Smuggar Tweets the State of the Union

[ThisOlGirl]

If fake Barak is taking suggestions for songs to Tweet to Famy, may I humbly suggest "Chocolate Salty Balls" by Chef :character-chef: /Isaac Hayes? She'd assume the fetal position in record time.

[virginmojito]

This is the funniest thread EVER!

Totally. I scratched my head thinking: wow, another Smuggar thread, really? But I have been laughing my way through it and I amd still having hickups. OMG. This is awesome. Never judge a thread by it's title. I'm seriously dying. Barak Obama... And he keeps talking to that person who's probably crwling on the floor since he cannot walk from laughing hysterically.

[Deleted07]

oh man we need a running list of the names you guys have come up with for Smugger!!

LOVE IT!!

[virginmojito]

Everybody! Turdbucket has woken up! Fun's starting! #yay #goodmorningjosh

[Ralar]

I decided to stop responding to Joshie with my real Twitter account, so I set up another account just for fundies (@Not_One_Of_You). Maybe we can list Twitter names in the blogger list thread?

[virginmojito]

@joshduggar Do you tweet about anything other than politics? Why not update your family website to acknowledge your son?

TRUE! They still don't mention the golden boy!

[DarkAnts]

I skipped his tweets and watched the real thing. I was playing the state of the union drinking game along with the speech. I was only drinking sparkling lime aid so no hangover this morning. If it had been on a weekend then I might have played with the real thing. I hope and am almost tempted to pray that we dont get a "conservative" as a president. I dont think that there will ever be an ideal candidate. Given the choices, I vote liberal.

I went to a Catholic school for two years in high school I remember being in a wonderful religion class. We talked about that antichrist and the definition based on Jesus actions in the New Testament. We taled about the antichrist. The definition we came up with was someone who has both political and religious power. I think that the current republicans would qualify as the antichrist.

[BayLee_10]

Perhaps Josh is the Antichrist clad in idiot's clothing. Never have I read/heard so much from someone with so few facts. I'm surprised Rick Santorum hasn't duct taped Josh's mouth just to watch him implode.

[Ralar]

Latest tweet from #Turdbucket:

"I'd rather be historically accurate than politically correct!"

Too bad #Turdbucket is neither historically accurate or PC. #JoshDuggar #failedhumanbeing

[FJismyheadship]

So apparently when i am sick and trying to keep from coughing up a lung, i should nt read free jinger. i was laughing o ard i could not stop cughing and had to take a dose of nyquil. thanks guys! lol

[freejoytoo]

Love this - I use Twitter at work but not in my spare time so hadn't seen, so I rely on FJ to bring the comedy gold ;)

Honestly I don't like Obama as your President - he certainly seems like a very smart guy and his family are adorable, but as another UK poster here says, he'd fit in to our Conservative party. Still it is really fucking stupid to blame him as a person for the state of the economy. It was screwed up long before he got into power.

It is a bit (latraviata, forgive me for my crudeness of expression - I am trying to get better ;)) like giving someone a shit covered stick to hold then getting angry with them for having dirty hands. Obama might have responded badly but he didn't *create*, singlehandedly, the economic crisis. SOTDRT thinking, where everything is simple and there are no shades of grey...

That was me. I agree with you, I think him and his family are great but if they were running here they'd be in the Conservative party and I will never vote Conservative unless it was only them or the BNP or something. If I was in America then I would vote Obama basically to stop the right-wing nutjobs getting in - I'd consider Obama right-wing but on the saner side.

It is also madness to blame Obama for the entire state of the country but a lot of American politics confuse me, the tea party in particular. Am I correct in that they want no taxes or something? How do they expect schools and hospitals to be funded without it, or welfare? Or are they really anti-welfare? They frighten me a bit!

[Witsec7]

That was me. I agree with you, I think him and his family are great but if they were running here they'd be in the Conservative party and I will never vote Conservative unless it's them or the BNP or something. If I was in America then I would vote Obama basically to stop the right-wing nutjobs getting in - I'd consider Obama right-wing but on the saner side.

