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2013-12-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-

General Mattis Crosses Potomac With 100,000 Troops; President, Senate Flee City /Satire

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Posted by BrerRabbit 2013-12-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 Good thing you marked this as satire, BR.
Not wish fulfillment.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-12-25 03:10|| 2013-12-25 03:10|| Front Page Top

#2 the cabinet and most members of the Senate fled north toward New York and Boston in cars, vans and whatever other vehicles they could commandeer.

A delightful mental image.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-12-25 03:25|| 2013-12-25 03:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Gen. Mattis, while capable, efficient, fearless, etc. was also something of a loose cannon at times, saying things out loud in public that were better said quietly in person.

Notwithstanding that, he was said to be the type of commander who, if any of his subordinates hade made this kind of sarcastic threat, would have dressed them down quickly, or maybe even worse.

Posted by lord garth 2013-12-25 07:11|| 2013-12-25 07:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Skid

I followed a link from Instapundit yesterday. I recommend a tour of the site, Duffleblog, I like the writing/humor.

Its a sad state of affairs in this country when you read the comments at the site. Talk about wish fulfilment.

I hope I never see the day.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2013-12-25 07:54|| 2013-12-25 07:54|| Front Page Top

#5 ...need to get over the dreams of the old republic. It's dead Jim. It's an oligarchy, of which the old majority and still the majority have been stripped of their original standing. All the rest is just a facade to keep you dreaming and servile.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2013-12-25 08:33|| 2013-12-25 08:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Say what you will about Gen. Mattis - I have no doubt he could get 100,000 Marines to follow him. Most would follow him to hell in gasoline-soaked cammies.

I agree that the republic is dead. It is not an oligarchy though.

Ineptocracy - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2013-12-25 10:22|| 2013-12-25 10:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Ineptocracy - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers

BB,

May I have your permission to shamelessly steal that?

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2013-12-25 10:43|| 2013-12-25 10:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Actually, for all their Che loving up-the-revolution posturing, many of the DC denizens would not flee, as they would never recognize an actual revolution on their own doorstep. The best the average citizen could hope for would be to actually hear a senator, representative or bureaucrat whine "don't you know who I am!" just before he she or it swung from a lamppost...

Posted by M. Murcek 2013-12-25 12:00|| 2013-12-25 12:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Well said, BB!

And, unlike Mike, I'm not asking, I'm just cheerfully stealing it (with credit given, of course.) ;-p

Posted by Barbara 2013-12-25 14:55|| 2013-12-25 14:55|| Front Page Top

#10 I saw the term on another site and felt I need to share in the Xmas spirit.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2013-12-25 18:13|| 2013-12-25 18:13|| Front Page Top

#11 FYI YOUTUBE advance trailers for Tom Cruise's new flick next year i.e. "EDGE AFTER TOMMOROW/LIVE, DIE, REPEAT" is out - it appears to show the US + UK or US-Allies failing in some kind of futuristic, RoboSoldier-techy massive invasion of a seemingly occupied Europe.

Cruise's character supposedly has troubling visions or premonitions that the invasion will fail, where Cruise's character says "... WE LOSE EVERYTHING". As per a MADONNA video lyric, the movie's main Femme "suffers the same" as Cruise's character.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-12-25 18:58|| 2013-12-25 18:58|| Front Page Top

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