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Congress is a joke nowadays. Granted, its always had its periods of just terribleness, but couple a divided Congress with a terribly ineffectual president and you get the this situation...like what every year? And then it irks me that Congress still gets their full salaries, while they think that cutting benefits blindly is a good thing. All it does is make me quite angry. Like at this point I'm well on considering building a time machine and rigging the votes to McCain. I just don't like at all the way things are going. I think Obama could put us on the right track...if he could get through to Congress. Which sadly he can't. |
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10-01-2013, 02:07 PM | #52 |
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He's still a better President than Carter, which is depressing in its own way.
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Yeah but it's really sad how much better Bush was at doing the job of president than either of the Democrats.
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Quoting from a CNN article I just saw (so take with a grain of salt):
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some tumblr gems from this debacle:
"How could they shut the whole government down this is the year of luigi" "can't believe Byakuya Togami shut down the US government" "with the government shut down I can finally don the uniform of the upcoming revolution: |
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That first one's my favorite.
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Despite the fact that the current PM is a sexist, ignorant and malicious twatbag Australia is so much better off politically than the US I find it hard to imagine moving back to the states full time.
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I realise that the situation is different but I still place Bush above Clinton in terms of political skill. Clinton did have a lot going for him though.
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On the news here in Australia, one of the reporters said this and mum and I found it pretty hilarious.
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I live in a country where the most socially conservatives of our three major parties are pushing through gay marriage. Sometimes I feel blessed to be British.
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This is obviously a bit biased but this is a pretty interesting thing to watch, I suppose.
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Teehee snarky Muyo =3
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I especially like how in the same post he both argues for the supremacy of primacy ("Do it our way! We invented it!") and the supremacy of ultimacy ("Do it our way! We improved it!").
Oh wait.
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Rugby is way more watchable than American Football imo And, of course, both are better than the abomination that is Aussie rules!
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So on a more sensible note; from the US perspective, what're the chances Congress gets its shit together before it all goes seriously tits up? I mean is it like "this is blatantly a negotiating tactic and they'll never let it go too far" or "good chance we're looking at the second American-created global financial crash in recent years" or somewhere in between? British and American political culture are so different that it's rather difficult to tell from an outside perspective. If budget squabbling ever went as far in the UK as it already has in the US it would probably trigger fresh elections and the government being out on their arses.
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I think I read somewhere that if Congress can't get its shit together and vote on the debt ceiling again, the US will default on their loans, which may or may not be catastrophic to both the US and world economy. This might be hyperbole though, I wish I remembered where I saw this.
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It would likely cause lending companies to reduce our credit rating again, which doesn't really benefit the American economy but will likely not hurt it that much in the long run.
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