heh and who thought Stewart wouldn't have any material during this administration?

Tax and spend or
spend and spend.

Hmmmmmmmm

Crap, I DVR'd it, fell asleep too early last night. :(

Of course they're going to take the money - all of their states take more federal money than they dish out, so they're used to the idea of handouts.

But they still have to go through the motions of seeming like they don't want to do it. It makes for a good show, and their constituents eat that shiat up. And it makes them feel better about being on federal welfare.

SeismicJizzer: heh and who thought Stewart wouldn't have any material during this administration?

Yeah, just because there isn't a Republican president anymore doesn't mean there aren't hundreds of other national Republican figures to mock incessantly. And the Daily Show still manages to fit in funnier jokes about Obama than the right wing "comedians" can come up with.

make me some tea: Crap, I DVR'd it, fell asleep too early last night. :(

This is from Monday's episode?

As best as I can tell, they are mainly protesting that the states will have to pay the cost of the unemployment cost increases, which makes the GOP whining really farked up.

Oh, nvm, the video makes that clear. Should have watched first.

cousin-merle: SeismicJizzer: heh and who thought Stewart wouldn't have any material during this administration?

Yeah, just because there isn't a Republican president anymore doesn't mean there aren't hundreds of other national Republican figures to mock incessantly. And the Daily Show still manages to fit in funnier jokes about Obama than the right wing "comedians" can come up with.

There are right-wing comedians?

DrySocket: There are right-wing comedians?

You don't watch Hannity, I take it.

That guy's a stitch. When I watch his show, I can't stop laughing from beginning to end.

DrySocket: There are right-wing comedians?

Sure-O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Coulter, Beck...

DrySocket: There are right-wing comedians?

Unintentional comedy only. But c'mon, you don't think this is funny:

I liked the part where Bobby Jindal was amazed at spending 140 million on volcano monitoring. What liberal nonsense that is! Every one knows the United States has absolutely no volcanoes anywhere, and that there has never been a catastrophic eruption within the United States...

I mean, can the Republicans become any slimier? I mean, I hate Democrats as well - politician scum that they all are - but, Jesus, just when you think the GOP sets the bar as low as it can go, they dig a deeper hole...

First... the blowjob from the guy in the cowboy hat joke... hilarious. :D hah

Second, I have been hearing more and more people explain their dislike of how the Republicans are handling things. I don't mean on here (I see that all the time here), I mean from Republicans in everyday life. Most of them explain that they're ex-Republicans since they no longer see the Republican party as a viable option.

What is sad is that it took Bush running his party like he's run everything else he has ever been in charge of... straight into the ground to convince them that Republicans are bad news. I guess that whole benefit of the doubt thing they had been giving the Republican party didn't pan out for them quite like they had hoped.

make me some tea: Crap, I DVR'd it, fell asleep too early last night. :(

It's on Hulu.

There was this website that had a listing of the states that took in the most amount of federal funds... Can't find it.. Honestly, I'd love to see those again, and lay them next to a chart that lists what party they belong to, where they rank in education, and other interesting facts.

My guess? On average, the states that already are taking the most amount of federal funds vs. paying in taxes are southern states, republican and have low rankings in educational standards.

I won't put money on it, but that's my guess.

RoxtarRyan: There was this website that had a listing of the states that took in the most amount of federal funds... Can't find it.. Honestly, I'd love to see those again, and lay them next to a chart that lists what party they belong to, where they rank in education, and other interesting facts.

My guess? On average, the states that already are taking the most amount of federal funds vs. paying in taxes are southern states, republican and have low rankings in educational standards.

I won't put money on it, but that's my guess.

What flavor do you want?

cousin-merle: What flavor do you want?

Huh... I wasn't too far off, I guess.

I will say this: I am not surprised about Missouri. That place is a shiathole, from my experiences. For fark's sake, they have Testicle Festivals. That sort of shiat shouldn't be allowed to happen.

/yes, I have SFW photographic proof of such things existing

JohnnyC: What is sad is that it took Bush running his party like he's run everything else he has ever been in charge of... straight into the ground to convince them that Republicans are bad news. I guess that whole benefit of the doubt thing they had been giving the Republican party didn't pan out for them quite like they had hoped.

