The Country Is Going To Hell: Duck Dynasty Guy Invited To President SOU Speech

[Koolaid_Man]

why? just why? invited by a repub....:bang

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/state-of-the-union-guests-duck-dynasty-willie-robertson-102725.html

[boutons_deux]

DD lifestyle epiptomizes the Repug base, Christian haters, hunters, wear lots of camo, etc, etc (probably a bunch of shit we don't know about)

[Spurminator]

That'll show all those Librul politicians who had absolutely nothing to do with his suspension and reinstatement by AMC!

[boutons_deux]

DD ratings down 30%, all "reality" TV just sucks.

Saw a couple segments of Mick Dodge, seems like a cool dude, like my man Troy on Gator people.

[boutons_deux]

27 Shocking Numbers That Reveal the True State of the (gone-to-hell) Union

1. New income generated since 2009 that has gone to the top 1 percent: 95 percent (http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~saez/saez-UStopincomes-2012.pdf)

2. Financial wealth controlled by the bottom 60 percent of all Americans: 2.3 percent (http://www.sanders.senate.gov/polls/wealth-and-income-inequality)

3. Record combined wealth of the top 400 richest Americans: $2,000,000,000,000 (http://www.cnbc.com/id/101038089)

4. Real decline in median middle-class incomes since 1999: $5,000 (http://www.sanders.senate.gov/polls/wealth-and-income-inequality)

5. Percentage of Hispanic and African-American children living in poverty, respectively: 33.8 percent; 36.7 percent (http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/13/PovertyAndIncomeEst/ib_poverty2013.cfm)

6. Amount that food stamps will be cut in 2014: $5 billion (http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3899)

7. Federal minimum wage: $7.25 (http://www.dol.gov/whd/minimumwage.htm)

8. What the minimum wage would be if it had kept pace with gains in worker productivity since 1968: $21.72 (http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/min-wage1-2012-03.pdf)

9. Number of U.S. workers laboring at or below minimum wage: 3.6 million (http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2012.htm) – the near equivalent of the population of Los Angeles.

10.Stealth taxpayer subsidy to the fast-food industry, paid out as safety-net benefits to McWorkers earning poverty wages: $7 billion (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/low-fast-food-wages-come-at-high-public-cost-report-say/2013/10/15/3fc5a608-34e7-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_story.html)

11. Global carbon dioxide levels measured in parts per million: 397 (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/)

12. Maximum concentration of the greenhouse gas that scientists deem sustainable: 350

13. Years since the turn of this century that have ranked among the warmest 15 on record: All 13 (https://twitter.com/ClimateCentral/status/426815600841588736)

14. Rank of 2013 on that list of the warmest years on record: Number Four (https://twitter.com/ClimateCentral/status/426815600841588736)

15. U.S. defense spending as of 2012: $682 billion (http://pgpf.org/Chart-Archive/0053_defense-comparison)

16. Dollar amount by which that surpassed our nearest plausible military rival, China: $516 billion (http://www.sipri.org/research/armaments/milex/milex_database)

17. Federal deficit last year: $680 billion (http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/30/news/economy/deficit-2013-treasury/)

18. Number of Americans disenfranchised from voting for felony convictions: 5.9 million (http://www.sentencingproject.org/map/map.cfm)

19. Share of those disenfranchised voters who are African-American: 37 percent (http://www.sentencingproject.org/map/map.cfm)

20. Number of Americans arrested annually for marijuana possession: 658,000 (http://blog.norml.org/2013/09/16/us-marijuana-arrests-remain-largely-unchanged-in-2012/)

21. Total incarcerated U.S. population: 2.3 million (http://www.sentencingproject.org/map/map.cfm)

22. Total population on probation/parole: 4.8 million (http://www.sentencingproject.org/map/map.cfm)

23. States that could be entirely filled by all of the Americans under correctional supervision: Nevada and Kentucky

24. Official unemployment rate: 6.7 percent (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm)

25. Alternate rate including Americans who've given up looking for work, or have only been able to secure part-time employment: 13.1 percent (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm)

26. Number of jobs the United States is still down from 2008 employment peak: 1.69 million (http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001)

27. Number of Americans who were cut off from long-term unemployment benefits at the turn of the year: 1.3 million (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/20/unemployment-benefits-for-1-3-million-workers-expire-next-week-heres-what-you-should-know/)

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/27-shocking-numbers-that-reveal-the-true-state-of-the-union-20140128#ixzz2rjS8IZBW

[TSA]

That'll show all those Librul politicians who had absolutely nothing to do with his suspension and reinstatement by AMC!

Willie Robertson wasn't suspended from anything.

[Koolaid_Man]

Willie Robertson wasn't suspended from anything.

maybe I'll start a black hillbilly version of a retarded ass show

[TeyshaBlue]

That would surprise about...ohh...none of us.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

That'll show all those Librul politicians who had absolutely nothing to do with his suspension and reinstatement by AMC!

