>> ^longde:

I was punished with a belt as a child, and it NEVER left bruises. It did leave welts that lasted a day. And you're damn right I was afraid of disobeying my parents and afraid of punishment. Thank heavens you guys weren't around to toss me into a foster home.


Sorry, but if that's the case, then your dad/mom were/are wimps, because I can tell you when I got belt whooped I had bruises and welts that lasted more than one day. And they stung like a bitch.

>> ^NetRunner:

>> ^Fletch:
>> ^NetRunner:
But of late Obama appears to have decided to fight back...

Election year approaching fast. Coincedence? I want him to succeed, but he's such a pussy. Dare I say Uncle T__? It's like he meant everything he said during the campaign, and then he got into the White House and "they" told him how things really operate on orientation day. Or they threatened his family, or had incriminating pictures of him, or... something turned him into a huge wimp. I'm naturally pessimistic though.

I guess I don't really care why he's fighting, so long as he's out in public giving voice to liberal ideas.
I don't know why we saw such a radical shift from the lofty rhetoric of campaign Obama to the mind-numbing centrism and bipartisanship of President Obama. Personally I don't think it's anything nearly so grandiose as blackmail. He always, even during the campaign, was talking about wanting to unite red and blue America. I think he really thought that it was possible to get Republicans to support health care reform, by proposing to do what the Republicans offered as an alternative to the Clinton plan in the 90's. I think he really thought Republicans would pass Cap & trade, since it was their alternative to more stringent policies like a carbon tax.
Basically, I think he was naive enough to believe that Republicans honestly care about the people in this country, and not just how best to whore this country out to corporate plutocrats.
I think he also thought that at least some corporate plutocrats honestly cared about the country, and weren't just in this to rape and pillage the country.
Personally I expected both groups to make their true colors known pretty early, and disabuse Obama of the idea that they wanted anything less than his utter destruction. I was right, but I think Obama got bamboozled into thinking it was just some sort of empty political posturing, because those people were still being personally gracious with him. I think he's starting to realize that their public personas are who they really are, and the personal courtesy is the partisan posturing.
Which is a long way of saying, I think before you go into the "Obama is a willing tool of corporations" or "Obama is being blackmailed" theories, I think the "Obama is a centrist who wants to end partisan bickering and promote compromise" needs a full and fair airing.


Obama needs to take a leaf out of FDRs book.

"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

>> ^Fletch:

>> ^NetRunner:
But of late Obama appears to have decided to fight back...

Election year approaching fast. Coincedence? I want him to succeed, but he's such a pussy. Dare I say Uncle T__? It's like he meant everything he said during the campaign, and then he got into the White House and "they" told him how things really operate on orientation day. Or they threatened his family, or had incriminating pictures of him, or... something turned him into a huge wimp. I'm naturally pessimistic though.


I guess I don't really care why he's fighting, so long as he's out in public giving voice to liberal ideas.

I don't know why we saw such a radical shift from the lofty rhetoric of campaign Obama to the mind-numbing centrism and bipartisanship of President Obama. Personally I don't think it's anything nearly so grandiose as blackmail. He always, even during the campaign, was talking about wanting to unite red and blue America. I think he really thought that it was possible to get Republicans to support health care reform, by proposing to do what the Republicans offered as an alternative to the Clinton plan in the 90's. I think he really thought Republicans would pass Cap & trade, since it was their alternative to more stringent policies like a carbon tax.

Basically, I think he was naive enough to believe that Republicans honestly care about the people in this country, and not just how best to whore this country out to corporate plutocrats.

I think he also thought that at least some corporate plutocrats honestly cared about the country, and weren't just in this to rape and pillage the country.

Personally I expected both groups to make their true colors known pretty early, and disabuse Obama of the idea that they wanted anything less than his utter destruction. I was right, but I think Obama got bamboozled into thinking it was just some sort of empty political posturing, because those people were still being personally gracious with him. I think he's starting to realize that their public personas are who they really are, and the personal courtesy is the partisan posturing.

Which is a long way of saying, I think before you go into the "Obama is a willing tool of corporations" or "Obama is being blackmailed" theories, I think the "Obama is a centrist who wants to end partisan bickering and promote compromise" needs a full and fair airing.

