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Title: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 20, 2015, 09:03:15 PM
Post your pithy bullshit thoughts here. 
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: 11B4V on January 20, 2015, 09:05:27 PM
Obama sucks.
Title: save e-
Post by: mongers on January 20, 2015, 09:16:30 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 20, 2015, 09:03:15 PM
Post your pithy bullshit thoughts here.

I'll just stick with posting my bullshit, I'll let you do the pithy.  :)


edit:
Oh, I see B4V is doing his too.  :P
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 20, 2015, 09:19:57 PM
11B thought I had a lisp.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Admiral Yi on January 20, 2015, 09:21:35 PM
I get it.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on January 20, 2015, 09:41:58 PM
I liked it, but I'm also pretty drunk.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Grey Fox on January 20, 2015, 09:57:17 PM
It must be annoying to be a republicans. You have to disagree with almost everything Obama says but then he mentions the military and BOOM you gotta stand up smile & applaud him. Gotta be quite annoying.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on January 20, 2015, 10:04:23 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 20, 2015, 09:57:17 PM
It must be annoying to be a republicans. You have to disagree with almost everything Obama says but then he mentions the military and BOOM you gotta stand up smile & applaud him. Gotta be quite annoying.

Yeah, you can't fully fall asleep otherwise you'll miss those points.
Obama should talk on about wealth inequality, then suddenly say "God bless our troops!" and see how many Reps fail to stand and applaud.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Jacob on January 20, 2015, 10:37:46 PM
Is that your kid HMBOB?

(In your avatar, I mean)
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Sophie Scholl on January 21, 2015, 12:32:51 AM
I think... Joe Biden needs to learn to tie a tie like a grown up.  The four in hand method simply doesn't cut it for adults.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: dps on January 21, 2015, 12:35:51 AM
I think CdM pretty much summed up the state of the union in the thread title.  Meh. 
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Hansmeister on January 21, 2015, 02:58:51 AM
I just watched "The Man in the High Castle" and just like Obama's SOTU speech it takes place in an alternate reality.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Rex Francorum on January 21, 2015, 03:23:59 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 20, 2015, 09:57:17 PM
It must be annoying to be a republicans. You have to disagree with almost everything Obama says but then he mentions the military and BOOM you gotta stand up smile & applaud him. Gotta be quite annoying.

It is a disgrace. No applause for equal pay or minimum wage increase? but raise for soldiers? I get it that Republicans are playing some politics but come on, are they that insensitive?
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Eddie Teach on January 21, 2015, 05:35:47 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 20, 2015, 09:41:58 PM
I liked it, but I'm also pretty drunk.

Hi Bob.  :beer:
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: jimmy olsen on January 21, 2015, 05:48:10 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 20, 2015, 09:41:58 PM
I liked it, but I'm also pretty drunk.
HMBOB! :hug:
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Grey Fox on January 21, 2015, 07:02:11 AM
Quote from: Rex Francorum on January 21, 2015, 03:23:59 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 20, 2015, 09:57:17 PM
It must be annoying to be a republicans. You have to disagree with almost everything Obama says but then he mentions the military and BOOM you gotta stand up smile & applaud him. Gotta be quite annoying.

It is a disgrace. No applause for equal pay or minimum wage increase? but raise for soldiers? I get it that Republicans are playing some politics but come on, are they that insensitive?

They are.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Habbaku on January 21, 2015, 10:01:21 AM
Quote from: Rex Francorum on January 21, 2015, 03:23:59 AM
No applause for...minimum wage increase?

