This is the Congress in which Jeff Winger is missing an arm. Goatees, anybody?

DamnYankees: ib_thinkin: RexTalionis: No way, man. The Congresses that passed the Superhuman Registration Acts and the Mutant Registration Acts were much worse.

But without them, I'd never have been able to use this as my July 4th-themed signature this past summer:

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That quote is dumb.


Comic book writers aren't exactly known for their pluralistic values.

DamnYankees: ib_thinkin: RexTalionis: No way, man. The Congresses that passed the Superhuman Registration Acts and the Mutant Registration Acts were much worse.

But without them, I'd never have been able to use this as my July 4th-themed signature this past summer:

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That quote is dumb.



/thx Biiirdmaaan!

When you look at the GOP and the treason they have committed in the past decade, it's really hard not to believe times are the worst they have ever been. Unfortunately, I am sure that things were more corrupt and unpleasant at different times in US history.

Wait, wait - I've figured it out!
Democrats want only what's GOOD for the country, yet at the same time, and in equal strength plus one, Republicans want only what's BAD for the country. The good always wins out, eventually, but it's just going to take longer than our lifetimes.

How's that?

/seriously, tea party
//crawl back under your homeschool rock
///you've tampered with the system long enough

Huck And Molly Ziegler: Wait, wait - I've figured it out!
Democrats want only what's GOOD for the country, yet at the same time, and in equal strength plus one, Republicans want only what's BAD for the country. The good always wins out, eventually, but it's just going to take longer than our lifetimes.

How's that?

/seriously, tea party
//crawl back under your homeschool rock
///you've tampered with the system long enough

No, there are conservative Democrats, too, unfortunately.

ib_thinkin: "There were a few really bruising periods in American congressional history, not only the run-up to the Civil War, but also around the War of 1812," he says.

Careful, Mr. Speaker. If you guys keep up with this crap, not only might we start killing each other, but the British might invade again.



Approves.

ib_thinkin: The error of the TEA Party has not been in the policies it wishes to see enacted, but the methods it seeks to employ in enacting them.

I dunno, their policies are shiat, too.

ib_thinkin: A Dark Evil Omen: I dunno, their policies are shiat, too.

I disagree with their policies as well, but I'd rather have a person with crazy policies working with the system, which requires compromise to result in maybe a disagreeable policy, but one that has some semblance of reason to it. Having a crazy person try to stomp their feet and shut the thing down until they get exactly what they want is good for no one.

On one hand, I agree. On the other hand... I see a certain amount of value in stupid assholes with stupid asshole ideas outing themselves spectacularly.

And yet, in these same Gallup Polls, the question "Does your local congressman deserve to be re-elected?" is still getting over 50% "yes". This isn't the Worst Congress Ever. These are the Most Uncompromising and Least Able to Form Relationships and Have Conversations with Those who Disagree Citizens ever.

In seriousness, I blame the internet. It's too easy to find a website that you agree with all the time, and our minds haven't adjusted to the fact that these websites are only very rarely forming consensus of any kind, that face-to-face communication is still critical for not just the idea of consensus, but the feeling of it.

GentDirkly: And yet, in these same Gallup Polls, the question "Does your local congressman deserve to be re-elected?" is still getting over 50% "yes". This isn't the Worst Congress Ever. These are the Most Uncompromising and Least Able to Form Relationships and Have Conversations with Those who Disagree Citizens ever.

In seriousness, I blame the internet. It's too easy to find a website that you agree with all the time, and our minds haven't adjusted to the fact that these websites are only very rarely forming consensus of any kind, that face-to-face communication is still critical for not just the idea of consensus, but the feeling of it.

This, this, thisitiy this! The internet has been wonderful at creating communities out of niche interests, but sometimes those niche interests are political extremism. Let's take this site as an example. This is a place where posters routinely accuse large swaths of the country of treason and see any and all conservatism as evil. However, because so many of the people on this site are so mind-numbingly liberal, they don't see their own bias, and just fall down the liberal rabbit hole that is Fark They can't see their own bias anymore because the majority of their political interaction is now with like-minded individuals. It's like a liberal Free Republic without the purging of accounts.

