The "Stay Classy, Republicans" Super Nintendo Chalmers Thread

Shit dude, we should pair up for some XBL games tonight if you're gonna be sloshed
gotta tie it back to video games considering the site and all...
 
[quote name='dohdough']If you're going to have a kid in public school, wouldn't you WANT them to be served a healthy meal? WTF my brain hurts.[/QUOTE]

If you have a kid in public school, you probably don't care too much about their future anyway. :D

[quote name='nasum']UB:
The math is correct. 52% of 58% is appx 30%, the point you're trying to make with that math is what is incorrect. Obama won with 58% of the vote, not 30%. There is an important distinction there.[/quote]

You are absolutely correct (well, your numbers are somewhat mixed up). Obama won 52.9% of the vote - very much so.

He did, however, only convince about 30% of eligible voters to get out and vote for him. There is nothing incorrect about that statement.

In a hypothetical scenario where there was 100% turnout, 58% still wins.
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Yeah, but there's no way of knowing who would have gotten 58%.

You're changing 58% to 30% because it suits some need you have for it to appear that a losing item actually won due to conspiracy.
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This would be correct if I said something like "Obama only got 30% of the eligible vote. McCain won 49% of the vote. He was robbed!"

That's not the case, at all.

And, again, I ask - your original statement that started this all was you changing my statement of "30% of eligible voters voted for Obama" to "30% of people voted for Obama". How is your statement supposed to be better? It not only uses that 30% number you seem to disagree with so badly, but it is actually very incorrect.
 
[quote name='nasum']Shit dude, we should pair up for some XBL games tonight if you're gonna be sloshed
gotta tie it back to video games considering the site and all...[/QUOTE]

I would but I aint got no Xbox and besides its my wifes birthday celbration night and I promised her no internet(only on now because shes using the bathroom). Too bad though Im feeling good after about 8 shots of jack daniels(jack and coke)and thats on blood pressure medicine so thats like waaaay more shots.
 
Newt Gingrich, in a debate:

I said 'this is insane... this is a bubble...'
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The other night on Greta:

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/283570/gingrich-describes-his-role-freddie-mac-katrina-trinko

VAN SUSTEREN: All right, in terms of Freddie Mac, though, did you spot what was coming in terms of the housing industry crisis? Did you tell them, you know, Look, you know, this is a real problem? You know, this is about to blow up on the nation. Did you see that coming?

GINGRICH: No.

...

I don’t think anybody, whether the chairman of the Federal Reserve or the Council of Economic Advisers or other folks — there were very few people who saw the intensity of the housing problem as it broke loose.
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One of these things is not like the other.
 
[quote name='Admiral Ackbar']I think the one thing we can all agree is that we need more republican debates.[/QUOTE]

*is waiting for the death match in the thunderdrome(located in Texas ofcourse!)before he watches*

With how crazy the Republican debates seem to be this year, how much the base hates all the candidates and how blood thirsty everyone is its inevitable. My money is on Ron Paul winning via battle axe covered in the constitution to the back of Romneys head.
 
Eh, he wants pre-emptive strikes on Iran, is cool with the drone campaigns, and wants troops in various spots around the world to strike at terrorists. If that's the voice of sanity, count me out. All of those should be completely off the table.
 
Well, that's the sad reality - anyone making any attempt to find something to agree with - in virtually *any* Republican at this stage accepts that it's probably fucking insane on some level.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Well, that's the sad reality - anyone making any attempt to find something to agree with - in virtually *any* Republican at this stage accepts that it's probably fucking insane on some level.[/QUOTE]

You're against the Iraq and Afghan wars (and drone strikes, I would suspect), PATRIOT Act, War on Drugs, Gitmo, and the War on Terror. There's a guy who is also against all of those, and his name ain't Jon Huntsman.

If you were the representative of the Democratic Party, and I were the representative of the Republican Party, and we had authority to change things, we'd be able to make some things happen.
 
