Bachmann: The Serve America Act will lead to ‘re-education camps for young people.’
Bachmann: The Serve America Act will lead to ‘re-education camps for young people.’
Last week, Congress passed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which expands AmeriCorps and increases volunteer opportunities at home and abroad. Appearing on Minnesota’s KTLK this weekend, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) joined in the right-wing frenzy over the bill, claiming that it could lead to “re-education camps for young people“:
I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically-correct forums.
Listen here:
Bachmann’s over the top rhetoric isn’t new. During the presidential campaign, when then-Sen. Barack Obama was promoting a national service plan, Investor’s Business Daily and National Review’s Candace de Russy claimed that Obama was seeking to create “re-education camps.” (HT: Dump Bachmann)
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It must be really scary, there inside her head, what with all those screaming demons and creepy delusions.
April 6th, 2009 at 2:58 pmIn Michelle’s case it would not be called re-education but just education camp.
It’s not like the Jesus Camp she attended.
April 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pmBachmann: The Serve America Act will lead to ‘re-education camps for young people.’
– - You betcha Michelle. Some re-edumacation is necessary for certain adults too, knowwhatImean?
April 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pm“I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically-correct forums.”
Mandatory service? At least they wouldn’t be wandering the streets, broke and out of work, thanks to republican economic policies.
April 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pmGood lord, if anyone needs re-education it’s Bachmann.
There should be a test for people running for government. In this case, a test for mental deficiency. Honestly, some of what I have heard out of the mouths of elected officials of late is appallingly stupid.
And all of us get to suffer the ramifications of people like her.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:00 pmDoesn’t the Department of Defense run “re-education camps” for those seeking “volunteer opportunities”?
April 6th, 2009 at 3:02 pmBat$hit Crazy Bachmann Says:
I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service.
I can’t believe she used “that” three times in her sentence.
Like, oh my gawd!
Michelle, hon, I have medicine that may help with all those voices.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:03 pmUnfortunately, many have drowsiness as a side effect.
But, in all fairness, Minnesota may be better off with you napping.
I’m from Minnesota and while yes, Bachman is embarrassin on one level, on another she’s more fun than a barrel full of bible-thumping monkeys.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:04 pmI think Michele Bachmann missed the first round of education. Will she use her new one world currency to bribe her way out of Obama’s re-education camp? Or will she shoot her way out in a last ditch effort to save her gun and ammo?
April 6th, 2009 at 3:05 pmIf anybody needs to go to any kind of education camp it would
April 6th, 2009 at 3:05 pmbe Michele Bachmann although I fear that any instructors head
would explode when confronted with the level of her stupidity.
This is what happens when you elect a Representative who has been home schooled by wild timber wolves.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:06 pm“Ms_Joanne Says:
Good lord, if anyone needs re-education it’s Bachmann”
Yes – in one of the camps in North Korea – she’ll fit right in.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:07 pmWhen will someone have her committed?
April 6th, 2009 at 3:07 pmDr. Moth Matt Says:Dear Minnesota,Are you embarrassed yet? You should be.
Sincerely,
America
As a native Minnesotan, I am embarrassed.
I’d be more embarrassed is she was in my voting district, but Bachmann has turned into a holier than thou christofascist. She barely won last year, and would not have w/o National RNC funds.
The nice thing about Reps is they’re up every 2 years. I’ll do what I can to make sure she doesn’t return in 2011.
Who’s crazier, Bachmann or Palin?
April 6th, 2009 at 3:08 pmWhen is she up for reelection, and who is running against her so I can send a contribution to him/her?
April 6th, 2009 at 3:08 pmSounds like a turbocharged version of 1984.
A re education camp? What if you don’t feel like going to “camp”? (I never liked camp, the food was lousy)
This is like Animal Farm.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:08 pmWhy are people tolerating this mind set?
Doesn’t the Department of Defense run “re-education camps” for those seeking “volunteer opportunities”?
Squeaky Wheels, you beat me to it! And we also offer the State Pen option if you happen to be a poor, drug abuser or a shoplifter.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:08 pmNot all of Minnesota supports her, in fact Franken should win, soon. Franken should increase his lead tomorrow after 400 ballots are opened and counted beginning at 9:30 AM CT…
http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=258&ArticleName=Clarifying+the+400+Requested+Ballots
April 6th, 2009 at 3:11 pmOMG, I just don’t know what to think about these people. Daily Kos has a continuing LOON WATCH feature and there are just so many of them it’s hard to know where to look.
The really frightening thing is that they’re playing on the fears of the real loons, like the guy in Pittsburg who killed three policemen because the “zionist-led government was going to take his guns away”. Now where is he getting that kind of idea? Faux “News”, Glenn Beck, Rush Limpballs, Michelle Bachmann, etc, etc, etc.
Isn’t this the same as screaming Fire in a theater? Isn’t there a law against such incitement?
April 6th, 2009 at 3:11 pmThis woman needs to be committed for the safety of her constituents and herself!
