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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:24 pm
by thibodeaux
You mean: who will the media SAY is being blamed? I think that makes it more of a rhetorical question, now doesn't it?
Besides, we've already seen this movie back in 1994 or whenever the last time it was that the Evil Republicans wanted to push granny over the cliff.
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:09 pm
by GORDON
Damn, think about what would happen in this country if 50 million people suddenly stopped paying their bills, because their only source of income disappeared. My wife, who works collections at a bank, figures they would be absolutely awash in bounced checks and delinquent loans of all kinds.
So now that the consequences are defined:
President Obama walked out of high-level negotiations Wednesday, saying according to a Republican aide, "I've reached my limit. This may bring my presidency down, but I won't yield on this."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politic....2dL8Ckf
Apparently Obama doesn't give much of a fuck. I assume by "bring my presidency down," he means fucking over the country.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:22 pm
by GORDON
It occurs to me that if Cantor had wanted to be the person the Republicans ran against Obama in 2012, he would have said, "Later, bitch" as Obama hissy-fitted out of that meeting.
It was my first instinct when I read the story.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:17 pm
by Malcolm
Read some news story today where some poll said most Americans still blame Dubyah for the shitty economy more than JCJ (the man formerly known as "B. Rock", now known as "Jimmy Carter, Jr.").
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:52 pm
by Leisher
Obama lied about his mother's fight with insurers.
Not a big deal except this was one of his big selling points in pushing for Obamacare.
White House response: Well that's how he remembered it, and even if he did get things wrong in his story, the point is the same.
Uh no, no it isn't the same. In his version, his mother is battling an evil insurance company who refused to give her any money because her condition was pre-existing. In the real version, the insurance companies paid almost all her bills without question even though the condition was pre-existing.
The only part of those two stories that are the same in that his mother had cancer.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:53 pm
by GORDON
Fake but accurate, again?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:21 am
by thibodeaux
The Chosen One. It's...interesting.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:15 am
by Leisher
Not sure on the numbers behind this video, but shouldn't this essentially be the campaign for whomever runs against Obama?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:19 pm
by TheCatt
Balance Budget Game
I tried for:
Competitive Advantage
Efficient Government
Safety Net
I got the first two, and ~2/3rds of the last.
Cut debt from 16.5T to 10.1T
Cut government from 25.9% of GDP to 21.4%
Delayed "budget bust" to 2038
Biggest changes:
Cut troops in Iraq/Afghanistan
Froze military spending
Reformed/simplified tax code.
Cut discretionary spending by 10%
Linked AMT to inflation.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:51 pm
by TPRJones
There's no real options there to cut spending, just piddling little crap.
Where's the "shut down Homeland Security" option? Where's "cut welfare and entitlement programs by 100%"? Where's "eliminate all foreign aid?"
Bah.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:54 pm
by TheCatt
TPRJones wrote:There's no real options there to cut spending, just piddling little crap.
Where's the "shut down Homeland Security" option? Where's "cut welfare and entitlement programs by 100%"? Where's "eliminate all foreign aid?"
Bah.
Cut foreign aid is there.
I elected "privatize security" (DHS doesnt cost much)
And you can't cut welfare that deeply, true.
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:33 pm
by TPRJones
Well, okay, but I was just providing some examples.
A better way to put it would be "Where is the option to cut every part of the federal government except enough for the military to protect us against invasion and maybe a little bit more in reserve in case of the necessity of military action abroad?"
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:10 pm
by thibodeaux
How do you know if you've FAILED at telling a joke?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnkEI-iICQI
If you have to say "that's a joke" after the punchline.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:45 pm
by TPRJones
Calling a rose a penguin doesn't mean it will start eating fish.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:36 pm
by TheCatt
Hey Obama - no shit.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:09 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:29 pm
by GORDON
Senate dems kill "Cut, Cap, Balance" passed by the House.
http://www.foxnews.com/politic....use-gop
They are going to let the economy implode for political points.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:41 pm
by thibodeaux
I didn't think of this:
“Don’t call my bluff” says President Obama, thereby implicitly admitting he is bluffing.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:17 pm
by Malcolm
Good to know they're serious about this "compromise" shit.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:19 pm
by Malcolm
thibodeaux wrote:I didn't think of this:
“Don’t call my bluff” says President Obama, thereby implicitly admitting he is bluffing.
Also in that article...
So if you take an extreme group, the very worst at something, such as crime, or the very best at something, such as maths or running, they will overwhelmingly be of one particular race and sex.
What? Are you high?