>> ^NetRunner:

But of late Obama appears to have decided to fight back...


Election year approaching fast. Coincedence? I want him to succeed, but he's such a pussy. Dare I say Uncle T__? It's like he meant everything he said during the campaign, and then he got into the White House and "they" told him how things really operate on orientation day. Or they threatened his family, or had incriminating pictures of him, or... something turned him into a huge wimp. I'm naturally pessimistic though.

>> ^longde:

Hard fouling and over agreesiveness from players and fans is actually a new tactic from Chinese teams. This had nothing to do with GT, and has happened to other international teams. Apparently they've thought their players were wimps, and decided to overcompensate with over-the-top violence: http://www.nbcwashington.com/blogs/capital-games/128022218.html


I've never seen any sports game that went to become a brawl because of one team. Two teams are on the court/field/pitch along with their coaches on the side and the referees. So without seeing the game in it's entirety I can't agree that it's all the Chinese players fault.

Hard fouling and over agreesiveness from players and fans is actually a new tactic from Chinese teams. This had nothing to do with GT, and has happened to other international teams. Apparently they've thought their players were wimps, and decided to overcompensate with over-the-top violence: http://www.nbcwashington.com/blogs/capital-games/128022218.html

Wow, I wish I had another powerpoint to promote this.

That old biddy is something else. Ultimately her angry pleas are just as ineffective as if she was on a playground demanding that the kids to stop picking on her wimp grandson. The more things change......

What online accounts are so precious that their compromise lead to this level of aggrevation? If someone hacked my online bank account, I guess I would be pissed, but other than that, losing any of my online accounts would be a minor annoyance.

Remote controls are for wimps. I use a keyboard and mouse. I am typing this on my TV right now. That's right, HTPC, Home Theater PC. 52" widescreen HDTV, and all the content I can stream or download. Quality is about DVD level if you get the 350MB per 45 min episode versions. Most movies you can find at 720p, and some even full 1080p, though that's mostly a waste of time and disk space.

Discs, tapes, vinyl... it's all passé.

Wimp...
>> ^joedirt:


Also, if you follow this recipe, do NOT add that much Sriracha for that size pot.. omg..

>> ^quantumushroom:

Eisenhower -- lost to history
JFK -- low taxes, strong national defense. Would be a Republican today.
Nixon -- had the grace to step down. Did not authorize or know about Watergate break-in.
Ford -- RINO who tripped alot.
Carter -- Worst President until You Know Who.
Reagan -- Pride returns to America. Economic boom. Enemies given beat down. Made left look like fools.
Bush 41 -- almost won Iraq War, then didn't. Wimp taxocrats rolled over. "No new taxes." Crucified by pre-internet media/entertainment complex. Now heralded by liberals as he is harmless.
Bill Clinton -- convicted felon. Genuinely cares as shown by million-dollar speaking engagements and cheating on wife. Also, forced himself on women and if they didn't comply, had them fired. I thought liberals protected and cared about the "little guy". Filth only cared about his Little Guy.
Bush 43-- RINO aka "halfservative" who rubber-stamped all spending but still a cause célèbre of liberal apoplexy to this day
Obama -- You Know Who. Clueless, corupt community organizer fools the fools: funny movie premise, not funny in reality.


ROTFL! That's some funny shit.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Eisenhower -- lost to history
JFK -- low taxes, strong national defense. Would be a Republican today.
Nixon -- had the grace to step down. Did not authorize or know about Watergate break-in.
Ford -- RINO who tripped alot.
Carter -- Worst President until You Know Who.
Reagan -- Pride returns to America. Economic boom. Enemies given beat down. Made left look like fools.
Bush 41 -- almost won Iraq War, then didn't. Wimp taxocrats rolled over. "No new taxes." Crucified by pre-internet media/entertainment complex. Now heralded by liberals as he is harmless.
Bill Clinton -- convicted felon. Genuinely cares as shown by million-dollar speaking engagements and cheating on wife. Also, forced himself on women and if they didn't comply, had them fired. I thought liberals protected and cared about the "little guy". Filth only cared about his Little Guy.
Bush 43-- RINO aka "halfservative" who rubber-stamped all spending but still a cause célèbre of liberal apoplexy to this day
Obama -- You Know Who. Clueless, corupt community organizer fools the fools: funny movie premise, not funny in reality.


