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Serious Black		2011-03-30 05:30:10 PM

The_Six_Fingered_Man: theorellior: The_Six_Fingered_Man: Of course. I'll be happy to oblige.

Fark, now I went and read your profile. I can't call a Buckeye a fascist! And you support Single Payer for basic care?

My head asplode.

I'm also a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

/rAmen

Do you support a mandate that schools spend a third of their time on evolution, a third of their time on creationism, and a third of their time on Flying Spaghetti Monsterism?

The_Six_Fingered_Man		2011-03-30 05:30:27 PM

Serious Black: I'm convinced. The Republicans in Congress are from a parallel universe. That's the only explanation for why they're pretending like they can rule the country with an iron fist because they only control one chamber of Congress.

/well, that and having the collective intelligence of a dung beetle

Come now. Have you ever seen a group of dung beetles work together to achieve a common goal? They are infinitely more intelligent than the Congressional GOP.

Hobodeluxe		2011-03-30 05:30:30 PM

cameroncrazy1984: Is it me or was that article trying to paint that bill in the best possible light?

it's politico. another right wing "news" site.

HeartBurnKid		2011-03-30 05:31:03 PM

The_Six_Fingered_Man: Serious Black: I'm convinced. The Republicans in Congress are from a parallel universe. That's the only explanation for why they're pretending like they can rule the country with an iron fist because they only control one chamber of Congress.

/well, that and having the collective intelligence of a dung beetle

Come now. Have you ever seen a group of dung beetles work together to achieve a common goal? They are infinitely more intelligent than the Congressional GOP.

More sociable too.

The_Six_Fingered_Man		2011-03-30 05:31:14 PM

Serious Black: The_Six_Fingered_Man: theorellior: The_Six_Fingered_Man: Of course. I'll be happy to oblige.

Fark, now I went and read your profile. I can't call a Buckeye a fascist! And you support Single Payer for basic care?

My head asplode.

I'm also a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

/rAmen

Do you support a mandate that schools spend a third of their time on evolution, a third of their time on creationism, and a third of their time on Flying Spaghetti Monsterism?

Pastafarianism, please.

Rent is too damn high		2011-03-30 05:31:51 PM

Serious Black: I'm convinced. The Republicans in Congress are from a parallel universe. That's the only explanation for why they're pretending like they can rule the country with an iron fist because they only control one chamber of Congress.

/well, that and having the collective intelligence of a dung beetle

maybe they're just one big troll party? I can see it, one day they're all like "we love the Constitution thiiiiiiiiis much", then they shiat all over the Constitution and they're like "problem, America?"

Lost Thought 00		2011-03-30 05:32:58 PM

Republicans aren't very up on the whole Civics 101 thing, are they?

The_Six_Fingered_Man		2011-03-30 05:33:58 PM

HeartBurnKid: The_Six_Fingered_Man: Serious Black: I'm convinced. The Republicans in Congress are from a parallel universe. That's the only explanation for why they're pretending like they can rule the country with an iron fist because they only control one chamber of Congress.

/well, that and having the collective intelligence of a dung beetle

Come now. Have you ever seen a group of dung beetles work together to achieve a common goal? They are infinitely more intelligent than the Congressional GOP.

More sociable too.

Indeed.

VJStinger		2011-03-30 05:34:11 PM

Serious Black: /well, that and having the collective intelligence of a dung beetle

Hey, you take that back! Dung beetles actually serve a purpose in nature! you know how hard it is to roll poop into balls?! its hard work, let me tell you! more work than I've seen any republican do that is.

theorellior		2011-03-30 05:34:28 PM

Lost Thought 00: Republicans aren't very up on the whole Civics 101 thing, are they?

I'm assuming they never watched Saturday morning cartoons in the 70s, either.

FlyinS		2011-03-30 05:34:44 PM

The_Six_Fingered_Man: Serious Black: The_Six_Fingered_Man: theorellior: The_Six_Fingered_Man: Of course. I'll be happy to oblige.