April 6th, 2009 at 3:11 pmThe more I think about it… If she is spewing this party line I can only imagine that Darth Penguin has issued blueprints and has a construction crew already on it.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:11 pmMaybe Ms. Bachmann will score them some blue-chip internships then, and show us how much better her way is?
Or is she afraid something good might get accomplished?
Maybe those kids should just do like Bristol & Levi instead?
*ssholes like Ms Bachmann & the R’s would look you straight in the eye as you died of thirst in the desert, and tell you “that water is bad for you, so I can’t let you have it”.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:12 pmShe is certifiable. But what does it say about not only the MSM, but about Congress???
April 6th, 2009 at 3:12 pmSqueaky Wheels Says:
I’m from Minnesota and while yes, Bachman is embarrassin on one level, on another she’s more fun than a barrel full of bible-thumping monkeys.
***
make that two barrels of
bible-thumping monkeys.
:|\
April 6th, 2009 at 3:13 pmIt’s irresponsible comments like these by the likes of people like Ms. Bachmann, Mr. Beck, Mr. Hannity, Mr. O’Rielly, Mr. Liddy, Ms. Malkin, and others that inflame those who listen to them in their basements rubbing their guns and grenades. And when one of these idiots goes off and commits a crime everyone goes quiet as if they had no responibility at all. It’s funny how hip hop/ rap music, video games, rock music, and be blamed for crime and violence, but the word of a U.S. Representative or a radio host or commentator for a major cable network gets no blame.
Oh I get it they’re Rushpuppetcans.
The so-called mainstream media does not play back any of the vile shit said by right/white winged radio or tv after one of these acts are committed out of fear of the machine. Imagine if Keith Olbermann told listeners to aim for the heads of “jack-booted government thugs” because they wear vest, and by god someone actually did it. Suppose Rachel Maddow wrote a book listing who she thought were the 100 people ruining America and some idiot tried to follow that kist and went into a church and killed, the world would go mad.
But when the FOX crowd does it, crickets.
Re-education camps my ass, Jesus camp now that was something that needed to be looked into.
RIP
April 6th, 2009 at 3:13 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Oh my living God! Is this woman serious? Does she have any idea what Americorps volunteers do? In my city, they work with illiterate people teaching them to read and helping them get GED diplomas. I thought this was a good thing, but I guess Michelle Bachmann doesn’t.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:14 pmHorrors! Next thing you know they’ll be going to religious camps where they pray to cardboard cutouts of George Bush!
Oh, wait…
April 6th, 2009 at 3:17 pmObviously this womans cookied crumbled long ago
April 6th, 2009 at 3:19 pmOur young capitalists should not be exposed to radical concepts such as “Volunteerism”.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:20 pmOh those commies! Do they think they can get away with this kind of thing?
AmeriCorps members address critical needs in communities all across America. As an AmeriCorps member, you can:
* Tutor and mentor disadvantaged youth
April 6th, 2009 at 3:20 pm* Fight illiteracy
* Improve health services
* Build affordable housing
* Teach computer skills
* Clean parks and streams
* Manage or operate after-school programs
* Help communities respond to disasters
* Build organizational capacity
Wasn’t she just saying last week that she wasn’t a kook?
April 6th, 2009 at 3:21 pmrobbez_92107 Says: “Wasn’t she just saying last week that she wasn’t a kook?”
That’s what crazy people ALWAYS say!
April 6th, 2009 at 3:24 pmShe must be a hellcat in the sack!
April 6th, 2009 at 3:25 pmWould you like to be the guinea pig and test out that theory?
Eeeww.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:26 pmMaybe she’ll give you rabies.
Good luck.
#31: Our young capitalists should not be exposed to radical concepts such as “Volunteerism”.
Lemme tell you a story. A couple of years ago I had to go for some physical therapy. One of the gals who did the PT did sports therapy at local grade/high schools (in one of the richest areas of Chicago’s north shore). She told me the story of a women who went ballistic that HER CHILD would NEVER be serving soup to THOSE PEOPLE. They wanted to live like that!
I was disgusted beyond words.
She also told me the story of a 9 year old kid who took $1300 to school in his wallet. They knew this because he lost his wallet. The school found it.
Too much money. Too little sense.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:27 pmBachmann must realize that *if* her argument is valid, the arguments put forward by liberals that any government money allocated for faith-based social initiatives is a threat to the separation of church and state (due to the possibility/likelihood that preaching/conversion efforts would take place as the services were delivered to individuals.)
The liberal argument does have, as a significant aspect of its support, the constitutional force of the separation-of-church-and-state behind it. Michele’s seems to be supported by little more than partisanship and some lack of intelligence.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:29 pmbatshit crazy bachmann…the voice of the gop. i love it
April 6th, 2009 at 3:30 pmGee, when Bush was in power I don’t remember any Democrat lawmakers speaking out in a similar loony fashion about any of Bush’s programs:
In fact whilst the Democrats do have some self-serving sphincters, I don’t think they have any certifiably insane people in the party.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:31 pmThe GOP has loads!
