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Surviving the Big Shutdown Live Thread
October 1, 2013
| Pan_Yan
Posted on 10/01/2013 4:43:00 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan
I love the roasting fresh brewed aroma of Tea Party Anarchy at work against a corrupted illegally usurped government, where is your birth certificate now Obama?
To: Raycpa
Good one.....
Or, muy bueno....
To: Notary Sojac
You mean I fell for it? Curse you!
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posted on
10/01/2013 5:43:10 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Raycpa; COBOL2Java; seeker41; Pan_Yan; Wyrd bið ful aræd; don-o
Looks like the shutdown has already caused some citizens' sarcasm detectors to fail.
For those of you in Rio Linda, 10 x 0 = ?
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posted on
10/01/2013 5:43:29 AM PDT
by
Notary Sojac
(Mi tio es enfermo, pero la carretera es verde!)
To: Notary Sojac
It’s difficult to spot sarcasm, especially subtle sarcasm, in text, absent vocal or visual cues.
85
posted on
10/01/2013 5:43:34 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(It's not "immigration reform", it's an "amnesty bill". Take back the language!)
To: matginzac
I recall reading that entitlement spending is way more than defense though only defense spending is Constitutionally required...just saying. Isn't debt service the largest single budget item?
86
posted on
10/01/2013 5:44:23 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(It's not "immigration reform", it's an "amnesty bill". Take back the language!)
To: Notary Sojac
Well, at least I didn’t post “go pound sand”
;^)
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posted on
10/01/2013 5:46:33 AM PDT
by
seeker41
(take your country back by whatever means necessary)
To: kevkrom
88
posted on
10/01/2013 5:47:10 AM PDT
by
seeker41
(take your country back by whatever means necessary)
To: matginzac
I believe entitlements is somewhere around 40% of the federal budget. What is defense, 16%?
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posted on
10/01/2013 5:48:02 AM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Gone Galt, 11/07/12----No king but Christ! Don't tread on me!)
To: Pan_Yan
Philly morning abc ‘show’ (won’t call them “news” because they don’t deserve the name) showed a survey of “who to blame for govt shutdown?”
18% President Obama
46% House Republicans
5% Senate Democrats
28% All of the above
We see the consistent Lemmings (baseline 46-47% no-matter-what ObamaBots) for years and years.
90
posted on
10/01/2013 5:48:58 AM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: kevkrom
Point taken. And having been here for 6+ years I guess I should know better.
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posted on
10/01/2013 5:49:34 AM PDT
by
Notary Sojac
(Mi tio es enfermo, pero la carretera es verde!)
To: Pan_Yan
92
posted on
10/01/2013 5:50:39 AM PDT
by
11th_VA
(I want a president who won't enforce tax laws ...)
To: central_va
With Aunt Pittypat standing on the corner saying, “ The Yankees ah comin’,
The Yankees ah com in’! “.
To: Notary Sojac
HELPFUL HINT: Successful written sarcasm requires skillful, delicate use of hyperbole. Your post was a straight up assertion of fact.
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posted on
10/01/2013 5:52:02 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
To: Notary Sojac
Oh, on re-reading it more closely, it is clearly sarcasm (with the repeated TEN TIMES - that ought to have been a dead giveaway). At the same time, there are FReepers who are federal employees or contractors and it would be natural to see someone grousing about losing a paycheck, so there’s a bias to assume someone is being serious about that.
95
posted on
10/01/2013 5:52:30 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(It's not "immigration reform", it's an "amnesty bill". Take back the language!)
To: Sir Napsalot
I find it dismaying and baffling that senate ‘rats have refused to negotiate or bend on anything and have flatly turned down any plan the house offers...And yet escape blame.
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posted on
10/01/2013 5:52:44 AM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Gone Galt, 11/07/12----No king but Christ! Don't tread on me!)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
10/01/2013 5:53:27 AM PDT
by
rurgan
(give laws an expiration date:so the congress has to review every 4 years to see if needed)
To: matginzac
Aunt Pittypat "Yankees in Jawja?! How ever did they get in?"
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posted on
10/01/2013 5:53:50 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
You and I had that reaction...
No one in the room with him did...
To: unixfox
Traffic should be less, more parking available, shorter lines at reataurants. Whats there not to like about a government shutdown? A year or two ago, the SEPTA bus system in Philly went on strike. I live in the Plymouth Meeting area - a first ring burb with lots of retail and other low level clerical jobs. Because the city is such a cesspool of business crushing taxes, lots of city folk with an ounce of ambition hop on the bus and commute to their job in the burbs. Well, when SEPTA went on strike, traffic flowed better than it had in years. All those bleepity bleepin busses mucking up traffic on the main roads were suddenly gone, yet somehow the stores remained fully staffed. It was an eye opener for me - now I believe that busses are hazardous to the environment compared to regular automobiles.
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