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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Speaker Boehner: Obama should 'get over' refusal to negotiate on debt ceiling
fucking wow, boehner. You refuse to budge and then blame Obama for being pissed at you over it.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryBecause of course Boehner and his party are saints working for the Good of America and cannot possibly be to blame for any of this.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Speaker Boehner: Hoover Dam couldn’t be built under Obama's 'reams of red tape'
Hoover Dam couldn't be built because you'd veto an effort by Malia Obama to build a sand castle at the beach with a makeshift sand dam in it if you had the power to, much less an actual grand public works project.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.edited 21st Jun '13 2:47:32 AM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016-Looks at Jerry Brown,...and then feels very sad he got screwed over by Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton for the presidency all those years ago-
Poor Jerry
Report: Snowden charged with espionage in NSA leak case
Howard Dean says he could mount another presidential bid
President to nominate critic of 'dark money' to campaign agency
edited 21st Jun '13 4:05:36 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Has Dean gotten over his crazy moment, politically? I have a feeling that he's shot his load.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Does Paul Ryan actively hate poor people?
Apparently Ryan thinks that owning anything nicer than a junk car means you're rich enough to not need food stamps. Never mind that unless you're living in a city, you pretty much need a car to actually have a job.
Technically Ryan is Catholic, so he's not a WASP.
Obama has first meeting with members of civil liberties board
Black Lawmaker Reveals Why He Switched To GOP: I’m Abandoning ‘The Government Plantation’
edited 21st Jun '13 6:47:58 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Is that the People's Republic of America side of the party that continually suggests the policies that poll in the 80% range of popularity among Americans as long as you file the serial numbers off?
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.

So, that's a good sign, right?
edited 20th Jun '13 3:30:16 PM by Blueeyedrat