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(Politicususa) Hero Alan Grayson (D-ude, you nailed it) explains 'Occupy Wall Street' to the people who don't understand why they are protesting. Bonus: It takes him less than a minute   (politicususa.com) divider line 299
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2011-10-21 03:36:55 PM
O'Rourke joked that Occupy Wall Street has found their spokesman, then Grayson continued, "Listen, if I am spokesman for all the people who think that we should not have 24 million people in this country who can't find a full time job, that we should not have 50 million people in this country who can't see a doctor when they're sick, that we shouldn't have 47 million people in this country who need government help to feed themselves, and we shouldn't have 15 million families who owe more on their mortgage than the value of their home, okay, I'll be that spokesman."

Priceless.
 
2011-10-21 03:55:23 PM
Ta da.
 
2011-10-21 03:55:35 PM
Pull more numbers out of your ass! You're on a roll!
 
2011-10-21 03:59:39 PM
nopokerface: Pull more numbers out of your ass! You're on a roll!

www.myfacewhen.net

Yeah, he just made all that up! It would have to be WAY more people without shelter, incomes of health care for it to matter!
 
2011-10-21 04:11:52 PM
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2011-10-21 04:13:23 PM
growlersoftware.com
 
2011-10-21 04:14:28 PM
bunner: www.myfacewhen.net

Is that a 30 year old picture, or are there still people with calculator wristwatches?
 
2011-10-21 04:15:30 PM
nopokerface: Pull more numbers out of your ass! You're on a roll!

citation?
 
2011-10-21 04:15:34 PM
bunner: Yeah, he just made all that up! It would have to be WAY more people without shelter, incomes of health care for it to matter!

Does the fact that the numbers are attached to lies bother you at all?
 
2011-10-21 04:16:40 PM
(Yes, I know the laptop is definitely not 30 years old)
 
2011-10-21 04:26:46 PM
nopokerface: Does the fact that the numbers are attached to lies bother you at all?

His numbers check out. Do some googling.
 
2011-10-21 04:31:18 PM
Flab: bunner: www.myfacewhen.net

Is that a 30 year old picture, or are there still people with calculator wristwatches?


It transforms into a robot.
 
2011-10-21 04:32:22 PM
BooBoo23: nopokerface: Does the fact that the numbers are attached to lies bother you at all?

His numbers check out. Do some googling.


I'm not surprised. Grayson is pretty sharp. He's been attacked for his vitrole before but never his facts. I'll just assume nopkerface is just full of shiat next time. Probably a safe bet regardless of the topic.
 
2011-10-21 04:33:11 PM
nopokerface: bunner: Yeah, he just made all that up! It would have to be WAY more people without shelter, incomes of health care for it to matter!

Does the fact that the numbers are attached to lies bother you at all?


Lies. yeah. They must be. Just the other day a physician came and made a house call to my home and charged me 50.00 and dropped off my meds, too. Meds that I paid for easily out of the income from one of my three jobs. I wouldn't have three jobs, normally, but with all this job creation that the captains of industry have set forth, I'd feel I was shirking if I didn't do as much as possible to help shore up the labor shortage. Well, that and I bought another home with a really fair mortgage so I could help ease the demand for rental properties in my areas, since almost everybody has two jobs. Then I went down and bought a weeks' worth of groceries for 40.00 and filled the tank up with some of that 1.699 a gal. no-lead that's lying around like so much lint due to all of that healthy oil speculation. Yup, sh*tting in high cotton, we are. Farting through silk. Hell, even the homeless bums who are there because they're lazy crackheads all have hot dog stands and clean socks.

But enough of that. Since you are, to the best of my ability to ascertain, a standard issue neocon shill and harrumph merchant, let me assuage your concerns. The GOP has absolutely no more interest in winning back the Whitehouse in 2012 than they did in '08 when they ran a burned out geriatric and a meth addled newscaster. None. 0.

