I'm sitting here. Biting my tongue. Two coworkers are talking back and forth about how the Republicans have been constantly trying to negotiate and how Obama is shutting them down. Like since Obama took office. Before this whole shutdown thing.
Riiiiiight. I don't know what fantasy world they've been living in... But it's a bunch of horse crap.
"The debt ceiling has never not been raised, so there is no debt ceiling. And by having a debt ceiling and then raising it every time, it allows the politicians off the hook for making the hard choices," the Oklahoma Republican said on CNN's "New Day."
Coburn said he'd rather have a "managed catastrophe now" than "kick it down the road."
"We can't continue to get an increased limit on our credit card when we're not demonstrating any financial integrity in the way we run our government," he told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
The senator made his point in a more visual way on the Senate floor Tuesday, when he ripped apart a giant poster modeled after a credit card for the U.S. government.
So he is a moron, got it.
Tom Coburn is either a complete imbecile, or he is uncanny at playing the part of one.
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
"The debt ceiling has never not been raised, so there is no debt ceiling. And by having a debt ceiling and then raising it every time, it allows the politicians off the hook for making the hard choices," the Oklahoma Republican said on CNN's "New Day."
Coburn said he'd rather have a "managed catastrophe now" than "kick it down the road."
"We can't continue to get an increased limit on our credit card when we're not demonstrating any financial integrity in the way we run our government," he told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
The senator made his point in a more visual way on the Senate floor Tuesday, when he ripped apart a giant poster modeled after a credit card for the U.S. government.
So he is a moron, got it.
Tom Coburn is either a complete imbecile, or he is uncanny at playing the part of one.
And yet everyone in the media thinks he's a brilliant man. Which says a few things.
Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
"The debt ceiling has never not been raised, so there is no debt ceiling. And by having a debt ceiling and then raising it every time, it allows the politicians off the hook for making the hard choices," the Oklahoma Republican said on CNN's "New Day."
Coburn said he'd rather have a "managed catastrophe now" than "kick it down the road."
"We can't continue to get an increased limit on our credit card when we're not demonstrating any financial integrity in the way we run our government," he told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
The senator made his point in a more visual way on the Senate floor Tuesday, when he ripped apart a giant poster modeled after a credit card for the U.S. government.
So he is a moron, got it.
Tom Coburn is either a complete imbecile, or he is uncanny at playing the part of one.
And yet everyone in the media thinks he's a brilliant man. Which says a few things.
This is one of The Washington Post's senior political reporters
"The debt ceiling has never not been raised, so there is no debt ceiling. And by having a debt ceiling and then raising it every time, it allows the politicians off the hook for making the hard choices," the Oklahoma Republican said on CNN's "New Day."
Coburn said he'd rather have a "managed catastrophe now" than "kick it down the road."
"We can't continue to get an increased limit on our credit card when we're not demonstrating any financial integrity in the way we run our government," he told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
The senator made his point in a more visual way on the Senate floor Tuesday, when he ripped apart a giant poster modeled after a credit card for the U.S. government.
So he is a moron, got it.
Tom Coburn is either a complete imbecile, or he is uncanny at playing the part of one.
And yet everyone in the media thinks he's a brilliant man. Which says a few things.
I hate him so much that
flames
burning
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Possible repercussions include spiking post timer rates, a devaluing of the Awesome button, and consonant rations.
I submitted an entry to Lego Ideas, and if 10,000 people support me, it'll be turned into an actual Lego set!If you'd like to see and support my submission, follow this link.
I think this page limit is overstated, and we'll actually find that once we hit it it's much less problematic than ElJeffe's fear mongering.
Indeed, the term 'locked' is really overstated. If we want, we can keep the most important parts of our discussion going by simply editing the posts that we've already made. We don't need to be able to make new posts to be able to run a D&D thread. The only people who suffer in that situation are people who haven't already posted, and, let's be honest, if they haven't posted yet, I really don't care if they are stuck lurking in the street without receiving anything in this thread.
Stores will still offer plenty of suds. But the shutdown has closed an obscure agency that quietly approves new breweries, recipes and labels, which could create huge delays throughout the rapidly growing craft industry, whose customers expect a constant supply of inventive and seasonal beers.
