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Samuraikoku
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Postby Samuraikoku » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:28 pm

Des-Bal wrote:
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?


He's at work. I assume no Youtube.
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The Black Forrest
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Postby The Black Forrest » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:28 pm

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

Okay...


Indeed. Also "Son of Detroit" did he have any jobs in the auto industry?

His dad doesn't make him an expert.....
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Sapiens Isles
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Postby Sapiens Isles » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:28 pm

Cannot think of a name wrote:
Sapiens Isles wrote:Welcome to politics.

That's not politics.

It is with Mitt.
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Postby Daistallia 2104 » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:29 pm

I expect they'll go over again.
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Freedom Fighters Fighting For Freedom
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Postby Freedom Fighters Fighting For Freedom » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:29 pm

Nice foreign policy debate
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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:29 pm

"The Federal government didn't hire our teachers"? Whaaaa ...
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Postby The Drone Empire » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:29 pm

Hear that? Mitt loves teachers!
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Postby The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:29 pm

Over already? Fuck.
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Postby Agymnum » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:29 pm

Wikkiwallana wrote:
Des-Bal wrote:
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?


Trust me, if you're concerned about FOUR deaths, you're in good shape.

If the death of someone is so important it makes front-page news, it means death is so rare that we've successfully managed to minimize casualties.
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Cannot think of a name
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:29 pm

"I love teachers." No you don't. Your first mention of them was to attack them.


That laugh was creepy as hell.
"...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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Postby Sapiens Isles » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:29 pm

Okay Willard that laugh was just rude and creepy.
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Telesha
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Postby Telesha » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:30 pm

The Drone Empire wrote:Hear that? Mitt loves teachers!


Unless they're in a union. Then they're damn freeloading parasites.
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Postby Yewhohohopia » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:30 pm

The Drone Empire wrote:Hear that? Mitt loves teachers!

Maybe in the same way that I love blondes.
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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:30 pm

Telesha wrote:
The Drone Empire wrote:Hear that? Mitt loves teachers!


Unless they're in a union. Then they're damn freeloading parasites.

Well, yeah. Socialism, you know.
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Agymnum
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Postby Agymnum » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:30 pm

Yewhohohopia wrote:
The Drone Empire wrote:Hear that? Mitt loves teachers!

Maybe in the same way that I love blondes.


"I love boobies.

You know.

The bird."
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Des-Bal
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Postby Des-Bal » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:30 pm

"I think we all love teachers."
Bob Scheiffer just knocked the piss out of romney.
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The Black Forrest
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Postby The Black Forrest » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:30 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.


He does? What does he have?
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Wikkiwallana
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Postby Wikkiwallana » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:30 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

Criticizing is much easier than doing, which is infinitely easier than being psychic, which is what you seem to expect from him.
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Cannot think of a name
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:30 pm

Sapiens Isles wrote:
Cannot think of a name wrote:That's not politics.

It is with Mitt.

Mitt didn't comment on Candy's appearance. You did.
"...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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Seangoli
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Postby Seangoli » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:30 pm

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

Okay...


Indeed. Also "Son of Detroit" did he have any jobs in the auto industry?

His dad doesn't make him an expert.....


Now, I don't know about anybody else, but I'm pretty sure the first thing that happens in bankruptcy is that assets are liquidated and creditors are reimbursed the credit they gave the company in question.

So...

He wouldn't liquidate the auto industry, he would just let it get liquidated. Which is so much better.
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Farnhamia
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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:31 pm

Damn, I wish Obama got to go last. Oh, well.
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And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
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RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
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Cannot think of a name
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:31 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:
Telesha wrote:
He loves American cars.

He owns seven of them.


He does? What does he have?

Caddys.
"...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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Postby Des-Bal » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:31 pm

Cannot think of a name wrote:"I love teachers." No you don't. Your first mention of them was to attack them.


That laugh was creepy as hell.


That's an involuntary sound that the body makes when it realizes it's too late to avoid a bear trap.
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Sardine World
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Moralistic Democracy

Postby Sardine World » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:31 pm

Agymnum wrote:
Des-Bal wrote:
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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Postby Yumyumsuppertime » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:31 pm

Des-Bal wrote:"I think we all love teachers."
Bob Scheiffer just knocked the piss out of romney.


Loved that.
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