But it's not just Bush. There are sooo many idiotic Republican politicians in Washington who are just utterly and completely clueless. They don't care that they helped turn the name of the Republican Party into a sad joke. They're just pissed that their old bag of tricks don't work anymore, and instead of abandoning the idea of tricking people into voting for them, they're trying to come up with new tricks.

They really need to convey to the public that they are going to do two things:
1) Become the party of good fiscal policy once again.
2) Abandon the culture war issues.

I know they don't believe me, but there are a LOT of Americans out there that just want to belong to a party that focuses on being very efficient with our tax dollars.

Lando Lincoln: But it's not just Bush. There are sooo many idiotic Republican politicians in Washington who are just utterly and completely clueless.

Absolutely. Same goes for farking Democrats as well.

/equal opportunity hater

Lando Lincoln: I know they don't believe me, but there are a LOT of Americans out there that just want to belong to a party that focuses on being very efficient with our tax dollars.

The money is going to get spent by somebody whether we collect it in taxes or not. Republicans need to stop pretending like cutting taxes and smaller government always saves money. Universal health care is the prime examples of this. The "fiscal conservatives" want no part of it. It makes no sense.

Lando Lincoln: But it's not just Bush. There are sooo many idiotic Republican politicians in Washington who are just utterly and completely clueless. They don't care that they helped turn the name of the Republican Party into a sad joke. They're just pissed that their old bag of tricks don't work anymore, and instead of abandoning the idea of tricking people into voting for them, they're trying to come up with new tricks.

Dems have nothing to do with any of the problems we have...

Try to at least be a little informed.

xtragrind: Dems have nothing to do with any of the problems we have...

Try to at least be a little informed.

We're talking about the current problems with the Republican Party, here.

Did I say that the Democrats were perfect? Did I say that there are no asshat Democrats that care only about re-election and don't give a shiat about the good of the country? No. Now please stay on topic.

xtragrind: Dems have nothing to do with any of the problems we have...

Try to at least be a little informed.

Baloney, and I'm a Democrat. The Democrats aren't blameless, but their slice of the blame pie is nowhere near as large as the Republicans' slice.

I'll take the free blowjob!

That wack-a-mole comment he made was hilarious.

cousin-merle: The money is going to get spent by somebody whether we collect it in taxes or not. Republicans need to stop pretending like cutting taxes and smaller government always saves money. Universal health care is the prime examples of this. The "fiscal conservatives" want no part of it. It makes no sense.

That's very true. They need to get away from the "tax cuts are always a good thing / smaller government is always best" bullshiat. Everyone knows that's not always the case. Sometimes extra taxes are needed (like when YOU'RE TEN FARKING TRILLION DOLLARS IN THE HOLE, for example).

They need to be the fiscal realists of America. "Okay, we Americans want nice things, and it's good to want nice things, but we get nice things only when we can pay for them. Nodody's getting ANY nice things until we figure out how to bring in more money than we're spending. So let's go over these numbers again and see what we can do."

xtragrind: Dems have nothing to do with any of the problems we have...

Try to at least be a little informed.

Yeah... they've only been the majority for how long and were powerless to do anything about the economical shiatstorm our country is in?

/had to go for the hat trick

JohnnyC: What is sad is that it took Bush running his party like he's run everything else he has ever been in charge of... straight into the ground

This is why McCain was so excited to be president-- He has lots of experience running things into the ground.
Mainly airplanes.

HotLonelyTeenageGirl: I liked the part where Bobby Jindal was amazed at spending 140 million on volcano monitoring. What liberal nonsense that is! Every one knows the United States has absolutely no volcanoes anywhere, and that there has never been a catastrophic eruption within the United States...

I mean, can the Republicans become any slimier? I mean, I hate Democrats as well - politician scum that they all are - but, Jesus, just when you think the GOP sets the bar as low as it can go, they dig a deeper hole...

It's not like the descriptive terms for lava come from an American state.*

/*Prior to 1959.

Both Republicans and Democratcs get paid by special intrests groups to do the same job and advocate the same (important) issues against the intrests of the American People. The only thing they fight for is who gets to be in the position for the bribe.