Apologies.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:33 pmMy first paragraph above should end “. . .individuals.)must be just as valid.”
Zimzone Says:
“Who’s crazier, Bachmann or Palin?”
Yes.
-Livid Noseeum Lib
April 6th, 2009 at 3:34 pmmemo to batshit crazy bachmann:
April 6th, 2009 at 3:34 pmwe all know how your scumbag heros (cheney,bush, scummy rummy et.al) dealt with “mandatory service” during vietnam so, there’s no need to worry. scumbag repukies will always find a way out of helping this country.
I have always contended that this nutcase,Bachman, her insipidness demonstrates more about her constituents than Bachman herself.Think about it,the idiots who vote for her has no problem with her asinine verbal incoherence as they keep re-electing her.Her constituents are much more nutty than she is.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:35 pmAnother shit for brains Republican. What the hell do you think going into the military results in for the recruits in boot camp. Braindead says:
“I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically-correct forums.”
Maybe we should require her service in the military and send her to Afghansistan. Maybe we will get lucky and an ememy bullet would find its mark. More likely, however, she would get fragged – you know, taken out by her own peers.
Welcome to real you f*n’ dipshit.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:36 pmM Bachmann you need reeducation more than any young eople ,i have a good place for you.How about Siberia,you idiot lady.You aere mankeing a lUGHING STOCK OUT OF mn VOTERS ,VOTER GET RID OF HER 2010 OK PLEASE HATE TO READ ALL THIS bs
April 6th, 2009 at 3:40 pmThis is amazing: Bachmann’s husband is associated with a rehab clinic for teens, that is on the face is for alcohol and drugs. In reality the purpose is to deprogram homosexual teens, in order to turn them straight. This is a classic case of projection.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:42 pmI’m a Minnesotan who lives just a few blocks outside Crazy Shelly’s District. I was appalled from the very first time I heard her speak and was certain that she would never be elected. Alas, the people of the 6th District are a combination of the wealthy and the unsophisticated. One could even say ignorant. Crazy Shelly herself identifies them as “the most pro-life district in the country”. But? They are not bad people.
Most of her base are “good Christians” and all that’s needed to secure their votes is to claim the mantle of a “good Christian”. And, she benefited from gobs of cash from the RNC (for vile attack ads) while the local press has utterly failed to report her batsh!t crazy rants.
I’m afraid that we can only hope she continues to rant and the local press will pick it up. I regularly let the local media know what I think. And, there’s always the chance she will visit a psych ward and they won’t let her leave.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:42 pmMy goodness – the dingbat is at it again! Bachmann lives in an alternate universe. This is just hilarious and scary!
April 6th, 2009 at 3:42 pmMichelle Barkingmad : “I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service.”
And how is that going to be accomplished?
And what forms will the mandatory service take?
And what will be the penalty for non-compliance?
And will there be deferments?
And how long is a piece of string anyway?
Oh My Dog! In comparison I’m starting to think fondly of Katherine Harris! (Remember her?)
April 6th, 2009 at 3:43 pmLet’s try this. Republicans are well on record for fighting any money used for education so wouldn’t these camps actually be education camps?
By the same token wouldn’t that make Michelle a publican, as in a person who serves intoxicating beverages at the local bar?
Does she have a license? Or her shots?
April 6th, 2009 at 3:44 pmIdyll Says: AmeriCorps members address critical needs in communities all across America. As an AmeriCorps member, you can: Tutor and mentor disadvantaged youth, Fight illiteracy, Improve health services, Build affordable housing, Teach computer skills, Clean parks and streams, Manage or operate after-school programs, Help communities respond to disasters, Build organizational capacity
Well, according to the Republitards, pretty much all of these activities should be awarded to HalliburtonBlackwaterKBR in a no-bid contract for $500/day, then outsourced to SoAmericanAsian slaves for $3/day.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:45 pmHooray for ‘Murica!
Just to reiterate, DutchHenry, most of her constituents never hear hear bats!t rants. I can only assume that the local press has been paid off and/or are afraid of losing access. It really sickens me.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:45 pmThe two Bush presidents cut funding for social programs saying that volunteerism would pick up the slack. Sr. had his 1,000 Points of Light and Jr. had his Armies of Compassion I think. Now that there is a Democratic president volunteerism is a bad thing. Well here’s an idea when the military stops trying to recruit my kid even showing up at her summer music camp several days then I guess we can say that no government office should try get our kids to serve any cause.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:45 pmAnd of course we all know how the Peace Corps took over the world with their commie training.
Or was it Vista?
UNICEF?
April 6th, 2009 at 3:46 pmOops! “her batsh!t rants.”
April 6th, 2009 at 3:46 pmWhen are we going to start funding re-education camps for republican idiots????