I honestly can't remember what he said, but it wasn't about bombing people. Either way, even Newt had some moments of non-crazy, so the bar for sanity isn't exactly high for me. It's a republican debate, which is more like a minstrel show, not Frontline.
 
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[quote name='Feeding the Abscess']You're against the Iraq and Afghan wars (and drone strikes, I would suspect), PATRIOT Act, War on Drugs, Gitmo, and the War on Terror. There's a guy who is also against all of those, and his name ain't Jon Huntsman.

If you were the representative of the Democratic Party, and I were the representative of the Republican Party, and we had authority to change things, we'd be able to make some things happen.[/QUOTE]

Right, but he also believes (I think) in Social Security, Medicare, the Civil Rights Act, the EPA, public schooling...there's a guy who is against all those and his name ain't Jon Huntsman.

Honestly I guess it depends where your priorities are. If you think those things you mentioned are more important, you'd probably support Paul and try to downplay the stuff I mentioned.
 
reply video by foreign girl with huge cans is the best part of that video...

Other than that, this is what we're actually paying for when we elect people. They sit in these endless committee hearings that produce 0 results because like the guy said, they've all already made up their mind based on their ideology as opposed to any factual information that the mook could have presented given the chance.

As an aside, I had the chance to talk to an (R) congressman today but my employer kept me away from him. Probably for the best since I didn't feel like getting fired today anyways.
 
This is just an observation, but "entitlement" has got to be the most loaded, dead give away word a person could use today.
 
[quote name='Clak']This is just an observation, but "entitlement" has got to be the most loaded, dead give away word a person could use today.[/QUOTE]

Why do you say dead give away? I would assume you mean because it reveals your a conservative wanting to cut those programs to protect taxes. But I use it a lot too. Personally I use it all the time to describe the boomer generation. Despite their railing against entitlements they themselves are by far the worst entitlement culture around.
 
You use it in response, that's one thing. But if you hear "The problem with America is entitlements..." then I think it's a safe assumption that person is fairly conservative.
 
But a large part of the problem is ignorance and ignorance is something Americans have come to feel entitled to. Everyone feels they are entitled to not just their own view, but for that view to be right.

I think if you can tell that a person is using entitlements vs entitled yes you can probably tell...but I know plenty of people who hate Americans entitlement culture that are not on the right.
 
Because up until just recently, those "entitlements" were welfare. Face it, that word has become like a battle cry for conservatives to rally behind.
 
[quote name='Clak']Because up until just recently, those "entitlements" were welfare. Face it, that word has become like a battle cry for conservatives to rally behind.[/QUOTE]
I made the same argument a long time ago and I didn't even get crickets.

Regardless of how one uses the term, it still goes back to allowing conservative framing to dominate the political discourse. This is also why I never use that term. I mean they're goddamn social services to prevent people from literally starving on the streets like they used to. Do we really need to attach more social stigma to people that can't provide food and shelter for themselves because society doesn't provide better ways out of poverty?
 
I can tell you exactly why social security is an entitlement: I've paid into the system for 16 years and will do so for another 25-35 years. I'm fucking entitled to get that back!
 
Actually I should use that sometime, "Oh, so I guess you don't feel entitled to social security despite paying into it all these years....".
 
"They've been doing it for decades. Hollywood, the left, the media, they hate the oil industry," Gainor continued. "They hate corporate America. And so you'll see all these movies attacking it, whether it was 'Cars 2,' which was another kids' movie, the George Clooney movie 'Syriana,' 'There Will Be Blood,' all these movies attacking the oil industry, none of them reminding people what oil means for most people: fuel to light a hospital, heat your home, fuel an ambulance to get you to the hospital if you need that. And they don't want to tell that story."
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They don't tell the story because we already know all that, you dipshit. What most people don't know is the other side of the story, what oil use is doing to our environment.
 
