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[NathanMcMahon]

I don't know if this has been posted so fire away if it has:

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GOP Congressman Makes Park Ranger Apologize for Shutdown

In an astounding confrontation that took place yesterday at the World War II Memorial in DC, a Tea Party congressman from Texas appeared to blame the Park Service for denying veterans access to the facility — and then made a Park Ranger apologize for the shutdown. "How do you look at them and ... deny them access?" Rep. Randy Neugebauer asked the unidentified Ranger in an incredible exchange that was caught on camera by NBC Washington.

In fact, the Park Service has been invoking the First Amendment in order to allow vets into the memorial despite the shutdown making it illegal for the department to do so.

"It's difficult," the Ranger replied. "Well, it should be difficult," scorned the congressman. "It is difficult," the Ranger repeated. "I'm sorry, sir."

"The Park Service should be ashamed of themselves," said Neugebauer. "I'm not ashamed," the Ranger retorted.

"You should be," sneered Neugebauer.

Pretty fucking gross.

 

[Flying Toaster]

But how else will we down a Taft sized government in a bathtub?

WONT YOU THINK OF THE POOR TUBS?

Damn, very good point. We will have to commission tubs with bigger drains. Wait we cant the government is shutdown.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Yeah, it's BS that Pelosi can't bring a bill that WILL pass to the floor. I know about discharge petitions but that can be blocked

How many repubs does it take to block it?

 

[Flying Toaster]

I don't know if this has been posted so fire away if it has:

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Pretty fucking gross.

I recall a time when the biggest concern of a park rangers work week was chasing Yogi bear and his stash of stolen picnic baskets. I feel bad for the park ranger.

 

[AnotherNils]

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Pretty fucking gross.

Someone not doing their job yelling at someone who's doing their job. Yep.

 

[Jonm1010]

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Pretty fucking gross.

Disgusting human being. Wish this would go viral and cost him his seat but it most surely won't.

 

[KingK]

Yeah, I've given up doing any form of satire on the internet because of how stupid the real world has taken a complete turn down the road of "let's see what stupid shit we can do before everyone wakes up." I don't even play along now because Republicans have gone so far off the deep end there is no satire that can be written that they haven't done, in real life, with all seriousness attached to it.

Yeah. It's like they're trying to make it impossible for the Onion to do it's job. They became a parody of themselves a while ago. It's funny how obviously and cartoonishly manipulative they're trying to be, like villains out of an 80s kids show, until you realize half the country eats that shit up.

Disgusting human being. Wish this would go viral and cost him his seat but it most surely won't.

It would likely just make him a hero to his constituents.

 

[Aylinato]

But how else will we down a Taft sized government in a bathtub?

WONT YOU THINK OF THE POOR TUBS?

No worries, we just need the federal government to be more like Teddy Roosevelt. Strong, busts monopolies, diplomatic as could be, able to strong arm things, build massive projects that are good for the world, looks out for the everyday working class citizen, and loves creating national parks.


Plus, Teddy>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Taft.

 

[ahoyhoy]

It is if your an overweight unhealthy fat ass...

I think our government is a little more complex than being an overweight unhealthy fat ass though.

I of course could be wrong.

The federal government has some trouble spots that could use a little sensible cardio-blasting here and there, but overall it's well within an accessible weight range considering its height and therefore doesn't require emergency liposuction

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Disgusting human being. Wish this would go viral and cost him his seat but it most surely won't.

Reminds me of that customer yelling at the chickfillet employee because of the beliefs of their owner

except here the customer is the owner

 

[ZedIndyLil]

I dunno if this has been posted, but I found this Matt Yglesias piece a thought-provoking piece of doom-and-gloom. Maybe America IS fucked:

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/10/juan_linz_dies_yale_political_scientist_explains_why_government_by_crisis.html

 

[kess]

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Pretty fucking gross.

Uh, why is this dude walking around town giving park rangers a hard time instead of resolving issues in the House?

 

[KingK]

No worries, we just need the federal government to be more like Teddy Roosevelt. Strong, busts monopolies, diplomatic as could be, able to strong arm things, build massive projects that are good for the world, looks out for the everyday working class citizen, and loves creating national parks.


Plus, Teddy>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Taft.

In addition to creating the first National Parks, Teddy also created the FDA, another government agency closed during the shutdown.

 

[bonercop]

seriously, like cartoon villains.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

seriously, like cartoon villains.

Wow

its Saturday morning level shit.

