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Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #17880 on:** July 26, 2012, 11:02:45 PM »

Considering the laundry list of problems the country has right now, guns should be at the bottom of priorities. I'd hate to have to see liberal politicians burn through their political capital on a losing battle like gun control. I think gun violence just accentuates those higher priorities such as a lack of mental health care infrastructure, piss poor workers rights that cause people to go postal, bullying and school shootings, etc.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17881 on:** July 27, 2012, 12:16:19 AM »

Quote from: The Experiment on July 26, 2012, 11:02:45 PM

Considering the laundry list of problems the country has right now, guns should be at the bottom of priorities. I'd hate to have to see liberal politicians burn through their political capital on a losing battle like gun control. I think gun violence just accentuates those higher priorities such as a lack of mental health care infrastructure, piss poor workers rights that cause people to go postal, bullying and school shootings, etc.

Agreed. Given Obama's nature, I'd imagine he'd throw assault weapon ban re-instatement off the table before negotiations started as a means of compromise. His speech focused more on background checks and flagging purchases of large caches of ammunition...which is as common sense as you can go. Which means there will be more than 100 republicans in the house ready to shit can it asap, and it will likely be filibustered in the senate. So what's the point

But even that would not have prevented Holmes from killing people

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #17882 on:** July 27, 2012, 12:43:17 AM »

Pretty much nothing that can be feasibly done will prevent more things like this from happening.

I did see something earlier that made me chuckle, even if I don't agree with it: drug tests for people who want to buy guns. If it's good enough for moochers and unemployment, it's good enough for people who want a lethal weapon.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17883 on:** July 27, 2012, 12:46:07 AM »

On a side note if this had happened on the south side of Chicago, or in Detroit no one would give a fuck. I hate quoting movies, especially BATMAN, but if some soldiers get blown up in Iraq nobody panics because that's expected. But god forbid some white people get shot up on American soil, that's a national tragedy.

I'm not saying that to belittle the crime or the victims, but I'm just mad gun violence is only a problem when one group is threatened

Mandark · « **Reply #17884 on:** July 27, 2012, 05:48:29 AM »

Well, any mass shooting by a nutjob gets attention, and what with the Batman opening, the booby-trapped apartment and the dyed red hair you've got an interesting story with a good visual, regardless of where it happened. It's dumb that we seem have these National Conversations about persistent in the wake of big news stories, but it's human nature. People talk more about college football culture in the wake of Sandusky/Paterno, tolerance for Muslims in American society during the "Ground Zero Mosque" brouhaha, etc.

It's backwards, in that we're galvanized by the rare and atypical, rather than paying attention to what happens every day, but waddyagonnado?

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #17885 on:** July 27, 2012, 11:49:11 AM »

So I was driving to work yesterday and I turned on some crazy right wing talk radio because obviously I love punishing myself before doing my job. I believe it was the Neal Boortz show.....I never heard of him before but he's certainly got the tea party insanity quotient locked down. Anyway, I was about to turn it after getting my fill of nonsense until he started to tee off on the Olympics and I remember thinking to myself "Now how is he going to turn this around and blame everything on those dirty libruls?" Sure enough, Neal found a way. He was complaining why there's so many swimming events such as the backstroke, butterfly, etc. when no one swims like that. There should be one way to swim (obviously whatever that way was the American way) and be done with it and put in more events like NASCAR(!!) and golf. Obviously dem libruls along with the French are influencing the event selection and should be stopped. We shouldn't be letting our kids swim the backstroke - that's the gay way.

............

God damnit. I seriously want to move to Canada.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #17886 on:** July 27, 2012, 01:02:04 PM »

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on July 27, 2012, 11:49:11 AM

So I was driving to work yesterday and I turned on some crazy right wing talk radio because obviously I love punishing myself before doing my job. I believe it was the Neal Boortz show.....I never heard of him before but he's certainly got the tea party insanity quotient locked down. Anyway, I was about to turn it after getting my fill of nonsense until he started to tee off on the Olympics and I remember thinking to myself "Now how is he going to turn this around and blame everything on those dirty libruls?" Sure enough, Neal found a way. He was complaining why there's so many swimming events such as the backstroke, butterfly, etc. when no one swims like that. There should be one way to swim (obviously whatever that way was the American way) and be done with it and put in more events like NASCAR(!!) and golf. Obviously dem libruls along with the French are influencing the event selection and should be stopped. We shouldn't be letting our kids swim the backstroke - that's the gay way.

............

