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[Insurrection]

Strangelove we should start a Daily Show thread if we're going to keep referring to it.....before 8 of our successors do it.

"Who has four fingers and left office in disgrace? This Guy!"

[Strangelove]

Strangelove we should start a Daily Show thread if we're going to keep referring to it.....before 8 of our successors do it.

"Who has four fingers and left office in disgrace? This Guy!"

Yeah i would quote MSNBC, CNN, or FOX but i stopped watching them a long time ago. Now i watch Tosh.O The Daily Show, and the Colbert Report. Oh and the Weather Channel.

Edited by Strangelove, 17 June 2010 - 11:48 PM.

[Dreamer]

http://kotaku.com/55...-us-all-offline

Seriously the Senate is try to pass a bill that will give our govt control over the internet.

[Strangelove]

DDD:

Is the FCC all over again ><

[Sakura Blossoms]

Ah Joe Barton, the idiotic genius who just made life for the Democrats and Obama a little sweeter this week, by actually apologizing to BP:

Thank you Joe Barton


I also found this blog entry wonderfully hilarious

Barton should re-apologize again

Tod Robberson / Editorial Writer

The more I think about it, Rep. Joe Barton should apologize for apologizing over his first apology. He didn't need to apologize for standing up for the small people like BP. I mean, someone has to defend the rights of corporations to fill our coastal waters with oil, kill off marine life and destroy the livelihoods of millions of coastal residents. When governments barge in and throw their weight around the way the Obama administration has done with its outrageous demand for compensation, we have to be careful that the rights of defenseless corporations like BP are not trampled on in the process. Joe Barton was bold for speaking out and being quick to apologize to the clearly downtrodden and browbeaten head of BP over the way he had been abused and maligned, as well as for the way the administration unfairly tried to interfere with BP's right to make lots of money without interference.

Thank goodness the GOP has people like Joe Barton who are willing to speak their minds without thinking about the impact of their words, just like BP was willing to drill and make reckless, cost-cutting decisions without regard to the impact those decisions would have down the road. We clearly need more shoot-from-the-hip thinkers to keep our country moving forward and to ensure our oceans and wildlife areas remain well lubricated.

I think the GOP needs more people like Joe Barton and Sarah Palin, who thinks that experience plugging a dike is reason enough to bring in the Dutch to help us with our little oil problem. And thank goodness that the GOP has so many blind, uncritical followers who are willing to accept what these people say at face value.

These are the types of leaders that America truly needs. So Joe Barton, I apologize to you for the shoddy treatment you're receiving. Shame on your GOP colleagues for the way they berated you. When 2012 rolls around, I say the GOP presidential ticket needs only two names at the top: Sarah Palin and Joe Barton.

[Nate River]

Ah Joe Barton, the idiotic genius who just made life for the Democrats and Obama a little sweeter this week, by actually apologizing to BP:

I agree that it was idiotic, partly because of the timing, but partly because completely wiffs on why what Obama did might be considered a problem or, rather how he did it.

I think Krauthhammer sums it well:

http://www.realclear...nt_of_year.html

[Strangelove]

Sakura Blossoms, this week has been hellish for Democrats and Republicans.

The Democrats have that South Carolina problem, and that North Carolina problem.

The Republicans have that Joe Barthon and Sarah Palin problem.

The two parties seems to be in the verge of collapsing. Thank you God, you do exist

[Nate River]

Sakura Blossoms, this week has been hellish for Democrats and Republicans.

The Democrats have that South Carolina problem, and that North Carolina problem.

The Republicans have that Joe Barthon and Sarah Palin problem.

The two parties seems to be in the verge of collapsing. Thank you God, you do exist

Alvin Greene!

That was bad, but not significant. Neither would have beat DeMint.

[Sakura Blossoms]

I agree that it was idiotic, partly because of the timing, but partly because completely wiffs on why what Obama did might be considered a problem or, rather how he did it.

