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the House is good at making empty gestures without actually addressing the causes moondog Send a noteboard - 11/10/2013 05:17:34 PM

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View original postonce again, because i'm sure you missed it twice now: because of the government shutdown my company is missing out on money we are owed for the work we are doing because the people who give us our payments are furloughed.


View original postSo the 'big picture' is that you blame the republicans and republicans alone, to the point of calling them terrorists, because your paycheck has been delayed for some reason. Okay. Keeping in mind that I have no idea what the hell you do for them nor have anyway to verify the validity of that remark that pretty much ends my interest as you have squandered your credibility with me.


View original postStopped reading when I saw the teahadist remark. Nothing after that point could possibly matter.




View original posti won't go into yet again how hostage taking = terrorism since we've beaten that horse into the ground. i am only making the point on why you object to my tone. it's personal because your people made it personal by shutting down my livelihood, and the livelihoods of millions of others too.

Ah, personal, okay... my tax bill is pretty personal too. Since you've calmed down, explain how this is any different then the Dem Walkout in Wisconsin a while back? Which doesn't involve whether or not a public employee or contractor got a delayed paycheck or not.

Also, Advice: Get a nerfbat and take your personal private anger out on inanimate objects not other people who don't appreciate being screamed at because you want to vent. Many people have, or feel they have, been injured by left or right wing policies over their years and have grievances, some unjust, some exaggerated, and some right on the money. You are hardly alone in that, and it definitely isn't restricted to the GOP doing it.


as a matter of fact, if i were still living in wisconsin i would have been marching on Madison with my teacher friends and probably still participating in the capitol sing alongs they've had every day since that law was put into play. as you recall the republicans claimed the anti-union provision was a matter of state budgets. when they passed it outside the budget bill they proved themselves liars every single one of them. when my company is cutting back because of lack of income, and my friends and family who work for the federal government aren't allowed to earn their living you can bet i am going to blame the ones who created the problem. once again, all boehner has to do is put the clean CR on the floor for a vote. he has all 200 Dems and at least enough Rs to pass it. the fact that he won't put it to the vote says that the republicans who control him don't give a shit that people are struggling to get by, they just care about their image.

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Government "shutdown" my ass..... - 06/10/2013 06:48:02 PM 1495 Views
Why would your government shut down your ass? - 06/10/2013 08:03:57 PM 966 Views
Actually, it is... - 07/10/2013 04:12:30 AM 928 Views
Must we do this again? - 07/10/2013 05:45:00 AM 910 Views
Not to mention they've gerrymandered like there's no tomorrow. - 07/10/2013 05:49:23 PM 810 Views
I hope we do default. - 07/10/2013 07:04:24 PM 813 Views
Uhm. - 07/10/2013 09:09:45 PM 706 Views
Well it has been 70 years since we had a World War - 07/10/2013 09:37:14 PM 883 Views
You see in America we don't shoot stupid - 08/10/2013 06:59:53 AM 708 Views
never going to happen - 08/10/2013 01:13:10 PM 908 Views
When gerrymandering there is no tomorrow, just the current decade - 07/10/2013 07:29:39 PM 790 Views
I'm curious as to why you say "unpopular bill" here - 08/10/2013 09:02:49 AM 818 Views
Force of habit or slip of tongue, "Unpopular set of laws" - 08/10/2013 03:05:18 PM 816 Views
Ha! - 09/10/2013 08:37:25 AM 833 Views
Bad enough, no? - 08/10/2013 06:32:06 PM 659 Views
Certainly - 08/10/2013 08:23:34 PM 896 Views
give a coherent reason for the shutdown and the label of economic terrorist will go away - 07/10/2013 08:11:27 PM 922 Views
Why should I try to discourage you from using a label that makes you look like a fanatic? - 07/10/2013 09:23:40 PM 802 Views
i guess i should have put the disclaimer you asked for so you would know to be offended, is that it? - 07/10/2013 10:49:43 PM 787 Views
It's pretty fucking sad any of us think we need a reason to act civilly, courtesy is its own reward *NM* - 08/10/2013 07:50:00 AM 473 Views
So you mean I shouldn't call you "an uncle fucking horsefucker" then? - 08/10/2013 09:04:06 AM 738 Views
That's correct Larry, that would be unproductive - 08/10/2013 04:04:39 PM 819 Views
Of course it would; I rarely use such words toward people who might be still involved in a convo - 09/10/2013 08:39:22 AM 732 Views
Re: Of course it would; [...] - 09/10/2013 05:25:28 PM 775 Views
hey, i've given plenty of reasonable alternatives, i don't see why you can't compromise with me *NM* - 08/10/2013 10:09:44 PM 401 Views
Compromises? You've called my party terrorists and made it clear it wasn't hyperbole in your eyes - 08/10/2013 10:23:05 PM 812 Views
read what you wrote, direct it at your party, and look up "satire" if you still don't get it..... *NM* - 08/10/2013 10:43:31 PM 501 Views
It's always painful when people think they're being funny or clever rather than sullen - 08/10/2013 11:33:36 PM 755 Views
remember that time when the Dems shut down the government to stop the iraq war? oh wait.... - 09/10/2013 12:42:53 AM 798 Views
Probably a bad analogy pick, many of the Dem-initiated shutdowns were over defense spending - 09/10/2013 01:11:38 AM 715 Views
ok, henceforth instead of terrorists i will use "tea-hadists". is that more to your liking? - 09/10/2013 10:26:36 PM 921 Views
No. Overdue, insincere, and half-assed attempts at marginal courtesy is not 'to my liking' - 09/10/2013 10:40:57 PM 777 Views
and here is the big picture, in a nutshell - 10/10/2013 12:26:18 AM 857 Views
"Here's the big picture" remarks shouldn't start by complaining about your personal paycheck - 10/10/2013 12:37:34 AM 737 Views
i think 800,000 federal workers would disagree but YMMV - 10/10/2013 12:44:29 AM 1035 Views
The GOP House already voted to give them back pay - 10/10/2013 01:21:27 AM 791 Views
the House is good at making empty gestures without actually addressing the causes - 11/10/2013 05:17:34 PM 829 Views
That's about it. - 09/10/2013 12:36:30 AM 641 Views
Also, I wish you wouldn't egg them on - 07/10/2013 05:46:20 AM 770 Views
While I agree with your sentiment, "Big Government" is not a cause. - 07/10/2013 03:34:40 PM 974 Views
Wow. Been a long time since we had a thread like this. I like it! :-) *NM* - 10/10/2013 03:55:50 AM 425 Views

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