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wormil posted:I expected Facebook to blow up but it was fairly tame. Did find this little gem. (assassination keeps politicians honest) It's not really a conservative Facebook thread until someone posts in all caps. Speaking of Facebook, quote:you gotta admit that most of those who voted Obama hate Romney just b.c he achieved what he wanted in life.. which is sad.. maybe those are just people i met. Yep. "Most" people who voted for Obama are just jealous. There's no other explanation!
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# ? Nov 7, 2012 23:19 |
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My cousin posted that fake electoral map with ALL the western and southern states, red. With the comment "How could he win?!?" I asked if he really thought CA, was red. He's always ranting about how evil CA is, with it's gays and Hollywood. His son, who I only met once when he was 6, (now 18), pounced! "typical liberal blah, blah, blah!!!". His dad popped in with, "nevermind son, you can't fix stupid." I mentioned FOX News.... I also mentioned (for the 100th time,) that I have some liberal views, but am mostly Independent. I left the "III" in his name, because it makes it so much more entertaining.
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# ? Nov 7, 2012 23:22 |
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Ha, even actual Republicans know it is in fact about race. A good amount of the talk today has been on how in the hell do they expand past white men and old men and women.
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# ? Nov 7, 2012 23:28 |
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Republicans don't hate Obama because he's black, they just believe that it's acceptable to use any vague negative feelings their white constituents may have about black people against him. They're not racist, they just think black people matter less and are disposable.
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# ? Nov 7, 2012 23:35 |
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Spoondick posted:But surely surface area would be a much more democratic basis for determining elected representatives than population. Alaska would be such an electoral powerhouse.
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# ? Nov 7, 2012 23:50 |
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I wish there was some way to make this my ringtone. All 24 minutes of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLoqti0lzAw
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# ? Nov 7, 2012 23:50 |
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Somehow he's mad about these things?
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# ? Nov 7, 2012 23:50 |
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Ringo Star Get posted:I wish there was some way to make this my ringtone. All 24 minutes of it. (delicious schadenfreude) Just saw the word "Paulqaeda" in the video description, holy poo poo.
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# ? Nov 7, 2012 23:58 |
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TheLoquid posted:
Tell him to shut the gently caress up, quit his job and go on food stamps and get that obamaphone then if it's so great.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 00:01 |
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gently caress all these people who think that going on unemployment is anything lucrative. I work a seasonal job and through the winter have to collect, otherwise I wouldn't be able to survive financially for 2 - 3 months. It's not like suddenly I can afford a castle filled with hookers and cocaine from ARE TAXES. Bunch of cunts. Also, whats this talk about free cell phones? Just more verbal diarrhea or what?
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 00:19 |
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It's a an extension of the Lifeline program that recognizes that, you know, cell phones are pretty much a loving necessity for modern life. It was a program initiated by Bush to provide mobile phones to people who can't afford them. Made famous by a video of a black lady saying she was gonna vote for Obama because he gave her a phone. It's the Welfare Queen of the 2012 election, basically - a dirt cheap program to make the lives of the poor a little less onerous is right behind terrorism and cancer in terms of Bad Things in the mind of the right wing.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 00:24 |
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Green Puddin posted:gently caress all these people who think that going on unemployment is anything lucrative. I work a seasonal job and through the winter have to collect, otherwise I wouldn't be able to survive financially for 2 - 3 months. It's not like suddenly I can afford a castle filled with hookers and cocaine from ARE TAXES. Bunch of cunts. They're pretending that something that originated during the Reagan administration was started by Obama after this video came out.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 00:24 |
DarkHorse posted:There's been a lot of dumb crap on my facebook today, but I think this takes the cake. where the hell are dallas and pinellas/hillsborough?