You're provably wrong:
JFK -- The top income tax rate was 91% during his entire term. That's higher taxation than even the left wing of the Democratic Party would propose nowadays: http://www.truthandpolitics.org/top-rates.php
Nixon -- Listen to his tapes, for fuck's sake. He was a psychopathic thug with no respect for the law.
Reagan -- Took credit for things that had nothing to do with him, i.e. the Soviet Union collapsing under its own shitty policies.
Clinton -- For debunking the felony conviction nonsense, check http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/felon.asp

QM,
If we put a NOT chip in your keyboard, your statements will be absolutely right all the time.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Eisenhower -- lost to history
JFK -- low taxes, strong national defense. Would be a Republican today.
Nixon -- had the grace to step down. Did not authorize or know about Watergate break-in.
Ford -- RINO who tripped alot.
Carter -- Worst President until You Know Who.
Reagan -- Pride returns to America. Economic boom. Enemies given beat down. Made left look like fools.
Bush 41 -- almost won Iraq War, then didn't. Wimp taxocrats rolled over. "No new taxes." Crucified by pre-internet media/entertainment complex. Now heralded by liberals as he is harmless.
Bill Clinton -- convicted felon. Genuinely cares as shown by million-dollar speaking engagements and cheating on wife. Also, forced himself on women and if they didn't comply, had them fired. I thought liberals protected and cared about the "little guy". Filth only cared about his Little Guy.
Bush 43-- RINO aka "halfservative" who rubber-stamped all spending but still a cause célèbre of liberal apoplexy to this day
Obama -- You Know Who. Clueless, corupt community organizer fools the fools: funny movie premise, not funny in reality.

Eisenhower -- lost to history
JFK -- low taxes, strong national defense. Would be a Republican today.
Nixon -- had the grace to step down. Did not authorize or know about Watergate break-in.
Ford -- RINO who tripped alot.
Carter -- Worst President until You Know Who.
Reagan -- Pride returns to America. Economic boom. Enemies given beat down. Made left look like fools.
Bush 41 -- almost won Iraq War, then didn't. Wimp taxocrats rolled over. "No new taxes." Crucified by pre-internet media/entertainment complex. Now heralded by liberals as he is harmless.
Bill Clinton -- convicted felon. Genuinely cares as shown by million-dollar speaking engagements and cheating on wife. Also, forced himself on women and if they didn't comply, had them fired. I thought liberals protected and cared about the "little guy". Filth only cared about his Little Guy.
Bush 43-- RINO aka "halfservative" who rubber-stamped all spending but still a cause célèbre of liberal apoplexy to this day
Obama -- You Know Who. Clueless, corupt community organizer fools the fools: funny movie premise, not funny in reality.

Clearly George Bush was a RINO.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Oh yeah, these idiots. Thanks for Filth Clinton, wimp!

>> ^quantumushroom:

Oh yeah, these idiots. Thanks for Filth Clinton, wimp!



Eisenhower -- loses a lot of points for authorizing Operation Ajax and other foreign policy blunders.
JFK -- loses major points for that bay of pigs fiasco and Vietnam.
Nixon -- the biggest psychopathic douchebag ever to get himself elected to the presidency.
Ford -- well, at least he appointed John Paul Stevens.
Carter -- At least he had sensible foreign policy, rolling back imperialism. Stagflation was triggered by high oil prices which were caused by OPEC.
Reagan -- ignorant bigot who tripled the debt.
Bill Clinton -- was the best president we've had since Truman. Genuinely cares about helping people as evidenced by what he's done after the presidency, unlike all the recent republican presidents.
George Bush -- Worst president since Andrew Johnson.
Obama -- Pretty lame so far. Keeps trying to play nice and compromise with republicans while they spit in his face and make increasingly extreme demands. Caved in on almost all his campaign promises without even putting up a fight. He should turn the tables -- threaten to veto funds going to the the state/district of any republican who threatens to filibuster good legislation.