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zepherinRussian warship, go fuck yourselfRegistered Userregular
Furlough Beard day 9: The face has become accustomed to the strange beard, and it will persist until an agreement can be made. Mustache has been running rogue and causing unforeseen food related consequences, may try to pass measures to keep the lip area trimmed. Last week a Dorito tried to force it's way past beard with tragic results.
ElJeffe SAYS there's a page limit, but he's been infracting FORUM WAR SURVIVORS AND VETERANS personally so that we'll think that there really is a page limit.
OPEN YOU'RE EYES, SHEEPLEBAMAS
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ShadowfireVermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered Userregular
I refuse to give in until we're given an "Oh Snap" button in addition to a page increase.
We can't add an "Oh Snap" button until we find a way to cut "Agree" buttons to make up the cost overrun. Do you think we can just print "Oh Snaps" without ruining the economy?
This is obviously a sign of the end of the internet. The scriptures were all wrong, and we thought it would end with the Y2K bug, but that's because the Gregorian calendar was made by liberal facists who want to control everyone to set up the perfect utopian dystopia and control every aspect of your lives. They want to eliminate personal responsibility so they can keep you in your homes brainwashed all day and so they'll shut down the internet when the page count hits 120, rather than negotiating with us to raise it because going over the page limit will crash all of the internets all over the world. The apocalypse is coming and they won't avert it, but it will be fine because those of us that have led good lives and prayed to Nidhoggr and dutifully sacrificed in His name will be spared.
Edit: Goddamned that fucking hurt my brain to type.
L Ron HowardThe duckMinnesotaRegistered Userregular
Since we're talking about what will happen for the inevitable collapse of the worldwide economy, with only the super rich surviving, I now have my plans in place.
My dad's favorite line about the US is that it can't possibly repay the debt it holds.
I've given up trying to explain why that's not how it works. But also, I'm pretty sure most of his views are centred on an insufficiently self-aware desire to see the next World War (he used to watch, and still does watch, WW2 documentaries constantly).
Which explains why hyperinflation comes up so much.
The mods will hand out letters to any moocher who doesn't want to work for them. I've been on Wheel of Fortune, did anybody buy me a vowel? No.
Thanks to you, I now have a new analogy for people who say they did things all on their own:
"You saying no one helped you while you were on food stamps and unemployment is like someone getting "Rattlesnake" as the winners puzzle in Wheel of Fortune and boasting how clever they are for figuring it out.
The awesome button has always been risky. I have no sympathy for people who invested heavily in awesomes. They were always playing a dangerous dangerous game.
Meanwhile, the less sexy but infinitely more stable agree button remains strong even in the face of impending threadlockastrophy.
As someone who heavily invested in agrees against exactly this scenario, all I can say to the awesome-hoarders is
I always enjoy when people decide that because the US debt is SO HUGE that we need DRASTIC ACROSS THE BOARD CUTS to fix. Like we need to somehow save 14 trillion dollars by next year.
And then when you try to explain the difference between debt and defecit then they give you a blank stare.
The awesome button has always been risky. I have no sympathy for people who invested heavily in awesomes. They were always playing a dangerous dangerous game.
Meanwhile, the less sexy but infinitely more stable agree button remains strong even in the face of impending threadlockastrophy.
As someone who heavily invested in agrees against exactly this scenario, all I can say to the awesome-hoarders is
Nyah-nyah
Yet your Fiat Agree currency is inherently worthless! Return to the Bro Standard! Fist bumps for all!
Look, why won't ElJeffe sit down and negotiate? He keeps saying that he won't even sit down and have a discussion with us. I just think that's irresponsible and devil-may-care of him, since he's the whole reason this thread has hit more than 100 pages in the first place!
The awesome button has always been risky. I have no sympathy for people who invested heavily in awesomes. They were always playing a dangerous dangerous game.
Meanwhile, the less sexy but infinitely more stable agree button remains strong even in the face of impending threadlockastrophy.
As someone who heavily invested in agrees against exactly this scenario, all I can say to the awesome-hoarders is
Nyah-nyah
Yet your Fiat Agree currency is inherently worthless! Return to the Bro Standard! Fist bumps for all!
The bro-standard is not homologous to the gold standard, being that it is a brand new thing and so its ultimate value is unknown.
I'm sitting here. Biting my tongue. Two coworkers are talking back and forth about how the Republicans have been constantly trying to negotiate and how Obama is shutting them down. Like since Obama took office. Before this whole shutdown thing.