And my question since the words were first uttered from his lips is...at what point did this *not* seem like a good idea to him, because *clearly* he thought he was being absolutely brilliant.

Sakura Blossoms, this week has been hellish for Democrats and Republicans.

But good 'ol Joe just single-handedly made it a *very* sweet week for Democrats by taking the eyes of the world off of them, and onto the fact that a Republican just apologized to the company responsible for the worst man-made disaster in America's history.


Edit - Oh, and Barton isn't the only one who is possibly making life a little easier for Democrats...quite a few Republican's are shooting themselves in the foot:

http://blog.nj.com/n...heir_own_w.html

[Insurrection]

It's funny, five years ago the shoe was on the other foot, but apologizing to BP in front of everyone is such a misstep that to not pick up on it would be foolish.

I really think that Haley Barbour has sounded like the mayor from Jaws through this whole thing.

Edited by Insurrection, 21 June 2010 - 12:37 AM.

[Kyuudaime]

http://kotaku.com/55...-us-all-offline

Seriously the Senate is try to pass a bill that will give our govt control over the internet.

I understand the reasoning behind this, but I still don't think it's a good idea.

[Insurrection]

I think they should have a contigency for when the Solar EMP destroys all electronic devices in 2011.

[Strangelove]

Oh Al Gore ><

when things are bad, only you can lighten us up by, harassing a woman...

[Sakura Blossoms]

Okay, Republicans are *really* pissing me off now. They truly are the party of pointless NO:

http://finance.yahoo...038575.html?x=0

[Nee-sama]

Well, it's true that the nat'l debt is spiraling out of control. But how do people propose the president help this recession if he's not allowed to spend any money?
It wasn't too long ago people were worried that this would be a depression era to top the Great Depression of the 20's and 30's but Obama's stimulus package among other things slowed that downward trend. Now, many people I know who had lost their jobs are back to work, although others are still losing their homes....

[Strangelove]

Well, it's true that the nat'l debt is spiraling out of control. But how do people propose the president help this recession if he's not allowed to spend any money?
It wasn't too long ago people were worried that this would be a depression era to top the Great Depression of the 20's and 30's but Obama's stimulus package among other things slowed that downward trend. Now, many people I know who had lost their jobs are back to work, although others are still losing their homes....

Faulty credit caused the recession, all Obama stimulus package did was give billions of dollars into banks, and corporations so they can keep afloat. Problem is that soon the United States will have to pay the bill.

Basically every citizen of the United States will have to pay. $42,254.87 in order to pay the full bill of the debt, there is no nation or empire on Earth that has managed to keep its prosperity for more than 5 years with such a mess. Now im going to excuse Obama, he is just following what seems to be the politically correctness of the century. Look what happened to Greece. Budget cuts = Riots on the streets.

Edited by Strangelove, 25 June 2010 - 08:56 PM.

[Nee-sama]

How can you expect to grow if you aren't spending money? That's like thinking you're going to start up a house-cleaning business without advertising. Bad analogy, but the point is you have to spend money before you can make it.
The big question remains, how do you fix a recession if you can't spend any money?
I agree blindly throwing money into the system wont help, so maybe the money just needs to be spent wisely.

Edited by Nee-sama, 25 June 2010 - 08:55 PM.

[catsi563]

yeah and bush and his two little wars in afghanistan and Iraq are at the core of that mess, along with the republican policy of no regulation of corporations which lead directly to the financing and banking mess that is a major part of it.

[Insurrection]

That's what happens when you get rid of Great Depression era finance law.

[Strangelove]

Our govt loaned to the banks at near 0% interest.

The banks loaned that same money to the government with interest.

Just so the banks could lend back to the people in order for the people to buy their brand new Mercedes.

You know what i think. I think that they were trying to make people forget about the economic downturn. I think they were trying to keep the people happy by giving them credit, make it look as if all their troubles just disappeared, and hoping to keep their seats in Congress.

But fortunately some people know better.