 

[Ourobolus]

Ugh, they really are delusional:

http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/home/tick...nell-and-Paul-talking-strategy-226238531.html

EDIT: Damn, beaten like a Tea Party Representative.

 

[Mercury Fred]

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Pretty fucking gross.

Jesus christ. Fucking fascist asshole. It's hard not to daydream extremely horrible things happening to these people.

 

[fallagin]

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Pretty fucking gross.

I have no words.

 

[Jonm1010]

seriously, like cartoon villains.

I can't watch videos right now but what is going on in the video?

 

[fallagin]

seriously, like cartoon villains.

LOL.

 

[Mr. RHC]

The default scenario is merely a media buzz, isn't it?

When I read that the recession would top the 2008 one, congress will avoid it at all costs, right... right?

 

[BitStyle]

seriously, like cartoon villains.

Sad part is they are serious.

 

[Riki]

The default scenario is merely a media buzz, isn't it?

When I read that the recession would top the 2008 one, congress will avoid it at all costs, right... right?

If the GOP had their way they'd launch us into a new Dark Ages. Start saving those bottlecaps

 

[Cyan]

The uneducated Republican base rears its ugly head. I'm seriously considering getting a bumper sticker that says something like this: More Educated=More likely to vote Democrat.

IIRC, the opposite is true until you reach postdoc levels.

May have already been covered in this thread, but what with Obama being president and all that, can he not just say "fcuk you lot" and pass this budget thing anyway?

No. Budget appropriations are specifically the domain of the legislature. There is nothing he can do. This is by design.

Who's running the death camps if FEMA is shuttered?

Nobody. The guards weren't considered "essential." :/

 

[fallagin]

I can't watch videos right now but what is going on in the video?

They are basically talking about how they are going to keep saying they are compromising to 'win this thing'.

 

[Josh7289]

I can't watch videos right now but what is going on in the video?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/03/rand-paul-mitch-mcconnell-hot-mic_n_4036591.html

Basically the GOP believes that repeating the "we're willing to negotiate" mantra will lead them to victory in the end. And that the Democrats' resolve to not negotiate is basically as strong privately as it is publicly.

 

[RustyNails]

Cnn: Obama tells crowd "Only one way out. It's my way."

My President.

 

[Riki]

Cnn: Obama tells crowd "Only one way out. It's my way."

My President.

He just needs to show up in a leather jacket, sunglasses and with a sawed off and he'll be my favorite person ever.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

I follow a thread on another board since I'm applying with CBP, and found this interesting----Everyone going through the Customs and Border Protection Officer training have all been sent home. They will be notify when they can return, but they can't pick up where they left off. Everyone in the academy has to start back at day 1.

 

[Flying Toaster]

I follow a thread on another board since I'm applying with CBP, and found this interesting----Everyone going through the Customs and Border Protection Officer training have all been sent home. They will be notify when they can return, but they can't pick up where they left off. Everyone in the academy has to start back at day 1.

That is just a little stupid and ridiculous to say the least.

 

[newshinycd]

No worries, we just need the federal government to be more like Teddy Roosevelt. Strong, busts monopolies, diplomatic as could be, able to strong arm things, build massive projects that are good for the world, looks out for the everyday working class citizen, and loves creating national parks.


Plus, Teddy>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Taft.

Can you imagine Teddy Roosevelt running in 2016? He'd be smeared into the fucking ground by the Tea Party as a "dirty leftist socialist".

 

[Jonm1010]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/03/rand-paul-mitch-mcconnell-hot-mic_n_4036591.html

Basically the GOP believes that repeating the "we're willing to negotiate" mantra will lead them to victory in the end. And that the Democrats' resolve to not negotiate is basically as strong privately as it is publicly.

Wow. So basically they are openly playing off the ignorance of the American people. Betting that Americans are too stupid to realize the details of what is happening and then conclude democrats are being unreasonable when they are anything but.

...shitty thing is with the media doing their best at obfuscating the truth in seeking neutrality they might not be wrong in this tactic.

 

[SteveWinwood]

I follow a thread on another board since I'm applying with CBP, and found this interesting----Everyone going through the Customs and Border Protection Officer training have all been sent home. They will be notify when they can return, but they can't pick up where they left off. Everyone in the academy has to start back at day 1.

thanks obama

 

[Josh7289]

Can you imagine Teddy Roosevelt running in 2016? He'd be smeared into the fucking ground by the Tea Party as a "dirty leftist socialist".

He'd probably fight back just as hard.