Why would they applaud for something they view as a negative?
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: derspiess on January 21, 2015, 10:03:52 AM
Skipped it to watch basketball.  Wish I had watched the Flyers-Penguins game.  Highlights were awesome.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Martinus on January 21, 2015, 03:59:43 PM
The Onion posted the word cloud from the state of the Union address:

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Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: PJL on January 21, 2015, 04:09:40 PM
Well, that's the problem with Obama's speech right there. He should have said 'Everything is Awesome' more often instead. :D
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: crazy canuck on January 21, 2015, 04:25:14 PM
The few clips I heard made the Republicans sound like a petty bunch of school kids.  Particularly the time Obama started a sentence by saying he wouldn't be in running in another election and the Republicans started applauding.  Although I thought Obama's rejoinder to be fairly witty.

It used to be that the office of the President was respected even if one didn't agree with the person who holds the office.  It seems to be that State of the Union addresses are an occasion where respect for the office should be demonstrated.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: derspiess on January 21, 2015, 04:29:33 PM
I say we do away with the dog & pony show and go back to the Prez just submitting it to Congress in writing.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Martinus on January 21, 2015, 04:32:27 PM
He should text the Congress instead.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Malthus on January 21, 2015, 04:33:41 PM
Quote from: Martinus on January 21, 2015, 04:32:27 PM
He should text the Congress instead.

State of the Union Tweet.  :D
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Alcibiades on January 21, 2015, 05:19:42 PM
Quote from: Rex Francorum on January 21, 2015, 03:23:59 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 20, 2015, 09:57:17 PM
It must be annoying to be a republicans. You have to disagree with almost everything Obama says but then he mentions the military and BOOM you gotta stand up smile & applaud him. Gotta be quite annoying.

It is a disgrace. No applause for equal pay or minimum wage increase? but raise for soldiers? I get it that Republicans are playing some politics but come on, are they that insensitive?


That 1% increase the past two years.  And decrease in housing allowance this year.  :mmm:
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Siege on January 21, 2015, 05:24:33 PM
We need to stop the megathreads.
Can we stage an intervention for Seedy?
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Hansmeister on January 21, 2015, 06:08:20 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 21, 2015, 04:25:14 PM
The few clips I heard made the Republicans sound like a petty bunch of school kids.  Particularly the time Obama started a sentence by saying he wouldn't be in running in another election and the Republicans started applauding.  Although I thought Obama's rejoinder to be fairly witty.

It used to be that the office of the President was respected even if one didn't agree with the person who holds the office.  It seems to be that State of the Union addresses are an occasion where respect for the office should be demonstrated.

Actually the cheering started in the First Lady's box, not with the GOP. However, the overly enthusiastic support was petty, quickly trumped by Obama's even greater petulance.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: viper37 on January 26, 2015, 04:25:37 PM
Quote from: Rex Francorum on January 21, 2015, 03:23:59 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 20, 2015, 09:57:17 PM
It must be annoying to be a republicans. You have to disagree with almost everything Obama says but then he mentions the military and BOOM you gotta stand up smile & applaud him. Gotta be quite annoying.

It is a disgrace. No applause for equal pay or minimum wage increase? but raise for soldiers? I get it that Republicans are playing some politics but come on, are they that insensitive?
equal pay, as in what we have in Quebec is counter-productive.  There are more women being top earner in an american family than in Quebec. Minimum wage increase just don't improve the poor's conditions that much, so it's just something to look up well to the electorate with no real effect.  Eventually, companies will just delocalize their low-pay jobs to places where it's even lower.  We should instead push for higher education and more specialized jobs that are harder to delocalize than the lady sewing pants in a Montreal sweatshop.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on February 01, 2015, 07:09:44 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 20, 2015, 10:37:46 PM
Is that your kid HMBOB?

(In your avatar, I mean)

Nope, just my favorite student. Since I'm currently a graduate student, we're not planning on having a kid for another year or two. :(


Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 21, 2015, 05:48:10 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 20, 2015, 09:41:58 PM
I liked it, but I'm also pretty drunk.
HMBOB! :hug:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 21, 2015, 05:35:47 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 20, 2015, 09:41:58 PM
I liked it, but I'm also pretty drunk.

