Fark you subby.

Sort of like Senate Republicans on the bankruptcy bill a couple years ago?

cameroncrazy1984: Sort of like Senate Republicans on the bankruptcy bill a couple years ago?

Remember that!?? even after voting was supposed to be closed they kept it open to strong-arm senators to change their vote. I remember that.

For going to a wake? Uhhhhhhhhhhhh... no.

That vote was to be held open for hours, waiting for Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, who was attending a memorial service for his mother and then flying back to cast the deciding vote.

They couldn't just stick the old lady in the freezer for a day so that proper policy could be followed ? This is an OUTRAGE !! America should not have to stand for this !!!

At least Sen. Brown is flying back after going to HIS MOTHER'S MEMORIAL SERVICE.

Unlike John McCain, who basically blew off the entire last session of Congress.

Abzzstain: Unlike John McCain, who basically blew off the entire last session of Congress.

Obama blew off two years.... So, not a great argument you got going there.

these fat cats going around mourning their loved ones just make me SICK!

NewportBarGuy: Abzzstain: Unlike John McCain, who basically blew off the entire last session of Congress.

Obama blew off two years.... So, not a great argument you got going there.

All the presidential candidates took a lot of time off from the Senate but John McCain missed substantially more votes. And he was the only senator who missed more votes than the guy who was out for several months due to brain hemorrhaging.

Also, McCain wrapped up his nomination early and still blew off his Senate responsibilities.

Missed Votes in the 110th Congress (new window).

Abzzstain: All the presidential candidates took a lot of time off from the Senate but John McCain missed substantially more votes. And he was the only senator who missed more votes than the guy who was out for several months due to brain hemorrhaging.

I'm aware of all that. Just saying that if you use that argument people will counter with the Obama campaigning thing.

That's ok, everything can be solved with TAX CUTS!

kimwim: Remember that!?? even after voting was supposed to be closed they kept it open to strong-arm senators to change their vote. I remember that.

Why do I have to keep telling you people this? It isn't wrong when Republicans do it. Nothing is wrong when Republicans do it. Just ask the Fark Independents^TM, since I am not aware of anyone who openly admits to being a Republican anymore, for good reason.

This is absolutely shocking! I am shocked, simply shocked by this shockingly obvious Democrat corruption.

If I had a job that wouldn't let me take time off to go to MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL, I'd probably quit.

And then, after the funeral, rent a U-Haul and crash into the boss's car in the parking lot.

GAT_00: kimwim: Remember that!?? even after voting was supposed to be closed they kept it open to strong-arm senators to change their vote. I remember that.

Why do I have to keep telling you people this? It isn't wrong when Republicans do it. Nothing is wrong when Republicans do it. Just ask the Fark IndependentsTM, since I am not aware of anyone who openly admits to being a Republican anymore, for good reason.

I thought they were libertairians(sp?) now.

Did they happen to wheel Ted's bloated carcass in to vote yet?

Snowflake Tubbybottom: Did they happen to wheel Ted's bloated carcass in to vote yet?

He won't be voting, but thanks for your concern.

God, its going to be a long 4 years on the Fark political tab. Every butt-hurt submission will get greened.

You're biatching because they left open voting longer?

Um... huh?

I don't think they are required to show up for every vote. If people don't like senators missing key votes they can always vote them out of office 2-6 years from now.

Those freakin' corrupt, negligent democrats!! THEY are what's wrong with this country! If liberals would just disappear all our troubles would be over.

NeverDrunk23: God, its going to be a long 4 years on the Fark political tab. Every butt-hurt submission will get greened.

It's how Drew 'earns' a living. :p

"http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=4210321&IDComment=48754 887#c 48754887" target="_blank">NeverDrunk23: God, its going to be a long 4 years on the Fark political tab. Every butt-hurt submission will get greened.

It's been a long three and a half months.

PoopStain: GAT_00: since I am not aware of anyone who openly admits to being a Republican anymore

I'm a Republican, and I alone will drag the party kicking and screaming into the 20th century. I just have to get rid of the Jesus freaks. Pelosi and Reid are already helping me recruit, you know, sane people.


Without the Jesus freaks, you have 30-35% of the country. You neeeeeeeeeeeeed them.

u mad?

THATS NOT CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN!!!

Heh, nice trolling headline. Obviously nobody is calling for a senator to be fired for being at his mother's funeral.

Good work on the amount of bites you got submitter

PoopStain: GAT_00: since I am not aware of anyone who openly admits to being a Republican anymore

I'm a Republican, and I alone will drag the party kicking and screaming into the 20th century. I just have to get rid of the Jesus freaks. Pelosi and Reid are already helping me recruit, you know, sane people.


You are going to drag your party backwards in time?

Seems they are doing that already.

The Obama Family, coming soon to an auction block near you. Sold separately.

PoopStain: GAT_00: since I am not aware of anyone who openly admits to being a Republican anymore

I'm a Republican, and I alone will drag the party kicking and screaming into the 20th century. I just have to get rid of the Jesus freaks. Pelosi and Reid are already helping me recruit, you know, sane people.

