Motley Moose – Archive

Interrogatories

When you go to sleep on the night before Christmas, are those visions of sugarplums dancing in your head, or something else? What?

Have you ever been discriminated against on the job by an employer?

It’s National Roots Day. Tell me about your roots. Are they in need of a touch up? Perhaps they are invasive and getting into the plumbing. Perhaps you are spending too much time on ancestry.com? Or maybe there is a team you are rooting for?

Did you ever, in your life, get addicted to a soap opera?

The Twitter Emitter

#YouMightBeARepublican if you wanted Bashir fired for offending Palin w/facts but Phil Robertson forgiven for insulting millions w/bigotry

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 20, 2013

The ten most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm Paul Ryan and I'm here to help the poors.'

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 20, 2013

Is it too ridiculous to pray that we’re close to the end of America’s redneck fetish?

— ¡socratic! (@socratic) December 20, 2013

George Zimmerman will have to shoot another black child if he wants to prevent #DuckDynasty guy from replacing him as GOP conv keynote #tcot

— Gen JC Xtian patriot (@JC_Christian) December 20, 2013

Phil Robertson recommends "12 Years A Slave" because sometimes you just want to see a movie where the folks onscreen are having fun.

— Bonnie McFarlane (@bonniemcfarlane) December 20, 2013

BREAKING: Standoff at Macy's as Ted Cruz is blocking checkout line and refusing to move until Obama agrees to repeal Obamacare.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 20, 2013

First they came for the 67-year old bearded Southerners with antiquated beliefs, and I said nothing, because zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) December 20, 2013

Target may be bad but lots of hacking at Walmart as well. It's the lung of the guy in front of me buying cigarettes and Vienna Sausages.

— CrutnackerNutcracker (@Crutnacker) December 20, 2013

I feel bad for Conservatives choosing sides between gay bashing and capitalism. Must be like picking a favorite child. #DuckDynasty

— DadNeedsADrink (@DadNeedsADrink) December 20, 2013

If it whines like a duck, bitches like a duck and is bigoted like a duck then it's a wingnut.

— kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) December 20, 2013

Interrogatories

If we had to let one state secede, if only to show them how bad things would be for them, which state would you choose?

Do you ever go caroling? Do you get carolers where you live?

How many pairs of shoes do you own? Do you need any more?

If you could have back one attribute of your youth, what would it be?

The Twitter Emitter

Breaking: A shocked A&E suspends Duck Dynasty star for anti-Gay slurs. Also apologizes a guy died in the A&E reality show "Let's Kill a Guy"

— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) December 19, 2013

Peggy Noonan: "I'm giving framed columns where I compare the current president to Reagan for Christmas. Everyone got a different one!"

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 19, 2013

"They are arguing over what color Santa is. They are not ready." — Aliens watching us and deciding not to make First Contact

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) December 19, 2013

It seems like putting Alec Baldwin on Duck Dynasty for a weeks would be the fairest punishment for everyone.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 19, 2013

What I've learned today: Sarah Palin thinks the Constitution protects the right to have a reality TV franchise. I'm off to drink now.

— Chris Lehmann (@lehmannchris) December 19, 2013

Sarah Palin: "Criticizing Phil Robertson is intolerant. Free speech includes everything, people. Everything but insults against me."

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 20, 2013

You have a constitutionally-protected right to verbally express your complete misunderstanding of your constitutionally-protected rights.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) December 20, 2013

Interrogatories

Are there any pets in your neighborhood that you wish would move out?

What is your greatest vice? Greatest virtue?

What category of book do you own the most of?

What smells, for you, mark each season?

The Twitter Emitter

There are people on “Duck Dynasty”? I thought it was like Meerkat Manor for mallards.

— Teresa Kopec (@TeresaKopec) December 19, 2013

I give America credit. Even complete idiots who have no clue what free speech even means have the right to speak freely.

— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) December 19, 2013

It Christians today just ranted about the rich, the religious hierarchy & divorcees as Jesus did, they wouldn't get or lose reality shows.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 19, 2013

Sad Duck Dynasty fans playing and rewinding Ned Beatty piggy scene in Deliverance in order to get their hillbilly fix. #NoPhilNoShow

— TBogg (@tbogg) December 19, 2013

I'm sick of you all violating my first amendment right to a reality show.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 19, 2013

Hating people is a lifestyle choice.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) December 19, 2013

Supporters of Duck Dynasty guy to wear camo tomorrow in solidarity which will make the lines at Walmart appear to be a lot shorter.

— TBogg (@tbogg) December 19, 2013

You would think by now people would understand that free speech doesn't mean freedom of consequences from the words you speak.

— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) December 19, 2013

I genuinely don't remember making you all this stupid.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) December 19, 2013

Interrogatories

Have you ever been to a performance of “Nutcracker,” or is it a yearly TV viewing experience for your family?

Do you ever bake cookies or other foods as gifts? What kinds?

What magazines did your family subscribe to when you were growing up? Which were your favorites, and why?

What is the most boring sport?

The Twitter Emitter

So cute to watch Republicans line up to tell Santa what they want in exchange for the debt ceiling.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 17, 2013

By the way, Marxists don't believe in God, so unless you're arguing that the Pope is atheist, shut the fuck up morons.

— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) December 17, 2013

Paul Ryan suggest tying debt ceiling vote to Keystone XL: "Sometimes the politicians the Kochs own have to blackmail the ones they don't"

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 17, 2013

Maybe the Brazilians will be able to tell us what happened in Benghazi.

— kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) December 18, 2013

Mega Millions is $636 million, which sounds like a lot, though the Koch brothers would point out that it's not enough to buy an election.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 18, 2013

Egalitarianism isn't for everyone.

— Mr Roger Quimbly (@RogerQuimbly) December 16, 2013

REMINDER: The best way to help Sarah Palin take the commercialization out of Christmas is to not buy her book

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 17, 2013

BREAKING: Shia LaBeouf hired as Sen. Rand Paul's head speech writer

— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) December 17, 2013

HBO inks deal w/Peter Jackson to turn "The Old Man and the Sea" into a 12-part miniseries. To include an octopus, pirates, & a whirlpool.

— Alex Parker (@AlexParkerDC) December 17, 2013

SOYLENT GREEN IS HUMAN RESOURCES

— Amy Phillips Bursch (@APBBlue) December 17, 2013

Pat Buchanan's a self-identified "paleoconservative", but is he thinking dinosaur or trilobite? Trilobites think dinosaurs are Marxist.

— William Gibson (@GreatDismal) December 17, 2013

Interrogatories

Do you have any annual celebrations that aren’t on the mainstream radar? Besides your own birthday, that is.

Do you consider yourself patriotic? How patriotic? Love it or leave it, or change it or lose it?

Did you start to misbehave in class when the teacher left the room, or were you a virtuous child? What sort of things did you get up to?

What is your favorite book store, and why?

The Twitter Emitter

He knows when you've been sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He's an X-Box Kinect, basically.

— @midnight (@midnight) December 16, 2013

One year, Erwin Schrödinger was my Secret Santa. That was a Christmas to remember! #DontOpenTheBox

— Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich) December 16, 2013

Fascinating how financial interests can force a reevaluation of closely held principles.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 17, 2013

Meanwhile the Mars Rover tweeted "How cute it is that China managed to get a rover all the way to the Moon."

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 17, 2013

Chris Christie claims NSA responsible for lane closings on GWB.

— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) December 17, 2013

Christmas. When billions of Christians celebrate the birthday of a Jew on a day picked by pagans.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 17, 2013

Racism is something you learn. But there are a nearly infinite number of teachers out there ready to give you lessons.

— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) December 17, 2013

Paul Ryan vows the GOP will "get something" for raising the debt ceiling: "I'm hoping for a Presidential proclamation that Santa is white"

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 17, 2013

I think Obama should troll everyone and put his presidential library in Kenya

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) December 17, 2013

REMINDER: A good Republican never says Happy Holidays to a senior whose Meals on Wheels have been cut. The correct term is "Merry Christmas"

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 17, 2013

George Zimmerman's painting is actually of the same dog in George W. Bush's painting, except no longer posing a threat to the neighborhood.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 17, 2013

Interrogatories

What is your favorite thing to dip in chocolate?

What’s the biggest earthquake you ever felt?

Did anyone ever give you a stupid toy? What was it?

Are you re-gifting anything this year? What is it?

The Twitter Emitter

Her only mistake was not making the surprise album available for download exclusively on the Obamacare website. #Beyonce

— currageous (@currageous) December 13, 2013

I believe we can credit the Barenaked Ladies' "If I Had $1,000,000" for the existence of pre-wrapped, shelf-stable bacon.

— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) December 13, 2013

It's ironic, really, that the people most paranoid about losing their freedoms think so many of us shouldn't have many.

— Suzanne Munshower (@expatina) December 15, 2013

What if the Megyn Kelly thing was brilliant cross marketing for A Madea Christmas?

— Jesse Taylor (@jesseltaylor) December 15, 2013

I'm on the Seattle to NYC flight and TSA just pulled someone off the plane for not wearing black.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 15, 2013

FACT: Putting "FACT" before a tweet does not make it a fact.

— Peter Flom (@peterflom) December 15, 2013

How dare the Pope attack people’s religious beliefs! And by religious beliefs I mean trickle down economics.

— Frank Vdl (@fvdlfvdl) December 15, 2013

You're only as old as you feel. Provided you feel exactly your age.

— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) December 15, 2013

Happy Friday the 13th!

Interrogatories

What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

Have you ever heckled anybody?

Have you ever been heckled by anybody? How did you handle it?

On a scale of hyperactive to laid back, where do you fall?

The Twitter Emitter

Defunding promised gov't worker pensions – now that's redistribution of wealth politicians aren't afraid of.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 11, 2013

admit obama's marriage to the danish prime minister was a bit of a surprise

— Atrios (@Atrios) December 12, 2013

In "A very Gingrich Christmas" Scrooge is a Job Creator, the Cratchits are merely lazy & Tiny Tim takes a janitor job.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 12, 2013

The left needs its own Tea Party. Because what America needs now is a congress that won't even be able to pass bills naming post offices.

— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) December 12, 2013

I want to fight for the historical and racial accuracy of the magic elf lord overseer who lives on a sheet of ice.

— Jesse Taylor (@jesseltaylor) December 12, 2013

I don't see what the big deal is about the fake sign-language guy. Sarah Palin has been faking spoken English for years.

— David Lubar (@davidlubar) December 12, 2013

This black/white Santa controversy could be easily cleared up if Santa would just show is his birth certificate.

— Danielle (@DCPlod) December 12, 2013

That which you have done for the biggest of my donors, you have done for me – Republican Jesus.

— rootless (@root_e) December 12, 2013

Final tweet on volatile subjects for today: #GOP says it's wrong to reach into their wallets, but fine to reach into my womb. #ProtectChoice

— Emmie Mears (@emmiemears) December 12, 2013

"this doesn't affect me, so I'm just going to assume all the women complaining are acting irrationally." – most men about everything ever

— Carolyn Edgar (@carolynedgar) December 12, 2013

Interrogatories

Do you decorate your house inside for Christmas? If yes, how?

Do you decorate the outside for Christmas? If yes, how?

What have you done this week to aid in the effort of the War on Christmas?

Do you ever make your own decorations, or aid children in theirs?

The Twitter Emitter

I don't understand what the big deal is. I plan on taking a selfie at Rush Limbaugh's funeral.

— Crutnacker (@Crutnacker) December 11, 2013

John Cornyn talks big about box turtle immorality, but Steve Stockman will actually do something about it

— Gen JC Xtian patriot (@JC_Christian) December 11, 2013

Folks. When I say @chucktodd is a hipster ginger bin Laden, I'm not making a comparison about their ethical status. It's about the beards.