Fark, now I went and read your profile. I can't call a Buckeye a fascist! And you support Single Payer for basic care?

My head asplode.

I'm also a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

/rAmen

Do you support a mandate that schools spend a third of their time on evolution, a third of their time on creationism, and a third of their time on Flying Spaghetti Monsterism?

Pastafarianism, please.

I love when I'm driving to or from work and I happen across a car that has a FSM sticker or magnet.

/rAmen

RexTalionis		2011-03-30 05:36:09 PM

Hobodeluxe: cameroncrazy1984: Is it me or was that article trying to paint that bill in the best possible light?

it's politico. another right wing "news" site.

I read Politico fairly often. If you go through the comment section, there are tons of comments that essentially breaks down into one of the following categories:

1) Ben Smith is a JournOlister!
2) Politico is socialist/communist/liberal propaganda!
3) Politico is biased lamestream media!
4) There Politico goes again, attacking Sarah Palin, why aren't you focusing on Obama's birth certificate?
5) Assorted copy-&-paste jobs about why Obama is really Kenyan.

The_Six_Fingered_Man		2011-03-30 05:36:13 PM

FlyinS: The_Six_Fingered_Man: Serious Black: The_Six_Fingered_Man: theorellior: The_Six_Fingered_Man: Of course. I'll be happy to oblige.

Fark, now I went and read your profile. I can't call a Buckeye a fascist! And you support Single Payer for basic care?

My head asplode.

I'm also a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

/rAmen

Do you support a mandate that schools spend a third of their time on evolution, a third of their time on creationism, and a third of their time on Flying Spaghetti Monsterism?

Pastafarianism, please.

I love when I'm driving to or from work and I happen across a car that has a FSM sticker or magnet.

/rAmen

I saw this at my bus station:

JohnnyC		2011-03-30 05:36:26 PM

Ineffectual and power hungry idiots... or more succinctly; Republicans.

theorellior		2011-03-30 05:37:23 PM

The_Six_Fingered_Man: I saw this at my bus station:

Yes, I LOL'd.

BigBooper		2011-03-30 05:37:32 PM

adamgreeney: I love watching how long it takes the Derp Brigade to get into a thread like this. You can tell how hard it is for them to find their spin/marching orders by how long it takes them to show up.

You'd probably put me in that camp on a regular basis. You know since I'm all boot strapy and shiat. But even I can't find a good reason for this. I'd put this bill on the same level as the President trying to disband congress and suspending the Constitution.

/sorry, I'll try to be Derpier next time

JohnnyC		2011-03-30 05:38:12 PM

The_Six_Fingered_Man: I saw this at my bus station:

I see you seeing that at your bus station.

FlyinS		2011-03-30 05:38:15 PM

The_Six_Fingered_Man:
I saw this at my bus station:

That's a barrel of awesome right there.

Lord_Baull		2011-03-30 05:38:58 PM

Serious Black: I'm convinced. The Republicans in Congress are from a parallel universe. That's the only explanation for why they're pretending like they can rule the country with an iron fist because they only control one chamber of Congress.

/well, that and having the collective intelligence of a dung beetle

It doesn't help that we had a Democratically-controlled Congress for two years that inexplicably crumbled to Republican demands on every piece of legislation. Why wouldn't they feel that way?

The_Six_Fingered_Man		2011-03-30 05:40:12 PM

FlyinS: The_Six_Fingered_Man:
I saw this at my bus station:

That's a barrel of awesome right there.

I love the "U.S. Navy, Retired" sticker in the back window too.

JohnnyC		2011-03-30 05:41:58 PM

The_Six_Fingered_Man: I saw this at my bus station:

Just for fun... something I chopped together a while ago:

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Barbigazi		2011-03-30 05:42:19 PM

Rent is too damn high: Republicans love the Constitution, they just hate Constitutional government.

