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#101226: Sep 18th 2015 at 4:48:23 PM

Yeah why would they care, aren't most (all?) of them independently wealthy anyway?

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#101228: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:03:29 PM

So fuck Bristol Palin apparently.

edited 18th Sep '15 5:03:37 PM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
Mopman43 Since: Nov, 2013
#101229: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:11:24 PM

[up][up]... I'm confused. I know, I know, a Palin, but still....

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#101230: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:14:08 PM

Don't bring attention to minorities being treated as subhuman, the rest of them might catch on and get brave enough to push back.

Oh really when?
Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
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#101231: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:22:29 PM

Frankly what Obama does is NBDBBM(No body's damn business but mine...well his-prepositions and all that.) plus it wasn't an actual bomb, but it musta been one hell of a clock to be noticed by POTUS.

Especially considering a couple of years ago, our Government class balanced the budget twice, and sent the plan to Hoyer, and never heard back.

But I digress.

edited 18th Sep '15 5:25:57 PM by Skycobra51

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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#101232: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:23:04 PM

@Fighteer: Democrats have been trying to marginalize Republicans since 1860 (and vice versa). Hasn't happened yet.

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#101234: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:30:31 PM

[up][up][up] They never actually thought it was a bomb, it was all a stunt to scare and shame the poor Muslim kid.

They never called the bomb squad, nor did they evacuate the school, the cops took the clock and the kid to the station in a car etc. It was just racially motivated hazing, a hate crime, and no one seems to be doing anything about it. Hell had the news not picked up on it that kid would probably be sitting in jail.

edited 18th Sep '15 5:31:51 PM by Memers

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
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#101235: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:31:44 PM

[up][up] Has the EPA ever satisfied with anything? Rhetorical I know.

edited 18th Sep '15 5:32:09 PM by Skycobra51

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#101236: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:32:30 PM

Frankly what Obama does is NBDBBM(No body's damn business but mine...well his-prepositions and all that.) plus it wasn't an actual bomb, but it musta been one hell of a clock to be noticed by POTUS.

No, it was a hell of a controversy to be noticed by POTUS.

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#101237: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:33:07 PM

[up][up]No because ecological standards in this country are fucking atrocious and if they don't fix them immediately your kids will die.

edited 18th Sep '15 5:35:11 PM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#101238: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:34:17 PM

[up][up][up][up][up][up][up][up] It is still impressive that he made a clock in only 9th grade, seeing how most 9th graders have no idea how such things work. And it isn't about the clock, it's about sending the message that

A: Discrimination against Muslims or any other minority group will not be tolerated

and B: It encourages STEM learning, which is always a good thing.

edited 18th Sep '15 5:34:53 PM by JackOLantern1337

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Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
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#101239: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:35:40 PM

[up][up]I guarantee this, we could be the cleanest most environmentally conscious country on Earth and the EPA would still find something to bitch about.

At least we don't have to wear gas masks to venture outside and import water (China)

edited 18th Sep '15 5:41:19 PM by Skycobra51

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probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#101240: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:36:34 PM

Bad Volkswagen! Bad car maker!

Honestly, I'm depending more on Uber, Lyft and others to cut down on emissions, simply by making ride-hailing so convenient that more and more people will think it unnecessary to have their own cars.

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AngelicBraeburn from Eccentric California Since: Jan, 2015
#101241: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:42:41 PM

Has the EPA ever satisfied with anything? Rhetorical I know.

Irregardless of the EPA's failings, I really don't have any faith in major car corporations when it comes to playing by the rules.

Case in point:

General Motors agreed to pay $900 million to resolve criminal charges over its concealment of an ignition-switch defect linked to at least 169 deaths, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

edited 18th Sep '15 6:18:48 PM by AngelicBraeburn

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Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
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#101242: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:59:03 PM

We'd all be fools to trust anything blindly.

edited 18th Sep '15 5:59:56 PM by Skycobra51

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#101244: Sep 18th 2015 at 6:26:50 PM

Hmmm...

edited 18th Sep '15 6:32:13 PM by Skycobra51

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FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#101245: Sep 18th 2015 at 6:55:15 PM

There are consequences for one's actions...

probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#101246: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:26:16 PM

(sighs) the bad car makers thing has me currently conspiracy-theorizing that the car industry is making sure that mass transit projects don't get funded or get funded less

it's like what the egg industry did to that vegan mayo company

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Canid117 Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#101247: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:30:39 PM

They already did that like 100 years ago.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#101248: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:30:44 PM

They killed the commercial rail industry before. It wouldn't surprise me if they're also trying to kill its revival.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#101249: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:40:33 PM

I don't see why one of them doesn't just start making trains and thus make a killing in that industry....

Besides, these days, there are far less local carmakers than back in the day.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#101250: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:42:25 PM

That's a pretty big risk to take.


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