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Daistallia 2104
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Postby Daistallia 2104 » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:25 pm

Heheheh - the people of Detroit don't forget.
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Agymnum
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Founded: Jul 31, 2012
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Postby Agymnum » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:25 pm

Sardine World wrote:
Agymnum wrote:
> Get more security

> Give a fuck about the Middle East

Right. Let's just piss away money in foreign affairs when we're supposed to be rebuilding our economy.

Logic.


So we are just to leave them out there to die?

Okay, sounds like a plan


Did I say we should remove security forces?

Not giving a fuck means just that. Maintain the presence there, yeah, but quit focusing on the Middle East when we have problems here. The current presence is fine.

Four people is not a high mortality rate. NEWSFLASH: PEOPLE WILL DIE. WE MINIMIZE DEATHS.
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Seangoli
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Founded: Sep 24, 2006
Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby Seangoli » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:25 pm

Romney on Detroit: I'd never let the auto industry go under, I suggested letting them go bankrupt instead!

Okay...
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Yewhohohopia
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Postby Yewhohohopia » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:25 pm

"I like American cars" is right up there with "some of my best friends are black" in the "I'm about to say something retarded" stakes.

I'm also not sure that Romney understands what research is, or how it's done :/
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Cannot think of a name
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:25 pm

"I'm still speaking..." There's the douche from the previous debates.
"...I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." -MLK Jr.
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Sapiens Isles
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Founded: Oct 01, 2012
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Postby Sapiens Isles » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:26 pm

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Des-Bal
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Postby Des-Bal » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:26 pm

Maybe if he can keep Obama from talking he can survive a few more minutes.
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Sardine World
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Founded: Jun 22, 2012
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Postby Sardine World » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:26 pm

Wikkiwallana wrote:
Sardine World wrote:
maybe he should have gotten more security? :l

How?


Thats for Obama to figure out

Its his job to "Protect Americans"
He should figure something out, not me
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Telesha
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Postby Telesha » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:26 pm

Yewhohohopia wrote:"I like American cars" is right up there with "some of my best friends are black" in the "I'm about to say something retarded" stakes.

I'm also not sure that Romney understands what research is, or how it's done :/


He loves American cars.

He owns seven of them.
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Yewhohohopia
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Postby Yewhohohopia » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:26 pm

Serrland wrote:
Yewhohohopia wrote:It's a shame there's not a more philosophical argument as to whether the Chinese need jobs more or less than Americans, and why that's allegedly the case.

And with all the discussion and fear-mongering about China's economic growth, I'd love to see meaningful conversation about the opposite possibility - China entering a recession, or if their rapid development stalls, it could have a horrible impact on the American economy.

Quite.
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Farnhamia
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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:26 pm

Telesha wrote:
Yewhohohopia wrote:"I like American cars" is right up there with "some of my best friends are black" in the "I'm about to say something retarded" stakes.

I'm also not sure that Romney understands what research is, or how it's done :/


He loves American cars.

He owns seven of them.

At each of his three houses. Doesn't one of the houses have an elevator in the garage?
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Samuraikoku
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Postby Samuraikoku » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:27 pm

Sardine World wrote:
Wikkiwallana wrote:How?


Thats for Obama to figure out

Its his job to "Protect Americans"
He should figure something out, not me


If you don't know what you're talking about, you should say nothing at all.
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Des-Bal
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Postby Des-Bal » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:27 pm

Sardine World wrote:
Thats for Obama to figure out

Its his job to "Protect Americans"
He should figure something out, not me


What you're saying is that it's his job to make sure no Americans ever die. You have adopted an insane position.
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Serrland
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Postby Serrland » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:27 pm

Sardine World wrote:
Wikkiwallana wrote:How?


Thats for Obama to figure out

Its his job to "Protect Americans"
He should figure something out, not me


It's his job to micromanage within a massive bureaucracy? Curious. Since when has that been a responsibility given to POTUS?
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Cannot think of a name
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:27 pm

Sapiens Isles wrote:
Cannot think of a name wrote:"Let's check the record...Candy, where you at?"

Replaced by someone more attractive. ;)

That seems unnecessary.
"...I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." -MLK Jr.
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Gauthier
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Postby Gauthier » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:27 pm

Sardine World wrote:
Wikkiwallana wrote:How?


Thats for Obama to figure out

Its his job to "Protect Americans"
He should figure something out, not me


1) The attack was at a consulate, not the Embassy in Tripoli.
2) Congressional Republicans lead the charge to reduce security budget by $300 million.
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Telesha
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Postby Telesha » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:27 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Telesha wrote:
He loves American cars.

He owns seven of them.

At each of his three houses. Doesn't one of the houses have an elevator in the garage?


Yup, the one in California, I believe.
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Condunum
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Postby Condunum » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:27 pm

Can someone TG me when it's over? That way I know to rush over to Youtube so I can watch it.
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Wikkiwallana
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Postby Wikkiwallana » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:27 pm

Des-Bal wrote:
Sardine World wrote:
So we are just to leave them out there to die?

Okay, sounds like a plan


No, we keep the security forces we have in place there. The entire reason four people dying is a big deal is because consulates are supremely well defended.

They are?
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Sapiens Isles
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Postby Sapiens Isles » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:27 pm

Cannot think of a name wrote:
Sapiens Isles wrote:Replaced by someone more attractive. ;)

That seems unnecessary.

Welcome to politics.
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Yewhohohopia
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Postby Yewhohohopia » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:28 pm

Condunum wrote:Can someone TG me when it's over? That way I know to rush over to Youtube so I can watch it.

3 minutes away.

You really should play the Tumult Drinking Game.
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Des-Bal
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Postby Des-Bal » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:28 pm

Condunum wrote:Can someone TG me when it's over? That way I know to rush over to Youtube so I can watch it.


Why not watch it live?
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Agymnum
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Postby Agymnum » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:28 pm

Des-Bal wrote:
Sardine World wrote:
Thats for Obama to figure out

Its his job to "Protect Americans"
He should figure something out, not me


What you're saying is that it's his job to make sure no Americans ever die. You have adopted an insane position.


What he's saying is Obama needs to play more SC2. Gotta master dat micro.
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Cannot think of a name
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:28 pm

Sapiens Isles wrote:
Cannot think of a name wrote:That seems unnecessary.

Welcome to politics.

That's not politics.
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Farnhamia
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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:28 pm

Can someone hit Romney with the obstructionist Republican Congress? Please?
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