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Post by hedge » Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:55 pm

You scooped the world!!
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Post by Professor Tiger » Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:12 pm

A review committee issues a scathing report on the State Department's handling of Benghazi.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/19/us/state- ... ?hpt=hp_t3

The same week that report is released, Hillary Clinton, who runs the State Department, can't testify before congress because of a "concussion." Amazing! What a coincidence! Mafia dons show up in court with the usual neck braces, wheelchairs, and oxygen tanks, but at least they show up. A fitting travesty by all the court jesters involved.

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Re: Puterbac News Network and Political Discussion Thread

Post by Jungle Rat » Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:09 pm

Why is IB such a fuck up?

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Post by hedge » Thu Dec 20, 2012 3:25 pm

Did the Wild West Have More Gun Control Than We Do Today?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-wink ... 56035.html
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Post by aTm » Thu Dec 20, 2012 3:53 pm

That article didnt say anything that anybody who's watched something like Tombstone wouldn't know.
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Post by hedge » Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:09 pm

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Post by Owlman » Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:06 pm

That's because before 2010, the second amendment, since the time it was passed in 1791 only applied to the Federal govt. The states could do what they wanted regarding guns. This was reaffirmed in the Cruikshank (sp?) decision in 1876. This means that for 219 years, the second Amendment had one view, but the current court decided that it knew better (or at least since 1876 when they ruled that the 14th Amendment didn't apply the 2nd Amendment to the state)
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Post by Dr. Strangelove » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:38 pm

Wow...Boehner abruptly postpones a vote on his much-hyped "Plan B" because he doesn't have the votes to pass it. What a huge embarrassment for him and his leadership.

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Post by Jungle Rat » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:42 pm

He's a turd.

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Post by 10ac » Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:25 am

Hooray for Boehner! Fuck the bed wetters!
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Post by crashcourse » Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:47 am

and crash goes the stock market

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Post by bluetick » Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:10 pm

Most Households Face the 'Fiscal Cliff' - WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 55182.html

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Too bad there isn't a NASA-like body of experts that we can turn over our fiscal problems to and say 'fix it.' Instead of the bumblers in Congress who seemingly can't agree on anything anymore (plastic sporks instead of silverware in the dining hall? - table that decision til next year).
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Post by innocentbystander » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:44 pm

bluetick wrote:Most Households Face the 'Fiscal Cliff' - WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 55182.html

My dad, rest his soul, would often start a sentence with "They can put a man on the moon BUT.." whenever he'd refer to the failings of policymakers in D.C.
Your dad, God rest his soul, is just trying to reframe the argument to make the liberal point of view the ONLY point of view. I disgree with him entirely. My Congressman isn't failing me. If he was agreeing to tax increases and not cutting spending (enough) he WOULD be failing me. I voted for him specifically because I wanted a belligerant prick (who votes "no" a lot) representing me in Congress. I don't want Congress working to "fix" the problem if "the fix" raises my taxes and doesn't cut spending.
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Post by Jungle Rat » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:48 pm

You work at Jiffy Lube. How much taxes do you actually pay anyway?

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Post by bluetick » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:01 pm

innocentbystander wrote:
bluetick wrote:Most Households Face the 'Fiscal Cliff' - WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 55182.html

My dad, rest his soul, would often start a sentence with "They can put a man on the moon BUT.." whenever he'd refer to the failings of policymakers in D.C.
Your dad, God rest his soul, is just trying to reframe the argument to make the liberal point of view the ONLY point of view. I disgree with him entirely. My Congressman isn't failing me. If he was agreeing to tax increases and not cutting spending (enough) he WOULD be failing me. I voted for him specifically because I wanted a belligerant prick (who votes "no" a lot) representing me in Congress. I don't want Congress working to "fix" the problem if "the fix" raises my taxes and doesn't cut spending.
My dad is long dead (God rest his soul - hello) so your use of him in the present tense is off the mark (no surprise).

And heh @ your stock "reframe the argument." Normally it's used in the context of an actual argument...maybe you ought to give that one a rest.
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Post by hedge » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:15 pm

"My dad, rest his soul, would often start a sentence with "They can put a man on the moon BUT.." whenever he'd refer to the failings of policymakers in D.C."

The mysteries of physics are child's play compared to the mysteries of human idiocy. We have IB as our very own proof of the latter...
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Post by innocentbystander » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:40 pm

hedge wrote:"My dad, rest his soul, would often start a sentence with "They can put a man on the moon BUT.." whenever he'd refer to the failings of policymakers in D.C."

The mysteries of physics are child's play compared to the mysteries of human idiocy. We have IB as our very own proof of the latter...
Sadly, it appears that the fine education you were supposed to have received at that North Carolina "flagship" University, appears to be wasted. This conversation I am having with Tick is way above your level of comprehension.
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Post by innocentbystander » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:45 pm

bluetick wrote:
innocentbystander wrote:Your dad, God rest his soul, is just trying to reframe the argument to make the liberal point of view the ONLY point of view. I disgree with him entirely. My Congressman isn't failing me. If he was agreeing to tax increases and not cutting spending (enough) he WOULD be failing me. I voted for him specifically because I wanted a belligerant prick (who votes "no" a lot) representing me in Congress. I don't want Congress working to "fix" the problem if "the fix" raises my taxes and doesn't cut spending.
My dad is long dead (God rest his soul - hello) so your use of him in the present tense is off the mark (no surprise).

And heh @ your stock "reframe the argument." Normally it's used in the context of an actual argument...maybe you ought to give that one a rest.
What else is of "no surprise" is that you have absolutely no rebuttal of my term "reframing the argument" because that is exactly what you are doing.

And I know it because I read the same book you did (http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Think-Elepha ... 1931498717)...

And I called you on it.

And that pisses you off.

So OF COURSE you are forced to RE-reframe your argument by telling me to "give that one a rest." :)
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Post by aTm » Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:05 pm

Hedge got his education at zete house.
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Post by innocentbystander » Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:14 pm

aTm wrote:Hedge got his education at zete house.
Here's Hedge at UNC!

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