The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux) - Page 437

wendybeth · 08-12-2009, 08:41 PM

VJWM.

JWBear · 08-12-2009, 06:30 PM

Saw this on FB...

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"This morning I woke to my alarm clock, powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the local water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to an FCC-regulated channel to see what the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather will be, using satellites designed, built, and launched into orbit by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I watched this while eating my breakfast, which has been inspected for safety by the US Department of Agriculture and took my medicine, which has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

"At the appropriate time, as regulated by the US Congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the US Naval Observatory, I got into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-certified and -approved automobile, and set out to work on the roads designed and built by the local, state, and national Departments of Transportation, possibly stopping to purchase fuel at a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, at a pump certified by the local Bureau of Weights and Measures to have dispensed what it says it did, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank. On the way out the door, I drop my mail in the outbox for the US Postal Service, which can deliver a note anywhere in the country in less than a week, and drop my kids off at the local public school.

"After work, I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to a house which has not burned down in my absence because of state and local building codes and a fire marshal's inspection, and which has
not been vandalized or plundered of its valuables thanks to the local police department.

I then log onto the Internet, which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and carp on freerepublic.com about how 'socialism' is bad because the government can't do anything right."

JWBear · 08-18-2009, 11:20 PM

You go, Barney!!!

scaeagles · 08-19-2009, 06:10 AM

Barney Frank is a moron. Not necessarily for this, but he's a complete idiot.

SacTown Chronic · 08-19-2009, 07:19 AM

Well if scaeagles says so, it must be true.

JWBear · 08-19-2009, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Barney Frank is a moron. Not necessarily for this, but he's a complete idiot.

Why, because he disagrees with you?

innerSpaceman · 08-19-2009, 07:48 AM

I don't think this was the type of tact I suppose a public official should employ in such situations, but I've been dying to see one such official lay it out quite as plainly for one such retarded neanderthal constituent.

Alex · 08-19-2009, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I don't think this was the type of tact I suppose a public official should employ in such situations, but I've been dying to see one such official lay it out quite as plainly for one such retarded neanderthal constituent.

As they say, a political gaffe is accidentally telling the truth.

JWBear · 08-19-2009, 08:43 AM

This article is spot on, imo

scaeagles · 08-19-2009, 09:46 AM

Um, no. Mostly because he engineered the whole Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae lending to unqualified borrowers, pushing legislation to force other banks to lend to less than qualified borrowers, playing a HUGE part in the current economic situation, and recently has asked again for the Freddy and Fannie to be able to relax their lending standards.

There are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO many more reasons, but that's the primary one.

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I don't think this was the type of tact I suppose a public official should employ in such situations, but I've been dying to see one such official lay it out quite as plainly for one such retarded neanderthal constituent.
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	This article is spot on, imo __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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08-19-2009, 09:46 AM	#10
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Um, no. Mostly because he engineered the whole Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae lending to unqualified borrowers, pushing legislation to force other banks to lend to less than qualified borrowers, playing a HUGE part in the current economic situation, and recently has asked again for the Freddy and Fannie to be able to relax their lending standards. There are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO many more reasons, but that's the primary one.
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