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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus The machine is broken. The universe is broken.Registered User regular
    sdrawkcaB emaN wrote: »
    ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »
    man, unanimous vote

    how often does that kind of thing even happen in politics

    let alone twice in a row

    Well in the Senate everyone voted unanimously with Obama's idea to delay the national transition to Digital Television, given the economic circumstances of the moment.

    Then in the House the Republicans voted almost unanimously against the delay because....Obama asked for it? I guess? Obstructionism is the new substance? I don't really know.

    because it would cost the television companies a bunch of money to continue broadcasting in both digital and analog for another few months

    and it would cost the wireless companies waiting to use the airspace a lot of money sitting on their hands for another few months

    because it was kind of dumb that we've been having TV commercials and stuff for about six months now warning us that the switch was going to happen in February only for it to get changed at the last minute

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    sdrawkcaB emaN wrote: »
    I don't think accepting does either.

    In fact I feel that what Annie and people like him do is the opposite of accepting it. It's about being overwhelmed and withdrawing from it -- whatever "it" is, in this case corruption -- about refusing to come to terms with the way things are and finding a way to act progressively and positively regardless, or even to act in counter to what you've accepted does exist.

    To reduce it to an uninterested public watching Top Chef and recoil from what is implicitly being detailed as a hopeless system is facile. Which is to say, it's easy. It's lazy. It's simple and superficial and hardly mature enough to qualify as accepting reality.

    to my mind, anyway.
    I wasn't really suggesting that there is no recourse. I was more responding to the guy's point about the status quo, not the direction of progress. I personally might be detached and worthless, but that's not specifically attached to politics and governance. I have more generic teleological issues that make me a waste of flesh. I don't agree with all of your positions, but I'm certainly not going to discourage you from pursuing them.

    And for the record, I was watching Top Chef when I made the post referencing it.

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  • DubhDubh Hoodmistress Registered User regular
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    sdrawkcaB emaN wrote: »
    ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »
    man, unanimous vote

    how often does that kind of thing even happen in politics

    let alone twice in a row

    Well in the Senate everyone voted unanimously with Obama's idea to delay the national transition to Digital Television, given the economic circumstances of the moment.

    Then in the House the Republicans voted almost unanimously against the delay because....Obama asked for it? I guess? Obstructionism is the new substance? I don't really know.

    because it would cost the television companies a bunch of money to continue broadcasting in both digital and analog for another few months

    and it would cost the wireless companies waiting to use the airspace a lot of money sitting on their hands for another few months

    because it was kind of dumb that we've been having TV commercials and stuff for about six months now warning us that the switch was going to happen in February only for it to get changed at the last minute

    Huh, I must have missed the whole thing beyond the original announcement. What was the hold-up?

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    Dubh wrote: »
    I'm assuming Annie was being facetious.
    An often safe assumption.

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  • DubhDubh Hoodmistress Registered User regular
    Aneurhythmia wrote: »
    Dubh wrote: »
    I'm assuming Annie was being facetious.
    An often safe assumption.

    Reinforced each and every day.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger Registered User regular
    seizureorbs wrote: »
    Vann Diras wrote: »
    seizureorbs wrote: »
    Dubh wrote: »
    The Geebs That Is A Mod wrote: »
    uh it's a big deal because he's an arrogant douchebag who basically brought the state government to a standstill for four years?

    because he knew he was under investigation and still ran his mouth about selling senate seats?

    because he's batshit insane?

    I get the feeling that this wouldn't be more than a blip if Obama wasn't a senator of Illinois before his ascension to the Presidency.

    no, geebs is right

    if you lived in illinois you'd know that nothing fucking got done here while he was in office

    we have hardly progressed in those four years

    blagojevich was always a douchebag that everyone hated, it's just that now we actually have a reason to kick him out of office

    but

    didn't the people of your state elect him

    then did it again in november

    guess who else got elected twice

    bill clinton?

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  • DubhDubh Hoodmistress Registered User regular
    DouglasDanger wrote: »
    seizureorbs wrote: »
    Vann Diras wrote: »
    seizureorbs wrote: »
    Dubh wrote: »
    The Geebs That Is A Mod wrote: »
    uh it's a big deal because he's an arrogant douchebag who basically brought the state government to a standstill for four years?

    because he knew he was under investigation and still ran his mouth about selling senate seats?

    because he's batshit insane?

    I get the feeling that this wouldn't be more than a blip if Obama wasn't a senator of Illinois before his ascension to the Presidency.

    no, geebs is right

    if you lived in illinois you'd know that nothing fucking got done here while he was in office

    we have hardly progressed in those four years

    blagojevich was always a douchebag that everyone hated, it's just that now we actually have a reason to kick him out of office

    but

    didn't the people of your state elect him

    then did it again in november

    guess who else got elected twice

    bill clinton?

    Bill Clinton doesn't have the hate culture that GWB has.

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA
    don't we want people spending money on TVs and shit

    isn't that what bolsters the economy

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger Registered User regular
    IT IS YOUR DUTY AS AN AMERICAN TO SPEND, GODDAMMIT!

    I remember that thread.

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  • ThatDudeOverThereThatDudeOverThere Ymir owns. He fucking owns!Registered User regular
    I don't really see how it really changes anything anyway

    most of the box is paid for by the government coupon

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe Registered User regular
    ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »
    man, unanimous vote

    how often does that kind of thing even happen in politics

    let alone twice in a row

    one bad motherfucker

    Also Blagojevich needs to get a fucking haircut.


    (no Firefox I did not mean to spell "archipelago" get with the news already)

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe Registered User regular
    Monoxide wrote: »
    don't we want people spending money on TVs and shit

    isn't that what bolsters the economy

    Well, not televisions.

    That would be a Bad Idea.

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  • Dr. FrenchensteinDr. Frenchenstein Registered User regular
    So apparently it is illegal in my state to sell your child. But it is NOT illegal to buy one.

    Some guy offered to buy a lady's kid, she bitched, and now, at the expense of many tax dollars, there is now a jail sentence and $100k fine if you offer to buy someone's kid.

    WHAT THE FUCK, MARYLAND?

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  • GanluanGanluan Registered User regular
    Damn I had the plane ticket to Maryland and everything

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  • Dr. FrenchensteinDr. Frenchenstein Registered User regular
    you were so close to that white slavery ring being a reality.

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