Unfortunately in America today, the two party system and corporate influence in politics gives those of us on the left little choice. Because a large segment of American citizens don't know the difference between a Socialist or a Troskyite (sp) folks will use broad inaccurate brushes to label parties and candidates.

[TinyDancer87]

I went to a Catholic school for two years in high school I remember being in a wonderful religion class. We talked about that antichrist and the definition based on Jesus actions in the New Testament. We taled about the antichrist. The definition we came up with was someone who has both political and religious power. I think that the current republicans would qualify as the antichrist.

This is scary... I used to be on the conservative side, but now I don't think I'll ever vote for a republican :( It seems that their whole agenda is taking away rights! Woman's reproductive rights, homosexuality rights... The minute a republican steps up as President, I'll be scared! Taking away rights "in the name of God"- well, I believe that the antichrist will be republican :(

[virginmojito]

So apparently when i am sick and trying to keep from coughing up a lung, i should nt read free jinger. i was laughing o ard i could not stop cughing and had to take a dose of nyquil. thanks guys! lol

I just spewed tea all over the desk.

[JesusFightClub]

Oh, sorry freejoytoo! I must have had a mental blip. It was a great point! Although in a straight choice between BNP and Tories, I am going to pick the third option, "armed revolution" ;)

The tax thing is so totally confusing. I met an ancap (anarchocapitalist) online who made the same nonsensical argument, finally in despair I said "Road maintenance? Tax money." He replied that private corporations could buy the roads and charge a toll for anyone who drove on them. What is this I don't even.

Experiencedd, that's "Trotskyist" to you ;) Just kidding, I know this is a cultural difference, but I spent my day arguing with Stalinists and preparing to argue with Stalinists so I feel all ouchy ;)

[emmiedahl]

It is also madness to blame Obama for the entire state of the country but a lot of American politics confuse me, the tea party in particular. Am I correct in that they want no taxes or something? How do they expect schools and hospitals to be funded without it, or welfare? Or are they really anti-welfare? They frighten me a bit!

Yes, they want no taxes. This would mean no public schools or public hospitals and they are totes cool with that.

They are anti-Welfare (with a capital). In the US, Welfare means cash assistance. There are many social programs (food assistance, housing, Medicaid, etc) that are social welfare but not what most Americans call 'Welfare'. Welfare means a check every month or money on a debit card, a very small amount. I think like $500 a month for a single mother with no job and her two children. Certainly nothing to be jealous of, not generous at all.

[freejoytoo]

So what do they expect to do about education? Only the rich kids getting it? What about children with disabilities? And what do they think should happen to someone who gets sick and can't afford to pay for treatment? And what about the fire service?

Seriously, they missing the words Mad Hatter's from the title.

My mind is boggling. We get people here who are very anti-benefits but the majority of even the hardcore agree that there should be some kind of welfare state and nearly everyone would fight to keep the NHS. We seem proud of our welfare state on the whole yet America seems close to being ashamed of it? I've been on benefits briefly and there is a real stigma but no one would want no taxation and no welfare state altogether.

[virginmojito]

According to what you guys just posted about him having forgotten his tax duties this year... looks like Josh is already practicing.

[JesusFightClub]

So what do they expect to do about education? Only the rich kids getting it? What about children with disabilities? And what do they think should happen to someone who gets sick and can't afford to pay for treatment? And what about the fire service?

Seriously, they missing the word Mad from the title.

My mind is boggling. We get people here who are very anti-benefits but the majority of even the hardcore agree that there should be some kind of welfare state and nearly everyone would fight to keep the NHS. We seem proud of our welfare state on the whole yet America seems close to being ashamed of it? I've been on benefits briefly and there is a real stigma but no one would want no taxation and no welfare state altogether.

