Sabyen91: You know, I am not sure I have ever heard him speak but when I read that it is in a voice that is a mix of Jackie Mason and Jerry Stiller.

Never heard him speak either... but yep. He's got an imaginary cadence that's unmistakable.

Why would he? He appears to have nothing to do with his own policies.

Sabyen91: You know, I am not sure I have ever heard him speak but when I read that it is in a voice that is a mix of Jackie Mason and Jerry Stiller.

Jerry Stiller is actually a close approximation. If he's ever in a TV movie, Jerry Stiller will almost definitely play him.

Here's a deposition from last October if you want to see what he really sounds like: (sorry, link keeps getting rejected)

http://www.lasvegassun.com/videos/2011/nov/16/5993

Fast forward to 18:30 for the hilarious part:

Opposing Counsel: "Have you ever been an officer or director of Interface?
Sheldon's Counsel: "Objection! Calls for a legal conclusion, calls for speculation."

Bashar and Asma's Infinite Playlist: Never heard him speak either... but yep. He's got an imaginary cadence that's unmistakable.

See my "link" above. Or just imagine Jerry Stiller with a week-long bout of pneumonia and a bad case of gout.

ox45tallboy: See my "link" above. Or just imagine Jerry Stiller with a week-long bout of pneumonia and a bad case of gout.

Pretty close to how I'd imagined him, but now I'd say a cross between Jerry Stiller and Donald Trump.

deadcrickets: You seriously believe they would "spend whatever is left on sick people"? Seriously? You are talking for-profits here. Take a look at the medical industry in the US one time.

Yes, after they've taken their profits out, they would kind of be forced to spend something on sick people or risk being dropped from the "free government money" corporate welfare program Ryan envisions Medicare becoming.

Don't Troll Me Bro!: You better pump some more money into Mittens for Pres, Mr. Adelson.


"Why, when I've got lawyers like that working for me? Listen to the first couple of minutes, when I ream his ass for taking up so much of my time, and he keeps calling me 'your honor' because in his words, he has 'so much respect for you, Mr. Adelson.' See? This f*cking goy knows his place."

Sabyen91: He was way too subdued in that video to tell. I would love to see him pissed off.


"I think it's safe to say you'll never be important enough to piss me off."

And when they lose after running the worst campaign in my lifetime, the tea party is going to be convinced it's because they weren't conservative enough and we're going to get another four years of the most ridiculous derp that ever derped.

Nem Wan: There are two questions you're allowed to ask of Mitt Romney:

"Are you Mitt Romney?"

"Do you want to be president?"

He'll likely answer yes to both.

Any other questions about Mitt Romney are out of bounds and you should be ashamed of yourself.

You missed "How much are Obama's policies hurting the economy?"

("Which Obama policies are hurting the economy?", on the other hand, is very much out of bounds.)

rynthetyn: And when they lose after running the worst campaign in my lifetime, the tea party is going to be convinced it's because they weren't conservative enough and we're going to get another four years of the most ridiculous derp that ever derped.

Yes, sounds about right.

Mithiwithi: You missed "How much are Obama's policies hurting the economy?"

("Which Obama policies are hurting the economy?", on the other hand, is very much out of bounds.)


"Well, don't ask me to be any more specific than 'a lot' on the first one, okay?"

Sabyen91: I am not sure what you would have liked Obama to do with TARP. Unfortunately the shiat the financial industry did was legal. Bush wouldn't have signed Dodd-Frank. I don't see Obama kissing Israeli ass and what exactly has he done to suck up to corporate power? Also, Bush didn't pass health care reform, credit card reform, equal pay. He didn't create the CFPB. He didn't get OBL. He didn't outlaw waterboarding. Obama hasn't invaded any countries because he was wanted his daddy's approval.

I think everybody forgets just how close we came to the entire global economy collapsing. TARP was an attempt to make the most of a really shiatty situation, and the alternative was so much worse that it was unthinkable. We were about as close to the brink of a complete collapse and global depression as we could get without it actually happening and as bad as things were I don't even like to think of just how bad it could have gotten.

Delay: AnEvilGuest: cameroncrazy1984: MyRandomName: As for Ryan, he is one of the few adults in Congress. He is not afraid to take political risks and refuses to kick the can down the road

An adult in Congress would create a budget that doesn't end Medicare and add a trillion dollars to the deficit while giving $4 trillion in tax breaks to rich people. Paul Ryan is no adult.

say what you will about the tenets of granny starving but at least it's an ethos

I disagree with much of what Ryan believes in but I do think he's at least willing to have as honest a debate over ideas as is possible, so I'll call him an adult.

"you didn't build that", "I like firing people" are examples of what I consider non-adult name calling bullshiate.

Is there some way that Fark could prevent retarded folks from posting>

We try, but every time some troll is outed, they just create a new alt and jump right back into the cesspool.

rynthetyn: I think everybody forgets just how close we came to the entire global economy collapsing. TARP was an attempt to make the most of a really shiatty situation, and the alternative was so much worse that it was unthinkable. We were about as close to the brink of a complete collapse and global depression as we could get without it actually happening and as bad as things were I don't even like to think of just how bad it could have gotten.

Yeah, while the refusal to prosecute anyone involved or draw up regulations sufficient to prevent the same thing from happening infuriates me, the bailout was the only option available. We were on the verge of total, global economic collapse, and it pains my soul to think that people have already forgotten how bad it was. Money markets started becoming unprofitable. Commercial paper become unprofitable overnight. Companies who had survived for decades on a 3-day loan to make payroll found their cash flow drying up.

As soon as the government let Lehman die, it called to market hundreds of billions of dollars worth of credit default swaps, and were that not controlled, we'd all probably be eating grass and dirt today to sate our pangs of hunger. It would have collapsed the entire shadow banking system. Of course Republicans hindered every attempt at plugging this enormous leak in our regulatory structure once Obama was elected, since clearly Wall Street needs to be even more unencumbered to create jobs.

It disgusts me that nobody was prosecuted for that mess, but bailing them out was the right move.