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Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007

Not sure if this is the best place to ask, but the charts and graphs thread seems to be dead now and someone posted a really nice chart last page. I'm looking for some good graphics to respond to the "Obama killed the economy/quintupled the debt/hates businesses!!" kind of forwards and Facebook stuff. I know I've seen a chart that displayed the budget deficit each year and showed who was president, but I can't find it now. Ones that show defecit, unemployment or jobs gained/lost by year, or even food stamp enrollment would be nice. This is sort of what I'm looking for but preferably with years more clearly marked. Thanks!

EDIT: found one of the charts

Pedestrian Xing fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Feb 3, 2012

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Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007

My former roommate who has turned into a super objectivist since then recently posted this on his wall:

"Easiest illustration of National Health Care.
Also, Paul is a dick."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/objectivist/2011/03/10/the-road-to-socialized-medicine-is-paved-with-preexisting-conditions-part-2/

I don't really want to get into a debate with him since previous ones have ended with him just ignoring everything and walking away, but how do you respond to this? All I could think of was "well, doesn't that pretty much make the case for UHC?". I have a feeling he would just push the "healthcare isn't a right" talking point though.

Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007

I think there's also strong element of racism in the attacks on the first lady. "Michelle Obama is a fat, angry, uppity black woman!" It's an attempt to erase the fact that she's a smart and accomplished Harvard Law School graduate who is trying to advance a cause, like every first lady has done.

Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007

EightBit posted:

Just show them the results of GIS'ing small pox and ask if they want to go back to having to worry about their children suffering like that.

WHAT MY KIDS DO: http://youtu.be/S3oZrMGDMMw

Pedestrian Xing fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Mar 21, 2014

Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007

Neruz posted:

So basically yes these people do not in fact understand what Socialism is.

Socialism to them is anything to the left of full-on fascism.

Except they also believe fascism is leftist even though they pretty much support it 100% :psyduck:

E: alternately, it's "anything I don't like"

Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007

Look, man, I totally understand your situation. Back in my college days, I had to sell some of my stocks just to get by.

Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007

Well, you see, most of Wal-Marts employees don't make minimum wage so a raise won't help workers all. It will, however, cause a catastrophic increase in prices because

Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007



Replace "ID" with "poll tax" or "literacy test"

Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007

Mellow Seas posted:

Hahaha, holy poo poo. LL posted this unironically? I find it really hard to believe it wasn't made as a parody, possibly by a goon. I don't see how a person capable of believing these "statistics" could even tie their loving shoes. Jesus.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2012/jun/20/ten-illegal-alien-facts-truth-o-meter/ if anyone is curious.

And laetrile is full of cyanide, not arsenic.

Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007

Shbobdb posted:

Is there a unicode for "enter"? My key isn't working and it makes a solid text-loaf.

Alt+010, or copy a line break from somewhere else on the page and paste it where you want.

Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007


Reggie has to be trolling.

Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007

Won't somebody think of the real victims??

Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007


A long-con troll by goon HEGEL that started with typical tea party poo poo and slowly devolved into straight up white supremacism and RaHoWa poo poo. Had everybody fooled until the very end.

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Pedestrian Xing
Jul 19, 2007


That site sure is something, they host John Derbyshire's radio show and have an article about MLK by Pat Buchanan. A quick scroll through those comments saw unironic SS logo avatars.

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