Thursday, December 15, 2011

Live Tweets From GOP Debate Part X


thejamestripp James Tripp
will be live tweeting the Republican debate beginning tonight at 6 pm PST.

thejamestripp James Tripp
Newt is using one of his scary words---"radical."

Will the media still call Ron Paul a dark horse if he wins?

Rick Santorum will light the people of Iowa on fire. That's radical.

Rick Perry would be a part time President.

I wish I could sign a pledge.

They are blaming the President for an obstructionist Congress.

Jon Huntsman said the tax should be flat. I say it should be round and I claim it for Queen Isabella of Spain!

Newt seems like it's beneath him to be there.

Newt worked with Habitat for Humanity. He’s a regular Jimmy Carter.

Ron Paul needs to raise his speaking fee.

There are a lot of good GSA's, Newt isn't one of them.

I am shocked...shocked that there is gambling going on in Washington!

You should have facts before you speak unless you have facts before you speak.

Rick Perry looks like he doesn't recognize what he said.

We already have a part time Congress T-Th.

Here comes the judge!

thejamestripp James Tripp
I'll bet Newt won't close the divorce court.

My favorite judge is Steven Tyler.

thejamestripp James Tripp
The audience is easily amused.

Obama followed through on the agreement signed by Bush.

Nothing could be more dangerous than stating the facts to this audience.

I declare a no flies zone between Rick Perry's ears!

Up with oil! Down with aquifer!

Texas politicians are the biggest wind makers.

Monroe Doctrine? Cuba? ¿QuĂ©

Jon Huntsman makes too much sense.

Marriage is a relationship between a man, a woman and a corporation.

Barbaric is one of Newt's words. Bachmann shouldn't use it.

Life begins at 5 PM.

Life begins when this debate is over.

thejamestripp James Tripp
Are you better off today than you will be in four years?

Monday, December 05, 2011

"Breaking Taboo" - December 5, 2011

Here's today's podcast of "Breaking Taboo" with me, Steven Forrest and Host Lakota Phillips (There's a technical difficulty in the middle where there's a dead spot, but just forward through it:) :

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Live Tweets From GOP Debates Part IX


thejamestripp James Tripp
will be live tweeting the GOP debate beginning at 5 pm PST.

thejamestripp James Tripp
Newt is surging over his belt.

I'm still not sure who's winning.

I liked the National Anthem better when Frankie Valli sang it.

Who's winning this debate?

Let the games begin!

I am James Tripp and I want to be your next President. Am I winning?

Will the real Presidential candidate please stand up?

The greatest nation that ever "was," says Huntsman.

We should use every tool to combat terrorism, but that's no reason to vote for New Gingrich.

Do not sacrifice liberty for security unless you want to scare the American people into voting for the GOP.

I need to get a wireless phone.

The wages of sin are not enough, so I'm forming a union

Rick Perry has failed to collect intelligence.

Ron Paul can't believe he's in a debate with these bozos.

The GOP Debates were just picked up for the back 13!

Rick Perry has no understanding of foreign policy.

Bachman-1 Perry-Less than 0.

We should send the UC Davis Police in to break up the occupation of Pakistan.

"Don't complain if we kill people." You tell 'em, Newton.

By "radical leaders," Santorum means, "Democrats."

Someone from the Heritage Foundation is not a member of the audience, but a representative of one the 
sponsors of the debate.

My friend Ernie is less than a year away from getting a loud Hawaiian shirt, but that's no reason for a preemptive attack.

Santorum has relations all over the world, but he's no Herman Cain.

thejamestripp James Tripp
We should be blowing people up, not putting them back together! #MittRomney

If I'm elected President, I'm going to Disneyland!

Newt helped form a caucus before he was forced to resign his office in disgrace.

Not only will Gingrich bomb, he will change their regime. You go, girl.

If I'm elected President, I will appoint a super-duper committee!

I never heard Obama say "Y'all." #RickPerry

Brutus is an honorable man.

We'll be funding China's military, but we'll also be their suppliers. It's a job creator!

I think there should have been an opposing view to Wolf Blitzer's station identification.

Why do they keep identifying members of the Heritage Foundation as just members of the audience?

Rick Perry wants to Occupy the banks in Mexico.

Santorum has a four point plan, which is five less than nine.

What if they don't go to church, Newt? Should we let them in?

Mitt Romney is a party animal.

Rick Perry is magnetic. We must stop him.

Rick Perry is very into boots.

Now to debate which product to buy...

There is no reason to applaud for the Heritage Foundation.

Cain will not support a no fly zone in Syria; he will deliver pizza anywhere in 30 minutes.

The people asking the questions know more than the people answering them.
Regime change in Syria, Not USA. #MittRomney

"This is not just about Syria, it's about Iran..." because I don't know anything about Syria. #HermanCain

thejamestripp James Tripp
From Newt Gingrich’s answer, I think he’s been watching "24" on DVD.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Live Tweets From GOP Debate Part VIII


thejamestripp James Tripp
will be live tweeting the GOP debate beginning at 5 pm PST.

thejamestripp James Tripp
It's always good to start a debate with commercials.