It's like Animal Farm. Once no one else can read they can say the constitution is whatever they want it to be.

The_Six_Fingered_Man		2011-03-30 05:43:06 PM

JohnnyC: The_Six_Fingered_Man: I saw this at my bus station:

Just for fun... something I chopped together a while ago:

Come on. Obama's half black. That NSFW black bar should be MUCH longer. Probably to at least mid calf.

heinekenftw		2011-03-30 05:43:58 PM

No YOU'RE a Towel: So does this go before or after "Defund Obama's teleprompter" in stupidity?

At least there's nothing explicitly stated in the Constitution about funding for a teleprompter.

This is jaw dropping, pants dropping, eyeballs popping, stupid.

JohnnyC		2011-03-30 05:45:23 PM

Lord_Baull: It doesn't help that we had a Democratically-controlled Congress for two years that inexplicably crumbled to Republican demands on every piece of legislation. Why wouldn't they feel that way?

Because they understood how many times a filibuster and procedural bullshiat was used by Republicans to effectively block everything that they tried to do. Isn't so "inexplicable", really.

JohnnyC		2011-03-30 05:46:38 PM

The_Six_Fingered_Man: Come on. Obama's half black. That NSFW black bar should be MUCH longer. Probably to at least mid calf.

Haha... well... At least I took it to his knee...

one wiz with		2011-03-30 05:48:48 PM

Pretty sure someone with access to photoshop and more skills than I have most definitely needs to photoshop the Jefferson Statue facepalming.

Lord_Baull		2011-03-30 05:50:31 PM

JohnnyC: Lord_Baull: It doesn't help that we had a Democratically-controlled Congress for two years that inexplicably crumbled to Republican demands on every piece of legislation. Why wouldn't they feel that way?

Because they understood how many times a filibuster and procedural bullshiat was used by Republicans to effectively block everything that they tried to do. Isn't so "inexplicable", really.

Actually filibustered or merely threatened to?

Rent is too damn high		2011-03-30 05:50:52 PM

(During the announcement of the new/old bill, the circling press questioned how this could become "law of the land" if the Senate already rejected H.R.1 and is sure to do so again. Cantor's office put out a statement that read in part, "We are hopeful that this proposal will urge the Senate to act instead of play politics with a shutdown. Funding the government at the levels passed by House Republicans might not be what Senator Reid wants, but surely even he would agree that it's a better alternative than shutting down the government.")
Link (new window)

It'd be pretty funny if Republicans didn't know this before reporters asked about it. But hey, at least they know it now right?

Sabyen91		2011-03-30 05:56:06 PM

Lord_Baull: JohnnyC: Lord_Baull: It doesn't help that we had a Democratically-controlled Congress for two years that inexplicably crumbled to Republican demands on every piece of legislation. Why wouldn't they feel that way?

Because they understood how many times a filibuster and procedural bullshiat was used by Republicans to effectively block everything that they tried to do. Isn't so "inexplicable", really.

Actually filibustered or merely threatened to?

Doesn't matter anymore. It amounts to the same thing.

Saiga410		2011-03-30 06:01:39 PM

Just pass HR1 send it to the senate. Shucks pass the same bill each week until the senate creates and passes their own version to hash it out in reconsilitaion. If the senate makes no attempt to pass their version then hang it around the necks of Reid and Durbin.

Repubs really need to learn how to politic

jcooli09		2011-03-30 06:03:04 PM

I love this:

Asked if he had an idea of what kind of bill the president would agree to sign, Boehner said, "No. No way. I have no clue."

Followed almost immediately by this:

Off camera, the Boehner's office has confirmed that GOP leaders and the White House have been in discussions

I just don't understand how anyone could vote for this guy.

RussianPooper		2011-03-30 06:04:33 PM

Boehner's house is great at passing bills for show that have no chance of becoming law.

plutonium		2011-03-30 06:10:50 PM

Serious Black:
Do you support a mandate that schools spend a third of their time on evolution, a third of their time on creationism, and a third of their time on Flying Spaghetti Monsterism?

