The Fed Shutdown Poll and Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

Two very nice articles this week in Time on deficit reduction.  It's almost as if a debate is breaking out after the publication of Ryan's proposal. 

I tried to cut 'n' paste the Fareed Zakaria's article but Time's site has too much shit going on for poor little dialup me.

[Fate]

They still sell dialup services? Even my phone has broadband...

[CountDeMoney]

They still sell dialup services? Even my phone has broadband...

Admiral Yi is a Teabagger, which means he endorses The GOP's proposed cutting of the Rural Broadband Funding Initiative. So he's just walking the walk.  The Founding Fathers used 56k dialup, you know.

NO TAX DOLLARS FOR CONNECTIVITY SHUT IT DOWN

[Razgovory]

I'm disappointed.  I was hoping Hans and Siegy's pay would be delayed.

[Tonitrus]

I'm disappointed.  I was hoping Hans and Siegy's pay would be delayed.

What about the collateral damage? 

[Admiral Yi]

Admiral Yi is a Teabagger, which means he endorses The GOP's proposed cutting of the Rural Broadband Funding Initiative. So he's just walking the walk.  The Founding Fathers used 56k dialup, you know.

NO TAX DOLLARS FOR CONNECTIVITY SHUT IT DOWN

Are we actually spending money on that bullshit or is it just a retardo proposal?

[CountDeMoney]

Admiral Yi is a Teabagger, which means he endorses The GOP's proposed cutting of the Rural Broadband Funding Initiative. So he's just walking the walk.  The Founding Fathers used 56k dialup, you know.

NO TAX DOLLARS FOR CONNECTIVITY SHUT IT DOWN

Are we actually spending money on that bullshit or is it just a retardo proposal?

You'll never find out now.

[Razgovory]

I'm disappointed.  I was hoping Hans and Siegy's pay would be delayed.

What about the collateral damage? 

Oh, it won't be permanent.

[DGuller]

Does 56k modem work over VoIP?

[derspiess]

What's wrong with what I said? 

Everything.

But "whore pills" stands out.

I fully support women's rights to buy whore pills with their own (or at least private) funds 

[DontSayBanana]

If PP really does have sufficient funding from other sources I don't see the big deal. We are trying to make cuts, after all. I suspect it isn't true though.

Taking that one step further, taking PP out of the cycle would be a lot more palatable if it were just a mill for pills and abortions and not a major source of gynecological care for the underinsured or people in situations where insurance creates impossible red tape.  I've got some personal experience with this, where PP stepped in and helped get S treated for something before she needed to be hospitalized (BTW- uninsured/underinsured/insurance-unavailable hospitalizations cost the public WAY more than PP).

[jimmy olsen]

Admiral Yi is a Teabagger, which means he endorses The GOP's proposed cutting of the Rural Broadband Funding Initiative. So he's just walking the walk.  The Founding Fathers used 56k dialup, you know.

NO TAX DOLLARS FOR CONNECTIVITY SHUT IT DOWN

Are we actually spending money on that bullshit or is it just a retardo proposal?

How is it bullshit? How do you think the country got electricity and telephone service? The Government made companies provide it. Broadband is just as valuable a tool today if not more then the telephone was 70 years ago.

[grumbler]

I fully support women's rights to buy whore pills with their own (or at least private) funds 

I'd think you would be more in favor of men being able to buy "whore pills." 

Isn't that pretty much every male's dream?

[grumbler]

How is it bullshit? How do you think the country got electricity and telephone service? The Government made companies provide it. Broadband is just as valuable a tool today if not more then the telephone was 70 years ago.

I've never seen evidence that Federal rural electrification or telephone subsidies made sense from an economic standpoint. The studies I have seen indicate that the service would have been provided anyway as costs came down.  I suspect the same is true of cable TV (which was never federally subsidized, as far as I know, and reaches rural areas around here) and broadband.

[The Brain]

Admiral Yi is a Teabagger, which means he endorses The GOP's proposed cutting of the Rural Broadband Funding Initiative. So he's just walking the walk.  The Founding Fathers used 56k dialup, you know.

NO TAX DOLLARS FOR CONNECTIVITY SHUT IT DOWN

Are we actually spending money on that bullshit or is it just a retardo proposal?

How is it bullshit? How do you think the country got electricity and telephone service? The Government made companies provide it. Broadband is just as valuable a tool today if not more then the telephone was 70 years ago.

People who choose to live in non-broadband country only have themselves to blame.