Obama has divided the nation all by himself, has he?

Let's never mind the do-nothing House. Never mind the Republican nominee with positions like "the solution is to do the opposite of whatever Obama is for." Wow, nuanced! Never mind the Republican pow wow where they decided they were going to put politics ahead of progress, and then all that time they put politics ahead of progress.

Obama asked them to pass legislation _they_ invented! They _still_ said no. Sounds to me like he was trying to work with them, but all they wanted to do was program people to talk about how divided the President has made the country. Mission success! If you want to see politicians that are dividing the country, look no further than the House. Take a gander at the Senate filibuster statistics. A huge spike coincides with '08 that hasn't abated. Take a look at Wisconsin, where unions are being destroyed. Take a look at half a dozen or more states where the Republican state houses are trying to stop poor non-Republicans from voting. NOPE! NOT A PROBLEM!

Obama is literally hitler! If this President went into a burning orphanage and rescued every single orphan in there, people who think he's the problem would find a way to have a problem with that.

The real culprit of divisiveness is all cable news. Turn off the Fox and MSNBC and get real news.

you've got the touch!! You've got the POW-WAH!

Ka-POW Blam BOOM! =oO

Elliott Morgan and Lee Newton! High five! Ker-pow!>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Who are these annoying people and why are they shouting at me?

>> ^deathcow:

i'll take some fresh spring rolls, crispy spring rolls, pad ped kai, pad thai, basil chicken extra spicy, kang karie and some chicken satay


Since you clearly like your Thai food, I thought I'd reply here with some pronunciation and literal translation quirks about those menu items -- the staff at a Thai restaurant (assuming they are Thai anyway) will get a kick out of it if you play up the right angles. This gets long (sorry), so anyone not interested skip to the next post...

Spring rolls - "bpo bpeah" in Thai. The bp is a phoneme that we don't really have in English -- try to combine the two sounds but err on the side of sounding more like "p" than "b". The second word sounds sort of like "bpEEE-uhhh", or like how somebody with a thick Massachusetts accent would say "beer" or "peer". For crispy spring rolls, you would just add the word "toht" to the end, which means "fried" or deep fat fried -- "bpo bpeah toht".

Pad Ped Kai - Pad means "fried" also, but more like pan fried. Ped (sounds more like "pet") means "spicy". Kai means "egg". So all together I would think that would mean "stir-fried spicy egg", but it isn't a menu item that I have heard of before. I think that maybe the Kai should be Gai instead -- Gai means "chicken". The "g" sound in Thai is sort of halfway between a g and a k, so sometimes things get phonetically translated in different ways. But if it is chicken, make it sound more like a g; like "guy".

Pad Thai - sort of indirectly translates as "that fried dish that is famous/popular in Thailand", which is descriptive but not in a content / culinary way like most Thai food.

Basil Chicken Extra Spicy - the most popular Thai dish that is heavy on basil is Pad Kapow (sounds like the word for hitting someone; ka-POW). So, I bet that the Thai name for your Basil Chicken would be Pad Kapow Gai. Throw a "Pet Maak" on the end to specify extra spicy -- "pad kapow gai pet maak".

Kang Karie - I usually see this one romanized into G's instead of K's. Usually "gaeng gallee" (I'd argue that is the best phonetic guide also). "Kang"/"Gaeng" means "curry", and "Gallee" is a specific type of curry. However, point of interest, "gallee" also means "whore". This Thai homonym is responsible for menu translations like the one you can see here. To explain that link, "gallee" curry comes in powder form. The Thai word/phrase for gallee curry powder is "foong gallee". Run that through google translate or the like, and instead of getting "gallee curry powder" you get "whore dust". This is a source of great amusement to Thais, making fun of their friends when ordering, etc.

Chicken Satay - not originally a Thai thing (loooong time ago), but it is very popular here now. In the US I always heard it said like "saw-tay", but in Thailand it sounds more like "SUH-tae". Chicken satay is available, but generally more popular among foreigners here. In areas without a large farang (western foreigner) population, 99% of the time satay will be pork. I actually like the pork version better now. Anyway, in Thai chicken satay would sound like "gai suhtae" and pork would sound like "moo suhtae".

The Honeyboobers.

"One of these days... POW! Straight to the bra!"

You're such an insensitive bastard you'll even belittle THE UNIMAGINABLE SUFFERING of your fellow teammates just to crack on Obama.

You're a disgusting creature.

I hope someone shoves bamboo slivers underneath your fingernails and forces you to type out apologies to Mr. Denton and his men.

You know, so you'll have some perspective before you go typing up ignorant ass comments like this.

>> ^quantumushroom:

8 years in communist hell...wow...we get Obumbler out in November we'll only have had to do four...

Pow right in the puncher.

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>> ^thumpa28:

Oh wow i see what you did there, its like prison minus the torturing to death bit! Wait, i got one too!
I wonder if the people facing the death penalty in Texas can blink 'electric chair'1!!!
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>> ^Payback:
>> ^honkeytonk73:
What I got from his Morse code message was 'Enhanced Interrogation Techniques in use', not 'torture'.

Ya... I wonder what the Gitmo detainees call their little home-away-from-home.



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Your video, POW blinks "TORTURE" in morse code during a forced interview, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

Oh wow i see what you did there, its like prison minus the torturing to death bit! Wait, i got one too!

I wonder if the people facing the death penalty in Texas can blink 'electric chair'1!!!

Ohohoh i love Videosift for its deep socio political comment and talking cats.

>> ^Payback:

>> ^honkeytonk73:
What I got from his Morse code message was 'Enhanced Interrogation Techniques in use', not 'torture'.

Ya... I wonder what the Gitmo detainees call their little home-away-from-home.

>> ^honkeytonk73:

What I got from his Morse code message was 'Enhanced Interrogation Techniques in use', not 'torture'.


Ya... I wonder what the Gitmo detainees call their little home-away-from-home.

>> ^Morganth:

Very ballsy too. If the Vietnamese figured it out he might all of a sudden "get sick."


Probably a good chance of that anyway. I mean, he got 2 weeks of food and a chance at getting a message home so pretty good deal, in that situation it might be a no brainer.