April 6th, 2009 at 3:47 pm“National service is not a job or a career move for these individuals [who volunteer],” said Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a sponsor of the bill, during a Senate floor debate Thursday. “Indeed, no one is getting rich by participating in these programs. Those who join these programs are motivated to give back to this great country, to engage in their local communities and improve the lives of those in need.”
Its not a career move Michele..
April 6th, 2009 at 3:47 pmit is the civic duty of the person closest to batshit crazy bachmann to haul off and slap her right across the kisser the next time she goes to speak. with every word she utters, the international standing of this country goes down.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:48 pmRobert M. Says:
When are we going to start funding re-education camps for republican idiots????
When pigs fly?
April 6th, 2009 at 3:49 pmPerhaps Disneyworld can open a new theme park and call it “The Michelle Bachman and Glenn Beck Fantasy World”.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:49 pm“National service is not a job or a career move for these individuals [who volunteer],” said Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a sponsor of the bill, during a Senate floor debate Thursday. “Indeed, no one is getting rich by participating in these programs. Those who join these programs are motivated to give back to this great country, to engage in their local communities and improve the lives of those in need.”
No wonder the Republicans are against it. You used the G word without the shaft.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:51 pmHouse and Senate also endorse funding for AmeriCorps, Senior Corps
(WASHINGTON D.C.) – Today President Bush released his full 2002 budget, requesting $733 million for the Corporation for National Service to increase volunteering, expand opportunities for seniors to serve their country, and support 50,000 AmeriCorps members.
You can drop the scare act now Michele.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:53 pmThey werent against its expansion when Bush was on office….funny that now its some kind of ’socialist mandatory re-education camp’
Oops, I used the G word! [George]
April 6th, 2009 at 3:56 pmThank Goddess for Dumbachmann.blogspot.com!
April 6th, 2009 at 3:57 pmThis witch should be put away in some institute. She’s a real threat for the safety of the president.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:57 pmLook over there Michele…Its got eyes on it, its staring at you, its a pile of money, but its not a Geico commercial…its its RESERVE CURRENCY!!!!
April 6th, 2009 at 3:58 pmI will steal shamelessly from my friend Blue Girl:
April 6th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
NEW ORLEANS — Since Katrina hit, more than 1 million volunteers have flooded the Gulf Coast — people giving up weekends, holidays and vacations to do their part in the rebuilding effort.
Oh noes!! Mandatory re-education camps run by volunteers!!!
April 6th, 2009 at 3:59 pm“…And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically-correct forums…”
Isn’t that sorta kinda like the fundamentalist church camps that you and the Alaska princess and the Arkansas huckster espouse so much?
April 6th, 2009 at 3:59 pm…
the trolls aren’t bothering
to support her.
they’re not that crazy.
but this guy is.
:0
btw, check out the
dump bachmann
website. it’s straight out of
minnesota and it’s awesome!
:)
April 6th, 2009 at 3:59 pmHas this reich-wing lunatic never heard of our volunteer military? Guess what! We get paid to serve in it!
But not a heck of a lot.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:00 pmIs volunteer even in the Republican dictionary?
April 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pmDr. Moth Matt
Dear Minnesota,
Are you embarrassed yet? You should be.
Sincerely,
America
Yes I have been embarrased ever since I saw the pictures of her hiding in the bushes trying to spy on a GLBT rally at the capital here.
http://www.eleventh-avenue-south.com/archives/000491.html
April 6th, 2009 at 4:02 pmlarkohio Says:
Oh my living God! Is this woman serious? Does she have any idea what Americorps volunteers do? In my city, they work with illiterate people teaching them to read and helping them get GED diplomas. I thought this was a good thing, but I guess Michelle Bachmann doesn’t.
It`s the Reich Wing way of saying the want a poor illterate and underprivileged America, it`s part of their Noble Lie and neoconservative Dogma a dumbed down America is a good America, the less we know and understand the more damage they do to America and the rest of the world.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:02 pmThis goon is just down right NUTS! She needs to check herself into the closest psych ward immediately. They have drugs that can help her with these delusions.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:04 pmI just read an article at the Minnesota Independent, that she has the highest rate of foreclosures in the state of Minnesota in her 6th district and she voted against every bill that was before her committee and on the house floor with the exception of one. The bill she approved of was a bs bill about criminal practices.
I wonder if she thinks before she speaks or if she is just truly nuts. I understand she represents a wealthy district but do they all think alike?
Anyone know anything about her constituents? Who takes this lady seriously. If they do, then that is very, very scarey and it could be very dangerous.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:04 pmMichelle doesn’t have constituents, she has campaign contributors. Obviously they have no problem with hiring the handicapped.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:05 pmSo true, Tired Of Fighting. This situation has got to change. How many wingnut crazies have to go on shooting sprees before America tells the GOP enough is enough with the irresponsible hate messaging?
April 6th, 2009 at 4:07 pmHoodathunktick Says
April 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Is volunteer even in the Republican dictionary?