God damnit. I seriously want to move to Canada.

Is that guy for real? Oh yeah, golf is back at the Olympics in 2016.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17887 on:** July 27, 2012, 01:14:11 PM »

NASCAR at the Olympics

Himu · « **Reply #17888 on:** July 27, 2012, 01:22:29 PM »

i backstroke all the time when i swim. it's relaxing.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #17889 on:** July 27, 2012, 01:23:45 PM »

I know people are tired of gun control, but how about just instituting some changes so we're not the legally-bought supplier of so many of the narco deaths in Mexico.

I care more about that then I do about some cracked nut with an inferiority complex that happens upon a bad idea every couple of years. And unlike some random maniac, there has got to be some way accurately and positively change the law to fix that situation.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17890 on:** July 27, 2012, 01:41:41 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on July 27, 2012, 01:22:29 PM

i backstroke all the time when i swim. it's relaxing.

whoa whoah wait wtf

you can SWIM

Himu · « **Reply #17891 on:** July 27, 2012, 02:00:49 PM »

i learned to swim when i was 4 years old and was on the local pool swim team as a kid

makes it easier to escape from the cops when I hit other peoples cars. always need an escape, and a good black parent finds ways for their kid to not get caught.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17892 on:** July 27, 2012, 02:32:33 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on July 27, 2012, 01:22:29 PM

i backstroke all the time when i swim. it's relaxing.

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on July 27, 2012, 11:49:11 AM

We shouldn't be letting our kids swim the backstroke - that's the gay way.

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17893 on:** July 27, 2012, 02:53:51 PM »

I was on a swim team in middle school and was pretty good. I quit shortly after being informed I'd have to start shaving my legs soon

Himu · « **Reply #17894 on:** July 27, 2012, 03:06:18 PM »

Switching from breast stroke to back stroke and then back to breast stroke is fun!

Himu · « **Reply #17895 on:** July 27, 2012, 03:08:05 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on July 27, 2012, 02:32:33 PM

Quote from: Stringer Bell on July 27, 2012, 01:22:29 PM
i backstroke all the time when i swim. it's relaxing.

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on July 27, 2012, 11:49:11 AM
We shouldn't be letting our kids swim the backstroke - that's the gay way.

.

Just laying on your back, while balancing yourself so you're above water, chilling is not gay!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17896 on:** July 27, 2012, 03:16:20 PM »

Backstroking feels good, pause.

seriously it's very refreshing when you're just lounging in a pool backstroking. And it's hilarious if there are little kids around because they stare in awe and view that form of swimming as pure magic

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17897 on:** July 27, 2012, 04:31:34 PM »

Even Karl Rove is like "Damn Romney, y u so dumb, breh?"

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #17898 on:** July 27, 2012, 06:20:35 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on July 27, 2012, 04:31:34 PM

Even Karl Rove is like "Damn Romney, y u so dumb, breh?"

The only thing scary about all of that is that according to Gallup, Obama and Romney are tied. Initially I assumed the GOP was going to write off 2012 as an inevitable loss but this guy might actually win. I know McCain and Obama were neck and neck for a while but the thing is this time, there probably won't be some huge sector of our economy going tits up like in 2008 that will assure an Obama victory.

I understand polls are mostly meaningless at this point but this month has been a giant gaffe for Romney and he is still hanging in there.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17899 on:** July 27, 2012, 06:36:46 PM »

Gallup has been using 2010 indicators for their daily polls; they've been awful for this election cycle.

Oblivion · « **Reply #17900 on:** July 27, 2012, 08:26:52 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on July 27, 2012, 01:22:29 PM

i backstroke all the time when i swim. it's relaxing.

Yeah, but you're also a muslim.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17901 on:** July 27, 2012, 09:54:05 PM »

http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/Billboard-compares-president-to-suspected-gunman-164067056.html

Oblivion · « **Reply #17902 on:** July 27, 2012, 10:01:49 PM »

So what, we take away Obama's 2nd amendment rights?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17903 on:** July 28, 2012, 12:57:56 AM »

Obama should have considered the costs before he started wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Himu · « **Reply #17904 on:** July 28, 2012, 01:02:39 AM »

i was talking to prole on fb and mentioned how i commonly see in the college intellectual dialogue recently that romney and obama are practically the same person, and obama's foreign policy is the first clue. it's getting pretty annoying.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #17905 on:** July 28, 2012, 01:11:47 AM »

But Romney has no foreign policy experience. Are people talking about his missionary work or some shit?

