It started with a Tweet yesterday morning from Kirsten Powers, Democratic contributor to Fox “News”, in response to President Barack Obama having killed U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki after targeting him for assassination with no due process whatsoever — not even a court order, as would have been needed to wiretap someone.
It seems like that’s something Rightwingers pretending to be concerned about abuse of U.S. citizens by “Big Government” would have some objections to. But they don’t. It’s also seems like something that those who had been critical of George W. Bush’s outrageously illegal and unconstitutional excesses and war crimes would similarly decry. But too many don’t.
Nonetheless, soon, our hero in this story — @ShortGo, otherwise known as Jared Roberts, self-identified “OUTLAW Cowboy” — rode in to the conversation between Kirsten and me, to save the nation…
[For those who are Twitter-illiterate: “RT” equals “Re-tweet”, a way of quoting what someone else said in a tweet of your own. Words or phrases starting with “#” in front of them are “hashtags”, used as searchable identifiers or, in many cases, for snarky comment. The sequence below was reconstructed for you using ChirpStory. ]
…And off he rode into the sunset…
UPDATE 10/2/11: Hilariously, since publication of the above, @ShortGo has now taken to Twitter to tell me: “You may have gotten me taken out of context and that retweeted, but you’re still a Liberal who is a Coward.”
Mr. Go, courageous not-Liberal genius that he is, may nonetheless have a misunderstanding of the word “context”. The entire conversation between us yesterday is posted, in full, above.
UPDATE 10/2/11, 3:44pm PT: Looks like Jared “@ShortGo” Roberts has now added to his patriotic resume by revealing he is also unstable and willing to resort to violent threats:
As that is clearly meant as a threat of violence (an interstate one in this case), I’ve reported his Tweet to the FBI, have Re-Tweeted it loudly, and am posting it here for additional sunlight. Thanks!
We will not be intimidated or frightened by terrorist threats, Jared, as we’re quite used to them coming from folks of your “patriotic” persuasion. But what was previously amusing is now just pathetic. Congratulations!
we have lost honor
Come on Brad, Jared tells you he’s a “supplier” for the Ft. Riley Cavalry Units and you never ask what it is that he “supplies”?
Could be toilet paper, drugs?
Whatever, Jared is someone whose livelihood flows from public monies spent on the military-industrial complex.
@ShortGo is suffering from the Glory Daze I tells ya.
@ShortGo, here is how to get rid of the daze: Go to the next evangelical meeting Obama attends, lay hands on him, and turn him white.
The conversation between Kirsten and me, not I.
Carry on.
Thanks, Professor Dvorkin. Have fixed it! 🙂
Meantime, waiting for ChirpStory.com to come back on line! Since they seem to suddenly be down this morning! Urgh.
Obama no longer pretends to defend our Constitution. In fact, he hardly mentions it anymore out of embarrassment.
I no longer see a downside to electing a Republican president. The moment Obama leaves the Oval Office, the Democratic Party is no longer a far-right movement.
shortgo is probably a devout christian family values person made in the image and likeness of ex sen. john ensign. It makes all the macho gun nuts really feel good when someone is killed in their name! And they will not get their own hands bloody but want other peoples children to do their dirty work for them as did pontius pilate.
Billy #6,
“I no longer see a downside to electing a Republican president. The moment Obama leaves the Oval Office, the Democratic Party is no longer a far-right movement”
The problem is that you “no longer see” the problem.
The problem is that both parties are so sick they “can no longer see” the dangers ahead.
Advocating one side or the other in an insane asylum trying to elect superman is problematic.
What you need to do Billy is hunker down.
Ernie Canning @ 2 said:
Good point, Ernie!
In addition to supporting Big Government abuse of U.S. citizens, our brave hero Jared “@ShortGo” Roberts is also a Big Government Welfare Queen, living off the socialist largesse of the tax payers!
Oddly, he keeps calling me “LIBERAL!!!” now over on Twitter (as if that doesn’t make me laugh and laugh and laugh), but yet clearly, it’s he who is the liberal!
Get a real job, Shortie! Quit sucking off us tax payers to help you out!!!
🙂
(Seriously, strongly recommend Following @ShortGo if you’re on Twitter. You’ll have a gay old time!
Wait a minute, if corporations are people, because people make the corporations, and guns are made by people, then guns are people too and so then, guns DO kill people!
I knew it!
Laffin
when will it end? (the division in this country?)
A clever communist tactic, especially favored by the Chinese govt for years, (which tick off quite a few ‘members’ of the party in 2003-2006 when the truth came out and caused many to leave) – KEEP THE PEOPLE FIGHTING EACH OTHER SO THEY DONT KNOW WHERE THE REAL PROBLEMS LIES. like b. sanders of vermont said : we need media reform. WE could use a free college system too. poor USA
Aren’t the black cowboy hats worn by bad guys in the westerns, J.R.?
“Ain’t nuthin gonna git between my LOGCAP Class VI cost-plus checks from the DOD purchasing agent and my sub-contractor employees who use Medicaid because I don’t give ’em health insurance, I tell you what. Darn Soshulists.”
@miss kitty: LOLOLOL. The genius in deductive logic is now laid out clear as a bell for the world to see. My eyes weep tears of mirth, joy & sorrow. Thx for the laughter lullaby. Goodnight all.