Tried it for years, my friend, it's a losing battle. I've hitched my wagon with the Democrats for the time being; we fight on issues all the time, but at least they farking listen to my arguments without resorting to "YOU'RE NOT A REAL REPUBLICAN!! YOU'RE A TRAITOR! HOW DARE YOU NOT TOE THE PARTY LINE!!!!" bullshiat. Like I said, maybe the Libertarians can pull something out of this, but I really farking doubt it.

Christian Bale: PoopStain: GAT_00: since I am not aware of anyone who openly admits to being a Republican anymore

I'm a Republican, and I alone will drag the party kicking and screaming into the 20th century. I just have to get rid of the Jesus freaks. Pelosi and Reid are already helping me recruit, you know, sane people.


Without the Jesus freaks, you have 30-35% of the country. You neeeeeeeeeeeeed them.


It's like they built a monster, and now it has turned on them. LOL

Normal people take bereavement leave and skip out on work entirely.

Apik0r0s: PoopStain: GAT_00: since I am not aware of anyone who openly admits to being a Republican anymore

I'm a Republican, and I alone will drag the party kicking and screaming into the 20th century. I just have to get rid of the Jesus freaks. Pelosi and Reid are already helping me recruit, you know, sane people.


You are going to drag your party backwards in time?


Perhaps he's suggesting that the Republican Party is currently in the 19th century. It makes sense to me.

I get three days when my mother dies. She understands the deadline I've given her, too. These tickets are nonrefundable.

Ahhhh, this is a relaxing reminder. I've been nervous about the stimulus bill, unhappy with the changes (mostly at the Republicans' behest, although the Democrats all need to be administered a damned good kicking for listening to them in the first place), but reading whining about holding the vote open so Brown can get back from his mother's memorial service serves as a good reminder: The right is composed of liars, thieves, cowards and scoundrels. Their objections are invalid. fark them all.

If you want to complain about a vote being held up, consider that the Delaware delegation to Congress to ratify independence held up the vote for independence because they were deadlocked. The vote that unlocked them was cast by Caesar Rodney, for whom the vote for independence was held open. He rode in late and cast his vote. Incidentally, the backlash from conservatives was so great that he lost his seat (he was eventually reelected as governor of Delaware). He's now on the Delaware state quarter. His opposition is rightly forgotten.

If they can hold the vote to ratify the Declaration open for Rodney's arrival, they can hold the vote on the stimulus package open so Brown can attend his own mother's memorial. If history's any judge, he may be remembered a hero. Hopefully the Rs will all be rightly remembered as the assholes who tried, as conservatives always have in the US, to destroy the country.

PerfectlyCromulent: Apik0r0s: PoopStain: GAT_00: since I am not aware of anyone who openly admits to being a Republican anymore

I'm a Republican, and I alone will drag the party kicking and screaming into the 20th century. I just have to get rid of the Jesus freaks. Pelosi and Reid are already helping me recruit, you know, sane people.


You are going to drag your party backwards in time?


Perhaps he's suggesting that the Republican Party is currently in the 19th century. It makes sense to me.

19th Century sounds about right. I live in GA and most of the natives around here blame Lincoln for the Obama Crisis.

It's obvious that Senators are the star-chamber beings dreamed up in Plato's Republic.

The represent the real citizens of America, and they are untouchable.

Well, unless they're Republican and in a men's room...

I wonder where republicans (Family Values!) got the reputation for meanness.

Hasn't our civilization achieved a sufficiently high level of technology that we could enable a relatively small and infrequently-updated group of people to authenticate themselves and vote remotely?

I'm sure there is/will be plenty of reasonable things to biatch about now that democrats are there...

...but do you really want to pick THIS as your flagship? Dude comes back to work on the day of his mother's wake, and you're pissed that he was late?!?

While we're at it; fark Ted Kennedy! Not because he's killed people, but that biatch has a farking tumor! Pussy liberal...

I'm a Republican who's voted against Sherrod Brown probably at least a dozen times, but I think attending his mother's memorial service is a valid excuse.

This has got to be the troll headline of the year.

NotARocketScientist: I wonder where republicans (Family Values!) got the reputation for meanness.

I'm looking at having to lay off 20-30 people in the next month. I figured the fairest way was to go through employee files and put those with the most red marks at the top of the list. Care to guess what pattern emerged? I even added a column to my XL sheet to denote political affiliation (if known) and had my girls find out about some of the unknowns.

Based on my employee files, if you think Sadaam did 9/11 and that Obama is the worst thing to ever happen to this country, you have a mark in your file for being a sexist, racist or simply an unprofessional asshole at some point. Oh, and the biometric time clock says you're real good at watching my clock.

I got curious and went back through ex-employee files looking for more GOP fanbois. The guy who brought a shotgun in his car to intimidate the girl he was screwing around on his wife with - the most conservative bastard we ever had - the guy used to bring TAPED Mark Levine shows to listen to. He brought the shotgun and made sure she knew it because he wanted her to get an abortion - real Family Values there.