Himu · « **Reply #17906 on:** July 28, 2012, 01:17:01 AM »

They base it around that they feel Romney is another Bush in the making, and if he's like Bush, then likely we will be at war with Iran if Romney gets elected. On the other hand, they also think Obama will be at war with Iran is he is reelected.

Oblivion · « **Reply #17907 on:** July 28, 2012, 01:17:31 AM »

What I don't get about that pic is where is supposed to be attacking Obama from? One could think that it's doing so from the left, but then it has that "Making Statism Unpopular" thing on top.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17908 on:** July 28, 2012, 01:24:43 AM »

I stopped arguing with libtards long ago. Ultimately that argument boils down to them thinking there are two economic views: libertarianism and liberalism. So Bush and Obama are the same in this alternate reality, whereas anyone who pays a bit of attention could tell the difference between them

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17909 on:** July 28, 2012, 01:25:19 AM »

Quote from: Oblivion on July 28, 2012, 01:17:31 AM

What I don't get about that pic is where is supposed to be attacking Obama from? One could think that it's doing so from the left, but then it has that "Making Statism Unpopular" thing on top.

Libertarian

Himu · « **Reply #17910 on:** July 28, 2012, 01:28:12 AM »

Another common argument is that the drone bombs used in Pakistan and Libya are proof that Obama does not deserve his piece prize and that he's no different from Bush.

It's hard to argue on that point because after all, people getting killed is still people getting killed.

But what I dislike the most about it is how they act like they are on the moral pedestal.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17911 on:** July 28, 2012, 01:43:16 AM »

I'm not going to defend Obama in terms of killing brown people. I'll just say at least he does it more efficiently and cheaper than Bush

Oblivion · « **Reply #17912 on:** July 28, 2012, 03:41:22 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 28, 2012, 01:25:19 AM

Quote from: Oblivion on July 28, 2012, 01:17:31 AM
What I don't get about that pic is where is supposed to be attacking Obama from? One could think that it's doing so from the left, but then it has that "Making Statism Unpopular" thing on top.

Libertarian

D'oh!

Atramental · « **Reply #17913 on:** July 28, 2012, 05:34:27 PM »

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #17914 on:** July 28, 2012, 05:46:08 PM »

Should I know who those people are?

Barry Egan · « **Reply #17915 on:** July 28, 2012, 05:52:45 PM »

I'm unsure if you're kidding or not, but I had the exact same reaction so yea, it's a very unpolished Sarah Palin and hubbie.

Atramental · « **Reply #17916 on:** July 28, 2012, 06:04:05 PM »

I mean it's one thing to get food from CFA.

It's another to have a photo taken with a thumb up like, "YEAH! FUCK THOSE LIBERUL FEGS & FEG LOVERS!"

Oblivion · « **Reply #17917 on:** July 28, 2012, 07:00:49 PM »

Washington Post: Romney bans media from Jerusalem fundraiser, violating pre-established protocol

https://twitter.com/LOLGOP

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Worst possible Romney gaffe he could make on his tour? How about: "I'm just not sure Israel is ready for Jesus' return."?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17918 on:** July 28, 2012, 07:07:53 PM »

Bought some chicken, made the news. Palin is dominating the news cycle

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17919 on:** July 28, 2012, 07:45:25 PM »

Fast-food chicken hasn't dominated the news like this since that time KFC ran out of chicken on $5 8-piece bucket night.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #17920 on:** July 28, 2012, 08:10:21 PM »

Goddamn, all this talk of chicken is making me want to get some dinner at Popeyes

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17921 on:** July 28, 2012, 08:12:06 PM »

where does our first African American president stand on this pressing issue?

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17922 on:** July 28, 2012, 08:24:20 PM »

Clinton's liked chicken since the 90s

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17923 on:** July 28, 2012, 08:29:10 PM »

I bet as I type this, there's a conservative blog/website intern somewhere scouring google for an image of Obama eating at CFA

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #17924 on:** July 28, 2012, 08:32:36 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on July 28, 2012, 08:24:20 PM

Clinton's liked chicken since the 90s

Funny story- after his open heart bypass surgery, the Big Dog hasn't eaten meat per doctor's orders... unless of course you count all that pussy he's eating.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17925 on:** July 28, 2012, 09:22:42 PM »

he was thinkin' arbies

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17926 on:** July 28, 2012, 09:27:43 PM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on July 28, 2012, 08:32:36 PM

Quote from: BrandNew on July 28, 2012, 08:24:20 PM
Clinton's liked chicken since the 90s

... unless of course you count all that pussy he's eating.

