"Most solidly Republican Congress since 1929."

[Atman]

One of the MSNBC talking heads used this line -- meant to be a positive thing -- in her lead-up to John Boehner's hate conference...er, press conference...today.

1929. Hmm. Let that sink in for a moment. How did 1929 work out for us? If you have any money left after the Bush years, it might be time to stick it in the mattress. We might not even make it to the 2016 election!

[Coventina]

1. Unintentionally hilarious!

Biggest dirigible since the Hindenburg!

[LongTomH]

5. Biggest ocean liner since the Titannic!

[Atman]

7. Funny, I kept thinking of that same comparison.

Kind of like saying "This inaugural cruise across the North Atlantic will be the greatest journey since the Titanic!"

[Odin2005]

15. I love that smilely.

[bravenak]

2. Uh oh.

Time to stock up on Dinty Moore beef stew. I guess I'd better become a prepper.

[Atman]

6. We had a huge, successful garden this year...canned enough to last long time.

We might get bored with tomato sauce, salsa, peppers, artichokes, squash and beans, but we'll have food!

[bravenak]

11. I saw a fifty pound bag of beans at costco and some huge bags of rice.

We may just have to buy stuff in bulk. Cornmeal, salt, sugar, etc. it will be like we're homesteading.
I love reading Little House on the Prairie. And we have moose. I better find out how to make booze to drown my sorrows in and grow some 'medicine'. I'm in a red state, so we will be shoeless and living in tents soon.

[BronxBoy]

12. Peppers have done outstanding

down here this year...

[jwirr]

19. Lucky you. Up here in MN we had a late start and a cold summer. If we have to live on our garden

we will starve. Chickens are still laying eggs though.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or run for my life hearing that.

[Atman]

4. I can always sell apples and pencils on the street corner.

Probably not for minimum wage, though.

[magical thyme]

8. when W swept into office in 2000, my life turned into a crime wave

Literally.

I figure another rethug wave can only translate into another crime wave, mostly by neighbors, co-workers and hired contractors.

As before, the police will be too overwhelmed to help.

[unblock]

9. odd to mention 1929, as 1931 would be technically correct.

1929 was when the last more republican congress was seated, as opposed to the actual last days of that congress.

or they could have mentioned that election, which was in 1928. either would have sounded less ominous.

[DiverDave]

10. my dad, the serial marrying guy

was married to a women from Lawrence , Kansas. Her parents were wheat farmers.
In 1928 they bought a new combine, paid off half of it that year.
Took them SIXTEEN years to pay off the other half.
16.years.
I sure hope they don't screw it up that bad this time.

[jillan]

13. Once again that gosh durn librul media is doing such a fine job.....

of sleeping on the job!

[Odin2005]

14. Uh-Oh.

[jwirr]

16. Well that certainly is promising. I do not watch the MSNBC morning programs for this very reason.

I think I am becoming a cynic.

[Atman]

18. I cut the cord several months ago.

But I still have SiriusXM in the car. I admit to tuning in to a little news when I'm on the road.

[Autumn]

17. Truly terrifying.