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 00:28 |
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:where the hell are dallas and pinellas/hillsborough? Willing to bet that's a map of 2000 or 2004. Especially since, as you mention, Dallas isn't a dot of blue, even though the county went for Obama 57-42 last night.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 00:32 |
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13Pandora13 posted:Never mind that, what are those blue dots in Georgia that aren't Atlanta/Savannah? This is actually a favorite subject of mine. Note the general U-shaped curve that goes from South Carolina, through Georgia, central Alabama, and up through Mississippi? It's the cotton belt, an area with unusually fertile soil, perfect for planting cotton. So, you ended up with the biggest plantations there, and the biggest populations of slaves. This can be seen today--some of those areas are still upwards of 80% black. And they vote heavily Democratic. So why is that soil so fertile? 100 million years ago, it was a shallow coastline!
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 00:34 |
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thefncrow posted:Willing to bet that's a map of 2000 or 2004. Especially since, as you mention, Dallas isn't a dot of blue, even though the county went for Obama 57-42 last night. It's 2004.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 01:08 |
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I own farmland there.... and I grow cotton! Hooray... I don't live there anymore, though... it's pretty miserable. Rural West Tennessee is pretty awful. I didn't know it was once a coastal zone though. Very cool.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 01:33 |
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sicarius posted:I own farmland there.... and I grow cotton! Hooray... I live in North Mississippi, and my brother just moved away from Finger, TN. It's pretty hilariously bad.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 01:47 |
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XyloJW posted:I live in North Mississippi, and my brother just moved away from Finger, TN. It's pretty hilariously bad. I am from north MS too and Am so glad I am not there anymore, although my family still is. I live NY now, and my brother called me the other day to tell me about the electrical crews being turned away from Jersey because they are nonunion (false). My kindergarten teacher reminded me that Obama personally killed the Libyan ambassador. A childhood friend made sure to tell me that the media has a liberal bias, because the pointed out that the high education levels found in Northern Virginia meant it would be majority Blue, even though THAT IS 100% TRUE. Ugh... Oh yeah, some Ole Miss students were apparently riled up and shouting racial slurs into TV cameras today. Stay classy Mississippi!
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 02:03 |
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I have the pleasure of knowing one of those guys--he's been wearing a Romney-Ryan bracelet ever since Ryan was nominated. They pulled a fire alarm at a dorm, forcing everyone out in the middle of the night, where they burned an Obama/Biden sign and shouted the kinds of things you'd expect people like that to shout. The reports of fist-fights and riots, though, were exaggerated. The police department is currently investigating. For what it's worth, I happened to have been outside walking my dog when the election was called and my neighbor ran out and hugged me.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 02:13 |
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Kat R. Waulin posted:My cousin posted that fake electoral map with ALL the western and southern states, red. With the comment "How could he win?!?" Ahaha that last sentence was priceless. "And also last time I checked, my career will be in politics."
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 02:42 |
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archangelwar posted:I am from north MS too and Am so glad I am not there anymore, although my family still is. I live NY now, and my brother called me the other day to tell me about the electrical crews being turned away from Jersey because they are nonunion (false). My kindergarten teacher reminded me that Obama personally killed the Libyan ambassador. A childhood friend made sure to tell me that the media has a liberal bias, because the pointed out that the high education levels found in Northern Virginia meant it would be majority Blue, even though THAT IS 100% TRUE. XyloJW posted:I have the pleasure of knowing one of those guys--he's been wearing a Romney-Ryan bracelet ever since Ryan was nominated. They pulled a fire alarm at a dorm, forcing everyone out in the middle of the night, where they burned an Obama/Biden sign and shouted the kinds of things you'd expect people like that to shout. The reports of fist-fights and riots, though, were exaggerated. The police department is currently investigating. This makes me happy I live in Middle Tennessee. Sure we have our crazies, but they're moderate crazy. Yeah - the whole mosque thing happened and people shouted at me for being a "sand friend of the family lover", but at least I wasn't assaulted.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 02:57 |
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sicarius posted:This makes me happy I live in Middle Tennessee. Sure we have our crazies, but they're moderate crazy. Yeah - the whole mosque thing happened and people shouted at me for being a "sand friend of the family lover", but at least I wasn't assaulted. Nashville or Murfreesboro area? Yeah, that is an oasis in the South. I have been trying to find a way to get back there (born outside Nashville) but not much of a tech sector there. But all the things posted on Facebook by all my Southern contemporaries... Just makes me shiver. It is almost all false, or at least deeply, deeply ignorant. It almost pains me to realize that if I were to go back today, I could not possibly converse civilly with these people. It is hard enough to not call my own parents out. Fortunately their political talk pretty much is limited to "I hate Obama (because he is black)" and that leaves me little room to argue.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 03:09 |
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Man, I shouldn't have made the mistake of checking FB. The Republican tears are pure rage. Also, tired of hearing about how "Obummer" is a socialist. I'm sure many actual socialists are offended by this.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 03:10 |
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I've been sorely disappointed about the lack of GOP rage on my facebook, especially since Oklahoma went 100% red again this year. We successfully banned affirmative action, too!
