American democracy wins
Oct 17, 2013 03:33:40 #
jag11088
Loc: Maryland
as Republican right wing Taliban lose their 24 billion dollar tantrum/shutdown.
Oct 17, 2013 04:05:31 #
jag11088 wrote:
as Republican right wing Taliban lose their 24 billion dollar tantrum/shutdown.
That pretty much tells us how this vote went.
I guess we will have to work on electing representatives with more Cajones next time ! 8-)
Oct 17, 2013 04:43:41 #
TucsonCoyote wrote:
That pretty much tells us how this vote went.
I guess we will have to work on electing representatives with more Cajones next time ! 8-)
I guess we will have to work on electing representatives with more Cajones next time ! 8-)
"Cajones" in Spanish means "drawers"
Oct 17, 2013 05:05:45 #
GARGLEBLASTER wrote:
"Cajones" in Spanish means "drawers"
He means it with an o instead of an a. :mrgreen:
Oct 17, 2013 05:20:09 #
Dadyassa wrote:
He means it with an o instead of an a. :mrgreen:
Yep I guess an O...damn !
....so you found out I'm not Hispanic then !
Oct 17, 2013 05:36:55 #
TucsonCoyote wrote:
Yep I guess an O...damn !
....so you found out I'm not Hispanic then !
....so you found out I'm not Hispanic then !
In that case, why not be direct and write "balls"?
Oct 17, 2013 07:48:39 #
GARGLEBLASTER wrote:
In that case, why not be direct and write "balls"?
Yeah but cojones is a bit stronger than balls.
:D
Oct 17, 2013 09:37:21 #
jag11088 wrote:
as Republican right wing Taliban lose their 24 billion dollar tantrum/shutdown.
Let's all try to understand that the elected officials in the Congress are direct reflections of those that cast their ballots. If a politician comes off as disagreeable, rude, ignorant of the facts and uneducated then those that elected him can be described with the same adjectives.
What is interesting in the whole mess is that Mitch McConnell secured billions of dollars for his state in the deal while others were left hanging. If the those on the far right want to win they must rid themselves of Mitch McConnell.
Oct 17, 2013 10:00:24 #
RixPix wrote:
Let's all try to understand that the elected officials in the Congress are direct reflections of those that cast their ballots. If a politician comes off as disagreeable, rude, ignorant of the facts and uneducated then those that elected him can be described with the same adjectives.
Nicely sums up Obama and his flock.
Oct 17, 2013 23:43:15 #
venturer9
Loc: Newton, Il.
HEART wrote:
Nicely sums up Obama and his flock.
being aware that this will irritate the Christian Bashers here..
AMEN brother
Oct 18, 2013 08:58:51 #
DaveHam
Loc: Reading UK
As a non - American with family living in the US, we have looked on this past few weeks with something approaching disbelief and horror and finally revulsion.
I was in the US for the election; Obamacare was about the only point that was consistently discussed in what passes for TV analysis, so no excuse, the whole of the US knew what is was unless there is a large portion of the population that qualifies as deaf and dumb.
The results of the election come in and - Obama won by a larger margin than the TV pundits reckoned. The people spoke (that I believe is democracy?).
We then end up with a re-run over the US budget. The rest of the world looks on powerless as a bunch of die hards decide that they don't want to accept the democratic will of the people. Another fiscal disaster looms.
I don't care about the US system, you have created that for yourselves, but this brinksmanship and partisan stupidity threatens everyone else in the world. I do hope that the people of Iraq and Afghanistan take due note of how the democratic system they are getting works.
Talk about 'do what I say, not what I do'!
I was in the US for the election; Obamacare was about the only point that was consistently discussed in what passes for TV analysis, so no excuse, the whole of the US knew what is was unless there is a large portion of the population that qualifies as deaf and dumb.
The results of the election come in and - Obama won by a larger margin than the TV pundits reckoned. The people spoke (that I believe is democracy?).
We then end up with a re-run over the US budget. The rest of the world looks on powerless as a bunch of die hards decide that they don't want to accept the democratic will of the people. Another fiscal disaster looms.
I don't care about the US system, you have created that for yourselves, but this brinksmanship and partisan stupidity threatens everyone else in the world. I do hope that the people of Iraq and Afghanistan take due note of how the democratic system they are getting works.
Talk about 'do what I say, not what I do'!
Oct 18, 2013 09:45:00 #
just remember that we are a republic not a democracy. when we gave up the direct vote for the convience having representitives doing for us we lost control.
Oct 18, 2013 09:52:23 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
You say Cojones
I say tea bagger
Cojones - Tea Bagger - Cojones
Both are scrotums
The same thing so lets call the whole thing off!
I say tea bagger
Cojones - Tea Bagger - Cojones
Both are scrotums
The same thing so lets call the whole thing off!
Oct 18, 2013 09:52:23 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
You say Cojones
I say tea bagger
Cojones - Tea Bagger - Cojones
Both are scrotums
The same thing so lets call the whole thing off!
I say tea bagger
Cojones - Tea Bagger - Cojones
Both are scrotums
The same thing so lets call the whole thing off!
Oct 18, 2013 09:56:49 #
RixPix wrote:
Let's all try to understand that the elected offic... (show quote)
I will take issue with that...because what they campaign on is hardly ever what they actually produce.
They wear halos campaigning and horns when in office.
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