Riiiiiight. I don't know what fantasy world they've been living in... But it's a bunch of horse crap.
The awesome button has always been risky. I have no sympathy for people who invested heavily in awesomes. They were always playing a dangerous dangerous game.
Meanwhile, the less sexy but infinitely more stable agree button remains strong even in the face of impending threadlockastrophy.
As someone who heavily invested in agrees against exactly this scenario, all I can say to the awesome-hoarders is
Nyah-nyah
Yet your Fiat Agree currency is inherently worthless! Return to the Bro Standard! Fist bumps for all!
The bro-standard is not homologous to the gold standard, being that it is a brand new thing and so its ultimate value is unknown.
I'm not saying that bros are bit-coins.
But I'm not not saying that.
Are you saying bros are not worth their weight in gold?
I'm sitting here. Biting my tongue. Two coworkers are talking back and forth about how the Republicans have been constantly trying to negotiate and how Obama is shutting them down. Like since Obama took office. Before this whole shutdown thing.
Riiiiiight. I don't know what fantasy world they've been living in... But it's a bunch of horse crap.
Oh hey I didn't know you moved to my office.
Seriously. It's rampant around here. I stay out of it because inevitably calling someone a fucking philistine sounds like a poor career move.
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/group-of-friends-engage-in-passionate-incoherent-d,33500/
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Tom Coburn is either a complete imbecile, or he is uncanny at playing the part of one.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
And yet everyone in the media thinks he's a brilliant man. Which says a few things.
This is one of The Washington Post's senior political reporters
I hate him so much that
flames
burning
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
No end to the postquester in sight.
Possible repercussions include spiking post timer rates, a devaluing of the Awesome button, and consonant rations.
The end is nigh! Prepare to evacuate to other threads!
What's the short-term interest rate on Bros these days?
...asking for a friend.
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Bros can only go up. We must return to the Bro Standard before these Fiat Agrees lose their value completely
Indeed, the term 'locked' is really overstated. If we want, we can keep the most important parts of our discussion going by simply editing the posts that we've already made. We don't need to be able to make new posts to be able to run a D&D thread. The only people who suffer in that situation are people who haven't already posted, and, let's be honest, if they haven't posted yet, I really don't care if they are stuck lurking in the street without receiving anything in this thread.
IS NOTHING SACRED
You're gonna see some stable as fuck forums any moment now. Stabler forums will not hitherto have been experienced, you'll all see.
I got a little excited when I saw your ship.
OPEN YOU'RE EYES, SHEEPLEBAMAS
We can't add an "Oh Snap" button until we find a way to cut "Agree" buttons to make up the cost overrun. Do you think we can just print "Oh Snaps" without ruining the economy?
u i , i e !
Gentlemen, we cannot allow there to be a consonant gap!
twitch.tv/Taramoor
@TaramoorPlays
Taramoor on Youtube
I've given up trying to explain why that's not how it works. But also, I'm pretty sure most of his views are centred on an insufficiently self-aware desire to see the next World War (he used to watch, and still does watch, WW2 documentaries constantly).
Which explains why hyperinflation comes up so much.
Thanks to you, I now have a new analogy for people who say they did things all on their own:
"You saying no one helped you while you were on food stamps and unemployment is like someone getting "Rattlesnake" as the winners puzzle in Wheel of Fortune and boasting how clever they are for figuring it out.
Meanwhile, the less sexy but infinitely more stable agree button remains strong even in the face of impending threadlockastrophy.
As someone who heavily invested in agrees against exactly this scenario, all I can say to the awesome-hoarders is
And then when you try to explain the difference between debt and defecit then they give you a blank stare.
Yet your Fiat Agree currency is inherently worthless! Return to the Bro Standard! Fist bumps for all!
We've already passed piecemeal parts of the thread, the ones that I like. Why are the mods rejecting them?
The bro-standard is not homologous to the gold standard, being that it is a brand new thing and so its ultimate value is unknown.
I'm not saying that bros are bit-coins.
But I'm not not saying that.
Oh hey I didn't know you moved to my office.
Are you saying bros are not worth their weight in gold?
Seriously. It's rampant around here. I stay out of it because inevitably calling someone a fucking philistine sounds like a poor career move.
That's pretty bad when even those assholes are saying attacking Obamacare is not the hill to die on.