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I was unaware that ISIS was such a significant US adversary that it could be referred to as the adversary.
whembly wrote: When the leading presidential candidate called out her opponent giving "aid and comfort" to our adversaries... that's some bombastic newsworthy speech... no?
You literally just said she called him out for treason. Why are you changing tack?
whembly wrote: So me trying to explain Clinton is as bad as Cheeto Jesus is glitching and on a loop?
Uh.... yes. That's the loop you've been stuck on from the minute you realised #NeverTrump was a pipedream and that he was going to be the Republican candidate.
And its a loop that's gotten sillier and sillier as Trump has shown himself to be worse and worse as a candidate, causing you to have to pretend Clinton is just as bad. No matter how low Trump sinks, you will invent a way to pretend Clinton is just as bad.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
In other news, Paul Ryan has put out this year's most imaginative fiction, his new domestic plan. Its got all the standard stuff, repeal of Obamacare to be replaced by... silence... chirping crickets... a tumbleweed blows by. There's deregulation of finance, fossil fuels and basically any other place a Galtian superhero might be held back by evil government regulators. And of course there's lots more money for the armed forces and lots less money for any welfare programs. But there is one big change to Ryan's normal vision quest/10 year fiscal plan - instead of having a big tax cut that will blow the deficit out by trillions and see most of the benefit go to the rich... this time Ryan has included a big tax cut that will blow the deficit out by trillions and see all of the benefit go to the rich. Indeed, in the first year 75% of the benefit will go to the richest 1%, and then as more tax cuts are phased in by 2025 the highest earning 1% will receive 99.6% of the total benefit.
And remember, Paul Ryan is the smart, sensible Republican.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
I'm wanting ya'll to acknowledge that Hillary says stupid gak too.
If my favored candidate's stupid remarks amounts to his aleppo brain-fart... then, I'm secured in the knowledge that Johnson isn't the buck fething nutso like the top 2 candidates.
She said truth in this case. She did not claim Trump should be put on charges for treason but Trump's rhetorics are jackpot for ISIS. They WANT him to be the president. He's best recruiting tool ISIS could hope for! The more he spins out his rhetorics the more terrorists attacks will come. ISIS LOVES Trump. He's their best buddy. Couldn't ask for better guy to run for the president.
. On the write-in section on your ballot write anonymous, if they get 15% (I think) of the peoples votes they will enter a nominee for the presidential race. It will save you from Hillary and Trump,do you really want either of them in charge of the nuclear codes? If all of the US's nuclear missiles were fired, the ash and utter destruction would block out the sun and essentially kill any survivors because a loss in heat energy would mean that many things will not function correctly. While there is little factual evidence to support this, it is pretty much expected
-Celestial
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Celestialpainting wrote: . On the write-in section on your ballot write anonymous, if they get 15% (I think) of the peoples votes they will enter a nominee for the presidential race. It will save you from Hillary and Trump,do you really want either of them in charge of the nuclear codes? If all of the US's nuclear missiles were fired, the ash and utter destruction would block out the sun and essentially kill any survivors because a loss in heat energy would mean that many things will not function correctly. While there is little factual evidence to support this, it is pretty much expected
Edit - Celestialpainting edited out the best bit. Oh well.
He kept the part about writing in 'anonymous' and thereby somehow breaking the US electoral system, though. It's less fun but still as silly as the nuclear armageddon stuff. I mean, if 15% of the population were malcontents, why should they override the 85% of people who actually support a candidate? And what would happen if this 15% barrier was reached and the election declared with no winner? Would Obama stay on, would there just be no-one in the presidency?
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
sebster wrote: And what would happen if this 15% barrier was reached and the election declared with no winner? Would Obama stay on
Don't even joke about that. We need this long national nightmare of $2 gas, 5% unemployment, sustained deficit reduction, and dwindling foreign wars to end.
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sebster wrote: And what would happen if this 15% barrier was reached and the election declared with no winner? Would Obama stay on
Don't even joke about that. We need this long national nightmare of $2 gas, 5% unemployment, sustained deficit reduction, and dwindling foreign wars to end.
Indeed.
Obama is truly history's greatest monster.
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Ouze wrote: Don't even joke about that. We need this long national nightmare of $2 gas, 5% unemployment, sustained deficit reduction, and dwindling foreign wars to end.
He delivered everything Mitt Romney promised. Truly he will never be forgiven.
In related news, here's a cool graph on the recent household income gains. In the modern global economy it's very tought to deliver economic gains to every socio-economic group, and these results actually show the bottom ten and twenty percentiles gained more than any other group in the latest year (2014-15). That's about as close to economic miracle as you're going to get. This story has been pretty much entirely ignored.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
sebster wrote: And what would happen if this 15% barrier was reached and the election declared with no winner? Would Obama stay on
Don't even joke about that. We need this long national nightmare of $2 gas, 5% unemployment, sustained deficit reduction, and dwindling foreign wars to end.
Right... this is due to Democratic policies.
Nevermind that the GOP controlled Congress since 2010....