I want to hear Rick Perry say, "nu-cle-ar."

If Newt had a cat in his lap he'd be a good James Bond villain.

Rick Perry wants to re-invade Afghanistan with a three point plan of attack.

"How can we begin to seek peace without war?"

Jon Huntsman doesn't want to invade anybody. I don't get it.

"We don't negotiate with Democrats."

Newt wants to invade Pakistan.

Cain wishes they all could be Pakistani girls.

Rick Perry is sticking to talking points and not answering the questions. He's not fooling me.

Rick Perry went back to the talking ppoint instead of answering the follow-up.

What is Michele Bachmann mourning?

Finally someone standing up for Christianity!

Isn't it Santorum's turn to surge?

I don't agree with the positions the commercials are taking.

Nobody wants to answer the questions.

John Paul II, Newt?

This panel wants to invade Iran. Let Israel do it.

Is it torture to question a subordinate with your hand on her knee?

Perry wants to invade cyberspace.

thejamestripp James Tripp
"Everyone will be put into Obamacare." Sounds okay to me.

Herman Cain would reverse all three things, but he only named two.

Who needs the rule of law when the yahoos in the audience have pitchforks?

Let's get rid of Romneycare.

Where is Tim Pawlenty on all of this?

If you have to work to get your unemployment check, then you're not unemployed.

It's LBJ's fault!

Herman Cain will do a lot of consulting if he's elected President.

"Here's another fine mess!"

Banks that are "too big to fail" should be broken up.

thejamestripp James Tripp
Perry survived.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

The 98%

I’m a little concerned that only 1% of the 99% are representing 100% of the 99% and I think it’s time somebody started protesting about this, but not me. I’m not a trouble maker. It’s just that the people in the Occupy movement aren’t 99% of the people. They’re probably not even 1% of the 99% of the people they say they represent. They’re not the only ones getting the business from business. They’re just the ones with sleeping bags and no toilets, but that’s no reason to listen to them. I have things say too. Listen to me. I am a spokesman for the 98% of the 99%.

The only trouble is, I have nothing to say, but that’s no reason not to say anything. Long live the ninety-eight!

First of all, my landlord’s an asshole. I want to state that right off. I have rent control, so the landlord doesn’t want to fix anything. The landlord wants me to move out so he can raise the rent. “Fuck-you, landlord. I’m not moving out. Fix the sink!” The only way I get repairs done is if I call the building inspector, which I have to do every six months. I’m on a first name basis with Building Inspector Yen, but that’s no reason to use his first name.

Secondly, how come I never got on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson?” What, did he think he was some kind of a big shot? Is it because I didn’t have tits and didn’t blow Jim McCawley?

The 98% of the 99% have a lot more to say than the 1% of the 99%. I think I’m proving that. I don’t think the 99% are saying anything, which makes me think we’re a lot alike, but that’s not important. What is important is that we’re different.

Here’s something that bugs me---people who make lists of things that bug them. I got things that bug me too! Who needs to listen to your list? Stupid 1% of 99%.

Too big to jail banks are a big problem. I get it, 1% of the 99%. Maybe you’re right about that. The banks are bigger now than they were before the crash. That’s bad. I get it. I saw “The Merchant of Venice,” the one with Al Pacino, and I could be wrong, but he doesn’t look Jewish---maybe a Northern Italian Jew (Are there any?), but I digress, and it’s not worth protesting, and who knows, maybe this digression is more interesting than the body of words that surround it and maybe I should digress more often, but that’s a digression, also not worth protesting. There are at least 1% out of 99% of you who are not amused by this, maybe more.

My bank has all kinds of new regulations, and somebody ought to complain about that, but not me. I got a letter the other day saying I have to have money to keep an account. Stupid bank. They’re gonna lose a perfectly good customer!

Bank of America and Citibank wanted to start charging a $5 monthly debit card fee but people wouldn’t pay so they backed off. Fuck you, Bank of America and Citigroup, although in the interest of full disclosure, I do own stock in Citigroup. Fuck me.

Unemployment’s a problem. I get it, one per centers of ninety-niners. You don’t have a job. I don’t have a job either. You don’t hear me complaining. Do you think people pay me for this? They don’t. I’ve been unemployed for so long now that I had to put it on my rĂ©sumĂ©. But just because I’m unemployed, that’s no reason to get a job. Why should I go to work for a corporation like some serf when I could be surfing if I surfed? So I can buy a big new plasma TV and fancy new car and food?

Here’s another thing to complain about---but not me. I won’t be complaining. There are too many media companies. I don’t have that kind of time. With 5 different corporations controlling the flow of mass communication in this country, it just gets confusing. We need more media consolidation. News Corporation should buy everything, including lobbyists, so we can get one consistent message. I don’t know what that message should be yet, but it will be for immediate release…Maybe, “Sale Thursday!”