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Believe it or not, it is. Remember Reagan and his wanting to boost volunteerism in this country? That was his idea of a substitute for the elimination of federal programs with paid staff.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:15 pmtanglewood Says:
Anyone know anything about her constituents? Who takes this lady seriously. If they do, then that is very, very scarey and it could be very dangerous.
See my post at #48. The short version is that the local media doesn’t report on her batscat and her constituents can’t see past her Evangelical credentials.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:15 pmMichelle Bachman = 100 percent bat$hit crazy !
April 6th, 2009 at 4:15 pmBTW. She’s no “lady”. She’s dangerously: dishonest, bigoted, ignorant, dogmatic, vindictive, petty, dishonorable, reckless, partisan, primitive, delusional, aggressive and incurious.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:16 pmSeems like a perfect candidate for one of those “obnoxious bride” shows, not the US Congress…
April 6th, 2009 at 4:18 pmJeezus, who voted this woman back into office? She is frighteningly crazy. She a perfect match for the GOP – LOL
April 6th, 2009 at 4:20 pmThe ReichWingers are absolutely batshit crazy…
…how in the world does someone like this get elected…
…and how do they manage to remain in office?
April 6th, 2009 at 4:21 pm“Bachmann: The Serve America Act will lead to ‘re-education camps for young people.’”
Ah, the leader of Planet Wingnuttia is transmitting to us earthlings her latest [god, help us] to re-education camps for young people. A total embarrassment of a lawmaker. I look forward to Al Franken being seated as the new U.S. Senator real soon.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:22 pmtokin librul Says:
Seems like a perfect candidate for one of those “obnoxious bride” shows, not the US Congress
They would never be able to get insurance if they casted her.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:23 pmC’mon. pete, tell us how you really feel about her.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:24 pmAt least Sarah only picked on Alaskan wildlife and her own family. Michelle is truly crazy.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:28 pmWell, Hoodathunktick, since you asked:
Though I do not live in her district I will do everything within my limited means to see that any possible opponent, with the possible exception of a convicted felon or a rodent, unseats her.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:29 pmBACHMANN: I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service.
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And do you have any evidence for this other than your “belief”? I have a few reasons for thinking your “belief” is based on batsh!t insanity.
1. Even those people who think it’s a great idea to require some sort of national service for America’s youth for a year or two (sort of like the Mormon church requiring missionary service of their young people), admit that putting all of our 18 to 20 year olds to work would be logistically impractical and financially unfeasible.
2. Even the most likely requirement of service, reinstatement of the military draft, isn’t likely to happen anytime soon. It would be political suicide for anybody who tried. And if we can’t even reinstate the draft (a concept that has been accepted in the past), how in the world could we instituted any kind of required service that hasn’t been tried before?
3. How in the world do you leap from “let’s increase volunteer opportunities” to “young people will be put into mandatory service”? This is like interpreting “we have brooms available for neighbors who would like to sweep their walkway” as “neighbors are hereby required to perform extensive landscaping of their property.” It doesn’t even make sense.
But making sense hasn’t ever been a priority with you, has it Michelle?
April 6th, 2009 at 4:31 pmWhich means she’ll soon be trying to introduce legislation to “prevent” this non-happening from happening, using her favorite “have you stopped beating your wife yet?” tactic to give her fantasies a sense of validity…
April 6th, 2009 at 4:35 pmThis woman has gone from being mildly entertaining to downright dangerous. It’s people like her who encouraged the guy who killed three policemen with an assault weapon. If she was a Democrat and we had a Republican president, she would be in jail right now for sedition. Encouraging an armed revolution is sedition and I wonder why she is being allowed to do it. Homeland Security and the Secret Service need to have a serious talk with this wackadoodle.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:40 pmSqueaky Wheels Says:
I’m from Minnesota and while yes, Bachman is embarrassin on one level, on another she’s more fun than a barrel full of bible-thumping monkeys.
You don’t find her calling for our populace to be “armed and dangerous” to be just a little scary?
I fear for our country. If the right keeps it up, we will soon be in another civil war in this country.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:42 pmPete, you might want to reconsider on the rodent.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:42 pmThe Bachmanns of the world are busy DE-educating everyone. Heven forbid they be RE-educated.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:47 pmBHB, I agree, I fear for us as well. Not a civil war but there will be a lot more blood before there is peace. The unstable minority in the Quisling Quarter will make itself much more known before the means of quieting it is found.
Bachmann, Hannity, Beck and company will have things to answer for before it is done.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:48 pmHoodathunktick. Don’t get me wrong. There are rodents I would pick over Crazy Shelly and a VERY FEW I would not.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:48 pmMichelle Bachmann’s spring wardrobe ought to consist of a fashionable strait jacket accessorized with a large butterfly net.
Good grief. What a freaking LOON (with apologies to the avian variety of same)…
April 6th, 2009 at 4:50 pmHow does a person who calls for violence in their own country sleep at night?
