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The Obama Administration: Re-Elected! 332-206 (Probably)

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  • SicariiSicarii The Roose is Loose Registered User regular
    YES, ALL OF IT, YOU FOX EARED ASSHOLE!

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  • iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular
    This has easily been the best page of the Obama Presidency thread(s) so far.

    Mucho approval. :lol:

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    DoJ is suing Florida, saying seriously stop fucking with voting.

    Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    Florida is suing DHS, demanding that they be given access to databases so they can fuck with voters.

  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    SAC nukes Florida from orbit, just to be safe.

  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    SAC nukes Florida from orbit, just to be safe.

    Florida is revealed to be allied with the Patriots, and deploys Metal Gears to attack Washington.

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    And the Persistent Vegetative State goes derp. Again.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Unsurprisingly, Secretary Bryson has put himself on medical leave.

    Sidenote: how unimportant is Commerce? I had to look up his name twice today. Stupid Commerce.

    Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
  • CptKemzikCptKemzik Registered User regular
    edited June 2012
    Is the secretary of commerce related to the chamber of commerce at all? Cause talk about your stereotypical wasteful bureaucracy that could probably be scaled back.

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  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Is the secretary of commerce related to the chamber of commerce at all? Cause talk about your stereotypical wasteful bureaucracy that could probably be scaled back.

    No, the Chamber of Commerce is a private organization.

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Is the secretary of commerce related to the chamber of commerce at all? Cause talk about your stereotypical wasteful bureaucracy that could probably be scaled back.

    Chamber of Commerce is a private lobbying group made up of businesses. The Department of Commerce has a bunch of random ass duties. They handle Patents, everything to do with the weather for... some reason (NWS, NOAA, etc), International Trade, the Census, and generally stuff that could be folded into other departments.

    Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
  • CptKemzikCptKemzik Registered User regular
    I stand corrected! Good to know.

  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    syndalis wrote: »
    SammyF wrote: »
    A drunk ocelot should be commerce secretary. It's a awesome idea.


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    Archer/Ocelot 2016

    Holy shit! You guys, look at his little spots!

    Look at his tufted ears!

  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    Dammit, I really want to watch Archer but I think it's only on Netflix which I don't currently have. It looks hilarious.

    I hate you guys and your ocelots.

  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Is the secretary of commerce related to the chamber of commerce at all? Cause talk about your stereotypical wasteful bureaucracy that could probably be scaled back.

    Chamber of Commerce is a private lobbying group made up of businesses. The Department of Commerce has a bunch of random ass duties. They handle Patents, everything to do with the weather for... some reason (NWS, NOAA, etc), International Trade, the Census, and generally stuff that could be folded into other departments.

    Weather beacuse it heavily effects commerce I imagine. If the department is old enough, it's a really big factor with ships and what not. Apparently formed in 1903, so that's plausible.


    And yeah, the Chamber of Commerce is one of those freaky groups that SOUNDS really official which is either bad because they aren't part of the US government but kinda sound like they are, or good because they basically are part of the US government because of their lobbying power so it's a forewarning.

  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    The Chamber of Commerce is one of the most annoying organizations on the world.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    The Chamber of Commerce is one of the most annoying organizations on the world.

    "The minimum wage is a Free Market sin! Abolishing it will create jobs, not a race to the bottom! KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS IS A BUNCH OF WHARRGARBL!"

  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited June 2012
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    The Chamber of Commerce is one of the most annoying organizations on the world.

    "The minimum wage is a Free Market sin! Abolishing it will create jobs, not a race to the bottom! KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS IS A BUNCH OF WHARRGARBL!"

    Which, ironically, is a bunch of wharrgarbl.

    Really, I bet if there were a nationwide projector shortage there would be someone who would bioengineer a way to convert Republicans of a particular stripe.

    Shadowen on
  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
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  • KasynKasyn I'm not saying I don't like our chances. She called me the master.Registered User regular

    Fucking Obama and his regulations choking off business.

    Oh wai-

  • ethicalseanethicalsean Registered User regular
    Kasyn wrote: »

    Fucking Obama and his regulations choking off business.

    Oh wai-

    This is just more nanny-state government that will do nothing but encourage the unemployed to sit around and do nothing all day instead of looking for work. Anyone but Obama!

    ...am I doing it right?

  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    I, for one, welcome our new federal overlords.

    I may or may not work for a broadband provider.

  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    Kasyn wrote: »

    Fucking Obama and his regulations choking off business.

    Oh wai-

    This is just more nanny-state government that will do nothing but encourage the unemployed to sit around and do nothing all day instead of looking for work. Anyone but Obama!

    ...am I doing it right?

    Romney Version:
    This is just another one of President Obama's attempts to bail out his buddies in Big Fiber. I'd have let them fail.

  • KasynKasyn I'm not saying I don't like our chances. She called me the master.Registered User regular
    Tomanta wrote: »
    I, for one, welcome our new federal overlords.

    I may or may not work for a broadband provider.

