en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/845251 Comments by richmx2 http://wonkette.com/575531/supreme-court-forces-alabamas-top-wingnut-judge-to-swallow-gay-marriage#IDComment949270165 I worked in Birmingham for a few months on a contract. It's a pretty town, the weather is good, and some good gay bars. And the money was good. I had just bought a used Saab, and had Alabama plates on my car (along with a "Friends Don't Let Friends Vote Republican" bumper sticker and a rainbow flag) and never encountered any problems. Yeah, people were bizarrely backwards (and made racist comments without thinking about to), but overall, other than having to speak sometimes in code (which was common everywhere at the time), they generally had the good manners not to be assholes to your face. Mon, 9 Feb 2015 21:11:25 +0000 http://wonkette.com/575531/supreme-court-forces-alabamas-top-wingnut-judge-to-swallow-gay-marriage#IDComment949270165 http://wonkette.com/575217/learn-this-hot-new-trick-to-raise-girls-into-ladies-with-homemaking-classes#IDComment949082611 My high school had originally been founded in the early 20th century to teach the children of immigrants... and assure they could get a white collar job. So, regardless of any other career plans, we had to take typing and bookkeeping. I suspect my typing teacher was a Marine Corps drill sergeant before she joined the convent, but those threats to "rip off your arm and beat you with the bloody stump" if you so much as dared glance at the keyboard have stood me in good stead. Until I moved to Latin America and had to learn where the ñ was. Mon, 9 Feb 2015 06:11:34 +0000 http://wonkette.com/575217/learn-this-hot-new-trick-to-raise-girls-into-ladies-with-homemaking-classes#IDComment949082611 http://wonkette.com/574979/aaron-schock-might-get-gayest-ethics-violation-ever#IDComment947947207 What makes you think he's a top? Total bottom would be my guess, based on... uh... exhaustive sampling of muscle fetishists. Thu, 5 Feb 2015 01:53:17 +0000 http://wonkette.com/574979/aaron-schock-might-get-gayest-ethics-violation-ever#IDComment947947207 http://wonkette.com/575013/hero-hilton-heir-is-emperor-of-all-he-surveys-also-arrested#IDComment947943482 Perhaps we can send smallpox infested blankets to the rich, and weed them out before they spawn. WIth votes, of course. Thu, 5 Feb 2015 01:31:32 +0000 http://wonkette.com/575013/hero-hilton-heir-is-emperor-of-all-he-surveys-also-arrested#IDComment947943482 http://wonkette.com/574930/gop-blaming-immigrants-for-diseases-gop-doesnt-believe-in#IDComment947940501 I caught a trout there. Thu, 5 Feb 2015 01:14:39 +0000 http://wonkette.com/574930/gop-blaming-immigrants-for-diseases-gop-doesnt-believe-in#IDComment947940501 http://wonkette.com/574863/fox-news-injects-known-toxins-into-vaccination-discussion#IDComment947716931 Closer to 300 years of medical science. BTW, there's a monument in Mexico City to Carlos IV of Spain, for launching the first mass scale vaccination campaign in 1804...sending out a fleet to inoculate the colonies against smallpox. Wed, 4 Feb 2015 07:23:17 +0000 http://wonkette.com/574863/fox-news-injects-known-toxins-into-vaccination-discussion#IDComment947716931 http://wonkette.com/574696/mike-huckabee-doing-the-gay-is-just-like-swearing-having-a-beer#IDComment947413005 Never heard of a Beer-can boy? Tue, 3 Feb 2015 06:42:17 +0000 http://wonkette.com/574696/mike-huckabee-doing-the-gay-is-just-like-swearing-having-a-beer#IDComment947413005 http://wonkette.com/574696/mike-huckabee-doing-the-gay-is-just-like-swearing-having-a-beer#IDComment947412627 He needs to be fucking Bud? Tue, 3 Feb 2015 06:39:58 +0000 http://wonkette.com/574696/mike-huckabee-doing-the-gay-is-just-like-swearing-having-a-beer#IDComment947412627 http://wonkette.com/574696/mike-huckabee-doing-the-gay-is-just-like-swearing-having-a-beer#IDComment947412508 I have a recipe for Sephardic "ham" ... it's actually salt-cured pressed duck, so it's kosher. Tue, 3 Feb 2015 06:39:19 +0000 http://wonkette.com/574696/mike-huckabee-doing-the-gay-is-just-like-swearing-having-a-beer#IDComment947412508 http://wonkette.com/574765/neo-nazis-take-wrong-train-miss-own-rally-because-neo-nazis-are-stupid#IDComment947404328 You got that Reich! Tue, 3 Feb 2015 05:56:28 +0000 http://wonkette.com/574765/neo-nazis-take-wrong-train-miss-own-rally-because-neo-nazis-are-stupid#IDComment947404328 http://wonkette.com/573666/iowa-freedom-summit-to-gather-most-of-americas-rightwing-idiots-in-one-place#IDComment944181166 Iowa... isn't that where pigs out-number humans by something like five to one? Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:46:30 +0000 http://wonkette.com/573666/iowa-freedom-summit-to-gather-most-of-americas-rightwing-idiots-in-one-place#IDComment944181166 http://wonkette.com/573441/doctors-to-fox-host-vaccinate-your-kids-idiot#IDComment943933656 All the Messicans are vaccinated. Fri, 23 Jan 2015 04:22:16 +0000 http://wonkette.com/573441/doctors-to-fox-host-vaccinate-your-kids-idiot#IDComment943933656 http://wonkette.com/573441/doctors-to-fox-host-vaccinate-your-kids-idiot#IDComment943933158 When El Paso County ran short of money, the kids were vaccinated by the State of Chihuahua health department. Heck, here in Mexico, vaccinations are mandatory, and every year there's a mass vaccination campaign, where even the Army is called up to help jab the kids. In Mexico City, your animals get vaccinated too... whether your dog want it or not. But the Naval personal who showed up did give my pups some doggie treats. Fri, 23 Jan 2015 04:19:49 +0000 http://wonkette.com/573441/doctors-to-fox-host-vaccinate-your-kids-idiot#IDComment943933158 http://wonkette.com/573071/paris-to-fox-news-see-you-in-court-for-being-lying-liars#IDComment943211372 Support Fox News! #Jesuisunmenteurcouché Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:38:07 +0000 http://wonkette.com/573071/paris-to-fox-news-see-you-in-court-for-being-lying-liars#IDComment943211372 http://wonkette.com/571869/republicans-demand-obama-declare-holy-war-invade-france#IDComment940636270 So, Miz Lindsey wants us to go to war against religion? Does he have a clue about Hebdo Charley, which its (surviving) editors defend as a voice for French atheism and anti-clericalism? Not that there's anything wrong with that, necessarily. As long as no shooting is involved. Tue, 13 Jan 2015 01:42:57 +0000 http://wonkette.com/571869/republicans-demand-obama-declare-holy-war-invade-france#IDComment940636270 http://wonkette.com/571896/rich-people-being-poor-sounds-easy-lets-not-be-poor-though#IDComment940633294 I was dirt-poor when I lived out in Brewster County (west Texas) ... even had to live in the "projects" (though, have to admit they were some of the nicest projects I've ever seen... an apartment complex that went bankrupt and taken over by the Dept. of Agriculture). Thankfully, I didn't need any medical treatments, but plenty of my neighbors ... especially on disability... regularly carpooled to Ojinaga, Chihuahua (just across from Presidio, Texas) for medical treatment. I ended up moving to Mexico permanently, where I am covered by our national health care system (and there are cheap walk-in clinics at just about every chain pharmacy). Tue, 13 Jan 2015 01:28:10 +0000 http://wonkette.com/571896/rich-people-being-poor-sounds-easy-lets-not-be-poor-though#IDComment940633294 http://wonkette.com/571832/sundays-with-the-christianists-ernest-hemingway-will-lure-you-to-hell-or-key-west#IDComment940194817 Too Catholic... Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:32:14 +0000 http://wonkette.com/571832/sundays-with-the-christianists-ernest-hemingway-will-lure-you-to-hell-or-key-west#IDComment940194817 http://wonkette.com/571745/vatican-decides-el-salvadors-archbishop-romero-died-for-jesus-not-marx#IDComment939587531 The nice thing about the weird Vatican bureaucratic process is that they'll start "investigating" his martyrdom, which means the best intelligence service in the world (the RCC Church) is gonna be looking into whodunit... so much for any lingering doubts about St. Ronnie. Sat, 10 Jan 2015 01:53:45 +0000 http://wonkette.com/571745/vatican-decides-el-salvadors-archbishop-romero-died-for-jesus-not-marx#IDComment939587531 http://wonkette.com/571227/indiana-republicans-will-not-eat-your-gayness-sir-no-they-will-not#IDComment938642534 What choice do you have sometimes. Ever lived in a small town? Not that I care whether or not my auto mechanic is a Christian mechanic or not, but I do care that he's the only one within walking distance of my house when the car is on the fritz. Wed, 7 Jan 2015 16:59:41 +0000 http://wonkette.com/571227/indiana-republicans-will-not-eat-your-gayness-sir-no-they-will-not#IDComment938642534 http://wonkette.com/571318/churchs-worst-cardinal-weeps-fat-tears-for-men-murdered-by-feminism#IDComment938637585 IIRC, old-old Pope (the Polish one) got pissed off at a French bishop and promoted him to Bishop of some ghost town in the Sahara Desert (didn't make him live there, though... it wasn't THAT pissed). Maybe new Pope will decide the Falkland Islands need an on-site Bishop, though. Wed, 7 Jan 2015 16:43:50 +0000 http://wonkette.com/571318/churchs-worst-cardinal-weeps-fat-tears-for-men-murdered-by-feminism#IDComment938637585