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Started by MadImmortalMan, May 17, 2011, 01:18:23 PM

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Admiral Yi

#1185
September 08, 2011, 10:10:55 PM
Quote from: Neil on September 08, 2011, 10:04:32 PM
Well, if the Republicans intend to torpedo an agreement, then what's the point?

:lol:

If 3 guys don't agree with 3 other guys, who's torpedoing whom?

Neil

#1186
September 08, 2011, 10:17:01 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 08, 2011, 10:10:55 PM
Quote from: Neil on September 08, 2011, 10:04:32 PM
Well, if the Republicans intend to torpedo an agreement, then what's the point?
:lol:

If 3 guys don't agree with 3 other guys, who's torpedoing whom?
Depends on who is more insane.  If Jon Kyl is in the room, he's the one torpedoing.
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grumbler

#1187
September 09, 2011, 12:01:38 PM
Quote from: Neil on September 08, 2011, 10:04:32 PM
Well, if the Republicans intend to torpedo an agreement, then what's the point?
The point is that the Republicans will be torpedoing an agreement that, under any conditions, is better for them than the default, no-agreement result (which still cuts spending, but not in ways the Republicans will like).  Hopefully, Kyle and his fellow morons will prevent an agreement, and their owners (who will be badly hurt by the default cuts Kyle and Co. will have forced) will fire them and buy themselves some sane Republican Senators and Congressmen.

The only path to sanity for the country, it seems to me, is for the newly-empowered business owners of US politicians to realize that creating batshit-crazy pawns in Congress is a losing proposition, and they switch to creating and emplacing saner ones.  It is sure the Democratic legislators, who are just as wacky, will not be replaced by their owners.
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Razgovory

#1188
September 09, 2011, 12:17:13 PM
Actually, I see them torpedoing any agreement superior to most agreements they could come up with.  The Torpedoing will result in across the board cuts which are more fair then what many of the things could happen.
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Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

DGuller

#1189
September 09, 2011, 12:35:32 PM
Quote from: grumbler on September 09, 2011, 12:01:38 PM
The only path to sanity for the country, it seems to me, is for the newly-empowered business owners of US politicians to realize that creating batshit-crazy pawns in Congress is a losing proposition, and they switch to creating and emplacing saner ones.  It is sure the Democratic legislators, who are just as wacky, will not be replaced by their owners.
The problem is that Republican legislators have to be wacky to get the wacky Republican voters to vote against their economic interests, and in favor of the interests of the owners.  You can't get peasants to support oligarchy without significant misdirections.
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