Here's how it works. They bring in their crews when they DO want to rig win an election, hand the whiskey and car keys back to Wall St., they skim off the top, tank sh*t, put us up to our clavicles in debt, again and then when there's nothing left to steal, they step back and let the Dems win so they can start mopping up the mess. When the economy slowly starts to wipe the blood off and get back on it's feet, they pull a rabbit out of their ass, come back in and skim it again and tell people "see how everything is magically starting to improve since we got back in the Whitehouse, last week?" And nothing moves that quickly, but people are stupid and they believe it does.

Only this time, they grabbed a full 20% of the total wealth and stuffed it in their pockets and held the treasury hostage to cover what they stole. So it's gonna take a while. Don't worry, though. The kelptocratic wankers that are bending you over the kitchen table ain't done yet. There's still some paint on the wall. I hope you get a really good franchulate that uses Kong Bucks.

There now. See? All is on schedule. Pour a cold beverage and vote Magic Negro Lite™ in 2012. HE ain't gonna win, but he's not supposed to. Or, if you really want to support your party's agenda, vote Obama.
 
2011-10-21 05:00:36 PM
If you are sick in America, go to the hospital. You will receive care. They will barely bother trying to collect from you if you say you can't pay.

If you want a job, lots of them are available.

If you're house is worth less than it was 5 years ago, congratulations. So is everyone else's. I'm sorry you signed up for a loan you can't pay. That was dumb, and Hillary shouldn't have convinced you it was smart.
 
2011-10-21 05:04:29 PM
Then again, if you want to actually do something instead of picking a new sock puppet from the quadrennial dog an pony show, try working to get this passed.


Congressional Reform Act of 2011

1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen.
Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, So ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land all because of public pressure.

Be a part of the solution or be a part of the pavement.

The jig is up.

Recess is over.

The times they are, indeedy, a changin'.
 
2011-10-21 05:07:16 PM
bunner: Congressional Reform Act of 2011

I'd vote for that.
 
2011-10-21 05:08:05 PM
nopokerface: f you want a job, lots of them are available.

imgs.xkcd.com
 
2011-10-21 05:09:49 PM
nopokerface: If you are sick in America, go to the hospital. You will receive care. They will barely bother trying to collect from you if you say you can't pay.

Aside from your trashed credit rating, harassing calls from debt farmer monkeys and limited access to further care, yeah. i mean, what more do you want?
 
2011-10-21 05:10:49 PM
mrshowrules: BooBoo23: nopokerface: Does the fact that the numbers are attached to lies bother you at all?

His numbers check out. Do some googling.

I'm not surprised. Grayson is pretty sharp. He's been attacked for his vitrole before but never his facts. I'll just assume nopkerface is just full of shiat next time. Probably a safe bet regardless of the topic.


Grayson: (paraphrase) That's right. Republicans want you to die. That being said, Grayson is a really wonderful man while doing a fabulous impression of a carpetbagger douche.
 
2011-10-21 05:10:49 PM
bunner: nopokerface: f you want a job, lots of them are available.

[imgs.xkcd.com image 500x271]


Google it.

Oh, you won't get to use that useless degree you got conned into spending $100k on, and you'll end up getting your hands dirty, but you'd be working.
 
2011-10-21 05:13:35 PM
bunner: nopokerface: If you are sick in America, go to the hospital. You will receive care. They will barely bother trying to collect from you if you say you can't pay.

Aside from your trashed credit rating, harassing calls from debt farmer monkeys and limited access to further care, yeah. i mean, what more do you want?


"debt farmer monkeys"? Really? My dear, you sound like a snob.
 
2011-10-21 05:14:06 PM
nopokerface: If you're house is worth less than it was 5 years ago, congratulations. So is everyone else's.

Oh, OKAY then! That's fine!

I'm sorry you signed up for a loan you can't pay.

Mmnmyep, at's what it was... Them dang poor people hoodwinking honest bankers!

That was dumb, and Hillary shouldn't have convinced you it was smart.

There's koolaid on your chin. Did you know? "HILL'ry and FARTBONGO and LIBS and HYERP an' a HYERP!" Needs more fartbongo
 
2011-10-21 05:17:37 PM
bunner: There's koolaid on your chin. Did you know? "HILL'ry and FARTBONGO and LIBS and HYERP an' a HYERP!" Needs more fartbongo

Dude, it's out there if you want to actually hear it in their own words.
 
