Fuck its silent in here.......

[Oleg]

Needs a bigger chart.

[Gilgamesh]

Needs a bigger chart.

Don't test me, shortstack; it can be done.

[Chuck to Chuck]

The obvious one to cut is Social Security.  There's no reason not to raise the retirement age (at least for those who have yet to pay into the system) and means test it.

[MAD]

The obvious one to cut is Social Security.  There's no reason not to raise the retirement age (at least for those who have yet to pay into the system) and means test it.

THIS.

Our life expectancy's grown.  It's silly to keep the minimum age at 62.

[flannj]

The obvious one to cut is Social Security.  There's no reason not to raise the retirement age (at least for those who have yet to pay into the system) and means test it.

THIS.

Our life expectancy's grown.  It's silly to keep the minimum age at 62.

That's a bit optimistic. Are you aware of how much you I drink?

[Chuck to Chuck]

The obvious one to cut is Social Security.  There's no reason not to raise the retirement age (at least for those who have yet to pay into the system) and means test it.

THIS.

Our life expectancy's grown.  It's silly to keep the minimum age at 62.

That's a bit optimistic. Are you aware of how much you I drink?

Then, thanks in advance for paying and not collecting.

[R-V]

John Paul Stevens is available. Leon Trostsky with a gavel.

And the court will continue to shift to the right, as Obama is too 'pragmatic' to appoint a dyed-in-the-wool librul to Stevens' seat.

[Quality Start Machine]

this = this.

[Wheezer]

So, if Obama wants to run in 2012 as a fiscal conservative, can he, by your statement, not be constrained by his prior actions?  What is to prevent him from campaigning as this, per your articulation?  Can't he just say, "that was the old Obama, this is the new Obama."  

Principles only mean something when they are inconvenient to yourself.  If someone in your party, either the President or some school board member in Bumfuck, Mississippi, isn't abiding by your principles, then call them out.  Same goes for the Democrats.  If principles mean anything, stand by them, not just when the locks changes on the White House doors.  

Actions mean more than words.

What do you want?  Do you want me to just agree that everyone in government is always going to increase spending?  Or can I hope that at least one of the parties can control itself at some future point?  I don't understand what you are getting at, other than saying "those guys voted for entitlements back in 2004 or whenever, therefore they cannot be against increased entitlements now."

I was against Part D in 2004.  Does that make my views today acceptable?

Honest question, do you ever get sick of having the politicians you are given the choice to elect let you down? I suppose this could be addressed to anyone, not just Morph.

I know I lean left but I don't consider myself a democrat by any means. In that vein, I'm continually annoyed with/disappointed in/fed up with people from all parties. I realize the only way to shape the country the way you'd like to see it is to be active and vote and that's great. It just seems to me that if your guys get in office they don't do what they promised/what you voted for. If the other guys get in, they don't help you either.

Seems like there's never a winner in this stuff. Hence, disillusionment. I really enjoy reading about history and how things got to be the way they are. With that, you'd think I'd be more interested in helping shape current policy. Truth is, it's just too frustrating to get over involved.

I will finish this misplaced mini-rant by saying that I appreciate you and TJ and anyone else who isn't Mike C or his alter-ego Freakmaster giving your differing point of views without resorting to...well...the shit Mike C posts.

I actually agree with most of what you wrote.

I post the way i do now because its fun to be on the other end nit picking the shit out of your party like you guys did to Republicans over the last 8 years. I love posting stuff that shows your politicians as scumbags, liars, and portrays them as corrupt as shit. You guys got the ball, you guys can now do it way you said you were going to do it. Be the Democrats haven't done jack shit about corruption, they just have doubled down and been twice a sneaky and corrupt.

I will keep flinging the mud, because its fun to expose the hypocrisy of your views and stances when you decry a Republican, but let a Democrat slip by. I get amusement out of it, you guys just get pissy and moan and attack me instead of addressing why Mr. Obama is saying one thing and doing another. Slap each other on the ass some more, if it makes you feel better at night.

Ass slappin' feels good any time of the day. Doesn't have to be night time.

There's a suspicious remark if ever I've heard one.

[Wheezer]

Watch out for that snake-oil science stuff.

[Dr. Nguyen Van Falk]

You want to see some racism?

http://www.lohud.com/article/20100407/NEWS02/4070349/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084899/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Dog

[Quality Start Machine]

No way this goes wrong, right?

[RedBeard]

Let them secede.  What will we lose?  Pecans?

[Indolent Reader]

Let them secede.  What will we lose?  Pecans?

The Flaming Lips.

[Slaky]

Whole lotta teabaggers running around the loop today. Pretty entertaining. They've got signs and everything. It's nice to be able to see what real Americans look like. I've been living in a fantasy land.

Anyway, what's up with people waiting until the last minute to pay their taxes? Am I just lucky to have an accountant for a father or what?