Hi Bob.  :beer:

:hug:
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Razgovory on February 01, 2015, 07:51:45 PM
Quote from: Hansmeister on January 21, 2015, 06:08:20 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 21, 2015, 04:25:14 PM
The few clips I heard made the Republicans sound like a petty bunch of school kids.  Particularly the time Obama started a sentence by saying he wouldn't be in running in another election and the Republicans started applauding.  Although I thought Obama's rejoinder to be fairly witty.

It used to be that the office of the President was respected even if one didn't agree with the person who holds the office.  It seems to be that State of the Union addresses are an occasion where respect for the office should be demonstrated.

Actually the cheering started in the First Lady's box, not with the GOP. However, the overly enthusiastic support was petty, quickly trumped by Obama's even greater petulance.

:lol:
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Siege on February 04, 2015, 02:16:12 PM
Quote from: viper37 on January 26, 2015, 04:25:37 PM
Quote from: Rex Francorum on January 21, 2015, 03:23:59 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 20, 2015, 09:57:17 PM
It must be annoying to be a republicans. You have to disagree with almost everything Obama says but then he mentions the military and BOOM you gotta stand up smile & applaud him. Gotta be quite annoying.

It is a disgrace. No applause for equal pay or minimum wage increase? but raise for soldiers? I get it that Republicans are playing some politics but come on, are they that insensitive?
equal pay, as in what we have in Quebec is counter-productive.  There are more women being top earner in an american family than in Quebec. Minimum wage increase just don't improve the poor's conditions that much, so it's just something to look up well to the electorate with no real effect.  Eventually, companies will just delocalize their low-pay jobs to places where it's even lower.  We should instead push for higher education and more specialized jobs that are harder to delocalize than the lady sewing pants in a Montreal sweatshop.

Whoa, Viper, you finally made a post that makes sense to me.
I guess even a broken clock is right once a day.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Valmy on February 04, 2015, 02:17:11 PM
Quote from: Siege on February 04, 2015, 02:16:12 PM
Whoa, Viper, you finally made a post that makes sense to me.
I guess even a broken clock is right once a day.

Really?  Viper is a right wing dude I thought. 
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Jacob on February 04, 2015, 02:18:21 PM
Quote from: Siege on February 04, 2015, 02:16:12 PM
I guess even a broken clock is right once a day.

Still waiting for you to be right about something.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:22:03 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 04, 2015, 02:17:11 PM
Quote from: Siege on February 04, 2015, 02:16:12 PM
Whoa, Viper, you finally made a post that makes sense to me.
I guess even a broken clock is right once a day.

Really?  Viper is a right wing dude I thought. 

On what scale?
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Valmy on February 04, 2015, 02:23:25 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:22:03 PM
On what scale?

Quebec.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Ed Anger on February 04, 2015, 02:24:42 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:22:03 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 04, 2015, 02:17:11 PM
Quote from: Siege on February 04, 2015, 02:16:12 PM
Whoa, Viper, you finally made a post that makes sense to me.
I guess even a broken clock is right once a day.

Really?  Viper is a right wing dude I thought. 

On what scale?


The duck-witch scale.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:34:22 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 04, 2015, 02:23:25 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:22:03 PM
On what scale?

Quebec.

Well, yeah.  But it's not like you'd see him at a Tea Party rally were he here.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Grey Fox on February 05, 2015, 11:29:59 AM
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:34:22 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 04, 2015, 02:23:25 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:22:03 PM
On what scale?

Quebec.

Well, yeah.  But it's not like you'd see him at a Tea Party rally were he here.

I disagree, Viper is as right as you.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Valmy on February 05, 2015, 01:01:24 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:34:22 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 04, 2015, 02:23:25 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:22:03 PM
On what scale?

Quebec.

Well, yeah.  But it's not like you'd see him at a Tea Party rally were he here.