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 03:23 |
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Laminator posted:I've been sorely disappointed about the lack of GOP rage on my facebook, especially since Oklahoma went 100% red again this year. What is the racial demographic in OK anyways? I'm watching my family implode on FB. Everyone is afraid of Obama unveiling his Great Leap Forward. Part of me thinks this should be amusing, but it's actually really depressing. To them, I'm basically a Godless Socialist.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 03:26 |
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Adventures in Facebook status My aunt: So happy to live in a free country. ... for now Me: Aww, you're moving? That should set her off. God, I could kiss the person who invented passive aggressive.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 03:29 |
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One of the people I get into political discussions with on Facebook is much more calm and reasonable than most of the stuff I see. My wife thinks she may have actually voted for Obama this year because she had mentioned in the past how much she hated Mitt Romney, but generally she's one of those people who is really well meaning and a good heart, but bats Republican and accepts their talking points because that's her team. In any case, whether she voted Obama and wanted to feel better about her decision, or if she was just accepting the results and wanted to know it would be ok; she asked me if I could send her a message explaining how Obama's plan to tax small businesses wouldn't result in higher costs for her family. So this is what I sent her:Sarion posted:Hey <Facebook Person>, Just wanted to post this here in case you guys think of anything else I could include in any follow ups. And poo poo, I just realized I said the cost increase would be 1-2 cents instead of 12 cents. Not that it changes my point, but I hate when I miss stuff like that until after I send it.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 03:31 |
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Sarion posted:One of the people I get into political discussions with on Facebook is much more calm and reasonable than most of the stuff I see. My wife thinks she may have actually voted for Obama this year because she had mentioned in the past how much she hated Mitt Romney, but generally she's one of those people who is really well meaning and a good heart, but bats Republican and accepts their talking points because that's her team. In any case, whether she voted Obama and wanted to feel better about her decision, or if she was just accepting the results and wanted to know it would be ok; she asked me if I could send her a message explaining how Obama's plan to tax small businesses wouldn't result in higher costs for her family. So this is what I sent her: Would you do me your kindness and post your sources? That'd be swell. Thanks abunch!
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 03:44 |
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Dirty Job posted:
Except for being President XyloJW posted:This is actually a favorite subject of mine. Note the general U-shaped curve that goes from South Carolina, through Georgia, central Alabama, and up through Mississippi? Thank you so much for posting this, it was really fascinating. Mitchicon posted:Would you do me your kindness and post your sources? That'd be swell. Thanks abunch! Most of the tax plan details are available just about anywhere. A good article that discusses the issues of how many small businesses will be impacted is here: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/aug/04/randy-neugebauer/lawmaker-claims-democrats-want-hit-small-businesse/ The example I gave about the business owner making $500k was just math I did myself based on Obama's intended tax increases.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 03:51 |
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Mitchicon posted:What is the racial demographic in OK anyways? I'm watching my family implode on FB. Everyone is afraid of Obama unveiling his Great Leap Forward. It's mostly white, especially in the rural areas. There are some significant pockets of Hispanic (including undocumented) and African American minorities scattered around the OKC metro, not sure about Tulsa. For example, today I was flexing my med school muscles and helped with a smoking prevention program for high school students and the area we were in was nearly 100% Hispanic.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 04:49 |
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My friend who was predicting a Romney landslide thanks to a silent majority has started posting again, and, surprise! Obama's gonna... use the UN to take your huntin' rifle? I'm pretty sure that I got my facts right here (I'm blue), and I'm also pretty sure that I'll get no response to it.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 05:48 |
