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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#51601: Mar 20th 2013 at 9:34:40 AM

Well if you compare the beliefs of the Nazis and the Tea Party you'll spot a decent amount of similarities. It's why I always crack up when they compare Obama to Hitler.

Sledgesaul Since: Oct, 2011
#51602: Mar 20th 2013 at 10:05:37 AM

Xenophobia. Simply, xenophobia.

RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
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#51603: Mar 20th 2013 at 10:07:44 AM

I'm laughing at "Bend County".
I'm looking at these guys and their policies, and I want to add "over a table". (Not to say that all the inhabitants of Bend County are like that, though.)

edited 20th Mar '13 10:07:51 AM by RadicalTaoist

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#51604: Mar 20th 2013 at 10:18:05 AM

[up] I'm gonna nitpick here. It's Fort Bend county, the county immediately southwest of Houston.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#51606: Mar 20th 2013 at 12:03:04 PM

But we have suvived this long without any major stikes...

Seriously though, we have had some near-misses that were also statistical hits. I think that any sort of "astroid deffence" should be an off-shoot of the International Space Station and have multiple contributors. The problem is that there is no political will for outer-space programs.

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#51607: Mar 20th 2013 at 12:20:35 PM

Just go up to these people and say: "Do you want to guarantee making money as much as possible in the future? Put money into asteroid defense which will, as a side effect, undoubtedly have a lot of new useful technologies required. It might not mean immediate profit, but it will mean you're less likely to die horribly." These people are so bad at statistics that you could probably trick them into going along with it.

edited 20th Mar '13 12:21:19 PM by Zendervai

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#51608: Mar 20th 2013 at 12:20:47 PM

The way people treat space is kinda a single-issue wonk for me, but I'll summarize it as: Every time we spend money on NASA, we get a lot in return. Lots of things have been invented in the course of reaching outer space that are extremely useful on the ground. And that's not even getting into the "We've only got one planet, we should protect it better/have spares" thing.

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#51609: Mar 20th 2013 at 12:24:41 PM

Hell, Velcro was a side effect of the space program. NASA's come up with way more useful technology than the military tends to on a fraction of the budget. And, pushing for space exploration and so on will open up resources in outer space that we can't touch right now. Even if it turns out we can't actually do anything about those resources, that might not be a bad incentive.

edited 20th Mar '13 12:25:06 PM by Zendervai

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#51610: Mar 20th 2013 at 2:34:01 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/politics/senate-spending/index.html

Senate has passed a plan to keep the federal government running, House still has to pass it but that looks likely. Guess the threat of a shut down is enough to get them to kick the can down the road.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#51611: Mar 20th 2013 at 2:38:11 PM

After the "shutdown" is averted, what is the next big battle in the 2012-2013 US Budget War? After "debt ceiling", "fiscal cliff" and "sequester" (that is a really cool term, by the way)?

Oh, and remember Bachmann's comments on the Alzheimer disease research? Her claim that goverment is holding it up with over-regulation was Pants-On-Fire-d by politifact.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
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#51613: Mar 20th 2013 at 8:03:41 PM
Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
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#51614: Mar 20th 2013 at 8:18:24 PM

This is bad. A government shutdown would not only be catastrophic, it'd hurt Democrats almost as much as Republicans, politically speaking.

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#51615: Mar 20th 2013 at 8:32:43 PM

Veteran Writes Scathing Farewell Letter to Bush and Cheney

I suppose it is what most people already knew,but even so,that's kinda gutsy.

edited 20th Mar '13 8:34:30 PM by terlwyth

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#51616: Mar 20th 2013 at 8:44:22 PM

@UY: Is the news media covering the fact that the Republicans voted against their own budget?

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#51617: Mar 20th 2013 at 8:54:10 PM

Speaker Boehner: Obama ‘on the ropes’

Senator Tom Coburn: Senator Harry Reid is wrong to link sequester with Marine deaths

Charlie Crist easily beats Rick Scott in Florida poll

edited 20th Mar '13 8:55:24 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#51619: Mar 20th 2013 at 9:12:13 PM

I love how the republicans are mad at children being used as "pawns" by their parents so their strategy is to attack the "pawns"

Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
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#51620: Mar 20th 2013 at 9:47:33 PM

@RT: No. And, as I predicted earlier, polls are showing that people would hypothetically assign Obama an ever-growing share of the blame.

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#51621: Mar 20th 2013 at 9:49:16 PM

[up]

well, thats not surprising. The average american is a moron.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#51622: Mar 20th 2013 at 9:50:22 PM

[up][up] Doesn't that happen with most presidents though?

[up] I won't argue. tongue

edited 20th Mar '13 9:51:01 PM by Zendervai

Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
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#51623: Mar 20th 2013 at 9:51:34 PM

Yes. But it's significant because earlier (fiscal cliff days, for instance) a lot of Democrats, many on this very thread, were saying we should let it happen since Republicans would take the blame.

That's no longer an option.

edited 20th Mar '13 9:52:00 PM by Ultrayellow

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#51624: Mar 20th 2013 at 9:59:37 PM

[up]

can we switch it to "let it happen, because compromising with the tea party will be just as ruinous for america"?

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
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#51625: Mar 20th 2013 at 10:10:25 PM

And, as I predicted earlier, polls are showing that people would hypothetically assign Obama an ever-growing share of the blame.

That incident with Bob Woodward, the White House tours controversy, and a very poorly timed golf game certainly didn't help Obama.

Though the Republican's image isn't exactly benefiting from the Sequester.

Only 31% say they approve of how the president's handling the budget and fiscal policy. Again, nothing to brag about but higher than the 19% who give the Republicans in Congress a thumbs up on the issue.

edited 20th Mar '13 10:13:02 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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