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Its like congress is personnel agenda now and not for the country or they're for the country and not for personnel agenda. Or they're to busy flaming each other. Its like they're actually hating each other....actually truth told I can't stand bickering is all. Don't get me started on the attack ads between Obama and Romney
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Cool. Well, you know, there's always room up here, you guys are welcome as long as you renounce that evil that is 3.2 % canned beers. Our Premier's a dick, but he loves kittens, so he can't really be that much of an evil person.
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[...] for conflict is the great teacher, and pain, the perfect educator.
Kovnik Obama wrote:Isn't that the default american attitude toward politics?
Pretty much. Blame whoever is in office, even if the disaster was created by a bunch of politicians no longer in office.
A bit like the default american attitude toward the UN...?
Nah. We tell Congress we hate them. We just tell the UN to off and get their hands off our freedom
That wasn't dogmas point, a populace get the government it deserves, a bad congress is the result of the people of the US
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MagickalMemories wrote:How about making another fist?
One can be, "Da Fist uv Mork" and the second can be, "Da Uvver Fist uv Mork."
Make a third, and it can be, "Da Uvver Uvver Fist uv Mork"
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They're all just a bunch of whores sucking off of the corporate teat. Dry that up, vote them ALL out and maybe some good will be done. As it stands, it really doesn't matter who the president is, they all reneg on their campaign promises and push the same agenda, basically whatever the fatcats want.
RegalPhantom wrote: If your fluff doesn't fit, change your fluff until it does
The prefect example of someone missing the point.
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Its just a shame that they couldn't fight off Andy Chambers.
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LordofHats wrote:I wasn't debating Dogma's point... I just tacked something extra on at the end
Ah, I misunderstood, I thought that you thought that he thought something else.
Bugger that's an annoying sentence to read
H.B.M.C. wrote:
"Balance, playtesting - a casual gamer craves not these things!" - Yoda, a casual gamer.
Three things matter in marksmanship -
location, location, location
MagickalMemories wrote:How about making another fist?
One can be, "Da Fist uv Mork" and the second can be, "Da Uvver Fist uv Mork."
Make a third, and it can be, "Da Uvver Uvver Fist uv Mork"
Eric
The only change I would make to Congress would be replacing filibustering with a machete armed match of King of the Hill.
Then I could watch people rail against a congress they hate while still voting for representation based on the fact that "He may be a lying scumbag but at least he isn't a damned Republican/Democrat" ; and maybe get an occasional bloodbath to actually make me pay attention.
Bromsy wrote:The only change I would make to Congress would be replacing filibustering with a machete armed match of King of the Hill.
Then I could watch people rail against a congress they hate while still voting for representation based on the fact that "He may be a lying scumbag but at least he isn't a damned Republican/Democrat" ; and maybe get an occasional bloodbath to actually make me pay attention.
In a slightly more serious point, but related to yours, why the HELL does filibustering even exist? A system that allows a minority to effectively hold the majority hostage (up to a certain point of course) is just asking to be abused.
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We’ve already covered this one, but it bears repeating: House Republicans have now voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act 33 times. Every time they take this vote, it’s time they could be spending on other issues. Other issues like, for instance, what they would do instead of the Affordable Care Act. But though they’ve found the time to vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act on 33 separate occasions, they have voted to replace the Affordable Care Act exactly … never.
Epic faaaaail.
AlmightyWalrus wrote:In a slightly more serious point, but related to yours, why the HELL does filibustering even exist? A system that allows a minority to effectively hold the majority hostage (up to a certain point of course) is just asking to be abused.
As opposed to a system which allows the majority to completely and utterly ignore the minority?
Fililbustering exists for technical reasons, mostly. But it hasn't been removed because neither party wants to risk effectively being voiceless when they're in the minority.
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112th Congress has had the least activity of all Congresses since the 80th in terms of laws past.
It is hugely unpopular.
Republicans carry a great deal of the blame. Democrats are however not blameless.
Suffice to say, the article does what it sets out to do, which is establish that the 112th Congress looks inept and divided.
This also is a trend thats been going on, politics have become more partisan(even more so with the economy the last 5 years). More partisan politics means less being done
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I would have though things were even dicier around 1860-1.
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Kovnik Obama wrote:
Isn't that the default american attitude toward politics?
Yes.
Kovnik Obama wrote:
A bit like the default american attitude toward the UN...?
No, the default American attitude towards the UN is that its useless and we spend too much money on it. Meanwhile, the ICAO, IMO, IMF, and ITU keep on trucking.
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WarOne wrote:
Suffice to say, the article does what it sets out to do, which is establish that the 112th Congress looks inept and divided.
Oh, its far from inept. It quite expertly exposes the problems with American politics.
Of course most people will follow my previous instructions.
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juraigamer wrote:It's amazing the representatives keep their jobs, isn't it supposed to be if you don't do your job you get fired?
Assuming life is a game, Congressmen are the people who have won it. They're paid vast salaries and given quite a bit of power and voice for doing essentially nothing.
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Sorry, Legoburner wins that one by default.
You could always help Frazzled out with security...He might need handlers for his attack dachshunds.
Indeed, wiener dog wrangling takes lots of effort and people. They are a feisty herd.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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My bet is on that guy in the back who keeps putting whoopie cushions on their seats. How are they suppose to focus when every time they sit down it sounds like they let one rip?!
off and get their hands off our freedom 
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