both. How long to you get to stay there? Have you been before?
Cindy Munford on August 5, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Good night and thanks for the heads up.
Cindy Munford on August 5, 2009 at 12:31 AM
When Hawkdriver comes flying home again,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We’ll give him a hearty welcome then
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The men will cheer and the boys will shout
The ladies they will all turn out
And we’ll all feel great,
When Hawkdriver comes flying home.
The old church bell will peal with joy
Hurrah! Hurrah!
To welcome home our darling boy
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The village lads and lassies say
With roses they will strew the way,
And we’ll all feel great
When Hawkdriver comes flying home.
Get ready for the Jubilee,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We’ll give our hero three times three,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The laurel wreath is ready now
To place upon his loyal brow
And we’ll all feel great
When Hawkdriver comes flying home
InkyBinkyBarleyBoo on August 5, 2009 at 12:32 AM
I will.
By the time I get through the heat of Kuwait and travel in those ACUs for two or three days, they’ll be able to take a walking pub tour themselves.
hawkdriver on August 5, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Cindy, I get 15 days there and no I’ve never been there before but she has with friends. She sent me a ton of books on what we can do there.
hawkdriver on August 5, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Ummm… I don’t think we have to wait 10 years for that one…
jana on August 5, 2009 at 12:37 AM
Ok, your first idea was the best. Besides, I know you are over it. When the weather cools down I will send you guys some chocolate.
Cindy Munford on August 5, 2009 at 12:37 AM
lol, I just hope if I do make it home I’m not immediately handcuffed on Green Ramp at Pope because I’m a gun owner.
hawkdriver on August 5, 2009 at 12:37 AM
We will have a HA party the likes never seen before.
Cindy Munford on August 5, 2009 at 12:38 AM
You two will have a blast, and they sort of speak English over there so that’s helpful.
Cindy Munford on August 5, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Hawkdriver,
Gratitude and prayers for you. Be safe.
Laura in Maryland on August 5, 2009 at 12:39 AM
…and miles to go before I sleep…
hillbillyjim on August 5, 2009 at 12:41 AM
The officers at the Pentagon get the pie and cake, Parley-voo.
The officers at the Pentagon get the pie and cake, Parley-voo.
The officers at the Pentagon get the pie and cake,
But all Hawkdriver and his men get is an Afghan bellyache,
Hinky, dinky, parley-voo.
InkyBinkyBarleyBoo on August 5, 2009 at 12:42 AM
I have to hit the hay, sorry! They hate it when I fall asleep at my desk. Hope to talk to you soon. Take care and God bless.
Cindy Munford on August 5, 2009 at 12:50 AM
I’ll check back in another time. The sweetest thing in California is on the chat line now. Everyone take care.
hawkdriver on August 5, 2009 at 12:51 AM
In the Navy they get steak, caviar and whipped cream cake
They have fancy cooks who know what cooking means
In the Army we get mess, and it really is a mess
Oh, the Navy gets the gravy, but the Army gets the beans
(beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans)
Send a salami, to your boy in the army
Yes, the Navy gets the gravy, but the Army gets the beans
(beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans beans
beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans)
Nothing but beans
Navy service is ideal, printed menus ev’ry meal
And they decorate your plate with parsley greens
In the Army we get chow that you wouldn’t feed a Chow
Oh, the Navy gets the gravy, but the Army gets the
(beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans)
Beautiful beans, gorgeous beans, succulent beans
Send a baloney `cause I’m skinny and boney
Yes, the Navy gets the gravy, but the Army gets the
(beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans
nothing but beans)
Loving those beans, loving those beans, liking those beans
Know what I mean, mammy I love you
Nothing but beans
(beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans)
Did you know that the Navy gets all of the gravy
Did you know that the Army gets all of the beans
Oh, a soldier’s a coward if he doesn’t lick the platter clean
Oh, a soldier’s a coward if he leaves a solitary bean
Oh, it isn’t the fighting that will make a soldier cross and mean
It is only the beans!
You can grab a marine and you show him a bean
He says : “what does it mean, that I never have seen”
So you grab a civilian, and one in a million can identify
So I say to you : “why do we got to have beans ?”
Multiple beans, ??? beans, succulent beans
Nothing but beans
(beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans,
beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans)
InkyBinkyBarleyBoo on August 5, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Remember, Hawkdriver, try to look inconspicuous, otherwise you might draw fire and that will irritate everyone around you.
Murphy9 on August 5, 2009 at 1:01 AM
I loved it. Especially when the Ron Paul lookalike got it.
Subsunk
Subsunk on August 5, 2009 at 1:04 AM
Anybody know Latin? The motto for Octavia reads …
… if I copied it accurately.
OhioCoastie on August 5, 2009 at 2:24 AM
Beans, beans, beans, beans …
OhioCoastie on August 5, 2009 at 2:30 AM
I, for one, welcome our new Octavian Overlords.
It couldn’t be any worse.
trigon on August 5, 2009 at 3:48 AM
“You will travel over our foot.”
TMK on August 5, 2009 at 3:56 AM
I should be asleep, but that’s probably the best onion ever.
I’m surprised Napolitano doesn’t have a look at them for making a video showing violence in DC.
ThackerAgency on August 5, 2009 at 4:16 AM
LOL…Do I get the credit for finding this one???
They even used my line yesterday.
Jeff from WI on August 5, 2009 at 4:46 AM
Maybe that wouldn’t be such a bad idea… god I love The Onion.
Cr4sh Dummy on August 5, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Check out this touching dedication to Our Leader, by Glenn Beck.
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=7810181&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/
Jeff from WI on August 5, 2009 at 5:21 AM
As long as Octavia legalized pot, I’m most of the nutroots wouldn’t care.
Speedwagon82 on August 5, 2009 at 5:26 AM
Fly sneaky Hawkdriver. And god bless.
darktood on August 5, 2009 at 6:04 AM
How about leaving her alone? Ann is active like we are, trying to have a discourse here like the rest of us. I don’t often agree with her or the views of like-minded people, but at least they’re talking here instead of being out on the streets with protest signs that claim you and I are bigots.
The Left resorts to smears, personal attacks, innuendo, and cynicism. For we conservatives to do that drops us down to their level, which to me is like becoming an amoeba. The mission here, for all of us, is to exchange ideas and fight the Power that seeks to steal our liberty. If someone here has another view, then they’re doing the same thing we are in their own way. I’m trying to have a dialogue with Ann to show what we here believe, and cutting her down is defeating my purpose–our purpose.
‘Nuff said on that matter. Back to topic…
The Onion vid was a riot, and truth is what makes comedy so much fun! Real change won’t come by a coup, but I see secession of some states in America’s future.
The scariest part of that, as I see, is Obama sending in the military to stop it. Rather than change his way if some states vote to secede, Obama’s ego will compel him to use the Army against the people of a state that chooses independence from the United States as Obama and the Libdemtards are running/ruining it.
If Texas secedes, I’m packing up from here in Buffalo, NY and getting a visa to live in TX. Assuming, that is, TX survives a military attack by that narcissistic street thug in the White House that will make D-Day look like a garden party.
Liam on August 5, 2009 at 8:11 AM
“We’re going to be like a banana republic in 10 years!”
10 years? We wish we had 10 years :)
Dr Evil on August 5, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Maybe we could borrow Roberto Micheletti from Honduras to lead an “Onion” coup. He’s good at stopping would-be dictators like Zelaya or
SoetoroObama.Steve Z on August 5, 2009 at 9:27 AM
The grammar is probably wrong, but it looks like “you walked (as in trampled) on our feet”.
Steve Z on August 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM
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