:lmao

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

The funniest thing about Duck Dynasty is it's 4 preppy rich guys who decided they'd grow beards and exploit stupid rednecks with a show about duck hunting, similar to the way Glenn Beck and Toby Keith exploit dumb rednecks. It's great business tbh, here's a real picture of the Duck Dynasty cast:

http://i.imgur.com/K0KOBVO.jpg

[Dirk Oneanddoneski]

They got money and a show because the dad invented a duck call, but yeah most of them are playing a part. The guy that got invited to the SOTU even adopted a niglet like all celebs like to do

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

They got money and a show because the dad invented a duck call, but yeah most of them are playing a part. The guy that got invited to the SOTU even adopted a niglet like all celebs like to do

wait......seriously? :lmao:lmao:lmao

[SnakeBoy]

27 Shocking Numbers That Reveal the True State of the (gone-to-hell) Union

1. New income generated since 2009 that has gone to the top 1 percent: 95 percent (http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~saez/saez-UStopincomes-2012.pdf)

2. Financial wealth controlled by the bottom 60 percent of all Americans: 2.3 percent (http://www.sanders.senate.gov/polls/wealth-and-income-inequality)

3. Record combined wealth of the top 400 richest Americans: $2,000,000,000,000 (http://www.cnbc.com/id/101038089)

4. Real decline in median middle-class incomes since 1999: $5,000 (http://www.sanders.senate.gov/polls/wealth-and-income-inequality)

5. Percentage of Hispanic and African-American children living in poverty, respectively: 33.8 percent; 36.7 percent (http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/13/PovertyAndIncomeEst/ib_poverty2013.cfm)

6. Amount that food stamps will be cut in 2014: $5 billion (http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3899)

7. Federal minimum wage: $7.25 (http://www.dol.gov/whd/minimumwage.htm)

8. What the minimum wage would be if it had kept pace with gains in worker productivity since 1968: $21.72 (http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/min-wage1-2012-03.pdf)

9. Number of U.S. workers laboring at or below minimum wage: 3.6 million (http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2012.htm) – the near equivalent of the population of Los Angeles.

10.Stealth taxpayer subsidy to the fast-food industry, paid out as safety-net benefits to McWorkers earning poverty wages: $7 billion (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/low-fast-food-wages-come-at-high-public-cost-report-say/2013/10/15/3fc5a608-34e7-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_story.html)

11. Global carbon dioxide levels measured in parts per million: 397 (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/)

12. Maximum concentration of the greenhouse gas that scientists deem sustainable: 350

13. Years since the turn of this century that have ranked among the warmest 15 on record: All 13 (https://twitter.com/ClimateCentral/status/426815600841588736)

14. Rank of 2013 on that list of the warmest years on record: Number Four (https://twitter.com/ClimateCentral/status/426815600841588736)

15. U.S. defense spending as of 2012: $682 billion (http://pgpf.org/Chart-Archive/0053_defense-comparison)

16. Dollar amount by which that surpassed our nearest plausible military rival, China: $516 billion (http://www.sipri.org/research/armaments/milex/milex_database)

17. Federal deficit last year: $680 billion (http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/30/news/economy/deficit-2013-treasury/)

18. Number of Americans disenfranchised from voting for felony convictions: 5.9 million (http://www.sentencingproject.org/map/map.cfm)

19. Share of those disenfranchised voters who are African-American: 37 percent (http://www.sentencingproject.org/map/map.cfm)

20. Number of Americans arrested annually for marijuana possession: 658,000 (http://blog.norml.org/2013/09/16/us-marijuana-arrests-remain-largely-unchanged-in-2012/)

21. Total incarcerated U.S. population: 2.3 million (http://www.sentencingproject.org/map/map.cfm)

22. Total population on probation/parole: 4.8 million (http://www.sentencingproject.org/map/map.cfm)

23. States that could be entirely filled by all of the Americans under correctional supervision: Nevada and Kentucky

24. Official unemployment rate: 6.7 percent (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm)

25. Alternate rate including Americans who've given up looking for work, or have only been able to secure part-time employment: 13.1 percent (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm)

26. Number of jobs the United States is still down from 2008 employment peak: 1.69 million (http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001)

27. Number of Americans who were cut off from long-term unemployment benefits at the turn of the year: 1.3 million (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/20/unemployment-benefits-for-1-3-million-workers-expire-next-week-heres-what-you-should-know/)

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/27-shocking-numbers-that-reveal-the-true-state-of-the-union-20140128#ixzz2rjS8IZBW



You forgot to blame repugs and the vrwc.

[boutons_deux]

You forgot to blame repugs and the vrwc.

that goes without sayin'