Or do the drugs just keep them awake?
April 6th, 2009 at 4:53 pmwow she has to be some kind of crazy and ballsy to shoot off her mouth like that (pun intended)and then go face these Dems she just called traitors and or Commies i cant see how a woman like this could have even be elected to be the person that cleans up dead animals. She likes throwing the propaganda word around how about her fellow right wing chistians calling for respect for religion then calling the pope the anti-christ or associating islam with a western ultra right Govement system i.e. islamo fasism. Propaganda indeed but i guess we should belive her she would be an authority on it seeing as she uses it at every turn to oppose progress and stifle reasonable dissent.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:58 pmWhen did being a MOC come to mean you could say any crazy azzed thing you wanted?
Oh wait, Joe McCarthy. Never mind.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:59 pmHe he, aren’t public schools already “re-education camps for young people”?
Well, ok, they’re indoctrination camps.
;-)
April 6th, 2009 at 5:03 pmAlejandro Says:
He he, aren’t public schools already “re-education camps for young people”?
Well, ok, they’re indoctrination camps.
Could you consider moving to someplace other than the US?
April 6th, 2009 at 5:05 pmI’d love to live someplace tropical.
But anyway, I think we are witnessing a limitation in text based discussion.
April 6th, 2009 at 5:15 pmSHE NEEDS TO TAKE THE BLUE PILL AND CALL ME IN 20 YEARS
April 6th, 2009 at 5:37 pmShe’s crazy as a s**t house rat.
April 6th, 2009 at 5:56 pmIt must be really scary, there inside her head, what with all those screaming demons and creepy delusions.
– Constantly scratchy off all those bugs she feels crawling upon her skin can’t be any walk in the park either…
April 6th, 2009 at 5:58 pmI can’t get over the irony that philosophy is sorely missing from the schools nowadays. A good course in philosophy would lead people to not only examine new ideas but, even more importantly, examine the foundations of both new ideas and their own internal presuppositions.
Of course, to Bachman, that would really be scary.
April 6th, 2009 at 6:09 pmOh, and about re-education camps.
Can I draw an analogy with the civics demonstraitons that kids are forced to be a part of while in school ?
April 6th, 2009 at 6:09 pmI believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically-correct forums.
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Good grief…could Bachmann possibly be any more paranoid??
Funny…I don’t recall Bachmann saying even one word in protest against those mysterious internment camps which the Bush administration gave KBR a contract to build right here at home. It really would not have been that difficult at all for the Bush administration to put those facilities to a similar use, or perhaps one infinitely more sinister than what she seems to be insinuating — yet as far as I know, she never even went as far as questioning the need for this project, let alone objecting to it. So facilities which could potentially be used to incarcerate political protesters against their will are okay, but volunteer education camps to which people go by choice in order to provide service to their country are not? Uh, huh…riiiiiiiiiight. Gimme a freakin’ break, lady…
April 6th, 2009 at 6:36 pmAlejandro,
who indoctrinated you?
i want to give them a
green jelly bean.
:<)
:)
April 6th, 2009 at 6:51 pmThis woman clearly doesn’t have any real friends. A real friend would counsel her to stop this.
April 6th, 2009 at 6:56 pmWe can all declare that she is insane and make fun of her – and we all do – but seriously, this woman is dangerous.
April 6th, 2009 at 7:22 pmShe is a Congressional representative and whether she is calling for an armed and dangerous populace, or declaring Obama a secret fascist, or that he plans to indoctrinate our youth into a reorganizaiton camps, reminiscent of Hitler’s Youth camps, she is a danger to the general public. Her words have weight in some circles, and the actions they may take in response to her delusional fear mongering must be stopped. Her peers must speak to her; her constituents must speak out; and she must be forced to realize the terrible impact of her words.
**I meant re-education camps, not re-organization
April 6th, 2009 at 7:24 pmI don’t know. Maybe I’m wrong here… but… what is it about the word ‘VOLUNTARY’ that is suddenly being translated to mean ‘MANDATORY’? I don’t get it.
Faire
April 6th, 2009 at 8:27 pmI agree, again, Marie. I email my Rep. every time Crazy Shelly rants and I urge everyone to do the same. I also send tips to local media outlets (I live in Mn but not the 6th District) who, regrettably, seem to blindly accept her explanations of being “misquoted” or “taken out of context”. Sigh…
April 6th, 2009 at 8:29 pmBachmann needs more then re-education. She needs to be placed in the lockup ward for mental illness.
April 6th, 2009 at 8:51 pmI can’t help but wonder; is all the bat scat from the Reichwhiners a response to Obama’s warm reception abroad and high approval at home? I think the truth, that Obama is popular and capable, is driving them “around the bend”.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:13 pmThe GOP has nothing meaningful or substantial to offer the American public regarding economic or foreign policy, so instead they resort to the same juvenile name-calling that failed them during the 2008 election campaign. All they can do is point their finger at Obama, sneer, and smugly proclaim “Don’t trust him. He is not one of us. He is un-American. He is a socialist….or a communist…..or a fascist…..or a Muslim…or the son of Satan.”