The Blue Dogs can kiss my rump, AT&T has more sway in our government than half the voting block.

HotLonelyTeenageGirl: I liked the part where Bobby Jindal was amazed at spending 140 million on volcano monitoring. What liberal nonsense that is! Every one knows the United States has absolutely no volcanoes anywhere, and that there has never been a catastrophic eruption within the United States...

I been from Houma all the way to Shreveport and points in between, and I ain't never even seen a volcana, much less one that needed monitorin'! Anyway, the only people I've ever even heard of bein' interested in volcanas are scientists and pagans, both of which tend to have a liberal bias.

/Sarcasm, if it wasn't obvious.

The Jindal/Palin debate before the next presidential primaries might get higher ratings than the final episode of MASH

Magruda: Both Republicans and Democratcs get paid by special intrests groups to do the same job and advocate the same (important) issues against the intrests of the American People.

Lando Lincoln: They need to be the fiscal realists of America. "Okay, we Americans want nice things, and it's good to want nice things, but we get nice things only when we can pay for them. Nodody's getting ANY nice things until we figure out how to bring in more money than we're spending. So let's go over these numbers again and see what we can do."

Obama doesn't have the balls to raise the top marginal tax rate beyond Clinton's 39.6%. And, he's getting slammed for even that.

Reagan didn't have the balls to push for a drop in the marginal tax rate below 50% until the last months of his presidency.

Any chance we could raise the top tax bracket back to 50%? If we called it the 'Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Tax Compromise', would that help?

b-b-b-but Bush!

that's funny, not one Shaggy_C or Stealth Hippo or any of those other douche bags in here to defend the republicans yet.

what a bunch a lying trolls.

This thread is going to be fun.

Lawnchair: Any chance we could raise the top tax bracket back to 50%? If we called it the 'Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Tax Compromise', would that help?

I think you're on to something.

USP .45: b-b-b-but Bush!

Bush has still got Obama beat cold in the launching two illegal "wars," and cuts a bunch of taxes for his rich buddies.

Remember:

Trillions to kill brown people and occupy countries: Good

Any money spent on the homefront: BAD

USP .45: b-b-b-but Bush!

I don't get it, so now that the GOP is out deficits matter?

Lawnchair: Any chance we could raise the top tax bracket back to 50%? If we called it the 'Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Tax Compromise', would that help?

Hmmmm...I like the thought....

"We're raising your taxes"
"That's bullshiat! You can't do that!"
"But it's in honor of Ronald Reagan."
"Oh, he's sooooo dreamy! Here, take more!!"

SeismicJizzer: heh and who thought Stewart wouldn't have any material during this administration?

I read an interview a while ago where Stewart said he was looking forward to working with new material with the new administration.

Sgt. Pepper: SeismicJizzer: heh and who thought Stewart wouldn't have any material during this administration?

I read an interview a while ago where Stewart said he was looking forward to working with new material with the new administration.

Government and politics will never run out of material for TDS.

Lando Lincoln: Lawnchair: Any chance we could raise the top tax bracket back to 50%? If we called it the 'Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Tax Compromise', would that help?

I think you're on to something.

If that was ever proposed/passed, we'd need those volcano monitoring funds for all the Republ- 'scuse me G.O.P. heads a-splodin'.

USP .45: b-b-b-but Bush!

He's responsible for FY 2009. Ooopsy.

RoxtarRyan: Government and politics will never run out of material for TDS.

I'm looking forward to the inevitable Biden gaffe montage and the awkward moments where Obama and Hillary have to pretend they get along.

USP .45: b-b-b-but Bush!

You seem to have forgotten this:

http://www.examiner.com/x-243-Progressive-Politics-Examiner~y2009m2d20-Obama-to - ban-budget-gimmicks

Just because the previous Administration didn't report all the expenses in the budget doesn't mean we didn't spend the money.

A drunken spending orgy? Doesn't matter...Republicans are joining in too, how hypocritical of them! Crippling debt? Who cares! Republicans spent like drunken sailors under Bush! Inevitable inflation with astronomical tax increases? I don't care, because I hate Republicans so much! Look at them whine...ha! Questionable spending under the stimulus bill? Republicans are against it so I could care less! All of the sudden I am an infrastructure whore!