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Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by kruker » Fri Jan 18, 2013 16:54:31
Ray Nagin indicted for corruption. Wish I could have put money on that back in 2005.
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by pacino » Sat Jan 19, 2013 15:47:37
Pubs gave up on the debt ceiling. Woot. Obama stands strong.
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by dajafi » Sat Jan 19, 2013 15:56:59
pacino wrote:Pubs gave up on the debt ceiling. Woot. Obama stands strong.
I think the president must have known that unbearable pressure would be put on the House Rs from the business community, who finally got their "certainty" on tax policies and are probably primed to spend some of that idle money. When even the WSJ editorial board is publicly saying not to blow up the economy, it's not going to happen.
That said, I think the Senate needs to pass a fucking budget. "Do your job" is a good directive regardless of party.
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by drsmooth » Sat Jan 19, 2013 19:43:19
FLOTUSILF was ever a one-candidate no-brainer until laura bush. Now it's a 3-way race; Jackie, Laura, Michelle
hotties thread instead?
hotties thread instead?
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by Monkeyboy » Sat Jan 19, 2013 20:17:45
assassination attempt in Bulgaria. I don't know if the guy's gun misfired or if he wanted to say something before shooting and the old guy was just quicker than he thought, but man, the politician almost bites it.
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by pacino » Sat Jan 19, 2013 20:24:30
had the safety on, prob? nationalist nutter
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by pacino » Sun Jan 20, 2013 23:10:20
thephan wrote:pacino's posting is one of the more important things revealed in weeks.
Calvinball wrote:Pacino was right.
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by Wolfgang622 » Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:44:14
Watching this second Second Inauguration coverage has led me to a new axiom everybody who ever speaks at a political event should keep firmly in his/her mind: "If two and a half minutes was long enough for Lincoln, it's long enough for me."
In fact, that is the motto of my new 2106 Presidential campaign, kicking off today. It is my one and only campaign promise. Vote for me.
In fact, that is the motto of my new 2106 Presidential campaign, kicking off today. It is my one and only campaign promise. Vote for me.
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by td11 » Mon Jan 21, 2013 14:26:08
HuffPost Media @HuffPostMedia
Charles Krauthammer: 'an amazing speech ... very important historically.'
Charles Krauthammer: 'an amazing speech ... very important historically.'
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by Wolfgang622 » Mon Jan 21, 2013 14:30:04
td11 wrote:HuffPost Media @HuffPostMedia
Charles Krauthammer: 'an amazing speech ... very important historically.'
Did Krauthammer have a stroke or something?
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by drsmooth » Mon Jan 21, 2013 15:04:36
note to self: if you need to have a compound raided/hostages rescued, do NOT contact Algeria for help
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by Soren » Mon Jan 21, 2013 15:04:45
Bucky wrote:Costco!
Costco is basically corporate socialism.
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by bleh » Mon Jan 21, 2013 15:32:16
Until the founders die/retire, then it will be as shitty as every other store.
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by Soren » Mon Jan 21, 2013 16:03:34
love you bill
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by drsmooth » Mon Jan 21, 2013 19:54:51
Prez really chomping that Nicorette today
long day without smokes
long day without smokes
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by pacino » Mon Jan 21, 2013 22:32:46
finally saw the speech. return of the liberal, indeed. let's hope he follows through.
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by pacino » Mon Jan 21, 2013 23:12:14
@clairecmc Scalia in a really weird hat.
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Re: Sequestering The Night Away - Politics
by drsmooth » Tue Jan 22, 2013 01:06:14
1st Krauthammer, now Brooks, declaring Barry's speech today one for the ages:
But Brooks, anyway, has some quibbles, for example:
yeah. Like a unified currency, the postal system, the railroads, telegraph, the interstate highway system, the - oh, forget it
EDIT: weird thing is brooks mentions them in a preceding passage, but appears to imagine several of these thing were neither innovative nor commercial in nature
Anyway, I was not as taken by the speech. It wasn't first-debate phoned-in by any means, but didn't feel to me like he leaned into its content.
But Brooks, anyway, has some quibbles, for example:
The Collective Turn
I am not a liberal like Obama, so I was struck by what he left out in his tour through American history. I, too, would celebrate Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall, but I’d also mention Wall Street, State Street, Menlo Park and Silicon Valley. I’d emphasize that America has prospered because we have a decentralizing genius....America’s greatest innovations and commercial blessings were unforeseen by those at the national headquarters. They emerged, bottom up, from tinkerers and business outsiders who could never have attracted the attention of a president or some public-private investment commission.
yeah. Like a unified currency, the postal system, the railroads, telegraph, the interstate highway system, the - oh, forget it
EDIT: weird thing is brooks mentions them in a preceding passage, but appears to imagine several of these thing were neither innovative nor commercial in nature
Anyway, I was not as taken by the speech. It wasn't first-debate phoned-in by any means, but didn't feel to me like he leaned into its content.
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