"They've been doing it for decades. Hollywood, the left, the media, they hate the diamond industry," Gainor continued. "So you'll see all these movies attacking it, whether it was 'Blood Diamond,' or 'Blood Diamond,' or the Blood Diamond movie 'Blood Diamond,' 'Blood Diamond,' all these movies attacking the diamond industry, none of them reminding people what diamonds mean for most people: blowjobs. And they don't want to tell that story."
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Diamonds aren't made out of blood, ya dummy!
 
Yeah It's funny how you can switch out oil for basically anything else.

And fuck him for attacking Captain Planet
 
"They've been doing it for decades. Hollywood, the left, the media, they hate Megatron," Gainor continued. "So you'll see all these movies attacking Megatron, whether it was 'Transformers,' or 'Transformers 2,' or the Michael Bay movie 'Transformers 3,' 'Trans4mers,' all these movies attacking Megatron, none of them reminding people what Megatron means for most people: Highly effective soda can flattening ability. And they don't want to tell that story."
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LEAVE MEGATRON ALONE YOU HIPPIEShe's a person too

Also you all owe me cash if indeed the fourth Transformers movie is called Trans4mers.
 
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So I'm watching last night's Daily Show, and this BS about "keeping the Christ in Christmas" is hilarious. Especially when they showed the clip about Congress staying in session on Christmas for decades after the founding of the nation.

Oh and the bit about early pilgrim settlers banning Christmas celebrations, that was even better.
 
If I had only heard that, and not seen Rick Perry actually in the vid, I would have sworn it as a satirical SNL-type bit. My word! Nothing is stopping a child from praying in school, particularly no federal law.

OTOH, Christ *is* being actively taken out of Christmas. Unfortunately, so-called "Christians" are the main ones doing it. Making it about shopping and presents and showy displays as opposed to family, Jesus, and his primary message (Do unto others...) is what's really taking Christ out of Christmas. Whenever people want to start complaining about a "War on Christmas" and wanting to combat those who would wage such a war, or who tries to knock you down in Walmart for the last pack of Skylanders, just whisper back to them Luke 2:14.

Most of these so-called Christian 'Christmas Warriors' wont have a clue what you mean.

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[quote name='hostyl1']If I had only heard that, and not seen Rick Perry actually in the vid, I would have sworn it as a satirical SNL-type bit. My word! Nothing is stopping a child from praying in school, particularly no federal law.

OTOH, Christ *is* being actively taken out of Christmas. Unfortunately, so-called "Christians" are the main ones doing it. Making it about shopping and presents and showy displays as opposed to family, Jesus, and his primary message (Do unto others...) is what's really taking Christ out of Christmas. Whenever people want to start complaining about a "War on Christmas" and wanting to combat those who would wage such a war, or who tries to knock you down in Walmart for the last pack of Skylanders, just whisper back to them Luke 2:14.

Most of these so-called Christian 'Christmas Warriors' wont have a clue what you mean.

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My wife and I stopped celebrating Christmas 2 or 3 years ago. We looked at it and we said we are not Christian, we dont believe in the commercialism of this, most of the gifts people get us are thoughtless and cheap and we are spending far too much on this. All of those things combined just led us to think...if we arnt Christian....and people dont have the "Christmas spirit" then why are we even fucking do this?

Its seriously one of the best decisions we ever made. We take advantage of the Christmas sales and buy ourselves a few things we want more then what we would have got celebrating Christmas anyways. Then on Christmas Eve wetreat ourselves by going out to a nice diner in an empty resteraunt(everyone else is busy with gifts and family and crap!). The dinner and buying ourselves a few things does not even cost us 1/5th of what we used to spend buying gifts! It makes our time more enjoyable too! We stay up late playing board/video games and having sex(odd combo but it works for us!)and sleep in till whenever we feel like on the 25th. We then roll by our parents house for a late lunch/dinner to enjoy time with all our family since even if we dont celebrate Christmas my wife still wants to see them when they get together of course.

Seriously more money in the bank account, no holiday stress, time to actually enjoy your vacation and you still get everything you want plus a nice dinner to boot.....why celebrate the 25th again?
 
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