Beware_Me: GentDirkly: And yet, in these same Gallup Polls, the question "Does your local congressman deserve to be re-elected?" is still getting over 50% "yes". This isn't the Worst Congress Ever. These are the Most Uncompromising and Least Able to Form Relationships and Have Conversations with Those who Disagree Citizens ever.

In seriousness, I blame the internet. It's too easy to find a website that you agree with all the time, and our minds haven't adjusted to the fact that these websites are only very rarely forming consensus of any kind, that face-to-face communication is still critical for not just the idea of consensus, but the feeling of it.

This, this, thisitiy this! The internet has been wonderful at creating communities out of niche interests, but sometimes those niche interests are political extremism. Let's take this site as an example. This is a place where posters routinely accuse large swaths of the country of treason and see any and all conservatism as evil. However, because so many of the people on this site are so mind-numbingly liberal, they don't see their own bias, and just fall down the liberal rabbit hole that is Fark They can't see their own bias anymore because the majority of their political interaction is now with like-minded individuals. It's like a liberal Free Republic without the purging of accounts.

...there are not enough "Funny" buttons in the world for this post.

Beware_Me: GentDirkly: And yet, in these same Gallup Polls, the question "Does your local congressman deserve to be re-elected?" is still getting over 50% "yes". This isn't the Worst Congress Ever. These are the Most Uncompromising and Least Able to Form Relationships and Have Conversations with Those who Disagree Citizens ever.

In seriousness, I blame the internet. It's too easy to find a website that you agree with all the time, and our minds haven't adjusted to the fact that these websites are only very rarely forming consensus of any kind, that face-to-face communication is still critical for not just the idea of consensus, but the feeling of it.

This, this, thisitiy this! The internet has been wonderful at creating communities out of niche interests, but sometimes those niche interests are political extremism. Let's take this site as an example. This is a place where posters routinely accuse large swaths of the country of treason and see any and all conservatism as evil. However, because so many of the people on this site are so mind-numbingly liberal, they don't see their own bias, and just fall down the liberal rabbit hole that is Fark They can't see their own bias anymore because the majority of their political interaction is now with like-minded individuals. It's like a liberal Free Republic without the purging of accounts.

The conservatives on this site aren't always saints, either.

ib_thinkin: RexTalionis: No way, man. The Congresses that passed the Superhuman Registration Acts and the Mutant Registration Acts were much worse.

But without them, I'd never have been able to use this as my July 4th-themed signature this past summer:

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Actually I thought the whole idea of Democracy was to compromise with others.

A Dark Evil Omen: ib_thinkin: The error of the TEA Party has not been in the policies it wishes to see enacted, but the methods it seeks to employ in enacting them.

I dunno, their policies are shiat, too.

Actually, the failure of the Tea Party revolution has less to do with #1 and #2 and more to do with a two more reasons. Yes, the Tea Party's policies are asinine, and the methods that they have employed (Basically, holding our economy at gunpoint, etc.) to forward their platform have alienated most Americans. Furthermore, the Tea Partiers won their power with a false pretense- they were elected primarily to create jobs and improve the economy. Effectively, none of their proposed legislation has even begun to address the economy, and of course, threatening to destroy the economy doesn't exactly sit well with people who voted you in to create jobs.

I think the biggest failure of the Tea Party 2010 revolution has been the messaging issue. Very often, the Tea Partiers in Congress issue messages and statements that run contrary to the general Republican party, and they also tend to hold vulnerable moderate Republicans hostage to their own "Conservative Purity" standards. The biggest strength of the Republican party has always been it's messaging. Republicans have always come off as a giant, unified, steamrolling machine that was incredibly hard to counter. The schisms forming within the GOP have effectively destroyed their most effective weapon.

Another reason that Congress sucks is, quite frankly, the Democrats had been spineless prior to 2010. The Affordable healthcare act was gutted not because of the Tea Party, but by "Moderate" Democrats breaking message with the white house. Even now, the Democrats are still not entirely unified behind singular concepts and the White House, which actually makes this terrible Congress even worse.

And lastly, what makes this the worst Congress ever is the Boehner. The guy is a first class idiot. When you mess up simple procedural tasks like swearing in Congressmen, you know this guy is an open-faced turd sandwich.