And their right-wing base jumps up and down and gets their blood boiling.
And the other 85% of the American public shake their heads, give a heavy sigh, and go about their business trying to help Obama make the world a healthier, safer, more economically vibrant place to live.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:32 pmMarie Says:
We can all declare that she is insane and make fun of her – and we all do – but seriously, this woman is dangerous.
She is a Congressional representative and whether she is calling for an armed and dangerous populace, or declaring Obama a secret fascist, or that he plans to indoctrinate our youth into a reorganizaiton camps, reminiscent of Hitler’s Youth camps, she is a danger to the general public. Her words have weight in some circles, and the actions they may take in response to her delusional fear mongering must be stopped. Her peers must speak to her; her constituents must speak out; and she must be forced to realize the terrible impact of her words.”
Notice how she like many repugs uses projection and labels her OPPONENTS fascists when she and her Neo Con brethren are the closest thing to fascists since her hero Joe McCarthy and the Dulles brothers who actually helped finance the rise of the fascist we went to war with.
As for ever realizing the destructive impact of her words thats the intent of this manipulative facist witch.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:45 pmI just feel sorry for the people of Minnesota that actually have to stomach her on a closer more personal level than I do…………..hopefully Franken will be seated soon so he can be a counterweight to her rabid idiocy.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:46 pmSpeaking of DISGRACES did anyone catch that Neo Con jack ass Frank Gaffney on Hardball………..why they have this pathetic Neo Con hack that doesnt have a shred of credibility on a Mainstream show is beyond me……….Gafney and Bachman are total disgraces and the repugs should be embarassed to their very core that these imbeciles are representing them to the world.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:03 pmNow wait! Bachmann has a point! The government is already conducting camps to brainwash vulnerable young people and turn them into brutal killers. They’re called military boot camps.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:14 pmThank you, mike31. As a, sometimes, proud Minnesotan (though I don’t live in her District) I cringe every time I see/hear her name. Rest assured I do all I can to thwart her. And I would greatly appreciate the efforts of all good people to have the Congress censor her for her anti-American BS.
Heck! While you’re at it. These are the media outlets that I regularly beg to honestly report her bat scat. If you feel like taking a few minutes to send some emails? Lots of sane Minnesotans would appreciate the effort.
WCCO TV
KSTP TV
KARE TV
KMSP TV
Minneapolis Star/Tribune
April 6th, 2009 at 10:21 pmSt. Paul Pioneer Press
Bachmann needs to be re-educated. Her first education doesn’t seem to have stuck.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:33 pmpete Says:
Thank you, mike31. As a, sometimes, proud Minnesotan (though I don’t live in her District) I cringe every time I see/hear her name. Rest assured I do all I can to thwart her. And I would greatly appreciate the efforts of all good people to have the Congress censor her for her anti-American BS.
Heck! While you’re at it. These are the media outlets that I regularly beg to honestly report her bat scat. If you feel like taking a few minutes to send some emails? Lots of sane Minnesotans would appreciate the effort.
WCCO TV
KSTP TV
KARE TV
KMSP TV
Minneapolis Star/Tribune
St. Paul Pioneer Press”
Pete, i’ve sent e-mails to tv stations and to Congress to censor that wack job………in fact I even donated $50 to some guy named Elwin Tinkleburger that was running against her and i’ll donate $100 to the next person that runs against that fascist wack job and I dont even live within 1000 miles of Minnesota thats how much I loathe that dispicable woman.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:44 pmThanks, again, mike.
Unfortunately, that’s all that we sane people can really do. We just have to keep the pressure on and counteract the bat scat with logic and reason. On the bright side, it’s entirely possible that any reasonable candidate who doesn’t have the unfortunate name of Elwin Tincklenberg, or however the Hell it’s spelled, might get the job done.
It’s only a two year term and she only has one vote. Let’s all hope she doesn’t inspire any murderers before her crap catches up with her.
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April 6th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
April 6th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
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http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/2009/03/bachmann-rnc-clown-college-pic.html
April 6th, 2009 at 11:32 pmand the parade of right-wing insanity just goes on and on and on……….
April 7th, 2009 at 12:09 amI believe in the 1st Amendment as anyone in this country and I exercise those rights frequently. But? Glenn Beck and FAUX MUST BE SILENCED!!!
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/glenn-beck-blames-crooksandliars-and-ko
April 7th, 2009 at 2:28 amWhooooooOOO..!
Imagine Bachman and Glen Beck in a campaign race against each other?
April 7th, 2009 at 3:20 amI’m a lefty who believes in the social safetey net, medical care as a right and I’ve been a Democrat since 1978, but if you think this is not the first step toward universal mandatory service, you haven’t been watching the Democratic party.
