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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#38976: Nov 7th 2012 at 10:01:40 PM

[up]If you do a lot of squinting, maybe. tongue

#38977: Nov 7th 2012 at 10:12:40 PM

[up][up] In the sense that they are both older men with improbably good hair and the American Jawline™, I suppose.

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deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#38978: Nov 7th 2012 at 10:15:38 PM

Is it just me, or does Ryan with Biden's hair look kind of like Riff Raff?

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#38979: Nov 7th 2012 at 10:36:02 PM

He looks like a contender for Emperor Palpatine.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#38980: Nov 7th 2012 at 10:37:55 PM

Reid vows renewed push for Dream Act

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Skatepunk Since: Feb, 2011
#38981: Nov 7th 2012 at 11:03:17 PM

[up]

Excellent!

Still wish Berkley had defeated Heller. But I have a feeling that since Heller won with 45% of the vote, it was due to Berkley's questionable ethics.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#38982: Nov 8th 2012 at 12:18:20 AM

'Mitt Romney willing to work in Obama administration'

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#38984: Nov 8th 2012 at 4:06:45 AM

Question: Why does everyone keep calling the man 'Governor Romney' when he hasn't been a governor for the past five years?

Mache dich, mein Herze, rein...
Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#38985: Nov 8th 2012 at 4:10:53 AM

Because that was his highest ranking office and you don't lose the title (unless you were impeached) so you refer to him as that, unless you're trying to avoid ambiguity in which you say "Former-Governor Romney".

edited 8th Nov '12 4:14:23 AM by Completion

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#38986: Nov 8th 2012 at 4:16:03 AM

[up][up] Because it sounds good.

Palin claims election a 'catastrophic setback to our economy'

edited 8th Nov '12 4:20:53 AM by DeviantBraeburn

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#38987: Nov 8th 2012 at 4:22:50 AM

[up] Meh, I think it sounds awkward and needlessly formal. Same with calling a U.S. Senator 'Senator this-and-that' all the time, or the annoying tendency of the more "serious" Anglophone newspapers to put 'Mr.' or 'Ms.' in front of everyone's last name in editorials and such ('Mr. Obama has done blah and blah, while Mr. Romney has...'). Just the last name would work much better!

edited 8th Nov '12 4:23:23 AM by MidnightRambler

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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#38988: Nov 8th 2012 at 4:30:18 AM

[up]

But that's dull and mundane.

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#38989: Nov 8th 2012 at 4:37:54 AM

@Deivant's Mitt Link: Wait back up! Dear God...please, please don't let Obama give him Hillary's job...

edited 8th Nov '12 4:38:03 AM by Kostya

occono from Ireland. Since: Apr, 2009
RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
scratching at .8, just hopin'
#38991: Nov 8th 2012 at 5:51:35 AM

@ Grizzly

With all due respect, they can go jump in a lake.
From your lips to God's ears bro. Just saying you're going to need a mighty big lake.

@This link: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Anyone interested in a point-by-point takedown of this bullshit or would that be dignifying an article that doesn't deserve it?

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#38992: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:03:26 AM

[up]<collapses> You called that an article? [lol][lol][lol]

Heck: I can't believe that could possibly be straight-up. I kept reading it as parody. [lol]

RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
TheStarshipMaxima NCC - 1701 Since: Jun, 2009
NCC - 1701
#38994: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:08:47 AM

Starship: Again, generally an ideal that Democrats are in support of. Remind me why you vote Republican over Democrat, again, when you are clearly disgusted with the Republicans?

I sometimes don't know myself. As time has gone on, my socio-religious-political views have shifted so much, I wonder if I'm a constituency of just one nowadays.

I mean, I loathe abortions, but how do you say no to someone who says they want better sex education and realistic access to healthcare and birth control? I don't like the concept of the welfare state or the Occupy movement's rhetoric that we should 'just forgive student loans', but how do you say no to someone saying "But if you bail out a bank that squandered their profits, why not a person who simply fell on hard times?'

I don't want some misplaced sense of politeness to keep us from defending ourselves, but even I think we've overstayed our welcome in the Middle East by about...a decade. I think saying "I think homosexuality is a sin" isn't 'hate speech'. But I think breaking into a woman's house because she's a lesbian and carving "dyke" on her body as if this is some feudal estate IS most certainly a hate crime and should carry a minimum 10-year-sentence without parole.

I dunno. Maybe, if there's a TV Tropes party platform, then I'll have a place to belong.