    I'm pretty pleased with it - our broadband infrastructure sucks hard as a country. All the businesses in the part of town where my office is at are pretty much forced to use a very unreliable <1mb/ps DSL setup, and it's a total goatfuck.

  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    First World Intertubes? Thanks, Obama!

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  • CptKemzikCptKemzik Registered User regular
    edited June 2012
    As someone who has been spending this past year helping out on the education side of things in government-funded/subsidized broadband infrastructure for rural towns, it's good to read about more of this stuff happening.

    CptKemzik on
  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    Houn wrote: »
    Kasyn wrote: »

    Fucking Obama and his regulations choking off business.

    Oh wai-

    This is just more nanny-state government that will do nothing but encourage the unemployed to sit around and do nothing all day instead of looking for work. Anyone but Obama!

    ...am I doing it right?

    Romney Version:
    This is just another one of President Obama's attempts to bail out his buddies in Big Fiber. I'd have let them fail.

    Also, I'll take a lot of credit for inventing the Internet.

  • Mild ConfusionMild Confusion Smash All Things Registered User regular
    Obama wants fast, cheap Internet for everyone?

    What a snob.

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  • TheCanManTheCanMan GT: Gasman122009 JerseyRegistered User regular
    Obama wants fast, cheap Internet for everyone?

    What a snob.

    SOCIALISM!!! RUN!!!

  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    Let's all take a ride on Obama's Internet Superhighway to nowhere.

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  • Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
    Fuck broadband, where my trains at? I wanna make weekend trips to California without entering an airplane.
    Broadband is excellent too, though. BravO, Obama. :^:

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  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    Well, we would have trains if a bunch of Republican governors hadn't been elected.

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  • DrakeonDrakeon Registered User regular
    Well, we would have trains if a bunch of Republican governors hadn't been elected.

    Hey, California did its part and put a Democrat in the governors mansion, it just so happens we have big heaps of debt and are kind've focused on that now. We may also be cancelling the train designed to go between NorCal and SoCal, because its terribly expensive.

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  • KasynKasyn I'm not saying I don't like our chances. She called me the master.Registered User regular
    Drakeon wrote: »
    Well, we would have trains if a bunch of Republican governors hadn't been elected.

    Hey, California did its part and put a Democrat in the governors mansion, it just so happens we have big heaps of debt and are kind've focused on that now. We may also be cancelling the train designed to go between NorCal and SoCal, because its terribly expensive.

    Yeah, it's losing popular support very quickly. Real shame.

  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    California

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  • DrakeonDrakeon Registered User regular
    Kasyn wrote: »
    Drakeon wrote: »
    Well, we would have trains if a bunch of Republican governors hadn't been elected.

    Hey, California did its part and put a Democrat in the governors mansion, it just so happens we have big heaps of debt and are kind've focused on that now. We may also be cancelling the train designed to go between NorCal and SoCal, because its terribly expensive.

    Yeah, it's losing popular support very quickly. Real shame.

    I voted for it, it was an initiative, and I'd like to have it, but it's kinda irresponsible to spend on that when we have so many other problems (re: jobs and the cutting thereof) that we should be more concerned about. I'd focus on not hemorrhaging public sector jobs first.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    Drakeon wrote: »
    Well, we would have trains if a bunch of Republican governors hadn't been elected.
    Hey, California did its part and put a Democrat in the governors mansion, it just so happens we have big heaps of debt and are kind've focused on that now. We may also be cancelling the train designed to go between NorCal and SoCal, because its terribly expensive.
    God fucking dammit.

    We should have a high-speed rail line running from Vancouver, Canada to Tijuana, with stops in Bellingham, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Eureka, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego.

  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    Drakeon wrote: »
    Kasyn wrote: »
    Drakeon wrote: »
    Well, we would have trains if a bunch of Republican governors hadn't been elected.

    Hey, California did its part and put a Democrat in the governors mansion, it just so happens we have big heaps of debt and are kind've focused on that now. We may also be cancelling the train designed to go between NorCal and SoCal, because its terribly expensive.

    Yeah, it's losing popular support very quickly. Real shame.

    I voted for it, it was an initiative, and I'd like to have it, but it's kinda irresponsible to spend on that when we have so many other problems (re: jobs and the cutting thereof) that we should be more concerned about. I'd focus on not hemorrhaging public sector jobs first.

    Or jobs from building the train, jobs created by running the train, jobs created by the increased mobility of the train.

    Public transport isn't just a good idea, it's a very necessary one.

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  • TheCanManTheCanMan GT: Gasman122009 JerseyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2012
    Drakeon wrote: »
    Well, we would have trains if a bunch of Republican governors hadn't been elected.

    Hey, California did its part and put a Democrat in the governors mansion, it just so happens we have big heaps of debt and are kind've focused on that now. We may also be cancelling the train designed to go between NorCal and SoCal, because Prop 13 is continuing to dry fuck us in the ass.

    I always thought that Prop 13 happened under Reagan, but the timeline suggests it didn't happen until Brown. Huh, learn something new every day.

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