GentDirkly: And yet, in these same Gallup Polls, the question "Does your local congressman deserve to be re-elected?" is still getting over 50% "yes". This isn't the Worst Congress Ever. These are the Most Uncompromising and Least Able to Form Relationships and Have Conversations with Those who Disagree Citizens ever.

In seriousness, I blame the internet. It's too easy to find a website that you agree with all the time, and our minds haven't adjusted to the fact that these websites are only very rarely forming consensus of any kind, that face-to-face communication is still critical for not just the idea of consensus, but the feeling of it.

Ironically, I like my Congressman. But in the surrounding districts, yeah, not so much.

/Texas 25

Wessoman: Ironically, I like my Congressman. But in the surrounding districts, yeah, not so much.

I bet you don't spend too much time trying to relate to and exchange ideas with those people in the surrounding districts.

RexTalionis: ib_thinkin: RexTalionis: No way, man. The Congresses that passed the Superhuman Registration Acts and the Mutant Registration Acts were much worse.

But without them, I'd never have been able to use this as my July 4th-themed signature this past summer:

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Dude, if I had my own firm and was in charge of hiring and somebody sends me a cover letter with that signature, that dude is getting hired.

Ahh right wingers... taking a noble stand against all nay-sayers, especially when your position is wrong and/or evil.

lower taxes increase revenue.
torture just "enhanced interrogation"
wall street will behave without regulations or oversight
rich people are rich because they are job creators

No!

Yeah. I do agree.

The Republicans are childish backward-thinking obstructionists who not only shouldn't be re-elected, but the party itself should be disbanded by public demand and its coffers turned over to charities selected by lottery.

I totally agree.

GentDirkly: Wessoman: Ironically, I like my Congressman. But in the surrounding districts, yeah, not so much.

I bet you don't spend too much time trying to relate to and exchange ideas with those people in the surrounding districts.

Oh yes. Like the time I went to Round Rock, and was called a Communist because I didn't support the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. So, uh, yeah. So much for that.

/It works both ways, my friend.

Beware_Me: This, this, thisitiy this! The internet has been wonderful at creating communities out of niche interests, but sometimes those niche interests are political extremism. Let's take this site as an example. This is a place where posters routinely accuse large swaths of the country of treason and see any and all conservatism as evil. However, because so many of the people on this site are so mind-numbingly liberal, they don't see their own bias, and just fall down the liberal rabbit hole that is Fark They can't see their own bias anymore because the majority of their political interaction is now with like-minded individuals. It's like a liberal Free Republic without the purging of accounts.

Well.. THAT deserves some LOLWUT pears.. and I'd post them myself if I was at home.

Well when you have a bunch of republicans that are more loyal to their party than this country... what do you expect?

Any true American would not risk putting this country in the shaiter just so things looked or became bad enough to get your own party re-elected into the white house. Make those bastards pay for it....A firing squad would be the usual way of dealing with traitors like this but we only have the option of VOTING THE FARKERS OUT!

This Congress is 100 times better than the last Democratic Congress, which blew another trillion to get blown by their special interest groups.

If you want to understand the current Democratic Party you only have to read Jon Corzine's speech to the NJ state employees union during his last run for governor.

Thats the same modus operandi of Nancy Pelosi. Get as many dollars for votes as you can from the middle class and future wageearners snd spend your holidays in a 10K a night hotel suite.

These people are monstrously poor at governing - they know nothing but how to throw other peoples' money at constituents.

Olympus Mons: Well when you have a bunch of republicans that are more loyal to their party than this country... what do you expect?

Any true American would not risk putting this country in the shaiter just so things looked or became bad enough to get your own party re-elected into the white house. Make those bastards pay for it....A firing squad would be the usual way of dealing with traitors like this but we only have the option of VOTING THE FARKERS OUT!

Before you get a visit from the secret service, you may wish to contemplate the fact that reducing spending is not a good way to get votes, and therefore votes are not the motive for pols opposed to budgets like the one Obama proposed last year. The Democrats' desire to increase spending to satisfy their constituents is the biggest problem we have today.

Our unfunded obligations due to domestic programs increased by 3 trillion this year. 3 trillion. Thats due to programs like Medicare.

The solution to massive govt spending programs is not more socialism. We need to back away from the spending and find rational ways to honor current committments while avoiding bankruptcy.