US Politics Mega-thread - Page 687

On December 06 2013 02:21 xDaunt wrote:


Really, now. We're going to equate calling someone a retard to advocating that someone should take a shit in someone else's mouth? That sounds pretty retarded to me.

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday that he believes Republicans are making progress toward appealing to women voters, but they still have work to do.

"[We're] trying to get them to be a little more sensitive," Boehner said of fellow Republicans at a press conference. "You know, you look around the Congress, there are a lot more females in the Democratic caucus than there are in the Republican conference. And some of our members just aren't as sensitive as they ought to be."

Some Republican members are receiving training from the National Republican Congressional Committee on how to run against female candidates in an effort to stop the GOP's trend of poor performance among women voters.

Then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney lost to President Barack Obama among women voters in 2012, and the party was harmed in congressional races by several candidates' missteps on women's issues. One of the biggest examples was failed Senate candidate Todd Akin, who drew criticism from outside and inside the party for saying victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant.

There are at least 10 races in which male House Republican incumbents are being challenged by Democratic women.

On December 06 2013 03:16 Roe wrote:


when did i do that? all i'm saying is you've lost your common decency by calling Palin a retard. and you lamented the loss of common decency in america, so i'd think you would be ashamed of yourself for propagating it. how about both you and bashir are acting indecent? this has already gone on too long, just accept your error.

Dec 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would largely spare private equity fund advisers from federal regulations enacted after the 2007-2009 financial crisis.

The bill would exempt many private equity fund advisers from a provision in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform law which required advisers with more than $150 million in assets under management to register with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Any firm that registers with the SEC is also subject to reporting rules and is required to open its books to agency examiners for routine compliance inspections.

Dodd-Frank also imposed more extensive confidential reporting requirements on larger private equity and hedge fund advisers in an effort to help U.S. regulators monitor possible broader systemic market risks.

In a 254-159 vote Wednesday, the Republican-controlled House passed the bill with more than 30 Democrats also voting in favor. It does not stand a strong chance of becoming law, however, because there is no likely action in the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate after President Barack Obama threatened to veto the bill.

On December 06 2013 03:16 Roe wrote:


when did i do that? all i'm saying is you've lost your common decency by calling Palin a retard. and you lamented the loss of common decency in america, so i'd think you would be ashamed of yourself for propagating it. how about both you and bashir are acting indecent? this has already gone on too long, just accept your error.

House Republican leaders are eying a vote on a stopgap spending bill as a fallback to avert another government shutdown next month in case budget negotiations break down between House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Budget Chair Patty Murray (D-WA).

Funding expires on Jan. 15, at which point there will be another shutdown unless Congress acts. The continuing resolution planned by Republicans would set spending at the level called for under sequestration cuts: $967 billion, which includes an additional $20 billion in automatic cuts to defense programs that are required under current law starting Jan. 15.

But pushing to continue those painful spending cuts would risk another shutdown as Democrats and numerous key Republicans strongly oppose spending at sequester levels.

"[I]f Ryan and Murray fail to get an agreement, we'll be ready to move a short-term CR at the Budget Control Act number," said a House GOP leadership aide. "No decision has been made on the duration of such a CR, or the timing of a potential vote."

The deal being negotiated by Ryan and Murray would set spending levels for the next few years and mitigate the pain of the sequester by replacing it with a mix of targeted spending cuts and non-tax revenues from government fees. The two met on Wednesday. They're zeroing in on a spending level of roughly $1 trillion, but talks remain fluid and the deal could yet fall apart. They have until Dec. 13 to reach an agreement.

On December 06 2013 04:22 xDaunt wrote:

What error? Calling someone "retarded" (as opposed to just "stupid") is obviously politically incorrect, but if nothing else, you guys should know that I really don't give two shits about being politically correct. If anything, I revel in being politically incorrect.

What you did and what you are persisting in doing is equating my comment to Bashir's, which is absolutely ludicrous as others have pointed out. Saying that someone should shit in Palin's mouth goes beyond being politically incorrect. It is outright offensive (not that I personally care). That Bashir said it on national TV is simply outrageous by any metric.

Also, I find it funny that you are saying that "this has gone on too long" when you're the one who is insisting upon making this retarded point by baselessly extrapolating from what I already referred to as a "throwaway line."

On December 05 2013 13:08 IgnE wrote:


-Sarah Palin

What a buffoon.

On December 06 2013 04:55 IgnE wrote:



Technically he said, "If anyone truly qualified for a dose of discipline from Thomas Thistlewood, then she would be the outstanding candidate."

You guys didn't watch the clip did you?

On December 06 2013 04:58 xDaunt wrote:


Yeah, and what was the discipline to which he was referring?

On December 06 2013 05:16 IgnE wrote:
But he just got through saying that no one is truly qualified for a dose of that discipline. And that slavery qua slavery is different from debt peonage, because at least it is unlikely you will get your mouth shitted in when you are merely a debt slave.

On December 06 2013 04:56 KwarK wrote:

I was thinking about this today. What gets me is that she's trying to say "American kids will be born with a debt and will therefore have to forfeit some of their productive surplus" which is, strictly speaking, like slavery (where an individual loses all rights to their labour) but that she couldn't think of a more apt comparison than "slavery, but I'm not racist". If you really want to be super dictionary specific about it then she's not completely wrong, only mostly wrong (slavery is more than just losing control of economic output, the people were owned, they lost all control over every aspect of their lives) but slavery has a huge historical, social and emotional legacy with which no comparison can be made. Sending a small portion of your income to China is in no way comparable to the experience of the slaves in America and attempting to hijack that experience and that history to make a cheap political point is at the very least insulting to the subject. Sorry Palin, you're either racist, a moron of the highest order or both.

Workers walked off their jobs at fast-food restaurants across the country Thursday as part of a national protest against low wages, a day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for a minimum wage hike.

The action is part of a growing movement against what workers say are substandard working conditions and wages too low for employees to make ends meet. Thousands of labor activists and workers, who were scheduled to start their shifts early Thursday morning, did not show at their jobs and chose to protest instead.

Workers and their supporters are expected to strike at the nation's major national fast-food restaurants, organizers said, including McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and KFC. Protesters in cities such as Charleston, S.C., Providence, R.I., and Pittsburgh will join the action for the first time, along with clergy, elected officials and community supporters.

About 150 fast food workers, community organizers and union members staged a rally outside of a Wendy's burger joint in Brooklyn, New York City, at noon on Thursday.

Carrying signs and placards calling for a $15 dollar wage, up from $7.25 right now, they marched in front of the restaurant, which had "voluntarily closed," a police officer present said. Security guards stood inside the doors watching rally chant slogans.

"Getting paid $7.25 for work, it makes me feel like a slave really. My back hurts and I'm in pain. I call out and I don't get paid for the day. If I hurt myself I can't leave or I get written up, said Adam Haynie, 21, who has been working at the Wendy's for six months.

Haynie also described having his hours cut at his manager's whim. Sometimes he will only get five hours of work per shift, he said.

On December 06 2013 04:22 xDaunt wrote:

What error? Calling someone "retarded" (as opposed to just "stupid") is obviously politically incorrect, but if nothing else, you guys should know that I really don't give two shits about being politically correct. If anything, I revel in being politically incorrect.

What you did and what you are persisting in doing is equating my comment to Bashir's, which is absolutely ludicrous as others have pointed out. Saying that someone should shit in Palin's mouth goes beyond being politically incorrect. It is outright offensive (not that I personally care). That Bashir said it on national TV is simply outrageous by any metric.