If News Corporation owned everything, we wouldn’t have to pay politicians so much to run for office. Who needs campaign finance reform when News Corporation can tell you who to vote for? Why make politicians collect a bunch of little checks when it’s so much easier to just collect one big one?

The Supreme Court said that corporations are people, but I still won’t visit them on holidays. If corporations are people, how do they fuck? I know how they fuck me. I don’t even have the rights to the patent on my own DNA, which can sometimes be a problem.

There are already seven billion other people in the world and only 106 of them are following me on Twitter. Maybe corporations should count as people. Then they could follow me.

Corporations are not people. They have more rights than people. My friend, Ernie, went public and he got arrested. Corporations should not have unlimited free speech rights. Just ask the Marlboro Man. You can’t. He died of cancer. Corporations shouldn’t have the same rights to free speech as people and I’m not so sure we should give it to the Supreme Court.  Maybe they ought to shut up. That’d set a new precedent. I have contempt for this Supreme Court. It was a five to four decision. With a Supreme Court like this, who needs elections?

Don’t get me wrong. I love corporations. Why, some of my best friends are incorporated! I wouldn’t want one to marry my sister. I’m thinking of incorporating myself to avoid federal election spending limits and for the limited liability because I’m liable to do anything. “Was’t Hamlet wronged Laertes? Never Hamlet. Twas Hamlet’s corporation.”

At this point, I should probably point out that I forget the point, but that’s not important to the point I’m trying to make. My fellow ninety-eight per-centers, this country isn’t a Republic, it’s a privately held corporation, founded in Philadelphia, more recently a Delaware corporation, soon to be relocating to Switzerland, but that’s no reason to occupy it.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Live Tweets From GOP Debate Part VII

thejamestripp James Tripp
will live tweet the Las Vegas GOP debate, where the odds are the candidates, today starting at 5 pm PST.

thejamestripp James Tripp
is looking forward to the commercials in tonight's GOP debate.

Tonight's debate will be multimedia, but I may still fall asleep.

I think we need another GOP debate after this one.

Who produced this opening and why?

What's with the dramatic music?

Every time I see Michele Bachmann she has more make-up on her eyes than the last time I saw her.

Shouldn't @DonRickles be in this Las Vegas debate?

I disagree with Rick Santorum's position on his daughter.

Herman Cain started giving his wife the business 42 years ago.

Perry would be a job creator if he withdrew from the race and let someone else take the position.

thejamestripp James Tripp
is happy to be in Vegas.

Did you know that Michele Bachmann was a former tax attorney?

Shouldn't a tax attorney be in favor of taxes?

Herman Cain is in analysis.

My plan is better that Herman Cain's. My plan is called 9-9-9-9.

Cain's constituents don't understand him and neither do I.

Newt wants 0 capital gains so Warren Buffet doesn't have to pay anything.

We need to resurrect the Glass-Steagall Act.

There's a lot of natural gas on stage.

People in the lower class have more mobility because they're homeless.

Did Mitt Romney just say he took a crap in Massachusetts?

I don't have a name you can add care to-Obamacare, yes. Romneycare, yes. Trippcare? No.

The evolution of the mandate-1. Newt 2. Mitt 3. The President.

The commercials were longer than Cooper said they would be.

I can't wait to be e-verified!

A pizza in every pot!

these boots on the ground were made for stomping.

If you have anything nice to say about the President, don't say anything at all.

I will enforce English as the official language of this panel.

They love legal immigration as long as they're Americans.

Texas is no California.

Check his papers!

I think Herman Cain left out an ethnic group.

Dan Rather was an anchor baby. I know.

thejamestripp James Tripp
Faith is being crushed by our courts and our government which is a good thing.

We need to bring our troops home so they can occupy America!

If nobody wants nuclear waste, maybe we shouldn't generate it.

What kind of a debate is this? They all agree.

How do you repair the economy without criticizing Obama?

Rick Perry wrote a letter to Congress which was as effective as the one I wrote in Mrs. Toomey's 1st grade class.

Cain was for TARP when the polls were for it and against TARP when the polls changed.

Who has the biggest flag pin?

"Government can't manage anything," especially if Ron Paul is running it.

Everybody has the right to have two arms.

Santorum is no John Kennedy.

"How can you trust him with power if he doesn't prey?" - Newt. I'll prey if Newt gets elected.

Ron Paul wants to eliminate the Department of President.

Cutting defense spending would be like cutting defense contractors contributions to my campaign.

We need to eliminate foreign aid and diplomacy.

Romney wants to turn Medicare over to the states which are almost bankrupt.

Michele wants to invoice the countries we invade.

Newt thinks selling arms for hostages was a mistake---out on a limb.

Santorum is at 1%. Does that mean he's rich?

Mitt Romney has created job openings.

And now the end is near.

Michele is baking a cake.

thejamestripp James Tripp
The debate is over and they're still arguing. Play nice.