I've been on benefits loads of times (you haven't lived until you've tucked your giro in your bra and taken the very. long. way. around to cash it because there were eyes watching you too closely ;)). And yeah, as you say it is a stigma. But though people say "cap it at x amount" or if you have more than 3 kids or whatever very, very few people say abolish benefits. People know people on benefits and more importantly know it's not impossible that one day, they too...

I wonder, do Americans think they will never be on welfare?

[emmiedahl]

So what do they expect to do about education? Only the rich kids getting it? What about children with disabilities? And what do they think should happen to someone who gets sick and can't afford to pay for treatment? And what about the fire service?

Seriously, they missing the words Mad Hatter's from the title.

My mind is boggling. We get people here who are very anti-benefits but the majority of even the hardcore agree that there should be some kind of welfare state and nearly everyone would fight to keep the NHS. We seem proud of our welfare state on the whole yet America seems close to being ashamed of it? I've been on benefits briefly and there is a real stigma but no one would want no taxation and no welfare state altogether.

They mostly believe in private and home school, some believe that public schools are okay if they are locally controlled and funded.

They are all for government funded fire and police services, no surprise. They are generally FOR any benefits that actually benefit them. They just don't want to pay anything for any other person.

In the US, if someone gets sick and cannot afford treatment, they go to a hospital. Hospitals are federally required to stabilize them and treat them at least minimally without any payment. But of course the hospital then must charge more to paying patients and insurance companies. I think TPers would like to see those people just die because it is cheaper.

JFC, most Americans will never be on cash payment-style welfare. I've never been! It's not enough to live on and you can make a lot more doing just about anything. It would not even cover my rent, and I would have to quit school because they really watch people getting cash aid.

[freejoytoo]

What about children who don't have parents or families to teach them? What about children whose parents don't know enough to teach them? I doubt they care. And they are hypocrites if they are bleating about the evils of taxation but will make an exception when it helps them!

They are crazy and selfish, that is all there is to it. I bet they'd change their tune if they ended up in a situation where they needed some outside help which went beyond the means of family and friends. Problem is they don't think it ever will and so they sit on a moral high horse (though I don't see anything moral about taking away schools and healthcare).

[demgirl]

Can someone PLEASE send this to TMZ or D-Listed? Please, please?

Josh Duggar

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"I'd rather be historically accurate than politically correct!" #bumpersticker #truth instagr.am/p/kiue5/

[virginmojito]

Can someone PLEASE send this to TMZ or D-Listed? Please, please?

I LOVE D-listed!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D

[3 is enough]

The idiotic tweets are coming fast and furious, aren't they? But just check out the tweets to Smuggar. The "shut up, asshole" tweets are outnumbering the supportive ones by about 10-1.

Keep tweeting, Joshie! Show the world what an ignorant, racist, douchebag you really are!

[slickcat79]

So what do they expect to do about education? Only the rich kids getting it? What about children with disabilities? And what do they think should happen to someone who gets sick and can't afford to pay for treatment? And what about the fire service?

Seriously, they missing the words Mad Hatter's from the title.

My mind is boggling. We get people here who are very anti-benefits but the majority of even the hardcore agree that there should be some kind of welfare state and nearly everyone would fight to keep the NHS. We seem proud of our welfare state on the whole yet America seems close to being ashamed of it? I've been on benefits briefly and there is a real stigma but no one would want no taxation and no welfare state altogether.

I tried to read about what "Fair Tax" people believe at one point, and I kind of gave up. What it looked like to me was just a private pay-as-you-go system. You basically just pay for the things that you use, and there were no real incentives to get anyone to pay if they didn't want to. It's the kind of system that's existed throughout western culture for centuries, and eventually the people living through that decided that it was unacceptable. When people can't pay for the medical care that they need, disease spreads into massive epidemics. When people are born into poverty with no way of getting food, education or a living wage, it encourages criminal behavior. You pay into the system so that it can benefit society as a whole, and they would like to give that up in order to go back to an even more unbalanced system of haves and have-nots than what already exists. Of course, they never consider what would happen when they're part of the have-nots.