The American version of Viper would most certainly be there.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Sheilbh on February 05, 2015, 09:27:26 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 20, 2015, 09:57:17 PM
It must be annoying to be a republicans. You have to disagree with almost everything Obama says but then he mentions the military and BOOM you gotta stand up smile & applaud him. Gotta be quite annoying.
I'm really looking forward to watching the GOP responses to the Pope addressing Congress later this year :lol:

Edit: I wonder if he'll speak to Congress before or after the rumoured Mass at the border fence :lol:
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Razgovory on February 05, 2015, 09:32:32 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:34:22 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 04, 2015, 02:23:25 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:22:03 PM
On what scale?

Quebec.

Well, yeah.  But it's not like you'd see him at a Tea Party rally were he here.

He's sort of the other side of the coin on, "English as official language".
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Ed Anger on February 05, 2015, 09:35:03 PM
Wait wait wait....mass at the border? Fucker can stay home then.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 05, 2015, 09:38:32 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 05, 2015, 09:35:03 PM
Wait wait wait....mass at the border? Fucker can stay home then.

It ain't the Ohio-Indiana border, nigga.  Chill.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Ed Anger on February 05, 2015, 09:42:11 PM
I'M FROTHING
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Eddie Teach on February 06, 2015, 09:09:58 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 05, 2015, 11:29:59 AM
I disagree, Viper is as right as you.

I think we need to give them both a 100 question survey to ascertain the truth of this.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Siege on February 08, 2015, 03:37:00 AM
Viper aint right.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Siege on February 08, 2015, 03:37:12 AM
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Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Siege on February 08, 2015, 03:38:14 AM
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Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Siege on February 08, 2015, 03:41:39 AM
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Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: PRC on February 08, 2015, 03:42:50 AM
Nice tits are not party specific.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Valmy on February 09, 2015, 09:11:29 AM
Quote from: Siege on February 08, 2015, 03:41:39 AM
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Which posters are you calling out with this?  Pretty sure nobody calls you these things.  Just whining and bitching so we can think of you as a whiny bitch?
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 09, 2015, 09:29:06 AM
It's Siegy, Valmy.

He has all the the nuanced grasp of internet memes as a 67 year old insurance broker in Omaha, Nebraska, circa 1998.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: DontSayBanana on February 09, 2015, 01:17:18 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 09, 2015, 09:29:06 AM
It's Siegy, Valmy.

He has all the the nuanced grasp of internet memes as a 67 year old insurance broker in Omaha, Nebraska, circa 1998.

He also thinks clinging to disproven positions as "opinions" means he doesn't have to admit he was wrong, and that whoever brings the most sources to the argument wins, regardless of the quality or veracity of said sources. :contract:
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Siege on February 09, 2015, 04:08:22 PM
Where did you all this from?
Strawman Alert!!!!111
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Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Razgovory on February 09, 2015, 04:09:53 PM
You need to stop confusing internet images with arguments.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: Ed Anger on February 09, 2015, 06:48:25 PM
I can do memes too.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.pandawhale.com%2F44058-OH-JEW-meme-l0vc.jpeg&hash=e95447d4af35f6d152465868d3a20837eeeb4984)
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: derspiess on February 13, 2015, 11:28:11 AM
:lol:

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/02/13/ginsburg-i-wasnt-100-percent-sober-for-state-of-the-union-address/
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: crazy canuck on February 13, 2015, 11:31:46 AM
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:34:22 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 04, 2015, 02:23:25 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2015, 02:22:03 PM
On what scale?

Quebec.

Well, yeah.  But it's not like you'd see him at a Tea Party rally were he here.

That just speaks to his sanity.
Title: Re: The State of the Union Megathread: "The state of our union is...meh."
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 13, 2015, 12:02:03 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 13, 2015, 11:28:11 AM
:lol:

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/02/13/ginsburg-i-wasnt-100-percent-sober-for-state-of-the-union-address/

Hell, if I were 81 years old and had to sit through that snoozer of a speech that late at night, I'd do it blitzed too.