So while waiting for an appointment, I decided to kill a few minutes reading the hashtag for Top Conservatives on Twitter (#tcot). I noticed this Tweet:
TheAntiGuru: Hello?!? You mean not one of you libs supporting Obamacare can name a single problem solved by government? Anyone? #tcot #p2 #topprog #hcr
To which I replied:
xarker: @TheAntiGuru Fire protection? Food safety? Interstate highways? Libraries? Public education? Land grant universities? Need more? #tcot
Which generated this priceless string of replies:
TheAntiGuru RT @xarker: @TheAntiGuru Fire protection? Oooh! You mean there are no fires anymore? My local news says otherwise. #tcot
TheAntiGuru RT @xarker: @TheAntiGuru Food safety? I guess all those stories about contaminated food were made up, right? #tcot
TheAntiGuru RT @xarker: @TheAntiGuru Interstate highways? Wow! You mean people didn't travel before those? Amazing! #tcot
TheAntiGuru RT @xarker: @TheAntiGuru Libraries? Public education? Land grant universities? Yes, there were no books and NO education before gov. #tcot
TheAntiGuru RT @xarker: @TheAntiGuru Need more? I'd settle for just one, got any? #tcot
TheAntiGuru RT @xarker: @TheAntiGuru Food safety? I guess all those stories about contaminated food were made up, right? #tcot
TheAntiGuru RT @xarker: @TheAntiGuru Interstate highways? Wow! You mean people didn't travel before those? Amazing! #tcot
TheAntiGuru RT @xarker: @TheAntiGuru Libraries? Public education? Land grant universities? Yes, there were no books and NO education before gov. #tcot
TheAntiGuru RT @xarker: @TheAntiGuru Need more? I'd settle for just one, got any? #tcot
Why no, Mr. AntiGuru. I think you've made things crystal clear.
Wow, looks like you hooked one of the intellectual ones.
Posted by: Michael Turro | Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 14:48
That's fine. He can't use any publicly funded roads or fire protection services anymore. I mean, he's a man of principle, right?
I do wonder how serious these guys are sometimes, though...
Posted by: Jamie | Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 17:26
You forgot Polio and all those other infectious diseases we get shots for.
Posted by: DK | Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 23:31
Excellent point Jamie, because my reaction to the first one was a burst of laughter. I thought I'd found a satirist who was playing with the absurd.
Then I looked around at his profile. Hooo boy.
If you've never been to #tcot, it's a strange, strange place.
Posted by: Dan | Friday, August 28, 2009 at 07:07
The stupid, it burns!
Also, to turn the question around, can he or anyone else name any problem at all that has been completely eradicated by conservatism or the lack of government?
Posted by: Rumblelizard | Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 06:29