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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: January 01, 2012, 03:21:26 am »
Quote from: nenjin on January 01, 2012, 03:09:46 am
That last posted article really did put into perspective all the things that Obama has done that I don't approve of.

Regardless of the extension of executive power under Obama and all that has entailed,

Are you referring to the article I linked that explains why he signed that extension or something else?  It does not excuse the situation, but it explains how it came to be, and how it's not his 'fault.'  You're acting as if you only read the first half, which was included to explain the common misconception about the situation.

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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: January 01, 2012, 02:08:55 am »
The problem with Obama is that the Democratic party can't get its act together and be a politically manipulative and abusive as the Republicans- he keeps compromising and they keep pulling the football away.  He's not a terrible person, he's made some decisions I don't agree with, but if you think that this awful term he's had is his fault alone, and not hugely influenced by the floods of opposition he has on every single move, then you just aren't seeing the whole picture. 

Politics is what gets in the way of Government Getting Shit Done.

Edit:  MSH, settle down and either have normal discourse like we're trying to attain, or take your rants elsewhere.  Aqizzar has stated that he's truly averse to such derails, and I'd hate for this thread to get locked.  No matter how bad America is right now, living here is still hugely better than North Korea or China.

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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: January 01, 2012, 01:49:24 am »
Quote from: Zrk2 on January 01, 2012, 01:24:58 am
Ron Paul worse than Obama, to wit:

-indefinite detention of American citizens signed into law
-systematic extra-judicial killings with civilian deaths
-wall street bailout saving corrupt execs from prosecution


Ron Paul wants to systematically destroy the FDA and EPA, which would wreak havoc with so many basic safeties.  He also wishes to erode away safety nets and further reduce the standard of living of the already shrinking middle class.  On top of that, deregulating corporations and letting them do whatever they want, while weakening federal oversights.  It's almost literally a roadmap to turn the United States into a 3rd world country.

As for indefinite detention:  Your assertion of that, in regard to his character, is false, hopefully just through you being misinformed on the subject.




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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: January 01, 2012, 01:08:00 am »
Quote from: Zrk2 on January 01, 2012, 12:47:03 am
So we've successfully concluded that Ron Paul sucks less than the other Republicans and about the same as Obama? Good, I'm all caught up.

Ron Paul is explicitly against reproductive rights, sexuality rights, and makes no effort to disguise his vision for America as a Christian Nation.  Those, and the Ron Paul newsletter linked previously, should indicate to you that he is quite a bit worse than Obama.

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Life Advice / Re: New Video Card time!
« on: December 31, 2011, 11:29:12 pm »
Save up like fifty dollars more to get one that is proportionally quite a bit more effective.  It's the difference between saving fifty dollars now and wanting to get a new video card next year to avoid being 'behind the curve'.

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Creative Projects / Re: Make me a character, please?
« on: December 31, 2011, 11:07:09 pm »
Me Too

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Creative Projects / Re: I need a proof reader. It could be you!
« on: December 31, 2011, 08:04:02 pm »
But I wanna be a writer now

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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: December 31, 2011, 07:11:03 pm »
Quote from: mainiac on December 31, 2011, 11:12:01 am
Quote from: Capntastic on December 31, 2011, 10:08:08 am
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/dec/30/how-candidates-fared-truth-o-meter-Iowa11/

Hell no, that site is a load of crap.  They named their "lie of the year" democratic statements that republicans "want to end end medicare as we know it." 


The site seems to be an aggregator for all sorts of "is this thing true?" stuff, so it's not really wise to dismiss an entire site of perhaps vaguely unrelated people because you disagree with the aim of one of the articles- especially when the statistics they're using are laid bare.  I'm not familiar with the thing you're talking about though- it would be a nice good faith gesture for you to link it instead of telling others how they should feel about it, sight unseen!

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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: December 31, 2011, 10:08:08 am »
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/dec/30/how-candidates-fared-truth-o-meter-Iowa11/

Here's some neat data to look at.

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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: December 31, 2011, 07:30:42 am »
Well, you see, he's just not doing enough for 'Corporations' and massaging 'job creators'.   We need someone to put the focus back where it belongs:  Helping the Rich

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Creative Projects / Re: Reducing the Omnipotence of Writers
« on: December 31, 2011, 07:22:34 am »
That's just poor writing, and Chekhov's gun is more of an abstract concept about the role of characterizing a setting or scene or general details in a coherent manner than it is a technique one can abuse.

But yes, bad writers tend to have an immensely thick cargo cult mentality.

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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: December 31, 2011, 03:32:29 am »
A charismatic, hardworking, intelligent human being with empathy for the underclass?  Like many of the exotic animals he shotgunned to death and stuffed with wads of newspaper, they simply don't exist anymore!

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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: December 31, 2011, 03:27:13 am »
I'm going to come out and say that I feel that Obama is perhaps the candidate with the least psychological issues.  He is also, seemingly, aware that he is a person who can, has, and will make mistakes. 

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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: December 31, 2011, 03:17:02 am »
Quote from: Blade Master Model 42 on December 31, 2011, 03:09:38 am
Oh boy, here we go.

Spoiler: Aqizzar, please forgive me, but I can't let this slide (click to show/hide)

But yeah, let's all discuss the topic at hand, as I've made an effort to do above.

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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: December 31, 2011, 03:06:38 am »
Here is some healthy content:

I am probably going to be voting for Obama despite him not living up to expectations.  All of the Republican forerunners at this time are varying shades and degrees of lousy, and while Obama has proven himself to be something of a lame duck, I would rather have that than some of the reforms proposed by his opponents.

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