2011-10-21 05:17:55 PM
nopokerface: Oh, you won't get to use that useless degree you got conned into spending $100k on

Assumption img1.fark.net 1.

and you'll end up getting your hands dirty

Assumption img1.fark.net 2. I got seriously dirty fingernails and I've done more work in a week than half of you armchair billionaire cheerleaders have done in a year.

but you'd be working.

imgs.xkcd.com

Google it yourself, harrumph, buy. Or cut me a check for my time. Oh, your next troll better be good cause you're starting to wear thin on the "earnest discourse" top.
 
2011-10-21 05:17:58 PM
I enjoy seeing this video every time it comes up.
 
2011-10-21 05:18:16 PM
bunner: nopokerface: If you're house is worth less than it was 5 years ago, congratulations. So is everyone else's.

Oh, OKAY then! That's fine!

I'm sorry you signed up for a loan you can't pay.

Mmnmyep, at's what it was... Them dang poor people hoodwinking honest bankers!

That was dumb, and Hillary shouldn't have convinced you it was smart.

There's koolaid on your chin. Did you know? "HILL'ry and FARTBONGO and LIBS and HYERP an' a HYERP!" Needs more fartbongo


You sound and broke and bitter. Also, less educated than a physician. And you're a whiner. No one likes a whiner.
 
2011-10-21 05:19:59 PM
Is Alan Grayson lying? Let's see...

- Unemployed: 14.0 Million. Part time workers: 9.3 million. Total: 23.3 million wihtout a full time job. Source.

- "50 million who can't see a doctor when they're sick". Grayson appears to be stretching the "50 millions don't have insurance" talking point, but frankly how many doctors would accept to see them? (apart from wasting everyone's time at the ER)?

- 42 Million people receive food stamps. Source

- Around 22% of homeowners with a mortgage in the US have negative equity. Source.

All sings point to Mr. nopokerface being unable to face reality.
 
2011-10-21 05:21:35 PM
Flab: Is Alan Grayson lying? Let's see...

- Unemployed: 14.0 Million. Part time workers: 9.3 million. Total: 23.3 million wihtout a full time job. Source.

- "50 million who can't see a doctor when they're sick". Grayson appears to be stretching the "50 millions don't have insurance" talking point, but frankly how many doctors would accept to see them? (apart from wasting everyone's time at the ER)?

- 42 Million people receive food stamps. Source

- Around 22% of homeowners with a mortgage in the US have negative equity. Source.

All sings point to Mr. nopokerface being unable to face reality.


OMG. How do you sleep at night?
 
2011-10-21 05:22:37 PM
Yep, she's still an idiot.
 
2011-10-21 05:22:55 PM
Flab: All sings point to Mr. nopokerface being unable to face reality.

but.. SOSHLIST LIBTARD FARTBONGO KNEEGRAH COMM'NISTS!!1! DANG IT ALL TA HELL!! HARRUMPH1!!!
 
2011-10-21 05:26:14 PM
bunner: Oh, your next troll better be good cause you're starting to wear thin on the "earnest discourse" top.

I wasn't referring to you specifically, but rather the millions of people who "can't find a job". That means something different than being unemployed. I'm sure you grind your fingers to the bone when you aren't burning 35 hours a week whining on Fark.

I never sought any kind of discourse with you to begin with, what do I care about your analysis of it?

Flab: Total: 23.3 million wihtout a full time job

Not the same as being unable to find one.

Flab: apart from wasting everyone's time at the ER

How does seeing a doctor when you are sick waste time? Does the sign on the door effect service?

Flab: Around 22% of homeowners with a mortgage in the US have negative equity.

Virtually everyone's home value went down when the bubble burst, does that mean we should all get to pay the bank back less than they loaned us?
 
2011-10-21 05:26:31 PM
TheDumbBlonde: How do you sleep at night?

Usually on my left side, why do you ask?
 
2011-10-21 05:34:00 PM
nopokerface: How does seeing a doctor when you are sick waste time?

Because going to the ER for a runny nose waste every one's time there. ERs are for emergencies, not runny noses or owies.
 
