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| StoicFervor |  RE: Obama to be the 44th president of the US |
 Member Since: June 2007  RK: 4 MP: 620    | Thursday November 6, 2008 4:35 PM Heh...thought it was Bob Barr running for the Liberterian party. *shrugs* Edit: thanks for the laugh, Airiana. Love that pic. [[Edited by StoicFervor on Thursday November 6, 2008 4:38 PM]]  'Sic vis pacem para bellum' Sometimes I aim to please, other times I shoot to kill. "Enemies are the price of honour." "Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men." Honesty might be the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. |
| ZombieKiller13 | RE: Obama to be the 44th president of the US |
 Member Since: April 2007 RK: 4 MP: 790  | Thursday November 6, 2008 4:44 PM Bob Barr was running Libertarian but I prefer Nader.There's no use crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake. = Still Alive - GLaDOS - Portal If he gets up we'll all get up! It'll be anarchy! - Bender - The Breakfast Club "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." - Benjamin Franklin |
| Max | RE: Obama to be the 44th president of the US |
 Member Since: February 2007  RK: 6 MP: 1,036 | Thursday November 6, 2008 4:52 PM I thought it was funny how all of the candidates were running under a party which they shouldn't be in.Bob Barr never should have left the Republican Party, Obama should have ran under the Socialist Party (  ), and McCain should have been in his own party, because nobody knows what the hell he's going to do or how he's going to vote. lolOn second thought, maybe Obama -was- running in the correct party...  Edit: Oh, and Ron Paul never should have left the Libertarian Party. If he had stayed there, he would have beat Barr in the primaries, and I would have had someone who I might have actually wanted to vote for. Maybe. [[Edited by Max on Thursday November 6, 2008 4:59 PM]] Work Hard, Play Hard, Live Hard, but Love softly, and with All your Heart |
| habanew | RE: Obama to be the 44th president of the US |
| Member Since: October 2007  RK: 1 MP: 20 | Thursday November 6, 2008 6:51 PM Stoic you are not alone! I'm slightly terrified about the Democratically run legislature , who knows what the hell they are going to do! Obama doesn't bother me that much.... |
| Aeramae | RE: Obama to be the 44th president of the US |
  Member Since: December 2003  RK: 10 MP: 3,277  | Sunday November 9, 2008 12:31 PM Honestly, can we really sink lower than we currently are? Give things a chance before you start screaming "DOOM" at the top of your lungs.Leader of the Amazonian Army, and fighter for the Female Initiative.
Bitchy since 1999. |
| Silveran | RE: Obama to be the 44th president of the US |
    Member Since: May 2000  RK: 12 MP: 5,916 | Monday November 10, 2008 9:55 AM I'd suggest you do a bit of research on what has happened in the past couple of decades. The horrible Economic conditions you see today actually began oooh, around 2000. Or, four years after the Republicans took over the Legislature in 1996. The rise in US targets for International Terror groups occurred under the Republican legislature's tenure. The Trade Deficit was pretty steady, until....oh...1997 or 1998, and then it sky-rocked fast.So, Kids, WHO HAVE NEVER REALLY DEALT WITH A DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE AS ADULTS, do your research before you talk. Or, even better, shut the fuck up and let the grown folks chat. Look, if you graduated high school and started working in before Jan 1996, then you can start slamming this Congressional class. Besides, the GOP has a good chunk of the Senate, still. There can be balance. Death before Dishonor -- Nothing before Coffee Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione |
| Benjmn | RE: Obama to be the 44th president of the US |
 Member Since: March 2006  RK: 2 MP: 380 | Monday November 10, 2008 10:53 AM Democrats have had a congressional majority for the past two years. However, it is the fact that they now control both the Executive and Legislative that worries me. Last time that happened was Carter. Anyway, why would having lived through a democratic majority have anything to do with dreading this one? I've heard the policy proposals of the majority leaders and of the president elect, and disagree with almost every one them. I've heard democratic congressional leaders state that they want to revive the Fairness Doctrine, pass the "Employee Free Choice Act" (which would remove the right to private ballots for union members...slightly Orwellian titles there), and I think these would be horrible infringements on freedom of speech. How would living under a democratic legislature change my opinion? EDIT: Last time they controlled both houses and presidency for 4 years was under Carter. They will have had both houses for 4 years come next congressional election. [[Edited by Benjmn on Thursday November 20, 2008 11:39 PM]] |
| habanew | RE: Obama to be the 44th president of the US |
| Member Since: October 2007 RK: 1 MP: 20 | Thursday November 13, 2008 6:44 PM Graduating before Jan 1996 doesn't mean you're better or that you know more. My sister graduated in 1995 and knows squat about how our government runs, and half the time could care less. I may not have graduated until 2006, but two years of studying how our government is run and how it's been run in the past has given me more knowledge than the average person. Not to mention the fact that I disagree with the fundamental ideals of the democratic party. |
| Aeramae | RE: Obama to be the 44th president of the US |
Member Since: December 2003 RK: 10 MP: 3,277 | Saturday November 15, 2008 6:06 AM Careful, you might make Grandpa even more angry than he is now.Leader of the Amazonian Army, and fighter for the Female Initiative.
Bitchy since 1999. |
| Avenging_Angel | RE: Obama to be the 44th president of the US |
  Member Since: July 2003  RK: 13 MP: 6,289 | Wednesday November 7, 2012 9:06 PM So... four years later. Round 2: FIGHT! So... thoughts, folks? I was out at a hookah bar last night and the place pretty much erupted as soon as CNN called it. Highlight of the night was "YES WE CAN MOTHERFUCKERS!" and the profound relief I would not have to come through on my oath to black out if Romney was elected. Though, judging from the steadily decreasing coherence of his texts all night, I have it on good authority Oobie is probably still passed out in a gutter somewhere.  On slightly smaller level, thank god humanity has enough sense to not elect Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin. Otherwise I would have had to hulk smash my way to Missouri and "legitimately rape" him to death out of sheer fury and despair. And for the two issues very near and dear to my heart - Maryland, Maine, and Washington all passed measures approving same-sex marriage while Minnesota votes against a measure that would have blocked it from ever being legal. Meanwhile, Colorado and Washington legalize recreational marijuana use. So, who wants to go to Washington for a wide variety of reasons? [[Edited by Avenging_Angel on Wednesday November 7, 2012 9:07 PM]] Everywhere I go I repeat: I do not belong here. Who will bring me hemlock in their own hands? - Renee Vivien Reality is an illusion that occurs with a lack of alcohol. |
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