I like the way Obama has been fighting lately. That's what I want to see. Vicious rightest ideology has to be crushed. Resist.

Wow. So basically they are openly playing off the ignorance of the American people. Betting that Americans are too stupid to realize the details of what is happening and then conclude democrats are being unreasonable when they are anything but.

...shitty thing is with the media doing their best at obfuscating the truth in seeking neutrality they might not be wrong in this tactic.

That's what the Republicans do. That's the only way they get votes.

 

[Neuromancer]

I follow a thread on another board since I'm applying with CBP, and found this interesting----Everyone going through the Customs and Border Protection Officer training have all been sent home. They will be notify when they can return, but they can't pick up where they left off. Everyone in the academy has to start back at day 1.

I thought you decided not to apply with them, but good luck! I believe it about the training. What a fucked situation.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Some of sports guys I follow on twitter says that soldiers overseas can't watch baseball playoffs and football due to the shutdown. A soldier tweeted this picture

but i thought the goverment did nothing but waste money by giving it to poors!

 

[ToxicAdam]

Can you imagine Teddy Roosevelt running in 2016? He'd be smeared into the fucking ground by the Tea Party as a "dirty leftist socialist".

If you knew history, Teddy Roosevelt was smeared into the ground. Just different pejoratives.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

I thought you decided not to apply with them, but good luck! I believe it about the training. What a fucked situation.

I applied for the northeast. No way in hell I'm working on the SWB. Plus, there are only a few vacancies for the announcement I applied, so with thousands applied, I'm not getting my hopes up.

 

[King Mystery]

If the shutdown somehow continues to 2016, will the election still be held?

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

Cnn: Obama tells crowd "Only one way out. It's my way."

My President.

I think Darrell Issa summed up Obama's role in all of this very well.

Asked whether it was appropriate for Obama to head to Asia if the government remained shutdown, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said, “What do we need him for?”
“I think he's nonessential personnel myself because if he won't negotiate, what do we need him for? He wants to golf, let's be honest,”

 

[ahoyhoy]

If the shutdown somehow continues to 2016, will the election still be held?

If the shutdown continues for another 3 years in its current form there likely won't be a country for an election to occur in.

 

[SteveWinwood]

If the shutdown somehow continues to 2016, will the election still be held?

that would be a mad max world where people would fight over gasoline

 

[Armoured Priest]

Can you imagine Teddy Roosevelt running in 2016? He'd be smeared into the fucking ground by the Tea Party as a "dirty leftist socialist".

I don't know. Dude took a bullet in the middle of a speech, and then proceeded to finish his speech. I'm inclined to believe he'd put them in their place, consequences by damned.

 

[Jonm1010]

If the shutdown somehow continues to 2016, will the election still be held?

If the shutdown continues to 2016 I'm not sure there would be much of America left to even run the elections.

 

[railGUN]

If the shutdown somehow continues to 2016, will the election still be held?

Yes. To elect your new Canadian overlord. Hope you like maple syrup.

Muhahahaha.

 

[Josh7289]

I think Darrell Issa summed up Obama's role in all of this very well.

Asked whether it was appropriate for Obama to head to Asia if the government remained shutdown, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said, “What do we need him for?”
“I think he's nonessential personnel myself because if he won't negotiate, what do we need him for? He wants to golf, let's be honest,”

As long as Republicans aren't willing to govern, then what do we need them for?

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Bohner tells republicans he won't let the government default. This is actually a thing. I'm taking a stand you guys, we're not going to destroy what's left of the American government just to prove an ideological point, cuz that's NUTS

 

[RustyNails]

I think Darrell Issa summed up Obama's role in all of this very well.

Asked whether it was appropriate for Obama to head to Asia if the government remained shutdown, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said, “What do we need him for?”
“I think he's nonessential personnel myself because if he won't negotiate, what do we need him for? He wants to golf, let's be honest,”

I think every GOP member of house is nonessential.As a matter of fact they are dangerous. And Mr Issa sits on the top of taxpayer money waste mountain.

 

[Armoured Priest]

Yes. To elect your new Canadian overlord. Hope you like maple syrup.

Muhahahaha.

I like Hockey and Rush, you guys have national health care, and you guys weathered 2008 pretty well. i would be OK with this happening.

 

[Aylinato]

Can you imagine Teddy Roosevelt running in 2016? He'd be smeared into the fucking ground by the Tea Party as a "dirty leftist socialist".

He'd take them by the collar and bitch clap them senseless. He doesn't dick around, lol.