2011-10-21 05:34:55 PM
nopokerface: I'm sure you grind your fingers to the bone when you aren't burning 35 hours a week whining on Fark.

And, that's a wrap. Adios, Gunga Din. The corporate lap dog set always ends up on the snotty insult artist ropes. *sigh*
 
2011-10-21 05:36:22 PM
Flab: not runny noses or owies

People use ER's for everything, and I agree that is bad. But, that doesn't make saying 'People can't see a doctor when they are sick!" any more true.
 
2011-10-21 05:38:44 PM
bunner: The corporate lap dog set always ends up on the snotty insult artist ropes.

Did you not just recently call me a troll and imply that I am a racist, Mr. Martyr? Worry about the plank in your own eye.
 
2011-10-21 05:42:41 PM
Flab: nopokerface: How does seeing a doctor when you are sick waste time?

Because going to the ER for a runny nose waste every one's time there. ERs are for emergencies, not runny noses or owies.


People that seek out ER services for a runny nose should be put down.
 
2011-10-21 05:44:27 PM
Man my ignore list is just on fire these days.
 
2011-10-21 05:45:48 PM
Good thing you know how to put it out!
 
2011-10-21 05:46:15 PM
nopokerface: If you are sick in America, go to the hospital. You will receive care. They will barely bother trying to collect from you if you say you can't pay.

If you want a job, lots of them are available.

If you're house is worth less than it was 5 years ago, congratulations. So is everyone else's. I'm sorry you signed up for a loan you can't pay. That was dumb, and Hillary shouldn't have convinced you it was smart.


i483.photobucket.com
 
2011-10-21 05:46:53 PM
dorko16: Man my ignore list is just on fire these days.

That just means you're in the wrong place. Exit>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
2011-10-21 05:48:55 PM
nopokerface: Flab: Total: 23.3 million wihtout a full time job

Not the same as being unable to find one.


growlersoftware.com

Amirite?
 
2011-10-21 05:50:57 PM
impaler: Amirite?

You ain't that wrong.
 
2011-10-21 05:51:24 PM
TheDumbBlonde: mrshowrules: BooBoo23: nopokerface: Does the fact that the numbers are attached to lies bother you at all?

His numbers check out. Do some googling.

I'm not surprised. Grayson is pretty sharp. He's been attacked for his vitrole before but never his facts. I'll just assume nopkerface is just full of shiat next time. Probably a safe bet regardless of the topic.

Grayson: (paraphrase) That's right. Republicans want you to die. That being said, Grayson is a really wonderful man while doing a fabulous impression of a carpetbagger douche.


Are we still busting on the carpetbaggers? I thought we were done with that around, say, 1890.

/know Grayson
//can't wait to vote for him again
 
2011-10-21 05:51:50 PM
TheDumbBlonde: mrshowrules: BooBoo23: nopokerface: Does the fact that the numbers are attached to lies bother you at all?

His numbers check out. Do some googling.

I'm not surprised. Grayson is pretty sharp. He's been attacked for his vitrole before but never his facts. I'll just assume nopkerface is just full of shiat next time. Probably a safe bet regardless of the topic.

Grayson: (paraphrase) That's right. Republicans want you to die. That being said, Grayson is a really wonderful man while doing a fabulous impression of a carpetbagger douche.


Do you even know what a carpetbagger is?
 
2011-10-21 05:52:45 PM
Oh good, we have a self appointed spinbot in here denouncing numbers as false without backing up his own numbers pulled from his ass and refusing to directly answer a question.
 
2011-10-21 05:53:07 PM
nopokerface: impaler: Amirite?

You ain't that wrong.


Ah. The Cain "blame it on the poor" tactic. You know, based on sheer numbers, that miiiiiight not be the best way for the Republicans to present themselves.
 
2011-10-21 05:53:15 PM
nopokerface: Flab: not runny noses or owies

People use ER's for everything, and I agree that is bad. But, that doesn't make saying 'People can't see a doctor when they are sick!" any more true.


People without health insurance can't see a doctor when they are sick because they can't afford to go bankrupt every time they have a cold.
 
2011-10-21 05:53:25 PM
BONGOS!! BONGOS!! BONGOS!!
 
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