The funniest one has to be the husband and wife couple that was fond of inviting new (young) employees to their home on the weekends for "Casino Night". Turns out they were furries - no kidding. Furries who listened to Limbaugh. The wife quit some time ago, hubby will be going away soon.

It would make a great study - but the evidence already seems pretty clear to me - if you identify with the GOP, you are more likely to be twisted and/or mean spirited. And "hurt your back", it would seem.

I haven't run the numbers on production efficiency yet, but from what I know off the top of my head, they aren't exactly the hardest working - aren't they the Party of hard work, Murrika style?

I routinely give pay advances or loans to those who need some help - guess who has the worst track record of repayment? Fiscally responsible my arse.

There's something going on in the psyche of these people. The GOP figured out how to harness this impotent rage and build a base with it. If you listen to Hannity and Limbaugh, or Boehner, you can see this at work - everything is about blaming Liberals - it gives focus to their frustration.

Anyways, I will be laying off mostly GOPers soon. I wonder how many will put their money where their mouth is and NOT run down to the Unemployment Office with their lazy liberal hands out? After all, I pay for UI, not them.

I am trying to think of a way to screen for political slant during the hiring process.

When did the politics tab become a portal to Freeperville? I'm all for different sides having a voice, but damn, at least make it intelligent.

Hung Like A Tic-Tac: GAT_00: kimwim: Remember that!?? even after voting was supposed to be closed they kept it open to strong-arm senators to change their vote. I remember that.

Why do I have to keep telling you people this? It isn't wrong when Republicans do it. Nothing is wrong when Republicans do it. Just ask the Fark IndependentsTM, since I am not aware of anyone who openly admits to being a Republican anymore, for good reason.

I thought they were libertairians(sp?) now.

Don't lump us in with the republicans.

We're libertarians because we don't like them OR the democrats, I apologize for your lack of reasoning skills as to why we don't agree with the democrats very often.

WFern: When did the politics tab become a portal to Freeperville? I'm all for different sides having a voice, but damn, at least make it intelligent.

It is kind of funny, how they suddenly descended upon Fark once the election was over. Hmmm? Lends some credence to the theory that many of them are GOP hacks who do this on a pro, or semi-pro basis.

As far as each side having a Voice, these people don't have "opinons", they have talking points and marching orders. They're drones who could not think their way out of a wet paper bag without the echo chamber kickstarting them.

For kicks and giggles some time, come to the hot Politics thread before noon. Pull up the Limbaugh stream and watch the waargarbl coalesce into a uniform set of talking points. Sometimes you will actually see Limbaugh parroted by the usual suspects around here, seconds after he says something on-air.

The best example I remember was one of the Scooter Libby threads - they were nowhere to be found, until talking rectum hit the airwaves. It was quite funny.

Etchy333: If I had a job that wouldn't let me take time off to go to MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL, I'd probably quit.

And then, after the funeral, rent a U-Haul and crash into the boss's car in the parking lot.

Then don't get a job in 'the business' (Hollywood)...
a very dear friend of mine ran into trouble for wanting to attend his father's freaking DEATHBED...
They figured "We're paying you, so we own your ass, too bad your dad's dying, but those are the breaks."

/ True story
// His dad did manage to hang on just long enough to say goodbye...fortunately

NewportBarGuy: Obama blew off two years.... So, not a great argument you got going there.

McCain missed 40% more votes than Obama over those same 2 years; 420 votes to Obama's 303.

Apik0r0s: PoopStain: GAT_00: since I am not aware of anyone who openly admits to being a Republican anymore

I'm a Republican, and I alone will drag the party kicking and screaming into the 20th century. I just have to get rid of the Jesus freaks. Pelosi and Reid are already helping me recruit, you know, sane people.


You are going to drag your party backwards in time?

Seems they are doing that already.

The Obama Family, coming soon to an auction block near you. Sold separately.

Century of the Fruitcakebat. Welcome to it.
"Why must people always be dragged kicking and screaming? Why can't they be taken by the hand and gently led?" (or something like that...)

ErikShocker: Hung Like A Tic-Tac: GAT_00: kimwim: Remember that!?? even after voting was supposed to be closed they kept it open to strong-arm senators to change their vote. I remember that.

Why do I have to keep telling you people this? It isn't wrong when Republicans do it. Nothing is wrong when Republicans do it. Just ask the Fark IndependentsTM, since I am not aware of anyone who openly admits to being a Republican anymore, for good reason.

I thought they were libertairians(sp?) now.

Don't lump us in with the republicans.

We're libertarians because we don't like them OR the democrats, I apologize for your lack of reasoning skills as to why we don't agree with the democrats very often.

Sure you are. That's why you guys always showed up for the threads about how recklessly Bush was wasting our money. Sorry if you're one of the true Libertarians, but I doubt it.

Besides all of that, Libertarian, in many ways, just means Republican on Crack. Eliminate taxes, de-regulate everything so that more kids can die from poison peanuts, and legalize drugs. It's almost like most of your plank was written by Corporations.

Yawn.