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PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#47726: Jan 21st 2013 at 12:25:02 AM

[up]Or your neighbors are bears and moose outside of the few major cities in the southern parts of the state.

So with the debt ceiling raised for the moment, what's next? Immigration? I remember reading Immigration is a major focus for Obama's legacy-based legislation.

edited 21st Jan '13 12:25:13 AM by PotatoesRock

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#47727: Jan 21st 2013 at 4:32:15 AM

What, did the ceiling get raised? Why didn't I hear about this?

edited 21st Jan '13 4:32:23 AM by Kostya

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#47728: Jan 21st 2013 at 4:36:30 AM

Supposedly the Republicans in Congress backed off on the Debt Ceiling for a few months because the public is generally shooting them laser death eyes.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#47729: Jan 21st 2013 at 4:41:42 AM

Not sure whether to be happy about that or not. On the one hand it's nice we won't risk another downgrade but if they start acting reasonable they could win the 2014 elections.

Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
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#47730: Jan 21st 2013 at 5:35:53 AM

[up][up][up][up]It is not dealt with yet. They just ended up focusing on tax laws and gave themselves another month to work with before the debt ceiling is hit. And thank goodness they did. There were some tax laws that had not been extended before then that would have been noticed by a LOT of people this month (and not in a good way). Trust me when I say you don't want to know the details. *shiver*

Anyway, we are going to hit it again at the end of the month if nothing changes. That is what you are hearing about: various Republicans taking softer stances on what the deal could entail. The current goal seems to be setting up a schedule where they can talk about various aspects of the budget over the next 3-4 months in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. (or something like that)

edited 21st Jan '13 5:36:49 AM by Belian

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3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#47732: Jan 21st 2013 at 1:11:50 PM

The last one reads just a tad hypocritical, after 4 years of "Destroy Obama!"

edited 21st Jan '13 1:15:59 PM by 3of4

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Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#47733: Jan 21st 2013 at 1:13:53 PM

[up]

Republicans live in a world where offering completely republican tax plans is "reaching out"

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#47734: Jan 21st 2013 at 1:31:38 PM

Considering they have literally said the phrase "Compromise means coming over to the Republican side," yeah.

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Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
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#47735: Jan 21st 2013 at 1:35:01 PM

After actually reading that article, the Republican response didn't seem very critical to me.

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
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#47736: Jan 21st 2013 at 1:39:55 PM

Sounds like so much verbal filler, without a great deal to contest.

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DevilTakeMe Coin Operator from Wild Wasteland Since: Jan, 2010
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#47738: Jan 21st 2013 at 3:34:27 PM

It's nothing particularly unusual, every president has that sort of talk surrounding them. It's no more different than people for gun control saying that the NRA needs to be shot. Nothing special to see here.

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#47739: Jan 21st 2013 at 3:41:09 PM

Except that threatening the President is a federal crime that can get you some serious prison time.

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Bluesqueak Since: Jan, 2010
#47740: Jan 21st 2013 at 3:43:18 PM

And Donte Jamar Sims was arrested for assassination threats on Twitter

So the tweets probably will get looked at.

edited 21st Jan '13 3:43:44 PM by Bluesqueak

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LMage Since: May, 2011
#47741: Jan 21st 2013 at 3:43:30 PM

Tell that to the guy that threw his shoe at Bush.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#47742: Jan 21st 2013 at 3:44:05 PM

These aren't threats so much as racist assholes saying he should be assassinated, though. While it's equally disgusting, none of them are saying that they themselves will go out and watch him through a rifle scope.

DevilTakeMe Coin Operator from Wild Wasteland Since: Jan, 2010
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#47743: Jan 21st 2013 at 3:46:07 PM

Yeah, there's a big difference between saying "someone should do something" and "I'm going to do something." Completely different things.

Saying that tweets like that will warrant some kind of investigation is wishful thinking at best.

edited 21st Jan '13 3:47:10 PM by DevilTakeMe

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Bluesqueak Since: Jan, 2010
#47744: Jan 21st 2013 at 3:50:01 PM

[up]You mean your Secret Service is incompetent?

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#47745: Jan 21st 2013 at 3:51:48 PM

I could have sworn a few said they wanted to do it themselves. Then again they started to blend together half way down.

I mostly posted it because it annoys me. I can understand hating the president, heck I'd hate it if I had to say President Romney, but this is just uncalled for.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#47746: Jan 21st 2013 at 3:53:01 PM

Our praise of freedom of speech has largely translated into no one having a personal filter. And the internet means we get to post those messages far and wide. That's mostly social commentary, though. Freedom of speech isn't something we should get rid of.

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#47747: Jan 21st 2013 at 3:56:24 PM

Ima Assassinate president Obama this evening!

That was his tweet. Combined with his proximity to DC (he lives in Charlotte), I'd say the FBI was just being smart.

DevilTakeMe Coin Operator from Wild Wasteland Since: Jan, 2010
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#47748: Jan 21st 2013 at 4:02:34 PM

Not all statements imply intent. I can say I don't like someone, and I can say that I would be happy to see them suffer (Schadenfreude and all that), but doesn't mean that I said that I was going to do something to do it to them, nor would I have motive to do so. Only by saying something like "I'mma do something illegal because <reason X>" or not even having a reason does it enter into being a possible threat.

Not every negative comment implies intent to do something. It's wishful thinking that people will take it all as Serious Business. There are certain things that can be said, and some things that shouldn't be said. That's the filter.

As much as some people want to limit and regulate certain rights, they have to remember that the ones that they express more often, like the first amendment are limited as well. It's why you can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded building. People will say and do stupid things, tweeting is just the next step in that.

edited 21st Jan '13 4:02:58 PM by DevilTakeMe

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Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#47749: Jan 21st 2013 at 4:02:48 PM

Reading this makes my misanthropic side come up again.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#47750: Jan 21st 2013 at 4:06:38 PM

Two things.

1. Nigga? Fucking really?

2. Only 29%? Where do you get your facts from, Fox News? He had an approval rating in the high forties for most of the year and got voted in with 51% of the popular vote. While it could have dropped I doubt it dropped that much and even if that's the case he was elected fairly.


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