— Patrick Blanchfield (@PatBlanchfield) December 11, 2013

Has Darrell Issa scheduled Selfiegate hearings yet?

— myrrh (@guan) December 11, 2013

They should have guessed that the Mandela memorial sign language guy was fake when he kept signing "Baba Booey"

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) December 11, 2013

The War on Christmas folks don't do such a hot job of keeping Christ in Christmas but do a great job of keeping the con in conservatism.

— Worley Dervish (@WorleyDervish) December 12, 2013

Thank GOD there’s a Godzilla reboot for a zillion dollars! I was afraid a studio would spend that money to produce a dozen original stories.

— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) December 12, 2013

Wonder if the GOP is longing for the good ol days when they pledged allegiance to Grover Norquist rather than Jim DeMint.

— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) December 12, 2013

"New species of cockroach discovered in New York." Man, hipster hate is getting out of hand.

— Bearded Stoner (@beardedstoner) December 12, 2013

DO YOU PEOPLE EVEN REALIZE THAT OBAMA JUST SHOOK HANDS WITH THE BROTHER OF THE DICTATOR THAT SHOOK HANDS WITH NIXON?!!!

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 12, 2013

Interrogatories

Have you, or has anyone close to you, ever fallen for a scam?

If you’re on Facebook, what percentage of “friends” is people you actually know in real life?

Did you ever have a trampoline?  A swing set? When you played outdoors, what did you play on, and what kind of games?

Is your local infrastructure in good or bad condition?

The Twitter Emitter

REMINDER: Being poor is fun. Being forced to call Christmas "the Holidays" is SLAVERY.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 9, 2013

I generally don't recommend holding a cat while bare-chested at the exact moment someone turns on a vacuum.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 9, 2013

Republicans say they have "small-town values"? Why do they want to rip the heart out of every small town? #SaveUSPS

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 9, 2013

Rand Paul: "Pope Francis shouldn't be ministering to the homeless. He's just discouraging them from starting businesses."

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 10, 2013

The #GOP's definition of success is the ability to go from one failure to another, with no loss of enthusiasm

— word34 (@word_34) December 10, 2013

Dear Republicans: Nobody is forcing you to be on the wrong side of history. That's your own choice. – Sincerely, America.

— kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) December 10, 2013

If you boycott MLK day because he was an anti-war 'socialist' then you'd probably better boycott Christmas, too.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 10, 2013

Mandela died so you could have someone to compare NSA abuses to.

— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) December 10, 2013

It's no coincidence that today the administration passed the Raul Castro Rule to nationalize banks, code named, deceptively, "Volcker Rule."

— roadkillrefugee (@rkref) December 10, 2013

Interrogatories

What is your favorite book that you HAD to read for school?

Are you a poetry person? Who is your favorite poet?

Who do you think (living person) should get a Nobel Prize?

Do you know the Dewey Decimal System?

The Twitter Emitter

Run a multimillion dollar company when I could be getting $4 a day for doing nothing? Are you smoking dust? I have a refrigerator!

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 9, 2013

RGIII Was Leading Until The 4th Quarter, Then He Stopped Leading, He Should Lead More #RonFournierSports

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 9, 2013

New jobs report exceeds expectations and unemployment down. Finally, something the media won't blame on Obama.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 9, 2013

The Senate may have to work weekends to get their job done this year. But wouldn't they work harder if we stopped paying them, Rand Paul?

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 9, 2013

Compromise defense bill advances after Democrats agree to GOP demand that "Merry Christmas" be painted on more than 5,000 nuclear warheads

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 9, 2013

If only all Muslims would convert to Christianity. Then we'd only have to be afraid of most of them because they're brown.

— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) December 9, 2013

Sarah Palin and Macaulay Culkin are trending. One is famous for their role as a child left behind by grownups, the other is Macaulay Culkin.

— DC Debbie (@DCdebbie) December 9, 2013