Obama and the Democrats are truly the ones pulling all the strings, eh?
sebster wrote: And what would happen if this 15% barrier was reached and the election declared with no winner? Would Obama stay on
Don't even joke about that. We need this long national nightmare of $2 gas, 5% unemployment, sustained deficit reduction, and dwindling foreign wars to end.
Indeed.
Obama is truly history's greatest monster.
If that were true and not because millions have left the workplace, we wouldn't have 40% inner city unemployment, 11 % under employment, and Trump/Sanders popularity.
-"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
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
sebster wrote: And what would happen if this 15% barrier was reached and the election declared with no winner? Would Obama stay on
Don't even joke about that. We need this long national nightmare of $2 gas, 5% unemployment, sustained deficit reduction, and dwindling foreign wars to end.
Right... this is due to Democratic policies.
Nevermind that the GOP controlled Congress since 2010....
Obama and the Democrats are truly the ones pulling all the strings, eh?
Well, I was joking about the gas prices. US presidents have, under normal circumstances, virtually no power to directly influence day to day gas prices. It was more of a retort to Newt Gingrich's 2012 campaign promise otherwise.
I wonder why no one ever asks this jackass, when he appears on cable shows, what happened to the $10 a gallon gas that was "Obama's goal".
I suspect that Obama will become viewed as a better Bill Clinton within a decade - all the moderate leadership, but without the sleaze.
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lord_blackfang wrote: Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote: The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
Ouze wrote: Don't even joke about that. We need this long national nightmare of $2 gas, 5% unemployment, sustained deficit reduction, and dwindling foreign wars to end.
He delivered everything Mitt Romney promised. Truly he will never be forgiven.
In related news, here's a cool graph on the recent household income gains. In the modern global economy it's very tought to deliver economic gains to every socio-economic group, and these results actually show the bottom ten and twenty percentiles gained more than any other group in the latest year (2014-15). That's about as close to economic miracle as you're going to get. This story has been pretty much entirely ignored.
This is no doubt just spin by the liberal media. Obama has created death panels, rampant unemployment, and destroyed the country. We should be looking to Russia as an example where they have a strong leader, fight terrorists, help their wealth creators, and stand up for their values. [HUGE SARC TAG HERE]
sebster wrote: And what would happen if this 15% barrier was reached and the election declared with no winner? Would Obama stay on
Don't even joke about that. We need this long national nightmare of $2 gas, 5% unemployment, sustained deficit reduction, and dwindling foreign wars to end.
Right... this is due to Democratic policies.
Nevermind that the GOP controlled Congress since 2010....
Obama and the Democrats are truly the ones pulling all the strings, eh?
Well, I was joking about the gas prices. US presidents have, under normal circumstances, virtually no power to directly influence day to day gas prices. It was more of a retort to Newt Gingrich's 2012 campaign promise otherwise.
I wonder why no one ever asks this jackass, when he appears on cable shows, what happened to the $10 a gallon gas that was "Obama's goal".
I suspect that Obama will become viewed as a better Bill Clinton within a decade - all the moderate leadership, but without the sleaze.
Not $10, $5 was the goal.
"Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe," Mr. Chu, who directs the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal in September.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122904040307499791
-"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
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
sebster wrote: And what would happen if this 15% barrier was reached and the election declared with no winner? Would Obama stay on
Don't even joke about that. We need this long national nightmare of $2 gas, 5% unemployment, sustained deficit reduction, and dwindling foreign wars to end.
Indeed.
Obama is truly history's greatest monster.
If that were true and not because millions have left the workplace, we wouldn't have 40% inner city unemployment, 11 % under employment, and Trump/Sanders popularity.
Always remember, perception IS reality.
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Celestialpainting wrote: . On the write-in section on your ballot write anonymous, if they get 15% (I think) of the peoples votes they will enter a nominee for the presidential race. It will save you from Hillary and Trump,do you really want either of them in charge of the nuclear codes? If all of the US's nuclear missiles were fired, the ash and utter destruction would block out the sun and essentially kill any survivors because a loss in heat energy would mean that many things will not function correctly. While there is little factual evidence to support this, it is pretty much expected
sebster wrote: And what would happen if this 15% barrier was reached and the election declared with no winner? Would Obama stay on
Don't even joke about that. We need this long national nightmare of $2 gas, 5% unemployment, sustained deficit reduction, and dwindling foreign wars to end.
Right... this is due to Democratic policies.
Nevermind that the GOP controlled Congress since 2010....
Obama and the Democrats are truly the ones pulling all the strings, eh?
Well, I was joking about the gas prices. US presidents have, under normal circumstances, virtually no power to directly influence day to day gas prices. It was more of a retort to Newt Gingrich's 2012 campaign promise otherwise.
I wonder why no one ever asks this jackass, when he appears on cable shows, what happened to the $10 a gallon gas that was "Obama's goal".
I suspect that Obama will become viewed as a better Bill Clinton within a decade - all the moderate leadership, but without the sleaze.
Probably the same reason why no one ever asks Obama about his vociferous opposition to the Iraq surge. Apathy?