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dur posted:My friend who was predicting a Romney landslide thanks to a silent majority has started posting again, and, surprise! Obama's gonna... use the UN to take your huntin' rifle? As others have said, I'll repeat, the "conservatives" "won". No one is serious about gun control beyond what we already have in the United States. The NRA and other groups bring this up because if they announce they've won.... people will ignore them, and they want money. I'm a gun person. I own and fire guns regularly. I have a carry permit, but don't ever carry. Blah blah blah. If anything, people are discussing clearing up the language and making existing laws functional. There is no real drive to take away rifles, handguns, shotguns, and even most assault weapons. There are a ton of reasons for this, but your friend is just wrapped up in the rhetoric of the right. Not to mention that tossing the UN in there always gets them riled up.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 06:34 |
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dur posted:My friend who was predicting a Romney landslide thanks to a silent majority has started posting again, and, surprise! Obama's gonna... use the UN to take your huntin' rifle? It looks accurate to me. The key word in this and any International Agreement is non-binding. The key takeaway I got from my International Law class awhile back is that due to the self-policing nature of international agreements, anything remotely controversial is largely worthless. America will likely never accept the ICC rulings against Americans for the same reasons the current form of that agreement won't be ratified, national rights supersede anything from an International body. Unless we wrote it or agree with it, then other nations better drat well agree or there will be repercussions!
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 06:35 |
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archangelwar posted:I am from north MS too and Am so glad I am not there anymore, although my family still is. I live NY now, and my brother called me the other day to tell me about the electrical crews being turned away from Jersey because they are nonunion (false). My kindergarten teacher reminded me that Obama personally killed the Libyan ambassador. A childhood friend made sure to tell me that the media has a liberal bias, because the pointed out that the high education levels found in Northern Virginia meant it would be majority Blue, even though THAT IS 100% TRUE. I'm from the Delta. A teacher I used to know posted some apparently really racist facebook post after Romney lost last night.... ... and was promptly fired this morning.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 06:38 |
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Please tell us you have the post.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 07:21 |
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VideoTapir posted:Please tell us you have the post. I don't. It was taken down pretty quickly and now her facebook is filled with "Welp. Guess I'm going to the beach. Anybody have a good book to read?" A bunch of people are asking her what she did, but she's just saying "it was a stupid post. I never should have said it. I didn't mean to hurt anybody. I was frustrated, but I should have just kept my mouth shut." I'm sure there will be some local news piece soon with the post.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 14:53 |
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sicarius posted:As others have said, I'll repeat, the "conservatives" "won". No one is serious about gun control beyond what we already have in the United States. The NRA and other groups bring this up because if they announce they've won.... people will ignore them, and they want money. It's a bit frustrating but remember the same thing is also true for birth control and gay marriage. Both those ideas have won in the electorate and any conservative politician that argues against them is only shooting himself in the foot.
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 15:00 |
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BonoMan posted:I don't. It was taken down pretty quickly and now her facebook is filled with "Welp. Guess I'm going to the beach. Anybody have a good book to read?" Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
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# ? Nov 8, 2012 15:11 |
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peak debt posted:It's a bit frustrating but remember the same thing is also true for birth control and gay marriage. Both those ideas have won in the electorate and any conservative politician that argues against them is only shooting himself in the foot. I think "we" are winning those issues, but they aren't as safely won as gun rights. There is only a small sliver of the population that is vehemently anti-gun. Personally, I am anti-gun, but I also don't view it as a big threat so I don't ever vote with that issue in mind. And I suspect that's how most anti-gun people are at this point. Mainly because it just isn't an issue the left campaigns on, and apart from small groups no one listens to, no one is pushing them to do so. The same can't be said of birth control and gay marriage. There are groups all over suing over the ACA mandate that their employees should have access to birth control. Millions of dollars are spent every election to prevent or ban gay marriage. And both issues still drive people to the polls in significant numbers. There is no doubt that they are on the losing side of history, but we're not quite there yet.
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