It was an honor
RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
TheStarshipMaxima NCC - 1701 Since: Jun, 2009
NCC - 1701
#38996: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:13:56 AM

Vote Taoist/Starship in 2016. MAKING SENSE! *

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It was an honor
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#38997: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:14:42 AM

[up][up]It's a sad affliction, is it not? evil grin <hugs Starship> The best kind of conservatives are the smart ones.

edited 8th Nov '12 6:15:09 AM by Euodiachloris

RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
scratching at .8, just hopin'
#38998: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:18:25 AM

[up] Few political demographics get it worse. Us Chomskyan progressives more so. Which reminds me.

[up][up] Oh nonononono. You're the moderate, you get to be Prez. I'm the Chomsky-quoting Occupy-supporting hardcore progressive, I'm VP. It's the perfect life insurance policy. They won't dare assassinate you. Hell, just you threatening to quit will scare the nutters into submission.

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
TheStarshipMaxima NCC - 1701 Since: Jun, 2009
NCC - 1701
#38999: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:21:00 AM

Well, if me and Taoist take the White House, and meanwhile Euo, you win Prime Minister on your side of the pond....

Sensible politicians who are loyal only to the greater good, kicking the ass of Big Business and fundamentalists from one time zone to the other.

Awesome much?

Oh nonononono. You're the moderate, you get to be Prez. I'm the Chomsky-quoting Occupy-supporting hardcore progressive, I'm VP. It's the perfect life insurance policy. They won't dare assassinate you. Hell, just you threatening to quit will scare the nutters into submission.

[lol]! [tup]!

edited 8th Nov '12 6:22:25 AM by TheStarshipMaxima

It was an honor
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#39000: Nov 8th 2012 at 7:11:40 AM

@Radical Taoist: That link is hilarious. While it doesn't dignify a response, I suppose I feel like amusing myself so I'll take a shot at it.

#1) Huge expansion of TSA and the surveillance state
Okay, I'm already at a loss here. Apparently TSA is a haven for people who like to sexually molest innocent travelers? This is just fearmongering with no basis in fact.

#2) Expansion of secret arrests of American citizens
Yes, the secret arrests that don't actually happen. I didn't research these guys before, but are they liberal or conservative? They sound crazy.

#3) Acceleration of national debt blowout and endless fiat currency creation
And the problem with this is? Never mind, these are probably gold standard folks who think Paul Krugman is the Antichrist. Anyway, Obama has pledged to lower the deficit, which I think is a mistake until the economy recovers more, but what can you do?

#4) Rapid expansion of GMOs and USDA collusion
Ah yes, the conspiracy to make us all eat genetically modified Frankenfoods. Forgive me for siding with Monsanto and the Prez on this one; while I support transparency in labeling in a general sense, I don't believe in scaring people with phantom problems when there are far more crucial ones that need to be addressed.

#5) Increasingly dictatorial government health care
*Snerk* *Chuckle* *Snort*. Okay, okay, pull the other one, guys. You're making me laugh here.

#6) Immediate surge in sales of guns and ammo
The old "Obama hates the Second Amendment" line, despite having done nothing of the sort and said nothing of the sort. Nevertheless, I do expect that the Ted Nugent-worshiping crowd will continue to stock their armories, as they do when butterflies fart and rain falls.

#7) Accelerated erosion of the Bill of Rights and civil liberties
This presumes that an erosion has been occurring. Objection, your Honor! Assumes facts not in evidence!

#8) Continued destruction and looting of the U.S. economy
Well, at least they get that Romney would be just as bad. But what I can't figure out is who is doing the "looting". Apparently they simultaneously believe that the "global banker elite" will continue draining our money and that the welfare state will turn us all into mindless zombies. That both cannot be true at the same time is apparently lost on them.

#9) A “giant sucking sound” of employers leaving America
The "Obamacare will destroy jobs by driving employers away" line. Again, needs a solid helping of evidence.

#10) Stepped-up attacks on veterans and preppers
"Veterans will continue to be vilified by the Obama administration?" The administration that tried to pass a bill allocating $1 billion for job placement for vets? The stupidity erodes my very soul. And like I said earlier about the gun control myth, so-called "preppers" will stockpile guns, food, and ammo when ducks fly south or bears shit. They don't need any justifications.

I think my brain rotted a bit just from reading that article.

edited 8th Nov '12 7:17:34 AM by Fighteer

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