Nevermind that the GOP controlled Congress since 2010....
Everyone recalls the veritable plethora of jobs related bills they worked non stop to produce..
as opposed to shutting down the Govt. for a while, wasting time and money in repeatedly failing to repeal the ACA and doing whatever they could to prevent gay marriage.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Nevermind that the GOP controlled Congress since 2010....
Everyone recalls the veritable plethora of jobs related bills they worked non stop to produce..
as opposed to shutting down the Govt. for a while, wasting time and money in repeatedly failing to repeal the ACA and doing whatever they could to prevent gay marriage.
Don't forget all the various investigative hearings, too.
Oh, the utter irony that auto correct wanted to use herrings instead of hearings.
"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me." - Twin Peaks
"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love. I love you Sheriff Truman." - Twin Peaks
sebster wrote: And what would happen if this 15% barrier was reached and the election declared with no winner? Would Obama stay on
Don't even joke about that. We need this long national nightmare of $2 gas, 5% unemployment, sustained deficit reduction, and dwindling foreign wars to end.
Right... this is due to Democratic policies.
Nevermind that the GOP controlled Congress since 2010....
Obama and the Democrats are truly the ones pulling all the strings, eh?
Well, I was joking about the gas prices. US presidents have, under normal circumstances, virtually no power to directly influence day to day gas prices. It was more of a retort to Newt Gingrich's 2012 campaign promise otherwise.
I wonder why no one ever asks this jackass, when he appears on cable shows, what happened to the $10 a gallon gas that was "Obama's goal".
That's true, since oil is a global commodity. If the President has any impact, it's either release oil from the US Strategic Reserve (very short term) or push regulation that hinders oil extractions (admittedly not easy to do).
Newt is bombastic, pompous ass for sure. But, the $10 a gallon gas goal? I chucked that into his moonbase idea.
I suspect that Obama will become viewed as a better Bill Clinton within a decade - all the moderate leadership, but without the sleaze.
If Dubya could rehabilitate his tenure...Obama certain can.
However, I don't think he'll ever be able to reach Clinton's status.
Nevermind that the GOP controlled Congress since 2010....
Everyone recalls the veritable plethora of jobs related bills they worked non stop to produce..
as opposed to shutting down the Govt. for a while, wasting time and money in repeatedly failing to repeal the ACA and doing whatever they could to prevent gay marriage.
Don't forget all the various investigative hearings, too.
Oh, the utter irony that auto correct wanted to use herrings instead of hearings.
Dude... investigative hearingis their fething job.
Congressional Oversight.
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whembly wrote: Right... this is due to Democratic policies.
No, it happened because an economy will recover over time without any input from politicians. Add in an oil glut leading to cheap petrol prices which also had nothing to do with anything any politician did.
What makes it funny is that Romney's 2012 campaign was run on his magical economic mojo - in which he promised job creation and growth figures... that was already exactly what the CBO was projecting.
What makes it sad is that Romney sold his tax cuts for the rich on the promise that it was the only way you would get that growth and jobs that was projected to happen anyway. Then Romney lost, his tax cuts didn't happen and the jobs and growth did, and 40 million americans still haven't figured out the scam.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
What makes it funny is that Romney's 2012 campaign was run on his magical economic mojo - in which he promised job creation and growth figures... that was already exactly what the CBO was projecting.
Romney lost.
As to Obama/Clinton and history.
Obama will be known as the first black President. Almost nothing else will matter to historians. Take this away:
*He will be noted as President during the Great Recession and Recovery, which will be viewed as a positive. He will also be noted for the negatives of Libya and Syria, and potentially being President when the seeds of the next great war are shown (China's expansion into the Pacific).
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-"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
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
I suspect that Obama will become viewed as a better Bill Clinton within a decade - all the moderate leadership, but without the sleaze.
If Dubya could rehabilitate his tenure...Obama certain can.
However, I don't think he'll ever be able to reach Clinton's status.
The difference between Bush and Obama is that most people understood the blame fell more on those around Bush. With Obama, it seems to be some deep seated personal hatred.
Nevermind that the GOP controlled Congress since 2010....
Everyone recalls the veritable plethora of jobs related bills they worked non stop to produce..
as opposed to shutting down the Govt. for a while, wasting time and money in repeatedly failing to repeal the ACA and doing whatever they could to prevent gay marriage.
Don't forget all the various investigative hearings, too.
Oh, the utter irony that auto correct wanted to use herrings instead of hearings.
Dude... investigative hearingis their fething job.
Congressional Oversight.
Apparently, despite all the times it's been explained to you by better writers than me, you still don't understand the difference between an honest investigative hearing, and a partisan fishing expedition/witch hunt disguised as a hearing. The former is their job, the latter should have resulted in any honest person voting them out.
You'll also notice that I didn't even name any specific hearings or parties. So I hope you're not just claiming that the general garment I displayed is cut to your fit?
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"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me." - Twin Peaks
"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love. I love you Sheriff Truman." - Twin Peaks
