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LooseCannon The Groose Is Loose from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jun, 2012
The Groose Is Loose
#39226: Nov 8th 2012 at 5:56:50 PM

Hoepfully Bachmann will lose her seat in 2014. She barely won this year, and she's the incumbent. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if incumbents squeeze out a win they don't stay too long.

Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
TheStarshipMaxima NCC - 1701 Since: Jun, 2009
NCC - 1701
#39227: Nov 8th 2012 at 5:56:55 PM

It has come to my attention that we have moved four pages in the last twelve hours. Gentlemen, what the hell happened? We should have added ten pages!

Maybe we'd prefer a more conservative rate of page appreciation, you leftie lunatic. [lol]!

It was an honor
Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#39228: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:02:20 PM

Bitch please, you know you would secretly love it if we went 10 pages in a hour, let alone 12. tongue

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#39229: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:03:51 PM

I cant add em any faster cap'n! if I push her too hard maxima will explode!

edited 8th Nov '12 6:04:00 PM by Midgetsnowman

theweirdKiddokun What a Wonderful World! from Last Place in the Race Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
What a Wonderful World!
#39230: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:03:54 PM

I like the cool down after reading 40 pages to catch up.

The Reaper Games starts anew.
TheStarshipMaxima NCC - 1701 Since: Jun, 2009
NCC - 1701
#39231: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:04:09 PM

[up][up][up][tup][tup][lol]!

[up][up][tup]grin[lol]

[up] Okay, that's dedication.

edited 8th Nov '12 6:06:27 PM by TheStarshipMaxima

It was an honor
Swish Long Live the King Since: Jan, 2001
Long Live the King
#39232: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:06:15 PM

True they didn't lose too many seats but again, this was the Democrats election to lose. The fact that the flood of Tea has been blocked is good news since it means people are starting to wise up to them.

Define "blocked".

Four senate wins(out of 16 possible, and since it's the Senate, there were zero Tea Party Incumbents that could lose), and only four of the Tea Party incumbents in the House lost(out of 67, if I counted right), but they still got 3 newcomers that won... I'm not seeing the whole "blocking" of the Tea Party...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if incumbents squeeze out a win they don't stay too long.

Depends on the candidate and their district... Usually their days are numbered, yes... But whether it's the following election or not depends on when they faltered. Since mid-terms tend to go Republican anyway, Bachmann will probably stay until 2016...

theweirdKiddokun What a Wonderful World! from Last Place in the Race Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
What a Wonderful World!
#39233: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:13:13 PM

Dedication has nothing to do with it Star. I promise myself to never skip a page on a thread in my watchlist. It was a Promise Made To The Heavens!

The Reaper Games starts anew.
GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#39234: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:28:12 PM

re: Environmental policy - I'm vehemently against hydro-fracking. As in, I'd get it labelled a felony if allowed.

Holy shit, you're more strongly against fracking than I am!

...then again, I tend to try not to have a strong reaction to any issue. That said, I still oppose fracking.

Hoepfully Bachmann will lose her seat in 2014. She barely won this year, and she's the incumbent. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if incumbents squeeze out a win they don't stay too long.

Not necessarily. Dave Reichert (R-WA-08), Jim Gerlach (R-PA-06), and Jim Matheson (D-UT-02) have survived multiple close races.

LooseCannon The Groose Is Loose from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jun, 2012
The Groose Is Loose
#39235: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:31:12 PM

Well crap. :/

Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#39236: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:34:29 PM

I love the Rage Quit by the conservatives, especially Rove's meltdown. He swindled billionaires, basically - he gets a large amount of personal money from all the Super PAC ads, and he wasted so much of the billionaires' money. It's perfect karma.

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#39237: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:36:57 PM

I love how Karl Rove began questioning the journalistic integrity of that Fox News correspondent when she called the election for Obama. Right for the Wrong Reasons encapsulated, right there.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#39238: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:40:48 PM

I'll savor this moment. The moment where the Republicans lose badly and admit they've lost badly. This moment might never come again.

On the other hand, I doubt the Bush tax cuts will expire. I'm expecting Obama to conjure up a deal with Boehner that'll cut Medicare, Medicade and taxes. I'll even go further - after they cut the social programs and cut taxes, I'm expecting the Democrats to lose heavily in 2014.

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#39240: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:47:10 PM

The main reason GOP retains the House is because of the crazy gerrymandering.

Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#39241: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:48:52 PM

I predict that Obama will approve the Keystone Pipeline, continue to crack down on Marijuana and get the Grand Bargain.

If all of that turns out to be true, I will gleefully rub it in your faces. waii

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#39242: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:49:45 PM

Okay, this is a few pages back, but the Wisconsin thing. Eliminating taxes on intangible property, what does that even mean? Is intangible property supposed to be something like intellectual property?

Also, that libertarian guy is a raging jackass if he's simply going to refuse to interact with any of his family and friends just because of differences of opinions. Hell, it basically sounds like he never loved them or respected them to begin with. Jesus.

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#39243: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:52:07 PM

@Ace: Basically intangible property is stuff that has value, but not tied to any physical object. Stuff like stocks, or franchise contracts.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#39244: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:52:37 PM

Intangible properties is a fancy term for personal property that you literally can't touch.

edited 8th Nov '12 6:53:11 PM by Serocco

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#39245: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:55:23 PM

[up][up][up]That whackjob's family is probably glad he's never talking to them again.

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#39246: Nov 8th 2012 at 6:59:57 PM

@ Glenn: There's a reason I think Starship is really a Green Party liberal who doesn't like abortion. He's a terrible Republican as he seems to be against them on every single other issue.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#39247: Nov 8th 2012 at 7:06:37 PM

[up] x 11 *singing* Springtime for Romney and Paul Ryan!

edited 8th Nov '12 7:07:08 PM by TrashJack

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#39248: Nov 8th 2012 at 7:08:50 PM

I just find the general insanity of twitter posts by people hilarious. They really do think america died in some way. Am I terrible for laughing in their sad, tear stained faces?

Joesolo Indiana Solo Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Indiana Solo
#39249: Nov 8th 2012 at 7:15:11 PM

[up] No. at least, not the really dumd ones anyway

I'm baaaaaaack
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#39250: Nov 8th 2012 at 7:16:33 PM

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83609.html?hp=f1

Republicans still after gutting apart Obamacare, despite Boehner saying it's the law of the land.


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