Y'all better give the Thetans equal time with any other religion... we don't want to piss off the Scientologists.

lilbjorn		2011-03-30 06:12:29 PM

That's not how the Constitution works!

Rent is too damn high		2011-03-30 06:14:10 PM

adamgreeney: I love watching how long it takes the Derp Brigade to get into a thread like this. You can tell how hard it is for them to find their spin/marching orders by how long it takes them to show up.

they still aren't defending it. They can either agree with the leftists in this case (kiss of death for them) or deflect as much as possible. Our only derper (barrygoldwater) tried to deflect but utterly failed.

Lord_Baull		2011-03-30 06:17:28 PM

Sabyen91: Lord_Baull: JohnnyC: Lord_Baull: It doesn't help that we had a Democratically-controlled Congress for two years that inexplicably crumbled to Republican demands on every piece of legislation. Why wouldn't they feel that way?

Because they understood how many times a filibuster and procedural bullshiat was used by Republicans to effectively block everything that they tried to do. Isn't so "inexplicable", really.

Actually filibustered or merely threatened to?

Doesn't matter anymore. It amounts to the same thing.

"Inexplicable."

obzerver		2011-03-30 06:20:51 PM

This is clearly Unconstitutional.

Wouldn't there be legal ramifications for even attempting this?

ib_thinkin		2011-03-30 06:46:56 PM

Oh, Republicans. See? This is the problem with Democracy. Sometimes, stupid people vote for other stupid (but better-looking) people.

Bmore O's		2011-03-30 06:48:16 PM

*ffffffppp!!!* "Hey guys, here is an idea. Lets bring a bill to the floor that if becomes law will make it to where future bills automatically pass the senate if the senate does nothing."

*blubblubblubblblblblblb* *smoke fills the air*

"Wow, I never thought of that. That's an incredible idea!! Lets bring the proposal to the floor tomorrow"

/This is the only way I could see this conversation happening.

cptjeff		2011-03-30 06:52:27 PM

obzerver: This is clearly Unconstitutional.

Wouldn't there be legal ramifications for even attempting this?

I think the Constitution provides that in a case such as this, the Senate Sergeant at Arms is ordered to beat the House
Speaker with the ceremonial mace.

Flying Code Monkey		2011-03-30 07:06:19 PM

The hell? They're trying to pass a bill that says "this other bill becomes a law if you don't follow the processes by which a bill becomes a law?"

Really?

SnakeLee		2011-03-30 07:09:03 PM

Bmore O's: *blubblubblubblblblblblb* *smoke fills the air*

Huh, I didn't know people smoked crack out of water pipes

Worst.Fark handle. ever.		2011-03-30 07:09:23 PM

Hobodeluxe: have any of these farks read the constitution?

Just the parts they like.

StopLurkListen		2011-03-30 07:14:51 PM

Worst.Fark handle. ever.		2011-03-30 07:24:06 PM

Immuh GOP Bill! Derp!

Rent is too damn high		2011-03-30 07:30:02 PM

Still no takers to defending the GOP? shiat they must have sunk pretty low.

I've had it. Even calling them the GOP or the Republican party is too dignifying to them and their tactics. I say we call them the HLSB (Hypocritical Lying shiat Bag) party. It's the only title befitting of those assholes. Anyone with me?

Minus1Kelvin		2011-03-30 07:31:32 PM

I'm actually REALLY surprised to not see ONE apologist in here trying to argue the validity of this. It's pretty impressive.

The_Six_Fingered_Man		2011-03-30 07:32:53 PM

StopLurkListen

*Yoink*

Hender		2011-03-30 07:42:38 PM

The_Six_Fingered_Man: StopLurkListen

*Yoink*

I can't help but notice that you have six fingers on your left hand. Someone's been looking for you.

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