Maybe he should have been eating stuff lower in fat.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17927 on:** July 28, 2012, 11:35:42 PM »

I'd be Clinton's wing man. He'd take the ugly friend

Brehvolution · « **Reply #17928 on:** July 29, 2012, 05:12:04 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on July 28, 2012, 09:27:43 PM

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on July 28, 2012, 08:32:36 PM
Quote from: BrandNew on July 28, 2012, 08:24:20 PM
Clinton's liked chicken since the 90s

... unless of course you count all that pussy he's eating.

Maybe he should have been eating stuff lower in fat.

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Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #17929 on:** July 30, 2012, 01:06:37 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on July 28, 2012, 11:35:42 PM

I'd be Clinton's wing man. He'd take the ugly friend

And then he'd take the hot one.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #17930 on:** July 30, 2012, 01:14:56 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on July 30, 2012, 01:06:37 AM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on July 28, 2012, 11:35:42 PM
I'd be Clinton's wing man. He'd take the ugly friend

And then he'd take the hot one.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17931 on:** July 30, 2012, 01:22:09 AM »

:'(

Mandark · « **Reply #17932 on:** July 30, 2012, 01:45:41 AM »

The Romney campaign's foreign policy adviser basically said that Romney would give the green light to Israel bombing Iran.

All the usual caveats apply (campaign rhetoric that can be tossed away if he hypothetically wins, conditional on how the situation develops, blah blah blah), but really? BAD IDEA. No new wars Israel, kthx.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #17933 on:** July 30, 2012, 01:53:33 AM »

Quote from: Mandark on July 30, 2012, 01:45:41 AM

The Romney campaign's foreign policy adviser basically said that Romney would give the green light to Israel bombing Iran.

All the usual caveats apply (campaign rhetoric that can be tossed away if he hypothetically wins, conditional on how the situation develops, blah blah blah), but really? BAD IDEA. No new wars Israel, kthx.

YO PEOPLE

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I feel really uncomfortable criticizing anything Israel does because, you know, the whole BEING NAMED ARIAN THING

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17934 on:** July 30, 2012, 01:55:30 AM »

They also said they'll support recognizing Israel's capitol as Jerusalem and moving the US embassy there. I tend to think this is a lot of tough talk and overcompensating. Romney's foreign policy team is basically the Bush/PNAC crew, and even they didn't pull the trigger on Iran; iirc Bush specifically told Israel no about a year after re-election.

That's not to say these developments aren't troubling or cause for concern/derision, just that I think this is him trying to gain foreign policy credibility (and large Jewish donations) by throwing red meat to the base. An Israeli attack on Iran would be a disaster.

Gotta love Netanyahu basically endorsing all this and directly saying that the Iran sanctions have done nothing. Great

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #17935 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:04:49 AM »

so if McCain had won 2008, would we be warring with Iran right now? Would the Arab Spring even have happened if the whole Muslim world is monumentally pissed at America and their anger has a more convenient target then their own leaders?

or is that too far fetched?

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #17936 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:12:14 AM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on July 30, 2012, 02:04:49 AM

so if McCain had won 2008, would we be warring with Iran right now? Would the Arab Spring even have happened if the whole Muslim world is monumentally pissed at America and their anger has a more convenient target then their own leaders?

or is that too far fetched?

Not at all.

If McCain had won, we'd probably be at war with the entire Middle East by this point.

Eric P · « **Reply #17937 on:** July 30, 2012, 11:41:39 AM »

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/2012730141942976671.html?utm_content=automate&utm_campaign=Trial6&utm_source=NewSocialFlow&utm_term=plustweets&utm_medium=MasterAccount

For Creepy Old Guy.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17938 on:** July 30, 2012, 11:55:40 AM »

Quote from: Eric P on July 30, 2012, 11:41:39 AM

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/2012730141942976671.html?utm_content=automate&utm_campaign=Trial6&utm_source=NewSocialFlow&utm_term=plustweets&utm_medium=MasterAccount

For Creepy Old Guy.

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"According to the sentence that was issued, four of the defendants in this case were sentenced to death," prosecutor general Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei told IRNA.

Two people were sentenced to life and others received jail sentences of up to 25 years, Mohseni-Ejei said. In addition to jail time, some were sentenced to flogging, ordered to pay fines and banned from government jobs.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17939 on:** July 30, 2012, 12:31:45 PM »

Iran gettin' stuff done.

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