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Government 2.0: Digital Boogaloo
Langly
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Hi guys, we don't have a working government at the moment. It's kind of a big deal! People are talking about it and stuff.
You can go here to get a summary of what's going on and how things have changed since the initial shutdown.
Basically this is what the US looks like right now
You can go here to get a summary of what's going on and how things have changed since the initial shutdown.
Basically this is what the US looks like right now
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Ambivalent, but infinitely preferred to existential uncertainty
Austerity politics
fuck you, austerity politics
important matters closer to home have got my attention
http://weknowgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edge-wrestler-gif.gif
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
/throw glove
Pistols at dawn.
i need a whole paul thomas anderson marathon
i heart There Will Be Blood
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
damn that dude is my hero
He doesn't say anything
He ignores the posts that explicitly prove him wrong and quotes other posts and says more dumb things
This is not political affiliation
This is a troll at best and an actual republican at worst
Why guys
Why
Crwth doesn't wanna be right
I feel like this post explains the Republican Party as a whole
I don't think we need to pile on. It's good to talk about shit. There are a lot of people who have some honest misunderstandings about some pretty complicated stuff. So we can either talk to them or ignore them, and they may or may not decide to change their mind based on the new information. That's how I feel about it.
Nah, he's alright.
If he's trolling, he's refined it to such a degree that I can appreciate it.
If he's not and he truly believes everything he posts, then whatever, people are allowed to have wrong opinions on stuff and I don't let it upset me.
There were a whole bunch of posts at the end of that compared republicans so some sort of murders or criminals of something, I didn't reply to each one of those sorry
I wish I had the time to respond to every individual post, which come at a rate of about 10-15 posts for every post I make, but I do actually have a job to do
However, I hope you are all sitting down for this. YoSoWalrus is right, I made a bad, bad misreading of the corporate mandate and I was wrong about it. He is right, uncovered corporate workers will be required to use the exchanges
If the GOP's private transcript is to only block the CR to halt Obamacare on the basis of the individual mandate, then that is wrong, however I don't think that's the real goal of GOP leadership
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
and like I actively watch people get frustrated interacting with him
And I wonder after so many political threads why anyone still bothers beyond a few posts
like how extra fucked would we be if something like this simulation happened during the government shut down
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dark_Winter
I don't agree with the guy, I think he does mind-bending doubletink at times to support his points, but all in all I'd still buy a round for him. Like all of you here, we're pretty decent folk.
Except for Crwth and his chimney-pooping ways.
you actively say things that do not jive with reality and when presented with evidence that this is the case, you ignore the post and move on to another one that has less support at the moment
I am not referring to the murderers comments
maybe if I feel like putting my back into it I'll go grab the posts im talking about to show you.
But I also think you know exactly what I'm talking about
This thread being a complete echo chamber isn't really useful or satisfying.
I don't think he's a bad person
I wonder why you guys pay as much attention to him as you do for as long as you do when it is clear there is no communication
I never read a Jasc post and think anything is different than the last time I read a Jasc post
I'm not saying flame him and yell and dogpile I don't know where you're getting that from
I am saying in my observations, prolonged interaction with him is futile and a waste of time
But I mean it's the internet why are we here but to waste time
Because I have fuck all else to do until the shutdown ends
It's going to be awesome when none of them actually show up
I'm confused, I thought the government being shut down is what they wanted.
The worst part is, even if they somehow manage to get shit up and running today, the way my job works means I probably won't have anything to do till November anyway.
Up until a little while ago this was a way bigger piece of the forums
We are I think, slowly getting better about having actual conversations though
I think even the GB thread has improved
If you're talking about the use of the debt limit as a weapon then I don't know what else to tell you. The GOP has a right to do that. They were elected. The house has been empowered with that ability. It's that way for a reason. They take major political risks by doing it. There've been 17 shutdowns, only 2 at the hands of a Republican speaker, so they hardly invented it. That it has only happened twice since 95 has more to do with political coincidence than anything.
What I'd appreciate is a little more debate substance than a careful mixture of "well they only have the house because of gerrymandering" and "it's a law so they should just roll over"
yes, the GOP should do exactly nothing because you don't like them, sorry dawg, I'm not eager to debate you on those terms
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
I just do not believe Jasc participates in these discussions in earnest
Which isn't to say that I do
I am just saying rather than get frustrated with the guy
Ignore the guy and move on