While Bachman clearly is batshit about re-education camps, the draft is going to become wildly popular, probably in Obama’s second term. I’ve had a lot of conversations with many of usually “liberal” friends, and you’ll be surprised how many of them think a mandatory two to four years is a good idea.
I just hope that there is someway to insure it’s their kids that get greased in the coming wars. (And for those of you who argue that Congress will start less wars with their kids in the service, that does not square with the historic record.)
Not wearing seatbelts was suposed to be only a secondary offence. Now it’s primary just about everywhere.
April 7th, 2009 at 5:29 amHow this ignorant lunatic manages to get dressed in the morning, much less elected to Congress is literally amazing.
I didn’t think it was possible to hate anyone more than Coulter, but it’s people like this that make abortion seem more like a necessity than a legal right.
April 7th, 2009 at 5:57 amstcrispy Says:
I’m a lefty who believes in the social safetey net, medical care as a right and I’ve been a Democrat since 1978,
Awww.. now isn’t that special? “Lefty”? Really? Any particular reason that you needed to add your “lefty credentials”? Does that legitimize your “leftiness”? You may be a “lefty”, but I doubt that you are a progressive or liberal… or democrat for that matter.
but if you think this is not the first step toward universal mandatory service, you haven’t been watching the Democratic party.While Bachman clearly is batshit about re-education camps, the draft is going to become wildly popular, probably in Obama’s second term. I’ve had a lot of conversations with many of usually “liberal” friends, and you’ll be surprised how many of them think a mandatory two to four years is a good idea.
Oh, and HERE is the reason why. We have been watching (denigrate people in general terms often?), and if you read the posts here, NO ONE who is a progressive or liberal, or self-declared “lefty” is saying this at all — except for YOU. I sense some concern. Your “liberal” friends who agree with mandantory service… why the quotes? Are you saying that they are actually conservatives? And how do you imagine that the draft will become widely popular? And if it DOES become “widely popular”, then that would make you, at least, one of the minority in a democracy.
I just hope that there is someway to insure it’s their kids that get greased in the coming wars. (And for those of you who argue that Congress will start less wars with their kids in the service, that does not square with the historic record.)
Very moral of you. Hope you’re not a christian, because just that comment is enough for a bit of damnation. And “greased”? Why use a euphamism? Why not just say “killed”, like the thousands who have died — were killed — in these “wars” that Bush started? By your theory it should have been all republican children being killed over in Iraq and Afghanistan, but that is not the case. Did you make a case for that when those conflicts started? I’d bet not.
Not wearing seatbelts was suposed to be only a secondary offence. Now it’s primary just about everywhere.
Well, this just proves that you are not very bright. This comment is incorrect.
I’m picking up on a lot of concern here…. very concerned, you are….. and popping in so late to the conversation, and posting something that you probably assumed would not be responded to. In some ways, that is fair enough. I probably won’t return to this thread myself.
April 7th, 2009 at 8:02 amWhat were the people of Minnesota thinking sending her back to the House? She should have been sent to a house alright but it would be a nut house.
April 7th, 2009 at 2:02 pmIT’S A KNOWN FACT,THESE ARE CAMPS TO NARC ON PARENT’S FOR USE OF ELEC POWER,A WHOLE FAKE GREEN MOVEMENT.LOOK OUT THE FACSIST STATE IS MOVING IN.LOCK AND LOAD.
April 7th, 2009 at 4:14 pmZimzone Says: “Who’s crazier, Bachmann or Palin?”
Bachmann, definitely Bachmann. Although Palin makes me throw up a little in mouth every times she winks at the camera, she is more oportunistic and socially retarded than she is crazy.
April 7th, 2009 at 6:53 pmSomeone should figure out if there’s a way to send Michelle Bachmann to a re-education camp. Or maybe just an education camp.
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I read through the comments and the only argument most people seem to have is that she is crazy or needs medication or should be sent to a camp herself. No one seemed to argue that the fact congress was attempting to make it mandatory. Many of you talked about serving in Americorps. That is fine, you volunteered. The issue with the bill was that people would be forced to volunteer.
Volunteering in of itself is an act of charity. It is an overt declaration of assistance from one person to another. The Serve America Act was initially going to make everyone volunteer and only to Government approved service organizations. Forcing someone to service without due process or compensation is akin to slavery.
April 24th, 2009 at 9:42 amI am a conservative. My belief is the Government should NOT be in the charity business. We are the most generous nation on the planet (private donations). People will give to causes and volunteer for organizations they feel are worthy. The people, not government, should decide who to give their time and money to. The Government deciding who you should give your time and money to smacks of fascism.(From Wkipidia Fascism-advocate the creation of a single-party state, forbid and suppress criticism and opposition to the government,opposes class conflict and blames capitalist liberal democracies for creating class conflict,reject the individualism and self-interest of laissez-faire capitalism,fascist leaders have claimed to support a “Third Way” in economic policy this was to be achieved by a form of government control over business and labor)